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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. y. DYER, No. 272 Middle 81. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
Bakers.
w. G. COBB, No. 12 Pearl st.
Booksellers and StatiOners.
HOXT, FOGG g. BREED, No. 81 Middle
Street.
Book Binders.
WIN. A. QUINCY, Room II, Pr,uter,s
Exchange, No. HI Exchange st.
SMALL Il SHIACKFORD, No. 3J Plum
Street.
Carpenters and Builders.
WHITNEY & MEANS, Pearl Street, op-
posite Park.
Dentists. -
DIR. w. IL. JOHNSON, over H HI. Hays.
lar n Dye-HOuse..
#. .SYMONDS, India st. Velvet CIoaks
dyed and finished.
FOsTER's Dye House, "a Union street,
Furniture.-W Wholesale and Retail,
WALTER COREY & CO., Arcade, No.
IS Free Street.
y
change st. Upholsiering of all kinds
done 10 order.
Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
eral Streets.
HOOPER & EATON, Old Post Once,
Exchange Street.
L. #. HOXT, No. II PrebIc Street. Up
hOistering done to order.
Furniture and UphOlstering.
DAVID w. DEANE, No. 50 Federal ST.
All kinds of UphOls cring and Repairing
done TO order.
Hair Goods and Toilet Articles.
J. F. SHERRY, No. . Clapp's Block
Congress Street, opposite Old City Hall.
Horse ShOeing
Done i'm the best possible manner by 8.
Jan 2173
Jewelry and Fine Watches.
ABNER LOWELL, 3O1 Congress Street.
Agents for Howard Watch Company.
Manufacturers Of Trunks, Valises and
Carpet-Bags.
J. n. DURAN q CO., 171 Middle and
116 Federal Streets.
MasOns and Builders.
N. e. REDLON. 233 IL Congress St.
Paper Hangings, Window Shades, and
Carpetihgs.
LOTHROP, ,DEvENs 4 co, 81 Exhange
Street. and As Market st.
Photographers.
A. 9. DAVIS a. CO., No. so Middle Street.
n II u q
Plumbers.
JAMES MILLER, No. 81 Federal Street.
Every description of Water Fixtures ar
ranged md set mp I'm the best manner.
Jobbing promptly attended to.
Plasterer, Stucc0 Worker, &c.
p. FEENY, Cor. Cum mberIand and Frank.
lin SIS.
Real Estate Agents.
JOHN G. PROCTER, No. 93 Exchange
Street.
GEO. II. DAVIS & Co., No. 3O1 IL Con-
gress Street.
Silver Smith and Gold and Silver Platter.
Nj. PEARSON, No. 20 Temple ST., near
Congress. All kinds of Silver and Plated
Ware Repaired.
Silver and Plated Ware. "
ABNER LOWELL, 3O1 Congress Street.
Schools.
ENGLISH and FRENCH SCHOOL, 43O
Congress Street.
Stair Builder.
Ii. Il. LIBBY, ~ 1-2 Union Street, up
stairs.
G. l.. HOOPER & CO, Successors to
LittIefeid & Wilson, Cor. York 4 Ma
pie Streets.
Watches, Jewelry, &c.
J. w. & HI. HI. MCDUFFEE, Cor. Middle
& Union ats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

1t is thought that the present height of the
English coal market is chiefly owing to the
great depth ofthe coal mines.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

Diamonds are now to great extent set in
filigree work; the effect produced is very
beautiful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

GOING from the foot Of Myrtle street, through
VI Cumberland to High street, Ladies' Russet
SATCHEL, containing Portmonaie with sum Of
money. Also, other articles of value to the owner.
Anyone leaving the same at SO MYRTLE or 80 MID
DIE STREET, will be suitably rewarded.
Oct31 st
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

The plaint of the bachelor will be heard no
more in the land. An ingenious mechanic
has invented buttons which can be sewed OIL
with screw-driver.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
THE INDIANA DIVISION

b / .
is about eighty miles in length raversing extensive
Bituminous Coal fields, and making direct (and the
shortest possbe line between Chicago and the Block
Coal district at Brazil.
The Iron and other materials for the Indiana Divi
sion have all been bought and paid for in cash, a
part of it is in operation and the entire Division
is to be finished this and opened to profta-
BILE business.
The company is not in debt, and owns large and
very valuable real estate in Chicago beside having
an equipment Of twenty-three frst-cass locomotives
and about 700 cars.
first mortgage upon such road, at the rate of
$1S,5Oo per mile is safe investment and we know of
no other railroad bond at the price asked for this
that can demonstrate similar value as security for
savings banks and Others
We have sold nearly two millions of these bonds to
savings banks trust companies and the most careful
investors, and have but $3.50 900 bonds remaining.
They are for $1,000 each, and have forty years to
run. Interest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

A BOY about sixteen years of age, who is desire
"A GUS Of a permanent situation, with view to
learn trade, can get good chance, application
to JOHN F. SHERRY, Clapp's Block, Congress
Street. Good references required oct291w
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
BUSINESS DIRECTORY,

Agency for Sewing Machines.
w. y. DYER, No. 272 Middle 81. All
kinds of Machines for sale and to let.
Repairing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
STRAYED OR STOLEN.

LNROM the pasture of Sas Russell, Bay Colt,
IL four years old, with white hind feet and star in
the face Any person finding the same will be suita
bly, rewarded by returning the same to SILAS RUS
SELL, West Cumberland, ANDREW LEIGH
TON, corner of Milk and Market streets, Portland,
Me, oc17d&wtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
THE LAST OF THE LOAN
OF THE
CHICAGO
Danville & Vincennes
Railroad Company.
To Careful Investors.

1t is seldom that Mortgages upon new Railroads
are considered sufficiently safe for the investment
Trust Funds. 1t is only when Railroad is earning
net, an excess of its interest obligations, with
tainty of steady growth that its Bonds be said
to be perfectly safe. 3--tkt tt1t
The CHICAGO, DANvILLE & VINcENNEs RAIL
ROAD is doing this, and has this certainty. That
part of it known as the ILLINOIS DIVISION from
Chicago to Danvile, 1872 Miles was finished last year.
and its gross earnings have increased from OF
in December, 1871, to S57,5s7 95 in August, 1872.
The net earnings for August were $3o,412 46, or at
the rate of 1854 949 80 per The total inter-
est ability upon the total issue of Bonds upon both
the Illinois and Indiana divisions is S2S000O gold.
The Illinois division is, therefore, earning net,
than enough to pay interest upon the entire bonded
debt upon the whole road.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

1t was Goethe who observed that you had
to get inside poem to see its meaning and
beauty. The trouble with modern rhyme
carpenters is that they build their productions
without doors.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

Furniture and House Furnishing Goods.
BENZ. ADAMS, cor. Exchange and Fed
eral Streets.
HOOPER g. EATON, Old Post Once,
Exchange Street.
L. II. HOXT, No. II PrebIc Street. Up-
hOlstering done to order.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

A South street inebriate whipped his wife
Saturday morning, and came home drunk
Saturday night. His wife having no Goals of
fire to heap upon his head, poured his ear full
ofpepper sauce. He appeared to be just as
well satisfied. .unJAlt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Wanted.

DY young man of considerable experience and
ID unexceptiona5le references, situation as Book
keeper, any situation requiring and attention
and good handwriting. Apply to an" Press office.
oc16 d3w*
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

An Indianapolis clergyman who discovered
clear case of kissing during evening wor-
ship stopped his sermon and offered prayer for
the willy esculators.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

Furniture. Wholesale and Retail.
WALTER COREY & CO., Arcade, No.
IS Free Street.
GEORGE A. WHITNEY,, No, &c Ex.
change st. UphOlstering of all kinds
dome IN ordcr
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

The young printer who embraces the love
of his heart in a hallway just opposite pho
tographic establishment, is respectfully warm
ed to discontinue the fascinating habit for the
present, as the apprentices to the photograph
er are to begin their initiative practice on
architectural plates tomorrow.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

A correspondent describes Winnie Ream in
her studio "with her arms bare to the shoul-
ders, and her ankles likewise" A meeting
of extremes, certainly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
TO LEI

ENOUR PLEASANT ROOMS at 91 New High St.,
Il will accommodate a small family (,oithout chill
dreD: Apply between nine and ten a. M, or two
and three p. m. 5fr' 3ffg oct31dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02
Clothing Cleansed.

CLOTHES Cleansed and Repaired at short notice,
u and all kinds of goods dyed in thorough man
ner. Also Secondhand Clothing Tor sale:
tion.
WILLIAM BROWN
GA Federal ST.,
Near the Park
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-11-02

A West Street boy secreted a set of jack
stones in his fathers boots for safe keeping,
and was nearly hoisted into Paradise by that
article.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Sholtcring Stock.

An experiment made in England
shows that one hundred sheep fed
under shelter on twenty ponnds OF
Swedish turnips each per day, at
the end of few weeks, had gained
three pounds each, more than
another hundred which were fed
twenty pounds of the same kind of
turnips each, but in the open air or
field. Five sheep were feed in the
open air in November, the tempera-
turc being at tortyfour degrees.
They consumed ninety pounds of
food per day. At the end of ten
days they weighed two pounds less
than when first exposed. Five
other sheep were then placed in u
shed, the temperature being forty
nine degrees; at first they consum-
cd eighty-two pounds per day, then
seventy pounds, and at the end OF
the time they had gained twenty
three pounds. This is proof suf-
ticicnt of the advantage of shelter
ing stock in wintcr.-Proirie Fo'r-
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08

grow from the cuttings; many de-
ciduous trees grow from nuts and
seeds that are easily procured, and
are grown as easily as corn or pc
tatoes. Plant then, o! dwcller on
the prairie, and plant abundantly.
Plant them in such quantities that
afford them for fuel and all proper
uses as they grow, and not be com
PEELED to wait until they are fully
grown.
l did not mean to say SO much
when l began, but it is difficult to
find stopping place on prairie
like the shorcless sea.
JOHN SCOTT.
Neyada Feb. 10, 1872.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Preventing the termination of Pc.
tatOes in Cellars.

Much trouble is experienced by
farmers and others who have oc-
casion to store potatoes for con-
siderable length Of time, inprcycnt-
their termination, and consequent
depreciation in value as food; and
our readers may be interested
to know that experiments,
prosecuted in Germany, have
shown how this may be mcasurably
prevented. This is accomplished
by exposing the potatoes to the
vapor of 'sulphurous acid, by any Of
the various we'll known modes, and
large mass Of potatoes can be
treated ut one time. This process,
if not entirely effective in accom-
plishing the object, will retard or
modify the sprouting Of the potato
to such an extent as to render the
injury caused thereby very slight.
The flavor of the potato is not af-
fected in the least by this treatment,
nor is its vitality diminished; the
action being simply to retard or
prevent the formation and growth
of the eyes.
PATENT MANURE. = kapnophitc
is the name of 4 so-callcd patent
manure which is pcddled in some
parts of the country. 1t consists Of
straw, or any combustible material,
covered with Garth and burned
slowly, so rs to make the earth
that covers it absorb all the smoke.
Five dollars is demanded for the
right to make and use this "fcrti-
lizer." The Rurol Ncw Yorker,
in answering the inquiries of sub
scribcr, says: "Thcre IS manure
in 'smokc such rs results from
the rapid or slow decomposition of
vegetable matter; and if the soil or
muck absorbs the gasses liberated
by burning, it is SO much the richer
in the elements of the plant food.
But if YOU mix your pine straw or
muck in alternate layers-say pine
straw first, and a sprinkling Of
caustic lime, 4 thick layer of muck,
pine straw, lime, muck again, you
will speedily have far more valu-
able fertilizer than by burning the
pine straw as proposed. Besides,
we do not believe such Il process rs
you describe patcntable, even if it
is patented, which we doubt.-lt
has been used substantially ever
since we can remember, in one form
or another. Beware of such "pat-
ents.'"
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Winter Butter.

a writer in an exchange tells us
Of two persons who supplied him
with winter butter. The butter of
one failed both in quantity and
quality on the approach Of cold
weather, while that of the other
kept up to the standard, looking and
tasting like May butter. He further
states that the superiority Of the
last mentioned was the result of
having rye pasture during the win
ter. The rye was sowed among the
corn in August, and made good
growth early in the fa!l.-The corn
being husked in good season, fur
nishcd the COWS with excellent pas
turc all winter. A shelter was pro-
vided in the field, to be used at
pleasure, with but little outlay, and
upon the continuance Of snow for a
few days, bran and meal were fed.
Beside the benefit to the cows, the
rye prevents growth of weeds in
the fall, and furnishes quantity OF
green manure to he turned under III
the spring to aid in bringing large
crops. This method seems rea-
sonablc one and We intend to test it
the coming autumn.-Ioaca Home
| Steu1.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Butter In Sacks,

The dairymcn of Washington
Territory, for want of tubs and
jars, have adopted a method of put
ting up and keeping butter which,
though novel, presents some fea-
lures that are worthy the attention
of those having butter packed for
family use or for the retail trade.
The packing is thus described:
All butter is packed in muslin
sacks, made in such form that the
package, when completed, is cyl
inder three or four inches in diane
ter and from half foot to foot in
length. The butter goes from the
churn, as soon as worked over, in
to the cylindrical bags made of the
finest blcached muslin. The pack
ages are then put into large casks
containing strong brine with a
slight admixturc Of saltpcter, and
by means of weights kept always
below the surface. The cloth in
tegument always protects the but
ter from any impurities that chance
to come in contact with the pack
age, and being always buried in
brine that protects it from the ac-
ton Of the air and it has been as
certained by trial that butter put
up in this way will keep sweet
longer than in any other way.
Besides, it is found easier and
cheaper for the manufacturer than
to pack either in jars or tirkins.
And for the retailer, there is no
telling the advantage on the score
Of safety and convenience. These
rolls Of butter can lie on his count
er as safe from injury, from dust OF
other contact,as bars oflead; can be
rolled up for his customer in a sheet
Of paper with as much propriety as
a bundle of matches. If the con.
sumner, when he gets home, dis
covers specks of dust upon the out
side of the sack, he can throw il
into u pail Of pure cold water ant
take it out clean and white. AS he
uses the butter from day to day
with a sharp knife he cuts it of
from the end of the roll i'll slices 0
thickness suited to his want, ant
peels off the cloth from the end 0
the slice, leaving it in tidy form t.
place upon the tablc.-Xomestead
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Care Of Wheat.

Care in the selection Of seed
wheat is Of the very first impor-
lance. Discard all idea Of mixing
ingredients with it to destroy smut,
rust, mildew, or anything else; for,
beyond the mere operation of wash
ing, or the manure they may
furnish, it is questionable whether
they produce any good effect. Smut
is a fungoid growth from a diseased
grain Of wheat, which, by conta-
gion will be communicated TO the
mass, but from which the mass may
be purified by washing with soap
and salt water. Mildcw is a para
site fungus upon the straw,by which
the seed is never affected otherwise
than by the destruction Of the
straw, and consequent shrinking of
the wheat in the head. The nudge
Hcssian fly, and wcevil, are in
sects the consideration Of which
should be introduced in any discus
sion on the subject Of the cultiva-
ton of wheat. The nudge, is n
small, winged insect, the larva of
which is an orange-colored maggot,
found between the skin and chaff of
the grain of wheat while it is in it's
milky state. The egg is deposited
between the chaf' and the kernel,
and is so minute as not to be dis
coverable to the naked eye. The
larva extracts the milk and de-
stroys the grain. The Hcssian fly
deposits it's egg, which is about
the size of the smallest grain of
clovcr-sced, upon the blade of
wheat, from which it falls into the
crotch of the plants or upon the
ground; if upon the latter it perish
es, and if upon the former it is
Matched into larva resembling a
flax-sccd. AS it grows, it lives up
on the sap Of the straw, and de-
stroys it at it's point of contact,
which is usually in the first joint,
so that is broken off by the wind OF
its own weight. The weevil is Il
hardshelled beetle, which preys up
on grain only after it is matured.
The remedy for smut and mildew is
careful cultivation, frequent rolling,
and selection of clean, pure, heavy
seed. The weevil may be driven
from barns or bins by any strongly
smelling plant, such as mint or bur
dock.
There arc involved in this discus
sion two simple principles of agri
culturc-the timely application Of
manure, and the proper rotation OF
crops. 1t may and probably vii
be said that clover will not success
fully grow in the Southern States
With all due respect to the little ex
pericncc which Southern farmers
have had in the use of this grass,
must insist that such is the charac
ter of the clover-plant, with it
deeply penetrating tap-root, which
nature intended for the supply o
moisture and nourishment, no Other
grass will endure more drought
Lime is one Of the largest constitu
ent elements of clover, and, if it b.
applied to the land, clover will grow
almost anywhere, and wherever i
grows the soil is renovated and Ell
riched by it.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Spring Work.

To the ordinary farmer the Win
ter days may be comparatively idle
not SO with the horticulturist;
there is always something to do,
grating, pruning, trcnching when
the ground is not frozen, or hauling
and composing manure. With the
advent Of March work commncces
in earnest. The market gardner
has already his lettuce, radish, rhu-
barb, ETC., ready for markct-and
many of them have their second
crops ready for sale from their hot
beds, and the various plants well
under way for transplanting, rs
soon as the season will admit. The
owner of the simple kitchen garden,
however, will find that March is
early enough for him to have his
hotbed under way, and to noviccs
we may say, do not put in your
manure too green, turn it at least
once, and if the heat is strong,
twice, before putting it into the
bed. Many persons do not start
with the manure moist enough. If
dry, it should be thoroughly moist
cncd in the heap, before the first
fermentation takes place, and it
should be thereafter protected from
the effects of frost and rain.
If it has not been attended to be-
fore lose no time in securing bean
poles and pea brush, for success can
never be attained with running
beans, nor garden peas, without
good support for them to cling to.
Whatever leaf mold, muck, sods,
mari, etc, you may have drawn for
compost, should be kept compactly
together, turning it occasionally to
induce the decomposition.
If you have neglected to cut cions
of such fruits as You want to pro-
pagatc from, lose no time in doing
so before the sap starts. When
cut, bury them them in moist sand
until wanted. Cuttings of currants,
gooscberries, etc, should be plant
ed rs soon as the soil is in condi-
ton, and this will apply to the cut
tings and stakes OF willow and
other trees that grow from sections
of the wood. During pleasant days
in March, the lawn may be cleared
up, and everything rendered tidy
about the place. In fact March is
the month for gathering together
the forces, that go to make up the
economies of the subsequent pro-
cess in horticultural art Weste, n
Rural.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Why do Animals need Salt?

Hrof. James II. Johnson, of Scot
land, says that half the saline mat
ter Of G blood Is per cent? CON
sists of common salt, and rs this is
partly dissolved every day through
the skin and kidneys, the necessity
of continued supplies Of it to the
healthy body is sufficiently obvious.
The bile also contains soda one of
the ingredients Of salt) rs special
and indispensable constituent, and
so do all the cartilages Of the body,
Stint the supply Of salt, and neither
will the bile be able properly to
assist digestion, nor the cartridges
to be built up again as fast as they
naturally waste. 1t is better to
place salt where the stock can have
free access to it then to give it oc-
casionally is small quantities. They
will help themselves to what they
need, if allowed to do 50 at pleasure
otherwise, when they become salt
hungry, they may take more than
is wholesome.
Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-03-08
Forestry; Forethought.

In England there are about 10000
acres of young oaks and other
growing timber, planted in incios,
ures by authority of acts of Parlia-
ment, of which 10000 were plant
cd last year. OF the trees thus
planted for navy purposes, none OF
them have attained much more
than half Of their full one hundred
years. growth; the trimmings, neces-
sary to make room for the ultimate
crop to reach maturity, produce a
large income.