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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
A Fowl Proceeding in Buckingham
Palace

Of course his Persian Majesty
brought with him his own butcher, but
he seemed to fear lest this austere wor-
thy might have fallen a victim to hetero-
dox influences f; and report goes that the
Shah was DESTROYS of seeing the poultry
designed for his particular eating slaugh-
tered before him in the drawing-room
of Buckingham Palace. Dismay reigned
among the court officials and the mem
bers of the Government. The Lord
Chamberlain trembled in his gold
buckled shoes at the idea of the desecra-
ton proposed, while Mr.. Ayrton, as
Chief Commissioner of Public Works,
and as such charged with the care of the
royal palaces, moaned aloud at the
thought of the increased estimate re-
quired next yearto provide new carpets,
and to supply the necessary amount OF
soap and water to remove the guilty
stains The difficulty was at length, ]
believe, overcome by the sacrifice OF the
cocks and hens taking taking place in
the Queens private garden, under the
eye of a special functionary whose or
thodoxy was above suspicion. London
LETTER.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
What the Farmer Must Know.

The farmer, ike the business man,
must know what he is doing he must
have some pretty decided ideas of what
he is to accomplish-in fact he must
calculate if before hand.
He must know his soil that of each
lot; not only the top, but the sub-soil.
He must also know what grain and
grass are adapted to each.
He must know when is the best time
to work them, whether they need sum
mer following.
He must know the condition in which
the ground must be when plowed, so
that it be not too wet, nor TOO dry.
He must know that some grain re-
quires earlier sowing than others, and
what these grains are.
He must know that it will pay to have
machinery to help him as well as
muscle
He must know about stock and ma
nures, and the cultivation of trees and
small fruits, and many other things. In
word, he must know what expert
enced, observing farmers know, to be
sure of success. Then he will not guess
will not run such risks.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
The Business Outlook.

The Boston Advertiser argues that
there will not be the same monetary
stringency this fall that was felt last
year and one or two years be-
fore, because the balance of trade
against us and in favor of Europe
is much smaller this year than usual. In
the fiscal year that ended June 80, 1870,
our importations of foreign merchandise
were 1896, OO0,0 900; exports and re-ex-
ports over 1898, 000,O 900. In ths four
months, from June to August, 1870, in
elusive, We sent away $4,000, 900 in
gold and silver, being nearly the whole
amount of the balance against us for the
year. In 1871 the imports were $500,
600, 900, the exports and re-exports were
$443, 100000 The shipments of bull
lion were extended in that year over a
longer period, but the balance was
larger, the payments were more extern
sive and money was tighter than in
1870. Last year orr imports reached
1927, 900, 900; exports and re-exports OF
merchandise only $444, 10000 In the
four months, from May to August inclu-
sive, our shipments of gold and silver
were above $50, 900, 900, and the strin-
Bency was greater ana longer cOntlnueC
than ever before. This year, however
the imports have declined and the ex
ports have largely increased. The bal
ance against us is consequently mucl
smaller, and we will have to export less
specie abroad to make it up. The ex
port of coin, to pay the balance of trad,
against us, the AdUertiser argues
necessarily compels the borrowing b.
the exporter OF large sums from the
banks to buy coin with, which makes
money tight and if we have compare
lively little coin to send abroad thii
year, for that purpose, money should b
plenty and rates easy
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Venice by TOrchlight.

Venice is perhaps the only place where
you could see such torchlight process
sion, writes correspondent, as we saw
the other night 1t was gotten up for
some charitable object, and was sup
ported by all the ''forestieri'' or stran-
gers in the city, whether for the charity
or novelty of the thing I leave you to
guess. The grand canal OF street of the
mobiles is two hundred feet wide, and
capable, therefore, of allowing numbers
of boats to go abreast. You know the
gondoliers stand up to row, and take
little room in the water. A steamer,
gayly decorated, was placed in the mid
die on each side of large boat contain
ing bands and singers then, on each
side and behind for long way were
gondolas, lighted up in every way Chi
nese lanterns can do it. The music
struck up, and the procession glided
along the water. Alternately pieces by
the band, and national songs sung by a
good chorus, till we arrived at the Rial
to, the bridge across the grand canal.
Then all stopped, and the thousands of
people on the bridge and sides of the
canal were still, while the singers treat
ed us to the best outdoor performance
ever heard.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Attacked by a Deer.

About o'clock yesterday morning a
man named William Harding, while
passing along the Washington road,
about three fourths of mile from the
city, when near Sextonville was suddenly
attacked by large deer that had escaped
from Druid. Hill Park ON Saturday. The
deer knocked Mr.. Harding down, and
then backed away from the PROSTATE
man ten or fifteen feet, watched his
movements, and whenever the least
movement was made by him the deer
would Immediately renew the attack.
Mr.. Harding was knocked down four
times. Finally the animal hearing a
noise down the road turned around,
which gave Mr.. Harding an opportunity
to escape over a fence near by. Mr..
Harding went on to Sextonville, where
he procured a gun, and, returning,
found the deer still standing in the CEN
ter of the road He shot the deer and
returned to this city and had his wounds
dressed. He received two severe cuts
on the head, and his whole body was
badly bruised. baltimore american.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW to Saw WWboa.v


A correspondent of the LoaOa Home
stead puts it in this way:
In breaking colt it is necessary to
teach him to stop at the word "whoa. "
Not only should one and the same word
The colt that has been broken to stop
at the firm, low tone of command, is not
Likely to stop at the word uttered in a
high key.
When a man halloes Who-oo-a" in
wild tone of alright that would make
the hair rise on the head of a marble
statue, and that sends the women of the
neighborhood to their doors shrieking
"what's the matter" colt is very apt
to feel nervous.
When man snarls Whoa-sir-r-r-
sir" through his teeth, as if he would
say, "Stand still, you brute, or I'll tear
your heart out" the cry counteracts,
not only the effect of early training, but
of those powerful opiates, old age and
starvation, and even the poorest old
crowbait is ready to repeat the runaway
scrapes of his early youth.
The imploring tone, Who-oh, who
oh, y ending with note Of despair, ''Do
stand still. I know you won't. Oh, 1
shall be killed p mi ght as well be ad-
dressed to a railroad corporation as a
horse.
The loving tone, Who-ee, who-ee,
sweet little bonny horsee do-ee stand
still, that's darling" is wasted, I'M
less one has oats, salt, or sugar, which
are never at hand in a pinch, when
wanted.
The shrill, feminine cry, "whaw,
whaw," like the squawk of hen caught
by the leg, invariably screamed by the
inexperienced female, when driving
rein or hold-back breaks, is alarming
in the extreme to high-tempered ami
NAL.
A tone of fear or rage imparts fear to
the horse. To govern one well, a man
must have mastery over himself. No
matter what the emergency, nor how
much there is to excite fear and anger,
the tone employed must be that of one
fully master of the situation, not only
free from passion himself, but at iber-
ty to soothe the fears of his trembling
dependent The tone, in short, must
be that of king, firm as of one that
does not contemplate disobedience-
gentle, but conveying sense of abso-
lutte power.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Manure from One Fowl.

Lewis Wright, the well-known En-
glish poultry writer, says that in one in
stance the droppings of four Brahma
fowls in one night weighed onepound in
another instance 13 ounces. The aver
age was 81 ounces per bird, but which
was reduced by drying to Il ounces.
On basis of one ounce to each fowl,
the amount per year will be 294 pounds,
and for flock of 50 head l, 140 pounds.
He pronounces the manure equal to
guano, and better in some respects; but
counting it as worth only $50 per ton,
the manure from so fowls will be worth
S25. per annum, or so cents per head.
This estimate is not probably any too
high, and is worth remembering by
those who keep poultry, or who propose
to do so.
It should also be remembered that
this estimate is merely for the night
droppings, and takes no account of the
value of what is made in the day time.
Much of this last, no doubt, is lost by
exposure, but judicious management Of
poultry yards by breeders bent on saw
ing everything possible would probably
result in devising mode for utilizing
most of it.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Unheard-of Horrors in Lunatic Asy.
-s-- lUm

A most horrible and almost incredible
condition of affairs in the Vermont In
sane Asylum is described in the report
of the Legislative committee appointed
to investigate the management of that
institution. The committees first dis
covery was that the asylum, which is
controlled by private corporation, was
greatly cyercrowded, 4S5 patients being
packed into a space intended to accom-
modate $50 at the most. This, however,
is a trifing matter in comparison with
other revelations. Seventy-fve of these
unfortunates were thrust away in sub
terranean dungeons, dark, damp, foul,
and pervaded by uncomfortable stenches.
Some were confined in apartments nine
feet by four in size, with air and ventila-
ton only through auger holes bored in
the doors. The active as well as the
passive infections put upon these poor
people proved equally inhuman. Among
them was the punishment of the BATH
in which the patient, securely bound, is
placed In a bathing-tub, and continu-
Gus stream of cold water allowed to fall
upon his head. This torture, it may be
remarked In passing, was one of the
most excruciating known in the dark
ages, resulting usually in insanity or
death. To this asylum of horrors the
committee also state that sane men have
been consigned through fraud and bri-
berry. The picture is as complete as
Charles Reade could make it, but with
out the romance of fiction. The reality
is something for the Legislature of Yer
mont to deal with promptly and severe
ly; for it is too disgraceful for belief,
except as attested by an official investi-
cation such as has produced this as
founding report. Post.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
MOLL CLATTERCLACK,

Mol Clatterclack was smart in words
AS any woman's Fighter.
And with the weapon of the tongue
She was an awful fighter; -.-
She blazed at this, she snaried at that,
And kept up such clatter.
The very chimby on the roof 20.
Was frightened at the matter.
With fret und scold, and snarl and law.
She made the dishes rattle,
And clean destroyed the human folks
And almost killed the cattle;
The dog and cat, and rats and MICE
Became as deaf as adders:
The chickens staid upon the roost.
And got as thin as shadders ~ "a
But not content with things at home,
The notwithstanding critter
Stirred up the people here and there,
And kept them in a twitter.
Her mean and everlastir' tongue
Was always kept Vaughn,
And yet you'd think she was saint,
If saints were made by braggin'.
She kept the neighbors by the ears
With gossipin' and lynn
And kept the men maxim oaths,
And the women all cryin'.
You'd thought the eend o. time had come,
With all the fuss and racket,
For when she found an honest name,
She tried her best to black it.
If ever mortal was possessed,
She sartin had her legions
And took her orders from the king
OF all the lower regions
She plZened every home and heart.
And split all joy and gladness,
And made howlin' wilderness
Chock full o. grief and Sadness
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Useful Cement,

The following cement is found excel
lent in cases where it is found desirable
to join OF close vessels for containing
the vapor of acids or highly corrosive
substances Beat and sift finely dry
pipe clay, add painters drying oil, and
mix lin mortar to molding consist
ency. Use this lutte in cylinders, flat
tened, and apply to the Jennings. The
joints to which it is applied must be
perfectly clean and dry.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Vegetables for Poultry.

For fowls kept in confinement in sum-
mer, it has been recommended to have
large sods of grass cut, taking care to
keep enough earth to each sod, SO that
the hens may tear out the blades with
out having to drag the sod about 1t
is, however, much more convenient to
NOW grass with a seythe, cutting it
often, just as soon as it is high enough
for the scythe to be used, so that it may
be fresh and tender. A lawn mower
could be put to good use for this pur-
pOse.=POultrA World.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
THE MILL-STREAM.

sit bes &c thee, paill-stream,
The wheel goes whirring round;
The bairpies play among the hay,
Their yellow ringlets float away
On light blue air that seems TO say,
"Be merry, skip and bound,
And dance beside the mill-stream;
There's music in the sound.'
Isit beside thee, mill-strealn,
Admitting stockings brown.
So spick-and-span for my old man
(He's in the mill among the bran);
And show a leg and foot he can,
For one that's growing down,
as shapely to thee, mil stream,
AS any jo in town.
l love thy brawling, miil-stream,
As dearly az thy splash,
When its foa1n-kiss, on days like TINS,
flights up the wheel with sunny bliss;
SForif hear thy wrathful hiss
Below the tempests's crash,
Il know the wheel turns, mlil-stream,
The faster for the clash.
y4Isye lived beside thee, mill-stream,
Full forty years this June
NV slip-coat cheese, and honey-bees,
NV cherries. and my apple-tree5,
thank kind Providencefor these,
His gifts around me strewn;
well may think our mill-stream
Is never out of tune.
This homestead nigh thee, mill-stream,
Held once two bolny boys;
My little Joe is lying low,
But Willie has farm to show;
Fine crops of wheat and barley NOV,
And wife and household joys;
His bairps stand yonder, mill-stream,
And listen to thy noise.
Ivould not leave thee, mill-stream.
= Before these limbs are drest
For nav last bed, that shall be spread
Close by my buried darlings head;
There, turf lies softly on the dead;
There shall be at rest,
Nor hear thy clatter, mill-stream,
Above the old wife's breast.
-Casselps Magazine
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Young Chickens i'm Gardens.

Every one who has tried to make poul-
try and gardening agree, knows how de-
structive and exasperating fowls are
among vegetables and flowers. But this
applies to adult fowls. Young chickens
may be allowed the run of the garden,
the mother being cooped, and the havoc
they make among insects is an excellent
thing. -POultry World.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Cucumbers neutrality-suspicious..

-Four good-sized cucumbers, one mid
dle-sized onion, four ounces of bread,
six sprigs of parsley, half bay leaf, a
few stalks of chives, two cloves, two
ounces of butter, pinch of nutmeg,
and gill of broth. Soak the bread
(soft part) in water, and when thorough
ly soaked press the water out of it !;
split each cucumber in two lengthwise,
peel them, cut off piece, about quar-
ter of an inch, at each end, remove the
seed from the inside with small spoon;
slice the onion and fry it with the but
ter, then add to it the seeds removed
from the cucumbers, the bread, parsley,
bay leaf, chives, cloves, nutmeg and
broth; the cloves and piece of bay leaf
should be wrapped up in a rag; stir
now and then, and simmer for about five
minutes. Have water with little salt
boiling in another pan, and drop the GU
cumbers in for two minutes; take them
off, drop them in cold water, and drain !;
then fill each half with the mixture of
bread, onion, etc., put a few slices of
fat salt pork in a pan, place the cucum-
bers on them, dust with bread crumbs,
put on the top of each, and apart, three
pieces of butter the size of bean, put
the pen in hot oven until the cucum-
bers are well baked, and serve. A little
meat gravy may be poured over each
Just before serving.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Humorous.

A sHREwD General Sharp.
A VERY sly comedian-Fox.
THE convalescent Senator-Boutwen.
BY no means a clerical reader-Pope.
A MODERN Alexander the Great
Stewart.
A REPRESENTATIVE of energy and ex-
ertion-Pullman.
A MELoDIoUs and harmonious place
Sing Sing.
WHAT age is the most deceiving? The
sausage.
NEVER run into debt! it is bad enough
to walk into it.
How TO be always even with the world
Keep your head level.
THE objection to the dog tax is that it
is own-er-ous.
If brevity be the soul Of wit, what
witty man little Theirs must bel
The rarest thing in the world-What
is called common sense.
CHUCKLE-HEADs- People who go round
chucking dice for drinks.
Ten currency mills make cent but
fancy what ten gin mills make!
To KEEP the Indians quiet requires
considerable Ingenuity.
NEVER nod to an auctioneer unless
you wish to buy or be sold.
SOME ladies are so economical that
they constantly resort to tightening to
prevent waistfulness.
A REv1vA11sr asked an African if he
had found the Lord. "Golly," said
Sambo, "am de Lord lost"
An exchange says "Turkey is arm
ing" Ii the Gar once gets at her in
earnest, it will not be long before she is
"legging."
AN English writer insists that from
the abolition of capital punishment
will date the decline of the British
Hempire.
A coUNTRYMAN at Dyersburg, Tenn,
was noticed the other day grayely set
ting his watch by "a painted sign in front
of jewelers..
go, MA, )" said little girl who had
been to the show, Give seen the ele-
plant, and he walks backward and eats
with his tall
A DANDY asked BARRIERS boy il he
had ever shaved monkey. ono, sir,
answered the lad, "but if you will take
seat I'll try"
A SCHOOLGIRL was recently asked at
an examination, by a clergyman, what
Adam lost by his fall, and, when
pressed, replied, 81 suppose it was his
hat.
A PIECE of glass an inch long was
|, recently, in whose skull it had been
complained occasionally of pane in his
head.
THE English Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer says that England will pay off
the Alabama award this year by the ex-
else on beer, AMI patriotic Britishers,
whenever they pass beer-shop, say one
to another: " Hour country his hin dam
ger; let's go hin and sup porter
A CARELESS barber, trimming Sheri-
dams ears, put him to great pam and
, uneasiness. care you trimming my
left ear now" asked the wit. mo, sir;
' not till I've done with the right. ''Ohl
r only I thought by what I felt that you
: were passing through to the left ear
: without going round. ;"
A GENTLEMAN whose house was under
, repair went out one day to see how the
work progressed, and observing guam
: tity of nails lying about, he SAID to the
! carpenter, Why don't you take care are. OF i
, find them In the bill.
Attacked by Deer.
. About s o'clock yesterday morning a
man named William Harding, while
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31

ACCORDING to Prof. Waterhouse,
the mountains of the State of Missouri
contain iron enough to yield million of
tons per annum of that precious metal
for period of two centuries. The
ssPlot Knob" alone, which rises to an
altitude of LILA feet above the Missis-
sippi, is so rich in iron ore thai it is es-
timated an upper section, 141 feet high,
would yield fourteen millions of tons:
The quality of the metal is fbrols and
flexible, and therefore excellent.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31

two tons of straw, which brought $50. so
per ton-$25 for the straw; there were
twenty-four bushels of seed, which
brought $3.50 per bushel-S84 for the
seed; add $25, which would be 500.
Now subtract So for thrashing, which
would leave $106, and you see there was
$40 more profit in the seed than there
would have been in the hay.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31

FRUITS OF JAPAN--Fruts is very plen-
tiful and fine. It consists of pears,
apples, grapes, pomegranates, melons,
peaches, plums and oranges. The latter
are of very rich, sweet flavor, though
small, and do not generally contain
many pippins. English gardeners would
be surprised to see japanese orchard,
as all the trees are grated dwarfs, and
appear to be heavily laden with fruit,
so much so that the branches are sup
ported by lumber props.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31
Profits of Timothy Seed.

Some paper says "Last season we
saved about five acres of grass for seed.
Some of our neighbors laughed at US
they said we were foolish when hay was
so high. But we made almost double
what we would if we had cut it for the
hay. There would not have been over
four tons at the most, and the hay would
have fetched $16 atom, which would have
been 1854 for the hay. Well, there were
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-07-31

maps II MlSHb INSPIRE MIN, any way, TO
do the best he could. The letter had
been neglected long time, and I could
not answer it that day, nor the next, and
so left him.
Had L any designs on these young
people? How can 1 tell? An old man s
heart is past finding out. But / believe
there is in every loving human heart a
desire for the happiness of others, and
if person can help it along, is he to
blame for doing it :? Well, Ned answer
ed the letter, and very soon after went
back to college but I have never been
able to find that photograph from that
| day to this. Whenever l allude to it in
Ned's presence, sudden fit of abstrac-
ton comes over the boy, which prevents
his understanding ordinary conversation.
At the fall vacation a company of the
students went to Niagara, and Ned
wrote, saying he would like to take a
trip over into Canada, as it was quite
the talk nowadays, and it might be a
good plan to take it In at the same time.
As I closed the letter which 1 had been
reading aloud at the tea table, my wife
spoke up from the depths of a mothers
heart.
81 wonder if that boy wiu go over
there, and he hasn't a decent suit of
clothes with him. Doctor, you sit down
this minute, and write to him not to do
it, anyway, unless he gets himself fixed
up some" AG
I looked over at Annie, and said,
" Pshaw +! wife, if the girl cares much
about him, clothes won't make any diff
! ference. and If it is clothes she wants.
we don't want her; besides, Ned's got a