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The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15
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lireen Food for. Stock

We are not inclined to take gloomy view
OF the future or predict an unpropitlous sea-
son Tor farmers. But it Is always q safe plan
to DC ready Tor Whatever may come, and we
therefore urge the Importance of preparing
for drought during the coming season. 1t
may not come, and food for stock may be
abundant during our dryest and hottest
months; but If more food is raised than need
ed lor immediate use 1t will keep until wanted.
we seldom have season in which pasturaSe
is not occasionally short and cattle fail to
procure bountlful supply of the food neces-
sary to keep them in good condition.
To make up any deficiency that may posi-
bly, occur. every owner OF stock should sow a
quantity of some rapid growing gram that
will be in suitable condition to feed stock
during the summer.
Mich COWS in particular often suffer for the
proper amount and kind of green food during
the months of July and August, but by sow
ing even small area at the present time with
corn, mlllet. or some similar rapidly growing
but nutritious plant, no lack Of good food
need occur. If the season should prove to be
q moist one, and pasturage abundant, then
these crops may be cured for winter use, and
corresponding amount of hay or grain sold.
1t is only by adopting some such system
that a scarcity of food can be avoided at all
times, and when farmer can take his choice
among variety of forage plants he Can save
money by selling that which is in the greatest
demand, and which commands the best price,
Hay and oats are staple articles, always bring
ing ready cash; but there are many more
economical plants that man can cultivate
for his own stock. Corn fodder when grown
thickly together in masses, and cut at the
proper season and well cured, is worth at
least as much per ton as good meadow hay
but it does not cost one.quarter as much, and
five times the quantity can be produced per
acre. Sweet corn is far better for this purpose
than common field corn, and some of the var.
ieties of popcorn are excellent on account OF
their slender stalks.
Let every stock-raiser prepare for scarcity
OF forage in summer, and We are sure they Will
thank US for the hint before the snow falls
next wiutcr-N. y. SIN.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

AS five years are required for the completion
of the bone structure OF the horse, it is i'm.
portant that he be carefully used until that
age. II he is early over.w worked the ligaments
which unite his one hundred and thirty bones
arc prevented from becoming sufficiently fixed
to the frame and he isdwarted, and wears out
or dies long before reaching the full twenty
five years which should be the average dura.
ton of his life and vigor. The muscles of a
fine horse ought to be thick and very long
thickness ensures strength and length and ex.
tended sweep of limb.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

If Drooms are wet IN boiling suds once "A
week they will become very tough, will not
Gu. the carpet, last much longer and always
sweep like new broom. A dusty carpet
may be cleaned by setting pail of cold water
out OF the door, wet the broom in it, knock 1t
to get out all the drops, sweep yard or so,
then wash the broom again as before, and
sweep again. being careful to shake all the
drops of the broom, and not sweep far at a
time The water may need to he changed
once or twice IT the carpet is very dusty.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

Cows and sheep should not be pustured to-.
gether Horses and sheep form more suit.
able partnership as their grazing habits are
similar.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

All the wood which produced flowers last
season should be cut clean out, or back to the
strong fresh growth Of the past year and
these free shoots can also be pruned one.third
or more of their length.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

A frequent feed of cabbage leaves is said to
cure sobbering in horses.
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

4 DISCOVERY ABOUT CoRN.-In this think
Ing and observant age new ideas ana discov-
cries are constantly being made known, many
oi which, II true, are never heard after, while
others pass INTO the treasury OF established
fact, when their merit has been proven. We
have just met with the following paragraph
in an exchange:
An intelligent and reliable farmer who has
for many years been making experiments with
corn, has discovered an importance and value
in replanting corn which Is quite novel and
worthy of publication. We have always
thought replanted corn was of little conse-
quence-he replants whether 1t is needed or
rather he plants two or three weeks after
crops are planted, about every fifteenth row
each way. He SAYS if the weather becomes
dry during the filling time the silk and tassel
become dry and dead. In this condition, if it
should become seaSonaDle, the silk reyIves
and renews, but the tassel does not recover.
Thus, tor want of pollen, the new silk is un-
able TO fiji the Office FOR which i: was deslg-
mated. The pollen from the replanted corn ID
then ready to supply tAe silk and the filing
Is completed. lie says nearly al. the abortive
ears, 80 common 70 the corn crop, are caused
by the want OF pollen, and he has known ears
u double their size in the second lil!ing."
THE STRIPED BUG.--Thc Germantown TIE
g-Gpb has the following:
Every gardener knows that this is most
destructive insect among melon, cucumber
and other young vines, sometimes damaging
the crop seriously. Many remedies have been
suggested, good In their way, but troublesome.
Now We have tried for several years a remedy
which has proved with us complete success.
Instead OF aiming to drive away the insect by
SCOT, ashes, &c, we pet it. or rather furnish it
with food better than the young melon and
cucumber plants We sow around each hill,
a, the time of each planting, a few radish
seed, and, coming up about the same time,
the tops supply the pasture for the bug which
it prefers to the vines Lettuce will also do,
but the radish is rather liked the best. While
our vines are untouched by making this little
provision for it, the young radish tops are
completely perforated.
should this tail-which is seldom the case,
and has never been with us-sprinkle the
vines with solutien of whale oil, soap and
water. No insect but the curculio cah stand
this. Where this preparation is not attalnable
weak solution Of carbolic disintcctant soap
will answer as we'll"
The Ottawa free trader., 1872-06-15

Lemons arc now abundant and cheap.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

gained by the McEneryites, while
the larger party to the fusion has
been accorded the little end of the
trade.
IF a Liberal Republican State Con-
yention is called and puts forth a
ticket of men with good records, who
are in favor of the paying of all legal
obligations of the State, and who
have not shown themselves to be
doubtful upon the matter of according
to all men their equal rights and priv
ileges before the law, if not success
FIJI it will at least save the disaffected
eolored vote for Greeley and Brown
and exercise healthy influence upon
the other tickets in the field.
But we shall see what we shall see.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
Platform and Resolutions
ADOPTED BY THE
Liberal State Convention
August 10th. EsS9.

We, the Liberal party of the State of I4oui-
siana, in Convention assembled, do hereby
proclaim and adopt the following as our plat
form of principles, essential to the redemp-
ton of our beloved State from the evils Of
lnisgoyernment, and tending to the restora-
tion of just, wise and patriotic rule, the vim
dication of the rights of the sovereign people ]:
l. We recognize the platform of the Cineir-
natl Convention of Liberal Republicans as
ratified and endorsed by the National
Democratic Convention as eminently judi
cious and representing the sylnpathies and
needs of our State and country and we
recognize IN tho National standard bearers
of the great peoples party, Horace Greeley
and Benz. Gratz Brown, men of sterling
worth, capable of restoring the Government
to the simplicity and purity of its earlier
years, when Washington, Adams and Jeffer-
son We're guardians of our liberties. We
therefore pledge them our undivided and
earnest support.
2. We recognize the political and civil
rights OF all men, and pledge ourselves to
maintain them, and We invite all men without
regard to past political differences to unite
with us III ON honest effort to accomplish such
salutary reforms as are now or may be de-
manded by the people.
3. We demand that our State Government
shall be administered justly and ec0nomi-
citlly, and to that end we pledge ourselves to
the abolition of useless offices the reduction
Of exorbitant salaries of officials the early
redemption Of the legal obligations of the
State, and the reduction Of taxation as speed
ily rs possible.
A. We demand that laws shall be enacted
for the punishment of bribery, and that the
powers of the Executive be diminished, be-
ing inconsistent with republican institutions,
and subyersive of the wishes of the people.
5. Recognizing public education as an inn
perative necessity and guardian of our lib
critics, we pledge ourselves to maintain a
generous and beniiieent free school system
which shall be extended to every portion of
the State and embrace in its privileges the
children of all classes, and we shall demand
a.strict economy and performance of duty on
the part of school officials
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

The town of Donaldsonville is situated
on the Mississippi river, IS miles from New
Orleans by water, IS miles by rail. and di-
rectly at the source of Bayou Iafourehe.
which is a large and important aifluent of the
Mississippi, navigable nine months in the
year for steamboats,, the remaining three
months for hatoboats, and which passes
through one of the richest and most fertile
sugar producing regions of the South. Don
jacksonville is the commercial centre of an
extensive radius Of fertile country, enjoying
daily communication with the Southern me-
tropolis both by railfoasi and steamboats,, and
is thriving town of constantly increasing
size and business Importance.
In such a town is the CHIEF published.
and its devotion to the interests of the com
nlunity,has gained fos it a degree of popu-
larity and circulation which are very graft
flying to the.conduetor, and which render it
an invaluable medium for advertisers, both
local and foreign, who desire to address
themselves to the people of this section.
What gives additional value to the CHIEF
and eommends it the more both to the adj
Tertising and reading portion of the public, is
the fact that it has been designated by the
proper authorities
Official Journal of the Parish Of Ascension
and Town Of DonaldsonYille,
and in its columns will appear the proceed
ings of the Police Jury, School Board, and
Common Council, and ali official notices and
advertisements pertaining to the Parish Of
Ascension or Corporation of Donaldsonyille
This journal viii be constant source of
reliable political and general information,
and each issue will contain a fair amount of
editorial matter upon topics of the most in
teresting nature.
Especial attention will be given to the de-
partment of home news, and among the
LOCAL J0TTINGSn
will always be found an account of transpir-
ing events in the Town of DenaIdsonyille and
Parish of Ascension.
In word, it has been and will continue to
be the earnest effort of the publisher to mako
the CHIEF
First-CIass Newspaper,
and a welcome visitor to every household in
the land where it is received
If you desire such paper, send three dol
lars for years, or one dollar and fifty cents
for six months subscription to the
DonaIdsonvilIe Chief:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
THE NORTH CAROLINA FRAUDS.

! "A Disastrous % Grant Victory
Tt is no longer an unproven charge,
but an established fact, that Caldwell
was elected Governor of North Caro-
lima by a system of the basest fraud
imaginable, consisting of ballot-box
stuffing, manipulation of return lists,
and the importation of voters from
adjoining States.
AS proof of this, witness the follow
ing. The figures are taken from the
official returns and poll lists, and are
perfectly reliable:
In Bladen county there are regis
tered 26l0 voters; the number ofvotes
cast at the election was c656.
In Cumberland county the registry
shows 1856 votes; at the election 1878
votes were cast.
In Duplin county the voting popu-
lation is put down at 1859; votes
cast at the election 34S5.
In Franklin county the number OF
registered voters is 2270; number
cast 3035.
In Halifax county the registered
voters numbered Ass; 5503 votes
were cast,
In Levin county the voting strength
was put down at 208l the number of
votes cast 1864.
In Northampton county the regis
try shows 2901 voters; 3085 ballots
were cast.
In Robson county 3043 names APP
pear on the poll books; 3214 votes
were actually cast.
In Sampson county the voting
strength is $685. the vote actually
cast is 3l3l.
Thus it will be seen that in nine
counties only, there were cast 1898 il
legal votes, and this number alone
will cover Caldwell's majority.
When the Grant administration be-
comes so weak as to be compelled to
resort to unhlushing fraud and out
rage Of the peoples most sacred priv
ilege to secure the semblanee of vie
tory, then it is high time the people
arose in their might and hurled the
rotten thing from power.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
10 Tax Payers.

nj 0TICE is hereby given that the Board
IN of assessors in aud for the Parish of
Ascension viii assess their property situated
i'll the aforesaid Parish, at the Court House
in the Town of Donallsonville, for the eur
rent year, during one month, commencing
August LIST and ending September LIST, 1872
All tax payers are requested TO call and at
tend to their assessments.
Office hours: From 10 a. NJ to Il o'clock
NJ, and from 2 to o'clock p NJ every day,
Sundays excepted.
Parish of Ascension July 9th, 1872.
JN0. d. CANTEY, Clerk,
CHAS. x. YOUNGER, Recorder.
G. KIINE. Sheriff,
Board of Assessors.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
YTsEHE PRAIRIE FARMER.

PIONEER AGRICULTURAL NEWSPA-
PER OF TIE GREAT WEST.
The Prairie Fst1.mer has new been pub
ished for over thirty years, and been the
companion of the great industrial misses OF
the West. Its
Varied Contents.
Devoted to Stock-Growing, General Agricul-
ture and Improvement, 0rcharding II
rigation and Drainage. Education,
Manufacturing, Building, etc,
make it just the paper that should be in the
hands Of every agrieulturist III the land.
The price is SO low that every farmer can
afford to have it.
Being published Weekly, its matter is al
ways new and timely.
TERMs--Two dollars per year, in advance.
club of live names, with SO, will entitle
the sender to a copy free for one year.
Sample copies sent free, ON application.
Address, PRAIRIE FARMER Co,
Chicago, Illinois,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
MORE THAN A MORAL COWARD.

MORE THAN A MORAL COWARD.
In the issue of the CHIEF of two
weeks since We said that the conduc
tor of the Leader was moral coward,
because after publishing a SANDER,
either wilfully or through ignorance,
he refused to retract it, thinking it
humiliating to confess an error and
thus yindicate the character of one
who is political opponent and a
competitor in business.
This week we go further. We de-
nounce him an indecent whelp, be-
cause he retorts to our arguments by
calling us puppy and liar.
We brand him a contemplate sneak
and physical coward, because when
we told him personally that he knew
the appellations applied to us in his
dirty newspaper to be lies, he never
offered to resent it.
lie IS brave enough to publish I'M
mitigated and indecent falsehoods in
his paper because he has never per-
haps dreamed the editor of this jour
nal would refer to them otherwise
than though the CuIEF, but when we
accosted him personally and gave him
the lie, he was probably too greatly
astonished" to act as one would ex-
peet man to do who assumes so much
bravery as himself.
In the language of our friend Loud,
of the Iberville Neacs, who also refers
to the editor of the Leader, ave sin
cerely regret that his vile falsehoods
have forced us, in honest indignation,
to forget for a time journalistic decor
um to administer a castigation, in I'M
measured terms, to one who stands be-
fore the world indelibly branded as
lying poltroon."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

The straight Democratic National
Convention met at Louisville on the
4th and 9Th instants, and nominated
Charles O'Conor of New York for
President, notwithstanding that gem
tlcman persistently declined to be-
come the nominee. John Quincy
Adams, the oft-defeated candidate
for Governor of Massachusetts. was
nominated for Vice President. The
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

PARISH OF ASCENSION Will De opened at TIT
COURTHOUSE, Donaldsonville, on
Monday, September end. HS52.
and will remain open until Saturday, Sep
teBg6er l4tt, 1872, for the revision and correc
ton OF the lists of registered voters of the
parish
Additional offices of registration will be
established throughout the parish ana re
main open as follows:
At I4ittle's store, first ward, from Monday
September 10th, to Saturday, September 2Ist
inclusive.
Monday, September 23rd, to Saturday, Sep
TENDER 18th, inclusive.
At Y. P. Landry's store, 18th ward, from
Monday, September 30th, to Thursday, DC.
tober 3rd, inclusive.
At the Linwnod plantation, 9th ward, from
Friday, October 4th, to Thursday, October
10th, inclusive.
At SEVERN Braud's store, 18th ward, from
Friday, October 18th, 10 Thursday, October
18th, inclusive.
At the Court House, Donaldsonville, from
Friday, October 18th, to Saturday, October
26th, inclusive.
All qualified electors of the parish who
were not registered IN Iooo Or 1917. unatef
State laws, and desiring to register, are no
titled to make application to the Supervisor,
between the hours of A. NJ. and II NJ, or
from to P. NJ, Sundays and legal holt
days excepted.
All registered voters who have changed
their places of residence since the last regis
tration arc notified to appear at these Offices
and have such change noted upon the regis
try books and upon their certificates of reg
istration.
Registration for this parish will finally
close SATURDAY,, OCTOBER 26tll 1872
L. E. BENTLEY,
Supervisor of Registration.
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Saturday, tiae 5tIa day OF
October. lS52.

at II o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, viz:
A certain tract of land or improvement
situated in this parish, OH the Amite river
bounded north and east by said river, cas-
and south by lands of A. Diez, and Ainitt
river, south and west by j. j. Singletary to
gether with all buildings and improvements
thereon, one hundred deadened cypress trees
more or less, one cart and yoke of oxen.
Terms-Cash.
c. KLINE, Sheriff.
Parish of Ascension, August 3lst, 1872.
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For District .guJoc.

Mr.. EpfToE Please announce that j X.
ffAUDET. of St JameA has consented to be
$ candidate for the o ee of Judge of the
Fourth Judicial Dish let, composed of the
parishes Of Asoensionf ST. james, St. John
che Baptist and st. Ch3rles, and that he will
s,e supported at the next November election,
without distinction of party, race or celor,
by the PEOPLE.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
Egnr. dtIer.Iz All. fs,e 4,orrf.

am u candidate forE Clerk of the Fourth
judicial Disttiet Court for the parish of As
eensioll, election to take place in November
RDDOLPH BRAUD.
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1t was an exquisite piece of impu-
dence for the Leader to demand that
we make good our charges against
Hon. Geo. E. Bovee.W hen the Leader
consents to retract the ISLANDERS it has
uttered about US, and which we have
proven to be falsehoods, then win we
recognize its right to call upon us to
substantiate charges of the CHIEF
against third parties. Until then we
shall treat our contemporary in the
eontemptuous manner which its pusil-
luminous and dirty conduct has enti-
tied it.
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The Donaldsonville Chief.
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AT
DOnaldsOnyille, La,
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END OF VOLUME With this
number ends the first volume of the
CHIEF. Subscribers finding cross
made with blue pencil upon their
paper will please take notice that
their subscription has expired, and if
they wish to continue to receive the
CHIEF they must Immediately forward
the amount of subscription or their
names will be stricken from our lists.
Those finding both blue and red
crosses upon their papers will take it as
gentle reminder that they are in debt
to us for old subscriptions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07
Public Notice.

r RESPECTFULLY inform the public that
l. on the 18th of this month viii close my
Photographic Gallery
on Cabahanossee street, and continue my
study on the culture of the sugar cane. In
formation concerning the culture of caneand
the manufacture of sugarwilI be thankfully
received by
A. PASQUET,
Correspondent of the Universal Illustration
Donaldsonville, September 18th, 1872.
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Announcement Of Candidates

Announoenlents nnlk this heading viii
he inserted at.the folio Fling rates, payable
Invariably in f5dvance SFor State offices, $50;
G,ongrcssionaforJ Judicial District Offices $l5:
Parish Offices; SO.
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Ion RAPHAEL BE UFAIS, the present
Incumbent. has consented, at the solicitation
{,f numerous friends n become q candidate
Tor rS.eleetioG TO the p ition of Judge of the
Fourth Judicial DistritS.
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For Cons,aess.

/ respectfully announce myself as an In
dependent Candidate for Congress from the
Third Congressional District.
j. b. PRICE.
st. Mary Parish, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-07

Parish Court-Parish Of ascension,
Levi spiller rs. No. so2, A. N. Powers.
10y VIRTUE of and in obedience to writ
ID of fl. ia. to me directed by the honora-
BILE the af0renamed court on the 10th day Oh
July, 1872. in the above case, / have seized
and will offer for sale ut public auction, at
the Courthouse OF this parish, i'll the town
Of Donaldsonvilte, on
Saturday. the 5tRa day of
October. 1872.
at II o'clock A. NJ, the following described
property, to-wit:
One certain improvement, bounded north
by Powers, east by vacant lands, south by
Collens, and west by the Grier tract, and sit
uated IN the parish of Ascension, east Of the
Mississippi river.
Terns-Cash.
C. KLINE, Sheriff
Parish of Ascension, August 3lst, 1872.
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~ Copies Of The c Iltr a.ay el,rays be had
at the Post-0fice aRd al gfSlktnSof's Necs
Depot, DoaelISoneiRe.
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/; respectfully announce myself a candidate
for election 90 the ofike which l now hold
Sheriff OF the parish d Ascension.
G. KLINE.