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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24

A GOOD APPOINTMENT.-At the last
session of the gi>lature, an act was
passed amending the law in regard to
State Road Commissioners and instead of
there, requiring that one shall do
the entire business. Mr.. j. B. Haviland
of Traverse City, has received from Gov.
Bagley the appointment as that Com
missioner. This is the best appointment
that could have been made. Mr.. Havi-
land has for some time past been one of
the three Commissioners. and is we'll ac-
quainted with the details of the business,
and the wants of the state. We are glad
to note their appointment.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24

STEEL WIRE ROPE FOR TOWING-The
Cleveland Herald Says that the Jug John
Owens, OF Detroit, is making up a raft OF
logs measuring 100000 feet. at a Lake
Huron port, for Tonawanda, aud proposes
to tiy the experiment of towing with a
STEEL wire cable, and for this purpose
Messrs. Upson Sc Walton shipped yester-
day eight hundred feet, one inch in
diameter, to Detroit. This cable, it is ex-
pected, will do the work ola three-inch
manila hawser. As an experient it Will
be looked forward to with interest by
oil
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24
K. T.. o.

LATEST PATENTS following pat
el;s were granted 10 Michigan Inventors
during he week ending July 18th:
Hubs-A. Rmes, Marshall, assignor One-half
10 T. N. Austin, same place.
Car Brakes-M. v. Aldrich and G.. f. Higgins,
East Saginaw.
Cotton Presses-Solon Dixie, Detroit.
Ironing Board-G. E. Holstel, Kalamazoo.
Windnills-J. Saunders, Gilead.
Stave Baskets s. IL. Wheeler, Niles.
Preventing the Obstruction Of Water Channels
Il III. Ecebe.
Ducksaw Frame5-C A. Hurlbart, Ypsilanti.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24

Moses Tayler and Samuel Hoar direc-
tors Of the Michigan Central railroad
were in Detroit last Saturday, the guests
of the Hon. Jas. F. Joy. Whether this
visit had anv connection with proposed
changes in the management of that road
has not yet been developed. They were
on their return from Ontonogan, where
they had been to inspect the Houghton s.
Ontonagon railroad, in which they are
largely interested.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24

The office of the Detroit and Bay City
division viii be removed TO Bay City next
Monday. So far the statement published
last week seems to be true.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24
The CO,O Question.

MEDARD METIvER, Register.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-07-24
Rc0t Estate Transfers.

The following is list of transfers Of
real estate, as recorded i'm the office of the
Register of Deeds, for the week ending
Wednesday, July 21:
William Wi sen and wife to Harry Bran.
denburg East n Of se X sec l5, town
81 n, 4I0 10
Harry Brandenburg to Ezra and Mary
HaIgar-East Il of se sec 10, town
37n.r3 w; 80 cres......... 800 90
Dennis EnOs and wife to Dcnnis Fisher
NE frac 4 of ne frac sec 81, town
37n,r2w; 3S 43-l00 acres............"-.. 600 90
Banford Baker ami wife to Joseph
~ -. ~ w 200 90
Harry Brandenburg to William AID
rlch-SOuth II Of sec 10, town 81 n,r3
W; 320 acres. 400 90
John W Miller and wife TO w .iliam
Aidrich-NOrth y sw \ sec q, town
81 n, 5 W; SO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 90
Samuel Leavitt to Ephraim Nelson
gan village 1880 90
Joseph Burns and vile to Henry nj
Airth-Lot No II, blk ~ of West Dun
Harry Brandenbu,g to j w Miller and
William Aldrich-SW sec q,
town 36 n, r W; 100 acrea.-............ 2S0 90
State of Michigan Patents to Jacob AT
Wendell--L0t of sec Is, town 80 n,
RS W; AZ 25-lO0 acres: 80 C9
State Of Michigan to Henry w Gage
Lots l, 2, 4 and of sec 5; lots l and 2
sec s; loss |, 2, 8 and sec 29: lots |
and sec 80; lot sec 81; lots ,2 and3
SEC 81, town 50 d, 5 W; W I of 8 4
sec %; se 4 NV \ sec 30, town rs mr.
W; SIT lilo 1885 26
Total ......s 4,436 32
MEDARD METIYER, Register.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12

knightly associates. didn't expect YOU
before midnight, considering the amount
Of money you wanted for your feast"
"What do you mean?" inquired Mr..
Maxon. 81 don't understand you"
"Why, didn't you send me thisP" said
Mrs. NJ, as she handed him the note.
"Right after you left two very clever
looking gentlemen called and said you
had been elected TO some high office -
Chancellor, IthiDk-and l, of Course
Maxon, who had glanced over the
note and discovered It's complexion
calculated; "You gave Il to themf
Why, it's diabolical swindle. Did you
give them any money! How muchY"
why, gave them a hundred.dollar
bill, and they gave me fifty dollars in
change. Here It is"
Mr.. Maxon, in despairing way, took
the money and carelessly glanced IL
over at first, then more eagerly, scanning
each bill carefully. "Well, well, said
he at last, "this is a double outrage
Why, oil this money Is counterfeit ex
cepting two five-dollar notesl But where
in the name of common sense did you
ever get 800 billg You didn't borrow
that of the neighbors, did your"
No." said Mrs. Maxon, who appeared
to her husband to be strangely undis
turbed. "I-took that 800 note you gave
me about year ago. Don't you remem
berY You told me to look out and mo-
spend It,"
Why, that's counterfeit" said the
husband.
81 knew il was. Did you suppose
didn't see through their stupid game, Mr.
Maxon? Your wife isn't fool if she il
woman. Give me them two good five
dollar bills, if you please. / just want {
new bonnet"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
Curious Trees.

Just beyond the Darbonne or Calcasieu
River, in the parish of Caleasieu, is a
white oak tree about two and half feet
in diameter. There are no branches for
twenty-five or thirty feet up. About
twelve or fifteen feet up pine limb or
top part of pine tree, six or eight
inches in diameter and twelve or sixteen
feet long, runs at right angles through
the center of the tree, sticking out about
the same distance on either side. 1t
tapers little to one end, where are two
or three knots, giving it the appearance
of q tree-top. The oak, where it passes
through, is grown closely around it.
The pine is rich in turpentine and will
not decay. There is no fork or hollow
in the oak, but 1t has the appearance as
If hole had been made and the pine
stuck through, after which the oak
closed on it by growth. The question is,
how did the pine get through the oak or
the oak around the pine? In Mallet
woods there is another white oak of con-
siderable size that divides into two
prongs about one and half feet from
the ground, which, after running up like
a pair of bow-legs about fifteen feet,
unite in one round, compact stem. The
prongs are about one and half feet in
diameter, and where they unite above
the tree is larger than either of them,
but smaller than both together. A man
can walk between the two prongs and
the tree stands on II land boundary line.
Forked trees are very common, but the
question here is, how did the two prongs
unite SO perfectly into one stem above? :?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
A Team Chased Four Miles by n LO.
cOmOtive.

THE Hartford Comm O0urdnt states
that one evening few weeks ago q span
of horses attached to o sleigh dashed
through the streets of that city, and were
caught and stabbed by young man.
The horses were reeking with sweat, and
no owner appeared until late that even.
ing, when Mr. Shaw came and stated
that the team was his. His story of the
runaway shows ii to have been one of
the most remarkable on record. II ap-
pears that Mr.. Shaw, who is woolbuyer
ofWales, Mass, started from home yester-
day morning, accompanied by his wife
and child, and by Mr.. g. Darling, wife
and child, on trip TO Hartford, by the
way of Rockville. All progressed well
until they came TO the dangerous rail-
road crossing near the cid toll-gate on
the Manchester road, about two miles
east of Burnside. The crossing is q
slanting one, and in driving over it a
runner of the sleigh followed one of the
rails so as to turn the sleigh over All
the occupants were thrown out, but none
OF them injured. The horses ran down
the track. the sleigh righting. They
were soon lost to view. The train from
providence, due here at 6;15, was rap
idly approaching. Mr. Shaw ran down
WIZ avn oltOA Llo ilOiStb, anu as lnp
train neared the crossing the rest of the
party made all efforts to signal the en-
gineer, but did not succeed. Mr.. Shaw.
who was some way down the track, also
signaled the train, and ii slackened up.
The conductor was hurriedly informed
of the catastrophe, and Mr.. Shaw begged
to be taken on board the train, and that
they proceed cautiously, he expecting to
find his team wrecked in some culvert or
cattle. guard ahead. Strange to say, the
conductor turned away and the train
thundered on, apparently regardless of
danger. But the horses had not fallen
nor parted from the sleigh. They kept
ahead of the train, leaping over culvert
pits, and ran about four miles. As they
neared the piling adjacent to the long
bridge over the river they turned from
the track, took the meadow road, dashed
through the toll-bridge and up Morgan
street to Main, to the point where they
were stopped. The sleigh was almost
uninjured, having only been bruised
slightly. The horses were not badly
hurt, though their legs were somewhat
cut. Mr.. Shaw had followed the team.
inquiring at various places along the
road. On learning of its recovery he
dispatched conveyance for the rest of
the party, who had found refuge at the
house of Mr.. Williams, near the scene of
the accident, and all were brought to the
City
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
The Sharpers Foiled.

The three-cardcrs, generally speaking,
are excellent judges of character, and
are seldom mistaken in their man. Some.
times, however, their judgment is at
fault, and the apparent fly they enticc
into their parlors proves to bc tarantula.
The other day, at Battle Mountain, they
allured German from the East, who ex.
hibitcd large roll of preenbacks on the
platform, into the spiders nest. The
drunken man" was on big spree when
the expected victim entered, and was
losing money on every bet. The German
declined to bet, and to get him in the
notion one of the cappcrs gave him a
twenty dollar piece on which to try his
luck. He placed it on a card and won
Pocketing the forty dollars he refused
to bet again and walked out of the house,
followed by the cappcrs, who insisted on
getting the money back. The German
drew large.siZe revolver from his
pocket and, assuming defiant attitude,
said: You speak to me put you so
full of holes you don't know what you
am. am an old California and know
all about your tricks. You take me for
an emigrant you make fools nit your,
selves" The three-carders discovered
that they had caught Tartar as they saw
their would-be-victim board the train as
the conductor shouted " all board" and
leave them lamenting.-Sacrdment0 I'm
ion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
Treating the Wrong Disease.

Many times Women call upon their family
physicians, one with dyspepsia, another with
palpitation, another with trouble of the
breast, another with pain here and there, and
in this way they all present alike to them.
selves and their easy-going and Indifferent
doctors separate and distinct diseases, for
which he prescribes his pills and potions, as.
suming them to be such, when, in reality,
they are all symptoms caused by some uterine
disorder; and while they are thus only able
perhaps to palliate for time, they are igno.
rant OF the cause, and encourage their practice
until large bills are made, when the suffering
patients are no better in the end, but probably
worse for the delay, treatment, and other
complications made, and which proper
medicine directed to the cause would have
entirely removed, thereby instituting health
and comfort instead of prolonged misery.
From Miss LoRINDA Z. ST.. CLAIR, Shade,
Athens Co, Ohio:
DIR. X " Pierce, Buffalo, n. Your Fa.
vorite Prescription is working almol ike a
miracle on me. / am better already Than /
have been for over two years"
From ELLA A. SCHAFER, GAINESVILLE, Ind:
"Dr. Pierce-I received the medicine you
sent me and began using 1t Immediately. As
a result OF the treatment feel better than
have for three years"
From Mrs. JOHN X. HAMLIN, Odell, H.:
DIR. Pierce-The Favorite Prescription has
done me good, which / am very thankful
for"
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold
by dealers in medicine
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

PATRoNs FRUIT CAKE.-The day be.
fore you make the cake stew two cups OF
dried apples till soft, chop fine and sim.
mcr in two cups of molasses from one to
two hours. Next merning add one cup
OF sour milk, two small teaspoonfuls OF
soda, one cup of sugar, one nutmeg
grated, one teaspoonful each of cloves
and cinnamon, butter the size of an egg,
and flour enough to make as stiff as GIN
gerbread; raisins improve II. Bake with
steady fire. Time improves It and
icingw keep 1t from drying and getting
hard.
A CORRESPONDENT asks how TO dye
hair switches a dark brown. Perhaps
others of our household readers will be
glad to learn that they can do 1t easily
themselves, without the use of any
chemicals. Take, say, the eighth of o
pound of poor black tea and boil, using
soft water, in rusty iron kettle, or II
you have none that Is rusty, put in an old
iron of some kind, boil an hour or two,
adding water as needed to keep up a
quantity sufficient to cover your hair
well, then strain, put in the hair to be
dyed, and simmer gently, stirring and
airing often, until it Is of the desired
shade, dry, rinse out, and dress with an
oil. Farm journal.
ROAST HAUNCH OF VENIsoN. The
flavor of venison is improved by being
kept as long as possible and yet remain
ing perfectly sweet. Choose haunch
with clear, bright and thick fat. The
more fat the better the meat. Wash il
in warm water and dry 1t well with a
cloth; butter sheet of white paper and
put over the fat; lay the venison in a
deep baking.dish with either a closely.
fitting lid or a coarse paste one-half inch
thick. Cook in a moderately hot oven
for from three to four hours, according
to the size of the haunch. About twenty
minutes before it is done quicken the
fire, remove the paste or the dish cover,
dredge the joint with -four, and baste
well with butter until it is nicely frothed
! and of a fine delicate brown color. Gar.
nish the knuckle-bone with a frill OF
white paper, and serve with gravy
made from its own dripping-from which
the fat has been removed-placed in q
tureen. Currant jelly always accompa
nies venison.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
Shrinking Of Seasoned Timber.

THE various kinds of oak, and some
other kinds of valuable timber, will
shrink more or less every time the sur
face is dressed off, even small fraction
of an inch. Wheelwrights accustomed
TO work in oak are well aware of this
fact, and correct appreciation sof it
often enables them to turn out work of a
superior character, even of ordinary ma
terials, by first blocking out the pieces
roughly, then allowing the timber to
season, and afterward working the various
parts by degrees, as The seasoning process
becomes more aud more complete.
Viii C oak spoke timber, for example,
may be allowed to remain in a rough state
for half score of years, under shelter,
without becoming seasoned so thorough
ly that the timber will not shrink after
the spokes have bJ en- dressed out. Car
riage wheels have often been made of the
choicest quail y Of oak timber after every
spoke had been seasoned for several
years, and to the great surprise of the
wheelwright every spoke would work in
the joints before the vehicle had run
three months. The defect in such in.
stances could not be attributed to in.
feTior timber, nor to perfunctoTy work
manship; but simply to this one circum-
stance-that the parts OF the wheels
were put together before the timber had
ceased to shrink
To prove that the best quality of oak
will shrink after q spoke has been
dressed out, let tenon be made on one
enl and be driven Immediately into a
mortise; after few days exposure in a
warm workshop the spoke may be with
drawn with little difficulty The same
fact will hold good in the manufacture
of woodwork of any kind where oak is
employed for lemons. In order TO make
joints that will never start the piece on
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12

which the lemons are to be made should
be dressed over several times until the
shrinking has ceased. Then let the
lemons be made After these have
shrunk while exposed to the drying in
fluence Of warm workshop the spokes
or other parts may he driven into their
respective places, with the assurance
especially II they are dipped in oil paint
previous to driving) that the timber will
shrink no more.
Many kinds of farming implements in
the manufacture of which oak and ash
are employed render very unsatisfactory
service, simply because the seasoned
timber was not allowed to shrink before
the lemons were driven into the mortises.
In like manner oak chairs and other oak
furniture will frequently shrink to such
an extent that the pommels, rungs,
dowelpins and banisters will all work
loose II the precaution we have de-
scribed is not observed.-Amertcan
Builder
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
Culture of the Chestnut.

OSE of the best trees to plant for profit
is the chestnut. When properly cared for,
it grows rapidly and will soon bear nuts
enough to afford full remuneration for
all outlay. The culture is simple, and
no one who raises trees for profit should
neglect the sweet chestnut. The seeds
may be planted either in fall or spring
but 1t is usually better to wait till spring,
as they are frequently thrown out OF
the ground by the frost or eaten by mice
when fall planted. One thing is indis-
pensable for success-the nuts must not
he allowed to dry. AS soon as they fall
from the tree they should be planted or
mixed with moist sand and kept in cell
lar till time for planting in the spring
More failures arise from allowing the
nuts to dry than from any other cause
The nuts should be planted in good, mel.
low soil and covered about two inches
deep. A slight mulch of straw or ma
nure will be of great benefit in prevent
ing hard crust from forming.
Unless the cultivator is near where
the chestnuts are grown and can be per-
fectly sure of getting fresh seeds, we
would advise purchasing one.year-old
trees from a nursery rather than en-
deavoring to raise them from the nuts.
The one-year-old trees can be purchased
at very reasonable figures, and usually it
will be better to order them from the
nursery than to run the risk of buying
and planting the seeds. For timber or
for nuts the young trees should be
planted in rows eight feet apart each
way. This will give $50 trees to an acre.
The land should then be planted with corn,
as this will give shade and protection to
the young trees and keep the ground cul-
tivated and free from weeds till the trees
are of sufficient age TO take care of them
selves. When the trees begin to crowd
and in after years repeat the process, so
as to give each tree the necessary room.
Chestnut trees require but little if any
pruning, and the most that should be done
is to shorten in few of the irregular
branches - Pliy1l IVorI1
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
TIE LADTS GIFT.


"oh, give me something. ladyi
For Ihave given my heart
A trlhe to replace II o.
When we are far apart"
She drew from out her bosom
A rosebud wet with dew,
And gave IL TO him, saying:
Here's something, sir, for YOU"
take II, and will Keep II,
For never lady wore
A flower 80 pure and perfect
But you must give me moro"
&c have no more to give, sir;
A simple maid like me,
Who has nor birth nor fortune,
What should she havof" Paid she.
But you have gold" he answered;
No lady In the land
SO rich a DOVER" What IL itr
The ring upon your hand"
She slipped from on her finger
The little ring che wore.
take II, and will wear it
But you must give me morem
What more have to give your
why give yOu anythingf
You had my rose before, sir,
And now you have my ring"
You have forgotten one thing"
|" do not understand"
Z" The dew goes with the rosebud,
And with the ring the hand"'
She gave her hand; he took It,
And kissed 1t DER and DER:
give myself to you, love;
cannot give you morel"
-R. II. Stodddrd.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12
The Correct Way to Feed Straw and
Roots.

THE North British Agrtculturist, in re-
ply to correspondent, thus describes
the proper method of feeding straw and
roots together: The straw should be cut
one and one-half inches long, and a
heaped teaspoonful of salt mixed to each
beast per day. The mixing process
should be accomplished the day before
the stuff is to be used, and water must
be within the animals reach. Hay for
horses should be cut three. quarters of an
inch long and put into deep boxes before
the animals. We prefer giving the
bruised oats and a good, fresh Swiss
turnip or two daily, separate from the
cut hay. Rather less than an ounce of
salt daily is plenty for horse They
should get an ounce of inter every Satur-
day night. AS to the question Of pulp
ing or straw-cutting paying, good deal
will depend on the power available. If
watcr-power can be obtained so much
the better; but if animal or steam power
is employed the expense of the system
will be increased. We should be sur
prised to find that our correspondent
can keep nearly one-fourth more of cat
tie on his farm by means of pulping and
straw-cutting. If the animals get what
they can eat they will consume more
turnips pulped with safety than in any
other way. The great advantages of
pulping are that there is no choking or
blowing; that feeders are enabled to
have turnips, though in mixed state,
continually before cattle, and that cattle
will consume more roots and, we think,
take on fat and flesh rather quicker than
with any other system Of feeding. Deeper
troughs will be required with pulped
roots and cut straw than for the ordinary
system practiced in the district in which
our correspondent farms. We would not
advise the addition of cake to the mix
ture, as it is, we think, too costly to be
mixed up in such heap, and is more
satisfactorily given by itself 1t is de-
cided Improvement, as preventing waste,
to cut the hay given to horses; and yet
more desirable is it to bruise the oats,
but we would give the hay and oats sep.
arately.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-02-12

A NATION OF DYsPEPTIcs cs.-We live
fast-dissipate in everything except
righteousness, and fill early graves. We
drink all kinds of poisoned alcoholic
spirits, and swallow without mastication
pork, grease, and every conceivable car
bonaceous, soul-dwarfing life.destroy-
ing, system.clogging, indigestible food.
DIR. WALKERS VEGETABLE VINEGAR BIT.
TIERS cannot stop this in a radical man
ner-but it will remove the evil effects,
and the recovering patient, with fresh,
pure, vitalized, electrical blood flowing
through his arteries and veins, will have
a clearer head and cooler judgment,
which, coupled with experience, will
cause him to abstain in the future,
Good, nutritious, digestible diet, which
the most delicate stomacbs may take,
can be found in cracked wheat, corn
bread, tomatoes, raw or soft boiled eggs,
baked apples, boiled rice, plain rice
pudding, corn-starch, rare beef, mutton
and poultry. With VINEGAR BITTERs and
moderation in eating and drinking there
is no incurable case of dyspepsia. 81