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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
Carter County,

A meeting was held at Elizabethton
last week to appoint delegates to the
Radical Convention, to assemble at the
State Capitol OH the Goth May next. A
full-sized delegation was appointed and
instructed to vote for Col. Stokes, whose
stock seems to be looking up. The
meeting also adopted the following reso-
luton unanimously:
Resolved, That our Representatives
in the State Legislature be, and are
hereby, instructed to vote for the repeal
of the present Common School Law,
and, if possible, secure in lieu thereof,
a simple, plain law, within the compre-
hension of the people, with fewer Off
GERS and less red tape; also, to vote
against the enactment of the bill, now
before the Legislature, proposing to
levy additional tax on the taxpayers OF
Tennessee, to raise fund to pay for dep
relations that were committed by rebels
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Legislative,

Senator Lyle introduced resolu-
ton on Friday last looking to the re-
moval of political disabilities, which
was taken up OH the following day and
referred to the Committee on the Con-
stitution. Senate bill providing for the
election of Chancellors and Attorneys
General, the election to be held on the
fourth Thursday in May, was amended
by the House by changing the time OF
holding the election to the first Thurs
day in August. The Senate monsoon,
Cured in the amendment. The other
amendments were concurred IT.. SEN
ate bill directing the Governor to issue
bonds for the School Fund has passed
its third reading in the House. The bill
to aid the Knoxville agHld Kentucky
Railroad was rejected.
In the House on the 23d bill appro-
'priating $4,000 to various turnpikes
In East Tennessee was tabled by de-
Cided vote. -iti Htr raB -lUiaH4T fr-tf
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The Cuban Insurrection.

Things are getting lively in the ever
faithful Isle. The insurrection, which
has been reported crushed half dozen
times, seems to be of as interminable
proportions as Mr.. Stewards famous
"ninety days" The last adviccs from
Havanna indicate that the affair is ey-
panding rapidly, and is likely to prove
fruitful in bloody results. A good many
Mexicans and Americans appear TO be
mixed up in the business, and it is not
improbable that the United States Gov
eminent will be called upon to inter-
vene before the end. If we had not so
many absorbing interests at home just
now, the Cuban instruction would ex-
cite good deal more attention than it
is receiving at present. q 'h.'' 'tg,
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No More state Aid.

According to the, Nashville papers,
the Railroad Ring has been eflectually
smashed, and that no more State aid
will be granted for some years to como.
This may cause some really meritorious
and important enterprises to languish,
but the policy under the circumstances
is unquestionably right. 1t will require
very different legislation from the kind
which has prevailed for two or three
years past to save the State from Bank.
ruptcy and Reputation, and any fur.
thcr increase of liabilities, except such
as may be necessary to redeem existing
pledges and preserve the public honor
would render the task hopeless. 1t is
believed that the questions of State AID
and Reduction of Taxes will enter
largely into the next legislative canvass
and candidates who are not plain, dis
tinct and emphatic in their enumeration
Of antagonism to the one and in fayo
[RfIthe other, will be permitted to re
main at home and cultivate the domes
tic duties. "''" ''ip'lt-'Nl .''i" "' SUE ,
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M&E-At,&AW,

Governor DrOxslo n issscd Z proeIS'
nation - tls 10Th, dtclAfing martlhl
law IN Qvertod Jack con, Ifa,fry, 0ilss
Marshall, Lawfsncs. Gi6sbn, Mndis6n,
and Haywood-pine counties in all,
This Is the expiring act of his afniwis.
tration, and may be regarded as another
remarkable illustration of "ths riding
passion strong in death" II has been
imputed to Governor Brownlow that
when Ne returned ID Tennessce iii 1865,
he told some friends that, he intended IA
devote the remnant Of his life to the
promotion Of acontcntions, bitterness
and strife. If he made the remark, Ihe
evidently meant just what he said, and
has faithfully kept his promise. Asre-
marked last week, we trust his success
sor, who will DO able to give the Office
his personal attention, may prove to
be more even-minded, considciatc and
wiser in the discharge OF his duties and
that he will keep far away from him the
influences which during the last two or
three years have wrought so much mis-
chief to the interests of the State, and
which were made effective largely
through the gubernatorial Office and the
unfortunate temperament and weakness
of its nominal head.
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The River Convention.

The Tennessee River Convention.
composed of delegates from kentucky,
Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio,
Virginia and Pennsylvania, met at Chat
tanooga Wednesday. Gov. Patton, of
Alabama, was made temporary Chair.
man, and spoke at some length in re-
gard to the importance of the business
in hand. Messrs. Wilder and Rathburn,
of Tennessee, were appointed a Com
mittec on Organization-who reported
Gov. Bullock, of Georgia, President;
and an appropriate number of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries. One hun
dred and seventy-six delegates reported
present, .. ....
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The WhiteWashers.

4. The attempt of the Legislature to
whitewash some of the parties connect
cd with the Rutter School Fund Rob.
berry, has proved unfortunate and left
them in worse condition than before
the dirty places being made more pal
pable by the partial cleansing. The fol-
lowing, though not exactly case in
point, will serve to illustrate :.,o ,ned
"A little boy went to school with a
very dirty face. The teacher sent him
out to wash 1t, and after awhile he re-
turned with the lower part Of his face
clean and dry, but the upper portion was
streaked with mud. gI2s- j6l i,fFw ~
"Why didn't you wash your face,
Johnnyp asked the teacher.
Il did wash It," replied johnny.
"Then Why didn't you wipe It clean
all over?' N.'t."'''"l,, ~. ~ ~. 4. y,
~ did wipe it as highas nay shirt tail
woald reach" was Johnny's conclusive
answer. 49, '."'"
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Dead Caesar Wakes Again.

Some of the sensation journals pub
lish the following :lns agil of 4
Advices from Paris state that an i'm
perial paper, the independent, says there
is now in Paris q Frenchman, Just re-
turned from Mexico, who asserts that
the Emperor Macmillan is not dead.
According to his statement, when the
unfortunate monarch was shot he was
carried to convent to be buried. One
of the monks found he was still alive
and dressed his wounds, applied air
pumps to his lungs and a galvanici bat.
terry to his nervous system. The empe-
ror was restored TO consciousness. and
the body of soldier put inlhis place.
This Frenchman gives the name Of the
Village where Maximilian is now con-
cealed, and shows letter of credit re-
Gently written by Macmillan. ,lln.a1
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The Retiring President.

The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette says of President
Johnson: 90 HW 1.tt 'ii ir'tH Rt'
Take it all in all, the retiring Presi-
dent has, ain his high Office done "as
well as could be expected With the
c0unsellors who surrounded and leceiy-
ed linn, he did wonders; and will yet
do more! Seward lied to him to the
last. 1t will seem scarcely credible to
some, but it is nevertheless fact, that
not week before the latter went over,
body and soul, to the radical candidate,
Mr.. johnson assured the writer of this
that not member of his Cabinet, to his
knowledge, entertained the remotest
idea of supporting General Grants pre-
tensions. soy q"
"Seward lied to him to the last"
OF course he did. Morally constituted
as he is, he couldn't we'll do any thing
else. His whole public life has been
little else than fraud and a deceit.
Starting with the Anti-Masonic Hum
bug; then Wing; later an Abolition
list and Union-shriekcr; and LIST,
nothing. Mr.. Seward will be remem-
bcred longer on account of tho tink-
ling of his little bell," and his "Specu-
lations in Real Estate" than as the
successful author of any great measure
calculated to benefit his common coun.
try. A trip across the Atlantic in search
of a little European notoriety and fun.
keyism, and then, exit Mr.. Seward. y
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
The Revenue Bill.

House bill to amend the revenue laws
of the State passed third reading in
the Senate OH the 23d, after being
amended in several important particu'
lars. Among other amendments is one
exempting all Understanding State and
corporation bonds owned by citizens o.
this State from taxation. Another
amendment increases the tax OH al
merchandise purchased and brought in
to the State for sale, to | x per cent.
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ReUnlars Removed.

The regular United States soldiers
for some time stationed in the counties
of Giles and Maury, have received
marching orders, and will, 1t is thought,
Join the garrison at Nashville. This is
probably to keep Brownlow's militia
from eating 'em up-six hundred OF
these having been ordered to the two
eountics named.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
JGallatin OH; Fire.

The Nashville Union and american
of the oath, has the following:
HAt. 1l6, o'clock this rh0lming, lMr.
Spencer, operator at the Office of tho
Western Union Telegraph line, recciy-
cd a dispatch from the operator at Gal
latin, saying that the most extensive
oOmflagration ever known in that place
was then prevailing and spreading with
great rapidity, threatening the dcstrpc-
ton Of the whole town. An applica-
ton was made to Capt. Bentley, Chief
ofthe Fire Department, to send ont an
engine, and he forthwith set about do
ing so. Wecould hear no further par-
ticulars before the moment of going to
,btcss.Gntl'l ,ieim 4hifR a,4 3uG ui Tnt
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Suprenie Court.

1t is stated in the Press and Herald
that there will be Il special term of the
Supreme Court at Knoxville, commence
ing on the 9th Monday Of March. 1t
will be held more especially for the de-
tcrmininp of criminal causes. .,it ,g
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johnson County.

Upper East Tennessee Radicalism-
the simon.purc article, unmixcd and I'M
adulterated-scems to be moving fol
Stokes for Governor. a meeting was
held at Taylorsville some days ago, and
twenty or thirty delegates appointed
who were instructed to vote for Col
Rill DEL. .... .
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS South.

,t,.., $500 >'''>TS. . - ''"'. 4
e. The New York Herald expresses. the
'Sopinion that Reconstruction is complete,
sind droys,a verv clevor nen.n;ctnrc Of
a' l' 80. 80 "a
.lt,hle sslltuatlon, closing with the follow
ing: INV, }r. .l.",rl ,in,,., -, ,n..,.;,',.
=, Briefly. we declare that rccoustruc-
ton is Completed in the South, ior so
nearly, that it cannot LONGER he made q
bmqbenr to frighten old women with
TINT ali trouble is over. and that ali the,
south has to do is to raise good crops.
make money, be economical. carry, out
the laws of Congress, pitch the COLLINS
of constitutional amendments to the
dogs orthe radicalsMit does not make
much difference which, for the amend.
ments now in Congressional throes
about negro tduaiity' wifNeyer be in
Icorporatctl i'm the 'constitution-place
their trust in Grant aud .,let the Niger
| slide" r In fact. the country is pr9cti.
caaIly relieved Of its concern about the
negro. and it is time it was. For M.
wards of thimv,vears twentv-four mil.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
Neglect Of Duty.

'gAbnkcman in Eastern Pcnnsyfania,
who 'lcaped from some cars that had be-
come umcoupled, and which ran back
into passengef train, causing the loss
OF several lives,,has been sentenCed ito
} tliilteen mohths'of hard labor, afot No
glect of Guty!aH Aiiioa isojoihi aiding
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26

/, Samuel Cady, Of Iowa., was, recently
lons, and spent his time III ryihg Ia spin
Webs across the Windows, and Suck the
blood Of his friends until dcath eiisucd.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
A. Good Bill!

2 A leading New York paper says
The bill to prevent the locking up ofthe
currency, which has passed both houses
Of Congress and now awaits the sigma
ture Of tile President to become alaw,
is q good one. II viii help TO check the
tricks Of the. banks and stock-gamblers
in controlling the money market. "A
little NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for aIsimilar pur-
pose would BE very acceptable, and
would Il tend to III aTpcipate The business
Of the country from nithhe power; If un-
scrupulOus capitalists and stockholders.
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%%ss4a1sysSFs|esSs9 sa's s $'a}hSE&i

ma1l1 Ecrf dRc,xnJ ,Etiys, RN i} 'ji}
August election FOR G GOVERNOR alit11flehi-
'befs d y1S regfsfalNre. rWn-n0w; MN,
always hayethsna, u, fsNdspft5Ie speedy
observation-disclosures Of, the white people
OF this great nati1 Vital fiheasttrc,, + am
not wifiiHgl tofyieiai without b. strngSio,
on -t0gsarSndcrto the ilttanousanlri ne
yradiag ru}o of 1Iladiealii <lespotisms in
TENNESSEE, l. forone,a in not willing
to adbpt tpe o" timel yy suggestions at
" racifieus.h iAsto. the cen franchisar
mont of the white people of this State,
sooner or later, Ik,havc thc,most implicit
coniideace.i H;is op4yi u ienestion of
timesW Thc rotten fabric of Radical dess
potismis fast tumbliDghtol pieces and
the day IL not far distant when the car
petrbnggers, scalnwags; and Radical
khaveso who have usurped the liberties
off tho pcople and ,squandeicd and, stor
n'their money, will be known only to
be lespiscd. Then let their infamy aud
knavery.he disscctedlsnd exposed, that
itlmaN ,stinkin the nostlils OF every hon
est man, both white and bblack, Il sim
cerslN believc that the Democrats can,
not Oiily elect a Governors but they can
elect both branches of the Legislature,
provided they Disregard the. untimely
! suggestions of these, superannuated
politicians. 1say, letus have II thor
ough and vigorous canvass. 10 Let the
young men of tho country take this
matterin hand at once, and go before
the I,eople in the fearlessb advocacy of
the right, The conservative Republi-
cnns North. :Ye in favor of, rem OWN O
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2 TL III Ut N
> To Tobacco, CheWcrs.

The Louisville Democrat prints tho
following recipe for curing a love for
tobacco,lH naiIo1lQwo' .l'.ipinD
ten cents worth of gentian
root eoarsely ground Take as npah
after each meal OF oftener, as amounts
to an ordinary chew of ,tine-eut chew
1t well, ana swallow. III win effect "a
cure rforchewing or smoking in a few
weeks. LpirHiHpH niilDk M ,nuitgay
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
Election Of Judges.

The bill ordering an election of
Judges and. .Chaacellors- In May has
finally passed both houses of, the Leg
islsturc ana is now a law. asU I
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To Adjourn!

It is stated in the Nashville papers
that the Legislature viii probably aa-
journ next Monday. nplo dqiilR yho
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Short Work

.aJohn Davis, who was shot by an Ar
kapsas, militiaman near Mound City,
AGko Saturday, tho 18th, died on Mon
,daysp The perpetrator Of the deed was
arrested by the militia, tried by court
martial Tuesday convicted and shot
Wednesday. - rn
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-02-26
The Negro Suffrage Ainendnient

The Negro Suffrage Amendment.
pan We believe the constitutional amend
ment to confer the right Of suffrage lip
on the negroes of all the States is lost.
The Louisville Couy3er-J6urnd1 says
the bill did not get through the two
houses on Friday, and, since then, there
has been no chance Of its succeeding
without theapproNal Of President john
son, he being alloWsd ten days, exclu-
sive OF, Sundays q bl4od aeSteuding to
the adjbrtinmcnt HY1a fhe consideration
of biiE. And it is very certain that he
would in this case leave the pocketivc-
to" as parting gift to the Radical lpdr-
ty. The New York 11abune Of the 18th
says of the bill, if passed soon, it" must
be by this Congress, since tits not be-
lievedthat the next will be able to give
the requisite majority" we like this
exceedingly. One ab3oImpiiniAIble Radical
and negro measure thatwe, have long
been threatened with seems tohave met
its doom. May all the rest soon have
an interesting meeting with theirs.
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q p@ Tho package from Knoxville did
not reach us until WednesdayNtoo late
TO receive attention this week 9 4 ~
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES III V q. W." , Tra"tna Nv
;h,n a. nn,,,d ~ N"S Ee"., ouIs,
R"chanaapn "'% o%d -, g''sStSuaaHS
ram Xxx b;s3p;cfoto Vir9,l,o S'Sna M
poinpt7encrm eklesDfherefo9i GIian.i
A dead sot haslbecn made on General
Grant by the Missouri liadicals for thc
;tfp y a I'll ~ euc oIa pPPoiH..nSn.S
has had a daily interview With General
Grant, and has ibecnreintorccd by GOV.
Fletcher of that state, 'oYhis is tho first
formidable pressure on tho President
elect winch has 'oeen made rii,s >
The following is. addit ioha1 iISysegard
TO the Tenure of-ottico. !'u"i '"0.'n-
H. f,,,,t co. H. roro,l," ~ 40 c;v,;,
mo i ,au ~ ,v s,.o H. +" ,, W sly my ~.
da; I, daad Oorna Sts oua a. ~ L;srmSS;on
h":do n I h onLi;. fnm ."S ~ NJ
neai az co,rsn ne,y mhs n,as rcacbod
IA o"ros,,i caIonIot;o sI,or ~" that viii,
H. an,;ro n a,nncra,;c ' Hot. tb nf r;nmma5s
nf o Eonnroi Graut .on horo'i,r"Ss,nr,,,,rr"N
vo,o fnr tho IromSo Iii, o"o S;!o tIn'od;'
oHso ~, |,uLifs nom * stotnta ,nSILA-
IT, TIs non,"st - ,ma . f;ttar on Io cInsae
tho III 'o o;.Sor AZ Ky ;uon;nnJ f re-
c cn 'ha% Ssnotors i have tatnua v hry
Jac;d ie,Is stand a@o;nst Tho rSnoai wbscI
faot y nnt i;seiv 70 ;ns,,ro tLon, ,nnnx
f av. 20 III, E Grst A'"' '''1' A'1N"'
w. . "... ~ ", II. -. ~. -. - !
nc 'eh"re-oi-oiilcc III" was e'"ceee
expressly to hedge around, embari'as:
and annoy President Johnson. 1t 1.
mot ;mnrohab,o tbot Il viii sander AZ,
~, | o 10y, >. w -,
DIVISION alroaoy eNistihs III the faaic"
ranks irreparable. 'a->.'F ~ @l
The HeralTs washington despatcl
saws General Grant has become mort
communicative and expressed himscl
on Saturday to an intimate friend frcel,
in regard to the composition Of his Cab
met, saving: 81 shall invite civilians
to fiji all Cabinet positions. IF my sc
Elections should not Drove iudicious ii
the first instance shall feel justified II
correcting the mistake by making asec
ono or ,hird -SeleGtlon, u necessary;
hoe r hoom fo,nG oo,t";n;um ~ ~ ~.
respondence on the ,suUiect Of, the re
ts u /, IL
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The Radical Convention.
The Radical State Convention to nomi-
nate candidate for Governor, Is desig-
mated to be held In Nashville on the
10Th of Nav s.. .lrfs t.II u-iv .IYfl
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y
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intion IN any manner ,, i.ne.'t In"g VIII ,,
q ~ man os parham IN INV life. I never
knew that the School Fund was depos-
tied with Iuttcr, nor did know Mr..
Nu'er until AFTER snc nioncJf wa" ,sd gonr'
for H. mnvnr while a member of tho
Legislature, received any money, or any
presGats Or ANY .tA10rs.. u. - PROMISES. 2f
favors IN any shape or form, for voting
for neutrality-suspicious. no va
Mr. 'lMHtel] statcsi ini mis-. testimony
Ft NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ssas- Aassas
to Memphis to scklawith him, and that
he, found out tint heithef of us had any
hpthofity to settle. f'have the written
statement or 'Sefiqfor Hthtiefson'ih NY
possession, stating That hc was appoint-
ed by tile Finarco Board Of the, State,
at.dtwus instrBcted by tho Board to take
me with hifn Ito Memphis. ~ 10 a1lur
. RespectftHlt, t. Is. MCEIwEkiUi
The EoIv IF f.arnorc Fnmndl I"4i
|biltrls DiyaT.!'l ,Se ~. aau.. .r,. I..!:.s,.,.
~ h,W ppey ~ 'ah'V'7, Wy ,""sS'"H
NashVihc Dotectlve, was fouifd III DUCK
River, two miles. below Columbia on
last saturday obtrbva colored man.
m I
We copy as follows from the Nashville
,pLpys,oods 7yo,e.5 II u;,, no rame;in.
1,ou.5 .,'s. - 49, -.
ns'so ttt'oN ip'h wy G"''hoit 'u M'"S. INN
was SPIRITED away from the train by
unknown parties he was on his way
frotn, Pulaski. where he Ind, been to
c,W, .,.,I, ,,,,,' ,,!ijo.IrnI
800 t.i"'s'o iNtMrl"'a ".!o"l it''
Imd 1ofneify arrested at NashviliesL
'u CoLuNDIAJ Tenn, Feb. N.-Thc re-
mains of Doteotive Barmore, of your
city, who WINS, 10 Is -saias taken ea- tho
train at this place. ome TING ago, were
found last hight aboutmines o'clock in
Duck River. Major Freidenberg, our
efficient Rost Gommandant, was notified
last night by some one, q ain Informed
it was negro, whose name he declines
to givc,)' that the femains' Of a dead
MAN were found near lBOoker's Ferry
bridge about two miles below the, city,
and, upon this information proceeded
to the spot and found his. information
true, The body was identified by DR..
urs as Bormore,s remains. the missing
| notoof;yo A ,nno xyca ,rru,,I III,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-02-23

a." Cinderella" a farce &c Taking
Daguerreotypes;" tableau, aOld Folks
at Home;;" Examination of School
Teacher = The way they kept Sc
cret,, !" "All is not gold that glitters !"
song by Mrs. Harrington of St.
Johnsbury; a dialogue, Grief to
Expensive" dialogue, Boarding
School Accomplishments" song by
Merrill Montgomery; dialogue, "The
Cupon Bonds" song by Alton John
son. Music furnished by Montgom-
cry q Knights band.
The result of the whole was that
alter paying their minister they have
about fifteen dollars due on subscrip-
ton, and net proceeds of the exhibit
ton in money now in the hands of
the treasurer of $56.75, with small
amount due from the town leaves
them cash capital of over $50 to
begin the new year with. We call
this a good beginning.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-02-23
From RICHARD w. PEABODY, I

ST.. JoHNsBNRY, VT, Oct. l3, 1868.
PADDOCK, DEAN & Co.,
GENTi.-In regard to the phosphate procured
of you fer use on the railroad farm at Lyndon,
of which have the charge, would say We
plowed two and one-half acres of light sandy
soil, in low condition, not having cut over 400
pounds hay per acre the previous season. We
spread On light coat of manure, narrowing
thoroughly, (but owing to the usual drouth, the
crop GO little benefit from the dressing, and
planted o corn and potatoes. They came up
strong AID vigorous, growing finely and looking
remarkably green, so much so that frequent in
quiries were made to the cause. We had good
crop, particularly the corn, while the potatoes
were mueh better than any | saw on similar soil.
r. W. PEABODY.