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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-03-10

WINTER BUrrER.-In many parts Of our
country the art of making good butter in
winter is very imperfectly understood, and by
some dairy women thought to be entirely i'm
possible. But it can be done in December as
well asin May. The plan of doingit is this: the
cows should be stabbed and feed on sweet hay
and other provender Instead of keeping the
milk in warm place it should be put in cold
one, and no matter how soon it freezes, because
freezing it will separate the cream much more
perfectly than it will rise without the atmos-
pheric temperature, and it can then be taken
off with less trouble And when the cream is
churned the churn should not be placed very
near fire; the ordinary heat of kitchen,
would be sufficient Too much warmth de-
stroys both the complexion and the flavor of
butter. In the winter, butter, it is evident,
requires much more time in churning than in
simmer, but when patience assists the laborer,
the task is made no task at ALL
Butter cured with half an ounce of salt,
quarter ounce of saltpetre, quarter ounce of
moist sugar pounded, used in the proportion of
an ounce to each pound of butter, will be found
| to keep good longer time, and have a more
delicious flavor than when salted in the ordinary
way.
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:farmer's Department.
Frost as a Manure.

We know Of no treatment so directly bene.
fetal for almost every class of soils, as that OF
throwing up land in narrow ridges in the fall
or early winter. There are few soils worth
cultivating at ALL that do not contain more OF
less materials which can be made available to
plants by the combined action of air and frost
Take two plots of heavy Soils side by side
and let one lie unmoved till spring, while the
other is deeply plowed in autumn, and the result
will be very visible IL the spring crop. But
the manner of plowing is important To secure
the greatest advantage, single furrow should
be thrown and another back furrowed directly
upon it so as to produce high ridge, then an
other ridge is to be made in the same manner
with deep dead furrow between the two
The process is to be continued thus through the
whole field, so that when finished it will Ipresent
surface of high ridges and deep burrows
succeeding each other, about once in two or
two and half feet If prepared in this way
the frost will penetrate far downward, Ioosening
and disintegrating the soil below the burrows,
while the ridges will crumble down, and as
they will not hold water, the air will circulate
freely through them, decomposing the mineral
portions, and conveying in ammonia, and other
gases. This operation will be equal to ten or
more loads of good manure upon clay or com
pact soils.
In the spring it will only be necessary to run
plow once or twice the centre of each ridge,
and then level the whole down with heavy
harrow.
Another advantage in this process is, that
when land is thus prepared it dries out and
warns several days earlier in the spring
Again, there are some soils that are exhausted
upon the surface, but which contain poisonous
substances in the sub-soil. If this sub-Soi is
thrown up in contact with the air and frost
during the winter these poisonous compounds,
usually protoSulphate of iron or manganese,
will be destroyed or changed to a harmless form,
during the winter.
The above practice is especially to be recon-
mended in the garden. One Of the most
successful cultivators of an acre of ground in
our acquaintance, digs it up in the fall to the
depth of three or four feet, making deep
trenches and high ridges so that the whole
acre appears to be covered by high winrows of
hay placed close together.
We strongly urge every farmer who has not
tried this method, to lay out his plans now for
experiment in this way, on larger or smaller
scale, during the present season.-Americ0m
Agriculturla.
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branches, and all spray cut clean out IN tne
body of the tree. Dwarf and espaller trees
require somewhat different pruning, but most
of which should be performed in the summer,
all that is required at this season being to
shorten in the uAproductive shoots of establish
ed trees within two or three inches of their
length. taking care to preserve the fruit-buds,
which are readily known by their round plump
FORM
Peach trees are much benefited by pruning,
as, if commenced while young, the tree will
always remain bushy and "close," while if left
to ITSELF it will become in short time an ugly
Struggling tree, with a few bearing shoots at
the top. Cut out all weak spindly growth,
except where wanted to fill up vacancy, and
Shorten-in the leading shoot of each branch
We prefer doing this to shortening the branches
we intend to leave. If the tree is inclined to
be crowded, third of the young wood may be
taken out with advantage. 1t is better to leave
the pruning of peach trees till all danger of
excessive cold is past as the fruitbud in
extreme cases are killed by the FROST and where
this occurs pruning must be done accordingly.
The native grape vines that have remained
uncovered and unpruned, may be done at any
time. The fruit will come much finer and suffer
less from mildew and other pests, if ample space
is left for the development of the foliage
Under no pruning should the branches be
nearer each other after they are done than
eighteen inches-three feet is better.
Currants and gooseberries should also be
pruned; established trees of the red and white
currants require the young wood well pruned
back; and gooseberrieS the last years wood
thinned considerably, leaving young wood
enough to be free from crowding during sum-
mer.
The black currant is much neglected in this
country. To grow it to perfection requires the
branches thinned, and occasionally the older
ones taken out. Z. SANDERS
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COLLINS g. POWELL

TTOULD respectfully call the attention of the public to
w their large stock of Mems and boys furnishing
Goods consisting of every variety of Broadcloths Cass
meres DOeskins, TweedS Kentucky Jeans Linens Shirts
Collars, Stocks Cravats, Hosiery Suspenders Hats Car
pet Bags Trunks Canes &c. &C. which will be sold cheap
than the quality be sold in any other esta
lishment in this country.
They have also hand a well manufactured assortment
of READGMADE CLOTHING, to which we invite the at
tenon Of buyers Our Clothing is mostly made up in the
shop-and not purchased at slop-shops' some we
wot of.
Orders in the Tailoring line executed in the most fash
i0nabe manner at the shortest notice and warranted
The public will please notice fact that NO ONE
not practically acquainted with the business capable
judging of the quality and make of garment hence the
reason why the community have been much imposed
upon by of community who deal in the
article who if they not practically and profession
ally cheats, could of necessity know nothing about the
interest they would purchase only of those
ted with the business
ToWanda Jan. l. lS55.
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NEW WINTER GOODS

JOSEPH POWELL is now receiving as usual large
- stock of WINTER GOODS of every description con.
sistng of Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware CIockery
Boods and Shoes Leather Shoe Findings Hats and Caps
&c. which he is now Offering for Ready Pay at unusually
low prices.
He would invite particular attention to his stock of
DIES DRESS GOODS consisting in part of French Me-
rnos, French Paids, Parmetas Thbet cloths all prices
Canton cloths Bompaznes wool Deaines all coors plan
and hguered Mouslin deaines Persian twills &c
LADIES CLoTHs.-A variety of Cloths with Galloons
Pushes, and other trimmings to match
SHAwLs-A large assortment all ouaties and nr;ces
EMBROIDERED GOODs.-Chemisettes sleeves collars
handkerchefs, Swiss and aconet bands and aouncngs
eagngs and nsertngs Also, lot of stamped embroide
ry patterns.
RS There will also be found among his stock good
assortment of Gloves and Hosiery Ribbons White Goods
Russia Diaper beached and unbleached Musus of every
Flannels, &c.
Towanda January l. 1855
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Coon MANURE, BEST STOCK FOR FARMERs.-A
Farmer "well to do" in the world, asked us
the other day what we considered the best stock
in which to invest his surplus funds, whether
Railroad, Bank, or State Stocks? We told
him he had better apply his surplus funds to the
manufacture of good manure heap and let
Railroad, Bank, and State Stocks alone. We
consider it the height of folly for farmer to
meddle with fancy stocks when he has any
waste land, or buildings, or fences that need
repairing, with which to use his surplus money.
The dabbling in stocks or interest money has
always been the result of short-sightedness on
the part of the farming community, especially
when the money might be more usefully
employed in hiring men to improve and put
their lands in the highest state of cultivation,
instead of half or quarter tillng them, as the
vast majority of farmers do at present. Our
agricultural friends need waking up ON this
point, and to be thoroughly aroused to the fact
that it don't pay to work after the manner in
which their grandfathers did before them, for
" old fogyism" is as Improbable to them as
any other class of community. Wake up, and
see if it isn't so!-New Brunsuick Fred6nian.
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HINTS FOR MARCH-PRUNING- During this
and the succeeding month, the fruit trees should
be examined, and whatever pruning is necessary
got through with. Dead or decaying branches
should invariably be cut out low enough to
secure live branches, and if the limb be larger
one, it is better to trim it off after the saw with
a sharp knife or hatchet The saw is but a
poor pruning instrument at best, without trim
ming after it, especially on the outside of the
wound, as it will scarcely ever heal over, where
as, if the branches are cut with sharp instru-
ment, and the tree healthy, the surrounding bark
Will soon cover the wound and thus avert decay
The object in pruning varies with the different
sort Of fruit
Apples and pears, where allowed full scope.
fcqnlre thinning merely of weak and cross
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BOOTS A n d S III O |
John w, Wilcox,

located his establishment Main Street door
North of the Ward House," and will continue the
manufacture of BOOTS & SHOES, as heretofore.
He has just received from NewYork large assortment
of Womans Childrens and Misses Shoes, which offer
ed at low prices The attention of the Ladies is partic-
arly directed to his assortment comprising the following
styles :-Enamelled Jenny Lind gaiter boots do.
shoes black lasting and silk gater walking Shoes bus
kns &c Misses CATERS and Shoes of every description
large variety of Chdrens fancy CATERS boots shoes
of all kinds.
shoes. This stock has been persona selected with
and he believes he offer superior articles reasonable
prices.
BE The strctest attention paid to MANUFACTURING
and he hopes by doing work well to merit continuance
of the liberal patronage he has hitherso received.
TOwanda Feb. l. 1855.
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GRASS LAxD-GRAss SEED.-The following
judiciouS observation from the New England
Farmer are no less applicable to Pennsylvania
than to New England.
1t has frequently been remarked by practi-
cal men, that in laying lands down to grass,
the bestowment of few extra pounds of seeds,
is not to be considered by any means as a use
less expenditure of capital, but the reverse
Farmers often subject themselves to serious in
convenience and loss, by being too parsimonious
in this particular; they proceed upon the
erroneous principle that all seed sown will
germinate, and that all that terminates will
produce plants; whereas the truth or the case
is that under ordinary circumstances, a con-
siderable portion of the seed never vegetables,
or if it vegetables, does not obtain root, or pro-
duce plants. When allowance is made for loss
and for defect in seed, when there are any i'll
dicatons that it is of a bad quality we shall
hear less complaint that grass seed has not
taken WELL" On light soils, which are def
cient in retentive power, and where the requi-
site degree of fcOmpressibiity is not easily attain
ed, nothing is more certain than that consid-
cradle portion of the seed committed to it
unless in peculiarly modified season-will fail
to sprout The rapid descent ofsuch soils, and
their extreme permeabiity to atmospheric in
fiuence causes them to become dry-a condi-
ton in which no seed can be made to develope
healthily, or if it should, to produce vigorous
plant. The application of an extra allowance
of seed, followed by the roller for the purpose
of consolidating the surface is Indispensable to
success in stocking lands of this description.
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Nllsrellaneons.
THE "FARM JOURNAL" FOR 1855.

Il EDITED BY J. L. DARLINGTON
Assisted by of the best practical farmers IN Penn
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OLE & 3 THE gER A0E 8
GREAT WAR AGAINST CLOTHING.

= RICH would respectfully inform the citizens of Brad
~. ford county that he has opened branch establish
ment in Towanda, for the sale of READY MADE CLOTH
ING comprising the usual stock of Over Dress Frock and
Sack Coats Vests, Pants, Shirts Drawers, Wrappers
Overas Stocks Cravats, Collars, Pocket h'dks, &c.
Mr. Rich positively assures the public that residing in
NewYok and buying always for cash enables him to take
advantage of the market, that he and will sell
Clothing 25 per cent cheaper than any other establish
ment in the country
CALL AND SEE examine and price the stock be sat
fed yourselves that is extensive of better
cre and STYLE and sold much cheaper than before
offered in this market.
have appointed my agent in Towanda for the sale
of Clothing, NJ. F. SOLOMON, formerly of the firm of
Alexander Solomon, who is well and favorably known
Location for the present, Tracy Moores Store
Main street. Upon the completion of Patons block the
stock will he removed to of the stores corner
Bridge street.
Towanda, January s, 1855.
NJ. Z. SOLOMON respectfully calls the attention of his
old friends and the public generally to the above
ment and invites all who may be in need of Clothing
give him call, assuring them that he furnish them
with woods at the lowest prices and that pains will be
spared to merit their patronage. 2m3I
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the Forest Wine in the of Disease their combined ac
ton being more searching and effective They are infinite
Y better than other Pill Cathartic producing in all
cases when this class medicines are useful most charm
ing effect They are purely vegetable never grippe NAV
be taken at any time without oftakng cold hnrance
from business or diSagreeable effects and pass Off eay.
ing the bowels perfectly natural which is all important
ior the perfect recovery and continuation of good health
thousands can testify 10 the great excellence of these Pills
above all Others.
The Forest Wine accompanied with the Forest Pills are
most efecal IN the of all the following complaints
dyspepsia Habltta CoStiveness Liver Complaint Asth
ma Plies Obstinate Headache, Pimpe BlocheS and
hethy color OF the skin Jaundice, Ague and Fever salt
kheUm Erysipclas, Complaints incident only to Females
lAhguSnng weakness, Night Sweats Nervous Disorders
General i'll Health and impaired state of the Constitution
The Forest Wine is put up large square bottles with
DR. ialSeyS name blown in the glass. Ono Dollar per
bottle or SIX bottles for Five Dollars Gumeoated Forest
Pills % cents per Box. For Sale by the appointed gents
at "holesale and Retail General Depot lGl Duane ST.
one door from Hudson. New York appointed Agents
bradford county DIR. II. c. Porter Towanda C. H. Her
rick, Athens ; Drake Il Allen, Wayerly n Y
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To KEEP BRIrTANIA-MErAL BRIGHA-Dip a
clean wooden cloth into the best and cleanest
lamp-oil, and rub it hard, all over the outside
of your Brittannia-ware. Then wash it well
in strong soap-suds, and afterwards polish with
finely powdered whiting and buckskin.
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WAVERlY g. TOWANDA r. ROAD!
500 MEM wANTEDIl

HE subscribers have Just received at their old standn
MercurS Block, Towanda, new and good assortment
ol Spllng and Summer Goods consisting of READYMADE
tLO Thing, GENIi.EMANS' FURNISHING GOODS,
ever imported into the County-all of the latest sty in
market which are being scattered far and wide In the
way OF Furnishing Goods we have a complete assortment
-tfaSatS, Collars Shirts, Under Shirts Drawers Wrap
pers, Gloves Suspenders Handkerchefs Hosiery of all
kinds, and variety of Trunks &c.
Our Ready-Made Clothing embraces every thing desra
sell 20 per cent lower than any other Clothing Establish
ment in Towanda J. ATFI ,ZDFR
Towanda, January l. 1855 6 AJFXlVDER
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Dag~ Cure FOR RINGBoNE-I noticed in the
Cultivator for May l5th an inquiry for the
cure of ringbone in colt, and answer take
high wines of cider brandy, add saltpetre as
much as will dissolve, and wash the ringbone
two or three times day. One of my neigh
bors cnred one of three or four years standing,
by the application of this a few times-BOston
Cuttlrat0r
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November IL, 1854.

s. FELTON, would most respectfully inform his old
and the public generally that he will still continue
the LIQUOR BUSINESS at the old stand and that he is
receiving large additions to his stock direct from first
hands in NewYork, which he will be most happy to sell
the most reasonable terms He is also agent for the
sale of Bnghamon Ale, supply of which he keeps al
ways on hand and for sale cheap.
TOwanda November III 1854,
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4 tALICOS-A large stock of Merrimack
SCoehece and Fall River Prints-aso good calico for
cts per yard Warranted good Madder coors for sale by
B. kINGSBERY
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DISSOLUTION.-Th co-partnership here

IT HISSOLU TIIIETSD
~ tofore existing between S. FELTON, and f. T. Fox is
this day dissolved by mutual consent The notes and
counts of said firm the hands of F. T. Fox who
generally he found at 5. Feons store at the Ward
House. Those interested will please take notice that the
accounts, &c must be settled Immediately.
S. FELTON,,
November ii, 1854. +. T. FOX.
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TOW ANDA
lE'lEMhLJE SEMINARY.

VNE duties of this School will he resumed ON tho second
Monday OF September next under the CHARGE of Mis-
OLIVIA d. and lsEBECcA HANSON in the rooms recently
the . Ward House, ~ " WV win e"O "
me school year will consist of four quarters of eleven
ing the studies pursued. No extra charge for the LATIN
Language. o' ''i 'ii0 -~''
No pupil will be received for shorter period than one
KEFERENcEs-Rev. DIR. MAcLANE, President of the Cox
lege of New Jersey, Princeton
hon. DAVID WiLNoT G. +. MASON ESQ., C. L. WARP
Towanda. ~ = oAfNSio"' ~4'
Towanda, August 1854.