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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
Tuesday, February 90 1875.

ihe following described tract of land "
ing 10 Civil District No. II, SAID land
containing about 500 acres, subject t. a
reservation Of homestead of 70 to Ed
mund Reaves laid off to him by commits
siOners; said land levied on as the prop
ertz Of Edmonison Reeves TO satisfy this
UeRG,T0ai e9poHQs in favor Of Brooks,
keely & Co, and bounded as follows to
wit: IN range ], section /, beginning at
the corner Of 300 acres d part of Il
5000 acl,a tract in the name Of jacob
Halves, it Being jesse jenkins cor
ner on the cas- boundary of said 5000
acres; thence no-th with said line 400
poles to A n Lambeth's coruer
thence west with his line $50 poles to
his corner; thence south 400 poles
to the corner of said 1900 acres
thence east 800 pole to the beginning
The above tract was decided to Edmond
Reaves by J Il Ri Is and Z. p. NcNeaI
Moy Is, 1860 and adjoins the town of
Middleton Station
j. J. NEELY, Sheriff.
This, Jan 81, 1876 jaD27-4t
Printers fee, So 90
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
CHERIFF'S SALE.

By virtueof a renditioui erponas to
ne directed from the Circuit Court of
HarJeman county,at the November there
Of, 1875 Henry Bizzelle Us b. J Taught,
issued 21st of December, 1875, will sell
to the highest bidder for cash, at the
Courthouse door, in the town Of Bolivar,
Tennessee, on
Monday, February Hath, 1916
the following described tract of land:
200 acres, IN Tenth Surveyors Distric,
wing in 18th Civil District of Hardeman
county, Tennessee: Beginning at black
oak with spanish oak pointers on the
north boundary line OF an occupant sur
vey for 200 acres made in the name Of
George Floyd, at the e corner Of an Oc-
cupant survey IN the name of RDbt Nc
GILLIAN for 200 acres, and run north 100
poles to black oak, post oak and black
Jack pointers on the south boundary Of
an occupant survey for 200 acres n ade
IN the name fl. Reed; thence east pass
ing the e corner, in ali 229 poles, to a
hickory sapling with black oak and
hickory p0iaters; themes south 40 to a
spanish oak " tn black oak pointers;
thence west 229 poles to the beginning,
and sold to satisfy the Uenditi0Hi erpOlds
J. J. NBELY, Sheriff.
This, Jan -ary Is 1876.
Printers ee, SOD JanZU-45
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

rinchbaek's trial comes of to-day.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
This, January 81, 1876. jan27
Printers fee, $500.
GHERIFFS SALE.

BY virtue of condition. er4onqs to me
directed from the Supreme Court, of Ten
nessee, / viii sell at the Court-house
door, in the town Of Bolivar, Hardeman
county, Tennessee, to the highest bidder
for cash. nn
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

In pursuance Of an order made by the
County Court cf Harlemau county. a5
the January Term, 1876, the undcrsign-
ed commissioners will sell to the high
est bidder, at public outry,
Monday, March 9Th, 1875,
ut the Courthouse door, in the town of
Bolivar, Tennessee, the Ola Jail Lot and
improvements thereon. The above
named property will be sold FOR one-thrd
cash, ard balance in one AMI two ye RS.
Deferred payments to bear ten per GEN.
int rest from date Of sale. Notes with
approved security required therefor pay
able to the Clerk OF the County Couat,
and a lien retained on the property I'M
til thu notes are satisfied. The obove
praperty is located in desirable part Of
the town, aud can, with very slight ex-
pense, be converted into a comfortable
and convenient residence aud homestead.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
jjan2O4t
.HERIFF's SALE.

O HERIFF'S SALE.
Nos. I2O48 and I2o49 Ciacu't Court,
ED.
BY virtue of a rendition expORas to
me directed from the Circuis Court Of
Hardeman county Tennessee, Ramsey
& Harris VS. w r.. Jacobs issued Janu-
arv 81, 1876, | will sell at the Court
house door. in the town Of Bolivar, Ten
nessee, for cash, on
Monday, February A4GE8, 1876,
the following desert bed tracts Of Ind in
said county; on tbs waters of Spring
creek, being part and whole of III rec diff
farent tracts and bounded as follows:
Beginning at a gum with poplar, maple
and gum pointers, the " corner Of the
a " corner of the SOuthall tract, and "
corner Of the Smith tract. running south
$50 poles to stake with three gum point
ers on DOVghertYs north boundary;
thence cast withthe same to dead black
lack and black haws, corner Supposedly
thence north with his line passing the
corner oc the Smith and S0uthall tracts;
thence west with the north boundary pas
sing a sasafras the corner thereof,
same course continued IN all 2563 poles
70 a stake with three h0llys and beach
! pointers; thence south I56 poles TO
beach with beach and holly pointers on
/ Chears line; thence 1929 poles TO the be
| ginning. containing By estimation 1853
{ acres. it being the same land conveyed
bv James Robinson to Richard Fortune
by deed on the Doth of February, 1873
registered in Registers office, book u,
| SIG, and by order of County Court, and
all Of the above tracts are sold, except.
/ 1873 acre set apart as o homestead, for
which see miRutes at March Term, 1875,
in Circuit Court Office This land is sold
ia satisfy said gendjti0Hi erpOnas
/ il. NELLY, Sheriff.
This, January g. 1876.
Printers fee. 81 O5. lanZO-Ie
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

GEO HARDIN, JR,
k I J. hSc GLAFk' Editors.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

YEAS.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
TRUSTEE'S NOTICE.

This, Jan. 24sh. 1876
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03

NAYS
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01
What is an Ingram Carpet.

The two.ply ingram known to the trade,
is fabric composed of two webs or "plies"
of cloth, made with different colored yarns
say one "ply" green, the other red-of
equal consstence Of texture, united at the
edges or selvages of each by the selvage
threads, and ingrained or united at different
parts of the cloth, wherever called for by the
design or pattern. If the red"ply" repre-
sents the ground color of the design, then
the green will be the figure color; and when
ever the green figuring "ply" appears over
the red ground "ply," that is ingraining.
The more general this irgraining or mixing
up Of the two webs or "plies," the better the
fabric is ingrained and the longer it will
wear. The three-ply ingram is made and
ingrained after the same manner. A two.ply
carpet woven on the same loom and "Inount-
ed" in the same manner as two-ply ingram
if woven plain, without any design or pat
tern, would be seamless bag three-ply,
under the same condition, double bag, or
two bags joined together by one side of each.
The old Scotch two.ply ingram weighed
about twenty-four ounces to the yard; the welt
yarns we're heavier than those now used, and
the warp threads were three-cord worsted
and much stronger and heavier than the two
cord now in general use.
Two things were gained by the substitu-
tion OF the two-cord warp for the three cord,
though the fabric is rendered less desirable.
One is the saving Of worsted, the most ex-
pensive Of the two materials which compose
the fabric; the other is, that the warp be-
ing finer it permits a wide scope in shading
the weft colors. This will be understood
even by the unskiled reader if he will place
an unequal number OF coarse and fine black
threads on two pieces of scarlet or white
clcth or paper of equal width. The finer
the black threads are, the brighter the
colors underneath will appear. Ingram
carpets are frequently called kidderminster.
The difference in the nomenclature of the
fabric we presume, is due to the fact that
until 1921, Kidderminster had nearly the
monopoly in making ingram. In the mem-
orablc strike of that year, which commenced
in March and continued until August it
lost nearly all its ingram trade, which fell
mostly into the hands of the Scotch manu-.
facturers.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01

Take advantage of these warm, beautiful
days to Fix up" the barns, sheds, pig-sties,
ETC., so as TO be ready for winter, as it will
come some of these nights when least ox-
pected, Be particular about making the
place for the calves warm and dry, for is this
their first experience with a Vermont win
ter, and they should not be stinted in their
growth, as they will not recover from it in
all winter. Vermont farmers must raise
calves, and no stock will pay better for ex.
cellent care during the first summer and
winter than they. We have seen calves
turned off to the pasture by the first of
July to shift for themselves till the ground
was covered with snow, and then the owner
complain because they are such "little
scrawny ruuts." Prepare at once then a
warm stable and bright sunny yard for their
winters use.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01
Farming in England.

The American farmer in reality occupies
a very comfortable position as compared with
an English farmer. An English farmer does
not own his land, except in very rare in
stances, and is obliged not only to pay a
yearly rental Of $50 10 S25 per acre TOR a
fairly good farm, but to keep the hardly
worked land in good condition, is forced to
employ a working capital Of at least $50 an
acre, to be expended in artificial fertilizers,
and purchased foods with which to make
manure. In addition, he is prohibited by
law from killing wild animals sach as rabbits,
hares, foxes, partridges and sometimes pig
cons, while his cats and dogs are killed by
his landlords gamekeepcr, lest they might
injure the game. This game feeds upon the
farmers crops, and he must submit to see
his fields sometimes ravaged by them. The
farmer is forbidden to raise such crops as he
may wish, but is obliged to raise such as his
landlord considers best for the land He is
forbidden to sell hay, straw, roots, or other
crops, which are usually fed to stock, these
being consumed on the farm. He is bound
to all these requirements by an exacting
lease, which makes him a species Of serf to
his landlord, and when his lease expires he
may be ousted from bis farm without receiv-
ing penny of compensation for any perma-
nent improvements, such as drains, buildings,
fences, or fertilizers that he may have made.
To crown all, the instrument by which he is
bound hand and foot in this manner is made
at his expense by a lawyer, In a recently
reported case, the lawyer charged $40 for
drawing the lease, S28 only Of which fell to
the landlords share to pay, by voluntary
friendly act on his part. This lease, which
almost any intelligent man could draw up,
the farmer or his landlord is forbidden by
law to write himself under penalty of 500,
which he would be obliged to pay if he neg.
lected or refused to employ lawyer to do
the unnecessary service. Considering the
relative positions of the two farmers, an
American farmer who prumbles at his free
aud independent position, owning his farm,
and being subject to no restrictions whatever,
simply does not know when he is well off.
Am. AqriculturiSt.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01

from Bryant or Holmes or Whittier or Ten
nyson, or Lowell this is our ideal farmers
life realized. And we are profoundly grate-
ful to the New Hampshire college for show.
ing the sons Of the old Granite state, and
our own as well, that the ideal, if men will,
may become the actual. We trust also they
will teach the young men the art of butter
making, and for these two reasons First,
the selection and care of the stock aud mab.
ufacturo Of the dairy products should be
performed by the same mind and hands (;
keep your hands out of the butter, though.
Second, it is sad because true in too many
instances that the daughters whom these
young men will marry know not how TO
make uniformly good butter. The amount
of poor butter continually made by our far
mers is sad TO contemplate, and fearful when
we remember that some one consumes it all |;
and there is no necessity for it if people
knew how aRd would take pains to make a
good article Before us lie the market re-
turns of three dairics, and the price Of the
poorest is four cents per pound less than
that of the best-a loss of only $500 per
tub Would not that pay for little more
skill and care Our farmers daughters
generally will make as good butter as their
mothers, many of them better, but we do
not think they would know less, or find life's
work any more disagreeabe if their hus-
bands, yet to be, should know oil the
intricacies and fine points of er-making.
Why should not wife love husband bet
ter for this accomplishment, as he would
her if she could read and enjoy Horace,
and Tennyson, or Macauly aud Freeman
with him?
This college has more than half its grad
yates engaged in farming, and now that our
Legislature has adjourned without disturb
ing the foundations of the earth, cannot our
agricultural college give some Of these IA
cilities for a practical knowledge Of this
oldest, healthiest and most delightful occu.
patton
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01
The Price of Wool and WoOl-growing.

The prices Of wool have not been so en-.
couraging as was desired by the growers of
the stable in the United States. The period.
ical cry of the manufacturers aud middle.
men, that the clip was an unusually heavy
one, may have had some effect but we look
for the principal cause in the general bust
ness depression that prevails throughout the
country. Moneyed men have plenty Of
money-anybody eau get 1t who stands
ready to mortgage his farm or house and
lot; but capital for manufacturing invest.
ment is scarce. Many wooden mills have
been idle or running on short time, while the
exigeucies Of business compels the holders Of
cloths to realize at prices that will not justify
them in laying in stocks Of raw material.
As has always been the case, we may look
for discouragement among such wool-growers
as have not "enlisted for the war"-men
who hoped to get rich and retire before the
shadows of "hard times" fell across their
pathway. To such we would say, don't sac
rifce good sheep. If you have more than
you can keep we'll, Gull out the less desira.
BILE ones, and get them into mutton condition
as soon as possible. Grass and grain are
comparatively cheap, aud good mutton will
buy all that is needed, and leave profit be-
sides If you would winter the remainder
cheaply. be careful to get and keep them in
good condition. Fat sheep will not require
so much attention as poor ones, aud the per-
centage of losses will be much smaller BE.
gin to winter your sheep now.
The men who make money out Of sheep are
not those who go into business when the
products Of the flock bring good prices, and
begin to get out as soon as less encouraging
outlook is presented. The right kind Of
sheep, hauled 10 the right way, may be de-
pended upon for fair return Through evil
and through good report" from the wool
market. Those who make money, sin the
long rum" from sheep, are the men who
"hold fast that which is good" and who, by
judicious breeding and liberal feeding, con
stantly strive to make it better.-Lipe Stock
Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01


We noticed 10 the reports Of the recent
agricultural meeting in Maine the students
of the state college were present and not
only exhibited drawings of bridges for rail.
ways, and highways, bui ldings of numerous
kinds, and machinery. but essays on such
topics as these "Vaue of Chemistry to
Farmers" "Use of Mechanics to Farmers -
"On Undertaking" bookkeeping, oval
ue of a knowledge Of Entomology" and
"Market Gardening" Here is a field for
the young men of the agricultural depart
ment of our Vermont University. We will
venture the remark that perhaps nothing
could do more to correct the uufavorablc
impression which many Of our farmers en-
tertain toward that institution than some
such exhibit Of the real practical knowledge
which the young men secure while in Bur-
lington. Mere talk and figures and logic
will not do it, but show these horny handed,
solidsensed, keen, practical farmers Of Yer
mont the valuable results secured by an ex-
perimental farm, or till that is provided,
show them your young men who know some.
thing about agricultural matters and can ex-
press it to the interest and profit of others.
Such logic hits the mark and wins its case.
Try it, gentlemen, aud if the Board Of Ag.
riculture have no great state meeting, per-
haps secretary Bliss would give some of
them a chance in his grand dairYmen's meet
ing soon to be held in-St. Johusbury, we
hone
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01

The Maine Board of Agriculture held its
last annual meeting in Fryeburg n short
time since, and among the topics under treat
ment were such as the following; Social
Rank Of Farmers" u. A. Gilbert; "Ilop
Culture" Thomas Reynolds; Farm Sur
rounding" A. l.. Bradbury; Culture Of
Flowers" j. A. Varney; "Sheep Husband.
ry," George Flint Culture Of Cranberries, -
G. Hersey "What products shall Maine
Export?" lisa L. GOtchell Twenty years
at the Board" Samuel Wasson the Posi-.
bic Capacity of Mich Cows" Horace Bod.
we'll "Poultry Raising Commercially Con-
sidered," w. w. Harris "What Science
may do for Farming" II. Carmichael. Each
paper was followed by discussion. Cant
our state board have an annual session, say
about the middle Of October or sometime il
winter and got together the real talent of the
state for three days meeting2 While
their local meetings do so much good in stir,
ring up an interest, it is localized what We
need is some grand annual meeting which
shall fuse all these localized interests into
one, just as the successful county fairs create
the necessity for a state fair with which tC
close the season.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01
What Breedf

Mr.. M. Buffum Of Winchester, N. H., says
for mechanics and professional men, and all
who keep but one COW, Jersey is best, and
10 any herd Of butter COWS one or two Jer-
seys will add greatly to the beauty and val.
ne of the butter. And yet If one wishes to
cat milk there are objections to Jerseys.
The cream on their milk rises very quickly
and the skim-milk is very poor. He had
also learned lately, what he did not know
before, that some families of Jerseys make
white butter. The Ayrshire is not a good
butter COW; for, though her milk is good +,
the cream will not rise but she is best for
cheese makers and those who sell milk.
For general purposes, for work and beef
and milk, the Short-horns are best. They
are the most numerous and they bring the
highest price, good proof Of their value.
They grow faster, and fatten easier, and give
more milk to the COW according to their
weight, than any others. Some families
have been bred solely for beef and beauty,
and their milking qualities are small. This
was the case with the Booths in England
and the Dukes here; but other families are
excellent mixers. In the dairy regions of
New York, and in fact all over the country,
the favorite COW is a grade Short.horn.
But Short-horps must not be starved.
They are hearty and will eat coarse fodder,
but they require good deal Of it. Our
farmers make great mistakes in not feeding
their stock better III winter. The great body
Of our stock is intrinsicaly worth less in the
spring than in the previous fall and the hay
it eats is thrown away. 1t should be kept
growing all the time, aud if farmers would
keep fewer cattle and feed them better, they
would make much more money
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01
She Knew the Beast.

"You see this hoss, don't you ?" called out
woman about forty years of age as she
drove up to Grand River avenue black
smith shop yesterday.
The smith came out and replied that his
sight was good.
81 want a shoe on that right foot to once"
she continued, and she jumped down and
had the horse almost out OF the wagon before
the smith reached the curbstone. She led
the beast into the shop, sat down on bench
and prepared to take a smoke, aud as the
blacksmith took down n shoe she observed:
"No fooing, now. | want that shoe to
stick to that foot for whole year. You
can't impose on me because I'm q woman"
After the hoof had been prepared the
horse suddenly became restless, dancing a.
round and bothering the shoer so that he
could not proceed.
"You don't seem to have had any expert
ence with horses" remarked the woman, as
she rose up and laid her pipe aside. 81
know this horse from Dan'l to Besheba, and
you just git back little"
The smith retreated a few feet and the
woman caught the horse by the bit, gave him
two hundred pound kick in the ribs and
yelled:
whoa Charles Henry git around there /;
stand over and take that-and this-aud
some more Now come up and toe the
mark !"
Charles Henry kicked the anvil off tho
block as she kicked his ribs, but she kicked
the hardest, and when the horse-shoer stuck
his head into the shop the horse was half
over bench but as quiet as a lamb.
"Now proceed" said the woman as she
picked up her pipe. "When a hoss goes to
tOoling round me asking for row he's lay
ing up sorrow for his gray hairs"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01

The Prairie Farmer says fat horse is a
weak one, and his weakness is in proportion
to his fatness. News to us-the best spirited
horse We ever used was in good flesh aud he
did rare service. Our theory and practice,
too, has been to keep horse fat it is econ
omy Of feed and We have a weakness for
that kind of horse. But it is all clear
now We never could understand why so
many men, otherwise decent, drove about
and kept year in and year out old jades Of
horses whose ribs could be seen as far away
as the horse was visible; 80 poor indeed that
the corduroy surface of his sides gave an
undulating wave.like movement to the air
as he passed along the streets. We see all
through it now--it is strength, power
True, such beasts have not the fleetness and
agility of the well-fed, sleek horse of his
neighbor, but-yes, he is strong and pow.
erful Well. we wait for the next discovery
perhaps it will be that oats are injurious to
horses.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-01

THE VERMONT BAPTIST ANNIVERSARIES FOR ls7G.-
For several years tins excellent denomination Of
Christians has seemed to have great faith In what the
genial Country Parson used to call the Dignity of Dull
ness for this volume of reports is issued at least three
months earlier than usual. This Is largely owing to
the energy of the indetigable seeretary-Chas llib
bard of Vergonnes. There associations, l2
churches with aggregate membership of 1921, of
whom 6i9 were baptized during the year large num-
Der OF baptsms, being trine Ia per cent Of the
ontre membership. Six churches report over 2j bap
tsns each Weston, Londonderry, llardwick. Walling
ford, Bennington, Rutland, Townshend and Brattle-
boro, the largest number, ~, being in Brattleboro.
There also six churches with membership of oyor
200 each, follows TOwnshend 207 Ludlow 2lO, Rut
land 2s Fairfax 32l Burlington 329 and Brattleboro
j2j. Judging from this report the year has been
prosperous to the denomination in the state, but
the most noteworthy event of its history has been the
auspicious opening of the Vermont Academy at Sax
tons River. This academy has an endowment fund Of
hUndrsd thousand dollars while the first of q
series Of elegant and substantial brick buildings for
school purposes is nearly completed. With most com
mendible berality this school gives instruction free
to the children and orphans Of ministers ofal denomina
ons in the state. The paper and work are mod
els of excellence, and worthy Of the fame Of the pub
fishers, Tuttle Co.. Rutland.