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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

am near fifty years old, was always a
farmer, as were my ancestors, as far back
as | can trace them My opinions are
formed on experience and experiments that
satisfy me, whether they do others or not
OPINION HAY should be cut when in
full bloom, as all plants contain most sac
charine matter then and consequently, are
more nutritious, if used for food. If hay is
left later, the sugar turns to woody fibre.
Wood and sugar are chemically the same.
U.-All heavy or clayey soils should be
plowed in autumn, so that the frosts of
winter may pulverize them and kill the
germs of insects deposited in the soil for
the next season.
llI-The best way to raise calves is TO
take them from the COW as soon as dropped ;
If possible, never let them suck, as they
learn to eat or drink sooner, and there is
no sore teats from biting, and the task of
weaving the COW from the calf is soon over.
put them in place where they will be
sheltered from the sun and rain, give good
bed of straw, and feed three or four quarts
of new milk per day until three weeks old,
then feed skim milk warmed Let them
have access to hay or grass BY this method
l have raised calves every year since l can
remember. and never lost one in my life.
IV.-Nine-tenths of our farmers do not
SOW enough hay-seed to the acre. | have
kept increasing the amount, and have not
found stopping place. The more seed the
more and better hay If timothy and clover,
up to half bushel each per acre. If the
surface ofthe ground Is completely covered,
the hay will be fine, and no weeds can grow
have choked out Canada thistles with
timothy and clover seed sown as thick as
hair on dog" so as to form good, firm
sod the first summer. Sow early in spring,
or in February
V-Oats should be sowed very early, as
carly as possible. saw a good crop raised
that was Sown in February, and was not
narrowed but showed and rained in.
VL-Cooking food for hogs is better
than doubling the same amount if fed raw,
if you wish to fatten. For breeding, feed
lightly.
VII-Potatoes arc worth more, for all
kinds of stock, than most farmers think they
are. Ii you can have them frozen and then
cooked before they thaw, the starch is
changed to sugar, and | know of no food
that will fatten faster, or give better flow
of milk.
VIII.-In fattcning beef cattle with brn
meal, never feed SO high that you can see or
smell the effect of ii in the excrements, or
if you do you may be sure you are losing
your feed, as the cattle do not assimilate all
the nutriment there is in the grain.
N-I believe corncobs, ground with the
corn, useful as residual matter, and they
also contain sugar enough to pay for feed
ing, if cooked or scalded. In Chicago, H.,
they make good vinegar from sweet ex-
tracted from cOrncObS.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
The Red River Country.

The French semi-oficial paper of Mon
treal, the 4Hinerre, gives the outline of a
memorandum which is being passed
round in the House of Lords and House
of Commons for signatures, PRAYING the
Queen to cause the Red river settlement to
be erected into province, so as to pre-
pare it for entry into The Confederation
TRANsLATION
There is being signed in the House of
Lords and House of Commons memoran-
dunn on the Red River Settlement, which
now has IA population of 10000 souls,
1000 to 5000 of whom are Catholics.
"The considerations of the memorandum
are:
THAT the Settlement of the Red River
is the seat of Catholic and Protestant
bishopric, and that the people are given to
agriculture
THAT explorations have proved that in
the valley of the Saskatchewan and else
where there are lands of great fertility.
THAT great and rich colony may be
formed there.
THAT the great river of Saskatchewan,
which takes its rise in the Rocky Mount
aims, empties into Lake Winnipeg, and is
navigable for distance of 800 miles.
That the settlement offers great facili-
ties Of transit between the English posses
sions on the Atlantic and those ON the Pa
cifc.
THAT the adjacent territory belonging
to the United States is regularly erected and
represented in Congress.
That, up to the present time, the de-
pendence Of Red River upon the Hudson
Bay Company has been cause of weak
ness, and prevented the development of the
settlement.
Therefore, it is prayed from her Males
ty that Red River be organized into regu-
lar colony, under the immediate depend
ence of the Imperial Government
There is no doubt that this step will
lead directly to the entry of Red River in
to the British North American Confedera-
ton" .~bs
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
The Fate Of DR.. Livingstone.

The Times Of India of March Is states
that the intelligence received from Zanzi-
bar now leaves no doubt of the death of
DR.. Livingstone. The statement of an
Arab named Moosa, one of the heroic trav
eler's most trusty followers, who, with q
few others of the expedition, returned to
the East African coast in December, con-
firms the news that their leader was muir
dered. 1t would appear that DR.. Living
stone had crossed Lake Nyassa about the
middle of September last, and had adj
vanced a few stages beyond its western
shores, when he encountered horde of
savages of the Matte tribe. He was
marching, as usual, ahead of his party,
having nine or ten personal attendants
principally boys from Nassick, immediate
ly behind him. The savages are said to
have set upon them without any prOvoca
ton, and with very little warning. Dr.
Livingstone's men fired, and before the
smoke of their muskets had cleared away
their leader had fallen beneath che stroke
Of q battle axe, and his men speedily
shared the same fate. Moosa, who wit
nesssa the encounter and the death-blOw
of his master from behind a neighboring
tree, Immediately retreated. and, meeting
the rest of the party, they fled into the
deep forest, and eventually made their way
back to Lake Nyassa, whence they re-
turned to the coast with a caravan. When
the news of Dr. Livingstone's sad death
reached Zanzibar, the English and other
European Consuls lowered their flags, an
example which was followed by all the
ships in the harbor, as well as by the Sui
tan. 1t may be worth while to remark
that Dr. Livingston himself had a strong
presentiment that he would never return
from the expedition which has terminated
thus disastrously and this presentiment
he frequently expressed to the officers of
Her Majesty's ship Penguin, who were the
last Europeans he saw before starting for
the interior.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

SPLITTING RAILs.-Every rail-splitter
knows that it is often very difficult to get
the first, or entering wedge, TO stick"
By using a little fine sand the difficulty
vanlshes Have little sand in the pocket,
then start the wedge with good blow of
the maui; when it flies out, put little sand
in the split or hole thus made by the
wedge, and drive the wedge in A slant
ing cut is better for this operation if the
end OF the log is square, clip little off
the upper corner, and then the sand can
be easily put in the wedge or axe mark.
This simple remedy saves both time and
patience, particularly ON a cold morning,
when long tinkering is vexatious.-C0rre-
spondence Iona homestead
DRAINAGE.-The Metropolitan Sanitary
Commission of London compute that for
every inch depth of water drained of, and
which would otherwise pass into the air
as vapor, as much heat is saved per acre
as would raise eleven thousand cubic feet
of air one degree in temperature. A far
mer was asked the effect of some new
draining, when he replied, "All that l
know Is that before it was done l could
never get out at night without an overcoat,
butt now never put one on" A ply
SiCidu tOOk one OF the SANITARY COmfnlS-
sioners to hill overlooking his district.
There said he, wherever you see those
patches of white mist have frequent i'll
ness, and if there is cess pool, or other
nuisance as well, can reckon ON typhus
every now and then Outside these mists
am rarely wanted"
WESTERN HoP CULTURE.-H. Fl. Starks,
iowa county, Iowa, writes J. Kayner,
Wisconsin, Il am engaged in the hop
growing business. am raising them on
poles and strings, and like it first rate.
had four acres last year, and had from
them about three tons, and sold them for
5l15c per pound, making some $1,000 l
am selling roots for $50 per acre, and have
contracted 65 acres"
3. +. Newman, Sank county, Wisconsin,
had i've acres of hops, which produced the
year he set them 1865 $685., and in 1866
the products including hops and sets, ex-
ceeded $4,000.
Charles s. Andrus, Sank county, Wiscon.
sin, says his two acres of stfiLged stakes
produced more than 1900 pounds of fancy
hops, sold at packing for SIC per pound,
81 $50 per acre.
Basil Case, of the same county, picked
from six acres in 1866, 5000 worth of
hods, anC after picking, rented his yard for
hve years for $5,OO0
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
OF THE WEEK.


During the present winter the demand
for political pardons was less than at any
other period since the publication of the
proclamation OF amnesty.
Negotiations are pending for the pur-
chase of British America by the United
States, Mr.. Seward proposing to give the
Alabama claims i'll part payment.
The japanese who called on the Presl-
dent, and who have been dignified by tele
graph into Ambassadors and Commission
ers, prove to be simply company OF per
forming jugglers.
The executive session of Congress closed
on the Goth. Its acts were chiefly confined
to combinations of appointments and
treaties of which the Russian was the only
one of Importance, and to resolutions re-
garding mediation between the belligerent
or threatening powers of both hemispheres.
The hall at Washington is now ready for
the reception of statues, in accordance
with the act inviting all States to provide
and furnish statues in marble or bronze OF
deceased persons who have been citizens
thereof, and illustrious for their historic re-
nown, such as each State may consider
worthy of national commemoration.
1t has been conclusively ascertained that
the gold captured by General Grant at
Richmond, when that place fell into his
hands, was the property Of the rebel Gov
eminent instead of belonging to Richmond
and New Orleans banks, as has been
claimed This being the case, of course
the gold in question, which amounts to a
considerable sum now becomes the prop
erty of our Government.
President johnson has accepted an invi-
tation from the citizens of Raleigh, N. c.,
to be present at that place about the mid
die of May at the laying of the corner
stone, of a monument to his father, whose
place of burial has only recently been dis
covered He will be accompanied by Mr.,
Seward and one or two others of his Cabi-
net He will go 0ia Richmond, and may
extend his trip further South.
The Senate discussed the Austrian mis-
sion question on the 18th for over an hour,
Mr. Sumner taking the ground that there
was no vacancy, and that no one could be
appointed until confirmed by the Senate.
He made it so clear that his motion to lay
the whole subject upon the table prevailed
by vote of 5 to %. Had direct vote
upon Mr.. Raymond been reached, he
would have probably been confirmed.
The Herald's special says: pane Bag
ley, formerly a missionary to India and
Japan, a few days since called on JEFF.
Davis and endeavored to induce him to
apply to President Johnson for pardon,
believing that, with the names he could
get to a petition for pardon, it would be
granted. Davis declined to make the ap-
plication, as it would be confession of his
guilt, and would prejudice his case at the
trial, which, he understood, was close at
hand. Mr. Bagley, however went TO the
President to ascertain if pardon would
be granted on petitions alone, but he
learned that the President granted no par
dons without an application from the cul-
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
The South.

At Memphis, on the Goth, negroes
named Ella Garvin was arrested for poison
ing three negroes by mixing arsenic with
-four
The estimated loss to the United States
Internal Revenue OH account of the de-
struction of this years crops of cotton,
sugar and molasses in Louisiana, by the
overflow, is between eight and ten millions
of dollars.
An associated press dispatch says coll
ored individual named Ash was elected one
of the Commissioners of Plymouth, North
Carolina, at an election held there recently.
He is considered one of the best selections
that could have been made, and as part OF
his policy he has declared that he will op-
pose the arming of negroes, for fear they
might shoot a negro, accidentally, instead
of a white man
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

The British Minister has officially mott
fled our Government of the birth of royal
baby, the child of the Prince and Princess
of Wales
The Emperor Napoleon, in his prepare
tions for war, is said to be engaged in an
endeavor to purchase arms in the United
States.
The Congress of the Columbian States
met on the 18th of March An amicable
settlement of difficulties with the United
States was anticipated
No progress has yet been made III the
matter of the Alabama claims. Mr.
Adams has been instructed to respectfully
decline the proposition made by the British
Government
Spain promises to give England full sat
istaction and indemnity for the seizure of
the Victoria, but her replies to the de
mands in the case of the Tornado continue
evasive and unsatisfactory.
The Heralds Queenstown, Ireland, cor
respondent says there is an almost general
exodus to the United States The class of
people emigrating is generally of the CON-
Portable farming class
The Red River Settlement of British
America knocks at the door of the Cana
dian Confederation for admission as a
Province. A petition to the Queen to that
effect is being circulated in Parliament.
Letters from the Liberal camp at Que
retaro, Mexico, say that General Diaz shot
six general officers and sixty-one of a
lower grade, who were captured at Pue-
bla; it is alleged in retaliation <or the Octo-
Der decree.
a Cadiz telegram states that the Spanish
Government has released the Captain of
the Tornado, but that John Mcpherson has
been transferred to the interior of the
country, as CHILEAN prisoner of war; Nc
Pherson is included in Lord Stanley's
peremptory order.
1t is reported.that the Great Powers of
Europe have renewed their appeal to
Prussia, IN the hope OF avoiding a war
which now seems imminent. Meantime
Napoleon and Bismarck continue actively
preparing for war, which if entered upon
will involve nearly all Western Europe.
The latest Mexican rumor is that Juarez
had given orders to grant Macmillan an
escort and honorable treatment to any
point on the coast which he may select as
point OF embarkation provided he is
captured. Money was becoming scarce
in the Imperial Golfers, and the Finance
Minister has thrown up his portfolio in
disgust.
The Revolutionary Committee of Hayti
have issued decree banishing Geffrard,
his family, and all his Ministers, forever
from Haytian territory, and confiscating
their property. All officers who did not
take al active part In the revolution are
dismissed from the service of the new Gov
eminent General Salnave has been
elected President. and it is anticipated THAI
he will immediately declare war against st.
Domingo
Late Mexican advices say that Maximil
ian attempted to retreat from Queretaro
on the 26th of March, but was confronted
by strong force of Liberals, and compelled
to rftreat The capture of Puebla by the
with loss of 1000 to the Impe
T1alists, is reported, and it was expected
that Vera Cruz would capitulate Mr.
Stewards messenger, charged with the duty
of interceding for Macmillan, has been
heard from at Brazos, where the vessel
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
The East.

The New York Legislature adjourned
sine die on the Goth
The large paper mill of Randolph d
Dupois, near NIanyunk, Pa, was partially
burned on the Goth. Loss about $4,000
Henry Ward Beecher has been nomi
mated to the New York Constitutional Con
vention by the Republicans of the Second
Brooklyn District, but was defeated by
IA votes
The New York Riot Relief Committee
have sent to the Police Board $4,000,
TO be divided among the offc ers wound
cd in suppresSing the riot on ST. Patrick's
Day
Governor Ward, of New jersey, has We
toed bill for stationary to members of the
Legislature, amounting TO about $4,000,
having been informed that the money was
never expended for the purposes indicated,
but paid direct to individual members.
The Eighthour Labor bill passed both
Houses of the New York Legislature.
There was strong pressure by manufac-
turerS and capitalists OH the Governor, to
induce him to veto it, but he pledged him
self in its favor during the last political
canvass, and will undoubtedly sign it.
A grand horticultural fair, lasting two
weeks, is to be held at Philadelphia, com
p,encing May 29th, which they expect will
lie the most superb ever held in this coun-
try. The proceeds will be devoted to dec
Grating and furnishing the new hall. A
paper, called the Fl0rer Basket, will be
published during the fair
At 2 D. m, on the Goth, the New York
q Erie elevator, at Buffalo, owned by
George Tiff, was totally destroyed 10y fire.
The building was valued at $4,000, and
insured for $4,000. 1t contained $4,000
bushels of oats, corn and rye, valued at
over $4,000. The fire, it is supposed,
originated from the friction of the ma
chinery The total loss is $250,000. Three
men were killed at the fire by the falling
of wall.
The express car of an express tram, on
the 18th, ON the the Erie road, took fire
near Chemung station from sparks from
the engine, and was totally destroyed with
its contents consigned to parties in the
West, in care of the United States and
Merchants Union Expresses. Loss $4,000.
| The safes containing money packages
were saved The express messengers had
narrow escape.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
The West.

The Cosmopolitan Hotel, the finest in
San Francisco, and valued, with furniture,
at $65O,0OO, was partially destroyed by fire
on the 23d Loss S150,000
The Straits of Mackinac opened on Mon
day, the 22d, six days earlier i'll the month
than last year. The ice in Lake Pepin has
also broken up, and the Mississippi is open
and navigation RESUMED to St. Paul
About 3 o'clock p. m, on Wednesday
the 24th, an earthquake was felt with more
or less severity nearly all over Kansas and
Missouri. 1t was reported as extending as
far east as St Louis, and as far west as
Junction City.
The citizens of Fremont county, in ex-
IRENE Southwestern Iowa, having lately
hung two horse thieves, have now organ
lied Vigilance Committee to capture such
thieves, who are to be dealt with accord
ing to circumstance"
Lookout Station, go miles east of Den
yer on the Smoky Hill route, was destroyed
by the Cheyenne Indians on the 18th.
Three employees of the United States
Express Company were killed and
scalped, and eight OF the company's horses
stolen
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

Says a London letter "The Fehians
in Ireland have really behaved like gentle
men, and are credit to their supposed
American origin and training. The other
night party went to a country mansion
and demanded arms. They were refused.
Excuse me- said the leader, but it is alb
solutely necessary that we should have
them, and if you do not open the door, /
shall be under the disgraceful necessity of
breaking it in; but will injure the lock
as little as possible On this the door was
opened, and one of the men, carefully
cleaning his feet on the scraper and door
mat, went in and helped himself to the
arms, when the party quietly left.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
aHarshall 90. 8epublitam
Pr MOUTH, INDIANA.
ROBINS RETURN.

There's not a gtecs GLADE yet
Wherawfth q breeze could play;
The bare brown earth is wet
With the rain OF yesterday
But out on the apple-bough
A sound nose sweet than rain
Hank to the overflow
Robins come again.
Snow on the mountain side,
Never leaf on tree.
Never a spray.to hide
a nook where a nest might be L
Only hint, tbs true,
That hope is not in vain.
A sky more soft and blue
Robins come again
o. Robin, he can sing
Where not a flower can thrive
Musician OF the Spring.
The blithest thing alive;
The March winds sOftlicr blow
Over the dreary plain,
A SUMMER day or So
Robins come again.
The while he caroleth,
Our hearts are lighter grown.
We almost feel the breath
OF violets new blown;
He sings the songs we knew.
The earliest. gladdest strain:
oh, old friends are the true
ROBINS come again.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

The death of the Earl of Brownlow is
announced in England. The deceased was
worth q hundred and thirty thousand
pounds year, and used to ask thirty or
forty poor people who were invalids like
hlmself to spend the winter with him at
Madeira, he paying all the bills. s,~ 81
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

DR. ABRAHAMs, of New York, who died
suddenly few days ago, left nearly his
whole Fortunes $500, OO0-to various char.
table Institutions.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

Music AT HoME-Every woman who
has an appetite for music OF singing, should
bless God for the gift, and cultivate it with
diligence-not that she may dazzle strang-
ers, or win applause from crowd, but that
she may bring gladness to her own fireside.
The influence of music in strengthening
the affections is far from being perceived
by many of its admirers; sweet melody
binds all hearts together, as it were with
golden cord it makes the pulses beat in
unison, and the heart thrill with sympathy.
But the music of the fireside must be sim
pie and unpretending; it does not require
brilliancy of execution, but tenderness of
feeling-a merry tune for the young-a
more subdued strain for the aged, but none
of the noisy claptrap which is so popular
in public. It is mistake TO suppose that
to enjoy music requires great cultivation
The degree of enjoyment will OF course,
vary with our power of appreciation, but
like all other great influences, it is able to
attack even the ignorant And this is
what the poets taught when they made
Orpleus and his brethren the civilizers of
the earth.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

LOVERS. "A touching picture
Loves young dream"
They wee sitting side BY side
And she sighed and then he sighed.
r said he I" Ny darling idol
And he idled and she idled.
You are creations BELLE"
And she beloved and he beloved
On my soul there's such q weight
And be waited, ind then she waited.
Your hand l ask, 90 bold I'm grown
And she groaned. and then he groaned.
fon shall have private gig"
And she giggled, and then BE giggled.
Said she. Ny dearest Luke,
And he looked, and then she looked
: III have thee, II thou wilt nl.-
And he wilted, and then she wilted.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26
bearing him was compelled to put in for

bearing him was compelled to put in for
coal
The Great Eastern is not likely to prove
a good speculation this time. Her char
terers expended $4,000 sterling to refit
the vessel for passenger traffic, basing
great expectations upon the Great Exposi-
ton. They pay $1,000 sterling per month,
besides, of course, all running expenses
and port charges. The port charges at
New York, this late visit, were $6,366
(goldl, besides tug boat, commissions, ad-
vertising etc, ana the entire proceeds Of
the voyage was only S20,62S. Each trip
should produce eighty or one hundred
thousand dollars TO pay expenses.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-26

"A man in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, recent
iy got a neighbor into the lunatic asylum,
and then married the neighbours wife.