davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

A late article in the Boston Post contains
so much practical good sense and encourage
ment 10 the farmers OF the United States thai
We insert it at length:
OF the English imports during the last eight
months, the United States have furnished Sc
IL per cent. Of wheat, and 81 per cent of -four
and from the figures given, it is evidont that the
niinent of Europe in general has all it can do
to take care Of itself in regard to bread. At
the same time it is a well asccrtaincd fact for
the year TO come, al all events, Europe will take
all the breadstuff we can spare at good price
At this moment there arc in New York 30 TO
30 large vessels loading with grain for Europe;
while the weekly figures of exports and the
known condition Of the grain markets and grain
supplies abroad fully sustain our general posi-
ton. Moreover, Europe will have no considra-
6le surpluss 10 carry into next year. In all
probability, therefore, we are sure Of large
foreign demand for two years 10 come.
And if We stop sending grain abroad, where
is England 10 get the 36 l-2 per cent of wheat
and 81 per cent Of -four, received this year from
the United States, and required IN 1862 and
perhaps it 1868? Grain is already quite high
in Europe Where would il stard if the
American supply of three million of bushels
per week were to be cut off or even if there
were any reasonable fear of Such disaster
We do not question that Great Britain, under
certain circumstances, could be drawn into war
corn or no corn; but MS an English minister
once said to an American ambassador, "'The
United States can do almost anything with
England" Great Britain needs our bread
more than she docs our cotton.
Losing our cotton, and losing our trade, she
must hnUe bread ncuerfhelcss; and France must
have even more than Great Britain. Ameri-
can affairs have already in jured both countries
severely, and the worst, perhaps has not yet
been experienced. But war would not help
them, either to cotton or trade and they knotr
Il; while war would double the price of bread
to their wOrk-people, already needy and discon-
tented. Our position is, therefore, that war
with France or England is almost impossible,
unless il is to be declared by the United States,
whateytr may he the feelings Of the European
Governments or newspapers.
Hence, we are not alarmed by diplomatic
circulars or correspondence, and pay little regard
to what ignorance or crs,lulity the London Post
may be pleased 10 publish. Nay, it seems to
us that the confidence of foreign capitalists in
i'll our loans and institutions, the evident sym
paIhy of the European peoples with our natiohal
cause, and the natural and well grounded fear
even among princes and potentate that afiei
a !, our Government is very strong, growing
strong, and may be strongest in this contest is
quite sufficient to prevent even the heavy cargo
of Slidell aud Mason, had they reachtd to Eng
land from doing any serious injury to the cOun-
try ....fss.... #..
Had France and England acted aS they
should have done, the rebellion would have
been o,.t of the way, either in Europej Jail, luna
tic asylum or the grave. .
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
Value Of sheltsr for shsap.

VIM. II. Iatld, one Of the best farmers Of
the State Of Ohio who has given especial at
tcntion to sheep. gives the following careful
estimate in the Ohio Farmer, Of the value oI
shelter 10 sheep. suggested by the remark of a
neishbor, ut won't pay to build shelter for
sheep" This nrighbor kept I, 900 head AMI
lost many animals, and il was from his losses
that nart of his estimate is made:
let me mako some low estimates in reference
10 the loss oc,ssioued by this treatment in thir-
~ years. First, if the sheep shearcd two
pounds Of We Ol per head under this treatment,
they would have shore three pounds had they
received good care. Second, ono pound differ
ence per head on 1000 sheep makes 1000
pounds; Loco pounds in thirty years, at 40 cts
per pound amounts to $4,000. Il ia n very
low estimate, counting sheep at the lowest
common price, that a flock Of 900 sheep
should yield $500 worth OF surplus stock to
sell each year; this IN thirty years amounts to
$4,000. Feed saved by shelter, say 5000
each year, worth IN thirty years, $4,000; sim
pie interest at per cent. on the amount saved
in thirty years, 10000; difference in the val
nc Of stock ON band at the end Of thirty yeara.
81 900; value Of shelter TO the proprietor at
the close OF thirty years, 81 900; amount saved
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
DELAWARE, OHIO, DECEMBER s 6,a1861.

ed somewhat too attentively to adverse reports,
am satisfied that he administers the affairs of
war with reasonable ability. lie is shrewd
man; he possesses diversity Of talent and is
self-male. He is capable of great and long con-
tinued labor, scrutinizes closely, and will, am
satisfied, carry on the affairs entrusted 10 him
as cheap as any could
Mr. Seward, I found to be, as you all know,
a man Of extraordinary talent; was very hap
pyto learn from his own lips that the United
States has nothing to fear from foreign rivals.
His letter concerning lake fortiications had
startled me little, but / was pleased to be told
that our relations with England and France
were never more amieable than at the present
time. a
1 also made the acquaintance of General
Mcclellan, modest, ,self'possessed, selfreliant,
great man; able 10 be in the saddle night and
day, and incapable Of being fattered by the
-eommehdations that pour 10 upon him; man
with large heart, and with no political aspir-
ations to minister to. Loud applause. He
is worthy Of applause. and have not the slight
est doubt that our destibies are completely safe
in his hands. "
: I say, then. that believe alto be well with
Us, aud that the loyal States will come safely
out Of this rebelIioni in a few months, and thus
verify the predictions Of our !orefathers, that
man is capable Of seff-gorernment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

The month Of November, after the leave,
have fallen cff, is the best time to prune vines
There is no difference Of opinion at oil on thi.
point with eIPsrie'lced grape growers, and il
must be done in the fall TO succced well in the
grape culture.
The principle should be fully understood
that the fruit Of next year is 10 grow from the
canes of this s.GsOn'S grolGih. Not one pcr-
son in four who has grape vines on bis premis-
es seems 10 understand this important. fact
They have read about il in the agricultural
papers but they paid little attention to il, and
seldom or never acted upon it in pruning their
vines. ' ~ A ~
Select the best canes Of Ibis. year for, the
n'xl fruit season. and cnt out all the old woort
provided you have n. wood enough Tina
grows out near The base Of the vine. If the
new wood consists Of iafe1ais, (lhat Is, the eide
canes or shoots OF old woody You should SIM
ply leave enough Of these lateraIs 10 bear a
lair crop next year, and cut back all the rest
to one eye. The true system is 10 cut back
every other shootSo that the new wood of asri
year may be produced from the eyes. left upon
the canes thus cut bark This is the reae,ral
system, which is piaclicrd as. well upon. the
side spurs and csluys as oa those that grow
from the base OF the vine.
1t matters not how You tain your vines
whether TO trelliseS. stakes, or otherwise. this
renewal system must be adopted. in pruning,
because no cane, shoot or spur ever bears frnit
but ole season. -, e.Et,,
WhTc Funiig bias NOT berR done in. No.
veniber, mild day in December will answer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06


GEX. PATTkRsoN's, DEFENaE-7, Gen. Robert
= Patterson, o. Philacelphia who has rested
uafset blame foF allowing the junction Of: the
foreesfaf JohnstoR and BeauregaFd at Manas-
sas, made dcfeBoe Of. his conduct, ,of the cam
Paign under his .comgaBds iB @.acahG speech
in FhiIadelphia. His statemeBt5y II fiHtrictly
reltahie, go Gar toward exonerating him. from
biaHae.i elen Patterson claims that thega ;Na8
not a false step made. nor d bluBdeF committed;
that his column WaS caught Ia 20 trap, and
felI into no sEnbuscade; that the enemy was
fEequeatly olIeFed hnttIe. and When accepted
was beaten; and IEat. there was 10 defeat and
no retreat with his.cnlHnn. l. =. y 9.
Gen. Patterson, also 'seties5 ftSb he gave
timely information Of this novement OF John
sons forces. and that he could have been at
Manassas the day the battle was fought, but
teiegrsphea and waited iRyNja for orders
IIe says his assistance might have Prbduced. =.
different result. Great pity the telegraph was
TOO slow sri-- -L---I -k 4Lal--L
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

WHERE Is CuNBERLEND Gar Cumberland
Gap is sitnatcd about ten miles from Cumber-
land Ford, IN Tennessee, and has been celebra-
ted for century as great depression in the
mountain ridge which traverses the continent
from New Hampshire TO North Alabama
Through this gnp. very similar in appearance
aud charcteristcr TO the South Pass in the
Rocky Moun'aips, f'rmcrly the emigrans from
Virginia amd North Carolina passed on their
way to the virgin wilds Of the West. For hall
a century thousands upon thousaDds poured
through this natural gateway into the Missis-
sipp Valley from the Atlantic slopes. Boone,
Kcutou aud their pioneer confrcrcs first entered
The land of "cane and turkey over the pre-
Adamite turnpike 1t really forms to this
hour the best and, in fact the only practicable
road for the transportation Of troops and heavy
munitions of war from Fast Tennessee into
Kentucky Lousrills Dsmocsat.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
CALICO DRESSES.

Calico dresses are grand Institutions. De
laines, silks, and even sati1s are good enough
in their proper plaee-zin the parlOr or band
box, and all such, but after all, the old 'stand-
by" the substantial, is the shilling Calico
Care must be taken not to soil the silk, nothing
must come in contact with the nice dress that
will rumpse or stain it; but the calico is made
for work, and, as the highfalutiBs say, "nobly
does it fulfill its mission Silk rarely finds It's
way into the realities of life; that is inIo the
kitchen at home, or the hut of the sufferer
abroad. But calico, oh what rich meals we
get by il!--how it cheers the suffering, as with
its bright eolors and cheerful presence it stands,
with soft and gentle hands, ministering to our
distresses. Calico seems to be always more
willing and ready TO give TO want than silk
ID is'a curious fact of our nature, that the
nicer our dress the harder our heart il, as il
when dressed in silk we changed our natures,
and ruse above base, worldly things What !!
our silk dresses to be seen near enough to that
poor workingwuoman to give assistance, or
drabbliBg into dirty hat No, never cali
co might do it-siIk, it's just impossible! But
when, in addition to all, calico comes in, rosy
with the exercise Of Kitchen duties, which it
knows how to do so well, and loves to do so
dearly, and sits down at the piano or melodeon
and makes the liquid melody flow sweetly forth;
aye, even blending its own sweet voice with
the music Of the instrument, then do we appre-
c!ate and admire calico. --Tr 4
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
Autumn Or Wintsr Mapurinr tho Best


Nearly all tls benetirs Of Autumn n.anur-
ing may be secured, where cattle and other an
imals are kept IN stables or warm basenseE Is,
by drawing cut The HAnngre anring ihe com,
Paralively leisure time pt ,,Ninier, and spread
ing it at once on the land The winter rains.
wLe..eYer they occur, and all lhe spring rains,
will give il thorough washing, and carry
the liquid into the soil; but such patch must
be selG c'e'l for this purpose as will not favor
tie accumulation Of wafer into, brooks or
streams, and thus carry of the manure. alto
gether. Grass lands are much the best for
this treatment, 10y tending to retain the ma
Uure. Nothing is better for gardens that are
TO be enriched for spring crops, than autumn
or winter application Of manure; and newly
planted trrcs, dwarf pears, strawberry bedF,
&e., receive great deal Of protection against
cold by such coatingS which are to be turned
in in the SPRING Country Gentleman.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

SORGHUM SYRUP.-- Mr.s G. jacobs, sthe in--.
ventor ofa new sorghum eyapOrators manu-
factured by Gill & Son this season. has left
with as samples Of syrup which lle made upon,
his PAM, OF excellent quality. MIR. Jacobs has.
made thirteen barrels ofsyrup for himself and
bis DeighbOrs, and rs marketing hia own at
sixty cents per gallon by the barrel, Some.
thing has been learned this seasOn,in the work
ing up Of the cane. .,l' t., ,ssdi holf5s ''''
It, is desirableto. have all the cape FOR one
batch Of u unilorm quality asao Eipeness; but
as it stands in sheffield this cannsk well be had
as some will be more forward than others; but
if The crep be cut up when the SEEDS Is well up
on the turn. and put into shocks, the esacchaEino
ju;ces will HatuFe. $50 lthat betteF quality of
syrup wiz bs the. res1lt,saRd more. .ofiit. The
caDe should ,Standin shock about two weeks
bat it viii not take damage by standing four
weeks. r y a.,. ..,7faLA5 i.sil5e.. Z, =,
1t is 5etSsr to. stand tbelcane if shocks with
the butts upon the ground, than to Icy it in
heaps horizontally, as by being iushocks it will
not pack SO closely rs to beat. asdthe butts
being upon the ground there viii be less sevapo-
ration of lkejnice thanjr tbe spt. ends WeFe eE-
posed as they will be Hhcn Ind horizontally.
Field Notes. -s7cr-.r q - i,.it---- fr--f
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
NO.36.
Rotation Of Crops.


The Country GeniLeaan, SAYS. that JAWS
BEATT & SoSs' successful farmers Of Cayuga
county, \. T., adopt the following TotEtioD:
Their fields succ' ssivcly lie in meadow two
years; in pasture the third; fourth, corn. is
planted on the sod, the nAangre, having. been
applied the prcyiQus autumn and the sod plow-
cd just bef0re pianting. Corn is followed the
ffth year by barley, which is seeded to clover
by rolling. This clover is Pastured with sheep,
the pasture thus obtained being equal to the
expense Of seeding until the GollSaEing summer,
when it is converted te, summer fallow. for
wheat. The droppings of the sheep, and the
crop of clover, furnish an excellent, pFepara-
tion for this grain. which Is harvested the sixth
year. 1t Is followed b5 y growth Of timothy
and c!over, which constitutes meadow two
years and pasture one yestr, as alreudy mention
PI ....
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06


DIsCoETEST IN EoRFoSyzz 20 Monday last
placards were posted UPdn,RatiOun parts of the
city Of %Ogiolkg announcing that on ihe follow
ing. .AN Wednesday flag Of truce wOnldleaFs ~
Old Peint and that all pcFSo@sj having perms-
sion from HeadqnarteFsacohid IeaVes by regis
terng their names at the afice Of the Mayor Of
lhe eify. ln half an hour ailer TIE apnouncs
ment was made public, a large crowd Of per-
Sous beseiged the Mayors Office for the purpose
OfrregisieEing their names Before noon the
crowdbeeame SO dense and excited that mill
iary force had to be marched tofhe City Hall.
for the purpose Of preventinga fkht. After
one hundred and twenty names had been enter
ed, the book was closed by order ofGen. Huger
who would permit but twcgtyone persons,
tyO-thirds Of whom. were ladies, to- quit the
place. Yhis;Gansed great excitement among
tho disappointed, and bad it not been for the
presence of the sOleicrs considerable mischief
would have ensned. is0la-a-l
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

,SOUTFlERS FEsE4MoNY or TINE EFFICIENCY or
rtrE BLockA DE.-E9'he New. Orleans Crescent
his the following ftihEOs16Hatsly; the abet-
tors and resources of The Hessian GoverumeOt
OF Lincoln have been underFafed. II is now
Dearly six months since vessel entered the
port of New Orleans from q, distsnt lcouhtry
The saqle FeamrRs .WiA apply 40 Mobile and
oilsSP. .sDFrs on the GHlR. " hefe asSessel with
a cargo Of merchandise Aaspased the Lincoln
blockade, twenty rasued the blockade in the
war Of 1919. Flour from Spain can. bs deliv-
ercI. via Haynna, at our Levee, at eight to ten
dollars per h49FSIs SUCK As we ourselves paid
yesterday eighteen Il6ElarssFoali 'lvill the nom
expectationists say that We should be inhibited
fFesaysnoonTaging shipme0is Of this necessary
article 10 be paid for in COTTON
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06


PnCrs an NoRFoLK.-A refugee from Nor
folk says:
A,fsw days. ago -four rose in Norfolk from.
! Sc TO Ss,5oa barrel, on account Of the out
kFrak ShsDng the Union men Of Tennessee.-
CeaEe Is 80 cents a. pound, and very sessoe.--
Sugar Of tiie eommomst kin6 iSI5 eenta per
pound. Fish is plentiful, and most people live
on that diet. with cornbread; salt pork, 30
cents, lard, 25 cents a. pound; potttoeS!a9 81 o
bnshel, candles, common tailow, % 70 3O'csuts
pound and sperm, 10 cents eaebs f'",.r-.,
Clothing Of every kind is high. Common
black pantaloohs, 81 2 To Is, vests, from Sl2 10
70; black EoeAc coats, $50. Dry goods OF all
kinds have advanced from 500 TO 1000 per
cent. Mos, Of the goods are brought from
New Orleans at present. or materials fer boots
and SHOES ssele leather sold at STA p6Hnd, with
notn pound lcfl in Nqrfo&s awLea our inform-
ant came away, except what halashS shcefhA-
kers held;nppcr leather, calf 800 Hor a dozen
skins No materials for ladies shoes to be had.
Ladies shoes sold, at 50 to Sc a pair; very com
mon, $3.50 Mems laced boOts, So; long. Sl2
10 20 All kinds OF business was very good.
naasay people having started small panuiacto-
ries for various neerssarlcs, giving poor people
employnleNt.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
TIE RraHT TIE.

What will you give for valuable
ed - piece of Information, reader? We
. can't charge you anything for it---not
ssssa - even q three cent stamp, yet we war
.rnaass rant it applicable on all occasions, and
- something that will be more useful
than aIl de recipesfOr glove cleaning
80 st sihaindye and washing made easy, ev
er invented.
- - Choose the RIGHT TIME for saying
- - things. If your wife looks wearicd
y isaisa and worn out, be sure, that is not the
right time to tell her that the ten is
not hot or that the bread is sour
Comfort her-cheer her up. Use the
ten Thousand little stratagems you
were wont to handle so skiIfully in
the courting days, to bring out the
smiles around her lips. -,
Ifyou are annoyed or vexed at peo
pie. just remember that it is net the
RIGHT TINE to speak. Close your
mouth; shut your teeth together firm
", and our receipt will save you ma
- 'a's ~ a useless and unavailiHg regret
- s,.a and many bitter enemy.
~ '''s- If you happen to feel a little cross;
.f,z r., and who amongst us does not at some
time or other !? don't select that sea
ar sBason for reProying your noisy house
hold flock. One word spoken in a
-nfa Ts&ngs 1A@olC1A Will AdC ~ SCAT lllSAI u sum
mer of smiles can scarcely uproot. "a
81 iia tag If you chance to be o woman the
advice is just as g0Od.sshaNever tease
.bs2 EsqAyonf husband wllen5he comes home
weary from his days business. 1t is
90 50 yq40t the RBGHT TISIEsJ Don't ask him
for expensive trinkets when he has
'is4 Saaiasl5een tall king about hard times; thai
is most assuredly the wRoNG time.
slSgg3s l If he has entered upon any under
zsa.sas taking against your advice, don't seize
s,,ase - on the moment Of its failure to say,
assr II told YOU so r In fact it is never
o - tho right time for those four monosyI
tables. atet
Oh, if people only knew enough to
discriminate betwcen the right and
'''is i'"'' the wrong, there would be less es
arrangement of hearts! The greatest
caIamitiesb that overshadow our lives
have sometimes their germ in matters
- as ,as ras apparently as slight as this. If you
would only pause, reader. before the
singing taunt, or the biting sneeT, OF
the unkind gscof passes your lip
liu assar pause just long enough to ask yourself
yt.,svs,.s.Is it the right time for meito speak
you would shut the door against ma
nya,hpaTtRche. 4
ssar - asoss The world hinges on little things
sss ass sss g. and there are many less trivial tia
@ sss.' i'.. the RIGHTttime and the WRONG.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06

tiers, &c, was sent from the city to-day, for the
use of the Hospital; no doubt very acceptable
to the patients, The camp is now excessively
muddy and slippery. The guard at the wood
pile parades back and forth on the Top of his
charge instead of around it. One of the
guards on the regimentai line had, to-day, a
capital sliding place on his beat, which he
seemed TO enjoy. Just as I write there IS q
man outside of his tent out Barhnming Barn
um, in his announcement Of the wonderful
things to be seen within, @alf for the sum Of
one dime We have heard there was a project
on foot TO furnish this company with library.
and could the projectors have Witnessed the
earnest faces of those who had learned there
were books to be had of the Captain. "a lesF
sent BY Two ladies as they came 10 inquire for
them, think the project would soon be car
ried out, Yours, ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
rrsTs oF cHARAcrm.

great many admirable actions
-, :" .ssEA are overlooked because they are, so
= little and deommon. Take, for instance,
-FiA-ia'''s the mother who has had broken slum-
ber, if any at ALL with the nursing
babe, whose frequent wants must not
.rIEsasat be disrcgarded; she would fain sleep
awhile when the breakfast hour comes,
but patiently and uncomplaininglv she
takes herstimeiy seat at the table
~iAl-ah Though exhausted and weary, she
serves all with arefreshing cup of eof-
fee or tea before she sips herself, and
ess,s gss, often the cup is handed back to her to
esss - - be reflled before she has had time to
-ela7 aeassa taste her own. 5aa 81 +
- ssssss 81 DO you hear her complain, this wea-
= q - - ~ mother that her breakfast is cold
IS Z. A-itabefore sheahas time to cat it? And
,-assssa sssss this not for one merning, but for
r7'a' 's' great many, perhaps during the year.
rsgshsa DO you call this q small thing? Try
z Z = lit, and see. Oh how does woman
shame us by her forbearance and for
titude in fNTlIaE are called little thir gs
= y1s s'.ss And II is these little things which
are the tests Of character; it is by
l's these little selEsnme selfdenials, BORNE
Yith such selffOrgotten gentleness,
-ssTss.rs>-s that even the hnmblcst of homes is
rasr made most beautiful TO the eyes of an
:H&zz gels, though VIC fail to see it. alas
until the chair is vacant. and the hand
'o'ss'ss - which kept ia motion ali this domes-
, tic machinery is powerless and cold.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-12-06
.Ksc6 the Hands Nhlta rnd soir. /,

in order to preserve the hands soft and white
they should always be washed in vRrln water
With 'fHe soap, and carefully dried with mod
crate coarse towel being we'll rubbed every
time to insure brisk circulation, than which
npihing can be more edectnal in promoting ;
transparent and soft surface. j engaged in
any accidental pursuit which may hurt the
color oEahe:handh, or if they have been expos
ed to the sun, a little lemon juice will restore
their Ehiieness for the time. Almoad paste IS
ofessential service in preserving the delicacy
Of the hands. 1t is made thus Beat up four
ounces of bitter almonds, add to them three
ounces of lemon juicc, three. ounces Of Rlrond
oil, and little weak spirits Of vine and, ether.
'Ehe following is serviceable ponade for rub-
hing the hands on retiring to resi-: -,.s
Take two ounces Of sweet alnondG beat
with three. .drachms of white wax, aud three
.drachHs- of -Fpermaceli, put 10 rose water
Gloves should always he worn by ladies on ex-
posure to the atmosphere. q..il. s.~r