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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-04-16
President johnson GU the stump.
IN lNAsmylLIr. April 70.

. sEx-Prcsidem Johnson made his pro
, missed speech in This city To-day. al th.
,cast tlonl Of the eourt-hoGsc. opp6Sit,
the CITY Hotel. There were abou, 3 0o,
men in The crowd gathered around him
: while the pcriico Of the hotel was near.
ny filed with ladies. lie day was fair
but q strong wind prevailed. lnihc ope-
ming part OF his speech he thanked The
people for Overwhelmingly That he
appeared before them rs u private citi-
zen whose ambition had been fully graf
flied. and who desired 10 cilicc AZ their
,hands. lie then made an extensive re-
view of the national finances and public
debt. which he warned the people never
10 permit 10 become "a permanent debt.
Ills ~ marks ON This head were in ac-
cordancc with his previously. expressed
views on political economy. in his mes
sage Ia Congress. lie made Il defense of
his exercise of the pardoning power
lie WAS not inialliblc. and might have
rardonCd some HAT ought not Ia have
been lnrloncd. and neglected 10 pardon
Others entitled IA pardon: but he acted
from Tie purc>t motives. lie spoke three
quarters of an hour 10 The colorcd per-
sons. many Of that class being present.
about Moses lie reminded them thai
u was Inc who declared them free in
Tennessee. when this State was cxccp-
led rom Lincoln proclamation. He lcil
them free when he went 10 Washington.
but now. on his return. he found them
slaves again. slaves to LOYAL League, =.
licJntvndod To free them again He
produced the blue book, containin. the
ritual of the Loyal League. read from il. I
and warned them against thi, new suc-
RES OF slavery. His comments upon lhcl
ritual were excessively severe. and re-
One OF hi, war upon The Know
nofliln@-. IN 1855. He referred Ia The
III iial'cIii-cmcnt and attempted dccr-
lation of 100000 white Tcncs>craiie. -
lie denounced the conspiracy ui The (
League nlamigcH. and declared The form
II Government in Tennessee .nrrpubli- 4
an. and in violation Of the Constitution
nd fundamental principles OF u free
Amcri'an Republic .ilIudin. to The ac-
cpiancc of %'it~ hy public men. he said
was improper and unbccomng For
ny self. said iic. =" could not feel tia; II
aspect which Andrew Johnson should
eel Tor Andrew Johnson. were |. oIl
liSiiiin" from my carriage and cntcrins Il
ny home. 10 know that owned them ioi
he giit OF my friends.
The speech occupied nearly three hours.
nj was well received \ committee
Iom Memphis have arrived Ia csror /
liz. Johnson (" that city. They leave
n Tuesday evening.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-04-16
Man Taken from hts Mouse and Lynchet
I'm Crawford County.


gentleman writing us from Ircal
lMilltown. Cawiord roiinty gives us III,
particulars OF !; most brutal outrage per.
pcfiatcd in that Hci9liborllnnd on ~,
|nignr or me 18th of March. lie saws:
On the night of',hc 2Sth of Man. h.
about ten o'clock. II gan. of six diseuis
ca men went 10 the house Of Mr.. Joh
Ross. who resides about three miles from
Midtown. They forced IN entrance 10
the house. and knocked Mr. Ross down
will, clubs. They then dragged him on;
10 ti,c woods. where they tied him up To
a trcc.and after drumming his mouth fun
of tar. beat him in a most cruel and
shocking manner.
.Aftcr this outrage. the six Villains.
went back To the house. sci il on fire. and
il was totally consumed, together with
all its contents. not leaving RoS, even his
clothing.
The injuries Of Mr. Ross arc Of a very
serious nature. lie says that ne knows
some Of the men engaged in the inE-
nous outrage. and il j. believed that all
OF them will be arrested and brought 10
severe punishment. The acair is dis
ia this section of the countv.andI
has caused the most intense excitement.
New Albany Commercial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1869-04-16
MtNEo'S TEN CENT NOVELS

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The New York herald., 1869-04-15
DWELLING HOUSES TO LET.

AT s25 BROADwAY-FURyIsHED AND UNFuR.
n nshed Houses call for list send for permits examine
propery compare rates submit oilers enclose stamp for
circular. STANLEY DAY.
A TO RENT. THE WHOLE OR PART OF A THREE
~. story brick House in Fifteenth street. Eighth
nue. with or without stable; location desirable and premises
in hrs, rats orer. J. A. VAN BUskIRK, 81 East Tenth
street, corner Fourth avenue.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
How to Put Saws In Order.

A SAW is an edged tool The edges of
the teeth cut with a crushing stroke. For
this reason the very points should be
brought to fine edge by means of fine
file and fine -gritted milestone When
the points of teeth have been filed sharp, on
most saws, the edge is coarse and wiry. No
saw will cut satisfactorily when there is
such rough and coarse edge on the teeth.
in proper order, it will cut off hard log
with very limited amount of power
The philosophy of putting any kind of a
saw in order consists of having the very
points ofsall the.teeth range as perfectly as
may be practicable. When one tooth is
only trifle longer than two or three on
either side of it, too much is required of
it. When ten men of unequal stature are
required to carry stick OF timber on
their shoulders, the taller ones must bear
all the burden, while the short men car
ry nothing. This illustrates the case pre-
cisely in regard to saw.teeth of unequal
lengths. When few teeth are so much
longer than those on each side OF them,
the points take such rank hold OF the
wood that the saw jumps and the teeth do
not cut true kerf. This requires more
power TO work the saw, and the teeth will
not cut 80 smoothly, so easily, nor so fast
as if all the points were of uniform
length, and all were standing in rows, as
straight as a mathematical line. When
the teeth Of good saw are properly set,
and correctly filed and whetted, saw
will run through board like a warm
knife through cold butter.
To put saw in order, secure the blade
in the saw clamps joint the points true
with fiat file then file the points to a
sharp edge And always file where there
is sufficient light to enable you to see the
points distinctly. Be exceedingly careful
to stop filing as soon as the tooth is filed
to perfect point. One thrust with the
file after the tooth has been brought to
complete edge, will shorten it, put the saw
out OF order just in proportion as the
point is filed off Let the points be set
uniformly, and only little. Go over the
teeth with an old file, to give them more
perfect edge. Then lay the blade fatty on
a smooth board, and pass a fine-gritted
milestone along the sides of the points, TO
remove the why edge and togive the teeth
as fine a cutting. edge as practicable. A
good saw, when in prime order, is one OF
she most effective tools In nee. ~ Ereaaaqe
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
Common VS.. Improved Fowls.

WHY is it that farmers, poultry raisers,
and others who keep fowls, either for
pleasure OF profit, cannot see any advan-
tagein keeping improved breeds Ofpoultry
over the common dunghill fowlss Is it
not patent to every one that it costs no
more to keep good stock than poor
Every progressive farmer will acknowl-
edge that herd of thoroughbred COWS
will pay better than the common mongrel
stock; but why do they not carry the
same idea into practice in the poultry
yard'
The fifty or more chickens kept by most
farmers, if replaced by twenty of some one
of the improved breeds would yield bet
ter return, and at far less cost for keep
ing Twenty Houdans, CrevecGurs,
Black Spanish, or some other good breed,
will produce more eggs, during the year,
and as many chickens (if not non-sitters),
as one hundred common fowls, as the lat
ter are usually kept, or rather not kept
for they are allowed to run where they
please by day, roost where they please by
night, and shift for themselves. Either OF
the above varieties, and others we could
name, will yield two hundred to two hun
dred and fifty eggs each per year, and
many other older varieties will yield from
one hundred and fifty to two hundred
But how many yards of common fowls will
you find that will average OUer fifty to
seventy five eggs each?
1t is impossible to give any guide as to
the number of fowls any one should keep
One person could proftably keep one
hundred, and perhaps two hundred while
another would be OverstOcked with TWEEN
ty. Keep only so many as you can keep
well, is always safe rule to follow. Many
think it is impossible to keep large mum
bers of fowls together and have them
thrive. 1t is a mistaken idea, and origin
ates from the fact that, where large yards
of fowls are kept, they rarely receive
proper care and attention, and therefore
cease to be profitable While it is very
little labor to care tor a dozen or so chick
ems, we are very apt to begrudge the time
expended on hundred or more 1t seems
"tOo much time to waste on lot of chick
ems" but actually the time thus spent will
pay better than in any investment OF
equal amount on the farm. We believe
that, giving them the requisite time and
attention, there is double the profit on
two hundred and fifty dollars, (or double
that,) invested in poultry, than in an
equal investment in any other kind OF
farm stock
Look at the prices paid for eggs in New
York city, the past winter, and during the
past few years-sometimes as high as fifty
cents per dozen. The average for the
year will go db0ce thirty cents. Now, two
hundred eggs at two and a half cents each
make just five dollars. Allow two dollars
for care and feed, and there is three dol
lars profit on the eggs, and probably a
brood of chickens yet to be counted in
But to secure this result, they must be
cared for, good quarters for roosting and
laying provided, kept free from vermin
regularly fed and watered, and the neces
sary time devoted to their care and com
fort, and then it will be found profitable
as well as pleasurable-RurdIN e1o Yorker,
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14

mendous whistle, which we all heard,
looked glaringly and fiercely in the mans
face with its sharp, pointed tongue out,
and then stood still as if it could not move.
The Goree man, with his little stick in his
left hand, touched it lightly, as though to
tease it. It was fearful sight-and if he
had been near enough, the snake would,
no doubt, have sprung upon his antago-
mist. The man, as he teased and lntuIl-
ated the snake with the rod he held in his
left hand, drew the attention of the rep
tile toward the stick; then suddenly, and
in the wink of an eye, almost as quick as
lightning, with his right hand he got hold
of the creature Just under his head.
The same thing that | have just de-
scribed again took place. The snake
folded itself round his body; then he un-
folded the snake, which was once more
let loose, and, now this horrid serpent got
so Infatuated that as soon as he was thrown
upon the ground he erected himself, and
the glare Of his eyes was something ter
rible 1t was indeed an appalling scene;
the air around, seemed to be filled with
the whistling sound Of the creature.
Alasl y more terrible scene soon took
place. The man became holder and
holder, more and more careless. and the
snake probably more andmore accustomed
to the mode of warfare of his antagonist,
and Just as the monster stood erect the
man attempted to seize its neck as he had
done many and many time before, but
grasped the body too low, and before he
had time to let 1t go, this head turned on
itself and the man was bitten! Twas per
fectly speeches., the scene had frozen my
blood, and the wild shrieks of all those
round rent the air. The serpent was
loose and crawling on the ground, but, be-
fore it had time to go far, a lolg pole came
down upon its back and broke its spine,
and in less time than l take TO write 1t
down the monster was killed.
To the French dc ctor who had charge OF
the little colony the man went (happily he
was just at handy; ali the remedies were
prompt and powerful the man suffered
intensely; his body became swollen, his
mind wandered, and his life was despaired
Of; but at last he got better, and, though
complaining of great pain near the heart,
he was soon able to go out again. a short
time after this accident, having an ak III
his hand, going, as he said, to cut wood, he
suddenly split mis- own head in two. He
had hecopa incanei
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14

VI. No; I'll take that and "The
Manly Heart" home with me together.
Have you any thing else very pretty to
tell me of?
Y. N. docking over stock of Music,
and CON multo erpressione). Il love her,
how love herl" she shines before me
like Star"
VI. (also turning over Music. ".Will
you love me then as now?"
T. IT, Dearest, then III love thee
more"
Y. L. "Then you'll remember me-"
Now, can | depend upon all these?
T. IT. Certainly; and may 1 be al
lowed to add MY last thoughts of thee 2"
VI. That's strange. l was going to
say, "Why do weep for thee?" But,
perhaps, we had better say both.
y IT. will put them both together.
y L. Do. will go over both when 1
get home, and as soon as | can make up
my mind 1 will let you know my choice
Good morning.
Erit.
Y " Good morning. looking orer
1Husic as she leares the shop "She is gone
from my gaze"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14

Best Soil for Wheat.

If soil is destitute Of wheat producing
material, it cannot produce a bountiful
crop of that kind of grain. There are
many that will produce fair crops of In
dian corn, barley and oats, which will not
yield remunerating crop of wheat-and
whyg Simply because the crop of wheat
they plant cannot find in that soil the right
kind of materials to form the kernels
In one soil the minute roots find abun-
dance Of material, which they may take
up for the formation and perfect develop
ment of kernels; while in another soil
the roots may send out their numerous
little hungry mouths into every cubic
inch of soil in search of material TO pro-
duce the grain and not find it. This is
the great difficulty with soil that will not
produce wheat and until such materials
are added to the soil, it may be cultivated
and sowed in vain.
Our aluminous, heavy, slippery, clay
soils are by no means the best for the pro-
duction of either winter or spring wheat
although they will yield good crops when
well drained and thoroughly pulverized
and MANFRED. Our country abounds in
soils of mixed character, which will
produce remunerating crop of wheat
once in five or six years, while they can
not be set down as good wheat soils; and
they cannot be very much improved for
growing wheat unless a vast amount of
clay were thoroughly mingled with the
SOIL
On some soils, where sand predomi-
mates, wheat would not grow heavy enough
to pay for harvesting it. And the same is
true Of soils where alluviOn constitutes a
large portion of the soil A sandy soil
will furnish silica enough to form good
stiff straw, while a mrcky soil will pro-
duce slender and soft straw, which will
fall down before the grain is matured.
The best soil for wheat is one in which
the predominating characteristics are
clay and loan, having neither too much
of the one nor too much of the other
The lighter loan soils and such alluvions
as have been brought from clayey locali-
ties, will often produce bOuntiful crops Of
excellent wheat and sometimes a mucky
soil will yield fair crop of this kind OF
grain. But their fertility for wheat will
soon.be exhausted. Calcareous clays, gray
ely clays, luminous clays, as well as
many soils that are mixture of all these
just named, with good management-cul.i
waiting, manuring, and draining-will al
most always yield fair crops of wheat
american Wnedt CMturtSt.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
The Farmers Savings-Bank.

HAVE been acquainted with two farm
ers more than twenty years. They re :
spectively came into possession OF farms
of some two hundred acres each, worth
at that time about thirty dollars an acre
They are both industrious and econOmi-
cal. yet public spirited and liberal; have
both been members of the Legislature,
and occupy high standing in country
society, but have pursued two very differ
ent systems of farming MIC. ID. immedi
ately began to plant his surplus revenue
in the sol. Instead of dealing out his
manure inlhom1opathic doses over sew
eral acres he plOwed no more than he
could manure highly and cultivate thor
oughly, thereby producing as large crop
from one acre as his neighbors did from
two, and was one of the first in this vi
cinity to introduce a system OF high cul-
ture. Having large amount Of pastures
and meadow, he bought young cattle to
consume his hay, never selling any, and
so increased His manure. The loose stones
in the field were gathered, and put into
permanent stone fences and under drains.
His barns and sheds were gradually ex-
tended, so es TO give a warm shelter TO
his stock, and so save large percentage
of their food His stock were always well!
housed and we'll fed ! recollect one year,
when, in consequence Of excessive drouths,
his crops were small, that he did not hest
tate to buy corn by the carload, rightly
Judging that the next spring his
cattle, if in good condition, must
sell at high price. Doggy mea-
dows were drained, the boys con-
! yerted into fertilHing material for the pp-
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
Story of a Pet Tiger.

IN the volume of Travels in Venezuela,
by Don Raman Paez, we find the follow
ing
In a solitary ranch not far from San
Jaime, Venezuela, there once lived a poor
widow, who out of compassion ior a young
cub which had been picked up by some
hunters, undertook to raise it with the milk
of her own goats, sheltering it at night
from the damp under the folds of her bed,
covering and treating the founding with
as much affection as If it was her child.
In return the little fellow became so at
tached to its adopted mother, that it could
not endure a moments separation from
her, and would lie like cat by the fire.
side, while she devoted herself to the oc-
equations of the kitchen. AS it grew older
and stronger, the wOman's slender stock
of goats rapidly diminished by its repeat
ed depredations il was therefore deemed
purdent to give it wider range than the
widows little farm yard, and it was en-
couraged to seek for game in the meighbor-
ing woods. Whenever successful in these
excursions the intelligent creature brought
some home and with seeming pride laid
it at the feet of his benefactress. On one
occasion, some of her neighbors having
come to pass the day with her, she thought
as game was plentiful and easily obtained
she would spare such of her goats as had
thus far escaped the teeth of her favorite,
and instead procure with its assistance a
supply of venison with which to treat her
guests. Accordingly leaving the hut in
their charge she and her efficient hunter
started for the woods, proposing to be back
in time to cook their dinner; but to the
establishment of her visitors the dinner
hour arrived, then the night, but no It'd
ings of the hunters; and up to this time
nothing has been heard about either of
the former tenants of the solitary ranch,
although it is not difficult to imagine the
poor woman's fate.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
How to Raise a Good Crop Of Wheat.

AN Old Farmer" writes to Hearth and
Home as follows:
The firstimpOrtant step will be to relieve
the soil of excessive moisture, where the
land is at all inclined to be wet Nature
has made ample provision for the drainage
of some sections of the country while in
other localities, even where the land is
cultivated from year to year, the soil is
quite too wet for wheat. Another reqTi-
site of prime Importance is, the improve
ment of the seed. The farmers of our
country can never raise good crops of this
or any other cereal, until the seed has
been saved with Great care, from year to
year, for many successive seasons, just as
we save the seed of Indian-corn. With
the imperfect cultivation that our wheat
now receives, if the seed were improved
as seed-wheat may be, by careful selection,
for a few successive seasons, the wheat
crop would be increased fully one third.
Another consideration is, more thorough
culture and preparation of the soil. Some
kinds of plants will flourish luXuriantly,
and fructify beautifully, where the plant
food is rough and the culture Of the soil
rude. But abundant crops Of wheat
cannot be grown under such cir
cumstances. Wheat requires system
of thorough and progressive agriculture
The wheat-plant is delicate and dainty
feeder; the roots will not feed on coarse
manure; they need the fine and delicate
pabulum that has been prepared by the
| growth and decay of the roots and stems
| of red clover. The wheat plant must be
supplied with such fertilizing material as
will form large heads and plump kernels
Of grain. Strawy manure will not make
grain. The wheat-plant requires such
pabuluM as is left in the soil after a heavy
crop of red clover has been pl0wed
under; and also after heavy dressing of
| rich barn-yard manure has been applied,
| and crop of Indian corn removed The
| baIn-yard manure must be such as is made
| by fattening sheep or beefcattle on grain.
Such manure will yield liberal supply of
| grain, producing material such as the
growing wheat plants must have before
| large and plump heads of grain can be
developed. BY adopting a system of
mixed MISUNDERSTANDING out much
coarse grain and oil-meal, so as 10 make
rich manure-by proper cultivation of the
soil, and improvement Of the seed, farm.
ers all over New England can raise large
| crops of fine wheat, wherever the sol
will produce red clover, Indian-corn, and
turnips.
| eff vain and fruitless be your toll
| We ought 10 blame the cadtlTe-not the soil"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-01-14
EXuhnrant Health

Is a blessing vouchsafed to few. Even those who
have been favored by nature with strong constitu-
tiOns and vigorous frames are apt to neglect the
precautions necessary TO preserve these precious
endOwments. Indeed as a rule, the more healthy
and robust man Is. the more liberties he is il
clined TO take with his own physique. 1t k some
consolation to the naturally weak and feeble TO
know that they can be so inyigorated and built
mp. by proper of the means which science
has placed at their disposal, to have much bet
ter chance of long life and exemptions from diseese
and pain, than the most athletic of their fellows
who are foolish enough to suppose themselves in
vulnerable, and act accordingly.
1t is not too much to say that more than half the
people of the civilized world need on Occasional
tonic, to enable them to support the strain upon
their bodies and minds, which the fast life OF this
restless age occasions. In fact. pure. lc0tes0fne
uReTcitiHg tonic il the grand desideratum of the
busy millions. and they have the article in HOS
LETTERS STOMACH BITTERS. 1t is a sTANI-
NAL MEDICINE, 2 it imparts permanent strength
to weak systems and invgorates delicate constl-
tutOns. Its reputation and its sales have steadily
increased. Competitive preparations have been
introduced at tibfui. and. as far as the public Il
concerned. al aGuSeDa, in the hope of rivaling ii
but they have all either persisted in the attempt,
or been left far in the Lit has been the GREAT
MEDICAL SUCCESS OF THE PRESENT CENTURY. and
il is quite certain that no proprietary medicine
this country is as widely known, or generally
used.
Ten lightning presses, running necessarily Sun
days excepted.) the whole year through, barely
supply the demand for the Illustrated Almanac,
in which the nature and uses OF the preparation
are set forth, the circulation now being over five
millions year.