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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-01-06
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE.
Thursday, Jan. q, 1870.

The next Tennessee Legislature will
have n great deal Of work to do, aud
work to undo, and we trust that it will
acquit itself more crcditably than the
last one did, But Of this anon. The
Legislature TO be elected will have TO
select two men to represent our State
in the Senatorial branch Of Congress
one TO fill out the uncXpired term OF
Andrew Johnson, and one to succeed
Henry Cooper. There will be u nun
Der Of candidates, Of course, and it Is
quite probable that candidates for the
Legislature will be called upon, N
many counties, to express their choice
in this respect. This we would not
have done, for it should be no test Of
Il candidates capacity, and we hope Y
cry candidate for the Legislature Of
Tennessee will be bold and honest
enough to leave himself uncommitted.
But it is time that we should be think
Ing as to who shall be our Senators,
and the Home Journal, after carefully
surveying the field, makes up its mind
~ 10 Oue-a man who is no especial
iayoritG Of ours, and to whom We are
under no obligations. A man, too.
who will be surprised when he reads
this article, for we have never heard
him utter q word in this connection,
nor have we cver uttered a word to
him about it. But public men are
public property, and newspapers pre-.
sumo to speak for the people, and for
the interest Of the commonwealth.
Aud the Home journal uDQuaIiicdly
speaks free from sectional bias or party
dictum, Tor it processes to be undo: 10
shadow Of obligation to any party, or
creed, or church, or individual. 1t IS
IN organ Of no man or set Of men,
and its u]ttCranCCS, when wrong or
right, are the u,tcrRnccs solely Of The
person whose namc is published rs cdi
tor. Occupying this unbiased and in
dependent standpoint, we propose to
offer the name OF 4 man who would
make US, surely, as good Il Senator
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Principles of Good Farming,

The better to retain i'm pOrtant facts
in the memory, ] am ever fond of re
ducing the principles of good farming to
brief maxims and rules, COMPRISING
into a single short sentence the gist OF
many page Thus l carry about the
mental pabulum to be digested at the
handle of the pillow or hoe. The follow
ing are some Of these principles:
First-The farmer who would succeed
we'll, and derive pleasure as we'll as
profit from his calling. must manifest an
active and abiding interest in his voca-
ton. 1t takes heart-work 10 make hand
work pleasant
Second-The farmer must study how
best to increase and maintain fertility to
his s.ils. There is 40 inertia in agri-
culture. There must be progress, either
forward or retrograde.
Third-The farmer must strive to in
crease the quality as well as the quantity
of his crops. 1t is the quality that de-
termines the price. In this Excelsior
should be his unvarying motto
FOurth-The farmer must seek with q
watchful eye to improve his market ia
cilities 1t is transportation that eats
up the profits
Fith-The art of raising butter stock
is not as well known as it should be
Keep no more animals than you have
the facilities to feed and care for Il ell.
Sixth-The farmer must seek to i'm
prove his social, intellectual and fnan
cigl condition.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
How to Catch Hawks

As the season approaches when hawks
marauders will be in order. it is a
well-known fact that hawk will always
light en- Some conspicuous place close to
the poultry yard from which to swoop
down on his victims Take advan-
tage of this, erect pole with fiat snr-
face at the top just large enough to hold
a strong steel trap. Fasten this trap to a
slap le in the pole and await results. No
bait will be needed for the hawk will be
quite certain to light on the trap and be
caught a gentleman who has tried
this method has succeeded in killing all
the hawks in his neighborhood, aud can
now raise poultry without loss except by
&C cident.- Rural New Yorker.
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BEATTY PrarO!
GRAND SoUARE AID TJPRIeHr

GRAND SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
Endorsed by the highest musical au-
thorities throughout the world as THE
BEST.
"Mr. D. F. Beatty, at Washington N.
j., has engaged in the manufacture of
pianos, and judging from his energy, en-
terprise and musical ability, the public
may expect to secure in ais pianos WE'LL
fiDishd. durable and fine tOned instrus
meats at a very moderate price. His
facili ties will enable him to compete with
any. -Iambertville IN. J. Record.
IA Send stamp for catalogue Address
DANIEL F. GEATTY,
Washington. Y. J
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
6eaVes.

In heayes the great point is to cor
rect any fault in feeding, watering and
working Keep the patient in cool,
clean, well-aired staple feed sound
oats or ground feed morning and noon,
withOus any hay or stray, but at night a
few pounds of well-cured timothy, or
better, straw may be given after the
grain; do not put to work for at least an
hour after any meal and let the ezercis
be gentle for the first half hour; never
ever-drive; If there is any tendency to
costiVeness. give daily two or three
ounces of Chamber salts, more or less, as
may be necessary to keep them easy
Without such careful management all
other measures will prove unqVailing,
aud this care alone may be sufficient to
check the disease in it's early stages.
A run at grass on a natural pasture, des-
titute of clover, viii often have a SINH
lar effect Finally, the following pow
der may be given daily for month, or
even more: Powdered digitalis, three
drachms; powdered gentian, four ounces;
pOwd cred coriander seeds, four ounces;
arseniate of soda, tx o dFachms. Mix;
divide into thirty powders; give one
daily in the food i New York Tribune.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
THE FARM.
Sheep in England.

England is the great sheep-producing
country Of the world, in proportion to its
arAbl, lands. Its sheep have a valuable
fleece and most valuable carcass We
can hardly believe that our own country
will fail to follow in the same agricul-
rural methods 10 England, 30 far as the
production of flesh, food and the fertiliza-
ton Of the soil to make it produce grain
are to be considered England, with
her dense population ana great manu-
featuring cities, has found the sheep to
be the most profitable animal to be fed
In her high priced lands
We find from reliable author that
the Government statistics show that the
British Islands ara divided, dgricuitur-
ally speaking, as follows: One-third OF
the lands In rotation Of cultivated crops,
having grass lands that are seldom more
than three years in grass until again
cultivated; one third 10 permanent grass
"A large part of which was once under
cultivation-and the remaining third has
received little or no attention from the
hands of man. The total area OF the
kingdom is given II ,2S4, l84 acres, and
the total number Of sheep to be 34,432I :
600.
These sheep realize an annual pro-
duce of the value of $l50,000000. To
take a single county, that of Leicester
shire, as an instance of the distribution
of these feeLs The total area is 5l4,-
QUO acres, consisting of III 900 cultivat-
ed, 274,000 reclaimed or permanent
pasture, and 63 600 unreclaimed. There
are in the county 465, 600 sheep. This
is the home Of the famous breed that
takes its name from the county. Sussex,
the nursery of the Down sheep, has an
area of 937. 900 acres, carrying 58O,OOO
sheep.
1t may be said Of England that there
is an average Of one sheep to every acre
and quarter Of all the the country, in
Guiding forest and water. And these
sheep are so large that they are estima-
ted to average when slaughtered sixty
FIVE pounds Of mutton each; and three
years being assumed as the average life
Of the sheep for the whole kingdom and
for all breeds, ii, $40. 600 sheep are every
year slaughtered for their mutton. These
are prime ipally sustained on the pastures,
turnips being depended upon in winter
and as "groundsr" for fattening for the
butcher If England could raise such
crops OF corn as we can this turnip sup
ply would be Of far less importance there
than it now is.-[G. w. Waddy in Farm
ere Home Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

The Caliafornia harvest promises to
be one of unprecedented abundance, a
prominent grain operator at San Fran
cisco gives the surplus OF wheat in Cali
fornia for shipment this season as $780,
00J short tons, exceeding By 100000
the surplus of the crop Of 1875. The
yield is unusually heavy In all parts cfthe
State, and in quality the grain is the
best ever harvested in the State. He
gives the price of July delivery along
side the ship as 96c per busheI. He an
ricipates no difficulty in procuring labor
for harvesting the crop, nor in procuring
means of transporting it from the
interior, unless the bulk of the crop is
held until late in the season, which
would probably oVertax the railroad
facilities.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Draining Wet Lands

A correspondent of the New England
Farmer has drained a once worthless
psrt of his farm, and made it wonder
fully productive. The meadow was di-
vlded by a crooked stream whioh rem
dered it too wet for cultivation, but by
digging q straight ditch through it,
three feet wide and three feet deep,
with pertinent walls TO support the
banks, and running other drains thus,
the land has been improved, until it now
produces immense crops Of hay and
grain. Seventy-fve bushels Of corn,
and from seventy-fve to one hundred
bushels of oats to the acre, having been
raised on the land since the drains were
completed The expense of draining
the land has been paid for several times
over already.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
The Delaware Strawberry Crop.

Straw berries are giving place to rasp-
berries, and the latter are now beginning
to come into market. Black5erries are
also appearing in small quantities. The
straw berry season has been little long
er than last year and has been of some
profit to the growers. There have gone
into market from the Delaware peninsu-
lar, over the Delaware railroad, about
4,7l0.O00 quarts of strawberries since
the opening of the season on May 29th.
IN the transportation of these berries
three daily trains were required the
greater part of the season. Of carloads
there were about 7S5 of which 552 were
consigned to Jersey City, 35 to Boston
and 19S to Philadelphia, the latter being
estimated. The others are official. Re
duced to quarts, the quantities delivered
to these cities were: To jersey City,
3,3l2,0O0; to Boston, 2l0, 900; to Phila-
delphia, l,l8S,000. New York was also
largely supplied by the Old Dominion
steamship company from Lewes, which
carried probably not less than ! 100000
quarts, giving $4,000 quarts as the
entire marketable product of the PENN
sUlar, exclusive of the quantities sold In
the local markets. Seven cents per
quart is thought to be a fair average of
the prices obtained, and if we deduct
from this four cents as the estimated
cost of the cultivation and marketing Of
the crop, we have left margin of three
cents as net profit to the growers.
Applying tkIs figure to the quantity
shipped, we have as the net profit of the
strawberry yield for the season now
closing S17I,38O In other words, the
strawberries haYe brought to the PENN
sular farmerS this quantity OF money, the
effect of which has been perceptibly felt
in all the rural districts, as the crop was
abundant eVerywhere.-[ Wilmington
Commercial.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Dust Baths for Poultry.

Cleanliness is important in fowl
houses, for experience shows that
poultry are unfavorably effected By the
emanation from filthy quarters, and, be
sides where roosts and floors are covered
with the droppings, is decidedly IN
pleasant Dry earth. in the form of
powder, scattered everywhere, will ab-
surb the bad orders, giving a wholesome
atmosphere to the hen-house, and at the
same time in the least offensive condi-
ton. Besides tn csc purposes, a box OF
dry earth should be in q convenient
corner'of every fowEhouse for the fowls
to roll in. Dust from the highways is
the most convenient Replace the same
by an equal quantity of good gravel,
and the public will be the gamer.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13


Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in
the Bones, Side and Head, Female
Weakness, Sterility, Leucorrhoea, arising
from internal liberation, and Uterine
disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation,
General Debility, and for Purifying the
Blood.
This Sarsaparilla is a combination of
vegetable alternatives = Stillingia, Man
drake, Yellow Dock with the Iodides
of Potassium and Iron, and is the most
eficaciOus medicine yet known for
the diseases 1t Is intended to cure.
Its ingredients are so Skilfully COM
bined, that the full Alternative effect of
each is assured, and while it is so mild
as to be harmless even to children, it is
still so effectual as to purge out from the
system those impurities and corruptions
which develop into loathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence which
prominent physicians all over the coUn-
try repose In it, prove their experience
of its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have
accumulated, and are constantly being
received, and as many of these cases are
publicly known, they furnish convincing
evidence of the superiority of this Sar-
saparilla over every other Alternative
medicine. So generally is its superb
orlty to any other medicine known, that
we need do no more than to assure the
public that the best qualities it has ever
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BEATTY NO

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These celebrated instruments have
attained a woaderful degree of populari~
ty among tho musical fraternity generals
". They have been tested by aud res
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Of the most celebrated musicians for har
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without a superior. Huntington Pa ]
Monitor
na-AEents wanted. Send stamp for
catalogue.
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Wasbtintou, -
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

Crop reports from nearly all sections
of the country, thus far, re singsiarly
favorable. In some portions of Mime
sofa aud Iowa the grashoppers are again
putting in an appearance; throughout
the Middle Sta ties the potato bug also is
at work, but as yet none of these pests
have done any damage worth speaking
of. How it will be later in the season is
another mattsr.-[ a merican.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

There are formal reports of good stands
Of cotton through the county. Cotton
come up about a week earlier this year
than last, and it Is expected there will be
a large yield by its forwarduess, and it
will have more time to nature Lex
ington Reporter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
LOUISVILLE, PADUCAE
Southwestern h. R.
Condensed Time Card in Effect March 6. 1876.
NORTH. STATIONS. SOUTH.

The Louisville, Paducah and South
western Railroad connects at NOrtonville
with St. Louis & Southeastern Railroad.
At Louisville with lines diverging for all
points North and East.
Take tickets, and ship your freight via
Fulton and Paducah for Louisville and
the East. EDWARD p. WILSON,
Gen. Freight and Passenger Ag't,
Louisville, Ky.
D. F. WHITCoAIB, Gen'I Sup't. jelly
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Rapid Growth of Forest Trees

A correspondent of the Boston Cult
vatOr gives his experience in the growth
Of forest trees: Norway spruce and
Scotch larch wera planted, and In min e
years the spruce trees were fifteen feet
high, with twelve feet spread of top. In
fourteen years the larch were thirty
feet high, with a spread of twenty feet,
and circumference Of four feet at the
base. One larch was forty feet high in
seventeen years Silver maple trees
planted in 1864 are now thirty-five fe ct
high, and seven to ten inches in diam E.
ter at the base. Elms planted in 1856,
now range from thirty to forty feet high
and are fifteen inches in diameter.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

The wheat crop of this county, which
last year reached nearly 100000 bushels,
promises so far nearly, if not fully, reach
last yeBrs figures. 1t is not so heavy,
perhaps, as last year, but the breadth of
land sown will make up the difference.
II Dresden Democrat
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
MaIariOus FeVers.

You ale at liberty to use my name
in praise of your Regulator as prepared
by you, and Recommend it to every one
as the best preventive for fever and ague
in the world. 1 plant in Southwestern
Georgia, near Albany, and must say that
it has done more good on my plantation
among ny negroes. than any medicine [
ever Gseed, it supeTsedes Quinine if taken
in time. Yours &C., Hon. B. H. HILL,
of Georgia.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Contains no QMinine or Ar
S8NiC, nor any deiefeHONS
substance WhdteUeE.

This mediriine, OzcIng to its g1eatmsr-
1t, has been q z00Hdey7ztL success. It IS
carefully c0ub0zl ndeH Of purely gegeta-
bic ingredients, and Hs5er fails, zOjzsn
br0be11LV taken, to are tie most ObStI-
nate eases 0ffe0e r and ague, neuralgia,
and all maLar7aL diseases. Unlike chill
remedies generally, Etreguircs no Bn,1g-
ztiUe 10 be taken z6Tkb 1t, tie meaEciHe
acting gently and Ggreea6Ly HboH tie
HUer itself and b 0aOek, efectuaLLy re-
m007ng tie cauSe gfhie disease, not
merely kemb0ra,TZy cFecklng 1t. Herein
consists one great aaUantase EthaS Oger
eli 0kFsr brebayat ions. Tie crozouine
crceLleHte Of this remedy, A0z0eUe1,
o5OUe tile bcrmaue zcy and certainty ct
its rYye, is the fact that no injury z0Eat-
eUer cgn arise from its use, as is certain
to be Tie case zoJieH 9zllnfne az arsenic
are taken, z0lticb are tie b1THc5bLs in
gradients gfnzost Of tie chill ueaEcI,zes
mOzO tn use.
It has been baI7ic ularly successful IN
tie cure ct chronic cases Of chtAs, ire
gHeNtly making eu,res after all other
remeaEes had faiZeA.
rs a tonic it is zn1TUaLeA It tn
cyeases the appetite, promotes digestion,
keeps tie stomach tn a healthy n01lai-
kiOu, acts ub0H tie HUe1-, and assists the
system to HE'1O00 off the i?1aHeHre gfma-
Ea1Ta.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Wood Ashes as a Potash Fer
tilizer.

From an elaborate investigation of
the composition of wood ashes from
household fire, by Prof. Storer, it
appears that these contain, unleached
and dry, about eight and one half pei
cert. of potash, somewhat more than
the lowest grades of German potash
salts Either leached or unleached, the
dry ashes contain about two per
cent of phosphoric acid, of which none
OCCURS in the German salts. In
Storer,s field experiments, wood ashes
(unIeached) applied in large quantities
brought larger yields of barley, beans
and rutabagas than farm.yard manure,
city stable manure, or any single potash
salt, as sulphate, carbonate, or even
nitrate.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Memphis & Charleston
RAILROAD.
Centennial rates from stations on Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad to
New Y ork and Philadelphia
and return.

The rates quoted via Norfolk includes
meals and staterooms on the Old Domin-
ion steamers, between Norfolk and New
York. This is indeed a splendid route
for excursionists.
NJ. S. JAY,
General Passenger and Ticket Ag't
maY25
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
CONSTEPATIOV,

TESTIMONY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF GEORGIA. Il have used Simmons
Liver Regulator for constipation of my
bowels, cansed by 4 temporary derange-
ment of the liver. for the last three or
four years, and always when used accord
ing to the directions, with decided bene-
fit. think is good medicine for the
arrangement of the liver; at least such
has been my personal experience in the
use OF it. HIRAM WARNER,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

Tom Thumb has purchased tract of
land in Florida which be intends to eul-
tivate rs an orange grove.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

The acreage of cotton in the Sou th
his season is c, 5IS,005 acres,
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13

CHILDREN Your Reg
ulator is superior to any other
remedy for Malarious DIseas-
Gs among children, and it has
a large sale in this section
OfGeorgia. W.M RUSSELL,
Albany Ga.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-07-13
Ole and Grubbs in Horses.

NlOAAO Thu w q 70 " III NHHIA 80
Having had during the last twenty
years of my life to attend to racing stock
and having had so much trouble with
them with Collie Grubbs, &c, and hear
ing of your Regulator as cure for the
above diseases concluded to try it. At
ter trying one package in mash l found
it TO cure in every instance, it is only to
be tried to prove what l have said in its
praise, can send you certificates from
Augusta, Clinton and Macon as to the
cure ofhorses. GEORGE WAYMAN,
July oath, IS. Macon, Ga.
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Sick headache.

Sick Headache.
EDITORIAL. - We hav
tested its virtues, personally
and know that for Dyspepsia
BHhousness and Throbbiug
Headache, it is the best
medicine the world ever saw.
We have tried forty other
remedies before Simmons
Liver Regulator, but none Of
them gave us more than
temporary relief; but the
Regulator not only relieved,
but cured us.-E Editor Tele-
graph and Messenger, Macon,
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Ayers
Sarsaparilla

For Scrofula, and all
scrofulous diseases, EFysi-
pelas, Rose, or St. Antho-
ny's Fire, Eruptions and
Eruptive diseases of the
skin, alterations of the
Liver, Stomach, Kidneys,
Lungs, Pimples, PustuleS,
Boils, Blotches, Tumors,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald
Head Rinnru-nr-nn TTInorn
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PREPARED BY
Dr.. J. c. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and analytical Chemists.
SOLD By ALL DRUGGISTS EvERYwHERE.