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The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Strawberry Culture.

.E ota 'L1t ah3ut Small EruitS tho obi
AN uf ih,. IlnrticuIturist in tho Auoust
lIu,brr. saws:
Ilr strawberry season anono drawers
.,.tb. New York n.,rket l,1s been r7is vcqr
..a,>p.,telly nraIii.,,l,.to All Scuth,.rn ,hi,,.
....- ir,ru Delaware. M,rylan1 ana Viz
lnia pba aln,,lu+ of trnit hronrbt from
Nv. Ira,tl nh, Delaware railroad this ypar
t..t,tnaf-d r.In rltlroaI rqnort. at
uunu .uIar. AJIfntni~ dljly I 500 600
tllm Virginia. and about 1000 900 quarts
.al-rd in Nrw Jersey ana neighborbood
t Ncw York. and we have not far from G.
-UJuJl quarts ut strawberries raised for
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Muck for Corn.

The editor Of the Maine Farmer, in Civ
ing An account Of his observations while on
Z trip in the rural districts, says con the
farm of Mr.. T. II. Spaulding, in North An
son, we saw i field OF two and a half acres
Of corn averaging l2 feet in height, of q
dark rich color, the leaves broad and hand
some, and the stalks well taSseled out. 1t
was manured in the hill with muck that had
lain in the hog pens until thoroughly satu-
rated and worked over. and then thrown
out and more put in. This forms the best
dressing for corn that Mr.. Spaulding can
use. aud he has tried it long enough to be
convinced of its value. His experience
with commercial fertilizers, of which he
has tried several brands, has not been such
~ to warrant him in continuing their use.
Mr.. Spaulding has now muck enough hauled
out and piled mp for two years use. He
uses it As an absorbent, stabling his cattle
every night and throwing the manure into
a barn cellar"
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Fruit in Tin Cans.

The Boston journal of Chemistry says
The impression prevails among those who
use freely fruits which are put up in tin cans
that they are injured thereby, and this i'm
preston is in many cases correct. We have
long contendcd that all preserved fruits and
vegetables should be stored in glass, and that
no metel of any kind should be brought in
contact with them. All fruits contain more
or less Of vegetable acids and others that
are highly corrosive, are often formed by fer
mentation, and the metallic vessels are con
siderably acted upon. The cans are held
together by solder, an alloy into which lead
enters largely. This metal is easily cor
roded by vegetable acids, and poisonous
salts are formed. Undoubtedly, many per-
sons are greatly injured by eating tomatoes,
peaches, etc. which have been placed in
tin cans, and we advise all our friends who
contemplate putting up fruits the present
Summer to use only glass jars for the pur-
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15

| A STRANGE SEQUEL TO THE UxBRIDGr
BANK ROBBERY. The Boston TRANSCRIPT
states that about II o'clock Saturday fort-
noon, Messrs Eben B. Savward and .Jacol
Taft gentlemen connected with the Tx.
| bridge Bank, called ut the office of chief
ot-police with a communication without
any signature, which bore the New York
postmark of July -. stating that some
articles stolen from the UNbridge Bank,
ronld be found on the BackBay lands,
and giving 4 diagram of the locality.
| AT first the case had rather a dreamy
look, but on comparing the envelope
with another that the same gentleman
had previously received containing pa
pers that had been stolen from the bank
on The night of the robbery, it was decid-
ed to explore, and Officers Wood and
Ham, OF the City Police, accompanied by
the gentlemen above named, Immediately
set out to prospect. Guided by the dia
gram, they proceeded to the grounds.
borrowed tools of some Workmen i'm the
neighborhood, and began operations. and
after somewhat protracteu search, they
at last uneaithed u copy Of one of the
Boston dailies, which proved to contain
one gold watch. one diamond ring. two
plain gold rings, one gold thimble, one
pair hair bracelets, two gold pencils, two
pair gold-bowed spectacles, and several
other articles, which were keepsakes, he
longing to little Mabel Taft, left by her
deceased mother, and which had been
placed in the vault tor safe keeping by
her grandfather, the cashier of the bank.
Mr.. Sayward expresses great satisfac-
ton on the recovery of the property, and
thinks there is truly some honor among
some thieves, believing rs he does that
the communication was sent by the gen
tlemanly burglars, in response to his ad
Vertlsement in the papers that those arti-
cles belonged to I'm orphan child, having
been given TO her by her mother on her
deathbed
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Meadows.

The general impression is that the most
economical plan Of farming, is to get the
land in grass whenever circumstances will
admit, aid iu raise the smaller articles for
market. IN place of the cereals This will
,itpend upon the facilities of marketing,
lud the capacity of the farmer to undertake
troublesome business; but under all cir
cumStances on every farm ample provision
should be made for a @oodly sized hay crop
If you have 4 meadow, and it is found to
need renovation, rs soon as your grass
rrOp is secured, harrow it, and broadcast
thereon compost OF two bushels bone dust
i've OF ashes, and one of salt Let these
remain in piles for two or three weeks be
tore applying it. This will be found the
cheapest and most permanent renovator
Won can apply
Timothy. As pure timothy hay always
commands a better price and reader sale
IN t.e city markets, where so large por-
lion Of it is used by livery stable keepers,
if you nave this purpose in view, seed your
land to this crop alone. But if for your
own stock only you wish t" provide, and
to srcHfc good paSturage after the hay is
rut and secured, then Il mixture of seeds is
decidedly preferable, and tie following
proportions have been recommended for Al
acre; one peek timothy seed, fonr pecks
orchard grass seed, two do. Kentucky
blue grass, two do. perennial rye grass
seed, and three pounds Sweet-scented ver-
nal grass seed. This mixture will secure
excellent crops OF hay, if you have giver
the land the quantity of manure called fol
above, and il the dose is repeated every
second year, you have pasture that may
b. depended on to 10 years at least. The
necessity of supplying the soil with the
pabulum TO make good the heavy drain,
upon it, by the withdrawal of the hav anC
milk from the farm, must be self-evident
ANA the phosphates and ashes are the bes
ingredients that can be applied; unless thi
is done, the cultivated grasses will run out
and inferior varieties take their place
American Farmer.
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Farm, Garden, and Household.


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IN" "'H I"o9eu ~ "nlch can De quickly
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pace WIN OLE tHe soap ana water arc pre-
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The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
Currant Wine.

Wine can be made from currants of any
color. or all of them, but red currants are
the best and the wine improves with age.
In using red currants, let the fruit be dead
ript-neariv ready to drop of. and be strip
ped from the stems. They should be picked
when dry and then spread for several hours,
or even days. in the sun. They need not
be washed, but all pieces Of stems. leaves,
or ANYTHING not currant, should be aSSOrt-
ed ont. They can next be subjected to Il
pressure in mill or press, hut not pressed
so much as to break the seeds, or bitter
taste will be impaired to the wine. The
Juice should be strained and put into a yes
sci large enough to hold an equal quantity
of pure soft water; then to four pounds of
this mixture add one pound of sugar, or a
pound and a half 'if a durable, sweet and
strong wine is desired" :" half a pound will
DO when the wine s for speedy consump-
tiOn.
Let the liquor stand until some months
after fermentation; then rack off into a
clean cask, or bottle, Rack with great
care, so as not to draw OFF the settings. If
bottled. rinse the bottles first with water
and then with brandy, and draw from the
barrel through a goose Quill, in preference
TO cOCk-thou9h why does not appear
The wine had better be filtered before bot
tling. Fill the bottles up to the neck, and
and not higher; then cork carefully, and
there will be not so much danger of burst
ing.
Before being bottled, however, several
rackings are recommended, to avoid the
after Fermentation, which may break the
bottles. Wine and Fruit Reporter.
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
T urnips.

Every farmer will find it profitable to
raise a quantity of these roots the labor
not being so great as to stop him from do
ing so. If iudiciouSly managed, the amount
of labor is trihing. They form most eX-
celent article for feeding cattle, and even
horses soon become very fond of them, and
thrive rs well upon them as upon carrots,
while the cost OF raising is far less. They
form a most excellent and important article
Of stock food, especially for an occasional
change. RutabagaS and English turnips
are best fed out in the early part &C the
Winter.
Sow on new ground, in drills 80 inches
apart, covering the seed one-halt inch deep.
About pound of seed to an acre is usually
allowed. Seed will generally keep good
four years.
Skirvings Liverpool Swede is one Of the
best of the Rutabaga tribe, and the Purple
Top the best kind of round tnrnipS. If
saved for table use, they should be packed
in sand.
If quantity of lime is sowed over the
field Immediately after sowing the seed, it
will preserve the crop from insects and pre-
vent the turnips becoming sponSy AZ we'll
as increase their size. journal Of the
Farm.
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15

Copperas is the cheapest, as we'll as one
of the most etfectual disinfectants known,
and It's application is simple and perfectly
safe, with this precaution, that it should
not be kept in metal vessel, unless of
lead. Mixed in the proportion of one pound
Of copperas to eight quarts Of water, and
when thoroughly dissolved poured down
drains, sinks, or water-closets, it will at
once remove the most obnoxious smell. No
family, stable, Professionalism or slaughter
house should be without a supply, and
cities would be wise to order its use in
sprinkling the streets of unhealthy local
tiles, as is practiced in London. "Preven-
ton is better than cure" and we advise
every one, before the evil days come, and
before our city is crowded to overfowing
as it soon will be, to nave supply of cop
peras upon rheir premises, and to use it
freely. Advertiser.
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15

The venerable John Neal still lives and
lives to ask the following absurd question :
"Can it be possible that honest, we'll
meaning men Americans loving their
country, and abhorring both traitors ana
treason-can be found willing to have for
the Chief Magistrate of this great people
a man who is ready to pension rebel sol
diers, and is not ashamed to acknowledge
it and perhaps to pay off the rebel debt
and indemnify the Shareholders ?" We
should say not. The people will be will
ing to vote for no such candidate. Nor
are we aware that any such candidate is
running. Somebody must have been
playing on the old mans creduality.
Tribune.
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15
BELFAST MAINE, Thursday Is
Alive.

When the wild wake-robn starts in the wood
At the JOY ot the earth who escapes her bars
Aud the birche> Ilutter IN breezy mood.
And the quick brooks run and sing in the sun
To some strain of the song of the morning
When the gray rhodoras throng the swamp,
Like a setting cloud of winged things
All a-qulver in purple pomp.
And their green and gold the ferns untold
To the far-heard murmu> Of Fastening
springs;
When trillumS nod. and the coumbineS
Spread like flames through the forest gloom
When in open field the white weed shines,
And the birds and bees in the apple-treeS
Dart through skies OF blue and of bloom;
When the whole bright orb is flashing alon@
With her cloudy gossamer round her curled
a thing of blossom and leaf and SOnT-
still | cry. is He tar as the iHrheSi star.
Or living and pulsng across His world:
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15

''My son." said m atlectionate mother to her
son, who was expected TO be married very
soon, you are getting very thin" :" Yes,
mother" he .epied ''when come next time
you will he able to see my rib"
The Republican journal., 1872-08-15

About II o'clock special car came
down to Bay street, in which were two
citizens who had come for physicians.
They brought the report that lady and
three children had been shot while sitting
on the stoop of their house on Bull street,
three doors north of Anderson. On in
quiry it was ascertained that the persons
were Mrs. Barber and her three children
They were sitting on their portico con-
versing, when party of negroes passed
in the vicinity and fired directly at them
with their guns and pistols. the former
loaded with buckshot. Mrs. Barber re-
ceived two wounds in the breast, and the
children were struck in various parts of
the body; one of them, 4 little boy aged
about years, was struck in the temple,
and it was feared it would prove mortal
This occurred little after 10 o'clock.
About the same time a party of negroes
fired into a house on Bull street and
wounded Mrs, Cohen, gentleman, and
two children. The weapons were loaded
with buckshot. In the suburbs, east of
the park, number of persons were at
tackled and beaten by large crowd of
negroes who had gathered there This is
in proximity to the negro settlement near
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31
Buslncss nnd Trade Report.
WILMINGTON. Jan. 81.

WILMINGTON, Jan. 81.
The packets which left Philadelphia, yesterday
morning at o'clock, arrived in this city at
O'Clock In the afternoon. They were towed down
by the steam tugs Multofd and Bruce, following
closely in the wake OF the two Philadelphia ice
boats, through the Horse Shoe. The most diff
Guilty experienced during the trip down, was in
entering the Chnstiana, where the ice is very
heavy.
w. d r. Railroad Freigeis There were re-
ceived by the Wilmington \ Reading Railroad,
eight cars of coal for different points on the
Delaware Railroad one car load Of wheat fol
VIM. Lea Sons, five cars Of pig mon for the
Diamond State Iron Company, and one car OF
wheat for Tatnan & Richardson.
p, W. d B. IL. u. FTeighis.-One car load OF
bones for Walton Whann h Co.. from Bell Air,
Ohio, two cars Of scrap iron from Baltimore to
Seidell & Hastings, and one car Of lumber from
Baltimore to w. II. i II. Cause. The Diamond
State Iron Company shipped one car of iron to
New York, VIM. Lea x Sons three car loads oil
corn meal to New York. There was one car load
Of cattle shipped from Iewes, Del, to Coates
vile, via Wilmington & Reading Railroad. There
WAS eleven car loads of miscellaneous freghtt
TO Philadelphia, and thirteen received
Bushs Line.-By this line there were received
% casks Of soda ash, II bales Of rags, $50 life
preeervers, for the steamer Sue retorts fol
the Gas Co., 500 fire bricks for the same Co.
10000 pounds OF scrap iron and 80 boiler fues
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31
pelaware Rlr.r wharfImrrprsnenl.
10 De EalIoF az ne ccmmaoiafs


have seen in the newspaperrs Of late, ,seyefal
comments on the project Of building wharf bn
the Delaware River front. believe II was stated
that a movement was on foot r. form stock
company to build It. Now, think, the city ought
TO build the wharf and have control of II and
make II as near q free landing as possible having
of course proper regulations as TO using il, the
same as OF other property belonging to the city
and especially as the city already owns the foot
of Ohrishana Avenue, ard has ample room for
wharfing purposes Rt the foot Of the street, and
also along eide OF il but IL the city ID not going
to do It, then cay let the stock company be
organized, and II sufficient subscriptions TO the
stock can be obtained, let the work be commenced
at once. ] think II would pay fair interest on
the investment
Now, while the navigation TO Philadelphia Is
closed It can easily be forseen that good wharyes
and dock room hight add a great deal to the
trade OF this city, and be the means OF sooner
establishing this place as general outlet for
heavy freights, not only by the two new railroad
lines, but also from Philadelphia in tine winter
season.
do not know of any enterprise costing 80
little money that is likely to be OF 30 grear ben-
eft to the people Of this city, as a substantial
landing on tho Delaware River. We ought to
have direct communication with the Cape May
boats and all the lines that run TO the towns
south OF us on the Delaware and Jersey shores.
We say to the business men of this city let us
have a wharf on the river front, and soon. We
believe the requisite amount Of stock can be
sold in very short time il proper effort is
made. IMPROVEMENT.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31
Library at st. Georges.
EVIDENCES OF INTELLECTUAL Acr1y11

EVIDENCES OF INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITY.
A correspondent at st. Georges writes us as
follows
We have recently organized in our village, a
Debating Society, and at the first meeting on
the 10th inst, by motion, Messrs Dr. J. s. VAL
landigham A. G. Osborne and William H. New
ton were appointed committee to solicit Bub-
scriptiona towards a fund to be Appropriated in
books for public library.
Said committee reported at the next meeting
list OF nifty names and upwards at five dollars
each.
John T. BelVille the efficient President of the
Society also reported five names al five dollars
each.
After these reports were handed in, a commit
tee was appointed to issue call for meeting of
the subscribers to said library fund. That meet
ing was held on Tuesday, the 23d inst and the
st. Georges Library Association was organi-
zed. The officers are as follows President, DR..
J. s. Vallandigham Vice President Captain
Charles Corbit Secretary, William H. Newton ;
Treasurer. ID. B. Stewart Directors, Eli Blddle'
]. b. Cazier, Charles q. Ash. Thos' j. Craven
A. NJ. Higgins, WA. McWhorter, John G. Clark.
John p. Belvile, A G. Osborne.
We are anxious to raise five hundred dollara
at least to start with and by annual assessments
| on the members of about two dollars and FORTY
cents EACH from the interest on life and perpet,
nal membership, and from the donations we
| hope to receive, We think we can austain a good
crculatlng library OF Historical, Biographical
| Scientific, Agricultural and other works Won'i
you do something for us
We trust you will at least recommend oul
| cause to your numerous readers
All persons who feel inclined to encourage and
/ aid us in the good work, can send donations in
money or books, to William II. Newton, Secretary
OF ", Georges Library Association.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31

HARRINGTON, KENT Co. (Jdn. 29.) The pro-
trscted meeting in the NJ. Il. Church, closed last
evening Fifty have professed religion.
The Good Templars are in thriving condition,
increasing both in members and influence. They
will give an entertainment, on the evenings Of
furnish the music.
The Harrington Lyceum, "a fourishing organ.
ization,) discussed, On Saturday evening. the
question, (which is the worse, the Rumseller OF
the Ru mdrinker ?" and decided that the sellel
was the most culpAble.
Measels are prevalent, and our physician, DR.
Powell, has twenty-five patients i'll Of the com.
plant
The Odd Fellows will give ''Neck-tie Party.
on the 22d Of February, VISITOR.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31
1Iethodiam.
DEDICATION OF A sEw CHURCH.


The new NJ E. Church at Drivers Y Roads,
Caroline county, Md, was dedicated to the wor-
ship Of God on Sabbath last. 2Sth inst.
The day was stormy and dreary two Of the
ministers who were expected to be present failed
to come at the hour for preaching not more
than one dozen persons were in the house and
the prospect for a successful dedication was as
gloomy as the weather.
The service was postponed until near II
o'clock, when the church was half filed with
worshippers and before the minister was half
through his discourse the house was comfort
ably filled.
Hev Robt W. Todd OF ST. Pauls Church, of
Wilmington, preached an appropriate discourse
from The Sigus OF the Times, after which the
people presented their offerings. And so freely
did they give, that, while the sum Of only $3.50
was asked, when the contributions were footed
up II was found that the Trustees had in cash
and reliable subscriptions the sum Of S540. Thus
the church is left free Of debt with the means
to make needed improvements in the surround
ings in the way OF fencing, &c.
The congregation worshipping at this place
deserve great credit for their liberality.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-31
Fraudnlenl Mirrrnrrnenlnllnn..

Among the penicious frauds Of the period, there
is one which especially deserves the apprehension Of
all who place proper value on health and life The
swlnde referred to consists in the attempts Of ire
sponsbe parties in different sections Of the United
States to force upon the market vile astIngent COM
pounds manufactured out Of damaged or worthless
drugs and refuse liquor as preparations possessing
the rare medicinal virtues Of the most popular and
eficacious Of all vegetable tonics and Alternatives
Hostetters Stomach Bltters.
The conoocters Of these local bitter are in the
truest sense of the phrase, public enemies Theil
/ fiery potions in1ame the stOmachs stupefy the
bransi and shatter the nerves Of those who are un
wise enough to accept them as substitutes for the
famous Vegetable Invigorant that for twenty year.
has been known throughout the Western Hemls
| phere as a standard article.
The fame OF Hostetters Bitters as a health-pre
serving, vaizlng medicine is as wide as the world
and the miserable attempts OF needy nostrum-mon
gers to supplant 1t would be treatt with silent con
tempt were 1t not that serious consequences some
times follow the use OF the nefar Gus mpouhds In
question. Whoever recommends any Of them a,
remedies for Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation
Intermittent Fever, Rheumatism, or any other com
plant for which Hostetter's Bitters is a known spe
cinc, is guilty OF moral II not a legal misdemean
or. At this season, when the sun is releasing from
the earth, in the form OF unwholesOme vapors, the
active principle OF disease course OF Hostetteri
Btters will be OF the utmost service to persons will
feeble constitutions.