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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
A Funny Farce.

Says the London correspondent of Ap-
pletons' Journal: Zone of the funniest
and, therefore, most absurd farces /
have seen for long time has been pro
duced at the Adelphi, where Mr.. Halli-
days version of Nicholas Nickleby' is
still running. 1t is by Mr.. Martin Becker
Here is the plot, condensed like Austria
lian meat: AN eccentric old gentleman,
Mr.. Vanderpump, having, as well as his
memory serves him, secreted "a 900 in
bank notes of 81 900 each in pair of old
slippers, of all places in the world, finds,
to his horror, that somebody has stolen,
lost or mislaid the articles supposed to be
thus richly lined, and in this terrible ex-
tremity offers his well-dowered daughter
in marriage to whichever of her many
suitors may succeed in finding the missing
treasure. The stage is soon bestrewn
with all manner of secondhand slippers,
saving only the pair that is required. Sub
sequently Mr.. Vanderpump gets into a
towering passion in the consulting-roOm
of dentist, who, to keep him quiet, makes
him inhale the laughing-gas used for the
purposes of painless dentistry. tits while
under this influence that the old gentle
man kicks off his boots, when inside them
are found the missing notes, Miss Van
derpump marries the dentist and all ends
hapDilv,'n
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

branches arc allowed to grow unrestrained
and TO continue their growth in length
chiefly until cold weather has come on,
the new wood win often he 80 immature
that large portion of a tree-top will die
before The ensuing spring. This is n
common occurrence, which may be avoid
ed by timely pinching off the terminal
buds Ddrt
The new canes of blackberry and rasp-
berry bushes will often shoot upward and
bend over to the ground, making growth
of ten to twelve feet in length. There is
nothing gained by such long growth.
The entire canes often die clear to the
ground, simply because the new wood did
not mature properly. Our own practice
is to pinch off the terminal buds of black
berry and raspberry bushes as soon as
they have attained a growth of about four
feet in height BY this practice they be-
come stocky and strong, and the new wood
will become thoroughly matured hofore
winter. so that the bushes will require no
protection More than this, when the
growth in length is checked, a great many
side branches will be developed, which
will yield bountiful crop of excellent
fruit the next season A stool of black
berry or raspberry bushes that is kept
pinched back to a height of about four
feet will yield far more fruit than if al
lowed to grow at random, without any
pinching or pruning.--N. Y. Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Annecdote Of the Marquis Of Hertford.

One day he was walking with his chum
Cuthbert when an English groom rode by
on splendid horse.
con" said he, I must have thathorsel
Let us jump into this fdcre' Che was
standing by one on the Boulevard des
Italiens) "and follow the man"
With some difficulty they kept up with
him. AT last Lord Hertiord thrust his
head out of the window and asked the
groom, in English, whose horse it was.
"I'm not bound to tell you, am Iy''
No, but be civil is it the Emperor'sY'
No, it is not! If you must know, IL
6elonQs 10 tie Marquis Of HerU0rdm
He knew neither his own horse nor his
own groom
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Democratic Rule-A Fair Comparison.

New York city has been through long
series of years the stronghold of Democra-
cy. From time to time her overburdened
taxpayers have struggled to free them
selves from the clutches of party that is
gradually drawing them toward bank
ruptcy. But the hordes of Ignorance and
vice have defeated them, and to-day intel
ligence and respectability are powerless
to arrest the downward tendency OF the
city under Democratic control. The fol-
lowing table shows how rapidly the city
dnhf Is increasing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

DURING fourteen years. experience with ad-
yertisers and advertising agencies we have
never had dealings with a firm whose straight
forward, upright policy so largely secured
our confidence and respect as that Of Geo. 7.
Rower q Co., Advertising Agents, New York.
Their contracts are always plain, intelligible
and specific. They secure the most advanta-
geous rates from publishers for the reason
that the latter feel assured that they are Sc
cured beyond chance or technicality in get
ting whatever the amount of their contract
calls for, providing always that publishers
have done as they agreed to.-Siou1 CITY
To7p1l Times
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

Gen, Butler, having been asked by
the Treasury Department to indicate the
present whereabouts Of a former staff
officer in whose accounts discrepancy
has been discovered, replied; "The officer
reverently believe he is in heaven"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

WILuoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction com
panies for the bcncG of their employees when
engaged in malariai districts. The highest
testimonials have been given by contractors
md Nv the Presidents Of some of the leading
ailroads in the South and West. When
men are congrcgatcd in large numbers in the
ncighhorhOod Of swamps and rivers, Will
hOit's Tonic will prove a valuable addition
to the stock Of medicines, and will amply re-
ward the company In the saving OF time, la
bor and money. We recommend it to all.
WuEEtocK, FINLAY & Co., PEpprictors,
New Orleans.
FOustLE by ALI. DRUGGIsTs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

tH- The Cincinnati Commercial closcs
a long article reviewing the political his
.Ory OF Ohio during the past two year,
with this paragraph: 1--WE come, there
fore, TO the conclusion republican victory
in Ohio this time is certainty, and tha
the majority for Hayes will be handsome
and emphatic, larger than he received on
former occasions, andp sufficient 10 pre-
nOuDce the doom in the nation forever o.
tic sort of Democracy that is now assert
ing tfc.f IN this State"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

A DoUBLE-READED snake has been
caught in Banks County, Ga. II is one OF
those yenOmous species Of snakes COM
monty called the copperbellied moccasin,
and measures nine inches in length. Ii
has two clearly-defned heads, two mouths
(aforked tongue in each), four eyes two
In each head), and eight fangs. The heads
diverge from the neck, there being but one
heck-bOne.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

HENRY X. BOND, of jefferson, Me-, was
cured of splitting blood, soreness and weak
ness of the stomach by the use of JOhHson's
45,0dyle LinineRt internally.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

The Kew York Herald gives the debt of
the city June 30, 1875, as $142, 900, 900 and
says that to this amount may be fairly add
ed about $20, 200, 600 of claims pending,
thus making the actual debt of the city
about $1G2, 600, 600.
The following table shows the increase
in the tax levy since 1865:
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

A WITTY Troy girl, having drank some
nauseous medicine by mistake, said to her
mother: cit is said that one swallow
doesn't make a spring, but that swallow
made me spring six fectr
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

The cash vaultof the Treasury at Wash.
ington requires three keys 10 open il, and
these are In charge Of three gentlemen,
each holding ono key, and the presence of
all Is necessary 10 unlock the vault The
Secretary Of the Treasury appoints one,
the Treasurer one, and the Bureau Of Ed.
craving and Printing one.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

A WANT has been felt and expressed by
physicians for safe and reliable purgative
Such want is now supplied in Parsons
Pelrgdtiye Pills.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

PRUssING's White Wine Vinegar warranted
pure and TO preserve pickles. A superb article
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

An ingenious method of filtration has
recently been devised, by means ofwhich
il is claimed liquid may be filtered in
onefourth of the time which the operation
as usually performed requires. At the
bottom of an open glass tube about an
inch in diameter is placed piece offilter-
ing paper, and ever this piece of India
muslin secured around the tube by a
rubber ring The tube is filled with the
liquid TO be filtered and is closed at the
top with a rubber stopper through which
runs a piece Of rubber piping. The tube
Is connected with two bottles 80 arranged
that the water in the upper one flows
down into the lower, forcing out the air,
which in turn runs through the rubber
pipe, forcing the liquid through the filter
Ing material.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06
Use of Salt in Packing Meats.

THE Massachusetts, PlOugltnldn publishes
the following interesting and valuable
facts about the uses of salt and the kinds
of salt to use in packing meats. The meat
packer does not aim at mere preserva-
ton of his beef and pork; his main object
will always be to secure the keeping of his
meat in its most palatable condition, and
as much as possible of its natural color
Chloride of sodium, or what means here
about the same, good commercial salt,
answers both ends satisfactorily if prop
erly applied. 1t does not necessarily
change the color of the meat, nor does il
affect its tenderness beyond reasonable
limits; it is also good antiseptic, for it
prevents, if present in a sufficient guam
tity, the development Of organisms of a
lower order, which in their growth, as a
natural consequence, will hasten the disin-
tegration of the great mass and thus its
final putrefaction.
Practice recommends the use of the
coarse and hard qualities of salt for meat
packing, for the following reasons: They
dissolve gradually and contract the meat
by degrees to desirable compactness
they keep the salt pickle within certain
moderate concentration; they cannot enter
mechanically into the meat and thus over
charge it, and may therefore be applied in
sufficient excess, so as to compensate for
the losses of pickle by leakage, etc, with
out endangering the tenderness and the
flavor too premature. The common fine
salt answers for short period of keeping
very well, and is consequently used in the
packing of meat for Immediate family
consumption. Fifty to fifty-six pounds OF
coarse salt are usually taken for the salt.
ing down of one barrel of meat the bottom
and the top Of the barrel are always
carefully covered with layer of coarse
salt. The coarse qualities of salt which
are used in our country are either manu-
factured from brine or from sea water
The purer the salt the nicer is the flavor OF
the meat. A salt which contains large
quantities of foreign saline admixtures
| particularly of chloride of calcium and Of
chloride of magnesium, imparts a pun
gent and disagreeable taste and Injuries
also the color of the meat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

re A G The choicest in tie world--Import-
- - Os ers' prices - Largest Company In
America-etaple article-pleasea evcryb0dy-Trade
continually inereasing Agents wanted every where
70 RonERr WKLLs, ~ Neseyst., \. \. 20. Box i81.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

"A stroke of lightning tore an Atlanta
Bible all TO pieces the other day
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-08-06

And other New England people now residing IN other
states, West OF South, will md the BosroN WEEKLY
GLoBE the best paper to take as 4 gives the N. f.
news In full and also good famiy and story paper
Sent mos, postage Free for only 50 cents by inc
GLOBE Pun. Co., Boston, Mass. ...
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
The Probable Time OF the Donaldson
Balloon Disaster.

In regard to the hour the fatal accident
occurred to Messrs. Donaldson and Grim
wood, the Chicago Journal of Aug. 20
says:
in specializing upon the probable time
the balloon went into the water, the watch
found on the body of Grimwood may
furnish very valuable assistance, if indeed
the testimony it gives is not almost abso
lutely conclusive. Though dumb, it still
speaks; and though it has become rustv
by lying five weeks in the water and on
the shore, still it reveals the secrets Of the
last fearful hour and the struggle with
death, upon which SO much has
been said and written. 1t is a small,
lady's gold watch, and when found the
crystal was gone. The breaking Of the
crystal, III all probability, occurred at Il
period subsequent to its going into the
waiter, and quite likely while the body
was drifting toward the place where it
was found upon the shore. The hands
remain undisturbed, and point to twenty
minutes past eleven. Was that the fatal
moment when, struck and overcome bv
the gale, ballast all out, the balloon re-
fused longer to carry its load of human
freight, and gave them over to a helpless
and unequal struggle with the waves
The watch was received at this office
IN exactly the condition it was
when taken from the pocket of Grim,
wood. 1t is important to know, in
order to determine the value of the evi-
dence, whether it was run down. and if it
was then but little or nothing is deter
mined by it. This question was deter
mined this morning by an examination by
MI; j. ii. Allison, the experienced watch
maker at the establishment of MatsOn 6
20. He opened the watch, the first time
1t had been opened since it was closed by
Grimwood himself in the balloon The
examination revealed that the watch had
certainly not run more than five hours and
twenty minutes after it was wound up.
Mr. Allison states, what accords with rea-
son and the belief of everyone, that the
watch would stop almost simultaneously
a1ter going into the water. The cases he
found somewhat loose, which would
readily admit the water to the works. Five
hours and twenty minutes before it stopped
would be six O'Clock, the time when it
must have been wound up. The time
when the balloon went up, as observed by
a journal man, was eleven minutes to five.
So the watch must have been wound while
they were in the clouds. The time indi-
Gated by the watch corresponds to the
time they would meet the squall. The
gale that night is a known fact. The tes-
timOny of the watch confirms the theory of
the disaster generally accepted by the peo-
pie, which is, discarding all far-fttched
and f1ne-spun theories, that the balloon
and its passengers were swept into the lake
before the fIlry of the blast -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
French CustOm-HOuSe Frauds.

We are perpetually hearing, writes the
Paris correspondent of the London Stand
ard, of new frauds upon the Custom-Hous
in which the ingenuity of unpolitical
Frenchmen finds just now its favorite field
of exercise. The last case reported shows
mastery skill. Two men had been going
about with samples Of untaxed brandy,
which they mysteriOusly offered at a very
low price to such persons as they thought
likely to buy. If the sample and price
were accepted-which they always were,
say the police-they brought ffty-litre
cask, with all secrecy. The co6aretier, sus-
piciOus, of course, with such sellers, had
full liberty to tap it where he pleased, and
he did so. Each hole of the gimlet brought
forth cognac equal to sample, the men re-
ceived their price, and the cabaretier, in
high delight, carried off the cask for bot
Ting. All went we'll for the first few
liues; then the run of brandy stopped
On shaking the cask a sound. was heard
of gurgling liquid, but nothing would
come through the bung-hole. After much
trial and tribulation the secret was discov-
cred. In the ffty-litre cask a smaller
one, holding forty-eight litres, was sus-
pended, full Of water. Only as much
brandy had been provided as would fill
the space between the barrels. These
clever gentlemen took care not to make
themselves too well known in one quarter,
but the other day a victim spied them just
delivering cask, and they were taken
On reflection, however, the
prosecutor thought it best to vanish, and
the prisoners declare that their cognac has
duly paid its lawful tax. AS TO the sus-
picious barrel, they say that they kept it
and carried it about as a curiosity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
A Great Error.

Sometimes it is said that the recent
panic was caused by want of currency,
or contraction of the currency. This is
a great error. In September, 1878, when
the panic commenced, the amount of
United States notes outstanding was $685.
900, 600; of fractional currency, $45, 000,-
900, and Of bank circulation, $3.50, 100000
in all $40, 900 900, or more than it had
ever been before. The panic came with
this vast sum af1oat, and Secretary Rich
ardsOn without authority of law issued
$26, 100000 more of United States notes
for the laudable purpose, as he thought, of
easing the money market. 1t nearly all
went into banks, and there remained in
unbroken packages. If flooding a coun-
try with currency would prevent panic
or stop one, here we had the trial But il
was only like pouring oil on fire. 1t is
demonstrable that nearly all panics, ex-
cept only such as are traceable to war,
famine or like causes, spring from ex-
banded credits, and in many cases from
excessive paper money. production
is the inevitable result; improvident con-
tracts, improbable enterprises and wild
speculation always follow expanded
credits, whether by corporations, banks or
individuals. Infiation-the very name
implies buoyancy, expansion, gas, de-
struction; and, alas! the destruction often
falls on those who did not breed the
storm. Now that time has given us
full view of the expanded credits and i'm
provident enterprises of 1873, we only
wonder that the wreck was not more over
wheIming and enduring. Surely prudent
sensible men who will study such fnan-
cial waves must conclude that the only
remedy is TO reduce credits to substan-
tial basis. a few articles for time will
not sell because there is no demand for
them, or there is an over-supply. But
this soon passes away. Industry is gradu-
ally reviving, and now is he time to base
our enterprises upon specle-paying money,
and upon thrift, industry and economy
From Senator ShermoT's Speech at MGrton,
Ohio.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

LIVE SToCK.-Beef Cattle-S11. 5G013.00. Hogs
Live, S8.f2h0S.50. Sheep-Live, s42=Q625.
BREADsTUFFs.-Flour-Goo TO choice, $4,000
660; white wheat extra, S6.6597. so. Wheat-No 2
Chicago, S1.3191.32; No. Northwestern,
S131Gp1.32; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, 1880
1.34. Rye-Western and State, sl.0S@11O. Bar
ley-S1 .3O91.35. Corn-Mixed Western, 500
S5c. Oats-Western Mixed, 63G65c.
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork-Me SCI. 23l21 %. Lard
-l3AG13sc. Cheese-5Q10Ac.
WooL.-Domestic fleece. 50063c
CHICAGO.
LIVE Observation-Disclosures SIS. 7506. 25; good.
S5o005.60; medium, S425050O; butchers
stock, S2.7504.00; stock cattle, s3.O0040O
Hogs-Live, S7.709S00. Sheep - Good to
choice, S4.0OG450.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT 24Q2sc. Eggs
Fresh, 1Sh@14c. Pork-Mess, S20.60G2O.70
Lard-s13. 20G13.25.
BREADsTUFFs.- Winter Extra
S6.5G97.75; spring extra, 5.5oQ16 371l Wheat
Spring, No.2 S11501.15h. Corn-rio. 2, $500
61c. Oats-No. ?, 39G391ac. Rye-No. ?. s10
S2c. Barley-No. ?, S103@1.07.
LUMBER.-First Clear, S45.O096OO: Second
Clear, s43Oo04500; Common Boards, $4,000
HOO; Fencing, S10.O0@11.O0; "a" Shingles,
s2.5O03.OO: Lath, s1.7592oo.
ST. LOUIS.
LIVE -Reeves-Good to choice, SIS 651
6.S7h. Hogs-Lly., e. 259S00-
BREApsTUFFs.- Feii, s5.75a6 25
Wheat-No. Red Fall, 81 .49G1 .4915. Co.--No
?, 67Q6Sc. Oats-No. g, 41G42c. Rye-No.
., U07sc.
PEov1sIoNs.-Pork-Mess. S21.7GG21s5. Lard
-l3G14c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
CINCINNATI.

BRaADsTUFFs,-- Floar-S6.7 517.00. Wheat
Red, s1.3501.40 Corn-73G74c. Rye-S51
soc. Oats-49G45c-
Observation-Disclosures. OOG21a5. Lard-13lz
Ola.
MILWAUKEE.
EREADsTUFEs.-F1our-Spr Xxx, S4.75Q5.30
RYheat-SpriRg, No. 1, Sl.s5n41.2S; No. 9,
S119h01.20 Corn-No. 2, 6s06SHc. Oats-No
2, 3S@39c. Rye-No. /, SOGS1c. Barley
No. 2, S1.esQ103.
BREApsrUFFs. = Wheat Extra, S195lb1 so.
Corn-N's l, 7707Sc. 0ats-No. l, 4@1Hc.
TOLEDO.
RREADsTUFFs.- est-Amber Mich, S1.31
a AaE; No. 2 Red, S1:371a@1.3S. Corn-High
Mixed, 75975Hc. Oats-No. 2, 44Q34s1ac.
CLEVELAND.
BREADsTUFFs.- Wheat-No. Red. S1.471aG
| 1.zs; No. Red, s1.42H@l.43. Corn-High
Mixed, 76g79c. Oats-No. 1, $4,000.
LIVE STOCK. = Beeves - S5TE@7.00. Hogs-
Live, S7S09S40. Sheep-Live, S5.0005.50.
EAST LIBERTY.
| LIVE SToCK.-Beeves-Best S6.5O@7 90; me-
dunn, S5.50@575 Hogs - Workers, S7.75@
! $780, Philadelphia, sS.4O087O. Sheep-Best,
! S5.2505.50; medium, S4.75@5O0.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-09-02
The National Greenback Platform.
The followingis the platform adopted by
the recent National Greenback Mass Con-
vention, in session at Detroit:

The following is the platform adopted by
the recent National Greenback Mass Con-
vention, in session at Detroit:
Res0tged, /. That the people owe to the Govern
ment at all times and in all emergencies loan of
money adequate to its needs. at rate of interest
SO low as to be the least possible burden, and to
offer the least possible compensation to private
enterprise.
2 The Government owes to the people an abso-
lutely safe and uniform currency adapted to their
varying needs, in amount and of value not mate
rally different from that of other civilized nations
g. That the providing of a currency for the peO-
pie Is an attribute of sovereignty, and we demand
that the Government of the United States shall per-
form this duty in such manner to furnish the
public amount of currency adequate to the bust
ness requirements of the country and independent
OF the action of banks or other private corpora
uOns.
A. That we are neither repudiationists nor infla-
uOnists but the friends of safe, sound and reli-
able currency; that we propose to redeem the
greenback circulation of the United States at the
pleasure of the holders thereof, in bonds of the
United States bearing low rate OF interest, con-
Vertible at the pleasure of the holders into green
backs, thus redeeming the original promise of the
Government when it first issued greenbacks to
fund them when desired into interest-paying
bonds.
g. That we are in favor of the issue of United
States certificates or bonds bearing interest not to
exceed 365 per cent. per annum, to an amount
equal to the whole Government debt. said bonds
or certificates being changeabe and interchangea-
BILE with greenbacks at par on demand
3. That the legal money of the country should
be endowed with the power to pay all debts public
and private, except that portion of the bonded in
debtedness specifically made payable in coin.
Z. That as the enactment of the last Congress
providing for resumption of specie payments in
1879 is impracticable and impossible of execution
and disastrous in its effects upon the business of
the country, we demand its Immediate and uncon-
ditional repeal
s. That the plan of Government currency pro-
posed by this convention would, in our opinion
tend to render our Government and people indie
ppndpOt financially of FOREIGN Influences COM
plications and not subject hereafter heretofore
to the disturbing control or influence of foreign
countries.
g. That we recommend the organization of
Greenback Clubs in every State of the Union for
the purpose of carrying out the principles and
measures set forth in the foregoing resolutions.