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Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
[From the Country Gentleman
Seed Potatoes.

We have invariably ignored the prac-
tice of cutting potatoes to plant, suppos-
ing that nature put them in her favorite
form for reproduction, and to nourish the
young plant; and that by cutting them we
opened the vessels for the evaporation of
nutritive qualities, and lessened the means
of nourishment which young plants draw
from the seed.
The experience Of the last season has
brought US results in this matter, which if
continued success attends it, will prove of
some importance.
Early in May last we turned over a
piece of sod ground, and towards the
close of the month planted it with whole
potatoes. When this was planted, having
a few bushels left, we plowed another
piece adjoining the one already planted.
This was in June. The seed potatoes for
this piece were cut in such small pieces
that less than half the quantity was used
than was in the former case. The same
variety of potatoes were planted on each
piece, and the same tiDage given. No ma
nure was used except tablespoon full
of plaster to each hill. fF .s sfJ.
When the potatoes were dug, late in
October, fall one-third of those on the
ground where the seed was planted whole,
were made worthless by the rot. Where
they were cut for planting, the potatoes
were of good size with scarce any appear
ance Of rot.
Such are the ways Of management and
the results, and there we leave the mat
ter. for if we would we cannot tell wheth-
er the same course would lead to the same
end in second trial. = Atmospheric, and
other causes whichwe cannot control might
change the whole result. One thing,
however, if cut potatoes are as good fol
seed, vast quantities that would otherwise
be planted may be saved for other pur.
poses each year. A careful following
out of the experiment is the only true
way to reach facts available in practice
w. BACON.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
.s7e [From the Country GentlsnAn.l
Early Cucumbers and MelOns.

MEssRs. EDIToRs-You have publish
ed In your excellent journal several meth
DDS for forcing cueumbers and melons for
eaFlyuse.s Ihave one which IhaVe prov
ed 1byexperience to be aagoOd one, and
with your permission, will give it for
the benefit of your readers. My first
preparation for planting is, the making a
good hot t-bed-one that will give consid-
cradle heat and retainit. / then procure
empty oyster kegs, saw them in two, bore
a hole IN the center Of each head for
drainage, which cover with pieces of
broken pots or other porous material, and
then fill with a fine and rich compost, and
plant my seeds IN them. / burYmy kegs
to their rims in the dirt of the hot-bed,
when it has become sufficiently warm, and
the plants make their appearance in a
few days. / am then careful to water as
often as necessary, and keep my frame at
such temperature that my plants will
grow stocky and look healthy, not spin
ding. When my ground is right for
transplanting, / make hills two feet in
diameter and the same in depth, rich and
mellow, and then lift my boxes from the
bed, cut their hoops, when the slaves will
readily fall apart, leaving clear ball of
earth and roots, and the latter whole and
undisturbed, which / bury in my hills ;
the plants will grow without check if the
work is done with care, and early fruit
is the reward. / use the gallon and larg-
er sizes of kegs, as they allow more room
for the roots to grow in, and before trans
planting harden my plants off," and af-
forwards use boxes around them with a
pane of glass in. the top. claim for
this method, over that of planting upon
inverted turf, one great advantage which
is this: The roots of my plants are never
broken or disturbed, but grow without
check; whereas, upon the turf the contra
ry is the case, even with the utmost care.
The cost is trihe, as any one can see
for the kegs can often be had for the ask.
ing, as they are usually broken to piece:
and burnt at the hotels, sc. have grown
cucumbers and melons by this method
with perfect success, and as the plants gei
the start of the bugs, am never troubled
by them. & For market gardeners, o.
course Mr.. Howatt's way is the best, bu
for ar :eur gardeners this will be found
as good as any, where plants are to bt
grown for family use. J. H.
CLARKs Mills, N. Y.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
HARDY Shrubs.

Old friends should not be forgotten; /;
therefore. we say fist get some Lilacs
They grow anywhere, and in almost any
soil. Cold does rot hurt them, so they Just
suit. Nobody thinks of calling them by
the botanic name Syringa; they are Ii
lacs, and that is enough 1t has been
written, ''this was one of the first plants
introduced. By our forefathers, and is iinii
versally found--Often in front of ancient
houses, growing almost to the size of d
tree"
The old kinds, commonly to be got in
any nursery, are the Pt rsian, a delicat,
and pretty species, some with white 9th.
ers with purple flowers; there is cut
Ieaved vsrSlS also, and the common pur.
PIE and white. the last much more scarce
than the former These flower the -Iasi
Of May or fEsSsWeek Of june Newer
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
American 0sier WILLOW.

In the Journal of February 4th, was
an article in reference to the Osier Viii
low. Weahave been raising the Osier
for number of years, and find 1t profit
able. send you two samples Of bas-
kets manufactured from the Osier VII
low of my own raising, by Joseph Ma
tram, who had worked at the business a
long time in 'Deutchland," and he as
sures me that the Osier raised in this
country is much better than in the old
country; reason, they grow quicker, n
pen earlier, and are tougher and less la
bic TO crack and break. sE
-s.r A. r. WHITNEY.
The baskets received are proof posi-
tive Of the good quality of the Americah
grown Osier Willow, and we have am.
pie testimony of its profit as crop. Send
IN the faces relative to its culture, and thS
figures too. gentlemen.-Egey's Jour.
nal of .fgriculture.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
SeasOnabIe Hints.

As soon as the weather moderates,
all farmers and fruit men should look 70
their orchards. Sharpen your pruning
knife, take your tree scrapeI and small
saw along, and proceed to give every tree
in your orchard a regular oTerhauIing. Be
cautious how you use the knife; there is
always danger Of pruning too much. Look
well for bOrers abou, the trunks and tase
OF principal limbs; you will generally
hnd them on the sunny side of the tree or
hmb. Scrape the rough bark and NOES
from your apple trees.
They have got fellow in Jail in Chi.
eago, for swindling. He dried snow and
sold il for salt.
Every man has something 10 do which
he negleets,
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
EeIectlng FrnIt Treea.

Few farmers know what really con-
stitutes good nursery tree, and yet it is
the most valuable information they can
possess, and. to great extent, the key to
future success; for if you expect to have
a good orchard you must plant healthy,
well-formed trees of suitable sorts for
your particular soil and climate. Most
planters are over anxious to obtain large
trees which are very seldom profitable,
never in fact, except when they are to be
moved but short distance from the nur.
sery. Apple trees, from three to FIVE
years old, are the cheapest, easiest to
plant, and most certain to livega and give
satisfaction. If you go to the nursery
yourself select stocky ii. e. large just
above ground) trees, with well balanced
heads, not too high up, especially if you
intend to plant them on the open prairie.
In ordering or selecting cherry, plum, or
dwarf pear trees, take those that arenot
oyer two years old, in fact, one year old.
If well grown, are better still. Such
trees you can usually get at the nurseries
at from one-third to one-half less than
the sized trees that are generally order
ed. Nurserymen like to sell large trees
at large prices. but an honest one will
tell you that this is correct advice, and
will perhaps save you if you are about
ordering trees, three or four times the
cost of this paper.
Any one who has had experience in
orchard planting knows that the younger
the tree, as a general thing, the more
readily it adapts itself to a new situa-
tion, and RECEIVERS from the injuries al
ways incident to ever SO careful a removal
from the nursery. Another reason why
you should select young trees is, you car
form them to suit yourself, so that in af-
ter years you will never be compelled tt
resort to the dangerous remedy Ofremov-
ing large limbs, or of saving in the top
which is often absolutely necessary with
tall, limbless whipstalks.
Peach trees in particular, should new
er be more than one year old. In selec.
ting trees of all kinds, avoid those of un'
natural, rapid growth, or that have de,
cayed spots on the trunk. But the frs
and most important thing to look to, anC
to insist upon is, an abundance of root
More trees fail from poor roots and from
having been exposed to frosts and dry
ing winds than from any other cause. /
you order trees from distant nursery
state distinctly that your trees must b
well packed, and Just mention, by way o
encouragement, that you never begrudgt
packing charges, and expect your tree
to be carefully taken up with decen
supply of fibrous roots.
In regard to varieties, if you have con
fidence IN your nurseryman, leave the Sc
lection manly to him, only state wha
proportion you wish Of summer, fall ant
winter fruits, and that you don't care TO
more than twenty-four varieties, and tha
you wish 10 be the best sorts for your 10
cality. as'
This advice is Of course intended 70
those farmers who, rom not having mad
horticulture a speciality, are not postel
in regard to the comparative merits Q
different sorts.
The Turks have u proverti that III
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01

The Turks have a. proverb thai the
devil tempts industrious men. but idle men
tempt the devil. 81 we might fadd, Mad
anne Fashion tempts both. ''9
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
"a. IL. MHIINEY.

"A distinguished individual says that no-
thing is best achieved by indlrecliOn Haw
then. does corkscrew work 2 IlIs oDlg
some things which work by the rule of
contraFies.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01


MatrlmOny.
Mauinohy is a nut
POF every mans digestioni
when the shell 81 fairly orsckea.
POpl goes the quesiioa.
Pretty girls vail sigh and bluSh-.
Simper all they can, SIR
TiIl, from ont their p0uting lipa,
POpi gOes the answer.
Cupid fans the holy arme--
. teF RanR est kind o. arsoa--
When Il gains certain heighA
POpl sues ne paRson.
Quite thrOunhout ths hoaeymooa-@
Made Of rosy eolors-
Into auhdfy Dry good ttli1,
POpi 90 the dollars.
When year has shown It's tail.
Round the eorner, (mag bel
Out upon the happy world,
Pop sees baby.
Mother dives Il eatmint tea
Father gives Il brandy,
And sdown ltS gastric tube,
q. POpi goes the candy.
Madam lets her husband seOld,
she must be the Whippef,
And, above the youngsters heels,
Pop goes the slipper.
Bachelor, who lives next door,
Stands II for seasOuj
But before the year is cut,
Popl goes his reason.
Maiden lady, up the stairs,
Stamps, each moment faster,
Till, from the ceiling underneath,
Pop goes the plaster.
Dirty, ragged, little boy,
Meath the window fingers;
Thumb applied unto his nose,
Pop 90 the angers.
An around tbe nairbhorhooa
Such aaties are enactedi
And while mama Is sc0lding him,
''Pop" goes distracted.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01

-. vsaF II paid iu advance, $500
q at che end Of months, 2,50
90. g q q 0Ia 800
c.A,ofla or more win bS furnished at 81 50 per
". srovided the cash accompanies the order,
=, oksfWtse. IL E4 =
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-01
r,rEs oF ApvERTIsIEe:

r,supcine candidates Tor Cldce in ADVANCE 5,OO
~ IL SdVAnos win be roquiredfoF all advertise
~ except where actual responsibility Is known
=, n, seot for each change will be addsd to the
isFt tates.
r advertisement viii be considered By the year
ul,H specihed on the manuscf1pts or previously
,B,s1 upon between the parties.
Nrsrsissmenis not marked on the copy for . spec
sS number Of Insertions will be continued until
.j,,ed out and charged accordingiy
Ilsdvertisemsnts from strangersOrtransientp per.
~ TO be raid in advance.
ne priVilegs Of yearly advertisers viii be eonhn'
Shdgsdly 10 their own business and all advertise
Hns not pertaining thereto, 10 Be paid Tor ex-
y
Tsarly advertisers have the privilege Of changing
esr advertisements quarterly.
An Iesasd advertisements ehAlgsd double the
eve rates.
MrsrtissusutI on the inside exclusively will b
1Isgsd extra.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

of parents who citizens of the United States who shall have attained the age of twenty years and every male person who shall have been naturalized under the laws of the United States. shall on his taking such oath may be prescribed by law be ad mitted as an elector in this State. Provided, he shall have resided in this State for term of one year next preceding and in the town in which he may offer himself and provide further, that he shall be able toread any article of the Constitution of this State in the English language and shall sustain a. good moral cha acter''
 Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amendment to the Constitution be continued to the next General Assembly, and be published with the laws passed at the present session.
 Eassed dune Sid, 1858.
 9t.y cAsT TpAYN cIerL '
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08
Ho5sE OF REPREsESTATIvEs, l

@ May Session, 1878.
 Resolve1 by the House of Representatives, That the following be proposed amendment to the Constitution of this State which when approved and adopted in the manner provided by the Constitution shall to all intents and purposes become part there of, viz:
 '.No person naturalized under the laws of the United States shall be admitted to the privileges an eector in this Stte unless he shall have resided in this State for the term of year continuously after feing so naturalzed and shall also have the other qualifications required for electors
 Resolved, That the foregoing proposed amend ment'to tn e Constitution be continued to the next General Assembly, and be published with the laws passed at the present session.
 Passed June Sth 1858
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

Rs Litehfield never looked more lovely than at the present time The shade trees are in their full est f"lIage tire fields of richest green and the a. h'ndant crops in full growth the gardens are rich with vegetables, vines and flowers the fruit trees promise satisfactory yield the streets arc general 1y clean and free from rubbish and many of the old dwellings are greatly improved in appearance by the carpenter and painter; strangers are perambulating our streets or enjoying the unsurpassed drives about the town Indeed all that is necessary to render this tho most delightful of summer resorts and the best of locations for educational pursuits is the removal of the few tppiing nuisances which still continue drawback to the'otherwise good name of our beauti full village.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

l 1 6g Rev. Dr. Walter Clarke of Hartford, starts to morrow for the Northwest, to spend his summer va cation in the copper regions of Lake Superior. l fg Simeon Smith, Esq. of South Farms sends us specimens of Rye from his farm measuring about 7] feet
 ! fH"The Republicans of the St. Louis Compression. al District has nominated Francis P Blair r for re- election. -t-, fig The population of both New York and Boston appears to have decreased during the past year, if the Directories proper criterion the names in each being about four thousand less than last year.
 gg Harley Beeman, carpenter, fell from the frame of a building in New Preston, on Wednesday the 30th inst and fractured his skull so that his life was desraired of.
 fsyCalvin W. Philleo died at Suffield on the 3Oth ut. of consumption. He was q man of some poti- cal and literary reputation, and a member of the Hartford County Bar.
 The Post of6ee Department pay the Pacific Mail Company s34s, ,250 per annum for carrying the mails to Astoria and Panama.
 The fare on the New Haven Railroad is Sl 9 from New Haven and 80 cents from Bridgeport to New York. Steamboats less than half those prices
 The democrats of Maine have nominated Manasseh H. Smith for Governor
 The Collins Steamers have been sold to parties in France for s1, ,60000O
 Owen Lovejoy has been nominated for reelection to Congress by the Republicans of the Sd district in Illinois.
 EsF The Albany papers announce the death of the wife of Thdrlow Weed. Esq.
 4
 lumber yard containing two million feet of pine lumber, belonging to Van Week and others, de- stroyed at Buffalo Friday last Loss about s23 600 and insurance SIS 0o0 about half of which is in the Hartford offices.
 Mrs. Elisabeth Parker died in Durham, Maine, on the 22a June aged nearly 115 years.
 Addison B. Williams of Bloomfield, aged r, was drowned on Tuesday evening while bathing.
 The St. Louis Democrat gives list of nearly 30 counties in Missouri where the slave population is rapidly diminishing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

trial. says the Winsted Herald, before Gaorge Wheaton. as Auditor is to come of in this village on Tuesday. July 18th. Elihu Phelps is r!aintif Luther Sherard defendant The case is that in which MT. Shepard defaulted at Litehfeld, last fall Phelps and Shepard purchased a farm from the trustees of the Daniel Wadsworth estate together Phelps doing the business and Shepard furnishing the capital. The property sold for profit of about S14,000 Shepard has the titles in his own name, and so put the profits into his own pocket Phelps tries the law as the best resort to obtain his share Some fifty witnesses summoned. Chapman and l.. F. Robinson appear for plaintiff, and T. c. Per kins and Goodwin for defense
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

The Democracy of Maine are in trouble They hesitate much about re nominating Manasses Smith for Governor who was defeated last year. It is an anti Lecompton feeling amoEg the Democrats them selves that produces this hesitation Mir Smith being fnliy committed to MT. Buchanan Iecornpton poi icy. The Rockland Press. the leading Democratic paper in Smiths own county, says " it is generally conceded that an endorsement of 8lr. Buchanan will be fatal to the election and that saond be ess- rensed srfh." This is significant declaration com ing as it does. from New England Democrat It is understood that the Augusta Age and the Bath Organ. two ether Democratic papers, sympathize with the Press in this feeling
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

es57 National Anniversary was celebrated in Lltchfeld much usual. little noise from an old anvil the racket of fire crachers and torpedoes, and picnic at the Lake was the extent of the celelra ton on Saturday, and on Monday we had similar de- monstrations, with rockets &c., in the evening Less intcmperance than usual
 Dr. Richards, of the Elm Park Institute, gave a very excellent Discourse on Sunday evening, on National responsibility, containing many valuable suggestions.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08
CONTROLLERS REPORT.

STATE OF CONNECTICUT,
 Office of the Secretary of State, June, 1858. O. The following extracts from the report of the Comptroller of Public Accounts, exhibited to the General Assembly at their late session., comprise such parts of said report ly law required to be published in the several newspapers in this State by the Secretary of State.
 JOHN BOYD. Secretary of State. The Stnte of Connecticut, in General Account of Riceipts and Expenditures o) Funds appro prsated for Ae current Exposes oI Gorern- meat, Dr. For payment from the Treasury from the 31st March. 1857, to 1st April 1858 for the current ex penses of government. as per preceding accounts, numbering from l to 10, under the following heads,
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

GS An earthquaks-was felt at New Haven, Water bury and other places in that direction, few min utes before II o'clock Tuesday evening, June 29. It slightly shook Litchfeld Hill :
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIvEs,
 Nav Session l858
HousE OF REpRxzxsrxnyEs, l

ss E @ssss May oeSi0n, loDo.
 Ra41xsd by thes House of Representatives, That th6 3 1DHing be proposed as an amendment to the Com tution of tllis Stste which when approved and aalopted, in the manner provided by the Gonstitu- thereof, viz:
 s Every male person born in the United States, CT
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

IrTcHFIELD BANK.-The New York Bank Note Re gsters continue to place the new bank in ths vil- lage among the doubtful institutions and we are sometimes personally inquired of respecting it's ajtion All can know of the bank is that its Di- rectors are honorable men, and that it pays it's notes at its own counter in coin whenever presented and
 if brokers in Wall street buying them in at 50 cents on the dollar, somebody is doing profitable business. We are assured that arrangements are to be made 10 redeem the notes at the Suffolk. which VIC suppose, will put all things to rights
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

OFTEN VICTORIA GRANDMOTHER Victo- ria it is hinted will appear in the venerable char acter of a grandmother in the course of, few months. when pledge of the loves of Prince Fred erick William and his wife will he presented to the loyal people of Prussia. This title has not been a common one in the royal family of England for many years. there having been hut two grandmotl- CTS in that family from the death fQueen Caroline wife of George IT., in 1739, down to the birth of Queen Victoria's first child.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

CONNECTICUT ScENERy.-The editor of the Hartford Courant has discovered that the Naugatuck and Horsatonic valleys possess scenery not easily eclps ed in picturesqueness. That is true ride up the Nausatuck valley from Derby to Winsted, forms as delightful pleasure excursion as we'll dscoy- CT. pair of good horses, covered carriage and a seciabe party of four the requisites for the real enjoyment of the trip.-Neac- -Hren Journal.
 On your return, brother Woodward. after seeing the many interesting spots about Winsted, leave the valley and pass to Norfolk or through the old Society of Winchester to Goshen, and thence through LitchfeId, Bethlem, Woodbury &c. to Der by, and you will enjoy some of the most beautiful highland scenery in America
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

NoT THE LAsT.-We stated, in noticing the death Of Elisha Mason, that he was far as we knew, the lat revolutionary pensioner in this county We now learn that David Bostwick of New Milford, aged 96, who served during portion of the war, and has pension. is yet living
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE coNsTrTU.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE coNsTITU-
 TION..4 &
 HOUSE OF REPREsENTATrvEs,
 May Session, 1858. I Resolved, That the following be proposed as. an amendment to the Constitution of this State which when adopted and approved in the manner provided by the Constitution shall to all ntents and purposes become part thereof in lieu of Sect. B. Act Iii, re- lating to the House of Representatives, viz .sThe House of Representatives shall consist of electors residing n towns from which they 186n each Town in this State shall be entitled to one Representative only in the General Assembly, Resciyed That the foregoing proposed amend ment to the constitution be continued to the next General Assembly, and be publiehed with the laws passed at the present session.
 Passed June 3rd, 1858.
 A. |. TRAIN Clerk.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08
GBt .4ittbftlb Gnquiru
Litchaeld, Conn, Thursday, July g. 1858

ES We complete this week the publication of the Laws, so that subscribers who preserve cur last number and the present will have full list of the public acts of the last General Assembly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

e Weare, indebted, to the Secretary, Rev. MT Wiley, for q copy of the journal of the seventy fourth annual Convention of the Protestant Episco- pal Church in the diocese of Connecticut
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-08

Ea The remains of President Monroe have been temoved to Virginia, on which event the Tribune re- marks that Tit is perhaps only natural in the Virgil nians to bring back the bones of their illustrious dead; but tit would be better if they would revive little of their spirit