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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
Bcass for Fsrtilizing Purposes.

10 Communication to the Germantown
Telegraph. J. ;. Hsllstt gives the following
useful Information regarding the value Of
b0ucs for isrtiliIing purposes
NO subjrct on the farm i les geasrally
understood than the properties Of manure,
a, regards the different soils and erOP.. A'
70 What kind Of manure is best adapted Tor
any particular sell. to produce the be, re-
.alt at the least expense, i' an important
question. which some might answer BY say.
IN. that al manure. will answer on all soils,
arr 50 they will but ,bs question i' not
answered. That s.ne fertilizers will be
better suited for soms soils ani some parIie.
ular erors, must b. evident 10 All observing
farmers. Tba, suanos and 'uPsrphO'phat,.
will ssimulats tie poore.s soils to bring a
crop. We nerd no more proof but | doubt
whether they can b. applied, % any advan.
tass 90 the farmer, on lapd already in tol.
,rably good condition and at the price,
they are oGsrsd, il i' quesilonabl. to Warran,
ibe purchase Of .ny thsy are ons-third too
high in pricO to pat on any land. II far.
ner, relied more on their own rvsoarces ior
fertilizers. they could save many dollars thai,
they are paying. While their animals are lsi'
to l5's al their droPP,as' where they pro-
tgee nothing.
Asa p'rnAnsni manure, bons' are, BE-
liU-. Acknowledged BY all practical aud
scientific mcn 20 DO nosI lasting. | have
tested the value Of bone. - ny entire sa,i'.
faction. Raw bones, ground, moi'iened
With diluted sulphuris asid, and mixed vish
Peruvian suano. applied on wheat and rye,
bars given ns excellent rs.alts. Mcdiisr-
rSnsan wheat. weighing CO lbs. to the bu'b-
81, can boast, of Jas, years produce. On
bone-manured lad. TIE same land = now
vel sci in grass, better than Il ever vas be.
fore. Not every hrnsr can have hs own
bonemill, but number can purchase one
on joint stock, attach Il TO power. and
grind .ll the bone. they could procure. thus
enabling them 10 manufacture one OF the
most permanent nAnurss We knSw si, ,u.
psriJr, aud a, less cost than they can pur.
eha'. Fertilizers. BY oArsiul system OF
.oilins, in connection With bon. and lsash.
sr manure, most Of our farmers oosld make
sut5cisncy Of superior munuriAl matters
Cor al purposes, without paying from $50
10 500 pr ton for .uano, ani phospbAtes.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
FRIDAY. JULY 13, 1860.

There was no Misunderstanding him nov
and Deu.y with trembling fingers picked
one Of the pure white blossoms IN the win'
dow, and gave /. to him. lie eagerly gra'
ped the little hand and hower.. both, eI
claiming:
"Deny-my own Daisy :" And-and-
indeed. dear reader. | dare not tell any
more Of that scene. II Is sufficient TO say.
II was highly satisfactory to both parties.
They were married soon after, and TO tie
vondermen, Of her fris nds. in addition %
her simple snowy robO, the bride wore a
wreath Of white daisies. But she youch-
ed no explanation. and Paul highly approx.
ed her bridal gear.
I, wa. then tha, Paul II-rrick began to
live in earnest. I, wa. hard, at first, to cas-,
aside hi. indolcnt nature. but with Den,sy
q. his encourAser, counsellor and loving
guide. be has gloriou,ly succeeded, and' !
think the world /, the better, for his having
lived.
One word. dear r,ader.--don't overlook
the daisies.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

In the Democratic State Convention Of
Georgia held at Milledseylllc on tho lth ult..
Mr. lIcr,chsl V. johnson, now the Sqiattsr
Sovereign candidate for Vice President, in-
,roducci the following resolutions:
+" First. That the cisl'n. Of the United
States have an equal right ~ settle with
thar property gf dHy lind. IN the srginirsi
Territories uf the United States, and that
under the decision o the Supreme Court ot
the United State. IN the clss Vt Drsd Scott,
which We rssognil- as tho correct eIp1,i-
ton " the Constitution m this particular.
Stare Dropsriy stands on ths sam, footing ds
al oitr descriptions Of picpeiy. and that
Haiher ne GHerdl Gorrameai. nor lSr
TE.g.rIgiAL CONVENIENT, can doirOy or
impair a." right 10 slars propsriyin the COM
mon territories. any more than the right TO
aHy oihsr disruption Of property that prop
stIy OF all kinds, slave, as well ~ any 9th
er species VI property, in the Territories,
stands upon tho same equal and broad Con-
.titutionll basis. and subject 90 Ike princi-
pie. Of recognii'Ol rnd protection IN ne Lru-
IsLArivE. Judicial, and Erseuiire dspdri.
mrnb Of ne GOrcrHmsai.
"SscOHd That we will support any man
who may DO nominated by the Baltimore
Convention, for the Presidency. who holds
TIE priHdplcs set forth in the foregoing prop
ositiOn, and who will give them has cHdorSe-
mSHi. and that we will not hold ourselves
bound 10 support any man who NAV Be the
nominee, who On,ertains principles iHeoH'i'-
tent with those set forth in the above prop
osition.. or irho dclis, hai Stare prOPcrfy IN
the Territories does stand on an o2udl foot.
ing. and on the same Con'iiiuhJnd! bdiJ Of
other descriptions Of ProPriy.'
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
OLD SERIES
"Ne..le. and ,hi.,I,.r how they prietr

Ne,tle. and ,hi,,lss' how they Priekl"
exclaimed the other.
They now determined TO 20 on more eau.
tiously. A, length they arrived at Z" the
patch"
Z" How hiot they are. Joe Como here !!
There's more than . dozen IA. ones right
here ="
And down they sat In the midst Of them,
and seemed to conclude tina, they were am.
ply rewarded fyr all ihsir mi.hap..
Here. Joe. said Ned. "taks this musk.
melon i.n'tit rou'er' Slash into ~"
"It cut. Tremendous hard Ned-Ned it's
a squash -
"No. IL isnt. I tell you; i,'s new kind.
Old Swipes sent to Rhode Island for the
seed last Spring"
"Well then. all I've got TO say -. that
the old fellow 90, sucked in-that's H."
&" Fm going to souge into this water-msl.
on hallo there zoe, a half dollar | have
broke my knife II didn'i know 1t was
watermelon. should ,ay It was a pump.
kin. Fac, is, believe /, Is a pumpkin :"
What " the boys" did besides. while the
owner went 10 his stable, and unmuEfled
the dog and lei him into the garden, hs
" couldn, say " that they took ioHs HPi,
tho onion and aovcr beds fully revealed in
the morning.
They PAID pretty dear Tor the whistle.
They had not tasted Of a single melon, they
had got scratched, aud torn their clothes I;
they were a, wet as drowned rats, and half
scared cut Of their wits by tho rAvenou'
dog, and the apprehension Of being di'co'.
cred.
The neI, night the owner Of tho melon
patch invited all the boys Of the village, in-
.cludins Ned and Joe. to a fca', OF melons,
On the principle Of " reforming good Tor
evil" Thi. Circumstances changed the
" boys " opinion OF :" old SwiPes," and his
melons were never disturbed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

SCu,or MINuENG. A correspondent OF
the Country Gentleman say' \ farm IN
,hi, u,ishborhooi. that bad besu greatly
,1bau.,cI-,hc meadows yielding but tlii'ie,
and that Of an inferior qualiiy-ha' been
restored to fertility by it. presen; owner by
means Of surface manurins tho meadows,
and through seariIyin: each ,prins. They
now Weld heavy crop Of the 5s', kind Of
hay.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

SkNNiNC MnK. The wise man, iu emu.
msratin. the times and seasons, made no
mention Of a time to skim milk yet ncv.
trileless, there is time, aud night time
tOO, and that Is jas. as the milk begins to
to sour 10 thu pans. Then the cream is all
A. the surface, aud should at once Be re-
moved with a, little Of the milk az possible
II allowed to remain until the acid reaches
tie cream, or to become thick, IL diuinishe.
the cream and imPair, il in quality. That
housewife or dairy.maid, who thinks to OBJ
tain a greater quantity by allowing the milk
TO stand beyond that iims. lAbors under a
mos, esrcsious mistake. Any one who
doubts this, ha. only to try it, to prove the
truth Of this assertion. Milk should be
looked to At less, three times a day.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
From The Rochester Union. Juae "a.

The deelensiOn Of Fitzpatrick, aud tho
substitution OF IIerschel V. johnson OF
Georgia for Vice President, produce a most
salutary change in the Democratic ticket.
Fitzpatrick voted for the JEFF. Davis resolu-
ton and he should never have been placed
upon the same ticket with stephen A.
Douglas. Bot the Alaeama delegation
wanted him and they were gratifed at the
expense OF consistency and prOpriety. Ills
declen.ion makes everything right again.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
r,nn III. noeh..,.t Union. jon. 2,.

The nomination for Vice President !, ono
most sminently ft to be made. Benhmin
Fitzpatrick !. one Of the able.t statesmen
in the South. and by service Of ten or
twelve years in the United States Senate ha.
attained a national reputation and stand.
Jog. Ills pceuliar fitness for the duties OF
Wee President, and his personal popularity
among bis colleagues, are shown BY the fact
that since his entrance into tho Senate he
has been invariably chosen President pro
ten. at every session OF Congress.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

yAtuE or a LoAD OF IlAr. seni you a
method BY which, with bat litils time and
trouble. one can tell what their load of hay
or straw amounts to, by simply taking the
weight mu!,iPIisd BY halt the price Per ton
for example, .ay $500 10. Of bay at sis
Ter ion-3,3OO multiplied BY halt Of eish-
teen. which j. nine. gives the amount-so
too with fractions You may know this,
but I can hsd any amount Of men that new
sr heard Of u. Country Gentleman.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
Stealing Water-Melons.


Stealing Water Melons.
Tho sketch Of stealing peich e' in a late
"Dra~er.' ha. induced a correspondent
to 'cnd US for pr-.arvaiisn in the same ca
racion. receptacle" somewhat kindred
story Of &" Soahug Water Melons," which
he Gu, from Newspaper many years ago
II was u a man who took grea, pleasure in
having a neat garden. lie had all kinds of
vegetables and fruits earlier than h' neigh.
bor.. Bot ,hieving hoy, in tho neishbor.
hood ANNOYED hlm. damaged his trees. tram.
pied down hi. Hovsr-. and hooked " his
choices, fruit. III ,ricl va riou' WAYS to
protee, nj. garden; hut hi. Watchdog
were poisoned, and his 'st.trap' caught
nothing bu, hi. ia,te., fowl or bis most "a
Voriis cat.
Ono afternoon. however. just at nIghthll
no oycrhsar, a couple Of mi'chieviou' boys
taking together, when one Of them says
"what 10 you .Ny Jne?-,hall We come
tho grab over them m'ioH' To nrshi7 Old
swipc. will Lc snoring lik. ten men before
twelve O'Clock"
/ The other objected, a' there was high.
wall 10 get over.
"Ob p.b,v, VA. N. recl,. Ell know
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hardly were tho "ofu' u''s'0i '"'n '"'''
cam. a sound OF Iore'oIy tearing ius'an.
Get OH my coat "' "n''Pe''' 'O0.
There goes ono hap' US sure q" . gun
Why get OF, Ned
And Ned was on ana one ''s o, n"
bre'ehes beside : ana ihen he was IN ING
ard "oh ing ana ''l.'ns Joe 'na' w
"beI'e'ed there were na'' :" '"S ''.1 u
the WALL Tor something nAa ''''''"'' ~"
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pieces -,
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"hali bus coat was hanging up there ''~''
where''
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

The Massachusetts, Ploushman .ay' that
all the salt COW may need through the
winter should be spread on her hay a, the
time Of ear,ins-fOr this preserves the hay
better and often saves time in drying. Half
a peek to each ton may be safely put on.
Thi. tend. to keep i, from mu,,ius, and
will be uniform in ITS operation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

Seeing cellar nearly finished, a waggish
fellow remarked tha. 1t va, an excellent
foundation for astory.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

Never remember the benefits you have
conferred nor forge. the favor. you have re.
eeitsd.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13

Ton Thumb has taken 10 the Show busi.
he's on bis own account.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-07-13
farmers department.
"sPEEp rHEFLOw."

AHthc arts sd .cisncs. psstsining to lfr, arr
a, %, baked togethsf, snd ace ,uiinately conucct
81 9Th Agricutarv. -AeEtCoIA.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-11-16

VICIssITUDEs OF ROME AND HER PORES.
An English journal, in treating Of Italian
affairs, says the Papacy is not so near its
end as many hope and expect. 1t has sur
viyed many tug as hard as the present -
Lu 1927 the combined German and Spanish
armies of Charles V. stoYmed and sacked
Rome, enacting in its streets the most dia-
bolical cruelties burning, torturing. rob-
bing, ravishirg and destroying for ten days.
Some 5000 Of the inhabitants persisted,
10, 600, 900 crowns of plumber were collec-
ted, and Pope Clement VII paid 400, 900
ducats for his own ransom. Luther thought
that the end of Rome had come. But it has
survived ana recovered. Sixty years ago it
was in the hands of Napoleon, who seemed
to hesitate whether to crush it or not In
1920, 1881 and 1913 it was pl ey to revo-
luton, Garibaldi himself, at the last date,
expelling the Pope, who escaped in the dis
guise of footman on a coach-box. A re-
publican government was established, but in
a year he was back again, and now be looks
for support from the despotisms which would
tremble at his fall. His tempo
raj dominion may be even now at an end,
but that dominion is really his weakness,
and not his strength; and when he is we'll
rid of it, he will reign as head of the Roman
Catholics with more substantial influence
than for long time past.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-11-16
The President in Old Times.

During the Administration of General
Washington and John Adams, our first
two Presidents, a form and ceremony were
exhibited in the Presidential mansion that
made it quite republican court. Gentle
men-Ameriean ctizens-eould not be pre-
sented to the President then, as now, in
their simple citizens dress They were O.
bliged to don peculiar costume, half mill
tary and half court dress, consisting of
tinseld coat, with short pants, silk stockings,
and powdered wig, and other aristocratic
ppurtenances, to distinguish fror. the crowd.
The President took his drives in the vicin-
ty Of New York and Philadelphia, at which
places the National Capitol was located, in
a splendid coach drawn by four or six horses
with Positions and outriders in livery sim
liar to those of Duke or Prince.
The President sent 20 written message
to Congress, as at present. 1t was the GUS
tom, when Congress convened, to meet the
two Houses in the Hall Of Representatives,
and deliver to them aa address upon the
political state of the country, commencing
with the formula of 'Gentlemen of the SEN
ate and the House of Representatives" 1t
was a custom in exact imitation ef the speech
made to Parliament at its opening by the
monarch of Great Britain. A reply, called
Fan address to the President" was then
made by the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatives, in which allusion was made to
the points discussed in his speech, and such
measures and reforms as were deemed ex-
pedient in administration policy.
The preparation of this address and its
language was always an occasion for party
ty division into Democrats and Federalists,
each desiring it as their chart of the legis-
lation of the session. These addresses and
speeches over, it was the uniform custom OF
the two houses of Congress, headed by their
officers, the President Of the Senate, and
the Speaker of the House, to visit, ina body,
the Presidential mansion, where congratu-
latory and formal addresses, pro and con,
were made.
Thomas Jefferson, the great ideal states
man of the Revolutionary era, whose bold
Democratic, radical notions, interference to
the origin and purposes of government, SC
startled and alarmed the conservatives oil
his era, was the man who put aa end te
hese ferns. He destroyed the social sys-
en- of his predecessors in the Presidential
chair, quite as efectually as he revolution
lied their political policy He did not wear
himself the court dress and the accompany
ing sword which have been alluded to above
An amusing anecdote is related of him in
this connection. A negro barber in Phila.
delphia, who had associated in his mind the
office of President with great courtly form
declared that it was outrageous that the A,
meriean people should reject, as President
such gentlemen as John Adams and G: c.
Pickering, with their splendid queues Of
hair, SO neatly done up, for Mr.. Jefferson,
who barbarously wore his hair short, in con.
tempt of all fashionable nsages
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-11-16
Gen. JaCks0Fa's Wife--Her Last
Hours.

The new volume of Mr. Parton's ''Eife
of Andrew jackson" has the following ac-
count of the death of the Generals wife:
On Monday evening, the evening before
the twenty third, her disease appeared to-
take decided turn for the better; and she
then so earnestly entreated the General to
prepare for the fatigues of the morrow by
having night of undisturbed sleep, that lie
consented, at last, to go into an adjoining
room and lie down upon sofa. The doc
tor was still in the house. Hannah and
George were to sit up with their mistress.
At nine o'clock the General bid her good
night, went into the next room. and took off
his coat, preparatory to lying down. He
had been gone about five minutes; Mrs.
Jackson was then, for the first time, removed
from her bed, that it might be arranged for
the night While sitting in chair, sup
ported in the arms of Hannah, she uttered
a loud, inarticulate cry. which was immedi-
ately followed by rafting noise in the throat.
Her head fell forward upon Hannah's should
err. She never spoke nor breathed again.
There was wild rush into the room, Of
husband, doctor, relatives, friends and SER
wants. The General assisted to lay her up
Oh the bed "Bleed her." he cried No.
blood flowed from her arm. "Try the tenn
pie, Doctor" Two drops stained her cap,
bat no more followed.
1t was long before he would believe her
dead lie looked eagerly into her face, as
it still expecting to see signs of returning
!! life. Her hands and feet grew cold. There
could be no doubt then, and they prepared
a table for laying her out With choking
voice, the General said:
"Spread four blankets upon it. IF she
does come too, she will lie so hard upon the
table" ei
He sat all night long in the room by her
side. with his face in his hands, ''grieving, >"
said Hannah, and occasionally looking into
the face, and feeling the heart and pulse Of
the form so dear to him. Major Lewis, who
had been Immediately sent for, arrived lust
before daylight, and found him still there,
nearly speeches. and wholly inconsolable.
He sat in the room nearly all the next day.
the picture of despair. It was only with
great difficulty that he was persuaded to take
a little coffee.
"And this was the way" concluded Han
nah, THAT old mistus died: and we always
say that when we lost her we lost mistus
and mother too; and more mother than
a mistus. And we say the same of OLE mas
ter; for he was more father to US than
master, and many's the time we've wished
him back again, to help US out of our trou-
bles."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-11-16
Miss DavenpOrf's Marriage.

The following notice Of the marriage of Col
F. W. Lander to Miss Davenport the az
tress, is taken from the San Francisco cor
respondent of the New York World, under
date Of October II, 1860. Col. Lander
will De remembered as the second Of Mr.
Potter, member Of Congress from Wiscon-
sin, in his celebrated affair With Hon. r A.
Pryor, of Virginia, last Spring, at Wash
ingtoa. Potter chose bowie. knives, but
the second of Mr.. Pryor would not consent
chat his principal should fight with so bar
barous and brutal weapon. Col. Lander
then declared that he was willing to assume
the place of Potter and accept anv weapons
that might be named. Tht.iis was also de-
clined for the good and sufficient reason that
his conduct throughout the entire affair had
beer SO gallant and courageous, and his
manhood so far superior to that of his prin-
cipal, that he created admiration rather than
animosity in the estimation of Mr.. Chesman,
the second of Pryor.
We met the COL at Independence, Mo-,
in 1856, when he was en- route to open a
wagon read from Fort Kearney to Honey
Lake, California, and we were taking pass
age across the great ocean Of prairie to New
Mexico. We found him whole souled.
high-spirited, generous and gallant gentle
man, and were prepared to learn that be
bore himself with 80 much manliness and
coolness in the difficulty alluded to: He
only became Mr.. Potter's second because of
kindred ties, and not that he had the reno
test sympathy with his political views.
The correspondent says:
"The gallant COL F. W. Lander, of over
land wagon road expedition notoriety, has
jnat been joined in the holy bonds Of we'd
lock with the distinguished and favorite ac-
tress, Miss Jane NJ. Davenport The Rev.
Thomas Star King ofhciated at the cere-
mony, which took place in this city on Sat-
urday evening last, October 18th. The
happy couple started Immediately on an o.
verland expedition to San Jose, to pass the
honeymoon. at one of the delightful retreats
in that valley. 1t is understood that Mrs.
Lander will retire from the stage immedi-
ately upon the completion of her present en-
gaeement on the Atlantic side 1t seems
that the attachment between the Colonel
and Miss Davenport was matter OF long
standing. From the statements OF those
who seem to be we'll posted on the subject,
it appears that the lady is ''well to 40 IN a
worldly sense Her fortune is estimated
at from SIS, 900 to $500, 900.