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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

HAPPY HUSBANDS. 1t is 4 mans own
fault if he is unhappy with his wife, in
nine cases out of tea 1t is a very excep-
tional woman who will not be all she can
to an attentive husband and a most eX-
ceptional one who will not be very disa-
greeable if she finds herself willfully neg
lected 1t would be very easy to hate
man who, having bound Il woman to him,
made no effort to make her happy; hard
not TO love one who was constant and ten
der; and when woman loves she always
tries to please. The great men of this
world have often been wretched in their
domestic relations. while mean and COM
mon men have been exceedingly happy.
The reason is very plain. Absorbed in
themselves, those who desired the worlds
applause We're careless of the little world
at home; while those who had none of
this egotism strove to keep the hearts that
were their own, and were happy in their
tenderness. No woman will love man
the better for being renowned or promi
nent. Though he be first among men,
she will only be prouder, not fonder; and
if she loses him through this renown. as is
often the case she will not even be proud.
But give her love, appreciation, kindness,
and there is no sacrifice she would not
make for his content and comfort. The
man who loves her we'll is her hero and
her king.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
j. II. Chandler's Farm in Cantor
bury,


We confess to being a good deal sur
prised 10 find SO practical farmer in one
who has been at the business so short a
time lie shows what a well trained and
educated man can do in farming He has
4 clear PERCEPTION Of what he wants to do
and how to do it, and can give the reason
He found the lands worn out, but capable
Of yielding more money from grass when
properly tertilized, considering their local
jtY, than in any other way; so he stocked
the farm heavily, buying hay and grain
largely at first He struck hard pan the
first time-barn yard manure. He wasted
no money on patent fertilizers or any of
the humbugs OF the day. He has sixty
head OF cattle, seventeen OF the horse
Kind, some fifty swine. AS 4 result his
manure heap is very rich. He has drawn
upon his lands this spring 450 two-horse
cart rt-loads-the winter product--and spread
broadcast. lie soils his COWS, and spreads
the green manure upon the fields. He
buys all tile ashes he can find in that sec
ton and puts them upon the land
As 4 result, field that would pasture
four COWS when bought, will now pasture
twenty In a favorable season he thinks
he could cut hundred and fifty tons OF
hay or It's equivalent. Last year he was
visited by the grasshoppers, and in some
parts Of his farm they literally ate up
every green thing.
His cattle are chiefly Dmhams, pure
bred and grades, founded upon what is
known as the Pilot stock, which was best
represented at the Reform School while
Mr.. Ingham was there. and which, when
transferred to Connecticut, took leading
premiums there His calves, yearlings
and two-y years-olds, are wonderful in size,
and many of them beautiful to the eye of
the lover Of short-horns. lie has six re-
markable mich cows, the best one being
a Jersey imported by himself at a cost of
$3.50 She is very handsome, and we con-
tess that we coveted her more than any
animal npon his place, Notwithstanding
that there We're some which had, perhaps,
three times as much money value He has
another Jersey, two-years-old heiter
from the imported cow, very fine look
ing COW halt Jersey and half Ayrshire.
aud a remarkable Durham COW n. H.
Farmer
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

A FARM THAT WAS NEVER SOLD. AL
luding to a paragraph, now going the
rounds of the press. in relation to the
Masters farm in Saratoga County, which
has been sold but twice in two hundred
years. the Schoharie Union says: 1--WE
can beat that right here within the corpor-
ate limits Of old Schoharie. The farm
owned bv Mr.. Martin l.. Schaefer has
never been sold A. Schaeter settled on
it when this valley was first settled in 1909,
and secured his title direct from the In
dians, and since then it has been handed
down from father to son. The present
residence of Nh John &. Gebbard on
Sunny Side" has never changed owners
but once, and have no doubt but that we
could find through this valley several
other farms that have never changed
owners more than once or twice.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

The pernicious habit, unfortunately too
common on Doth sides of the ocean, of
cleaning bottles with lead Shot, resulting.
as it does frequently, in leaving some OF
the shot within the bottle. to seriously
contaminate the liquid alterward placed
therein, has been brought prominently into
notice by NJ. Fordos. He prefers to use
clippings of iron wire for this purpose,
which are easily procurable and which
clean rapidly and completely The iron
is attacked by the oxygen OF the air, but
the terruginous compound which attaches
to the sides of the bottle is easily removed
in washing Besides, a little oxidized iron
is not injurious to health. Nj. Fordos
found that the small traces OF iron left
had no apparent effect on the color Of red
wines. 1t had on white wines; but very
little. But, on account of this, he thinks
it might be better to use clippings Of tin
for the latter.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
Farm, Garden and Household,
Coverings for Wounds of Trees.

1t often happens that, either by intention
us in pruning, or by accident, trees are
wounded in various ways A common
practice is to cover large wounds with coal
tar; but this is objected to by some as in
furious to the tree. Experiments made III
the orchards and gardens Of the Pomolog-
zeal Institute. at Ruthlengen, in Germany.
90 to show, however, that its use In cover
INC large wounds is not injurious; but
that. on the contrary, a callous readily
forms under the tar, on the edges of the
wound, and that the wounded part is thus
protected from decay. There is, neverthe-
less, another objection; for if the tar is
applied a little too thick, the sun melts it
and it runs down ON the bark of the tree.
This can be obviated by mixing and STIR
ring and thus Incorporating with the tar
about three or four times its weight of
powdered salt, known as salt tlour-the
mixture being also known as plastic slate
and used ior roofing purposes. 1t it easily
applied with an old knit OF fiat stick and
though it hardens on the surface, it re-
mains soft and elastic underneath. The
heat Ot the sun does not melt it, nor does
the coolest winter weather cause 1t to
craCk-neither does II peel Oft.
The same mixture is also useful for
other purposes IN the garden. Leaky
wafer pots, rrrels. pals. shutters, saShes,
etc, can be easily repaired with it, and
much ANNOYANCE and loss OF time be thus
avoided. ii viii stick to any surface pro
Nided it he not oily and as it does not
harden when kept in mass, it is always
ready for Use y gallon wil last for a
long time
A most excellent preparation for small
wounds and for grating is thus prepared:
Melt a pound OF rosin over a small fire.
When melted take it from the fire and add
Two ounces of hr Canada balsam) or
two ounces Of Venice turpentine, (not
spirits turpentine) stirring it constantly
as soon as it is Good enough mix in four to
SIX ounces OF alcohol OF 95 degrees strength
according To the Sea=on-until it is as
thick as moIasses 1t keeps WELL in close
corked bottles. for a long time. Should
it become too thick 10y the gradual evap-
Grafton Of the alcohol, it can easily be
thnned by putting the bottle i'll warm
water and stirring in sufficient alcohol to
bring it to proper iluidity. 1t is applied
with brush
lhls preparation il much better than
The liquid grating wax composed OF rosin,
beef tallow apd spirits Of turpentine-
which often granulateS If there be any
danger that the scions will dry up by
evaporation, they may. beneticially, be
brushed over with this composition-it be-
ing first made fluid by adding alcohol.
BY this means We succeeded, in February
ot last year, in grating 4 single eye of
-tgle sepinaria upon Il lemon tree, in dry
SITTING fGDm u ithout the uSp of any UlaSS
covering
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

A singular coincidence occurred in In
dianapolis the other day A number of
young colored children lined the edge of
the sidewalk in front of second-rate
menagerie and were shouting at the ticket
taker: $50 up, old bald head p" when
suddenly the bear on exhibition inside the
tent broke loose and jumped out at the
door. The little ones. mindful of the fate
which overlook the wicked children who
reviled Elijah, scattered in every direction
and the bear was captured before he could
do any harm.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

The Canada Porcupine is apparently al
inotfensive little creature, but III reality
carries with it deadly weapons inits Spincs
which an unobservant person would NOT
notice, so we'll are they concealed by the
long, coarse hair. These spincs would
appear to be but an ineffective weapon,
but on examination we find them to be
wonderfully adapted to their purpose, The
end is barbed like a fish hook, and ranged
along the quill are little re-curved hooks
When once these hooked needles are driv-
en- into the flesh, unless withdrawn at once
they work in deeper and deeper until they
pierce vital part. Frequently wolves
and other animals have been found dead,
and on examination these spineS were
found to be the cause of DEATH the porcn-
pine having apparently made successful
defence
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

l DO not hesitate to say that the first and
paramount aim OF religion is not to pre-
pare tor another world, but to make the
best OF this world, or more correctly stat
ed, to make this world better, wiser, hap
pier 1t is to be good. and do the most
good we can now and here, and to help
others to be and do the same. 1t is to seek
with all our might the highest welfare OF
the world we live in, and the realization
of its ideal greatness, nobleness and
blessedness, DR.. Card.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
The Best Fertilizer.

The time is close at hand when the
farmers and gardeners are looking about
them to See what fertilizer is the best for
them to use. We take pleasure i'll recon-
mending the Superphosphate of Lime
manufactured by the Bradley Fertilizer
Company, at "A Broad St, Boston. This
is the oldest and most reliable Fertilizer
in the market The Committee on Fer
tilizers of the Massachusetts Charitable
Mechanic Association at their exhibition
held at Faneuil Hall, Bosto. In September,
1874, reported as follows: Bradley's Fer
tilizers have maintained their superiority
tor more than ten years, and the award OF
a Silver Medal at the last Exhibition was
a merited testimonial to their value
S. Dana Hayes, PHI, ID. Robert Wharton,
VIM. b. Merrill, Geo o. Carpenter.
John Briggs. Solomon Carter, James
f. Babcock.
Farmers can hardly afford to plant with
out this fertilizer. 1t invariably gives
crops an eai iy start and 4 strong and Wig
orous growth during the season, with
highly satisfactory results at harvesting.
We believe that no farmer will regret u
judicious use of Bradley's Superphosphate
of Lime. Barnstable Patriot.
This fertilizer is sold by f. Beaman, Bel
fast
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

haye referred in my book to that cor
oner of ours who seized an Egyptian
mummy that was brought into town, sum-
moned a jury held an inquest on the num-
N.Y. brought in 4 verdict of ''Death from
causes unknown and charged the conn-
ty with the usual fee, with compound in
terest from the time of Moses. Well,
that coroner is still in office, and is still
Sunday night he was at church. The min
lster preached a very solemn sermon upon
Noahs flood and after it was over | met
the coroner in the aisle and said to him
"Very impressive sermon. Mr. Wheeler,
wasn't it ?"
Beautiful, sir very beautiful" replied
Wheeler. "And yet it seems to be kinder
mournful too
Indeed Why, it didn't strike me in
that way. 1t was solemn, of course, but
its tendency certainly should be to fill the
heart of every truly good man with cheer
funess and hope"
"Oh, | know all that" said Wheeler,
'but didn't he say there were several mil
lion people drowned in that food? ,"
Il believe he did"
"Weil, then, / say that when / think of
all that mortality, and remember that
wasn't coroner then, and amt likely to
be when there's another such freshet, it
makes me sick. There amt anything
cheerful about such reflections. | feels if
| hadn't been treated right; as if I'd been
robbed" Max Adeler.
Frenchman, intending to compliment a
young lady, by calling her gentle lamb, said,
"She is one mutton as is small!'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
Ten Rules for Farmers.

l. Take good papers and read them.
:. Keep an account of farm operations.
3. DO not leave implements scattered
over the farm. exposed TO snow, rain and
heat.
4. Repair tools and buildings at prop
er time, and no not suffer subsequent
threefold expenditure Of time and money.
3. Use money judiciously. and do not
attend auction sales to purchase all kinds
OF trumpery because it is cheap.
6. See that fences are well repaired. and
cattle not grazing in the meadows, or
grain fields, o. orchards
Z. DO not refuse to make correct eXper-
iments, in a small way, of many new
things.
s. Plant fruit trees Well care for them,
and Of course get good crops.
g. Practice economy by giving stock
shelter during the winter; also good food.
taking out all that is unsound, half rotten
or moldv.
10. DO not keep tiibes of eats and
snarling dogs around the premises, who
eat more in Il month than they are worth
in life time.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

The owner of pair Of bright eyes says
that the prettiest compliment she ever re-
ceived came from child of four years.
The little fellow, after looking at her in
tently for a moment, inquired, naively,
care your eyes new ones?'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

A New JERSEY RELIC. A cannon-ball
is preserved in the office Of the Revenue
Marine in the Treasury Department, in
Washington which deserves to become
historic : if cold iron can be said to de-
serve any thing. 1t weighs twenty pounds,
if our recollection is correct, and is n
plain rough shot, with an iron ring at
tached to it. In a storm which occurred
on the coast of New Jersey, many years
ago, it wa thrown from mortar, with a
line fastened to the ring, and, passing over.
fell beyond ship which was stranded and
in danger OF going 10 pieces. The line
was tied to a cable on the shore, and the
shipwrecked people drew this in and fast
ened it to the vessel. On this cable a life
car was passed backward and forward
from the ship to the shore, by which
means two hundred lives were saved. The
ball was hauled in and retained. 1t was
subsequently sent to the headquarters OF
the Revenue Marine Department, where
it has been since carefully preserved, and
where it is always regarded with much in
terest by people who are informed OF Its
history. 1t might have sunk seventy
TOUR and never been heard from.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
Progress.

The outworn rite. the old abuse,
The pious fraud transparent grown.
The good held captive i'm the use
Of wrong alone,-
These wait their doom, from that great law
Which makes the past time serve to-day; &
And fresher life the world shall draw
From their decay.
God works in all things all obey
His first propulsion from the night:
Wake thou and watch!- world is gray
With morning light!
Whittier
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

A citizen who met an old acquaintance
on the street recently asked why he wore
weed on his hat. 'For my poor wife
who has passed over the river, was the
melancholy reply. "Well, can't she come
back-aren't the ferry boats running?"
was the surprised query. The man had
to explain that he did not refer to the East
River.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
Sheep Killing by Dogs.

The Monthly report of the Department
Of Agriculture, tor January devotes sev-
eral pages to reports OF Investigations OF
the losses to sheep owners from dogs The
direct losses reach a million of dollars an
nually IN wool and mutton, and, indirectly,
even a larger sum, in the repression of
sheep husbandry, and the consequent waste
of large percentage OF the annual grass
crop.
In the stock returns Tor January. 500
counties, representing about one-fourth
the territory and One-tourth the sheen of
the United States, report 1926 sheep
killed during the past year. OF course all
the sheep killed were not reported 1t is
evident that the real loss to sheep owners
from the ravages Of dogs is not less than
"A million of dollars annually. In some of
the States the loss is from tour to eleven
per cent. of the whole value of the sheep
Kept. In Massachusetts, with an efficient
dog law. the per cent. Of loss in compare
lively small, and yet it is much too great
In Vermont and New Hampshire, pub
lie sentiment seems to be the strongest
safeguard against sheep killing by dogs
a dog suspected Of sheep-killlng, in those
States, would need the sympathy of more
than one Society for the protection of
dumb Animals to save him from an abrupt
shortening OF his existence
As we write the above, we have Just re-
oeiVed information of destructive raid
upon the flock of our Vermont breeders
Messrs H. v. Burr 4 Son, OF Thettord,
who had Just turned out to pasture fine
flock OF iifty-eight sheep, were visited by
dogs few nights since, and had their
whole flock almost entirely DESTROYED
Twenty five We're killed outright, and
eleven wounded, seventeen are missing.
and only five remain uninjured. As our
correspondent says the dogs were known,
it is not too much to suppose that, before
this time. they have passed in their
checks"-to use an expressive term-and
ceased any further operations in that line
Does it pay farmers to raise sheep for
dog fodder? n. f. Farmer.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

ONIONS. 1t it undoubtedly profitable to
raise onions. A few only in this vicinity
make this crop speciality. and it is all
the better for those few A writer in one
OF our exchanges who is extensively en-
gagged in this branch of farming, tell us
how to do it in a few words, as follows:
ITO raise onions the ground should be
thoroughly ploughed, made very mellow
and rolled 1t should be made rich with
we'll rotted manure, and wood ashes make
good additional fertilizer. Thirty loads
OF manure per acre would not be too much
Tor good crop. Five pounds of seed per
acre may be drilled in rows nine inches
apart with light hand seed drill. The
ground must be keptvery clean from weed
and mellow with the hoe. A hoe with a
pronged blade is made specially for this
work. The onions may be grown as close
in row as they will stand They may
be grown, if plenty Of manure is given
them, with increasing profit. We would
rather sell at a fair price at home mark
ct. than risk the chances of distant one, -
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

There is no need for the Almighty to
bare his arm and hurl us into the lake of
fire. He has only to leave us alone with
our sins, to draw the curtain between us
and the world, and our punishment must
come with unerring certainty. Frances
Power Cobbe
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
A Good Cow.

There is but a very limited idea among
the mass OF farmers of what constitutes a
good cow They do not make the neces-
sary efforts to learn the amount OF milk
and its producing qualities in butter and
cheese Three -tourths OF all the cows in
the Northwest are such poor mixers that
they should be sent to the butchers and
better stock supply their places. 10 do
this it is not necessary to procure bloOded
stock, for some of the common stock are
the best mixers With these and breed
ing to male animal from a dam of good
reputation for milk, very soon one COW
will supply the place of two There are
plenty OF cows that give twenty quarts of
milk at milking for "A few weeks, but
soon dWindle to mere shippers Some
times this is owing to the deficiency Of
tho milker, other times to the want of
suitable food, and frequently to the poor
qualities of the cow With good. gentle,
regular, rapid mixers, the season of milk
should continue almost undiminished tor
nine months The reason that Ayrshires,
Jerseys and other COWS are SO celebrated
Tor their milk is the careful and scientific
breeding OF the original stock and the
watchtulness with which the blood has
pCCi PCIpClu.ttCu. II - llilI w itii lHS
right turn of mind, with ali the means re-
quisite, would take some of the good
mixers of any common stock and pro-
duce a race or family, with a strict view
to milk. we have no doubt a better stock
could be produced than ever came from
the Isle of Jersey. 1t is not the soil, grass
or atmosphere OF either Jersey, Ayrshire
or Durham that produce naturally fine
stock for milk or beef
But it is the genius OF man handling
and combining the best specimens of the
kline family, with wise and discreet cross
es that evolve the stock, that is making
the owners and the world rich. If men
commanding liberal means would direct
their energies to producing stock suited
to production of cheese or butter, there is
no good reason why a better quality for
that purpose could not be produced The
world is advancing in every material and
scientific department. and it is folly to go
back to the end OF time, to the fields Of
the Old World, to replenish the prairies of
the West. The time should come soon
when the little powers Of the Older king
doms should be supplied from the wider,
richer and more productive powers OF the
world, which have been reserved by Provi
dence to be developed during the last half
of the nineteenth century.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

Mrs. Fowle, about 40 years old, rowed to
Bath, Saturday morning, from Westport, in a
skiff, distance of nine miles, did her shopping
and rowed back, arriving home in season to her
dinner
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03

Bangor complains of river pirates.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-06-30
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A LHAMBRA.
IA ROBERT B. LEEDS, Proprietor.
Corner Of Atlantic and Massachusetts, Avenues.
ATLANTIC CITY, MI.
Enlarged to three times Its former capacity. Near
ted In the cool and airy northeastern part OF the
Island. strictly temperance house.
ROBERT b. LEEDS,
1e1s-qm Proprietor.
CEA SIDE HOUSE,
FOOT OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
sv-Open from May to October
EVANS HAlNKs, Proprietors.
ALSO, MONCRIEF HOUSE."
JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
s~-open from November to May.
Jel2-lm EVANS HAINES. Props.
TNREMONT HOUSE,
PACIFIC AVENUE, CORNER VIRGINIA.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. ].
In the cool and airy northeast part OF the Island,
with full view OF the ocean.
Je12-im II. BLOOD, Proprietor.
pAOIFIC HOUSE-A. SERVER,
L North Carolina Avenue, Between Atlantic and
Pacific avenues Atlantic City, N. j now open. Best
and most convenient location on the island. Near
the depot wi hin half square Of the Quaser meet
churches. and but short distance from the beach.
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