The Columbus journal., 1886-08-04
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John G.. Dreher sold tWD loads o.
fat hogs last week.
Rain 10 coming in abundance now
and it is just what the corn needle &c
produce large ears.
Owing to circumstances, Bismarck
Township will fail to receive men
ton in the columns Of the JOURNAL
for . few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sissle Of Co.
lumbus Township were in Bismark
last week visiting John G. Dreher
and family; he also visited the
writer.
There was . reaper going on
Charles Hoaglsnd's place last even.
ing for sometime after sun down
perhaps it kept going until the rain
stopped it about two o'clock in the
morning; we cannot state the last
% . fact, "a We did not cit up until
that hour, to personally inspect
matters.
A fine spectacle was witnessed here
on the night of the 9Th, in an ex-
hibition of northern lights, which
shot up to . great distance; this
Afforded an excellent opportunity for
the young folks to remain up 90.
pecially for the girls, If their beaux
were there; we wonder il any Of
them did practice this trick on their
parents.
Jacob Ksrline, while stacking
grain last week, anne ros . pretty
ugly customer in the shape of . huge
%bull-snake; no soon dispatched it.,
however, and when dead it measured
something over five feet long, and
was as large ss q mans arm. Every
one who has seen 1t pronounces it
the largest snake seen in these parts
for quite . number of years.
Hogs are still dying in great num-
bers in this vicinity, Mrs. KarIine
having lost about thirty, and George
Hodsl almost bis entire lot many of
the other neighbors have lost smaller
numbers, and still others have their
entire herds sick. Some have ex-
pressed their opinion that hog
cholera is . result Of filth. and IN
cleanliness in hog pens ; this may be
true. W. saw in last weeks issue of
the JOURNAL that a gentleman from
Wisconsin. says that he fed his hogs
on oats, whole, and although the
cholera was ell around him he did
not loose q hog. This seems to be a
good plan ss 7. NJ. Wilson has been
practicing it for some weeks past,
and none Of bis hogs are sick yet.
Another remedy in the Nebraska
Farmer is from Q gentleman of
Ashland, Nebr. he says that giving
hogs salt brine and forcing them to
drink 1t, 10 quite q valuable remedy
though comparatively worthless ex-
cept in case where the hogs have q
fever. No one in this vicinity has,
a. yet, tested this remedy. Still
another one in the same paper is from
H. Webster, of Austin, Missouri,
which we give in full Al follows:
A few days ago while in CONVERSE
ton with q neighboring physician,
one who takes great delight in rails
ing and caring for fine hogs, 1
learned Of . new remedy for hog
cholers-at least it was new to me-
and AZ this dreadful scourge is re-
in some localities, 1 propose
to give it publicity. If the remedy
proves eficscious it will be valuable
TO hog rsisers, and if it fails the ex-
pense attending q trial amounts to
but little, ss the vine grows in nearly
all parts of the country. The COM
mon name Of the plant is Poison Oak
or Poison Ivy; Latin, Toricoden-
German, Gytsumach. 1t is
found in the forests growing closely
to the bark Of trees. The vine often
the size Of ones arm. Az
some persons are 10 sensitive to the
vspor that is emitted from
the plant causing an eruption of the
skin, it 10 best to handle it with
Cut the vine into pieces an
inch or two in length, boil . quantity
Of them in water until the fluid be-
comes . strong d~ecoction, and use
this "without any Stint" either in
swill or-if the cases are so bad a. to
food - by drenching. The
informed me that he had used
The remedy for several years in cases
Of tho hog cholera where be had to
drench them and that be had never
lost . case. Of course, success can.
not be expected every time. We
hope those who arc 90 unfortunate 40
to have this disease in their herd will
give IL . trial and report results. He
says there 10 no danger from over
This method also remains
INFESTED in this vicinity, although in
other localities II has been prscticed
with success. W. advise all persons
who have n great many hogs, and are
in danger Of losing them to try some
Of these methods of treating the dis
Ease, and il they should not prove
valuable, ii would at least save others
he trouble of . trial, and We are
'urs there are . great many such
spirits in every COM