Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-01-06
NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 sho'o the vc,y age and lady Of Tie Tim

NEWS OF THE DAY.
10 shmo tie ve,y oyc and lady Of tie Times"
We regret to announce the death Of Bcnia
min L. Gator, esq. after long and painful i'll
ness. Mr. Gator was in tie lorty-eighth year
Of his age, and was one Of the most entcrprls-
ing and active young merchants, OF the tlrm
OF Armstrong, Gator Il Go in Baltimore. He
was distinguished for his kindness of heart,
and was liberal to the extent ut his means i'll
all works Of charity anl the relief of the poor
and destitute
The citizens of Wheeling, Va, on Thursday
last decided by ballot to authorize the City
Council to subscribe s225 600 to the capital
stock of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Ken
lucky Railroad, to hc used in building the road
from Wheeling to the Brooke county Tine
The vote stood 2,jl0 in favor "l' the subHrp-
ton and 100 opposed to the measure.
it is stated that the strengthening of The u.
s. feet in the Atlantic is intended to pcrcmp-
torily prevent Spanish cruisers iron lnolcSting
and illegally searching American vessels on the
seas. Six iron cladS arc now reported lifting
out for the Cuban Station. and officers were
Yesterday assigned to two Of thrnl--thc t:rnonl'
Gus and Muhapoc.
The total number Of deaths from smallpox
in Lemon during Inst year Was 5000. The
average Of thirty oac years preceding Is G'!O.
The medical Journals call attention I" the
alarming Increase Of the disease. They Warn
the public 10 take all precautions.
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Nearly Tour weeks i'aTc now been consumed
n the eral of Mrs. +. e.. Wharton: and yet
,bcr. * no uros,..c1 Of is speedy termination,
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lhnmnh ,yroIl..nt r;,r ,r,,,s and easily worked.
AZ I i will H., ,n,.n n,,t,.s, hnjj and >uc-
c.ssinl strntr. Inr IN. W:,shin~ton market. with
unt wnitin~ far ,hr raii,7,,l to be counIcrcd. -
UucLcst,r Nrs,
Il write in answer 10 the nan who has hut
ter on the brain ifhc wants to make Il first
class butter and live, here is the place for him
in the Na}ev oi thc Shenandoah, am en-
vayra in that business, making these golden
bull Of Which Mr.. Curtis speaks. that command
here sixty ccuts Der pound. will give the
art by which produce these golden balls from
April to April. | keep forty-vc COWS by
the ist Of April my grass il ready TO turn on.
My COWS are yarded 1T night, up to the time
the flies make their appearance about the last
OF June. They are then put in the stables and
led en- corn until frost, but are out on the
pasture during the day. have two large barns,
with stauchions in the basement that will ilS,cn
fifty head Of COWS. In the rear can drive my
wagon to haul out the manure, Which Is done
when not hurried by other work. For instance:
NJ this time, when seeding is done, Will take
out all the manure that has accumulated since
July, aud spread it nicely and evenly, on my
wheat, and 50 continue all wlntcr, until April;
Iu sowing grasssccd, in fall or spring, lind
the manure protects the clover and timothy
from burning out il the summer happens to be
dry; besides, the ground gets all the benefit OF
the washed manure. The manure Is torked
back from where the COWS stand. aud fresh
straw put under them daily. No waste OF ma
teral, but enough to keep Ghcm clean. There
is no kicking and running about the yard III fiy;
time, but each cow 'stauds eating her mess ol
said that it is TO, much trouble TO put these
COWS up every night, but it Just takes my boy
(sone twelve wears ol) and myself five to ten
w;nntns RI nnt Them al in their stanchions.
Then take into consideration that these same