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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-09-16
AUCTION SALES.
S. N. Davis, Auctioneer.

re- ASSIGNEE's SALE g.
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN NEW
KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
Byyirtue of an order of the United States Dis
trict Court for the Eastern District Of Virginia,
made September 9Th, 1872, in the matter of Thos
A Digs, bankrupt, / will sell, on
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER BOTH 1872,
at IL O'Clock A. M, in front of the United States
Court-House, in the city of Richmond, that val
uable Tract of Land containing .--s -a-.
l24M ACRES,
lying in New Kent county, Va, about four miles
from Barhamsville, with good DWELLING
and the usual outhouses on the same t
This land will be sold free from all liens and
ancunbrances.
TERMS-One-third cash balance on a credit
of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes for the deferred payments, interest added,
title retained by the assignee until said notes are
paid. 81 AsIiai o. IL. WENDLINGER, ~
+ Sept, Q, 1872. .sH1H HWa 4a3 Assignee.
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IL A SPLENDID FRUIT FARM IN SOUTH
ERN ILLINOIS, CONTAINING 240
ACRES, FULLY STOCKED WITH l.
81 THE CHOICEST yARITIES OF Peg
z3t54h PEACHES, APPLES, PEARS, A3b9G
b. se,lt III GRAPES, CHERRIES AND sIii guii
49, 49, SMALL FRUITS ss Al
1t has seven aures of bearing Strawberries, six
acres in Pears, sixteen acres in Peaches, fifty
acres in Apples, and four acres in Cherris $.
Good HOUSE AND BARN, fine spring water
and all out-houses necessary. 81
The farm is in high state of cultivation, and
adapted to wheat, corn, grass and the root crops.
Its location is very beautiful and healthful, two
miles from the village of Golden on the main
line of the Illinois Central Railroad The neigh
borhood is one of the best in the whole IVES,
having goods society and schools. rEt2g
. This farm is a great bargain at the price
asked win sell on time or exchange for first-
class Virginia properly. #H."
Enquire at the STATE JOURNAL office.
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DUY YOUR WATER COOLERS ~ g.,..
ID at w. J. ANDERSON'S,
s25 Main and 205 Broad street.
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A HOME N VIRGINIA.,

Z On sale PLANTATIONS, FARMS, SUBUR-
BAN and CITY RESIDENCES, aald TOWN
LOTS. Several FIRST-CLASS ESTATES ON
the State. Prices low and terms aceornmo-
dating w. u. ROBINS, g.
my Cd sWSW3m lila Main street.
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gr ~-st T.. ID. Eacllo, Auctioneer. I'D 81 t..' Z
@A AssIGNEE's SALE SfA
- ...,- ri45 is-Ut4 OF 4H.E.t -s.-. .lN I'D lh4u
laE VALUABLE REAL ESTATE IN n
E4.g BUCKINGHAM Co, VA. 4
BY virtue of an order of the United States Dis
trict Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,
of date August 27th, 1872 will sell, as assignee
of Bryce M. Pratt, bankrupt, on 80
.g!a TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER PATE,
in front of the United States Courthouse, in the
city of Richmond, at p. NJ, that valuable
tract of land containing f.t .Ha4t aVgH .
tHgs s7ss ACRES, }l 7agssiI4.il
lying in buckingham county, Va, with Dwell
ing House, SCHOOL, House, Office, Barns, Car
riage House and Ice-House on same, ALI in good
repair iJs@ t-f aaf aI'&iNE@
This land is adapted to grain, grass, tobacco,
SC. This land will he sold in lots or parcels to
suit purchasers. "l.
TERMS-One, third cash balance on credit
of six and twelve months, the purchaser to give
notes for the deferred payments, interest added,
title retained by the assignee until said notes are
paid. t VIM. B. MATTHEW'S, Air3
Sept Sd, 1872. #-s stsE s,a Assignee
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etoUiHERN PLANTER AND FARMER.
SUBSCRIPTION So PER ANNUM.
A F1RST-RATE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.

A F1RST-RATE ADVERTISING MEDIUM.
.F.. .'-'f' f.-t . .--ie5 20 ~ r Va
This old and weltestabished Journal has re-
Gently changed hands, and win be conducted
with renewed vigor. 1t will number among its
contributors some Of the ABLEST WRITER'S
IN THE COUNTRY upon all subjects kindred
to agriculture The different departments of the
journai--A greultnral, horticultural, Mechani-
cal Household, &c.--will each be conducted with
a view to make il the most
VALUABLE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL
~ IN THIS COUNTRY. ~
Every farmer should take 1t, and no one who
who has recently moved into the State can afford
to be without it, us it contains the experience of
the most practical and successful farmers and
planters. -rf s
As an advertising medium it has no superior in
the South, having u large circulation amongst
the most substantial farmers and business men.
Insurance companies, bankers machinists, ferti-
lzing companies, nurserymen, seedmen, COM
mission merchants, &c. who wish to reach the
best elassof people In the country, will find IL to-
their interest TO advertise IN this JOURNAL. .fh
1t will be mailed to subscribers on the first day
of each month at SO per annum in advance.
Specimen copies will be sent on application.
All business communications to be addressed
rtt.ss- gag.r. fr JOHN w. RISON,
Editor and Proprietor.
Cfnee No 2 Columbian Block, corner of Thir-
teenth and Cary streets. de eft
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DUTTERfCK'S PATTERNS.
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Office S29 Main street.
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Register in Bankruptcy
for Sd CoDg'l Dist. of Va.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Tiiss UNI
| 4 TED STATES for the Eastern District of Vir-
| ginia.
In the matter of William b. Walter, bank
! rupt--n bankruptcy.
r. At Alexandria, on the 9th day of Sept, A. u.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

The IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING A Trade
Why is it that there is such a repugnance on
the part of parents to putting their sons to
a trade 4 skilled mechanic is an independ-
ent man. Go where he will, his craft will
bring him support. He need ask favors of
none. He has literally his fortune in his
own hands. Yet foolish parents-ambitious
that their Sons should - rise 10 the world, -
as they say-are more willing that they
should study for a profession, with the
chances of even moderate success heavily
against them, or run the risk of spending
their manhood in the ignoble task of retail
ing dry goods, or of toiling laboriously at
the accountants desk, than learning trade
which would bring them manly strength,
health, and independence. In point Of fact,
the method they choose is the one least likely
to achieve the advancement aimed at for
the supply of candidates for positions as
. errand-bOys, 'dry-goods clerks, and kindred
occupations, is VIGOROUSLY overstOcked !;
while, on the other hand, the demand for
really skilled mechanics, of every description,
is as VIGOROUSLY beyond the supply. The
crying need of this country to-day is for
skilled labor and the father who neg ects to
provide his son with a useful trade, and to
see that he thoroughly masters it, does him
a grievOus wrong, and runs the risk of help
~ oO LIhChf " luCACdcC IuC StOCh VI lulS
and dependent, if not vicious, members OF
society. 1t is stated in the report of the
Prison Association, lately issued, that of
fourteen thousand five hundred and ninety
six prisoners confined in the penitentaries
of thirty States. in 1867, seventy-seven per
cent, or ten thousand of the number, had
never learned a trade. The fact conveys a
lesson of profound interest to those who
have in charge the training of boys and
girls too for the active duties of life Manu-
fdcturer and Builder.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

HARVESTING BUCKwHEAT.-" A young far
mer " wants information about harvesting
buckwheat, and the American AgricuLtartst
says;
We give the desired information somewhat
in full, as it is of general interest, and the
crop is sufficiently valuable to make the
proper harvesting of it worthy of more care
and attention than are generally given to it.
No crop is more carelessly put in the
ground or harvested than this, and the re-
suit is that considerable loss both in yield
and quantity is sustained. 1t is thus that
the crop has come to be called 90 the lazy
mans crop" It is too late in the season
now to say anything more as to the best
methods of cultivating it than the crop de-
serves and will pay well to be put in in the
best manner and on good soil. In harvesting
too, it will pay for good care. No crop suf-
fers more from wet, or shells out more easily.
The slender attachment by which the grain
hangs, is broken very readily when dry, and
it is thus the best time to cut it when the
grain is damp. 1t should be cut with the
cradle, and allowed to lie until again damp
with dew, when it may be raked into
punches, and set up in small shocks. The
haulm or straw will always tangle sufficiently
to make the shocks hang together, and bind
ing would cause much unnecessary waste Il
should stay in these shocks, which are very
open and admit air and sunshine, until the
grain is cured, when it should be threshed
Immediately. 1t will not do to stack it or
put it away in a NOW, as it heats and spoils
very readily, and after being heated its value
for -four is much diminished. 1t should be
hauled on bright, windy day if possible,
and thresbed as it is hauled, the grain cleared
up Immediately, and either sold at once, or
stored in an airy room or granary. The
earliest buck wheat -four in the market brings
the best price, and that ground on a clear,
windy, dry day, both yields more and bet
ter -four than when ground in damp, close
weather. Buckwheat chopped with oats or
rye makes excellent feed for horses, hogs, or
milch-cows, and the bran will increase the
flow Of milk in COWS, but at the same time it
makes poor white butter.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21
rifnltnral.
The Season and the Crops.

No season, perhaps, within the recollection
of any persons now living. has ever shown
more strikingly than the present how uncer-
tain are all calculations with regard TO the
future condition of crops.
Last spring was late. Mild weather and
genial rains were withheld. The soil was
locked in frost long after we had been in the
habit Of blowing it, The ong-continued
drought, the bare surface of the earth, and
deep frosts, had killed tens of thousands 81
evergreen trees, shrubs, and other useful and
ornamental plants. Fodder was scarce and
high Nearly all barns were empty large
numbers CT cattle were slaughtered which
we're intended for the summer, and scores
upon scores of calves were sent to the sham
bies, which would have been reared had the
means of feeding been abundant.
The prospects were, indeed, gloomy.
Planting was delayed, and there was among
the farmers a strong feeling of solicitude and
anxiety. Still, however, there were hearts
full of faith and pluck, and stout arms, ready
to 90 on with whatever seemed to be duty
under the circumsta noes. The soil was turned
up, fertilized, and the usual seeds were depOs
tied in hope. Warm suns and refreshing
rams succeeded, so that what was planted in
hesitation and doubt, soon grew into vigorous
condition and with great promise of the iu-
ture-
Now, IN August, DehOlQ the contrast See
the forests bending with a remarkable mass
of the richest foliage, and the apple trees
loaded with fruit which, all things considered
surpasses all other fruits which are congenial
to our climate.
In all this region, the grass crop has been
abundant on good land, and, aided by the
large amount of other fodder crops soWn
such as oats, rye, barley, millet and Hunga-
rian grass, most barns will be filled in Novem-
Der as they have not been for many years.
The Indian corn crop, though not extensive
Is stout, and promises an abundant harvest
Potatoes have come in early, and later ones
have strong and healthy appearance. They
will undoubtedly yield good crop.
Among the fruits, cherries have been more
plenty and more perfect than for many preyi-
GUS years. Notwithstanding the destruction
of so many shrubs and trees, most of the
fruit trees, natural and grated, have more or
less fruit upon them. The pear crop will be
short, and we learn that it will be so where
ever this fruit is much cultivated.
The pastures, wherever we have travelled,
have been green all summer, and still have
rich, velvety appearance; the products of but
ter and cheese should therefore be large I'M
less the stock of cows was too much reduced
last winter aud spring.
A few more timely rains will insure large
second crop of grass, so that the abundance
of the crops already harvested, and the rich
promise of those yet to come, will greatly
exceed the sanguine expectations of the most
hopeful, last spring.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

- GIVE THY HORSE HIS HEAD.-A few
days ago two horses were drawing each a
load of coal up rising ground in the sub
urbs of our city. The hinder horse had the
bearing rein swung loosely on his neck, and
the animal was hanging his head forward
and by throwing his weight into the collar,
was dragging his load steadily and without
undue strain on his muscles and Joints. The
foremost horse, with his ton of coal, was
braced up with a tight bearing rem, his head
cramped and raised, his mouth fretted, and
every joint and muscle starting and strained
at every step he took. The two men were
talking to each other, and the carter Of the
hinder horse was heard TO say. . Bill, 20 and
give thy horse his head he'll pull that
load easier" Bill went and slackencd the
bearing rein. - Give him more said the
other. Bill went and gave him all he wanted
The horse Immediately did his work in a
way which conveyed the relief he felt as clear
ly as if he had said, " There, thank you
m all right now. We would commend
to every one who has charge Of "A draught
horse when he is at work, the advice that
Bill received and followed 80 Bill give thy
horse his head, he'll pull that load easier. -
York Paper.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

Hay FEvER-Mr. Beecher has made 4" hay
fever :" famous with his funny description OF
hrs sneezing propensities during the time OF
his annual affection. Daniel Webster was
sufferer from it, and so thoroughly inca
pacitated for business by it for period OF
five weeks annually, that he thought OF re-
signing the Secretaryship of State. 1t has
not been generally recognized by physl ;lans
as a separate disease, but now DR.. Morrill,
Wyman, lately of the Harvard faculty, has
written a work upon the disease, which
seems to thoroughly establish its identity.
There are two diseases of this kind, botn
of which the term " hay fever has been
given. The " June cold +" or " rose cold =
has been scientifically named " Summer ca
tarrh," and DR.. Wyman adopts the cores
ponding nomenclature, "Autumnal catarrh >
for this other disease. Among it's symptoms
are Inflammation and irritation of the eyes,
and proluse discharges from the nose with
frequent sneezing. 1t comes on about the
Goth of August and lasts through September,
no cure for it he's been found, but DIR.
Wyman finds that it is a matter of locality,
and his observations, with the three maps,
show many places where the disease not only
is not taken but disappears from sufferers in
a few days. Most of the White Mountain
region, the Adirondacks, ETC., and in Ger
many and France, are free from it. In par
of England it is frequent. Dr. Wyman E
treatise is most complete, is written with
admirable plainness, and is publ shed in ad
mirable shape.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

CANNED FRUIT.-The impression prevails
among those who use freely fruits which
are canned, that they are injured thereby
and this impression is in many cases correct
We have long contended that all preserved
fruits and vegetables should be stored in glass,
and no metal of any kind should be brought
in contact with them. All fruits contain
more or less of vegetable acids, and others
that are highly corrosive are often formed
by fermentation, and the metallic vessels arc
considerably acted upon. Tin cans are held
together by solder, an alloy into which lead
enters largely. This metal is easily corroded
by vegetable acids, and poisonous salts are
formed. Undoubtedly many persons are
greatly injured by eating tomatoes, peaches,
&C., which have been placed in tin cans, and
we advise all our friends who contemplate
putting up fruits the present summer to use
only glass for the Boston Journal
of Chemistry.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21
MY Little Neighbor in Green

L have curious little neighbor who al.
ways wears a green coat and has some
droll ways. The coat is not plain green,
either, it is relieved by wavy black
stripes, and gorgeously trimmed with three
bands of gold color down the back Then
he has a most dainty vest of gray, green
pantaloons very Tight and pair of gold
spectacles, He is very dignifed person,
and his gold "specs" make him look as
wise as an owl.
| said he was my neighbor, and he is,
for he lives in a pond not far off. sup
pose if you should sec him sitting there on
the bank, some morning, you would call
him frog, but that isn't his Sunday-go-
to-meeting," scientific name. You don t
suppose the wise men who give such hard
names to all the innocent little creatures
in the world names that are always print
ed in italics, and you skip have
neglected our little green friend, do you ?
By no means He belongs to the
Batrachian family. wonder how he'd
like tiff he knew it.
A droll thing about this little fellow is,
that when he was baby he wasn't little
frog, but little fish. He had tail and
gills, and swan around in the water like
other fish. He was called tadpole.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

CocoA-NUTs.-The United States import
three OF four million cocoa-nuts every year.
This number is large when compared witt
the trade twenty years back but it giyes
US little idea of the luxurious growth Of this
fruit in intertropical chimes. There are saiC
to be two hundred and eighty miles 81
cocoa-nut trees along the coast Of Brazil
Malabar, besides supplying home demands,
exports four hundred million Of coca nuts
annually, besides an equal value of copperab
or dried kernels and there are seven mil
lion cocea-nut trees in Travancorc. As for
ourselves, we import these nuts almost
wholly for eating, as pleasant fruit, and
give from twelve TO eighteen shillings
per hundred for them they come mostly
from the West Indies and Guiana. The
milky liquid contained within the nut Is
also pleasant to the taste The oil expressed
from the nut is, nevertheless, becoming IN ore
important as an edible Even the Fiji
Islanders, occupying a tiny spot in the great
Pacific, manage TO press out several hundred
tons of oil from their nuts, and to export it
in Australian trading ships
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

SUMNER COMPLAINT. Some six years ago
[ saw in your columns remedy for summer
complaint and kindred diseases, which, with
slight notifications, have since tried and
recommended in great many cases without
once having or hearing of failure. The
ingredients are almost always at hand, and
are SO simple that it does not seem that there
can be the least danger in its use in any case
Take equal quantities good vinegar and boil
ing water, and little more common salt
than they will dissolve. Pour the vinegar
on the salt in teacup and the boiling water
on both. Stir thoroughly, so that as much
salt as NAV will dissolve. Let it settle and
then take, according to the violence of the
attack, to 4 teaspoOnfuls in 20 or 30
minutes l or more then again in one,
two or three hours, regulating the frequency
and size of the dose according to the disease
find that i can thus shut down the gates
about as suddenly or gradually as | desire :;
but consider it best, if severe, to check it
gradually, in, say, about three hours The
first trial gave it was in the worst attack
of diarrbea | ever had, ompained with
great pain. | took 4spoonfuls, and in about
fifteen minutes more, when the pain began
to decrease laid down on a lounge, and in
fifteen minutes took another dose and went
to sleep, slept until noon, about two hours,
when took one more spoonful and a cup of
strong tea and went to my work at six
o clock took another dose and light supper,
and in the morning was as well as ever
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-08-21

As he grew, wonderful change came
over him. In the first place, his gills
withered away. After while, pair of
legs burst out of his skin. They grew
quite long, and then another pair burst out
in front Of the first ones, and he became
the possessor of tongue. The next thing
that happened was, his long tail shrank
away, his lungs developed, and at last he
hoped out of the water perfect frog
batrachian, mean.
Ii you think this too strange to be true,
you can see the whole thing for yourself.
Any time in the spring, 60 to the nearest
frog pond, where you will find plenty OF
the eggs floating on the surface. Gather a
few, and put them in water. If you have
an aquarium, put them in that, or in a
globe with gold fish, or even in common
dish. Then keep watch of them, and
you'll see all these wonders.
| need not tell you anything about the
voice of this little neighbor in green, for |
am sure you've often heard it, in the
twilight, when everything else is still. II
must be admitted it is rather harsh
voice, and in cid times, when the finest
palaces were surrounded with frog-ponds
/ servants were kept stirring the water by
the hour, to prevent the poor little fellows
from singing.
During the summer my little neighbOr is
a great eater, devouring a host of insects
worms, and such things. Aud so anxious
is he to have them perfectly fresh, that he
catches them alive and eats them at on &C.
But in the fall he becomes melancholy
and leaves off his food. And when the
weather gets too cool for mis- light coat, he
has no fur or feather overcoat, you know
he buries himself snugly in the mud at the
bottom of bis native pond, and goes tC
sleep for the winter, A pretty good nap
should think He is often frozen, but he
don't seem to care for that. The first
warm weather of spring brings him out
lively and bright as ever.
This little fellow is the edible frog.
That means be is eatable; and very nice
he is to eat, too. You would never laugh
at any one else after you had once eaten
the delicate white meat that grows under
his green skin. 1t tastes like tender young
chicken, and | am sure | don't see why a
frog isn't as pleasant to eat as horrid-
looking lobster.
The Edible Frog has a cousin-the
Green Tree frog. This dainty little fell
low is quite small, and lives on trees. His
coat is green too, but it is a lighter color
If he is not 50 dignifed as his cousin, he
Is much more graceful
Under his toes he has tiny suckers
which enable him to hold on to the tree,
no matter how smooth it may be, and even
on to the under side of a leaf To match
his lighter coat, his vest is white, and he
too spends his winters in a snug mud bed
at the bottom of a pond.
There is another little batrachian -
which looks like the frog, and that is, the
toad But he is not half as interesting.
In fact, he is very unpleasant-looking
creature. And he Is only distant cou-
sin. after all.-Chrutiqp Union.