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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-27
Fruit Tree Frauds in Germany.

1t seems that this country is not alone
in the evil of irresponsible and unscrupu-
lous venders of worthless trees and plants.
We have already commented upon the
evil use which is made of colored plates
on this coast, says the Pacific Rural
Press. IL seems that the business as
practiced on the continent is not so
glaring fraud in its method, but no less
evil in its results. We read in the Lon
don Farmer that some of the Continental
agricultural journals are doing their best
to put stop to e form of swindle that IS
being carried on with considerable success
IN various towns In Germany. Certain
astute gentlemen go about from town to
town, hiring shops for short terms in the
most frequent thoroughfares. In the
ront windows are displayed some genu-
inc specimens of extraordinarily fine
fruits and plants, purporting to have been
faised from seeds and cuttings such as
are to be sold within. Catalogues are lib
rally distributed, containing full particu-
lars of cherries that run only twelve to
the pound, raspberries as big as hens
,ggs, Jerusalem fig trees bearing four
crops year, everlasting asparagus, and
similar tempting wares. Frankfort-on-
the-Main was the last place these gentry
lonored with visit, and they drove
caring trade for considerable time be-
sore their impostures were detected.
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Heavenly Match.

Perkins, of Boston, lost his wife, but, a
spiritualist, he had the inestimabie pleas
ure of holding converse with her even
after she had donned her ascension robes.
She bade him consult young lady, one
Miss Carleton, who was to embark in
business as a healing medium, and would
convey to him message of the utmost
importance to his future welfare. Per
kins obeyed. For the first time in his
life he met the Carleton, who went into
trance for his benefit Mrs. Perkins, the
defunct, directed the living Perkins to in
vite the Carleton TO dinner. He did.
They dined. In another trance she was
fairly enhancing. and when by her lips
Mrs. Perkins No. 1 conjured him to
make the Carleton Mrs. L. No. 2 he was
nothing 10th. Between the ladies the
happy day was named, and the first Per-
kinsess is delighted, for she has great
mission to accomplish which but for this
union would be frustrated. This shows
that matches are sometimes made in
heaven
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-27
GuernseY Butter.

Geo. E. Waring, Jr., thus describes the
Guernsey mode of butter making, which,
In many ways, will run counter to the
theories of our best butter makers: "In
Guernsey the milk is never skinned. 1t
stands in large crooks, or stone jars simi-
lar to the oil jars of Ali Baba, until the
cream has all risen and until the milk has
become thick. 1t is then poured into an
enormous churn, and cburned by hand,
with common up-and-down dasher, un-
I'll the butter comes, often four hours. The
-churning Is usually done twice a week,
but the cream is far from maintaining
good appearance to the end of the time
In some of the older settings, in the only
dairy which ] had an opportunity of ex-
amining, the cream was wrinkled like a
raisin and covered with mold. The dairy
men said they did not like to see it so far
gone, as that, that it would sometimes get
moldy, but that it made no difference to
the butter. Probably the volume of milk
is sufficiently to wash off any impurities;
certainly the butter of this dairy gave no
evidence Of any fault in the process.
There was no opportunity to compare the
butter made by this process with that
made from cream alone, as it is universal
in this island. All the butter that saw
was exceptionally good, but this was
probably due in great measure to the
character Of the-cow and the excellence
of their keep. We had less occasion to
examine there than in jersey, or we
should very likely have found the same
variety as there"
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Willing Hands.

John is as black as the blacklist ace OI
spades He was born a slave, and when
the war made him freedman he came to
New York and joined the white-aproned
brigade of the Metropolitan Hotel, says
the Turf, Field and Farm. He picked up
the pearis of wisdom which dropped from
the lips of the guests in the dining-room,
and, making good use of them in politi-
cal gatherings, he rapidly acquired among
his credulous colored brethren the reputa-
ton of orator and seer. The recognition
of John as leader filled his cup OF ambi-
ton, but discovering, to his sorrow, that
politics was not paying business, he
wisely abandoned the field. With the
passing years French walters became more
and more the fashion, and John stepped
from the dining-room to the carving
room; then he became porter, and, final
ly, was content to earn his bread and but
ter at the foot of the ladder-as a boot
black. Even the last position he found
difficult to retain long at a time in the
same hotel, and so he resolved to set up
for himself. He made carpet shaking q
speciality, and did well until the rivalry
of white labor drove him to the wall. The
situation looked dark, but he did not de-
spair. He set up bootblacking shop on
the street and devoted himself so atten-
lively 70 his business that customers
crowded thickly around him. He en-
ployed assistants, doubled his profits, and
then opened other shops in other locali
ties. John pays each of his assistants
fifty cents day, and he regards himself
as man who is doing much good in the
world. He boasts that he furnishes en-
ployment to those whom he found at star
vation's door. Sunday is considered al
extra day and departure is made from
the regular rates. The price of Sunday
morning shine is ten cents. The majority
of the regular customers, however, crowd
the shops Saturday night in order to Sc
cure shine for five cents, which will an
swer for Sunday. Doubleprice is charged
for Day & Martin shine, on the plea that
with ordinary use it lasts twice as long as
any other. The lustre does not quickly
fade from the polish. John rubs his
hands with the air of content which be-
longs to the prosperous man of the world
He has fought against odds in New York,
and has always managed to keep his head
above water. He has no~ sympathy for
the weak-hearted fellows who sit down
and blubber when thrown out of situa-
ton. He says that there is no need of
healthy man becoming mendicant.
When one avenue of employmentis closed,
the true plan is to try some other kind OF
work. There is a moral to Johns story
which no one can fail to see who does not
Intentionally overlook it. Willing hands
can always find something to do.
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TaDey.

Several years before Chief Justice Ia
news death, the Government Printing OF
fee at Washington had occasion to send
hihn some proof slips of an important de
cision, and they were intrusted to print
er boy, who appeared at the Judges Office
and before the Judge with,
SIS Taney inl"
II presume you wish to see the Chief
Justice of the United Statesln
81 don't care cuss about him. I've
got some proof for Taney."
81 am the Hon. Roger 3. Taney-
"You're Taney, aren't youl"
Il am not, fellow. / am the Hon.
Roger B. Taney."
.'Then the proofs are not for you" and
the unceremonious messenger would have
gone of with them if the Judge had no.
admitted himself to be Taney simply
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American interest in Delft Ware.

In London recently, says Writ Skies, In
Harper's Magazine, at a social gathering
which included two celebrated collectors
IF old china, and at which all the guests
we're lovers of ceramics, an American lady
who shall here be nameless read aloud
LongfeIlow's beautiful poem "Keramos."
The reading was followed by converse
lion In the course of which one of tho
Englishmen present expressed his surprise
at the extent of the china mania in Amer
lea; he had had an idea, in fact, though
he put it as euphemistically as possible,
that our people lacked the art culture and
the art taste to which old china appeals.
A New Yorker in the company, who
traces his descent back to old Amsterdam,
declared that this peculiar taste had exist
ed ever since the country was first settled;
the Dutch broughtit over with them; it is
more widespread now, but it is taste
smacking of our soil. The appearance
from time to time of critical works on the
subject, and especially the great demand
for, and surprising sale of, Mr.. Primes
Pottery and Porcelain, indicate the inter
est of Americans in ceramic art. As re-
CARDS the Dutch faience of Delft. at any
rate, our friend was right. Americans,
especially New Workers, have peculiar
claim to feel the deepest interest in the
Dutch work. An acquaintance of mine
remembers the time when his family ta-
BILE was laid out daily with the veritable
.-old blue" brought over to America by
his progenitors from Holland. @And no
one knows" he says, show extensive and
how rich are the ceramic collections of
the United States. Actual descendants of
the Dutch faience-makers walk the streets
of New York to-day, and possess speci-
mems of their ancestors handiwork which
the public knows nothing about. Exhi-
bitions don't bring them out. Many a
ppor woman who possesses valuable cup
q 3Xok plate which has come down to
laef non her grcst-grandmother would
lle1i<nte 70 let it go out Of her sight on any
1<z1nce that 4 would be well cared for
s olGrned." In old New York
d 1ones zr8 .plmty Of
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1878-12-27

Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Sores,
rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in the
Bones, Side and Head, Female Weak
ness, Sterility, Leucorrhqa, arising
from internal liberation, and uterine
disease, Syphilitic and MercuriaI dis
eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emacia-
ton, General Debility, and for Puri-
flying the Blood.
This Sarsaparilla is a combination of
vegetable notwithstanding Man.
drake, ellow Dock-with the Iodides
of Potassium and Iron, and is the
most efficacious medicine yet known
for the diseases it is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so skilfully
combined that the full Alternative
effect of each is assured, and while
It is 20 mild as to be harmless even
to children, it is still so effectual as
to purge out from the system those
impurities and corrdrions which
develop into lcathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence
which prominent physicians all over
the country repose in it proves their
experience of its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues
have accumulated, and are con-
stantly being received, and as many
of these cases are publicly known,
they furnish convincing evidence of
the superiority of this Sarsaparilla
over every other Alternative medicine.
So generally is its superiority to any
other medicine known that we need
do no more than to assure the public
that the best qualities it has ever
possessed are strictly maintained.
PREPARED By
DR.. ]. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical aad A,salytieos Chensists.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Ayer'sMedicines sold at Haven q Fleck's
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The skokomish Indians in w,,,,;nc.o

The Skokomish Indians in Washington
territory have been heard from through
their agent, Edwin Ellie. He saws they
have enjoyed year of quiet and prosper.
ity, and that they earn their own living
oy agricultural pursuits. They have
made good progress in their schools, and
nave bulit church and a school house.
and that quite number have taken out
tnelr nrst papers with reference to being
nasuraiized as citizeas and voters.
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Estaslashe.. 1855.

AheriraH and Foreign Pstssfs-
GlLAOREs q CO.. Successors to tHiFsAS
doS XXI q Co., solicitors. Patents procured
IN all countries. No FKEs IN ADyAxcE No
charge unless The patent is granted Nofte
for maklBs pre1iinir airy txamipaticDs. No
acoltlonai lees for robfalning and conGuciias
rehearing- special atte nIlOn given to In
terfersBce Gases bef, re the Patent Office. Ex-
tensions before Congress, Infringement SUITS
tanning to Inventions or Patents SxNDsrxxr
TO GILMORE q Co Fos PHAMPHLxT OF sixty
PAGES.
Old Bosnfy Land Warrants.
The last Report OF the Commissioners o
he General Land ONCE shows 2 Se7 500 acres
o. BOUNTY Land W arrants outstanding Tfese
were issued under act of 1855 and prior scss.
dlLMOhE q CO. pay cash for tLem- cha
by registered letter. where Assixc mems arr
IN imperfect We give Instructions to rer,ees
United States General Land 0niee
Contested Land Cases prosecuted before ,ss~
United states General Land ONCE and De-
partment of the Interior. Private Land
Claims. MINING and PRE-KMPIIoN Claims
and HOMESTEAD Cases attended to.
Arrears Of Psy and Bounty.
OFFICERS. SOLDIERS, ana SAILORS of the
late war, or their heirs, are in many cases
entitled to money from the Governments OF
which they have no knowledge. Write full
and bounty received Enclose stamp 10 GIL
MORE q Co, and a full reply, after examfn-
alton. viii be given you free.
Pensions.
All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS
wounded, or injured In the istewar however
slightly. can OBTAIN pension by addressing
GILMORE q CO.
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE q CO. be-
fore the Supreme Courts of the United States
the Court of Claims and the Southern Claims
Commission. -
Each department of our business Is con-
Quoted in separate bureau, under the charge
of the same experienced parties employed
by the old hrm Prompt attention to all
business entrusted TO GILMORE q CO. is
thus secured We desire to win success by
deserving IL.
Address GILMORE & CO..
WAsHIyeroN. d. @.
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Zanesvflle Accommo odation leaves Zanes-
vile daily except Sunday at 20 a M, and
arrives at Colum bus at 9 20 a m.
Express trains run daily, other trains daily
except Sunday.
rHOS. p. BARRY, L. N. COLE, W. C. QUINCY,
CINCINNATI BALTIMORE NEWARK.
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He was a crafty editor,

He was a crafty editor,
The editor | sing,
So he bade the prominent citizens
Unto town meeting.
And TO those prominent citizens
He spoke the following thing:
''Since have been here in your midst
Your kind advice doth show
How very little indeed it is
OF Journalism l know.
Igo'afar. on passes borne,
A holiday to seek;
Here are my pencils and my shears
And my trusty paste-pot exc.
Take them: get out my newspaper
Until come again."
''I'll show you what a paper should be-"
Quoth each prominent citizen.
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SOUTH BOUND.

Through Coaches between DETROIT
md COLUMBUS ON both Expire s.
Trains.
Connections made in Union Depot at Columbus.
for Newark, Zanesville, Cireleyille, Chillicothe
Portsmouth, Lancaster, Athens, Marietta and
Parkersburg; at Marion for points on the A. e. G.
w kyi at Upper Sanduxky for Bucyrus, Lima
1t Wayne and Chicago: at Carey for Findlay
iitln and Sandusky; at Fosforia with B. & o. and
l. + and L. Railroads, for Fremont Deshler and
penance; al Toledo with L $. * VI. s., F p NJ
and Canada Southern Railroads for Det-oit Jack
ooints in Michigan.
Parior and sleeping Cars on all through trains
ON ON Columbus 10 New York, Philadelphia and
altimore without change
W A. MILLS GenT Ticket Agent.
OkLAND SMITH, Genl Sup't
n NJ GREENE, President.
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It was but two weeks later

It was but two weeks later
When the editor came back,
Ashe lighted down from his dusty train
He said to himself. ''Alack,
Is that the plying of blacksnake whips?
Was that pistols crack?
Do see at the dusty jail-windows
or prisoners heads host?
Is that prominent citizen
Dangling at yon lamp-post?
Is that q prominent citizens house
Is burning to the ground?
Are columns Of items lying round loose
And Is no reporter found?
Where are the prominent citizens
left In charge-Oh, where?
He fastened to his office-door
And bounded up the stair.
There he found prominent citizen
Was pasting up his ear,
Who as he heard the entering step
Exclaimed, He is not hereI
lnever wrote the paragraph
An apology will be craved,"
Then, when be knew the editors face
he tainted, crying, ''SayedT
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, ,Ery-
sipelas, Rose or st. An
thongs Fire, Eruptions
and Eruptiye diseases
Of the skin, Ulcerations
of the Liver, Stomach,
Kidneys, Lungs, Pim-
pies, Pustules, Boils,
|Blotches, Tumors, Tet-
ter Salt Rheum Senld
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EASTBOUND.
WESTBOUND.

GAINESVILLE Accommodation VIII leave Columbus
daily except Sunday at sis p. m, and arrive at
GAINESVILLE at $40 p. m, stopping at all stations.
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NOTICE TEACHERS

fNHE BOARD OF SCHOOL EXAMINERS
Il viii hold their examinations for The en-
suing year as follows
The third Saturdays of August December,
January. February, June and July.
The first and third Saturday, S of Septe mber.
October, November, March. April and May
examinations will be held in the Ar
Srammar Room OF the central Union Schooi
Building. commencing at $50 A. NJ
ss-Certifcates will not be anfedatec nor
extended.
ESAl applicants are required 10 bring
recommendations from their last employers
or teachers.
BY order of the Board
". 4. PLATT Clerk
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VII.

For weeks the Editor labored
His perils to avert.
With. Through provoking typo
And, .'Owing to an inadverI"-
And when he had things Strengthened
And attained to power and pelf,
The surviving prominent citizens
Let him run the Clarion himself.
New York. June 1873. G.. T. L.
lFrom the Atlantic Club Book, 1884,
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The editor bathed his brow with ink,
With paste his mangled ear,
And when the citizen came to
A tale of woe did hear.
Each thought he could the paper run
When he couldn't, worth cent;
But If they had taken my advice
The case had been different.
When the first number had come out
Two days late-there arose
Wild howl and writs in libel-suits
Came like leaves in Vallambrosa.
Each citizen had an axe or spite
To grind or crafty;
And each did crafty or grind
His axe or spite-save 1
The jail is crowded with editors.
WHO. awaiting t,ial. lie
Beneath indictments for libel found,
And malicious calumny.
There was one vigorous paragraph,
Its author was Judge Bangs,
He wrote a big church scandal up
Yonder his body hangs.
Smith wrote the Common Council up,
The screed was full of nous
The firemen refused to come
And save his dwelling house.
Each prominent citizen editor,
Looking as black as sin,
The other prom. cit. editor
Seeketh to find them in.
He seeketh them at the Office
From morning until night
And when he findeth a confrere
Straightway there is a fight.
Take back, then, this palladium
Ofthe liberties of the nation:
The prominent citizens honored post
1t is the private station"
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MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

This liniment very naturally originated in Ameri-
CO, where Nature provides in her laboratory such
surprising antidotes for the maiadies Of her chill
dren- Its fame has been spreading for IS years,
until now it encircles the habitable globe.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment Is O matchless
remedy for all external ailments OF man and beat
To stot ( owners and farmers It Is Invaluable.
"A single bottle often saves q human life or
stores the usefulness Of an excellent horse,
COW, or sheep.
Il cures foot-rot, hoofail hollow horn, 81
screwworrl, shoulder-rot, mango, the bites
stinss cf poisonous reptiles and insects, andev
such drawback to stock breeding and bush life
It cures every external trouble OF horses. s..>-.
rs lameness, scratches, swinny, sprains, founder.
windgan, ring bone, ETC., etc.
The Mexican Mustang Liniment is the quickest
cure in the world for accidents occurring In the
family, IN tie absence Of q physician, such as
burns scalds, sprains, cuts, etc, and for rheuma
tisn,, and Stiffness engendered by exposure. Par.
t;cularly valuable to Miners.
Il is the cheapest remedy in the world. for it
pcnctratcs the muscle to the bone. and singis
application Is generally sufficient to cure.
Mexican Mustang Liniment is put up In three
sizes Of bottles the larger ones being proportion
ateiy much the cheapest. Sold everywhere.
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An Omaha critic thinks aGrandfather's
CIock's Isys over ths sEaxboard Watch p
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COLUMBUS To CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI TO COL;TanUs.

~Neals Nos 4 10 run daily. and all other
0 and t0, and Parlor Cars on Nos, and 6,rnn
ming through between Cincinnati and San
-usky.
Tho above times will be made as far
practicable, but are not guaranteed.
d. W. c. BROWN. General Managr.e
a. M. BRONSON, Genr. Ticket Ag't.
CHAS HOWARD. Superintendent
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II.


But On, and alasl the public,
As ancient bards do sing ---
Is too oft for its best newspapers
"a bydrant-headed thing"
There Is in the average village
No single average man
Who can't turn out a better sheet,
He thinks. then the editor can.
And to the Western Editor
The villagers would throng,
To show him disinterestedly
That all he did was wrong.
His paragraph one found too short,
Another found too long.
There was but single article
That all seemed crazed about,
And that through pressure On bis space.
Alas, was crowded out
Then when he printed it next week
Each subscriber round did caper,
And made remarks l cannot speak,
Concluding 'Stop my paperr'
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TIE lille Clarion.

WHAT FOLLOWED ISTRUsrTsG rs EDITORIAL
CONTROL TO SEVERAL PROMINENT CITIZENS
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OLD,
TRIED,
AND
TRUE.

People are getting acquainted-and those who
are not ought to be-with the wonderful merits of
that great American Remedy, the
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Columbus & Toledo R.R
NEW ROUTE
North, East, South, West.
SUMNER ARRANGEMENT.

Taking Ehect Nay 18th. 1875. -
Three Passenger Traine Daily lex =
cept Sundays, as follows:
N0RTH RnTND
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IL. Marys and Mfpsser Train..-wesf.
Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago
RAILWAY.

6i and after Nov 10. 1878. trains will leave
daily Sundays exceptedl as follows:
TRAINS GOING WEST.
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PREPARED By
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS rvxRrwHxnx

Ayer'sMedicines sold at Haven q Fleck's
Drug Store.
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coNSTspATIcN.

Only with regularity of the bowelsc can T,ersect
health be enjoyed. When the consti pation : ni
recent date. single dose OF TUFTS Pills
will suffice, but u It has become banituai, one
pill si:oud BE taken every n.ht gradually ls,-..-
ing .hc frequency Of the dose until rrrula- a.
aovcs1ent IS obisacd, which VIII sooa follow.
Sold Every where, 25 Gents
OFFICE, 35 EURRAY ST., HEW Y0Ra