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New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-02-12


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3-B lnds under act No. lis. approved
March 26, 1867. for expenses Of
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s-Bonds under act No. 81, approved Feb
ruary 25, 1870, for work done or to
be done on the levees. :,etO .ot
sThe bonds of the New Orleans, Mo.
bile and Texas Raj road Company.
issued under act No. 26, approved
February II, 1869. S69................... 30 on
s-The bonds issued to the New Orleans.
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pany, under act No. 95. approved
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and Texas Railroad Company
der act No. 81, approved April 10.
1870. ana act No. l08, of 1863. li22.U'
2--Eonds issued to the Mississippi and
Mexican Gulf ship Canal Company
under act No. li6, approved March
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9-Bonds issued for the relief of P. j.
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March 25, 1879. 0...... ................ Iss,V
To- Bouds purportlng to have been 49,
sued for redemption of certificates
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ii-Bonds issued under act No 146, ap.
proved January 3 1870, for sid TO
The Bceuf and Crocodile Naviga.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PATENTS
K. Il. EDDY,
SOLICITOR OF PATENTS
For Inventions Trade Marks DESIGNS
No. 10 State St.. Opposite KiIbv 3,
BOSTON.

4 PIER extensive practice Of ,lt.,,..-s IL
- Thirty years. continues TO secure Pa'rnts Il,
the United states also in Great Britain Franco
and other foTetgn countries. Caveats -perigrt
Tons, Assignments. aud all other papers for ~.
ten :, executed reason able terms with d.
patch. Researches made to deter the vat.ttfv
and stility OF Patents of Inventions anu ls.y
and other advice rendered tn all matters to4r4l,..
the same, Copies OF the claim. OF ang t.,r.gH
furnished 6Y RENTING one dollar. Ass .rur4s.t.,
recorded in " Washington.
No tgeHey ia fht tHiie States posscsGcs.a5 srt =
'dettifs for obtaining Patents " ascerfatu,,. IA
pafeRtabaitig Of tHve,iisons
All necessity OF a journey to Washington I,
procure a Patent. anu the usual grcat1glay IN, d.
are here saved iIys ntors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

The yield of cranberries In thi. State
has been good this year aud the quality
excellent.
A vessel arrived at Machias recently.
with 400 bushels Of ashes from the Rock
land lime kilns. Sr G. sullivan O: Whit
NEVILLE. bought the lot for ten cents per
bushel. Ii !, said TO be AN excellent top
dressing for grass lands.
One of the largest Yields Of whca, ever
IN this State is that Of Mr.. Frank A. Gray
of Morrill,. The past season. From three
bushels sowing on one and three .fourths
acres Of land he harvested ninety-one aud
a half bushels: being nearly finy-four
bushels to the acre.
The Massachusetts, Horticultural So
ciety Will petition the next Legislature tor
an act to compel owners of orchards To
destroy caterpillars and canker worms
infesting their trees. or else cut down the
trees, 10 prevent the spread OF plague to
pomologists.
Every time that the milkman chastises
his COW in anger, he is driving the milk
away from his own milk-pail and skimming
II OF its cream. An angry COW will not
give down" her milk, neither will She
give milk as rich As usual. Count the cost
then. il no higher considerations prevail
with you, before proceeding TO pound
your cow" for not knowing more than her
master.
An agent is 10 town selling the newly
invented mixture OF tallow. salt. &c.
which Is intended 10 compete with Jersey
butter for the honors of the dairy. IL looks
well. but We are not ambitious TO tallow
our bread-Jersey butter is good enough
for us We have a prejudice in favor of
the butter that is made from cream. The
patent butter is called Oleomargarine. and
Is made by the company of that title now
operating Ia Massachusetts. The COIN
pound sells at twenty-five cents per pound
II Lewiston journal.
An Illinois farmer determines the age
of animals over nine years old by the toll
lowing novel method: Alter the horse j.
nine years old a wrinkle comes on the up
per lip, aud every year after nine. Ii for
instance. a horse has three wrinkles. he
is twelve. il he has four. he is thirteen.
Add the number OF wrinkles to nine and
you will get it.
One should pillow shallow or deep ac-
corGing TO the character of the soil. II
the soil is thin and poor. shallow blowing
should be practiced. If deep blowing
should be practiced upon thin soils the
barren subsoil would be thrown up and
the land rendered almost worthless until
thoroughly MANFRED. If the soil is deep
then it is advantageous to plow deeply
and the depth may with advantage be
limited only by the depth of the soil. We
often hear it unfortunately recommended
to plow deeply. Blindiy following any
such general suggestions may seriously in
jure the land and even permanently i'm
pair its value.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
ABOUT Murcurxe FRITZ rRrrs-su

ABOUT MULcHrxG FRUIT TREES
the successful and intelligent pomolosists
recommended the practice of covering the
ground round about the fruit trees with
straw, coarse manure. sedge, tan bark
sawdust, or any sort of material that will
smother every weed aud grass. and keen
The soil moist and mellow. IL REQUIRES
only thin layer of straw to acconnlish
the desired purpose. Still. IL one has only
lew hundred fruit trees TO be mnlehed
ltwiii take such large quantity of mulch
lug material that few persons are willing
10 incur the expense incident TO COLLECTING
anu spreading the needed supply. farm
er IN New Jersey. who has a large pear
oicnatu ~ iuii bearing, keeps all the
ground ABOUT the trees covered SO COM
pleeeiy with sedge, that not a weed nor
ans grass appears. When pears fall from
,'e trees, they are received without being
bruised on this son bed lie likes the
practice of mulching fruit trees. but saws
II costs great deal to collect sedye and
spread IL.
have few hundred trees of the mora
desirable varieties. the ground'of which Is
mulched as fast as suitable material can be
collected When all kinds of mulching in
my heighoorhood may be sold Tor $40 to
~ per ton,trees are not apt To be mulched
knowing how highly value weeds. a near
heighbor, having four or dve acres of bog
mead. on which he dreaded To NOW with
ms own manual force proposed TO give me
the entire growth OF that ground If won a
cut weeds and all. neatly, and remove the
burden from the ground.
The growth ofvegetatlon on such ground
must be removed every SEASON, or the Old
ana dry stems will render 1t almost i'm
possible 10 NOW the succeeding crop.
There are thousands of acres of such grass
and weeds about th~rountry which go to
seed undisturbed. simply because the pro-
prietors have not sufficient pluck to cut
the heavy growth. cure aud remove the
burden, all OF which would make excellent
mulchng.-l New York Observer
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
TESTIMONIALS

TESTIMONIALS.
regard Mr.. Eddy A. me Of the mostcapl6t l. ana
ssecsssfa! practitioners Nth whom nsy., b. n
pthel Il lntrJ course ca A., VI N~pN
Cmm.s-loucr ut F.if,u3.
i nave no Hesitation IN a. surlus inventors tlft
thsh cannot employ man s.4rs eo.lysiSf,i o. "a
'rHHir"TtAy, an" morr capable # patt,. sfn..r
applications IN . form to secure igrt..,l.. j.,
and iAYoIAbir consideration 1T the Fatvut oIl. IT,
EDMUND BURKE.
Lac Dp Commissioner ui p.a.tfs..
MI. X II Eddy has made Tor me over fitIUfa .o
pliratInns tUF Patents, having rrru surrr--.H| ia
almost ever case. such uuml-taAaa.r l.r..i If
great talent ani ubtsty On hls usrJ ic4..- u., To-
rec commend atl invent r. TO apply COB Has .u 900
cure thstr patents, a. they may be- sure fI aAvl (
the m'.t faithful atlcuFiuu be-tou ,ti ou .4.5.
cases, aud AZ very tcasoHAbic Charge.
JOHN TAGGAG.l.
Boston Jan. ls74-ir
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
Domestic Recipes.

GERMAN ToAsT.-To one egg. beaten
well, add one cup sweet milk or cream,
season with little salt and pepper. Gu,
in slices stale bread, and dip in the milk
to moisten. and fry in butter on q griddle.
This We think is an extra nice dish for
breakfast.
The best fried chickens are thus pre-
pared: The chickens are killed. scalded.
picked and washed out cieanly in warm
water, then qusrtered and thrown into
boiling lard. In a few minutes they are
done brown, and are then TO be removed
and served up hot and dry, not put into
grease again. In this way the fowl 10
tender as chicken and Is . great deli
cacy. Ifyou don't believe II, try IL, and il
you do believe it. try it.-[Lew. Journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

PURIFYING WATER.-It is not generally
known that pounded alum possesses the
property Of purifying water A table
spoonful Of pulverized alum sprinkled into
a hogshead of water (the water stirred at
the time) will. after the lapse of few
hours, by precipitating to the bottom the
impure particles, SO purify it that it will be
fund TO possess all the freshness and
clearness Of the. finest spring water. A
pailful containing gallons NAV be purifi-
cd By Q single teaspoonful.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
From the Slorning Star,
PROVIDENCE. X. l., OCT. 10, 1872.

Boston people are very particular, and
among them are some excellent Judges of
musical instruments. Is it then remarka-
bic that the school committee selected the
Miller piano for use in the public schools
Boston is not alone in this. More than
fifty academies and schools in New Eng
land are doing the same thing. These
instruments are first-class in every re-
spect, and they are deservedly popular.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

Oar citizens must begin to look more
seriously than they have been wont. TO
possibilities OF farming. in Washington
County. The time is coming, and that
soon. when the people of the numbering
districts must look to the certainty of the
failure Of that arm OF business, and turn
their attention to something permanent.
There l. an immense amount Of good farm
ing land in this County, if people would
only think so. enough to support a large
population. Ii has been proved in many
instances that land thought to be worth
less, has been made very productive, and
has been the source of large profit 10 the
owners. The climate has been a great
bugbear in this region. but with proper
regard to adaptation OF crops, the disad-
vantages in that respect may be fully over
GOMEZ Machias Republican.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

No man should be all mechanic or
merchant. or artist. or iaborer. or LAWYER.
No woman should be all housewife. or
seamtiTess, or teacher. Whatever be the
usual daily duty. 1t j. but reasonable that
u be laid aside a. far a. possible. during
The hours when regular work Is supposed
to be over. and with most people these arc
evening hours. The faculties which hay,
lain dormant during the time Of labor
should be exercised. and the balance o
nature preserved.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

FORESTS AND GRAssHoPPERs- OF
scienc- are beginning TO think that there
may be some connection between the de-
struction OF forests aud the rapid increase
of grasshoppers. and in proof of the idea
point TO the TACT that insects most injurious
do not multiply near woods. The locust
OF the East is bred in open plains that har-
Dor no birds to feed upon the larve. that
gather no moisture to destroy the eggs,
and that let 10 the full light of the sun TO
hasten Matching. Attention is called to
the fact that only since the felliag of the
forests OF Asia Minor, has the grasshopper
become destructive there. The remedy OF
course. is tree planting on a large scale.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

CITY Nix As FARMERS A man from
the city vino goes into the country and
tries his hand at farming is commonly a
subject either of compassion or ridicule
lie is the butt OF Is neighbors aud the
jest of his friends. and a good many enter
tanning books have been made up concern
ing his adventures and .niSadyentures. and
his marvellous bluudcrs. A good many
fecitals have been given also. of an auto
biographical nature. IN which the victims.
OF unhappy experiences have unbosomcd
Themselves. and narrated their woes aud
losses. We are glad 10 have a bit of tesii-
mouy on the other side Of the case A
city farmer writes TO the Country Gentle
man an account Of his experience. from
which It appears that lac has actually
made money instead of losing II. lie has
a farm of twenty-five acres, worked en-
trciy by hired labor under his direction.
and the clear profit OF the experiment l.
all the fruit, vegetables. milk. cream. eup,
aud poultry family of five persons be-
sl.es servants could use. together with the
use OF horses, and the services of a man
whenever needed for driving. Tie cash
sales from the iarln pay all expenses. and
the products enumerated above are worth
al least thousand dollars year, which
represents the net profit. According to
the opinion of this successful farmer, the
mistake which most city men make Ia their
attempts at agriculture j. that they try to
d" themselves The hard manual labor for
which they have neither aptncss nor
know edge, Instead OF hiring II done and
directing II 30 IL 10 have 1t doE- efficiently.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
Tobacco ~ Cigars.
warranted TO give satisfaction.

8S-No trouble show goods. Call and
anime stock. Any article In our line desired,
not found in store will be furnished upon
second call, or at shortest possible notice.
sCOUk AiM-To accommodate and satisfy
customers. 3stf
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26
Agricultural Items.

The yield of cranberries In this State
has been good this year and the quality
excellent.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

Fox EUENs -Accol din. To- iit. B,.foo
Journal Of Chemistry. the white of an ,sy
has proved of late IN" most .ficaciou>
remedy for burns. Seven or cI.ht Sue
cr>-lTe applications 81 his substance
southc the pain and ciicctually exclude
the burn from The air. Thi, simple remedy
seems preferable to eollodiun. or even
cotton Exirao. binary siori.s are told Of
the healing properties OF a new oil which
Is easily made from the yolks Of hens
eggs. The eggs are first boiled hard, the
yoiks are then removed. crushed, aud
paced over the fire. where they are care
fuily stirred until the whole substance j.
just on the point of catching fire. when the
oil SCI arates and may be poured OF 1t i,
IN general use among the colonisi, of
southern Russia a. soon a. means al
curing cuts. bruises and scratches.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1874-11-26

Boston. MARCH 2, 1871.

Boston. MARCH 2, 1871.
THE HENRY +. MILLER PIANO FoRTEs.-
The instruments from this establishment
are rapidly coming into public notice
and favor. ard already occupy . foremost
position among nrst-class pianos.
Mr.. Miller Is himself practical mechan-
ic, and thorough musician, and the ss-
periority which these pianos have over 9TH
ers, is owing in large measure to the
careful supervision which each instru-
ment receives from the manufacturer be-
fore it is allowed to leave his establish
ment. The award Of the contract to iur-
nish the public schools Of Boston with
pianos must be very gratifying 10 Mr..
Miller, and is = testimony Of the musical
public to the high position which these
instruments occupy. The severe test that
they have received 1t the New England
Conservatory Of Music. and at many 9th.
er public institutions where they are in
daily use, Ii . gna- sntee Of their
many excellent qualities, and especially of
their dsrsbtitty. They are vsed and rec
By most q the leading musi
lans Of Roseon.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17
chow TO GO WEsrr

This is an inquiry which every one
should have 'fruthfully answered before
he starts on his journey, and little care
taken in examination of routes will in
many cases save'much trouble. time and
money. -
The Chicago, Burlington SC Quincy
Railroad has achieved splendid reputa-
ton in the:last three years as the leading
Passenger Route to the West. Starting Al
Chicago or Peoria. it runs direct through
Southern Iowa and Nebraska. with close
connections TO California and the Terri
tories. 1t is also the short line and best
line to Quincy, Missouri. and all points in
kansas and New Mexico. Passengers
on their way westward cannot dobetter
than to take this route.
This line has published pamphlet en-
titled How TO GO WEST" which con-
tains much valuable information: large.
correct map of the Great West. which can
be obtained free of charge by addressing
the General Western Passenger Agent
Chicago, Burlington e Quincy Railroad,
Chicago, H. Jan1O-74-vt
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17

Was not only the best. hut far Superior tc arv 9TH
er Flow on Exhibition in Strength, 81 rabbi
ity, and the manner in
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17

= One volume OF the lnClana journal.
Weekly, will be given as a premium to
any one who will send us $3.50 for five
yearly subscribers, for the MARSHALL Coun-
~ REPuBLIcAN. Here is good chance
to get good Republican paper, for very
title trouble
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17

Those wanting cards. letter heads. bill
heads, envelops, sale bills. and in fact All
Kinds of job work, will save money BY
giving the REPUBLICAN cal.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17

These IR1acs are manufactured at ma
foundry ~ PymOvta, Iadiaaa, South II
TIE Rirer Bridge, Tlere ttey can BE- tsD D.,
dltdtstFa1g to fSupct0se at 0Dg TIM.
". d. IDI.US.
"lymoutE. Jan. 90 ~ II.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17
Which it Does its Work.

These Flows are manufactured i'm vou- Comfy.
where any defect can be remeded, and duplicate
pieces supplied without delay or Inconvenience TO
purchasers have now full supply at ihesc
Flows on Sale for the spring trade and invite
Farmers tn give them rial. believing that they
VIII give complete satisfaction in every instance
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-17
THE III
ADAMS PLOW
MANUFACTURED BY. =
W. J. Adams, Plymouth
~ -o-
The Best Plow Ever introduced
into Northern Indiana.

FIRST Premium awarded ri the Marshall County
Agricultural Society Fair, ISL, - and 10 When
exiDitea and tested in competition with the coli
yer south Bend Plow. Laporte Cast Steel Plow,
ana the best Flows manufactured at Goshen, War
saw and Fort Wayne The Committee and spec
tators were of the opinion that the
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

and grinding monopolies. At last, in
despair, the Legislature of Wisconsin
passed an act limiting and regulating
their tariffs and charges. This was a
policy not regarded as a sound one in
the books on political economy, but it
was necessary as remedy against a
danger never contemplated by the polit-
ical economists. A new power, organ
lied by the State and calling itself q
private corporation, that it might be
above and beyond the will of the people,
had arisen in the State to tax and OPP
press the people. That few men, to
whom were accorded extraordinary
privileges-privileges now claimed to
be above the law and the Constitution
should in few years set aside the law
and defy the officer charged with its ex-
ecution, was thought possible at the
time the charters were granted to the
railroads. AS the dangers of the new
power over the people were not known
in the beginning, it was only natural
that the rights of the people should not
be as strictly guarded as would have
been desirable. But no sane law-maker
would contemplate granting to corpo-
ration-a private corporation, as the
railroads claim-powers which should
be perpetual. Whatever powers the
railroads obtained were only in trust for
the people, and, having abused their
trust, the same authority which granted
them privileges can now annul them.
Were it otherwise, the fat monopoles
of the West-the giant railroad corpo-
rations-would successfully resist every
restriction imposed upon them in the
interests of the people, and seek to pre-
vent in every case, as in this one, any
attempt at limiting their extortions by
blatantly crying out against unjust and
tyrannous laws. In every aspect the
question is one of the greatest i'm
portance, and in two respects at least
the perpetuity of the charters granted
to the railroad companies, notwitbstand-
ing their extortions, and the inability
of the Legislature to limit their tariffs
for travel and nsportation-the posi-
ton they and their counsel have assumed
before the people is opposed to public
policy and destructive to the welfare OF
the whole country.-M Y. Herald.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11

IT doesn't pay sometimes to be too
good q mimic. Down in Texas, the
other day, two men were out turkey
hunting, each on his own hook. Both
were good at the "hobble-de-g obble"
business. which is q necessary accom-
paniment to turkey-shooting, and so
they heard each others noise and both
laid low for a good shot. Finally, one
man pulled trigger, and 10 and be-
hold, he perforated worthy freedman
instead of turkey. The deceased was
first-rate gobbler, but very poor
fowl, and, for once, he talked turkey to
poor purpose.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
Chicago Drag.

What the United States are to the
rest of the world, Chicago is to the
United States. 1t is the concentrated
essence of Americanism. The peculiar
state or temper of the human mind in
which material growth and extension
are its only objects, and all its forces
are concentrated with the utmost intens-
ity on these, has never been so per-
fectly developed as in the United
States and if we were asked what city
in that country showed that temper in
its most energetic form, We might pos
sibly think once of Boston or New
York, but should certainly relinquish
them for Chicago. Just as the United
States are the newest of great nations,
so Chicago is the newest of great cities !;
and as the States look forward to an al
most indefinite increase of wealth and
population in the future, so Chicago
expects in its own mind to become the
biggest and richest city on earth. In
this condition of temper and feeling, it
is not surprising that we should hear a
good deal of exultation. A people very
busy and prosperous, and just enough
educated to be capable of reading and
writing necessarily about itself in a
multitude of cheap periodical publica-
tions, is sure to develop continual
supply of brag. Such people is very
much in condition that is known to
us by specimens in our own country,
the condition of the clever and active
Manchester or Bedford man who, be-
ginning with nothing but native
strength and ability and very little
elementary education, fights his way to
a brilliant material success, and natu-
rally looks back upon his career with a
self-complacency that expresses itself
in boasting. American brag has been
long quite familiar to us, and we i'm
agine that there must be use for it,
that it must have been ordained
among the iHscrutable intentions OF
nature. 1t actsno doubt as a stimulus,
and keeps the Americans well up to
their work. The Americans are like
very strong boys who are always want
ing to show off their strength, and who
look upon every piece of physical labor
to be done as an opportunity for ath-
letic displays. We really believe that
when Chicago was burned down the In
habitants inwardly chuckled over the
calamity as the finest possible opportu-
nifty for proving to the world the pluck
and energy that were in them. The
building of a new city was a match
against time. So they set to work as il
they had made bets with all other cities
that they would rebuild Chicago in 9
couple of years, and they labored al
along with the idea that they were
watched by the whole world.-Londor
Saturday Review.