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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
Song.
BY MRS. THAXTER.

BY MRS. THAXTER.
The clover blossoms kiss her feet,
She is SO sweet,
While l, who may not kiss her hand,
Bless all the wild flowers in the land
Soft sunshine falls across her breast,
She is so blest.
I'm jealous of it's arms Of gold;
. that these arms her form might fold
Gently the breezes kiss her hair,
She is so fair!
Let flowers and sun and breeze go by,
0 dearest! love me, or I die,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
LAND GRANTS 70 RAILROADS,

The Republican Congressional Com
mittee have prepared a statement from
the books of the general land office,
showing the number OF acres of land
granted to railroads which have revert
ed to the government under the con-
ditions of their grant and the recent
decision of the attorney general. The
lands will soon be again opened for set
Element. They are distributed as fol-
lows:
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02
An AritilmeticaI Dog.
From Land and Mater -.


The gentleman who witnessed the
event was short time since on a visit
to Scotland, and during one of his
walks he came across some men
who we're washing sheep. Close to the
water where the operations were being
carried OF was small pen, in which
detachment of ten sheep were placed
handy TO the men for washing. While
watching the performance his atten-
ton was called to sheep dog lying
down close by. This animal, on the
pen becoming nearly empty, without
word from any one, started off to the
main body of the flock and brought
back ten of their number, and drove
them into the empty washing pens.
The fact Of the dog bringing exactly
the same number Of sheep as had
vacated it he looked upon as a strange
colncldence-a mere chance. But he
continued looking on, and much to
his surprise, as soon as the men had re-
duced the number to three sheep, the dog
started off again and brought back ten
and so he continued throughout the
afternoon, never bringing one more Or
one less, and always going for fresh
lot when only threewere left III the pen,
evidently being aware that during the
time the last three were washing he
would be able to bring up fresh de-
tacilment,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02

several duels, and is accredited as an
excellent marksman. Pistols were the
weapons agreed upon, at fifteen PAGES.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02

AOSol. .OoO O,1OO, fo1
It has long been held that lands that
have once been granted to railroads
could not revert to the national domain
except by some subsequent Legislation
of Congress. This opinion was held
by Joseph Wilson, the late commission
er of the land office, and has not been
reversed until within few days, when
Attorney General Williams, in response
to an inquiry Of the secretary of the
interior, decided that subsequent &C
ton of Congress was not necessary, and
that original grants were to be inter
preted in accordance with the real in
tent of Congress-, and not by the prin-
ciple of the common law as to con-
ditions subsequent.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02

SHORT crops-The Bowery style Of
hair cutting.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02

THE Berlin base ball club beat the
Oshkosh.-A man named Albert For
mella, of Berlin, pounded and kicked
his wife in the abdomen for the purpose
OF killing the child to which she was
expected to give birth. He is in arrest.
We were shown, recently a bunch Of
cranberries picked on Carey's march
which compared favorably with any we
ever saw, and we are informed that
they were fair sample of the berries
on the whole marsh. We think that
the cranberry crop in Berlin this fall
will be far from failure. -
The Berliners receive Milwaukee lager
beer at the rate of 104 kegs per day
Susan Denim recently filed an engage
ment at Berlin.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-09-02

papers.-There are about $50 persons
encamped at the various parks around
Geneva Lake.-Rev. j. D. Pulls, of
Geneva, has accepted call to Benton
Harbor, Mich.-A. J. Wood, Of Pent-
water, Mich, has been appointed prin-
cipal of the Geneva schools. - Mr..
Sturges has been offered 81, 900 an acre
for twenty-five acres OF lake shore
woodland at Geneva.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Some Facts in UNDERSTANDING.

Mr.. John johnson, now in his eighty
third year, Is the great father of un-
derdraining in this country. He had
a rather wet piece of ground at Geneva,
New York, and after reading what had
been done in England, determined to try
for himself in this country, what good 1t
would do. There were no tiles made in
America, so he had to send to Europe for
them. This was in in 1885. In 1888 he
induced some American to make them.
In a recent New York Tribune, Mr.. John.
son gives his latest opinions, derived
from continuous observation. He says,
in regard to the depth at which drains
should be laid, that there is no rule.
They have to go below the hard pan, how
ever deep that may be- He has no drains
on his farm but two-and-a-half feet deep,
and they act just as well as some would
at four feet. The range is generally from
two.and.ahalf to four feet
In undertaking, it is the practice to
make main drain, somewhere where
there is good fall, and then the lateral
drains are led into this one. There has
been some dispute as to how large the
main drains should be For instance if
there is one main of four inches in diam.
eter and a dozen smaller ones-say two
inches lead into it, people are apt to cal
culate that there is the combined bores of
the dozen-say twenty four inches-to
discharge into the four inches, and are
apt to argue that this cannot operate; but
Mr.. johnson has twenty-five of these two
inch drains running into one four-inch
main, and he finds that the water goes
through just as well as if the main were
larger, Fora time he could not understand
this, but at last he found the pressure of so
much water behind increased the velocity
of the water passing through the main.
1t made up in velocity what the pipe was
short of in bulk. This principle is well
known to everybody when once it is sug.
gested, and yet it is fact people are very
liable to forget when engaged in under
draining operations.
AS to what land it is profitable to un-
derdrain, this is subject which, like the
depth of drains, depends altogether on
circumstances. If good farm land can
be had in the vicinity for say $50 per
acre, it is very doubtful whether it will
pay to spend $3.50 per acre in underdrain
sell the wet land which needed draining
and buy other lands that did not. Again
where water does not remain very neal
the surface, but sinks soon after each rain
ten feet or more, undertaking will add
very little more to the value. There are
many parts of the country where water
stands for months but few feet from the
surface, an account of solid clay deposit
known as hard pan, and in such cases il
will pay, in all probability, to underdrair
ones land. Mr.. johnson made it pay
handsomely. Many have followed hi'
example injudiciously, and have had NJ
benefit which would compensate for thu
capital involved. In some cases there i!
great benetit-at the same time there il
no department of improved agriculture
that requires one to move so thoughtfully
as in undertaking Forney'
| WeeL.I1L Dr.eas
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Look to Your Stoves.

The noxious effects of carbonic acid
and carbonic oxide gas were recently
illustrated, in an alarming manner, at
Oakland, Pa, at school near the Sus-
quehanna Depot. The school had been
in session about two hours in the morn
ing, when, to the astonishment of the
teacher, one of her smaller pupils fell to
the floor apparently in swoon; very soon
three or four others were in a similar con-
dition; then the number quickly increased
to dozen, all thrown down and uncon-
scious. The teacher, greatly alarmed,
dismissed the school, but only portion
of the scholars were able to move from
their seats. The windows and doors we're
thrown open and assistance summoned.
The teacher, with the aid of older schol-
ars, dragged out the unconscious ones. A
physician came; and after long effort, all
were restored to consciousness and recov.
cred, except a few who are still suffer.
ing.
1t appeared, on examination, that the
smoke pipe had been jammed too far into
the chimney, causing a stoppage of. the
draft of the stove, throwing all the deadly
gases of combustion into the school-room.
The escape of the children as well as they
did is matter for congratulation.
The gases of combustion, chiefly car
bonic oxide and carbonic acid, are, when
taken into the lungs in comparatively
small quantities, dangerous to life. One
one-hundredth par tof carbonic oxide gas
in a given volume of air renders such air
noxious.
Carbonic acid gas is not quite so bad
1t may be taken into the stomach without
injury. Soda water, as everybody knows
is water charged with carbonic acid gas
But when the gas is taken into the lungs
even in small quantities, its effects are
injurious. One of the great causes of i'll
health is the accumulation and breathing
of the deadly carbonic acid gas in the
dwellings and apartments in which peo
pie live. Too little attention is paid to
ventilation. Every one hundred volumes
of air discharged from the lungs contain
four volumes of carbonic acid gas. Now
if air containing one two-hundredth par
of the gas is breathed, headache and
languor are soon produced. Air that has
been once breathed is therefore highly
dangerous. The average amount of Tho
gas thrown out by every person is sever
cubic feet per hour. A single six-foo
gas.light in a room gives off as mucl
carbonic acid gas as person in breath
| ing-ScientGfc A1ne1Icdn
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Death in the Sirup.Jug.

PROBABLY there are very few articles of
daily consumption which are not adulter.
ated in a more or less vile manner. One
of the most scOundrelly impositions that
INSCRIPTIONS rascals practice upon long
suffering public is the scandalous com
pound sold as sugar sirup. 1t is asserted
that nearly fifty per cent. of the article
sold under the seductive names of golden
sirup, silver drips, etc, is a rank poison,
formed by the action of sulphuric acid
upon some of the substances containing
the essential material of wood fiber. The
quantity of sulphuric acid used to form
sugar by this process is so great that it
cannot be thoroughly extracted from the
product. 1t leaves enough to be danger
ous even to the stomachs of robust men
Excessively so to the more delicate or
ganizations of children, who use far more
Of the article than grown persons.
Since public attention has been called
to this rascality, many instances have
come to light of mysterious sicknesses
which disappeared on the use of this
breakfast dainty being discontinued. Sc.
we're burning pains at the stomach, and
racking headaches, are among the lighter
symptoms of sirup- poisoning. A case is
mentioned where the cork in keg of
sirup sent for the use of lumberman's
camp was found to be nearly eaten away,
Fancy vile drug which will corrode
cork, gnawing away at the coat of ones
stomach. The Western Rural will in fu.
ture worry down its buckwheat cakes
without the adyentitious aid of sweeten.
ing, unless sufficient guarantees of the
character of the article be furnished
with II.
Fortunately, the detection of the per.
nicious stuffis easy. A small quantity of
muriate or nitrate of baryta, mixed with
water, makes clear solution. If to this
be added small quantity of sulphuric
acid, Il white precipitate is formed, which
is insoluble in water. Tannin also gives
a black precipitate, unless the acid has
been neutralzed by albumen.
If any Of our readers have reason for
looking upon their matutinal sirup with
suspicion, let them at once take a sample
to chemist and have ii analyzed If
found TO be dangerous, let the makers
and retailers be prosecuted with the same
vigor that wholesale murderers would
meet WITH Western Rlrdl,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

DIR. j. Walkers California Vim.
egar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges of
the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted therefrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked, "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success of VINEGAR BIT
TERsW Our answer is, that they remove
the cause of disease, and the patient re-
covers his health. They are the great
blood purifier ana life giving principle,
a perfect Renovator and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has q medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities of VINEGAR BITTERs in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgative as well as Tonic,
relieving Congestion or. Inflammation of
the Liver and Visceral Organs, in Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTRRs are Aperient, Diaphoretic,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedative, Counter -Irritant, Sudorifc, Alters-
tive, and Anti-Bilious.
n. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agts., San Francisco California
and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts. N. Y.
Sold by ali Druggists Rnd Dealers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Pimples, E,uptions, Rough skin.

The system being put under the influence of
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for a
few weeks, the skin becomes smooth, clear,
soft and velvety, and being illuminated with
the glow of perfect health from within, true
beauty stands forth in all its glory. Nothing
ever presented to the public as beautifer of
the complexion ever gave such satisfaction for
this purpose as this Discovery. The effects of
all medicines which operate upon the system
through the medium of the blood are necessa-
rily somewhat slow, no matter how good the
remedy employed. While one to three bottles
clear the skin Of pimples, blotches, eruptions,
may possibly be required to cure some cases
where the system is rotten with scrofulous or
virlent blood poisons. The cure oiall these dis
eases, however, from the common pimple to
the worst scrofula is, with the use OF this
most potent agent, only a matter of time.
Sold by all Druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

VINEGAR BITTERs.-Dr. j. Walker, a
regular practicing physician of Cali
fornia, has conferred a priceless boon
upon mankind by the introduction of a
"Bitters" compounded from herbs eXclu-
sively, which may be truly said to be
superseding all others, and is becoming a
bitter dose indeed for the charlatans and
quacks, on account Of its immense sale
and universal popularity, Not only are
these VINEGAR BITTERs, as he calls them,
an invaluable tonic and alteratiye, but
they are acknowledged as standard
MEDICINE; and the astonishing rapidity
with which they cure diseases hitherto
declared incurable seems almost incredi-
BILE. After having been carefully tested,
they are kept on hand in thousands of
households, and used for any and every
form of disease, many relying upon them
in preference to the most celebrated ply
sicians. They have become recognized
"Family Remedy" and properly so. 20
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

of their frontage occupied by sea bird,
until numbers fail TO give any notion of
their myriads and the great glacier
which occupies the upper part of the har-
Dor, and fills the mind with awe--the
marvellous Arctic light is shining, and
glorifies all that 1t illuminates But where
The grandeur and the beauty are greatest,
there the solitude is most appalling, and
no where on the earth does man feel his
weakness and insigniflcance SO much as
amidst this awful desolation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

the whole category of diseases to which hui
manity is susceptible, the cough is most neg
lected in its early stage. A simple cough Is
generally regarded as a temporary affection
unpleasant and nothing more, but to those
who have paid dearly for experience. it is the
signal for attack for the most fearful of all
diseases-Consumption. A cough will lead to
consumption--if not checked-so sure as the
rivulet leads to the river, yet it is an easy ene
my to thwart, If met by the proper remedy
Ailen's Lung Bdlsam is the great cough reme-
dy Of the age, and it has earned its reputation
by merit alone. = bv all good druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Browns Bronchial Troches for Coughs
and Colds

Requires immediate attention, and should be Check.
ed. II allowed to continue, IRRITATION OF THE
LUNGS, PERMANENT THROAT AFFECTION, OR AN
lNouRABLE LUNG DISEASE is often the result.
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs,
Having direct influence on the parts, give mmedi'
ate relief. For BRONCHITIS ASTHMA, CATARRH,
CoNsUMPrIvK AND THROAT DIsRAsEs, TRooHRs are
used Oith dl,oays good success. ..
SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS
VIII ind TRooHEs useful in clearing the voice when
taken before Singing or Speaking and relieving the
throat after unusual exertion OF the vocal organs
Obtain only "BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRooHEs" and
do not take any Of the worthless limitations that may
be offered. Sold EbeTY,oRere.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
COVERED WITH ERUPTIoNs, CURED.


NIANEhAVhl NOIUIHUIu IO,l n, ].
DR. r. v PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y;
DEAR SIR; / am sixty years Of age, and have
been afflicted with Salt Rheum in the worst
form for great many years, until, accident
ally, saw one of your books, which described
my case exactly. bought your Golden Med
ical Discovery, and took two bottles and a half,
and was entirely cured. From my shoulders
to my hands was entirely covered with erup-
afflicted with Rheumatism, so that / walked
with great difficulty, and that is entirely cured.
May God spare you a long life to remain a
blessing to mankind. With untold gratitude,
MRS. A. w. WILLIAMS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
United States Finances.

The following table, made up by The
Neoo York BOentng Post from figures &C.
companying the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury, will be found interesting
and valuable for reference. The second
column of figures shows the amount of
outstanding principal of the public debt
of the United States on the 1st of January
of each year mentioned, and the third the
gross expenditures of the Government for
each fiscal year:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

HANNAFoRD q THOMPSON, Subscription
Book Publishers, Chicago, have in press an
exhaustive History of the FARMERS MOVE.
MENT, by Hon. j. Periam, Editor Western
Rural, one of our ablest and best known
agricultural writer's Its title is THE
GRoUNDswELL. 1t will be the standard
work on Oranges, Clubs, etc, and is GER
tain to prove great hit, Book Agents, and
Farmers especially, should read the pub
fishers advertisement. 1t is bound to sell.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

governing business more than of any
other; but that they should freely ask and
freely receive fair distribution of the of
fees, TO the end that they may share in
the responsibilities and the benefits which
arise under our system of government
OhtcdQO Inter Ocean
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
Thirty Years Experience OF AN Odd
Nurse.

THLFtY KehFS H1peFIonce OF an UiI
Nurse.
MRS. wTNsLow's sooTnINe SYRUP is the prescrip.
lion Of Of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
in the United States. and has been used for thirty
ions of mothers and children from the feeble infant
OF week old TO the adult. 1t corrects acdty OF
the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort to mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and Surest Rene.
dy In the World In all cases Of DYSENTERY and
DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Teething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle None Genuine
unless the fac-simile Of CURTIS g. PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD by ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

WE were pleased to see, not long since, in
one of our exchanges, some pretty severe re-
marks addressed to several persons who, dur
ing an interesting lecture by Rev. Jno. s. Q.
Abbott, kept continuous coughing, which
ted many from hearing. People who
cannot refrain from coughing, had better stay
away from such places, or else take bottle Of
JOhnsOn's AnOdDne LiniD,eRf with them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

THE Importance Of giving Sheytddn's CaVol-
~ Condition POWDERS to horses that have been
out In the cold rain, stood in cold wind, or
drank too much cold water, cannot be over
estimated; no man should be without them
who owns good horse.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

CURE FOR CoUaH OR CoLD.--As soon as
there is the slightest uneaslness of the Chest,
with difficulty Of breathing, or indication Of
Cough, take, during the day, few "B,otcn's
bronchial Trocbesu ~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23
No. 215 Fulton street. New York.
For sale by all Druggists.

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY ARDICGNR.-Sd1f0idb
Lper IgCfgOrdt0r-a purely Vegetable CuthdT;ic end
10nic-for Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility SICK
Headache, Bilious Attacks and all derdngcments OF
Liver, Stomach and Bowels Ask yonr Druggist ip
II. Bel1dre Of limitations.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

IT is notorious fact that men who
essay to manage the opinions of the
world, invariably neglect their domestic
affairs, and allow them to run to ruin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

The Elmwood and Warwick collars
still hold their own, and are just as nice
to wear and look as we'll as they always
did.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-01-23

And this is the judgment not only of Amer
ican musicians, but of many Of the
RIost Distinguished in Europe.
The Testimonial Circular alluded to con-
insltestmony from many of the very most
eminent musicians in
London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Prague,
st. Petersburg, and other Principal
European Cities.
SO highly are the MASON e. HANLrN ORGANS
appreciated in Europe, especially in England,
that eight hundred of them have been sold in
London alone during the year 1878, the demand
for them having doubled yearly, on an aver
age, since their Introduction there few years
since.
THE PLAN OF SELLING
Secures fairness and lowest prices to all. THE
LOWEST PRICES are PRINTED in the PRICE-LIsTs
of the Company, and are therefore fixed ana
invariable-alike to all. Only smallest COM
missions can be allowed to dealers, who there
fore sometimes recommend inferior Organs on
aphich they are allotced larger profits.
NEW STYLES READY.
This Company have recently completed and
now offer number of new styles, the most
beautiful in external appearance, having the
greatest musical capacity, and sold at prices
which render them the cheapest which they
have ever made. Among them are FIVE OC-
TAvE DOUBLE REED ORGANS at $40, 1925, $3.50
to $1S5; with three and four sets of reeds,
$175 to 1925. Other styles up to fourteen sets
Of reeds at 81 500. Many of these are in the
new UPRIGHT RESONANT CASES, of great excel
VOL d AMOUR EUPHoNE, IMPROVED NoX HU-
MANA, and the REVOLVING FALL-BoARD.
Organs rented with privilege of purchase, or
sold for payments running through one to
four years.
Illustrated Catalogues, Price-Lists, &c. free.