Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1850-05-23


making the distance from New York to the Missis-
sipp river by the above route. ll42, (or 81 hours
rur,) and from Boston 1895 miles. (or 81 hours
run.) The above road running through of the
best portions of Ohio, mus, enjoy large local iraf-
fc, and being part Of great line between the At
anc and the Mississippi, the through business must
be enormous.
VALLoNIA, May 18th, 1880.
MEssRs. CHAPMANs g. SPANa: Genilemen-By
looking over your weekly paper. which have been
in the habit If doing for several years, that
Of the good farmers of Indiana are waking up the
subject of the approa ching election of delegates the
convention which frame for the Sute of Indiana
constitution. Now wish you 10 know at the
outset that ! am only an humble farmer, citizen of
Indiana, and have been for the lat thry-nine years.
and Iexpect such 10 live the few mining days
that NAV be allotted 10 me. Consequently you must
know That feel deep interest for the future pros
periiy and eternal welfare of my adopted STATE.
| When first came 10 Indiana, she was territory
in her infancy-I have lived to see her grow up into
manhood. She is now ablc to cope with many States
that older than She ls 10 point OF population in
ternal improvements, &c. feel proud that we have
got along we'll. and, that about to wipe
out oil and begin anew, do hope that the farmers,
and every other good citizen, will feel deep interest
| in the formation of constitution. We should
be very careful in selecting our deegates They
should be men of experience and men of property
men that We suro have deep interest in the
State. We should be very cautious and not elect any
quacks. Such men have no business in the conven-
ten /; bot fear much that men of that descrp-
ton will slip in. Our country full of such fellows:
they in every and village The State al.
ways ready and ambitions to gill every Office from
constable up 10 Congressman Our legislature has
been filed with such trash for The last ten or fifteen
years, and what is the result, Why, State indebt-
cd, and our statute laws SO large that Philadelphia
lawyer could not read volume through in six
months to say nothing abou, the local laws of the
State which is too large book for the statute laws
Of any State in the Union Every body that will
fleet on the subject moment will at say il is
not right. Well, is the time To remedy the evil,
and for the purpose Of having better code of laws
and curtailing the public expenses of The State pro-
pose the following plans; and should you approve of
my views on the subject. hope you will give them
an insertion In your valuable paper. list. propose
for the purpose of tightening our taxes, and making
the people more familiar with the laws of State.
say the legislature shall oftener than in
| two three years, unless in of extreme ener
gency. Secondly. say the numbers Of our Legislature
| shall be limited to not more than half of its
present number. Thirdly, that they shall not sit at
any time FIVE six weeks and that there shall
be no local laws past at any time. only in cases Of
great necessity. From long observation avn decided
iy of opinion that less Offices than the present num-
Der would do the business Of The counties better,
least as we'll and at less expense. never could learn
of any good associate Judges do for the c"mmu-
nifty, yet their yearly Pay amounts to large sum MS
a whole. Bot for fear you should think me tedious.
will bring my communication 10 cu~e, by recon-
mending my fellow-ciizens Of Indiana vote for
man to the convention unless he will pledge himself
tn carry out the nbove. FARMER.
PirrsBuHe. The board of trade If Piiishurg, in
urging upon the Legislature The neressiy for in
creased amount Of banking capital required By the
gr owing bus of the place, stale that in Ptisburg
and its immediate vicinity there now iir;een roll
ing mills. besides five others within tie c"aIpHss vi
fifty miles-s aetua product of which j. 10000 ions
pig metal. Welding with the labor employed, abont
So O0O, 900 per annusl. The asn sixty fpunde
ries and engine Shops consuming soho 20, QUO tons
pig metal, and yielding with the labor employed,
about 81 100000 With nany gla=s. tilere about
six large cotton factories together with other kind Of
manufacturing establishments IN that city producing
articles of the value uf not less than 50 00 900 more;
which with, say 5OO00 900 annually paid for labor in
the various establishments, will make Sl0,OO0,000.
DrsrnIcr CoNvESrIoNs-The Senatorial district
convention assembled Bluffton Wednesday last,
and unanimously nominated s. s. Mickle, Esq., of
Adams county, for Senator, and Judge Borden for
Senatorial Delegate to the State Convention. Both
are good sound democrats, deserving the support Of
the party, and hope will receive the votes OF every
democrat in the district.
The Representative District Convention nlso
sembled at Bufftun on the same day, aud nominated
Burket Nj. Elkins of Wells county, for Representa-
and L.. h. BnScOm OF the county Tor kep.
Delegate. They are both democrats of the right
stamp and as a matter Of course will be elected
Fort Wayne Sentinel.
A WIpow WORTH HAvIsG Mrs. Miranda Hines,
who has been a subscriber for twenty years to the
Greenfield (Mass.) Gazette, without giving the Pro-
prietor any trouble about pay shows herself, in The
following extract, a most notable Dairy Woman -
ii have five cows, and have sold the past season,
1860 lbs of butter, besides milk cream and butter,
for the family use. Our family will average eight.
l raised eeven calves last spring; Of them
quite early calves, and some late; two of them got
Ct my neighbors. ! have fatted 1853 los. of pork,
mostly ON the mix. Now let US leave
of the cows for tie family use. and set the credit to
the other ftur-say 1909 divided by four. makes 325
lbs To cow butter sold. aversgin 16a cents
1926 lbs at 1884, makes S2302 to each COW. The
seven calves we're worth $50, say 325 to the four
cows and FIVE hundred Of the pork at SO. will bo
$50; and the S25 for the calves. makes $5. divided
by a. leaves $l3.75 to each COW; this added 10 S53
g. will make 9j7,37 to each
/. NV cows are about midjlng sized, and Of the ma
: tive breed They have good pasture in summer.
and good hay in winter. and that is all. except in
winter, sometimes give old Brndle few small APP
ples and potatoes parngs aud the like. TO make her
bold out her milk ill of ihs others come in.
whsa anything in the butter line IN you paper
that bents the above, will try again.
Munro, Feb. IA. 1852. MIRANDA HINES.