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The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17


Th1 Massachusetts State Board of Ag-
rculture discussed this subject at their
meeting in December, 1867, as we find in
the report of that body for 1s67-s. The
speakers were all men of high character
mature years, experienced in breeding,
keeping and fattening cattle, most OF
them engaged in the dairy business--and
there was but little difference ofop.nion
as to the use and value of food cooked
in some way. Professor Agassiz, the H.
lustrious naturalist, shows, in the fol-
lowing clear, plsin, and unmistakablo
language, tho reasons why food for do
nestle animals ssould be prepared, it
being promised that the food we give
our stock is not that which nature pro-
vides at first hands, but is dried and me-
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
For the Herald.
Fathers Old Coat.
BY noY.

AIn-"T1e Old OaIep BueIet" "
How memory clings to the days Of my child
hood
Their pleasures, their sorrows, their grieis
and their fears;
Il 10 Gays days dorlS and dreary, with rain fast
descending,
When to school must go. spite of plead
ings and tears;
The basket of luncheon, my Land grasping
tightly,
The rain swiftly pouring, as though Hea-
ven would fall;
But before l started my mother wrapped
round me
My fathers old coat, which hung on the
wall.
The coat with deep pockets, the coat with
wide collar,
The coat with brass buttons, which hung on
the WALL
Many days have since passed, but the coat
remember
The depth of the pockets, the lcngth of the
tail;
The warmth and the comfort oft received
from it,
While breashng fierce storms of rain and
And oft when the lessons at school were
quite over,
And the bright, whirlirg snow had at last
ceased to tall-
with my sled by my side, would bundle
up warmly
In father's old coat, which hung on the
wall.
The coat with deep pockets, tho coat will
wide collar,
The coat with brass buttons, which hung OF
the wall.
Time swiftly hos fed but my thoughts wan
der backward
To the form, once so manly, that coat theI
adorned;
And the loss OF his counsels, his words o
endearment,
His sweet, loving presence, how often Iy
mourned
And now he is gone, but, his mem'ry rever
ing,
await with impatience tie summons, tn
call
To join him above, in the mansions off glory
But fathers old coat shall remain ON tn
wall.
The coat with deep pockets, the coat wit
brass buttous,
The coat now so sacred, which hangs on tn
wall.
SMYRNA, Del, Sept. 18th, 1870
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
Moss
Agricultural.
A SUGGESTION.


Tt must be apparent to all who have
made the various branches Of husbandrv
a study, that OF late years cattle Using,
in connection with the production OF
butter and cheese, is the most satisfac-
tory and profitable. The high prices OBJ
tanned for beef, butter and cheese during
several years past, are the result, not of
any diminution of supply but of de-
mand increasing day by day with the
growth of population. No fear need
therefore obtain, especially within area
sonable distance of large markets of any
permanent diininution of the prices of
such products. The demand is constant.
is seldom satisfied, and must increase
with the increase of population. We re.
gard, therefore, every effort made TO
supply this demand as wise and pru
dent, and if conducted with skill and
Judgment, as certain to yield hand
some return. IN this connection we
would observe that there are large tracts
of land in this State which should be de-
voted to stock raising, to the exclusion
of the chronic corn crop. We refer to
what are called low lands, which, though
producing large crops of corn in favora-
BILE seasons, two years in three bring the
proprielors in debt by reason of their
mcist condition in the Spring of the
year. lt is hard for the owners of these
lands to resist the temptation TO try to
make II crop of corn, yet their frequent
"a 81 lof Inc
blowing and planting, year after year,
with the chances always against them.
AS general th.g various kinds OF
grass will flourish on these lands, yield
ing from two to three tons of hay to the
acre, or affording luxuriant pasturage
eight months in the year. How much
better it would be to keep such lands in
grass, is a question that farmers should
attentively consider. If we take twenty
bushels of corn as their average Yield
year in and year out, and deduct tho
cost of seed, fertilizers, cultivation and
garnering, corn must sell unusually
debt. From a crop OF timothy hay. two
tons to the acre, twice rs much money
would be realized. The profits Of graz.
ing are not so readily seen as IN graz
farming. Account must betaken of the
yield of butter or cheese, the value of
the whey.for feeding hogs, the increase
of the herd, the growing value of beef
cattle, and the annual return of large
quantities Of manure to the land. A far
mer who can sch twenty head OF fat cat
tie year, besides other things, would
feel very comfortable.-E,rc
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
pOrtrp.
For the Herald.
Tlse oid-Fashsoned Beaver.



AIR-"7he Old OaAen Bucket"
now dear to my sight is the hat of my
grandpa,
Which hangs on the wall as if placed for
review;
It's brim, the dimensions reaching, oh, how
far,
The choicest of playthings my infancy
knew:
The old-fashioned brim, the beaver that
bound 1t,
Thelining the air holes, the buckle and all;
And the wide silken band encircling around
it,
The old-fashioned beaver, that hangs on
the wall.
The high-crowned beaver, the broad-Iimmed
beaver,
The old-fashioned beaver that hangs on the
wall.
How often that beaver mashed as pleas
ure-
1t seemed to my heart great mirth to in
still;
That beaver, of course, did its duty to meas
ure
The sand in small piles at the foot of the
hill;
How ardent grabbed it, with hands all
agiowing,
And quick with thud on the hilloclk
| twould fall;
Then soon, with its shape almost out of
knowing,
replaced the old relic to its peg on the
wall.
The ehigh-crowned ed beaver, the broad-rimmed
4 +. beaver,
The old fashioned beaver that hangs on the
wall.
My heart reverts back to the scenes of my
childhood
With that hairy companion, If it could it
would tell
What choice nuts it held in Autumn's gay
/ wildwood,
And its oft icy bath it received in the well.
The owner, where is he, that silver-haired
grandpa?
In city of marble, his body, that's al;
His spirits above, in the Heaven of some
ichc1e,
But his old fashioned beaver still hangs on
= the wnll---------------
The high-crowned beaver, the time-worii
beaver.
The old-fashioned beaver that hangs on the
wall.
SMYRNA, DEL, Sept. 18th, 1870.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

How TO GET Work DONE ON a FARM.
Every farmer is at times or pressed
with a sezscof the oyerwhe1nG.ug an a.
ber Of things-tlssr requires to be dot9e==-
We laye/seen nervous ID N IN (sn.h ,
circumstances cominetsce ne j1h and
before he had got fairly sta ted, Abandon
itior something that seem ID m ,b,e,press-
ing merely to leave this in Il e same urs-
finished state; and wb IN ~ rhh came ho
had acccnsilish LILLE < metninu. ana;
passed hours tossir g a ,6out on a sleep
less bed thinking whaz he shou:d ID sea
the morrow. A your & tariner coul.i.not
adopt bettery ulo ial, to repeat 20 bi,,,-
self every 10 orning. Whatsoever th,,
hand hndeTa to do, DO it WIN ~
might" AMI act upon il. 1yhen . iah s
comniencf d, finish bcsorU eonmeno;,,ts
another. But if you happen to get NJ
hind, strike a Lively gait. do ono fblno a.
time, and when it is done lake 4 Ii91,a
rest by lin mediately co.nnencin,ra,,,.,,s
er, and in ti'is way you win pull thronvh
in good ume.-Asericam 1igsicana,,
dis.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17


a Also. Freight Trails With Passenger
car attached, will leave Wilipineton. ts',ont
9Ss 4. NJ, New CASTLE, t.4j, Middietown, 6.8D,
IN ytoi. !. 90. Dover, $50, camden. 9.l5, Fell
ian, ~ ID, and be due NJ Harrington about
II. 81 A Vi, Returning, to leave Harrington
abo.lt o.. p. M, FELTON, 8.59, Camden, 455
boyer, 5.35, Moorton, 600 Clayton, $50, MIDI
44lstlwu. 800, New Castle, 1000, and be due ~
NilmiDgton, about 1879 +. NJ. snnJec' 10 de-
N Tnis Train will stop 10 take up Passengers
only ut stations named. but VIII set down
assengers aJ any stopping place except
fare's Corner, State Road, Del. Junction
Mud Dupont. 60.
"A New Castle Trains-Leaye. New Castle
tor Wilmington and Philrdelphia at 7.4n a.
M. Leave Philadelphia 1900 M. and VIII
minQton 10 j. NJ. for New Castle.
" snyKMR Branch Tratns.--Addlt'onal
IA those above leave Smyrna for Clayton
Il. 40 A. NJ, and 800 p. NJ Leave Clayton fol
4nyrna, $40 A. NJ, anu 2 90 p. M, 10 make
Honnectfon with trains to and from Dover
and Stations South.
u e O. sEWALL. sup't Del. z. II.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
MisfeII
o9D
"A Case of Conscience.

1t was the hardestof hard times OLD,
we'll established houses were failing all
around; no wonder that the smaller con
Germs were fairly swallowed up in the
crashes going on in the business world.
No wonder that Harry Tyndall, young
city merchant, sat in his Office gazing
with pale face and despairing eyes at the
specter ruin, which stared at him from
no great DISTANCE, He had weathered
the storms, of three brief years-ho had
hoped soon to weather this, but the loss
of a thousand pounds hold by a friend
deprived him of the means of making a
payment due in three days: and he folt
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

"B ,ss, 1 want twenty five cents, " said
a jour printer recently, to his employer.
"Twenty-five cents how soon do you
want il, William?'
''Next Tuesday week."
"As soon as that? You can't have it;
I've told you often that when you were
in want of any large sum of money you
must give me at least four weeks notice
for you ought to know that nobody pays
the printer"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

The dogroe of IN. d. most appropri-
ate for ladies is that of ''Mother Dear"
A New England boy peeped into a
trout pond aid lost his nose.
Why is life the greatest conundrum
Because all must give it up.
"Horse atitudos"-Those allowed, in
the way of lying, to horse sellers.
May man justly consider his wife
poetical when she is II verse to him?
Women are angels without wings, yet
some of them are perfect fly Always.
Public spirit-Readiness to do any
thing which IS likely to prove lucra-
two.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

"Why do you drivesuch a pitiful look
ing carcass as that2 Why don't you
put heavier coat of flesh upon him,
Pat?" A heavier coat of flesh on himl
By the powers. the poor caature can
hardly carry what little there is on him
nowv'
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

"MY son, how did you get SO wet?'
inquired mother of her dripping hepe-
full. "Why, ma, the boys said dare'nt
jump into the creek, and by lingo, I toll
you ain'tto po dared, )" replied yoang
scapegrace.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
Doing south,

by the above arrangement, close connec-
ions Will be made both ways, and passen-
ers will arrive early both in New York and
baltimore, and will be able to visit Phila,
elphia and Baltimore, returning the same
Ali Freights must be at the various Sta
Ions at least (30) thif minutes before star
.ng Of Trains, otherwise they will lay over
7enty-four hours. j. L. CALDW ELL,
Superintend ent.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

A MAN onco speaking Of the sudden
death of triei.d, was asked If re had
lived high. 81 can't say as to how he
lived" replied the man, "but know he
was suspended"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

A YOUNG lady up town, who went
away from homo, leaving her waterfall
on The open window-sill, found ii cat
bird, sitting on two eggs in it, on sor re-
turn.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

Piltsburg is disposed to brag over a
couple aged fifteen ana sixteen, who
have just got divorce.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17

Can't we make your lover Jealous
miss?' ''Oh yes, sir, think wo can, II
we put our heads together,
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
TEMM NE
ERMM1
New York Bazaar
is THE
CHEAPEST STORE
IN SMYRNA,


And is the place where you can get every
thing in the line of Trimmings, Fancy
Goods, Notions, and Furnishing Goods, such
as Satins, Lining Silks, Needle-work Edg-
ings and Insertings, Infants Robes, Sash
Ribbons, Guipure and Valencien Laces, Clu-
ny, Blond and Cotton Laces, slipper Pat
terms, Lace Collars, Linen Collars and Cuffs,
Lace Handkerchiefs, Trimming and Velvet
Ribbons in all colors Hosiery, Kid and Lisle
Gloves, Ladies' Waists, Lace for Wells, such
as Grenadine, Tissue, Barege, and Dotted
Lace. Linen Bosoms, Tydies, silk Gimps.
silk Fringes. Buttons of every descriptions;
Spool and Skein silk, Spool Cotton, Pins,
Needles, Hair Pins, Skirt Braids, Crochet
and Darnlng Needles, SILK and Cotton Nets,
Hooks and Eyes, Cable Cord, Silk Cord in all
colors, Loops for Cloaks, Fine, Round, and
Dressing Combs, Hair Brushes, Shoe Laces,
Rulings, Pocket Books, Toilet Boxes, Jew
elry, Silk Laces, all colors of Embroidery
Braid. Alpaca Braid, Corset Steel, Corsets,
Switches, silk Cord and Tassels, Cotton
Fringes.
GENTS PAPER COLLARS,
NECK-TIES,
SUSPENDERs,
and hundreds Of articles, too numerous 10
mention, at
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-09-17
VOL. 1.
TIME TABLES.
summer Arrn ngemcnt, 1870.
Delaware Railroad Line.
fI ~ 1.EEEglIs7 5l'g.gIIIE1E

CHANGE OF HOURS.
On and after Monday, April d,
1870.
Passenger Trains Will run as follows until
further notice
ALL TRAINS SUNDAYS EXCEPTED
The New York herald., 1870-06-16
a BROsKhYs SENSATIONAL QUERY.


NJ ~ --L'~im
What Became 5f tho Funds Received in Aid
of the Widows and Orphans Of the Fire
Department
statement which reflects rather seriously on
some of the gentlemen having charge Of the Widows
and Orphans fund OF the Brooklyn Fire Depart.
ment has got abroad and is creating oonsdera-
bic excitement among those who have used
their efforts TO increase the fund. At the annual
ball Of the old Volunteer Department, held al the
Brooklyn Academy Of Music in 1859, the sum OF
$25OO, it sad was realized; this amount the out
siders believed was added TO the fund. Such, how
ever, was not the case. One OF the members
OF the Finance Committee, Mr.. Joseph
Leggett, took charge OF the money, and
promised to hand 1t over to Frederick Massey, the
Treasurer. Nearly two weeks after, when the com.
mitree had made their returns and settled up their
money. He said he did not have the money at hand.
but they entertained any fears IN regard 10 1t he
would give them security an insurance pohcy
his life Mr. Massey took the policy, It Is SAID,
and after having possession OF IL for some time dis
covered that the document was not worth tue paper
on which II written the life insurance company
be ng deunct. There are various stories circulated
and Mr. Leggctt Is not the only one who 10
held to blame in the matter. Had the fund been
any other but that OF the poor widows and orphans
OF decreased 1remen the feeling OF Indignation
would not be so intense. Many express the hope
that the rumor now In circulation may prove TO q
great extent unfounded. 1t Is certain that the wd
ows and orphans will not suffer the loss OF the
money ior several high-spirted gentlemen have sg.
nifed their consent to get up some entertainments
to replace the amount
The New York herald., 1870-06-16
SambO,s Soul in Danger.

We have already shown by statistics that the
attendance of the colored population in the
South at church had shown an alarming
decrease since the war. A correspondent in
Virginia, formerly slave owner, endeavors to
explain the cause for this. Before the war
Sambo, by the proceeds of his labor, contri-
buted to the support Of religious communities,
and churches We'd with each other in efforts to
save his soul-in other words, caring for his
religious and moral training. Since the war
Sambo finds that instead Of paying for religious
culture in labor he has to pay for it in cash I;
and that being the case he prefers to pay it to
preachers of his own color, or, as it happens
in too many instances, not to pay anything at
all. Hence it is that he is growing careless
and Indifferent about religious matters, and
unless something be soon done by his North
ern friends and sympathzers to rescue him
there is danger that he will eventually relapse
into his original condition of barbarism and vou-
dooism. Here is an opportunity for some of the
self-sacriicing, strong-miaded schoolmarms,
and others philanthropcally inclined in New
England, to lend hand to save the perishing
soul of poor Sambo ere it sinks into darkness
and oblivion forever.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16

TOMMY MADDEN when he went to New Jer-
sey walked like fly into the spiders parlor.
Judge Randolph sentenced him yesterday to
ten years in the State Prison for burglary
There appears Of late to be strong coalition
of judges in this Vicinity against the thieves.
Judge Bedford Judge Troy, of Brooklyn, and
Judge Randolph, Of Jersey City, have all re-
Gently signalized themselves by severe SEN
tences of this kind. Judge Randolph, who
sentenced Hadden, some time ago sentenced
another famous burglar to twenty years i'm
prisonment For these good works he de-
serves encouragement. 1t is certainly useless
for our own city judges to frighten off the
thieves if they are allowed refuge so near home
as Jersey Or Brooklyn; but when they find
themselves hunted down even in the suburbs
they are apt to remove permanently to dis
tant station.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16

THE ORIENTALs IN MASSACHUSETTS. Now
that Johnny Coolie has made his advent in an
industrious shoemaking town in Massachusetts
bearing the name of Administrator rather
warm welcome, to be sure-how long will it be
5ssofe he VII. hs entitled to all the preroga-
tives Of American citizenship, the elective
franchise and all? 1t will be queer state of
things in the future to see Massachusetts
fighting for Chinese citizenship and California
against it. But it will be the old war of Massa-
chusetts and South Carolina oyer again, The
club" can never be quiet so long as there is a
wooiiy-headeQ niger or pig-tailed coolie to
be provided with that '.inestimable boon of
freedom"-the right to vote.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16

building up, after our great struggle, with un-
paraleled energy and rapidity, aud why shall
we stop this process? Is the chance that we
may make Cuba what Mexico is sufficient
motive? Certainly not. Consider the conse-
quences of embroiling ourselves in the quarrels
of the Cubans-immediate interruption of the
payment Of the debt, immediate decrease in
the price Of the bonds, financial confusion, a
new lease Of life for all tax laws, the cessa-
ton of the vast emigration that is pouring IN
upon us. These are but the more Immediately
obvious of train of evils. Let the people
only weigh all this against the mere sentiment
and rhetoric on the other side, and they will
see how clearly and practically Grant is in the
right. Unfortunately, however, our SYM
pathies are too apt to run away with our
practical ideas, and it is highly probable that
the clear common sense of the President will
be overslaughed entirely to-day by the senti-
mentality of such dashing leaders in the
House as Logan and Banks.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16

TROUBLE IN NORTH CARoLIEA-Governo
Holden apprehends some trouble in North
Carolina, as we should Judge from his order
just issued to each militia general in the State
to raise one white regiment for immediate
active service. These regiments are to be
uniformed, paid and disciplined the same as
federal troops. The Governor appeals to the
able.bQdied male population to respond to the
oafl. He says that there i some danger Of
the present condition of things resulting in
civil war unless very stern measures are re-
sorted to. He thinks, in fact, that the state Of
affairs in North Carolina is more threatening
at the present moment than in June, 1860.
We hope that the Governor slightly exag-
gerates the situation. We regret the neces-
sity to adopt these hostile measures. How
ever, it is some satisfaction to know that the
Governor can rely upon the military resources
of the State in an emergency without applying
to the general government for assistance.
We hope that he will be able to restore law
and order by the internal strength of the old
Tar and Turpentine State, and that there will
not be much trouble there, after all.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16
consress-rho Frankiug n.u, tho Coal

COngress-The Frankiug BILL, thc Coni
Question and tho Cuban Resolutions.
A bill to regulate the method of paying
pensions was passed in The Senate yesterday.
A reform has been needed in this respect for
some time. Heretofore the poor pensioners
have had to stand in line for days at time
about the various pension Offices, waiting their
turn to collect their little pittance, exposed to
all kinds of weather, and in some cases neces-
sarily neglecting important duties elsewhere.
The bill ought to provide some remedy for
these evils, and the proposition to pay pension
ers through postal money orders seems to us
a good suggestion. The Franking bill was
again considered, but without any final action.
The coal question came up in the House,
and the bill to relieve that article from all
tariff duties and internal taxes was recon-
mitted to the Ways and Means Committee,
whence 1t emanated. minority report was
submitted which relieves coal of all tariff
duties only, and as Mr. Schenck, the chair
man of the committee, stated that he favored
the latter report, although he was away
when it was considered, it seems highly pro-
bable that bill in harmony with the
latter report will be next submitted
Either bill will tend to relieve the
people of some of the heavy burdens
now imposed upon them in this matter of coal;
but the recommitted bill is so strongly in the
interests of tho Pennsylvania mine owners that
the benefits granted them by it almost over
balance any benefit to the people. The MI
nority bill, however, which simply admits all
| coal free of duty, Is plain enough in its terms
| to render Intellectual the most exaggerated
strikes that the coal mining fraternity could
possibly get up for the purpose Of bulling the
coal market. One,Q the evils of absentoeism
was painfully exemhiaed in these reports On
the coal question. 1t seems tat tw" 's11
Of the cammlttee wer" oh,srt w,o, .,a uano.ta
[ were agreed upon in committee, both OF
whom favored the minority report, and
their presence would have transposcd the
| position of the documents so that the
minority would have been the majority report.
General Garfeld's CURRENCY bill was further
debated and finally passed. The Cuban reso-
luton was, Of course, the most exciting topic.
The discussion has been long unequalled in
point of interest. The biggest guns in the
House werc ranged against one another
Banks, Logan, Butler, Wood-in a heavy arti-
lery hammering, and all the lighter infantry
were keeping up noisy and deadly hail of
small shot. Finally, amid some confusion as
| to the rulings, test vote was taken, which
shows heavy majority in favor of Banks
resolutions, and the House adjourned until
to-day, when the subject will be renewed.
The New York herald., 1870-06-16

THE REVISION OF THE BIBLE.-An attempt
was made in the British House of Commons on
Tuesday night to have commission appointed
to revise the translation of the Holy Scrip
lures. Mr.. Gladstone, speaking for the gov
ernment, made some very suitable and SEN
sible remarks. According to him a revision
was Of doubtful utility. Better leave such mat
ters in the hands Of the ecclesiastical authorities.
King James version does very well. We doubt
whether an improved translation is a possi-
bility. AT any rate another authorized version
would have its drawbacks. The inconveni-
ences of new version might more than coun-
terbalance the advantages For all ordinary
readers the present authorized version, with
all its imperfections, is satisfactory enough.
Those who wish to dig more deeply into the
hidden mysteries have no lack Of help. Our
advice would be--let well alone.