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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
OF THE ELECTRIC TEL
EGRAPH.

A newspaper paragraph relates that a
Liverpool citizen. touring 10 Holland sud-
denly found himself in want of elO0; in
stead of writing to Amsterdam or Liver
pool and waiting the return Of post he
walks into thetelegraPh Office and sends a
few words by hghtuing to state his need.
This was at twelve o'clock. A turn OF two
on the quays, round the squarerof the pal
ace, would bring him to the hour of din.
ner. Six o'clock found him at his wine.
A tap at the door, strangeris introduced;
"Haye / the honor of addressing M--?',
"Yes" "0ur London correspondent de-
sires US to place in your hands a cheque
for &lUO." The AthenGuna relates. an
aneedote which has different interest,"
The scene is the Prague railway station in
Vienna; the time, six in the morning. on
the arrival of the great tram from Dresden,
Prague and Brunn. An Englishman. who
has lost his passport is on his way to
guardhOuse. conducted by Croat soldier.
on suspicion of being refugee and con-
spirator. He has about him letters to va
rious persons in Hungary and in Italy,
chiefly patriots--and, knowing the Austri-
ans, he is altogether conscious that his case
is bad. Arrived at the guardhousc. be is
asked to tell the story of his life, those of
the lives of his father. mother, and ac-
quaintances. He is cross questioned, doubt
ed, threatened. Of course he lets them
EnOw that he is, free-born Briton. and he !
plainly hints that they had better mind 4
what they are about. His words are dis !
and put down as evidence against .
him He IS without passport, and every
man without passport is a vagabond Al
thought struck him. when he entered Aus
tria at Bodenbach, he remembers that be I
was detained couple of hours while the Z
police looked into his passport and copied I
into their books. That entry must still
be there He appeals to it, and suggests {
IN inquiry by telegraph if his story be not
true The Croats, with their lobg guns
md baker boy faces. stare in bewilder1ent;
hey are probably thinking of the glacis
md short range But the of6cial could
lot refuse the appel, especially as the pris-
'ner offered to pay the expenses of inquiry,
AWAY flashed the lightning along the plains
f MOrayia, by the MOldua and the Elbc,
through the mountains of Bohemia to the
eart Of the Saxon Switzerland; the book
Tas opened, the story found, and the reply
ent back. BY ten O'clock the answer was
t the gates of Vienna. the Croats gave up I
beir spoil, and in less than an hour after
Tards the tourist was enjoying Viennese
reakfast at Herr Erzhog Carl In such
necdOtes We see how science has tended to
,ngthen life by superseding the necessity
,r intervals of waste, and assisted 20 dis
rm the despo isms of the world. by atom
lg for accidents and offering ready means {
IT innocence to vindicate itself-as it does !
other cases, for the circumventing and
the guilt. Il
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
CONFLICT OF TARIFFS.

The conflict Of tariffs will soon become
really serious matter The Morrill, tar
iff must be executed in all American po.ts
or become a dead letter. If European
goods can be thrown into Southern ports
by the payment Of mere nominal duties
and without the opposition of the Federal
Government, win European consignors
have such unbOunded regard for our Fed
eral Consultation and laws as to send their
exports to Northern ports where the Nor
rill tariff is in full force?
Already the prominent merchants of
Eastern cities are much concerned about
the shape the matters of trade is to take
in the immediate future, and have visited
Washington to consult with government
officials on the subject. The former have
declared that if Southern ports are excus-
ed from the operation Of the new revenue
law, they will be compelled to import their
goods for Western and Southern customers
through those ports The ready satisfac-
ton offered them is that goods received at
Western ports free of duty will be conGs-
Gated with eommendable promptness.
This literal execution of the Morrill, tar
if may answer in few cases. but it can
never become permanent; at least not so
long as secession is not recognized. Con-
merce is entirely practical and will utterly
fail to discern the hair-spun theory that
the Union can be in full blast while its
avs are of no more practical effect in
arge part of it than they are in Austria
We repeat what we have before stated in
substance, that the conflict of tariffs will
orce, ere long. into definite shape, the
yretcied chaos of the Americans situation
%. s. Journal.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

my strength is exhausted. and that have
but few minutes to live. Friend Rene.
it is my wish that you marry tomorrow.
/ can say no more. Darkness has already
come upon me- am descending in the
valley of the shadow of death, May Heav-
en- bless you ALI Adieu, marshal, adieu
Rene. We shall meet again on high.
where there shall be no more pain, no more
sorrow" f.f.-.-f- ~. -..r.
These we're his last words. His funer-
al was celebrated with military pomp. by
the marshal's express command. The
same day the nuptials of Rene and Louise
were solemnized in the midst Of the camp.
The exploits of Guymond Desbourval
and Rene de Mowbray were long talked of
BY the soldiery; aud in memory of the
Marshal de Luxembourg. the battle of
Neerwinden was surnamed the battle Of
the Three Hunchbacks p
This battle was fought on twenty-ninth
of July, 1859, and on the same field, all
but a century later. on the eighteenth Of
March, 1889. the Austrians d, feated the
French under General Dumouriez.
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CURIOUS PHFNoMENoN


"HoB s it yOa raised 30 large and nice
oniong' | asked of an Iowa farmer. a. Isss
was sitting at the table with him. and OBJ
serving some on the table. -.
tWeiLp said he, a@we sproot the seed .
with boiling water, and then plant it car -
ly in good ground .,aib - s-sE lsrsfrr
e "Sprout the seed in boiling water?p L.
exclaimed inquirinsfy. What do von
mean. sir. BY tbat0"S 3 Won't boiling wa.
ter Kill the seed2' 1 ri ~ sEfi 10 .roif
"Not at all" he replied, s.hut if win z
sprout Il EN- in one minutes time. 80. -
3 "1t will. It looks ineredibIe!"s II re.. ~
piled with surprise '-a =
'.Well you try it he replied when the
time comes to plant. and you'll find it Just ~
as tell you srrIo ssssi sEraI o. BAG sasi.I
And sure enough, when spring eame.
my neighbor was about planting his onion
seed. and being present, 7 said 49, -
''SewelL last winter there was a man .
told me that to psur hOiling Eatersou on
ion 10 seed would spropt it in one miquss--'l.,
Suppose you try it, = - -. - "a,
'fVery well. !" said he, -.
And taking the tea-ketth boiling from
the stOveshe poured the wateroon the seed.
which he had in, q tea-saucer1z Looking .
closely at it for moment, he exclaimed. S1s33
My conscience. you have told rightly.
Only look therel' -
IslOOked. and beheld. the little sprouts
about as large as h rae hairs, were-sheot- -
ing out Of the opened ends Ot.the seeds,-
He did not retain the water on abe seed
above three seconds and in less Than ono
half minute after 1t was poured of. the
sprouts we're projected from the seeds. -7 sasi
My Iowa friend. assured me that this
process would advance the growth Of the 81
'nion two or three weeks beyond the usual
thOd of planting without sPrOuting = sa =
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

Average amount in each letter. SJ,323.
More than nine-tenths of the above let
ters and money have been sent out and de-
ivered to the writer's thereof. Those let
ters containing money, the owners of which
cannot be found. are fled to await the ap-
plication of the owners. If not called for
before June next, the bank notes contain
ed in the letters will be sold for specie,
and the specie deposited in the United
States Treasury. But the letter and
draft for the amount contained in it Qess
the discount,) may be obtained on proper
application at any time thereafter.
Persons making application for missing
valuable letters. supposed to have been
sent to the Dead Letter Office. should ad-
dress Third Assistant Post Master Gen.
eral. Dead Letter Office" Aud state cor
rectly the address of the letter inquired
for, the name Of writer thereof. descrip-
ton Of its contents or enclosure. the date
when it was originally mailed. the amount
of postage. and whether paid or unpaid
if registered, the registry number. and if
the letter is supposed to have been return
ed to the Dead Letter Office, the date when
il was so returned should be stated.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
Written. for the W R ohrcnieIel 5rs =
SKETCHES FROM THE VALLEY OF
THE ST. CR0IX. 81 -s
NUMBER TWO.


HUDSON. fWIs } MAR. 26th. 1861.
MEssRs. EDIToRs The settlement o.
/. the st. CrOix Valley. at this point com.
menced in the year ls48, and in 1854 St.
Croix County comprised a population moi
exceeding 750 persons In 1860, siz
years later, we find by the census reports
that there were 5693 white persons resi-
ding within the same limits. an increase
of nearly a thousand year. Notwith-
standing this great increase in population
since 1854. there has been but small
proportion Of this emigration since 1857.
in fact the year 1853 showed nearly as
large a number of inhabitants. as does
1860 We suppose the cause Of this de-
crease to be. the golden allurements which
have been held out to emigrants in Kansas
and Nebraska. When the excitement from
the gold discovery at Pixies Peak swept
over the country there were many who left
here to better their condition. 1t is a re-
maIkable fact that three fourths Of the
whole number have returned to the Valley
of the ST. Croix
While the crops have failed year after
year in Iowa. Kansas and Missouri. never
has the St Croix Valley suffered in the
least. Now. while poor. suffering Kansas
is begging for food, Wisconsin has a sur.
plus of hundred millions of bushels of
that one sdple-wheat.a This Valley a.
lone will furnish the lover markets with
million bushels upon the opening of nayi
cation. lff re. - i7
The average number of bushels Of wheat
raised to the acre here is %. and am a.
ware of several cases where from 40 to
40 bushels have been raised u. on one acre.
1t is mostly Spring wheat; there is small
of Winter wheat raised. but it
is liable to be winter killed" and is not
considered profitable The blowing is done
in the Fall. and as soon as the snow dis
appears in the Spring the grain is harrow
cd in. tnr ,
g There is a market here for all kinds of
produee-buyers visiting US every season /
from St Louis Dubuque and Galena, rea-
dy and willing to contract for every bushel
of produce the farmers have for sale
There are many farmers in this county 8
who are now well-to-do-in-the-world, who {
came to the st. Groix Valley a few years \
ago "as poor as Jobs turkey" l am ac-
4uainted with one man who spent several
years of his life in beating the clay sods
in Southington. and who came here with
ust money enough to buy an old horse
now the owner of splendid farmland.
70 speak after the manner of men-rieh.
But this country is not like Pike Peak !,
S reported to be-capable of making a
nan rich without work. 1t is Just the
,lace for lazy fellow to starye to death.
Or let me assure you if man wont help
imself the people of this country viii not
elp him. On the other hand, > man with
n so acre land warrant and money enough
D buy team. or wiling hands to earn it.
an make for hims If in few years. Just !
uch home as he may wish for. !
In my next | will give you sketch of |
be lumber interest of this. Valley. i
J. 8 Z.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
WEIGHr on HAY FOR sHEEP.

The following is an extract from let
ter Of the world-renowned Saxon sheep
breeder. Alexander Speck Ven Sternburg.
to the Hon. Joseph A. Wright, our Minis
ter at Berlin:
"Oae hirtieth part of the l0sight Of
the live animal in good hay is considered
necessary per day for its sustenance. Ae-
cording to the quality Of the fodder. and
its abundance or scarcity, this may be in !.
creased to one twentieth part, but less than
one thirticth part ought not to be given
Taking good meadow hay as the fodder
standard. ram should receive about 81
pounds Ter day. an eve about q pounds
per day. yeaIlirgs. etc. in that proportion
taking the average of a full grown ram
at | 10 pounds, of an eve at 50 pounds. the
weight Of each varying according to age.
size aud condition, between los and 125
pounds. as regards the full-grown rams.
from 20 to 50 pounds as re- ards the ewes.
The weight of wether varies between so
pounds IN lean condition, and ll0 and
II5 if strong and fat for the butcher
One pound of good meadow hay is consid-
cred equivalent to one and two third lbs.
oat, pea. wheat or barley straw, four pounds
of turnips. or two pounds of grain in the
wet state, as daily delivered from the brew
ery in the winter. When the time for sta
bling for winter arrives, the sheep master
1as his supplies of straw, hay and turnips
allotted to him on the basis of the above
calculation, and he is bound to make them
;erve out the proper time. upder-feeding be-
ing as much guarded against as oTer-feed-
ng and waste.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

BREEDIYe TrRKEYs-strong. healthy
birds should be obtained to breed from
hen ready to set. make dark. close ren,
near the house; tx uP good nest, place
in the eggs, Put in the turkey. and keep
her supplied with food, water, and small
heap OF dry wood ashes. When the young
are hatched, drop one drop of sweet q on
the head Of each to prevent yermin; con-
fine them to pen for ten days or two
weeks. and even for four weeks keep them
closed in every wet day, also in the morn
ing, until after the dew has dried off,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

HUSGARIAN M1LLEr, OR aGRAss."-
The sober second thoueht'' Of the reorIe
is assigning this zenee-boasted article its
true place. A correspondent of the Prai-
rie Farmer writes that Journal that be
does not think it pays the eexpense of plow-
ing and seeding every year, but e says
every farmer should have some seed on
hand, as it viii answer to SOW when crops
have failed. and after it is too late to seed
wish anything else 1t VIII grow on land
that is too wet 70 early spring crops. -
He raised three aces Of it in 1858. where
corn had been drowned out. and three acres
in 1859. where pumpkins had been killed
by frost, and eats drowned cut, the yield
being two to three tons per acre. He very
properly concludes. that ''in such cases it
will pay to grOw--it Is better than grow
ing weeds" 4. s-ee = 1- - g ,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

A Clergyman in Glasgow used to relate
the following-In marrying a couple. he
asked the bride, in the usual form. Hheth-
er she would be "a loving, faithful, and O.
bedient wife - The bride promptly re-
piled that she would promise to be loving
and faithful. but would not venture on a
pledge of uniform obedience. The minis
ter pausel and demurred Just say ava.
SIR" calculated the bridegroom; ''she has
promis Cd to be loyin' and faithful. an foul
ia thae fingers" raising his fist, ''gin she's
no obedientl' A similar narrative, In
which the bride proved the prevailing par
ty, was told by the late DR.. Maelean, of
the Gorbals. Glasgow. The reverend doe
tor. in marrying couple. failed to obtain
any indication from the bridegroom as to-
whether he would acespt the bride as his
helpmate. After considerable pause. the
bride, indignant at the stolidity of her in-
tended husband. pushed down his head
with her hand. at the same time address
ing him aloud. ''Canna ye boo, (bow,) yel
brute" A Paisley bride. who was being
united to stolid husband. was. according
to the testimony of the Rev. AR Nj
who performed the ceremony, more consid-
crate in her expressions. The bridegroom
having given no response to :he question,
though often repeated by the minister
do you take this woman to be your mar
ried wife?'' the bride broke in, s.sDeed does
he, sir; he promises a that ye require p
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10
g WHEAT.

hGiH = grssirg ---TsEEsrz7 80 .GEE9fiise''
The n. Y. Trihane, in an agticle onys
Wheat and its cultivation. gives the fol-
lowing marvellous account Of the produc.
tiVeness Of single grain of wheat:
One Of the most marvellous faculties Of
the wheat plant is that'of sshdiss up 2
multitude Of stalks from sibsie grain =
known as tilleriug. Ii is the sccret Of its
great produetiveness Many experiments
have been made to Ascertain the limit of
this faculty, and the results have been tru-
ly wonderful An English gentleman SOW
ed few grains Of common red wheat on .
the ID of June, one of the plants Of which
had tillered 80 much by the sth of August
that he then divided it into eighteen others.
alIof which were planted separately. In
a few weeks so mauy of these had multi
piled their stalks, that he had set out 81
altogether to 60 through the winter With
the spring growth all these began tillerine
so that in March and April a new division
was made. and the number of PLANTS In
creased to 800. 1t was believed that an
other division might have been made, and
that it would have increased the number
to 10000. The 500 grew most vigorous -
ly, exceeding plants as ordinarily cultiva- zg
ted. When harvested single plant yiel- 49,
ded over 100 ears. and the whole number
Of ears produced wes 81. 109. or more than
40 to each divided plant. and the grain
measured 81 peeks. weighing 473 pounds.
The grains were estimated as numbering b
546,S40, All this was the product Of
single grain. -..-f. -.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

TRusrISa IN GoD IN TINES OF TRIAL.
"A merchants wealth is only his faith in
the sOlvency and honesty of his debtors.
Certificates of stock represent the amount
of faith we have put in States, or hanks
or railroad companies. In temporal things
We all live by faith on somebody. The
question is between trusting in God or
man, things visible or things invisible
The present trouble of US all should do US
good. When the nest is broken up the
young birds learn to fly. Our nest is deep
ly stirred now; perhaps it is or will be
torn to pieces. If we love God we know
that no evil can come upon US. and If he
permits US to suffer. suffering will PrSye a
good. Let US strive to cooperate with
him. loosen our ties to earth and cry in
our souls, M
Nearer, my God to Thse."
-BdAif.ors Advocate.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

The wool clip Of Oregon. in 1859. was
about 100000 lbs. during the past year
it reached 100000 lbs. about one third Of
which has been exported. A wOelen man,
ufaeturiDg company was established in
1857. The home price Of wool ranges at
l2 and I6 cents per pound.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

j Wm- R. Ray1ef Pomfret. Connecticut.
picked forty bushels Of apples from enc
tree. He had the curiosity to count the
number Of apples in one peck, and found
lS0. making 76O IN enc busel, and conse-
quently SO,400 apples grew upon the tres.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

A pint of urine viii produce a pound Of
wheat. BY adding this to a compost heap
family of six persons will add twelve
pounds of wheat. daily, to Il cir wealth. or
seventy-iye bushels year.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

Mems lives should be like the day,
more beautiful in the evening. or like the
Summer, aglOw with promise. and the Au-
tumn. rich with golden sheayes, where
good works and deeds have ripened in the
feld s5a sE-r 81 /.
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LOST MONEY LETTERS

The following is a statement of dead LET.
ters containing money, received at the Dead
Letter Office during the past year: Quar-
ter ending
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

The rotation of crops should be Of those
requiring different constituent elements in
their growth. or the whole benefit Of rota-
ton is lost
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

To allow manure to lie around the yard.
instead of placing it in heaps. and cover
ed. is to allow all its fertilizing qualities to
escape.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-10

HEEho is a tiger in his own family gen.
orally is sheep in society.
Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-16

A Secession Soldier Going In the Wrong
DirectiOn-A Missing BrIgadIeF- G 0aeraI.
The Knoxville (Tenn.) correspondent Of
the New York World communicates the fol-
lowing incidents:
My informant was en- route for Memphis,
and upon arriving at the Grand Junction of
the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile
railroads, he found about 400 Mississippi
soldiers bound to Pensacola, by orders of the
powers that be. Among the crowd was a
rather tall miltary-looking man, who seemed
to have strengthened his courage very much
by artificial means, and who, to all appear
aDces, must soon Surrender in spite of all his
precaution. The Memphis train gave the
signal-"all aboard Many were bound
that way, and of course obeJed the call, and
among them our military friend, who soon
was enjoying q comfortable nap, doubtless
dreaming of brilliant charges and his own
valiant acts. In the mean time the cars
were rapidly going toward Memphis, which
in Que season they reached. Our friend, dis
tuIbed from his slumbers and half asleep
| stumbled into the Worsham House stage. ,
| In few moments he seemed to be aroused
to consciousness, and inquired where ne was
goingP A passenger answered, "to the
| Worsham House" OPening bis eyes with
convnlsive start, he replied, "What, the
Worsham House, Memphis2" Being an
swered in the affirmative, he seemed per-
fectly dumbfounded, and, by way of ex-
PLANTATION, said 'he must have got into the
wrong end of the car, for" said he, 81 am
Brigadier. General of five regiments from
Mississippi, and am bound for Pensacola"
| After frequent attempts to explain how it
occurred, he concluded to submit with as
| good grace as possible, registering bis name
as "Brigadier- General II. B Mcintosh, Mis-
sissippi." a...-
Whether bis soldiers thought their Cen
eral had deserted or been taken prisoner of
war by the Union State of Tennessee, my
informant could not tell.