The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-01-27
Is Shell or Stone L me Best ?,

PURPOSE all ii,ust agree that the purcs
lime will be best: Many linie stone.
contain large proportion of muene
STA, which is injurious in large u1an
titles ; while she'll lime contains but ;
mere trace. being much rurG;r than
stone lime. Besides she'll lime con
talnS from two TO four Per cont oil
! phosphate Of lime (boue ca.th,l whicl
must add something to it's value as a
fertilizer. But this most importan,
reason for the use of Shell lime is, tha,
1t has entered into organic life, which
required it to have been in solution,
and this renders it more soluble and
assimilable as plant food. This isnot
theory. Natural phosphate of lime
froii rock has often been reduced 70
powder and applied to the soil as a
fertilizer, but found to be inert and
useless; while phosphate Of lime rro,!,
bones is one Of the most valuable
mmurcs. England imported phos-
phatic rock from Estramadura, hoping
1t wauld take the place of bones, but
iound it nearly valuolcSs. The French
academy of Sciences cxpcrimcnted
upOn the solubillty ofthcsc natural
phosphatcs, aud found them insoluble
in acetic acid aud valuclcss when an
piled as fertilizer. II is not disput
ed at this day; by any cxptrimcntcr;
that a fertilizer derived from organic
vegetable or animal remains is supc-
rior to the same derived from it's
natural mineral. Then why should
not lime deric6d, ffoth SHELLS he sumo
pcrior as a food for plants to that
obtained from lime rock ?
Second. Lime is used to correct
soumess in the soil, to dccomnose or
ganlc rinttpr; to render heavy soils
more friable ana porous for these
purposes caustic lime from rock is as
powerful as shell lime, aud these arc
the important Offices that stone lime
usually performs. But in forming
chemical combinations; and RENDERING
Vegetable matter in the soil assimila:
BILE aa hlunt food, that liihG Is best
which is itself most assimilpblc as
plant food. I have cxpcrimente1
with both kinds of limo, finding the
shell greatly superior. Rual Ne,r
Yorker.
BUTLER ON TIE FINANcE.-Evcry
distinguished gSnilcmen of our un
happy organization considers it his
dutyto grarplc with this subject, and
every one comes out of the contest
more or less damaged. The fact is,
the poor fellow lowers his congress
sional hcad-piccc, like tic ,dnrkey III
the old story, to butt cheese, and
fetchcs up against a grindstonc. He
wakcns to the contemplation of two
unpleasant facts in reference to this
internal indebtodncss-viz
!. The people arc unwilling to pay.
2. The people arc unable to pay.
The latest instance is that of the
Hon. Benjamin Day before ycstcr.
day he was power. To-day he
rides at anchor, With his hull riddlcd,
his poop smashed in, land his whole
frame shattered by his own guns
Don Plat, Cincinnati Commercial.
In other words, reputation must
come.
How TO HAVE: DISABILITIES REMov-
ED.-Foncy says:
Now, The mere act OF asking for any.
thing shows that it. Is valuable. Those
who do not choose to ask for this act oi
grace eitEer show an entire want of
conlnIion for past offences or u STUBBORN
defiance of the dominant majority, who
so gl'rionsly and Loyalty prosecuted ,hc
war TO successful tcr,"inalion. Do
such individuals merit any r, lief from
Us? Such statesmen as Judge Bine-
ham are ready to aurport, in the Heart:
lest manner. all proper cnses; hat the
first guarantee which Judge Bingham
desires is All application Tor relief BY the
party requiring It.
SHEDS .AND SBELtER.-W arm; com.
foftdblh. quarters for stock; viii save
food: They require more to resist
tho cold storms. Is not this evident
to every ono ? Why, ther, is so
th.uch stock exposed to tho piti'css
storms 1t is always at tho expense
of tho owner, either in tho lie Of ami.
mails, or in the extra food to sustain
them. And, how mercilcss to 500 tho
shiyering stock, with nothing but
fence corRers to protect them; when
the rain and slcct are pouring down:
We shiycr to contemplate it: And
yet; not half Of our stock is protected
BY all means, kind man; build
barns, stables, sheds, or something, to
keep your suffering stock warm. Now
is a food tine. A mcrciful man is
merciful to his beasts.
Two men narrowly escaped drown.
ing recently at Havrc, France. They
we're intoxicated and il this state fell
into the harbor. Tho custom. hotist
officers succeeded in rescuing both
from their porilous position, when ono
of them actually urged h,sdeliyors to
dive again and get his hat.
CuAfy said he'd rather die in rail.
road smash UP than steamboat burst
up for this reason: eff you gets of
and smashed Up, dar you Is, but If you
gots blowed up on the boat; whar il
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