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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-25
English Servants.


10 tho Editor OF tho New YOrR World
sR;-Wlll you allow an English wo-
mAnispace in your valuable paper to en-
tighten the Americans ss to tho cause Of
noblemen's and wealthy commonGrs'
houses running like well oiled clock
work
In England, where lived fifteen years
as q servant, the ladies' Of the Weather
classes never have anything 10 do with
the housekeeping, never have a word 10
say to the servants, excepting their ladies'
maid or childrep's nurses. A housekeep-
er superlntends the servants, eDgages and
discharges them, In oil the places / lived
In. The ladies never spoke 10 the ser.
wants, except to return our respectful
courtesy by q slight ncllnation and q ora.
cious smile. All the reproof Of praise was
done BY the houSekeeper, who, in every
hou1e ! lived In, was a strict dis
ciplinarian, much more given to
iAult-hnding than praislng; she in her
turn was accountable to the steward,
whose business II was 10 buy the pro-
visions, oversee the menserYanls, and pay
the wages; and no In his turn was &C.
countable to the family lawyer. Our re.
specuul behavior 10 England is due to
several causes. Among them we are
taught from infancy, servants obey your
masters, and accept cheeriully the station
in life God has placed you in" l never
could make any one born In this country
understand the slAvish devotion and rev.
erence TO the nobility and gentry that are
taught the English poor. l am married
and have children Of my own, and would
cheeriully cut my tongue out II I thought
It would teach them 10 be the slave that
! was taught to be. The sermons that
are preached and the lessons taught Us
OF submission and respect are aided by
the conduct Of the ladies and gentlemen
towards US. The great distance they
keep, their dignifed and'gracious manner
on meeting US, help tho lesson that they
are superior to us, and not made out Of
the same clay that We are.
Now, II American ladies want their ser.
wants to behave as they do in England,
they must keep o houaekeeper, and treat
their servants the same as the English la
dies do theirs. Its my opinion that no
lady will receive submissive respect who
10 her own housekeeper, and keeps scold,
ing and Hbelling," aB the saying Is, after
her servants all day long. I hope the
ladies oil New York will not be offended
at an English servant giving them advice,
but it Is only fair that sometimes the ser
wants should BIO heard as well as the mis-.
treSses. As all the papers are full Of
abuse Of the servants, thought 1t would
do no harm il an English servant should
tell how English ladies treat their ser
wants in England. Very respectfully,
AN ENGLISH SERVANT.
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dealer, was officially announced at the
Produce Exchange to-day.
sTocEs-Flrm at the opening, growing
moderately active and strong, with an ad.
vance Of / 10 ( toward noon. The up.
ward movement was chiefly in North
western, Wabash and ohios, the weak
shares being Erie and Pacific Mail.
Later there wSs decline, followed by a
slight recovery. The market was weak
during the last hour, the decline ranging
from t to per cent from the highest
point In the generallIst. Quicksilver sold
as low as Bat, decline oil 2per cent The
transactions aggregated 177000 shares, Of
which $4,000 were Western Union, 10000
Pacific Mail, $1,000 Erie, $4,000 Lake
Shore, $4,000 Union Pacific, 81, 900 North.
western, 5000 stS Paul and 10000
Wabash,
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The Public Schools
WHRzn1Ns, Nov. 26th 1874
EdltOtl Of tho IntOllIEoaeor: = 8

RditotI Of tho IntelligoneSr; 5-Si
In your excellent leader Of yesterday
morning, you state, that the agitation Of
the School question cannot but be detri-
mental TO the interests ofthose for whom
the benefits Of the public schools were spe.
ciGlly intended. Now, my dear sir, you and
Ihave done good deaf Of agitation in our
days, and ! am sure we hAtter ourselves,
that some good has grown out OF Il, Con.
sidering the state Of party which has
existed among Us, In regard to educa-
tlonal matters, / am inclined to think,
that at this time agitation Is Just the
thing we need, whether 1t grows out Of
personal difference" or not. Much as
am inclined to respect your views gen
orally, 1 may be allowed 10 ask, Il you
have not been caught mapping this time
Having, as I believed, 7lndicated. my
sell and the public interests, am tired
Of the contest, but sincerity hope that you
and others more conservative than my
sell may continue the .sgitahonjuntil The
Scholastic atmosphere ID thoroughly
purified. Youfs truly. l'
J, H, McMechen,
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BALTIMORE, November "a. j Flour -
Dull and unchanged. Wheat-Strong
No ! amber western 81 80; No 2 do 81 %
No l red SOC; rejected 10c. Corn-Quiet
mixed western SOC; white western 8SA90c
Oats-Flrmer; mixed western &C; white
do Gao. Rye-Firmer, $1a1 05. Hay
Unchanged. ProVisions-Easier and stock
light, but receipts increasing. Pork-Un.
changed. BAcon-0ld shoulders 101ac;
do clear rib 1910. uams-Sugar.cured
n14s16c. Lsrd-l4ial5c. Butter-Flrmi
western'tub 30a85c; roll S0a39c. Petro.
leum -Unchanged:- Coffee = Firm and
unchanged. Whisky-Quiet, 81 Q9al OFT
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New York Dry Goods.

NEW YORK, November 24.-The trade
movement was slow in nearly all depart
ments. Cotton goods quiet, and nomin-
ally unchanged prices heavy. Brown
cottons, corset jeans and brown drilll
fairly active. Side band prints and glng
hams in good demand. Dress goods II
steady request. White blankets doing
well. One thousand pieces OF Guinet'I
blscksilks weresolda at auction 10 day ,Ont
brought good prices,
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PHILADELPHIA, November 24-Flour
Qutet and firm; super "a 25; extra So 25a
8 TO- WhCat-Very weak; red 81 Ola
! 3d. amber 81 Goal 81. Rye-97a0sc.
CoPn-Old yellow 94c; new s3ss6c. Oats
White 63a85c; mixed G2ic. Butter
Firm; choice western S5a36c; choice west.
ern roll 88aS5c. Cheese-Steady; fine
western 15sa16tc; primo western 14s15tc.
Egga-sroDg; western S2aSSc. Whisky
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PhiIadelnhia Wool.

PHILADELPHIA, November 24.-Wool
but not quotably higher; Ohio
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Xxx and
above 55a56c; \ 54s55r; medium COS
SIC; coarse 50a52ic; New York, Mich
gan, Indiana and Western fine 4Ss50c;
medium 65c; coarse soc; combipg washed
60aG5c; DO, unwashed, 4S945c; fine, un-
washed, 85a3Gc; coarse and medium,
washed, 40a421c; tub washed 55aGOc;
extra and merino, pulled, 45a47ic; No. l
and superhne, pulled, 43a47c.
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Toledo.

TOLEDO, o., November 24.-Flour-
Steady and in moderate demand. Wheat
Demand fair and market firm; amber
Michigan 81 OFT, seller January; No.
red 81 10; No. 3 red 81 06s. Corn
Dull and unsettled; high mixed roc; do,
new, 7etc; seller November 7Sic; seller
December Tic; low mixed s0iC. Oats
Dull and, prices nominal, No. /, .67ci
Michigan 55c; white CSC.
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Allegheny Cattle,

EAST LIBERTY, November 24.--CkTrIE
Receipts to-day ! ,020 head; supply light
and demand fair at unchanged ptices; not
many buyers on hand. Best 60 25A8 10;
medium to good IS 25A6 90; common to
Iair q 25a6 90; stockers scarce, % goa
4 90; bulls seas 25.
Hoes Receipts to-day $500 head;
Workers 60 4OaG 90; Philadelphia 81 4Oa
$50.
SHERP-Receipts to-day $500 head.
Best a 75a5 90; medium "a 0Oa4 30.
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Pittsburgh.

PrTTsDUReH, November 24.-WheAt-
Firm and prices unchanged, Corn-Firm;
new car 73275c; new ahelled 75a79c; old
sheled S5a8Sc. Petroleum-Crude firm
at 75c at ParkGts; refined l0Ic for nhila-
delphia delivery. .-- ......
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Z CLEVELAND, November 24-Wheat--
Steady and unchanged, Corn-Higher;
new ear, on track, zoo. 0ats-Flrm 81
67a60c. Petroleum - Firm; standard
white sc; Ohio State test 10tc,
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JAMES o. BELLS.

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GOYERNMENTs-FIrm and higher.
RAILROAD BoNDs-Firm.

The stockholders oil the Quicksilver
Mining Company were in session today,
considering the question Of equalizIng
common stock with preferred and enable
both classes 10 share alike in tho division
of the surplus earnings or earnings 70 &C.
crue. A resolution was offered asserting
TO the conversion OF common stock into
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resolution was prevented by George L,
Kent, . preferred stock der, who during
the discussion produced an injunction re-
strainipg ID passage. %.
: The ALLURE Of W. &. Adams, q grain
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Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
DRIVING HIS CLOVER TO MAR
KET,

From late number of the San Francisco
Bulletin We extract the following;
jackson Wicoxen, of Yolo County, lately
sold l27 fat steers, for $50 head. We
met him while driving about one.third the
first instalaent to Sacramento. The pur.
chaser received them at Wilcoxen's farm,
but Mr.. Wilcoxen helped to drive them to
Sacramento, where they will be put on The
cars for Oakland. The cattle bring the
seller the nice little sum Of Sc $50, and the
delivery will cost him three trips to Sacra.
mento on horseback. In these cattle Mr.
Wilcoxen was driving his alfalfa to market
lie has for the last ten years been raising
alfalfa, and driving it to market in this way.
His trips to Sacramento will probably cost
him about 50 each, making the expense Of
getting S6,3j0 worth Of alfalfa 10 market
but Slj. If we reckon his alfalfa at $40 n
ton, the steers will carry in condensed
form 63j tons to the market, at u cost OF
SIS. 1t would have cost to deliver the
same in its original bulky condition, at
least So per ton, or S3,l75, half what the
steers came to. We mention the fact AS an
illustration Of the great advantage Of reduce
ing bulky meterals produced on the farm
to more compact form before marketing
the same and another consideration, while
these steers have been growing up they have
been enriching and improving the land from
which they have obtained a living The
man who sells his hay in bulk, carries away
with each crop part Of the fertilzing prop
critics Of his farm, and will finally exhaust
that fertility which alone makes it valuable.
Let our farmers reflect on the lesson cou-
veyed in the above facts.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE FAIR.

The Manchester correspondent of the
Journal says;
The executive officers of the New llamp-
shire Agricultural Society are making ar
rangements for the State fair, which is to be
held in Manchester on the 29th and 30th Of
September and the lst and u of O5tober
next. Several new buildings are to be
erected upon the fair grounds, and four
halls, each l25 feet long by % feet wide,
are to be provided for the exhibition of
works Of art and specimens of mechanical
industry. Several mammoth tents will also
be provided for the display Of agricultural
implements, poultry, &c. The society has
offered $4,000 in premiums for stock and
articles of various kinds, which is the larg-
est amount ever offered since the society
was formed.
Among the new and important features
OF the premium list is the offer Of 500 for
the best county team of steers Of fifteen
yokes, aud $50 for the best county team Of
ten yokes. A premium Of $50 is also OF.
fered for the best town team Of ten yokes,
and $50 for the best yoke of pulling oxen.
Another new feature which the officers have
introduced is the offer to admit to the exhi-
bition all stock and articles entered for
premiums without requiring an entrance
fee.
Tho baby show, which was so successful
last year, will constitute an important fea-
ture at the fair this year. Seven valuable
gold medals, or their value in cash, are
offered as premiums in this department.
The exhibition of works of art will also be
an important feature of the fair this year.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
For the VERMONT FARMER.
BEST TIME TO SOW WINTER
GRAIN.

On this point practical farmers as well as
agricultural writers disagree. Some claim
that early sowing is very much the best,
while others favor sowing very late. For
these preferences various reasons are given.
But each party claims to obtain the heaviest
crop, and therefore to be perfectly right
in theory and practice.
Let US examine their theories. Those who
favor sowing early claim that the plants OBJ
tain frmer hold, tiller out more and that
the grain will be heavier and larger berry.
They claim that less seed is required, be.
cause much that is sown very late does not
gerninate at all or else only sends up sin.
gle stalk, while that which is got into the
ground early is surer to grow and more like
ly to throw up many stalks from single
root. Some who favor sowing in August or
the first Of September say that winter grain
will ripen at a certain time whether it is
sOwn early or late, and consequently the ear
lier it is sown the more time it will have to
grow, and the larger and nicer the crop will
be.
Those who favor late sowing say that grain
is not as liable to be smothered with snow
late as it is it 1t is got in early that in lots
where cattle are allowed to feed that which
is sown early is more likely to be injured by
being pulled up, trod IN, and eaten Off and
that the berry will be us plump, and the
yield as good on fields that are sown late as
on any other.
So much for the theories. l think in prac-
tice early sowing is to be preferred, although
l have sometimes sown late with good re-
suits. The theory that grain will ripen at
certain time without regard to when it is
sown is certainly incorrect. sowed piece
to winter rye late last fall near other fields
which were got in early. Except the time
of sowing the conditions were equally favor
able for all the fields, but mine was several
days later than the others. On an adjoining
lot the owner had a field Of corn. As soor
as it was ripe enough he cut it, plowed mar
row strips on which to stock il, and sowed
these strips to rye. The remainder of the
piece was sOwn considerably later. The re,
rult was that the early sown strips ripenet
week or ten days before the rest Of The
piece, and they also produced heavier crOI
of grain. But while the quantity was ii
favor of the early sowing there was no ap
prsciable difference in the quality.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11

tiers, even though they paid them Gl half
year OF extra wages. Some horses are nice
feeders, and need to be coaxel to eat. A
careful horseman will keep his eye on such,
and will, by giving small and oft-repcated
handfuls, constrain them to eat enough to
keep themselves in good order; whereas
careless one, by inattenton, would soon let
them be run down to skin and bone. Horses
that are greedy feeders, or that swallow
their corn whole, should have it bruised or
ground A little chaif mixed with corn
helps to make horses chew it--and we'll
chewed is Of more Importance than many
think. Unless it be wel-ground and mixed
with saliva in their mouths, it is but imper-
fectly digested in their stomachs, and without
perfect digestion there its full benefit is not
obtained. A full drink OF water immediate
ly after being fed should never be allowed to
horses. When water is drank by them the
bulk Of it goes directly to their large intes-
tines, and little OF it is retained in their
stomachs. In passing through them, how
ever, the water carries considerable guam
titles Of their contents where it lodges in the
intestines 1t, then, the contents of horses
stomachs are washed out Of them before
they are digested, they arc in manner lost,
no nourishment being derived from them
Coles in horses frequently arse from this
cause, ami to it the appearance Of corn entire
among the dung is often due.
The articles Of food, as we'll as the quail.
ty they get, are also matters that demand
consideration in the management OF horses.
Rara nj harlau Oftan 20 than
with profit instead Of corn, and their rela-
tive values as articles Of food stand in about
the same proportion as their specific weights
do. Damp straw or musty hay should never
be given as food for horses. The former is
apt to scour them, aud the latter frequently af-
iocts their wind. 1t is affirmed by some
that it their hay and straw be cut, and their
corn be bruised, horses can be kept at one
fourth less cost than when these are given
them whole. Everyone knows the value of
grass as an article of food for horses A
month Of it in the early part Of the season,
when it is young and tender, is worth two
when it is old and tough. Great care must be
taken Of horses when first put on grass-in-
deed, changes OF food Of any kind must to
them be introduced with caution, as many
have had to pay dearly for neglect Of this
Even change Of water has at times been
known to effect some horses so very sensitive
does their alimentary canal seem to be. A
shallow watering place in n running stream
should never be allowed for horses while at
grass. Fatal results have often been Undue
cd from their drinking sand along with wa
ter from such place.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
General Agrieulture.
THE GROWING PROSPERITY OF
NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURE.

The following is an epitome Of the ad-
dress Of DIR. Loring at the opening OF the
New England Fair, last week
The steady and uniform prosperity of
agriculture evidently has its charms, even to
those who control the great mills of New
England. Our eyes are not yet closed to
the value of productive soil. Tue bur-
dens Of the farm still appear light in COM
parison with the exhausting aud killing trials
which surround those who have launched
forth on the stormy seas Of trade. Amidst
the fluctuations and depressious Of business,
the farm, whether in the hands Of the rudest
labor or under the influence of the most in-
teigent skill, offers always its sure rewards,
and promises to every industrious and intel
lgent citizen a home crowned with comfort
and refinement. Agriculture still fuflls
her promises. And, as if to remove every
doubt OF her fidelity, she appears on these
well.appointed grounds, richer than ever be-
fore in the achievements Of her sons, and
stronger in the proofs Of her prosperity. To
my mind it is not only encouraging, but it is
also significant that, while the shadows are
falling on too many Of the great industries
Of New England, we have been able to call
around us on this spot such u striking, aud,
to us, unequaled evidence Of the activity
and energy of New England farming. An
accumulation Of material wealth like this
was never accomplished by declining or a
palsied industry. Such indications Of skill
and thrift as are found hero never spraug
from decay.
And |, therefore, congratulate you, and
the states which you represent, on the exist
ence of prosperous agriculture among US,
and on the indications on every hand that
farming, for time eclipsed by new and ris-
ing industries, is rapidly regaining its posi-
tion az a reliable aud influential occupation.
That II would do this have never enter
tanned doubt. have never believed that
it would permanently lose its supremacy in
our community, or that, as other callings
rose rapidly into commanding position, it
would retire into an ignoble obscurlty, or
take its flight to more congenial soils aud
climates aud conditions of society. Remem-
bering the substantial charms which, even in
my own day, have clustered around the ag'
ricultural homes of New England, and re-
calling the time when upon the virtue aud
success Of a rural population rested all the
fortunes Of our country, have never for
moment been willing to allow that the farm
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-11
THE HORSE FOR THE FARM.

In an article in the Neic York Times,
Alexander Hyde says; The horse is a noble
animal and is an indispensable adjunct Of
the farm, but trotting horse, one of the
2:40 kind, in no sense belongs to the farm.
No farmer can afford either to tend or use
trotting horses, and when it is pretended
that the race.course favors the breeding Of
superior animals it is all fudge. What the
farmer wants, and what tho fairs should
give premiums for, is n good family carriage
or farm horse, worth 5000 or $500; one
that can draw pillow all day, and eat and
sleep well at night; that can move on the
road at the rate Of five or six miles an hour
for four or FIVE consecutive hours without
excessive fatigue. Speed is not the great
criterion Of good horse, as the large pre-
mums offered would seem to indicate. Nei-
ther the owner nor the spectator gains any,
thing by this forced 2:I0 speed. 1t is a
mere momentary spurt and for its produc-
tion an amount Of training is required which
no farmer can afford.