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Middletown transcript., 1875-10-23

CARE Or HoRsEs The London Horse
Book says: All horses must not be fed
in the same proportion, without regard
to their ages. their constitution and
their work, because the impropriety Of
such practice is self-evident. Yet
thisils constantly done, and is the basis
Of diseases Of every kind, Never use
bad hay on account Of the cheapness,
because II brings on Inflammation Of
the bowels and skin disases. Chaff is
better for old horses than hay. because
they can chew and digest it better.
When q horse is worked hard. its food
should chiefly be hay-because oats
supply more nourishment and flesh
making material than any other kind Of
food; hay not 50 much. Rack feeding
is wasteful. The better plan is to feed
with chopped hay, because the food is
not then thrown out, and is more easily
chewed and digested. Sprinkle the
hay with water that has salt dissolved
in it because it's pleasingto the ami
malls taste and more easily digested.
A tablespoonful Of salt in bucket Of
water is sufficient.
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Agritnltural
Ventilation Of Stables.

As the time for getting the cattle into
their winter quarters is approaching,
we may properly give some considera-
ton to the conditions to which they
will be subjected. The facts we have
presented concerning the phenomena OF
respiration, have direct and important
bearing upon this subject. We have
seen that air in passing through the
lungs becomes charged with carbonic
acid. If the animal is in the open air
the carbonic acid escapes and does no
injury, but if in confined room. this
acid is accunplated to such an extent
as to be very Injurious to animals
breathing the air saturated with it. 1t
is, in fact, deadly poison.
Hence proper regard to ventilation
Of stables and places where animals are
confined is Of the utmost Importance,
and the want of it often leads to the
most fatal inaammatory diseases.
A man consumes about a gallon OF
air per minute. Boussingault says :
horse throws off daily forty-6ve pounds
Of carbon in the form of carbonic gas.
and in the case of the COW four-ninths
Of the carbon contained in the daily
food is consumed in the process of
respiration. It is evident, then. that
the air in a closely shut up stable or
COW house, must soon become vitiated
and utterly unit to support life in q
healthy condition. The air which ami
mails breathe should be in state Of
purity. The space over the heads Of
animals should Be open SO far as possi-
BILE and unobstructed by hay lofts or
anything else, and ventilators should
be made in the roof Of all tightly built
barns to allow the escape Of vitiated air.
Mass. Plo,tghmam.
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Shorthorns.

Whether the top price for shortborns
has yet been reached we do not know.
but that Duchess bull was sold for q, 500
guineas is ''great fact" The animal
was named the Duke Of Cennaught,
the purchaser was Lord Fitzhardipge,
and the price was paid at the sale Of
Lord Dunsmorelsl cattle at Dunmore.
near Stirling. It is not surprising to
learn that this animal was described as
"the finest Dddhess- hull in the world, {"
and it is satisfactory to know that be is
otSgoing out Of England. Strange to
say, both the sire and mother Of the
Duke Of .Cobnaught came from Canada.
having been bred there BY enterprising
purchasers Of Bates stock. The other
prices reslixed 4, Lord Dunmore's sale
were higher Ion the average then ever
before known. Another Duchess bull
brought :. 900 guineas; two nagnif-
cent cows, 1850 and 1910 guineas
respectively, and very few Of the ami
mails offered realised under 9300. The
average Of the bulls was 1892 16s. Sd.
per head, and Of the COWS, g576 s..
Cd. per head, the total average of the
sale of thirty-nine lots being e672 los.
Sd. per head. London Court. Journal.
A valuable. herd of shorthorn cattle.
which belonged to the late Mr.. William
Torr, has been sold at Aylesbury
Manor. near Grimsby ~ There were 81
lots--7l cows and heifers and Is bulls
and these produced a total Of nearly
948, 600. or an average Of more than
951Os. aiAsaR 5H' ~ '..-3''.'
Middletown transcript., 1875-10-23

When the English feet under Lord
Nelson was bearing down upon the
French ships anchored in Aboukir Bay.
just before the ever-memorable battle Of
the Nile, the captain Of one Of the
British vessels addressed his crew at
considerable length, and. having ex-
horted them to remember their duty.
and what their country required at
their hands. he turned to the captain
Of marines and said "Now, sir, you
have heard what / have said to the
ships company; il may be as we'll for
you to say something to the men par
ticularly under you Upon which
the marine officer commanded .atten-
ton" and addressed them 10 the fol-
lowing pithy and lacoDic manner
e My lads, DO you see that land ? point
ing to the shore which they we're rap
idly nearing. That" said he, ''is
the land Of Egypt and if you don't
fight you'll soon be in the house Of bon
dage.
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il "Tbere, my dear wife. there is the
set Of jewelry which you have SO long
waited for" said he, as he laid pack
age before his wife, the other evening.
20! you dear old darling. How much
did it cost?" she inquired, as she tore
of the paper. t.Ouly $50," he repli-
ed, carelessly. "And what's this
mark. $780, on the card for ?" she
asked. as she held it up and looked at
him with suspicion in her eyes. ''That
that mark-why, that means they
paid only $3.50 to have the jewelry
made" be replied. "Just think. dar-
ling, Of grinding . poor, hard working
artisan down to $8.5Ow
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The following story is told Of men,
Der Of Parliament, who, wishing to con-
ciliate an old neighbor, a voter, sent him
pineapple from his hot-house II hope
you liked it," he said to the old man,
when be met him few days afterwards.
"Well. yes thankee, pretty veil But
| suppose we5sort Of people are not used
to them fine things, and don't know
how to eat 'em." How did you eat
it, then?" "We boiled EN-" '.Boiled
i'll" sighed the NJ. p, in horror, think
ing Of his pineapple. "Yes, we boiled
EN- with leg Of mutton"
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How TO ESTIMATE CRops PER ACRE.

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 to
presume that the proportion will be the
43. .460th part Of the acres produce.
TO prove it, go through the field and
make ten or twenty calculations and
estimate by the mean Of the whole
number. of results. It will certainly
enable farmer to make closer calcu-
lation Of what field will produce than
be can BY guessing.
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4tln,orous.
Getting Bid Of her Daughters Beau

She lives down on Baker street, and
she has daughter about eighteen years
old. The old lady retains all her sim
plicity and innocence, and she doesn't
60 two cents on style The other
evening when splendid catch called to
escort the daughter to the opera the
mother wouldn't take the hint to keep
still. While helping her daughter to
get ready. she asked:
MARY, are you going to wear the
shoes with one heel of, or the pair
with holes in EN- 2"
\ MaryIdidn't seem to hear, and the
mother inquired:
'Are you going to wear that dollar
gold chain and that washed locket, or
will you wear the diamond father
bought at the hardware store?"
Mary winked at her, and the young
man blushed, but the old lady went on:
fsAre you going to borrow Mrs.
Browns shawl, or will you wear niHe?"
i Mary hustled around the room, and
the mother said:
'.Be careful Of your dress, Mary
you know it's the only one you've got,
and yeu can't have another until the
mortgage on this place is lifted"
Mary remarked to her escort that it
promised to be beautiful evening, and
as she .buttoned her glove her mother
asked:
"Those are Mrs Hardy's gloves.
amt they? She's been good neigh
Dor to us, and / don't know how you'd
manage to go anywhere if she didn't
live near u.s."
Mary was hurrying to get out Of the
room, when the mother raised her voice
once more and asked:
Did you run into Mrs. Jewett's and
borrow her bracelet and fan? Yes, /
see you did. Well, now, you look real
stylish, and | hope you'll have a good
time"
Mary sits by her window in the pale
moonlight and sighs for the splendid
young man to come and beau her
around some more, but he hasn't been
seen up that way since that night
The old lady, too, says that he seemed
like nice young man, and she hopes
be hasn't been killed by the street cars.
Detroit Free Press
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60E day guaranteed using our WELL.
W. AUGER DRILLS. $l0O mosth
paid to good Agents. Anger book free. ilz
Anger Co., ST. Louis, Mo. Oct 2-4w
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Dime GABLES.

IN and after Monday, MAY 31st 1875, Sundays
" excepted Trains will leave as follows:
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A portly magistrate Of Glasgow.
having, one Sunday in summer. found
bis way to the parish church Of Govan.
overcome BY the heat Of the weather.
fell fast asleep during the sermon. In
the middle Of the discourse, a dog
which had got into the church most
inopportunely set up howl. "Put out
that dog said the minister; ''put out
that dog instantly-he'U waken the
magistrate.
Middletown transcript., 1875-10-23
Small farms make near neiphbor,

Small farms make near neighbors !;
they make good roads; they make
plenty Of good schools and churches !;
there is more money made in proper
tion to the labor; less labor is wanted;
everything is kept neat; less wages
have to be paid for help; less time is
wasted; more is raised to the acre !;
besides, it is titled better; there is no
watching of hiied help; the mind is
not kept in worry. fret, all the time.
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The Count de Grasse was once wound
ed in the knee with lnusket-ball The
doctors cut and hacked and made many
incisions, when, getting out Of patience.
the Count asked why they cut him up
SO much. 1--WE are seeking" said the
surgeon, "for the ball "Why didn't
you mention that before? | have the
ball in my pocket
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The mixed train will be run subject to delays Incl
dent to freight business and will stop only at sta
tions where time is given.
Neac Castle Trains-Leave New Castle for
Wilmington and Philadelphia at IL 05 and
6 80 pm. Leave Wilmington 40 M and
l rs m for New Castle.
Smyrna Branch Irains-Additional to those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 10 30 m
80 and 90 pm. Leave Clayton for Smyrna
Z 20 a m 2 40 and 7 90 m, to make connec-
ton with trains North and South) from
Clayton.
CONNECTIONS:
At Townsend, with Queen Anne's and Kent
Rail Road. At Clayton, with Maryland and
Delaware Rail Road. At Harrington, with
junction and Breakwater Rail Road. At Sea-
ford, with Dorchester and Delaware Rail Road.
At Delmar, with Eastern Shore Rail Road, and
Wicomico and Pocomoke Rail Road.
Jun 5-tf H. F. KENNEY, Sup't.
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A village pedagogue. in despair with
. stupid boy, pointed to the letter A,
and asked him If be knew it. "Yes,
SIR" Well, what is it 7" Il knows
him very well by sight, sir-but rat me
if / can remember his name.''
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THIS Fine Walnut Parlor Suit covered in Hair
cloth wool Terry, any color, seven pieces, 9l45.
We will ship the above Suits to any address on re-
ceipt of prices named No charge for packing. For
1925 extra, Four Walnut Cane Seat Chairs, One
Walnut Cane Seat Rocker, and One Walnut Towel
Rack, will be sent with either Chamber Suit Solid
Black Walnut Wardrobes feet high, $22.50 Solid
$23 SO. All other kinds of CHAMBER or PARLOR
FURNITURE equally reduced in price The choicest
patterns of CARPETS sold at manufacturers prices
Bedding in every variety. Name the price Of any
article Of Furniture you may need, and we,wl send
photograph. Aug. 18-12w.
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A GENTS. 20 ELEGANT On CHRoMos, mosnt-
IL ed, size 9xll for ST.. Novelties and
Chromos Of euery description. .iias H
NATIONAL CHRONIC CO., Philadelphia, Pa.
Oct l6-4t
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10
THE PARDON OF INGERsOLL

Gov. Iilden's pardon Of the famous
chair-maker, Ingersol, convicted with
Tweed, has created as much sensation
in New York political circles as his
canal message. That a Democratic
Governor, who had been so active in
breaking down the Tweed ring, should
set at liberty one of its leading men,
bers, created surprise and suspicion,
but before Mrs. Grundy could recover
from her surprise sufficiently to give
expression to her suspicious, a six
million-dollar suit against Boss Tweed
explained the motive Of the Governors
action. This suit is designed to recover
as much as possible Of the stolen mil
lions, and Ingersoll happens to be
the man who knows exactly how
the spoils were divided, who
got them, how they were invested and
where they can be found and legally
seized tc-day. Sly members of the
Ring who have hitherto escaped and
thought they we're safe, suddenly find
themselves entrapped in the meshes of
the law, and lively disclosures, with
some tangible result in the disgorging
of Their steaGngs promise to crowd the
threadbare Brooklyn trial out of mind.
Many accuse Gov. Tilden Of playing
for the Presidential nomination OF the
Democracy next year; but, whetherthis
be true or not, he is evidently no polit-
ical trimmer. He has taken on him
self very difficult tasks to re-
form, which no man can &C.
complish without active support, while
failure from any cause must elicit ridi-
cule or suspicion Of earnestness Of in
tention. Meanwhile, some administra-
ton journals take such a lively interest
IN the welfare Of the Democracy that
they remind US our last three candi-
dates for the Presidency. MCCLELLAN,
Seymour and Greeley, all came from
New York, and we ought therefore, for
luck, try some other State next time.
This suggestion is very kind in them,
to be sure; but the Democracy will pur-
sue its own course without respect to
advice from such sources.
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CURIOUS REVELATIONS OF THE
ANNUAL RAILROAD REPORTS.

Railroads having become, since the
war, the principal distributors OF our
internal commerce, the amount Of their
business may be taken as the measure
OF comparative activity IN trade. Their
gcoss earnings indicate thesvolume of
products going to msrket, while their
expenses reject the cost Of labor and a
vide range Of commodities. Judged
by this standard, however, the COM
merce Of the past year has not been so
limited and stagnant as the public have
generally believed. The figures of the
annual railroad reports for 1874, now
coming in, are surprising in their full
ness. and suffer little from comparison
with the previous year, 1873, embracing
nine months Of eliminating activity
and only three Of panicky col
Iapse. whereas the whole of 1874
was one continuous groan about
depressed energies. The Ns10 YORK.
Bulletin gives a detailed table,
showing the gross receipts and
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

PoLITIcAL epicur,s like the Spring
i ID LIass.) RepuJI'cals and the Nelc
York Tribune attribute the Democratic
successes of last fall and this spring to
the Independent votes" and kindly
tell us that the Democracy III order 10
slcceed, must Cultivate" aud concili-
ate this new force IN politics, (which,
they claim, holds the balance Of power
between the two parties We suspect,
however, the Democracy will proceed
on the even tenor Of its way, preach
ing its principles and practicing itspre-
cepts. as the surest mode for securing
the cooperation Of this balance of
power. An ounce IF experience is
worth ton Of theory and somehow
p the Democracy is holding Its own pref
ty well. We recollect when the same
political epicures suavely requested the
Denocracyto commit hari-kaH. For
tunately for the country, It respectfully
declined 70 acquiesce in their views.
And we have no means Of knowing
that any advice they may offer now is
better thin what they offered when the
Democracy was not so strong nor So
able 70 take care Of itself.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

RESPONDING to an Invitation to at
tend the centennial Of the Pennsylva-
MIA Society for Promoting the Adolf
ton OF Slavery, the Quaker poet and
abolitionist, John G. Whittier, writes:
So far as the abolition of slavery is
concerned, the work of the Society is
done. Mainly upon the colored people
themselves now depends the question
whether, by patient industry, sobriety,
and assiduous seE-culture, they shall
overcome the unchristian prejudice
still existing against them, or by indo-
lence, thrIftlessness, and moral and
physical degradation they shall con-
firm and strengthen it.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

PRESIDENT PORTER, of Yale, recently
gave the following lOncOnic advice to the
students in the course of an extended adj
dress: Don't drink. Don't chew. Don't
smoke. Don't swear. Don't, deceive.
Don't read novels. Don't marry until you
can support a wife. Be earnest. Be self
reliant. Be generous. Be civil. Read
the papers. Advertise your business.
Make money, and do good with it. Love
God and your fellOw-men."
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

WE are asked to give an opinion Of
the constitutionality of the Dog Law.
Its a question we prefer to leave with
the Judiciary. We do not hesitate
however to say that we sincerely hope
that its effect will be to rid the State Of
thous inds Of worthless ours, and pro-
mote the raising of sheep and the
growing of wool
Our attention has been called to the
vote in the House of Representatives
upon the passage Of this law. There
werev5tiDg for it twenty-eight farmers,
nine lawyers, three doctors, two mer.
chants, and two mechanics-total Al.
Against it, thirteen farmers, seven
lawyers, one doctor-total 81.
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erich blue velvet with garniture Of the
finest Russian sable, satin petticOat trim
med with bands Of diamonds and large dia-
mOnd tassels, and trains of Velvet That
was what the Duchess Of Edinburg wore
at a Royal DrawingroOm in which she
made her finest appearance. Note the use
Of the terms "bands Of diamonds" and
"large diamond tassels, and then i'm CINE
the magnifcence Of the display.
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Union AND AMERICAN


ANEET the Connecticut election, the
Nel0 York Tribune asks mali,iOusly:
"Are the Administration orators salts
fed now that the bloody shirt business
has played out. and that it is time to
fold up that sanguinary garment and
put 1t aside foreYeI?'
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10
MEDICAL.
MANHOOD RESTORED,

A victim Of youthful imprudence, causing
premature decay, nervous debility, etc, having
tried in vain every known remedy, has found q
simple self-cure which he will send FREE to his
fellOW-suffeTers. Address i. H. REEVES, Is
Nassau street, New York. P. o. Box 5,I53.
an daodam.NW1af
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

LONDON has another new industry. 4
man advertises himself as "KnOcker-up and
window ticker, from three to seven" He
wakes heavy sleepers who wish to get up
early. Window tickling is waking with
out ringing the bells by means Of a long
pole, with which he taps on the window
pane.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

THE seven trustees who were to have
the disbursing of $1,000. 600 for benevo-
lent purposes under the trust deed
lately revoked by James Lick, she San
Francisco Ci@sus, now propose to con-
test at law his right t. revoke, they
holding that the trust deed was an a5-
solute gift to the charities mentioned.
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PRESCRIPTION FIRE..

EOR THE SPEEDY CURE OF SEMINAL
E Weakness, Lost Manhood and all disorders
brought on by indscretiOn OF excess. Any drug
gist has the Ingredients. Address Dr. 2. Hi
Ton s. CO., Cincinnati, Ohio. Oc29d1y
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

THE Pacific Mail Company, which
seems to have been organized by steal
ing in the first place, seems likely to
realize the fate of Action, who was
eaten by his own hounds. Disaster fol-
lows disaster. One fine steamer after
another has gone to the bottom through
incompetency Of officers; the subsidy
bill failed in the last Congress; Jay
Gould has fastened his clutches on the
corporation; the Panama Railroad, an
essential part Of its line, has thrown
up its contracts; and now comes news
of half million deficit on epart Of
its agent in China.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10
WATER
An Invention Worthy of Notice.

NOOPER'S PATENT ELASTIC RUBBER
" Bucket Chain Pump, manufactured and
sold by wilkins & Markham, Cfice cor. Wood
land and Hickory streets, Rdgefeld, Tenn.
Our pump meets everything Objectionable in
other pumps; brings up stream Oneand one
half inches in dismater almost without effort is
simple, durable and cheap; il cannot get out Of
Grdcr. These pumps have been in use two years
and ten months without any PCrCeptible wear in
either buckets or tubing. They produce the
most perfect agitation 20 necessary to pure
water. This pump applies the principle Of at
mOspheric air; OF, as Il Is famiIarly called
suction, by using the endless chain with but
thee buckets IN q well OF Cistern. 20 arranged
as 70 keep one IT. tube at a time, causing a con-
slant how Of water thus raising twice as much
water in a given time a. the common break
pump. and with les labor. Il il warranted not
TO freeze. and the buckets are 50 constructed as
70 be easily expanded in cas- Of wear.
Call and see one now I'm use al Hunts Store.
corner OF Woodland and Hickory streets, Edge
field, Tenn, and examine references.
WILKINS & MARKHAM.
avS collin
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.

n Office IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL
parties having bodies deposited in the public
vault at the City Cemetery to remove them by the
10th inst, or they will be inferred by the city as
paupCTs are as the law directs.
aplO1t d. MARTIN. Sexton.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-10

WE understand that a negro man by
the name of Brown, preacher, Is 60
ing around getting the negroes Of this
county to sign petitioe to be sent TO
President Grant, asking him to fur
nish them with provisions, clothing,
etc, seating that the white people re-
fuse to give them employment, and
that they will starve unless aided by
the government. II such be the case,
it is lie made from the whole cloth.
There isplenty Of work for them if
they will only do it, but the trouble Is,
getting them to EOrk.-ShelbyUa.C
Commercial,
o The present is a rather unfavorable
season for such political missionaries as
Brown, whom we take to be some
white Radical, from the Commercials
failure to designate lis color. With
the opening of spring there is no end
Of work Offering in Tennessee, and our
farmers generally have plenty to feed
York-hands, all croakers to the con
trary notwithstanding.
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SPECIAL DISEASES.
DR.. .RlMANMAM

EURES all Private Diseases without the use Of
~ Mercury. Charges reasonable. Guarantees 10
cure ''SpermatOrrnea-' or Seminal Weak
ness in from 10 weeks time, once No. Gg
St. Louis IN lST.
EE-Dr. R.'a treatise en- Special Diseases. -
which fully explains the nature, causes, symp-
toms, etc, OF Seminal Weakness. Female COM
plants. syphilis and valuable Information on
other delicate subjects. sent FREE in plain,
sealed Envelope on receiptof stamp.
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Rev. l.. F. Drake, for some years a prom
inent member ofstf5 HolstOn Conference,
Methodist Episcop9 Church, died sudden
" at BloOmlngbUg o., April t.