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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
--Rye bread is common feed for
horses in Belgium and Germany.


--Rye bread is q common feed for
horses in Belgium and Germany.
Tho butter supply can be increased
by frequent stirring of the cream.
Blow up througha lamp chimney,
not down, TO oxtinguish the light with
out danger
Remember that animals can nottol
you of their pains. Watch for symp-
toms of illness.
The restoration to fertility of inn
povorished farms may he accomplished
through the roaring and feeding of live
stock.-2roy Times.
We have always advised against tho
purchase of incubators of any and every
kind but the good old hen.- Colmdps
Rural World.
Manure is rs necessary to success
ful farming as an engine to steamship,
or as fuel to Locomotives; and tho
amount of discussion on the saving and
use of manures shows that their iuport
ancc is well understood by intelligen
cultivators. - Western Rural.
DR.. John II. lamar, Cecil, Md,
says of "forging" horses: ave sug-
gcst driving your horse barefooted as n
cure for forging. 1t succeeded perfect
ly with us. First Use him very little,
but gradually give him as much work
on the road as usual. If his feet wear
and become a little tender, put on toe
tips 'half-moon shoes, not over four
inches long. He will not overreach,
and the forging will stop"
-Rhubarb, much despised dish by
many, can be made very delicious il
cooked in this way: Wash it, cut it up
in inch pieces, place in stone crock,
cover well with white sugar, using no
water whatever, and place it in the
oven to bake about twenty-five min
utcs. In making pies of it use strips
across the top for n change. Even a
change in the appearance of food some
times makes ii taste better.-,BoSton
BUdget.
All trees and shrubs should be
properly labelled. The labels that come
on the trees from the nursery should not
be relied on, as the names soon wash
off. Sheet zinc, cut in the form of n
long tapering wedge, makes the best
cheap label we know of, being inde-
structible, easily applied, and can never
injure the tree if rightly put on. This
is done in the easiest possible way by
merely coiling the tapering end around
a small branch several times, and thus
it will yield to the increase of size. Tho
writing may be done with common
lead pencil, and will increase in distinct
ness with timc.-M Y. Telegram.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
THE NOISY FOURTH.


Once again tho Fourth Is glorious,
And the youngsters nro victorious,
As thoy shout
Bright and carly In tho morning,
Thoughts of sleep and breakfast scorn'
Thoy aro out,
And the nOiso
OF the boys
Dusy hosts whom none can number, drives
from weary eyes of slumbcr
OF the morn,
While of rest the yclls borcnve MS, and the
carly crackers leave us
All fororn.
Now farewell to peace and quictl
For the youngsters licensed riot
= Has begun,
Aud the nervous must be irctting,
From the rising TO the setting
of the sun,
Sturdy men
Trcmblo then, -
While tho women, sorely frightened, win
their windows closed and tightcncd
Stay ut home,
Lest tho serpcnts should coress them ana tho
bursting bombs distress thcm
AS they roam.
Men md women. madly rush
Painting, squeezing. jnmming, pushing,
Pack the trains,
And the steamers where the maddlng
Crowds is resolutcly adding
10 their paine,
Wild and high,
As they fly,
Fiendish yells the youth are rnispN hnd the
bon0rcs still arc blazing
Everywhere;
Crackers everywhere arc popping ANA the
rocket sticks are dropping
N. Y. sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
1nvalIds' Hotel and surgical Institute.

This widely celebrated institution, To-
Gated at Buffalo, N. ", is organized with a
full staff of eighteen experienced and skill
full Physicians and Surgeons, constituting
the most complete organization of med
ical and surgical skill in America, for the
treatment of all chronic diseases whether
requiring medical or surgical means for
their cure. Marvellous success has been
achieved in the cure of all nasal, throat
and lung diseases liver. and kidney dis
eases, diseases of the digestive organs
bladder diseases diseases peculiar to
women, blood taints and skin Diseases
rheumatism, neuralgia, nervous debility,
paralysis, epilepsy (fts), spermatorrhea,
impotency and kindred affections. Thou
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respondence. The cure of tho worst rupt-
ures, pile tumors, varicocele, hydrocele
and structures is guaranteed, with only n
short residence at tho institution. Send 10
cents in stamps for the Invalids' Guido
Book Q6s pagesl. which gives all particu-
lars. Address, Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
THE best thing yet discovered for soa-
sickness is port.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

The object of those who provide
doves for shooting matches is to produce
birds which will rise rapidly from the
trap. fly erratically, and make q strug-
gle to get out of the bounds, even If hit.
In England the plan used to be to pull
a few feathers out of the birds tail and
apply tar to the spot or to run n pin into
the flesh. The practices were stopped
by the authorities, and now anew meth
cd is in use. The only water given to the
birds for twelve to twenty-four hours
before the tournament is salt water
This almost maddens them, and when
they rise from the trap they fulfill all
requlremepts,-M Y Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

Coffee Cake; One cup Q ach of cof
fee and molasses, two-thirds cup Of
sugar, two-,hirds cup Of butter or lard,
one cup of raisins and one teaspoonful
each ofsalt and soda. Spices Of all
kinds. The Household.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
FARMERS DEBTS.
Astounding Statements from a Number of
Southern States.


The Department of Agriculture has
been investigating, through its State
agents, the subject of farmers debts in
the South, and the facts it has collected
are to Northern man at least as
founding. 1t seems that the Southern
planters not only generally hold their
lands subject to mortgages on which
they pay from 8 to 10 per cent. interest,
but the majority of them mortgage
their crops to merchants who furnish
them with fertilizers. food and other
supplies to be pad for in the fall. For
supplies obtained in this way the most
eXhorbtant prices are charged, the in
crease over cash rates being enough TO
wipe out any possible profit in the best
of seasons. The North Carolina agent
says at least onc-fourth of the value of
the cotton crop in his State is lost to
the farmers in this way. In South Car
olna the recorded liens on growing
crops show that there were advances TO
farmers by merchants amounting 10
nearly twelve millions of dollars in
1882, and the extra price charged for
this accommodation was from 20 to 40 per
cent. In Georgia the supplies boug LIT
on credit are bacon, lard, flour, corn
and hay and fertilizers. The average
cash and credit prices of corn and bacon
age of the State) were about as follows:
Cash. Credn.
Cents. Cents. Payable
HSfniii.,,,,.',:os los Nov nov
The average length OF credit is about
four months, buying commencing about
May and extending throughout July,
payable November |. This would indi-
cate rate per cent. per annum for
corn 52, and bacon .02 over the cash
prices. The agent says that it would
be safe to say that the average rate per
cent, added TO the cash prices of all
goods sold to farmers, is 90 per cent.
per annum.
In Alabama 45 per cent of the farm
ers were in debt January /, and with
out available means of meeting such n-
debtedness. They were, therefore,
Obliged to purchase all their supplies
on time, and for thus having. mort
gagged his crop to one merchant he is
compelled to pay that one whatever he
pleases to ask, which is generally at
least 80 per cent. more than the cash
price. OF Louisiana the agent writes:
"Seventy-iive per cent of the farmers
and planters are in debt. The cost OF
such Indebtedness, in my opinion, is
fully 25 per cent. of the entire crop.
The current rate of interest upon adj
vances of money and provisions is nom
inally s per cent. and p per cent. for
selling, and 2 per cent. freightSi total,
about 10 per cent. Country merchants
charge more, obtaining from 10 to 20
per cent. for advancing, besides heavy
profit on goods sold. ~ Chicago Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

Two ounces of raspberry jam, or
jelly, two of red current jelly. two of
sifted loaf sugar, the whites of two eggs
put into bowl and beaten with spoon
Tor thrce-quarters of an hour. This
makes very pretty cream, and is good
and economical. u Toledo Blaze.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

'TovE Is blind.n True, true. Tho young
man never sees tho dog until 10 is too latc
TO escape in dignified mannor.-C Chicago
Ledger.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

WHEN an idler enters the sanctum Of q
busy editor, and tho editor says. "Glad to
see you're bnck,n what does he moani-
NJ Y Independent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

The trade journals report an increased
movement in boots and shoes. That's what
makcs so many corns.-Troy Times.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

THE superb equipment OF tho Chicago Il
Northwestern Hallway Short Line Limited
70 st Paul and Minneapolis, and Shore
Line Limited to Milwaukee and Waukesha,
tourists visiting the Summer resorts of the
Northwest
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

LASpLApr-"Go ahead, Mr.. Frnidcat,
and SEQ IL IL IL u burglar" Mr.. Fraidcut
with cowardly presence of mind) )-"Ladies
first, always"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

IF oil so-callod remedies havo failed, DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

"RED CLoup," tho Indian warrior con-
templates visiting Washington. He wants
silver lining, sibly,-NationdL Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

If q cough disturhs your sleep, take
Piso's Cure for Consumption and rest well.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

USE DIR. Piorce's pellets" for constipa
tion,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

LADIES who possess the finest complex
ions aro among tho patrons of GLENN
SULPHUR Soar. HTLLs HAIR AND WnIsKEi
DYE, Black or Brown, 5Oc.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

A WESTERN man has cyclone cellar
which he retires to whom his wife com
mencos housc-cleaning, Boston CONNER
eidi Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
EDUCATIONAL.

nor0 a MONTH. Agents Wanted. 30 best
NJhlI &c ling articlesi in the sorld sample fREb
VZOO Address JAY BRONSON. DETROIT. MICH
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

1T is observed that the marringeable girl
of the period talks horse because it is tho
Language OF the groom.-Tj It'd Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

Lssrs Tsss S.e here ss".tisn. nqS fsT1
furnished. Write VALENTINE Bios. Janesrille. Wis.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

FRAZER AXLE GREAsE is tho bost in tho
world-will woar twice as long as any other
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

WHEY HRITTSG TO aDPEETIsEns.
please SAP you sa,r the A6pcrftsen,en6
IN this paper. Adrcrffsers AXE 10 kness
when and Nhere thstS Adserttsss
0rs paving kese.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

nAHHaRH Morphine Habit Cured In 10
uHBHGHH5 to 30 days. Nopny till cured.
hSb E@hsh Ord. J.Stephens ., Lebanon, Ohio
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

Solid silver Milking Tube mailed to any address on
Sreceipt OF soc. Milking Tube Co., Proyidenceh'L
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

m p TO Us A DAY. Samples worth 81 so
" n FREE Lines not under the horses feet. Writo
W. 1EwsIER SAFETY REIN HOLDER co., HolIJ, neh.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09

A. N. K.-C.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-07-09
FAMOUS DEVILED CRABS!

"A dish with the Flavor OF the Ocean Dreezes.n Put
mp In one and two pound cans by McHcnamin 4 Co..
Hampton, Va. Kept by leading grocers eyeryTher
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
IRON POSTS.
They Are Baid to BE Cheaper for Wire
Fences Than Chestnut Posts.

-
Fences Than Chestnut Posts.
have found it slow and expensive
work to set wooden posts on my stony
soil. and eyaded that work in the fol-
lowing way: l procured from a manu-
facturer posts made Of T iron, 8 feet
long and weighing each about IS
pounds. The stem of the T had holes
about ! Of an inch in diameter drilled
at the proper distance apart for the
wires to make q fence four feet high,
the top wire being within one inch Of
the top Of the posts, and the wires be-
ing as in my other fence, divided as
follows: Top space ~ inches, next one
10 inches, then 8 inches, then two of 6
inches, and the bottom wire 6 inches
above the ground. This division left
20 inches of the post to 60 in the
ground.
These posts seemed very slender, and
after being driven in the ground could
be worked back and forth like a crow
bar, but for the provision of a casting,
which wa / shaped, and provided with
a slot to fit the post. Being / shaped
and about 6 inches each way, and quite
that much in depth after it was driven
into the ground level with the surface,
1t would present the same bearing
against the soil that an ordinary fence
post does. and very effectually accom-
= plishes the object. The wires are fast
ened to the posts by short pieces of wire
put through the holes and twisted close
ly with a pair of plyers. The end posts
and those at both sides Of gates are
provided with castings to be placed at
the bottom of the post, and so of course
we could not escape the labor of dig
ging holes for these posts. In erecting
the fence we set corner or stretching
posts well braced; then we stretched
one wire, which served as a line for the
fence, and after dividing the space so
as to make the posts about % inches
apart at nee drove the posts with a
maui or driver furnished by the manu-
facturer. Sometimes the posts would
strike q rock, when we would simply
move along the line a foot or two, and
finally secure a position near enough
to the measured distance, so as not to
be noticeable or to affect the fence.
These posts, ready drilled, with the
castings complete, cost so cents each,
and l presume in large quantities could
be had a trife less. A chestnut post 5
by 5 and 6 feet long would cost here
about rs cents. l am not able to give
the exact cost of setting this piece OF
fence with iron posts, because of some
irrelative circumstances which annoyed
and interrupted the work, but can say
that it was very cheaply and quickly
erected, and Is to-day, after eighteen
months service, straight and good. I
am so well pleased with this fence, not
only as to quality, but also as to cost,
that notwithstanding the fact that I !
have plenty of chestnut timber suitable
for fence purposes, I shall put in iron
posts and steel barbed wire whenever
l must renew my old fences.-Cor
Country Gentleman.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
n vEERY.

As up the mountain side / pressed
1 heard the yeery's Vesper Song,
poured warm from out his glowing breast,
AND echoing the giades along:
I1r-lee, tri-lee, tri-lee, the strain,
Fond love, and hope, and tender pain.
The evergreens their odors gave
To load the fresh'ning Western breeze.
And, fed from many Il mountain cave,
The brook sped downward through the
trees.
Tir-lee, ~tri-lee, tri-lee the song;
And rock and woodland echoed long.
The slender btrches gently swayed;
Their milky stems rose spectral fair:
Around their roots, with Vines arrayed,
Grew red tipped moss and maiden-hair;
And ~tir-a-lee, trilee was poured
A liquid stream OF soft accord.
Dark rose the cedar's spiral form
On that pellucid Northern SKY,
A clear eNpanse of color shoru,
A lake of ether to the eye;
And, ike that clcarness, tira-lee
Sang the lone bird upon the tree.
The dusky stems of lofty pines
Are SPACED with visions of the hills;
Blue harmOnies in melting ines
And winding Wales the picture fills;
And still the bird note seems TO pray,
Like one who seeks the narrow way.
The cattle hid in distant dells
Wade deep through dank and dewy
brake,
And tinklings from their far off bells
Sound Ger the bosom OF the lake;
But higher still the vecry' lay
Floats ike Il cloud of melody.
-.AugtSt0 LurHed, IN v. Y. Independent.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
DUB BOYS AND GIRLS
POOR POLLY.

Miss Polly was pretty and DAINTY and neat,
And would have been charming and cunning
and sweet,
But-alack and alack for a very bad way
or crying or sobbing or sulking all day.
She cried IT 'twere cold, and she cried II 'twcrs
hot I'd.
She cried IL 'twere stormy or II 'twere not
She cried in the summer or winter or spring.
At every person and every thing,
A I every hour and every season;
For any excuse or for any good reason;
Or II meier a reason was under the sun,
She'd cry all the harder because there was
none.
One day she had cried for an hour or SO;
l would tell what about, but l really don't
know;
Perhaps she was nervous, perhaps she was
sad:
Some one may have said her behavior was
Or that she had freckies and hair that was
red;
Perhaps she was tired or her kitten was dead
She may have been hurt; do MT ask me to try
To tell why Miss Polly should whimper and
cry.
She happened at last from the window to
glance.
And saw, whirling round by himself In .
dance,
A grimacIng monkey-a queer little wight,
Who made all the little ones scream In de-
Fight.
He jumped and he capered, now low and now
high,
Til--POlly forgot she was having a cry.
She laughed with the rest till the monkey was
gone,
And then began thinking twas time to go on.
She put up her lips and she rubbed at her
eyes . .. asM
She looked very mournful, she drew heavy
sghs;
Then asked, as she coaxed up a suitable pOut:
"Oh- grandmother - wha: was / crying
sboutY' ..l KILL. ....
-YOysh's Communion.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08

the shortest way homer You tho,,,,
the day that you tried the shor, !!
through the bog that you would nos WV
forget it Now. can't you see that ,S.l
kind Of talk is the short cut throuah
the bogp Its . sort of thing. that + T.
much easier to leap into than to floua
der out of. Suppose you keep cIea, .,
it, Jack; how does that strike you,"
Il think 'twould-it would be a GOOD
plan, returned the boy; "only. thu
worst of it is, ] don't always carry on,
my plans"
"Who doesP" said Mr.. Trusty. ..But.
If you will promise to do one thing, !
think it will 60 far towards curjn,
you"
what, unclee"
His uncle named a person who in hi,
talk exaggerated the faults that Jacp
had been reproved for. "Notice care.
fully whenever you hear him." said
Mr.. Trusty, land if you like his way Of
speaking l give you leave to follow it."
':Into the bog?" questioned the boy.
Eyes, into tho bog, if you like. But
l warn you if you get in as deep as he
is, you will never get out. He neve,
will"
"You better believe l don't mean to
be like him." cried Jack. The other
smiled a little. "But, uncle
"oh, yes" said Mr.. Trusty, 'the
camping bushes. l don't think of any
thing to prevent your going" -Jour
nal of Education.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
Companions.

A boy is known by the company he
keeps. You are judged by your associ-
ates, for the very good reason that
people usually select for their friends
those who are in sympathy with them
selves.
If suspicion in a school trouble of
any sort falls upon a lad or a set of
lads, you may be certain that they
have been companions in mischief.
Wrong-doing is much like a SNOWFALL
rolling down hill; 1t gathers size and
momentum as 1t goes. II a bad boy
could always keep good company, few
persons would credit him with badness.
But a bad boy would be ill at ease
among the good, and so you seldom
find him in their society.
May your Aunt Majorie explain that
she Is not one of those tiresome people
who never have patience with fun, and
who consider high spirits and merri'
ment out Of place? Indeed, no. When
there is a frolic going on, count me in,
i you please. Under the head Of bad
ness, | include the meanness which
makes a boy tell a lie rather than own
that he has been In the wrong; the
malice which prompts him to play .
practical joke, and the lack Of principle
which borrows and does not return.
There. are diseases which are con-
tagious, that Is, communicated by the
touch. We are very careful not to
put ourselves in their way. The worst
in the world which affects only
the body Is, however. to be preferred
q wrong condition Of the soul, and
the best way to keep out Of that Is 70
good companions and avoid bad
~-AaM Aaioris Pvscsph n Ear'
per's HcNN0 Rteplt,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
ABOUT FLOWING.
ls Relation to the Cash Profits Derived
from the Farm.

Its Relation to the Cash Profits Derived
from the Farm.
Farmers, as a general rule, do not
take pains enough with this part of
their teamwork. I am convinced that
l can get more clear cash from an acre
that is well plowed than l can from an
acre that is only half plowed. What l
mean by half plowed is, where it is
plowed by guess, deep here and shall
low there, wide furrow here and a mar.
row one there, with the burrows stand.
ing on edge, or turned over very fiat.
We can do good blowing just as easily
and just as fast as we can hogi it over.
The first thing in good blowing is to
commence right. In marking out o
bed l use two stakes, one at the oppos-
lite end of the field from which | begin
to pillow and the other about eight rods
from this toward the end where | be-
gin. Get the stakes in line with the
furrow where you start, and then take
some object way beyond the first stake
you set, in exact line with the stakes
and the furrow where you begin, and
then 60 ahead and pillow until you come
to the first stake. Stop and take the
stake down and lay it to one side out of
the way, and then 60 ahead again, tax.
ing the end stake and the object be-.
yond for your guide In blowing the
first two times around set your plow
wheel so as not to pillow more than four
and one-half inches deep. After you
have gone thus far, raise your wheel so
as to plow the depth you wish to have
your blowing done. By doing as I
have described we avoid the high back
furrow We would have if we
plowed the first two times around
as deep as we do the rest of the bed.
In blowing the first two burrows (the
first time around) we have two essen
tial things to look after. First, to do
our blowing straight; second, to turn
The burrows over in good shape, and
have the edges of the burrows meet and
set firmly together. This will prevent
the grass from growing up between the
burrows to a great extent. Now We can
60 ahead and finish up our bed. Be sure
to keep the burrows straight and the
same width the entire length of the
field. II you hold your pillow firm and
your burrows will be as straight
as a line. Keep your beds the same
width at both ends of the field and then
when we come to finish we have only
furrow the entire length of the
to turn out. This, | think, il
much better than to have one end fin
shed and from one to live burrows on
The other end to turn out yet. Right
,ere | would like to say a word which,
consider very important in doing q
good JOB OF blowing. 1t is this: l con.
1t very essential that the driver
md team understand each other pretty
veil. II you have q good. strong, well.
'ept team, and n that Is steady and
rue to pull, ! soc no reason why we
ant DO our blowing In q workman.
Ike manner.-Coy. Ohio Farmer.