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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
Thanks "FrOm the Depths of the
Heart"

WELLINGTON, Lorain Co. o, Aug. "a, IA.
DR.. r. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dear Sir-Your medicines, Golden Medical
Discovery, DIR. Sages Ca.arrh Remedy, have
proved of the greatest service to me. Six
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and great bl0tches on my head that made such
sores that / could not have my hair combed
without causing me much suffering; also caus-
ing swollen glands, tOnsils enlarged, enlarged
or ''thick neck" and large and numerous boils
l also suffered from terrible Chronic Catarrh,
and in fact l was so diseased that life was
burden to me- l had tried many doctors with
no benefit. finally procured one-half dozen
bottles of your Golden Medical Discovery and
one dozen Sages Catarrh Remedy and COM
menced their use. At first l was badly dis
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appeared. Your Discovery is certainly the
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l thank God and you, from the depths of my
heart, for the great good it has done me.
Very gratefully,
Mrs. L. CHAFFEE.
Most medicines which are advertised as
blood purifiers ard liver medicines contain
either mercury, in some form, or potassium
and iodine variously combined. All of these
agents have strong tendency to break down the
blood corpuscles, and debilitate and otherwise
permanently injure the human system, and
should therefore be discarded. DR. Pierces
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remedy of thirty years ago, and may well give
place as it is doing. to the more positive and
valuable vegetable alternatives which later med
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light. In Scrofula or Kings Evil, White
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11

A man has eye-dentified himself with
q lamp post by running against one
and inluring his sight.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
Massachusetts.
DELEGATES To CINCINNATI.

DELEGATES To CINCINNATI.
WoRCHEsTER, Mass, May AT
the Republican Convention of the
Fourth Massachusetts district to-day,
Hon. A. H. Bullock and Hon. George
III. Hoar, of WOrchester, were elected
to the Cincinnati Convention.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
MASONIC DIRECTORY, 1874.

Belmont Lodge, No. l6.F & A NJ. meets ev.
cry wednesday night on or preceding the full
p,aon H. Z. BUMGARNER, W. N.
7. H. FERREIL, Sec'y.
st. ClairsvilIe Chapter. No. IL Royal Arch
nasops meets Sd Friday night each month at
D. Ciairsviile and the LIST Friday eacn month
ct Bridgeport. JAMES CLAhh. ID. r.
T. 81. FERRELL, Secys
Belmont CouncH, No. 81 Reyal Select and
euper Excellent Masters, meeN on the second
Tuesday night of every month";
C. W. CARROLL, T. /. q. N.
d. BAILY, Rec.
Hope Commandery No. 26 of knights Temp
ars meets On the first TUESDAY night OF every
north. A. ]. BAGGS, En- Com
r. d. BAILEY. Rec. marlfI
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
STATE CONVENTIONS.
Oregon.

THE STATE DECLARES FOR BLAINE.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 4.-The Re-
publican State Convention of Oregon
elected Messrs. w. b. Van 'HOuton, j.
HI. Fouter. j. B. David, LII. III. Hines
and j. w. Scott to complete the delega-
tiOn to the National Convention, and
declared Mr.. Blaine the choice of the
cOnvanfiAn
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-05-11
Rasiafss Cards.

ID. ID, Il. COWEN,
Attornsg at Lar, st. C1airscil'e, Ohio.
..z-onsce on north hide OF Main Street. . few
dovrs east OF Marietta Street.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
How to Set Hens.

G. W. Nichols of Springfield, Ohio, writes
to the Fancier's Journal not to let hens fol-
low the impulse Of nature in selecting nests,
but to let art modify and control the natural
instinct.
First. Have coops to set them apart from
the laying stock. They are free from an-
noyance to or by others, can bo fed and con-
fined.
Second. Remove the bottom and one end
of box and rest it on the ground for nest.
Take an old knife and lower the earth in
box, and mix it with clean wood ashes aud
sawdust, the latter wet with weak solution
of carbonic acid. Pack it around the sides
of the box to make the nest boWl.shaped.
Line it with fine hay enough to simply cover
the earth. Pack thoroughly, aud it is ver-
min proof Put in two or three nest eggs
and have plenty of food, water, gravel, ashes
or dust, etc., in the coop where she can get
it. Shut her in the coop. If she does not
60 on the nest put her on the first night.
Put the eggs under the next night. Exam
inc the eggs every few days, remove broken
ones, wash the others and renew the hay,
Most important are minor matters and few
things you should not do.
Do not make the nest funnel.shapsd, but
bowl shaped. If it is funnel-shaped the hen
cannot turn the eggs, and the upper or out
side ones will crowd against and crush the
lower ones. Have the nest full bOscl shap,
even if it does not hold quite SO many
docs not tho writer mean just the revers'
OF what he says? In "bOwl shaped mes
the outside eggs must lie partly upon thu
conter onesl Have the nest free from peb
bes and bits Of charcoal.
Never grease the hen before or while set
ting, to kill vermin. Creased eggs will no
hatch. Never set hen if you can discOve
single louso on her. That louse will 500
have family.
Never put nest full Of eggs in Strang
place and expect any hen to brood them in
mediately. Let her have day or SO al
quaintancs with the nest and its surround
ings,
Never crowd nest with coarse straw, pr
in any shape, and expect favorable resul
Never give hen more than she can cove
The entire lot will in time bO chilled, as Il
hen in turning them brings them to the ou
side.
Never hurry matters, and attempt to .
hen until she is brOOding, and fully reac
for the business.
Never pull hen of her nest. Lift h
f carefully by passing your hand under her
eggs are eggs, and the rough handling
the setting hen has brought on untime
; death to many chick.
Last but not least Don't count 20
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
For the VERMONT FARHER.
Weather Probabilities.

Man calls himself "Lord Of creation" and
yet is absolutely dependent upon all the
caprices of tho weather. He might with
greater truth call himself the slave Of the
atmosphere. His temper, as we'll as health.
and fortune, are alike subjects to this despotic
power. Every change in the atmosphere,
while it brings joy to some, brings sorrow to
others. As we psruse history we find the
destiny Of nations has often depended upon
The signal Office of the war department is
doing much to aid the people Of our country
in gaining an understanding Of meteorological
forces, and to every post Office in the land,
that has daily mail, their bulletin Of the
weather is furnished free, and a frame to
hang it uP in for the benefit Of all. This is
done for the benefit Of agriculture, and a
person reading these bulletins will frequently
notice the progress of storms days before
they burst upon us, and is thus enabled tC
prepare for them. The Hindoos have their
rain gods, the South Sea Islanders theiI
wind conjurers, and the Negroes of Airica
their rain doctors, and previously we had
our weather almanacs, aud our Herschels
weather tables, one just as good as another
Not many years ago that celsbratedHerschel'
weather table which Herschel never saw
was considered almost infallbls, and Thomas
almanac quite SO, but all enlightened people
unless some whose age has outgrown sci
ence, discard them. For the last 80 year
our storms have taken place without regarC
to moons quarters. We have had 2668stOrms
divided as follows At new moon $50
frst quarter 664 full moon, 66S; last quar-
ter 676. This shows very plainly that th
moon has nothing to do with storms. If th
generally received idea were true what lii
+ tie difference there is goes directly asaini
II. The truth is that the moon has so littl'
if ahy influence, upon the weather that me
have never found out which way it Is, and
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
Prices-Raise Better Steers.

The prices of beef cattle have been a lit
tie down of late, owing to the fact that
great many inferior cattle have gone for
ward to market. The prices on these are
low, and of course an excess of poor beef
acts upon the rates for good steers, as dur.
ing hard times, many will buy inferior cuts
from bulocks Of low grade, that would not
touch such but for the pressure. The breed
er or feeder who handles only the best, is
fortified in great measure, against damage
from depression inJprices, because his steers
have fed proftably, and a slight fall still
leaves him good price, and this with his
heavy weights, foots up well when the scales
and slate are brought into requisition. But
in the case of the low priced steer, fall Of
one or one and half cents per pound,
leaves a meagre balance, because the infer
ior bullock has eaten just as expensive feed
as the other, and Just as many teams and
msn are required to haul his feed to him,
and his pound Of poor flesh has cost just as
much to haul to market, as that which sells
at the highest figure. In the one case the
feeder gets fair price for the corn fed out,
aud a tolerable profit beside, and in the
other he has the unsatisfactory consolation
Of knowing that he gets l5 to 20 cents for
his corn, and markets it inside of the hide
Of steer that he is ashamed to take to
market, in place of selling his corn to a
shipper.
No man should be satisfied with the mere
fact that he is feeding his grain to steers
and swine. He is partially doing his duty
by so doing, but fully dong it only when
this feeding is done to the better class ol
stock. When he goes into the market to
buy plow, wagon or reaper, he makes
straightway to the man who is reported as
having the best, and is very exacting that
what he buys contains all the latest Improve
ments. Now we have only to suggest that
he apply this rule to himself keeping pace
with the times by improving that which he
putteth his hand to. This is a rule which
works both ways, and none is more fair thar
this.-W Western Farm Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
Agricultural Questions.

The Hampden, Mass, Harvest club are
discussing the following subjects at their
winter meetings;
Farming, sufficient field for laudable
ambition. The value of science as applied
to practical farming. Grass and forage crops.
Potato culture. The best roots for farm
stock. The most economical sources Of sup
ply Of plant food. The best food and cloth
ing for farmers families. The economical
feeding OF farm stock Rotation or the best
succession of farm crops. Axioms in regard
to poultry. Can pork be made by common
farmers at proft2 Economy in the use Of
fuel. The growing and preserving of fruit
Feeding for beef Growing, curing and SELL
ing tobacco. Tho advantages of thorough.
bred over grade or native cattle. The i'm
provement of cattle shows. The wants, tri-
ais and advantages of farmers life. But
ter dairying. Milk dairying.
The Westminster farmers club have the
following l. How shall we improve the
farm and increase the purse of the farmer
2. That the legislature ought to enact a law
for the protection of fish, game, and small
fruit to the laud owners exclusively. 3.
What are the causes and cure of the present
depression of the agricultural interest? 4
The plow, when and how used. 5. Best
method of improving our grass crop. 6.
Mixed farming most remunerative. I. Co.
operation in fencing in instead Of out. 8.
Cooperation in beautifying roads and lanes
| in town,
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
Antiquity of the Spanish Merino.

The Romans wore nothing but woolen
goods. They had no cotton they had a lit
tie linen, which was worn as material Of
luxury they had no silk. They cultivated
sheep with great care, and some of their
richest possessions were in sheep. But there
was one breed of sheep which they cultivated
with great care, and by that system Of selec-
tion which Darwin speaks Of as the source
Of the perfected forms Of our domestic ami
mails 1t was called Tarentine sheep, from
Tarentum, a city of Greek origin, situated
at the head of the Tareutine gulf The
fleece Of this sheep was of exceeding fnenSss
it was Of a great delicacy, and the prices
paid for it were enormous. The sheep were
clothed in cold weather to keep them warm
and the result was that they were very ten
der, and their wool was very fine. They
were a product of Greek civilization trans.
mitted down to the Romans. Columella
the great Roman agriculturist, says that his
uncle, residing in Spain, crossed some Of the
fine Tarentine sheep with some rams that
had been imported from Africa; and the
consequence was that these animals had the
whiteness of fleece Of the father with the
6neness of feeco of the mother, and that race
was perpStuated. Here we see an improve
ment Of the stock, an increase Of strength
and productiveness given to the fius WOO
sheep Of Spain. AT that time the sheep o.
Spain were of immense value; for StrabC
says that sheep from Spain, in the time o.
Tibsrius, were carried to Rome, and sole
for the price of talent Zone thousand dol
lars) head. In the time Of our Saviour, I
thousand dollars was given in Rome for {
Spanish sheep. When the barbarians inun
dated Italy, these fne-wool sheep were al
swept away; but they remained in Spain
They were cultivated by the Moors in tn
mountains Of Spain, which were almost in
accessible, and were not reached by tn
hordes of Huns, and other northern barbara
ans, which had laid waste the greater porto
Of the Roman possessions. They continue
to be nourished there by the Moors, who wer
very much advanced in art, aud further o
were found there as the Spanish Merino. 5
that the Spanish Merino which we now have
il not tho only, is at all events by far tn
most important relic that we have to'da
which has come down to US from Greek an'
Roman material civilization. We have her
a direct inheritance from the material wealt
Of the Old Werld eiviliIation.-J. l.. Haysi
in Lire Stock Journal.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
Quality of Apples Choice Varieties.

Mr. s. L. Todd said at u meeting Of the
New York Farmers club. that the standard
by which the quality of an apple is judged
consists of the taste and faver of certain
apples which have been pronounced by pomo-
logists to be the best. Best represents the
acme Of excellence in superior taste and in
aromatic flavor. The antithesis Of best is
represented by poor, or very poor. Between
these two standards there are other stan
dards such as fair, good, very good, good to
best and almost best. BY common agree.
ment, the Newton pippin, the Esopus Spitsen-
burg Early Joe, King Of Tompkins County,
Wagner, Peck's Pleasant, and some other
varieties have been designated as the best,
as for taste and aromatic flavor. If one
smells aud tastes Newton pippin at period
when this variety is in its best season, he
will be able to understand what constitutes
the highest standard or best, when judging
of the quality of any variety of apples. The
Northern Spy is judged to be very good to
best. The Fameuse is almost best The
Red Winter pippin, Red Astrachan, Ben
Davis, Swaar, Early Harvest, and some
others are ranked as good to very good.
The Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Yel-
low Bell Flower and Wine Sap are ranked
as very good. The white Astrashan and
Red Winter CalVlle are ranked as poor
apples. From poor, the gradatlon declines
to very poor, worthless cider apples, which
neither man nor beast will cat unless half
famlshed. Now, If one desires to determine
whether an apple is one Of the best varieties
or not, let him procure few Newton pippns
or Esopus Spitsenburgs, when these varieties
are at their best season, and then compare
the taste and flavor Of his fruit with the
taste and flavor of the varieties named
A competent judge of the quality Of an apple
must be possessed ofan educated taste aud edu'
dated oliactories. Pomoogists rely quite al
much ON the sense of smell as taste when
testing fruit. If score or more known vari
cites of good and best apples were mingled
with inferior varites, and all we're placed in
a dark room it would not be difficult TO SO
loct every one of the good varieties, and idsu
tify them all correctly, simply by the TASTE
and smell. With only my limited expert
ence with apples, l feel confident that
could do this without making one mistake.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
Bitter Cream.

Simply covering pure sound cream in
clean tin pail, will not of itself cause bitter
ness nor fermentation in the cream it cou-
tains; on the contrary, keeping it from con-
tact with the oxygen Of the air would have q
tendency to retard changes rather than has
ten them. Cream is very seldom bitter in
the summer, nor would it often be in winter
if the milk was kept at temperature as
high as IS o, day and night. 1t is impossi.
bic to state Just what causes bitterness in
each specimen of butter or mess o. cream
Sometimes it may be caused by weeds or
poor feed eaten by the cows, but much often.
or it is indirectly caused by low tempera.
ture Of the milk during the rising of the
cream. Perhaps it would be more correct
to say that low temperature is the exciting
or immediate cause, just as a cold may be
the exciting cause of fit OF sickness in the
human patient
1t must be remembered that milk is COM
pound substance, and that it is subject to
constant changes from the moment it leaves
the udder until it is dgested in the stomach
of man or animals, or until it is entirely de-
composed by the usual process Of decay.
Milk contains not only fat, curd, sugar and
water, but also several essential oils which
may add to or take from its agreeable flavor,
according to the conditions they may be in.
1t also often contains germs of fungi which,
under certain conditions, may injure its fa-
vor. These little vegetable grOwths are lia-
BILE to increase with great rapidity, when the
conditions are favorable, and thus to destroy
or entirely change the character Of milk
growth and in the summer, souring tends to
counteract the germ. As milk is often kept
in warm rooms, the sOuring process begins
SO soon that the milk is protected from the
effects of germ growth, Heating or freezing
milk will also prevent growth for the time
being. That change in milk which produces
bitterness can 60 under much lower tenn
perature than is required for producing sour
ness. So, without attempting to explain in
detail all the different changes to which milk
is subject while the cream is rising we may
perhaps, make the subject little clearer by
comparing the two conditions Of sourness and
bitterness with railroad track and its turn
out. Temperature is to milk as a switch Ia
a railroad track. If the temperature is low
but not low enough to prevent all action
which would be at or near the freezing point
the milk will 60 of on the track towards q
condition Of bitterness, just as sure as there
are any fungoid germs in it, but if the tenn
perature is high enough TO send it towards
state Of acidity, bitterness is escaped. W.
seldom hear any complaint Of bitter milk
cream or butter IN warm weather. 1t i
! when the days begin to be cool in the fall o.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
WHOLE NO. PIT.
The Narragansett Turkey.

The Rev. Mr.. Cliff Tim Bunker) writes
to tho Poultry World, that the Narragan.
sett Turkey is one Of the largest aud hard
lest of all the breeds Of turkeys, and is raised
in the greatest perfection in Southeastern
Connecticut aud in Rhode Island, a region
famous for its fine poultry. Turkeys do
remarkably we'll along the seaboard, and
almost every farmer remote from the village
has his flock, and hocks of from 100 to 200,
the product Of about dozen hens, under tho
skillul management of woman or boy;
of course they do some damage to grain,
but this is counterbalanced by their destruc-
tion Of insects. From june to September
they subsist mainly on grasshoppers, crickets
aud other insects, ranging for the most part
in the pastures and woodlands. They are
fattened in October and November, and it
is not uncommon for lot Of early turks to
reach the average weight of Ia lbs., dressed
at Thanksgiving and Christmas. The COM
mon run Of turkeys sent to the New York
market do not average more than 8 or 9 lbs.
The Nsrragansett is very large, healthy bird,
and has been bred for size for many genera
tons. Most of them sold in the Boston and
Providence markets under the name of Rhode
Island turkeys, or extra No. 1, are of this
breed. The farmers arc careful in the
selection Of their breeding stock, taking
young gobblers that will woig from % to
% lbs, and hens that will weigh from IL to
l6 lbs. Where kept over, gobblers will
sometimes dress 32 to 81 lbs. For making
poultry for market, the Narragansetts have
no superior. The prevailing colors are
white and black, with large patch of white
upon the wing bow, giving the general i'm
preston of gray bird. They are not
uniform in the shading, but with sufficient
painstaking, could be bred to feather.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-31
The Happiness Of Labor.

These happy thoughts on tho happiness
Of labor are from the Vermont Watchman.
Unintclligent drudgery is simply pain.
Drudgery is ennobled into true labor by the
influx thereto of intelligent action and noble
purpose. In our common farm labor there
is much drudgery. The object of the diffu-
sion of knowledge among farmers aud farm
laborsrs is to infuse this drudgery with the
light and heat OF intelligence, and thus
transform pain into pleasure. Ii to this, by
the power of the gospel, unselfsh purpose
can be added, we should say that between
idleness and labor "there is all the difference
between earth and heaven"
Take the heaviest work upon the farm,
ditching, or plowing, as an Illustration. The
bodily work of ditch digging with spade is
hard. We knoiO it is hard. As it is per-
formed by an unntelligent laborer it is pure
drudgery, and if he be compelled to it against
his will, or is owe rworked at it, is hell upon
earth-the primal curse without mitigation.
But let it be done by vigorous, healthy
man, with his frame toughened by early
drill in lighter work let him start at it
with full consciousness Of useful purpose,
and forecasting knowledge of useful results I;
let him have in possession SO much of science
as to be able To apply his own work, and
the resources at his command in the way Of
tools, trained animals and natural forces, to
the best advantage, and we knot0 that the
whole task is full of delight. Men have even
taken gang of ignorant hands into swamp
to drain it, and have, by stimulating their
powers of thought, through'the simple expla-
nation of principles and natural laws, and
their demonstration in rapidly achieved and
perfectly attained results, inspired them with
the pleasure of work. Aud surely, if "a
thing of beauty is joy forever" ought not
tho sight of a worthless waste, transformed
by ones own hands into fruitful field, be q
perpetual source of enjoyment?