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Sworn to and subscribed before me, a.
.in and for
said County, this. .day of. A. D. 190 ....
(Official Signature)
AETER DAYS RETURN TO JOHN C. SMITH 14 STATE STREET WILKESVILLE, N. Y.
STAMP
Mr. Frank B. Jones
2416 Front Street
Oswego
Ohio
MODEL FORMS OF ADDRESS FOR LETTERS.
Use ink in addressing letters or other mail matter.
Write plainly the name of the person addressed, street and number, post- office and state.
Place your name and address in the upper left hand corner of the envelope or package.
Follow the model form shown on the above diagram, and if the letter or other piece of mail matter is not delivered it will be returned to you.
More than thirteen million pieces of mail matter were sent to the Divi- sion of Dead Letters last year, a large proportion of which could not be deliv- ered because of carelessness in writing addresses.
SECTION 12-UNMAILABLE MATTER.
Unmailable domestic matter-that is, matter which is not admissible to the United States mails for delivery in the United States or in any of its possessions-includes:
1. All matter illegibly, incorrectly, or insufficiently addressed.
2. All transient second-class matter and all matter of the third of fourth- class not wholly prepaid, and letters and other first-class matter, not prepaid one full rate-2 cents.
3. All matter weighing over 4 pounds, except second-class matter, single books, and documents printed and circulated by authority of Congress.
4. All matter harmful in its nature, as poisons, explosive or inflammable articles, matches, live or dead (but not stuffed) animals (see par. S, sec. 13), and reptiles, fruits or vegetables liable to decomposition, guano, or any article
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exhaling a bad odor, vinous, spirituous or malt liquors, cocaine or derivaties thereof and liquids liable to explosion, spontaneous combustion, or ignition by shock or jar, such as kerosene oil, naphtha, benzine, etc.
5. All obscene, lewd, or lascivious matter, and every article or thing in- tended, designed, or adapted for an indecent or immortal purpose, or for the prevention of conception or procuring abortion, or matter of a character tend- ing to incite arson, murder or assassination.
6. Postal, post, or other cards mailed without wrappers and all matter bearing upon the outside cover or wrapper any delineations, epithets, terms, or language of an indecent, lewd, lascivious, obscene, libelous, scurrilous, de- famatory or threatening character, or calculated by the terms or manner or style of display, and obviously intended to reflect injuriously upon the charac- ter or conduct of another.
7. Post cards, bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar substances, are unmailable, except as provided in paragraph 6, section 7.
8. All matter concerning any lottery, so-called gift concert, or other en- terprise of chance, or concerning schemes devised for the purpose of obtain- ing money or property under false pretenses.
Currency-Postmasters are not required to accept as payment for post- age stamps, etc., any currency which may be so mutilated as to be uncurrent or as to render its genuineness doubtful. Nor are they required to receive more than 25 cents in copper or nickel coins in any one payment, nor to affix postage stamps to letters. Postmasters are expected to make change as far as possible. They must not give credit for postage.
4. Postal cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, sand, tinsel, or other similar substances, are unmailable, except when inclosed in envelopes with proper postage attached, or when treated in such manner as will prevent the objectionable substances from being rubbed off or injuring persons hand- ling the mails.
6. Rural letter carriers are required to deliver special-delivery mail at the residence of patrons of their routes if they live within 1/2 mile of the routes. Special-delivery matter addressed to patrons of rural delivery who reside more than 1/2 mile from the routes will be placed in the box of the ad- dressee in the same manner as ordinary mail.
MEASUREMENTS OF HAY.
The only exact method of measuring hay is to weigh it, but the rules given below will be found sufficient for ordinary practical purposes. To find the number of tons of meadow hay in windrows, multiply together the length, breadth and height in yards, and divide the product by 25. The quotient will be the number of tons in the windrow.
To find the number of tons of hay in a mow, multiply the length, height and width in yards, and divide by 15, if the hay is well packed. If the mow be shallow and the hay recently placed therein, divide by 18, and by any num- ber from 15 to 18, according as the hay is well packed.
To find the number of tons of hay in square or long stacks, multiply the length of the base in yards by the width in yards, and that by half the height in yards, and divide by 15.
To find the number of tons of hay in a load, multiply together the length, width and height in yard, and divide the product by 20.
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TO MEASURE GRAIN IN BINS.
To measure grain in bins, multiply the length of the bin in inches by the width in inches, and that by the height in inches, and divide by 2,150 for struck bushels, and by 2,748 for heaped bushels. The quotient will be the number of bushels contained in the bin.
TO MEASURE CORN.
In Cob .- Two heaping bushels of corn on the cob will make one struck bushel of shelled corn. Some claim that one and one-half bushels of ear will make one bushel of shelled corn. Much will depend on the kind of corn, shape of the ear, size of the cob, etc.
In Crib .- To measure corn in a crip, multiply the length of the crib in inches by the width in inches, and that by the height of the corn in the crib in inches, and divide the product by 2,748, and the quotient will be the num- ber of heaped bushels of ears. If the crib flares at the sides, measure the width at the top and also at the bottom, add the two sides together, and divide by two, which will give the mean width.
TO COMPUTE THE WEIGHT OF CATTLE.
Multiply the girth in inches immediately back of the shoulders,, by the length in inches from the squre of the buttock to the point of the shoulder blade, and divide the product by 44, which will give number of superficial feet. If the animal has a girth of from 3 to 5 feet, multiply the number of super- ficial feet by 16, which will give the weight of the animal. If the grith is from 5 to 7 feet, multiply by 23, and if from 7 to 9 feet, multiply by 31. If less than 3 feet girth as in the case of small calves, hogs, sheep, etc., multiply by 11. Of course many circumstances, such as the build of the animal, mode of fattening, condition, breed, etc., will influence the weight, but the above will be found approximately correct.
Remedies for the Human Family.
Eye Water.
Table Salt and White Vitrol, each one teaspoonful. Heat them on an earthen dish until all the moisture has disappeared. Now add them to one half pine of soft water. White sugar, one teaspoonful; Blue Vitrol, a piece as large as a common pea. Should this be too strong add a little more water. Apply to the eye by dampening a pad made from soft white cloth, three or four times each day.
A Sure Cure for Small Pox.
A New York Physician contributes the following .- One ounce Cream Tartar dissolved in a pint of boiling water, to be drank when cold, at intervals. It can be taken at any time, and will prevent as well as cure. It is absolute- ly known to have cured in thousands of cases without failure.
To Strengthen and Invigorate the System.
Two drachms Essential salt of the round leaf Cornel, one scruple Extract Rheubarb, one scruple Ginger powdered. Make into pills and take for a dose two or three twice a day.
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Russian Salve.
Take equal parts of Sweet Oil and Yellow Wax, melt slowly, carefully stirring. When cooling stir in small quantity of Glycerine. Good for all kinds. of wounds, bruises, cuts burns, etc.
A Certain Cure for Drunkenness.
Sulphate of iron, five grains, Magnesia, ten grains, Peppermint water, eleven drachms, Spirit of Nutmeg, one drachm, twice a day. This prepara- tion acts as astimulant and tonic, and os partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and mental prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks.
Hair Tonic, French Recipe.
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Take Castor Oil, three ounces, Alcohol, one and one-half ounces, Aqua. Ammonia, one-half drachm, well shaken and mixed together. Perfume to suit, Berdamot or any other good perfume. This makes a splendid hair dressing, and will make it grow.
Lung Trouble.
Take Black Cohosh, one-half ounce, Lobelia, one-fourth ounce, Canker Root, three-fourths of an ounce; Blackberry root, one-third of an ounce; Sarsaparilla, one ounce; Pleurisy Root, one-half ounce, steeped in three pints of water. Dose one tablespoonful three times a day before eating. Sure cure for spitting blood.
Toothache Drops.
Four ounces Pulverized Alum, fourteen ounces Sweet Spirits of Nitre. Put up in one ounce bottles. Retails readily for 25 cents. This is the most ef- fective remedy for toothache that was ever discovered, and is a fortune to anyone that will push its sale. It will sell at every house.
Green Mountain Salve.
Take one pound Beeswax, one pound soft Butter and one and one-half pounds soft turpentine, twelve ounces Balsam Fir. Melt and strain. Use to heal wounds.
A Good Cough Cure.
Take a white of an egg and pulverized sugar and beat to a froth. Take a tablespoonful every three or four hours.
Tetter Ointment.
One ounce Spirits Turpentine, one ounce Red Precipitate in powder, one ounce Burgundy Pitch in powder, one pound hogs lard. Melt all these together over a slow fire until the ointment is formed. Stir until cold. Spread on a linen rag and apply to the parts affected.
A Sure Cure for the Piles.
Confection of Senna, two ounces; Cream Tarter, one ounce; Sulphur, one ounce; Syrup Ginger, enough to make a stiff paste; mix. A piece as large as a nut is to be taken as often as necessary to keep the bowels open. This is one of the best remedies known to the Medical World.
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Diphtheria.
Take a clean clay tobacco pipe, put a live coal in it, then put common tar on the fire and smoke it, inhaling and breathing back through the nostrils.
A Sure Cure for Corns.
Extract of Cannabis Indicus, ten grains; Salicylic Acid, six grains, Colodin. one ounce. Mix and apply with a camels hair brush or a cloth so as to form a thick covering over the corn. Do this every night for three or four nights .. Then take a hot foot bath and the corn can be easily removed without the aid of a knife or other instrument. This is sure to cure and is perfectly pain- less. Recommended by the best Chiropidists in the country.
A Cure for Sore Throat in All Its Forms.
Two ounces Cayenne Pepper, one ounce common salt, one-half pint vin- egar. Warm over a slow fire and gargle the throat and mouth every hour. Garlic and onion poultice applied to the outside. Castor Oil, one spoonful, to - keep the bowels open. This is a preparation that should be in the home of every family especially during the winter and spring months. This remedy is simple and inexpensive.
Drops of Life.
One ounce Gum Opium, one drachm Gum Kino, forty grains Gum Cam- phor, one-half ounce Nutmeg, powdered, one pint French Brandy, or old Whiskey. Mix all together and let stand for about ten days. Dose from thirty to forty drops for an adult, children half doses. This is one of the most valuable preparations in the Materia Medica, and will in some dangerous hours, when all hope is fled, and the system racked with pain, be soothing balm which cures the most dangerous disease to which the human body is liable,. such as flux, dysentery and all summer complaints.
Positive Cure for Catarrh.
Carbolic Acid, ten to twenty drops; Liquid Vaseline, one to two ounces .. Mix and use with an atomizer three or four times each day.
Warts and Corns-To Cure in Ten Minutes.
Take a small piece of Potash and let it stand in the open air until it slacks, then thicken it to a paste with pulverized Gum Arabic, which prevents it from spreading where it was not wanted.
Linement, Good Samaritan.
Alcohol, two quarts and add it to the following articles; Oils of Sassafrass and Hemlock, Spirits of Turpentine, Tincture of Capsicum, Tincture of Catechu Tincture of Guaic, Tincture of Laudanum, of each one ounce, Tincture of Myrrh, four ounces, Oil of Organum, two ounces; oil of Wintergreen, one- half ounce; Gum Camphor, two ounces and Chlorform, one and one-half ounce. This is one of the best applications for internal pains known. It is superior to any of the foregoing recipes.
A Sure Cure for Cancer.
(As used by a New York Physician with Great Success.)
Take Red Oak Bark and boil it to the thickness of Molasses, then mix with Sheeps Tallow of equal proportion. Spread it on leaves of linwood, green and" keep the plaster over the ulcer. Change once in eight hours.
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Healing Salve.
Lard, 4 ounces; Resin, 2 ounces, sweet elder bark, 2 ounces. Simmer over a slow fire four hours or until it forms a hard brown salve. This is for the cure of cuts, bruises, boils, old sores and all like ailments. Spread on a cotton cloth and apply to the parts affected.
Pogardus Liniment.
Take two drachms Oil Cajeput, one drachm oil spike, one drachm Oil Sassafras, one drachm Oil Cloves, one drachm Oil Organum, thirty drops Oil mustard, one drachm Tinct Capsicum, two drachms gum camphor, eight ounces alcohol. Use as other Liniments for any ache or pain. For sore throat or hoarseness, saturate a towel with the liniment, place it over the mouth, let it remain so for 4 or 5 hours and you will be cured. For croup, bathe throat and chest with the liniment. Also let the child breathe the fumes of the liniment. For external use only. We especially recommend this liniment for general family use.
Specific Inflammatory Rheumatism.
One ounce Salt Petre, pulverized; one pint, sweet oil. Bathe the part affected three times a day with this mixture until relieved.
Magnetic Ointment.
One ounce Elder Bark, one ounce Spikenard Root, one ounce Yellow Dock Root. Boil in one-half pint water down one-quarter pint. Press and boil to two ounces. Add one-half pound resin, one ounce beeswax, tallow enough to soften. Apply to the sores by spreading on linen cloth.
The Horse
The only kind of horses which we have reference to in the following re- marks are those for ordinary domestic purposes. The selection of a horse is about as delicate a task as one can undertake, a mistake being very easy to make and very difficult to rectify. The best policy for the purchaser (unless : an expert) is to distrust his own judgment entirely and take the advice of . someone on whom he can rely and who has a special knowledge of the subject. As this is not always practicable, however, a few rules, such as the best authorities agree upon, may be of service. The first step is to ascertain the age of the horse, which is best done by examining his teeth. The complete dentition of the horse can be expressed as follows: Incisors or nippers, 0-6. Canine or tushes, 2-2. Molars or grinders, 12-12. A horse has two sets of Incisors teeth, and as the temporary incisor or milk teeth are shed and replaced by permanent teeth at regular intervals, by carefully noticing the size and ap- pearance of the teeth we can generally arrive at the true age of the horse. The temporary grinders so closely resemble the permanent that no notice is taken of them by horsemen. It is important clearly to note the difference between permanent and milk teeth. The latter are much smaller; are what is called constricted, that is, narrower near the gums than on the cutting surface. All teeth have on the upper surface an indentation which is called the "mark." This "mark" is much more evident in the permanent than in the milk teeth. This mark is finally worn out and disappears after the animal is nine years old. At a year old the colt has cut all his milk teeth; the twelve incisor teeth are
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all full grown and the marks are clearly seen. These teeth appear through the gums as follows: The four central ones at ten days; the four middle ones at about two months; the four corner teeth, as they are called, at about seven months. At two years old the colt's mouth is changed considerably. The teeth are much worn down, presenting a smooth surface, the marks are hardly distinguishable on the central or middle teeth. One of the differences between the permanent and milk teeth can be seen. The permanent teeth as they are worn grow out again, while milk teeth become smaller. The horse loses his incisors in the same order that he cuts them. The central ones drop at two years and six months and are replaced by the permanent. At three years old the central permanent incisors are full grown, the "marks" or black spots on the top, are on them, and have disappeared from the "middle" teeth. These drop out at three years and a half, and at four years old the horse's mouth presents the following appearance: The central and middle permanent incisors are in their place while the marks are obliterated from the corner milk teeth. The tushes or canine teeth are now just showing through the gums. These teeth are not found in the mare. At four years and six months the corner in- cisors drop out; at five years old all the teeth are present, and from that date no further shedding is seen. The marks on the central disappear at six years old. At seven years old the middle lose theirs, and a small protuberance is seen on the outer edge of the corner teeth. These lose their marks at eight years old, and from that date no great reliance can be put in ascertaining the exact age. The gums fall away from the teeth, their upper surfaces are worn smooth, black streaks appear running up and down, covering the front of the teeth as about twelve or thirteen. Now it should be remembered that a horse is considered to be at his prime at five years old. Hence, dishonest dealers resort to various expedients to cause horses either older or younger to show an apparently five year old mouth.
"Points." We shall not attempt here to go fully into all the points for which the various breeds of horses are noted, but only to state those which should be found in any horse, required to do good service. See that the nos- trils are large, round, well formed; that they may be no impediment to the breath. Let the eye be full, showing little or no white. Do not let the throat be too narrow. See that the head hangs out well from the chest and there will be less chance for the animal roaring. The shoulder is a part of great consequence. If speed is required, a sloping shoulder is essential, but an up- right shoulder is better in a draft horse, as it gives the animal more power and more readily adjusts itself to the collar. Let the forearm be long, the knee flat and large. Consider it as a safe rule that all bones above the knee are better long, those below short; Hence, short cannot and pasterns are desirable. Look out for splints. (Which see below). Let the walls of the hoof be well shapen, not scaly but firm and smooth. Look out for corns on the sole; let the frog be large. In farm horses large flat feet are looked for. In higher bred animals the feet should be small, the toes if anything pointing a little in. Let the chest, unless speed is desired, be wide and full, the ribs well sprung, the deep. chest of the race horse being unsuited to the continued strain required for farm work. See that the abdomen is not too prominent, but well rounded tapering off towards the thigh joint, firm under pressure. The back should be well shaped, not camel-backed, as it interferes with the action of the animal, nor too high at the withers. Let the loins be well rounded to give speed, not too much "hogbacked" as it hurts the gait.
Now examine the hind quarters. Look out for spavin. See "diseases" be- low, for symptoms of spavin. The hocks, fetlocks, and quarters, should be on
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a straight line. As in the front legs, all the bones about the hock should be as long as possible, those below the hock as short.
When a horse is to be purchased, examine the eyes at the stable door, be fore he is brought out; the light coming upon them in that situation will en- able you to discover any defect that may exist. Both eyes must be in an equal degree of light; and if they are not alike, one must be diseased. Weeping, cloudy, dull-looking eyes, are unsound; and if the eye be at .all diseased, do not purchase.
Now take him out of his stall and run him down slowly on a rough or stony decent, at the end of a halter, his head unsupported and no whip near him. If he go boldly, with his knees bent, and his foot flat and firm to the ground, without dropping his head, his soundness before may be calculated upon; and if, on running him up hill, he goes with his hocks regularly to- gether, and not dragging his toe, nor dropping from the hip, he is free from lameness. Pottering on the toe, and feeling, denotes that he is not sound. The horse should be shown quietly, because, when he is agitated, a slightly lame- ness may be overlooked; and always see him ridden, for many horses are pleasant to ride that are unpleasant to look at when ridden. When brought out, let the horse be placed with the fore-legs up hill; then, if his joint be at all bent over, or his legs shaken, you will best discover it.
Never agree to take a horse before you have tried him, and had him ex- amined by a veterinary surgeon.
Grooming.
Thorough grooming is not less essential to the health of a horse than proper food. Especial care shouldbe taken of the legs and fetlocks that no dirt remain to cause that distressing disease grease or scratches, which comes from filthy fetlocks and standing in dirty stables. When a hoise comes in from work on muddy roads with dirty legs, the dirt should be dried and then brushed off, then rubbed dry with straw; that if dirty, wash clean will luke- warm water and rubbed dry with a piece of sacking. If not thoroughly dried they had better not have been washed. If the mud has been splashed thickly on the horse's belly and sides, these should be cleaned in the same way. If sweaty or warm from work the horse should be blanketed if he is to stand a minute in the winter air. If put at once into the stable, he should be stripped and rubbed vigorously with straw for five minutes or more and then blanketed; the blanket must be removed in an hour, and the horse given water and feed if it is proper time. It will not hurt him to eat hay when hot, unless he is thoroughly exhausted, in which case all food should be withheld for a while. A horse should never stand in a draught of cold air, if he cannot turn and put his back to it. He should never be turned into a yard to "cool off" even in the summer; neither should he be turned out to pasture until quite cool.
Colic.
Colic is the irritation of the coat of the small intestines, caused always by an active irritant interfering with proper functions of the stomach and bowels. Symptoms are strong contraction of the intestines-the animal throws itself down, jerking its legs, trying to ease the pain-is then better for a little -another spasm comes on, all symptoms repeated. In flatulent colic, when the intestines are inflated with wind, the symptoms are similar. Purge well-give clysters of soap suds-where much pain is evident, an ounce and a half opium. Fort the "Flatulent" give three drachms of carbonate of ammonia in a quart of cold water, and opium as above. Keep the animal well tied up and in a narrow stall.
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Diarrhoea.
Diarrhoea is due to a derangement of the intestines from the presence of an irritant causing an increased secretion; may arise from sudden chills acting on the blood, wet grasses, bad food, is often the symptom of other diseases. The best treatment is, when produced by an irritant, to remove it by giving purgative No. 2, under remedies below, or three or four ounces of castor oil. Nurse well and give warm bran mashes. When due to sudden chills, give half an ounce of opium injections of warm water and salts. When evacuations are very offensive, give carbolic acid. one to twenty-five of water. A good stringent for diarrhoea, not to be given too soon, is powdered opium, 1 drachın; tincture of catechu, one-half ounce; chalk mixture, one pint; give as a drench.
Founder.
Founder, or Fever in the feet, perhaps the most frequent causes of lame- ness, results from over driving on hard roads, stones, pricks, or too bad shoe- ing. Also may arise from causes other than local-may be a symptom of a feverish condition of the system. The symptoms are great heat and tenderenss of the feet, especially about the coronet, throbbing of the arteries, great lame- ness. The best treatment is systemic. Remove the shoes and give a mild laxa- tive (No. 2, under remedies below), to be followed by febrifuges, such as nitre, half an ounce; opium, one ounce; or ten drops of aconite, camphor, two or three drachms. Bleeding from the foot should be resorted to only in extreme cases.
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