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South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
All About Butter.

What to Do.-Butter, when taken from
the churn, should be separated from the
buttermilk by washing with clean cold
water, or otherwise; should then be sailed
and set in a cool place for full twenty-fouI
hours. Should then be worked until all
buttermilk, water and streaks disappear,
and no more, as too much working Injuries
the butter.
1t is then fit for market. May be pack.
ed in tubs in the summer, or made into
neat rolls in winter. 1t should be exclud-
ed from the air as much as practicable,
and kept but a few days in rolls.
Use all the salt you can without making
the butter gritty; OF, in other words, al
it will dissolve. Remember that neatness
in appearance adds to the market value OF
butter, more than to almost any other ar
ticle.
Prepare tubs or firkins by soaking forty
eight hours with salt and water.
In packing, cover each layer of butter
with thin cloth and sprinkle with salt, SO
as to lit at each fitting. Fill the tubs as
full as you can without touching the cover
In packing do not put in one poor churn'
ing; keep that for home use, or sell it fol
what you can get.
The only proper way to color butter il
the winter is to feed good bright hay
pumpkins, squashes, carrots, etc.
When carrying butter to market il
WARM weather, cover with new mowr
grass.
What Not to DIDO not milk in a wa
ter pail that makes the milk taste.
Do not set milk in wooden dishes.
Do not keep cream in a wooden churn
or any wooden dish.
Do not allow buttermilk to remain lone
in the churn.
Do not allow milk, cream or butter tC
stand in a cellar Or other room where there
are potatoes, cabbage, onions, or othel
decaying vegetables, soap-grease, or any
unpleasant smell, as they readily Absorb
flavor AMI become offensive.
Do not allow milk or cream to stand
until the whey begins to separate, as i
gives the butter q smell and taste similar
to that of cheese.
Do not take butter to market in sum
mer the day it is churned. Work it again
and take it with the next lot.
Do not put butter of different colors to
gether. If in rolls, separate with a wei
cloth.
Never add coloring matter to butter. L
is better to be white than colored artifi
cially.
Follow these directions, and your butter
will be better, will always be marketable
and will bring much better prices.-D. d
C0mstOck.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Thinning Dat Fruit.

IT would be difficult to give a specific
rule applicable to all cases for thinning out
fruit. Every orchardist however, knows
that If trees are allowed to overbear, the
fruit will be proportionately small and far
more likely to be deformed and of inferior
quality. 1t is far better to have a less
number Of specimens and all large and
fine than many small ones, as the former
will usually measure as much as the latter.
and bring more in market. Nearly all of
the large fruits, like apples and pears.
should be thinned when not more than
half grown; and where they are produced
In clusters, it is better TO remove but one
leaving the largest and most prominent
specimen. 1t is also well to notice the
difference in quantity upon the different
branches, and so thin that no more fruit
Will remain on one side of the tree than
the other. This, of course, cannot ALWAYS
be done, because cold winds or late frosts
may have blighted the blossoms upon one
side and not upon the other; but by using
a little forethought, and making observa
ton before commencing the operation. an
equal distribution of the fruit over the
whole tree can be established. II is also n
good plan to go about the orchard once or
twice a week and remove auy Specimens
OF fruit that have been sttDg by insects.
such fruit, however, should not be thrown
upon the ground, where the larvs within
can come to maturity, but should be either
given to hogs or otherwise effectually de-
stroyed, A little attention to such matters
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Rather Awkward.

What terrible creatures are little
childrenl They are always investigating
affairs by the light of their own innocence,
and bringing older people to confusion
thereby.
The other day a little girl, not past the
years of babyhood, was taken out to ride
in a city car by her affectionate aunt.
There had been considerable lines in the
family, and she had seen one lady fire.
quently supported on some ones shoulder,
while her head was being bathed with cam
phor, orin order that she should change her
position for awhile. Also there had been
some fear of the invalid's death, and baby
had listened to much that had set her to
thinking deeply. Now that she was
perched upon the car cushions, she looked
about her at the passengers, and soon
settled her attention upon a young man
and young girl who, probably not being
well versed in the customs of polite socie-
ty, were revealing the fact that they "kept
steady company in true Central Park
style. Anyone may see what that is
by taking a walk in those paths by moon
light and looking at the benches, on every
one of which seem to sit a young girl
with her head upon a young mans
shoulder and his arm about her waist.
Baby looked wisely for awhile, then
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
A Few Sheep on the Farm.

The relative profit is much greater from
a small flock than a large one. The graiI
farmer, no matter how few his acres, cal
make money by keeping q few sheep
There is always room for them somewhere
and they consume and turn into money
food that otherwise would waste. But hC
must be careful not to overstock.
To illustrate, suppose the farmer cult
Yates only eighty acres, raising grain
chiefly. He keeps a few cows and the
necessary teams. One-fifth of his farm is
in pasture, one-ffth meadow; one planted
one spring grain, and one wheat. He
thinks he has as much stock as he can
proftably keep, but if he puts on one
sheep to every five acres, he will find theil
products clear gain.
In the spring, early they can run Oh the
sod which is to be plowed and one sheer
to each acre VIII not hurt the land, YET
they will live well. After that they car
go into the pasture and will CLEAN after the
cows to advantage. A run on the stubblt s
after harvest will not be felt where each
sheep has two acres, and in the fall there
is plenty of feed. Through the winter
they can do well kept ON what the other
stock would not consume, with the add.
ton Of a little grain.
Probably the most profitable are some
of the coarser wooded, mutton breeds.
Their lambs sell to the butchers for high
prices, and when fat the sheep fetch as
much as a yearling steer. Sixteen mutton
sheep well managed would produce year
ly income Of one hundred dollars, where
If o L were kept, nothing would be real
lied.
The greatest drawback is liability to
loss by dogs, and it is q disgrace to any
State to protect its ours so well that they
expel, to a certain extent, the only animal
which can cheaper the meat and clothing
of the people.-AmericdH RurR Home.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Lime and Ashes as a Whea Fertilizer,

THE lime that is Stacked and the wood
ashes that is left, after firing the kiln, are
generally thrown to 4 side and sold at
half the price of pure burnt lime. AS a
manure or ferilizerfor wheatit is almostas
good as guano or other fertilizers now of
fered for sale. The above mixture of lime
and ashes contains a large amount of solu-
BILE salts, and the sulphates, phosphates
and ~carbonates and lime salts are Just what
the wheat plants var to perfect straw and
grain. Experience has shown it plainly
where the refuse lime has been spread, as
the grain has come to maturity earlier,
growing stiff in the straw, and yielding
large crops of well filled heads of the best
quality of grain. This can be seen mostly
on the farms of lime burners, who haul
the mixture upon their land as it accumu-
lates at their kilns, and the great fertiliz-
ing effect of this manure can be seen, not
only upon their wheat, but on their grass
land. Grasses grow much more luxurious
and a a much darker color, and the.
clovers and other cultivated grasses grow
above and crowd vi the ordinary grasses.
We have found that lime and ashes mixed
as a top-dressing for clover or for corn,
was worth as much as plaster, if not more,
as 1t has always helped the corn to grow
faster and caused it to ear better, and gives
us a much larger yield with less smut on
the stalks, than corn that had no ashes
and lime applied. Therefore we would
advise our farmer friends to apply lime
and ashes as a fertilizer for the cereals
H01ot0 Make the Farm Pan.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

shook her head, and plucked her aunt by
the sleeve.
"Aunty," she said, in a shrill, childish
treble, "oh, aunty, do you think that lady
is going to die?-the n the gentleman is
holding upon his shoulder"
Aunty sat overcome. The majority of
the passengers Uttered audibly, while the
more polite looked out of the window,
and plainly saw something on the side
walk which amused them. And the
young lady's head was set straight upon
her shoulders in a moment, while her
sweetheart indicated to the conductor his
wish to alight at the next crossing, an
operation which Baby witnessed with the
remark that "thst lady seemed to be
better, and could walk all by h~erselfnow."
-CinciRndti Times.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
The Boys Fourth of July.

The Boys Fourth of July was a jolly
one. In this respect it was not different
from any other Fourth of July since hG
can remember.
1t seemed as though it never would come
He commenced figuring on it Immediately
after he had gotten well from oVereating
at Christmas.
At school, during the latter part of win.
ter and through the spring, he solaced him.
self when his head ached with the refiec.
tionthat it was coming.
Once, he was going around through an
alley to look for another boy, when hegot
nipped by a dog. He howled some, but
the pain was instantly ameliorated as he
happened to think of the Fourth of July.
Another time, a big boy lured him around
on q vacant lot under a pretence of show.
ing him a leather jackknife, and then pro-
ceeded to knock off his hat, punch him in
the eye, and to give him several kicks in
miscellaneous localities, and all for the
pretended reason that he had told Jim
Snafhes that the big boy wasn't a nice
Teller.
The Boy had a prolonged howl over this
new visitation. He first thought he would
go and get pas revolver, and shoot the big
boy full of bullets Then he wished he
had a big dog, which, when he said Sick
EN-, would fly at the big boy and tear all
the hinder part of his clothes off And
men other furious schemes of revenge pre-
scented themselves, which we're all sudden
" cut short by his happening to think that
Fourth OF July was coming.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
SUICIDE COMMITTED,

As the result Of an inactive state of liver
and stomach, producing headache, obtuse in
%tellect, dizziness, dependency, dementia, and
finally insanity, is no occurrence.
All these disagreeable symptoms mi bad
feelings are most certainly dispelled by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
It revitalizes and builds up the whole system.
y little book on Chronic Diseases sent free
Address r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, n. Y.
Golden Medical Discovery sold by all drug
gists. 81
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

They are not n vile FANCY DRINK
Made Of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits
and Refuse Liquors doctorcd. spiced and sweet
ened TO please the taste, called "Tonics." "Appetz-
ers," "Restorers,' &C., that lead the tippler on to
drunkenness aad ruin, but are a true Medicine. made
from the Native Roots and Eerbs OF California, free
from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They are the
GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE
GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect RenOvstor and
Inyigorator of the System, carrying of all poisonous
matter and restoring the blood 70 a healthy condition
40 person can take these Bitters according to dlrec-
tons and remain long unwell, provided their bones
are not DESTROYED by mineral poison or other means
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point Of re-
pair.
They are n Gentle Purgative as well ass
Tonic, possessing also, the peculiar merit Of acting
as a powerful agent In relieving Congestion or infGn-
nation Of the Liver. and all the Viseeral Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether In
young or old, married or single, at the dawn. Of vo-
manhood or at the turn oflfe, these Tonic Bitters have
no equal.
For Infiammatory md Chronic Rheumn-
tism and Cont, Dyspepsia or Indigestions
Bilious, Remittent and I~ntcrmiftent Fevers,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys, and
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful
Such Diseases are caused by Initiated Blood,
which is generally produced By arrangement Of the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache. Pain in the shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the
Chest, Dizziness, Sour Fluctuations oTthe Stomach,
Bad taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation
ofthe Heart, Inflammation OF the Lungs, Pain in the
regions OF the Kidneys, and q hundred other painful
symptoms, are the ofEprings ofDyspepsia-
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the tor.
pid liver and bowels, which render them ofuneQuelled
efficacy in cleansing the blood Of all impurities, and
tmparting new life and Vigor TO the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. letter, salt
Rheum, Blotches spots, PlmpleS, Pustules, Boils. Car
buncles, Ring Worms, Scald-Head, Sore Eyes, Erysip-
elias. Itch. Scurfs, Discolorations of the skin, Humora
and Diseases ofthe Skin, ofwhatever name or nature,
are literally dug up and carried out Of the system In q
snort time by the use OF these Bitters. One bottle In
such cases viii convince the most tncredulous of their
curative effect
Cleanse the vitiated Blood whenever You find ftr
impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Erup.
lions or Sores, cleanse it when you ind it DISTRACTED
and sluggish in the veins; cleanse 10 when tits foul, and
your feelings will tell you when Keep the blood pure
and the health ofthe system viii follow E
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in the
ed and removed For full directions, read carefully
the circular around each bottle, printed in four Ian
g~uage-Engiish, German, French and Spanish.
J. WALKER, Proprietor. r Il. MCDONALD q CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agents, San Francisco, Cal, and
50 and 81 Commerce Street, New York.
e-sOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERA
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
INANCIA
Inyestmept securitie..

JAY COOKE 81 Co. are now selling, aud rec
ommend as a profitable and safe investment
for all classes, the First Mortgage $50 Gold
Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany, bearing Seven and Three cnths per
cent. gold interest (more than s per cent. cur
rency), and secured by first and only mort
gage on tie entire road and equipments, and
on more than $4,000 Acres of Land to every
mile of track, or 500 Acres of Land to each
$1,000 Bond. TIL highest current prices will
be paid for U. S. Five wenties, and all other
marketable Securities received in exchange.
Pamphlets, maps and full information will be
furnished, on application, by JAY COOKE &
Co, Philadelphia, New York and Washing
ton, and bymost Banks and Bankers through
out the country.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Collie In Horses.

Prevention is better than cure. Collie
msy be prevented by care in feeding.
When %succulent green foder is used, such
as the blades and tops of the green corn,
collie is common. 1t is caused by the pro-
duction of gas in the stomach and intes-
tines from the fermentation of the food,
or by permitting the horse to drink too
freely of cold water when tired and ex-
hausted by work. Feed sparingly of sue
culent food until the animal has become
accustomed to its use. Water often and
give little at a time, and never either i'm
mediately before or after a feed. If the
horse has been permitted to become very
thirty, give no more than half a pailful
at a time; letting fifteen minutes elapse
between the drinks, until he is satisfied.
II, Notwithstanding all care, he is troubled
still with collie, give him two ounces sweet
spirits of nitro and one ounce tincture of
opium in half a pint of water. If necessa-
~, repeat in half an hour, adding one ounce
t%incture of alloes. Any Ppirituous medi-
cine should be carefully administered. If
no Inflammation be present, a pint of rum
with half an ounce of pure ginger might
afford relief-Ame-icGn AgricukuriSt.
London Is said TO contain two hundred
students Of medicine.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

ARTHUR's LADY's HOME MAGAZINE
The frontispiece in the August number is entitled
The Unsuspeciing Artist" and represents an
artist in the wilds of California so engrOssed in hs
labor Of sketching as to be oblivious to the pres
encc Of a grizzly bear, which is close behind him
taking a view Of tie artist himself, and perhaps
thinking what a glorious feast is Sef1re him were
he only hungry enough to enjoy it. There are
also a double-page fashion illustration, a piece of
music, several stories, the fashion news, recipes,
several pieces Of poetry, ETC., all combining to
make an entertaining number. T S. ARTHUR &
SOSs, Philadelphia. Terms, s. a year; three
cop g IS; ,Our S.; eli hit, and Ine extra, s12;
fl teen, ana one extra, so.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

THE overseer of the House of Refuge in
San Francisco was lately induced to go
down into the new well by two of the
youthful inmates, who complained that
they could not work there safely for want
of a platform After letting him down
they cut the rope and decamped. The un-
fortunate mar was discovered and drawn
up twenty-four hours afterward, "more
dead than alive"
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

THE LAND OF VEGETABLE WoNDERs.-ThC
soil of California teens with vegetable phe.
nomena, giant trees, plants, roots and herb;
unknown elsewhere. From that vast botanic
field are eulled the ingredients of DR.. WALK.
ER's VINEGAR BITTERs, q medicine that is
astonishing the world with its cures, and
throwing all other t%onics, alternatives and in.
MIGRANTS into the shade. As its benefits are
extended, indigestion, b~iliousness, intermit.
tent fever, rheumatism, kidney diseases,
bowe complaints, and all scrofulous and scor-
butte disorders lose their terrors.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

In purchasing a clothes wringer we prefer
one with cog-wheels, as they greatly relieve
the rubber rolls from strain that would other.
wise occur, and add much TO the durability o.
the machine. The next point is to see thai
the cog wheels are so arranged as not to fy
apart when a large article is passed between
the rollers. 1t matters not whether the cog,
wheels are on one end or both ends of the
shaft if large articles disconnect them, they
are entirely useless. This is very important,
for as the larger the article the greater the
strain. thereforeif the cog-wheels separate so
as to disconnect, they are of no service when
most needed. We have taken some pains to
examine the various wringers, and much pre-
fer the " Universal" as lately improved, be-
cause it has long and strong gears (RoweIps
Patent Double Gear, and is the only wringer
with patent stop" for preventing the cog
wheels from separating so far as to lose their
power.-New England Farmer. Having used
the kind of wTinger mentioned above, we
fully indorse all that is said by our New Eng
land contemporary.-EdtorS Of Scientific
4 m -rie1U-
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
GopEY's LApY's Boon 0 Auausr.-

0ODGA 6ADAo DOOh EOB AO0OoA=
A beautiful steel-plate engraying-"Lifc's Young
Angels"-a charming wood cut, illustrating q
passage in the history of MARY James Court
ship" and the usual colored fSshion-plate, to
gether with the latest fashion intelligence, enter
tanning stories and sketches, useful recipes, etc.
make the present lumber of this popular maya
zine fully equal TO any previously issued. The terms
for Cooley are:one copy,one year, s. 100; two copies,
IS 90; three, $3.50; four, 1910; five, and one
extra $40; eight, and one extra, S2f. eleven
and one extra, $27. 80. L. A Cooley, Philadelphia.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
4 PerilOus Season.

Glorious and delightful as the summer weather
is, its tropical heat is a severe trial to the vital
powers. Even the strongest are sometimes pros
trated by its effects. The common phrase applied
to-this condition of the body is " general debility"
Now, general debility arises from, andIDcludes, a
variety of ailments. The liver is more or less af-
lected, the bowels are either constipated or too
work of digestion, the appetite ia poor, and the
spirits depressed. This is what is called general
debility. 1t is a general diserrangemenl of all the
physical functions, and requires as q remedy u
medicine that will regulate them all. HOstetters
stomach Bitters Is specially adapted to this pUr-
pose. Its general operation is not confined to q
single organ. If the liver is affected, it restores
its tone. fthe stomach is torpid, it regeDerates
it. II the nerves are tremuiOus and weak, il
braces and reinfOrces them. If the mind, which
ever sympathizcs with tie body, is gloomy and
brinss the whole mechanism of the body into
harmony with the laws of health.
There is no civilized nation in the Western
Hemisphere in which the utility Of Hostetters
Stomach Bitters as a tonic, corrective, and anti
bilious medicine, Is not known and appreciated.
Throughout the tropics it is considered, both by
the people and the profession, the standard spe-
ciic. While it is q medicine for all seasons and
all climates, it is especially suited to the COM
plants generated by the weather, being the purest
and best vegetable stimulant in the world.
Beware of the Bitters made of acTid and danger
Gus materials, which interruptions parti $ are en-
is legion, and the public has no guarantee that
they are not poisonous. Adhere to the tried
remedy, HOstetters Bitters, sold only in glass,
and never in KEGS or barrels.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

THE CHILDREN's HoUR-There are
several excellent stories in the number for August.
Two full-page and some smaller illustrations are
given. This is an attractive little magazine for
the children, specimen numbers of which are sent
TO applicants on receipt of stamp for postage. T.
S. ARTHUR SOSs, PHILADELPHIA, at S1.25 a year;
five copies 500; ten, and one extra, 5000. >
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

The relaxing power of JoARSOa's dEOdBas
LinimeRt is truly wonderful. Cases are al
ready numerous where bent and s~tiTened
limbs have been limbeTed and Strengthened by
it. When used for this purpose, the part
hOuld be washed and rubbed thoroughly.
Apply the liniment cold, and rub it. in with
the hand.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

"A grand industrial exhibition will
take place place at Moscow in 1872, to
commemorate the two hundredth %anniver-
sary of the birth of Peter the Great. The
boat which he built with his own hands
will be shown in the naval department.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

A crowd of 'hOrse men" and others, daily
thrOng the stores in country and town for
SheridaR's Cdvdlry Condition POtrders. They
understand that horses cannot be kept in good
condition without them, and with them can
be on a much less quantity of grain.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28

would improve the quality of our fruit
and lessen the number Of its insect foes
Rural NeU Yorker.
South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-07-28
Illustrated by Fine Engravings

In It's columns. Engineers, Master Mechanics and Manu-
facturers ind these Illustrated descriptions Of the creates
value