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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

THE Little Rock Gazette has the most
encouraging news Of the crops through
out Arkansas.
THERE were twenty.four female mem
bers in attendance at the late session ol
the National Grange.
THE fine wool sheep, formerly SO nu
merOus in Vermont, and which were d
source of much wealth, have almost dis
appeared from the State.
The agriculturalists of the country are
reported, by the journals which repre-.
sent their interests, as being in an ex-
ceptionally strong condition.
A GREAT deal of tobacco will be planted
this year, if the season is favorable, the
increase being chiefly in West and Mid.
die Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, and
Ohio.
Now is the time to be looking over the
orchard for the eggs of the tent cater
pillar on the twigs, looking like punches
of wax. Picking with the hand is the
only remedy.
In using gas tar for painting wire
fences, etc., add double handful of
Stacked lime to every gallon of gas tar.
This gives fine gloss to the paint, and
adds to its durability.
PERHAPS the greatest present need of
the American farmer is an implement
adapted to the preparation of seed grains.
No argument is necessary to show that,
if we were to select perfectly developed
kernels for seed, our grain crop would be
greatly improved.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Gardeners
Chronicle records a curious instance of
the penetrating power of the mycelium
of mushrooms. One side of mushroom.
bed was of brick, four and one-half
inches thick, firmly set in hard lime, so
close in texture that the point Of nail
could not be introduced without much
force. Nevertheless the mycelium found
admission and produced mushrooms of
considerable size on the other side. 1t
also found its way through the porous
bricks.
PROFESSOR Tyndall illustrates the
value of a single potato, by supposing
that every potato in the world but one
was destroyed; that one would contain
in itself the possibility of again stocking
the world with an invaluable article Of
food. If one potato would produce,
when planted, only a crop of ten pota-
toes, in ten years the total product of the
produce of this one potato would be
equal to ten thousand millions, which
would be sufficient to stock the whole
world with seed.
THE Corpus Christi (Texas) Gazette
says the high price demanded in Eng
land for horses suggested the propriety
and profit of introducing horses from
Texas. For this purpose party of En-
glishmen have prepared steamship, and
are now in this section purchasing stock
for the return trip-the stock to be
shipped from Galveston. The same
paper also gives the following, which
show the low price of horses there Mr..
Frank Rider sold twenty-five head of
saddle-hOrses at twenty-five dollars per
head, and his stock Of mares at ten dol
lars per head. Captain M. Kennedy sold
one hundred head of horses at forty dol
lars per head. This week a Mexican
offered eighteen head OF saddle-hOrses at
twenty-five dollars per head.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
Barnum Oh Idleness, Baseball, and
Billiards.

Mr.. Phineas T. Barnum on being
inaugurated as Mayor of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, delivered short address
Concluding he said:
1t is painful to the industrious and
moral portions of our people to see so
many loungers about the streets, and
such a multitude whose highest aspira-
tiOns seem to be to waste their time in
idleness or at baseball, billiards, etc. No
person needs to be unemployed who is
not over fastidious about the kind Of
occupation. There are too many soft
hands land heads) waiting for light work
and heavy pay. Better work for half u
loaf than beg or steal whole one.
Mother earth is always near by, and
ready to respond to reasonable drafts on
her never-failing treasury. A patch Of
potatoes raised on shares" is preferable
to poulticed pate earned in a whisky
scrimmage. Some modern Micawbers
stand with folded hands waiting for the
panic to pass, as the foolish man waited
for the river to run dry and allow him to
walk over. The soil is the foundation of
American prosperity. When multitudes
of our consumers become producers !;
when fashion teaches economy, instead
of expending for a gaudy dress what
would comfortably clothe the family !;
when people learn to walk until they can
afford to ride; when the poor man ceases
to expend more for tobacco than for
bread; when those who complain of
panics learn that eve cannot eat our
cake and keep it; !" that sieve will not
hold water, that we must rely on our
own exertions, and earn before we ex-
pend, then will panics cease and pros
perity return. While We should by no
means unreasonably restrict healthy
recreation, we should remember that
"time is money" that idleness leads to i'm
moral habits, and that the peace, pros
perity, and character of a city depends
on the intelligence, integrity, industry,
snd frugality of its inhabitants.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
THE YOUNG FOLKS.


Doubtful John.
Now, John, Il Is an honest name,
As very well you know;
There's good John Smith, and good John Brown
And Small Johns In row.
But there's one John we temperance folks
Have put our ban upon
A sly, suspicious kind Of elf
And that Is demi-J0hn.
"1'm sure II might contain, dear sir,
Good vinegar" say you,
"Or water from the fountains pure,
Or running stream" That's truej
But who'd believe your. word, pray,
While you was trtidgihg on.
With no companions at your side
Except demi-J0hn?
This John has capacious mouth,
So very deep anA wide,
He often swallows fortunes up
Before he's satisfied.
Then, boys, I'll tell you what II Is,
My word depend upon,
You'd better not be introduced
To doubtful demi-John.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

THE GARDEN OF CHINA.-The China
men, who walk over bridges built two
thousand years ago, who cultivated the
cotton plant centuries before this coun-
try was heard Of, and who fed silk-worms
before King Solomon built his throne,
have fifty thousand square miles around
Shanghai, which are called the Garden
of China, and which have been titled by
countless generations. This area is as
large as New York and Pennsylvania
combined Is all meadow land, raised
but few feet above the river-lakes,
rivers, canals--a complete network of
water communication; the land under
the highes tilth; three crops a year har-
vested population 10 dense that wher-
ever you look, you see men and women
in blue pants and blouse, 50 numer-
GUS that you fancy some fair or muster
coming of and all hands have tnrned out
for holiday.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
Loss by Weeds and Insects.

1t is estimated that the value of pro-
duce annually raised i'm this country is
$4,000, 600, 900, of which amount nearly
or quite one-fifth, or $500, ,000, 900, is lost,
according to the american Naturalist,
from the attacks of injurious plants and
animals. A single campaign of the army
worm cost the farmers of Eastern Massa-
chusetts $250,000 worth of grass. Mis-
souri, alone loses from $l5,000,000 to
$20,0OO,OO0 annually from insect depre-
dations. The annual damage to the
apple and pear crop from the codling
moth amounts to several million dollars,
and the work of the curculio is equally
costly. partial remedy is to be found
in close study of insect habits, with
view to ascertaining what insects there
are which hold the depredators in check
and destroy them. 1t is hardly possible
to estimate the havoc annually wrought
by the grasshopper and the potato
beetle, for example; and any bird or in
sect which would reduce such pests
would be substantial benefactOr to the
farmer. As to the 'injuriOus plant" or,
in the common venacular, weeds, the
only method that is feasible is to kill
them at their very termination by means
Cf proper agricultural machines. The
Country Gentleman affirms. that the an
nual growth of weeds in this country
amounts 70 100000 tons, or enough to
span the globe. Precisely how the Coun-
try Gentleman arrives at this very definite
estimate we are at loss to determine !;
but it would certainly be better for the
farmer if the weeds were actually loaded
into the Compact train of wagons" re-
ferred to, rather than to have them re-
main to choke his crops and leave an un-
welcome legacy of literally sOwn seed
for future seasons. Farmers have only
to consult their own experience to realize
the extent to which the depredations Of
weeds and insects are carried, and any
measures which tend to even partial ex-
tirpation of these pests are worth the
trying.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

by FRED. S. cozzEss


lent my love book one day;
,r She brought Il hack; laid II by;
She was SO strange and shy.
But yet we loved Indifferent things
IHo eprouting buds, the birds In tune
And Time stood still and wreathed his wings,
With rosy links from June to June.
For her what task TO dare or do?
What peril tempt-what hardship bear?
hut with her--ahl she never knew
Ny heart, and what was hidden there.
And she, with me, so cold and coy,
Seemed little maid bereft Of sense;
Hut In the crowd, all life and Joy,
And full OF blushful impudence
She married-well, a woman needs
mate, her life and love to share
And little cares sprang up like weeds
Ano played around her elbow-chair.
And years rolled by-but I, content,
Trimmed my own lamp and kept Il bright,
Till Ages touch my hair besprent
with rays and CLEANS Of silver light.
Aud then II chanced took the book
Which she perused In years gone by;
And MS read, such passion shook
My soul-I needs must curse OF cry.
For here and there her love was writ
In old, half-faded pencil signs,
AS II she yielded-bit by bit
Her heart In dots and underlines.
All. sllvered fools too late you look
know 1t let he ME here record
This maxim: Lend no girl book
Unless you read it afterward
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

Prairie Farmer: We have it from a
Trustworthy source that about fifty per
cent. of the nurserymen of Kansas, Ne
braska, and Iowa, with nearly as large a
proportion Of those of Missouri and Min
nesota, are either bankrupt or so badly
crippled that they will abandon the
business as soon as possible. The interest
seems to be depressed over nearly the
entire North.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

The long-received opinion that guano
is the deposit of myriads of sea birds,
accumulating through long ages, is rem
dered untenable by the recent investiga-
tions of DR.. Habel. After treating the
guano with an acid, microscopical and
chemical examination revealed that the
insoluble residue was composed of fossil
sponges, and other marine animals and
plants precisely similar in constitution
TO such AZ still exist In those seas
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

DEs MONIES Register: A Northwestern
correspondent inquiries If chinch-bugs
will injure Hungarian grass. The only
time the bugs ever visited our farm was
In 1868, when they swept our fine field
of Hungarian grass clean, and injuring
but few other things on the farm. They
like 1t better than anything else.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
Correspondence Between the President
and Gen Spinner.

Besides Gen. Sp pllgher's formal letter of
resignation, transmitted through the
Secretary, the following correspondence
passed between himself and the President
direct:
.WxsilIsa%Tos, TO B B. Una G., March q.
MY DEAR Mr.. PRESIDENT In the formal
letter Of to.day's date, In which rendered
my resignation of office of Treasurer of the
proper that should express my heartfelt
feelings toward you, and in our recent in
terview your kind treatment SO filed my
heart that / could not give utterance to my
grateful thoughts. Now that II is all over
with, and that | stand on the threshold Of
emancipation, desire to express to you my
deer gratitude for your great confidence, for
your ma4ed friendship, and for the many
kndnesses and favors that you have bestowed
upon me. 1t was your kind countenance
and support that more than all else sustained
and kept me up during my long years Of
vexatious and arduous official labor. / shall
always look back upon these marks of es.
TEEN and favor, commencing with the time
when you took command of the Army of the
Potomac, and growing through the time that
you were in command of all the armies of
the Republic, and since you have become
President of the United States, as the events
of my long life of which shall ever feel
most proud. For all these kind manifesto
tiOns toward me, from one who stands so
high in the estimation of the world for his
great achievements, please permit me, now
that Our official relations are about to end,
to tender to you the sincere thanks of
truly grateful heart
Most respectfully and truly your friend,
F. +. SPINNER.
To GEN. u. s. GRANT,
President of the United States, Washington,
DC.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION
WASHINGTON, Marh 30. 1873. J
MY DEAR GENERAL: Your letter of res
ignation of the Office of Treasurer of the
United States, of yesterday, and your very
kind private note of the same date, are re-
ceived, and in return wish to say how
much ], in common with the great mass of
the people of this country, appreciate your
zeal and devotion to the arduous duties you
have been called upon to perform in the
last fourteen years. In retiring from these
duties hope you will find the rest and res
toration to vigorous health so leng denied
you. You take with you my best wishes for
your welfare and happiness, and my conf
dence in your patriotism, zeal, and ability.
But few men have performed more labor for
the public than you, and none have retired
from their labors retaining a stronger conf
dence in the public mind for constancy, in
tegrity and unselfshness.
With great respect, your obediant servant,
u. s. GRANT.
To THE HON. F. f. SPINNER, US. Treasurer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

THERE is man in Montgomery coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, who can hold up his
hand and say that he never opened an
other mans letter by mistake. We
refer, Of course, to Mr.. Pfafaelkaeffingar.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

with relish. We concluded not to 90 to
C till next day. Next day came a
frantic and forgiving letter from papa.
The brown wig had relented instantly.
So we did not go to c. at all.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

BRooM-coRN was introduced into our
country by DIR. Franklin. While ex-
amining a corn whisk (imported) he ac-
cidentally found single seed, which he
planted in his garden, and from which
the corn was propagated.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29
/. BOIL 1T DOWN.,

Whatever you have 10 say, my friend,
Whether witty, grave, or gay, iJt Il
COndense Il as much a. ever you can,
And say II In the resdiest way.
And whether you write OF household anairs,
Or particular things In town, Fts
Just take word Of friendly advice
Boil IL down. =.
For II you 90 spluttering over page
When q couple OF lines would do,
Your butter Is spread 10 much, you see,
That the bread looks plainly through;
So when you have story TO tell,
And would like little renown,
To make quite sure Of your wish, my friend,
Boil II down.
When writing an article for the press,
Whether prose or verse, just try
To utter your Thoughts In the fewest words,
And let them be crisp and dry;
And when II Is finished, and you suppose 81
II done exactly brown,
Just look II over again, and then 't
Boil II down.
For editors do not like 10 print
An article really long, f ',
And the busy reader does not care
For a couple Of yards Of song.
SO gather your wits In the smallest space,
II you'd win the authors crown, .bf
And every time you write, my friend,
Boil IL down.. .tf a.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

In 1840 there were but FIVE Catholic
churches in New Jersey, with priest
for each. In 1876 there are 115 churches
and thirty-two stations and 120 priests.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-29

PROGRESS. Women are now eligible
TO election as school officers throughout
Wisconsin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23
The EIchO Shield.

After one of the closest contests that shas
yet taken place at Wimbledon, the Irish eight
were declared the winners of the Elcho
Shield This victory makes them once more
champions OF Great Britain, and . i'll do much
to console them for their defeat at Dolly
MONT The success Of the Irish rifemen
will give general satisfaction in America, where
they have secured so many friends by the
manly w0y in which they accepted defeat at
the hands of their American opponents both
at Creedmoor and Doilymount No doubt
something of national self-glorifcation will
enter into the feeling with which we regard
this last Irish success In defeating
the picked teams of England and Scotland
the Irish rifemen make good their boast, that
though unable to defeat the Americans, they
could beat any team in Great Britain. The
work done by the English and Scotch teams
shows them to have selected with care from
the very best material available. and their
defeat is practically second victory for
America. The absence of Messrs. Pollock
and McKenna from The Irish oight makes the
victory won by the Irish the more significant,
as tney were replaced by marksmen confess
edly inferior. The team which has carried off
the trophy Of championship is unquestionably
inferior to the one defeated at Dollymount,
and this fact enhances the significance of the
defeat suffered by the English and Scotch
1iaemen. BY the victory OF the Irish eight
America assumes the championship of the
world, aud we gain all that victory at
Wimbledon would have given US had our
rifemen been admitted to compete by the
authorities of the English National Rifle
Association. We hope the invitation ex-
tended to the rifemen of the world by
Colonel Gildersleeve to take part in grand
contest for the rifle championship of the
world at Philadelphia next year will be ac-
cepted, so that decisive trial of skill may be
had
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23

The democrats Of Maryland seem deter
mined to infuse little animation INFO poll
tics, and to that eud they have had a
fierce contest in their State Convention. What
they we're fighting about is not very clear. II
was not over rag money, evidently for every
thing relating TO the platform was referred to
the Committee on Resolutions without debate
A whole day and the greater part Of the night
were spent in securing permanent organiza-
ton. subsequently several hours were passed
in voting down motions 10 adjourn and ian
charging attempts at bribery upon the friends
of the rival candidates for Governor. The
Convention even refused TO adopt any rules
for its government and when at about ave
o'clock yesterday morning it agreed TO submit
to parliamentary law il was at the price OF an
adjournment. The whole question seems 10
have been upon the time for the nomination
of o candidate for Governor, the friends a
Mr.. John Lee Carroll desiring 10 procoo l
at once 10 ballot, while those Of ex-senator
Hamilton were anxious for delay Neither
side would yield, and though there was not
much to be gained by the conflict both fac
tions kept it up apparently for the pure fun
of the thing. We must not imagine, hoE-
ever, that the contest Will have no good re-
suits. 1t was one of those old-fashion0t
democratic fights which for nearly half con
fury kept the spirit of the party s6ame
Everybody was in earnest, and, beinl
aroused, will keep in earnest till the end. 1
makes little difference which Of the rival can
didates for Governor carried of the prize, 81
for as the struggle in the Convention is con
cerned. The friends Of Hamilton viii nov
support Carroll with more than the zeal the,
would have shown in his behalf had ha beel
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23
A Sensible 'eru'eS'

Whitewashing verdicts by coroners' juries
in all cases where wealthy Corporations ara
concerned have been so gem rally the rule.
after the most frightful dis 'sters, that II
is cheering to find notable exec otioh' snch
as we record to-day in the conc. uslon OF
the inquest regarding the slaugh ter on
the Southside Railroad OF Long Island
on Jdly .. The evidence was certa inly
overpowering and showed beyond doubt
that the most ordinary precautions agains&
disaster were disregarded by the precious
company in charge of the road. One witness
testified TO the fact that a man inexperienced
i'll the business was substituted for the regI-
lar engineer Of the train, and the testimony of
the superintendent of the line was of tho
most crushing kind. The evidences of reck-
lessness and carelessness were 50 palpable that
even a stronger and more denunciatory verdict
might have been expected. But ooroners' jurieS
are so seldom given to condemnation of rail
road companies, no matter what their short
comings may be, that the action of the inves-
tigators into the cause of the murder of those
poor people, on July s. may be regarded in
the light of reform Now the matter passes
into the bands of District Attorney Downing,
and there should be no delay on his part to
bring those scoundrels to justice who regard
human life MS of no earthly consequence az
long as they pocket their iil-gotten gains.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23

PETER CoopER ON THE CURRENCY. Mr.
Peter Cooper has just written letter on the
currency, in which he endeavors to explain
the causes of the recent shrinkages in value
especially in the value OF real estate. Mr.
Cooper is o very old man, but he has
not yet learned to deal with these
questions very clearly. The remedy, how
ever, appears to be more important in
the mind of the venerable political philoso-
pher than the causes of the disease. If we
cannot understand his explanations Of the one
we see clearly enough the purpose Of his sug-
gcsdons in regard to the other. Mr.. Cooper
wants a convertible currency, and he thinks
he can get il by making greenbacks convert.
BILE into Understanding bonds. OF course
the bonds would be convertible into green
backs as well as the Rreenbacks into bonds
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-07-23

nominated without contest The same thing
would have proved true of the friends OF
Carroll had the nomination gone to Hamilton.
Like thunder storm on a sultry afternoon
these passing storms only serve to clear the
political atmosphere. The dsmocrats OF
Maryland have begun their canvass with a
determined fight aud though the result of it
cannot please everybody yet its effects for
90 d rather than evil will be felt throughout
the ca mpaign in reviviug the political spirit
of the D 'ople and giving renewed life TO both
parties, We must remember to their credit.
also. that t>leir platform opposes an increase
Of paper mon, " and asks Congress to take
such measures "a viii make resumption OF
specie payment poaA ois'