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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
GIVE your CHILD A PAPER

A child beginning to read becomes delighted
with newspaper, because be reads the names
Of things which are very familiar, and will
make progress accordingly. A newspaper
in one year is worth quarters schooling TO
child, and every father must consider that
substantial information is connected with ad-
vancement. The mother of a family. being
one of the heads, and having more immediate
charge of children, should herself be instructed.
A mind occupied, becomes fortified against
the ills OF life, and is braced against any ener-
gency- Children, amused by reading or study,
are OF course more considerate and more easily
governed. How many parents who have not
spent twenty dollars for books for their ami-
lies, would have given hundred to reclaim
sen or daughter who bad ignorantly or
thoughtlessly fallen into temptatiou2
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
Mana aesrent of sh cen


In the neighborhood of New York
there are those who are in the habit
Of buying ewes in the fall, as the com
mon breed of the country, and put
ting them with South Down ram in
October. AS sheep go from twenty.
two to twcnty-three weeks, this would
bring the lambs in March and Arril.
The ewes are kept in fair condition
during the winter, and the lambs arc
sold the following summer to the
butchers. They command good pric-
es, and this practice is said to be prof
liable.
We do not see why it might not
be more generally adopted by farm
ers.
An old country farmer, at our el-
bow, says: why not advise them to
keep Leicesters?" For this reason
1t costs too much to buy the thorough
breds. And besides, we have others
on hand. It is also a we'll known
fact that when mongrel bred eve is
crossed by a thoroughbred ram, the
lambs partake largely of the qualities
OF the male. Our common bred ewes
therefore, are just the sheep to cross
with for that purpose-better than
Merinos.
Whether Leicester or South Down
rams are used is probably not Of much
consequence. Probably the South
Down would be preferable, as the
cross would not be so great Genes
see Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
sAppEYINa WaRDs.

HERE are many euphonious words in the
English language-more perhaps than in any
modern tongue except the Italian--or which
the sound is SO harmonious with the sense,
that they charm at once the ear and the heart.
The vocal body, so TO speak, with which the
sentiment is clothed, seems as appropriate to
it 4 lovely counteuauce TO the possessor of
beautiful mind. Home, Love, Sumber. Ca
nss, Welcome, belong to this category; but
itisih certain pathetic expressions that the
agreement of so1nd and seutiment strikes us
as most perfect. Poe said thar Nevrevmore is
the most mournful of all words; Byron gave
thessame melancholy pre-enInence to Fare
well; and Dir. johnson thought that of all
phrases The Last was the NEST touching
The last look-the last sight-tbe last of
earth these are solemn and elfecting utter
ances; but We think with late writer, that
there is more real pathos in the word Gone,
than IN any other in the language To use
a Spanish, or rather Moorish metaphor, it is
''fqll o. tears How it appals the sense and
desolates the heart of the weeping watcher
when spoken, ever so softly, in the chamber
OF death Gonel It cuts of all hope 1t vi
brates on the air Ike the tone Of passing
bell. GoneL-forever What four syllables
in any language comprehend so much of misery
and desolation aud woe? Gone!--says the
lone mother, when the dark angles haev borne
away the last lamb Of her flock, aand am
left alone!" Gone! shrieks the distracted wild
ow. as she reads the name Of her hearts Idol
on the death-serOn of war. "Oh. husband.
that bad died with thee" Gone! sobs the
strong man, as he totters, weak as an infant,
from the solemn room where the wife Of his
bosom lies cold and pulseless. All, it is a
word Of sorrow, even when spoken OF the alb
sent who may return; but, as applied to the
unretnrning dead, there is no elaborate SEN
tence that ever was carved on tomb or monu-
ment so full Of pathos. Yet there is connec-
tion in which it impaFts consolation to the
bereaved. If we can say trustfulIy Of those
who have left us-"Gone to the Summer land !"
and believe that we shall meet them where
there are nomore partings, and the language
of sorrow is unknown, we shall not refuse 10
be comforfed, ''because they are not" We
are, ,ilnmortal--the body only, (which is of /
earth, perishes; when it can no longer sub
serve the purpose of the soul, it falls off and
lets the real being into the higher realms of
life and love and wisdom, unimpeded in its ho- |
ly aspirations. When faith, based on knowl- |
edge Of heaven and Immortality, becomes uni
versal among mankind, as it may in the com
ing ages, then there will be "no DEATH" in the |
present meaning Of the term, but translation
from the lower life, the infancy of the soul, |
to the higher platform Of angles
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
H RITZ ICULTURAL
DR.. Grant on Cranes

At recent meeting of the BROOKLYN Hor
tIeultural Society, d.. Grant, of Iona. furnish.
ed some interesting facts concerning grams
growing in this country. In referring to the
culture of some of our choice native cranes
such as the Delaware and Dina, d. e. stated
that the relative profit In growing them on a
border protected on Northwest side bv a wall
nine feet high, was greater than could be real
lzed by growing the Black Hamburg or other
foreign kinds under glass.
With border containing three rows of vines.
the first being one foot distant from the wall
tie second eight feet, and the third fourteen feet
and soil disintegrated to depth of thirty-six
inches, well supplied with decayed vegetable
matter, paying crops Of grapes, be believed,
could be produced annually.
In speaking of the profits of outdoor Crane
culture, more especially of the Delaware, the
Dr said that 1000 vines could be raised on an
acre of well prepared soil, and in three wears
from the tine of planting, would produce at
Inc rate of four pounds of grapes to each vine.
which would be low estimate AT ten cents
per pound the grower would realize a sum total
OF $500 yer acre, which after deducting the ex-
pense incurred, about $3.50, would leave $3.50
OF clear profit; not a bad result from single
acre of land
The Dr. dwelt on the elevating influence ofl
vine culture above the ordinary farm occupa- I
tions, and urged the importance of the grape
grower performing .his work faithfully and
Wen- Pruning, he kaid, was of strict impor-
tance IN obtaining good annual results
W hen the punches Of fruit were forming. the
shoot should be pinched off three or four evee
beyond the last bunch of grapes The laterals
should also be pinehed off two joints from their
starting point. This would cause all the nour-
lshment to be appropriated by the fruit, which
would otherwise be wanted in forming useless
wood
In Ohio the speaker said, 600 gallons of Ca
tawba juice were considered a fair result from
an acre, though some of the growers produced
IO0O gallons. The juice is worth, for common
quality, 81 per gallon; for prime, 81 ,25. This
statement viii give our readers some idea of
he profit arising from growing grapes for !
l
Dr. Grant alluded to the Isabella as being
scarcely eataSle, and in consequence of its ex- S
oss Of pulp, fatally unfit for wine purposes = '
The Dina was much better than either the Isa- 7
'ella or Catawba, but lacked some of the quail |
ties constituting good grape. The only na- L
i've grape TO which he was really willing to C
'ay homage, was the Delaware This grape is
ertainly considered by many as the sunlnun
on~na in the native grape line, and the Dr. in
it to be the best for table ard wine
sc, iearlessly enters the list as champion for its
lany merits. P.T.Q.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18

BosToN, April e.-Letters from Port ROYAL
TO the Sd state that Major-General Butler ar
rived there on the evening of the %, in the
steamer Mcclellan, on his way from Ship
island to Boston.
New RoKK, April 9.--The New Guard
steamer China, left this port to-doy for Liver
pool, with $4,000 in specie, md large
number of passengers, among whom was Rus
sell Of the London Times, who has passed q
year in this country.
RODE ISLAND ELECT1oN-Gov. Sprayue.
and the rest of the present incumbents, were
reelected On the I'd inst. without opposition.
The votes was light. The Governor has shown
himself true patriot, and able man, and the
compliment OF a reelection is well deserved.
a man known in Cincinnati as Prof z. S.
Lippett. and employed in the post-ofice there,
has been arrested on the charge of opening
letters and taking money from the mail He
has forfeited bis bonds $500. The Gazstte
says the circumstances leave no doubt as to
bis guilt.
About two weeks ago Commodore Foote
in telegraphing the Navy Department said:
Gen. Pope intended TO make a transverse
movement which would astouish the secesh on
Island No. 10. The full6Imeut of this pre-
dictiou is already known to the country.
The reconstruction Democrats of the Vallan-
dgham school have carried the election 10 Co
lumbus by small majority. The Union par
ty never made any impression upon the De
mocTacy Of Franklin county,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
RipeninE Pears.

Al meeting of the New York Farmers
Club, the subject of "Ripening Pears" was dis
cussed, and while all agreed that the. later sorts
should be removed from the trees when hard,
TO be ripened in fruit rooms at their proper
seasons, some preferred the summer and fall
pears when ripened on the trees Several ad-
mitted that "tbe Secke" would riren perfectly
on the tree; but J. W. Hayes, ESQ, Of New
ark, claimed that many if not all the summer
ard fall pears, were better when so ripened.
While DIR. Carpenter and many others stated,
that with the exception of "the Seckle," none
oil the summer or fall pears were so good when
not gathered in green state; that they became
mealy, losing much Of their juice by evapora-
ton, ETC.; while, if removed from the tree be.
fore losing their hardness, and ripened in pro-
per localities, the pears were more delicious,
and every way preferable Our experience CO.
incides with the latter opinion, for VIC have
found that even the Bartlett is materially i'm
proved III quality by being ripcned in the dark
after removed from the tree
We are anxious fer exact information on
this subject, and would thank our pomological
readers if they would furnish it, and also the
proper dates for ripening each of later kinds
ot pears If the Duchesse D'Angouleme be
placed In warm room, aud ripened at various
iates, fifteen days apart, from Sept 18th to
Dec 1st, those ripened at the latest date will |
be found to be far better in quality than those |
ipened earlier. A perfect list of the later
'ears, with the best dates for ripeping them,
would be very valuable, and would assist
he fruit dealers in improving the public ap-
'reeiation of the finer qualities of fruits
Forking Farmer
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18

Too Much RosE- WATER AND SUGAR PLUMs.
"A Lexington (Ky.) correspondent of the Mis-
souri, Republican says:
The truth is, the Government has been too
lenient to traitors all the time. There has
been too much rOse-water and sugar plum treat
ment bestowed upon Them sincerely believe
that had the Government, from the commence.
ment of our troubles, seized upon the bodies
and the property of traitors found in open hos
tility to it, aud dealt with them as Enelaud
would have done under similar circumstances.
this rebellion would have been crushed long
since. have always thought that this enti re
war would have been avoided had the Presi.
dent, instead of listening TO the propositions of
the South Carolina Commissioners, concerning
a dissolution Of the Union, for single moment,
ordered them TO be arrested and hung in sight
Of the old Capitol buildings at Washington.
The old adage is: "You must fight the devil
with fire." The same rule should be applied to
traitors, "they sho uld be treated as traitors
as trators, and hung as traitors"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
Large Yield of Corn.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
Weekly Sun, writing from Lumber
port, Virginia, says:
/ saaTe known and heard of many
large yields of corn, but none that
would equal piece of nv own plan
ting and cultivation. Last season I
grew forty bushels shelled corn from
thirty square rods of ground, a Weld
equal to two hundred and thirteen
and half bushels per acre. The char
acter of the soil is a sandy loam.-
In February I covered this plot with
well decomposed stable manure, about
three inches deep, and plowed it under
about eight inches deep. Early in
March | planted it with yellow and
white corn mixed; (corn taken from a
granary of a grist milD planted in
burrows three and a half feet apart a
part of the rows even drilled, putting
the grains from six to eight inches a.
part, and some of them planted in hills
from one to two and half feet apart
with from two to four grains in a hill.
Alter 1t began to grow [ kept the
ground stirred thoroughly with the
plow and hoe, principally with the
hoe | had plow in it but twice;
first, when it was about six inches
high, and then again when it COM |
menced tasseling. The corn matured |
IN July, and was cutup in August and |
put In small shocks. And notwith-
the corn in its early stage
was twice cut down by the frost. it
produced the quantity above stated.
have no recollection of ever seeing
noted anywhere as great a yield Of
corr.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
oHEER FoR rHa DIgHEARrENEn.

IL IS q sad thing when any person, old or
% young goes through his world in cowed
spirit. lido not mean goes through it in a
jaded. .heariless way merely but goes through
.-s49itin the bare hope of escaping blame 4
z 1s great part Of all that is done in this world
: Is done in this way. Many children, many
se servants, many clerks. and even several par
sons, go through their daily rounds thus. 1
y need not say how poorly that worlsezyil usual
% iy be done which the man wishes just to get
Sea through without any reprohatioD; but think
~. how unliappily it win be done, and what
70 miserable training of heart and mind it is-
= 1t seems to me that few people do their work
se heartily and really as well as they can. And
= = pcople whose desire is merely TO get through
Somehow seem to stand to their work as at
isssss, level below II. The man who honestly does
l his best, works from above; his task is below
-asphm; be is master Of it, however hard it NAV
~, @ be, The man who hopes no more than to
aaatscape eensure, an who accordingly aims at
s-g nplhing more, seems TO work from below: his
sas8ask is above him; he is cowed by j. Let us re-
fsolre thataw shall always give praise when
I've can. You @ill Epd many people who are
always willing TO ind fault with their servants.
If tley 10 anything wrong, bal who never sav .
an approving word when they do right
You will iud many who DO the hll9 is to their
children. And only toe often that wretched /
q, management breaks. the spring Of the youth
&aIl sprit.ll Yes. raiiy little children are COW
cd, and The result is either permanent. duff
quiascenee yer TO be got over, or a fierce
g. reaction against the tyranny that embittered
4hahJ. years i reaction which may sometimes
east off the bonds of natural affection, and /
even Of moral restraint. How it encourages /
saahd cheers the cowvJ little follow, growing
up in The firm belief that lie is hopelessly
wicked aud never can do anything to please
any one, to try reward as change from con
slant punishment anl bullying hive seen
.-.the good effect upon such an one of a kind.
@approving word. How much more cheerful
the work will be done, how much better il
will be done, aud how much happier man
he will be that docs ii! 4 poor fellow who
never expects that he can please, and who
barely hopes that be may pass without cen
sure and abuse, viii DO his task very heart
i1essly. Let us praise warmly and heartily
whenever praise is deserved And if we
weigh the matter, we shall fad that great
deal of hearty praise is deserved in this word
toii every day that shines upon it.-Rev. H. T.
Boy gHs"-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
Cne Ct the Horrors Of War.

a correspo, dent OF Cincinnati Paper
speaking Of tie capture Of Fcrt Donrelson
says:
Col. Kinney, of tbs 59lh Ohio, related to
me one Of those strange aid melancholy Incl
dents which the fortunes of war sometimes
bring to pass. As he was riding along the
breastworks day or Two after the surrender.
aud while many the dead were still unburied,
he observed before him private in his rcgi-
ment named Bowman stroling along. As he
came up he noticed the latter suddenly start
back, as if transfixed at the sight Of a body
before him. Approaching him tie Colonel
asked him what surprised him, aud added that
be supposed lie would have become accustom-
cd 10 seeing dead bodies by this time. Turn
ing to his inquirer, with and expression on his
lace such as only discovery like this could
produce, and pointing to the body, he replied,
Colonel! That's my brciher!" His brother
had been a resident Of Tennessee, and had no
knowledge of his whereabouts, or thought OF
his being one of the victims of the bloody CON
fict, until he thus accidentally stumbled across
his dead body. Procuring a blanket, and the
assistance of some comrades, he wrapped him
in it, and buried him on the spot where he had
fallen.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
DELAWARE, OHIO, APRIL 18, 1869.

Felopment of the family. 1t is not
necessary for them to be kept away
from home, in order to accomplish
this. Supply your sons with agricul-
turai publications, in order to awaken
an interest in and furnish a stimulus
to their labors. Give them a share
in the profits of the land, an owner
ship in the stock, that they may feel a
common interest. Allow your daugh-
ters to occasionally make butter and
cheese on their own account, and de-
vote portion of the general proceeds
to their extra little wants. By thus
doing, farming may be rendered the
most delightful, as it is now the most
independent, employment of man.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
WHEN DOES EDUCATION CoMn EUCE,

Education does not commence with the al
phabet. 1t begins with a mothers look;
with fathers nod of appreciation, or his sign
of reproof; with sisters gentle pressure of the
hand, or brothers noble act of forbearance;
with handful Of flowers in green and daisy
meadows; with birds nest admired but not
touched; with pleasant walks in shady lanes;
and with thoughts directed, in sweet and kind
ly tones and words, to nature, to beauty, to
acts Of benevolehce, to deeds of virtue, and to
the source Of an good--to God himself
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18

"PooR VIRGINIA" We gave in or last is
sue, says the Baltimore Clipper. an extract
| from JEFF. Davis inaugural, in which be states
that "no act to impair personal liberty" had
been committed by the Confederate Govern
ment- Before the ink had got fairly dry on
our sheet, in which this audacious falsebood
was noticed, the Norfolk boat brings us adj
vices from Richmond of the arrest in that citv
OF John Minor Bolts, and some twenty Of the
most respectable citizens, for, being merely sus-
pected OF entertaining Union proclvities.-
There IS no charge pretended to be made
against them, but the guilty cOusciences of the
worse than Syracusan iyrants, who bold the
poor Old Dominion in bondage, fearful of
counter revolution by the people to aid in rid
ding their city of these usurpers, they have
seized on these gentlemen, all men of high SO.
cial position, aud have incarcerated them ip
prison upon the plea of holding them as hos
ta9es for the safety of the rebel tyI ants. Those
who connived at the murder of Mr.. Lincoln in
the streets of Baltimore when passing through
the city to be inauguratcd at Washington may
well fear in every man they meet the avengers
hand.
Richmond, as well as Norfolk and Ports.
mouth, arc under martial law for ten miles in
circumference, and oh horror of horrors the
habeas corpus is suspended! Placards Of the
most ominous character are posted on the pub
lie places of the city, all containing the idea |
that 'the day of their deliverance was draw
ing nigh" So mote it be. Let every good
Union man earnestly pray for the speedy de-
liverance of their down trodden brethren in
the Old Dominion, and that General McClel-
Ian may speedily drive from the State those
y rants who have been making it a perfect
'aturnalia of vice, oppression, and den of in
amy.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
IFrcm the Portland ExpressI
Reliable and Wonderful News frem the Salmon


We have q letter before us from joseph
Sharif 10 A. Hinman, dated Florence City,
Salmon kiver, November I3th,' in which he
gives an account of his mining operations
there last summer, and closes as follows. He
IS reliable man:
''In connection with Tuttle and Pomeroy, L
purchased a gluch claim. The first day l
washed out $l08; the second SlO5; and the
third day which was yesterday, or Saturday,
Sl05, with Rocker and l Carried my own
dirt. This looks rather unreasonable, for a
manstbat never worked before, to do, bat it is
so, and am satisfied that if we get our claim
fairly open, that it will pay from Sl0O to 200
dollars per day to the hand. But this is moth
ing; there are some that pay as high as $500
per day.
think these are the richest mines that have
ever been discovered, California not excepted
But thele are a g BOD many leaving here and
leaving good claims, on account of provisions
The snow is about S inches deep now, and
the pack trains have stopped running. Flour
can be sold at this time for any price, even
81 90 per pound. Beans, Bacon ard all pro-
visions, person can get any price that may
be asked fer them, but they cannot be had
Beef is the only thing that is here now to be
sold, and that won't last long.
think have struck it at last, and that I
can make from 10 to 20 thousand dollars for
my share by next fall, out of our claims.
If you can get here next spring early, with
a stock ofprovisions, flower, bacon, and beans
you can do well, and have chance to get
claim
Respectfully yours,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-18
Calls On Horses.

AS the heat and labor of the sea.
son increase, horses will suffer from
vorious flesh wounds, which if not i'm.
lnediately cured, will cause great suf
fering to the horse, and waste of time
and temper to the owner. Let, there
fore, hint or two from the American
Agrlcnlturist be now needed:
Prevention is better than cure. Tn
the first place, be sure that your har-
ness is in perfect working order. See
to it especially that the collar fits
well, and is smooth. If the inner sur
face is rough, it must chafe, and soon
wear off the skin. A loose LAYER of
leather under the collar is good CON
trivance to lessen friction upon the an
imaPs neck and shoulders. While
spring work is pressing let the horses
shoulders be washed every morning
with solution of alum and whiskey.
At night, when coming home from
work sweaty and sore, let the shoul-
ders be washed with tepid water, then
rubbed dry. If then, gals occur on
the breast or back, wash them clean.
then apply ali ointment made by mix
ing together spoonful of pulverized
alum and the white Of an egg.