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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-11-21

E4T Immense prairie fires have burned
over great portion Of Cloud Clay, and
Jewel counties, Kansas, in the northwest
err part Of tho State. In many instances
houses, grain aud stocH bave been consumed.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-11-21
THE s I'm ,
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some fun-loving persons took a can
non from the University grounds at Nor
gautowu on Halow Fen and left it in a
distant part Of tho town until Saturday
night last, when somebody, as yet unknown,
loaded aud dcharged The gun, bursting it
into a thousand pieces Loss, fye to eight
hundred dollars Rather dear fun to the
State - Grafton Sentinel, NoremJcr 10.
hsS'A very pretty set Of jurors there
must have been 10 the Stokes case. One
Of them was arrested as soon a. the trial
Terminated, aud sent to Jail To-day We
have the information that anothcr-oue
RORERT -PoRTER-is held for bribery, on
an indictment found by the Grand Jury
Balt'more Gasette, Nor. 10.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-11-21

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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-11-21
RICH FARMING LANDS!
FOR SALE VERY CHEAP
NOW Is TIE TIMEi

Millions of acres Of the finest lands on tie Con
tinent, in EAsrERs NEBRAsKA, now for sale pa
ny Of hsr n.psr bsfoTs ~ NE ,sarksf--at prie,
that DEFY COMPETITION
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FEVER AND AGUE.

iEvER AND AGuE cured for my cents There is
not remedial agent In this world rurr Fersr
and AKne, and all other Malarious Bilious. Scarlet
Typhoid, Yellow. and other Fevers faded by RAD
WAYS PtLLSl so quick RAILWAYS READY RR.
LIkF. Fifty cent? per bottle
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Great Railroad Enterprise.

On Friday, the Goth of this month,
there sailed from the port of New York
for Callao, Peru, South America, an ex-
pedition composed of mechanics of diff
ferent kinds, among whom are James
Humphrey, of Windsor (formerly of
Winsted), and Messrs. Chapman, Par
sons and Barnard, of this city. They
go out in the employ of the Peruvian
Government, and take with them nine of
Leffel's turbine wheels, which are to be
placed at different points in the Peruvian
Andes, on the line of the Callao, Lima
aud Oroyo railway. This road passes
along the base of the Andes, rising grad
ually until it arrives at the remarkable
altitude of $500 feet, when it pierces
the summit, and passes through tunnel
5000 feet in length. This tunnel is to
be operated upon similar to the Mont
Gents tunnel, by means of air compress
sors, which are placed in close proximity
to the wheels, and are to be driven by
them. The compressed air is then car
ried to the required point in pipes. and
forms the motive power for the diamonds
and Ballard drills; also, for blowers Tor
ventilation and other purposes. This
road, after passing the Andes, stretches
away across the country in the direction
of Brazil, and finally reaches tributary
of the Amazon, thus affording line OF
communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific shores. It is believed that this
line of road presents greater natural OBJ
stacles to be overcome by the engineer
| than any line in the annals of moderI
times, and when completed must remaiI
a lasting monument to the energy ano
enterprise of the American engineer
Hartford (COra'a.) CourGrlt.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Brood SoWs.


Special attention should be paid to
those sows that farrow in winter. A
warm, sheltered bed is necessary to save
the pigs; and if not already done, pen
should be constructed, and the SOW
placed in it, and supplied with album
dance of straw or leaves. In building
the pen, it is good plan to fasten six
OF eight inch board against the side of
the pen, and about six inches from the
floor, so that the SOW cannot overle the
pigs. This board serves to keep the sow
from the side of the pen, and enables the
young ones to get under it, if in danger
of being laid on.
If the SOW is fed with turnips or pota-
toes, either cooked or raw, for few days
before narrowing, it will increase the
flow of milk, and relieve constipation,
with which they are often troubled at
this season of the year.
The pen in which young pigs are con-
fined should by all means be covered, to
keep out both rain and snow; and they
should be early taught to drink milk and
slop. The pig is very easily stunted,
and if once set back in its growth, il
takes months to recover them.
While sucking, from the time of far
rowing forward, the SOW should be fre.
quently given charcoal and salt, as these
serve in great measure to remove the
morbid appetite that causes them to eat
| their MOS
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09

ter, and wanted to try and win her for
my wife 1 then returned to Macon
vile, for week. I was somewhat un-
easy at leaving Harley Hicksey alone in
the field, for I thought if he loved the
girl as well as I knew I did that he
would not give her up without an eff
fort.
In eight days was again at Abbe-
town. Harley Hicksey had again Of
fered himself to Miss Caddie Colman,
and been refused. Mr.. Hicksey, know
ing this, was ready to conclude bar
gain for sale, and Miss Colman desired
to remain with me, as before with Mr.
Hicksey.
All this seemed SO entirely to my
wishes that began to fear that I might
miss the one thing to which all these
were made ubservient-the loss of Cad
die Colman. But as I had always tried
to use my opportunities, SO I was not re-
miss in this respect, and in one year
from the time of my settlement at Able
town was a married man. We, Col
man & Co., are prospering in our bust
ness. Mrs. Colman is a dignifed, mat
ronly little lady, but among her family
she likes and I think will never lose the
so6rigatet of "per c."
There is moral to my story. Every
boy worth the name probably sees it. I
will write it nevertheless: When O. good
Importantly occurs don't stand idle and
aU0it for q better.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
The Tobacco Crop.

The Louisville Courier Journal esti-
mates the total tobacco crop of 1872 at,
in round numbers, about 259, ,4S0, 900 lbs,
against 262, 735, 900 TBS in 1870. The
Western crop is probably not far from
the aggregate of the following totals !:
Kentucky. los, ,3O5, 900 TBS; Missouri,
13, 72O, 900 lbs Illinois, 5,302, 900 lbs /;
Indiana, 9, 139, 900 TBS Ohio, 17,242, 900
TBS +; Tennessee, 10, 533, 900 lbs; other
Western States, 2,301, 900 lbs. The
entire Western crop, therefore, exclusive
of the States east of Ohio, Kentucky and
Tennessee, viii amount to 172, $40, 600
TBS, against about las, 600, 900 TBS in 1871.
The production of the same States in
1870 was as follows Kentucky, 105-
3O5, 800 TBS Missouri, 1890, 400 Tbs ;
Illinois, 5,249, 200 lbs; Indiana, 9, 1926, 300
Tbs =; Ohio, 18, IA, 300 TBS; Tennessee,
q, 465, 400 lbs other Western States,
2,1OO,000 bs-aggregating 75,508, SOC
TBS. Of the years crop, probably 80, ,O0C
hogsheads will be marketed in Louis
vile.
The amount that Gen. George f
Mcclellan was swindled by the Arizons
diamond speculation has not been as
certained, but it is stated that he wa
''severely victimized."
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Growth of PHILADELPHIA,

prosperous as it is at present, and is lit
orally spreading in all directions. Never
has building been so extensively carried
on as it is now. No less than G, ,295
building permits were granted last year,
and, in the course of time, the city bids
fair to entirely cover the 100 square
miles of land which are within its limits
in accordance with the act of the State
Legislature of 1854. Squares upon
squares of houses now stand where four
or five years ago young men used to play
baseball and go cunning. Perhaps the
great exposition of 1876 will find the
place as big as New York.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Winter Clothing.

In his experiments to determine the
heat conducting power of linen, cotton,
wool. and silk, Sir Humphrey Davy
found not only that materials conducted
heat in the order above given, linen be-
ing the best, but that also the tlghness
or Iooseness possessed an important IN
fiuence. 1t is therefore evident that In
the selection of winter clothing, and
especially of that to be worn next to the
skin, the material of the least conduct
ing power, as wool and silk, should be
chosen, and the fabrics should be woven
loosely. As regards the external gar,
ments the same rules apply with equal
force. but in this case care should be
taken to remove overcoats and shawis
when in warm room; especially should
this be observed in the instance OF furs
worn bv ladies. The habit of wearing
these articles for hours in succession,
while shopping and visiting, often e; $50 SO
wearers that they become the ready VIC
tins of Inflammation of the throat and
. lungs.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Agricultural Patents.

The total number of agricultural i'm
plements for which patents were granted
during the year 1871 is 1,20O, subdivided
into classes as follows: Bee-hives, 70;
churns, butter and cheese-making i'm
plements, 80; corn-huskers, 13; corn
shelters, Is; cotton-pickers, scrapers,
cleaners, choppers, ETC., 16; cultivators,
80; diggers, 81; egg-carriers, hatchers,
detectors, etc., 10; feed and straw cut
ters, 80; forks, hay, manure, etc, 20;
ruit-gatherers, II; fower-stands, pots.
etc., 10; harrows and rollers, 40; harvest
ers and attachments, reapers and NOW
ers, 16O; hay-tedders, leaders, etc, 25
hoes, IL; milk cans, coolers, stools, COW
mixers, "a; planters, drills, seeders
ETC., 177; plows and attachments, 160
pruning implements, 20; racks, feed
hay, etc, 5; rakes, Sc; thrashers, sepa
rators, and cleaners, 72; miscellaneous
70; total, 200. Among the miscellane
GUS patents are coops, cattle-ties, flax
pullers, garden implements, grating
tools, hog-snouters, hedge-trimmers
hair-clippers, insect-destroyers, spokes
root-cutters, sap-collectors, tree-protec
TOYS, transplanters, vases, vine-trel
Hses, etc.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
To Prevent Sows Destroying Their
Young.

Recently correspondent inquired for
a remedy in cases where sows ate their
young. We find the following in a
monthly report of the Department of
Agriculture, which, although it does not
seem to furnish remedy likely to be
generally applied, we give for what it is
worth. No one but the breeder who had
the misfortune to see fine litter of pigs
destroyed by their dam-hersef perhaps
the best SOW in his pen-can have a
realizing sense of the annoyance and
hitter disappointment such an occurrence
involves. The report says:
It is well known that sows not unfre-
quently attack and destroy their young;
or, if prevented from this, will not let
down their milk, so that the young pigs
necessarily die from want of nourish-
ment. When this condition of things is
not caused by a diseased condition of
the uterus, it is said that the SOW can be
brought to terms by pouring a mixture
of ten to twenty grains of the spirits of
camphor with one to three of the tine
ture of opium, into the ear. The SOW
will Immediately lie down on the side of
the ear to which the application was
made, and remain quiet in this position
for several hours without interfering
with her pigs; and on recovery from the
stupor will have lost her irritabihty in
regard. to them. The experiment has
been tried in Germany hundreds of times,
according to one of the agricultural jour
nails, without any injurious effects. It is
also said that the eating of pigs by the
parent SOW can be readily prevented by
rubbing them all over with brandy, and
making the same application about the
nose of the SOW herself.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
Miscellaneous.

KANSAS is getting up an anti-tobacco
colony.
THE most obstinate pig in the world
Pig-iron.
THERE are over 5000, 600 horses in the
| United States.
INDIANA is raising two and a half mil
hons of hogs.
A NEW evening paper, the Ledger, is
to be published in st. Louis.
UNCLE SAM requires 1901, 7O5, ,O36. SO
to meet his expenses for 1873.
DUBUQUE boasts of a bridge that has
borne train of 81 loaded cars all at
once.
THE heather Chinee is taking the
place of the colored 1aborer on the Texas
railroads.
HARVARD COLLEGE proposes to abolish
compulsory attendance at recitations
and prayers, thus throwing the RESPONSE
bility of scholarship and education upon
the students themselves.
The number of marriages in Chicago
in the year since the fire have been
greater, and the number of divorces less
than ever before, the same being called
by moralists a publication by fire.
BARNgM's- show oolided with John
Robinson's at Columbus, Ga., and Bar
mum rather got the best of the row,
whereupon Robinson brought suit
against Barnum for So, 900 damages.
The only building left standing in the
Boston burnt district, says the Aduer-
tiser, has a Mansard roof So has the
house of Mahlon D. Ogden, the only
house left standing in the North Side
burnt district of Chicago.
THE Woolwich infants % those gentle
pieces of English artillery, which weigh
35 tons apiece, have been delivered from
the bottom of the sea, where they sank
with the vessel Marlborough, and are
doing as well as could be expected.
A SPRINGFIELD, Mass, negro has just
invented an improved steam valve for
locomotives, by means of which the
steam pressure is removed from the top
of the valve, and the wear and tear of
the machinery is greatly reduced.
IT is believed the wheat which Cali
| fornia will send abroad the present. year
will exceed in value that of the gold
which the State will produce during the
same period. The wheat crop will bring
the State from $25, 600, 600 to $50, 900, 900.
The New York man who invented a
|
clothing fell off Hudson steamboat the
other day, in full armor. The machine
held his body firmly on the bottom of
the river, and his heirs consider it great
success.
AN enterprising thief in Oil City lately
stole over one hundred pounds of nitro
glycerine, and secreted it in his house
Just behind roaring fire. 1t was dis
covered by the police, and thus the great
labor of picking up the widely-scattered
remains of the thief and his wife and
seven small children was avoided. He
was blown up by the Judge, however.
and sentenced to six months imprison
ment.
THE Bostonian glass-blowers are
manufacturing relics of the great fire
| They blow bottles and other vessels into
all sorts of shapes, resembling the result
of intense heat, while the inside is in
geniously filed with all sorts of liquids
from cheap whisky to castor oil. Corki
are inserted showing every degree O
burning, from a slight scorch to half
consumption, while the contents have
the appearance of having remained in
tact. These relics sell readily for from
twenty-five cents upward.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
The Manure Heap.

The prudent farmer will not permit
the manure that is made through the
winter season to go to waste, and if he is
very wise he will not be content with
simply hauling out half dozen loads,
when if it is carefully saved he might
have 20 loads or more to put on his land.
Until one tries the experiment, it
seems astonishing that SO much manure
could be saved as we have seen hauled
out from one barn during a single win
ter. The secret of a large manure heap
consists simply in cleaning out the stalls,
stables, and pens eve1y day, instead of
once a week or once a month. By fire.
quent additions, the value of the heap
for fertilizing purposes is also greatly in
creased. When the manure has accumu-
lated so as to be in the way, the better
plan is to haul it at once to the field.
Practically, every load of manure
hauled to the field, this winter, will add
a load of corn to the crib. We believe
one hundred bushels of corn to the acre
in Kansas, as to be getting but forty or
fifty; and we belidve this result is to be
obtained chiefly by using manure.
No matter whether the ground has
been long in cultivation or not; no mat
ter if it is the second years ground; a
good coat of manure Will increase the
yield of grain. Upon the Agricultural
College farm we saaU the effect of ma
nure on new ground. We saw that the
portion manured was nearly as high
again Gin june, and the stalks much
larger and stronger, and the color bet
ter than upon an adjoining place that
was not manured. We have not heard
the difference in bushels of grain, but
we will guarantee that the manure
counted in the crib in proportion to its
looks in the field.
We are satisfied that clover is a much
cheaper fertilizer for our large Western
farms, and our peculiar style of farming,
than is stable manure, or, indeed, any
other fertilizer; but this is no reason
why we should waste the manure.
Therefore, improve any leisure hours by
distributing the manure-not one or two
loads only, but twenty, thirty or fifty
loads. It will pay.-Kansas Farmer.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
CoLMAN & CO.. "PER c."

I am Louis Colman, half of the firm,
long and well known in the county as
Colman & Co. I want to tell you how
worked my way to this position. At the
age of fifteen, with my free consent, my
father signed articles which bound me
to give to William r. Lee, cabinet-ma-
ker, the labor of three years. In lieu of
board, clothing, etc., the usual equiva-
lent given, I was to receive the sum of
one dollar per week, and, at the expira-
tion of three years, fifty dollars in
money. My home in the meantime was
with my father, who boarded and clothed
me.
A backward look of three, the years
seem pleasant to me. I suppose many
times during my apprenticeship I longed
for more liberty, more leisure, more
money, or something different from what
I had. I should hardly have been an
average boy if had not, but in the main
was tolerably contented.
So eighteen came. The heir of an
English estate, on the happy day when
he was to take possession could hardly,
I think, have felt happier than 1. Upon
the morning of the day when my inden-
lures were to cease, Mr.. Lee came to me
and said:
"I suppose shall not have to tell you
that have no farther claim upon your
time after tonight"
I felt certain amount of independ-
ence as replied:
"I know it, sir, and drew sigh of
relief.
..Come to the office he said, "after
hours" and turned away.
In the Office at night meet my father,
who, with me, saw the writings can
celed. then received $50, shook hands
with Mr.. Lee, and turned to leave the
Office.
"One moment" said Mr.. Lee; "have
you any plans for the future? ?"
"No, sir, said, promptly; " "to-mor.
row is my eighteenth birthday, and
want to spend it without thought ot
anything"
He smiled little gravely, and the1
said:
"WeII, take week to think of moth
ing, and then come back to me-"
Outside, I found my fellow workme1
waiting to give me cheer, for it wa
customary among us on such occasion
to have general hand-shake.
"Come, Colman, cannot we hav
beer ?" said several voices.
This was also customary, and 1 hest
tated moment, but something said t.
me, "Begin now as you expect to go on,
and I said:
Inree Iln1eS tne sum, boys, III any
thing else you like; but let us have n
drinks
"That's so," said one of the number
remember poor Stearns.'
Stearns was a man whom Mr.. Lee ha
employed again and again. A week sine
he had been turned away because b
came to his work intoxicated, and "
knew he had had no work since.
Mears' remark gave me thought, an
IL
eff the crowd will forego treats, oy
ters, or what it may be, we'll agree
send the money to Stearns' wife an
family
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-09
WHOLE NUMBER 298.
MACHINE POETRY.

The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year;
Gone are the pumpkin and the plumb,
The falling leaves are sere;
The partridge now forgets to drum,
The squirrel to uprear
His merry tail the brooks are glum;
The anglers disappear;
The crow pursues the vagrant crumb,
Too grateful for the cheer;
The top has ceased its summer hum,
The kites are out of gear =
Ger Mother Earth fierce autumn
Inverts its icy spear.
Each morning some imbibe their rum,
And some absorb their beer;
Young soldiers humble "h-fo-fum!n
To drive away their fear.
Blithe, joyous, happy school girls thrums
Pianos far and near,
Or cut the cake of Sally Lum,
Or Clara We're de We're;
While others go to chewing gum
To check the truant tear.
A blind young man did once calum-
Mate his precious dear,
And rallied, instead of being mum,
Because he did not see her;
But when with cold his feet grew numb,
He turned in his career,
And danced q polka on his thumb,
And walked off on his ear.
(Something broken) plumb,
machine M ...... .tum-ti-tum,
K-ch-k-r-r-r-r-r-r-e-ri
Chicago Post.