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Notice..

ggIHE Horse, Carriage and Boat-Taxes
a for the 2nd halfyear 1869 will be re-
ceived at this Office and by the Police As
sistant at Frederiksted from the cath July
to the l4th August next, both days incIud-
ed, after which the list of arrears will be
transmitted to the respective Policemasters
to be enforced within s days and a special
citation to this effect will without delay be
served by the Police, for which each debtor
Of Taxes incurs a fine of 20 Gents if the
Tax be under IS, and 40 Cents if SIS, or
above, besides eventually the ordinary levy
expenses.
The Tax lists, which will be distributed
by the Police. are to be filled up in con-
formity with the Ordinance of 22nd Febr.
1855 on the list July and returned to the
respective Policemasters within As hours
in town and 4 days in the country.
Royal T~reasurer's Office, st. Croix oath
June 1869.
J.. A. HOVER,
COnSt,
, 1869-07-02

THE Undersigned offers for Rent
his House No. % Ltr. A, Strand
Street, furnished.
JOHN j. NILES.
st. Croix, June 2Sth 1869.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19

had ceased TO exist, = Illinois was still
sovereign, SO Springer appealed to the
only sovereign" which he, as asDemo-
crat, recognized, and ask ed the Supreme
Court of this State to vacate the seizure
and sale of his property for an unconsti-
tutional income tax, which he, as a Dem
socrat had resolutely and fearlessly refused
to pay. His arguments and his briefs, IL
collected, would. fill volume. No man
could read them without ,lamenting that
tax producing such result had ever been
law. mo man could read these yolumln-
Gus documents without feeling certain
that though Hamilton, Ms olson, Marshall
and. Story swere-dead,, r,ssuccessors
could rely on the enlightening aid OF
Springerr. THE Supreme Court of, this
State, after reading these arguments, and
unable toscombat their reasoning, shirked
the responsibility of asserting the sover
eighty of Illinois, and disclaimed all Ju-
risdiction of the matter. - - e.
The war l1adsended. Andrew Johnsor
issued his proclamation declaring the
Southern States restored and the Union
once more intact, so Springer yielded tc
the necessity of going before Fedora
Court. But, in, the meantime, q fellow
Democrat in California had taken q, case
of the same kind up, and, on Monday
last, the Supreme Court of the United
States. not having had, the aid Of Spring
er's briefs, decided that the income tax
was, constitutional. Exit SpringerrTC hs
cdQo IrSbuaae -
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
farnl alto Gonsebol0.
Salt as a Fertilizer. I

49,
J 1.-THE pages of the Rurd have repeatedly
spoken of the advantages of using salt as
a fertilizer for nearly every variety .ol irui5
1growtias, and therefore a preventive of
blight in. the pear, has. been freely
touched upon, and we know OF many
dwarf pear orchards whose immunity
from blight is by their owners entirely at
tributable to its use. *
Landscape gardeners of late have used
it pretty freely because of the, vigorous
green to the grass from the inter, and also
because of, the additional absorption OF
moisture that its use brings to the ground,
and hence immunity from drouth during
summer E9a 1fni&sF'' Is
= The use. of salt and plaster soWn IN
conjunction, forms a certain chloride OF
sodium of ready solution and absorption
of vegetation, and to certain extent,
may be considered in, vegetable Lite much
as the use of alcoholic stimulus Is TO AMI
NAL life, whether by means OF lager, native
wine or whiskyltor man, or corn ana oats
to the horse; and although not a lasting
support, vet one that enables the plant Tor
the time to resist the checks OF heat ana
drouth, or the agency of fungold atmos-
pheric matter affecting its hte-bearln g
principle. .r...tel.g
Itmay be that in so receiving the use of
salt as applied to plant life, weshaA be &C
cused of desire to create inebrlety IN the
pear and grape; but we are willing to tax e
the odium provided our readers use the salt
and obtain satisfactory results. The winter
months are the best for applying salt, and
| it may be sown broadcast at this time TO
advantage, as follows: On sandy soils
that have had no animal manure, say at the
rate of fourbushels to the acre: on the same
character of soils that have been, during
the past one or two years, heavily dressed
with animal manures, at the ratesof eight
bushels to the acre on heavy, poor UNI
manfred clay soils dressing Of fourteen
bushels to- the acre will not be too much ;
while on clay loans that have been occa-
isiopally dressed with animal manures, four
bushels to the acre will produce just as
good results. as double the quantity. In
all these uses the addition of one bushel
of gypsum (plaster)to four of salt will be
found practically to add from two to four
hundred per cent to the value of the salt
as applied above-RWat Neec Yorker.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Accounts with the Farm.

THERE is no farmer who has tried the
practice of keeping accurate accounts
with his farm, who has not been benefited
thereby. By carefully entering in the &C.
count book every item of income and ex-
penditure the farmer not only enables
himself to see at all times his financial
condition, but the practice fosters an
economy. and regularity which must
necessarily be attended with, the happiest
results. 4'''}''
In view of the obvious advantages OF
the practice we earnestly urge every
farmer to provide himself with a well
bound book, and commence to carefully
and accurately enter every item Of receipt
and expenditure connected with his farm
operations, striking balance at the end
of each year In connection with this
farm account should be kept journal OF
the farm, in which should be noted every
event of the farm, such as the commence
ment' of blowing. the time of planting,
cultivating and harvesting the several
crops; the time of planting trees, with
their varieties, ETC., etc; a journal of the
stock not being neglected. Give the prac-
tice fair trial, and you will never aban-
don it.-S0Utbern RuTaLeSt
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Do not Trifle with Danger.

a single spark may kindle a flame that may
consume q city, and small ailments neglected,
may end in fatal disorders Bearing this fact in
mind, let the first symptoms of debility or nerv-
GUS prOstration be met promptly with inyfg orat-
ing treatment. Foremost among the vegetable
tonics ofthe age stands HOSTETTER' STOMACH
to languish, there lie any to suspect that
the animal functions essential to the sustenation
and publication of the body are imperfectly per-
formed, this invaluable invigorant and antiseptic
should at once be resorted to- Indigestion always
produces weakness. Sometimes it happens-and
this is more frequently the case In winter than at
any other season-t that the appetite demands
more food than the stomach can digest; though
not more, perhaps, than is required to keep up
the full strength OF the frame. The object under
such circumstances, is to increase the digestive
capacity Of the assimiiating organ so as to make
1T equal to the duty imposed upon 1t by the appe
tte. and capable of supplying the Building material
W the system as fast as it is required. This object
is fully accomplished by the use of the Bitters.
They tone and gently stimulate the cellular mem
suit is that the solvent Is mingled with the food
In sufficient quantities to convert all 1ts nourlsn
ing particles into pure and wholesome element.
If, on the other hand, there fs q deficiency OF ap
petite, without any corresponding dehcieney Oh
digestive power the effect OF the tonic Is 10 stln-
ul8te a desire for food. In nineteen cases out Of
twenty, headache, nausea, nervousness, Ialntlng,
fits spasms and, indeed, most or the casual
aches and pains to which humanity is 81 Dlect, pro
coed primarily from Indigestion complicated with
biliousness; and for b eth these complaints HOS-
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS are recona7
headed az speedy and certain remedy
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
j., Feeding Horses.

THE system of manger-f feeding is be-
coming general among farmers. There
are few horses that do not habitually waste
| portion Of their hay; and by some the
greater part is pulled down and trampled
under foot, in order first to Gull the sweet
est and best locks, and which could not be
done while the hay was enclosed IN the
rack. A good feeder will afterwards pick
up much of that which was thrown down;
but some of it must be soiled and rend-
cred disgusting, and, in many cases, one
third of this division Of their food is vast
ed. Some of the oats and beans are+im-
perfectly chewed by all horses, and scarce
ly at all by hungery and greedy ones.
disappearance of thedung will sufficient
ly evince this. '9 6~ist1
!; The observation of this induced the
adoption of manger-feeding, or OF mixing
a portion of chaff Ii. e. cut feed) with the
grain and beans BY this means the ami
NAL is compelled to chew his food, he can
not, to any great degree, waste the straw
or hay the chaf is too hard and too sharp
to be swallowed without sufficient masti-
cation, and while he is forced to grind that
down, the oats and beans are gHOund with
it, and yield more nourishmert; the stom-
ach is more slowly filled, and therefore
acts better on its contents, and is not so
likely to be overloaded; and the increased
quantity of saliva thrown out in the
heightened maceration of the food, softens
it, and makes it more fit for digestion. II ,
CHAT may be composed of equal guam
ties of clover or meadow hay, and wheat
en-, oaten, or barley straw, cut into pieces
of a quarter or half an inch in length, and
mingled well together; the allowance Of
oats or meal is afterwards added, and mix
ed with the chaff. Many farmers very
properly bruise the oats or corn. The
whole oat is apt to slip out of the chaff
and be lost; but when it is bruised, and
especially if the chaf is a little wetted, it
will not readily separate; or, should q por-
ton of it escape the grinders, it will be
partly prepared for digestion by the act of
bru ising. The prejudice against bruising
the oats is, so far as the farmers horse, and
the wagon horse, and every horse of small
draught, are concerned. altogether un;
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
- .1assss..s
Waiting for her Husband.

-tt Il 1fsll 81 tr stf 81 : \ Il
~ WE have recently been made acquainted
with one of the saddest and at the same
time one of the most singular cases that
it has, ever been our duty to chornicle
When the war commenced there lived on
Vinesstreet an honest, Industrious German
family, who supported themselves by
keeping a small notion store When Sum
ter was fired on the husband at once en-
listed in the army as a private and by his
distinguished ability and bravery, was soon
promoted to the command Of his com pany.
Not once had he been home since the war
began.rrA At last he wrote to his wife that
he had received a leave of absence and
would certainly be home on the following
Thursday, . and he wanted her to meet him
at the train. 9h1'ni 97aa 'ois 9"i ii95 % 94' j.
4 The next day, instead of starting for
home the battle of Gettysburg was fought,
and he was among the slain. The news
of his death came, and since that time the
devoted wife has been crazy, and still ex-
poets her husband on the train, and by
day and night-in all kinds of weather
stands in the middle of the crossing in
front Of her house, looking in every direc-
ton for the approach of him who will
never come again. q E = g 4 sl Az
Often She will call on the mayor and
other city authorities to have officers de-
tailed to go and watch "that train" to
see if her husband is not coming This
strange conduct has lasted for almost six
years, and the grief and troubles of the
poor woman have. beer, so great that she
has turned prennaturely gray, and although
under thirty years of age has the appear
ance of a very odd person. Cincinnati
FL La
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Lime as a Preseryer.

AIR sIaked lime has been frequently re-
commended as a preserver for vegetables
when stored in cellars or pits. Recently
we heard a gentleman state that he was
in the habit of sprinkling it among his
apples in barrels and bins, and he thought
delicate fall varieties could thus be kept
much beyond their season. The lime dust
could be easily removed from the apples
by using cloth or brush, and it impaired
no flavor to the fruit The use of lime in
the cellar, as a preventative agent, is a
good idea. Itacts by absorbing moisture,
and if one individual in the mass decays,
the lime arrests the spread of the disease
to others. 1t is well to hint to our readers
that cellars should be oyerhauled at this
season, and all decaying matter removed;
the sweating . stage with stored vegeta-
bles is over, and specimens most prone to
rot have developed disease. Sort them
out, sprinkle some lime ON the remainder,
and purify your cellar from dangerous
auxiliaries of disease --Rural Neao Yorker.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
The HOrse.

D
THE front of the horses chest contains
his lungs, by which he breathes. Behind
them, separated by only a thin kind of
skin, is the stomach, destined to receive
and digest the food. Each of these organs
becomes larger when in use; the lungs oc-
cupying more room when the animal is
moving about and breathing more quick
". The space they occupy is then so
filed that only one of them can be dis
tended at time The horse can swell
out his lungs, and breath hard, trotor gal
Top fast, provided his stomach be empty ;
he can fiji it with safety when at rest, or
nearly so, till the food is digested.@ But if
they are both full, the greatest danger is to
be apprehended the horse is sure to be
"blown almost Immediately, because he
has no room to breathe, and apoplexy
may cause the animal to drop dead in a
minute. No horse should be allowed to
get anunlimited supply offood. A proper
quantity should be given, and no more
enough to satisfy his requirements, and
then to allow proper time for him to di-
gest. Many horse has been killed from
fit brought on by the corn bin having
been left open at night, thus giving him an
opportunity to gorge himself to- death
with the tempting food.-Loaatlon Horse
Book 's'
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Rebel Lies %

ias 4 ri bebaed 49,. zs tspi stz9t
From the Memphis Post, Jan. 30.
% We pity the embarrassments OF our
rebel papers in their attempts to manu-
facture monstrous falsehoods, against the
Arkansas militia. They are scarce
allowed q single days enjoyment of these
delicious creations of imaginative genius,
before % bluff rebel friend destroys the
sport by assuring the public that no out
rage Of the kind happened, and that the
officers and men of the militia are, on the
Iscontrary,aeonducting themselves in. the
most creditable manner. We sincerely
pity these editors in their pursuit of false
hood againstunco difficulties
b The Appeal and the Aoalanche have re-
lated in the most piteous manner the hor-
rid details of the conduct7of the militia of
Grittenden county In a late expedition to
excellent officer, COL Main. How many
women were ravished, how many men
were murdered, and how much property
was stolen we do not remember. The
magnificent picture, however, is dissolved
into thin air blythe following card:
CORRECTION FROM JONES LANDING, ARK,
JONES LANDING cRIT T e Co.; IA ARK. g.
EDITORS AVALANCHE l beg leave to
ecorrectthe false report that found its way
through the columns Of some of the Mem
phis papers, concerning tie official acts of
Lieut.. COL Main, while at my place, on or
about the 21st day of January. He, the
above mentioned officer, used as much
discipline and kept as good order as ever
saw among soldiers. They appeared more
like gentlemen than otherwise. 1t is true
that he took about q hundred dollars worth
of groceries, for which he receipted. You
will please insert tbs above mentioned
facts, and you will oblige,
Respectfully yours, j. III. JONES.
! = In addition to- the aboyeGwe have this
morning received the following:5
sd sl4 VI MARION, Ark, Jan. 80!
.ss EDITORS PosT noticed in the Appeal
of the 2Sth inst that an unknown man
had been murdered near the widowSJ en-
kins' place, by the militia on duty at Ma
arion, Crittenden icountyT,I am the man re-
ported to have been killed. Now, Mr..
Editor l have no remembrance of having
been killed by the militia, or any other
| person, and Ireally think I would have
known something oft if it had been done
as reported by the Appeal. .ei.i4q 8
On the contrary, wish to say that the
militia have several times visited the place
where am living, and have Invariably
conducted themselves in an orderly man
ner, and have treated me with all due
acourtesy. Respectfully, ''"
+ia.h lss,t +. ), y. Is ...l@ g. w. WooDARD.l
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Advertising in the United states.

Men of business have discovered that nothing
can be done on large scale without advertising,
but they are not contented with the newspapers
alone. Along the line of every railway and turn
pike, the inside of omnbuses, the cabins of river
and lake steamers, all boardings where building
.1s 1ne
are covered from one end of the year to the other
in characters not to be misunderstood, with the
Legend n USE MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS.'
Every newspaper we open contains a condensed
paragraph setting forth the virtues of this really
meritorious article, and eyerybody's eyes have SO
'wearied by perpetually seeing this celebrated
in obedience to the design of the advertisements
the minds of the people have acted as desired
answered the announcement, and thus the value
of MISHLER'S HERB BITTERS have become
known, and its sale grown to be SO immense.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
The Drying House.

sya AMONG the conyeniences of alarge farm
is a good, drying house. Beans, which are
sometimes very difficult to cure, may be
dried in few hours in a splendid manner.
So farmer tells us who has tried it. A
farmer in Franklin county who has large
orchard dries his apples'on large scale
in this way. Corn never need to mould
when a dry house is at,hand, and the good
housewife. can have. the incest of dried
pumpkin and dried herbs. Those who
have built hop houses need not tear them
down, though hops haveno sale, for they
will answer all the purposes require ed.
For the rapid seasoning of short lumber
it is excellent, so that ON a large farm it
would seem TO be mott convenient
building. Such building may be made
to answer double use, as receptacle for
the small farming tools during that season
of the year when the house is not wanted
for any other purpose.-Maine Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Making Poultry Profitable.

- -. II =
THE place to which your chickens retire
ought to have dry floor, and be kept
scrupulously clean and as the floor is
the coolest part of the room, their
roosting ought not to be more than twelve
inches high, and to be slauting, which will
keep the warm air in, the roost. Sitting
hens can be cured by putting water in a
vessel, Sto the depth of one inch, putting
the hen into and covering the top of the
vessel for about twenty four hours The
vessel should be deep enough to allow the
fowl to stand up This is the best remedy
We have ever tried. Earth-worms are
greatly relished by confined fowls. Take
spade once day and turn over the
ground for your hens. They will soon
run after you when they see you with the
spade, and will amply reward you for the
extra trouble to accommodate them, by an
increased supply of eggs anoda Farmer.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
Verifying a Dream.

aa.s e lN Z "a 1
THE Widows Wood Society, of Port,
land, Me-, has been in operation for sixty
years-7perhaps more. When formed, its
tobject was to supply poor widows having
families with wood for the winter. Coal
was then scarcely known in New Eng
land. Thirty-five years ago friend OF
mine, Mr.. e. S., then stOrekeeper, now
banker, was Secretary and Treasurer of
the Society. The winter was very severe,
/ the calls great, and the funds exhausted.
There lived at that time wealthy
gentleman in Portland, Mr.. James During,
a man of kind heart, but of that kind OF
eccentricity which loves joke. My friend,
the Secretary, was, one very cold morning,
just opening his shop windows when he
saw Mr.. During coming down the street
in his sleigh, and, as hee came opposite,
beckoned him to stop, which he did, and
drew up to the sidewalk. Said my friend |:
"Mr. D., stopped you to tell you re-
markable dream had last night"
"Ah, indeed !"
eyes; dreamed that the weather was
very cold, and as ! was opening shop in
the morning, as you just saw me, I saw
you coming down the street In your sleigh.
I beckoned toyou to stop, and told you
that the funds of the Widows Wood
Society were all gone ; that the calls were
numerous and could not De supplied, and
you went right into your store and gave
me your check for hundred dollars"
"Did YOU dream that?" Eyes" With
out another word he went into the store,
and, making his check for a hundred dol,
lars, said: "Therel don't dream any
mere.Y and drove, on about his business.
That same Gay twenty loads of wood
were semitic sss-lasay widows to relieve
them and Their fafnIfiss fFuIa q freezing
condition.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-02-19
A Novel Method Of Catching Mice.

A CORRESPONDENT of, the Journal Of
P7arnaacy says: Having on several oc-
casions noticed mice in our seed barrels.
l bethought me of some method how ]
might trap the little intruders; they hay-
ing gained an entrance by eating through
the chime. To kill them with stick was
impracticable, as the little fellows would
invariably escape as soon as the lid was
raised to any hight. Il then thought OF
satufating piece of cotton with chloro-
form and throwing it in, then closing the
lid. On raising it again in few minutes,
I would find that life had almost or quite
departed. Having on one occasion left
the piece of cotton in the BARREL on again
returning, I found three mice with their
heads in close contact with it, and dead.
In the evening I saturated another piece,
and placed it in the barrel, and on open
it the next morning, to my surprise |
found nine dead mice" r '''' -