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The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
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tbs undersigned. al oisisena Of KENT
On one great inleres. Of he State intent
Do your inoss honorable beay pray
~ pas some wholesome law without delay
10 proiecl onr sheepfplds from destruction dire,
And layenous dass viii wholesome drcd inspire.
Toimrpse on every dag moderate tax,
Whieh, fhla MASTER pay In good Ereenbacks
70 mTe his doEHhipn life, all well lfnot
Tho dog hes had his day let him be shot
Owns vs. CAMS upon in face
The argument 4 plain in such case.
The sheep 4 useful from York 70 Istamhoul
The human fRce seek Faiment IN his wool;
In blankets sofl and warm. man takes his rest.
And costly carpets " his feet aro presz'd
His flesh nutritious dlgestible as food
The glorious thoughts Of poel and Of sage
The phiosophie and historic page
Ihq sistermann lAburs. giving man iast laws
And all that man from inspiration draws IA
In sheep OF cali may Be securely hoeRd
In sheep The statutes q the State are found
But what Of Dog What article Of dress
Does dog suppiy9 Can human tongue express
The loAshsone honor Of dog ragout
puppy pie, frfcasse or stew
What man 20 bold so,recklen Is to dare
10 put Iongiellow. Bryant-nor do ears
10 add Brett Harte-in binding dossiinl
Would Il not be the unpArdonable sing
And who the indignily would perpetrats
TO subject great Blackstone TO such faleg
Just think Of Shakespeare. RoEioas. wondrous VIII.
Put into dogs hide. with all the binders skilll
What dreadful penalty would be TOO hard
For such an outrage on the worlds great bsrdf
Mol No In sheep our food. our rAimeni lsi rs fnd.
In sheep the works Of all our scholars hindi
And now ye saees heed our humble plea;
Long life to sheep, and death TO dogs decree,
Let right be done. aud Justice have fnll sway;
Thus your petitioners viii ever pray
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
Manure Heaps.

Farmers frequently experience heavy
loss by permitting their manure heaps to
remain freely exposed to the air without
any covering This practice, SO inimical
to the interests of the husbandman, whose
circumstances require that he should econ
omize every particle of formulating matter
for the use of his crops, requires correc-
ton.
Exposed in this condition, without any
protection from the deteriorating effects Of
the atmosphere, the very best manure will,
in very short time, be deprecated to a
most harmful extent. Whenever fermen-
tation takes place the most valuable part
Of the manure, If not covered with some
absorbent substance, is volatilized, and
passes off in gas. This valuable portion is
the substance known to chemists by the
name of ammonia. Every pound of this
salt is capable Of producing sixty pounds
of wheat, or bushel of Indian corn, be
ing, as we have already remarked, the
most valuable part Of the manure, and
without which whatever remains after its
abstraction or volatilization by the atmos.
phere, is little better, SO far as regards
vegetable sustenance, than so much sand.
If you have manure heap from which
you are apprchensive this gas is escaping,
prepare yourself with common feather,
dip it in vinegar, and hold it directly over
the manure. If the gas is escaping, white
fumes will be seen. In this case NO time
should be lost in sowing gypsum over the
entire surface of the heap, which arrests
the ammoniacal gas-or, if ifgypsum is not
available, you can cover the heap with
fine muck, or, indeed, with any substance
which viii act as an absorbent. Every
person who has accorded any attention
whatever to the phenomena of manures
must have been very sensibly impressed
with the difference between the results OBJ
tained by the application of horse manure
which has been allowed to remain in heap
till il has become fire tanged," and those
which follow the application of that which
has not undergone this deteriorating pro-
cess. Now this difference is the result Of
fermentation. Had the manure been COW
cred carefully, this process would have
been SO far modified in intensity that no
very sensible or appreciablc diminution Of
valne would have ensued. The yolatilized
ammonia, being specifically lighter than
atmospheric air, would have ascended and
been absorbed, in great measure, by the
protecting covering Of gypsum or mold,
and thus have been economical for the
use Of the crops This subject is really
deserving the serious attention Of the far
mer, who should better understand his
own interests than to permit 50 valuable
an sdjutant to be lost.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
Management Of Yeang Calves,

EVarx enw will pFova II ba more mo-
litable animal and il win be immensely
better for her il every RESPECT, If she Is
allowed 70 rear her own calf until It is at
least one or two months old, It's natura,
for ! COW 70 suckle her Young. and il is
unnatural that the calf should not be al
lowed to take its food from the udder Of
the dam. The youup ANIMAL should be
allowed to suckIe the biestines-,he 6rst
milk drawn ffow the cows udder-which
nature designs as its most nutritious aud
proper food, which is also medicinal. cleans
ing the bowels of the pent.up meconium
or fecal matter secresed there during its
confinement in the womb. Il should get
a snficient portion Of this naturally medi-
einal aliment four times day, say pint
and a half al a time. 80 as not 70 keen il
fasting too long. and at the same time not
to overload the stomach. The calf should
get portion Of its own dams milk as long
as it retains its peculiar medicinal quality,
which may be known BY its coagulating
upon being heated or boiled; but older
calves should not be allowed to eat the
biesting, as to them it would be injurious.
If a calf is allowed to suck the COW, draw
lug only partial support of necessary
+nourishmeut, It can be taught to drink
from pail with as much facility as if it
were not allowed to suck at all. When
the calf is a week old little skim milk
may, be gradually mixed with the new
milk, and after fortnight little oatmeal
-four, Indian, bean, pea, or linseed meal
mucilagc may be added gradually, which
will enable the industrious and economical
housewife to save her milk for the produc-
tion Of butter or cheese, and rear her calves
also But meal Of all sorts Of grain should
be cooked before it is mingled with the
milk fed to the young calf, or the crude
food may produce a violent attack of
scours. Professor johnson saws. in his
Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry, /"
that while the calf is Young, during the
first two or three weeks. its bones and
muscles chiefly grow. 1t requires the
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
THORNBURG & MoGINNIs's
LIME SPREADER
PATENTED Isys.

HNHlS Machine has been thoroughly tes,.a
Il and found to broadcast CHIP MANupss
from well rotted BARN Yam MASuRrS. r.
FUSE TAS Bark, CoNPosTs, 6e., with nereae,
eyenness and great rapidity. NN'
Also, TO BROADCAST or DRILL in the row. =,
any distance apart desired, LIME, PI.Asrrp
ASHES, SUPER PHosPHArEs, &c., triM perfrr,
erenHess, at rates from one Jushel 10 ann ~
sired quantity per acre.
Orders are solicited, and will be filled as
fast as they can be manufactured in the prder
Of time in which tho orders are received.
An agent will deliver the Machine as anon
as possible, and, on thorough trial by the
purchaser in his own way, and in all WAYS for
the purposes 1t is intended, and ifnot satisfac.
tory in all things, no sale.
By this system we hope to place Il In tho
hands of every intelligent farmer as RAPIDLY
AZ they can be constructed, and hasten M
revolution that il is destined to work N no
Application of Manures.
We hope, by the policy Of no sale, unless
satisfactory after full trial Ant least 10 engage
the attention of calculating and sensible
farmers. Address
l.. II. COLE,
Finksburg, Carroll county, Nd,
Agent for Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey
and Eastern Pennsylvania. sep 1S.T
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
Lucerne for Pasture.

II is surprising how slowly this magni6-
cent forage plant, which for untold cen
turies has been for Southern Europe-and,
indeed, all the countries surrounding the
Mediterranean-what maize is in America,
the handspring of agriculture, has made
its way in the estimation Of the American
farmer
For the small landholder, and more par
ticularly for suburban residents whose
holdings are too restricted to permit a
permanent pasture, and for a country
which like ours is subjected to periodical
droughts of long duration, there is not in
the whole catalogue of plants cultivated as
food for our domestic animals single one
at al comparable with lucerne.
Certainly, hardy enough to brave the
winters Of New York, its long-reaching
roots, plunging to perpendicular depth of
fourteen feet, enable it to defy the summer
droughts so destructive to all other culti-
vated plants.
An acre in iucerne has been known to
keep five cows and three horses in fine
condition from May until the end of 0c-
tober, and but a few square rods will keep
a suburban family well supplied with milk
and butter during the same period
Possibly this valuable plant has not come
into general use because of the supposed
difficulties of its cultivation, the belief be-
ing that unless it is drilled and cultivated
at great expense with the hoe, it will be
smothered by weeds Of quicker growth
Some years ago, Mr.. Winans, the emf
nent engineer at Baltimore, gave to GER
tain piece Of land very heavy dressing of
raw manure, narrowed, pulverized, and
rolled the, ground, and then seeded it
heavily to grass. As might have been ex-
pected, such crop Of weeds never was
seen, and the wise1cres In the vicinity
made all sorts Of comments upon the folly
of the amateur farmer But mark what
followed. When the weeds had reached
height Of twelve and more inches, and
many Of them had blOssomed, couple of
mowers we're put in and they were sheared
off clean; revolving rakes we're then brought
60 the front and the heavy growth Of weeds
was speedily removed, leaving the lot 50
thickly set in grass that any remaining
vitality in the weeds was soon choked
and smothered
A gentleman near fredericksburg, Va,
who witnessed the process, applied it to
the cultivation Of lucerne, and with a like
success.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07

The HoRsE AND PREMIUMs-A cor
respondent writes:--aIn the premium list
Of the Monroe N. Y County Society for
the last annual fair, we see offered for
horses, in the aggregate of all grades for
utility, the sum Of $500, and for style and
speed the sum of $3.50, or more than
four times the amount for style and speed
to that for general utility Tien for the
best thoroughbred animal we see offered
the premium Of $40, and for the fastest
trottiDg nag, $500; for the best field Of
wheat, not less than Eve acres, is offered
$40, and for the second fastest horse,
$50; for the best show Of agricultural i'm.
plements manufactured BY the exhibitor,
= gold medal (or gold watch, and for the
fastest horse that has never beat 2:35, $3.50;
and 50 We may 60 on through the whole
schedule Of premiums aud see the prinei-
pie carried out that style and speed are
far more important than things Of utility.
This il the reason why 90 many Of our
Agricultural Fairs Ianel,isL and are barren
Of profitable results Men Who yalue style
sb0ve utility, and not real, practical intel
|iFrnt farmers manage them. When Win
our farmers ind time and develop infelIi-
eeuee enough 10 sake the control Of their
lnoae important affairs into their own
hands Rural Home,
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
CHANGE OF TIME.
Western Maryland Railroad.
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lnN and after Thursday, December Is,
" 1878, the passenger trains ON this road
will run as follows
EASTWARD.
Leave Williamsport at 6.I5 A. NJ.
Leave Hagerstown at 7.O5 A. NJ. and /. so
p. NJ.
Leave Mechanicstown at 4.50 A. NJ, SIS
A. NJ, and 3.06 p. NJ.
Leave Union Bridge at 5.34 A. NJ, S.5s
A. NJ, and 3.4S Z. NJ.
Leave New Windsor at $3.50 A. NJ, 9.I2 A.
NJ, and 400 =. NJ.
Leave Westminster at 6.l9 A. NJ, 9.34 A.
NJ, and 4.25 p. NJ.
WESTWARD.
Leave Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, at s.45
A. NJ, and 4.40 p. NJ.
Leave Westminster at 1925 A. NJ, Sal
and p. NJ.
The p. NJ. train stops at all Stations, but
does not go farther west than Mechanicstown.
The 4.40 p. NJ. train is the express, and
stops at Pikesville, Owings' Mills, Reisters.
town Tank, Westminster, New Windsor,
Union Bridge, Frederick junction, Mechan.
lcstown and all stations west to Williamsport
and Frederick.
Special City Passenger Cars will be in wait.
ing at the Company's office, corner Of Eutaw
and fayette streets, starting thirty minutes
previous TO starting time from Fulton Depot,
thus connecting with all out. going trains, and
Special City Cars will be in waiting at Fulton
Depot on the arrival of all trains, enabling
passengers to reach all central and eastern
portions of the city.
Stage connections are made with Mail Train
At Glen Morris Station for Hampstead and
Manchester, and at Mechanicstown for En-.
mittsburg. WIN. ii. JORDAN.
Freight and Passenger Agent.
JOHN T. RIGNEY,
dec 20 General Superintendent.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
Ghe 5armer.
Prom tAe Turf, Field and Farm.
Sheep as Improvers of the Soil.

We are firm believers in the Spanish
proverb that 'the foot of the sheep turns
the soil to gold," and the reasons for the
faith which is in US are as follows Nearly
thirty years ago, young Virginia came
into possession Of some 500 acres Of land
in the Piedmont region, close under the
Blue Ridge. His farm, originally of good,
strong red land, had been reduced by i'm
provident culture almost to absolute bar,
renness; briars, brambles, sedge, and the
pestilent sassAfras had taken almost entire
possession. just about this time those
admirable letters On aSheep Husbandry in
the South, BY Randall, were being pub
lished BY the late John S. Skinner in the
Journal Of Agriculturs. Our young Vir-
ginian read them with the deepest interest,
and became convinced that he could re-
store his impoverished inheritance to its
original fertility by means of sheep.
Having determined to become fock-
master, the next question was to decide
upon the variety Of sheep he should breed.
The heavy, long-wooled breeds, the Bake
wells, the Oxford Downs, even the smaller
South Downs were evidently unsuited to
his scanty pastures, and he had made up
his mind to lay in stock of the common
native sheep which were driven through
his county every year by the Western
drovers, and which could be had at about
~ each. While waiting for droyer to
come along, he fortunately heard Of a flock
Of some 300 Merinos to be had at a merely
nominal price, which he secured without
delay. They were precisely what be wanted;
they were as hardy as the native sheep,
would bear as close packing, while their
wool and pelts were much more valuable.
His first operation after the purchase of
the sheep was to select twcnty-a acre field,
which he cleared Of brambles and sassafras
in rough way with an ordinary briar-
scythe, and the sheep we're regularly folded
each night on surface of a quarter Of an
acre, until the spot was well manured
Three sides Of the fold were then removed
and another quartes-aere taken in, and so
he proceeded until the whole twenty acres
had been gone over The field was then
seeded % wheat and clover, and the land
which before would not have returned him
his seed, yielded AGO bushels Of clean
wheat, clear Of cockle and garlick, which
sold for s690-just 800 more than the
sheep cost him. The young clover stood
on The land as thick as the hair on his
dogs back, and thus twenty acres of land
was saved from barrenness. When not
folded at night, the sheep had the run Of
the whole place; and the briars and sassa-
fras gradually disappeared before them.
By the liberal use of plaster, and with no
other manure than that scattered bv the
sheep, white clover and the sweeter grasses
slowly took possession. When the war
broke out there were 1000 sheen on the
farm and on some land adjoining, and by
the judicious purchase Of superior bucks,
<11 x~.s<.I. ~c z~-.----I a
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07

Wood that has been summed a few days
aiser eusting and splitting, and then housed
four msntils or more, is worth for the fam
iIy purposes ofwarminsl cooking and wash
ing, almost twice as much q when green.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
DENTAL NOTICE.

nR. GEO. s. FoUKE, Dentist, offers his
~ services at his Office.
Westminster-every Monday, Tuesday and
Saturday.
Emmittsburg--Fourth Wednesday After.
noon till Thursday Afternoon.
Mechanicstown-Fourth Thursday After
noon and Friday. f
Rocky Ridge-First Wednesday Afternoon.
Double Pipe Creek-First Thursday.
Middleburg-Fir Friday.
Uniontown-Second Wednesday Afternoon.
Taneytown-Second Thursday Afternoon
and Friday.
Union Bridge-Third Wednesday Afternoon
and Thursday Forenoon.
New Windsor-Third Thursday Afternoon
and Friday Forenoon. feb 2s
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07

ME recently purchased new assortment
w Of Job Type for use during the pres.
ent season. ian
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
FRESH RAIsINs,

GURRANTs, and Citron, just received IN
~ store, and for sale BY
nov 20 Il. S. STOUFFER.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
NOTICE.

THE undersigned hereby gives notice that
a he has been appointed General Agent Of
the Carroll County Fire Insurance Company.
All persons desiring TO insure property (either
real or personal) in this Company, will please
address The Agent At Westminster, Md. All
yoHN. T. DIFFENBAUGH,
aug zb-tf Agent
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
COAL TAR FOR SALE.

A PPLY to
"A JOHN l.. REIFSNIDER,
President Westminster Gas Light 70.
mar 16.tf
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07
NOTICE.
S. BENTz,s

iEREALINE or Ant. Dyspeptic Food,
~ the cheapest and healthicst food in the
world. Bread, meat and medicine combined.
Call and get a package and try IT, For sale
BY y. s. ST0UFFER,
Sole Agent for Westminster, Md.
nov Is.
The Democratic advocate., 1874-02-07

ON and after Thursday, December Is,
~ 1873, the passenger trains on this road
will run as follows:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07
THE ROAD TO HEALTH.

Cleanse the stomach, bowels and bloot
from all the aCrid, corrupt and offensive
accumulations which produce functiona
arrangement, and you remove the cause
OF most diseases which stllict the human
family, and thus save large doctors bills
The most ettectusl and reliable remedy
for this purpose is found in DR.. Pierce!
Pleasant Purgstive Pellets. No chear
wood or paper boxes, but kept fresh and
reliable in walls.
High liVers, those indulging in ease
and pleasure, and those oil sedentary hab.
lis, can prevent Boils, Carbuncles, Gout
Red Skin, Eruptions, Pimples, Constipa
tions, Piles, Drowsiness, Biliousness, and
other conditions induced by such habits
by taking from four to six OF DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pellets once week
or, better still, one or two each night
They are sold by dealers in medicines.
eod,sW&w
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07
The Civil Rights Bill,

| SulCAkV AIlUunc.
Senator Summers original bill was mol
seriously discussed during the lifetime; but
Senator Frellnghuysen, as Chairman Of
the judiciary Committee after his death
introduced bill modelled after Mr.. Sum-
neF's theory, in order to carry out his dy.
Ing request 1t consists Of Eve sections
The first provides that all persons
whether citizens or not, and without dis
tinCtion Of race or color, shall DO entitled
TO the equal enjoyment Of the accommoda.
lions and advantages OF all inns, hotels.
public conVeyances on land and water,
theatres, operas, concerts, and other places
oil amusement, OF common schools, Of the
agricultural colleges, and all other instiut-
tons o. learning or benevolence supported
In whole Or In part by public taxation,
and also OF cemeteries and burial. grounds
similarly supported. The second section
contains the penalties, which provide
that the offender shall pay $500 damages
TO the aggrieVed person, and likewise be
subject, upon conviction, to fine Of / 900
or imprisonment for not more than one
year.
The third section eudows the United
States Circuit and District Courts with
jurisdictiOn in all cases growing out OF
this act, and makes 1t the duty OF all the
officers Of the United States Courts 10
prosecute the suits. Tho fourth section
provides that no person shall be disquali-
ned from serving on the Jury on account
Of race or color, and any officer failing to
summon any juryman on this account
shall DO fined $1,000 The filth section
makes all cases under this law reviewa-
bic by the United States Supreme Court
without regard to.the sums In controversy,
as now provided with reference to other
Causes, This bill passed the Senate BY
majority Of thirteen. II was on the
Speakers table In the House when Con-
gress adjourned. 1t is not likely that the
measure will DO brought up again this
coming winter, or, II It ls, that any
serious efforts will DO made 10 pass It,
in tho taco Of an almost certain veto,
1t Is to be hoped,Ifor the sake OF har-
mony In the party, that this action
will not be forced upon President
Grant, but If it is, 1t may be con-
sidered beyond reasonable doubt, that he
will return the bill without his approval.
The Tribune will dispute with any one q
devotion to the true principles upon
which the Republican party was organ.
lied and for which 1t was maintained;
but we hold that everything has been
done in the way Of legislation which is
necessary to secure the negro the enjoy
ment OF his political rights II future ex-
per!ence suggests additional legislation,
we shall advocate it; but we shall oppose
every effort at legislation which enters
upon the labyrinth ard indefnsble do.
main OF social relations. Such legislation
would not stop with the negro. Il would |
be but step to like interference be-
tween the relations OF whites of different
social standing, 1t would become as OIL.
iensiVe in'politics as coercive sumptusry
laws are. 1t would inevitably bring dis
aster upon the political party that should
attempt to follow it into lis numbarless
and mysterious ramiacstions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07
Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, December 5.-Cotton-
Dull but unchanged at 19c. Wheat
Scarce and firm 81 10a1 20. Corn-De-
mand fair and prices advanced shelled
7Sa74c. 0ats-Demand fair and prices
advanced to Gee. Kye-Demand fair and
market advanced to 81 10. Barley scarce
and firm; spring 81 20t; fall 81 45. Oils
Unchanged, EggS-Dull and prices
dropping, 25a2Gc. Butter-Dull and I'M
changed. Cheesc--Steady and in mode
rate demand. Pork-Dull and unchanged,
20icspot; 2lC seller February. Lsrd.-Dull
and prices dropping; steamed 18ta13Aci
kettle 15tc. Bulk Meats - Quiet and
weaklshoulders 7fGspot; st buyer March
bulk sides and clear rib 10a10tc; clear
10ta10sc. Bscon-Dull and prices nom
inRl Green Meats-Dull; shoulders 7c
sides 9tc; hams 11s1lic as to weight
WhiSky-Declined to 96c.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-12-07
How a School Teacher Got His Eve
Put Out.
FiOm the CIarksburg Telegram.

.FtOm the CIarksburG TelCgram.I
a teacher by the name of Ross, at
Pennington, suffered a painful accident
one day last week while. correcting one Of
bis pupils. The refractory boy!was the
son OF the teacher. Tho punishment
prescribed was logging with q CAD from
speach tree: The teacher seems TO have
been powerfully in earnest. Perhaps he
Intended TO make that tlogging apply TO
other sins committed by the image Of his
former sell. At any rate he stood on tip.
toe and brought ne switch down with o
whir.r'r that promised terrible laceration
70 the feelings OF the youthful miscroant.
The instrument of torture wound about
the quivering form OF the boy and the
end Of it breaking of was flung with ter
rife precision into the right eye Of the no.
Die sire. The blow put the eye out. The
ball was burst by the blow, and there is
no probability that he will ever recover
the use Of the eye again. This Is ter.
Fible warning to teachers who indulge In
corporal punishment. We sympaIhize
with Mr., Ross in his affection, but are in.
GIincd to the belief that If he had been a
little more careful in his training Of his
boy out side Of tho school room, he
would not have found such a castigation
necessary, and would not have lost On
eve,