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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Keen Cattle Growing.

The most successful breeders of horses,
cattle, sheep or swine know from ex-
perience that although they may pos
sesses the best breeding animals, they
will not be successful in producing su-
perior stock if continuous growth Of
the young animals is not kept up. In
order to begin in time at this indis-
pensable preparation for success, the
brood mares, COWS, ewes, and sows are
most carefully and suitably fed while
with young, as soon as the young ami
mails make their appearance, they are
taken the greatest care of, the dams
being suitably fed while sucking, and
when the young ones are weaned, they
are not supposed to want for food or
drink single hour.
By this means continuous or rapid
growth is kept up, and the animals at
tain large size and heavy weight at an
early age When breeding animals arc
not properly fed and comfortably shell
tered in winter, the bad effect Of such
treatment is not confined to their own
want of condition-it is shared by their
progeny, and can never be remedied.
When young stock are not fed we'll and
comfortably sheltered in winter, their
growth becomes stunted, and no subse-
quent amount Of good treatment can
repair the damage. Young. animals
may suffer for want of proper provender
in summer and autumn. as well as in
winter, and when this happens it stops
continuous growth, AMI prevents ulti-
mate success in the object Of the breeder.
= Working Farmer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Milking with Dry Hands.

l believe that much of the milk gets
tainted with noxious or bad odors
before it reaches the pail. Some per-
sons, and hired help, especially, nave q
habit of wetting their fingers with the
milk once in while, and then wetting
the cows teats, as they say, to make
them milk easier. Now this wetting
process causes much foul stuff to drop
from the hands or teats in the pail
while milking. This is all wrong.
Cows can be MIXED as easy with dry
hands as wet ones. ] have been in the
habit of milking cows; and although l
have met with hard mixers that re-
quire their teats to be softened in order
to draw the milk, | have generally
found it easier and pleasanter to milk
with dry hands. If the teats are dirty,
the udder should be washed with tepid
water and allowed to dry before milk
ing; and if the teats are very hard and
tough to draw. the COW had better be
turned into beef, or kept to raise calves
from.-PrdcticaE Farmer.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
New Mode of Cleaning Ynol.

The Manchester Examiner gives a de-
scription of a new mode of cleaning
wool, which excites considerable inter.
est among English manufacturers. BY
the new process wool is cleaned without
the use of alkalies, thereby, as the
patentees claim, preserving the fiber
and maintaining the elasticity and soft
ness OF the wool in its natural state"
The patentees claim that the invention
will allow of a saving of per cent. in
fiber, and the wool will work better
with one-half the quantity of oil now
generally used, that more work can be
done on the carding and other ma
chinery, and the wool spun to much
greater length without any diminution
IN elasticity or strength; that in dying
the colors greatly excel in depth and
brllllancy; and that the cloth made
from the wool thus prepared is superior,
both In appearance and reality, than
under the old system. The first pro-
cess takes place in a large room sur
rounded with iron tanks. The first of
these is filed with water, and into this
the rough wool is fed' 10y an attend
ant. 1t is then passed through iron
AOAAeAo cIoSCaSo uIy, anu
sent into second vat, which contains
fusil oil. The refuse oil and water after
this process are passed into tank and
pumped into stills, where the oil is ex-
tracted and recovered for future use.
The third cistern in the initiatory pro-
cess contains pure fusil oil, and from
No the wool, by this time compare
lively pure, is passed over rollers into
it. The oil from No. cistern is utilized
in the same way as that of No. 2, being
run into large vat, cleansed and used
again. No. and No. cisterns are
filled with water, and the wool having
been passed through these and their
accompanying rollers, the first part Of
the process is complete. OF course, on
the fiber being washed it is rather damp,
although perfectly bleached and beauti-
fully soft. 1t is then packed into large
baskets like "skips," and sent by a
hoist to an upper floor, where it is dried
and made ready for manufacture, by
being spread over an apparatus known
as Petrie's patent, which is fitted with
hot water pipes and with revolving fans.
Another apparatus, on a somewhat
different principle, is in course of con-
struction. Atpresent the wool is COM
pletely dried in little more than an
hour from its being sent from the
bleachers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

seen from the fact that there are estab-
lishments in that country employing
twelve hundred men in the manufacture
of steam plows.
The Pacha of Egypt employs four
hundred of these steam plows: In Ger
many, steam culture has reVolutionized
agriculture. In England it is stated that
five hundred steam plows are held by
individuals and companies for hire. A
track of five hundred acres, near Lon
don, which would not bring a rent of
50 per acre, after being steam plowed
brought clean profit of $4,000 on
grain crops. In Scotland steam plow-
ing is also becoming common. We have
no doubt that it is destined to secure as
great results in this country as in Eu-
rope.-Erchange
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
A Willow Hedge.

A correspondent of the Central Union
AgricuZturiSt writes in praise of the
golden willow for hedge. He says ::
My plan for making fence Of the
golden willow is to pillow the hedge row
in the fall previous to planting, then
procure your slips in good season. say
from the 1st of March to the 18th of
April, and just as soon after the frost is
out of the ground as possible; have
your slips cut twelve or fourteen inches
long put them in the ground eight
inches deep, and six inches apart; cul-
tivate them well, and at one year old
braid them down within eight inches of
the ground; at two year old braid
them down within twenty inches of the
ground, and so on in proportion, until
you have fence four or FIVE feet high
which will take four or five years, and
then you have an everlasting fence.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Agricultural Items.

THE calf of COW that has been kept
poor all winter will never make good
COW.
The colony at Longmont, Colorado,
has planted fifteen thousand larch-trees,
which are succeeding very well.
IN,some parts of Germany and East
ern France, $500 pounds of guano per
acre is used as a fertilizer for tobacco.
DRAFT-HoRsEs in France and Belgium
are becoming scarce, and the proba-
bility is that few will he exported for
some years.
UPON the MERGED (Cal. river bottom
many farmers are planting corn upon
the land from which they have just cut
crops of wheat.
IT is estimated that the total area in
corn this year is 35,000,O0O acres, and
that there is an increased acreage of
100000 acres.
AN excellent compost for grass-lands
is sods, lime, and earth from fences and
bitches, piled up for fourteen days,
then well mixed and spread in spring.
AN Ohio farmer keeps his hogs
healthy by furnishing them, in a COW
cred trough, with a continuous supply
of soft stone coal, salt, and ashes this
assists their digestion.
ALKALI LANDS, heretofore considered
almost worthless, are found 10 be excel
lent for cotton. In California, the cot
ton planted on alkali soil is a month
ahead Of that planted on the adobe
lands.
A FARMER of Kane county, H., lately
sold $4,000 pounds Of wool, which was
the clip of five years past, at 65 cents a
pound, amounting to S9,l70. He made
money by holding on to his wool. He
keeps 500 sheep.
CALIFORNIA is becoming wine-p pro
ducing country of responsibility they
now have watts sufficiently large to give
balls in, and find room not only for the
dancers, but the musicians, and seats
for spectators in them.
A MAN in San Diego, Cal, has gath
cred 200 pounds of tomatoes from a
single vine the past year. 1t was
trained to the side of his house. The
| tomato plant in Southern California is
perennial, lasting four or five years.
A WRITER in the National Live Stock
Journal says that it is not the wool, but
the intestines, that cause the unpleasant
taste in mutton therefore, to avoid it,
be sure tkat the sheep is not warm or
heated, or any way unusually excited
| just before slaughtering.
WE learn from the Practical Farmer
that, at the Worth Farm, fine porker
was cured of pneumonia by dose cen
sisting of tablespoonful of carbolic
acid. 1t was also given to others, mixed
with the slop, though in much smaller
quantities, and soon stopped all further
spread of the disease.
AUNT LYDIA makes good ginger
bread according to the plans and specifi-
cations given beneath One cup butter
or gravy, two cups molasses, two tea
spoons ginger, two teaspoons saleratus,
two eggs, and little salt. This rule
will make four cards, or pan of
cookies.
OREGON, it is believed, will eventually
become great tea-growing State. Of
10000 plants on one plantation 1000
have been saved and are being removed
from the unsuitable fiat to hillside
locality, where, under the care of a
Japan tea man, the experiment will be
fairly tried of the adaptability of the
climate to tea culture.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Excellent Varnish for Harness.

Pulverize and put in a jug or bottle
half a pound to pound of gum
shellac, cover with good alcohol, and
cork tightly. Put the mixture in a
warm place. In about two days, if
shaken frequently, the gum will be dis
solved and ready for use. If the liquid
appears as thick as thin molasses add
more alcohol. To one quart of the
varnish add one ounce OF good lamp
black, and an ounce of gum camphor.
An occasional coat of this is also good
for rendering boots water proof.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Beautiful Sentiment.

There is but breath oe air and a.
beat of the heart betwixt this world
and the next. And in the brief inter
val of painful and awful suspense, while
we feel that death is present with us,
and we are powerless and he all power
full, and the last pulsation here is but
the prelude of endless life hereafter;
we feel in the midst of the stunning ca
lamity about to befall us, the earth mas
no compromising good to mitigate the
severity of our loss. But there is no
grief without some benefcent provision
to soften its intenseness. When the
good and lovely die, the memory OF
their deeds, like the moonbeams on the
stormy sea, light our darkened hearts,
and lend to the surrounding gloom a
beauty SO sad, SO sweet, that we would
not, if we could, dispel the darkness
that environs it.-Prentice.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
HeayeS in Horses.

A correspondent of the Rural Home
gives the following remedy for heaves
in horses:
Give once daily teaspoonful OF
aquafortis, prepared as follows: Mix it
with teaspoonful of sour or skinned
milk, and mix this with bran, and the
bran with the grain fed. The catarrhal
affection of the throat makes rapid
amendment under this treatment, and
the correspondent says he has known a
number of cases cured by it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Steam Cultivation.

The extension of steam culture in
Europe is somewhat surprising even to
those who have given the subject some
attention. John Fowler, the father of
this system, after spending S350,000 in
experiments, had nothing to show for
his expenditure of brains, labor, and
capital, but lot of old useless machinery.
But the principle for which he con
tended has since his deatl. been fully
established. The superior cheapness
and efficiency of steam blowing was
established in 1858. The extent tt
which it is practiced in England may BIZ
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
Another Herald Enterprise.

Young Mr.. ]. Gordon Bennett, who
conceived the idea of sending out the
Livingstone expedition, has dispatched
a second expedition to the sources of
the Nile, under the command of cor
respondent of the Herald, to join Sir
Samuel Baker, who is marching with a
considerable force into the interior of
Africa.a the service of the Viceroy of
Egypt. This ruler has spontaneously
offered to pay half the expenses of the
expedition, the last news of which were
received from Gondokoro, on the White
Nile. The encouragement thus given
by the Viceroy shows the Importance
he attaches to its success.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

A LITTLE girl in Gordon county,
Georgia, has for some time past been
making pet of large black snake.
The pair take their meals together and
are On terms of great intimacy.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

A DOCTOR was asked to dance the
"Lancers;" he declined, but expressed
willingness to lance the dancers.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

DR.. FURNEss, of Philadelphia (Unita-
rian), has preached regularly in the
same church for AZ years.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

A MIsER is far more forgetting than
for giving.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

grateful consideration of colored voters is
this: Horace Greeley, from early life,
was earnest and constant against slavery,
full of sympathy with the colored race, and
always foremost in the great battle for their
rights. | am SO much of Repub-
liean that wish to see in the Presiden tial
chair lifetime Abolitionist." Here, again,
as in the case of Gratz Brown, you make a
claim that cannot be substantiated. Mr..
Greeley never was and never assumed to be
an Abolitionist. He never denounced slave
holding as malum IN Sc, nor advocated the
immediate liberation of the slaves, nor rec
commended a direct assault upon slavery it.
self, nor discou ntenanced all pro-slavery
compromises, nor objected to a slave repre-
sentation in Congress, or to the legal renIi'
ton of fugitive slaves, nor connected him
self with any anti-slavery organization, nor
sanctioned the abolition movement. He
was trimmer throughout the whole strug-
gle, notwithstanding that he wrote and pub
ished much that was serviceable to the
cause of freedom. He was not even Free
Soldier, but always Henry Clay Wing un-
til Republicanism supplanted the Wing and
Free Soil parties. Even after the slaves were
set free under Abraham Lincoln's proclama-
ton of emancipation, he was in favor of
paying those who had robbed them of every
right and rioted upon their unpaid toll, not
less than $40,000,6G0! Far different was the
manner in which vour friend, Mr.. R. W.
Emerson, regarded this pecuniary adjust
ment between slave-master and slave:
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05

RELATIVE beauty-A pretty cousin.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-09-05
"Oh madness of discourse

oh madness of discourse,
That cause sets up with and against itself
Bi-fold authority where reason can revolt
Without perdition. and loss assume all reason
Without revolt; this is. and is not. Cressid."
The special point that you press upon thu
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

LASTING LOvLINEss.--Twentyy years ago,
when paint, 0pearl powder and enamel,
were running the complexions and desroying
the health OF women Of fashion, Hagnn's
Magnolia Balm was brought out as pure
botanical cosmetic, guaranteed to restore
bloom and beauty to skin. From that time
10 the present has been contirually y rising In
pu blic estimate - the safest and most un.
excsptionable PREPARATION Of its class. ln-
stead OF producing an artificial metallic sur
face like the deadly j snameIs, or willing
the euticle like the poisonous fluids sold
under various names as "beautifers," Is
keeps the skin as soft as velvet, renders i
as smooth and glossy as satin, and imparts
to 1t that delicate, rosy tings which 10 tho
beau ideal Of comple xonal loveliness. This
exquisite chromatic effect 10 not transient.
By applying the Balm daily II may be pro-
longed from youth TO age. A lady who
purchased the first bottle OF the article nine
teen years ago, writes to say that her COM
plexion at forty is "purer, clearer and more
brilliant than it has ever been;" and sts at
tributes it's beauty SOLE iy to the daily use OF
Hsgan's Magnolia Balm.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

CHERRYrRRs NEws.-Our Chrerytres
correspondent, Novice sends us the follow
ng news, which We have to eondeDse on &C.
count ofits late fscep tiou: On Sunday last
the engine house at the Stewart well, No. l,
Potts farm, took ire from the gas. All at
tempts 10 arrest the flames we're 10 vain
The engine boiler soon exploded with terrific
force. Pieces of Il were blown SO and 60
rods, aud burning boards few into the air
like skyrockets. The conclusion was 90
great that 1t burst open the doors Of .
boarding house near by and threw some o.
tho inmates to the floor. A small tank, con-
tanning IS barrels Of oil, was totally des-
royed. Fortunately no perssn was injured.
Lees, $l,7oO. Mr.. A. Pierce had two head
Of yeuug cattle killed by lightning on the
goth Of May.
The wsleDn the Strauce farm, 2 miles
south of Titusville, is q dry hole. The rig
on the John Irwin farm 10 being moved
lew rods noIthwsrd of the dry holo over
which 1t stood.-lvenango Spectator.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

SENSIBLE TO THE LAsr.-Stms Union
soldier of the late war 10 preparing ior Ii,
judgement day in very appropriate VIZ,
He sent ten d, liars to the treasury to b
added to the oansciense fusd vscsuss hs .r
prop'iased some sugar sad coffee aud p.,
OF socks while guarding provisions 10 Euv
Tennessee. The ten dollars 10 net worth
half 60 much as the little homily With which
accompanied 1t. He says: IL must gss
ready Tor the judgement day, and, slthouph
this act would not be r.gardedSvsy vrous,
Il was the violation OF the honor ofs soldier,
A government with such President % ws
had then ought to have soldiers that could
bs trusted even when they have been hungry
f,r long time. want 20 shadow 90 ny
soul when l come to the judgement Of Cod,
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

Tuesday last was remarkable cold dsy.
Until late in the evening heavy frost and
the destruction of crops was apprehended,
but by ten O'Clock the weather moderated so
as to place vegetation beyond serious dan
ger. 1t was just thirteen years Previous to
the day, since the great frost that wishs:ed
almost everything green west Of the Allegh-
eny mountains. That destructive frost oc,
CURED on the night Of June 4, 1859.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07
NOTES OFTHE DAY.

Ye gentle aborigiues Setting Bull, Block
Moon, Iron Dog, Iron Horn, Four Horns
and Long Dog, have declared there shall be
no railroads through the Powder River
Country.
A lady occupied the pulpit and six young
ladies passed the contribution boxes In the
stsid and sober old State street Methodist
church, In Troy, N. y, on Sunday even
ing.
A barkseper at Lynchburg, Va, advertise
es that gentlemen wishing drinks must bring
orders from their wives
At Dayton, Ohio, widow announces on
the tombstones of three several deceased
husbands, ave will mset In heaven, hus-
band dear"
Two gentlemen arrived Ia Council Bluffs,
for the purpose Of investing in real estate
there, were arrested the first day land fined
Sl8 for dscharging fire arms within the
city limits. They arc pleased with the en-
terprise Of the city.
The recent copious rains, IL is generally
conceded, were worth milliens of dollars to
the country, and it isuow stated that the
prospect Of gsod yield of crops is more
encouraging than ever.
The Mendelssohn Society Of Titu sville are
practICing for the Boston Jubilee.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

We like to got hold of q really pathetic
occurrence even though we have to 60 as
far west 90 Wisconsin for 1t. A Madison
paper tells how green couple from coun.
try town In that State made miss Of their
honeymoon In this wise: After seeing the
minister, John and bis bride, who had scarce
ly been out of sight OF home before, took the
cars for Chicago. They went 10 hotel,
aud leaving her ia the parler, John went
out to view the ruins. He got lost, and. not
knowing the name Of his tavern, wandered
about discousola.e. As night came on be
was 10 despair, and after wandering about
for time, the fear of being arrested as q
vagrant, and having to pass the night in
station, so affected him that be made bis
way to the depot, took the eleven o'clock
train for Milwaukee, and the next day reach.
ed home bereaved aud disconsolate indi-
vidual. The girl was sensible, and after
shedding few tears, called for room, re-
tired and enjoyed good nights rest. The
next day she waited till the afternoon train
aud got home that night. John had faith
that she would return, and was at the depot
on the lookout. The train stopped, they
rushed into each others arms, and in their
present bliss forgot oil the woes OF the past.
John says he might be married forty times,
but be will never 60 on another wedding
"tower."
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

Several days ego the owners of the Boyd
farm bridge over Oil Greek, discovered that
the Petroleum Centre end of the structure
was caving 10. No particular danger was
spprshended until this morning, when the
bridge tender noticed that the under silIs or
sleepsrs bad spread apart nearly foot, and
that Il was not safe TO allow teams to cross
ouer It until repairs had been made. With
that accustomed energy characteristic Of
him, Road Commissioner McHugh immedi-
ately set gang of hands at wosk repairing
the public portion OF the work. The
bridge will only be closed few days.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07
SBc Good to YONrself.S

"Good' bye! good-bye" the driver said,
As the coach went off in whirl;
(A:d the cos Gilman bowed his handsome
head;>
"Be good to yourself.-my grill"
Alb many fond goodbye I've heard;
From many an aching heart;
And many friendly farewell word,
When strangers came to part;
And I've beard q thousand merry quips,
And many o senseless joke,
And many tervent prayer from lips
That al s.trembls spoke;
And many a bit Of good advice
In smooth provertial PHRASE;
And many o wish-of little price
For health and happy days;
But musing low the buman soul
(Whate'er the Fates may why
Still measures by its self'control,
Its greatest good or ILL.,
OF benedictions protest,
Mid many a shining pearl,
like the merry coac bman's best
"Bs good to yourself--my girl!'
JoHN G. SANE.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

CarnsrOss & Dixey's Ainstrsls performed
70 full house, at Sebsls Hall, last night,
giving 6rst class entertainment 10 every
respect The susrtstte sang several new
and beautiful pieces Of song music. The
burlssque entitled "Gilmore's Jubilee" 10
which the wonderful Eugene impersouatsd
the prima donna; Frank Moran % Gilmore,
and Unsworth 10 bis Bassoon Solo. was
we'll executed and ELECTED much merrimsnt,
~ also did Unswortb's stump speech. Ou
the whole the troupe 10 ono OF the best thai
ever visited this Issieu, aud they can al'
ways rest assured Of hearty welcome from
amusement lovers hessabouts.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1872-06-07

A complaint IL made by Harrisburg pa
per that there Is no shad 10 be found 10 the
Susqushanua river, and that no effort has
been made to propagate the fish. although
the river 10 we'll adapted Tor them. A bill
was passed by the Legislature of Psnnsyl-
vania provided for the hatehing OF shad 10
the Delewsre and Susqushsnns rivers, but
the Governor has withheld his signature.