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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-01-09

I'EIeSONS ADKANCKD IN LIE, N
,.ld feeling the hand OF tImO weighing
heavily upon them, with all It's attendant
Ills, Will tlnd In the use OF this BITTERS, or
Ihe IIhle lON1C' an elixir that will tnStill new
lIte into their veins, restore In a meRSure Ihe
energy and ardor OF more youthful dayg
build up their shrunken iormR RDu TivT
health and happiness 10 their remaining
years,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02
Temperance.
From the Little Corporol.
,l COLD WATER.
BY MRS. N. B. c. SLADE,

The sunbeams may dance o'er vineyards oi
France .'.
Or vinehills of Malagas daughters:
But ne'er shall their ray beam on ali their glad
way, g.J1
Upon anything pure as spring watersi
o wateri cold wateri
The bright and the sparkling spring water!
Fair wine may deceive, but ne 'er will you grieve
If you only drink water, cold wateri
And gay is the song, the valleys along,
When madens, the ripe clusters bringing
Bid wine-presses shine with thejuice of the vine;
But thy worthier praise we are singing
Owater! cold wateri
The bright and the sparkling spring water.
Fair wine may deceive, but ne'er will you
grieve,
IF you only drink water, cold waterl
For sorrow and sin sometimes will lurk in
The cup where the red wine is glowing
But safe is the draught, from the pure foun tain
quaffed,
Where the sweet, living waters are flowing.
o water! cold waterl
The bright and the sparkling spring waterl
Fair wine may deceive, but you never will
grieve,
II yeu only drink water, cold water,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02

The saddest sight of Thanksgiving day
was weeping woman entering a saloon
at an uptown hotel, and begging the
saloon keeper not to sell her hus banC
liquor.-[New Albany Commercial.
A poor topper, as a last resort for more
drink, took his Bible to pawn for LIQUOR
but the landlady refused to take it,
"Well," said he, "if she won't take nv
word or Gods Word, its time to give il
up." And he went and signed the pledge
and kept it faithfully.
Few DRUNKARDs REFoRM.-Facts
show that Of the vast army of the intern
perate-of the five hundred thousand in
our land, who are vending their way to-
ward drunkard's doom, comparatively
one is saved. The deceptive power OF
appetite and habit like some evil spirit.
blindfolds its captives, leading them
speedily on to rnin. Companions in
dissipation encourage and embolden one
another, and present an united front
against saving influence. Together they
drown the voices of admonition in the
cup, together they cheer the way of
death with the songs of revelry and for
tify their hearts against God and saliva
tion by ridicule of truth and serious
things. Thus they are held fast under
bonds of iniquity. The mother sees her
son in the path of the destroyer, and
goes after him with prayers and plead
ing tears, but alas, the bonds of sin have
already grown too strong for the ties of
filial affection. The son revels on,
though he knows he is mingling for her
the cup of uputterable anguish. The
sisters gentle and tender entreaties are
added, but only to be spurned for the
cup of fintoxication. With all her blessed
ministries she cannot lead him back to
life. s r7 &
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To Whom it Nav Concern

4 PPLICATION will be made to the Commits
n sioner oI Pensions OF the United states for
a reissue, or duplicate of Bounty Land War
rant, No. 6iiS0, Tor One Hundred and Sixty tl60
Acres of Land, issued ON the 2lst day OF May
liz consideration OF Military Services IN the war
1872, and under act OF Congress Of March Srd
lsS5 The said warrant never came into my
hands,-haying been fraudulentIy transfsred
and located, and is now on fles with the Cont-
miSsionerof Pensions awaiting his action there
on. The transfer and location having been set
aside by the Commissioner ofthe General Land
Office of the United States and said Warrant
cancelled and returned to Commissioner OF
Pensions.
hereby authorize and empower W. II, Bent
ley, q citizen Of Cameron, W. Va, to act as NV
Attorney IN the above application, and 10
whom ali letters of nauiry may be addresssd
and who Is authorized 10 solicit and receivs,
duplicate OF Land Warrant applied for as bovs
Oct 2l-2nss
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02

Farming Probably and how it is Done
Improve my dry soil with clover
that is, by sowing seed on it, every third
or fourth year; turn it under with the
full crop. The second year follow with
wheat or Germ. By SO doing l almost
invariably get good crop.
prefer deep blowing in all kinds of
soil, except when plant sweet potatoes.
have demonstrated, to my own sat
isfaction, that deep plowing is best for
the succeeding crop, and especially
when heavy coat of clover, stubble,
or sward is turned Under. [ have
trained allmy land 50 that 1t can he farm
| ed in any way | choose. [ can raise a.
good crop of corn on it. | find it to
produce better, and to be beneficial to
health.
Iplanted ) acres sweet potatoes; seed
costing Sl00; plowing and making hills,
$50 90; sprouting and setting out plants,
81 80 dressing them out with hoe
times, S56 90; digging and marketing
$40 00;the whole cost of raising and
marketing, S247 so. Yield III bushels
per acre: whole yield. 6G5. Sold them
at 81 so per bushel. Net pofit from
acres, 1915 50.or S71 80 per acre. ! prefer
planting sweet potatoes on thin soil,
without manure, We'll clovered and
plowed under, in the fall or winter. !!
inches deep; put all the earth that is
plowed up into the hills, 81 feet apart,
, sprouts in hill; set out about 10th
May. I SOW clover seed to keep my
land in good order, with oats; as they
do well together. l SOW > bushels OF oats
to acre ] plow them in shallow on
corn land, then harrow the ground
level and SOW three-fourths of Il gallon
of clover seed per acre; then roll it in or
run over it with brush. do this for
n change every third year on all my
dryest land. let it stand one year with
clover, then plow it under deep tfor
corn or wheat in the fall. This is he
best manure and the cheapest that
have efound.-[W. d. Kelley, Ironton, o.
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ges'tfp.
OYER AND OYER AGAIN.

Over and over a. gain,
No matter wh tch way turn,
Ialways find in the Book of Life
Some lesson I have to learn.
must take Iny turn at the mill,
must grind ont the golden grain,
must work at my task with resolute Will
Over and over again.
We cannot measure the need,
OF even the tiniest flower,
Nor check the flow of the golden sands
That run through single hour.
But the morning dews must fall;
And the sun and summer rain
Must do their part and perform ii all
Over and over again.
Over and over again ~
The brook through the meadow flows
And over and over again ..-
The ponderous mill-wheel goes.
Once doing will not suffice
Though doing be not in vain,
And blessing falling us once or twice,
May come If We try again.
The path that has once been trod
Is never sorough to the feet;
And the lesson we once have learned, -
Is never SO hard to repeat,
Though sorrowful tears may fall,
And the heart to its depths be driven.
With storm and tempest we need them all
To render us meet for heaven.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02
Misfella
Josh Billings Papers.
PUDDIN AND MILK.

Love is sed to be blind, but know lots
of phellows in love who kan see twice as
much in their g galls as L kan. !ale..
The miser is riddle. What he pos
sesses he haint got, and what he leaves
behind him he never had. ,..--s -..
Good phisick is like a fiddle-it fur
nishes the tune, while nature cuts the
pigeon-wing aud cures the patient.
Caution, though very often waste d, is
a COOP risk to take.
Pity il about the meanest wash that
one man can offer another. had rather
have ten dollar greenback that bad
been torn in two twice and pasted to-
gether, than to have all the pity thare IL
on the upper side of the earth-pity liz
nothing more than quiet satisfacshun
that am great deel better oph than
you are, and that intend to keep SO. 3
; Fortune IL like a coquette, If you don It
run after her she will run after you. -r
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will attend in person, or by deputy at the
places of holding elections in each Township,
for the purpose of receiving Taxes as follows:
Washington, Monday, October ith.
York. Tuesday October 5th.
Mead, Wednesday, October 9Th.
Pultney, Thursday, Friday &Saturday, Oct.
Tth Sth and 9Th.
Colerain, Thursday, October Iith.
smith, Friday, October 18th.
Wheeling, saturday, October 10Th.
Goshen, Monday, October 18th.
Flushing Tuesday, October 10Th.
KirkwoOd, Wednesday, 10Th.
Union, Thursday, October 2lst.
Pease, Friday, October 21nd.
Bridgeport, SatuI day. October Ord.
Col B. Mackall, will attend rs follows:
WAYNE, Wednesday, October 18th.
Somerset, Thursday, October lIth.
Warren, Friday and saturday, Oct. Is & l6.
The book. of Wayne, Somerset and Warren
Townships, and Barnesville and Somerton, and
BarneSville and Hendrysburg MackadamiZed
Roads will remain in the hands of Col. Mac
kali in his oiflce st GAINESVILLE, until Oct. 22nd
after which, all Taxes will be received at my of
flee In 81. ClHrsville until December 10th.
JAMES IRWIN, Treas. Bel. Co. 0.
Treas urers ONCE, Sept. 10, 1869.
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Shifting Poison.

"I don't like tOadS! they spit poison, u
said little girl one day to her friend
They were both sitting on the steps al
sunset, when large toad crawled out
from under the boards.
"They don't spit poison! Do they,
Miss E-?" said Jenny; the other little
girl, turning to the lady who was sitting
in the door.
Certainly not" replied Miss E.
''Toads do not harm any one. On the
contrary, they are very useful in the gar
den. They live upon insects, aud destroy
great many which would otherwise
hurt the plants and the fruit"
ssWell, 1 am sure 1 have heard that
they spit poison" said Ellen. isn't
there some animal which does so, Miss
E-?n
mot that I know Of" replied Miss
E. "Unless little girls do so some
times"
"What do you mean?" asked Ellen.
Jenny smiled.
little girls say hateful, spiteful things to
one another."-
"Yes, and about one anothorT' said
Miss E.
"When little girls tell stories about
each other; when they try to hurt one
another's feelings; and when they say
things to their companions on purpose
to provoke them, they spit worse poison
than the poor toad. When they say bad
words, and call names, and tell lies, they
spit poison. 'Adder's poison is under
their lips says the Scripture, speaking
of the wicked"
az read pretty story once" said Jen-
ny, "of two girls, one of whom dropped
flowers and jewels from her lips, and the
other toads and vipers whenever she
spoke"
"Yes, 1 remember the tale very well.
The good, kind sister spoke pearls and
flowers, and the spiteful, proud girl,
toads and vipers. Let all your words be
sweet flowers and precious Jewels, and
take care that there be no ugly, poison
Gus reptiles among them, to run about
and do mischief; for you must remem-
Der that when the adders were once out
they could not be got in again"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02

PROFITs OF PEANUT CULTURE.-Five
hundred and forty acres on the farm OF
General Bryan Grimes, at Washington,
n. G. are devoted to peanuts. Fifty
bushels (and 100 bushels is not an exar-
gerated estimate) per acre, at the moder-
ate price of Two dollars per bushel, will
be S54, 600. Two thousand five hundred
pounds of "long forage" to the acre will
make 1,3j0,O0O pounds. worth at least
fifty cents per 100 pounds, making S6,-
$50. The peas that are left in the field
with the pops" which are unsaleahle,
will fatten 600 head of hogs, avaraging
$50 pounds. which will be 10000 pounds
of pork, which, at three dollars per 900
pounds for fattning, will give $27, ,000.-
Total $S7, 900 for the crop.
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To The Public.

The undersigned announces that he has pur-
chased the entire interest and good will of
Messrs. Campbell & Downing, in-their line OF
Omnibusses running betw cen Morristown and
Wheeling, leaving Morristown in the morning
and Wheeling in the afternoon. He will now
be prepared to accommodate all travellers with
comfortable Omnibusses, under the charge of
careful and sober employees. Fair Fifty cents
between MorriStoWn and st. Clairsville and
Wheeling and st. Clairsville-way passengers
in proportion.
Mr.. isaac II. Patterson will act as his, and the
Express Agent, in st. Clairsville. Ali orders
and packages left with him will be promptly
and carefully attended to
JOSEPH B. BUTLER.
Nov en- her I3-tt
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ROTATION OF CROPS.
My rotation for wheat, previous TO my
( land being all drained, was to keep the
driest and best wheat land in wheat
and fallow, alternately. Some of the
fields were so treated for thirty years.
I sowed clover always in spring among
the wheat, and generally sowed plaster
after the clover seed. When the wheat
seemed likely to produce heavy straw
did not put on the plaster till after har-
vest. If the clover was good in the fall,
and not intended for hay the following
year, l pastured it with sheep. If net
good, L did not pasture until May, and
in June plowed again for fallow.
Igenerally made manure enough
from clover, hay, and straw buying
hay when cheap to manure from fifty
to seventy-fve acres of wheat. The
manure was put in large heaps, each
containing from 200 10 800 loads, and
turned at least once during damp and
rainy days in haying and harvest. This
plan | continued from 1S22-the first Of
my farming in this coantry-until
1885. This course of farming enabled
me to pay for my land and all the
buildings then erected on the farm.-
But during the five years previous to
1885, found the course was enrichiug
the land too highly for wheat-that is,
there was too mitch straw and yno in
crease IL grain. then began to raise
more corn and oats, applying the man
ure to these crops and the medows. eX
tending the land sOwn in wheat to
seventy eight, and over ninety acres
annauity. In this way, and by apply
ing the manure, of which l made a
large quantity and of rich quality, as l
not only fed all the corn and oats |
raised, but often bought from 1000 to
., 900 bushels and fed also, in this way
[ kept up the prOductiveness of the soil,
and even increased it.
Previous to 1885 I met with several
severe losses by the wheat freezing out.
or winter killing, as it is called, but
spring killing should be the name. l
had been reading for several years of the
wonders worked on land in Scotland by
tile DRAWINGS, and in 1885, sent for
few tile from that country in order to
have some made here. 1t was in the
year 1913, that l, along with others. had
the misfortune of losing the whole of
my crops by hailstones. This crippled
my efforts in draining, yet | still con-
tinued doing considerable, as I found
that the erceSS Of t,OO crops aCOutd al
a0dys pay back the cost, and on some Of
the wetest land even the excess of the
first crop would do great deal more.
than pay the whole expense OF draining
There ,gas no spring killing on the
drained land.
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farm mud ,Aoasehuld.
john Johnston. FarmIng.

JOHN Johnstons Farming. .
Johon Johnston, of Geneva, n. Y, is
known, the world over, as being one OF
the most Successful farmers of America.
Commencing poor, he made himself
rich by his remarkable success in farm
ing. 4 ...
The following, which he wrote several
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eEo Place."

r r
A great many boys complain that
thre are no places. Perhaps it is hard
to get such as they like. When you get
a place-and there are places-this big
country, Lam sure, has need of every
good boy, and girl, and man, and woman
in it-when yeu get place, say, make
yourself useful in it; make yourself nee
essary to employers; make yourself so
necessary. by. your fidelity and good be-
haviour. that they cannot do without
you. Be willing to take low place at
first, no matter what the work if it be
honest work. Do it well, do it the very
best you can. Begin at the lowest round
of the ladder, and climb up. The great
want anywhere is faithful, capable
workers. There are never drug in the
market. Make yourself one of these and
there will always be place for you, and
a good one, too. 1r ~ sle
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MANURE.

My manure is made in sheds and
yards, and either taken to the fields in
the spring and heaped there or heaped
in the yards, or part both ways and
thoroughly pulverized by rotting. If
not rotted sufficiently, it is turned in
the summer. 1t is applied to wheat land
on which I intend to raise corn next
season, and is spread on September or
early in October. The land is not
plowed until next May. l often man
ure land in the fall that l intend to
fallow for wheat the next season. Long
experience in this way of using man ure
has convinced ME that ! get far more
benefit from it in either corn or oats and
as much i'll wheat, although a year is
lost in reaping the benefit from the
latter BY laying spread for six or eight
months, all seeds of weeds that heating
did not destroy will vegetate, and are
plowed down and destroyed. Manur
taken from the yards, in spring, and
applied to corn, oats. barley or potatoes
is worthless for the first crop, so / have
always found it; on other kinds of soil
it act differently.
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SOWING WHEAT.

I prefer sowing wheat the 10th to goth
September, but can not tell how much
high manuring will hasten is ripening.
Very high manurlng will re'ard the
ripening, but the application of ESQ
to 300s pounds of salt will hasten the
maturing at least four days, besides
giving a brighter straw, more plump
grain, and finer sample evreyway, and
L think that 460 pounds per acre might
pay still better. use much salt, and
[ think that it prevents in great
measure rust or mildew.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-12-02
Walking ErectIy.

Walking erectly not only adds to man.
illness of appearance, but develops the
chest and promotes the general health
in high degree, because the lungs, be-
ing relieved of the pressure made by
having the head downward and bending
the chest in, admit the air freely and
fully down to their very bottom.
If an effort of the mind is made to
throw the shoulders back, a feeling of
tiredness and awkwardness is soon eX-
perienced, or is forgotten. The use ~
braces to hold up the body is necessar 1y
pernicious, for there can be no bract
which does not press upon some part OF
the person more than is natural, hence
cannot fail to impedeinjuriously the cir
culation of that part. But were there
none of these objections, the brace would
adapt itself to the bodily position, like
hat or shoe, or new garment, and
would cease to be brace.
To seek to maintain an erect position
or to recover it when lost, in a manner
which is at once natural, easy and eff
cient, it is only necessary to walk habit
ually with the eyes fixed on an object
ahead. little higher than your own
the cave of a ouse, the top OF a mans
hat, or simply keep your chin little
above a horizontal line, or, it will
answer to walk with your hands behind
you; if either of these things is done, the
necessary, easy and legitimate effect is
to relieve the chest from pressure, the air
gets in more easily, develops it more
fully, causing more publication of the
blood, imparting higher health, more
color to the cheek, and compelling
throwing out of the toes. To derive the
highest benefit from walking, hold up
the head, keep the mouth closed, and
move briskly.-[ Journal of Commerce.
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THE NATIONAL HOTEL.

Home Again.
THE JOHNSONS ARE AGAIN IN EHE
L National House. Ed. & Wheeler johnson,
after few months absence, have resumed con-
troll of the House, and shall be pleased to have
their old friends call on them. The House will
be refurnished, and the Table, as of old times
shall not be eXcelled by any in Eastern Ohio
All our efforts shall be to accommodate and
make our guests comfortable.
ED. d WHEELER JOHNSON.
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fSr the Hauilg folks.
"The school Festival. "


This beautiful little original Magazine
is now ready. 1t is devoted entirely 10
school exhibitions, recitations, dialogues,
tableaux, charades, ETC., and it is des-
tined to have a great popularity. 1t Is
the only magazine of the kind We know
of, has been greatly needed, and meets
the want 1t is full of good things toI
the large as well as for the smaller chill
dren-dN original. and all first class.
We quote only one exercise as sample.
Send for. the Magazine, and enjoy the
whole of it. 1t is published quarterly
by Alfred L., SeweI & Co., the publish
ers of that popular juvenile magazine,
The Little Corporal, Chicago, ILL.,, and
costs FIFTY cents year. Single copy
fifteen cents. But here is the sample
exercise from The Festirdl::
CHOICE OF TRADES
a RECITATION FOR LITTLE BOYS.
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Great Improvement in
Washing Machines.
The Old W00den WaSIl-B0ard
again Turned-Up.

DY A SIMPLE COMBINATION of the lever
ID power and the old wash-board, in the con-
struction of the
Keystone Washing Machine,
the best machine ever introduced, has been
brought into use.
The cry of "humbug' iscompletely silenced,
and the prejudice against Washing Machines
overcome wherever this machine has been tried
and its good qualities and capacity tested. 1t is
universally pronounced just what was needed
as a labor-saving Washing Machine
For reference as to the superiority of this ma
chine over all Others now in use, we give the
following names:
George Dilworth, Mt. Pleasant, o.
Isaac Guyton, "
VIM. Hail. Harrisville, Ohio.
stephen Hobson, Flushing, Ohio.
Joseph Walker,
Isreal Lewis, st. Clairsville, Ohio.
Jesse Bewley, a.
H. C. Welday, !"
Elijah Pickering East Richland,
Enoch Carman, ''
and all others who are using the machine.
For information, address,
A. BRANSON & CO.,
ma2O-tf Flushing, Ohio