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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
Put in Roots.

WITH too many of us roots for cows
and 0tner stock are regarded as entirely
secondary To the main crops of grain and
potatoes, ana 50 are neglected until after
corn Is planted, If not altogether. Swed-
1sh, or Russian turnips, as they are often
called, 90 not need the whole season tn
grow, and if sowed by the first of July.
are in early enough, except or some cold
hard soils, where full crops can hardly he
expected at all. On such ground il seems
as II Ruta-bagds required the whole sum-
mer To make roots and establish connec
tons With the soil, SO that they make
their great growth in the autumn.
When Swedes (ruta- bagas) are to he
grown, the early part of June should be
devoted To preparing the Ian by manur
ing and deep blowing, and such thorough
narrowing and tillagc as shall Kill at least
two crops OF weeds A Shares harrow
VIII he found very efficient tool for pre-
pairing mellow surface. Between The
10th OF June and the Goth of July. ac.
cordlDg To circumstances, march ont the
land in drills thirty inches apart, and sow.
In the drills, by hand, about two barrels
OF good superphOsphate to the acre. This
should be sifted and free from lumns and
sowed evenly, little scattered. Then
with hand seed drill, sow the seed at the
rate of one pound to the acre, that is, use
as little seed as possible. The early part
OF the month is not too late to get a fair
crop OF carrots and parsnips, and mod
crate one of mangles or sugar beets ON
rich soil. We can hardly urge the cult
walton OF roots too strongly. No CROPS
pay better on milk and sheep farms. Near
city markets, where ruta bagas can he
sold, the late sowed Ones which do not
get so large, bring better price.-Ameri
cdR Agricuturist
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
Dig Around the Trees.

THIS advice needs to be repeated daily
Every farmer knows that a hill of corn
or potatoes will not amount TO much
unless cultivated, and yet there are MANY
VIII neglect To give the same care TO a
Tree, which is worth a hundred hills of
either of the former In rich soils. trees
may grow rapidly without cultivation,
and no amount Of weeds or grass will re
tard them; but there are other things
besides growth TO look after If the weeds
ana grass are allowed to grow up around
'he stems OF the apple, peach, or ounce
trees, The bark will become soft near their
base by being shaded, an. thereby be in
table conditio" for reception of the
eggs which will eventually become peach
or apple bOrers. Take any dozen Young
appie-trees In sections where the appletrec
borer Is abundant, and allow a portion to
be choked with weeds,and the remainder
wen cultivated, and then watch the result
from our own experience, we believe
Chat the chances are nine to one in favor
OF those cultivated being exempt from
THIS pest. The same is true i'm regard To
many other trees which are Liable to the
attacks of various species of insects.
1Gurg evergreens should never have
their lower branches shaded with weeds
ard grass, and the soil as far as the lower
branches extend should be stirred at least
ohce In two or three weeks during the
entire summer, or else apply some kind
o. mulching that will effectually keep
down the weeds. When The trees become
large and strong, these precautions will
not be necessary. Every blade of grass
or small weed that is allowed TO grow
about the stem of your young trees will
rob the soil of moist ire, and this fact
alone ought to be sufficient to make every
one practice thorough and careful culture.
Hearth and Home
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
The Result in New York.

In some important respects New York
FULLY deserves It's title of the Empire State
1t can hardly be said to belong to the
East, nor are It's interests specially idenii-
fed with those of the West; it is a bal
ance wheel in which are concentrated
and controlled the forces of all the Sec
tiOns, and, being such, furnishes a Their
mcmeter which seldom fails to indicate
with accuracy the Use and fall of the DO
lite as well as the financial temperature.
Co Iucntly, no one party has ever held
sv IN New York for a long term of
Us without at least occasional reverses.
and at each Presidential election it re-
qulres the wisest foresight to predict on
which side the vote of the State will be
cast When New York renders an I'M
misiakable verdict against the policy of
an Administration, it. is very strong evil
dence oil the unpopularity of that policy
IN the country at large Such verdict
was delivered at the late election, and
It's significance can scarcely be over
estimated. Heretofore, though the
city may have gone Democratic, the
rural districts have offset it to such an ex-
tent as to cut down the aggregate majority
To insignificant dimensions, it not wipe it
out. altogether. But this time the CITY
gives QUO Democratic majority, and the
STATE on side swells instead of diminishes
the figures. New York, then, has spoken
in emphatic tones her lack of confidence
IN Radical men and measures, and declared
Der adherence to those fundamental prin-
cIples of free government which the
domInantpaIty in Congress are seeking to
destroy.
such a result as this is most encourag-
ing sign oil the times, and We hail 1t as a
pledge that the people have neither foi-
gotten their rights nor are unwilling to
defend hem.-WtSaOuri RepuU,can.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

and find this the best. When twenty
grains to the foot were planted, the corn
grew higher. having more room, and
nearly everyone who saw it declared at
once that there was more fodder than
where the corn was sOwn thicker But
they were entirely mistaken; for on
weighing carefully, the short. thick fodder
was found to be one-third the most. 1t
was also better for being finer, as the cows
would eat it readily, stalks and all. But
there was one disadvantage-the fineness
caused it to lie more closely, and it was
harder to dry it.
As soon as the corn is sown along the
burrows, it may be covered by running a
harrow or cultivator along the burrows.
throwing the earth on the corn and wholly
covering it. think the best wav is to
run lengthwise along the furrOw, although
1t will be covered nearly as well by pass
ing across In a few DAYS, the million of
green blades will show themselves above
the black mellow soil As soon as admis-
sible, pass cutivator between the rows
1T should be done two or three times
but somehow or other my men never get
time to do 1t more than once. It is never
hoed by hand, the rising and dense crop
soon smOtheTing down all possible weeds.
In few weeks, the whole field is a green
mass; and when the crop is cut, the earth
is commonly left as clean as a floor
(cleaner than some hOuse-keeper's tioors).
Cor. ". ". Enrmsr.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
The Fruits of Intelligent Industry.

A correspondent of the lMine Farmer
thus speaks of the way he constructed a
farm out of the poorest kind of materials,
and how he did it:
Thirty years ago / came in possession
OF about sixty five acres of rocky, cold,
c'ayey land. About sixteen acres of this
land was in moving about thirty in pas
tnre, and the remainder was in wood
With small means, but strong hands and Ia
wiling heart, went to work to see it |
could get subsistence from so uppromis
ing patch OF earth. The result has
been that have Tired, and if | have not
grown rich, have at least proved to my
own satisfaction, that farming is an hon
est, paying business when properly and
lntellgently conducted. In the first place
fenced of about five acres of my pasture.
land, which broke up and sowed with
grain and grass seed 1 took off but one
crop, VIZ; that OF grain; the next year
brea King up another piece of my pasture.
| allowed my cattle to run upon the piece
frs' sowed down. In this way, in about
six years, | had broken up and sowe-
down the whole of my pasture land. an
plying no dressing except that dropped
by the cattle. Going over nv pasture
land IN this manner from two to three
times, removing stone, draining, etc, with
no outlay for dressing, / brought to
some thirty acres of almost worthless pss.
ture, from large part Of which | have
cut as much as three tons of hay to the
acre. While thus treating my pasture, |
have bad the dressing made at my barn
TO apply to what was formerly my now
ing land. l have also, in order TO accom-
plish what Webster so forcibly commend
ed to Hayne. a prudent husbandry of my
resources, put up several temporary sheds
Tor my sheep, which have moved from
time to time, to different portions of my
fields or pasture, thus concentrating the
valuable deposits of the animal and ena-
bling me to apply them where most need
ed. BY pursuing the course thus briefly
described, | have gradually restored to
great fertility an almost worthless and
WORKOUT pasture, at an astonishingiy
small outlay of expense The principle
on which | have conducted nv farming
operations, and upon which claim that
farming can alone be made to pay. is this:
to take no more from the land than YOU
restore"
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
Corn for Fodder.

| have tried different ways of raising il
in drills, and broadcast. The latter 7
utterly reject; it requires more seed.
gives less fodder and leaves the
band less perfectly clean than when
in drills. | prepare the ground by
first blowing, as for any other crop. then
narrowing, and finally by furrowing out
with one horse and pillow, in burrows about
three feet apart Then take half bushel
basket with corn on the left arm. and
walking along beside the lurrow. s,rew
the c I'm along by successive tossing with
the hand. little practice will enable
any one to do it evenly, and as fast as he
can walk. About three bushels are re.
CURED for an acre, which will be about
forty grains fer every foot in the furrow
have tried different quantities of seed
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
About Pruning.

ii is the fate of all good ideas to be
pushed TO extremes Ever sin &C the day
when the ass broke into that Grecian
vineyard and taught,by his browsing, that
some good followed summer pruning
thousands of leaves have been strinned
oil, and millions of vines injured by a too
free use of the pruning knife. We have
labored as sincerely as any, to show how
much is lost in this way; and have pOint-
ed out that pruning, as generally nrac.
tlsed, tends to weaken vitality and nave
the way for future diseases.
But we observe that some of orr nun;lS
are going t. another extreme. Prune not
at all, getting to be popular, but q too
common cry; little pruning unlike .
little learning, is not at all dangerous
thing 10
Darwin has shown that there is
amongst individual plants a struggle tor
lie always going on. The stronger crowds
out the weaker one; but so long as if
lives, the weaker has some effect on the
stronger one
The same law is true of branches as of
Glsilnct plants, each struggles for light.
The vigorous shoot shades the weaker
put That In turn sometimes interferes with
the strong one, and prevents it from mill
lzlng the light to the best advantage.
Thus IT will be seen. that 10 have the
best results, we must regulate this strug-
gle in nature. A dozen branches well de-
'eloptd and having the ability to display
all their leafy charms to the admiriny sun
llghl, VIII he worth much more to the
plant than double the number closely in
terfering with one another.
"A good gardener must have foresight.
lie should be able to see in imagination a
treea year ahead of its real growth; and
prune IN advance of the necessity of the
tree. This will prevent much of the ten-
porary injury which undoubtedly flows
from severe pruning all at once; and
which, If annually continued, is great
eyll.-Gdrdener's Monthly.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

The little fellows bad evidently taken
possession OF the reptile, with a purpoae
OF conveying it 10 their hole; but as their
size was SO ridiculously disproportioned
to that OF their dead prize, | was deter
mined to study their manmuvers. to see if
they would be abe to accomplish il. On
an examination Of the ground in the
neighbOrhOOd, | discovered at a distance
OF nearly yard from the spot where the
snake was lying, a snail hole in the soil.
nearly the diameter of a half dollar. The
efforts OF the b6 etles were apparently be-
Ing directed to the conveyance Of the tail
OF The reptile to this opening in the
ground, and, as it was evidently an awk
ward thing To do, their ingenuity WIS
taxed To the utmost, and I watched the
operation with an absorbing interest.
Ai,er vigorous Juggling at the animals
tall which had become slightly stiffened
ara winch, responding to their efforts,
would move to the right and left, but
never placing itself directly in front of the
aperture, the beetles would appear to be
Perplexed how next to proceed They
coh'inueo, however, To act in concert
anu after working for while at the ex
tIemity, they would uniformly proceed to-
se'her towards the other, any lying upon
with their united legs, recommence Their
vigorous pushing process, and so effective.
iy that, in the space of ten or fifteen
minutes, they had moved the snakes hodv
two or three feet from the original nosi-
ION but still the tail persistently refused
to enter the hole.
Suddenly, the labor ceased altogether
the two little beetles entered their hole
ana began to conclude that they had at
iast found their prey too pOnderous for
.hem 10 manage. Ny interest, neverthe
Iess' was go much excited that / could
NJ. leave the spot, and | continued to
appear. '''''0 IL
az length, thought 1 saw a breahin
81 'ne eafth at place directly opposite
the point where the serpent's tail rested
anu almost immediately, the two beetles
issued from the second hole, which tbev
had been preparing. Thev forthwith
seized the end of the serpenf's fail end
by determining effort, lying upon their
backs, in the manner before described /
they succeeded in forcing its point to en-
ter this new Orifice in the ground. and
then going themselves inside of it, / could t
distinctly see the whole body of the snake
move slowly forward, as if il were being
pulled ny their united efforts.
The beetles worked at the snake much
Oh the day, and In the afternoon when
was able to visit the spot again, observed
that nearly three-quarters of the dead
snake had disappeared in the hole. Twas
examining carefully the earth in the vi I
cinity of the head of the snake, when I
L was witness of the most interesting
operation of this altogether singular
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
Wonderful Memories.

SOME examples of the marvels of mem
DRY would Stem entirely incredible had
they not bee1 given to us upon the high
est authority. Cyrus knew the name of
each soldier in his army. 1t is also re.
lated OF ThemistOcles that he could Gu
by name every citizen of Athens, al
though the number amounted to twenty
Thousand Mithridates, King of POntus,
knew all his eighty thousand soldiers by
their right names. Scipio knew all the
Inhabitants of Rome. Seneca complained
OF old age because he could not. as
formerly, repeat two thousand names
In the order in which they were read
10 him; and he stated that on one
occasion, when at his studies, two hun
dred uncOnnected verses having been re-
cited by the different pupils of his pre-
ceptOr, Inc repeated them in a reversed
order, proceeding from the last to the first.
Lord Grlndville could repeat, from be
ginning to end, the New Testament I'm
the original Greek. Cooke, the tragedian,
IS said To have committed to memory all
the contents of a daily newspaper. Ra-
cine could recite all the tragedies of Eu-
ripides
1t is said that George III. never forgot
face be had once seen, or a name he had
heard. Mirankola would commit to mem
DRY the contents of book by reading it
three times, and could frequently repeat
the words back ward as well as forward.
Thomas Cranmer committed t. memory
in three months all entire translation of
the Bible. Euler, the mathematician,
could repeat the Eneid, and Liebnitz,
when al old man could recite the whole
of Virgl ], word for word.
1t is said that Boss uett could repeat, not
only the whole bible, but all Homer,
virgil and Horace, besides many other
Mozart had wonderful memory of
musical sounds. When only fourteen
years old he went to Rome to assist in the
s0lemnltles Il Holy Week. Immediatel,
after bis arrival he went to the Sistine |
Chapel to hear the famous Mi@rers of AL |
legri. Being aware that it was forbidden |
to take or give copy of this renowned |
piece of music, Mozart placed himself in
a corner and gave the strictest attention
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

proceeding l thought l detected a
slightly uRdulating motion in the broken
loan. 1t continued to increase, until the
entire surface, for a length of three inches,
extending parallel with the serpent's head
and neck, appeared to be elevated into a
little mound. The mound gradually in
creased in height, until the entire mass of
earth was slowly lifted, and then precipi-
tated upon a portion of the body which
had, until then, remained uncovered, and
In seconds time the snake was as effectu-
ally buried as if it had sunk foot below
the surface
The little beetles, emerging from the
heap, walked backward and forward over
the mound, and then disappeared entirely
from sight
| examined the spot the following morn
ing, but could not detect, even by remov-
ing portion of the earth, the place where
the snake had been buried the evening
previous -NeupOrt Meas.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

to the music, and on leaving the church
noted down the entire piece. A few days
afterwards he heard it second time, and,
following the music with his own copy
in his hand, satisfied himself of the fidel-
ity of his memory. The next day he sanS
Mserere at concert, accompanying him
self on the harpsicord, and the perform
ance produced such a sensation in Rome
that Pope Clement the XIV requested
that this musical prodigy should be pre-
sented to him at Once.-OhCer Optics
MAGAZINE.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

~ yon do not feel wei you send for a doctor he
Gals npon you. looks wise, scrawls some hero
slyph1cs upon piece Of paper which you take to
orut store and there pay 80 cents TO 81 90 besdes
me doctors fee, for a remedy nine times out o
,en not half so good as DIR. MoRsE's INDIAN RooT
FILLS. which cost but q cents per box Dc
yon think the former The best because you pay the
most for il If you do we advise you to use Just
As an experiment, the MORsE's INDIAN ROOF
FILLS. They are prepared from formula pro
bounced ny the most learned physicians of oul
country to be the best and most universal of fam
iiy medicines. The MORsE's INDIAN Root PILLS
cure Headache, Liver complaints. Indigestion
dyspepsia, Female Irregularities, &c, and are put
1p h0th sugar-cOated snd plain. Give them trisl
aniS nv OF Iaslo-s
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

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Issue. and the calisays gives natural hee.bfal ton
o e digestive organs thereby dyspepsia in n,
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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
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GGres Catarrh in its worst forms and sweetens the
Breath II contains no Tobacco. il mild and pro
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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
The Popular Tonic of the Age.

The day has gone by when a medicine without
merit could command and retain the confidence
OF The world Advertising induces the pubic to
try many things. hut in this shrewd and thought
1ul age words will not suffi e without proofs. and
1t Is ny the exercise Of their private judgment.
mon determine the relative valne of the various
artlcies recommended to their notice through the
business CO umns of newspapers. Hostetter's
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and the result il that II stands ar the head of the
class of remedies to which ii belongs II has dis
tanced end lived down innumerahle competitors
and Is to-day the Standard Vegetable Tonic of the
western world. The happy effects which have
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nervous affections. Intermittent fevers and general
debility. and as a constitutional invigOrant hsve
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No druggist or general dealer would consider his
stock complete without il. and the returns of the
internal revenue depari show tn e its sales
coed those Of any other proprietary restorative
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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09

EVERY SATURDAY No. "a for June I 1
conta ms fresh chapter of Dickens new story
- The Mystery of Edwin brood e" with the original
illustration ny fides The illustrations are: The
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By the River; Captain Cutie and Jack Bunsby
Decoration Day; The Seven Ages; Scenes ia
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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
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