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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
How the Doctor Got Lost in q SnOWdrift.

WE think the following story too good
to keep" and, as we promise not to betray
the herO's name and place of residence, we
hope he will forgive us for telling how he
got lost in snow storm.
1t was pleasant place-the home of the
DOctOr-jnst in the edge of the woods.
The house was one of those neat little cot
tages where one always expects to find
comfort, peace and happiness.
Itwas almost hidden among the trees,
with which the ground had been so Law
ishly adorned. Some were so large that
you would think they must be centuries
old
The Doctor and his wife lived here
alone, with the exception of boy whom
the Doctor had taken TO do chores for him,
and To be company for his wife when he
was attending his patients; for although,
as | said, he was getting old, the people
of the little village near could not have
been persuaded to give up their faithful
physician.
One day it had been snowing-such a
snow storm as You Western people seldom
see. The beautiful white flakes seemed to
vie with each other to see which should
reach its destination soonest, and the sky
above seemed one endless sheet of snow.
wen, Salu the DOcJOf 10 his WIG, rs
he returned from his round of calls, al am
glad there are not many sick just now, for
| think home is the best place fcT an old
man like me-" and he shook the snow
! from his great coat and handed it 70 Bruce
to hang up, saying that he should not
| need it any more that night.
| just az he had seated himself at the tea
table and his wife was pouring out his tea,
| a loud rap was heard at the door,
! at is some belatcd traveller" decided
the Doctor as he arose to open the door.
! 81 want you to go and see my wife,
Doctor" said the visitor as he seated him
self by the fire. ..la afeFf7
| "Whatl go ten miles such night as
this? 1t is impossible" retorted the Doc
tor. rt.
"I fear she will die" said the man, "un-
less you do. have a man here with me,
and we have shovels; we will see you
safe through, if you will CO."
The amount of it was the Doctor went.
1t is not my purpose to dwell on his ride
there; for it was made comparatively easy
by the aid Of strong arms and shovels
! nor of the sick woman, but of his journey
home. The snow was still whirling thick
and fast as the Doctor tucked himself
snugly IN his light cutter for the home
ward trip, and started off briskly; for
Nellie was anxious To get home to her
warm stable. So,
r The Doctor was not very well acquaint-
| cd with the roundabout way he came, AID
! with the darkness and binding snow he
soon became bewildered. So after While,
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
F0N-FIRE.
EY 7. II. @.


WHEN / was boy, my father was a
farmer, and | had three brothers older
than myself They were full of their
pranks and seldom allowed an opportuni-
ty to pass unimprovcd, Ia play off some
Joke on one another / remember one
night while lay in my trundle bed in
lower room, The brother next above me
went up to his chamber TO go TO bed, but
presently he hallooed and screamed
in great fright, and came rushing
down stairs with all possible speed.
The older boys had prepared fright
for him in this wise: One of them
had been plowing that day in stumpy
lot, and many decaying roots were brought
up by the plow and they ascertained in
the evening that many pieces were phos-
phorescent.
PhOsphOresccnce is the quality of emit
ting light without heat There are many
substances that possess this quality, and
among others, decaying fish and wood.
Under favorable circumstances they will
be nearly as luminous in the dark as a live
coal. Decayed wood in this condition is
commonly called far fire.
They brought their pockets full of for
fire TO the house, and slipped up to his
chamber unObserved; they cut it into suit
able pieces and strips, and then arranged
them in the form of Il skeleton on the top
OF his bed. The head was very large,
with an enormous mouth and trightful
teeth; and in general outline the whole
resembled the human form. 1t was
dark night, and brother William-he was
the scared one e-approached his bed un-
suspectingly, and as was his wont, with
out a light. He was naturally rather cow
ardly in the night, and then in those days
we believed in witches, gobblins and
spooks. Young people nova days are
more correctly instructed, ard scarcely
one can be found simple enough to cherish
such false and superstitious notions.
Suddenly the fiery picture fell upon his
sight, as he turned around the large CHM
ney to approach his bed. His excited
imagination filled out what may have been
imperfect in the image, and ii seemed to
him like a veritable ghost, which he de-
clared it to be upon recovering his speech
after he came down stairs. There was a
great uproar in the family for a few min
utoo, but of onureo IL -voo oOvn all iiiado
plain, and William crept under his COM
| fortables, veXed at himself that he should
be frightened by so familiar thing as
for fire, or spoke rood as we used TO call
IL.
If he had exercised presence # mind, he
would have prevented the most of his
fright, and his subsequent modification.
4 second thought would have revealed
the whole plot to him, but he was too inn
petuous-he could not wait for a second
thought. This is failing in many people,
and all should watch and guard against il.
We often hear girls, and even young ladies,
shrek as if mortally hurt, from very slight
cause. This infirnity can be TO a great
extent controlled by habit of thOught-by
cultivating selfpossession-presence of
mind. We should all try, and that con-
tinually, TO not be frightened-not to be
caught off our enthusiastically Visitor.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
The Inquisitive Traveller.
A CORRESPONDENT relates the following

as his own personal experience:
left New York for Albany in no very
pleasant mood. Getting up for an early
train is neither customary nor agreeable
with me; the coffee was muddy and the
toast abominable. / got into muss with
a hackman about my fare to the depot, my
finger was jammed i'm the car door, and a
fat man stepped on my toe as / moved to
my seat My face knew looked forbidding,
and, though the car was full, the seat beside
me was not taken. We had gone past one
or two stations, when a tall, broad-shoul-
dered, farmer looking fellow got into tho
car, and without a "By your leave" or
Is this seat engaged?" down he sat by
me. j gave him a severe look that ought
TO have annihilated him, but it didn't
Then | looked out of the window, and the
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
JOHNNY TEARFUL.
BY GEORGE COOPER.

TIL tell vor' of the quecrest lad
They Gated him Johnny Tcarfui;
A very sOmy way hc had
Ofncver being Cheerful
He cried the moment he got mp:
He made din az dinner;
With tears enOugh 10 fll q cup
He never grew much thinner.
He cried IN spite or all you said
To keep the tears from streaming;
He cried when be was put 10 bed;
He cried while h. was DIR. aiming
His dolcful eyes of pigmy size
Were dim with OVcrllOwing;
A walking shOwer-hath h. Was
The shower forever going tfaU
They told him that the moon war round
Enough-that set him bawlins;
He scared the kittens OF the ground
BY constant catcrwauling
But though biz tears fell lhick and fast,
They never did his woes end;
Folks wondered how the drop- could last;
They trickled down his nose end.
His kites were never made 70 snit;
OF course that made him below
He cried for green. forbidden fruit
This aggrayating fellow.
Why. if you only called his name.
In tears you made him jump up:
1t really was perfect shame,
The number he could pump up.
What cared he for the spring-fime days
Fo. flowers. or this or that bird.
Why, when he went his moody ways
Each robin. jay. and cat-bird
Flew mp and shook its downy head.
While gayly hummcd the May-bee;
And this is what the brides said:
Cheer mp, cheer up, cry-baby."
And now poor Johnny fate I sing:
He rose one morning early.
And in his cycs-lhc usua! thing
There stood the tcar-drops pcarly.
He kicked. and splaShed the water round
They brought TO wash his face In.
Then quietly dissolved they found
One huge tear in the basin,
-0ur Young F0lEs
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

A peanut-picker was among the new
labor saving machines exhibited at the
Virginia State Fair. Hitherto the nuts
have been picked off the vines 10y hand;
four bushels day the fair average for
hand. A farmer who raised 200 bushels
to save his crop, at a cost of fifteen cents
per bushel. The crop raised on the south
side of James river, between Petersburg
and Norfolk, is estimated at 100000
bushels year. To save this crop would
require the labor of 5000 hands for two
months, at cost of 100000. The new
machine saves much time and labor.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
POETRY.
BETROTHAL.
BY CARL SPENCER.

U FOR one hour of such enchanted light
As made a fairer daytime in the sky,
When on the willow bank sat that night
Ny Old-timc love and L -se
while we talked 80 low and tenderly
We felt the listening trees above W. lean:
And louder far the silence seemed to me
That fell at last between
Her heart lay floating on its quiet thoughts
Like water lilies on tranquil lake.
And Love within, unknown because besouoht.
Lay dreaming half awake
All, Love II liShtest sleeper ever known!
whisper, and he started plain to view;
Old as the heavens seemed our story grown,
While yet the moon was new
And when she spoke her answer seemed the while
SwcctCr for sweetness of the lips that told,
Setting precious word within a smile
n diamond tingcd with gold.
Then bloOmcd for Us the perfect century flower.
Then filed the cup and Overrun the brim;
And all the stars professional that hour,
Chanted bridalhymn.
An, Time, all after-days may fly away,
Such JOY a. that thou hast but once TO give,
And Love i royal from his crowning-da
Though kinsdOmless he live.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

Fair exchange is no robbery" The
following transaction has come to light i'm
New Fairfield. Conn. Two dairymen
who use the same spring for the purpose
of cooling their milk, recently discovered
that their milk was unproiiiably thin, and
came TO the conclusion that somebody was
rcbbins them. The ether night hey hap
pened at the spring, and each discovered,
TO his utter astonishment, that the milk
was being stolen, and the vacuum being
supplied with water blythe other,
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

Tue Hebrew National, a Jewish Journal
published in London, gives the statistics
OF the Jews in the world. There are
6,OO0000 Jews in the world one half of
whom live in Europe. America contains
100000.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

A SUIT for divorce has lately been sue
cessful In the Bath courts, in which the
parties separated are seventy years old
have lived together forty-seven years, and
are the parents of twenty four children.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25

lie retreats from the country, leaving
tins little matter unsettled, and his baggage
in the hands of the landlord. lie hides be
tween decks of an American packet, and
is lssmuggled out of the country However,
on speaking to the captain, he is informed
that Haytien credit being in by no means
prosperous condition, 81 in gold will
purchase from 81 500 to $4,000 worth of
Haytlen greenbacks. He concludes
wish had my valise back again"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
{ Mark Twain to Kingston House. DIR.

Two hundred and ninety thousand
four hundred dollars! read this bill over
deliberately six or seven times, and never
said word. Then said would step out
and get breath of fresh air.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
MY NEIGHBORS.

Like a sick mans dreams,
Varies all shapes, and mixes all extreme
, 1869-03-05
FRIDAY, 9TH MARCH 1869.

The European Mails arrived here from St.
Thomas yesterday evening. The first session
of the Reformed Parliament of England was
practically opened for the despatch of business
on the 10th ultO. by Royal Commission.
Mr.. Gladstone gave notice that he would
move that the Acts relating to the Established
Church 1reland), the Acts relating to May
nooth, and the first Resolution of the House of
Commons in 1868 relating to the Established
Church (Ireland), no rad, and that the House
should Immediately resolve Itself INTO a Com
mittee to consider said Acts and Resolutions.
The following are the latest kilograms to he
"Times':
The France of this evening publishes an
article headed "Public feeling in France" in
which it treats of the railway question in Bel
GUM, and says -
'sPeople believe they see the hand of Prussia
in this last Belgian affair. 1t is necessary it
the present precarious and uncertain condition
of her foreign relations. The existing state of
things is neither war nor peace. No one is
more sincerely inclined towards a pacific course
than ourselves, but this state of uncertainty,
which compromises every interest and alarms
the public mind, is truly unbeatable. 1t is
time to have done with it,"
The Public, in an article on the same sub
ject, says:-
"There is no Belgian question at issue, but
serious question of political economy, which has
been raised inopportunely by the Ministry now
in power in Brussels. We do not know if it
will be settled by legitimate ~reprisals on the
part of France, OF by the fall of the Belgian
Cabinet"
, 1869-03-05

The Patrie and other journals also publish
articles condemning the attitude Of The Belgian
Government.
Advices from Tauris, dated the 14th inst,
deny the truth of the telegram published by the
Paris papers, stating that the Shah of Persia
was preparing to move with an army in the d.
rection of Bagdad, and add that the Shah has
no such intention.
Six Turkish battalions and eight guns have,
however, been despatched towards the Persian
frontier.
, 1869-03-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENT.
Proclama.

n LIE og Enhver, som have Noget
~ at fordre paa Handelshuset z.
j. Levy & Co.'S til FallitbehandIing
overtagne Bo, indkaldes herved med
6 Maaneders Varsel til for Under
tegnede at anmelde og beviisliggj6re
deres Krav.
Interessenterne i ovenmeldte Han
deishuus have varet D'F1rr. Z. J..
Levy at Hamborg og Joseph Levy
heraf Den.
st. Thome Skifterets Contoir, den
3die Marts 1869.
P. Nj. ANDERSEN,
COnSt.
, 1869-03-05

The Opening of the Constituent Cortes-
address of Marshal Serrano on the As
sembing Of the Deputies.
Madrid, Fehr. 10, 1869.
The Constituent Cortes formally open
ed its sessions here yesterday with great
ceremony. The city was profusely de-
corated in honor of the event. Crowds
of people were in the streets, flags were
flying, and the day was regarded as a
holiday. The President Of the Ministry,
Marshal Serrano, delivered a %congratula-
tory address on the assembling of the
Deputies.
He said that the nations Of Europe in
attaining a higher degree of civilization
threw off the traditional bonds which
fettered the public mind. Spain delayed
for a long time following the example of
her neighbors. She now calls on her re-
representatives. to construct "A new edifice.
The revolution has achieved a bloddless
victory. TIE strength Of the nation has
not been impaired but the extravaganza
of former administrations has disorganized
and embarrassed its finances. The gov
eminent relies upon the Cortes to remedy
this by economical reforms and changes
in the administration by wise legislation
in regard to the public debt and the pay
ment of the interest thereon and by eco
nomizing the expenses of the army and
navy. The fundamental principles of RAJ
dical liberalism which had been adopted
in relation to religion, the press and edu-
cation by the provisional government must
now be consolidated by the action of the
Deputies. Our revolution here is not
responsible for the rising in Cuba. That
is due to the errors of past governments.
He expressed the hope that the insurrec-
ton there would be speedily extinguished,
and that tranquility, based on reform,
would be durable. He predicted that
slavery would be abolished without pre-
, 1869-03-05
From the New York Weekly Herald, FEB. 2o.J
SPAIN
"a N

Large Requirements Ordered to Cuba.
Madrid, Feb. IL, 1869.
Ten thousand troops are to sail imme-
diately for Cuba.
, 1869-03-05
n lH:5L1 AVIS"

gtriaiianais8, y. Sroiz.
, 1869-03-05
Shipping Intelligence.

ENTERED AT C~HRIsTrANsTED
Feb, 27,-Danish barque Jacob. G. P.
Schou, Copenhagen, Provisions
and Estate Supplies.
, 1869-03-05

Table UF THE FALL OF RAIN,
during the week from the gath Feb. to I'd March.
C~hristiansted. Frederiksted. Kings Hill.
lines Tinas T;nos
, 1869-03-05

The Opening of the Constituent Cortes-
address Of Marshal Serrano on the As
semb5ng Of the Deputies.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27
now to Make a Horses He'd.

If the idea of q score OF farmers
touching the manner of making a
decent bed for a horse could be
written out, doubtless the docu-
ment would be a strange common
tary upon stable management and
grooming. Tho best material for
making a led for q horse confined
in stall is short straw, chat, saw
dust, or dry tan bark. If straw be
long, it will pay to run it through
the fodder cutter, that will cut it in
lengths of three inches. Then, af,
ter removing all the droppings of
the animals;slet the litter, whatever
it is, be spread even over the entire
stall foor not less than three inches
in depth. This will not fail to make
a comfortable bed for a weary ami
NAL after he has finished his even
ing feeding.
When short machine straw is
employed for bedding, the first
thing, which will always be found
of prime Importance, is TO remove
the droppings from the stall. 1t
may seem strange to many grooms
that we insist so strenuously on the
removal of the accumulations of the
stall. But it is a practice with a
great many farmers to clean their
stalls once a week, and in many in
stances the part of the stall round
about the hind feet of the animal is
allowed to be filled with manure,
and packed down six inches in
depth. No animal can lie down
with any kind of comfort while his
bed is so uneven. Let the drop
pings be removed back beyond the
feet of the horse every evening,
if nothing more. Then, with
wooden-tined stable fork, shake
the straw to pieces and scatter it
evenly over the stall floor not less
than one foot deep. There is noth~
ing lost by using large quantity
of straw for bedding. On the con-
trary, there will be much gained in
two ways, viz. in the saving of
valuable liquid manure by absorp-
ton, and in affording quiet rest for
a horse after having performed
hard service.
Most horses are exceedingly fas-
tidious about their beds, and unless
a comfortable and clean place has
been prepared Aey will not lie
down for several successive days.
On the contrary, if the bed be made
as directed, horses will lie down for
many hours, when they would other
wise have continued to stand until
their limbs were so swollen and
weary that they could not keep on
their feet any longer. A horse is
very neat animal, and will not lie
Adown in filth or on cold floor un
less he is exceedingly weary.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27

Pumpkins.

Besides the well known use Of
this vegetable in the fall season, a
writer in the Prairie Farmer says
he has for several years placed two
or three wagon loads in his cellar
for winter use. The largest and
ripest are selected and handled
with care. They should be gathered
before hard frosts injure them. If
the stem cleaves from the pumkin
or they get much bruised, they will
~iecay, and should be rejected. If
the reader is a small farmer, having
one or two cows he wishes to milk
through a part of the winter, he
will find pumpkins very convenient,
as some of them will keep sound
until February.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27


PICKED PEAcHEs.-Put ripe, but
not. soft, peaches in scalding hot
water for one minute. Wipe them
Immediately with dry cloth, in
order to remove the down of the
peach skin. Take good, but not
the sharpest vinegar, spice it with
cinnamon and mace, and to each
gallon put three pounds of brown
sugar. Add the beaten whites of
two or three eggs, scald, and skim
till clear, taking the kettle from the
fire each time it is SKINNED. When
partly cooled, turn it over the
peaches, just covering them. A
gallon of vinegar, with three
pounds of sugar, is sufficient for
about o peck of peaches.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27

and brings it to the surface. The
sheep eat the clover and scat
ter their dung and urine.
The clover is then plowed in, and
all its organic and inorganic parts,
those ingredients which it received
from the atmosphere and the soil
are returned to the soil in a fit
state to be absolutely absorbed by
the roots of the wheat.
There are many modes of pre-
pairing soil for wheat, each of which
has its advocates. A great deal
of which depends on the nature of
the soil. Deep blowing is advocat-
ed by many persons, and there can
be no doubt of its excellence in
some cases, but there may be SUBJ
soils of such a character that 1t
would be injurious to the crop to
turn up too much of them at one
time. The deepening Of soils, "
ing on unsuitable sub soils, should
be done gradually, by blowing an
inch deeper every year. If there is
a suitable fall at the end OF the
burrows, deep blowing is draining
on a small scale. The hard pan
which forms in tillage fields which
have for along time been imperfect
ly worked by shallow blowing,
should be broken up, and the roots
of the wheat permitted to penetrate
deep in the soil. Unless the land is
freed from stagnant water by natus
raj or artificial drainage, there will
be very little benefit derived from
deep tillage, for the roots will not
go down into water.
When land is deeply plowed and
made very mellow for wheat imme-
diately before the seed is sown, the
young plants grow rapidly, and as
their roots can easily penetrate to a
considerable depth, they feed gross
ly, and the consequence is that the
plants become too rank and ex-
haust the ingredients of the soil
rapidly, SO that when the trying
time of filling and ripening the
grain comes they have no resources
in the soil, to enable them to meet
the heavy drafts which are made on
them, and light crop is the conse-
ouence. Wheat does best on
estate furrow," that is on land
which has been plowed q consider
able time before the seed is depos-
tied and then lightly plowed or
scultivated" in preparation for the
seed. A loose sub soil generally
produces a crop that cannot sup
port itself, while compact sub
soil in which the roots can fix
themselves firmly, produces crop
that stands up well and supports
the heads until they are fully ripe.
1t is not good husbandry to grow
wheat after wheat, or after any
cereal crop, as such crops take
from the soil those ingredients
which are required for the wheat
plants and exhaust the soil. From
various analyses which have been
made of the grain of wheat it has
been found to consist of the follow
ing constituents, 100 parts being
taken.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-27

Arthur's Home Magazine for
August, has "Fifty Ways of Pre-"
pairing Fruit" from which we Sc
lect, as appropriate to the season.
what ia caid ahout naaches: