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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-07
1.

! This ! doubt not is the condition in !
very large part OF the grasshoppe,
district Of our State. There are nov
aid societies in every county Of the
State, to render help 10 those who
may now be, or will hereafter become
in neei of food or clothing, and take
care of contributions from The eastern
States, which ! am happy to say are
coming in abundentlv.
There is class of our citizens.
however, that will be heavy losers IN
financial point,a they or those who
have outstanding notes which will be-
come due before another crop can be
harvested. There is no money here,
and should parties holding these
notes, insist upon prompt payment,
financial ruin would be the result,
nine cases out of ten. Most Of the
implement msnufac,ufes seem dis
posed TO give new time, but the ques-
tion arises how will our small mer-
chants weather the storm, as almost
all of them have outstanding accounts
which it is impossible to collect, in
order to replenish their fast depict
ing shelves, or meet their paper East.
/! see no way only to wal, for another
crop,
The great need of the honest ead-
ers will be seed to put in their crops,
as most have not as much as needed.
Seed corn, there is nom in the coun-
try. Oats are scarce. The aid So
ciety is now trying to get seed for
those in need.
So far We in Nebraska have ex-
perieneed The most beautiful winter
weather. The heavy storms which
generally occur in the latter part of
November and December have passed
around, and in lieu thereof have had
nice sunny weather. We predic
this is to be mild winter, such as We
used to read about in the circulars
distributed by the two railroad COM
panies, before we 'emigrated." Ii
ever we needed the mild winter
weather OF old il is this winter, on
occount of the poor, aud | hope it
may continue during January and
February as it has during this month.
y. G. Foy.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-07

The proprietors of a Cleveland
newspaper have recently applied an
apparatus to their Office chimney
which is said to be perfect preven-
tive of smoke and a great saver of
fuel. Its discovery was purely acci-
dental. As mechanic was trying
to secure better draft for a sluggish
fire the thought occurred to him,
after other devices had failed. to try
the effects of steam. A small pipe
was made to conduct the dry steam
from the top of the boiler to the mp
per part of the furnace. which it en-
tered in two small Jets, striking down
ward on the burning fuel. No sooner
was the steam injected into the fur
mace thsn the sluggish, smoky fire
spraag up into clear, bright yellow
ish and intensely hot flame, filling the
whole furnace witha loud roar. The
man found he had not only secured a
strong draft, but something much
more Important smokeless fire.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-07

The Dubuque Times says: at is
very suggestive that Senator Schurx
and Fenton, the two leading Glib
erals Of the Senate, in explaining
their votes on the Finance bill, said
that while its provisions We're not full
ly satisfactory to them they voted
for it for the sake Of harmony and 'sto
strengthen the Republican party in
II Q coantrv.s
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The contract for scales required
under the newspaper postal law was
awarded on the 2lst inst. to the FAIR
banks Scale Company. The number
of scales required will be about 5000
the largest contract Of the kind evel
awarded. The Messrs. Fairbanks
made, during the week ending Dec
10Th, l,34; scales, which gives SONS
idea of the capacity Of their works.
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There is dog belonging tos Con-

There is . dog belonging tos Com
cord, New Hampshire, Ere company
which always takes it upon himself
to spread . ERE alarm, and make :
great ado about it. When Gre
broke out, few days ago,she rushed
to sleeping freman,and seixing him
by throat walked him. She then we1t
to the house Of another fireman, sd
having called him out BY hsr loa9
barking, fastened upon his clctkep
and tried 10 hurry him up.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-07
A NEW YEARS WISH

ask one little boon
OF the New Year;
May ! through all its days
Garry some cheer
To those who sit In gloom,
Weeping for loss;
To hearts that slowly break
Under cross.
l who have left my dead,
With none to care;
/ who have wept alone,
Facing despair
Would gladly sweeten lives,
And make them dear
This little boon ask
OF the New Year.
They best can serve the gods
Their errands run,
Who call no love their own,
Under the sun.
Let me bear help to want,
And hope to fear;
ask no other boon
OF the New Year.
Prom the il,liae for January.
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l.-NetD THUesft0n IN y Tested and
secured by Letters Pal
2.-Make ~ perfect To-. ~.ltch, alike on
10th sides, on alt kinds Of goods.
A-Runs Light, Smooth, NOiseless and Rap
id-besl consultation Of qualities.
A.-Darable-Rvas for lsurs without re-
pAgrs.
g. WI do all varieties of WorA and Fancy
Nt1rhing In superior manner.
0-Is Mosf easltN Manoged by the operator.
Length OF stitch may be altered while run
ninS. and machines can be threaded with
Out passing thread through holes.
7ycDesign Nipspis, lngenteus, Ee'dni, iorm-
the stitch without the use of Cog Wheeis.
OVars Rotary Cams or Lever Arms. Hasthe
ls6onsnlic Drop Feed, which tasores nngos1,
kn06A az seieA at amy speed. Has our new
HISead C0nsroller, which allows easy move.
= 4ent of needle@bAr and prersHfs fWnry q
fkread.
a.-Eonstruction ps0sf carefu and Finished
Il Il manufactured by the most sktgM and
esoS, ;eRced sSech0ssics, at the ce lebrated ne1
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DH1sI.lAN All ~ has prac-
ficed twenty-five vel lis yicisity.
ana need only i..a cont Of the pub
Once In City Drug 81 sldense on
ledafets opp<saus neiofu h, Upton.
iowa.
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYJ a arr.
III GEON. Once and res n nnrbin
property, nj north east cor IN n m 3 nj
square. Upton. iowa. ls47
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Educational.
TlPTON SEMINARY.
FOR
YOUNG LADIES.
TIPTON, IOWA.

MISS r. 3. SCRIBNER, PRIS.
Assisted by Efncient Teachers.
CALENDAR: The Scholastic Year besins
ON the lst Of september, and closes on the
second week In June Of each year. II Ii di.
vtded into three terms OF twelve weeks each
The Fall Term OF 1874 will open on Tues
day September LIST.
THE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION en-
braces all the Higher Branches of Eng
i!sh education. with Latin. French, German,
Music, Drawing. Needle-work, and other
accom- mplishments.
TERMS.
Tuition in English Branches, per trm. $40 90
bOard. per week, 100
IAundress. do. ......................... 30
Vocal and Instrumental Music, each
per term, ................................ 10 90
Drawing and Painting. per term. ........ 10 90
Languages, do. .... $50
Instruction In WAX Flowers, .............. 500
Use OF Plano for one hour, daily ,....... 100
NOTE. Bills Dayable In advance
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GEO. 8. rods. D..
$. ENSIGA..

THYa,cIAN a SURG oproS. Iowa.
Having had third experience
DR. r.. hopes To give satt1 In al cases
entrusted 10 Ills care. residence.
Iwo blocks east oi court lstf
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BUrFALOEs' BONES.

Buffalo skeletons into
Buttons, Combs, and Knife.
handles--A Queer Pursuit on
the Plains .-- The Merciless
Slaughter for Hides and Meat.
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JusjI
IOHN s. Hun.

USTicE OF THE NorAnY Pun.
y Lie ins, rance AK4 COnveyanCer.
DfIice with the Count er In the court
aoase. Upton. Iowa. lsSs. nivi5.
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4. p. rIEM1

pN ~ N.rh. VIII Mtt iptly to
~ al xmas Oh ilohVeyaneir redeem
iaha soti ~ iaAcS, anu kis Atten-
lion - me exainInatloh ol lea, and
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Refers 10 Piatt & Carr, Hod TINT.
hill. Joha p. shearer. Sheri ar Co
VIM. III. Van Ness, Clerk; AMI sviya.
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Yf-srIcE. Of THE Collectlona.
- aud other busines ptly attended
so.-otfice with Conn rintendent In
basement Of Court Hot emo
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-01-07

The Rev. DIR. Deans, Of New York.
said in his sermon last Sunday: 70
nay mind, the four sweetest things IN
the world are--frst, bssy girls, sec.
ond, baby boys; th;.d, ripe, good old
men; fourth. dpe, good old ladies'
This is very nearl y our creed, but
We rather think we like healthy
mother-in in-law best. And next,
ripe, good old man, who sits quietly
in the corner and tells lies about how
far he used to walk through the snow
to school when he was boy, and
how he used to come home and saw
up cord Of wood before supper, in
stead Of sneaking in the back door
Tor his skates, IS boys do now-ar
days.
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Walking in the streets Of Cleve-
land the other day young lady met
a gentleman whose offer to marriage
she had some months previously re-
jected. She had repented her hastily
formed decision and informed him Of
the fact in this shrewd style: ''You
have no tact in this matter of love-
You should have asked me again."
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rroREEY At L AGenerai Cpllec-
a tion Agent. W. proalpt atten-
fion to all busin es1 1nsted 10 him.
Clarence. Iowa. E
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09

CLOVER TURNED UNDER-Tne Ru-
raj Southland " says that Mr.. j. Gre
CORY, a few years ago, moved from Ten
nessee and bought plantation in Muir
ray county, Georgia. The land at the
time he purchased it, with good sea-
son, would produce ten bushels of wheat
per acre In October, Mr.. Gregory
sowed broadcast fifteen acres of white
Boughton wheat, one bushel 10 the acre,
and in February following, he sowed
the same ground in red clover, sowing
broadcast in two ways, one bushel to
eight acres He harvested ten bushels
of wheat per acre, and cut fine crop
of hay the same season. The next
year he moved two crops of good clover
hay, averaging two tons per acre. The
third crop grew up from four to eight
inches high, and in October he plowed
the clover under, blowing deep and sub
soiling; sowed. one bushel of white
Boughton wheat per acre. The result
was an average of thirty and one-half
bushels of choice wheat per acre
Thus, you will see that the only ma.
nure used to improve the land and get
thirty and one-half bushels of wheat
where he could only raise ten, was to
plow under deep good crop of clover,
and subsoil
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09

WHAT WILL MAKE THE HENS LAY.
Put two or more quarts of water in
kettle, add one large seed pepper, or
two small ones, then put the kettle over
the fire. When the water boils, stir in
coarse-ground Indian meal, until you
make thick mush. Let it cook an
hour or more Feed hot. Horse radish
chopped fine and stirred into the mush
has been found to produce good results
Four weeks ago we commenced feeding
our hens mush as prepared in the above
directions, and for result we are getting
from five to ten eggs per day; whereas,
previous to feeding, we had not had
eggs for long time We hear great
deal of complaint from other people
about not getting eggs. To all such
we would warmly recommend cooked
food, fed hot. Boiled apple skins, sea-
soned with red peppers, or boiled pota-
toes, seasoned with horse radish, are
good for feed; much better than I'M
cooked corn. Corn, when fed by itself,
has tendency to fatten hens, instead
of producing the more profitable egg
laying. A spoonful of sulphur stirred
into their feed occasionally will rid
them of vermin and tone up their sys-
tens. This is especially good for young
chickens or turkeys. Out Of flock of
ten chickens, Matched the last of No
vember, we have lost but one. They
have been fed cooked feed mostly and
are growing finely.
Ohio Farmer
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|Wl!skt Earn.
Wagons and Wagon Manufacture.

A farm wagon that is ill-made is a
source of much annoyance, and loss Of
money and time Unseasoned timber,
and iron of poor quality, when put into
a wagon, cause more trouble than when
put anywhere else upon the farm. The
most skillful workmanship is thrown
away upon poor materials, and putty
and paint may cover but cannot conceal
them. The necessary exposure to the
weather and the strain of hard work
soon opens the joints, and admits water
and air, and poor wagon soon becomes
hopeless wreck. The business of
wagon making is very important one,
both as an industry in which many
workmen and large capital are employ
ed, and also to the farmers and others
who purchase the vehicles. The bulk
of the business of building farm wagons
is done in large factories in the western
states, in which about $4,000 of these
vehicles are made yearly. In these
factories, which are furnished with large
capital, and managed with extreme
skill, every advantage as regards excel
lence of material and of labor is enjoy
ed. The lumber is selected with great
care, and piled up in sheds, where 1t
remains two or three years to season
thoroughly 1t undergoes no less than
six inspections before it finds its place
in the finished wagon. Equal care is
taken in the selection of the iron.-
These precautions are absolutely neces-
sary to enable the wagons to sustain
the heat and dry weather; many OF
them going to the plains, to the mining
regions of the mountains, to Mexico
California, and to Texas, besides to
thousands of farms in the west and
east. Those wagons destined for Cali
fornia, are made with boxes from three
to six feet deep, and with much more
iron about them than a farm wagon
The California people are very exacting
as to the style Of their wagons, requlr
ing more than thirty different kinds
The best hubs and spokes are brought
from northern Wisconsin; oak and ash
for other parts, from Michigan, and
hickory from Indiana. Wagons made
with such care and of such materials
will out last inferior ones many years
and are very much the cheapest in the
end AS might be expected, the manu-
facture conducted in this manner grows
very rapidly. The two largest of the
western factories have both grown from
small beginnings, in few years, up tc
very extensive establishments Of the
Whitewater (Wis.) farm and freight
wagon" made by Semple, Birge & Co.
of St. Louis, 200 were made in 1860
Last year $500, or Is every day, were
made. OF the Mitchell " wagons
made by Mitchell, Lewis & Co., Racine
Wis, 5000 were sold last year, ant
this large business has grown up il
twenty years. A farm wagon con
structed of the same materials and il
the same manner as freight wagon
destined to traverse the hot dry plains
and the toughest mountain roads, ma.
well be considered as the best of it
kind The fortunate owner of such
wagon ought certainly to do it the jus
tice of sheltering and cherishing it will
the greatest care.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
A Reason Why American Fa rmers Do Not
Keep More Sheep.

Col. Waring, author of the Ogden
Farm papers in the American Agri-
culturist," gives the very sensible an
swer to a correspondent who makes in
qniries about sheep raising in New Eng
land. The. answer applies if possible
with more force to our farmers:
Probably the true reason for the ne
glect of sheep complained Of and one
that is much more effective than dogs
and fences, is the very important one of
Custom English farmers keep sheep
very largely because they have the
habit of keeping them; our farmers in
New England have never been in the
practice of keeping them to any very
great extent. The dog and fence diff
culties are quite as prominent in Eng
land as here, perhaps the fences are on
the whole better, but the dogs are, if
anything, worse, and large proportion
of the Aocks are kept on outlying land,
where fences and dog laws are almost
unknown.
Probably the reason why we do not
keep sheep more extensively than we
do, is because we have not learned how
important they are, and how easily
they MAJ be kept in a systematic way
and under proper care. In the more
highly farmed parts of England, where,
as everywhere else, sheep are consider
ed indispensable, hurdles are largely
used, and the focks are sufficiently large
for the services of shepherd to be
proftably employed. The best services
that could be rendered toward the en-
couragement of keeping sheep here,
would be by beginning with the recon-
mendation of hurdles The hurdle is
the true missionary for the dissemina-
ton of the sheep keeping doctrine
with its aid sheep are easily confined to
small areas, which they thoroughly de-
pasture, and are with little labor moved
to fresh ground In this way do we
not only insure the uniform feeding of
the land, but we have placed within our
reach the very best means for the equal
distribution of manure, the sheep being
fed with grain or other food not grown
upon the land to which they are confined
Hurdles in England are usually made
of rough poles, scarcely larger than
stout bean poles, often tied together
with willow withes, and so light that
they are easily handled. Their cost is
slight, and the labor of removing them
is but trifling.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
Agriculture and Spanish Civilization.
From the chronological Journal.


At one time in the worlds history,
Spain was the great power Livius
and Strabo relate of SPANS fertility
and Of her abundant harvests Under
the reign of Add Errahman Ill, Mo-
hammedan, Spain sustained popula-
ton of 3O,O0O,OO0 Tarragona, the
second city of the empire under the
Romans, had 100000 inhabitants 4;
under Add Errahman Ill it contained
$50, 900; now it contains but $4,000
The fanatcal Phillip H., and his sue
cessor of the same name, struck the
death blow to agriculture by enacting
iniquitous laws. By these measures
100000 Moors, men and women, old
men and children, were compelled to
leave the land of their birth, their
blooming fields and the houses their
own hands had built The fourishing
plains of the south soon became a
desert, agriculture decayed, and then
trade stagnated. AS a result, prosper
Gus villages were reduced to ruin, towns
once animated by commerce became de-
populated, poverty and sloth seized the
once rich and happy country, the de-
parted splendor of which is still attest
ed by magnificent ruins. Thus does
history show that where agriculture
holds the first place in peoples affairs
their wealth and progress advance !;
that wherever agriculture is abandoned,
their national decay begins. The same
grand truth runs through all nations,
that agriculture is the source of wealth,
the fountain head of civilization. As
ancient nations grew rich, and then per-
mitted agriculture to decline, so they
became demoralized, idle, vicious and
poor; relapsing into barbarism, or van
ishing entirely from the face of the
earth
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GROWING AND COOKING CELERY.
From the american Farmer.

From the american Farmer.
| take but ten to eleven inches, and
this l have followed for many years,
and the celery raised has been consid-
cred by my family and others equal, if
not superior, to any in our markets.
The plan is to lay out bed of about
five and ahalf feet in width, good soil,
and in good order, Gas convenient to
water as practicable, in case of a dry
season) throw off five to six inches of
the earth from the surface, then cover
the bottom with three to four inches Of
well-rotted manure; fork it in, SO as to
have it thoroughly mixed with four to
five inches of the ground below, then
return three to four inches thrown off
the surface; lay the garden line on one
side of the bed. and have Il board of
five feet in length, ten to twelve inches
IN width cut ten notches on one side
six inches apart for the plants,-this
will give as many in a row as can be
properly handled by one man on each
side of the bed, when the growth is
sufficient to allow drawing the earth
around the plants,-care being taken
not to cover the heart. For the pur-
pose of billing, two boards of nine to
ten inches in width and six feet in
length, with handle at each end-these
are placed between the rows close to
the plants, filled up from earth outside
of the bed, compressed, and allowed to
remain until the plants are fit for
another handling. In a good season
this will require to be done four or five
times. On the approach of heavy
frosts cover up the bed with leaves, on
which put corn stalks, tomato or bean
vines, then bean poles, or anything to
keep the leaves in their place. Dig the
celery only when wanted for the table
and it will be as good for months as at
first. At my table during the Winter
and sometimes in the Spring, it is an
every day dish, COOKED and unlocked
and no Winter vegetable equal to the
cooked. AS some of your readers may
desire to know the process, will state
it: Cut off the unbleached part; take
the bleached, cut it up in pieces about
two inches long =; parboil until tender
then stir in milk and butter, with sal
and pepper to taste.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
FIELD-PEAsE AS A FERTILIZE

FIELD-PEAsE AS A FERTILIZER.-A
planter in Montgomery county, Ala
bama, reports that last year he sowed
cow-pease freely between the rows in a
field of corn. A drought came on be-
fore the pease matured, and so dried
the vines that they died. These he
covered by turning two burrows between
the rows. This Spring, cotton planted
on that field is far superior to that on
other parts of his plantation From
the results, thus far apparent, he judges
the pea-vines equal to coat of guane
in fertilizing value.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09

H@S. P. Sharpless, State Assayer
of Massachusetts, says that syrups are
at present largely made from starch,
and sold as substitutes for those made
during the process of purifying cane
sugar If starch is boiled for some
hours with dilute sulphuric acid and
the acid is then neutralized with car
Donate of calcium, an excellent article
of syrup is produced This is further
purified from iron or other metallic sub
stances by sulphide of calcium. He
can see no possible objection to the use
of these syrups for food if they are
carefully made. Much of the syrup in
the market contains considerable iron.
This has been the cause of great deal
of needless alarm. Many persons have
observed that when drop of tea
CHANGED to fall upon the syrup on their
plates a dark spot was produced, and
have argued from this that the syrup
was poisonous, whereas it only contain
ed little iron, derived. no doubt, from
some of the apparatus used in its pre-
paraton. The tannin in the tea pro-
duces the well-known black color of ink.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
How TO ESTIMATE Crops PER ACRE


Frame together four light sticks
measuring exactly foot square inside,
and with this in hand, walk into the
field and select spot of fair average
yield, and lower the frame square over
as many heads as it will enclose, and
shell out the heads thus enclosed care.
fully and weigh the grain. 1t is fair te
presume that the proportion will be the
43, 460th part of an acres produce. TIC
prove it, go through the field and make
ten or twenty calculations and estimate
by the mean of the whole number Of
results. 1t will certainly enable a farmer
to make closer calculation of what q
field will produce than ne can by guess
inp
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09

I@A good way to clean black kid
gloves is to take teaspoonful of salad
oil, drop few drops of ink in it, ard
rub it over the gloves with the tip of a
feather; then let them dry in the sun,