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@ nblage Of fair faces. and radiantly beau tiful forms-4brougs too into clearer.
 stronger relief by the smallness of the
 honse, as amazed those who knew of the
 staid reputation of the chapel, and knew nst what pearls of loveliness It's quiet ex- terior concealed. Tine society ladies were dressed in 1776 costume, with nmbrageous embellishments; and while their apparel for the most part would. not attract the attention of a 8a0diste, its effect was more than ordinarily picturesque by reason of
 the extensive display of partizan colors. 1t distance some of the costumes must
 have looked like shattered rainbow. The tables were spread with everything
 supposed to have been eaten one hundred years ago, and in tremendous quantities.. l The people kept swarming into the town
 like locus:s hailing down npon the green vegetation of far-off Missouri. And like them, too, they came to eat and wanted to begin immediately. Everybody of any
 note at all seemed to be present. The
 long, long tea, grew insensibly into SUD- per, and there had never been a moment when the doors could be closed. The SUD-
 per grew insensibly iato lunch. and still fresh swarms came by trains, by carriages,
 on footeeyen, and demanded food. In
 fact, long before 9 o'clock, there were here
 hundreds of carriages packed in the church yard, and standing by the fences.
 Where all of the conveyances come from
 was the marvel.
 As the time progressed the arrivals be- came more dense and the throng of vehi- cles more imposing unite such amultitude presented itself on every hand that rea-, son stopped counting, and imagination boldly suggested myriads. Heaven, and the lightning calculators alone know how
 many people were in attendance. When Jimmy - came laundering up to the chapel, riding on his ''light artillery tum- brer-singing-"Hot Johnny," the ex: citement which had been effervescing all the evening could no longer be restrained. Young men sprang into the air, old men swung their canes and hats, women waved their handkerchiefs, and from the throats of all is>ued one prolonged roar that might have been heard in Cornwall Bridge. It was all over in the twinkling ofan eye. Nothing new could be heard save ''swastl. swash' of the 1776 bean porridge on some empty plates-or some juvenile cracking the ancient nut. The ladies re- gard it as providence that. they were able to place the huge kettle of porridge in position Lefore human locusts arrived.
 The remarkable apparel wore by the Cross bone family on their promenade elicited much applause. Men and women resi- sted the folly of the moment no longer but gave themselves up to the widest dem- onstrations. There was dln and confu- sion enough to drive any person crazy who had not already become so with. en- thusiasm. One woman tainted. several others seemed on the very point of fol- lowing her example, and it was with the utmost difficulty that they were carried to place where recovery was possible. When the society team can plan and carry out this their greatest success. who will blame even grown men for iniulging in 6re-erackers and anvil salutes? Long live the society ladies.
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9 o'clock. After. dividing the spells. and each having had assigned to himself his individual portion, the divided result of the expedition was really startling. Doc" says, s'the amount of share would hard ly cover the bottom of two quart pail. But some allowance must be made for ex. ag2eration i'll case like this
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CoMMECTlcUT AGRICULTURAL.
 ENPE RlAaEMT STATION. ga
rraE Aap IllYgsE aaousp DOM.
Circular No, 3.

1ss sfsssE sesFssstsa tsaaFt9sts "
 From a number of samples of Ground Bone, received at the station for analysis, We select two as illustrations of the vary ing composition and value of these fertili. gers as actually sold in the state. $. E..
 Of these two samples No. 43 was fur nished by Mr. M W. Wilcox, secretary of the Westfeld farmers Club, and No. 13 by Messrs. c. Hubbard, P. NJ. Augur and. M. w. Terrell, committee on behalf of the Middlefeld Farmers Club. No. 13 . was called 'pure ground bone, and No. 43 is evidently such in fact. Both were of Chicago manufacture. ..r4 :: ..1
 WHAT IS ''PURE BONE"
 Bones contain, besides small quantity of water, two kinds of material, the so- called "organie matter. and the "miner- almatter or Ash. By keeping a piece of bone for time in hot oven the water may be driven out. If the dried bone be then put in the fire the ''organic matter" will be burned away, while the mineral matter" will remain. On the other hand if the bone be soaked for some time in a weak acid. as hydrc- ,hloric (muriatic acid diluted with water, the mineral matter" will be dissolved out, and the ''animal matter will be left undissolved in form similar to what is called "gristle." a
 This animal or ''organic matter" con- tains the chemical clements, carbon, oxy- gen, hydrogen, and nitrogen. We are familiar with carbon in charcoal and lamp black which are nearly. and in diamond which is quite pure carbon. Hydrogen and oxygen united form water. Air is a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen. The on ly one of these clements which has any especial fertilizing value is Nitrogen.
 The mineral matter consists chiefly of phosphate of lime, compound of phos- phorlc acid and lime, and contains also a small quantity of carbonate of lime and other compounds. Bone fertilizers, even when unadulterated, contain also more or less of materials insoluble Tn acids, which are classified as "sand" Among materi- als used for adulterating bone are lime, plaster (sulphate of lime) and salt-cake or nitre-cake Jan impure splphate of soda containing some common salt.)
 Some manufactures, however, make no secret of adding salt-cake to bone which has been boiled to extract tho fat, it being useful to dry the fertilizer and prevent pu. trefaction. When plainly stated this can not be called fraudulent. ..-r ANALYSIS. IA
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American, and Foreign
 Patents.

Gilmore & Co.,. successors to Chpman, Hosmer Co.,, solicitors. Patents procured in all countries. No fees i'm advance. No charge unless the patent is granted. No fees for making preliminary examlna tions. No additional fees for obtaining aud conduct ing rehearng. By recent decision of the Commis siORer ALL rejected applications my be revived. Special atten9n given to Interference Cases before the Patent office, Extensions before Congress, h. Engagement Suits in different States and all litigation appertaining to Inventions Patents Send stamp to Gilmore Co., for pamphlet of sixty pages.
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gton.

The accident on the Shepaug R. R., the 26th of last month. not only impeded trav- el and business, but made mails uncer- tain and probably hlndered correspon- dents from getting communications for warded to the Enquirer; but there is such an ntter stagnation in affairs just now that the readers did not loss much.
 -Lenten services began Wednesday evening at St Johns church, and will continue Wednesday evenings through the season. The reformed Episcopal church thinks the observance of Lent unprofita- ble, and proposes to take no notice of it, but Rev. T. K. Beecher recommends a lenten service as appropriate to all christ ians. |.
 Since we began this article we have been called to the door to welcome the first spring vfsitant sweet-voiced blue bird. He gave us morning song and an evening melody. s.
 March 9th, 1876.
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Let us now compare the above figures. The amounts of water are not very differ ent in the two articles. No. 43 containing It and No. 13, 8.5 per cent. So like wise the percentages of Sand afe nearly the same and comparatively small in both cases.
 The greatest differences appear Tn the "Phosphate of lime," 5O.7 per cent in No. 43, and 31.5 per cent. in No 13, and other mineral matters and 28 per cent The percentages in 43 are very favorable and indicate quite pure article. But 31.5 per cent. of Phosphate of lime in No. 13 is too little. and 28 per cent. of other min- eral matter is too much for good quality of ''pure bone."
 THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENTS OF THESE
 BONE MANUREs.
 The ingredients to which their eficien- cy as manures is chiefly due are phospho. ric acid and nitrogen. Let us therefore notice how these compare as regards both percentages and pounds in the ton, re- membering that each per cent. or one part in 100 is equivalent to 20 lbs. Tn the ton of 2OOO lbs.
 TABLE VI.
 VALUABLE Contained in FFRTILIZING No. 43. No. 13. THc
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per ct. lbs in ton. per ct. los in ton Phos."acid, 23.2 464 136 272
 Nitrogen. 3.l5 62 3.44 69

Nitrogen. 3.l5 62 3.44 69 HOW MUCH ARE THESE FERTILIZERS WORTH?
 As explBined in circular No. 2, it is customary to estimate tie commercial values of fertilizers by ascribing certain value to each pound of the essential in- gredients It was there assumed that a pound of phosphoric acid in raw bone is worth Gets. and pound of nitrogen 20 cts. At these rates the commercial value would be as in the table below, in which the selling prices are also given.
 TABLE VII.
 ESTIMATED VALUES AND SELLING PRICES.
 a. No.4s No. IS. VALUABLE At Price Are Are INGaEDIENTs per ID. lbs. worth. lbs. worth. Phos. Acid, cts. 464 s27s4 272 $1s.s2 Nitrogen, 20 cts. ss l2.6O sS 1880 Selling price, S40.O0 $4s.oO
 By this calculation No. 43 is worth A cents more. and No. B $17.18, less. per ton, than the selling price. The estimated value of No. 13. was. in fact only five eights of the price charged.
 This method of estimating the values of. fertilizers is, however. not in all respects satisfactory. We are by no means pre- pared to say that 6 cents per pound for Nitrogen in ground bone, are correct val uations in Connecticut at this time These are the prices assumed by Prof. Johnson, chemist of the Connecticut Board of Agricult ire, in his last report and, are, doubtless, not far from correct. That they cannot be eiexactly SO, for both the above cases, is clear from comparison of the two articles. No. 13 contains a great many coarse Jumps of bone, some as large as 8 pea or larger, the amount of really fine material being comparatively small. In No. 43. on the other" hand, fragments as large as grain of wheat are rare and much of the material is as fine as ordinary corn meal. The large Jumps in 13 would lie in the ground for years before they wonld be decomposed, and their phos- phoric acld and nitrogen rendered availa- bone-dust of No A could be more uui- formly diffnsed throughout the soil and quickly used by the crop, and thus bring a much speedier return for the money it costs In rates of valuation current in Germany where these subjects have re- ceived much more attention than with us. nitrogen in coarse raw-bone is reck0ned at about P! cents, and in steamed, finely powdered bone-dusr, at about 21 cents per pound. s9a9t g ts
 8 CHEAP AND DEAR FERTILIzERs. @
 A more satisfactory way of getting ct the comparative cheapneae or dearness of these. fertilizers will be found by comparir g the actual cost of the phoSphoric acld ana nitrogen per pound, in each. at the prices at which they. were sod per ton. aa If we assume that the yalnes of these are m the.
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West Goshen,

MT. x Mrs. E. S. Richards celebrated the 20th anniversary of their welded life, March 6, 1876. The occasion proved very enjoyable one to those present.
 After partaking of abountiful supply of oysters and other good things, the com pany were favored with some excellent music, instrumental and vocal, followed by short speeches from Revs M. s. Ham, mond and D. s. Stevens, and MT. E. s. Richards, also a poem contributed by a friend. MT. R. made some very interest ing remarks concerning the twenty years which had so rapidly flown. He said of the seventy persons who witnessed the ceremony twenty years ago, only five were present that evening. and eighteen of the number Averaging almost one year) had passed away from earth. His experience had proved the words of the wise man literally true, "Whoso findeth wife find- eth good thing" and instead of being galled by Hymens yoke, and desiring a release as so many in this State do, he would wish to have the knot drawn tight CT if possible and continue the union for more than twenty years longer. A very pretty display of gifts on the table show ed that friends had been mindful that MT. X Mrs. R. should not be left without val. uab!e mementoes of their china wedding. MT. Richards, after thanking the donors for their presents wished that those who were married might enjoy many such an- niversaries and those who were not soon would be. s.
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PENSIONS.

All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS, wound- ed, ruptured. or injured in the late war, however alightly can obtain pension by addressing Gilmore & Go. zs..s sa# = Cases prosecuted by Gilmore & Go. before the Su- preme Court of the United States Court Claims and the southern Claims Commission.
 Each department of our business is conducted in a separate bureau under charge the parties employed by the old firm. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to GILMORE Co. is thus cured We desire to win success by deserving it. 42i
 Address, % GILMORE &s- -CD.
 629 SrREET. Mashinqton n. c.
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WHOLE NO. 25sss
proportion of 6 to 20 as above we may by . appropriate arithmetical calculations de-
TABLE vIn.'

f41 srfs TABLE VIII. .o .-. .- Actual cost per pound in cents, of the valuable inersdienfs of these fertilizers when bought at the prices stated.
 INGREDIENTS v E -i'7 COST PER FOUND. No. 43 No. 13 Phosphoric acid. :. .5.6. .9.2 Nitrogen IS 8. .s......33.7 It appears then, that the farmers who bought these fertilizers, paid for the phos- phoric acid in the finer bone B cents, and in the coarser bone, l-5 cents per pound and for the nitrogen in the one case, 18 4-5 cents, and in the other 8 3-4 cents per pound Both ingredients were cost. Her in the coarser article in which they. were worth the less ' | If it is 8 matter of consequence to the farmer whether he buys good sugar at IF cents ponnd or poor sugar at 20 cents,ls IS it not equally so whether he gets the val uable ingredients of his fertilizers in the best form at fair prices or pays 50 or 100 per cent higher for materials of less worth ? @7a. % a
 In the next circular we will speak of other bone manures, and make some sug- gestions az the proper course to be follow ed in the purchase of these articles.
 Copies of circulars Mo- land Mo- 2, in which are given further explanations of the subject treated here, directions for sending samples of fertilizers to the sta tion for andy sis, and arrangements made with dealers in fertilizers who guarantee the composition of their wares and place their stock nnder supervision of the sta ton, can all be had on application, with stamp for postage, at the station.
 -..- W. O. ATWATER;S
 3 .-.. .. Director. Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station,
 Middletown. Conn,
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He entered car door, When the brakeman came inside and took key ont of his pocket, unlocked the stove, put in some wood, and locked the door again, he asked him what he locked the stove door for The brakeman shut his left eye, aul said he locked the door % the fire eonll- 5nt go out rs.s set stss IaEa S.adoss1a
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Arrears of Pav and Bountv

OFFICERS, SOLDIERS, and SAILORS of the late theig heirs in many entit ed to ey from the Government of which they have know. ledge. Write full history of service and state amount of pay and bounty received. Enclose stamp to Gil more O., and full reply, after examination, will he given you freq
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| An unregenerate. youth-The new gov erness (impresslvely) )-Oh, Tommy, when was little girl and made blot on my copy book used to cry. Tommy-(eaTR~ estly)- What! really? New goyerness (still more impressively )-Yes; really cry. Tom. my (stilf more earnestly )-What an awful little dnfEer you must have been.
 When the news of the rover Hamill's death was flashed through the country. ten or eleven influential journals annOSinc. ed simultaneously that his race of life uas oar. Seven other papers alluded to ths deceased as gentleman and seullef. Five or SIX were wherry sad about it The singular unanimity on the part of 90 ma. ny papers shows how hard mp the biOgra- phers were that day. They were ali in the same boat, as it were. af a'as -. .ft@.3r5E l-z---- ta 5+ H-t--''
 A Benton county man hid $500 in the spare room stove. The next day his wife's mother came down during hiH absence for aithree weeks visit, cnd that spare room was warmed up for the first time in three hundred years. And they say yon can pick up shreds of that mans hair and clothes where he elubbed himself around the country when he heard of it, any where within ten miles of the house.
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Land Cases. Land War
 rants, and Scrip
 Contested Land Cases prosecuted before the U S.. General Land Office and Department of the Interior. Private Land Claims, MINING and PREVENTION claims, and HOMESTEAD cases Attended to. Land Scrip in 40, SC. and 16o acre pieces for sale This Scrip assgnabes and can be located in the name of the purchaser upon any Government land subject to private entry, at q 8 per It is of equal value with Bounty Land Warrants. Sand stamp to Gilmore Co. for pamphlet oi instruction
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2S1 and 283 Broadway, New York. Arms. Madison Sq., New York Sewing Machines. Chicago, 837 State St., $. Machines and Arms. 8oston 332 Washington St., Sewing Machines. Cincinnati, 18I West 4th St., Sewing Machines. Utca I29 Genesee St., Sewing Machines. Atlanta, Ga DeGiyes Opera House, Marietta Street,
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VALUABLE
 FFRTILIZING lkGREDIENTS.
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Actual cost per pound in cents, of the valuable ingrsdisnfs of these fertilizers when bought at the prices stated. INGREDIENTS a4sa saiacOeT PER FOUND.
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The composition of the two samples of :o ;.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-27

President GIANT As A EoTRH At
the last 'Presidential election General
Grant was practically disfranchised. He
could not consistently vote FOR his oppo-
nent, aud etiquette demanded that lie
should not cast a ballot for bis own re.
election. This year things arc changed
A candidate has been nominated by the
Republican party for whom he inclines
TO do citizens duty. AMI accordingly
he will leave this city some time next
week for Gslens. Illinois, where hs will
deposit yot" for the election OF Hayes
and Wheeler. The people OF that town
will be afforded rare Republican snee.
tacle on the 9Th Of Novernbe next
that OF the President OF the United
States standing shoulder 10 shoulder
with his fellow citizens Of high and
low degree, and there at the polls exer.
cising the night conferred on all Ameri-
crns by the Constitution 49, WasAington
Chronleis. or. 81.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-27
Anecdote Of Lord Nelson .

When Lord Seisoa gained the grea;
victory Of Copenhagen Be s!lsnce4 The
sand EAtteries wish hi- bToaasidss. b,
be foand oct that onc Or more 81 his
ships were - shallow water Il wss,
Therefore, deemed expediert 70 serd a
letter 20 the Crowu priHce of Denmark
TO demand a CESSATION of hosIlifle.
in order 70 spare further effa.iQn 4
blood The letter b-iDg written sud
neatly folded. Lord Nelson seat for a
stick Of scaliBg-wsx. l. ~ happsne,i
that be who was sect on the cyamis-i0u
had BIZ, head taken Of with = cannon
hall This Ras reported - Sflsor.
''s>end another messengsr To- w4k. E"
said be
+; was "b.crvel - BIN that fh-re
were waters on the tabIe
''Seni FOR the Ealing war." sad
he.
May tax tle liberty f a.klug
Why. under - hot fire, atI after such
an accident. you attach - nncA i'm
portsnce 10 circumstance apparently
trif.ng
He replied
IF ] had usesi wafer Il would have
been still wet WHEN tbs letter va pre-
ssnted 10 the Crown Prince he would
have inferred that the letter was sent
"a IN a hurry. and that We had some
pressing occaslosl for II. The sax tells
no tales
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-27

CHARCOAL FoM FATTESING TURKEYS.
have made All experiment, says a
writer, I'm feeding charcoal TO fat,en
turkeys. aud tho result surprised
me. -Four turkeys were confined ia a
pen and fed on meal. boiled potatoes
aud oats -Four others If the same
brood. were also, at tho same time. con.
fined Ia pen aud fed on the same ar
ticles, but with one pint of fine pull
vcrlxed charcoal mixed with their food
mixed meal aud boiled potatoes.
They had also plentiful supply of
broken charcoal ia the pen The eight
were killed on the same day. aud there
was differences of one aud one half
pounds IN favor OF the fowls which had
been supplied with charcoal. they be-
ing much fattef and tho meat greatly
superior IN point Of tenderness and
favor.
THEN 'EaR STUDENTS. 49, Ann"
said an irate mother 10 her not over
beautiful daughter, OH the train which
boro tho geological excursion Yesterday
Ann. said she. are you flirting with
them students - No. mother. | was
only laughing" lFlyo minutes later.
Ann. you are ilisting with them stu
dents, aud want you To get oil the
train at the next station" As the train
approached Mount Carmel she spoke
once more Ann. get your buds to-
gether aud get oil right here" Now
Mount Carmel was the destination &c
the geological party. and a. the good
lady and her daughter moved toward
tho car-door. the students fled along
one by one after them, aud the old lady.
giving up IN despair. returned To the
tram. shower'ng ana,hemas upon the
heads OF them impudent students.
Ner Hisca Journal