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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-05
Watermelon Culture,

AS planting time will son he Upon us
again, would like to give the readers Of
your excellent paper the benefit of my
experience in raising watermelons. /
tried to raise them for several years, but
failed in every attempt until the last
two years. / plant the seed in an Old
tin pan or box, about the first OF May
and keep them in a warm place on the
southeast side OF the house, and when
they are nicely up, | transplant them
where | have designed they should
grow. Before I put them out, / remove
the soil y or Is inches deep and feet
wide, and then fill the hole thus made
with thoroughly pulverized manure and
the soil mixed in equal parts the hits
should be 5 or q feet apart each way. |
put in three plants to hill. lift is dry,
[ cover them up for IA day or two.
have had no trouble in making them
live; they bear transplantinga AS well as
cabbage. | have raised rs nice melons
in this way as l could wish for.
Last spring, | thought that if | pre-
pared the ground rs above stated, and
planted the seed in the hill, would get
a good crop. planted them in the hill;
they came up we'll, but did not seem to
grow, and in n short time | had not a
single plant left. 1 had some plants in
q pan, and set them out in the same hill
(only six hills, and had 26 large melons.
L hope others will try this way of raising
melons. -[Corres. Country Gent.
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wapttae Census will Include.

The work of taking the Federal Cen
sus will be commenced by the first of
June. Schedules have been provided,
on which are to be taken:
First-All the dwelling houses in the
district, all the families, name o: every
inhabitant, age, sex, color, trale, occu-
patton, or profession of ea IN male per-
son over fifteen years, value Of real
estate owned, place of birth of each in
habitant, marriages within the preced-
ing year, number of persons who have
attended school, persons over twenty
years of age who can read and write,
the deaf and dumb, blind, insane, idiot
ic, paupers and convicts.
Third-Number of acres of land im-
proved, and unimproved, with the name
of the owner, agent or manager, live
stock OH hand OF the different kinds,
produce of the farm of every kind during
the year preceding lst of June, 1870.
Fourth-Products of industry of every
kind with name of manufacturer pro-
ducing articles in each year of the value
of $500, name and kind of business, cap
ital invested, raw material used, with
statement of quantities, kinds and val
ues, kinds of motive power and ma
chinery, average number ofhands en-
ployed, wages paid, &c.
Fifth-Aggregate valuation of real
and personal estate, aggregate of taxes
assessed, colleges, academies, schools,
schoolhouses, &c; public libraries, peri
odicals, news papers, how often publish
ed, number of circulation. Has the
season produced average crops? What
crops are short? TO what extent, and
the average crop per year Average
wages of farm hands, of day laborers,
with board; wages without board; of car
penters, female domestics: price of board
for laboring men per week; number OF
churches; of persons each will accom-
modate; value of church property, with
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RenrjuU Chickens,


The f'llowing are some rules that it
would be well to observe in rearing
chickens:
1. Keep the chicks in warm, clean,
dry coop.
2 Don't let them run out in the NOR
ming until the sun has removed the dew
from the grass.
8. Let them have plenty of food and
fresh water.
4. The coop must be rat-proof
5. Don't let the chicks have access 10
slops or stagnant water.
6. See that they are housed when a
storm is threatening.
Rules for keeping the henery in proper
order:
l. Clean out every day, and sprinkle
a handful of lime.
2. Sprinkle ashes over the floor two or
three times week. Frequently change
the straw or hay forming the nests, and
white-wash the nest-boXes at every re-
newal, and twice a year thoroughly
white-wash the whole interior of the
house.
Rules for the management Of setting
hens:
l. Set the hen in place where she
will not be disturbed.
3 Give large hen 10 or II eggs, me-
dium-sized one 10 or IL, a small one
eight or nine.
5. Don't let the hen come out of the
sitting-room until she has Matched, but
keep her supplied with gravel, food, and
water.
4. When chicks are Matched, leave
them in the nest for eight or ten hours.
5. Don't meddle with the eggs during
incubation; turning them once day,
and all such foolisnness, is apt TO pre-
vent the eggs from hatching.-[ Western
Rural.
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farm mud Auusehold.
House Cleaning items.

To Cean Pdint.-There is a very SIM
| pie method of cleaning most any kind of
paint that has become dirty, and if our
housewives should adopt it, it would
save them a great deal of trouble. Pro
vide q plate with some of the best
whiting TO he had, and have ready some
clean warm water and piece of flannel,
which dip into the water and squeeze
neariy dry; then take as much whining
as will there to it; appIy it to the paint
ed surface, when little rubbing will
instantly remove any dirt and grease.
Alter this wash the part with clean
water, rubbing it dry with soft chamois.
Paint thus cleaned looks as well as
when first laid on. without any injury
to the most delicate color. 1t is far bet
ter than soap, and does not require mole
than half the time aud labor. Or, save
the tea leaves for q few days, then steep
them in a tin pail or pan for half an
hour, strain through a sieve, and use
the tea to wash all vanished paint. 1t
requires very little rubbing or "elbow
polish" as the tea acts as a strong
detergent, cleansing the paint from its
impurities, and making the varnish
shine equal to new. 1t cieanses window
sashes and oil-cloths; indeed, any var
nished surface is improved by IFS appIi-
cation. 1t washes window panes and
mirrors much better than soap and
water, and is excellent for cleansing
black walnut picture and looking-gIass
frames. 1t will not do to wash unvar-
nished paint with it Household.
Moths IN Cdypets.-Wrng coarse
towel out of clean water; spread it
smoothly on The carpet; iron it dry with
a good hot iron; repeat the operation on
all parts of the carpet suspected of being
Infested with moths. No need to press |
hard, and neither the pile nor the color
of the carpet will be injured, snd the
moths will be destroyed by the heat and
steam.
Removing Grease-Spots.-A simple
agent for removing grease-spots from
carpets and silk and woolen fabrics is
very useful. Carbonate of magnesia,
with benZ0le, ami spread upon
Il grease-spot to about nue-tbird of an
inch in thickness, answers we'll for Ibis
purpose, ~ sheet ofpUrous paper Should be
spread upon Tie bepzonated magncsin,
and a Hat iron, moderately warm, pUt
upon ti'- top OF all. The heat of the
iron pass 5 through and sofens tie
grease, which is then absorbed ny the
porous magIiesia. The fiutiroii may be
re roved in the space Oi one hour, and
the magnesia dust brushed of. Soap
stone dust may be used in the same :
manner, and answer nearly as good a
purpose
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-05
9nSuranff.

II REPRESENTING THE OLDEST AND MOST
IL wealthy Companies in the country.
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Substitute for Manure.

Hearth and Home says the following
recipe for raising potatoes is worth the
price of any paper for one year to any
farmer who is short of manure. 1t is as
good as the superphosphate OF lime, and
will not cost half as much. 1t has been
tried two years, and is good on dry land.
Take one cask of Lime and slake it
with water, and then stir in il one
bushel of fine salt, and then mix in loan
or ashes enough that it will not become
mortar; it will make about five barrels.
Put half a pint in a hill at plant ng. All
manures containing potash are particu-
larly suitable for tie potato. Ashe,
contain more than any other natural
fertilizer, and should be freely used and
carefully saved. Amy farmer seeing the
analysis of the ashes of potatoes, can
readily imagine what fertilizers produce
the greatest effect, and what the plant
most needs.'
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-05

TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
The above amount was paid by the diff
ferent Life Insurance Companies of this
country to the heirs of deceased policy
holders in the year 1869; and this amount,
vast as it is, will be yearly increased by
the constantly inc .asing business of
these beneficent and popular organiza-
tions. The losses of these companies
are paid promptly and without expense
to those receiving them.
Tine annual statements ofthe different
companies show that this business is
constantly growing in the confluence of
the people ofthis country. The whole
amount of policies in force III the COM
panies doing business under the laws
of New York State alone is upwards of
1900, ,000.0 600, and OF this amount nearly
500, 600 was done in the year 1853. The
largest business done by any single COM
pany was by the Equitable Life Assu:-
ance Society of New York. This society
did over $50. .000,0 of new business last
year, which exceeded by So, ,000.0 000 the
new business of any other company.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-05

been trying to expose and rebuke,-
Arthur's Magazine
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-05-05
Great lmpr0vemnte in
Washing Machines.
The Old WO0den Wash Board
again Turned-Up.


DY A SIMPLE BlNATION of the lever
- power and theoi vash-board, in the con-
Struction of the
Keystone Wa ing Machine,
the best machine evel introdu has been
brought into use.
The cry of "humbug" is compleit silenced,
and the prejudice against Was Machines
overcome wherever this machin been tried
and its good qualities and capac ested. 1t is
universally pronounced just Wi was needed
as a labor-saving Washing Ma e.
For reference as to the super yof this ma
chine over all others now in ms we give the
following names:
George Dilworth, Mt. Pleasant, o.
Isaac GuytOn, " I"
VIM. Hall, Harrisville, Ohio.
Stephen Hobson, Flushing Ohio
Joseph Walker,
Jacob Holloway,
Jesse Bewley, g
H. C. Weday, "
Elijah Pickering, East Richland,
Enoch Carman, " /"
and all others who are using the machine.
For Information, address,
A. BRANSON & CO.,
ma20-tf Flushing, Ohio
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9prirg,
Written for the Chronicle.
THE EVE MING HOUR,

The day is fading slowly,
The winds are breathing lowly,
And on the horizons rim
Outspread the twilight shadows
That deepen o'er the meadows
Where the mist hangs coldly din.
The first stars dimly twinkle,
And the sheep bells lowly tipkle,
Asthe white fioclEs seek their fold;
The wild birds song has ended,
And darkness has descended
On wood and grassy void.
No more the sunbeam's brightness
Spread DER the earth their lightness
For the day is past and gone,
And now the hours for dreaming
Beneath the stars pale beaming
Are stealing softly on.
Careless the hours to number
Earth's-wea children slumber'
ForgetfuI of each care;
Around their couches treading
Are angels, kindly spreading
Oblivion's mantle there.
Soothed is each pang of sorrow,
o. would that on the morrow
1t might return no more
But to the weary hearted
Their treasures long departed
Dreams only can restore.
And sleep so kindly given
To man by plying Heaven,
How soothingly it comes,
And Angel gently wingingi
Its noiseless way and bringing
Rest to earth's myriad homes.
Peace to the troubled bosom
Dew-drops to bathe the blossom
Come with the hour of even,
When on the light clouds fringes,
Are painted rainbow tinges,
And the spirit dreams of Heaven.
G. II. c
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statistics relating TO paupers and con-
yicts.
Sixth-Number of deaths during the
preceding year, with age, sex, color,
domestic condition, place of birth and
occupation of deceased, together with
the time and cause of death.
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Seleft St02u.
Sober Second Thought.

BY THE AUTHOR OF 'TEN NIGHTS N. A BAR
ROOM"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-12-26
1ailg Htnurbet yomrml.
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL
- FOR THE -
LEGISLATIvE SESSION
OF 1871.

Every farmer, merchant, lawyer, business
man, In the State of Maine, is interested in
the acts Of the Legislature, and should be
well informed in relation to the doings of that
body while in session.
The DAYLr ExNsEBEc JOURNAL will give
full reports of each days proceedings during
the session, and will be the legislative paper.
Former legislative journals have contained
little but the legislative proceedings, but in
the DAur KExNEBBc JOURNAL subscribers
viii have complete daily paper, with the
latest news by telegraph from all parts of the
world, editorials, locals, home and foreign
news by mail and correspondence, and have
the deings of the Legislature besides.
While we thus shall furnish subscribers
with paper worth more than double former
Journals Of tie Legislature, we offer it upon
more liberal terms than ever before, and shall
depend exclusively upon the efforts Of inter-
ested and public spirited parties, such as
Members ofthe Legislature, Postmasters, &c.,
to make up its subscription list. Our terms
are q follows -
copy to one address for the session, $500
3 COPIES q (" I" 8.75
10 I" /" I" " 1000
And additional subscribers taken at the
same rate.
Any person raising club of five, and send
Ing the money to US, as above, shall have an
extra copy for himself.
Any person sending the money for ten, as
above, shall have an extra copy for himself.
For every additional club of ten, the person
raising it shall have an additional extra copy
for himself, for which he will find tsker
without difficulty.
All clubs must be sent in one package, to
one address.
All clubs must be raised this month, as none
will be received at this Office after the session
opens-only single subscriptions at the full
rate will Re taken.
Those who want the complete Legislative
record, must begin with the first issue. Back
numbers of the paper cannot be furnished.
Those who intend to raise clubs had better
move at once, and not defer it to about the
commencement of the session, as some do to
their loss and our inconvenience.
SPRAGUE, OWEN & NASH.
Augusta, Dec. 6, 1870.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28
HOT! HOT! HOT!

The weather is terrific For weeks even
this usually cool locality has been at a boiling
temperature. On Sunday the average of the
thermometer was 9S The South and West
are suffering fearfully. A gentleman who
recently came from beyond the Mississippi,
said to us that his journey was like a con-
tnued passage through a heated furnace
The country was fairly in glow, night and
day, and comfort thing not to be thought
Of At st. Louis. ior n few weeks past, the
telegraph says the heat has been at from 81
to 104. Such state Of things was never be-
fore known in the country. and what the re
suit will be if it continues can only be con-
iecturcd. The drought in this section is not
yet severe, and the crops are looking we'll
The dry season of 1855, our readers will re-
member, did not work the harm to growing
crops that was expected The earth has 4
wonderful power of drawing subterranean
moisture to the surface in times of need But
sickness, especially bowel complaints mu st
largely result, as we'll as prostration and
lasstude.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28

mark has issued proclamation of neutrality in
the war between Prussia and France. Sailors and
pilots, subjects Of Denmark, are warned against
rendering assistance to the belligerents.
FRENCH ENTHUSIASM sUBsIDING.
London, July 26. A Paris special correspondent
Never has Il war been undertaken by France with
less enthusiasm or more distrust of success. The
crowds of the Boulevards who were ready to die
for their country have disappeared. Troops are
marching through Paris to take trains for the seat
of war and they traverse the streets without elicit
ing single cheer. Soldiers joining their regiments
walk about in groups, almost all of them drunk
and the bourgeois stare at them and shrug their
shoulders. The aspect of Paris could not be more
melancholy il the Pru>sians We're ut the gates of
the city,.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28

rebukc them for this disgraceful and unsoldierly
act but haushtily exclaimed, IF gun is fired int
my men mt, tonight will not leave house in town
l will burn every one to the ground. This is the
character of the men Holden has got together to
keep the peace of North Carolina where there is no
disturbance"
These rutfians, under the command of Kirk,
have more recently arrested several of the
best and most prominent citizens, for no
offence, and thrust them into prison. Wrts
of habeas corpus, issued by the Chief Justice,
have been laughed at. The State seems to
be completely at the mercy of these banditt
and robbers. There appears to be no alter
native for the people, except to peacefully
submit, or to be branded and proclaimed all
over the country as rebels who are resisting
the guardians of the peace. Is there never
to be an end to. the reign Of terror?
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28
RADICALISM IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Your true radical can never be in his
element except in times Of civil commotion
Plots and conspiracics are 4 necessity to his
nature. 1t makes no special difference
whether they are real or imaginary, if the
public mind can be disturbed and excited
Arrests, mprisonments and fines are the
meat on which he feeds, while an occasion
to shoot or hang somebody is one of special
felicity. The thrift that comes by the ways
Of industry and peace he Knows little of, and
cares less for. But fines and forfeiture are
his meat and drink, his desire in the present
and his hope in the future. He is a true
disciple of Jack Falstatf, who reioiced in the
prospect of civil war, because Gland would
be as cheap as sinking mackerel."
An election is soon to take place in North
Carolina, and the radicals, under the lead of
Holden, are busy in ''organizing help in that
unhappy state. The plan very clearly is to
get up scenes of violence, which is easy
enough for men determined to have them,
and then by arrests and imprisonment to
drive the better classes of the people from
the polls so that the rullian element may
have complete control. That there is any
need for extraordinary measures OF the use
Of the military is all the merest pretence and
sham. North Carolina is rs peaceful and
law abiding, save the outrages Of Holdens
ruf1ian militia, as any state in the Union. A
conservative paper of the state says
''The body of troops he has succeeded in getting
together is composed of the worst class of vagrans
vagabonds and rowdies, under command of Col.
Kirk, man of notorious character Last Friday
evening, Kinks battalion arrived at Salisbury
from the mountains, en- route for Raleigh and
committed various wrongs upon unotfendng citi-
zens while ON their way to this point. While sup
per was served at the Mansion House, a number of
his command, who were prOmenading the pave
ment in front of the dining room, began to fire off
their pistols and carbines, eXclaimng as they did
so, ''They firing into us that shot came from
the dining room!" and Immediately they rushed
into the doors and windows of the dining room
with their guns and pistols cooked sabres drawn,
and leyelled upon the unotfending and unarlned
ladies and gentlemen sitting around the table. A
general stampede ensued, and of course the dining
room was soon cleared. Kirk made his appear
ance, and, although not citizen had fired gun or
offered the least resistance to the militia yet they
insisted that they had been fired upon He did not
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28
Mr.. BLACKS LETTER.

Our readers who take an interest in the
record of the recent rebellion in this country,
as we'll as those who have regard for the
truth Of history, will be interested in the
letter OF Hon. Jeremiah Black to Senator
Wilson, the publication Of which we com
mcnce this week. The trenchant pen Of the
distinguished attorney has left nothing for
the classifying Senator to stand upon.
We admire the spirit with which Mr. Black
has taken to task the romancer of Natick. as
well as his determination not to permit HIM
self and his associates to be maligned by Il
record of the stale calumnes that were born
Of the troubled times of our civil war. Men
like Wilson and his associates are scanned all
over with the sears Of falsehood and evil
purposes brought home to them These
served their yillainous end at the time they
originated, to the shame of the inventors and
the woe OF the country. 1t is due to the
living, no less than to the dead that any
malicious attempts to put these inventions
even in as permanent shape as upon tn e
pages Of periodical. should be promptly
met and rebuked. The sharp pen Of the
eN-Attorney General has given the quietus to
the most prominent Of these disciples of
Annanias. Hon. Gideon Weles recently dis
posed of another in the pages of the Galaxy
And it should be seen to by the conservatives
branded rs fast As they appear
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28

METZ. The following is description of
the fortified city of Metz, which seems to be
the threatened point of collision between the
French and Prussian armies -
''Metz, on the river Moselle, is the most
important strategic point in the eastern part
OF France, and has a most powerful fortress,
which is yet uncompleted The city contains
10000 inhabitants and q garrison of $1,000
men. A strong wall with bastions surrounds
IT, and the Notifications at large are con-
structed with due allowance for the force
of modern proiectiles. They stand on four
commanding sites. The river Seille meets
the Moselle at this point, and, in case of
siege, the water of both streams can be rails
ed sufficiently to inundate the low ground to
the south and southwest of the town. Mont
medy, Verdun, and Longwy, on the Rhine,
are all strongly fortified; and near to Metz,
on the Moselle, is Thionville, within few
miles of the Prussian frontier. The river is
bridgcd at this point, and the Notifications
are strong. The Moselle furnishes the most
direct line of operations between France and
Prussia, and a struggle will in every proba-
bility take place for its several strongholds' -
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28

Within our recollection Waldo was a stauncll
democratic county. But in disregard of the Jour
nails teachings it has become one of the most reli-
able republican localities in the State. Did the
Journal ever hear it said that it was not part OF
wisdom for those who live in glass houses to throw
stones. We will agree to make Knox republican
as soon as the journal coyerts Waldo to democracy
Rockland Free Fress.
The stones we throw are only a little
gravel to impar grit to the Free Press. 1t
shan't be hurt bit. But let us see about the
complexion Of these counties In 1866, the
year after the war closed, Which would be a
fair occasion to estimate party strength,
Knox gave Chamberlain over Pillsbury, 47O
majority Last year Smith had ., cl Cll,,.l-
berlain 425 majority--or u gain of SEA-
nice thing, and handsomely done.
In 1866 Waldo gave Chamberlain 1852 ma
jority over Pillsbury. Last year it gave
Chamberlain SIG over Smith, gain of 1869
Let the Free Fress not worry on our ac-
count We are doing pretty well, thank you
only there is tougher devil to overcome
up this way.
The Republican journal., 1870-07-28

The Republicans of the fifth Cong. District
met very quietly at Ellsworth last week and
renominated Mr. Hale. The aspirations OF
Tilden and all other claimants melted away,
and Hale was agreed upon unanimously.
We supposed it would be 50, when we motto
ed a couple of Waldo officials departing for
the interior of Hancock, with determination
in their faces, and the vision of continued
snug places under the sheltering wings of
the Congressman The resolutions adopted
have not been given to longing world, but
will come, we suppose, in due time.