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How to Make Three Farms of One.

G.. r. Stewart, ESQ.,, in recent ao-
dress before the Ohio Agricultural Socie-
ty, thus speaks on this subject.
Many farmers are destroying the pro-
ductiveness of the farms by shallow work.
As they find that their crops are dimin-
ishing, they think only Of extending their
areas by adding acres of surface, as if
they supposed that their title deeds only
gave them right to six inches deep OF
earth If they will take those deeds,
study their meaning and apply the lesson
to their fields, they will soon realize in
three-fold crops, the fact that the law has
given them three farms where they sup
posed there was only one, in other words,
that the sub-soil, brought and combined
with the top-soil, and enriched with the
atmospheric influences, and those other
elements which agricultural sciences will
teach them to apply to their ground will
increase three fold the measure of its
productiveness. 49,
To show to what extent the fertility OF
the soil can be increased, I refer to q
statement in the last Patent Office report.
In the year of 1850, there were nine COM
petitors for the premium corn crop Of
Kentucky, each of whom cultivated ten
acres. Their average crop was about
1872 bushels to the acre. At that time
the average crop of wheat per acre in the
harvest of Great Britain, on the soil cul-
| tivated for centuries, was almost double
that produced on the virgin soil of Ohio,
Why is this? Simply because British
farmers are educated men and apply worh
wisely They pay back to the ground
what they borrow; they endeavor by every
means in their power to enrich theil
ground, and in turn it enriches them. /
farmers, instead of laboring to double
their acres, would labor to double theil
crops, they would find it vast saving o
time and soil, and increase of profits.
! Many of them never think of digging
ten inches in the soil,- unless they have
dreamed about crock of gold hidden il
the earth, but if they would set abou
digging in earnest, every man would fine
his crock of gold without the aid O
dreams an. divination.
We have a great advantage over Britl.l
farmers in the fact that our farmers neari.
all hold their lands which they cuiliT Tate
in fee simple, while in England they arr
tenants, hiring the land of the nobility
paying enormous rents to the proprietors
besides heavy taxes to the government
Taxes are comparatively light, and ou
4 farmers are their own landlords. Henc'
they have been able to pay three fol-
wages for labor to those in Europe, ans
4 pay the cost of transportation; and ye
lundersell the British farmers in their ow1
:, market sA
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The Great Purifier of the Blood

LII he .1ffLICIED RE.4D lind
PONDER! ...eF
An infallible Remedy for Scrofula. Kings Evil
Rheumatism, Obstinate Cutaneous Eruptions.
Pimples or Pustules on the Face, Blotches.
Boils, Ague and Fever, Chronic Sore Ewes,
Ring Worm or letter, Scald Head, Enlarge
ment and Pain of the Bones and JOINTS Stub
born Ulcers, Syphilitic disorders, Lumbago
Spinal complaints and all diseases arising
from an injudicious use of Mercury, Impru-
dence in Life, or Impurity in Blood.
& This great Alternative medicine and Puri-
fer of the Blood is now used by thousands of
grateful patients from all parts of the United
States, who testify daily to the remarkable
cures performed by the greatest of all medi-
cines CARRIERS SPANISH MIXTURE. Neural
gia, rheumatism, Scrofula, Eruptions on the
Skin, Liver Disease, Ferers, Ulcers, Old Sores,
Affections of the Kidneys, Diseases of the
Throat Female Complaints, pains and aching
of the Bones and Joints, are speedily put to
flight by using this great and inestimable rem
edy,
For all diseases of the Blood. nothing has
yet been found to compare with it. 1t cleanses
the system of all impurities, acts gently and
efficiently ON the Liver and Kidneys strength
ems the Digestion, gives tone to the stomach,
makes the skin clear and healthy, and restores
the Constitution, enfeebled by disease or bro
ken down by the excesses of youth, to its pris-
tine vigor and strength.
For the ladies it is incomparably better than
all the cosmetics ever used. A few doses oi
CARTER's SPANISH MIXTURE will remove all sal
lowness of complexion, bring the roses mant-
ling to the cheek, give elasticity to the step
and improve the general health in remarka-
BILE degree beyond all the medicines ever heard
of. s. iIs i,ys7sss
| The large number of certificates which we
have received from persons from all parts o.
the United States, is the best evidence that
there is no humbug about it. The press, hote
keepers. magistrates physicians, and publ,
men, well known to the community, all ado
their testimony to the wonderful effects of thi;
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
! Call on the Agent and get Circular ans
Almanac, and read the wonderful cures thi
truly greatest of all medicines has performed
None genuine unless signed BENNETT I
BEERS, Proprietors, No. Pearl street, Rich
mond Va, to whom all orders for supplies anc
agencies must be addressed. And for sale b,
Jno. NJ. Kirkbride Woodsfield; W. II. Mallo
ry, Sunfsh and jamestown; A. S. Marsilliot
New Castle; T. G. Penn, Antioch; and by deal
ers in medicine every where.
| Nov. %, lS54-ly -GsiIsaGEafs
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Mail Arrangements. (
4 KRIvAL AND DEPARTURE Of the Mails q

n hNiV AL AND DEfAhiUhh OF tne haiis At
IA and FROM w ooDsFlELD: r& sgt sss;s Z.
BARNEsvIILB-1Ar Arrives every day except Sum
Edayy at - O'Clock M. Departs every day (ex7
cept sunday) at O'Clock p. M.sga'. astess 3 !. /.
BARSEsv1LLE (via lCalais) Arrives every
Tuesday and Friday at o'clock P. N. Departs
every Wednesday and Saturday at A. M.
: MARIETTA western route Arrives every
Tuesday and Thursday at 2. N. Departs ey-
cry Monday and Wednesday at A. M.
MARIBrrA Southern route e)-Arrises every
Saturday at Z p. M. Departs swery Friday at
A. M. SsA lsB44ts
LAINa's New Castlea arrives every Monday
and Thursday at IL IL. Departs same days at
1P. M. .aa sstars7s S.sts 9tls' !
SUNFIsH (Clarington) Arrives every Monday
and Thursday at II M. Departs same days at
P, NJ. -. = - s,.,s,.l =,
/ ST., Arrives every Monday and
Friday at 6 P. NJ. Departs every Tuesday and
Saturday at A. NJ.
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lFrom the Scientific American. ]
Sulphur for Trees.

Eight years ago last spring the "borer"
attacked several locust trees, which were
backward and sickly. I set to work and
Immediately trimmed them, shaved OFT the
rough outer bark from the ground to
short distance above the first limb, and
then scraped and washed the branches
with an alkaline lye to remove the scurf,
destroy the larve. Of insects, and promote
more free contact with the atmosphere.
1 then took sharp bit and bored hole
in each tree close to the ground, and ex-
tending to the center Of each trunk.
These I filed with common -four of sui
phur, closing them with thin wooden disks,
and sealing them over with wax to ex-
clude the air. The effect Of this treat
ment was magical. The borer disappear
ed: the foliage soon expanded, and as
sumed deep rich color, and during the
season there was an unusual deposit OF
increase of woody matter. Sulphur, ]
believe, is but one of many other agents
which might be applied with success in
agriculture and horticulture. We want
more experiments of this character, IL
order to extend our knowledge, for, in my
opinion, there is a remedy for every dis
ease, if we but knew where to find it, botf
for the vegetable and animal kingdoms
4 The sulphur placed in the trees was M
doubt taken up by the sap, and distribu
ted through all their cells, 1T is neces
sary that sharp 5it should be employed
for boring the holes, SO as to cut cleal
through the minute tubes, and not abrhis
them, in order to allow the sap to fos
freely, which it otherwise would not if !
!, dull tool were used, because it twonl,
squeeze and close up the minute tubes 0
pores ofsthe trees in the same manner tha
!, dull knife makes a wound more ,dificul
I to heal than a sharp one. szs hits ss1
H. w. CHAMBERLAIN.
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: CAN DE EFFEUIUALL1- CUKED BIZ
.s Dr. Hoofland's
g Celebrated German Bitters.
PreDared by DR.. c. AZ JACKSON

No. 120, .arch Street, Philadelphia
Their power over the above diseases is not
excelled, if equalled, by any other preparation
in the United States, as the cures attest, in ma
ny cases after skillful physicians had called.
- These Bitters are worthy the attention of in
valids. Possessing great virtues in the recti-
fcation of diseases of the Liver and lesser
Glands, exercising the most searching powers
in weakness and affections of the digestive Or
gans, they are withal safe, certain and pleasant.
READ AND BE CONVINCEDl :. ;.
MORE ONO TESTIMONY IN FAVOR OF DR.. HooF-
LANDS CELEBRATED GERMAN BITTERs prepared
by DR.. C. NJ. JACKSON, aPIiladelphia.s From
the mass of testimony received, the proof is
conclusive that this medicine has no equal for
diseases of the Liver, Stomach, Nerves, Kidneys,
&c.-Read and be convinced -. .st.s
E. B. PERKINS, Marietta, Ohio, Feb. o. 81,
said: "Your Bitters are highly priced by those
who have used them. In case of Liver Com
plant, of long standing, which had resisted the
skill of several physicians, was entirely cured
by the use of Five Bottles. 'zts g -
g C. L. DRAKE, Freedom, Portage Co., Ohio
April 23y1S52, said, 'sThe German Bitters you
sent me last have not yet come to hand.
have been out of the article for some time, to
the great detriment of invalids.,. 1t is a medi
cine much thought of and sought after in this
community" - isit{s -. f---5s, n =
. b. M:-HUTcH1ssoN, NJ, D., Bedford, Cuyahog;
county, Ohio, Aug. 26, 1852, said: aThe. Bitter;
you.shipped me in May last are all gone.
think it is good medicine, and l am recon-
intending it to my patients and friends (Which
/ I do for no other patent ,medicine.) You viii
please forward a large supply"
i S. French, Wooster, Ohio, Noy. 80, 81 said
d"I have used some three or four bottles of Hoof
{ lands German Bitters for Dyspepsia and hav,
derived great benefit from their use, Lbeley,
them to be,good for all diseases for which the,
are recommended. 80 29h -
7 w. M. sOhR, Wooster, o., October I'd, 1852
saids stYou ask mysopinion of the German Bit
4 ters. 4 have used them for Dyspepsia, or Indi
4 gestion, and take pleasure in stating that
think they are the very best remedy extant TO
fthe above complaints they are decidedly in ad
pance Of oil proprietary medicines,of the day.
-. Mr.. Orr is "a distinguished lawyer Q
j These Bitters are ENTIRELY yEGEr ABLE. The
neuer PROSTATE the system, but inuigorate it.
: For sale by dealers in medicine everywhere
Jno. M.Kirkbride, Woodsfeld; w. H. Mallo
~, Sunfsh and Jamestown. s. Marsilliot
4 New Castle; T. 0.Penn, Antioch; and by dealer
in medicine eyerywhere. 15e IS
Il NOY. "a. .lS54-ly =.
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ALAwyFR,s I, WISH. y A late witty me

A Lawyers WISH. IA late witty mem
bef of the Scottish bench was one Sunday,
recently, in church, when he heard SER
mon which sbreathed fulminations and
abuse against Satan, After listening pa
tiently to the TRADE until its close the
= Judge, with the feelings of council still
strong within him, slyly whispered to his
{ friend, who sat next to him in the pew
4 should like to be heard on the Other
side.' "A natural wish for a lawyer. 4.
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T,HE undersigned mas for sale large lot of
first rate BRICK, which he wishes toidispose
of. Those in wantsbf Brick will please to give
him a call. sW x m. MORROW.
Woodfseld, Sept. 6. III sass a
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REED-B1RD SHOOTING.
BY H. p. LELAND.


BY H. p. LELAND.
Three men and bulldog ugly, -. -.
Two guns, and a terrier lame: 49,
They'd better stand out in the mud there,
And set themselves up for camel n
But nolI see, by the cooking
OF that red-haired Paddy's eye, .saz1
He's been Teeding' too much for you, sir,
Any such game to try!
Whist, 'JAMRY, me boy! kape dark there,
And heuld the big bullsdog in:
There's bloody big cloud of rade-birds
Thatn peppermint aR
'Chip-bang!' speaks the single-barrel;
'Flip-boongl'roars the old 'Queen-Anne;
There's Paddy stretched out in the mud
,holey2Is Q rs TE%x-5 a g{TFST
siAa kieked-over, knocked-down man! 81
The big bulldogs eyes stick OUT
And the terriers barks begin; 3.
The Paddy digs ont of the deep mud,
And then the sdisconrsin" comes in:
.Oh JAslEY, ye precious young blag- guard
4 know ye're the diyil's son!
How many fingers load, thin,
Did ye put in this damned old gun?'
How many fingers? Be jabersl
Il niyir put in one! e.rs
Dye think I'd be afther ramming
Ne fingers into the gun2' aet
We'll, give me the powdher, JAMEY =
>, The powdher! as sure as I'm born,
put it all in yer musket, ~
AS I had ne'er powdher-hornp
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A. Bed Bug Story

The editor of the Grand River Eagle
gives the following, as the experience of
a friend stopping at the kalamazoo
House: ----s
a'You see i went to bed pretty all fred
used up, after hull day on the old road
before the plank was laid, kalkalatin' on
agood snooze. Waal, just as the shiyers
began to ease of, kinder felt sumthin'
tryin' to pull off my shirt and diggin' their
feet into the small Of my back to get a
good hold Wiggled and twisted, and
puckered- no use-kept agoin' it like
all sin. .ss aar A
:, .Bimeby got up and struck o light to
look around q spell-found about a peck
of bed bugs scattered around, and more
droppin' off my shirt and runnin' down
my legs every mint. Swept off place
on the floor, shock out quilt, lay down
and kivered up in it fora nap.
EsssNo use-no use-mounted right, on
to ome, like a passel of. rats on meat tub
dug a hole in the kiverlid, and crawled
through and give me fits for tryin' to
hide. 81 80 escs Es.
ssaGot up again, went down stairs and
got the slush bucket from the wagon. -
Brought it up made circle of tar on
the foor-lay down on the floor on the
inside, and feltconfortable that time any
how Left che light burnin, and watched
sems See 'em get together aud have q
camp meetin, bout it, and then they went
off ina squad, with an old grey-headed
he one at the top, right up the wall, out
on the ceilin', till they gotsto the right
spot then dropped right in my face.
Fact by thunderl j. {. 1s.55s t,-sy
s'Wall, I swept 'em up again, and made
aacircle of tar on the ceiling, too. Thought
I had 'ern foul, that time; but | swang to
mad, if they didn't pull straws out OF bed
and build la regular bridge over it!'
Seeing an incredible expression on oul
sisage, he clenched the story thus:
aaIt'sso, whether you believe it or not
and some Of 'em acalked across on stills. =
Bed bugs are curions critters, and no mis-
take, specially them Kalamazoo kind"
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Pay up! Pay up!!

TNHB NOTES AND ACCOUNTS owing to George
i T. Kelch, in Monroe county, Ohio, have
been assigned to Us. All persons knowing
themselves indebted to said Kelch. will please
call and make payment. Is 8 sss-s, . b
HoLLIsTER, oKEY 8 HoLLIsTRR.
June az, 1865.
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TIE LAW OF NEwsPApERs.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.
l. Subscribers who do not give express no.
tice to the contrary, are considered as wishing
to continue their subscription.
3. If subscribers order the discontinuance OF
their newspapers, the publisher may continue
to send them until all arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take
their papers from the Offices to which they are
directed, they are held responsible till they
have settled the bill, and ordered them discon-
tinued. =
A. If subscribers remove to other places
without informing the publishers, and the pa
pers sent to the former direction, they are
held responsible.
8. The courts have decided that refusing to
take periodicals from the office, or removing
and leaving them uncalled for, is prirna facie
evidence of intentional fraud
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R E &C U L Alto Ms.

1855.
LATIoNS.
Persons wishing to compete must become
members of the Society by paying one dollar
annually to the Treasurer which must be done
before their articles are entered on the books
of the Society.
All articles offered for premiums must be
owned by the persons offering them, or by
members of their families-children over q
years of age are not entitled to compete with
| out becoming members themselves.
| No person will be allowed to serve on any
committee before which he has an article OF
articles for exhibition. -.
| When there is no competition, no premiums
will be awarded unless the article presented be
deemed deserving and meritorious.
Premiums may be awarded on any articles
not enumerated in the Premium List.
No animal can obtain a premium unless it is
owned in Monroe County; and no article car
| receive any unless it is the growth or manu-.
/ facture of the county, with the exceptions spe
cited in the list.
The various awarding committees are re
quested to be present in due time, and to re
port themselves on their arrival to the Secretary
| Judges on animals will have regard to tn,
fsymmetry, early maturity and size; and viii
make proper allowances for age, feeding, ant
the general character and condition of the an
/ imals. They are especially requested not t.
give encouragement to over-fed animals, thu
| object being to have superior animals for breed
ing. Judges are requested to examine the pro
geny, when possible, of all animals exhibited
I as breeders, and make due allowances for ex
cellencies and imperfections in these in givin:
their awards to the sire or dam. No person
except an officer or member of the Board, will
be allowed to interfere with the judges durin,
their exhibition.
Further orders as to the exhibition will b
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Premiums and Regulations,

For the Fourth Amnuul Exhibition Of the
Monroe County 1gricultural Society, to
be held IN Woodsfeld, on Thursday and
Friday, the Sd and 4M days Of October,
1855.
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Thsy can't Keep House without it"

she fact that Merchants Celebrated Gagling OIL or oM
verssl Family Enbrocation, wall cure mSst cases. ana m
9 heve ali such as a6ess
Spaylns Sweeney Ringbone, Windgalls. Pol
Evil, Callous, Cracked Heels. Calls Of all
kinds, Fresh Wounds, Sprains. Bruises, Fis-
tula, Sitfast. Sand Cracks, Strains, Laneaess,
Foundered Feet. Scratches or Crease, Mango.
!, Rheumatism, Bites of Animals. External Poi
sons, Painful Nervous Affections. Frost Bites.
Boils, COrns, Whitlows, Burns and Scalds.
Chiliblains. Ohapped Hands, Cramps. Con-
fractions of the Muscles, Swellings, eakness
of the Joints, Caked Breasts. DC dc de-
The unpalIeled success Of this OIL in the of s
cases in Horses and Cattle, and in human nss 10
daily becoming more known 70 the isrm'nS egmmuhn, @
habit of keeping ii IN their stables anu aoses
4 amount of PAIN suffering and nme are saved oy
The timely application of this OIL =
~ Be the name Of the sole proprietor, eEOhGts
|. WMERCHANT, Lockport, N. Y, 10 blown IA the side
Of the bottle and in his handwriting over ns Sork.
All orders addressed 70 the proprietor will be promptly
Cs~r Pamphle, of the Agent. and what wonders are
accomplished by the use of this metlcine-
Sold by respectable dealers generally IN tho United
States and Canada. Also by< hsS'ssks1st
| J.. NJ. Kirkbride, Woodsfeld; Armstrong
Mooney & Co., Beallsville; w. Steel, Stafford
M. Pollock & Co., Sunfsh; H. c. Kotzebue
Malaga; sPancoast, & Headley, Jamestown; M
IP. Miles & Son, Somerton; A. S. Marsilliot
New Castle; a. w. Tux bury, New Boston. Ant
at wholesale by ]. D.. Park, Cincinnati; H.y&
Gaylord, and,A & J. Wenham, Cleveland; ans
by Hardy &, Jones, Pittsburgh sy "a
July Il, 1854. 50 1Aa
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TO IA RNIERS!
Glover and Timothy Seed Sewers

Clover and Timothy Seed Sewers.
TIME foregoing valuable farming utensils, pat
sented June-6, 1854, by Davis; is, now
offered for sale TO the farmers of Monroe couns
ty, who are requested to cali at,agent' d and
examine the same. an9 sls4gak " sYsf5asxs
F1s Ferssale by. Jno. M : Kirkbride and F. g. &
J.eOkey, Woodsfeld; Iitten & Kiernan, Sunfsh;
e. II. huffman, New Castle; e. Mitchell & Son,
eT1H0MAs FIETC CHER's ESTA ATE.-The under
/ i signed was, on the 26th day of june, 1855,
by the Probate. Court of Monroe county, Ohio,
/ appointed Administrator of the Estate of Thorn
as Fletcher, deceased, and has given bond and
received letters of Administration as such.
July II, 1855. THOMAS W. FLETCHER.
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Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia,
Jaundice, Chronic or Nervous
Debility, Disease Of the Kai,dneqs,

and al Diseases arising from =
Il DISORDERED1 STOMACH ORLIVER,
Such as Constipation, Inward Piles, Fullness of
Blood to the Head, Acidity of the Stomach,
Nausea, Heartburn, Disgust for Food, Full
ness or Weight in the Stomach, Sour Erncta-
tions, Sinking or Fluttering at the Pit of the
Stomach, Swimming of the Head. Hurried
and Difficult Breathing, Fluttering at the
Heart, Choking or Sufocating Sensations,
when in a lying posture, Dimness of Vision,
Dots or Webs before the sight, Fever and
Dull Pain in the Head, Deficiency of Perspi-
ration, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes, Pain
in the Side, Back Chest, Limbs, &C., Sudden
Flushes of Heat, Burning in the Flesh, Con-
slant Imaginings of Evil, and great Depress-
ion of Spirits, -- erasF
CAN re EEEEfNrIr NJ Y CI1pEn pX
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A gricul tural.

80 The initial F, in the list of premiums,
stands for Ohio Farmer, an excellent agricultu-
raj paper published in Cleveland, and is valued
in the premium at 50. C stands for Ohio Cul-
ttOator, semi monthly agricultural paper pub
lished at Columbus, and valued in the list at 81.
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A statement to be furnished in writing, con-
tanning, lst, the age and breed of thescow, and
time of oalving; I'd, the quantity of milk. in
weight, and the butter made therefrom, during
a period of ten days, (the butter made on the
trial to be exhibited with the cow at the Fair. }
sd. The quantity and kind of feed given the
COW, during and preceding the experiment.
The statements to be verified by the compet-
Eitor, and another person conyersant' with the
facts, certifying thereto,o over their signatures.
I Awarding committee Alexander Lantz, John
Okey, John Reed. -. ,s>4s. s.s.is
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TEA KETTLES OVENS AND Skill
LET'S. and a variety Of Odd Lids,
For sale at KlRKBRIDE'S.