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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10
Keeping Smoked Meats in Summer.

There are various plans and devices
for keeping smoked meats for summer
use from the attacks of flies and beetles
which infest hams, smoked beef, ETC., if
left where they may have access to them.
Among the more common is wrapping
each piece separately in strong brown
paper and then packing in barrels filed
in, about the packages, with ashes or
other absorbent material.
Another pan is to place the pieces in
sacks we'll surrounded with cut hay, or
in tight barrels, with cut hay or straw
closely pressed around the pieces. By
this latter plan, however, the meath apt
to mold. To prevent this, it should not
be entirely excluded from the air, and
where air and light can enter insects are
apt to follow. A better plan when the
trouble and expense is not grudged is to
wrap each piece separately in paper and
inclOse in sacks cut to fit. Sew them up
and dip in thick lime-wash, and hang in
an airy but cool place. Some, indeed,
claim that meat may be kept perfectly
and indefinitely by simply rubbing the
surface with pepper before smoking, but
it is almost no protection at all.
The best, and in the end cheapest,
way to preserve meat is to have a smoke
house built in such manner that, while
it is tight and dark, it shall, at the same
time, be well ventilated. All that is
necessary to secure this is a chimney on
top protected by blinds so that the rays
Of light cannot enter, while at the bot
tom is tube connecting with the outer
air. In such a smOke-house you may
keep meat indefinitely by occasionally
causing a smoke during summer. If
the meat has been properly cured, it
will keep sweet. If the insects cannot
get access to the place where it is kept,
they cannot lay their eggs therein and
consequently there cannot be either
shippers or beetles or their larvae.
The smoke-house may be used for a
variety of purposes when not filled with
meat. The first four feet should always
be built of brick, both as protection
against fire and as affording a most con-
venient receptacle for ashes, in all dis
tricts where wood is burned for fuel. If
our readers have no permanent smoke
house yet built in which to keep their
meat, we advise them to build one with
out delay. Where farmers depend so
much, as they necessarily must in the
country i'll summer, on preserved meats,
they should have proper place to keep
it safe from insect enemies. Western
R2LTdL
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THE Old FOLEzs JOIN TEIE1 ,irANor-

THE OLD FOLKS JOIN THE GRANGE.
think that we had better go and join the Changers
Aud see i there We hnd the means to brighten
There's Deacon Jones and Squire Flint, and more
good neighbo1s too
Have put their shoulders to the wheel to help the
great work through '-'
ifs true, I'm old and feeble now the strength has
left my arm A1
That used to swing the ak and soythe on the time
lis not that would think to add much 70 our
worldly store, 0A :" Jul
For while we live we've plenty, and why need wish
for nlOre7
want to help support the cause, and helm to swell
the throng, ~ ~
Aud cheer my Younger brstb-a, - - -. A.,
want to see the coming man. if farmer he's
Have easier times and speedfer o,i, ,oa,,
dealt to me. -
IKE 70 see farmer judge, and ere my days are
farmer for a governor and one for president:
AhoT You think these silly Thoughts my poor old
at have little patience, wife, until we join the
know there is enjoyment there, for MANY times
last fall.
I've seen their faces TEEN with Joy as they came
from their hall;
They DO no wear such merry hearts where sinFr
Aud they are pledged, I'll warrant, wife, to be UP
right and true.
What say you, then, shall we not 90 and help oul
mel shbors there
And for the pleasure and the pain our rigbtfu1 nor
ton share
I tell You shall happier be than merchant upo1
The day nnd my name enrolled "a Patron of tn,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10
How to Make Good Butter.

A New York lady of large experience
In dairy management gives the following
directions for making good butter:
In the first Place, the milk must be
brought into the dairy house clean !;
see that the mixers do their part nicely,
for you cannot, with all the cleaning
and scalding of pals and pans, make a
delicious, nutty-favored quality of but
ter, if straws soaked in impurity, ad-
here to the udder, and from thence fall
into the milk pail. The next move is
to cool the milk, or take out the ami
NAL heat, to about go deg; then, if you
have the cOnveniences for keeping the
milk very near go deg, there is no re-
quired depth that the milk should be
set, in order to secure all the cream. I
have set it at inches and at 90 inches,
and the result was the same. If the
milk is not cooled, 2 inches is as deep
as milk should be set for all the cream
to rise before the milk sOurs. And the
best time to skim the cream is just as
you can detect a change or slight acid,
which is generally in from 80 to Sc
hours. The reason is, the butter is
sweeter and better in color, and you
get more from the same quantity of
milk than you can If the cream remains
on GIo ulllA unGll IL mas become QulJ6
thick and sour. ! churn every day, in
warm weather, and cream should never
be kept longer than three days in a cool
place. The temperature for churning
with me is go degrees in summer, and
GO to "a degrees in winter. think that
the best churn is the Eureka. We are
doing the churning now in from one to
two minutes, and in winter we have not
at any time exceeded four minutes. I
thoroughly rinse my butter, but handle
gently with wooden ladIe; then salt
with the best dairy barrel salt, one
ounce of salt to a pound of butter ;
mix IN thoroughly, being careful TO
pIess gently so az not TO break the
grain then let it stand to become
solid then work again until dry; but
never until it is oily. IF your cream is
too warm, surround your cream pail
with cold water, or with ice if you have
it, stirring the cream until it is brought
down to 60 degrees. IT too cold, sur
round with hot water. Do not put
cold or hot water in the cream to get
the required temperature. My butter
brings "Orange County Pail prices,
invariably, in the New York market.
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THE GROWING COTTON.
The Roll of States-Decreased Acreas
but Good Prospects.


but Good Prospects.
The following is a summary of the
New Orleans exchange crop report to
June 30:
MISSISSIPPI reports from forty-four
counties decrease in acreage of z per
cent; affair average st md the crop two
weeks behind last year, but remarkably
clean, though small and backward
labor satisfactory.
LOUISIANA parishes are
reported. The acreage is a decrease of
20 per cent. the weather less favorable
than last year; the average stand and
condition of the plant generally good
and promising. though three weeks
later no complaint of labor.
TExAs.-FOrty-fve counties report in
acreage an increase averaging Is per
cent, stand good, two weeks later
planted than last year, but in fine
growing condition, free from grass !;
labor good.
ARKANSAS counties re-
port the average decrease at 8 per cent;
weather less favorable; stand better
than last year, though three weeks back
ward labor efficient.
TENNESSEE. - Twenty-four counties
report the average decrease 81 per cent. /;
weather less favorable stand fair; crop
clean but small, being two weeks later
than last season labor about the same.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS counties re-
| port the acreage decrease Is per cent. (;
the late replanted looks better than the
old cotton crop somewhat later and
! generally cleaner than ever before !;
growing rapidly labor never better.
| NORTH CAROLINA. coun-
] ties are reported weather less favor
| able; acreage decrease 10 per cent. ;
| planting two to three n eeks later fair
average stand crop clean, healthy and
! growing finely though small and back
ward decrease in use of fertilizers 40
/ per cent.
| SOUTH OARoLINA.-Twen one coun-
ties report an..acreage decrease of IT per
cent; weather unfavorable to the md
/ die of May; more favorable since
replanting has given fair average; the
stand is small but condition good crop
clean and growing well, labor sufficient
decrease In the use of fertilizers 80
per cent.
GEORGIA. counties report
a decrease in acreage of 10 per cent.
weather less favorable the stand and
condition good, growing finely, clean
though small, being ten days later than
last year labor good use of fertilizers
decreased 3 per cent. as compared with
last year.
FLORIDA. meager acreage
said to have decreased 4 per cent.
stands good; condition very fine, clean
and growing well, being one week
earlier than last year; no complaint OF
| labor.
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Orchard and Blue Grass.

A Kentucky correspondent Of the
Southern Agrieulturist writes While
1 think there Is no grass equal to blue
grass, yet like orchard grass IN some
respects better than blue grass. In the
first place, you can Craze it two weeks
earlier in the spring, which is a very
decided advantage over blue grass. If
you Craze properly, it's fattening quail
tiles are equal, if not superior, to those
of the blue grass. In the next place,
if You have a good stand, it affsrds as
much, if not more, grazing to the acre
than blue grass. Again, I have seen
blue and orchard grass in the same
field or pasture, growing side by side :;
a drouth of some four or five weeks
would cause the blue grass to become
dry enough to burn, while the orchard
grass will be green and luxuriant, COM
paratively speaking. This is another
very great advantage over blue grass.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10
High-Priced Horses.

We give below a list of high prices
paid for horses in America: Kentucky
sold for $4,000; Norfolk, S15, 600 !;
Lexington, S15. GOO; Kingfsher, 49,
900; GleneIg. $4,000; Extra, $40, 600 !;
Smuggler, $50, GOO; Blackwood, $780,
600; JAY Goulc, $50, 600: Dexter. $33,
600; Lady Thorne, $4,000; Jim r.
wing, $4,000; Goldsmith Maid, $780,
900; Startle, $4,000; Prospero, 500
600; Rosalind, $40. 600; Lulu, $40, 600 !:
Happy Medium, $25, 600; Clara g.,
$4,000; PocahOnta~, $50, 600; Edward
Everett, 500, 900 Auburn horse, 3d.
600; Judge Fullerton, $4,000; Nam
brine BERTHE, $1,000 Socrates, $780,
600; George Palmer, SI5, 900: Nam
brine Pilot, $4,000; George P. Dan
iels, $1,000; J. G.. Brown, SO, 900;
Flora Temple sold, when aged, for
SO, 600, for brood mare 4; S25, 900 was Of
fered and refused for Tom Bowling last
summer; $780, 900 was offered and re
fused for Harry Bassett in his three
year old form; S25, 900 will not to-day
buy haywood or Asteroid $40, 600 was
offered and refused for Woodford Nam
brine, and 500, 900 for Thorndale.
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cob, mother, think I see father"
said Charley. " No, mother, it is some
one else. Oh, I see a coffin, mother
some person is dead they are taking
the coffin out of a wagon, mother. There
it is, mother there, we are past it now.
Now we shall see father, we are home"
The train stopped. The weary, travel
ed-soiled niece of Charles Dickens gath
cred up her parcels and her cloaks, and
stepped out upon the wild, bleak spot
called Bijou Station. The passengers,
all interested in the talkative and I'M
sophisticated pair of travellers, crowded
/ to the windows of the car to witness
/ the expected meeting between husband
and wife. They saw it. While her
baggage was being tumbled out of the
car, she stood with her baby in her arms
and her boy by her side gazing around
upon the strange scene, and peeTing
eagerly among the rough-clad ranch
men and plainsmen for the face which
alone of all others she wished to see.
A rough-looking but polite ranchman
stepped forward, and, with a clumsy
bow and bashful manner, inquired who
the " madam desired to see."
: 81 want my husband, Mr.. Henry
Lester. Does he not keep a sheppard
cattle farm near here ?"
"He did, madam" answered the
ranchman, sadly; " but he's rounded-up
his herd for the last time. There he is
in that coffin, died last Wednesday
night, and we re sendin' the body back
to Denver, accordin' to his last instIuc-
tions. He died of congestion of the
bowels, madam. Beg pardon, madam,
but are you his"
He did not finish his sentence, but
stepped forward to catch the falling
form of my feIlow-traveler, who was
carried to the car in a swoon. The little
boy uttered a piteous wall of grief,
while I led him sobbing back to the car
which this wearied, travel-tired pair had
left minute before so hopeful and SC
happy. There were many wet eyes in
that car just then, mine among the rest,
as [ held the beautiful boy sobbing to
my breast.
saw my fellow-traveler twice again,
once when she followed her husband
to his last resting-place, attended b.
one solitary carriage and four mourners.
and again last Monday morning, when
pale, sad and bowed with grief, she
started with her fair-haired boy upoI
her long journey back to the quiet shade
and seclusion of her old home within
the shadows of Gloster Cathedral
DeHUeT Tribune.
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A Case of Floral " Offerings. -

The Gartenlaube publishes an anus
ing article an the theatrical cLaque in
Berlin, IN which the following is related
about Mile. Vestvali, the female Ham
let: "She wanted 20 have bouquets
aud wreaths thrown to her. I demanded
twenty dollars for it, which she said was
too much for one night. Bat explained
the whole thing to her. Madame I
sail, the twenty dollars are sufficient
for two nights. To-day and my men
will throw the bouquets TO you from
the first tier. After the performance is
over I shall take the flowers home with
me in a basket, put them IL water, aud
leave them there all night and the fol-
lowing day. Tomorrow night no one
in the audience viii find cut that the
bouquets have been used before.
she paid me the sum / had
demanded"
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10
CHOLERA IN 1873.
Some of the Results of DR. McCIeIIan's
Investigations.
We mentioned in these columns. 50


We mentioned in these columns, some
weeks ago, the appointment of DR.. Ely
Mcclellan, OF the United States army,
to investigate the cholera epidemic of
1873. Upon being detailed for this i'm
portant work, DR.. Mcclellan left imme-
diately for the south, and after visiting
the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, re-
turned to his home in this city last
week. The work has not progressed far
enough to justify any broad generali-
cations, but few isolated facts derived
from a conversation with DR.. Mcclellan
may be of interest.
1t is apparent already that the inves-
tigation will cover q much WIDER field
than has been anticipated. The num-
Der of points at which cholera occurred
will be much larger than is generally
believed. An impression has prevailed,
for example, that the epidemic leaped
from New Orleans to Vicksburg in
point of fact, it is found to have dotted
both sides of the river bet ween the two
points, cases occurring on plantations,
in nearly every parish.
The first recorded case of cholera in
the United States in 1873, occurred in
New Orleans, Feb. 9th. It prevailed
in that city during the months of Feb
ruary, March and April. Early in May
1t began to travel northward up the
Mississippi. During the month of June
| it began occurring in the interior towns
of Alabama and Mississippi, along the
lines Of railroads, and spread further
north, step by step, during the month
of june and July, reaching Little Rock,
| Ark, early in the latter month.
| Montgomery, Ala, by rigid system
/ of quarantine, escaped with single
case of cholera while at Birmingham,
in the same state, 95 miles distant, and
connected with Montgomery by rail,
over two hundred persons, mostly ne
grOes, fell victims to the epidemic.
The first case of cholera in Kentucky
last year, so far as ascertained, occurred
at Paducah, May %.
The investigation indicates that con.
strUction hands upon railroads were
among the most active agents in spread,
ing the disease. It was introduced into
Memphis by party of laborers on the
Memphis and Paducah railroad thence
it was conveyed to Nashville by convictE
from the penitentiary, that had beer
working upon the same road. From
Nashville it spread to Chattanooga anG
East Tennessee, to Gallatin, Franklin
B wiling Green, etc. The first case il
central Kentucky was that of a negro
laborer at MuIdrough's Hill, on thu
Cumberland and Ohio railroad, who
came from a construction party on
road in Tennessee.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-07-10
ono so cent bottle

OnS OF S6IE BoEEHS
WILL CURE MORE COMPLAINTS AND
PREVENT THE SYSTEM AGAINSTSUDDEN
ATTACKS OF EPIDEMICS AND CONTA-
GTOUS DISEASES THAN ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS EXPENDED FOR OTHER MED
ICINES OR MEDICAL ATTENDANCE.
THE MOMENT RAILWAYS READY RE-
LIEF Is APPLIED EXTERNALLY-OR Ia
KEN INTERNALLY ACCORDING TO DE-
RECTTONS--PAIN, FROM WHATEVER
CAUSE, CEASES TO EXIST.
IMPORTAH T.-hIiuerz, Farmers and others
sid ing In sparseiy districts. where 10 Is DIM
cult 10 secure the services OF a physician, RA D
Ways READY RELGh 7 Is Invaluable Il can
all cases where pain discomfort Is experlenCeds
or II seized With Influenza DtptherH rOre filEOat,
Bad Coughs AOarsenesR, Bilious Cole, imam
nation or the Bowels Stomach, Lungs. Liver, Kid
neyB. or with Group. Quiurey, Fever and AEus; or
with Neuralgia, Headache Tic DDloreux, Tooth
Back. Fheumatisul; or with DlarrlioBa, Cholera
hOrbus, or DyBenterTs or with HuTus, Schld1s
or Bruises: or with Strains. Cramps or SpasIns-
The application OF railways READY RE-
Ii IF viii cure yO1 OF the worst OF these com
twenty drops in half u turnbIer or water Will IN
few moments cue CHA Pa. SPAsh5, SOUR
STOMACH. He RTBUFN, SICK II Ia DACHEg
Ola RR n GA, DYS EMERY, COLO. WIND IN
THE BOWELS, and all INTERNAL Pa ms.
TIavelers should always carry a bottle Of RAD
WAYS READY RE II r with them. 4 lew drops
In water will prevent sickness o. pains from
change Ofwhter. II Is better than French Brandy
or BitleTs a stimulant.
Sold by Druggists. Price SO Cents.
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WAUKFsHA, wis. June 9. 1874

WAUKEsHA, Wis. June 9, 1874.
G. G. DIN s. Co., PrOprieJOrs Mineral Rock
Spring: 7 have been drinking the water from
your spring since the middle of March last, for q
kidney CiffiCuI. Y that rave had since was six
years old G am now twenty, and must say that
IL has had a wonderful effect upon me. have
been q great suffe er in the region of the kidneys
for years. II has been tn he greatest difficulty
that could urinate, and its effects have been such
upon my general health that have not been able
10 labor but part OF the time for years: but since
I be gan to drink Mineral Rock Spring Wafer my
health has steadily improved and Can now do a
good days work without fatigue. and I consider
myself well the TO- d to health and happiness
would recommend the water from your spring
ney difficulty as a sovereign remedy for that OBJ
stinate disease, as il has done for me what medi
cine could not reach. Respectfully yours,
HARVEY CLARK.
This is to certify that the father of Harvey
Clark. the above nau ed, and am knowing 10 the
suffering that he has undergone dTriEg almost al
his life with the kidney difficulty and fully cor
rCboraie all OF the ABOVE statements that he has
made, believing and knowing them 10 be tue.
IUCIAN CLARK.
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A FEW GOOD RE SONSs
IA NelU TaUentiOH THOROUGHLY TESTED and
secured by Letters Patent.
2.-Makes perfect LOCK STITCH, alike on both
sides, all kinds or goods.
3.-RUSs LIGHT, SMOOTH, NOIsELEss and RAPID
best combination of qualities.
4.-DURABLE-RIs for Years without Repairs.
5.-HlU do al UGrieties Of Work and Fancy Stitch
ting in superior manner
6.-Is Most Easily Managed by the operator.
Length of stitch may be altered while running,
and machine can be threaded without passing
thread through holes.
7s-Desigh Simple, Ingenious, Elegant. forming
the stitch tOJthObt the use of Cog wheel Gears
Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Has the dJatOmdtic
Drop Feed which fas,fTes uniform length Of stitch
at any speed. Has Thread CoHtroiLT.
which allows easy movement of need e-bar and
pr rents injury to thread.
S.-CoNsrRUCrIOS most careful and FINISHED.
Il is manufactured by the most sELJL' and cpeT-
enccd mechanics, at the celebrated Remington
ArmOry, ii on, N. Y. New York Office,
No. Madison square, (Ekuraz's Build
inE.) BRANCH OFFICES: 2S5 state ST.,
Chicago, HI; 27O Superior ST., Cleveland,
Ohio; IsI Fourth St, CINCINNATI O.j 400
Main ST., Buffalo, N. Y.y 332 Washington
ST., Boston, Mass; $40 Chestnut ST.,
Philadelphia, Pat 10 Sixth ST., Pitts
burgh, Ia.
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CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND
SICK
from nc other cause than having worms IN the
stomach.
BROWNS VERNIIFUGE CCMFITS
Will deslr worms without injury TO the child BE-
Ing perfectly WHITE and free from all COOring
other Injurious ingredients usually used In worm
preparations.
CURTIS & BROWN, FrOprietOFs,
No 2I5 Fulton street. New York.
sold by druggists and chemists, and dealers in
mediCin es, al twenty five cents a box.
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We SEE that Proctor & CANDLES Ex-
ira German Soap is becoming very popular in
our city; its quality we know is superior, and
we are not surprised that consumers prefer it
and that it has large sale. Try it if you do
not already use it.
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LASsINa O, Mich, April l. 1874.
G. c. OLIS & Co-Dear Hirs: It gives me pl' s
sure to add testimony TO the value of the waters OF
} our Mineral Rock Spring. nv wife has been
afflicted for The past six years with disease of the
dneys Through the recommendation of a friend
she was induced to come 10 Waukesha to drink OF
its healing waters. We tried the Mineral Rock
Spring water. MIS-. Van Loon has been greatly
benefited aud is stil using 1t. feeling that in time
Il will make q permanent cure
THos E, VAN LcON.
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THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF An
OLD NURSE.

Mrs. winsIow's Soothing Syrup is the Prescrip-
ton of one of the best female physicians and nurses
In the United states, and has been used for thirty
years with failing safety and success by mil
lions of mothers and children, from the feeble Al
FAME of week old the adult. II COrrects acid
ity of the stomach, relieves wind collie regulates
the bowels, and gives rest, health and comfort 70
mother ard child We believe it to be the best and
surest remedy in the world in all cases OF dysen-
terry and diarrhoea in children whether IL arises
from teething from any other cause. Full d.
rectIons for using will accompany each bottle.
None genuine unless the fac-simile of CERTlS
PERKINS is the outside wrapper.
Sold by all medicine dealers.
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IMPROVEMENT is the order of the dav.
The grea. est change is made in the Elmwood
Collar. This is made little wider than it was,
so as to be in the present style. Ask for the
improved Emwood.
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TEE SECRET OF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of Gre
sian mould, wer-turned neck and beautifully
rounded arms, are 40 doubt very nice things to
have and ladies who possess these charms have res
son to be thankful to Mother Nature; yet after all
the most captivating Of al wOmanly charms is q
pure fresh and brilliant complexion. This superla
tive fascination any lady may secure by using
HAaAl71s MAGNOLIA BALM.