The Hickman courier., 1877-06-08
COL. EsAFHE'S UEpOpr
why Farming Dent Pav
why LANDS and Town Lots
are Dead.

- ONt A1ONS
are Dead.
Col Davie, the head of the Ken
tucky Bureau of Agriculture, Horti-
culture aud Statistics, in his last
Monthly Report, besides the usual in
formation as to the condition of Ken
tucky ops, INDUCES in the following
reflections:
FRANKFORT KY, June /. 1877.
Taken altogether we have had q
very wet backward spring. The fue
weather in February gave the farmers
u good start in breaking up their lands,
sowing plant beds, hauling manures.
aud repairing fences, but during parts
of March, April, and May there have
been many cold days, with a super
abundance OF rain, so that vegetation /
has been kept back, and the corn /
planting season has been very unpro
pitouS for full crop. The stimulous, |
however, Of the anticipated high price,
for provisions, consequent upon sup /
posed general European war. has /
caused quite an increased area OF corn
land to be prepared, much of which
is not yet even planted. The hard
freezes have so puivcrized the soil that
lands plow easier, and are in better
order tor crop-planting than they have
been at any season during the past ten
years. There is also a general dispo-
sition among the planters to pitch
large crop" Of everything, so that
they may, if possible, be able to pay
the Indirect burdens and taxes of the
Federal government and drive off the
burdensome hard times.
For several years the farmers have
been unable to make their vocation
profitable. although they get high val
ues for their produce This IS mys-
terry to them which but few understand
tn speaking ofthis condition Of things,
Mr. Isaac Shelby, in his correspon
dence from Boyle county strikes the
KEY note when he SAYS: NJ amount of
individual exertion will bring content
ment to all classes of society so long
as the moneyed interests of the conn
try are controlled by National Banks
aud bondholders that draw their hun
dreds Of millions each year from the
first fruits Of the working men without
giving in exchange cents worth oil
productive labor, and who manage 10
so control Congress n to keep on the
people so called National Bank cur
reucy, in place Of a truly Constitution
al currency of .greenbacks or govern
ment issues (in quantities sufficient for
the uses Of commerce and the people,,
to be made iegal tcadcr by law for
all debts. Federal, State, and muulci
pal. and which may be issued as re
quired in lieu Of the interest bearing
bonds of the nation, thereby saving
millions of dollars of taxes each year
to the working meu Of the land
To this we will add also another re
form, viz \ radical change in the
Pateut Once laws. so as to restrict The
rovulig to a reasonable compensation,
and to prereut tie rencloai of arg pat
ent after it has had fourteen years
protection If these two cardinal
points could be gained, and then the
brakes let down on army pensions aud
protective tariffs, farming aud every
other industry iu the land would pay,
but until these things can be accom-
Pushed. be it sooner or later, there
never will come reaction in the pri-
ces of town lots and lands, nor pro,
perity to the luboring classes of farm
ers, mechanics. manufacturers, and
merchants, who are every year being
more and more enveloped in the mesh
e1 of speculative buudholders and
6uaueierS, men Who manipulate the
law making power. Of the land, even
to the extent Of placing the govern
ment into the hands of their partisaus,
who, in some instances, have not even
been constirutionally elected, and are
wholly deficient in sympathy with the
true Interests Of the people.
The Annual meeting of the Ken
lucky Christian sunday School Assoeia-
tion, will be held in the First Christian
Church, Cor. 4rh AMI Walnut streets, in
the city of Louisville-beginning the 18th
day of June, and will continue three
days. A cordial invitation to all Sunday
School workers is extended. Visitors
viii Immediately upon their arrival in
the city proceed to the Church, where
places Of entertainment will be assigned
t4em. B. Is. TYLER,
Pastor 1st Christian Church, LouisvI lie.
VgVHE FINEST BRAND OF wITTEN-
/ BERG FLOUR-at
/ junel-tf JOHN WHITING 5.
TIE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
No people in the world suffer as much
I with Dyspepsia rs Americans. Although
years of experience in medicine had
failed to accomplish certain and sure
/ remedy for this disease and its effects,
such As Sour Stomach Heart burn; Water
/ brash, Sick Headache, Costiveness, palpi
tation OF the Heart, Liver Complaint,
coming up Of the food low spirits, gen.
/ cral debility, etc, yet since the introduc-
/ tion of GREENS AUGUST FLOWER we be
leve there is no case of Dyspepsia that
cnnot be immidiately relieved. 10000
dozen sold last year without one case OF
failure reported. Go to your druggist
Buck CowGILL and get Sample Bottle
for 10 cents and try it. Two doses viii
relieve you. Regular size 10 cents.
may2s