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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Early Rose Potatoes stand at the Head
of the List.

Early Rose Potatoes Stand at the Head
OF the List.
The following, from the last Country
Gentlemen, is in accordance with the
universal testimony of all potato
growers who have tested the different
varieties now cultivated:
The 21st of May last, after planting
corn, 1 had about an acre Of ground
that was reserved for the cabbage plot,
a piece on which potatoes were grown
the year previous; and, having few
small potatoes of the Early Rose IN the
cellar after the spring sales and plant
ing were over, that considered too
small for any purpose except to feed
the pigs, concluded to try a. e1csn-
ment with them. I therefore dew
few light burrows about three inches
deep across the patch, dropped the po-
tatoes one in a place, two and half
feet apart, in the burrows, then covered
them with the plow; they were twice
cultivated and howed with but little ex-
pense, as the ground was warm when
planted, and June was the month of
severe drought with us in this section.
July gave us more rain, while In Au-
gust we were abundantly supplied
with copious showers, and the rest OF
the season the rains were timely and
sufficient for the wants of growing
crops. The first of October the piece
of about one quarter of an acre was
dug; the yield, at the rate of over 300
bushels per acre, was the largest grown
on the farm the past year; the pota-
toes were free from rot, and are now at
this writing sound and firm, as the
Early Rose has always been a good po-
tato to keep in my cellar. After three
years experimenting with the Early
Rose as to yield and quality, for the
table, both as an early potato, also as
late keeper and freedom from rot, L
have no hesitancy In placing it at the
head of the list of potatoes. Other
sorts may excel it in some one particu-
lar, but 1 have found none yet that L
would give up the Early Rose for, al
though planted quite number of
new sorts last spring that were repre-
sented to be better than they were, in
every instance they have failed to come
up to Early Rose with me, either In
quality for the table, or in yield or
freedom from rot. JoNA. TAYLOR.
ROME, January oath.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
Death Of One Of Byron,s HerOlnes.

Lady Wilmot Horton died in Derby
shire, England, on the 10th instant, in
her eighty third year. 1t was she who
inspired Lord Byron with the first song
of the Hebrew Melodies, beginning
"She walks in beauty; like the night
OF cloudless chimes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet IN her aspect and her eyes"
The stanzas were written by Byron on
returning from a ballroom, where he
had seen Mrs. afterwards Lady, VIII
mot Horton, wife of his relation, who
was Governor of Ceylon- On this &C.
casion. Mrs. Wilmot Horton had ap-
peared in mourning, with numerous
spangles on her dress, and in the full
bloom of beauty.-London Orchestra.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

The STEAMER S. exploded several
wears ago with terrible effect, and
burned to the waters edge. Captain
S. was blown into the air, ahghtine
near O floating bale of cotton upon
which he hoated uninjured, but much
blackened and muddied. Arriving at
last at a village several miles below, to
which news of the disaster had preced-
ed him, he was accosted by the editor
of the village paper, with whom he was
well acquainted, eager for an item:
s'I say, is the s. blown up
eyes"
"Was Captain s. hlled9n -,s
"I am the captain.
"Tha thunder you are! How h1gt
were you blown"
{" High enough to think of every
mean thing I ever did in my life be
fore 1 came down again"
The other started on a run for hui
Office The paper was about going e
press, and not wishing to omit the
item of intelligence for the next issue
two weeks of, he wrote as follows; :.
"The steamer s. has bnrst her boil
ers, as we learn from Captain g., Wit
says he was up long enough to think o
every mean thing he ever did IN hi
life before he lit. We suppose he wa
up about three months.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
Hood.Winking the Uhlaas.

An amusing incident occurred IN
small form-house near BapaurAe when
the Uhlans made their first appearance
in the neighborhood. A fine fat Pig
formed part of the farmers stock, and
its safety created considerable anxiety
to both the farmer and his wife. On
the suggestion of the latter the pig was
instantly slaughtered and dressed;
This operation. was scarcely concluded
when the Uhlans near approach was
announced. Without loss OF tune
madame placed table in the center OF
their room, or house-place, on WhleE
she directed her husband to place the
carcass of the pig, over which she I'm :
mediately threw clean sheet. Oandles mole !,
wereinstantly lighted and placed around
the table, and a ehdpelte drdente was
imnroyised. "h the Uhlans GENE,
YOU will say am dead; and so WINS.
perinQ she withdrew. The tread OF
1 horses came up to the door; the farm
er and the other members II his family
I immediately knelt around the dead
BODY. The Uhlans, opening the door,
entered the house. The leader nalse9
and exclaimed, ''Morto T" ]" Oul,
oui.'' said the mourning husband [" II
| is INV wife who is dead" The Uhians
withdrew, the wife came from her md
4 ind-place, and the pig was not eaten
by the Prussians.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
A ppIv1TE letter from Paris brinI

A PRIVATE letter from Pans br1ngs
In our notice a curious case of what Is
called the irony of history. The Great
Exhibition of 1851 was supposed to be
the inauguration of period of perpet-
nal peace. Alarge collection of French
wheats was sent to it by order of the
National Assembly. After the Exhibi-
ton these samples we're stored for the
benefit of the curious in the galleries
of the Conseryatoire des Arts ct Meters.
The directors of the museum and their
families, and the sick and wounded (for
whom beds had been prepared IN the
building), have lived through the latter
portion Of the siege upon good white
bread made out of the samples above
mentioned. -
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
For Dyspepsia,

Indigestion, depression of spirits, and
general debility IN their various forms /;
also, as preventive against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers, the
q 'sFerro- -Phosphorated Elixir OF Cali
saya,r made by Caswell, Hazard 4 Co.,
New York, and sold by all druggists IS
the best tonic, and as tonic for pa
tients recovering from fever or other
sickness, it has no equal
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
Early Chickens.

The season of the year has now fully
arrived when breeders ought to have
their stock mated and placed IN their
breeding pens, and whenever hen
shows signs of incubation, no time
should be lost in placing eggs under
her. The early Matched chicken has
many advantages over those OF lower
birth it should be borne IN mind that
it is in early chickenhood the frame IS
made that viii hereafter place it In the
rank of the large birds of its breed.
And although feeding has much to Go
in the production of slze and maturity,
other things being equal, the early
chicken is sure to be the best. 1t be-
hooves breeders, then, who WISH 60
excel in this respect, to produce early
chickens, although at the cost OF con.
siderable more care and attention than
is necessary in the raising OF those at a
later period in the season.-Fo''St'y
Chronicle.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

The late Lord Bentinck's fox hunt
ing stud was sold at auction at latter
sails, London, lately, and some fifty
horses brought more than e1O, 600.
During the ten years that he led the
Burton hunt, Lord Bentinck spent up
on il more than ESQ, 900.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
hgHEAIrHHAs BEAUTY OF MS own

No eruptions, sores or discolorations dishgs
ure or annoy the man or woman whose stom-
sch. liver and bowels do their duty thoroughly.
To compel them to their work, TO render II m
nossibIe for them to do it IN q slovenly, I'M
perfect way, it is only necessary to take 3 few
doses of DIR. WALKERS VINEGAR BTrTERs.
This potent vegetable specific renovates every
weakened organ and controls every disordered
fnpcfion
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

THEY have smart children at Martha's Is
Vineyard. A little six-year old girl,
daughter of Methodist minister, com
mitted fault, and denied it. Her
mother, learning she was guilty, asked
her why she told the untruth, when she
replied, with great sdag Jroid: 81
should not, if 1 believed as you and
father do, but I am Universalist.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

~ THERE Is NO DOUBT but what Co.'s
DYSPEPSIA CURE excels all remedies ever dis
covered for the cure Of Dyspepsia. Indiges-
ton. Pain after Eating, Cramps, Cohc, and
distress in either Stomach or Bowels. The
people all speak in the most hatterlng terms OF
=
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
nag NEGLECTED CoUeHs AND Cold;

Few are aware of the importance of check
ing Cough or "Oomnaon Cold, IN It's nrst
STAGE that which in the beginning would
weld TO a mild remedy, if neglected, soon
preys upon the Lungs Browns Broncnikl
froches," or CoUGH LozESaEs, afford instant
Owing to the good reputation and PoPulan-
ty of the Troches, many tcorthIess ana cfleap
in,itdtsons are offered, tohich are good Jor
nothing: Be sure to OBTAIN sI1,5 the nrSe DrO"n
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

The viii of the late Major Sherley,
of Muscatine county, which was pro-
bated the other day, apportions $40,
600 worth of property among hls wife
and children, and provides that the
heir that goes to lsw over the Will shall
get nothing. 80 ----
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
A CoRREspoNDENr Of Southern pa

A CORRESPONDENT of a Southern pa
per writes this of Natchez: NNatchez
is sadly changed The aristocracy,
proud and exclusive, yet generous and
chivalric, have disappeared. Their
places are desolate, and in their orna-
mented grounds the owl and fox have
their nests. Large plantations, once
Welding a net income of from S25, 900
to $50. 600 now lie uncultivated, or de-
formed with little, half cultivated patch
es of cotton; and the graves ofthe house
hold, once decorated with the rarest
flowers, are now overgrown with BRAN
bles. A new population fills the city
itself. After twenty years absence, l
traversed the main thoroughfares with
out recognizing single person. 81
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
Miscellaneous Items.

/
HoLLow IOe rsl'eo 70 Jersey saw
ILL., ILL., Tas .; iotnr t.-,;S ~ 49, sJi.'''''i H'I''
s',-,---e, IN
ROASTED o. ounon p9'lio 10 upon pr- ~ne ~
pulse on the wrssl wiz sop ehe most q -
lnYe1erHte SoOSii'one ~ " n" i'Ai'''''s'
THERE are now only 15,0 600 volumes, 1fasti
in the Louisiana state library, Ihere 1900
were once about oVsVOV-
THE coal mines of Great Britain pro- tsata1
5rca5 Ia7 O(ln COZ tons. worth e27 00O -ees.-E
000 and the furnaces made 500gO0O 6E
tons of pig IRON 3 -
Av.p,-ve ot West IJuion the other Z IT,
dav LET his team stand under tree
1b;ia he cbonned II down The team
and tree are both there sfiH 3 EGTHTa
,.-t-r
sofa and TsI;abe business receives its =
1royn;,,1,s in cash and nromrtlv navs see
ttta Losses in cash : - e .
ZEPHYR that passed over EAse Oasi- % JA16
saw, Mlchlgan, says 4 toeaL i snees, 1ooS
cbironeys I'm and tore mn the slate roof of
fbe Methodist Church. ,lI..-
r-I :. - .be- 1sabrd,,
=, LIE alliii'Il rlJ. oIot s1on G06 - -
20 ooo o f- cent
,aUSos 81 tLa re-ooider aT,nTonriat asa
ed to educational purposes
ONE Andrew Kennison of Norrdge
wock lately coughed up head of
herds grass, which had been ON his
lungs more than thirty-six years. The
he2d had become as naroas s0one' .--,. OO'
stln retained I1s snape-- - q
SIX thousand schoolbooks and one
hundred dozen copybooks have been
forwarded to Florida by the trustees Of
the Peabody fund, to be distributed
among the public schools -
p,,,o,, c.,-n,,-r,s do,sbtAr ;s soopl 70
be Ioarr;ed To a dist;noT1ished Greek. in
Washington, and the quiet atmosphere
of Philadelphia viii ere long be agltat-
ed by the Jaeger-Baker wedding -
~ tba o7tb Of Dacanber last a -
forJoor of West Tebanon N h put a
III e - - =; - ha-,, and in ~ Soino
Covered Cove ~ IN m . a hen On the 18th Of
February biddy was dug out, lean, but
tolerably well and hvely-
CERTAIN kind of green kid gloves
are dyed with solution in which arse - t1
mic is used, and their use has been ~
known to cause an eruption to appear
on the hands Very DARK greens are -
exempt from tins POISONOUS quality- 5tr.fI feE
A NEW SOCIETY has been started in
Elkader, to break up treating The
members may drink anything shsy pay ez=f
for, but pledge themselves mol TO Invite 4s-z-.-
any one else to drink, nor TO accept an e-5s,.-.5
invitation from any one eise- saf
~ ~ ,,os+ ~+,,io,bt inesndia- 4, l----ss
ries have been busy on Long Island,
burning barns outhousec and facto-g .rerHf
ries and DESTROYING several hundred --sss.
thousand dollars worth of property. a.r
g. vonre, man HING a man named e.a1
SIoasld Ieor Cnba Tennessee last m arr
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

MAoMAHoN has left Wiesbaden on his
return to France. -
A CONVENTION for the return of the
French prisoners in Germany has been
signed at Ferrere.
VERSAILLES has been evacuated by
the Germans, and a French garrison
has been installed in the city.
IT has been ascertained that twenty
German soldiers were killed and sixty
injured by the accident at Plateaux.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has set out on his
return to Berlin, accompanied by a
large and brilliant suite of princes, OH
GERS and representatives of the German
Government.
A PRIVATE telegram announces the
death, at Vienna, of Princess Leapold-
ina, Duchess of Sake, second daughter
of Don Pedro, second Emperor of Bra
I'll, at the age of twenty-four.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

TeIesranhie Notes.
AT HOME
river is clear of ice.


KRNNEBRc river is clear of ice.
A FREsHEr prevails in James River.
/. A GANG of counterfeiters, consisting
of eight persons, has been arrested IN
Harrisburgh.
A YOUNG man named Ed. Cleland
committed suicide at Chicago on the
18th, by taking laudanum-
Rev. CHAs. NJ. Fox, late rector of st.
PauI's Church at Brooklyn, has accept
ed call from ST. James's Church Of
Chicago.
The steamer Lightwood, with car
90 OF. $50 bales of cotton, was destroyed
by fire on Bayou Bartholomew, La, on
the 18th
Gov. CLAYTON, of Arkansas, has re-
entered the arena as candidate for the
United States Senate, and 1t is thought
viii be elected.
MUNICIPAL elections were held
throughout Maine yesterday. Augusta
and Bangor elected Republican Mayors
and Biddeford a. Democrat.
THE Senate has confirmed Herman
Raster collector of internal revenue for
the first district of Illinois, and E. ID.
Zoulin, Indian agent for New Mexico.
DURING the gale of the 18th, num-
Der of houses in the upper portion of
the CITY of New York and on Long ISL
and were blown down. Several vessels
were wrecked in Long Island Sound
Two counterfeiters named Charles
Fredericks and Michael Hartzell, un-
der arrest at Pittsburg, for counter
feiting, are charged with having MUIR
dered boy named Toke, in Schylkil
county.
SENATOR TWEED has written a letter
emphatically objecting to the erection
of the Tweed statue. He says the
movement originated In joke, and is
doing him injustice and injury, and
hopes b will be stopped at once
The steamship Europa, from Glas-
cow, lost overheard, in the gale of the
4th instant, Capt. Mcdonald, first off
Ger Davis, and third officer Waller
Owing to the fearful sea, no boat could
be launched to attempt to save them. 4,
CoPPER and other token coins viii be
redeemed at the U. S. mint in Philadel-
phia, in sums of not less than twenty
dollars. Checks for the same will be
drawn upon the Assistant Treasurers
in New York, Philadelphia, Boston,
or San Francisco. f.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

GovERSnEST officers recently made 3
raid on illicit distiIleries In the third
Tennessee district, and destroyed 36, :
600 gallons of beer.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

GILBERT NJ. ANDERSON, convicted in
Muscogee county, Ga. for numbering
his wife in 1867, is to be hung. He is
iabout sixty years of age. .sseI -
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

BosroN is to have anotherrolhng-miH
erected for the manufacture, on
large scale, of Boston brown bread.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

REPREyENI1oN BETTER THAN CURE
DIR. Henry's Root and Plant Pills arouse the
liver and secretive organs into healthy action ;
throwing of distractions which cause us
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
~ WHAr rs DYspEps1Al-THE Ours

~ WHAT Is DYsPEPsIAG G-THR QuEs-
TON SErrLED.-Two young medical students
were disputing the other day at the house OF
mutual friend, as to the nature of dyspepsia;
One said the primary cause was diseased
liver; tie other insisted that the disease origi-
mated in the epigastrium. 81 can tell you
what dyspepsia is, for I've been there, OBJ
served the host hughingly. "Well, said one
of the young medicos, +" let's have your opn.
ion.p isDvspepsia.n said he, " is complaint
that YOU can't relieue, and that PLANTATIoS
BrrrERs cures in siz toeeks n The person who
made this remark resides at 1873 Greenwich
avenue, and his name is Martin W. Myers
p~ SEA Moss FARNE from pure Irish
Moss, for Blanc Mango, Puddings, Custards
I Creams, &C., &c. The cheapest, healthiest
1 ar,d r,noat daiicinlls fond in the world.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24
ABROAD.

MAoMAHoN has left wiesbaden on his
raturn to France
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-03-24

TIE Iron Age says that the nail man,
ufacturers of Eastern Pennsylvania and
New Jersey have formed an ASSOCIATION
for mutual protection, and viii hereat-
ter fix their prices at the beginning OF
aach month
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10
for the farnttr.
Harry varieties Of the Apple.

Ed, RxraI Uorld: We greatly troubled by
losing ample trees by winter-killng in this Coun-
when planted in the bottoms, or
ON the prsiries This is one If the northwest
Counties of the State and our winters are general
ly pretty severe Can you give me q list OF yar1e-
ties that will not winter-kills w.
Atehison County, Mo.
RrPkY-Cultivatinn has something to do in the
winter killing of appletrees Ifthey are planted
in a rich soi and that soil is kept cultivated till
late in the season, the wood growth is prolonged
the wood does not, npen and consequently falls
an easy prey to the intense frosts of winter. To
remedy this give the orchard soil no cultivation
after the first Of June, to check wood growth,
and let it ripenth0roughly. Root pruning i'm July
would have the effect but it is too laborious.
Putting the orchard in grass or clover as soon as
the trees are well established, is another good
course to prevent too great and too late growth
of wood. But sometimes we have much warm
and wet weather in the fall, and trees will grow
in spite Of ourselves and It is after such weather
that the injury by winter-killing is greatest
There is much difference in the hardness Of varie-
ties and in very cold climates, where there are
great extremes of cold, it il wise to plant these
kinds. They are generally the slower growing
varieties. The wood is generally tougher, .firmer,
denser and shorter jointed. We will name few
varieties that you can plant with perfect safety
in AtchisOn County. For summer apples the Red
june the Red Astracan, the Sweet June and Kes-
wick Cooling can safely he planted. For winter
apples we can recommend the Ben Davis or New
York Pippin, the Willow Twig, the Swaar, the
JenetOn and Winesap. We presume the list could
I've considerably extended-but it embraces some
of our best hardy varieties.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10
Chinch Rug.

Out in Iowa a new theory is advanced concer-
ming the chinch bug. A few years since, in
Appanoose County, a general attempt was made
to raise spring wheat, the plea that fall wheat
was almost certain to freeze out. But the yield Of
chinch bugs increased from year to year with the
area of wheat sown. until at last the farmers were
compelled to abandon the culture Of spring wheat.
Soon the pest also disappeared. Lately the farm
ers again put in spring wheat in considerable
quantities, and the chinch bugs reappeared.
They are first seen in fields of spring wheat, hut
soon spread and consume fields Of corn oats, fall
wheat, or almost anything else on the farm. 1t is
firmly believed that if the spring wheat sown this
year, in the locality mentioned, had been commit
ted to the flames instead of the ground, and the
fields permitted to lie idle, the country would
have been the gamer by 100000.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10
Ea,s Of. N,ee-rr.s,aen,s.

Sepator C,meron decJines beinp smothered with
.,a V;aao pr.s;Jencv Ne has We 1rasnme stndeJ
tne history Oh .na ONCE anu % liza ~ I"hn aJ
~ VIZ ,,r ST Wee Prss;Iant and bs con,dn't
a a,i..t az oalacto, 70 tha Pres;dsncv CoI Rnrr
,ras mined merely Inv runn;nr for The Office, rs
,i.at ria.sI him IN q false nos;t;on toward MI
f,, ta .onsannences of wb;cb ba conlJ
,,.xsr r;ss caorye 1i;nton hecame Vice Pres;-
Int anJ ro,.sr eSulS become anytb,g eIse dv-
;m'r ;n on" tha off... and on r. was With Eibr;dSe
GI S " Gov Tomnt;ns was exnsndad in t6e
Mac: NJ coihnnp then t"ot the Vice Presden-
aT I.era Tho most nonujar man in the ronntrv.
INT he came To Grief on the harvest scale and made
NJ -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-08-10

Sometimes our dwarf trees strike a very favor
able soil and circumstances and grow more vigo-
rosly than it is desirable dwarf trees should do.
Especially is this Of the dwarf cherry. The
best remedy for this is to carefully dig the tree
up and reset it again Immediately after. Indeed,
whether they grow very vigorously or not, most
dwarf trees-are improved by biennial or trien-
NAL transplanting. 1t is not essential to good
success, but is one of the ingredients in perfect
culture.
Dwarf trees can lie set from eight to ten feet
apart, and great number of all sorts set in a
half acre lot They bear fruit in very few years,
and afford much pleasure to the enthusiast in
chronological knowledge, by the opportunity they
afford of testing and becoming acquainted with
many kinds, and learning what varieties are hest
suited to his place and his taste, and all their Mt
tie peculiarities. They furnish him with mater
ial on which to exercise his pruning and training
skill-they constitute, in fact, Of the most per-
feet schools of horticulture-and one who has been
through a course of study therein, though but an
hour day for year, deserves to be elected, with
out further qualification, member of the nearest
Horticultural SOciety.-Gard. Monthly.