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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Sewage Chemically Considered.

Among the papers read at the meeting
Of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, at Hartford,
was one by DIR. L. s. Hunt, of Boston,
on the subject of Sewage. in which the
great Importance OF the removal of Sc
creta is noticed first in its sanitary and
second in its economic relations The
ces>pool system poiSons the soil and
pollutes the air, and the wafer closet
system our rivers. As IL means of avoid
ing these results, and moreover restoring
TO the soil the fertiIizing elements, the
use of the earth closet has been pro
posed; but this has its defects and linn
itatiuns which will prevent its wide use
In It's stead it is now proposed to substi-
tute finely divided charcoal, an excellent
absorbent, and Il potent disinlectant,
which retains unchanged the azotized
matter, and subsequently by the action
of a red heat in close vessels to convert
these into ammonia, which with the other
products of destructive distillation is col
lected. By this means ammoniacaI salts
are obtained, and acetate of lime, be
sides tar and gases, and the charcoal is
again fit for Use Indefinitely or until by
the accumulation in it of phosphates
and other cinereal elements it becomes
itself very valuable as Il fertilizer. The
conversion by fire OF poisonous excre-
valuable commercial products, it was
claimed, is the most satisfactory solution
of the sewage question yet proposed. 1t
is due to Stanford, an English chemist,
and has been within the last three years
tested on Il large scale i'll England with
excellent results
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Flower GARDENS FoR CHILDREN

FLOWER GARDENS FOR CHILDREN
1t is desirable on many accounts that
children should cultivate flowers rather
than fruit or vegetables Most children
are fond of flowers, and all can be
taught to love them, and the harder and
commoner sorts at least do not tax the
energies so heavily as either fruit or veg
etables in cultivation. Besides, as flow
ers appeal solely TO the common sense,
they facilitate the inculcation of gener-
Gus habits. As children acquire strength
and skill, they may gradually he en-
trusted with the care of vegetables or
fruits; but they must be taught 10 use
the products of their little gardens as n
a means of comforting happiness on
Others; for thus can their own hanpi-
ness be most effectually attained since
that which is selfishly enjoyed must uI-
timately result in disoontent But Of
all the lessons TO be learned in garden
the most valuable is the art of observ-
ing; for so varied, so delicate, so minute.
and yet so unerring are the operations
of nature, that though the closest study
may fail to fathom her mysteries, the
rewards of such study are so rich and so
surprising that even the student of ten
der years Is perpetually stimulated to
fresh resources. This interest in natur-
al objects, once awakened, will prove an
nexhaustible source of pleasure while
life lasts; for it is an interest that the
commonest heath can crafty; and he
that has made good use of his powers of
observation, he that has trained his
senses TO bring him accurate information
cannot travel from Dan to Beersheba,
and cry ''Tis all barren. n.n-Home and
School
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Bee Culture in Hancock County.

While Hancock county can boast Of
no large apiaries, as it is but a short time
since any of her people have adopted
improved methods of bee-culture, she
can at least boast Of quite a number
who are giving the subject careful and
systematic care and painstaking. With
in the past week we have been visiting
few such, and have been much pleased
to witness the success they are meeting
in this pursuit.
While in McCOmb, Il short time ago,
we called upon Mr.. Il. Barney, who has
been giving some attention to bees for the
last two years. Mr.. B. uses the Gamer
ican" hive, patented by III. \. King, and
has the Italian bee. He has twenty
seven colonies, several of which are
quite pure. His bees have prospered the
past season, as he has given more atten-
ton to the increase Of bees than to get
ting large yield of honey
Wenext called upon Mr. Isaac Kemph-
er, of Allen township, where we found
twenty-seven stands, as pure Italians as
We have seenin the county. Mr. X. COM
menced the season with twelve colonies.
which he has increased by artificial
swarmiDg, and has a large amount Of
surplus honey, which he secures in sur
plus frames. He uses n simple movable
frame hive of his own invention, similar
TO rhe american" though his surplus
honey is secured by means of a series of
small frames, instead of boxes, as in that
hive. Mrs. X. is quite an enthusiast on
bee keeping, and has pretty thoroughly
investigated many of the mysteries
thereof. We wish there were many such
in the county.
We then visited Mr.. John Kempher,
who commenced the present season with
twelve colonies, which he has increased
to twenty-five. lie uses the Diamond"
hive, which we think is admirably adapt
ed for securing surplus honey by means
of a series Of small frames placed near
to, and directly over, the brood-chamber.
The Messrs. Kemphers are giving care
ful attention to their bees, and keeping
them very pure. We noticed some as fine
Unmarked Italians in both apiaries as we
have ever seen. Their hives are neatly
and tastily painted, and nicely arranged,
and everything about them shows that
care and attention which is so essential
to success in this pursuit.
A few days ago we paid a short visit to
Benton, and called upon our old friend,
Jacob Saunders, Esq Mr.. S. purchased
one colony of Italians one year ago last
Spring, and by care and attention has in
creased them to twelve, all of which aD-
pear strong and likely to winter He
uses a movable 16-frame hive, with box
es on top for surplus honey.
While there are several other apiaries
in the county, considerably larger than
these, we know of none more carefully
or more successfully handled
In the future we may refer to some
Others within our knowledge.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Cause cf Smut in Wheat.

letter from Paris. France. the U-let-
~ HeJgld j. advised that Prof. P-nIe-
tier. who las made the subject one Of
lifelong study. states that smut Is owing
70 tie presence Of aniu.aIcul--. not uu-
Ike the Tiny eel- which exist ia the smut
ball "a whiJi-h filaueuts Although dry
ue-- -u-peud- the life Of these worlu-.
they immediately regain il GA being
plunged into water The humidity oi
the soil effects the same change. When
the sound grain gerIninatc-. the larva- oi
the diseased seed are attracted 20 In"
Young plant. live oil H. uuipy matter.
forming Iumor- Oh the stem and leave
auI ultimately Iodg- in the ear. They
are uOy IN an adult stale. Tie >eses be
come distinct. The female deposits her
err. from .2pJ TO l. 800. a. many th"u--
and have. been found Ill II single grain "i
wheat. The new Iarv;r remain in a de-
,icated state until the following season.
and may De dried and restored 10 life
-everiiI times with impunity. in France.
when such grain j. sifted. ii i roasted
in au oven and given 10 fowls. Sleeping
the seed wheat ia solutions of arsenic.
or blue yirrioI or ammonia kills the par
a-itc cfr-crualIy. Placing the iced for
t,r-ni ; -fuur hours in solution Of one
part of yirriol and 80 Of water i IA
voFitr remedy.
The presence Of the field mice and
their numerous cousins is also rapidly
rising To the dignity of a plague. Wnen
the same little barbarians invaded
France. in 1S55, BouSingault conquered
them by sleeping grain in an arsenical
solution two ounces Of arsenic in one
quart Of water-stirring frequently, al
lowing thc grain to soak for an hour and
then dry. Eight poisoned grains will
settle mouse, but care must be taken
that it does not do the same for barn
door fowIs.-N. y. Hcraid.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

BLoODED Stock AND DISEASES
experience of horse breeders in the time
Of the epizootic was that the blooded
stock endured the disease the best, while
among the ordinary sort Of animals the
percentage of deaths was much higher.
The points to which blooded horses are
bred resemble those bred to in fowls,
in many particulars; and what is true Of
The one, in respect TO endurance, may
also be asserted OF the other. THIS re-
suit might be anticipated for several
reasons The finer the DEVELOPMENT of
the species, the greater. in general. the
nerve force; and the power of rbe ipdi-
vidual 10 resist depressing or d,..r-,,,i,,.,
influences depends partly upon this
The attacks of diseases are not so much
J to be feared in those individuals who are
possessed of that vigorous tone, which,
in the physical frame corresponds TO
''pluck" in the mental.-POUItyy World
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Notice..

MARY BETS, AND ORIN BETS HER
VI husbaud.are notified that c. A, Blfnn- ex-
ecutor OF jacob RuCr, deceased on the 9Th Ciay
9i M June, A. ID. lSI4, filed his petition in the
fFooate Court Of Hancock County, kSSo. alles-
tlS tnat the personal estate OF said tlecedent
= sSttl.SS1ilcient 10 pay his debts and charges OF
LiLhlstratiOn, that he died seized Of the fol-
t,WIns T., ing real estate, tO-wIt: In-lOts numbered
, =, = 80 y, in High and Findlay street in the
~ ~ u L,t ot west Independence. Also a part 81
-. - y tiSL - of the northeast fourth y ~
Is.i-,y - : y. township north range II, and
~ ,Il ~, ~ = point one rod east OF the centre
W ..,e SoHlh end Of West street IN xaid town ~
f,7~fL IN teulence, thence east nine and one
nirs ~ ~ EoCS south thirty-fOur so rods and
nine s,S 49, Ia and seven "a inches, thence west
fbirf-lI .'toI one-ioCrth ,sl y rods thence north
inchSs ~ ~ rods, nine (9l feet and seven IN
lands are in PGlaee G on beginning. All of said
premises. '-'4eU 70 ooWer IN said
-, T Li5ZSI OF said petition is for the assign
sale OF said premises A'etA, ana Tor the
,ISS "a 6.or et5 on VII De Tor hearing on the 81
as leave can be oh aise a a ~ ti1srssIteT ere
Aug % IS7I-4W NH' ueceaseO.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
g5Onrr, Garden and farm
THE Old BlRys TEXAyTRE

TIE old BARN'S IEA1AI"''
Tho rcosfer stalks on the man@er lea-',
He has a tail Ike q scimetaf eH-'-
A rnsrsbaJ's plume on his afghan neck,
,dy,ir,I,s stride on lls quarter ccc--
He rIles the roost and he walks the bay
Witb dreadful cold and Turkish way,
Two broadside- fires with hi, rapid wing,
This sultan proud, Of 4 line Of kings
One gutteraI laugh, four blasts of horn
Five rusty syllables rouse The morn.
The Saxon lambs in their wooden tabs
Are playing school with the a, b, abs;
A, eli, 0, All the cattle spell
Till they make the blatant yOwels tell,
And halflaugh whinny fills the stalls
When down in the rack the clover fails.
A dove Is waltzing around his maie,
Two chcyrOns black on his wings Of slate,
And showing of with a wooing note
The satin shine Of bis gold throat
II is Ovid's "Art Of Love" rctold
In binding fire Of blue and gold,
All, the bUXom girls that helped the boy,
The noble Hclcns Of humber TrOys-
As they stripped the husls with ruSiling fold
From eight-rowed corn as yellow as gold,
BY the candlc-lielt in pumpkin cOwl>
And the glcams that showed fantastic holes
In the quaint old lanterns tattoOcd tin,
From the hermit glIm sci up within;
BY the rarcr light in girlish eyes
AS dark as wells, or as blue as skies.
] hear the laugh when the ear Is red,
| see the blush with the forfeit paid,
The cedar cakes with ancient twist,
The cider cup that the girls have kissed,
And see the fiddler through the dusk
As he twahgs the ghost Of Money Musk
The bows and girls in a double row
Wait face TO face till the magic bow
Shall whip the tune from the violin,
And the merry pulse Of the feet begin.
b T. Taglor, IN .SrriJHer,s.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

BUTTER. Is a common practice TO
cover butter with Wet cloths when taking
it to market This is wrong, a. the but
ter acquires very unpleasant taste in
very short time. Cover it with horse
radish or cabbage leaves. The vessel
NAV be covered with ii wet cloth. but il
must not come in contact with the but
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

SALT FOR BEES.-Mr Charles Dadant
gives plan fer saltins bees, He fills Il
gallon jug with water, after having put
in it "A handful of salt. When the salt
is dissolved, invert the jug upon an
earthern plate, covered with small piece
of heavy woo!en cloth. The salt water
runs on the plate, and is drank by the
bees without running the risk of getting
drowned. If the bees are Il little slow
in finding the jug, he puts on the plate
a small piece Of dry comb.
He thinks that, when bees have plenty
of brood, two stocks will drink as much
aS "A gallon every day; that they will
drink more ia wet than in dry weather.
Since he gave salt water, he las never
seen bees around the dung hills seeking
the saline matter contained therein.
Bees need salt as much a. any other OF
the vegetable-eating classes Of animated
nature. Under ordinary circumstances.
they managed TO provide themselves
without aid from men. Nevertheless we
believe it pays the apiarian TO provide
this necessary
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

LET THE HORSES ROLL.-Horses tI,.,+
are kept in the stable during summer
should be given daily the luxury of a roll
on the earth. Rolling is the means given
by nature for the animal TO rid itself of
vermin and skin diseases, and it tends to
make the animal healthy. Some owners
object to allowing a horse to roll on the
bare earth because it gets dirt into the
hair and makes extra work TO keep the
animal clean, but the extra work pays
If rightly understood. We allow our
horse to roll in the dirt when he is not
moist with perspiration, and then stand
an hour or two with his coat full of dust
before being cleaned up.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

Teams drawing loads on the road get
a breathing spell on the descending
ground, while in plowing the draught is
the same from morning to night There
IS certain number of pounds that a
team can draw day after day, and not
worry them, but if more be added, even
as little as fifteen or twenty pounds they
walk unsteadily, fret, and soon tire. No
amount of feeding viii keep them in
condition. have seen many plows in
use on which il would nave been an easy
matter to decrease the draught twenty
five pounds and il men were drawing it
instead Of horses it would have been
done. 1t must be plain to every farmer
that every pound he can take oil from
the draught Of his plow is SO much gain
ed for his horses
1t may be done in this way: For any
soil except sand and gravel, Use a steel
plow. Their cost is but little more, and
the draught enough less to pay the diff
ference in p,owing twenty acres. In
plOwing sod, ihc coulter does :. great
deal Of the work, and should b. KEEP
sharp by forging at the backSmith's
and grinding every day if necessary. OF
course it Will v,ir ouL sooner. but then
new cOulters are cheaper than new
teams. Set the coulter in line with the
plow, the edge square in front, with an
angle of forty-fve degrees from the point
to which it is attached to the beam.
When the share gets worn short it is
poor economy to use it any longer, but
replace it with new one. Let the traces
be as short a. will allow the horses to
. walk without hitting their heels against
the whitiletree, and have just pressure
enough of the wheel on the ground to
make the pillow rCn steady. If the
handles crowd continually one way, tie
draught Is not right. If the plow is a
good one it can be easily remedic;l at
the cievis. TO prevent the horses step
ping over the traces in turning, fastrn
a weight of about three-fourthS of
pound on the outside end of each single
tree; that is on the right end when you
turn TO the left, or cjec reyya Every
observing farmer knows the horses are
susceptible 10 kindness, and equally so
to unkindness. have seen horses that
were working steadily, made reeking
with sweat in short time 10y Il sharp
word or Il jerk on the bit Let your
horses do their work as you do yours, as
easily as possible, and be willing to cver-
look their mistakes as you wo;sld the
mistakes of human beings
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Early ChickeEs.


Ii has often been repeated IN various
books Oh poultry, that il pullet, in what
ever circumstances. must begin to lay at
a given age: but this We have found. by
special and systematic experiments, is
by no means the case. difference of
months being caused by the time of
Matching. If the age of five months
finds pullet belonging TO one of the
more profitable breeds in the midst of
warm weather, say August, eggs may be
expected about that time; indeed, great
care is needed if it is desired to prevent
laying at such seasons. But birds hatch
ed in May will complete their sixth month
in October, and in very few cases may
eggs be procured before Christmas, if
even then, unless the feeding be unusu-
ally good.
Still later hatched-let us suppose late
in May or early i'll June-it will be as
late as next Spring before most of the
pullets are producing eggs, and ere this
occurs, many of them will be at least
nine months old. Nearly all fowls,
however mismanaged, and if not too
old, Will, so long as they are i'll tolerable
health lay freely in Summer; but eggs
are then cheap, and it is the Winter
which chiefly decides which side of the
balance sheet shall preponderate. Eggs
in Winter mean proiit--the want of
them as clearly means loss. Pullets
Matched early will moult early also, not
only getting better and quicker through
the process. and having warm weather
for it, but getting ready to commence
laying in good time again. To say, as
some do, that no hens of any breed will
lay in Winter, is mistake We have
often had Bralma hens recommence lay
ing in November ITright
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04

CHICKEN CHoLERA.-A lady cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Gazette gives
the following cure for this diSt ase.
which she pronounces infaiiible: Car
Donate of iron. two tablespoonfuls. mix
it with one quart of corn meal. Feed
this TO your chickens twice day; this
will be enough for fifty fowls. Ii you
have more or less, feed in proportion.
While you are using this, get some
anvil dust; take three tablespoonfuls TO
a gallon of water, and put it i'll "A trough
Tor them to drink
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Administrator Sale of ReaIFS-
tate.

INPU issuance OF AN ORDER OF THE
Il Probate Court of Hancock County. Ohio
viii offer for sale, at public auction on Saf
urday, the 81 day of october, 1874, at one O'CLOCK
afternoon, at the door OF the Court House In
said county, the following described real estate
situated IN said county, tO-wit: ln-lOt number
seventeen "a in the town lvillage) OF Findlay
Appraised at s.
Terms Of sale: One third in hand, one-thjrd
IN one year, and One-third in two years from
the day Of sale, with interest the payments
tc be secured by mortgage upon the premises
sold EZRA RISOWN
Administrator OF the Estate Of Ri Beach Jsc,i
Aug y, lS1i-iw.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-04
Working too Hard,

All over the land the cry Is from far
mer'S wives, I'm so tired; my work is
so hard, | do not think farming pays,
there is so much hard labor connected
with it." | wish | could say to every
one of them, don't work all the time.
Let something go undonc, if you cannot
do it without overtaXing your strength.
Constant labor from sunrise to sunset
makes IA icylcss life. remember in my
early married life, when my husband
worked just as hard "a l could all
the time for Il week at a time. | have
washed and churned and baked for
small family to be sure, Mondays, be-
sides doing the inevitable work that
comes every day III a house l look
back now with regret on the waste OF
strength | was guilty of by so doing.
Big days works break down men and
women both, prcmaturely. Have moral
courage enough to be called lazy rather
than ruin your health by continuous
hard labor, Do not consider the time
thrown away that you spend resting and
reading. Feed your mind as We'll as
your body, if you would live while Won
live
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-21

Last Saturday at Vienna there was a
public meeting OF the best people of the
parish, who numbered over 500. The
meeting terminated with the selection
of one hundred citizens to wait upon
Allen Greene and others at Greene's
place claiming to hold the Offices of
Parish Judge, Recorder, Clerk and Tax
Collector, and demand the return to
Vienna. the parish site, of the archives
of the parish; or i'll default of that, the
resignation of these officials. We learn
that the mission of the committee re-
suited in an agreement to the effect that
the designations of the would-be Off
cials were rendered upon the condition
that the resignation of the Clerk and
Recorder in office at Vienna should also
be given, and that this agreement was
afterwards formally ratified. 1t is said
that Allen Greene also agreed to resign
as 4 Kellogg Senator upon the condition
named.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-21
Patching a Cylinder.

There was, until recently, at the
Depot, an engine which had taken the
weather for ten years, and, beside hav-
ing had all the woodwork burned, had
a large piece Of one of the cylinders, on
the inner side, broken out. Some
months ago the Company had an offer
of 800 for this engine from railroad
man who purposed using only portions
of the machinery, believing the cylin-
der could never be patched. Mr.. Tull,
the head machinist, said he thought
the patch could besmade, although he
had never seen an inside patch put in a
cylinder. The offer was declined. Mr..
I'ul1 went to work, and cast 4 piece
with tlanges and II suitable offset for a
bolt and screw. The break was filed to
receive the piece cast the screw tighten
ed, and the locomotive then rubbed up
and many missing pieces replaced,
when it was placed on the track and
made to draw fifteen cars of ties out on
the road. helocomotive is now worth
ten times 800, at an expense for repairs
of not more than $500, a result highly
to the skill of Mr. Tull.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-21
MONROE ADVERTISEMENTS.

90 TO q. UOFENSCIIEN'S
~ AND SEE ron YoURSEI.VESi
The following articles now on exhibit ion
and for sale f"r for cnSh:
WATCHES,
Consisting in part of fine Gold md Silver,
American and Swiss mako, for ladies' and
gent iCmcm, key and stem windors.
SELECT STOCK OF JEWELRY,
,i S""n na ""'4 una SILVER WMch Chains,
Lnci>cts and n variety OF Charms; Crosses,
Necklaces and bracelets (gold and jet)
fin" &cttS of Eaf-drops and Breaches, Cen
uomcns' Bosom Pins Gold, Silver and
steel Spcctaclcs genuine pcbblcs}. a very
select stock of sterling
SILVER PLNTED-wARE,
Consisting of Castors, for dinner and
breakfast lee Pitchers, Soup and Gravy
Ladies', Napkin Rings, Tea and Table
Spoons, Table Forks and Knives, Butter
Knives, f;nttcr Dishes (pfnin and revOfv-
and American Clocks; Musical IHstru-
mcuts; Howe Sewing Machines (he best
machine madc.} Monroe, May "A, 1873.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1874-08-21

T.. w. Mealey, the photographer,
has perhaps the neatest and most cx
tensivc photograph gallery in the State
outside Of New Orleans. The entire
upper story of Bernhardt's brick house
is monopolized by art. The gallery
comprises not less than ten rooms, all
perfectly arranged for the purposes for
which they are used. Photographs are
executed in the best style of the art.
Those who have not visited the gallery
will be most agrceably surprised by
dropping in.