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Smyrna times., 1876-12-27
For the SAyTnG Times
Farming in Delaware--No. 3.

Much is said about the benefit of having
the land divided into small farms. This
is very desirable if we look to the general
benefit and prosperity of the State. If our
farms contained but from 80 to Is acres.
they would of necessity be more highly i'm.
proved, population would be more dense,
our towns would increase in size, and the
real and personal property of the State be
greatly increased in value. But generally
those who engage in farming are working
for their own beneGt-to advance their own
material interests; not specially for building
up the interests of the State, and trans
forming the face of the land into scenes of
Arcadian beauty.
TO farm to greatest profit the business.
like every other, should be conducted ac.
cording to the means, and the admins
trative ability Of each individual. He who
has the means to conduct farming opera.
tions on a large scale will make more
money than he could do by farming a
small farm. In all families there are mem
bers who are on-productive, to be sup.
ported by the labors of others, and it makes
some difference as to whether those non.
productive members of the family are sup.
ported on the profits of farming 40 or 300
acres, with the present system of improving
land by lime, clover, and concentrated
manures. 500 acres may be improved as
readily as fifty if the capital is at command
for the improvement And there are adj
vantages in farming on large scale; labor
can more readily be commanded farm
hands love to work in gangs, and he who
thus farms will have enough to do, in
laying out his work and attending to his
hands, without attempting to make hand
on the farm himself Let your operations
then be graded by your means. You can
only farm properly fifty acres, attempt no
more; Ifyou have the means for improving
and farming the 500 acres, all the better for
your own profit. A question of vital i'm.
pOrtance in farming is the proper rotation
Of crops. In no case should corn be grown
two years in succession on the same land.
unless the tendency to blue grass is such as
to render it absolutely necessary. Corn,
wheat and buckwheat are the grain crops
that pay best in this State. Oats rarely
pay, and buckwheat has been too much
neglected. Scatter the clover seed freely ::
SOW It on corn at the last cultivation; sow
it with the buckwheat SOW it on wheat or
any small grain, then you will be able to
turn a clover sod for every crop you sow or
plant No money you expend will pay
you so large a profit as that invested in
clover seed. If permitted to be grazed
off by your stock it pays in their improve.
ment, leaving still something for the i'm
provement of the land. If you permit it to
remain on the land to be turned in for sue.
ceeding crops it will be equal in value to a
| light coat Of manure, or heavy dressing of
| fertilizer, and this at a cost of from one
dollar to one dollar and fifty cents per acre.
He who first introduced the practice of
sowing clover seed conferred on the world
blessings greater than any warrior or states
man, and his name should be held in crate.
| full and undying remembrance. G.
DOVER, Dec 90, 1876.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

The early riser who is in the habit of
saying a pleasant word about the lark. NAV
as well bear in mind the melancholy fate of
" London cab washer who was recently
taken to st. Mary's Hospital. He had lost
the use of his upper extremities, while his
voice was reduced to a whisper. On beino
questioned, he stated that he usully finished
his work just as the public house opened.
lie always had the very first glass of beer
or gin that was served in heworning-that
is to say, the liquor which had remained all
night in the draw-pips in contact with the
lead. His gums showed the well.known blue
lin" indicative of lead poisoning, and there
were other symptoms. Some of the Gin
which he drank every morning havins
been procured and tested, gave l-43oth Of
grain per fluid ounce. He was ultimatelv
cured by the use of iodide of potassium
and galvanic baths.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

A pole in the Pennsylvania oil region.
loo feet high, has gas pipe running to the
top and fed from natural gas woll so that
at night huge fire can be seen at great
distance
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

MY business is to talk" said stump
speaker; 81 deal in words and sentences"
Yes, said voice in the crowd, "and as
long as I've known you, your place of busi.
ness has never been closed"
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

a sculptor who wanted to carve out a
statue of Patience on Monument" took
Tor his model young man leaning against
a mantlepiece dclicaicIy rubbing his upper
up the wrong way to feel for the coming
mustache.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

1t is. stated that John D. Gillette, of
Logan county, Illinois, is the owner Of
$4,000 acres of land, 5000 high. grade short.
horn cattle among which are 500 COWS with
calves, and twenty well.bred bulls. He
keeps fifty teams and one hundred hired
men. He has in one pasture l2S fat steers.
which weigh on an average q 100 pounds.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

A man who was to pay an election wager
by taking ten mile walk and carrying
pig with him is becoming anxious lest the
pig will soon be too heavy for him to carry.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Fac-Simile telegrophing is the latest
Boston happy thought, \ zinc plate re,
celves the impression, and pencil point
reproducss the very form of the letters.
words and sentences at the other end OF the
line
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Cole Younger, the leader of the Missouri
night-riders, who murdered the cashier of
the Northfeld Bank, amuses himselfi in the
Faribault Jail by reading "Josephus."
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Most of the miserable would be com.
paratively happy if they would only CON-
pare their condition with those beneath
instead of those above them.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Advice is generally like the bread and
cheese that beggers receive-thrown over
into the first vacant lot they come to.
1t is said that Edmund Yates, the author.
has an income of $4,000 per annum.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

a Chinaman who was arrested in San
Francisco on Dec. on charge of burg.
larry, made most absurd attempt to com.
NIT suicide. He turned on the gas in his
cell and putting his nose to the burner.
inhaled the contents. Theattendants tool,
him out doors and asked him what he had
been trying to do "Me likee die" quoth
Ah Quong.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

As soon as she was able to leave her bed.
a Boston woman Knocked down her
husband with a nursing bottle because the
baby was cross.eyed
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

As the rain falls impartjally on the Just
and the unjust, 50 the pale moonbeams
that lend inspiration to the lovers VOWS.
creep through the cracks in a hen-housa
and show the midnight naturalist where
the best pullet is roostin..
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

There is one trait of human character
that the devil himself must be proud of,
and that is the more we have Injured man
the more we hate him.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

1.-TWO soles that beat as one" remarked
the boy to his mother, as she was dealing
with him for his sins with both slippers at
once.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

ICING FOR JELLY CAKg.-The white of one
egg beaten very stiff, five ounces of pow.
dered sugar added, and the juice of one
lemon.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

CoRNED BEEF.-ln cooking cornrd beef it
should be put in boiling water when put on
to cook, and when it i, done it should re-.
main in the pot until cold. This is the
whole secretof having corncd beef uicy and
full favored instead of the contrary.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

PLAIN BOILED Peel tao pota.
toes pack them in saucepan, and fill iitup
with cold water, and salt to taste: let them
boil half an hour. then drain Oft tie water.
cover the saucepan with cloth dipped in
hot water, and folded up, and st the sauce,
pan by the side of the fire.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27
WHOLE NO. l.131

OLD SIS SCSPICIoN>.-Old 81 went TO tbn
theatre to see the magician performance
the other night. Next day we asked him:
Did you see that man handle that
money last night?"
81 did, for a factr
" lie made it come and 90 in all sorts of
ways?"
Young boss, dat mans pow'ful slick
wild silber munneyw
"What do you think Of him Si?"
Dat man foold round dar wild that
munney tell he reused up my '.pi~hurs.
he did"
"Suspicions of what?"
" Hit teks lots Of practi>s fer to max
half dollar pear an di,'pear in dat stiIc."
"Of course"
OATS what meks me hab spishun dat
dat white man wuz one time de cashier oh
treedmen's bank, an les want to hannel
him few minutes, sho's you born"
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Somebody said to Robert Hall: "How
many discourses do you think, Mr.. Hall,
may minister get up each week ~
Answered Hall; "If he is deep thinker
and great condenser, he may get up one:
IT he is an ordinary man, two; but if he is
an ass, Sir, he will produce half dozen. y
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Not long ago, as an elderly coupled were
out walking, a lady on the opposite side Of
the street tripped and fell down. The old
gentleman rushed across the street. raised
his hat, and offered to assist her any no,.i.
BILE way. His wife followed him across at ,
slow pace, and, witnessing his devotion to
the stranger, She got mad and shook her
fist at him.
Its all right-it', ali right" he whi>-
pered
"Yes, I know it., she hotIy exclaimed
Here an unknown woman stubs her toe.
and you plough acro>, the street to eat her
up with kindness. The other day. when
fell down stairs, YOU stool and laughed,
and chuckIed and tickled your rib. and
wanted to know if I was lrac;icing for a
circus 7!
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

DO you get off here ?. asked the purser
OF the steamer Cry Of N.rpors Of a lady, as
the boat was within two or three hundred
rods OF Bullock's Point, Tuesday afternoon.
NO. shereSponded, and ju,tas the rurscr
was about to tell her that She would have
to buy return ticket, she continued, II
get off when the boat reaches the wharf"
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

II costs less to agree With fool than to
diier with him.
Smyrna times., 1876-12-27

Two popular preachers in the West are
reformed convicts.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18
NOUVELLES.

NIEUX MoNDE-Iesnou ne sont
plus a la paiX. LIE ear tout gate par
un discours de be!liGueux Moscovite.
La conference de Constantinop!e n'aura
sans doutc pas lieu, Oh ne sera Qu'une
comedie intcrrompue a ccrtaine heure
prevue. L'armGe russo est mobiliSte.
LAllemagnc ct pAutriche sc croiserai-
ent les bras ct laisscraicnt taire. La
1urQuie masse ses forccs.-D|lsraeli,
trop bavard pour un homme d'Etat,
pretend que rAngletcrre est prtte a la
sucrre, 81 la guerre lui est imposte com
me defense de scs droits, dc ses iutertts
ct de son honncur.-C'est lie cardinal
Simtoni qni etc nomme secr6taire
d'Etat du Pape, en- remplacement d. An
tonelli, defnnt.-Le Pape mort, dit la
Gazette de Cologne, les troupes occupc-
ront le Vatican. Mais pourouoi?-D
deptches de Calcutta dissent que le der
nier cyclone, dams pInde, u tait ouaran-
te mile victimes, ct que la famine est
Bombay.
NoUvEAUs MoNDE.-Les Etats oui
ont donne Ia majoritt a Tiltleu ct 4 Hen
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18
ICI EFT AILLEURS.

CUMULARD.-Touta aux unS ct ricna
autres, c'cst Ia unc doctrine passablc-
mcnt aristocrati9uc.
C'cst Ia du cumulardisme.
Et le peuple de st. Jacques raison
de dire que notre voisin G. E. Bovec
aime I'M peu trop Ia doctrine du c,mu-
lardisme ct lu monopole.
Car NJ. G. +. Bovee, Qui est fabricant
de cigarettes en- vertu lie Ia libre indus
tric ct du libre commerce, trouve enco-
re le temps deSercer cinq Oh six fonc-
tons dEtat ct de paroisSe.
En- etfet lc petit George est a la fois
maitre de poste, Journalistic ofticicl, tie-
soricr du bureau dies ecoles, sccratairc
du bureau des ecoles ct colecteur DIES
taxes de fEtat ct de Ia parcisse.
Celia, &C nous semble, doit avoir me
fin, ct lie peuple dc la Louisiana, en- vo-
tant acknowledgements, certainement
vote pour Ia rftorme dcs abus ct le re-
tour 4 une doctrine de bon sens, d'hon-
nttete ct dc justice.
NIas 81 nous blamons le cumulard.
nous trouvons .justc dc dire que lie fabri-
cant dc cigarettes merite le respect ct
| Irapprobation de la communaute. Un
hoinme actif, une industrie de plus, du
travail aux travailleurs, celia est certai-
ncment de Ia bonne ct serieuse demo.
cratic, ami George.
| AcADEM1CIENs.-Le Academiciens
de St. Jacques ont triomphe.
Car NM. Siskron, Miles, Fisher, Die
tkcrson ct simms ont GU III majoritc.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18

ROCHAMBEAU.-Ce petit fills dun
homme i!lustre nest pas, parait-il, un
republican, bien stricuX; car nous H.
sons le photographic S'livant dams rIudf-
pemlnnt de Loir-et- Cher:
''La Commune de Thort, pres Ven
dome, await TN conscilIer municipal !,
,.lire. NJ. dc Eochambcau. que les Anne
ricains ont pris pour un republican,,
ratronait tout na,urclleucnt lc canui
dat rtactonnairp
lie canditiat republicans, a etc tlu a
une tres grande majoritt.
Cctte election montrera /: VI. de Ro
chambeau ct il ses amis que. s'ls vell
lent ttre pris pour ilcs libcraux, lis te
ront bien de retourncr Ell Amtrique."
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18
DeoQlJggGpog 1oo Nnoglgtaoga6x
'yta "a q "a y4xs EFS ia N n
Is ~ ia 4 - - u u u 8l
CHAplTRE xLyIII.

En- effet, on serait original q w.
LIE p0re Septime, entire a,atre
nalites OH singularites, await
vouloir une eglise simple, psa
austere, sans ornements, dam
OH pat prier sans ostentatid
distraction. W
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18
j. GENTlL, REDACTEUR.
AGENTS DU LOUIsIANAIs.

NONrelle- Orleans: "A. &. Roman,
Tchoupitoulas st. No. Ii.
St.-JacQnes, &.-.Jcaa- Baptiste, Iberriue
Assumption ct Ascension just Comes
Donaldsonville.
Lafayette, Atiakapas:-Edouard +
MOutOn.
Nonrellc- c-IJG,ie:-Augustc Girod.
VacAeyie:-Morris Feitel.
Le Louisianais. [volume] (Convent, La.) 1865-1883, 1876-11-18

phistoire. Et c'est tranquillement, avec
toute rimpassibilite DIES sages, CONNIE
a Ia chose la plus simple ct la plus ordi-
naire du monde, que nous entendons
asslster aux travaux ct d peuvre du
Buredu dcs Ret0M's.
Nous avons vote, ct c'est tout.
Mals notre vote est Ia, bien Ii, Ia pour
tous.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger,
NV ORLEANS SUNDAY, AUGUsT p, 1878.
THE PATRONESS.

Our Buffalo contemporary, the Catholic
Union, quotes this pretty story from L. Yeu-
illot:
Our CAPTAIN was a brave seaman, who
maintained his authority without the aid
of oaths, and in foul weather, IS in fair,
his cheerful temper was unruhied. In his
cabin hung the portrait of the Blessed
Virgin.
Their 2"
at is villainous! We shall be tossed
about at such rnte as to be forced to
stop"
"But the ship is good and the captain
lucky"
clam fifty years old, and have spent
fifty years upon the oceans waves, for
was born upon waters. In my voyages to
to Rome, l never met with any serious &C
cident, but l cannot say the same of my
other trips"
Captain, I saw the likeness Of GER
tain Lady in your cabin. Is she the pa
trOness of your vessel !"
The captain smiled.
" The Company of the Imperial Line do
do not trouble themselves much about
a patroness. Our good ship is called the
Lycurgus.' Did you ever hear of a saint of
that namef But the Lady of whom you
speak is my own special patroness,"
How long has she been such, captain 2"
"Slnce certain day, when 1 and seve-
raj OGneTs, VINO Ulu not any OF US very
often think of looking up to heaven-I mean
the heaven of our good God-suddenly
found ourselves near the bottom of the sea-
Then, when all hope of earthly aid had
vanished, we discovered that we were
more pious than we professed to be, for we
made VOW to Notre Dame de la Garde =
abe Immediately took us in tow, and we
entered port as if led by the hand.
In our shirt sleeves and barefooted we
fulfilled our VOW; chanting the litanies as
we went along.
"Ah ! the good Virgin did all the things
well. Sometime afterwards she gave me
my wife, and my wife gave me my daugh-
ter.
81 Now my. wife and daughter pray for
me-. AS sentinels they stand before 'Notre
Dame de la Garde,' where their prayers
burn like two tapers of purest wax.
:" They ask the Blessed Virgin that may
die in my bed, well prepared by good
confession. They tell her that as we have
been 80 separated on this earth, we should
not be SO in eternity. God will grant tn. IN
what they ask.
My daughter will close my eyes, and
bury my poor body. So, now, go to your
cabin and sleep as TRANQUILITY as i do"
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20
"Wednesday, October 1. 1876.

Wednesday, October 4, 1876.
With the old advantages OF a sound Classical and
Commercial Education. the Directors OF the CJoInza
can now oder TO their patrons tho additional advEn
tARes OF fTBtclAss building entirely new and nnch
superior 10 the former College in point of Ventilation
arrangement and accommodation
Tho Professors being mem beers Of q SooIet wbIoh
for three hundred years has devoted Itself TO the
vantage long traditions experience The Eancatinn
they profess to give ID based upon zion and MorHv
and has for its aim not on TO adorn the minds her
their hearts the esteem of virtue aud practical ove
for the duties they will have to discharge IN Afterfs
Coursos; the preparatory, the Classical and the
mercaL The Preparatory course lasts ONE year and
either in tho Classical Commercial coarSs
The CLASSICAL Course lAsts SIX yenrS aHd an
braces All the branches OF thorough Collegiate and
CniverGity Education At the end Of tho sixth year
those who give proofs of the requisite in the
Greek aud Latin language and show sufficient prod
cheney in Mental and Natural Philosophy Cheuistrv
and the higher branches Mathematical are entitled
TO the degree Of A. b. (Bachelor Of ArtsJ.
The Degree of Master OF Arts "a. M IL awarded 70
ply and Science in tho College, have passed two
years in the practice Of learned profenson.
The COMMERCIAL l. Course lasts THREE years and
Inbraces all the branches usually taught Commercial
Colleges. The third year Of ths corresponds 70
Srdsnts attend lectures in Natural Philosophy ard
Chemistry with the beers Of Graduating clasa
and TO De admitted one must previously know how 70
read and write.
aONTHs-
Entrance Fee, frat year is 90
Board, Tuition and Washing, payable hAlryeArly,
a., anu ~ aoYAhce. 800 %
Bed and Bedding. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL 70
Circulars can be obtained by addressing the
PRESIDENT OF SPRING HILL COLLEGE
THE JESUIT FATHERS
Corner B@ronne and Common streets, New Orleans.
y. POURs1SE, College Agent
sel2Tly $40 Gravier street. New Orleans.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20
EDUCA. ONAL.
COLLEGE
COLLEGE
~
IMMAC ULATE CONC TION,
Corner OF CoRmon and Baronne streets.
NEW ORLEANS.

This Literary Isttution Incorporated by the State
Louisiana, and empowered confer degrees IL m
Quoted by the Fathers tho Society of Tho build
inRs are well adapted for educational purpOHes.
court ard entirely cut of FROM the street 10 reserved FOR
recreation that from the arrival Of the pupils st T3
A. M till their departure At they stan
secluded and supe rintenGUh.
The Course of lnatruCtion 10 thresfod Preparatory
CONNIE rCial and Classical.
The Preparatory C1urse is for beginners.
The Com msrcal Course Is for those students Who
not wish 10 learn Latin and Greek
The Classical Course 10 for those who desire have
complete education.
French Us taught the three courses.
Students not admitted unless thoy know how 70
read and write.
The moral and religious training the
lead ny object of the instructors.
Every mouth report is sent to parents stating
duct, progress, rank in class and attendance.
TIE aCademical year begins the First Monday
OF October and closes ards the end OF July.
TERMS.
Entrance Fee, g..
Collegiate Course, payable in al nnco and In Uuitod
States currency two months, $50.
Preparatory Course SO
myl4 w REV. b. GAUTRELEr Precedent
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20

prudential reasons, believing that local
constabulary would be more efficient in
preserving the peace than military force,
adopted the former system. And if we ex
anime the committals for crime as compar-
ed with the convictions in Ireland, aud the
same as regards England and Scotland, we
cannot but admit the superior vigilance
and efficiency of the Irish coustabulary.
All these considerations point to the fact
that Ireland is far freer from crime than
England or Scotland, while there are whole
classes of crime from which it appears to be
almost wholly exempt.
The last report of the Inspectors Gene
raj of Prisons gives ludicrous account of
of the gaols in Ireland. The staff, in many
of them, largely exceeds the number of
prisoners; waile the average cost OF a pris
oner in some counties is ten or more times
what it is in another county. So that Ire
land, whose very name, to the minds of
many even intelligent persons in England,
is Synonymous with chronic crime, outrage,
and social disturbance, happens to be in the
enjoyment of profound peace and indus
trial activity, and nov here in the empire
with the sole exception of agrarian offences
Are law and order more respected, or the
foundations of society in condition of
greater stability.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-08-20

The government throughout this establishment IN
mild and parental The pupils sted from
their instrncresses Recreation table ara
the same for ALL In short everything tends to mr.
mote afectionate union between the Ssters and tha
younR ladies intrusted to their mothery care.
The instruction Is thorough and solid in harmonv
with the requirements of society. The prse
I'm both English and French al the branches of know
ledge cultivated at the present day Each Language In
taught by natives of respective countries To in
sure correct pronun citation.
The academiCal year closes with n publio Inhibition
and distribution of premiums to which parents are In
vited. -
Education Is hero the object of attention and
solicitude. Governing those placed under their cha
by moral suason alone, the Sisters of St. Joseph on
vor to inculcate principles of solid pety, req ure
strict Observance polite and amable and
instl feelings of respect and affection pAren "a
Pupils of all denominations admitted.
NoTA.-During the bathing season. the Boarding
School moved to the Bay ST Louis where Sisters
OF st Joseph have a hourishing academy.
TERMS-To be paid in advance foowBt
Boardlng, per three months. .e5l 90
" Ashing, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10 90
Music Lessons and use OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 90
D. LESSONS. %
Pastel oil painting according to the Der pupis
Neede-wOrk in all Ia varieties. golden embroidery
artificial flowers taught TO the boarders without
charge.
For further particulars address "Superoress of the
Academy of the Sisters of st. Joseph Box
THOMAS LAYTON
d"2h 10 " or G. u. ELDER. Agent