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Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-03
STEAMBOATS,.


DAvRNf0sT, RoCx IsLAWW, SAINT
LOClS Z WAY POlDTJ.
fRs LrouR DaAuen1
-
ST Fam ER B z L F AS + ,
Z. CARLTON,.... Master,
TWILL LEAVE THIS PORT FOR sAlST
wv Louis once . wesk during the coming se4-
son, end being Of extremely light draught viii b
able % perform ~ advertised daring the low "a
Ter sssson-tssnportiDg over the Rapids without
detention.
VFor Frsish. q r. 81 spp'y q board .. to
DAVENPORT, ROCK ISLAND. "a
LENA, DUBUQUE AND INTER.
MEDIATE POINTS.
The Light Draught Passenger Packet
IL
a d z & N u
". A. W. GAIT. Master,
XX7ILL, ON TIE OPENING OF NAvI0A-
w ton, commence making tri-vsekiy trips
between the above named points, making sure
connections 81 Dubuque with
Packets for 1T. Paul.
This steamer WAS built With view Of lightness
and speed, and no expense or trouble will be
spared 70 make her admirably adapted to the
vents Of the trade.
handled With CARE and DESPATCH.
mhl8-dtf
1aea. 1892.
d HENPOR7; ROCK ISLAND, 0ALENA
AND LUBUvU1
Daily Packets.
TRR NORTHERN LiNE PAlKETC0.' 9
~
Passenger p0ckeeS
FIR Il ID l. % II Il w,
WILL. ON THE OPENING OF NAvIGA-
w ton, make regular DAILY TRIPS be-
tween the above named and intermediate points,
connecting with tho various Railroads, 1t Davsn.
port, Rock Island, Clinton, Fulton City, Gslsna
and Dubuque.
~ Passengers and Shippers can rely on this
arrangement continuing throughout the
ENTIRE SEASON.
For Freight or Passage, apply on board, or to
r. r. PkETTYMAN, Agent.
January 16, 18s2.-4m
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Total liabilities


The greatest amount insured by any
one risk $4,000. 90
The greatest amount allowed by the
rules to be insured in any one city,
town or village, is not fixed, being
governed by the character of the
buildings and tho facilities for ex-
tinguish;ng fires.
The greatest amount allowed t. be
insured in any one block. is governed
by the character and construction Ct
the same, so as t. avoid undue con-
structien.
Amount of its capital or earnings re-.
ported il any other State, IS secu-
rity for losses therein nothing.
This Company was incorporated under the
General Insurance Law Of the State Of New York.
and obtained its Charter act Of Incorporation,
Sept. 9Th, 1853, an attcsted copy Of which is on
file in the Auditors Office Of the State Of Iowa.
STEPHEN CKOWELL, President.
SYIa
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TERMS.-(Regular Prioe.)

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Unlike toe more Or hemeral Magazines Of the
day, these Periodicals lose little by age. Hence,
fnll year Of the Nos. fer 1860, may be regarded
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Subscribers wishing also the Nos. for 1861, will
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CITY OF BRO kLYfi

Kings COUNTY, Ny,
John u. Coils. President arl Loratio noxy.
Secretary. of The A tiaG,ic Ire Insurance Ccrc,
any of brooklyn, being du'y swcrn dcposc ard
say that they are the iIes,ocn, and Secretary II
said Company AMI that tho ftr"going is trro
and correct staten, mt Of the 'fa,rs Of said Com
pany o. the 3!s' day e lie etnber, 1861, to the
les If tAsir knoel.lgs ~. . .ief.
Signcil JOHN !, COCKS, President.
HorAT.o boRR. Sec'y.
Sworn To before me :fis .i,,h LAY OF February
A. ID. zoe, at the tiiy Of ..w York.
H.. 81 TEOs. l. TiiUUNELL,
Comm is.ion I :oi Iowa ia New York,
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-03
PHILANDBR SHAW, Secretary.
CITY OF NEW YORK.,

CITY OF NEW YORkI &C
CoUNrY OF NEW YORk
iersonally appeared before me,'his seventeenth
day Of January, 1862, Stephen Crowell. President,
and Philander Shaw, secretary, of the Phenix
Fire Insurance Company, Of Brooklyn, N. r.. and
severally made oath that the above statement BY
them subscribed. is correct and true, to the best
Of their knowledge and belief.
In witness whereof, l have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my official seal, at the city Of
New York, this 17,h day Of January, 1862.
LEWIS HURST, Commissioner for Iowa.
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-03

0TA TIM n n =

1T - tn Mn n =
-oV-
ks0Sr Fire l1suHance Cenpsny,
|Or TIE CITY OF NEW YORK. JANUARY
~ lst, 1859.
Name Of Company, Lamar Issasapee Ce0psoy,ef
the City OF New York, It No. 80 Wall slEset.
Amount Of capital stock Gall Ct which 10 paid up
in cash 10 3Soo,0oo.
Cash on hand sud in bank >31,ssss7
isO shares Bank II Commerce in vew
York ami 50 shares st. Nicholas
Bank. New York 500 each 100000
Is bonds and mortgages FIRST liens -
property in the cities Of Nsw Yesk
and Brooklyn (mestly dvelIings)
worth in each case 50 70 loo pr q
more than amoantloaaed tbereon ~ y0oO. 90
8 Per cent stocks aod S0-lVe PER
cent Treasury Meess 1900 co
Loans o. dsmsAa secured By good
stocks % eollselesal $1,000
Amount In Agents hands 3.935.27
Premiums in ceufse Of collection 1870 70
interest sccrued bat not yet due $4,000
S34s, 80
LiABrLYTiHS.
Amount due or not due to Banks or
other crediton Of the Company, None:
Amount Of losses adjusted due or
not due None.
Amount Of losses unadjusted or
waiting proof estimated at 1000
The greatest amount insured in any
: ono risk except storage stores $4,000
Tho greatest amount insured in any oneblock,
town OF city g-vernedby crcu instances.
Nothing depos,ted in any other Sta.eo Territory
~ security for losses.
New York, January LIST, 1852.
EDWARD ANTHONY President.
I. B. Sr. john. Sec'y.
CITY, COUNTY AND STATEl CO
o. INV YoRK,
Edward Anthony, President, and Isaac R. st.
John, Sec'y, of the Lamar Fire Insurance Comps
ny, Of the Clay Of New York. being duly sws'n
do ssverally depose and say that the within 10
true and correct statement Of the affairs Of said
Company on the 1st day Of January, 1852, 70 the
best Of their knowledge and belief.
Sworn TO before me this I'D day Of January,
1869.
EDWARD ANTHONY, Prest.
Isaac B. Sr. JoHN, Sec'y
THos. l.. THoRNRLL, Notary Public.
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$ZtO,4O0.O0 $lS5,5lO.O
Accrued interest on In
vestments payable jan
uary 1st. 1852 $l,5S5.22
Balance on books due from
Agents 5.!3337
Cash on hand and in
banks 23,359.99
Cash in hands Of Agents
or in transit, less COM
missions and charges 100000
Loans on mortgages of real
estate 2O9lO.00
Loans secured by pledge
Of bank and other silks A,7o9.00
Office furniture and libra
~ 1,l2s.s7
Total assets ---$302,3l4.95
LIABILITIES.
No liabilaties on hanks or
others, due and not due.
No losses adjusted 4 due.
Losses adjusted and not
due S4l34.5l
do reported unadjust.
ed, or in suspense wait
ing further proof u, co
No other claims against the Company.
The rule OF the Company limits the amount Of
any one risk to $4,000.
The greatest am unt allowed to be insured in any
one city, town village varies according to its
size and GLASS If property.
The greatest amount allowed to be insured in any
one block, varies as in the preceding.
No part Of its Capital earnings deposited
with any State ur States Us security for Losses
therein.
Act of Inc -po. alton is same heretofore fed.
c. 3. BOW EKS, President.
G. C. WAITE, Sec'y.
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Total assets of the Company
LIAuLiTIIs.

LIAuLirIRs.
Losses adjusted and due. viz: Fire,
nothing; Inland Navigation, nothing
Losses i'd usted and not due, viz: Fire,
nothing, Inland Navi ration. nothing
Losses unadjusted and in suspense,
awaiting proof, viz: Fire, 81 5000
Inland Navigation, $3.50 90
Losses claimed but resisted by the
Company, viz: Fire, nothing; In.
land Navigation, nothing
All other claims against this Company
nothing
Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-05-03
CITY, COUNTY AND STATEl CO

EDWARD ANTHONY, Prest.
Isaac B. Sr. JoHs, Sec'y.
THos. l.. THoRNRLL, Notary Public.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
Thumb and Finger Pruning.

Now is the precise season, say from June
18th to July 10Th, to perform one OF the most
important operations in the apple orchard:
that of removing the young shoots which star
ted in the spring, and have made growth of
from one to six inches in length. These shoots
stare out mostly on the upper side of the large
branches, grow with great rapidity, and if not
arrested early from that part of the tree which
it in the most dangerous TO cut Off If they are
allowed TO grow two or three years, they are
sometimes an inch through at their base, and
cannot then be removed by saw or knife with
out leaving an ugly scar upon the tree, and the
wound becomes dangerous one, unless made
when the tree is in favorable physiological
condition, and it is treated with proper skill.
II is natural for apple trees to throw up
thick, bushy head. Whoever saw one that
sprang from the seed in pasture, and thas had
not been fashioned by the hand of man, that
presented any other form This original i'm
press seems TO retain something of its power
even after the tree has been budded or grated
so that it requires the constant watchfulness of
the orchardist to train his trees into those forms
that make them most convenient for eultivo-
ton, and for the harvesting of their fruit. In
odrer to do this it must be remembered that all
our budded or grated trees are in artificial
condition they have lost much of their origi-
nal character by the process of moulding them
to the will and purpose of man. 1t is just so
with the peach, plum, potato, celery, and many
other plants. In changing them as we have,
they probably lost something of their native
hardhood and vigor, and will always require
more attention than trees in their natural con-
dition
The summer pruning is part of the artif-
cial process.
There should be little use for the saw or knife
in an orchard less than forty years old, unless
in case of accident; after that time, or perhaps
ten years later, some Of the limbs begin to die,
and then these tools become necessary. The
pruning should be performed when it can be
done with the thumb and fnger,-and now is
the time to do it. Pass through the orchard,
examine all the limbs that start directly from
the main stem of all the trees, and wherever
young shoots are found rub then off, being care
full to take them so close as to prevent an after
growth. They should all come off, with sin
gle exception, viz: If the tree, by accident, un-
skilful pruning, force of wind, or any other
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

USEFULNESS OF ToADs IN GARDENs-At a
recent meeting of the Brooklyn Horticultural
Society, the subject of toads in gardens was
under discussion, when Mr.. Burgess, an sold
country gardener Of long experience" stated
"that thirty years observation had convinced
him that it was the snail and not the toad which
devoured strawberries and their vines. Most
people attributed the destruction to toads, but
he was certain that they were harmless. In
gardens he considers them of great use, and all
gardeners should look upon them as their best
friends. Mr.. Fuller endorsed all that had been
said upon the subject, and he was glad to hear
it. He believed the toad a most valuable aux
iliury TO the gardener. They were worth $500
piece, as they keep the ground clear of in
sects entirely. Besides they can be domesti-
Gated This was not generally known; never
thelss it was true. Those in his garden knew
him, and would follow in order to get the in
sects, caterpillors, etc. Their preservation
ought to he attended to. Mr.. Burgess was of
the opinion that there should be a fine for kill
ing Internationally Gentleman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

A BOILED DISH.-Almost every family has
a dinner as often once a week of what is
popularity known as a "boiled dish" and which,
properly cooked, is one of the best dishes in
The world hut all cooks do not know the best
way to boil corned beef. The common method,
in order to make it TENDER is to put it into cold
water and let beef and water come gradually to
boil. This certainly makes beef tender, but
also extracts the strength and juice. A better
way is to wait till the water bois before putting
in the beef i; will then be equally tenders and
will retain all its strengthening and JUICY prop
critics. Many housekeepers suppose that put
ting meat in hot water inevitably renders it
hard and tough, and so il will if the water is
only hot; but if it boils the effect will be the
reverse. Just as putting a discolored table
cloth in hot water will set the stains, but put it
in boiling water and it will take them clean out.
The same rule applies to all boiled meats
Hams, after boiling four or five hours according
to size, should be taken out the skins taken off,
and cracker and bread crumbs grated over them,
and then baked in brisk oven for one hour.
leg of mutton can be treated successfully in
the same way, only it does not need to be boiled
so long, and of course the boiling process
should be gentle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

WHY TROUT ARE DIsAPPEARING.-By some
it is charged to the saw dust, but we think it is
more owing to the destruction of forests, and
change of temperature of the water. Owing
to the clearing of the banks, many streams
from the first gushing spring to their mouths,
at some large river, are now exposed TO the full
force of MONDAY sun, until the water is heated
to degree as fatal TO brook trout as ice would
be to tropical plant. The streams that still
retain trout, are those which are so largely sup
piled with cold spring water that the tempera-
ture is kept at healthy point, Notwithstanding
the denuded state in the land. Saw dust has
no more effect upon the fish than rotting leaves
and wood in the forest streams
The washing of cultivated fields by which
the water is made impure, has more effect upon
fish of all sorts than saw DUST or, in our opin-
ion, lime, in such quantities as results from any
manufacturing establishment. This fact must
be kept always in view in establishing artificial
ponds for fsh-breeding. Make them where the
water will not be riled by every shower.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

cause, has lost proper balance, il one side has
more branches than another, or if the top is
open, and too much exposed, then leave one of
these young shoots, and train It to occupy the
very place you wish TO have filed.
By this process Of pruning, you will rarely
need to use the knife the trees may be brought
up smooth, and with symmetrical form, and
they will not be full ofinternal wounds to weak
en- them, and hasten their decay in later years.
Let us urge upon the young orchardist, AZ
least to try this method NOW, and if IN
knife and saw are necessary, NOW is the time to
use them.-M. y. Farmer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
MOUNTAIN PICTURES.
Monadnock from waohuset
ny JOHN @. WHITTIER.

| would were painter, for the sake
Of sweet picture, and Of her who led,
A fitting guide, with light, but reverent treau'
Into that mountain mystery FIRST inko
Tinted with sunset; next the waVl lines
Of far recedng hills; and yet more fur,
Monadnock lifting from his night of pines
His rosy forehead to the evening star
Besides us, purple-zoned, Wachuset laid
his head against the West, whose warm light made
His aureole; and DER him, sharp and clear,
Like shaft of lightning in mid launching stayed,
A single level cloud-lne, shone upon
BY the fierce chances Of the sunken,
AIenaced the darkness with its golden spear!
SO twilight decpened round us. Still and black
The great woods climbed the mountain at our back;
And on their skirts, where yet the lingering day
On the shorn greenhess Of the clearing lay,
The brown old farmhouse like birds nest hung.
With home life sounds the desert air was stirred
The beat of sheep along the hill we heard,
The bucket FLASHING in the COOL sweet well,
The pasturc-bars that clatteIed as they fell;
Dogs barkcd fowls luttered, cattle lowed; the gate
OF the barn-yard creaked beneath the merry weight
OF sun-brown children, listening, while they
swung
The welcome sound of supper-call to hear;
And down the shady lane, in tinklings clear,
The pastoral curfuc of the cow-bel rung
Thus soothed and pleased our backward path We
took,
Praising the tarmor's home lie only spake,
Looking into the sunset DER the lake,
Like one to whom the lar-off is most near
"Yes, most folks think it has pleasant look;
l love it for my good old mothers sake,
Who lived and died here in the peace Of God! ~
The lesson of his words we pondered DER,
As silently we turned the eastern flank
OF the mountain, where its shadow deepest sank,
Doubling the night along our rugged road:
We felt that man was more than his abode
The inward life than Natures ramont wore;
And the warm sky, the sundown-tinted hill,
The forest and the lake, seemed dwarfed and dim
Before the sanity soul, whose human will
Meekly in the Eternal footsteps trod,
Making her homely toll and household ways
An earthly echo Of the song Of praise
Swelling from angel lips and harps of seraphim
atlantic Monthly. for april
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
NEURALGIA PLASTERS.

DIR. HuRD's NEURALGIA NON ADHESIVE
PLASTERS are the most pleasant and successful
remedies prescribed for this painful disease. The
patient applies one soon becomes drowsy falls asleep,
and awakes free from pain, and no blister other I'M
pleasant or niuriuus consequences ensue. For EAR
ACHE snd NERVOUS HEApRcHE, apply according to
directions and relief will surely follow. Nothing can
be obtained equal to DIR. Hurds Compress for Neu
ralgia. Try them. They entirely n novel; curl
Gus, and original preparation, and wonderfully sue
cessful. They are Of two sizes, one small, for the
face price 10 cents, and the other large for applca-
ton to the body price 81 cents.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

CULTURE OF THE ToMATo.-A very success
full method of culture OF the tomato practiced
last season by the writer, may be new and use
full to many of your readers.
When the young plants are ready to transfer
from the hot bed to the open ground, remove
all the buds at the axil of each leaf except the
two upper ones this can be easily and rapidly
done with sharp pointed splinter of hard wood,
without injury to the plant Transplant care
fully with ball of earth into rich soil, and as
soon as well established pinch off all the lower
teaues. Thus only two branches are formed,
which grow with great vigor, and set large
amount of fruit, which is of much larger size
than that grown by the usual mode. Many OF
mine, of the large smooth red variety, weighed
over two pounds.
Gardeners Chronicle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
ARTIFICIAL TEETH,

WHICH uIe hduIe " illlull H'Iil' " 'ho ih""'"'
Dr. HURD's TOOTHACHE DROPS cure Tooth
ache arising from exposed nerves. and are the best
friends that parents can have in the house to save
their children from torture and themselves from loss
of sleep and sympathetic suffering.
FARMERS AND MECHANICS! You cannot well af-
ford to neglect your teeth. For triaing sum, you
get personalities, than which Rothschlld or
Aston can get nothing better. Remember that DlS-
PERSIA and CONSUMPTION OF THE LUNGS
often originate in Neglect of Teeth. Send for the
Treatise Teeth, and read DIR. Fch's observations
on this subject II too late to arrest decay in your
teeth save your chidTen's teeth
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
NEW HAVEN AND NORTHAMPTON

~ RAILROAD.--On and after Monday June Sd, 1861,
Trains will follows.
Leave Northampton 20 m, Mail and Passenger Train
for New Haven and New York; 11.O5 m Accommodation
Train for Westied.
Leave New Haven for Northampton, Accommodation at
700 connecting with train Conn River r. r. for the
NORTH 3.45 p m. Mail and Passenger arrival of 1918
Train from New York, connecting at Westheld direct
for Albany and the West
Leave Wcsted 7l5 p. for Northampton arrival Of
train from Albany.
Connections, Northampton with Conn. River II. R.; at
Westfeld, Western Railroad; Painted, Providence,
Hartford and Fshki r. Ri at New Haven with New York
and New Haven r. RI New Haven, New London and Ston-
nington r. r. and New Haven Hartford and Springfield II.
II.
West.
Freight forwarded with equal dispatch by Express.
cIIAS. N. YEAMANs, Sup't
Westfeld, June LIST, ls61-tf24
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19

FARMERS SHOULD RAISE MUTToN SHEEP.
"A writer in the st. Adams (Vt.) Messenger,
signing himself f. r. T., of East Franklin,
strongly recommends farmers to give more at
tention to raising long-wooled or mutton sheep.
With them, he says much less labor is required
to realize the same amount of money, than with
either cows, horses or young cattle. The long
wooded or mutton variety, which are, perhaps
the best adapted of any kind to our soil and
climate, are very hardy and easily kept. They
are not liable to disease or at least, have not
been so in this vicinity, so there is little risk to
be feared in this respect. They are evidently
the kind for the times, when both mutton and
mand. There is less trouble in raising the
lambs, for they are as hardy as calves, and it is
nothing uncommon to see them outnumber the
ilock-indeed, one man in this place, the last
season, raised eighteen from nine ewes. Lambs
five or six months old are fit for market, which
is not the case with any other kind of stock,
hence the expense of wintering is avoided.
The past few years, when beef has been dull
and hard to be disposed of, mutton has been in
good demand at profitable prices. Owing to
the war, this demand is steadily increasing, and
in consequence, there is large call for store
sheep at high figure, in anticipation of future
requirements. Mutton will undoubtedly con-
tnue in fair demand, as there seems to be a
growing inclination for this meat, in preference
to beef or pork-while so long as cotton goods
maintain their present high prices, with still an
upward tendency. there will be a favorable in
ducement, not say necessity, for employing
wool, so far as possible, in all fabrics for use or
wear.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1862-06-19
Now is the
CHANCE FOR AGENTS.

Shrewd agents can make small fortune in carry
ing these articles around to families. The DENTAL
TREASURY is the neatest article that a man woman
can carry around Send for and see, or better,
dozen which will SELL samples, for 81. Agents
supplied literally with Circulars. Qy-Now is the
time to onto the business, to do good and make
profit We are spending thousands for the benefit of
agents. New England men or women here is some
thing nice, and chance to take the tide at the flood
Address.