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First Day. Monday, Oct. Is

CAITLE-DURHAM,
JOHN HARDING, Superintendent.
3e.t Rnll g venra old and Dip. and 800
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Fourth Day Thursday, Oct. 81.
OR TROTrING HORSES

d. II. N1UUAVVOh' SUPERINTENDENT.
Best Stallion, years old and
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No aged animal taking this premium will be
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hut n sa al oNi m this class
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
From the Baltimore Statesman.
E3ccle@iaSficaIE yramT.

In the town of Staunton, Va, there Is
large Methodist congregation, composed
entirely of members of the Southern
branch Of the Methodist Churc h. In the
same place there are probably half doz-
en- white men, including preacher, be-
longing to the Northern Methodists. BY
a military order, the Methodists of Staun-
ton have been compelled to give up their
church every other Sunday to these half
dozen white men. and, with the large con-
gregation, 60 wandering about in search
of a place Of worship. A more detesta-
bic piece of secular and ecclesiastical des-
potism has not occurred since the dark
ages. The like of it cannot be found to-
day outside Of Poland. We talk of the
cruel old times when men prosecuted each
other ON account of their religious faith;
some men groan in spirit over alleged &C.
clesiastical tyranny in Spain and Italy,
and yet in our own land, such abomina-
tons Is that at Staunton scarcely provoke
a passing comment Our own country is
landed, as the home Of religious as well
as political freedom, and, in point of fact,
1t has about rs much OF one as the other
We Go. not arraign the military man by
whom the execraoie order wss issued to
turn large congregation out of Its own
church, because he is simply the instru-
ment in the hands Of his superiors, to
whose Secular arin' the Southern heretics
have been handed over by the Northern
Inquisition The Northern Methodists
are responsible, and solely responsible,
for such unchristian, prosecuting acts,
and g long as they continue, the cause
Of religion suffers.
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From Circular of American Basket Co.
Mint. on Packing and TranspOr-
aafiOm Of Fruits.

All perishable fruits require ventilla-
ton in proportion to the warmth of the
weather and the rapiditv with which they
part with it. Most fruits can be Preserv-
ed for long time in a cold, dry atmos-
phere, without ventilation.
Apples NAV be preserved at a temper
allure lust above freezing, for months,
without decay. At a temperature OF so
the best of winter apples, in tight barrels
will spoil in a few davs. We have seen
early potatoes shipped in July in tight
barrels, nearly ruined on the passage from
Norfolk to New York. A man might as
well attempt TO live without AIR, as to
transport strawberries any considerable
distance without ventilation. 1t Il posi-
bic. however, TO have too much OF good
thing. 4 ripe strawberry laid in an open
window or on a shelf will wilt and shrink
up in very short time. In very warm,
driving weather, Strawberries in basket
80 omen as to admit of free circulation
through the entire bas ket, will shrink
one-ffth of their bulk in a single day
The ventilation Of any kind of fruit should
only be sufficient to convey off the vapor
which exhales in a comparatively confined
atmosphere.
Cars for Transporting fruit should also
be ventilated. 1t is not possible to re-
ceiye the full benefit of ventilated berry
packages when packed snug in tight cars.
This can be done with but little expense.
To make the cars cool the roof and sides
should be double; then there should be
an opening, one foot square for every 2oO
cubic feet of space, on the ends and sides
of the cars. To keep out the dust these
openings should be covered with fine wire
cloth and not be opposite each other IN
the two walls. Hoods or cowls may be
nut on the roof OF the cars, which VIII
always operate when the cars are IN mo
ton. Cars thus constructed would have
saved the berry growers Of West Jersey
and Delaware thousands of dollars the
last season.
Berries that can reach the consumer IN
a few hours after picking, may be fully or
even dead ripe, but in all cases OF ship
ping to a distance, this condition should
be anticipated bv about half the time re
olIired in transit. If the Wilson straw
berries are to be from 36 to 4S hours IN
reaching the market, they should quite
hard and the under side of pink tinge-
They will then ripen and become a deep
red by the time they reach the market.
Berries should, if possible, be picked in
the cool of the day, or cooled off before
shipping. At all times they should be
removed from the sun as quick as posi-
bic after picking. In picking, the berry
should never be squeezed or pulled oil
The picker should seize the stem as near
the berry as possible with the thump ana
sbouId ALWAYS be assorted, and those Of
inferior quality sent separate, if at all
Our basket holds full quart when hand
somely rounded. The buyer will always
honor a full basket. Scant measure is an
abomination. The racks which separate
the baskets admit.of heaping literally, If
heaped when packed the basket will be
full when they reach the market, and
find ready customer.
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Blight OF Fruit Trees.

Mr. w. B. Wilkes, an intelligent and
successful fruit-grower of Aberdeen,
Miss, contributes to the Dixie Farmer
the results of his observation and expert
cnce, as follows.
JIr. Editor: On the blight of the APP
pie and pear, much was written, few
years ago, throughout the Northern States
1t was contended there were several kinds
of blight, or if only one, several causes
were assigned for it. During the last
twelve wears, my orchard has been greatly
injured by blight, during some seasons,
and confined to certain kinds.
I only propose to give my observations,
and the course pursued to prevent it, as
far as possible, and for several years very
little blight has affected During thirty
five wears our climate has undergone a
very perceptible change. Formerly our
winters were more mild. or if cold, the
spells were of longer duration. Now,
since the timber has partly disappeared,
we have very sudden changes; few very
cold windy days, with rain or snow, sue
ceeded by few of mild spring weather,
and this through the winter, and very
changeable during March and part of
April Now, when we have an early
warm spring, leaves putting out early,
then a day or two of rain and north
winds, there follows blight on those rapid
growing pears, such as Madeleine, Os-
burns, Sumner, Bartlett, ETC., and the
Penn Cider apple is seriously affected.
These are the most rapidly developed IN
tender growth. The Seckel, Flemish
etc, slow growers, are never affected with
blight. A few days after the cold spell,
even when there is no frost, the tender
growth wits, as if scorched, and the blight
extends dOwnwards. Some years ago a
pile of manure was left through the sum-
mer near a fine Dwarf Bartlett Pear,
having been placed there during the win
ter: the Bartlett was forced into a vigor-
Gus growth, blighted and died to the
ground. Now, to what does this ohsef-
walton lead? 1t is my practice to put no
manure in the orchard until the trees
show want of vigor TO perfect the fruit
and make sufficient wood growth too.
This should be applied in just sufficient
quantity to effect that object, each year
after the crop of fruit shows what is need
ed. or YOU run the risk, by over-stimulant,
to blight some of the most valuable fruits
/ hope others will give their observations
on this and kindred subjects. With our
soil and climate, we must (to be success
full. } observe at home, disseminate our OBJ
and quit patterning after soil
and climate entirely dissimilar. The fruit
shipments6No rth are destined, at no dis
tant day, to pay far more than our meat
and -four, which we ought to raise at
home. Our roads are now running fruit
trains, and soon will run refrigerator cars,
when needed, and fruit culture will re-
munerate talent and capital.
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Well, in the first face, there must be
enough of him; or failing in that, put
come to think of he mustn't fail In that
because there ca9 be no beauty without
health, or at leSEt 70 my way OF thinking.
/, In thesecondSlace he must haze beard;
whiskers a5Cfhe gods please, bat a - pe eS
insist upon, else one might a. wen iooh :
At n a1irlf Let his voice have the dash OF
the Niagara, with the music OF a oaoy
laugh in it. Let his smiles be IKE the
breaking forth Of sunshine IN spring
morning. As to his figure, &c should De
strong enough to contend with man,
sliqbt enough to tremble in the presence
I OF the woman he loves OF course, II ne
I i a well made man. it follows that he
must be graceful on the principle that the
perfect machinery moves harmonlously;
( therefore. YOU and himself and the milk
pitcher are safe neighbors at the table
| This style Of handsome men would no
more think Of carrying cane than ne
would use a parasol 10 keep the sun our
Of his ewes. He can wear gloves or warm
his hands IN his breast-pockets, as he
plea-es. He can even commit the suIcl-
| dial beauty act Of turning his outside coat
I cDlldF up ONEE HIS Z &c VA q 1eo' i--I
with perfect impunity; the tailor didn't
make him; and as to his halter, If he de
ponds on his handsome mans patronage
Of 1.the latest spring style" l fear he
would die of hope deferred, and yet-by
Apollo, what a bow he makes, and what
an expressive adieu he can wave with his
handi For all this he Is not concelted,
for he hath brainsi
But your conventional handsome man
of the BARRIERS window, wax figure head
pattern; with pet lock in the middle OF
his forehead, an apple-sized head, and a
raspberry mustache with SIX hairs IN II,
paint pot In his cheeks, and little dot OF
a ''goatee" on his chin, with pretty blink
ing little studs in his shirt bosom; and
little neck-tie that looks rs if he would
faint were it tumbled, I'd as lief look at
a poodle / always feel desire to mp
it with pair Of sugar tongs, drop 1t gent
" into a bowl of cream, and strew pink
rose leaves over the little remains.
Finally, my reader, when soul magne-
tics soul, the question Of beauty Is
dead letter Whom one loves is always
handsome; the worlds arbitrary rules
notwithstanding; therefore, when you say,
what can the handsome Mr.. b. see to
admire in that stick Of a Miss J.?' or
what can the pretty Miss b. see to like IN
that homelv Mr. C.? you simply talk non
sense-as you generally do on such sub
iects Still the parson gets his fees and
the census goes on all the same.-tanny
Fern. 6.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20

A CHEAP HEN HoUsE-I made my
hen house. eight by ten feet, seven feet
high. l boarded it with inch boards
running up and down, and laid light
floor of inch flooring. The first roost is
three feet from the floor; the second is
fourteen inches in, and fourteen inches
higher, and so ON up to the peak, so that
the droppings of the fowls above will not
fall on those on the lower roosts.
On the south end | have a window with
twenty-light sash; the glass are eight bv
ten; this is to let them have sunshine. i
cut nine holes in the south side, at the
bottom, and box outside with lid over
it for the hens to lay in. 1 raise the lid
and gather the eggs outside without hav-
ing to 90 in among the hens after them.
| have a small door at the southwest
corner, at the floor, for them to run out
in an out-yard, and door in the middle
of the north side to 90 into clean it out;
also three holes by the side of the door on
the north side, and box outside with a
lid for them to Law in. These LAYING boxes
have a partition between each hole. SO
that they can lay and set without being
disturbed by other hens. There are
three low boxes on the floor on the east
side-orie for gravel, one for lime, and |
one for ashes. The sills and the plates |
are two-inch plank; the Notwithstanding
Is spiked TO them; there is no hewed or /
scantling in it f4
Ny hens are pure, fuIl-blooded gray and
black Dorkings
34 & - - -
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A Wan of Resources.

remember in a foreign city, Of which
] was for years denizen, a very IN
genious gentleman who, besides being
most admirable whist player, was equally
gifted at ecartc and piquet, and not less
famed for his skill at billiards. This gift
ed individual, however, for certain rea-
sons which it is no part Of my present task
70 discuss. found ii difficult to obtain en-
trance into the chief club of the place,
and where alone the exercise of his many
accomplishments would have met suita-
bic or a profitable employment. He had
been often proposed, but as often ruthless
~ and cruelty blackmailed. He was,
however, an ardent man, not to be dis
couraged by reverses, and, what was
more still, he was 2 man OF resources;
and he set to work to repair his disasters
in this fashion He knew that in the club,
on the committee and elsewhere, there
were some men who, though not immacu-
late in reputation or perfectly stainless in
fame, were sufficiently influential and
able, and who welded, by social position
and name, a species OF power little short
Of dictation. With these men he made a
strange species Of wager; it was to this
purport that, on being next put up for
ballot, he betted ten TO one-in some cases
he made the wager stronger, twenty to
one-he should be blackballed. The de-
vice succeeded. At the scrutiny that fol-
lowed that wager the white balls were
largely in excess. The "undertakers' =
for such they were-carried the day, and
the candidate was admitted. -Blackwood's
Magazine, for April
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We are credibly informed that another
Of those acts of wanton barbarity ike the
shooting of the boy Anthony on our
streets by a companion-occurred last
Sunday ON the plantation Of James Ar
cher, Esq, in Jefferson county One of
the men employed on that plantation.
soon after breakfast, on that day, after
charging another with having having sto-
len some wood from him, coolly levelled
a double barrelled gun at him and shot
him through the heart. so that heonly
lived fifteen minutes. Our informant Is
the physician who happened to be at the
house and reached the wounded man only
to see hinr expire. -Natchez Courier. 5
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MILITARY INSTITUTE.

LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA.
1WyuFS institution. SO well known and pat
ronized throughout the South, is pre-
pared to receive one hundred additional ca
diets. Applications should. be addressed
without delay. to the undersigned The
thorough organization OF the virginia Mill
farv Institute in all its departments of in
struetion affords advantages for the prose-
eution of its distinctive course of studies
and discipline which commend 1t to liberal
support.
Cadets will be received now, and viii be
cared for during he summer months
For circular. address
FRANCIS ii. SMITH,
Superintendent.
fxsrff
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CoRNs AND BUNIoNs. Hard Corns /:
Touch them with moistened pencil caus-
tie every second day, and will speedily
ensue. Soft Corns: Take piece of
cotton, just large enough to fit comforta-
bly, between the toes, spread it out and
sprinkle prepared chalk over it; then roll
it up, and place ii between the toes where
the corn Is. The cotton and chalk absorb
the moisture from the toe, and, by keep
ing the corn dry, soon effect a cure
Bunions should be thus treated: As soon
as one IS perceived, bind the joint with
adhesive plaster, and keep it ON as long
rs any uneasiness Is felt If the bunion
is inhamed, use the following ointment
and wear larger shoes: Iodine, twelve
grains; lard, or spermaceti ointment, half
an ounce. To be rubbed on gently two
or three times Il dav.
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STATE 0F NIESSzSSIPPI-

| Thomas T. Swami. Auditor Of Public
Accounts of the State of Mississippi, do
hereby certify that the United States Fire
and Marine Insurance Company. located at
Baltimore. MarylaL q, has complied with the
act entitled An act 10 regulate Agencies Of
Foreign Insurance Companies" approved
January 3lst, 1867 and in virtue of the pow
er vested In me by said law. I hereby au-
thoTize b. q. Humphreys q Co. Agents for
said Company at jackson, i'm the County of
Kinds, TO transact business of Insurance IN
this State, until the first day Of March. 1870.
Given under my hand and seal Of Office
at the City of Jackson, this nineteenth day
of March, 4. ID, 1863.
THOS. L. SWAMI,
Auditor of Public Accounts.
b. G.. HUMPHREYS & co.
General Agents for Mississippi
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$358 s.
STATE OF MARYLAND, -
ON 81 HnLAmorc. -.

John W. Randolph. President, aud Henry
c. Jones, Secretary, Of the aforesaid Compa-
ing to law, depose and say, that the foregoing
is u full, true, and correct statement Of the at-
fairs Of the said Company on the day named,
TO the best Of their knowledge and belief
JOHN W. RANDOLPH. President.
HENRY {. JONES, Secretary.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me, this 9th
day Of March \. ID. 1853.
WM. :. GORTON.
Justice Of the Peace.
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WM. ). GORTON.
Justice Of the Peac,
STATE OF MARYLAND. Baltimore CIR

| hereby certify that VIM. 5. Gorton, ESQ.,
before whom the annexed afiidavits were made
and who has thereto subscribed his name, was
at the time of 30 doing, Justice Of the Peace
of the State Of Maryland, in and for the City
of Baltimore, duly commissioned and sworn.
In testimony whereof | hercunto set my
- hand and affixed the seal Of the Supe-
lIS } rior Court of Baltimore City, this 9th
/ 10 day Of March, A. y. 1869.
GEORGE ROBINSON,
q IL q -
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ruary. 1866. 90 srcurr Oh 40. li.
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