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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26

The best cursed man in Augusta, and in
fact in America, is the one who keeps through
the winter brood of hens to turn out upon
his neighbours garden in the spring. He
wouldn't think of turning his hogs loose thus !;
if he should employ ruffian to go into his
neighbours flower garden and pull up or dig
round and injure valuable roots and plants,
police officer would justly be expected in that
vicinity; but with the GOODNESS of a highway
man and the sang froid of merciless house
breaker, he deliberately lets loose his whole
evil brood of half-starved chickens and sharp
claw cd veteran hens, and at the same time ex-
poets to live in peace and quietness, and that
his neighbor will have christian courage enough
to obey the Bible injunction TO love this con-
temptble hen-owner as he does himself.
There is one way to deal with these fellows
make egg raising and hen-keeping unprofita-
BILE business-go a-gunning in your gardens,
and bring in for dinner some fowl fattened at
your expense. Your kind neighbor may think
this fowl proceeding on your part, but it will
be an easy thing to convince him that it was
only done Tin fun"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
SUPERIOR TYPE METAL.

Long experience and the utmost care are neces
sary to ensure good metal, even with a knowledge
of the best the safest way
IL to buy of the oldest established Foundry.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
Chicago Produce Market.

Chicago Produce Market.
CHICAGO, April %.
FLOUR-spring extras 3308475,
WHEAT-No. l, s2ta No. ,, $685..
COiN-No. 2, S7doS
OATS-45ls for No. 2.
MESS PORk-21 5Od21.15.
BARLEl-dull at 45G6O for Mo- 36940for Mob
LARD-l66l61s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
Base Ball.
PHmApELrHIA, April %.


The Athletic Base Ball Club of this city de-
feated the Maryland Club of Baltimore to-day
"a to Is.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
BOOK FACES.

Our special Specimen of Book Pages shows great
variety, adapted to all kinds of work, including
Revived Old Styles, the most perfect emhodiments
of the letters of the last century yet presented.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
New YORK, April 25.

The Atlantics of Brooklyn were defeated to-
day by score of 26 to 10, by the Unions of
Morrisiana.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26

NEWSPAPER STYLES.
Our Newspaper Faces. (body, two-lne, and dis
play are of our cutting, and the best made,
glance at the papers fit out will prove.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE
Daily Kennebec Journal.

! by the Western Union Line-Onces Granite Bank
Building and the State Housed
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26

NEW 1UKk ApIII y.
Gold closed ll3ss all32..
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26

NEW ORLEANS, April 20.
The Red Stockings of CINCINNATI, beat the
Pelicans to-day, 81 to |.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
New York Money Market.

NEW YORK, April -.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-04-26
Stoned to Death.
Arrest of a Burglar
Obituary.

Phillip Galwain of Willemantic, Conn, was
arrested in this city to-day for burglaries in
Hartford.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
The Best Place for a Horse.

"Gossiper," in the Rural World,
says:
Winter or summer, except in a
stormy time, there is no place so
comfortable for colts or tired
work horses as a good pasture
lot. To tie up a horse at night
in a narrow cell, with a plank
floor to stand on, is species of
cruelty that civilization ought to
be ashamed of. If the poor ami
NAL must be confined like a con-
vict in a dungeon, for PHYS sake
let him have his head, and give
him at least twelve feet square,
with a soft dry floor to stand OF
lie on. In the large cities land
is worth more money than horses
but on the farm there is no excuse
for any such wicked economy.
Ask the horse what he wants,
and he will tell you that place
where he can walk around, lie
down and stretch his tired limbs
and roll over from one side to the
other, gives him more ease and
comfort, after a day of work, than
the most costly plank stalls, with
all the accompaniments of curry
combs,stiff bristle brushes, rubber
cloths and dexterous hostlers
that can be produced.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
The Bible


How comes it that little volume COM
posed by humble men in a rude age,
when art and science we're but in
their childhood, has exerted more
influence upon the human mind and
on the social system, than all other
books put together? Whence comes
it that this book has achieved SO
much for mankind-has banished
idol worship-has abolished infant
icide-has put down polygamy and
exalted the condition of woman
raised the standard of that blessed
thing, a Christian home-and caused
other triumphs by causing benevo-
lent institutions, open and expan-
sive, to spring up like the waves of
enchantment? What sort of book
is this that even the waves of human
passion obey it? What other en-
gine of social improvement has op-
Grated so long, and yet lost none of
its virtue? Since it appeared many
boosted plans of amelioration have
been tried and failed, many codes of
jurisprudence have arisen, and run
their course, and expired.
Empire after empire has been
launched on the tide of time and gone
down leaving no trace upon the wa
ters. But this book is still going
about doing good, saving society
with holy principles-cheering the
sorrowful with its sweet consola-
tion-strengthening the tempted
encouraging the penitent-calming
the troubled spirit-and smoothing
the offspring Of human genius?-
Does not the vastness of its effects
demonstrate excellency of the pow
er to be of God?
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
Crop Rotation.

The older the country and the
longer the land is cropped, the
more apparent is the necessity of
rotation. A soil being new and
fertile, it will raise for success
sion of years a given crop with
out diminution. Some soils, as
alluvial river bottoms subject to
overflow, will do SO for a gener-
alton. Thus some of the Ohio al
luvial soils continue to produce
heavy crops Of corn year after
year; but these are exceptions.
Plants of different kinds require
different kinds of food, just as
much as animals do. The wheat
plant delights in a soil contain
ing the phosphates; corn wants
potash and nitrogen; clover grows
luxuriantly from an application
of gypsum. Now five continue
to grow one crop year after year
even in fertile soils, it soon be-
comes exhausted to such a degree
in the elements necessary to that
crop as to be impoverished, but
will, nevertheless, grow some
other one luxuriantly. Nature
has her natural rotation, succeed
ing one forest with that of an
other kind A soil, once fertile,
may be kept so by a judicious ro-
tation, and it is one of the means
that intelligent farmers use to
keep up the fertility of the soil.
Before this was sufficiently un-
derstood, resort was had to sum-
mer following; but more recent
experience has shown that naked
fallows are not needed where a
judicious system of rotation is
practiced. What is needed is,
that every farmer should study
the capabilities of his soil, and
adopt such rotation as is best
suited tO If
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01

The following is a good story
about clergyman, who lost hi.
horse one Saturday evening
After hunting for it in company
with a boy until midnight, ht
gave up in despair. The next day
he took for his text the following
passage from job: "Oh, that
knew where l might find him =
The boy, who had just come in
supposing the horse was still the
burden of thought, cried out. 81
know where he is, sir-he's In
Tom Smiths stable!o
Deacon j., found his hired
boy cooking eggs late at night
"I'll have none of this" says the
deacon. "There's none for you.'
says the boy.
-"ALMosT twenty years since
says a pious old writer, "I heard
a profane jest, and still remem-
Der it. How many pious pass
ages of far later date have l for.
gotten! 1t seems my soul is like
a filthy pond, wherein fish die
soon and frogs live long. Lord,
raze this profane jest out of my
memory"
"A dog that watches his
chances to steal bite is the
worst kind of watch dog.
Mr.. w. FL. Weisman recently
married a Miss Farthing. He
asked for a farthing and received
assent.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
Honor Your Business.

1t is good sign when man is
proud of his work or calling. yet
nothing is more common than to
hear men finding fault constantly
with their particular business, and
deemlng themselves unfortunate
because fastened to it by the neces-
sity of gaining livelihood. In this
spirit men fret and laboriously de-
stroy all their comfort in their work
or they change their business, and
go on miserably shifting from one
thing to another, till the grave or
the poorhouse gives them fast grip.
But. while occasionally a man fails
In life because he is not in the place
fitted for his peculiar talent, it hap
pens ten times oftener that failure
results from neglect and even con-
tempt of an honest business. A
man should put his heart into every
thing that he does. There is not a
profession that has not its peculiar
cares and vexations. No man will
escape annoyance by changing his
business. No mechanical business
is altogether agreeable. Commerce
in its endless varieties, is affected,
like all other human pursuits, with
trials unwelcome duties, and spirit
firing necessities. 1t is the very
wantonness of folly for a man to
search out the frets and burdens of
his calling, and give his mind every
day to consideration of them.
They belong to human life. They
are inevitable. Brooding, then, only
gives them strength. On the other
hand, man has power given to him
to shed beauty and pleasure upon the
homeliest toll, if he is wise. Let
man adopt his business, and ident-
ify it with his life, and cover it with
pleasant associations; for God has
given imagination, not only to make
some poets, but to enable all men to
beautify homely things Heart var
nish will cover up innumerable evils
and defects. Look at the good
things. Accept your lot as a man
does piece of rugged ground,
and begin to get out tho rocks and
roots, to deepen and mellow the soil,
to enrich and plant it. There is
something in the most forbidding av-
ocation around which man may
twine pleasant fancies, out of which
he may develop an honest pride.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
A Cool Surface for Trees and Vines.

If a grower will take two rows
of pear trees, and mulch one and
not the other, he will find in
fruiting time the mulched row has
both larger fruit, ,handsomer skins,
and the leaves and branches are
both healthy and vigorous. In
the other row, the soil is heated
by the rays of the sun, warmth
is stronger than the moisture
necessary to supply the growing
needs of the roots, and the tree
is scorched or withered. Nature
is our best guide-observe all
trees in all places; a natural layer
of leaves gathers gradually on
the ground and protects the root
against the hot suns of summer
and the heavy frosts of winter.
The successful maturing OF
fruit comes only from a steady
supply of moisture shade invites
moisture, and mulch gives shade.
Is this then merely theorys If
your soil is too rich (as for in
stance very many soils are in the
West) and your tree is disposed
to grow too rank or to make a
second growth in the fall, restrain
it; hesitate not to use grass even
in the cultivation of your Or
chards, as well as judicious prun-
ing, but when fruiting time comes
the cool surface under which the
roots of your fruit trees ramble
will do more for the success of
the crop than all things else put
together. Mulch, friends, keep
mulching, change every spring
and fall, and cultivate a little,
but never omit the mulch in
time of Horticulturist.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
Deep PIouQhinQ.

Many farmers say that deep
ploughing Injuries the land. 1t
is not generally necessary to
plough new lands to a greater
depth than six to eight inches, il
thoroughly done. This IS deep
ploughing. Ten inches will not
hurt our ordinary prairie clays
and loans in the fall. 1t is
ploughing in the spring, when
the land is wet, that does the
mischief. Land fall ploughed and
allowed to lie in the spring until
it is dry and friable, is always in
condition. A short time since in
the cars, we heard a conversation
between a farmer and a gentle
man on the literary staff of one
of the city papers. He had
bought farm and was seeking
information. Said he:
81 have been reading a good
deal lately about deep plough
ing, and l find that the experience
is various, and that it is begin
ming to be condemned"
The farmer replied: :"One should
know something about the capa-
bilities and the nature of the soil,
but as rule on deep soils, espe-
cially clay and loan, l favor deep,
fall ploughing."
The amateur, however, dis
sented, and said: "My reading
does not favor deep ploughing,
and for my part, shall not
plough my farm to average more
than foot deep except for special
crops"
We want to visit him when he
gets fairly under way, and see
the teams and ploughs employed.
He evidently is disciple of the
Greely-an farmer. Our ordinary
farmers would smile at such shall
low ploughing as one foot, but
nothing is impossible to amateurs,
especially on paper.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01

What the sea-board must be made
of-Beech.
Why is balloon like silence?-
Because it gives ascent
A check-ered experience-That o.
the railway station men.
What portions of the body are the
best trayelers?@The tpo s1sts (tour
ists.)
A Quaker, rightly adhering to the
rules of his sect, invariably called s
yew-tree "Ihou tree"
When is tombstone like tai
low dip? When it is set up for s
late husband.
An agriculturist has a new use fol
cats. He says: "My way to cure a
sulky steer that lies down when you
first yoke him, is to take cat and
let her put her paws on the end Of
the steers nose, and, if necessary,
hold her rather hard. My word for
it, he will be on his feet quick.
'Mary, why did you kiss your
hand to the young gentleman oppo-
site this morning" said a careful
parent to his blooming daughter.
s'Why the fellow had the impu-
dence to throw kiss clear across
the street to me, and, of course, l
threw it back Indignantly. You
wouldn't have me encourage him by
keeping it, would you?" ~ b
Suspicious paterna1 relative is
convinced that he drew an erroneous
impression.
A Joint Concern-Anxiety about
the butchers bill.
Two certificates of deaths in the
San Francisco coroner's office read +:
''Died from rupture of the head"
and, "Suffocated by eating poison" :"
Dying for Love-Coloring your
mustache to please a woman.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
FARM.YARD SONG.
BY j. T. rRowBRIDGE.

Over the hill the farm-boys goes,
His shadow lengthens along the land,
4 giant staff in giant hand;
In the poplar tree above the spring,
The katydid begins to sing;
The early dews are falling
Into the stone-heap darts the mink;
The swallows skim the rivers brink,
And home to the woodland fly the crows,
When over the hill the farm-boy goes,
Cheerily calling
GO, boss! CO.. boss! CO.! CO.. cor
Into the yard the farmer goes,
With grateful heart at the close of day;
Harness and chain are hung away;
In the wagon-shed stand yoke and plow;
The straw's in the stack, the hay in the NOW,
The cooling dews are falling;
The friendly sheep his welcome bleat,
The pigs come grunting to his feet,
The whinnying mare her master knows,
When into the yard the farmer goes.
His cattle calling -r.
500, boss! CO., boss! COZ CO.! cor
While still the cowboy, far away,
Goes seeking those that have gone astray-
"Co', bossi CO., boss! co.. COZ COZ"
Now to her task the milkmaid goes,
The cattle come crowding through the gate,
Lowing, pushing, little and great;
About the trough, by the farm yard pump,
The frolicsome yearlings frisk and jump,
While the pleasant dews are falling;
The new milk heifer is quick and shy,
But the old COW waits with tranquil eye;
And the white stream into the bright pail
flows,
When to her task the milkmaid goes,
Soothingly calling
$50, boss! SO, bossi SO! sop'
The cheerful milkmaid takes her stool,
And sits and milks in the twilight cool,
Saying, ''Soi so, bossi so! so."
To supper at last the farmer goes,
The apples are pared, the paper read,
The stories are told, then all to bed.
Without, the cricket's song
Makes shrill and silence all night long;
The heavy dews are falling.
The housewives hand has turned the lock;
Drowsily ticks the kitchen clock;
The household sinks to deep repose;
But still in sleep the farm-boy goes
Singing, calling
Go, boss! CO., boss! CO.! co.! co'n'
And oft the milkmaid in her dreams,
Drums in the pail with the flashing streams,
Murnuring, $50, boss. sop
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
Delicate Cake.

One and a half cup white
pulverized sugar, one and a half
cup butter, one and half cup
flour, half cup sweet milk, halt
cup corn starch, whites ofsix eggs,
one teaspoon cream of tartar, half
teaspoon soda.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
CURIOUS HANGING BASKET

CURIOUS HANGING Basket
Procure a large sized turnip and
scrape the inside, leaving a thick
wall all around; fill the cavity
with earth, and plant in it some
clinging vine or morning glory
Suspend the turnip with cord:
and in a little time the vines will
twine around the strings, and the
turnip sprouting from below viii.
put forth leaves and stems thai
will turn upward and curl grace
fully around the base.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
THE FARM.
Preparing for Winter.

The time is close at hand when
the farmer will have closed his
preparations for the winters for.
age. The drought has very seri-
ously reduced the hay product
but, on the other hand, it has en-.
abled him to save his grain in
extra condition. In threshing
care should be used to
save the straw carefully, in com.
pact, well-built stacks One OF
two extra hands will do it, and
its value for feeding will be nearly
equal to ordinary prairie hay.
The waste of straw in the great
grain-growing districts of the
West is enormous, for. the want
of cattle to eat it, but this season
many farmers will be obliged to
make their straw go far in win.
tering their stock, and it is good
or bad feed, according as it is
well or badly saved. In the
first instance, ,cattle,young horses,
and mules will come through the
winter on it in fine condition,
with the addition of a little
grain, but if carelessly stacked,
they will have to be tailed up
in the spring, if they do not die
outright.
Two acres Of well cured corn
fodder will bring steer or COW
through the winter in fine con-
dition. The expense of cutting,
hauling, and feeding, should not
be more than five dollars-con-
siderbly less than the expense Of
two tons of timothy hay. One
acre of fodder, and plenty OF
straw will do nearly as well,
For mich cows there is no bet
terfeed than corn fodder.
A little extra exertion this fall
will enable the farmer to go into
winter quarters without fear for
the cattle. Have you made pro-
vision for sheds or other shelter
against the bleak and freezing
prairie winds? More stock suffers
and perishes from want of ade-
quate shelter than from lack of
feed. And if not already at
tended to, now is the time to pre-
pare shelter for the coming win
ter. Do not wait until you can
build a stately barn. Cattle can
be made as comfortable in a cheap
structure as in more costly one.
In fact we believe that they are
more comfortable and healthy in
good warm sheds, where they
have comparative liberty, espe-
cialy in the West where forage is
cheap and plenty, than where
closely confined in barns. Iftim-
Der is near they may be built of
poles and covered with surplus
straw or slough hay-the sides
only being boarded up. Many
persons only top their sheds with
a slight covering of straw. In
this case, the water is dropping
through constaAtly from the eff
fects of each succeeding thaw
to the evident discomfort of the
stock
One of the principle sources of
evil in wintering is a lack of
water. Driving them once day
to some frozen pond in winter,
and allowing them to drink a
scanty supply through the ice, is
nor conducive to their well being.
If running water is not present,
wells supplied with a good pump
and plenty of troughs should be
provided, to which they should
have access at least twice a day
in winter. tits better still where
they can drink at will. pedigree"
in feed, water, shelter and care is
as important as in the animals
themselves.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01
Fruit PUDDING,

One pint sweet milk, three
eggs, half teaspoon soda, one tea
spoon cream oftartar, flour enough
to make the dough; add fruit or
berries and steam for two hours.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1870-09-01

How to keep yourself dry-Eat
freely of red herrings and salt beef,
and don't drink.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-10-01
GRAND AW ARD

of Premiums in aid of the Nevada School Dis
trct, Nevada City, California.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-10-01
MONDAY, OCTOBER 9lst, 1870,

Unexpected interferences have operated to
make this delay necessary to accomplish the re-
suit of freeing the Library from debt without
recourse to other privileges granted by act of the
Legislature, passed February 10, 1870.
This is positively the only postponement which
will be made. The Concert will take place on
the day above named, commencing at nine
O'clock A. NJ, and to continue until all the gifts
have been awarded.
The funds already in bank are considerably
more than sufficient to insure the successful
completion of the contract with the public.
The sale of tickets will positively close on
Friday, the 26th day of October, 1870.
All tickets remaining unsod at that time will
be withdrawn from sale and cancelled. They
will be advertised by their numbers, on the 10th
day of October, 1870, in one or more of the
daily papers of this city Any diminuton thus
made in the number of tickets to be drawn, will
not affect the number or amount of gifts. They
will be as heretofore advertised, to-wit: COS
gifts amounting in all to $500, 600 gold
Ticket holders residing out of San Francisco
will receive duly accredited lists Of the awards
of Gifts, which will also be published in the
leading San Francisco daily papers, on the Isl
November, 1870.
Delivery of gifts will commence November I'd
1870 at the Office, No. 3l8 California Street, to
all parties presenting tickets to which gifts have
been awarded. All gifts awarded to non-resi-
dents will be held to theiI order and on their ac-
count.
ROBERT B. SWAIN, President NJ L. A.
w. II. l.. BARNES, Vice Pres't "
WM 0. RALSTON, Treasurer "
THOS. r. HAYES, Recording Sec. "
DAVID WILDER, Corresp. Sec.
Trustees of M. l.. Al
VIM. AsHBURNER, ISAAC WORMsER,
J. NJ McNULTY, ALF'D =. ELFEIT,
ARTII. Nj. EBBETS WM. q. BADGER,
WA. f. WOOD. +. u. REYNOLDS,
SAMUEL HUBBARD.
MAURICE DoRE 4 CHARLES r. PETERS, Business Agts
No. 3l8 California Street.