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The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18

CHEAP FREIGHT.-Ona of the most
important benefits arising to our merchants
from the near approach of the railroad to
Chico is the reduction in freight. The
Navigation Company have taken the ini-
tiative, and on the 1st reduced their tariff
to $500 per ton, dead weight, to Chico,
making a reduction so great that the result
can hardly be credited. On the last boat,
parcels OF freight which would have cost
by the old measurement style, $50 or s35,
cost only about seve,a or eight dollars
Consumers will share in this freight reduc-
ton just as soon as our merchants get their
stocks properly balanced, when, it is antici-
pated, reduction of from ten to fifteen
per cent can be made on a great many
articles with perfect safsty-No-thern
Enterprise
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18
ADVERTISERS DIRECTORY,
LIST CORRECTED MONTHLY.

d. WE'LL 4 BROTHER, Dealers in Dry Goods
d Clothing, Main Street
A. GR0TFEND & co Dealer in Dry
Goods Clothing & Groceries, Main Street.
JOSEPH IsAAcs. Dealer in Dry Goods &
| Clothing, Main Street.
c. C. BUSH co, Dealer in Groceries &
! Provisions, Main Street.
DANIEL LYNCH, Dealer in Groceries &
| Provisions, Main Street.
sCAMMoN It TIFFIN. Wagon making &
Black smthing Main Street.
SAMUEL IsAACKs, Blacksmithing Main
! street.
SAMUEL RICHARDS, .Blacksmithing and
Wagon-making, Main street.
! JOHN V. SCOTT, Empire Hotel, Main Steet
D. H. DUNN Boarding House.
MRS. II. L. GREENE, Hotel, Main Street.
A. COLEMAN, Dealer in Hardware, Fuse, &c,
Main Street
! f. voLUNTINE. Tinsmith and Dealer in Hard
| ware, &C., Main Street.
Js NJ. MANASSE, Books and Stationery, Etc,
Main Street.
! A. DoWNER, Books and Stationery, Etc.
Main Street.
| L. WELLEND0RFF. Dealer in Drugs, Med
cines, Etc, Main street.
WIN H. DUNN. Lively Stable and Coral
Main Street.
O. & C. STAGE CO.. Juo. Craddock, Agent.
Office Empire Hotel
GRANT TAGGART, Shasta and Weaverville
Express Line, Office Empire Hotel Also, Livery
and Feed Stable Main Street
JOHN FLEMING, Proprietor of the Brandy
Greek Saw Mill.
0. P. WOODWARD, Proprietor of the Spring
Creek Saw Mill.
CHARLES MCDONALD, Saloon and Reading
Room. opposite the Court House, Main Street.
CoMsToCK Il MARTIN, Commission Mcr-
chants Red Bluff.
RANTzAU & SHAW Commission Merchants.
Red Bluff.
SAM JAYNES, Agent California Steam Naviga-
ton Company, Red Bluff
G. C. sCER0TER, Saddle 4 Harness Maker,
Charter Oak, Main Street.
L. GARREcHT & CO., Meat Market Main
Street.
j. E. PELHAM, Physician, Office up stairs in
Wells Fargo & Co., building, Main Street.
JOHN 5. FoLLANsBEE Attorney -at-Law
Shasta.
SAMUEL COOPER, Agent for PhGuix and
Home Insurance Companies, Office Main Street,
Shasta.
HENRY HABICH, Dealer in Books Station
cry, Main Street
E. LEVIN Co., Matchmaker q jewelers.
Main Street.
f. DOBROWSKY, Gunsmith & Machinist,
Main Street.
A. DOBROWSKY, Matchmaker and Jeweler,
Main Street.
W. A. SCOTT, Bootmaker, Main Street
A. W. BAKER, Expressman.
G. r. kN0X Saloon, Greenes Hotel building.
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18

QUARRELING.-If IF anything in the world
makes man feel badly, except pinching
his fingers ia the crack of door, it is un-
questionably a quarrel. No man ever fails
to think less of himself after it than before.
1t degrades him in the eyes Of others, and
what is worse, blunts his sensibilities on
the one haud, and increases the power of
passionate irritabilites on the other. The
truth is, the more peacefully and quietly
we get on, the better for our neigbors. In
nine eases out often, the better course is, if
a man cheats you, cease to deal with him
if he is abusive, quit his company, and if
he ISLANDERS you, take care to live SO that
nobody will believe him. No matter who
he is. or how he misses You, the wisest way
is to let him alone; for there is nothing
better than this cool, calm and quiet way
of dealing with the wrongs we meet with.
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18
woman,s Love of order.

"Hy Is lnat, Wnen poor woman Is
about to commit suicide-say by drowning
herself-her last series of acts well nigh
invariably is to take off her shawl, fold it
up neatly, place it in some convenient spot,
put her bonnet upon the shawl, and when
all this is nice and tidy-but not till then
to take the fatal plunge? Is it that by
SO doing she gains a respite of couple of
minutes? In one of the most affecting
little tales written by Alfred dc Musset-
1t Is named "Frederic ct Bernarette we
have the history of poor grisette who sits
down to write her last letter to her lover
before committing suicide. She tells him
that'she Is writing small' pafposc1y, be-
cause she knows that when she comes to
the end Death is standing at the door,
waiting till she has finished 1t may be
this, or 1t may be the instructive love of
order and respect for clothing inherent in
the female mind. Just as she has arrang-
ed her drawers and boxes, and "put her
things away" morning and evening, for
twenty-five years or thereabouts, so she
does on the last night of her life We
should not be surprised to hear that a
woman had changed her mind just as she
was about to destroy herself, because she
could not find nice, dry place where she
could deposit her bonnet and shawl For
herself, let her 60 anywhere, anywhere
out OF the world, but vestments must be
respected. This would then resolve itself
INTO question of habit-just as the Span
lsh prisoner of war, whilst awaiting his
turn to be shot down, asked Zumalacare-
gul, who had ordered him out for death,
to give him light for his cigarette The
General gave him light, and exchanged
a grave bow with the prisoner who GER
talnly could not have had time to finish
MS tobacco. Such is the force of habit
And perhaps it is much the same thing
with women about to commit suicide. so
tar as their shawls and bonnets are con-
cerned- strange story in illustration of
TINS fancy was brought the other day under
the notice of the Lord Mayor of London
An unfortunate young woman, who'is des-
crlbed as notwithstanding creature"
was charged before him with attempting
to commit suicide, by throwing herself
INTO the river. She was caught Just in
time. Her story was most miserable.
She said she was tired of life. She had
been driven by necessity to the streets, and
OF the way in which she managed to keep
body and soul together the less said the
better. She had three children, and was
then twenty -four years of age Two girls,
about sixteen or seventeen years Of age,
who were In the same pitiable condition,
came forward to give evidence in the case.
They had been servants. but thew too
were now on the streets. The prisoner had
been living in the same lodging house with
them for the last fortnight. When she
went out for the purpose of DESTROYING
herself, she actually borrowed the clothes
OF one of them-by name, Annie Somers
in order that she might be nicely dress
ed for the occasion We have nothing to
tell in the case of this poor creature about
the traditional shawl and bonnet. Her
crazy speculation-poor girl-must have
been, that when her body was found, it
should be decently attifed
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18

ApIcE TO Mr.. FIsH.-Our advice to
Mr.. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State, is
that he buy or start a newspaper, and thus
stop Charles A. Dana's villainous abuse of
him in the Sun. Dana has not word to
saw against man who is in position to
strike back, as witness the meekness with
which he submits to the terrible castiga-
tions inflicted upon him in the New York
Standard. Let Secretary Fish buy news
paper. and thus stop his foul mouth
San francisco Call
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18

The MCFARLAND CASE INCA NUTSHELL
Scene A downtown restaurant. Sundrv
gentlemen discussing the Mcfarland case
They express disset from his methods. A
Hoosier startles Them
The Hoosier (vehemently) y" Mcfarland
did just right I'd done it myself You'd
done it!' They stare.)
First Gentlemen" Why, what do you
mean ~
The Hoosier jumping up and shaking bis
hist with greater righteous indignaiionl-
. Yes. Sir ee! Eff I'd bin living on q
woman for FIVE or six years. N another man
come along n got her away from me. Re d. d
II wouldn't shot him, N sod you.' The
silence of conviction.)
HIS DoDGE.-A chap in New Orleans,
deeply in debt, never meets one Of his
creditors. In summer he walks on the
sunny side of the street, and in winter on
the shady side
The King Of Sweden intends to make
journey around ths world
The Shasta courier., 1870-06-18

CHANGING SCHOOL Books. The effort now
BENG made by unprincipled spectators to
change the text books of our public schools,
ought to he frowned down by every one who
IS approached on the subject. 1t is only an
effort to uselesslv extort money from the
people of the State. for the benefit of a pub
fishing company. The proposed change of
books would be no improvement, while the
cost to the people of the State would approx.
innate to the sum of seventy five thousand
dollars. We are sorry to see State Superin.
tendent Fitzgerald, mentioned as favering
the change. If so. the State Superintendent
will find it very difficult 10 convince the re-
fecting portion of the public of California
that he is not working in the interest of a
scheming publishing company. and sharing
the profits of the imposition upon the people.
= Oroville Record, Democratic.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Eugene as a School Examiner.

It is said that the Empress Eu-
genie never bluShed before a. public
assembly but once. 1t was during
a visit to the Isle Of Wight, whittier
she went to meet the Queen. The
royal pair, attended by a Company
of distinguished ladies and gentle
men, went one morning to an 1nsti-
tuition Of learning (Which had been
established for the poor by her most
gracious Majesty, and in which she
took great interest), for the purpose
Of hearing an examination of the
scholars. In course of the eNer-
cises, an urchin, seated upon one Of
the nearest benches, most irrever-
entity burst into tears; at which the
royal visitor, calling the youthful
afflicted to her, demanded to know
the reason of such an unmannerly
outbreak. The boy approached,
daubing his eyes with the dirt from
one hand, and clutching a slate in
the other, which he held up before
the eyes of the mistress, saying,
"Pleasc, marin, Airy Larkin writ
s'cll' on my slate with a nail, and |
can't rub it out" Over such a gush
of juvenile profanity the wicked
lords and ladies present laughed
heartily, but the gentle Empress of
the French piously blushcd and
"sloped."
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Marriage.

Leigh Hunt concludes an essay on
marriage as follows: There is no
one thing more lovely in this life,
more full Of the divine courage, than
when young maiden from her past
life, from her happy childhood, when
she rambleS over every field and
moor around her home; when Il
mother anticipated her wants and
soothed her little cares; when her
brothers and sisters grew from
merry playmates to loving trusttul
friends; from Christmas gatherings
and romps, the summer festivals in
bower and garden; from the rooms
sanctifed by the death Of relatives;
from the secure backgrounds of her
childhood, and girlhood, and maid
cnhood, looks out into the dark and
milluminated future, away from all
that, and yet untcrrified undauntcd,
leans her fair cheek upon her lovers
breast, and whispers, Dear heart!
| cannot see, but ] believe. The
past was beautiful, but the future |
can trust-with thee!"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Book Carrning.

This capital center-shot at carp
ers about "Book Farming" is from
the last number of the Kansas Eur-
,nnr..
Notwithstanding our old style far
mers cry out against book farming,
still they encourage it, by precept
and example, although, perhaps UNI
willingly. Henry Morgan was one
of your plain, practical men, who
was continually CRYING out against
the many innovations made by book
farmers; and yet, step by step, he
accepted the improvements, al
though he still beratcd the book far
mcrs. He was one Of those who, in
his youth, went to mill with grain
insone end of the sack and stone
in the other. lie reaped his grain
with sickle long after cradles came
into use, and he held on to the cra-
dlclong after reapers had proved ser
viceable. But, as we said, he had,
step by step, accepted the different
improvements; indeed, he had gone
so far as to advocate the rotation of
cora, wheat and clover; but not I'M
til after long years of fruitlesS
search after crops among his worn
ont fields, and vain enleavor to
bring them to, as his fathers had
done before him, by ''turning them
.ont.'
p Il 50 happened that our friend
Morgan had three bright, promising
boys, Young men grown at this time,
who assisted the father Oh his farm.
One day the old fellow was pitching
into an agent for an agricultural pa
per pretty roughly, telling him he
had no use for books to farm by, nor
for those who used them. The agent
was quiet while the old man applied
his invectivc to all the class of per-
sons which the agent represented;
hut ut last he said: 'Mr. Morgan,
here YOU have three boys, who will
doubtless follow in your footsteps
, and become farmers. Now | ask Of
YOU if YOU are willing they should
go DtCk. anu " '>iS '''
did: You are acknowledged to be
good farmer, and consequently
have learned many facts in relation
vthereto; and yet, Judging from your
conversation, YOU want your boys to
commence whore You did, and learn
for Themselves" 'No, no: ! don't
mean that. mean books, man
booksm every well; / understand
that; but in this case you are the
book, and these boys have been
reading You for the last 10 years,
Just as much asif You had written
out your experience and had it pub
lished. The only difference / can
see is, that hal You published a
book, detailing your practical ex-
persence and giving the facts You
a,ave harncd, you would have an
audience Of thousands, instead of
your boys and Il few of your init
mate ncighbors only" ''Well, well"
said friend Morgan, cit is barely
possible | have made a mistake.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Farmer John.


Hume from his journey Farmer John
Arrived this morning. safe and sound.
His bladkcoat off and his old clothes on;
Nov I'm myself" said Farmer John;
And he thinks, ''I'll look around"
Gplcapsthe dog; Get down you pup!
Az youeo glad You could eat me up.N
The old COW lows at the gate to greet him;
The horses pick up their ears to meet him.
We'll, we'll, well, old Bay,
Ha. ha, old Gray!
UUsyOu get good feed when I'm awayf
.'You haven't rib" says Farmer John.
IssT'he cattle are looking round and sleek;
The colt Is going TO be roam,
Aud q beauty, too {; how he has grown!
Well wean the calf next week"
Says Farmer John when I've been oil,
10 call you again about the trough,
!And watch you and pet You while you drink,
le greater comfort than you can Think!
- And he pats old Bay,
Aud he slaps old Gray.
.Ah, this is the comfort of going away:
'sFor. after ALL" said Farmer John,
1.-THE best of a journey is getting home!
I've seen great sights but would not give
This spot and the peaceful life live.
~ For all their Paris and Rome.
These hills for the ciys stitled air.
And big hotels, all bustle and glare,
Ifand affhouses and roads all stones,
T1fat deafen your ears and batter your bones:
~ Mould you, old Bay:
would you. OLD Gravy
T,at's what one gets by goin:. away"
There Money is kingr says Farmer John;
TNAnd fashion is queen; and it's mighty queer
10 ses how, sometimes. while the man
Is rakinm and scraping all he can.
The wife spends. every year.
Enoush,you would think for n score of wives,
To aqaRthem in luxury all their lives.
The Nh fs perfect Babyion
T6kquict chap" says Farmer John
49, '.Iou see. old Bay,
- You see. old Gray,
I'm Wiser than when went away.
a.Fve found ont this.s says Farmer john
s ~l'hat happiness h not bought and sold.
! "A Nd elatcled in fife of waste and hurry,
In sights of pleasure and days of Worry;
IS And wealth isn't all gold
Mortgage and stocks and ten per cent,
But n simple ways and sweet content.
Few wants. pure hopes, and noble ends,
Some land to till, and few good friends
; ~ Like you, old Bay,
q = Aud you. old Gray
That's what Eve learned by going away"
. And happy man Is Farmer John
o, rich and happy man Is he
lie sees the peas and pumpkin growing.
The corn in tassel. the buckwheat blowing,
And frait on vine aud tree.
The large kind oxen look their thanks.
As he ruhs their foreheads and strokes their
TANKS:
The doves light round him. and strut and coo:
Saws Farmer John. I'm take you. too
And you. old Bay.
And you, old Gray
Next time travel So far away"
or loang Foiks.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Another popular error, which

" Another popular, error, which
bears hard: on the horse, is the Gus
tom of making the axles of convey
ances of all sorts of one uniform
width. This, custom is of ancient
date, and it has caused great detri-
ment to our highways, both in town
and country. 1t is not, perhaps,
saying too much to assert that the
uniform adhercnceto it has cost our
Highway, Department, for the last
fifty years, hundreds Of thousands of
dollars. Had there been latitude
or play of from ten to twelve or four
teen inches in the tread of the
wheels, especially in carts and wa
CONS, it would have been impossible
to have cut our pavements into the
ruts we now see, and which renders
hauling SO difficult along our streets
and roads. Like the Conncstoga
wagons of the last generation, with
their broad tires, difference in the
width of our axlcs would have i'm
proved rather than damaged our
highways, and we should not see
them cut into alternating ridges and
ruts. as so many of them are.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
Keeping Sweet Potatoes.

II. B. G. Dewitt, Mo.-Please
give me the best mode Of putting up
sweet potatoes so as to keep them
safe an sound through the winter.
The conditions of the tubers at
digging time and the convenicnces
for storing them varySs much in
the different parts Of the country
that no method can be. Iecommcnd
ed as the best under all circumstan-
ccs. If the season is such as to per-
feet the potatoes and insure their
having a thick skin, and there is,
withal, dry cellar, the tenpera-
ture and dryness Of which may lie
regulated, there is little difficulty in
preserving sweet potatoes in bulk
the same as Irish potatoes. IT. how
ever, the potatoes are not thorough
" ripened. and have thin skins,
and there is no suitable cellar for
storing them, it is somewhat diff
ticult matter to keep them over the
winter. In all cases the potatoes
should be dug up before they are
injured by frost and should be left
in the sun until quite dry. They
should be handled carefully so as
not to iniure the skin. In the all
scnce of a suitable cellar, they may
be kept in a chamber or attic over
the cook-room, or they may be pack
ed in suitable boxes and kept in the
kitchen. In order to insure them
against frost and to prevent the rot
from spreading among them many
recommend placing some substance
between the potato to keep them
from coming in contact. Many
things have been recommended for
this purpose, such rs oats, sawdust,
chat, cut-straw, bran and sun dried
sand. Rottou wood, dried and pull
verified, and peat served in the same
manner, are also recommended.
The object should he to pack them
in some substance that is Il bad con
ductor Of heat, which will absorb
moisture, and which will not hurt
the skin OF the potatoes. Old -four
barrels are very convenient for pack
ing purposes. Put in thin layer
of either of the substances spoken
of; then place 4 layer Of potatoes as
close as they can be put without
touching, adding the filling from
time to time till the barrel is filled,
when it may be headed up. "A few
small holes in the barrel would be
useful for ventilation. The best
temperature is one that is even and
is only sufficiently warm to keep the
potatoes from freezing. If the air
of the apartment is too dry, the po-
tatoes will have shrivled appear
ance in the spring, which will III
jure them for table purposes
Prairie Farmer.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14
I RRooM Gonna correspondent

RRooM COMA correspondent
of the Western Rurdl gives some
very sensible and useful directions
for handling broom corn after it is
ready for harvest. He says, among
other things, 'ifyou wantatirst class
brush in color, cut early, cut in dry
weather-do not let your brush get
wet, especially if it has dried any;
don't let it lie in heaps to heat.
Brush will become red in a short
time if spread so thick the air can
not pass through it,
Many more directions might be
taken from the article in question,
but it is presumed, that those who
raise broom corn for profit know
generally how to take care of it and
when to cut it. One thing should
be borne in mind, that color is near
ly everything in preparing it for
market.
The grecner and fresher it looks
when offered for sale, either in the
bale or the broom, the more readily
it will find a purchaser.
The soil and climate of Iowa are
we'll adapted to the cultivation of
this indispensable product, and it
always finds ready market at pay
ing prices when properly managed.
Another important advantage in
this crop is that it givesemployment
to farmers. in the winter and wet
days, by having it slowed in barns
or sheds ready for cleaning; and
indeed, it would pay for every farm
er to havca snugl,room shop where
Msboys can:w ork at laaking brooms
during the Indictment season; by
which means he reaps the whole of
the profit on his crop, while finding
employment for the'boys, who are
too much Of the time running about
idle during the winter season, for
his or their good. sa4
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-10-14

However early, potatoes should
be dn" as soon as the ground is dry.
There is nothing gained by letting
them lie in the ground unless they
have been previously attacked by
disease. In this case we have al
ways found it better to leave them
in the hill until the diseased ones
have decaycd. 1t often prevents
them from impartiag the rot to the
sound potatoes. They should be
placed in heaps in the field, after
digging, to sweat and cure, giving
them sufficient covering of straw
and earth to prevent water from
soaking in. Ncntilation, however,
should be attended to. This may
be accomplished by placing good
sized wispS Of straw extending from
the ground above the apex of the
heap. In digging by hand, throw
two rows together, and when dry
enough to put into heaps, .pick up
the mcrchantablc ones first, and
small ones atterwar,l, putting each
sort into separate heaps. The small
potatoes do not increase the measure
much, and they do hurt the sale very
materially. If potatoes are scarce,
the small ones may be planted if
You have been in the habit of saving
seed only from the choice ones. Our
plan is only to select medium sized,
smooth, fair potatoes for seed, and
plant the small ones in time of scar
city with the market crop. BY this
means you will not only improve the
yield but the quantity Of the tubcrs
also. Potatoes, for eating, should
never be exposed to the light, but
should be kept in dry, dark, cool
condition. But for seed we have
found them better for considerable
exposure to the air, either in the
Fall OF Spring. If one has four or
more acres to dig each year, it is
cheaper to buy an implement to
throw them out by horse power
There are now several plows tol
digging potatoes, that are efficient
ranging in price from twenty to thir-
ty doIlars-with the land dry and in
good condition for working, and tn,
crop should only be gathered wher
the land is in condition. They may
be gathered with good digger, foI
about one half what it costs to do il
by hand alone.-Interior.