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The Republican journal., 1874-05-21

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A TABLE SHOWING TOTAL VOTES.
l ,G44,e3o 2,lo4,33o 1867 ,ol5 1,4e.,i
1,G44, 939 1,49S, $50
459.3o1 is. oG5

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These eighteen states" the World
adds, gave Grant popular majority of
459 ,39l in 1872 and now give an opposi-
ton majority of 1873, 800 This is ret
opposition gain Of 8,3j6, or within ,ess
i than 80 900 votes for these states of reverS-
ing Grants majority for the entire coun-
try. And it is to he noted that the change
has not been wrought by the absence from
the polls Of voters belonging to both par
ties; for while the administration vote has
fallen off enormously in each of the above
named states except Virginia, which
shows Il nominal increase on the admins
tration vote of 1872, the opposition vote
has increased in all but Kentucky, New
York Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin,
and all of these five, except Rhode Island,
We're carried by the opposition in the re-
cent elections
While wemight not sgree with our con-
temporary in claiming that 50 much as ''9S
per cent. of the opposition gains are dem
ocratic gains, the last wears election in
such states rs Iowa, California and Wis
consin seeming rather TO indicate the tenn
porary disappearance of the democratic
organization from the ielo and the substi-
tuition Of other forms OF opposition-the
Worlds conclusion as to tie losses and de-
cadence of the republican party are simply
indisputable. If there is anything made
obvious by recent political events it is that
the people have had enough Of the party
of Grant and Butler and ale fully ready
for change. The democntic party has
the time to reap the whole advantage of
| this indubitable fact.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21

Our neighbor, the Journal editor. can't relish
joke. Reading his paper, week before last,
we felt morally certain that he had met with a
change, and we We're reioced that we
couldn't refrain from speaking of it. Prog.
Age.
We don't relish an absolute falsehcod,
as much as that condiment has been served
in the columns Of the Age And as for a
Joke, we don't believe the Age knows
what one is. Its attempts remind the
reader of that unfortunate author whose
tarces were received by the audience with
tears, and tragedies with laughter
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21

There is to be 4 Congressional election
in September. 1t was at about this dis
lance from the similar occasion of two
years ago that the Prog. Age began to an
nounce Mr.. Hale's untitness for the posi-
ton, and to urge the claims of Waldo
County. The Age should again give the
public the benefit Of its experience and
regard for the public good. Will it let
the world know whether the claims of
Waldo County are any weaker than in
1872, now that Hale has had another term
Also, how many of those useless offices,
which it charged him with creating, lave
been abolished? Let it be seen how far
the Progressive has progressed
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21

This seems to be a season of disaster
by flood. The most recent case that of
Western Massachusetts, is one of almost
unparalleled horrors The loosened wa
ters of the fatal reservoir swept for miles
througha peaceful and prosperous valley,
rich with the results of LABOR, and swept
to.destruction and death the elegant dwell
ings and happy inmates. 1t is 4 disaster
that fills the mind with peculiar distress,
and impresses it with sense of the tiail
tenure of life. A lack Of engineering
Judgment, the faulty construction Of a
dam, an insufficient folmdaton-ard in
an instant down comes the whclming food,
The moving incidents Of this sad event
will remind the reader of dean lngelow 5
High Tide in Lincolnshire
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The Camden Herald relates Inc following III
ciient showing the sagacty of cat. Mr.
Meaghcr i trader in that village, got cat from
Mr.. Lassel. in Searsmont. The EAT Staid in the
store during the winter and spring; but being
somewhat wild, kept out Of sight in the cellar
for most of the time. Two week ago last Wed
neSday he let the cat out. and never knew what
became of II until last week, when Mr.. IaSsel
came INTO MIR. Meagher's store and informed
HIM that the cat had returned home. The dis
lance TO Mr.. Lassel's, which is ten miles, the
eat accomplished in two weeks
n most eccentric man. named RiN Rude. re
Gently dled 1T Preston, Conn.,, aged eighty. He
had lived III almost total sccuSion on L farm
that had been in possession of the family. since
1852, and the original deed of which given bv
Oneco, son of the Indian chief Tnc;S is still
preserved. Rude would never sell any hav and
there are several stacks upon the place score,
OF years old. through some of which trees have
sprung up, and in the barn there was Il quantity
OF hay tlfty-tVc years old, which was fresh ami
excellent, and met with ready sale At Il recent
auction. He left Il fortune ofabomt $4,000
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on Monday the City Government passed VI
vote ln>tfuruhS the 'ltN llGnor agent To sell r."
inhabitants of Belfast only. The people pt
other towns that have got their supply of huti-
here Wdl now have to look t" other sources.
And not only that, but actual residents are ia
be restricted to quart ut d purchase, and H.
th,t. ...,.;,,t ,,..,., W. - W.
r,.,t ..,,,. t..t..... ....I',. ''' ''7''''
. ''' " '="' ''''N
'h saturday hISht' Martin Rollins, who live
III LhleoIhN'ile' near the Pitcher Pond, cam
near being aSsaSsnatcd. While in bed with
his wife, charge of burkshot was fired through
the window of the room 1t shattered the sash,
stove the bed post AT tho head OF the bed, ana
broke Il looking @la~s hanging at ting foot, bur
fortunately duin"t touch the occupants. strong
suspicion of intended murder Tails upon man
living in the vicinity.
The Belfast Shoe factory hu, ,iIspcnded onc,.t-
tion~ for two weeks, to take an account of STOCK
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21
Terrible Disaster.

HADENvlLLE, Mass, May IL. y large
reservoir about tour miles north of this
place, constructed to supply the manufac-
tories of Williamsburg, Leeds and Hay
densvllie. gave away about S O'Clock this
morning, and the water came rushing
down the hills carrying everything before
II. 1t struck the southern portion Of
Williamsburg village, about two miles
north of this place, carrying away a large
number of dwellings,, thence to SINNERS
vile, where it sweptawav SINNERS large
silk mills and his boarding and dwelling
houses; continuing on ii struck the large
brass mandatory of Hayden Gere & CO..
sweeping it away in an instant Large
stones and machinery We're swept through
the mann streets at fearful rate, and wei
Quilt houses We're instantly crushed, no
GIVING the inmates moments warning
he Hood then struck the village of Iced.
where large number of shops dwellings
&c. We're swept away.
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21
TERRIBLE loss OF LIFE.

Inc loss Of lite was very heavy, WnoIe
families in some instances having been
carried away over dams and We're either
AlIled or drowned 1t is impossible at this
time TO give the number of lives lost
lWenty-three bodies so far have beer
taken ont OF the rubbish on shore
Whole blocks of tenement houses filled
with women and children were sweep
down stream. and all in the water We're .
course lost. At this hour ~ NJ hodie:
are constantly being brought in and lai,
IN the church. Most of them can be rec
DrniZpd
The Republican journal., 1874-05-21

ness Of every description.
This year, 1917, for the first time in this
place, religious services were held by
members Of the denomination known as
Friends, or Quakers. Most prominent
among those whom the Spirit moved to
speak on the occasion was Anna Amy.
from Providence, Il, L., a young lady who
won all hearts by her personal charms, by
the pure, almost divine spirituality of her
utterances, and who left behind her many
warm friends ''almost persuaded to be
Christians according to her pure. peace
full, simple faith. All We're not brought,
however, within the influence Of her
teachings, for this was the year of the
"Smuggler's Fight"
The leaven which had leavcned the
whole lump during the late war had not
lost ITS virtue. lmportations from the
British Provinces in violation of the revc-
nue. laws still continued although in small
er quantities and at greater hazard Of seiz-
ure. information was communicated to
the revenue officer at Castine-this was
before we mad Custom House here
that quantity of rum in hogsheads, i'm
ported without payment Of duties, was
concealed in certain premises near Puddle
Dock, not far from the spot where the
railroad turn-table is now located. An
officer Of the Customs, in company with
some two or three stout, resolute men as
alds-men to whom fight was as good
as feast-made their appearance at one
OF our Wharvcs one afternoon in chebac-
co-boat. Their information was so definite
as TO the place where the rum was depOs-
tied, that there was no difficulty or DELAY
in finding it they found but one hogshead,
however, and that was forthwith seized
and deposited in the hold of the vessel.
The wind having died away there was no
movement made Tor return to Castne.
Soon after dark a half-dozen men might
have been seen vending their way in diff
terent directions towards the wharf where
the vessel laid. All was quiet on board
when they arrived at the spot, and the
natural inference was that the crew had
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Total SE ,5O0,OO0
would give about 100000 as the non
production OF these staples alone, to which
must be added great loss in live stock,
poultry. vegetables, and other articles of
farm produce. The severity of this i'm
mense loss is tempered somewhat by the
fact that crops and land damaged by high
waters have great powers Of recuperation.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
Potatoes Among Raspberries.

Mr.. r. A. Hunt, of Euclid, Ohio, tells
us how he managed last season to make
double use of his land, and at the same
time derive a benefit from an unlocked
for source. In the spring he set out a
small field of raspberry bushes, and the
land being in good condition, the sets
SIX feet apart, he concluded to crop the
piece with corn and potatoes. So corn
was planted with the rows of raspberry
bushes. Il hill between the sets, and then
a drilled row of potatoes through the
center between the rows Tue raspber-
ries did well, the corn grew to a good
yield, and the potatoes not only pro-
duced a good crop, but were entirely
onnotested Gy tugs, while those only a
few rods away in the open ground were
completely riddled. What caused this
singular action on the part of the bugs
Mr. Hunt does not pretend to say posi-
lively, but is of the opinion that either
the raspberry bush is not agreeable to
them, the potatoes were not discovered.
(Which is probably, or else the shade
did not meet with their ideas of propri-
ETY.. The matter is one worthy of fur
ther investigation, and now is the time
TO begin the work of experimenting
Ohio Farmer.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
Future Prospects Of Wheat Culture.

1t has now become a settled fact that
IN the future the wheat product OF Great
Britain Will steadily decrease. The i'm
portations into that country the present
shipping season will not be far from 100
OOO, 600 of bushels. 1t is the demand Of
this vast quantity of grain that las kept
up the price in our own markets to "a
profitable point; and it is the future de-
mand that will govern the price of our
wheat in the future. If that demand
shall keep even with the surplus which
we have TO spare the price Will be salts
factory; but if our production shall over
run the necessities of our foreign Gus
toners, the price will be 50 low that it
Will not pay the cost of production.
The fact, therefore, that large tracts
of land in Great Britain and Ireland
have been withdrawn from wheat cul-
tnre and have been turned into grazing
fields and the production of meat, and
that American fields are now looked to
S"PPig VI gram, SlIOuiu IOJ
tempt us to go odt of our way to largely
increase our wheat production. On the
contrary, our plan is to follow their ex-
ample, to keep our wheat production
stationary, and to increase our stock OF
beef, cattle, sheep, and hogs, as nluohas
possible, so as to supply ourselves, and
leave only moderate excess for shin
ment. If Europe needs 100. OGG G0g
bushels and we have but 80, coo. COO 10
dispose of, the price of that 80. Gee 600
and that all we need at home, in fact
the price of the whole crop. will advance
up to the extreme point that our c,,stom-
ers can pay. But if We have bur = small
quantity over their needs the price Of our
whole production will depend upon
what they are willing to pay. It would
not then be wise to increase our growth
of wheat, but rather to turn our atten-
ton TO growing grass, and our meat and
dairy pToducts.-z,tmericGR Agrfcult,t-
riSt.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
Wash for Fences and Out Buildings.

The following is a most excellent,
cheap and durable wash for wooden
fences and buildings. 1t owes its dura-
biIity chiefly TO the white vitrioI which
hardenS and fixes the wash:
Take a barrel and slack one bushei of
freshly burned lime in it. 10y covering
the lime with boiling water.
After it is Stacked, add cold water
enough to bring it TO the consistency of
good whitewash. Then dissolve in wa
ter, and add one pound of white vitrfol
(sulphate of zinc) and one quart of fine
salt.
To give this wash a cream color. add
one-half pound Of yellow ochre lin
POWDER To give it fawn look. add n
pound of yellow ochre, and one-fourtb
of "a pound of Indian red.
To make the wash a handsome gray
stone color, add one half IA pound of
French blue, and one fourth pound Indi-
an red; Il drab will he made by adding
One-half of a pound of burnt sienna
and one fourth pound Venitian red.
For brick or stone, instead of one
oushel of lime, use half bushel of lime
ana half a busbel of hydraulic cement.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24

Il J. often said. there ], no time oIsa
farm for flowers. W never hear rI.l> re-
mark without a feeling Of regret. be-
cause We hold that ali the J-au-IEu.
adorninge Of mature within our reach.
especially tie flowers. are pariicular.v
adapted 10 the farmers home. l. one
has much Of work and car-. ~ I-uel BE
more they need these sweet. silent mes
sengers Of J-auty to keep them com
pany. We know better dian can Do. told
in words how mucl. work there J. To- ie
done in and about "a fariu-LOu>e. i.IiG r.-
know too how wonderfully well !, pay
our working women ~ grow tli- lyv.'s
flowers around their country hoI4..
We never see a dwelling with no Ggve..-
without thinking Of the pIeasur. Io-r 10
its inmates and also the beauty r"...l.y
IN the landscape Should the. lines
meet the eyes Of any farmer wife who
has hitherto had none of these Jewels
Of nature .et about her home. it j. not
yet too late to have few even the pres
ent SUMNER Last years seed planted
in July produced prize flowers for tie
autumn exhibitions.
II household duties keep you almost
constantly in your kitchen. as they some
times VIII, a box Of pinks or bal-aln>
both charming box plants and early
boomers may be- easily cared fyra~ Won
pass in and out at your daily work: If
you love them enough you will find tine
for a few; the babe in your arms. II vou
have such Il treasure, viii be quisted l.v
their bright colors, and you viii DO inst
as much work, perhaps more. rIlasi when
you had no flowers.
Plants and flowers in hang:na-fa.kor.
on the piazza, or outside the wi.Gow.
will be found a. pleasing as any way tllcy
can be grown. If set with thrifty plants
in midsummer and watercd freely twice
a day, they will be in the hight Of their
beauty by autumn, when they should be
removed to the house. In nearly every
home plants might be kept the first Of
the winter without freezing. They would
certainly give "a brighter look TO our
rooms on Thanksgiving day, and when
the coolest weather waits forthe coming
OF the new year we might keep these
relics OF summer till Christmas time
Baskets may be made of anything that
can be suspended by cords or slender
chains. Last year we made two very al
tractIve baskets from the common seal
lop squash; after the shell became hard.
took out the seed, fastened spruce cones
to the bottom, then stained and var
nlslled. In one we planted lobelia. in
the other keniiwortI ivy; both of tIeS.
Will bloom in winter beautifully. Ger
man ivy is a more rapid grower and
pleasing everywhere.-H u T.. liz
american Farm Journal for July.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
THE LSGLISH WAY OF TAKING

The %-NGLISH WAY OF TAKING CARE
OF ltoBSEs.-A correspondent of the
Com nerciat AdcertiSer says: Some En-
gllsh grooms at Saratoga are teaching
Yankees the care of horses. Iasked one
of these grooms, who has spent twenty
years IN the stables of royalty what he
had to say about our American way Of
taking care of horse.
''Why, sir, said he, ''you don't take
care Of your horses; you think you DO,
but you don't.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24
Real Old Grass Land,

Twenty or thirty years in permanent
sod, constitutes real old grass LAID.
though if well managed and properly
grazed it will improve up 10 fifty year
and then never retrograde unless abused
in some way or other Now, if the great
er part Of the land Of the United States,
which Is natural for grass and adapted
for perpctually laying in grass Tor grazing
and moving, was allowed time TO be g.
tablished in a thickset cid sod. and the
finer and most fattening herbage eucour-
aged by iudiciously grazing with mixed
stockfa fair proportion being sheep there
might be fine districts producing beef
and mutton, butter aud wool, with HHe
horses also, and with comparatively little
use Of the plow, less and less arabic soil
being required a. the South was ap-
preached, because the winters would b.
short. end the foddering and housing Of
stock Of little moment in comparison.
Just a. the turnip husbandry Of Eng
land was the salvation Of the light soils
and the hills and downs Of England and
the muirs, etc, Of Scotland, at the same
time renOvating all the good, dry and
well-drained lower land, 50 lying by for
real old grass, all the land most suitable
for permanently remaining sacred from
the plOw, may be the saving Of agricul-
ture in America; for the fact Of about
twO-thirds or three -fOurths Of every farm
being ia pasture and meadow, or in grass
alternating in pasture and meadow,
would be an assistance TO the arabic pOr-
ton and every farmer adopting this sys
TEN; because grass land, when once
thoroughly established, can be managed
so a. to enable the farmer to support a
great quantity of animals which, with
produce from the soil pIowed, will give
straw, etc, which in conjunction with
better food, increases the manure
heap.
But, hitherto, the greed of gaining a
good corn crop, by blowing under the
sod, has caused the having any establish
ed pastures or moving out of the ques-
ton. and then the unaccountable fear
that sheep may injure the best herbage,
has brought about a running out Of the
very grasses the sheep would have caus-
ed to flourish. In Illinois the grass, and
that has remained uncultivated for 20
and 80 years has become so superior to
the newly laid-down fields in timothy
and clover that double the stock can be
supported upon it; and what is proof
beyond doubt is that when rented, dou-
BILE the money peracr is readily paid for
the ''real old grass land"
Letany disinterested person think on
this and it will show what vast advan-
tage would be gained by the whole com
munity if (say half the land now said
to barely pay for occupation, could be
let lie in grass till it would carry double
the stock and be worth double what it is
now to rent. A WORKING FARMER.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24

Because, when horse comes in all
vet with perspiration, you let Rim stand
IN the stable and dry with all .iie dirt ON.
In England We take the horse as he
comes from a drive, and sprinkle blood
warm water all over him, from his head
to his feet. Then we ssrape him down
and blanket him, rubbing his legs and
face dry. Thus, in an hour lie is clean
and dry, and ready TO take Il good feed,
while with your way he will stand and
swelter for hears, and finally dry, sticky
and dirty. Our horses never founder
and nevaEEaee cold. We never use a
curry 2oab; you scratch your horses 200
hard. The only care necessary is TO
have the water not too cold: then battle
them instantly, while you are rubbing
their legs"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-24

THE grasshopper plague in the West
is attracting attention and is becoming a
very important matter not only to those
afflicted but as affecting the future of
the States where the ravages are COM
mitted. Methods for destroying these
insects, or for preventing their ravages,
Will have an early demand A method
employed in Cyprus is worthy of note:
by this plan the attack is made
neither on the eggs nor on the fully de-
veloped insect, as practiced elsewhere,
but during the intermediate or wingless
period of their development, a stage be-
ginning about month after the eggs
are Matched, and lasting three or four
weeks, during which the ''crickets" wan-
der about in compact masses and are
easily taken in V-shaped traps open to
the line of march. The sides of the
traps are made with strips of silk hum
dred yards long and two or three feet
wide firmly attached to poles set. ia the
ground. The bottom edges of these
walls of silk are banked with earth so
that the ''crickets" cannot crawl under
them, and the upper edges are waxed or
bordered with oil silk, which prevents
their climbing over. As they have no
wings to escape with, they are forced to
mass themselves at the apex of the sys-
fem las II X f.alladl 1Ubara @l,o,, +,,,,1,1.
into trench edged with plates of zinc,
which offers no foothold, so that they
are effectually trapped. When the
trench is full the insects are covered
with earth, and the system is moved on
% continue the work of destruction
elsewhere. Upwards of 1000 cubic
ards of grasshoppers were thus destroy
d in Cyprus in a single season"