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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
Crossing for Improvement of
Common Sheep.

A correspondent asks US the fol
lowing question: "What is the best
cross upon our common sheep fol
quality and quality of wool. for the
general market, and for weight Of
carcass %
This inquiry can be replied to from
so many standpoints, that an opin
ion. in favor of either of the recog
nized breeds requires certain expla
nations. A cross of the long-wool-
say Cotswold, Leicester or Lincoln
awillinsure an increase of carcass to
nearly or quite double the value OF
the common, or native, dam. The
6 fleece will have additional length
considerable improvement in style,
and perceptibIe increase in weight.
The Improvement in length and lus.
ire will add to its market value. =
A cross of middle wool-say
Southdown, Shropshire. etc., will
add greatly to the quality OF the
meat. somewhat less, though consid-
cradle. TO its quality; viii thicken
Somewhat the fleece, and give it
slight additional weight without adj
ding much to its value per pound.
A cross of the American Merino
will make a marked Improvement
in deece-adding to all its desirable
characteristics, except that of length
The weight, in many instances will
be doubled, while in any other than
an anomalous condition of the mar
ket, the value per pound will be
somewhat Increased. The size of
carcass will not be increased, through
its compactness and symmetry of
outline viii be greatly improved.
With the average farmer the more
~ satisfactory results will be secured
Dy a cross with the longwool breed.
OF the fine woods. The one win
show its chief improvement In the
carcass, the other. in. the fleece.
though the merits of neither will be
confined TO these prominent characs
teristics,
-. As q rule, the least satisfactory re
. suits will be derived from q cross
with the 'Downs''-this, not from
any defect in the breed per Sc, but
rather from less diversity in size in
It the one, and character of fleece in
the other. Sheep from this cross
may reasonably be expected TO with /
stand the hardships, sometimes pri- |
vations, incident TO the lot of the |
flock when compelled to work its
living off the average farm, with |
: better results than would be realiz-
ed from long-Wool cross similarly |
9 treated-and. for s'ronghing it,
would prove nearly equal to the re-
suits Of the Merino cross.
In view of these considerations
added to some minor ones, that may
ebeclassed as results of taste rather !
than experience, as general pro-
position, we would advise cross of
the Merino in preference 20 the 9TH
ers referred TO -always with and re-
commendation that the best rams
within reach Of the means Of the i
fockowner be used-- and that none
of the male animals of the cross be
used as sires, no matter how near
the desired standard they may APP
proach.
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I would not have you think it's me;
do not carasa mite. -

Pulaski Citizen Senator Isham G.
Harris clerked in 1886 for Porter &
Harris at Bunker Ill., in Giles coun.
ty.- Reace w. Porter. ESQ, now a
member of the graud jury. and
James Harris, an older brother
of the Senator. constituted the firm.
Isham was then a young man about
twenty, and he soon bought ont
Porter & Harris gand carried the
stock Of goods to Pontotoc, Miss,
where he soon broke. This failure
in business was the most fortunate
epoch in Isham's life, as it determ-
ined him to read law. in which he, in
after years, became SO -eminently
proficient. Esq. Porter looks with
pleasure upon his prOtege who has
recently had conferred upon him
such great honor. s-.a.sse.rsnl sac.
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II - 81 ae8A
agricultural department,
~.
". s. Shields. EDrrop.
Blood win Tell.

The Rural Sun says DIR. Stone, Of
Davidson county, sold in Nashville
on the. first Of January, nine Berk-
shire pigs nine months old, that
averaged 319 pounds each and we're
pronounced the best fattened hogs
that had been offered this season.
They were sold at six cents per
pound, and brought 1914 each.
Such statements or facts as this
and others are constantly appearing
in the agricultural papers, giving
.severy proof Of the superiority of
blooded stock over the abominable
scrubs TO which our farmers seem
welded. Just think OF nine months
pigs being made TO weigh three hun
dred land nineteen pounds. How
much corn, and how long would it
take to make scrub hog weigh this
much? Early maturity, thriftiness
and excellent feeding qualities have
ever been the characteristic Of the
pure bred BERKSHIRE. It has been
an established breed and a great IA.
vorite for more than a century in
England. and wherever introduced
they have retained their popularity
with both the feeder aud packer,
No good farmer can afford to raise
and fatten hogs that require from
eighteen months to two years TO ma
ture in. when others can be obtained
that will weigh as much in half this
length of time and on halfthe corn.
The gentleman mentioned above
stated it did not cost him as much
TO put nine months'old pig on the
market weighing SI9 pounds, as it,
does to keep and feed a common
hog twelve months. And such is
the case with all the improved vaFie- /
ties Of live stock. They are no long
er mere experiments, but fixed and
established breeds that can be bred
and reared by any farmer who has
the judgment and fore-thought to
secure them. ga
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
Wintering Sheep.
Nashville Rural Sun.

After many years ofexperience and
practces' lean assure the reader Of
your excellent paper that during Or
following such q severe spell ofweath-
er as we have jast passed through,
nothing I have ever tried does SO
we'll for sheep as tnrnips, potatoes,
cabbage and other roots-not to fat
ten them. but to keep them in healthy
order, and their systems in such state
as to prevent constipation, and thus
avoid "stretches'' or staggers. IF
the sheep have not been accustomed
To eating these, you should cut in to
small pieces and sprinkle little salt
over the cut parts, and the sheep will
soon take to eating them as though
they had been raised upon them.
Something of this kind IL found to
be actually necessary When sheep
cannot Ger their usual grazing and
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
The Value of Stock to Farmers
Nashville Rural Sun,

If there is any department Of the
RuraL Stt5s= Of more interest than
another to farmers, it is certainly
the live stock department for it is
stock that keeps the farmers exche-
quer in q healthy condition, since
through its (stock1 fundamentally
the surplus products of our farms
reach the market with valnes much
enhanced. Yet if we must judge of
our farmers interest in this matter
| by the statements, ideas and theo-
ries furnished your columns by our
bona tide farmers, we are forced to
admit that this important matter is
at low ebb. Take ride through
our rural districts, observe the stock
and you will be most forcibIy i'm
pressed with the Adp-hdzdrd, ruinous
customs that prevail. One that has
a forcible tendency to bring farming
into disrepute, since they positively.
fail TO develop this, one Of the incest
as well as the most profitable branch
es Of rural industry.
You will find the farmers so easy
on the matter that it seems they do
not want any further Information :
one class, however, may charge the
fault to our agricultural papers, and
say they do not give enough space
and information on the subject, yet
this very class should be forced to
shoulder The blame, since they do
not prove faith by work. and let
the world know results.
Yes, but if our farmers only had a
little more "get up'' about them,
wouldn't our vocations go forward
toward respectfully rapidly |? If they
would learn the all important fact
that the stock of the country is but
machines for converting the snrp-
lus product Of our farms into green
backs at fair profits, and nice mar
gin In that much needed article. mas
nure. If we would shun railroads
and middlemen to a large extent,
we must enhance. our labors as much
as possible by putting it in shape to
attain the highest value. Wheat is
a Legitimate article of MERCHANDISE,
we see it stated; corn and hay
should not be, with us.
IF profits are better on any partic- |
ular kinds of fatted stock than in a |
raw state, then it is certain that the |
breeds are the ones that
pay best to handle, especially since
they require less feed to produce a |
certain quantity of superior flesh. /
E Every farmer should have a lead |
ing specially. He should expert
ment. and thus ascertain what viii T
suit him best, all things considered.
it be beef or1butter, bacon
or mutton, should study his locator
general markets to know what wants
command the highestsrewards; then
Of course strike for a place at the
front Of preducers with a product in
he incest shape. - SN4 80 4
What our local agriculture needsd
ust now most. is a higher general /
in this immediate line,
md more system. The way to at
ain the first is an interesting prob
em4for our leaders; system Is q ne
essity. and will come by-the-by.
b Year by y ear we must find farmers
more and more systematic
n business, if you will, The pro-
,resszmay be slow. and the annual
little. but after a while
" the assistance of bureau of agri-
ulture properly administered. they Il
into nice system, and /
he farmers may tell what branch
r item returns most profit
HHN y W.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07

for lack of representation to such
matters. 1 have known serions loss in
several fine hersls = while from sheer
neglect have known some Owners
of small fiocks lose nearly all they
had. An ounce Of prevention is
wortH a pound of cure. and { hope
tofndace sheep-raisers 60 tiIlEe pro
per care of such valuable animals.
even through all the worthless ours
of the State should be turhed loose
upon our sheep again to STAY and
eat >. IL r
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
Black Teeth in Pigs.

A Farmer writes: About two
weeks ago had one Berkshire pig,
about FIVE months old, that was ia
ken lame. Itook it ont of the pen
and put it on the ground. 1t kept
getting worse-its hind legs became
so weak it could not stand on them.
] killed it, and in few days anothe:
one was also taken which had been
in the yard some time. a neighhor
told me to "knocE out the black
teeth which did, and now it is as
well as ever.
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The Great Family Paper.
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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
THE MEXICAN VAR VET
ERANs.
A Good Prospect that G0ngress
win do them Justice.
10 tbs Nashville American

WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. u. II
have received a good many letters
from my old friends and comrades
in Tennessee who were in the army
with me in Mexico, in regard to the
bill giving pensions to those who
were with US in Mexico. The bill
passed the house by large majority
and is now in the Senate. We have
every reason to hope that it will
pass that body. tU S@azzss &4si
As passed by the House. it is uni.
form IN It's provisions, giving all who
served sixty days pension Of eight
dollars per month, whet her o gener-
al or-priYate. The sRhole amount
required to be appropriated will not
exceed one million and half.of dol
lars. The widows, who we're wives
at the time Of the enlistment or APP
pointment, will also receive eight
dollars per month. This will be
quite boon to many who are. now
old and ID destitute condition. -
We are looking with anxiety for
the Hon. James E. Bailey, United
States Senator elect, hoping that he
will take an active part in. our be-
half. Tennessee is more interested
in this bilt than any State in the
Union, having. furnished more sol
diers for the Mexican War. We
havs in tbs Senate at this time five
Senators who were with US In those
trying times-namely, Messrs. Lo-
gan, Oglesby, w est, Maxey and
Burnside. We will leave nothing
undone IN eur effort to get this bill
through. Very truly,
assT3 ssrs p GEO. ". WEBB. 80
Corresponding Secretary of the Yet
Grams of the Mexican War. for
Alabama.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
Ho5TeaSRlhe3 the Baby.

You must take your baby just
where he is now, not much more than
little animal, and educate his ply
steal nature, so rapidly developing.
For instance, he has just reached the
elimbing age; every chair aud stool
is a worry to you, and pair of stairs
is perpetual terror. Now show him
how TO getup and down the stairs, how
to place his feet. in climbing ups into
chairs. Let him tumbie.a little 10
will only make him more careful. It
Is but a foretaste of the hard schooling
which experience gives us ali our
lives. Better a little fall with you
close by to stop itatt the right place,
than a great one when you are"eff
guard some day. Remember that
too when he IS in his teens.) But I
beg OF you, il you want to see h:m
grow up active, strong-llmbed and
agile, do not keep his white dresses
too clean, nor tie his sashes after the,
presant uncomfortable fashion, SO
that he isn't conscious of any legs
above his knees. Then, let himfeed
himself. He'll make a miserable
mess oft aEfrst. but. protects him
well with bib aud Tin tray, aud he'll !
soon teach his spoon the way to his
mouth. Let him burn his fingers a
little some day when the stove is not
very hot he won't touch it when it
would be dangerons.-F~ Better 70 a
Young Mother"-Scribner for Feb,
ssUS@ - sksSk -
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07
5 3 "A iPenItentss Prayer.

You kissed me at the gate last night,
And mptherheard tire smack;
She SAYS it's naughty 10 do SO,
So please to take it back.
I can not see what harm there is
In such a thing-can you?
But mother seems so very wroth s -
Please take il back-now do.
And, come to think of it, I'm sure
5 That several times twas done;
So now 20 make it right, be sure
To take back every one.
1t seems to me quite natural
For the lips to meet that way -.
But mother says it's very wrong,
So take II back, pray.
I would not have you think it's me;
I do not care q mite; y
But mothers so particular=
Please take them back tonight.
i 30 M & I u
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Tie New Yoak Graphic has follow
ing by George Alfred ToWnsend !:
SsssCIifortli is au1aa steeped in reyer.

| lie New OAK 0IapnlC BaS IOllOW-
ing by George Alfred Townsend !:
ssssClifordis atnaH steepedin rever.
ence for the tribunal where he has
passed so many years. This old
man, colossal in size, weighing about
or above 300 pounds, made the treaty
with mexico in 1887. Hewas appoin
ted by a democratic administration,
aud Is hardly ever heard to, refer to
political questions. &
=zAatraveling theatrical company is
going through the State playing the
sacred drama Of ''EIijah.'' The part
where Daniel pitches into Belshaz-
Ear and hits him over the head with
his urIbreIIa, is said to be very ex-
citing. 1850 49,
81 had nine children to support,
and it kept me busy" said Smith to
Jones, as they met, ''but one of the
girls. got married. Now l have-''
I Eight? % interrupted Jones. mo,
ten--eountingvthe- scn-in-lawl"' said
Smith. with o. sigh, which might
have been heard afar of. r.
IF you marry; said a Roman consul
to his son, let it be to woman who
has Judgment enough to superintend
the getting ola meal of victuals,
taste enough to dress herself, pride
enough to wash before breakfast, and
sense to hold her tongue when she
has nothing to say.
He who searcheth the hearts of all
knoweth we'll that where one young
man goes to church to hear the min
lister, two go to escort home the
daughters of Eve
Observe young father trying to,
appease bawling baby. and You'll
witness enough Ingenuity in ten
minutes to make you think that man
ought to be an inventor.
Triplets recently born near St.
Miohael's Maryland. were severally
and severely baptized 'Tilden, Hen
bricks, and Reform -
I wish you would pay little at
tention to what I am saying, sir!
rosred lawyer to an exgsperating
Witness. 81 am paying as little as l
can, was the calmSrepy.A -
In round numbers there are now
in the United States, SO. 900 Protest
ant ministers, $4,000 Protestant
churches and 100000 Protestant
church members. Ss BSt 49,
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A would-be school teacher Ia To-
ledo recently replied to question
by one OF the examiners sDo you
think the world is round or nat :?
by saving, "WelI, some people think
one way and some another, and I'll
teach round q fat just ae the par
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-07

= The new conner in the family OF
Senator Christiancy, Of Michigan.
gets the following welcome from the
Burlington (Iowa) Hdeokeye: 'siF
And if ne Is good hoy, 9
A 6eatof he'll be-, =. ksaesse y
And follow in the footsteps of
The elder Christiancee;
And he'll gofto Washington, wr h.
And pull the country through,
And he'll dirt about the Treasury
Like his daddy used TO do.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-10
NOTICE.

r HEREBY GIVE NOTICE THAT,
VII reas. Margaret J. sullivan has left
my bed and board without cause or provoca-
ton. | will not bs responsible for any debts
contracted BY her, from and after this date.
JOHN SULLIVAN.
Ruby Hiil. July u. 1877. iyi3-3Ods
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-10
NOTICE.

DR0SPECT HILL CONSOLIDATED Sill
i yer Mining Company. Lo alton Of
principal place OF Business. San francisco.
Cantor -. Location OF WORKS. Eureka Min
ing District, Eureka county. Nevada.
N"tIe IS ber-by given. that at n meeting
Of the Board 4 Directors. Itll IN the 10Th
day VI July, lSI, IN Assessment tNo. y Of
fifteen 40 cents per shars WIS levied upon
the capital stock ~ III corporation, payable
Immediately in United States gold coin. To
tn, : ecretsry, ut he office Of the company.
40 California stree san franeisco, Callior.
MIA.
.Avy stock upon which this assessment
sha ] remain unpaid on the sd d " OF Au-
gust, 1871, will he de inquont and adv rti,ed
Tor sale Mt pub IT. auction: md unless pay
mem Is made bsfor will be sold on
"wednesday. !. f2tfs day of sept IN
Der, 1877. to pay ths delinquent assess
inrnt, together with costs OF advertising and
EXPENSES Of sal.
b. order Of the Board Of Directors.
a. NOEL, Secretary.
Office: 10 California $ rect. Room No s..
iffrsncisco. California. jy2btd
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-10
DELINQUENT MINING NOTICE

VNO J. Y. HARRINGTON o.. &. WHIT
Il TN. A. isucel: You are hereby Dvti-
fed that we. your have performed
labor and cxp,nses on the California mire or
Tod situated ON tautail Gulcb. II y ~ York
Canyon. in the Eureha Mining District. Eu-
reka county. Nevada, under the provisions of
an act Of Congress entitled An act To pre-
mote the devs opment Of g mining re-
scare : OF the UHited States," approved Msy
10th, 1872, nd tho several acts Hmendatory
and supplementary thereto, to the amount
rendered necessary by said act; and that yos
have failed to perform y'ur proportion of
said work and expense for the years 1875 md
1875 according to your interest IN said nine.
or have the came done; and that unless YOU
pay to the undersigned your j ST proportion
OF tho expenditure Of said work and cx-
pensc'. in said mine. within so days at or tho
publication OF this notice, that your interest
in said mine will become the property of tho
undersigned. usder and by virtue OF the said
act OF Cos gress.
ls75-J. +. Harrington o.. :. Wilton.
Assigned, 100 feet .............-....s. so on
lS1j-J. +. harrington %. >. Whiitof,
Assigned. 90 feet .............. ...... so 90
JOE MENDE~.
A.. q. MCKENZIE.
Eureka. juno 10. 1877. je20 SOD
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-08-10
PATENT APPLICATIONS.
Application for a Patent
TO THE
DOLLY WARDEN MINE.
NO. $50.


Eureka. Nevada, july is. ISL.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
Mining Company, by their duly authorized
agent, VIM. Wermnth. whose postofire nj.
dress Is Earosa, Nevada, have this dav
filed their application for a patcnr Tor IN.
teen hundred u 800 linear feet Of the Dale
Nardsn mine or vein bearing SILVER, witb
sur 1ncc ground three hundred (sOD feet in
width, situate, lying and being in secret Cav.
yon Mining District. county of Eureka. and
state of Nevada, and known and dcsignatad
by the field notes and official Plat on 6Ic ~
this Office IA Lot Nunber III.
The exterior ~boundarics of sail lot No. 10,
being as follows, to wit: Variation 49,, deg
cast.
Commencing at n post marked No. US
Survey No III. whence the flagstaff in ,bs
town Of Eureka bears N. I zig. 81 m. r. s NJ
feet. Post marked III Monument No. S'on
the summit of Huosae mountain. bears
- Dig. 30 M. w. Is > feet, and the Iloos,c new
SHAFT b airs ,. 20 Dig w, sos feet: thence run.
ming first course :. q dr.. w. ~ land ala fs.,
70 post marked Nc..2. Us. Survey No. i2i'.
~ Of u. 5. Survey Ne. III. Iloosac lode
Thence. ID course :. $50 dg. w., Ig3 and 80
feet, to post marked No. 3, 4. 5. survey No
III. the same being pot No. 2 Of said q
W., iSi i-lO feet along said survey 10. 20. n,
post marked No. 4. L. ;. Survey No. 1l.
thence, ith course y. % dg. f., LOO f,.t
TO post marked Ne. D U ; survey No. I2l:
aud thence, 9Th course. ). S7h Dig. T., 800 feat
to pos, No. l.. the place Of beginning. con.
tanning : s2-lU acres.
This claim is bounded on the south by III,
HOosae NJ ming Claim.
The location OF thus uine Is duly recorded
in the Recorders tfiee Of Secret Cannon
Mining District, on page l7S. 10 Book A ofSa-
cret Canyon Mining hecords.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said Dolly Warden mine, or said
mining ground a. hereinbcfore described, nre
required 10 file their adverse claim with the
Register OF tho United states Land Office at
Eureka, in the State of Nevada, during the
sixty days period OF publication hereof, or
they will be barrod by virtue of the provis-
ions Of the statute.
jylS-j0d ID. Il. IMMEL, Register.