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CORN MEAL FOR BUTTER-MAKING.

SOINN ToN oO
Alta meeting of the Little Falls Farmers
Club, at Herkimer, N. York, Judge Owen
made some remarks on feeding corn-meal to
milch COWS, which are reported rs follows
He found no ground feed so good for
butter-making as Indian meal. He had
made number of experiments in feeding,
and the best results were obtained by feed,
ing it dry. In this state the animal took
it slowly, moistening it with saliva and
thoroughly masticating it. In feeding ii
wet, he thought it passed directly to the
third stomach, and hence was not properly
assimilated. He had large cow of the
Holderness breed, upon which he expert.
mcnted to see how much meal could be fed
with profit, and found that feeding two
quarts at feed, and twice day was all
she could bear. This, in addition to hay,
brought down the milk in large quantities.
By such feed this cow yielded fourteen
pounds of butter per week. Her highest
product was forty-one pounds of butter in
fifteen days, besides thirty quarts Of milk
which Was saxsa out fer ffsailyt- -asa.---He
did not regard turnips as of much value for
milch COWS preferred potatoes, as far more
valuable for feed.
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The Aurkrille Gmqnirer
FOR 1868!
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A STORY OF THE LATE WAR.
CURRENT NEWS OF THE DANLNTER
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49,. &C. &c,. DEC.

nN THURSDAY, the Second day Of January,
1868, the YORKVILLE ENQUIRER will
enter the fourteenth year Of it's publication, and
the proprietor takes pleasure in informing the
public, that arrangements have been completed
whereby the paper will lose none Of the interest
which has characterized it heretofore.
Mr.. JAS. WOOD DAVIDSON will continue
his versatile and trenchant Contributorials from
the State Capital, and will keep the readers Of the
ENQUIRER fully posted on all matters, within
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and recorded. -.......r.-
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all matters of local interest to the people OF Ches,
ter District. From the energy he has displayed
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readers Of the ENQUIRER, in Chester District,
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AS contribution to the local history OF York
District there will be published, during the year,
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AHIST0RY Of BETHESDA CHURCH

Written for the ENQUIRER by the late lamented
Rev. JOHN s. HARRIS, to which will be added q
short biographical sketch Of the author, together
with list OF. the members Of Bethesda congrega-
ton, who fell in the late war. The history goes
back to the organization Of the Church, anterior
to the Revolutionary War of1776, and will possess
things pertaining to York District.
The general conduct Of the paper will be the
same as heretofore-presenting in each issue an
interesting elange, suited to the tastes and wants
Yorkville, Chester, Charlotte, Columbia, Charles
ton and New York, will be reported from latest
dates. THE FARMER will find his column oc-
cupied, as usual, with seasonable articles whilst
those who love to "laugh and grow fat," will be
presented with the accustomed repast Of WIT,
HUMOR and SENTIMENT. ..-.......
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-01-23

ANEcDorE OF AN AcToR.-Simpson, the
actor, would never take any medicine, and
his medical man was often obliged to re.
sort to some strategem to impose dose up.
on him. There is play in which the hero
is sentenced, in prison, to drink cup Of
poison. Harry Simpson was playing this
character one night, and had given direc'
tions to have the cup filled with port wine.
but what was his horror, when he came tc
drink it, to find it contained dose of senna
He could not throw it away, as he had tc
hold the goblet upside down, to show his
prosecutors he had drained every drop of it.
Simpson drank the medicine with the slow.
ness of a poisoned martyr, but he never
forgave his medical man as was proved on
his death, for he died without paying his
bill.
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Aatitmltnral department.
WHAT OLD BONES ARE GOOD FOR.
The fresh bones from the butchers stall,

Ihe fresh bones from the Dutcner stali,
as those of beef, which have been entirely
stripped of the flesh, are excellent bases
for soup. Indeed, bones alone make far
better soup than meat alone; and even af-
ter being cooked, unless boiled, bones are
superior materials for this purpose. Even
the rib bones of piece of roasting beef,
after having been placed once on the table.
although marrowless, are good soup bones,
and the skeleton of the turkey, gosling, or
chicken, which as a roast has done its duty,
will make a nourishing broth. Gelatin,
and not fat, is the true foundation for soup,
and this is largely contained in bones.
So much for the domestic uses of bones;
now let US look at their other uses.
First, then, the bone boiler deprives them
of their fat, which is used for hundred
purposes, from the basis of fancy soaps and
pomatums to the ssslush" for ships masts.
The gelatin becomes the 'isinglass" put up
in fancy colored papers, and sold at the
groceries for making jellies, soups and
blanc mango; or it enters into the compo-
sition of jujube paste and gum drops. Old
bones are the foundation of the much valu-
ed fertilizer known as super-phosphate of
lime. Ground and mixed with sulphuric
acid they restore to the soil what it had
given us in our wheat.
But they are almost invaluable in the
arts. Very much of our Ivory handled"
cutlery, probably nearly all of our ivory
handled umbrellas, parasols and whips,
many similarly ornamented canes, ETC., are
handled with bone, and not true ivory. In
fact, some of the bones in our domestic ami
mails approach very near in texture the
genuine ivory. We have seen a. complete
set of dental instruments handled with
horse bones, which made as fine an appear
ance as the real ivory. Bone buttons are
so commonly used that only an allusion to
them is necessary. Almost all, if not quite
all the phosphorus employed in the arts and
sciences is procured from old bones. 1t is
probably the most valuable extract which
bones yield. .-Sciemtifc american.
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-$ $-$-
CLOVER.

Glover differs entirely from the cereal
crops in this: 1t sends it's main roots per-
pendicularly downwards, when no obstacle
stands in its way, to the depths which the
fbrous roots of wheat and barley fail to
reach; the principal roots of clover branch
off into creeping shoots, which again send
forth fresh roots downwards. Thus clover:
like the pea-plant, derives its principal food
from layers below the surface soil, and the
difference between the two consists mainly
in this-that the clover, from its larger and
more extensive root-surface, can still find q
sufficiency of food in fields where peas will
no longer thrive; the natural consequence is
that the subsoil is left proportionally much
poorer by clover than by the pea. Glover
seed, on account of Its small size, can fur.
nish from it's own mass but few formative
elements for the young plant, and requires
rich arabic surface for its development
but the plant takes comparatively little food
from the surface soil. When the roots have
pierced through, the upper parts are soor
covered with corky coating, and only the
fine root fbres ramifying the subsoil convey
food to the plant.-Liebig.
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PROGRESSIVE FARMING with farm
ing precisely as with every other business
it must be attended to-. or it will not pay.
This is more so now than formerly. For
now machinery does the work of fhand-labor ;
and science is adding success, which the
common farmer cannot reach--hcnce he is
found in the rear of profits and general sue
cess. There must be intelligence. The
advancement of farming has made this so.
"Skinning" land is getting to be among the
things that were. This, however, is less
the case on the prairies than in the east.
An old fashioned farmer stands but q poor
chance there. lis constantly selling out,
to ssbetter his condition, which is not done
by buying another farm. He is generally
glad to get rid of his, and not get him an
other 'incumbrance. We must then, as
the country improves, improve with it-and
that by informing ourselves, both by read
ing and conversation with those who know.
Rua'aZ World.
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The PRESIDENT JOKES MISSION HUNT
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| LITERARY AND FAMILY Newspaper

The Proprietor takes pleasure in announcing
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s. c., who is probably ono Of the best writers In
States. The Story is of LOCAL CHARACTER,
and is one Of the most entertaining that has been
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It is entitled
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A TopER's ARGUMENT.-In discussion
with u temperance lecturer a. topper asked
eff water rots your boots, what effect must
it have upon the coat of your stomachF'
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''IS0LETTE, The female SPY"

A Story Of Charleston and the War.
The scene Is laidin Charleston and onthe islands
in the vicinity, from whence some Of the princi-
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In order to reward those persons who may be
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Proprietor has determined to offer the following
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A REMARKABLE FROG,

On this subject Mr.. Wager, living near
Mitchell's Station, in Culpepper county re,
lates some very curious facts about re,
markable frog. "Concerning this frog
says he, ''it has lived many years with us
and is great favorite, and the greatest Gu,
riosity is its becoming so remarkably tame.
1t had frequented our door-steps, before our
hall door, some years before my acquaint,
ance commenced with it. My father had
admire r-yuurv'or--"eceu''t-ef-' ef-'t..'r1
and color, and he visited it every evening,
when it would come forth at his summons
and by constant feeding brought it to be so
tame it would come to the candle and look
up US if fexpecting to be taken up and brought
to the table and fed on insects of all sorts.
On presenting live insects, it fixes it's eyes
intently and remains motionless for awhile
as if preparing for a strike, which is an in
Simultaneous throwing of it's tongue to a
great distance, upon which the insect sticks
fast to the tip by glutenous matter. l
can't say how long my father had been &C
ouainted with it; from my earliest recollec-
lection he spoke of it as odd Tom,' the 'old
frog have known it for many years.
I can answer for fifty seven years. 1t makes
it's appearance always welcome visitor)
with warm weather and remains with us till
fall, appearing morning and evening to our
great amusement, having been trained to do
many things, such as leaping, turning somer-
saults, holding alternately by its feet and
hands to small rope, swinging and whirl-
ing after the manner of slack-rope per.
former, marching erect on its hind legs, and
at the word of command going through the
manual exercise. 1t seems perfectly good
natured, and never shows temper, but is
dreadfully afraid of a cat, on whose ap.
proach it will often leap four feet from off
the floor, with the utmost precision, plump
into the mouth of large stone water pitch
er, and thus secure safe retreat. Yet he
is in no wise alarmed or disturbed by the
presence of dogs, of which we have many
about the premises. They seem to regard
him as one of the household and "privi-
legged character The Hon. Judge Tay-
lor, who will attest the above statement
made by Mr.. wager, in speaking of the age
of this frog, remarked: 1t is certainly one
hundred years old, and though he may have
been here before the Indians left the coun,
try, he may be even now but in his infancy
Elk Run (Va.) Gazette.
The reader must rest assured that the a.
bove story is magnificent hoax.
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LIVER COMPLAINTS,

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