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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
Weeds or Insects?

The troubles of life are much more even
ly allotted to man and woman kind than
troubled men and women are willing to
admit. Just now all American farmers
are suffering in fact or anticipation the
devastation of insects, bugs, worms or
beetles. The cotton-wOrm in the South
grasshopper in the extreme West, the Col
orado beetle now almost everywhere, con-
stitute triad of troubles not to be de.
spised. Add TO these orchaTdists suffer
from the canker-worm, coddling-moth,
curculio, and gardeners from the cabbage
worm, turnip flea and host of other dep.
redators, and it is hardly to be wondered
at If American tillers of the soil and fruit
growers deem themselves particularly un-
der the curse originally pronounced
against Adam on his expulsion from the
Garden of Eden Our tropical American
summers and sunny skies are Just the
weather to breed myriads of insect enc.
mics. Our English friends are having
great fears lest the Colorado pOtato-b beetle
should gain a lodgment among them.
Spite of all their precautions we do not
doubt that he will; but the chances are
that If the DOryphOrd arrived In England
its moist, foggy climate would prove un-
genial. 1t would not breed fast, nor grow
to maturity rapidly, and could be much
more easily kept in check than here
If our climate is too favorable TO insects
the same dry, hot weather gives American
farmers chance that English farmers
might envy 10 "get even" with the weeds,
Damp, cloudy, rainy days, often for weeks
In succession, keep the soil moist so that
the slightest root will grow. Here, If once
fairly uprooted, our drying winds and
bright sunshine dry them to powder. No
doubt our farmers do often suffer from
drought. Thorough and frequent culture
will remedy that evil and prevent it from
doing any damage. In fact, we believe il
is general rule that in all good farming
sections excessive drought usually does less
harm than the other evil of excessive
moisture, II is certainly less dangerous
enemy 10 good farming, which is almost
always an accompaniment TO good crops.
American farmers, with their fine eli
mate and the ease with which their weeds
may be destroyed, ought to be the best
farmers in the world. Their fields ought
10 be the cleanest. We have reason 10
hope that in time they will be. The pres
ent difficulty with insect enemies Is only
temporary until the parasites which prey
on the depredators can increase, Even
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
Danger in the Use of ChlOrOform.

Mr.. GEORGE POLLOCK writes to the Lon
don Times under date of July 20:
In the Times of to-day two inQuests are
reported In each instance death occurred
from the effects Of chloroform admin
istered in anticipation of a surgical opera
ton.
In the Lancet of the 26th of December
1874, the attention of the medical profes
sion was called to the risk to life attendant
on the administration of chloroform,
while the safety-absolute, think l may
venture to say-of the effects of ether was
pointed out.
The effect of one is not only often alarm
ing, but is known to be by no means un-
frequently fatal, even when administered
by experienced hands. The other may be
used most freely, is devoid of danger when
pure, and has never been known to de-
stroy life. MIR. Glover, Mr.. Harvard and
Mr.. Brudenell Carter, in letters to the
Lancet, confirmed the statements set forth
in the communication to which have re-
ferred. There is no better authority than
Mr.. Clover on such a question. He has
abandoned the use of chloroform for that
of ether. Chloroform acts directly on the
heart and with little notice, by stopping
its action destroys life. Ether could be
made to kill, just as holding a mans head
under the water will do by producing suf
location but it is a stimulant to the hearts
action. l have no desire, however, to en-
ter into a physiological dissertation on
this subject. Suffice it to say that if the
use of one anesthetic is dangerous, and
that of the other safe, it behcoves us to
employ alone that which is safe. Is itnot
almost criminal to venture on that which
is not safe?
ought perhaps to apologize for intrud-
ing professional question on a non-prO-
fessional journal; but one must employ a
big hammer to drive large nail through
a thick piece of wood. We have some
very thick pieces of wood to deal with
The question has been brought forward in
the leading medical journals of the day =;
and yet within one week we read of the
loss of two lives, which, say it with re-
gret, might not have occurred had ether
been employed instead of chloroform. /
therefore seek the aid of your great infu-
ence to bring to the mind of the public, as
well as the profession generally, the i'm
portance off correct knowledge on this
subject.
1t is big subject. 1t is question be-
tween living or dying. If our Judges,
Coroners and Magistrates, if the members
of the bar and the public, were once salts
fled of the danger of the one and the safe
ty of the other, / need not pause to inquire
what may be the position of that man
who is hereafter unfortunate enough to
lose patient under the influence of chic
roform.
l have no personal interest in this ques-
ton. write purely for the sake of those
who may require and those who may be
called upon to administer anesthetics, with
a hope that we may see abolished the use
of that which is proved to be occasionally
fatal for that which is known to be safe
and efficaciOus
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
Common Sense in Politics.

The man who would vote and work
against the Republican party because
few faults have been developed in its
splendid record of fourteen years is as
wise as the man who destroyed his wagon
wheel because active service had scratched
the paint on its surface. The purest man
that ever lived had his faults. They be-
long to human nature. If we overlook
virtues and magnify tri1ing faults the
most illustrious character must pass under
our condemnation.
The Republican party must be judged
from the standpoint of common sense and
ordinary justice. There is enough re-
vealed to the eye, seen by all men, that is
grand and praiseworthy in its history,
without applying the microscope to the
inspection Of imaginary faults.
The party lays no claim to perfection,
but 1t does to political honesty and true
patriotism, and points to its past record
for the vindication of this claim. If it
has committed errors it has been quick to
remedy them. 1t has labored to do right.
Justice, humanity, national unity have
been the objects toward which its face
has been turned. To advance, protect,
and secure these as the ground work OF
our nationality its whole energy has been
directed
There is no risk in trusting the Repub-
lican party. Its fidelity to the Republic
has been tested. 1t was true in the time
of peril; it cannot be untrue in time of
security. There is a risk, positive dan
ger, in trusting Democracy. Its record is
bad, its present teachings are dangerous,
its leaders are unworthy of confidence.
What we know to be good and reliable we
should earnestly support What we be-
lieve to be bad and unreliable we should
reject.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
AtrOcIOns Cruelty.

IT would be difficult to imagine more
disgusting case of cruelty TO animals than
one which came before the magistrates
at the Newcastle-under.L Lyme Police Court
on Wednesday, when iourneyman butch
er named James Heath was charged with
cruelty ill-treating sheep by partly skin
ming 1t alive. 10 seems that on the 25th
ult. a police officer, when passing a
slaughter-house where Heath was en-
ployed had his attention attracted TO the
place by the sound of stihed groans of
some animal. On looking inside dread
ful spectacle met his eye. The defendant
was operating upon a sheep which had
been Intellectually stuck" He had re-
moved the skin from one of the forelegs,
the shoulder and the neck, and the foot
joint was cut through and broken off. The
wretched animal was seen to raise itself
and turn its head toward its tormentor
This mute appeal for mercy failed to touch
his heart, and for seven or eight minutes
the sheep struggled while the defendant
went on, when the police officer, probably
thinking that its agonies had been suffi-
ciently prolonged, stopped him. The
magistrates said the case was very shock
ing one, and that such cruelty must be put
down by the "strong arm of the law"
They therefore fined Heath forty shillings
and COSTS or in default sentenced him to
one months Imprisonment. This seems
to be all the punishment that the "strong
arm of the law" can inflict for an act OF
almost incredible brutality. If Heath
were partially flayed alive" by the cat
'o-nine-tails, welded by the strong ARM
of a prison warder, his case would doubt
less excite more sympathy than that of the
sheep he tortured, buthis sufferings would
be slight compared with those of his
blameless victim.-PdU Mall (E0ndoR) Ga
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
Model Farming.

IT is quite likely we have too many acres
in this widespread country for the best in
terests of farming. We have only raided
upon the land and worn out the soil till it
is as barren as Sahara, then attacked new
fields with the same result, and thus the
track of settlements is almost a desert.
The time may come when we shall return
to waste, unproductive lands, and plow,
manure-in short, 60 to farming them.
They have been robbed and abandoned as
worthless, because very few farmers have
understood, or can be made to understand,
how they can raise more produce on 100
acres than they got off 1000. 1t can be
done, however, at infinitely less expense
of labor and to the continual improvement
of the soil while the yield is making. We
have few model farmers who have found
out this agricultural secret and apply the
knowledge; so the art of farming will
probably not be lost. Even if it is, neces-
sity will one day force upon us its recov-
cry and practice.
In England nearly all the tillers of the
soil are compelled to be model farmers.
They must be for self-preservation. But
there is still class of model farmers
above these, who are engaged in the eff
fort to do the very best that can be done
Win lanOi anu tnelT results are surprising.
For example, a gentleman named Mechi
works model farm, to which he lately
invited few members of Parliament rep
resenting agricultural districts, and thus
got his results fresh before the public. He
bought his farm of 175 acres for So an
acre thirty-two years ago. 1t was then
cold, heavy clay land, fenced into small
fields and undrained. He took off the fences
and hedges, drained and plowed it all over
eighteen inches deep. He cultivates every
acre, and plants sixty-two acres in wheat,
nineteen in barley, six in oats, nineteen
and half in peas for market, twelve in
roots and about thirty in grass, and so on.
He keeps twenty-five cattle, 200 sheep and
six work horses, all of which are kept up
and fed the year round. He raises forty
eight bushels of wheat to the acre, some
times in successive years on the same soil,
but he pursues generally an irregular rota-
ton. After deducting the interest on the
investment he makes a net income from
the farm of $2260, which is 10 per cent.
net on the investment-a large return
from capital in England. We have mill
ions of acres of worn-out lands that would
do as we'll if farmed.-St. Louis RepubIi:
can.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
The Noble Briton and the Nut-Brown
Maid.

The Baltimore Gazette Of a recent date
contains an account of the marriage Of an
English doctor to a lady of color, and
saws: "The bridegroom has flowing
through his veins what Is known In En-
glspd as blue blood His father, who
is a half.pay Colonel in the English army,
is married to q lady of title, and is him.
self in the direct succession to ducal
coronet The gentleman who on Monday
allied himself in matrimony with woman
of color was educated at the Blue.Coat
School in London, and after finishing his
course there was sent to Oxford where he
subsequently graduated with honors. His
parents then determined that he should
follow the medical profession, and entered
him in the Middlesex Hospital, and after
walking that institution for the pre-
scribed time he passed the necessary ex-
aminations and was subsequently given
the degree of f. r. q. s. Becoming tired
of the medical profession he desired TO
Join the British army, and owing to the
influence of his mother probably more
than his father he obtained commission
in the First Life Guards. In this regl-
ment he served through the Crimean war
with credit, and subsequently took part in
the war for the overturning of the Sepoy
IldNIlOChs AANiC
he committed an offense against the rules
Of the British service, and after being con-
demned to death was sentenced to fifteen
years Punishment from the British EN-
pire or its provinces. Under this sentence
he came to this country and shortly after
entered the Confederate service, conduct
ing himself with much prowess and at
tanning the rank of Colonel. Since the
close of the war he has at different times
followed the profession Of civil engineer
and at others the practice of medicine.
He is about forty-six years Of age, six feet
two inches high, and shows in his car
riage the advantage of military training.
Some idea of the rank Of his father may
be found in the fact that when the Princess
Louise was married to the Marquis Of
Lorne the newly-married couple spent
their bridal night at one of his parents
country seats. The family to which the
bridegroom of the dusky maiden belongs
is in full succession from the Plantagenets.
Some few years ago, when the dissipation
of the Prince of Wales made him unpopu-
lar throughout Great Britain, a movement
was set on foot to establish the Plantagenet
family on the throne, and had this move
ment succeeded the Colonel-doctor would
have been in the regular succession. His
marriage to this colored lady will cause
more surprise among the nobility OF En-
gland than even in this CITY,"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
A Rough Joke.

THE young ladies of Benicia semina-
Ty recently played a practical joke which
throws into the shade everything in sim
liar line which we ever heard of. 1t
seems a number of gay young Vallejoites
have been in the habit of driving over to
our sister city Sunday afternoons and
hanging around the female seminaries, en-
deavoring to communicate with the eyoung
lady pupils, and displaying the utmost
audacity despite protestations and threats
of the principals and teachers, male and
female. On recent occasion they even
went so far as to organize a mock prayer
meeting under the seminary windows, and
prayed for the little lambs" and asked
especially that they might be protected
from the old he wolf and she wolf"
meaning, we suppose, the principal and
the estimable matron. The matron was at
her wits end to know what to do about
the nuisance, when the young ladies vol.
unteered b take measures themselves
which would cause 1t to be abated, which
arrangement was assented to. The
very next Sunday the young men
came again, and proceeded to repeat
the prayer-meeting scene, which they
apparently considered a great joke.
Pretty soon they heard one of the
blinds in the second story cautiously
opened a little way, and also a slight
cough as if to attract attention. Looking
up, they saw alittle, white object, apparent
ly note, hanging by string. The note
was slowly lowered One of the young
men ran forward TO get it, standing on tip
toe, and reaching up in eager expectancy.
1t came down almost within reach, the
string being apparently little short. The
young man strained himself to reach it,
opening his mouth as he did so with the
excesA of exertion. Just rs he touched the
note with the tips of his fingers the blind
was thrown violently. open, a pail APP
peared, which was tuIned bottom side up
as quick as flash, and deuge of slops
fel = on the young man. 1t wetted him
from head to foot Including his gorgeous
shirtfront, and poured into his mouth,
eyes and ears. Instantly whole row of
blinds were thrown open, and at every
window appeared group Of giggling
girls. That prayer-meeting broke up with
out benediction, and the young men re-
turned to Vallejo by the most direct route
known to them.-P Vallejo (Cai) Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
Bigamy Extraordinary.

A BOSTON correspondent of the New
York EUening Post relates the following
instance of remarkable matrimonial du-
plicity; heard recently of case of biga-
my in the neighboring city of Lynn,
which, | believe, has not gotmentioned in
the newspapers, but which is probably one
of the most remarkable on record in this
country. The husband of two wives in
this case was a resident of Lynn, who at
the outbreak of the war obtained clerk
ship in the Treasury Department at Wash
ingtOn. He continued to hold this posi-
tion until his death, which occurred not
very long ago. When he went TO Wash
ington he lett wife behind him, she hav-
ing the care of relative with whom she
lived, and not wishing to take up her resi-
dence at the capital. This arrangement
was continued for fourteen years, the hus-
band making an annual visit and passing
his vacation with his wife at her home in
Lynn. The character of the man was re-
spectacle, and no one ever suspected that
he had unlawful marital relations. On
the occasion of his last visit to his home
he was taken violently sick, and after a
short illness he died. A day or two be-
fore his death letter was received from
Washington directed TO him, and as he
was unconscious his wife opened 1t. 1t
informed her that the man who lay dying
before her had another wife in Washing
ton, who was the mother of two children
II was the first intimation she ever re-
ceived of the fact (which she learned upon
further inquiry that he had been living
for several years in a very quiet manner
with lady in Washington, who was,
moreover, respectable and utterly una
ware that she was the wife of bigamist.
All the facts in the case are fully substan-
tiated
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

THE Cedar Falls Gazette says it is rec
ommended, TO cure a balky horse, TO ill
his mouth with dry sand.
BREwIs.-Place on the fire pint or
more of milk, according TO the amount
desired; let II boil few minutes, then add
a bit of butter, pinch of salt and fine
bread-crumbs enough to thicken IL; heat
through and serve.
FOAM PUDDNe-SAuCE.-Four table
spoonfuls of sugar, two of butter and one
of flour, beaten to q cream; add the white
of an egg beaten TO froth and pour into
the whole gill of boiling water, stirring
it very fast. Flavor with lemon, rose or
nutmeg.
ERAsIvE SoAP.-Two pounds good Cas-
tile soap, half pound carbonate potash
dissolved in half pint of hot water Cut
the soap in thin slices and boil with the
potash until il is thick enough TO mold
into cakes; add alcohol half an ounce,
camphor half an ounce, hartshorn half an
ounce; color with half an ounce of pull
verized Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
SUGAR KIssEs.-Beat the whites of four
eggs to a stiff frost, stir into this one-half
pound of sifted white sugar, flavor it TO
lOul NuolC. LAY W. NItu Sllu, Ill utdDS Ou
white paper, each the size and shape of
half an egg, and an inch apart. Place the
sheets on tins and put In hot oven; when
they turn a little yellow take them out and
let them cool five minutes. Take two
kisses and press the bottoms gently togeth-
er until they adhere, and so continue
until all are prepared. They are very
delicate and good and look handsomely
Household.
INDIAN MANeoEs-Take small, smooth.
skinned, green cantelopes not longer than
an orange, cut round piece out of one
side and scoop out all the seeds, saving the
piece you cut out. Parboil the melons in
brine that will bear an egg, until little
tender; dry them; fill with finely-chopped
cabbage, seasoned with mustard-seed, pep
per, salt and grated horse-radish; put or
the cover, tie them round with soft corC
| and put them in vinegar with any spices
you may like boiled in it; pour it ovel
them boiling hot; cover well. They will
keep for years.
INGREDIENTS for picking onions: TC
each quart Of vinegar two teaspoonfuls o.
whole black pepper and the same of all
spice. Mode: Gather the onions wher
quite dry and ripe, and with the fingers
take off the thin outside skin. With {
silver knife (steel discolors them) remove
one more skin, when the onions will lool
clear. Have ready some very dry bottle!
with wide mouths, or glass jars, and a!
fast as they are peeled put them in. Pou
over cold vinegar to cover them, with pep
per and allspice in the above proportions
Tie down with bladders, and in fortnigh
they will be ready for use. This is mos
simple recipe and very delicious, tn,
onions being very nice and crisp. If KEEP
longer than six or eight months picklet
onions are liable to become soft.-Amer,
can Farm journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-13
A Faithful Dog.

Among the most interesting entries at
the Maryland State Fair was q handsome
setter dog named "Jack, :" that was owned
and entered by gentleman of Baltimore
County. There is nothing peculiar in
Jacks" general appearance, but his
sagacity is really wonderful. His owner
has large number of sheep, and Jack"
was almost raised with them. He became
very much attached to the sheep, and was
used in driving and watching them. He
would follow them to pasture in the morn
ing and remain with them during the en-
tire day, with the exception of a short time
near noon, when he would return to. the
arm-house, and after getting hiShner
would return again at once to his Charge.
He followed the routine alike in good and
bad weather, and even when the sheep were
brought home in the evening and penned
he would sleep with them.
On one occasion the flock was left in
charge of Jack" in field on distant
part of the farm, and they were allowed to
remain there during the night, but he did
not offer TO leave, and was found with
them on the following morning. During
the early part of last spring he was left in
charge of a flock of about eighty sheep,
and during the day two strange dogs made
their appearance in the field and com,
menced killing the sheep. Jack" at
once attempted to drive the intruders from
the field, but they turned on him and
desperate fight ensued. During the battle
one of the strange dogs was killed, and
the other so badly hurt that he could not
climb the fence to escape. The faithful
protector of the sheep was so much in
jured in the fight that he did not recover
for several weeks. The sheep seemed to
recognize the faithfulness of =" Jack" AS
when hired man visited the field in the
evening he found the flock standing in
circle around their protector, who was
unable TO move. Two of the sheep were
killed by the strange dogs, and the remain
ing dog that had been unable to escape
was killed by the man who visited the
field.-Ihe Field