davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29

habit of grazing over with their moths.
They will be more contented, and by #
ting in with them a few dry ewes, will sn
learn to herd and can be managed with ep.
| But be sure to give them the advantagof
good fresh feed, Sc. soon as they have f.
gotten their mother, don't let them loe
their lambs flesh, and there will be no d
ficulty in wiDtering them. Lambs shoul
be kept separate from the old sheep, and b
winter, especially in cold nights, should 1t
be kept in too large punches; temporary +
vision should be made in their corrals }
prevent crowding and piling, the chf
cause of the loss OF lambs in cold Weathe
and can be prevented by the means we hay
suggested.
Another question and an important or
presents itself for the consideration of shee
men who contemplate entering this bus
ness extensively. Unless the General Gov
eminent shall legislate so that large tracts 1
our waste and barren lands can be purchas
ed at a very low price per acre. or that larg
areas can be leased as in Australia, it
useless in Colorado to expect to own an
control, III Il place, great bands of SHEEP
as are held in New Mexico on the Ian
grants of that Territory. Five THOUSAND
sheep are about as many as can be owen
iently and p%rofitably held on the range, an
smaller numbers are better. But in on
opinion this is much better for our State
the smaller the flocks the more people w
will have, and with people come the othe
advantages of civilization over the frontier
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29

We extract the following, relative to,the
management of sheep, from the Colorado
Farmer: The climate here, with the ex-
ception of the hard spring rains, is much
the same as in Colorado, and a similar treat
ment is required in the care of fiocks.
sHEARING, LANDING.
Owing to the want of facilities to house
large numbers of sheep, and the almost abb
solute certainty of a severe and cold storm
the latter part of May, the shearing season
is generally delayed until the early part of
June, and Landing and shearing is going on
at the same time. If possible this, should
be avoided, the sheep should be sheared be-
fore Landing commences, but probably it
cannot be. altogether avoided until our flock
masters are able to provide better sheds for
their Sheep. The Landing season is the
shepherds harvest, and on his strict atten-
ton to business ut this time depends his sue
cess. Two good hands extra to the thou
months hard work TO do; the masters eye
is then needed. We do not intend in this
article to attempt to. enter into details, only
to give the, general cuisines of the business.
WEAVING.
About 80 days is a proper time for the
lambs to run with their mothers, and when
a flock is large enough to justify a division
of the. flock the lambs that are dropped~the
first three weeks can be put in one flock and
the weaving can be done at two times with
ont any injury to the younger lambs. Some
~tlock-masters have adopted the erroneous
and injurious practice of not weaving, or
rather depending upon the mother to wean
the lamb. This practice will not hurt the
lamb, but will keep the mother poor, and
she will be likely to fail to have a lamb the
coming season, or if she does will be SO
weak that great risk will be run in winter
ing her. The better plan is to wean the
lamb at about three months of age and if
any are small and then give them extra at
tention in the fall and early winter, and but
little risk will be run in wintering them.
We have always found it best to weaa our
amhs on the range they have been in the
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29
ST OK ITEM S.

The Colusa (Cal.) Sun, of March Sd, says
Thos. HI. Harlan, of~Glen valley, has com
menced shearing his Angora goats We
were shown some of the mohair, which was
soft and like silk, which measured one foot
in length. Mr.. Harlan informed us that the
fleeces weighed from three to nine pounds,
from graded goats. He has about 5000
goats in the Coast ran &c. Next week he
will ship six sacks of the hair East, being
the first shipment of northern California.
The Kern Californian of March 1st, says
Sheep shearing has commenced, but many
fear storms may fill up the month ofMarch,
when poor feed and cold weather would
cause a sacrifice of the sheep to the fleece.
The late rain is great encouragement to out
side herders. Monday last was cloudy,
with light showers. Inc@onsequence of the
recent rains the sheep owners begin to wear
a more hopeful look, and the mountain
farmers assume an independent air, as if
crops their region were assured. One Of
the finest rains of the season commenced
falling at five o'clock on the morning of
Friday last, and continued the greater part
of the day. At times it poured down in
torrents and drenched the streets. 1t would
be impossible to estimate its great worth to
the country.
The Ventura (Cal.) Free Press, says: A
mantanza has been established at Hueneme
by Al. Gerberding, which has a capacity
sufficient work up from three to four
hundred sheep per day. 1t was to have
commenced operations on a band of 5000
head about Thursday last. There is now
but little hope of sufficient rain to. make
good grazing on the. higher lands of the
county, and this section being overstocked,
sheep must be worked up to the best posi-
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29
NOTICE TO MINERS.
United States Land Office,

Helena, MI, February II, 1871. :.
ThomasG. Cooper, whose post Office address is
White Sulphur Springs, Meagher county, Montans
Ter, has this day filed his application TO enter as
agricultural land, under the homestead laws, tn.
northeast quarter of sec. 10, in township No; ?
north, range No. 6 east, which land is suspended
from entry. Notice is hereby given that a hearing
will be had at this, Office on the oath day of March,
A. d. 1877, at 10 O'Clock a. m, to determine, as 10
the mineral or non-mineral character Of said lana,
and testimony to be used upon said hearing will pc
taken before the Register and received on the 24th
day of March, A. D., 1877, at 10 O'Clock q. m. "
is alleged there are no known miners, nor mining
improvements upon said land.
j. H. MOE, Register.
February %. 1s77-o-lA-5W
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29
DAIRY DEPAR4M bDT.
BUTTER MAKING.

For the benefit of those who are seeking
to improve their methods, we give lhe lol-
lowing extract from the report on chester
county butter, made by Mr.. Warlng TO the
American Jersey Cattle Club:
Marshall Strobe does not follow butter
making as a fine art, but for money. 11e
has a cellar ten feet below the surface, wen
ventilated and clearly. His milk is here
kept at a temperature of about % degrees.
His cream he cools the night before charm
ING with Jumps of ice. just before the puI
fer comes. he throws into the churn a buck
ct of ice-water. This gives him hard, close
grained butter, even in July. He sells MN
self in the Farmers market, and gets his
wear, on the average, 50 cents a pound on
all he makes. He does what few farmers
here or in England or Flanders can BOAST
of. He will buy a fair native cow tor about
S65. and in one year she will pay tor her-
self twice over in butter. lie will agree
within a twelve-month to sell from her Sl3O
worth OF butter. The sour milk OF a COW
will make 100 pounds OF pork, and her call
he sells for S. to $40. Thus his COWS, the
common natives OF the country, pay him
about $3.50 year. Can a butter-maker III
Herkimer, or Ulster, or Orange, or Essex,
make a better showing? How do these
farmers get such a price tor their butter.
First, they always make a first-class artl-
Gle, so their customers, sure Of getting the
best there is, win not desert them on &C,
count of a rise in price.
Second, they bring in their butter in a
snowy and attractive condition. No pot o.
lelf ware, no tub or pail OF oak Or hemlock.
no. vulgar firkin is used to entomb. those no.
BILE balls, golden-hued, with the aroma OF
white clover and poa p~sutense lingering in its
firm grain. A large tin vessel, ~designedex-
pressly for the business, has chambers at
each end into which ice is put. Thin wood
ga shelves about three inches apart, rest on
little projections from the sides. A layer OF
balls IS placed upon the bottom and covered
with it's shelf, but not so as to,touch or maj
the handsome print of a sheaf of golden
grain which stands out on the top of each
ball Oh its shelf another layer of prints,
and so on until the vessel is full, then con-
taining. forty Or fifty pound prints. The
tin with ice in each end, is then set into a
wooden tub, whicfphas been cooledE with ice
or springswater. Over this drawn a cove.
of padded oarpeting, with oil-cloth on top
Thus hot air and dust are wholly exclud.
ed, and the butteR rides to the cityand opens
in the market house in as fine condition as
when packed in the spring house.. In just
this way, with this degree of skill, is the
best Philadelphia butter made, marked and
marketed. No wonder the Philadelphians
would rather pay s~eventy-fye cents than tc
go back from such mamma to the>leeks and
onions of the common firkin.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29

BILE advantage, or they will prove a 'o'",
loss in a short time. \ good shower ol
rain would make crops in the valleys anu
the best sheep could be saved. Inc MUGS
and tallow are worth nearly rs much as I'e
animals.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29

DAIRY CoWs.-At the last meeting of the
Vermont Dairyman's Association, Mr.. G.
S. Fasset, in an essay on the Selection of
Dairy Cows" held, that in a few years, he
could double the amount of butter produced,
Though the number of COWS should be- re-
duced twenty-five per cent. He cited a
number of eases of those who have thus
succeeded. One, Mr.. Wood of Pomfret,
who used to make on an average 100 pounds,
now as the result Of careful breeding has an
average of some 800 pounds, and an income
of SlN per COW, or $50 above expense of
care end feed. Another case was that of a
man whose, cow made 163 pounds in one
week, and over 400 pounds i'll one year.
Another farmer tested his COWS, and found
hEe Which did not pay expenses into S.
each, and another five which paid a profit of
only @eeach,so that be was keeping ten
COWS year after year with no profit at all.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29
Weeks ILLUSTRATED
Is CE

Fifty pages-3O0 illustrations, with descriptions
of thousands of the best flowers and vegetables in
the world, and the aCay to gToap them-all for a two
cent postage stamp. Printed in German and Eng
fish.
yick's Floral Guide, Quarterly, 25 cents a year:
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, so cents In
paper; in elegant cloth covers, 81 90.
Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester, NY.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-03-29

1t matters not how low butter may Get. a
ifst-class article is always ready sale at "a
1air price. The experiment is, at least,
worthy of a fair trial.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
x eduCsiOH In the rates OF TeIe-
grams.

The rates from Stroudsburg to France,
the United Kingdom and Great Britain.
reiaced from rs to % cents. per word
Rates from Stroud>burg to Allentown,
Bethlehem, Easton, Philadelphia, Trenton,
Newark, n. j., Jersey City, New York,
Pottstown, Wilkes Barre, Hazclton Mauch
Chunk, Cummings, Moscow, Gouldshoro,
TobyhanDa, Pocono, HenryviIle, Water Gap,
Belvidere and Scranton, % cents for ten
words or less; Chicago, Milwaukee, Peoria,
St. Louis, 81 for ten words or less.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
Industrial Notes.

ALL the wire mills at South Easton are.
in full operation.
THE Lchigh shovel works at Bethlehem
have resumed operations.
IT is said that but one iron furnace in
New Jersey is now in operation.
SIMsoN's axle factory at Allentown has
a full complement Of hands employed on
full time.
THE Phoenix Iron Company has received
an order from Canada for $500 tons of
bridge iron.
The Keystone Tack Factory of Potts
vile is running eleven machines and cannot
fill their orders.
A rolling mill for the manufacture of
scrap iron is being erected at Providence,
Luzerne county.
NIMsoN's axle factory, at Allentown,
has started up on full time and with full
complement of hands.
THE Allegheny Car and Transportation
Company, at Swissvale, now employ over
one hundred hands, and cannot keep up
with their orders
AMONG iron men on the south side of
Pittsburg business is reported as improv-
ing Machinery that has been idle for
months is being again put in motion.
ONE hundred cars for use in the Brook
side Colliery, Schuylkill county, are being
built at the car shops of the Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company, at Read
ing
THE american Manufacturer says
"What-ever may be thought of the times,
many of our manufacturers are running to
their full capacity and some of them are
unable to keep up with their orders
Double turn is the word in the rolling mills
while many Of the idle glass works are start
ing up and the machine shops tell of marked
Improvement in orders"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
Personal.

Henry Depue, on Tuesday last, assumed
the proprietorship of the Washington Hotel
of this place.
Judge Dreher, of this place, left here on
Saturday last, for Mauch Chunk, where be
is now engaged in holding Court.
The Rev. Doctor Knighton, principal oil
the Academy of this place, preached in the
Second Presbyterian church at Belvidere, n.
j., on the 25th ult.
Mr. George Knauss, vacated the Wash
iugton Hotel, in this place, on Tuesday last,
and moved to Pike county, Pa, where he
will engage in farming near Matamoras.
Mr.. George Dichl, of Springfield, Illinois,
is here on visit to his mother. George
took up his residence at Springfield three
years ago. He intends engaging in farming
on his return home.
We regret to learn that Mr.. George
Phillips, a prominent citizen of Stroud
township, this county, is seriously indiS-
posed, and that his friends have very little
hopes Of his recovery.
Miss Lydia A. Custard of this place, who
has been visiting her many friends at Phil
lipsburgh, n. j., and Weissport, Pa, for
the past seven weeks, returned home last
Tuesday highly pleased with her trip.
Rev. Theophlus Heilig, of the Lutheran
church, at Easton, Pa, filed Rev Mr..
Kohler's pulpit in this place, last Sunday
morning and evening, and we are informed
preached two very interesting sermons.
On Wednesday last, Joseph Stroud, son
of the late Jacob d. Stroud of this place, who
has been here on a visit to friends for the
past month, left for leighton, Iowa. Joseph
started west from this place % years ago
last fall, and finally located at Leighton
Jacob Hebcrling, an apprentice in Valen
tine Kautz's wheel wright shop, completed
his time last Monday; in the evening al
hands enjoyed good time in the shop, Mr.
John Kautz and others having their say OF
the occasion. We suppose eatableS anC
drinkables were partaken of, however ou1
informant did not say so.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

The loafers who are in the habit of assemb-
ling upon the street corners and other public
places, in Stroudsburg, obstructing the high
way, will undoubtedly be pleased to learn
that bill has been introduced in the House,
as follows:
To punish improper assemblies upon the
public streets providing that any three per
sons shall remain for u quarter Of an hour in
front of any public house or church, and shall
engage in profane. obscene or loud talk, or
in making lnyidiOus or abusive remarks, OF
in obstructing the highway, shall he guilty OF
misdemeanor
1t should pass, and respectable people
would hail with pleasure
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
President Hayes Cabinet.

Secretary Of .State-William II. Evarts,
Of New \ Iork.
Secretary Of the Treasury.-John Sher-
man, OF Ohio.
Attorney Genera-George W. McCrary,
OF Iowa.
Secretary Of tie Nagy-Carl Schurz,
oi Missouri
Postmaster Generay-D. NJ. Key, OF
Tennessee.
Secretary Of the Hterjor-Richard w
Thompson, Of Indiana.
Secretary Of Tar-Gen. Charles E
Devens Of Massachusetts,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
THURSDAY, MARCH s, 1877.
PRESEDENTEAL.

The agony is indeed over. The Joint
Convention completed the count of the
electoral votes on last Friday morning, and
the President of the Senate formally an
nounced the result reached as 1S5 votes
for Hayes and Wheeler, and 1S4 for
Tilden and Hendricks, and thereupon
declared Hayes and Wheeler elected
President and Vice President of the
United States for four years, commencing
on the 4th of March, 1877. The Joint
Convention then adjourned after having
been in session, in one sense, since Feb
ruary l. The Electoral Commission met
at IL o'clock on the same day, and after
extending the time to the 3lst of March
to file their opinions on the questions
passed upon by said Commission, also
adjourned
Governor Hayes arrived in Washington
a few hours after he had been declared the
President elect and was most cordially
greeted. To cover all technical quibbles
lie took the oath of Office privately on the
evening of the 3d. But as will be seen
elsewhere, he was formally inaugurated
President Of the United States on Monday
noon, the 9TH lust, with all the honors
properly appertsining to such an exalted
position. Thus peacefully and happily
ends a Presidential contest Of unprecedented
duration, extending over period of more
than nine months of angry and grossly
partisan warfare. But during this long
period of heated and angry partisan criti-
cism, the arrow of SANDER did not in a
single instance penetrate the official, the
moral or social character of the person
whom it has been the pleasure Of a patriotic
people to elevate to the highest position
within the gift of the Republic
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

HOUSE HUNTING-The delightful task
Of looking up permanent abiding place
for the year to come now engages the at
tention of large class of persons. 1t has
been remarked that these periodical house
hunters are everywhere to be seen, in many
cases looking at residences Gir above their
means. Rnt as this gives them an op-
portunity to inspect their neigbors' premises
they are pleased with their work, and
invariably come away with new food for
gossip. Those who intend to move, and
have had notices to rent put on their
houses, are put to much Inconvenience BY
the number Of inquistive callers who wait
upon them. And 50 they should be, for
the notice itself is an invitation to call and
lCok at the property. At present mum
Der Of houses remain unoccupicd in the
borough, but with the advent of spring
when it is thought employment will be
furnished to hundreds now idle, these vii
rapidly be occupied.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

HANGING in the larder of Doylestown
landlord on Thursday last were nine turk
eys, hatched from the egg only last year,
whose aggregate weight, when dressed, was
214 pounds. They were fed and fattened
by Reed Fretz, of Redminister, and were
lot of birds that would be pretty hard to
pretty hard to beat in this or any other
county. The heaviest one weighed over
y pounds. DoyLeSt0lcn Mte{Iigencer.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
En- Egonor oftE,e Dead.

The portion of the Democracy which
refuse to be comforted have had their fac
out for the last few days in honor of their
dead candidate, who was pronounced dead
On last Friday from an over dose OF
Letorno For the sake Of decency it is to
be hoped that they will bury his body SO
deep that it viii never be able to attempt
TO steal any more electoral votes for the
benefit Of Democratic reform.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

ENTERTAINMENT BY Our HOME TALENT
We are very happy to inform the public that
there will he tirSt-caSs entertainment held
in Williams Hall, Monday evening, March
18th, consisting of part Drama and part
Music The Grammatical part to be such that,
we have no doubt, will vastly amuSe the
audience, viz: Poor Piilicoddy" with the
following cast OF character
Poor Pillicoddy, T. K Wyckof,
Captain O'Scuttle Harry Wolfe.
Mrs. Pillicoddy Miss Helen Wyckoii
Mrs O'Scuttle Miss Annie Walton,
Sarah Blunt Miss Lizzie Williams
The Operate part will be selections from the
opera ''Cassida' in which Mr. Harry u olfe.
viii assume the character Of Don Lopez
AMI Miss Lizzie Williams that of 'Katerina
The Beethoven Orchestra has very kindly
offered to furnish the instrumental music
The proceeds of the entertainment are to be
given to the Stroudsburg Library Company
Tickets can be procured at D. r. Brown
iewelry store, or at the New York store
Tickets 25 cents. Reserved seats 40 cents.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

A great amount of work is required on
our streets to remove the heaps of ashes,
ice and other debris collected through the
winter. This rubbish should be removed
as early as practicable, in order that our
borough may retain its good reputation for
cleanliness.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

DEATH OF JERRY MACK-A dispatch
from Oxford, n. j., on Monday last, to
Wm. Wallace, of this place, announced the
death of Jerry Mack. Everybody in this
and surrounding counties knew Jerry. He
was a kiud hearted, simple-minded man.
He sought hospitality here and there and
made an honest endeavor to repay it with
music or amusement His mental condition
was such as to commend him to the CHART
able and kind hearted, and we doubt not that
the various little kindness showa him by all
such persons, will be no source ofregret when
they learn that he has gone whence ne traveller
returns.
Jerry was born january %, 1914, died
February 3, 1877, aged G3 years, 1 month
and days
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

B@5~ There is member of the Georgia
Legislature who 50 strongly resembles the
Governor Of that State, that he is fre-
quently taken for that official by the
hungry Office seekers, and being somewhat
Of wag invariably promises them what
ever they want in the blandest manner
possible, while the Governor is left to
endure the complications which necessarily
follow as best he can.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

SADIE L. CARMoN and MoLLIE bly,
MYER, teleprah operators at the junction
near Lewistown, recently boarded the en-
gine of the local freight east and ran the train
as far as the signal station in the Narrows,
one playing engineer, the other fireman.
They returned on the ''local' west in the
same manner, and since everybody. is con
graduating them upon the success Of their
exhibit.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08
EepudE8Ecd by Il UnamiEn Gus
Decision of the Electoral
SOfkiRs ISSiOn.

Tilden's effort through the Chairman
Of the Democratic National Committee to
defraud Hayes ont of an electoral vote
from Oregon, by giving the same to
Cronin. There was not a Democrat on the
Commission bold enough to defend it.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

SUBSCRIBERS who intend to move this
year should at once send us notice of the
fact so that we may know to what point to
forward the paper after the removal. In all
cases say where you are now receiving the
paper, as we'll as where you wish it sent.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

A SPECIAL meeting Of the grand lodge Of
Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania will be held in
Easton on Monday afternoon, the 10th inst
The purpose is to admit past grands to
membership, and to impart instruction in the
working of the order.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1877-03-08

R&~ Is Friday an unlucky day? Presi-
dent Hayes received his nomination for
the Presidency on that day, and was
declared elected on that day. The Electoral
Commission also rendered its decisions re-
spectinS Florida, Louisiana and Oregon Oh
that day.