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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-22

VOL. XVII.

il will.eat anything rather than starvc. He
turns to the hay NOW and there finds little
consolation in the cud, and it begins to think
II can live after all.
But now its master thinks that new grass
must be good for the youngster, and he ties
him in the border OF his garden where the
early clover has made its appearance. The
calf has now learned to drink out Of pail
but it prefers pure water to skim milk
and its mixtures. Ii drinks but little. for
the fresh grass IL both meat and drink. In
six weeks the calf looks as old us a yearling,
though not tenth part Us large as n year
ling should be. The owner rcars but one
or two in year, therefore he cannot let them
loose till after haying is over. Then they
are permitted to range through the corn
field and elsewhere to pick up enough To
keep along through the winter.
III farmers would count the cost Of rearing
calves by hand they would be likely to try
better methods. One quart of milk drawn
by the calf from its mother, is worth more TO
sustain IL than two quarts Ot new milk
drawn by hand for milk drawn is not gulph-
ed down in a heap, 10 be disposed of in
the stomach after much effort and pain.
The farmer who rears u number of calves
may let them suck for number oi weeks,
taking half the milk, at less cost than to
hold them and attempt to turn the milk
down their throatS. When calves are al
lowed half the milk they will soon learn to
eat good hay. They eat hay better than
any early grass in the garden, and it is bet
ter to wean them on hay than ON grass. Ii
is less trouble and is eaten by the young
calf.
When farmer raises number OF calves,
the Oldest will teach the Others how to eat
hay and drink water, Let the hay be Of
first quality, and let u tub of water stand on
one side Of the pen. The Oldest calf will
soon learn TO drink water without putting
a finger in his mouth. and his companions
will soon find out what he is about at the
tub.
Calves ought to learn how to eat meal,
,r meal and oats. and they will learn this in !
Dne days time ii you will place some or one
)f the sills at the side of the pen. IL they
IRE backward in learning this, put little
fresh earth beside the meal and they will
soon mix the whole together and eat it. by
the way, calves should always have free ac-
cess to loan or earth of some kind. They
Eat il moro readily than meal and they will
lind it is good for them. Nothing is 50 good
TO prevent the complaint called Sconrs, or to
cure it, Jas loom from the field.
After calf has been nurssd by its moth
er for three months it may be taken of to
another barn and fed ON the best of hay till
you have full feed for it. Then it may run
at large and eat gr.ss. Or it may be kept
in cool barn through the summer season.
Through the winter calves should have
the best of hay, but they should not be
closely confined rs some writers advise. They
winter best under open sheds where they
can have air and light.
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MORNING, MARCH 99, 1861.
1. You wrong, me. indeed. indeed. {,


Stop she cried, putting her hands L
her ears to shut out his words. mo more
you have lied enough. Look hero anC
she pointed to the window post, there wer,
hundreds of strcaks of lily white. Each
time you have failed in your promise, hay,
registered the failure here. You have beer
absent from your studio, you have been idle
you have been gaping at tho window, oil
idling at the door; you have spent days and
nights at the Golden Calf. Hell has beer
with you, and Brockcn, and Wander Move
and-O Wilhelm-others who never should
have been and blush crossed her check
1t was as sunset on a lily. and you hav,
painted worthless pictures. You know 1t
none better. Oh. in thousand ways, you
have been false and here. sec, here's the
record
In Wilhelms culprit mind midst all his
shame and confusion, yet fingered an inter.
rogativc,' how did you know all this p She
read it in his looks, without the words.
My studio is opposite to yours (; i can sec
you from here as well as you can see me from
there
Yet your back was always turned? p
She could not help smiling, 1t was such
pitable, school.boy plea.
You forgot The mirror &! With that in
front of me, had no need 10 turn
Wclhclm stamped on the ground with
rage and disappointment, cursing thou
sand times his own stupidity.
'Adeu Maria van Osterwyck.'
'Adieu ? Wilhelm van Aalst.'
Utterly crushed aud mortified, he moved
to the door. There he stood for moment,
rallied u little, and with feeble broken
swagger, with an attempt to conjuro back
something of his old grand manner, whisper
cd softly And there is no hope, Maria
None said the lady stoutly. She was
deaf to the voice Of the charmer, and hc went
out, banging the door, never to return. The
poor girl, her trial over, broke down COM
plctcly she fell into chair, weeping CO.
piously.
Heaven help me And l so loved that
man
With IA strange curiosity and weakness,
she sent her servant on the following morn
ing to make inquiry concerning him. She
learned that he had quilted Deli, 1t was said
forever. Paris was thought to be his desti-
nation. Then Maria was on her knees once
more, before her panel o my lilies, am
yours forever only yours. Twill love but
you =.
And she kept her word, devoting herself
to her art, and gloriiying it by her devotion.
And Europe struggled for the possession of
her works not numerous, but all perfect.
And Emperor Leopold, and Louis the Mag
nifccnt, and England's great monarch, Will
liam of Oranse-all bought from her easel.
In 1903, she painted her last lily--neyer
having seen again the iathless Wilhelm
never having loved asain-still Maria van
Oosterwyck.
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Daybreak.

Daybrcak was never described with great
or beauty than by Miss Prescott in her new
Atlantic Monihly story. She describes three
persons sailing on lake, waiting for the
dawn "Eyer and anon they passed under
the lee of some island, and the heavy air
grew full Of IDLE night-sweetness the wan
ing moon, with all its sad and alien power,
hung low-dun, malign, and distant, cop
perry blotch on the rich darkness OF heaven.
They noated slowly still now and then she
dipped hand into the cool current; now
and then he drew in his oars, and, bending
forward, dipped his hand with hers. The
stars retreated in pallid vail that dimmed
their beams faint lights streamed up the
sky-thcn dark. yet clear and delicious
They pauscd motionlcss in the shelter OF q
steep rock over them wild vine hung, and
swayed its long wrcaths in the water; q
swcst.briar, starred with fragrant sleeping
buds. climbed and twisted, and tufts OF rib
bon.crass fell forward and streamed IN the
indolent ripple; beneath them, the lake, iu-
cid as some dark crystal. sheeted with olive
tr,nsmrcnce bottom Of yellow sand; here
n beam poised on slowly-waving Inns, us IL
dreamin. of motion, or q perch flashed its
red fin from one hollow to another. The
shadow lifted degree, the eye penetrated to
further regions a bird plped warily, then
freely second and third answered, a fourth
took up the tale. bluejay and thrush, cat
bird and bob-o-link; wings began to dart
about them. the world to rustic overhead !;
near aud far the dark prime grew instinct
with sound. the shores and heavens blew out
g lies OF melody, the air broke up In music.
lie lifted his oars silently; she caught the
sweetbriar, and lightly shaking 1t, rain OF
dcwdrops, dashed with deepest perfume,
sprinkled them: they moved on. A thin
mist, breathed from the lake, steamed round
the boat, and lay like white covcrlet upon
the water: light wind sprang up and blew
II in long rags and ribbons, lifted. and torn,
and streaming out Of sight. All the air was
pcarly, the sky was opaline, the water now
crispiy emblaIoncd with dark and splendid
iewelry-the paved work Of q sapphire; .
rosy fleece sailed across their heads; some
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agricultural.
Light for Animals.


A correspondent of the Homestead, in an
article on iattsning hogs, gives the follow
ing advice -
"0ne more important item OF advice, and
that is, locate your pen where your hogs can
have the benefit OF light. don't mean
merely daylight, but the full bright light OF
the sun; il will add to their cheerful con-
tentment, a. IL does to the human species,
and psychologists declare that, other things
being equal, families who occupy apartments
in the sunny side Of dwellings are the most
healthy and happy. Although the compar-
ison may 10 sensitive nerves, appear odious,
still II is beyond our power or province to
change the cshablishel laws oil nature. |
never knew q hog, or any other animal,
kept under the north side OF barn or other
building, where the dampness and darkness
is never penetrated by the suns rays, and
where the animal was cmplaycd as the scay-
cnger for other animals, u be sleek-lOoking,
fat, clean or quet. have seen many pen
where the mud and ofal was two or three
feet deep, and no place OF retreat left for the
poor occupants upon higher spot, accept
ing the bcd door, and that uniurnished by
straw
The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-03-22

To RsLlxyK CHoSiSG ClrrLE.-One who
Is familiar with cattle gives the following di-
rc:ions for relieving them from choking -
Put one arm over the neck, 50 as to have
one hand on each side, find the substance
that the animal is choked with, then place
your thumb below il ON each side, and shove
Il gently up into the mouth. have reliev.
ed q great many chokcd cattle for myself and
neighbors, and never found a case but sue
cceded in. One case had where the ami
NAL would not take it into the mouth when
1t was showed up; We put ring into the
mouth, and another person easily took out
the offending substance while held 1t up to
the swallow
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HonsEs' fEEr BALLING Win SSow.-Takc
piece Of paper and place ii ON the shoe as
il is fixed on the horses foot, with a pencil
mark on the inside Of the paper, the size OF
the inside form Of the shoe; cut out the piece
OF paper. and mark the gutta percha. Al
low an eighth Of an inch larger Of gutta per-
cha ON each side Of the front part tn 90 un-
der the shoe, To keep it frOm coming out
when the horse is at work. Taper the edge
of the gutta pcrcha to facilitate its going
under the shoe, and cut out a triangular
piece Of the gutta pcrcha so Us to prevent
an undue pressure ON the frog. IL will be
found simple, cheap, and eGectual RENE
dy.-TRs Fed.
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O. DE NOT THE FIRST

Oh, h, not the arst 10 discover
A blot in the fame of friend,
A law on the faith Ofa lover,
Whose heart may prove true to the end
We none ofus know one another,
And on Into error sefalli
Then let US speak we'll AZ our brother,
Orspesk ROt about hiu at all.
A smile or q sigh may awaken
Suspicion uiOst foul and unduei
And thus our BELIEF may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true
How oftea the light SMILE OF gladness
Ia wora by the frleRds that Nc meet
To cover soul fall u sadness,
Too proud " Acknowledge defeat
How oftep the sigh Of detection
Is hesved from the hypOcrite's breast,
To parody truth and ahectlsn,
Or Iull suspicion to rost
How often the friends We hold dearest,
Their Boblest affections conccsli
AMI bosOns the purvst, sineerest,
Have secrets they cannot reveal
Leave base minds 10 hsrbor auspiciOn,
And small ones ~ trace our detects
Let ours be nobler ambition,
For base Is the mind that suspects
We none ofUs know one another,
And on into error ve iAlls
Then let us speak we'll OF our brother,
Or speak not about him at all.
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EaRoRs or TIE PRHs.-. Really aid Q
printer, in converting with q literary man
about the errors Of the pres, gentlemen
should not place such unlimited confidence
In the cyesight of our hard worked and hall.
blinded readers Of proofs. for l am ashamed
to say that we utterly ruined one poet, a,ro
n ludicrous misprint.' Indeed ana ~na'
was the unhappy line 7 why "' hs
poet intended to say:
"see, the pale martyr In sheet OF hrs
instead Of which ws made him say;
.see the pale martyr. riiA Ai' shirt en- fret"
The critics were down fsres OF The pot;
but VIC don't scc why. a man with his
shirt ON fire. must bo highly pc",icai sub
ject, as his life would be In eminent danger
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF a Single
Grain.

The New York Tribune, in an article on
Wheat and its cultivation, gives the follow
ing somewhat marvellous account of the pro-
ductiyeness of n single grain Of wheat:
One of the most marvellous faculties Of
the wheat plant is that Of sending up null
titude of stalks from single grain, known
as altering. Ii is the secret of its great pro-
ductiveneSs. Many experiments have been
made to ascertain the limit Of this faculty,
and the results have been truly wonderful.
An English gentleman sowed Il few grains of
common red wheat ON the 2nd of June, one
OF the plants from which had filtered 50
much by the Sth Of August that ho then di-
yided il into eighteen others, all oi which
were planted separately. I'm few weeks 50
many Of these had multiplied their stalks,
that me had set out 81 altogether to 80 thro'
the winter. With the spring growth all
these began tillcring, 50 that in March and
April new division was made, and the num-
Der of plants increased to 500. Ii was be-
lieyed that another division might have been
made, and that it would have increased the
number to 1000. The 500 grew most yigo-
rOusly, exceeding plants us ordinarily culti-
waited. When harvested, a single plant
yielded over 100 ears, and tho whole number
Of cars produced was 81 100, or more than
10 to each divided plant, and the grain meas
urcd 3-4 pecks, weighing IL l-2 pounds
The grains were estimated as numbering
576,Sl0. All this was the product Of a sim
gle grain.
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furnace glowed in the East behind the trees
long beams fell rcsplendently through and
lay behind vast shadows; the giant fins stood
black and intense against q red and risen
sun they trailed with one oar through a
pad Of buds all unaware Of change, stole
from the oyerhanging thickets through q
high-walled pass, where, on the open lake,
the broad, silent, yellow light crept from
bloom to bloom; and awoke them with u
touch"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25
ScOqr's PLAxs.-A Washington dispatch

ScoET's PIANs.-A Washington dispatch
says that the Virginia authorities are "kept
we'll informed Of Gen. Scott's plans their
movements show this" We are of the
opinion that the secession officers in Vir-
glnia have just such information of Scott's
plaa's as he is desiriOus they should have,
and no more. Scott has heretofore deceiv-
ed as shrewd men as now command the
rebel forces, and I'VE should not be at all as.
tonished TO learn that he had deceived them
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1861.

REsTGNATIoNs.-A dispatch from San
Francisco says that thirteen officers of the
Sixth Infantry have resigned. One who at
tempted to leave on the last steamer was
stopped by Gen. Sumner. The following
are among those who are said to have re-
higned: I'd Lieut.. Stoughton, of N. Y;
i'revet Col. Lay of Va; Lieut.. Waller, of
Va; Lieut.. Smith, of Miss; Lieut. McLe.
more, of Ala; Capt. Garnet, of Va; Adj.
Corly, of Va; and Maj. Armistcad All Of
these except Stoughton are understood TO
head for positions in JEFF. Davis army. We
lave looked over The army register, and
can find no such names as Brevet Col. Lay
or Major Armistead among the field officers
Of the Sixth Infantry. Either the wrong
names are given or else they must have
been promoted quite recently.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25
LETTER OF HON. w. L. UNDEEwoOD.-The

LETTER OF HoN. w. L. UNDERwOOD.-The
Hon. w. L. Underwood. of Kentucky, who
has recently been to Washington, writes to
friend in st. Louis, advising the people of
Missouri to stand by the Constitution aud
maintain the Uuion. In the letter, which
is dated May lst, he says:
Let no folly, or indiscretion. or the imbecility
of Mr. Lincoln's Administration on the one
hand, nor sectional pride and affinity, nor glow'
ing portraitures of wrongs, real or imaginary
which the South has endured, (butthc existence
of which she can alone redress in the Union,
and not out of IT'D swerve your gallant State
from her allegiance to General Government
that has never deprived her of solitary right
or inflicted on her single wrong. The policy
Of the Administration to all the border States,
which have not seeded, is the same. In refer
ence to Kentucky, Mr.. Lincoln told me he
hoped Kentucky would stand by the Govern
ment in the present difficulties, but if she would
not do that, let her stand still and take no hos
tile part against it, and that no hostile step
should tread her SOIL This is true with Mis-
souri. Let me tell you farther. that the tenn
porizing policy of the Administration, IN refer
ence to the assaults and capturing of its forts,
arsenals and property is over. Henceforth, they
who make war will have war made on them.
The monopoly which the South has enjoyed in
that direction has ended, and all the powers of
the Government henceforth, will be exerted to
maintain the property and the legal authority
of the Government within its just limits. You
need not, therefore, be surprised to hear of the
vigorous blockade of the Chesapeake and
Hampton Roads, and Of the ports Of seeded
States, that if these States erect batteries at
Memphis or Vicksburg to. interrupt the COM
merce of the Mississippi, that measures Of stern
retaliation or resistance will be inaugurated by
the Government, to force the poisoned chalice
to the lips of those who first drugged it.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

MuRDER.-About nine O'Clock on Thurs
day evening last, Mr.. Jas. A. Robinson, who
resided at ualf Moon Bay, near San Fran
cisco, was murdered by some unknown per-
son. Deceased owned a ranch on which be
was living, and had sent two men in his en-
ploy to Spanishtown to get letters end pa
peFs from the Post office. They returned at
half past nine, aud found Robinson lying
on the floor dead, with gun-shOt wound
in his head.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25
Nor DEsrRoYEn.-A Philadelphia CORES

Nor DEsTRoYEn.-A Philadelphia CORES.
pondent writing May 4tb, says it is not true
that $1,000 muskets were destroyed in the
arsenal at Harper's Ferry. Gen. Cameron,
the Secretary of War, managed the matter
SO nicely as to get them all away ten days
before the arsenal was burned. Many of
them are now in the hands of the Federal
troops. The arms really burned were Of no
value whatever.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25
JEFr. DAVIS PRIvArBERs.-Art. /, Sec. 10

JEFF. DAVIS PRIvATEERs.-Art. l, Sec. 10
of the Constitution of the United States, de-
clares: "No State shall enter into any treaty,
alliance. 'or confederation, or grant letters OF
marque and rePrisal;' and Congress has added
an awful sanctionto this important provision.
By the Act of Congress passed April 30, 1870,
Sec. 8, it declares that, ''if any citizen shall
commit any act ofhOstility against the United
States, or any citizen thereof, upon the high
seas, under color of any commission from any
foreign prince or state, or on pretense of any
authority from any person, such offender shall
be adjudged to be pirate, felon and robber,
and on being convicted thereof shall suffer
death"
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

The Breckenridge secession journals are
chuckling over the late election in San
Francisco as victory of their party, be.
cause they voted for the successful candi-
dates. The value of The victory to them
may be inferred from the simple fact that
every one Of the Peoples candidates sub.
scribed TO an unconditional Union test,
drawn in the strongest kind Of language.
We presume twothirds of the officers elect
voted for Lincoln and now sustain bis POI
icy.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

MT. DABLo Coal MINEs.-The Alta learns
that the coal mines at Mount Diablo were
recently set on fire. The parties at the
mines thought they would be able to extin-
guish the fire, although 1t had been raging
for several days. A dispatch to yesterdays
Union, however, states that the FIRE has
broken out afresh.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

COPPER IN TUoLUMNE.-The Sonora Age
has been furnished by Mr.. ]. e. 0liphant
with a specimen of copper ore, taken from
q newly discovered lead, situated on the
Stanislaus river, Tuolumne county. The
ore appears TO be of a splendid quality, and
the lead must be valuable. 1t is supposed
to be continuation of the lead discovered
some time since at Salt Spring Valley.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

PosTPoNED-The day after the fall o!
Sumter JEFF. Davis, being somewhat elated
with that brilliant achievement Of the Con-
federate army snnounced that be would dine
in the White House, at Washington, in thir-
ty days. lie has now concluded TO post
pone his dinner 10 that place, until the 10th
of June.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

THE S. f. Alta, of yesterday morning
says it has news from reliable correspond
ent, that parties sympathising with the
Southern Confederacy at Washoe, are night.
y meeting and arranging for some exped-
ton or trouble to the Union men Of Virginia
City.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

RAISING THE FLAG TO HRAvEN.-An
American flag is TO be attached TO a staff above
the cross which surmounts Trinity steeple, New
York, at an elevation OF 800 feet above the
street. A young man recently climbed to the
foot of the cross at,the apex of the steeple, and
affixed halyards to it in sight Of thousands of
anxious gazers, who cheered Justify and were
glad when he was safely within the edlhee
again.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

DR.. GwIN CoMING.-We are informed that
q dispatch was received in this State, by the
last Pony, stating that DR.. Gwia left New
York for California, on the steamer of May
llth. His name is not among the list of
passengers received by the same Pony.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

Tue BLOCKADE.-The Secretary of the
Navy is hurrying forward measures for the
blockade, and 1t was expected that all The
principal Southern ports, would be closed
by the first Of June.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

DEATH OF JUDGE OGlER.-Jndge 0gier,
u. S. District Judge for the Southern Dis
trict Of California, died at San Bernsrdino,
on the 2lst inst, after brief illness
His remains we're taken 10 Los Angeles for
interment.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

PROTEST or Mr.. FAULKSER-Mr. Faulk,,
ner, the American Minister to France, has
made the following protest to NJ. Thouve-
nal, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs:
This is the last time, most probably, shall
have the honor Of communicating officially with
your Excellency on this or any other subject,
as leave for home in a short time, and j wish
now to protest most energetically, in the name
of my Government, against any recognition of
the new American Confederaey, until at least
my successor, gentleman of great ability and
high personal worth, and who will naturally
come fully prepared to present to you the views
of the Government of Washington, shall haze
arrived.
M. Thouvenal, in reply, said that the Gov
ernment of the United States need not have
any apprehensions of speedy recognition
of the Southern Confederacy by the Gov
ernment of France. 1t was not the habit
of the French Government 10 act hastily ia
questions of so delicate a nature.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

JOHN r. RDGE.--Thls gentleman. SO long
add favorably known in this community
as editor of the Marysville Democrat, has
taken charge Of the San Francisco Evening
Journal, as its chief editor. We wish him
success in hsRew field ofenterprise.
The Nevada Democrat., 1861-05-25

DHEI. ExPEcrED.-It was reported in San
Francisco, yesterday, that Plercy and
ShOwalter, late members Of the Assembly,
had gone out TO fight duel. They left
Meiggs' wharf with their friends, yesterday
morning, for Marin county.