davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

To his famous letters Horace Gree
ley has added the following. 81 un-
derstand you sell large quantities OF
bolts and nuts, and that the latter are
of q very superior quality. If you will
send me a bushel or two of your best
nuts in time for spring planting, Twill,
by return mail, tell you what know
about bolts, which is good deal.
Very truly, II. g."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

What is the difference between q
tree aud an elephant Y
A tree leaves in the spring, but the
elephant leares when the menagerIe
does.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

Two female students at Leipsic re-
cently had fencing duel, in which
one lost an eye and the other a part
Of her nose.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

The Governor of Virginia is about
to commission four hundred Colonies
Of militia. The rest of the Virginians
have titles already.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

In Russia women are permitted to
aet as druggists, and modern Borgias
flourish proportionately.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

A correspondent of the Danville
Advertiser says George Washington
aneyer would have made an editor,
because he couldn't tell lie."
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

Communications may be addressed simply
,et;gIrT DonaIdsonville, La" or to the edi-
tor and proprietor personally.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

1,-,..;ont advertisements. 81 per square first
f;aaertion: rs cts. each subsequent insertion
.n,aie;al advertisements 81 per square each
insertion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-04-13

Punch calls sneeze head-wind.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

In the room at the rear of DR.. Cofnman,s Urn.
Store, Fayette street. where he has on hand -
designs Keeping full stock of the best articles -
the line of his business, which he proposes 10 ssIi
at remarkably low prices.
Countr, Produce of all kinds wanted fol which
he will pay the highest market prices IN Csroro,
les cash. Do not fail to give him a call
Washington. April I. 1870. sostf
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
- FARsfERs' COLUMN.
From the New York Observer.
improvements vs. EnIargement.

Farmers, as a class, have little idea
of the state Of fertility to which most
soils may be brought, and of the enor-
nous returns that are sometimes re
-eeiTed. fT'he application of ten to fif-
teen loads Of unrotted, water soaked
BARNARD manure to the acre, is, in the
minds of some, liberaIdressing and
with such, twenty to forty bushels of
corn to the acre, is a good crop.
There is no profit in raising such crops.
An increase OF Fertilizers and labor on
any one crop, wall almost invariably
increase, in greater proportion, the
crop itself If ten loads of manure
and a given amount Of labor on an
acre. will produce thirty bushels Of
corn, ffty per cent. more of manure
and fifty per cent more of labor, prop
erly performed, will probably give
yield of fifty bushels--an increase OF
sixty six per cent. in the crop. We
have neighbor who uses but little
manure and expends but little labor
on his farm We use twice as much
manure on the same amount OF ground,
and twice as much labor, and our grain
will always more than double his in
yield, besides being better in quality.
There is too prevalent disposition
to enlarge farms rather than to I'M
prove them. Investigation and ex-
perience will prove to any that there
is more profit in improvement than ex-
tension. When we shall have brought
our lands to that degree of fertility,
above which the expenses increase in
greater ratio than the crops we
raise, then we may think of enlarging
our dominions. But where is the
line up to which we may approach
with advantage to ourselves, but be
yond which, though we may make the
soil richer, it will be at our expenses
Negatively,-it is,nOt that, which will
produce a hundred bushels of corn to
the acre, worth $40 or $50: nor that
which will give yield of 800 bushels
Totatoes, worth 5000 or $500; nor
700 bushels carrots, worth $3.50 nor
10000 early cabbages. worth 3 cents
per .head-S500. We have experiment
ed on the last. and are firmly of the
opinion that if our land is made rich
AeE it will give us better results.
But horticulture is not agriculture.
some will truly say. The raising oi
all roots, however, either for home
stock or for market purposes, may be
properly termed branch of agricul
ture, and if, on most farms, part o.
the ground that is devoted to the rails
ing3 of cereals was given to roots
sbeets, tVirnips, carrots, DO, the result!
of farming would be more satisfactory
With the application of fifty to hun
dred tons of well-rotted manure owe
1000 bushels Of mangolds have beer
raised on an acre. We farmers are
slow to realize that there is room fol
great improvement IN our vocation
and still slower to make improvements
even when we see it can be done.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
How the Chinese Cook Rice.

A stew pan with close fitting cover
is chosen. Over the top of the pan is
placed a piece of white muslin, large
enough to allow it to hang down in the
pan, without touching the bottom.
Into the sack so formed, place the
rice; pour over it two cupsful of water,
and put ON the top of the stew pan. so
as to hold up tile muslin bag inside,
and fit tight all round. Place the pan
on slow fire, and the steam generated
from the water will cook the rice.
Each grain it is stated, will come out
of the boiler dry and distinct II
the weter boils away before the rice is
done, more may be added. The cook
ing must be slow and moderate.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

Vinegar Tifters are not a vile Fnncy Drink,
Mads Of Poor Ruuls Whisley, Proof Spirits
and Refuse Liquors, doetored. spieed and EEeet-
ened to please the taste called Tonies, hpPetiEsrs
Reztcrers. &C., that lead the Ppler TO drunken
and ruin but true Medicine, made from the
Native Roots and Herbs Of California, free from all
Alcoholic etimuIanfs. They are the GREAT
BLOOD PURIFIER aud A LIFE GIVING
PRINCIPLE, perfect Renovator and InTigoratoF
Of the System, carrying OFF all poisonous matter and
restoring the blood TO healthy condition. No
take these Bitters according to directions and
main long unwell provided their bones arc not des-
sroyed By mineral poison other and the vital
organs wasted beyond the point of repair
They are Gentle Purgative as well as "A
Tonic, possessing, also tho peculiar merit ofactng
Apowerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inhamma-
tioa Of the Liver, and all the visceraI Organs.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether in
young old, married single, at the dawn Of woman
hood at the turn Of fe these Tonic Bitters have no
equal.
FOrInAammafOry or Chronic Rheumatism
and Cont, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bill
IONS, Remifeent and IntePmittent Fevers,
Diseases Of the Blood. Liver, Kidneys and
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful
Such Diseases are caused By Vitiated Blood,
which is generally produced by arrangement Of the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache Pain IN the Shoulders Coughs Tightness Of the
Chest Dizziness Eructations the Stomach Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks PalpatOn of the
Heart Inflammation of the lungs Pain in the regions
the offsprings Of Dyspepsia
They nvigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels. which render them of unequ4Iled
efficacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities, and I'M
parting new life and vigor to the whole system
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions, letter.
Salt Rheum, Blotches Spots, PimpIes Pustnless Bos
Carbuneles, Ring-Worms, Seald Head, Sore Eyes,
Erispelas Itch Scurfs. Diseoloratons Of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases OF the Skin, of whatever name
nature literally dug up and carried out of the
system in short time by the Of these Btters One
bottle in such will convince the most increduous
Of their curative effect
Cleanse the Titiated Blood whenever you find its inn
purities bursting through the skin in Pmples
or Sores cleanse it when ind it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins cleanse It when it is FOUL and
your feelings will tell when Keep the blood pure
and the health of the system will follow
PIN, TAPE. and other WORMS, lurking in
the system Of many thousands, eHectually des-
troyed and removed For full directions read carefully
the circular around each bottle printed in four
langusges-Engsh, German, French and Spanish.
J. J.WALKER, Proprietor. r. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco. Cal, and
50 and "a Commerce Street, New York
@ SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERS
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
Keep Good Stock.

u.
At the late Dairymen's Convention
at Little Falls, N. Y, among the sub
jects discussed was that of keeping
good cows, that are source ofrevenue
to the farmer, instead of poor ones
that are a bill of expense, costing
more than they come to. In order to
illustrate the difference, the experience
Of Mr.. A. Reed-given in an essay
read before the Farmers Club of Lit
tie Falls in 1S59-was cited. Mr..
Reed gives the statistics of the yield
and profit of five of the best cows in
his dairy, and also of the five poorest,
in the year of 1857. These were OBJ.
tanned by measuring and recording the
amount of each cows milk on the first
day of each month, and are approx
mately correct:
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

j USES OF CARBoLIc AcID.-The Jour
nal of Applied Chemistry says: In
pasting wall paper, posters, etc, espe-
cially where successive layers are put
on, there arises a most disagreeable
effiuvia in damp weather. The cause
of this is the decomposition of the
paste. In close rooms it is very un.
wholesome, and often the cause of
disease.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

M WISSLER, informs the people
1T4s of Washington that she has repienished
her Stock of Goods. She will keep New STYLES Of
Millinery Goods and Notions. All kinds of pat
terms for sale. Dress and Cloak-making attend
ed to at the shortest notice. Please come and see
Sept. IL, 1871. 44yt
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
Balance against each COW

=
From this showing Mr.. Reed los. ,
by keeping one lot, S35 25, while he
gained profit from the other lot OF
.8l43 75, making a difference of $179
between the two lots of five cows eac h.
At present prices, the difference would
be much greater.
There are many farmers who are pay
ing dear for the privilege of keeping
stock which they had much better fatten
and send TO the butcher The difference
is often greater when cows are kept
for making butter than when the milk
Is sold In the former case. quality
as well as quantity is to be taken into
account.-N r. Observer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
RIFLEs. sHoT-esuNs. REvor.vrRs.

Gun materials Of every kind. Write for Price
List, to Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburg
Pa. Army Guns and Revolvers bought or traded
tor. Agents wanted. 11wl
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
SrEUBENv1LLE, Jan. %, 1872:

DEAR SIR:-In order to prevent
surprise, 1 drop these few lines to in
form you that in cases where parties
have been heretofore convicted, or
plead guilty of violations of the liquor
laws, shall be hereafter convicted of
similar ofcnses in the Court of Com
mon Pleas of this county, the outside
money penaly and term of impris
onment will be the sentence.
Yours, very respectfully,
j. H. MILLER.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

- Judge Miller of Steubenville, has
squelched the liquor venders of that
place, by sending each the following
card
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07

A coronef's jury in Minnesota re-
Gently declared a man to have been
''seVerely frozen toIdeath.''
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-03-07
FOR sALE-short Horn Cattle

OF the Bates, Booth, and Princess Stock, and
" of the purest breed and blood of Kentucky.
Also, BERKSHIRE PIGS.
ANDERSON DEWITT,
Bluegrass Farm, Washington &. H, o.
Dee g. 1871. s+mS
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-26
Beautifying Farms.

Great progress has been made within the
last twenty-five years among the farmers
of the country, not only in making their
farms more productive, but in making
them more attractive. This, in a large
measure, is the result Of prosperous farm
ing.
Those who had debts to pay did not feel
able to eXpend much in ornamenting their
places but since they have freed them
selves from this burden, they have been
more disposed to attend to the appearance
of things.
There has been, also, an advance in taste.
There are not so many now, as formerly,
who decry all attention to ornament as "a
waste of time and money. The race Of mig
gardly and boorish men is fast dying out.
Increased intelligence, circulation of agri-
cultural learning, the formation of agri-
cultural societies, the Infusion or larger
element of educated and cultivated men
into the profession, have had powerful
influence in securing more attention TO the
aesthetics of farming instead OF having
everything expended for mere pecuniary
returns. And this is great adv nee. II
ennobles the pursuit of the farmer. Man
and he who negl scts to cultivate and graft
fy this element In nature, degrades him
self. Any one may form pretty correct
estimate of the intellectual ifnOt the moral
state of his neighbOrs, by simply looking
over their farms. The one who allows his
lands to lie in slovenly state, when he has
the means Of improving them, may be
money-loving, but he will also he a slOven
ly man, with no elevating instincts.
IL il a gr' at mistake to suppose tina
money spent in reasonably improving th'
appearance of a place IL thrown away.
may be doubted whether there is any NOR
direct method Of increasing ia recuniarl
value. Certainly its market 5alue will de
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-26
Young Men.

We wish to have some plain talk with
you, and in this article will confine our
| conversation to such as are dependent on
| their wages or salary.
You all know that some laborers, single
men, who do not earn over $3.50 a-day
| never owe any debts, and save up at least
| 500 a-year; while others who earn the
| same wages are always in debt and save
| nothing. You all know married men who
receive about S1.50 a-day, who never owe
any debts and who, in ten years, own the
house they live in; while others who
work with them at the same wages are al
ways in debt, pay rent all their lives and
never had home of their own. You
know mechanics who earn from two to
five dollars a-day, who, in few years, not
only own home, but save enough to start
business for themselves; while others who
work with them at the same wages are al
ways in debt and never get enough ahead
to purchase a home of their own. SO long
as a man is young and has no sickness or
misfortune in his family, he can get along,
but from the fact that he is liable to sick
ness and other misfortunes, and may live
until he is too old and feeble to work, it is
all-important that he should guard against
these contingencies. The reason why so
many men remain poor all their lives is
because they never give the subject proper
thought, and if they do, they never put
their plans in operation. Perhaps one
man in ten thousand jumps into fortune
by some streak of good luck, while all the
Others must make their fortunes in the
legitimate way. The laborer who buys
himself a home, buys it with what he
saves he must do it in this way or 90
without. If he never begins to save, he
Will never have anything ahead. All for
tunes are saved, but the great trouble is,
the starting point is SO easy and trihing
that they never begin, but are waiting all
their lives for something better to turn
up. Suppose man saves ten cents a-day
or sixty cents a-week, he will have S31.20
at the end of one year, and 81 $50 at the
end of fifty years, as principal, but with
the interest added, he will have over
$4,000.
Then, the man who commences at TWEEN
ty-one and saves ten cents day, will have
$4,000 at seventy-one, which is all that he
will actually need at that age to keep him
the balance of his life No young man
should start on the voyage of life without
laying his plans to meet all the contingent
cies, and it makes but little difference how
small a scale he starts on. If he COM
mences by saving mere tritle, his natural
anxiety to get rich will stimulate him to
greater eXertion as he grows older, and ex-
perience will lead him to independence. If
you never begin to save, you will never
have anything saved, and when you begin
to save one, two or five cents a day, you
have started, slowly but surely, on the road
to fortune, and your march will surely in
crease as you grow older.-NcU Jersey
Mechanic.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-26

pend very much upon its outward appear
ance. Tasteful and well-painted buildings,
well arranged yards and gardens with neat
fences, shade trees properly disposed, good
farm fences and cleanly-kept fields, set of
a farm to great advantage and make an
amazing difference when it comes to be
sold. And even lift be not sold, these things
will add amazingly to the enjoyment of it
by its possessors, if he be not blind to
everything but the dollar.
Every man, too, owes it to the commu-
nifty in which he is living to contribute to
the general reputation, and to public enjoy
ment, 10y making all his surroundings as
attractive as possible. There is such n
thing as paying too much attention to the
outside and show; but there is reason in
all things, anda measure of time and at
tention and expense should be devoted by
every one to making his farm and his
home more and more attractive every year
that helives.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-26
Muck and Ifs ISn.

! Every one knows what muck is, and the
expression "wet as muck" is as common
rs the article itself Its general material is
vegetable matter which has been accumu-
lating for ages in wet lands, where unless
in very dry seasons, ii is deluged in water.
In some localities we have seen ii in near
~ decomposed state, and so free from
vegetable fibre that an exposure to the at
mOsphere for a short time would reduce it
to powder. In other cases the vegetable
fibre remains in so good preservation, ow-
ing TO the constant moisture that it re-
tains, that time and the action of strong
solvents, like frost, or agents applied for its
amelioration, become necessary to fit it for
economical uses in husban dry.
Muck in its natural state is highly
charged with acids. This is the natural
result of its constantly lying in cold, stag
nant water. Until this acid is disengaged,
it is of but little use for agricultural pur-
poses--alkali becomes necessary to effect
the object; so we find exposure to the at
mosphere improves it, but two slow to
meet the ready wants of the farmer. Mix
ing ashes or lime more readily accom-
plishes the object, and they are either of
them, whether used in connection with
muck or otherwise, very beneficial to the
soil. Mixed with barnyard manure it is
invaluable for top dressing, the alkaline
qualities setting forth the acid of the muck,
and aiding the atmosphere in decompos-
ing the vegetable matter. Coal ashes, i'm
mense quantities of which are now thrown
away, although they possess but small
amount of alkali, may be thrown in the
muck heap to great advantage as a disin-
tegrating agent. Soapsuds, when they
cannot be made to apply to plants directly,
are excellent for the muck bed.
Its value as manure is very conclusive
when applied as a top-dressing, from its
speedy action and long continuance. For
tree food there is nothing better. 1t pos
the soil open and loose for the young roots,
and furnishes just the food a young tree
needs. In the garden, for all kinds of pur-
poses, we have never seen its equal. Rad
ishes grow freely, clear and tender when
vines, such as cucumbers and melons, are
planted on it they succeed admirably. In
short, it is the manure for all crops. What
pity that with its abundance so much of
it is allowed to waste away, breeding dis
ease in our swamps. WM. BACON.
Berkshire Co., Mass.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-06-26
Clover Seed as q Staple

Perhaps there is no other crop grown in
East Tennessee that will better bear trans
portation to distant markets than clover
seed, nor is there any that will return
larger profits to the producer. A SINCE
county in New York (Seneca) where land
is worth 500 an acre, has exported in the
last twelve months rs, 992 sacks of clover
seed, most of which went to Europe. Seed
of the large variety, called "giant clover
in New York and sapling in Virginia sells
the highest per pound. One farmer har-
vested 315 bushels Of seed ofeXtra quality of
this kind on IS acres; being six bushels
and thirty six pounds to the acre for
which he received $4,000. The giant clover
fills the ground very deeply with its long
tap roots, and thereby enriches ii for wheat
and corn. II also yields more stem aud
leaf for hay and grazing than our common
kind Of clover. From forty years observa-
ton of its superior value, the writer re-
commends to the farmers of East Tennes-
see this New York giant clover. Land
plaster should be used to the extent of 100
lbs to the acre and where lime is def
cient in the soil, 1t will pay to remedy the
defect for raising clover and wheat. Sey-
mour's broadcast seed-sower will SOW lime
and plaster together over a field rapidly
and evenly. The calcareous element is sc
important in all soils that every farmer
should be able to distribute one bushel
of lime, Stacked, or 100 bushels evenly
over an acre of ground. Glover draws SC
much plant food from the air and the deep
subsoil, that when its seed is exported, i
! the soil receives the remainder, it is enrich
ed, not made poorer by the loss of the seed
To raise 1000 lbs of corn, worth generally
| only ten dollars, our land is made poorer
but TO produce the same weight of clover
seed worth one hu ndred dollars, or more
| the land is fertilized.
Brother James, let us convert some o
| our cornfields into cloveTfields aud have
less washing between rows of corn to tn,
! injury of our farm. ID. LEE.