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REMARKS.

f' REMARKS.
| The offerings OF uheet on 'Charge to day were
rs a22 bushels. The offerings on Change on the
| corT esponding day OF lsst year were
! !Wheat.-Th,te e,376 bushels, Of which i, 53a
bushels were re-e1 hibited. Red, l. ITO bushels, of
| which s5i bushels we're re-exhibited.
| Market to-day was active, for good samples
especially, and prices about the same Seed wheat
| finds rexdJ purchasers. %Si -
| Offerings of corn light and prices unchanged
Offerings OF cats Light, and all taken at tie rate,
OF the preceding Gay.
| Yesterday we made some rem srks about the
corn crop in which we expressed the conviction
that the alarm" wal not warranted by the facts.
Since tncn we have received additional informa.
ton, all going TO confirm the views we have tx
pressed. For instance Mr.. Edwin W ortham in
forms us that friend OF his from Matthews
county st tea tn ,t tile corn crop there and there
abbuts Is very fine. Don't be afraid, good peo-
ple there vii; b. plenty OF corn meal
We have received q communication signed
"iioNEsTY." relative to the grain trade, where
unto we reply that We don't believe word that
Honesty" says. whoever ne may be in fact, tce
kn0p his statements to be utterly false and, more
over, If the w!aler were an honest man he would
put his real name to his communication. The
word " Ho1esty'' appendei to such letter Is
gross and Infamous mls,pplicaton the term.
scarce, aGd Is in demand. Now is good time 10 r
farmers to send 1t in.
A circular dated the 18th instant, from promi-
nent clearinghouse in "all street, New York,
and which we have Just received, says 1.-THE crop
prospects in all pirts Of the world very assur
ing. The grain yield, with local exceptions, is sat-
isfactory In weight and quality. In Finlsnd some
d mage has occucrt d. but In France, Ger many,
Italy, and throughout our country, the reports
uuilormiy favorable. Prices 10 Liverpool have
gradually receded in view of these prospects and
of unusually l&rge amounts Of wheat anoa., and D
comparison shows decline .witnin the month OF
s cd. TO IS. on wheat, Of Oh. to Is. Cd. on corn,
sni is. ID. to IS. sd. on co:tQn.n ...' ....
In Baltimore on the 18Th instant receipts o;
WHEAT we're so ais bushels market active, with
prices steady sales embraced 1900 bushels south
ern VIII. te ut Fl. goo f5o 400 bushels western white
at Sl.36. 1890 busheis chic and Indiana red at
$l.ssSl IS bulk at slaaOsl.ai 600 bushels damp
do. at 81 20, COO bushels Pennsylvania 1T Sl.3O6G
$l.35 $50 bushels choice southern st Sl.55, $500
bushels prime do q. 81 IO@QsL43, 1000 bushels
good 60. at 81 3OGQs135, 200 bushels fair do. ut
$L25@Sl25.
Row compare to days Richmond prices With
he above and see if Richmond Is not fully up TO
the mark.
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FORT OF RICHM0ED, AUGUST 10, B1L
ARnIvED.
Steamer Albemarle. Couch. New York, mer'
chandise and passengers j. w. Wyatt.
steamer Johu sylvester, Clifford. Norfolk, ner'
chaadise and passengers, L. B. TatuIn Co..
SAILED, g.
Steamer klbemarle, Couch, New York, mcr-
chan disc and passengers, j. w. Wyatt.
Steamer Pah5a0e, Nelson, ChlcEahominy, mer-
chandfse and passengers.
Schoo ner Julia aud Ann, Norfolk. mercaandise,
schoourr Osceola, Clay, Norfolk, merchandise,
Curtis & Parker, ~.
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The California Republicans End1S.
mani.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Aug. 19.-The Re-
publicans are indignant at speech OF Geo.
Gorham, the Secretary of the United States
Senate, in which he repudiated the anti
Chinese and anti. subsidy planks Of the Re-
Dubican platform.
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Cotton Markets TELEGRAPu.l

NEW ORLEANS, i ug. TO- Cotton Guu and nomi-
nal mid :IinSS, lGslr7tc; ne: receipts, 3i5 bales
gros, receipts 1855 bales exports 10 Great Bril-
tin, 400 bales stock, S2,932 bales.
MOBILE, Aug. 10 Cotton quiet; mlddlinga,
l7Ac.; net receipts, % bales exporSs coastwi5e,
1,43i bales sales 100 bales stock, ) $50 bales.
SAyANNAII, Aug. 10. cotton Nothing doing
Low m,adr!ng l6tc.; sales, 20 bales Stock 3'e's
bales.
CHARLESTON, Aug. 10. Cotton - MdIlings
lefGGi7c.: Mt receipts, 81 les; sales, 2j5 bal
stock 2,S40 bales,
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01AGNIFICENT LANES RIVER Is

M JAMES RIVER Els
IVA TATE FCS SaLE.--i have for sale a
MAGNIFICEi4T E-ThTE of l,15U ACRES %
James river, a few miles above Richmond Coil,
improvements, society, and scenery unsurpassed
IN the STATE.
There is mil! on the properly. Public schools,
churches, ami post ;es con vcntsnt.
70 n purchaser before the lsr Jay or October Z.
great b rgeiu and liberal terms Of payment "ii'
be tffyrea; aud If desired the purchaser oil tne
estate can take farming utensils, team, stock, &c,
together with 100000 pounds hay, prob ably "en
barrels of corn and ni4 Of sams, OF Il Of 1000 to
| 1000 bushels OF wheat, and clover seed for $50
acres OF lant.
This estate can be divided about equally giving
to either part angle buildings.
Possession at any time. -
g., q, rno4 lOla sin street.
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RAILROADS..
.e~~~~~->~~~~-~~~~
% 90 90 IN ag sss.ssssss =

III Sc tH 81 z2 E& ssa - -
] EleHnoxs .aD gzznzssuss = -. gs,o-3
1.-THE TR AINsfiON THIS Road
TS ga mai ss 1e 1sins iea7s Richmond A
sns5:so s. n and ls1ye Psterssars 9 40 A. y.
FseIshsaed aceompassaea t.sias leave gice-
4: ssst tS 8 spa Lac rs'sfs-
sps q dstSs s. r.s irs,ni1i Tot iesys
f sssesssr - to- tie he 40 r. y.
dsiiJ train. and those from Eorfo;kiwiIl connect
VIM, sss 10 4 vi saia
and s ara an ieavs Richmond On tie
The mail trains will ssop enis; o. Chester III.
The a.: u: train VII connect i ~ h, rs.efs-
burg with the Atlantis Mississippi ana ONO rai
SLEEPING ca III OF the 800 IN. train, run
mn. through 70 Wilmington. ~ s.,nss "a.
ssICHMOND. AND DANVILLE RAIL-,
Id E0AD-IOn and sitter JUaY 2sTH, ISL ,Tsst
J. GOING " Esr:e. ~. 8
mona da N9 e1ssps
Dsny,lls asn:'s AM; strives ~ areeusSoro' q
noHd daily at als A. D.: arrives a. IynchbuFs At
Train 30. Is tLynchburg Freisht and Accom-,
mod ssiogl lea YES sicomoad AZ s'os +. NJ. arrives
Train no. 1Itf1rougl Aaita Express1 ieayes
F;ehmond daily q. 2:40 p. NJ; leaves Danvflie
daily at ls:&s NJ; arrives At Greensboro daily
GOING EAST:
Train No. II fThrcugh Mail and E1press) leaves
Greensboro dxEJ u. 7:os p. 81; leaves Dan villa .
daily at lo:la P. e; arrives vt hichmond daily as
5:AA. 81. a--Z "} - =
Train No. 0 Through Passenger, leayea Green's /;
boro' daily Except sundays At II :o5 A. ~. leaves
y,snVle at 1:27 r. NJ; srrlves a. Richmond At $50
?. n.
Train No. 10 lLynrhburs Pssoeagerl leaves
Lynchburg daily at $40 a. NJ; leaves Eurkevt.le
att ?, 81; arrives nc Richmond at r. II.
Train y o. 3 lynch onrg Freight snd Accomulo-
d3tioul ]e.ves Iynchburg I0:l0 r. III. arrives At
Richmond s4s 4. NJ (.undays exceptedE
Pta4ns nos. ana IL connccL et Greensboro with
Trains on North Carolina Railroad for all points
South $50 .@ - -.
Trains Nos. and Is connect ct Burkeyille
with IralD on AtSnsc, Mississippi, sud Ohio
Ra3lre3d for ali potnls Southwest and Soutb,
THROUGH TICKETS 10 all points oouLh and
Southwest can be procured Mt the ticket Office 10
Etchmono, spd Of 4. +. WALKER, Agent OF At
lantic, Mississippi aud Ohio railroad, No. 132s
VI ain street, Richmond. s.
Papers thai nave arrangements to advertise tho
schedule OF this company VII please print az
above. JOIN Is. MACMUhDO, 100.
General Ereghs ana Ticket AEent- =
T. NJ. r. TALCoTT. sng'r and Supt. ty - ~
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FOE SALE OR EXCHANGE. a Fam
II OF TWO HUEDkED AND SEVES ~
FIVE ACRES LAND IN POWHATAN C0US
TY, ON JAMES RIVER, SiXrEEH MILES
now In corn that will compare with any III ihr
state Of Virginia; 81 acres Of cietred upland. ana
the balance Ia heavy timber: Dwelling with three
FOODS kitchen and ooe tobacco barn. f
This is one OF the most productive farms on
James river. it abiotps HuSuenot Springs, and
In the centre of the ose'ds OF the counties OF
Powh .tan and Chesterfield. Some fruit on the
piece.
This place will be sold or exchanged for city
property. Apply to HILL & GDBDIS.
| Peal Estate Agents,
Of cod los Main street.
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.nr,.s goCkBRIDG s Al UM,

ga, Rain The Capacity Of tho Alum
'' -, t,un.,rcd and Fifty Visitors Here Vow
na,,;., Meeting nj Goshen Personal brcs
,,,o The nrcSs Ball, &c.
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4 ,EESAPEakE AND, OHIO RAIL.
" ktiAU.-..D aud alter TT UhsDAY, June It,
PASSENGER TRAINS .eave Richmond (oun-
days exceptei) as follows:
$3.50 A. M.-MAn. TekJE FOR The White Sul-
phur cpiiugs, connecting Al GOrdonsyllle with Tho
orange, AlsXaEdria aud Manassas train for
" a.hIngton and North, and Lynchourg and South.
3:55 =. Ss.--ACCU N ApDATiOH Train Tor
GJruorsv;llr exec ut on Saturday, on WHICH lay 1t
leaves ats p. NJ. This train connects at 20: IONS
Vile with tue night lrsiIs on the Orange, AleIan-
dria and MANASSAS railroad for LIZ rCHbUhG
end " A;HINGTOE.
On ard ate, The 18th OF JUNE PASSENGER
THAlN Will run daily (excep. SU1dAyl between
Stanton aud the Whit, sulphur, as .ClioHs:
Leave stanton ~. 10 A. IL
Arrive nj W hiie sulphur at.........'..I31 +. "a.
lIeSve White sulphur 2L........."."..z:3s < ~
arrive St SrauGton NJ. .............: - ~.
Through tickets, a. low rates, soid 10 oil polnn
further Information may be obtained at the
companys Offices. .....
No Passenger Trsi,4s are run on Sundays;
~. -. ... t A. Ii. Percy,
General Supcrintec dent.
JAMES r. NEThERLAsD, GenI Ticket Agt.
Al
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1871.

SUMNER ARRANGEMENT. ~ -
sc ID u l. n SiGh;dOciI;, FhEoERlChSs
uUR1 AID POTOMAC ROUTE, GOING J., (.
INTO EFFECT JUNE J, 1871. = =, = :
TROUGH TRAINS leave Depot corner Byrd
and stb streeta, as follows: !.
in Wellington al l2:t5, Baitimote lexcept on
sundays at AIS, Philadelphia 1t a:l5, and New
Yo; K 4. $50 p. A~THESA1huAI.a
The hIGhT TRAIN daily except on Sundays)
at 8:l$ I. u. 49, 80
The EAY TEAIN arrives In Richmond st All
IN.
The NIGHT TRAIN arrives Ia Richmond
(Moudays excepted} at $3.50 a. "a.
she ACCUnMuDATlUN T3t1S FOR Mllfor.
leaves Broa,l-street D.pot daily l-undays ex-
ccptedl at ALSO l.. FL. Arrives In Richmond at $40
Tie FRNlGHT TEAMS leave on Tuesdays and
friGsysats As A. n. ~
The Uah IiCAET5 aud TKROUI Bag
t;AGE LHECk5 to I'll principal points North,
Exst, aU1 West
Compapy's Offices, corner Broad and 9Th street,
9icset olice, eo.uer syrd and sth Streets:
. s..- y. is. sSataJRY, II BAL
General Ticket Agent.
&c. T. -. TyrHs Errets, sup't. 49, JET
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For the Dlspatch.1


By mistake the following motion was re
corded in the proceedings OF the township
meeting held al Blanks store, in Caroline
county
ION motion of ii. +. Doggett, MIR. +
". scott, ST., was unanimously elected a
deIegt tic from til $ township TO attend Sen
ltorial convention, TO be composed OF dele
gates from Hanover and Caroline"
No such motion was made.
Also, the name of DR.. Charles |. Wright
was uninttnionally omitted from the list o.
delegates to the county convention.
II. 4. WARE, Secretary.
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REAL EsTATG. AR PEEvATE SALE

BUILDING LOTS FOB sALE.-LOTs
Dssl 5-l2by 1s2 feet on 9Th street. between N
and 0 streets. Church Bill Simops's Rope Wa'k.
inssslments fSIo until pEid for. ~.
LOTS In the growing viilsge Of Woodvile. ad-
aeld race-course. Prioe, $50 perlos, payable In
inssa IN nts 10 snit the purchaser.
OEN-F.'U eth ACRE LOTS, in Marx's addi-
lot psr able In 1us:slmehts 70 suit tife purchaser
LOIS AND GARDEN FARMS, In and ad,oin.
ing the delightfully."- oituated town OF Randolph
on the Williamsburg turnpike adjoining klch
mond on The East Price and terms liberal.
HANDS ME BUILDING LOTS In che western,
part Of Richmond. on Clay. Broad, Grace. Frank
BelvIdere.
apply to RICHARDSON & CO.,
au k-1m lila Main street.
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IMPORTANT pCcisIoS.-Judge Wingfeld
rendered his decision yesterday in the im.
portant case of Read VS.. Hare's executors.
involving very large amount. The action
was TO Subject the executors for their Con.
l.dcrate investments of funds OF the estate
apd for other purposes. The decision was
a complicated enc, tut the main points
were, we believe, as follows: TO acquit The
executors of liability except for mortgages
withdrawn and IeiDves.ed Ia Confederate
securities TO order u division OF the estate
among the lePatces; TO ALTO" TO VIM. a.
Read the interest Of his deceased son, JAS.
Read, in the estate; denying The grand.
children Of dcccdenI born since the date OF
the will, the specific legacy left TO the other
grandchildren, and to allow To defendants
commission as trustees, but not rs eXecu
tors. The amount thus recovered against
the executors is com paratiyely small, as
only one oil the leyatees was party to the
suit. Mc>srs. j. NJ. Booker, Of Lynchburg,
and Decatur Ii. Miller, OF Baltimore, are
the executors and trustees.-Lynchour9
VirgtWdn.
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MARINE ENTEALIGENCE.

hINia%uGK aLHaNAt!, AUGUST q 1871.
sun r,sso...,5 .22 Moon scts.. -. 10 Oh
81 q ssta ,.,,,...... e.3s High lids. 75S
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..,,,,,,cnco Of the re Emoud Dispatch
RocxRRlDGE ALUM SrRlNGS,}
Ano,lSt IS, 1871.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
GIVING OUT A HYMN.

Evenings with the Sacred Poets, .
by Frederick Saunders, contains
one good story. 1t is of the min,
lister Of a Methodist chapel in Geor-
gia, who, having left his spectacles
at home on one occasion, intended to
announce to his congregation that
the singingwo be dispensed with,
He arose and said:
My eyes are dim, / cannot see;''
and Immediately the choristers' com
menced singing the words to the
"One Hundreth.' Surprise and
modification made him almost
breathless, but he made an effort tC
stammer out:
Il meant hut an apology
This line was taken up by the
congregation in the same manner,
when the dominic, becoming much
excited exclaimed:
Forbear, Ipray; my eyes are dim"
But remonstrance was vain, and
the singers went on till, in accents
Of despair, he again cried out;
lido not mean to read hymn.'
a declaration so palpable that it 81
lenced the vociferous singers.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
M1LLERsBURG COUNTY, o. THURSDAY JANUARY s. 1871
WINTER REVERIES.
BY (. N. STARR.


All day the thick gray clouds have flown
Across the sky like things of life.
!, watching from my window, called
Them armies, deep in mortal strife,
The sun, pale cold thing, looks through
A rift made in a broken cloud,
Just as still white face sometimes
Looks to you from its folded shrOud.
The snow lies in the garden path,
Icicles fringe the low brown caves;
On the slender bough of the willow tree
Are clinging few dead leaves.
In a broken knot of the old burr oak,
A birds nest is sitting, a tiny thing
remember now how the builders sang
Over their work in the early spring.
There were violets then on the meadow slopes
There was fragrance then on the dewy air,
As it playfully swept over beautiful things,
Moses and lichen5 and grasses fair.
There was music then in the little brook
That swept thro' gorge in the deep ravine
Never spring has been like that spring
Never another will be, 1 ween.
There were tender eyes, full of glorious light
That looked with me then DER this peerles:
earth:
They are closed forever-I turn away,
Little its beauties to me are worth.
turn away, for December's SHOWS
Lie on my heart thro' each day of the year,
Only its cold gray skies can see,
Only its wailing winds tan hear.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
MARK TWAIN'S NAG.

l have Il horse by the name of
Jerico. He is a mare. Ihave seen
remarkable horses before, but none
so remarkable as this. | wanted a
horse that would shy, and this fills
the bill. | had an idea that shving
indicated spirit. If it is correct |
have the most spirited horse on
earth. He SHES at every thing he
comes to with the utmost partiality.
He appears to have mortal dread
of telegraph poles especially; and
it is fortunate that these are on both
sides of the road, because, as it now
is, never fall offtwice in succession
on the same side. If | fell on the
same side always, it would get mo-
notonous after awhile. The crea-
ture SHE'D at everything he has seen
to-day except hay stack. He walk
ed up to that with an intrepiditv
and recklessness that was astonish-
ing.
And it would fill any one with ad-
miration to see how he preserved
his self-possession in the presence
of barley stack. This dare devil
bravery will be the death of this
horse some day. He is not partic-
ularly fast, but l think he will get
me through the Holy Land. He has
only one fault. His tail has been
chopped OF, or else he has set down
ON it too hard sometime or other,
and has to fight flies with his heels.
This is all very well, but when he
tries to kick fly OFF the top of his
head with his hind foot, it is too
much of variety, He is going to
get himself into trouble that way
some day. lie reaches around and
bites my legs, too. | do not care
particularly about this, only l do not
like to see horse too Sociable,-I
The IRROceRtS 4 broad.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
HORN ALL.

Frequently COWS are sick, hav ing
cold horns and ears, and eat spar
ingly of food. The diseases pro
ducing this effect are mostly all
called hollow horn, and with many
farmers, the remedy is boring holes
in the horns, which is of doubtful
utility. Warm applications bound
round the horns and head will he
much better than boring the horns,
or saving them otf,as has beeL done
by many farmers in such cases.
With COWS thus affected. gentle
treatment is decidedly the best,and
the painful process of boring the
cows horns, does more harm than
good. Take strong vinegar and tur-
pentine, each one gill, heat them to
gether, add half gill of salt and
black pepper, and rub the cows
head well around the roots of the
horns as hot as it can be borne with
the hand. Then bind the horns
round with strips of wooden cloth.
For such COWS, give bran mash, in
which put tablespoonful of pow
der,nlght and morning. The ingre-
dien of the powder is two parts gun
powder, one do. sulphur, one do.
alum.-JOuTaGl Of the Farm.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
FOOD MEDICINES.

DR.. Hall relates the case of man
cured of biliousness by going
without his supper and drinking
freely of lemonade. Every morn
ing, says the doctor, this patient
rose with Il wonderful sense of rest,
refreshment,and feeling as though
the blood had been literally washed,
cleansed and cooled by the lemon
ade and the fast. His theory is
that food will be used rs a remedy
for many diseases successfully.
For example, he instances cures OF
splitting of blood by the use of salt;
epilepsy and yellow fever, watermel-
ons; kidney aSections, celery; poison,
olive or sweet oil; erysipelas, pound
ed cranberries applied to the parts
hydrophobia, onions, etc.
So the thing to do in order to keep
in good health is To know what to
eat and not what medicines to take.
Suhspriha fnr fhp RrpIrRIICAN
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
How Manage my Horses, Cattle and
Hogs.

In the first place I have nv stack
yard near the barn. Here all nv
straw is well stacked or ricked. so
as to shed water. In constructing
my stacks or ricks, / am careful to
have it well trampled in the middle.
80 that there slian De no settling at
the top to let in water. | also
sprinkle upon the straw plenty OF
salt while stacking. The salt adds
at least fifty per cent. to the value
of the straw as forage.
My horses are bedded abundantlv
with straw the year round. In the
morning all that is wet goes to the
manure pile.
In pleasant weather I turn my
stock into the stack yard at night.
Even when they have a good pas
ture, in fall and spring, they will
eat well salted straw, night and
morning, with 4 relish. Indeed
they seem to delight being turned
into the stack yard at all seasons of
the year. In the winter they ap-
pear to like it as well as hay.~ And
they thrive on it better than hay.
unless the hay is salted. At least
such is my experience; for if nv
stack yard gives out, my cattle com
mence falling off, even while having
all the hay they will eat. Once a
week, the straw that the cattle get
under their feet is hauled away and
put upon the manure pile, and Of
tener, if this waste straw becomes
wet. Managing in this way, my
stock have a nice clean place on
which to lie, and they seem tuUy to
appreciate it, especially in cold
weather.
My hogs, particularly my breed
ing hogs, are bedded from Novem-
Der to May, on a dry floor, with
good clear straw, which is changed
every two weeks, taking the old
straw to the manure heap.
During the fall and winter the old
which has been made is
spread on land intended for corn the
next season. In the spring this
manure is plowed under. l have
found that spreading simply the
straw saturated with urine makes Il
most capital manure for corn. Nv
crop is always the best where this
kind of manure is spread, owing, L
suppose, to the urine in the straw
so much ammonia.
A.V. PoINDEXTEI.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
IRRIGATlNG MEADOWS.

Some people appear to think that
the chief object in irrigating grass
land is to furnish water during the
dry, hot weather of summer. In
some arid climates this is the case:
but rs general rule the benefits of
irrigation are derived from water
flowing on the land during the late
fall, winter, and early spring months.
And there are many places where
side hid meadows might be easily
irrigated from streams which run
only at these seasons of the wear.
We have seen Il rude dam that.
thrown across such stream. directed
the water over several acres of poor
grass land and caused it to produce
heavy crops of hay. Now is the
time to attend to this matter. Build
Il dam high enough to cause the
water to overflow the banks and
then plow out or dig channel and
let the water overflow, running in
thin sheet over the land. This is Il
rude method of irrigation, and
very inadequate description of it.
but still may induce some of our
readers 70 avail themselves of the
water which now runs uSelessly
down their hillsides ut this season
of the wear and in the spring.
Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-01-05
Farm and Household.
100 MUCH LICKING.

Horses as a general thing get too
much licking and too little feed: II
man loses his hat while driving
his horse, he 'hcks the horse to pay
for it, If he runs into another
wagon through his own carelessness.
he icks the horse to make it all
right. Ifthe horse slips or stumbles,
he gets licked for tiff. he does
anything he gets licked, and if he
don't do anything he gets the same.
\ great many horses know "a sight"
more than their drivers, and if they
could change places with them So
eiety at large would be the gamers,
and so would the horses.