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Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
GARDEN NOTES.

asparagus Beds.-Old beds should be dug
and manured early-if this necessary work
has not been attended to in the fall-giving
dressing of salt and ashes. If a new bed
is to be planted, give the ground very
thorough digging, two depths of the spade,
and manure heavily. Sow seeds in a rich
bed for a stock of new plants.
Beans-String- beans may be planted in
warm soil late in the month, though at some
risk of losing the seed. The only way to
get an early crop is to plant early.
Cabbage Pldnts.-Sow seeds of early and
late sorts, in the open ground, whenever dry
enough. Early Yorks planted on ridges in
the fall may be worked and leveled the last
of the month, unless it keep very cold.
Celery.-Celery seed, if an early crop be
wanted, should be sown now.
Carrots, Beets and Parsnips.-Seeds of all
these should be sown as early as practicable.
in well-prepared, rich loan.
Early Peas.-Let these be planted without
delay. OF the sorts that need sticks, plant
in double rows, six inches apart.
Early Potdtoes-Allow no delay in get
ting these into the ground. For early plant
ing medium-size whole potatoes should be
planted. If cut let it be done some time in
advance of planting. The crop of early po-
thtOco 10 usually Cut ohoit W hSdtuci
the time the tubers are forming. This may
be guarded against by mulch of straw or
coarse litter put on to the depth of six or
eight inches, before the dry weather begins.
Lettuee.-Seed may now be sown in open
border. and plants set out.
Medicinal and Pot Her6s.-Sow seeds of
these for supply Of plants, and and set out
plants in rich, warm soil.
Rhubarb0 or Pie Plant.-Set out plants and
SOW seed.
O7sions.-Onion sets must be planted for
early crop. For main crop SOW seed early
in very rich and well-worked soil. Keep
strictly clear of weeds, thin out in due time,
and they will get abundant size by fall.
Radish.-Sow seeds without delay.
Tomato and Egg Plant.-Sow seeds in
open border for late planting. Better plants
will be grown in this way, and much more
reliable for late bearing. Those growing ia
hotbeds must have attention.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23

MEDICINAL QUALITIES OF PUMPKINs.-At
recent discussion in the New York Far
mers' Club, a correspondent writes of the
virtues of the pumpkins
l will give you simple yet very valuable
cure for infammatory rheumatism. A wo-
mans arm was swe.led to an enormou.
size, and painfully infamed. A poultice
was made Ofstewed pumpkins, which was re-
newed every fifteen minutes, and in short
time produced a perfect cure. The fever
drawn out by the poultices made them ex-
tremely offensive, as they were taken of. l
know a man cured of severe inflammation of
the bowels by the same kind of application.
think such subjects as this proper for dis
cussion in farmers club
DR.. SnodgTass-I have no doubt pump
kins make good poultice. Whatever holds
water and warmth best is the most suitable
DIR. Smlth-In my travels in Syria found
pumpkin seeds almost universally eaten by
the people on account of their supposed
medical qualities Not because they are di-
uretic, but as an antiGote against animal.
cule which infest the bowels. They are
sold in the streets as apples and nuts are
here. 1t is medical fact that persons have
been cured of the tape worm by the use of
pumpkin seeds. The outer skin being re.
moved, the meats are bruised in mortar,
into an oily, pasty mass. 1t is swallowed
by the patient after fasting some hours, and
it takes the place of chyle in the stomach,
and the tape worm lets go its hold on the
membrane and becomes gorged with this
substance and in some measure probably
torpid. Then a large dose of castor oil is
administered, and the worms are elected be-
fore they are able to renew their hold.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Democracy Wants sambO's
Vote.

The following laughable burlcslue por-
trays the desire of the so called Democracy
to secure the votes of the enfranchised ne
groes, merely foreshadowing what will he a
common occurrence among Democratic poll
ticians. 1t is an extract from a letter writ
ten by colored voter to a brother negro of
Tennessee:
Dars diffrense tween Washington now
and Washington six weeks ago-s percepti-
BILE diffrense Dey had a way OBJ kickin
niggahs dat wuz aggrawatin. Ebery Secesh
in de city he'd learned de most tenderest
spot on de shin, an de brickbats Lord
bress you, Samyooel, dis chile neber could
understan befo' why dc niggah's skull wuz
SO thick. De Lore made il SO on pupus so
dat brickbats wood bounce off OBJ em. Eb-
erything is fitted for the place it fills. Eff
de niggah's skull wuz like white mans
dar woodent been livin niggah in Wash
ington to-day. But der is change in de
soshel condishun oh tings. Yesterday dar
wuz member OBJ de Common Council wat
wants to be elected agin mex March, come
into my barber shop and sez to him,
"Shave, mas'r Z" .... ....
"My deer sah," sed he, ketchin me by de
hand an fallin across my shoulder, "don't
call me mas'r no more. Under de sha6deI
W udl nag, Scu uc, putin W uc SdpltOl,
''ebery man is free, and dar amt no mas'rs."
"Wha-a-a-when 2-sence when 7" sed J.,
| 'stonished, for he wIz de most 'feckshnit
man eber did see sence the day l wuz
married.
"My brudder," sed he, ode Afrikin, OBJ
which race yoor a magnificent SPECIMEN, is
now in fair way ob workin out his mish-
| un. De shackles falls off his limbs, an6 he
stans up in de lite OBJ de Dressed sun, man,
and brudder. and voter. 700 is my
| ekal, and"
"But watts de matter 2" sed I, 81 mem
| Der stinkly, only two free sebral weeks ago,
, yoo kicked me off de sidewalk for askin
yoo for de two last shaves you owed me for.
Watts cum ober yooi Am more a man
an brudder now dan wuz den2 I"
"My frend," sed he, II hope, earnestly
hope, dat you won't member dem little
spasms agin me. De fack is, II notice
| yoo he'd ambition into 700, an wuz feer-
ful, deed wrz, dat yood rise faster dan
wuz for your good. But cats all ober.--
And dat man made me shut up de shop,
and VIC walked out arm-in- arm and We went
to de beer shop wild me. On de way we
met o pile of Irishmen, and dey wuz 'ston.
ishe6. "Niggerl" dey yelled-and dey
made fo' me, but dey seed l wuz in good
company and dey steyed dar hans. We
stopped in all de beer shops, and he payed
for all de freshments, ebery time touchin
my glass and drinkin to de petual harmony
OBJ de races, and hopin dat SO far ez de De
mocrisy Of Washington was concerned, dt
hatchet wuz berried fsrebber
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
Taste a Moral Quality.

want you to think little, says Ruskin,
of the deep significance of this word taste"
for no statement of mine has been more
earnestly or oftener controverted than that
good taste is essentially moral quality
NO." say many of my antagonists, taste is
one thing--morality is another. Tell us
what is pretty; we shall be glad to know
that; but preach no sermons to u.s."
Permit me, therefore, to fortify this old
dogma OF mine somewhat. Taste is not
only part and an index of morality, it is
the only morality. The first and last and
closest trial question to any living creature
is, what do you like2" Tell me what you
like, and I'll tell you what you are. Go out
into the street and ask the first man or wo-
man you meet what their "taste" is; and, if
they answer you candidly, you know them
body and soul. "You, my friend, in the
rags, with the unsteady gait, what do you
IKE =" "a pipe, and quattern of gin"
know you. "You, good woman, with the
quick step and tidy bonnet, what do you
likes" "A swept hearth and clean tea. ta-
ble, and my husband opposite me, and
baby at my breast" Goodl know you also.
You, little girl with the golden hair and
soft eyes, what do you like2" MY canary,
and run among the wood hyacirths."
@Ou, h.s'O oOy, Will tuc uUty udnuS anu
low forehead, what do you like2" A shy at
the sparrows, and game at pitch farthing."
Good we know them all now. What more
need we ask.
May" parhaps YOU answer, tive need
rather ask what these people and children
do, than what they like. If they do right,
it is no matter that they like what is wrong;
and if they do wrong, i. is no matter that
they like what is right. Doing is the great
thing, and it does not matter that the man
likes drinking so that he does not drink,
nor that the little girl likes to be kind to
her canary, if she will not learn her lessons;
nor that the little boy likes throwing stones
at the sparrows, if he goes to the Sunday
School," Indeed, for short time, and in a
provisional sense, this is true. For if reso-
lutely people do what is right in time they
come to like doing it. But they only are in
a right moral state when they have come to
like doing il; and as long as they don't like
it, they are still in vicious state. The man
is not in health of body who is always
thirs,ing for the bottle in the cupboard.
though he bravely bears his thirst but the
man who heartily enjoys water in the morn
ing and wine in the evening, each in its pro.
per quantity and time. And the entire OBJ
ject of true education is to make people not
merely do the right things. but enjoy the
right things-not merely industrious, but to
love industry not merely learned, but to
| love knowledge; not merely pure, but to
love purity Eot merely just, but to hunger
and thirst after Justice.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23

SHARY.-A man in Connecticut obtained
winters supply of excellent potatoes in tho
following cute manner: He gave out WORD
he was desirous of obtaining a specimen of
the best sort of potatoes, and would pay
three dollars for peck of such, himself to
be the judge. Potatoes poured into his eel
lar from all the country round, and when
the avalanche had subsidized, the man handed
over his three dollars for the best peck, and
the next spring sold potatoes enough to
more thar cover the original outlay, besides
having had first quality article for home
use all the winter.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
AGRICULTURAL, &C.
[By Agricultural Editor, Baltimore SUM-
FARM NOTES FOR MARCH.
WORKING STOCK.


The horses that are to do the heavy work
of the farm need now especial attention to
bring them into the best possible order.
Food of the hest kind should be given with
regularity. Their grain should be ground
and mixed with cut-straw of good quality,
and well. l.cured corn blades, or timothy hay,
should accompany it. Salt should be given
regularly once week, mixed in equal guam
tity with clean hickory ashes. Clean, dry
bedding should be furnished them, and the
curry-cOmb and brush used once day at
least. Very laborious work should he avoid
ed until they have become gradually accus-
tened to the change from the rest of winter.
Oxen having work to do should be treated
with tine same regularity and care as horses,
though they do not demand such expensive
feeding.
OTHER STOCK.
Mich cows, and all animals having, or
about having young, need the greatest care
during this month. The early spring is es-
pecialIy trying to the animal system, and
there is always hazard 20 the life both of the
dam and her young, which must be guarded
against by the utmost watchfulness.
III the sowing of oats be made the fret
work for the plows, the comparatively light
labor will suit better the condition of the
team. 1t is of very great advantage to have
the crop sown early, and the earliest time
should be taken for 1t that the ground may
10 found dry enough to work. A bushs
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
"0DWJN1H~Ns

VNHE following persons are entitled to receive an
i increase OF Bounty under the Act OF Congress
passed July 1865, to equalize Bountes
Ist All soldiers who enlisted after the 10th day Of
April, 1851, for years, and served their time OF
enlistment and have been honorably discharged, and
have received or are entitled to receive Bounty OF
$1OO, are entitled an additional Bounty Of SlOO.
I'd All such soldiers who enlisted for years, and
have been honerably discharged on account Of
wounds received in the line of duty, entitled to
an additional Bounty Of 800.
Sd The Widow, Minor Children, or Parents Of such
soldiers who died in the service of wounds or disease
are entitled to an additional Bounty of 800.
By application to s. P. W0LVERTON, Esq Of
SuNBURY, Pennsylvania, who is an authorised Claim
Agent, ali such claims can be speedily collected.
Supbury, August 4, 1S66.-tf
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
Bounties Collected.

CIV HAUPT, Attorney at Law, sunbury, Pa
offers bis professional services for the collection of
bounes due to soldiers under the late Equalization
Act passed by Congress. As authorized claim
agent he will promptly collect all Bounties, Pensions
and Gratuites due to soldiers Of the late war, the
war of 1872. g.
Sunbury August lS. 1866. ... 30
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
RlMGMAEl HOUSE

WTIVWfMESTTI lGJWW NIg1o
ELEVENTH MARKET SITS, PHILADEL'A.
TNHIS new and elegant House is now open for the
l. reception Of guests. 1t has been fitted up in a
manner equal to any in the country. The location
being central makes it q very desirable stopping
place, both for Merchants and parties visiting the
city. The parors are spacious, and elegantly furn.
ished The tables will be supplied with all the deli
cscies the market will afford, and it is the intention
of the Proprietor to keep in every respect First
Glass Hotel.
Terms So 90 per day.
Eehyuarv ISR7-
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23

The people of some districts Of northeast
ern Wisconsin are considerably alarmed, in
consequence Of the ravsges Of several large
catamounts.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
P @ E T | G A L.
FROM wHlTTIER's "TENT ON THI
BEACH"

BEACH"
Prayer for him, for all who rest,
Mother earth upon thy breast.
Tapped on Christian turf, or laid
In rock-cave or pyramid;
All who sleep, as all who live,
Well may need the prayer, Forgive
" Desert -smothered caravan
Knec-deep dust that once was man,
Battle-trenchcs ghastly piled,
0cean-foors with white bones tiled,
Crowded tomb and mounded sod,
Dumbly crave that prayer to God.
40 the generations old
Over whom no church bell tolled,
Christlcss, lifting up blind eyes,
To the silence Of the skies
For the innumerable dead
is my soul disquieted.
"where be now these silent hosts!
Where the camping-ground of ghosts?
Where the spectral conscripts led
To the white tents of the dead
What strange shore or clUudless sea
Holds the awful mystery!
"Then the warm sky stopped to make
Double sunset in the lake,
While above saw with it
Range on range, the mountains lit;
And the calm and splendor stole
Like an answer to my soul.
"Hearest thou, o, of little faith,
What to thee the mountain saith
What is whispered by the trees?
Cast on God thy care for these;
Trust him, If thy sight be dim;
Doubt for them is doubt of Him.
"Blind must be their close shut eyes
Where like night the sunshine lies,
Fiery-linked the self-forged chain
Binding ever sin to pain,
Strong their prison-house of will,
But without He waiteth still.
"Not with hatred's undertow
Doth the Love Eternal flow;
Every chain that spirits wear
Crumbles in the breath of prayer;
And the penitents desire ....
Opens every gate of fire.
"Still thy love, o, Christ arisen,
Yearns to reach these souls in prison!
Through all depths of sin and loss
Drops the plummet of thy cross
Never yet abyss was found
Deeper than the cross could sound
"Therefore well may Nature keep
Equal faith with all who sleep,
Set her watch of hills around
Christian graves and heathen mound,
And to cairn and kirkyard send
Summers fowery dividend"
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
JNO. KAY CLEMENT,

AwWORMGW AT LAW
Business 10 this and adjoining counties carefully
and promptly ATTENDED to.
Office in Market Street, Third door west of Smith
d Genther's Stove and Tinware Store,
SlJNBlJRY PENN,A.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
Pensions Increased.

The late Act of Congress gives additional pay to
the following Pensions, viz:
ist To those who have lost the sight Of both eyes,
or both hands or totally disabled to require con-
slant attendance, the sum of $25 90 per month.
I'd To those who have lost both feet or are totally
disabled in the to require constant attend
ance, the sum Of $40 90.
3D. To those who have lost one hand or one foot,
or are SO disabled as to render them unable to per-
form manual labor SIS 90 per month, and other
cases in proportion
The subscriber is duly prepared for the immediate
procurement Of fthese claims.
s. B. BOYER, Atty at Law.
Sunbury Juue 49, 1866,
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
EQUALIzATIoN OF BoUNTIEs.

Attorney mt Law. Sunbnry, Pm.
rs duly authorized and Licensed by the Govern
J. ment to collect all Military Claims against tho
United States. Bounty money due soldiers under
the late Equalization Act of Congress and all mill
tary claims against the State due soldiers Of 1872
fer Pensions and Gratuity. Claims due soldiers of
the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps from enlistment to
the date ii muster, promptly collected.
Sunbary, August 4, 1866.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
Mount Carmel Hotel.

MT. CARMEL, Northumberland Co., Pa.
THOS. BURKET, PROPRIETOR.
This large commodio Hotel is located near the
depots of the Shamokin Valley and the Quakake d
New York Railroads Trains arrive and depart daily
This house Is located in the centre of the Coal Re-
gion and affords the best to travellers
and permanent customers. jay s.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23
MANURES.

Manures of every description will COM
mand the attention of the farmer. Composts
that have been unmoved long time should
be well turned. Carting out marures and
spreading upon the ground where needed
should be carrie onat all convenient seasons.
Commercial fertilizers that may be needed,
including lime, plaster and ashes, should be
procured and safely stored until needed. We
need not urge the importance of the amplest
supply that circumstances will allow.
Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1867-03-23

Let no time now be lost in getting tobacco
seeds sown whenever the ground may be dry
enough. After preparing and sowing, as
heretofore directed, have the ground very
firmly trod, and covered with oak or other
open brush, which may remain until it be.
comes necessary to pick the grass from the
beds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-07-12
xoal Notices,

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terest conveyed TO him. les taxes and tnx titles.
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HE ORPHANS OF Iowa SOLDIERS Musr
NOT SuFFER.-When the Legislature of our
State made an appropriation for the support
OF the Orphans Home, the amount vas
deemed amply sufficient to meet the wants of
that institution but unforeseen circumstances
have conspired to absorb the appropriation
leaving the Home without funds four or five
months previous to the meeting of the Legis-
lature, and throwing it upon the charity of
the people for support. And we are proud
to state that so far the people have "rallied
around Z it and have been fully awake to its
wants. Much of this aid is due the soldiers,
who would be untrue to fallen comrades did
they not make strenuous efforts to support
their orphans. Various means have been re.
sorted to for the purpose of raising funds for
this object, the last of which has been inan-
gurated by the people of Mt. Pleasant. 1t is
Grand Gift Concert for the benefit of the
Iowa Soldiers Orphans Home, to be held
IN Mt. Pleasant, October /, 1867, the adyer-
tisement Of which, and full detail of the
scheme, will be found on the FIRST page Of our
paper. From our knowledge of the people
OF Mt. Pleasant, and from a personal acauain.
lance with the gentlemen composing the com
mttee, to whom is entrusted the whole affair
we can have no hesitancy whatever in beGey
ing 1t to be inaugurated from just motives,
and every dollar, over and above the Incl
dental expenses, will be appropriated for the
holy object of procuring food and raiment
for the orphan children of those who saved
the country from ruin, shame and destruct;on
Read the advertisement.
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Arrivals and Departures of K,okuk Packets

ROB ROY, Arrives on Tuesday and Friday at
o'clock p. m, and departs on Wednesday and
Saturday morning, at o'clock.
ANDY JOHNSON, Arrives on wednes-
day and Saturday, at 6 p. m, and departs on
Thursday and Monday, at a. m.
LUCY BERTRAM. Arrives on Thursday
and Sunday, at 6p m, and departs on Friday and
Tuesday, at a, m.