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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

+" ALL work and no IplsS makes Jack duh
This is Just as true in regard to men and
women, +" children of larger growth, ="
who quite as much need their seasons
of relaxation and mental exhilaration.
All need good time, spiritual banquet
once IL while, and when associated so
as TO promote worthy objects, 1t Is kill
ing two birds with one stone.
/ accepted an invitation TO be present
and make bit ola speech at q farmers
festival which came off at Bristol last
month on the occasion Of the annual elec-
ton Of officers Of the large and fourishing
farmers club there. The entertainment
was got up in superb style by the ladies'
connected with the club. Roast turkey,
the incest home made jellies, cakes, pies,
fruits. fragrant Java coffee with plenty OF
cream and sugar, were provided for several
hundred, who partook in Thanksgiving
and happy spirit. Much good cheer and
brotherly love was manifested, and the
spirit Of CO. working in the good cause Of
promoting agricultural interests was Wis
IDLY and happily promoted. The club has
a numerous list of paying members and
Jealous officers whose names have been re-
Gently published in your columns. There
are those who are continually croaking
and making much lugubrous talk about
our noble States in an agricultural view.
Their influence should be summed as OPP
posed TO the best good and interests OF all
classes.
The spirit Of improvement and inquiry
developed by our agricultural clubs are
producing good results, which are plainly
visible where located.-AGins Farmer.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
Cane {" Shucks" for Manure.

r. A. Lee, of Alabama, writes to the
Southern Cuitieat0r for Il plan by which
'cane shucks' or old cane from which the
juice has been pressed, may be composted
and made useful as a manure. The RufaI
Neao Yorker makes the following sugges-
tons:
"If lime and ashes are applied to
heaps of vegetable matter, they will hasten
decomposition but the ammonia evolved
during the process will pass off into the
air and be lost, unless some kind of an
absorbent is placed over the heap. Char
coal, dried peat, or even good loam " i'll
answer the purpose, and some such ma.
terial should always be mixed with, or
spread over, compost heaps, whenever
lime or ashes is used to aid decomposition.
1t seems strange that the 'shucks' which
accumulate around a cane mill should be
allowed to go to waste anywhere; for
they can be readily transformed into a
most valuable manure, even without the
addition of any other material. All that
is necessary to produce rapid fermentation
and decomposition is, to work over the
heaps in warm weather, admitting air
and if not sufficiently moist, water should
be added, as heat, air and water will soon
produce a change upon any such mass OF
vegetable matter
GTbe first two or three times working
over is no childs play, and it requires pa
thence and muscle; but when the mass
once begins to crumble, it will soon be-
come soft, and as readily handled as ordi-
nary barn yard manure.
"Corn stalks and cane-shucks decom-
pose very slowly if allowed to remain un
disturbed, In large heaps; but we have
changed the most uninviting heap of corn
stalks into soft, rich, unctuous mass of
manure in three months, at small cost in
labor, only by merely turning 1t over and
keeping it sufficiently moist TO insure fer
mentation. We would not ask for better
fertilizng material than the cane-shucks
referred TO by Mr. Lee, and they can be
made available at small cost. We would
advise our Southern friends TO try com
posting cotton seed and cane shucks, or
castor pomace and shucks. Depending
upon concentrated, commercial fertilizers,
is great mistake, no matter where prac-
tised for there is not county in the
United States which does not contain,
within its own boundaries, fertiling mate
rails enough TO make every acre OF land
within the same area rich and fertile. This
material may be in the form OF swamp
mud, muck, mari, phosphates or in the
natural fertility of the soil, TO produce i'm
mense quantities of the coarse or fine
grasses but we are sure that it is there,
and 1t only requires skilful labor to develop
these mines Of wealth. The swamps and
muck beds of our counties are far more
valuable than our gold mines, but the mass
of farmers have not, as yet, learned to use
them to advantage"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

and tyrannizing over some unlucky little
mate, who dosen't happen to be AZ strong
as you are, and can only resent your abuse
by impotent rage, which seems to be vast
ly amusing. 1t is such fan to pelt poor,
little wretch with snowballs, every one Of
which goes straight as an arrow to its
mark, while his fly wildly in every direc-
ton but the right. 1t is such fun to throw
a little fellow head foremost into q snow
drift or catch him by the ends of his
scarf and whirl him around until he is
half strangled, and then let him drop like
bullet to the ground It is such fun to
run off with his ball; to split his top with
well-aimed "peg;" to send his marbles
flying into dirty puddle; to make, in
thousand ways, his life such burden to
him that he never goes out upon the street
without looking nervously around to see
if you were in sight,
tell you, boys, when l see such things
as these-and have seen them for years
and years-then I change my mind, and
think you must have, somewhere in your
natures, a streak of cowardice, and ruffian-
ism, and meanness. Mean! Why, there
are no words in the English language
strong enough to tell how mean it seems
to me. You, who ought to be the defend
ers of everything weak, and unfortunate.
and defenceless, whose very strength
should make you gentle, and who should
scorn anything so cowardly as finding
pleasure in seeing others suffer. wish I
could make you feel how dastardly it all
is and how far below even the beginning
of true manhood.
The trouble is with bog sentiment, against
which the boldest hardly dare transgress,
and which is all very well, as far a. 1t goes.
The greatest bully on the playground
would not venture deliberately to assault
and fog little fellow half his own size.
The chivalry Of all his mates would be
reused to defend the weaker, and the
chances are that the big tyrant would be
soundly thrashed But these smaller ty-
rannies the boys code of morals do not
touch; and so, little by little, he grows
careless of the sufierings of Others, and
seeks his own amusement regardless Of the
pain of such insignificant animals as dogs,
kittens, and small boys.-Litte Corporal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
Tame Goldfish.

Mr. Buckland, in Land and Water. gives
an interesting account of visit paid by
him to pond containing tame Goldfish at
Port Logan, WigtOnshire. The property
in question belongs to gentleman by the
name of MDougall, and consists of an
amphitheater about one hundred feet in
diameter followed out of the solid rock by
the sea. All egress from this is prevented
by barrier of loose stones, through
which water passes freely.
On approaching the shore of the pond
many Goldfish Of great size were seen; and
when q servant woman who had charge of
the fish approached with some muscles,
the surface Of the water was perfectly alive
with the struggling fish. They came close
to the edge, and after q while permitted
Mr.. auckland to take hold of them,
scratch them on the back, and play with
them in various ways. Among other ex-
periments tried by him was that Of hold
ing muscle in his hand, and allowing the
fish to swallow his hand in the effort TO
obtain the muscle.
These fish furnish to the proprietor an
excellent supply of food, the flavor being
considered much superior to that Of the
cod taken in the open sea. Whenever
needed for the table selection can readily
be made from the most prominent Of those
at hand, and the fish secured without any
difficulty.
A correspondent Of Land and Water,
referring to this account of the Goldfish at
Port Logan, remarks that when he visited
the pond, fifty years ago, there was blind
Goldfish in the pool, which the woman who
had the pond in charge used TO feed with
impets taken from the rock. When this
fish came to the surface with the others
she caught it in her fingers, sat down with
1t upon stool, having pail Of the limp
cts, shelled, in her lap, with which she fed
it out Of an iron spoon, the fish seeming
to enjoy 1t very much. After feeding she
returned it to the pond. The writer AYERS
this to be a fact, although he evidently
scarcely expects it to be believed.-Rar-
pey's Magazine for AprI
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
An Interestins Cave Of Conscience.

In 1865 q merchant received through the
postoffice letter, writer in disguised
hand, as follows
Il owe the firm Of, s., which /
stole, and am anxious to pay. l hope to
tell you of it personally, some day. In
the meantime will mail you ten dollars a
week, commencing the first of July, till
paid; interest and principal will be two
thousand dollars. Z Do not
try to discover me. Isend one dollar now !;
if you accept, please advertise in the Her
aid Personals and sign yourself x.
Y. e."
The merchant replied as requested
Every week, from that date, an envelope
was received through the mail enclosing
ten dollars, and no other writing but the
number of the payment, until the two
hundredth payment was received, with
the following lines written in the same
disguised hand:
1ioo hundredh payment. l send ten
dollars more; if you have got them all,
please advertise in the Herald Personals
If not, please advertise how many are lost,
and will send them"
The merchant replied, "The two hun
dredth payment is received. All right
Come and see me, and your name shall be
sacredly confidential" A few weeks after
this, young man met this merchant on
the sidewalk and handed him a copy of
the New York Herald, pointing out the
advertisement under the head Of Person
ais, and with trembling voice said, 81
am the person who wronged you while in
your employ, and have been making my
weekly payments to you until / paid the
debt, which hope God has forgiven"
Never was my surprise greater" says
the merchant who communicates this fact,
"than to stand before the individual who
had for two hundred weeks, without FAIL
paid me out of his earnings the amount
he had taken from me; and he, one of
whom never had the least suspicion"
Such an instance of continued steadfast-
ness of purpose and unostentation, is evil
dence of true penitence and thorough re-
form 1t should be recorded as an exam
pie for every one who has been guilty of
this sin. 1t is proper to add that this
young man is now is prosperous bust
ness enjoying the confidence of his fellow
men, and is worthy member of Christ
tan church BLESSED is he whose trans
erosion is forgiven, whose sin is covered"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

WRINKLED silk 1t is said, may be rem
dered nearly as beautiful as when new by
sponging the surface with weak solution
Of gum arabic or white glue; then iron on
the wrong side.
PROF. BROWN, in the Lancet, says that
calves die quite suddenly after sucking
cows affected with foot-and mouth dis
eases and fatal effects have followed the
administration of the milk to young pigs.
1t acts theoretically when given warm.
To REMOVE MOTH FROM THE FACE.-
The principal cause Of moth spots are bill
iousness, and the liver Is torpid. The
writer can testify that hard cider, drank
freely, doing away with tea and coffee, Is
sure cure. Let 1t be the only beverage
used until the spots are removed.-C0r.
Rural Neu Yorker. =.
AN experienced housekeeper says the
best thing for cleaning tin ware is common
soda. She gives the following directions:
Dampen cloth and dip in soda, and rub
the ware briskly, after which wipe dry.
Any blackened ware can be made TO look
as well as new"
THE american Rural Homo advises that
all tools that are simply vanished, be well
painted before being used. The advantage
of simply vanishing Is that the purchaser
can thus see the quality Of the wood used,
whereas very poor timber may be used,
and SO covered by paint a. TO pass 40
good.
To prevent wood from cracking, put the
articles in melting paraffine, heat them tOs
temperature of 212s Fair, until bubbles
of air cease to escape from the wood, then
allow to cool to about 1907 Fair, when
take from the bath, and clean from the ad-
herring paraff1ne by rubbing with dry,
coarse piece Of cloth.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Pr0trt1
Farmer says corn should never be planted
when the ground is cold. II the Their
mometer has ranged from 10 TO 90 degrees
for two days In succession, he thinks 1t
safe TO plant in dry ground, but when the
thermometer stands below 60 degrees, he
thinks corn Is better out of than In the
ground.
UNsELFBHNRss.- does happy
mean, A little girl lately said 1t 10 ITO
| feel as IL you wanted to give all your things
t to your little sister" You smile, but
scarcely see why you should. This little
girl felt that to be happy she must be ws-
sslfsA. She was right, and you know it.
Did you ever feel happy when you had sell
fish feelings in your breastl
NoURIsHINa Sour FOR INvALID&-BOil
two pounds of lean veal, or beef, with .
quarter of pound of pearl barley In .
quart of water very slowly. until 1t be-
comes the consistency Of good cream |;
flavor 1t with little fresh celery, or celery
seed, and salt. Strain it when dOna
through fine hair sieve, and serve. This
soup will only keep until tho next day,
therefore not more than the quantity re-
quired must be made.
To Colon ScARLEr.-One on. cochinea1,
1 or cream Of tartar, on. muriate Of tin,
for one pound Of wooden goodA Thor
oughly pulverize the cochineal by pound
ing. Put two pals Of soft water In bras.
or porcelain kettle. Have tho COchinesl
In q bag, and while the water % coming to
boil, squeeze It out with the banda, then
add the other ingredients, put N tAe goods
and let them boil one hour. constantly
stirring -xbaAsa0&
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
He drew something out.

He drovr com cfhSy,n Orf
He heI, n RI - pa,a.s' match
coors and purnett held their breath.
ona Sf the hnr1,ars not nuch ;nterested.
yawned ana;hiS H;s share Of the wprk
yroS o1,ar Ua u,os i, I. hurry tn get avsav
al o,-or oo
OH a W. j.
oWL..,, ~ .h.s,
So,nath;nn ras Tho matter Painter
.hra,r DIS .ha nLo. Th;oh no hsId
,-;,h 800. aa,h pstors, match u,.nf
ont Tbsra ,ves a n,;r,,,s,s h,actnass and
confrs;on
What ia ;t,o
/ "Who where ,n
| oTutors ~
| Rnnp
ono don,tp
aHoid ON >,
aWbat,s ..
"Iook here Hpsbm
ere still therew
"Nobodv's cominc-can't Won hold
vour tongue ="
The clash of whisners struck through
the dark room f,urht minnie hriskIy
then died down
Peters had lichted another match. His
face was male AID red nv t,,rns
"Look heren said he
The fellows all looked Peters f]ared
his match 70 and fro severn, times slowly
across the nacket in Painters hand.
Yes thew were the Calculus naners.
sura enongI tho cojcp,ns naners which
had cost them three bundled and fifty dol
lars and q BURGLARY the Calculus nancrs
,ha, t thar " h Ia tnrcad .no o',tor doar and
the entry door end Tho ofaca door and
the safe door 10 ret the Calculus naners
indeed folded and seaIed over and over
and about and about and here and there
with the great solid college sea,i
Iron locks and hare m;gbt be n,avtb;nps
To the nrofessionaI gentlemen. hut $, bit ot
sealing. way was moot AGAINST them
Who could hreak and mend the great
COLLEGE seaIs
"Isve half q mind tn break itrp cried
Burnett
"And he exnelled for a donkey,~
"It would he q Leetl hiober neg than ex.
nulsion gentlemen 7 reckon. said one of
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20
A Talk with NY Boys.

IHAvH two minds about you, boys. /
mean you older ones, from ten to fifteen,
or whereabouts. Sometimes l meet you
on the streets, and you bow to me pleas.
antly, and your faces look SO bright and
manly, that I say to myself, "What grand,
noble men they will make!' Or See you
at nv home, or in your own homes, and
you are gentlemaniy and thoughtful, and
[ feel proud of you, and know your
mothers do, too. And then, perhaps the
very next day, l see you shouting and
laushing at poor dog that IL fairly frantic
with terror 1t some dreadful thing tied TO
his tail; OF, worse yet. I see you abusing
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-20

II your colts are hard 70 get into the
barn. after their dsily exercise, Let them
anda few oats IN their manager after com.
ing n. and kh@ trouble b ovee.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09

John Hanlon has been hanged in Phila. delphia for the murder of Mary Mohrmaun, ,
 Fifty thousand francs have been sent to Paris by the New York Chamber of Com. tnerce Relief Committee.
 Al extensive fire has occurred in Vir. ginia City, Nevada.
 The Apache Indians are still depredatine in Arizona and New Mexico.
 An insane woman at Egg Harbor, NY, threw two of her children into well. and then drowned herself.
 A schooner has been wrecked on the Pacific coast, and several lives lost
 The cattle disease in Massachusetts is abating.
 An earthquake shock was felt in New Hampshire, Sunday.
 A terrible accident occurred on the Hud- son River railroad, en Tuesday.z-A pas- senger and an oil train collided on bridge. Both trains and the bridge were burned, and eleven lives were lost.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
NEW MILFORD.

Royal L Garfield, Esq, died, on Friday of last week. aged 56 years. His funeral was attended on Monday afternoon. from his late residence, Rev J. B. Bonar off EciRting, assisted by Rev. J. Greenwood. N
 = The advocates of railroad, from New Preston here held a meeting at the New England House, on Friday last, to heaE the report of the Engineers who have re- gently completed survey of the proposed road. p>
 -The annual donation visit at Rev. 0. G. Acley's, on Wednesday last, benefited him to the amount of about one hundred and seventy-6ve dollars, all in cash. a ' The friends of Rev, Mir, Greenwood made him donation visit. also, on the fol- lowing evening, and presented him with over one hundred and fifty dollars in mon. :. ey, and several other valuable gifts.
 The weather is intensely cold, andit thermometer has been several degrees be- low zero. ~ e<'Nf
 h the Congregational Church on Sunday it was considerably more uncom, fortable than it was out of doors. If this were the first occasion. it would be unnec- essary to mention it, but it has been in the same condition every cold Sunday for ten years. The furnace is entirely inadequate for ~sfnaing tho house properly, and the Committee should have provided another long ago, but it doesn't by any means fol low that they will do it.
 1.-The fine, sleighing has been appre ciated, and made the most of On Tuesday the 3lst ult., party went to Danbury te the Wooster House and on the next eve ming very large number went to Brook field to the American Hotel, where they had a fine supper, and 2 dance afterward Their sleigh bells on their return, wok, people up just in time for an early break fast. % k- " &~ '1 l<' INo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
Feb. 7th, 1871.
WOODBURY.

Some three weeks since, the scarlet fev- CT made it's appearance in different sections of the town. nearly at the same time, but as yet no fatal cases have occurred, except in the family of Capt. Eli Sperry. His four children were prostrated by it, and on the 18th ult two of them died and were inferred the same day, at five o'clock, P. m. His wife, who had suffered greatly for nearly year, from some affection of the heart and lungs, and whose decease had been expected for months, followed her little ones to the spirit land. on the 2d inst, and, few hours later, the third child joined his mother and the other two who had gone only little before him. By this mysterious providence. happy fami- ly is broken up, and most worthy man and an estimabie citizen is plunged in the deepest grief. with none of his loved ones to comfort and cheer him, except one little OOY. u sSs8&R6 E&-s4~@
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
NEW PRESTON, Feb, 9th. 1871

. 2
 MR,s EDITOR: Many of your readers may not be aware that railroad survey from New Milford to this place has been in progress during the last four weeks, and is now completed. The proposed rail- road connects with the Housatonic a few rods above its depot at New Milford and terminates in our village. following in its course the East Aspetuc river-a river hay ing it's source in our .tWaramaug) Lake. An enthusiastic meeting of citizens living within the basin of said river was held at New Milford on the Sd inst, at which the engineer, Wm. s. Rowson of Brooklyn- employed to make the survey-made full report, accompanied with complete map The whole distance from the point where it connects with the H. R. R. to it's termi- nus in our village is 7A miles. The av- craze grade is AS feet to the mile. The estimated expense of grading the road the whole distance, and fencing it, including all bridges, culverts, &c, is SAC, ,0O0, gstG.
 The survey and estimates have been made at an expense of over $400 by 8 com petent, engineer with great care and ac- curacy, and there is no doubt that the pro. posed road can be graded for a sum not to exceed the estimated cost. MT. George Nobles, one of the directors of the H. R. R. O., was present at the meeting, and gave assurances that the proposed road would receive material aid from the H.. R. R. A committee of five, consisting of Messrs. Edwin R. Beeman, Rufus Smith. Albert N. Baldwin, Isaac Bristol, and Geo. W. Coggswell, was appointed to confer with the Directors of the H. R.R. Go. at their next meeting, and to ascertain what aid that company are willing and ready to guarantee. qa fe5.a e;.sry4. . ...,s:,a~ 2
 Should the H. R. R. Go. furnish that encouragement and aid which we believe its own pecuniary interests demand. there is little doubt but that the requisite amount of funds for grading the road can be raised forthwith It is confidently expected that project so fraught with benefit to all par ties concerned will be speedily consume ted. H4t. t.tJd = EtF FkD w.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
CORNWALL.

J.sanford Johnson has purchased the John Bradford place, opposite his fathers in Johnson s Valley, for $5OOO, and is thor
 oughly repairing it for his perminent resi- dence.1 MT. E. c. Williams, of Troy, N. Y, has, rented the place where Mr. John son now lives for one year, for $4OO. D 4
 T. MT. Henry Haller has sold his place in West Cornwall to J. A. Cochrane, for 1o ooo ste3 z8J -zs Sl@E 3a4 ss fHo .-A "v P1,1VV.. s.s. s5t s1a3sEaa @a Mss l@9a s@.- @-L4. ---Mrs. Bradford and daughter have rented the parsonage in South Cornwall, and will move there in April. 'if. :. .-.,. ,a>-1 -.4
 Last Sunday was the coldest thus far, the thermometer indicating 15o below ze. TO ;sonlya about forty persons attending Church. 3a 15JM K3HGg aaI
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-09
MORRIS.

The Rev. D. D. T. Mclaughlin has re- covered from his late illness sufficiently to resume his place in the pulpit.
 Surprise parties are all the go just now better patronized even than the regular meetings. Starting out with Monday eve- ming of last week. the first suprise had been intended for Mir. William Huntington, but, finding that gentleman had got wind of their project. the party made flank movement and charged on Mir. and Mrs. Levi Howe. They had a very good time, but as rather natural consequence MT. Howe, who is serving on jury, was late at his place next morning. Judge Loomis enquired the reason. MT. Fl. answered " that he had had sudden addition to his family" The excuse was satisfactory of course. On Wednesday evening Mrs. Richard Turkingtoa's turn came. Mrs. Huntington was enticed away on pretence of susprising some one else. After a round about sleighride she was brought back to her own house to find it lighted up and full of company. On Monday evening of. this week party of elderly people surprised Deacon j. A. Oviatt with celebration of his sixtieth birthday. # -t
 At the adjourned town meeting of Monday a tax of eight mills on the dollar was laid, which, with the. two mill school tax of last fall, makes our annual tax one cent on the dollar. a,
 Mr. Newton Smith has sold his stock of goods in the East Side store to Mir. H. Matoon of Watertown. who takes possession on the first of next month. . 1a