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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Hon. George w. Julian ON Indiana.

''How did the Indiana Democracy feel over
their defeat last Tuesday, a New York
Eevening Express reporter asked Exon
gresham George w. Julian, of that State,
who is now in New York to speak IN that
State, and in New Jersey and Connecticut
Very sick at heart he replied, and con-
tinued, THE first depression was chilling;
it was so unexpected and astounding"
How do they feel nowr' I'm good
heart again, resolute and determined to win
the State for Hancock, with a confidence
that they will do it."
why are they stronger now than they
were last Tuesday, "All side issues are
removed. Landers was not a strong candi
date for time when the paying off of per
sonal grudges would seriously interfere with
party success. The GreenbackerS had a
score to settle with him, and they have Sc
cured their revenge. And we missed it by
not supporting De La Matyr. We did
nothing to win the Greenback vote, and it
went against us. Thousands of men who
voted for Porter will vote for Hancock"
What defeated the Democracy in Indi-
anag' I'VE were smothered with money.
The State snre two days before the cleo
ton. Our poll showed it to be so beyond a
doubt"
did the free trade and tariff scare help
much toward effecting the defeatr' mo.
1t was not heard of in the canvass till couple
OF days before the election.
"But here it is generally believed that,
next to vote buying, that scare was potential
in upsetting the State" ut is a mistake,
and | am astonished that so much is being
made of the tariff subject here AT the East.
Money was the chief cause of the defeat in
Indiana. The tariff matter did but little
harm. fraudulent voting by imported ne
grOes and repeaters did Us a measure of harm
next to the bribery"
How do you regard the tariff issue now?''
at is no issue at all in this campaign. Gen
eral Hancock's last letter has settled it just
as effectively as he extinguished the Rebel
claims question short time ago. Free
trade is an ideal of men in both parties.
Politically, it has been dead issue foraboGt
forty years. Why didn't the Republicans
bring it up at the beginning, instead of ar
the end of the campaign, since they profess
that it is of paramount importance? Free
trade is too big question to be grappled
with now. The tariff is always a matter of
honest difference of opinion, but can't see
that there is any real difference between the
Republicans and Democrats about it just
now Garfield himself, and many other
Republicans, and strong papers of that party
as well. are free traders in theory, but have
various ideas of protection in practice. Free
trade is thing of the future, beyond our
present debt and generation
''Then you think the Democracy will re-
gain Indiana in November" Certainly;
Indiana is willing and ready to vote for
Hancock. The Republican purchases cam
be repeated. Besides the Republican man
ipnlators can't put all their fluids out in
Indiana"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
The Nnxemher Rattle.

philadelphia Times, October Is 1880
No candidate ever appeared before the
American people for their Chief Magistracy
whose record was more blameless as soldier
or patriot than is General Hancock's, and
the purity of his public and private life
speaks trumpet-tongued in his behalf in the
tempest of partisan debauchery that now
shames the country. His name will arouse
degree of enthusiasm on the part of the
Democrats, that is not now expected by the
Republicans, who are already rejoicing over
their assumed victory in November
The South will cast 1873 electoral votes for
Hancock on the I'd of November. New
York can be carried for Hancock against all
the power and appliances of the Republic
ans. New York and New Jersey would add
forty-four electoral votes to the 13S of the
South, leaving but three more to win to give
Hancock the 1S5 requisite to an election. To
gain the votes necessary to be added to New
York and New Jersey the Democrats can
make hopeful battle in New Hampshire,
Maine, Connecticut, Indiana. Colorado,
Nevada and California, and they will give
active employment to the Republicans to
hold their own in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27

There is not much danger when it rains
"cats and dogs" but when it Spitz dogs look
out.
The New Haven Register is awful glad
that out doors has so much room on the
ground floor.
"Alcohol will clean silver" Yes, alcohol
well stuck to will clean all the silver you
have-out of your pocket
do we eat too mueh?' asked the Detroit
Free Press. and out of five dozen boarding
house keepers sixty answered in the affirm
alive.
II am surprised" said a politician to a
heavy property owner that you don't run
for some office" "Well, you see some
body has to do the tax-paying."
The acme of laziness has been reached by
the man who always kept one eye closed
because he could see we'll enough with the
other, and besides it was too much trouble
to keep them both open.
When an Indian doctor has lost five pa
tients the survivors of the tribe send him
after them to see what has become of them
After all. the Indians would lose some adj
vantages by civilization.
A crash in the kitchen is heard. The
head of the family calls out to the cook:
What have you broken now, you black
idiotY Matilda stops singing hymn to
answer "Taint the iorf commandment,
Dress de Lord"
"By Georgel'' observed Danbury young
man who was married last month, IF I'd
thought about kindling coal fires, I'd never
got married in the fall. I'd waited till next
spring and had six months honeymoon.
-Danbury News.
Nineteen men out of twenty can pull q
shotgun toward them by the muzzle and &C
II - l,,s IL, t.otl
man always happens to be a citizen whose
loss is deplOred by the whole community
Detroit Free Press.
An old Yorkshire woman described hel
happy circumstances thus: 1--WE a nice
little cottage, a chest of drawers and pi
amy, lovely garden and some flowers in
my window, and (waxing warm) my hus
bands dead, End the very sunshine OF cav II
seems to fall on me-"
That's my butcher" said an actor to g
friend, at the same time pointing to a lean
Misunderstanding man who was Just pass
ing. Looks rretty bad, doesn't he?
Does look bad,'' was the reply. Looks as
if YOU had dealt with him a long time
doesn't hep The subject was Immediately
changed.
A young man with an umbrella overlook
an unprotected lady acquaintance in rain
storm and, extending his umbrella over
her, requested the pleasure of acting as her
rainbow "0hp' exclaimed the young lady,
taking his arm, "you wish me to be your
rain-dear." Two souls with but a single
umbrella, two forms that stepped as one.
A few facts not so generally known as
they should be: A watch fitted with sec
ond hand need not necessarily be a second
hand watch. Doctors generally agree about
bleeding their patients. Steam is a servant
that sometimes blows up its own master
An ungrammatical Judge is M to pass min
correct sentence. Poachers~ who get into
preserves very often find themselves in pick
les. Any fool can make woman talk, but
Its hard TO make one listen. A thorn in the
bush is worth two in the hand.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Gath Visits Hancock.


The General said he was not sure what
house he was born in-whether in the resi-
dence part of a School-house or in farm
hOuse-nor was he certain about how his
family came to America. ''My father" he
said, when he became above forty years
old, went down TO Philadelphia to see if he
could find the good Quaker woman who had
been at pains to find him home; but they
were dead, and he had not the means to
prosecute any family researches. So / have
depended on hearsay from others of my
name who have had time and taste to look
into such subjects. A Mr.. Hancock of
Lewisburg, Pa, now dead, once told me
that the original Hancocks settled in Vir-
ginia, about Fredericksburg, and went thence
to the Middle States and New England. Mr.
Potts, who once kept the Metropolitan Ho-
tel at Washington. was native of the same
part of the country as myself in Pennsyl-
vania and he had book of wills and t9sta-
ments in which | think it was shown that
on the same ship with the early Potts family
some Haneocks came directly to Pennsyl-
vania-p
The General referred to various Revolu-
tionary battle-fields in Pennsylvania that he
had visited, such as Brandywine, Paoli,
Valley Forge, etc. His mustache is almost
white, and lies back on his rich, brown skin
with pleasing effect. A BLUSH gray tint is
extending through his soft, brown hair.
His eyes have that Welsh blueness not often
seen in this country, and he is at his ease
very neighborly, and talks freely, without the
least attempt at effect. Nobody sits in the
room with him, and if he agrees to receive
any visitor, notwithstanding the doctor
permission, he has them notified that he is
violating medical orders. Among the per-
sons who went to see him to-day were four
young negroes, whom l understood, without
knowing any thing about it, to be the adj
vance guard of Hancock stump-speaking
crowd which is to drum up votes in the
State of New York in the negro districts
Mrs Hancock has good deal of company
in her pleasant home-like parlor. She is a
lady of very sweet address, without any man
ner-smile or flourish, naturally lady, and
of kind disposition. She said that her
fathers people were originally Quakers, from
Delaware, she believed, The Hancock mill
tary home is about equivalent to a frame
cottage at the seaside for summer.
The sculptor, Wilson Mcdonald, gave me
some interesting matter about General Han
cock. He is modelling the Generals bust
slightly larger than life, and has produced a
remarkable likeness not only correct as to
Hancock's features, but conveying that
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27

The Empires cash, the Frauds array,
Indiana
Quite turned your head the other day,
Indiana
But you, in spite of all they say,
The peoples cause will not betray,
Indianal
You soon viii vote the other way,
Indianal
The Garfield crowd are feeling fine,
Indianal
Your act has set them up like wine,
Indiana.
But you will yet fall into line
To vote against Three twenty-nine,
Indianal
0ctober's not November's sign.
Indiana
Now hasten to redeem your fame.
Indiana
Nor let them slur your honored name,
Indiana.
By counting you as easy game,
For brides and cheats and deeds OF shame,
Indiana!
Wipe of that ugly blot of blame,
Indiana.
New York stands forth that all may see,
Indiana!
A State determined to be free,
Indiana
And calls on you to aid her plea
For honor and for liberty.
Indiana,
For Hancock and for victory,
Indianal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27

sometimes absent and dreamy look which
he has when self-communing.. The bust is
understood TO have been ordered by a num-
Der of gentlemen who perhaps design it fora
Club House, or, some say for Gettysburg
battlefield
Mcdonald says that Hancock is one of the
most accommodating and patent sitters
that he ever had; that the pressure on is
time is so great that he has frequently held
a levee in the empty room at headquarters
where the sculptor has been doing his work
The immense mail comes in the morning
while the General is sitting for the sculptor,
and two of his aids open the letters and read
their contents aloud. OF course, long letters
do not get much chance. unless they are
especially interesting. Hancock, Mcdonald
says, has most wonderful memory, and in
some cases, where man has written twice
at intervals of two or three weeks. nOtwith-
standing the extent of the mail, the General
will say that ''he is the man who wrote at
such a time, when ! interlined the reply"
A tremendous newspaper mail also comes,
and these papers are opened, examined, any
thing particular noted, and then the batch
is filed away for future use.
l asked Mcdonald how Hancock took the
result of the elections in Ohio and Indiana
They made no more impression on him" "
he said, than if they had been tremendous
victories Not shadow came on his conn
tenance, and he made no more than the
usual references to passing events. He re-
CARDS the Democratic party as the stronger
of the two in the country, and as going to
VIM
Among the Generals letters are already
begging appeals One of these he answered
favorably. A girl wrote to say that her
brother, while firing salute for General
Hancock, had been killed by the bursting of
the gun, and she wanted assistance to put a
tombstone over him. The way General
Hancock's son happens to be living in Mis-
sissippi was his marrying the daughter of a
New York broker, familiar with the growing
and marketing of cotton, and he and the
General put some money together and gave
the son a plantation, on which he has Gone
very well, though the dangerous weather
last summer brought the whole family
North. The loss of his elegant daughter has
saddened General Hancock and been per-
manent blow to both him and his wife.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Pigs For Next Year.

As this is the time of year when farmers
are determining what hogs TO fatten, il is
also the time for deciding upon what they
will do for pigs the coming year. As is often
the case, farmer will fatten and kill of all
the sows that have had pigs that season.
and depend upon gifts for breeders the fol-
lowing year But it is never good policy
to kill sow that has proved herself a
good breeder and sucker, and rely
upon one whose qualities in these respects
are yet to be developed Besides, the pigs
of SOW which has already proved herself a
good breeder and mixer are always, as a
general thing stronger, start off much bet
ter, and are sure to keep the lead in the race
OF fattenfng- The worth OF a good SOW in
bacon is o small matter in comparison with
the two filters of pigs she will have the fol-
lowing year.
The farmer should always endeavor to
raise his own stock, whether they be horses.
cows, sheep or hogs; and if he has good COM
Portable quarters for his sows they should be
bred early in November, so as to farrow in
March. But If his sows are allowed to run
in the fields or wood lot and take chances, it
is better not to breed them until January.
If they farrow in March they can have an
other litter in August or early in Septem-
Der; but if they have their first litter the
last of April or the first of May, they can
not be expected TO have another brood
before cold weather sets In. SOW will
have pigs in four months, lacking six days,
from the time she is bred, and the farmer
should make preparations for the occasion
accordingly. She should be put in a separ-
ate apartment at least week before farrow-
ing so as to aeeustopi her to her new quar-
tiers, supplying her in the meantime with cut
straw for bedding After narrowing, she
should not be disturbed for day or two,
even to give her food or drink, for when
she wants either she will let you
know After beginning to feed her in
crease her allowance gradually for the
first five or six days. and then give her as
muca rich food as she will eat The pigs
will soon learn to eat with her, and should
also have all they will eat. In this way the
pigs can be made to weigh from $50 to 200
pounds by the time they are eight months
old. This is the most profitable way to
make pork. No time for cholera no time
for idle capital; no time for had Luck OF
any kind.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27

terial, which passes along the back OF the
sheep and branches off toward the thighs OF
the hind legs, and is attached to a shield on
each hind leg, which shields conform to
the parts of the. hind legs above the knee,
the shields being perforated and furnished
with outward projectingpoints. 1t has been
observed that dogs often attack sheep at the
points covered by the shields, hence the
employment of them in combination with
the collars. The projections or points on
the collars and shields operate TO lacerate
the mouth of the dog in case it should at
tack the sheep, the point of attack, as a
rule, being the the parts covered by the col
lars and shields.
The illustrations of sheen incased in this
style of armor go TO show that the numerous
collar-straps, metal sheets, and projecting
points weigh about twenty pounds The
various parts of the combination projectors
are so arranged as to wear off the wool from
the back, sides, and legs of sheep in a very
effective manner. 1t will be a very easy job
TO shear sheep that wear one Of these patent
protectors. Apparently it will be very diff
cult for sheep to lie down that have iron
braces running over them in all directions.
When they come in contact the striking of
the projecting points will be likely to make
the hair fly" In lacerating the flesh and tear
in out eyes they will be far ahead of thorn.
bushes or the barbs on wire fence This
coat of mail will, of course, be quite ex-
pensive, and lambs in different stages of
their growth will require as many changes
as boys do pantaloons, in order to have any
thing like a respectable fit. As sheep loaded
down and hampered TO this ponderous col
lection of metal in different forms can not
run when pursued by their enemies, they
will probably be trained to stand in solid
phalanx and await the attacks OF dogs and
wolves. 1t is gratifying to know that the
recent 'sheep BOOM has done so much to
encourage inventive ingenuity.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Novel sheep Protector.

Some genius who has read about the losses
of sheep by the ravages of dogs and wolves
has concluded to put astop to the slaughter
of the innocents" by providing them with
coat of mail. He has invented forked
shield, and with an eye to business, has Sc
cured patent for it. The following is de-
scription of the ''strange device:'
The invention consists of two collars for
the neck OF the sheep which are provided
with sharp-pointed projections and are
coupled together by two or more links. To
the upper side of the rear collar is attached
chain, strap, orstrip of metal or other ma
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
How New Jersey Votes.
buffalo Courier, Oct. Is, 1880. J

Counting on New Jersey for Garfield is
even worse than counting chickens before
they are Matched. This State stood by Doug
las and by Mcclellan against Lincoln, by
Seymour against Grant and by Tilden
against Hayes General Hancock is proba-
bly, stronger in New Jersey than any one of
the Democratic Presidential candidates who
have carried it during the last twenty years.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Origin of the Merino Sheep.

As the ancient Greeks had no cotton nor
silk, and very little linen, and as sheep's
wool was the principal texture from which
their clothes were made, they took peculiar
care to cultivate with especial care such
breeds of sheep as produced very fine wool.
Such breeds were those of the Greek city of
Tarentum, situated on the Tarentine Gulf.
In order to improve the fine quality of the
wool still more, the sheep were covered
with clothes in cold weather as it was found
by experience that exposure to cold made
the wool coarser. Thus clothing these sheep
from generation to generation resulted in a
very delicate breed with exceedingly fine
wool according to the law established by
Darwin in regard to selection and adapta-
ton TO exterior conditions.
This product of Greek industry was trans
mitted by them to the Romans whose great
agricultural author Colunella, state9 that
his uncle in Spain crossed the fine Tarentine
sheep with rams imported from Africa, and
obtained stronger breed, combining the
whiteness of fleece of the father with the
fineness of the fleece of the mother and
having obtained such results the race was
perpetuated. The absence of other finer
textures made the Spanish sheep sovaluable
that in the beginning of our era they were
sold in Rome for 81 900 in gold head an
enormous price for those times, when money
had much more value than now
When the barbarians invaded Italy these
sheep were all exterminated, while the
greater portions Of the Roman possessions
were laid waste. But in the less accessible
mountains of Spain the Moors preserved
the breed, and it is to them that modern
Spain owes the merino sheep, which are the
direct descendants of this cross breed of the
Greek and African ancestors referred to. 1t
is valuable inheritance, too which that
country owes to the combined Greek,
Roman, and Moorish civilization, and Of
which our California wool-growers also earn
the advantage, by the prosperity of thi.
breed of sheep, which was there few year.
ago.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27
Another Republican Manufacturer for
Hancock.
[special % the sew YORK World

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 17.-Colonel Henry
Mccormick, one of the most extensive iron
manufacturers in the State, has announced
himself for Hancock and English. He says:
IF the Presidential election has any bear
ing upon the tariff question: infinitely
prefer Hancock. born and bred in the valley
of the Schuylkill, amid mines and furnaces,
in community where all parties are unit
on the tariff, to Garfield, a member of that
Free-trade Club, the Golden"
Colonel Mccormick has been accustomed
to vote the Republican ticket at Presidential
elections. He is connected with works here
which employ about 200 hands.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-10-27

fresh bed; continue these cleanings every
four days until they leave the nest All
the foregoing relates exclusively to pigeon
houses but for poultry house the follow
ing is practical method: Syringe vigor-
susly, and use plenty of insect powder, but
have no setting hens in this house. / can
assure you that setting hens do not ac-
custom themselves easily to a noise. For
them have had to choose special lonely
place and well aired; With the proposed
daily Swinging there is one other cause of
fear-in the cold water touching on an egg
during the process of incubation, or on the
young ones.
Mr. Schneider will acknowledge that cold
water thrown on an egg would stop incuba-
ton. In winter We do not touch eggs under
going the process of incubation with cold
hands, for fear of doing harm to the sitting
A partial chill would produce diseased or
deformed chick. As to the young ones the
dampness caused by the daily Swinging
would make them i'll. / acknowledge the
great efficacy of water, but take the liberty
TO question the mode of application. | so
appreciate the value of water that all the
poultry utensils are washed in running
and even nest-boxes. The stormy weather
we have lately experienced has
unfortunately favored the increase of YER
min, and in many poultry-yards the
birds are very much Inconvenience
by it. have been shown hens that would
not eat, and yet were not i'll; having exam
ined them, | saw that they were eaten by
the vermin. Birds seek out the smallest
hollow containing dust, that they may
powder themselves in. 1t is, therefore, es-
sential to procure ESPECIALLY for hens) a
dust-hole (under covert and to fill it with a
mixture of earth, cinders and small guam
tity of flower sulphur. They will easily find
it out and appreciate il, and even fight to
to get to this dust bath. The insects having
been removed from the fowls, they must
not be again allowed in the fowl-house or
nest-boxes This is the time for well-syring-
ing the fowl-house with water mixed with
turpentine or petroleum, and then lime
white throughout.
One of the best things for preventing YER
min is any kind of cinder | use it in nest
boxes and on the ground of the lighthouses,
and | extract from it valuable manure. If |
have no cinders use lime. l leave to others
more competent on the subject to define the
value of this manure.
have over 100 poultry houses, and not
one has vermin, and consequently my birds
health ismoSt important; it is at the starting
point of breeding and rearing with cleanli-
ness you prevent disease and vermin. 1t is
admitted that cleanliness helps to develop
the birds. Careful agriculturists see to this
in their stables, cow-house, piggeries etc
This care and cleanliness land here l quite
agree with DR.. Schneider) ought to extend
to the poultry and pigeon-houses.