davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Van Buren press., 1873-04-15

nor the original lTescTIDeS any IlinIt oI
time within which these railroads are to
he completed 1t is contended that tn.
lien Of the state prevents the companies
from further mortsaging their roads to
raise funds. aud at the same time it is
urged as an induce,nent that the state
should take stock and release the rail
road comp MES, that the state has no
lien. Are we to give them $4,000, 900 to
to prevent their asking for more? This
bill does not prevent the balance OF the
railroad aid bonds being awarded to 9th
cr companies. This bill omits the thre
mill tax, but. if the bill passes, it had
Just as well have been retained, as we
will have to provide by taxation for
me- n, to meet The principal and interest
We consider the stock proposed to bc
awarded IN consideration Of this release
as entirely worthless. True, it provides
for seven per cent dividend on the stock,
but il the roads have no net earnings.
whence the dividend? How is the paw.
ment to he enforced? How make them
pay dividends when the roads make moth
ing, which will be the case, as when we
TcIcusc tucIH We wiz huNe nuHDeT VI
merely commenced railroads on our
hands? The parties who have had con.
troll will hence receive more than they cx.
pended, and nothing more will he done.
We can but consider this proposition. as
contained in this bill, as a scheme gotten
up exclusively in the interest Of these
railroad corporations, their aiders aud
abettors. as one in which the people ofthe
state can in no wise be benefited; as one
for which We, as honest representatives
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
Need for Drainage,

five recount the troubles and losses
which result from a want of drainage
1t will be seen that a wonderful bal
ance of loss lies on the side of un.
drained fields. There are late plow-
lngs and sowings and paintings in
spring consequent on wet fields; Door
crops and ill-conditioned soil resuIt,ng
from enforced plOwing of land, when
in an unfit state for the plow; drown.
ed-out crops in wet seasons, and psrcb.
ed crops in drouths, for stranpelv
enough, both of these extremes occnt
in undrained soil more than in drained
ones; wet pastures, poached and wa.
ter-soaked, filed with sour, coarse
grass and weeds unfit for the food n,
an animal giving milk; cattle with
diseased feet, or sick or dying from
disease engeudered by. unwholesome
pasture, or BY drinking stagnant sur.
face water; sheep with foot-rot, liver
rot, dysentery, or other deadly com.
plants, resulting from the to them
fatally destructive moisture of Their
feeding grounds; with, finally, crop.
heayed out by frost, meadows killed
by freezing or by covering with ice,
and at last, but not least the mlasms
which arises from undIa,ned ground,
and which affects the health of the
farmer or his children. Then does il
pay to drain ?-Ase-iean 4gricultEr.
ist.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
EconOmiEing Food.

Much depends upon the warmth
and comfortable accommodations of an
imals in this respect. 1t is the food
that produces animal heat, or rather
that tends to keepit up; and the far
mer can economic that food, and
make one half OF it go about as far as
the whole would, by keeping his stock
In warm, comfortable winter quarters
The cold winds penetrate through
every creyice in 8 barn. No matter
how small that crevice, the cold will
find its way through. If you would
economize your food, look thoroughly
to the warmth and condition of youl
barns and stables; fol- herein lies grea,
the secret of success in saving food
..Stop out the cold, and you can keeI
more stock upon the same amount o
food,' is the verdict Of the past anG
present age.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
Religious.

First Presbyterian Church Rev. Eben
Muse. Pastor. Services at lu1z a. M, and
O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. Corner Main and Hardin streets.
First Congregational Church-Rev. W.
5. Peterson, Pastor. Services at lO1a a. N.
and O'Clock, y. IN. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. Broadway, south of Main
Cross Streets.
Methodist Episcopal Church-Rev.I Il. R.
Henderson, Pastor. Services at l01z a. IN.
and o'clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evenings. Sandusky ST., west of Main.
English Lutheran Church-Rev. George
Miller Bsstor. Services at l012 a. m. and
D. M Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
Crawford street, west Of Main
United Brethren in Christ-Rev. I. ].
Harbaugh, Pastor. Services at 10 a. m and
O'Clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. Corner Crawford and WestS Streets
Church Of Cod-Rev. ]. w Aukerman,
Pastor. Services at l01l a. m. and Z o'clock,
p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
FrCnt Street, west OF Main.
ST. MIchael's Catholic Church-Rev.
]. Il. Young, Pastor. Every other sabbath,
First Mass at o'clock, A. NJ, High Mass al
10, A. M, Catechism al =, L. NJ. Services IN
English, German and French. Mas every
morning at 8 O'Clock, A. N. West end OF
Ma1n-CIoss street.
German Lutheran Cst John's) Church
Rev. N. Buerkle, PASTOR Services every
other Sabbath at 10 O'Clock A. NJ. Singing
Society at I o'clock Friday evening, Conner
of West and Front streets.
English Reformed (St Pauls) Church
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock, A. NJ. East end
of Main-CrosS street.
German Reformed Churcf-Rev. ]. G.
Ruhl, Pastor. Services at lOL a. m. and
O'Clock, p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings. East end Main Cross Street.
church-Rev. WIN. Whit
tingtOn, Pastor. Services l0A a. m. and Z
o'clock, p. IN. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evenings. Sandusky street, east of Main
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
Is FRIDAY AN UNLUCKY DAY?

Friday, long regarded as day oi
llI-omen, has been an eventfui one In
American history.
Friday, Christopher Columbus saii-
ed on his voyage of discovery.
Friday, ten weeks after, ne d'seov-
cred America
Friday, Henry VII of Engisne'
0sve John Cabot his commission
Sbich led to the discovery OF North
America. IL.
FRIDAY, St. Augustine, the oldest
town in the United States was found
ed. I'll ~
Friday, the MGzfloacer, with the
PILGRIMS. arrived at Pr uee'o"n-
Fr;dsy they signed that august
nsct the iorerunner Of the pres
ant Constitution.
Friday George Wssnins'o" '
born. NH wos seizad
and fortified. c..o...
Friday, the surrender OF 'arA'ogS
vss made ceCo-n.,,;
Friday, the suIIe
AZ yorktown occurred
Fr;dsy. the motion was made in
conoress that the United Colonies
ERE and Of right ought to he, free
and independent
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
The New York
EVENING POST
SAFE, sure And STEADFASF.
A Journal fOf all True Republicans,
for all True Liberals, and all
True Democrats.

The NEW YORK EVENLNG POST, edited
by William Cullen Bryant, and Parke
Goodwin, assisted by the strongest talentthat
can be engaged, has for more than halfa cen
tury maintained the same principles Of Free
dom and Progress, through all changes OF
partieSand policies.
It Stands for Equal Rights; for the
Distribution Of fPower for Honesty and Econ
omy; for the security of the glorious results Of
and EnfIanchisement won by
he war; and for all practicable Reforms.
1t is opposed TO Injustice and Spolla-
tion, disguised under the name of protec-
ton ard to all corrupt party combinations
which sacrifice principle to mere success
II wID support Grant and Wilson,
because it believes that under them the gov
eminent 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
as a newspaper, and is complete in itsPolitl-
,al, its Literary, sScientific, its Agricultural
and its Commercial Departments.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
Raising Potatoes.

A correspondent of the American
Farm Journal, gives the following
description of his method OF cultiva
ting potatoes:
''To raise good crop of potatoes,
it is necessary to plant on land that
is adapted to potatoes. In Western
New York, and perhaps anywhere,
a gravelly soil is the best. prefer
old ground where the sod was turned
under the year previous. If the land
needs manure, let it be used the year
before on some other crop, and
the land got up in condition before
you plant potatoes. The ploughing
should be done In the fall, and little
deeper than for any other crop. The
earlier that you plant in the spring
the better, in the majority of cases.
81 usually plant all sizes except the
very smallest, and use from four to
six bushels per acre. In cutting /
leave from one to five eyes on piece,
generally about three. 1 plant in
drills, with the pieces about fourteen
inches apart, the rows three feet apart
Most people use from ten to fourteen
bushels per acre. 1 get as many po-
tatoes as they do, and often use but
one third as much seed. To plant fast
it needs a horse, a plough, a man to
hold the plough, a boy to ride, (unless
You drive) and man to drop. first
mark out four rows on one side of the
piece. When this is done 1 am on the
same side of the field that 1 was when
l started. The next time / 60 across
the three rows not covered, and COM
ing back make another mark. Every
time ] 60 across the piece from the
side from which L started cover q
row, and on coming back make mark.
This turns the furrow right back, that
you made in making the mark. Some
object to this way of planting, as it
leaves ndge in the way of the culti-
vator. 1 drive my drag teeth back
about ,one third ,and when the potatoes
begin to show, I drag them lengthways
of the row. This removes the ridge
and the objection, and they are as good
as hoe6 once. If the ground is not
weedy they will want but one more
hoeing until tie blossom buds begin
to start, when they should be killed.
Don't make little narrow pile as an
apology for hill, but broad fist one
that will hold all of the potatoes with
out crowding.''
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
The Value of the Roller.


The Commissioner of Agriculture,
in an artlcleon agricultural machinery,
makes the following just remarks on
the use of the roller. He says:
"Of all the implements for upon the
farm, there is no one which tells of
greater benefits than the roller. 1t
pulverizes the clods, smooths the sur
face for the scythe OF the reaper, and
oompacts the earth shout the seed
and roots of plants; but above all,
and of more Importance than all, it
destroys vermin. That the earth
should be made fine is the object of
plowing and narrowing. A roller
greatly conduces to this. That small
stones and rough places should be
driven out of the way of the scythe
or mower, is desideratum which
every farmer will appreciate. and
when the seed is first sown, and when
the frosty winter or thaBing OF the
spring have loosened Its growth upon
the surface it may be imagined how it
would be benefited by giving it q bed
in the earth again.
"But its most useful purpose is less
satisfactorily explained, for its proof
is only found in the experience of its
use. All know that most Of the
vermin which affects the farmers crop
has its resting and often its breeding
place in the earth /; there, and upon
the young and tender plant, where it
deposits its eggs. The cut worm de-
stroys corn at the surface; the Hessian
fly deposits its eggs upon the young
wheat blade, which often falls to the
ground. The earth, in fine, Is fully
charged with the eggs and the en-
bryo Of vermin of all sorts, in all
stages, and in all periods OF their
existence, and it may readily be i'm
agned what an amount of destruction
would follow the passage Of a heavy
roller, over the surface.n
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
Making Manure.

A New Jersey correspondent of the
New York Tribune gives his plan for
making manure, which shows that he
knows that be knows how, and which
is especially valuable to nurserymen
and others in the West who must ap-
ply the manure in rotted state:
To carry 1t into practice ] have a
place for the manure heap convenient
to the stable; clean the stalls every
morning, or when necessary, and
throw on the heap; always keep it
werl together, with q fat and broad
top; it win soon commence to rot,
and by the time there are eight or ten
loads accumulated take a day and
haul to some suitable place for manu-
fscture. As the manure is hauled
keep it well together, and not less
than three feet deep: keep the top
always fiat or a little coneaye, as in
this way the valuable quality is better
retained When manure is heaped
conically or spread carelessly araround
and remains 50, for any length of timet
its value then would only be abou
equal to straw. The heap should be
in depth according to guam
.ity. By hauling day at intervals in
Winter the yard may be clear by the
lime of turning stock out TO pasture.
When the pressing work Of Spring is !
'ast, turn the manure-heap over mix
ng it thoroughly. 1t should be finish
ID square or oblong, with straight and
learly perpendicular sides, well pack
ID all through, and not less than four
eet deed, SIS the deeper it is the bet
er; finish the top about level, with
* or eight inches OF soil, which will
rove valuable in saving The good
Iualities of the manure. When appli-
alton time comes there will be found
rich heap of manure, black and
reasy. This plan is preotleed by all
f the best farmers of England, who
'btain such heavy crops of roots fol-
owed by heavy and luxurant Spring
,rains and grass.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
CURE POR EVERY DRUNKARD.

/ Eat comfortable meals at regu
lar hours, psrtaking especially Of
farinaceous food, vegetables sno
fruits three times day.
2. Exercise regularly, but 80 as
not to induce fatigue.
8 Have regular and long sleep,
going to bed and rising at particular
hours. and take 3 sleep about noon
4 Keep the mind IS much inter-
ss,ed and amused as possible by
harmless games, sports, etc.
5. Take q warm bath daily about
liam, il convenient.
6. Break up all old associations.
7. Keep away from Did resorts-
8 Qait chewing and smoking to-
bacco, for this blunts the moral sense,
and makes the imagination dull.
Liquor makes the ideal faculty Wild
and unsettled, while tobacco makes
il obtuse.
O. Never forget that il you are tc
be a new man you must have new
ideas, and these must be such as h
make you discard the use Of alcoho
in all its form. Do not take il ss q
beverage, for it will reaHaken th,
old desire in the one case ss readily
as in the other.--Exekon0s.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
ART DEPARTMENT..

Notwithstanding the increase in the price
OfSubscTiption last Fall, when IHEALDL-NE
assumed It's present noble proportions and
representative character, the edition 1Ods
more than doubled during the past year; prov
ing that the American public appreciate, and
will support a sincere effort in the cause OF
Art, The publishers, anxious to justify the
ready confidence thus demonstrated, have
exerted themselves to the utmost TO develop
and Improve the work; and the plans for the
coming year as unfolded by the monthly L.
sues vi II astonish and delight even the most
san0I1ine friends OF THE dLDLNE.
T6e publishers are authorized to announce
designs from many OF the most eminent ar
fists of America.
examples of the best foreign masters, selected
with a view to the highest artistic success, and
greatest general interest; avoiding such as
have become familiar, through photographs
or copies OF any kind.
The quarterly tinted plates, for 1873, repro
duce four OF John 3. Davis irimitable child
sketches. appearing in the issues for January,
April, July and October, would alone be
worth the price of years subscription
The popular feature of copiouSly ilIusfra-
ted Christmas" number will be continued.
To possess such a valuable epitOme of the
art world at a cost so trifling. will command
the subscriptions OF thousands In every sec
ton of the country; but, as the usefulness nd
attractions of THE ALDINE can be enhanc-
ed, in proportion TO the numerical increase of
its supporters, the publishers propose TO make
assurance double sure" by the following
unDaralleled offer OF
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
for the whole er , part of the loss in

for the whole er 0 part of the loss in
Cured to the firm. This my
young friend had not the eoursge to
40. I presented il to him "a well rs
I could as a Christian duty, but he
refused. Alas for him, tool he had
grown too big for the church, and
the Sunday school, and for prayer,
and since bis removal from New
York he hsd failed to connect him
self with any church, and had drifed
away with the tide of dissIpated
young men around him, and here he
was now, with the Penitentiary or
State Prison before him, and not
very distant either
James made me another visit after
this, but while be appeared 70 agree
with everything I advised him 10 do,
is was very evident to me that he
could not now turn back BE prom
ised me that he could go straight to
his employers ONCE and Snake 8
clean breast OF ny But be didn't.
The next information ]. had about
him was q city paragrsph in the
newspaper announcing the arrest OF
". l. T. for forgery. He had pre-
liminsry examination before the
Police Magistrate the case was
dear against him; he made con-
tession and wa committad FOR trial
by the higher court. The strain was
'too great for his mental and physical
endurance, and / wss subsequently
Informed by another Sabbath scholar
OF mine, and cfassmste Of James's,
that he had died in prison while
awaiting trial. And thus ended an
other once promising life. young IN
years but old in ain, scarcely attained
TO mans estate, but dying with the
brand Of the criminal on his brow,
and the future before him IS dark
20 the present. .-..-'
I might multiply such incidents
almost indefinitely, but I have pre-
sented these two cases, whose names,
should I mentioa them, would be
readily known by msny In this city.
But I need not multiply the num-
Der. There are to day at least two
young men in the prime Of life IN this
city over whose heads the mntderer,s
penalty hangs, as it we're, By 4 single
thread. They are sons of praying
parents, and the relatives OF those
who love the Lord. Bus they are
now in the laws grasp, and the day
Of vengeance and of recompense
draWeth nigh. They remember the
time when they became "too big tol
pray" but now the time Is come
when it is too late TO prsy-at least
for mercy from society. o that II
had the trump of sn archangeL and
his ability also, that I might proclaim
TO the young men Of our land, and
to those trained up in our
Sabbath Schools, the acceptable day
of the Lord as well as the day Of
Of our God to warn them
against the dangers ahead and the
,isk they run in setting up for them
selves without God and. without
prayer. 81 guess Pm too big to
pray" has rung in my ears these
many years, and every time ] see or
lear OF young man reiigiously |
rained becoming reprebate, know
he reasOn-"TOO bio To uray. Too |
'ig to pray!
But, thank God there are thous-
nds Of young men In the city and
throughout the land who have never
eased to feel their dependence upon
rod, and who have found by blessed
that prayer pays.
Too big to prsyi Too big to
)ray Hear It and beware
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
VOL. Is.
Agricultural Notes.

When a farmer looses a horse, a
sheep or any o.her animal, instead oI
throwing the carcass to the dogs and
crows, or burying it, and 10 this man
ner losing it, let him throw over 1t a
few handsful of Stacked lime and then
from eigLt to ten times the bulk oi
the animal OF earth. BY this means
the iertilizing gases which are thrown
of during the decomposition of the
animal WILDE absorbed. He will then
have one or two cart loads of manure,
which will pay him FIVE times ever for
his pains.
DR.. Turner speaking of food and
shelter, says farmer may cause the
waste of as much nerve power in his
stock in a single night from exposure
TO the weather and want of sufficient
food as can be replaced in a week
No animal should be kept in state
Of anxiety and alarm on account of
food and shelter. It should have the
most perfect confidence that its kind
master will be round and attend to its
wants in due season.
Vassar College sets private exam
pie to its conteres, in saving and util-
hing all the sewage wastings and
night soil of her for or five hundred
students, and what makes it the more
remarkable is that Vassar is located
on a soil of natures choicest alluyials,
while almost every other Eastern
alma mater sits In the midst of silicious
barrenness, which continually cries
aloud for little organic matterto sus-
ain its vegetable sdornments.
An English writer states that
among working horses the effects of
cooked food are some thing marvellous
Jolic and indigestion generally, with
liseases of the liver and kidneys, are
4 common occurrence" From which
We are to infer that cooked food, while
great saving to the farmer, is not
seductive of good health for the ami
nails.
DIR. Sylvester says he has no doubt
hat healthy trees may he infected by
be pruning-shears,and he advises that
hese implements be carefully washed
l solution of carbolic acid after be-
lg used about a blighted pear, or
each with the yelloWs,
Nebraska furnishes pastoral item
oncerning a flock of sheep buried In
deep snowdrift for ten days, and dis
overed at the end of that time by
leir breath rising as cloud of steam
trough the superintendent snow.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-03-21
A VERY AWKWARD NAN.

They had what they call sn swk-
ward man on q jury down in Main
the other day. IL seems the case in
volved q claim for money for build
ing q cellar, and the number OF
perches Of stone used vas specified
But this awkward msn, as It CHANGED,
knew something by experiences shout
building stone walls, and this little
itsm was not quite clear 70 hiG. 80
when the jury went ogt ne tooE ,..1a DE
pencil and quietly cipneEeo : h'ss :.
while at the table, and taen, ~
the most matter of-fsct way, toia nls
tssIa~ss.rors a that, Is he made IL there
- srruob atone put In those cellar
wsI,s 70 al the cellar completely up
- h.s. some .1,ss or! ., four 1sI.i.s ps.sn Of Of
tnav @ where hey put their potatoes
snd gsfden sass. 5