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Connecticut western news., 1877-01-19
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of the hestgradee at lowest cash Prices Rye and Graham Flour. Bnckw hra Flour. Wheaten Grits
 Crushed Wheat, Corn Meal. bolted aud unboted
 and all kinds of mill feed by the hundred or car load. All Of which are bought for cash and will be sold at the lowest cash prices. Thanking my friends and the pnblic for past favors I ask for continuance of them. M. .KNICKERBOCKER.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
with the harrow, also break the clods

with the harrow, also break the clods
and Jumps with roller. There is great
art in blowing. The burrows should be
straight, we'll turned, of even width, and
depth, say seven or eight inches; if stiff
soil with hard pan under the turned
soil, be sure and break it up by the sub
coil pillow; if the sub-soil be poor do not
turn up more than a few inches, and the
sub-soil pillow will loosen the bottom OF
the furrow, for purposes of drainage 'eri-
fication and filtration. The burrows
should not set up, nor lie fiat, but lap
over the next furrow see that the tuif
is covered and that eveness OF depth be
strictly secured, and that all the land be
cut by the share. 1t is too common
practice with lazy plowmen to let the
pillow slip over hard places, and shun
deep and soft ones; by which means
those spots that require the deepest cul-
tivation are only skinned and their
sterility increased, solely for the want
of mere exertion on the part of the plow-
man. The masters eye is no where
more wanted than in the field that Is
being plowed. 1t is better to plow we'll
half an acre than badly one acre.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
AGRICULTURAL.
Lettuce.

One secret of getting this forward
early consists in planting or sowing in a
very light and rich but not rankly ma
nured soil, and in a warm situation. A
strip of good soil along the front wall of
a dollhouse is an excellent place to SOW if
there is sufficient depth of soil. The
neat from the wall makes a sensible
difference of temperature of the ground
for several feet outward. The seed
should be sown in drills six inches apart,
and The young plants should be thinned
out as soon as they can be laid hold Of
First, TO one or two inches asunder, and
the last three to six inches. This is not
allowing much room, but it is enough to
produce nice little compact heads.
When the plants are growing they should
never be allowed to get dry at the root,
bu; kept constantly moist, to encourage
a quick succulent growth and early heat
ing.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

in consequence of not possessing the
requisite qualitie. tc meet the present
views of cultivators. The Snowflake,
however, is an exception; it has so many
good qualities and traits that it is uni
versally liked wherever known. l be-
lieve it to be the coming potato, and will
prove as great boon to the potato grow
ing and eating public as the Early Rose
has been.
have long contended that, in this
latitude. we should not grow late pota-
toes profitably. and We needed an early
potato that was of good quality, produc-
tive, and would keep late into the fol-
lowing season. These conditions the
Snowflake meets perfectly. 1t ripens
about two weeks later than the Early
Rose, is even more productive of beauti-
full, oval, hattened white tubers; eyes
even with the surface; boils and bakes
dry and mealy, 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 plants,
which makes easy digging. The plants
are vigorous growers OF light green
color, which, when they get nearly
grown, fall over, thus covering the whole
ground, and efectually preventing the
growth of weeds after the crop is made.
l have grown it three years, and have
never seen a hollow potato, nor has it
ever made second growth and become
prongy, and has always proved uniformly
productive. 1t possesses more good
qualities than any other potato that l
know of, and is bound to become exceed
ingly popular.-A. E. Rich, in Rural
World
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

"Says L. Hurry, please, sir; I'm 3
chokin'.
{" He did hurry. He took bottle out
of his pocket, and out of another he took
a kind of folding cup, and opened it out.
hen he poured something from the bot
tie into the cup.
Milk, says he; it may tempt him
away; if not, say your prayers, friend :
and i tell you that was an anxious mo-
ment for me.
at first ] thought he had done for
me, for the snake only seemed to twist
tighter; but in a minute the head poked
out towards the cup and felt him drop
OF, and saw him ,coiled about the milk
cup. ! didn't wait to see him feed.
went.
But it was a lesson for me. 1t put
an end to my course of wickedness. This
is my station, sir. Good.afternoon.
There isn't more respectable or more
honest young man than am living now.
Good-afternoon.
Then he was off.
otis very curious story" said the
old gentleman-"very. But he's evil
IDENTIFY very conscientious young man
now"
He put his hand in his pocket for his
pocket-handkerchief. 1t was gone-so
was his purse. They had gone with the
conscientious young man.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
4 small E1Otrer Garden.

A writer in the Western Farm Jour
nal recommends for small flower garlen
the following lists, as they do not require
treatment, are good sturdy varieties, will
stand neglect yet do we'll: Asters, bal
>ams. dianthus, petunias, phlOx, calliop-
sis. verbenas, sweet peas, mignOnetse,
zinnias, marigolds and portulucas. The
same writer again says: The plants l
have named will afford profusiOn OF
flowers from June till October. PhlOx
will be the first to blossom, and then
petunias will come on, and both of the
flowers will continue to increase in
beauty until hard frosts come. Asters
will te in perfection in August and Sep
tember. Calliopsis begins to blossom in
July, and nearly all the others come on
early in that month. If old flowers are
removed and not allowed to 60 to seed
you will have much greater profusiOu
Of bloom. If you do not remove faded
flowers, but allow them to perfect seed.
you will soon see that your plants are
losing large share of their former glory.
You can't expecta plant to ripen seed and
blossom profusely at the same time.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
1LL-SILK DRESSES NO LONG Err
SEEN.

The fashion of combining so much
wooden goods with silk and using 80 little
of the latter is difficult 10 account for, as
theses suits are not so handsome as the
silk ones formerly wore. The distress of
an entire population has brought to light
this fact, which would otherwise Lave
passed unnoticed. Silk and satin are 80
little used that the Lyons silk trade is
paralyzed. The evening dresses are
mostly made of foulard, farlatan and
light fabrics, to the exclusion of all
heavy rich silks, and walking dresses are
of English and wooden goods, instead of
taffetas, faille and moires. This change
is not of the present; it is already quite
a time since silk has been out of general
use, but the bad effects of its neglect
have only just been made public. Since
the year 1870 the attention of the fair
sex has been directed to the making, and
not the material, Of their toilets. The
puffs, aprons, overdresses and polonaises
have become of 80 much importance, and
the material so draped, turned and
twisted, that the goods have been looked
upon as altogether secondary. Dress.
makers have had two objects in aban-
doning silk-frst, they have sought to
secure the credit of making elegant
toilets out of comparatively Indifferent
materials; and secondly. they have been
led to do 80 by motives of economy. The
modern fashions require 50 much goods
that the expenses of silk and satin would
be ruinous. II these materials could be
used, and q more simple style of dress
adopted, the consequence would be most
beneficial. 1t is said that the improve
ment hos been noticed in some fashion.
able houses with regard to evening toll
cts. The tightly-drawn dresses, with
pufings and drapings around the cuiras-
ses, short in front and falling full in the
back in large plaits, will be adopted. If
this is the case, there is some hope of silk
and satins regsining favor, as these full
skirts exact heavy materials. In order
to encourage and set the example, Mime.
la Marechale de McMahon ordered from
a Lyons manufacturer a silk dress for
the fetes at the Paris operahouse.-Neac
X0rk Times.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

About fifty years ago family named
Bubier went into the Maine forest north
of Lewistown and cut themselves off COM
pletely from civilization. Recently they
were discovered by a correspondent of
the Boston Globe. Their novels were
scattered about in the patches of cleared
land which they had made. The va
grant family had multiplied into several
families, including over fifty persons,
and was dwelling in poverty, ignorance
and sloth. The log houses were unpro-
vided with anything that could con-
tribute to human comfort. There was
no furniture except blocks and pieces
of log. But one person could read, and
he wouldn't. Not a book or a scrap OF
printed paper was to be found in the
place. None of the younger generation
had ever been to the nearest town. All
were profoundly ignorant of the world,
and devoid of either religion or morality.
They obtained precarious subsistence
from such scanty crops as tlelr lazy
habits prompted them to obtain, and
from the game of the forest and the fish
of Dead river. In short, the Bubiers,
under the influence Of nature and soil.
:ude, had relapsed into a barbarism
more depressing than that of the savages
that dwelt in those woods three cen.
turies 400.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
HTDROPHOBIA.

Hydrophobia has been known for
5000 years, yet Its cause is still mat
ter of speculation. 1t does not originate
from heat, for dogs in the warmest eli
mates, such as South Africa, Jamaica,
West Indies and South America, have
never been affected by it. Want of
water does not produce it, since dogs
have been kept forty days without water
and not gone mad. Insufficient and I'M
wholesome diet are not the causes, since
the ours of Madeira are the vilest and
most ill-kept of the world, and rabies is
unknown among them. Whether it is
spontaneous production in the dog, cat
and Welt is also unsettled. The fact
that in remote countries of the world,
where the disease has never been COM
municated, its existence is unknown
would imply that it must be acquired
by communication. yet Marray, an emf
nent writer on the subject, and others
believe the contrary. Of the real nature
of the virus little is known. Ithas never
been analysed. Though rabies in man
is in most cases communicated BY the
bite of q dog, yet the symptoms are
widely different. Man abhors and de-
tests water with spasmedic loathing,
while the dog searches for it and drinks
it with avidity. The statistics and ex-
periments in hydropbobia are suggestive
and interesting. incubation of the
SALIVA of rabid animals, as practiced by
Herbert Hertwig, succeeded in only %
per cent. of the animals operated upon,
II escaping. According to Faber's sta
tistics, out of 145 persons bitten by rabid
animals in Wurtemberg, only ;;2S had
hydrophobia. John Hunter records a
case where, of 81 persons bitten by a
mad dog, only one was affected. Again
we have of ia persons bitten by mad
wolves, g., or more than one-half, fell
victims. In France, in 1852, a commits
sion was appointed to examine into the
subject of rabies, and of 1856 cases in hui
man subjects, l05 were from the bites
of dogs, 20 from bite Of wolves, 8 from
bite of cats, and unknown. In g.
cases, where the exact date of the ap-
appearance of hydrophobia after the bite
was sscertained, it seems that IA cases
were fatal after the first month after the
bite, Al cases from the end of the first
month to the end of the third, 8 from
beginning of fourth to end of sixth, and
6 from seventh to end Of tenth month.
No cases occurred after one year. Three
died the first day, 8 the second, % the
third, 81 the fourth, the sixth day, and
the remaining 10 in from seven to twenty
days.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

Place the frame where the bed is to
stand, fronting to the south or south
west; mark the ground all around on
the inside of the frame, then remove the
frame and dig out space about eighteen
inches deep, and replace the frame, which
win rest Immediately on the edge of the
pit. Then procure some stable manure,
which ought to be fresh from the stable,
and place it in a heap. Shake every
torkful we'll, mix the long manure with
the short. Now begin to fill the pit /:
when you have shaken in dung to the
thickness of FIVE or six inches, beat we'll
down and 80 on till the manure is about
nine inches from the top of the front of
the box; now see that it is quite level,
and put on the sash. The heat will be-
gin 10 rise next day, and on the second
day 1t will be ready to receive the earth.
which should be dry, not like dust, but
not TOO wet, and should be rich and
fresh. The bed should be filled up about
six inches with it; then put on the sash
and let them remain twenty-four hours;
then take them off and stir the earth
well. The earth is to be level, not slop-
ing ike the glass. The glass is sloping
to meet the suns rays, and carry of the
water. The earth which was taken out
of the pit should be put around the out
side OF the frame 20 that no water will
run into the bed. When ready to SOW
the seed, take off the sash and make
little drills from the back of the bed to
the front, drop the seed along the drills
regularly, cover all over smoothly, write
the names of the seeds and date of sow-
ing on small piece of paper put in the
cleft of a little stick, and stick it into
the ground at the end of each drill, and
pu, or the sash. The main principle is
10 give always as much air as the plants
will endure, taking advantage of every
mild day to remove the sash for this pur.
pose. If they have not enough air they
will grow up spindling, and will have
small seed leaves, and indeed, if too
much deprived of air, will die. Lei
them grow strong rather than tall short
stems and broad, dark green seed leaves
are signs of good plants. Out Of hun
dred failures in hot bed culture, ninety
nine arise from giving too little air
When it is necessary to water, do it with
a watering pot that does not pour OuI
heavily. Water at sunset and shut
down the sash tight. Should high wind
or sharp frost set in, protect your bed
with straw or straw mats.--Practicd
Fcrme'.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
VISIBLE SUPPLY OF CHAIN.

The visible supple of grain, comprising
the stocks in granary at the principal
points of accumulation at western lake
and seaboard ports, and in transit by
rail, March 81, 1877:
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
Raising CufreS.

Mr.. I. B. Miner probably churns the
milk which accounts for his proposition
to feed buttermilk. Much said by this
gentleman is true but as have had
very great experience in England and in
the United States in raising calves, and
as the trade with England is likely to
cause much more raising to supply the
meat for expectation, will add few
remarks. 1t is very easy to raise calves
by hand, when there is no cheese made,
and the cream only is churned, the skim
milk is all that is required, as the calves
will do much better not to have any
thing mixed with the milk. I have
raised calves for forty years, and fed
them ten years before that, for it was
my job from the age Of ten to help the
servant girl feed the calves.
In England the raising is done by let
ting the calves suck for week, and
then warming the skim milk, which is
sweet there when Skinned: but twice q
day is quite sufficient for feeding, and in
winter the calves have hay and some
turnips cut, Is soon as they will begin
to eat, which is geneally when about q
month sld-the Attorneys a week or
ten days sooner.
The least troublesome way is not to
let the calf suck at all, as it will take to
drinking the milk in few minutes after
trial. Give the mothers milk warm
from her for the first week; then give
skim milk: little warmer than new
milk, night and morning, and when
grss. comes let the calves lie in a pad
dock with shade in it, and they will eat
as much grass as will do them good and
this is all they will require if they can
have about six quarts of the skim milk
every morning, and the same quantity
at night. When three months old they
viii 10 very we'll on any good pasture,
but they will grow faster if the milk is
co,.iinued longer.
W aen cheese is made the whey has to
be Z wen, and that is poor feed but some
thin- mixed with that, as Mr.. Miner
adv SEES, will do good, care being taken
to give little at first, to guard against
securing. 1 have raised a great many
on whey, and given nothing but what
the calves could pick from managers or
troughs; though in these cases milk was
continued longer from the COW, and some
mixed with the whey the first few feed
ings.
Ofall the stupid ways Of raising calves,
/ the custom in the south and southwest,
of letting them suck at milking time,
beats Others, for the COW will not give
her milk down till the calf comes to her,
and there are thousands of poor, ignorant
men and women who think cows can not
be MIXED without the presence of the
calf, and have no idea of using more
than one land at time in milking. q.
The time is approaching when all the
heifer calves will be raised, and then the
cream will be skinned of and churned
and the milk given to the calves. Then
the importance of using the best, pure
bred bulls will be felt, and the country
will be enriched by the sale of meat, in
stead of sending corn and grain abroad
Working Farmer, in Rural Men
Yorker.
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
The SRSscJtale Potato.

Since the introduction of the Early
Rose there have been q host of new
Seeding potatoes brought out, all highly
Landed as something better than what
we already possessed, which in a few
wears would almost entirely disappear
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

-" You see, you young folks" said old
Uncle Jebus, "just you hearken to me
and listen good. Marriage begins with
counting and sometimes ends with court
ing; the first being proceedings in court
ship and ending with the parson, and
the second being proceedings in the
courthouse and ending with the sheriff. :"
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28
Pi0icinJ.

Press forward the spring blowing as
often as the condition of the Land will
allow. Follow Immediately the pillow
Richland beacon., 1877-04-28

Why is bad horse like a poor
play? Because it can't run and won't
draw.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1877-09-28
oxNxRAL ronnroM NEWS.

After = ak months rest, the Clyde rhf-
builders have agreed ~ Arhitrata lhuir differ.
cnccs with tho employers, and this important
industry will l~ revived at once.
lhpotts from most ~ ti,c fnminc districts IL
indiA are encouraging. thc erop prospects las-
ing greatly improved n,,dur recent ratnn.
Marshal MAcMAhon haA issued an cxsraor.
dnsry proclamation ~ tl.c cIcctors VI fra,nr.
liz awaits with full confidence tlu manifesto.
ton " tho l@oples sentiments" la says bui
he taLeS care ~ nolify the ,,earlc In advance
that their sentiments ma~t ~ manifested III
accordance with his own. Iici IL cnt.rely will
ing that tho form VI Nh election shAll procecsl
but he wants Il distinctly nndcrstoMl that
II viii be nothing more than hAsren form,
Tim manifesto has ~srAtcd VA Immense
rcnsstion In France. II Ii loudly
Apllanded ny ths lsonarArtist And clerical o..
gnns, While the Republican papers nAnif.s,
serious alarm II tho MsrrhAl'1 threats.
In France thu Republican. have lss,,csl Al
address 10 tho lsni,lc replying, paint by point
IL MaeAlAloil's manifesto. Tho ru,cl,,tnu
passage II ~ follows Your duty viii III.
crease With The AudAcity VI thn~e who prosan,e
~ impose themselves on ffance, Yum cAnnot
hccon,o thu instrument of elcricAiirn Tho
rslMhll, must have republican funetianarIes
aud Tho country expects order, peace and rtA-
bility through the rclahiie."
Al. Levurrier. thu ocluKatcd French a.tro,.
onlsr, Ii dead.
The seeond trial of usmlrttA took place On
the I'D II September on appeal. ill1 counsel
argnod that the tribunal which condemned him
WAS incomlHtunt. The court rejected thu
plea, aud confirmed thu Mcntnllc. pronounced
nj the first trial.
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no,sncc that nulsln,an pssha had o,Ausssl
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retire before Tho Junction ~as effected, may
NOW b. forced 10 retreat slilI further,
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aaairs. Il II reported that tlcn. Iodletcn. tho
dsssndss u BsbaSlotol, has received orders 10
prepare plAns fos fcgtilytng tho winter cAmrs
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