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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18

4 gentleman who acted on snch commit
tce informs us that, to test the fact Of la
di'a d,sirin; tho right Of franchise, COM
rnrtccs w,rc appointed throughout the
State Of Michig,n, durins the late cantest
f1r wo:nln suffrage, and the result Of their
iiiuiries were, thn nA more than one
fonrth Of the women of the State desired
that privilege. lie claims that not more
than two-thinlE ot the voters voted upon
the question, and that a large percentage
"f the 9j.3l2 majority against women suf-
frags was attributable TO the expressed de-
sircs Of the women through this commit
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18

Muiher, may | g" out I" pop
Yes. my darling daughter.
" you Tail this year you mnSt shut up shop I;
f"u're kept lnger than you nrtcr.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18
AlPs Well That Ends Well.

\ brief romance in real life is explain
cd as follows by correspondence from
Eowling Green to the Sunday Journal Of
the 9Th inst:
There is great excitement aud indigna
tiOn here over an event that has torn soci-
city topsy.turvcy. For the past two weeks
there has been travelling through Wood
county and showing at school houses, q
small fraud in the show line, ca He'd con-
cert troupe, in which such characters rs
"Sloncwall Jack" climber jim" and
'IIunky Frank" perform prudigious teats
ut nonsense and devitry at % cents a head.
One Of these characters became acquainted
with u young and beautiful girl, living
here, the daughter of our much respected
citizen, William Wakefield, and Induced
the girl, only 1G years OF age, TO take posi-
ton as singer in the su-callcd concert
troupe. 1t was planned to leave home
clandcslinely and join the troupe at Pot
lcrs school house, Wood county. The
| girl left on Tuesday evening last, dropping
/ a note in the postOflice that she would nev.
or return. Her parents, supposing abe
| had gone to " neighbors, were not especial
~ useyAy' until Wednesday morning, when
! theh0te was received and the awful fact
| becanIe known that she had fled.
The father started Immediately in pur
/ suit, and before evening found the girl al
| private house near Pottcr's school house
/ in company with one of the showmen. Mr.
/ Wakefield is a blacksmith and man o
tremendous power and activity, and tn,
way he went for "Ilunky Frank" was fear
full to sec
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18

Ohio men are bashful. One hid under a
hog pen for half day rather than testify
IN law suit, and another took refuge Ia
Democratic editors sRnctum.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18

The editor OF the Louisville Comier-,Jour-
nGl pronounces as hopeless the full-grown
young man who calls his mother NAV, and
his father paw.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18
IL lonked at "IIunkec,"
And iIunkre locked Ai he.



Then he wrnt for that heathcn,
In wav that was fearful tu see.
The shricks of the wounded and terrified
Snowman brought Interference when our
brawny blacksmith took his daughter and
started home. On his way he met either
"Limher Jim" or "Stonewall Jack" on
horseback, when Wakefield jumped from
his buggy, seized the timber Snowman 5
horse by the head. and with tremendous
horse whip, called n "blackSnake," he lath-
cred the acrobat for nearly half an hour.
The horse nearly frightened to death, and
the Snowman fearing to dismount lest hC
should be tran,ped in the mud. He left tn,
ncrobat's hide ridged like y washb1ard anc
! then he belted him severely in the face
! with the butt end of the blacksnake. lrav
/ ing him unfit for stage appearance the bal
ance Of the winter.
Tins was justice meted ont without tn,
aid Of the law, and at no expense to tn,
county. SIMPLE JCsTIcE.
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Tho alitnr nf fb. In,,;sviII, I To,,r
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-02-18
oun MOTTO

For tho nsx, hundred years; "LEr NO
suifTT MAN EscAPE."
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
DOoryards.

No sufficient reason exists why the
rural dooryard should not be one of the
most attractive places to be found any
where; but, judging from externals in the
country districts, the complaint that the
farmer lacks appreciation or cultivation
of the aesthetic seems well founded. And
nowhere is this carelessness and shiftless-
ness more apparent than in the country
dOOryards.
The woodpile is near the kitchen door
and is most meager in winter. There is
no order; heaps of ashes, broken hoe and
axe handles, tinware and chips lie around.
What disabled and faded tools have not
been abandoned in the fields occupy
various positions under trees and in cor
ners. They look as if they had been
tumbled where they lie in great hurry,
and had not been touched since. Some
look very old; ponderous wheels and hubs
of old OK carts, pieces of harness, leather
and old iron may be found in the de-
bris. The fences surrounding the yard
are of no single and prevailing pattern.
A few sections are of pickets with half
the tops off and frequent omissions for
passage; then piece of board fence,
with no two boards alike, and frequent
saw-mill slabs. Then remnant of some
formerly elegant fence is set up to fill a
gap. The gates are in most cases absent
OF OH IQelF hinges anu ledulnS against
the fence. Rank burdocks and thistles
grow up between the spokes of old wheels
and the teeth of abandoned horse rakes.
Piles of boards used to patch fences, re-
place clapboards and repair the barns lie
about in confusion.
Scores of 1ooryards similar to this may
be seen in days ride through the cOun-
try. Speak to the owner about it, and he
will say he has not time to attend to those
things; he is waiting for a rainy day to
"straighten up" when he can't work in
the fields. Now, it is no wonder that the
farmer has the reputation of being with
out taste or appreciation of the beautiful
and tasteful, and it is no wonder that the
farmers sons early leave one of the most
useful and important pursuits and crowd
the city vocations in which they can hope
to earn little more than their board and
clothes. 1t is true that TO attempttO make
art critics of the tillers of the soil is vain,
but this is not necessary. 1t is surprising
how far little will go in the way of cult
waiting good taste, and especially in beauti-
flying a country home. A man will fight
harder to defend cOZy, comfortable,
thrifty-looking homestead than for one of
the forsaken-looking ones we so often see.
Hence it is IA duty, not only as means of
comfort and actual profit IN increased
property value, but it is duty as a factor
of natural strength, to beautify the door
yards and renovate the hOuse.-Nassa-
ctusetts ,Pi0ugImnn.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22

charge, the first time this season from the
steam plowed land, but no water is visible
even in the burrows or water-furrows."
Some persons think that water will
never find its way through a stiff soil into
drains two TO four feet deep, and hence
they treat this system of drainage as an
absurdity. Well, such persons must see
for themselves, and if they have the spirit
of the true improver in them they will
visit some more enterprising farmer who
has already put down drains, or they may
try the experiment at trifling cost them
selves. In either case they will come to
change their views on very important
subject of farm economy and one in which
their prosperity as farmers is Immediately
concerned. The success of the Mess-s.
IlgenfritZ, at Monroe, demonstrates that
four feet under-drains will take Off sur
face water with ordinary culture on
heavy float, almost fiat, lands.
A soil well drained and deeply worked
is dry within few hours after the heav-
lest storm, and instead of weeks him
drance of field work there is really no
stoppage to amount to anything in the
years count. Deep working serves the
purpose of draining 10 a certain extent
but after continuous rains there is need of
an outlet, and surface furrow or ditch
is not sufficient. The water must find a
ready passage. Surface drains are too far
apart usually. The water naturally seeks
an outlet downward, and will only flow
latcrally when it cannot get down. Sur
face drains are the greatest obstacles to
cultivation, and no really progressive
farmer can endure them.-Detroit
T'ribune
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22

When whaling shippers get together on
shore many are the interesting and anus
ing " yarns" that are spun, of which q
careful listener with talent for "quill-
driving might make q very readable
book. Here is specimen retailcd one
day this week in q ship-cbandler's store
on Queen street: This is rather tough
story, but the kanaka who ran down
coyote Is now in Honolulu, as also several
persons who witnessed the race. 1t was
on the coast of California, and the whal-
ing brig Kohala's boats Capt Cogan) were
sailing along the beach, when they saw q
dead whales carcass on the sand with sew
ersl coyotes on and around it. Some Of
the officers expressed Q wish to get one of
these animals alive, when one of the ma
live sailors said that if they would land
hmm he would catch one alive. He was
laughed at and called a fool-for a coyote
Il mighty spry creature. He said he
had run goats down at the islands; SO for
the fun OF the thing he was landed close
to the dead whale, stripped naked
with the exception of q marc, and
having provided himself with some
rope yarns with which to tie his
game. Well, he started across the sandy
plain with the coyote some thirty yards in
advance, amidst the shouts and laughter
of his shipmafes. But the coyote found
he had no time to spare, for when he
Stacked his pace to look around the kanaka
had gained on him. So the two disap-
peared in the distance, and were not long
In doing It; when last seen the coyote
doing his level best and the kanaka evil
IDENTIFY gaining on him. After they had
gone out Of sight the officer in charge Of
the boat began 10 feel uneasy, for it seemed
to him that the kanaka must be mad to
make the attempt to run down one of these
nimble- footed gentry. Two men were
dispatched in the direction in which the
critters" were last seen. In a couple of
hours the kanaka was observed coming in
the distance, and as he neared it was seen
that he carried something across his
shoulder. 1t was the coyote! securely
muzzled and his legs tied with rope yarns.
The animal was taken ON board and the
attempt made to tame him, but resulted in
failure, Is he jumped overheard one day
and SWAN on shore.-Hon0iulu CONNER.
ejnl ddpeyttser
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
Land Drainage.

The day of deep and thorough cultiva-
ton of the soil here in the West may be II
good way off, and most of the older farm
ers of to-day will never engage in such a
great improvement over common culture.
But the time must come when all heavy
soils and all which have a hard pan bot
tom will be broken up eighteen and TWEEN
ty inches in depth because that kind of
farming will be found profitable. The
farmers on clays lose a month or more of
every season on account of surplus OF
water which prevents field operations.
Plants grow slowly or not at all when the
soil is filled with water, which must be
evaporated at the surface chiefly to get
rid OF it.
When fiat, heavy land IS undetermined
and worked deeply the rains do not re-
main upon the surface but sink at once
into the loose soil and down into the
drains. Mr. Mechi writes on Nov. 8:
Drenching rains but no appearance OF
water on the sloping surfaces of the steam
plowed fields" And again on the 10th
of the same month he says: Again tor
rents OF rain, and at last the drains dis
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
"Fact. Are Stubborn Thines.,

Thousands of human beings are yearly
borne on the swift current of disease down
to the grave, just because they do not pos
sess o sufficient knowledge of themselves. A
man meets his neighbor and the first saluta-
ton is: "How arc your" or How is your
healthsm The reply frequently is: "0h, |
am well, with the exception of a cold"
Most persons lightly regard a cold. Reader,
dc you know that cold is one of the most
dangerous of maladies? A cold not only
clogs up the pores of the entire system, and
retards circulation, but it is productive of
Catarrh, which is quite apt to lead to Con-
sumption. "Oh," you say, cit is nothing
but cold in my head" True; but that cold
is really mild form of Catarrh, and if not
arrested in its course will become chronic.
Catarrh is one of the most disagreeable,
diseases. The passage to the nose is OBJ
structed, the sense of smell impaired, and
there is a disagreeable sensation of pressure
in the head. In the more advanced stages
there is discharge having an offensive
odor. If the disease be allowed to continue
in its course, thick hard incrustatiOns will
form in the head, the bones of which some
times become softened and break away in
pieces. Why will persons continue to suffer
from such an annoying, disgusting disease
when they can just as well be cured of ity
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy will cure the
worst forms of Catarrh; in fact it is the only
sure and safe remedy which has yet been
offered to the public. Many harsh, irritating
preparations may, for a time, relieve the
urgency of the symptoms, but they do not
cure the disease. DIR. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy is soothing and healing in its effects,
and when used with DIR. Picrce's Nasal
Douche, according to directions, does not
fail to effect cure. Sold by all Druggists.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
Origin or the Term " Brother iona.
than.

The story Of the origin OF the above
term, as related many years ago 10 the
editor of the Norwich Courier, by gen
tleman over eighty years of age, who was
an active participation in the scenes of the
Revolution, is as follows:
"Whcn Gen. Washington, after being
appointed Commander of the Army of the
Revolutionary War, came to Massachu-
sets to organize it and make preparations
for the defense OF the country, he found a
great want of ammunition and other
means necessary to meet the powerful foe
he had 10 contend with, and great diff
Guilty TO obtain them. If attacked in such
condition the cause at once might he
hopeless. On one occasion, at that anx-
iOus period, a consultation of the officers
and others was held, when it seemed no
way could be devised TO make such prepa-
fatIon as was necessary. His Exccllency,
Jonathan Trumbull, the elder, was then
GQyerpor,Df the State of Connecticut, on
Maosf Judgment and aid the General
placsItlk --latest reliance, and remarked:
We must c6h5oA Brother Jonathan on
the subject The General did so, and the
Governor was successful in supplying
many of the wants of the army. When
difficulties afterward arose, and the army
spread over the country, it became a by
word we must consult Brother Jona-
than.' The term Yankee is still applied
to II portion, but Brother Jonathan has
now become a designation of the whole
country, as John Bull has for En-
gland"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
What Shall We DOT

IT is no wonder that we hear this qucstio n
on every corner. So many are dying SUD-
denly of diseases of the brain in these days
that everyone is alarmed, and is asking:
"What shall we do?' There is alarm on ac-
count of dizziness Of the head, whirling
sensation when rising up suddenly, bad,
ach, like the gnawing of an ulcer, with a
feeling like load after eating, pains in the
back, sides and chest, at times, with costive
bowels, scanty, high-colcrcd urine, some.
when food is eatcnit oftcntimcs distrcsscs;
the skin, after a time, becomes dark, cold
and clammy, eyes sunkcn and Hinged with
yellow, spirits detected, with evil forebod-
ings. When any of these symptoms are
present no time should he lost in using =
proper remedy. The one that we have
known to operate with the most certainty is
the SHAKER EXTRACT OF Roofs OR CURA-
TIVE SYRUP (not patent medicine), sold by
Druggists and A. j. White, 319 Pearl street,
New York
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
DANGEROUS Dcad-HcadinS.

One man will never {" dead head" any
more on trains running down the Truckce
Canon Just as the midnight train pulled
out from Truckee he jumped on to the
pilot of the engine. No one SAW him. IL
was one of the engines that have space
between the boiler-head and the top oi the
pilot, and he snugglcd down so close in
this space that the fireman passed him I'M
noticed while oiling the engine. The
place was warm and coy, owing To The
heat of the boiler, and as the train swept
around the curves Of the river the man
kept chuckling quietly at the cute man
ner In which he was swindling Leland
Stanford & Co. Boca, Camp IS, and
Bronco were passed, and the dead-head
was grinning from ear to ear at thoughts
of his wonderful luck. Suddenly there
was . crashi bangi thud, that transformed
the grin to CHASTITY stare-but this part
of the story is best told from the engine:
" Sam, amt we runnin' pretty fast:" said
the engineer to the fireman. Yes" said
Sam, Z" / don't like TO 60 round these short
curves quite 30 darned-" Just here
the conversation was interrupted by the
aforesaid thud. The engine had struck
something with great violence, and what
ever it was had been thrown against the
boiler and headlight, and the light was
out The engineer and fireman ex-
changed looks of establishment. Each had
caught glimpse Of something's shape
on the track-just as the engine shot
around the point. Not q word was ex-
CHANGED. sam grasped the fiaring torch
which firemen carry and ran out to the
front of the boiler. For an instant Sam
leaned over and held his torch out above
the pilot. and then slowly turned and
walked back into the cab. His face was
white ~ the snow on the mountain side.
+" My God, he gasped, I'VE have killed a
man." lis he mangled much ," eagerly
inquired the engineer ! couldn't tell"
said Sam; The was all covered with
blood" There was unbroken silence in
that engine cab until the train had pulled
into Verdi and stopped. Then slowly,
mechanically, each man took light and
went forward to examine the dead.
Imagine their establishment when they ar
rived and found blood and pieces of flesh,
and all that, but no man. Sam insisted
that he was lying close TO the boiler, and
could not possibly have rolled off the
pilot, yet he was gone. There was blood
on the headlight, blood on the boiler, the
pilot, and everywhere. All night long
over the sad mystery, and it was not until
the next day that they learned the truth.
The engine had struck COW and literally
dashed her to pieces Our unknown
friend was so scared, so drenched with
blood and covered with the material COM
posing the COW, that he was quite dis
Rusted with dead heading. He lay per-
fectly still until the train stopped, then he
crawled out from his nesting place un-
scathed, and really enjoyed the cool night
walk to Reno. Sam Redmond has never
to this day recovered from the fright he
received when he saw that blood-drenched
dead-hcad lying stretched out on the pilot.
-Trwekee fynil ReDubficdn
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
The Hospitality Of Secretary Fish.

Gossiping about the notabilitics in
Washington a correspondent says Secre-
tary Fish sustains the position of premier,
or head of the Cabinet, at an expenditure
of at least SIC, 900 year above his salary.
He is OF orthodox knickerbOcker stock,
and the services of his father, Col. Nicholas
Fish, gave him an hereditary right to be-
long TO the Society of the Cincinnati, over
the central organization of which he pre-
sides as Captain General. On the door Of
his carriage, on his silver and on his
dainty note paper, are his family crests-
a dolphin and n sea- grifiin-with the mot
to: Deus DGbit. He is rather large,
British looking man, with leg Ofmutton
side whiskers, q stout nose and a pleasant
expression of countenance, especially
when he is chuckling over his success in
humbuging some verdant news gatherer
on diplomatic matters. Mrs. Fish is a
matronly looking person, who wears her
gray hair in the old fashioned way, with
side curls, and performs the social duties
exactcd OF her with wonderful industry.
One of her daug htcrs married Sidney
Webster when he was Frank Pierce's pri-
vate secretary; he is now a successful
practitioner OF law in New York. An
other daughter married Maj. Benjamin, of
the army Miss Edith remains a sylph-
like, naughty, dark-cyed girl, who should
marry peer Oh OTcd; Diltiu VI OeI-
man Prince and who would grace any
court. There are also sons. One of them,
Nicholas Fish, is now United States
Secretary of Legation ut Berlin. 1t is the
especial social duty of Secretary Fish to
entertain the foreign diplomats in Wash
ington, to settle their little disputes on
questions of etiquette, and to make them
reasonably happy. Last week he dined
and wincd them, and, although his din
ing-room in the Morgan House is of
goodly size, he was forced to make n
three days job of it, SO, on Monday, he
had tine ENJOYS Extraordinary; on Tues
day the Ministers Resident, and on
Wednesday the Charges d Affaires, with a
few personal friends TO fill up the gaps.
Now the Senate and House Foreign Com
mittecs must next be entertained at din
ner, and then the leading members of
either house will expect to put their Con-
gressional legs under the Fishes mahog-
any. Then Mrs. and Miss Fish must go
the grand rounds to leave their cards on
the wives and daughters of Senators aud
Representatives, and must be lat home"
every Wednesday to receive visits from
them and the rest of society in return.
Verify, the Department of State, although
an honorable position, costs money, hospi-
tality and hard work.-B0st0a Post.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22
The success attending the use of

Tho success attending the use of
nickel as plating material has prompted
experiments in the use of other metals for
a like purpose. The latest of these is that
reported by Bertrand, who has succeeded
in producing galvanic deposit of bis
muth on the surface of other metals: The
process may be described as follows:
From twenty five to thirty-five grains OF
the double chloride of bIsmuth and am
monia are dissolved in about one quart of
water, and this solution is used cold, by
the usual methods, single Bunsen pile
being employed. On coming out of the
bath the coated surface is covered with a
dark looking slime, beneath which the
metallic lustcr of the bismuth is visible.
This latter adheres very closely, and takes
a fine polish, the color being intermediate
between anthony and silver.-ScientJfc
American.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22

"A Circassian girl in Reading, Pa,
shows pair of stockings that she says she
made entirely out of her own hair. They
are thick, heavy and soft and seem to be
of pure hair. The upper edges are Sc
cured with scarlet worsted work. She
says her hair grows to great length and
that she is compelled to have it cut. The
stockings were knit while she was on cx-
hibition at Barnum's Museum
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22

PERsoNAL.-E. Boughto,s, Ashbourne, Pa
az have been greatly afflicted for the past
two years with general debility, and have
tried various remedies. Was induced to try
LIVER REGULATOR, which, after the use
of one package, has made ME feel like an
other being"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-01-22

THE current number of Nature tells of
q deluded hen who Matched and reared a
peacock. As that mother hen gazed upon
the budding tail of her infant offspring
it must have occurred to her, in moments
of depression and anxiety, that possibly
she had the jim jams.-Gto6e- Democrat.