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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

Memphis and Little Rock.-Thi'
road was completed early in the yea
by the laying fifteen miles of track
Little Rock and Fort Smith.-rherc
was . section OF the road, so miles
long, ready for the iron at the begin
ming OF the year but we have 10 IN,
formation that any track YVES laid
during the year.
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Or
| leans.-This road had 10 miles Of track
laid in the beginning Of the yrar, and
by the latest report had y miles
more.
Carlo and Fulton.--Early in the
year the track was laid from CARO-
northwest 20 miles, and in November
the roadbed was nearly ready FOR "
miles further, and it was promised
that track would be laid on this Sec
ton by the end Of the year. We have
no Information, however, that TINS
has been done.
Arkansas Central. This railroad was
made ready for the iron from Helena a
little west Of north to White river Ut
Aberdeen, Il distance OF 40 miles, and
il was to have the track laid on this
section; but we have no information
that it has been done. 1t Is Of 3-feet
gauge.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
Breeding Stock.

AS we breed 80 we get nature never
changes; she cannot. Qualities are
transmitted nothing else. There is
no change, Or accident Of change. Ii
an unusual quality appears, it comes
from some remote ancestor, handed
down and kept in the blood till now,
when ii appears; it would have APP
peared sooner had not its proportion
to other qualities been so small; it
only came in its turn. BY continual
careful breeding it is at last bred out
entirely, and other qualities, such as
are wanted, take its place. We there
fore get as we have in the breed.
II only good qualities, only good can
be transmitted. Hence the Short
Horn is a always Short-Horn, the Berk-
shire, Berkshire. Certain breeds of
sheep and other stock will give only
what they are because they transmit
only their properties, what are seen,
and not some lurking quality from the
old stock whence they were bred; this
has all been cleared out, SO that we
have pure blood, something reliable.
Now, If there is a mixture of pro-
portions of different breeds in the
female, and the male is pure, it will
be seen that there is a chance to get
better or more Of the pure than
when both male and female are
mixed. 1t is for this reason that good
males are in demand, fortunately as
the qualities of the male have a
stronger determination to appear.
There seems to be more vitality in
what the male imparts than hat of
the female. We therefore prefer to get
a better male rather than a better
female, though both of the best and
harmonizing qualities are preferred.
We are safe then when we have a
male that suits us. Unless the female
is very defective, we get more or less
of the points that give satisfaction,
whether in milk, flesh, or the yoke,
or srecial property in wool or mutton,
and SO on. 1t needs but fair female,
and a male with satisfactory qualities.
This will not require any extra ex-
pense, or but little. The pure blood is
rare and costly, and cannot be afforded
for general use, in both male and
female. For the male alone there Is
less cost; and for a good, though not
q pure blood, much less. For profit
we are safe here. There Is, also, i'm
.provement; profit corresponding
Northwestern Farmer.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

GRAIN rs. ALL CORROSIVE have
called the attention Of our planting
friends to the necessity, in or judg-
ment, Of changing the system OF plant
ing so largely Of cotton, to the neglect
of the corn and small grain crops. We
are fearful, from what we hear from
the people in different sections, that
the line upon line and preccpt upon
precept that they have had from the
press of the South has had but
little effect in changing the suicidal
system that has each year made MS, as
a people, poorer, and which continues
to impoverish us. Every yearbUt ADDS
to the Individual indebtedness OF or
best men who are planters; each year
sees additional farms mortgaged Tor
the necessary supplies with which to
conduct the farming operations Of our
farmers for another year. How long
this policy will continue We know nor,
but Just so long as it is all cotton ana
but little corn, we will guarantee thai
II people continue to grow poorer
besides losing their time and labor,
Selma Times.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
BE Economical.

Look most to your spending. No
matter what comes III, If more goes
ont, you will always be poor. The art
is not in making money, but in keep
ing it; little expenses, like mice in Il
barn, when they are many, make great
waste. Hair by hair, heads get bald;
straw by straw, the thatch goes off the
cottage; and drop by drop, the rain
comes in the chamber. A barrel is
soon empty, if the tap leaks but adrop
II minute. When You mean to save,
begin with your mouth; many thieves
pass down the red lane. The ale jug
is q great waste. In all other things
keep within compass. Never stretch
your legs further than the blanket
will reach, or you will soon be
cold. In clothes, choose suitable and
lasting stuff, and not tawdry fineries.
To be warm is the main thing; never
mind the looks. A fool may make
money, but it needs q wise man to
spend it. Remember, it is easier to
build two chimneys than to keep one
going. If you give all to back and
board, there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work
hard while you are young, and you will
have a chance to rest when you are
old.-COui and II Record.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

MEAT-PE.-Cut cold beef or veal
into small bits, and place in a deep
earthen dish. Add p~arboiled potatoes
cut in slices about an inch thick, and
gravy that may have been served with
the meat, butter and seasoning to suit
the taste, and hot water enough to
make the pie juicy. Sprinkle sufi-
cient flour over the top to thicken the
liquor. Make a crust Is directed for
biscuit. Roll itout quite thin, spread
in a layer of butter and dredge flour
over it. Fold together and lightly
roll out again to the sizo of your dish.
Lay it on, pressing the edges and cut
ting the top. Bake half an hour in a
quick oven. Just before removing
from the oven, take a little warm water
and melted butter and haste the top.
This softens the crust nicely. Chicken
pie made in the same way is very nice,
though 1t is better to have fresh chick
ell parboiled with the potatoes until
nearly done, and then placed in the
dish, seasoned and covered as above
directed. Many think it an improve
ment to put slices Of onions i'll the
pie.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
AZ Invention for Loading Railroad
Cars.

A patent has recently been issued on
IN invention designed to facilitate the
loading of freight cars or locomotive
tenders, consisting of Il box holding q
sufficient quantity to load the tender
with fuel or the car with freight. The
box is pivoted on a frame higher than
the tender and car, so as to tilt toward
the tender and car; and the side of the
box which swings down is hinged 50 as
to be let fall upon the top Of the tender
or car and form Il chute for conducting
the contents into the vehicle to be
loaded. The ends of the hinged side
have pieces similar to the end boards
of the box, which assume II vertical
position when the side falls down, and
form sides to the chute, preventing the
escape of the contents of the box over
the ends. For loading tenders the box
is much smaller than is required for
discharging a car load at once into u
car, and is arranged in vertical ways.
A hosting drum, and other necessary
apparatus for lifting the box from the
ground to the proper elevation for dis
charging, is employed but, for load
ing cars, the freight should be as high
as the box to be put into it, or it may
be carried up by elevators. The frame
supporting this loading apparatus is
mounted on car wheels to be run along
Il temporary track, to facilitate the
taking Of the wood or coal from differ
cnt positions, and conveying the load
to the proper place for discharging.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
Pu,ycrlzc the Soil.

After the many deluges of rain
which haYe characterized the past
winter, and the almost unprecedented
heavy snow falls at the North and
West look for a dry and parched sum-
mer. How shall we tillersof the soil
avert the disastrous consequences of a
long and p%arching drouth? BY deep
breaking up (tirst) and thorough pull
v~erizaIion of our lands afterwards.
The famous Jethro Tull, of England,
many years ago clearly demonstrated
the great utility OF making the soil as
tine as possible, in orler to insure lux
uriant crops, and to enable plants to
resist the effects of a long continued
drouth He went SO far in regard to
this matter, as TO assert his belief that
this deep breaking up and fine pull
v~erizatiOn Of the soil was all that was
really necessary; that manuring was
of little consequence, where the pull
verifying idea was fully carried out,
Now, of course, we do not go as far a.
this with Tull; we advocate feeding
crops and giving them, literally, that
pa0ulum sustenarce which few soils
contain in perfection. The proper or
specific manuring of plants, trees,
vines, ETC., is one of our modern ad.
vanced ideas, tile %soundnesS of which
can neither he gainsaid Or questigued.
Let Us judiciously use all the manure
or plant food we can possibly obtain !;
but let us place this food in such a
position chat it may be made available
and profitable. How is this to be
done? BY pulverizing the soil, and
intermingling with and through it
every particle of manure which you
apply-thus increasing its solubility
and diflusing it so that the plant may
take up and use it, according to its
needs. Home Journal.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

A CURE FOR NEURALGIA.-It IS nov
amiss to be cognizant of all the "sure
cures, to which flesh is heir, if we only
bear in mind the principle of theadaGa
that zone swallow does not make a
summer" Some people think that
one cure reveals an unfailing remedy.
Neuralgia is one Of the horrors OF life.
A poultice and q tea made from the
common field thistle is said to be assure
cure. 1t is simple enough to deserve
a trial; A martyr to neuralgia having
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

4 st. Louis woman, hearing that
the clearinghouse of her lover was
in flames, and that he was in an upper
story unable to escape, rushed franli-
cally to the spot, seized Il ladder and
mounted it, despite the e%ntreatles of
her friends. Agilely ascending, she
disappeared amid the smoke and
flame which e%nveloped the windows
of his lourth-story room. "A breath
less silence fell oil the multitude be-
low. but soon the brave girl reap
reared with her darling in her arms.
As she descended, the ladder bent
and swayed beneath the double bur
den, and the increasing flames caught
in her long crinis and crinoline, but
the steamer played on her ~unceasing-
ly, and, amid the shouts which rent
the skies, preserver and preserved
reached mohter earth in safety.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

PAPER CoMroRrABhE8.-Thc mode
of making comfortablcs warmer ny
lining them with newspapers, is gooj,
as long as they last, which cannot be-
long, especially after washing Il few
times. Ihave tried Il simpler way Of
attaining the same object on cold
nights, when l have not had sufficient
bedding over me, especially at hotels,
where we can not always get just what
we want. Throw off one or two of the
top covers from the bed, then pull
from the pocket, or satchel, two or
three large newspapers-ono very large
one will d~o-spread them Oh lie bed,
replace the cover, and you will have
a warm and comfortable night, without
any perceptible increase in the weight
of the bedding. Agail, when yon
have a hard, cold ride i'll a cutter, 81
ten or twenty miles, against tha wind,
spread a newspaper over your chest
before you button up your O]yercoat,
and you will not become chilled
through. Nothing can be cheaper,
and, as far as it goes, nothing more ct-
ticient.--COr. country Gentien,sH.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
The Old Fashioned Mother.

Thank God! some of US have an old
fashioned mother. Not Il woman o.
the period, enameled and painted,
with her great chignon, her curls and
hustle, whose white, jeweled hands
neverh have felt the clasp Of baby fin.
gers, but n dear ld-fashioned, sweet
voiced mother, with eyes in whose clear
depths the love light shone, and brown
hair, threaded with silver, lying
smooth upon her faded cheek. Those
dear hands, worn with toll, gently
guided our totteringsteps inchildhood,
and smoothed our pillow in sickness,
even reaching out to lis in yearning
tenderness when her sweet spirit was
baptised in the early spray of the
river. Blessed is the memory Of an
old-fashioned mother. 1t floats to us
now like the beautiful perfume ofsome
woodland blossom. The music Of 9th
er voices may be lost, but the %entranc-
ing memory Of hers will echo in our
souls forever. Other faces will fade
away and be forgotten, but hers will
shine on until the light from heavens
portals shall glorify our own.
When in the titful pauses of busy
life our feet wander back to this old
homestead, and crossing the well-worn
Threshold, stand once more, in the
low, quaint room, SO hallowed by her
presence, how the feeling of childish
innocence and dependence comes over
us, and we sit down in the motion sun
shine streaming through the western
window, just where, long years ago,
we knelt by Il mothers knee lisping
Our Father How many times, when
the temptcr turned on us, has the
memory of those sacred hours, that
mothers words, her faith and prayers,
saved us from ~plunging into the deep
abyss of sin! Years have filed great
drifts between her and us, but they
have not hidden from our sight the
glory Of her pure, unseliish love.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

REvAccfNATIoN.-In Wirtemberg, in
five years, among S4,2 8 revaccinated
adults, there were but two cases of
smallpox, while among 1858, 29S adults
having been vaccinated ininfancy only,
there were 1858 cases. One success
full revaccinatlon at or after puberty is
all that is required to supplement the
infantile vaccination. This is attested
by the experience of many physicians,
and many statistics too scatteredtO be
quoted here. The cicatrix should be
we'll marked.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

An Illinois editor thus sarcastically
speaks Of the marriage Of a profess
sional brother in Indiana: He
stepped upon the hymenial platform,
adjusted the fatal moose, and was
swung Oft into that unsilent bourne
whence he can never return save by
the indianapolis connectinglines."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

Chicago points proudly to the fact
that, Notwithstanding the fire, the
packing business Of 1871 was larger
than that Of any previous year.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

The engineer of a locomotive on
one of the Western railroads Is a
gushing blonde of the softer sex.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19
SOI0TII CAROLINA.

Port Royal Railroad, Track laid
from the deep water terminus at Bat.
terry Point, on Port Royal Island,
nOthwc-t ii miles.
Wilmington, Columbia and Angus
ia. A branch was constructed from
Sumter west to ColumbIa, II miles.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-04-19

The work done in this State is dis
appointing. At the close Of 1870 there
was a large mileage on several diller.
ent lines nearly ready for the iron aud
the completion Of the Little Rock and
Fort smith, the Little Rock, Pine
Bluff and New Orleans, and q con-
siderable extension of the Cairo and
Fulton and the Ouachita and Red
River was reasonably to be expeL ted.
The Little Rock and Fort Smith IL
likely to be completed soon, and the
Cairo and Fulton considerably ex-
tended, if not completed, during the
wear,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15

Milton Mont gonery received nineteen rhundred
and seyenty-eights
Matthew Wadfeigh received nineteen hundred
and seventy.eight.
Scattering sixteen (l6sl
Allen Warden received two tfousand and thirty.
On the Proposition to amend the Constitution,
two hundred and forty-seyen of which numpet one
hundred and forty-six were "For Amending the
Constitution increasing the number of Justices OF
Against Amending the Constitution increasing the
number of Justices of the supreme Court
For Sc ator, four thousand hundred and
Francis Little received two thousand hundred
and sixteen, and
Henry c. Barnard received two thousand and
three.
For Member of Assembly ,Nothern District, twenty.
five hundred and three, Of which number
VIM. Hyde received eleven hundred and sixty
W. E. Rowe received thirteen hundred and forty
three
For Member of Assembly Southern District,
sixteen hundred and seventeen, of which number,
VIM. Robinson received eight hundred and fifty
seven.
Il. yanDussn received seven hundred and forty
fsur.
Nichalas Coad received sixteen.
For Sheriff, four thousand one hundred, and thir-
ty one of which nunber,
VIM Sands received twenty enc hundred and forty
four.
David Nc Farland nineteen hundred and eighty
seven. e..--,
For Treasurer four thousand one hundred and
twenty eight, of which number.
John T. Jones received two thousand and fifty
four.
Chas. Gilman received two thousand and seventy
four.
For Register::of Deeds, four thousand one hundred
and twelve, of which number,
Ben. Evans received tive thous nd and eighty-fve
John G. Mckee received two thousand and twenty
seven.
For County Clerk, four thousand one hundred and
sixteen, of which number,
Halgrim Halgrimson received nineteen hundred
and ferty-eight.
Orville Strong received twenty one hundred and
sixty eight.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court, four thousand one
Christian Kesslsr received twsnty-four hundred
and thirty-four.
Emory Wyman received seventeen hundred and
nine.
Fer District Attorney. four thousand one hundred
and twenty-five, of which number,
Richard L. Read received two thousand and
lightweight.
For County Surveyor four thousand one hundred
and thrty-three, of which number.
A. W. Comfort received two thousand and seven
ty-two.
one.
For Coroner, four thousand one hundred and
twenty four of which nu mber,
John Hutchinson received two thousand one hum
dred aud seven.
Matthew Bishop received two thousand and
seventeen.
Given under our hands at the office of the County
Board of Supervisors at Dodgeyile, this Sth day Of
November, A. D. 1872,
ORvILLE STRONG, County Clerk,
THOMAS CARKxEK, Justice of the Peace.
STEPHEN NoRTHEY, Justice of the Peace.
County Board of Canyasssrs,
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15

Statement of the County Board OF
Canvassers,
STATE OF WISCONSIN, I

ooUN,r OF IOWA. So. We, orville Strong,
County Clerk. and Thomas Carkeek, and Stephen
Northey Justices Of the Peace in and for said coun'
TOR, do hereby certify that the foregoing Tabular
Statement correct and true IS compiled from the
county, and as compared Herewith by US, and that
from such returns it appears that the whole number
Of votes polled said county for electors OF President
and Vice President of the United States, for Repre-
sentative in Congress for the Congressional District
on the proposition 10 amend the Constitution. for
Senator, smbers of Assembly, and County officers
at the General Elections held in the several towns
varas and election precincts thereof, on Tuesday
the 9th cay of November, D 1872, was as follows,
to.wit .,
fonr thousand and seventy.two, of which number
WIN. Il. Cramer received two thousand and seventy
eight. .,,..na and .sv.,.v.
Jerome s. Nickles received two thousand and sew
enty-eight. ~ .oxa,
Ormsby B. Thomas received two thousand and
Tredrici Hislen received two;thousandand seventy
Ed. gcr.trdss received two thousand and
ssventy-eSht.
Geo. E. Hoskinson received two thousand and
seventy-eight.
Remanzo Bunu received two thousand and seventy
Henry D. Barron received two thousand and sOven-
~ eight.
John Black received nineteen hundred and seven
ty eight.
Mons Anderson received nineteen hundred and
seventy-eght.
wyman Spooner received nineteen hundred and
seventy-eght.
Amasa q: Cook received nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
George r. King received nineteen hundred and
seventy eight.
Samuel Rindskoff received nine teen hundred and
seventy-eight.
Rob;t H. Hotchkiss received nineteen hundred
and ssventy-sight.
Anton Klaus received nineteen hundred and tsveI-
ty-Sight.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15
Without a Party.

Horace Greeley says in his card pub
ished in the New York Tribune, "that he
is not in full accord with either Of the
great parties which have hitherto divided
the country" In other words, he is with
out party, having left the Republican
party for nomination to the Presidency,
he is no longer a member Of it, and hay
ing been defeated, and never having been
in "full accord" with that party, he has
now no place within its folds.
Thousands Of men who have heretofore
been Republicans are like Horace Greeley,
having left the party on one pretext or an
other, some for Office, some because they
have been disappointed at not getting Of
flee, some because they thought the coali-
ton would sweep the country, and some
from honest conviotions-at least at first
that the Republican party was pursuing
a wrong course, they joined the coalition.
They have been defeated, and their coali-
ton is at all end, never having any views
in common with the Democrats they can
not join that party, and are now out in
the cold.
1t is now matter of speculation as to
who will most cordially hate Horace Gree
lev, or rather the course he has pursued I:
the Republicans who have watched with
feelings of utter disgust the remuneration
of the principles of life time, leave his
old and tried friends and join his bitterest
enemies for the sake of CHARGE for Office,
the Democrats who were quelled into
nominating him, and supporting him,
knowing him to be their worst enemy, and
being led by him to most disgraceful de-
feat, or the Liberal Republicans who join
ed the coalition on one pretext or another.
and are now with Greeley without party.
There can be no doubt but each party
heartily detsst him, but We are of the
opinion that the Liberal element hold him
in the most uncontrolled and most lastin z
abhorrence, and that too with very good
reason.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-11-15
A Puzzle in Arithmetic.

When three Irishmen dug ditcl
for which they were to receive four dol
lars, the trouble was, how to divide
four among three, and have it "equal.'
One of them remained quiet and the
other two deferred to his judgement.
as he had been to school, and knew
rithmetic, to make the division. He
did it at once, saying, It's aiss
enough Shure there'stwO for you two
aud two for me two" " Be CORA,
said one of his co-laborers, what a
great thing it is to have learning 7
"And" said the other, as be pocketed
his single dollar, to know 'rithmetic
too It's the likes Of us two'd never
divided them four dollars equally, .