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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
Pruning ia Winter.

SOME farmers seem afraid to prune their
fruit trees in winter, lest the frost should
enter by the wounds and damage the trees.
They need not fear any danger from this
cause, as the frost enters into every part
of the trees and thaws out again. Large
limbs cut off in winter or at any other
season give considerable check to the
vigor of the tree for the ensuing season,
but if the wound is coated with gum shell
lac dissolved in alcohol no danger will re-
suit. If pruning has been neglected last
spring and fall, it is better to perform the
work now than to run the chance of hay
ing it adjourned again sine die next spring.
1t is better to prune gradually, bringing
the head into proper shape and letting in
the sunshine among the branches, than to
allow the trees to form thick head and
then to cut away large branches.
Suckers are very injurious To apple trees
as they absorb the ingredients which are re-
quired for buildi1gup the stems, branches,
foliage and fruit They should be grub
bed up; merely cutting them down level
with the, soil will do more harm than good
as they will grow up again stronger than
ever. Some farmers say they leave on the
suckers to keep rabbits from barking the
trunks, but this is only weak excuse for
carelessness and neglect Western Rural.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
SpasmOdic Virtue.

WHEN a chronic drunkard inveig his
against intemperance, or the devil begins
to rebuke sin, the majority of hone st
people are apt to suspect trifllng incOn-
sistency between the preachers and their
practice. When Kit Burns and John
Allen have prayer meetings ON Tuesdays
and FRIDAYS, and rat worries and whisky
dances all the rest of the week, even the
most charitable persons are forced TO be-
lieye that the grace of sincerity does not
belong TO the extensive catalogue of Chris
tian virtues which Kit and John so happi
ly and brilliantly illustrate Common
pOliteness requires that those individuals
who profess to hate liars should themselves
stick to The truth that they who de-
nounce thieves should MT themselves pick
pockets, and that the enemies of rascality
should at least not outsc0undrelZe all the
rest of mankind.
Yet the Radical party, in and out of
Congress, are just now exemplifying their
confidence in :" the higher law" by ignOr
ing these ordinary principles of morality,
and attacking with the heaviest artillery
of voice and pen the twin vices of cor
ruption and extravaganza The nursing
father of the President elect, Mr.. Wash
burn, OF Illinois, rises in his place in
the House OF Representatives ana nreS
ponderOus columbiad, loaded with shot,
shell and pig iron, straight into the ranks
Of that party of which Mr.. Washburn is
an honored and honorable member. This
modern combination of Cato and Aristides
tells his gaping colleagues and constitu-
ents, that vast empires of the national do
main and untold millions of national
bonds have been given away as subsidies
to certain Pacific railways; that the
whole thing is little less than a gigantic
fraud, a monstrous swindle, which is
draining the country of its substance, con-
trary to law, justice and common sense.
Other communicates in the same immac-
ulate political church follow the same
track Frauds In the Revenue Depart
ment, frauds in the Indian Bureau, frauds
in the army, frauds in the navy, frauds in
the Thanking privilege, frauds in Senatorial
elections, frauds ut home and frauds
abroad, frauds anywhere and everywhere,
are revealed by the calcium light of these
latter-day reformers. and the concen
trated rottenness of American politics as
al present administered Is shown up for
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
farm an6 6ousebol6.
Deep Flowing Should be Done Gradu'
ally.

\ CORRESPONDENT of an exchange, who
has one of the finest and most productive
farms in Western New York, which he
keeps in high state of fertility by thor
ough cultivation and the growth of red
clover, makes the following remarks in re-
gard to deep blowing "a sudden bring
ing up to the surface OF many inches of
clay, that has never been punctured by
the roots of plants, and this too in the
spring of the year, would probably injure
the first crop. Clay subsOils are best
brought to the surface two or three inches
at a time, and that in the fall, so that the
frosts of winter may mellow them down.
The next spring pillow, say twice as many
inches as the clay subsoil is thick. This
would mix things mp so that even a crop
of corn would be much improved by the
deep fall blowing If we had the power
and tools necessary to go on with this pro-
cess of bringing up the subsoil to, and
mixing it with, the surface soil, until we
had one foot or more Of mellow soil that
had been enriched by turning under re-
peated clover crops, and then under this
foot or more of soil, we could run sub
soil plow two feet deep, and SO break the
clay to depth of three feet, the clover
roots would have q chance to bring to the
surface the fertility that now lies dormant
under the surface of our lands. This is
the theory that have constructed On the
experience of life time as farmer and
| have no doubt of its applicability on our
lands here do not think it would do on
all lands, but it is practicable here, or at
least will be when we get the Steam PlOw
that can do the subsoiing for us. In the
meantime we are doing the best we can in
the direction have indicated"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11

highly colored pictures shown by travel
ing statesmen.
Il1sects.-Look over the trees, and if
there appears to be swelling Just below
the end of twig, there will probably be
found cluster of the eggs of the tent
caterpillar securely glued around it. Cut
off and burn every one of these that can
be found and there viii he few nests to
destroy next spring.
Pruning. Winter pruning, except on
young trees and ursery stock to bring
them into shape, is not generally ap-
proved. Still it is better to remove the
useless and crowded limbs of an old tree
at this season than to neglect it altogether
Make clean cut and cover it with melted
grating wax.
Root Grating is done at any time dur
ing the winter, the stock and cions having
been stored in an accessible place. Do
grating at The collar" of the stock
Bits of roots should not be used.
Nan u9e,-Cart out and spread upon The
orchard-Americnn AgricAtmist.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
Biting Horses.

BITING is one'of the worst habits horse
can have The habit, once learned, grow,
stronger and stronger, and seldom, if ever,
gets cured.
Dir. Stewart, in his Stable Economy
says, Il have seen biters punished until
they trembled in every joint, and were
ready to drop, but have never, in any case
known them cured by this treatment, OF
by any other The lash is forgotten in
an hour, and the horse is ready and deter
mined to repeat the offence as before.
He appears unable to resist temptation,
and in its worst form, biting is species
of insanity" Mr. Youatt says. kindness
will aggravate the evil, and no degree OF
severity will correct it." He, however,
recommends the Rarey system for train
ing vicious horses, with straps, &c. After
the horse is down, he says the operator
should confine his treatment to lifting the
head, bringing it close down to his own
body as he sits upon his shoulder, and
forcing both of the jaws into immediate
and repeated contact.-AmeriedR Farmer
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
DO not TrifIe with Danger.

A single spark may kinde flame that may
consume a city, and small ailments neglected,
may end in fatal disorders. Bearing this fact in
mind, let the first symptoms of debility or nerv-
Gus prostration be met promptly with invigorat-
ing treatment. Foremost among the vegetable
tOnics of the age stands HOSTETTER' STOMACH
BITTERS, and WHENEVER the vital powers seem
to anguish there is any reason to suspect that
and publication of the body are imperfectly per-
formed, this invaluable invigorant and antiseptic
should at once be resorted to. Indigestion always
produces weakness. Sometimes it happens and
this is more frequently the in winter than at
any other season-that the appetite demands
more food than the stomach can digest though
not more, perhaps, than is required to keep up
the full strength OF the frame. The object. under
such circumstances, il to increase the digestive
capacity OF the assimilating organ, so as to make
il equal TO the duty imposed upon il by the appe
tite. and capable of supplying the building material
Of The system fast il is required. This object
is fully accomplished by the use of the Bitters.
They tone aud gently stimulate the cellular men,
brane which secretes the gastric juice, and the
suit is that the solvent IL mingled with the food
in sufficient quantities to convert all its nourish-
ing particles into pure and wholesome element.
II. on the other hand, there is deficiency Of APP
petite. without any corresponding deficiency of
digestive power, the effect of the tonic il to slim
ulate a desire for food. In nineteen cases out of
twenty, headache, nausea, nervousness. fainting-
fits, spasms, and, indeed, most of the casual
aches and pains to which humanity is subject pro-
coed primarily from Indigestion complicated with
biiousness; and for both these complaints HOS
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS are recon-
mended as speedy and certain remedy.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11

cold; may set up cleaning marble carved
in the human form, but never can chisel
give it life; and the pretty hooks among
the greenery are ever unfinished; the
vine clad arbors have empty seats; smooth
gravel-walks show no little footprints,
while the house, that should be q home
but is not is always in orcer-painful
order. Not book that you can take up
readily, for they are all behind glass, bought
for show and not for use When all is
carried out, as far as the architect and
landscape gardener can go, and the precise
woman of the house has placed each little
statuette on its appropriate bracket B.;
Strengthened each chair and curtain; hung
all blank spaces with furniture-with nice
regard TO size, and no regard to light or
shade; then master and mistress survey
their house and grounds, with an inward
satisfaction at having displayed their
money at so nice an advantage, but take
their seats at the table, looking in each
others eyes, each asking with silent lips,
Why this chilli why this unfinished look
in everything? If one were to tell them
it is little children needed to complete this
picture, how their eyes would open.
Just put troupe Oflittle, rosy-cheeked,
fat-fisted ones in such q house, let them
pull atable-spread away, leave doors open,
throw picture books on the carpets, and
pull flowers to pieces ON the door steps,
then there would be some comfort for the
wife, for she would have something TO
occupy her mind and hands too. Oh!
those women know not what life is, with
no silvery voice ringing through the
house no little feet pattering on the stair
no little one to hug and kiss; no happi-
ness; no home-I almost say, no heaven
-H0rfic,,If,Jgis If
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
A "LOiI " Expose.

The Republican newspapers in New
York are yet busy in proving that Gov
ernor Fenton is very bad man, and that
Senator Morgan is no better man than
Fenton.
The success which they meet in this en-
terprise is really surprising. The facts
and circumstances daily presented to
prove that these men ought to be in a
penitentiary are so numerous and con-
vincing that he who may believe worst of
the official corruption now prevailing in
this country, will hardly have imagined it
to have attained such proportions as are
disclosed in the MorganFentOn war.
Tie political opponents of Senator Nor
gan, few years ago, gave him credit for
integrity. He has grown corrupt in the
United States Senate. He could not with
stand the temptations to which, under ia
Goblin profigacy, he was exposed by his
Office. He but followed the custom Of BIS
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
Orchard and Nursery.

THE first thing to be considered is the
care of young trees already planted.
Domestic AnimdIs, if allowed access to
a young orchard, will do much damage
Have fences and gates in good repair to
keep out all intruders.
Mice-A mound of earth foot high
should have been formed at the base OF
each young tree if this was not done, see
that there is no litter near the tree to
afford them shelter. After snow fall
tramp the snow down solid around each
tree, whether it has a mound of earth or
not. This is some trouble, but if you
plant tree it implies contract to take
care of it Those having little trouble
with their trees are seldom bothered with
fruit.
Rabbits are often worse than mice The
old notion that rabbits would not touch a
tree that bad been rubbed with the flesh
of one of their fellows has its foundation
in the fact that the animals have an aver
sion to blood. The blood of pigs or any
other animal, sprinkled on the lower part
of the tree, will answer as well as rabbits
blood. Cloth or stiff packing paper
wrapped around near the ground and as
high up as a rabbit will reach will keep
them off this is slow work where there
are many trees.
What to Plant, if a new orchard is to
be set in spring, is worthy of serious con-
sideratisn. Many think that they have
only to determine what are the best varie-
ties and order them. The real question is,
What are the best varieties you can grow {?
Get the experience of neighbors who
grow fruit. or of the nearest intelligent
and reliable nurseryman. If about to
plant for market, recollect that produc-
tiveness, regularity in bearing, shOwiness
of fruit, and an ability to bear transporta-
ton, are all of as much more importance
than quality. Do not be taken with the
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11

the admiration Of present and future gen.
erations. Leading Radical organs, such
as the New York Tribune and Times, the
Boston AdcertiSer and Springfield Mass
Republican, pat their suddenly virtuous
Representatives on the back and bid them
clean out the augean stables as speedily
and thoroughly as possible A foreigner
would imagine that these Congressman
and editors were a regiment of spotless
saints, who had scaled the shining battle
ments of heaven and emigrated into the
territory of hell on missionary tour.
This innocent foreigner would surely
never suppose that these spouters and
scribblers were simply repudiating their
own acts, and endeavoring to atone for q
long life of political iniquity by very
questionable death-bed repentance. When
Washburn & Co. beat their breasts, rend
their garments and mourn and howl over
the desolatiOns Of our Zion; when the
Tribune and it's contemporaries, clad in
sackcloth and ashes, chant the same
naiserere, let it be clearly understood who
these prophets are, and what they repre-
sent. They arc the chosen champions OF
the Radical party; party which for eight
| long years has had the reins of govern
ment completely in its grasp, and welded
with absolute power both purse and sword.
That party has made war and con-
Guided peace, levied taxes and col
lected revenue, abolished gold and silver
and given us paper instead, made citizens
of slaves and slaves of citizens, over
| turned the Federal Constitution and muz-
zled President. Neither king nor kaiser
ever waved a more. aristocratic Sceptre
/ than this party II has done what it
pleased, when it pleased and how it
pleased; despising alike warnings and
| protests. If corruption and extravaganza
run riot through the land, if swindlers
and scoundrels are in high and low places,
if the people are being robbed by organ
/ lied plunderers, if they are groauing
under a weight of taxation unexampled
in history, if the Republic is bleeding at
/ every pore and drifting swiftly and surely
toward .ruin-let the weight of execration
and of infamy fall upon the heads of the
I guilty, and upon the guilty alone. Tell
the truth and cast aside glittering gener-
alities The South with all her faults and
/ follies, is free from this crime. The De-
mocracy, with all their mistakes and mis-
/ fortunes, have neither part nor lot in the
matter. The Radical party, the party OF
progress" the party of God and NOR
atty" the special and peculiar exponent
OF whatsoever is lovely and of good re-
port-this party, and this alone, is the
criminal whose friends are now turning
/ states evidence. Let us value their testi
mony neutrality-suspicious. Republicans
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
A Cheap Stump Fuller.

THERE are good many stump pulling
machines. All of those which are manu-
featured for sale, being secured by patents,
ere very expensive. One Of them, how
ever, is so simple that its construction is
within the means of every farmer, and if
we wanted to use it we should take the
risk of the patentee's giving US trouble
1t consists simply of a long, stout pole, say
twenty-five or thirty feet long, with three
strong chains attached to it-one at the
butt end, one about three feet farther up,
and the third about three feet above that.
Each of these chains should be fifteen or
twenty feet long, and armed with good
hooks. At the smaller end of the pole
there is another chain to which to attach
the team. In use it is laid upon the ground
with the fastening of the second chain
opposite to the middle of the stump, the
beam lying, say five or ten feet distant
from it. The middle chain is then secured
firmly to any tree or stump within reach
behind the beam, and the chain at the butt
is fastened around at the back side of the
stump to be drawn.
The team is then hitched to the smaller
end of the beam, and is driven forward so
rs to produce strain upon the stump.
When they have gone as far as possible,
the third chain is carried around the other
side of the stump and made fast, and the
direction of the team'spulling is reversed
When they have pulled as far as they can
in this direction the first chain is drawn
taut and made fast, and the strain is APP
piled to that. In this way. by successive
pulls, first on one side and then on the
other, very large stump may be drawn
out.
When there is no object sufficiently near
to which to attach the second chain, the
firIt and third are simply secured as direct
ed above, and the team is made to rack
the stump, first in one direction and then
in the other, until it is loosened.-Neao
York Ecening Post.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11

IT is said by those who have tried it,
that they never lost any wheat by weevil
after sailing it. The wheat should be al
lowed to stand in the field in shock ten or
twelve days, when it should be threshed,
famed and sailed. Half pound of salt
is the quantity generally used to bushel OF
wheat. If the room, or granery, in which
the wheat is put away, is dry, by follow
ing this method of sailing, the wheat is
sure to keep we'll Wheat, when put up
in the usual way, will always diQbnish in
bulk as it gets old, and many persons con-
slider that it will not yield as much, or as
good flour, as when it was fresh from the
field. BE this as it may, the diminishing
in bu.k, to which wheat is subject, is pre-
vented by sailing, in the manner above
stated. The best salt adapted to this pur-
pose is that brand known as the Kama
wha Salt" This salt is preferable on ac-
count of its all dissolving, and being soon
absorbed by the wheat. For the first
eight or ten days after sitting, the wheat,
if examined, will be found somewhat
damp but if examined few weeks later,
it will in all cases be found perfectly dry,
having kept cool all the time.
The advantages claimed by those who
practice this mode of sailing and saving
wheat, are as follows:
1. 1t preserves the wheat with more
certainty than summing.
2. The wheat does not lose in volume, or
weight, by long keeping
3. It makes more and better flour.
4. 1t costs much less labor
5. The wheat is better for seed, because
it is preserved in perfect state. There
is not enough salt in it to prevent it from
terminating; but there is enough to
stimulate 1t to sprout vigorously.-RurI
Ar1aricnn
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
Locating an Aplary.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Massachusetts,
POughman, who keeps bees for profit,
says, in locating az apiary-"I would
rather have it in a valley than upon a hill,
so that the bees returning laden could the
more easily and quickly return to their
homes. And | would have them arti-
ficially or otherwise protected from the
north and east winds. Each hive may also,
at certain seasons, receive protection from
the same quarter with thin board at
tached to that side of the hive extending
in front sufficiently for that purpose.
l would have the alighting boards long
and broad, so that when they arrive in the
busy season, they can easily alight with
out being blown to the ground before en-
tering How often is this the case in
windy weather? / would have a cover
ing over each hive sufficient to protect
from severe rains and storms. The ground
too, should be broken around the hives,
the weeds and grass kept down and clean
around them. l think it is an English
writer, Hush, that speaks of a farmer in
East Irinstead, who had his hives placed
over his pig stye, and when expostulated
with, said his bees had got used to it, and
were he to remove them it would be oil
much injury to them. His hives stood
towards the north, he also thought that
point of the compass the best But ]
think most apiarians will still prefer
cleanliness and southeasterly aspect
L would, in the gathering season, have
my entrances so that the early and late
rays of the sun should strike upon them
for the early hours are the hours in which
the bee gathers the fastest, and l believe
it would make quite difference with two
swarms alike every way, if on one the
sun struck upon the entrance one hour
later than on the other, in the amount OF
honey gathered in season. Above all
would have good pasturage. l find il
makes great difference even in the same
town. 1t is of more importance than
many are aware Of"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11

THERE is story, forgotten by all but
men who were students at a certain college
near thirty years ago, of an enthusiastic
professor of entomology not celebrated
for his exercise of hospitality, who was so
delighted at the arrival of an eminent pur-
suer of insects that he invited him to
board and bed in chambers. Next morn
ing DR.. Macfy greeted his guest, "And
how did We sleep the NIGHT, Mester Bee
hemoth ?" "NOt very well; strange
bed, perhaps! But" All" quoth the
doctor, eagerly, We were just bitten by
something, eh?" "Well, to tell you the
truth, doctor, was" "Just think of that !
Bitten, war We? Now, can you say it was
any thing at all noteworthy that bit you?
Peculiar, eh?" "Fleas, think. But such
devils for biting never met in my life."
81 should think so, indeed" with great
glee). "They're Sicilian fleas; / imported
fhell 1auSo}f!'
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-02-11
Advertising In the United States.

Men of business have discovered that nothing
can be done on a large scale without advertising,
but they are not contented with the newspapers
alone. Along the line of every railway and turn
pike the inside of omnibuses, the cabins of river
and lake steamers, all bosrdings where building
work is going on and the thousand and one sur
faces which great cities and large towns possess
covered from one end Of the year to the other,
in characters not to be misunderstood, with the
Every newspaper we open contains a condensed
paragraph, setting forth the virtues of this really
meritorious article, and everyboiy's eyes have so
wearied by perpetually seeing this celebrated
Household Remedy spelled out before them. that
In obedience to the design of the advertisements
the minds or the people have acted as desired
answered the announcement, aud thus the value
of MlSHLER'S HERB BIrTERS have become
known, and its sale grown to be so immense