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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
SUCCESS WITH HENS In TOWN.

The writer confined from nine to six
teen hens in city inclosed, twenty by
four eighty square feet, for two years,
without the loss of a hen. and with
very little sickness. The house was
six by four ventilated at the bottom
only, and otherwise closely boarded,
securing warmth in winter, and shel
tered from the sun by a grapevine.
comparative GOODNESS in summer. The
rest of the enclosure was lath. From
four to six inches of gravelly sand was
given every two or three weeks, and
the old removed. Grass was given as
often as it could be cut from a small
eran plot. Raw meat wa, given twice
week. Burned clsm-shells, ashes
and lime, we're given as often as con-
venient, though not rs often as re-
CURED. The house was often white
washed; the material of the nests fire.
quently changed, and the nests busted
with sulphur. They were fed upon the
scrapings of the table, wheat, corn,
oats. Water was given daily, and
oftener during hot weather. An ac-
eouLt was kept of the cost of these
hens for the first year,, and the value
of their eggs. Itproved that hens can
be confined and remain healthy, too,
and that they car be made profitable
even in cities.-Correspondent Moore's
Rural NeaC- Yorker.
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ike Dr PierceIs Grand Invalid's Ho-el a.
Buffalo. which costs over two hundred
thousand dollars, TN ess their business
be legitimate, their goods meritorous,
and their services which they render
the people genuine and valuable. DR.
Fierce does not attempt to humbug YOU
by telling you that his Golden Med
ical Discovery W Il cure all diseases. He
says: "if your lungs are half wasted by
consumption, my Discovery will not
cure you, yet as a remedy for severe
coughs, and all durable bronchial, throat,
and lung affections, 1 believe it to be
unsurpassed as remedy" The people
have confidence in his medicines be-
cause he does not overrecommend item,
and when tried they give satisfaction.
His Medical Adviser, a book of over
nine hundred pages, illustrated by two
hundred and eighty two engravings and
bound in clio h and gilt, is offered to The
people at so moderate a price Isl 30,
post-paid.) that it is no wonder that
almost one hundred thousand have been
already sold. His memorandum books
are on every druggists counter for free
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
A LESSON OF GRATITUDE,

A gentleman once making inquiries
in Russia about the method of catch.
lug bears in that country, he was told
that, to entrap them, a pit was dug
several feet deep, ard after covering it
over with turf, leaves, &C., some food
was placed on the top. The bear, if
tempted by the bait, easily fell into
the snare.
But" he added, if four or five hap
pen to get in together, they will all get
out again"
"How is thatg" asked the gentle
man.
They form sort of ladder by
stepping on each others shoulders, and
thus make their escape"
But how does the bottom one get
out?"
"Ahl these bears, though not pos
sessing mind and soul, can feel graft
tude; and they won't forget the one
who has been the chief means of pro-
curing their liberty. Scampering off,
they fetch the branch of tree. which
they let down to their poor brother,
enabling him to speedily join them in
the freedom in which they rejoice"
Sensible bears, we would say, are
great deal better than some people
that we hear about, who never help
anybody but themselves.
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For the Jefcrsonian.
GIN MEMORLAM.o

TOE A W.
The chime, the chime
OF the Christmas time.
Is ringing sweet toned melody
The tone, the tone
Brings back to my own
Lone heart dream of rhapsody.
II speaks Of time when a maiden fai,
Walked down ny the river of life with
me;
We clasped our hands on the beaten
shore,
And vowed that our hearts should for
evermore,
BE one through eternity.
My BRIDE my bride,
By the rivers side.
We launched our boat and sped away ::
Thy face, thy face
With radient grace,
Wore roses, and lilies in bloom that day.
The sky above us was bright and fair;
The river of life flowed peacefully on;
We knelt US down with unbounded love.
And prayed that God, our Father above,
Would guide US in safety home.
Alas, Alas,
For the days that pass,
They bring mo myrtle in bloom for me
Alone! Alone.
Nv beautiful one.
Went home an angel of God to be.
To Heaven my white-winged dove
hath flown;
To the jasper city, with streets of gold;
Deaths angel took, in his starry flight,
My angel, my love, my life, my light,
The lamb of God to behold.
l bow. oh, God,
To the Christening rod,
That scourgeth me sorely at thy com
mand
Oh, grief! oh, grief,
1t is blest relief,
That sorrow is dealt by loving hand
For the bruised reed thou wilt never
break.
Teach me to pray till the summons
come,
And Iplace my feet on the shining shore,
And clasp the hand of my friends once
more;
My Father, They will be done,
JENNIE B. WILSON.
Ohio.
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KINDERGARTEN has been introduced

KINDERGARTEN has been introduced
into the public school system of Column
bus. Only a beginning has been made
but it is met with much encouragement,
Miss Ross thorough Kindergarten has
been employed to take charge of the
work. She has made a special study of
the subject in Germany. She has three
assistants in training who will soon be
able to take charge of separate rooms.
The great drawback to IFS general intro
duction into our cities and towns is the
expense, which is much more per capita
than for the subsequent primary instruc-
ton. Just at present good kindergart-
ners are scarce and the salaries they COM
nand are correspondingly light, yet the
great waking up of mind resulting from a
course in the kindergarten would more
than repay the expense of it in the sub
sequent school life of the child. The in
thought and observation there
enjendered would be of incalcuable ben
eft to many children and would do much
good to ALL
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WHY ADVERTISE.

People sometimes ask why does DR. r
V Pierce, of Buffalo, \ Y, Y,spend SO much
money in advertising his family medi-
cines. which are so well known and sur
pass all other remedies in popularity
and sale. 1t is well known that A I
Stewart considered it, good policy, and
undoubtedly it paid him, to spend many
hundred thousand dollars in advertising
his goods, yet nobody questioned the
excellence of his merchandise. The
grand secret of success lies in Offering
only goods which possess merit to sus-
tain themselves, and then through iber-
al and persistent advertising making the
people thoroughly acquainted with
their good qualities. Men do not sue
ceed in massing great fortunes, establish
ing thriving and permanent business,
and founding substantial Institutions
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
KILLING POULTRY.

s'Clarissa" wished 70 know why the
poultry she kills at home is hard, al
though young, while that which she
buys is tender. The easiest answer we
can give is that very often the fowls
are not killed till the company has ar
rived or expected. They are then still
rigid from death, and nothing will
overcome it. 1t may be difficult to
find in private house poultry as good
as that to be bought in London, but
there is no reason why the difference
should be so great. As it is necessary
chickens should be killed when they
are fit, and before they get hard, there
is no reason why there should not al
ways be a couple of chickens hanging
in the larder Of the house. They will
keep three or four days in the summer.
ten days or fortnight in the winter.
This has been often thought ilnpossi-
BILE, but in needs only little manage
ment and the knowledge of how it is
to be done. As rule the chickes are
not spoiled by the weather, but by the
food in the body, which ferments
and causes corruption. The chickens
should be cut off from food or water
for twelve or fourteen hours before
they are killed. They should be picked
at once; a picked fowl keeps better
and longer than one in its feathers. 1t
should be hung in a good, cool place
where there is a moderate draught,
and kept there till it is quite limp, and
then it will be quite tender to eat
London Journal.
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A BEAUTIFUL AND PERFECT HEDGE
Courier Journal.


THE PYRACANTH HEDGE PLANT.
In the skiilful and economic manage
ment of our farms there is one subject,
pertinent to our interests, demanding
more attention and reform than our
present mode of fencing and its blight
ing effects ON our forests. The prob
lem of the future source of our timber
supply for building and maintaining
the countless the housands OF miles of fenc
ing in the United States, is one of
grave import.
Aside from the expense, in few years
timber will be inaccessible at the pres
ent rate of consumption, and our only
recourse for fencing, except where
stone exists, will be in the adoption of
some dense variety of shrub as a hedge
plant.
The unsatisfactory experiment with
the Usage orange have caused many TO
be seeptical as to the possibility of any
plants subserving the use of fence. In
this connection, and as rebuttal of q
falIacious idea, l will call the attention
of your readers 10 the pyracanth, al
evergreen Indigenous to Persia, and
SO beautiful as to fascinate the senses of
the victorious legands under Alexander
the Great, who carried it home with
him to Greece. This plant is strictly
a shrub, attaining height of about
eight feet in the absence of pruning;
is propogated from cuttings, and, d,when
planted at intervals of eight inches in
the hedge rows will make a fence in
four or five years, under the cultiva-
ton required for a row OF corn, that
will resist pig, OK or mule. Each leaf
is armed with a thorn as sharp and
penetrating as a cambria needle.
have, around large orchard and
vineyard near this place, about one
mile of pyracanth hedge, that resisted
the severe winter of 1874, the coolest
ever experienced in Tennessee, the
Thermometer indicating twelve de-
grees below zero; and in like manner
the long drouth and intense heat of
the preceding summer without any
visible bad effect.
Unlike the Usage orange, the Pyra-
canth does not sprout and throw up
additional stems-moreover,i it shades
only the ground beneath the plant,
and does not impoverish nor effect the
fertility and productiveness of ground
adjacent. The lateral branches inter
lock SO closely in the hedge row as to
render it impenetrable either to very
small or large animals. 1t yields read
lily to the knife, and conforms to any
desired shape. In the spring season it |
is covered with a veil of white flowers
that give it the appearance of a bank |
of snow, and In autumn and winter
With clusters of flaming red berries.
IRON which its botanic name is OBJ
tained. 4tss e
It. ID ubiquitous In habit, crossing
With equal facility ON hilltop or in val.
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GdnsafiopaI gnlumn.
Conducted br c. r. PALMER.
OYFR THE RUINS.

Tears for the dead whose bodies lent
Fuel for Deaths grim sacrament.
Theirs was the agony, bitter and brief
Ours the heartache and lingering grief
Tears for the homes that are stricken
to-day,
Mourning the loved ones snatched away,
the lost who shall come NO
more;
Tears for the hearts that are bleeding
and sore;
Tears for the living not less than the
dead
The living who will not be comforted:
Who weep over the bodies, blackened
and charred, q.
Burned in the playhouse, evil starred.
Mare Z Cook.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26

THE Boston School Board has under
consideration two new rules, one of
which raise the age of admission to pri-
mary schools 10 six years, the other re-
duces the hours of work in them to three
each day, with recess of thirty min
utes, from half past ten to eleven, SO that
the daily session Will begin at nine and
end at half past twelve o'clock. This is a
sensible plan.-Harpers Weekly.
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Domr.dasmaudgardfn
FROZEN BITS FOR HORSES MOUTHS

Let any one who has the care OF a
horse these cid, frosty mornings de-
Hberately grasp in his hand piece OF
iron; indeed, let him touch to it the
tip of his tongue, and then let him
thrust the bit into the mouth OF his
horse If he has the heart to do it, The
horse Is an animal of nervous organi-
zation. His mouth is formed OF deli
cate glands and tissues. The temper
ature of the blood is the same as in
the human being, and, as in man, the
mouth is the warmest part of the body.
Imagine, we repeat, the irritation that
would be caused the human, and COZ
slider that, if not in the same degree,
still the suffering of the animal is very
great. And il is not a momeatary pain.
Food is eaten with difficulty, and the
irritation repeated day after day causes
loss of appetite aud loss of strength
Many u horse has become worthless
from no other cause than this. Before
India rubber bits were to be had, l
myself used bit covered with leather,
and on no account would have dis
peDsed with it in freezing weather
Boston Herald.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
"wHERE DOES THE DAY BEGINp'

The day begins on an irregularly
curved line drawn southwar6ly from
Behring's Straits, through the Pacific
ocean. Islands which received their
civilization from this continent are on
the east of this line; those which receiv-
ed it from Asia are on the west of the
line. 1t starts from Behring's Straits at
a point near the 1S0th meridian, and
comes westwardly along the coast Of
Japan, passing between the Philippine
Island and Borneo, thence eastwardly to
a point near the 1S0th meridian on the
antarctic circle. Practically the change
of date in the log-book is made by nav
agators on passing the 1S0th meridian,
unless they have touched. or are intend
ing 10 touch, at the Philippine Islands;
in that case the change is made between
those islands and Borneo.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26
A SHORT WAY OF COMPUTING IN
TEREST.

In a recent issue of the CouriL;r find
the f flowing rule illustration.
A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY CON-
PUTTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PEE
CKNT. FOR Any LENGTH OF TINE.
Multiply the principle (amount Of
money at interest) by the time reduced
to days; then divide this product by the
q,SOtient obtained by dividing $50 (the
number of days in the interest year, by
the per cent. of interest, and the qGOtient
thus obtained will be the required inter
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26

The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that are bright all the
time. In the nursery, on the playground.
and in the school room, there is room
all the time for little acts of kindness,
that cost nothing. but are worth more
than gold or silver.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26

GYMNAsTIc exercises for young ladies'
are part of the regular instruction in a
large number of the schools of Germany.
In the higher schools in Berlin they have
been for some time compulsory, and on
October the same system was extended
to all communal schools for girls in the
German capital.
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leys; in sar .dy, graveIly or blarls soils
and, thou gh attaining .b,, greatest
perfection when opposed to the fulJ
rays Of the sun, its deV elopement and
vigor are not obstru cted by ordinary
shading.
The cost of lie hedge is but a trifie
in comparison with the cos. of the rail,
plank or Stone fencing, and, unlike
the ossgr. orange, requires no pruning
after tie fifth year. Thirty-five hun
dred plants will set out one mile of
heoge, and will not cost exceeding
eighteen dollars per thousand.
For ornamental and defensive pur-
poses, it seems to promise the agency
tnat generous nature has created to
supply the deficiency caused by the
vandalism of man in the destruction of
our native ferests.
JOSEPH PHILIPS.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov 81. 1876.
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FARM WAGONS!
Notice.

JACJB SEIBEL, Whose place Of residence
J 3 TO the aDderjgned arkuovp- bus sup
posed To be In The safe Of IudiaDa, will take
notice that Isaac Davis Of the County o!
HsucocK. In the sts.s o. OnIo, did on the
18th day OF December, a D. Si5. nle his pc
tition IN he Court OF ofCoInmon Plea within,
and for, the County OF Hancock in said State
OF Ohio. against the said Jacob seioei and
John woodruff Csfhar.ne Woodrur. VIII
liam Shimenour, Margaret ShimelScE, John
Bofirer MsTy 2ohrer. JufSon Miller. Bzrbary
Miller, Rosa Seibel, Elizabeih seleel, John
Seibel, and Daniel Buck. Adam Reimund
and Stephen syfoug, rartners In the nrm
name OF d. Buck a Co. defendants, setting
forth that the defendants Jacob SeibeI, John
sIh day Of November. 1874, gave mortgage
TO one VI. ID. shafer, on ID-Lot No. Forty in
A. p & ID. NJ. Vance's addition 10 North
Findlay, In Hancock County, Ohio, to secure
dollars each. executed on that day BY said
Jacob seibel and John Woodruff, payable TO
the order of NJ. D. Shafer. Wild eight per
cent Interest. one IN " ana me otnsr Tn, N
one of said notes.-the one nrst nue-Was: DE-
fore maturity, by said Shafer, nensereo 70
plaIntin for q valuable con<lderzuon. ui.o.
out any indorserne ut thereof and tnat pIain-
m thereby became the legal owner tneIeoI.
That afterwaru judgment Vas renoeiso on
said note by d. n. Beardsley. Ju-iiee OF me
Peace IN. and for SAD hsoeun sa',., sssd iscob
aeihai and John Woodruff. for TIE sufa cI
one hundred and fge dollars and aity-ssve55 ven
cents. and costs Of suit. three s9is on s,v,n9 anS
forty cents. That at the time OF tne elvi1s
~ lyi.s s,d ~ - gacs And now the other defend
AZ ants claim ,ome interest In said nonsAseo
rhe prayer of said petition Il that AL .sS
seibei and John Woodruff. may pay tne sz,e
fudrment with interest ana coss soI ~,
Ing 10 yl25.0o, and In default tnsreoi ~.
s.jd premises ma, be sold TO pay tse -
q reouired to appear and answer said psi.
tior on. or before, the third saturday snsr
the 18Th day OF January, A. D. LII
By d. B. Bsardslsy = DrgWn, his AhyA Y
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DIR. FISHBLATT-


talent SIX II and long expelence =. -, -,
phSn
skilled
DR.. Fishblatt
General I n Lnenor E.
tusn iaPaion ohh IToT Trembling Ppns OF
terrible Habits
marines
Young Men,
& g oSef&e have s 9@f enTaSseG % s
wi
Marriage
@ nePT any oiReT
himself att
gentleman and confidently
Organic Weakness
I sps cons 1s PsDss paid the
soR Da NOw Te
Pleasure s sSy @ R apnF
physical and
Debility wasting the ssa
A Cure Warranted.
appI mem andhns month after
DR.. Fishblatt. ''
used fs aiis mas enacted
atey E ' w VITA arrangement Of mind were cured ninedi
Take Particular Notice
& n sen 1s ans
% early ha,s ou
a Faons General s % 6e MeTSs
f6c sp ihs % nd are
Love so,a I'll slSy aS sIe n sTs ns % society Self
% M as5 ssc,nins
Young Men p'0h
a5eT dn ea % saia % sSo fire.
sS e.: a.ss,y
spdbody should apply Immediately both !. ind
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80 (bccause $50 divided by u gives 3O) /;
if4 per cent, we would divide 90; if
s per cent, by 45, and in like manner
for any other per cent.
Now let me try my hand-Reduce the
years to months and consider them as
hundreths on the right hand place ] of
the days, multiply this by ] the princi-
pie or rice persa-The product will be
the interest at per cent
Now take the same example above,
l month Is days we have 16-take zoos
multiply amount s4625O by, Oos-s3.70
and the scholar will readily see that this
method cuts off the whole of the work
above, except multiplying by the first
figure, and the true answer Is found in
the third line-why a teacher should
ask a scholar to perform the remainder
of the work is surprising after we have
passed our l00th year of American In
dependence. JAY GAGE.
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COOP teachers are good listeners and
expert questoners-not necessarily great
takers.
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ILLUSTRATION.

Required the interest of s4625O for
one month and eighteen days at 6 per
cent An interest month is 80 DAYS;
one month and eighteen eavs equal As
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26

A LAW has passed the Spanish Cortez
education obligatory.
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Findlay Branch.

A%AA Cant be made by every sgeu
pUIuIleyery month in the business we
u uuI furnish, but those willing 10
n16s wSI. ,U,5s,c can as easily earn : dozen
w ~ y localities. Have no room 70 exs
pain here. hustness pleasant and honorable
women. and boys and girlsdo as well Is men.
We VII iurntsh ron a complete Outfit free.
Inc onainess pays better han anything else.
we VIII bear expense of starting you. Par
llcuiars free- Wri'. and see. Farmers and
mecnantcs. their sons and daughters, and all
classes In need of paying work at home,
should write TO rs and learn all about the
work Al once. Now Is the tina Don't delay.
Address TRCH q Co., Augusba, Maine. II
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TRAINS GOING EASr
STATIONS.

Alltralns run daily, Sundays excepted.
Close connection made at FremOnt with
= l5 M, 80 III; West 9,l3 IN, T.OS D m
10 AZ III.
At BurgOon with trains on Pennsylvania
Co.. trains pass East 9-22 IN. 1000 IN, i36 D
IN; West. 10 20 a IN. 7.;9 p IN.
Al FostoTfa with trains on b. & q. r. r..
pass East 90 a IN. 2 IS "a m, 2 u p m, 6.ii D
IN, Wet, lc 20 am. 1913 a IN. $40 p m.
At Lin a with ID. q NJ X. H. pass South
u 10 m 40 p m. 10 10 p m; North 3.55 a m,
2'i m. 8 40 p m. +. FJ. w. q C. Rv trains
uass East, l.. . "a m. 8 55a M. 4.0j IN, Eos m;
West: u m. % a IN, IS a m rs pm.
WI ANDREWS. ten. rick-t AGENT.
II BURGOON Receiver and Supr.
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d avs. Sl65.50
multiplied bv As
gives $4,000 /;
$50 divid e d by 6
(the per cent. of
interest) gives co;
and S222 0000 di-
vided by 60 will
give you the ex
)act intere 81,
W hich is $50
If the rate of in
terest in tn e
above example
were II per cent
we would divide
the S222OOO0 by
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PUBLISHER OF SEVERAL MEDICAL WORKS
CATARRH AND DEAFNESS SPINAL DISEASES,
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One trial WI convince the nest
sksptieaL Tia JRRFRRS0kIAN ~ Z
circulation IN Hancock county o.
third larger than any ethse pease
sad ID rssa By Just II wa1Hs1lD.
- wiSA . ruadh.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-01-26

A dealer can maize no bsttsr invest
nsnt than In The advertising columns
Of q Largely Circulating Newspaper
such as
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JOohfh hlLifc
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 81. 1876.