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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12
cRAsSHoPPERs.

Near topeka, Kansas. l talked with n
farmer who planted q thousand acres Of
corn, bus did not gather an ear. Last
year he solJ corn Tor seventeen cents,
and this year he was shipping it from
Iowa at one dollar and twenty-five cents.
lie sat on his balcony. mOuruing the ut
ter destruction Of his crop.
GLOW did they come-the craSshoD-
pers = / asked.
They came like a shower. sir he re-
piled They came in a great shower
from the west. They filed the air
They darkened the sun. They covered
the stalks OF corn until it was black
Then they ate every leaf. ate the stock
down to the young ear, and then ate the
little ear, too
''COb and all, siry'
''Yes, cob and all Why, don't you
see that one thousand acres of corn out
there now he exclaimed, standing
like broken whip-stocks."
''Nhat else did they eat ! asked
''Why, they ate every leaf of the
peach trees, ate the young peaches, leav-
ing the stones, and there stood my trees
lealless, bearinga crop of peaeh-stones.
They ate little cottonwood limbs IN inch
thick; they ate my beets, turnips and
onions clean down into the ground, hol-
lowed 'ein out, leaving the rind, ate the
cigar stubs, SIR, and"
Hold up l said, '',Lat's too much:
that's"
But its the solemn truth, sir. Why,
one night | sat on the balcony with the
engineer of the Santa Fe road. The hop
pers had piled up against the west side
of the house three feet thick. 1t was n
crawling, stinking, nasty pile The bal
cOny was covered. / threw down q1id
Of tobacco, and the hoppcrs covered it
and ate it up in e few minutes. and
when put my foot on pile of them
the rest sailed in and ate the mashed
ones up. Why, when 1 went to build
my iireS this fall, the stoves wouldn't
draw, and, on examining, to learn the
cause, / found the Eues FOIL Of .,rasshoD-
pers. They filed the air with a horrid
stencil. They covered the pools and
springs with their poisonous green ex-
crementUm, and made the cattle sick,
they made the hens and turkeys sick,
and they fairly made me sick. Why, I've
seen them so thick on the railroad that
they'd stop train, grease the track so
that the locomotive wheels would roll
over and over"
''WLat became of them.' I asked.
''They few east. They always flew
in the daytime and ate at night. They
went through my cOrn-Geld in n day,
and the next day they We're half mile
TO the east"
''And the trees.7
''Why, they all leaved ont again, and
many of them blosSomed over again and
tried to bear fruit, and did bear it till the
frost came. In my trees you'd see dead
peachstones and pink blossoms, all to-
gether. Oh, it was a mournful sight,
sir, dreadful and the farmer drew a
bong sigh.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.

THE CULTIYATuR d CoUNTRK GESTLEIAN,
for the past fOrty years, has ranked. both iu
this country and abroad, as the STANDARD
JOURNAL of AMERICAN Agriculture The
editors and Ir"pTietOrs, in addition to their
own perSolal labors, are regularly assisted by
avery large number of Special Correspond
ents and Regular Contributors. among whom
are Included many Leading Agriculturists, In
a II parts of the Country. East and West-and
by over Five Hundred Occasional and
Voluntary writers. directly in the ranks of
he Best Farmers and Horticulturists in nearly
very Stale in the Union. With the cO-opera-
tion of 20 large corps of practical men, this
Journal is intended to possess exceptional
value as the chosen Medium of znIercOm-
muRicafiOn among all classes interested in
the Products and Fertility Of the land-thoSe
who Cultivate and those who COnsume-the
BUYER and Shipper. as well a. the nrSt owner
of the crop-Breeders o. Improved Animals
and their CtrStomers-3i Manufacturers OF I'm
proved Machinery and those who purchase
and employ it-NurseTymen and Fruit RaiS
eTs-and, especially, to supply fuller and better
data as to TIE prOgies-, prospects and returns
upon one of the most important OF oil Ques
uons-HheIl 70 Buy and tCiis1' 10 Sell
IEkMS.-The COUNTRY GENTLEMAN is pub
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this office
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ALBANY,N. Y.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12

THE COST OF LIyIyG.-Yaluable sta
tisties IN regard to the comparative cost
of living in America and Europe are
given in the last Massachusetts, labor
report:
One dollar will buy twenty pounds Of
-four in Boston, one or two pounds more
in several European seaports, but the
same or considerable less in a majority
of the places compared. In Boston one
dollar viii buy 5.56 pounds of fresh beef,
roasting piece. In no place in England
will it buy so much by pound or more,
and in Europe still less Copenhagen
being the only place given where it will
buy Inora Butter IN Europe averages
a pound more to the dollar than here,
cheese less by more than that except in
Il few spots As for potatoes. they are
cheaper here than in England, and dear
er than in Ireland or Germany. Seven
or eight pounds of pork for dollar are
sold here, and not much more than half
as much can Le obtained Tor that sum
in England or Europe, and nowhere as
much. Ia rice, milk, and eggs they
have the advantage OF IL. Tea costs
less here than in England, but more
than on the continent. With coffee it
is about the same, though the difference
is little. In sugar, the British are Il
little better off, the continentals a good
deal worse. Coal is cheaper here than
in Germany. and dearer than in England.
Merrimac or common prints are cheaper
here than in England or Europe. Boots
are about. the same here as there There
are but two cc three places in England
or the continent where brown Sheetings
are cheaper than here, while in brown
shirtings The foreigners are better OF.
Rent for lour rOOmed teneInents Is from
two to four times cheaper in Great
Britain and on the continent than in
Boston; in Austria fifteen times cheaper
Board, also, is from Once and half to
twice as cheap Ia Europe and Great
Britain Is III Boston.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12
APEAL TRAcECY-pEATH sEHiaD
The SCENES.

Ida aI...--- which laughed owe. the
perform .r.--. 60 IJOl-v's Theatre last
/ ey-ai:.-. Ii. -i- knew of the painful event
I which o--Irr-a behind the scenes before
tie curtain rose. Had any hint been Civ
en- OF the desperate nature OF the acci-
dent. which happened Just as the orches-
ira commenced the overture. It Is a ques-
ton whether even the drolleries of Mr.
Crane, forced. indeed. for once in his
life, would have been able TO keep the
house in such a condition OF Inerriment
as it enjoyed.
The orchestra had, a. said, just open
ed the overture. The actors were below
intheir dressins-roOIns preparing for the
rise OF the curtain. The stage was set in
readiness for the commencement of the
play. when a crash was heard that shook
the entire proscenium. and was audible in
front of the house. Noises of this kind.
made by falling scenery and such things,
are not uncommon, and no attention was
paid to it below. One actor called out:
The steamboat has exploded too sOon."
Another remarked, ''they are crowding
in so fast they have to coIue through the
roof" while similar iocuiar remarks We're
made. Those on the stage, however,
were aware in n moment of what had
happened. Before them, his skull mash
ell to atoms, brains spattered over
the broken flooring Of the stage, with
blood gushing from his eyes, ears, mouth
and nose, was one of the scene shifters,
John Goodwin. The alarm was given,
and every body gathered round. Mr.
Crane had him carried below, and sent
out for a surgeon, for tine poor fellows
pulse still beat feebly. y minute later,
and not a sigh Of lie remained.
The unfortunate Young man had eyi-
IDENTIFY climbed to the carpenters shop,
some sixty feet above the stage. before
the hour Of opening the theatre and had
fallen asleep. The first notes OF the or
cheStra had awakened him, and lie had
risen to come down and attend 20 bust
ness. 1t was pitch dark upon the mar
row platform upon which he lay; there
was no guardrail. and in stepping for
ward he had gone in the wrong direc-
ton, and actually stepped Off the plat
form, falling upon his head. The floor
ing of tine stage was broken by the con
cussion. Goodwin was a man twenty
six years of age. Of correct habits, and
his mother Is said to be in excellent cir
cumstances. He has been connected
with the theatre since it opened, and Mr..
HoOley had often joked him upon his
fidelity, with the remark that he would
live and die there, Jest which has be-
come prophecy fulfilled with terrible
accuracy. The grief of his mother, when
she arrived at the theatre in obedience
TO summons, WAS narrowing to wit
ness. The commencement Of the per-
formance was delayed but half an hour
later, the audience, serenely unconscious
of what had been enacted behind the
scenes, were laughing cOnvulsively over
the comic acting of Mr.. Crane, to whom
their merriment must have seemed hidi-
ously ill-timed and discordant.- ChicGgO
TF;ItfDa
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ADEfirat
WINTER WEATHER.
BT WILLIAM BARNES.

When stems Of elms may rise in a row.
Dark brown, from kiIiOcks under snow,
and woods may reach as black as night,
By siOpiHg fields of cleanest white;
ii shooters by the snowy rick,
Where trees are high and the wood is thick
Can mark the tracks the game may pick,
They like the winter weather.
Or where may spread the grey-blue sheet
Of ice, for skaters gliding feet,
That they uplift from side to side,
Long yards, and hit them down to slide;
Or slIders, one that tOtters slack
Of .iinb, and one that 5 on his back,
And one upright that keeps his track,
iiaye fun in winter wcatheF.
When we at night in snow and gloom,
May seek some neighbOr's lighted room,
Though snow may show no path before
The house, We still can find the door,
And there as round the brands may spread
The creeping fire of cherry red, .
Our feet from snow, from wind our head,
Are warm in wintry weather.
Wherever day may give our road,
By hills or hollows OversnOw'd,
By windy gaps or sheltered nools,
Or bridged ice of frozen brooks,
Still may we all, as night may come,
Know where to find peaceful home,
And glowing fire for fingers numb
With cold IN winter weather.
-"Rural Poems ="
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12

BAMBOO PoIsoN.-It has recently
been discovered that the bamboo con-
tains a dangerous poison which the ma
tives of Java extract in the following
manner: The cane is cut at each joint,
and in the cavity is found certain
quantity of small fibrous black matter,
covered with an almost imperceptible
coating of tissue which contains the
poison. If swallowed, the filaments do
not pass in the throat, and produce vic
lent inflammation and ultimately death.
Experiments are to be made with va
rious kinds of bamboo, to test the ex-
istence and nature of this alleged poison.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12

MANUFACTURE or LACE.-Lace i one
of the most important articles of trade
In France transactions must be ealcTla-
ted by millions of franc. The finest
sorts come from Brussels. Then rank
the Mecllin pCins, Ealeucienres, Alen-
con. Engli-h and Venetian point, ana
the blondes of Chautilly. Tie industry
is pursued in about twenty departments
OF France, and some towns are specially
remarkable for it, such as Caen, Arras,
ClermOnr, GisOFs, Tours, Vienna. AYES
nes. etc. IT is also made in Switzerl md
and Holland, bur OF quality not 20 es-
teemed. Lace i made of the fiber Of
flax, silk, gold and silver wire. The
true article il that made OF fax, and it
Is the finest and dearest.
Its value augments with the delicacy
and perfection OF the thread, which
costs as Ruch a. G.ODJ francs the kilO
two pounds. The lowest qualities are
worth 200 francs the kilo. These prices
of the raw material will give AN idea Of
the ability required on the part of the
wOrIswomen. Lace made with silk takes
the name of blonde. IL Is the more
sought after for being regular and Of
absolute whiteness. bat u cannot be
cleaned without deterioration. That
made with gold and silver wire j. only
used fCF decorations.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12
Thirty Years Experience OF an
ektd EUFSe,

YRS. wiuSIow-s Soothing ~ ruP a. the
prescription Of one Of the heai lenlh-e
Physicinns and Nurses in The United Staies,
and mas been used Tor dirty years with never
falling safety aud Success by millions oi moth
ers aud children from the feeble lniaIi 90 one
week old To the adult = SoTrecis aclHity oi
the stomach, rcii isVrs wind collie, regulates iie
bowels ana gives rest. health and comfort 10
mother and child. We believe II 10 be lhe
Best ard Surest Remedy in the world IN All
eases OF DYSENTERY and DIARRHOEA IN
CHILDREN, Wheiher IL arises rom IeelllnB
or from any other cause. Full directions lCr
using will accompany each bOtlls. none
Genuine unless the fac-simile Of CbRIlS a
PERKINS is on the outside wrapper. sold
by all Medicine DesleTS. July Zp-iN
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NOTICE.
STATE OF OHIO.

STATE OF OHIO, go
HANCOCK COUNTY. -
Hilliard ID. BOulware, Plaintiff, Peter b,
SsiiZ, Samuel Seitz. Joseph Johnson. Charles
FaTquaIsOn, and l. II. Newcomer. Defanu-
ants. Court Common Pleas. Hancock 1orn-
ty. Ohio.
rI'HE EOVE NAM sd DEF F,ly DAN rs ARE
L kerebV notified that, nn the 25d day of No
Vember, 1874, The plaintifl, Hilnard ID. Boul-
ware, filed his petition against them IN the
Court of Common Pleas, Hancock county. u.
praying for an injunction restraining the said
Peter =. Seitk' rom negotiating re Plaintiffs,
note for Two Hundred Dollars, in the peIi-
tion described, anu, also. restraining The said
Samuel SeitE from collecting The same, and
estraining the said Joseph Johnson rom
paying any money 10 the said Samuel Seitz or
any other pe-so on notes in the petition de-
scIibed, and also restraining /. II. Newcomer
and Charles FaIquharson nom collecting eel
tain Two Hundred and Twenty-seven dollars
secured by mortgage on premises ia the petit
tiOn described. and that ON the 3sd day OF No
uember, 1873. aforesaid, The Probate Court o.
Hancock county granted The order CT iujunc
tion as prayed for in said petition,
And the dele endants viii further take notice
that at the January term of the Court OF Com
mon Pleas of the county and state aforesaid.
or as soon thereafter as the law will permit,
the plaintiff will move said Codrt TO make said
injunction perpetual
Dated December 18th. 49,.
WALKER & DUNN.
Ja.'. /. / '75-6w- Attorneys ioI Plaintiff.
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NICHOLAS BoRoLAJovAH, a Seryian
nobleman, died in Paris, recently, under
peculiar circumstances. He had been
forced to leave his own country by an
ugly legend which pronounced his fami
ly vampires 1t was said that for three
generations the eldest son in his family
had invariably returned from the grave
TO drink the blood Of its living members.
Strange to say, Prince Nicholas himself
believed the legend, and when he was
first taken ill, five days before his death,
he asked his host of the Hotel de France
ct de Roumante to have his heart taken
from his body as soon as life was extinct
This, he believed, would prevent him
from leaving the tomb. He was man
of power and high culture, and but for
his mania regarding vampires would
have proved an ornament to any rank.
He was buried in Paris
liza man has but one idea, what need
has he of Webster's dictionery contain
ing twenty thousand words.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12

POPULATION OF CHINA.-A recent
writer in China, and long a resident i'll
the country which he has carefully
studied, says there are 1, 729 districts in
the empire, of which it would come far
short of the truth to say, that for each
district there is at least one city with
population ranging from 80, 600 to 100,
000 Taking half the difference between
the extremes, or supposing each city to
contain 65, 900 inhabitants, then the
seventeen hundred and twenty would
alone contain g population of one hun
dred end eleven millions and six hun
dred thousand.
A curious calculation has been made
by the same gentleman, to give an idea
of the population of China. He had not
seen the census of 1912, brought to light
by the Russian mission in peLin, out
proceeds upon that of 1912, which gave
a population Of 81 40, Geo, adding the
probable increase mp TO a few years
since, and estimating the population at
400, 900, 600.
Such is China in its population, and
if Homer could preach eloquently on
the vanity of man as mortal, with equal
eloquence, had he seen or contemplated
the millions of China, could he have
preached of tE,S vanity of man as an
indirseEI.Gt.
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Dissolution gO.ice.

THE LAW PARTNERSHIP OF n. & E.
! Brown was this day dissolved. The law +
nee OF the undersigned will hereafter be IN
hyatt 5 building, over ). 4 J. NJ. Hubers Drug
siore. nearly opposite ''Old White Corner,
Nhtre he viii attend to any business entrust-
cd 10 his care, upon terms fair and satisiactO-
ry. EZRA BROWN
November p, 1874 Dec. AT
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SEEING IF THE HOUSE, Is on FIRE

SEEING If THE House Is on FIRE
1t is very easy matter, SAYS the Buffalo
Commercial AdCeHiSsr, for some one
member of n family TO make il a rule to
examine carefully, after the others have
retired, every place where there is n
possibility that fire could be ignited.
with danger TO the house. Five minutes
given to the examination Of furnaces,
stoves, fireplaces. and their surround
ings, might be all that was necessary to
prevent a serious and dreadful cOnGa-
grafton. And the AdceYtiseF instances
the case OF a housekeeper. who has been
a faithful family servant for thirty-live
years-a long time in these days Of
.'hired help" The conscientious wo-
man made ita matter, one might almost
say, Of religion to go every night after
the family had retired, without a light,
from garret to cellar, to see IL ever
chance Of accident from fire was re-
moved. RiJicule did not make her
swerve from this habit. One evening.
after the departure OF some guests and
retiring Of the family, on her usual
rounds she found the hat-stand IN q
blaze. Calling the master OF the house,
with his assistance. but with no little
trouble, the ilaIues We're put out. 1t
seems that the umbrellas in the rack
had been ign;ted by "a spark from a cigar
held by one Ul yIe visitors as he took
his hat from the stand. Needless to say
that the hOnsekeeper, after recovering
from her fright, was more than ever con
vinced that it did pay ''to see If the
mouse is on fire "
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NEW LAW FIRM.

rDHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ASSDCI ATED
l themselves as a law Hrm, under the name
OF Walker & Dunn. We will occupy the Office
heretofore nsed by Is T. Dunn, over the Han
GnSK sayings Bank. Main Street. Findlay, ..
We viii "a tend 10 ali business entrusted 10 our
charge in the State and Federal Courts We
VIII also give especial attention TO the exami-
nation o! land titles, AMI 10 the purchase and
sale nf real estate in Hancock county and
elsewhere. WALKER q DUNN.
lSept II "a II.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-02-12

A T-rokNEY 4 ASDroUNSELi.uR ~ -.
"A and Notary Public WIZ attend i'i'ii.F'
-, m i,...iass eltgu-Isfi To- biz cage l''.-
tlcuiar attention given "a s"ii"GiloL -
tioniuR OF lands, and business IL Efo1'-H
Court. 9, yt,,l-
OF'FICJE on Xain street in ROssrnanh, sitl"ca
u.a-!y opposite tiie count toEtri Ai'A DO
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THE Springfield, Mass, Rep,sJtieaH
says: There Is GIest excitement in
Essex county over the mineral deposits
recently discovered in the vicinity Of
Newburyport, and almost everybody
who has a rocky pasture is knocking
about in it with a hammer. New dis
coveries of gold, silver, lead, &c, are
reported almost daily at AmesbUry,
West Newbury, Byfield and Oxford, and
thousands of dollars per acre have been
refused for mineral lands in Highfield.
A brick of pure silver, weighing II IL
pounds, and a nugget of gold of an
ounce weight, from the Newbury mine,
are on exhibition at Newburyport -
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ArHggists,
sAIM. HuRER q, Ca..

,lEALERs IN DRUGS, Stationery, School
BOOKS etc. Prescriptions accurately com
Rounded al all houTs-day or night. ferlecuy
pure DrugE-Ruaranteed. Corner MAIN anu
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Aankfrs.
CtTsEEE's BANR.

y,NnflSe = CO., BANHEtiS banking
( Hons. In Euw.un's Block, No. GO, Main
: 80 rin,iiay ohio Ranking Hours f-nTr .
Z. y o'olooE H.. and from 70 4G'ei0ck. r. ~
4 sneral hanl king business done Interesf 81
f.,--.-ial deposits
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~ PERATIVE AND MECHANICAL DEN
II tigt, over Green, ID wis, q Co.'S All opera
tions pertaining TO the profession caIsIuiiy
aud skfIIfuily performed. Residence, No q,
West Hardin Street.
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wM. NJ. DETWILEEf, N. d.,

HOMEOPATHIC Physician ana Surgeon
III Main st Two Doors North of Hubsrs
IJriIe eStorr. Finulay, QUO.
Ufiice Hours-Irom to IA a. NJ, II A. NJ TO
0pM StogP NJ May lB '75-ti