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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
FARM AND HOME.
Who Make the Best Farmers.

Mr.. Beecher says: "a man who is not
smart enough to run store is not smart
enough to run a farm. Farmers are not to
be made out of what is left after lawyers,
doctors, ministers, and merchants are
sorted and picked out. And, if man fails
on good farm, it is not likely that hewill
succeed in n store; for it requires more
talent to be Il thriving farmer than to be
an average merchant. The one cause of
greatest failure is the disproportion be-
tween mans farm and his capital a
farmers capital is his skilled labor and his
money. If he has little cash, he must
have no more land than he can thoroughly
well manage by his own personal labor.
Every acre beyond that is an encumbrance.
One acre well worked is more profitable
than twenty acres skinned over. Ii is
this greed of land by farmers that have
not the capital to work it that keeps so
many poor. Small farms are better than
large ones, simply because they are better
suited to the average capital of common
farmers. Large farms with large capital
are better than small ones. But two hun
dred acres of land in the possession of a
man who has only enough capital to stock
and develop ten acres leads to one of two
things-either that he pays taxes on one
hundred and ninety acres which he does
not use, or, as Is more commonly the case,
that he spreads his small capital out over
bllc NllOlc bNO luuuT6uf anu liltl II 80
thin that ii is like a spoonful of guano on
the Grand Prairie.
Farming is a good business for all men
who conduct it on business principles,
and have capital according to the size of
their farms. If a man does not understand
his business, he will, whether he be
farmer, lawyer, minister, or merchant
If a man attempts to run mine Il manu-
factory, bank or a farm without capt.
tai, he will fail alike in all or any of them,
hut no sooner in one than another of
them.
" Farming for amusement is another
and entirely different thing. Some men
prefer dogs and horses, some men pictures,
some men landscape gardens and fancy
greenhouses, and others fancy farms, a.
a means of agreeably spending their mon
ey and occupying their leisure. 4 farm
may be a rich mans plaything. He does
not live from his ground. His ground
lives from him.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Corn EOddpr.

A correspondent of the Hearth and
Home writes as follows:
If / lived where could keep n milk cart
u goin' as some folks do, I'd go in in big
way for sowen corn to feed green; but
whenever | could I'd give it one days
within after bein' cut. You may depend
on it, there's more milk in it. And IL the
doctors can tell why, let 'em.
So much for green fodder, as for sowin'
it to get stock for winter feed, all I've
got to say is, it's the peskiest thing to cure
| ever had anything to do with.
If you've got an old open shed where
you can set it up, "A ton at time, SOS the
wind'u draw through it, and leave it there
for a month, say, before you stack it or
NOW it, there's good chance of it's not
gettin' het or if you can shock it up tidy
on dry, gravelly ground, and let it stand
with good snug cap on it for about six
weeks then fling down for good hot days
sunshine on the butts-there's another
pretty good chance or if you've got an old
airy loft where you can set it on end with
out movin' at all, there's another chance
of your keepin' bright, sweet feed and in
a general way, there's pretty good chance
of corn fodder spilin'
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Breaking Heifers to the Pail.

On this subject Harris Lewis, of Herkimer
county, New York, writes to the New
York Tribune a. follows 1--WE now have
a heifer with a calf of her own. which has
cost Us at present prices about $50. But
she has not been broken To milk term
which is no misnomer when we considered
the way in which it is too often done. Yet,
as we do not intend TO break the milk
stool on her hip-bones, or to break her ribs,
with cudgel, we will change the term and
call it learning heifers how to be MIXED
And as the heifer is entirely ignorant of
what we desire, we will first obtain her
confidence and assure her that no harm or
injury is intended to her on our part This
may be done by curding her gently while
another milks, and / have found by re-
peating this process few times the heifer
is transformed into very kind and gentle
COW, unless her teat or udder is sore from
Inflammation. If we desire good gentle
cow, one that will be always reliable, we
must begin early and be gentle to the calf,
and then to the heifer. Gentleness begets
gentleness, and kindness begets Kindness
as certainly in the lower "a in the higher
order ofanimals while, on the other hand,
vice begets viciOusness. and brutality begets
brutulity.n
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Green Fodder for Cows.

Judge French, referring to the remark of
some farmer that ''corn fodder is the mean
est thing that can be offered to milch
cows" adds few notes from his own ex-
perience, proving exactly the reverse. In
Concord we furnish about 1000 gallons of
milk day for Boston, of quality equal to
the best; and farmers, almost without eX-
ception, rely upon green corn for their
cows in August and September. Ny next
neighbor says he could not keep half his
number without it. | kept eight cows in
the yard nearly a month last year, in Au-
gust and September, and feed them almost
wholly on green corn fodder, giving them
a little dry hay and no grain; and they
gave more milk than when at pasture, and
made excellent butter. We reckon sweet
corn best; but usually sow the Southern
corn, because the seed of the sweet corn is
too expensive. | have nearly two acres
sOwn this year, part of which / hope TO
dry and save for winter use. If there is
anything settled in my neighborhood, it is
that corn fodder is valuable for milch
cows. My own experience of twenty years
corresponds with the general opinion.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Marshal Mcmahon.

Marie Edme- Patrick Maurice de Nc
Mahon, Duke of Magenta, who will COM
mand the French armies in event ofwar
with Prussia traces his descent to an an
Gent Irish family, who lost their fortune
in the cause of the Stuart dynasty, and
shared the exile of James IL. They carried
their pride and their gallantry to France,
distinguished themselves in many wars,
and through advantageous marriages min
gled their blood with the highest nobility
in the land. The Duke of Magenta was
born at Sully, July, 1908, entered the mill
tary school of St Cyr in 1928, and after
graduation in 1880 was sent to Algeria.
As aide-de-camp to General Achard, he
took part in the expedition to Antwerp in
1882, was made captain in 1888, major of
foot chasseurs in 1910, lieutenant colonel of
the foreign legion in 1872, colonel of the
forty-first of the line in 1915, and general
of brigade in 1S4S. When General Can
robert was recalled from Crimea in 1855,
Mcmahon was appointed to succeed him as
general of division, and in that capacity
led the assault upon the MalakoH. His
brilliant success on that occasion gave him
the grand cross of the legion of honor, and
in 1856 he was made knight grand cross of
the order of the bath. He took an active
part in the Franco-Italian war of 1889, Won
the victory of Magenta, and with it the
baton of marshal and the-title he now
wears. He represented France at the cor
onation of Frederick William of Prussia
in 1861 was appointed to the command Of
the third corps d'armee in 1862, and was
nominated Governor General Of Algeria
in 1864.
Mcmahon is considered one of the best
soldiers in Europe but can lay no claim to
that peculiar genius which belongs alone
to great generals.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Blackberry Wine.

To every gallon of the fruit allow aquart
of boiling water; mash the berries; pour
the boiling water on them, and stir them
up well; cover, and let it stand until the
following day. Then, having stirred all
again, strain the liquid into the cask, add
ing good brown sugar in the proportion of
two pounds to each gallon; cork it tight.
The wine will be ready for use in the
course of the autumn.
Still another way is to fill a key or casli
three-fourths full with sound, ripe black
berries then fill up the cask with molas-
ses close it tight, and set it in dry, cool
place until the winter. The liquid may
then be poured off, and will be found an
agreeable common wine, and the berries
will make good pies.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

CURRANT WINE.-Prepare the currants
(which should be perfectly ripe the same
as if you were making jelly. TO each
quart of juice extracted add two quarts of
cold water and three pounds of good brown
sugar. Having stirred all well together,
let it remain undsturbed till the next day
then skim and set it in cool place to fer
ment. Keep it uncovered, and fill it up
every day until done working. In six or
eight days, when it has ceased fermenting,
cork it closely, adding, if you wish, little
good brandy-a pint to every eight gallons
of wine will be sufficient. As soon as it
becomes clear it is fit to bottle 1t will be
fine wine in the course of the winter.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

GRASS FOR BREEDING HOGS.-A CORE
spOndent of the Western Rural says +" A
good supply of grass for breeders is of un-
told value. They should be on pasture two
or three weeks before breeding time, as it
increases the milk greatly. Breeders, on
a good supply of grass, with some corn,
will not only retain their flesh, but grow
continually, and he easily fattened in the
fall or winter, while the pigs are large and
healthy, and their growth will not be
checked during the winter. If breeders,
with their pigs are confined in small yards
during the summer, and fed on grain alone,
it will take two of the former to make a
shadow in the fall, while the latter will be
small and poor, and go into winter quarters
good subjects for disease"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

IN THE COUNTY COURT or SEWER COUNTY
u. G. Thornhurgh and Marion Pity Adm'rs Of William
Hickman, deed. vs. Humphrey Hickman ct ais.
IN THIS CAUSE 1T APPEARING FROM COM
L painants' petition that the defendanfs Ahnpr
George and wife Sarah, james Ruth and wife Ellen
ana John H. Cate and wife Anna residents pf
this state II 4 therefore ordered that publication BE-
made n the Knoxville Chronicle. Newspaper publish
ed IN Knoxville, for four successive week. notifying
said non-residens the defendants, 10 appear al the
next term Of the County Court 10 be held for the conn
x OF Sewer, at the court house in Severyilc on the
First Monday Of August next the petition of
the said Administrations fled against them and Others in
sand Court or the same viii be taken confessed and
set for hearing e1 partc. W. II. II. DUGGAN,
luiNl5-4w. Clerk Of SEWER County.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Chancery Coart-AndersOn County

Nancy ]. Hcrrell -. r. A. Harrison, Admir-, ct AL
Bill and Cross Bill.
Sale of Land in Knox County
DY VIRTUE OF A DECREE OF THE SAID
ID Chancery Court pronounced at the May term 1870
will proceed Saturday, the 10th day Of September
1870 to sell at public outery on the premises. to the
that tract Of land in the county Of Knox and State of
Tennessee in the 9Th Civil District Of said county lying
dred and twenty-five acres, more or less being the
farm formerly conveyed by Josiah b. Chapman to Nan
cy j. Herrell.
Terms of sale-Fify dollars 500 cash remainder in
equal nstallments with interest from date at six twelve
and eighteen months, at and two Year, which
mode shall yield the largest amount Notes with
approved security will he required and lien retained
on the land until the purchase money il fully paid
w. II. WHITSON
july2O-wit Clerk and Master.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

NECTAR CREAM.-One gallon of water,
four pounds of white sugar, quarter of a
pound of tartaric acid four tablespoonsfuls
of -four and the whites of four eggs. Whisk
the white of an egg, and add it to the wa
ter, then beat in the other ingredients,
boil the mixture for three minutes, skim
it clear, and when cold add an ounce of es-
sencc of lemon. For use, take one-third
portion of syrup to two-thirds of water,
and add little carbonate of soda
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
FEMALE INFLUENcL.

fGMAi.E lNFLL ENtE.
In whatever position woman is placed in the
world, she exercises an influence upon man
kind. Nature seems TO have bestowed upon her
this power 10 an almost unlimited extent
Some assert that the influence ofwoman il felt
alone in the home circle, but this is not so; for
whether it be good or evil, it goe, forth to gov
ern the world. As wife, what Il mission is
hers what an array of duties are before her
and, If she wields her influence for good who
can estimate the good she can accomplish but
II for evil, what terrible consequences follow!
When a mother laYishes all her love and her
abilities upon child in the proper sense and if
he refuses TO be governed by her admonitions,
her noble qualities will not allow her to cast him
of, and although he never returns to the path. of
right, yet she shall not lose her eward-'s for
she hath done what she could to train him TO
love God and to respect himself
Who Is there that cannot bear testimony to
the truth, although a mother, head NAV be
long lain under the sod, yet he cannot forget the
counsels given him in the days of his youth and
they become interviewer with his life, repro
ducing her principles. Respect" saws one
author, lis the only sure foundation of ina
ence, and when woman fails to command re-
spect then she ceases to be beneficially inAuen-
tial"
History furnishes Us with numerous examples
of the dopraved state of different societies. re-
sulting from the evil influence of wicked wo-
men: With what disgust do We read of the cor
ruption Of the court of Louis NV. When
woman departs fron her sphere and mingles
with that which is vile and degrading, she tar
nishes her good name, and in her fall many 9TH
ers are involved
Woman's influence is strongly felt in the halls
Of the Capitol of the nation, for our Senators and
Representatives carry with them the ideas adj
Nanced in the home circle, and frequently
cause the walls to resOund with the eloauence
which has had its origin in the mind of a moth
er' wife, sister or friend Therefore let US re-
member our mission M females is not a trifing
one, ana may we so use the power God has Civ
on US that all shall be compelled TO acknowledge
her merit.
oman, blest partner of our joys and woes
L en- in the darkest hour of earthly ill.,
Untarnshed yet thy fond affection glow
Throbs with each pulse and beats with every IN ill
When sorr0w rends the heart-when feyerish pain
Nrings the hot drops u anguish from the brow
To soothe the soul TO cool the burning brain
On VINO 50 welcome ana 50 prompt az thou? %
" It's woman's smiles that lull our cares to rest:
Dear wOman,s charms that give 10 life its rest;
Us WOmans hand that smOOthes Affections bed
Wipes the cold sweat and stays the sinking head ;"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
For the Season.

Persons going to spend the season, ora portion
Of it at the Springs, or elsewhere or others, can
have the CHRoSIcLE sent TO them ut regular
rates, by forwarding their address
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
THE SUPREME COURT
FOR THE
EastcrR Division OF the State of Tennessee,
Mt Ku0xyflIe

MILL BE BEGUN. OPENED AND HELD AT
w the Court House in Knoxville, the 2nd Mon
day being the 18th day Of September next when the
business of the Court will be taken up and heard in
accordance with the order made by said Court its last
term; which order is in the words and figures follow
ing. to-wit:
1T is ordered BY the Court that the next term Of
this Court the civil eases upon the docket be taken up
and disposed of in the following order to-wit:
FIRsr. All cases on the docket of the Fifth Circuit
filed during or previous to the year 1858.
SECOND. All upon the docket of the FIRST,
Second, Third Fourth and fUih Circuits, filed during
and previous to the year 1862
Commencing with tho First Crcuit. and taking the
several Circuits in the order above named.
The criminal cases will be taken up and disposed Of
~ the Court may direct"
true copy Of the order. Test -
NJ. l.. PATTERSON.
Clerk supreme Court, at Knoxville.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
A. j. KICKS,
Attorney at Law.

A TTENDs PROMPTLY TO ALL BUSINESS
~ IN the Courts held in the City Of Knoxville.
60 Collections promptly made and RENTED.
OFFICE-MAN STREET.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

The following is one ofthe essays read at the
lie We're coored school at its exhibition some
weeks ago 1t was read by Margaret l. Nelson
Of Knoxville Tennessee, II young colored girl of
much talent and promise.
We give it space with pleasure a an evil
dence Of the application and progress of the col
ored children Of the CITY.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
MONTVALE SPRINGS.

TINE FOLLOWING RATES OF FARE HAVE
vale Springs:
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27

IHe UHIIF NHTOhItIt,
For sale at the bookstores, at FIVE cents a copy.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-27
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For all the purposes of a Laxative
Medicine.

Perhaps no one medi-
cine is so universally
required by every
body as a cathartic,
nor was ever any be-
fore so universally
adopted into use, in
every country and
among all classes, as
this mild but efficient
purgative PHI. Tho
obvious reason is.
that tits a more relia-
BILE and far more eff
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-06

show that these men were only recommended
and not nominated. 1t was so ordered.
The Convention adjourned and a meeting for
Knox county alone was called, which authorized
the chairman the County Executive Commit
tee to appoint twenty delegates to attend the Ju-
dicial Convention at Nashville on the 1lth inst.
Captain r. NJ Bearden was put in nomination
for County Judge for Knox county Captain
Rufe was present, and came forward accepting
the nomination, saying he did it as the represeu-
tatiye ofthe Conservative party. Colonel John
Williams suggested as the Democratic party.
There has been nothing equal to this day :
proceedings since the celebrated Stokes-Senter
fasco at Nashville last year. Experience keeps
dear school, but then there is large class of
men who will learn in no other.
We have not attempted to give Il full account
Of the proceedings. Some of the richest scenes
could not be portrayed with the pen. As well
try to picture the scenes of circus. 1t was a
scene Of confusion, of which the school-boy
would be ashamed
As the credentials Of delegates were not called
for we have no means of knowing the number
of counties represented, but we think only five
were. So ends this attempt to supply us with Il
Judiciary not partisan in its character, of which
we have heard so much
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-07-06
COL. p. rUREEY,

OF Franklin county, was introduced He
said he was unprepared to address the people,
not knowing that he..,.would be called upon.
He was candidate for ofice!but felt constrained
to decline making an electioneering speech in
the absence of his opponent With graceful
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-21
ONCE BEFORE.

Once before. this self-same air
Passed me, though know not where.
Strange how very like it came,
Touch and fragrance were the Sc me;
Sound of mingled voices, too,
With light laugh ringing through;
Some one moving-here or there
Some one passing up the stair,
Some one ling from without,
Or a far of. childish shout = t.A.
Simple. home-like, nothing more,
Yet it all hath been before!
No. Not to-day. nor yesterday.
Nor any day. But far away
80 long ago. so very far, la aiaa-A.l
IL might have seen on other star.
How was spent? and where? and when
This ife that went, yet comes again?
Was sleep its world? or had il death?
/ ask myself with bated breath. I7f.l
All never dream had power to show
Such vexing glimpse of Long Ago.
Never death could follow death
With love between, and home, and breath
The spell has passed. What spendtbrifts. w,
0fsimple household certaintyl
What golden grain we trample low,
Searching for flowers that never grow.
Why, home is, real, and love is real;
Nor false our honest high ideal.
Life, ~ is bounding. warm and strong,
And all my heart resounds with song;
II must be true, whate'er befall,
This, and the world to come, are all frf
And yet IL puzzles me-alackl aaaa
When life thatcould not be, comes back
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-09-21
THE DUELING CODE.
virginia Feud-Ifs Fatal Termin-
alton A Reminiscence of Past

Il
alton A Reminiscence of Past
Ages.
From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.l
The recent death of Mrs. Anna Cora
Mowatt Ritchie recalls the facts of a
duel which her husband almost fought,
but which finally added; and which not
only created a great sensation in Vir-
ginia at the time, but became interviewer
with subsequent events, which terminated
in bloody encounter, and the death of
one of the principals in the affair, at the
hand of Ritchies brother. The facts
never got more than casual notice in
the papers, and are here detailed for the
first time.
To understand the whole case, it is
necessary to say that Thomas Ritchie--
or Father Ritchie, as he was generally
called-was the editor of the Richmond
Enquirer, and welded about the whole
power of the Democratic party of Yir-
ginia. John Hampden Peasants was
the editor Of the Richmond Wing, and
the representative editor and writer of
his party In that State. He was the son
of Governor Peasants, and bold, chiv-
alrous and generous hearted man, who
held TO the code of honor. Richie
was not fighting man.
For years hot antagonism progressed
between these two editors; engendering
an intense bitterness at last, as might
have been expected. About the year
1871 something unusually ly heated arose in
these papers; and in an editorial Pleas
ants said, submissively, the following
" We have been engaged in controversy
with the editor of the Enquirer for 20
years, and II shames our manhood TO
know that we have never used any
weapon sharper than a pen" Accord
ing to " the code this sarcasm was a
deadly insult, which nothing but pistols,
ten PAGES, and blood could wipe out.
Richie had two sons-William f., the
elder, who married Mrs. Mowatt, and
Thomas, junior, the younger-who killed
PleaSsnts in fight about four years
afterward. The mortal ofense was taken
up by William, and a challenge sent 10
Peasants being promptly accepted and
the terms settled, everything was lovely
between the two gentlemen.
Perhaps it would be as we'll here to
speculate on what the result Of the duel
would have been, provided it had been
fought SO as 70 decide how we would
have bet on the issue IL We had bet upon
it at all The terms we're shotgdns,
loaded with twelve buckshots; laid un-
cooked at the e0mbatants feet, muzzles
outward; the parties to stand back TO
back, asd ct the word wheel, seize their
weapons and fire. distance, twelve
PAGES.
This was sure death to somebody.
Who would it have been2 We put the
interesting problem and solution thus.
Ritehie was tall, nsar-sighted, wore spec
tacles, and was wholly unused 10 the
weapon selected. Pleasants was short
Of stature, one Of the very best shots in
Virginia, and perfectly familiar with the
weapon 10 be used; so much so, that
with double-barreled gun, he vas sure
of front and rear partridge on a fair
rising" Hence, It would have taken
Ritehie longer to stoop; longer to get