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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-16

PROTECTING BY STRAW Many per-
SONS have remarked after, as they
suppose, protecting roses and other
tender plants with straw at this sea-
son of the year, that they come out
from under the cover IN many cases
worse than those entirely exposed.
and 1t is common to hear people with
this experience say that protection is
an injury. But in many cases the
injury Is not from the protection
but from the salts it contains Fresh
strawy matter from stable wards is
one thing, and fresh straw from tho
barn is another; and while straw is a
benefit, rank fresh manure is on
evil.
For small things, dry leaves with ,
little earth thrown over, is excelIen,
Where the crowns of the plant ar
hard and woody, tho earth itse
drawn over is good; for larger thing
straw or even cornfodder protect
admirably; but always beware ,
fresh strawy litter from the barnyar,
Thousands Of young plants, especial
Young evergreens, have been destror
Ell Dy It.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-16
Keeping Poultry TO Enrich
Lands.

Colonel WarIng, in his elements
of Agriculture" says: Poultry dung
is nearly equal in value TO Peruvian
guano Except that it contains more
water). IT granted that a hen will
consume, of the different kind of
grain, meat and vegetables, during
the year, the equivalent of two bush
els of corn, which weigh 12O pounds,
then it is certainly low enough to
place the eXcrement-the result of
the digestion of these two bushels
as equivalent to fifteen pounds of
guano. As the manure from 100
fowls, during a year, would amount
to 1900 pounds of guano, taking the
above supposition as at least safe /;
and as 800 pounds is ordinarily suffi
cient for an acre of corn, it will be
seen that the manure from 100 fowls
will make compost enough for five
acres. The experiment has been
tried by the writer, of applying, to
one acre of corn in the hill, manure
of twenty hens one year, mixed with
swamp muck, in the proportion of one
part hen manure and three parts
muck, and the result was better
crop than upon an adjoining acre
enriched, for sake of experiment, with
a good fair ordinary dressing o
stable manure.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-16
OHIO-ITS PROGRESS.

Ex Senator Updegraf attended n
Masonic re union and banquet at
Steubenville, Ohio, on Thanksgiving
Day. At the banquet In the evening,
in response to the toast-"THE
STATE OF OHIo-the third in the
bright galaxy Of States,' he made a
characteristic speech, in which be
glOrifed the Buckeye State exceed
ngly We find the following extract
in the Columbus Journal, which that
paper says is "an admirable condens-
alton of the riches and glory of this
glorious common wealth."
In 1910. when New York stood
first and Pennsylvania second in
white population, Ohio was ninth.
Since that time its progress has been
such miracle OF growth and prosper
ity, that its history and statistics
seem fable and a falsehood to the
amazed people OF older and slower
countries. In 1870, its CONSTANT
iy increasing population was $685.
26O. Last year the aggregate as
sessed value OF its daily augmentiDg
real and personal property was ST.
524,323,IIS. The true value of
the same is set down at $2,635. .463,-
394, or about fOar times what 1t was
in 1850. There are in the State
20, 100000 acres Of cultivated land,
which last year yielded over $780,
100000 worth of farm products.
There are now $I4l,924, 900 in
vested in manufacturing, supplying
1877 200 men with labor, and also
yielding the last year 4 product of
30O,0Oo,000. In 1871 there were
mined 55, BIG ,666 bushels OF coal, and
geologists compute the amount Of
available coal in the State to be 3d.
600, ,000, 900 tens. and new sources Of
supply are being constantly dis
covered. The supply already known
would furnish the vast amount nine
ed last year annually for more than
$4,000 years OF fpig iron, that stand
ard staple of modern industry, Ohio,
in 1871, manufactured 353, ,0C0 tons.
Every ton Of iron represents about
twenty five days work, as nearly So
per cent. of its value is the labor il
involves. That amount OF iron man
ufac ared then means 0 S25, 900 days
labor, worth Sl4, ,737 800, or the con.
stant employment OF 81. $50 workmen
and the support Of 163, $50 American
men, women aad children. But bet
ter and grander far than all these
proofs OF material prosperity comes
the crowning fact that during the
past YEAR OHIO has expended more
than S7,000,000 for educational pur-
poses in furnishing the means oi
knowledge to every child OF every
class and condition within her bor-
ders. That more than 200, 600 Child
rem are now enrolled in her public
school. That q pioneer army oi
27.743 teachers are TO day laying, by
noble and creative work, the iounda-
tions of her future freedom, greatness
and power.
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Cut This Out.

Every person should understand
how TO treat flesh wound, because
one is liable TO be placed in circum'
stances, away from surgical and vet
rinary aid, where he may save his
own life, the life OF a friend or of Z
beast, simply by the exercise of i
little common sense. In the first
place, close the lips OF the wOEad
with the hand, and hold them firmly
together to check the flow of blood
until several stitches can be taken
and bandage applied. Then battle
the wound for long time in cold
water. "Should it be painful" cor
respondent says, "take common
brown sugar, and hold the wounded
part in the smoke. In a few min
utes the pain will be allayed, and re
covery psOceeds rapidly. In my czse
a rusty nail had made a bad wouad
in my foot. The pain and nervous
irritation was severe. This was all
removed by holding it in smoke for
ffteen minutes, and 1 was able TO re-
sumo my reading in comfort We
have often recommended it to others,
with like results. One of my men
had a nger-nail torn out by a pair
of ice-tongs. 1t became very painful,
as was to have been expected. He'd
n sugar smoke for twenty minutes,
the pain ceased and promised speedy
recovery
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-16

The annual political agitation in
England will begin on the 5th OF Feb
ruary, when Parliament begins its ses-
sion. The present Parliament was
elected in 1868 under the leadership
of Mr. DisraeI, who soon became so
unpopular as to be compelled TO re
sign. Mr.. Gladstone was chosen his
successor and has managed to hold on
10 his office ever since, though his
hold has been very weak since his de-
feat OF his ministry On the University
bill last year. But Mr.. Gladstone
promises to remain at the helm for
some time yet, owing to the dissen.
lion among his opponents, and it is
not unlikely that the general elections
TO be held in May and June, may
strengthen hi4 position in spite Of the
partial failure and general dissasisfac-
tons with his policy. The chief ques.
tiOn before the coming Parliament viii
be that OF suffrage extension, which
Mr.. Gladstone favors, and WHICH vii
gain him some popularisy.-CLeceldnc
| Leader,
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had also 3 yery curious seer On CT,
Of his fingers, which vas disfguret
by crushing in : cog wheel. \ criti
csl examination of this finger by the
physician VINO dressed the fresL
wound coupels the doctor to say
ihst it Is
THE FINGER OF WILLS PEYToN.
While this examination was msk
ing, the claimant said: doctor, do
you recollecs how sick Sas made by
the sight of that fnger. while yoI
aud mother were dressing it one day?
And DO you recollect how / came to
you one day to kEoE what wcuId
take ;he Inflammation out Of nv aru
where was tattooed BIZ Jim Bayne,
the sailor? ?" The old doctor re-
membered well how sore Willis Pey-
toms arm was, sn I the circumstances
of his isiutiaa once from the dressing
OF the sore finger. Another evidence
that the claimsnt is the simon-pure
Willis PeytOl is that ne singles out
men who do not know him, calling
them ny name ard reminding them
OF incidents Of 3 former acquaintance
thst leave no doubt in their minds as
TO his identity.
And the "Widow Peyton'' sits in
the Courtroom, by turns looking a.
the claimant to her bed and board,
and crying as witness sf;er witness
avows his belief that the strange man
IS Willis Peyton. She has told her
friends that if he really is Peytoa he
may have the farm, stock and every
thing but herself. Sometimes during
passages of the trial be implores her
to look again snd see if she csnnot
recognize one feature and acknowl-
edge him as her husband, but she
refuses, and his earnest, appealing |
face suddenly becomes clouded by |
despair. be says if the suit termin-
ates in is favor he will only ask a |
living eff the farm, aud will never
lntrude upon his wife and childfen
unless they voluntarily recognize
him.
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!. l.. .guI4-, Pastor. Lscry Ol.IrT odOGalAi
IIr-L lia,s- .tu CIDCh, u. ii, IIlSA Mass al
~, =. ii, Jat-rl1lsIii a. =, 4. N. oCTEIC III
Lu-lI>n, GERMAN s,uG trCncn. Mass every
HOtu4I- ~ o OC.LCk, y. -. TsL end Oi
.Is.LL.-L- I.L-- eL.lIL.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-16

LEATHER PREsERvAIIvg.-A coT-
respondent of the Germantown Iele-
graph, who says he has tested all the
patented preparations and popular
recipes for preserving leather, prefers
castor oil to all of them. He adds !:
"NVe have bad boots a year old that
we have oiled with it, and the leather
was it, smooth, and waterproof to
the last time they were used. We
apply it clear without heat. 4 little
lamp black might be used on old
leather, but it is seldom necessary on
new, as the oil itself seems to keep
the blacking on, and renders the
leather black and of fine appearance
Those who have been annoyed witt
hard, cracked, water-soaked boots
the surface of the latter rough, with
out blacking, and the leather shrunk
en- and wrinkled, SO as TO chafe, gall
and otherwise punish the feet, vii
find castor oil, well applied, to b.
satisfactory. We have used it for
wagons and buggies, and find it is Ii
every way superior. 1t will wea
longer, lubricate better, and is les
Objectionable than anything we know
of.o
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HINDOO STORY-AN APT JUDGE

A tiger, proving ia a forest, was
attracted by a beating calf. 1t
proved to be a bait, and the tiger
found himself trapped in spring
cage. There he lay for two days,
when a Brahmin happened to pass
that way.
'Brahmin - piteously cried the
beast, shave mercy or me; let me
ont Of this cage
"Ah! but yOu eat me-"
"Eat you! Davoar my benefactor ?
Never could 1 be guilty OF such q
deed,' responded the tiger.
The Brahmin, being benevolentlY
inclined, was moved by the en.reaties
and opened the door OF the csge
TIE tiger walked up to him, wagged
his tail, and said (:
"Brahmin prepare to die, 1 sbsl
now ca. you"
Goa, how ungrateful how wicked
Am not your savior p protested
the trembling priest
sTrue," said the tiger, 'very true
hut it is the custom OF our race 10 ca
a man when we get q chance, and
cannot afford to let you CO."
I.et Us submit the case TO an CT
bitrator," said the Brahmin. "He:e
comes a fox. The tox is wise LEI
US abide by the & ecision.'
avery well,'' rep!iel the tiger.
The fox, assuming Judicial, as
Ooct. sat on his launches with all the
| digni.y he could muster, and looking
a. his dispulants, ie said:
"Good friends, am confused a
the different accounts which you have
of this ma ter my mind is not elesi
enough 10 render equitable judge
nent, but il you will be kind enough
IN actthe whole transaction before IL
7 shall have = more definite concep
, tion o. the case. Do yOu, Mr.. Tiger
show me just now you approache
and entered the csge, and you, MI
Brahmin, show me how you Eoerate
him. and l shall ne able 10 Tenee
|. |. a proper decision.
: They sssented, for the fox Wa
! solemn and nrscular The tigt
walked into the cage, the spring doc
fell and shut him in. He was pri
;nner. The Judicial expression fade
from the fox's couGtenance end turl
/, ,,ing to the Brahnin, he said
81 II advise you 10 60 home az fss:
YOU can, and abstain in futnre fro
. doing fayors to rascally tigers. Coz
!. morning, Brahmin /; good mornin
e tige:."
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W. II. ANDERSON. GEO. =. PBNDLEToS
ANDERSON &, E,E;SDLETON.
[ TTOESEs'S at Law. VIII attend carefully
IL ami promptly to all kinds OF business.
special attention given to Titles, PrO1ate
matters, ,COnvcyancing and Collection OF
lce over HUbCEs' DTu5 store, north OI Court
House.
s(,.D G. iS72-tf
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The Cooling AIGfh.

At the late meeting Of the Illinois
Horticultural Society, DR.. c. V
Riley, State En,omo!ogist Of Missou
ri, thus tr, ated Of this imported Pesi
OF the orchard:
The moth is not native, bat is 81
importation from the orchards o.
Europe. 1t has now spread over the
whole country from Maine 10 west o
the Rocky Mountains l. has PROVED
to be one Of the most damaging OF
all the insects that infes. the apple
orchard while the pear and othe'
calyxel iruits also suffer from 1t, a.
the eggs are only laid in the blossom
end of the fruit, or the calyx. Inc
moth i seldom seen in the day tlme'
be,ng nocturnal in its habit. After
Matching, which mostly occurs at
,icbt ii lets Itself down by = sIlken
.b-ea5 or crawls down the trunk OF
tho tree and changes to pupa inclosed
in = silken covering. These pup@ We
find under the loose bark OF the ap-
pie.
This insect is double brooded--the
first having been deposited in the
calyx of the fruit, soon after the fruit
Is ,et and about six weeks after the
falling of the blossoms, this first brood
,f worms leave the fruit as stated
above. Ire second brood follows
his. and are found in the late ripen-
ing fruit, and do not leave the apple
until they are put into the barrels.
Bandages, old shingles and other
bands are put on the trees. Under
.hese the insects make their changes
10 the pupa state and are thus de-
,troyed. Paper makes the cheapest
1andage of all, and costs but a trifle.
The scraping of the trees, TO get rid
If the rough bark, is useful. The
Use of vials of liquid and of light, to
Iestroy the insect, appear to be of
10 value.
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A MAN who had recently been
elected a msj1r OF miiitis, and who
was no. ogerburdened with brains,
took it into his head on the morning
Of parade tn exercise little By him
sell. The field selected for this pur-
pose was his own apartment; placing
himself in militia attitude with his
sword drawn, he exclaimed: cat
tention, company! Rear rank. three
PAGES, march !" and be tumbled down
into the cellar, His wife hearing tht
racket, came running in saying, "sfy
tdear, have you killed yourself ?" "Gt
about your business woman,' said tn
hero. 'whas 60 you know sbou
----9S
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9Ome and farm.
GriddIe Cakes.

As the time for frosty mornings and
hot griidle cakes has come, and,
throughout the land, hundreds o.
h .usekeeyers ere starting a mess,
TIA. ~! foam Ike the waters Of a
g .ls touglain and rot aud stink ike
the eoH'e'.'s of = brewery, and tha, Is
70 be tie l.valing medium f,r RAISING
their !u,aa.ast cakes from nov Lutil
The summers sun drives tie frost from
nc eiF and pork grease and gridtle
cak-z from their bill Of fare People
who 1--we in cities and villages, and
have only scan;y supply Of milk, OF
none at all, have some excuse for stir
ring buckWhoat cakes with warm wa
ter and raising them with yeast; but
the batter should never stand more
than twelve hours, and never in Z tin
dish. There never was greater fal-
lacy under the san than starting buck
wheat cakes as soon - frost comes and
continuing them all winter IN the same
tin batter dish, without once emptying |
and cleaning, that there may be some
of the first fermented, steDchy batch
left 10 mske them light; and that
farmers wives, who have barrels full
of sour milk and bUttermilk, which
is better, should adept this iallacy and
have their breakfast cakes IS blue and
solid as clay and whets'oncs and,
when frIed in the grease from piece
Of pork, about a. wholesome and in
digestible, when they might, with The
same labor, have them light, crisp,
tender and brown. Should make that
which might and ough, to he luxury
an abominatiOn, repugnant alike 10
palate and stomach, is one of the IL
Illustrations OF human depravity.
The best griddIe cakes l ever ate l
were stirred with buttermilk, not too
old, ard just enough soda TO counter
act the acid, hot more than an hour
or two, or Immediately before cooking
and were rs tender brown and puffy
as one could wish. People who find
buckwheat cakes too hearty or too
heavy for them TO digest cOmfor-
tabIy, may have rice breakfast cakes
made in the same way of wheat or
corn meal; they may a'so be made de,
liciously of nearly or quite sweet milk
and very or little or 80 soda,by heat-
ing an egg and stirring into the batter.
l would that every wife, mother and |
housekeeper lad knowledge enough a
of chemistry to understand the bane
ful elects OF rottenness in the food, Il
which they prepare for husbands, u
children and friends; and of the poi g
5onous solutions of tin TO which they II
.reat them at almost every meal, es. IL
Decialfy in winter, when so much is el
prepared beforehand and left to stand rn
until used. | have enough faith in 50
TO believe that if they N
only knew, there would be less fer
nented bread, less patches of buck ia
wheat cakes soured and fermented for ol
months in the batter dishes, less apples Il
and ether acid fruit stewed, and allow NJ
ed to stencil in tin pans for days and e;
weeks. AS for griddle cakes, their Il
millennium will have dawned when VI
The old foggy griddle, the irOn-made griddIe. r.
he old greasy griddle that smokes up the
house. 81
s forever banished from the cookroom, :,
md the soapstone griddle, rubbed >,
With little salt occasionally, to keep it
rom sticking" takes its place. :,
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}. Il. JOHNSTON.


A TTOREEY AND COUNSELLOR Al
n Law, Fndlay, ohio. Office in Head
quarters Ruiljiua," Northeast Of Court HOuSt
VIII attend puo.ap pity to all business entrust.
Ell TO his care April %. 1872.
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What an Ear of Corn viii XIeIGi.

THE Wisconsin Lana6ermGn osti-
mates the grand total Of the pine
stumpage of Wisconsin at the enoT-
NOUS amount OF 40, 900, 900 900 feet.
Pine grows in the forests with wor-
derful rapidity, and if the above
figures are not exaggerated, thero i.
likely TO be as much pine cut in the
State forty yeIrs hence as during any
of the recent years. The supply is
practically inexhaustible.
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Road Notice.

y petition will be presented tn the Com
missiOneis of hancock County, Ohio. AT their
March session, a D., ls74, praying for the
vacation OF the following county road in
Delaware township, in said county, TO wit:
Commencing at the county road on the south
side OF Section ten (l0l in said township and
running thence north through said Section
tenQO) TO another county road running along
the orth side Of said Section ten gOl IN said
township aiOresaid-Said road proposed TO be
vacated runs through the land OF Holm d.
Wagner and Silas Fail.
JOHN D. WAGNER.
Nrry, 81, lSF4S1S
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The Household Paneca,
and
Family Liniment

is the best remedy in the world for the fol-
lowing complaints, viz: Cramps in the
Limbs and Stomach, Pain in the Stomach,
Bowels or Side. Rheumatism in all its forms,
Bilious Collie, Neural gia. Cholera. Dysentery,
Colds. Fresh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat,
Spinal Complaints Sprains and Bruises, ,Chills
and fever. For Internal and External use.
Its operation Is not only to relieve the Ta-
tient. but entirely removes the cause Of the
complaint II penetrates and pervades the
whole system restoring healthy action to all
its parts. and quickening the blood.
The Household PaDacca IS purely
Vegetable and All Healing.
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,
No. 2l5 Fulton Street, New York.
Forsale by all druggists July 25-ly
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2i7 Superior St., CLEVELAND. OHIO
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CAe ajetfersunian.
e. &. Eae ETGLFE.l r,..o
q. Z. Ese WOLFE, -

gcs,egaassEy!g. 7.tra Bosr Eastot Ios,a1ee
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W. L. DAVIS. W. DAVIS. u. L. DETwILEE


AND RETAIL GROCERS
w and dealers ~ FIrC-- Provisions, Wooden
Willow ana stone /. are. Confectionery. Fruits
Notions and general variety. Goods at Whole
sale, at Cleveland and Toledo prices. Nos. q
aud 3, Main street
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TIE omission of q comma has fire.
duently given a very awkward turn
10 q sentence. We remember ga epl-
tam which suffered severely rom
snch an oversight. It ran pretty
much as sollows: "Erected 20 the 70
memory Of John Phillips, ,socideD'1liy ~
abot % a marx OF affection by his
hrother.'
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nESTALSURGEOS PGTticularattentiOn
- given to jhe treatment OF natural teeth
Teeth Il led with gOid-fOil, tin-fOIl and silver.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases. Office
over Helsn's SnOe store, Main Street Findlay
ohio Oct, 1879.
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Thirty Years Experience of an
Old Nurse.

Mrs. UiBsIOw's Soothing Syrup IS the
prescription OF one of the hest female
Physicians and Nurses in the United States
and has been used for thirty years with never
falling safety and success by millions of moth
the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort TO
mother and child, We believe IL to be the
Best and SureSt Remedy in the World in all
cases Of DNSENTERG and DIARRHCEA y
CHILDREN, whether il arises rom Teethlng
or from any other cause. Full directions for
using will accompany each bOttla. None
Genuine unless the fac-simile of CURTIS &
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. Sold
by all Medicine Dealers. July 2j-Iy