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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

The Working Farmer says the best
way to get rid of the young suckers that
grow up at the base of the trunks of or
chard trees, is to wait till the suckers are
In leaf, at which time they are loosened
more rapidly, and taking each separately
in the hand, place thick boot upon it
near the tree and pull the shoot from its
juncture with the tree. They will not
sprout up again.
COMMENCE hoeing and cultivating Just
as soon as the weeds appear above ground,
or little before, if possible. 1t is diff
cult task to get ahead of the weeds if you
allow them to grow until they are we'll
rooted and strong. One days work kill
ing weeds when they are an inch high, is
nearly equal to four when they are that
number of inches high Some men never
begin in time. consequently they are al
ways behind, and their crops are in the
same predicament Always try to be a
little ahead Of your work and then it will
never crowd, even if there are few rainy
days just at the time certain crops need
cultivating.
THESE warm days, followed by copious
showers, will make the grass and weeds
grow around the stems of trees, as well as
CloCWHCIC. n u6uUsOu6 Tree Is
OF more value than a cabbage or tomato
plant: yet there are many persons who
will take good care of the latter, but en-
tirely neglect the former Dig about the
roots of your trees not only close up
about the stems, but fork up good, wide
space, so that the rain can pass down to
the lowest roots, and not be absorbed by
the grass and weeds. Keep the soil well
cultivated, or mulch around all trees if
you want them to grow and remain
healthy.-Hearth and Home.
How TO BEAT WHITES OF EGGs-On
breaking eggs, take care that none of the
yolk becomes mingled with the whites. A
| single particle will sometimes prevent
their foaming well. Put the whites into
large fiat DISH, and beat them with an
egg beaten made of double wire, with q
wire haudle, or with a cork stuck cross
wise upon the prongs of fork Strike
sharp, quick stroke through the whole
length of the dish. Beat them in 8
cellar, or some other cool place, till they
look like snow, and you can turn the dish
over without their slipping off Never
suspend the process, nor let them stand
even for one minute. as they will begin t.
turn to liquid state, and cannot be re
stored, and thus will make heavy cake
Germantown Telegraph
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

less leaders, determined to rule or ruin
Nor does it present even this alternative,
for the escape from ruin Is by no means
guaranteed by their rule.
Tennessee is suffering from the inevita-
BILE consequences of irresponsible govern
ment-a government which ostracises the
great body of the tax payers, and of that
intelligent class which naturally makes
up the controlling public sentiment. In
her experience we realize the truth of de-
clarations made by Gov. Andrew, of Mas
sacbusetts, and of Henry Ward Beecher,
for which they were denounced at the
time, to the effect that we cannot set up
safe government in the South by ex-
Guiding the property holders and the nat
ural leaders of society. 1t was supposed
to be very simple and easy thing
to do, and that we had only to enfran-
chise the mass of blacks just set loose from
the long night of bondage, and to dis
franchise the former governing element,
and we should have loyal State govern
meIts. We hope our readers will bear
witness that we never advocated such q
plan, and that we have always held that
until the people of the Southern States
could be trusted, the United States should
govern them; not by arbitrary military
power, but by law.
1--WE have seen full trial of this sys
tenn of establishing loyal government in
Tennessee, and it has become question
whether such loyalty is not exhaustive to
the State, and whether we may not have
to relax the loyal rigidity in order to save
the State from ruin. In general, the Rad
ical rule has been marked by prof1igacy in
both State and municipal government, as
is shown by the great increase in State and
municipal debts, beside the great floating
debts which they are carrying along atruin-
Gus rates of interest In this we realize the
evil of DISTINGUISHING the great body of
taxpayers, and thus losing their conserva-
tive influence in public affairs. And this
is aggravated by an agrarian spirit which
takes possession when they who are hos
tile to the property class have con-
troll of the government; who are apt
to regard every burden they add
to property as so much toward its
equal distribution, and toward securing
their share And in this case, there is the
feeling that these burdens are in the line
of retribution upon the property class for
their disloyalty in the civil war"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
Manufacturers of butter and chez,
are exempt from any special tax

BAD PRACTIcE.-You might as well ex-
pect to relieve and cure an inflamed eye by
busting irritating powders into it as to ex-
pect to subdue and cure Catarrh (Which is
an Inflammation of the mucous membrane
ofthe air passagesin the head) by the use OF
irritating snuffs or strong caustic solutions
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures Catarrh
by its mild, soothing action which sub
dues the inflammation and restores the
natural secretion of the mucous follicles.
1t is pleasant remedy, its use being at
tended and followed by cooling and
agreeable sensation. The proprietor. R.
V. Pierce, n. D., of Buffalo, N. Y, offers
$500 for case of Catarrh that he cannot
cure. Sent by mail on receipt of Sixty
Gents. Address the proprietor as above
For sale by most Druggists everywhere.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A CORRESPONDENT of the Cdndda
Farmer states that hellebOre and water,
sprinkled upon currantwOrm before they
have spread over the bush, will destroy
them and save the fruit
A WELL KNOWN horticulturist SAYS &c If
ones garden is quite limited, and few
apples are desired, | advise the planting
of dwarftrees, which, with good care,
will yield fair quantity OF very superior
fruit"
A HOUsEKEEPER having some stone jars
in which lard had been kept, made them
perfectly sweet by packing them full of
fresh soil and letting it remain two or
three weeks. She suspects it would be
equally effective in any case of foul
earthen or stone ware.
The Gardeners Monthly says: "There
is nothing that will make as good border
as Box, or some of the dwarf Aborvitas
Of Towering plants, the best is the Peren-
NAL Candytuft. This will flower in April.
The Mountain or Moss Pink-PNor Subj
ldta-is pretty edging.
AN experienced horticulturist says fruit.
trees should be transplanted during Octo-
Der and November, or from March 1st
until May peaches one year from the bud,
plums, cherries, or dwarf pears at two
years from the bud or graft and standard
apples and pears at two or three years of
age.
OIL CLOTH ought never to be wetted-
If 1t can be possibly avoided-but merely
to be rubbed with flannel, and polished
with a brush of moderate hardness, exact
ly like mahogany table, and by this
simple means the fading OF the colors, and
the rotting of the canvass, which are in
evitably attendant upon the oil-cloth
being kept in q state of moisture or damp
ness, are entirly Notwithstanding.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
GOing Back ON their Friends.

A TELEGRAM published yesterday states
that notwithstanding assertions to the con-
trary, the last official act of the President
before leaving Washington was to refuse
the application CT the white Republicans
at Macon, Georgia, for the removal of
Turner, the negro postmaster there. 1t is
stated, moreover, that Turner is obnoxious
TO every v bite man in that city without
regard to politics. No reason is given for
this feeling Of hostility, and we are obliged
tn infer it is on account Of his race or
color. Probably there are some among
the white Republicans who are not sd-
verse TO The idea of holding the Office
themselves. These white Republicans
made a great te do when the Georgia Legis-
lature turned out the colored members,
and now they are equally indignant be-
cause General Grant has appointed a
negro to be postmaster. Does it require
any more states aIanship to be postmaster
than legislator Missouri Republican.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
Radical Rule and Rain.

The Cincinnati Gazette (RadicsD draws
this picture of it's own party-reconstruct-
ed State, Tennessee:
=" 1t has been the common custom to de-
scribe The political situation of Tennessee,
since the reconstruction, as hell No
one who has read an account of the late
Republican s ate Convention will doubt
the fitness of the term. Such riot OF
passion, cosrseness, profanity, and black
guardism makes the most vivid picture
the Imagination can conceive of psnde-
monium. La all that two days strife OF
disorder we see no signs of a wholesome
popular sentiment-Of q capable, indie.
pendent, selfreliant people, such as exer-
else moral control over their represent
stives and leaders; we see nothing but q
helpless mass, and the strife of few reck.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
Sore Backs on Horses.

A STRONG horse with sore back is fire.
quently shOrn of half his strength A
sore back is usually the result of a msera-
BILE harness. Yet in many instances, the
back band is made too short, or is buckled
up too tight, so that the traces at the back
band are raised above direct line from
the names to the whiffle-tree When this
is the case, the back-band, when the horse
draws, is pressed down with force on the
back and unless the pad is soft, or the
harness be made with patent back, a
wound will be made, which will be diff
cult to heal, so long as the harness that
made the wound is employed on the
animal. When horse has sore back,
and it seems necessary to keep him in
the harness, let the back band be removed
entirely; or let it be heightened, and
fastened a few inches back of the wound.
1t will be very easy to determine
whether a back-hand is liable to injure
the animals back, by observing, when he
draws, whether the portion of the harness
directly above the back is drawn down
forcibly or is lifted clear from the back
A wound on the back of horse is fire.
quently irritated so long by the rough har-
ness that 1t becomes almost incurab!e. A
fresh wound, if not kept bleeding by the
rubbing of the harness, will heal in two
| or three weeks in warm weather without
any other medicine than soapsuds. But
an old wound that has tried to heal after
the scab has been rubbed off several times
requires an application of burnt alum,
pulverized, to cleanse it of the proud
| flesh" The best remedy is preventive.
| The driver is the one on whom the blame
should rest, for allowing a horse 10 have
a sore back. If the harness is not right,
let it be made right before horse
is required to work in it. 1t is bar
barOus to work an animal in harness
that will gall the flesh. Better cut an old
collar and harness into fragments, and
bury the pieces beneath grape vine
than to continue to use such fixtures as
will wound faithful beast of burden.
Furthermore, when sore back has been
allowed to ulcerate, frequently discharging
ichOrOus matter, one Of the most effica-
ciOus remedies is, to battle the wound for
two successive hours in strong soapsuds
every day, and after the bathing, wash
the affected part with solution Of salt
petre and spirits of turpentine, prepared
as follows: Put One-quartcr of a pound
of ssltpetre and half pint Of turpentine
into bottle; shake up well before using
apply to the wound three times day with
feather. And when the wound has as
sumed healthful appearance and seems
to be healing, this medicine may be dis
continued.-Americdn Stock Journal.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
A Pickcd-Up Dinner.

NELLIE WICK, in the Ohio Farmer, sets
forth what Tired and cross housekeeper
got for dinner one day when house-clean-
ing was in full blast" as follows:
In the first place she made big johnny
cake, but OF course something must come
before that-something appetizing and
hearty-and there were four TO eat it.
She couldn't stand on her feet another
minute, so she threw herself on the lounge,
and called her little girl, nine years old
Bessie, is there any cold meat in the
pantry ?"
Yes, ma'am; two little pieces of
boiled beef-not a quarter enough for
dinner"
Get the choppipg-bowl and knife and
chop it fine" Bessie did it.
lis there any cold potato
"a few little ones"
"ChOp them up nicely with the meat.
And is there any bread except the small
loaf saved for teal
Eyes, masonic broken pieces and nice
crusts."
Moisten them with little water, and
chop with the rest"
"Its done, mamma"
Nov take an egg-or if they are plen-
ty, take two-beat them and stir with the
rest. Is there any other eatable thing in
the pantry?'
Just some butter and cheese; that's
all"
"Put in small lump of butter, and let
the cheese GO"
"It's done. What funny mess, NAM
mai"
Very funny. Is there enough for din
ner, do you Think"
u,aoo not mn &c xyor onJ aat o~x,
"Of course we must eat. Pour in two
thirds of cup of sweet milk, (water
would do, if milk wasn't plenty,) then sift
in a handful of flour very carefully so that
it will not lump. This will help the egg
to bind all together. Season it with pep
per and salt until it tastes savory Now
if it is of the consistency of rather moist
mince meat, you may put the frying pan
over the fire, put in little lard, dip out
the mixture in large spoonfuls, and fry it
as you would fish balls. Be sure that all
are well heated through, and Drowned on
both Sides"
When the folks came to dinner. Bessie
dished up the balls in the new turreen,
and they looked tempting enough. But
men never think any thing out of the
common way can be good until they've
tried it; so the tired housekeeper's hus-
band looked rather CONTEMPORARY at the
dish and said:
"What kind of formation is that?"
"Conglomerate," answered the wife,
spunkily, for she was feeling any IL ing but
pleasant
"Why, it tastes like dressing" returned
he, taking a good sized mouthful. Ibid
you make it to stuff any thing WITH"
Yes" said the tired house keeper.
Well-but-" looking round the table;
whats to be stuffed"
"a goose said she, giving him
such look that he got off that track i'm
mediately.
"Well, they're excellent" said he,
taking two more cakes, "but should like
to know what they're made Of What's
the foundation"
"The tureeD," said she shortly.
els there any meat in themS" says he.
"Just q visible admixture," says she.
ANY potatog"
"All those little white bits are potato"
amy eggr"
Gall those yellow specks are ege."
"Any bread9"
:" All that soft substance is bread"
ANY thing elseS"
Nothing but -four, milk, butter, pep
per and salt"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

"Well, they are capital" said he, help
ing the boys and Bessie again; and by the
time that the originator of all this excel
lence was rested enough to erjoy some
thing, there was one left on the plate, and
the husband looking loving at that SO
she just folded her napkin and sat back
in her chair, and in minute it was gone.
But what woman doesn't count it hap
piness to go hungry, if only her cooking
can be praised.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

sympathiZe together than the Stomach and Liver
~ hen one is deranged the other is generally OF
of repair. And at no other period of the yearst G
thus lay the foundation of disorders which will
rob lie OF its pleasures, and, perhaps, end in
death itself. The stomach man requires anti
and the blood ought to be cleansed and purified
Perhaps you do not real the force of this state
ment; but, nevertheless the necessity for oh
serving it does exist. Be warned in time. and
seek safety and exemption from disease by using
MISHLER'S HERB BIrTERS every day regu.
larry. 1t is certain cure for all diseases arising
from disOrdered stomach and liver, and a rea
BILE protection to all who are constitutionaly
predisposed TO bilious complaints.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

DR.. Scott, the proprietor and editor Of the Leb-
anon Star. isa prominent physician.
Perry Davis Pain Killer, the old and well
known remedy. which has acquired world wide
renown for the cure of sudden colds, coughs,
etc. weak stomach, general debility. nursing sore
mouth. cankered mouth or throat, liver comp iant,
dyspepsia or Indigestion, cramp and pain in the
stomach, bowel complaint printers collie
Aslatlc cholera, disrrhea aud dysentery, has lost
none OF its good name by repeated trials; but
continues TO occupy prominent POSITION in
every family medicine chest.-Lebdllon Star, Dc.
13fh 1870 -N'
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

Gen. Butler was taking tea at the
house of lady friend in Washington the
other day. The General seemed to look
as though something was lacking, and the
following dialogue took place: Hostess
Can 1t be possible, General, that you
have no spoonS" Butler-(Risingi ndig-
nantly and holding out both hands, "NO,
madame; if you don't believe, you can
search me II
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

"A Chinese savings bank is to be es-
tablished in San Francisco, which, IL is
thought, will set loose at least five mil.
lions of coin now boarded in old stockings
by the thrifty Celestials.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

See advertisement of J. L Case q Co. Racine WI.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

Republican newspapers, and espe-
cially those in Chicago, have lately made @
great clamor about the corruption existing
in the city government of New York
They have, seemingly, supposed that ii
they could convict the Democratic Office
holders in that city of dishonesty, they
would thereby present complete justif-
cation of the roguery and rottenness in
the Republican party. Full of this idea,
they have, as Mr.. Lincoln would say,
kept peRging away" at the wickedness
of the Democratic GOthamites.
Mayor Oakley Hall, in his late message
to the Common Council of New York,
has been unkind enough to upset the ar
guments of "moral idea" newspapers
concerning rascality among the Demo
cratic city officers He says the Mayor
and Common Council "are not at all re-
sponsible for the city and county tax
budgets for the year" They were fixed by
the Republican Legislature at Albany. In
fact, the Legislature at Albany has 80
Numbered the city government of New
York, by commissions and commissioners
of various kinds, that the Mayor and
Common Council have but little authority
and responsibility. The Republican news
papers, therefore, in sssailing the city
government have made out case against
their own Chicago Times.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

$1,000 PEN DAk GUAR NTEEn
Agents sell the HoMK SHUTTLE SEWING MACHlSp,
Ii makes thu LOOK STITCH. ALIKE ON BOTH sIDrs has
the Under tie d. an equal In respect 10 sny sew
ing Machine ever invented Prize as Warranted for
years Send for circul-r Address johnson CLARE
co Pcs'on. N-ss tjttshurgh. Ps. or ST Luis Mo.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17

SWEET QUISISR. "a tn01Tdnr
ed eQual-dose Tor dose-to the
sulphste Coitter) Quinine. with
the important advantage OF
being sweet instead OF bitter.
SvAPNtA. Is OPIUM PuRlFfKD
oft sickening and poisonous
properties, Il Is The most per-
iect ANoDYNk and soOfH-
ING CPlATk yet discov-
cred.
(" Sold by Druggists, pre-
Physicians. Made oriv BY
mist. Detroit. hich. 300 ID O
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-22
ThelCapaclty Of am Acre.
BY THE AUTHOR OF TEN ACRES ENoUeH

BY THE AUTHOR OF TEN ACRES ENOUGH.'
Previous to the building of the Cam
den and Amboy Railroad through New
Jersey, over thirty years ago, there were
tfacts of land within two miles of Bur-
lington, n. j., which were sold Mt five
to ten dollars an acre. The reason for
these low prices was the simplest one
imaginable-they did mol produce. the
interest of the money they cost. Now,
some sof this very land is selling at over
hundred, dollars per acre without
buildings. The cause of this advance
in price is equally plain-the land now
produces much more than interest on
its cost. Land ought to be worth for
farming purposes as much per acre rs it
will pay interest on, the same as with
house or store; but such is not the case
in every location. In the Southern States
farms can be bought at ten dollars per
acre, but the low price Is because they
do not pay the interest Oh more than
that sum. With us improved land may
be quoted at one hundred to four hun
ded dollars per acre, dependent on the
character of the improvements, as we'll
as the location. Our soil may be no
better than that at the South, but we
have good neighhorhood, perfect securi-
ty for property, vast facilities for obtain
ing manures, The mostdesirable religious
and educational privileges, railroads and
steamboats,, and cash markets for all we
may have to sell. This great concentra-
ton nofadvantages has its effect on prices
as buyers will prefer settled locality to
wild one. -
With us, moreover, land is compare
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-22

STRAY GRAINS FOR CHICKENS
Under this title the Gardner's Magazine
(English) gives the following sensible
hints:
Feed your poultry on raw onions,
chopped fine, mixed with other food,
about twice week. 1t is better than a
dozen cures for chicken cholera Fowls
exposed to dampness are apt to be troub-
led with catarrh, which will run to
Group if not attended to. Red pepper,
mixed with soft feed, fed several times
a week, will remove the cold. Pulver-
lied charcoal, given occasionally, is a
preventive against putrid affections, to
which fowls are very subject. Setting
hens can be cured by putting water in a
vessel to the depth of one inch, putting
the hen into it, and covering the top of
the vessel for about twenty-four hours.
The vessel should be deep enough to
allow the fowl to stand up. This is the
best remedy have ever tried. Pulver-
lied chalk, administered with soft feed,
will cure diarrhoea. This disorder is
caused by want of variety in the food, or
by too much green food. Garlic, fed
once or twice a week is excellent for
colds .fpfs Ek4r rksta