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The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
Care Of sheep.

''Flock Master" of Lancaster coun-
ty, Penn, writes the Germantown TEL
egraph as follows: | send you the fol-
lowing seasonable hints in regard to the
care of sheep: During the winter and
early spring sheep are often affected
with colds; these,if neglected, frequently
become so deeply seated as to be incur
able, and end in phthisic or consump-
ton. The best remedy for cold is,
first. place your sheep in a we'll ventila-
ted. dry stable, comfortably Uttered;
and second, give it any slightly purging
medicine, with a moderate allowance OF
hay, and bran mash, one fifth of which
should be oil meal. Colds and catarrhs
are not only epidemic but endemic; be
careful, therefore, where you winter
your sheep, that there be no prcdispos-
ing cause in their locality; and when
they are attacked. remove them instant
ly from the flock. By following these
precautions, and keeping them we'll fed,
sheltered. aired. watered, and salted.
one may bid defiance to disease among
his flock
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
THEFARM AND HOUSEHOLD


Here is bit of true farm wisdom
from the Ohio Farmer. We are glad
to know that the practice of giving up
a little time at reasonable intervals for
rest and enjoyment is growing more
and more common among farmers. The
GROWING labors of the season are over,
and the farmer rejoices in abundant
and safely garncred crops The work
IN hay and grain fields under hot Ju-
ly sun has been laborious and exhaus.
tive, and in many cases the system has
been taxed to its utmost. Now is the
time to relax little for the purpose of
repairs. Any machine, .however sub
stantial. will wear out even
tually, but it can be made to
last very much longer
by stopping for repairs whenever they
are needed. 1t is the same with the
human machine. No class Of men
uses this machine more constantly than
the farmer. None need to stop for re-
pairs oftener, and yet none stop less
frequently. This is all wrong,
mistaken economy. 1t is just
as necessary to rest as to
work, and the wise farmer will improve
every opportunity for recreation when
he feels that it IS needed. The success
of man life is not measured by the
amount Of money he saves. but by the
comfort, the substantial enjoyment he
derives from it, and in higher sense,
by the good influences he difuses
around him. Many farmers do not re-
alize this they have become so habit.
uated to hard work and the accumula-
ton Of money or lands, that they have
come to regard these things as the chief
objects of life. A great deal of hard
work must be done yet before winter
closes up active outdoor operations,
and now-between harvest and fall
work-let the farmer take day or Two
days, for needed recreation preparatory
to a vigorous fall campaign. The ex-
cursion, the picnic, the fishing party, or
a visit to friends will furnish the oppor.
tunity which should not be neglected.
Threw of, as far as possible, all care
and perplexing thought, and for brief
time thoroughly enjoy yourselves, and
you will return to your farm duties
rested, recruited, encouraged and pre-
pared to accomplish much more than
wonld be possible under constant, mo-
nOtonous and unrelieved toll.
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A Cheap and Good Fertilizer.

A correspondent of the Maine Far
n'er says: Il now use cheap fertili-
yer. which shows as good effects on
most all kinds of crops as any CONNER
cial fertilizer. 1t is composed in the
following manner, Take dry old muck
and put in it as much chamber I've as
it will absorb; then mix it with half
the quantity of ashes; then add half as
much plaster as ashes and mix again.
1t will then be dry and ready to use.
put one handful in the hill for corn,
potatoes. cucumbers and turnips.
Last year | used it as a top-dressing on
onions, when about six inches high,
which added greatly to the crop, as was
proved by skipping some rows l
think if our farmers would take greater
pains to save more of the fertilizing
materials about their premises they
would not be complaining so much
about short crops and run.out fields.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08
Practical SuggeSfianS.

Powdered chalk. added to common
glue. strengthens it. \ glue which will
resist the action of water is made bv
boiling one pound Of glue in two quarts
of skinned milk. To make a strong
glue for inlaying or veneering: Take the
best light brown glue, free from clouds
and streaks; dissolve this in water, and
to every pint add one-half gill of the
best vinegar, and one and half ounces
of izinglass. For fire and water proof
glue. mix handful of qu.ck-lime with
four ounces of linseed oil; thoroughly
lixiviate the mixture: boil it to good
thickness, and spread in on tinplates
in the shade it will become very hard,
but can be dissolved over a fire like
common glue, and is then fit for use.
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To Keep Eggs Over Winter.

The F'drnlers Adrocate, London
Ontario, recently offered prize for the
best method of keeping eggs over win
ter. The first recipe given below took
the prize:
Whatever excludes the air prevents
the decay Of the egg. What | have
found to he the most successful method
Of doing so is to place a small quantity
Of salt butter in the palm of the left
hand and turn the egg round in it, so
that every pore of the shell is closed !;
then dry sufficient quantity of bran
in an oven (be sure you have the bran
well dried, or it will rust); then pack
them with the small ends down, layer
of bran and another of eggs, until your
box is full then place in cool, dry
place. If done when new laid, they
will retain the sweet milk and curd of
q new lain egg for at least eight or ten
months. Any oil will do. but salt but
ter never becomes rancid, and very
small quantity of butter will do a very
large quantity of eggs. To insure
freshness rup them when gathered in
from the nests; then pack when there
is a sufficient quantity.-E. ALe.rdn-
der.
Mrs. VIM. Church says the best way
she finds is to ''take a pot or pail, or
anything convenient, put about an inch
or two Of meal or any kind of bran Il
generally take shorts from fiour-being
a farmer wife, have it on handy in it
put layer of eggs, either end down,
close together; then cover with meal,
another layer of eggs, and so on until
the box is full, occasionally giving it a
shake to fill between the eggs. This
plan have adopted for years with sue.
cess, and the last when used-which is
often the end of April and beginning OF
May-are as good as the first. | COM
mence to pack in September. The
whole secret lies in carefully selecting
fresh eggs, packing on end, and keep
ing the air from them. Keep in dry,
cool place
j. Is. Strathnairn says: 81 take tub
of any size and put layer of common
salt about an inch deep IN the bottom
Then grease the eggs with butter, and
place them in the salt with the small
end down, so that they will not touch
the wood Of the tub nor each other
then fill the vacancies with salt ano
cover them again about an inch deep,
as before: then place another layer o.
eggs as before; then salt, alternately
till the tub is filed: then cover the tor
with salt, and put them where they vii
not freeze. have kept eggs in thi:
manner from September till April
as good as fresh eggs. The grease OF
the shell keeps the salt from penet1at.
Ing. thereby keeping the eggs fresh
while the saving qualities of the salt
keep them from becoming putrid. Thi:
q recipe is both cheap and good, as the
: salt can be fed TO the cattle after
wards.
Emily Audinweod. Stanstead Plains
p. O.. says y have tried several ex.
periments. but find none to answer SC
we'll as the following; | have kept eggs
for two years, and found them perfect
ly good when used Two lbs. coarse
salt boiled ten minutes in one gallon O
rain water: pour OFT into an earther
jar. When nearly cold. stir in five ia
BILE spoons quick lime; let it stand til
next day then put in the eggs ant
keep them tightly covered until want
ed for use
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-08

An Iowa doctor, writing OF the N
markable grasshoppers that do so much
damage in the West, says that in his
opinion they come from the lower por-
ton of the British Possessions, and
that they are very hardy insect. 1t
takes quite breeze to kill them. I'm.
merse one in water for three hours, and
he will come to have a better mastica-
tive and digestive faculty than ever.
They will devour arsenic with the avid
ity of a modern belle. When their
wings are developed, they have a better
locomotive power than the old Western
Stage Company ever had, and those
that are here have at this date got d
wing development now of about quar-.
ter of an inch, while the body is about
three-quarters of an inch in length.
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line baltlmOre sun describes
sudden collapse of Barnum's huge tent,
in that city, on Sunday last. About
half-past ii o'clock terrific wind
storm burst upon the hippodrome and
in an instant every inch of the canvas
covering the amphithcater proper, the
stables, the hotel, the dressing-rooms,
side shows, &C.. with the poles sustain
ing the canvas, was carried up in the
air, making a much more rapid ascent
than ever Professor Donaldson dreamed
of making. The force of the wind was
so great that the canvas, with the $50
quarter-poles, which were jerked from
the earth, were in an instant lodged in
the trees on the north side of the en-
| closure. The five center poles, each as
large as a ships mast, were leveled
with the ground. The anchor which
sustained the guy of the high wire on
which Mile. Victoria makes her peril
Gus ascent, fastened six feet below the
surface, and which it was supposed that
no ten locomotives could move. was
drawn out as if it had been pin,
and the interior Of the arena
presented scene of utter de-
vastation, nothing being left standing
but the seats. Such was the force of
the wind that four of the quarter poles
that refused to leave mother earth were
snapped off as if they had been mere
sticks, and that portion attached to
the canvas went up in the trees with
the canvas. The force Of the hip
podrome was Immediately set to work.
and in less than an hour upwards of
three hundred men were engaged in
getting the canvas down from the high
trees. The canvas originally cost
eighteen thousand dollars. and the
damage is estimated at not less than
two thousand five hundred dollars. A
number oe the men connected with the
establishment were in the amphitheater
at the time, and at the first giving away
Of tie poles an for their own safety,
and escaped, with the exception Of one
man. who had his collar bone
broken. OF course Barnum. who is
spending honeymoon with his bride
in the White Mountains. was telegraph
ed to, and his laconic reply was: ''WelI,
repair the damages.
The alleged scandal Of gross i'm
morality imputed to popular preacher
at New York has been decided sbv a
committee of inquiry to have no foun-
dation. The reverend gentleman is, of
course, to be congratulated on this re-
suit; but. Oh the other hand, it should
be considered that his income is derived
from pew rents, and that, if the accuse
ton brought against him had been
found true, and he had gone on preach
ing nevertheless, his chapel would have
been crammed to sufocation every
Sunday.-Punch.
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Preserving Butter.
A subscriber Of the Inter Ocean,
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sergeant promised, and the old man
rolled down his sleeves and pursued his
Quincy toward the ferry.
Driven to Death by a Curse.


Miss Cross, school teacher in Stark,
N. H., lately committed suicide by
drowning. under the following circum-
stances, as related By local paper:
She had had charge of the school for
several weeks. The scholars thought
much of her, and until a short time be-
fore her death she kept an orderly and
excellent school. But during the last
week all seemed to be disorder and con-
fusion in the school. The committee
DR.. A. Thompson and M. 7. Pike. Esq.
having heard of the fact, visited the
school on Friday, and found it much
as above described, on which, after the
school was dismissed, they kindly talked
with her privately relative to the school,
told her how it seemed to them, and
advised her, as she appeared pale and
nearly sick, quietly to go to the
agent and resign her position; or if she
felt strong enough to 60 on with the
school and thought she could improve
in the particulars they mentioned, she
could do so. She said she would de-
termine what was best between that
time and the hour of school next morn
ine. They left for their homes. She
did not return to her boarding house
that night, and her friends became
alarmed. The school house was locked.
On looking in at the window the key
was seen on the floor. On entering
they discovered on her desk some little
articles of value she had taken from her
person and the following note, address
ed to her sister:
DEAR MARY: All I have to say is
that the curse is fulfilled. The daugh-
tiers shall die in sorrow if not in shame
before they are twenty. Ask Albert
Thompson and Thomas Pike why.
Goodbye all. LAURAINA.
Search was made for her body. The
school house was situated on the bank
of the river, where the water was deep
and still, and the body was found near
by. Before coroner's jury her Sis
ter explained the note by relating that
they were the children of Amos
K. Cross, of Waterford, Me-, and that
in consequence Of some difficulty be-
tween them, her father separated from
his first wife, and was again married,
on which his mother, taking sides
against him, pronounced with dreadful
emphasis this curse upon her sons
children ''His daughters shall die in
sorrow if not in shame before they are
90. and the sons shall be cut off in
infancy She said that for some time
Laurania had constantly dwelt upon
the subject of the curse, and the more
so. recently, as she was nearing the age
of 20, and she had done and said things
which had caused her to think her
sister meditated suicide. And her
roommate testified that only week
before she had spoken of it to her, and
alluded to the fact that she was over
IS years of age, and if the curse was
fulfilled she had but short time lon
ger to live. The fact that some of her
brothers died in infancy tended to
strengthen the superstition, so that in
sanity and death were the consequent
ceS.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-18
FOREIGN.

LONDON, June lS.-The Bank of Eng
land has fixed the minimum of discount
at two and half per cent.
PARIS, June l8.-The deputies of the
Left Center publish note again in
viting an alliance with the Right Center,
SO that both parties may establish re-
public. The Left Center offers all neces-
sary constitutional guarantees, and de-
c!ares that if an alliance is refused the
Right Center will be responsible for a
possible return of an empire.
The Government has commenced the
prosecution of the proprietors Of the La
Figaro and La France, Republican jour
nails, for reprinting in their columns
articles written by Rochefort. ADRIAN
Tailhaud, Minister of Justice, publishes
an order institHting a commission to
prepare immediatelyea new law for the
regulation of the press.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-18
Friday, July 3, 1874.
Trustees Sale.

Under AND BY VIRTUE OF THE
" terms of a trust deed made to me as
Trustee on the 9th day of October, 1872, by
L. II lockwood and Kate Il. Logw0od, his
wife, to secure the payment of certain notes
therein described. which deed is recorded in
Book No. 80. on page 1851 of the Register
Records of Shelby county, will. at the re-
quest of the holder of said notes, on
Friday, the 10Th day Of June, 1874,
within the hours of 10 a. IN. and m. of that
day, in front Of the entrance to tho Office of
the Western Union Telegraph Company, on
Madison street in Memphis, Tennessee, east
Of Main street. offer for sale TO the highest
bidder. for cash, the following lots or pieces
of property lying in Shelby county, Tonnes
see, and described thus: One piece begins at
west boundary line Of grant No. 1915 in the
name of Il. Long, running thence east 5l9 $40
feet to a stake in the northeast corner of Joy
Il Logwo0d's joint tract (the same being the
northwest corner of q tract sold by Levi joy
and others to W. Ii. Bassett). said corner be-
ing on the south side Of Breckenridge avenue;
thence south $40 8-12 feet thence west $40 81 b
the beginning. estimated to contain II GA 100
acres. The other lots are known as lots Nos.
5. 6 and of George Dixon's subdivisions of
his lands or Walnut street, in the city Of
Memphis. BEGINNING on the west side of Wal
nut street 495 eet and nine inches south o
the intersection of Walnut and Dixon streets.
being the northeast corner 0flot No. :; thence
south with Walnut street $50 feet to a stake;
thence west $50 feet TO an alley 26 feet wide;
east $50 feet to the beginning. Equity Of re-
demption is waived in this trust deed.
NJ. d. WEIGH, Trustee.
WILSON X BEARD. Attorneys. 6i-96
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-18
PUBLIC LEDGER.
INTERNATIONAL.

Two Of our contemporaries, the Ava.
1aacbe and Register, seem to be laboring
under the impression that the people are
looking to some one now on the bench
as West Tennessee candidate for Gov
ernor. If any Of the Judges have poht-
zeal aspirations they have studiously
Kent il to themselves, and it is hardly
inst to assume, as a fact, that which
cannot be demonstrated for the
purpose of rejecting upon any
man or class. 1t is not so
rare an event for Judges to eventually be
selected for some political Office as to
excite special wonder or indignation
should it occur again. AS to any one
on the Supreme bench, it is enough to
say that the only member ever men
toned for the Office Of Governor has
maintained dignity well worthy of his
high position, and that his friends have
ceased to urge his claims at his earnest
request. The constitution did not, how
ever, contemplate that a full bench
would be necessary after the year 1874,
as it provides that vacancy occurring
by death or resignation after that year
shall not he filed. The double section
system has imposed double labor upon
the Judges, and has subjected them to
most unkind reflections. They have been
overworked, but not overthanked. Many
ofthe members Of the bar object seriously
to any three of the members hearing
cases, knowing that their labors OF ex-
animation and comparison in private are
doubled. But it is IN necessary to pur-
sue this view Of the question ipr'ner'
We take it for granted and know tau
strong and available men can be had to
run for Governor without interfering
with the judiciary system. Yet If the
convention which meets at Nashville
on the 18th Of August, in casting
about for the most suitable ana
popular man for the race, should
happen to find that man on the bench,
that fact would not bar his nomination,
and ought not to prevent his accept
ance. We have no favorite on the bench
or of, but will be for the man who can
combine strength and win the race,
whether he halls from the mountain
Businesses Of East Tennessee, the middle
portion Of the State, or happens to be a
near neighbor in our own section. At
the proper time delegates will be selected
to attend the gubernatorial convention,
when the claims and availability Of all
will doubtless be fairly considered.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-18
NEW YORK.
A Gambler Fatally stabbfd-Death
from HydrOph 0bin-JerOme PARK
Races-W est Point Graduates.

A GambIer Fatally stabbsd-Death
from HydrOph ObiR-JerOme PARK
Races-West Point Graduates.
New York, June 1S.-Daniel McDer-
mott. wellknown gambler, was fatally
stabbed last night by Matthew 0'Neil, a
longshoreman.
Thomas Lowndes who, while drunk q
couple Of months ago, killed his wife,
has been sentenced to the State prison
for life.
Francis Butler, a well-known dog fam
cier and regarded as an authority on
dogs, died at his residence in Brooklyn
yesterday Of hydrophophia. He was
bitten at his store in this city six weeks
ago by small dog while endeavoring to
make it take some medicine. Butler
was a native of England, an accom-
plished linguist, and has been connected
with several educational INSTITUTIONS as
professor of languages. Some years ago
he went into the business of training,
buying and selling of dogs, and his abil-
ity in controlling and tanning them was
marvellous. He had no fear of hydro
phobia, and often expressed the opinion
that it was simply nervous affection, and
that the bite of dog would not produce
disease unless fear supervened and occa-
stoned it.
The patrons of the turf who assembled
in large numbers at the pool rooms last
evening were astonished by the an
that out o! FIVE races on the
programme for to. day on theJ erome Park
course, only two were to be run, namely:
a purse of six hundred dollars, for three
year olds, and handicap steeple chase.
The reason assigned for the omission of
the other races was the summary with
drawal of all the running horses from
to.day's contest, their owners having
become dissatisfied at what they termed
the inexplicable complications with
which the managers of the American
Jockey Clubs spring meeting had loaded
their horses down. Owners complained
that the weight for ages had not been
given in a single purse, and they added
that nobody but the managers could un-
derstand precisely for what the horses
were running.
The ceremony of awarding diplomas
to the graduating class of 1874 at West
Point yesterday drew together, as usual,
a fashionable and happy attendance.
The proceedings were somewhat married
by the rain, which prevented the out
door exhibition. After an address by
Professor Wayland and the parade of
the cadets the graduates were dismissed
by commander Upton, with an earnest
wish for their success in life. In the
eve ning, in one of the hotels in this city,
a number Of graduates and a few friends
had a parting dinner.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-06-18
nnR aALLANr FIREMEN.

The Firemen's Relief Association
turned out to-day in splendid style, and
attracted crowds Of spectators to the
sidewalks. There is something so heroic
and dashing in the life of fireman
such as we have--that they are the
pride of city. Memphis has as gallant
set of boys to guard the lives and
property of the people as ever scaled a
tottering wall or rushed into the breach
of danger at the hour of midnight.
They have never been known to fail or
to shrink from the post of greatest peril.
Their services have always been
gratefully appreciated by the Mem
phis public, as will be evinced
by the large attendance at the picnic
given to-day and tonight at the Expo
sition building. The proceeds will go to
the fremen's relief fund, which, during
the yellow fever season, was well nigh
exhausted. The object is noble one,
and we hope that the entertainment will
be financial success, as well as pleas
ant reunion.