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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-28

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"lons pr1vcht" many others fro.
becoming 80.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-28

Nice 'Mssinicr" suits. Gncy C.,SS>si.ncrr
pants, White MnrScillci aul iinrt duck
Vests, Ganyc an,l liish' 'lr,-A,i under
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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-06-28
Letters DiSIniSSOry.

june ~ -x.i
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS

ONE year old vines and small trees are
the most profitable to plant. Old vine
yards and old orchards need renewing.
They exhaust the soil around them and
finally fail. Plant your orchards every
twenty-five or thirty years.
AN English farmer recently remarked
that che fed his land before it was hun
cry, rested it before it was weary, and
weeded it before it was foul" We have
seldom, if ever, seen 30 much agricultu-
raj wisdom condensed into single sem
tence.
Just as the harassed Minnesotians be-
gan to congratulate themselves on their
escape from the grasshopper they have
been attacked bya new pest in the shape
of small black fly, which destroys the
wheat, attacking the roots and the base
of the stalk. The wheat turns yellow
as soon as attacked, and within a very
short time withers and dies.
IT is not bad idea, which somebody
has suggested, that of introducing sheep
upon newly cleared land to keep down
the sprouts and wild weeds until they
die out and better class of forage plants
is introduced. There is scarcely doubt
that sheep may be employed for this pur-
pose with profit, provided a farmer has
facilities for keeping flock at other
seasons when the new pasture does not
furnish the requisite amount of food.
You give a hungry cow pint of meal
in the bottom of stable pail, and she
will stick her nose into the pail and lick
and lick till she has secured the in
side clean. But horse so fed will fill
his mouth at once, and then if he is very
hungry or especially we'll pleased with
the meal, he'll begin to swing his head
around right and left, sowing the meal
like an old idiot-especially if you stop
and look at him. Go right away if you
wish to save grain.
WHO would throw away a barrel full
of soft soap or box of soft soap? Were
it not otherwise useful, it would be Of
great value as a fertilizer, if spread, in
its raw state, about our fruit trees or
berry bushes. But after being dissolved
in water and passing through the wash
tub, CLEAN ng the imperceptible elements
of the best manure from sOiled linen, its
fertilizing power is vastly increased. In
deed we may almost say that the average
soapsuds from the kitchen and laundry
is worth more than the soap which pro-
duces it. DO not then, allow your soap
suds to run away wasted while you have
trees which it might benefit.
AN Eastern man writes: l have re-
Gently noticed several remedies given for
the cure of sore eyes and other sores on
cattle and horses. Allow me to suggest
one that has been used with success in
all cases where properly tried. 1t will
cost but trifle to try IT on any sore
Take Young HysOn tea, stepped strong
(about one tablespoonful of tea to one
half cup of water,) then wash the sore
clean with the tea, which will remove
proud flesh from old sores and cause them
to heal, cn man or beast. For sore eyes,
should use the tea with a syringe, SO
as to wash the eye well. 1t is better to
cover the sore so as to keep the dirt out
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
Swindling the Children.
| PHILADELPHIA Tim,

A week or so ago large, feshy-faced
man called upon the proprietor of Res
tein Hall, corner of Seventh and Dick
inson streets, asking the use of the hall
for matinee yesterday afternoon and
terms were finally agreed upon. The
busy artifcer spent the week in dis
tributing tickets among the children of
the various schools upon the southern
part of the city, upon one side of which
was printed: "ProfessOr LaRue's Gen.
tennial Carnival of Wonders and Moral
Exhibition. This ticket will admit Ike
bearer on receipt of ten cents. Every
child receives a present" The other
side told the wondering children that
watches, plated ware, dry goods, -four,
and greenbacks were among the presents
which the crafty financier offered. Be-
fore three o'clock Restein Hall contained
four thousand children. Every seat and
windowsill was occupied, and hundreds
of the excited little ones were standing
in the aisles. At length the magic per-
formance commenced, and after poorly
executing one or two simple tricks, and
pretending that something was needed
from the ante-room, the moral swindler
walked out the back way, and dow n
Dickinson street with several hundred
ill-gotten dollars in his pocket. Pretty
soon n began to dawn upon the youthful
minds of the audience that their professor
wasn't coming back, and the rumOr
passing quickly around that the gift con-
cern was all hoax, caused fearful
rush for the ticket office. Here few
dozen glass and jet trinkets were dis
tributed by lame old darkey, who had
been hired half hour before to help in
the performance, but these soon gave
out, and the excitement and furore OF
the children were unbounded. Officers
had been called who, by brandishing
their black;jacks and yelling "peace, be
STILL" prevented serious injuries if not
loss of life as the wrathful urchins piled
pell-mell down the stairs to catch the
rascal who had raised their expectations
to the fever pitch and swindled them so
Two false arrests have been made, but
the man who took four thousand chill
dren and good many grown people in
so neatly has decamped for parts un
known to try his little game again, where
his crookedness is not suspected.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
A Mountain OF Saw Logs.
tMenominee (Mich.) Herald.l

In the log pocket of the Boom Com
pany. about two miles above this village,
may be seen a sight which, to the practi-
cal men, is worth travelling many miles
to gaze upon. There are more than one
hundred million feet of saw logs piled in
one immense mass, an eighth of mile
in width, ten to thirty feet in depth, and
three miles in length. The high water
has kept crowding them down until they
are piled fifteen feet high above the
waters edge, and as much below it in
many places. They are stricking up in
every conceivable direction and shape,
some of them on end, with the lower
part several feet above the level of the
water, and within few feet of these
you will step on the end of another
which, standing straight, just protrudes
over the current. 1t seems as if they
had been piled together much as the
glaciers are formed, layer upon layer and
log upon log, until they have reached
their present position. One can imagine
the tremendous force with which this
immense mass would precipitate itself
down the river if anything should give
way but fortunately everything is firm
Something of an idea of the value of the
mass may be formed when it is known
that the logs are worth an average O
nearly dollar each.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
June was adopted; on the 10th of June,
the constitution was adopted.


the constitution was adopted.
On the 10th of June, Congress ap-
pointed the committee to draw the
Declaration of Independence, only one
day before the Declaration of Rights was
adopted in Virginia and, that this last
named paper, which it is not pretended
he wrote, was used by Mr.. Jefferson in
preparing the first part of the congress
sional declaration is obvious, upon a
comparison of the two instruments. If
this were sent to him in Philadelphia by
his Virginia friends, as it must have
been, why may not the copy Of the pro-
posed constitution, with this very list of
grievances, have also been sent? We
find, from the journals Of the Conven-
tion, that it was before that body as
early as the 26th of June, for on that
day it was discussed, and the committee
had been employed on it from the 10Th
OF the previous May; 80 that We cannot
tell how long before the 26th of June it
had been in existence in Virginia, if it
originated there; but i: is certainly
within the range of possibility, that it
was prepared before the 10th of June,
when the committee on the national
document was appointed by Congress; |;
and within the range of probability,
that, if prepared, it was sent with the
Declaration of Rights, which we have
seen was used by Mr.. Jefferson. These
facts render it important, to establish
most satisfactorily the point, that Mr..
Jefferson did prepare this list of griev-
ances in Philadelphia, and did send them
to Virginia some time between the 18th
of May and the 29th of June; and
this point be not sustained, the presump-
ton is against his claim to the author
ship.
1t is not questionable that Mr.. Jeffer-
son did borrow from the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence, whatever
may be the truth in regard to the Vir-
ginia constitution, and If he did, DIR.
Hawkes. we'll asks, was not his letter to
Mr.. Adams something more "unjus-
tifiable" than "quiz~ There are not
many so dull as to be able to read the
evidence in the case without believing
Mr.. Jefferson a plagiarist, and few will
doubt that he knew he had used the
Mecklenburg instrument when he wrote
his extraordinary answer to the letter of
Mr., Adams.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
To Make a Good Scare-CrOw.

Crows are possessed of much more wis
dom than is generally credited to them
and while an immovable bundle of rags
may drive them away for a short time,
we believe that eventually they discover
the humbug, as we have seen the birds
complacently picking up young corn al
most within the shadow of as elaborate
stuffed scare-crOw as was ever erected.
However, we have heard suggested
couple of plans which are calculated to
intimidate even the boldest of these
birds; and as they are easily carried out,
perhaps our farmer readers may make
use of them. The first and best is sus-
pended looking-glass. Take two small,
cheap mirrors, fasten them back TO back,
attach a cord to one angle, and hang
them from an elastic pole. When the
glass swings in the wind, the suns rays
are reflected all over the field, even If it
be large one and even the Oldest and
bravest crow will depart precipitateiy
should one of its lightning flashes fall
ON him. The second plan although q
terror to crows, is especially well suited
TO fields subjected to the inroads Of
small birds and even chickens. 1t in
wolves an artificial hawk made from a
bip potato and long goose and turkey
feathers. The maker can exercise his
initiative skill in sticking the feathers
into the potato 80 that they will resem.
BILE the spread wings and tailof the hawk.
II is astonishing what a ferocious looking
bird of prey can be constructed from
the above materials. 1t only remains tc
hang the object from q tall, bent pole
and the wind will do the rest. The bird
makes sweeps and dashes in the mos
headlong and threatening manner: Ever
the most inquisitive of venerable hen
has been known to hurry rapidly from
its dangerous vicinity, while to small
birds it carries unmixed dismay.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
Silencing SWiDes.

"Mr. Swipes, won't you split up lit
tie wood and go and borrow brass ket-
tie before you 90 up town.
"What in thunder do you want me to
do that forP'
"Cause want to preserve some cher
ries to-day"
"Cherries?
eyes, cherriesW
"That's Just you, Mrs. Swipes. You
are always spluttering and fooling around
with some nonsense like this"
"Nonsense Well, l guess you like
preserves as well as anybody"
81 don't, either"
eff you wasn't too lazy to split the
wood you'd like them"
"Mrs. Swipes, now do be sensible.
You know that this preserving bust
ness costs money for sugar, fruit,
cans, wax, frewood, and the deuce
knows what all. But some way or other
you never do think about expense, fol
you're always buying ribbons, ruffles
and fummadiddle; but when l want
anything, such as an easy chair to rest
my weary bones in-oh, no, ] can't have
it, because you've spent all the money
for duds to put on your own back"
"Now you think you've said it. Oh
no, you don't spend any money, but
spend it all. If that's 30, where do yor
get money to play pedro and come hom,
to the bosom of your family stone-blint
drunkY Don't deny it, Swipes, for yo,
know somebody blacked your eye-glasse
the other day, and you was 80 drunl
you thought 1t was midnight, and cam'
home with lantern in the middle o
the day. You talk about me sguanderinI
money !"
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

The reports of inhuman barbarities in
Bulgaria lack entire confirmation, but
they are in perfect accord with the we'll
known cruelty of the Turkish character.
The murder of twenty-five thousand
men, women and children and the
destruction of towns and crops
will not help the new Sultan
very much. The elements for a first.cla
insurrection are in active fermentation
at ConstantinopIe, and the outlook for
peace is any thing but lovely. Russis
shows its discretion by its moderation.
1t knows too we'll where the pear will
fall to shake the tree very bard.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
The London Gamins.

Mr.. John Ormsby, in his "Stray
Papers," tells the following story of the
London Arabs: We once saw the Strand
thrown into terror, confusion, and dis
tress by the unaided wit of two boys. 1t
was one of those foggy, damp Decem-
Der evenings, when the lamps looked
like blurred moons, and objects twenty
yards of are all but indistinguishable.
w These playful youths had got a
suit of old clothes and some straw, out
of which they had made an image suffi-
cieptly like man TO pass muster in that
uncertain light. With this, counterfeit
ing the action of afIectionate sons lead
ing home a beloved but intoxicated
father, they would suddenly appear in
front of some passing omnibus and then,
affecting to lose all presence of mind,
allow their helpless parent To fall almost
under the feet of the horses. The scene
may be imagined. Terror of the pas
sengers. horror of the driver, horses
down through having been sharply
turned aside or pulled up on the greasy
pavement, general agitation, which
eliminated at length when an omnibus,
with more way on than usual, actually
passed over the body, the wretched
driver of course suffering the mental
agonies of homicide until relieved by
seeing the straw intestines OF his victim
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13
SONG OF 1870.
BY BArARD TAYLOR.

Waken, voice OF the Lands DevotionI
Spirit Of freedom, awaken all
Ring, ye shores, to the Song of Ocean,
Rivers, answer. and mountains, call
The golden day has Gomez
Let every tongue be dumb
That sounded Its malice or murmured Its fears |;
She hath wen her story;
She wears her glory;
We crown her the Land Of Hundred Years!
Out OF darkness and toll and danger
Into the light Of victory's day
Help TO the weak and home to the stranger,
Freedom TO all, she hath held her way
Now Europe's orphans rest
Upon her mother-breast
The voices OF Nations are heard in the cheers
That shall east upon her
New love and honor,
And crown her the Queen OF Hundred Years
North and South, we are met as brothers.;
East and West, we are welded as one!
Right Of each shall secure our mothers
Child of each, is her faithful son
We give thee heart and hand,
Our glorious native land,
For battle has tried thee, and time endears;
We will write thy stoiy,
And keep thy glory
As pure rs OF old for Thousand Yearsl
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

The greatgranddaughters Of Thomas
Jefferson, who are now living in.F FLORIDA in
comparative poverty, have on exhibition
mt the Centennial show specimens Of
fsh.scales jewelry. The material used is
the large scales of certain fish found In
the Southern waters. These are bleached
and then fashioned into brooches, ear
rings, and necklaces
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

In is a remarkable fact that as the
wheat belt extends west the enemies OF
the crop seem TO 90 with it. Last year
Minnesota was thought to be the center
line of the wheat crop, and now It turns
out that a new pest, called the Hessian
ay. is following the grain TO the border:
We often hear OF the compensation OF
nature: this seems 10 be one of the re-
vauOes
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

ST.. GEORGE, Utah, where Brigham
Young dedicated new Mormon temple,
the other day, has population of ], 800
souls. It's located in almost desert,
and was built on the strength of almost
a special revelation from the Lord TO
Brigham. The temple is huge, ungain-
Unlocking structure, without the least
pretension to beauty, and the estimated
cost is sc, ,000, 900, TO raise which, oppres-
sive fittings have been collected from
the faithful.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

In Saoma, TO kill hog, they place
him on his back, put stick across his
throat and sit on each end of il till he Is
defunct. Animals possessed of sufficient
tail, they suspend by that appendage,
melting them to revolve rapidly until
similarly inanimate. The meat is said
TO be greatly improved.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

STATISTICS show that the production
of silver in the whole world in 1900 was
$35, 900, 900; in 1850, $42, 500, 600; in
1854; $47, 500, 900 In 1865, $62, SOC, 900
and in 1878, $S2 $50, 900.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

IT was stated at the Brewers Congress
that nine million barrels of beer were
made in this country last year,
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

BAYARp TAYLOR says that black-eyed
women can never love as fondly as those
with blue eyes. So don't give your
wife black eye.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

Do not believe the stories some tel,
to-wit: that the eye of the potato is all
that is necessary to plant to get a good
yield. The potato itself as 1t turns to
decay affords nourishment 10 the sprout,
and will render its growth more vigorous.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

TENNESSEE has forty cotton mills, EN-
ploying 56,35S spindles and consuming
Ia, ,453 bales of cotton.
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

BY w. II. H0sMKR.

Fling out that starry bannerI
We love its shining fold,
A brighter never fiuftered Ger
The knightly men Of old;
And never muse OF history
Traced In her golden tome
A prouder motto than Il bears;
"Our country and our homep'
Fling out that starry banner!
The wild wind loves IL well,
Eyes fash 10 see its blazonry,
And hearts with valor swell,
Proud symbols graced thy battle-Hag,
Thou Queen OF Victors, Romei
But on 1t famed no words like these:
"Our country and our homeW
Fling out that starry bannerl
A sign of dread to foes
Untwining from its staff around
radiant light IL throws;
Beneath IL we will brave assault,
As rocks the white sea-foam-
Strike for our wives and lady-loves,
"Our country and our homeW
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

HARVEST is usually a season of re.
joicipg, but the onion crop Is gathered
in tears,
The Lake County star., 1876-07-13

the most popular General-General
Holiday.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-05-31
Laoyiown Correspondence.

LAoYTowN, May 26, 1876.
ED. REPuBLIcAN:--
On Sunday morning horse step
ped on Abby Gilfllen's foot, iDjuring
it quite badly. DR., Coburn, who was
passing at the time, took few stitches
in the wound, aud at present. although
not painful, his foot has serious look.
"A stray loon lighted in the pond
Sunday, and Sam. Walker shot it
through the neck since then he has
prepared and stuffed the skin, which
has very loony appearance.
Mr.. +. G.. Clark and family OF
Titusville spent three days here, enjoy.
ing our good fishing and boating
They returned home with about forty
brook trout, also kind regards Of host
and friends.
"A woman passed through here
the other day in search of her hus.
band.
Miss H. NJ. Arner returned from
Union City the first of the week Mr.
and Mrs. Arner left this morning fol
Parker They intend to pass about
ten days in the oil regions.
Mrs. Sanford, an old lady whc
lives on Weant Hill, is said to bt
very i'll and quite destitute.
The swamp by the race is inhab
tied by millions of frogs. They are
equal to the Swiss bell-ringers; sucl
thrilling bass and heavy soprano; W.
think with two week. S training under
Prof Ogden they would astOnish th'
world.
Yesterday was observed by thC
Catholics. Some of our citizens o
that creed had kept the Thursday be
fore. They should have reward o
merit.
I De CLARE.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1876-05-31

known as the Dustin Island, containing
about twelve acres Of land, more or less,
Of which about nine acres are improved
and under cultivation. ia
AI.so.--A double Island in the Alleghc-
NV River about two miles above the Bor-
ough Of Tionesta, in Tionosta Township,
Forest County, State of Pennsylvania,
and originally named bv and always
known as the Jesse Dale Island, adioin-
ing, contiguous to each other, containing
in all about twenty-five acres, Of which
about is acres, more or less, are improved
and cultivated. r lI1IIt
ALso.-'The undivided one-balf of GER
tain piece OF parcel Of ground situate and
being in the Borough Of Tionesta, Forest
County, Pennsylvania, containing three
different lots as laid OFF in the plot made
by Sicklos, the proprietor, and situate at
and below the cast end Of the TiOnesta
Bridge. Bounded on the west by the Al
legheny River at low water mark aud on
the south by lots and land owned by John
A. Dale. and ON which is erected one two
story frame house. Containing altogether
one acre more or less. 0nn. Iarn i
AIso.-All the right. title and interest
Of Defendant in and to q certain piece or
parcel of land in Tionesta Township, and
west of the Allegheny River, being tho
| southwest part of the tract of land survey
| ed on warrant signed to Arlam Eek, aud
all That portion of tho south and south
west of that portion of the same decided
! by Poland Hunter to his. granddaughter
| Ann Range. Bounded by the Allegheny
River ON the southwest, and ON the SOUTH
cast and the west by the liHes of tho origl-
nal tract. Containing one hundred aud
fifty acres, more or less, of which about
twenty-five acres were cleared and Guilt
waited, but now partly grown up to brush.
Taken in execution and to be sold as tho
property of Geo. S. Hunter, at the suit of
| r. Lamberton and c. w. Gilfiillah 81 Co.
Terms cash. Nat hi
H.F p JUSTIS SHAwKEY, Sheriff.
SherifT's Office, Tionesta, Forest County.
Pa, May 81, 1875. .-.,-.-'-. N.