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Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05
Ghe faruter,
Strawberry Culture.

Every one who has q garden should
grow few strawberries. It is a very
simple matter to- grow moderate crop |.
but to produce it in abundance and Of
the best quality requires considerable skill
and constant care
The best and largest crop of strawber-
rles that L have ever raised was produced
IN the following manner. A bed, twenty-
i've feet wide and two hundred feet long,
was prepared by spreading upon it twelve
cartloads of old, well-rotted COW manure
the ground was then ploughed deep and
narrowed down smooth and level. About
the middle of April the plants were set
out in rows, two feet apart, with space
of eighteen inches between them.
No weeds were allowed to grow among.
the plants, and the surface of the soil was
stirred at least once week during the en-
tire summer Two or three runners were
allowed to grow from each plant, and
these were placed so that they would take
root between the old plants in the rows.
In the autumn, when the ground began
to freeze quite hard at night, the entire
bed and plants were covered with coarse
grass to the depth of two inches, after it
had partially settled. 70 prevent tho.
mulching being blown off, few poles
were laid around the outer edge of the
bed. In the spring, after the severe cold
weather was past, a man passed along,
each row, and with a stick parted tho
mulching just over the center of each row
OF plants, so as to allow the air aud light
to reach the crowns and permit the leaves
and frult-stalks to grow up without hind
rance. None of the mulching was res
moved from the beds consequently the
soil was kept moist and the fruit clean,
This bed yielded little over twelve BUSH
els of fruit the second season after plant.
ing, which was the first crop; after the
fruit was gathered all the mulchipg was
and the soil between the rows
was forked over, but no more manure of
any kind applied. The runners were not
allowed to grow or take root except in,
places where there was vacant space in
the rows, and the next fall the mulching
was applied the same as before. This.
treatment was continued for four years,
and then the plants were ploughed under.
have tried many different systems of
culture for the strawberry, but none that
has given SO much satisfaction as this one
and, although it may be too expensive for
extended culture, yet for the amateur who
loes not grow more than a half acre or
lcre, and desires to produce the largest
AMOUNT possible on a given space, | can
recommend the above as be-
ng system that will not only give an
'bundant crop, but the greatest amount of
pleasure and profit Many of the more
lelicate but large foreign varieties will
ucceed when treated in this maRner, all
hough they often fail when grown with
vt mnlching or winter protection.
iearth and Home. '-=--a
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

Lord Palmerston, one of the liveliest,
man-of-the-world=iest, offshapd-iest Of mo-
dern statesmen, whom most people would
suppose never stopped to think, but acted
upon the impulse Of the moment, had a
very noticeable habit of thinking before
ever putting pen to paper. He wrote
standing, and had his desk at one end of
the room and his inkstand at the other.
Every dip involved walk, and a brief CO.
citation that prevented rash expression.
Moreover it kept the body in healthy ex-
crcise, and the blood in constant circula-
ton.
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THE BREEn IS IN THE FEED. IF the far.
.mer woah have fine stock, of any kind
ne must feed we'll Not only must he feed
we'll, but he must provide proper shelter.
lake the most improved Devon or Durham
cattle, and if there is not good pasture.
they will deteriorate, So it is with re-
pect to horses, hogs, sheep, and eyerythi
else. On the contrary, take any comm,..a
country stock Of horses, cattle or hogs :,
feed them well, and in the second or third
generation they will be third larger than
the original.
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T0it and Bumor.

An exchange says, we overheard a con-
versatlon yesterday, between two little ur-
chins, which for intelligence we consider
good. One of the boys, it appears, had
been engaged in mortal combat with COM
panion, and was relating how the thing oc-
Cured. Said he, ''I'll tell you how she
was. You see Bill and me went down to
Turner's tobacco factory to fish off that old
boat, but we didn't catch any. l got one
bite, and Bill told me to scratch, but
didn't. Well, I felt in my pocket and
found my knife and it was gone; and
sud, Bill, you stole'my knife and he said
L was another; said, go there yourself;
and he said it was no such thing; and |
said he was liar, and could whip him if
| was bigger'n him; and he said / never
had the measels and said for him to fork
over that knife; he said he couldn't see the
fork; and said I'd fix him for tomb
stone at Volk's; and he said my grand
mother was no gentleman and l said he
deresent take it up; but he did, you bet;
you never-well you never did then l
got up again, and said he was too much
afraid to do it again and he tried to, but
he didn't; and l grabbed him and throwed
him down on me like several bricks and
L tell you it beat all-and so did he; and
my little dog got behind Bill and bit him;
and Bill kicked at the dog, and the dog
ran, and | ran after the dog to fetch him
back, and didn't catch him till l got
home; and I'll whip him more yet. Is |
my eye very black p
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Some of the islands on the coast of Alas
ka, near the Aleutian Isles, are great re-
sorts for seals. The seals begin to arrive
in April or May. and continue to come
and go during the summer, Occupying the
shores, often coming up the bluffs to d con-
siderable height Their number Is legion
The young are brought forth during the
months of june and July, the mothers
sucking them for nearly two months.
when they can provide for themselves
Later in the season all the old seals shed
their coats of hair; as soon as this Is re-
newed they begin to migrate, and before
winter sets in the whole herd paddle off on
their annual voyage to the sea. The Rus
slams have monopolized these seal fisheries
heretofore, but are now giving way to the
Yankees,
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Some lady has been dreaming, and here
is the result Il saw model husband in
dream, where things are not exactly
what they seem moral man, to skep-
ties be it known; the wife he loved and
cherished was-his own; and for the test
i saw the husband wait with horse and
chaise five minutes at the gate, while
Jane put on her things; nor spake one
sour Or bitter word, though waiting half
an hour for dinner; and, like Patience on
throne, he didn't swear to find button
gone.
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PATENT.
INDIGO BLUEING BAG,

TILE MOST ECONOMICAL,
CLEANLY h COMPLETE ARTICLE ever USED
By thrifty Housekeepers and Laundresses.
zach Bag is provided with Box so that it
II can be pat safely away as soon as used.
PRICE 20 Cts-HALF SIZE 10. Cts.
This blue contains no acid, and will not injure
the finest fabrics. One twenty cent bag will out
last eight tWo-ounce vials of Liquid Blue besides
giving softer color and avoiding the danger and
annoyance Of broken and uncorked Bottles.
Patented Dec. "a, 1867, and for sale by
PLYMOUTH Colon Co. G. I. RAYNoLDs & Co, Z
LOG los Fulton Street. N. Y.
Inquire for IL at any Respectable Grocery
April 3---3mps.
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TIE EFrEcT.-An exchange says a
neighbor who had repeatedly been urged
by some female acquaintance to accom-
pany them to a skating pond, at last yiel-
ded, no longer able to resist the bland
lshments of his bewitching tormentors.
He went. He said he put on pair of
skates and struck boldly out, and the
next thing he knew was himself in bed,
the minister sitting beside him singing
psalm, the doctor courting his wife, and
the undertaken measuring him for wal
nut coffin.
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LONG AND SHORT DAYs.-The further
any country lies north the longer are its
days in winter. At Berlin and London,
the longest day haa sixteen hours and a
half; at Stockholm it has eighteen hours E;
and shortest five hours; at Tornac, in Fin
land, the longest day has twenty-one hours
and half; Wanherhus, in Norway, the
day lasts from the 21st of May to the 22d
of July; and at Spitsbergen the longest
day is three months and o half.
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Selett poetrp,
STRANGERS NOW.

Years of checkered life together,
Days of fair and stormy weather,
Hours of toll, and weary pain,
Moments ofeternal gain,-
All are gone,-we know not how,
And have left us strangers now
Words that flowed to Tighten care,
Thoughts which others could not share,
Hopes too bright for mortal eyes,
Prayers for wisdom from the skies,-
All have ceased, I'VE know not now,
And have left us strangers now
Will it ever more be thus?
Shall the past be lost to us?
Can the souls, united here,
Never once again be near?
Must we to the sentence bow
"Strangers ever, strangers now?"
Thorns amid the roses press;
Earth is but wilderness;
Fitting DER fallen race,
Love can find no resting place;
Where his flowers immortal grow,
Shall we strangers be as now?
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CHESS PRoBLEM.-John and Julia's
problem, by Amator, to move and mate
in two moves:
John moves his arm round Julia's neck.
she moves enc square and whispers check !;
he, nothing daunted, moves right straight
his lips to hers and calls out mate.
Solution.-Poor Julia yields to loves
constralnts; c sighs, bushes, palpitatcs and
faints
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An Irishman once said to another,
"And ye have taken the teetotal pledge,
have ye?" "1ndade l have, and I'm not
ashamed of it, aither." '.Sure and didn't
Paul tell Timothy to take a little wine for
his stomach's sake ?" $50 he did; but
my name is not Timothy, and there is
nothing the matter with my stomach"
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Wilson, residing on Washington street.
1t was palatial dwelling, and many a
hopeful, happy hour had he spent beneath
its roof. He rang the bell and was ad-
mltted to the parlor. In few minutes
Mary Wilson entered. She was very
beautiful, and was only twenty. She had
been waiting until that age to be George
Bonton's wife. Some words were spoken
-lnany moments ofpainful silence ensued.
Mary, you know all. I am going
from my native land beggar. 1 cannot
stay long now. Mary, did I know you
less than do, should give back your
promise and free you from your engage
ment. But 1 believe 1 should trample
upon your heart did do that now. [
know your love is too pure and deep to be
torn from your bosom at will. So say
wait-wait There are other feelings in
the human heart besides love. That love
is a poor, proftless passion, which puts
aside all other considerations We must
love for eternity, and so our love must be
free. Waltz am going to work-aye,
upon the sea to work"
a" But why upon the sea Why away.
where my poor heart must ever beat in
anxious fear and doubt as it follows you ?"
" Because cannot remain here
Hundreds of poor fools have imagined
that | Stunned them because was rich
and proud. They know not that it was
the tainted atmosphere of their moral life
that | Stunned. They gloat over my mis-
fortune. Men may call me foolish; but
it would kill me to stay here"
"Alas must it be ?''
" Il must viii you waltz"
" l will wait even to the gates of the
tomb"
49, "yhen' heaven bless and preserve
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A negro preacher recently arrested in
New Orleans as disordelly person, was
unable to pay the fine imposed. He was
about to be committed, when happy
thought struck him-"If your Honor will
trust me till Monday, I'll take up collec-
tion Tomorrow"
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A lady whose husband possesses consid-
cradle wealth, returned from abroad with
large quantities of objects of art, rather
promiscuously chosen, and in despair stood
contemplating her Parian groups. "Oh
Jack p exclaimed she at last, "what shall
we do? There are no nichs for our sta
ttonery"
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"At what rate that girls tongue is 60
ing" said lady, looking complacently at
her daughter, who was discussing some
subject of apparent interest with hand
some young clergyman. "Yes," replied
a satifical neighbor, "her tongue is going
at the curate."
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~ sells peppermints on Sunday" re-
marked good old lady who kept candy
shop, 'because they carries 'em to church
and eats 'em, and keeps awake to hear the
sermon; but if you wants comfts you must
come week days. They're secular COM
modities.'' %
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

A Rocky Mountain editor, alluding to
the demand for female suffrage, female doc
tors and female clergymen, remarks that
another want suggests itself-that of fe-
male women.
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A man called another an extortioner for
suing him. why, my FRIEND" replied
the man who brought the suit, II did It to
o5lige you" ITO oblige me. indced-how
so% why, to oblgc you to pay me. )
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Fashionable ,Dressmaking.
MRS. ANNIE N. WYANT.

T ATE of Philadelphia, offers her services to
IL the Ladies of Middletown and vicinity. All
kinds of Dress Making promptly attended to.
Dresses cut and fitted and an elegant fit guaran-
teed Patterns for SALE Lake street, five doors
east of Broad, Middletown, Delaware,
May e--tf
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

Why are young ladies at the breaking
up of party like arrows? Because they
cannot 60 off without a beau, and are all
in culver till they get one.
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Josh Billings says: "When a young
man is not good for anything else, I like
to see him carry gold-headed cane. If he
can't buy cane, let him part his hair in
the middle"
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How to ride yelocipede- de-Straddle .
saddle, then paddle and skedaddlc.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

Flags of sll nati0ns-paving stones.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

How to ''tarn peoples heads" Go lat,
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BOQUET BASE, and
THE BRILLIANT.

Orders will be received and promptly
filled for any kind of Stove that may be
desired.
Middletown transcript., 1869-06-05

Prompt attention to business, moderate
prices, competent workmen, and deter
mipatiop to please, may at all times be ex-
pected by those who may favor him with
their Gu ltaa.
Nav l--Iy
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FROM VIEW YORK.
The Republican Convention.

SYRACUSE, N Y, Sept 29.-The Republican State
Convention was called to order by Hamilton Harris,
and elected Dewitt c. Littleohn as temporary Chair
man.
The consolidation OF the New York delegation was
announced amid great applause, and the contesting
delegations from Kings county were admitted to
seats to vote as one delegation.
The convention, after appointing the usual COM
mittees took a recess until p. M.
Heavy Suit Against Railroad Company.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29-Luther G. Challis has
brought suit against the Central Branch Union Pa
cic Railroad Company for s5O0000 value OF services
rendered in negotiating treaty with the Kickapoo
Indians and procuring grant of United States
bonds to said company to the amount OF 81 100000 to
aid in the construction of the road The case Is now
being argued a motion to have it transferred to
the United States courts.
The Money Market Weak.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29-1 p M.-The market is
very weak and panicky. Money per cent, and
from Il to per cent. commission. Pittsburg and
Fort Wayne, 791I Vrginias, coupon, 5319 Virgnias
new so; Missouri Go, Sl2l.
The Gold Exchange Bank has been placed in the
hands OF a receiver.
The New York Stock Market.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29-2;30 p M.-The market has
improved rapidly since the opening OF the second
call New York Central has gone up IA per cent.
and is now 1917. The Treasurer has accepted bids
for SO, 600, COO in bonds instead OF S2,000,000.
The National Stock Exchange commenced dealing
in gold this morning, and the New York Stock EX-
change has resolved to permit dealings in gold In the
long room, until some new arrangement can be
made.
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OUR NATIONAL DISEASE.

What is 1t, and what will cure it? 1t is fact
that will not be controverted that Dyspepsia is
a national disease, to be found from the Presi-
dental mansion to the humble cottage along the
marshes of the Atlantic. Syn,ptoms-There are
scarcely two cases of Dyspepsia alike. The
symptoms vary. In one case they may be cold
hands and feet, oppressive soreness and pain in
the pit of the stomach, drowsiness after meals.
In another, costiveness, heartburn ESQ called),
tormenting feelings, both mental and physical.
In third, nervousness, the spirits depressed,
foreboding of evil, the mind so depressed that in
some cases there is extreme melancholy, and the
sufferer is led to commit suicide. In another,
harassing belchings, saliva or watery sub
stance profusely running from the mouth, throat
irritated with dry cough, skin dry, then cold,
the stools clay colored, restlessness at night,
sleep easily disturbed, frightful dreams, at one
time bowels constipated, then diarrhea or dysen-
terry, caused by foul matter in the stomach, caus-
ing apoplexy and other diseases beyond the
power of human skill to control. What will cure
it? By indigestion the food lies in the stomach
and is decomposed by heat, etc., into mucus;
this mucus adheres to the walls of the stomach
until false membrane is formed, which para
lyzes the functions of the digestive organs 70
perform cure this false membrane must be de-
tached, and the stomach healed and brought
back to natural tone without effecting this, 1t is
impossible to effect q cure and in this mode of
treatmentles DR.. L. O. G. WISHAR T'S wonderful
cures of the Dyspepsia. The Dyspepsia Pills
remove the false lining, and the Pine Tree Tar
Cordial heals, making perfect cure of this
dreadful disease.
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FOURTH EDITION
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
President Grants Doubts-He Thinks
Dent will not be Elected in
Mississippi Indian Out
RACES sAgaiu-Soan-
dal In st.
Louis.
FROM WASHINGTON.

The Election in MississiDpi.i
Special Despatch 10 The Buening Telegraph.
WASHINGTON, Sept 29.-The President, in CONVEX
sation with a gentleman yesterday, expressed the
opinion that Judge Dent would be beaten in Missis
sippi As the election in your state is over,
some OF the best speakers will go down 10 Mlssis-
can candidates. Among those who have expressed
a determination OF going is Senator wilson.
General Robert williams,
candidate for United States Senator from Virginia.
is out a card to-day in reply to Messrs. Rves and
Paxton. He denies having attempted to force him
self upon the people OF Virginia. and also says that
it was never claimed by him that President Grant
wanted him elected.
Details of the Late Indian Disturbances.
Despatch 10 the Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.--Governor Campbell, of
Wyoming Territory, reports TO the Commissioner OF
Indian Affairs, from Cheyenne, September 90, details
OF the late Indian disturbances in that Territory on
the morning of the 18th instant. Eight Indians ap-
peared below military camp on the PapO-Agu river.
where Co X, OF the 10th Infantry, and Co. d. of the
2d Cavalry, are stationed The camp is on what is
known as the Wind River Reservation, being the
reservation set aside for the Shoshone Indians and
the troops were sent there by MajOr-Genera Augur
INN ediatey after the raid made by the Sioux into
the Sweet Water mining region on the 10th of May
last
The Indians were at first supposed to be Shoshones
the soldiers were expecting them at the reserva-
ton, but citizen made them out to be Sioux, and
upon the fact being reported Company ID, 2d Cavalry
sent after them. They had gone but short dis
tance when they were attacked by about one hun
dred warriors and severe light ensued.
Five Indians are known to have been killed. and a
considerable number wounded. They were in full
war dress, well armed and with abundance of am
munition.
Some of them spoke English, calling themselves
head of horses and mules supposed to have beer
captured, and these were guarded by about 80 In
dians in addition to the 100 engaged in the lighting
The fight lasted about two hours, when the Indians
retrpateQ
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GOING HOME.


SOrrOwful and Meeting Scene In n Sleeping. Car
From the Louisville journal, Sept. 20.
The passengers on the Saturday night train OF the
Atlantic and Great Western Railroad for Cincinnati
were startled from their slumbers at an early hour
in the morning by the cry Of 'Mother's dead !" ut
tered in an agonzDg shrek from the end OF the
car, by woman who afterwards proved to be
daughter Of che deceased. The circumstances at
tending the death were these: The old lady, who was
quite an invalid, had been taken board at the vii
lage of jamestown, New York, where she was met
by her daughter, her daughters husband, mer-
chaHt in Cincinnati, and a granddaughter, with
Whom she proposed to spend the winter for
the benefit OF her health. The Old lady, Though quite
one OF the sections arranged for her to lounge
upon till bedtime, ana her children were unwearied
IN their attentions watching her with such tender,
uoughtul care as to attract the attention OF those
about them In the evening, before they retired,
the young people sang beautiful hymn in an under
zone, whle the old lady sat looking out dreamy into
the purple twilight with an expression which seemed
% tell OF warnings for the spirit world, which was
soon 10 be her home. AT bedtime she was placed
away nicely in section all to herself, be-
ng visited from time to time by her daugh-
Ter, to whose tender inquiries she replied
that she thought she should pass the night as
comfortably as though she were in her own
room at home. The last time that her daughter
spoke to her was at O'Clock in the morning When
she went over at O'Clock again, the spirit Of the
mother had passed away to the better land, appa-
renty without pain or struggle. 1t was a strange
scene, that OF the bustling, talking crowd of early
rlsers, crowding thoughtessly about end of the
car getting ready to disembark, contrasted with the
Other where the corpse was laid out in the corner
sectlon with the children kneeling and weening at
the bedside, and refusing to be comforted The old
lady was general favorite in the village whence she
came and was escorted to the cars by quite a num-
ber OF friends and acquaintances to whom she said,
at partlng:-"Tell them all, If slip away on this
Journey, that was ready and willing to CO."
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DR.. WISHART'S
PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL

1t is the vital principle of the Pine Tree, OBJ
tanned by peculiar process in the dstillation of
the tar by which its highest medical properties
are retained.
1t is the only safeguard and reliable remedy
which has ever been prepared from the Juice OF
the Pine Tree
it inyigorates the digestive organs and re-
stores the appetite.
II strengthens the debilitated system
II purfes and enriches the blood and expels
from the system the corruption which scrofula
breeds on the lungs.
1t dissolves the mucus or phiegm which stops
the air passages of the lungs.
Its healing principle acts upon the irritated
surface of the lungs and throat, penetrating to
each diseased part, relieving pain and subdaing
Inflammation.
1t is the result of years of study and expert
ment and 1t is offered to the afflicted with the
positive assurance of its power to cure the fol-
lowing diseases, If the patient has not too long
delayed a resort to the means of cures
Consumption Of tie Lungs, Cough, Sore THrOat
and Breast, Bronchitis, Liger Complaint,
Blind and Bleeding Piles, asthma,
WlOoping Cough, Dtpthe'Sa, etc.