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L'Interet du Monde Civilise.
fEztrah de r-46eikle d,e 4 Dfccmbre.j

{Ertrau de r-Abeille du 4 Dtccabre.I
Nous savons que Ia politique
des pelples Sc regle beaucoup plus
par pinteret que par lie sentiment.
C'est done an point dc yue de Get
inter6t uniquement, que nous vou-
Ions .envisager les consequences
que peut entrainer pissue de la
guerre ffanco-prussienne.
Si le duel engage entire ces deux
nations devait n'avoir d'autre re-
sultat qu'un reglement dc complies
particulier, plus Oh moins favora-
bic . Pune, plus on moins desas-
treux pour rautre, nous compren'
drions que les autres puissances
restassent intlifferentes q ce regle-
ment de complies ct qu'elles eprou-
vassent une serte de satisfaction
6goiste q tout coup aecisit propye
pr6cipfter 10 d6nouement. Dams
Etat actael des relations CONNER
ciaies qni existent entire tous les
pays, ls guerre entire deux d'entre
eux o n6cessaireRent son eoAtre-
coup chez tous. les autres, ct e
commerce ct Pinlgstrie- qlh sen
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interets Iolitiques de bas .Gtage
arrlvent d une conclusion ditte-
rente de H. n0tre.
Nous le rep6tons: Ia defaitc f.
male de la France n'aboutirait pas
a la paix en- Europe; ellie souvrirait
au contraire la porte a une seric
de queries interlninables; tandis
que pecllec dttinitif de la Pruse re-
tablirait fOrcement le calme pour
longtemps ct amenerait unc en-
tcnte forcee des grandes ct des pc
tites puissances sur toutes les cau-
ses dc dift6rends propres i trou-
bier la tr;inquillit6 de pEurope.
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Cotton! COtOn!!

a YANT pris a bail lie magasin de De-
IN pot rtcelnment occupe par w. A.
Robertson & Co. tout le fret qui me sera
conSigne scra sous mes soius pcrsonncls,
ct Jose prorItttre pleine satisfaction a
tous ceux qui voudront bitn m'encoura
ger. Des achetours de cotton seront tou-
jours presents ct disposes achet4.r le
cotton aux plih dc la Nouvelle- Orleans,
n,oinS les fraiS d'expe,lition.
vDes avancts ScrOnt faites en- GER
cles ct toile ct corle d'emballage, sur 10
cotton expedite par mon intermediairc d
mes corresp ,ndants &c la N.-Orltans.
q KENNETH BAILLlO.
Washington 10 Dee. 1870. In
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A loner, pour l'annce 1871.

IL Cette belle habitarion produc-
1:ssM tive appartenant a la succession
4ssAaA de fcu lie Gen. John G.. Pratt ct
Nine. C. W. Pratt. situee dams 10 Prairie
Bellevue, d environ 5 miles au Sud do
pelous:ls: Cette propriet6 sera mise a
l'enclrete, pour I'm an, au plus offrant ct
dernier encherisseur, devant In Maison
de Cour, / Opelousas, lie Samedi "a De-
cembre courant, a midi, la moitie du prix
du bail payable compliant, Ia balance, le
Ter Janvier 1872, pour lequel montant lie
preneur donnera son obligation a satis-
faction. On fera connaitre, au moment
t}e l'adjudication, les stipulations rclati-
yes aux Preparations a faire on aux autres
ameliorations. L'aete authentique dc
bail sera j. Ia charge du preneur.>
J. H. .OVERTON.
Executeur ct agent.
Ope1ousas Dec 1870.
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! Nile. Orleans , Nov. 1870.

Nile. Orleans ? Nov. 1870.
Au Gen. g. Is. SHINES, agent de Ia Com
pagnie d'assurance mutnelle sur 10 vie,
dc Mound City, Missouri, pour rEtat
de In Louisiana.
Cest avcr plaisir que je ccrtilio lei dc
Ia liberalit6 DE- la compuguie que vous
represented ct du rtslcment prompt ct
satisfactoire de Ia reclamation de S2U, 900
pere, st. John Liddell, en- favour de ses
entants mincurs.
Les delais dams le r6glement de cette
pertc doivent etre attributes au fait que
dcux des tuteurs represcntant deux DIES
mineurs mont pu sc fairc qualiticr que lie
III Juliet, 1T le pavement de lcnrs por
tions Il etc fait ;sussit6t que lcurs lettres
dc tutelle Ont etc presertees.
LIE tuteur reprfsentant raltre mineur
ma etequalilie que le Is Septenlbre, ct a
etc paye en- plein sur In presentation de
la piece autheutique. Qnant moi, j'ai
prefere attendre mon age de majorte, le
rs Septombre, ct lc payement dc ma ror-
ton ma etc fait aussit0t que jc me suis
presente.
Je dois ajoutcr que la somme de $4,2;50
ont etc avancees a moi ct deux dcs tu
teurs, avaut que la preuve de la reclama-
nation be soft reSue par ladite compa-
gnie, ct que toutc In reclamation etc re-
glee sans l'escompte auquel la cotnpagnic
await droit pour soixante jours de grace.
Pour corclurc, je vous otfre mes since
res remercfments pour vos bontes ct vo-
tire liberalite, ct recOmnlande Ell meme
temps votre compagnie a tous ceux qui
dcsreront fairc assurer lcur vie.
Je suis, mou cher monsieur,
VOtre Obeissant servitcur;
V. NJ. LIDDELL.
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VoT.sEs.

l. etc vole du soussigne, dams In Pa.
J. roiSsc St. Landry, deux obligations
souscli'es ct endos>ets par George Mertz
de la Nouvellc Orleans, datGes % Avri1
1870 Pune de $3.50, ct l'autrc de $1,000
toutes deux l'a!ablcs !, dcux ans dc date
ct portant six pour cent d'intertt partil
de la date ct huit pour cent Il cou'ptcr de
Icclreance. lie public est avcrti lie nae
cepter ces obligations Ell aucunc n,aniere,
attendu que le Placement en- II etc arrtte.
JOHN STEIB.
10 Envcmhrc 1870 ~ 1T
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I = IItJI De
MARCHANDISES SECHES,

Groceiie, quincaillerie, bijouterie, cha
pelleric, cl,aussurr, b"i>,lre de pnits, !
rouets, meub!cs dc maison, uSten>ilcs dc
cuisine ct une infinite d'autr..S articles
don't Remuneration srrait trop loUsue.
CONDITIONS:
Les ttrres scrunt vrldues une moiti6
compliant ct l'autre moitie payable dams
un an i co,nptcr tlu jour dc Ia vcute, en-
hillets avec cnution Il satisfaction ct n.y.
pothequc r1servee ponr assurcr le payc-
ment du principal ct dcs iutGrtts qui au-
ront pu saccroitrc.
Les proprietts mobilieres seront ven
dues pnnr ,lu comptaut.
On acceptcra en- paiemcnt lc cctuu au
prix du conrS.
La situation est cSccllentc pour IN ma
gasin ct pour lc cu;nHlcrce du cotton, dc
la laine, dies pcaux. s!eS volailles &c. &c.
avcc Washington ct Optlou=as.
IT, Les actcs de ventt scront passes
parjlevant Yves D'Avy, Recorder, aux
frais des acquereurs.
e Ccux qni doiventan soussignt sont
prizes de vcnir rtsler l'ici an jour dc la
ventc, s'ils veulcnt cvitcr drs trais
J. b. pOCSSON.
Chataighcr 10 Dcccmbrc 1870.
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Nous repr"duis ons avec plaisir ci-dcs-
sous uue lcttre interessantc dun fills de
teu st. john r. Liddell, adressee au Gen.
B. B. SHINES, agent de 10 compagnie
d'assurance de Mound City pour notre
Etat. Cette lettre, CONNIE on le verra, a
etc ecrite daps le but de certitier de la IL
beralite de ia compagnie ct de la promp-
titude qu'elle met a regler une rtclama-
tion de SEQ, 900 pour lassurance sur Ia
vie du Cen. Liddcll, ct nous Ia recon-
mandons a.lattention dc nos lecteurs
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Wis.

Is f soussigne tue, lie 81 du nois der
- nier, un bnuf de 4 ans. coulcnr GEN.
DIRE, marqu6 q peu pres ainsi TICK ct sur
la croupe L
Ce bpuf rodant dams lie voisinage de-
puis plusieurs annees ct commettant des
depredations, le soussign6 en- ainsi dis
pose ct en- tient la valeur la disposition
du proprietaire. U. c. LAVERGNE.
Bellevue 10 Dec. 1870. I'm
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'OURRIER DES OPELOUSAS,
u H IL H. d 4 = A -:
sANEDI mat,n, 10 DECEMBRE 1877

B La Cour de District, rHon. John f.
King presidant, q etc occupee cette Sc
maine , traiter des atfaires criminelles.
LES eSoses wont bien lcntement, non
yas one &c soft Ia faute du Juge on du
l,arreau; snais 0a ue salt trop OH lie rou-
age mauqGe, 81 ce nest dams ltbsence
des parties ct des temoins.
Peu d'affaires ont etc terminecs ct SELL
iernept deuA verdicts dc culpabilite, nous
croyons, ont etc rendus jus1u'a Eier.
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~ L art de savoir METRE en- nuvre dc
mediocres qualities dopne souveut plus de
reputation que lie veritable merite.
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~ Pour faire fortune, ce nest pas dc
l'esprit quill faut, cest de Ia delicatesse
quill ne faut pas
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AVIS.

"OUS cruX qui ont DIES rcclamations
IL contrc la succession tie james c.
Hayes, dtcett, sont prizes de les prt~cn
ter avcc les pieces Il rappui, ii MN. BAL
ley & Estilette, Ayocats, il lcur bureau,
il Opclousas, pour classification.
f.. 0. HAYES,
Administrator.
Opclousas l2 Norcmhre 1870. I'm
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UEautre jour, un lieutenant dc Far
NEE isdc;:4le stationn3c Il Baton Rouge,
est southctte dams les rues, pour menson-
gcs proffJres, ct aussit6t lie gouverncur
Warmoth recoit un telegramme lui mau-
lant quill est de toute neccssite de pro-
c!amcr la loi martialc en- cctts vile pour
maintenir In paix.
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La 0erniere Eois.

Nine. Webb etant sur le point lie nous
ouitter, donncla, Il Ia Maisou de Cour,
Iundi proclaim, i 7 heures tlu soir, uue
lecture accosnpaglste de tablcaux, dra-
mes, musique etc. lie theme qn'a choisi
cette intcllisrnte aate kr est Lies les-
sources de st. Landry ct la moitie de Ia
rrcette sera aoandonnGc i l'aci,at dune
pompc il incendie.
Allous, un dernier coup d'epaule ct on
attcindra prut-ftre H. but
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A AVendre.

- n boncauts de secoDde main, pro-
QDV pres exp6dier du sucre etc
S'adgesser au bureaR du Ceurrlev des o.
peousas, =, 4E22Oct. 5tf
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II a etc arrete CONNIE Epave,

A Par Ie sousslSne, pres dc Ia
H Prairie Ronde. en- cette Pa
roisse, Ii 3 courant, un beuf de trois ans,
couleu, rouge fonce ct marqse 4 peu pres
ainsi \ Ce bnuf roslait dams le veisi-
mage dsnuis environ deux ans.
10 pr0prietaire en- reeevra Ia valeur en-
prouvant la propriete.
J.. c.. NUGENT.
St. Landry 10 Dec. 1870. I'm.
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Sompagnie d'Assurance Mutuelle
sur la vie, de N&ound City.

PROMPT PAVEMENT DUNE rEkrE D'AssU-
RANCE.-LETTKE ISTERERssANTE Dun
FILLS DE FEU ST. JOHN II. LIDDELL
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A Vendre,

AACN Tine dcs plus bellies l1ahi-
G5IR tations entire Upclous:s ct
z.H9t& Washington, situec il 3 mil
les d'OptIousas Ct , lie Washington. (tttc
de Ia navigation) ct connuc CONNIE Ha-
bitation Ulrich, mesurant environ 400 az
pents, 60 acres dcsqucls sout boi~Gs. ct la
balance d'excellente terre de prairie.
Cettc liabitation est tres bien ame1io-
rec, ct les hatisscs neccssaircs Il uhe
habitation cotonniere partaite. Elle est
en- pleine culture, ct c'est une des plus
bellies habitatibus dc la parosse.
Les conditions sont avantagclsses.
EY S'adresser au bureau dh Courier.
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Une belle Habitation Sucricrc,

Une belle HabitatiOn Sucricre,
connue CONNIE Habjtation de Jules Me-
lanc"n, stucr sur le Bayou C"urtablea,i,
entire Washington ct lie Port Barre:-e60
arpents, environ $50 drs1nsls sont dtfri-
chGs ct en- culture, aoec uHc bonue rni-
con de residence, de Ho1nbreuses cabau-
ncs, sucrerie etc.
Cette habitation pcut ttre dchetee d
un prix tres moderee ct Il un long credit.
S'aiirrsscr ce bureau.
Opelousas Deccmbre 1870. 12tf
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P A R F u NJ E R | z
CRANES DE- JARDINkGE.

TADACS, CIGARES, SC. &c. &c. &c.
DLe proprietaire on. Posey) devouc
tout son temps Il l'etu,le ct la compost
ton ct la tente lie medicaments strs ct
reeommandhbles.
Vingt-de'ix ans d'cxpcrience ct de pra-
tiQue incessantes, joint il une determina-
tion constante de sc rendre utile ct COM
plaisant, srrviront lui meritcr Ia CONT
nuation de restime ct lie Pencourage-
meAt de ses nonlhrcux clients.
Les prescriptions dcs medecins sont
remplies avec le plus grand soin toute
heure du jour on dc In mutt, ct rien ore
les plus purs medicaments sont emplo = e.
poar leur composition. Et les com nan
des des habitants seront egalement rem
plies ayec soin ct empressement>
JOHN POSEY, phar macien.
+ Opelousas 70 Oct. 1870. 1T
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1a Justice dun Jury. IL parait que
IL justice Nest pas mieux rendue a Ia
Nile Orleans que dams nos campagues,
ainsi qu'on le vera par lie compterendu
suivant, que nous trouvons dams r1beille
de Ia Nouyelie-O Orleans du 2 courant:
Les indivtdus accuses d'avoir vole le
vieux marin qui etait ivre, apres Pavoir
cruellemeHt battu, ont tous etc acquit-
tes par he jnri, ce qui q cause une sur
prise pFofoDde attendu que les temoi-
gnages contre eux avaient etc des plus
positifs ct des plus concluants. LIE juge
Abell ma pu s'emreeher d'exprimer lie
dtgoht que cette affaire lui causait. II a
dit uu juri que sou verdict etait contraire
a la loi, aux preuves 6tablies, d l'interet
public, ct que c'Gtait un outrage. &c
sentiment etait partage par tous ceux
qui ay;iept etc presents aux debats ct ills
sen expliquaient en- termes peu tiatteurs
pour le jury. Voici Ia liste des membres
qui le composaient: BENZ. b. Bosh, R.
G. Allen, Andrew jackson, E. c.. Rho
rem. A. Ribet, N. L. Leblanc, Francis
Mullcy, FL. Beckman. E. Manet, D. Hut
chings, Chs. Hoft ct Ellis Joshua.
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DR0GUES ET MEDICINES.
Les plus pures ct les plus fraiches,
sont il Ia
Pharmacie de St-Landrv

tenue par JOHN POSEY, ct par lui eta
bile en- lS4S.
TVOUTES les medicines patcnttcs de
III Get age du progress, .lrogncs dc tou-
tes les descriptions, indictments de tou-
tes. sortcs rcAturcs de diverses conleurs,
huilcs dc tUutcs sortcs, Wires, livres De
cole, livres hlancs, papiers divers, arti-
c&cs dc toilette,
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Compagnie d'assurance sur La vie,

ComPagnte d'assurance sur la vie,
dite ''NRound City."-Nous puisous
dams le Picay de In Nouvellc- Orleans,
du ~ NoveMbre deruicr, le certiticat sui
want, dune dame accusant Ia reception
dune somme &c :l4,7G5 de cctte compa-
gnie d'ussurance hien connue ct tloris-
sante, en- rcglement dune reclamation
pour rassurance de In vie de son epoux.
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Nouyelle Orleans 10 Nov. 1870
Je reconnais par les presentcs avoir re-
Ga 10 somme de quatorze mile sept cent
soixante-ciaq lsiastres dc Ii compagnie
dassurance dite Mound City, dc st. Louis
Missouri, ttant Ia somnle totale dune re-
clan,ation sous Ia police d'assurance No.
2070, 6mise par cctte eompagnie lie d'A-
viii 1870, snr la vie de mon el'oux dece-
de, Samuel Leigh, pour la sonme de
quinze mile piastres, ,noins un tiers pre-
te surle premier Placement. Pour lie pale
meBt prompt de cette perte, je desire Of
frir mes sinceres renercimcnts, ct recon-
,Handcr 4 tOutes les persouncs prudentes
qui cllerchent des iudemnit6s dams les
pcrtes qu'eIles peurent eprouver. de- s'a-
dresser 4 la CoMpasric d'Assurance dite
Mound City, cette police d'assurauce E.
tant Ia premiere qai m'ait etc payee de
trois autres 60 nontant 4 $4,000 sur III
ris de mon mari, daus d'autrcs compa-
guies.
AZEINA LEIGH.
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THIRTY tons of hay for sale. by VIM.
z. CTsbtree, scioto Tp Jackson Co., O-sm
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GLOBE MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
,H OF NEW YORK. f

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Directors of this model Institution offer TO the
community at large, for risks on first class lives
an Insurance in any amount from 5000 to SO =
600 by the payments OF small sum annually
which will give to the assured contented mind
while living, and secure to his family Il compe-
tency in case of DEATH
Plnny Freeman, the President of the Com
pany, ia one Of She Oldest Life Insurance men in
the United States. and is the originator Of the
n0n-torfeture system Of Life Insurance
The company does its business entirely for
cash. 1t takes no notes aud it gives none, IL
is ready at all times 10 pay It's just DOL lgalOns
without ANY deduction for uutcs or interest II
has amply secured asscts amounting to over
Ts.l40, 00O which are rapid, accumulatng
Premiums aud dividends are non-for.t liable
in case Of failure TO pay as stated in Company's
Circular W. n BURKE,
General Agent
j. II. CONE, MANAGER FOR Quo,
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NURSERY.

18th YEAR 500 ACRES 10 GREENHOUSES |!
Largest, best stock and shipping facilities
APPLES /, 2, 3 yr., 1000 fine 1 yr. $25. AP-
PIE ROOT CRAFTS, choice, 10, 900 eco. MUIR
sERY STOCK, Seeds, Usage, Apple, Peach
WILDGOOSE, Plum 0SAGE HEDGE, 10000,
s16. EVERGREENS,. ROSES 1000 800
Dahlias, Gladiolus, GREENHOUSE, BED DING
PLANTS. Send 1Oc. for Catalogues
II. *. PHOENIX.
Dec. 80. ts66-3m,
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-02-23
CLEARFIELD ACADEMY.

The Third Session of the present Scholastic
year of this Institution, will commence on Mon
day the 7th day of February, 1870.
Pupils can enter at any time. They will be
charged with tuition from the time they enter to
the close of the session.
The course of instruction en- braces everything
included in a thorough, practical and accom-
plished education of both sexes.
The Principal having had the advantage Of
much experience in his profession, assures pa
rents and guardians that his entire ability and
energies will be devoted to the mental and NOR al
training of the youth placed under his charge.
TERMS OF TUITION:
orthography, Reading, Writing and Primary
Arithmetic, per session, III weeks.) SIS 90
GRAMMAR, Geography, Arithmetic, and Histo
ry. $500
AlgebrA, Geometry, Trigonometry, Mensurstion
Surveying, Philosophy, Physiology, Chemistry
Bookkeeping, Botany, and Physical Geogra
ply. So, 90
Latin, Greek and French, with any of the a
bove branches. sl2oe
Music. Piano, $50 lessons) $1,000
SNo deduction will be made for absence.
For further particulars inquire of
REV. P. L. HARRISON, An
July 81 1857. PRINCIPAL.
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Get Leather Bits.

One of the most cruel things done to dumb
beasts is putting frozen iron bits into a
horses mouth. 1t is not only painful but
a dangerous act For every time living
flesh touches metal much below the freez-
ing point, the latter extracts the heat from
the former and freezes it. Thus horses
mouth becomes frozen by the cold iron Sc
veral times day put unto il each time
causing these freezings to go deeper and
deeper, to end at last in extensive ulcera-
ton. With such sore mouth the poor
horse refuses to eat and pines away which
calls the horse doctor in.- They callit bots,
glanders, horse all, &C., and go to cramming
down poisonous drugs in big doses and the
next you know of the poor abused creature,
he is trundled off to be food for fish or the
crows. Many valuable horse has been
'mysteriously' lost in just that way.
Thinking and human people avoid this
by first warming the bits but this is much
trouble, and sometimes impossible, as in
night work like staging and physicians
work. Now all this trouble and loss are en-
tirely avoided, as we have found on trial,
by getting the harness makers to get lea
ther bits for winter use, so made that no
metal substance can fnuch the flesh Tboy
are durable and cost only half a dollar.
We wouldn't exchange ours tor gold one,
if couldn't be replaced. Do not fail to
try it.
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LAZY FARMERS. prevents a
man from getting off his horse to put up
the first rail that gets thrown off the fence,
and through this lazy neglect whole crop
ofoorn is damaged
Laziness prevents man from driving
one nail when it would have answered, and
by and by carpenter must be hired to
make extensive repairs.
Laziness permits gate to get of the
hinges and lie in the mud, or be proped up
or barn to go to rack and thus to DAM
age vast amount of the product in store.
Laziness, in short, is the right and pro-
per name for nineteenth of the excuses Civ
en- for bad farming. But by far the most pro
life of the many wastes that are due to Ia
illness is the waste in itself so great, and
has so many ramifcations, that we must
defer its discussion until more appropri.
ate time.
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PURE BUCK LEAD, equal in quality to
English white lead Oils, Iaints and
Varnishes of all kinds; Gold leaf in books. and
bronzes, for sale by A. I. SHAW
Clearfeld, October 23 1857
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for the fari,,er.
prenaratiops for spring Work.

Preparations Tor oprlng "orh'
The present is the farmers time to ar
range his plans for the coming year, and
on this being carefully done depends greatly
the success of future operations. He has
the gathered experience of the past TO aid
him and if one or more crops have failed,
now is the time to consider the cause has
he been unproftably ftinted in the necessa
yamount of labor has any other than the
best seed been sown or planted? have weeds
been allowed to grow unchecked? has work
he.n nerformed TOO much in hurry? have
the most approved implements of all kinds
only been used2
Trade and business in the cities have been
depressed the past season, as well as the
prices Of produce in the country. Let not
the farmer be discouraged.
Is the working stock of the farm sufficient?
has there been false economy in the use of
manures ? has there been room to store the
crops2
All these questions should be asked and
answered; recollecting that the most i'm
provident of all kinds of farming is the rails
ing of half crops, and that poor stock is al
ways the most expensive; he shsuld map
out his plans for the year 1870, SO as to a
void all these errors and with the aid of
agricultural papers, to introduce an improv-
ed system of management. The increase of
railroad facilities may bring his farm within
market distance oflargc cities or manufac-
tories, so that his whole system should be
changed-and perishable articles, such as
butter, milk, small fruits, vegetables, be
cultivated instead of beef and grain, with
which he has been striving in an unequal
competition with the cheap lands of the
West.
Let the farmer now consider and digest
the tried capacities of his soil and its adap-
tation to particular crops. Has he general
y succeeded with corn or potatoes, or car
rots, or cabbage, or broom corn, or hops, or
pasturage ?-let him not suddenly change
his system on account of temparry depres-
sion in prices.
''Time and chance happeneth unto all,
and with patient industry and perseverance,
every man in his proper calling, mot for
getting tie performance of moral, social and
religious duties) will find that for him
''seed time and harvest, cold and heat, sum-
mer and winter, day and night, shall not
cease, nor the early and latter rain.
LET US then be up and doing,
With heart for any fate
Still achieving. still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-02-23

A way is given to prevent horses pulling
at the halter. Put small rope under the
horses tail, bring the ends forward, crossing
them on the back, and tying them on the
breast Put the strap through the ring and
tie the rope IN from. of the breast When
the horse pulls, he will, of course, ind him
self in a rather uncomfortable position, and
discontipues the effort TO ftee himself.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-02-23

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