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compared with the light, short, sharp
backed native l purchased in 1862
twelve hundred steers in Illinois,
headquarters being in LaSalle county,
and some of them were driven 800
miles to the farm where they were
all grazed, which gave me a good op-
lportunity to judge of the cattle, and
must say they fell far short of the es-
innate | had formed of them.
THE Coal TRADE-The Philia-
delphia papers say the coal trade /
continues to be very large, The
tonnage from the Schuylkill region
last week reached 1929 tons, of |
which 87,73O tons were brought down
by the Reading railroad, and SO, SOC !,
tons by the Schuylkill NAVIGATION Co. |
The total brought ,norGot from
Loo goo io" 50 far this season is 2,S7O
- . IONS, being an increase over the
tonnage from the same region to the
same time last year of ,081, 676 tons.
The Lehigh V alley Railroad has
worked its coal business up over So
900 per week, and thus far this sea-
son has carried to market 1,03O,oo3
tons of coal, being an increase over
last years tonnage to the same time
of 324,487 tons. The coal produc-
ton thus far this season is 6,645, 34l
tons, against 4,262,561 tons to the
same time last year-being an IN
crease of 2,172,790 tons.
# ORIGIN OF CHEESE FACTORIES
d The famous Chedder cheese of Eng
n land owes its name to the small vii
J. lage Of Cheddcr in which the neigh
i. boring farmers, by uniting the milk
re of their COWS, were able to produce a
r. thicker and heavier cheese than was
e, usually made throughout the kingdom
~ By this union,-the cheese being
IN made at each others house in turn
er they obtained the highest prices FOL
U.s. their goods, and are perhaps entitled
- to the credit Of originating the factor.
tn system of cheese making. Mr.. VIII
de lard says that the size that now is il
in request ranges from 10, to 100 lbs.
en- the shape is from 10 to IA inches /
I'D depth, and Is IL in diameter.
Ell,
. The FAILURE OF THE APPLE CROI
to "A Massachusetts correspondent {
it, the Name Farmer publishes his thu
all DRY of the cause Of the failure of tn
ey apple crop, which is that fruit bud
CD formed in the time of a severe droutl
lev must of necessity be weak and uni
len BILE to carry out the crop the succeed
in, ing season. Through the dog day
We Of 1864 severe drouth prevailed, an
lif the apple crop Of 1865 was failur
by We were again visited last year wit
es. very dry weather during dog day
RS. and the drouth continued not only i
Of to the fall, but up to the present tim
ass The result is that the apple orchard
we are unproductive. Only a few o
= chards produced good crop last yea
an and these were such as were in fir
to rate condition, and able to withstan
i'm. the drouth Of 1864.
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How to Put Up Fruits.

We have had all winter, and are
still using, some Of last years crop of
strawberries, in excellent order and
flavor. They were chiefly kept in
Potter & Bodine's jars, the most con-
venient, and everything considered,
the best of the twenty odd kinds we
have tried. MANY patent jars prom
Using well have cost US loss Of time,
fruit, and sugar, to find out that they
were poor. The prOcelain'l lined iron
lars are the best of all, but are rather
too costly for general use, though pos
sibly the cheapest in the long run. y
The best plan is, to fill the jars with
Strawberries, then pour in syrup made
by boiling 10 to l ID. white sugar in
quart Of water. The jars are then
set down nearly to their necks in cold
or lukewarm water, in a wash boiler,
and the water heated to boiling
When the berries have had time to
barely cook through, the jars are lift
ed out, and one is used to fill up all
shrinkage in the others, so that they
shall be quite full. Wipe the top
clean with a damp cloth while they
are still hot. The covers are then
put on and fastened tightly. Set in
to the cellar or any cool room. We
put up IA quart jars last year. Of diff
ferent kinds of fruit, and only lost by
fermentation two bottles of tomatoes
When the above or other good jars
are not accessible, common junk bot
ties thorOuhly cleaned, or other glass
bottles or jars, may be used, as We
know by many successful trials
Tightly fitting soft corks, tied in, an
swer well for covers. 1t is best tC
make these surely air-tight, by dip
ping the corks when dry, but still hot
into a cement made by melting to
gether an ounce Of lard and about q
pound of rosin. Simple beeswax OIL
grating wax will answer. The fruit
may be first cooked with small guam
tity of syrup, in a porcelain-lined, OF
even timed vessel, and then dipped
into the previously warmed jars OIL
bottles, sealing up as soon as the air
bubbles have risen and their place il
filled with more corked fruit. Thi
mode is convenient, but does not pre-
serve the shape and flavor Of the frui
as well as the other way. The small
er the amount of sugar the better wi
the natural flavor of the fruit be pre-
served. We use just sugar enough t
fit the fruit for the table.
The above directions answer fC
other berries, cherries, peaches, an
for other fruits, except that pear
ounces, cherries, ETC., require longt
cooking to heat them through. T.
matoes need boiling down one ha.
both to save room and make them ket
well. The above method is infinit
ly better and cheaper than the o
mode of preserving with large al
unnecessary amount of sugar.-Am'
ican Agricultmist.
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The NEEDLE-GUN-The success of
the needle-gun has been the occasion
Of great many bad jokes from anna
teur and professional punsters. Thus
Punch remarks: austria has been
sewn up by the PrusSian needle-gun.
Had not England better learn to take
time by the frelockT Much better
is the epigram of the O10l:-
Chow German battle-felds are won,
Is plain to the most needless;
For Prussia has the neede-gun,
And Austria's gun is needless"
President Roberts, of the Fenian
brotherhood, had the manliness and
sense to ask his compatriots the other
day 40 extend hand to every other
people who are struggling for liberty
help to enSlave no man, and remem
Der that God created us all in his
own image; that he looked not sc
much at the color of the face as the
color Of the heart" Other Irishmer
have spoken as honestly. The Chi
cago Fenians among the number.
The island of Valentia, the Irish ter
minus of the Atlantic Cable, is abou
six thousand acres in extent. 1t ha
three proprietors, Of whom the Knigh
of Kerry is the chief, the others bein
Trinity College, Dublin, and Colone
Herbert of Muckross. The popula
ton is about two thousand.
; You may CLEAN knowledge by reat
? ing, but you must separate the whea
I from the chaff by thinking.
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improvement in Cattle.

am fully convinced, after more
than thirty years experience in cattle
raising and fatting, and after all the
improvements in the cattle stock of
my own State, that, with reasonable
attention to the subject, and the same
care that has been bestowed upon
sheep and horses, with such an out
lay for improved bulls as the question
demands, that the results in the ag-
gregate would astonish the most in
credulous.
The question whether there is or
may be produced a breed of sheep,
adapted both to the raising Of wool
and mutton, is an open one to the
minds Of many men; but when we
consider the question of a breed Of
cattle, (for Vermont, at least,) we
should not look for beef alone, nor
milk alone, but that breed which COM
bines the two. Ny experience in
breeding cattle has been confined to
a few families of Durhams, and
enough of the Devon Hereford and
Ayrshire, to test their qualities; and
after testing them to my satisfaction
| am convinced that neither of the
aforementioned breeds combine the
two qualities that render cattle valu
able to as great a degree as the
Duchess or Bates stock of Durhams
| have MIXED from IS to ITO COWS
for the last few years, composed O
about one-hali high grade and pure
bred Durham; the other natives anC
grades Of the other breeds in milking
qualities, and when fatted the differ
ence is still more apparent, especially
when compared with the natives.
Ihave neither bulls nor heifers fol
sale, and am breeding none for sale
but feel that something ought to b,
done to improve the cattle of ou
country, and if there is anything il
this communication that you thinl
may tend to aid the cause, please us
it as you think best. Vermont is no
so far behind her neighbors in cattl
as many suppose. l think our cattle
in point of blood, are fully up to tn
celebrated State of Illinois, where
spent considerable time in 1852 an
1868, and was astonished to see hoy
few the improved cattle were whe
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The Night before the Moving
BY MISS UNLOCK.

All shimmering In the morning shine
And diamonded with dew,
And quivering in the scented wind
That thrills its green heart through
The little field, the smiling field,
With all its flowers a blowing.
How happy looks the golden field
The day before the moving!
AL still meath the departing light,
Twilight, though void of stars,
Save where, low westering, Venus hides
From the red eye of Mars
How quiet lies the silent field
With all its beauties glowing;
Just stirring--like a child asleep
The night before the moving.
Sharp steel, ineYito''
Crttc., .aOle hand,
WI b., cut kind Our field
snow full well must be laid low
Before its wealth it yield;
Labor and mirth and plenty blest
Its blameless death bestowing;
And yet we weep, and yet we weep,
The night before the moving.
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A G. RICU L T q R A L.

1t is our desire to make this department both
interesting and useful; and for this purpose we
invite communications and discussion upon all
Agricultural and horticultural subjects.
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Their assortment of Furniture and other house
furnishing Goods is much larger than any in
the county. They keep the best there is
in market, and they feel confident of
satisfying the demands of the
most fastidious. Please to
drop in and see them.
They will not be I'M
dersOld. Mel
Their will be
beaten
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for proof of what he here states. He pays cash
down ior ms STOCK and exacts cash for his work !;
he can thus work for smaller profits than those
who do a trust business. Calls solicited from the
adjacent towns, and to those who have never tried
him he promises the best, neatest and most du-
rable work.
Barton, Dec. %, 1866.
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A. LUICER,
H A r n E S S M A K E r
Holds himself in readiness to attend to all calls
in his line, for
Harness Making,
Trunk Trimming,
Valises or Satchels,
Sofas Stuffed,
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New YOrl. aIarlteI.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.
Cotton-More active and steady at 50 for
middling. Flour--Rather more active and
prices generally without decided change; IS
as 90 for eXtrn state; S599 Is for common
10 good shipping brands and extFa round
hoop Ohio, and 209lO 50 for trade brands,
the market closing steady. Whlsky-Quiet
OF e6S2 2z1Si and 800 b6ls In bond for Cali
fornia ut S4zS, nm extreme. Wheat-Dull
and heavy for shipping; winter steady. Rye
Quiet Barley and Barley Malt-DuIl and
nominal Com-Heavy and q shade easier;
9099S for unsound; 961<@e5 for sound mixed
western. Oats-In limited request; 4S668 for
unsound. coffee-Steady; St Domingo 49,
Sugar-FirmeF; Cuba Muscovado rs: Havana
II. Observation-Disclosures; New Orleans 9l@
j o. Petroleum-Dull at 401< for crude: 1000
bbls refined in bond at 6l@62 500 bbls do for
the last of this month ut 90. Wool-Quiet.
Pork-Opened heavy and lower and closed q
little hrmer for "a and '65 do. closing at 2S 31I
regular way; o 00923 % for prime and for
prime mess; also 400 bhls new mess for JAM
nary, February and March, sellers option, at
. 0099 .; $50 bbls old mess for january,
seller option, at Is O614@8 q Beef Quiet
at previous prices. Beef Hans-Q uiet nj 80 50
ass 90. Cut Meats-Dun at l1@I3 for shOul-
defs, and l31<9l8 for hams. Dressed Hogs
Opened heavy and closed rather nrmer; l25E
@l2zS for western. Bacon-QuIet; Cumber-
land cut ut 1S1<; short ribbed 166l84. Lard
Quiet and rather easy at lS9lg1<; also PIC
bbls for January, February and March, at lS11t
@lg1<. Butter-DulI ut mess for Ohio and q
GO for state. Cheese-Quiet At 13@ls1<
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speech OF General Palmer to the Col
orefl IpeopIe or IouiayiIIe. .fif


LoU1symLE, KY, Jan. 2,-General
in the open air yesterday. BE congrat-
ulated the audience that slavery was
ended forever In the United States and
that the colored people, having ceased
to be slaves, had no longer any Interests
which separated them from the mass of
the American people; that 70 TINS conu-
nent had been reserved the glory OF
second example of the deliverence of a
whole people from slavery; that now.
for the first time, ours is the land OF
the free, and hereafter the Governments
is to be maintained by giving full eff
feet to its own principles; that hereafter
before the law there would be no other
difference between the colored race and
others than of color; that in the nature
of things for years to come the colored
people of this country must be laborers
but their interests and the interests OF
the white laborer will be identical; that
the efforts to degrade the blacks, to de-
grade their labor, do in effect degrade
the labor of all others and just as much
the enemies of the white 1aborer as
yourselves; that he that compels the
black man to work for half price COM
pels the white man to do the same
your interests are therefore the inter
ests of every white man in the country.
Heretofore the Legislature has been
for slaves and their masters. Hersaf-,
ter slavery being out of the way it must
be for the laborer of whatever color to
protect him from the despotism of capt.
tai. The slave owner will no longer be
able to control the prejudices of the
sons of toll and drive them to support
systems which robbed them of half of
their earnings; which deprive them of
free schools for their children and tfee
houses for themselves. He expressed
his qualification at the general kindness
exhibited by the people of Kentucky
for their late slaves which. he said was
true, Notwithstanding cases of brutali-
ty and outrage, the work of abandoned
persons in different parts of the State.
He spoke of the right of colored per-
sons to testify in the Courts, and pre-
dicted that within short time all these
disabilities would be removed; that
within a few years the question to be
asked would be not who Is white, but
who is the most honest, sintelligent and
industrious. BE urged industry and
thought the civilizations of kind feeling
towards all as the true solution of all
questions between the races. The
speech will be published entire. 1t
was enthusiastically received. The ut
most good order and kind feeling pre-
vailed during its delivery.
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SUE Arninst Iseeretar,y s,t.,ton-.

NEW YoRK, Jan. IA suit was com.
menced in the supreme court TO-DAY
against Secretary Stanton by jas. II
Maddox for alleged false Imprisonment
the plaintiff having been the purchaserl
in Richmond, by permission from ME-
Lincoln and Sec'y OF the Treasury. of =
large quantity OF tobacco, which was
destroyed by our forces at Frederick
burg In 1884. and kept in Old S,an;ta1
prison till President johnson came into
office. He claims 100000 damages.
Defendant claims that plaintiff Is guilty
of violation of the articles of war, in
trading with the enemy; that the arrest
WIS made not by his order, but by the
Provost Marshal, and that ulaintiff is
still ON parole in s., 900, to await trial
on such q charge.
A large brick house ON Willow street
Hoboken, was destroyed by fire to-day
and two children burnt to death. Thew
were left alone by their mother and
their clothes took fire from the stove.
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LooKPoRT, N. Y, Dec. ga fire broke
out at ten o'clock this morning in the
grocery store at No. 80 Main street, and
extended to the following establish
ments; "a. Birdsall, hat and fur store /;
Luer, grocery; office of the w. q. Tele-
Shore Railroad Company; A. E1lstar.
Insurance agent; Repass d Hunt,
grocers, and the boot and shoe store
over Luer's grocery. The buildings
were of little value, being old and of
wood. Repass d Hunt met a total loss,
but are insured for $4,000. Birdsall
saved the most of his stock from the
fire, but a large quantity was stolen in
the street; no insurance. Luer saved
part of his stock, and the balance was
Insured. There was nothing saved from
the telegraph Office.
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New York Money and stock market.
NEW YoRK. lar. q.

Money and Gold-Money quiet and steady
at per cent. for call loans. Sterling Elk
change dull at 109910g1<. Gold heavy and
lower, opening at 1874, advancing to 1441z,
Government Stocks = Without decided
change; U. 8. 0s, 81, coupons, l0l1<s u. s. IS,
1O-40S, coupons, 995S; rs. 6s, SOS, regfstered
"a, 100; o. s. 6s. IS, registered, III; u. 8.
6s, 81, registered, 1893; Treasury Notes, 7-S0s,
ID series, es5zs o. 81 6s, year certificates, new
State Stocks Missouri Gs 7sk.
Stocks-Steady; New York Central g71<; Erie
eg1E; Reading 1905; Michigan Southern 20;
Cleveland 4 Pittsburgh 80; chicago & NoFth=
western 355S; Chicago & Rock Island 1857;
Fort Wayne q Chicago 1885.
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CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 3.-In the Re-
publican State Convention to-day, a
resolution was adopted recognizing in
Andrew Johnson the just citizen, the
Union patriot and the distinguished
statesman, and declaring that the tone
and temper of his recent annual mes
sage to Congress meets our warm ap-
proval, and argues we'll for the success
of his administration. We pledge him
our hearty confidence and support in
all his efforts to restore harmony and
mutual trust between the different sec
tons of the Union upon the principles
of universal liberty and exact Justice to
all. Another resolution declares that
the schemetoplant,by foreign bay onets,
an Austrian despotism in Mexico had
its origin in undisguised hostility to the
United States, and is standing insult
topur power and a menace to our re-
publican institutions.
Convention, which was largely attend
ed and harmonious throughout.
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BosroN, Dec. 3.-Governor Andrew
sent into the Senate special message
covering several important documents
of local interest for the consideration of
the Legislature. The message states
that the total expenditures incurred by
Massachusetts, on account of the war
amounts to $2,775, 100. This sum in
cludes only such expenses as have ac-
crued under the direction and super
vision of the several State departments,
as authorized by the Legislature. As
far as ascertained the expenses incurred
by the cities and towns for bounties and
other military purposes, amounts to
nearly an equal sum.
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NEW York, Jan. 8.-The steam tug
Neptune exploded her boiler on the bay
to-day. Eight persons were wounded.
The captains son was the only one
escaping injury. The wounded were
placed on board the tug Resolute to be
taken TO the city, when she burst
some part of her machinery, and the
uninjured person from the Neptune
was the only one hurt.
Captain Campbell, of the steamer
Britannia, was lost overheard in a gale
on the passage here from Glasgow.
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MADISON. WIS, Jan. 1.-This morn
ing the new State officers were sworn
into office. Gov. Fairchild in his inau-
gural says: ttNot until jeff. Davis
shall haYe been tried, convicted and
hung for treason, and the fact that
treason is crime which cannot be
committed with impunity shall have
thus been fully demonstrated, will the
American people be content. The
American people have demonstrated
that the Union is one and indivisible /;
that its people of whatever race and
color shall be forever free"
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Major J.. A
Burbank, Indian Commissioner, and a
delegation of five Iowa Indians, and
three Sacs and Fox Indians, arrived
here this evening from Nebraska. They
are here for the purpose of a consulta-
ton as to the terms OF treaty entered
into in 1861, and for the purpose of hay
ing it renewed.
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YoNKERs, N. Y, Jan. IA destruc-
o'clock this morning in the four-story
building on Getty's Square, In the CEN
tire of the business portion of the town,
owned by the Hon. VIM. Bedford. The
Statesman newspaper and job printing
Office, the grocery of Morris q Lloyd, the
liquor store of VIM. Cummings, the
news office of David Barns, lager
beer saloon, and the National Guard
Armory, which was the principal pub
lie hall, were all located in the said
building. Total loss estimated at $780,
oe0, upon which there is an insurance
of S16' 500.
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CINc1SNAr1, Dec. S.-The Wool Grow
ers' Association assembled at Columbus
Yesterday. Resolutions were adopted
approving the policy of terminating the
reciprocity treaty between the United
States and Canada; that the wool grow
ers, interests are entitled to a degree OF
Legislative protection equal to that &C
corded to manufacturing interests; that
the interests of the country require an
extension of culture of worsted wool /;
that the Committee of the National
Manufacturers Association to meet
United States Revenue Commissioner,
be advised to recommend that tax be
levied on dogs, sufficient either to raise
considerable revenue for the Govern
ment, or materially diminish the hum
Der of dogs.
A fire broke out yesterday onthe COR
ner of Race and Second streets, destroy
ing the wagon shop of McCafferiy d
Brothers, and several small tenements.
Loss about $40, 900.
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CONCORD, N. H., Jan. 3.-At the Re-
city to-day, his Excellency Frederick
Smith was unanimously selected by ac-
clamation for Governor. Lieut.. Colonel
Geo. ID. Lerage, of Alton, was nomina-
ted for Railroad Commissioner on the
first ballot.
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AUGUSTA, ME-, Jan. 3.-The Maine
Legislature met and organized this
officers: President of the Senate, VIM.
Writ Virgin, of Norway; Speaker of
the House, Jas. w. Stone, of Kenne-
buck. Gov. Cony will be inaugurated
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BOSTON, Jan. 3.-The MASSACHUSETTS,
Legislature met to-day. The House
elected jas. A. Stone, of Charlestown,
Speaker, giving him 1913 votes against
liz for Harvey Jewell, of Boston.
The Senate choose Mr. Jas. A. Pond
President by m unanimous vote.
Gov, Bullock will not probably de-
liver his message till Saturday.
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FoRrRRss MONROE, Jan. 1.-Eforts
are to be made by the Quartermaster's
Department to raise the gunbolt Sweet
Briggs, sunk by the rebels nearly two
years ago during an attack on Smith
vile. 81
The colored population in Hampton
turned out en- masse in a grand process
sion, headed by a band of music from
the 9th New York Artillery, garrison
ing the fort, and were reviewed bv
Major General Miles, Commandant of
the post. -. :. -L------I = = u