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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24
AN OTHER
OPPORTUNITY

TOINVEST AFEW DOLLARS. WITH
POSSIBLE Returns OF THOCS-
ANDS. Is NOW OFFERED BY The
DISAPPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC IL
BRAEY OF Ky. TO THE 18th OF
FEBRUARY. NEXT. OF THEIR
FIFTH AND LAST CONCERT AND
DRAWING TIE MANAGEMENT
ARE PLEDGED TO TIE RETURN
OF TIE MONEY If THE DRAWING
SHOULD NOT CONE OF AT TIE
DAY NOW APPOINTED.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

g. Walking along Superior street
SilL friend, (ATsenRs Ward We I1s-
SD a diap:aatei specimen Of humani-
IT, who had .Vagzboad" written mos;
al c~s- ~
wow" sd A-tenus, with look Of
mingled disgust and pity, As be point
81 10 the miser4b BE fellow. you wouldn't
think that w-etched being was a. this
moment, the weaithieSt :aan IL Cleve-
land =
- said the friend looking 81 the
-aa2 with some interest.
Well, be isn't. returned Artemus
Nth : com;cal pucker of the mouth.
while his eyes la2-Lei cy-s--eily.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

SWhen they want to find out in the
country if girl is counting or not, an
old lady steps in and remarks: Il say,
there amt no one sick In this here
house or nothing, is there: I seen a
light burnin' nigh on to twelve o'clock
last night; but / don't smell no cam
phire nor nothin' round.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

g. Lord kames, N q conversation
with his gardener, one day said. George.
the time viii soon come when a man
shall be able 10 carry the manure for
IN acre Of land in one Of his wais;coat
pockets" To which the gardener re-
Ilei, Il believe it, si-, but he viii b
able TO carry al the crop Ii his other
pocket"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

"Is it truethat since the introduc-
ton of lady operators on yoUr lines,
there isn't so much vulgar talking over
the wires z" asked a female suffracist
of a Western Union Official. Yes,
ma am" he answered; but the CONVEX
sation makes up in length what it lacks
In breadth"
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]. +. El.C<>r,
SSr.Arv,

e. Al o,z.or :. co,o-ei pem>-
c-a.sc jolfcs-Snn n orshSs, Ala, IL
lc<.-a.ei tAe amount az plumber ,ha;
-RS.is" gre tAei- colo-ei voters in
This s.c-E: ~Saz and jack wen. pos
sun hunting. and caught = G:;.e pos
sun They put tAs va--aiat ~ IL >nnk,
Jsck went 20 slssr, and Sam. smelling
how good tie 6.-ie Yossc-a was cna-
oeire3 - IDA - trim, him. A taste
iii 70. suSce: be BY 1e-o>es a:e the
Ehole azi-22l New ks Was :rouhltNi
about Jaek- 4 bright thought came,
Ee CREASED J2ck's mouth and hands
All hi tie hc-es tr bis side, When
jack aucke he suelis,a postum strong.
t-I b ssr 1cos II the pot Look Yer.
Saa- War 6Af 'pcssuu: Go Of
III -. him Up, JACK Lo-ok 81 your
.s-.sis a-d uo-sh, zai Sc dem bones"
Vel Sam, 81 e.. il: postum. be
ifs less syaoe dan anr possuu cher l
see3:' Yes, ther cat tie 'roSsurn and
grease tie mouths q the poor negroes :
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

- How much is YOUR sick can
ly :" inquired boz Of candy dealer
N THURSDAY. Six sticks for FIVE cents. ="
Six sticks fer five cents, Ell: Now,
let me see. Six sticks fer FIVE cents,
FIVE fer four cents. four fer three cents.
three fer two cents, two fer one cent,
one fer nothin'. I'll take one" And
be walked out, leaving the candy man
IL a state Of bewiide-ment.
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O.NEIRMiTIO.v NOTICE..

CON FIR MI TIO.S NOTICE..
Joseph A Dillow 4
EhsAbeth DIllow.
Assignee Of
Robert Norris &
John A Norris.
Thomas Dillow
4 Others.
In the Circuit Court for 81 Nav. county.
sitting as Couri of Equity.
No $40 E..
nRDEREp. this 2Srd dav of Dsc
" 1874, that the Audiiors neport
hieG in this cause, be ratified and
unless cause to the contrar,
I've shown on or before the Srd .Ioniay .!
Jan 1875; provided copy of this order b,
published The ST MsrN's Beacon once .
week for three successive weeks prior e
the saic Srd Nondsy Of January.
} FRANK FORD.
Cierk
True copy-T~,:
JIRANK FORD.
Dec -. 1874 -s~-e63.
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Whole Tickets $50. Halve. So5 Tenth.
or each Coupon. IS Eleven Whole
Tickets, $500.
For Tickets. or information. address
THO. L. BRAMLErrE, Agen, and
Manager. Louisville. Ky.
Dee "a, lsI4-lms
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1874-12-24

In pull
give n"I
t)rphansI
land. lei
estate OIL
ceased |
said dee |
same viii
to the ST.
June, Isl
cluded AL
PersonsiI
~ make
Dec ,.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26
MISSISSIPPI.
Grave Charges Against senator Fur.
IOng-Senator Little After the Ficks-
burg HeraId-Fun Ahead.
Both Houses Of the Legislature Under
the Inspiration OF the Ohio Move
ment Against the SalOOnists,
Etc Ete

Special to the Appeal
JACKSON, March 25.-The Pilot this
morning has lengthy editorial eharg-
ing Senator Furlong with bribery and
packing juries while sheriff of Warren
county; with being coward, falsifier,
etc. Mr.. Furlong, in the senate, pro-
nounced the charges false, and said the
author would have to retraet or he would
put him in his grave. There is con-
siderable excitement over the matter,
and blood and carnage Is expected. Mr..
FurIong is Republican, but has Of late
worked and voted with the Democrats.
Senator Little also created an excite
ment by announcing that he would to-
morrow morning publish q card de-
nouncing the editor of the Vicksburg
Herald as liar and scoundrel, on ac-
count of an editorial critieizing his rul-
ings while president pro tenn. of the SEN
ate.
Both houses are after the whisky SELL
ers. Mr.. Sullivan introduced bill in
the senate prohibiting the granting of
license except upon the petition Of three
fourths of the males over twenty-One
and females over eighteen residing in
the district, town or ward OF the city
where the license is asked for.
In the house bill passed prohibiting
license to be issued where majority of
the legal voters petition against it.
The senate passed the house funding
bill and the bill incorporating the State
grange of Patrons of Husbandry.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26
TELEGRAPHIC EPITOME.

The overflow in upper Red river is do
ing considerable damage.
A seventy-five-thousand-dollar fire
took place at Hartford, Connecticut,
Tuesday.
The excitement over the temperance
movement in Jacksonville, Indiana, is
rapidly dying out.
The republican arms in Spain suffered
another defeat yesterday, losing over
three hundred killed.
Three ladies and two gentlemen came
near being drowned in Green river, near
Munfordsville, Kentucky, last Saturday,
while boat riding.
The heaviest food Of the present gen.
Grafton is reported in Cumberland river,
by which immense damage has. been
done.
DIR. D. B. Cliff, of Williamson, was
nominated yesterday by the President
for collector of internal revenue for the
fifth district of Tennessee.
The storage-rooms of Dupont's paper
mill at Louisville, Kentucky, burned
early yesterday morning. Loss twelve
thousand dollars. Insured.
Over four thousand signatures have
been obtained to the total abstinence
pledge in Columbus, Ohio, since the be-
ginning of the temperance crusade.
Among q collection of autographs in
Massachusetts, is q visiting-card Of
Daniel Webster, on which is written
" Admit Mr.. Sumner to the floor OF the
senate.n .....
Paul SchRppe, alias ]. p. Schulen-
berg, left Baltimore yesterday afternoon,
in charge of Detective j. H. Dixon, fol
Chicago, where he is charged with
forgery.
The nomination of Thomas B. Var
| Buren, consul at Kanagowa, which wal
Confirmed few days ago, and laid asid.
on motion to reconsider, was, Tuesday
finally confirmed.
| Mrs. Polly Booker, an aged colOreC
woman, who has been missing from he
home in Columbus, Ohio, for severa
days, was found dead Tuesday night il
a cornfield near that city.
The Republicans ofProvidence, Rhode
Island, held primary meetings las
| night, at which seven of the nine wards
were carried by the friends of Genera
Burnside for United State senator.
A Philadelphia dispatch, received ear
ly in the day yesterday, reported th'
Odd-Fellows hall in Frankfort burning
with danger of the flames spreading t
adjoining uildings, but no further in
telligence was received of the fire.
The administrators of the estate o.
the Stetsenriede family, murdered neal
Centreville, Illinois, last Thursday night
have offered one thousand dollars re
ward, and Governor Beveridge is ex
pected to add another thousand, for tn
arrest of the assassins.
The printers strike in New Orleans
ended yesterday, the cempositors re
suming work on the RcGyetlee, RepsGblS
can and Times, at sixty cents per thou
sand ems-a reduction of i've cents pc
thousand ems from former prices. Thi
is the compromise figure, the proprietor
demanding reduction from sixty-iv'
to fifty cents per thousand.
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Iron Mountain and Helena
Railroad.

NIOTlCE is hereby given, that at a meeting
IN OF the Board of Directors Of the Iron
Mountain and Helena hailroad Company
held ut Wittsbnrg, March z, 1874, ten per
cent. call was made, payable In thirty days,
and ten per cent. call was made, pay able in
ninety days, upon all subscriptions to the
capital stock OF the said company, which are
by the terms OF the subscriptions made paya-
BILE in cash, or labor and material, and the
undersigned was designated as the ofllcer to
receive and receipt nor all cash subscriptions.
Parties subscribing labor and material are
hereby notified to report at once to the Chief
Engineer of the company, and hold them
selves in readiness TO perform the labor or de-
liver the material at such point along the line
of the road as said Chief Engineer may desig-
nate.
And notice Is hereby further given to all
parties holding ceFti acates OF stock, or re-
ceipts In payment of former calls, that the
Board OF Directors, at the same time and
place, order ed that ell outstanding certificates
aud receipts should be returned to the under
sigueu and new certificates, In the form
adopted by the Board, issue1 in lieu thereof.
No certificates of stock will hereafter be
considered valid and binding upon the COM
pany unless the same are IN the loom adopted
py the Board of Directors, and are counter
siqued by the President of the company.
WIN. 81. H0WES,
Vice. President l. NJ, and r. r. r.
Pestoface address, Forrest City, Ark.
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FIRE AT BROWNSVILLE.
Another Disastrous ConfagratI0n at
Brownsville = Several Large
I Business Houses Destroyed e
r-euge-L0ss SI6O, 900. rr. 80

SPECIAL to the Appeal
BROWNSVILLE, Tenn, March 25.-
A fire broke out here at about half-past
eight O'Clock this evening, totally de-
stroying the following business houses:
w. B. Malone, dry goods; A. L.. Glenn,
confectioner; Armstrong & Garden,
hardware; w. ]. Montgomery, dry
goods; G. @. Jones & Bro, groceries; w.
M. Scott q Co, drug store; ]. A. Bishop,
dry goods. The losses are said to be
about one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars. The house Of Bond Bros. ~
Harbert, barely escaped. The damage
to the building and stock is not known,
We were unable to learn whether there
was any insurance or not.
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MARRIED.

PULLIAM-BEASLEY- the residence Of
the brides father, in Huntsville, Ala, on
Tuesday, March 9th, at II o'clock an, BY
Rev. George +. Price, DR.. ]. J. PULLIAM, OF
Lagrange, Tenn, and Miss ALICEG. BEAsLEY.
No cards. ,F
The happy couple take the train immedi-
ateIy on bridal tour for Montgomery, Mo-
bile and New Orleans, and return home to La
grange, via Memphis by the river.
MCFADDEH-WOMBLE Union City,
Tenn, March Il, 1874. by Elder R. W. Norton,
Mr.. J. 8. MCFADDEN, OF CoYington, Tenn
and Miss s. ]. WoMBLE, of Franklin, Tenn.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

AN exchange says that Alexander H.
Stephens has ordered the discontinuance
of the suit instituted in bis name by
Robert TOombs, Of Georgia, against the
Atlanta and Western railroad, to re-
cover one million dollars. The action
was eomDIenced in Mr.. Stsphens's
name without his knowledge or consent.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

THR threatened irrHption of Bald
mountain has had the good effect of
religious revival that embraces all the
men, women and children In the region
round sboutr sIt is an i'll wind that
blows no one any good" even if it
bring with it, as Hamlet would say,
Gfblasts from hell.n
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Attention, Knights TempIar.

UOU are hereby ordered to attend in q
III fatigue Dress a special conclaVe ofXH
Cyrene CommandePy. No. 4, KIT, at asy-/NN
lum- No. 2A Front street, this CrHUhSDAY)
evening, March 26Ih, at ~ o'clock, for the
purpose Of comforting the orders Of the Red
Cross. -.rr
Visiting Knights are courteously invited.
By command J. N. PETTIGREW, Z. G.
7, J. BARCHUs, Recorder. mh26
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IsHED1de4o.OaD e. ANdEA1PH5
-w .sru~N CONGRESS.

Our telegraphic reports Of congression-
al proceedings yesterday were very
mesgre, giving little in detail, save the
presentation Of memorial praying an
increase in the volume of currency and
a free-banking law. The currency bill
was resumed and discussed until the
hour of adjournment, when it was agreed
that no vote should be taken until half
past two o'clock to-day. The four hum
dred million scheme seems likely to be
the law. ErE "a " 90 -
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HERE is chance for Kentuckians es-
pecially. The New York Sirn says the
cabbage crop viii yield twice or thrice
the income of the tobacco crop with one
1.-THE the labor bestowed on the latter.
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AT AUCTION no PAY CHARGES

At Warehouse OF Joplin & Webb, No.6
-+- a-vr Howsrd's Row,
Saturday, APRIL Attn, at 10 O'Clock,
We will sell the following: l3 boxes Bottles,
60 Tugs, Gasoline Stoves and OIL, Cook
Stoves, lot Railing. Sign, 4S 8. b. Chairs, 1
P1ow, M. 7. Barrels, Washing Machines,
Spice Mill, 26 Kegs, barrels Sundries, Iron
Pot, 8 WheelbarrOws, box Bedding. Desks,
Jackscrews, I eask Shells, Chairs, Office
stool, Letter Press, pair Platform Scales, if
not called for in ten days, will be sold.
nh2g A NJ STODDARD & CO., Auct'rs.
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THIS is right and proper. Hereafter
no portrait is to be placed upon any of
the bonds, securities, notes, fractional or
postal currency of the United States
while the original of such portrait is
living
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

THERE is some talk of impeaching
Mayor League because of his financial
policy. 1t will certainly end in talk,
for the citizens generally sustain him in
all he has done in financial way.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

OUR late secretary of state, Thomas
H. Butler, is the Hartsville SentinepS
candidate for the State senate.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

THE Chattanooga Times denies that it
will support Hon. w. B. Stokes for con-
gress, if a candidate.
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BUTLER has another dirty and squeez-
ing job on hsud. He can't carry it.
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ARRIvAL OF THE PHIL kLLIN.

ARRIVAL OF Tt1E fh1L A11LAN'
A large number of persons visited
the Phil Allin upon her arrival here.
The interior reminded the spectator Of
a hospital, with its sick and dead. Ow-
ing to the accident, the Phil Allin aban-
doned all business, and was unable to
leave yesterday, but will go out Friday.
Captain Lee deserves all the more cred
it for his humanity and kindness, sacri-
ficing as he did hundreds Of dollars in
order to assist the unfortunate. Such
generosity and charity will be gratefully
remembered by the public, as well as
the sufferers he aided.
FLAGS AT HALF-AGAsT.
Yesterday all of the boats In port had
their flags at half-mast in memory of
the dead, many of whom were as true
and gallant men as ever sailed over the
bosom of the great stream, under the
gliding waters of which they now rest,
the waves chanting their eternal lullaby.
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DISSOLUTION.

VNHE firm OF TODD & BLAKE. Pendleton.
L Desha county, Ark, is dissolved by mu-
tual consent. J. W. Todd is authorized to col
lect ali amounts due the late firm and to settle
ali its liabilities. j. W. TODD.
mh26 s. N. BLAKE.
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sI,I27, 900 81
STATE OF TENNESSEE &C
County of shelby.
L MARTIN GRIFFIN, Cashier Of the German
National Bank of Memphis, I eun. do sOlemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the
best Of my knowledge and belief
MARTIN GRIFFIN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
day of March, lS74.
HUNSDEN CARY, Notary Public.
Attest: Il. E. GARTH,
j. c. NEELY, Directors.
A. l.. HARRIS.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26

rendered prompt assistance in caring for
the wounded. When the boat exploded
Edwards was thrown against q state
room door, and stunned, but recovered
his senses in time to escape without in
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Total Loss In the NeIghborhOOd Of Three
Hundred Thousand Dollars, Be
sides Twelve Lives.
List or the Filled and Wounded -Inci-
dents Of The Terrible Accident
Statements Of the Sur.
The Inflated Steamer-Her Captain
and Other 0fficers-The Hero
"a ines-TRe PHI 1IIfn ard
her Captain.

The excitement caused by the ex-
plosion of the steamer Crescent City,
four miles above Friars Point, Mississip-
pi, last Tuesday, has not yet died out,
and the sad catastrophe is still the theme
of conversation. In addition to the facts
published in yesterdays APPEAL, the
following particulars sre reported:
While the steamer Phil Allin was lying
at Friars Point receiving freight,
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26
Ia LOTS!
On Marshall Avenue,
On Bea1e Street,
On Union Street,
On Monroe Street

in the much admired grounds of the ]. W.
FOWLER HON ESTEAD SUBDIVISION,
lust within the eastern boundary of the city
In these two collections buyers may consulG
their taste as to a location within or beyond
the city limits, and may be suited In beau
tsful property, easy terms and perfect
titles, as prices to be suppoe4 Dy tne
ssr Plans giving all particulars OF terms,
etc., are now ready, and we shall be pleased to
furnished them 70 those who apply, so they
may examine the property before the day
of sale.
TRFzERANT & CA Anefinneers.
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tain Hall and his son were in the pilot
house of the steamer when she explod-
Ell, but made miraculous escape from
death. n
The three firenen were doubtless in
stantIy blown to atoms, as they,
were Immediately in front OF the
boilers when they exploded. The rest of
the colored crew, numbering twelve
men, happened to be aft, and thereby
escaped the hoTrid fate which befell the
nfhora
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-03-26
A REROINE.

Mrs. Hall, wife of Captain Hal, OF
Davenport, Iowa, devoted herself to the
nursing of the wounded, and received
the warmest praise for her kind atten-
tions.
James Edwards, of st. Louis, also
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REPORT OF THE CONDI ION

OF The
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Dissolution of COpartnership.

Memphis, March Is, 1874.
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GERMAN NATIONAL BANK
OF MEMPHIS, TENN,
ATCLOSE OF BUSINESS,
February az, 1874.

ATCLOsE OF BUSINESS,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1874-05-28
livery Day an Increase III Flesh
and Weight is Seen and Fell.

Every drop Of the sARsApARIJLiAE REs0L-
vEST communicates through the Blood Sweat Urine,
End other Fluids aud nlcGs Of tho system the ygGr Of
life. lnr I, rcpGit'th waNrs Of tho body with new md
IOund material 'ScrviNa, Syphilis, CONSUMPTION
Gandular disease. Ulcers IN the throat Mouth, Tn.
mOrs, Sotcsinihc asnisnnh other parisni ihsw''e1,
Soru Eyes StrunEruas discharges from the Hart and
lilo worst forms al Skin di'ea,as, ErGpiinnN, fcrC-
Sores, Scall Head Rlg Worm Salt oclm Erysipelas
Acne Black Spnt1, Worms IN the Flesh TumoEs Cam
GERS in tho Womb. aud all weakening and painful dr.
charges night SweaIs AnSol Sperm and all waSieSct
the lfc prclor, arc Wiiin the curative range Of ihi
wondered Modern Chemistry, and fow days isewili
prove 10 ny persona using tor either Of these forms VI
ll.earc lis pn.cnt power 70 cure them.
rIhr talent, daily becoming reduced by The wastes
aud lrrnGIoglOn that IN continually progressing sGs'
creds In rcan: ,ln.c wastes and repairs tho ,anv
with new material made from healthy llood--and lhs
TIC SAi,SAPA ET!LIAN will and does secl'la,-a edrl
Il certain; for when once this remedy commences rs
work Of pUrifcailpn AMI snccecds.in Diminishing lNe
OSOI wastes rs repairs Will be rapid. and every mr.
ihoputicntw clmScfeoYlns better aud stronger,
me l"el dlsrIinsbelteS appcue inproyins aud n'ia
nni wGiiH ncrGafGE, -,
Eot only does Tic SARsArApuMls R.Satvssrhstsl
.nli snpw reHe,lui hgsaus cl,yoalr rei,
iuloGs Constitutional, AM ALI d:scalcsi but !sha
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Harvesting.

The ono thing that makes labor 10 the
roo. field 50 uupa'ataLlc to Americans, is
the cons;ant.stoOyug that j. nearly always
involves. 2l,obviate this almost entirely
10 harvesting, by using hoe, ground
sharp, With this in your hands, begiu at
The outside row, and as you follow it down
cut the top clean from each turnip with
the blade striking right or left, as is most
convenient. The impetus given to the
top will carry it about half way to the ad'
joining row, Returning in this, you
strike in the same direction, and so pro-.
coed After few minutes practice. two
orthrce tops may he cut with one blow
and almost any one eau stop" ns fast as he
ordinarily walks After The Geld has been
thus topped" it will present. this appear
auce: Two rows Of turuips will alternate
With each row Of tops. In pulling the
roots, strike the blade Of the hoe back oil
,hoturnip aud with quick jerk pull il
toward the adjoining row, pulled or un'
pulled. The blade Of The hoe cuts many
Of the lateral roots, thus rendering the
task Of pulling comparatively easy. AT.
tor topping aud pulling, row Of turuip>
will alternate with row Of tops; aud il
hauling, The wagon should be driven be.
tween these rows Of turuips. II the tur
uips are left out 10 the Geld after pulling {
few days, the rains and frosts common tt
the fall Of the year, with the umLlins il
and out Of a wagon, will leave the turuip'
as clean as iced be.