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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
TOWN ITEMS.
Andoyer.

Tho Quarterly Meeting Of this district was held
at the NJ. 4 Church in Andover, two weeks ago
rhc presiding Elder, T.. Morton, was present and
preached sunday afternoon to a full house. lie
chose Tor his text these words Christ is all and
in ALL" aud delivered very able and eloquent
discourse full of sound reasoning aud inclion
Rev VIM. A. Merrill pastor Of the Congresa'
tional church, preached his farewell sermon last
sunday, being compelled TO close his labors a.
pastor ON account of ia health. and return TO HE
acme m Lyman. IL is ODE hoped that the church
will BE- able 10 secure another pastor soon.
Capt.. J. r. Goold, while assisting one OF the
hand. in che starch factory the Corner in putting
betupon wheel willie in motion, had his right
hand drawn into the machinery aud badly
crushed. The wound was dressed by Dr. Barnes,
and IS now doing we'll.
At the commencement Of the high school,
lyceun was formed the scholars, with the fol
loving OGcers: J. \. Roberts, President; Rev
J. IL Elliott, Vice-rresideni: r. \. Bodwell
Treasurer. The meetings are held Tuesday even
iug, in the Town Hall They are very interesting,
and well Intended. \ number OF questions have
been discussed by the scholars, with much credit
10 themselves. The literary exercises by the young
called Autumn Leaves is read every week 10y
the ladies in town, and is well spoken Of by all
LONE STAR.
BUCKFiLLp, oct. Il, ls'i.
NJ. Eiitor:-Having perused the "Ren'inis-
cences OF oxford Bar" and History OF tic
Churches" in the late Democrats with great IN
,crest would ask II the other religious societies
OF this County can be noticed in lie columns. II
would be a mental treat 10 many. l knc" B!sb,e
and Swasey In the school room and Harlow IN
youth were Jealous Of their rights, aud would
make their mark ii thev would 5hun the cap that
has ruined many a bright srhoolmatc and pupil
of mine. 1 rejoice 70 hear oi the prosperity OF
this ,r,o-thclr influence is already felt for good.
1 well knew the Rev Nj. Wiley at tho time when
ever, laval citizen was known, OF whatever party
or creed. His influence was felt outside Of The
pulpit by alt classes ion this vicinity Ills >smari
TAN principle knew no high, low, rich or poorI
was enough Tor him 10 know il was human be-
mg. When be died society monmcd, ior good
man had nllcn.
y Aaron Cox oireru formerly ofE.EucAhcld.
ON tac an, wa holding h,, yearlmE colt hy the
head amer Il Was haincssed to q pair ofwag'n
wheels hc Wa, Knocked down ly the coli, and no
doubt broken bones aud " ool would have been
The result bnt for the timely assistance Of friends.
Nathaniel Haskell OF Hartford Of four score
YEAR, dug within six hours - bu-hcl, cfpotaiocs
and Put up four large >tacks OF beans.
owing 20 tue powerful rain on the io.h, the
Crys taI Wave was not seen in the Nezinscott
UARTfoRp.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-10-20
BuUknrl,i.

Oar correspondent Hartford writes :;
John Damon OF East Buchicid. ha, OK
changed his claims in the Levi Gammol
farm OF this place. for The Churchill farm.
long known as the Dea. Hines farm. iu
Hartford Widow Churchill aud her aged
brother. has moved on 10 the Cannon
farm with her step son. Charles Cannon.
II there i another farmer IN OXlurd that
work, more hours. works more acres
does more tcnmm@. thTa>hcs more @:ain.
paws tor more newspapers. and has
more generous heart fur The poor, lshouid
Ike 10 Learn hl, name and location.
Benjamin Iiodgdon ha, returned 20 his
farm IN Hartford and repaired the house
after nn absence OF thtce years ut East
Luckicld.
Amo, pcrki. has returned 10 his farm
In Hartford alter au a Jscucc Ofthree years
70 East sumner.
Nathaniel Haskell OF Hartford aged so
years. dug within six hours, % bushels Of
potatoes and PA; up large shocks o.
bca :.
Aaron Cox Of Peru. formerly Of Ea;l
Buckilvld. while holding lis yca'ljug colt
Oy the head after il was haruvssed TO "a
pair OF wagon wheels. was Knocked down
oy the colt aud irll underneath; but tor
the timely assistance OF friends. the doctor
and mechanic would have had call.
II the farmers in this vicinity had sown
the usual quantity OF seed wheat, the bar
rels Of Western Hour with them would
have been few.
Those who used prepared fowl manure
in the I'LL for corn, or other guano, found
thri. corn vanished before the great frost ;
,his much neglected item with many has
saved :his year acres OF prime corn.
Fall feed never was better Ia October
owing 10 the w0rm showers which add
indirectly TO the winter fodder.
The Crystal Wave was not in The Nezin-
scot Saturday. owing to the great ruin.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
GRAPES AND RAIsINS.

One neighborhood in the State of
New York, being on the west side of
Seneca Lake, has sent to market a mil
lion pounds of grapes grown thepresent
year and the grape growers Of Cali
fornia have put up 10000 boxes Of
raisins for market. Mr.. Van Buren,,
of Upper Georgia, whom we know to
be reliable man, has gathered fifty
bushels of grapes from one vine
These facts may be regarded as sug-
gesti1e of the gross amount of human
food yet 70 accrue from American
vines. In no other part of the world
do soil and climate develop such a
variety of indigenous vines.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
RETRENCHMENT.
Will the Legislature Have the Nerve?
T. -

VIII the Legislature Have the Nerve9
To the Union and American.
A good deal has been said and printed as
to what our Legislature would and could
do, to relieve the people from the hard
times crushing us all, and if you will give
a small space in your paper to a plain cOun-
try clOdhopper, to say few plain words to
our representatives, would thank you.
1t seems to me, and find in talking with
my neighbors, they generally agree with
me that one of the things the Legislature
could do if they had the nerve, would be 10
abolish a good many useless and expen-
sive offices, now filled by men who we are
paying large salaries to for doing somebody
else's work
l would like to know what use we have
for tax collectors and county trustees and
county treasurers. Suppose you add up
the pay Of these men in every county IN
the State, and see what it amounts to.
Every dollar of it can be saved.
would like also to know what's the use
of taxing the county and State with the
cost of iuries. If litigants want juries let
them pay for them.
Another thing that needs looking into,
is the amount of pay received every year
by the clerks of our courts. More than
five hundred competent men can be found
in the State to fill the clerks offices in our
large counties for from One-fOurth to one
eighth of the pay now received by the in
cumbentS. If the members of the Legis-
lature don't know these things, they ought
and if they have not moral courage enough
to correct these evils, they are not in their
right places.
Ii is high time for the people who work
and pay these salaries to have them looked
into. Times are hard, money is scarce,
and this state Of things has been brought
about about by extravaganza. Look to it,
gentlemen; the people are moving.
WHITES CREEK.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
A FEMALE SMUGGLER.
How She Passed She CustOm-House
with $4,000 Worth Of J. aces, etc.

New York Times, Dec. 6.
Within the past few days Special Agents
Williams and Chalker, of the Treasury De-
partment, in this city, have unearthed a
case of smuggling which in some respects
is unique beyond the ordinary run of such
ventures In this instance the fraud was
so well planned and so cleverly concealed
that for time it proved entirely successful,
aud promised to net the swindleTs a very
handsome profit. Among the arrivals
by a recent European steamer was
well-dressed and progressing woman,
who stated TO the Customs Off
GERS that she was a newly-engaged
member of the Soldene Opera Troupe, now
acting at the Lyceum Tbeater, and that
her baggage, comprising no less than eight
large trunks, heavily laden, contained new
costumes for the company from the houses
of Partisan manufacturers. In proof of her
identity she exhibited a document which
was apparently a contract for her services,
drawn up by the manager of a well-knOwn
dramatic agency in Paris, and bearing the
signature of G.. A. ChiZZOla, the manager
of the Lyceum. Under these circumstances
the woman was allowed to pass, taking
with her the valuable luggage already tie
scribed, free of duty. A few days later
Mai. Williams, in the course of a converse
ton with Mr.. Chizzola, alluded to the re-
cent arrival of one of the latter's artists,
and was surprised to learn that no such
person had been engaged, either
by the then management of the
theatre or by Miss Soldene. The
same proved to be true of the voluminous
wardrobe which was admitted free of duty,
and diligent search was at once insti-
tuted to discover the whereabouts of the
goods and their quOndam owner. The
trunks and their contents were subsequent
" discovered at a house in upper Broad
way, but the adrOit proprietress had dis
appeared. From $4,000 to $4,000
of rich costumes, laces, embroideries, etc,
were discovered in the trunks. With the
goods was found list of the oonsignees for
whom they were intended, and which en-
braces the names of some of the most ultra
fashionable matrons of Murray Hill and
Fifth avenue. These ladies, it seems, have
for some time past employed this method
of effecting material reduction in their
dress-makers' bills, at the expense of the
Government. The Treasury officials are
still busily engaged in working mp the case,
and further revelations of an equally inter
esting character are promised.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
GR0CERIER-

SUGAR-New Orleans brown S561Oc in
hhds.; do. white clarified 105dI1c, in hogs
heads, and barrels &c additional; Demerars
lie; standard hards life; A coffee lie; Z
do. 1O5c; extra c do. 1O1G103c; yellow
91d10c.
MoLAssEs-New Orleans 65d7Oc; sirups
55665c; golden strip 65675c.
CoFFEE-RiO, common to choice, 20sd
23c; Laguayra 23a624c; Java 29Bd3Oic.
CHEEsE-FactOry, 163d17c.
NALs-1Ods, per keg, 1915 and Csc ad-
ditiOnal for diminishing grades.
SALT bushel barrels, in store, $2.25;
by car load in depot, $2.35.
CANDLEs-Star 175c % b.
FIsH-Half barrels, Nos. l, and 3 S7.75,
500 and $500; in kits, Nos. /, 2. and 8,
500, S1.75 and SLIGO.
RICE-Choice new by the barrel, SIC.
TEAs-Imperial 75dS1.25; Young Hy-
son 75eGS1.25; Black 50e6Sl.0O; Gun
powder T5c6$l.25.
PowDER-Dupont 1925; Sycamore Mills
1925; blasting $3.50; fuse per 100 feet CSC
SHOT-Patent 1920; Buck S2.45.
LdQUORs-COmmOn reetiied whisky .
gallon 95edS1.10; Robertson County s.. 70
d3.00; Bourbon $l.2565.5O; Lincoln
County $1.756S.OO; Highwines sLO3.
BRoOMs-Per dozen, S2.OOd3.5O.
SoAP-COmmOn 20 fancy, 5dSe ~ d, or
$3.2564.50 q box.
BLACKING-MasOn's large, q dozen,
Csc; small, 35c-
CANDlEs-CommOn stick, 15e; common
fancy Ice.
PEPPER-Per b, 26le.
SPICE-Per b, 16c.
GINGEB-Per b, 16c.
CLOvEs-Per ID, 60670c.
STARCH-Per n, ste
SODA-Per d, sc.
PECANS-Per b, 103nl2Ie.
ALMONDs-Per fb, 25c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11

Very little was done to-day in this line
and prices remained as on yesterday.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples sc; peaches
quarters and mixed, sc; halves, 7se; peeled
16d17c.
PEANUTs-F-om Toe to 10 per busheI
according to quality.
BEANs-White common, S1.75 per
busael; Northern navy, $3.50; medium,
$2.35.
PEAs-Cow peas, SLIPS per bushel;
black-eyes, Sl.50; lady peas, $2.25.
ONIONs-Per barrel, S4.25.
POrATOES-Northern Irish, 1925 Der
barrel; sweet, nominal.
HoMINY-Per barrel, $50; grits, 5000.
KRoUT--Per barrel, $3.50; half barrel,
s.. 80.
CRANBERRIEs-Per barrel, $1,000.
APPLEs-CommOn per barrel, $3.50;
Northern, choice to fancy, S3.5Od5.OO.
FEArHERs-Strictly choIce, 45c.
r BEEswAX-ChOiee, &c.
RAGs-Well assorted, PC.
GINsESG-Per ID, S1.35HI.40.
WooL-Unwashed, 2363Oc; washed 354
645c. BURY 5d10c less.
BROOM C0RN-Prime to choice, 478c.
CHEsTNUTs-Per bushel, S1.75.
BUTrER-COuntry, from wagon, 1Sd
2Oc.
POULTRY-Frying size, 10d12c; hens,
15d1Sc; turkeys, 50675c.
EGGs-From wagon, pc per dozen;
packed from store 25c.
TALLow-Choice, &c.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
DECEMBER,

SCHENCK's MANDRAKE PILLS will be found
to possess those qualities necessary to the total
eradication of all bilious attacks, prompt TO
start the secretiOns of the liver, and give
healthy tone to the entire system. Indeed, it is
no ordinary discovery in medical science to have
invented a remedy for these stubborn com
plants, which develop all the results produced
by heretofore free use Of calOmel, a mineral
Justly dreaded by mankind, and acknowledged
TO be destructive in the extreme to the human
system. That the prOpeTti es of certain vegeta-
bles comprise all the virtues of calOmel without
its injurious tendencies, Is now an admitted
fact, rendered indisputable by scientific re-
searches; and those who use the VI andrake Pills
will be fully satisfied that the best medicines
are those provided by nature in the common
herbs and roots OF the fields
These Pills open the bowels and correct all
bilious arrangements without salvation or any
OF the injurious effects of calOmel or other poi
sons. The secretion of BILE is promoted by these
Pills, viii be seen by the altered color of the
stools, and disappearing of the sallow complex
ion and cleansing of the tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany each box
OF Pills.
Prepared only by j. II. Schenck 6 Son, at
their principal Office, corner Sixth and Arch
streets, Philadelphia, and Tor sale by ali drug
gists and dealers. Price Is cents per box.
dec1 deod&wlm
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
RAISING WHEAT

A correspondent of the Rural World
writing from Ballard county, KY,
says:
have been a wheat raiser for TWEEN
ty-fve years, and have experimental
In various ways, and have noted my
neighbours method of cultivation, and
as the result of my experience have
learned that the best way is to let the
wheat for seed stand I'LL it is thorough
ly ripe, so that it viii scatter a little In
cutting. Put it away dry and in good
condition. Then carefully screen out
all cheat and cookie, and SOW in due
time on land In good order. Farmers
who viii practice the above rule every
year need not be troubled with soaking
their wheat in bluestone or anything
else. For -four, l would not cut wheat
till fully ripe, as the -four from fully
ripened grain is much better and more
lively than that made from wheat cut
when in the dough. Besides making
better flour, wheat which is cut when
full matured, weighs more to the
bushel than when cut earlier, as it
USSS AOb NoSO ny SuI1AAdSe.
The writer of the above fails to see
that by waiting all the shrinkage takes
place before he cuts his grain. After
the organization of starch and glue
ceases In the seed of wheat or corn,
nothing is gained, but loss of seed
eaten by birds or insects, and loss of
water by evaporation, by late harvest.
K. should have learned in twenty-five
years that a good farmer will have no
cheat nor cookie in his field or seed
wheat ''tO carefully screen out" All
such cleaning is a failure; and there
fore it has to be repeated every year
for a century. If one has one head Of
cheat or cookie in a seed crop, it must
be picked out by hand before the reaper
enters the field. a threshing machine
rubs off most of the germs of smut, but
not all of them. Hence washing in
strong brine pays. This parasite may
come from other plants than wheat.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11

earth. Both silica and alumina arr
compounds Of vital air (oxygen) with
bases, the one called silicium and the
other aluminium. 1t is with the oxygen
compounds of these bases of sand and
clay that other chemical compounds,
whether acids or alkalies, unite. The
Stag In a blacksmith's forge slows the
union of silica or flint, sand and iron,
called by the chemist silicate of iron.
Common alum shows alumina and pot
ash combined chemically with the oil
of vitriol. To understand the growth
of crops, one should see clearly how
acids and alkalies are formed in
the ground and rendered soluble.
This brings us to the earnest study of
agricultural chemistry, geology and
climatology, to comprehend thenatural
resources of the land we hold, on which
we pay taxes, and which is called pro-
perty. This land is mine of wealth,
but we must learn how to work it to
the best advantage. Adapt all plants
to the soil, or improve the soil and
adapt it to your great staples, that
there be no incongruity, no disregard
of markets, and the wants ofthe human
family.
Steam and electricity have brought
us into new relations of the utmost i'm
portance to our systems of tillage and
husbandry. Europe is our near
neighbor, and its people
our brothers and sisters.
The land of our kindred on the other
side of the Atlantic, is worth about five
hundred dollars in gold per acre. Whal
is ours WORTH and what are we doing
to make thousand blades of European
grass grow for the support of the white
race of that continent, where one now
grows on our cheap plantations? Steam
has fairly annexed America to Europe
with its three hundred million consum-
ers of our breadstuffs, provisions, cot
ton, wool, tobacco and other products
of the soil. Kind reader, do not un-
dervalue farming land with so many
to buy and eat, and chew and smoke
and wear out all it will ever send to
market.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
FARM AND GARDEN.
SOIL.

SOIL.
The soil is the source of our daily
bread, our meat, fruits and vegetables,
and Of our indispensable clothing. 1t
Is natures primary source of man him.
self, his wealth, comfort and happiness
II anything deserves our best study it
is the earth which we divide into
farms, and cultivate for the support of
human existence in town and country.
Experience proves that a soil may have
too much or too little sand, clay, iron,
lime, acids, alkalies and vegetable mat
ter. 1t may be too wet or too dry; too
close and compact, or too open and
porous; too cold for some plants and
too hot for others; too fat to drain, or
too steep to keep from washing.
A good soil is very compound body
and happy mean between two ex-
tremes. Few problems In nature have
more elements In which light and
shade, the hard freezing Of winter and
prolonged heat of summer, spring and
autumn, the gases, vapors, rains, SHOWS,
and earthly minerals play the most con-
spicous part. Soils derived largely from
rotten granite abound in salts which
are too soluble. a dry climate, as on
our great Western plains, aggravates
this evil and covers the earth with sa-
line and alkaline particles. Such par
ticles washed into the sea from CONT
nents, and not returning in rain nor
snow, serve to fill the ocean with salt
water.
What is the best proportion of sand,
clay, iron, lime and mold mot to name
smaller ingredients which constitutes
the most desirable soil?
1t would require an extended essay to
answer the above question fully; for
some sand is very coarse, some very
fine; some is pure flint or slick; some a
sihcate of alumina, like kaOlin; while
other sand may be rich in salts of iron,
lime, magnesia, soda or potash. Clay
is still more variable in its composition
and physical qualities. Hence the in
finite diversity in the character, dura-
bility and fertility of soils Much that
is useful may be learned by studying
them. The growth of large forest
trees indicates a strong, fat soil.
Burn oak, hickory, walnut, poplar or
elm, and you will find not only many
ashes. but ashes rich in potash. Burn
corn cobs and stalks and the same al
kali Will be found in the ashes obtained
The quantity of flint (silica) that exists
in all all wood ashes, the straw or culms
of grain and grass, is large. Without
the glass-hke flint in the stems of
wheat, corn and other cereals, they
could not stand erect and support the
weight of the ears and heads and many
seeds. A soil without the base of pure
sand would be worthless. More than
half of the purest clay is silica, or flint.
SILICA has acid properties and COM
bines chemically with alumina, (the
base of all clay to form porcelain
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
FINANCE AND TRADE.
FINANCIAL.


There is no change in financial matters
and the banks continue to complain of dull
times. The rate of discount with the
banks is nominally ten per cent. per an
mum. Money is loaned by the banks on
collaterals at the rate Of one per cent. per
month, and paper is taken at two to thee
per cent. per month.
Exchange on New York is taken by the
banks at I discount and is sold by them at
81 per thousand premium.
Gold was slightly stronger in New York
yesterday, closing at 1113. Our dealers pay
ITO and hold at Ill. Silver is taken at 102
for halves and quarters.
Tennessee bonds are slightly lower, being
quoted in New York at 70 and at 56d57.
There is nothing doing in these bonds in
this market.
Our local securities are dull and quiet,
with no transactions reported. For quota
tions we refer to those given by the Nash
vile Savings Company, corner Union and
College streets.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11

CONGRESSMAN LAMAR, of Missis.
sippi, does not want to be Speaker. He
told the editor Of the Macon (Ga.) Tel
eqraph and Messenger, recently, that ii
would be extremely injudicious on the
part of the majority to put forward a
Southern man for that position. that
no such idea could be seriously enter
tanned, and his own convictions of Its
impolicy were 50 strong that he would
consent, IN no event, to be a candidate,
or even accept the position, if rendered.
He wished it distinctly understood that
the suggestion of ais name for that
position was entirely without his con-
sent or sanction, and unwelcOme 10
him, as atfOrding some quasi support
to the industrious efforts to play upon
the JealOusies and suspicious of the
people of the North. In his Judgment
the Southern Democrats had no design
or desire to assume the position of
leaders, even were 1t possible for them
to occupy 1t. That duty deyolved prop
erly on the other great sections of the
country, and the South would be more
than content to follow their lead in
every wise measure for the restoration
of national prosperity and harmony.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-12-11
A STRONG VOICE AGAINST CLOSE
COMMUNION.

The Rev. Alexis Caswell, ID. D., LII.
D., ex-President of Brown University,
and one of the most prominent men in
the Baptist denomination, joins his
voice with others against the action of
the Long Island Baptist Association in
expelling the Lee Avenue Church for
open communion practices. In long
letter to the Waterman and Reflector,
DR.. Caswell says: "If discipleof an
other church comes to our communion
with a sincere desire to celebrate with
us the Saviour's dying love, l would
not turn him away; would
not withhold from him the
consecrated elements; 1 could
not in my conscience say to him,
Christian brother, we love you dearly
in the Lord, but we have no room for
you here. We want none here but
such as go with us Let the brother
stay, let him eat and drink, discerning
the Lords body; and let the blessing
of our common Lord be upon him and
upon US. Secondly, if a member of a
Baptist church should be away from
his home, and should find himself on a
communion Sabbath worshiping with
an evangelical church of another name,
and should feel it a spiritual privilege
to partake of the Lords Supper, let
him do so. According to my notion of
the thing, that is a privilege which he
has in Christ Jesus, and | would not
consent that any man or church should
deprive him of it. Thirdly, l would not
require assent to close communion as a
condition Of membership"