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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
RECLAIMING LAND FROM THE SEA

The Journal de Brxges contains an
account of successful effort which
has Just been made to reclaim from
the sea a portion of land submerged
by the Twin. The sort OF bay which
pears that name was once of consider
able dopfh, and e=1o inaP0ss~>s b~tAlos
are related to Lave been fought there
--one between the English and French
in 1910, and the other between the
Dutch and Spanish fleets in 1908, the
remains of Notifications on the Dutch
coast opposite also show that the Twin
was once regarded as an important
strategic position. For long time
past it has become gradually filed up
with sand, which, by rendering nsvi-
CATION difficult, has contributed to the
ruin of the trade of Bruges; the en-
croachments of the sea had also be-
come a source of danger to the neigh.
boring places by injecting the district
with pernicious fevers. In 1870 the
Belgian and Dutch governments form
ed commission to study the means
of barring the waters of the Twin, and
the result of the inquiry was that two
contractors of Bruges, named Erebout
and Laureyns, undertook the works.
On the 18th OF August last, first at
tempt was made to close the dyke con-
structed, but the sea broke through
it the embankment had to be
strengthened, and the labor has at
length been crowned with success =
The sea is now confined within its for
mer limits, and when the works of
consolidation shall have been complet-
ed, about sixteen hundred acres OF
fertile land will have been restored to
cultivation.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
LOCUSTS AS FOOD.

One naturally supposes that con-
siderable courage was possessed by
the first person who cooked and ate a
locust, hence the theory that famine
and starvation, caused by the terri
Bile ravagas of armies OF locusts, first
caused the insect invaders themselves
to be eaten. As they were found to
be nutritious and not unpalatable,
they came in this way to be consId-
cred a staple article Of diet TIE
Asiatic or African history Informs Of
of their use as tnod, and they art
thus occasionally mentioned in Gre
clan annals. The Arabs and Atri
caps now consume them in the great
est quantities. They are gathered
from the trees where they alight, are
brought down when flying low, by
making q dense smoke. They are
then roasted with salt in an under
ground oven, bruised and put away
for use. For the table, they are pull
yerized and made into pudding, OF
divested Of their heads, wings ano
lege, are boiled in water or oil. They
resemble in consistence and favor
the yolks of hard boiled eggs, and
various English travellers agree that
they are very good eating.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
WiufeFLaYiUg.


To insure a supply OF fresh laid egg
through the winter months, a few
things are indispensable:
Ist. A good stock of fowls, and fol
want OF time to discuss the subjec
more fully, we name the Brahms anc
its grades as an unexceptional breed
There may may be better, but We
are not aware of the fact.
cd. An abundant supply of suitable
food of which there is nothing better
as basis than Indian corn, ground or
unground, cooked or uncooked.-
Lunches, which include portions Of
animal food are desirable, as are also
cooked vegetables, and in general, all
scraps which fall from the table. Also
clean water within reach at all times.
Sd. A comfortable warm nesting
and roosting place, from which a run
of size sufficient to assure exercise,
and some variety of ground for scratch
ing aud other purposes in pleasant
weather. This run should be supplied
with plenty of fine gravel, and sand
and particles of lime, and be always
accessible. Its size should be proper.
toned to the number of the fowls
kept.
4th. All parts OF the premises de-
voted to fowls should be kept entirely
free from vermin; and this may be
readily and certainly accomplished by
the timely and free use of lime wash
and carbolic acid.
There is little else required which
reasonable attention and the slightest
of common sense on the part
Of the ''hengranny' will Dot supply as
required from time to time.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03

The following views on farming
were thrown out by Mr.. Greeley in
his speech at Baltimore, and they sc
entirely cover the ground of successful
culture that we give them place for
the benefit OF our readers:
L. That the area under cultivation
should be within limits of the capital
snd labor employed; or, in Other
words, tLat on impoverished soils nc
one should cultivate more land than he
can enrich with manure and fertilizers
be it one acre or twenty.
Q. That there should be Law
compelling every man to prevent his
stock from depredatlng on his neigh
boris fields.
3. That green soil is more eco
nomical than loose pasturage.
5. That deep tillage is essential to
good farming.
S. That the muck heap is the far
mer's bank,and that everything should
be added to it that will enlarge it
and increase at the same time its fer.
tilizinS properties.
6. That no farmer or planter should
depend upon one staple alone, but
should seek to secure himself against
serious loss in bad seasons by diversi.
ty of products.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
8f1fgiGus.

First Presbyterian Church-Rev. Ebeu
Muse, Pastor. Services at 101% a. m, and
O'clock, D. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. Corner Main and Hardin streets
First Congregational church-Rev. W.
S. Peterson, Pastor. Services at l011 a. m
and clock, D. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. Broadway, south Of Main
Cross Streets.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rev L. 4.
Henderson, Pastor. Services at lOR a. m.
and o'clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. Sandusky ST., west oi Main.
English Lutheran Church-Rev. George
Miller, Bestor. Services at l0;I a. m. and :
p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
Crawford street, west of Main
United Brethren in Christ-Rev. I. !.
Harbaugh, Pastor. Services at 10 a. m. ana
O'Clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. Corner Crawford and West Streets
Church Of Cod-Rev. ]. W. Aukerman,
Pastor. Services at lOI& a. m. and O'Clock,
p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
FrCnt Street, west of Main.
St. MichaeTs Catholic Church-Rev.
]. B. Young, Pastor. Every other Sabbath,
t1rst Mass at O'Clock, A. M, High Mass at
~, A. NJ, Catechism at 2, p. VI. Services in
English, German and French. Ma every
morning at O'Clock, A. NJ. West end OF
Maln-CroSs street.
German Lutheran (St JOhn's) Church
Rev. NJ. Buerkle, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Singing
Society at o'clock Friday evening, Corner
of West and Front streets.
English Reformed (St Paul'sl Church
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. East end
of Main-Cross street.
German Reformed Church-Rev. J. G.
Ruhl. Pastor Services AT 1OIZ a m aud :
O'Clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. East end Main Cross Sheet.
Evangelical Church-Rev. VIM. Whit
tingtOn, Pastor. Services l0Jl a. IN. and :
O'Clock, p. m. Praye meeting Wednesday
evenings. Sandusky street, east OF Main
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
Horses Names and Goats

MILDLY Morgan, the horse-womar
and stock reporter, says: 81 give the
tollowlngreceipt, which 1 have personal
ly proved to be efficient in restoring {
healthy growth of hair on the tails
and names of horses: Corrosive subli
mate (hyd. bichloride) J, oxymuriate o.
mercury, each four grains in one
ounce of distilled water. Wash
the place where the hair is thin
with warm water and soap,
then rub dry with a linen cloth, and
Immediately after rub in some of the
above linlment. If the hair has been
rubbed off by the animals own en-
deavors to allsy cutaneous irritation,
then dress with the following oint-
ment; One ounce of fine flour sui
phur, one ounce of pulverized saltpe-
ter, made into a soft ointment with
fresh butter or fresh rendered hogs
lard; rub in at night and wash oat in
the morning warm water and soap
repeat three or four times. II the
hair is scant from natural debility oi
organs, then simply use cold water
applied with sponge; avoid al
combing and brushing. and clean the
name and tail as the Arabs do, with 8
coarse flannel rubber.n
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
ART IN JAPAN.

What has really astounded me
mora nerhans.- u nan anything here
is art. The hands and arms OF tne
Japanese seem to d. them for nice
execution but they would not make
the pretty screens, or pictures or in
lay copper, or lacquer as they do, il
taste did not accompany them. 1
have Just seen a big boy, only thir-
teen years old, who is painting for
foreigners Japanese costumes, and
his execution is wonderful. The pa
per-hangiDgs of japan are unrivaled.
/ have seen nothing in the world that
remember, which equals the famous
fsuroon OF the Hamagoten IN Yeddo.
We, doubtless, got all our ideas of
identifying paper from Japan. The
bronze work of this people is won
derful, as well at their lacquer. They
put years OF work often into a da-
mio's room. When we Of English
descent we're barbarians in art, these
people were all they are now. We
see bells and bronzes, and inlaid
work, hundreds Of years old. The
iron and steel work OF Japan, too, is
far in advance of many j~cfvfiiz6Q
nations. The famous Ds<maseus steel,
the renowned Toledo blade, does not
surpass, if eqnsl, thfe steel sword of
the Japanese oflcasrs. 1t may not
bend as the Dana BUS blade, but it
has a strength St1d tenacity beyond
it. The old arrnor of tie old japan
ese knights, Is wonderful work tor
the AGE and time. Their work in
silk and satin is wonderful, and also
in Grape These people, farming peo-
pie, too, who use only spinning
wheels and the reel Of our grand
mothers, who have no Lyons or Au-
bussou looms, turn out real works of
art in embossed silks and sgtins.
tell the administrators OF the govern
ment here, IL they will only send ont
their artists to study and copy Lyons
fashion, or to imbue themselves with
European tastes, their silks and sat
ins. and grapes, will command the
markets Of the world. Whist they
most want TO please US now is the
knowledge Of our caprices, and fash
ions and tastes. From their long non-
intercourse wish the world they would
NOT have advanced in all that, and It
| is hard to persuade them to do sught
save what their crest great grand
fathers and mothers were brought up
to do. The (Eoreignl cnio street Of
Yokohama is q gallery d art. !
could spend days there i'll had tine.
to study them up. A people who
have their capacities can be taught to
do anything, and the marvel is, when
thev learned it or who taught them.
Is il not art inborn ?-Brook's "jSev.
en- Months Run"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
POSTAL CARDS IN ENGLAND.
The Use and Abuse of the System.

When the Postmaster G eneral in
formed US of the new privilege by
which we could communicate with our
friends at a cost of one-half penny, in
stead of a penny, we were not indis-
posed to rejoice that we could get
anything at half price, The rejoicings
were considerably moderated when
We were told that our communication
must be written on an open card, the
observed of all observers. 1t did not
revuire conjurer to tell US that half
penny post cards would be liable "a
scandslous abuse, and that the new
method of conveying messages would
be a means for disseminating abomIn.
able hbels. We ventured to point
this out PIT the very commencement,
and our words have been more than
verified.
From that day to this we have heard
of nothing but libels. Impertinent
shop girls in the Burlington arcade,
have gratuitousIy insulted ladies o.
title !; an irritable gentleman ike Mr.,
John Hampden, with ''s fad" con.
cerDing the roIurdity OF the earth
have used postcards for the worst
purposes. Every miserable little
trsdesman who owes a grudge, anG
every scoundrel who dare not cay
openly what he thinks, flies to tht
halfpenny post card to gritty q rEear
feeling of patty revenge. Postcard
having been tried, therefore, 10
some considerable time, and havins
been proved to be extremely danger
Gus weapons, it becomes a question
for the Postmaster-General to decid,
how long he will retain them as al
authorized means of communication
For private purposes they are Useless
Courtesy and decency alike prohibi
their use by all well versed in the or
dinary decercies of society. Fo
what purpose, therefore, are post
cards retained? Thrifty housekeep
ers use them for ordering Goals ant
candles. Secretaries of charitabl
societies are not above employing
them for the purposes OF importunI
ty. For summonIng meetings ant
collecting councils they may b
handy enough, but they are perpetu
al annoyance TO editors CT newspa
| pers, who would cheer the hour whel
| they were abolished. Their condem
nation is pronounced in the recen
libels on Lady Constance Fitzgersl
and Professor Wallace. - London Era
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
IMPORTANCE OF READING.

No-matter how obscure the position
in life of an individual, if he can read,
he may at will put himself in the best
society the world has ever SEEN he
NAV converse with Franklin and Wash
ington with all the writers in prose
and poetry. He may learn how to
live, how 70 avoid the errors OF his
predecessors, and to secure blessings
present and future, to himself. he
may reside in a desert far away from
the babitations of man; in soil
tu1e, where no human eye looks
upon him with affection or interest
where no human voice cheers him ;
with its animatIng tones, If be has
books to read, be can never be alone.
He may choose his company and the
subject of conversation, and thus be-
come contented and happy, intelligent,
wise and good He thus elevstes his
rank in the world, and becomes inde
pendent in the best sense of the word,
and first in importance in the depart
ment of school education.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
Curing Pork.

Some thirty years ago l lodged
from Saturday t. Monday With al
INN keeper in the country, who wa
also z farmer. Oa the dinner table
there was a nice piece of picked
pork, boiled the day before. On tast
ing it | thought it the most delicious
ever ate. ! requested amine host''
to give his receipt for curing pork -
He replied as follows:
"As soon as my hogs are dressed
and cool enough TO be cut, pack the
side pieces in a barrel or cask, with
plenty Of salt on all sides OF each piece
and when my barrel is full / immedi
ately roll 1t to my pump and pump in
water until / can cease to see it sink
in the vessel or TO Inoisten the salt on
the top ofthe cask / then lay 3 fiat
stone as large as the vessel will re
ceiye on the contents, so as to keep
tbepOrk always under the salt or pic
kle / put 1t in my cellar, covered 50
as TO exclude the flies, and there it re-
mains until piece is wanted. Care
must be taken to keep the meat under
the pickle, otherwise it will rust.''
Here is the whole secret of making
good picked pork for family use. We
have used the above method, and we
want no better, easier, or more eco
nomical plan 1t has often happened
that when we wanted to put down
Dew pork there remained some of the
old in the bottom OF the cask. In that
case we poured off this pickle, took
the undissolVed salt, packed the fresh
pork on top of the old, using the salt
which had been in the cask, with the
addition Of fresh salt if necessary, and
hen poured on the old pIckel or wat
sr. In this way we have had pork
.hree or four years in the bottom of
,ur pork barrel, and when used it was
rec from rarcidity as it was three
weeks after it was put down. Indeed
Ve seldom emptied our pork barrel,
Icept when it wanted hopping. We
elieve that boiling pickle is useless, if
OF injurious. Pork ought not, if it
an be prevented, to be frozen before
is put down.
The best pork that we ever saw
7as that from some pigs under the
barge of lad, who took as much
are of them as some people do OF
heir children. Every day he used to
i've them dinner of hot potatoes,
DR. he said that he didn't see why his
igs shouldn't have their taters hot
g well as himself" Then he used to I
cruz tnem several Tunes week With
rush and soap. rinsing them with t
lear water. The animals seemed to
njoy their lavation, and used to press
ute eagerly toward Linn as he came I
sight with his pail and scrubbing- G
rush. Their sty was also kept per- g
ectly clean, and their troughs washed 7
ut frequently. In consequence the
ork was perfection.
As a general thing it is good plan
reject pork made from hogs that
ave been kept by distillers or butch. +
rs; but, if possible. get pork that has I
cen bred and fed by a dairyman,
I'd finished off with corn.-Cor-
spo'sdet Country Gentleman. |.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
Training Horses to Walk Fast,

A fast walk in a horse is the most
valuable gait training can acquire. It
is yaluablein the plow horse, in team
horse, and particularly SO in driving
horse. Some horses viii trot along
very well until you come to ascend
ing ground, when you wish to relieve
him little by letting him walk up
grade he then fails into slow, lazy
walk that is very trying to the drivers
patience; but a well trained walker
will step off briskiy at the rate of four
miles an hour, and the driver feels
that he has been detained but very
little by letting the horse walk up the
hill as he starts off at his usual trot.
ting speed, being relieved py th,
change of walking up hill. Col
should be trained to walk fast before
there is an attempt made to improv,
other gait. This may be accomplished
by commencing very young, aDdlead
ing at walk by your side, urging ad
ditional speed, little by little, withou
letting it break into a trot but thiI
must not be continued long at tim,
so as to worry and tire. One or two
short lessons a day will soon show ;
wonderful Improvement, but alter les
sors will be required to prevents re
lapse.-Erchoage. --
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03

A New YORK World contributor
proposes to defend buildings from fire
in this way: In the basement have
suspended a vessel full of sulphuric
acid, to be upset by the turning Of &
crank in box outside, OF which the
key is with the police and 6remen
The vessel is hung in another one o.
carbonate of soda, from which tubel
ascend and branch through the build
ing, emptying on each floor, By turn
ing the crank. the extinguishlng ga:
is genersted, and soon fills every room
putting out the fire and not damaging
the goods.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03

EARAcHK.--Children often suffer
terribly from ear-ache, when there is
a simple and generally certain remedy.
Take piece of fat saltpork, and make
a plug half an inch long in such shape
that one end will st in the ear like 6
cork-the other end large enough tc
keep it from slipping in. 1t gives re.
lief in few minutes. If the piece i.
likely to drop out, tie handkerchief
over the ears.--Erchdnge.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03

HE best way to feed hay to sheep
Is to cut it into chat by horse power.
1t is little trouble to feed, and there
Is little or no waste. And we are not
sure that it is not better to cut m
straw and stalks also, and feed them
with a little meal, as we do cattle
The first point in the management oi
sheep is to provide dry quarters; sec.
ond' to avoid overcrowding; third, to
litter lightly and regularly every dsy.
and salt regularly. Feed liberalIy be.
fore sundown. Let there be straw q,
other food in the racks for the sheer
TO eat during the night,-Amerieoz
Agricafltsnrist. ....--
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
8euerplsut.

FLNDLAI CCUNCIL, NO. 50 R. d. 8. N
Regular CoaVocation second Monday in each
month. JAMES WILSON, I. l. u. NJ, ID, q
BEARDSLEY, Recorder.
BINDLAY Z CHAPTER. NO. 81. p NJ
Regular ConvOcation, First Monday in each
month. b. +. KIMMONs, II. p, ID. b. BEARDe
LEY, Secretary.
FINDLAP LODGE, NO. 227, r. d A. M
Regular Communication First and Thir,
Wednesdays IN each month. NJ. B. PATTER-
SON w NJ, o. j. DEWoLFE. Secretary.
GOLDEN RULE ENCAMPAENT. NO. 90,
1. y. u r. Stated meetings on the second
and fourth Fridays OF each month, O'clock.
T. M. in Odd Fellows Hall. ID. e, FISHER
Z. r.. and ID. I. WISDERs, Scribe.
HANCOCK LODGE, NO. 7S, /. o. O. E.
stated meetings every Tuesday evening at
Io'clock, +. NJ, IN Odd Fellows Hall. J. F.
BURKET,, N. e., j. Z. POWELL, Sec'y
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
Dictionary Of the Bible
In the Engtish Language,
nv WIN aMITH IL n

It Is written by 20 of the most distingui shed
divines in Europe and America, and is the
only edition published In this country con-
densed by Dr.. Smiths own hand. It is illus
srated with over 125 steel and wood engrav-
ings. 1tcontains every name In the Bible oi
importance, and Is a book needed by every
umn in onelarge octave volume. Price. so
We want agenls for these works in all cities
and towns In the country. We pay large
For circulars and terms address the publish
ers. Sample copies ofany of our books sent
to any address on receipt of price.
J. B. BURR q HYDE, Publishers,
Hartford. Conn, Chicago, m.. Cincinnati. O.
Oct. Is, l82-ly
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
MEXICANNUSTANGIINTMENF

FOR MAN AND BEAST.
Probably few articles have ever had
so extensive a Sale, while none have
been more universally beneficial thar
the celebrated MEXICAN MUSTANG
IMMINENT. Children, Adults, Horses
and Domestic Animals, are always
liable to accident, and it is safe to say
that no family can pass q single sea-
son without some kind of an emoIli.
ent being necessary. It becomes a
matter of Importance then to secure
the best.
Over three hundred livery stables in the
city OF New York alone are using the MExI-
CAN MUSTANG LINIHENT, In all of which IL
gives universal satisfaction.
CAUTION.-The genuine IS wrapped in a
hne Steel Plate engraving with "G. ". West-
brook, Chenlia." and Trade Mark, MEXICAN
MUSTANG LINIMENT," engraved across
the face of the wrapper. The whole bears the
proprietOr's private United States Revenue
stamp. and not common stamp, as used by
druggists.
LYON MANUFACTURISG Co.,
53 Park Place. New Yor
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03

Mr.. HosMER, who has astonished
the bee men throughout. the country
heretofore with his wonderful products
of honey, will set them entirely agoe
by his present announcement that hi
bees have done better than ever be
fore, and that when the season is ovel
he thinks he will be able to reporr
over one thousand pounds from on,
stock snd its increase.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
Plantation BitterS.
s. T.--l86O---X.

This wonderful vegetable rsstora
tive is the sheet anchor of tie fsebls
and debilitatsd. As q tonic and cor.
dial for the aged and languid it has
no equal among stomachsrs. As a
remedy for the nervous weakness to
which women ara especially subject
it is superseding every other stimu.
liant. In all climates, tropical. TEN.
perats or frigid, it acts as specific
In every species Of disorder which
underminss the bodily strength and
breaks down th animal spirit
jan 10, '72-ly.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-01-03
$. A. KELTNER. D.D.

@ A. KELTSER, Operative and Mechanical
-. Dentist. Artificial teeth made of all STYLES
naturalfeeth filled with gold, silver, &C, and
teeth extracted without pain with laughinE
gas chloroform,&c. Office in Findlay, ovei
Baker Co.'S Shoe Store, same entrance tC
Lyle's Picture Gallery. May 10, '72-tf