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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-01
FLOUR

O00 Bbls Middlings Flour, $50 Bbis Extra
CIV Flour, for sale low to close consisn-
ments
oe LEIGH L. BRO.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-01

THos. o. WISE, Publisher.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-01

NJ lew Bunch and Layer Raisins--35 pack
IN ages wholes, halves and quarters, receiv.
ing this morning, for sale low.
DAVIS Y WOMBLE,
no 30 ..a.-. 5CampbelPs wharf
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
Lightning Rods.

As we have inquiries almos. every
week about putting up lightning rods, we
will therefore give a general answer to all
who are in pursuit of such information
In putting upa rod, care must be observed
to have all the joints perfectly connected !;
for it has frequently happened that the
lightning has passed from illjointed rods
into buildings. The rod should be clamped
to the building with brackets of vanished
dry wood or glass insulators, and its lower
end should always be carried down into
damp soil. Care must be exercisd that
no masses Of metal in the building be sit
uated near the conductor, because if such
a mass be greater than that of the rod,
the lightning is liable to pass from the
latter to the former. The point of the
conductor should be carried about four or
five feet above the highest chimney, and
if it is Of iron, it should be one-half an
inch in diameter for building 40 feet
high.-Scientifc american.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
Dress for a Country Girl.

In the Ohio CuttiUdtOT for June lSt
there is an article by Tennessee girl
upon the dress of country girls. The
writer recommends a sort of peasant garb,
very simple, comfortable and pretty, for
those who are so fortunate as to live with
out the pale of Miss Flora NcFlimsey' s
fashionable circle-in the free, glad,
blessed air of the country. where people
can consult their own comfort without in
terfering with their neighbor's tastes.-
After reading the above mentioned article,
| filled with a desire to sit down and chat
awhile 10 the Cultivator Girls, and to tell
them some of my ideas about this i'm
portant matter of dress. But | am busy
little body, (don't leave out that little,
now y and have SO many cares and duties
to look after in my family, that l cannot
always enjoy pen-talk when | wish.
am seated at last, however, after hard
days work, and as the little folks are
quietly floating out upon the waves of
sleep, fancy we will have a cozy little
time all to ourselves. So dear girls, don't
make stranger of me, but let me come
into your circle and be one of you, while
we freely express our opinions, and chat
Familiarity together.
If you could have seen me in my short
dress aud pantalets to-day, as oficiated
as laundress, darywOman, and housekeep-
er in general, you would have been con-
vinced that put the theory l am about to
lay before you, into practice; so don't
hoot at the idea of my discoursing upon
the dress-reform question, because l aP-
pear to you this evening in long skirts,
crinoline, and other cityfed parophernalia.
will tell you what | think. believe
in dressing according TO circumstances
If we wish TO ''brush the dew from the
grass" in morning ramble, letit be done
with good thick shoes, warm stockings,
and skirts short enough to allow US a
country girls privilege of romping and
froIicing at our will. If we have morn.
ing work in the kitchen or milk-room, il
it is washing, baking OF cleaning day, dc
let US be independent enough to lay aside
the troublesome trails and, awkward
hoops, and appear upon the scene of actor
properly equipped for the performance o.
our duties, in a neat, prompt and comfort
able manner. Just so, if we are going tc
the woods or berrying, nutting or bota
nizing excursion, or to the river fishing
let US go prepared to enjoy ourselves in {
comfortable garb, that shall not be in the
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
Stones Under Fruit Trees.

While on visit at Cape Cod, a year or
two since, my attention was called to an
orchard Of apple trees. The owner was
a retired sea captain, who, in early hfe
planted the trees, that he might eat the
fruit when on the "retred list" At the
time of planting out the trees, he secured
the services of an old Scotch gardener
The trees were heeled in, the location for
planting staked cut, and then came the
instructions of the owner, as he was
obliged to absent himself for a while
''If it takes you two days to plant each
tree, wish il well DONE"
The gardener went to work, digging
large holes, sufficient to dump In loads Of
stones from q tip-cart, and on the return
of the proprietor he had only set out four
trees. Though he had done his work
well, as the sequel will show, the captain
thought he had played soldier" and dis
charged him. The balance were set out
as trees sometimes are, (where the blame
is laid to the nurserymen, } and now, after
forty years. those four trees aae more
fruit than all the remAinder.-RuTdI Nelg
Yorker.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22

Potatoes spoil In winter, if buried, fol
three causes. First and greatest, wan
of ventilation. Secondly, and nearly al
lied, dampness. Thirdly, and more rare
freezing. Farmers find most of theil
potatoes spoiled at the top of the heap
where they suppose they became frozen
but this is not the usual cause; the damp
foul steamy air assembled there, and could
not escape, and this spoiled them. A
hole made in the top, with crowbar, and
closed with wisp of straw, would have
allowed egress to the confined air, and
saved the potatoes.
The best way to secure potatoes out
doors, is to make large heaps, say so OF
go bushels; see that they are dry and
clean, by digging before wet weather
comes on; cover them all over with Ont
foot of packed stra1C, and three inches Of
earth. The straw will prevent dampness
and the few inches Of earth will favor
ventilation. A farmer who raises many
potatoes, and practices this mode, does
not lose a peck, on an average, in so
bushels.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22

way as we Chamber among the rocks,
wander through the brush and briars, OF
wade into the stream.
But in the afternoon, girls, when the
kitchen work is all done, the dinner dishes
washed, and we prepared ourselves for an
hour or two's sewing before tea, l am sure
we look better in our own mirror, as well
as to father and the boys, to don the lady
like dress, not too long, but reaching to
the slipper toe, and expanded to a mode
rate size.
A wreath about the head is the prettiest
ornament we can wear, and, with neat
collar, a black silk apron, and bit of
work in your hand, you appear trim,
graceful, industrious and pretty; while,
with your peasant garb in the afternoon
sitting room, you would seem the same
country hOyden who romped through the
meadows, or scrubbed the back poarch in
the morning; Just so with children
When about their morning play, little
girls are more comfortable, and better
prepared for a vigorous exercise of the
muscles, and contact with that horror of
faStldiOus mothers, "dirt"-if thew are
clad IN a pair of little brothers out-rrown
panties, or pair of dark colored drawers,
run up" for the occasion, than they can
be IN their pretty pink or white dresses
and embroidered aprons, in which they
look so sweetly afternoons.
Our Fannie-a healthy, chubby pet of
three years-was about all the morning
dressed in a suit of Master Charles cast
of clothes; and although she looks little
rough, she enjoys Clambering up and
down the steps, or over the wood pile, and
revels among her "dirt pies" with a gusto
seldom ever experienced by children kept
In constant fear of soiling their clothes.
After dinner, every day, she is bathed and
sent into the cool, dark parIor, where,
with cushion for a pillow, she enjoys
such a refreshing nap upon the floor as
only healthy child, wearied with play,
knows of, and, upon awaking, she is
dressed for the afternoon, and you would
scarcely recognize her in her low-necked,
short-sleeved dress, and pretty apron, en-
brOidered pantalets and hooped skirt.
DON'T run and hide, girls, when some
of your village beaux happen around at
the back door of a morning, TO grind a
sCythe, or borrow a rake. Never fear
their dislike for "bloomer." If they are
sensible young men, they will readily ad-
NIT the propriety of your working dress ;
and when, after the labors of the day are
over, and the knock at the parlor door, and
make their best bow, as they present them
selves for an evening call in'Sunday fxins,
they will admire you the more in your taste
full attire, for having seen you adapt your
self so easily to circumstances.-O. CuL.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT. p,

of boards was by these means increased
that circumstance gave occasion 70 the
deal tythe, introduced bp Christian III, il
the year 1915. Soon after, the celebrated
Henry Ranzau caused the first mill OF
this kind to be built in Holstein. In 1867
there was a saw-mill at Joachirnsthal
which as we are told, belonged to jacob
Geusen, mathematician. In the year 1856
the Bishop of Ely, ambassador from
Queen Mary of England to the court OF
Rome, having seen a saW-mill in the
neighborhood of Lyons. the writer of his
travels thought it worthy of description.
In the sixteenth century, however, there
were mills with different aw-blades, by
which plank could be cut into several
boards at the same time. Pighius saw
one of these, in 1875, on the Danube,
near Ratisbon, when he accompanied
| Charles, prince of JulierS and Cleves, on
his travels. 1t may here be asked wheth-
er the Dutch had such mills first, as is
commonly believed. The first saY-mili
was erected in Holland, at Saardam, in
the year 1895, and the invention of it is
ascribed to Cornelius Cornelissen, but he
is as little the inventor as the mathemati-
clan of Joachimsthal. Perhaps he was
the first person who built a saw-mill at
that place, which is a village of great
trade, and has still great many saw
mills, though the number of them is be-
coming daily less, for within the last 80
years hundred have been given up
The first mill of this kind in Sweden was
erected in the year 1868.
In England saw-mills had at first the
same fate that printing had in Turkey
When attempts were made to introduce
them, they were violently opposed, be-
cause it was apprehended that the saw
yers would be deprived by them of their
means of getting a subsistence. For this
reason it was found necessary to abandon
a saw-milI erected by Dutchman near
London, in 1868; and in the year 100,
when one Houghton laid before the ma
| ton the advantages Of such a mill, he
expressed his apprehension that it might
excite the rage of the populace. What
he dreaded was actually the case in 1867
or l(6S, when an Opulent timber mer-
chant, by the desire and appreciation of
the Society of Arts, caused saw-mill,
driven by the wind, to be erected at Lime
house, under the direction of James STAN
field, who had learned in Holland and
Norway the art of constructing and man.
aging machines of that kind. A mob as
sembled and pulled the mill to pieces, but
the damage was made good by the nation,
and some of the rioters were punished.
A new mill was afterwards erected,
which was suffered to work without mol
estation, and which gave occasion to the
erection of others. 1t appears, however,
that this was not the only mill of the kind
in Great Britain, for one driven also by
wind had been built at Leith, in Scotland,
some years before.
The application Of the steam-engine
has in modern times almost entirely dis
placed the use Of either water or wind as
the source of power in machinery, in
England, as most of the saw-mills now in
action, especially those on a large scale,
are worked by steam.-Beckmann'S His
tOrT.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
Domestic ReceiDtS.

A hot shovel held over vanished furni-
ture will take out the white spots.
If you are buying a carpet for durabil-
ity, choose small figures.
Scotch snuff put on holes where crickets
come out, will destroy them.
Half cranberry bound on a corn will
soon kill it.
BROwN BREAD BIsCUIT-Two quart!
of Indian meal, pint and half of rye
one cup Of flour, two spoonsful of yeast
and a table spoonful of molasses. The
yeast should be quite sweet. Let it rise
over night.
To MEND BRoKEN CHINA,-Take a
very thick solution of gum Arabic il
water, and stir into plaster of Paris unit
the mixture becomes a viscous paste
Apply it with a brush to the fractured
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
How TO Fatfen Chickens.

1t is hopeless to attempt to fauen
chickens while they are at liberty. They
must be put in a proper coop and this,
like most other poultry appurtenances,
need not be expensive. To fatten twelve
fowls, a coop must be three feet long,
eighteen inches high, and eighteen inches
deep, made entirely Of bars. No part Of
it sOlid-neither top, side nor bottom
Discretion must be used according to the
size of the chickens put up. They do not
want room; indeed, the closer the better
provided they can all stand up ct the
same time. Care must be taken to pnt
up such as have been accustomed to be
together, or they will fight. If one be
quarrelsome, it is better to remove it al
once; as, like other bad examples, it soon
finds imitators. A diseased chicken should
not be put up.
The food should be ground oats, and
may either be put in a trough or on fiat
board running along the front of the coop.
1t may be mixed with water or milk the
latter is better. 1t should be well Stacked,
forming pulp as loose as can be, pro-
vided it does not run off the board. They
must be well fed three or four times a day
the first time as soon after daybreak as
possible or convenient. and then at inter-
vals of four hours. Each meal should be
as much and no more than they can eat
up cleau. When they have done feeding.
the board should be wiped, and some gravel
may be spread. 1t causes them to feed
and thrive. ..I---
After fortnight of this treatment, you
viii have good fat fowls. If, however,
there are but four to six to be fauened,
they must not have so much room as
though there were twelve. Nothing is
easier than to allot them the proper space;
it is only necessary TO have two or three
pieces of wood to pass between the bars,
and form a partition. This may also serve
when fowls are put up at different de-
grees of fatness. This requires attention,
or fowls will not keep fat and healthy
As soon as the fowl is sufficiently fauened
it must be killed, otherwise it will still get
fat, but it will lose flesh. If fowls are
intended for the market, Of course. they
are or may be all fattened at once; but is
for home consumption, it is better TO put
them up at such intervals as will suit the
time when they are required for the table.
When the time arrives for killing, whether
they are meant for market or otherwise,
they should be tasted, without food or
water, for twelve or fifteen hours This
enables them to be kept some time after
being killed, even in hot weather.-L0E-
don Cottage Gardner.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22
NO. IL.

edges, and stick them together. In three
days the article cannot be broken in. the
same place. The whiteness Of the cement
renders it doubly valuable.
ANoTHER.-With a small camel-hair
brush, rub the broken edges with lIttIe
carriage-Oil varnish, and if neatly put
together, the fracture Will harden imme-
diately.
Nebraska advertiser., 1859-09-22

An experienced farmer says, Il find
by churning the milk separate, that ons Of
my best cows will make as much butleraS
three of my poorest cows, giving the same
quantity Of milk"
Cattle standing in cold muddy yards,
exposed to the weather, consume abour
twice as much as those in sheltered stables
kept clean and Uttered, and free from the
aCcumulations of manure.
To remove rust from knives, cover them
with sweet oil, we'll rubbed on, and after
two days, take lump Of fresh lime, and
rub till all the rust disappears. 1t forms
a sort of soap with the oil, which carries
off all the rust.
There are several good ways of keeping
cabbages during winter by burying them
out Of doors. The difficulty is, it is hard
to get at them during winter, without dana
age to those left. The following pan ap-
pears to avoid this difficulty: Cut the head
from the stump, and pack closely in a
sack, taking care to fill up all the vacan-
cies with chaf OF bran, and keep in dry
cellar.
Some afternoon, when you think every
thing will be killed with frost at night
pull up your vines that are loaded YitA
green tomatoes, and hang them m the
cellar; they will ripen of finely. l took
some frOm my cellar last Christmas day,
that were very nice.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-18

At the same time he extended the cup TO
Socrates. Socrates having taken it even very
cheerfully Ecchrates, not losing either color
or countenancc, but as his custom was. Civ
ing stern side look at the man, said
"What do you say about making libation
Of this cup TO some onc--lawful or not
1--WE grind. Socrates, so much as we think
will be sufficient to drink"
81 understand, said he "but surely it is
lawful and expedicnt TO pray to the gods that
our removal from this world to the other may
be happy"
81 do, indeed, pray that this may be So
Immediately upon saying this, holding the
cup, he drank with great readiness and ease
For time the majority of us were barely
able to refrain from tears but when we saw
him finish the draught, we could refrain no
longer. Indeed, in spite Of myself, the tears
flowed not in drops, SO that covering my
face, bowailed myself, not surely for him,
but for my own lot in being deprived Of such
a friend
Critic rose up to go sooner than myself
since il was impossible for him to refrain from
tears. Apollodorus, oven before this, never
ceasod to weep, and just then roaring aloud,
weeping and growing he broke down the
heart Of every one present but that Of Socra-
ties himself But Socrates said
"What are you doing, my admirable frieud'
On this account, chiefly, | sent away the wo-
mon chat they might not make such false
notes, such discord 9 have heard, too, that
ono should die with auspcous words. BE
still. indeed and firm
Upon hearing this, we were ashamed. and
checked mp our tears. But he after walking
about, lay down upon his back. when his
legs grow heavy; for so the man had directed
him. At tho same time, the man who had
given the poison, taking hold Of him, exam
incd after a time his feet and legs, and then
pressing hard his foot, asked if he felt it, He
said be did not And after this again he felt
the legs below the knee So going up, he
showed us that he was growing cold and stiff.
Then he touched himself, and said when it
was so at his heart, then he should depart
Already the region of the lower belly had be-
come cold and having uncovered his face,
for he had been covered, he said--which were
indeed the last words he uttered
"Crto. we owe a cock to .Esculapius; fail
not to pay it,
This shall be done, said Critic, "but see
if there is any thing else you would say
When he was asked this he made no fur
ther answer; but after little interval he
moved, and the man uncovered him. His
eyes were fixed, and Critic. observing it, closed
his mouth and his eyes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-18
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-18
REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF
PATENTS.

The annual report eff the Commissioner of
Patents, showing the operations of the Patent
Oihce for the year 1858, is an interes ting doc
ument. The number of applications for pa
tents during the year was 1854. The num-
Der Of patents issued Including designs.
Reissues, &c.,) was 37l0. OF this num-
ber 20 were issued to subjects of Great
Britain, 4 to subjects of the French Empire.
to subjects Of other foreign governments.
and 3668 to citizens of the United States,
viz. New York 1878, Pennsylvania 447.
Massachusetts 1873, Ohio 302, Connecticut
2ll, Illinois 1855, n. Jersey 1876, Maryland 50,
Indiana 81, Virginia 81, Maine So. Michigan 81.
Wisconsin 81, District of Columbia 50, New
Hampshire 81, Rhode Island As, Missouri 46.
Vermont 42' Louisiana 81 Iowa 33, Misss-
sippi 81, Kentucky 80, Alabama "a. Califor-
MIA 23, North Carolina %, Georgia 2l, Ten
nessec 10, South Carolina -, Texas 10, Del
aware $, Florida 4, Washington Territory t.
Arkansas 3, Minnesota ,, Kansas Territory |,
T. S. Navy l, L. S. Army L.
Of the 37l0 patents thus issued, SCI were
for inventions relating to agricultural imple-
ments and processes, Of which 1852 were for
improvements in rcaping and moving ma
chimes 81 were for improvements in cotton
gins and presses; l64 for improvements in
the steam engine; l9S for improvements in
railroads, railroad cars, &C. and ll6 for
improvements in the sewing machine. Since
the issue of the first patent for the latter to
j. j. Greenough, in 1912. tioo hundred and
eighiy.fre patents have been granted upon il.
The Commissioner justly eulogizes thus won
werful labor-saying machine. which lightens
the burdens and brightens the lives of the fe-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-02-18

UNCONSCIOUS lNFLuENcE.--The very
handling of the nursery is significant, and the
petulanco, the passion, the genteness, the
tranquility indicated by it are all reproduced
in the child. His soul is a purely respective
nature, and that, for a considerable period.
without choice or selection. A little further
on he begins voluntarily to copy everything
he secs. Voice, manner, everything which
the eye Sees the mimic instinct delights 70
act over. And thus we have a whole genera
tion of future men receiving from us their
very beginnings, and the deepest impulses of
their life and Immortality. They watch us
every moment, in the family, before the hearth
and at the table and when we are meaning
them no good or evil, when we are conscious
Of oxertng no influence over them. they are
drawing from us Impressions, and molds of
habit which, if wrong, no heavenly discipline
can wholly remove or, if right, no bad as
soeiations wholly dissipate.
lE- Humility ever dwells with men of