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The beautiful spring is near, and those who
have glanced at our previous hints will be
prepared for the work to be done-thc culture
of the soil
Again we ask attention to the care of ami
mails, SO that when some are driven a-hcld
they will be full Of life and loneliness in the
landscape; and SO, too, that those for the draft
may have strength enough for the labor be
fore them.
Do not put off anything which can be done
before the work begins in earnest.
Manure must be properly compostcd as
well as saved.
Turn and assert potatoes and other ycgca-
bles-and remove refuse matter.
Nentilate and whitewash cellars.
Clean and repair harness.
Overlook the implements again, and see
that they are ready for use,
Implements, seeds and trees must be ready
for the spring.
Clean the old bark from apple trees, and
wash them. Soft soap or sa-soda heated to
redncss, and then dissolved in water, may be
used rs u wash.
Heel in trees till the soil is in condition
for planting.
Remember that to select trees for home use
is one thing-to select trees for market is
another.
Make war on insects in the nursery and
orchard.
Cut scions before the sap starts, and pre-,
serve them in dry EARTH sand or sawdust.
When the sleep of winter is over prune and
graft the fruit tress-but before that sleep is
over, prune the grape vines, if you did not
prune them in the tall-prune currants and
raspDerries. Cut out old wood and shorten
the new.
Let in air and light, through all your trees
through all your plants.
Make mats for frames and hot-beds
Ventlate cold frames,
Before max ing the hot-beds, make shelter
for them.
Prepare poles and brush for peas and beans
Roll lawns after the trost-and top dress
tLem-lf necessary.
See that Dahllas, &c, do not decay in damp
places.
Prune and thin the shrubs, but don't dis
turb the Shrubbcry
Rid the walks Of rubbish.
Look to the greenhouse and the house
plants. Sudden changes Temperature mean
death t. the children Of Flora. Temperature
and pure air are essential 10 Lille. Though
they cannot soon bloom again, care for the
forced plants whose early bloom and beauty
have embe'lished our homes.
Plant early flowers. Start seeds-aS the
weather permits-thcse germs OF still another
life.
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lDNtNISrrn -,nI,y.ATh,

4 DhiN I-'TIsAloR'F~ -hJ.I..s The
y uudcr-Zand viii offer public s4lr, 30 . residence
Ot DAVID craSu drccsscd. friday March %. 1874 the
10 loving described property. 10 vi:
one stable hur-e. three quarters Norman Ebf hlr-
hundred. Ten work horses Eight t~u year u.d 'ol's
lhrfr sucking s Thirty head Of cattle: one tushWau
Jhi grader one ctsher, Three wagons. Two hl-sis--
one covered. and one opea two seats Four corn p'Ss
Tao breaking fuw. Three srubhlc lHgs, It,S sets 81
harness Drilling tools ana tubing: CIDER midi; flaming
MILL Moving marhiur. Hay rake -tisbs. And var pu-
D'hrr articles. fusf numerous 70 mention.
lFEYs oP ~ALE All suns OF - sud under, cA-L al
over credit % rr months trI With inter 20 and
approved security % not paid Sh-n du-, 40 u per cent
iatsrest. SARAH SfEAWN.
". 10. >TRAWN.
ArmIni-irA'nrs.
A {. NsFNET.E Alst!4aerr. fyt=8s
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STA'rrIpE' TLLINOI-, l.. sILLECo.--ss.
- fogpty totDr ~ In Soil, CDtufy u ne kHch Tenn
A. u 1874.
John Hess Administrator Of the estate OF John Miller,
deceased. Caroline Miller. Charles Miller Henry Miller,
John miller. Sarah Ensmuger Caroline Miller. Elizabeth
Miller, ana the unknown heirs Of john Miller, deceased
F,'hhyt a. SRI He,fi Fatqte "a Ff5g 4.b's.
Affidavit OF the nonresdrnCc II Henry Miller and Sarah
Fnsmngcr two of the Gccnd s above named having been
fled IN TIE office OF the clerk OF the County Court Of La Sale
county notice Is hereby given 10 tssad Henry Miller, sa
rah Ensmhger aud the unknown heirs OF John Miller de
cclsed thai the said pauR John Hess Administrator of
,he estate OF John Hiler deceased las Med his petition In
Tie snd County Court O T.. Sao county for order to
sell she premises belonging u the estate OF sd deceased
much Of It may he needed 20 pay the debts OF said
deceased and Described ~ follow 20 vii Lot. numbered
Nine and sixteen IN Block tOrtyst OF The original Town
Mendoza IN the county OF La sale aud state Dt Illinois
and that summons has been issued ont OF ts
YOU r,tuTuare ~ the Mar term y. 1874 Of said Court
be holden the iG hOpUay OF March 1874. at the
County Court Oufr Ia OTTAWA, In said L. Sale county
Illinois;
Vow therefore, uu'os. you tie aid Henry Miller ssrah
I'm .uIuIer and t' unknown heirs Of John Miller, de
Crast shall prrsp civ be AID AuIeGr before sRsi Goun.
~ Court In sale county TIE FIRST day Of the March
term thereof 70 he holden AZ the tOs1iy CourI House
IN Ottawa, In I'd county, On the third Monday Of
H rru 1874, and dead demuT 10 tn said com
p,Inant- petition ed hegeu, TIC same and The msters
and thing h-rcis charged alC stated Nl be aErn
fcs.rd decTte Cntc ed 2sust yoa according TO TIE
urayrr OF sad BIN.
OuayA Illinois, February 2cth. lsIi.
~ NH.E
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PUTNAM COUNTY FARMERs.-ThC Putnam
County Farmers Club seems to be composed
rs most farmers clubs are, of sensible, praC-
teal men. They had their agent correspond
with manufacturers of farming implements
all over the country, and then, as we learn by
the Henry Republican,
They concluded that they can do about as
well at home, and propose to paironize their
county factories. And this is sensible, look
at it as you will, and is a specie of home in
terest and brotherly feeling which sets u
noble example for others to follow. On wag
ons, A. v Specr, of IIennepin, gave his prices,
which the club regard, all things considered,
more reasonable than those of foreign deal
ers." l'nc hardware man, III. G. Thomas, was
consulted in the same way, and he too will
have favorable consideration. And so il will
90 the rounds, that the home trade, after all
is the best the wisest, and the cheapest in the
end.
The club had some talk upon raising of
grasses, cattle and barley, and Mr.. Shepherd
read an article on drilled corn for feed The
subject of chess making was the main topic
Of the session, which was discussed at length,
Mr. Williamson Durley presenting the follow
ing facts on that subject:
In report from the Frankton cheese fac
tory, IN \. Y, for 1869 an estimate was made
vi lIiC oCuhOu plOuuIL VI Uullcl duu
aud after paying all expenses, the milk Melted
49, cents per quart.
The Elgin toctory for the month OF Nov
1870 reports near 4 - cents per quart, paid
during this month 10 its patrons.
"Mr. Horr, cheese maker in Ohio, stated
that for the past four years COWS supplying
milk to butter and cheese factories in that
section, had averaged to their owners an an
nual income Of $50 per COW.
Mr.. Wells, of Huntington, Ohio. reports
that he keeps 33 cows on farm of POO acres,
and received in 1862, as the proceeds, after
paying all expenses. s5S.j1 per cow annually.
Mr.. HOrr stated that the assistant assessor of
his district had informed him that nine tenths
of the income tax Colledcted from farmers in
his district were paid by dairymen, although
they do not occupy One-halfthe land.
"The cheese product Of northern Illinois
for 1870 was estimated at about two and
half millions OF dollars. The average guam
tity made from each COW in 1870 WAS 425 lbs,
at 10 cents per pound would be $50, the pro
Duct Of each cow
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To WHOM AMERICA Is INDEBTED FOR THE
ToMATo.-JOseph Harrod, formerly Of Potland
Me., now OF New York state claims TO have
introduced the tomato into America. The
spot where he made his first tomato hills is
now covered by spacious stores and is oppo
site the new marble post office in Portland
The story runs thus: In 1916 Mr.. Harrod
had a store i'll Portland, with mousse and
garden attached. In June, friend, who was
II ship owner, gave him some tomato C'goldcn
or love apple seeds which were brought
in vessel from Cuba. They were planted in
the expectation OF seeing IL nice Towering
plant. Three years afterward ne sent some
seeds to his father and others in Haverhill
Mass. Two years later still, one of these
friends, Sheriff Bartlett wrote him, saying
that the tomato was good for salad, il cut
up and dressed like II cucumber.
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Iowa PiGs.-The Maquokcta Iowa) HeRfi-
mel throws out a challenge for Otter Greek
Clinton Co, Iowa. on the pork question a.
follows:
Otter Creek challenges the state. Mr. James
Hickson, of Otter Creek township, this coun-
" sold to VIM. Ryan, of Dubuque, on Thurs
day, the 18th day Of last month, three porkcrs.
whose aggregate weight was three thousand
and and thirty i've pounds t3,03j) -Thus av-
eraging just ten hundred and eleven and two
thirds G,0ll25) pounds each. They were OF
the old Chester and Poland breeds, and were
about three wears old
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STARTING MELONS, stalt nutmeg melons
IN h0tbed, not on sod, but in quart straw
berry boxes, and about two or three weeks
earlier than planting out doors can be done,
otherwise they would be too large to handle.
In due time box and ali is planted The
roots have 70 trouble in getting out OF the box.
The great danger is the cut worm, but strips
OF paper cncircliag the hill will protect the
tender plants. If the mole becomes trouble
some, Il turrow drawn on both sides OF the
row as close 20 the hill rs practicable, is the
best protection, aside from killing the enemy
with grains of corn soaked in strychnine and
pushed down into the runs, by other means
o. L. Barter
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As soon as my soreness is felt in the ear,
let three drops of the tincturc of urnica lee
poured in, and tho orifice be filled with a
little cotton To exclude the air, and ia short
time the uneaSiness j. forgotten Ii the
arniCa Is not resnrled To until there j. actual
pain, then the cure may not be ~ speed hut
Just as certain, although It may he necessary
70 repeat the operation. Ills a sure prevent
i've against gathering in the ear, which is the
usual cause OF ear ache.-ETchgHge.
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Painting ana Finishing,

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7iegal.


GUARD Ola <'s~ eSAl.E3.-STATE OF ILL
" NnlS LA SALE CouSTY-ss.
by virtue of decrea order Of the County Court OF said
county, entered at the February term Of said cour
1874, IN the application of Milo \. ushng Guardian OF
Catherine Moran minor sell the ollowin described real
estate, belonging to said minor situate in the county of La
sale state of Illinois, TO wit: Lot Number Eleven. In
Book Number Four In the Railroad Addition TO the cit
of Ottawa; shall the twenty third day OF March
lSl At the hour Of two o'clock ~ sell all the interest Of
said minor IL and TO the real estate at the south door OF
the County Court House
Terms OF sale as oliows $50 cash payment on day of
sale $50 in one from day OF sale and the remainder
In three equal Lnu.l instsmens in two thres and four
from date OF sale; with interest at ten per cent per
snnum payable annually and secured by mortgage the
premises sold. MILO A. CUSHING,
mar7.Sw Guardian for Catherine Moran
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SCOT is a most valuable manure. either foI
grass or for iurnips, as it quickly forces the
plants and prevents the fly from committing its
ravages. 1t is also excellent for DESTROYING
the grub IN onion beds
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CURCULIO-CATCHING,

Our peaches, plums, cherries, and
other fruits suffer so much from curcu-
lios Ia the South that we keep a sharp
lookout for some invention that will
give fruit growers new and decisive
advantage. Caleb Brown, of Norwalk,
Ohio, manages his orchards with con.
trivance which is thus described: 1t
consists Of large cloth hopper on two
wheeled barrow, which is driven under
tn, tree, the different branches Of
which are Jared with a FOUNDER on a
pole, and consequently, may be used
for any tree, however large. The IN
sects drop into the hopper, which is
made of polished rubber cloth, and roll
or slide down its smooth surface into a
box at the center. The touch of a
lever closes this box, and holds all the
insects securely until the orchard is
finished. The chief advantages of this
continuance are the smooth rubber
cloth over which the insects roll freely,
and which does not become wet with
dew; the Earring with a pole-handled
mallet, andthe ready closing of the box
which holds the insects. Apple, pear,
peach and plum orchards may be rap
idly cleared.
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HOW FARMERS CANUTILIZE THEIR
POSTAL FACILITIES.

A great many of our agricultural
friends have not learnt how to use the
postofice department in the best way
to promote the interests of agriculture.
A farmer Of Tuscumbia, Ala, sends MS
a package of mari with thirty-six cents
postage charged on the same, which has
no advantage over a half ounce that
would have come by mail for three
cents. Seeds and fruit cuttings IN
packages as large as four pounds now
pass through the mails and postofices
at comparatively low rate of postage
A buskel of orchard grass seed
weighs II pounds, which may be mail
ed in four packages for thirty-twO
cents, to any part of the United
States. The postofice department can
be made ten times more useful
to the country, and especially
to the farming and manufacturing in
tercsts, and yet be self-sustaining, pro-
vided the machine is in good order and
run properly. A common sense people
should make their government useful
as well as ornamental.
If our Tuscumbia friend will send to
this Office as much Of his mari as he
can for three cents we will tell him and
our readers its use as a fertilizer.
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tions of husbandry must be first cult

tions of husbandry must be first cult.
waited. SO mo
A few educated farmers are power
less to reform the practiceof cities that
purchase the clements of grain, cotton,
tobacco and provisions, extracted from
cultivated ground, and waste them.
Cities desolste American soil to the
equal and common injury of the hu-
man family, both in town and country.
It would make little difference how we
tax the farm, or what it produces, so
far as keeping up fertility is concerned,
provided all farmers were independent
and able to charge the tax over against
the purchasers and consumers of their
crops. But the system augments the
cost of bread, and injuries the public.
To waste any fertilizing substance in
any city or village, is an evil for which
no exemption from taxes can possibly
compensate State or nation. No tax
should be collected except where
it is strictly necessary; and if
really needed, it is a public injury
noS to collect it. Wastefulness is a sin,
and often a crime; but the common
mind does not view the matter in that
light, and the denizens Of cities, towns
and rural districts feel under no moral
obligation to feed the soil that feeds
them.
The misfortune lies in the fact that
humanity is not humanized. Man
wants to live with as little forethought
and labor as fish, birds and wild ami
mails generally practice. 1t is man,
not the earth, that most needs wise
culture. Taxation is an incident in
our civilization, which, like many other
things, is easily abused. Popular ig-
norance encourages abuses of all kinds
and may lead the hungry millions to
devour the wealth of the saving few.
To increase human mouths to eat at
the rate of a million a year, and stea-
Oily impoverish all planting lands to
feed and clothe the nation, may look
wise, but it is the reverse of wis
dom.
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Curing versus CobbIius

There are many medicines that give tran
silent relief in sickness without touching the
source and seat Of the complaint. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is not one Of these. The great
tonic and restorative does not cobble the dis
eased and enfeebled system. 1t is not a mere
palliative, that only temporarily controls a
few unpleasant symptoms. No, its inyigUrat-
ing, regulating, restorative principle pene-
trstes TO the very Of the difficulty in the
iuids and solids OF the body, and hence its cures
are radical and thorough. In dyspepsia it
strengthens the stomach in liver complaint il
regulates the dow of bile, in constipation il
promotes a Uunctual habit OF body, in nervous
ailments il tones the sentincts and motive fibres
in Rheumatism il cOunteracts pain. and i'm eases
OF general debility rehabilitateS the cmaciated
frame. jy2l deOdiw&WIt
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COUNTRY PRODUCE.

We heard of 500 bushels of peanuts It.
ceived. Chickens and eggs were lower,
and butter was selling higher. The fol-
lowing were the ruling quotations for pro-
duce:
PEASUTs-FrOm wagon, S1.OO61.25 per
bushel.
DRIED FRUIT-Apples and quarter
peaches, none in market.
CABBAGE-NOrtheTnp per Dbl, 500.
POTATOEs-New, from wagon, $}.506
400 per bbl.
FEATHERs-Strictly choice, 45d4Sc.
BEESwAN-ChOice, 26627c.
RAGs-Well assorted, 25d2sc.
GINSENG-New crop, Sl.20dl.25.
WOoL-Unwashed, 2363Oc; washed 35J
A42c. BURY 5dlOc less.
Broom CORN Prime to choice, SAFE.
BUTTER-COuntry, from wagon, 2J6
30c; from store, 2Sd32c.
CHICKENS-l0620c for young.
EGGs-FrOm wagon, &c per dozen; in
store, 9f1Oc.
TALLoW-ChOice, &c.
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There was no change in the market To-
day. Receipts of wheat were light AID
offerings scarce.
FLoUE-Superfne, sI.OOiI25; Xxx
S4T56j.OO; xxx S5.506j.75; choice
family S6.25d6.5O; fancy, S1.OOGT.25,
CORN MEAL-UnbOlted and bolted.
sacked in depot, 9Od95c.
CORN-LOOse, S0dS5c; sacked and in
depot, 90d95c.
WHEAT-Prime red to, strictly choice
white, Sl.00I1.15 per bushcl.
OATs-Sacked and delivered in depot,
G7!d7Oc.
BRAN-LOose, $1,000; sacked in depot,
$22.O0.
HAY-Hungarian, s1T.OOd1s.OO; clover,
do; timothy, S22.0062j.00.
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utes' search, but Marie was not visible
to the peeled optics of several peelers.
who sought for him in vain. Taking
Mclaughlin before Squire Hoist, that
official heard the statement of the
Chief, and then fixed the bond at $500,
which was readily given for his appear
ance tomorrow afternoon, Senator NJ.
j. Blessing going on the paper tomake
1t solid. This settled what promised
to be first-class item to the infinite
disgust Of at least one man, who, it
might be added, has a Trantor which
can be had cheap for cash, as he is anx-
ious to close out the stock before the
election.
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SHEEP BELLS AND DOGS.

Mr.. Mathewson, of Connecticut, fur.
nishes the following statistics:
OF fourteen focks without bells but
one escaped; IN five focks with bells on
each sheep no damage was done. Mr..
d. Fowler of Middlefeld had a flock
partially belled, and lost but one sheep,
which strayed into another lot, was
without a bell, and was killed. Mr.. A.
B. Coe bought flock and put in a lot
adjoining the former, and soon found
two dogs at work at the forty-fifth
sheep. The dogs belonged within a
quarter of a mile, and passed Mr.. Fow-
ler's sheep in getting into Mr.. Goes
flock. Dogs, after getting the taste of
blood of unbelled sheep. may attack
sheep with bells on; yet l believe if all
sheep were belled, trouble from dogs
would be very rare. The great diff
Guilty has been to get bells which did
not wear the strap off. Bells with
shanks to penetrate the strap will wear
1t off IN a few weeks. t. be safe, every
sheep and lamb should wear a bell.
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and unchanged at 65a70c. Rye 95c. Mess
pork has advanced to $3.50. Bacon firm
at sec, lie addl1sc. Sugar-cured hams 15a
15.c; plain 145c. Bulk meats nc, 1O5c
and iO5e. Lard, tierce 13sa14c; keg 14tc.
Whisky CSC.
Chicago Markets.
CHICAGO, July Y. = Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat, demand light but
1r:n and higher; No. spring S1.135; No.
2Sl.leal.1la for spot, S1.11cl.11s for July
delivery, Si.OSt4 for August delivery; 81 .O5a
Tor September delivery; receipts $1,000
bushels. Corn IS strong at 64a64sc closing
at the outside price for spot, with 64!e bid
for july or August delivery. Oats firm and
higher at SIC for spot, 5O3c for July deliv-
cry, 36se for August delivery, 34sa354e for
September delivery. Rye quiet and weak
at T6c. Barley steady at Sr02 for spot. Sla
l.O2 for September delivery. Mess pork is
higher at So for spot, S22a22. 10 for August
delivery, SD. 40a22 As for September deliv-
cry. Lard higher at IL 60-1OOa1I 65-lOOc
for August or September delivery. Wits
Ky firm at Csc.
81. Louis Markets.
ST.. LOUIS, July 22.- Flour dull and
dropping, with some sales lower, extra S4a
4.4O. Wheat, the high grades are lower;
other qualities steady; receipts 5000 BUSH
els; sample lots No. red fall S1.07a1. 10;
do No. 2 red winter $1.15a1.1S; choice to
fancy S1.20al.25. Corn firmer at 55a67c,
according To location. Oats dull al j2aj5e,
according to location. Rye quiet at 81.
Whisky steady at 96e. Mess pork higher
at $22.50. Dry salt meats firm at lie l05c
and lOac. Bacon is strong and unchanged,
with only an order trade. Lard firm at
IL &c for summer. Hogs firm. Cattle I'M
changed.
Memphis Markets.
MEMPHIS, July p. Flour, dull and
unchanged; S4.50aS.j0. Corn easy at S3a
Soc. Oats scarce and firm. Lard liza
133c. Mess pork So. Bacon firm at sc,
15c and 115c.
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AGUST FLOWER.

The most miserable beings in the world
are those suffering from Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint. More than seventy-five
per cent of the people in the United States
are afflicted with these two diseases and
their effect, such as sour stomach, sick
headache, habiiual cOstiveness, impure
blood, heartburn, waterbraSh, gnawing and
burning pains at the pit of The stomach, yell
low skin. coated tongue, and disagreeahle
taste in the mouth, coming up of the food
after eating, low spirits, etc. Go to the Drug
Store Of 4. II. CnlSsenS Il Co. and get a -
cent boule, or a sample bottle for 10 cents.
Try it g. q. Green, Sole Manufacturer,
Woodbury., Nj. jy7 deod&wSm alter
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FARM AND GARDEN.
CORN FOR FORAGE.

We are pleased to learn that some
farmers in Middle Tennessee are drill
ing corn for forage with every prospect
Of success. On fair land, properly
plowed, bushel of seed per acre may
give the most hay IN drills about three
feet apart. Where the soil is good, a
half bushel may be sufficient to seed an
acre. The farmers Judgment viii tell
him what quantity of seed bis soil will
bear; we cannot.