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The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
Home RAISED Bread-Stufis.

Far MANY wears it has been belieN ed in
New England that Nheat is not profit
lhlv crop tu raise. nI at least that it could
uul h- raised "t good quality to any en-
1ylii- And So our most successful farmers
have not rcckoned ii in their plan for
Seeding. Hence, while they have raised
.u abundance almost everything else, they
h1,c had ~ buy their flour Perhaps We
ought lu make Il partial exception Of corn,
ivr while most farmers have planted 1t
piece ut corn each year, hardly any of
Them have depended upon home raising
loI Then supply; consequently they have
had i" purchase a large proportion, and
have not USED nearly as much us it is
profitable L. do.
But We are glad to learn that the fail
are 10 raise at least enough bread -stutfs
i"r home consumption is being considered
hT many farmers as Il serious mistake
We talked with Il successful farmer of
Eastern Maine lately He said that for
twenty wears of his farming life he did
not think of sowing wheat. and he only
planted a small quantity of corn to Get
Northern meal for the table use, and be
Cause of the value To the land of the care
inl cultivation for the corn crop. But
NON he raises more wheat and corn than
lac needs for home use, and feeds three
times the amount of corn he formerly did,
but 10 great advantage. We asked him
the cause of this change, which he said
was becoming common in his section. He
said that twenty five years ago, for sever
al years the wheat crop was failure
owing to the prevalence of rust, mildew
and the weeril. Farmers got discouraged,
and thought that from some change in the
climate, or something in the nature of old
soil, wheat could not be successfully raised
in this part of the country. But the high
price of flour for few years past has
driven them to make the experiment, and
wheat raising is again a success Corn
has not been raised to any great extent
because some years Western corn can be
bought 50 cheap that it is more profitable
10 buy it. But farmers are learning that
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
NUMBER Is.

the shattered windows of the tower in a
tltiul. surprised sort Of a way, for A1elvyna
had returned, and With the true spirit of
ankee, had Immediately gone to work
at the ruins.
The only sign of emotion she gave was
to Keith. II saw it all, she said THAT
child went right out after YOU. in that ter
Tlbe wind. as natural and as quiet as if
she was only going across the room. And
she 50 timid fly could frighten her
Mark my words Mr.. Keith, Tie good
Lord helped her to do it, And I'll 90 to
that new mission chapel over in the town
every Sunday after this, as sure's my name
is Sawyer She ceased abruptly, and 60
ing into her kitchen, slammed the door
behind her. Emotion with Melyvna took
the form of roughness.
Sister st. Luke went joytully back 10
her convent the next day, for Pedro, when
he returned, brought the letter, written
as Keith had directed in the style of an
attectionate invitation. The little nun
Wept tor happiness when she read it.
You see how they love me-love HE as
| love Them" she repeated with innocent
triumph again and again.
could not he happy anywhere else, and
with the money behind her she will not
be neglected. Besides. | really believe
they do love her. The sending her up
here was probably The result of some out
side dictatlon"
Carrln%t"n, however, WAS dissatisfied.
"a pretty return we make for our saved
lives he said. - hate ngratitude" :"
For Darlington was half disposed now to
fall in love with his Freservcr
Bat Keith stood firm.
".\ddioS,' said the little Sister, as Pc
dro's boat received her. Her face had
lighted so with JOY and glad anticipation
that they hardly knew her. IL wish you
could to the convent 60 with NE she said
earnestly To the two Young men. II am
sure You would like it," Then, as the
boat turned the point, IL am sure YOU
would like it, She called back, crossing
her hands on her breast at is VERY
heavenly there very heavenly"
That was the last they saw Of her.
Darlington sent down the next winter
from New York Il large silver cruciliA, sll-
pclbll embossed and ornamented. 1t was
placed ON the high altar Of the convent,
and much admired and reyerencrd by all
the nuns. Sister 81. Lake admired it too.
Sine spoke OF the island occasionally, bat
she did not tell the story of the rrSclt
She never thought ot it. Therefore. in the
matter of the cructiN, the belief was that
Il special grace had touched the Young
mans heart. And prayers We're ordered
for him. Sister st. Luke tended her
doves, and al the hour of meditation
paced to and fro between the lime tree
and the bush of white roses When she
was thirty Years old her cup was full, for
then she was permitted to take lessons and
play little upon the cid organ.
Mrlvyna went every Sunday to the
bare, struggling little Presbyterian mis-
Sion over in the town, and She remains to
this day a Sawyer.
But Keith remembered He bares his
head silently in reverence to all woman
hood. and curbS his rNnicisln as best he
can, for the sake of the little SiStcr-the
sweet little Sister st. Luke CONSTANCE
FENIMuRE NOOLSON
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
VOLUME AZ.

taking one year with another corn is a
profitable crop To raise, as its culture is
the greatest advantage to the land. and a
plentiful use of it in stock-raisng. milk
producing, and butter making, is profit
able.
We give the experience and opinion Of
this intelligent we'll to-do farmer, because
we have long believed the neglect to SOW
wheat and plant corn to be great mis-
take in farming. The land for sncf crops
should be we'll chosen. thoroughly pre-
pared, heavily manured with carefully
chosen fertilizers, and cultivated with as
slduous attention. The largest and best
piece OF corn we ever saw in New England
was raised on sward ground. \ large
amount of barn manure was spread on
the surface, and then the plough turned
it under at least ten inches After re-
peated narrowing ii was well furrowed, a
large shovelful Of compost put in the hill,
the hills and rows running three and a
half feet apart. The corn came forward
rapidly from the stimulus in the hill, and
when that had expended itself the rich
barn manure under the sword was ready
To send it up to Il harvesting of Il hun
dred bushels per acre. The next year
such corn land is ready for a large crop OF
wheat. Golden Rule.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
Reward of Literary Labor.
IBaymd Taylor in Cincinnati Commcrcml

Bayard Taylor in Cincinnati (ommercH
If you could in some way help To- make people
understand that no author who is not ndrprdrnl
ly rich can possibly respond to the claims made
upon hm-and that wealth is never attained in
this country, perhaps any other by the highest
puest and most permanent of literary labor vuu
will do Il real service t. our guild. Emerson Is
low seventy four Years old, and his last volume l.,
the only one which hns approached rrmunrlaliNr e
sale. BRYANT is in his eighty third wear. and lie
could not buy modest house with all he ever rr
ceiycd III his life from his poems Washington
Irving nearly seventy Years old before the sale
of his works at home met the expenses of hl-
simple life at SunnySide | have had no reason tu
complain of the remuneration formerly derived
from those works which know to possess slight
literary value But the translation of Faust. to
which gave all my best and freshest leisure dur
ing period of six or seven wears has only vleldcd
me about Ms much as II iortnghtS iccturng.
have spent two or three wears in collecting the
material and making the preparatory studies for Il
new biography of Goethe, and | have been wait
ing two years longer for the fitting leisure to he
gin the work. In order to undertake 1t must own
my time i'll advance No matter how successful ii
might be considered it could not possibly bring
me more than Il tithc of the amount which tlruda
cry for the markets of literature would return in
the same time | furcsee that shall finally be
obliged to return to Ccdarcrot, to write the biogra
ply If all this interruption and consequent wear
and tear won't let me alone must get ont of il,
way. When happen To speak of it. people limo
Gently say: why don't you keep secretary ;,
Great heavens! I'd rather take Il Sccrctarvs SALARY
and buy up two or three months of my own time.
Some critics have charged me with attempting too
much-trying too many fields. Trying '-whenit
was a matter of shear necessity! should only be
too happy, if | i'll condition to give up
everything but the one path OF literary labor
which know was designed for me-if any ever
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
A N Newspaper Libel Suit.

Dr Charles F. ;>tarkwrather formerly
Il resident oi keene, y H., asked the
Springfield Republican to pay him $40,
GOO tur Il libel. and he got 81 which was
worse than if he had got nothing. The
libel was contained in the following item:
lin the Nesleld items OF the Republican, Apr "A.
The latest scandal rife effects DR.. Starkwcuther
who is charged with improper intimacy with
married woman during Il period of IA wear and
hdlf She claims that he first accomplished his pur
pose by drug4Hng her, after which She submitted
To him until She learned ne paving attention
to another woman, when size went into Mysteries,
and confessed TO her husband and other parties.
Some accept the story in its fu.ncSS. and claim to
have known the doctor to be guilty OF such things
before while others doubt the drrIgging, and
pect that the woman Was Il willing victim. The
good naturcl husband SAYS that if the ncghhurS
think best and his wife Will agree not to be ftlse
again, he viii forgive her and take her back
The defence relied upon what the Re
publican claimed to be the truth of the
charge, and the Worthlessness Of the
mans character, and there was no lack
Of evidence to sustain its ground. In the
course of his argument Lawyer Gillett
discussed in Il very intelligent manner
the duty Of Journalism, both to the pub
lie on the one hand, and to private char
;lcter on the other. He said:
Now, Mr. Foreman and gentlemen, | have no
sympathy with that tlippant and unconsidrrcd
abuse and vlicutiou of good names, whether i'll
public or private life which churacteriZes some OF
the public press and ask no favor in that behalf
Nor, Mr.. Foreman. do claim that the editor Of
newspaper has any right to publish libellous and
ScalIdulnus words which any private citizen has
not. He cannot imrench himself behind the i'm
personality of Il newspaper, and send out his pois
"nru arrows upon the community and then cN
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

The ''eel-skin' dress is now the great
rage both III London and Paris. In the
widest days of the tie back or pin back
mania, there never was seen such a tight
hess in the matter of skirt as now prevails
Whatever the paucity Of folds in the pin
back III It's frontier part, iii the enormous
eXuberance of the panner or hustle the
balance was struck. But now, not only is
the hustle Il thing ofhorror, but even the
necessary underclothing is considered de
tOp. TO lengthen the waist far beyond
its natural proportions, Il stiff webbing
of elastic is fastened to the stays to the
depth Of half 4 foot and to this, ut first,
narrow skirts were buttoned. But even
this is now abandoned for another scheme
to acquire Slenderness. Mrs SWisshelms
much-rldlculed chemiloOn is in demand,
and garments made in this way are sold
at the furnishing shops, and patterns of
it pass eagerly from hand to hand among
lady friends. Some ladies have had reg
ular stage tights made in thick webbing,
and over these they wear nothing but the
outer dress, underskirts being simulated
by pleated ruitles of white muslin, sewn to
the edge of the dress, which is then tied
back till the woman within is sllackled
almost like 4 convict in chain-g gang
No more uncomfortable fashion ever was
devised; for not only are the limbs confined
by the binding dress, but the wearer must
constantly concern herself about the con
ditlon of the bodice, that portion being in
lnceSsant danger of turning itself lp be
hind, wrong side out, like an umbrella in
Il WindstOrm. The desired effect of youth-
iu slenderness is generally obtained by the
"eel-sln, but at good deal of sacrifice
OF personal ease. Paris letter.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
Marjorie.

Marjorie hides in the deep, sweet grass:
Purple its tops bend over;
Softly and warmly the breezes pass.
And bring her the scent of the clover
Butterflies fit, aud the banded bee
Booms in the air above her:
Green and golden dy-bugs three
Mariories nest discover.
Up to the top Of the grass so tall
Creep they while Marjorie gazes:
Blows the wind suddenly-down they fall
Into the disks of the daisies.
Brown-eyed Marjorie! Who, do You think,
Sings in the sun so loudly!
Marjorie smiles "'Tis the bobolnk
Caroling gailv and proudly
Bright locked Marjorie! What toats down
Through the golden air, and fingers
Light on your head as a cloudy crown.
Pink as your rosy fingers
Apple blossoms" :" she laughing cries
Beautiful boats come sailing
out Of the branches held up to the skies.
Over the orchard railing.
Happy, sweet Marjorie, hidden away,
Birds, butterflies, bees above her;
With flowers and perfumes and lady bugs gay
Everything seems to love her
ella ThaXter in St Nicholas
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

Ii is said that a few nights before DR..
Muhlenberg's death the sick man, listen
ing to the storm outside, said: ''lt is such
rough, bad weather that guess I'll not
venture over the river Jordan Tonight"
DR.. Muhlenberg retained his sense of hui
NOR to the last
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
Farm, Garden and Household,
Raising Corn.

lower prices in Maine than it has the past
few wears. Vet farmers have been engag-
- more and more in raising corn and
seeking new methods To increase the Weld
5nd diminish the cost OF production. one
lln- they will always have in their
tlNur, and that is that they have the adj
..tltd1e of the Western tarmeri in the mat
tT nj freight. The day is coming when
nt farmer in the West must apply terti-
nzrrS Ia the soil To secure a paving crop
Nd corn, and then the Eastern farmer will
lAtc he advantage of the Western farmer
N-lsumcL - he can purchase the cheml-
I'D ir}ill1frs necessary for Il buShel of
olIl i~ chcaplr as his brother farmer i'll
the Wc>-. and at the same time receive
a~ much higher price tor his corn as it
-u~t~ 10 transport it from the West to the
last
A~lt uoW j.. the Western farmer raises
crops ol corn without the extra expense
a. applying manure. and consequently
uiu plant much larger area than the
Easlru. farmer. The average product
rtr acre. however, is declining wear by
yr.u and is only about twenty three bush
rl- pcr acre in one of the best corn States.
Illinois. While the average product in
Ma nr is about thirty bushels, In order
tint Nl.5D,.f..ly successfully cnmnete With
-.ir Mr>t. th,. .lpIaa,. >ipld must he i'm
....3,,.I sim further I'VE can make nm
..,, -l,. l.ti,jrn,., nf o,r earn area by in
.....4,.lio. thr Nirld Heavy mnnurinG Will
l,1r,i,i.,r,.. .,,Iu. St,t,.. nu . level with the
Nr~t When olu farmers can raise one
..n,i,,.l bushels Of corn prr acre then
-,1l -he, succeed il comnefino with the
W,sf Tbrn if will he rs prnlitable IN
...,-,. Nv. hundred lnIshrls ~, five acres in
tf.,s,,. ia, raise five hundred hu,hpIs ON
...It. .,,.r,.. in lIin;,i- Farmers IN Maine
r.i, fh5. Thnrr ,r. mon whn have
..-..I.n.. u>h,J.nf .heIlrd corn
.... .......t 1l..iu...i,I, Nn1r. Than This
....... ..I5..I r., g,.,., Massachusetts
.....,..f ,,,,. l,,in.ti,.l and tiity bush
.n.u.l ,,,,, rr,1n one acre and =
I..-. r.-1r4r ran dn as we'll as that.
t.. w.. a.. unnd As Massachusetts,
,.,i .q.orr,llv better n3tnralk-all if
.1r~ Y 7n.r,. Io1nur,.
NI,.r. ri,,. 1,..r,.,-,.,I .,lu,nlnt al manure
-.r, r,5.,. frou 4. ll iluuortar,t ourstion.
.u. lr-r II ulYA Ice said that farmers
..4. -.. al. ih.u lie, un,SibIy can
... .l.. rrul lu,ildiu,e, 1h, linujd
-, .,'.,s,,,,',,t. ,,,,,l
-fNlli hr saved. lint very many farmers
...tN iln 4l,-,ile.r part OF the liquid to run
waste. Nu lnan who allows this de
-e.c~ rp hr called good farmer MI
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

"Iou didn't laugh at my stupidity be-
fore we were married; you always said I
was duck of Il lover" grumbled a com
planning husband. eyes, that's so, replied
the wife; "and duck of a lover is almost
sure to make 4 goose Of a husband
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

He was sitting silently by her side one
chilly evening last fall thinking of some
thing to say. Finally he remarked, "IIow
sad it is the frost has come, and it will
kill every thing green" Thereupon the
young lady extended her hand and said,
in q sympathetic tone, .Good-by.'
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
Reform in House e-Cleaning.

Forty wears ago, when there was no
such hard times, there We're 40 carpets
OF Very tcw-t gather dust and harhor
moths, and empty purses. Now a carpet
in every room, and it wears out, and
another must be bought and made, and
nailed down, and pried up and threshed,
and turned, and patched, and made over,
and no end to the trouble and cost i'm
posed by that one edict to a tyrannical
and dirty fashion. Why not have good
smooth floors, and then mats or rugs
where You need them You might as
we'll ask Why have bonnets! when they
are such is they are or, Why not have
more cloth and more buttons in the max
ing of feminine attire, instead Of less . 1t
IS IN VAN for pulpit, press, or lecture
room to ask, and Vet, if these hard times
could only plead with the unscrutable and
imperlous powers that order the ''style,
We might get rid Of carpet mailing and
much other domestic brc-a- a-blac and non
sense, which makes house cleaning and
housekeeping such continual tack and
hammer, broom and mop and duSter nui-
Sdnce.
But 50 long as SO much periodical house
cleaning must be done, why not have pro-
tessional house cleaners. who might go
around two by two, SAYING, peace be to
this house." trained in all the details of
the business, engaged, dated and register
ed beforehand, ready to do the whole Job
from cellar to garrtt, including yarnish-
ING, WhiteWashing and paper-h hanging,
,lnd to do it deity. neatly and with dis
patch Ii WOuld be skilled labor in Il
greatly needed department.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

A dealer in American antiquities got
himself into trouble in an Iowa town the
other day He sold five pairs Of Wash
ingtons only breeches in the same town,
then missed Il train, and the five different
historical societies, running around and
boasting, discovered. what he had done
before he could get away. But he COM
promised by taking four pair of breeches
back and issuing i'll lieu thereof the club
that Captain John Smith killed Pocahon-
tas with, the skin of the wolf that Israel
Putnam killed in the den, Ethan Aliens
pocket Testament, and the raw end OF the
swear that George shot off of General Lee
at Monmouth. Then tranquility was re-
stored in Grinncll. [Hawkeyc
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

An unsuccessful lover was asked by
what means he lost his divinity. "Alas"
cried he, 81 tlattercd her until she got too
proud to speak ONE.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

The Christian Union says that it makes a man
purer and better to cherish a rejected love There
is more fun, however, in going off and making
love to another girl Norwich Bulletin
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

1t sounds like Il romance to read that over one
hundred handsome American girls broke through
the ice last winter, were rescued, and have mar
red their rescuers
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

Johnny, have you learned anything during the
week I" asked u teacher of five year old pupil
"Ieth'm." well, what is itr Never to lead a
small trump when you hold both bowers.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10
The Snowflake Potato.

Since the introduction of the Early
Rose there have been a host of new seed
ling potatoes brought out, all highly laud
ed us something better than what We al
ready possessed, which in Il few wears
would almost entirely disappear, in con
sequence OF not possessing the requisite
qualities to meet the present views OF
cultivatols. The Snowflake. however, is
an exception; ii has So many good quail
ties and traits that it is universally liked
wherever known. | believe it to be the
coming potato, and will prove a. great a
boon to the potato growing and eating
public as the Early Rose has been.
have long contende,i that, in this lat
ltude, We could not grow late potatoes
protitably, and we needed an early pota
To that was Of good quality productive,
and would keep late into the following
season. These conditions the Snowflake
meets perfectly. 1t ripens about two
weeks later than the E;ulN Rose, is even
more productive of beautiful, oval, fiat
tened white tubers; eyes even With the
surface; bols and halles dry and mtaly,
and will keep in tip-top condition until
late the following season. The tubers are
medium sized, and grow close together at
the foot OF the plant, which make, easy
digging. The plants are Vigorous growers
OF a light green color, which, when they
get nearly grown, fall over, thus covering
the whole ground, and et1ectually prey emt
my the growth of weeds after the crop is
made. have grown it three years, and
have never seen a hollow potato, nor
has it ever made Il second growth and be
come spongy, and has always proved
good qualities than any other potato that
know of, and is bound to become eX-
ceedingly popular Rural World.
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

Twenty ladies voted on the question: Has a
young lady the right to kiss gentleman with
whom She takes an evening drive = There were
nineteen affirmative votes The one negative vote
was cast by woman with red hair and a glass eve
The Republican journal., 1877-05-10

A dentists sign Drawing, music and dancing.
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Horses and Mules Eating Dirt.

A correspondent of the New York
Tribune asks why horses and mules eat
dirt when turned out of close stables, TO
which Professor Low replies: "Most
commonly the habit is an indication of
acidity in the stomach, and to be cor
rected by improving the digestive func-
tions. Horses are at special disadvan-
tage in the matter of stomach complaints,
inasmuch as they cannot rid themselves
by vomiting of anything that disagrees,
and are unable even to belch up accumu-
lated gas. Then the stomach is much
too small to allow of heavy feeding or
the formation of much gas without in
furious overdistention, hence, Of all
domestic animals, the solipeds should be
fed with the greatest care and judgment.
Like human beings, they have their
periods of acidity, or heartburn, and
having no opportunity of taking soda or
magnesia, they lick the lime from their
walls, or the earth from their pathway.
For temporary relief piece Of chalk
may he kept in the manger, but we
should seek to remove the radical evil by
giving bNter tone to the stomach.
Fead sound grain and hay in moderate
amount and at regular intervals, and
don't drive or work hard an hour after
each meal, lest digestion should be i'm
paired. Give few carrots, turnips, or
other roots, if available; water regularly,
and never just after meal, and put an
ounce Of common salt in the food or
water daily. Any existing weakness
should be corrected by course of tonics
such as oxide of iron, two ounces; cal
-cined magnesia, two ounces; powdered
nux vomica, one and half drachms; /;
powdered fennel seed, two ounces; mix.
Divide into eight powders, and give one
morning and night. The habit has been
sometimes cause by deficiency of min
eral matters in the food grown on very
poor soils, but this may be corrected by
similar treatment.-Prtland Tran
script.