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National Republican., 1875-06-09
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Second, third and fourth
installments of tax for
paving carriagewaY,
on interest from July
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Having n front Of tWen-I
ty-four feet nine inches
on north l street and |
extending south with
that width the depth OF
the lot and next adj
joining the west one
foot three inches front
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National Republican., 1875-06-09

Tax for the year 1853.
$Ii.29,
Tax for the year lses,
Sj5.OjI
Beginning at the south
west corner OF said lot
and running from
t b ence northeast
Hardly at right ang les
with Maryland avenuel
one hundred an dI
tWenty-seven feet,
thence due north for. |
ty-twO feet ten incheSl
to the northeast cor |
ner of said lot, thegcol
east along the north
ern line OF said lot tOl
the western line Of thol
part of said lot form
erly conveyed by decd
dated November IL.
1857, to SylVanus q.
Boynton, thence south
eastwardly along said
last line one hundred
and siXty.one feet 20
said Maryland ave
nue., thence south
westwardly along said
avenue tHenty-eightI
feetLO the beginning.
National Republican., 1875-06-09

teen feet front of said
lot by its depth.
Curtin, David and MARY
Ann.
Tax for 1874, in name Of
Braiaard II. Warner.
Beginning at theooTner
OF Tenth and l streets
northeast and running
from thence east six.
teen feet, themes north
ninety feet, I b g n ce
west sixteen feet,
thence south ninety
feet to the beginning.
COnnOr, Edward........
Tax for the year ending
June 80, 1873 .....s9.23
Tax for year 1870,
&l3.63
Beginning at the south.
west corner OF said lot.
thence east along the
HE of l. street north
five feet, thence north
ninety-sIX feet four and
enc half inches, thence
west five feet, thence
south ninety-six feet
fnnr and nnn half In.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
The Greek Husband.

Olive Harper writes to the st. LOUIS
Globe Democrat of life in Greece; Here is,
indeed, in one respect the promised
land" for the women, for more devoted
husbands women never had A Greek
man is only content when he can lavish
upon his wife all the luxuries in the way
of dress the female heart can desire. He
is only happy when, in company with his
wife, in the house, in the street, or on the
promenade, she is the best dressed of all
the fair. With the Greek husband there
is no grumbling consent TO bestow upon
you enough to buy pair of boots, while
he spends ten times that amount with his
friends in champagne suppers; no long
drawn visage as lie dOles out a stingy
sum while delivering a solemn lecture as
to female extravaganza. Not bit Of it.
On the contrary, the Greek husband does
not lead his wife through by-streets for
fear of dry goods stores, when she wishes
to go out for little walk. He leads her,
on the contrary, past the most fashion
able stores, and observes with the eye of
the critic all the new styles, and is really
es)-really and truly willing to spend
his money for his own wife. Even for
fear she should not be considered as
lovely as some one else, he goes TO a per-
fumer's, he buys cold cream, rice powder,
delicate pink for cheeks little blanchcd
by the stern realities of motherhood; he
buys a little black for eye-lashes, to
brighten eyes that have become somewhat
dimmed by tears, perhaps, or vigils over
sickly babies, and he not only gives his
full and free consent to their use, but he
himself will artistieally apply them, and
afteIward compliment his wife upon her
beauty till her heart swells with love that
he knows so well how to retain, fresh as
when tile first vows were plighted. Yes,
of a verify, the Greeks are bad men, but
good husbands and tender fathers.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

The Herald, in speaking of city ex-
penses, puts the appropriation for the en-
suing year at $3S, 900, 600. If any of our
readers believe that this system of Demo-
cratic financiering would be a blessing II
applied to the nation, we beg them to
figure out the value of this blessing for
four years of Democratic control.
BY its financial management Democracy
has increased the debt of New York city
about $l0S000, 600 in seven years. Dur
ing the same period, under Republican
management, the debt of the nation has
been reduced about $500, 100000.
The tax-levy in New York city shows
an increase of $17000,000 over 1865,
while the tax-levy ofsthe nation shows
decrease of at least $500 900, 900.
Under Democratic rule the expenses Of
New York city have steadily increased
Under Republican rule the expenses OF
the nation have gradually decreased. The
one has been adding to the burdens of the
people, the other has been making them
lighter yearly. The one is tending toward
bankruptcy, the other toward national
wealth and prosperity.
Who can hesitate in their choice of par,
ties? Who can willingly accept DemOc
racy as a safe administrator of national af'
fairsY Who can give up the party that
has been tried and found true for the party
that has proven false to every trust, and
whose record in a single city where ithas
had undisputed sway proves 1t To be Il
party of financial imbeeilityy
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

man partake of the fre.water of the paie.
faces and commune with hiswhite broth
err Will not the chieftain gladden. the
cars of his white brother with tales of his
own prowess; how he followed, like The
wolf, upon the trail of his foes, and re-
turned TO his lodge with many scalps at
his beltp Eaj,
"Its ftlnnin' ye are, surei III hist q
glass of beer wild ye, but how would / be
tellin' Of thin dime-novel thingsS 'Dade
an don'tkno any tale barrin' wan about
bansheel"
"Thc chieftain reads not the heart of
his white brother. The white brother
would drink the fire-water and smoke the
calumet with the chicftain, and list 10 the
legends of the Indian. Was the great
Hiawatha one of the chieftain's ances-
tors -
Higher wather, is it9 Why, begorra,
the rivers fallen two incbesl An me aunt
had niver sisther, at all at allr
I" And was the fair Te-he.ti known to
the chieftain ere they sought the haunts Of
the palefaces? Many moons in the past
did the chieftain wander with Te-he-ti in
the forest glades and whisper to her tales
of love as the stars shone through the
whispering pine-trees ~
An it's Ta-ha-ti is 1t? All, wirral
that girrul III be the death ov me, wild all
the racin' and plungin'l My plague ov a
horse is that unasy I'm chafed that bad
Pm martyr. All, it's name life it isr'
"And is not the chieftain lonesome In
the great city of the whitesY Yearns he
never for his home in the forestp"
"Is't the ould sod, ye mane9 All, but
it's the tight little countryl But tn land
lord wuz grippih' an the practices failed,
an barrin' the fairs an the chape whisky
across the say Ameriky's betther."
And still the red man comprehends
not the language of his white brother
The face of his white brother is sad. He
will go and leave the chieftain alone
to his memories and his fire-water."
AN its cracked ye are, surel But ye
did the gintlemanly thing onyhow, in
ratin. May Saint Patrick kape an eye
on yezp
The interview concluded, the Indian
speaking apparently only his native tongue
and being unable to comprehend the En-
glish. It is to be regretted that no inter
prefer accompanies the band, as through
him there could be obtained no doubt
many interesting legends and incidents re-
lating to Indian life.-.St. LOUIS RepubIi-
cHI.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
A Fight With a Rat.

No LESS person than the Engineer-in-
Chief of the Navy, w, w. w. Wood, came
hobbling, like wounded soldier, and with
his ankles bandaged, into Welker's this
morning in search of breakfast.
"Gout, gout," said l. "TOo much of
Robeson's old Madeira"
mo, no." he replied, solemnly; "rat,
ratl' and he proceeded to tell me of des-
perate combat, lasting nearly an hour, that
he had had with monster rat the night
before. The family being away and the
rats not getting anything to eat for several
days had become hungry and desperate.
Mr. Wood was sleeping alone in a back
room, the bed being near door About
one o'clock in the morning he was awak-
ened suddenly by severe pain in his foot
and heard something jump heavily to the
floor A light revealed the fact that a
deep cash had been made on the ball of
his left foot, from which the blood was
flowing freely.
AS there was not cat in the house, Mr..
Wood at once concluded that it was rat,
and that it had made its exit. After wash
ing and bandaging the wound he again
stretched himselfo on the bed and fell into
a doze. The rat came at him again, this
time making an ugly cash in the heel of
his right foot. After bandaging the sec
ond wound Mr.. Wood went in search of
the rat, resolved to exterminate him ifpos-
sible But his ratship had eaten his way
into bureau In the front room. A
screw driver was brought into use, and
one by one the drawers were opened, and
there, in the lower one, was found, to use
Mr.. Woods own words "Mr. Rat, half
as big as the water pitcher, and looking
directly at me with pair of the wicked
est eyes. He then made a desperate jump
directly at my face" Mr.. Wood had shut
the door, and the only thing he had to de-
fend himself with was small rattan. The
rat made desperate fightwith him, more
than dozen times jumping to the top of
the bureau, and thence in Mr. Woods face
and at the throat The combat lasted
nearly an hour by the clock, when, find.
ing that he could neither kill nor wound
the infuriated thing, and that he might
get more seriously injured, he withdrew,
leaving the rat in possession of the field,
and, indeed, the victor
Wood waited for morning and his serv-
ant man to arrive. In the meantime the
rat went desperately to work gnawing at
the door in order to again attack the chief
engineer, and had got more than half way
through when the servant came, and the
two entered the room, armed with strong
sticks, to renew the combat. Removing
all the furniture but the bureau, into which
the rat had again retreated, they drove him
out and renewed the fight The infuriatcd
creature fought as desperately as before,
now jumping at the throat of one of his as
sailants, now at the other, infiicting ugly
wounds on both, and it was not until after
the battle had lasted twenty minutes that
the rat was killed. His big head is now
exhibited at the Navy Department as a
trophy.-WaShington Cor. N. Y. San.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Ear-Nailing.

The Pal Mall Gazette says: "There is
peculiar charm about some ofour quaint
old English customs which, In the eyes OF
the reverent, redeems them from barbarity,
and even invests them with a romance to
which perhaps they have no actual claim,
except on the score of antiquity. In some
districts of Lancashire especially the
sports and pastimes Of the workingman
are often relics of bygone years that appear
at first sight hardly in accordance with the
spirit of the age at least as ii is under
stood by superficial observers. An incl
dent recorded by the Leigh Chronicle as
having occurred the other day in public
house near Golborne is case in point.
Several men were assembled in the hostel
rY, and among them a sinker named
Roscoe. During the evening the conver-
sation turned upon what is called cru.
cifixion,' which means mailing mans
cars to the door for some such valuable
consideration as pot of beer. Roscoe,
who was in the humor for amusement,
consented to have his ears nailed TO the
door, with the additional provision that he
was to drink pot of ale while in that
situation He said that the ordeal was
nothing to him, but he wanted to know
whether it wasn't hard to get all the beer
out of the Jug" The difficulty must in
deed have been immense, but as it was
overcome by Roscoe, and he showed him
self so very capable of taking sustenance
when his ears were nailed to a door, it
seems almost pity that they were ever
unnailcd.'i
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
A DOG on the Polio. Force.


There is a dog in Allegheny Pa,
owned by officer Mitchell, of the night
police force, concerning which the Pitts
burgh Telegraph speaks thus: He is a
communicating, medium-sized, jetblack
dog. Mitchell came in possession Of him
one bleak winter night last season when
the dog was sllivering on the street IN
starving condition. He was taken home
and provided for, and ever since he has
proved valuable addition TO the police
force by assisting the officer in the dis.
charge Of his duties. He follows the OIL.
Ger increasingly on all his rounds, and
when another officer raps for assistance
the dog makes haste with all speed TO the
spot and commences to bark. Should any
of the officers have occasion to give chase
after anyone the dog marks out the man,
and catching him by the pantaloons de.
tains him by worrying until the arrival OF
the officers. A short time since the Off
GERS succeeded in capturing a prisoner
that without the assistance Of the dog
would have escaped The dog can discern
intoxicated persons from others, and should
he meet with such case on his own per
ambuations he keeps up howl until an
officer arrives. The police always make
it point to go to the spot where the dog
Is barking, and they are never fooled.
The most singular feature Of the dogs
life Is that he will not accompany Officer
Mitchell in daylight when dressed in citi-
zen's clothes. He sleeps in daytime and is
always on duty at night with the officer,
who prizes him highly"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
The Noble Red Man.

He was one of Barnum's Indians. He
was one of those who each afternoon and
evening chase the bounding buffalo and
make him hump himself in the hippo
drome and who gallop madly about after
the lovely Te-heti, yelling with an amO-
rous ferocity. He was sitting in lager
beer saloon, where he had Just finished
his first glass. His hand rested upon the
empty mug on table beside him and his
face wore look of Gloom Admiringly,
but timorously, the observer sidled up and
opened conversation;
" Is the heart of the chieitain big within
him that his brow is darkened and his
face like the storm-cloud in the heavens
Does he mourn for the lodges of his peO-
pie far away TO the WestwardS"
"Ah-git out wild yerY It's thirsty l
am, an me last nickel list gone to the
spalpeen beyantl BE asy nOwl'
And do not the thoughts of the red
man revert TO the past, when the numbers
of his tribe were AS the leaves of the for
est and when the Manitou smiled upon
his wigwamY Is he not sad that so near
him lie the bones of the great Pontiac,
his ancestor, slain by the treacherous Illi-
nois ?"
"Begone wild ye, now, OF don't be
blatherin' wild yer furrin gibberish spake
English" erf
1.-Two beers, barksspsr--will the red
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Green Paint for Garden Purposes.

NOTHING is of greater importance to
the setting off of a country or suburban
residence than the appearance of veran-
das, the trellis work, and the stands. To
keep them in perfect order they should
be painted anew every year, and their
improved appearance will fully repay
the trouble and expense. Ia the first
place it is needful to cleanse them from
all dust and dirt, and it is well to select
a dry day for this purpose When they
are perfectly dry apply with a large paint
brush the first coat, made of the follow
ing mixture: Take white lead and min
eral green ground in turpentine, with the
addition of small quantity of turpen-
tine varnish. When the first coat is
well dried in use the following for a
second coat: Take the same mixture as
before, but add as much turpentine var
nish as is needed to give it good gloss /;
and if one desires a still brighter shade of
green add little Prussian blue, which
greatly improves the beauty of its color
Such coating as this will be impervious
to the weather for some time and is also
an excellent paint for window-blinds If
you cannot procure the turpentne varnish,
you can prepare il from the following rec
ipe: To every quart of turpentine add
one pound of rosin pounded very fine let it
boil in an iron pot or tin vessel for about
an hour. 1t is rather dangerous to make
this varnisb indoors on account of its liza
bility to take fire. 1t is better to build a
fire out of doors, and make the varnish
where it will do no harm.-N. Y. Oh
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
usrrnL Ann sraaEsrlYF.

WHEN a sewingmachine is gummed up
so II runs stiff and hard, little kerosene
oil will clean Il out in few moments.
GENTLEMEN farmers, says the German
town Telegrdph, are TO The agricultural
community what old maids, though gener-
ally worth their weight in gold, are to
soeiety-the butt of many Joke and the
treasury on which we draw for considera-
BILE fun, but which we find, when joking
Is set aside, are very often institutions of
the most cOmmendable character, and
which no one would like TO see wholly sci
aside.
A eENTLENANof Norfolk, Va, whohad
been tortured for some time with neural
gia, hearing of a noted physician in Ger
many who invariably cured that disease,
visited him for treatment. He was perma-
ncntly cured after n short soiourn, and the
doctor freely gave him the simple remedy
used, which was nothing but poultice of
tea made from our common field thistle.
The leaves are macerated and used on the
parts affected as poultice, while small
quantity of leaves are boiled down in the
proportion ofa quart to pint, and small
wine-glass Of the decoction drank before
each meal.
ENGLISH agricultural journals contain
numerous directions about the culture of
corn-a new crop in that country Some
early-ripening varieties have been found
which it Is believed will give a crop. At
all events there need be no difficulty in
securing corn of the early sweet varieties
forus while green. One important dis
covery our English friends have made,
!. e.; not to hill the corn but keep the
ground as nearly level as possible.
Ihp only on nc hf11tAr -, 20
damp, cool climate of England is
to mulch the roots, keeping them
still cooler and delaying ripening.
Even in our hot, dry summers corn
does not want earth drawn around the
stem. If it seems to do good il is only
because it necessarily loosens the soil, al
lowing the roots TO spread better. Corn
needs as tropical weather as it can get any
where, and would generally be benefited
by drawing the earth away from the plants,
rather than to them.-Ho0res Rural Weso-
Yorker
"A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Sun calls the attention of all consumers of
kerosene oil to the pernicious and I'M
healthy practice of using lamps with the
wicks turned down. The gas which should
be consumed by the flame is by this
means left heavily in the air, while the
cost OF the oil thus saved at present prices
would scarcely be one dollar year for
the lamps Of a household. His attention
was called particularly to this custom by
boarding in the country where kerosene
was the only available light A large fam.
lily of children living in the same house
were taken i'll one night, and on going to
the nursery the mother found the room
nearly suffocating, with lamp turned
IL
at full head He said he could quote
many cases, one of young girl subject to
! fits of faintness, which if not induced
were greatly increased, by sleeping in a
room with the lamp almost turned out
Beside the damage to health, it spOils the
paper and curtains, soils the mirrors and
windows, and gives the whole house an
untidy air and an unwholesome odor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

any poisonous substance. The surprise
and probably, in their excited state of
mind against the supposed criminal, the
disappointment of the spectators were OK
treme. The result of the examination was
irresistible in proof that the death was oc.
casioned by apoplexy and not by poison,
and the mans fife was saved, for II Is
scarcely TO be doubted that Jury would
have convicted him upon the evidence of
the circumstances enumerated.
Il will probably be asked; How is the
circumstance of the sickness of the wife's
relatives to be accounted forY' II is ex-
planned by singular fact, Of which one
or two other instances are known to have
occurred. The beans of which the meal
was principally composed had been baked
on earthen vessels and were allowed to
grow cold. They had been kept long
enough to have turned acid to a slight de
gree, and when they were placed in the
oven 10 be reheated, the action Of the acid
on the sides of the jar decomposed the
glazing, with which the interior of the jar
was coated, and of which sulphuret of
lead Is the chief ingredient. A poisonous
substance was thus developed and infused
into the contents of the jar, and those eat
ing the beans were attacked with symptoms
of sickness more or less severe according
to the part of the jar from which thebeans
were taken Of which they ate. After this it
was not difficult TO admit that the arsenic
found in the mans possession might have
been purchased for the destruction of rats,
as he had constantly averred was the case.
/ leave this statement, the authenticity
of which may be confidently relied on, to
the reflection of the readers of the Courier
Journal. There can be but little doubt
that had this individual been brought to
trial (as he would have been but for the
Intervention of the physicians visiting the
place. without the examination of the
body his life would have been sacrificed
Few jurors would have hesitated to con-
vict him. 1t would have been one in
stance added to the many on record of the
danger of reliance on mere circumstan-
tial evidence, however strong, and shows
clearly the importance of thorougbness in
the investigation of all questions of medi-
cal jurisprudence. - OlaTksDtlle (Ienn.) Cor.
Louisville COprter-,J oufrndL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Care of Horses.

The London Horse Book says: All
horses must not be fed in the same proper
tion, without regard to their ages, their
constitution and their work; because the
impropriety of such practice is self-evi-
dent Yet it is constantly done, and is the
basis of diseases of every kind.
Never use bad hay on account of the
cheapness, because there is no proper
nourishment in it.
Damaged corn is exceeding injurious,
because it brings on inflammation of the
bowels and skin diseases. Chatf is better
for old horses than hay, because they can
chew and digest ii better.
When horse is worked hard its food
should be chiefly oats; if not worked hard
its food should chiefly be hay, because oats
supply more nourishment and flesh-mak-
ing material than any other kind of food !;
hay not so much.
Rack-feeding is wasteful. The better
plan is to feed with chopped hay, from a
manger, because the food is not then
thrown out, and is more easily chewed and
digested.
Sprinkle the hay with water that has
salt dissolved in it, because it is pleasing
TO the animals taste and more easily d.
gested A teasponful Of salt in q bucket
of water is sufficient.