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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
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stamps to be used in ordinary bu-
siness transactions. Cut this out
and preserve it for reference: r.
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five cents on each 500; if under
s1o0, five cents if over 500, five
cents on each additional sl0O, or
part thereof.
All receipts for any amount
without limit, over $40, two cents;
$40, or under, nothing. ~ -
All deeds and deeds of trust, fifty
cents on each $500 in value of the
property conveyed, or the amounts
secured when a deed Of trust Is
duly stamped, the note secured
must not be; but they should be
endorsed to show the reason why:
All appraisements ofestates or OF
estrays, five cents on each sheet
or piece Of paper.
Afidavits of every description
are exempt from stamp duty.
Acknowledgment Of deeds, &C.,
are also exempt.
Contracts and agreements, D
cents, except for rent, when tor
rent so cents for $500 of rents, or
less; if over $500. so, cents tor
each 500 or less, over $500.
Any person interested can afns
and cancel stamps. -.-a.,,..--.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

Commodore Vanderbilt ought to
be the happiest man on earth: He
has a young and beautiful wife and
a fortune Of $70,000,800, and to
render his felicity complete, an i'm
mense work of art has been erect
ed in his honor on the Western
wall Of the Hudson River Railroad
in the city Of New York. It con-
sists of an immense bronze statue
Of the Commodore placed in the
centre of colossal basrelief, which
is contrived to illustrate the career
and achievements oftbe Commo-
dore, to represent the great in
.yentions of this century, and to
portray allegorically the growth
oefthe Republic. Il eoversan arena
of3, 125 square feet, measures loo
feet in straight line, and 81 feet
il, extreme height ; weighs nearly
100, ,OO0.pounds, and cost over nan q
a million of dollars. But beautiful
wives, million Of money. and col
ossal bronze statues are not always
happiness To the bachelor who
earns his daily bread by thesweat
of his brow, this may seen IN
credible j; but we are told 1t Is true
neverth heless: ...... ........... .
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.

E. A. Baker, of Bonneville,
Indiana, publishes in the Country
Gentleman the following directions
for keeping sweet potatoes:
Two or three plans are practiced
in this community. One is to
build a small cellar, say twelve or
fifteen feet square, under the fam
lily room Of the house, only entered
by trap door through the floor
the cellar wall fitting up to the
floor Of the room snug, so that no
air can get through. The potatoes
are dug and allowed to dry, when
they are let down into the cellar
without bruising. Through the
winter the cellar is ventilated
once or twice o week by opening
the trap door for half an hour,
during which time the outside
doors Of the room above should
be kept closed. I have kept sweet
potatoes in this way till the mid
die Of April.
Another, and I think the best
plan, is to build a "house within a
house," filing the space between
the walls with clay. Two doors
are hung-one to the inner and
one to the outer wall. The space
above the joints is filed with clay
or saw dust. The potatoes are
dug and hauled to the house. The
floor, or rather the ground, is
covered with dry chaff. A layer
of potatoes is carefullMlaid on,
and another layer Of chat, and the
process continued until the pile is
about three feet high. A thick
layer Of chaff is then spread over
the top, and the process is COM
pleted. A box, two by six inches,
is placed in the wall, opposite the
door, for ventilation. This is kept
closed in cold weather, and only
opened in the middle of the day,
on warm days.
Will it pay? One of my neigh
bors, whose name. l might give if
necessary, planted two. acres of
sweet potatoes last year, and did
all the work Of cultivation himself,
and he is sixty years old. He has
two potato houses, built after the
plan given above: In the Spring he
sold out of the two houses and off
of the two acres FIVE hundred bush
els, at three dollars per bushel.
Other cultivators in this country
are doing as we'll, or perhaps bet
ter; but [ give this mans crop as
as ao example, because / know
the facts. >...~....f ..;
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
The Cultivation Of Barley.

A travelling correspondent of
the Greehville Is. c. Enterprise
speaking of crops above and
aronnd Newberry, says:
Dr.. Moses G. Taggart, of White
Hall, is a great advocate for barley
culture. He says he made $50
bushels on three acres of land. 1t
is of great value-equal to corn or
tetter to feed stock, soaked or
ground; and the barley in the
winter and early spring, growing
on rich land, makes a fine pasture
or may be cut and fed green. The
barley on we'll prepared lands is
the most certain ct all other crops.
1t is never injured by cold or vet
or dry, nor by rust or mildew, like
other grain. 1t makes itself ear
lier than any other crop, being the
first to come to the relief of the
farmer who likes plenty. Every,
body ought to cultivate barley in
this country as a part of their
crop; but it is no use to do SO
without enriching the land first,
then it will surely pay. Mr.: Tag
CART sells his this year for $500 a
bushel to a brewer in. Columbia
It is to be converted into lager
beer. Dr.. Taggart uses the turn
ing and subsoil plough freely IN
the preparation of his lands 1ol
various crops, especially for wheat
and barley, and Of course *manures
freely with home made and also
the commercial, and finds 1t pro
ftable to do so. BE isnot peculiar
in these respects. Abbeville has
many Of the same sort Of enEght
sned and progressive planters.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
The Infamous Stowe.

If ever publishers of a jour
nal blushed at the prostitution OF
their pages, Messrs. Fields, Os.
| good and Company should Grim
son with shame at the appearance
of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves
bestial paper on Lord Byron in
the last atlantic Monthly. What
the nature of that paper is, and
what is the charge it contains, we
need not explain: the matter has
been canvassed by every journal
in the country.
We are glad to note that the
shameless woman who makes the
charge has placed herself in o dl-
lemma Of intamy from which there
is no escape. For, supposing her
statement to be true, Lady Byron
consulted her, IN sfri'tsst confidence,
on the question: whether it was or
was not her duty 10 make this dis
closure public; and Mrs. Stowe,
after long deliberation. replied that
Lady Byron was justified in with
holding it, at all events, during her
life. The seal of that confidence
was never removed. By Mrs.
Stoves own admission-she wait
ed for years after Lady Byron's
death, she says, expecting that
some one would come forward
with authority to give the secret
to the worldly her own admis.
sion she was not authorized, and
no one was authorized to make
the disclosure. Lady Byron could
never have intimated that she had
an idea of giving Mrs. Stowe this
authority, or theA"tter would not
have failed to trumpet abroad the
fact. Therefore Mrs. Stowe has
either shamelessly violated a most
solemn confidence, or she has been
guilty of the most monstrous and
atrocious calumny ofmodern times.
We of the South, who know how
to rate Mrs. Stoves veraeity very
accurately at it's true worth, will
not hesitate for ar instant between
these probabilities and perhaps
some of her English friends may
now get an insight into the real
character of the author Of Uncle
TOMS Cabin.
Some Of the papers .allege that
this publication is a desperate ef-
fort to revive the falling circula-
ton of the atlantic. We know
not how this may be; but We are
proud to know that there is no.
Southern magazine that would not
rather cease publication than de-
file it's pages with such revolving
abomina ions; and we are equally
proud to believe that any South
ern magazinethat should be guilty
ofso doing, would be spared the
expense Of publishing a second
number.-Oct. NeU Eclectic.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

The NOBLE QUEEN.-Once insa
time of famine, a beggar woman,
went through a village asking
aims. So. ..s. -
From some houses she was sent
away with rough words; at others
she received q very small gift ).
only one poor gardner, as she was
very cold, invited her into his
warm rooms, and bis wife, who
just baked cakes, gave her . nice
large piece. - z.a.a =.
The next day, all the people at
whose door the beggar woman, had
called, were invited to supperin the
Queens palace. When they came
into the dinning-room they beheld'
a small table laden with the rich
eat food, and also a large table
with many plates; on which there
was here and there piece @os
mouldy bread, a few artichokes,
or a handful of bran; but for the
most part, the plates were en-
tirely empty. -.... =,
The Queen said-'I was mysett
that beggar woman in disgnise,
wishing, in this time OF distress.
when thepoorarein in sach great need,
to prove the charity of my people.
Thesetwo poorgardners took me ip
and entertained me as best they
could; hence they will now eat
with me, and 1 will fix a pension
for life on them. The rest OF you
will entertain yourselves with the
same fare which you gave me;
and which you will find on these
mates. With this remember that
in the future world you will also
one day be served as you serve
Others" a-.. - sgEs"Ea .
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN Barn
wELL.-A most distressing and fataI ae-
cident occurred at Long Branch, y Set
tlement about seven miles from Blaek'
vile, on Wednesday morning last. Mr.
William Ogden. highly esteemed cit!.
zen of that locality, desiring to have n'a
we'll cleaned ont, employed negro, TOR
that purpose, who, after a. critical exam
inatiou, declined to descend into the wel'
which was one Of considerable depth.
Mr.. Ogden thereupon determined to 40
the work himself, and had proeesded
but a shor. distance when the rope
broke, precipitating him to the ssostom
of the we'll, and breaking his > nees ano
back. .s.- -: i" =, - -1''fs"--
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1869.

journalistically dead, at present,
amt [ ?"
eyes"
"Well wouldn't you consider it
disgraceful in a corpse to sit up
and comment on the funeral p
I record it here, and preserve it
from oblivion, as the brietest and
best "vsledictory" that has yet
come under my notice. -
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
Will it Pay to Feed Boiled
Corn to Stock2

4 Western farmer gives bis sxs
perience on this point as follows {:
Having fed boiled corn to q few
cattle last winter, l became con-,
vinced that it was profitable and
decided to try it thoroughly this
year. I am now feeding only
two bushels Of corn per day, to.
seventeen head of oxen and heavy
steers, and never saw cattle fatten
better in my life. +.
In addition TO this they have q
liberal supply of corn fodder and
if any farmer can name a cheaper
way to make beef, I should like
! to hear from him. -,.,
Perhaps the reader may, sup
pose that the process Of cooking
is tedious and expensive, but it il
not so. ~~-r =
I have a boiler five feet long;
two and a half wide, and one and
half deep; the sides of which
are made of poplar plank, and the
bottom of sheet copper. (iron is
much cheaper and just as good
which will hold six bushels of
corn.
This is set or O stone fur.
mace and when full Of corn Is
filed about two-thirds full of wa
ter, and covered to confine tho
steam. After heating the water
to boiling point, it is allowed to
cook about twenty minutes, when
it is taken out and thrown into
The tubs which have holes ia the
bottom to drain tho water back
into the boiler. ....<
By taking the corn out at one
end, there is soon room enough to-
roll the grain which is on the top
down into the not water, which
in addition to the steaming it has
already received cooks it suf-
aclently. .y- .- 5--.
/. In cold weather the corn must
be put into a bin in the cellar,
which is the hardest part of the
labor. A handful of salt should
be thrown in every time the
boiler is filed. One man viii
cook twenty-five bushels in half q:
day, and one cord of wood will
boil q hundred bushels. ls@--
The cob Of corn, in its dry
state, is about as digestible as 3
white oak chip, and the grain has.
just begun to soften after soaking
six hours in cold water; but after
boiling, the cob is easily chewed
and the grain erushes into cooked
meal under the teeth, so that the
process Of digestion commences at
once. I am convinced that cattle
will thrive better upon two bush
els of boiled corn, than upon three:
bushels in its natural state. g. =.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
What our Soil Needs.

and Garden thus discourses on
the Incorporate use Of Guano:
Mr.. EDITOR: / feel constrained
to caution you and your readers
against guano. Used as the ma
jority of our farmers use it, it is a
humbug-worse than that, it is a
crying evil. We do not wish any
longer to farm after the old sys-
tenn Of farming what land We own
to death, and then throwing it
aside as old field, for the purpose
Of clearing up a new-ground or
moving West. Our lands are sus-
ceptible Of high improvement, and
hereafter we must look to these
as bound to last US our lifetime,
and still be fit for our great-grand
children to cultivate.
Now, sir, the way our farmers
use guano is after the miserable,
old, exploded system of land-mur-
der. Put on without any other
manure, guano is a positive injury
to land, and will wear it out in
one-half the time that no manure
ut all would. 1t is a stimulus,
and nothing more. It adds moth
ing to the permanent ingredients
Of the soil; it forces the whole
strength Of the soil into action,
which activity will be followed by
years OF barrenness.
The soil certainly needs two
things beside elbow-grease pos
sibIy three. l: needs food and
rest-possibly stimulus. To use a
parable: We have hired q laborer,
and set him to work at early
dawn. He works till late at night
without any intermission, without
even food. The moon comes out,
and we say to him, "Work away,
my lad ; work away the night is
beautiful ano time is precious. -
All night he tolls ON, with neither
sleep nor food, and in the morning
the poor fellow is completely bro
ken down. But we come out af-
ter our own comfortable rest, and
say, Here, swallow this drink of
whiskey, and work On, my boy"
He drinks, becomes excited, and
works finely, till the influence of
the liquor leaves him, when he
finds that he is completely worn
out. So we treat our land. We
give no appropriate food of lime,
plaster, bone, &c. We give no
needed rest, and then, when the
strength of our land is almost
gone, we make it throw out its
little remaining force, under the
stimulating influence of guano.
Il admit that guano is an excel
lent thing to use when the land is
in a very highly manured condi-
ton but then, and only then: l
have tried guano, and have made
excellent turn, outs, but it always
leaves the ground comparatively
exhausted of its hpmus. 1t is not
however, against guano, but
against the Incorporate use OF it,
that I complain. Whiskey is not
food, neither is guano manure
there is something else needed be-
side the stimulus. Guano may be
used with great profit on rested
land by itself, but nowhere else,
unless composted with manures~
I give above the result of my
experience. 1t differs. / know,
from the ideas of some of your
readers. but l am right, and !
know it
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
BETTER THAN DIAMONDS.

I was standing in the broad,
crowded street of a large city. 1t
was a cold winters day. There
had been rain; and although the
suukwas theasshininss brightly, yet
the long micles hung from the
caves ofthe houses, and the wheels
rumbled loudly as they passed over
tue frozen ground. There wasa
clear, bright look, and q cold, brac-
ing feeling in the air, and keen
north west wind, which qaiekened
every Step ] ust then q little child.
came RAINING aieng ga poo, ,ill-clad
child her clothes were seant and
-thrsadBare; she had no cloak and
no shawl; and her little bare feet
looked red and suffering. She
could nos have been more thar.
eight years old. She carried a
bundle in her hand Poor, little,
shivering child! I, even |, Who
could do nothing else, pitied her.
As She passed me, her foot slipped
upon the ice, and she fell, with a
cry of pain; but she held the bun
dles tightly in her hand and
jumping up, although she limped
sadly, sendeayored to run as before.
stop, little girl, STOP" said a
soft, sweet Voice. and a beautiful
woman, wrapped in a large shawl,
and with fnrs. all around her, came
out of q jewellers store close by.
aPses little child,'' said she, 'are
you hurt2 Sit down on this step.
and tell me-" How / loved her,
and how beautiful she looked!
f,h1 = hnot, said the cSisld,
. Il eannss watt am in such a
hurry. I have been to the shoe
snakgr.s, and mother must tinish b
this work tonight or she will
never get any more work TO
bind. .iss., i,
10 QlgRl - -, =
:Roman-ato night p
y &Yes, said the child-for the
strangers kind manner had made
! her bold-ssyes; for the great ball
tonight, and these satin slippers
must be spangled, and"
The beautiful woman took the
bundle from the ehild's hand, and
unrolled it. You do not, know
Why her face flushed, and then
: turned pale; but Z, yes l looked
into the bundle, and on the inside
ofthe slipper l saw a name-a
. 1ady's nanne-written butt shall
. not tell it. :. -,
"And where does your mother
live, little girl.?" ;:
= So the child told her where, and
then she told that her father was
dead, and that her little baby
brother was sick, and her mother
bound shoes, that they might have
bread, but that sometimes they
were very hungry, and sometimes
they were very cold land that be!
mother sometimes cried because
she had no money to buy milk fol
her little sick brother. And ther
I saw that the lady's eyes were
full of tears and she rolled up the
bundle quickly, and gave it back
to the little girl-bat she gave
her nothing else no, not even ons
six-psnce; and turning away
went baek into the sstore from
which she had just come out: Al
she went away, ! saw the glitter
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

It is stated that Mrs. 81. B.
Stowe makes $4,000 a year editing
Hearth aed Home, and Donald G.
Miehell RECEIVES $1,000 ayear for
his services on the same paper. :
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

q; The Methodist Church returns,
so far as heard from, show one
hundred and fifty thousand in
favor of, and seventy-6Ve thou
sand against lay representation.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

In reply to a paper which called
General Sherman "the coming
man." a Georgia journal says it
"hopes he is not coming that way
again"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

Many a sweet fashioned mouth
has been :disfgured and made
bideous blythe fiery tongue With
in II.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

A New York paper says of a fa-
nous singer: 'She sings a few
airs and puts on great many"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

,.A-las I am no more p as Miss
Susan Moore remarked, after be-
coming Mrs. Jones.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

The work Of tunneling the Blue
Ridge Mountain will be commen-
ed i'm immediately:
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29
Is IT,E0T SWEET TO THINK, HERE.
AFTER. -. -

/. it not sweet to think, hereafter,
When the Spirit leaves this sphere,
Love, With deathless wing, shall wafs her
To those q elong hath moura'd for here!
Hearts. from which t vas death to sever,
Eyes, this world can ne'er restore,
There, as warm, as bright as ever, - Is.
Shall meet US and be lost no more.
When YEARLY we wander, asking
ofearth and heav'n. where are they,
Beneath whose smile We once lay bAskins,
: Bless, and thinking bliss would stay!
Hope still lifts her radiant finger
Pointing 10 tn eternal Home,
Upon whose portal yet they linger, &.
Looking back for. Us to come.
Alas, alas-doth hope deceive US?
:, Shall, friendship love shall all those ties
That bind a moment, and then leave u.s.
Be found again where nothing diess
Oh, if no other boon were given, .....
To keep oar hearts from wrong and stain,
Who would not try TO win heaven
Where all we love shalt live a.sain ? 80.
Thomas Moore.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

Prentice fears the Chinese will
sat CD all the birds nests.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-09-29

Mr.. SILVER of Columbia is snlayatins
the ramis nlant. srTsss.5 e&
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-11-05

Council HALL, Nov. 3, 1869.
Special meeting City Council.
f. A. Bryant, Mayor. Presiding.
Present-StiIson, Benjamin, Hunt,
kellogg, Thompson.
Absent Wallace, French, Hotch.
kiss.
Minutes of last meeting read and
approved.
The following bills were then pre-
sented and, on motion, ordered paid !:
q. III. Ham, bill as allowed by
Committee OH Claims, 5 90 rs
Thompson 4 Co., bill for sun
dries, 0 OF
s. Meade, bill for work, IA 90
Wilson Bros, bill for Blankets
for Lookup, so
f. McQuaGe, to apply on work
on cutters, 400 90
Yeas-Stilson, Benjamin, Hunt,
Kellogg, Thompson.
f. McQuade's bill for sundries,
dated Nov. Goth, 1868, was read aud
on motion, referred to Committee on
Claims.
On motion Council adjourned.
+. a. BRYANT,
Attest: Mayor.
G. l.. MILLS,
City Clerk
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1869-11-05
To Farmers.

1t is fact, understood by all good
farmers. that our seed wheat degen.
crates from year to scar in quality
and quantity, and a Change of seed
Is indispensable if we would excel In
wheat raising. Having duly con.
sidered the matter l have procured
and raised some of the white spring
wheat, which has been cultivated in
Northern Iowa until no doubts are
entertained of success.
Ityields from five to eight bushels
per acre more than the 'tea" or
fife" and also makes fully i've
pounds more flour per bushel. 1t is
hardy and from six to ten days earlier
than any other variety, giving the
farmer q chance to secure the crop
before the other grains ripen. 1t
does not rust or smut a particle. Ii
brings a better price, as you all know
that white wheat and white -four IL
always quoted about twenty. i've per
cent. higher than any other grade.
Farmers only need to be reminded
of the above facts. which can be Az.
thenticated by several of cur best
farmers in this county, aud told
were they can find the seed. Many
have already engaged, but more can
lie supplied by leaving orders with
Hunt & Rowland, where they can
see some of the wheat and obtain
further information. Orders will
also be received at my farm, four aud
half miles southwest of Naverly.
Post-office address, GAINESVILLE, Iowa.
31w3 DIR. r.. b. CLARKE.