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New-York tribune., 1869-01-14

THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Nov. l3.-Ihe Senate to-
day confirmed MI Gibbs Secretary Of State Mr. Meei
"a Attorney General and j. 5. Adams Commissioner
Emigration vice Austin resigned, all OF whom have oeei
appointed by Gov Reed since the Impeachment last NO
NemDer
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President Grant and Ills Relatives.

One Of the Washington correspondents
defends Gen. Grant from the charge of ne.
potism, and shows that he has not kept
many more offices "iu the family" than
some of his predecessors
The President has appointed no relative
OF his own 20 any office whatsoever, un.
less II be Silas Hudson, of Iowa, Minister
to Honduras, who may possibly be a
cousin of the President but nothing
nearer. Gen. Grants father, now post.
master at Coyington, Ky, was appointed
To that position by President Johnson
Prof Kramer, now Consul al Le'psic. who
married Gen, Grants sister, was appointed
To that place, | believe, by President Lin
coin. The President has appointed two
brothers in.law of Mrs. Grant to posi-
tions under him, viz; MIR. James L.
Casey, ~ be Collector of the port of
New Orleans, and DR., Alexander Sharp,
who was appointed postmaster at ksch.
mond by Mr.. Johnson, To the United
States Marshall for the District of Colum-
bia. The latter office has always been re,
garded rs a part OF the official house.
hold of the President, and Il has been the
custom 10 appoint some relative or in
innate personal friend TO the position
thus Mr.. Lincoln appointed his former
partner aud warm personal friend Mr.
Lamon, and Mr.. Johnson appointed his
personal friend Mr.. Godding. Mr.. Lin
coin also appointed Mr Todd, his wile's
brother, To he Governor Of Dakota, and
those who have abused both the President
and his hrother.in law, Gen. Dent, be
cause of the confidential position the
latter now occupies in the official house
hold. seem 40 have very short memories
or they would remember that Mr.. John
son appointed his own son 90 be Priyat,
Secretary, aud that Mr. Buchanan ap
pointed his nephew, Mr. Henry, 70 tht
same position, The comparison might b,
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Lanlng Horses.

THE horse Is one of the most powerful,
ambitious and sensible OF domestic ami.
mails, andyet, in acertainsense, is far from
being a hardy one. In this respect the
horse is not equal to the rough and tumble
usage which the mule or even the OK can
bear without exhibiting marked signs of
the severe discipline 70 which they have
been subjected.
In reviewing the many horses daily
thronging the streets of the larger towns
and cities, the number of detective ones
can scarcely fail of being remarked. Some
are ailing in the fore limbs, others in the
hind ones, and not few in both. This is
not necessarily the result of age, defective
blood, nor Of special hard work, though in
some instances it may be so, but much OF.
tener is the consequence of careless hand.
ling OF positive cruelty on the part of
those 10 whom they are entrusted.
AS has been already intlmated, the
horse, in a certain sense, is a delicate ami
NAL, and if pounoed upon in a passion
while encumbered with harness, and pos.
sibly with a load too heavy for easy move
ment, the chances are that efforts to es
cape punishment will result in such an
over-tension of the muscles as 10 produce
permanent lameness,
Every one COnNelsaut Win the rough
and tumble work of the farm, the lumber
forests, stone QuarTies, the docks and tho
like, will have encountered many Difficult
ties in which teams and teamsters have
their tempers and powers of endurance
severely tried Both become excited and
fractious, and whatever the fault If fault
there be, the horse is likely to receive
pretty severe treatment If not permanent
damage, Not few horses are lamed un-
der such circumstances, while others are
injured by want Of proper consideration
on the art OF those having them in charge
not from positive ill-treAtment but by
carelessness in placing the animals in such
situations as TO cause unwouted exeItions
TO escape from an apprehend "a danger.
Rough, boorish men are not suited TO
the care Of an snimal having the spirit,
tenderness and susceptibility pertaining 20
the horse, aud we're such less frequently
entrusted with the management, OF stable
stock, there would be fewer l!mping and
comparatively yslueleSS horseg 10 our pub,
lio thoFoughiarS ihsn there afa al present
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
Changing Cattle from Hay to Grass.

The change from hay to grass In the
feeding of cattle should not be too sudden
but gradual; grass in its early spring
growth Is weak and watery, the juice as
well as the flber requires more age and
sunshine to give it body and strength
sufficient to form healthy food besides
this, IL is bad economy to turn stock on
to pasture when so little nourishment can
be obtained from large surface. 1t is
better therefore to feed hay, if you have
it, until the pasture has acquired sufficient
age and muturity that no i'll effects will
follow the transition from hay to grass. 1t
is better when cattle are turned on to
grass in the spring to not let them indulge
to safety, but take them off and put them
to hay again until the next day, giving
them but one feed of grass day, and that
not full one for the first two weeks and
for two or three longer it will be better to
take them off about the middle of the af
ternoon, and put them to hay until next
morning.
BY this course of treatment cattle will
be kept healthy aud go through the warm
weather of summer in better condition.
They will be the better for being protected
from cold storms and rains at all seasons.
They should have salt once or twice a
week and q full supply of pure fresh wa
ter, so placed, that they can drink when
they please. They should never be hur-
ried when passing from one field to
another, nor when being driven up to
milK-should never be frightened with
dogs nor alarmed by strangers passing
through their pasture grounds, but be
kept as calm and free from excitement as
possible Attention to these little matters
will pay good percentage on the time
and trouble,-Arlsrican Stock journal.
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Strew,ng Flowers on the Soldiers
Graves.

The following is a copy of the order
issued by the Commander of the Grand
Army OF the Republic relative to strewipg
flowers on the soldiers' graves.
GENERAL ORDER NO 81.
|. The Both day of Maya day set apart
by the Grand Army of the Republic to
commemorate the glorious deeds of our
departed comradcs-will he observed
throughout the United States in such
manner rs bclits the solemnities of the oc.
casion, and as will testify the undying
love Of n grateful people for the memory
of those who died that the nation might
live. This is the second public observance
of the occasion, which II is trusted will
recur yearly while there remains heart
loyal TO the cause in which our comrades
fell, and while the moving principle OF
that struggle is worth preserving. II
our organizations had no other object,
that alone of keeping green the resting
places of our nations defenders, by
this annual commemoration, would
be motive enough to hold us
together in n fraternal band. Tho Com.
msuderin-Ch desires to thank those
patriotic men and women who gave their
aid and sympathy on former occasion to
make successful this National Memorial
baNN duh blNl olN NblhlhAl1 ihNlNCN w
unite with the comrades of the Grand
Army in the approaching ceremonies and
he thanks the loyal Press everywhere,
through whose generous aid lasting
record has been made of the obscrvances
one year ago To the Congress of the
United States the comrades are especially
indebted for authorizing the publication,
in book form, of the proceedings of last
May, and for the promise held out that
each year compilation will be made and
published, rs national recognition of
sympathy with these memorial observ-
ances
H. IL has been determined not to pre-.
scribe any form o. ceremony for universal
observance, but each Post, or any number
of Posts may arrange together such fitting
services as circumstances will permit, De.
partment Commanders will use every
effort 10 perfect arrangements for the
occasion. The newspaper press are 70
Quested to give publication to this order
Ill Department and Post Commanders
are specially enioincd to preserve and
forward to these headquarters q copy of
the proceedings (in printed form so far as
poSSiblo) which take place in carrying
out this order.
~. AS the 30th of May occurs on Sab.
bath, Posts are at liberty to observe either
that day, or Saturday, the Goth.
By order Of JouN A. LOGAN,
Commander. In, Chief
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Picking and Packing Strawberries for
Market.

Strawberries should be carefully picked
after the dew has dried off the vines, car
rled to a shed or shady place in the field,
aud spread out thinly on clean sheet or
cloth. When perfectly cool from sun
heat and all external moisture is dried,
they should then be carefully sorted by
trusty persons who will use care to put
none in the cups or baskets that are over
ripe, bruised, or of inferior size. The
cups or baskets should be well filed, and
slightly rounded. Place the top layer,
which should be of choice berries, with
the hulls down OF out of sight as much as
possible, but not "topping OIL so much
that the top of the cup viii not be fair
representation OF the rest, All sandy fruit
should be kept by itself, and If sent to
market not faced with fruit that is not
sandy, but put up to be sold for what ii
is. Neither should unrIpe berries be put
in the bottom, and faced with ripe ones /;
they hsd better be thrown away. The
pickers must be watched, and those who
viii not pick the fruit carefully, and in
proper condition, should be discharged.
One bruised or over-ripe berry in cup,
will, in twenty-four hours, terment, mold
and spoil the whole cup full. In picking
Strawberries the hulls should be LETT on, as
~ HANNNhNo uACNAAAlEN ahA NlS ANAb "AAA
keep great while longer.
The packages should hold what they
profess to contain, full quart, pint, or onI-
third Of quart, and should be so filled
when packed as ~ be full when they ar
rive in market From the experience Of
myself and all the principal dealers of
fruits for the past ten years, there is no
basket in which berries will carry so well,
and command such ready sale, and con-
sequently such high prices as the Beecher
cups or baskets, or one of similar size and
shape, and equally strong. Baskets of
this kind are preferred for the following
reasons; They hold full measure, and
are well ventilated being larger at the
top than at the bottom, each layer of
fruit forms an arch with the sides, which
prevents the top berries from crushing
those below; they are strongly made,
having a frm bottom, which prevents
crushing the berries IN handling I;
and having hsripg sides, they viii
pack into each other, and take up
less room when empty, while in the
hands OF the retailer and being round on
top they show the fruit of TO better sd-
vantage than any of the square ones.
| The crates should hold from twenty -four
7 to f0rly-eight quarts, In order TO be
handled easily and carefully. and the
growers name and residence, as well as
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
soap Suds.

A cistern or tank, of from two to four
hogsheads, should be constructed in the
vicinity of the sink or laundry of every
farm house, aud q system Of conductors so
arranged as to lead the suds and slops into
II as they are made.
This liquid matter is a powerful fertili-
zer, containing the food of plants in a
state of solution, and const quently in a
condition to be readily taken up and ab.
sorbed by vegetables as soon as applied.
Irrigating gardens with soap suds, after
the liquid has become stale, is a powerful
means Of promoting vegetable growth, es-
pecially in dry weather. Some have con-
sidered suds to be equal to that Of the same
weight Of manure. This, however, is prob
ably an exaggerated estimate yet we want
no additional corroboration to satisfy us of
its intrinsic worth, as a vegetable stimu-
liant.
Great care should be observed that the
decaying matter and suds do not taint the
air about the dwelling, az in the process
of fermentation and decomposition sui
phuretted hydrogen gas is thrown off
This is an active poison. When inhaled
il acts directly upon the blood, thickening
and turning it black. A single gallon of
it, mixed with 1900 of air, will render it
poisonous to birds, and one gallon in 100
will kill a dog-N 3. Farmer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
Getting Corn Rows Straight.

j. A. NJ, Mason county, Ill, writes to
the Prairie Farmer: For the beneht or
those of your readers that have difficulty
In getting their corn rows straight and
even, propose to explain to them how to
construct gauge to attach to their corn
planters, that will never fail to make
straight and even rows with less than half
the trouble of the old way, !. e., by setting
stakes, and running or driving to them.
1t is very simple of construction, and any
farmer can easily make one. 1t was in
vented by farmer in the adjoining coun-
ty, who intended to get it patented, but for
some reason failed.
The material consists of a piece OF
board, say eighteen or twenty inches long,
ten inches wiGe, and one inch thick, TO be
rounded off at each end like hand sled
runner Another board will be required,
three or four inches wide, an inch thick
and eight feet long, for four feet planter,
land shorter in proportion to the width of
the planter). One end to be mortised
into the runner or marker, exactly
in the middle and about one inch
from the top, or the straight edge
that is of the runner, and in the other
end of the slat or arm bore half inch
hole within two inches of the end, which
goes on an iron bolt or pin inserted in the
planter tongue, just behind the double
trees, or hammers strap. And then there
is rope or strap with hook or snap on
the end of it, which is to be hooked or
snapped into the breast strap, and the 9TH
er end to be fastened to the runner.
The gauge or marker runs along side OF
the planter and makes q plain mark TO
run back by, and all you have to do is to
drive the planter astride of the mark and
when you get to the end of the field, the
dropper gets of, takes off the marker by
unlocking the rope or strap from the
hame-ring, and takes the marker arm off
of the bolt or pin in the tongue, and when
the planter is turned around put it on
again it is the work of moment, and
saves the time and trouble of getting off
the planter( once or twice, going once across
the ield) To set the stakes.
Nearly all the farmers in this country
have adopted the use Of them and would
not use Snything else great many use
them on their markers or sleds for mark
ing off corn and they work equally as
well.
Farmers, try one; it does not take half
an hour to make one, and the cost of the
material is comparatively nothing.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
Then and Now.

A CORRESPONDENT of the RHrdl Nsto
Yorker says:
The question "Why new land does not
produce as we'll as when the country was
new" has often been asked through the
agricultural press, and as often answered
many theories given, though not the
right one, in my opinion. The true rea-
son, think, is simply this: When the
country was new wood and lumber were
so plenty that all the forest trees, except
the choicest, were burned in the fallow,
leaving the ashes upon the land. Most of
the substance which passed off in the air
in the form of heat and smoke would set
tie to earth again with dews and rain,
leaving the accumulated products of cen
turies upon the soil. Now far different
course is pursued. All trees fit for lumber
are taken to the sawmills-all fit for ties
to some railroad station, and nearly all
that is left fit for stove or cord wood, and
that too is either taken off or sold, leav-
ing nothing but brush to burn. What is the
real difference whether all the trees are
taken off and sold, or whether the land was
cleared many years ago and all of its pro-
ducts taken off and sold? Who can ex-
pect fertile soil where everything is taken
off and nothing returned, and why dis
cuss the question?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
Common Sense

Rules the mass Of the people, whatever the mis-
named and misanthropic philosophers may say
TO the contrary. Show them good thing, let its
merits be clearly demonstrated, and they will not
hesitate to give it their most cordial patronage.
The masses have already ratified the judgment Of
physician concerning the virtues of HOSTEL
TERS BITTERS as may be seen in the immense
quantities Of this medicine that are annually sold
in every section Of the land II lie now recognized
as greatly superior to all other remedies yet de-
vised for diseases OF the digestive organs such as
diarrhea, dysentery, dyspepsia, and for the va
rious fevers that arise from arrangement Of those
portions Of the system. Hostetter's name is rapid
ly becoming household word from Maine to
Texas from the shores of the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc. These celebrated STOMACH BITTERS
have doubtless created az much sensation In the
community for their remarkable cures any
other medicine extant. 1t is fact that in the
minds of many persons prejudice exists against
what aTe called patent medicines but why should
this prevent you resorting to an article that has
euch an array of testimony to support II as HOS
TETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. Physicians
prescribeit; why should you discard 1t Z Judges,
usually considered men OF talent, have and do use
It in their families why should you reject 1t ?
Let not your prejudice usurp your reason. to the
preparation of the kind that is reliable in aA
cases. and 1t is therefore worthy of the consider
alton OF the afflicted. The BIrTERS are pleasant
to the taste agreeable in their effects, and alto
gether valuable as tonic or remedy for indiges-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-14
Compost Heaps.

IT is often recommended that when ma
nure is thrown into heaps in the field, 1t
should be covered with a layer of earth to
prevent the escape of the ammonia The
experiments Of DIR. Voelcker, at the Royal
Agricultural College at Cirencester, in
England, have established the fact that
the evaporation of ammonia from large
heaps of manure, goes on but slightly
for the reason that, during the decomposi-
ton of the manure, certain organic acids
are formed at the same time the ammonia
is evolved, and then Immediately unite
with the ammonia, forming non.volstile
compounds. There is an active escape of
ammonia from the interior of large heaps,
whore the heat is too great for the chemi.
cal changes above referred to; but, as it
appros ches the exterior parts of the heap,
where the heat is very much less, the am-
monia is completely taken up by the or
ganic acids aud retained. There will be
but triiling escape of ammonia while
there is sufficient moisture to retain it, for
water ahsorbs and retains many hundred
times its bulk of ammonia gas at ordinary
temperatures, These non-volatile COM
pounds, from being highly soluble in
water, are liable to be washed away by
every rain storm, giving the wellknown
brown color to the DRAWINGS of manure
hesps.--AmericdR AgrieIAiWria.
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1 CABINET
ORGAN N S..
I. Quality Best.
=. Prices LOlECSt.
CABINET

That the quality of the MASON q HAMLIN OR.
CANS is the VERY BEST Is not questioned by unpre
judiced and wellinformed persons. These org ans
have uniformly been awarded the hi ighest premiums
at Industrial exhibitions TO the number OF seventy
hve, including the FIRST CLASS MEDAL at the
PARIS EXPOSITION. They are recommended az the
standard OF excellence the best by several hundred
of the most eminent musicians in America and in
Europe, whose testimony is printed and will be sent
to any one dssi ngt Themost critical and thorough
examinations and comparisons of these organs al
ways invited and will make their superiority evident
to any competent Judge.
Q. 1t is the fixed policy of the MASON & HAMLIN
ORGAN COMPANY to sell their organs always at the
least remunerative profit. As cost Of produ cton lie
diminished, prices reduced. The quality of their
work and pursuit of this policy hSve brought
demand for their organs, until this company
very much the largest manufacturers OF these lnsru
ments In the world. With increase OF business they
have been able to make corresponding increase and
Improvement in machinery and facilities for manu-
facture, by which they are enabled TO produce yet
more perfect work than ever before, and this at In
creased economy In cost. Accordingly, they now
selling the best organs they have ever made at prices
which low even less, than would be the cost
OF manufacture of inferlcr instruments without the
advantage of such facilities. In verincaton Of this
statement they ask attention to their reduced prices
of which the following are examples:
FoUR.OCTAvo ORGANS, $50 each. FIVE OorAvo Or
CANS. in SOLID WALNUT CASE. ornamented with
CANS, with FIvs sToPs, TRRMuLANr and KNEE
SWELL Solid Walnut Gaze; ornamented. Sl25. The
same Six Stops, with addition OF octave of Sub
Bass, connected with the manuals, $50. The same,
seven stops with Sub-ass and Octave Coupler leach
key commands four separate reeds giving this style
nearly twice the power of doublereed organ, with
Reed Cabinet Organ, with Five Stops, Automatic
stss !uc be made, SID Many other styles at pro
portionate prices, up to &1,000 each Lowest Iices
printed and alike to ALL Terms cash,
The MASON d HAMLIN IMPROVED Vox HUMANA,
Introduced this season varies essentially from every
other attachment of this class producing in connec
tlon with the AUTOMATIC SWELL variety of surpass
ingiy beautiful effects and beEg entirely free from
liability TO get out OF order.
The NJ q H. o. Co. manufac ture FIRST GLASS On.
CANS ONLY, aud every instrument made by them bears
their name, and is fully warranted.
Circulars with full particulars as To styles, prices,
pecuiarites Of construction, &C., sent free to every
applicant. lf f
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