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The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09
THE OLD REGIME--A HOO
SlEIk Il HEALTHY.

uated on a prominent bluff
overlooking the broad stretch
es of bottom land, and giving a
fine view Of the wide, winding
river. The windows AMI doors
of the cottage were draped in
vines, among which the morn.
ing glory and the honeysuckle
wer. the most luxurianF; while
on each side of the gfaveled
walk that led from tho front
po:lico to the door.yafd gate
grew clusters of pinks sweet
williams, and Iarkspdrs The
house was painted whI1e, and
very green window shuiters-
old fashioned, to be sufe, but
cozy, home like, an d tasty
withal.
About tho hour of six on
Monday morning, in the month
of May, "a fine lookioss lad Of
1
twelve walked slowly tup to
the path which led lrom the
old orchard 10 the house. He
Was dressed in loose trowsers
of bottle-sreen jeans, aijacket
Of the same, heavy bopls and
well-worn hat. His faSe, was
strikingly handsome, being fair,
health(ul, intelligent andibright,
though now it wore an indie
scribable, family visible shade,
as of innocent perplexity or
possible grief
The mistress of tho cottage
was at this time IN the kitchen
preparing for The weeks wash
ing. She was a mid,e,ayed.
stoutly built, healthy malron,
sandy-hairel and sllg htly
lreckled, blue-eyed, and quick
in her movements. Usually
smiling and happy, it was pain
full to see how strongly she
now struggled to master the
emotions Of sadness that con
slaatly arose in her bosom like
spectres that would not be
driven away. wuyss'--A-SS''"
A bright-eyed golden-h haired
maiden OF sixteen was IN the
breakiaSt-room, washing tn e
morning dishes, and singing
occasional snatches from a
mournful ditty. IL wa: sad IN
deed to see a cloud of regret
and halI'suppressed anguish on
that fair young face, and dim
ming the earnest sparkle oil
those unusually merry eyes.
Mr.. Coulter, the head of the
family, owner of the cottage
and its lands, stood near the
center of the silting.room gaz
ing fixedly and sadly at the
picture Of a sweet child hold
ing white kitten in its lap,
which hung OIL the wall over
against the broad fireplace. A
look of sorrow betrayed itsel
even in the dark, stern visage
of the man. Occasionally he
drew mis- grizzled moustache
into his mouth and bit it
fiercely. Evidently, he was
chafing under grief.
The cottage windows were
wide open, as is the Western
custom in fine weather, and
the fragrance ol the spiCewood
and sasSalras floaled in on the
food-tide of pleasant air, while
from the great locust down by
the yard fence fell. the twilter
ing prelude to a finch's song
A white line of fog above the
river was plainly visible from
the west windo VS., and though
it the feecy veil focks of teal
and wood ducks cut swiftly in
their downward sweep to the
water. A golden flicker sang
and hammered on the gate
post the while he eyed a spar
row-hawk that wheeled and
screamed high overhead.
The lad entered The kitchen
and said TO his mother, in a
voice full of Tenderness thon oh
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09
A Pastors Reward. .

That good, faithful pastoral
work is appreciated in the
State of Ohio is illustrated by
the following incident that oc.
Cured IN Ironton. A revival
preacher, who had won tame
by bis power in the pulpit,
came to Ironton for a weeks
work. He was very zealous,
preached every night, excited
considerable interest, and was
vehement in his exortalions to
the unrenewed portion Of the
congregation to come forward.
On the last evening of his la
bors he outdid himself, but not
q person rose to come forward.
Discouraged, he sat down;
whereup)n a grave-faced, anxi-
ous-l'oking man got up, and
sail that he elder had been
wo klny hard and laboring
faithfully among then, a d as
a token OF their appreciation.
he moved that the congregation
gire him three cheers! 1t was
done right heartily, and that
contrite congregation went
quietly out and silently home.
satisfied that they hid fully
and faithfully performed Il cir
daty.-Haipers TOR Jaaaary.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09

just above the eastern tree
tops launched a shower over
him from head 10 foot, ne took
from under his jacket behind, a
double sheepkin, which, with
an ineffable smile, he tossed
into the closet. Then, as the
yellow flicker rose rap dly
from the grass, Billy walked
off, whisIling the air OF that
once popular ballad:
"Oh, give Inc back my fifteen cents.'
WE clip the following from
Pomeroy's Democrat. "Bnck"
makes the fur fly from some
of the Libo Democratic hides
in his most approved style,
stalking righl out in meetin',"
like a bad hoy, as he is:
Not long since Jay Gould
was arrested, charged with
stealing a few millions Of dol
lars from the Erie Railway Co
The chairman of the Liberal
Democratic National Commit
lee goes his bail, that an inno-
cent man may not suffer! 9th
er. buyers of delegates. and
manipulators of National Con.
venlions step in to shield a
brother of the ring.
"But now, one of the thieves,
Jay Gould, ex President of the
Erie Railroad comes forward
and says:
"If the Court please, l had
rather make restitution and re
turn The property l stole from
the Erie Railway than 90 10
prison. Here Is property, worth
nine million, six hundred lhou-
eand dollars, stolen by me from
the Erie RailaVay! Take it
and give me a resi-! 1t is re.
turned on the condition that
| shall lie again called to your
counsels--be consulted on all
important moves made by the
managers of the Erie Railway,
and shall be allowed The free
control of the 100000 shares
Of stocks | yet holdp
$50 the Erie Railway com.
pounds with IA felony, negoti.
ales with a magnificent thief,
and takes him back as a teach
er of rascality!
"Let there be light"
1--WE are getting down to The
core of that which for twelve
years has been Democratic
management No wonder Al.
mighty GOi has so chsslised
the Democracy of this coun-
try for the past few years! No
wonder His anger has rest ed
upon some of those who lent
themselves to fasten upon an
industrious people an admins
tration, the wires OF which
were to be pulled by the Bel
monrs, Gould's, Schell's and
that ring of millionaires whose
perfumed waters are those
reeking with corruption.
"Mark the GOODNESS of one of
these liberal political manipu-
lators.
"'Gehtlemen l have stolen
a little somelhing-here are
over nine millions Of dollars
returned to you--'Let Us shake
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09
ADVERTISING TERMS,
hands over the bloody chasm

hands over the bloody chasm
and let US hasve psacep
"The great converter is be-
ing converted!
Let the next thief come
forward!
And when the Democracy
of the United States want Dem.
ocratic leaders, let it take them
from New York capitalists and
railroad managers!"
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09
Free NegrO-LabOr In Virginia.

ANaAA NesN hNbRSNA@s
-sA>
Free NegrO-LabOr In Virginia.
Our artists were surprised 10
find negroes so generally en-
ployed as road builders. They
have proved In fact excellent
laboiers, both as track-makers,
and Tor mining, blasting, and
all the other work of railroad
building. They lived in shan.
ties along the road, wherever
their work lay; and as is usual
with the negroes, they were
musical, as we'll as orderly and
sober. Ragged, too, they were,
TO the last degree, until one
wondered where SO great a
multitude of rags came from;
and whether it had ever oc.
CURED to one of these jolly
fat fellows 10 buy himself a
new suit of clothes They live
we'll, rather despising corn
bread, and using a good deal
OF canned fruits aud vegetables;
and the sausage is 10 them u
savory dish.
But tew Of them had learned
to read though some had
learned a trade, and were
proud of 1t. We heard it
often remarked that they
would never again live in cities
but acquire farms for them.
selves. No doubt their expe.
rience on the road, far away
from home, has increased their
intelligence, AMI their capaci-
ty 10 help themselves. They
save money-the contractors
reported this very generally;
they have not the habit of
drinking whisky; and on the
work itself, as they took their
chance with the white work
men, 80 they were treated with
absolute equality, not the
slightest bullying being allow.
ed or attempted. Indeed,
wherever, there is real genuine
hard work to be done by men,
they soon cease to regard col
or or other distinctions, and re.
spect each other according to
the ability each manilests.--
This is true everywhere, and
was true Of course here.
The contractors had but one
complaint to make-that the
colored men would 60 "home'
for Christmas. Home, to th, m,
meant Eastern Virginia, and
We were tod that many OF
them returned joyfully to the
old plantations where formerly
they were slaves, and where,
as more than one former mas,
ter told US, they are still made
welcome on holldays.-Scrib-
ners's Jor January.
The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1873-01-09

and handed something to Mr.
Coulter.
The man looked at his boy
proudly, sternly, sorrowlully
The lad looked into his fathers
face sadly, exulhngly, hero
ically. II was a living tab
lcau no 0rist could reproduce.
"Billy," aid tn 9 father,
gravely, ~ took your mother
and sister TO church yesteday."
"Yes sir"
"And lett you to see to the
things"
"Yes, sir" replied the boy,
gazing out through the win
dow at the flicker as it hitched
down the gate-post, and finally
dropped into the grass with a
shrill chirp.
"And you didn't water the
piss9'
5000! Oh, s:l! Geercody!
Oh, me! Lawsy, lawsy me!'
The slender scion OF an ap-
pie tree rose and lell in the
hand of Mr.. Coulter; and up
from the jacket Of the lad, like
incense from an alter, rose a
cloud of dust, mingled with
the nap of jeans. Down in the
young clover Ol the meadow
The lark and sparrows sang
cheerily, the gaals and flies
danced up and down in the
sunshine the fresh soft leaves
of vines rustled, and all was
merry indeed.
Billy's eyes turned up tc-
ward tie face OF his father in
appealing agony; bit still with
a sharp hiss the switch cut the
air, falling steadily and mer-
cilessly on his shoulders. And
along the green banks Of The
river the willows shook their
shiny fingers at the lifting fog.
and lhe voices of children 60
ing by to school smote the
sweet May wind.
"Oh, pap, III not forget the
pigs no more!''
aspect you won't neither"
The wind, by a sudden puff
lifted into the room a shower
of white bloom petals from u
sweet apple tree, letting them
fall gracefully upon the patch
work carpet, the while a pIow-
man whistled plaiutiveiy in a
distant field.
"Outch! Crackee! Oh, pap,
pap!'
'Shut your mouth, ri split
you 10 the hack bone."
How many delightful places
in the woods, how many cool
spots beside the murmuring
river, would have been more
pleasant 10 Billy than the
place he then occupied.
"Oh me! oh, mel" yelled the
lad.
Still the dust rose and dane
ed in the jet of sunlight that
fell across the room, AMI the
hens out at the barn cackled
and sang for joy over new eggs
laid in choice places.
At one time during the fall
ing of the rod, The girl gut
washing, and Ihrusting her
head into the kitchen, said, in
a subdued tone:
My land, amt Bill gitten'
an awful one9"
you're mighty right" re-
Piled the mother, solemnly.
Along toward the last, Mr..
Coulter iip-toed at every stio'ie
The switch actually screamed
the air as it fell. Billy
danced.
"Now, go, slr!," cried the
man, tossing the frizzl, d stump
OF the CAD out at The window.
$50, now; and next time, you
water them pigs"
Al ,yb;1o ,l,o Gnoh ,o,.od
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-08
MANURES.

There are but few farms, the soil of
which will yield remunerating crops, unas-
sisted by manure, and except where large
stock of cattle and other animals is kept,
must be had to other sources-and not
withstanding the home supply can be in
creased on every farm, by paying attention
to the gathering materials for the compost
heap, of the Importance of which we have
in our time written enough to fill good
sized volume, and of the value of which
we were never more fully impressed than
at the present time,-still the addition Of
commercial manures of an approved char
acter can always be made to pay, even if
mixed with those of the barn yard and
compost heap. There are three or four
constituents of soils that can be supplied
with advantage by the application Of arti,
fetal manures-these may be sumed up in
few words, list, phosphoric acid, as furn-
ished first by bone earth, mixed with one
third or fourth of its weight in Peruvian
guano, or pure Fish guano to furnish, I'd,
ammonia; Cd, ashes, in any reasonable
quantity, to give the potash SO absolutely
necessary to many crops; and 4th, plaster,
which not only retains the virtues of the
manures to which it is added. but also
when sown upon the growing crops attracts
to them from the atmosphere the floating
gases which secure one Of the most neces-
sary and valuable of all the requirements
of plants, ammonia. A clover sod turned
under will also furnish ammonia-so will
cotton seed wherever attainable, to a very
great extent. A phosphate made of
mineral phosphates and oil of vitrol-or
from fresh bones, treated in the same way,
will furnish the necessary amount Of phos
phoric acid, and in a soluble form. Lime
if not already in the soil, should be applied
at the commencement of every rotation,
ten bushels for each crop, or 40 or so
bushels for the whole rotation, being amply
sufficient, generally, for the necessities of
the soil-Maryldsad Farmer.
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THE Farm,
COWS ABOUT TO CALVE.
fr,30a the American Stool: Journal.

From the american Stock Journal.
Many farmers consider that if they COM
mence feeding their cows after they have
calved, they do all that ought to be done.
A very intelligent farmer, to whom hap
pened to be speaking of this few days
food given before calving was worth, for
the cows present and future welfare, two
pailsful given afterwards. His argument
was: That almost all cows are poorly win
tered, and were thereby generally weak
towards the Spring, and when warm wealth
er came they felt the enervating effect of it,
Just as we do, and consequently needed
more and better food to gather strength to
enable them to 60 through the ordeal of
calving, SO as to have an almost certain
chance of doing well afterwards. To be
equal to this effort, the COW should be lib
orally fed for some time before she has her
calf, and instead of suffering depreciation
of strength towards Spring, she will thus
have an accession. We all know that unless
health and strength are the rule instead of
the exception, no COW will be at her best
until plenty of grass has recuperated her
low condition consequent on the Winter
neglect; and hence, under such treatment,
the full yield of milk will take place some
weeks sooner than it otherwise would
For many years have had great experience
in COW keeping, and have, with few ex-
captions, been fortunate in having no sick
or weak cows. l attribute this altogether
to giving plenty of food some time before
calving. Another reason for so doing is,
that if you wait until afterwards the slim
ulating effect of more and better food
causes too much reaction, and hence it is
frequently seen that the poor mans COW
dies sooner than the well-to do farmer S.
The poor man takes plenty of care of his
COW when she is milking and valuable, but
before that time any food will do for her;
"she is dry" they say, and therefore can
not want much food-a great mistake, as
they very soon find out to their COST
Horned cattle want food in Spring, more
even than horses. l have often seen the
difference between the work that a we'll fed
yoke of oxen will do in hot weather, when
compared, even though both are fed alike
at the time of working, with that of straw
wintered, half-starved, lean beasts. 1t is
of little or no use to feed just as hot wealth
or and hard work begins. Feed sooner,
and get your oxen into good heart, and
then when work pushes they will be equal
to it.
KILLING LICE ON CATTLE-On a warm,
pleasant day, take pail full Of warm
water and put in as much carbolc acid as
you think will do. 1t don't require great
deal. Saturate each animal thoroughly
from the end of the nose to the end of the
tail, and rub it in with horse brush OF
anything that will do, until every inch OF
the animal is drenched to the skin; put the
tail in the pail and soak it thoroughly, as
there and around the horns, you will
usually find the most lice. Put each ami
NAL in the stable Immediately, where they
cannot lick themselves until dry. This will
not need to be repeated unless the cattle
are very lousy.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-08
FARM FOR RENT

THE FRAZER FARM. two miles nth Of r!ktou IN
II" tr"nch,own Turnpike. Particularly .,Iynntay"ou,
a. Dairy Farm. Apply at once to
JAMES ii. FRAZER,
Jan II, lS7G-lw EiEtou Md
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-08
TOR RENT

4 convenient DWELLING HOUSE IN Church St.
occupied 10y Mr. Henry Wood Possession given
.5, of March, R,3. Apply IL
VIM. McCLELLAND
Jan IL, 1S13--tf at tina Exchange Store
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-08
Economy Of Shelter for Stock.

In all warm-blooaed animals, portion
process of combustion, without which the
organs could not perform their functions;
and until food enough is consumed to keep
the body of the animal at the necessary
temperature, none is converted into either
fat, milk or wool. Hence stock can be
wintered cheaper in warm, snug quarters
than when running in stable yard. Few,
however, can tell the difference between
the amount of food necessary to animals
comfortably housed than those kept in the
open field.
An experiment by Lord Luice, which
has been extensively quoted, serves to throw
some light on this subject. By his direc-
tions, one hundred sheep confined in shed
and each fed twenty pounds of Swedish
turnips per day; and another hundred in
the open field, were fed twenty-five pounds
each; and yet the former, on one-tifth less
food at the end of few weeks, had gained
three pounds each more than the others, or
increase on the same length of time.
Next, five sheep were fed in the open
field, from the 21st of November to Deem
Der 1st-ten days-and consumed ninety
pounds of food per day, the temperature
being at forty-four degrees, and at the end
of the time they weighed two pounds less
than when first exposed.
Five sheep were then placed in shed at
4 temperature of forty-nne degrees, and
at first consumed eighty-two pounds of
food, then only seventy pounds, and at the
expiration of ten days they had gained
twenty three pounds. Another five were
placed in shed and not allowed to take
any exercise. They ate at first sixty four
pounds of food, then only fifty eight
pounds, and at the expiration of the time
had increased in weight thirty pounds.
OF course, as the kind and cost of the
food were not taken into account, the ex-
pertinent was only to determine the amount
of food consumed and difference in increase
of weight between animals upon the same
food housed or unhoused.
If variation of five degrees of tempera-
ture will make such difference in food and
condition, what must be the difference be-
tween animals comfortably housed and
those exposed to the severity of onr North
ern winters?
If it would be necessary to expend large
sum of money to provide shelter for ami,
mails, it would be folly to advise the mass
of farmers to do so, but as shelter sufficient
| to protect them from the wind and storm
would cost but little, although it might be
neither spacious nor slightly, we believe
that humanity as well as economy demands
| that animals should not suffer for want
/ of it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-02-08
INTELLIGENCE IN FARMING.

In a recent trip to the interior of the
State it was our good fortune to meet with
some of the best farmers in the counties of
Southern and Eastern Pennsylvania, and
were much gratified to hear from them that
the cry of " farming does not pay has
nearly died out, and that most of the intel
ligent cultivators of the soil are concluding
that these pursuits are, to say the least.
quite as profitable rs the mercantile con-
Germs which so often dazzle aud enticc the
young from rural life.
This increased profit from farming is
generally attributed to an increasing intel
ligence, fostered chiefly by the great inter-
est taken in local farmers clubs and agri-
cultural papers, both Of which are now
regarded as essential parts of the business
by all who would make the most out of the
land that it is capable of realizing.
There seems to have been two great eras
in the agriculture of the immediate past.
The first was wholly the age Of practical
experience. Here it was that the book
the medium of the printing press were con
temptuously called, Jared badly in popular
estimation. Then came time when the
agricultural chemist, with his soil ANALYSIS
and other vagaricS, became a power. and
hosts of men rushed into farming from city
desks and counters, fully satisfied that the
old fashioned farmers knew nothing: and
that only for him, with his chemical knowl-
edge, would the rich harvest field bow down
in golden grain.
But these times are gone. The two
have cast their lots together. 1t is found
that they are to grow in mutual helpful
ness. Science is still welcome Indeed.
science is more than ever welcome; but she
is not. idoliZed until she has proved her
worth in works. And then, with science,
and Joined with it practical knowledge
sPringing up through business habits such
as only by the aid of which can any mcr
camille business prosper, and without W hich
farming ought neither nor will it prosper,
there is no wonicr agriculture improves.
Phii0. Press.
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nFED E. FOUTZ, Proprietor,
ITII ORE MA

For sale by Druggists and Storekeepers throughout
the United States, Canadas and South America.
Nov -, 1S72-1y
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THE PRoPER CARE OF IMPLEMENTs-In
many cases the wooden part of an imple-
ment will outlast the metallic. No one
would think to paint or use any special
means to save spade or rake handle; but
it is different with many things, and as a
general thing much more attention might
be given to the proper preservation of farm
implements than they receive. Many per-
sons use paint for this purpose; but this is
costly, and sometimes it would pay to pre-
serve wood at the cost of paint 1t is not
generally known that it is only the oil, or
at best chiefly the oil, which is in the paint
which is the preservative element, tt e other
material being added more for the " looks
of the thing" than any other reason. A
piece Of wood, well oiled, will last nearly or
qnite as long as though painted in the best
manner. The american Agriculturtst says
that crude petroleum is quite as good as the
best linseed oil for this purpose; and if so
it is of course much cheaper, and is within
the reach of every one.