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Central Ward Clubs as Follows

OtuVEu warn VluWS AS EOuOWSS
First Ward, J. H. Grover, President Dennis
Mccarthy, Secretary. Place Of meeting, Melpo.
meme, between St. Charles and Prytania streets.
Time of meeting Thursday, 2 P. NJ.
Second Ward, w. T. Houston, President; P. j.
Sullivan, Secretary. Place of meeting, corner st.
Charles and Calliope streets. Time Of meeting
Third Ward, J. R. s. selleck, President Thos.
Egan, Secretary. Place of meeting, National
Hall. Meetings subject to call.
]. J. Keener, Secretary. Place of meeting, corner
Canal and Where streets.
Fifth Ward, Leon Queyrouze, President; G.
Bonnaffon, Secretary. Place OF meeting, 1873 and
135 Rampant street. Time Of meeting, subject
to call.
Sixth Ward, o. Morel, President P. D. sourdes,
Secretary. Place ofmeeting, Barracks and Char
tres streets. Times Of meeting, Wednesday 1880
Pm.
Seventh Ward, Jas. D. Edwards, President /;
Of Love and Frenchmen street. Meeting Wednes-
day, Up. Nj.
Eighth Ward, D. Sullivan, President E. Cur
ley, Secretary. Place Of meeting, corner of
Elysian Fields and Dauphine streets. Meetings
Ninth Ward, F. Dudenhefer, President J. J..
Segrave, Secretary. Place Of meeting, Dauphine.
near Elmyra. Meetings. Tuesday, 7:So P. n.
Tenth Ward, D; z. Mshony, President; ED
streets. Meetings q NJ wednesday.
Eleventh Ward. r. Il. Mari, President; W. I.
McCarty, Secretary. Place of meeting corner
Sixth and Magazine streets. Meetings Monday,
Up. NJ.
Twelfth Ward, Eugene May, President; 8. F.
Parmele, Secretary. Place 81 meeting corner
Berlin and Magazine streets. Meetings call Of
President.
Thirteenth Ward, W. E. Clarke, President; W.
II. Pascoe, Secretary. Place Of meeting White
Hall, corner Tchoupitoulas and Valence streets.
MAetiDrR ut call Of President
Fourteenth Ward, e. O. Carter, President J.
T. W. Mason, Secretary. Place Of peet1ng cor
nor Magazine and Octavia streets. Meetings Z
p. II. Wednesday,.
Fifteenth Ward, BENJAMIN r. Kelley, President
d. 81. Oofnor, Secretary. Place Of meeting,
Iklhamonie Hall. Meets Wednsodays Is r. II.
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CITY COUNCIL.

The City Council met at noon in regular
weekly session, quorum present, and Hon.
L. A. Witt, Mayor, presiding.
Mayor Wilt reported the following BIDS IN
answer to advertisement for proposals to bulid
the McDonogh school-house:
John Page, SIG. 500; JamesC. hiddei,' s 90
600: James Cox, SIS, 800; Z. Rusch, Sl4, 90;
D. j. WATSON, s14, 700; John mcNally, s15,-
400; Louis C. Sanmann, $14, 1876.
All bids, under the right reserved, were re-
jected. -.
An ordinance donating certain lots in the
Valence Street Cemetery, Sixth District, TO
the German Protestant Orphan Asylum was
adopted.
By resolution the Administrator of Assess
ments was authorized to cancel the assess
| ment of 1873 of $4,000 capital against the
Ocean Dry Dock Company.
| The ordinance Of the New Orleans ana
Central Texas Railroad, as submitted to the
Council by the Committee Of Merchants, was
referred to the City Attorney.
The ordinance setting apart the moneys re-
ceiyed from the insurance companies IN full
payment of their taxes, for settlement Of
THE CLAIM OF THE FIREMEN,
was adopted.
The Administrator of Finance was author
lied to issue street improvement bonds, at
the rate of IS cents on the dollar, in settle
UeuS VI tu0 CAs1AS VI AAA66AAo AZ VAAooAA3 AoA
s2630 So.
The amount of s737 IS was appropriated to
nav the expenses of the Bureaus of Streets
and Wharves and Landings Department Of
improvements, was adopted.
The following passed:
RESOLVED, That the following appropriations
be and are hereby made to reimburse the en-
ployes of the Department Of Finance for
counterfeit money taken by them and shorts
on pay-rolls and in the collection Of taxes and
licenses to date, as follows:
A. P. Harrison, from January, 1873,
to date 1886 90
G. H. Roberts, for 1874 to date. .... 25 90
A. j. Stephens, for 1874 to date. .. 40 90
T. A. James, for 1874 to date 81 80
NJ. r. Hughes, for 1874 to date s.; 90
Total. 1928 80
An ordinance appropriaring money to pay
the several accounts in it named, was adopted.
Among them was the following:
Pay roll Department Of Commerce, employees
on wharves and landings for the month Of
September, 1874, approved, $3.50.
Pay roll Department of Waterworks and
Public Buildings, for the month Of September,
1874, approved as follows: Street service, s6ll;
Waterworks extension, 1851.
j. 81. Ingraham, clerk of the First District
Court, for costs and fees in sundry criminal
cases in September, 1874. approved. s1O8
A number of communications and petitions
were received and appropriately referred, and
the Council adjourned
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TIE CRops-Our crops are distressingly
abort. Cotton picking will soon be over.
We will not average half crop in the parish:
Our provision of corn will not last until
January. It is impossible to ascertain as yet
what will be the sugar crop; everything
almost depends upon the yield OF the cane
and this often varies according to the iocahty.
Pointe Coupee Republican, 24th. =,
Some Of the sugar planters of Iberville
have commenced rolling their cane. The
Yield Of sugar is very small per acre, as the
cane has not much juice.
The weather has been very dry, and Il It
docs mot soon rain, there win DO no water IN
~ rnnds 70 supply the mills lbevriue Pso-
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Election Conmittoe.
First Ward, 2. o. AeaIley.
Second Ward, P. ]. Sullivan.
Third Ward, Thomas Reynolds.
Fourth Ward, Paul Waterman, chairman.
Fifth Ward, II J. Rivet.
Sixth Ward, John Brewster.
Seventh Ward, joseph Soloman.
Eighth Ward, james NOVEL;.
Ninth Ward, Phil Munich.
Tenth Ward, W. P. Freret.
Eleventh Ward, Joseph H. Palmer.
Twelfth Ward, y. N. Welshans.
Thirteenth Ward, G. C. Piper.
Fourteenth Ward, E. o. Carter.
Fifteenth Ward, NJ. J. Barrett.
Sixteenth Ward, James Rodgers.
Seventeenth Ward, Philip Mitchell.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

nORK-BACON- HAMS-LARD, ETC.
400 bbls. Standard MESS PORK.
100 half bbls Choice PIG PORK.
100 Western BEEF.
so casks BACON-Clear Sides.
40 clear Rib Sides.
so Shoulders.
IS tcs Sugar-cured HAMS-various brands.
Is boxes Choice BREAKFAST BACON.
100 ties. Refined LARD.
100 half bbls. Choice
800 kegs
In store and for sale by
BYRNES l. BRO,
OPS St Sc Povdras street
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DEFERRNG TO THE ABOVE, THE UN.
II dersigned notifies the public that he will
% and 80 Bienville street, as heretofore conduct
ed bv Messrs. J. A. Bafer & Co., and respectfully
asks continuance of public patronage SO long
extended to the old firm.
LOUIS G. Army,
26, % and 30 Bienville Street.
New Orleans, Oct. l, 1874. OF I'm
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LOTTERIES.
DRAWING OF THE LOUISIANA
STATE LOTTERY.
Fer October 27-Class No. 255.

:, 81 TT
principal papers, and are drawn in public, daily
At the rooms Of the Company.
Witness onr hands at New Orleans, Louisiaos
this 9th Gay Of October, 1874.
81. PERALTA,
ADAM GIFFEN,
Commissioner
Beware Of Bogus Lotteries. tells
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DEMOCRATIC PARISH COMMITTEE,
PARISH OF ORLEANS.

DEMOCkATlC PARISH COMM1TIEE,
PARISH OF ORLEANS.
Rooms No. IA Gravisr, near st. Charles streets
P. MA1ocHE, President.
WILL STEVEN, Vice President.
GEO. n. VNTN, Treasurer.
E. L. BOWER, Secretary.
J. Fl. hardy, Assistant Secretary.
Delegates.
First Ward, Gervais Arnoult, P. o. Neatly.
Second Ward, P. J. Sullivan, James Murray.
Third Ward, W. Fl. Byrnes, Thos. Reynolds.
Fourth Ward, Amilcar Fortier, Paul Waterman.
Fifth Ward, Jos; Demoruslle, b; J. Rivet.
Seventh Ward. Joseph Soloman, P. Maloehee.
Eighth Ward, James NOVEL;, John Breen.
Ninth Ward, Will Steven, Phil Munich.
Tenth Ward, w. P. Freret, +. Flood.
Eleventh Ward, B. N. Harrod, Joseph H.
Twelfth Ward, Geo. Il. vinten, c. N. Welshans.
Thirteenth Ward, 4. L. Bower, O. G. Piper.
Fourteenth Ward, E. o. Carter, Jas. Sweeney.
Fifteenth Ward, p. H: Conner, n. J. Barrett.
Sixteenth Ward, Jas Rodgers -vanderwall.
cher.
Standing Committees.
Finance Committee,
vinten, ex-ofhcio, Gervais Arnoult, c. n. Welsh
ans, E. L. Bower, Amilcar Fortier, B. N. Harrod,
n. ]. Barrett, P. J. Sullivan.
Executive Cennittee.
Will Steven, ex-ofici0 Chairman, W. FL.
Bvrnes, Joseph Demoruelle. B. n. Harrod, E.
Flood, Geo. Il. Vinten, 3. II. Conner.
Conference C0mmittee.
W. P. Frsret, Jas. Sweeney, E. L. Bower.
Sub. C0mmittee Of Arrangements.
e. Flood, E. o. Carter, P. Munich.
Printing and Advertising.
E. O. Carter, Joseph Demoruelle, W. h.
Byrnes.
Clubs and Organizatfoa Of Clubs.
D. II. Connor, E. Flood.
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RAILROADS.
THROUGH TO ST. LOUIS
WITHOUT CHANGE.
VIA MOBILE AND THE MOBILE AND oum
RAILROAD.

Passenger trains with through sleenar., -.
out change. for st. Louis, viii Leave ~ -
loot OF Canal street at 4 P. M, making Si11eSt
connection with the MOBILE AND Ohio pxWH
ROAD. Close connections made at Humboidt -
!. LoClsvne, cincinnati and all Eastern oles, -
This il the only route running Puiimsn Ps 81
cars WITHOUT CHANGE between NeV OrlesSs
and st. Louis. Time % quick and Are ~ la ~
by any other route. :" "" -
quire at Railroad Ticket O6ice oorner
and Common streets, opposite City Hotel. ~
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NOTICE-HAvING SOLD OUT OUR ALE
IN and Bottling establishment, conducted for
the pact ten years at Nos 26, % and 80 Bienville
street, to Mr.. LOUIS G. Army, we beg leave to
return our sincere thanks for the patronage 20
literally extended to us during that period.
And now we take pleasure in recommending
our successor, MIR. L. C. Army, to our friends
and customers.
We shall continue the sale Of HOPS, MALT,
CORKS and BREWERS and DISTLLERS'
SUPPLIES, at No. 50 date 53) Gravier street,
where We shall be pleased to meet our old friends.
]. A. BLAFFER l. CO.,
81 Gravier Street.
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260 prizes. amounting to. $50,
RECLAMATION OF APPROXIMATION PRIZES.

ZOU prizes, 81uOGuLluB 10. .$iVa3U
RECLAMATION OF APPROPRIATION PRIZES.
The nine remaining units of the same ton 0
the numbers drawing the first three full prizes vii
be entitled to the twenty-seven Approximation
Prizes. For example: # Ticket No. 1916 draw,
the first $4,000 prize, those tickets numbered
1914, 1919, 1243, 1874, 1245, 1247, 1913, 1915
and 1850 viii each be entitled to $500. II tickle
No. 2S1 draws the second $4,000 prize, those
tickets numbered 2s2, 2ss, 2s4, 2S5, 2S6, 2s7, use
ticket No. $50 draws the third $4,000 prize
those tickets numbered Al, AZ, 443, ~, As
446, AT, AS and 40 will be each entitled to $20C
Whole IYckets SO, Halves S5, Quart y
% 50, Eighths 81 Is.
PRIZES PAYABLE IN FULL WITHOUT DE
DUCTION.
Orders to be addressed to
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPANY,
Lock Box 692, P. o.
New Orleans
Send P. o. Money Order, or Register you
letter. 0l3 I'm
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rHr NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 49,
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE.
NTKW ORLEANS INSURANCE OO1PANY
ESTABLISHED IN 1905.
Odaos, corner Of Camp and Canal streets.
Ca,f.nl. .45oo,ooo o.
Asscsn, December 81, 1872. ..4755,S41 "a
Insures Fire, Marine and River Risks, dividing
the profits separately On each department to the
insured.
For the accommodation Of It's customers, the
Company viii make Marine Losses payable In
London. J. TUYES, President.
J. w. Huoxs, Secretary.
Geo. Urquhart, NJ. Payro,
o. T. Dugaso1, Placide Forstau,
G.. ". BAbcock, Aug. Reichard,
7. Bailly- blanchard, z. Hiltenberger,
A. Schreiber, W B. Schmidt,
Chas LATTE, Tuyes. as Ja1
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BANKERS AND BROKERS

BANKERS AND BROKERS'
~~~-~~-N~|>00oo~~-~-N-ooD0~7D :
NEW ORLEANS SAVINGS INSTITUTION
1S6 Canal Street,
TRUSTEES.
d.. W. Newton Nercsr.
g. +. Generes David 6rnuhsrk
George JONAS, John G.. Gainea
Thomas A. AdaunA Carl Konn
Th0s. Allen Clarke Christian SchnsideP
ChAs. ]. Leeds, Samuel Jam1eon.
Interest allowed On Depo+.
L i. 6KNEREA PRECEDENT
GAN JONES CaAhi.. anS,71i =
THE FREEDMRNS SAVINGS AND TRUST
COMPANY
Savings Bank. Chartered by
March, 1865
NEW ORLEANS BRANCH
1SO Canal Street, Coruer Of Drval>a
Bank HcuIs from A. II. to Up M
Opn saturday Night to receive Deposits from
O'Clock.
1neoEo0e Allowed ~ Deuoaata
@. D. STURTEvANT. Caehiar
k&x1 RAQk& 49,. Qnskine.
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MOUNT CARBON COAL
In lots to suit purchasers. Delivered n any Lar
Of the city, at 6 cents Per barrel, by
WASHINGTON NORTON,
% I'm 138 Gravier street.
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:" BONZANO
CUsTOM-HOUsE BROKER,
Office, CLINTON STREET.
Between Customhouse and Bienvie streets, opposite
the Custom House, New Orleans.
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NEW ORLEANS. 81. LOUIS AND OHI0A00
RAILROAD COMPANY.
GREAT JACKSON ROUTE
Trains depart and arrive ~ fnllo-.
0tom Oalbape Street Depot,
OkHAkI. ARRIVR
Express. 100 4 n. Express !. e5npu
Mau: 800 p. n. Nail. I'M A.
Pun1an Palace Sleeping Can throusS a n
Louis. Chicago and LouisvfIla
cl.iea. 49, = -
Eceeo tce sale and mScrmstsop eivun r r
da1ny ssssst snsDsv cnrncD. -
- 49,. q. p. sHRIDOu. Assuk :
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Executive Committee.
Will Steven, ex-oficio Chairman, w. r..
Bvrnes Joseph Demoruelle. B. N. Harrod, E.
Flood, Geo. Il. vinten, d. H. Conner.
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HAVANA CIGARS. HAVANA CIGARS
Choice selections Of the most celebrated Har
vana brands of fresh and direct importations, at
Wholesale and retail, and at the lowest market
quotations, by LOUIS TIEMANN,
Of I'm Crescent CITY Cigar Store, Camp ct.
S hhpAhDS PATIENT STARCH 'AoSS'
For improving the quality of Starch.
Manufactured by
VIM. Il. SHEPARD l. CO.,
o. I'm Office, LOG Camp street.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
r LABAT & co.
General Commission Merchants,
Receive choice brands FLOUR, and agents tt
Eaeneale l. Urban's celebrated
Fire and Burglar Proof Safes.
Contracts for vaults, vault lining, etc. Second
hand safes always on hand ct low rates.
se20-3m 50 Poydras street.
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Conference C0mmittee.
W. P. Frsret, Jas. Sweeney, E. L. Bower.
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Tho above statement Il . lust and correct tran.
Jeript from the books Of the Company.
PAUL FOURCHY, President
g. W. Mort, Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA. !,
Parish Of Orleans city Of New Orleana.
Sworn TO and subscribed before me the sth Day d
june 1874 p. CHS. CUvELER
Notary Public, 40 0ravi@ efreet
The usual ten per cant interest Il payahle - 4.
stockholders ON demand.
DIRECTORS:
p. Naspefo David McCoasa
9. z Rel, 2. +. Generea,
y. Pnig, 3. 1ourchy,
II. ". Smith, IL Fernsnda.
D. A. Chadraix I'm. Al]en.
Cha. LafttaL s.aas
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ENOvAL-H. BIDwELL 4 CO... PRO
II vision Dealers, have removed from s. Poy-
dras street, to Sc Magazine street, between Poy-
dras ard Lafayette streets. oil I'm
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Election Committee

Clubs and OrGanizatfoa Of Clubs.
D. 81. Connor, E. Flood.
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COPARTNERSHIPS.

l 4 co. ceases from this date. EUCLID BOZ
LAND, Jr., holds my power Of attorney and Win
iquidate the concern. All other powers granted
by me are hereby revoked.
MARSHALL J. SMITH,
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nOCrOR L. F. SALOMON,
Physician and Surgeon,
Removed from the corner Of Washington and
Baronne streets to SIG Baronne, near Josephine
street. % I'm
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b.C0mmittee Of Arrangements.
e. Flood, E. o. Garter, P. Munich.
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Printing and Advertising.
E. o. Carter, Joseph Demoruelle, W. h.
Byrnes.
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Finance Committee,
P. Maloche, ex-of6cio, W. H. Byrnes, Geo.
vinten, ex-oficio, Gervais Arnoult, G. N. Welsh
ans, E. L. Bower, Amilcar Fortier, B. NJ. Harrod
n. J. Barrett, P. J. Sullivan.
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REMOVALS.

DEMOvAL = FORSTALL DELAvTGNE,
n dealers in Paints, Oils Sulphur, Sugar una.
Fertilizers have removed from "a Magazine street. -
IS Natehez street. between Camp and Magazine
OF I'm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14
A Convenient Way to Measure Land.

1t is frequently desirable to measure a
given plat of ground or a portion of a
field, and simple method, such as the
following, tor which We are indebted TO
an exchange, will be of use to many OF
our readers. Surveyors are not always AZ
a convenient distance to attend to such
little jobs, and even when they do reside
in the immediate vicinity one does not
always care to incur the expense incident
to such small job. Ii the lines are
already established the plat can be
measured with sufficient accuracy for all
practical purposes by means ola neat rod
pole made as follows; Procure a stick of
pine, white wood, Eastwood, or almost
any other timber, one and half inches
square and sixteen and one-half feet long.
Dress each end, tapering from the mid
die, so that the pole will be one and
halt inches square at the middle and
about half an inch square al each end.
Such pole will be light and quite stiff.
Now graduate one side with the marks
representing feet and inches, and graduate
another side to indicate surveyors
links. A pole one rod in length must be
equal to twenty-five links. To divide one
side correctly let mechanics compass
be adjusted so that the points will divide
the distance into twenty-five equal spaces
or links. 4 line can be measured with
such pole nearly as accurately as with
surveyors chain
Now, then, ifa person does not under
stand how to multiply chains and links,
let him compute the measurement by
square feet. In one acre there are 1850
square feet Any intelligent school-boy
can measure the length and breadth Of
square plat, multiply the one by the other,
and divide the product by 1850, which
will give the number of acres and the
number of square feet representing the
fraction of an acre. Ii il is desirable to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14
POtatO-B

On the 10Th Of July last Mr. Mich ael
Collins, while engaged in digging pota-
toes on the farm of I. TAFT, Esq, captured
number OF potato-bugs and put them in
an empty bottle, closing the mouth to pre-
vent their escape. He placed the bottle
by post on the ground, making the re-
mark that he would ascertain show long
the critters would live, anyhow" The
summer passed away and the winter fol-
lowed, bringing no thought of the incar
cerated bugs. Last week, in passing, Mr..
Collins observed the bottle and, picked it
up. 1t contained the intact though mo-
tionless forms of the potato-top destroyers
In the caprice of the moment he took the
bottle to the house and held it over the
fire. Immense was his establishment on
perceiving the bugs take to themselves
legs and walk. In few moments the in
terror Of the bottle was a writhng mass
of Colorados. Eight months without food,
exposed to the extremes of summer and
winter, and still living. This statement
is fully vouched for and shows what foe
farmers and potatoes have to contend
against,-J0liet (Il) Signal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-05-14
Fires on Farms.

PuTTING a lock on the stable door after
the horse is stolen has been practiced so
long that ii finds place in the catalogue
of wise old sayings. Getting fire engine
after the village has burned up is another
quite common practice. AS only children
once burned fear fire, So as a rule, only
those who have been burned out once
prepare safeguards against fires, or have
any cOnveniences in case of emergency.
Owing to the care of farmers and the fact
that they ordinarily own the houses they
live in, fewer fires originate in farm
buildings than in those situated in towns.
Still the number of instances where the
fire makes clean sweep is much greater
in the country than in the city. This is
due 10 the fact that from the nature of
things a public fire department cannot
be maintained in the country, and to the
additional fact that there are few or
no private facilities for putting out fires.
The instances are rare where there are
ladders that can reach the roof of the
house, or any that can be adjusted to the
roof, over which water can be carried.
Few farm houses are supplied with chem
cal fire eXtinguishers, hose or force
pump. The instances are rare where
there is a suitable supply of buckets in
which to carry sufficient water to eXtin
guish even an incipient fire. The supply
of water is often at an inconvenient dis
lance, having to be drawn from deep
well or dipped from spring. In other
cases it is inconveniently near the burn
ing building, in a cistern under or beside
it, so that the heat of the fire will prevent
approach 1t is not wonderful then that
a fire once started increases till the build
ing and its contents are consumed. An
other unfavorable circumstance is, that
during a large portion of the year the
"men folks" are liable to be away from
the house at work in the field, and no one
at home but women and children.
Now that the carrying of watches has
become general among farmers the conch
shell and tin horn are scarcely ever used
for calling men from the fields to their
meals. Hence few farm houses contain
ANYTHING by means of which a loud cry
for assistance could be made Would it
not be well, in addition to providing farm
houses with ladders, buckets and other
appliances for eXtinguishing fires, to also
provide tin horns to be blown in case of
fires or other events requiring aid: By a