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For The Cecil Viii:
Hay rs a Remunerative Crop.

Mr.. EDITOR AS the oats crop of
our locality for several Years has been
IL failure, have been trying. some cx-
pcrimcnts, (not altogether as substitute
for that particular crop but as better
remuneration in the farmers pocket
GRASS and HAY are considered as
among the best paying crops we raise ;
and from close calculation it will be
found that HAY, taking the amount of
labor and money expended per acre,
will yield better percentage than most
crops. This settled in my mind now
how is the best way to come at it? In
the first instance it is, believe, geucr-
ally acccded, that wheat after sod is
more certain than after oats; then corn
after wheat does we'll, and does not re-
qu:rc so much labor to keep clean. And
iii the spring after corn, pillow deep, pre-
pare the ground fine and smoothe, Ger
tilize if necessary and SOW with grass
seeds from the first to the fifteenth OF
April. If the hay is wanted for mar
ket, seed with timothy, say eight quarts,
and clover four quarts per acre; if for
home use say six quarts of clover, and
four of timothy, harrow with a fine, light
harrow the teeth should not be over
two inches long. If the ground is GOOD
the result will be a good pasture in the
fail, and from fifty to sixty cwt of hay
per acre next year; which will improve
for three years in succession; ordinarily
worth seventeen dollars per ton in barn.
Barley or peas are said to make a
good substitute for oats, barley in this
section does not do well, peas to my
knowledge have not been tried
Rising SIM, July Isl, 1869.
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HEAVES IN IIORSES.-A cOrrcSDon,l

HEAvEs IN HoRsEs.-A correspond
ent asks, "Can you give me rece;p
for relieving heaves? | will not ask
for cure, as | believe it is incurablc."
And the Country Gentleman ans
wers always give moist food-as
fresh clover, green hay, &c, in summer,
and chopped cornstalks, hay, &c, moist
encd or scalded, in winter. Avoid es-
pecially dusty hay or any kind of dusty
or poor feed. Dusty clover is poison
Greasy water, such as occurs in COM
mon dish-water, is good thing and
when supplied alone for years, has cur
ed the disease in its incipient stages in
young horses.
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Tho London Globe says a man
named Charlier thinks the notion that
horses need shoes entirely wrong. He
himself does not cut horses hoof He
merely protects it against violent blows
and accidents, and against the wear and
tear OF the Paris pavement, by placing
it in thin circle of iron, which wards
it from danger without COMPRISING it.
In this way the horse stands upon a
healthy member instead of upon one
which is being constantly wounded by
the iron and knife of the smith. Besides
the economy of this reform, it is cx-
pected to make hoof diseases infrcouent.
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DYsENTERY.-Beat one egg in tea
cup, add tablespoonful of loaf sugar,
a teaspoonful of ground spice, and fill
the cup with milk. Give the patient
tablespoonful once in ten or fifteen min
utes until relieved This remedy cured
a lady of bloody dysentery when she
was suppose to be past cure,
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If brooks are, as poets call them, the
most joyous things in nature, what are
they always murmuring about?
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pLEACHED NIUSLINS.
- NEW YORK MILLS.
WAMSUTTA MILLS,
WILLIAMSyILLE
F0RESDALE,
HOPE.
FRUIT OF TIE LOOM.
Ll0NSDALE CAMBRIC,
For sale at the Lowest Cash Prices. Nv
July 3, 1s6e--3w E. Brown Bro.
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Timothy and clover it has been Gus
tomary among our farmers to SOW to.
gether, but we have never thought the
practice as desirable as some other mix
turc of grass seed might be. The two
grasses are very different in their time
of ripening and natures generally. A
mixture of clover Injuries the sale OF
timothy hay, and the latter soon drives
the former out of the field where thew
are both sown together.-ED. I
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DIR. DAVIS DEPURATIVE.

This invaluable preparation, through its intrinsic
merits has stood the test u" twent yye years experience
with greatly increased popularity For the treatment
and Of chronic disease il is unsurpassed. pures
the blood and restores the sccretory functions to healthy
action thereby curias the most inreterte such
s.rofila scrofnluus ulcers and eruptons. tumors
larypmcnt of the glands socr. scroulous eyes and
cyeis. enlargement Of the joints. pain and swelling of
the bones and trnduns. white dwellings. hip AMI spine
diseases. liver disease aundce r"psy bronchitis, throat
disease, chronic cough. splitting of blood weak lungs. ill.,
cipicnt consumption old and obstinate ulcers spreading
and eating ulcers of the lip, mouth tongue soft
pslae and throat lupus, mercura and syphlitic
ulcers and erutions, letter, salt rhenm scalp erup
and all diseases Of the skim scuryy, govt. neural
ga, chronic and nfianimatory rheumatism. habitua
tivencss dyspepsia sick headache dizziness vertigo
palptaon Of the heart, and all diseases arising from
impure state of the blood. whether hereditary, acquired
contracted Dir. Davis Depot and Office for the sale of
the Dcpuratye. is
Az RACE STREET. PHILADELPHIA,
Where DIR. Davis he consulted all diseases Price
81 per bottle. six bottles for S.
RS- For sale 10y H. II. Mitchell, Elkton Maryland.
April 10, 1S6l-6m
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PUBLIC CEMETERY.

The practice of hurying the dead in private and de-
nohnatioai burial grounds is fast becnming obsolete
in this AMI all other civilized countries. There il now
located near most Of our cities and towns a public
cemetery set apart and kept mp for the burial of the
dead ami II has been found that >ui grounds much
luss liable To neglect than those If the former class
II is now proposed 10 establish CEMETERY NEAR
ElkTON: and ut the solicitation of numerous persons
the Undersigned has agreed to appropriate
land belonging to him for that purpose The ground
about a Of mile from Elktun. the road leading to
Chesapeake City is elevated dry in all se,sons and can
be easily improved and cautihed. The lot contains Il
and much is necessary will he devoted tn the
purpose and it is proposed to divide il into lots Of
the dimensions of Ii by 20 feet. The price will he $40
PER LOT; and So soon as 100 lots disposed Of nos
nrcs will he taken to carry the project into effect
EsPersons favorable I" the measure, and DESTROYS of
purchasing lots will apply to
may 10. lS69-2m SANL r. FOARD
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OUR MOTTO:

ONE PRICE, SMALL PROFITS d QT-ICK SALES
april II, 1s69-3m
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HOOP SKIRTS. Ills
WIN. II. HOPKINS
us

Has removed his Mandatory and SIlesrooms to
No. Ills CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA
Where his - Own Make of Champion Hoop Skirts cs-
pccilly adapted 10 First-cass Wholesale and Retail
Trade will he found t" embrace the extensive
sortlrnt in the Union. and oil the latest most csr
able styles. Shapes, Lengths and Sizes. > y: - -
yards round Of Plain AMI Gorci raicrs. Walking Skirts
Reception Trails &c. &c. together with diff
frrnt varieties of Misses and Chilr"nS Skirts all
which for symmetry Of STYLE. finish. itiass elasticity
durability, and real ChcdlHeSs une,liale Ivy any
other goods i'll III" market. and warranted in every
other respect. skirts male to order Altered and Re
paired. Wholesale and Retail.
Full lines of Low Priced Eastern Made Skirts Is
Springs. 81 Cents ~ Springs. Ii Cents p Springs. 30
Cents ~ Springs. G5 Cents: and 10 Springs a. Cents.
CoRSETS! CORSETS,! C0RSETS,!. 81 different
STYLES and prices. from - Cents :. 90. embracing T.
Wurilry. B,ckc, Glove Fitting. Madam F"y's Corset
Skirt Supporters Mrs Moodys Patent Self Adjusting
Abdominal Corsrts, French. English and Domestic
Handmade Corses and superior French Patterns of
C"trl Corsets. Z" Our Own Make, to which invite
p"cial attention.
Complete assortment of Ladies' Under Garments at
low prices.
GENERAL AGENT for the BARTRAM AND FANTON
FAMILY SEWING MACHINES, superior To any other
before the public. Fifty-tw" of these No. Machines
Price $40 each. being given away customers.
i'll order 10 get them introduced. Every person in
of articles i'll line. should examine goods before
purchasing elsewhere. Call send for circulars at our
ManUftct"ry and Slesrouns. NJ" Ills Chestnut Street
Philadelphia. WI. T. HOPKINS.
Apr To- lS69-im.
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CURcULIo-The following is from the
Circular, and is the plan pursued by the
Oneida Community: 1--WE take two
long, double width sheets and fasten
small bars of wood at the ends of each.
At halfpast four O'Clock in the morning
the sheets are manned by four hands
Zone taking hold of each end of the
sheets) who pass under tree, holding
sheet on each side, thus covering all
the surface under the branches of the
tree a fifth man, armed with a six
foot batteringram wcll-padded at the
end, then gives the trees several sudden
jars, which causes shower of defective
fruit, bugs, worms, and flies of various
sorts, together with our game-the cur
culio-to fall upon the sheets. The
operation is performed thus early in the
day, because while it is cool the curcu-
lilo is in a semi-torpid state, and slight
jar loosens his hold on the tree and
tumbles him below while too stupid to
hv.
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THE BEST FORM OF DRAIN Tiles
For many years, drain tiles were made
in the form of letter U inverted and
placed on a board in the bottom of the
ditch. But experiments proved that
"pipc tiles were better than the
horseshoe tiles, made Ike the letter
L. But still farther experiments showed
that those tiles having an orifice similar
to the form of an egg, standing on the
small end, are preferable.
Mr.. Mcchi, of England, tcstifcs that
the drains he put down twenty-four
years ago are every one vet perfect, and
he calls attention to the experience in
drainage upon the estate of Sir Robert
Peel Gin the neighborhood of Birming-
ham, the place of meetng) by which
the superiority of small pipes over tiles
laid upon solos was clearly shown.
The soil contains iron, and the tile
drains, laid with solcs, making a flat
bottom to the channel, and causing the
stream to be wide and shallow as well
az slow, were soon choked by an
ochrey iron deposit One inch round
pipes were then put down, and these
kept themselves free, and ran the
ochrev deposit into the ditches-Ex.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-01-06

THE true policy of our city govern
ment is to assure the steady growth Of
Evansville regardless of reasonable
expense. Every dollar spent on i'm
provements is an Investment which
will pay a big interest In the end
Courier.
People do not complain OF reason
able expense. 1t is the unreasonable
expenses-such as paying twenty-five
per cent. interest, and the purchase of
poor brick, in which the Mayor is
said to be interested, for unnecessary
sewers-that occasion the grumbling.
It is not every dollar spent on i'm
provements that proves a good invest
ment. Thousands of dollars may be
squandered on improvements of no
particular necessity, and the people
never derive any benefit whatever
from the investment. And this is
what the present City Administration
is doing. We unhesitatingly assert
that thousands of dollars have been
spent on improvements this year that
were not required by the city; while
at the same time, its matured debts
were being renewed at a rate of in
teress absolutely destructive of it:
credit
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WTAT object can newspaper have
in publishing to the world that fast
growing city, with thirty thousand
inhabitants and over sixteen millions
Of taxable property, Is on the verge of
bankruptcy?-CourteT.
A true freud of the city can not do
otherwise than raise warning voice
when he sees its revenues most reck
lessly squandered, and its finances
mismanared TO an extent unknown
before in municipal legislation.
Mayor WALKER is either managing
the credit of the city we'll or he is
not. IF he is making the best posi-
BILE provision for its maturing iDdebt
edness by entering into new obliga-
tons Of Indebtedness at ta0enty tam
per cent. interest, then the credit OF
the city has already sunk, in his
hands, to the verge Of bankruptcy.
Intelligent business men know that
tloenfy-tlCo per cent. interest Is a mel
ancholy premonition Of. financial dis
solution, and. unless other physicians
can be called in to administer to the
patient, its doom is sealed. If the
credit Of the city. with Its thirty
thousand inhabitants aud sixteen mil
lions of taxable property" is 50 good,
what shall be said of its agents
who unnecessarily and recklessly pay
tuoenty-tl1o per cat. for the use OF
money? Mr.. WALKER aud his friends
can take either horn of the dilemma.
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&c harsnonize that idea with the fact
that far years he never visited or
even inquired after the sleeping place
of the being who gave him birth, and
patiently aud lovingly administered
to his wants In early childhood. 1t
seems passing strange that he should
so neglect the grave of the one he
ought to have loved best. It is not
remarkable that the neighbors felt
very little interest in an object
that appeared to be of so little conse-
auence in the estimation of one who
should have protected and cherished
it as. the apple of his eye.
The example of President LINCOLN
IN this particular is only one of the
many indications OF an indisposition
on the part of the people of this coun-
try to cherish the memory of depart
ed friends. In the rapidly shifting
scenes of the West, the whirl of bust
uess and the excitement connected
with our social aud political life, We
take but little time to consider death,
aud easily forget the dead. We dare
say Mr. LINCOLN, now and then, IN
the reflective moments of his life
aud ne seems to have had as many OF
these as most men-thought of his
mother aud her lonely grave, and oft
en- vowed that he would visit the
spot, and take proper steps to preserve
&C from pollution. But the excite
ments of active life, and the tendency
to postpone what did not appear to
be a work of immediate necessity,
would ever interfere, and SO the labor
of love was never performed. We
are told that the President, In a con-
versation with Colonel VIM. JONES,
Of Spencer County, remarked that
if he lived to fill out his term of of
fee, one of his first acts after It's Gloss
would be to visit the scenes of his
early childhood In Spencer County
and pay that respect to the grave oil
his mother which her merits and
his love for her demanded But
the visit was never made. 1t is still
true that the grave of the mother OF
ABRAHAM LINCOLN is neglected and
almost unknown. The people of Eu
rope can hardly understand the phi.
losophy of such neglect. They are
more disposed to attribute it to our
unfeeling and almost barbaric Gus
toms. Even the Chinese point to
facts, like the one we have unwill-
ingly confessed, in justification of the
title they have given vi when theJ
speak of us as barbarians.
Tie following are the verses to
which we have alluded:
THE GRAVE OF LTNCOLN's MO-
THEIR.
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BY +" BABBY."

A wooded hill-a low sunk grave
Upon the hilltop hoary;
The oak trees branches Ger it wave;
Devoid of Slab-no record save
Traditions story.
And who the humble dead, that here
so Lonely sleeps?
And who, as year rolls after year,
In Summer green or Autumn sere-
comes here and Weeps?
So lone and drear-the forest wild
Unbroken seems
We well might think some forest child.
Grown tired of hunt or war-trail wild,
Here lies and dreams!
But no; no Red man of the West
Inhabits here;
Now lie upon The moulderc5 breast
OF one more dear.
For Lincoln's mother here is laid
Far from her son.
No long procession; false parade,
OF pride or place was mere displayed
No requiem sung
No Summer friends were crowded round
Her humble grave
The Summer breezes bore no sound,
save genuine grief, when this long mounC
Its echos gave.
Her husband, and her children dear,
Aud neighbOrs rude
Dressed in their hardy homespun gear
W ere ali that gathered round her bier,
In this lone wood.
High pile the marble above the breast
OF chiettain slain;
While, in the wildwood of the west,
In tomb by nau9ht but nature dreSt,
His mothers 1aini
Her grave, from Art or homage free,
Neglected lies;
And pride, and pomp, and vanity,
From this lone grave must ever fee,
As mOckerieS.
A nations grief and gratitude
Believed his BIER
For her who sleeps in solitude,
In this lone grave in Western wood,
Have We no tear?
And shall the mother of the brave,
And true, and good,
Lie thus neg.ected in grave
Unfit for mental, clown, or knave,
In this drear wood?
Oh! nation of the generous brave,
Be this your Sname;
And let this grave beneath the tree,
No longer thus neglected be
Without 81 name.
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The Grave or PRESIDENT EIncOIn'S
Mother.

We find IN the Spencer County Jour
mai, some verses. under the above
heading, which are said to have been
written by a young lady living in
Grand View. We are informed tn
the statement contained in the verses
relative to the deserted and neglected
condition of the grave of the mother
of one of our best Presidents, is liter
ally true. In the wild woods of
Spencer County, Indiana, unmarked
by slab. aud unprotected from desc
Grafton by animals, is the grave OF
the mother of President LINCOLN
The aeighbors declare there is no
dount with reference to its identity
Mr. LrNcSLN was buried between
two eAx trees, only separated from
each other a distance sufficient to
allow the grave to be dug lengthwise
between them. The trees and the
grave remain to-day as when first the
p Gus woman was buried, only that
the trees are a great deal larger and
the grave has sunken to such an ex-
tent as to destroy all appearance of a
grave.
One of the numerous biographers
of Mr. LINCOLN speaks of his mother
in the most complimentary terms. He
says of her:
In the Autumn of 1913, Abraham
had the misfortune to lose his excel
lent mother She was truly noble
woman, as her sons life attested
From her came that deep and abiding
reverence for holy thiBgs-that pro-
found trust In Providence and faith
in the triumph Of truth-and thai
gentleness and amiability of temper
which, In the lofty station of Chiei
Magistrate, he displayed so strikingly
during years Of most appalling re-
sponsibility. From her he derived
the spirit of humor and the desire r.
see others happy, which afteryarc
formed Sc prominent a trait In his
character. Though uneducated II
books, she was wise In the wisdom o
experience and truth, and was to he
son faithful mentor as we'll as a GOOD
mother. He never ceased to mourn
her loss, and ever cherished her mem
DRY with the tenderest affection anC
respect.
We have always regarded Mr.. LIN
coin as an ideal of ahectionate anC
flial worth. Yet we know not how
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ceiVs that nous but EDWARDS Ia gain
and murderers at heart ever carry
GGnoealed weapons In a civilized COM
munity, in which there are Abundant
laws for the protection of life, unless
indeed those laws are a mere farce,
or those appointed to execute them
are shameiully and scandalously dere-
lect in the discharge of their duty.
Our people were shocked the other
day at the outrages committed by the
Seymour Vigilance Committee at the
Jail at New Albany. The unreienting
agents of Judge Lynch justify their
conduct by declaring they had no con-
fidence in their Judicial officers; and
that the Ohio and Mississippi robbers
would have escaped condign punish
ment had the prisoners been arraign-
ed and tried. Now, these men were
not murderers; they were charged
merely with robbery. There were in
carcerated in the same Jail men await
ing trial for murder, but they were
unmolested. So true is it, that for
robbery and theft we are more eager
ly destructive than for the more helm
Gus crime of homicide or murder.
Human life is seemingly of less value
than an old coat; for steal the latter,
and the jury will send you for term
| of years to the penItentiary; but kill
a man, and with few dollars you can
laugh at law and battle justice.
The impunity which great male
factors expect and receive, when the r
expenditure is equal to their pecuni-
airy means, and when both are con-
siderable, rankles the minds of those
who deem justice maladministered by
almost invariable acquittal, and when
maddened by these frequent defeats
of the ends of judicial investigation,
they form themselves into Vigilance
! Committees, and the country is shock
ed and the nation disgraced In the
estimation of the civilized world, by
the commission of deeds, at the mere
contemplation of which humanity
shudders and Christendom grows pale.
Some one has said: THE gallows
is the devils altar, at which human
sacrifices are offered to gIut the ven
geance of a Christian people," The
sentiment is forcible, and were muir
der not known as a crime amongst us,
it would demand our ready acquies-
cence. Our opinion, however, is that
the author of it would have spoken
more respectfully of the gallows if he
had felt the murderer's knife between
his ribs, feeling for his heart, or had
felt the assassin S pistol ball ex ploring
his cerebellum. No, if we would
abolish this cowardly practice Of car
rying concealed weapons, those who
carry them must be infexibly and
severely punished; and if homicide is
to be diseountenanced and murder
rendered an questionable pastime.
murderers must adorn a gibbet, and
homicides secured for life within the
strong walls of the State penitentiary,
where the temptation to try the pene-
trability Of the human frame will
either not assail them, or if it does,
it will be easily resisted. INDEX.
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THE Indianapolis Journal gives a
distressing account of the condition
of things in the Marion County Poor
House. Itsays one hundred and TWEEN
ty-eight persons are at the Asylum,
while the buildings are not large
enough to accommodate near that
number; that they are not fit to live
in-the rooms being small, ceilings
low. with nc means Of ventilation
The inmates for many years were fed
almost entirely, upon salt mackerel
and dried herrings, only getting vege-
tables at long intervals, and never
permitted to indulge in such Injuries
as milk or fresh meat; there was nc
nurse furnished for the sick, and none
of the patients were ever washed, ex-
cept their hands and faces. from one
wears end to another, while others
have been confined in small rooms
chained to the floor for months, and
NO one was permitted to see them
We agree with the journal that such
a County Asylum is disgrace to any
cOnufv in any State.
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We call especial attention to the
communication in this morning ;
Journal on the Insecurity of Life
aud Property" The statements made
in It must strike every intelligent
citizen as both correct and forcible.
There IS a growing earelessness and
Indifference with reference to the
destruction of life that must be ar
rested. AL over or State men are
al large, charged VITA killing their
fellow men. while our penitentiaries
are fixing up with purloiners Of ola
clothes or petty sums of money with
which they designed to buy something
to eat or drink. This is mos
~nomalous condition Of society, and
deserves prompt recognition and cor
rection at the hands of our leglsls
tors and officers Of justice