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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27
Dwarf Fruit Trees for Gardens.

STANDARD fruit trees with their lower
most branches springing from the stems
several feet from the ground, may be
preferable in an orchard, but we still pre-
fer the dwarfs, or at least low headed
trees, for the garden. In fact, the older
we grow the less inclined are we 10 climb
or risk our neck on ladders in gathering
fruit 1t is quite likely that in times past
when dwarf pears were all the rage, that
the mania for these trees led to some ex.
travagant notions in regard 10 their pro-
ductiveness ana value, still we are not in
clined 10 give them up, nor TO think that
all kinds of dwarf trees are humbug
and delusion," as some horticultural writ
ers have assumed TO believe. faa -. .
Our best specimens of pears Of various
sorts are annually gathered from pear
trees worked on ounce stocks, or what
are termed dwarfs But if we were about
to plant a pear orchard of considerable
extent we should probably select standard
trees for the purpose, as they require less
care and attention, and are perhaps less
liable to disease. We think, however,
that the failures experienced by many
who went into the dwarf pear and apple
tree culture, few years since, with ex-
led our pomologists generally TO discour-
age the propagation and cultivation OF
dwarf trees of all kinds. There Is, with
out doubt, some choice in the kinds OF
stocks TO be employed in piopo2aiing
dwarf trees, and only the best
should be used; but let us not
give up the low.headed dwarf trees, at
least for garden culture. We want
trees with branches starting near the
ground, so that old folks and children can
gather fruit without havingto climb forty
foot ladders. ii it is necessary 20 protect
such trees from late frosts 10 spring, II is
much easier 10 do so than with lofty speci-
mems. The same Is true in regard To de-
stroying noxious insects, pruning and va
rious other operations, which are some
times necessary TO insure good crop OF
fruit.
II is well known that dwarf trees gen.
orally come into bearing much sooner
than standard, and this saving OF time is
quite an important matter when family
las TO wait for fruit until the trees grow
from bud or scion to bearing size. Trees
trained low will usually come into bear.
ing earlier than those trimmed up, even
the same kind Of stock, and the
only real advantage Of using dwarf kind
of plant for stock, is TO save the trouble
of checking by artificial operations, such
as pruning and pinching back the young
shoots in summer. Those who desire
these low-headed trees have only to pur-
chase one or two year old plants at the
nurseries, and force the branches to push
out low down on the main stem, and from
that time forward avoid trimming up, but
instead annually shorten all leading or
terminal shoots I'm many localities II is
difficult to obtain large pears and apples
from standard or tall trees, as they are
likely to be blown off by the wind before
they mature, but with low-headed or dwarf
trees this loss is avoided, -Rurak Nep
Yorker. . ...s..., .gtg.stEI
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

y Yesterday morning Burlington lady,
who lives out on West Hill, was moved, by
reading the "city lyric" on that subject,
to go down into her cellar and see how
the moisture was.b She did not go down
however, for the water was there before
her and had been all night, and had driven
the rats out to higher ground, like the poor
people in Happy Hollow. She had not
more than opened the door VIXEN a great
rat sprang beneath the skirts OF her dress.
The next instant the lady had him in her
nervous grasp, holding dress, skirt and
rat with desperate grip, despite the
wriggling and squrming of the rodent.
And back into the kitchen she went, and
the matinee opened. The lady is good
church member and had never taken a
lesson in dancing in her life,, but she
Waited across the kitchen, and galloped
through the sitting room, and polkad down
The hall, and schottsched back into the
dining room, and reeled back into the
kitchen, where she jigged and shufiied,
and pirouetted, never missing step and
furnishing her own music all the time,
while her sister and three children ran
after her, shrieking and wai'ing for help
under the impression that she had gone
the matter. She told them, at last, when
the orchestra was out OF breath, and when
she told them they all shrieked in chorus
and ran out of the room, but returned,
climbed up on the table and begged
the thought, she said an all her
wild dance, while striving to quiet
her nerves, she had chung TO that rat 1t
l. frtn tn
now She held on to him, and she wasn't
going tolet go OF him till the headsman
was ready. A council of war determined
that the best way to kill the rat was to
put him in bag and pound or drswn
him. The lady ordered the galleries
cleared. and then, with many shrieks and
trembling. but determined hands, she
emptied the rat into the bag that her sister
had given her, and called in tie family.
When the house was again in session, the
rat was chased into a corner Of the nag,
the lady who had captured it put her foot
ON the bag to keep him in his place, and
her sister, posing the heavy poker over
/ the rat. took good aim, raised the
poker high above her head, shut her eyes
and ayerted her head SO that she might
moi see the carnage, and then, summon
ina ali her strength, struck the deadly
blow. A loud, piercing scream, that
curdled The blood with the intensity OF its
agony followed tile blow, and as the
executioner opened her eyes she beheld
the unfortunate rat catcher at the other
end of the room, seated on the floor, sway.
ing TO and fro. nursing her bruised and
beaten foot, while the rat greatly fright-
ened by the noise, ran out OF the bag,
Jumped on the baby's head, and scared 1t
into commissions, leaped from the baby on
TO the table, topped into crock OF butter,
scrambled through pan ofmilk, jumped
off the table on to the window-sill, and
ran under the house 10 conceal his emo
ton. -BurIingt0n HaDkEy
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A little strong soap lathsr mixed with
the starch will prevent fiaf-lrons sticking
TO linen.-Scientifc Amsrican.
dough, one-half tcaspoonful butter, one
cup sugar, two teaspoonsfnls soda, one
pound raisins; roll and bake.
The Germantown Telegraph says:
There Is no mode that we ever tried so ef-
fectual in transplanting tomato, cabbage,
cantaloupe. or any other tender plants, from
the hot-bed or from one place - another,
as to prepare a vessel filled with manure
water and rich soil, about the consistency
of thin mush, with which the roots of the
plants should be we'll coated and set in a
hole made with sharp round piece of
wood or dibble. After being rather firmly
planted, noisten again with manure-water.
Every year the practice of using wa
ter quite warm tc the hand, grows in
favor with me, and now could not give
a plant the smallest sip of cold water. be-
ing sure that il would injure it. Saucers
are quite needful, and every pot should be
supplied with one, and If it is filled with
boiling water every morning, it will add
to the luxuriance of the plant, and fire.
quently no other moisture will be needed
y. Il
pot are also etficacious in plant growth,
and the tea leaves can be added in small
quantities TO the soil Of the pots. lvies
are always beautified by an application of
tea leaves and tea, and it is an excellent
thing 10 wet sponge in tea and moisten
the leaves with it, as it wipes off all the
dust which accumulates upon them con-
tinually.-Cor. Neso England Farmer.
The principal causes of failure to
make seeds germinate are, covering too
deep; allowing the surface TO become too
dry; or an excess of moisture. As rule
all the smaller varieties of seed should be
covered about twice the depth of their
own diameter The seeds of most vari-
ties of flowers, being very small, require
more care than vegetable seeds and il is
always best TO sow in seed bed, all ex-
ceot a few varieties that do not transplant
we'll. Plants may. be started early in a
bot-bed, or in cold frame the latter part
OF April or very good plants can be
grown in shallow boxes, placed in
warm sunny window. When none OF
these conveniences can be had, and after
the weather has become warm and settled,
prepare a bed in a sheltered place In the
garden. Make the soil fine and free from
Jumps, and press il down smooth and level
with board. Sow the seeds thinly on
the surface each variety in little square
| by itself, aud cover each sort according to
| its size. The soil for covering should be
| light and sandy, and sifted through a fine
sieve; and If the seeds are very small,
carefully sifted over them. Press the soil
| down firmly and water once, taking care
not to wash the soil from the seeds.
| Spread newspapers over the surface TO
keep In the moisture; but they must be
| removed when the plants begin 10 come
up Keep clear from weeds, and if the
plants are too thick, tbinthem out. After
they obtain their second leaves, transplant
where they are TO grow.--Amerfcaa Patron.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27
Wood Ashes.

In is good plan, for. every farmer TO
save all the wood ashes he can produce
on the farm and 10 use them wisely. They
are worth at least thirty cents bushel or
more, and we would not sell them from
the farm for less than forty cents. a
bushel of good hard wood ashes contains
four pounds of potash. in addition to some
soda and considerable amount Of soluble
SILICA and phosphate OF limes The real
monty value OF these constituents is fully
forty cents bushel 1t is good plan TO
mix ashes with ground bone in a sort OF
compost, letting it lie till the whole be-
comes homogeneous mass. In mixing
ashes with bone you get all the essentials
of plant food. You get the gelatine in the
Done, together with nitrogen, potash and
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

SODA; what more can you have? We have
for several years recommended that mix
ture, and some have told US that il did
not succeed very well upon corn; but we
found that they did not use judgment in
Its application. They would drop the,
seed upon the fertilizer and in that way
destroy the germinal principle. A CEN
siderable quantity of earth should be put
upon the compost before the seed is
dropped. Half handful in a hill brings
the corn up quickly, and makes a mag
nificent growth. 1t is a very profitable
fertilizer to use The more ashes we can
use the better. We would apply at
least twenty five bushels of dry ashes
to the acre, and if we could get
nifty We would prefer to use that
amount, and that would perhaps
be about the limit to which il would
be wise 70 go. As to leached ashes,
though many farmers think as highly Of
them as unleached, they are Far less valu-
able for most purposes, and their money
value is less than half that of unleached.
Of course, when soap boiler teaches
ashes, he teaches out everything that is
soluble in hot water, and of course he re-
moves very large portion OF the soluble
potash and soluble soda, and those are
The two important elements that he re-
moves. He leaves the phosphoric acid,
he leaves certain amount OF soluble
silica that is, ii is soluble to plantsand
he leaves the lime. and, upon the whole,
he leaves considerable amount OF fertil-
izing substances in his leached ashes.
Now, as regards the value of leached
ashes, we regard them as worth from four
teen to seventeen cents per bushel, but
cannot state the precise value, because
some soap makers will rob them more
than others You cannot find two speci-
mems exactly alike. Some soap-makers
will manipulate them longer and exhaust
them more thoroughly: but leached ashes
are cheap fertilizer at about one-half the
price of dry ashes. Let every farmer,
therefore, and every housekeeper ! e care
full TO save the wood ashes and apply them
to the land in the spring. 1t is better TO
use them at home than 10 sell them TO the
soap maker at any price that he will be
likely 10 give.--Plou0hnaa.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

NJ. PASCAL CoRDENoUs. an eminent
Itaiian mathematician, has just arrived in
Paris to study all the existing types Of
guidable balloons, and particularly those
of NJ Giffard and M. Depuy de LONE.
On Ills return to his own country he will
construct an aerial machine of his own m
vention, which, in his opinion, has solved
ali the difiiculties Of the problem His
journey is made at the expense of his
Government. s..4sg
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

--On certain occasion, before the poet
Sake had rmigrated from Vermont, a gen
tleInan was quoting an opinion Of the
Governor Of that State on some political
question as lift we're conclusive. " Pshaw,
who cares for the Governor, /" said the tall
poet. "A Governor Is no great Atari
once came within one OF being @ Governor
myself" " Whati'' exclaimed the other,
who knew that SAKE was defeated by an
immense majority, what DO you mean
by onep "The candidate for the other
party" was the answer.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

MucH OF the best furniture coming TO our
market is from the well known house OF
Holton i Hildreth, 225 and 227 State street,
Chicago. Their goods are reliable, and those
who have dealt with them say their prices
are below other houses in the city.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

81 PERSONS Gardaer L. Ddtfs-"I had
suffered for long time with Liver Disease,
and found SIMMONS REGULATOR to en-
tirely restore me. My wife and daughter
were cured by the same remedy from Chills
and Fever"
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

ASK your druggist for CDR. Sykes Sure
Cure for Catarrh," or send Ten Cents TO DIR.
c. X. sykes, l69 Z. Madison St, Chicago, III.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

Dr. MAHLA. Prof Chem, eertifes Prlssing'
White Wine Vinegar 10 be pure and whole ONE
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

THE Eve of an Election-A female
voter .--B0St0H GL0be.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

and one from the west--Hon. John
~ Vnr Az,
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

blaine viii be the nations next
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-27

weekly BIZ canyassipg for IT. t2s Paees, sb lbstrs.
ioI,s ~, so Yearly, with eegath Ihr1ino send 20
a. for cory and terms 10 FEANE LKsLir. Aew York
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-10-28

would most rsspsothslIy state Ia the
puhois. thaf ceumeneaA tAe use a thia
febsifhge, moro than 1fteon ycan ago; du-
- 1ich time, used u extensively IN my
= G65ses snd have never known II to fall IN {
aa0le inaoancA IN The most aggrnvetod
60 q rvaitesat end intermiftent fsv9.
vhsa every soapositi.n q quinips prUvrd
ssessih.6s this fsesissge prsa.ss spaa ~
oftes using. Fever sf this kind which haal
los1e1 frs0 siGht b - WseotAa ana Ovua d
yens, aaa vhisA hoa seaaesd elso pa1isat d
= ssessdinGly .aliteAsd ssnlitsss, ai.e;
psafs1 - Rky essAantynsMt. vhsa ty9n1ed
Wi1A ~ Ia1faa vegu1nhls rebrifdUs. loos
sa1sly wss@mesA thu fchgilhgs n III
psns3ltjsaes 81 Msdicins. = Well : pdvat<
4.nilssA - - maay easss bsve saesea~
fnlly tssa4eA WITH \ 80 . sal1eirat Gnaenn
- 81 IT, e0aacy and aln,ost inlalliti0ty.
Beg ~ Loai1. July let. lN16. VIZ
o. Tel CaAA ;08l0oY. D. A.hnI
vse - st AsssAasfbl stsrA .sT :,
Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1876-10-28

=
THE AMERICAN EXCHANGE 4 RE-
VIEW. Il Contents for October, 1876
I. The Land Owners Of England
and Scefland. "
2. An Information, ! Cnrrency.
8. specific Gravity (Ccncludsdl. /.
4. Insurance Department.-Ir'i.
tion Of Coal Cargoes- Mortality oi
Southern Life Companies-Life In
surance N = Social Force --Conven-
tion Of Chief Fire Engineers The
Burning Of Shanty Town Death
Rates of Occnpations-The Seventh
Annual National Insurance Conven-
tiOn-The International Medical
Congress National Board Of
Fire observation-disclosures Bri-
gandage- Philadelphia Banquet to
Cornelins Walford Law and Neces-
sity-Rhode Island Fire Insurance
Insurance JOttings.
S. Department Of Railways and
Transportation. 1.-The Railway Sit
nation as seen by Mr.. Hatch-The
Seaboard Pipe Michigan
State Railway Report-The New
Jersey Central Railroad-Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Lonis Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern The
Cumberland and Ohio Canal.
6. Department Of Patents. Arts,
and Science. and Eng
lish Iron and Steel Manufacture :
Trade. Mark L%gislation-United
Statea Patent Aasocistion-Itema.
2. Monetary Department. -Finan-
cial Intelligence Weekly Prices Of
Stocks in New York and Philadsl-
phia.
8. Noting and Commenting.-Af-
fairs A broad The Indian Cam paign--
The Centennial Exposition Blasting
the He'll Gate Ledgo.-The Palisser
Gnn-The boundary Line.
Subscription Pric0, e3.OO0 per an-
AMBROSE SHAPLEY, Manager.
RerieU PsbliskiNg osd Printing To-,
N. ". Cor. WalHat and F0xrfk St.,
Philadelphia. "a
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uas - the ticket ip Okia. AaA re-
seived ! ,200 votes moro than Hayes
diA Last Fall. and Boynront majority.
which waa the test. wonld m0Wat mp
toward 1000 or lI,Om. Being IN
tevscRated dupon the political sltnation
b Louisiana, ke replied thet he
cosM only give hls tmprsScn,
~ hs hsd hess N~sth 6sviaG the
eanvass. Re kelteve1, Asgsvsf, thst
hia State vosld slset ~ 0saeerstic
STATE ticket eoo - 1eps6oSeas
National ticket Packard, tAe ~
publtesn nSuulDee ~ 0evesoss. Was
regnrded " IT, Whleps - ~ e06~-
dimeat of all tAoG y taa eD1 essyupe
% the Federal 0evesnment. ~ afect-
ing LouisiasA NiehollA - the coa.
tsary, the Deoscratts Rs@inee,: We
popular WITH 10th blacks and whiteA
Althoueb q ex -ConfederaSe aAldies,
he VA . pasticnlarly hooossble and
allie man. He he'd nvsd IN Q alaesset
whes~ there wss = vesy lsrge MeGvo
populeolOn. Toward theae negsses
be kod MDiformly acted n TIE klWd-
est Ind mnst c0naistent moanss, -
finding then, and insisting Npon
their pieAts. He Wa likely, there6ore,
- poIl . hssxy legitimate vote. The
whites appeared to BE- arKing The Ne
groea 10 vote for Nicholls, telling
them that they did not carr fhr the
national ticket; that their asxiety
vss neisly to carry the ete1s. In
sO0e insoances the whites were
aGreetag % vote far Hayes and
wheeler II the pegroeA would snp.
psrt Nishols.--N. Z. 1stSsas, 0etob-
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SHERIFrS SALES.
PARISH COURT.

PARISH or Sr. JOHN THE BAPTIST.
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FFICAL JOURNAL OF TBE PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPT1S

and honest Of their own ponuiatious.
black, white, and mixed.-NeV Fork
6sn.
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NO. 07.
E. LroENDRE Attorney.


BY virtue of IN order Of salA beering dat
October 9th. 1876. and to mo directed BY ths
Honorable the aforeAaid Court, I will pro
coed to sell 1t public auction, on the pro
Inises, on
THURSDAY the 7th day Of DECEMBER
1876, AT 10 O'Clock 4. r..
the following de~cribed movable aad imme
vable property, belonging TO said sucosssion,
TO Wit:
LANDED PROPERTY:
A certain tract Of land situated In this
Parish Of 81. John the Baptist, on the right
bank Of the mississippi River, measuring
one arpent and half. moro CT leae, front 70
the said river. by sixty srpents, moro or les
In depth, between closing lines, bounded on
the upper line by the property Of Mrs. Wow
Paul Anbert, and on the lower limo by that
Of Mra. Widow Sylvain Rouasel, tOGethes
With the buildings and improvements thsre.
on and thsrsunto belonging.
xovABLES:
Also one Armoir, two Bsslafeads, one don.
bic barrel Shotgun. one Revolver, one jar.
TERMS:
Cash on the spot, IN U. 8. Treasury Notes.
6heri6s Office, Pariah Of 81. John tn
Aaptist, October 18th, 1876.
xooS& CoOa1s
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soulh Carolina.
Ilsn NJ Il 1wul4 a.. lo.l

We havs ssvssal tNss urged tie
eolossd vetsss q south Carolina 70
sappovt General Aampton md he
Donsteaejo 0tses an sloeal tiehets.
We csasot 80 hsw thsy 90 wissay
= otAeruiep. Thy sss eitasaDs 0f
tAe Stafs their welfare = involved
With that a their vhits neiehhora.
Certainly, e thcy rr6ecl, they win
go that xr. Chambe1l.in haS utterly
failed 70 give the Slate prosperity
a. md esvtrumeut. General f1amp-
toa, ! uDsn ~ inlueacs end character,
e0lsnaly pledges himssH and his ~
epeiates o. the Dem0esetie ticket 70
Giys - etets hanest 0ovsrupsat
and 70 secure to the es1assd poole
every hight. why Shosld they hot
take Nh st NJ wcsaS We suspect
that nasy Gf theo istssd - do N,
end that this ecsssnts for this last
asd desperate espsdieue a Chamber
laisb WlieA - bees . -pssa0tly
sspsssa " nsassn = n evs
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- anrA1oH1AL n0s1ncT.
p - ~ ~ Isiss& 0ssl II ~
- ~ U1tssrs ~ ese 1essAssSbL
Qopo aooDgpsD uyus9 = y in1eUse6sa4
eG111 III ~ nsaa1sS a ~ u oeaoassiel
UE9Yiof. eun1poe - ~ paffneol1ea u ~
49, lssp6 g. Dtaayist, = nsssobss
NJ vw ~sTyGhw.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-12-12

there Is nothing to show that there was
violence, OF naturalization, or interference
Of any kind on the dsy of election he
vond what Is Incidental to elections in
Chic or any other State. On tho other
hand i, is settlud as firmly az testimony
can settle anything that The election was
exceptionally peaceable and quiet
But while i, was freely Conceded tha,
the vote cast was legal, that the returns
faithfully set ont the vote as cast, and
that they showed a large Democratic
majority, the Republicans, or at least
most Of their lea lera, claim that there
were divers outrages committed at divers
times and places before the election,
which had the effect Of "in,imitlating''
many colored voters, irnpelling them To
vote the Democratic ticket, or to refrain
from voting. Taev further claim that o
law OF the Sts'e au:horiz, . the Return
ing Board to throw out the vote OF any
parish where there has been, or they
may chouse to say there ha. been, sin.
timidation rs lW
Under this authority the Returning
Board threw out about $4,000 votes, &C
knowledged to be legal. because part o
the citizens ha | not voted at al, or hat
voted differently from the way the Bparc
would have preferred.