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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

tain fragrant herbs in the pasture. A
European farmer, living where this
desired pasturage could not be obtained,
has adopted the plan of suspending to
his churns, when not in use, large calico
bags filled with dry and aromatic herbs
On churning days small bags are sub
stitutcd and attached to the heaters of
the churn, thus imparting the delicate
fragrance.
1t IL usually thought that wheat is
the most nutritious of all our cereals,
and this opinion is current in almost all
works relating to food. Recent investi-
cations, however, by Professor Wanklyn
and Mr.. Cooper, appear to give the first
place to rye. Rye contains more gluten !;
it is pronounced by them one-third
richer than wheat. Rye, moreover, is
capable of thriving in almost any soil.
Mr.. John Christona, according to his
own account, has some old poultry worth
talking about. He says: +" have eigh-
teen fowls that laid on the 9th of March
fifteen eggs, and on the next day they
laid sixteen eggs, and six of the number
will average over five years old, and the
other twelve will average more than two
years old One of the six is more than
fourteen years old. She is a light
Brahma, and is included in the eighteen.
| fed these fowls white wheat and corn,
and gave them plenty of water to drink
They have had good outdoor run. Be-
side the above, they have averaged more
than twelve eggs each day for the last
month
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
HOME AND FARM BREVITIES.

The rules for hay-making and for
tree-planting are opposites. Make hay
while the sun shines. Plant trees when
the sun does not shine.
The Supreme Court of Iowa has lately
decided that farmers having wheat stored
in warehouses and elevators along rail-
roads have to run the risk of fire, and
not the owner of the elevator.
The destruction Of weeds should be
constantly attended to, for, like insect
pests, they multiply enormously. A
weed plucked before it goes to seed will
prevent the growth of hundreds the fol-
lowing year, for here the old adage is
uncommonly true, that one years seed
ing causes fifteen years wedding"
The grateful aroma of superior but
ter is attributed to the presence of GER
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
THE MARKETS.

-Flour-Patent, 5000 50; fancy,
S6 4o@7 So family, $5 $685. 0 spring, s7@7 90; extra
as So Rye aour Is s5S4 IS. CIV GraEn@ esS
prime to choice red 81 15@1 % prime to choice hill
and amber, 81 2o@1 y; prime to choice white 81 80
Hay, prime to choice timothy, s9@1s Mess pork
s13@13 so: Lard, s1a@10c. Cotton, 10@1314c.
LOUISvILLE.-Flour-E 81 75@5; extra
so. Grain-Wheat, 81 2Oa1 80; corn, is assoc; rye,
Sc ;oats, So@ssc Hay, si1@l2. Mess pork, sl3 IS
@IsA; NJ Lard ard 1 p%g lie v,ouu r... .s
family, S6@6 So; extra, s5 50@5 Is; Low grade,
1904. Grain-Wheat, No. 2, red, 81 20; oats new,
2S@24c,; rye, 5o@52c;; corn, 42@45e. Clear rib
loc Lard, prime steam, $780,; prime kettle, 91a@
NEW YoKK..Flour- ?, 81 25as 5o
common to good Western and State, 81 s5d5 7e
good to choice Western State, SIS 1896; common to
choice white wheat Western extra, IS O5a65o
fancy white wheat Western extras, Sc SOFAS
common to choice extra Ohio, IS 25@6 IS; common
to choice ST. Louis, s. 25@S rs; Minnesota patent
process ex,a good to prime, and choice to double
Wheat, 81 3s@a1 5O1a; rye, 6s@7Oc.; corn 52@59c. ;
oats, go SIC Mess pork new, S13 CO. Lard, prime
PHfLA DELPHIA.-F - Western superfne
81 Western extras, IS rs; Minnesota extra flmily
$S@9; Pennsylyania extra family, S7@7 50;
mixed, 69@6oc. Oats, choice white, 3s@4O.; white
Western, S5c.; mixed Western, &c. Rye, Pennsyl-
,yania, 65c; Mess pork, new, si4 75@15 Is; Petro-
leum, refined, 1876; crude, in barrels, CSC.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATI.-Cattle- Common to medium
$293 rs; good to choice butchers grades, $4@4 rs;
fair to good shippers, SIS $3.50. Sheep and Lambs
Common to choice Sheep So 50d4 so; fair to extra
lambs, S495. Hogs-ComInon, 81 50d4 rs; fair TO
good light, IS 1895 25; fair to good packing grades
"a S0@5; selected butchers, S. 1905 20.
BUFFALO.-Sheep--Fa to good clipped, 81 25t0
60: Hogs--Good Workers. S. 3712; fair heavy
grades IS As.
NEW YORK-Beef Cattle-Transaction in cat
tie made at S1a(g912c. for common to prime native
Western steers, with carload of poor mixed Vir-
ginia cattle at &c. and S@9c. for ordinary to very
good Texas and Cherokee cattle. Sheep and Lambs
The market dull with light trade at 4@561c. for
common to prime sheep, and 454061ac. for lambs;
fair to good sheep mainly 51a@6s4c.; fair to good
PITTSBURG.--Beef Cattle--Fair to medium
steers, &5G5 50 stcckers, SO 5Oa4 50 bulls, So SOFA
rs. Sheep--Ranging in price from So so to SIS Is;
stock ewes, S2@3 25 Hogs--Philadelphins S. 50G
co.; Workers, IS 40@5 80 fer common and IS 2o@
80 for grass
wOOL.--In Philadelphia, the market is quiet
and in buyers favor, with a supply light.
Ohio Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, double
extra and above, 47@4Sc. extra, 46G 47c.; medium
extra, 45@47c.; coarse extra, 37(d40c. New York,
Michigan, Indiana, and Western fine, 400 43c me-
dunn fine, 44@46c; coarse fine, 37C14Oc. combing,
washed, 50a55c. combing, unwashed, 37@39c.; Cam
ada combing 53@54c.; fine unwashed, 30@31c.;
coarse and medium unwashed, 2s@S2c.; tub
washed, 40046c
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
Caution to the Public.

We understand there are unprincipled
grocers and dealers who palm off on unwary
purchasers Yeast Powder in bulk, or loose,
for the genuine DooLEY's YEAST POWDER.
For the protection of housekeepers and the
public generally, we are authorized to state
that the genuine DooLEY's YEAST POWDER
is sold only in cans. Always refuse to take
it except in cans, securely labeled. The fac
smile signature of DooLEY & BROTHER, the
manufacturers, is plainly printed on each
label
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

Cnre for Hog ChOlera.-Many RENE
dies have been suggested for the various
diseases called hog cholera. Nearly
every community has a local remedy,
or ar least breeders have cured some
diseases affecting their swine, calling it
cholera, by a course of treatment that
fails to cure in other places. The Legis-
lature of Missouri offered a reward of
$4,000 for a certain cure for hog
cholera. This is now claimed by a
Major John Million, of LaPlata, Macon
County, Missouri. His remedy is feed
ing turnips. Major Million was an officer
in the Confederate. army. While acting
inthat capacity he had charge at one time
of many thousand head of hogs, which
were collected together in Mississippi
when the cholera broke out among them.
Immediately upon discovering the prev
alence of the disease he says he began to
exert himself to save as many as posi-
BILE. He separated them as we'll as pos
sible, keeping the infected ones apart.
He had on hand, also, large quantities of
turnips, which he began to feed the
hogs. Very soon he observed improve
ment, and then he made numerous ex-
diseased hogs and penned them apart.
They were fed on turnips, and nothing
else, and all of them recovered. He
says his experiments demonstrated the
fact that turnips are not only cure,
but a preventive of cholera. He has
impaired the secret to many farmers in
the State, all of whom found the remedy
sure. One wealthy farmer in Howard
County, Major Million says, had thirty
eight hogs afflicted with cholera He
was advised of the turnip cure, but
placed no faith in it. However, he con-
cluded to give it a trial, and selecting
one of the hogs worst afflicted, he put it
in pen alone and fed it turnips. The
result was, that hog recovered and all the
rest died. Major Million states that un-
less the hog is too far gone to eat, the
turnips will cure him. The remedy is
a cheap one and easily procured, and it
certainly can do no harm for farmers to
give it trial
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
TOPICS FOR FARMERS.

The Kerry COw.-This valuable little
animal is very little known in the United
States, and yet there is no country in
the wide world where it would thrive
better or prove greater blessing to
poor families. In the rural dis
tricts of Ireland, where it be-
longs, the Kerry COW is truly the
poor mans best friend, living every
where hardy, content with scant fare,
yielding, for her size, abundance of milk
of a good quality, and fattening rapidly
when required. Genuine Kerry cattle
are small, and shorter in body and legs
than our native cattle, but their loins
and launches are heavy and wide; al
though the hair is thick, the hide is
mellow; and the lacteal supply is almost
equal to that of the Attorney in guam
tity and quality. They belong to the
" Middle Horn tribe, and are regarded
in Ireland as an aboriginal breed. They
are exceedingly hardy; they live
through the winterin exposed situations,
sometimes fattening on their native
mountains and moors; when removed
to better climate and soil they thrive
readily, and when generously fed take on
fat very rapidly.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

HENRY MoRRELLI, trapeze per-
former, while performing at the Avenue
Varieties, at Washington, on a trapeze
twenty feet from the stage, fell, and
broke his collar bone.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

AFTER an experience of over twenty-five
years, many leading acknowledge
that the GRAFENBERG MARsHALL's Uterine
CATHoLICoN is the only known certain
remedy for diseases to which women are
subject. The GRAFENBERG VEGETABLE
PILLS, the most popular remedy of the day for
biliousness, headache, liver complaint and
diseases of digestion. Sold by ali druggists.
Send for almanacs. Grafenberg Co., New
York
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

THE GREAT FAvoRITE THE popular
Chill Cure of the age! Composed of pure
and simple drugs, Wilhoft's Tonic has long
held the highest place in the long line Of
remedies for Chills and Fever. 1t is not only
Anti-Periodic but is Anti-Panic, for it eur
tails the heavy expense of doctors visits,
where friendly calls are all itemized in the
account current. A penny saved is penny
gained, and saving it in this way adds to
health and comfort. Try Wilhofts Tonic as
a certainty and you will never regret it. G..
R. FINLAY & Co., Proprietor, New Orleans.
For SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

put to six years test in our trade, with the
following result: 1t gives the best satisfac-
ton to all our customers, and they testify
to that satisfaction by buying far more of it
than fanny other cough remedy, although we
keep in stock large number of that class of
medicines, in fact all that have been hereto
fore considered most salable.
SLAUGHTER & WELLS,
Waverly, N. Y.
Sold by JOHN D. PARK & SONS, Gin. O.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
GLEANINGs FROM THE MUSE.
THE DocroR,s STORY.

Deacon Rodgers he came to me
Wifeis going to die" said he.
Doctors great and doctors small
Haven't improved her health at all.
Physcand blister, powders and pills,
And nothing sure but the DOCTORS bills.
Twenty women with remedies new,
Bother my wife the whole day through.
"Swect as honey or bitter as gall,
Poor old woman she takes them all.
Sour or sweet, whatever they choose,
Poor old woman, she daren't refuse.
Physic an blister, powder an pill,
Bound to conquer, and sure to kiln
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
1877. NEW YORK.

Tue Sun continues to be the strenuous advocate Of
reform and retrenchment. and OF the substitution
of statesmansh D. WELDON, and integrity for hollow
pretence, imbecility, and fraud in the administra-
ton of public affairs. 1t contends for the govern
ment of the people the people and for the people,
as opposed to government By frauds in the ballot
box al in the counting of votes, enforced by mill
tary violence II endeavofs to supply it's readers
body now not far from million 0 fsouls-with the
most careful, complete. and trustworthy accounts
of current events, and employs for this purpose a
numerous and carefully selected of reporters and
corresponding. It's reports from Washington, .es
pecally, full accurate, and fearless; and 1t
doubtless continues to deserve and enjoy the hatred
of those who thrive by plundering the Treasury or
by ping what the law does not give them. while
it endeavors to merit the confidence of thspublic by
defending tho rights of the people against the
croachmonts of unjusti6ed power
The price Of the daily SUN is IS cents n month,
$3.50 year, postpaid or, with the Sunday edi-
ton, &770 year.
The Sunday edition alone. eight pages, o1.2o a
year, post paid.
THE WEEKLY Sun, eight pages of Sc broad columns,
is furnished at ~ year, post paid.
SPECIAL EoTicE.-In order to introduce THE Sun
more widely to the public, we will send THE
WEEKLY edition for the remainder of the year, to
January l. 1878, pos paid, for Half Dollar Try It,
Address THE SUN, New York City.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01
To Prevent Grubs in the Head of

TO Prevent GrubS in the Head OF
Sheep.-A sure preventive of this
troublesome ailment is to set up low
shelter, about four feet high, in field to
which the flock has easy access at any
time, whether they feed in it or not. 1t
may be roughly built of small forked
posts covered with boughs. The intent
is to give the sheep shade in the heat of
the day, and protection from the attacks of
the gad-fy which, all summer long, darts
about their noses, in which to lay their
eggs, rendering the unfortunate animals
almost frantic in their efforts to escape
them.
More than forty years ago the writer
used these shelters, and has never known
them to fail. To succeed in her instinct
i've efforts to place her eggs in the noses
of the sheep, the fly must rise to the
height of several feet, and dart down
upon the animal selected. The shelter
efectually prevents her doing so. The
animals will voluntarily run to it in the
heat of the day, when the attacks of the
fly are most violent, and will there find
peace, shade, shelter and complete i'm
munity from their tiny but terribly an
noying and irritating enemy.
The gad-hy probably does no more in
jury to healthy sheep, than the bot
fly does to healthy horse. But its at
tempts to lay its eggs in the nose are far
more annoying, and in winter and early
spring when the animal is weakest and
unable to withstand any unnecessary
strain upon it the grub may be an i'm
portant factor, with other minor causes,
in producing death.
Such a shelter will usually cost moth
ing but few days work to the flock
master. 1t undoubtedly will be worth
many dollars to him in the course of a
year.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

l opened the blinds; the day was bright.
And God gave Mrs. Rodgers some light.
opened the window the day was fair,
And God gave Mrs. Rodgers some air.
Bottle and blisters, powder and pills,
Catnip, boneset, syrup, and squills,
Drugs and medicines, high and low,
i threw them as far as could throw.
What are you doing2' my patient cried;
Frightening death" l coolly replied.
You're crazy" visitor said;
l flung a bottle at his head.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1877-09-01

Deacon Rodgers, he came to me,
Wife is gettin' her health" said he.
really think she will worry through,
She scolds me just as she used to do
" All the people have pooled and slurred---
All the neighbors have had their word:
"'Twere better to perish some of 'em say,
Than to be cured in such an irregular way.'n
" Your wife, said l. d" hath Gods good care.
And His remedies---light and water and air.
. All the doctors, beyond doubt,
Couldn't have cured Mrs Rodgers Without
The deacon smiled and bowed his head;
Then your bill is nothing" he said.
Gods be the glory, as you sayl
God bless you, doctorl good-day good-dayr,
Ii ever l doctor that woman again,
II give her medicine made by men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20
A Silver Wedding at the White
House.
"Miss arundy" In the Graphic.

~ itbiin ! .fa5aEtnWiGfht JtheurRts Ehsfi
silver Wedding, having enjoyed 6
quarter of century of uninterrupt'
ed happiness together. This has
been one of the rare unions in which
each has faithfully striven to tighten
the burdens of the other, and the
Presidents is happy household
Mrs. Hayes, if [ have read her Alright
is women whose influence would be
felt by all associated with her, but
never obtrusively. Rutherford B.
Hayes and Lucy Webb were married
at her parents residence in Cincin.
natl, on Christmas day, 1852. 1t
was a very quiet home wedding, and
in celebrating its twenty~ffth ami
versary the President and bis wife
speak of inviting those now living
who witnessed their marriage, Mr.
Rodgers the Presidents Private See-
rotary, was present then, and Also
Mr.. Richard Anderson, of Dayton,
o., who was then unmarried, and
DIR. Webb, Mrs. Hayes brother
whose wife is Stanley Mathews sis-
ter, and Mr.. Herring of Cincinnati.
All these will be among the guests
at the silver wedding. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anderson, of Dayton, will probably
be accompanied by their pretty
daughters, who were so much ad-
mired when they visited Mrs. Hayes
in May, G
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20
A Bad Precedent.

Tho Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives passed on Saturday bill
appropriating $4,000 for the
reimbursement of Mrs. Cora Slocumb
of New Orleans, whose property was
seized during the occupation of that
city by the Northern troops. The
bill was stolen through in an ungard-
ed moment when there was scarcely
a quorm present, by vote of 81 to
SO. 1t is the first distinctively
Southern claim arising directly out
of the rebellion, that has even passed
the House. Southern Democrats are
jubilant over their success, and
declare that the vote established a
principle which must be recognized
by the government. There are add.
tional private Southern claims to the
aggregate amount of s5,000,000,
which the Democrats will allow as
soon as theygobtain full power. This
is nothing but what was expected
from the Democrats, and must
occasion no surprise. Madison
Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20

Man Planting.

The humorous writer for the New
York Times has found new subject
for the display of his humorous fancy
1t is Elder Evans, the chief apostle o.
the Shakers, a sect whose leading ar
ticles of faith are the duty of shaking
and selling garden-seeds. The Sha,
kers also believe in maple sugar and
practice apple-sauce, though these
two doctrines are not expressly men
toned in their written creed. As they
| like the Quakers, are non-resistants,
and advocates of universal peace,
they wisely abstain from marriage.
Were it not for the fact that the sun.
bonnets of their women have most
depressing effect in some cases
causing the beholder to feel that he
does not want to live any longer in a
world where sun bonnets are liable to
occur,-the shakers might be regard
ed as harmless collection of drab lu-
natics.
Elder Evans has departed from the
ways of his predecessors by becoming
an inventor. He has invented meth
cd of combining Shakers and trees,
which promises excellent results.
When Shaker dies and is buried, Ell
der Evans plants tree over him, and
that tree, as it gradually absorbs the
deceased Shaker, puts on drab leaves
and bears apples, pears or peaches, as
the case may be, characterized by
sort of neutral flavor which is recog-
nized as peculiarly Shakerian. The
ingenious Elder has now large or
chard full of dead brothers and sisters
under whose shade he walks on sum-
mer afternoons, and whose fruit he
tastes on winter evenings. Occasion
ally sister preserves her original
tartness when transformed into ap-
Piles, and it is said that one young
Shakeress who died tour years ago is
extensively sold in the shape of cann-
ed peaches of unusual sweetness; but
as rule, the dead Shaker of either
sex is too tasteless for apple-sauce or
preserves, and is ground up for cider. |
1t is evident that Elder Evans
method of modifying the character of
fruit-trees is capable of very wide ap-
plication, and that when persons of
strongly marked character are planted
instead of colorless Shakers, valuable
results may be obtained. There are
many men for whom no use has ever
been hitherto suggested who might
prove of inestimable value to the sci /
entific farmer. There is Mr. Stanley
Matthews, for example. Were Mr..
Matthews to be crossed with squash
we should have vegetable which,
though perhaps less nourishing than
the ordinary squash, would be much
softer and more nearly resembling
custard. There is also Mr.. David
Davis. If we should plant him in 9
cabbage field, the resulting Davis-cab-
bage would doubtless be of enormous
size and of beautiful changeable col |
or when viewed III the sunlight.
Enterprising nurserymen and kitch-
en-. gardeners, should they adopt the |
new system of horticulture, would be
in the market bidding high |
prices for eminent ssremains' where.
with to experiment. Gen. Butler
not the Administration Senator, but
the Massachusetts Representative
would be eagerly sought after by the !
caltiyators of horse radish into which I,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20
The Nutmeg.


TIE nutmeg is propagated from
fresh seeds (nutmegs), and these
vary greatly in size and shape, just
as apples and pears do raised from
seeds. In its native soil there can
hardly be a more profitable crop
then the nutmeg at present prices.
The annual yield of good tree Of
sixteen or eighteen years growth,
and covering about 600 square feet
surface, is about ten pounds, which
at an average of fifty cents per pound
gives value of produce per acre per
annum of aboat 1850, exclusive of
the mace-about one pound to each
tree-whloh at S1,would add over
$50 per acre more. The fruit of the
nutmeg takes nine months to mature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-20
County Road Notice

Notice is hereby given that an application
4 having been made on the l3 day Of NoYembe
1877 to the County Board of Supervisors O
the county of Grant, and state of Wisconsin
| by more than forty-fvc freeholders resdin
in said county Of Grant and more than fifteel
OF said number residing in each of the severa
towns Of Cassville, Waterloo and Potosi, il
said county, said application being fon count
road to be laid out, described as follows Il
| wit:
! "Commencing at the house of Urias Reed
| near the Northeast corner Of the Northwes
| quarter of the Northeast quarter of Section
twenty-seyen (27), in town North of rangt
| four AZ West running thence South, to ths
Southeast corner of said Northwest quarter O.
Northeast quarter. Thence West to the Va.
terloo and Cassyile road.
And also applying to vacate the road now
existing commencing at the above mentioned
house OF Urias Reed, and running in South
westerly direction to where the above road
intersects said Waterloo and Cassyille road
and also TO vacate so much Of said Waterloo
ard Cassyille road as runs through the land Of
john -,ichoPs, and lay out road in the place
thence or the line where the same il now tray
eled commencing near the Southeast corner OF
the Southeast quarter of the Northwest quarter
OF Section twenty seven (271 town range 4
running thence in a Westerly direction to in
ersect the old road, and said application hav,
ing been by said county Board of Supervisors
duly referred to the committee on county high
ways.
We the undersigned, said committee will
meet on the goth day of December, 1877, at / /
o'clock in the forenoon. at the house of Urias
Reed, in said town of Waterloo, near Burton
Post Office, to decide upon said application.
Dated Lancaster, Wis, November Is, 1877.
a.s. JoHs G. CLARK,
JESSE WAGNER,
JonN HESKEL,
N. Bowen,
i4is THos. STEPHENS.