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The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
IN WALL STREET.

IN WALL STREET.
Wall street is as old as the city, but It's
habitues are not SO ancient. The aver
age stay of a HAN iu that street is very
brief. lie may make Il great deal of
money one year, but he is morally GER
tain to loose it the next, and ninety per
cent. Of them go Out poor. The oldest
man in the street has only been there
twenty seven yeas, and he has stayed
that length of time by doing a strictly
commission business, and never taking a
risk. The Office that this man now oc-
cupies lie paid $50 per year for at the
beginning of his career Now, he is
paying $500 for the same premises.
He has one building that he rents for
more money each year than the PREM
ises cost him fifteen years ago. The
majority of the men on the street are
young, twenty-one to thirty being the
ages of three-fourths of them. A man
can't live long in that street, for the life
is one of too much excitement. It's the
widest form of gambling known, for
there is no cessation or relief When
the speculator has put his all on cer-
tain stock it may take a week for the
result to be known, and that week he
carries around with him load of anx-
iety. 1t is with him at his meals, it
walks beside him and sleeps with him,
or rather won't let him sleep. He has
his all staked on events which he cannot
control, and he has simply wait in sus-
pense till the matter is decided for or
against him. OF course to carry this
load he invariably resorts TO ostimulants,
and the upshot of the matter is, an
early death bed, and seldom a very
pleasant one. Bnt the places of those |
who drop out are filled by new stock, |
and the game goes on forever. The |
business is pure gaInbling-Wall Street |
doesn't earn dollar or produce one. 1t |
is simply wagering money that stocks |
will go up or down, and in most cases
the money wagered belongs TO some one
else. A lie that will influence a stock is
considered virtuous, and perjury is not
unless it fails to produce
the desired effect. In brief, if there is
a sin that has not been adopted in Wall
Street, you may be sure it is only be-
cause il could not be utilized.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18

This Association Is Operated upon Purely Mutual
Principles-Its Reserve Remains With It's Mem
bers Until Called for to Pay DEATH LOSS.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07

1our hours, Tor the prevention Of smut, the
greatest of curses to a wheat-field, also be-
tore your wheat has headed, have the bows
to run over the field and pull out any rye
that may appear, and you will then have
wheat that will command the highest mar
ket price. No greater mistake can be made
than to thrash while the straw is damp.
Poor wheat in good condition is preferred
by manufacturers to good wheat in bad con-
ditlon. Wheat in shocks, if rightly con-
structed, is much safer than any stack ex-
posed to weather. Fultz wheat will stand
more than dozen duckings in the shocks
without much depreciation in its quality.
Six heavy rains day or two apart will
nearly ruin any white wheat in shocks. NV
own crop stood fourteen rains in sixteen
days, while in shock, and is to-day worth for
manufacturing ten cents per bushel more
than any white wheat that has appeared on
the market this season.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07
it is hardly worth anything g.-Ru1al Nceo
Yorker.
HIGH FARMING,

A prominent agriculturist of this country,
after returning from tour of England, says
he is thoroughly confirmed in his old faith
that the only good farmer of our future is to
be the high farmer" There is a widely pre-
vailing antipathy among the common farm
ers of our country against not only the prac-
tice CT high farming, but against the use of
the phrase by agricultural writer's. This is
all wrong and should at once be corrected.
Through some misconception OF the phrase,
and also of its application, they have come
to believe it synonymous with " theoretical
farming" "ne tangled notions,'' boasted
progress, followed by disappointment and
final failure. This is all an error High
farming simply means thorough cultivation.
liberal manuring, bountitul crops, good
stock, good feed, and paying profits there
from. It is not strange that misconceptions
have arisen in the minds Of doubling farm
ers who have been eye-witnesses to some of
the spread-eagle experiments Of enthusiastic
farmers, better supplied with money OBJ
tanned in business they know how to man.
age than with practical experience on the
farm. Bountiful crops and paying profits
of course are what all farmers, who are de
pending on the farm for an income, are striv~
ing to obtain and every year as it passes is
re-confirming the opinion that the profits
are small and will grow /" beautifully less -
where high farming is not practiced.-Joua'-
nal Of Progress.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07

will give their best bloom in the latter part
of winter or early spring. A little while
back we thought the Pansy would never
succeed in the South but for two years past
the finest, largest Pansies we have ever saw,
either in this country OF Europe, were sent
to us in the latter part OF the winter from
South Carolina, and we are glad to know
that our Southern friends have such splen-
did winter flower. In the North the Pansy
will do very well with little protection,
and will take advantage of even weeks
thaw to give flower or two.
There are some flowers, natives of noun
tain glens and shady wales, that do not sue
ceed in the bright sunshine of summer; but
if we can get them to bloom in the spring,
do so with all their native beauty and vigor.
The Nemophilas and ClarASas are striking
examples. If seeds of these are sown the
the autumn, they will flower in May and
June.
We have few hardy Annuals, like the
Candytufts, that may be sown in the fall.
In sandy soil the Portulaca may be sown
in the autumn, but not in damp or heavy
soil. Seeds Of biennials and Perennials, if
sown early enough to produce strong little
plants in the autumn, will flower the next
summer
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07
FL0RIC-U I 7 i R Z E
FALL AND WINTER GARDENING.

The following hints upon fall and winter
gardening we take from Vich's Floral
Guide:
The Herbaceous plants, after growing
number of years in one place, are benefited
by division and removal. The DelpAmiu1ns,
or Perennial Larkspurs, as they are COM
monty called, the Hol1yhocks and Paeonies,
and Canterbury Bells, and Perennial Pop
pies, and Aquilegias, may all be divided and
replanted in the autumn. Clumps of Lilies
can also be taken up and the bulbs reset,
just as soon as the leaves begin to show
signs of ripeness by turning yellow.
All this is necessary, and may all be done,
and yet the garden in the spring look very
dull and uninteresting. After being driven
from the garden for nearly six months, in
the early spring we are hungry for some
thing that shows life and beauty, and we
watch with eagerness the early opening leaf.
and are in ecstacies over the first expanded
flower. Upon the Holland Bulbs we de-
pend almost entirely for our early spring
flowers. The Snow Drop comes as the snow
leaves, to be soon followed by the Crocuses,
the Tulips and the Hyacinths. A garden
without a few beds Of these hardy bulbs is
really only half garden, for it will begin to
be beautiful only when half tho season is
over. Don't put off making beds of Tulips
and Hyacinths until spring, os many do, for
bulbs cannot be obtained at that time that
will give you satisfaction. Every year hum
dreds of our friends neglect this caution,
and send for Tulips and Hyacinths about the
time they are in flower.
Your Lilies did not all flower the first sea-
son as you expected. WE'LL Lilies have per-
ennial roots, like a tree, and removal shocks
Lily, somewhat is it does tree, but not
so severely. Altogether the best time to
plant Lilies is in the autumn, and then, in
most cases, you may secure flowers the first
season.
What can we do in the way Of sowing
seeds in the autumn for spring flowers
That depends upon the climate. In the
South very many Of our Annuals may be
| sown in the autumn or winter, and some
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07
DOMESTIC ECONO MY.

Picked Onions.-Boil small onions after
they are peeled until they are half cooked in
salted water; then, while hot, drop them
into jars or bottles of spiced vinegar.
!sroeet fich1ed Ctcatapbers.-Pare and cut ia
quarters, ripe cucumbers. Remove the
seeds; then to one quart of vinegar put three
pounds of sugar, and spices to suit the taste.
Scald the vinegar and spices together, pack
the cucumbers in a jar and pour the vinegar
over them boiling hot.
Tomato Catsup-One bushel OF ripe toma-
toes, wash thoroughly, then boil until soft.
Squeeze through a seive, add one quart of
vinegar, half pint of salt, one ounce of
cloves, one of allspice, half an ounce of cay
enne pepper, two ounces mustard seed, boil
the whole three hours.
Pickled Cau1foaoers.- off the flow
ers, put layer of them in Jar and sprinkle
salt plentifully over them; then another
layer of cauliflowers; then salt, and so on.
Let them remain twenty-four hours, then
wash off the salt and drain dry, pack them
in a jar and pour spiced vinegar boiling hot
over them.
Spiced Tonaatoes.-Tal1e a bushel of ripe
tomatoes, skin and boil them we'll, then add
teacup of salt, two tablespoonfuls Of black
pepper, one tablespoonful of cayenne pep
per, an ounce each of ground mace, cloves,
allspice, and cinnamon if agreeable to the
taste, mix well. Put the tomatoes in Jars
and when cold, run mutton suet over them,
and tie strong paper over the tops; or bet
ter put them in air-tight jars of glass.
Pichled Tomatoes. tomatoes before
they are thoroughly ripe. Mix in stone
jar an ounce of mustard, salt an ounce each
of cloves, allspice, pepper and nutmeg with
half jar of good cider vinegar. Lay in the
tomatoes with dozen peeled onions of me-
dium size, cover close. They will be fit for
use in a month. The onions may be omitted
if not agreeable to the taste. Half a pound
of sugar added to the vinegar is an improve
ment.
Boiled Picked Cabbage.-Wash the cab
bage thoroughly, cut the heads into quar-
tiers, boil in salted water until tender; stick
whole cloves scattering over each quarter,
then put them down in layers in jar or
tub, add few red pepper pods, cover with
good cider vinegar. The boiling before
picking is a decided improvement upon ihe
usual way of picking raw cabbage.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07
AG RICU 1T i R AL.
CULTURE OF WINTER WHEAT.

The following which we extract from the
7fEral Sun contains some sensible views in
2&gard to the culture of winter wheat in
ennessee, and may be of interest to Mon
ma wheat-groWers:
|# The reasons for giving preference to the
&|ultZ variety OF winter wheat are numer-
US and as strong as they are numerous.
Hstands the winter weather better, it ma
f1res sooner, it produces more grains to the
fead, it weighs more to the measure, flour
Slade of it is whittier and better-bodied than
1ny other variety. 1t works more kindly in
manufacturing. 1t is not so easily stained
@damaged in the shock, during the time
E&quired to season before thr;shing, the
ain being more solid and heavier than any
lei wheat, causes it to thrash cleaner.
6e compact and flinty character of the
xain renders it slower in terminating weey
the product is greater, and it always COM
N3ands better price. This system of cul-
flre would bring immense wealth to our
X8ction, now denied to us because our plant
Ers will persist in having wheat to follow
&0rn, and consequently harvesting seven to
ten bushels of perished grain, crowded with
SkSeat and cookie, not worth in the market,
kthin ten to fifteen cents per bushel of the
fWenty to twenty-five bushels grown after
kaoyer; indeed, thirty-siX bushels per acre
HIVE been reported to me this season, and |
Slieye that high culture, with good seed,
lay result in producing from thirty-five to
1kty bushels to the acre, on a hundred-acre
ld in our county of Davidson. The best
Kd most nutritious corn produced in the
United States, is in no respect superior to
af&0f produced in Middle Tennessee, and
IRE is no earthly reason, other than those
1entioned, why the vicinity of Nashville
lonld not be the depot for as good wheat
g the world produces, and at least five to
fEn bushels where we now have one bushel
Bickly white and thick-skinned Mediterra-
Gan wheat. Experienced and practical
heat growers in our vicinity have found
1rteen to fourteen dollars per acre to be
actual cost of producing and marketing
lMhHat grown within ten Or twelve miles OF
NASHVILLE. This calculation, however, III
|Nlndes five dollars per acre rent, not a legiti-
mate charge, without a credit for the value
nI the straw. Unless the production be
twenty OR more bushels to the acre and the
tee more than one dollar, the farmer is not
fnfiched. 1t needs no Solomon to foretel
he future of planters, who year after yeal
produce but eight or ten bushels of inferior
wheat per acre. 1t is the planter who pro
dllces largely, and whose product is of the
best grade, that can maintain his manhood
hthe market, and have his say as to price
md not the man who harvests small yiel(
sof poor quality; the latter may be the bet
ler Individual of the two, but in wheat time
she Z Scarcely respectable. Iwonld remint
yon of the indispensable necessity of soakin!
oAm Wheat in bluestone water for twenty
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1876-09-07
CURING ALFALFA HAY.

Alfalfa which is better known in the East
ern States as Lucerne, has since the settle
ment of California attracted more attention
than ever before, although one of the oldest
forage plants known in the history of agri-
culture. Its popularity On the Pacific slope
has prompted some of the farmers on the
Atlantic coast to experiment with this plant
and the following from the Sacramento
(Cal.) Union in regard to the cutting and
curing of alfalfa hay may be of interest:
There has been, and is yet to some extent,
prejudice againet alfalfa hay as winter
feed for stock, especially horses. The prin-
cipal cause that gave rise to and kept up this
prejudice is to be found in the fact that the
farmers did not understand when to cut it.
or how to cure it, Or perhaps, antecedent to
either of these causes, we might mention
another: That they did not how to sow the
seed. The seed was sown too thinly on the
and woody. Then this coarse growth was
allowed to stand before cutting, till the
plants had blossomed, and sometimes till
the seeds had formed In this condition the
Stems had become more like wood than
clover hay, and the leaves had fallen off,
leaving what was then called alfalfa hay
more like a bundle Of sticks than a stack of
hay.
Then again, it was formerly the custom of
farmers to allow this over-ripe grass to lie in
the sun and dry till it had neither color nor
nutriment in it, until even the seed that had
81, 1oJ
with this hay has taught farmers many val
liable lessons as to its management. First,
they have learned that the seed needs to be
sown very thicAly on the ground, so that
stems of the grass will grow small and slen-
der Secondly, they have learned that the
grass, to make good hay, should be cut just
as it is coming into blossom, before, in fact,
it changes its color from green to blue.
Thirdly, they have learned that as soon as
the grass is well wilted in the sun it should
be raked up into winrows and then put into
ricks and allowed to complete the curing in
this condition.
By cutting the clover while thus green
and treating it as thus indicated the fresh,
green color is preserved, the hay is kept in
soft and pliable condition, and all the nu-
triment is preserved, and the hay is relished
and eaten by stock of all kinds with the
same zest that they eat the fresh growing
clover. The hay while in the rick, if put as
suggested, goes through sweating process
that changes the juices to starch and sugar,
and that fastens all the leaves to the stem.
so that in future handling none is lost. AL
falfa hay cut and cured in this way is actual
ly more valuable for COWS, horses or sheep
than the best wild oat, or wheat or barley
hay that can be raised, and is good hay to
winter hogs on. If cut when too ripe, and
cured in the sun. alfalfa hay is not worth as
much as poor wheat or barley straw in fact
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WEEKLY BY
r. N. SUTHERLiN.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

rhc ROCKY MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN Is designed
6e, as the name indicates, a husbandman in every
kse of the term, embracing in its columns every
bartment of Agriculture, Stock-raising, Horti.
ture, Social and Domestic Economy
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01
TO HIS CREDIT BEIT SAID.

Commercial travellers smell of to-
bacco and sometimes of rum, are too
communicative and inquisitive to be
agreeable companions on the rail. But
in a stagecoach in the far West they can
do brave thing without seeming to be
conscious of their heroism. The Floyd
Hill and Georgetown coach, with six
powerful horses, had stopped at Fall
River and the driver jumped down,
leaving the reins in the feeble hands of
an invalid on the box. The horses
suddenly took fright, and broke into a
wild gallop; and the sick man was pow
erless to control them. The coach was
flied with men, women, and children,
and every cheek was pale with fear as
the frantic horses dashed Through the
cannon. While death was staring
them in the face, a passenger crawled
through one of the narrow windows
and clambered upon the box. Selling
the lines, forcing his whole weight up
on the brake he checked the horses as
they were flying over the rocks, and
stopped the coach on the edge of a
precipice. The name of the hero is
d. NJ. McCurdy, commercial traveller
for boot and shoe house in Kansas
City.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01
A SUDDEN REPENTANCE.

Yesterday forenoon a farmer entered
a restaurant on Griswold street. hat on
the back of his head and a joyful look
in his eyes, and flinging his hat on the
floor he exclaimed:
"WhoopI Sold my wool, and now
want Thanksgiving dinner"
He was invited to sit down TO table,
handed bill of fair, and asked to name
his dishes.
Il want chicken, turkey oysters, fish,
quail, snipe, pie, cake, soup, wine-bring
on the best you've got in the shanty~
he said as he pushed the bill away.
The waiter started out, and the farmer
hauled out his wallet and counted his
money. His face grew serious after a
moment, as he began to realize that luxu-
ries cost money, and in another minute
he pounded on the table and called out:
Il want to see the waiter"
The waiter entered and the farmer
continued:
you hold on a little. You may
scratch out that other order and bring
me in som meat and 'taters and bread.
I've sold my wool, as L said before; but 1
just happened TO think that the corn
crop may bust ON me, and whered quail
ON toast be thenI2-Free Press.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01
DID NOT KNOW HER AGE.

Tabitha Sargent-aAunt Tabilha" we
all called her-was a spinister Of uncer-
tain age, residing in the upper part Ok
ford county, Maine. She might have
been ffty-she might have been more
she might have been legs no one save
herself could tell, and she wouldn't. She
had been repeatedly asked how old she
was, and had as often informed the in
quiror that ii was nobody's business but
her own.
Once upon time Aunt Tabitha was
summoned as a witness IN a case on trial
at the fall term Of the Supreme Court,
held at Paris-an important witness she
WAS She was to testify for the plaintiff
Charles b. Cummings was counsel for the
defense. q think 1t was Charlcs) and
said Charles:
Now I'll make Aunt Tibitha tell Us
her age. Wait and see"
We waited.
Tabitha had given her testimOny-dl-
rect, terse and strong, and was turned
overto cross-examination.
"What is your name?' asked Cum
mings, with severe dignity.
Il told it to Mr.. Hastings" answered
the witness with a snap.
"To be sure-but | wish to know that
l have it right"
my name is Tabitha Sargent"
Miss Sargent, you will not forget that
you are under oath Where do YOU now
reside"
an Andover."
How old are you27
"Eh what, sir ?"
what is your age ?"
"I-don't-know,-sir"
Don't know your own age"
"No, sir" Tabitha replied, firmly, but
with a sharp twinkle of her keen gray
eyes. 81 have not the least recollection
of the circumstance Of my birth, and
consequently couldn't swear to its date.
l may have heard other people speak of
it, but | don't s'pose I'm here to tell what
other folks say about things that haven't
got nothing whatsomever to do with this
case. So, Mr.. Charles Cummings, if it
would be any satisfaction to you, tell
you, once more, don't know"
While Judge Kent ducked his head
for a few moments, Tabitha gathered
herself for the next onslaught. But there
was no need. She had vanquished Charles
B. as he never had been vanquished be-
fore. ~ Y LedOer.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01
HENDRICKS MULES AGAIN.

Hendricks having pronounced the
now historial mule claim stritciy
honest one, and proved it to be so by
Henderson, the man who owned it, our
Washington correspondent has taking
the pains to look farther into the official
records of that transaction. It is inter
esting to track the footsteps of the
never firing Hendricks, as lie went
from department to department with
his little claim. For four long years
he met with nothing but rebuffs and
discouragements. Every officer to
whom the claim was submitted saw the
fraud and rejected it promptly. But
at last persis tency was rewarded. An
opinion w8s obtained the Bureau of
MILITARY Justice, upon which the Sec
ond Comptroller of the Treasury al
owed pa ayment, the Auditor protesting
against it. Upon the final settlement
papers is the following Endorsement:
This settlement was made by the Sec
ond Comptroller alone, the Auditor
having decided adversely" If there is
any one who believes the Hall claim
just one, as affirmed with great unanimi
ty byHendricks andHenderson, we COM
mend to him perusGi of the documen-
tory evidence upon the subject, which
will be found in another part of this
paper.-Cjncin1ldtj Gazette.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-09-01

A SoUTH CAROLINA Judge has dis
covered what he considers to be an ad
mirable method of dealing with drunk
enness. He proposes that every per-
son shall sell as much liquor as he
wishes without tax or license, while
those who wish to drink in public or
at saloons shall be required to apply
for license, and to give notice of such
application by publishing it for one
month in the official newspaper of the
city or county. If there be no objec-
tion made to granting the license the
applicant shall then receive it upon
entering into bonds for his or her good
behavior.