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Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
SUCCESSION SALE.


DURSUANT to an Order of sale issued nv
= the Hon. the Judge of the Parish
Court, for Rapides Parish, State of Louis-
lana, in suit No. LOG, of the Docket of that
CouIt, In the Succession of James ID. Lovd.
and Sarah R.iLoyd, commanding us TO sell
ior the payment of debts the property of
the. two Decedents, We shall offer Mt
public auction on Gi9r9n 90 tIS7a.i :"
Tuesday, the 4th day of February,
.Hnoi f.id, LS13,w ad uolsaur
at IL NJ, before the Court Houso door IN
Alexandria, the following desc ibed prop
erty, VIZ :i'',i' '',Sl
p. The Lloyd Plantation, situated ON Bavon
Beuf near Loyd's bridge sounded above
by the w. X. Brown tract, and below by
the r. II. jackson tract, in rear by Wood
Innd, and in front by Bayou Bruf. contain-
ing Three Hundred and Seyenty-five acres,
more or less, with all the Buildings and In
provements thereon. 4ih ~
The Land will be sold in Lots of from
Ten to Fifty acres, and q plat of the lots
will be exhibited on day of sale. .i.n,
b Ttrms.--C.4SH. or aia % 'R'aA p
aee .f4sl- JOHN o. PICKENS,
-l..r ll t- Executor Of Sarah H. Loyd.
100. mir .a-e,. o. X. HAWLEY,
Public Administrator and Datiye Testa,
mentary Executor of James ID. Lloyd.
Jan 4th-5t 5t-P. Fs $40. sga.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
SHERIFPS. SALE. -
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!. vel 8.-e al VS.. Jrp u g-T9d , -frH 8
AndersonTand Jacob Hills. 10 iE
C, y.aLedonx's,, Justice coanrrtt,o Parish of
o4y 10 Rapides-State of Louisiana. - -
oRY VIRTUE of and to satisfy a Writ of
II feri facias, issued but of the above
named Court, in the above entitled suit.
and to the Sheriff of RapidesHdirected, /
have seized, and will offer for Sale, OH Pub
nc Auction, on II. i..4fI ateW Asl 9l9'q =
.Abgf
Saturday, the LIST day of February,
sai = tt.a 1873 - a' ...l. = -,
between the hours of IL A. NJ, and A p. NJ,
at the Court House Door, in the Town of
alexandria, the following described proper
ty seszed by special order, Of saidiwrit, to-
wit aiff7'
145O Pounds of Seed Cotton, more or less.
One Lot of Corn & Fodder. 2i1J' 'lD
TERMS or SALE:-CASH, subject to ap-
- Jdooi Z THOS. CRAwLEY.
Jan. l5-3t. p. F's &c. Deputy Sheriff.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
Nelo advertisements,
SUCCESSION SALE.

DURSUANT to an Order O;
- Sale, issued by the Honora
bic the Parish Judge, of Rapides
Parish, Louisiana, in Suit No. 1O6S,
in the Succession of John p. Petite
way, deceased, commanding me to
sell tor the payment Of debts, the
property herein described. L shall
offer for Sale at Public Auction, at
the Court House, in Alexandria, on
SATURDAY. the 10th day of FEB.
10 ~. RUARY, 1878, 1r' Z !
TT IL NJ, the following property of
the Defendent, viz: o'oe q 'l1b Z
A Saw Mill, Engine and Fixturest
situated on the Cummings Place,
about.fseyen miles below Alexan-
dria, on the right bank of Red River.
y TERMS leash q 49, %
ss,. ~. ~, o,.t d. C. PAUL, !
Sheriff and Ex.officio Auctioneer. = !
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
What the, President, Said
About Louisiana. 49,

~ The supjoined special to the st.
Louis Democrat s,qute unlike the
representation of the Associated
Press, about the conversation of the
President: .- -,2.-.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
Succession Sale.

/. =, ONCCeSStO9I SUCe. 80
: State Of Louisiana-P Parish of Grant.
In the matter of the Succession of James
.3gR Z. Tyson, deceased. 40
JOY VIRTUE of an order Of Sale ia.
- sned to me by the Honorable Par.
ish Court, of the said Parish, in the Succe-
ssion OF James 4. Tyson, deceased, / win
sell at Public Auction, on 5on oif ~ T
Monday, H4e2Otblay o. Jan.
- De Uas.y 1878, - - b.
$1,000 Dfs1I = srF. sdi = b. 3gCg ~
at IL O'clock A. NJ. ~; 1Ga osE.1 c1s. ~
Atthe late residence of she deceased. in
said Parish, the following properly. viz.
Three Head of Horses, One Mule. Fifty
Head of Cattle, Three Hundred Head az
Hogs, One Lot of Plantation Tools. One
w wagon, Two Colts, Two Yoke of Oxen.
flfty Head of Sheep, One Spinning Wheel,
one Saddle and Bride, One Grind Stone.
Seven Chairs, One Table, Seven Bedsstead
One Bureau, One Wardrobe, 1.-Two Clothes
Presses, One Cupboard, One Safe.I One
Clock, One lot Of Beds and Bedding. Four
bee Gums, One Stove and COOKING Item
sis, I've Wash Kettles, One Shot Gun.
One Rifie, One'Silver Watch.
Terms OF SALE For all sums not over
len Dollars, Cash. For all sums over
Ten Dollars, on a Credit ofTwelye Months.
bearing Eight cent per annum interest.
o he secured by approved personal securstv.
J. W. MOSLEY,
Jan. 4-3t. F. T's SIC. Administrator.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01
RENT.

On the Sd day of February 1873,
/ Will offer for Rent at tue Court
House door, in the Town of Alexan.
dria for the wear 1873, the Planta.
ton ON the Bayou Rapides, belong
ing to the Succession of B. K, Hun.
ter. o." = = 90
( g,roa. ta r. "A. HUNTER,
3t 1oaa-e Administrator.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

Nov. 9 -.
Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-02-01

and many others.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

THIS list of ten dairies averages 1852 lbs.
besides the usual amount consumed in each
family, calves raised and sold, and milk con-
verted into pork. NJ r. Gray has large
proportion Of heifers, some Of which calved
late, viz FIVE two years old, three three years
old, and four four years old. Two are ma
tive cows, three full blood Aderney, one
1915, two 3-4, and six l-2 blood and the
rest are of various grades Of Alderney
His faith is strong in the Alderneys, but no:
so strong as his figures. He fed out some
500 bushels Of Western corn, and two acres
Of corn fodder to his cows. His butter net
ted him from forty to sixty cents per pound,
averaging some forty-iour cents. He uses
the Jewett pans, and sends his butter to
market in small packages, packed in boxes.
Mr. Dalrymple has five COWS and one heifer,
mostly native with sprinkling Of Ayrshire.
lie does not claim that he can work mira
cles bat he holds to regularity in all that
relates to the feeding aud milking of cows,
aud the many little attentions necessary for
their well-being, and keeps them from the
cold and storms of winter as much as posi-
Bile. The secret of his success is extra cows,
care, aud keeping The others had the
drawback Of heifers, as well as some cows
that calved late, but nearly all fed largely
with meal EDWARD MILLER.
Ryegate, Jan. 2l.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
9urtitulturG.
THE JOURNAL OF INGLESIDE, NO 8
BY HORTENSIUS.

The ChamPIain and Peach Apple.
Mr.. Wait suggests in a late number of the
VERMONT FARMER, that the Peach apple of
Orleans County may be our Champlain. l
regret | have not yet fruited the Peach ap-
pie, so as to become familiar with the fruit,
but | have had an opportunity to make the
acquaintance OF the tree, in the nurseries
aud orchards of DR.. Hoskins and Mr. Bry-
ant, in Derby, and do not hesitate thus to
write them as distinct varieties. The whole
appearance O4 the tree of the Peach apple
differs widely from that OF the Champlaiu.
The long branches Of the Peach are thrown
of from the tree at wide angle, while the
growth Of the Champlain IS close and erect.
In this particular the Peach does not differ
much from the King of Tompkins County,
The color of the bark of the Champlain is a
warm brown, that Of the Peach, as | remem.
Der it, is decidedly reddish hue, much like
that of the Fameuse. The veins and petioles
OF the leaves also show so much red that the
tree, on this account, possesses a very unique
appearance, and the merest novice in the
nursery business might distinguish it among
hundred sorts.
The Champlain apple is deservedly popu-
lar in this valley, and especially on the is
lands of the lake where it is grown to some
extent for the Burlington, Plattsburgh, and
Montreal markets. Its productiveness, good
size, aud fair appearance commend it to the
fruit grower, 1t is considered on the islands,
| understand as hardy as the Greening, but
no more so, IL may be tried in the eastern
and northeastern parts of the state, but
should be planted with caution,
White Grapes.
Dr. Parker, of Ithaca, in the November
number of the horticultural weighs in the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

balance our best known American white
grapes, and finds them all wanting with, pos
sibly, the exception Of the new Croton, with
which he confesses himself not sufficiently
familiar. | believe the judgement he passes
upon them to be just Maxatawny late and
"insipid;" !" Cuyahoga usually insipid and
Havorless;" Lydia, small and often fails to
ripen we'll" Rebecca, profitable it planted
in dry soil and trained to low trelises but
Z" it is Of no use to grow it on a large trellis.
1t is never sweet or high in flavor. On
damp, rich, soils here, it is insipid, and never
fully ripe" By the way, have for several
years nursed along vine Of Rebecca in dry
SOIL where the Salem grows stoutly, and my
complaint is chiefly Of its feebleness. Sever.
al other white grapes the Dr. does not re-
gard as worthy of mention. One of these,
Aliens White Hybrid, tried patiently for
several years. Sometimes it afforded some
satisfaction, but usually it mildewed, owing
to its being hybred with the foreign grapes
and then its fruit refused to ripen.
Another is the Martha, new grape wide-
ly advertised When | first saw it, at a
grape show in northern Ohio, four years ago,
| decided did not want Martha, and since
then have read nothing in the published
accounts of it to cause me to change my esti-
mate Of it. 1t is inferior in cluster and poor
and harsh in quality Why should we de.
sire white grape unless we can get one at
least as good as our colored ones?
DR.. Parker doubts whether the satisfac-
tory white American grape has yet been
seeded, but has hopes of a new seeding Of
his own which he announces, and describes
as hardy. Berry clear, yelowish white
bunch medium" He proposes, if it proves
satisfactory upon further trial. to ask five
thousand dollars for the exclusive right to
propagate it.
But, fancy that candidates for public ia.
vor and bids for such high premiums, if they
are offered, will not be wanting in the com.
ing years, when, besides numerous amatures
who are seeding and crossing grapes nearly
every nursery Of importance has its plot Of
Seeding grapes,
The announcement of this new white
grapes reminds me that | found several such
among my own hybrid and cross-bred seed.
lings fruiting this year for the frst-time
One cross between the Iona and Concord
l thought promising, because on vine
which was almost the counterpart Of the
Concord, was boure fruit of the charac.
ter Of Iona. But my attention was particu.
lary attracted by another, cross between
the Iona and Creveling The vine, the
fourth year from the seed, was bearing full
crop. The punches were sufficiently close
and were quite large; berry medium, Tor as
large as those Of the Iona), oval, almost
pointed, white, with very tender flesh. Vine
as strong and healthy as that of Creveling
hardly to be distinguished from that.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
For the VERMONT FARMER.
THE BUTTER-MAKERS OF RYE
GATE.

An abundance Of good pasturage is the
first grand essential to successful dairyIng,
Vermont takes front rank as grazing state,
and Ryegate does 50 pre-eminently among
her towns. While this is true in a general
sense, there are some very marked excep-
tions One case in point; Some six years
ago man bought farm about four miles
from his old one, sold his first and removed
to the second, (both in Ryegate,) where with
the same COWS, care, and attention, he made
double the amount Of butter, and Of a better
quality, on No, 2 than he had on No |. No.
2 had less acres but would keep more stock /;
had a more broken suriace-more stony and
rocky-and much stronger soil than No, l.,
The granite, Blue Mountain region, includ.
ing the outlying foothills surrounding it, and
tar up its sides, as we'll as the cay-slate re-
gion bordering ON Connecticut River aud ex.
tending for several miles back and some 9th.
er portions, abounds in the finest of pastur-
age.
For fifty years or more butter-making has
been the leading, as well as the most pros
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
Correspondence.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
FARMERS CLUBS AND DEVON
CATTLE.

1t is with pleasure that | read the pro-
ceedings of the different Farmers Clubs
which are published in the VERMONT FARMER.
There is spirit of Improvement and conf
dence among the ag riculturists at the pres
ent time that did not exist even few years
ago, which is somewhat encouraging to those
engaged in husbandry. Not long since the
majority Of our farmers felt that they were
a little inferior to those following the profes-
sion,-not, however, inferior as individ-
uals; /; but that their pursuit was not worthy
of the more intelligent portion Of our citizens.
They had not the confidence in themselves to
advocate their principles and interests with
those engaged in professional and merean-
tile life did.
But the experience of years has at last
taught us that in no other way can farming
be made what it should be, than by exchang.
ing ideas in societies and associations formed
for that purpose. OF these associations |
would mention Farmers Clubs as being Of
vital Importance to any community; when
conducted rightly perhaps they are more ben
efcial on the whole than any other meetings
OF the kind, for they are usually held in dis
tricts where all the members are acquainted
with the different soils and locations. 1t Is
instructive to learn IN this way of the causes
of our brother farmers success or failure as
the case may be. 1t is necessary to state
failures as well as successes, and perhaps more
30, for if the cause were understood that pro-
duced certain failure, it might save others
from making the same error, Aud also clubs
that report their doings should strive, in
their meetings, to state things as correctly as
possible for very likely the report may be
read by thousands, some Of whom may reside
in other states, and nigh. say in foreign
countries. And we're we to speak at random,
or carelessly, it might defeat the very object
of such associations which are sustained for
the diffusion Of practical know ledge and
again those in other states or countries might
think that Vermont had some curious agri-
culturists.
In the FARMER of Jan. Oath, in the discus.
sions of the East St. Johnsbury Club Mr., j..
g, Hovey makes a statement while speaking
of the Devonshire cattle as being good for
oxen He says that they will tire out the best
Morgan horses. Does he mean that they
will travel more miles in day, or that they
will do more work in the course OF season
than the Morgan horse2 He says while
speaking Of Devonshire COWS that il will take
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
For the VERMONT FARMER.
VERMONT.

Thy rocks and thy rills.
Thy mountains and hills,
They ever seem dear TO me,
Where the rosy checked girls,
With their long flowing curls,
Are charming and fair as can be.
/ We heard tell Of fclimes,
Where fruit, at all times
Is plucked from the broad waving tree,
But nothing at all
Are these favors so small,
To the charms which Vermont has to me.
/ we heard of the West,
Where the people are blest
With abundance Of wheat and Of corn;
But d rather be here
BY my freside so dear,
On the hillside where was born.
we heard Of the gold,
As OF am told,
or the mines on the far western shore,
But care not for this,
50 great is my bliss
In Vermont that l ask not for more.
some people DO say
That d make greater pay
To remove TO a southern cline,
But this is trap
My dear home to get,
So Vermont is my choice every time.
Even Eden, so fair,
Would hardly compare
With my dear old Green Mountain state,
For Eve she did sin,
And Adam fell in,
And both repented too late.
My vow, 1t is made,
That IL dwell meath the shade
And sunshine of dear old Vermonti
Every blessing Is here,
And we nothing to fear,
So what more can ask for or want.
COMMENTED VERNoNTER.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14
GOLD MINING IN VERMONT.
Paper read at the Farmers Meeting In
Bethel, Jan. 80, 1873, by NJ. E. Smith,
Esq, OF GRysville.

BY request of the White River Valley
Agricultural society, have consented to at
tempt to address you upon the mining inter-
est in the White River Valley, and in doing
so you will allow me to con6ne myself most.
ly to facts and locations, as my personal
knowledge Of the general mining interests in
Vermont is very sparce; consequently
hope you will not consider me egotistic-
al simply because | shall be obliged to use
the pronouns and we during my remarks.
And on the other hand, do not think that |
aspire to the practice Of circumlocution be-
cause shall be unable to convey my ideas
in as few words as may be desirable. About
ten or twelve years ago gold was discovered
on the banks of White River and Locust
Greek, But very little was done towards pros
pecting till 1865, when a company was form
ed, mostly of Vermont men, to ascertain its
quantity, quality, and locality. At this
time the banks of White Biver were pros
pected TO a considerable extent, which result.
ed iH the commencement of works on Smiths
Island in Gaysvile.
The company consisted Of twelve persons
The works were prosecuted by ten persons
only, for the space Of ten days, when an &C.
cident occurring the works ceased for a
short time, and the persons who were mostly
farmers, went home to secure their hay crop.
Being the secretary and acting treasurer OF
the company no one could have better infor-
nation than myself of the state of our treas
ury department.
Suffice it to say that during the ten days
which amounted to 100 days work, all
told-our lumber was drawn, our sluice box =
es were made, ditch about 80 rods in length
was dug, temporary dam part across White
River was thrown up and the digging COM
menced and finished.
Now for the results; The gold, part of
which had been retorted and part Of which
was in its anna algamatod state, was sent to
the assayer's Office in New York, and in re-
turn the secretary Of said office sent me s 53
in greenbacks.
The hasty aud imperfect manner in which
the work was performed caused great waste
of the gold by being carried away with the
tailings, the gold being Of thin, floating
character, and the black sand being very
heavy and abundant Being composed of
metallic iron it was found to be no easy mat.
ter to separate the gold thereirom without
considerable loss.
The general and unanimous opinion was
given by the company that by skillful work,
with suitable tools aud machinery, it il could
be worked to good profit, Accordingly
four persons commenced work in the same
place, with a part Of the same tools aud ma.
chinery, aud worked during the first week in
July of the same year, and the gold obtain
cd during that week was sent to the assay.
ers office in New York, for which the secre.
tary of said Office sent me S94 10 green.
backs The assayer pronounced the gold TO
be Of the finest quality, being 900 "a to
$4,000 in 6neness, In prosess of time the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

two cows Of this class to give sufficient guam
tity of milk for one calf. Iu saying this does
he mean that the cows are such very poor
mixers. or that Devonshire calves have
such great appotites2 ?
In either case think the statement is Ii
able to mislead those who have never had
any experience in keeping Devonshire cattle
l have no Devonshire stock at present, but
have sometimes had them in the past, and
from my own experience l hesitate not in
saying that they are, like all other breeds,
good in many respects and for particular To-
cations and purposes, think that they pos
sess qualities superior to most other cattle.
MorriSto,cn, FEB. /. w. s. T.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

porous branch of farming in Ryegate. An
extensive butter dealer once said he would
pay as high a price for butter, and take the
Ryegate dairics in regular course, as he
would for select dairies in New Hampshire
Below | give partial list of our dairy
men, with the number of cows, the amount
Of butter sold, and in some cases the sum of
money received for it. A similar list of ten
might be obtaited in Ryegate, which perhaps
would go within ten per cent of the one CIV
en- in amount of butter per COW, while the
great mass would be about 100 pounds per
COW in the town, county, aud state, as it is
about fifty-seven pounds per COW throughout
the United States.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

BY J. L. HERsEY.
The mist lies heavy on the hills,
And shrouds in gloom each rocky steepi
While dusky, clouds above them sleep
Whence slow the trickling rain distils
Like some o'erburdened lid, that fills
With gathering tears IL cannot weep.
The aeecy snow and glist'ning rime
Are melting from the earth away
look upon her mantle gray,
And think me OF the blooming time;
And mark the day god slowly climb
Still higher up the walks of day.
And glad to know each vanished storm
win go to grace the summer hour,
And add new beauty to the bower
That drinks the sunshine glad and warm
And gain each fairy noral form
A greener leaf and gayer flower.
So OF the troubled heart must know
The binding of an icy chain,
Yet dewey tears, like summer rain,
Shall bid the frigid fountain flow;
Life wear anew its vernal glow,
And feelings, pulses, leap again.
Some long forgotten voice may wake
The muTmer Of an early song,
Or secret echo, silent long,
A we'll remembered music make,
And Oh the aching heart must break,
Or tears dissolve each icy throng.
So shall we win from all things here
A trust for good in everything,
And hear hopes bright win ed songsters, sin
Behind the wintry clouds Of fear,
And know when watered by tear
Love wears anew the flush Of spring.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

Short advertisements 10 cents per inch for first nssr
Uon Each subsequent Insertion 25 cents per inch. Ne
charge less than tI.Oo.
Favorable rates for extensive and yearly advertisers
may be had upon application to the publishers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-14

1t is very careless method of feeding
fowls which we see so often adopted, where
the grain is thrown down in great heaps on
the ground or floor 1t is not only wasteful,
but injurious to the fowls, because they get
over-ted, and it is in an important respect
contrary to their habits. For their nature
is to scratch" Watch the old hen with
brood when she is just let out of the coop.
She hardly strs from the spot, but as soon as
she has realized her freedom, down 90 her
claws intS the soil, and after wards, whenever
you see her, she is at it,
Always feed, then no more than can be
eaten at once, and take care that this is 50
scattered amongst some light rubbish, that
they may have the luxury OF fscratching for il.
II feed is buried in fresh earth, then they get,
with their mouthfus of grain, something Of
use to their peculiar digestive organs.
Grain, however, should not be allowed to
come in contact with the filthy soil too often
found in the poultry-yard-The Poultry
World