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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
A First-CIass FARMER.

A man must be well made up who
possesses all the qualifications for a
first class farmer. There must be CT
ergy, intelligence, industry, taste,
pleasant disposition, administrative
ability, and large share OF GOODNESS
within the human envelope !; for all
these elements of greatness are needed
in the successful conduct of an exten
sive plantation. Old methods of work
have changed. Animals are not nov
''toughened'' by exposure to winter
storms not much grass is mown be
fore sunrise, end but little hay stacked
or housed after sunset men work
neither so hard nor so long as former
ly f; machinery has taken much of The
farm work from muscle, and "brains"
presents his bill for payment--a little
larger than the old one of muscle, yet
worth more, even though the hours OF
service are less. Not only are ahelp''
better paid, but the treatment is of a
mllder form, not so much push and
snutter, but fair, steady, intelligent
service, presided over by competent
and consideraLe managers. Work must
run smoothly, or the dry boxes OF hu
man machinery soon burn out; bat
when fabricated with the '-oil of hu.
man kindness service becomes a
pleasant occupation, and ceases to be
drudgery the employed gets up tC
the level ofthe emplo yer, ard mutua
respect lrevails--h.dustrial Ags.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
INDIAN Corn for Horses.

In the course OF the evidence given
before the select Parliamentary ccm
mittee OF Horses, lately published, we
observe that Bir. Church, general
manager and secretary OF the London
General Omnibus company spoke very
highly of the value Of Indian corn for
feeding horses. He stated that the
company he superintends have slto
gether discarded oats as forage for
horses. "These animals are fed alto
gether on maize and chaff, each horse
receiving as its daily ration about sew
enteen pounds of the former and ten
pounds of the latter. The maize is
Just broken sufficiently to enable the
horses TO eat it without difficulty, and
they thrive better on this fodder then
they ever did upon oats. On the
ground of economy, also, maize is
preferable TO cats as forage, Its price
being much lower, and the saving
being about 80 or As. quar-
ter. These facts, MIR. Church went en-
to observe, have long been known TO
many owners OF horses, but gentle
men with private stables find great
in substituting bruised maize
and chaff for the old fashioned forage |
of oats and trusses of hay. Coachmen |
and grain dealers resolutely oppose
the innovation, for the reason that it |
enables the owners of horses TO exer-
else control over supplies for their
stables, and prevent waste and fraud
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Keeping WeOI Hoist.

The theory Of many wool dyers
that slowing away washed wool in g
moist condition before dyeing is in
many cases advantageous, or even
necessary, and never injurious, seems
contrary to the facts, no attention be
ing paid TO the disagreeable odor OF
other changes produced in it, which
in many cases are not only injurious,
but dangerous Spontaneous combus
tion may occur, especially with greasy
wool, and therefore 10 more wool Of
this kind should be washed than car
be dyed in three TO four days, and
even with common wool tendency
to decomposition is produced in that
time, and the unpleasant odor acquired
is not easily removed by simple wash
ing. Chrome dyed wool may even be
Injured b. unequal penetration Of air
into heaps Of basketfuls, unless it is
well cooled and turned after a shor!
time FOr the most part, however,
lying for twelve hours is not injurious
to III rdanted wool, but rather bene
fetal. and when alum and tartar have
been USED for madIer-dying, q period
Of three days is advisable, il it ha.
been well cooled. Brown and olive
darken by lying in heaps. Wool treat
ed With sulphuric acid, unless washed
very soon, becomes brittle and loses
in color.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Apple Butter.

] have been acquainted with apple
butter making nearly fifty years, some
twenty years in this country, and the
balance in the old country. II | make
apple butter only from apples, l have
a brass kettle holding twenty FIVE gal
Ions in which boil twenty gallons Of
sweet cider down TO five gallons, which
makes a nice sweet syrup. This is
put away in jars for the present. Then
put four bushels peeled apples, guar
tered, in a brass kettle snd boil it to
a mash with twenty gallons of sweet
cider, without stirring, over slow fire.
Then take the mashed apples out and
strain them through a strainer, and
put the strained mash in clean tubs,
and put away for the next day, for the
above operations take all day. Next
day, start early, and put the strained
mash in the brass kettle again, and the
five gallons of boiled cider, or syrup
Then stir it with stirrer with half inch
holes in it, over a slow fire. 1t is Of
great importance not to let it get
burned in the kettle. This boiling and
straining takes from twelve to fifteen
hours steady work. To know when
il is boiled enough, take some OF the
apple butter out in aplste and see that
il does not run about over the plate;
then il is done.
The apple butter is in this way con,
densed. and will keep for years with
out being closed entirely air-tignt
Before use it at the table, l add as
much cream, milk, or sugar and water
as there is apple butter. But to make
perfect apple butter, it takes other
materials to do it. Take peaches,
pears, or blue and yellow plums, peel
and quarter them, and boil them TO a
mash with good cider; strain and
work it as you would the apples. At
it is done put it away in jars like ap
pie butter, and when the grapes are
ripe take your first apple butter made
from peaches, pears, etc, mix it up
in the kettle again, and boil the whole
up in ten gallons grape juice. This
will make delicate preserve, which,
condensed, is worth fifty cents per
pound, anywhere. I am selling an
nually, without any difficulty. l 600
pounds. If 1 would make a special
business 1 could sell large quantity
OF IT. Add spice, cinnamon, and Il
one desires apple butter sweeter
sugar to taste. But most eyervbody =
likes the natural fayor.-Rmul Ne,,
Yorker.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Threshing Timothy.

The Country GentLenGn says: The
best way to get out timothy seed Is 10
thresh it with a fsil-ior although a
machine will work more rapidly, yet
the seed which il cuts and wastes,
more than overbalances the advan
tages. When threshed out, then spread
it out on the floor, go over it again
with the 1ail-then pass it very slowly
through a tanning mill, SO as not to
blow out the seed, (Which can be soon
learned by examination); then pass It
thro ugh sieve fine enough for the
clear seed to pass, but retaining the
chaff-covered seeds, and thresh the
latter agaln-and so on, till all is saved
For home use, all this care is unnec
essary, but only to fit it for market is
extra labor required.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Fail and Winter Feed Of Cows.

As the cold weather approaches we
are naturally led to consider the besr
methods of feeding cows TO keep ~
the flow of milk and to keep them in
thriving condition.
1t is the opinion Of most successful
dsirymen that the feeding of moisr
food cannot be to highly recommended
for cows in milk, especially to those
who desire to obtain the largest guam
tity. Hay cut and thoroughly moister =
ed becomes moro succulent and nu.
t1tive, and partakes more of the ma
ture Of green grass.
During the winter season. "a frequent
change Of food is especially necessary,
both as contributing to the general
health Of the animals, and as a means
of stimulating the digestive organs,
snd thus increasing the secretion OF
milk. A mixture used IS cut feed and
well moistened, is now especially
beneficial, since concentrated food,
which would otherwise be given in
small quantities, may be united with
larger quantities of coarser and less
nutritive food, and the complete as
similaticn Of the whole be better Sc,
cured.
Feed sweet, nutritious food, th,re-
tore, regularly, and change it Often,
and the best results may beconfdent-
ly expected. II the COWS are not n
milk, but are to come in in the sprir g,
the difference in feeding should be
rather in the quantity than the quali
ty, il the highest yield is TO be expect
ed from them the coming sesson.
The most common feeding is hay
alone, and often very poor hay At that
lhe main point IS to Keep the animal
in a healthy and thriving condition, ,-nd
not TO suffer her TO fail in flesh; and
with this object some change ard
variety of food is highly important
And here it may be remarked that
cows in calf should not, as a general
rule, be MIXED the last month or six
weeks before caiving, and inaay prefer
TO have them run dry as many as eight
or ten weeks. The yield of milk Is
better the coming season, and holds
cut better, than if they are MIXED up
10 The time OF calying -lnass. PloU-
man.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Table Etiquette.


The correct way is for the one who
sits at the head of the table TO help
first, the fiIst lady on the right; mex,
the first lady on the left +; then the
second lady on the right /; then the
second lady On the left, till all the
ladies at the table are served. Then
repeat these Attentions, in the same
order, till the gentlemen are served.
The gentlemen should always serve
his wife before he begins TO serve the
gentlemen at the table, but not till all
other ladies' at the table are served.
1t il not etiquette to snatch at a
plate before it reaches you, and begin
TO eat as though famlshed, but leisure
ly, socially commence eating when the
food is ready, and handed you Po-
liteness does not require that person
should sit at table till from five to
forty gests have been helped, and till
the food to be partaken OF has become
cold.
If person is an expert or even a
good carver, the fowl or meat should
he carved at tie table while the guests
are chatting and indulging in social
cnVersa.ion but if n0t-if the moat
is TO be haggied, and cat into chunks,
and the joints Only to be discovered a.
ter several guesses, explorations and
disappointment, all carving should be
done on a sIde-txble before the guests
are seated. The rule is 10 have din
ner pass of pleasantly with nothing to
make the partakers thereof nervous or
unsettled.
1t is not necessary to go into costa
cies at the table over the pickles, the
sweet cake, the coffee, the meat, etc
etc lest people think you never had
anythingto eat before, or set you down
a. fat;erer. But an expression OF
appreciation of the meal is Eot ont of
place, nor would il be out Of taste 10
quietly ask the host or hostess how
such dish was prepared.
Remember this: II is not polite or
good breeding to make excuses to
your guests at the liable. To say that
the "bread is not baked through"
"the biscuits have too much saleratus
in them." "the potatoes are soggy,"
''the coffee is poor and unsettled"
''the meat is tough and poor" "the
top of the pepper box never stays On"
or that ''my dinner or "breakfast is
not fit TO eat" All such remarks are
in very bad taste, and mean one OF !
three things. That your food is not
fit to eat, or that you wish to spoil the G
appetite of your guests by prejudic,ng t
hem against what you set before t
hem, o. that You are fshing after I
oresd compliments.
y In entertaining guests, you are only
to do what you can convent
emily to make them feel ct care and to :
make them comfortable, that their
,tay may be pleasant, and their visit !
sver remembered with pleasure.
Never invite people TO dine with
you unless you want and expect them
to come. 1t is not night for one 10
become har simply to be fashionable
or to invite persons TO lis home who
are not wanted there.-POneroy's !
Democrat.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
WOMAEs INFLUENCE OVER MAN.

Where is the man of parts and
principles who has not been managed
by woman ? What hero OF the past
1.-THE present is slow to recognize its
heroes) has not had bis heroine. even
Ihough che be not so recorded?
Pericles was managed by Aspasia
in everything that added to the
greatness and to the glory OF Greece.
tie was proud to admit his indebted
ness 10 her. She helped him to his
pedestal, and drawing her after him,
be crowned her with laurels, and
proclaimed her q goddess lis for the
ParthenOn. He had no fear to be
thought inspired or guided by her;
for he was lofty leader OF lofty
men, standing 40 high that be heard
the uttered wisdom OF Olympus.
HysPerides, the rival of Demosthe-
nes, Was 50 managed by Phryne as to
render his effort in her behalf the
crown OF his elCquence. The beauty
OF the woman flashed into his thought;
the symmetry OF her form swept
through his sentences, and she stood
acquitted by the power OF her reflect.
Ell loveliness. Caesar and Anthony
knew from the first what q siren Gle
opstrs was. The great Julius saw
her eonsummate management when
she rose, like a rare aromatic flower,
from the bale the sWarthy Sicilian
had brought. He felt the presence
Of the splendid apparitIon kindling q
new destiny in his veins, and he sd-
vaGced to meet it with open arms.
Unfortunate as her influence was in
many respects, she must have an
swered in some way TO his mol lest
nature. No woman, not even Egyp's
enchanting queen, could have re-
lsiued him for years, unless she had
awakened that which was best in him
and most promising for the future.
Antony, magnificent roWdy that be
Hss, detected the management OF
Ptolemy's daughter while she rJwed
mp the Cydnus with silver oars, to
obey his summons. as the goddess Of
youth and love To live 10 luxurious
effemInsey with her, he sank the
spartan element that was In hin, and
nrew the Sybarita to the surface.
How supreme must have been the
tact which could rives TO her side the
sturdy soldier, and enthral him with
volnptuOusness, while he saw bis
Roman yeterans disOsriDg their ale
gisnce in favor OF Octsyius, and the
emuire he had gained by mighty
prowess a3d hardship crumbling
under his dszz' Ell eyes.-J,rniEs Henri
Broocns in The GqLqny for T0SenlbeT-
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
VOL I9.
RGeaalIE. (rrnHfE

IL Is bat about ninety days (.ror
,he time ahen these lines were VII.
,en, September 81 since we plant, q
The kernels Of corn from which hay,
sprung the enormous growth Of stall r,
caves and flowers in yonler cvrnGsi3.
The kernels placed in the earth weigh
ed but a few pounds, the produce 70
growth now moving IN the wind wou',
weigh problbiy six or eight tons L,
the acre. What IS the nature Of thi.
organized material which has 50 su !
denly appeared, and from whence Ia.
II come? Analysis Of the corn stalk,
and leaves shors that wattr enten
l,rgely into the substance as a coIg;i.-
ueut, and then We find little 81 ga.
and small amounts OF potash, line.
phosl l.hates, silica, etc, and the IT
mainder, the vegetable fibre, is princi-
piIIy carbon.
During the warm days and night,
while We have been attending to bus
iness and sleeping, the silent, unseen
forces of nature have been ceaselessl,
1t work IN our cornfelds, and trom
earth and air have been elaborated
this immense product of vegetable
matter. From the earth has becn
pumped the water and the chemical
salts from the air has been isolated
and appropriated the carbon; and all
the complex vital processes, SO won
deriul, so incomprehensible, have g0rc
forward with out any aid from US.
The farmer h:s much Of his motive
power, and most of his manufacturing
skill gratis. he arouses the slumbering
forces of nature by dropping the seed
into the earth, and then Increase and
50 forward independently
and gr.tuitously. 1t is d,fisuIt t,
form adequate ideas of the immense
Of torce required to ma
Lgre an acre OF corn. Consider the
number Of tons of water thst have T.
be raised during the season from one
20 FIVE feet from the earth, End also
consider the large expenditure u
chemical energy or force, in the de-
compositions and recompoSItioas. con
itantiy going forward day and night |
The carbon, most of it, has TO be toru
rom its embraces with oxygen bofor,
can be a@sirnilsted, and then tn,
,irth of new combinations Is only Sc
.omylished through the agency OF
0rcs Ve live in a world of won
ors, and the farmer csrt2iHly pos
e'ses extraordinary opportunities of
bservirg the processes Of nsturc in
j their vastness and complexi!y. A
ew delight will be fusnished him il
g -Ill study what science has untold
d regarding the laws and nysteries
I tie universe, which SO often excite
is attention and wOn,Ier.-Bostoa
ournoI Of Chemistry.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24

Fresh eggs, according to the Prdi
ris Farmer, affords great nouIishmen'
to weak animals. 1t tells Of colt to al
appearances nearly dead, the breath
OF lite being barely perceptible, which
was almost instantly revived BY giving
it one OIL two fresh eggs. The same
result having attended the admins
ering of eggs to weak cattle, and
feeble, weak lambs. The remedy is a
simple one, and farmers would do vel
TO bear it in mind.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Food and Treatment Of Chill.
dFeD.

The statistics relative to the dea,
# children in Scotland and EnglarC
% the year 1868. snow that in Eu
gland one child in tHirsy-four, or abou
three in a hundred, died of convul
siOns before reaching the age of on'
year. In Scotland, during the sam
period, the death rate Of children c
the same aye, from the same cause
was only one In $40. The deaths iron
diarrhea In Scotland is as one to two i
England. The Scottish Registrar Gen
eraI accounts for a. 8 remarkable dI
ference in mortality by the d.fsrenc
lbet~aen the Scottish and Englls'
mode o. rearing children. 'The En-
glish," he writes, ''are in the habit
shifting their babies with spoon n'ea'
almost from birth, while the Scotcl
(excepiing where medical necessity Re
quires i') wisely give nothing but th'
mothers milk till the child begins L
cat its tceth.'
The Popular Science Monthly com
pares these figures with the death rat
Of children under one year in the
United States. Taking the year end
ing in May, 1870, il appears by The
returns in the las: census that the rate
of such deaths in the United State
0as-9ne IL 236 trom COM u,sions, ana
one IN 724 from di2rrhea. The chan
ces for life in infants under one year
are better in the United States than il
England, although not so favorable a.
in Scoudnd. II should be remember
ed, however, that the territory Of the
United States includes every possible
variety of condition and circumstances,
favorable and uniavorable. The death
rate among children in cities is very
much larger than the average for the
whole country. One thing is sHre,
and that is, that any child will thrive
best on its natural aliment, and that
where it becomes necessary to subsii-
tute something else, 1T should, IS nearly
as possible, resemble the natural food
There is one great error III the treat
ment Of children which cannot be too
closely watched. And that is the
Of certain forms Of opiGm
as sedative. In India, it is stated,
the mothers give their children opium
in regular pills. Mothers in England
and America Who would shudder at
such an obvious impropriety, admins
,er opium in other modes, less appar-
INT but the evil effects of the habit are
he same. II is question for think
.rs whether the taste for stimulants
md narcotics which produces so much
may not often date from |
he nursery PHILADELPHIA Lsdgsr.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
agume and farm.
GUD BLESS THE FARM

God bless the farm-the dear old farm,
God bless IL ever rood,
Where willing hearts and sturdy arms
Can earn an honest livelihood!
Can from the cOSrse and fertile soil
Win back reeOmpense for toll.
God bless each meadow, field and nook,
Begemined with iaires' iowers,
And every Ieaflhat's gently shook.
BY evening breeze or morning showers,
God biess them al: each leafs gem
NatuIe's gorgeous diadeIn.
The orchards that Ia early spring
Blush rich In fragrant flower,
Aud with each autumn surely bring
Their wealth Of fIuit- In golden showers
Like pOrnegraniies on AarOu'- rod,
a miracle from natures God.
And may he b'ess the farmers home,
Where peace and plenty reign;
No happier spot meath Heavens high doTn'
Doth this broad, beauteous earth Contain
Tuan where, secure from care and STRIFE,
The farmer leads his peaceful life.
Unvexed by toll and tricks for gain,
He turns the fertile mold;
Then scatters on the Colder grain.
And reaps reward a hundred fold;
lie dwells where grace and beauty charm.
For God hath blessed his home and farm.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
". II. ANDERSON. GEO. +. PENDLE
ESnERs,.E & PEyDLETON.

4 TrORNEYS at Law. VIII attend carefully
"a and promptly 20 all kinds OF business
special attention givrn to Titles, Probate
matters, ,COuveyancing and Collections. Of
ace over HuIsrs' Drug store, north OF CourI
House.
Sen. &, iST2-tf.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24

PROSPECTUS FOR I873-Sixth Yeal
'THE|ALDINE,

IN WtStTGfea Bfonthls, journal, uI'irersGLyd dd
mtted 70 be the Ro7sdSomeSt Periodical ia The
World. n Representative and Champion
Of american ZJSte.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
3caegolent.

Findiay Council, No. so RE S.M.
Regular Convection second Monday in
each month. James wilson, L. /. -. 81. and
-. B BSaFCalsy, Recorder.
FinGizy Chapter, No. So, p. a. ia.
Regular CO.F 0caiiOu on the first M0ndaN
In each mouth. y. kimmons, Ii. +. and
r. W. Firmia, Secretary.
Findlay Lodge, no. 227, r. e. a. III.
Regular Communication first aud third
Wedn-~Iaysin each ru"i.th- VI. u Patterson
W. ". aud .. J. DeWOlfa, Secretary
Ccidcn Rulo Encan1prnent, No. 81,
I, .. O. :. Stated meetings on thesecond
and fourth F-Idays ni each month. r. IL
uoIlyday, 9. z. and ID. 7. Winders. Scribe
hancock LodSo, RIO. 73, 10. o. F.
Stated meetings every Tuesday evening
]. q. Powell, No. and William KIamroth,
Secretary.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24

A TTORNEY AND DCOUNSELLOR AT LAW
"A and Notary Pubic. WIN attend prompt
lytO ali business entrusted 20 his care. Par
ticular attention given 10 Collections, Parti
-iOning of lands, and business In Probate
Court
OFFICE. On Main Street, East of the Cour
House, ia room formerly occaPied By BrowL
Z BurkeL. may Z.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1873-10-24
Thirty Years Experience of an
Old NHrSP.

Mrs. WiuslOw's sSOOthinE Syrup II the
prescription of one of the hest fema.e
Physicians and Nurses in the United States.
and has been used for thirty years with never
falling safety and success by millions of moth
ers and children, from the feeble infant OF one
week old In the adult. 1t corrects acidity of
the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort to
mother and child, We believe 10 to be the
Best and SureSt Remedy in the World in all
cases Of DYSENTERY and DIARRHOA IN
CHILDREN, whether IL arises rom Teething
or from any other cause. Full directions for
using will accompany each bottle. None
Genuine unieSs the fac-simile of CURTIS d
PEHklNS is on the outside wrapper. Sold
by all Medicine Dealer. July 25-ly