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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Value of Trotting Horses.

The calendar for 1872, has not vet been
made up, but will show an increase upou
mat OF 1871, from which we gather our
1acts. 1t shows that in 1871 there were &c
tfottlng and pacing Races in the United
States, representing over a million of dol
lars, IN premiums and purses beside the
great value of the horses. The horses
would average 81 900, each, and not less
IMAM three to each race. which would be
Sf'h2o,o 200, say $4,000, 900 in horses alone,
VINO have actually trotted in the several
contests during that year. From this and
other reliable data, we calculate the value
OF those in training, and exercising but
not contendlng in races, and those in the
breeding studs, all united, would amount
To not less than $50 200, 900, being that sum
invested IN trotilng and pacing horses
alone. Yet this grand total is confined to
limited number of breeders, as compared
TO the number of those who have the
means but who will not breed horses of i'm
proved stock, nor breed horses at all. We
mention this fact as Il conclusive argument
70 prove the immense amount of wealth,
that Is lost to our farmers because of their
want of energy, and enterprise in not to
greater extent availing themselves of this
prontible source of revenue. Every farm
er should breed horses, but as it is, only
Il lew breed, and most OF them, raise only
a colt or so annually from inferior parents,
and half starve the colt until it is lit to
"break, and they by a rapid process. break
1t sure enough, 50 that, the time and cost
Sach as it isis literally thrown away. A
llttl" more time, trouble and cost of feed,
would produce a colt from a highly bred
sire and a good dam worth Sl0O to $500
TWO such colts per year, woulo be equal to
MANY farmers, to the net profits Of their
entire farms. Maryland Farmer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
A Horrible Discovery.

A revolving CRIME, or rather series OF
crimes, has recently been discovered in
Naples involving the wholesale murder OF
innocent babes by a process which tasks
the crednlity OF human nature. The per
son charged with these crimes is woman
named Rose Porro, who has occupied un-
pretentous quarters cnly three doors from
the little chapel of San Severe, on one OF
the most irequented streets in Naples.
The attention OF the police was first at
fracted by the frequent appearance in the
Neapolitan journals of an advertisement
the purport Of which was that persons
wishing to relinquish their claims upon
infants could find home for them by
calling upon and paving a certain sum to
Rose Porro. Two policemen were assign
ed recently to investigate the subject, and
the result OF their vigilance was the dis
covery that an extraordinary n2mber of
babies were brought to these apartments,
and that they were rarely if ever brought
away.
A close search through every part of the
house was instituted, and in various rooms
infants were found sprawling about the
bare floor crying from cold and hunger.
The cellar was also searched, and here
the corpses Of five children were found,
and beneath the tiles Of the floor were
three other bodies. The keeper of the
house is described as q strong, beautiful
and cunning woman in appearance, with
an air of innocence that would deceive the
sharpest detective.
After her arrest she made a confession,
in which she stated she had pursued the
crimes for three years that she had been
abandoned by her husband when five
months married, and she wanted money.
She had another woman, Margarine
Corladi, as assistant She says
81 required no person to leave his or
her name, and am therefore unable to inn
plicate any of those parties who encour-
aged me to perpetrate those crimes, for
which | crave the Divine mercy. As far
as ! am capable of remembering, | will
fully starved to death about twenty child
rem, male and female by locking them in
an empty apartment, whence could not
hear their cries and whence no others
could hear them. administered poison
at intervals to about the same number of
babies; and when they were dead, I, as
sisted by Margarite Coraldi concealed
the corpses below the tiles of the several
floors Of my house and beneath the gravel
IN the cellar. These murders only occur
red when | could not rid myself of the
infants in any other way / adopted
another wicked means Of procuring gain
by advertising that I could provide child
less women with beautiful children for
adoption, being compelled to part with
them on account of my poverty"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
A Terrible Journey.

The st. Louis Democrat of the 31st ult.
says:
"Mr. Frank Hood arrived in town yes-
terday, and related singular story of
accident and suffering He engaged pas
sage on the steamer Great Republic, which
lett the leyee here about week ago, and
proceeded in her about torty-five miles
down the river. On reaching Tow Head,
about five miles below Kennett's Castle,
the boat grounded, and although every
exertlon was made to get her off the bar,
it was found impossible to move her. The
coal on board was all consumed in the
effort, and as the steamer remained there
nearly week, the passengers consumed
the provisions. and were at last left with
out food or fuel. The weather became
fearfully cold, and the prospect was a
gloomy one. The floating ice prevented
the passengers reaching the shore-about
seventy yards distant-and it seemed as if
they must freeze or starve before assis-
tance reached them. At last the ice be-
came sufficiently firm to support them,
and three of the passengers determined
on attempting to reach this city. Mr..
Hood, German known as "Gus," and
stock dealer named Bradford started, and
without serious mishap, reached the Hi
nois shore and began their long and terri
BILE tramp toward St. Louis. They passed
a number of farm houses, but the occu-
pants declined to furnish them with con-
veyance, as the epizootic was still raging
among the horses They finally reached
Waterloo, where it was found that one of
Bradford's ears was so badly frozen that
modification had already set in, and sur
geon cut off the greater part of the ear.
The German had one foot so horribly froz-
en- that amputation was considered neces-
sary, and it was performed. Hood, who
apparently suffered less and .was better
protected than his companions, continued
his Journey toward St. Louis. He finally
arrived at a point opposite Carondelet,
and finding the ice firm, crossed the river
and took the Iron Mountain train for the
city. Both of his feet were frost bitten,
but by giving them proper attention and
using the proper remedies they soon re-
covered. He was yesterday walking about
the Southern Hotel billiard room, and saws
he will start for Texas via Cairo in day
or two.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Fertilizers.

One of the most interesting facts which
out ls, that fertilizers applied to soils in dry
summers without appreciable effects, are
rendered available in those that are wet. The
platS upon which our fertilizers have been
applied dnrin the past wears, when the
rainfall has been so deficient, produced
wonderfully this season. The fertiljzino
substances have been living dormant in the
soil for the want of water to render them
soluble or TO hold them IN solution, and
This year the conditions have been favorable
for promoting the changes, chemical and
mechanical, necessary for plant food to be
made available. Owing to the dry weather
the past three years, it has beer difficult TO
conduct experiments with manures, and
reach anything like reliable results. Hun
dreds of farmers have been misled and
have condemned worthless as manurial
substances which had positive value, but
which needed the usual meteorological
agencies to render them assimilable. Farm
nung and stable manures, as well as chem
lcal fertilizers, have not exerted their full
lhnoehce upon soils to which they have
been applied because of the absence of rain
MS season they have been thoroughly sub
Jected 10 the action of water and CROPS
have been benefited by the dormant mann
rial agents applied two or three wears aoo.
Manures are not lost which do not act
promptly, unless they are blown away by
winds, or are washed into brooks in sudden
and violent showers, which sometimes fall
upon the baked earth in summer. If they
remain in or upon the soil, favorable sea-
sons, which are sure to come, will force
them to give up to plants the food they con-
tain and the husbandman receives his re-
turns in abundant crop. Boston Jour
nal of Chemistry.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27

The New York Herald publishes cata
logue Of Hon. Oakley Halls crimina
museum, collected when he was District
Attorney, and labelled with the obsolete
but classic term of ''Deodands." The
collection comprises one hundred and
seven cases, in which are contained speci-
mems of almost every implement for kill
ing, burglary, counterfeitin g, and in fact,
the whole category of common crimes, all
of which have seen actual service. The
murderer's assortment is, of course, the
most varied and interesting, and is an in
deX of the progress and Improvements in
the New York pastime of life-taking with
in the past fifteen or twenty years. Pistols,
from the one-barreled vest-pocket piece
through all the grades of horse, navy,
ouble-barrelled, pepper-box, Colt, etc,
are more than instructive than an eXplana-
tory volume upon the changes in the
popular tirearm. Carefully protected in
one of the most elaborate rosewood cases
is the effective Derringer with which in
1859 Daniei E. Sickles killed Philip Bar
ton Key, United States District-Attorney.
Besides the pistols there are rs many
grades of knives, running through, pen
knives, jack-knives, dirks, razors, butcher
knives, bowie-knives, shoemakers' knives,
and fish knife two feet long. Sword
canes and axes are not so extensively
represented. while the famous car-hool1
does not come into this collection. The
brief histories which these CORY relies
suggest are yet more interesting than the
relics themselves, and sensational roman
cists can find no other storehouse of start
lings facts and fancies so exhaustless as
that of New York's accomplished ex-
Mayor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27

Miss Perkins, the teacher of the Charles
street school, OF the Haunted House-a
lady whom every body respects and whose
word nobody doubts, has letter, publish
ed in the Springfield Republican in rela-
ton to the ghost. The story differs very
little from what we published last Christ
mas. She very particularly describes the
'lad," saying:
"When | first saw the boy, he was neat
ly attred in Il brown suit of clothes trim
med with braid and buttons Of the same
color. When | reached forward to grasp
him, he seemed, not like a boy but vapory,
OF, as | can only describe it, like a thin
cloud scudding across the room; still he
seemed to have the boy form One day
sent boy to hang up the brushes, etc.
He was out about five minutes After he
had taken his seat, three raps came on the
door of the room, where the brushes were
hung. He said, Miss Perkins, can | 60
out and see who's there p | said, Yes,
and leave the school-room door OPEN He
did so, and when he opened the brush
room door Ct sat where | could see all)
every one Of the brushes both long ana
short handled came falling off The nails
where they were hung; some struck him
on the face, some on the shoulder, and the
broom directly on the top of his head.
The dust-pan hanging on a nail at some
distance above the brushes, came tumb-
| ling down to the floor with u vengeance
| 1t then stood on its handle, then on its
bottom edge, and continued on so till it
entered the school room, and then it was
placed as nicely against the partition rs
If had done it myself. Just as soon as |
raised the ventilator, 4 black ball. like u
cannon ball, would begin to roll around
the attic and make such a noise that [
| would be obliged to lower the ventilator
One day the room was as quiet as it could
possibly be, and all at once some one in
the attic called out, 'Dadie Pikei' Dadie
thought that | spoke, and answered,
'What'm p | said to him, Can you say
your lesson?' Since the affair took place
the attic has been fastened up. Locks and
keys are of no use, however, for there is
as much walking up stairs, and sometimes
the hammermg and mailing Once in a
while sounds as if some one walking will
come down the attic way, go across the
entry and open the outside door and be
gone perhaps ten minutes; after it is quiet
again the door will open and he, she or ii
will 60 UP stairs. am not spiritualist,
never attended a sitting, in fact never had
any thing to do with Il person of that be-
lief, and never saw any manifestations >,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27

are quickly attended to. and under the
cheering influence of warmth and shelter,
Becky was soon herself again.
They drove home ON the following day.
Fred having procured the lone of the
planters horse and chaise for that pur-
pose, promising to return them by Mr.
Newton's servants the next day after
The morning was bright and clear, and
the fragrance of the orange groves was in
the air. Becky, who had maintained al
most utter silence since their escape from
the cottonwood, was no less silent now
Fred himself did not appear particularly
communicative, and many miles of the
long ride were taken without a remark
from either. 1t was Becky who spoke
first.
Fred" she said
"Yesp'
"You have saved my lite, have you
not ?"
Happy to do it any day." he remarked,
not Knowing exactly what else to say
81 thank you very much"
'Quite welcome, I'm sure"
There was another long silence, broke
only bv the sound Of the horses hoofs
upon the road. Fred himself seemed to
! have lost some of his habitual ease, for he
kept his whip in constant motion, and he
held they reins nervously
| "Fred ?"
"Yes ?'
care YOU going to write to that young
lady in New Orleans ?"
II s'pose so.'
Hadn't you-be better-try again--before
yon-before You write 2''
He turned his eyes fall upon her, and
opened them wide
TRY again try what ?"
| ''rve been thinking through the night" :"
said Becky bending low to hide her face,
and carefully separating the fringe of her
mantilla, "that-perhaps-if you asked
me again the same question that you did
| yesterday morning. might answer a
little-ditferent
| Becky's head went against Fred's
| shoulder and her face became immediate
ly lost to view.
"You darling!" he exclaimed, 81 never
| intended to do otherwise The Young
| lady in New Orleans was wholly myth
But when, may / ask, did you change
your mind ."
II have never changed it." she mur-
INJURED. IL have loved you all the time
but never knew it until last night
And to this day, when Mrs Becky Eek
erson is asked where it was that she fell
in love with her husband, she answers.
''on log !"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27

A CAT INVESTMENT. They were about
to play piece, some years ago, at the
Bowery, in which an old maid loses her
eat, and advertising it the cats came in by
dozens. A placard was affixed to the back
door of the theatre, Offering a ticket to the
pit for a cat. The attention of the bows
being particularly called to this bulletin,
George Fox waits tor cats, and he did not
wait long. The possession reached up the
street to Houston street. Such u time in
cats the Bowery had never seen before.
AS they were received they were dumped
through trap into an empty room. By
hlghtIall the din was horrible Respecta-
bic mother cats torn from their families ::
cats with business engagements for that
particular evening; black cats and orav.
and white and tortoise she'll, and Maltese
cats, agreed to speak and let the worse be
known, and there was jolly row. They
slid the door open just a little way for a
slim youth to 60 capture cat Alas I!
You've heard of fur flying, and if you had
stood there at the crack you'd have seen
it, so cats, by the clock flew through the
aperture. And for six weeks the most
emotional efforts of Edward and George
Boniface were interrupted by the appear
ance from some wing of an attenuated,
elongated, curvilinear-backed cat, with u
tail the size OF a stove-pipe, and a voice
of prolonged anguish.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Farm, Garden, and Household
From the New England Farmer.
Farming To-day Compared witt, Twenty
Years Ago.


"" 'NN,S n'nN 'ie 'oihP'"lhi nus become
E,"'i"' tha' ti'e St"rtltN ana i'l%h price ol
,""Ul - ,'it Itt"''NI opNtAtIe Ioe American
" .'' ''lVi mas !" '"hV'hH WlA ~ lNe present
"',i''
"''nS th' war AN farm produce was
n'sn' 80 ti!iI '!e Iafmef could aflord to pay
c'Ie H'Si prices lue Etnorln@ men demanded
loI 'heIr work and then leave lair margin
i"r Pfpht.
For the last three or lour years farm pro-
uic% mas greatly uCcilncu- Nhiie Tue price
oI labor mas remained nearly stationary so
lhal IL now lakes iil' non snare "i Nhal
the farm produces To pay ana board hired
men; nor does our trouble ehu mere There
seems to be a growing disposition on the
pari oi me iaopflh@ men 10 ShlrK RESPONSE
oility' ana 70 90 rs llttie worn as poSsl-
hIF. ME lhefc are as many avenues
open 10 olher business as There are at the
present llnle Whlle our government holds
~ '"'n 'i"".t'heh' lot Etoof!n% men 10
Seulle "i' our western iahus ana nnlld up
ho'ltA "l 'Ilelf own. We cannot expect to
nave smart htell&ent men 4" work on our
arms "llhout we ho'd ont some strong m
t,i i"ehiS 10 Ihehl'
ilIS Nall oeNl ne accomplished ny erect
iu@ ltheihehtS on our farms. ana giving the
Fiootlh@ man steady employment. Then we
Shall he apie to hlf" men with families,
Whlfh, as general thing. Is the best help
we can employ III our business. Their
i1in'lleS are then property provided with
lhr neceSsarleS OF life their children have
Inc means ot attending our district schools
tul other means ot acquiring uScinl know
led@e' BV taking an interest in their vel
Iarr' We Shall stimulate onr hired help TO
increased energy and fidelity.
= ttH1 a ma
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Save the Best Fowls for Breedind.

1t rs the worst possible policy to klll all
the best and handsomest fowls, and save
only the mean and scrag@y ones to breed
from. This is precisely the way to run ont
Your stock; for like tends to breed like, and
the result j.. that by continually taking
away the best birds, and using The eggs OF
the poorest, your flock will grow poorer
and poorer every succeeding year
1t would seem as though this was too
pam 10 be insisted upon, but in fact ''ine
upon line" is needed. 1t is the crying want
ot pnuli'Y upon the farms the country
thron@h-tha careful and intelligent 4elec-
1lon OF the best for breeding.
Nothing is lost by n little self-d denial to
start with. The extra pound or two OF
poultry flesh that you leave on its legs in
stead OF sending it to the market il as
good seed, ana will bring forth tcn-fold and
tWenfy-told in your future broOds Save
your best stock for breeding. The Poultry
World
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Best Time for PAINTING Houses.

The best time for painting the exterior O
buildings is late in autumn or during the
winter Paint then employed will endure
twice as long as when applied in early sum.
mer or hot weather. In the former it dries
slowly and becomes hard, like Glazed
surface, not easily affected alterward by
the weather, or worn off by the beating OF
storms. But in very hot weather the oil in
the paint soaks into the wood at once
as into sponge, leaving the lead nearly
dry, and nearly ready to crumble off This
last dl1ficuity, however, might be guarded
against though at an increased expense. hy
first going over the sarface with raw oil
BY painting in cold weather, one ANNOYANCE
might certainly be escaped, namely, the
collecti"n OF small flies in the fresh paint
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Water for Cattle in Winter.

This question affects the farmers purse
much more seriously then II generally sup
posed. The common resort even for those
who shelter their animals, is the neighhor-
ing brook OF pond, where a hole is cut
through the ice every morning. There is
often long drive to this spot, and the cat
tle, waiting for one another, shiver in the
keen winds for an hour or more to oct a
chance to drink water at temperature of
g degrees. This ice water is to be warmed
N the animals stomach hv the combustion
of hay and grain. OF course all the food
consumed IN restoring this heat, lost hy
exposure ana the ice water, il SO mach
wasted.
If an OK drinks three gallons Of ice water
when he might have spring water at 50
degrees, he wastes all the carbon it would
take to raise three gallons OF water from
~ TO 10 degrees. And this carbon is not
IA the shape OF coal or wood but in the
tnnch more costly form Of food. We might
estimate very accurately inst how much i4
lost every day. But it matters very little
for the argument, for it is clear that it costs
not less than if the fodder were burned
under boiler. and 50 made to produce the
same effect. Every one can see that this
small daily loss amounts TO a considerable
sum in the course of foddering season of
9iA lubHtliS, tutl VI I1lS sum - 1uulI1nIlft
ny the number of stock kept. it amounts
to an appreciable share Of the farmers fod-
der, and may make all the difference be-
tween the loss and profits in years
operations. We want, if possible. to have
water for our cattle to drink, at the tompera-
ture of we'll water, or as near to 30 degrees
rs may be, and to have it brought into the
yard or into their hangers.
This may be done in several WAYS, aud
the method to be adopted is generally best
determined by its cost. The cheapest
method is usually to introduce spring water,
where a sufficient fall can he had within a
reasonable distance. If the whole cost
were $500, the interest of that is but S35
annually, and this would 60 a great way ia
supplying labor at the pump handle or in
keeping machinery in repair Al any rca-
SOnable rate we want spring water brought
into the barn or yard, where the cattle can
help themselves. 1T will pay good inter-
est on the Investment.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
Profit from Poultry.

During the seven weeks of cold weather
from Nov lG, 1872, to Jan 4, 1872, l SOLD
to Capt William Phillips of Goodsrouna
from flock OF $50 hens, 2l8 dozen eggs al
an average Of 80 cents per dozen whole
amount, $85.02. During 1872 I sold to the
Captain, from same number Of hens, | SO:
dozen eggs at a faction short of % cent,
per dozen; whole amount, $3.50 II; alsc
raised 2i0 chickens and used more or less
eggs in the family each week. Ny method
Is to give warm feed at least once dav
of ground feed give a variety and alternate
making corn the main standby. N. Y
Tribune
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27
At Her Window.

Beating heart we come again
Where my Love reposes;
This is Mabel's window pane;
These are Mabel's roses.
Il she nested? Does she kneel
In the twilight stilly,
Lily clad from throat to heel,
She, my virgin lily?
Soon the wan, the wistful stars,
Fading, will forsake her;
Elves of light, on beamy bars,
Whisper then, and wake her,
Let this friendly pebble plead
And her tlowerv grating,
L she hear me will she heed?
MABEL, lam acaitingi
Hark, yon raptured carol proves
Love no empty fable;-
Hush, sweet bird, her lattice moves
MnJpT. Ip0rpSf N0Hp7f
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-02-27

A young woman in Lawrence recently
lost her husband between his decease and
his funeral she seemed to be quite cheer
tul, so much so, that her absence of grief
was remarked. Il know" said she. re-
Gently, to friend, confdentially, THAT l
ought to have cried a good deal, but. to
tell the truth, l hadn't handkerchief that
was tit to be seen except one. and that you
know [ had to keep for the funeral"