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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
farm and Honselinid.
Manure for Corn-shouid tt be Applied
IN the Hill or sowp Broadeasf.

An the Hill or sowp Brcadcasf. VI P
An interesting discussion on this sub
iect by the Farmers Club, not long ago,
ELECTED considerable good Information.
N. @. MEEKER, Tribune" Reporter
It seems to me very bad practice. As /
said before, il in connection with broad
cast manuring 1t will do well because
the corn will get an early start, and late
i'm the season the growth will be kept up.
But where manuring in the hill Is de-
pended upon, the lateral roots receive a
check when they reach poor ground, and
the manure does as much harm as good,
particularly on poor land; though on
rich land the case will be different, for 1t
will be equal to manuring broadcast
For the same reason 1t is very bad prac-
tice to manure fruit trees Immediately
3around the roots; many trees receive great
damageby, coming in contact with ma
nure. Nor doesit do any good to manure
growingtrees at trunk; but when spread
over the ground, so that the distant fl
brous and feeding-roots can reach 1T, the
advantages are great. a4lH
SoLoN RoBINSoN.-There are thou
sands of corn roots two feet distant from
the hill which need manure where there
is one needing it in the hill 1t is in the
last of the season when manure does
most good. 3a e IA fAlH ~ y
MIR. HICKS, Long Island, gave an ac-
count of experement by manuring corn
| In drills and hills, aud, on the whole,
could not see much difference In the cost
or yield.
| have experimental with great care on
the application of manure in different
ways; and the result of our experience is
to spsead our coarse manure broadcast,
and to apply special manures-su as
guano, bonedust, and the phosphates-
| In the hill. In the latter part of the sea-
son, when the ripening and seed matur-
ing process takes place, the broadcast
manure most materially adds to the per-
| fection of the crop.
| SoLoN NRoBINSON.--There is no doubt
but this is the true method, and science
will not get much ahead of it.
A letter was received from n. e. PAR
KILL. Waybridge, Addison County, VT:
at has been the universal custom in
this vicinity to manure corn in the hill.
My experiment was tried upon two acres
of sandy loam, with clay subsoil. 1t
had been in potatoes the year previous,
and was plowed the year before. On
one-half / spread Is loads of manure,
narrowed, and planted the Goth of May
the other half manured in the hill, and
planted about the same time. Result
1st acre., manure spread, 40 baskets
sound so unsound corn; I'd acre, manure
in hill, ITO baskets sound 20 unsound
| cOrnn -frIr
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

AMERICAN NOMENCLATURE =. The
Pail Mall Gazette says thai the Ameri-
cans enjoy n we'll deserved II peculiar
reputation for ingenuity In discovering
or inventing significant names for ell or
their "institutions,n from their drinks
down to their political parties. No 9TH
er people would have thought of classing
obnoxious partizan as u copperhead.
The latest thing out appears TO be from
Louisiana. In this and the other unre-
constructed States the Conventions are
said to be packed with new comers from
the North, men without substance or
standing Just arrived. These they classi-
fy expressively as "carpet-baggers.n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

1t is a good sign when man is proud
of his work or calling. Yet nothing is
more common than to hear men finding
fault constantly with their particular
business. and deeming themselves un-
fortunate because fastened to 1t by the
necessity of gaining o livelihood.-I
this spirit men fret, and laboriously de-
stroy all their comfort in their work or
they change their business and 60 on,
miserably shifting from one thing to an
other, till the grave or the poor house
gives them fast grip. But while occa-
sionally man fails in life because he Is
not in the place fitted for his peculiar
talent, it happens ten times oftener that
failure results from neglect and even
contempt for an honest business. A
man should put his heart into every
thing tha. he does. There Is no profess
sion that has not its peculiar cares and
vexations. No man will escape annoy
ance by changing business. No me-
chanical business is altogether agreeable.
Commerce, in it's endless varieties is
affected, like all other human pursuits,
with trials, unwelcome duties and spirit
stirring necessities. ~, f.-....
1t is the very wantonness Of folly for q
man to search out the frets and burdens
Of calling, and give his mind every
day to consideration of them. They
belong to human life. They are invita-.
BILE. Brooding, then, only gives them
strength. On the other hand. a man
has power given TO him to shed beauty
and pleasure upon the homelisst toll, II
he is wise. Leta man adopt his business
and identify it with his life, and cover II
with pleasant associations for God ha:
given us Imagination, not alone to make
some poets, but to enable all men to beau
tify homely things. Accept your lots a'
man does piece of rugged ground
and begin to get out the rocks and roots
and to deepen and mellow the soil, L
enrich and plant it. There is something
in the most forbiding avocation arount
which man may twine pleasant fan
cies-out of which he may develop NJ
honest Economist. ri
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Josh BiIIingsisns.

1t. strains mans philosopher the
wust kind tew lag when he gifts beat.
Awl ov us komplain ov the shortness
ov life, yet we nwl waste more time than
we uze.
Don't mistake Arrogance for wisdum,
menny peple hav thought tina wus wize
when tina wus onla windy.
The man who kant git ahed without
pulln Others back, is limited cuss.
The principal difference. between a
luxury and unnecessary, is the price.
Whenever the soul Is in grief, 1t is
talSin root, and when it is in smiles, Ii is
takin wing. l1
'sGive the devil his due, but be care
full there amt much due him.
After man has rode fast onst, he
never wants to go slow agin. !
Faith that is founded on an arrest ann
n truthful convickshun, Is beautiful to
behold but faith that Is founded simpla
on courage, amt ennything more than
good grit.
Evra sorrow has its twin joy; the fun
ov scratchin almost pays for having the
each.
Thoze famllys who are oeally fuss class
never ar afraid that tha shall git cheated
out NV their re specktability, while the
Goldfish familys ar always nervous lest
1t won't do to stir up man when he
Is thinking, emmy more than 1t will u
pan ov milk when the cream Is rising
1t is easy enuff TO raise the devil, but
he's u hard crop TO reap.
The onla sure reslpee tew goAern man.
kind with, Is the rod you may festoon
IL with flowers andcase II with velvet, If
you plase, but II Is the rod after awl that
duz the dizziness.
We ar told that contented man is
happy, and we might hav bin told at
the same time that mud turtle could
fly II 1t onla had wings.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
Not Appreciated.

An exchange saysit Is wholesome
fact that man having any truth i'm him,
important to have given to his genera
ton, need not much concern himself as
to where to speak IL. How often are we
sickened with the twaddle that genius
Is not appreciated. Young men part
their hair in the middle, roll down their
collars, indulge in excess, until they grow
POLITICALLY pale, and go whining among
weak school misses about the cold, cold
world; and others dream that IL they
had such position in such city, such a
professional mans practice, such a
theatre of display, they would make
their mark. How true it is that many
young poet, preacher and student goes
iuto the fog. But it il all a mistake. 1t
is shrewd old world with which we
have to deal, and 1t generally knows the
price of things.
An eminent divine once remarked,
and truthfully, too: "There is little
unappreciated genius little worth keep
ing that the world allows itselfto lose,
and no uttered sentence worth remem-
bering has ever been forgotten. The
world may appreciate some things too
highly for q season, but in the long run
the value of things comes to be ascer-
tanned. If you have on your slate a
potDi liut 10 u iiFc cotcci hoph "PplOO
Bile articulate speech for the human heart
you may print an edition of only one
copy on brown grocer's paper, and give
It to q boot-black and go your way, and
live or die, but that true musical thought
of yours will surely get itselfrepeated to
the generations to come. Go, walk up
and down in the wilderness, and say
your say and cry your cry, and just as
sure as tho truth Is in 1t, 1t will empty
tho city and fetch the people to your
voice, Away with your talk abont not
being appreciated. Whenever man in
any society talks about his talents being
neglected, we may be shure that they
deserve to he neglected. y
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

A gentleman and his wife were re-
turning from their wedding tour. which
had occupied a yeor and, passing through
Philadelphia, visited the cityialms-house.
When they entered the Infants ward,
the wife said to her husband, "Do leok
at that child did you ever see such a
resemblance to our baby?" well 1t
does look like our beauty" answered
the husband. Thereupon they called
the nurse, with their three-months-old
baby, and the pauper's child was placed
by the side Of It, when the likeness
struck them alla most singular. The
young mother whispered something to
her husband. Nonsense -, was his
reply. ooh, but / will!n she ex-
claimed. "Why, my dear" Now,
George" she urged, remember, you
said YOU would deny me nothing J"
"WelI, well, have your own way y re-
,sponded the eindulgenthusband. There
upon she turned to the pauper mother,
and asked, "Will you part with your
child % The poor woman looked fright
ened at the question, replying. mo, no
mol" But, consider; I will take 1T to
a good home, and will bring it up as my
own. "No, no, no madame Indeed l
cannet part with my child " You are
poor; am rich This child will be a
burtben TO you. To me 1t will be a
pleasure. 1 will give you fifty dollars
for it. - The poor mother looked in
credulous,, hestated for moment, then
burst into tears as she .handed her
child to the sweet looking lady who
was bidding so earnestly for it. The
amiable husband paid the money, the
baby was wrapped in large shawl, the
mother kissed It convulsively, and the
party passed out of the room. When
taking leave of the superintendent, she
laughingly said: IT wrote to mother
that had a baby; but won't she be
surprised beyond everything when she
makes the discovery that have twins ~
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

A GENTLEMAN was chidding his son
for staying out late OF nights-or rather
early of next mornlng-and said:--
+" Why, when was of your age my father
would not allow me to go out Of the house
after dark W "Then you had q Ounce OF
father, you had" sneered the young
rashly vociferated; 7"I had a confound-
ed sight better N than You have, you
young raseall'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
Beating Brains into Thurlow Weeds
Head,

That veteran "T W." now at the
head of the New York Commercial
Advertiser, in "reminiscences of the
Gnondaga Press gives an incident In
his devil-ship in the office of the Onon-
daga Lynx, where in 1911 Weed COM
menced his apprenticeship:
Our education, up to the time that we
entered Printing office, had been a
good deal neglected. Five months
drilling in "W ebster's Spelling Book. I"
"English Reader,n and that well re-
membered book ofbooks, whose precious
teachings were not wholly lost, the
'sBeauties Of the Bible, " with what
could be picked up, during intervals
from labor, in .sloop's forecastle, in a
'.Sugar-bush,' y and in "Mickdle.s Fur
mace" made up the sum of knowledge
that, at the age of fourteen, we took in
to the LYNX Office. When, therefore,
a few months after our apprenticeship
commenced, we were intrusted with
manuscript copy, we felt sense of in
tellectuai exaltation. One day, just as
the Lynx was "going to press" brief
Obituary was handed in. Time pressed.
We took it in hand. IL read thus
DIED-Tn this Village, today, Catharine, con
sort of the Rev. Derrick G.. Lansing, and daugh
ter of the Rev. DR.. Alexander, aged 30 years.
The word "consort'' was poser! We
had not before encountered it, Tor did,
it convey to our type-setting intellect
any sensible idea. And in the hurry,
venturing uyon a correction, for the
word "consort," was substituted ''com.
fort" word which, to our mind, had
sense and meaning! The three lines
were "emptied" from the stick" into
the "form," which was s''locked up" and
placed upon the Pres. Mr.. Fay rolled
his sleeves, to "pull." and ours were
rolled up to cheat" The first "impres-
sion' was seized by neigh1oring shoe
maker, who, taking it to his bench
turned his eye first to the Obituary
Column and then rushing back, paper
in hand, pointing ominously to the Obit-
uary! Mr.. Fay took one look, seizinl
the "sheep-foot," and threw 1t at our
head, saying, with an expetive, that he
would "try and beat some brains into
your stupid head. " We have nevel
seen the word "consort since, without
remembering with shudderhow nearly
that "sheepsfoot'' came to spelling any
hope we might have entertained of inn
proving our grammar.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
ssIettsa gastry.
A Grand old Poem.


Who shall judgea man from manners7
Who shall know him by his dress7
eregpers nay 7, 90 be q, for Primes, rims iss,s
isCfunpled shirt and dirty Jacket,
~of the deepest thought and feeling
Satin vests could do no more.
s'ii rnsre are springs of crystal nectar
Ever weliing out OF stones
There are purple buds and golden,
Hidden. crushed and ovelgrown;
God. who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers You and me,
While lie who values thrones the hlghest'
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man. uprnsed above his'feiiows,
OFT fOrgets his fellows then;
Masters, rulers lords, remember
Thatyour meanest hinds are men; 4
.y stsn BY ll9so men ~ hy feeling @ 5 t,,,, f
- Claiming equal rights to sunshine, ...n
,,,.,f,a In mans ennobling name
sHa There are foam-embroidered oceans,
There are little weed-clad rills;
There feeble inch-high sapplings,
- There are. .eedars on thehills; -
,i.dqh. who counts by souls. not stations,
ssaobfer 70 him iiu All famed ,iistinctlons
Are as pebbles in the sea.
- Tofling hands alone are builders
OF nations wealth OF fame; f.
Tilted laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened ON the same:
By the sweat of others forehead,
Living only TO rejoice; n
Ai whiie the poor mans outraged freedom
Vainly lifted up its voice.
W Truth and Justice are eternal, L.a.l.
Born with 1oyeliness and light.
Secret wrongs shall never prosper
~ While there Is q sunny right;
God whose world heard voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
81 a., Sinks oppression, with its titles,
AS the pebbles in the sea.
kuse ------------S-------------
5PRING.-A poet thus describes tn,
i, ftfulness Of spring weather:
''It shines, IL rains, .,s % I.tT
Then shines again, ..l
.gri- What docs the weather mean?
IT laughs in doubt,
The sun comes out
With drizzling mists between.
.sNe4Y dark now light,
Like day like night,
IT'S changing, fckle wenther;
1t Inists at times,
I s,rs "a Then, rains or Shines
AHltasI And sohctiinos all together"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
Heat.Malsing Food.

Food can make us cosmopolitan. Eat
fish with the Fejee, sour milk with the
Tartar, or tallow with the Esquiinaux,
and with the aid of intellect you may
beat each upon his own and his fathers
ground. No apparatus at all equal to
universal diffusion of inner warmth
which Matchmaking food produces. =
Stoves will warm us in warm climates,
but fire was not used by Dr. Hayes in
that ice-desert n thousand miles beyond
any permanent dwelling place, In that
wonderful march which will one day
get into mythology as a thirteenth labor
of Hercules. The pig--for he gives as
good illustration as the polar bear, and
Is, moreover, one of the family-has a
scanty external covering, but give him
food to his appetite and he will weave
an underwrapper of adlpose compared
with which Siberian sable Is summer
style. So with neat cattle. Before sci
entific economy had begotten rinderpest,
and diseased livers, they used to be fed
natural food in o natural way, and Il
sometimes they were foddered on hill
sides bleak as the site of Goody Blake's
cottage, plenty made them warm, ant
theirhabits left them healthy.-Harper's
| Magazine.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

!. A druggist Of Bellefontaine asserts
sthat he sold sevsnty-five trussesto Dem
ON tile strength of q rumor circulated
-tbere that President Johnson had called
i6P one hundred thousand men to defend
him against the aggressions Of Congress.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

The proudest triumph of a mans lite
is when he makes a friend of al enemy.
The Joy IL then akin TO that which angels
feel as they rejoice over sinner that re-
penteth. s ii-i sle
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

JOSH BILLINas says: "There are .
great multitude Of individuals, who are
like blind mules, anxious enough to kick,
but can't tell wherc.n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

A young man who recently took unto
himself wife says he didn't find II half
90 hard to get married a. he did to get
the furniture.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

'isWhat sort of sermon do You like?,
said DIR. Rushto Robert Morris, one day.
~ iii<e, sir, replied Mr.. Morris, "that
Kind OF preaching which drives a man
into the corner OF Ills pew, and max Cd
him think the Devil 10 after him."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

as IA celebrated lawyer once said that the
three most troublesome cllents he ever
had were young lady who wanted to
" he married, amarfied woman who want
ed divorce, and M old maid who didn't
know What she wanted.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26
How 20 RAISE Onions From seed.

The onion Is vegetable that cannot
he too highly appreciated, both on ac-
count of its beneficial effects on the
physical system, as we'll as its nutritive
Qualities as an article Of food. ! have
raised large, nice ones, for number of
years, ip the following way:
prepare the ground as soon In the
spring as the season will allow, by either
plowing or spading 1t up deeply, mixing
In some well rotted barnyard manure
After the onion bed has been thorough
| ly pulverized, open drills about four
! inches deep and ten or twelve inches
| apart, and fill into the drills some pull
| verized manure from the hen house. ]
then cover the manure with thin layer
Of dirt, on which l SOW the onion seeds,
| and cover with fine moist dirt, making
the bed smoth and level. When the
4 onions are all up, / thin them out 90 that
they will be about six or eight inches
apart. keep them clean, and not toe
deedly buried In the earth, and have M
| further trouble In raising nice, large
onions.--(B. In Journal OF Agriculture
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

Flowers arc the alphabet Of angels
tscattered over hilsand dales. aid speak
lug what the tongue can not express.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

Major General Upton, pf Michigan
swhomarrled the other day, has gone To
Brest. Before his marriage II was gem
orally supposed he was going to Hdpre
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-03-26

Woe TO him who smiles not over q
cradle, and weeps not over tomb.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-20
ILLINOIS,.
Proceedings of the Methodist Episcopal Ccn.
ference-Reception of Petitions.


Proceedings Of the Methodist Episcopal con.
ference-Reception of Petitions.
CHICAGO May is 1868.
The Conference assembled at the usual hour
telegram was read from the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, now holding general conference
IN Washington, ID. c., announcing the appointment
OF delegation to the General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church. with proposals OF aiiis
ton and union. The morning hour was consumed
in the reception OF petitions and Ia addresses by the
delegations from the Evangelical Association.
The Secretary presented q memorial from eight
Episcopal clergymen OF Newark, N. j., asking the
General Conference to consider the practcabity OF
nnion OF the Protestant Episcopal with the Metho.
dst Episcopal Church, which was referred to q
mittee OF i've.
The regular order of business was then taken up.
Petitions were presented on boundaries lay delega-
lions, revision OF discipline, presiding eldership
choirs, appeals the German Bishop and biennial SEES
sions OF the General Conference.
tion In regard to the organization OF conference in
the SOUTH In favor OF authorizing the existing Gene
raj conference In that section by twO-thirds vote
10 set on additional conferences The purpor OF this
resolution Is understood TO be that the Southern con-
Terence might organize co0red preachers into
separate conference. Mr.. Taey spoke at considera.
Bile length In support OF his resolution.
Rev. Mr.. Newman, OF New Orleans, opposed the
resolution, conteIding for the abolition of caste in all
the conferences.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on
Boundaries.
past ten o'c ock which the reception Of the dele
CATION from the Evangelical AssociatiOn-Rev
Messrs. Bruehl and Dubbs. They were introduced
by Bishop Thomas. Both spoke at considerable
greetings Of the Evangelical Association and express
ing desire for closer union.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-20
EUROPEAN MARKETS.

LONDON MONEY MARKEr.-LosDoN May le-5 p.
N-Copso,s closed at oak @ e47s for money, and e3A
q esx for account, ex dividend american securities
closed at the following rates:-cnted States I'VE.
shares, e4x; Erie Railway shares, 45k.
FRANKFORT BOURsK.-FRANKFORT, May l9-b p.
M-United states bonds closed AZ 7e,s for the issue
VI 1892. - -
PARIs BouRsa-PARis, May 1s-s p M-The
Bourse closed dull; renes ss &c. or &C. lower than
AZ the last report -
lo--5P M. The market closed irregular, and prices
declined I'D The following are the closing quota
tions:-Mddling uplands I'D. mlddling orleans,
i2kd. Sales Of the day foot up 5000 bales.
LIVERPOOL BRBADSTUPrs MARKEI-bfvbhfOOit
May 1915 r. M.-wheat closed heavyi Oalilornia
white los. 3D.. red Western 13s. 81. Corn steady
At $50. sd. Flour, s5s. per bbl for western canal
LIVERPOOL PRovIsIoss MARxEr..LvHnrooI,
May 1873 y. M.-The market closed without atera-
ZION In tone or price. Lard II dull at previous
prices. Pork quiet. Beef steady.
LIVERPOOL. PRODUCE MAREET.-LIvnRPOOt, May
1915 p. M.-Naval stores dull rosn, g., 3d. Tor
common and 12s. for medium; turpentine, 9ls
Cd. Taow steady At 44s Cd. Refined petroleum de-
clined 10 IL. Sd; spirits petroleum steady ~ Cd.
LONDON MARKErs.-LoSDoN, May 1910 p. NJ
PETROLEUM HARKBT-ANTwERP, Nav ib-5 P,
N.-The market closed lower standard white, AZ.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-05-20
MEXICO.

Governor Alvarez Advancing Against the
Guerrero Rebeis-Rivera In Favor Of Or.
.tega-TabascO Revolution.
HAVANA, May 10, 1858.
We have advices from Acapulco that Governor
Alvarez had levied forced loan Of $4,000 and had
taken the field. He had advanced via the Sierra,
according to last accounts TO attack Chilpango.
In the State OF Guerrero vicario and his son had
submitted to General Arce. who urges the national
government to grant full amnesty to them and the
forces under their command.
General Aureliano Rivera is reported to have pro-
nounced in favor Of General Ortega.
At Orizaba grand Masonic banquet was held to
celebrate the anniversary Of the victory over the
French at Puebla in 1853.
The telegraph had been completed between Perote
and Tezutan.
The budgets OF the War and Navy Departments
were rejected by Congress.
Zarrazabal had been set at liberty.
The State of Tabasco Is In revolution notwith-
standing the government reports to the contrary.