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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08

general rule; but no weeds, grass, OF
other plants should ever be allowed to grow
near the stems of young trees, especially
apple trees, because, as is well known, the
parent of the apple tree borer will de-
post her eggs more frequently in trees
thus surrounded than in those not fur
nished with such a convenient retreat.
Mulching the soil around newly planted
trees is sometimes practiced with benefi-
cial results, but if continued for several
years in succession, II will cause the roots
to grow near the surface, where they are
more liable to be injured in severe win
tiers, as well as in long protracted drouths
in summer, than if deeper in the soil.
In cultivating an orchard with plow
some care is requisite to prevent injurlne
the roots, and the soil should not be
worked so deep near the trees as at dis
lance from them, but if an occasional root
or number of them are destroyed, it will
be far less injurious than total neglect Of
cultivation. When the trees become sc
large that they shade the soil under
meath them, then cultivation may be dis
pensed with, and the land seeded down tC
clover or grass, or, what would be still
better, used as pasture for hogs, but in
no case should cattle or even sheep be al
lowed in an orchard. As rule, orchards
should be cultivated for the first ten OF
fifteen years, but should circumstance
show that this system can be dispensed
with in less time, then adopt such a plan
and adhere to it for the alternate system
of blowing for year or two, and ther
seeding down the land among trees i,
scarcely to be recommended for any sol
or location.-Hearth and Home.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
officer may, during the recess OF the Senate,

officer may, during the recess OF the Senate,
become q defaulter to the amount of a
million dollars, and the President cannot
renlo0e him, even though he is convicted
under an Indictment, until the Senate shall
have approved of his successor.
Members my pretend that the law is
practically repealed by the bill they have
passed, but it is not. The power OF re-
moval is not restored to the President,
and until it is one form of words is just as
obnoxious as another. The people look
upon the law as an obstacle in the work
publication, and they do not agree that
the President ought to be restricted in the
vigorous performance of such a duty by
any latent power in a Senator, or any
number of Senators, to protect their friends
in office. When the President has discov-
cred incompetency, corruption, or negli-
gence, in office, why should a. Senator be
empowered to say to him, "Sir, before
consent to your removal of this man l
must know whom you intend to appoint
in his place. He is my friend, and unless
you appoint some other friend of mine,
you shall not remove this onep 1ndeco-
rous as such a speech would be, the MAORI
ty of the Senate have Obstinately refused
to yield the power of its members to make
it if they please.
Whether General Grant signs this bill
or not it is hardly possible that he can ap-
prove it.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
Johnson and Grant-A Contrast.

On the 18th of May, 1865, some twenty
of the leading moneyed men and firms of
New York rendered President Johnson a
coach, horses, &C., asking him to "accept
the same as token of their high appreci-
alton of his fidelity to the country as a
statesman well approved by word and
deed in all the various offices to which he
has been called" President Johnson re-
piled as follows:
WARRINGTON CITY, May 22.-Messrs A. A. Low,
Esq, Phelps, Dodge & Co.. Hoyt Brothers, j. s..
Shutz, and others-Gente,nen: / am in receipt of
your very complimentary note, dated New York,
May II, 1865, wherein you request my acceptance
OF coach, span OF horses, harness. &c, as token
OF your high appreciation of my public course.
While fully appreciate the purity of your mo-
tives in thus rendering me such substantial evil
dence of your regard and esteem, / am compelled,
solely from the convictions of duty 1 have ever
held in reference the acceptance of presents by
those occupying high official positions. to decline
the offerings OF kind and loyal friends.
The retention OF the parchment conveying your
sentiments, and the autographs of those who
were pleased to unite in this manifestation of
gard. is favor would ask; and / assure You,
gentlemen, shall regard it as one of the highest
marks of respect from any portion of my fellow
citizens
Trusting that 1 shall continue to merit your
confidence and esteem in the discharge of the
high and important duties upon which have just
entered and with the best wishes for your health,
etc, individually, am, gentlemen, yours truly,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
AT the date of this transaction President
Johnson, reconstruction policy and all,
were heartily supported by the Radical
party of the country, and this letter was
paraded in the Radical journals and ap-
plauded as embodyipg the true rule of ac-
ton for all occupying high official posi-
tions. A different rule and different
views prevail now.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
The Trying Season.

The searching winds, the cold, drizzling rains,
the heavy fogs, and occasional warm and moist
days of March, render it, upon the whole, the most
unhealthy month of the year. Its depressing m
fuences are especially unfavorable to invalids,
and thousands of persons with feeble constitu-
tons, who have borne the winter bravely, break
down in the first month of Spring. The variations
of temperature and cold east winds are a serious
trial to the dispepic and bilious, whose symptoms
they invariably aggravate. Intermittent fever is
also rife wherever there Is evolvable poison in the
water or the soil. To enable the system to combat
these evils there is nothing like good vegetable
tonic, and among this class of medicines HOS
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS stand supreme.
Medical men prescribe it in preference to any OF
the tonic preparations of the pharmacopRia- They
aware that the ordinary tinctures and extracts
are all based upon cheap alcohol, which is sur
charged with acrid essential oil, and absolutely
the rectifed essence of the finest rye grown in this
country is the sole spirituous Ingredient OF HOS
LETTERS BITTERS, and that the vegetable me-
dcinal elements of which ii is composed are oil
efficacy Hence it has the confidence OF ply
siciaDs, and finds its way into hospitals where no
other proprietary medce is sanctioned.
A course of the BITTERS-is especially recon-
mended to persons of delicate habit, OF both sexes
at this season. In the fever and ague districts Of
the West and South, quinine has been almost uni
versaly discarded as cbologogue, and this in
valuable antidote to malarious disorders adopted
in its stead. double gain is realized by the
change, for the Bitters, unlike that dangerous al
kaloid are agreeable to the palate, and their Gu
rative effect is much more permanent.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
The Age of Miracles Revived.

The Messenger of Health gives the particulars o.
one of the most miraculous cures on record
Isaac Saltzer, of Myerstown, Lebanon county
Pa, youth, seventeen years old, was afflicted FOL
over two years with the worst form of Scrofula
his entire body face, neck and limbs were liter
ally covered with large running sores, which dis
charged purulent matter so cOpiously as to gathe
half an inch deep in bed during the night; he wal
constantly cold, and required hot fire in hi
room both summer and winter; the smell was sc
offensive that no person could endure 1t longe
than minute or two; Drs. Bridenbach, Bucher
Heckart and Lebvengood, we'll known end skill
full physicians, attended him successfully, with
out being able to afford the sufferer any relief
AS a last resort he was induced TO use the cele
perfectly restored TO health. The editor OF the
Messenger Of Hath has in his possession two large
glass jars containing fUe pounds of scGbs taken from
The body Of young Sdttzer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
The Crows Value to the Farmer.

WHATEVER wrong the crow commits
against the cultivators of the soil may, by
a little painstaking, be materially lessened
or wholly prevented. The benefits he
confers are both numerous and important.
During the time he remains with us he
destroys, so says no less authority than
Wilson, "myriads of worms, moles, mice,
caterpillars, grubs, and beetles" Audu-
bon also affirms that the crow devours
myriads of grubs every day of the year
grubs which would lay waste the farmers
fields-and destroys quadrupeds innumer-
able, every one of which is an enemy to
his poultry and his f1ocks. DR.. Harris
also, one of the most faithful and accurate
observers, in speaking of the fearful rava-
ges sometimes wrought in our grass-lands
and gardens by the grub of the May bee
ties, adds his testimony to the great ser
vices rendered by the crow in keeping these
pests in check. Yet here in MaSsachu-
sets, regardless of such testimony in
their favor, we have nearly eXterminated
these birds, and the destructive grubs,
having no longer this active enemy to re-
strict their growth, are year by year in
creasing with a fearful persistence We
have seen large farms, within an hours
ride of Boston, in which, over entire
acres, the grass was so completely under
mined and the roots eaten away, that the
loosened turf could be rolled up as easily
as if it had been cut by the turfng-spade.
In the same neighborhood whole fields of
corn, potatoes, and almost every kind of
garden vegetable, had been eaten at the
root and destroyed. Our more intelligent
farmers, who have carefully studied out
the cause of this unusual insect growth,
have satisfied themselves that it is the le-
Ultimate result, the natural and inevitable
consequence of our own acts. Our short
sighted and murderous warfare upon the
crow has interrupted the harmonies of
nature, disturbed her well adjusted bal
aHce, and let loose upon agriculture its
enemies with no adequate means of arrest
ing their general increase.-IhOmas M.
Breacster, in atlantic Monthly for April.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
Grants AppoTntments-What "Go0d
yenv Think About Them.

Wash ACTON March 1S) Correspondence Of the
Syracuse Journal (Radicalo
There is no use attempting to disguise
the fact that there is great deal of feeling
among the leading Republicans at the
manner in which the President has given
so strong personal tone to his admins
tration in this, its earliest stage. Even
members Of the House who voted for the re-
peal OF this act. and who would do so again
if it was on the tapis, are not charry of
declarations that in their opinion Presi-
dent Grants active efforts, and mingling
IN the fray TO secure a repeal, are not cal
culated TO breed good feeling. Nor are
they deemed sagacious and prudent, COM
bined with the cavalier manner in which
many persons have been treated who have
respectfully rendered an advisory opinion
as to the wants of their sections and To-
calities with regard to appointments and
other matters. These things are making
good men sore and irritable. l do not
know that President Grant is so much to
blame as is much of the Republican
press. 1t has so industriously despatched
him with tlattery as to perhaps produce a
not unnatural conviction that he is very
wise man; far more so than the men who
have SO largely contributed to save the
country from the rule of slave oligarchy.
The family and personal appointments are
lesscning these feelings. An old and well
esteemed citizen of St. Louis, who has
known the Dent family well and long, for
more than 80 years, told me to-day that
James LOngstreet, ex-captain and deserter
from the United States army, and lately
rebel general, was cousin to Mrs Grant.
The nominee for collector of New Orleans,
Mr.. James Casey, Is brother-in-lsw as
IS DR.. Sharp, United States Marshal for
this district. Easton, nominated for asses
sOr in one of the st. Louis districts, was
.he Common Coun Gilman who voted for
Grant when an applicant for the post of
city or county engineer At the begin
ming of the rebellion EastOn was an Off
Ger of FrOst's militia, assembled at Camp
Jackson. Sickness kept him away on the
day that Lyon and Blair captured that
camp. After that he was converted ap-
parently He was on Gov: CANDLES staff,
and has since been considered weak sort
OF Conservative, whose associates were in
sympathy with the 50. Louis Republican
clique.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
CuItivating Orchards.

SHOULD orchards be cultivated? is q
question frequently discussed among po-
mOlogists.
There are, however, very few who will
advocate dispensing with so important an
operation, particularly while the trees are
young. Cultivation hastens maturity, in
asmuch as it assists growth, and those who
neglect it will usually discover their mis-
take when too late for introducing a
remedy. By keeping the surface of the
soil open and loose, we insure the rapid
descent of rain to the roots, and the alb
sorption of moisture from the air, both
very important considerations in dry
climate or season.
That loose, sponge-like soil not only
admits moisture more readily than a
heavy, compact one, but will retain a
larger quantity and for a longer time, is
well known to every one who has ex-
amined cultivated and uncultivated
field. 4-
AS moisture is not only an important
element in itself, forming, as it does, the
greater part of the bulk of many vege-
tables, as well as dissolving the plant-food
in the soil, and then becoming the medium
of transmitting it through the living or
ganism, it must be apparent that supply
is one of the requisites of success in all
departments of fruit culture.
Too much moisture may be as injurious
as too little, and as cultivated soil per-
mits the surplus to pass off by percolation
as we'll as evaporation, the importance of
cultivation is evident to prevent extremes
In either direction. If we SOW wheat, rye,
oats, or any of the cereals among trees,
they abstract large amount of moisture
from the soil, and usually at the very time
when the trees need it the most conse-
uuently such crops are more or less in
furious. To seed down the land to grass
Is even more Objectionable practice, be-
cause the soil Is not disturbed once in a
season which would be of some benefit TO
the trees growing therein. IL is not only
for the purpose of regulating the supply
ofmoisture. that cultivation is recommend
ed, but frequent manipulation Of the soil
assists in its decomposition, thereby fur.
nishing the requisite amount Of food to
the trees.
For the first few years afterl plant
ing the trees, the soil around them
should be thoroughly cultivated, and
as few people will do this unless an i'm.
mediate return for their labor can be Sc
cured, such crops as beans, potatoes, OF
other vegetables, may be grown in the
orchard, but as much fertilizing material
should be added annually as is removed in
the crop. There are without doubt soils SO
rich and deep that they will support trees
without any of these precautions, but they
must be considsr~d "s o-""'>tions to the
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
A Lemon Well Squeezed.

The watch dog of the Treasury" as
the Republicans delight to call Mr.. f. B..
Washburne, displayed very greedy dis
position during the few days he was Sec
rotary of State. He recommended To the
President fortyo one names for foreign
Consulships, comprising the most import
ant ones in that branch of the service
Just before leaving Congress he got the
salary of the second Assistant Secretary
OF Legation to France increased to 50. 500.
and few days afterward requested that
Frank Moore should be appointed Ms his
(Washburne's) Second Assistant Secretary
The facts indicate that the watch doc
OF the treasury is watchful of the pock.
ets OF his friends, that he may find an on.
portunity TO I'll them from the Treasury.
~ Is not the business of Democrats
to inquire into the causes OF Secretarv
Fish's grievance at MI Washburne. but 4
Is impossible for Democrats not 10 he
amused and amazed by amusing and
amazing impudence So far as patronage
was concerned, Mr. Fish came into his
Secretaryship to find il, as Butler said
Banks would find New Orleans. "a lemon
ID we'll snneezad. "-Eresanqe.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08

THE Manufacturer and Builder says
Steel punches, or other small implements
principally engraved dies, when, by acct
dent exposed to too great heat, they have
become spoiled, or, as blacksmith calls
it, burned, may be restored by the follow
ing mixture: Two ounces of bichromate
of potassa, one ounce of pure nitre, one
ounce of gum aloes, one ounce of gum
arabic, and two ounces of resin. The
whole having been well powdered and
mixed, the piece of steel is heated to low
red heat, and the powder put on. 1t is
then heated again to low red heat, and
cooled. The steel will then be very hard
again. The amount of nitre may be
doubled, and that of the resin taken ter
times larger; this is said to produce q
greater hardness.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
Magazine Notices.

THE NURsERY.-The April number of
this charming Magazine for Youngest Readers
contains no less than couple dozen of neat illus
tratioDs, to match a corresponding amount OF
appropriate reading matter, in the shape ofpretty
little stories, sketches poems, ETC., all suited to
the minds and wants of the little todders. The
Nursery is published by JOHN L. SHoREY, 10
Washington street, Boston, Mass. $1.50 per
year, with extra inducements TO clubs. Specimen
copies furnished gratis.
THE ATLANTIC. The atlantic Monthly
for April contains: Part Nv of Malbone, an
Oldport Romance, by It. w. Higginson; The
Mission of Birds, by Thomas NJ. Brewer; Auto
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Evans; Run Wild by Bayard Taylor; A Strange
Arrival, by j. w. DeForest; How We Grow in
the Great North West, by S. H. Gay; Carpet
Dagger in Pennsylvania, by j. It. Trowbridge /;
The Foe In the Household-Psrt II-by the au-
thor Of" Victor and Jacqueline; :" Our Inebriates,
Classified and Clarified Doorstep Acquaintance,
by w. d. Howells; The Pacific Raiiroad-Open-
by Saml. Bowles; A Ride with Mad Horse IN a
Freight Car, by W. II. II. Murray; To-Day, by
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ARTuUR's HOME MAGAzINE.-The
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In its I" Hints TO Housekeepers" department are
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OUR YOU'VE FoLKs.-The April num-
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Story of Bad Boy, which has excited as great
interest as any other story ever published in this
country for young folks, by T. B. Aldrich What
are Coralsf by Elizabeth G. Agassiz; What will
become OF met by Marian Douglas; Wrecks and
wreckers, by Major Traverse; Gardeningl for
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How to do 1t, by Edward Everett Hale-II-Talk /:
AT Queen Maude's Banquet, By Lucy Larcom /;
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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08

WE have little faith in top-dressings of
barn-yard manure applied in the spring.
Manure ought to be got under ground, or
well narrowed in at this season. The
temptation is strong to scatter the manure
too much. Concentrate is the rule. We
manure too much ground, we work over
too much, and thoroughness is out of the
question in too many cases. The hauling
out of manure is attended with great
deal of labor, especially if the roads are
poor and the ground soft. Field compost
heaps made in the fall, and manure piles
laid up in the fields when needed during
the winter, are great saving.-Agricm-
fu1,ie II
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
Sorghum.

A WRITER in the Wisconsin State Jour-
nal thinks that the sugar beet cannot be
cultivated at the North more profitably
than sorghum. 1.-THE beet can only be
worked up by large establishments, and
with much skill and capital. When so
managed the best of sugar can be made
from it, and we think we may yet see
large sugar beet establishments in each
State to supply us with our fine sugars,
but the great universal want of the people
can only be supplied by sorghum. With
this every man can raise his own-and
every neigbborhood can have its mill
The expense of starting sorghum camp
is comparatively small, and the skill re-
quired in working it is hardly equal to
that of making good loaf of bread"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08

IT Is said that after the horse is nine
years old wrinkle comes on the eye-lid,
and every year thereafter he has well
defined wrinkle for each year over nine.
If, for instance, q horse has three wrinkles
he is twelve, if four he is thirteen. Add
the number of wrinkles to nine and you
will always got it. AS good many peO-
pie have horses over nine, 1t is easily
tried If true, the horse dentist must
give up his trade,-Ohio Farmer.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08

VALUABLE MEDIcINE.-we presume no medical
preparation ever offered to the public has been
more thoroughly tested than PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER. Thousands of persons, were
they called on to do so. would cheerfully testify
that they have used it for various ills, with the
most satisfactory success. 1t is within our own
knowledge, that an immense amount of suffering
has been relieved by it. It's proprietors, Messrs.
Perry Davis d Son, save no pains or expense in
order to satisfy the public. Being strictly honor
able men, they observe the utmost uniformity in
the man gfacture of their celebrated Pain Killer.
The materials of which 1t is composed are care
fully selected-none but the best quality being
used BY these means the high reputation which
the Pain Killer has long since acquired is at all
times triumphantly sustained. In view of these
facts, we are by no means surprised TO learn that
rapidly increasing. While congratulate our
friends generally that valuable preparation as
the Pain Killer is placed within their reach, we
must be permitted to rejoice at the well merited
success ofits liberal and enterprising proprietors.
Providence General ddUeTfiSer.
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Books.

COBB, PRITcHARD & Co, Booksellers,
of Chicago, have issued Catalogue of q
large number of Books, slightly shelf
worn or faded in binding, which are
offered at greatly reduced prices. This
Catalogue will be sent by mail, post paid,
to all who will write to them for 1t
Books are sent by mai. without expense
to purchaser.
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