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Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24
THE DEMOCRATIC BLOODY
SHIRT.

A blood-curdling story is given cir
culation just now in some of the Dem
ocratic papers. 1t comes from Wash
ington, and it's author is Democratic
Federal ofliceholder, whose poverty
and starving family compels him to
accept subordinate position from
the Government, to retain which he
has to pretend to be "the strongest of
Radicals" He accidentally came in
possession of the facts which is nothing
more nor less than a plot on the part
of certain " fanatics at the North to
murder every Member of Congress
who has been elected by the she'd
ding of negro Blood which the au.
thor of the terrible story CONSTITUTES
into "every member of the South
who is a Democrat" The fact he
hastens to communicate to Senator
Gordon, Of Georgia, and that gentle
man furnishes it to the Atlanta Her.
aid, which journal publishes it with
a profusion of ornamental and sensa.
tional head lines. This is the story,
and it is very fortunate that
it came out in time, for now
the victims can wind up their earthly
affairs and square their accounts fol
another world, before they are called
upon 70 shuttle off their mortal coil. Il
would be horrible to have them GU
off in the blossoms of their sin.
Unhousel'd, disappointed, unaneled;
No reckoning made, but sent TO their &C
count
With all their imperfections on their head
There would have been somethin!
horrible, we say, in rushing off a lot 0
Democratic Congressman in such
way. But the time is too short an
way. Men who have so much to re
pent of ought to have longer tim
in which TO do it, and we trust thes
bloody minded Northern fanatics wi
postpone the massacre at least
month. But If this can not be done
let the undertakers be notified, so tbs
they may have all things in readiness
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

The President is close closeled, figuring
on his message-to show stupid taxpayers
how easy it is to pay Notwithstanding
with an Understanding liability.
The foregoing paragraph we copy
from one of our State exchanges, OF
the Democratic persuasion. AS it is
from a paper never guilty Of perpe.
trating anything original, we take
it as the echo of some unreliable par.
tisan sheet like the Cincinnati En-,
quirer. The impression sought to be
made by the stupid paragraph, is that
the President has or will favor the
payment Of a Notwithstanding
with an Understanding liability
Such an impression is false, as every
man Of common intelligence knows
The only change made by the Gov
eminent recently in regard TO liabil
tiles is to take up bonds bearing siA
per cent. interest and replacing then
with five per cent. bonds.
Paragraphs like the above come on
ly from extreme partisan sources, anC
are written with full knowledge thai
they are utterly false. The man who
would write such a paragraph mus
have - -ceedingly poor opinion o
the intel sence Of newspaper readers
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

The Washington gossipers, who,
when they have nothing else to write,
amusc themselves with predictions of
Cabinet changes, are now writing
Postmaster-General Jewell out. They
say he is going out of the Cabinet
right away. Some Of them fix his
resignation as late as January 1st.
The fact is, no doubt, the wish is father
to the thought in this case. The only
class of men who oppose honesty and
efficiency in the Administration are
partisan Democrats, who would pre-
fer that the President should be sur.
rounded by thieves and imbeciles.
The Postmaster G General is too eff.
cient and honest for them. That is
their trouble, and they would like 70
see him step down and out.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

The Greeneville Intelligencer is for
Hon. NJ, C. Kerr for Speaker of the
House. It says:
Kerr 10 a Western man and never went
OF after any " strange god" He is hard
money man and best the inhationists on
their own ground.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24
The Wing and Chronicle
AND THE
Harper Publications.

The regular price of The
Wing and Chronicle is $500.
The regular price of Harper's
Magazine, Harper's Weekly,
and Harper's Bazaar, is $500
each. We will send The Wing
and Chronicle, with either of
the foregoing publications, the
postage prepaid, one year, for
$500. This is a rare oppor-
tunity for an abundance of
good reading matter for 1876
for a little money.
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

Mamma tsternly-"Now. Miriam.
say grace.h Miriam (who for previ-
ious misconduct has been deprived OF
pudding)-" For all they have received
let them be truly thankful
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

To is related OF Parisian portrait
painter that having recently painted
the portrait of a lady, a critic who had
just dropped in to see what was going
on in the studio, exclaimed, ut Is
very nicely painted, but why did you
take such an ugly model?" ut is my
MOTHER calmly replied the artist
"Oh pardon, thousand times" from
the critic, in great confusion; "you are
right; 1 ought TO have perceived 1t.
II Tesembles you completely
Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-24

Ex-Governor HoIatlo Seymour is TO
open the debate at the next meeting OF
the Central New York Farmers Club,
at Utica, December Sd, on the question
."Of what interest 10 farmers Is Q
knowledge Of the geology Of Central
New York;
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

\ leuer from Mr.. Rodney G Dodge, OF
PAtchogue. long Island to the American
institute Farmers Cmh, was read As fol-
lows:
Having studied The nature ol trout
through life ! will now give You some of
my experience hoping that it may be a
benefit to Those WHO wish TO engage in the
business. Am better master OF the rod
than of tine peu In the year 1864 my
father purchased farm at the head OF a
large trout stream. and being boy and
laking great interest III these fish, began
perimenting at different times Making
a dam across the stream. | raised a body
of water covering about one acre OF ground
/ Their put in about ! 900 trout OF differ
ent sizes They We're lett undisturbed I'M
Ill 1868, when to my astonishment, | found
that they had grown to a great size, weigh
ing TWO and three pounds apiece, without
care and TODD during that time, ] have
since tried both artificial and natural
methods ofhatching trout, and find the lat
ter the most reliable. A new swamp will
furnish sufficient food for six or eight wears
after which, if food is not supplied, the fish
Will die of starvation ! do not mean to
say that they will increase any, but will
grow i4>tel and do better than BY artificial
means
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
q Hint to Young Gallants.

Beware of the Young lady with the
canvass work about these days. There is
one in a neighboring city who has forty or
more admirers For each Of these she has
bought the canvass for slippers, all OF a
pattern, the making Of which she has
leased out to an ancient tolored seamstress,
while she has kept the forty first pair her
self in the parlor where she can have them
on hand whenever one of the lovers calls
OF course, the young men ask for whom
she is working these pretty slippers, and
she replies with that bewitching dropping
of the eyelids, which IS one part modesty
and two parts winks: "Oh, they're a
Christmas present for gentleman friend
of mine0 Then the infatuated youth
goes of, and buys her seal skin jacket,
or a pair of earrings, or an easy chair,
for his Christmas gilt. She will bestow on
each Of her adorers q pair Of slippers
worked by the colored seamstress and
footed by German shoemal er with one
eye, each costing her on an average 50 65,
while she estimates that her presents will
net S45 per adorer, The pair she is work
ing herself will be presented to young
dry goods clerk in an adjoining town, to
whom she was secretly married last Sep
tember 1t is thus that woman trihes with
the noblest aspirations of the human soul.
Hudson Gazette.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

The crops in Maine have been unusually
large the past wear and more than the
usual interest has been manifested in agri-
cultural pursuits Names staple crop is
hay, Of which il raises not only enough
for its own use but ships tens of thousands
of tons annually to other States The
WELD this year is | soc, 300 tons. worth
S24 600 0Go) much above the average,
though less than in 1873, when l ,007 900
were cut In the vicinity Of Augusta bundle
hay is now selling for SIS and SO per ton.
The crop Of corn is tar below the average,
being 6S2, 08Q bushels, against S52 500
bushels in 1873, and l 600 900 bushels in
1870 The wheat crop is the largest and
best for at last ten Years, amounting to
292, 261 bushels, against 219,75 bushels
Iastyear The yield ofrye 1852, 772 bushels,
against 26,O1O bushels last year. Oats
amount to COS. 1862 bushels, against :
305, $50 bushels in 1873; the barley crop
Is much below the average, while the total
Weld of potatoes Is 2,O27 OF bushels.
about 1870, 900 bushels larger than last
wears crop The cash value of farm pro
ducts in Maine is Sl4, ,lG per acre, much
less than in any other New England State,
but more than in Illinois, Wisconsin and
Minnesota, and nearly twice as much as
in Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska. Much
more attention than formerly is being paid
to market gardening. The cranberry and
hop crops were heavy this year and the
value of orchard prod uctS in the State is
about 81 900 900.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

A smart old mare Of Greenland. n. H.,
the property Of Mr.. Moses Marin has re-
ceiyed the honors of newspaper notice.
Dollie is her name, and though she IS two
and thirty years old, Dollie gees to market
Gin Portsmouth, several timesa week, and
even in her ashes live her wonted fires, for
she usually passes exery team on the road.
But she is useful as well as ornamental.
and during the late Summer this Mrs An
derson of mare, with Joe John of a
horse, age rs years, moved and raked 40
tons of hay! His name isn't really Joe
john however, but Frank Temple. and
rustic as he is, he is brother of the queen
ly Flora Temple Blood, you see, tells,
in high life and in low,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
INGENUITY IN A SPIDER A spider

INGENUITY IN A SPIDER A spider con-
structed its web in an angle OF my garden.
the sides of which We're attached by long
threads to shrubs at the height of nearly
three feet from the gravel path beneath.
Being much exposed to the wind, the
equinoctial gales Of this Autumn destroy
ed the web several times The ingenious
spider now adopted the contrivance here
represented 1t secured a conical frag-
ment of gravel, with its larger end up
ward, by two cords, one attached to each
of its opposite sides, to the apex of its
wedge shaped web, and left it suspended
as movable weight to be opposed to the
effects of such gusts of air as had destroyed
the webs previously occupying the same
situation. The spider must have descend
ed to the gravel path for this special OBJ
ject, and having attached threads to
stone suited to its purpose, must have at
terward raised this by fixing itself upon
the web, and pulling the weight up to a
height of more than two feet from the
ground, where it hung suspended by elas-
tic cords. The excellence of the contriv-
ance is too evident to require further COM
ment, Nature
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
Livingstone had the greatest O.

Livingstone had the greatest possible
contempt tor lions. You talk about the
majesty OF the lion," he said, chatting to
Sir Edwin Landseer at party in London;
"but you do not know the beast, There
is no more majesty about him in the
forest than there is about that poodle. 1t
is all poetry. Lions are arrant cowards-
cowardly sneaking beasts. You can
hardly tell lion from donkey when you
come upon him in the forest, and if you
come upon lion suddenly his first impulse
is to tuck his tail between his legs and
bolt He will spring upon you if he comes
upon you unawares, and can have time to
crouch but if a man has the courage to
look lion in the face you need not even
cock your rife"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
A Baltimore uirl's Revenge.

Monday forenoon, the Baltimore papers
say, there was tragical affair in a horse
car in that city. 1t seems a young, lady
like looking woman has been in pursuit OF
Felix Kennedy, the conductor OF the car,
tor several days with the avowed purpose
of executing upon him dire revenge for
fearful wrong upon her with which she
charges him. Kennedy, it seems, had not
been on duty for several days and his
whereabouts during that period We're
probably unknown TO her. At some point
on his route Monday morning she entered
the car and dashed at him with bottle OF
yitriol as he stood at his usual place on
the rear platform. A portion of the fluid
was bespattered on Dr.. Henry A. Rodgers,
a passenger in the car, who was badly
burned on the left check and neck, and
his clothes were considerably damaged.
DR.. Rodgers injuries are very severe, and
his lett eye narrowly escaped destruction.
A colored man in the car was also burned
The woman and Kennedy grappled aud
she was thrown down, not, however, until
she threw q large amount Of the fluid in
his face, burning him in most shocking
manner They had Il desperate struggle
on the floor, during which some Of the
vitriol on the conductors clothes was
sprinkled over the face of the girl The
passengers, of whom there We're four. all
men, fled in terror from the car, and Ken
nedy was left alone with his assailant
After short and sharp encounter he got
the woman on her feet, and elected her
from the car, which proceeded on its
course as if nothing had happened. She
was arrested and gave the name Of Mag
gle bearing, but refused to state where
she lived. She is a girl Of graceful figure
and handsome, regular features. At the
station house she appeared deeply affected
at her disgraceful condition, and choking
with sobs complained of her left eye.
which had evidently received Il portion OF
the burning fluid. Dr. Reynolds was sent
for and pronounced her injuries Of the
most serious character The eye ball was
affected and there is but little hope of
saving the sight Of the eye. The girl told
the old, old story. She had been engaged
to Kennedy and under promise Of marriage
she was, in weak moment, by him be
trayed. He promised to make her his
wife, on several occasions, fixing Tuesday
and Friday of last week as days for the
consummation of the ceremony, The days
came without bringing Kennedy, and in
her despair and madness she appealed to
the wild justice OF revenge" as above
stated. She appeared beside herself with
| griet all the afternoon, and several times
asked to see priest, as if fearing the ex-
| element would cause her death Captain
Lannen OF the station house showed her
every attention in his power, but she still
| remained uncOnsOlable
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
The Last.

The last kiss
Whose fond lips will give it?
The last joy
What blest heart will live it?
The last morn
What bright eyes will see that:
The last man
What poor soul will be that:
The last pang-
Whose sad heart will know it;
The last smile
What fair face will show it,
The last boon
Who will give that kindly:
The last fault
Who will pass that bliudlyf
The last hope
Fancy drops the curtain;
OF things last
only two are certain;
The last aid
This will be true mans;
The last word
That will be Woman's.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

ed and Jedd Pallfry took him in his
arms, and the old mans whole heart was
a prayer-a prayer to him who "tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb
When | have said that terrible dreams
and strange visions never haunted Jedd
Palltry after that night have said all So
is my story done
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

"DoNEsTIc EcoNoMY." Miss Sedgwick
has asserted that "the more intelligent a
woman becomes, other things being equal.
the more judiciousiy she will manage her
domestic concerns" And we add that the
more knowledge woman possess of the
great principles of morals, philosophy and
human happiness, the more importance
she will attach to her station and to the
name OF good housekeeper." 1t is only
those who have been specifically educated,
or instructed only in Snowy accomplish
ments, who desplse the ordinary duties of
life as beneath their notice. Such persons
have not sufficient clearness of reason to
see that domestic Economy" includes
everything which is calculated to make
people love home and be happy there.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07
Farm, Garden and Household,
Winter Hints.
From the Lewiston journal


Poultry houses should be made warm
and freely admit the sun, if YOU hope to
make their wintering pay the cost OF their
keeping y variety OF suitable food
should also be given
Keen YOUR sheep in good condition if
YOU want TO get good tieeces from them.
10 try 10 grow wool upon a poor sheep is
like trying to grow corn or wheat upon
poor land. \ small quantity OF grain
daily to q flock of sheep makes decided
Improvement in the flock before spring,
1t IS poor economy for the farmer to
winter his Young stock upon coarse fodder
without roots or meal They vii! Just
make live OF it and possibly hold their
own till spring Such cattle Will not
TOW nearly as much the next summer
l7 those will which have been ted so that
hey have been kept growing.
Animals grow, tatten and Weld milk in
.ye0Fdauce with the laws OF animal chem
strv Some kinds of food are best adapt
rt to promote growth Of bone and muscle !;
alAeTS best to promote the laying on OF
lat: and -till others conduee most to the
welding of abundance OF milk. All such
I4cts are jmportaH. tor the farmer 10 know,
il order that he may coadOct his business
ndcrsanduglN
Calves during their trSt winter need
rstra c.ur uud feed A small quantity OF
.rsIr af "a few potatoes or roots daily,
alI make a Great Improvement in the
Growth aui appearance OF the calt, while
jny cost WiG be bu e tritle More than
this. The e3lf t4u, tended will be thrift
~ animal thruehot I'd, period of growth
and VIII make larger beast because of
this little extra feed
Some may keep their breeding sows
mali starved, because tuey think il inn
proves their breeding qualities, they hav
ing noticed that good breeders are thin in
ieSh They mistake thn effect for ~"
cause e"U' SOW gelS very INN III
~ueAlng h"' pigs bat II ls 4 great mistake
10 kcep Ael tAnA with lhe expectation OF
making her 4 good breeder she should
he wei Ird hnt slightly different from the
feeding ot q iatte2lng hog
Every farmer within access Oh arm
ems ClUb should pot tail 20 be present and
iHduee Ais Boys To go with hlm. The boys
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

The growth and development OF Cali
tornia is something almost amazing Many
can remember very well when the excite
ment of the gold discovery there created a
sort of exodus from New England as well
as from the other portions of the older
United States in 1919 At that time it was
practically. so far as any material devel
opment in commerce and agriculture was
concerned, a wilderness 1t was difficult
of access and required great loss Of time,
great expenditure of money, and great
perseverance to reach Gold was all in
other result than the temporary stay there
to dig gold from the bowels OF the auriter-
Gus earth, when he expected to return and
enjoy it.
Since I849 its mines have yielded 81,
500, 900 900, no less than 49,, 900, 600, OF
which were picked up in 1878, only last
year, and the WELD OF 1874 is expected to
foot up at least $40, 900 geo. more than
that. But the mines are only a small
portion Of the productive wealth Ot Cali
tornia twenty-five years ago, all her
flour and her breadstutfis had 10 be import
ed rhey We're costly Oh account OF the
long Journey and the losses and expenses
such a journey entailed. Almost every
thing that She consumed was taken there
from the East, a large portion of it around
Cape Horn. But this year she has pro-
duced %, 600 900 bushels wheat, and the
EXPORT surnhlG of wheat ho''lny and oats
forms the cargOes OF more than 600 ships.
Wool growing is increasing in profit, the
Angora goat is being successfully acclimat-
lied and constituting new industry, cot
ton is occupying prominent place one
planter raising $50 900 worth the present
year. and fruit drying is carried to such
an extent that a single establishment pre-
pares thirty-liye tons in twcnty-tonr hours
by one machine. The wine crop of 1874
will exceed 100, 900, 900 gallons; the bank
ing capital Of the State amounts to Sl00,
900, 900 and the savings banks hold for de-
positors $50, 600, 600.
This is truly q wonderful exhibit and
when it is considered that the growth is
only a quarter of a century, it gives en-
couragement to the highest anticipatons
Of the future.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

THE WINTER LIFE OF TIE BEAR One
Of the most curious characteristics OF the
bear is its habit of alternating through
the winter. During the autumn it beco mes
very tat, and, about the end of October.
completing its winter house ceases feeding
Tor the year. y remarkable phenomenon
takes place in the animals digestive or
gans The stomach, no longer supplied
with food, contracts into , very small
space. y mechanical obstruction called
the 'tappen > composed OF fine leaves, or
other eXtraneOus substances, blocks the
alimentary canal, and prevents the out
ward passaga of any matter. The bear
continues III is den until the middle Of
April, in duu, lethargic condition. Ii
discovered and killed at any time in this
period, it Is founo t. be as fat a. At the be-
ginning. 1t is salu however, that, if ii
loses the "tappen' before the eud of lis
Information, it Immediately becomes ex-
tremely thin. During the Information the
bear gains a new skin upon the balls of its
feet, and, during the same time also, the
female brings forth her young, from two
to four in number. The latter act occurs
generally from the middle OF January to
the middle OF February The pairing
season occurs in the summer, trem June
to September The period of CESSATION is
about seven months, and the newly-born
cubs are scarcely larger than puppies.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-01-07

On the Fourth Avenue horse cars, New
York, violence and robbery are now of
nightly occurrence, The residents on the
line of the road have had public meet
ing, and threaten that if the city does not
protect them, they will protect themselves.
The plan Of operation is this. Everything
is safe till the cars sweep by the Grand
Central depot. Above this the localities
are very elegant, but the population is
scarce. The time selected is night when
the theatres break up, and ladies are load
ed with Jewels. Four burly fellows, two
back and two front, throw off the con-
ductor and any gentlemen who may be on
the platform, rush into the cars seize q
lady round the neck, strip her OF her watch
jewels and money; each desperate select
ing victim The work is done in flash,
the parties disappear, and the police are
no wiser for their movements. This is an
exact description of what took place on
Madison avenue car one night last week