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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
Corn for SOIling.

Whatever may be said as to the value of
the various plants for soiling, there is no
doubt that, in the West especially, Indian
corn is, all things considered, the cheap
est available plant we have, from the time
it can be made ready to cut Tor feeding
until frost comes. 10 this end, the first
sowing should be made Immediately after
planting the corn crop, and be followed
up every ten days, until about the 10th of
July. Thus YOU may have an abundance
OF feed To follow the early sown grain.
One of the great mistakes, in sowing
corn for forage, is the lack of seed. Not
less than three bushels should be sown,
and we have used four bushels per acre
with decided benefit; and we should rec
ommcnd three and one.half bushels as
rule The corn Will thus completely
cover the ground from the first, and the
stalks will be so slender and succulent
that the crop may be cut with a reaper,
and the produce will be taken entire.
We are altogether in favor of drilling,
rather than sowing broadcast, when it can
he done, covering the seed say one and a
half inches deep, the rows about seven
inches apart. Thus you get an equal dis
tributiou, and. lust rs the corn is sprout-
ing, the land may be throughly narrowed
with light harrow, both ways, if ncces
sarv, which will etfectuaiIy kill the
young weeds, and, at the same time, assist
the growth the corn. If sown broad
cast, we should prefer blowing in the
seed, say about two inches deep, by
means OF narrow burrows, and narrowing
The soil just as the corn is about to come
up, ms before directed
Much has been said first and last in
reference to the variety OF corn to he used
tor fodder. The ordinary Western dent
corn is fully as good as any we have ever
used II is true that sugar corn, as Il
rule, has moro foliage than the dent vari.
cites, but when il is sown thickly both
tue stalk and foliage are eaten, so that II
VIII not pay To go to the extra expense,
certainly it will not pay to buy sugar corn
% sow.
Very often seasonable rains keep pas
lures flush, thus obviatiug the necessity,
iu measure, of soiling; but this, even II
it were more usual than il is, would be
no valid reason for neglecting to sow
these fodder crops. II not wanted, il is
easily cured for winter by partial curing
ANA then tviug in small bundles and fin.
i,bing thc process in shocks made as
secure from rain as possible. When
properly cured it may lie stacked in nar
row ricks covered with slough hay, on
matched, thus making one of the best
possible winter feeds, not only for mllCh
COWS but also for young stock.
Nevertheless, while we do not advise
sowing corn exclusively for winter forage
where corn itself is 50 cheaply grown as
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Nellie Sullivan, aged sixteen years,
died Of fright, at Webster, Mass, during
recent thunderstorm. No marks OF
IiobtninC were found on the house or on
her body.
during late heavy thunderstorm
one span of the new iron bridge over the
Hudson at West Troy, \. y, was either
blown down or struck by lightning, and
falling into the river sunk four canal
boats living at the dock beneath.
AS Cornelius Devenny and John
Quinn were on a scatlold painting roof
cornice in New York, lately, the rope
broke and they were dashed to the side
walk fifty feet below Both were M
stantly killed. the former having his head
entirely severed from his body.
q While Henry Nif' was fixing the ma
chincry in Touring mill at Rochester,
n. Y, the other day, his sleeve caught IN
the gearing In q moment he was wind
inc about The shaft, which was revolving
at distance Of only eighteen inches
from the ceiling He was not released
until his body had become wedged in 50
that it stopped all the machinery. lie
lived three hours.
"A farmer of Ncosho, Mo, while
hunting for stray horse, recently dis
covered the body Of u man hanging to q
tree by the roadside. The corpse had
been suspended for several days and had
its eyes bandaged with a red cloth and a
gag in its mouth \ discreet inquiry at
the next house informed him that the
corpse was once a horse thief, and that
"thcy were going to serve all that they
could catch in the same way"
An attempt was recently made near
Iowa CITY, Iowa, to wreck a train on the
Chicago, Rock Island Il Pacific Railway,
Rails were torn up and log placed upon
the track in such position that the
train would inevitably have been hurled
down a steep embankment had not lad
who witnessed the operation, fastened to
the village and given the alarm. The
coming train was detained at the depot
until the necessary repairs were made.
A fatal accident occurred on Sugar
Tree Ridge, Mo, a short time ago. A
Young man named Scott Rogers was
walking out on log for the purpose of
shootin. fish, when he slipped and fell.
His gun was discharged, the contents en-
tcring his bowels, causing instant death
4 singular fatality has followed this fam
ily. Since 1867 eleven out of twelve
children have died At one time four of
MIR Rogers children lay dead in the
house, having died of cholera
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
Teach Your Children Practical HOrti-
culture.

AS children have everything to learn,
1t is important that some competent and
patient person should give them encour-
aging instruction about preparing the
soil and planting seed. A great many
intelligent and highly educated adults
know nothing about gardening How
then, can young children be expected to
prepare the ground or put in the seed
without first being taught how to do it !?
Ii children are at all inclined TO work in
the garden, lay out plat Of rich land for
the boys where they may raise all kinds
OF vegetables and little spring grain !;
and designate another plat as a flower
garden Tor the girls, and manure the soil
bountifully and let it be plowed or spaded
deep. Then encourage the children to
mark out the ground in drills, and make
small beds here and there for raising only
Il few specimens of every valuable veg
etable that is usually produced in kitchen
gardens. Provide bountiful supply of
flower seeds for the girls, and encourage
them to plant, cultivate and love flowers
See also that they have suitable tools to
work with, and do not turn them away
with an old hoe or miserable spade that
a skillful gardener would reject with
scorn. The heavy labor of preparing the
soil should be performed by strong
man, as the strength of children soon
fails when engaged in such tatiguing la
Dor as spading the garden, especially if
the soil be heavy. If required to do the
spading themselves they ofteL become
disheartened in their gardening opera
tons; and for the want of little assist
ance they abandon the enterprise and
engage in something else. BY means of
hours work and a few encouraging
words small children may be taught les
sons in agriculture, horticulture and
Horticulture that will be Of untold value to
them when they grow IN. Y Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
The Plum CurculiO.

THIS insect belongs to the same family
as the Colorado potato beetle, but flies
much more readily; has the same way Of
PLAYING "posSum" when YOU approach
or disturb him, and consequently is easily
caught by the thumb and finger ON the
tree, or by jarring the tree, when
he falls To the ground like dead
thing, but will soon crawl off or fly
away if undsturbed. The curculio is of
duh black or very dark brown colorl
from onehalf to three.Quarters of an
inch GU in length The early morning IS
the best time to hunt him, as he does not
like to fly only IN hot, still weather but
if they are any way plenty they should be
looked after three times day. | have
seen them fly from the woods to my trees,
mostly toward shutdown of still, hot
day, so that one is not safe from them
even when none are propagDted on his
own grounds,
There is not particle of benefit to be
derived from any wash or application OF
any substance to the tree or ground on
which the trees grow, as the little Turk
"careth for none of theSethlnrS,o
In addition to killing all found on the
trees. pick up every plum that fails 70 the
ground and see that il is eaten or de-
sroyed, so as To leave no eggs 10 hatch or
larv,e TO crawl out into the ground or to
hibernate under the bark OF some tree to
start tie breed next year Il one has S
large mum Der of trees II will pay him to
make curculio catcher, bUl viii not
take room here to describe one IL may
be wen to say here that the careuio
stings cherries and peaches almost as
readily as plums, and has been known ,o
sting the apple.
lie must be looked after as soon as the
fruit sets, till the list OF July, SIS in some
seasons there IRE two crops oi lhe beetle.
but the greatest danger is when The fruit
is about the size Of pea. Tire cherry
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
Animal Food for Fowls.

In the spring, while the ground is moist,
fowls that are allowed any range will pro-
cure for themselves a sufficient supply Of
animal food, in the form of various worms
and insects; but as the dry season adj
vances the worms especially follow the
moisture down, and soon get beyond the
reach of the fowls. 1t then becomes
necessary to furnish them with a substi-
tute. Raw meat, however and an excess
even of cooked meat, is apt to create Il
morbid appetite for this kind of food,
which manitests itself in disposition to
pick at the heads and necks of their COM
panlons. To such an extent is this raven
Gus appetite carried that they will pluck
the feathers from the weaker members of
the yard for the small amount of animal
matter adhering to that portion Of the
quill inserted in the flesh. This is but a
mite; and merely provokes, instead of
satisfying, the depraved appetite, the
consequences being disastrous to its victim.
The subjects, in their turn, soon be-
come sufferers from the effects of animal
food if an excess is allowed. The amount
should be strictly limited, and not gov
erned by the appetite of the fowls; for
this seems never to be satisfied. Ii the
meat is cooked it is more easily distrib-
uted among the fowls by removing the
flesh from the bones. The latter, it is
true, are very acceptable to the fowls, and
if bones simply stripped as clearly as
possible of the raw meat are thrown
among them they will obtain a consider
able amount OF animal substance from the
marrow and juices contained in them.
But they become serious annoyance if
scattered about the premises, by attract
ing rats, dogs and other predatory ami
mails. When the meat and bones are
boiled the latter become more available
as manure, or to be pulverized and fed to
the fowls.
The water in which meat has been
boiled for poultry feed, and that also in
which meat for the table has been cooked.
should be mixed with vegetable or other
material to be fed to the fowls; it thus
supplies Their actual wants in regard to
animal food without really pandering to
depraved appetite.-PacJic Ruray Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25
/" Haste to GrOw Rich"

in this Republic, where every man has
at least chance the chance of genuine
pccuniary prosperity is almost too small
20 enter into calculation. The material
condition Of the great majority is fixed,
or, if not fixed, is limited--limited by
temperament, training, habit, surround
ings. The capacity to make money
albeit, not enrolling nor intellectual--is
one of the rarest 1t is a peculiar talent
difficult to cultivate, next to impossible
to inspire. They who possess it mani
fest it early. They who possess it not
are not slow 10 discover their lack, what
ever their pretcnse to the contrary. 1t
would seem to be a secular obligation for
man to make money, whether his con
stituiou and taste so incline him or not.
A certain amount he must make--enough
TO provide for himself and those naturally
dependent upon him--or forfeit some
thing Of his selt.respect. The very best
that most of us can do is to keep even
with tde world. Not one man in fifty, it
is said dies out Of debt. The estimate
may be excessive, but it is fair 10 put it
at one in twenty Think over your ac-
Quaintmces, How many of them are not
in arrears? And Of those in arrears,
how many will be LETT so with advancing
time?
llappears strange that he who goes not
out of lite poorer than he came into il
should be an exception; and yet such is
undeniahly the fact What idlcness then,
to talk, in a general way, of the hurry
for wealth. Children cry for the moon,
but not long They soon learn that they
cannot get it; that it will not come to
them for all their tears.
So with men they may enter for the
race; they may see the prize atar of;
they may start upon the course A briet
while shall convince them they are vast.
ing their breath, eyhaustng themselves
to no purpose. The strong runners out
strip them ut once-leaye them hopelessly
behind, it is borne in upon them that
riches are not for their winning, and
thereafter they rest content with-rather
are resigned Io-humble earnings. To
these, who have deSpaired of financial
fortune, the iteration anent haste to GROW
rich must sound satirical. 1t Is not I'M
like the pcuuyious father who gave his
boy a penny with the counsel not to make
beast OF himself Not unlike the temulent
yagaooni, who, taking home a boon com.
panlon after q turmight'S dchauCh, asked
his poor wife 20 prepare diuner. Din.
ner" she echoed; " / have nothing in the
house. l ate the last crust this morning.
on nave not given me a cent tor more
than month, How can YOU expect me
j1 prepare dinner without moneyEn
Come, said thc husband to his tel.
low, Is, us leave this mcrCaB4ry wretch
ia iAe torment oI her base ingratitudem
. o.. i. |...n ..E.. a. SO,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25

does not fall, like the plum, when stung,
so that to eradicate the beetle in one sea.
son they must be picked off and DESTROYED
etfectually.
Some seasons are so cold that the eggs
laid in the plum do not hatch, as they re-
quire about 70 the eggs dying in about
week if not hatched and if there is an
entire failure of the rum crop one year
the beetle will be quite scarce the next,
and crop may be had; but one is never
safe to trust to anything short of daily
examination from the time the fruit sets
till it is about grown.-Cor. Western
Fd7UQer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25

it is in the West we reiterate that no
dairyman should find himself without
this or some other green crop to assist
his cows through the droughts of summer,
even though he be obliged to cure por-
ton OF 1t for winter forage.-We
Rural
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25

THERE is nothing like leather Shoes with a
SILVER TIP for children. Try them. They
never wear through at the toes.
For Sale by all Dealers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-25

WIsHART's Pine Tree Tar Cordial cures
Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Wishart's
Worm Sugar Drops banishes worms COM
pletely.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09
A FEW GOOD REASONS:

IA New Invention Thoroughly Tested and Sc.
cured by Letters Patent,
2.-Makes perfect lock stich, alike on both
sides on all kinds Of goods.
3.-Runs Light, Smooth, Noiseless, and Rapid
best combination Of qualities.
4.-Durable-Runs for Years without Repairs.
5.-Willdo all varetieso Of Work and Fancy Stitch.
ing in a superior
6-ls Most easily Managed by the operator.
Length Of stitch may be altered while running, and
machine be threaded without passing thread
through holes
7.-Design. Simple, Ingenious, Elegant, for ming
the stitch without the use of Cog Wheel Gears,
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the Automa .ic
Drop Feed. which insures uniform length of stitch
at any speed. Has our new Thread Controller,
which allows easy movement of needle bar and pre-
vents injury to thread.
8.-Constructon most careful and finished. 1t is
manufactured by the most skillful and experienced
mechanics, at the celebrated Remington Armory,
N. Y. New York Office No. Madison Square
(kurtz's Building). aug. 26-2m
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09

The tender, poetic, ideal language of young
r.ople who are fondly attached to each other
j. always interesting to outsiders We are
even pleased to. hear of the ancient bridegroom
out West who was heard in a railway train to say
TO his bride, also sixty odd years old, "Who's
a title pet-lambie2'' and who received the
: rich IN fanciful and fairy ike EXPRESSIONS Of
affection, but the most determined reader
read he never so widely. cannot hope to find
anything more wildly loving than this written
by clergyman of Wales to his andlady's
daughter, young woman so happy as to win
his affections and possess his heart " beg of
YOU he says. to take some beer every day :"
and then rising to a strain of dreamy and
pathetic tenderness he adds, g left my tooth
brush after me; make use of it if you like till
come again.. OF course an affection so con
siderate and eloquent as this was too bright to
last, and this devoted suitor disappears in the
act of sending to the lady's mother for the
lodging bill, AMI paying the lady herself 81 ,25O
damages for breach of promise of marrige.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09
SHERIFF'S SALE.

~ By virtue O writ Of AL Levari Facas to directed
will be sold Public Sale the Front Door OF the County
Building, the Town Dover Dover Hundred, Kent
and State OF Delaware, TUESDAY, the 29th day oil
September 1874 at o'clock P NJ the following described
Real Estate, to wit:
All that lot parcel of land situate the south side
Of LOckerman Street. of New Street, in the Do
Kent County and State Delaware and embraced
the following lines viz Beginning at point the southern
side Of said LoOckenan Street. hundred OO feet distant
from the side of New Street aforesaid extending thence
along said LoOekerman Street in western direction fifty feet
lot No. l. having the front width LOCKER
Street aforesaid of 6y feet and south
he Width to alley and being the same lot, piece
land by deed Of ndenure bearing
herewith by j. NvisOn aud wife to said Charles E. Ste
and the therefor this
deed Together with all and singular the buildings
fixtures, &c.
Seized taken execution property Charles
E. Stevenson and Elizabeth j. his wite aud will be sold
cash.
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFF's OFFICE, DOVER Del,
September 9Th. 1874.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09
SMYRNA AND DELAWARE BAY RAILROAD
AT SHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtue of writ Of Vendon Exponas directed will
be exposed to Public SAFE at the Hotel of &. +. FOXwell,
Town Duck Creek Hundred Kent County and
Delaware THURSDAY the 18th day of September,
s7 AT o'clock, r. NJ the following described lands and
nents, To wit:
All singular the lands. hereditaments
beonging 70 the smyrna and Delaware Bay Railroad Company
situate in Duck Creek and KenOn Hundreds Kent county and
state of Delaware the being all that part OF said lands
teUemens aud hereaments which begin Bombay Hook
Islands the Delaware Bay and running thence the
dividing New CASTLE and Kent counties at lands Tor
mey OF Thomas b. Lockwood ot John Appleton, and
thereof adjoining lands of James w. SDrnance. Eli
Logan and James Smith, Mortimer H. Buckley, Anderson Ford
Peter O. RubnSn " lillian CumminS. Samul Cats, John
Bewley William Daniels Elizabeth HOGpcker, Philip Vnyard
George W. Cummins James R. Clements Jacob fIalmAn
Black Eben ClOaks heirs John A. Cavehder StOck
- Ostrander. Tghman FOXwe. and other lands the said
being in Duck Greek and kentOu Hundreds And also
that of said lands tenPmentS and heredamens which
begin al the line dividing New Castle and Kent counties at
lands nf Charles Numbers and thence adjoining
lands Of Michael Bryan Thomas Lambs heirs and other lands
to the line dividing Kent and New Castle counties at
being kentOn Hundred aforesaid and being together
all lands and heretae said The
and Delaware Bay Raoad Company situated Kent
aforesaid and being the Road Bed which railroad is laid
down and and lands thereto and
each side thereof and also the bridges rails res;eS
bolts, plates. spikes switches Sirng. turntables
all and singular other the appenge an r-uanc there
To belonging appertainng fhereWh cOnecte used
Seized and taken in execution the Of THF
SMYRNA AND DELANA ARE BAY RAILROAD COMPANY
will be sold for cash
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Sheriff
SHERIFF's OFFICE. DoSER DEL,
August 18th. 1874
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09
CHERRIES SALE.

~ BY virtue Of writ Of Levar Facas, to directed
will be sold at Public Sale, at the Store Krkey Son.
the Town Of Lepic Little Greek Hundred Kent County
state o Delaware on SDAf the 29th OF September 1874
at O'Clock, r. NJ. the following Real Estate, .
All that certain lot. piece and parcel
Town of LeipSc in Little Greek Hundred County
state Of Delaware aforesaid bounded the north by the
creek the south by lands Joseph Palmer
and the by lands Of Robert NJ Hopkins and the
by lands late of Wilson H. Cannon he the contents there
Of whatsoever they and being the
land and premises which the said John Macary and Mary X
his wife, by their certain ndenure bargain aud SALE bearing
date with these presents have granted and
the said Charles Padley this being
delivered the
Together with all and singular the buildings improvements
fixtures. &c.
execution property of CHARLES
PADLEY and ELIZABETH his wife and will be sed for cash
CHARLES WILLIAMSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFFS OFFICE. DOv R. DEL,
September 9th, 1874,
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09

From OHIo.-The women's temperance war
now raging in different parts of the country,
particularly in the west, with such unparalleled
success, recommends for persons who claim
whiskey necessity for medicinal purposes, to
use Green's August Flower which contains no
intoxicating spirit, aud is gentle laxtive
and certain cure for Dyspepsia, Liver Com
plant, Indigestion, Costiveness, Sour Stomach,
Sick Headache, coming up of the food after
eating, puriies the Blood and System Just
what is needed in the Spring of the year by
everybody Try it. Sold by Jas. p. HOffecker,
Druggist, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09

Gen Butler is reported 70 have addressed a
meeting Of his personal followers last Saturday
evening upon questions Of National politics
and his own personal purposes. He is very
anxious that the Republican, delegation shall
BE- returned from massachusetts, unbroken,
and as to matters in his own district, saws he
will be quiet and let his constituents Judge as
between him and them, unless outsiders inter
meide. Should there he any intermedding,
h. says he will not be answerable for the con
sequences.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09
SAe2'W'S Safes.
OUERIFES SAT.E

~ BY virtue writ Fer issued ont of the Cour,
OF General Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery
directed will sell at Public Nenue,
County Building, IN the town OF Dover, SATURDAY the
2tth day OF September 1874 at O'clock M the following
Real estate, to wit:
All that certain piece parcel tract land situated on the
public road leading from Willow
Murderk Hundred Kent county and State of Delaware aon
ing lands John Jones JamOs H. PnStlpS
to contain FIVE ACRES and THIRTY TWO PERCHES more
less ImprOvements-One a-laf dwelling
house, stables. and other buildings.
Seized and taken in execution property LEVIN
POSTlES convict and will be sold for payment
tuition money and costs. Terms Cash.
CHAkLES WILLIAMSON, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S OFFICE, DOVER. Del.
September 4, 1874.
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09

The idea of a Universal Medicine is at last
realized in DR.. Walkers California Vinegar
Bitters. This concentrated essence of the
finest medicinal herbs and roots in the Western
hemisphere, eradicates all diseases which have
not undermined the sources of vitality, and in
Chronic Indigestion, Nervous Headache, Con-
ge,tion of the Liver, rheumatism, Gout, Gen
era Debility, and innumerabe ulcerous and
scabious disorders, it is a specific absolute and
iRtallble. sep. 9-lm
Smyrna times., 1874-09-09

THE MAINE ELECTION The State election in
Mann, embracing the Governor, Legislature
(upon which will fall the choice Of United
States Senator for six years, as successor to
Hannibal Hamlin, whose present term is
drawing to a clOse) and full delegation to the
lower house of Congress. will take place on
Monday next, the 18th inst. The canvass is
reported to be remarkable fiat, general apathy
operating on both sides to an extraordinary
degree.