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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-17
CRoYLE Twp, April 13, 1874.

MR.. EDITOR-On several occasions whiIe
perusiug your worthy sheet L have found
communications from South Fork which
miSre present some things awfully. For in
stance, the writer charges Croyle township
with having ''Ting" combination, aCd in
Inmates that at the last township election
the South FOrkers We're shametully defeat
ed bv the ''ringwOrms" etc. Now Mr.. Ed
itor, let me give you brief history OF those
cUt-lror7nS in the south OF CrOyle. Shortly
after the Close of the great rebellion South
Fork began to ClaMOr about secession, indie
peudence and the privilege of having things
all its own way, and no sooner did we per
NIT 1t to have separate school district than
the cut JrOr75lS down there. aided and abetted
by some OF jeff. Davis minious, and eucour-
aged by the presence of a comparatively
large floating poPu alton, began to cOncOCt
plans and marshal their forces for the pur-
pose of defeating the regular nominees for
the different township offices. In this, how
ever, they were sadly disappointed, as the
election resulted in glorious victory for the
UniOn-loyiug men OF CrOyie; and now thess
JOhnnies are hOwlng terribly over their de-
feat In contemplation of all which, l am
led to exclain, as did Jake Ogliue when in
formed on p certain occasion that the devil
was at one time a bright angel in heaven,
but having become a rebel was kicked ont
of paradise and condemned to the eternal
tormeuts of ll-''Served the son of Il buyer
right - Now this may he the fate of all
rebels, though l am glad to see that n mis-
sOnary has been miSsiOnating among the
rebels of whom speak, and as a church
building in that grand centre of rebeldom is
said to be contem plated, there is at least
faint glimmer of hope that the Unsauctitied
sinners down that way may eventually be
led to aud know that obedience to our
wholesome laws is as necessary to salvation
rs long prayers or pious pilgrimages Let
not the rebeliiuus therefore eXalt themselves!
I have thrown a red-hot bombshell into their
midst, which l hope will scatter their forces
aud have telling effect in some other res
poets Had l kept silent any longer, the
malicious designs and bold intrigues of these
famous or infamous cltt-1cOrBlS might have
induced your readers to imagine that the
people of Croyle township were a mighty
hard naJion-which of course is very far
from the truth. We are determined, how
ever, to fl hit for our rights and enforce the
laws mildly but firmly, and if that Will not
suffice to please the South Fork cU-trorTeS,
we shall assume the defensive and do battle
until every troublesome rebel shall have laid
down his arms and cried peccdUi!
AS this is my first attack on the rebel
hordes, will not push the contest further for
the present, but viii tell you more next time.
CESAR AND HOLD HER.
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REV. T. II. HOPKINS, of jackson Centre,
Shelby Co., Ohio, says, "My wife had the
consumption for ten years, and had been con-
fined to her bed for some time. l heard OF
DIR. l.. q. G.. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cor
dial, and after using four bottles, she was
able to do the work fer her family"
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.AUDITOR,S NOTICEl-Hsrinc

I L
4 been appointed Auditor by the Orphans
Court Of Cambria county to state account be-
tween the estate Of IGSATIUs ADAMS, decd. and
thHt Of ". NJ. Adams, decd, and TO report dIstri-
tuition OF any amount that may be found due. to
ana amongst the parties entitled thereto all per
sons Interested hereby notified hat 1 viii at
tend to tho duties OF said appOn st the Court
House IN EI-rsburg. On MON NDA \. E7-a DAY OF
APRIL, iTs,-. At . 0 clock. r. ", when and where
tEcy must present their claims, OF be debarret
10 coming IN said funl.
J. GALLiTEIE La KE. Aaditor.
Ebcrshu-2-. : pril :. l-TL.-l0-5t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-17
M1LMoRr. April Il, 1871.

DEAR FREEMAN Scarcity of news Will
account for my long silence, yet an abund-
ance of the same ! aterial is not the motive
which prompts my present epistle.
March came in like lamb, and April ap-
,,aars to he a continuation of its lion-like
exit
b. McColgan, Esq, of this place 'S' as y"u
;,,fnr,,,el vGnr readers last week, an aspi-
rant f5r the position of rrothonotary ON the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-17
NRPHANS' COURT SALE-Bv
4 UDiTOR'S NOTICE !-Hav1nc

\ CDI 1 OtC NJ lice III aVInC
been appointed Auditor by the Orphans
Court Of Cambria county 10 hear and decide on tho
exceptions uird To the account OF L. A. Bush ant
JOHN H. BoUGLAsS- Adm -ratOrs Of Rev. Z. J.
Burns, deceased. AMI also TO make distribution CT
the money 10 the hands of said Administrators in
the estate 70 and amongst those entitled there
to- al parties interested are hereby not fed that
viii attend 10 The duties Of said appointment the
Court House in Ebeusburg on n EDN Is DAY.
29rH DAY OF APRIL inst, at clock, p. l.. when
and where they must present their claims, OF bs
debarTed from coming IN on said fund.
J. GALLIIZIN LAKE, Auditor.
EbcnsbuTg April 4 ls74-Iu-3t.
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INECUTORS, NOTICE-

So Estate OF PETER SCH!EA decd
Letters tCE.amentNry on the estate of said deco
dent. late Of Carroll township, Cambria county
having been granted TO the uudCrsi.su by ths
proper authority. notice is hereby given N per
sous indebted thereto, that Immediate payment oc
their Indebtedness must be made; ami those kRv-
ing ciaS against said estate ar. request Ell TO pre-
sent them cuiy probatcu for settlement
BARBARA SEUIRA. FxecUtriy-
IrAWItENCE WEILAND, Executor.
Carroll Twp. &Iarrh Is. I5T4.-5t,
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CARROLL TOWNSHIP TO THE FRONT
4nonter extraordinary Hea-terPrtSe.
the subject of remarkable productions in the
way Of hen fruit, Cambria county has for
the most part been forced 10 lay low sim
plybcCause her pul.ets didn't lay high enough
TO produce anything very eggs-tTaOriinary
in that particular line. Now, however as
will be seen by the appended communica-
uon, favorable opportunity is afforded us
for cackling if not growing over an egg
which venture TO say has not and cannot
be excelled for oddity by the first, last or
other lay of any hen that ever scratched
dirt. Read the eggs PLANTATION, which we
are assured IS by no means an eggs -aggera-
ton:
CARROLL TWP, April 10, 1874.
EnIToR FREEHAH-Sir: Seeing so many egg
stories in your pSpcr, have thought proper
to let you and your many readers know
about curiosity In the shape OF an egg which
/ found on our premises few days aRO. Tue
egg is shaped exactly like fhickep, with head.
eyes, body, .egs ana tail all Conp pete and fails
only in the fact that the wings re upt repre-
sented. The above can be vouchsdIOr by sew
eral parties in CarrOlltovn.
MRS. JOHN a. DIETHRICH.
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TND1sPUTABIE EVIDENCE.

THUS. J. BISHOP, of South Brooklyn, y.
Y. writes that his wife had suffered since
child with Catarrh until il had resulted in
what eminent physicians pronounced Con
sumption; that she has used DR.. SaCe.s Ca
tarrL Remedy with DR.. Pierce's Golden
Nj edical Discovery, and they have worked
wonders with her case.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-04-17

SCIENTIFIC AND SAFE TRUATXENT.-
When applied with DR.. Pierce's Nasal
Douche and accom- panied with DR.. Pierce :
Golden Medical discovery as constitutional
treatment, DR.. Sages Catarrh Remedy pro
duces perfect cures OF the wUrsf cases of
Catarrh and OzUna of many years standing.
This thorough course Of medication cunsti-
tutes the only scientific, rational, safe and
successful manner Of treating this oaiOus
disease that has ever been offered 10 the ar
ficted So successful has it proven that
the proprietor has long offered a standing
I,a cannot cure,
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! DMTNfsTRATION NOTICE.

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YOUR TEETH can be made Uure aud white
! and prescrvsd from decay. by the usc or E7-r
s.1TGtigC." Price 5oc. A.droys = J. REAI & Co.
Box ASA. y \.
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FITS AND EPILEPSY

positively cured. The worst cases OF longest stand.
ing. by using DIR. nERARD'S CURE 4 bottle sent
free to all addressing J. E. DIBBLEE, Druggist.
S14 eth Avenue, New York.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
APPLES ON CRAB STOCKS.

Mr.. q. Il. Jameson read paper at the
fruit meeting at Grand Isle in which be
spoke Of the Importance Of the culture of the
Siberian crab in its improved varieties, de-
scribing several of the best sorts, and illus
trating his remarks by a 6ne display Of
many varieties He had known bearing
trees forty years old, and regarded the crab
as a durable tree. He sent 80 barrels of
the fruit to Boston, and received various
prices, from six to eight dollars per barrel /;
some of the finest sorts sold for ten dollars.
They were. retailed higher. The extreme
hardness especially recommends them for
the northern portions Of the stSte. DIR.
Hoskins, who resides at Newport, said that
few sorts OF the common apple endured the
winters there, where the thermometer often
went forty degrees below zero, and for such
localities the crab was particularly fitted.
In the two counties of Caledonia and Or
leans they brought annually about fifty thou.
sand dollars worth of apples from the West,
for which they had to pay four dollars and
sometimes five dollars per barrel. If the
inhabitants of Grand Isle, where the apples
grew well, would plant largely, and could
sell their apples in these counties as low as
three dollars per barrel, he thought hun
dred thousand dollars worth might be sold
annually there, where, if tie crab could be
largely cultivated, the latter might pay the
expense.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
BOILED CORN FOR POULTRY.

In the breeding Of poultry, as in all 9TH
er pursuits, q little care and forethought in-
variably return an apparently dispropor.
tionate result. In the rearing Of poultry,
where the expenditure on each iowl is small
and the material provided comparatively in
expensive we are apt to overlook the small
wastes which occur in the transformation of
the different grains into poultry, but which
aggregate q ute respectable sum.
The opinion that corn is very nourishing
food for fowls is so universal that no further
thought is given to the matter. Ii any one
should suggest that corn would be easier of
digestion if soaked or boiled, he would very
likely receive the answer that corn was moth
ing hard to digest for birds. which swallow
stones and other hard substances without
detriment. A moments thought, however,
will convince that the mill-stones and the
grist are very different things, aud feeding
hard grain, although not exactly like feeding
the millstones with pebbles, bears q certain
likeness to it. The trouble attendant on
the preparation of food, if it is to be cooked,
may indeed seem very disproportionate to
the advantage to be derived from such treat
ment, but in realty little time need be spent,
as before going the rounds Of the nests, lit
tic hot wster may be poured over the grain,
tight cover put on the kettle, and the whole
placed over the stove, where by tho time
your rounds are completed the corn will
have become steamed and mellow, aud have
lost none OF its good qualities. Remember
each hen has a certain amount Of animal
force to be expended every day in some d.
rection, and the less she has to give to di.
costing her food the more she will have to
be expended in reproducing. The advan-
tages of the warm food in winter, when
much food goes toward producing animal
heat to withstand the cold, are twofold-
from the direct action Of the warmth, and
the slower action of the food itself, TO say
nothing OF the. fact that the content pro-
duced by nourishiug food will result in more
eggs, for hen thoroughly at home will lay
many more eggs than a diScoutented one.
We have performed the experiment our
selves, and know that feeding boiled corn
docs pay, and it is as result Of experience
that we offer this plan to our friends.-Far.
mer (Engl
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
A FARM EXPERIMENT.

The best chemists agree that chemical
analysis of the soil of field is not sure
and reliable guide in determining the state
of fertility Of the soil or its fitness to pro.
duce crop of any specified kind, whereas
the farmer, however unskilled in science, has
at command, in carefully conducted expert
ments, certain indication of the wants OF
the soil. An analysis might show the pres.
ence Of an abundance OF all the elements oil
fertility in a soil which would fail to yield
any crop at all, because these elements were
SO locked up IN insoluble compounds that
vegetation could receive no benefit from
them. On the other hand the farmer may
readily find out for himself what the che
mist can not determine for him. Ii farmers
would experiment, determine the result:
with accuracy, and give their discoveries to
the public, the agriculture Of the countr y
would be greatly benefited. In this view
have made and now report the following ex.
pertinent, hoping that other readers Of the
Rural Home will do likewise.
Last spring planted potatoes in a field
which bore q small crop Of beans last year
The soil is gravelly loan. The field is on
u hill distant from the barn, aud has, pre-
sumo, never received load Of manure, Will,
year after year the elements of fertility
particularly the phosphates, have been with
drawn in the shape OF beef, butter, cheese
and grain. The soil was Of uniform quality
and, as shown by the bean crop of last year
in a uniform condition Of unproductiveness
At planting time it was in fiue condition
of tilth. Through the field took a STRIP
wide enough for thrty-six rows for expert
ment. Twelve rows | planted without fer
tiizers, of twelve rows | put small haUd
iul Of ashes in each hill, and twelve rows
mauured in the hill with superphosphate, al
the rate of 200 pounds per acre. The un
manured portion yielded at the rate of "a
bushels per acre that treated with ashes
II bushels; and that with superphosphate
l47 l.6 bushels. Ashes increased the yielC
12b, superphOsphate S2 2-3 bushels. The
cost of the superphosphate was So, the value
OF the surplus crop ut market price S4l l-3,
net gain S36 l.3. suppose the benefit tC
the next years crop will pay for the labor
of applying the fertilizer, and handling tn,
increase of crop. think this experimen
shows that superphosphate may be pro6tably
used upon that field at least. The super
phosphate used was that Of the Buffalo
fertilizer company. Mr.. ii. S. Taber, oil
Warsaw, witnessed the planting, digging and
weighing of the potatoes, and may be re
ferred to for particulars Cor. RuraI
Home.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
EXPERIMENTS IN FODDER.

The following are the concluding para
graphs Of communication from Thos
Whitaker, in the NeiO England Farmer :,
| have been led 70 these remarks through
the discussions which took place few years
ago, growing out Of the remark Of DR.. Lor.
ing's that green corn fodder was the poorest
aud cheapest of feed. The Doctor, IN or.
der to maintain his position, even went SC
far as to say that nothing in the shape OF
grass was Of much value as food, till it be-
gan to mature its seed. Mr.. Wetherell
made reply that if this was so, then the
grass in May or June was OF little account
but results told US different. Is it possible
that two such men could be both right ? Is
il possible that one would be radically
wrong and the other absolutely right Oh
is it not possible that both might have had q
little truth, aud both some error Z The
Doctor had made gushing statement, ID
Beecher, and being willful and stubborn
agriculturist land willy politician,) had tC
defend poor position, and made use of all
kinds of strategy Except the right one,-
the truth,-"I have made mistake"
Having great desire this spring to test
some OF the theories growing out of this dis
cussiOn, fed out, as soon as it was tai
enough to cat, some winter rye. com
menced before the stalk began to spindle
This increased my flow Of milk, which con
tinued to increase till the rye was in the
milk, then it began to decrease aud the cat
tie were slow to eat it. At this time AaC
spring rye just coming into blossom.
commenced to feed this, and Immediately the
flow Of milk increased but when it got in
to the milk, the stalk became wiry, and the
cattle did not eat it well, and the flow o.
milk decreased. At this time l had oatl
just in blossom, which commenced to feed
and again an increased flow Of milk, which
decreased when the grain was in the milk
This fall commenced to feed corn fodder
before there was any appearance Of tassel
The result was an immediate falling off il
milk. | stopped feeding it and gave clover
just coming into blossom; the result was al
increase Of milk. When tho corn tassleC
out aud the silk showed itself, l fed corr
fodder again. This time no falling off ii
milk was apparent; consequently l have
come to the conclusion that the time wher
grass, corn fodder or grain fodder can b.
fed with the best results, is when they arr
in blossom. But to feed at such an exacI
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
ST. JOHNSBURY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1874.

numerous, but they bear transportation bet
ter, and are more readily acclimated than
when larger. They are moved with q good
deal Of difficulty in hot weather, especially
when the journey requires more than twelve
or fifteen hours. With the most skillful
management there will bo considerable
loss. In the fall months thore is much less
loss.
There is great want of information in
regard to the character Of the water suitable
to this fish, The bass wants clear lively
water with rocky or gravelly bottom, and
the more of il the better. II wants room
for itself and for the poorer kinds of fish,
upon which it feeds voracously. 1t does
well in the mill-ponds upon manufacturing
streams, and if the head waters and reser-
voirs are stocked, they will in few years
be found in all the waters below. They
flourish also in natural ponds of twenty
acres or more. Some decline to stock these
ponds or lakes because they are generally
free to the public. But this is short-sighted
policy. A large pond or lake stocked at
a cost of 800 or 5000, aud protected by
law for Eve years, will furnish better sport
to the gentlemen or company who undertake
the enterprise than they could find in any
small pond of their own. In suitable water
black bass multiply very fast, and, after
they once gain possession, their numbers
can never be very seriously reduced by hook
fishing. The annual spawning will more
than keep up the supply. There are thous-
ands of ponds and lakes in the Northern and
Middle states of from 100 to 1000 acres,
producing only the poorer kinds of fish,
that might easily be stocked with bass, aud
add largely to the food supply Of the people.
1t only needs the efforts of few individuals
in any neighborhood or township to accem
plish this good work. When the funds are
raised, there is little difficulty in procuring
the fish. Fish culture has made such pro-
gress in the Eastern states, that an order for
trout or bass is about as readily filled as an
order for Jerseys or Cotswolds.-ErchGnge
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-06
90rtitultmrE.
FUNGUS ON FRUITS.

There are diseases affecting the products
of the vegetable kingdom quite as mysterious
as those affecting the animal kingdom, and
doctors of vegetable physiology differ quite
as widely as to the causes Of the diseases, aud
their cures as do those Of animal physioIo.
gy as to the causes and cures of the multi
tude Of diseases which curse man and the
lower animals.
Here is an apple which we have been
handling III considerable quantities for few
days past, the first eating apple of the sea.
son. unsurpassed in beauty, tUhen al its best +;
medium in size, nearly round, with a deep
crimson color on the sunside cheek, and n
lighter red on the shady side. Wi.h zach a
brilliant exterior, it has flesh as white as
snow; fine grained, juicy, sOb-acid, and OF
an exquisite flavor. Yet with all Of these
merits, our shippers, 10 whom we sell the
bulk Of our crop, will not touch it, and to
dispose of it we are obliged to scatter it
around among our grocers.
The reader will very naturally inquire
why will not the shippers buy so beautiful
and excellent an appe2 We will tell you
We have owned the orchard in which this
variety (the Fameuse) grows some eight
years. aud during that time there has been
but one year in which its skin has been free
from disease. In 1870, when the largest
crop Of apples ever produced in this coun-
try was grown, the Fameuse was perfectly
healthy, aud sold to shippers for more thau
any other apple. Bot in ordinary seasons
its surface is more or less covered with black
spots, called by the doctors "fungus," s kin
deep, some of them traversed by cracks ex-
tending rather deeper than the skin, and in
quite proportion OF the fruit not only mar
ring tho beauty Of the surface, but disfgur-
ing the fruit, by arresting the growth of the
side most affected. When apples thus af-
feeted are barreIed, and begin to sweat,
these spots extend rapidly, and the fruit soon
decays. The reader will now SEQ why ship.
pers will not buy such fruit
Many other valuable apples have been re-
luctantly dropped from the list of profitable
sorts, because of the prevalence Of this dis.
ease, among which we may note the New.
town Pippin and Fall Pippin. The Early
Harvest, Spitzenburg, aud some others, are
in less degree affected by the disease
The fungus appears to like shining mark
and attacks our choice fruits, but as YET
science has failed to discover an infallible
remedy or any remedy at all, or even to de-
eide what is the cause. Some have suggested
that the cause is in the soil, but If 80, why
are not other varieties grown on the same
soil attacked2 Growing in the midst of oul
Fameuse, we have Baldwins entirely free
from spot, and growing on the same trees
grated in, we have Early Harvest, Swee
Bough Red Astrachan, and Twenty Ounce
exceptionally fair.
II the cause is looked for in the tree, or il
the atmosphere, we may ask why other varie