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The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-25
REPORT OF E. A. BURKE,
ADMINISTRATOR OF IMPROVEMENTS,
FOR THE SEVEN MONTHS ENDING
JUNE 80, 1875.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July 1, 1875.
Hon. Mayor and Administrators, City of New Or
leans:
Genaennen-I have the honor to submit the fol-
lowing report Of the Department OF Improve
ments, embracing the seven months commencing
December /, 1874, and ending June 80. 1875:
BUREAU OF STREETS
The streets Of this city opened and requiring
cleaning and repairs by this department are re-
ported BY the City Surveyor as follows:
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-25

New work was discontinued in May, when it
became evident the wharves would be leased.
Two gangs Of carpenters and laborers, one
above Canal street and one below, were constant
Iy engaged in making general repairs to such
wharves.as did not require rebuilding, until July
/, when the entire force in this bureau was sus-
pended.
FEET.
The total amount OF lumber used on the
wharves was 1873 76O
Timber. Observation-Disclosures. 80 528
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-07-25

Average reduction seven months. S547, 575 OF
The expenditures for the bureau now represent
ed by this department, for the following years,
VIII give general idea as to the former cost Of
maintaining this service
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

merely houutoous table /, not always
welcome COZ appriliur. Two COR three Dishes
wei prepared audi daintily arranged, are SUE
perior to dnl"u caclessly and iuartistcally
put 600. Hospitality is often c0ulouuded
with pfufusiOu; aud some of us are apt 90
believe that vc play the host IN, unless we
persuade our guests into eating % great deal
This SORT oi entertainment is simply mate
RIAL though 30 is c1mmouor than We think.
The pleasures of the table should appeal
to the eye aud mind as well as to the palate.
Form should Doe consulted grace should Doe
Indispensable. The SAVIOR of food gains
much from it> setting, and its accompaui-
meut. a lew flowers, perfect order and
noatncs, with cougeuality and sympathy
about the board, will insure what nu Apcian
feast might mot.
The day uniformity in table. a- well as
other furniture, has passed tine present fancy
beug for oddues- and variety. This, apart
from pictues1uenoss is both convenient and
economical siuce the breaking of one or two
pieces does not neccssitate the purchase of
am entire new set It is NOT unusual now to-
see ON elegant breakfast tables each coffee
cup different from its ncighhur. and no two
OF the plates alike. But it is ct tea most
informal OF meals that the greatest variety.
and the prettiest effects. may be- produced.
But. more than an that is on the table, is
the spirit brought to it.. There can br mo-
high enjoyment of the sausas unattended by
sympathy. Dsguictude of mind at table is
the precursor of Indigestion. They who are
invited to dinner. and take thereto anxiety
aud discomfort, defraud the host Of proper
return for his hospitality. SO one has right
to go socially whore joe docs not hope to give
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10
Temperance
Cut Down the Tree.

]
Yes. cut down the tree, tear up the roots
| destroy the rum traffic Why longer waste
/ strength aud precious time looping of the
branchcs and dragging them away, by trying
/ t0 restrict bv license that which win not be-
/ rc,trictedY Why longer pursue each indi-
/ yidual dumkarl to his hiding place ard with
| plradiugs too often intellectual seek to re-
/ claim him Cut of the supply from him,
and Boz will thank you, aud you will save his
soul alive
1t is too little known how many victims
ol iutoN icmts fairly long for the total success
ni The present forward movement to dry up
ihc trrams ui rum trade. They are bound
hand and foot. soul aud body in the iron
tettnY of appetite now beyond the control Of
their win, aud which in its turn has become
the slave of It's tyauical master and they
are ready to wclcomeanv means, amy remedy
10y which this inward craving shall be no
longer satisfied.
Build nehnatas Asylums' Of stately pro-
portions. % thing of beauty ia architecture,
of Philadelphia brick with marble facings.
as the graceful building you see ON Randairs
Island in the East River, New York build
such at immense cost for the druukarls ii
you will send out your missionaries in the
ciic, Go gather iu and convert Others drunk
arcs; do all this heroically and while you are
doing your best, for every man aud woman
cured, aud every one saved the rum traffic.
supported 10y the government Of this uation.
b. turning ont one hundred rcady-mado CON
iifmod lnmkapls
Do India twenty Thousand human lives are
annually destroyed 10y bites OF vcuomous rep
tiles. The government, careful of hte inter
e,ts Of its subject pays acertain sum for the
head of every vruomous reptile killed by any
person.
Ia this Christian nation eighty thousand
human lives are destroyed annually hv the
venomous reptile found IN every glass or cup
of alcohol drank iu this land. vet this govern
uent, instead of offering a premium for it.
destroyer Keeps il ia anational cage, and feeds
it ou the finest OF the wheat and corn and bar
ley, and pays a premium for the preservation
of its life, while the huge attlcsuakc is swat
luwing the precious lives Of our households
This is mo- time for argument; the case don
admit OF iti IL Is life or death tn the tens NJ
thousands. premium for the death of
the monster; price ou his head Gut down
the tree Forward pioneers, with your axes
Christian SiaHddrd
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

In reply to Query" by s." Of Warren,
in regard to the use Of dairy refuse, and as
to whether it may no. be fed to calves with
as much profit as to pig,, will give some
figures from an experience Of six or seven
years in the business.
keep from fifteen TO eighteen cows,
which are IN milk about nine months in the
year. ON an average carry the mill, to %
cheese factory Tor three or four months in
the summer, bringing home the whey for my
pigs aud make butter the rest of the time
feeding the sour milk, warmed and mixed
with boiled pumpkins, small potatoes and
meal, 10 my old hogs in fall ! commence
iattening about the LIST of september, and
slaughter about December kill from six
to eight each year, average total weight two
thousand and five hundred pounds, average
price for the last seven years ten cents
pound, or $3.50.
feed each year, in addition 10 the refuse
milk, about fifty bushels Of corn costing
at ninety cents, SIS, fifty bushels Indian
wheat at sixty cents $40, and small potatoes
and pumpkins worth sli making 800 in all
for extra feed. This, subtractcd from $3.50
leaves slG0, or ten dollars per COW for the
refuse milk. Can any one show as good re-
turns from feeding this milk to calves Ii
so, produce the figures.
will add that | prefer August or Sep
TENDER pigs, which at killing time win be
fifteen or sixteen months old have a warm
pen to keep them in, and keep them we'll
bedded, clean and dry when fattening
give them pasture of two or three acres to
run in during the summer. This lot has
stream of water running through it, which
is very promotve of health have not had
sick or lame hog, with one exception, for
twenty years. | always give them their feed
warm while fattening, and feed out the whey
and milk before souring il possible, consider
ing whey if fed sweet nearly as good as sour
milk. There is also an item of considerable
Importance TO be taken into the account, il
we would make correct estimate of the real
profits from keeping swine which is the great
value OF the manure made from them. Mine
make enough to manure annually two acres
of corn in the hill, thus insuring a large
yield of that valuable crop.
Brookfeld, VT NJ
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

Confidence is everything between husband
and wife; aud a woman who loves, desires
above all things to Doe trusted. She would
not Doe glad when hc is sad She would not
be- ignorant of his troubles or his nNiptics.
Anything is better To her than TO hc Shut
out from the iumormost of the life oi one
who should joe an hers, as she is NJ his. Wo-
men generally are avcrse to keeping things
30 themselves. aud q husband is often over
dosed with confidence; but many really al
fectionate men lead, MS far as their wives are
concerned, a double life. OF that which is
not domestic they think it right to say 10th
ing. Some greyous troubles may be- upon
them dread OF failure. certainty of loss,
rumors of some mistake which has plunged
them into anxiety and they make no sign
of it save toy a change of manner, which, to
the women, who are ignorant that they have
any cares, is iuconprchensihe
The wife would gladly be sympathetic,
but when frowniug brow. silence, aud the
lack of usual caresscs, are all the tokens that
she has of her licgo lords trouble, all her
boosted intuition cannot keep her from fly
ing to the conclusion, that it is q personal
matter-that she is no longer loved or that
he loves some one else. And believe much
domestic misery has been caused ia the first
place 10y the mans secrctivcucs- when he had
no secrets which might not have been shared
by his wife.
You may say why should hc talk lo one
who cannot understand or give counsel, To a
being with such vague ideas of stocks and
banking, and speculation, and who can only
wonder why things have gone wrong? Well,
there are many reasons; the woman who
holds him dear will give hinmore sympathy,
whether lac knows it or not. And then she
has her rights, for she is partner in q firm
Of two aud the books should not be closed to
her. She is mate Of the vessel in which he
is captain, and surely should know what
shoals are near and, moreover if you love
her, you do not want 10 make her miserable.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

\ DEAD MuIuEn's lNFLUENCE-lt was
the rough har-room of a country tavern on
an elnigrant thOroughiarc west of the Mis-
sissippi, 4 Withholding man tossed OFT a
whiskey sling, and raised his baby boy to
take the sugar at the bottom. The child
drank it with relish, and instead Of thanks,
looked into his fathers face with fearful
oath. The first oath these lips had ever ut
tered.
His sin-hardened father laid the cup and
looked ut his child aud then about the bar
room bottles, glasses, cards, chairs. One
thing more--a small stand, holding an old
family Bible that had come with him across
the ocean years before. Wicked rs he was
be had never parted with this
1t was early in the morning aud no Gus
toners coming in, aud the oath echoed
through his ears again aud again. . 1t was
rs If had been struck, said he Away in
Wales, many years before, his mother taught
him to pray. But what would she have
felt said he if she could have heard my
child's first words cursing meY lie DELHI
erately took the greasy pack Of cards and
threw them into the open fire. Deliberately
he carried the jugs of liquor to the door, and
turned the poison upon the ground lie was
known throughout all the country as "The
Wild Man" People were afraid Of him, he
was So ragged, proiane cross-eyed quick
Witted and drunken.
That was nine years ago, aud his lips have
never since known an oath nor a dram.
When not at work ON his farm he may be
found praying with the hands in coal mine,
settling the differences Of two noighbors, es-
tablishing prayer-meeting or Sabbath
school IN some remote place. tenderly visit
ing a cold church member, or singing a soul
stirring air at a camp-meetng. Uneducated
aud stMnmerng as he is Gods spirit goes
with him, and makes him continual mes
senger of the love of Christ.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

countries. But the poor farming thus en-
coumgcd by protection got so poor that
% famine impended and the manufacturing
interest demanded free trade in food to save
the lives OF It's operative. and to prevent its
utter destruction. The corn laws % were
abolished, aud ihon, Tor the English farmer
20 was root hog, or die
Who saved English agriculture and made
10 what 10 is to-layY Not the working ilf-
mcrs, the tcnaniry, for at that Time they
were more ignorant, more higoted more com
ccitcd. greater haters Of "h ookiaming d
possible, than We are now. But Tine great
landowners, who were educated men, saved
English agriculture wan S"cn farming as
then prevailed, free trade 90 iarin products
would almost have annihilated the value of
their land. Ihepre-eryation of their wealth
demanded improved agriculture aud The
stupid bigoted preiudiccs OF their tenants
had 10 yieM Conditions were introduced
into every lease requiring rotation of crops
the keeping OF so much stock, and the care
iul destruction OF wecds-in short good
farming Money was provided for under
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10
for the Vermont "
Two Profitable Cows.

Mr.. Edaorl notice many items in the
papers OF late stating the amount Of butter
made, aud the valuation of the same, from %
certain number OF cows. Perhaps the fol.
lowing item would be Of interest to some of
your many readers:
Asa Sargent, of reacham, has two COWS,
one native and the other half Jersey and
half Ayrshire, from which lac made five hun
bred and sixty-two pounds of butter from
April 9Th 1874, TO February lth 1879, besides
supplying small family with milk aud hut
ter. The butter was sold at prices ranging
from twenty-siN to forty cents as the market
was when sold. Total amount received for
butter, slSSl0 lie also sold one hundred
and seyenty-dye quarts of milk for $50,
and two young calves for 800, making a
total income from two COWS Of s203,s5. One
Of the cows was dried January !, 1879.
They were fed, daily, on rowcn hay, with
two quarts shorts and two quarts meal,
except about eight weeks, when they had
COW corn and fall feed without hay or meal
The meal was one-third corn aud two-thirds
oats ground together. They Were pastured
ON three acres Of land.
Yours truly,
JouN NARNuM in.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

TIM MODERATE DgiNgEH.-A socallcd
moderate drinker was once very angry with
q friend that claimed that safety is alone in
total ahstainng from the use Of ardent spirit
and who allowed his fanatical notions to in
sinuate that the moderate drinker himself
might then be beyond Self-control. "ro
make plain the question, who is wrong" said
the temperance man, will you just quit one
month, not touchinga drop during the time?"
said the other "ro satisfy your mind sir,
| will with pleasure, though know myself
| Twill do as you ask 10 cure your overweight
ideas" lie kept the PROMISE but at the end
of the month he came 10 his friend with
tears in his eyes, and thanked him for saving
him from drunkard's grave. Said he, 81
never knew before that was in any sense a
slave to drink, but the past month has been
the fercest battle Of my life. | see now
was almost beyond hope, and had the test
come many months later, it would have been
too late for me. But have kept the pledge,
and by Gods help, will keep it for life"
Moderate drinker just try il for one year,
and see how near you are 10 the rapids, be
You'd which there is no returning.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

Laws of Public opinion must
sooner or later see that it is a po,itive crime
10 bring persons into the world whose lives
must Doe burden to themselves aud 10 every
body about them, and must at last be cut
short prematurcly. Or, look again at the
way in which madness is allowed to L.
propagated. A patient out of a uuatic asy-
lam ON trial is allowed to become the parent
of children, who are sure 10 inherit the most
Terrible of all infections. And nobody seems
10 think that much harm has been done.
Families with madness in them think moth
ing of intermanying with others in the same
condition, and consequently the family
faint is handed down from generation 10
generation, OF course if We are 10 attempt
to apply to them the same principles which
We apply to animals, we shall have 10 inter
fere very considerably with the liberty Of
the subject, but that cannot be helped. II is
very true observation of Bacon's A." that We
can only conquer nature by ohcying her"
Nature DEGREES that the fttest only shall con
tinue the race, and unless we are prepared
to accept the degeneration Of the race we
must he prepared Ia follow her dictates
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

CooL.-Not long since German was
riding along near Sansoat street. near Sac
ramento, when he heard pistol shot be-
hind him, heard the whizzing of ball near
him, and felt his hat shaken. lie turned
and saw a man with revolver in his hand,
and took of his hat and found fresh bullet
hole in it. "Did you shoot at mo 2" asked
the German. Yes" replied the other party /;
" that's my horse it was stolen from Inc re-
Gently "You must be mistaken" said
the German " ] have owned that horse for
three years" "Well," said the other, "when
come 10 look at him believe am mis-
taken. Excuse me, siri won't you take a
drink 2"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

lMroRrASr.-Thea agents of the Patrons in
New York, Ia a recent letter 10 the chairman
of the National Executive Committee, say
Your object In securing united action against
transportation monoIolier II decidedly praise
worthy one, also your system Of purchasing farm
ing utensils and machinery from first hands Is
want long-felt, supplied hut there is another
aud, believe ~, greater, reform needed and one
that begins nearer home than either of the above
We refer 20 the shabby manner Ia which too many
OF the farm products are sent 10 market Every
farmer should learn how 10 prepare tho products
Of his farm n sell Tor the chest price In the
market for which il Is intended We venture the
assertion II all the produce received In New York
was properly prepared, Il would net the farmers
at least nifty per cent more than II now does and
save the farming community millions Of dollars
annaaliy-more than the total amount paid for
freight
This is wisdom in solid chunks, and II
the Patrons get no other benefit from their
order but TO learn this much, and practice
upon it, they will be well paid for all their
expenditure.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

MR. DaUGLAs oN MippLrMEN. At the
St. Iohnsbury meeting OF the Board of Ag
ricultnre, after Mr. Douglas address upon
butter making, he was catcchised very freely
by the audience, and among other points lac
was questioned as IN the price Of his butter,
and how he sold it. lie replied that he had
private customers for most of it, aud 10y SELL
ing it in this way he saved several cents q
pound. said he, Don't think have any
thing against the middemen, we can't do
without them; but do think farmer has
a right TO sell direct Ia the consumer il he
can, aud in doing so he does not infringe ON
the rights of any other man or class OF men,
Now, don't, beg Of YOU suppose for q mo-
ment that | have q word 10 say against the
middlemen, they are a most excellent and
necessary class of men,--l only wish We had
more OF them-but do not feel as though
could afford Ia hire them 10 sell my butter"
These remarks were received with such
hearty laughter and applause that il any
middlenen were present we are sure they
must have felt their mistake in surprising
that the farmers are not their friends
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

SEAsoNABLr llINTs.--Few people know
the value of paper Us protection against
cold. No one knows, unless he has tried it,
what a capital rug the Times newspaper and
its supplement will make, aud few people
are aware what an excellent substitute Tor
paucity of blankets can he contriyed from a
selection of our daily contemporaries. II is
not generally known that brownpapcr lin
ing will make an ordinary coat as seryioeable
as great coat, and that an under-waist-
coat, deity contrived of the same material,
is equal IN value to a flannel shirt This is
a fact that cannot be too widely known
among all casscs, for il cannot fail 10 be
useful TO the high as well as the low. The
cheapness, the portability the universally
Of combined with the fact that YOU
can throw il away when you have done with
it-renders the material, as an addition 10
cheap winter clothing, valuable in the high
est degree.-iond0n Graphic.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10
The Curse Of Drink.

The appetite for strong drink la man hl,
spoiled the life of more womcu-ruiued
more hopes for Them scattered more fortunes
for them. brought more shame and hardship
than any other evil that lives. The couu-
try numbers tens and hundreds of thousands
of women who are widows to-day. aud sit in
hopeless weeds, because their husbands have
been slain with strong drink. There are
hundreds of thousands of homes scattered
over the land in which women live lives of
torture, going through all the changes Of
suffering that Tie between the extreme of
fear and despair because those whom they
love, love vine better than the women they
have sworn 30 love. There are women by
the thousand who dread Ia heara step at the
door because that step has learned to reel
under the Influence of seductive poison.
There are women groaning with pain while
We write these words. from bruises and hui-
alitirs inflicted 10y husbands made mad by
drink There can be no eXagg,ratiOn in amy
statement in regard 10 this matter, because
no human Imagination can create anything
worse than the truth. The SORROWS and hor-
rors of wife with p drunken husband or
a mother with "a drunken son, are as near the
realization of "a hell rs can be- reached in this
world at least. The shame, the indignation.
the SORROW and the sense OF disgrace for her.
self and children, the poverty, aud not UNI
frequently beggaIy the fear and the fact Of
violence, the lingering, lifelong struggle aud
despair of countless women with drunken
husbands. are enough TO make all women
curse wine and engage mitedly 10 oppose it
everywhere rs the worst enemy to their sex.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

TRUE TEMPERANCE MAN.--Only with
a certain class of persons is total abstince a
virtue. Some do not drink because they
have never been educated and tempted 10.
Others abstain because they are naturally
parsimonious and love their money supreme
~. Still others are ahstemious because
they do not love intoxicant, aud cannot use
them without disgust and nausea. Absti-
hence for those persons is no more virtue
Ia % man than in the brute creation.
Equally true it is that abstinence alone
does not constitute a Temperance man in any
acceptable sense 4 true temperance man
man he an abStainer on principle, lie must
have q deep interest IN the cause Of total
abstinence. lie must love the cause, ndmake
willing sacrifices to maintain il. lie must
have the principle OF sell-denial, ia obedience
to conviction IN order to the possession OF any
merit as q Temperance man, The strength
of ones principles is to he determined 10y
the extent of his sacrifices. Men love
cause just to the extent that they are willing
to deny themselves To serve that cause.
Many are Temperance people only neg.
atiyoly, They have one side only OF Tenn
perance principles. Abstinence may be a
state of innocence, but positive action and
earnestness are necessary To constitute a real
virtue
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-03-10

HABIT.-lhe most degraded aud wretohed
of human beings, is he who has praoticed
vice so long that he curses il while clings to
il who pursues because he feels great
law Of his nature driving him ON toward it !;
but reaching il, knows that it win gnaw his
heart and make him roll himself in the dust
with anguish.