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Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-03-29

winter, full supply Of food on which
cattle thrive and fauen. Braving the ell
ements In later winter for food to save
life, IS what retards the growth Of west
ern animals.
The East has also a slight advantage
over the West In proximity to market.
But all advantages are over-balanced in
the unsettled parts, by the wide range for
summer and the quantity and quality of
winter forage. Indeed in many places
in Illinois and more in other States in the
West, vast herds can subsist on pasture,
rent free. Corn, for fattening, being
easily and cheaply produced renders this
an excellent place for stock-grOwing-
both growing and fattening being less ex-
pensiVe than East.
Hence the Importance Of endeavoring
to produce by careful improvement a good
race or breed of cattle for the beef mar
kets of the East, as well as to supply the
demand for work cattle on the plains.
And this we may do but as an OCCASION
al storm of passion marks the blandest
.cOuntenance of parent and offspring with
tell-tale lines, and will hinder upward
progress in the scale Of being, so the
causes of which we have spoken, though
considered unimportant, will hinder the
best blood from proper and full develop
ment. Do we place too high an estimate
upon care and keeping in the improve
ment of a herd? We believe not-and
further, that whatever accident may oc-
casionally do in the way Of producing
fine animals, a universal good result can
not be gained until animals are fed reg
ularly, and kept sheltered from the saw
ful' days spoken of in winter, and the
severe cold nights.
Most farmers wish to so manage their
farms that profit on the labor will be
realized. How can a larger profit be
gained than by furnishing shelter and a
little grain daily, thereby keeping on the
summer flesh which will pay well for the
grain, besides saving the wear and tear
of constitution occasioned by cold and
storm. An animal going into winter-quar-
ters weighing ten hundred pounds, should
see the next May with the same weight /;
and if it does, it is then possessing its
full powers of strength and spirits, and
is fitted to breed from or propagate by, or
to turn to pasture to fatten upon the nat
ural material for beef making in warm
weather-the abundant prairie grasses.
On the other hand, as now wintered, we
give the cost of keeping fifty head Of
"hafton steers" " as follows:
Dr.. To so tons hay So per ton, $3.50
g one fourth their live weight
(being their best beef and tai
low, without bone or waste.
value fully cents per pound, 3l2
Care and looking after, 50 each, 100
Total, 1852
Credit, in Spring-to balance by so
head of lean steers, taking nearly all
summer to overtake last October's po-
sition.
The account as it might and should be
is shown as follows:
Dr.. To wintering so steers-by
good and ample novels we'll
covered, 8 25
so tons hay, $50
" 200 bushels Of corn at 80 cts, so
Care and attention, $50
Loss nothing. Total, 1886
Difference in cost, SI77. Gain or
profit up to May first, S4S9. BY first of
next November one third increase over
.he last figures. ARTAL,
Lee County III.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-03-29

Those who, from the desire Of our
perfection, have the keenest eye for our
faults, generally compensate for It by taxi
ing higher view of our merits than we
deserve. i-9n
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1860-03-29
Experience IN femDeFI1g Picks.


In the first place, good charcoal fire IS
necessary, next good steel, then a good
light hammer, good smooth-faced an
vii, and man with a good eye and iudg-
-ment A pick must never be upset or
hammered endwise, nor raised above
red heat; it must be worked with care,
and the last hammering given to the aal
sides. When ready for hardening il
must be heated in the blaze OF a char
coal fire until red hot, then plunged into
cold rain water until It is nearly cold
If it is kept in too long the corners will
ty on; and If the water is not sufficient
iy cold add ice, but no salts Of any kind.
With good steel and proper working /
have found no trouble to get picks hard
enoegh with soft water, and those cave
always been more toagh and have sseod
mere W0Ek ih- TN any otber F. FS,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
A REMARKABLE POEM.

nc following striking poem was rccitcd by Nli..
LA"le Docn, spiritual trance speaker ut the close
U' W recent lecture in Boston. She procsscd to give
II nnpromptu. rs far she was concerned nnd tt
speak under the influence Of Edgar A. Poet
From the throne Of life eternal.
- From the home of love supernnl
where the angel feet make music over all the starr,
floor
Nlorlas, have come to meet YOU.
Come with words of peace to meet Won.
And to tell you Of the glory that Is mine forever
more.
Once before found mortal,
- Waiting ut the heavenly portal
waiting nut to catch some echo from that ever open
Then seized his quickencd being.
And through all his inward seeing
caused my burning inspiration in fiery food t,
pour!
Now come more mccky human,
-. And the weak lips of woman
louch with fire from of the altar not with burning,
ms of yore,
But in holy love descending.
with her chnstcncd being blending
would fill your souls with music from the bright
celestial shore
As one heart yearns Cor another.
AS child turns to its mother
FROM The golden gates Of glory turn 70 the eartl
Where drained the cup of sadness.
Where my soul was siung to madness,
Ana HES bitter, burning pillows swept my burdcnct
being Ger.
cre the harpics and the ravens,
Human vnmpyres-sorlid cnvcns
frcyed upon my soul and substance till writhel IL
anguish sore:
Life and then seemed mismatcl
For felt accursed and fated,
Like restless, wrthul spirit wandering ON tho
Sygian shore
Tortured by n namcc.s ycarring
Like II irnst-lrc ircexup burniur
Did the purple, pusIng iitctide through its feverej
channels pour,
Till the golden bowl-l.iie's token
Into shining slsrds WIS broken
And my chainel. aud chafng spirit lcapt from out
its prison door.
But while living, striving, dying.
Never did my soul cease crying:
"le who guide the atcs and iures, gvcl oh, give
me, impore
From the myriad hosts Of nations
From the countless consultations,
onc pure spirit that can love me-one that l. too
can adore"
Through this fervcnt aspiration
Found my iantng soul salvation.
For, from out its backened fre-crypts. did my
quckenel spirit suar;
And my beautiful IDEAL
Not too sanity to be real
Burst more brightly on my vision than the fancy
ior'ned, ,Leonore.
Mid the surgng seas she found me.
With the bilovs breaking round me.
And my saddenel, sinking spirit, in her arms Of
love upborc;
Like lone one weak and weary,
Wandering in the midnight drcary,
On her sinles-, sanity bosom brought me 10 the
heavenly shore.
Like the breath of blossoms blending.
Like the prayers Of saints ascending.
Like the rainbows seven-huod glory, blend souls
torcvcrmOre
Earthly love and lust ens,vcd me,
But dvinest love hatl'saveI me-
And know now, first and only, how to love and to
adore.
Oh, my mortal friends and brothers,
We ARE each and all anothel's,
And the soul that gives mos, freely from it, treasure
hath the morc
Would You tse your life, You find it;
And in giving love, You bind it,
Like nm nmn"t Of safety, to your heart, forever
more!
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
APPALLING CALAMITY.

The bradford (Vt) Telegraph of the 3Oth
ult., furnishes the following particulars Of sad
calamity at that place on the Saturday pre-
yious =
a MIR. Obadiah Gage, q man of about so
years of age. was employed by John Merrill, in
repairing an old well. The well having become
dry, Mr.. Gage was sinking it deeper, and had
reached depth Of about % feet. 4 small
brecch in the lower part of the work had al
ready given indications of danger, and he had
been warned TO abandon the work, but intima.
ting TO those above that there was no present
danger, and that he would soon come u3, he
proceeded with his labor until quarter before
eleven o'clock. \. NJ. when all of sudden,
one side Of the lower portion of the well gave
way, commencing at the bottom, and running
up some seven or eight feet. closely followed by
the quicksand outside the brick, then completing
the entire destruction of the lower portion,
burying Mr.. Gage and leaving about - feet Of
the upper part Of the well uninjured.
The news was soon brought to the village,
and crowds of people Immediately hnstened to
the scene Of the accident with shoves and
spades. When We reached the spot. about an
halt hour after the disaster, man had descend
cd the well and was dipping up buckets full of
sand, which Wore drawn m hy fhnse above II
soon became apparent both from the danger of
lO s4t"'tiNH' anu tHc luCL tildJ lIe Sanu rushed
through the brick as fast as it could be gathered
up, that some other method must he adopted
for the release of the unfortunate man, although
at that time his head was probably not more
rthln two feet under the earth Forty or fifty
shoyels were Immediately at work, and rumor
that sounds had been heard from Gage, added
not little to the zeal with which the laEofcrs
applied themselves. For an hour and a half
the shoyeing continued, making an excavation
OF about dozen kcet in depth and 30 feet in
diameter, the brick in the mean time being re-
moved down to within few feet of the breech.
The occasional falling in of the emhankment
impeded the progress of the work somewhat
and rendered it so dangerous to those at work
below, that curb was finally made, hy mailing
boards to four inside posts, and inside of this
the work progressed, un.il the body was finally
reached. 1t was found in an upright position
so completely wsdged in with brick and sand
that it was necessary to dig down as far as the
knees before it could be extracted as it was not
until four o'clock in the afternoon that the dead
body was raised from its living sepulchre. The
body still returned some warmth and no bruis-
es of any account were found, but the mouth
and nose were completely filed with sand 1t
is altogether improbable any sound was ever
heard from Gage after the earth once closed
over him. 1t is much more probable that ALL
life and consciousness We're extinct in very
few moments after the accident occurred.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
DANIEL WEBsTER'S FIRST CASE.

Ebenezer Webster, father of Daniel, was
farmer The vegetables in his garden suffered
considerably from the depredations of wood
chuck, whose hole and habitation was near the
premises. Daniel, some ten or twelve years
old, and his brother Ezekiel had set a steel trap.
and at last sccceeded in capturing the trespass
cr. Ezekiel proposed to kill the animal, and
end at once all further trouble with him but
Daniel looked with compassion upon the meek
dumb captive, and offered to let him go. The
boys could not agree, and each appealed to
their father TO decide the case:-
WELL my boys said the old gentleman, Il
will be judge; There is the prisoner pointing
to the woodchuck, aud YOU shall be the coun
sci and plead the case for and against his life
and liberty
Ezekiel opened the case with strong argu-
ment, urging the mschieyous nature of the
criminal, the great harm he had already done,
that much time and labor had already been
spent in his capture, and now if he was suffer-
ed to live and so at large, he would renew his
depredations, and be cunning enough not to
suffer himself to be caught again, and that he
ought now to be put to death; that his skin was
of some value, and that, make the most of him
they could, it would not repay half the damage
he had already done. Hisargument was ready
practical and to the point, and of much greater
length than our limits will allow us to occupy
in relating the story.
The father looked with pride on his son who
became distinguished jurist in his manhood.
Nov, Daniel, it's your turn I'll hear what
you've got to say
1t was his first ease. Daniel saw that the
plea of his brother had scnsibly affected his faith
er' the Judge; but as his large, brilliant black
eyes looked upon the soft, timd expression of
the animal, and as he saw it tremble with faor
in its narrow prison house, his heart sweled
with pity. and he appealed with eloquent words
that the captive might again go free God, he
said, had made the woodchuck; he had made
him to live to enjoy the bright sunshine, the
pure air, the free fields and woods. God has
not made him or anything in vain; the wood
chuck has as much right of life as any other
living thing; he was not destructive animal as
the fox or wolf was he simply ate a few COM
mon vegetables, of which they had plenty and
could well spare parts he destroyed nothing,
except the little food he needed to sustain his
humble life; and that little food was as sweet
to him, and as necessary to his existence, as was
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

We take another musinr survey of that cr,yo
reception room. where t6c moc.,;c ond 80
tai Washington wns accustomed IN roc,;rn nmd
entertain tIn cL;voIrc n,d aI,,;.; "'iO
his bonorcd native state ,b" ,rns, ',oHr''s "
copatriots of the Ronuhlic wboso fVrnJa,;a ",l''
he had laid. and whose imnosng launch a,,,onn
the governments of thc torth he had ,miJnd %
and eminent citizens of other ionls e'''''u'
Next we nav willin, ouortnr IN ;,,,or;,o
negress for 3cone foI9 STt w Varnor ~ JuIuag JonS
from worry small ossor,r,an, ua,'o'' ',n se'ee'uo
through that tocming oiJ Ii,cb",, ;nJ',,a n.o;e j.;
another copious libo,ion from tbot CLASSIC weii i"
move oniotlv oIom,, I,, ''Jn , '.,a' cassic We"'
way and look into tho wcll.nIonnoJ stoljna
Pausinp lost limo beford ,I,o To,,sL
outside the graves viii elobnroto no.'
of John Augustine Wasb;no,an omI T'iS,'t'' W,ai,n
Washington. nepbews Tbc for,,nr ,yas Fa,hor
to thr rrcrnt n,or al =, 'JI;,er Li NV was illncr
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

A VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON,


Starting away from the great National IIote
alone, the writer hoped to be the only visitor
to that conSecrated spot, bu; when the steamer
left the pier her saloons were well filled with
sojourners at the Capital en- route for the sacred
mansion.
Touching at Alexandria -Washingtons post
office and voting precinct-thc boat next makes
Fort Washington built by the Jackson admin
istration in 1885, but tenanted now by only q
single official, n veteran of 1872. Grass is
growing und!sturbed over moat and parapet.-
This fort is on the Maryland bank of the Po-
tomac fourteen miles from Washington.
The promiscuous crowd of seventy-fve per-
sons were all dccorous and subducd in their de-
pertinent during the passage ,down the noble
river, and all seemed to realize that they were
drawing near TO hallowed ground. After leav-
ing the fort we scanned closely the shore of the
river to catch the first view of those sacred
shades, and in few minutes had made up our
mind that If the distance was only sixteen miles
from Washington we must be in sight of the
Estate, and on asking the pilot at the wheel,
the reply was, there is Mount Vernon" And
sure enough, there was the imposing old Vir-
ginia residence n short mile down the river, and
on high point of the shore.
We instantly walked away, and before we
could realize it, those solemn memories of the
past came crowding on the mind The passen-
gers aft had all caught the inspiration and scarce
word was spoken y few minutes pass and
the steamers bell tolls three solemn strokes,
and soon the boat brings up an eighth of mile
from the pier on account of low tide. The
passage in an open boat through the long sea
weeds to the pier was made in almost unbroken
stiffness by that entire party. with occasionally
the rehearsal of some beautiful incident or an
ocdote of the Pater PatriW
First to leave the steamer, so we were first
to step upon the unfinished piers and moving
.measurcdly away up the old plank walk through
q sort OF ravinc or steep run, we soon found
ourselves before the plain brick tomb, with its
strong iron fence to protect those moulding
relies from saorilcgc. And reverently did we
IN that warm sun uncover our head and gaze
with solemn awe into that sacred place.
Washington's remains repose in u marble
sarcophagus. This was the work of Philadel-
phia artizan, and was accepted in 1887, from
Samuel Sruthers by Lawrence Lewis, then sole
surviving executor of the great mans will. And
it was at the opening of the old coffin and their
re'inhumaion in thar more comely and appro-
pirate receptacle, that the bones of tho Father
OF his Country were for last time exposed to
view.
The arms Of the United States are embossed
upon the solid marble, and the name "Wash-
ington" only engraved in enduring characters
underneath. To the left of this most simple
and unpretending mausoleum of honored dust,
and in similar repository, lies "Martha, Con-
sort of Washington, died in 1901 aged l." her
husband in 1899, aged 60, equals in years when
living. Leaving this spot TO others, the writer
walked soberly out towards the hallowed old
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
rVO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TOWN AGENTS IN VERMONT.

The established importing house Of CllAs. BACkhAN
New York. has made extensive sale Of the
description Of pure Wines and Liquors to Town Agents
State; justly earning by the character Of the goods
sold reputation for selling only pure liquors and
able prices which fact should be overlooked by those who
required by law purchase and sell none but genuine
Liquors.
Application for Goods may he made to CIIAS. BACK
MAN, SO Front-st New York, to his Agents, WM. W.
DREW, WIN. II. ERWIN and TIIOS. ELLIS, who au-
thorized to solicit orders.
Reference may be made In regard the character and
standing the Houses and the superior quality of the
Liquors to
EDW ARD HUNGERFORD, Prof Of Chemistry, L. V NJ.
s. W.TlIAYEit, VI D., Dean Of Med Faculty L. V. NJ.
W. CARPENTE ., NJ D., Professor do, L. '. NJ.
II II.I.l n..nlt
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must be marked all advertisements or they will be
tinucd until ordered out Contracts will be made with
advertisers by the column fractional parts thereof at
liberal rates Transient Advertisements to be paid in ad
vance.
For all Probate advertisements excepting notices Of applca
tons 10 s ioa Estate, and for Commissioners Notices
$3.50 each for three ns,rtions
For notices " bcraons Estruys the formation and dsso
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II scht by mail the money must accompany the order.
For BUsNsss CARDS the first column fnm $500 10 ss 90
per year according to the space they occupy.
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T. OR SALE.

f.,iff THE subscriber offers for sale his place
st situated in the west part Of Chesterfield n. H.. OPP
pOsite Dunmers;on Depot and about six miles from the vii
age of Bebor1 Said place consists Of about two acres
of gond land good story andahalf HOUSE and WoOdshed
AMI Barn Also Store occupied by the subscriber
Grocery Store Also the Ferry with good Boats, Formerly
known rs Smiths fey) The above offers rare hance for
any person who wishes live easy and make money. For
further particulars inquire of the subscriber on the premises
X. H. DAVIS.
Chesterfield, N. H., Aug, 80, lSO0.-30
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

WOODCOCK & VINTON, Paper Manu-
w flcturers. All kinds Of Printing Paper made
der. Cash paid for White and Brown Rags. Brateboro
VT.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22

the key of the celebrated Bastic. given tc
Washington by Lafayette, and arc next in.
formed by the civil man in waiting, that onl,
two rooms in the House are open to the feet o
visitors who are thus necessarily excluded from
the Library and the room consecrscd by the
last hours Of the great man. We felt the dis
appointment most kecnly at first but soon be.
came leconclcd by the reflection that rather
than enter those chambers in a crowd we would
prefer to 20 away without breathing their sol
emn air. This rule is derived from the dcgcn-
crate John a. Washington, now resident Of
southern Virginia, who, not having been fully
paid by the ladies', there being some $4,000 in
arrears, still has some Of his grand uncle's and
his own personal articles in those rooms and
not having given up the deed he retains par
tial control.
| looked into and entered two lower sitting
rooms, bcsmcarcd with grease and smoke. the
accumulations rather from the neglect of the
slolhiul nephew, than the accretionS Of time and
forty years Of decay. The reception room in
one end OF the mansion was q fine affair, having
an elegant lta ian marble chimney piece, not, Of
course, OF modern design, but none the less
beautiful. His grand old paror we could not
enter, but the window being open could stand
stand outside ON the piazza and look in.
We next walked round the great house TO
the outbuidings, equal in number on two sides
and extending back from the mansion and orig
inally connected with it by covered passages
now PROSTATE. The exterior covering and in
side finish of those buildings, in fact cyerytLinr
except the frame work are in process of recon
struction, though in exact imitation Of the orig
inal style; and the same wor, is TO be annie d
to the outside of the main house and many oi
the rooms. exceptinr. ucrhans. the sick chamber
and library which may fer n few wears loncer
wear the original sarb. The most interesting
of those outbuidinps is the spacious old kitcL7
en- where was organized and maintained the
cuisine of one of the largest and best opnointcd
mansions in all VIRGINIA. The brick Gre-nlace
is large enough to ronst entire thn lorgrst swine
ever brarged of in countrv ncwsnafor and ia
lust as its desiup,v left il. the oven ALONGSIDE
is paqtiallv rebulit. The walls and crilino wore
pcrfcctly black, possibly with the smoking of
thousands of hours of the 18Th century. thongh
we opine that the art of wbitcwashinG was NOT
unknown nor unlreouentlv onnliod hv tbe neat
and systematic owner.
A depression or indentation in circular form
is plainly visible in the floor. said TO have been
carved bv tho periodical and freouent "oll hands
round" Of Wa.biug,on,s bonsdbolS Sc,yo,,s
thcy being accustomed 70 assemble tbere Inv his
permission and annrov,l nm ,,intr, cvrninos fo,.
DIVERSION and ternticborran cnter,ainmcnt t',l We
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-12-22
BUSIN ESS CARDS.

A LEXANDER II. PIKE, Manufacturer of
"a ana Dealer in Lumber and manufacturer Of Phillips
Patent Farm Gate. Bills of Lumber made fitted and
FURNISHED TO order 100000 feet Of CApboars and 100000
fe It of other lumber hand
Address West Wardsboro, Vt.