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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
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THE RAILWAY QUESTION: IOWA

In altering the relations now exist.
ing between the Roads and the Leg
islature the anti-mOnOpolists should
take care lest the remedy prove
worse than the disease. The Legis-
lature Of Illinois has passed q law
making Railroad charges proportion
ate to distances. Some OF the Roads
which it effects run to the Mississippi
River, connecting with Iowa Roads
built with special reference to Chics-
90 and other Eastern markets, Say
ihst the rate of charges in this State
is FIVE cents for fifty miles, then it
will be ten cents for one hundred miles,
and go on. Now ifthe Legislature OF
Iowa adopts q similar policy, what
will be the result ? The rates will
make il absolutely impossible to move
freight from the center Of Iowa
to Chicago, or any Eastern point,
or to receive goods in return
The further west from the center the
freight is TO be shipped the worse off
will the shippers he. BY such an
insane policy, Iowa would literally
fence herself off from any market at
all. A very large proportion Of her
producers would be unable to raise
anything except for local consump-
ton. Real estate would depreeiaoe
one half, and the great cattle and
corn raisers in Western and Central
Iowa would find their occupation
gone, and would discover that, in
seeking to regulate railways, they
had literally regulated the business
OF production out of existence by
cutting themselves off from q market.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
Starching and Ironing.

Starch and iron shirt bosoms as
usual, and when the articles are thor
oughly dry, place one at time on g
narrow, hard and very smooth board,
which has had one thickness of cotton
cloth over it, sewed tightly; have the
rpolishing iron" heated so that it will
not scorch, and rub it quick and hard
over the surface, up and down the
bosom, using only the rounded part
on the front of the iron. A still high
er polish may be obtained by passing
a damp cloth lightly over the smooth
surface, and then rubbing hard and
quickly with the hot iron. / think it
needs good deal of patient practice
to do this admirably, but l know il is
crowned with success, and when once
learned it is easy as other ironing. A
"polishing iron'' is small and highly
polished, with rounded part which
allows all the friction to come on q
small part at one time, which develops
the gloss that may be in both linen and
starch. These irons may be had at
our hardware stores for about seventy
Eve cents each; one is sufficient for a
family. Collars and cuffs look nicely
done in this way.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
MIXED SWINDLING.

California has this drama: One
Whitney, having q sum of money in
bank, and owing an equal sum, con-
suited one Dixon as to the best means
of avoiding payment. Dixon prompt
ly counseled that Whitney should
withdraw the money and lodge it Sc
curely in his hands, so that it could
not be attached by legal process.
This was done but when Whitney
desired TO withdraw the sum from his
and guileless friend, the
latter denied all knowledge of the
transaction. Thereupon the despoiled
Whitney crxyes. the interposition Of
the law, and makes clean breast ot
it. The legal myrmidons overheard
Dixon, and it is at last discovered
that he has made over the cash to an
evil woman named Richardson, with
the understanding that both are to
fly, rejoining each other in a distant
city, where they can diffuse the booty
in peace. Searching and urgent in
vestigation of this person disclosed
the fact that she had just perfected
her arrangements to throw overheard
her fellow felon and Tun away with
another man q man of the Hoodlum
color, with a taking eye and correct
taste in hair oil. Search for this
young man brought to light the
amusing fact that he had spent quite
a portion of the money in purchasing
fugitive outfit for another young
woman, who, as soon as she had got
the articles, did literally and actually
fly with still another young nan
about whom nothing is known, except
that he seems to be the only one in
this strange succession Of criminals
who has reaped any Of the fruits OF
the original crime. Considering the
extreme complication and embarrass-
ment OF everybody concerned, and
the small Likelihood that he will ever
get any of the money back, it is pos
sible that Whitney may now almost
wish that, instead OF monopolizing
his capital in that secret fashion, he
had quietly paid his debts with il.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
Profitable Cattle Feeding.

The Iowa City Republican has this
paragraph which will be of interest
to our readers, as showing that feed.
ing stock is sure way of successfully
farming IN the West: I
Joseph Walker sold the other day
100 fat steers from his farms, which
brought him the neat sum of $4,000,
or 500 per head. These steers Mr..
Walker purchased OF farmers about
him at an average cost, about a year
before, Of between $27 and $29 per
head. He thinks he has made some
money out OF them. He has hogs to
follow. which fsttcued with the cattle,
that he estimates at $l, 500. He has
l25 stock steers, which he viii iced
strong until grass gets good, and then
give them the benefit of that for the
season, then feed them corn next fall
and winter, and have another lot ol
noble, fat fellows to sell again. He
feeds not only all the corn he car
grow on three or four hundred acres
of land, but buys thousands of bush
els besides. Some of his steers have
made net gain during the year, o.
700 pounds, and lots OF them GOO tc
700 pounds each. Those which were
snug and smooth and in good flesh q
year ago, have averaged about double
the net gain of those large bony steers
that were thin in flesh.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
Unsafe Chimneys.

How often do we read in the news
papers accounts of fires supposed to
have been occssioned by "defect in
the chimney" Indeed, to have q
sire proof chimney, so to speak,
should be one of the prime objects Of
every man who builds q house. To
know that your chimney is safe is one
Of the most secure feelings man can
have in contemplating his house. and
no man should undertake to build one,
without putting the building of the
chimney into competent hands. Then
as rule, no wood work should be
within four inches of chimney. An
experienced builder in this city has
told US that he once knew an instance
where q nail driven into the mortar be.
tween the brick became so heated
from a FIRE in an old-fashioned brick
oven-as to communicate fire to the
wood work, which if it had not been
timely discovered must have complete
ly consumed the dwelling. In build
ing chimneyssee that they are con
structed in the most thorough manner.
L-Mdiae Former.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
nfnxims in CaitIe Rreedinr.

james n. Brown, Of illinois, was a
noted breeder OF short-horu cattle,
and these are some Of his ideas:
Use pure-blooded males. Keep no
more stock than you can keep we'll
and the young should always be i'm
proved. Never sell the butcher OF
anybody else your thrittiest young
females. Calves should be dropped
rom Lat of March to lst Of May.
Never allow calves to run with
their dams and suck at will; it Injuries
both.
Milk the young COWS as long at
possible.
All cattle-breeders should have two
pastures for summer grazing, and
change the stock from one to the
other frequently.
To render stock-growing as profit.
able as it should be, good grass for
winter and summer is indispensable.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
Best Time to Paint Houses.

The TschnOlogiss says: The best
time for painting the exterior OF
buildings is late in autumn or during
the winter. Paint then applied will
endure twice as long as when applied
in early summer or in hot weather.
In the former it dries slowly and be-
comes hard, like glazed surface, not
easily affected by the weather OF
worn off by the be,ting of storms.
But in hot weather the oil in the paint
soaks into the wood at once, as INTO a
sponge, leaving the lead nearly dry
and nearly ready to crumble off.
This last difficulty, however, might in
q measure be guarded against, though
at an increased expense, by first 90
ing over the surface with raw oil. By
painting in cold weather one annoy,
ance might certainly be escaped
namely, the collection of flies on tht
fresh pant.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
The Corn Crop OF 1873,

The Chicago 1ri5Kne estims es the
corn crop Of 1873 al considerably les,
than it was last year, when it reached
$50, AZ, 900 bushels, about 80, 900 .OOO
bushels OF which was exported The
unfaVorable weather that prevailed in
all parts of the corn growing belt Of
the country, has produced this change,
The question how much this reduc
tion in the corn crop will enhance the
price Of the surplus OF last year can
only be determined by experience
A corresponding failure of the cereal
crops generally would advance the
prices of all kinds of grain three or
four-fold; bat as several of these
grains can be substituted for others,
the failure of one will not advance the
price to the extent that would follow
a general failure. The use of corn as
an article of human food is very lin
ted outside the United States, and
any serious advance in the price would
ct once lead to the substitution OF
other articles. At the present time
the market is overstocked with corn ;
hence, although the anticipated de-
fciency is already understood in COM
mercial circles, the price does not ad-
vance.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
First Presbyterian church-Rev. ELo

First Presbyterian church-Isev. El'oi
Muse, Pastor. Services AT 10 a. IN, anG
O'Clock, y. ~ Prayer meeting Ihursc.'l
evenings. Corner Main and Hardin streets
First Congregational Church-Rev. "
y. Peterson, Pastor. Services at lOl5 q. 70
and Clock, p. III. Prayer meeting Thui =
day evenings. broadway, south OI Main
Cross SreeIs.
Methodist Episcopal ChurcF-Rev. l. X
Henderson, Pastor. Services at lOlz a IA.
and o'clock, p. IN. Prayer Ineetlhs Inuis-
day evenings. Sandusky St, west Of Mai II.
English Lutheran Churcf-Rcv. George
Miller Bastor. Services at lOiz n. m, and :
u. III. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings.
Crawford street, west OI MANI
United Brethren in ChriSt-Rev. 7. j..
Harbaugh, Pastor Services ut ~ u. IN and
7o'clock, p. m. Prayer meeting ThurSiay
evenings. Corner Crawford and WestStreeIs
Church of Cod-Rev. ]. W. Aukennan,
Pastor, services at lUIz a. m. and ] O'CLOCK,
p. IN. Prayer meeting Thursday evenings
Front Street, west OI Main.
ST. MichaeTs Catholic Church-Rev.
j. Il. Young Pastor. Every other sabbath,
EIrst Mass al 5 o'clock, A. NJ, High Mass al
To- A. NJ. CaUechism at =, L. NJ. Services IA
English, German and French. Mass every
morning at o'clock y. VI. West end OF
Maln-CrOSs street.
German Lutheran Cst JOhn's) Church
Rev, NJ Buerkle, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath AT 10 o'clock A. NJ. Singins Z
Society at o'clock Friday evening, Corner
of West and Front streets,
English Reformed (St Paufsl Church
Rev. Josiah May, Pastor. Services every
other Sabbath at 10 o'clock, y. VI. East end
of Main-CrosS street.
German Reformed Church-Rey. ]. q
RuhI, Pastor. Services at lU5Z a. m. ana
O'Clock, d. III. Prayer meeting Ihursd'iy
evenings. East enI Main Cross Street.
z Evangelical Church-Rev. WIN. Whit
tinglOn Pastor. Services iCi= a. III. and
O'Clock, u. III. Prayer meeting "Wednesday
evenings. Sandusky street, east OF Main.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

STRAwBRRRIRs-Take good firm
berries, bull them, sprinkle with sugar,
and let them standtwo or three hours
then pour off the juice into . preserv-
ing kettle, and put into it enough su-
gar to make a thick, syrup, at least
half pound ofsugar to one Of fruit.
put as many berries into this as You
think VIII fill a can; let them boil up
about one minute, pnt the berries Is
compsctly as possible into the can,
pouroEer the hot Juice until the can
Is fdif,' and seal Add sugar TO the
syrup that remains, sud cook another
can full The principle is plenty Of
sugar and no water. If they stond in
sugar too long the juice is all drawn
from the bery, leaving it soft and in.
iuring Its color. Berries canned by
this recipe will be quite firm vben
opened, and almost as fresh-lookinO
IS whenpicked from the.-Rsar,6 az :
Home. --aa-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

DISTRICT ISDEBTEDSEss.-Consid-
cradle excitement was created in the
Legislature OF the District of CoIum-
bia, on the 23d, by q member Affirm
ing that the figures showed that the
debt Of the District amounted to over
SI5, 100000, and that without aid
from Congress bankruptcy was in
eyitsble. The Legislature, at this
session, hiss been profiigate in making
appropriations, but it is discovered
that there is no money in the District
Treasury wheresi.h TO pay them. It
seems 10 be generally conceded that
a crisis in the affairs OF the District
Government it at hand, and it is
charged that some startling develop
ments will be made as to the manner
in which the millions of dollars voted
BY Congress for the Improvement of
Washington have been spent.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
GENERAL MEACHAM AND TIE
M0D0CS.

Gen, Meacham has been in Iowa
City, and the Press, Of that place,
says:
concerning the murder Of Can
by and Thomas, Gen. Meacham wss
confident before they went to the
council that they were going to their
massacre. They had all been warned
by Toby Riddles squaw, but no
one believed her except Meacham,
who had known her for four years,
and trusted her implicitly. She is a
pure -bloOded MOdoc, and her hus-
band, Riddle, is white Kentuckian.
1t Is too late to regret that Candy
and Thomas had not the insight to
her character which enabled Meaeham
to trust her fidelity, for then the fa-
tai council would not have been held.
But Candy trusted nobody but the
army, and the Rev. DIR. Thomas con
Gded in nothing but providence,
while Meacham relied upon the
squaw, and he was the only one who
same out to tell the tale. He was
shot in the crown and forehead, in
the right arm and left hand, and had
one OF bis ears nearly cut of in the
attempt Hooks Jim made to scalp
him. He shot one Of the Schonchins
and is confident he killed him, for
the head was brought to camp by one
OF the Warm Springs. There is
family OF Schonehios, which accounts
for the SchonShins captured with
jack
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

Ir will be gratifying to all cOnsum-
ers of sugar to learn that the prospect
is that for some time to come the sup
ply will be abundant, thus causing
cheap prices. The 4naerican GrOce'
says that the sugar cropsin all produc,
ing countries are very large. The
beet root sugar production OF Europe
will yield eleven hundred thousand
tuns, crop that is one-fifthlarger than
last years. The increase viii go far
towards supplying the European mar
ket, and VIII lessen the demand there
for American sugar, SO that a greater
amount than ever before will seek 6
sale in this country, and keep prices
low during the summer. These effects
have already been plainly visible
for some time. --Gs- .-e
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

CATERPILLARs.-Now is the time to
look out sharply for caterpillars. They
are busy weaving their nests and strip.
'ping the leaves Of the apple trees. 1t
is the best time to take them vile they
are young and small, for if neglected
till the leaves are fully green, there is
necessarily greater injury to the tree
to say nothing of the obstruction they
cause in the process of growth. Fix
a brush on the end of long pole and
go at them. Ifthe trees are kept per,
fectly clean this year, you will have
less of them uext, unless some careless
and slovenly neighbOr lets all his GO
to seed. Caterpillars are a sign q
careless farming.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

Butter Churning Made Easy.

Strain the milk shallow; the more
-urtace the more cream hence large
Pan- are best Keep tin a room fre,
from lars; do not churn it in th,
room keep it at al even temperature
1t must have liz sht and air; it is much
Like the rest OF US, and spois for the
want Of good pure air; but it is sd
verse to drsughts. Watch it, if you
want good, sweet butter, and skim
Just when the milk is thoroughly thick
or loppered. II you skim sooner, you
will lose some cream; if later, there
will be spots on Il or mold, and your
butter viii not keep. After skimning
the cream into your cream pail, stir ali
together with . case knife or spoon !;
knife is best, as it msnipulates the
particles against the sides of the pail
more thoroughly. This process takes
but moment, and if you do it each
time that you skim, when you come to
ohurn (if your milk is at proper tenn
persture) your butter will come In less
than ten minutes, Ss the particles are
already halt churned.
When churned, take it up and work
moderately. Don't put a drop of
water on it INJURIES the flavor. Salt
with good dairy salt-Ashton's best.
If you use barrel salt, or that from the
small bags, your butter will taste Of it,
and will not keep. Let it stand few
hours and then work again, pressing
the butter-milk out, all possible. Do
not work too rnucr, as it will be salVy.
When your crock is full, for market,
vet q cloth in cold water and lay ever
he top, and cover that with salt ; tie
paper over all. For packing, cover
With weak brine. Keep the crock in
dry, cool place, which is well venti-
ated. De not put it where anything
Ine|ls, for butter and cream are great
'bsorbents and take on the slightest
,dor. =
This advice is for present emergen-
lies; but there is coming millennium
vhen new milk viii be converted into
'utter direct. It is now done. The
My reason of ita non.adoption to uni.
'erssl use is the great power required.
Who will devise and invent machinery
or this purposes No greater bene.
action could occur to the overburden
d housewife than the saving of this
ncessant manipulation of milk, to
make 1t ready for the chura. The
Tashing and wiping, scalding and sun. {
ing OF milk pans, the skinarning of Z
of which stealso mach time. 8
hen the butter which would result {
product delicious, sweet enough for !
ne gods! Not butter from cream I
'hich in its best estate must have {
'oed long enough 10 sour, and often /
oes over to theregioR of mold before 6
he busy housekeepsr gets to'it-but
oect mill butter + BzrdI Nss0 York. :
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
How TO Choose a Good Cow.

A writer to the N. 7. Farss.rssys /:
The crumply horn is agood Indication;
full eye another. Her head should
be small and short. Avoid the Roman
nose this indicates thin milk and but
little of it. See that she. is adisaeda in
the face-sunk between the eyes. Nc
tice that she is what stock menscan /.
good handler-skin seft and loose
like the skin on dog. Deep from
the loin TO the udder, and q very sliu
tail A COW with these marks neyel
fails 70 be a good mixer. -
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04

PERSIAN DIsCIPLISE--It is related
by Rush, in bis "Court of London D
that g former Ambassador of the
Persian empire, having had occasion
to find FAULT with two OF his servants,
demanded permission Of, British Gov
ernment TO cut of their heads. He
could not comprehend how any
government could deny so reasona-
bic request, and informed his unlor
tunate retainers thst it was all the
same-io consider their heads chou-
ped off,as 1t would certsinly be done
upon their return to Persia. 1t is
TO be hoped that the Shah, during
his present visit TO Her Msjesty's do.
minions, may not be under a similar
necessity.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-07-04
Splendid Illustrations

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graph, steam presses, and the development
of journalistic talent, have been fond of ad-
vancing the theory that the next advance In
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per is TIE DAILY GRAPHIC. The processes
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