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Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
Extent Of American Peat Fields.

NJ. W.. 8. Tisdsle contributes to the
Cosl sod Iron Record au interesting rec
osd on the extent Of the peat 6elds Of this
cessssy. According to his estimatc. the
snpply Of this fuel will exceed thst Of Ire.
lssd oas bupdrcd and 6fty times. In
Orsnge and ROcklaud counties, N. Y.
t9e peat bsds contain, at low estimate.
rs 900, 900 tons. Bsds are also known
70 exist 10 osss 100 different towns in
Massachusetts,. The Dismal swamp Of
visviaia. will yield 500, 900, 900 tons Of
~. There arc 4. 900 acres ie ono body
n New Jcrsey, and there are similar bogs
q I'll parts Of the State. There 10 . peat
bsa II Wsstchesssr Co. N. Y. which will
yield 900. 900 tons. Long leland has
mllliens of tons. Along both sides Of the
Kapkskee River. Indiana, extending from
South Bend TO the Illinois line. il q peat
bed more than 80 miles in length. with q
width Of three miles. In some places il
l. over 40 fsct deep; but even though i.
average only half or even one-quartcr this
ispth. the aggregate amount Of fuel i,
sossaim y hsyond comprehension. This,
Mr.. Tiadale states. does not include one
6Aicsh part Of the poa. bogs Of the couu.
try.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
To Reduce Bones to Meal.

A writer 10 the Horicuitmria says he
bays hoses Of the butcher at dollar the
hundred pounds, aud considers them the
cheapest fertilizer he can obtain. He
trsassosms them into meal BY the follow
ing simple and effective process: have
. large wassr-tisht hogshsad standing out
door, nese the kitchen. In the spring
cover ths bottom about six inches deep
viii dry coil. On this. ] put . layer Of
beoes about the same depth, and cover
soaissly uish sslssehsd ashes. On these
ssothsr layer Of bones. then ashes, sud
= % ussil The hogshesd 10 full. l leave
Il, tAss, exposed to the sun and rain oil
sumoss asd vister. until the next spring.
Thea. on removing the contents Of the
hsgshssd, l 6nd nearly oil the bones 80
~ that they will crumble to powder un.
~ D vssy slight pressure, aud. mixed
With the ashes and the soil. they give q
~ litels pils Of most valuable manure.
1foody i6t Immediate use. Any Of the
bsass not suGcisnsly subdued, I return to
che hogshesd again for another twelve
mouehsT slun,ber.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
SHELL LIME.
7,nE STAFFORD LINE WORKS,
purchased Of Aessrs. 0aw,hrop rensisstoa BY
NJ. COLBOURN & co.

III ~ " run wUu Vueueu ocuYIty on0 10 t693e
iullsss capacity. Shell Linz y rscouasaded 81
farmers to bsa
Superior Fertilizer.
II 70 rapidly growing In favor, asd shs os,
maad Tor II is Increasing sll the time.
TnT 1Ti TRY lTii TRY sPsss
Price reduced to Cents PER bushsl loaded o.
the cars Q: In wagons. ~ Special ratss
i'riGht 70 all statloasnn the railroad. -. o..
ders 6lled promptly for any amount, ftou ees
car load to ten ,housasd bushels.
Direct 10 \. COLBOURN 1 co.
8sslosd, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16

intrinsic virtues, and sustained BY its ~.
marlahie cures. So mild - 70 b safe and
beneficial 70 children, and yet 20 searching
. 70 e0ectually purge out the great cor
raptions Of the blood, such - the scrofalous
and syphllltlc contamination. impurities,
or diseases that have lurkcd In the system
for years, soon yield 10 this powerful anti.
dote and disappear. Hence its wonderful
cures, many OF which arc publicly known,
OF ScrOfula, and all scrofulous diseases,
Ulcers, Erupti0ns, and eruptive dis
orders Of the skin, Tum0rs, Bl0tchcss
BOlls, PlmplcA, r ustu1ces Sores, ,St.
AnthOny's Ftrc, R0sC or Erystpcs
las, letter, Salt Rheunns ocold
Head. lelngWorln, and internal VI.
c0rntiOns OF tho Uterus Stomach
and Liver. It also cures otbee ecea.
ulalnts, 70 which Il would not seem espeea'
ally adapesd, such - Dropsy, Dyspep~
~. .Fl8a,N Neuralgia, Heart D1Deaeot
FOmnl0 weakness, OO6elltys an4
LeucorrhWa, when they ~ manlesssa'
lions Of the scrof,ious polsons.
Il Il an excellent Festoces q heal0 and
strength In tho Spring ny renewing The
sppstits and vieor Of the digestive osDanes
Il dissipatss the depression and llstless Ian.
Ruoe Of tho season. Even when no disorder
appear, people fecl better. ssd live IoneeSs
Tor cleansing tho blood. The system movee
on With renewed vieos and . nsv sssss oe
lils.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
Applying Lime.

= Lins u applied 70 land in three differ
- elsees--as quick lims. .slacked lime and
ma Or air-slssksd limo. To raw. stiG,
uswly draiasd land especially II there sx-
~ Q u mssh = asid orgeste eoa,pouods.
y = - = spply quick lime or csustic
n61isls (Glsskcd line. 20 Il will have an
sseeGQlls s1see n ansliorating it. On
llneS esjls. MD q sIr slacksd lime is
oenei1eoDd 0oot bspsoeial. i u bese 10
AGolg nme tksqssnily ssd 10 small quas-
01Ies. - = 70 keep u near The surface
- alwsys sslivs. Line is an esssntial
'iagssdi.st = eel. beiso sssstastly sssd-
':sG:; G !: t,' ~ ~ 2s',:; .i.,.,., = @,y |,
4 - tlresdy sslaa = bUasisss qsaati-
4 - ~ hssso1 - iossGass u crops By
- <sps6ds vssy Uush - tEe =
o013y es1atis ed isssgsais matter IL
- ~, wish, shish line sonbisss o.
lGsuo sslsblb s6apessds.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
Ayers
Sarsaparilla

II widely known
a. one of the most
e6cctual remedies
ever discovered for
cleansing tho sys-
ten and purifying
the blood. II has
stood tho test Of
yeass, with . con-
stantiy growing rep
utstion, based ON its
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
1l!
Iyouuyl gI.uibt tlnsugA ~ JasGsr

EJolUv1 gIsultt t11ssgh ~ uantsr.
yAvu1hs ssassa = = hssa fos easing
ouie ~ WIe>ss. ws vsususs V rsaipd our
6oe1Qs u proesss II uss b. The French
~ toDpiue + ssuud. We have more
~ s&ss sssssssd 70 this process. but Il
sulsrroo much hsmmesisg 10 get 40 idea
1as1 y psepls's hssas. The conditions
- ~ cellar. IN y the reach of frost.
~ ouo6 . ese1s3vsnee = uill indsss a
etnoan eusreus ofols thrcesh the fruis
~ pn0~l psvsbssssd q bs1h ends and
sGsoa 1oas inches ltea the ground ID .
"a se1lss assss ths rsqairsments. The
pSllssophy Of the proosss 10 10 preventing
~ pwessing Of The fruit, which induces
dPsey. sr, u u takes place. to arrest
sSpsa1g By the current Of cir. A sue
eDo3Ua ef shelves. Tho whole oxteut ol
~ ssllsr vall. composed Of laths. with
snh6ss betvssu. and boxed in front. sis
iSshsR from The ground end six ipche'
epsa A the top, would substitute the per,
e6sstsi barrel on . larger scale. Th,
shelves ore better shsn the barrel. asd 70,
dlisaas lruit like psars. which should no
tsosh 90 suothsr, sre indispensable. b,
thbs usans pcars may Be kept till the!
ssne again and 20 Of apples and swee
psesaoes. With respect to grapes, th
sspeN,ssnts have not been satisfactory
IN French have tried di6srent modes Q
saopendiug tho buuches--but without an
usiessnisy Of rsssls. The method Of pre-
swing grapes fresh and sound 10 still
dssidcrssum.
Middletown transcript., 1872-11-16
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CAas = srscs. We vosld usss eve.
:: Is : .;s,..;;.: =: s:.:',s :
- ReslQ y, ,Deoiidsd ,vhsss-
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~ toollt ~ y ths eostk.
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=, .ss1 /. ..s.s'
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25
&eadinq fur the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED BY
REV. ROBERT LATHAM.
..FAITH WITHOUT WORKS."

No doctrine is more clearly and positively
taught in the word of God than that by the
deeds of the law no flesh can be justified in
the sight of God. On the other hand, it is
just as clearly and positively taught that we
are justified by faith in Jesus Christ. Just
here we are liable to run into dangerous
extreme. We may conclude that since we
can do nothing which will merit justification
at the hands of God, we may as we'll fold our
hands in idleness and live in sin. Such a
conclusion is heterodox in the extreme. 1t is
in direct opposition to the plain teachings OF
Gods word, and violates all the laws of Gods
providence. True and genuine faith in Jesus
Christ is living principle always productive
of fruits. That faith which is not followed
by new obedience is a spurious faith. 1t is
not faith in the scriptural sense. Faith"
says the Apostle, "without works is dead"
Obedience to the law of God is evidence, and
the only reliable evidence of the existence of
faith. Thinking or saying we have faith, of
themselves, is nothing. The true believer is
no drone. He is dilligent and, by the bless
ing of the Holy Spirit, an efficient worker.
His labors are abundant. Whilst it is true
that we can do nothing to merit Gods favor,
still we are required to go into the vineyard
of the Lord and work. He who truly be-
lieves will work. By no device can he be
kept in idleness. There is no such thing as
faith without works. ~. '
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

just released from bondage is an insult to the
white citizens of the North, as we'll as of the
South, and an outrage on the whole nation.
To subject them to the corrupt and reckless
schemes of the carpet-bag plunderers is but
little less Infamous. To hold them under mil
itary subjection for political purposes is not
only cruel injustice, but it is dangerous
assault upon the freedom of the Republic. AS
a consistent and independent supporter of
General Grants administration, we now call
upon him to show his dctestation of these po-
litical Machiavelisns by openly proclaiming
his determination not to avail himself of the
ku-klux law in the approaching elections, and
to withdraw from the Southern States every
Federal soldier not required for the actual le-
gitimate purposes of the government. The
enforcement of this odious law is optional
with him, and he has the authority and the
power by proclamation to declare the South
in a condition to warrant the restoration OF
civil law and of the writ of habeas corpus in
every portion of her territory. This will ena-
BILE the President at once to free himself from
the responsibility and the unpopularity of the
measures of his unwise supporters in Congress,
and radical change in the character of the
Federal ofice-holders throughout the South
will further show his inclination to do justice
to the Southern people at last. For the f1-
ture, ,chatever may be the result Of the pending
Presidential election, the Herald ,uiU insist ap-
on an entire change Of policy to,oards the South:
er,a States under the meet administration, ana
,uiU hold every Congressman, up to the contempt
and scorn Of the american people suho tauors
any measure for the oppression Of The .ohste men
of the South. We shall demand from Presi-
dent Grant or President Greeley, as the case
may be, an honest obedience to the will of the
people, which is unrestricted amnesty and
non-interference with the domestic affairs of
any of the Southern States. The Herald will
diligently watch for and expose every future
attempt to control the Southern negro vote as
a unit for any party, and any injustice that
may be done either by legislation, by Execu-
tive action or through the influence of FEEDER
al patronage, to the white electors Of the South.
We recognize the courage, the manhood and
the loyalty of the Southern people now that
the rebellion and its causes are alike dead
and buried, and we admit their equal title with
ourselves to all the privileges and rights of the
constitution. We shall hold any adm,nistra.
tion in the future responsible for a constitu-
tional treatment of that section of the coun-
try, and shall regard an assault upon their
liberties and privileges as crime against the
ReDubEc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25
STICK.

T have not examined Webster to know
whether or not the word which heads this is
slang word or not, but don't think it is, and
besides that, it is just the word want, and
that is sufficient for all practical purposes.
Now, there are a great many kinds Of
sticks but the kind of stick for me is the boy
or girl who, when they attempt to do any
thing, stick to it till it is done.
Two boys enter machine shop to learn
the trade They both start equally we'll, and
for long time the "boss' sees no difference
in them. At last one grows dissatisfied; he
don't like the trade, or work is too dirty or
too hard, and he flies the track. Let's follow
him. He tries something else. Soon we have
the same result. He won't stick. He grows
to manhood, he is careless, shiftless man.
Now at this, now at the other. One day up,
next day. down. One day hot, next cold.
He drags through life after fashion Git is a
fashion now-a-days,) and is failure to all in
tents and purposes. He now curses luck and
Providence, and the world, that he has been
treated so meanly, so shamefully, when the
fact of the matter is, he failed because he
would not stick.
Where is the other boy? In the machine
shop hammering away. Yes, he is bound to
triumph. He loses no time. Every oppor-
tunity is improved. Books and papers rela.
ting to the mechanic arts, are procured and
read, and studied. Is he running lathe he
examines every bolt and every wheel-he stu
dies it, Is he at work on locomotive? he
examines its chests, its pumps, its cylinders.
He knows how many pounds Of steam she will
make with safety, also that small driving
wheels will haul the most, and that large
wheels will make the most speed in fine, he
makes himself master of the situation; and
what is the consequence? The company
wants master mechanic to oversee the build
ing of its locomotives. They select him.
Why? Because he has mastered his trade;
in other words, he stuck.
Boys, which of these two, will you take for
your model, the first or the last2 Do you
want to be living failure? Fly the track:
Would you be like the last, a successful and
prosperous man? Then stick to whatever you
undertake.- Nindicator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

@ "One eyed Winston" was (and proba-
bly, is now negro preacher in Virginia, and
his ideas of theology and human nature were
often very original, as the following anecdote
may prove A gentleman thus accosted the
old preacher one Sunday:
"Winston, I understand you believe every
woman has seven devils. Now, how can you
prove it,"
"Well, sch, did you never read in de Bible
how de seben debbels were cast outer Mary
Magdelene?'
ooh! yes; I've read that"
"Dd you ebber hear of 'em bein' cast out
of any odder woman, sah?"
mo, never did,"
"Well, den, all the odders got 'em yet!'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

by Josh Billings says: Gall you have to
do to raise oats is to plow the land deep, then
manure it we'll, then sprinkle the oats all over
the ground, one in a place, then worry up the
ground with drag all over, then set up mites
to keep the chickens and woodchucks out of
them, then kradle them together with kra-
die, then rake them together with rake, then
bind them together with a band, then stack
them up with stack, then thrash them out
with fail, then clean them up with mill,
then sharpen both ends of them with knife,
then stow them away in the granary, then
spend wet days and Sundays trapping for rats
and mice. 1t amt nothing but phun to raise
oats-try it."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25
4nmuru1s department.
THE GREEN COUNTRYMAN.

Years ago, into wholesale grocery store
in Boston walked tall, muscular looking,
raw-boned man, evidently a fresh conner from
some back town in Maine or New Hampshire.
Accosting the first person he met, who hap
pened to be the merchant himself, he asked:
'"You don want to hire man in your
store, do your"
"Well," said the merchant, ri don't know
what can you do p: q. ..
,"Dow said the man, 81 rather guess can
turn my hand to almost anything. What do
you want done p
"Well, if [ was to hire man, it would be
one that could lift we'll, strong, wiry fellow
one, for instance, that could shoulder sack
of coffee, like that yonder, and carry it across
the store and never lay it down."
-, "There, now, captin'," said our country
man, that's just me- What will you give a
man that can suit you?"
."I tell you,' said the merchant, eff you will
shoulder that sack Of coffee, and carry it
across the store twice and never lay it down"
I will hire you for year, at 500 per month"
"Done," said the stranger; and by this time
every clerk in the store had gathered around
and were waiting to join in the laugh against
the man, who, walking to the sack, threw it
across his shoulder with perfect ease, as it was
not extremely heavy, and walking with it
twice across the store, went quietly to large
hook which was fastened to the wall, and
hanging the sack upon it, turned to the mer-
chant and said:
"There, now; it may hang there till dooms-
day 1 shan't never lay it down. What shall
60 about, mister? Just give me plenty to
do and s1O0 month, and it's all right"
The clerks broke into a laugh, but it was
out of the other side of their mouths; and the
merchant, discomftted yet satisfied, kept to
his agreement, and to-day the green country
man is the senior partner in the firm and worth
half million dollars.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

bar A man in Providence, addicted to tan
glefoot, having imbibed considerably more
than was for his good, took seat by the fire,
and soon "did' d'nt feel as we'll as he used to do.
Near the fire was brood of young goslings
in basket that had been brought in, the
weather being stormy. The heat made the
man sick, and the disposition was strong with
in him to relieve his overcharged stomach.
No vessel being handy for the purpose, except
the basket of goslings, the load was quickly
deposited there Calling his wife, he exclaim-
ed, "Phe-Phebe, where did (hic) did l eat
those gos.goslings"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

DIARRHGA AND Bowel CoRDIAL.-The
following is an excellent formula for cordial
to keep in the household, anu was prepared by
a physician who has used it with great success
in his practice: Chalk mixed, 81 o.. tincture
of Jamaica ginger, half OF. laudanum, one
drachm. Mix and keep in a cool place.
Shake the bottle before using. Dose for IN
adult, one teaspoonful every three hours as
long as may appear necessary; children, half
dose
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

CUTTING TrMBER.-If posts or rails are
needed for service during the winter, the tree
may be cut now while in full leaf Allowed
to lie as the trees are cut, the evaporation
from the leaves will drain the timber nearly
dry, when short exposure afterward will
very efectually season it. The economy of
using posts and rails peeled is very great; the
loose bark retains moisture between it and the
wood, and the sap wood soon rots. When
peeled the sap wood dries, and will last many
years longer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

b9~ A gentleman CHANGED to find himself
among party of ladies away down South,
and while in the enjoyment Of social play,
he careless!y placed his arm around the waist
of as pretty damsel as Alabama could boast
of, when she started and exclaimed: "Be
done sir, don't insult mel" The gentleman
apologized for the seeming rudeness, and as
sured the half offended fair one he did not in
tend to insult her. "No!'' said she archly,
"well, if you didn't you may do so again."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

MAKING CLOVER HAY.-Cut it early, be-
fore the heads are turned brown. Cut it when
it is dry. After it is cut, wilt it as rapidly
as possible, by turning it, or throwing it up
with the tedder The leaves will not fall off
in this process Then cock and cap it, and
let it remain thirty or forty hours. Open to
the sun and air a little and get it in.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

sg Some wags were walking around an ag:
ricultural implement store, and they chanced
to see in the rear dressed hog hanging by a
hook to the wall. "Ha hap cried they to
the young man in atterd dance, "what kind of
an agricultural implement do you call that?
"That," he said, "is patent combined root
grubber, corn-sheller, apple-grinder, gate:lit-
ter, double-action, back-spring, sod-plcw; but
| guess you won't want one, for it takes a
mighty smart man to manage 'em?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

GRATING THE TOMATO ON THE Potato.
A correspondent states that he succeeded per-
fectly in grating scion of the tomato upon
the potato vine He cut about one-third of
the potato shoot off just above a leaf taking
care not to injure the bud at its base. The
scion being shielded from the sun, was every
day sprinkled with a little water, and it took
readily. In the fall the tomato was loaded
with ripe and unripe fruit of large size.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

PREVENTIVE OF HOG CHoLERA.-A cor
respondent of the Department of Agriculture
in Dooly county, Georgia, where hog cholera
has prevailed and no remedy has been found,
writes: "We believe that it is contagious; and
the best preventive have found is the free
use of spirits of turpentine, mixed with tar
and a small quantity of camphor. 1t can be
used either externally or internally. prefer
the latter By soaking corn in it for ten or
twelve hours, I have never failed in arresting
the disease"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

SORE EYEs.-To all person afflicted with
inhamed eyes or lids, or subject to those pain
full tumors called styes, simple remedy is al
ways at hand. Wet the eyes thoroughly with
spittle three times day, previous to eating,
or oftener. Your eyes will be strengthened,
and your lids healed. have tried this for
years, always finding it eficacious-Cor. Our
Home Journal,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

To PREVENT JUMpING.-You have seen
it stated in dozen papers that clipping the
lower eye-lashes of cattle would prevent their
jumping Tell your readers of better plan.
With sharp needle run small twine through
the ears and tie them back of the head. The
animal will not jump unless forced to do so.
Horses and COWS invariably throw their ears
forward before they jump. They would know
what is on "the other side of the te2ce."-
Southern Argols.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

FIsTuLA.-A writer in the Cincinnati Ga
zette says he has cured two horses of fstula by
using May apple liniment. He says any one
can make the remedy by boiling the May ap-
pie root and taking gallon of the decoction
and adding one third of that amount of lard.
Boil and stir while boiling.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-25

LocK-JAw.-The terrible effects of running
nail or splinter into the foot Of man or horse
may be almost instantly relieved by binding a
handful of green peach leaves, well bruised, to
the wound. Unnecessary, renew the applca-
ton two or three times in the course Of the day.