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The Republican journal., 1875-04-22
Farm, Garden and Household.
Manurial Value of Wood Ashes.

A correspondent of the Country Cen
tleman premises an article on the tertiliz-
ing Of ashes, by saying that new land
loves its value to the potash lett after the
land is burned over, as is the case, also III
breaking the prairie" While the Western
Rural would hardly like to assent to this
rs a nrOpositiOn, it does not deny that
potash and its combinations are among
Ihe most important constituents of the
soil The correspondent, after noting some
observations made relative to the applica-
ton cf ashes says;
In the strongest garden soil have no.
tced 1t, and also IN very poor land. I'm
leached have a still more marked effect,
showing the Importance OF potash as ma
nUre. The tests that have been made. SO
tar as | am cognizant, always show that
the growth, especially of grass, CORE
spends to the amount OF ashes applied
aud the amount may be large seventy
"r eighty bushels per acre, and even more.
he beurnt wall show at once, but not all
ot lt as the ashes do not give up at once
ali the1 contain being slowly dissolved, so
as t. slInuIv potash for several years. This
is my experience, and, | believe, the uni
loltn rNperieuce of every one. The reason
why ashes are not more highly valued-is
lhat they are too sparingly used. When
@owu ou meadows a few bushels TO the
acre are all that are used. As but part
IS dissolved the first year, it will be readily
seen that the effect must be small-less 50
ihaa Jbat of plaster. though plaster is one
ul lnc ingredients ut ashes
Bus tara are NOT enough ashes to SOW
lalgely. and h large proportion of what
WE have me permitted to go to waste;
particularly is this the case with leached
ashes, Yet they are nearly as good as un-
rached, and equally lasting We ought
Ia ,aye every particle OF our ashes, includ-
ing the SCOT from the stove pipes and
chimney. We want them for special uses
10 manure our grape vines and fruit
trees. and tu Use m our gardens dooryards
and lawns Each farmer or owner OF land,
Il he burns wood, makes enough ashes for
tilese purposes, The extent OF land on
which they are used being circumscribed,
they may he used plentiiully, in which
vase thc effect will not fail to be highly
satisfactory, have used them on grape
vines with the most gratifying results, APP
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22
Physiology of Eggs.

Every fowl has two small organs near
the extremity of the body called the ovaria
They are filled with elastic tissue, and feel
under the finger like a sponge. The eggs
are started here. and those which will ma
tme year or two, OF three years hence,
are Ia embryo One IS forced up, j. seized
bl the stroma, which is seventeen inches
long ;md passes rapidly through. When
the rgg leaves the oyary it consists of yolk
only. bai IN It's passage through that short
canal the yolk is surrounded by enough
albmueu to perfect the chick The white
of the egg has in it all that nature requires
ion making bones, muscles. blood vessels,
connecting tissues, skin and feathers.
Just before the egg leaves the body,
this canal has the power of secreting lime
for the she'll This shows how valuable
the egg is as nutriment, and also what de-
mluds are made for rich food by a hen
that lay an egg daily. Besides what she
requires Tor her suStenance, she is called
upoa TO secrete the material for the body
ut an entire chick, and also retains tor the
little creature sufficient to last many hours
after it leaves the shell 1t shows that a
hen cannot make albumen so rapidly eN-
rept out of albuminous food, such as
wheat, meat and small ANIMALS.
1t IA not true that there are a certain
number Of eggs, and that this number ex-
hausted, no more can be expected but il
is true that the secretions lessen as old age
comes on, and Iatterly the hen fails tc
have sufficient force to carry forward the
process. The practical bearing OF this is
That we must see that the fowl is always
we'll Kept The way to have good laying
pullet4 is TO quicken the circulation ant
strengthen the system by liberal nutrl
meut The yolk is food for the first three
on tou days Careful housewives maxi
4 mistake by attempting to feed them be
fore the expiration of this time. Let tn
mother bird have charge and success viii
be certain, for she knows better than an.
man can what the chick requires Poul
try Review
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

There is enough of heroism and nerve
in the way Tennessee locomotive engl-
neer met his death to temper with sym
pathy the judgment which his toolhardl-
ness deserves. He was employed on the
Georgia and East Tennessee Railroad,
and was cautiously working his way over
the track with passenger train just after
the recent floods had subsidized lie reach
ed Sweetwater Greek, over which tenn
porary bridge had been thrown to replace
the one washed away by the swollen wa
ters 1t seemed insecure, and he feared
to risk his passengers on it, so, uncoup-
ling the engine from its tender, and or
dering the fireman to leave his post, that
but one life should be endangered, he dash
ed at full speed for the other bank. These
were moments of breathless suspense, then
a crash of broken timbers, an explosion, a
cloud of steam, and a wrecked engine
The engineer was seen no more; the rush
ing river into which he fell swept his
body far away leaving only his name, DAVID
Holloway, to immortalize his generous
but reckless act
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

The man who is only honest when hon
esty is the best policy is not in reality an
honest man. Honesty is not swerving
policy, but stable principle. An honest
man is honest from his inmost soul, MOI
designs to stoop to aught that is mean
though great results hang on the petty
fraud
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

travelled correspondent tells the Mir
ror and Farmer that those New England
ers who protest most loudly that farming
doesn't pay, are those who grow bushes
on their best land.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

A correspondent OF the Rural New
Yorker states that he has kept apples into
May almost as fresh as when first picked
by packing them in common plaster in
flour barrels.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

NOT SUCCESS They got up a sur
prise party Thursday night last on a young
married couple, at whose house in Swan
poodle a similar affair was one OF the SO
cial successes of the last season. Inc
conspirators were met calmly but cordial
ly at the gate by the husband, who rested
on his shot gun, while his beautiful and
accomplished wife, whose face and form
were visible inside the porch, said she was
very glad to see them, but she didn't think
she could hold the bulldog back more than
minute longer!
AT Portland the other day man call
ed at house asking to be shown the gas
meter. This was the trick of the last Bos-
ton murderer. The man was shown the
way. On turning about suddenly, there
he found himself confronted by two pow
erful women with uplifted iron pokers
ready to brain him. He fled in wild
haste and left the company's service
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

81 dreamed l was at a spelling match and
never missed word," is what young ladies say
now when they recover from the effects OF
ether
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

PICKING OFF Potato BLOSSOMS. w,
observe some discussion in the papers on
the practical utility of picking the bios
SONS off from growing potato plants tC
increase the growth OF the tubers. Ac
cording to theory, this would be the result
the formation of seed always tending to
exhaust more or less the vitality of the
plant Many years ago statement came
from Europe on this subject, and we were
told that the crop would be increased one
third by carefully removing all the bios
SONS. We gave it careful test in rows
side by side, but ordinary measuring die
not indicate the slightest difference, which
must have been very small if any-proba
| bly, requiring more refined weighing tc
distinguish it, and of no consequence
whatever in common practice. Country
! Gentleman.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

WATER For CATTLE. How much water
cattle require we have learned this Win
ter Our water, in pipes to the barn, be-
ing stopped, and the surface ofthe ground
being covered with ice, SO as to make it
unsafe for the cattle to 90 to the stream,
we hauled water for them from the stream
quarter of mile distant for two weeks
And this was practiced by many OF oul
neighbors. Fifty head of cattle and horse'
drank daily fifty cans of water, and few
times as many as fifty-five These are
milk cans of ten gallons each. So that
cattle require at least ten gallons each pei
day. There were four horses, two oxen,
thirty-six cows and eight young cattle. l
1t would require a large cstern for such a
supply. 2. Cattle seem to drink more wa
ter in very cold weather. ) The quanti-
ty of milk seemed to be lessened by the
use of such very cold water. 4. We got a
very certain estimate of the value Of plen
ty of spring water coming to the barn
| TCor. Country Gentleman.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

OUR APPLES IN ENcLAND. Nothing as
tonishes the English more than our sys-
tenn OF barreling apples. In that country
the crop is placed thinly on shelves, in fruit
houses constructed especially for the pur-
pose. and no one thinks OF sending them
long distances to market. Our Rhode Is
land Greetings and Baldwins, therefore,
which now 60 there in barrels in immense
quantities, surprise them considerably. A
good deal of this is, perhaps. due to the
varieties we send there. a few years ago
the Newtown Pippin was the great Amer
lean apple in the London market; but since
the failure of that variety, those two nam
ed have in a measure taken its place. 1t
is not, however, that these apples should
reach the English markets in such excel
lent condition after being merely barrel
ed up that astonishes the English; the
price is also a wonder for, after being
sent so far, they can still be sold at a price
that the English can hardly touch with
their own fruit. This fact speaks we'll fol
the progress of American fruit culture
| philadelphia Press.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22
Deyons.

A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man brags on the Devons | tested one
five year Old in the month of June, Oh
grass alone, and she yielded forty pounds
of milk per day. In the eight days hel
milk was kept separate, the result was
seventeen one-quarter pounds OF butter, at
two churnings. | have another heiter that
was three years old the 18th Of June,
1873, which yielded last summer thirty
four pounds per day of milk. and very
rich had another of the same age that
gave only twenty-three one-quarter pounds
per day Of milk, but it was extremely rich
milk for her age My old cows yielded
much more-cne of them from forty-eight
to tifty-tour pounds per day. Average
yield OF butter per cow for the year 1872,
two hundred torty-three and three-quarter
pounds; l fed nothing but pasture from
May 18th, until October 9th, when they
received some sowed corn and pumpkins
while they lasted. ! believe their milk
and butter are superia in quality, color
and flavor to all other breeds, and so is
their beet. They are always gentle;
never had one of them raise a foot to kick.
They are the most hardy of all cattle al
ways keep NICE feshing up in the winter
and milking of during the summer.
The Republican journal., 1875-04-22

Horse SHOES FOR SLIPPERY STREETS.
A well-known student of veterinary sur
gerry, Mr. George Fleming, writes to the
London Times, explaining a simple device
tor preparing horse shoes tor slippery
streets which he has tried extensively and
with marked success. 1t consists Of a sim
pie steel stud of a square shape, some two
or three inches in length one end of which
is pointed the other end, which has a very
slight taper, fits tightly into hole OF cor
responding size, at the extremity of each
branch or "heel' of the shoe, reaching
nearly to, but not above, its foot surface.
When the horses are shod, square holes
are punched in the shoes. The studs are
kept in readiness, and as soon as the roads
get slippery the studs are inserted into
each hole, and slight tap with hammer
serves to fasten them in, while the weight
of the horse drives them in and keeps
them in place. Owing to the slight taper
on the portion of the steel stud which fits
into the shoe it can be easily taken out
and sharpened at any time. The studs
last long time; and the simplicity and
efficiency of this plan have attracted wide
attention among English horse owners.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
The Potato Pest,

The Journal of Commerce treats face tiously of the potato bug, or Colorado beetle, and warns Europe against the in- road that he will soon make upon it. The editor thus tells his history:
 Entomology cannot fix the place of his birth-but it was somewhere in the "far west" and common report assigns it to Colorado. The bug has widely spread the name, if not the fame, of Colorado; and she has reaped the ad- vantage of that notoriety in being ad- mitted as 0 State by the last Congress- This shows the benefit of being talked about or we'll advertised. When the Doryaohora, etc., struck the potato plant in Colorado, Iowa, or wherever it was, for the first time, he made himself at home at once. The bug and the plant, which were made for each other, had met at last. He sought precarious living no longer among the wild plants of the prairie, but clung to the potato thence forth as his best hold and only hope. Under these favoring conditions the potato bug becomes the most prolific of parents. His family is not considered large unless it numbers over twelve hun dred; and he duplicates this every fifty days. In single night they will strip the leaves from acres of growing pota- toes, killing the tuber as effectually as if they dug into it's very heart. The only sure antidote for the noxious insect yet discovered is paris green. But this poisonous compound will kill the potato plant unless sprinkled thinly and care fully over the leaves; and then there is danger that the insects will escape 11nhnrt -
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
Bravery in Women.

The Atlantic Monthly, giving 8 |" Rebels Recollections, speaks of the wonderful coolness and courage of the Southern women and girls "under fire, |" during the late war, and gives some ex- amples in proof. .tt ..t
 A bevy of girls stood under a sharp fire from the enemy's lines at Peters burg, one day, while they. sang Bayard Taylor's ''Song of the Camp" respond ing to an encore with the stanza:
 "Ah! soldiers, to your honored rest, Your truth and valor bearing;
 The bravest are the tenderest,
 The loving are the daring"
 Indeed, the coolness of women under fire was always a matter of surprise to me. A young girl, not more than six teen years of age, acted as guide to a scouting party during the early years of the war. When we urged her to go back after the enemy had opened avigorous & fire upon us, she declined, on the plea that she believed we were going to charge those fellows, and she wanted to see the fun. At Petersburg, women did their shopping and went about their du- ties under 8 most uncomfortable bom- bardment, without evincing the slightest fear, or showing any nervousness what ever.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A PERSPICUOUS WITNESS.
"COusin Sally DiIlnrd" Testimony Givel r., p in n Court in Ireland.

A "COusin Sally billiard" Testimony Giver
 TO in n Court in Ireland.
 "Well, my lord judge, sure it was
 cloudy, wet sort of drizzling day, and
 says I to my old woman, I believe i will
 go down and 'posit my vote.' And, as it is a sort of dark, cloudy, wet sort better take the rimbrill2 2 Says I to the the tlmbrill.' So took the umbrill, and I advanced on down toward town, yer see, and be me faith, when I got down thar MT. Cole comed, and said he, Buck, have you seed anything of neigh hss suse, set sS and for Ehy Says he' He
 The witness was here interrupted by the court, and told to confne himself to the actual fray between the prisoner and Cole, the prosecutor. In answer to this, the witness remarked, in a tone of indig nant remonstrance "Well, now, my lord judge, and sure and sartin it is am sworn to tell the truth, and I'm gwine to tell it my own way; so it ain't worth while for you to say nothin' about it. ,.-..-..-..... ....-.. - .-......,. .
 We'll, I was goin' to say it was on last election day for our glorious Parlia- ment of Lords and Commons, and says l to my old woman, I believe I'll go down town and give my vote to the Home Ruling gintleman. Says my old woman to me, says she, Buck, as it is sort of a dark, rainy, drizzly sort of 8 day, hadn't you better take your u1n- brill, says she. Says I to my old woman, Sure, and had better take my umbrill so took the umbrill and ad- vanced on toward town until I arriv' thar. Well, the first thing I did when I got thar was to take drink of rale Dublin whisky, which was monstrous good, and says to myself, Buck, my auld boy, you feel better now, don't you 2 And while I was advancing around, MT. Cole, he came to me, says he, Buck, have you seen any anything of old neighbor Harris!' Says I, And why is 1t ye ax me?' Says he, |" The old man has got my umbrill.' After awhile I gave my vote for the Home Ruling gintleman, rale old Irish gin tIemen, and then MT. Cole and me had @ drap more of Dublin whisky, and ad- vanced back toward home, and MT. Cole was tighter than ever seed him. And so we advanced until we got whar the road and path forked, and we took the path, as any other gintleman would, and arter advancing backward awhile, we arriv' to old neighbor Harris, sitting on millstone with the umbrlll on his arm, and about that time the prisoner comed up, we advanced on till we arriv' at Johns house, John is my nephew, and likewise my son-in-law. He married my darter Jane, which is next to Sally. Arter we had advanced to Johns house, we stood in the yard awhile talking, and presently MT. Cole got to cussing about politix, and advanced into the house whar was my Johns wife, which is my darter Jane. We'll, arter talking awhile with 'em, my nephew, says he, Uncle, let's go home. Says I, Good, you darling.' So we trotted out together. And there's all I know about the as sault, for I warn't thar" t.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
About the Halter.

The old problem about the natter and the counterfeit bill is going the rounds again. A natter is waited upon by man who wishes to purchase hat. A hat is found to suit him ex- aetly-the price eight dollars, Il The man offers in payment fifty-dollar bank note. The natter has no small bills, and is obliged to go to neighbor and get the large bill changed. He returns and delivers the hat, and gives to his GUS toner forty-two dollars of the small, good bills. Before night the neighbor who had changed it brings back the fifty dollar note as counterfeit. Of course, the natter has to give him fifty dollars in good money for it. The dis honest customer was not seen again. Now how muchsdid the natter lose by the operation2 p. t.. t-... ...s, ..... :
 I have heard vast deal of discussion over this question. The last time I heard the thing mooted was in friends store, where were present two good book keepers, and an accomplished insurance agent. How much did the natter lose ? " Why-ffty dollars and the hat, of course" said the agent And the others were wilder than he.
 Just take the simplest possible propo sition, and we have it. The natter cash account at night. Or, 8 secondsim- pie proposition. There was but one sharper in the business did he make off with !? Or, to make it, perhaps, plainer still, suppose, instead of going to his neighbor to get the fifty dollar bill changed, the natter had happened to have fifty dollars in small bills of his own I thd@ o sed aa gone pro ho@f nd and g1t from that situation is very simple.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
,-, ,-t'kLI 4G. f~".-t TL.-T - lf. The GrasshOpper Plague.

,j The officers detailed by Gen. Terry to make a canvass of the destitute people in those portions of Minnesota which have suffered by the grasshoppers report g, 9,154persons totally destitute, of whom 4,917 are over twelve years of age. There b is an appropriation by the government yof. $50, 900 for the relief of these people,
 and this will be expended in the pi1r- chase of pork, flour, and other provisions,
 which will be supplied by tllearmy com missnry, at cost prices. It is under stood that ipl addition to the rations clothing will be issued where it is need ed. ., The officers engaged in the. enroll
 nlent report that there were instances of attempted fraud by persons who applied for relief when they were abundantly able to provide for themselves; but it is more gratifying to record the fact that many who were severe sufferers secuted the idea of accepting government aid,
 preferring to depend on their own exer- tions and the help of their more fortu- nate neighbors for support until they
 could make another harvest. In Dakota 6,000 people have been enrolled who are wholly destitute, and they will be sup piled with food and clothing under the supervision of the military authorities in that territory .,.. ..ll? .,.5-.-.t -.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-23
A Touching Appeal.

A prisoner before 8 New York court
 was James Kierce, and the complainant
 John O. Quehhe, of the Belt Line rail
 road. Mir. Quehhe swore that the pris-
 oner applied for conductorship, and
 was appointed upon his declaring that
 he had never been employed on any street railroad, and that his name was James Rooney. It had since been ascer- tained that the prisoner had been dis charged from the service of the Belt Line three years before, and that his name is James Kierce. The prisoner, 8 pleasant looking young man, testified that he had done just what was alleged agalnst him. He said that he had been street car conductor ever since he was seventeen years old and knew no other trade or occupation. That he was dis charged from the Eighth avenue line six months ago, and did not thereafter obtain employment. until he found it with the Belt line. These unemployed months were spent in direst poverty, in which he and his children were supported by the earnings of his wife as a washer woman. Sung almost to desperation by his poverty, he applied for work on the Belt line from which he was dis charged three years ago. He gave an assumed name because he knew that he could not get work if they knew that he had ever been railroader. The ques- tions propounded, and the printed law shown him making false answers mis- demeanor, he supposed a mere form like the bonds demanded of conductors by some companies. 4>..''
 The prisoners wife, a prepossessing young woman, pressed forward to the witness stand, hoping that she might be permitted to plead for her husband. The minds of the justices were made up, however, and they declined to hear her entreaties. As she repassed her hus- band, by 8 seemingly uncomfortable i'm pulse, she sprang into his arms as far as might be done across the prisoners rail ing, and their audible grief dampened many sympathizing eyes in the court room. Sergeant Quinn parted the couple forcibly but quietly, and as he led the wife away the sentence, one month in the county jail, fell upon her ear, and she dropped to the floor in swoon, and was borne out almost unconscious.