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Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
The National Banking Busi-
ness.


Not the least absurd of the silly
catch-words adopted by the imitation
quacks is "bloated monopolies." The
national banking system may be all
wrong or all right, but it is no more a
monopoly than the milling business,
the foundry business, or any other
which requires capital to go into it.
Under the existing law any man or
set of men in any State can 60 into
the national banking business, pro-
vided they have the necessary means,
and can enjoy all the benefits of the
system by complying with the re-
quirements of the law. There is no
limitation as to the amount of bank
ing capital or the number Of hanks
which may exist in any State or in
the country at large. 1t is true the
government aflixes certain conditions
tothe banking business for the safe
ty of depositors and hill-holders, but
every citizen can engage in the bust
ness by complying with those condi-
tions. National banking is no more
a monopoly than the dlstilling husi-
ness, which has to be carried on TN
der certain legal restrictions, or than
the retailing of liquor, which M per-
son can engage in without license.
Those. who call it o monopoly are
either ignorant of the meaning of the
word, or else they use it dishonesty
and for demagogical purposes. AS
the law stands every man may en-
gage in the banking business who
complies with its provisions. The
only way to make it more free would
be to authorize every man to print
bank notes, affix his signature there
to, and issue them as money, and
probably this is what the imitation
quacks will finally demand.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

A CORRESPONDENT says: Several
ladies were sitting together on the
balcony of the Clifton, Niagara, the
other night, when the moan, although
full was not demonstratiye. A nat
ty little fellow came toward the group
and softly said, sPussie, darling,'
whereupon all the young ladies
jumped up and came toward him
eagerly. He selected one and walked
away with her. The other brides
sat down and told their respective
Romeos afterward that it was too ri
dicnlals far anything and that they
were meyer SO embarrassed in the
whole course of their life.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

A YOUNG man who is praised by
his employer for his faithful eff
cheney at his desk, and admired espe-
cially by his friends for his thought
full kindness to his wife, was seen
about five o'clock the other morning
washing the windows of his rented
home. A little merriment at his eX-
pense elected the frank response:
"Never mind; l can't afford to pay a
washerwoman to do it, and perhaps
if l demonstrate my ability to take
care of house the world will let me
own one some time" And so he
will, some time, own house, and be
able to hire it cleaned, too. This
brave independence in economy is
not only worthy of imitation by
hosts of young men in these close
times, but the example of mutual
burden bearing in the domestic cirs
Gle is all praise worthy. How many
feeble women are every day tugging
away at heavy burdens of domestic
toll that are trying their very heart
strings, while their genteel husbands
are perhaps lingering lace and silk
over a counter, or pushing a pen in
an elegant counting-r room! Hus-
bands, there ought to be masculine
muscle in the wash room, cleaning
house, sweeping heavy carpets, and
in doing dozens Of heavy tasks in the
household. Try it these long morn
ings, and see how amiable and devo-
ted your wife will be,-IrOy Times.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

x-CoNGREssMAN BECK, of Ken
tucky. is candidate for election to
the United States Senate. In ad-
dressing a Democratic mass meeting
at Henderson, In that State, few
days ago, he said; "..Yes, gentlemen,
there Is that oontemptlble word,
nation-the word that no good Demo
crat uses when he can find any other,
and when forced to use it utters it
always with disgust. This is no ma
ton. We are free and independent
States" Beck is one of your moder-
ate and tolerant" Bourbons. Yet
even he believes that the issue OF
State sovereignty as against the su-
premacy of the national authority
has by no means heen fought out to
its close. He will probably be cho-
sen to the United States Senate on
the basis of this very doctrine of in
subordination, insurrection and an
archy. n
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
Proverbs Refuted.


1t has been said of old that ga
bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush." Try it. Take a bird (any
bird will do) in your hand, and hold
it securely; then take a passage in
the first vessel you can find (any YES
sci will do) and proceed to the Anti
podes, still retaining the bird in the
hand, where the bush is supposed to
be. When you arrive, examine the
bird which you have in your hand,
and compare it with any two you
can find in the bush. Estimate their
value. You will find that the proverb
has led you astray.
Again it has been said. at is the
last straw that breaks the camePs
back" Impyimis, how long would
man go about until he had salts
fed himself that he had found the
slast" straw? But we will grant for
the sake of argument, that the "last
straw" has been found. Now take
your camel (any camel will do) and
cautiously deposit that straw on the
back of the camel, and carefully OBJ
serve whether the spine of that quad
ruped is 6islocated. 1t is to be i'm
agined not. How then the proyerb-
Once more. 1t has been spoken
and written, that if you take care
of the pence the pounds will take
care of themselves. Make the ex-
pertinent. Take pence, say three
pence, and place them in your purse,
and put your purse in your pocket,
if your purse is buttenable; or de-
posit three pencs with your banker,
or invest them. in a Canadian OIL
well. Next take q sovereign (any
body's sovereign will do) and place
it on the pavement (the center OF a
coal plate Is not bad place and az
ter retiring up the stage, and ''dis
sembling," observe how that SOW
ereign will take care of itself.
THE total amount of greenbacks
and fractional currency outstanding
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

The total amount of greenbleks
and fractional currency outstanding
is S416.456,023.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
About the Chinese.

| SOnuctuknS ADOttt SAAC OAAAAcS<1'
From an article published in the
San Francisco Bulletin we obtain
some glimpses of the Mongolian,
which disclose some fresh facts con-
cerning him. 1t appears that the
thieving propensities for which the
Chinese are noted result from the
opium-eating habit rather than from
any other cause. Nine-tenths of the
race living in San Francisco arc
opium eaters, and such slaves of the
habit that they will commit almost
any crime which promises to afford
the means of qualification. This
class have no ambition to return to
China, and, indeed, some of them be-
fore leaving there were branded for
stealing, and bear marks which
would make return very unsatis-
factory. The Chinese as a race are
inveterate fatalists, and among other
curious ideas have an idea that the
shadow of new building thrown
upon an old building at any time of
the day means some kind Of misfor-
tune for the latter. As an instance,
the case of Chinese restaurant is
stated, to the effect that a higher
building having been erected next
door, business fell off owing of
course to natural causes, but attribu-
ted by the Chinese to the shadow
thrown. The proprietor therefore
erected high fence between the
buildings to receive the shadow, and,
as it happened, his business revived
at once.
The Bulletin gives the following
anecdOte concerning a Chinaman
who had learned a thing or two in
Boston and returned to San Fran
cisco:
"There is a rule adopted by con-
gress of washmen, and sanctioned by
Chinese private law and the heads of
the different companies, that in order
that competition may not render the
washing business Improbable, the
wash-house shall be separated by so
many doors-genuine doors which
will open and shut. A Boston Chi
naman who claimed superiority over
the uncouth laws and customs of his
countrymen, wished to establish
wash in a certain block on Davis
street, but unfortunately another
Chinaman was before him, and there
was not the requisite number of
doors between, ON vacant lot. He,
for small sum, obtained permission
to use the lot, and erects long shod
extending the whole front, and put in
as many doors as space will permit at
distance of a few inches apart,
The doors open and shut. and are
genuine doors. The Inspector,
Ohlnaman, is summoned, and for a
small fee expresses himself satisfied,
and the wash house is established.
The next day the temporary build
inc was torn down.
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

..'OH, Charlesr' she gasped, as she
rose with some difficulty from her
fourth plate of strawberries and
cream, eff / eat any more / think l
win burst" And Charles fumbled
abstractedly in his pocket and mnr-
injured: "That last plate just busted
me"
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12
Freaks of Lightning in Italy.
Correspondence of the London, eng
Echo

correspondence of the London, (Eng.
Echo.
ROME, July IL. Padre Jecchi
publishes an account Of the singular
phenomenon which occurred at Vel
letri during the violent thunder
storm of June %, and which is to be
ranked among the hitherto uneX-
planned caprices of nature, Just as
the tempest was at its hight, and the
rain torrential, six persons taking
shelter in stable, which was also oc-
cupied by three horses harnessed to
as many wine carts, witnessed the
following extraordinary appearance:
A luminous mass rose from the
threshold of the door, entered the
stable, glided from one cart to an
other, attracted probably, ny those
fringes of bells characteristic Of the
Roman wine-carts, and then passed
through an iron grating into the
street. The bells rang, the horses
plunged, a woman and a man felt a
certain giddiness of head; but no ac-
cident happened. Outside the sta
BILE, carpenter at his shOp-door saw
the luminous mass (which some of
the witnesses compared to a fiery
club as thick as mans arm issue
from the grating, striking the pave
ment, and disappear in q dazzling
flash. However, tho meteor visited
several portions of the large house
with which the stable was connected,
flew through large chambers, black
ening slightly q gilt corniee in one,
and scattering fragments of plaster
in another, Strangest of all this eX-
traordinary visitor, aftor completely
destroying the new ceiling of room
leading into a vast kitchen, danced
round woman who was standing at
table. She described the meteor as
fiery serpent, which she first saw
standing upright on the floor, within
two meters distance of her. Then
it flew toward her, whirling several
times round her knees TiEh great We
locity. She felt a sudden blow on
the head and fell to the ground; but
her husband who saw the whole ap-
partition, on rushing TO what he sup
posed was the corpse of his light
ning-destroyed wife, found that she
was only stunned a little. On recav-
ering she complained Of pain In the
scalp, and her hair had become, and
remains, dry and rigid. After this
last caprice the meteor disappeared,
and from the quantity of SCOT which
fell from the chimney, it's supposed
to have found vent in that direction.
It was accompanied by q loud deto-
nation, but whether ON its first ap-
pearancc, or when it vanished, none
can say. These details were gather
ed from letter written to Padre
Secchi from the Meteorological OBJ
servatory at Velletri, and published
in the Voce della Verita of July 8.
After this, one may believe that
Tanaquail really did see q elambent
flame" play round the head Of Ser
wins T1llius In his cradle; nor can
the tale of the stars playing on the
Moldau river at Prague over the
body of st. Jean Nepomuc be so GER
tainly set down as a pious fancy OF
the Middle Ages, unsupported by
natural phenomena
Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1875-08-12

VINO can refrain from smiling at
the story Of the young lady who, af-
ter delivering lecture in Spring
field the other evening on "Dress re-
FORM" went to sit down, and conl'ln't t
get within six inches of the chair.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
Mr. Hills Lamb.


Mr. h. G. Hill, of Elmore, feels aggrieved
at the statement Of Mr. Thorpe in the
FARMER of October 9Th, that Mr. Town
denied that his lamb is of the same blood as
Mr. Hills flock, as Mr. Hill informed Mr.
Thorpe, at the Lamoille county fair and
sends us a communication covering eleven
closely written pages on note paper, TO show
that the blood Of that lamb is identical with
that of bis fOck, and in glOri6catiOa of his
sheep.
II would give us pleasure TO allow MIR
Hill all the space be is disposed to use for
these purposes; but he must bear in mind
that the FARMER in printed for the benefit
of many, not for the use Of one.
Mr. Hill states in substance, if we have
unraveled his letter correctly, that he gave
a eve lamb to his brother. She, in course
of time, brought q pair Of eve lambs sired
by Mr. Hills ram. When they we're three
ycars-Old and with lamb, by Mr. Hills ram,
they were sold to j. W. Bailey of Mont.
peier, who sold them to Cornelius Chan
dIer, of the same place. They raised four
lambs and the ensuing autumn Mr. Chandler
sent one of them to Connecticut, to be served
by Burdett LOOMS ram, Viceroy, (Loomis
having three Cotswod rams, "Viceroy," "Em.
peror 2ud," and "His Royal Highness" ell
bred by Robert Game, NorthIeach, England
She brought two lambs. The next fall Mr.
Chandler bought ram lamb Of Mr. Loomis
by Emperor 2nd, out Of Game eve, and
Mr. Hill bought ram lamb Of Mr. Loomis,
by Monitor out Of an imported eve. A few
years after Mr. Town bought of Mr. Chandler
the Loomis ram and one of the ewes got by
Vicerey, and "this eve is claimed to be the
grand dam Of this lamb" about which there
is such an uproar. Several years after Mr.
Hill bought Mr. Towns flock including the
Loomis ram and the Viceroy eve. The ram
died at the end Of year, and one of his
lambs now two years old is the sire Of Mr.
Towns which is out Of ews bought by
Hill Of Town and sold back to him last fall.
Mr. Hill offers to make oath to his state
ment and prove its truth.
If the claim that the Viceroy eve is the
grand dam of the Town lamb is valid
claim-and Mr. Hill has not word to say
as to who claims it, or whether it is true
and if Mr. Hills statement is all true land
we do not call it in question, as we do NOT
propose to take up the question OF vOracity
between Mr. Hill aud Mr. TOWN., then the
lamb shown by Mr. Town at the Lamoile
county fair is in blood 80 closely allied tc
Mr. Hills flock as to justify his state ment to
Mr. Thorpe which the latter repeated in his
report.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
For the vEREosT FARMER.
Bull Calves.

EDITOR VERMONT FARMER AT the request
of a brother farmer, send you the follow
ing account Of the weight Of male calves
that we're reared in this town. The far
mers in this vicinity hearing that the peo-
pie on the east side of the Green Mountains
in Washington county, had weighed few Of
their calves. it was decided to meet at
Lincoln Centre, on Saturday. October 10th,
to weigh few of the calves that were rSisd
here.
Ou account Of the rain only two calves
were weighed. The first one was a very
fine ANIMAL color q dark red, nearly full
blood Durham, six months and one day
old and weighed 900 lbs, owned by Nelson
Hill of this place. The other one was owned
by Mr. Timothy Turner also Of this town.
Mr. Turner'S calf was n good-looking animal,
weighing sos lbs. If the people of Warren or
vicinity can beat this we should Ike to hear
from thcm. B. Q. HILL.S.
Lincoln, October IL.
Lincoln farmers may well be proud Of
calves like those mentioned in Mr. Hills let
ter. There is no doubt that we, most of us,
sink money every year by light feeding Of
stock. 1t costs bat little more to make an
animal thrive than to hold its weight with.
out loss. Animals which are to be kept for
breeding purposes must, of course, receive
different treatment but those raised for
market or for oxen should attain their full
growth in the fewest possible number oi
months.
Our correspondents communication would
have been more complete and Of greater
interest to farmers had il informed then
what food and how much the calves men
toned received, aud its cost
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
Sheep on the Farm.

Those farmers who experience considers
bic difficulty in hiring help to care for
dairy aud who are SO unfortunate as to be
unable. to carry it on with their family help,
and they are many, look to wool growing as
sls aebstituse; aud would, If IL were not
for the low prices of wool and sheep abandon
dairying.
We think there is money in wool growing
If well managed. A farmer makes a fair
statement of the case in EARN Talks" in
the Mirror and Farmer
You cant farm in these parts without
sheep. At present prices there isn't any
money to be made in raising beef we are
too far from market to sell milk, and but
ter-makiDg is out of the question where you
have to hire help to make it, so about the
only stock which will pay taxes is sheep.
Of course you can't keep all sheep, for you
must have other stock TO do your work and
keep the family in milk and butter, but
when go to figuring find the only net
profit l get is from sheep. Yes, as you say,
wool is low, and lambs are about dollar
head lower than last year, though why they
should be don't see, for l don't hear as the
butchers charge any less for their meat than
they did year ago; but even at present
prices | can make money on sheep. win.
tered Just an even hundred grade South
downs sixty ewes, thirty-three wethers
and two bucks. | don't know how much
wool have got here, but guess there are
$50 pounds, or $157.50 worth. 1 raised
fifty.two lambs, and have sold forty of them
for $40, and can get about $50 for the
old sheep will sell to make room for the
lambs have kept. This makes an income
of 1927 80, or 1927 each from the sheep.
Now the pasturing has not cost over $50,
for can buy good pasture back on the
mountain for "a an acre, and well fenced
at that. The sheep ate little grain and
poorish hay last winter, but not more than
the value Of twenty tons Of hay, and you see
have got for it almost $14 per ton, which
is all it would have brought had l sold it at
the barn. Now there is no other stock that
knew of that will return you $40 ton for
the hay it eats. Then like sheep because
they are out Of the way more than any other
stock. They 60 early and stay late, and il
they are well brought up had rather fence
against them than against cattle. They are
less care than cattle, too, in the winter.
They water themselves, do not have to be
cleaned out every day, need no carding OIL
bedding down, and do not hook or fight.
believe they are better for farm than
cattle. They eat bushes and briars, then
droppiDgs are ready spread, and the bes
manure l get comes from the sheep-pen. !
calculate to feed half my hay to sheep, anC
if fed three-fourths of it l should be bet
| ter off
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
For the VERMONT FARMER.
Housing Manures.
MorristO'on, October 81.

EDITOR VERMONT FARMER AN old Scotch
farmer, Lord KincOld, has tried the housing
of manures, and has given us the results
which | propose to repeat for the benefit Of
your readers. The theory and fact is that
the farmers only hope for success in tilling
the soil rests in producing and savingas much
manure as possible. Manure in piles, left to
decompose ia the open air, must lose much
Of its value. The gasses pass off into the
atmosphere and the soluble parts wash out.
To the extent that this does result from the
exposure, the virtue Of the manure is gone.
Covering it prevents this waste to very great
extent, to say the least. The facts prove it.
Our Scotch friend appropriated four acres of
good soil to try the experiment. One-half
Of this he caused to be manured with dress
ing from the open barn-yard ; the other half,
with the same quantity from the covered
shed. The whole field was then planted with
potatoes, of the same kind and in the same
manner. The harvest showed the following
results. From the two acres treated with
barn-yard manure, were dug 564 bushels !;
from the two acres treated with manure from
the covered shed, were dug 9l3 bushels.
But this manure was not all exhausted Z.
Another years crop is also to test the utility
Of housing. So the good farmer sowed his
field with wheat, without further manuring |;
and the following were the results. From the
two acres treated with barn.yard manure
we're gathered S3 bushels, SO pounds (of 81
pounds per busheD. From the two acres
treated with covered shed manure, l l3 bush.
els, SO pounds (of 6l pounds per bushel).
And this is not all. The comparison Of
the straw grown upon the two portions Of
the field above described, gave difference Of
one third in favor of the half manured from
the covered shed.
l have no statistics to prove further re.
suits in favor of protected manure, but no
doubt the grass gathered the third year
showed similar results. Now, if these facts
are reliable, land have no doubt they are),
it becomes matter of grert importance to
\ every farmer large and small, carefully tC
cover his manure. And yet, how large pro.
portion Of our Vermont farmers actually pro.
vide against this waste ? have no doubt that
all know the general fact that it is better to
have manure under the shed than in the open
barn-yard, but how many realize of hOsc
much importance it is.
called the attention Of one Of my neigh
bors to the fact that his manure was all ex.
posed and rapidly wasting, the other day
and his reply was, IL know it, but have
never found time TO make the necessary
change" He might as well have said,
know it is wasteful to allow my neighbor'f
COWS in my wheat field, but never find time
to put up my fonce Yours truly,
AGmCoLA.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-11-05
Northfeld, Oct 25.
For the VERMONT FARMER.
Treatment of Barren Apple Trees.

Mr. EDIToR:-In recent number Of the
VERMONT FARMER, received through your
kindness, correspondent asks, "What can
| do to make my apple trees bear p For his
and others benefit will relate little ex-
pertinent of my own.
l have a small Northern Spy iu my small
orchard, now just nine inches in diameter
one foot from the ground. The tree is ap-
parently healthy; the bark is green aud
smooth the top we'll developed, but little
too dense Notwithstanding some severe prun.
ings The soil is a rich loan, not too wet,
and has been kept in grass for several years
previous to 1874. This tree has never, un-
I'll this season, borne half bushel of apples,
all told; and have been tempted to take
the advice of your correspondent, "hew it
down and cast it into the oven"
In the spring of 1874 the land was we'll
manured upon the sward with stable manure,
plowed and planted with potatoes, Last
Spriagit was again plOwed, sOwed with oats
aud seeded. But before plowing, one bar
rel Of unleached wood ashes was spread un.
der the tree over an area equal to that do
scribsd by the top. And what do you think
has been the resultH A fine crop Of apples,
quite as many as a tree of its size ought to
bear, many Of the limbs bowng down with
the weight of fruit. And the fruit is large
and smooth, aud Of rare excellence compared
with the few gnarly specimens Of previous
years.
believe our orchards require lime anC
potash in such combination as they are founC
10 wood ashes. 1t is doubtful if stone lint
and potash from the msnufact ory can be ap
piled with the same result. The truth seem
to be that our soils have become exhausted
of their inorganic elements with which they
abOunded when the land was new, and whicl
are of equal Importance with the organic
and the application Of farmyard and stabl
panures and other Car bOnaeeOus matter, b.
no means to be neglected, does not suppl
their place.
When the farmer understands that CON