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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
Location of RuiIdings.

The point which determines mans
comforts or his misery may often Gen.
ter in the position of his dwelling. OF
almost equal importance to a farmer
is the relative position of his barn and
stables. buildings generally last q
lifetime, and therefore the selection OF
their sites should be matter of ma
ture deliberation and study. The
healthiness Of a site first; then its con-
venience and then its picturesqueDess
and the beauty of its surroundings
should be considered. An elevated
site with ground gradually sloping in
all directions is the most desirable. II
should be sufficiently distant from the
road to afford privacy and freedom
from dust and noise also that room
for intervening shade and ornamental
trees may be secured, together with
the most pleasing and grateful of all
houschould accessories, a green,
smooth-shaven lawn. The out-build.
ings should then be placed SO that the
milk-pail can easily be carried to the
dairy, that the horse stable may be
within hearing distance, that the dairy
may be convenient of access, that the
lanes separating the buildings may not
be cut up into mud in spring or fall,
or drifted full of snow in winter. In
short. a man should not blindly copy
his neighbor's plan without considering
its adaptability to his own surround
ings, and confguration OF his own
Y. Tribune.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
SunfiOWers Good for Some
Thing.

A writer in Coleman's Rurdl World
urges farmers to put in patch of sun
flowers. The yield, he says, is about
equal TO corn, and they require about
the same attention. A little occasion
ally mixed with horse feed gives q
fine coat. Every farmers wife, es-
pecially on the prairie, will be pleased
to see gOodly lot of the stalks stack
ed near the kitchen. For kindling
these have no superior, and are easily
prepared, for a feeble child can break
the largest stalk across the knee. The
stalks make splendid bean poles. Plant
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground, and when it comes time to
plant the beans the sunfowers will be
knee high. Then thin out to q single
stalk, and plant the beans at the root /;
you will thus get two crops. Chem
lists tell us its ashes contain four fold
more alkali than ordinary wood. 1t
is also a splendid protection from cold
winds when they are set against the
north and west fences. Cattle take to
it, and do not pull 1t down as they do
straw or stalks. Again, if a man
lives in a malarious district and owns
an acre of land, it would pay him well
to devote half of it to the sunfower,
which is an acknowledged absorber of
noxious exhalations.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
Drinking Water.

Drinking wine is a habit; so is
drinking spirits, ale, cider, coffee and
water. The last is thought necessi-
ty; but to drink much is q habit.
Some people drink little, not because
their constitutions require less than
others; it is their habit. These peo-
pie never perspire SO much as those
who drink more. The more that is
drank, the more water passes away,
or the system would suffer. As it is,
the strain affects it. The skin, the
( kidneys, bowels, ,lungs, ARE all drawn up
The result is, as may be naturally ex
pected, exhaustion. For this reason
the man who drinks much water, par
ticularly during the summer and in the
hottest weather, is less able to endure
fatigue. The water is of no benefit to
him-that is the excess. 1t must pass
away, and this requires an effort of the
system, which is the sweating process.
Had he not the excess of water, he
would not have perspired so; it would
not have been there for the system to
expel. By the habit of drinking, SO
much false thirst is created. We should
drink only what is needed. The hs bit
ofdrinking more will soon be over
come, and the person will feel much
stronger, and more capable of bearing
fatigue. In winter, little fluid is need
ed beyond what our food furnishes
in summer, some more, but not much
Country Gentleman.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
Training Heifers,

Nothing is more agreeable 10 mos,
COWS than the operation of milking,
except, perhaps eating, and COW with
a distended udder will usually prefer
to be MIXED. Nevertheless, beifers
are generally nervous about it, fire.
quently kick, and never stand still at
first. Kind treatment and a gentle
hand are essential. A rough man
will be sure to make the heifer a kicker.
The best way to begin is to sit by the
heifer, on her right side, ofcourse
make her place her right foot back,
then grasp the cord above the back
of the left leg with the left hand and
hold on. She can not lift the hind leg
well and will not try ; but she will try
to step over your arm with her right
foot. This is easily prevented by rails.
ing the elbow, and she is absolutely
forced to stand as she is. Meanwhile
you can first clean and manipulate her
bag and teats with your right hand
with entire safety. When she stands
quiet you can use both hands, but be
ready on the least suspicion ofa move
ment to replace the left. The heifer
should be tied in a stall and have
something to eat,perhaps, and, if very
wild, it may be Necessary to begiu by
handling her, rubbing, brushing, or
carding her gently, and gradually get.
ting her accustomed to have her udder
handled; but all this ought to have
been done before she calVed.-COr.
Nes York 7ribuns.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
s6uiue and farm.
srehilabIe Farming.

Many so-called model farms are
not worthy Of the slightes, notice,
mucb less Of imitation. Any farE.
which is TO do credit to cultivation.
or management, or general results,
should be self-supporting, for ifit is de
pendent on manure which is purchased,
i. is evident this is a system which
cannot be general The majority oi
agriculturists are not in position to
be buyers Of fertilizers, ana the ap-
plication Of livery-stable and city
manure generally can only be used by
those who are near to towns and vities.
and who market hay, vegetables, e0.,
grown On their land. These farmers
and market gardeners can of course
farm in a way to deserve genuine
credit, but to farm on a system for
general adoption, the management
must be such as 10 sell such kind Of
products as will increase the plant
food, and act in such way that the
more there is produced the more there
will be returned to the soil This ex~
ceedingly essential desideratum has
not sufficient importance attached to
it in America, at least not IN the 1
United States, though in Canada the
best stock farmers are approaching |
this salutary management. There are
many crops which could be secured
for food which would be more palata-
bic and more fattening if not allowed
seed, yet this extra drain on the land
is suffered, while at the same time
cattle find this old straw-like food dis
tasteful. 1t is not only hay which is
treated thus, but there are numerous
parties who manage grazing So badly
as TO permit half the grass to seed
and rot on the ground, although it is
seen year after year that the stock
reject all this old stuff, and will only
eat where the grass has been kept
short.
In some of the older States it is q
well known fact that there are more
farms which would not sell for the
cost of their improvements than there
are of the opposite sort. This is evil
IDENTIFY owing TO system of cropping
which has gradually but surely sapped
every particle of fertility which plows
and cultlvators can set tree TO act on
vegetation. This method puts one IN
mind OF the word "subdue," which .
some are SO fond of using in regard to ,
and, for large parts of these States 8
are most relentlessly subdued, so much ,
10 that the soil is "subdued,' p disabled, I
crushed and destroyed And yet,
because an occasional farmer exists ,
Who exports corn, grain, pork or I
;heese, the whole community claims (
'redit for the champion Cor Goa,s-
ru Gentlexlan. I:
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
The Honey Crop of Kentucky.

One of the most striking and OBJ
servable features about the honey bees
this year is their failure to accumulate
honey. 1t is worthy OF note that the
common or black bees have failed to
collect a sufficiency of honey to feed
themselves on during the coming
winter. John Richards, Esq, who
has had considerable experience in
handling bees of different kinds, in
formed us that none of his black bees
were accumulating honey as is usual /;
the italian bees were doing better,
and would make money and support
themselves, and probably have little
TO spare. He further started that, in
conversation with a Mr.. Brown, one
of the principal bee men in the state,
he learned from that gentleman that
in one hundred and sixty hives owned
by him near Paducah, there was not
more than that many pounds of honey
In them; that he was preparing to
move them to Wisconsin, where the
honey-making season is not far advanc.
ed The complainant, as above spoken
oi, seems to be general throughout
Middle and Southern Kentucky
Eliz0JethtO,cn Neous.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
The HeaIthfuIness Of Lemons.

When people feel the need of an
acid, if they would let vinegar alone,
and use lemons or apples, they would
feel Just as well satisfied and receive
no injury. A suggestion may not
come amiss as to good plan, when
lemons are cheap in the market. a
person should then purchace several
dozen at once, and prepare them for
the week days of the spring and sum
mer, when acids, especially citric
and malic, or the acid of lemons, are
so grateful and useful. Press your
hand on the lemon and roll it briskly
back and forth on the table to make
il squeeze easily; then press the juice
into a bowl or tumbler, never into a
tin; strain out all the seeds, as they
give bad taste. Remove all the pulp
from the peels, and boil in water,
pint for a dozen pulps, to extract the
acid. A few minutes boiling is suffi
cient; then strain the water with the
Juice; boil ten minutes, bottle it, and
your lemonade is ready. Put table
spoonful or two of this lemon syrup
in a glass of water and have a cooling
healthful drink.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
SHEATHING IRON SHIPS.

Two OF the most effective methods
Of sheathing iron ships, at present in
vogue, differs so peculiarly in their
principles and details, that the prac-
tical results OF the two, based on ac-
tual experience, would furnish inter-
esting material for comparison.
In one Of these, in which COPPER.
mixed metal, or zinc, is employed, the
inner layer Of the iron skin consists of
narrow strips Of plate, merely wide
enough TO make lapjoints with the
outer layer, and to leave a groove,
between the edges of each pair OF out
er plates, about as wide az the plates
ere thick. Into these grooves is pIac.
ed q filing Of teak or ebonite, a COM
mound Of India-rubber or SULPHUR.
Outside the plating is a layer of tarred
ielt about one-quarter of an inch
thick, upon which the sheathinp il
laid end fastened with sheathinpsnails
OF the same metal, driven through the
telt into the filings Intermediate
fastenings are obtained, in case Of their
being found necessary, by inserting
eboDite plugs into the holes drilled in
the iron plates and driving sheathing
nails into them.
In the other method, outside the
iron skin are riveted angle iron ribs,
the projecting hsnges Of which are
doyetailed in section. The inner skin
is coated with pitch, and the spaces
between the doyetail fanges are filed
by packing and wedging into them
short pieces of plank. The outside
ribs, with their wooden filing, rise to
a short distance above the water-Ine,
and the upper edge Of the filing is
guarded by longitudinal angle iron.
The outer surface OF the filing having
been paved with pitch, complete
wooden sheathing, about one and q
half inches thick, is put on and tasten-
TO the filing pieces with mixed metal
nails, hut not passing through these
pieces This Is also pitched, and then
sheathed with copper or mixed metal,
care being taken 10 keep the metal
sbeathlng two or three inches from
any exposed piece OF iron
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
OBJECTS OF THE CHANGERS.

~ a recent picnic of farmers in
Missouri, Mr.. T. r. Allen, Master Of
the State Grange, delivered a some
what elaborate speech, in the course
OF which be described some OF the
objects of the organization as follows ::
"Firs!, and not among the least, is
lis social feature. Heretofore we
have been isolated and scattered.
We have seemed to take no time for
recreation, social amusement, or the
proper enjoyment OF life. We have
too much given ourselves up to dig
ging and delylng In the ground, and
nursing petty prejudices that form
mole hills, grow in time to mountains,
estranging US from each other. This
organization brings Us into close con-
tact, encourages a spirit OF fraternity
and sociabilty-makes rs, in fact.
acquainted with each other. This
feature slone,if properly attended to,
would be worth the trouble and ex-
pense OF sustaining the organization.
But this i5 not all. The orpaniza-
tiOn has an educational feature. We
encourage schools for our children.
but some Of us, although too old to
go school, are deficient in education.
Every grange is school for mutual
improvement, in which we endeavor
to encourage each other 10 read, to
think, to investigate, and to discuss
subjects that pertain to cur own in
terests in familiar way. We expect
thus to teach our people to do their
own reading, thinking, investigating,
independent Of leaders. We expect
them to throw aside all prejudices OF
a political or religious character, and
to discuss questions coolly, calmly,
dispassionately,w with an honest inten-
ton to search after the truth, II we
have lost caste, and there is any real
or just cause for other classes Of peo-
pie 70 look down upon us,it has been
our own fault, and results from the
want OF social and intellectual cul-
ture. We have been allowing others
to DO our reading, thinking, speaking,
voting, law making. We have been
executing the laws by proxy, instead
Of doing it ourselyes.'
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29

lncreTlSe - 3 "a
Here ia an increase OF 5000 votes,
while Grants majority CT 1868 was
reduced but 1866. What becomes
of the Liberal vote ? The change
of votes can be very readily seen !;
and what is the result ? Twenty
eight counties gave an increase for
Greeley, or loss for Grant, OF $500
votes. Of these counties, eleven
were in the Miami Valley, and rine
on the Western Rererye. The Re
serve had always been flooded with
Greeley's Weekly Tribune, and it
contained thousands of people Uho
were like Greeley-natioDal aud &c
centric. 1t was not strange, therefore,
to find some Greeleyites there. In
nine counties there Greeley gained
1900 votes. But look to the other
side The other three counties
deeply interested in coal and iron
manufactures) s)-CuyahOgs, ,Trumbull,
and MshoniDg-gave 5000 gain for
Grant Thus were all the phiIoso-
ply ofthe Tribune and the me'aphys-
les OF free trade ground to powder
by the votes of practical men, In
the sixty counties of the interior
and on the Ohio Grant gaiaed lO,GOO
votes. Tie difficulty in Cincinnati
was disappointments from Grant end
hopes OF local Offices. Secondly,
school Of doctrinaires who indulged
in the belief that the country should
be reformed, and they were the men
to do il. These men talk OF free
trade, and specie payments, and Gu
mulative voting, and corruption, and
reform, and JOHN Stuar: MIL, and
Tom. Paine, and Bentham, and
Goethe, and every other half crazy
theorist whom the boiling politics OF
infdel philosophy has produced. Let
them 90 ahead. The practical men
Of Ohio will throw them out to grass
and no party has dared to adopt their
principles. Z. ID III.
YAAoYDEN, Aug. I.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
A Cheap RaIn-Water Filter.

In many parts of thS country there
is a scarcity of water during two
or three months Of the year. At
that time the ground has become
parched, and all the rain that falls be
comes quickly evaporated by the heat
and dry winds, and none of it finds It's
way INTO the springs or wells which
are very often dry. Rain water, then,
becomes the only dependence. This
with those farmers who cannot afford
the expense of a cistern, is gathered
into casks or barrels, and soon becomes
foul and unfit for use. BY little
contirvsnce, this water saved from the
roofs OF buildings may be kept per
iectly sweet. 1t will be a mstter OF
great importancein the cases referred
to that tight spouss should be proVld-
ed, so as to secure all the water that
falls on the roofs. This should be
conducted into barrel or hogshead
provided with close-ftting cover
Another cask or hogshead should be
placed by the side of the first one,and
both should be raised from the ground
on some suitable support. The two
casks are connected together by a
short pipe fixed in the bottom or low
er part of the side of each. A board
about twelve inches wide is fixed
across the lower part OF the second
cask, and on each side of 1t filter is
arran ged, which consists OF, first lay
er of gravel, then a layer OF small
charcoal, then i layer fine gravel,
with some coarse gravel on top. The
water from the first cask passes into
the second through one side OF the
filter. and when drawn off by the tap
or faucet, passes through the other
side of the filter, thus being discharg-
ed perfectly clear from all impurities,
and free from any unpleasant taste
which may haxe been gathered from
the roof. The casks should be paint
ed, and, if possible shed or shade
should be built over them to protect
them from the SUMS heat. When not
needed, it will pay to take them in to
The barn or some convenient dry place
Tor future use.-Americdn Agric@Itotr-
il.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
THE STATION AGENTS TESTIMONY.
THoMATJ. HUSTON

ThOAAE j. hI5ION
Wss the next witness. He said 4:
live st Lemont, and am q station
agent-of the Chicago, Alton and st.
Louis Railroad /: was 80 employ ed
on LAST Saturday evening I was a.
the telegraph office up to the time Of
the collision.
Q. State generally what you know
about the collision.
A. My duties usually end about 7
o clock, but on this particular eve
nlng, msil train No. was some two
hours and half late; this occasioned
my being at the depot at half-past 9
o'clock; as this train was to meet
No. 1 st Willow Springs, l thought I
would remain until express train No.
+ passed Lemcnt coal train No. %
arrived st Lemont about three or
four minutes past 10 o'clock they
se5 out four cars of coal, then imme-
dlstely backed in on their track,
made their coupling and started out
1t vas then about five or six minutes
past IO O'Clock; express train No. 4
was due at Lemont st six minutes
past 10 O'Clock snd knowing that
coal train No. % had no right to the
road without special orders, / in
CURED OF the night operator il they
mad any such order. He replied,
''None that l know Of" Knowing
that it was necessary that something
should be done. and that quick, /
stepped to the door of the office, and
saw one OF the brskemen sitting in
the door of the caboose OF the coal
tram l asked him ''if they had anv
orders sgaiLst No. 4 ?" He replie6.
none that he knew Of" I then
asked him where the conductor vas?'
he SAID she did not know" Bv this
time the caboose had gott1o or three
ear lengths past the telegraph Office
1 then stepped into the Office and
notified the train dispatcher at Bloom
ington that train No % was going,
ct the same time asking him if he
bad any orders against Nod. Here
Piled 'no,' and "guessed they were
not going against No. f." He told
re to look sgain, and "guessed they
we're nos going on some side track.
told him they were not side track
NC, but were already one mile or a
nile and half from the depot. The
rain dispatcher then asked the ope-
'ator at Willow Springs for No. 4.
rhe reply was, "OR about five min
ltes,' We then knew that a coils.
on was inevitable. / asked the
rain dispatcher what / should do,
nd, at the same time, told him that
would take an engine and cars, and
medical assistants, and prepare to go
o the wreck. L than stepped out
nd listened for the crash. which 1
new must come. At 10:15 P.M.I
lesrd both engines call loudly for
'rakes, aud almost immediately heard
he crash OF the two trains and ex-
'losion. / waited no longer, but
rent directly for DR.. Pierce, sending
passengers for other physicians in
own, and, IS soon as ready, started
Or the wreck about twenty or twen-
y i've minutes after the collision oc-
urred.-FrODa Report Of tsstimOnyin in
he Chicago and ALt0D Horror.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29

The effect of under draining is to
pulverize the soil by natural means II
nearly or quite the depth of the
drains, and by this deep pulverizatiou
the soil is enabled successfully to with.
stand droughts SO severe as to ruin
crops upon similar lands undrained.
where the drains beneath the surface
form a ready means of escape for the
surplus water of wet seasons. In the
adoption of thorough system Of
under draining upon all heavy soils
will be found the most effectual rem.
edy, and the one most general in it,
application against such extremes a:
those of the past three seasons.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
ART DEPARTMENT.

EotWithstaRdtn2dheIn Increase fn-the price
ofsubScrip ptiOn last Fall. when THEALUINE
| assumed It's present noble proportions and
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-08-29
HOW TO SfOp RIeedIng.

If q man is wounded so that blood
flows, it flows either regular or by
Jets or spurts. If it flows regularly, a
vein has been wounded and a string
should be bound tightly around belOW
.he wounded part, that is, beyond 1t
from the heart. If the blood comes
out by leaps or jets, an artery has
been severed, and the person may
bleed to death in a few minutes; to
prevent which apply the cord above
the wound, that is, between the wound
and the heart. In case string or
cord is not at hand, tie the two op-
posite corners of a handkerchief
around the limb-put stick between
and turn it around until the handker-
chief is twisted sufficiently tight to
stop the bleeding, and keep it SO until
a physician can be had.