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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18

n N. WALKER & CO., GENERA ~ IN
liz SuRANCE AGENTS, l0l4 AAlA sA"
RICHMOND, VA, re presenting the >,rur M
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAaiibL Efin-
sURANCE COMPANY, OF London Don, a ',h,,.
burgh. Englaud-capital, ST. ,0Up,oov vrII,tmcln.
AMAZON INSURANCE GOM MI VI >'-
natl, Ohio-assets over 81, 900 900 ;,, faNpA.
MANHATTAN FIRE INsuee6ASSoNaEo. W.
NY, OF New York--assets over sSoos;UWVEe SKIN6
COMPANY. or LyHchearg, fa.-ss's''
1000 s9 jtoV0SSErc INSURANCE COMPANY, o.
p, Al IN v Issssfs over 100000. ,,ao.
Deposited with the Treasurer % sirs a,n,w ,sld
600. Losses equitably adjusted ana pso an4 tms.
1t this agency. Applications soile'iea' &c 10
date attention ziyea thereto. -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
BY Cook & Laughton, Aucuonecrs
corner Governor and Franklin streets.

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO,
Ill AND LATROBE STOVE, AT AuCT!UN.-
On SATURDAY the goth instant, at 10 o'clock.
we will sci ut The residence No. sos, Nineteenth
street between Broad and Marshall streets lthe
family declining housekeeping, all Of the UR-
SIrtRE. &C.. consisting OF
one excellent g. octave FIAEO, stool and cover;
HaIk-CLOTH MAHOGANY DIYAES aud PAR
LOR CHAIRS;
Handsome MARBLE-TOP PARLOR TABLEs;
LACE CURTA1NSS
CORNICE and WI IDOW-SHADES,
THREE PLY CARPETS, RUGS, and HAS
SOCkS,
ETAGERE, CHROMOS. -
One new WHEELER & WILSON SEWING-MA-
CHINE. with all improved attachment6i
Two complete COTTAGE CHAMBER SUITS,
HALL OfLCLOTH,
CHAMBER CARPETS,
One new LATRoBE STOVE, for heating three
floors:
OAK EXTENSION TABLE,
CRUCkERI.
WARE.
COOkING-SlOVE and appurtc:unces rs good as
new
KITCHEN FURNITURE, &C, &C.
COOK s. LaCGHTOS.
ID AurtIuupcrs.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18

On all sales Of real estate nnd< aapse,, kh-,s
ot January and soth or June the asss for the ORA.
sent year mare bepatd bathe purchaser. On al
sales made betosen the 1st Of July and last Of tal
year the ta.res havsto be pa.d tbs seller.
NH 21-3In
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18

4 DEMONSTRATORS SALE OF FUR.
n NlTURE, HORSE, CART, &C.-On WE'D.
NESDAY, Gath June, at / 0 o'clock A. NJ, will
otter for gale by auction ut the late residence Of
Jesse f. Clarke, deceased, about five miles below
Richmond all OF the
HOUSEHOLD and KITCHEN FURNITURE,
HORSE,
CART,
CARRIAGE,
and from 0 to hives Of very fine BEES.
TERMS: Made known ut sale.
A. a.. FORD,
te16 administrator of Jesse +. Clarke, decd.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
! ZEAL ESTATE ExCHANsE-
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
.pICHMON
REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE,
No. 1103 MAIs STREET.
SALES EVERY MONDAY AT 12 O'CLOCK y

MEMBERS OF THE EXCHANGE:
WELLINGTON GoDpIy, IGRUgss & WuII.ys-
j. l.. APPERSOg, n. N. LEE
LYME & BROTHER, HILL & f;0DDry
RICHARDSON d Co, WILLIAM Corr fryo
j. THOMPSON BRowy. W. K, POrK q %
BURTON, CARTER & Co., WILLIAMS & GIBSON.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
BY Richardson 4 CO.,
Real Estate Agents and Aucti0neers,
Ills Main street.

TWO VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS
l. ON MOSBY STREET BETWEEN VENA-
BLEAND CARRINGTON STREETS FOR SALE
BY AUCTIoN;-We shall sell by auction: on the
+. NJ, TWO VALUABLE BUILDING LOTS.
each fronting twenty-five feet on the west side or
SloSby street between Fenabc and Darlington
streets.
TERMS: One-third cash; balance III four, eight,
and twelve months negotiable notes to be given
for the deferred payments With interest added and
secured by u deed OF trust.
RICHARDSON & Co,
ie17 Auctioneers.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
4itIrmoltd 1ispatth.

THURsDAY........'''''''oA1
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
ByJ. w. Bronaugh, Jr.,

Real Estate Agent anu Auctionecr,
Office OH Hull street, opposite Courthouse
Manchester, Va.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-18
By j. ". Bronaugh, Jr.,

Real Estate Agent ana AUctloheer'
UIce on Hull street opposite the court-house'
Manchester, Va.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
To-DAY's ADVERTISEMENTS.
Cleaning Done!

LLPERSoNS WISHING ANY ODD JOBS DONE
"A such as taking care OF or cleaning their rooms
whtewashing or anything of that sort, will please
call on Reuben Watts N, who is prepared to do this
kind of work on short notice and at reasonable
prices. l5-d3t
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13

NATURE GREATER THAN ART,-The
tendency of Medical Science at the present
day, is to circumscribe more and more
the legitimate field of its operations, while
at the same time its disciples labor to cul-
tivate that field with correspondingly in
creased diligence. Food as is being now
recognized, every day with more clearness,
food is the Great Healer; and the only
true Office of the medical remedies, in the
great majority of cases, is simply this =
and also enable the stomach to digest food
in sufficient abundance and with sufficient
thoroughness and also to enable the vari-
Gus portions of the system to appropriate
from the food thus digested whatever re.
spectively they require in order to full
health. This priuciple is strikingly illus.
trated in the case of that great popular
medicine of the age, DIR. Gottlieb Fisch'
Bitters. This remedy operates principally
almost solely, by stimulating the digestive
and the assimilative functions, thus enab-
ling FooD, Natures own Universal Rene
dy, to have free, unimpeded course
This subject continued next week under
''The Lamp of Life"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
Chicago Market.

Flour-Dull and weak, shippers not buying:
/ 21346l1 22; No 3 10 cash; 20A March; 2234
April; No 8, / Is; rejected 90,
Corn-Ruled firmer and higher, Notwithstanding
the decline in wheat and quiet eastern markets II
closed quiet No 2. 81 cash: 5T2l March; ga bid
May; new No 2, 53G54; rejected old 530531a new
4S.
oats-Quiet and steady at42ss cash; 43 March; ;
R,e-Steady; fresh No ? sa@s3.
Barey-Firmer; No2 spring 70; NO 5, i 5SQ
55. oo
Pork-Dull and lower at IA 90 cash or March; IA 80
April.
Lard-Lower; cash quiet at ga futures active
and lower at 8 so March; 90 April.
short ribs IA.
Bacon-Steady: shoulders T1a sides 9az@9.
Green Meats-Quiet; shoulders 514 hams S4
rough sides Ga; long clear 69s; short ribs o..
short clear SIS.
Whisky-Steady at SO.
Dressed Hogs-Dull and lower at 25 for good
Butter-Active but unchanged at 2SQg3S
Eggs-Steady at 17G1S.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle-Receipts about 2.S0J head. Market quie1
kets and prices weak; sales of fair native steers q
| 5CKd4 so: good 90ll5 % choice 35d6 20, and
couple small bunches of extra Is cwt brought 5 20
few stockers sold at4 90; butchers COWS 4003 50
closing dull.
| Hogs-Recepts 10000 head, mostly poor quality
good grades quiet and steady al 2615 TO for goo'
| to choice with few ra at 80 for common grade
pens full and prices IL S15c lower at 6yg5 10 10
| common To fair.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13

THERE is NO DEATH. IF it be true that
Nature abhors vacuum, it is equally true
that the Great Creator abhors death and
glories in life There is really no such
thing as death-the term is misnomer,
used to designate the changes which occur
in life. Life, eternal life,is created by the
laws of Almighty will l-power, which are as
immutable in their application as is the
existence of the Creator Himself. When
God made life, He made everything neces-
sary to sustain it, but left it for mans pro-
gressive intelligence to discover, convert
and utilize Good medicine is to the ailing
physique what good fuel is to the expiring
flame the better the fuel, the quicker the
fre-the better the medicine the quicker
comes relief from pain. CALIFORNIA Vim,
EGAR BTTERs is hfes elixer for old o.
young. Use this medicine properly ant
you will live to good old age withou
those physical ailments which make seven
ty years a burden.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13

Currency 6's-1.16A.
New 5's-1.13.
COMMERCIAL
Flour-Dull and dropping; super western and
state s0Q6 80; common to good extra 1907 10.
Whisky-Fi Firmer at / Oh.
Wheat-Dull and lower; No Chicago 54@1 So;
do Milwaukee l 55G1 5S; Iowa spring 50Q1 55: No
Nebraska 62.
Barey-Dull and nominal
Corn-More active; new mixed western ahcat T9
asa: old do S74 yellow S21a
Oats-More active; mixed western 61@63; white
6106314.
Eggs-Firm: western 20025.
Coffee-Dull; Rio 24G127A
Sugar-Firm fair to good refining TsQSh.
Wool-rirm; domestic fleece 40QI50; unwashed Is
035; pulled 51G52.
Molasses-F Irm; New Orleans 6SQl12.
Pork-More active but lower at 16 CO.
ard Heavy at 81.
Butter-Firm; VI 5 ern 2Jll35.
Cheese-Uncha nged.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
BRICK Dust Deposit indicates kidney

BRICK Dust DEPOSIT indicates kidney
complaint. Check it at once. Helmbold' s
Ext Buchu, the Diuretic par ercellence. is
a certain specific for all diseases of the
urinary organs land sexual system. DIR.
Helmbold is the only man who ever really
utilized and extracted the preeminent vir,
tues of Buchu. His preparation is as
much superior to the so-called ''Buchus'
as cream is to skinned milk. In fact, il
never fails. Sold by all druggists.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
st. Louis Market.


Flour-In good demand for low grades but un-
ehan" ed.
-Wheat-Dul and dropping; No spring / q u
a %; No red W nter So asked; ! 81 bid
Coru-Firmer; No 2 61140 62 cash and Febru-
ary.
Oats-Quet; No 2, 40 in elevator.
Barley-Firm; W sconsin spring 90G1 es.
Rve--Higher; No 2, IS.
Whisky-S eady at sc.
Pork Dali; order lots Is So
Bulk Meats ull and Weak; order lots OF packed
shoulders g.; sides SGlSA,
Bacon-Dull; jobbing and order lots OF shoulders
@7l4, clear ribs So G9; clear 1904.
Green Meats Firm; shoulders 514 clear rib 62s
hams SO.
Lard-F rmer at 500S 55.
hogs-Dull; shipping 6504 80: packers . O0G
5 IS.
Caftle-Steady; corn fed Texans 00Gl4 25; com
mon 10 fair natives 00l3 co. fair to extra 25D6 90
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13

The American boneless sardines received
the grand diploma of merit over all COM
petitors at the World Exposition, Vienna,
1878. Better and less than half the price
of imported sardines. Sold by all first
class grOcers. Packed only by the Ameri-
can Sardine Co, New York. [IO-3Od&w1y
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
3 q ~ s X s Il 5 352 WABASH AVE-,
1UAS4nAeAelHEEE Opposite the Pcs. csise.
~ .

The most Renowned Specialist Of the Age, On the
treatment of PRIVATE, CHRONIC and URI'
NARY DISEASES, SEMINAL WEAKNESS.
The early ndscreons or other causes produene
NERVOUSNESS PIMPLES on THE FACE, AVERSION TO
SOCIETY, IMPAIRED SIGHT. LOSS OF MEMORY AI
MANHOOD PERMANENTLY CURED. THE CREAM OF
MEDICAL LITERATURE. Illustrated with ehAste sngavng
explaining who may marry why not, why The impsdmene
to Their nature, cause and cure re ~ oeh
,ntIn plain sealed envelope Ladies requiring surgical aid
medical attendance advice may call or address the docts
Iuvads provided with private apartmen board attend
nneo Ac Cures Guaranteed. Rubber goods on hand.
DR. OLIN has removed his Office to 6S Randolph
Street, corner State. Circular expressly for ladie
two stamps. ll15d&wly
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
Twenty-Third Year.
LOCAL NOTICES.

Our readers will certainly thank us for
advising them to keep in their houses, for
use, Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil. 1t
is said to be the best remedy for painful
complaints ever discovered. ''It works
like a charm"
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13

The undersigned having purchased the entire In
terest of T. A. Babcock in the late firm of Babcock
q Bready will continue the business of Machine
Shop and Foundry at the old stand, corner Of Ili-
nois and Arsenal streets, Rock Island, and hopes
by strict personal attention, moderate charges
and good work, to receive liberal share oi the
patronage of the vicinity.
Rock Island, Ills, Feb. IS, s,1s74. 1874.
lldSt&w1t JOHN y. bkEAUx'
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.

THE Co-PARTNERsHIP HERETOFORE EXIST
| ing between the undersigned under the name
and style of Babcock & Bready, has been this day
dissolved by mutual consent Mr.. T. A.. Babcock
retiring from the firm. All accounts will be settled
by j. E. Bready at the old stand.
T. A. BABC0CK,
j. E. BREADY.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
New York.

New YORK, Feb 12.
FINANCIAL.
Money-Easy at 4015.
Sterling--4 50.
Gold--Closed at 1919
Governments.-Strong.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-02-13
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUkEE, Feb.12.
Flour-Quiet spring extrl 0096 25.
Wheat-Vuiet and weak; No 2, l 21A cash 81 4
March; pa.
Oats-Steady; No 2. 401a.
Corn-Firm; No 2, 56h-
Rye-Steady; mol T9.
Barley Steady; No 2, 20.
Ho2s-Live 25; dressed 6 25
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
PHUNNYGRAMS.

Ships Bread-Rolls, and plenty OF
'em.
If Bcdouin should lose his teeth,
would he talk gum Arabic?
-Whatmay one always have his pockets
filled with, even when they are empty?
Holes.
The gentleman who kissed a strange
lady for his wife in the fog the other day
was mistaken.
Thine cuts down all, both great and
small" How about the provisions and
grocery bills?
When Maryland doctor spells it
"accufortus" is it any wonder that patients
die on his hands?
Out in Montana, when they start a
man down hill in a barrel, they speak of
his appearance in new role.
-"You'n never find his equal,' said
Rev. Mr.. Spriggins to young widow.
mo, fear not; but l shall try
-Schoolmaster: "What is nothing ?"
Boy: ut is when a man asks you to hold
his horse, and just says Thank YOU"
What is the difference between plan
Of a battlefield and a roasted pippin L?
One is a war map and the other is warm
apple.
Buffalo has ghost whose occupation
is an incessant pulling off of his boots
but il won't do to take much stockin (g)
that specter.
Mrs. Andrews, of Vermont said she
didn't care darn whether dinner suited
her husband or not" and justice fined
her seven dollars"
"A Madison butcher recently found a
large shawl-pin in a COW he was cutting
up into steaks. 1t is supposed the animal
had swallowed a milkmaid.
-'Mynheer, do you know for what we
call our boy Hans?" "Do not, really"
well, tell you. Der reason dat we call
our boy Hans, dat ish his name"
AT a late conference session a clergy
man gave a reason why the Baptist Church
is like beavers hut: There is only one
entrance to it, and that is under water"
MIR. Thomas, aged ninety-one, who
died in Vermont the other day, said that
he'd worried more over buttOnless shirts
than all his business affairs put together.
"A New Haven editor spent last Sun
day in SlawsOn, and attended church
When the contribution box came around
he was in a doze, but on being nudged,
hastily exclaimed, ~ have ."-Don-
bury Neaos.
-"Fellow-travelers,'' said a colored
preacher, "ef had been eatin' dried APP
pies for a week, an then took to drinkin'
for mont, | couldn't feel more swelled
up than l am dis mint wild pride an
vanity at SEEM such full tendance har dis
evenin'."
A Philadelphia negro went to sleep
with his head on the railroad track and
hand-car came along and ran over him.
He got up swearing that he couldn't get
any rest anywhere without some white
man would come along to bother him.
One of the wheels of the car was broken.
One who has the reputation of being
a great philosopher, an experienced man
of the world, p ofound thinker and an
acute observer, with deep insight into
human nature, has left on record the ex-
preston of his firm conviction that no
man. however gifted, however fortunate
in his domestic relations. however sue
cessful in his public undertakings, can be
pronounced happy-whose trousers bag
at the es.-Punch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Old Fruit Cans.

EMPTY tin fruit cans, like old hoop
skirts, are nuisance when out OF place
The question is: What is their place
and | should be willing to answer 1t 8
hundred times, if | could Danish them
from he cutters, the ash heaps, the va
can't f,ts, and, above all, from the hands
OF the a0vs | shudder now at the very
suggestion of their ever being used again
as music boxes, strung with rosined
chords. Did that epidemic visit y0Flf 10
callty, my dear reader? If so, you
would be in haste to prevent the slightest
possibility of its recurrence. But to the
remedy:
In the first place, to open the cans
properly, put hot Goals on and around
the little soldered tip on the top, until
the solder melts, then scrape off lid and
Goals together, with table knife. BE
careful, however, not to set the cans on
the hot stove before they are opened, by
which little neglect steam enough to
burst the can might be generated, which
would not be very pleasant or prohta-
bic method of opening it. When opened
properly, you have a smooth, round orl-
ice through which to remove the fruit.
When the cans are empty and dry, IN
vert them in hot Goals in the stove for
half minute, or on hot stove, until the
solder melts and loosens the remaining
top OF the can; then strike 1t OF, smooth
oil the bits of solder, and you have very
convenient cooking utensil. For lid,
use saucer, or the covers to old tin pint
cups or pals. Rice, wheat, Samp, pearl
barley, split peas and many other dishes
Tor a small family, and small dishes for
large family, can be cooked in
them, either standing directly on the
stove, or placed IN large boiler or sauce
pan of water, to prevent the possibility of
their burning. 1t also saves more costly
tin utensils; for this method of boiling
water is hard ON the tinware. One can
may be kept for onions; others can be
used for baking or steaming rye and In
dian bread, and some kinds of pud-
ding.
They are also convenient for pantry
use, for holding articles to be used in
cookery or in the laundry for garden
seeds, for paint pots, and for many other
things that will suggest themselves to
every housekeeper, and for which indeed
they would long ago have been used but
for the untidy, Jagged edge made by the
common method of opening them. Ii
covers are wanted for them IN these capa-
cities, discarded rims and lids may be put
together with little solder.
If there are tin shears at hand, and
any one to use them, the cans may be
made into very passable scoops. Take
several of them at a time to timer, and
he will cut them into the shape for a
trit1e. 1t saves time to have a scoop in
every meal tub, flour barrel, sugar pail,
and starch box In short, old tin cans
are far better for many purposes than for
street organs, or for ornaments to dogs
tails. Suppose we change the tune, and
have better economy, more and higher
grade OF music.-Scaence Of Health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
SaWdust in the Stable.

THE NeD England Farmer says: "The
doctors and the professors are discussing
the value of sawdust and shavings when
applied 10 land. Mr.. Knox, in the New
York Tribune, cautions against the use of
shavings as a mulch, and believes they
must prove injurious. Professor S. W.
Johnson thinks otherwise. Both argue
the case from scientific stand point.
Mr.. Knox believes that potash must be
fed to plants in an elementary or uncOm-
Jined state. Mr.. Johnson claims that
pure potash is destructive to vegetation,
and can only become plant food when
combined with an acid When doctors
disagree who shall decide? We do not
claim to know much about the chemistry
of sawdust, but we have used it several
years as an absorbent of urine, and as bed
ding for horses and cattle. We prefer to
have it seasoned and dry, and should
choose that made from hard wood, but
we take such as we can get, which is
nearly all made from pine logs.
Our conclusions are that sawdust is the
cleaneSt bedding we have ever used; that
if the manure is kept trOdden down hard
to prevent excessive fermentation, it is no
injury to the manure heap. Our expert
ments prove that sawdust soaked with
urine and USED as a top-dressing on grass
land, will show where it was spread by
an increased growth of grass; that when
the manure is made up largely of saw
dust, that is, when enough is used to soak
up and retain all the urine, it has never
injured any of the crops to which it has
been applied. We have grown all kinds
of crops on it, without perceiving any in
furious effects therefrom. We shall con-
tinue its use in such quantities as will
make comfortable bedding for our COWS,
and as an absorbent, till we see some
harm done by it, as long as it can be OBJ
tanned by carting two or theee miles. As
fertilizer, perhaps sand or loan, or dry
muck, Or straw would be better; but all
cannot have these in abundance, and we
must use for bedding the best materials
within our reach"
Our own experience with sawdust
whether pine, hemlock, spruce or hard
wood has been similar to that of our
contemporary. We would not apply
sawdust to land without composing it;
but it is one of the best methods of com
posting, to litter the cattle and horse
stables with it e5aGTaL Ncoo Yorker.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
HARD TIMES.
BY MARION DOUGLAS.

SIT closer, love; the fire burns low;
It's old time rudy cheer miss;
1t gives no warmth, it has no glow,
Though cold without the wind goes by.
Ali how once had felt, had |
Foreseen so dark a time as thisi
My bread is bitter with the thought
have no power to earn it nOWl
An anxious look thine eyes have caught
And weary lines are on thy brow;
Sit closer. love, though want and care
Are all now with thee can share?
Yet while the clouds are black above,
Yet doubly dear thou art to me;
They never dreamt how sweet Is love
Who have not tasted poverty.
When fortune flies, when comfort goes,
The heart he trusts the poor man knows;
o, tried and true, when night wears by,
And we behold with grateful bliss
A glad new morning light our sky,
Twill be LIES sweetest Joy that
Have known thee In time like this
-HGrpe7'S BGzaT.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-05
Directions for Building SmOke
House.

A CORRESPONDENT inquiries for directions
for building a smoke-house. 1t should
always be built of stone or brick, if DOS
sible; at least the first four or five feet
from the ground should be so, especially
if wood be burned for the household fires,
since then there is almost absolute safety
from fire, and the bottom may then be
used for storing ashes. 1t will require
about six square feet to hang an average
ham. The crossbars, into which are
driven the hooks for hanging the hams.
should be about eighteen inches apart,
and the hooks the same distance apart
thereon, or say seven hooks to each bar.
a house ten feet square will therefore
hang about fifty hams in each tier; the
upper tier should be two and One-half
feet above tire lower. The lower tier of
hams should not be less than six feet
from the ground. Your lower crossbars
will be eight and One-half feet from the
ground, the upper one, eleven feet, and, il
you choose to put in a third tier, this one
will be thirteen and half feet from the
bottom, which will give the height of
your building This will be a good pro-
portion, and if only one hundred hams
are required, the lower tiers of crossbars
may be omitted which viii give a greater
hiSlduCC HUN TIC IIC W INT ul6dL.
Projections must be left in the wall as
supports to the crossbars, and the hooks
should be similar to those used by butch
ers, so they may be moved at will. Ven
tilation must be provided at the top to al
low the escape of the smoke; the venti-
lator to be so protected as toexciude light
and flies. 1t is also far better if the fire
place be disconnected from the house and
the smoke carried thence through a suit
able fue or pipe. By this means YOU
may always have your meat secure from
flies.
In hanging the hams, the top tier is
first filled, an assistant handing the meat
as fast as wanted. Commencing at one
side, fill one bar, then place another, and
so proceed until the whole is finished,
using proper stepladder to enable the
work TO be done Western Rura9.