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The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
From the New York Sun. |
Ways that are Dark.

The people living on the Merrimac river
in Massachusetts have been highly de-
lighted with the liberality of Congress in
appropriating S25 700, in addition to the
S50,O00 voted last year, for improving
the navigation of that stream, rs the Judi
cious expenditure Of that amount, it was
thought, would render it navigable at any
tin,o oftile To IIo,o,l.ll, tho hood Of nov
igation, for vessels drawing not over ten
feet
Their delight on hearing of the appropri-
alton, however, was not to be compared
to their surprise when they learned that
the Government surveyor and Il large
party of workmen had commenced opera
tlons at, ,Nlethuen, above Haverhill, pick
ing stones from the bed Of the river and
carrying them ashore while the ledge at
Mitchell's Falls, Just below them, which
runs entirely across the river, could not
be removed so as to allow vessels to pass
up to the locality where they are now OPP
Grating for less than a quarter of a million
of dollars
Their aston'shment moderated, though,
when they learned that the Hon. Maj-Gen.
Benjamin F. Butler has recently purchased
a large tract of land in Methucn border
ing on the river, where these ''improvc-
ments in navigation" are progressing. 1t
is stated in the Boston Herald that Gen.
Butler has been informed by competent
engineers that he has fall enough to carry
as many spindles as either Lawrence or
Lowell, and the people in that region look
upon it as a singular coincidence that
Government should be clearing out the
river just where the General would want
his mill-pond should he undertake to build
mills, while the stones taken ashore would
furnish good part of the material nee
essary to build dam.
An honest Congressman is the noblest
work of God.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
s'Stay-stay moment. Did Herbert
tell You what these nannrs were 2n

''Stay-stay moment Did Herbert
tell you what these papers werean
'Yes, sir.'
''And that one," and he held up the
will "deprives him of fifty thousand
dollars ~
Eyes, SIR
''And so you We're willing to deprive
him OF his fortune ?"
He would not have q stolen inherit
ance," said the young girl Indignantly.
''11e is young, and can make his own
way in the world" '.We," (and bright
little blush followed the pronoun) ''do
not need u fortune to be happy"
i'Thcn the finding of the will is a mat
ter of indifference to you9"
mo, sir. | would like Herbert to have
what his Uncle Godfrey wished him to in
herif, if he could have it honestly; and |
am very, very sorry for his poor Aunt
Elsie"
What Do you know my sister?''
E'No. sir; but she is old, and poor, and
sick. | wish she could have her share"
''lIumph! All Oh ~
My pen can give no idea of the intona
ton of the series of grunts that followed
this speech of Lottie's.
hfts!sS!iiJ tiic tplt liltll Sol up, tllE WILL
in his hand. and stood before Lottie.
"Miss Charlotte Wilkinson" he said alb
ruptly, II like YOU"
"Thank you," she said, demurely.
Il like you Fm an old man, worth q
half million of dollars, but don't know
that anybody loves me. Do you think
that you could ?"
Il don't know" was the frank reply.
"Will you try You will be my niece,
YOU know, when Bert marries you, and
you will be 4 bit Of sunshine in the old
house it has not seen for long time
VIII you allow me to make you a we'd
ding Gift ?n and to her unutterab'e
amazement he walked across the room
and deliberately placed the will upon q
bank Of glowing Goals in the open CRATE
Both watched the paper crackle, curl,
blaze and finally float up the chimney in
little black flakes. Then Lottie came to
the old mans side. 81 have done you in
Justice" she said simply. Il have no
father, but if you will let me, l will give
you 4 daughters love-
Thank you, my DEAR he said, taking
her hand, and drawing her to him, Il
will come with Herbert this evening to
see your mother. Good bye, now; |
must 60 to court and deliver up the re-
mainder Of Lottie's April Fool Bundle "
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Spring Cleaning.
BY a. SUFFERER.

The melancholy days have come, the saddest of
the year,
of cleaning paint, and scrubbng floors, and
securing far and near.
Heaped in the corners of the room, the ancient
dirt lay quiet,
Nor rose up ut the fathers tread. nor to the
children's riot;
But now the carpets are all up. and from the
stairhouse top.
The mistress calls to man and maid to WELD the
broom and mop.
Where are those rooms those quiet rooms, the
house but now presented.
Wherein we dwelt, nor dreamed of dirt. 50 cozy
and contented?
Alas. they're turned all upside down, that quiet
suit of rooms,
With slops and suds, and soap and sand, and
tubs and pans and brooms;
Chairs, tables, stands are standing round nj skies
and at sevens,
While wife and housemaidS fly about like mete-
orS in the heavens.
The parlor and the chamber floor were cleaned
week ago;
The carpets shook and windows washed, as all
the neighbors know;
But still the sanctum had escaped-the table
piled with books.
Pens, ink and paper all about. peace in its very
looks
Till fell the woman on them all, rs falls the
plague on men,
AND Then they vanished ali away books, papers,
ink and pen.
And now when comes the master home as come
he must at nights,
To find all things are ''sct to wrongs" that they
have "set to rights;
When the sound OF driving tacks is heard,
though the house is tar from still,
And the carpet-woman on the stairs. that lflr-
binger of ill
He looks for papers, books or bills that all were
there before,
And sighs to find them on the desk or in the
drawer no more.
And then he grimly thinks of her who set this
fuss aoat.
And wishes She was out to sea in very leaky
boat.
He meets her at the parOr door, with hair and
cap aWry;
With sleeves tucked up, and broom in hand, de-
tiancc in her eye;
He feels quite SMALL and knows full well there's
nothing to be said
So holds his tongue, and drinks his tea and
>neaks away to bed.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Fam, Garden, and Household
Farm Notes.

EARLY POTATOES. With a little pains,
amy one can have early potatoes for the
table. in July. About the middle of April
put the potatoes in a box with dirt or mould
in layers among them, and set in a warm
place near the fire, but not too near; and as
soon A. the ground will permit, select dry,
convenient spot and prepare it for the
sproutcd tubcrs. Dress the land with suit
able manure in the drills, and take the box
to the middle o[ the piece take it apart
rud separate the potatoes carefully, care
hciug taken to not injure the sprouts; cover
lightly after setting the potatoes in their
proper position in the rows. The best
r1riety Tor this purpose is that known as
Early Whte>;' >and perhaps the Early
Rose willproye quite as desirahle) for hard
noSs, carliness, and quality. no variety ex-
ctis. 4 little pains in this direction, will
give potatoes for table use long before they
,3H Pc procured by teld processes, and are
a luxury added to every day fare. Rows two
feet apart, hills one foot in rows.
ORCHARDS. The time for grating is at
hand. Ola orchards have been reluvenatcd
ANA made to thrive with luNuriance and
trnittumoSS, hy iuliciou> pruning, grating,
scraping of trunks and cultvatng, either
ty mulching or flowing and manuring.
The ratcrpjliar's eggs upon the twigs of
irut Trees should be removed and burned;
Ctttlc should never be permitted to roam
ur pasture in an orchard or fruit yard j;
Young trees need rightng, grating, and
ctrcful pruning; the ground about them
should be made rich, and the trees kept in
healthy condition In grating be careful
aul select varieties suited to our northern
climate, lhj9 WIN save disappointment and
loss OF time and money The winter and
spring varieties are most valuable and
profitable; uf fan and early winter va1 ietles
oul a few are needed in each orchard !;
trui' growers shoHld awake to the fact that
" does not pay to grow cider-appcs, when
othor and better varieties will flourish as
we'll. Orchards should be pastured with
calves or sheep. care being taken TO protect
the trcr, Wom drpredationS where sheep
Irp u~o to pasture orchards W ith. \.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Double Meanings.

The English language is peculiarly
abundant in words and phrases which
are capable of two meanings, and which
thus give rise to an endless number ut
mistakes, catches and puzzles, which ai-
ford Il great deal of the amusement of cv-
cry day life. A familiar example is the
word got, which may mean either WAS or
procured. Thus one boy says to another
with Il grave face, Fred got Shot to-day"
Where ?n asks the other, in alarm. ''lIr
got shot in u hardware store meaning
of course, that he bought it,
A man assured Storekeepcr, who hes
itated to trust his companion for Il pur-
chase, ''lf he refused to pay for it, will,
His companion refused to pay for il. and
50 did the speaker, Us in one sense hr
said he would 1t is thus very cusv. hv
using uncertain language, to coulol u
false impression
4 sheriff asked the wife of Il Quaker,
against whom he had u writ, if her hu>-
band was Mt home. She replied, ''lro.
he will see thee in moment" The
sheriff waited, but the Quaker did not ap.
pear. He WAS contcntcd with seeing lh"
sheriff. he did no; care tha, the shrria
should see HIM
Illt lb'Slllpll VI NtlNi1 III y N''llt' "
and the use of stops, often entirely alter
the meaning. Thus an account OF a lu-
neral declares "Thc remains were com
mitted to that bourne from which Oo
Traveller returns attended by his friends.
Ignorant people are apt to use phrases
with double meanings, without iNtcud-
ing to do 50. Among the advertisements
we may sometimes read that Il rropcctl-
Bile woman wants washing. The pr"pric-
| tor of Il bone mill advcrtiScs that parties
sending their own bones to be ground,
will be attended to with fidelity and d.
patch. 1t was related in Il cilv paper
how, during the celebration, 4 child Wn.
run over, wearing Il short red Dire.
| which never spoke aitcrWard.
Many popular puzzles depend up'u
the ambiguity or double meaning at
words and phrases. Thus we are toId
there was 4 man who had sin rhlIdrcu
and had never seen one of them Ncarc
led to suppose that none OF the children
had ever been behcld Ivy their parent
But the words may mean equally n~ we'll.
that one had been born while the p1rcut
w,ts ON u Journey and he had. consequent
ly never seen that one. Another puz ~
is this: There was Il poor blind hr%-l-
who had brother; the brother died,
but the man who died had no brother
What relation was the beggar 70 the man
who died? We are apt to think the beg
gar was man, but when we think that
the beggar might he Il girl, the answer
becomes quite plain.
We are told of two men who met each
other at an inn, and greeted each other
aflectionatclv. The hotel keeper inquj'
ed of one how he was related to the 9th
er, who replied:
'Brother and sister have none,
Yet this mans father was my fathers son.
This is perfectly plain statement, aud
vet there are few whose minds are clrar
enough to see At once that this jingle "t
words is only roundabout way OF say
inc that this man was the speakers spu
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Cheep Wash for Buildings.

Take a clean. water-tight cask and put in
To it half bushcl of lime. Slack it by
pouring water over it boiling hot, and in
sufficient quantity to cover it Ave inches
deep, and stir it briskly till thoroughly
slackencd. When the lime has been slack
ened, dissolve it III water, and ada TWO
pounds of suphate of zinc and one OF com
mon salt. These will cause the wash 10
harden and prevent its cracking, which
gives an unseemly appearance to the work.
beautiful cream color may be given to the
wash by adding three pounds of yellow
-ochre; or good pearl or lead color by the
addition of a lump of iron black. For fawn
color add four pounds umber, one pound of
Indian red, and one pound common lamp
black. For stone color add two pounds
raw umber and two pounds lamp black.
When applied to the outside of houses and
TO fences, it is rendered more durable by
adding about pint of sweet milk To gallon
of wash. Scientific American,
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20

HUMAN PROGRESS. 'What have you
done to further human progress?" said a
sententious philosopher one day of Jen-
kins.
Jenkins reply was clear and decisive:
"rve produced seven boys and two girls,
Sir"
The philosopher departed, and for the
first time in his thought.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20

This story is told OF old Judge Vose, of
New Hampshire, in his last days, when al
most lifeless through paralysis: A neigh
Dor came in, who was understood to have
seen better days, but had been reduced,
by improvidence or bad habits, to rather a
dilapidated condition. He, however, ap-
peared this day, quite unexpectedly, in a
pretty tidy suit of black. The son re-
marked the change, and inquired if he was
in mourning for any one. NO" was the
reply-"only mourning for my sins" The
Judge raised up at the moment, and but
for moment, and, with his former droll
look and his latter broken articulation,
asked, ''Lost any of 'em9"
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Immense Peace Procession.
New YORK.

NEW oRk. ~
The Peace procession, Monday, in
point of numbers and enthusiasm, cNccllrd
any similar display ever witnessed in
New York. From an early hour the
streets were crowded with organizations
proceeding to the rendezvous, and with
citizens dcsirous of Witnessing the pa
geant. The streets along the line OF
march were densely crowded, us was
every window and balcony commanding
a view Of the scene. Flags were display
ed from almost every house A majority
of the German stores We're closed, the
proprictors and employees participating
in the procession. In front of the City
Hall was erected II large platform from
which the procession was reviewed by
Gov. Hoffman, Mayor Hall, members of
the Common Council, and heads of the
City Department, and Commissioners and
Judges OF the State Court, and many
other prominent persons. As the process
sion passed the platform the immense
crowds that were gathered about the plat
form, greeted it with cheers and waving
of banners. At n mass meeting at Toml-
kins square, held after the procession,
there was Il vast assemblagc. Speeches
Horace Greeley, eX-Govern-
or Soloman of Wisconsin, Oswald Oallen-
dorf. Gov. Soloman in an address said
that the whole civilized world had reason
to rejoice at the victory of Germany,
which unlike France, was not actuatcd
by the spirit of gloly and conquest. and
desired only to be allowed to cultivate
her field in peace.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20

A son of the late President Tyler, only
2l years old, is Il uhlan in the twelfth
army corps of Saxony, and served through
out the Franco-Prussian war.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20

HORSE MEDICINES. | wish to say some
thing about the very many medicines so
much vaunted in flaming advertisements.
| n the first place, the horse, ninety-nne
times out of hundred, does not require
any thing more than to be allowed to rest a
little, or at least only work say half a day
each day for week or more, taking care to
change his diet; and suppose he did re-
quire some medicine, will black antimony,
sulphur, rosn, saltpetre, cream of tartar
or anything of tn, kind, be proper to give? !?
The true expert in horse-ology tells you
no; especially will man properly versed
in therapeutics tell you that such mixture
as that mentioned on p. 10 is dangerous to
the life and health of the horse. If we
must have something of the kind, the pre-
paration of an old acquaintance of mine in
Chicago years ago, is much preferable, as,
if it does no good, it could not do much
harm. 1t was composed Of dried black
walnut sawdust, chiefly scented with pull
veriZed fenugreek seed. | am not joking ;
this was and Is now true fact.
The best Alternative for a horse which
may be overworked or a little out of sorts
is:
No. l. Pulverized gentian, 2 o.. best
ginger, pulverized, or. capsicum, pulver-
lied, IA o.; mix into four parts and give
In ball, made with syrup-if the horse
will not eat it in powder.
| No. ?. Golden seal, 2 1-2 o.. ginger,
o.. capslcum, IA OF. four doses
Often when looking over incongruous
mixtures OF medicine am put in mind of
an anecdote | have heard John b. Cough
relate. A certain noted quack told him
that one of his methods of cure consisted
in putting into a large black bottle a little
of every kind of medicine, as well as the
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20
Horseradish.

Can you tell the readers Of the Ploughman
something about raising horseradish for the
market Z We have . few plants about the
garden, but | hear that it is considered
profitable crop for the market. Is it deSira-
BILE to raise it to sell? 5. N.
This plant is by many thought to be about
the most profitable plant that can be raised,
for the reason that it is always Of ready sale
among the pickle makers i'll our large cities.
1t is OF easy and simple cultivation. The
plants or sets used are generally the pieces
broken Oft from the main root in preparing
it for market. These pieces are cut into
lengths of about six inches, and are usually
from a quarter to half an inch in diameter.
They are planted between the rows of cauli-
flower or cabbages, as soon as these crops
are planted in the spring, and about the
same distances apart between the plants.
The "set" is put in perpendicular three
inches under the surface. The root is so
tenacious of life that it might be planted
even deeper without danger, but that is deep
enough to delay its starting till the cabbage
crop gets up. This latter may grow and
close over it without any injury whatever to
the horseardish. II planted too near the
surface or if the 'sets" are very strong, it
will sometimes grow so strongly as to inter-
fere with the cabbage crop, when it should
it in the least, since the root is all of this
crop that is wanted, and that is grown most
in the late summer and fall months, SO that
cutting Off the leaves in June or July does
not in any way injurc it.
When the cabbages are cut Off, the stumpS
are to be removed and the ground deeply
hoed so as to promote the growth of the
horseradish Once hocing is generally
enough rs the plant now grows very rapid
ly, and by the end of October or the first of
November, it may be dug up, but it is SO
hardy that it may be left till there is danger
of the ground freezing up, or late in Nov
ember, when it is packed in pits to be pre-
pared for market in winter, when there lit
tie else to do. All it wants is to trim off
the small roots for next years crop, wash
and rinse in a tub, weigh and pack in barrels.
The average yield per acre is about four
tons and the last five years it has averaged
about 5000 per ton, or at the rate of $500
per acre 1t has sold as high as $3.50 ton,
That you see pays well, when you con-
slider the cabbage crop, too, as raising
Indian corn at twenty five bushels an acre.
The cabbage crop, it ought to be remember
ed, is one OF the best and most profitable
VIC can raise, either to sell or to feed out to
milch cows. ED. Mass. Ploughman.
The Republican journal., 1871-04-20

Any unusual or protracted intellectual ex-
ertlon, great physical exhaustion, un-
satiated sexual desire OF excessive indul-
gencc, the retroccssion of cutancous
erupton-in short, any thing that debil-
tates the system will produce this singu-
lar attack. OF course, as with most dis
orders, it is occasioned in males by dis
orders of the digestive system, and in
females with disease of the womb. Cau-
ton should, therefore, be observed; and
surfeiting, undue exposure to heat or
cold, everlasting the brain, excessive
bathing, mental excitement, sexual
alterations, the use Of tobacco or
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-05-10
GENERAL NEWS.

President Grant was forty nine years old
last week
A good business habit and reputation is al
ways money
The price of coal in New York city has fall
len to six dollars a ton.
Nothing is more contrary to the spirit of
charity than rash and hasty censures.
Bed-tick shirts are all the rage just now
A pillowcase makes suitable necktie for
them.
A quaint old Scotch proverb runs thus ::
can ounce of mother is worth a pound of
clergy"
The wind blows with such force in Colora-
do that when man loses his hat he has to
telegraph to the next station to stop it.
Quite number of French merchants re-
fuse to pay the debts which they owed Ger
man firms previous to the breaking out of the
war.
1t costs Massachusetts, seven times as much
to educate each scholar as it does Indiana.
and her citizens think the investment a pay
ing one.
A. short time ago a very strict young lady
in society gave her photograph to a devoted
admirer for his locket. Two days afterwards
her brother found it on the floor of billiard
saloon, decorated with pair of moustaches
and an immense cigar artistically done with
pin. "A word for the wise
man who was annoyed by clerks in the
custom-house was advised to complain to the
collector, which he did, saying, "Sir, have
been abused here by some of the rascals in
this place, and came to tell you of it, as I
understand you are the principal"
The reason why the Kentucky Legislature
failed to pass the Ku-klux bill was that some
, oil the members feared personal violence if
f they voted for such measure. Threats were
$ also made against editors of newspapers if
. the deviitries of the Khan were published.
= A number of Methodist diyines, together
with some friends, lately visited st. simon's
Island near Brunswick, Ga, to photograph
the venerable live oak under the outrageous
0 branches OF which John Wesley, the founder
a of Methodism, preached his first sermon in