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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-24

HE DEBT OF VIRGINIA-In respops @
to a resolution pf the Senate, General Asa
ROGERS, Second Auditor of Virginia. has
prepared an elaborate statement Of tho pub
nc deot, with the amount and character Of
tho bonds outstanding. The aggregate Of
The debt Of Virginia on the 10Th of April
was S3O,47S, al 40 Aud the amount re-
>cognizsd as the portion 10 be settled by West
virginia, 81, 239, $40 n,
The average amount Of interes, undrawn
Tor tho ten years from 1851 to 1861 were
SIS,499 OS. "But it will bo observed
General ROGERS says) that in 1852 our
public debt was only about Sl2 900.
from which time there was a gradual in
crease, until in 1861 it ran up to So, 800.
600. II appears that tho average amount
II undrawn interest for the last five If tie
ten years referred TO w1s for each Pcar
ell5,So2 30. From my experience here
~ the payment Of interest it Is reasonable
to estimate that TWO months after any peri
10 when We pay at tho rate Of four per
cent. per anuum there will be undrswn At
the eud Of two months some 5000 coo and
that SIX months thereafter there will be at
least 100000 uncalled for If an extra
ordinary number of coupons shall! be thrown
luie tho Treasury for taxes, it nigh, some.
what reduco.these estimates. lis boliev-
Cd that considerable amour, of our public
debt will never be called for. The stocks
have been lost, parties arc dead, and the
probability is that nearly 81 600 900 Of our
debt &c, will never be- presented for
payment This, Of course, il only con.
Jecturcd think it is fair 20 estimate lbal
abou. two.'hirds Of tho taxes on licenses
will be paid in past duo coupons, aud on
account Of oriiohry taxes not exceeding
one bali. - IYhecLinu LhNrcnccr-
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-24

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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-04-24
FITS AND EPILEPSY

positively cured TIE worst cases. or iorgsst
standing, by using DR.. HEBARD'S CURE a
bottle sent FREE % all addressing J. r DIrttfr
Druggist, 81 9Th Ave. y. y.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
Row Carl Rosa Got Married.

Carl and Parepa, antipodal as they
were in complexion, stature and avoir-
dupois, were supremely harmonious,
excellently adapted to associated enter
prise. He had never undertaken man
agement until after his marriage, and
he is indebted to her, it is said, for the
inspiration. He is SO modest and re-
ii. ing little fellow that many persons
have wondered how he could summon
courage to propose to woman so much
larger than himself.
The manner Of his proposal is thus
related: The musical twain were en-
route to Hartford, by rail seated side by
side; Rosa seeming to be unusually de-
pressed. Parepa, close observer, and
always sympathetic, noticing his mel
ancholy, inquired the cause. He an
swered:
ST have been unluchy in this coun-
trv For some reason or other [ have
not been able to keep my friends in
America. With the best of feeling and
intentions, appear to lose as rapidly as
I make them. I think have not to-day
single friend.
ooh, I am sure you have" responded
she brightly.
s:Alas!'' he exclaimed, signing, Il
fear have not!'
''Indeed, you are mistaken, my good
Carl. II you have not SO regarded me
heretofore, promise you now that l
viii always be your friend. .
Rosa's boyish face kindled with de
light; he took her gloved hand, and
with chivalrous instinct lifted It to his
lips.
"And," she added, with charming
righteousness, 81 will be your wife also,
il you like
A forthwith later they were married.
She had long been very fond OF him,
and he Of her, and she knew it. But he
was SO sensitive and self-depreciating
that she felt that he would not reveal
his affection unless he were literally en-
couraged.
Few men or women have been better
partners, sentimentally al financially,
than Parepa and Rosa. They gave
English and Italian opera at the Acad-
envy in better style than it had ever
been given, and Notwithstanding the
great expense to which they had gone,
they realized handsomely from the en-
deavor. Rosa ana his wife cleared here
over $3.50. 900.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
Row They E5 sitz j u Put-In- BAY {.

The Cincinnti Times says: 'sPeople
may say that waltz is a waltz, but it Is
a mistake, as much as to say that dog
is dog; for there are dogs and dogs,
and there are waltZes and waltzes. With
one person it is the poetry of motion
with another it is about as awkward a
performance as putting yourself on a
level and going through the motion OF
going up stairs. A Kentuaky girl is
natural waizer, and she does it with
charming chic and abandon. An ONO
girls waltzing is easy, graceful, and
'melodious.' If she happens to come
from Cincinnati and across the Rhine,
she swings dreaningly round and round
in the endless Dutch waltz IL she
comes from Chicago, she throws her
hair back, jumps up and cracks her heels
together and carries off her astonished
partner as a robin would mosquito, and
knocks over all the Intervening obstacles
in her mad career around the room. ii
she is from Indiana, she creeps closely
and timidly up to her partner, as though
she would rather not have any observers
nigh. or would like to get into his vest
pocket, and melt away with ecstacy as
the witching strains of the Blue Danube
sweep through the hall. Il she is from
Missouri she crooks her body IL the
middle like door hinge, takes her
partner by the shoulders, and makes
him miserable by trying to hop around
her without treading on her No. 9 shoes.
If she, comes from Michigan she aston
ishes her partner by now and then work
ing in touch of the doubIe-shuIfie, OF 3
bit of the pigeon wing, with the waltz;
il she comes from north western Wis
consin, she grabs her partner by ii
wing, circulates him round the room
two or three times as break-neck gait
pushes him into one corner OF the room
where he fnde chair, sits down, and
she drops on his lap, when, after play
inc with his moustache few minutes,
twisting his ear gently, and exploring
his inner vest pocket, she requests that
he treat to the beer; If he refuses or
acts any way backward, she gets her
back up drops him, and searches for
the next victim; and # she comes from
GEinnesota, she throws both her arms
around his neck, rolls her eyes as she
floats away, and is heard to murmer,
''Ob, hug me, John!' IF she is from
Massachusetts,, she takes her partner
round the waist, throws out full chest,
with an atti and the dignity of q
woman that had been married ten years,
talks about boiling potatoes, making
clothes for children, economical house
keeping, and, finally, thai she thinks
married life much more pleasant thau
single, while she sets her foot squarely
on tne door at every step, and goes
through the motions of what might con-
scientlously be called, mot graceful.
| although good stout jig.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
Pine Trees and CaaAer Worms.

An intelligent friend In Bedford. who
has given considerable observation to the
localities infested by canker worms, feels
justified in the theory that they will new
er frequent localities where pine trees
grow; and hence the consideration is
naturally awakened whether the use of
pine boughs might not be ethcaclous III
keeping of these orchard pests. In East
Bedford, where pines generally abound.
there has been DO canker worms except
upon the outskirts, at Thomas Sawyer S,
where there are no pines. On MIR. Kill
am side, near by, there are pines and
no worms. Starting thence in general
northeasterly direction, on the left, will
be found pines and no worms, on the
right worms and no pines. Striking into
Ipswich and turning north, on the left
will be found pines and no worms, and
on tie right worms and no pines. Be
tween Newbary and Georgetown on the
right will be found worms and no pines,
and on the left pines and no worms. From
Georgetown going westward worms and
no pines will be found on the right, and
pines and no worms on tie left. Run
ming thence near Bedford, and keeping
of the west to Groveland, as the south
part of the latter town there are no worms
bat pines, ard in the other parts worms
and no pines Turning southerly and go
toward Andover, In the east part of the
town will be found pines but no worms
and the same fact will be observed be-
tween Middleton and West Danvers.
where, two years ago. the worms got in
and remained only about year. In 9th
er places in these localities which are de-
scribed as having no canker worms, worms
may occasionally have made their appear
ance. but have nerves remained beyond
single year. In one locality the worms
came some so years and then left.-Sat-
EN- Gazette.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
walking Horses.

One of the most desirable and valua-
BILE gats for horse is o walk, and 1t
should be the aim to first deYelope this
gait In the handling Of the colt. The
good walker will always make good time
on the road when day ) journey is to
be made, without wearying himself while
the slopg moper must be constantly Kept
On the trot it time Is to be made A
horse that will walk miles per hour vii
go as far in day, confined to his gait,
as an ordinary horse can be driven when
kent half of the time to the trot, and
with much greater ease to himself. If
one-h half the pains were taken by farmers
boys to make fast walkers Of youngsters
oD the farm that is usually taken to make
them trot, the result would be much
more beneficial, and we would find plenty
of teams that could Go their 5 miles an
hour with ease. But instead of this, as
soon as the colt is bridled, the sole aim
of 'the boys is to make a trotter of
him, and both ga1ts are spoiled.
Make the colts walk, boys; make
them extend themselves 10 long sweep
ing, square walk, and don't be satisfied
with anything less than miles an hour.
When be gets to trotting be viii 60 all
the faster for his preliminary training to
the walking gait. and if he cannot trot
fast enough TO beat Dexter or Goldsmith
Maid, or Occident. he viii have gait
that is invaluable to business purposes.
We hope to see more attention pa,d to
fast walking than heretofore, and We re-
specially urge upon agricultural soc1e-
ties the Importance of offering liberal
prizes 70 waking horses at the fairs for
the coming year National Lire Stock
Journal.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28
TIE Famine.
Prom Moor's Rural New Yorker.
journal.

T. was not with the purpose OF alarm
mo anv one that we wrote the heading
to this article. 1t is rather that we may
insure attention 10 the possibilities. Fam
inc is not so uncommon an occurrence
that even food produciog America may
not suffer from it. AIreadz hunger has
gnawed at the vitais OF her grain produc-
ing population Hungary, Poland and
soaae portions OF grain producing Russla.
have suffered from want Of food, or the
ability to purchase it, the last year; In
dia IS now loosing population from nan
ger. England's farm labor troubles are
goine to effect, so as to diminish, her
production the present year. This strik-
inc population, and that portion thereof
which emigrate from their homes, spend
money. losse time, bat must consame
food all the while. The average power
oil production is thus greatly diminished:
We cannot help thinking that the wis
est farmer for 1874 viii be he who deVotes
the least time to Farmers Conventions,
spends the least breath in class Genunci
alton. and who devotes his time most
earnestly and intelligently to producing
food (and variety Of iD With which to
supply the demand that the year Is sure
to give him, and reap therefore the re-
muoeration to which his labor will be en-
titled and which he will surely realize.
For. with the present low stock of all
food material in all quarters Of the globe,
we cannot imagine change that shall be
unfay orab!e to the farmer who has food
tn sell at the close Of 1874.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28

Or shall 1t be for our own selfish en-
joyment, that we may withdraw from
the busy. noisy arena Of the world and
entomb ourselves IN the CHM, quiet
oioisters of past ages, where our pure
thoughts and delicate sensibihties may
not be Jared or soiled by the CHATTER
and passions Of active life? No Lille
is real; Life is earnest. It's aim and
highest duty is action, right action.
whether OF hand, of head or OF heart.
This is one of the natural laws Of our
being, that right thought quickens right
feeling, and right feeling prompts right
action. and I gave reading pre-eninence
among the means Of education, because
it best accomplishes the design of edu-
cation. viz: to develop the capacity and
the will for noble action. The mind Is
lifted UP into the regions of highest,
noblsst thought, and the whole being IS
ouickened and expanded, and overfiows
with the impulse to go out and live no
bly,. Let him, whose is the privilege OF
mirging with master spirits, not shut
himself up in selfish retreat from the
turmoil OF the world. but descend In6o
the walks of life; and wherever the
legions Of untruth are prevailing over
the cretures of God, then let him unfIirl
the banner of truth, and with herald
voice rally the broken ranks OF his Eel
low-men, and lead them forWsl'd IN the
way of al truth.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-08-28

Ii is said thar those iowa grasshop-
pers wink at Paris green and smile at hot
water.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
All Sorts of Items.

There are three lessons that our farmers
must learn before they will become success
full again. The first is to reduce the area OF
their farms. and what they undertake to do,
do well; plant less land, prepare il thor
oughly, manure profusely, cultivate judi
ciously, and make one acre produce what
three now do. The second is to make the
farm elf-sustaining--that is, raise their sup
plies, and stop buying thom; and the third is
to stop the credit system and pay as they go.
Secretary Belknap includes the following
brief recommendation among his thirty:
" Fifteenth: The revised statutes enacted
into law at the last session of Congress in
cluded much obsolete legislation which has
been iRcoAsidernbly included. Attention is
called thereto" 0 Poland, Poland, when
shall we hear the last of those statutes?-
Republican,
Tho military expenditure of Germany,
this year, rises to the immense sum of $780,
600, 900. This is nearly half of the whole
annual expenditure of the United States, in
Guiding the interest on our debt. Among
the defensive projects now on foot, is II grand
scheme for the fertilization of the railroads
Mt all important functions and passes. Ger
many is to be, indeed, a fortified camp.
The sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio,
lately had the disagreeable duty to perform
of conveying to the Penitentiary on II three
years sentence u crepe ater,n whose offence
consisted in having voted three times for the
very official who was conducting him to
prison.
The editor of country journal in New
York thus appeals to the better nature of his
delinquent subscribers; ITO all those who
are in arrears one year or more, who will
come forward to pay up, we will give u first
class obituary notice gratis, in case it kills
them"
Tho disagreement of the jury in the safe
burglary case Mt Washington reminds one OF
the way in which Boston juryme n ncquiI
liquor dealers. Reasoning about both in the
same way we should come to the conclusion
that "public sentiment in Washington
does not support the law against safe burg
hrly. Congress should repeal it mt once
| Boston NeUS.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
SOUereigsS Of IIs dsSStry.

Those members of the committee of st.
Johnsbury council who work in the scale
works wish it distinctly underst God that they
must not be approached on business connect
ed with the council during work hours.
Members who come to them with money or
orders or on other business of the council
during those hours must be surprised if they
receive short answers. 1t is certainly
enough that these gentlemen should give a
large share of their time to this business, for
the benefit Of their fellow-workmen, without
having their efficiency and iaithiulness at
their work interfered with by members
whose time out of work hours is no more
valuable than theirs. They mean business.
The New Haven Unions correspondent
from Plantsville (Ct.) says "The Sover-
eigns are doing a great work here. Many
Of the members of our council who formerly
did their trading on the credit system, are
now rejoicing to find that instead Of having
to pay all their months earnings out as soon
as they get them, have months pay in their
pockets, and can use it at their pleasure
When we first organized the merchants said
that the council would fall through in three
months, and would not take any notice OF
US. But how changed are matters at this
writing. Now the merchants have fought
their last battle against us. They have
hauled down their flag, and say to us, I'VE
want your trade, we are ready to meet you
on your own ground and smoke the pipe of
peace. In union there is strength" His
tory repeats itself. We see the opposition
here weakening, and any one can see that in
most of the stores prices have come down
since the organization of the council. But
they must come down further if the mer-
chants would get the trade OF the Soyereigns.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

There were also present j, II. Crosby
State Agent Jonathan Lawrence, Gen. Dep
uty u. Il. Jameson, and Lawrence Brainard
Of the executive committee and numerous
other members Of the order.
Worthy Master Cotton, delivered very
worthy address in which he reviewed the
rapid growth of the order, and suggested
those matters upon which further rules and
regulations should be made, to wit; the pay
and duties Of deputies and the executive
committee, the revision Of the bylaws; a
definition of the jurisdiction of tho oranges !;
the privileges and duties of grange purchas-
ing agents rules for trial Of members and
for settling difficulties by arbitration insur-
anc0 and educational features of the order.
He stated that the state grange Of LOUISE
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
9faths.

At Sheffield, Dec 2, Hannah Phillips, 6s.
At Lyndon, Dec. i, Nathan Gilbert g.
At Derby, Nov. 3d. Mrs. Albert Baldwin, o.
~ AZ Barton; Dec. g. Emene, youngest daughter Of
Calvin and Matilda l.. Dufer, 4.
At Sutton, Dec. 6, Perry Q. Dean, Sc,
At South Barton, Dec. g. Mrs Freeman B. Folsom,
At North Littleton, Nov 30, Solomon Osgood, about
70 ''s'OD' "'0u'
At Euosburgh, Dec. 5, Mrs. E. Perkins, about SO.
At Stanstead, P. O., Dec G, Mrs Margaret Standish
widow the late Robert Standish of Barnston, IS.
AT Greensboro, Dec. |, Diantha, daughter Of Isaac
L., and Abigail klburn, %.
At Hardwick, Dec. 8, Simeon Sinclair Esq., 20.
At Stowe, Dec. 3, Healy Cady, Esq, So
At Hyde Park, Dec. 6, Mr.. Moses Page, e..
At Wolcott, Dec. l, Mr.. Cyrus Cate, so.
At Morrsyle, Dec 3, Burt r., son of j. and E. Sar-
gent, Z.
At North Danyle, Dec s, Sylvia, widow of the late
Edmund Geeen, IS.
AT st. Johnsbury, Dec, s, Della Nutting, 7.
At Norwich, Dec. 3, Mrs Phoebe f. Clement wife Of
Rev. jena Clement d. D., 20.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

CONDENSED PEAT.-We have received
from James M. Hart, of Oswego, specimens
OF the pressed peat prepared by the Dodge
process, at Ross, Ind, near Chicago. The
cost of manufacture, as we are informed, is
one dollar per ton. 1t is dark brown (be-
coming black when wet), and although still
showing something of the vegetable fiber, is
quite hard and compact, and receives pol
ish in Furnishing. 1t might probably be
manufactured into some ornamental artl-
Giles. 1t is much harder than bitumino us
coal, but not so hard as anthracite; is
heavier than water, having AS we find spe-
cifc gravity of about l.2O, while anthracite
is not far from l60. 1t burns with a mild
clear fame, and is consumed in about the
same time as hard wood, leaving small
quantity of soft, light ashes, which would
probably be good fertilizer. 1t slowly alb.
serbs water when placed beneath it, and
cracks or crumbles in a few hours hence
should not be exposed TO long rain. Al'
though it will not burn nearly 80 long as
coal, it would obviously be well adapted
to kitchen aud other purposes, where an cas-
lily lighted fire is desired. Its value for heat
lug, as compared with coal, can be determin-
cd only by careful experiment on the two
side by side.-COantry Gentleman.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11
Patrons or IE.ssbGmdrv.

Essex Grange, West Concord, will meet
next Wednesday at p. m.
Burke Mountain grange meets Dec. 10th,
at their hall in East Burke. 1t is desira-
Bile that all the members should be present,
as officers will be elected and other impor-
tant business transacted.
Chronology divides time into eras, Of
which the Christian and American eras have
been the most important. The American
era commenced when the independence Of
the United States was declared, July 4th,
1876. There has commenced another and
more important era in the annals Of the
race, ushered in by the declaration Of the
independence of the farmers of the United
States, which took place on the 4th Of De-
cember, 1867, heralded not by the deep
toned thunder Of the cannon, nor gained by
the blood of our countrymen, but accom-
plishcd by mightier power-the mind In
commemoration Of the day we honor, Green
Mountain Grange No. held a festival at
their hall, participated in by Wide Awake
Grange. After the feast, our Master, +. V.
Powers, delivered an address of welcome,
and II. l.. Hovey and l.. d. Stiles read es.
says appropriate for the occasion. The
exercises were interpreted with music. In
behalf Of Green Mountain Grange l return
thanks to Wide Awake Grange for their at
tendance, and may We ever keep in view the
philanthropic principles of our order until
the golden band Of friendship, truth and
charity shall unto US in indissoluble bonds.
SEC.
Deputy T. o. Naramore, of Wiliston, or
ganized Jericho Center Grange with 20
members, Dec. 2.
box SL%'SSa hS vs2n.y H. SF 4So. L Chs
Hilton, T. A. X, Morse, Sec n. Prouty, q. X, l.
MoGibbon, O. Ellen H. Morse, l.. A. 3. Mrs. 2, Hi
ton, Ceres Mlss Alice TarbOX. r. Miss Nancy
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-12-11

Several of the "Nebraska" boys found a
great amount Of amusement the other night
in chasing every dog they could find on the
street. Each one of the wild youths armed
himself with a stick and at it they went.
They we're very successful for long while,
and had lots Of fun at the expense Of the
poor dogs. Finally they came across a small
animal which looked like a cat. They
raised their cudgels and gently tapped him
on the back. They very quickly found out
that it was really a cat, aud that of pecu-
liar species. In moment after the sticks
fell upon the back Of the animal they discov :
cred dampuess in the air aud peculiar
odor pervading all creation. Their fun was
ended and, with feeling akin to sadness,
they made grave in the back yard aud
there in the darkness they laid quietly away
and covered gently with earth the results of
an evenings amusement among the animal
reation.-RUtidnd Herald.