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All 6ot1rgr soH 1874. l.d.t.h by tho Hyt:1yttty, O.
Atfs't: sc S'Fs H. Sew sariss-vo 'it1'
Tho transactions herewith presented conssis,
tho proceedings Of tho nineteenth an,,asl meet.
lug OF the Stats horticultural Soccty, l,olh tt
Peoria. Dec. 4, ., 10. and II a!sa The procec.l-
inEs Of the Horticultural HocIcty Of Northern H.
ltno!n, Of rho Alton Horticultural Society, tho
Warsaw. tho dalcsbur5, aud other local lIorsi-
cultural Societies, during tho ycar 1879. 1u thoso
united proceedings are included essays and dis
ctsasiona upon various subjects connected with
practical md scientific Horticulture. As MI nI-
pc.'dlx to tho VOLUME. tile very nblo aud usofnl
"Eaport Oh tho No1lols antl lrnetlcsa! Insects
Of tic State Ut 1lnoia," hy Dr. William Lo
Basou. State Entunloligost.in In ail.ted.
In loosin. over tha work. vl,trh every ono
concerned In tho uit-etosiug intprcsss Of the
State 1aust examine with u,suutlon, NO aro re-
newcdly impressed with lhg vital Importance to
tho lortleulturlRt Of a knowledge af entomology
and botany, chemistry au.l .uolooroto.y. IN
Ioadnf: stia d!xcuEsons 0! ti:o dN@ieut surietcs,
III too tnany chhe8 Nio 1iAd prevailing: isHlthueO
OF these B:iencos loadlug 10 .rt.'arkB widely
aAtsay til tho practice u their industry, ant!
cheating thun, of tho auctess for which they toll
Wf:L pss,ssworsny pHtieuca aud resolution. Wsre
caci4 Individual nndcttlainE tbIh o.: any other
hrnGclt OF Agriculture, to Er0s:Jo himself with
01tEcutarT textbooks iu tie lciencex tucilIoh-
cil sud. cfter mastering t!,r|r co;'trHts were 70
study the hhblts u thu vegetable at shin.a! l'o
NTH Which 20 Aan to do, lsa "tlta !uevitably toa
that the tiIao aul tnUnEv Invested III thtEo ut-
suits had heou n,os. wisely osl,eas!eti.
It II E&d to 500 nlen Wl.a hay0 Hi:tnt reats III
the culture OF tho sol! aud tho growt1. of frut1,
CROPPING llelp!eRaly in tho dark Tor tho causes Of
their short crops, when lutte tine jutticiourly
devoted to on:ouluiogy md bo.aus would, III tho
majority Of instlncoa, hare POINTED out tbs
SOURCES of that 1n,Afortnnr, aud provided tIaeut
tho experiences Of tho trimmed student, will not
avail q man like sducatlo1,-that education thai
has Developed bin observation and understand
ing and informed bis judgment. Farmers may
tnAp thols augsrs u Ba!@nos. hut u l. Il aelsnaa
, 1875-04-10

HOUSEHOLD. MEDICINE.
4. Niliatna t. Co.. l}oEtO,t, will shorty pu1,-
1isu chuap edition Of 'uousello!d Medicine. ~
BY DE-. Gardner, whose rccant llttIo work on
" Longevity" has met With great popular favor.
, 1875-04-10

oufzcTS HISTORY OF FRANCE.
Gr1:o7H iorELAE 1ilsrottr OF FRANCE. With .01 H.
luo:rlt!oEs by H. DC SEuvILlK, and Forty Ave
sssc! EngrAvtues. 8'o. Chielso: q. j. 6s!tlilEH.
TIL. excellent work. OF which wo gaso n full
roviow OIL the appearance Of tho first numbers,
llaH now reached tho tlirtiell semi-,pontAly
part, aud will hc complete III shout ten mon.lsa
more. The nu'nher1 arc sold, u bubscisbora
ouly, at 60 cents per number.
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~ ehah'ea' a. tl1's date, 10 form conclusion OF
tho Hcopc ard general character Of tho wcr! tI,uy
Lavo undertaken. Thoto aro al,oady ten vol.
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u.;l, b. Sat,~.a,,. H., aua'i"elo sno e"t.es'
NJ" w 'otsaoo'a!'s ~ .to fase OF ono every two
mouths. hut lalr eEtlInate OF itB proportions
and quality Ia not difficult Of formation. with
this grextef uottlou OF tI,o wor]t ,trr,1v coro.
,,o,sa +, T. ~ .,,.,, ~. -, ~" a ss. .,.n,
pss..' - ''' " es"'''t oho VI t4a u1oh1 ul'u-
cult things to Istesh'ne exactly What hn,it ia
most appropriate for eucll n work, and, after
that i. fixed. to anntv fin rnIo nf f,pnor.
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ons 81 t''e ha1leSs' anaos eohs1aara'1on 10 mold
shcm sYm'netrscalIy. and to preserve tho rolA!i'n
Importance Of each, Wi,liout falling into tho
mlstltca Of lnyis, elnboratlnn or rcunty ,,erIeet
Tl,o u,,nhcr NJ vn,,,,os .,s.as" sn",n, ~ 10 an
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10
THE FAMILY GHOST.

Il was winter-tlme, somewhere about
Christmas, when a snug party of tired
hunters were assembled about a.roaring
fire of logs, enjoying the generous hos.
pitality of the master of the hounds. A
hard days hunting over the mountain
slopes had somewhat wearied them all ;
conversation languished little, for
everybody was more disposed to listen
than talk. The village doctor, however,
was free from this lethargy, as he had
only Joined the party at the dinner-table.
He was lively little Welshman, full of
Shrugs and gestures, with fresh, shrewd
lace, in which good humor contended
with loneliness.
Come, tell us a story, Evans" said
he MASTER suddenly rousing from gen
lie doze, and slapping the doctor vigor-
olsly on the knee, "we're all going to
Sleep
The doctor required little pressing.
he professed himself at loss for SUBJ
ect Like the celebrated Knife grinder,
he had no story to tell "Unless, gentle
men, you would like me to tell you about
the difficulty l have in getting my bills
H. AT this there was a general murmur
Oh dissent. shall tell you, then, of the
ynost that was seen by William Griffith
Inc subject seemed q promising one,
especially as the hero of the story was
PRESENT, young Welsh squire of shy and
retiring habits who was more devoted to
Inc ancient customs OF his race than to
modern culture. at is not right, in.
Ised, he demonstrated. But his pro-
nnh fal 1,,n Il f.a
gan.
don't think" he said, spreading out
Is lands to the blaze of the fire, "that
VIZ Welsh are superstitious. There was
-'Ot deal OF it once, but not now. tits
mere and there, among our good
,-Iashloned families, such as that of
VI friend Jones here of the Plas, that
'- meet with some old stories belong
AZ % them. 1t is said, for instance, that
-e family Of the Plas have a tradition
VA. on certain occasions a white horse
pears to some one of their members,
.oodlng death or heavy misfortune.
e..' Whatever reason may tell US, there
no doubs that these things have a
'l'' influence on the mind; and William
wig was never free from a certain
'-.3 nj OF dread of some day seeing this
Fa.lng vision. Thus, when he visited
4. "'tie town and spent an evening with
-.ehd, ne objected very much to going
le alone. He was brave enough by
"ght; but when night came on, and
-. l4l the prospect of facing the dark
10 the Plas, his courage failed him,
"a ne earnestly begged for company.
one murky night last winter William
Ina himself overtaken by midnight at
20 mousse OF Morris, of the Bryn, at the
sing up OF little bachelor party.
i 7.! body was moving off in different
! .Ipns-tor Morris was PA early man
no one was going the way OF our
William, end he was afraid 10
5I>e i1 by himself
Il -'- must know that William lives at
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

quite well that he was running from the
lookup to his own home, and every step
of the way was familiar to him, yet the
evidence of his senses seemed to show
just the contrary, and everything came to
him back end foremost. There were Tie
crags and the avenue and the bridge but
all in the wrong order; and the police,
too, instead Of their pursuing him, it
seemed as if he were after them--two
flying policemen dashing along at their
utmost speed in front of him. How they
did run, those nimble constables
They're trying to cut off my retreat
said John to himself; but III outpace
them For liberty is sweet, and the
faster they ran the faster ran John, till
at last they all burst in at the surgery
door, one on the top of the other, fright
ening me into fits, waking up the baby
and Mrs. Evans, and setting all the dogs
round about barking like mad. There,
gentlemen"
But" said one of the company, show
was 1t that he could run like that after
the kick he'd had?"
"The grandmothers best bonnet came
in for that. A careless servant had left
it in the bandbox upon the hall floor,
and it was found with the occipital part
of it frightfully fractured. How did
your grandmother take it, William"
asked the DOCTOR turning 10 the hero of
his tale, who had followed its progress
with rapt attention, making only occa-
sional gestures of dissent.
"Well, indeed" replied William cheer
fully, "she was thankful it was no
worse" -Belgracia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10
Another Warming.

CASES for breach of promise are as
suming really alarming proportions, and
it were well for young men to heed the
signs Of the times. At the hast sittings
of the Guildhall Court, in London, dis
tinguished naval officer, Capt. Perry,
was relieved of the sum Of $500 under
very affecting circumstances. The Cap
tain had met Miss Nightingale at
carpet dance in boarding house. He
had merely looked at the fair one, and
probably longed for her. In the Ian.
guage of the plaintiffs counsel he was
smitten, but they had never exchanged
words. The maiden, having heard that
the gallant tar had expressed an admit,
ration for her person, got friend to pre-
sent him with her likeness, and addressed
to him letter, which he could do nothing
less than answer. One letter led to an
other, another to a proposal of marriage.
But the Captain held a lucrative appoint
ment at the Cape of Good Hope, and the
diamond eyes of the daughters of Africa
had pierced his too susceptible uniform
AS the time approached tor the nuptials
he took a second thought about the mat
ter, and concluded that his nightingale
had better sing in her cage alone. He
wrote to her brother breaking off the
match; hence these $500. In reviewing
the verdict Baron Bramwell showed
true appreciation of the dangers be
setting unprotected bachelors. "Love
at first sight" said His Lordship, "was
all very well, but such love as this was
preposterous."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10
THE WEDDING FEE.
BY r. NJ. STREETER.

BY Il. NJ oISEEiLh'
One morning, fifty years ago,
When apple trees were white with snow
Of fra Grant blossoms, and the air
Was spell bound with the perfume rare,
I-non a farmhouse large and lean,
And lazy with its double load,
. sun drowned youth and maid were seen
Jogging along the winding road.
Blue were the arches Of the skies;
But bluer were that maiden's eyes.
The dew drops on the grass were Drlghti
But brighter was the loving light
That sparkled meath the long-fringed no
Where those bright eyes OF blue were ma.
Adown the shoulders Blown and pare
Rolled the soft waves of golden halr,
Where. almost gled with the spray,
The sun, a willing sufferer lay.
It was the fairest sight ween
That the young man had ever seen,
And with his features all agloW
The happy fellow told her so!
And she without the least surprise
Looked on him with those heavenly eyes,
Saw underneath that shade of tan
The handsome features of man;
And with a JOY but rarely known
She drew that dear face to her own,
And by her bridal bonnet hid
cannot tell you what she did!
So, on they ride until among
The newborn leaves with dew-drops hung,
The parsonage, arrayed in white,
Peers out---a more than welcome sight.
Then with cloud upon his face,
what shall we do? 2" he turned to say,
"Should he refuse to take his pay
From what is in the pillow-case"
And glancing down his eyes surveyed
The pillow-case before him laid,
Whose contents reaching to its hem
Might purchase endless JOY for them.
The maiden answers, Let us wait.
To borrow trouble where's the need"
Them at the parsons squeaking gate
Halted the more than willing steed.
Down from the horse the bridegroom sprung
The atchless gate behind him swung:
The knocker of that startled door,
Struck as it never was before,
Brought the whole household, pale with fright;
And there, with bushes on his cheek,
SO bashful he could hardly speak,
The farmer met their wondering sight.
The groom goes in, his errand tells,
And as the parson mods, he leans
Far DER the window-sill and yells,
Come in! he says he'll take the beansw
Lord How she jumped with one glad bound
cAt anu Tue Deaii-odS IcacIea tne Siouhu'
Then, clasping with each dimpled arm
The precious product of the farm,
She bears it through the open door,
And down upon the parlor floor
Dumps the best beans vines ever bore.
Al, happy were their songs that day
When man and wife they rode away.
But happier this chorus still
Which echoed through those woodland
scenes:
God bless the priest of Whitinsyille!
God bless the man who took the beansw
-Neto York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10
The Eyangelists in London.

Col. Forney has been attending the
services OF Moody and Sankey, the evan
gelists, in London, and writes home: 1t
was strange to watch the eject of the
appearance OF these two men, separated
as they were instantly from the large
concourse of clergymen around them
and the dense background of ladies and
gentlemen crowding the platform. They
were instantly chosen out and their
presence Immediately stilled the aud
fence. The opening feature was hymn
given out by Mr.. Moody, the first verse
of which was:
Oh, think of the home over there,
By the side of the river of light,
Where the saints all immortal and fair
Are robed in their garments of white
Over there, over there over there,
Oh think Of the home over there
in which the whole body of the people
joined, rising, after the Methodist fash
ion. In the front of the five tiers of these
circling boxes, which l should think
were at least twice the size of the tiers
of our Academy of Music, stood the te
males of the congregation, each with n
hymn-book in her hand Sankey led the
great chorus, though his voice could not
be heard, and the regularity and harmo-
ny OF the whole proceeding was singu-
larly impressive. After this prayer,
then short eXhortation by an English
clergyman, then another hymn, chorus
led by the people, and then Moody
stepped forward, and, in military and
somewhat impatient voice, exclaimed !:
"Now let US have No. AZ p sung by
Sankey alone. The first stanza, sue.
ceeded by four other verses, was as fol-
lows:
There were ninety and nine that safely lay
In the shelter of the fold,
But one was out on the hills away,
Far off from the gates Of gold.
Away on the mountains wild and bare,
Away from the tender Shepherds care.
We sat at the extreme end of the i'm
mense temple, on the very last bench
near the door, and so clear was Sankey's
voice, and so distinct and sharp-cut his
articulation, that every word and sylla-
BILE and information could be heard with
singular sweetness. 1t was not cult
waited voice. There was no atfectation
in the pronunciation and there was
little Western twang, but could readily
understand how hymn so sung and in
toned, so metallic and ringing, would
lSuSA hSoi 10 iiApiN thui
pared to approve. At the end of every
verse he would pause for nearly min
ute and the silence intensified the deep
emotion of the mass; and then he re-
sumed very low and rose to the last like
a prolonged note of cornet or bugle.
There were number of other exercises,
but Moody was the chief character l
have heard and read him somewhat care
fully One Of his sermons suffices for
all. 1t was that preached few days
ago, when the royal box was occupied
by the Duchess of Sutherland, Lady
Constance Leveson.Gower and the Duke
and Duchess of st. Adams. 1t is not an
argument in any sense, and scarcely a
defamation, but rather an exhortation,
the point being that to know Christ we
must know Him first as our savior All
through ran series of quaint COMPARE
sons and incidents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

A CROWD of infatuated uptown boys
met at Troy, N. u, the other night to
secretly organize a party to go to the
Black Hills, kill the Indians, and seize
their fabulous gold mines. The Chair
man suggested, in practical way, that,
as at least one of the party would un-
doubtedly be killed by the Indians on
the way, it would be well to carry nice
coffin, covered with blue velvet, and
with silver handles and screws, with
the rest of the luggage. This threw a
GOODNESS over the meeting. Ii didn't
seem to take very well, and after talking
the matter over very seriously one
after another finally decided that it
wasn't expedient to go to the Black
Hills. The boys then organized de-
batting society, and it was resolved TO
discuss at the first meeting the question
that it is advisable to exterminate the
Indians in our country"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

When anyone calls at the Auburn
IN. " Asylum to see Frank Walworth
that unfortunate youth runs and hides
away like a silly child. He is no doubt
insane, and a new effort is being made to
secure his pardon, that hemay be placed
at the disposal of his mother.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

THERE Is man In Paris with great
project. He proposes to light that city
with one lamp. He wants big lamp,
and wants to suspend it at proper
height by means of balloon. His argu-
ment is that all Paris can be lighted on
that plan as well as an opera-house.
The authorities have prejudice against
this plan, because he boards in lunatic
asylum.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

While the population of Massachu-
sets has increased five-fold in hundred
years Baptist churches have increased
hundreGiold. There are now in that
State 2S3 churches and 44,G79 members.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-10

A YOUNG man of the village of West
over, Beverley, Canada. was tarred and
feathered a few nights ago for being
nuisance and refusing 10 WORK.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-29
A Knowing Dog.

A quiet game of draw, quarter-ante,
was in progress the other evening at
Chico, California. One of the party
managed to get a heart flush, ace at the
head, out of the deck, and laid it in his
lap, waiting chance to play it. Pres
emily the chance came. The guileless
gentleman counted out $40 better with
one hand, and quietly went down with
the other hand for that fush 1t wasn't
there. He had to play his original hand.
Two of the party called his $40 better,
and one of them in the showdown pro-
duced the Identical heart flush that he
had been at such pains to secure. He
knew it was the same, for the ace was
crimped just as he had done it. The
secret was that Ira Wetherbee's dog,
"Patsey," had quietly put his nose in,
picked up the flush, carried it around to
his friend, wagged his tail knowingly
and walked off.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-29
Dr. PIerce,s FaIorIte PreserIplIon

is very strongly recommended BY the medical
faculty and is largely prescribed among their
female patients. II il worthy OF all confidence,
as may be seen from the following testi-
monials:
DR.. q. ID. Chapman, Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
writes l have under treatment lady who,
for the past seven years has been afflicted,
and after tryihg several physicians without re-
ceiying benefit, is gaining rapidly ON your
Fayorite Prescription.
ATLANTA, Ill.
Dr.. r. V. Pierce Buffalo, n. Y: Dear Sir
L have not words TO express my gratitude to
you for your advice and assistance in my case.
There is not one who has used your medicines
since they have been brought here but that
can say with me they have been greatly bene-
fitted. Since l have been so helped by It's use
six or seven around me left OF all doctors and
medicines, and now use it in their families,
after being cured of the same disease as mine.
You do not know what wonder it created in
our city, by its restoring my sister wrote you
about for she had been under the care of
three Of our best doctors, but could not sit up
but for few moments at one time / begged
Of her to try your medicines, and before she
had used half the bottles she could 90 all
around the yard, and has now Just come home
from visit five miles away.
Mrs. THOMAS MCFARLAND.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is sold by
dealers in medicines generally Gem.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-29
Crime in Austria.

The Vienna correspondent of the
London Standard writes to that journal:
For years Vienna has not been the scene
of such horrible crime as was committed
a few days ago. A Czech tailor almost
all the Vienna tailors are Czechs), who
had fallen into pecuniary difficulties,
owing to the dissipated life he led, sent
his wife out of the house, bolted the
door, and while playing with his five
children, the youngest of whom is eight
months old, enticed them into q dark
room. There he strangled them and
hung them upon nails, and when all were
thus disposed of the wretched man
hanged himself. The nail on which his
eldest son hung fortunately gave way a
little, so that his toes Just touched a
little box, aud this saved him but the
other children and the father were all
found dead. The criminal had had
twenty children, eight of whom were by
his present wife, but only these five were
living, the other fifteen having been dead
for some time. Unfortunately, this is
not the only tragedy at present in Vienna
A high official in the ministry of war and
the secretary of railway company have
shot themselves, the latter during the
sitting of the board when he saw that his
defalcations must be discovered. In
Pesth, the director of the "credit asso-
citation for officials of the State has
poisoned himself after having entirely
ruined the society. The directors of an
insurance company also in Pesth, among
them Baron Hirstdfeld, Prussian, and
Count Nicolaus Bethlen, have been i'm
prisoned for numerous frauds. The
president, Count Bathyanyi, and another
director, Count Sommariva, appear to be
innocent of all participation in this dis
honesty, as their evidence was taken and
they were not imprisoned. That they
should remain free merely because they
are magnates seems too improbable to
be believed. The Hungarian official
gazette, the KoszLenyi, publishes almost
daily the bankruptcy of one of the aris-
tocracy or warrant against some crimi-
nal in high life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-05-29
Increase of Cost Of Living.

In concluding his address before the
American Social Science Convention,
Mr.. Wells, of Connecticut, summed up
the results of our economic progress
since 1860 as follows We have in
caeased the power of production with a
given amount of personal effort through
out the country at least fifteen per cent,
possibly twenty. We have increased the
cost of living to the masses to the extent
of from thirty to fifty per cent. 1t is
entirely within the power of society to
effect a remedy by adopting agencies
whose simplicity and effectiveness long
experience has proved beyond all con-
troversy. But herein lies the difficulty.
Like Naaman, we are anxious to be
cleansed, but like him expect to be
called upon to do some great thing, and
are apt to be disappointed when we are
told that the simplest measures will
prove the most effectual. In point of
natural resources we have all we can de-
sire. 10 make these productive OF
boundless abundance there must be in
dustry and economy on the part of the
individual and on that of society, q
guarantee that every man shall have an
opportunity to exert his industry and
exchange its products with the utmost
freedom and the greatest intelligence
When society has done this we shall
have solved the problem involved in the
relations of capital and labor SO far as
the solution is within the control of CO.
operative human agency, for in giving to
each man opportunity, conjoined with
freedom and intelligence, we invest him
as it were with crown and mitre, and
make him sovereign over himself.