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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Treatmentgof the Soil.

The soil is the farmers bank. II he
woad keep his accounts good and have
his drafts honored. he must take care that
his farming operations do not impoversh
his land, for that will inevitably impover-
ish him.
There are those accounted good farm
ers, because iii the main they are reason
ably successful in their management. vet
who are futile in accomplishing desired
results There is much working in the
dark, and sometimes a great waste Of la
bor There are some things that are hard
TO be unlearned after they have been long
practiced with apparently beneficial eff
tects, but which really had little agency
in producing those effects.
A hundred wears and more ago Jethro
Tull believed and taught that by sufficient
culture the soil would produce crops year
after year, without manure. His theory
brought disaster upon him ultimately, but
there was great lesson in his experience
which farmers failed to apply, to wit, the
value Of tillage in aerating the soil. Cul
tivation, frequent stirring. admits the air,
aud when it is recollected that vegetable
and mineral manures are useless until de-
composed into their original elements, and
that decomposition can only 90 on by the
direct agency OF the atmosphere, the I'M
portance OF the knowledge is at once re-
cognized. Organic matter possesses high
ly tertilizing properties, but these lie dor
mant and useless until decomposed and
rendered fit for plant food, by aeration of
the soil to which this matter has been APP
piled, pnlverize the soil and keep ii mel
low, for then it can breathe freely so to
speak, and the more productive II will be
rendered. Herein lies the benefit oi' re-
peated stirring-ot fall pIowing, which
insres additional pulyerizalion by the
action OF frost. insuring finer tilth. And
hence, too, the beneficial effects of drain
ing the soil, carrying off Stagnant water,
and permitting the air 10 take its place.
We must not lose sight OF the fact that
with properly aerating the soil, the con-
stituonts removed from it must be returned,
and that in the usc of manures it is well
to consider not only what is desired for an
immediate crop, but also the condition in
which the soil will be left for succeeding
crops .ludicious culture and proper ro-
tations Will insure good crops, and at the
same time the land viii deteriorate in fer
tili1y Western Nural
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Zoo Many Varieties.

Another great error is, when one COM
mences to grow fruit, lie gets too many
varieties, and this is caused by seeing the
-ong lists Of varieties i'll nurserymen's
catalogues, whose business ii is to grow
o. many kinds rs possible, so as to sell
The more and receive the more money.
Probably not over one-t fourth Of the yare-
ICES Of fruits advertised by these men are
worth cutivatng, in view of the fact that
The other three lourths are inferior sorts
SO matter whether il be apples, pears,
peaches grapes, raspberries, blackberries
I strawberries, no man should grow but
few of each kind. Bot to know which
best is the great trouble 1t wont do
10 trust to the seller, as he, in most cases.
IS mere producer OF small trees and
plants, and he does not know perhaps
which are best. Then uurserymen often
commend that kind that they have the
most of, SO there is no safety but for the
purchaser first to ascertain, if he can,
what he ought to buy, and then order
hose particular varieties, with an en-
phatic Injunction, ''send the varieties
named or nOthinUn
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Good Cows Cheapest.

Farmers MAKE a serious mistake in not
raising better stock. as ii costs no more to
iced COW worth 500 than it does one
worth only so. All you have to do in
order to have good cows is to buy a good
huh Of any breed that is noted for produc-
,ng good milch cows, and with two or
three first rate native cows one can soon
have COWS shat will milk 20 quarts day
lust as well as those that give only six or
light quarts. Icarling bulls Of blooded
stock can often be bought quite cheap, to
he kept year or longer before used The
Ayreshire is probably the best milk pro-
ducing breed we have. The Durhams
make the best beef cattle. and sometimes
good mixers; the Devons are very hardy,
aud makes splendid working oxen, but
are not noted as great mixers; the Alder
neys and Jerseys (both about the same
breed) are too small for farmers, and their
milk is too rich to 90 to cheese factories.
as it produces Il pound Of butter to six or
seven quarts, while native cows milk
makes only pound to thirteen or fourteen
Quarts of milk
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Silver by the Ton.
rrom tile Virginia Chronicle.

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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Planting Gardens Early.

A great many people plant their gardens
too early. A few warm days always cause
people to think they had better plant many
vegetables that would do better if planted
TWO or three weeks later At the South
gardens may be planted in March and
April, but at the North but few things
should be planted before May. Lettuce,
onions, beets and peas are the first to 90
in, to be followed in two or three weeks
with sweet corn, beans, melons, &c. In
the States extending from Delaware to
Maine, not hill of corn, beans OF melons
should be planted before May 10Th, and in
cold Springs it would be better to plant
such things about May 2jth.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Boston Commercial Rullctin

1t was only half an hour before the paper
went to press, but he walked unerringlv into
the EDITORS private room and, dropping his hat
over the warning placard of Busy Day-Short
Calls seated himself with easy bar-room po-
litencsS on the table with the exchanges. lie
was dressed in AN Ulster and a soiled rutled
shirt, wore an amethyst about the size of a hook
glass on his third finger and cluster pin in his
bosom. lie took a acknowledgement cigar
from his mouth and placing it on the editors
ink>tand, remarked coniidentaly:
II am going to spend some time this year,
The editor clutched his pen like dagger, and
paving after the few hairs on the top of his
head, said
in Philadelphia
The young man spat gracefully over his left
shoulder on the new carpet and responded:
''Ies. Pve done Il little wrtin' in my day,
and bein' dsengaged this summer, should like
to send tirst-cass journal like yours'-
The editor fell back in his chair and gaspcd-
'SOme letters about the Centennial"
The interviewer nodded. and kicked his No.
lis pensvely against the veneered panels of the
desk,
"WouId YOU like to be packed in ice until
your friends call for you?" said the editor gloom
lily, "or shall We forward your remains in an
air tight casket?'
Then gazing sorrowfulv at the young man
he put his mouth to speaking tube and asked ::
Are any of the pressmen ut hand!'
Promptly waited through the tin tube came
the reply
Red Mike and Big Dan, SIR
The would be correspondent started up
aghast, put his hat on, wrong side in front, and
buttoned the third button of his coat into the
second button-hole; but the newspaper man,
taking no more notice of him than he would Of
a dead head advertisement, breathed through
the tube
"Give 'em a quarter apiece and let them come
here. Tell them there is another one of those
Philadelphia Centennial fellows here, and then
pull in district telegraph boy and send for Il
hearse"
Before the last words were in the speaking
tube the tails of an Ulster coat sailed out of the
private office, and nervous young man, after
trying the door of the coat room and diving into
the coal closet, reached the counting-room door,
looked over his shoulder at two brawny Milesi-
ans who had just descended from some upper
region, missed his footing for dozen stairs, ac-
cented his descent with heavy bump on the
first landing, and reached the street as the edi-
tor wrote the last word of an article on ''the
business outlook" and calmly sent 1t whirring
up in the box to the composition-room.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

Chimneys require conscientious workman
ship. Every Joint should be carefully filled in
with mortar, and the inside smoothly plastered
1t sometimes seems MS though no amount of
caution and warning would be sufficient to pre-
vent the most criminal carelessness on the part
of workmen; and in some cases, the superin-
tendent of a building is grossly remiss in his
duty. Several years ago wealthy gentleman
of Brooklyn built tine and costly mansion,
and having II wholesome and sensible fear of
tire, he spent much time i'll guarding against
this ever-present source of danger. He watched
the construction of the chmneys from bottom
to top, and then, after experimenting the plac-
ing of the heating apparatus. he felt compara-
lively safe; and yet the insurance companies
were called upon, ere long, iopay a loss of $780,
900. The hearth bricks were laid on the joistS,
and they persisted in getting hot, and wood
will burn when exposed to fire; and Il fire un-
der floor is dangerous fire. Thus, in spite
of all his precautions, our timid gentleman was
burned out. We have known instances i'm Chi
cago where the builder and mason, between
them, succeeded in running joists clear through
into the chimney. When such houses burn, as
they must, the newspapers say the fire was
caused by defective flue; and nothing is said
of the criminal carelessness of those who made
the fue. American Builder.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Earth's w aiting.
BY }. G.. WHITTIER.

Cnksscd Of the sunshine, unbaptzed of showers,
With buds scarcely swelled which would burst into
flowers,
We wait for thy coming, sweet wind of the South,
For the touch OF thy light wings, the kiss of thy
mouth,
For the yearly evangel thou Dearest from God
Resurrection and life to the graves of the sod!
O, rose of the springtme its light and its BREATH
Bring warmth to this coldness bring life TO this
DEATH
Renew the great miracle, let us behold
The stone from the mouth of the sepulcher rolled,
And nature, like Lazarus, rises as of old.
Let our faith, which in darkness and GOODNESS has
lain,
Revive with the warmth and the brightness again;
And in blooming of flower and budding OF tree
The symbols and types of our destiny see;
And US to the sleeping earth, love to the soul.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Agricultural Items.

Lexington Ky. claims the champions
ship-twenty-one good sized living pigs
in one litter.
Raleigh, y. c.. crows over the posses
sion of a Cochin China rooster, that weighs
nineteen pounds and eats corn from the
top OF a flour barrel.
Parsley. one the best OF the Savory herbs
is little grown in this country. Its seed
takes six weeks to sprout. and should be
sowm as soon as the frost is out of the
ground indeed it has been suggested
that the experiment OF fall sowing be
tried.
The Michigan Farmer says the farming
industry is a sound healthy. strong and
vigorous industry to-day. There is no
over production, no surplus stock, but a
far demand. There is a better show for
the farmer than for almost any other pro-
tssion.
One feature of the lrut growing by the
farmers, who are mainly the fruit grow
ers, is the neglect to thin out the crop
when the trat is about half grown. The
refuse taken from the tree ut that time,
being one or Two of the smallest from a
cluster, aud all the small and hnotty ones
on the weak twigS. etc, are profitable
food for all clt~Ses of stock Mass
Ploughman
Maple sugar IS often dark -colored and
Waly This is owing to the use Of old,
tainted, wooden buckets and delay in its
manufacture. Sap changes rapidly. and
requires rapid conversion into sugar, or
its delicate color and flavor will be lost
Other causes sometimes affect the quality
of sugar Some soils are not favorable
The ravages of worms the previous year,
the presence of rain water and snow in
the sap, all these detract from the quali-
ties desired n +. Farmer
Oar agriculture il nowhere thorough
and well proportioned. Here is a man
who viii raise prize strawberries. aud his
apple trees, hard by will be full of cater
pillar webs. Another eXcels in onions,
while his starved potato field is buried
with weeds. In these respects our transat
lantic friends do better You may start
from Florence in Italy and walk for miles
along the valley Of the Arno, without see
ing Il fruit tree cut by insects or 4 weed in
vegetable bed, or a square yard Of ara
bic soil without some crop ON it,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Old and New Strawberry Beds.

\ great many old strawberry beds are
now a complete mass OF plants. too thick
r' produce a good crop of fruit Take a
common farm hoe, and have blacksmith
cut Oft enough of each end to leave hoe
b1ut four inches wide. Grind this sharp,
and commence to thin ont the plants as
.oon as the leaves have grown enough, to
enable YOU to distinguish between the old
md new plants that have grown two or
more crops Of fruit, 50 far rs You can, and
s0u thus renew your bed; and by follow
no up this system of cutting ont in the fall
II Spring every year, one may grow straw
Herries for many wears without resetting
The beds. New beds may he made either
l the Spring or in August and Neptember;
rut never wait till fail when the bed can
bee set in the Spring. The crop will be
worth but little I'LL the second year. Plants
set in April or May two feet apart will
rovet The ground with plants by tall. Set
ing in rows is a very good way-the rows
tWo feet apart and the plants one foot
pat in the rows; and It narrow walk
Kept open between the rows TO pick the
luit from See to it that YOU don't set
pistilliate (temale) plants with no stami-
ntte (male) plants to tertlIize them
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Fall Bearing Raspberries.

The Catawissa and Ohio Everbearing
produce fruit in the Fall instead of in the
Spring. The canes must be cut down
close to the ground either in December,
after the crop of fruit is gone. or early in
the Spring, and the new canes that shoot
up rapidly bear the fruit in October, con-
tinuing till killed by frost The Catawissa
produces a reddish berry, and the Ohio
berries are like black caps. These varie-
ties are valuable to every family having a
garden
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13
Avalanche In Utah.

The snow-slide which occurred here the
18th inst. was the most fatal disaster which
has ever occurred in this district. There
is an unusual amount OF snow here this
year but snoW-slides have been of such
rare occurrence-there having been only
one heretofore attended with loss OF life,
and that three Years ago-that this one
was entirely unexpected and created gen
eral excitement.
The snow started near the summit of
the mountain, a quarter OF q mile above
the Poorman mine. Coming down with
great velocity and gathering strength
with its increased momentum. it carried
all before it. the houses at the Poormau
mine Offering no impediment to its course.
The buildings were almost totally demol-
ished and carried in fragments over the
cliff and tar down the gulch. The miners
lost We're William Higgins, foreman, and
Thomas Lynch and James Iigginson,
miners John Toole, a miner, and the
cook, a Chinaman, We're the only other
persons in the house at the time. Tooe,
though tossed about and carried some dis
tance, sustained no injuries other than Il
few bruises, while the Chinaman's escape
is attributed to the fact that he was stoop-
tIlS QON IL tllC llliC w III Z, anu
the snow and wreck passed over him.
These bewildered and horror stricken
survivors, but half clad, brought the It'd
ings through the deep and treacherous
snow to the Gray Rock mine, and the
alarm was given. Though heavy storm
of wind and snow was raging, the cold
intense and the danger Of more slides
imminent, the whole force OF the Gray
.oI.x NJ fI,,ll IL ,,,I tn11
mines. under John Faunce. the foreman,
| turned out with shovels to the rescue.
Messengers were sent to Ophr, to the
Miners Delight mine, and to the mines OF
Lion hill, and force of over hundred
and fifty men before noon was on the
ground The body of IIigginson was
found on the floor of the boarding house,
dreadtully bruised and mangled. Lynch
was carried several hundred yards down
the gulch where his body was dug out,
also in a mangled condition. The great
est efforts We're made by all hands under
the direction of Marcus Daley and others
to find the body of Higgins.
| The three brothers Of Higginson and the
brother of Higgins were at the scene, and
though nearly wild with grief, were I'M
| tiring in their exertions.
Ihls morning work was resumed by
large force, but at nightfall the search
| was still unsuccessful.
Thomas Lynch leaves wife and child,
whose grief is pitiable to behold james
Higginson, wife and two children at
Santaquin, Utah county, where his re-
mains have been taken.
! The three men who met their death in
this appalling manner We're highly es-
teemed here and had many friends. Their
loss is deeply felt, and there is much SYM
pathy for the bereayed families.
The body of Lynch will be taken to Salt
Lake for burial
VIM. Higginson, whose body is not yet
found, was long a resident of this district,
and was esteemed by all who knew him.
His brother and friends will spare no ex-
ertion to find his remains. His home was
in St. Johns, Newfoundland, where his
parents reside.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

The country storekeeper said: "Here,
my friend, those balls Of butter | bought
of you. last week, all proved to be just
three ounces short of pound" And the
farmer innocently answered: "Well, l
don't see how that could be, for used one
Of your pound bars of soap for weight"
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

Brownell's Eureka, is a potato that will
please the producer, the salesman, the
cook and the eater. 1t is enormously pro-
Inc, white in skin and flesh, smooth sur
iace, and having fine, dry and delicious
nesh, Country Gentleman.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

According to the report of the seectmen of
Waldoboro there was paid out the past year for the
support of paupers 1851 13; for bridges s626s2;
highways $1,34535 miscellaneous $5s9.2s select.
men $500; assessors $270; supervisor of schools
$l75; constable 5000; auditor $500. The indebted
ness of the town is 29557.41.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

He was taken sick in the night, and in
her youthful ignorance she made two
mustard plasters and put one in front and
one behind, and then with horrid sarcasm
she asked him how he felt, But he was a
well-bred man, and merely said that he
realized with tenderness he had never
known before the true position of sand
wich in the community.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-04-13

Lexington Ky. claims the Champion
ship-twenty-Une good sized living pigs
in one litter.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
Minor LecdLs.

The Firemen's Centennial Association
meets tonight.
The Scott Sunday school excursion took
place yesterday.
Mr.. Heald's ninth regular sale takes
place on Saturday next.
Bush's 6hamokin coal is just what Is
wanted for warm weather.
Wyman is coming again. He Is going to
give away building lots this time.
The festival opend last night in the Sec
ond Baptist church, Fourth and French
Street.
The Union M. E. Sunday School excursion
takes place on Thursday. The boat leaves
from French street wharf.
Mills & Combs are selling Egg and Stove
coal at $6.75 per ton, and Nut at So. For
cash IS cts. will be deducted.
During Mr.. Haldeman's absence, his pull
pit will be filled by the Rev. Mr.. AcArthur,
formerly Of the Second Baptist Church.
For your snapper soup and terrapin, salt
oysters, dsviled crabs, and deviled clans
and ice cream, 60 to Springer's, No. 4 West
Fourth street. All a speciality.
The city assessment for 1867, just com
pleted by the City Council Board OF Revis-
ion, amounts to about $27 100000.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
Collections Received.

The American Rifle Co., have succeeded in
collecting about $50 towards defraying the
expense Of band to accompany then to
Philadelphia, on the Fourth ef July, and as
the generous hearted portion Of our citi-
zens to contribute said amount. Mr.. Sweet
man, the treasurer, of the committee will
gladly accept all contributions. We hope
that he may be successful in getting the de-
sired sum US 1t is enough that the members
of the company should bear their own ex,
penses without being taxed for the band
subscriptions left with Mr.. Frank Sweet
man, 800 Kirkwood street, or at either Of
the newspaper offices in this City will b'
gratefully received.
The Morning herald., 1876-05-31
BASE BALL.
0uichsseps vs. Quichsteps-B@N Notes
Generallu.

0nicksteps vs. Qutchsteps-BaH Notes
Generally.
The fourth game of the series between the
two Quickstep mines was played at the Rod
ney street grounds yesterday afternoon.
There were about 400 persons present. The
game was without doubt the most exciting
and interesting of the season that has been
played at either grounds Both clubs seem
ed to be in excellent spirits, and determined
on victory. The Professionals put Carl be-
hind the bat who played with his usual
GOODNESS & precision. Lomas, OF the Camp
bells played at centre, and Householder at
second. Quinton, of the Kleinz caught for
the Amateurs, but his playing was by no
means as good as on Saturday.
Kelly at centre distinguished himself by
taking everything that came In his way,
and also several that did not. Bertchell at
third, did very well, and in fact the entire
club, on both sides, played exceedingly
we'll, and to bestow praise upon one with
out the other, would be unjust. The few
errors that were made could not be called
| serious, and in nearly every case, the
chances were against the players. At the
end Of the ninth inning the score stood to
5 in favor Of the Professionals, and it was
at this point in the game that the excite
ment was at its height. Dickerson led of,
and after having two strikes called, and
making two or three fouls, finally made q
two base hit to centre. He soon sto.o third
and there was prospect for getting home,
but the batters who succeed him went out
! in one, two, three order; so ended the play
ing.
The score by innings is as follows:
Innings l 2 8 6