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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02

Many peach trees in the cen
trail part of Kentucky are re-
ported to be in bloom in conse-
quence of the prevailing mild
weather.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02

Rev. w. L. Griffith, a cler-
gyman at Pleasant Hill, Iowa,
has been dismissed from his pull
pit because he is a Mason
This is an intolerant age.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
COORE RZNG3

BARRELS, stands, &C., kept on GA
ID hand. All work insured to be isl
good. Special attention paid to making
good whisky barrels Come and give us
call. CHARLES WEISS & Co.
Sept.23-1y Fayetteville, Tenn.
Cash pad for good dry Stares.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
SHERIFF SALE.

SHERIFF SALE.
DY virtue of one writ of fieri facias to
ID me directed from the honorable Cir
cult Court of Franklin county, Tennessee,
at its November term, 1875, in the case of
Mrs. Susan Trigg against c. F. Robertson,
H. H. Smith and H. J. Robertson, l will ex-
pose to public sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the court house door in the
town of Fayetteville, Tennessee, on
Friday, March 18th, 1876,
all the right, title, claim and interest that
II. II. SMITH has in and to the following
described
Tract of Land
situated in Civil District No 5, Lincoln
county, Tennessee, and bounded as follows,
-wit:-On the North by the lands of Felix
WaggOner, Wiley Daniel and II. H. Smith,
on the South by the lands of j. W. Holman.
and on the East and West by the lands of
II. H. Smith, purchased at the sale of the
Jasper Smith lands, containing
80 Acres, More or Less!
The same given to II. H. Smith by his ia
Their Jasper Smith.
Levied on as the property of H. H. Smith,
to satisfy one judgment against c. F. Rob-
ertsOn, H. FL. Smith and H. j. Robertson,
and in favor of Mrs. Susan Trigg, for
S261.22, besides interest and COSTS
W. A. WILLARD,
feb27-nS9.60 Sheriff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02

Ga If Congress had the
right to appropriate 81, 100000
to the Centennial, in what part
Of the constitution, or any law
passed in accordance Herewith,
do We find that right? And if
Congress had a tight outside of
the constitution 10 make such
appropriation, has it not an G
quail unconstitutional right to
pass any other appropriation:
If the Constitution is no longer
the limit of congressional pow
err, what rights has any man in
the whole country except such
as he holds subject to the good
viii Of Congress? If the con-
stitution is henceforth to be on
ly plaything, then the govern
ment itself is only toy, for a
side from the constitution there
is nc government.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
AMERICAN and FOREIGN PATENTS.

GILMORE Il CO.,SuccesSOTs to Chapman,
HOsmer 81 Co., solicitors. Patents procured
in all countries. NO FEES IN ADVANCE.
No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees
for making preliminary examinations. No addi-
tional fees for obtaining and conducting rehear-
ing. BY recent decision of the Commissioner
LII rejected applications may be revived. Spe-
the Patent Office, Extensions before Congress. In
fringement Suits in different States and all litiga-
ton apperl aiming to Inventions or Patents. Send
pages.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02

@ Hon. John NJ. Bright is
the author of the first measure
looking to a restoration of the
ranking privilege. His bill
provides that the Congressional
Record, or any part thereof, OF
speeches or reports therein con-
tanned, and all public documents
already printed, or hereafter to
be printed, for either house Of
Congress,may pass free through
the mails upon the frank, writ
ten by himself, of any member
or delegate Of Congress, under
such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the Postmaster-Gen
eral.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
PENSIONS.

All Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors wounded,
ruptuTed, injured in the late war, however
slightly, can ATTAIN pension by addressing GIL
MORE II co.
Cases prosecuted by GILMORE q Co., be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United States, the
Court of Claims, and the Southern Claims Com
mission.
Each department of our business is conducted in
a separate bureau, under charge of the same ex-
perienced parties employed by the old firm
Prompt attention to all business entrusted to
GILMORE & co. is thus secured We desire
to win success by deserving it. feb
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02

Send for price list and circulars.
Give me your orders, and if price and
quality fail to please, l will refund the
money. will send by mail or express to
any address on receipt of order and money.
d. d. HOLT, 5. II. AGENT,
jan. l3 o LynchbWrg, Tenn.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
LYNCHBURG.
The WORLDS STANDARD
MACHINE NEEDLES

per paper cents.
All kinds Machine Attachments at great
ly reduced prices.
Grover & Baker and the New Home
Sewing Machines 80 to 40 per
Cent. off Old Prices.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
LAND CASES, LAND WARRANTS, and

Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the L s.
General Land Office and Department of the Inte-
rior. Private Land Claims Mining and Pre-
EmptiOn Claims and Homestead Cases at
tended to. Land Scrip in 40, 81, and $50 acre pie
ces for sale. This Scrip is asSgnable, and can be
located in the name of the purchaser upon any
Government land subject to private entry at 81 %
per acre. tits of equal value with Bounty Land
Warrants. Send stamp to GILMORE Il co. for
Damnhlct of Instruction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-02
ARREARS Of PAY and BOUNTY,

Officers, Soldiers and Sailors OF the late
war, or their heirs, are in many entitled to
money from the Government Of which they have
no knowledge. Write full history of service, and
state amount of pay and bounty received. En-
close stamp to GILMORE Il Co, and full reply
after examination. win be Given YOU free.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
The Way to Drive Horses.

With few exceptions teamsters guido and
drive their horses and mules quite too much
with the reins. Most teams are so accus.
toned to be pulled and hauled incessantly
by the lines that they do not know how to
act when the driver is not tugging away,
applying the whip and bswling. Horses
should be taught to 60 where the driver
would have them when the reins are slack.
If horse is hcadstrong and the driver is
required to hold him back with firm hand
it is sometimes a sensible practice to put on
a check rein and require the animal to carry
his head a little higher than he is accus-
toned to carry it without a check rein.
When driver is moving grass with ma
chine he should hold a steady rem, and avoid
the practice of keeping the heads of the ami.
mails moving incessantly to the right and
lett with constantly vibrating motion.
Let the driver keep his eye on their heads
and foreieet Of the team rather than on the
machine. Let the eye glance only OCCASION
ally at the machine, rather than keep look
ing at the implement, casting glance now
and then at the team. II the team is guided
properly, the implement behind the team
will move in the proper place. A great
many inexperienced drivers will watch the
harrow, or mower or reaper, instead of the
team, and, before they are aware of it the
horses or mules will be two or three feet
either to the right or left of the proper
place. When narrowing we walk by the
side of the driver and instruct him to look
forward of the team along the edge of the
narrowed ground, then keep tho eye on the
head and forward feet Of the animal nearest
the narrowed ground. Hold the lines stead
lily but not too firmly. If you desire the
team to move either way, pull one rein only
little. Avoid pulling the team so far to
the right that you must Immediately haul
on the left line. When the moving machine
is in use, aim to drive straight, which can be
done only by holding steady line. Teach
the team, If possible, to go right with slack
lines. Almost any team can readily be
taught to travel close to the stondng grass
without being hauled by the lines to the
right or left, When the lines are slack and
a team begins to turn only triae too much
to the right or to the left, pull one rein only
triae. Let inexperienced drivers be
taught that the common practice of pulling
and hauling this way and that way on the
lines, and then iretting aud scolding at the
team because they do not move straight for,
ward, will worry and fret a spirited horse
more than all the labor he performs.-N
Y, Herald.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08

The Rural New Yorker says: "The
weekly press now seems to be following in
the Rural's wake upon the treatment of Ag-
riculture at the Centennial. We notice that
several sleepy contemporaries have actually
discovered that something is wrong in Phila-
delphia. Go ahead friends Perhaps by
1876 you will discover that there exists such
a thing as the Centennial Dairy Ring"
If we may be excused for the suggestion. the
weekly press is not following in the awake"
Of the Rural. The Rural "splashed around"
and made great deal Of froth, but no "wake"
that the weekly press could follow. The
treatment of agriculture at tho centen-
nial by our wide a-"wake" contem-
porary has appeared to the "sleepy" country
weeklies very much like a personal contro-
versy; and its effect, on the country press
has been hesitation to criticse the centen-
nial management where there appears to be
occasion for it, and lit is fair to presume) a
distrust on tho part of the centennial COM
mission of the qualification of the farmers to
manage their own interests at the exposition.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
Profits of Mutton Sheep.

A correspondent Of the Practical Farmer,
residing within twenty-five miles of Phia-
delphia, states that one Of his certain and
reliable sources Of profits from year to year
is keeping sheep. When first began farm
ing, twenty years ago, he writes, depended
entirely upon Southdowns. They have al.
ways proved with me prolific breeders, capi-
tai nurses, hardy and good feeders, and my
Southdown mutton ranks in the market with
"gilt edge" butter. inform my regular
customers when | am going to have fine
leg or loin of pure Southdown, and they go
off fast at three to FIVE cents above the mar
ket price. In fact, Southdown mutton is the
best mutton in the world
If quality Of meat was the only desidera-
tum, would make no change, but as coarscr
wool brings the highest price, and as perhaps
| gain little in the weight, of which am
not altogether certain, tbut at least 1 do not
lose any have made one cross on my flock
Of one hundred ewes with the Cotswold.
The best and the finest carcass have resulted
where the Southdown buck was used on the
Cotswold eve. | do not want any finer
sheep than this makes, and l try to keep
them LOT my purpose one-halt SouthdoWn
and one.half Cotswold. What lambs
have to spare are all sold in advance to your
butchers at about eight dollars per head.
| raise roots, which consider are indispen-
sable in the sheep business, and with good
management have the lambs in the market
in March and April. l consider the roots
make good substitute for grass, keep them
in good heart and with fine health for early
pasture. 1t promotes the flow Of milk ap.
petites. l have always followed the advice
in your paper to keep all my animals healthy
and thriving If they once go down or be-
come stunted, much Of ones food is thrown
away. Two.thirds of my ewes usually have
twins. With lambs at eight to nine dollars
each and wool at fifty cents pound, your
readers can figure up my profits on one hum
dred ewes.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
Saving Seed Corn.

j. i. Buford asks us the best method to
be pursued in the saving of corn for seed so
as to improve the variety, and inquiries which
Of two ears should be selected when they are
both on the same stalk.
Corn for seed should be gathered and
housed before being exposed to severe cold
or freezing rains, as when left longer in the
field its vitality is greatly weakened. Ifthe
crop is gathered early it is an excellent plan
to have small box, either in the wagon or
attached to the rear end Of the wagon box,
into which ears selected for seed may be
thrown as they are found but if the crop is
not harvested until late, it is better to 90
through the field with basket and select as
much as may be needed.
In selecting the ears for seed, they should
be taken from strong and vigorous stocks,
and should be well ripened. Strip down the
husks and see that the ears arc we'll filled
out and of as nearly the same size as possi-
BILE at both ends Especial care should be
taken that the upper ends Of the ears should
be of good size and filed clear out to the
tip. As far as possible select tho largest
ears; when there are two or more ears on a
stalk, take the best one, whether it be the
upper or lower one, and if both are of fair
quality, take both. The seed ears having
been selected, they should be placed under
a shed, or in some sheltered place for few
days, until they are dry. All the husks ex.
cepting about half dozen should be re-
moved and then, by the use of the remain
ing husks, the ears should be made up into
braids as large as can be handled conven-
iently. The corn should be stored in some
dry place where it will be free from the
attacks of mice, and will not be too cold.
In the Middle and Southern States the seed
may be kept in the granary, but in the
Northern States it will be better to keep it
in the attic or a store-room Of the dwelling
house. When kept perfectly dry, the seed
will endure a much greater degree Of cold
without injury than when kept in an atmos-
phere which has any appreciable amount OF
moisture in it.
The selection and saving Of corn for seed
is one Of tho most important items in the
raising Of the crop, as from inferior seed,
only inferior crops can be hoped for, while
with seed carefully selected year after year,
the crop will show continued Improvement
in both quantity and quality.-OhiO Far.
mer.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
Canadian Horses in England.

a correspondent Of London journal
writes that number of Canadian horses,
purchased in the neighborhood of Toronto
and Montreal, have been brought over to
England with perfect safety and with very
profitable and encouraging results, and says /:
went down to Worcester Park, charm
ing suburban village in Surrey, few miles
from London, where the stables are situated
in which the horses are located. The AMI.
mails were all in what | call capital condition
"A little "above themselves" perhaps, but
not so fat as horses are generally made in
Engl by dealers before sale. The i'm.
portatlon was private speculation, and the
importer intends to sail for Canada in about
three weeks to purchase another lot Al.
most all Of the first lot have found purchas.
ers very readily here, although the market
for horses is falling good deal from the
prices OF the last three or four years.
The animals were suitable to all purposes,
and were all warranted sound to drive or
ride The average cost price in Canada was
Sl2O, and the selling average here has been
G55, or S275. The price there is hardly a
criterion Of what horse would fetch here,
but Of this lot only dozen remained unsoId
when | visited Worcester Park, though
many Of the sold lots still remained at the
stables. One fine, outstanding bay horse
that was bought near Toronto for Sl02 was
sold to gentlemen for brougham horse for
C63. He was, in horse dealers slang, the
"pick of the basket" aud made the top
price. lie looked very like taking to the
timber business, if properly schooled for a
hunter. All the sales were made to private
buyers.
The horses were shipped from New York
owing to tho boat from Montreal breaking
down. They came in the Wyoming of the
Guion Line, without q scratch, in patent
apparatus which economies room on ship
board and secures safety to the animals
The cost was $50 head from Montreal to
London, including every expense.
1t is the opinion of many judges who
have seen this lot of horses that Canadian
bred animals are better suited to the English
market than those Of Kentucky. AS they
arc the first lot of American horses ever
landed in London they have been visited by
many persons interested. The Glasgow
tramway cars have been partly horsed by
American bred cattle, but none Of the
horses are yet employed by the general ON
nibus company, who are ready to buy to any
extent if the right sort is offered to them at
the right sort is offered to them at the right
price. Tue company have for three or years
been paying about G35 per head for horses
of rough aud useful wear and tear stamp
Such was the interest felt in this consign.
ment that the agricultural hall management
expressed desire to have them on view at
their establishment. Owing to the horse
show, however, this was impracticablo till
most Of the lots had found purchasers. 1t
is very likely, however, that tho next arri
walls will be shown there.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
Turning in Clover.

Most good farmers regard clover crop
as Of too much value as food for animals to
admit Of turning under as manure. Yet
there are recorded instances of very sur
prising results from the latter practice.
The following from correspondent of the
Country Gentleman would indicate that in
certain cases it is a profitable use to make
Of the crop.
once had a very poor exhausted lot come
into my possession; the field was naturally
good but run down. 1t was under the plow
the year before. | sowed it to oats, aud
stocked thoroughly the large kind of clover
with the oats. The oats grew only about six
inches high, but there was an excellent catch
and growth of clover. The next season the
clover stood thick and high. sent the
harrow ahead of the plow exactly as l
wanted to plow, and not much faster
When the harrow came round | took my
bag of Nova Scotia plaster, and sowed one
cast at the rate of three bushels to the acre,
then followed with the plow, about seven
inches deep, until the field was finished. The
clover was in blossom. In August har-
rowed it thoroughly and sowed to rye. had
an excellent crop of rye, and have never
failed to get good crop on the field since,
except in a small corner, which was too
stony to turn the clover under at the time.
All the crops since have showed the effect
Of that clover and plaster. The stones on the
whole field have since been removed, and,
with others, form a handsome fence on the
four sides of the field, and | can now hoe
NOW, or pasture at pleasure.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-08
Draining Wet Lands.


There is no improvement which farmers
can make, that constitutes so radical, lasting
and pro6t.returning an investment as the
draining Of wet lands. The removal of stag
nant water from such land is equivalent to
the creation of q new soil. 1t becomes ca.
pable Of producing better and more valu.
able quality Of vegetation. A striking il
lustration of this capacity is the immediate,
spontaneous appearance Of red clover 10 the
place of swale grasses. The finest aud
most luxuriant crops OF corn, potatoes, ce-
reals and grass are produced where the poor
est quality of hay was formerly the only
crop, if even that, that could be raised. Soil
which was only moderately wet, the crops of
which were dependent on dry season, be-
comes the most certain and reliable of all
the fields upon the farm.
The elements of fertility, which were
drowned in stagnant water, are set free. The
rain, with all its refreshing influence and
fertilizing material, percolates freely through
the soil, dissolving the plant-food and fitting
it to be absorbed by the rootlets Of plants.
The sun warns it aud the atmosphere revives
it. Soil not before fit for cultivation can be
traversed by teams and the machinery of the
farm. In word, soil which was before un-
productive becomes the most valuable.
The work of draining varies with the con-
dition of the soil. Soft, peaty or loamy
lands admit the use of draining pows, while
those Of a harder texture or filled with
boulders, require manual labor. Digging
drains with pick and spade is manual labor.
There is no chance for putting sleight of
hand in the place of muscle But it is
work that pays. If the mechanical cond-
tion Of unproductive fields were changed by
drainage, there would be less complaint of
the unprohtableness Of farming.
There are several methods Of constructing
the water.course in the bottom of drains.
The most orthodox is by the use Of tile.
Where tile can be procured at moderate rates
at small cost for transportation and the soil
is such that narrow drain can be made by
the use of scoops and small other draining
tools, tile are probably the most economical
Other material such as slabs, brush and
stones are often used. When the ditch must
be dug wide enough for the laborer to stand
in and small stones are plenty, there is no
trouble in making water course as porma-
nent as tile and much cheaper. If the bot
tom soil is soft or il much water is likely to
flow, board should be laid upon the bottom
else the stones will sink out Of place
or become undermined A water.course
should be laid, its size to correspond with
the flow of water-two or threo inches up
to foot in width and height. Let the holes
be chinked with stones, n layer of straw
old hay or sods packed in, and the earth re-
placed. Two feet of earth above the stones
is none too much. The danger in stone-
drains is that the soil will be washed down
and clog the course. The deeper and more
compact the soil above the stones the more
secure from such accidents.
Let any farmer who doubts the value of
drains; try it for himself.