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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
CuItivnting Small Farms.

The American Farmer for August con
tains an admirable address by Judge
Fullerton before the Piedmont agricuIt-
ural society on Virginia farming, from
which we cop
The necessary steps toward an improved
husbaudry in III estate are:
l. To cultivate less land.
>. To make thu. which is cultivated
rich in plant food, 50 that it may pro-
duce large crops.
B. The practice Of rigid system %
rotation Of crops, aud mixed farming.
I. The cultivation of grasses and less
. Of the cereals, and feeding upon the farm
the most o: its products
5. Raising clover and .enriching the
land by turning under green crops.
Ispeak earnestly aud sincerely when
say that l believe that the faithful
practice of such g system Of tillage would
in ten years increase the value of real
estate in Virginia 100 per cent, and place
the farming population in an independent
condition There Is nothing new in
these suggestions. They are the same
old, old story, OFT repeated and often dis
regarded They, nevertheless, employ
the true policy for tillage, and the time
viii come when they will be universally
adoEted.
The advantage in small farms can
scarcely be overestimated. France is an
eminent example Of this, and she Is to-
day the wonder of the world. With n
territory not equal to one-ffeenth OF our
states, and but little greater than Texas,
she raises nearly double the wheat pro-
duced in the United States, and besides
supporting a population Of nearly forty
millions, her exports the last year ex-
ceeded our own. This arises out Of the
fact that her farms average less than
sixty acres, and are made to produce TO
the full extent of their capacity.
The farmer who finds in his own gamers
that which is needed to supply his daily
wants is far removed from the vcxations
and losses attendant upon outside pur-
chases which go severely tax his means.
1t is not unfrequently the case, when he
produces but a single article for the
market, that it commands price which
but poorly compensates him for his labor,
while he has TO pay exhorbitant prices
for that which he IS compelled to pur-
chase. This is selling the hide for a
psnny, aud buying back the tail for a
shilling" which surely is not profitable
transaction.
There can be no rational or successful
rotation of crops, unless grass, including
clover (and for all present purposes I
shall treat clover "a pne of the grasses)
holds q conspicG6u us place. The great
need of Virginia today, is grass. 1t is
the great source of the worlds wealth.
I do not overrate its value as estimated
at the present. or in ancient times.
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Importance Of Agricultural RnOwI-
edge

Importance Of Agricultural RnOWI-
edge.
4 recent writer on agriculture has
said. ''What literature has done for
theology, tCr astronomy, for all the
sciences5 n stelevate and adorn humani-
ty, shei3 ready to do for agriculture
, the art) arts-to which we owe all the
comforts Of civilized life" And yet,
what p ljudice still exists in the minds
of some II regard to what they are pleas
ed to eym book farming" and why is
it? C&u any person tell? To be ar
rayed ainst knowledge, progress and
the Iof the ninteenth century
For,5) day, the chemis over his cruel
bles, II scholar ia his study, and the
experimenter in the field, are walking
hands hand together, searching for the
hidden truth, that the scientific result
mayo obtained
Charge is one of the tendencies of
this age Even educational systems are
changing. Our literature is becoming
more agricultural in its character. The
highest talent is rushing to the aid of the
once despised science. SO that farmers
who / not wish to be left in the rear
far in the rear-must devote their spare
momcn TO comparing their experience
with Tia of others given in agricultural
book and papers.
Wien the young child, growing up
and learning to read, will add to his
kno Wedge, and his fathers, the expert
ence of Others, he vii be much better
pared for the great work of life.
We sre still groping in the dark bu
"A tints of light may be seen in the far
"a t---soru they will burst over us in all
In oi1splendor and beauty.
Isit toe much to believe that the time
come, and that ere long, when every
i tttsion the farm will be conducted
W 1.-THE same certainty of result which
belongs to the other sciences? We are
re prophet, but we watch and wait.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
The Religions of the world.

Will you be kind enough to let US
know through the Sun which church has
the largest membership in the world =?
Are there more Catholics in the world
than non Catholics of all kinds? Sew
eraI hoys here are more than anxious for
you to settle question that we are in
dispute about.-B. F. II.
The Buddhist religion is the one most
extensively accepted in the world, hav-
ing in round numbers, $40, Geo OO0 adhe-
rents. There are not more Roman Cath
olics in the world than people OF other
religious classes. The total number of
R5man Catholics is about 20C 300, 900,
against about 60,OOO,O0o of the Greek
church, 100000 Protestants, and
6 100000 of other Oriental churches
than the Greek. OF the 1,400, 900, 600
people in the world, about 600, O0O,0o
are not Christians, but with the excep.
ton of the 5000. 600 Jews, are what are
called heathens. 1t will be observed from
this that there is still a great field LETT ior
the spread of Christianity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
Keel and FlatbOating in the Early
DAYS.

A writer in volume entitled " I'm
provements in the First National
Century" gives the following descrip-
ton of the means employed in navigating
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers ." These
were (hatboat's > improved into keelboats,
for the purpose of ascending the river,
and were propelled by long poles in the
hands of the boatmen These standing
on the runwale running board) at the
extreme bow of the boat, thrustipg the
pole in the mud and setting the shoulder
against the top, pushed the boat for
ward by walking towards the stern,
which reached, they drew their poles,
went forward and repeated the move
ment BY this labOriOus mode of travel
all the merchandise sent from the east
via New Orleans reached its destination.
The voyage from New Orleans TO st.
Louis required four months" The
mode above recited IS a rule was only
employed in the Ohio in low stages OF
water. but in the Mississippi very
seldom; the general mode was cordelling,
bushwhacking and warping, the latter
being the most used. This was done by
coiling a three-quarter inch line in a
skiff. pulling 20 a point above, making
one end fast. and dropping down to the
boat with the other; when all hands
90 tailed on" and walked aft on the cargo
box AZ each man reached the stern he
let 90, passed rapidly forward and took
hold again. In the meantime the warp
LAYERS were making another lay. In
running out of q pocket, and around a
point. resource was had to anchors, every
boat being provided with two to four Of
them; on nearing the anchor the boat
was hauled to shore, and the anchor
brought aboard, and if the shore adj
mitted, the order was given to pole,
if not. to " cordell' until a point WAS
reached where they could use the warp
again. Sails were used whenever there
was a favorable wind. Most of the
d" regulars" were provided with mast
and spread 300 to 400 feet of canvass.
One in particular, the Cadmus, carried a
maiusail, topsail. and topgallant sail.
| The Cadmus made the run through the
/ Canadian reach thirty miles, in seven
| hours, and on the same voyage, from
/ Birds Point (uow Cairo to the mouth oil
| the Tennessee, iOrty-five miles, IN day
/ light. The masts were movable. The
multiplying steamboats,, with theil
| duickened VOYAGES found a suficiency
! Of business to keep these boats in use
| Glowing them), and the building of then
was continued on the Ohio tor some
time. In 1926 TIE steamboat Merchant
was built at Pittsburgh with her censor
"a model bdrge) The consort had !
cabin on the main deck extending fort
and aft with forecastle and quartel
deck The Merchant carriedthe cargo
and fuel, the boats crew and deck passen
gers, who were not allowed CT thu
consort, it being reserved exclusively TO
cabin passegers. In the same year thu
He cules. the first upper cabin boat, We
/ built. This innovation WAS much or
posed, and it was generally predicted
that she would capsize with the weigh
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
Cabbage Culture.

A correspondent OF one of the leading
agricultural exchanges says;
There is something to know about grow
ing cabbage for market a profit, followed
by = crop for household use. The cut
ting CT a cabbage from its stem is an item
that every grower should fully under
stan Cutting it at the lowermost
leave swrong, because when cut so low
the lem seldom sprout much afterward,
whereas, when they are cut up as high
and ar as can be done without injury
tosae head, and as many of the leaves are
leitli possible, there are soon many side
heads emitted from the stems, and each
of the e ultimately becomes as useful in
the <. chen, or for picking, as the first
heads, This course OF cutting NAV b
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
WILuorrs FEVER AND AGUE Ion

WILHOFT's FEVER AND AGUE iONIC
This medicine is used by construction com
pauies for the benefit Of their employees,
when engaged in malarial districts. The
highest testimonials have been given by CON
tractors and by the presidents OF some Of the
leading railroads in the South and West.
When men are cOngregated in large numbers
in the neighborhood of swanps and rivers,
Wilhoft's Tonic will prove valuable addi-
ton 10 the stock of medicines, and viii amply
reward the company in the saving OF time,
labor and money. We recommend IL to all.
q. r. FINLAY d Co, Proprietors, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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DESTINIES.


Three roses nod and talk
Across q garden walk;
One, lifting up TIER head,
Clad all in damask red,
Cries, gayly, in her pride,
" Tonight, full far sud wide,
My beauty shall be seen,
Adjoining Beauty's queen"
"And I ," the biush-rose cries,
''Shsll be the enyied prize;
4 lover shall convey,
Before the end of day,
Unto a maiden fair,
And shr will kiss and wear
Nv tl-s.-ss in ner breast
There 1 shall sleep and rest
And l." the white rose sighs-
Before the sunshine dies
] shall lie hid from sight
Within gIave's dark night;
But not IN vain my bloom,
If have Cheered the gloom,
or helped 70 sO0the and bless
4 mouruer's loneliness
-N9fnh PERU, IN EaIperS' BdzGdr.
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In the wni.s.

Several cardboard boxes bearing Cana
dian post-marks have been found to con-
tain living Colorado beetles, which were
destroyed according to instructions from
the postmaster general It has been
ordered by the department that all such
packages in future SHALL be strictly
examined when possible, and burned if
found to contain the Doryphqrn deem
Laaeata, in order 10 PreyeEe tlio introduce
ton of this terrible insect into this
country through the post.-Londoa
Farmer,
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AGRICULTURAL.

Every amateur gardener knows what
damages are doae to pOtted plants and
flowers by worms finding their way into
the mold The Journal d Agriculture
pratique states that these can always be
got rid of by using for the plants water
to which tenth part of grated horse
chestnut has been added, Under this
treatment the worms must either fly or
die.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28

Farming for profit. Not for large crops,
nor for notable appearances, but to sup
port the family and accumulate asurplus
for old age. Let the premium idea Of
crops disappear then, and destroy much
of the romance which comes from literary
agriculture; the true premium crop is
the profitable one; the true romance is
the comforts which attend prosperous
results.-Scientific Farmer.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
vanity.

The sun ccIaes up and the sun goes down,
And the dav aud night are lbs same 3 one
The wear grows green and the year crews BOWL
And what Is ii all, when a J Is done
Grains OF somber or shining sand,
Sliding into or out Of the hand
And men go down in ships to the seas,
And 9 hundred ships are the same 40 one
And backward and fol ward blows the breeze,
And what is Il all, when all Is DONE
A tide with never shore IN sight,
Setting stead ~ on 10 the night
The fisher dropresh his net in the stream,
And huudIed streams are the same IS ne
And the maiden dreameth her lOye-H dream
And what is il all, when all is DONE
The net OF the fisher The burden breaks,
And always dreaming the dreamer wakes-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
The ,Itsdirectlon orme BILE

The misdirection of the bile, a CONSCIENCE
which ensues when the liver is Sactive and
the bowels torpid, produces number of bod
lily evils The blood becomes contaminated
with the bilious fluid, causing the skin and
the whites of the eyes to assume yellowish
tnge dyspepsia and nausea supervene the
tongue becomes furred, the breath fetid,
there are pains in the side and between the
shoulder blades, the urine is high coiored and
scaldiug, and in aggravated cases, jaundice
and Inflammation Of the liver ensue. All
these consequences may be prevented or OBJ
waited by using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
a vegetable Alternative tonic which stimulates
the inactive liver TO exert itself in secreting
and directing the bile, acts naturally upon
the bowels and removes every trace OF iud.-
EestiOn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
ATrER an experience 81 over twent

AFTER an experience of over twenty
five years, many leading physicians acknowl
edge that the Graefenberg I0raiaHS Uterine
CatbOlicon Is the only known certain remedy
for diseases to which women are subject
The GTaefenJcyg Vegetable Pills, the most
popular remedy Of The day for biliousness,
headache, liver complaint and diseases OF
digestion. Sold by all druggists. Send for
almanac. Graefenberg Co., New York.
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neIicinn.Cn nI,err.

The lghtest, sweetest, most wholesome and
delicious Vienna rolls, tea biscuits, bread,
cIes prepared from -four, are always possible
10 every table by using DoOLEY'S YEAST
POWDER. This celebrated Baking Powder
has stood the critical test OF the best house
keepers and consuming public generally Of
America for twenty years. Ii is absolutely
pnre, and always Of uniform strength. The
genuine is put up in cans Most all good
grocers sell il.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28

Colorado, this year, produces wheat
enough lit is said, to feed its people. The
people of this state claim that the wheat
there is the finest in the world. A gen
eral system of irrigation is adopted, the
extent of which is most surprising. A
canal is now TO be constructed, says the
New York Tribune, larger than any
heretofore made 1t takes the water
from the Platte canon and will extend
thirty miles over the plains, fertilizing
and bringing into market over 10000
acres of land. 1t is 10 be thirty feet
wide and sixty deep.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28

The burning of straw at threshing
time Is a sinful waste. Properly rlcked
up, and with comparatively little pastq!r-
age, it will carry cattle through the
winter in fine order. 1t will pay any
farmer "a lT to t., buy young cattle, and let them
feed upon this straw through the winter.
He can't invest his money so well IN
scarcely anything else. Much manure
Is thus made and saved The fertility
of the soil Is thus kept up. The cattle
can be sold in the spring at large adj
vance, or kept over another winter in
the same way, with little additional
feed, and then turned off in the spring
for beef.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28

II. - school IL college DIRECTORY for 1877.
2OJ pages with maps and illustrated circulars Of
all leading schools combined lhis ~ bhcation,
complied pressly for those having children 70 ed
ucate Enables parents to select schools Tor their
children without trouble or expense sent ;or This
purpose on ece pf OF cents postage. To all ethers
So cents T. cor ESWORT PINCK icy. dealer n
School Supplies and Agency for schools and Teach
ers 40 Union SQUARE. Neg York.
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c,.,o>,c Co~Sr,P.TI0N

is not cured by simply unloading the bowels The
me.i c.ne aust possess tonic, Alternative and
receive properties. These qualities are combined in
DIR. rr-rr's pills, AMI they will permanently cure
this serious disease. is Murray street, y. I.
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d. w. HITCH & Co.: have sold your
Universal Cough Syrup nearly three years
1t gives good satisfaction, and I have no
hesitation il recommending it as equal, if
not superior, to other remedies of its class.
Yours truly, A. W. BULLOCK, NJ. d.
z. S.-I have sold more Universal Cough
syrup than any other cough remedy.
A " y
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of this " top-hamper," but on her trial
trip she behaved so well that she was
voted a success. and no more cabins on
deck were built.-N O. Democrat.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28

GRAssHOPPEKs, potato bugs, tramps
and travelling agents are the farmers curse,
The last can he avoided by buying direct.
Five Ton Wagon Scales are sold at $50 each.
GA trial. freight prepaid, by Jones, Of BIug-
hamton. BinghamtOn. n Y
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WITHOUT pretending TO say it viii
minister to 4 mind diseased, or pluck out
rooted SORROW" etc, we do aver that the
prudent use of HOME STOMACH BlTTEES
will promote health and longevity. Prepared
by the Home Bitters Co., ST. Louis, Mo
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1877-09-28
The RIGHTS of Witnesses.

Both before and since the days of Ser
geant Buzfuz, lawyers in court have, at
least occasionally, asked witnesses lmPer-
tinent and not pertinent questions ana
expecially when ss-examined, have
these indispensable allies to the admins
tration of Justice seemed sometimes to
possess no privileges which legal acumen
and brow beating considered worth re-
specting. The rights of witnesses at the
present time are by no means either de
fined or secured and many persons who
suffer wrong IN quiet rather than suffer
long in the witness box, or who know by
smarting experience the misery of both
conditions, will he pleased-perhaps even
elated-to learn that a Mr.. Billion, a
London lawyer, has been publicly re-
buked for endeav.ring to cast a stigma
upon the reputation of a witness by
asking him an Impudent question.
Have you ever been convicted of per
Jury ?" inquired the lawyer. Never,
warmly responded the witness. II
there is not sufficient ground for it in
terposed the Judge, "the question Is
most improper one TO put lave you
Cunning to the witness ever been
charged with perjury" " Never was
the quick reply. q think" resumed
the Judge, Win Ine IdlhleoU tl'-e VI
sarcasm in his tone, think that an
advocate should make some inquiry and
have some proof before him before he
puts such questions to a witness" We
think so, UOo.-N y EUeniHg Post.
DR.. Parsons, medical superintendent Of
the New York lunatic asylum says there
is a very marked increase of insanity
among the women. During the past ten
years the number of females committed
to his asylum has increased at an average
rate of more than ten per cent. per
annum. All the patients admitted to
the asylum last year (475 in number)
were women, and Of the whole number
under treatment on the lst of January
only ten were males.
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The
GOOD OLD
STAND BY
MEXEcAN MUSTANG uNlMENT
FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Established Is years. Always cures. Always
ready. Always handy. Has never get failed. Thirty
millions haze tested Il. the whole world approves
the glorious old Mustang-the Best and Cheapest
Linment in existence, 25 cents a bottle. The
Mustang Liniment cures when nothing else will
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TVgI.E..I .COJNE y General Conn ia 4 ssiOn
Merchant. y. " alter -. Philadel phia
and whoestlr deulrr- boa Butter, Cheese, Eges loui-
trg Came Potatoes. Apples. Grain. FlDuri ~ " ool
Cotton, ItHLufr. Broom oru I'ultlan nul Domestic
Fruits end in fac ie sell ans aud every ihinE
the highest market price. make prompt retururfhhn
Liberal G4tsh Adv nces made ca all shipments
except rtrI-lHhIg articles. Iu show fhht We 40 an
extensive business any game dealer iu Philadelphia
will tell Fau 500 handled more came lnst season than
aIl ofher flUu-r- in FhIuder a uut together - ~
for Price IIrf. stencil, ETC., etc. Reference n-h
or "a rptfr won TO ems zee uur- hir House 900 uur ctT
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q PERPETUAL

Catalogue free. =. II.
ton. IFstahlisht aO.
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UI@TORY and Uses of Ponds t&trict' 'H
- ,.-71TiIcf form. sent free on atpLie.l 70 --rt-
po%ansS EXTRACT COMPANY, Us Maiden
, 1877-09-12
thclr dues out Of II Is doubtful, M thcrc !,
considerable amount OF October interest 10 !.
LOCAL POLITICS.


FIFTEENTH WARD.
Tho first mcc ting in tho Fifteenth War, ~
wtlat Is known as tho National Workingmcn,.
Organization Df Illinois, n new worktncmtn,.
party Of profcsscdly anttsociallst!c, anti.co.n'
tnuntstic tnclinations wns held last urcn,ng a,
the corncr Of Ccrtro and l.arrabco streets. IN.
meeting was called to order BY Dr. D. II. Beam
President Of tho branch Of tho party IN th,,
ward. Probably forty people were present.
On calling tho meeting to order, the prcstden,
rcal tic following declaration OF principles:
This party shall be known ~ the National Wo,t.
fn1lncfs Organization Of Illinois: an organ,ation
oi citizens II nrltt ni,on and demand tic Jntt I'M
lnrastin1 enforcement of lle ItWa nf the land ~ H.
ia Induce every cttlErn 10 take ncsivr intr,...
In political AFFAIR.": ta demand an itnett efctn,
Ind enat a Rtsp tse Il ef ya1s
pre.cryina tho rights and lbcrtIr. Of tho peorte.
uexespsn.s il risid prosecution Of al ,'oi. 'oS
tfona Of tbs laws and no demand tho raysftst
nuMishmcnt fot corruption. dishonesty, pr nexje.t
Of duty by public n!lcrra;
TO pp[lusc all snmptuafy laws:
To demand Government enprry!ssn OF railrosds
telegraph lines, insurance. companies, and rsrtses
ia demand such revision Of tho tari6 which Win
tend to psutcct and promote nnr home ihdu.t.Ie,
To opposs H. spss't !sg:,ist'on; F ta en- NC
mt be han,pcfeA With ur 0bstrncted hy such a.,
Thiel, tend 10 msks The poor poorer and lhs ne
That We oppose Any further granta Of The pah,t
domain and tic granting Of snGsilies to raiifoaIs
or other cofpuratiOns;
and the p,ssuotlcnient Of specie naymcnts:
Thse va demand such coslf1cat,on Of tim lax. n
this State thht u!isuccctrful defendants In asf
aotton bt Law. shhll ss taxed In addition toIt
other conts of tho suit q reasonable amount in
That we opposc the contracting OF convict l.fa1:
tHr3 SnF rat nj All nj