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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
RnIes for Farmers.

l. Take good papers and read them.
2. Keep account of farm operations
3. Do not have implements scat
tered over the farm, exposed to snow,
rain and heat.
4. Repair tools and buildings at
proper time, and do not suffer sub
sequent three-fold expenditure of time
and money.
5. Use money judieiously, and do
not attend auction ssles to purchase
all kinds of trumpery, because it is
ch cap
6. See that fences are well repaired
and cattle grazing in the meadows,
or grain fields, or orchards.
z. Do not refuse to make correct
experiments, iu a small way, OF many
new things.
8. Plant fruit trees we'll, care for
them, and of course get good crops.
9. Practice economy by giving
stock good shelter during the winter
also good food, taking out ali that is
unsound, rotten, or mouldy.
10. Do not keep tribes Of cats or
snarling dogs around the premises,
who eat more in a month than they
are worth in whole lifetime.
IL. Read the advertisements, know
what is going on, and frequently save
money by it.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
Removing the Queen Bee.

When the queen beeis forcibly taken
away from hive, the bees which are near
her at the the time do not appear SEN
sible of her absence and the labors of
the hive are carried on as usual for a
time. It is seldom before the lapse OF
an hour that the working bees begin
to manifest any symptoms OF uneasi-
ness. They are then observed to quit
the Larvae which they had been feeding
and run about in great agitation to
and fro; and on meeting with such ol
their companions as sre rot yet aware
Cf the dIsas which has befallen
them, they communicate the intelli-
gence by crossing their antenne and
striking lightly with them. The bees
which receive the news become il
their turn agitated, and spread the
alarm further. All the inhabitants
now rush forward, eagerly seeking
their lost queen But, finding search
USELESS they appear to become resign
Cd 70 their misfortune, the tumult sub
sides, and if there are worker ecps or
young larv@ in the cells. preparations
are made to supply the loss baising a
new queen, and the usual labor. &c ~
hive are resumed Bee Journ,,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
From the Jacks CTenn.) Wb,g and
TriDune.l
FEDERAL AND CONFEDERATE.

Prayer is powerful, snd iis power
wss never more fully i.u-i raj Ell than
in The following: A sqasdron of
Federsl soldier, during the war,
stopped at the plantation of q worthy
old citizeE--Iot q thousand miles
from this city. The old gentleman
mentioned was exuberaDt in his well
come. lie spoke elo9uentIy OF his
long love Of the Union, and how it
gladdtn ned his aged eyes to gaze once
more on the ''old fag.' He invited
the whole squadron 20 unite with "a
IN prayer, which they promptly il.
His prayer Was loag and loud. al
was y magnificent burst o. oT,baod
eloquence. The Federais we're : 70
fGundly ImFrssset, and departed
without irh,c;ing On the old rsan the
slightest dSuage. In few hours q
squadron o. COu:ederates came I'd.
anf 70 the old man vas cordial 20 the
Federals, he gushed ali over in his
welcome to the Confederates. He
urged them O1 10 victory and inde-
pentence. He spoke glowiBgly Of
ghe Struggle Of their fsthers tor liber-
ty, and Dzde them im,tatethe patriot
ism Of 10 He called OF ;hsm 70
j'In nin ia pcafer, aHd sHcn a prayer
It was. Even the bIrf;s ceased their
songs 10 listen, and the siencs was
Only broken by lEa Oid mans trem-
bling voice a. re appealed With touch
ing and sublime ei0quence 10 the
throne Of heaven, 10 beholf OF those
around JIm, ami theIr holy cause.
The Con sederates with hearts filed
win admiration of the aged patriot,
pursued on alter tue eneio,, strength
ened in hope tor their Cause, and
leaving unframed every thing posess-
ed by the venerable patriot
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
The Family Hammer.

The Dan6ury Ne,os' funny man
tells US some things about the family
hammer-that tool we can none of us
keep house without There is one
thing no family pretends to be without.
That is hammer. And yet there Is
nothing that goes to make up the
equipment of a domestic establish
ment that causes one-half as much
agony and profanity as a hammer. 1t
is always an old hammer, with a
handle that is inclined to silver, and
always bound to slip. The face is as
round as full moon and as smooth as
glass. When it strikes nsil full and
square, which it has been known to
do, the act will be found to result
from combination OF pure accidents.
The family hammer is one of those
rare articles we never profit by.
When it glides off a nail head and
mashes couple of fingers, We un
hesitatingly deposit it in the yard, snd
observe that we will never use it
again. But the blood has hardly dried
on the rag before we are out doors in
search OF that hammer, and ready to
make another trial. The result rarely
varies, but we never profit by it. The
awful weapon goes on knocking of
our nails and mashing whole joints,
and slipping off the handle to the con-
fusion OF mantle ornaments, and
breaking the commandments, and cut
ting up an assortment OF astounding
and unfortunate antics without let or
hiGdrance. And yet we put up with
it, and put the handle on again, and
lay it away where it won't get lost,
and do up our mutilated and smarting
fingers, and yet if the outrageous
thing should happen to get lost, we
kick up regular hullabOOloo until it
is found again. Talk about the tyran-
izing influence of a bad habit 1t is
not to be compared with the family
hammer
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
How Poverty Comes.

1t is no wonder that very many
people are poor when their hard earn
lngs are wasted on iniulgencies winch
do harm instead OF good. Bread i:
the great staple of TODD, and 5000,
600, 900 were spent last year for -four
to feed poor people. But the tobacco
sold in the country for chewing and
smoking and snuff, cost $3.50. 900 900
about 81 for every man, woman and
child, This b-hsi~ enough, but the
cost of Intoxicating liquors was much
higher. DR.. Edward Young, at the
head OF, the Bureau ot,--Statistics IL
Washington, estimates the amount
paid for liquors consumed IN 1870 al
sooo, ,oOo, COOS averaging nearly $2C
for every man, woman and child. A
large amount of this Is used iu pool
families, and rsduoes them 10 want
and wretchedness.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
LYONS KATHARI0k.

For Preserving and BeautiTy ing the
Human Hair. To Prevent its Fall
ing Out and Turning Gray.
| well-preserved Head of Hair, in person
of middle age, bespeaks refinement, elegance
health and beauty. 1t may truly be called
Woman's CIowning Glory, while men are OF
insensible to its advantages and charms.
Few things are more disgusting than thin,
frizziy, harsh, uniamed Hair, with head and
coat covered with Dandruff. Visit barber
and you feel and look like a new man.
This is what LYONS KATHARIoN will
do all the time. The charm which lies in
well placed Ha:r Glossy Curls, Luxuriant
Tresses, and Clean Head, is noticeable and
irresistible.
Sold by all Druggists and Country Stores.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
The New York
EVENING POST
SAFE, SURE AND STEADFASY.
A Journal fGi all True Republicans,
for all True Liberals, and all
True Democrats.

The NEW YORK EVENING POST, edited
by William Cullen Bryant, and Parke
Goodwin, assisted by the estroDgesttalentthat
can be engaged, has for more than halfa cen
-tury maintained the same principles of FrSe-
dom and Progress, through all changes OF
parties and policies
Ii Stands for Equal Rights; for the
Distribution ofPower; for Honesty and Econ
omy; for the security of the glorious results OF
Emancipation and Enfranchisement won by
he war and for all practicable Reforms
tits opposed to Injustice and SPOlia-
ton, disguised under the name of protec-
tion ard TO all corrupt party combinations
which sacrifice principle to mere success.
It VIII support Grant and Wilson,
because it believes that under them the gov
ernment will be more stable, and the chances
for progress and reform more certain, than
under any alliance eofincompatible elements.
The Evening Post is equal to any other
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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
Profits of Farming.

More than once we have alluded to
the benefits resulting from "soiling"
in localities where it can be readily
and proftably followed, weIhave given
below, in confirmation of these state
ments, the following paragraphs:
Mr.. II. Sedgewick, Of Cornwall,
Conn, stated at the Farmers Meeting
at Lowell, Mass, that farmers in his
neighborhood were engaged in pro-
duclng milk for the New York market
Referring to the short feed of the fall
of 1871, he added:
Our farmers declare they will not
go back to the old way OF feeding
stock. Wecut up our straw and make
everything available Many of us
have adopted the plan of stesming the
food for our cattle, and we are salts
fed from the experiments we have
made that we save a third of our pro-
vender by steaming it AS a sample
of what this manner of feeding will dc
| will relate an instance of a young
man who yearago this spring bought
farm of eighty acres OF land fol
81, 900. The farm then kept eleven
COWS, four or five yearlings, and q
horse or two. The young man took
hold of that farm, and Immediately
put in fourteen acres of sowed corn
He increased the stock to twenty-five
COWS, and kept them on twelve acres
feeding them the sowed corn, and also
cutting his oats green for food. Hi
receipts the first year were over So, ,0OC
This year he has summered on The
same farm twenty seven cows, and b,
told me the other day that his twenty
seven cows would average him sIOt
each from the profit on milk.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
Grass the Essential Crop.


In q section of the country, where
stock must be fed on hay and grain
for six months in the year, it is i'm
portant TO secure the requisite amount
of grass and other fodder for such de,
mands. There is little danger oi
making too liberal provisions in this
respecs. 1t is impossible to anticipate
how long and how cold a winter may
be, nor how much a stock of cattle
will consume. The better class of far.
mers are adopting new plans to -e-
cure a greater and longer continued
crop of grass. The best method seems
to be to put soil into good heart, by a
iudicious system of cultivation, and
after seeding, keep up the strength OF
the soil by repeated top dressings
either of fine manure, phosphate, or
guano, or well dried muck and lime In
some form. This is evidently the most
arrangement, when the
nature of the soil is sufficiently well
understood to enable the occupant to
apply the needed fertilizing element.
1t saves labor both of man and beast,
and returns an immediate paying har-
vest better than vegetables or grain.
But there are other considerations be
sides the producing of grass. 1t must
be properly cured and housed To
do this, the farmer should be provided
with the necessary machinery to drive
his hayIng and secure his crop much
earlier than is usual, aud before the
rain of August blackens it and
drenches out its vitality. 1t is no
longer question whether grass should
be cut early, when in the blossom or
even before that stage, or when the
stalk is dry and the seed fully matured
il not ripeDed. Having produced a
heavy growth and being fortunate in
securing it, let care and prudence be
exercised in feeding it out to the
stock, and especially in drawing it to
the market. Tons may be saved by
early cutting, properly curing and ju-
dicious feeding. Cutting, securing,
mixing with meal are processes all
worthy of consider alton. But what
,ver plan is adopted, let there be no
waste Taking even the hints given
lere and acting accordingly, farmers
nay save large per cent. of hay, that
) now vasted.-Manckesfer Mirror.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18

Does il Pay 20 Keep Poultry
l am often asked this 91es ion also
which are the best kinds of improved
fowls would say. in reply. that
have experirnent,d with large nun
be- of breed7, and have discarded al
but Houdans, Light and Dark Brah-
mas In these breeds are combined
all the important qualities Of good
table fowls, good layers, GUNNER and
winier, sitters, non-sitters and size
My Houdan chicks weigh from 5 TO
81 lbs. in autumn. They are very
handsome fowls-large aize, small
bones. fine flesh and of extraordinary
precocity and fecundity. They lay
large eg Is, and the chicks are BIT for
the table at four months old. The
Brahams chicks weigh from 8 to 10
lbs in autumn Ny Light Brahama
breeding cock, a May chick, weighs
10 lbs They are quiet and hand
some fowl, good layers and sitters.
l consider the Dark superior to the
Light Brahamas these and the Hou-
dams are becoming the fsvorite breeds
of tho Upifad Stofae
Rev. H. W. Beecher says that the
White Leghorns, from the same
amount of feed, will produce rather
more eggs than the Houdans. This
is not fair trial, as eggs from the
latter breed are much larger than
from the former. l claim that the
Houdans will produce greater weight
Of eggs, from the same amount of
eed, than any other breed. 1 have
Kept the amount of eggs laid by one
lozen Light Brahama fowls through
The year, and found they averaged
l22 eggs each.
This year ] am breeding from choice
selected pure bred fowls of these
breeds. Below, give last years &C
count of ordinary and mixed fowls, to
how whether it pays to keep poultry
md sell eggs at ordinasy prices.
Fancy poultry would pay better.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
Not for Sale in Book or News Stores.

THE ALDINE, while issued with all the
regularity, has none of the temporary or
timely interest characteristic of ordinary pc
riodicals. IL is an elegant miscellany ofpure,
light. and graceful literature; and "A collec-
tiOn OF pictures, the rarest specimenso of artis-
tic skill, in black and white. Although each
succeeding number affords a fresh pleasure TO
its friends, the real value and beauty Of THE
AkDINE will be most appreciated after II
has been bound up at the close Ofthe year
While other publications may claim superior
cheapneSs, as compared with rivals OF a SINH
lar class, THE A ALDINE is a unique and orig
inal onceptiOn-alOne and unapproached-
absolutely without competition in price or
character. The possessor of a complete vol
ume cannot duplicate the quantity OF nne
paper and engravings in any other shape or
number of volumes for ten times us COST and
fhen there are The chronaos. bestdes!
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
Religious.

First Presbyterian Church-Rev. Ebel
Muse. PasIOr. Services at lU12 a. M, and
O'CLOCK, y. IN. Prayer meeting Thursda.
evenings. Corner Main and Hardin streets
First Congregational Church-Rev.W W
>. Peterson, Pastor. Services at l0JZ a. IN
and O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. broadway, south OF Main
Cross Streets.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rev.L.R 1. R
Henderson, Pastor. Services at lO1E a. M
and o'clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. Sandusky ST., west of Main.
z Lutheran Church-Rev. George
Miller, BasUor. Services at lUJz a. IN. and
p. IN Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
Crawford street, west Of Main.
United Brethren In Christ-Rev. I. ].
Harbaugh, Pastor. Services at 10 u. m and
7o'clock, p. m. Prayer mIeIt1g I ..day
evenings. CornerCrawford aud We o,Lcets
Church of Cod-Rev. J. W. Aukerman,
Pastor. Services at lOZ a. m and O'Clock,
p. III. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
rrLut Street, west Of Main.
ST. Michael's Catholic Church-Rev
J. Il. Young, Pastor. Every other sabbath
FII,t Mas a. 5 ocsock, A. NJ High Mass al
English, GeI man aud French. Ma s every
morning at O'Clock, A. NJ. West end oi
M5ln-CrUSs street.
German Lutheran CSt John's) Church.
Rev. NJ. Buerkle, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock A. NJ. Singing
Society al o'clock Friday evening, Corner
OF West and rr INT streets.
English Reformed CSt Paulsl Church
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other sabbath at 10 O'Clock, A. N. East end
of Main-CroSS street.
German Reformed Church-Rev. j. G.
Ruhl, Pastor. Services at lOa a. IN. and
o'clock, ID. NJ. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. East end Main Cross street.
Evangelical church-Rev. VIM. Whit
tingLOn, Pastor. Services lOH a. IN. and
O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evenings. SandusKy street, east OF Main.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
LEGAL DEFINITION OF "EITHER.''

The legal meaning ~ 'he word
aaitber' wss grave,y argued IN an
l,ngIisb Court OF Chsneery the other
day. i. !. A certain .e..a.oF len property
s6e disposition Of which wsS affected
bv "tbe death of either'' OF two per
sons. One lawyer insisted that ether
meant both ; and in support of this
view be quoted Richardson, Webster,
Cnsucer, Dryden, SOuthey, the story
Of the erucifxion, anda passage from
Revelations The Judge suggested
that there Sas an old song in "The
B4ggsr's Opers'' which took the 9th
erve~: "HoW happy could be with
either, Were t'other dear ehsruer
away.' Ia prOnouncing Judgment,
the Court ruled thst ''eirher' meant
one o: two, snd did not mean "bosh-"
II might have that mesniug occssion-
alIy in poets, but never in Court Of
Chancery.'
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18
a9ume and farm.
7 u NJ , III = u ~
Plant More Apples and Pears,
No,:JHwEsTERS CHIC FOR APPLE
GROWING

II has otten occurred 10 me that th,
farmers OF Northwestern ONO de- no
Sufficiently appreciate the sdvaui Al se,
OF their section OF the State for the pro
duction of our staple fruit, the apple
Il has been noticed that for dozen
years past the finest and best cnllec-
tionsol this fruit at our State fairs have,
IN majority of csses, come from the
section of the Northwest known as
the Maumee Valley. And were
nov abont to select a location for the
special purpose of growing apples and
pears for the market, / would seek
one in that same section of course
keeping in mind the Importance OF
good rolling land and facilities for
transportation by railroad. With these
two essentials, aud enough OF neigh
bors to furnish society and help when
wanted, the newer the surrounding
country is the better. My reasons
for these opinions, stated in brief are
as follows:
The soil OF this section of Ohio,
where not too fiat, is known to be as
favorable as any other for apple or
chsrds. The climate too is equally
favorable. Then, it is well known TO
pomologists that, other things being
equal, newly settled regions, especially
in heavily tiInbered counties, are much .
the best for healthy and productive |
orchards. This is chiefly owing to
the fact that in all the old and thicklY |
settled parts OF the country, where
there are many old orchards and the
forests have mostly disappeared, the
apple crop is more than half destroyed
every year by insects and what is
spared by these is much OF 1t blotched
aud iii fgurei by fungus diseases,
which, ike the insects, are bred by
these old and diseased orchards, and |
spread on young and old trees nearly
alike These two evils are every year
becoming more disastrous to the or
chard crops in all the older parts of
the State, aud are likely to continue
for all time to come. The newer sec
tions viii, OF course, be visited by the
same after awhile, but the comparative
exemption for a period of perhaps
thirty or fifty years is sufficient to
afford strong inducements for those
who possess the land and facilities for
the business, TO engage in it quite ex-
tensively.
Space WI not permit me here to
say anything Of a practical kind on the
subject of planting orchards, but l
will give one important suggestion to
those who may think OF planting apple
OICuatuS lOI m1ihObI VIZ DO hOb
plaut more than about halt dozen of 8
SORTS, and all OF them winter varieties, i
# they are to be shipped to distant
markets. Indeed, am not sure but a
that the B liwin variety alone, for an I
orchard of thousand trees, would {
pay better than half dozen varieties. s
Pear culture, | am convinced, can q
be pade quite profitable also but it +
requires a good deal OF knowledge and ]
Judgment TO enable one to engage in 7
!: safely, except in a small way as an
and it is better for farm
srs generally to leave such things to b
those who have, or think they have, o
these requisites. NJ. B. BATEKAM a
Psinesville, o. q
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FNIAY YHANCOCK COUNTY, OHIO. 49,
Plantation BitterS.
s. T.---l860--X.

This wonderful vegetable restOra
tive is the sheet anchor of the fseblt
and debilitatsd. As a tonic and cor.
dial for the aged and languid it has
no equal among stomaehers. As a
remedy for the nervous weakness to
"hni women are especially subject,
it is superseding every other stimu-
liant. In all climates, tropical, tenn
perate or frigid, it acts as a specific
in every species Of disorder which
undermines the bodily strength and
breaks down III animal spirit
ian 10 ply
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-04-18

Nh, j. T.SaHzH,s6o has xintered
6tty-tyo sxstps Of bees the past win
ter, withoutioss, gives the following
in the Bowling Green Sentinel as the
best p,a1 for feeding bees: Q -
make a syrup of A. coffee sugar
mixed with water. This 1 pour over
piece OF comb and place on the top
of the hive, making g small aperture
for the bees to come up. Over this l
place q box. Care should be taken TO
keep the bees warm, as they rob more
at this time Of the year than at any
other. / begin feeding in early spring,
and continue until apples are in bloom