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Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
farrnrs' department.
10 De country G%entleman.
how no FATTEN z

"a Young Farmer" from Balm
bridge, n. Y, inquiries for information
in feeding sheep.
The first thing requisite is to pro-
cure an improved breed of sheep, such
as will cone to early maturity and
.fatten any time during their growth.
l have for the last ten years been
breeding the Cotswolds. I have now
three two year old wethers weighing
over two hundred lbs. each, andayear-
ling buck nearly as heavy as either
This buck came in competition with
the two year old buck which took the
first premium at the u. S. Fair last
year in Boston, and took the first prize
at. our Litchfeld Fair last week.
The great difficulty with this breed
of sheep on farms well adapted to sheep
husbandry, is to prevent their getting
so fat as not to breed. To prevent
this it is necessary to put them in the
poorest feed the farm affords after the
lambs are taken from them.
Sheep, like all other animals, will
do better to be protected from cold
winds, or from storms, especially in
winter.
have commenced feeding my three
-wethers on oats, with the intention OF
fatting them. From what experience
I have had, there is little danger of
cloying on this kind of grain. In feed
ing corn more care is required. The
quantity which may safely be fed tie
each sheep, must vary according to
the size Of the animal; from half a
pint to a pint twice-a day until cold
weather, when it may be gradually in
creased.
I am Of the opinion that all kinds
of grain are the better for being ground
when fed in large quantities to sheep,
as it saves mastication and assists in
digestion, but the cob will hardly pay
for grinding for sheep.
When rouen feed fails, turnips or
some other roots should be substituted,
and may safeIyb be fed in any quantity
the sheep will eat.
Without roots, sheep that have been
full fed on corn or oats, in connection
with rouen feed, will advance but little
when put to hay.
Let me admonish "a Young Farm
er" if he is breeding sheep for market
purposes, not to be long in procuring
a first rate Cotswold buck to cross with
his ewes.-T. L. HART.
Vest CornyaU, C.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
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Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
Mclfechan q BaUentIne.

WHOLESALE Grocers and Commission Ns,y
w chants, No, "a ieVee, st. Louis, Nd, betWeeo.
Give and Locust SITS, have now in store and 49,
ing the, largest and most general stock Of Goesr;..
they have ever offered, which they intend 70 ssN -
the lowest market rates. Their stock eon5s,S -
part Of:
375 hhds n. o. suar; 400 bbls clarified.
225 bbls loaf, crushed and powdered sugar;
800 do and hf do plantation mOlasses;
400 pkgs Bcleher's 81. molaSseS; $50 BIS NOsAS
$50 hf chests tea; US do Imp. CT a63
Black do;
$50 casks S. Carb soda; IS do saleratus;
200 boxes Rabbits saIeratus;
275 do Va and Mo tobacco;
$4,000 Spanish cigars; 100000 HAY and Cuba sizes;
800 bxs star candles; Ill casks c~urrants;
1000 bhls, hfdOand kits l and 2, makerel;
so pkgs No. 1 salmon; 5000 bxs ass'd tumEIers
200 qtand pit TASKS; 5000 nests tubs, 3 and s;
500 dozen assorted pals;
1900 SKIS prime Rio coffee; 500 packets java;
IS sacks Mocha do;
$500 kgs Wheeling and Boston nails and bad
assorted Sd to 40d;
Is bxs Bait Cove oysters; 275 bales batting;
200 SKIS Eagle cotton yarn assorted;
400 coils Man. and JUte rope;
100 bxs pepper and pimento; rs bbls almonds
leo drums figs; 600 bxs hf and or u r ~raisinss
5 drums cod fish; 125 bxs do;
Is cases sardines hf and or;
$50 boxes assorted pickles, ketehup;
800 bxs palm and fam. soap; 50 do mould ed1s
500 do asst window glass; so bgs carpet chain;
100 dOz zinc washbOards; 30 gross yeast pOw'ds;
so nests willow baskets;
Together with a general and full stock Of for
eign and domestic Wines brandies, &C.. l
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
MICHAEL MCGEE,
Saddle and Harness Maker,
East side of Main, bet. Francis and Felix St.,
ST. JOSEPH. MO.

~ WILL - 49,
THANKFUL for past favors, begs leave to inform
i the public, that he has just returned from st.
Louis with as fine an sssortment of materials as has
ever been purchased In that market.
His stock consists of a superior article of Skirting
Harness, bride leather, hog, calf, and sheep skins;
fine goat.morocco,a and a surprisingly beautiful arti-
Gle Of enameled leather Of various hues.
He has every variety of saddle trees, from the real
Mexicana and English, Boards and Grimsley's pat
ent, down to the common fall-back. He has on hand
and will continue to keep saddles, saddle bags, bri-
dies, martingales, halters, collars, whips of every
quality, whip-lashes, names, traces, spurs, &c. Has
also, coach, buggy, Pennsylvania, yankee, cart and
dray harness.
He has not now, rcr viii he keep any other than
No ! workmen, and transformations to thema are neat
ness and strength. He, therefore, feels no hesitation
in saying that his work will seldom be equaled, no
where surpassed.
As small profits and quick sale, is his motto, he
pledges himself to sell considering the quality of
the article lower than any house west of the Ale
gheny Mountains.
Those disposed to suspect him of casing, have on
ly to call to be assured of their mistake.
ST. Joseph, August 80, 1856. vIn13tf
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
FLTERNG CIsTEREs AND CIsTERl
BUILDING.

In previous number we have spoken
of pure water as essential to health
We regard rain water as pure, fit for
use. How to get it and keep it is the
question now before us. To do this,
cisterns must be made in the ground.
The size of cisterns may depend upon
the quantity of water wanted. They
may vary from five to twenty feet in
diameter, and from ten to twenty-five
feet in depth. A deep cistern will
keep the water cooler and probably
better. From sixteen to twenty feet
is a good depth. We are of the opin-
ion that excellent water can always
be kept in cisterns Of thatdepth. From
six to nine feet is a good width for
ordinary familypurpOses. They should
be dug round, and with the utmost
regularity, beperpehdicular, the bottom
smooth, and a little followed in the
. middle, facilitate the process of clean
ing, and give greater permanency to
the coat of cement. A permanent
clay soil is generally solid enough
when well dug, and the sides well
smoothed and cemented, to make a
p lasting c%istern; but it is always bestto
brick over the bottom and sides. This
gives the most reliable permanency il
the bricks are properly laid. It pre-
vents any water pressure from burst
ing in, and makes a solid basis for the
cement. The top should be arched
over with brick, leaving a hole in the
q. middle about two and a half feet il
width, and arched sufficiently to sus
tain any pressure that may ever b,
put upon it. When it is thus dug anC
arched, or bricked, it is ready for thu
cement, which should be carefully pu
on at three coatings. Good hydrauli
cement, well put on, viii make a per
manent. water-tight lining for the els
tern, which IS cheap and not easily dis
placed.
The next important matter is tn,
filter. Pure water cannot well be oh
tanned at all seasons of the year with
ont a filter. There are many mode
of fltering eistern water. One is t
dig a small cistern six OF eight fee
deep, near the main one, and fit
9 filter in the bottom of this, having frs
connected it with the main cistern b
a Lead pipe. The ori6ee of the passag
to the main cistern is first proteete
by bricks or stones. These are coyere
with a strong coarse wooden CLOTH
Upon this is placed a layer of powdere
charcoal; on this a layer of grave
another cloth similar to the first; an
2 then charcoal and gravel again. III
Smore Of these layers the more perfcp
the filter. They must be so place
that all the water shall pass throue
them. The filter In all cisterns is MAJ
in the same way.
ANOTHER arrangement is to NAL
two cisterns Of :equal depth, one muc
larger than the other, and come
them at the bottom with a lead pipe.-
Law no a brick arch around the orif,
Of the passage in the large cister
about two feet high, and make t
filter In this. Let the water from Il
roof into this cistern. The main DO,
Of the water being in the large cister
It will filter slowly, and the water "
have time to settle all i Will. befo
going through the filter. There
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
N MElLGlL RllKS

Can be supplied here at 20 per cent above pub
fishers prices, We paying all costs and obtaining them
at the shortest notice. Our arrangements embrace
any STANDARD BOOKS printed in the Uni
ted States.
Call and see our stock-we are new beginners but
will serve our customers to the best of our ability.
Our prices, we arc sure win be satisfactory.
CRAIG Il SANFORD.
Council Bluffs, Iowa, June II, '56-v1n2.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
W. S. GILMAN.


WHOLESALE GROCER, No. $50 Second street
w st. Louis, has in store a large and we'll SELECT
ed stock, which is offered at the market rates, con-
sisting in part as follows:
$40 hhds N. o. sugar; 200 bbls loaf, crushed &
powdered do;
1900 bags Rio coffee; 100 do Java do;
$50 bbls S. II. syrup m~olasses; $50 do s, Il.
mOlasses;
$50 bbls plantation molasses; 100 pkgsmackerel
ZOE boxes cOddshy 200 bbls Wilmington tar;
500 kegs Boston and Pittsburgh nails; b.
IS kegs fine 3D. nails; IS bags cotton yarn;
so bales carpet chain; $50 do cotton Irvine;
100 bales wieking; $50 els Manila and Juts
cordage;
100 doz pillow and clothes lines;
400 boxes window glass, assorted sizes;
1000 lbs W. chalk; 800 do alum 1900 do s'tpeterS
10000 o~snaburg sacks; 10 kegs sup. eorb. soda;
200 half chests Imp, Y. H.. and g. p. teas;
800 boxes Imp, Y. II. and G. p. teas;
$50 boxes Virginia and Missouri tobacco;
100 bx. smoking tobacco; so do cut chewing do
$50 bx. star candles; 40 do sperm do;
800 candle m0ulds;
25O boxes soap; $50 pkgs s~aleratus;
3 eases Ma. indigo; 9 ccrOonS 5. F. do;
so bgs pepper; 45d do pimentO; 200 bxs cd slices;
300 M. Q. d.. per. caps, 200 rms O.. L. paper;
300 doz com. and fancy pailsI00 no 3-hOopdO;
500 nests 2 and 8 qt tubs; $50 mats eassia; ..
% cases prunes; 40 eks currants; 8 do madden;
5 bbls whiting; 400 rms wrapping paper;
so bales Osnaburgs; brooms, zinc washbOardsy
ehurns, &c, &C., June Z, SO
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
The Trade supplied on the most
Liberal Terms.
MORE MEN WANTED.

A FEW more active and energetic young men can
IA find Immediate employment, by which they can
easily make 5000 to $1,000 a year, to act as agents fol
several new and popular works, just published fol-
agents, and not for sale in book stores.
We have a great many agents employed, many Of
whom are making from SIS to $50 per week. Those
who wish to engage in this pleasant and agreeable
business, will for particulars, requisites, &C., address
G. L. DERBY & co.
Publishers and Wholesale Booksellers.
Editors of Newspapers, by giving the above and
following, three insertions, and calling attention to
it, shall receive any three of the following works;
Life of Josephine, by Headly, SI,25
Life of Lafayette, SIPS
Life of Napoleon. " SL.25
Wild Scenes of a Hunter Life, SLIGO
Life Of Mary and Martha Washington, $500
Odd Fellows Amulet, SLOO
Any person wishing any of the above books, can
have them sent by mail, free Of postage. on receipt
of the above retail price.
v1-n4 C. l.. DERBY & CO., New York.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
R PUBLICATIONS.

TIE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN is a beautifully illus
trated weekly of is pages quarto, with special De-
%partments for the Farm, the Grazier, the Dairy, the
Fruit Garden and Orchard, the Florist, the Kitchen
Garden, the Housewife, the Fireside, &c. aThis il
without question, the BEST Agricultural Paper in the
United States. "-Hon JOHN WENTWORTH, NJ. G. Of
Illinois. Price 50 a year.
THE CCLTIvATOR, monthly, 30 pages octavo-wel
known for twenty years, as the best monthly agricul.
tural Journal in this country. Price so cents pei
year.
THE ILLUSTRATED ANNUAL REGISTER OF Rural
AFFAIRS. The two Nos. issued for 1856 and 1856
contain more than ESQ engravings of buildings, ami
mails, trees fruits, DC. Price % cents each-sen
post paid by mail.
These works combine attractions to be found in NJ
similar publications, and the publishers viii scnC
specimens OF the papers to al who would like to ex
anime them. Published at Albany, N. Y, by
xlnl3tf LUTHER TCCKNER & son.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
BROWN & CO.,
No. IS, Main Steet, st. Louis; Mo.
SPRING STOCK COMPLETE.
The cheapest and most extensive Fancy

The cheapest and most extensive Fancy
Goods and Yankee Notions Establish
ment in the Western Country.
MERCHANTS in search of cheap goods are inYi-
Ifl ted to examine our stock of silks, dress goods
shawls, white goods, Embroideries, ribbons. glove,
and hosiery, trimmings, furnishing goods and small
wares gene! ally, together with $4,000 PaFasOIs
of the latest and most fashionable styles, at manu-
faeturers' prices.
Cash buyers, close purchasers, and prompt mel
will find our stock adapted to their wants in ever
particular. A call from the trade is respectfully so
.licited. vlnl2tf
August %, 1855.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15

feet apart, and wishing TO deVOte the
ground entirely to fruits, 1 wish to
know if dwarf and standard pears,
peaches, plums, or other fruits, could
be planted in the intervals of the APP
Piles without injury to the apples, and
with success to the other things.
BERKSHIRE.
Apples 40 feet apart will be in the
course of some Is of 20 years under
moderate cultivation, nearly cover the
whole ground, and will be injured in
their thriftiness and productiveness by
other trees growing between. But as
the trees are many years in reaching
that size, and remain quite small for
a time, the practice has been adopted
by many cultivators of planting peach
trees on the space between, on the
supposition that the peach is short
lived, and will have run its course by
the time the apples are large enough
to need the room they occupy. We
are inclined to favor this practice,
where it is desired to make the most
of the land for fruit trees, provided a
continued and enriching system of Gull
tivation is adopted, by applying ma
nure, turning under clover, and an oc-
casional broadcast dressing of lime or
ashes. Roots of the peach, as we
have found by decisive experiments,
extend quite as far as the height of
the tree, and therefore they soon form
a net work of roots over acircle whose
diameter is twice as great as the height
of the tree. Apples do nearly the
same; and consequently in a few years
after setting out the orchard, the whole
surface of the ground is covered with
the roots of each, a few inches beneath
the surface. The peach trees will
therefore soon interfere with those of
the apple and necessarily etard them.
The %apple-trees, after the lapse of a
few years, will be lessened in growth
by the peach trees-the latter will,
however, have probably paid for this
damage by their crops of peaches
and generous manuring may nearly
compensate for the loss. At all events.
We have known the practice to succeed
well on good soils; but as the apple
trees advance, it would be best to keep
the peach trees well shortened back.
Dwarf pears viii prove of no injury
whatever to young apple orchards
for these dwarfs musthave o~fneeessity
good cultivation and manuring, which
viii ultimately benefit the apples. The
roots of the dwarfs are short, anC
never extend veryfar, andconsequent
ly will not soon interfere with the
apple roots. They will, however, suf
fer serious loss from the overshadow
ing influence of the apple trees as The
latter reach the age of Is or 20 years
and the dwarfs must not be expected
to succeed after that. IF in ground b.
themselves, the few pears hat succeed
best as dwarfs, may be expected t.
flourish, with proper management, a
least so years.
We would not in any case recon
mend standard pears or plums among
apples. We have stated the case o
the others in such a tanner that on
correspondent can readily judge 70
himself, whether his necessities ar
{ such as to warrant mixed planting.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
NOTICE. NOTICE.
Merchants, SpOrtSmen and Manufacturers.
uORACE =. DIMTCK & CO.'S
NnTME.

DREAT WESTERN EMPORIUM, for Shot Guns,
III Rides. Pistols, Fishing Tackle and Sporting APP
raratns az everv variety. IS at No. -, North Main
&c., ST. Louis, the sign Of tho Deer in the Win
We keep constantly en- hand 4 full assortment of
Hunting, Target and Minnie Rifles,
Together with every variety Of Purcussion Caps,
Guns, Wads, and Wadding Paper, Fishing Tackle,
&C., &C.; in fact, everything connected with the Gun
Trade.
Two Hundred Breech loading Rifles Of various
patents.
N. BAH kinds Of gun material and mounting,
in the forged, filed and finished state.
Tlease call and examine for yourselves before you
make your purchases, as experience is the only true
guide.
Our goods nrc all warranted by us.
AUGUST %. 1876. Y1nl2tf
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
Furniture and Upholstery
OF Great Variety.
HENTON 4 TRINIBLE.

E- @@1@@
On Second Street, Sign of the Chair and Bedstead.
TlHE continued liberal patronage of the citizens of
Il st. Joseph, North Western Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska and Western Iowa, for all Of which we feel
thankful, has induced us to j increase our facilities for
doing business. Having built last spring, a very
large Mandatory Establishment on Francis street,
and having employed some Of the very best workmen
in the Eastern cities, We are now determined not to
be out done by any other Furniture Establishments
the Missouri Valley, in quantity, quality, durability,
styles and prices. Our stock consists in part of Rose
wood, Walnut and Mahogany Bureaus, marble and
solid tops Of every style; extension, centre, card, din
ing and side table; Book cases, Wash stands, Work
tables and WradrObes, Sofas, divans, Ottomans and
f~ootstools, spring scat parlOr chairs, rocking, nurse,
elizabeth chairs of every variety. Mahogony, wal
nut, cherry and maple bedsteads of every style and
variety. Spring, hair, moss, cotton and shuek mat
~tresses, &c, together with all other articles in our
line, usually kept in a Furniture Warcroom. We
say then to all who may want good Furniture, either
for hotels, parlors or bed rooms, give US acall and OK
anime our work and prices, and we think you will
leave your money here in place of sending it to ST
Louis and getting an inferior article at the same
price you can get a good one here at.
Our motto is the cash system, which viii enable Us
to sell at smaller profits than ours or any other estab-
lishment can DO where the credit system is adopted
n. B, The highest price paid for seasoned Wal.
nut and Cherry Lumber.
st. Joseph, Aug 80, 1856 v1n13tf
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
MISSQURI RIVER PACKET.

TJW new, elegant and fast running passenger
j. packet and freight steamer, f. A. OGDEN.
Baldwin, Commander. is now running her regular
trips between St. Louis and Council Bluffs. She is
one of the best freight steamers on the river having
been built expressly for this trade.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15


Is N0WTeeeiTing and opening the largest and most
i varied assortment Of goods in the above line ever
offered in any market west of st. Louis.
My stock embraces a full and complete assortment
Of Cabinet and House Builders Hardware, Mcchan-
les tools Of every description, direct from the most
approved manufacturers; agricultural and herticul-
tural tools and implements, in great variety, combin
ing all the recent and useful improvements for the
saving Of q vast amount Of labor to the farming COM
munity, from whom I respectfully request a careful
examination of this department Of ny stock. IaRs
also exclusive agent for the sale Of the celebrated
st. Louis Circular Mill and Cross Cut Saws, which /
win warrant, and fill all orders at he factary prices.
Also a large assortment of Guns, Rifles and Pistols.
Iron, Steel, Nails, DC, Of the best brands: in a word,
my stock is very complete, which, for its quality and
price, I am determined to offer such inducements as
viii command aliberal share Of trade from this and
adjoining counties. Ny arrangements for importing
and agencies for American Hardware Manufacturers
together with a long experience in the general Hard
ware trade, enables me; not only to defy all eompeti-
tion, but has convinced me that the true principle Of
trade is cash sales and small profits.
August 80, 1856. vInIetf
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
ST. JOSEPH LUMBER YARD.
On Edmond Street, near CargilPs Mill,

st. Joseph, Missouri.
w. j. TAYLOR, Removed from the old
Stand to the above named place.
TNHE undersigned is now fuIly prepared to accom-
modate his patrons and friends With the best as
sortment Of Pine Lumber ever offered in this mar
ket, comprising not only White. Pine Lumber and
White and Yellow Flooring, ready dressed; but nlsc
best assortment Of Pine and Cottonwood shingles
Poplar Siding, &c.
de has now on hand, at his Lumber Yard, the lar
gest and hest assortment of Doors, Sash and Yeni-
tian blinds, ever offered in This market, a portion o.
which is direct from Cincinnati manufactures, which
enables him to sell at verF redaced prices. He il
fully prepared to ill ell orders in bis line, at shor
notice, and particularly saliciss the Kansas and Ne
braska trade, for he hasth4 articles they want and
must have, BE sure to give NEE call, near Cargilfl
Mill, and in the immediatesicinity Of the st. 10
seph Brewery.
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
PALMER HOUSE,
s. Proprietor.

Corner of Illinois and Washington Streets.
Indianapolis, IND.
THIS well-known and popular Hotel, has recently
4 been rebuilt and greatly enlarged by the addi-
tion Of sixty or seventy rooms. and is furnished
throughout with new and beautiful furniture. and is
in all respects, a First Glass Hotel. Travellers
will find th3 palmer all they can desire for com
fort, luxury and pleasure. The table will at all
times be supplied with the best the market affords
and no pains will be spared to render the stay Of
guests both comfortable and pleasant.
"TRY THE PALMER HOUSE"
August 80, 1856. ~Y1nI3-ly
Nebraska advertiser., 1856-11-15
Land Office at BrownvilIe

Land Office at BrOWnville.
ALI persons knowing themselves indebted to us are
hereby notified that their accounts are due, and must
DC Settled Immediately, by Note or Cash: as a settle
mcnt We must have, in order tOcontinue our business
BIB. < J. ID. ". THOMPSON.
BrcEnyille, August LEI, 1858.