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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
THE AMERICAN NOMAD.
No Inducements arc offered Man t
stay at Home.

stay at Home.
A curious o.. .-rowth of the rivalries
of Americs.a cities is the practice that
obtains SO generally of Offering bonuses
and pecuniary inducements to manu-
facturers to move their plants After
fire that burned down part of sewing
machine factory the other day the own
ers received so many proposals from
aspiring cities that wanted to take them
in that they were obliged to publish
notice to the effect that only small
portion of their works had been burned,
and that they were not open to proposals
for adoption. Any factory or established
business employing labor can have it's
choice nowadays from long list OF
cities, new and old, any of which will
give it a site for factory, pay the eX-
penses of moving, and perhaps con-
tribute substantially toward the con-
struction of new building. Peo-
Pile who own land or are engaged
in business in cities realize that it
pays them to have their cities grow,
and they are willing to hire desira-
BILE inhabitants to come to them.
They rely upon getting their money
back in the increased value of land
or the general increase in business.
The result is that the migratory dispo-
sition already so pronounced in these
days is intensified, and it has become
familiar thing not merely for individu-
ais to move but for great aggregations
of workingmen 10 shift the scene of
their activities from one city to another,
sometimes thousands of miles away.
Time was when where the average
man found himself living there he con-
tinued to live, unless circumstances OF
exceptional urgency impelled him to
change his residence. 1t is different
now. Transportation has become so
cheap, and travel so easy, that the ties
of locality sit very lightly on the aver
age American, and the fact that you find
him settled this year in New York or
Pennsylvania affords you very uncer-
tain basis for expecting to find him next
year in the same place. When you hear
! of him again, If he hasn't moved to
Texas, or Tacoma, or Southern Cali
fornia, or Maine, or North Dakota, you
| feel that he must have had some ex-
ceptionally good reasons for staying at
home. Men used to wag their heads
and croak about the inability of rolling
stones to gather moss. We have changed
all that. Moss is at discount and there
/ is premium upon rolling.-From ''The
| Point OF View," In 3cribner.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
How Fertility Is Wasted.

When | see, says a writer in Farm and
Home, the water in ravines discolored
from the drainage from the corrals which
border them | believe somebody is pay
ing dearly for his improvidence and Ia
ziness. There may have been some ex-
cuse for first settlers locating their
feeding yards in sheltered places along
the streams, but this practice ought to
have been abandoned by farmers long
ago. OF course such yards are cleared
of manure free of expense to the own
ers, but this incurs great loss which
be removed from the ravines and placed
on high ground. In this way all drain
age from them will be of direct benefit
to the land. If such places are necessa-
rily bleak shelter should be erected. II
unable to build barns and substantial
stables put up walls and temporary
shelters. Keep your stock confined to
the yards and stables as much as posi-
BILE, and bed tnom we'll with straw OF
refuse from the haystacks. Permit nc
prairie hay to remain in the field be-
cause useless for feeding. Haul it into
the yard to increase the size and value
of the manure heap. My experience as
a farmer tells Ao that manure made and
kept under shelter is worth double that
made in the open yard, exposed tc
drenching rains, which take away its
mos. valuable elements.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
POINTS OF A DAIRY COW.
How tho Practical Dairyman Views u
Dairy Animal.

Dairy Animal.
The practical dairymar has small con-
cern for fancy markings. The points of
dairy COW in which he is interested
are those characteristics which usually
accompany excellence at the pail. 1t is
n mistake to SUPPOSE Cow Is cow"
whatever her form or characteristics.
Many are fit only for the butchers
block. While it sometimes happens
that u COW having all the marks that
indicate excellence fails to fulfill ex-
pectations, yet the exception proves the
rule. This non-fulfllment of promise
may be due to organic or functional de.
rangement or to undevelopment of the
tactical organs during growth, owing to
insufficient nutrition-a matter that
should bo borne in mind by those who
are raising heifers. In buying COW
for dairy purposes, and depending large
ly on external appearances in making
a selection, it is wise to place the great
est stress on the udder, the paunch, and
the appetite of the animal. There
should be well-deyeloped udder If q
large quantity of milk is to be secreted.
The teats should be set we'll apart and
generous in size.
If a COW is to give large quantities Of
milk or butter she must be a hearty
feeder. She can not convert small
quantities of food into large quantities
of dairy products. Tho dainty feeder
will give very dainty returns indeed.
A large body is fitting accompaniment
to q vigorous appetite. This is the fac
tory where grass, hay and grain are
turned to butter, and the accommoda-
tions must be ample if largo returns
are expected. The dairy COW should,
in general terms, have refined, femi-
nine look, tho skin should be mellow
and pliable when rolled up by the hand.
A wedge-shaped form, thin neck and
small head are the natural character
istics of animals that are valuable,
since in their case superfluous bone,
muscle and tissue are placed where they
will do the most good-farther back
whore the feed is being converted into
milk and butter. Size of the milk
veins" a golden color in the skin, and
waXy horns are points well worth not
ing, but of moro Importance is tho dis
position, which should be gentle and
not easily becoming irritable. These
are traits that should belong to the
dairyman himself as we'll as to his
COWS, but when they are common to
both, with other conditions favoring,
it is certainly not unreasonable to look
for success. American ,Agriculturist-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04

well-worn family Bible and invited me
to lead in prayer. / had not prayed since
/ was boy at Sunday-school, but was
in for it, and reading chapter in the
Bible we all lsnelt down, and deliv-
cred somc sort of a prayer. In my PEI
| tition ] referred to those sinners who
defed the laws of God and man by maxi
ing spirits, and prayed the Lord to turn
them from their wicked ways, To this
Bledsoe responded with loud amenl
II rose early the next morning, and,
finding that breakfast was not ready,
started for n short stroll in the woods
| back of the house. AS left tho yard
l noticed Bledsoe's wife watching mo
with evident suspicion. l walked on
down to small branch, which ran
through the woods three hundred yards
back of the house. l saw smoke rising
among the trees little ways down the
branch, and walking down that way 1
found my host, Deacon Bledsoe, build
| ing fire under one of the largest noon
shine stills ever saw. He seemed as
much surprised as | was, and in an in
stant it dawned on me that Deacon
Bledsoe and Moonshiner Newt Bledsoe
were one and the same person. Before
he recovered from his surprise l had
him covered with my revolver, and tell
ing him who l was, ordered him to sur.
render.
'Drap that thar weepin'. l linowed
you warn't no parson,' said a femaie
voice behind me at that moment, and
turning l saw Bledsoe's wife. She had
the drop on me with long rifle, and 1
dropped my pistol. Bledsoe picked up
my revolver, and / was marched back to
the house prisoner.
""rhar's your critter ready saddled
an here's bite to eat; now git said
Mrs. Bledsoe, and she kept me covered
with the rifle. while her husband
handed me back my pistol when l
mounted my horse.
Won't you pray for us agin, parson,
fore you go?' said Bledsoe, with u grin,
as l rode away. A week later 1 re-
turned with a strong posse, captured
Bledsoe, and destroyed his still. l
could have made a case against his
wife, but 1 wouldn't do it.
1.-THE only romantic adventure ever
met with hunting moonshiners oc-
Cured in Marion County five years ago.
l was over there hunting some wit
nesses and incidentally looking out for
stills. was spending the night at the
house of man 1 had reason to believe
was moonshiner and s. dangerous one.
1 saw he regarded me with suspicion,
but he asked no questions and l felt
safe. The man had daughter about
eighteen years old, very pretty coun-
try girl, who seemed to take ne notice
of my presence and did not once speak
to me during the evening. The house
was a log cabin, with a loft reached by
ladder. 1 was given bed in the loft,
and retired about ten o'clock. heard
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
coRN-FoDDER CUTTER.

cut at the place where the blade strikes
the hill of corn. Il and are seats,
and the machine is operated as follows:
Hitch q morse to each runner and drive
astride the row. The driver sits at C,
the assistant at b, and, as the blade
strikes the hill of corn, the latter
catches it and lays it in a pile on the
sled. When it is large enough it is laid
off in windrows, and can lie and cure
or be set up in shocks as you choose.
From five to ten acres in a day can be
cut with this machine,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
GIT OUT THARD'

my host talking in low tone for some
time after | lay down, then l heard him
take his rifle from the rack and leave
the house. l had been asleep probably
two hours when the touch of a hand
on my face awoke me. The girl was
standing by my bed with lighted
candle in her hand. She motioned me
to be silent, and in a whisper she said:
Stranger, you'll have ter git. Your
critters at the gate. Take tber right
ham road at the forks, cross the creek,
and don't stop this side of Lige Mar
com's-that's bout four miles down ther
road. Git out thar and she pointed to
Il small window in one end of the loft.
Then she blow out the candle and dis
appeared as silently as shadow. put
on my clothes, went TO the window and
found ladder on the outside. AT the
gate found my horse ready saddled,
and, mounting, rode rapidly away. ]
have never seen that girl since, but
am satisfied that she had learned of q
plot to murder me, and saved my life."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
THE VETERANS CORNER.

JAMES MossEV, n veteran of tho war,
died a few days ago at Nebraska City.
A few years ago he applied for pension
on account of wound he received at
Fort Donelson. His application was re-
lected, as no mark or wound could be
found on his head, where he claimed to
have been shot. After his death post
mortem was held and large buckshot
was found iml dded in his brain.
A SON of a veteran applied for posi-
tion to the head of one of the Govern.
ment offices in this city, and when told
the place would probably be given to :
soldier promptly replied: That's all
right, ! was in arms the same time my
father was" The official commended
the young fellow for his wit, brt ho
hasn't yet given him the coveted posi-
ton. Columbus (O.) State journal.
GENERAL MOVES, of Ohio who drop
ped dead in Cincinnati the other ,lay,
lost his leg while leading a brilliant and
successful charge during the late war.
On his way to the hospital in an ambu-
lance he met General Mcpherson, his
commanders, and said to him: "General,
/ got their works, and pointing to his
shattered leg) they got part of mine,
but it's Fourth of July, and don't care
continental
S. S. CARR, of Almond, N. Y, claims
to have been the last Union prisoner to
leave the Andersonville pen. lie Sc
cured the rebel flag which had floated
so long over that prison and the wretch
edness and misery it's walls inclosed,
and he still has it in his possession. 1t
is probably one of tho most interesting
relics of the civil war, and should have
| place in some National collection, as
it is rarely ever seen in the little village
of Almond.
SQUIRE TYRRELL, of Cincinnati, comes
to the front at this late day to declare
that all history Is false concerning the
great naval battle in Mobile in 1864. He
says: at is said that Farragut mounted
the mast and lashed himself fast Ie
did nothing of tho kind. was within
twenty feet of him as we entered tho
channel. stood on the spar deck amid
ships on the Metacomet and he waa
mounted upon the cross of tho mast of
the Hartford. There was rope dang
ling from this place, and he gave it q
hitch about his waist and hold the end
In his hand. Our positions were as
though stood in the street and he were
on tho crossbar of q telegraph pole ten
| feot away"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
Demand for Sheep.

There is lively demand fer good
rams of the mutton breeds, and those
who have rams wonld be in luck if they
knew how to advertise them. We are
constantly having inquiries for rams.
A correspondent recently said inquiring
for ram of certain breed: "If you
can tell me where l can get one con-
veniently, 1 will pay you twenty-five
per cent. more for him than the ordi-
nary price asked by the breeders I"
There is rage for rams, and this rage
is among the common farmers, who read
the agricultural papers. But the sheep
breeders seem to think, as rule. that
1t is sufficient to advertise only in those
journals that circulate principally
among professional breeders. Well, 10
10 no funeral Of ours. Western Rural
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
Not II Running Vine.

For long-distancc running from bat
tle-feld Rosser's famous cavalry charge
away from the battle of Cedar Creek is
without parallel in history. Rosser
had organized his brigade and called it
the Laurel Brigade" Each man went
into. the battle with sprig of laurel in
his hat When they came out they
didn't care whether they ever saw another
piece of laurel again. All they wanted
was to get as far away from that field
as possible, and most of them did. Some
of them ran for three days, and it took
Rosser two weeks to collect his brigade.
When he reported to General Early for
orders, old Jubal looked at him minute
and then said:
"Rosser, you ought to change the
name of your brigade. The laurel is not
running vine."-Chicago Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
"As ! sAELLED THE pgAsE."S

Over and over little song
Sung in my heart, the whole day long;
NO matter what task to my lot did fall,
The song made music, amid 1t all;
washed the tea.c cups, 1 kneaded the bread
~TMy love loves mor in my ear was said;
True love is better than wealth or easew
Was whispered to me, rs shclled the pease.
And as / made custart or baked the cake,
a voice kept saying: For loves sweet saker
And, when the table l sat for four,
Again heard it, DER and DER:
aTrue love is better than wealth or ease,
True lovs rejoiees in tasks like these"
The clock on the wall with its pleasant song.
licked away, though the hours were long;
AT last 1t was time for my loved ones three,
To gather around the board with mo.
In came two, with merry shout
The children are in, but the father Is out
wondered il my True Love 'twould please
To know my thoughts, as / shcllod the peasoi
"a hand is heard on the outer door,
a wel.known step comes over the floor,
And my Darling is here; though no longer
young
wondered not that the tune was sung,
For love in its loved one true beauty secs,
When o stranger eye might see naught to
please.
The merry children make mtrth for all
While the mother smiles and the father tall
Bends low to whisper loving word,
That by no ear but her own is heard:
"Sweetheart, what viands could taste like
thesel
With love, I'm sure, you have favored the
pease!"
SO, over and over the whole day long,
Sung, in my heart, the little song:
.'What matters it II the house be small,
If Love finds shelter within its wallt
Naught else 1 crave but my Love TO please,
Though humble my task as 1 shell the peaseW
Maud Wyman, in Good Housekeeping.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
DISASTROUS FIRE.
A Confederate Line Completely Brobenby
u Single Shot,

A Confederate Line Completely Brohenby
Single Shot,
Among the many good shots made by
tho artillery on both sides, think one
mado by tho Tenth Indiana battery Will
rank away along up among tho bssi.
The Tenth battery, then under COM
mand of Captain Cox, was attached to
Wagner's Brigade of General Woods
Sixth division. At tho battle of lStone
River. December 3, 1869, it was posted
on the left of tho railroad in tho field
just south of the round forest and from
fifty to one hundred feet from where
now stands tho Hazen monument AT.
ter rdoing splendid work through tho heat
OF the battle it was reserved for them
to crown their days work with tho most
splendid shot ever seen,
Every thing on the right of the rail-
road being defeated and driven back,
new line was formed along tho track oil
the railroad from Wagner's Brigade to
es,e rear, thus leaving the Tenth In.
diana battery and its infantry support
at the point of the angle made by thin
now formation.
After thenew formation the field from
| the railroad west, across tho Nashville
pike to tho cedar forest that had been
fought over SO tlorcely that morning, be-
came the ncutrr ground on whics either
army must hghS to pass
The last attempt the Confederates
made on the front gave Captain Cox an
opportunity to put in flank shotin full
battery on line of infantry not fifty
yards away that he took advantage OF
| nd tol ,ui4 ~ rnsp1t mo &c lppri hln
to witness.
A charging column was formed by the
Confederates on the high ground to the
southwest of the burned Craven house,
and in splendid order came across that
field until their right flank was opposite
and some fifty yards from the battery,
Cox in the meantime, saw the direction
they were taking and thinking they
might offer their flank to him, wheeled
his six guns to the right, placing them
to bear on Il given point, then awaited
the moment to fire.
Every batteryman was at his post
Six lanyards were held by six powder
besmeared men who knew that but n
moment more they would send bolt of
death and destruction into the ranks OF
brave but unsuspecting foe. STEADY,
mon; hold, for the word" said Cox, as
he sat in his saddle watching for the SUI
preme moment. On they came! What u
splendid line! Their guns glittered in
the descending western sun. Oh, how
beautiful the sight this moment, and oh,
how horrible the next! Ready, fire."
rang out clear and distinct above tho din
of battle to the right of u.s. The smoke
rose, and there, in one long winrow of
death lay half of that splendid line,
while the others were seeking safety in
flight 1--WE knocked the bulls eye"
sGid Cox. "A cheer and tiger" said
his infantry support and then rang out
a prolonged hurrah for the Tenth Indi-
ana We unteer battery.-American Tri-
| bune,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
DISCOVERY OF COAL.
Who Was tho First to Dig Up PennsyI,
vania's Black DInmonds.

vanlaS lSiack DuinonuS.
The proposition to erect monumen:
to Philip Ginder, who discovered an
thracite coal on Summit Hill, Carbon
County, in 1891, has given rise to q
number Of claims for the honor of dis
covering coal IN Pennsylvania. The
Wyoming valley people claim that an
thracite was known in that section
of the State as early as 1856. There is
tradition that hard coal was burned
in the Valley Forge about the time of
the French and Indian war. Neverthe-
less the Mauch Chunk promoters of the
the Ginder celebration refuse to be
turned aside from their plans. They
point with pride to the fact that the
Lehigh Valley Coal-Mining Company
began practicing mining in Carbon
County in 1892 in immediate conse-
qnence of Ginder's discovery, and it
was only then that the possible import,
ance of coal as fuel began to be appre-
ciated. They claim, therefore, that
Ginder is entitled TO monument and
they propose that he shall have one. on
the just grounds that the discoverer of
anthracite Is not the individual who
knew that the ground contained black
stones without knowing their use, but
he whose discovery led to the use of
coal as fuel.
Ginder seems to be as much deserving
OF the honor of being called the discov.
erer of anthracite coal in Pensylvani Ia
as Fulton is of being called the inventor
of steamboat, or Isaac Newton tho dis.
coverer of ditferential calculus, OF
Robert Raik es the founder of Sunday.
schools. ls.-Philadelphia Presa
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04

Deacon Bledsoe, who was 'sot on the
Bible, with Moonshiner Newt Bledsoe.
'1n response to my hellos tall, in
nocentlooklng old countryman came
out to the gate, and by the light of a
pine torch which he carried in his land
he looked me over. BE you uns the
new Methodist circuit-rider?' he asked.
L decided to play preacher for once and
answered in the affirmative.
Light parson. I'm q hard-shell,
but you're welcome. never lays it up
agin man cause he don't belong to m v
church, and the deacon received mo
with true mountain hospitality.
'At bedtime Bledsoe brought ont a
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
CoRN-FoDDER GUTTER.
A Handy Home-Made Farm Convenience
Try 1t Once.

Try 1t Once.
]. A. Sanborn, Franklin, Neb., writes
the Orange Judd Farmer: The con-
trivance here shown for cutting corn
fodder is made as follows: Construct a
sled of 2xS inch planks Z feet long for
runners, with three cross pieces 3H
feet long framed in, the front cross
piece being exc inches and the others .
x4. The sled is foored with inch
boards, the front ends of which are cut
to fit the back of scythe-blade, which
is placed at a. The heel of the blade
rests on the front cross-piece for about
a foot while the point is inserted in the
hole in runner at a, or about inches
in front of cross piece, giving a square
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04

ST JOHNSON, a negro, who died lately
In Albany, Ga. went through three
wars-that of 1911 as the body servant
of Colonel John Gilmore, and through
the Mexican war he was in tho same ca
pacity with Colonel John Gilmore, jr.,
N the civil war he belonged to Mack
Johnson. 'Old 81" was ninety-six years
old
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-10-04
NEWT BLEDSOE'S WIFE.
How She Got the Drop on a
United States Marshal

ONE days ago
an old deputy
United States
marshal sat in
q hotel corridor
at Birmingham,
Ala, and talked
about hunting
m DON s h iners,
says a Chicago
Times corre-
spondent.
IS o m o of
t these moon
shiners," said
he, "are as
treacherous as