The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-12-10
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The Little COrporut-Amusements.
CHICAGO, Nov, 20, 1869.-Wo have had mod
erately mild winter weather the paet week,
with some disposition to thaw at intervals.
There have been some attempts 81 ~sleighing,
with very Indifferent success.
The season Of concerts, lectures, and festi.
walls has arrived, and those who mingle plea
sure with usefulness have abundant oppor.
t~unities to exercise their selfish benevolence.
Last winter, Balatka, leader Of the Musical
Society here, undertook a series Of symphony
concerts, which were a great success music
ally, but a failure financially. This season he
has renewed the enterprise, with better pros
poets of reward.
WATER Phys.
Thore we're Thirty and q half miles Of water
pipe laid in this city last year, so that there
are now over 208 miles of water pipe laid i'm
Chicago, at a cost, including tunnel and water
works, OF So, l4G,3s3.
LEVERS.
We have li0l miles Of sewers, Of which
over nine miles were built this year at q cost
Of sll9,1 52.
DEwALKs PAVEMENT.
We have 81 miles Of wooden block pave-
ment, OF which six miles have boon laid the
past season; 40 miles Of sidewalk, of which
% T-lO miles have been constructed this year.
TRADE
in the necessaries Of life has been reasonably
active, but in those branches which arc more
or less luxuries, II has been depressed from
the closenoss Of tho money market. Even
the bank trade is quite dull. The continued
low price Of grain makes collections in the
country slow.
AGRICULTURE
The lessons Of the past year in Agriculture,
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farming, and Of securing in better condition
the products OF the soil. In this region, un-
I'll midsummer, the season was unusually wet,
and q large portion of the hay was gathered
in a damaged or imperfect state. Much Of 81
was cut too late, or was injured by rain, SO
that IL IL rare TO find u load Of hay brought
into this market seasonably cut and perfectly
cured. Tie loss, too, from grain improperly
stacked and cared for has been very great.
The labor OF months is often FILTERED away
and lost from the want OF a little f~orethought
and care at the proper time. And this leads
us 10 suggest the Importance Of a more
general circulation OF good agricultural
journals than now obtains among farmers.
A great deal OF valuable Information
on farming and gardening can be obtain.
ed from the ordinary newspaper; but such
Information Is incidental, often crude and i'm
perfect, and sometimes error Is taught under
the guise OF knowledge. Those papers de-
voted to agriculture, whose conductors are
thoroughly vorsod in the practical science of
agriculture, and can readily detect the true
from the false, are the ones on which farmers
should rely as helps in the business of farm
ing. And while 10 Is possible for one 10 be a
poor, s%lovenly, thoughtleas farmer, with the
best agricultural Journals on his table, IL Is
not possible for a farmer to take one'good
agricultural journal and study II carefully,
with the purpose Of improvement, withou,
being benefited many times It's cost. Bred
a farmer myself, and taking q special intor.
est In all that pertains TO the welfare Of the
farming class, / want to impress upon every
one OF ITEM the importance OF taking at least
one ood.agricultural journal, and then they
cannot afford TO do without IL. There arc
such journals in reach o. all And Nithou.
wishing TO dictate any particular one OF this
class. | would name one OF tue very best n
the whole country,
II PRAIRIE FARMER,
published weekly at Chicago, by the Prairi,
Farmer Company, which Is now In It's Thrift,
eth year, having grown up with and
become u part Of the prosperity Of the Greal
West. / speak OF Il from long persona
knowledge Of lie excellence. Nearly all o.
It's matter is original, and written expressly
for Il, giving the experience OF the beet prac
teal farmers and writer's OF the West on tn,
best methods OF farming, gardening ant
stock-raising on western soil, and in GU
western climate. II is ably edited, and hal
become an authority on all matters of aRri
culture hnu hOftlcultufe. IL also gives thl
general commercial and monetary news
"a well rs a largo amount Of choice l~iterar,
matter. Whoever wishes the best agricultu
raj paper in the West, should send 50 10 the
Prairie Farmer Company.
again call the attention OF parents to
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the best Juvenile Magazine in the world
published by Alfred L.Sewell Il Co., Chicago
at the low price of one Dollar a year. Tn
! best writer's in the country are engaged for II
, II Is interesting alike TO young and old, AM
: no family can read IL without benefit. It
wide circulation and growing prosperity IL
marvel. All who subscribe for II before Jan
l uary first will receive the November and DE
cember numbers free, as 1t is s~treotyped .
that back numbers can be furnished at an
, time.
4 A-NUsEMENTs
! are more lively than business Just now. JeI
, fersou has been all the week at McVicker's.
3 TIL Lydia Thompson troupe has drawn FIJI
: houses at the Opera louise
0 SO have the MINISTRIES at the Dearborn.
s Chang, the Chinese giant, and his wife
, have boen great attractions at Aiken's Muse
: um. There have been matinees every after
q noon and performances In the evening. b.
Miscellaneous Upms-