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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

BE MopEsT AND SENsInLE.-Do not be
above your business, whatever that calling
may be, but strive to be the best in that
line. He who turns up his nose at his
work, quarrcls with his bread and butter.
lie IL poor smith who quarrcls with his
own sparks. There Is no shame nbout any
honest calling; don't be ashamed of soil
ing your hands, there is plenty Of soap to
bc had.
All trades orc good to traders. You can
not get honey If you arc frightened at tho
bees, nor plant corn if you arc afraid Of get
ting mud on your boots. When YOU can
dig fields with tooth-picks, blow ships a.
long "'Ih tans,and grow plum-crkcs in flow
crpots, then it viii be "A fine time for dan
dies. Above all things avoid lazincss.-
There Is plenty to ia in this world for eve.
ry pair of hands placed upon it, and We
must go work, that the world will be the
richer for our having lived in it.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

4 Box WmrrED TO DEArm.-A few
weeks ago, Harry Wysor, living near Dub.
liG Depot, in Pulaski county, whipped boy
IN bis employ, named Trolli0gor, 90 severe
~ that ho died His offence ives tho open
lng 81 letter directed 10 Wysor Tho
Chrisiiansburg Messenger says:
'Wysor, On discovering what bad been
done, told The boy that he could ako his
choice between arrest and imprisonment
ior breaking open his letter, or a whipping
from him TIE boy chose tho latter.
whcrcupln Visor took him 70 tho woods.
'rippci bin % the shirt, and bic him sew
EN- hundred lashcs, literally cutting tho
shirt from his back 10 ribbons.
IroI.ingcr on bong released, started for
hi homo IN North Carolina, but 81 report
90 % hl7o died on tho way Wy5os has
been indicted fgr Coo 0G.nce.'
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

FL To mako rico griddle cakes, ako
two cups Of cold boiled rico slightly mash
cd. one cup Of -four, and the samo quantity
Of corn meal, mixed with cold milk enough
to form stiiiish batter, littlo soda dis
solved in the milk, and nearly twice the
quantity Of cream Of tartar in the flour.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

IL Carroway sceda, pounded, with
small proportion Of ginger and salt, spread
upon broad and butter, and eaten every
day, especially every morning and before
going to bed, arc successfully used ia Ger
many as a domestic remedy for hysterics.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

REMEDY FOR SORE Mourn. For soro
mouths, either in human beings or animals.
no application is equal to tannin, which
should always be kept in the house for
that purpose. 4 li,tlo Of the powder spriuk
led on the inflamed or soro spots, will cure
almost Instantly.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

~ i.oltcE GREELEY Is reported ~
haye OBJ, recently % Houston, Texas :-
q believe 90 this DAY ihat not so much vic.
ieno- occurs 10 Texas as 10 New York city,
ahi certainly there BE- NOT nearly go much
a'd ab7u. f With abou. an equal popu-
Iaiion in Texas as 10 lho city Of Sew York.
th.r2 arc moro dcspcadooa in that city than
10 Texas, and 30 is harder work 10 manage
them
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

IL Kettles may DO oleanscd o. onions
and other odors by dissolving teaspoon
tul of pearlosh or salaratus in water aud
washing them
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

Ea- No plant yields anything like *
much nutrimen. from the same extent OF
soil as tho banana Baron Humboldt cs-
Hm lted ihlt il returns twenty times "a
much as tho potato, and l13 times IA much
as wheat
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

EC a piece of vegetable charcoal laid
on burn soothcs tho pain, and kept applied
for an hour, cures IL.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

ETTho remains Of Mr. w w suArr.
.f Norfolk, were borne 70 the grave by
eight colorcd mcD, who hsd formerly been
biz slaves They did it az a token Of re.
sPcct i0r bis memory,
~ Conscience is sleeping giant wo
may lu.. him Into q longer o. shorter slum.
Der bot h.s starts arc fnghtlu' a1i tor
ut.. -fl l-rf when tc wakcs
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23
rrRMs OF ApYERTIsING

Tic rates OF advertising are, for square (ten
.s a- '.ss OSE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS for
Insertions larger ones in the SAME proper
a- Each continuance Thirty-scyen and half
g.a,rly, half yearly aud yearly advertise
-...a serted at liberal reduction on the above
Yu,y advertisers disseminating during the
b., ....i hr charged regular rates.
N.lt,ruscmeut 90 he considered by tho month
Or unless specified ON the Manuscript, or pre-
agreed upon between the parties
H,..utiUns OF associations, communications OF
r..t. interest and notices Of deaths exceeding
e., .sa. will lo charged ten cents per line.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

E5 Ola tbo ll.h inst, 10 Washington.
a coI1rot man named WALL, who was
Justice Of Tho peace, was shot and severely
wounded ~ q clerk n tho Second Audit
Crs Office There was q quarrel about
stove.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23
South 8rantIt 9ntelIi9cuter.
MRONEY, FRIDAY, JUNE %, 1871.
UNTO THEE.

" nen all the world seems nothing worth
And hope and pleasure fade and flee
When oil is doubt upon the earth.
And all is darkness on the sea.
Where should | come but unto Thee.
o God who keepcst me?
This burning soul so long reprcssed
That longs to pour itself and weep,
And on some kind supporting breast
To sigh and sob itself to sleep
Where should bring but unto Thee.
. God who nearest ne?
These lettering bonds Of toll and care,
Which make Tie striving spirit faint;
This load that seems too much to bear
THIS troubling gusL Of deep complaint;
Where should bring but unto Thee,
q Cod who pit.cst Inc
This heart that mourn5 It's dcnrth above,
That aches with hungry emptiness,
That these poor husks Of earthly love
Have failed to satisfy or bless
Where should bring but unto Thee,
o God who lowest me
o Friend above all other friends
. love beyond all other loves
Thy peace into my life dcsccnds;
My heart beats calmly MS a doves.
When all my woes bring to Thee,
q God who hc0cst mo.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

Rt'' DO daily and hourly your duty; do
1t patiently md thoroughly. ID it us it
presents itself; do it at the moment, and
let it be its own reward. Never mind
whether 1t be known and Acknowledged or
not, but do not fail to do it.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

WAKING GRANDMA WITH a KISS A
sweet incident is related by a writer. She
says: asked a liltlo boy last evening
Have you called grandma to tea I?
'Hos. when 7 went in to call her she
was asleep, and didn't know how to wax
en- her didn't wish t. hoHcr at pranI-
mn, nor to shake hor so | kissed her check,
and TINT woke her very softly. Then | ran
INTO tho hall and said pretty loud Grand.
ma, tee i7 ready and she never knew what
woke her
DO we God anything moro sweet and del
ieato shnn this2 Can conycntionality i'm.
prove upon such poliicncsa, spontaneous in
the heart Of six years oil boy
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23
South Branch Intelligencer.
William Harper, Editor.
g--s Cyrarr Nun md GraUel Lane SIS.
R1vyEY, WEST VIRGINIA.
TERMS:

THREE DOLLARS per annum-or TWO
E1L.AGs AND FIFTY CENTS if paid in ad-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

Nnt FuNNY-A physician tolls tho
following: remember one day go mixing
my hospital rounds q patient lust arrived
presented mo an amputatcd forearm, md
ln doing so could scarcely refrain from n
broad laugh tho litter was constantly ON
hs face. what is tbo natter ThisIocs
net strike mc as o subject Of lausblcr.'-
il DIS np' doctor but excuse me T lost
my arm in SD funny way that sGll laugh
when look ntii Oar FIRST sergeant want
od having badly, and got mo 90 attend 90
lr as J am corporal. We won't together In
front of Dds fcul bad hthcrcd him. took
hum hy the nose, and was applying tho RAJ
z'r Whom o cluu5u-ball came, and chat was
.ho last sawof either BIS head or my arrn.
asru.r mot DOCTOR ur Juggling aa ] Dr..
hni 10 Boo especially blasted 10 ever 7 saw
leH bully ding
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1871-06-23

Chant County w a June o. is5i.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Murat Halstead.

From the biography accompanying
the portrait of the editor of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, published in the
current number Of HaIper's Weekly,
it appears that Mr.. Halstead was born
in Butler county, Ohio, the Cd of Sep
TENDER, 1899; that he was educated
chiefly at home; that he dallied with
literature for a while, like other
young fellows OF ardent and active
capacity; that he entered the estab-
lishment which he now controls in
1853, and that by dint of grit and stick
he has made, at the early age Of forty
two, power and fortune of the most
substantial and considerable kind.
The sketch of his career is charac-
teristic and striking. It gives an &C
count of u man, by nature a dreamer
and a poet, who, finding no market
for that sort of ware, succe 9ded in
turning his genius into the rudest AMI
most practical channels, and trans
forming himself from a gushing en-
thusiast of Internationally into the
most muscular and ungushing of
journalistic sort of newspaper mas
tiff. There is not the least doubt that
the Cincinnati Commercial is the most
thoroughly independent and carefully
edited newspaper in this country; and
the notice of the man to whose cour-
age, watchfutness and tact it's many
eXcelieDcies are due, is q valuable and
interesting contribution to the library
OF ''our living representative men,"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Fattenlng Poor Cattle.

We frequently see miserable. half
starved bovine without a p9rticle Of
flesh on ifs bones but what muscles
viii hold its frame together, and
having a hard, unyielding skin COW
cred with dirt aud scrutf, put up to be
fed for the butcher on dry hay, to
which a few roots and perhaps some
grain is grudgingly be added. Such
beast will take months of time and
a large consumption Of food to bring
it mp to the point at which the pro-
cess of laying fat will commence; or,
if highly fed on corn. meal or other
rich food, will put on a layer of fa+
just under the skin, with scarcely any
flesh between that and the bones, and
so be worth but a little more after
feeding than it would fetch as store
beast.
Then again there are thousands of
beasts put up to feed for the butcher
before they have attained an age at
which they can be profitably fed.
Such animals, though they may be
passable enough to suit the wants of
the drOYer or low class butcher, can
only be sold at low price and attain
but small weights, while, had they
been kept on till they had attained
their full growth, they might be made
to vie with the best and command
double or treble the price.
Cattle inteu ded to be winter-fed
for the butcher should have reached
maturity as regards the development
Of their muscular and digestive sys-
tens. To get the animals in proper
condition to be fed up, they must
have the run Of such good pasture in
the summer and fall before being pu
up as will bring them into the stalls
full of flesh well laid on at every val
liable point. This done, the process
of feeding in order to lay fat on at the
right point and in the proper man
ner becomes both profitable and takes
but a moderate length of time. Such
an animal, we'll managed, will bring
n much more per pound live weight
than one of equal size fed in the or
| binary way.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
A Miniature Skeleton.

A Physician in Nevada is said to have
an imitation of human skeleton only
four inches In length, so perfectly form
ed by aJapanese workmanthat close ex =
animation is needed to discover that it
is the work of a carver. The Virginia
Enterprise says: So perfect IS the skele-
ton in every detail, that at the first
glance even a physician is liable
TO be deceived by it. The teeth. the
markings of the skull, the curved and
hattened form of the bones of the
fore arm, the peiYis, and, in fact, every
part is fearfully and wonderfully per-
feet.
The doctor says the carving must
have been done by person well ac-
quainted with anatomy. In its right
hand the skeleton holds 4 staff which
reaches as high as It's head, and around
the bottom of this staff is coiled SER
pene (the well-knOwn emblem of the
healing art) which rests its head on the
knee of the figure; its left hand holds a
string of beads. Those acquainted with
the hand work of the japanese carVers
can readily imagine how hideously
minute in all its details is this bit of
fancy work. The doctor declares he
would not part with it for 5000. Ac-
cOmpanying the present was the follow
ing note from the gentleman who sent
it: "What / would have been but for
YOU" The doctor carried him through
Il severe attack Of paralysis some three
years ago.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Farm Machinery.

In reply to young farmer who
asks, VIII farm machinery pay at
first? ?" Mr.. Harris replies as follows
in the american Agyfculturist:
az should buy as little machinery
as possible. In my experience, with
few exceptions, it costs as much
with ordinary hired help to do the
work by machinery as by hand. l
asked a farmer who had considerable
experience in machines If they paved.
IF bought with good Judgement he
replied, 'and used with great care, l
think they do A farmer can lose
more by using a broken, one-tined
fork, dull hoe, a WORKOUT axe and
battered up spade, than he can save
by US ing machine to saw wood or 8
reaper to cut his grain. a small far
mer had better hire the work done
with a machine than to buy the ma
chine himself
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Economy OfLOng burrows in Flowing

A German agricultural journal OBJ
serves that farmers usually pay very
little attention to the length of the
burrows to be pIowed in the field, and
yet great waste of time and labor is
the necessary consequence of insult
able arrangements in this respect
The turning of the plow and the
commencing OF new furrow requir-
es more exertion in the plowman and
the team than continued work on a
straight line, and how great may real
ly be the loss Of time from frequent
Interruptions in short turns may be
shown by the following calculation {:
In a field 225 feet long, five and a
half hours out Of ten are used in re-
directing the pillow; with length Of
575 feet, four hours are sufficient for
the purpose; and when the pillow can
proceed without interruption for 800
feet, only one and half hours of the
daily working time a :e consumed.
Hence the rule to make the burrows
as long as circumstances will admit.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
e,horttabTc Dtstribuffon.

The grand Distribution in aid of the New
York Founding Asylum and the Soldiers,
and:SaiIor's Orphans Home of Washington,
D. c., is positively fixed to take place in the
latter city on the 23rd of November next.
A popularity of this enterprise is that it
has received the sanction of the u. S. Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, whose spe-
eial permit of itappears in the prospectus,
being the very first instance in which such
permit has been granted to5an enterprise of
the kind. This is a fact so important in
itself, that the sale of tickets has already
advanced to an unprecedented extent. An
other guaranty of the sterling character of
the enterprise appears int names of the
substantial men OF business and high social
position by whom it is sustained; while the
press of the entire country has been unant-
nous in giving it publicity and approval
Private emOlument is not the principles ups
on which the enterprise stands, its project
Ors being actuateG solely by the charitable
motive of giving aid to worry, and benefici-
ent institutions. 1t Is likewise a recon-
mendatiOn to the enterprise that its General
a gent Is Mr.. p. &. DEvIN, the we'll known
Stationer and Printer, doing business at 81
Nausau Street, New York City.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
The Rise in Coffee.

The recent extraordinary rise in the
price of coffee has produced much dis
cusSion in commercial circles, The
price of good Rio in cargo, for instance
has within a few weeks advanced from
ia cents to nearly Il cents per pound,
gold. Other descriptions of coffee have
risen nearly as much. 1t is stated that
there are at present but forty odd thou
sand bags of coffee first hands in the
United States, and some of the large
dealers are ordering cargOes from Eu-
rope. When the tariff was reduced on
coffee, tea, and sugar, year ago, there
was almost immediate decline in the
price of those articles; but the short
crop of coffee has influenced the presen {
Use in that necessity"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
BABy's REGHTsS
ReEeReE coopvs

Der platform is only the CRADLE
AeF speeches are funny and few
4 wise little hsad,
But ali that Is said
As oaly a-gagus little "goei'
Bat heW haby's rights are respected!
Sne bed Of her dear, d0WnF head.
" ksnSvoF she thinks she's neglected,
AAd eOWR 10 her feet We are led.
ShA hfts uD her Teics in o minute
Her protests are loud and lOngl
Eesh household affair-shs'E Ia it.
Ts see there is nothing goes wrong.
The right ts twist limbs that are dimpfsd,
In every eZtEaVagant way,
10 maui and to teasO
The cat at her ease
10 crew and to creep all the day.
Tbs night 70 love that is purast2-
The right to q mothers own love!
Abs riaht 10 guide that Is surest,
To lead her Weo footsteps ADORE.
Her sIeet little mouth she upraises,
Is pure as a rose. dew impearIedI
The night 70 our kisses and praises
On, these her rights, over the world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
YOUNG PRYOR.
Melancholy ExtInGuishmenG of
Brilliant Genius.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Yesterday morning a body found
floating in the East River, of Atlantic
street, was identified as that of TheO-
bOric Bland Pryor, who has been Miss
ing since Sunday, the 18th. A Sun
reporter called later in the day at the
residence OF Major General Roger a.
Pryor, father of the deceased youth, at
127 Willow street, Brooklyn. 0ener-
al Pryor, said that on the morning of
the 18th young Pryor, who had been
studying very closely, complained of
feeling unwell. He was found to have
high fever accom- panied with ague.
The young man, however, chung to
mis- books, and when at last he was
| persuaded to abandon them he put on
his hat, and left the house to take a
stroll, so he said, and cool off. He
was never seen again until yesterday.
Young Pryor who was about twenty
years of age, possessed brilliant at
| tainments and high mOlal culture.
He entered Princeton College in 1868
and in 1870 graduated with such hon
! ors as had never been attained in that
institution but by Aaron Burr, nearly
a centuryago. His grade was 99.9, and
the terminating professor declared
that the examination which he had
passed almost challenged belief. He
gained the Jay Cooke Mathematical
Fellowship that alone being open to
BIN. In September, 1870, he went TO
the University OF Cambridge, England,
and in q single year won ever prize
and the only scholarship which was
open to him. Young Pryor studied
bard after his return from England,
and l. is thought that his too jealous
application to books impaired his
reason, and that in fit of alteration
he drowned himself A conclusion
was discovered on the body under the
left eve.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Cleanliness Promotes Health.

The number of perspirators pores on
TIE palm OF the hand have been count
ed by DR.. Wilson as 3,55S in a square
inch, and each tube, of which the pore
is an opening, being a quarter of an
inch long, it follows that on a square
inch of skin on the palm OF the hand
there is a length of tube equal to $50
inches, or 70 feet. The pores are not so
numerous in other parts OF the body.
Taking 1880 as an average viii be a.
OO0,O00. and the length of respiratory
tube l,75O,000 inches, or nearly % miles.
When we know these facts, need any
thing further be said in behalf Of daily
bathing aud strict clcanlin6
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
The Fish Culture.
From Richmond Dispatch.

DR.. Ball arrived by the Chesapeake
and Ohio train yesterday evening
with a tank of black bass which he
proposes TO divide, between the Apo
mattox, SfaUnton, and Dan rivers.
He procured many hundred at Front
Royal, and successfully conveyed
them via the Manassas Gap and the
Orange and Alexandria railroad to
Lynchburg. Returning toICharlottes-
vile, he carried his valuable freight
to Clifton Forge, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio, and from thence on the
back track to Richmond. En- route
he put fish into the RappahannOck,
Rapidan, Tye river, James river at
LynchburK and at Clifton Forge, the
COWpasture, the Calfpasture, Christ
ian Creek, South river, Moorman's
river, and the RiVanna.
Tie fab were transported with sue
cess, and when placed in the rivers
were full of life. Those that arrived
here last night were in fine condition.
DR.. Ball has quite triumph in this
expedition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
Cabbages for Stock.

Commenting on the subject of raising
cabbages for stock, the New York
said they grow 30 tons per acre of the
OK drumhead cabbages, against 18 tons
of Swedes, or y Of mangles; and ac-
cording to DR.. VOlcker, cabbages con-
tain nearly three times as much flesh
forming substance as common turnips,
and are equal to almost all cloVers and
grasses as food for stock. They are
much better for lambs and mich COWS
than any kind of turnips, and they are
much better relished. But cabbages
can be grown TO profit on very rich
and highly-manured soil; and the
same applies strictly to the Indian
corn crop. 1t is probable that cabbages
are a much surer crop in the cool mois
climate of England than in our hotter
summer,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24

POULTRY TEoUGH.-Take two pie
ces of board like fence pickets, one
three and the other four inches wide,
and of equal length. Nail the three
inch one upon the edge Of the four
inch at right angles to it, and nail
cross-pieces a foot high across the
ends. Thus we have a trough about
two inches deep and four inches
wide. This needs q cover to prevent
,favls from getting in it and fouling
Il. or scratching. For this, Stats are
I,aiIed on across the trough are often
used.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24

PAIN -AILLER.-In anOJner column
viii be found the advertisement of Da-
vis' Pain Killer. There is probably no
other preparation manufactured that has
become so much of household word as
the Pain Killer. For thirty years it has
stood before the public, and the innu M
orable 3estimoniaIs that have been cali
forth voluntarily, testify fully to its
merits. When you need a family medi-
cine buy the Pain Killer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-11-24
n1rElsN p1-nnING

Pour over pint OF biscuit or brea d
crumbs enough milk to make a good
batter, not too stiff; let it soak while,
then mash smooth, and add one cup of
sugar, one half pound butter, and the
yclks Of two eggs well beaten, flavor
with anything you like, and bake.
Froth the whites with white sugar
when the pudding is done spread them
over and return to the stove and brown
slightly. Eat with or without sauce.
Very nice