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II EROSENE OIL, KEROSENE OIL, Kero-
N sene Oil, Kerosene Gil, Kerosene Oil, kero-
senc Oil, warranted Of bos, quality, for sslo by
dec s PEEL & STEVENS.
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IlIpGELS. HAMPTON 4 Co, are in receipt
III vi their FALL STOCK Of
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
Ars. of our publie M.n.

President Buchanan will be SO years
old on the 18th of November next; Vice
President Breckinridge will be 80 years
of age on the 10th of January next; Lew
is Cass is nearly n years old stephen
A. Douglas was 46 years Of age on the
23d of April last Simon Cameron IS in
his 60th year; Jefferson Davis is 54 years
old Caleb Cushing is. in his 60th year
Howell Cobb will be 45 years old on the
7th of September next; William II. Seward
is in his 58th year Franklin Pierce is
"a years old; Robert Field Stockton is
nearly 60 years of age John Charles FIRE.
mont was 46 years old on the 7th Of jan
uary last John Bell is so years old ;
John J. Crittenden will be "a years old
in September next; Alexander d. Ste
phsns was AZ years old in February last;
James L. Orr was 81 years old on the I'm
of May last; jesse d. Bright is in his
47th year; Augustus Q. Dodge Is about
Al years old i; James Shields Is ~ years
old; Isaac Toucsy is 81 years old Hen
nv A. Wise is In his SD year; Robert
M. L. Hunter is nearly so years OF age
Robert Toombs was 40 years old on the
| I'd of July last Edward Everett was 64
wears old in April last John n. BEAD Is
over 60 years of age; Daniel 5. DIckin,
son will be SO years old on the iltn o.
| September next; Horatio Seymour Is
about so years ofage; John 2 Wool Is
1 about 65 years Of age John Slidell Is IN
i his 66th year; Nathaniel p Banks was
j 43 wears old last January.-PhH. Press.
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nuLEs AND REauLAr1oxs.

LIST. All competitors for premiums must
enter their names and post office address,
with the Secretary, with description of
the articles or auimals TO be offered in
competition for premiums, previous to the
first day of the Fair. If animals, their
age. sex and color. Each mare exhibited
as brood mare, must have foal by her
side.
2. All articles or animals for exhibi-
ton must be reported TO the proper Mar
shall previous to 10 A. NJ, of the first day
of the fair.
8. No animal that is not entirely harm
less will be admitted, without being prop
erly secured by rope, chain, or otherwise
4. The several committees will meet at
the place of exhibition, at A. NJ, on each
day Of the Fair, and when called upon by
their respective Marshals, shall proceed
Immediately to discharge their respective
duties.
5. The reports Of the Judges. signed by
majority, shall be handed to the Secre-
tary Immediately after their decision.
g. The judges may withhold premiums
where the stock or articles offered are de-
void of merit.
z. The Directors viii award premiums
on any thing not enumerated in the list,
where there is real merit.
8. First premium shall be designated
by red ribbon; second by white; and
third by blue.
8. Any premium animal or article leav-
ing the ground before the close of exibi-
ton, (without permission of the Board, }
shall forfeit the premium to it awarded.
10. Any person having any kind of side
show, or having stock or any provisions
to sell, may have the use of the fair ground
upon terms by agreement. except that no
intoxicating liquors will be allowed upon
the ground, either to be sold or given
away.
II. The books of the Secretary will be
| open at his Office in Bloomington, and also
in Lawrence, at j. c. Horizons office, for
fifteen days prior to the commencement
of the Fair.
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srsehspridrs County.


For several weeks past we have been
collecting, from the best sources Of IN
formation possible, some statistics in re-
gard to the productions of this county
during the past season. OF course our
figures are not exact, but they will not
vary far from the truth. lar
The whole number Of acres under cui-
tivation in the county the present season
is about twelve thousand This Is d.
yided amongst the different crops as fol-
lows: Corn, eight thousand five hundred;
wheat. ten thousand; potatoes, five hum
dred oats. five hundred; and the remain
inc Eve hundred acres occupied by sugar
cane. buokwheat, beans and vegetables
generally.
The average Weld per acre Of these
crops. is about as follows: Corn, sixty
five bushels: wheat, twenty Eve bushels;
oats. twenty bushels; potatoss, two hun
dred bushels.
This would give grand total Of i've
hundred and fifty-two thousand and hve
hundred bushels of corn; fifty thousand
bushels of wheat: one hundred thousand
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slow. On the other hand, the weeds and
stubble rotten, the surface is open to drink
IN the rains and absorb the heat of the
sun, and in replowing in the spring, seven
to eight inches deep, as it should be done,
the seeds of weeds are sent to the bottom
OF the furrow, ont of the way. the soil is
warm, the seed comes up well, the stand is
good and makes a vigorous growth. II
the ground is plowed deep in the fall it
IS no easy task to replow it in the spring I;
the seeds of weeds and the rotten stubbIe
are brought to the surface, and, aside from
warming up the soil by absorption of the
suns rays, nothing has been gained. The
shallow plowing is done at much less ex-
pense, and it will be seen is of much more
practical value. A shallow plowing farm
er would do the work about right, and if
he could change work in the spring with
his deep blowing neighbor, or be persuad-
ed to vary his practice to eight inches, he
will have made decided progress. A four
teen or sixteen inch cast steel plow should
be used for the shallow plowing, while a
twelve inch one will be as large as two
horses can draw through an eight inch
furrow.
Farmers cannot hope for continuance
of war or famine prices for their products,
and must depend more upon their profits
from economy in culture, than high pri-
ces, with hap-hazard farming We may
look forward to steady, reasonable prices
for our products, and if we must have
larger profits we must look for il in i'm
provements that shall lessen the cost of
producing. If by judicious system we
can grow corn at fifteen cents per bushel,
and sell it at thirty, we shall make as
much as though we had spent sixty cents
and sold it for seventyfive bushel We
may not be able to make this difference,
but we firmly believe that nearly half of
the ordinary cost of our farm products can
be saved in their culture and fitting for
market, if we will give it our careful at
tention.
The trial of plowing by steam and the
trial of the common plows, as well as the
trial of mole and opening draining ma
chimes, both at the State and National
fairs, will have an important bearing upon
the future of agricultural improvement I;
and if there were no other attractions at
these fairs, no intelligent farmer could af-
ford TO neglect the opportunity to exam
inc their respective merits and he who
would first take advantage of cheapening
his grains or grasses, must be on hand to
study the probable effects of these new
engines Of wealth. RURAL.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
n.o.ao,o,h the Enemy of H.ai,h.

p,ofossor Uamilton in an able address
-, fn.pnr,
on hygiene, to the graduates Oh tne Duha-
10 Medical College, denounces broadcloth
os an enemy TO exercise. and therefore to
=, ~. ..;,..a and
health. his remarks arc foiH''u @Hu
sensible. He says:
American gentlemen have adopted, as
a national costume, broadcloth-a thin,
tight fitting, black suit of broadcloth. To
foreigners. we seem always to be in mourn
inc +; we travel in black, we write in black,
and we work in black. The priest. the
LAWYER. the doctor, the literary man, che
mechanic. and even the day laborer,
always choose the same unvaryiug, mo-
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New York, August, 1859.
rh. rondon rime, omce.

Mr.. Story, son of one of the proprietors
the Rochester Democrat, writes to that
paper an account of his visit to the Office
Of the London Times. We copy portion
of this narrative:
One of the most interesting and novel
departments of the establishment is that
in which the stereotyping process is car
ried on. You know, perhaps, already,
that every number Of the Times is printed
from stereotype plates, thus saving great
part of the wear and tear Of type. The
stereotype is taken from the "form" in
three minutes, by new process, invented
by a Swiss, and known only to him. A
thin layer of papier msche first receives
the impression Of the type, and, after 1t
has been hardened by the application Of
heat the melted lead is poured on, which
is to form the stereotype plate. The pa
pier mache has the power of resisting the
action Of the melted lead, and comes out
Of the fiery trial uninjured and almost un-
scorched. The plates are re-melted every
day, after the issue of the day has been
printed from them, and the waste Of type
metal, from day to day, is very slight. By
this power of multiplying the number o.
forms from which the same side Of ths
| paper can be printed, the Times can us'
three or four presses at once, and thu
print its $1,000 copies, on an emergency
in two hours time. The Times employ
in its establishment some $50 persons. ]
has eighteen reporters at the House o
Parliament, and for these, as well as
majority of its compositors, the workinl
hours are the night hours exclusively. !
owns four cabs, which are employed solei,
|, in carrying reporters and reports, at nigh
, to and fro between Printing House Squar
, and the palace at Westminster, The rt
porters relieve each other every quartz
hour; and, thus, though the debate IN y
, Commons last till four o'clock Ia -
morning, the Times gives 1t in full BY su'
r rise, though it cover two whole pages
J the journal.
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IN. Stain, Of rr.ntlip.

A writer in the Atlantic Monthly says !:
Richard Greenough once told me, tina.
in studying for the statue Of Franklin, he
found that the left side of the great m ans
face was philosophic and reflective, and
the right side funny and smiling If you
win 60 and look at the bronze statue, you
will find he has repeated this observation
there for pOsterity. The eastern profile
is the portrait Of the statesman franklin
the western of poor Richard"
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
Douglas County Agricultural Society.

LAWRENCE, September Sd, 1859.
Pursuant to adjournment, the Board of
the Douglas County Agricultural Society
met at the Court House at one O'Clock,
P. NJ.
The President and Vice President being
absent, Hon Levi Woodard was called to
the chair, and called the meeting to order.
Present: Messrs. Furman, Hiatt, Mer-
win, Campbell, Woodard, Allen, Warren
and Berksu.
Absent; Messrs. Gardner, Starr, Yates,
Ingersoll, Walsh, Smith, EnOs, Wells,
Scudder and Evans.
Proceedings of the last meeting read
and approved.
The three committees which were to
report at this meeting failed to report.
The township of Lawrence having con-
tributed the largest amount of money to
this Society, was, in accordance with pre-
vious arrangements, declared duly enti-
tied to the selection Of the fair ground
within its limits, and Messrs. Allen, Yates
and Enos were appointed to confer with
the citizens of said township upon the
location Of the first annual fair of this
Society, and report their decision at the
next meeting.
On motion it was unanimously resolved
to hold said fair on Thursday and Fri
day, the 9th and 7th days of October
next.
Mr.. Allen said that he was desirous that
the fair should be held in the city Of
Lawrence or near it, in which event he
pledged himself, in behalf of the citizens
of said place, to inclose the fair ground
in cheap and suitable manner, free ol
cost to the Society.
On motion, Jas. Gardner and P. II. Ber.
kau were added to the committee to draf
a schedule of articles and Classification o
premiums, and prepare the same Cor pub.
lication.
On motion, adjourned to meet at thu
Court House III Lawrence, on Saturday
the 10th day of September next, at tel
O'Clock, A. H.
4 LEVI woODARD.
President pro TEN.
n RxprIu Secretarv
OE Very few peaches have been seel
| in this market. Apples plenty.
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An Interesting wo.t.

Among the unpublished manuscripts of
the late and much lamented DR.. VIM. A.
Alcott was one bearing the following
unique and suggestive title Forty
Years in the Wilderness Of Pills and Pow
ders, or the Cogitations and Confessions
of an Aged Physician" 1t bears the
marks of having been added to mp to
within week of the decease of the ven-
cradle author. 1t may with propriety be
called his Medical Autobiography, and is
a work of quite remarkable character, be-
ing filed with facts and anecdotes of rare
interest. 1t will doubtless have large
sale when published. We are informed
that Messrs. John P. Jewett & Co. have
the work in press, and will issne it at an
early day.-Boston Jou,T,al. W
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x.u...n n.u,ral railroad.

The Engineers of the Kansas Central
Railroad have completed the preliminary
survey and returned to Wyanaosh :.
The corps were very much emoaTrassea
by sickness, particularly BY chiils and
Messrs. Millar and Gum report the
Kansas valley as the best route Tor q rail
road which they ever surveyed; Ene
distance from Wyandott to Fort kiley Is
132 miles, crossing the Kansas Of Law
renee and recrossing it at Topeka 70 the
north side again. The grades are easy
and for miles and miles there Is no grad
ing necessary. No report could DC more
favorable TO its construction, and the rail-
road win be pushed forward to early COM
pIetion. Wyandott Argus.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
The Rellefi.Hsr Annle

A writer in the Prairie Farmer SAYS
that if the yellow bellefower apple is
grated or budded Oh stalks above ground,
they will be healthy and productive or
chard trees, while if root-grafted they
will be Improbable. He says he "would
sooner pay one dollar each for young,
thrifty, stalk worked trees of yellow BELLE
flower, than to set the finest root gratis as
a gratuity." This is an important item
to the planter.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
Poetry.
From The 81. Joe Raef

Inc Lano OF tns West
Oh. the land Of the West, with her hills and her
dales,
Herforests and meadows and sweet fiowery yales
Her prairies that stretch to the far distant sky
No land is moro lovely than this to my eye.
Her skies are serene, and her stars are as bright
As the eyes of my love, while Luna's soft light
Throws a halo of beauty DER mountain and hill,
Formi...- CRYSTALLINE drops on the calm flowing
rill.
Her rivers in grandeur and majesty flow,
Her mountains are crowned with perpetual
snow,
Her lakes are unequalled, and wild roll their
waves.
When the tempest breaks forth from the dark
northern caves.
Her sons are as proud as e'er walked the earth,
They are true TO their STANDARD, and nobles by
birth
Ever ready to raise the oppressed of wrODged
lands,
And smite the Oppressor when Justice demands
Her daughters are fair as the rose ere itfadcs,
And ss true as the steel in Freedoms tried
blades,
As spotless and pure as the starlight above,
EEer faithful in friendship, unchanging in 1--we
The land Of our pride and the land of our song
With praise the poet his strains will prolong-
The land By loved Nature most bountifully
blessed,
'Tis theland Of our hope, ths land Of the WEST
COLUMBIA, No., 1859.
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Wheat,

The farmers generally are making pre-
parations FOR putting in much larger
quantity of wheat than last season. We
presume the area sown in this section of
country the present season will be at
least twice that of last. Much of the
ground that was sowed to wheat last fall
will either be Seeded down" or left to be
planted tocorn next spring. A great por-
ton of the ground sowed to wheat this
fall will be freshly broken sod, which will
grow better yield of this crop than of any
other.-E;mpOria NetCs
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

trA building, four hundred feet
square and forty feet from the base TO the
roof. has been erected in Houston, Texas
constructed Of material which Is COM
posed of sand, shells and cement, which
forms wall Of solidity equal to stone.
Il locks as solid and durable ss if made
of granite. and costs less than If construct
d 81 vool-LeysaUvsk Ersa
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Wheat,

The indications are that there will be
about one-third more wheat sowed this
year than last in this country. The vari-
ETY. most generally used is the May wheat,
though Golden Chaff enters very largely
into cultivation.-Doniphan Post.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

or The Rerue Spirite, of Paris, states
that dispatch has been received from
Humboldt, informing his friends that be
was welcomed into the spirit world BY bis
friend NJ. Arsgo, who was the drst to take
him by the hand.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

GA lady asked little two year old,
+Who gives you your daily bread 2"
"Dod," REPLIED fhschild, shut uncle Peter
puts sugar on"
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Mr.. R. A. Boulward, farmer in this
county, who has paid considerable atten-
ton to hemp growing, has written us a
letter, recommending the farmers of Kan
sas. and especially of Doniphan county,
to pay more attention to hemp growing
The soil is beautifully adapted, says Mr..
B., to its cultivation, and it is one of the
surest and most profitable crops that can
be taken from the land. In this county,
it grows from ten to fifteen feet tall and
yields an average of between ten and
twelve hundred pounds per acre. In
many places the yield is still greater, be-
ing as high as fifteen hundred pounds.
Assuming, however, the yield to be but one
thousands pounds, Mr.. B. makes the fol-
lowing estimate of the proftableness Of
hemn orowinO for one acre
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
MARSHAL IL CHIEF
Capt. SAMUEL WALKER.

Capt. SAMUEL WALKER.
ASSISTANT MARsHALs:
On Cdttle-Abel Yates, j. +. Nor
gan.
On Hmses-Joel Thomas.
On Sheep. StOine and Poultry-John
Moore, VIM. jesse.
On Agricultural and Mechanical In
p7ements and Domestic Xanufactures-Geo.
Churchill, Ingle Barker, W. l. Z. Black
man.
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Showing q profit Of

This is certainly very profitable show
iug, and indicative of what can be done
with one acre. We hope Mr.. Boulward,
as well as other of our farmers, will fire.
quently give US items of interest to the
sgrieulturalist. We wish to make this
of cur paper of particular in
terest to the farmer.-Doniphan Post.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

LADIES' EQUESTRIAN CONTEST.
ENTREES FREE
Best Lady Equestrian
'H Lady's Saddle, worth $25
Committee-Mrs. G. w. Hutchinson,
Mrs. Joseph G. Lowe, Mrs. j. B. Wood
ward, George Ford, Robert l. Frazer.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

MANAGERs:-Joel Grover, G. W. Deitz.
Ter, s. w. Eldridge, G. F. Warren, L. j
Worden, E. R. Falley, ]. A. Wakefield.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
DOUGLAS COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Rules and Regulations for the First Annual Fair,
10 be held in Lawrence, on Thursday and Fri
day, ihs Sixth and Seventh Of October next.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17
LAWRENCE, KANSAS. SEPTEMBER II, 1859.
DEPARTMENT D.

Committee-F. F. Bruner, Joel Grover
Henry Barricklow.
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DEPARTMENT A.
NT ACC HIDcTt

CLASS SECOND.
Work Oren and Fat Cattle.
Best Yoke of Oxen over yrs., Diploma
Second best do, 200
Best Yoke of 2 yr. old Steers, Diploma
Second best do, Am. Stock Journal
Best Fat Steer over 8 yrs. old, Diploma
Second best do, Am. Stock journal
Best Fat Steer under yrs, Diploma
Second best do, Am. Stock Journal
Committee-G. W. Goss, 81. L. Enos,
j. Oldham.
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CLASS ELEVENTH.

Best ten yards of Rag Carpet Diploma
Second best do. Gardeners Monthly yr.
Best pair Wool Stockings, made
in Kansas Diploma
Second best do. Gardeners Monthly yr.
Best pair Mittens, made in Kan. Diploma
Second best do. Gardeners Monthly yr.
Best five cuts of Wool Yarn Diploma
Second best do. Gardeners Monthly yr.
Committee-J. A. Beam, Mrs. Henry
Gardner, Mrs. J. c. Steele.
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OFFICERS

COMPETITION OPEN TO ALL.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

OF Very few peaches baye been seen
in this market. Apples plenty.
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1859-09-17

When and H0l0 to Plow-W When to Plo,o
Shattow-Impo,tanee Of attending State
and National Fairs.
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% 4sai;di 50 hsssis sgaise -
= sisaalsu ~ as.si,;a.ss Is.l,s7rc s5s
= s6asaT t5s5stI g sr4 m
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s5f9fA {s.zsfsael 81 - - u
10 sas no 1silso iisas s.;4 srsss K
y ssw ssbsIa wsssI u ssoxi.I Iisr.'
sissfs.' $50 sFli.Asl- ,,,spiis1 iass,aelss.a q
'a'sei'9 AZ s1s esls t.islissgssai {.
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Wiscellaqeops.
The DeleEa,eship.

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Best sample Of Buekwheat

Best and largest display of Grain of
81, all kinds ,-r
Manual of the Farm and Diploma
Conmittee-Lyman Allen, J. C. Steele,
! Levi Woodard. 2--~ e T.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-01-01
DK. KINGS DISPENSARY
FOR PRIVATE DISEASES.

Mfs Dr. King formerly Of New York, for last -four
EtAS1S years Of Louisville, Kentucky, and who has de-
voted his attention treatment Of private diseases for
thirty years atters himself having attended prac Tor
many years and thousands, he is enabled
an diseases OF private matter how bad thgy Be
from djudicious mgdca treatment from negldc Of their
own Dr. Kings DispensaTy No % Deaderck between
Cherry and the Square where he all diseases of
nature.
oNoRHKA cured without nsucious medicine insrfergno
from business.
sTRCRUREs OF old or date, eectuay cured few
davis v an operation which pain. Where Structure
exists health enjoyed. Perhaps disease
more mischief and undermines the constitution much
syPBIIs with all the Of the skin, growing neg
ct or had treatment edectually cured in few days
SEMINAL WEAKNESS particular attention having been given to
this disease all tne growing OUT Of it, brought
on in many by the destructive habits Of nconderae
Youths excessive indulgence Of the PASSIONS neglect Of
which will undermine the constitution, rendering the subject unfit
for business society," and causing premature old
Females who may be aborng with difficulty Of the Wont
NAV rest assured OF immediate relief.
Persons residing sbrosd By writing and stating their viii
fee enclosed directed DR.. A. King No. % Deadrick
Nashville Tennessee will have the necessary medicine
their address, necessary directions Strict secrecy observed
Office hours from O'Clock in the morning until Gin the evenin
may 23-dkWlJ