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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
A Stern Judge,

Old Otsego county boasts Justice Of
the Peace who flashes out in the annals
of local fame as arraigning himself for
a delinquency. The Justice of the
Peace referred TO no matter about his
name or where he belongs) possesses
the excellant attributes of integrity.
lie let down in weak moment the ju-
dicial bars which should hedge him in
and roamed into the field of Bacchus.
In short, on recent occasion he inn
bibed too much strong drink, and in
consequence awoke with a realizing
sense of that fact the next morning.
Now here was a pretty 90. A Justice
OF the Peace had been on a bender, or
part OF one. A man who was appoint
ed To swing the fail of justice over the
heads OF poor unfortunate fellows wan.
dering over into the wrong pasture him.
solf But there it was. He felt re.
minders of it in the occasional throbs of
headache. But what was to be done
The more he viewed il the more he be.
came disguised with himself. He made
up his mind. He would attend to his
case. He would vindicate the outraged
law. So, at the usual hour, he entered
his office. He formally opened court,
and then he called his own name as de
PENDANT in suit in which "the people"
charged him with an offense against
the law, went over the circumstances
in detail so far as he could remember
them, read "the statute in such cases
made and provided" and then asked
" the prisoner what he had to say" In
the role of prisoner he pleaded guilty to
the offense, said it was a shame for a
man of his years and position, but
hoped "the Court would not be too Sc
we're on him, as he was determined to
reform" "The prisoner will stand up"
said the stern old Justice. Then the
prisoner arose. Now" said the JUS
tice, " am very sorry you have been
brought into this court on n charge
which so seriously affects your good
name and standing in society; you
have set a bad example, and if you 90
on at this rate you will bring sorrow
and disgrace on yourself and family. |
sentence you to pay fine of $40 and
costs or to thirty days imprisonment
in the county jail" The prisoner
said he would prefer to pay the fine
and then the court closed. He walked
over to the postmaster of the town and
paid the Sl0.-Cticd Observer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
Horse Notes.
The pacing horse Billy Boyce was sold
in New York, recently, for $4,000.

THE pacing horse Billy Boyce was sold
in New York, recently, for $4,000.
HARRY BAssETT is to run four miles
at Saratoga against Lexington's time,
7:19a.
The well-known and promising Lex.
ington tilly Salina has been retired from
the turf, having been permanently in
jured by an attack of the prevailing
horse disease, spinal meningitis.
THE trotting match at Cleveland last
week, between the mares Annie Watson
and Belle Patterson. for a stake of
$4,000, was won by the former in three
ST. aight heats. Time-2:364, 1885,,
2:37I.
HoN. JAMES IRVING, of New York,
owner of the great little horse Jim
Irving, has issued q challenge to the
owners of Goldsmith Maid, Lucy, Amer
lean Girl and Henry to trot either Of
those nags for S25,000 play or pay.
BLAIR ATHoL, who was sold at the
Middle Park (England) sale for S62, SEQ,
has been earning about $4,000 year
in the stud. If the stallion retains his
health, the investment, large as it is,
will prove a good one, A fashionable
stock horse, in a country where speed is
cultivated, is as valuable piece of
property as a man can have.
THE Tarf, Field and Farm, noticing the
sale of the Middle Park (England) stud,
says: 1.-THE breakup of this gigantic
and renowned breeding establishment
may be regarded as the greatest event
in the annals of the turf. At sale
continuing through four consecutive
days, and attended by cosmopolitan
crowd of 10000 people, Is stations, 1877
brood mares, and 1919 foals, total OF
$50 head, all of the most valuable and
successful strains of blood, were sold
under the hammer for the enormous
sum of $5l2,575 in gold ~
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
DOTS BABY.

1t was the most absurdly incredible
thing in the world, that Dot should be
the owner of baby. With her soft,
pink and white prettiness, her crink-
ling, golden hair. her smiles and her
dimples, and her happy, innocent
heart, what was Dot but baby herself?
And, yet, one day in the rosy ripeness
of sumner, we had all crowded the
parlor, in white Swiss frocks, with garn-
iture of loveliest blossoms, and quite
premeditatedly, but all in tears, and
with yearning regrets, and tender fore
bodings, and signing looks backward to
the happy girl. life which had been a
thing of beauty, but would be a fair
dream for evermore, had given her
away to tall, handsome young fellow,
Harry Ascot by name, of whom we
knew nothing, except that Dot loved
MIN, and that he loved Dot. 1t was an
awfully audacious thing to 90, plucking
Fate by the sleeve, as 1t were, and bid.
ding her serve US, noLenS, voLenS; and
when, tier the cake and ice-cream had
cen served, and everybody had kissed
Dot, and everybody who dared had,
also, kissed the blushing bridegroom,
and our darling treasure had chung to
us all one dreadful moment, and cried
in the most heartrending fashion, and
said she never, never could leave US,
and she was q wretch for thinking of
it. and when somebody had announced
the time for the train, and Dot had
slipped out of her white silk and into
her gray linen in a twinkling, and that
cool young robber had quietly shut her
up in the carriage, and we had flung an
old slipper after them for luck, and
Harry all smiles and inky mustache,
and Tot ell blu hes and sobs and flut.
tering little rings OF gold hair, had van.
ished in mist # tears, went away by
myself to my chamber, now desoiate for
evermore. and had private little weep
of my own. and INDUCED in the dismal
luxury OF horrid forebodings.
Harry might be a brute lie might
break her heart They might both be
killed on the railway Harry might
lose all his money, and Dot might have
to come back, an abandoned, miserable
little woman, to the family ingle. But
this last picture had bright side. l
dried my tears to look at it, and was
presently in condition to take myself
IN hand and administer a good scold-
ing. Hlf
Harry did not turn out reprobate.
| was made quite miserable by Dots
happiness as reflected L her letters. All,
these girls How confidently, with
what utter hilarity do they flee from
the dear old hearthstone, lured away
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
The Petroleum Trade.

Scarcely twenty years have passed
since petroleum was discovered in
Western Pennsylvania and begun to be
an article of commerce. To-day it is
one of the gregtest sources of wealth
in the country. Not only does it light
nearly all the houses in America and
many of the streets, but it has become
one of our principal articles of COM
merce. The trade in petroleum has
added immense wealth TO Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh; has made millions of
dollars for the Pennsylvania railroads;
and built up number of important
towns in the interior of the State. AL.
though the excitement of specializing
in oil stock and property is over, some
three hundred oil wells were sunk dur.
ing the year 1871. Last year the product
of the Pennsylvania oil regions amour.
ted 10 100000 barrels, or 22S 100000
gallons. The average price at which the
crude oil was disposed of was thirteen
and half cents per gallon. This sum
is said 10 be greater than all the gold
procured in California during any year
since the precious metal was discovered
there. The value of this oil when re-
fined would be over $50,000,000. We
did not take very kindly to the use of
petroleum at first, but nov il would be
hard to tell how we could keep house
without it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
About IrOn.Clads.

The respective strength of the iron.
clad fleets of various countries is ow as
follows; the figures, especially in the
case of Germany, whence we receive the
report, may surprise our readers Eng
land, 46 iron.clad vessels, 325 guns;
France, 60 vessels, 400 guns; United
States, 81 vessels; Russia, % vessels,
leo guns; Italy, q vessels, los guns;
Turkey, l9 vessels; Holland, II vessels,
60 guns Brazil, b vessels Austria, Ill
vessels, lS2 guns; Spain, IL vessels, las
guns Denmark, 6 vessels, Go guns;
Germany, ) vessels, SO guns. The mum.
Der of iron.clads owned by the twelve
nations mentioned is ESQ. Japan has
one or two, we believe, and Peru bought
two, such as they are, from our Govern.
ment several years ago,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
A Man Killed by His Father.

On Tuesday last a most horrible muir.
der was committed on the line of the
Petersburg railroad by a negro named
Turner, who. in conjunction with his
son. worked small farm this side of
Weldon. A short time since the son
was married, and, as usual, brought his
bride 10 his fathers house, where for
several days the family lived together
very pleasantly; but on Tuesday last,
during the absence of the older Turner,
his daughter-in.l law visited the water.
melon patch and pulled melon. When
Turner reached home he heard of it.
and finding his daughter in the field
commenced to whip her. Young Tur.
ner, seeing his bride was being chas.
tised, ran to the scene and attempted to
stop his father from whipping his wife.
This action Of the son seemed to exas.
perate the father, and he released his
hold on his daughter, and, picking up
hoe, struck his son on the back part of
the head with it, knocking him sense
less on the ground. Turner then com.
menced again 10 beat his daughter, and
inflicted upon her terrible beating.
Seeing. however, that his son had not
recovered from the blow, the old muir.
derer looked at his victim, turned him
over, and finding that he was dead.
said, I" did not intend to kill you :"
and realizing that he had committed
murder, he at once left for parts un.
known. and has not since been heard
from, though reward has been offered
for his capture.-Petersbhry Va Pro
0reSs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30

THE following will show the national
ity of vessels which took the exports of
Philadelphia, valued at $2,2lS,9l0, dur.
ing the month of July: American, Is;
British, 46; German, 6; all others, l3.
The tonnage of the American vessels
was 6,653 tons, and that of the British
23,47l.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30

allow many are there ov yes down
there ?'' shouted an Irish overseer to
some men in a coal pit. Give" was
the answer. We'll, then, the half Of
yes come up here" said he.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
Charge OF the Dress Brigade.

Half a league. half q league. half league rear
ward.
Right through the Inire and dirt.
Much 10 its beauty hurt, rf rf'
Dragged the rich siIken skirt
Half a league rearward.
Half a peck. half peck. half a neck fully
Hirsute and woolly.
Right into the liquid air
Rose up the pile of hair,
From other heads sundered.
Nobly astraddle on IT,
Rode the brave bonnet
al HIl
Rode. though it wonder ed
Curls 10 the right of IL.
Curls TO the left OF IL,
Curls 10 the rear Of IL.
Curls that were plundered. NEa
What though men shout. "0h fei
Fortunes you have squand eredi
Theirs not TO make reply.
Theirs not 20 reason why,
Theirs but 10 dress or die
Charge" TO the clerks they cry
" Charge by the hundred"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19
for the farintr.


0OWb0B Wooss
This ia one of the most important points con-
,.cted with growing winter wheat, and one that
I. alan greatly overlooked. The time OF sowing,
~ late y.urs has been neglected to sucn an ex-
tent that we have observed many farmers 40 moi
vet their seed in till October. Ihis. wrong. In
-, .hould have a sufficiently early start to
,,Ie n IN get well root-d into the soil, and also
90. Ill ,,rown nj the top that when snow falls
/, he tsur will I've, when pressed down, prOtec-
tion to the roots, not only against severe frost,
Snt also against the sunshine, shonld the snow
or, off early before the time for vegetation has
Come The best time, and in fact the proper
iime TO SOW winter wheat anywhere North Of
latitude 40o in America, is from the 18th Of Au-
pusf TO the 18th Of September. This is quite
wide enough range to suit the times and circum-
stances of any farmer.
The method If sowing is important. If all the
wheat sown was carefully put in through a drill,
the extra crop in the year would nearly pay for
all the drills used. But drill is expensive, and
what is worse, by the careless manner in which
too many farmers use and put away Their I'M
PIGMENTS after the work is done, is liable to he
come quickly destroyed and useless. Still the
fact remains that If we want to grow good crops,
we must use good care and enterprise. Even
broadcast sowing, if carefully done on well pre-
pared land, and the seed properly covered af-
forwards, will do very we'll. But the advantage
is with the drill in that it deposits and covers
every seed at a uniform depth, hence making
surety of its hold in the soil. The saving of seed
alone by using drill on large farm is of itself
no small item. We have observed this year that
in every instance where good crop Of winter
wheat has been secured, it was mainly due to the
fact of the seed having been drilled in.
We will not say anything here abOut varieties,
for that is question every farmer is best able to
Judge for himself by observation of what sue
ceeds best for his locality, if any new sort
is to lie tried, let it he done ON the recommends
ton only of those who have proved it themselves
to be good and reliable.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19
Harvesting Buckwheas.

"a Young Farmer" wants information about
harvesting buckwh heat which we give some hat
in full as it is of general interest and the crop
is sufficiently valuable to make the proper har-
vesting of it worthy of more care and attention
than are generally given to it. No crop is more
carelessly put. in the ground or harvested than
this. and the result is that a considerable boss,
both in yield and quality, is sustainedy 1t is
thus that the crop has come to he called "the
lazy mans crop" 1t is too late in the season
now to say anything more as to the best method
of cntivating it than that the crop deserves, and
and on good soil. In harvesting, too, it will pay
for good care No crop suffers more from wet,
or shells out more easily. The slender attach
ment by which the grain hangs Is broken very
readily when dry, and it is thus best to cut II
when the dew is still on it and the grain is d;n'.
1t should be cut with the cradle, and allowed to
lie until again damp with dew, when it may be
rakcd up into punches and set up in small shocks
without being bound. The haulm or straw will
always tangle sufficiently to make the shocks
hang together, and binding would cause much
unnecessary waste. 1t should stay in these
shocks, which are very open, and admit air and
sunshine, until the grain is cured, when it should
be threshed Immediately. 1t will not do to stack
it OF put it away in a NOW, as it heats and spells
very readily, and after being heated its value for
-four is much diminished. Ii should be hauled
on bright, windy day, if possible, and threshed
as it is hauled, the grain cleaned mp Immediately,
and either sold at once stored in airy room
or granary. The earliest buckwheat -four in the
market brings the best price, and that ground on
a clear, windy, dry day, both yields more and bet
ter four than when ground in damp, close wea-
Their. Bnckwheat chopped with oats RYE makes
excellent feed for horses, hogs or milch cows, and
the bran will increase the flow of milk in cows
but at the same time it makes poor white butter.
-AHlfurist.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19
To KEEP CELERY.-For the benefit

How To KEEP CELERY.-For the benefit of
those of your readers who have never succeeded
in keeping celery in catable condition throughout
a winter, (and l know of several), will give a
rule by which have preserved celery. free from
rot or rust, as late as the last of March. Never
work at celery in any way, except the plants be
perfectly dry. Earth mp, never before 10 o'clock
A. N. or after p. NJ, and then only on n very
dry and sunshiny day. In the fall, as soon as the
ground begins to freeze enough to make the slight
est ernst in the morning select dry and sun
shiny day. and as near noon as possible pack your
celery in boxes. q use soap or starch boxes) pla-
cling first layer of earth about one inch deep;
then layer of celery placing the plants just far
enough apart not to lay against each other, and
thus alternating earth and celery until the boxes
filed having the first and last layers Of earth.
Place the boxes where the celery will not freeze,
(but not in n heated room), and your celery will
keep splendidly, and always convenient for use.
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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19

The grea. mass of country residences seem to
have no more conception of the enormous floods
Of clear, pure rain water, that annually ponr off
the roofs of their dwellings,, wood-houses, barns
sheds and other outbuildings, ,Ean q they never
heard of such huge watering-pots as the clou;..s
in the skye If all the rain which falls in the
Northern States within n year should remain
upon the surface of the earth without sinking
into it and running of, it wOnld form an average
depth of about three feet. In the Southern States
it would be more; in the American tropics it
would amount to about ten feet; aud near Bonn
bay, in Asia, to twenty five feet.
Every inch of rain that falls on roof yields
two barrels to every space ten feet square; and
seventy-tw barrels are yielded by the annual
rain in this climate on a single surface. A barn
thirty by forty feet yields annually three hum
dred and sixty-four barrels; this is nearly enough
for one barrel q day for every day in the year.
Many of our farmers have, however, at least five
times that amount Of roofing ON their dwellings
and other buildings, yielding annually more than
four thousand barrels of rain water, or about
twelve barrels, or one hundred and fifty ordinary
pailsfnl, daily. A very small portion Of this
great quantity is caught in the puny and con-
temptble cisterns and tubs placed TO catch it I;
but full sized, caPacious reservoirs, fit to hold
this downward delnge, we know not where to
find, even in a single instance.
1t is true, that where a constant draught is
made on cistern, il need not hold the full years
supply-even One-sixth part will, in general, an
swer; as the variations in the wet and dry sea-
mons do not often amount to more than the rain
Of two months.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19
New M.ae or Keeping Cider Sweet.

A correspondent of the New York World, in
whom they have confidence, writes them nion
the subject of keeping cider sweet, IN which ne
recommends the use Of bi-sulphate of lime as
means of preventing the fermentation Of cider, and
says:
This material il now used in large quantities
by brewers, and also by the sugar manufacturers
Cane juice properly treated with IT may be kept
for months without material injury, anu may
then he boiled with a certainty of producing ex-
cellent sugar. At the same time We took the
precaution to ask large dealer in the bi-sui-
pilates and chemicals generally, and were lnf"r-
med that the cider manufacturers would not use
it. He says the process they use Is 10 let the e.
der ferment once, SO as to clear; then rack of,
and into each cask or barrel they throw piece
of raw beef By this system the cider is not only
kept sweet, but some think is improved We
know nothing of its value. except that 1t is very
generally used by large cider-makers who have
high reputation for the excellence Of their pro-
duet.
Viewed in q chemical light, we should say that
il was far preferable to the bi-sulphate mode, as
the albumen of the meat has a tendency to soften
the acidity and produce mellOwness, while there
are circumstances under which the lime might
unite with the acetic acid and produce acetate OF
lime which, if not positively injurious, would
not at all add to the flavor of the cider.
Bi-suphate of lime is a very useful compound
add very little known; its somewhat offensive
smell has prevented its introduction for various
uses to which it is adapted 1t is a very superior
disinfectant, and meats dipped into it may be
kept for great lengths of time without any de-
composition. 1t has no superior rs preventive
of modification and is one of the best substances
which can be found to prevent the decay of tim
ber 1t is in constant nse in Louisiana in sugar
manufacture, and as now made is not subject to
some objections urged in years past; but there
are parts of the process of refining sugar where
il cannot be used, as sucrate of lime is likely to
he formed, inst as have indicated that the
acetate NAV he formed in the cider.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-09-19
Asffnl aud Curious.


ErrI. Pa, Feb. "a, 1861.
Aessrs. Edifos:-I suspect that II will be found
on inquiry, that just in proportion a. farms are
neatly kept, free from all that spontaneous growtn
of medicinal plants, which are sown by the hand
of God for healing the ills Of cattle and Of man.
just in that proportion will disease be found to
prevail. For example, in those districts OF Eng
land where the cattle disease has prevailed, It
will probably be fonnd that farmers are most
careful to eradicate everything but what they
plant aud 500. A friend Of mine tells me that
he once rode with noble lord" over his plan
tation in England for half u day, and they saw
but one weed, which the "nOble lord" alighfed
from his horse and pulled mp.
the following, and for any others which may
bear ON this subjecff
knew an OK which had been sick for some
months, and in spite of all efforts to help him he
became nothing but skin and bone. At length
he was taken out into q field containing Johns
Wort (Hypericsm pertorafsm.) tn he killed, when
he seized upon the weed aud ate it voraciously,
which arrested the attention OF the owner
that he did not kill him. He Immediately began
tn improve, and in the fall was very fat.
The toad, when, in his contests with the spider,
he is bitten resorts to the Plantain autid0te,
aud when Plantain is removed, 80 that he cannot
get at it, he dies. A Southern Legislature once
gave colored man his liberty for makig this
discovery.
1t is known that cattle and horses will at
times eat Mint and other herbs-not for food,
but evidently for medicine.
Sheep will at times levour Tobacco, both
green and dry, with avidity, when they will eat
nothing else. think it an antsliote against the
foot rot.
The character of beef, pork and mutton is affect
ed by the articles upon which they are fattened.
Valuable medicine is impaired to the human
family through the beef pork, and milk from
our farms.
A family had the small pox, and ON recovering,
their persons were rubbed off with Indian meal
This meal was fed to the cows Of neighbOring
family, and the children, who drank the milk,
after u little had all the characteristic symptoms
of small pox, with few pustules well developed.
All the family Of children had it at the same
time. They were not sick to any extent. The
physician pronounced it small pox in remark
ably mild form.
1t is well known that dogs, when sick, resort
to certain grasses for help; that cats devour cat
nip with avidity Mt times, and where it does not
grow they die. Man also will go great distances
to obtain plants for medical purposes. Instinct
teaches animals, and q natural craving directs
man, to those healing agencies, which are 50
abundant, NO varied-from the mldest to the
most active, energetic and powerful all pre-
pared with most exquisite skill, and put mp in
the most admirable style, by the Great Apothe-
cary, who does not allow even q sparrow to fall
to the ground without his notice.
Very truly yours.
EuHU MARVIN.