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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
To Keep Grapes.

Grapes can be easily preserved till spring
If little care is taken in the gathering
and curing" The lunches should be
picked and carefully laid on large trays.
Extensive raisers of grapes should have
wooden trays three feet in length, and
from eighteen inches to two feet in width,
and six to eight inches deep, with slanting
sides like common trays. These should be
made of Stats of wood, or like baskets, so
that air may circulate through them.
These trays must be placed in some spot
where there is a free circulation of air,
without artificial heat--an upper chamber,
or any out-room with the windows open,
will answer Great care should be taken
in handling the grapes, for one crushed
one will in a few weeks spoil the whole.
When the grapes have remained for 81
week or two in the trays, they will have
become somewhat hardened or cured
the grape itself has lost but little moiS-
ture, its thick skin prevents that but there
has been some evaporation, and thereby
less tendency to mould. If grapes are
packed away directly from the vines, they
shrink, contract moisture, and are liable to
decay consequently they arrive in market
Gf for sale) short in weight and in bad con-
dition. When properly cured put in
perfectly dry wooden boxes, or in stone
pots or tin cases, Place layer of cotton,
wool, or dry leaves on the bottom of the
packing case, We think the common
fern, found plentifully in the forests and
roadsides of our towns and villages, if
gathered and dried, would prove the best
preservative for grapes in the world. 1t
possesses rare powers OF prevention
against mould and decay, has a pleasant
odor, dries quickly in the sun, and would
doubtless prove of benefit. The English
are using it, not only to preserve fruits,
but for fish, fowl, and meat Over each
layer of grapes covering of leaves or
cotton is spread Three tiers of grapes
are said to keep better than four or five.
The boxes should he placed in cellar
where the temperature is cool and uniform
not in furnace-heated one, unless in
different compartment, with happy me-
dunn between damp and dry-such a eel
lar as will keep apples we'll March and
April will find the grapes fresh and sweet
as when gathered from the vines
We cannot all possess preserving
house." but we can keep grapes if we
choose to take little pains with them
Hearth and Home
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21

to read; b, ter let them get start physi.
cally than to tax their brains too early
Children of six or seven years are quite
young enough to begin to read. They
may learn their letters before, and per
haps a few little words, butdo not contine
them to book earlier than this Some
people take great pride and delight in the
precociousness of their children. |
greatly prefer to see child a lit
tie slow at learning than unusu-
ally quick You will find many
of the greatest scholars of the past and
present are made up of such as were once
considered dull boys and girls. A good,
sound mind, good judgment and fixed
Christian principles, are only acquired by
slow, careful study and experience.
Children should be allowed to act and
feel like children They should be in.
dulged in all kinds of harmless sports
Let them romp in the open air as much as
possible; encourage them in all active
sports which will tend TO strengthen and
develop them physically. Go out occa-
sionally and join with them: nothing is
more gratifying to children than to have
grown people step down from the pedes-
tai of their dignity and frolic with them.
Life is too short and real to try to crowd
happy, careless children into manhood.
Let them retain their youthful, jubllant
feelings as long rs possible; take every
reasonable means to increase their pleas
ures, then will they look back to the days
of their childhood as the happiest of their
life, and ever reverence the name of IA
ther and mother There can be no stereo-
tl Jed laws to govern children, because all
cannot be governed alike. Different tenn
peraments and dispositions require differ.
ent treatment. The parents ought to be
the best judges. In short, whatever you
do, act with decision without sternness,
with kindness without too much indul-
gence, act carefully and prayerfully, leav-
ingthe result to the future and with God
Hearth and Home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21

the former by exactly the amount of wa
\ ter it contains over and above the other.
] But the former acM aoeigh more per 6ushel.
The water absorbed swells the wheat and
we get a greater bulk, but it is lighter in
proportion to bulk than the dry wheat.
This is all there is of it.-AmericaR Agri-
cNltnYiI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21

We have in stock and are daily opening neEer end
greater assortment Of goods and OF be tr qualify than
ever before offered for on DOLLAR EAtHt
Our terms 10 Agents liberal and not equalea by
any house In tic business To prove this 20 your entire
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21

THE rising generation of Pigville, a
suburb of Hal tford, have lately beer dis
covered fastening cats together with fish
hooks, and allowing them to fight till one
or the other was literally torn to pieces.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
Wafefs' New Scale Pianns.

wa Inn FuWf, OgtfsiGtli0 Bfss, ana A9}dFa Bgidqe
nrladeOns and Cabinci organs,
THE BEST MANUFACTURED. Warranted Tor years,
Pianos. Nlciodc0n~ and organs -Lfiefs 9Iedi-
IN Ad&Nea m tttSh. Now ..Oclaye lanos s3j ana ups
ward New Cabinet Organs sis and upYnrd Second
hand instruments $40 Nnd up ard. Monthly Install
ments received. WartrJoms Isl Broadway. n L..
HORACE WATER. 81 q
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
SEND YOUR ADDRESS F!

For our new Fall and Winter circular with full partlc
ulars and special Terms to agents. AGyErt WAITED
EvEHYwHgRE FAN ~ d Co., JOS Dearborn
street, Chicago, Ill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL.
Preseryatiye as well as Curative.
Malignant Affections.
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL.

As the summer fog disappears before the fresh evening
breeze It's constituent properties, though simple are
powerful. From the very first the debated victim of
noyious drugs realizes that he has found friend.
A glow of warmth begins to pass through his chilled
circulation. The pulse becomes natural and regular
and bouyancy of splrits-the consequence OF an as
surance of returning health comes upon the patient
The fell disease Consumption, while the lungs retain
anything OF strength upon which to build, ~ dispeed
by the PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL In a manner to
which thousands of grateful patients have felt II duty
well as pleasure, to testify
How many, who have died and left their children or
phans might have been living In blooming health had
they but ayailed themselves of DR.. WISHARTS simple
remedies, instead of the noxious pOisons to which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
RHEUMATISM

There are no diseases treated with less success than
hneulnatsm ana Neuragia--iew so prevalent, none so
painful The newly-allictcd fly for relief to the many
guack noslrnms which ony produce worse effect while
he sufferer Tor years repel the thought OF ever being
spent thousands trying 10 get WELL and am no better Ia
everywhere heard IL Is no wonder the afflicted are
suspicious ana doubtful Tor they have ustcause to be
iof rutm1y upon solid facts certified to- there IN no
positive, nallhe, genuine, neyeriling cure for Rheu
natlsnl ana Neuralgia at present Known In the world
eE For sale by all Druggists
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21
Their Constitutions have Yielded.

Tar from the pine tree forest, as prepared by Dr..
WISHART, is a panacea.
"THk PRODUCT OF TIKI TRRx is FOR THR HEALING OF
THE NATIONS.
hehardy backswoodsmen breathing the aroma OF the
spreading branches are rs exempt from that fell disease
Consumption as alternative Of Southern France or Italy
As prepared by Dr. WISH ri the Cordial acts at once
The first bottle exhibits TO you the grateful orctastes
returning health. You are racked by no more cough
nor bathed with facilitating night sweats.
Thousands of people will tell you that in the entire
range Of natures curatives there Is combination
happy, so ehicacious and SO harmless as WISHART'S
Pine Tree Tar Cordial
Chemists agree in saving that THE PROCESS OF
DISTILLATION by which this Cordial Is Welded, IN so
philosophical as to be unsusceptbe of further improve
ment The generic taste Of the tar Is neutrazed, and
the idea Of medicine becomes lost In the quality OF
palatable luxury.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-10-21

TYLER WATkH WHkELS.--0ver 5000 In
i operation. Address TIE nj nnfscturrrs, Salitrun
M1chne o., Ggareaont, NJ H., tor reduced price list
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Terms $500 per osnssns, In adrance.

ations," by the Country Parson; ssTbo R-.wn-
vile Papers" by Moses Colt Taylor: COR n
Wing" book for Sportsmen, by John Rn.,'
stead; new edition Of Parton's .sIi,a of
Greeley" and Rev. Mr.. Murray's "Vacation
Adventures in the Wilderness
Carleton has in press another work Of fic-
tion by Miss Augusta j. Evans, entitled "Up.
til Death do us Part"
Harper & Brothers have in press two new
novels by Charles Lever: "That Boy of Nor
cott's," and ga Rent in Cloud"
LITERARY NOTES
Jean Ingelow is said to be writing long
fairy tale that will soon be printed by Roberto
Brothers.
One of Thackeray's daughters has been
writing in the Cornhill Magazine her impres-
sions of America, in which she notices, as her
father always did, the hospitality of our coun-
Tymen towards the English.
The poet, William Morris, will publish the :
second and concluding volume of his "EarthIy
Paradise, this Spring. The first volume has
passed to third edition in England. wb;le
three thousand copies have been disposed AZ
in America-a remarkable success for a long
poem.
The May number of Mac nillan's Mapaz,pa
is TO contain the first part Of new story bv
the author of "John Halifax, ito be called
"a Brave Lady"
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WestbrOOk Manufacturing Co.
TyHE westbrook Manufacturing Company having
removed their place or business from the store OF
Jonas a. Perley to the store occupied by the under
signed on Central Wharf, offer for sale the various
kinds OF goods manuactul ed by them, consisting Of
Ships Duck, Ravens Duck, Sail and Wrapping
Twne, Sheetings, Mariners Stripes, Drills, Camlet
Jeans, &C., at the lowest prices 10 the market. The
Company are now putting in new and improved
machinery for the manufacture Of SHIPS DUCK.
which they believe will insure the best article which
can be made. All orders promptly attended TO-.
RUFUS Il. WOOD, Treas,
No 10 Central Wharf.
Portland, Jan 9Th, 1869. isdtf :.
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BOOKS IN PRESS.

! The announcement of Fields. Osgood g Co.
includes the following works, to be issued
soon: "Oldtown Folks" by Mrs Stowe,
story Of New England sixty years ago, and
the most carefully finished of the authors
works; sour New Way Round the World,
by the well known correspondent Carleton;
sMen, Women and Ghosts, by Miss Phelps
author Of "Gates Ajar; "Malbone," by Col.
Hiepipson; new editions of stedman's "Alics
of Monmouth" and Lyric Poems;' The Ing
ham Papers," by q. E. Hale; new edition Of
Dana's "TwO Years Before the Mast; .'Rscrs-
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Property Abroad.
Portland -NaxrseY2I.
MOUNTACHEN

70 Grew n viii ft ,snS sanDs s
Aiafsss Z. 6ERRISH Portland. wtfe4
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THE PORTLAND DAILY PRESS lie published
every day, Sunday excepted,) at No. 1 Printers'
Exchange, Exchange Street, Portland.
N. A. FOSTER PRoPRnroR.
TERMs:-Eight Dolarsa year in advance.
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THE MAINE STATE PRESS, Is published at the
same place every Thursday morning ct 82.B0 year;
paid IN advance $500 year.
RATES OF ADvKRTIsING.-One inch OF space, In
length OF column, constitutes "square
$l.5O per square daily first week. 70 Genus per
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Hall square, three insertions or less 70 cente one
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Under head of of"AMUsEMENTs, $z.VO per square
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SPECIAL NOTICES, $1.26 per square for the first
insertion and rs cents per square tor each subse-
buent insertion,
Adyertsements inserted In the sMAINH STATE
PREss (Which has large circulation in every paft
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and so cents per square tor each subsequent inser
ton.
~ Address all communications to "Pwbsishers Of
the Press"
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is Travelling Agent for the PRESS, Daily andweekly,
anu is authorized to appoint local Agents. receive
Inscriptions and to settle bills.
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Ddsso1sstsoas of Copartmerslsap

TIME copartnership heretofore existing between
l. the undersigned, under the firm name OF
TARBOX d. BRACKETT,
Is dissolved by mutual consent. 1as
mrl9d1ws TARBOx. g. BRACKETT.
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NOTICE.

u TOMAS II. PERLEY having resigned the agency
u for the sale Of Duck and othsr goods manu- ae-
tured by the Westbrook Manufacturing Company,
the unsettled accounts and debts due to them, will
be adjusted by the Treasurer, at No 10 Central
Wharf. RUFUS K. WOOD, Treas.
Portland, January 9Th, 1869.
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A MYSTERY-Any person sending us their ad.
a address with % cents inclosed, wflI rscsise by
mau me name eAd caxts-ds-visite Of their futuxe
wue o. husband. REEVES u CO.,
5axsWSA 70 Nassaue St N. Il
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

a SENSIBLE IDEA.-Notwithstand-
ing the bushels of nonsense which wo-
mans rights conventions and "parlia.
ments" send out from time to time,
an occasional sensible idoa emanates
from thom. The latest was that ex.
pressed by ono of tho ladies at the
Parliament meeting on Saturday, sug.
costing that young women should be
educated to some useful business
whereby they could earn an indcpen
dent living, instead Of dcvoting their
whole time to what they call domestic
duties and accomplishments. This
would be the true remedy for the
org, Of woman, and, if adopted
rcn''e unnecessary the advocacy OF
~oman's rights agitators--femalc and
male. There are plenty of respeota.
bic and romunerative occupations BY
which young ladies, and adult ladies
too, can make good livelihood; bu,
the trouble is that very few women
have fitted themselves to fill them
by proper course of education. The
limit of woman's usefulness in bust.
ness is not confined to the public
school on the sewing machine; and yet
it is to these occupations that they
mostly look for livelihood. Both
are laborious and are poorly paid
The recommendation of tho lady re.
terred to points to great many more
branches of employment where wo.
mon could be as useful and as well
paid as mon, if they would only give
their attention in early lifc to learn.
ing some of these branches to prof.
oienoy.-N Y. Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24
An Irish Land Oommissi on,

Tenantry at tho will of the land
lord is the evil of which tho Irish
peasantry bavo for many years COM
planned, because it has ever deprived
them, they perhaps justly allege, of q
just share of tho produce of their la
Dor. Wo can very we'll conceive it,
since we know that even in this ooun-
try land often rents for as much as
it's cash value in the market, fact as
singular as it is puzzling to him who
desires to find an intolligible reason
for it, yet q stern fact which proves
"there is something rotten in the
State Of Denmark."' TO remedy the
present system of tenantry at will in
ireland, John Bright has lately pro-
posed a scheme, by which tho govern
mcnt will purchase the estates of alb
sentee land lords, and rent them, ut q
moderate rent, for term of fifteen
years, with prospect held out Of an
opportunity being afforded to the ten.
ant to purchase at the original cost
with incidental expenses added there
to. We have beon struck with the
fact, that this is the South Carolina
,land-commission scheme precisely, the
only difference being that land is
plentiful and most easily rented or
purchased here, so that it is an unne-
ccssary, and in the condition of our
society, an expensive job, q mere land
speculation and political tub to the
whale, while in Ireland it has the ap.
pearance of practical measure to
meet an enormous evil.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24
RETRocEsSIoNs OF TERRIro

RErRocEssIoNs OF TERRITORY FROM
TIE DIsrRicT.-The question of the
constitutionality of the retrocession
of Alexandria in 1916 to the State of
Virginia is likely to Come up shortly
after the meeting of Congress in a
method very little expected, and
should it bo settled against the Old
Dominion the question of tho removal
of the capital will also be involved in
such way as to give quietus to the
removers. It is said that program.
me has been arranged to resist the ad-
mission of Mackenzie, the lately olect.
ed member from Alexandria, on the
ground that he is not q constitutional
ly elected representative. The mem.
bers who have arranged this plan will
argue that Congress- had no right, in
1916, to dismember the District OF
Columbia by the retrocession of Alex.
andria; that the attention Of the con.
stitution was that the territory for the
location Of tho capital once having
becn fixed and accepted by Congress,
not foot of it could subsequently, be
parted with without an amendment OF
the constitution. If Congress, on hav-
ing this point preoipitated upon them,
should decide to deny Mackenzie his
seat. it will be something of a point
gained for the people of the District
who oppose removal.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

One Of the most extraordinary pas.
sages ever undertaken and performed
has recently been accomplished by the
steamer Holen Brooks. On the 9Th
day of August, 1869, the steamer
Helen Brooks left Baltimore, Md, for
Bayou Teohe, La. She left Balti.
more by way of the Chesapeake Bay,
and passed through the State Of Della.
ware by canal up Delaware River to
Trenton, N.J.; through the State Of
New jersey by canal down Raritan
river to New York City up Hudson
River TO Troy through tho State Of
New York by the Eric Canal to Buffa.
10 thence BY The way of Lake Eric
to Chicago; down through the Illinois
Canal to the Tllinois River and
thence down the Mississippi River,
arriving at Napoleon, Arkansas, on
Thursday morning, October Id, 1869,
after Q circnitous journey Of over
three thousand miles. 1860 -
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24
The Court.

The Court.
On Thursday morning the iuries
wcro discharged, all the criminal and
law business of the Court having been
disposed of. Some Equity business
remains that may consume the week.
This is the first time Judge Rut.
land has hold Court here. His dis
charge of the duties of his Office seems
to have given. all concerned (savine
the unfortunates he had to sentence. !
satisfaction, and the Grand jury in
their 2resentmont pronounced quite
an eAlogiam upon the Judge. f'
One feature Of the Court that will
tend to increase the credit of our ban.
ters and merchants abroad by giving
confidence to those Of whom thew NAV
have to ask credit, was the unsweryine
manner in which tho juries rendered
SheAr verdicts in siysl GASES, in no case
Hscaling old debt" according to The
Elgefeld or Chester plan. The in.
rles simply did their duty, and wore
unwilling to commit periury but
even for this in these times ,hev a..
serve credit. '
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

1t is q difficult task TO snit every one.
The proposed revision Of the English
Prayer Book brings this fact out pretty
prominently. Take the question of a
revision OF tho marriage service alone.
The Pail Mall Gazette says IN substance
that some ohjsct to the phrases IN it
(omitted from the Americans version,
which speak too plainly, and, as some
think, lmmodeslly', Of the marriage
relation. Others think that there should
DO at least another form to be nscd in
the case OF persons to whom some of it's
assumptions do not apply Others find
1t too religious, and want the service to
recognize marriage as a civil relation,
while others think that, MS it stands, it is
not, religious enough.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

Flowers.
The editor of the Butler Hcrud,
who is close observer, says many
bright-eyed girl who knits worsted, and
dances divinely, does not know that q
moss rose is first cousin to the
French turnip, and tho mangel wurt-
gel p'or relation in the poppy fau,i-
ly. Flowers are not trifes, as ono
might know, if he would only think
how much pains God has taken with
them everywhere not one unfinished;
not one bearing the marks of brush or
pencil. Fring;ug the eternal borders
of mountain waters, graccing tho
pulseless breast Of the old grey gran
ito; everywhere they are humanizing
Murdorcss do not ordinarily wear ros-
es in their button holes. Williams
seldom train vines over their cottage
doors.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

Almost every person who uses har.
ness has been more or less anno,cl by
having them injured by rats. We give a
few hints as to how this may be avoided,
though every body knows or affects to
know, what is best. The receipts here
given are collected from different sources:
Take about a tcaspoon'ul of Cayenne
pepper. mix it lhorouohly with quart
Of oil and rub The harne 81 thoroughly
with tho mixture. This, it is clainled,
not only keeps the rats and mice from
gnawing the harh"ss, but it will also
prevent horses and colts from chewing
the lines or halters.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-11-24

Not many weeks ago, flatboat was
floating downsthe broad bosom of the
Father Of Waters. 1t was night, and
all on board save the pilot were wrap.
ped in slumber. Silence reigned un-
broken for hours. But finally faint
strain of music reached the watchful
pilots ear it grew louder, and q
cabin hove in view, through tho open
door of which men and women were
seen fitting through mazy the Dance,
Tho boat glided on, the figures disap-
peared, and tho sounds of music and
mirth died out. Meanwhile the STARS
climbed higher and higher in the sky,
and another festive cabin succeeded, !,
and then another, and so on throughout
tho livelong night. "Wall," ex-
claimed the pilot, "this is tho quer-
est country l ever did see, where at
every house they have q fiddle and a
dance !" But when the day dawncd,
and the pilot was enabled to 1ccog.
nize landmarks, ho found that all
night his boat had been floating in a
great circling eddy, aud that he had
repeatedly passed the Same house
where tho people were having a 'shigh
old time"