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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15
Steaming F0ed.


As there is difference of opinion
among practical men about the profit or
advantage of steaming, or cooking, food
for animals, we are glad to learn through
the Country Gentleman that one farmer in
Ohio has so far tested the matter he is
satisfied that steaming food pays, especial
ly in feeding large number of sheep.
In the beginning he selected 800 ewes
and divided them into two lots of 100
each, as nearly equal as to size, age,
weight and condition as possible. One
lot was placed in one shed and fed iber-
ally clover, hay and sheaf- oats. The
other lot was placed In an adjoining shed
and fed twice day with sowed corn fod-
der, cut to three-quarters of an inch in
length, mixed with two bushels Of bran
and wet down with boiling water, at the
rate of one bushel Of the mixed feed to ten
sheep. Before beginning, each lot was
weighed on set of stock scales, and
thereafter was weighed twice week.
The details are too lengthy. but the re-
suits were so satisfactory that an engine
was purchased with boiler, tanks con.
structed and everything arranged on a
scale sufficient to meet the wants of the
flock. Since then this steamed food has
been fed almost exclusively. Last winter,
the hay crop failing, the entire stock Of
the farm was kept through winter without
pound of hay, and they came out in
better condition than was customary on
dry feed. The stock consisted of twenty
horses, twenty head of cattle and over
1900 sheep. But the sheetanchor of
steam-feeding is fodder corn.
The stock now being fed requires about
three tons of dry feed per day. Three
men in an hour and half can cut the
three tons; and as the feed falls from the
cutter it is carried and placed in the tanks
for steaming, wet with sufficient GUAM
tity of water and mixed with bran or meal
by machinery, SO that when the cutting is
done the feed is ready for the steam.
With the present boiler capacity it takes
one man four hours to steam it, making
the cost of cutting, mixing, steaming,
pumping water, fuel, ETC., about i've
cents ton of dry feed. One man and a
boy will feed 1900 sheep. The fodder is
eaten up clean. The wool is of length,
clearness, styleand strength rarely found
where sheep are kept on dry feed; and il
brought higher price in the market than
wool Of equal fineness made off dry feed.
Detroit Tribune.
II
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15
A Romance Of Real Life.

In New York, in 1886, my store was in
Maiden Lane. within three doors of the
store of John Mowatt, an extensive dealer
in shoes. His foreman was John Peluse,
who sat behind the counter stitching
shoes and waiting on customers as they
stepped in. One day corpse was found
in the dock at the foot of the street. The
Coroner took the jurymen from the
neighborho0d, among them John Mowatt
and his foreman, John Peluse. The
corpse lay ON the table in the center of
the room. Some of the jurymen re-
marked that as John Peluse looked on the
corpse he started, turned pale, and looked
as If he was going to faint He rallied,
however, but his subsequent movements
occasioned some curious remarks. The
jury, having rendered verdict of death
by drowning, were discharged. Mowatt
turned around to look for his foreman,
but behold he was not there. We stepped
out of doors, and saw him high up the
street on half run, when he quickly
turned corner. All sorts of inquiries
were made, but nothing could be heard of
him. This, with his turning pale at the
first view OF the corpse, occasioned some
strange surprise among the jurors for
many days afterward. .@
John Mowatt was bachelor of thirty
five, and Peluse had seen about thirty
summers.
On certain day, about one month
thereafter, lady in deep mourning
stepped into Mowatt's store and asked for
q pair of shoes. While John was trying
how the shoe fitted the lady inquired !:
You had man in your store-John
Peluse by name-what has become Of
him ~
"Yes," said Mowatt, "but what has
become of him would give good deal
to learn" He then related the story as
above stated.
Strange" replied the lady. "And
you have not seen him SINGER"
No, replied Mowatt :" l have not seen
him since"
Yes, you have seen him." replied the
lady.
81, certainly" said Mowatt, "would
not contradict lady of your appearance,
but have not seen him, to my knowl-
euge."
swell, then," said she, /" am John
Peluse; and that subject on whom we
held the inquest was the corpse of my
husband. My family name is Randall.
/ WOO UOlA III L lduClPuld. HAIIAcu
(against the wishes of my parents) John
Connor, sober, industrious man, by
trade shoemaker. He took to drinking,
neglected his business, and once struck
me while in liquor. We had no family,
so I resolved while we were stitching
shoes together, to learn his trade and
leave him. soon made passable shoe,
when assumed male attire, came to New
York, and you gave me work as a journey
man. The rest you know"
John told the present narrator, some
days after, that on hearing this he was
dumbfounded.
"Well, madam" said John, "what are
your plans for the future ~
Says she, 81 have not yet formed any
plans"
"Well," said John, 81 liked you as a
journeyman, and when my foreman was
pleased; suppose we now go into partner
ship for life9''
In forty EIGHT hours thereafter they
were married She was q fine-looking
woman, and might have passed for TWEEN.
ty-five
This, perhaps, is the first instance on
record of woman's sitting as Coroner's
| juryman on the corpse of her husband.
The above is simple tale of truth
Luzerne Ledger.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15
Virtue Of Salt.

Not more than twenty-five years ago q
learned doctor published an elaborate
treatise to prove that salt was tho 9 for.
hidden fruit" through eating VIII oh our
first parents fell, and has ever since
been the cause Of all our diseases and ills.
though only q lunatic would deny that salt
serves some important and essential us es
in the animal economy. The desire for
salt seems an instinct implanted in the
animal creation, and there is natural
craving for it when it does not exist in suf-
fcient quantity IT. food.
Animals will travel long distances and
brave great dangers to get at saline earths.
called salt ticks; horses and cows are
most healthy when provided with lumns
of rock salt in their managers or pastures.
and even bees will sip solution Of salt
with avidity. Men will barter cold for If
IN countries where 1t is scarce, and for il
husbands will sell their wives, and parents
tner children. In some districts Of AZ
rica SAT- ls lar more expensive than the
dren will suck lump Of 1t in preference
to eweetmeats. But the existence 81
greater or less appetite for salt in all indi-
viduals shows that this substance serves
more important functions than that Of
merely gratifying the palate.
Salt being large constituent Of the
human body and forming about half de
Total weight OF the saline. matters OF the
uiood, the constant loss Of it by the pecfe
tlons, me bile, and even tears, requires to
6e made up by its employment g I con-
aiment. The free acid found in the stom-
ach, and which forms an essential con
~ Is
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15

sANroRD's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARRB
IL a local and constitutional remedy, and is
prepared by distillation. Not particle OF
woody fiber or caustic chemicals enters Into
its composition. It thus differs from all
other Catarrh remedies. aN ia aaA
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15
GoIda .na Cauxha,

Sudden changes of weather are sources OF
Pulmonary and bronchial affections. Take at
once /" Broon's Bronchial Troches," let the
Cold, Cough, or Irritation Of the Throat be
ever so slight.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15

were 90 many little golden grains
dropped opt and oyerloeked by her that,
though she gathered up tolerable sheaf
from the harvest fields Of knowledge, the
careful, studious toi1ers found much that
she lost. tssss ~
. = Lucy isn't Thorough. enough; hat 1t
seems % be her only fault, and rhe may
improve" This was the general testi-
mony to her character.
Outside Of seminary walls, Lucy found
many admirers; and ono Of these Henry
Weston-was generally regarded in the
light of Lucy's lover. How Lucy herself
looked upon him was not definitely
known; but one thing was certain: after
making diligent use Of the opportuni-
ties afforded BY seminary rules for social
intercourse, the young man was most OPP
portunely invited, by Lucy g brother Fred,
to come up to Ardley and help him spend
his summer vacation agreeably. OF
course he accepted, for Fred Taylor was
such q capital fellow, and it would be
such relief to get out of the city few
weeks. sts-ss
Lucy would be at home; and who has
not known the romance and witchery of
country walks and understandable
twilight shade, sentiment and rosesl
If Lucy was charming in the hot glare
of city gas-lights, what would she be in
the pure, untroubled atmosphere of home!
Young Weston leaned sbackfin his chair,
with Fred's note between his fingers, and
pictured that home to himself asa "broad,
green, country place" and Lucy a. the
presiding divinity, ahedding beauty,
sweetness and odor through the whole. 1t
was very pleasant to think Of, and, as he
Observation-Disclosures 10 r,su,rfoo
slipped so rapidly away, that he came
within second of being late at his place
In banka thing that had never happened
before, in all his prompt, methodical
business life. Partly from nature, and
partly from years Of training in q bust
ness that required the utmost thoroughness
and precision, Henry Weston's leading
characteristic was q careful attention to
the smallest details of whatever came un-
der his hand to do. His employers trusted
him entirely, knowing that no item in
trusted to his overnight would be neglect
ed, q let slip for want Of care Of prompt
attention. Twas character worth pos
sessing, and these sagacious ones were not
far wrong when they prophesied that he
would take higher place in the bank be-
f0ro many years. Certainly, he was earn
ing promotion. s.
Vacation day slipped around, and Mr.
Henry Weston made his arrival In Ardley,
having been duly heralded week before
by the hired girl, 90 that there were
plenty Of curious eyes regarding the great
numbering hack as 1t drew up In front OF
Squire Taylor's house. There was the
homestead, just as ne pictured it-large
enu uSezy, WIN l@ gfacelul snad0.ang
elmS; there was squire Taylor, QlgnlneQ
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15

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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-02-15

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
THE CHICO MASSACRE.

EXCITEMENT AMoSG WHITES AND CIINESR-EM-
FLOWERS WARNED AGAINST USING CHINESE La
B0R-ruE ORDER OF CAUCASIANS HELD NOR
ALLY RESPONSIBLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, March ia Chico dis
nat says increased excitement prevails there over tue
massacre OF the Chinese night before last. public
meeting which was held to-day largely attended ny
the most Influential citizens. resolu ION was adopted
deprccaling tine crime and pedging the citizens to use
all means bring its perpetrators to Justice commit
tee was appointed to further that end.
Tae excitement was intensified by the discovery OF a
pacard on the Office door of what known As the kecter
Rancho cautionng the proprietor against employing
Chinese On peril Of the destruction Of his property.
Gardeners in the vicinity have had notices printed warn
ng all persons against approaching their premises after
dark as they VIII be in danger from guards posted Tor
their protection.
Attenuation Of Cinnamon started for San Francisco to-
dav 10 procure from Chinese companies thousand dol
lars To be offered a. reward for the apprehension and
conviction of the murderer 10 mas been asserted th
tr recent outIiges ON the Chinese the vicinity nave
been prompted by the action OF the Sierra iuc Com
many In dIscLargng whites aud employing Chinese III
their places; bur the company state That no wie mc
Ia yc been discharged during the past TWO lAOnl, ana
no extra Chimes employed :, -, 81, ,
strong disposition Il eNnceu 10 Eod inc oIu'r VI
Ccasais at morally responsible for the outrage,
thuugu members Of that order srenuoisly dehy any
su.h responsibility. and assert Willingness 10 assist III
th apur the criminals Tue JoD OF clearing
land o. which the murdered Cinnamon were engaged has
heeu altered To whites at advance OF ~ per acre
on the price demanded by the Chlnanen but Was de-
clu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
THE GALLONS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

FOUR NEGROES HANGED FOR MURDER AND ARSON
A COMPANION RESPiTED BY GOV. HAMPTON.
AIKEN, 5. c., March 16.-On the I'd of No
veneer last two quiet Germans, named Housenann aud
Portmann. living miles from this place, were muir
dercred their house robbed fire. and burned. Sus
uiciOn attached To five negroes named Nelson Brown.
IncIs Thomas Adam johnson. John Henry Dennis, and
stephen Anderson who were arrested Proofs accu-
INFLATED they the right parties and they finally
made confession and also confessed 10 burning the Zap
list church at Aiken, numbering white man named
Levin, and other crimes. On January 9TH they were
tried by a Jury composed Of twelve negroes, convicted,
and sentenced to hanged the 10th of March Ycster-
day Gov Hampton respited Anderson for thirty days.
This morning execution OF the fOur Others took place
in the presence about 5000 The Sheriff had
a posse OF 100 armed men guarding the gaOvs The
prisoners attended by ministers OF their color
All addressed the crowd, confcssing the murder, and
acknowled. ing the business Of their sentence johnson
insisted upon of his during slavery stand
ing INN to tlc last. No efforts were made by tie
friends the condemned men to rescue them, although
threats were previously made Eacn confessed his share
I'm the murder The drop tell AZ II O'clock and the
dcrcrS expired almost without "A struggle. The crowd
then dispersed. Perfect order prevailed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
THE LATE OLIVER AMEs's WILL

TAUNTON, Mass, March I6.-Ihe VIII OF The
late Oliver Ames admitted to probate to-day. His
immediate hers-hs wife and chidren-arc the cxccu-
tors His public requests are: $4,000 for public
library in North Easton $4,000 Tor parsonage Tor the
Unitarian parish OF the town $4,000 TO keep the
church aud parsonage III repair $4,000 for public
school purposes the town Of EastOn $4,000 10 the
town of Easton and $4,000 90 the town FOR high
WAYS and public roads Oliver Ames's bequcst TO his
wife was 500 900: his daughter Helen, 100000; To
his sons wife, $4,000; 10 +. L. Amcs and wiie, as
trustees $4,000 each grandchlld 10 his sisters,
each OOO his Frederick L. ali of his interest
IN the shovel works and, excepting various other small
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
r Q s S G RIP T.
3:G5 a. m.
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
THE RUSSO-TURKlSH CONFLICT.
THE PROTOCOL VIRTUALLY ACCEPTED.
LONDON, Saturday, March II, 1877

LONDON, Saturday, March II, IS''.
A Cabinet Council will be held to-day.
Gen. lguatlcT dncd at the Russian Embassy yeSter-
day. Lord Salisbury and the foreign ambassadors were
present Lord aud Lady Derby will visit llath1dhonc
the country seat of Lord Salisbury, at the same time
with Gen. Ignacf.
The Tunes in a leading editorial, evidently based on IN
tchycmcc from official source, says: Cen ignalen
Will return TO Par. Monday. ii" will not participate
In the negotiation concerning the protocol as that hego-
tiaou is practically ended It's success appears 10 De
complete It is thought the assent OF the Russian Gov
crncnt 10 the notifications introduced by the BRUSH
Cabinet viii b. given by telegraph even before Gen. lg-
u.ficn dcpdrts from these shores. When the Russian
assent gwen tine Oi the protocol 40 revised ny
Great Britain, the formal assent OF the other
Powers will be signihcd. France and Germany
have already declared tine protocol unoDlecilOhape'
Italy assent certain Gen lgnat'H on leaving Lon
don proceeds 70 Vienna, where II aetM-N aS9 cc!h ~
VIII receive Austrs assent Inc success 81 ms III
will then ~ complete. All tn" States al Europe VII
dee hare Their continued interest IN u oi]ect TO Mfn
the RUSSIAN Government has devoted liscH' Ihey wiz
s fa the to FS S1',''" and to ' us9;t
ecuton Of tho reforms decided upon AZ
,ara'j guarantee for lie cause of he Christians,
.a,fyins h.. interests and honor and as relieving hcf
from thc crssi;y OF making any urthrr PrtpAiato'
tor war The Russian Government therefore. IN per-
siince of the sill udtOns or ocNdh"HA VI tc
col viii give tie order Tor t'e ueiloD'l@"'io" VI n''
Inc Illness dispatch from Belgrade says "Lnhiira
instruction. who was 'interued by the AUSTRIAN
authorities thun year ago, nus ntch lei''' any
- rXircrd 10 arrive In Belgrade shortly. Ii 10 said that
Iu.tra has is,Gcd Il general amnesty to her subjects
who loncd the lnsur gents 40 TURKEY
TbS J.niy IeIecraDh confirms yesterdays announce
1ncr mat Sr H. g. Elliot viii soon return TO COlstah
NOBLE a. ijlIiIsn EmDd>sidoI - .....
~ Vienna core pOn,clt Of The Ddtty Aecs reports
that te Prince Montenegro mas Ordcied troops 10 DC
sent to tie frontier by sunday. n-.---
lie Iies's CORES Jondcnt at Vienna says Russians
h i tt owing to their recent experience tuty CouIu
mobilize their army again III less then six weeks.
lF,yotfer Ioreiin Ne,rS see First Iuge.I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
SKETCH OF GEN. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.

Gen. Mcclellan is now 90 years OF age. lie
was bora in Philadelphia, was graduated from West
pot in his goth year. ranking second in his class, and
served in the Mexican war, where be attained to the
rank M captau From that time until 1907 lie was en-
eacsd in the coast survey exploring expeditions, and
was one Of the commissioners which visited the seat Of
war IN the Crilnea He resigned his post in 1857 and
became Cnieng queer and afterward VcePIesident Of
the Illinois Central Railroad In 1850 he was chosen
President Of the ST. Louis and Cincinnati Railroad
Al the beginning Of the war he became MAJOR
General of ONO Volunteers and placed in command
OF the Department Of the ONO. In May 1901, DIS d
Encouragement in the regular army he commanded Ill
Western Virginia and IN July received the THANKS OF
Congress for his successful work The day after the de
fea Al Bull Run on July p, he was placed Ia command
ot the division and afterward OF the Army OF the FOto-
mac Gen scott retired in November, aud he was MADE
hief of the Armies Of the United states IN
III, following March he took the Held ld siege 10 IOlA
,o,er which was soon abandoned by the enemy
snd then slowly proceeded toward Richmond
Inc hattie of Malvern Hill virtually put all
end 10 that campaign. Gen. Halleek had, III
tbe Moan time been made General IN Cnief he ordered
Gen Mcclellan 10 return with his army to Fortress MOI
70 and Yorktown. Five days later Gems Lee anu rope
m, al Rull Run after his defeat Gen POPE AZ MS oW
r,.olest was relieved from the cOinnaud thi uSn.
Igeon was appointed 10 the place. Ia cepIcnOeI NC
Snght the battle OF ADtlean, and III tne next hUntn
Va succeeded by Gen. Burnside ne Icuicu "
1sG4 he was nominated 10y the Democratic party loi
President against Abraham Lincoln. ne Iec1t tt
a. electorai votes of staes-New,Jersey Deia
ware and Kentucky-and about 40 P PEI; oe he
H. uouuar vote. ON the day after the election ne
~ Ino,I MS commission in the army and made New
EorR lis residence. He soon aiter"a ard went "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
pPnMINENr ARRIVALS.
-. prof N n Gilman President of the

FrereH House-Prof ID. &. Gilman. President OF Tue
,I Itontios Uniyersity - RrcuOon HoiseFrof j. ID
Whitney Of Harvard College IVh Argue ~ Snnios
ot Bnao 1rGnd CeatTai Hotel TX senator heuTy ~, ~
Peas, Of Mississippi st Jdmes h'et - V,rv Isy
nan Gra.e Of Toronto and rX Mayor charles - nai' Va
,.tc U,nds,r HofeI-James Tilngha-t Of Albany sur
rg,f House TX Congr ssman William L01gnrHse 81 io"'
Jf,tei Rfud,irrl-Dauit D0ugherty n fhhIaIr'pnia'
;ije,, Ho,,Se- I;x con gre John Mcua ~ lhos
ioS SiaTs Iorel-Lleut. George OAaey OI inc ioy"i "
tiIcrv british Army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-17
vounoster of Boston primary schOo

SAYS ihe Literdry HOFtd, playing about AT nome IN
presence Of his father one day not long Since wben
the lareut heard him oft caroling thus:
"Ange two tunes, Niger on pond
Angie TWO times, nlgGer on pond
Surprised and somewhat dspcased dt the nelegant ma
ture of the musical snatch the father inquired no" the
child came by it, 60 tats what the teacher makes us
saw al school," he replied The next day The father pa
a visit to that school and respectfully asked hc LADY m
srlctor il the curriculum OF her department included
the above dOggerel sue was puzzled for noiuclt TO
understand him or TO reply. AZ last tie whole thing
came with flash of intelligence Anglc-two llnc@
meeting at point" This geOlDctIlca definition, Taught
10 inc children was the simple original OF the child
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