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New-York tribune., 1877-06-01
BROOKLYN.

Repairs costing -, 900 are being made the rev.
onue cutter Nosswood the Indast Greeupont
At the Tenth and nty-third-st. ferries on the
Brooklyn side slips have been placed position. and the
waiting rooms have been enlarged ana redtted.
The funeral of Capt. Amos Cummings, n veteran
Of to War Of 1912, attended ycstor by large number
of old Brooklyn and NewYOrk associates at hs late
denee. No lO3 south Eighth-st
The Sunday school of Plymouth Church will hold
picnic aud excursion Iona Island up the Hud
son, June l6. lis expected that 1000 viii the
Thoma. Powell for the island that day.
Yesterday the last day for the payment Of
water without default and the Registrars Office
crowded Since MAY he has collected 1897 O35 ST. against
s35s 1875 - during the corresponding days last year
Justice Guck yesterday held TO await the action
OF jury John Dotier No 1908 Meserolest
Jacob stark 81 Graham ave. each charged with driving
and that and killed. Wednesday
evening" Lgus Hoffman, year. Old OF No 100 Cook ST The
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

The SIsTER.-No household is complete
without sister. She gives the finish 10 the
family. A sisters love, sisters influence
what can be more hallowed? A sisters watch
full care-can anything be more tender? A sis
ter's kindness-does the world show us any-
thing purer? Who would live without sister,
A sister is sort Of guardian angel in the
home-circle. Her presence condemns vice
She is the quickener Of good resolutions; the
sunshine in the pathway of home. To every
brother she is light and life. Her heart IS
the treasure-house of confidence. In her he
finds a safe adviser, charitable, forgiving,
tender, though often severe friend. n her be
finds q ready companion. Her sympathy is
as open as day and sweet as the fragrance of
flowers. We pity the brother who has no sis
ter, no sisters love. We feel sorry for the
home which is not enlivened by sister pres
ence. sisters Office is noble aud gentle
one. It is hers to persuade to virtue, to win
to wisdom's ways; gently 10 lead where duty
calls; to guard the citadel of home with the
sleepless vigilance of virtue; to gather graces
and streW flowers around the home-altar. To
be sister is to hold a sweet place in the heart
OF home. 1t is TO minister 10 a holy Office.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Sgritnltnral.
BY THE WAY.

Hard times are now upon Us,
And people are in debt;
The country's full of trouble,
And the worst is coming yeti
IT'S not without its causes,
And we'll plainly tell you now,
The only way 10 stop it
Is to follow up the plow.
yHo.-Then follow up the pillow, boys,
Follow up the plow
If you would build the country up
Just follow up the plow,
Then follow up the ploW, boys,
Follow up the plow
IF you would build the country up
Just follow up the plow.
Fill up your fields and prairies
With a crop that's good as gold,
And mine your hills and valleys wide
For iron, salt and coal.
The earth is the producer,
And we can tell you how
To make princely fortune
'Tis to follow up the plow."
Then follow up the plow, boys, etc.
There are too many people
Who from their duty shirk,
Who'd rather make a fortune
By some other means than work.
The man who plants tobacco,
Corn, wheat or cotton now,
Is king among the "moneyed mem
he "follows up the plow."
Then follow up the plow, boys, etc.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
voIuo u Good Grass land.


When it has been so repeatedly stated
that more than half the land in Eng
land is devoted permanently to grass,
and when we see that within the last
year or two considerably more than one
half has been taken from the PloWed
portion and turned into grass, it ought
to be proof enough that 10 that country
there is more profit in raising grass
than grain +; and this, too, in a small
island so oVer-populated as to require
immense annual importations Of grain,
thus showing that the landowners in
that country consider it a great advan-
tags to leave the greater portion Of their
best land undisturbed BY the ploW. Yet.
here in America, all the fine tracts of
our native blue grass, as well as other
varieties, al knnRn q be mell adapted
to fattening cattle and sheep, are bro
ken up by the plow and sown in wheat
to be sent abroad. thus robbing the
land Of the very food grass needs, and
impovsrishiDg the country. We say
impOverishing the country because all
the money, and more too, received from
the sale Of our wheat sent abroad re-
mainsin this country barely long enough
TO be returned to other countries to pay
for the wool and wooden goods Of al
kinds We import, and which might be
produced just as easily in this country
we're sufiient of our lands spared to
grow wool instead of SO much wheat.
Could anything afford stronger proof
Of the real value Of good grass land
than the fact that in England rentable
farms, fully tWo-thirds of which are
kept for moving or permanent pasture.
are always more sought for than others,
it being notorious and beyond contra
dictiOn that good farmer in England,
renting farm Of, say from two to three |
hundred acres, with tWo-thirds of il in |
grass which he can never plow up, does
better than those who rent all arabic
land Yes, and make more money than
the common run of farmers in this coun-
try who own the land and this, too,
while paying heavier taxes and rental
Of at least ten dollars per acre Natur-
ally good grass land in this country, if |
not robbed of its plant food by cOntinu-
Gus cropping, but kept in grass, could
not fail to pay well, for all the animals
raised, the butter, wool and meat would
yield more clear profit than anything
else. And I've speak of the Middle
Statss), if men of capital owning land
would, like the noblemen of England.
keep the most of their land uninterrupt-
edly in grass, and use only such as was
not 50 we'll suited to grass as a perma-
1ency, they would not have 50 much
land yielding them nothing, as SO many
have to-dav
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Rotation Of Crnn..

A judicious rotation of crops will
keep farm in good state Of fertility
without any manure, except what is
made on the farm. In the first place,
turn ever field in sod for corn, 6rst
spreading upon the field what manure
you can spare, and turning it under as
fast as spread, or the same day at least
Deep plowing is not necessary in pillow
ing sward land for cOrn but it should
be turned over fat and evenly, and
after narrowing the land, the corn
should be planted Immediately, SO as to
get good start ahead Of the grass
The next year this land may bear crop
Of oats, barley or spring wheat. Seed
il down to clover or to any other grass
with it. the clover being necessary to
fertilize the land the third year, BY
turning under a second growth (the
first being cut for hay) early in Sep
tember and sowing the land to wheat
or rye, and seed it down to grass again,
emitting to sow the clover seed in this
case till the following March, when it
may be soWn even if the ground be
covered with snow; and as soon as the
snow is gone and the land is dry roll
it, and the clover seed will catch well
There is no kind of grass so good a
green fertilizer as clover; as its roots
penetrate the soil quite deeply, and
with the green clover turned under, it
Is equal in fertilizing land to a moder-
ate spread Of stable manure.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
CHURCHES.

FoREsT PREsBYTERIAN.-Rev. John Patton,
D. D., Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at 10. 80 a. m. and 7.OOp.m. Sunday School
at 9.l5a.m. Lecture or Wednesdays at p.
m. Sunday School in the Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 200 p. m.
ST.. AENE's Protestant EPIsooPAL.-Rev.
Wm.C. Butler, Rector. On Sundays-Morning
Prayer, 1910 a. M: Evening Prayer, 700
p. m. Sunday School, 9 a. m. Evening Prayer
on Fridays at 5 o'clock.
METHODIST EPBCoPAL.-Rev. T. E. Martin
dale, Pastor. Service every Sunday at 1870
a. m. and 100 p m. Sunday School at 2.3O
pm. Prayer Meeting on Thursdays at 100
p, m.
CoLoRED METHODIST. 7. J. Lee, Pas
tor. Service every other Sunday at 1890
3. M; and 8 p. M Sunday School every
Gnndnr y aA = m
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

PRUEE YoUR GRAPE VINEs.-The
proper time to prune grape-viDes is in
the fall +; but many persons neglect to
prune at that season, and in cases where
the vines have not been pruued, they
should be attended to the first pleasant
day, and not wait till the sap begins to
flow, as then they would bleed" and
be badly injured. In pruning grape
vines, you are merely to put the vines
in good shape, being careful to save
the most Of the best canes of last wears
growth. which may be known from
their reddish color. The ends of the
canes saved may be cut of to suit your
trellis space, and the side spurs cut
back 10 one bud, or as many IS you
please, according to the length of the
spurs A spur four feet long, with
eight or ten buds, cut back to two or
three buds. and the cut is to be made
several inches from the nearest bud.
As you approach the end of the cane
where the spurs are shorter, one or two
buds only should be left. Where vines
are laid down and protected for the
winter, Of course no pruning can be
done until taken up; but we presume
that no one, who is worthy of owning a
grapevine, has laid down his vines un-
pruDed.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
SMistellaneous.
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS OFFICE.

New Castle County, March 9Th, 1876.
Upon the application of JOHN A. REYNOLDS,
Administrator of WILLIAM REYNOLDS, late OF
Wilmington Hundred, in said County, dec d,
it is ordered and directed by the Register that
the Administrator aforesaid, give notice of the
granting of Letters standardization upon the
Estate of the deceased, with the date OF grant
ing thereof, BY causing advertisements to be
posted within forty days from the date efsuch
Letters, in six of the most public places in the
County O. New Castle, requiring all persons
having demands against the Estate to present
the same or abide an Act of Assembly in such
case made and provided and also cause the
same TO be inserted within the same period in
the MIDDLETowN TRARsCRIPT, a newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, and to be continued
therein two months.
Given under the hand and Seal of Office of
c1-, the Register aforesaid, at New Castle,
L S. in New Castle CouRty aforesaid, the
49, day and year above written.
S. @. BIGGS, Register.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Prince Hambleton.

Ia This Thoroughbred Hambletonian
Stallion will make this Season in
3X-zAcKeut and New Castle counties, as
follows:
At Dover, Lewis stables, from 5th to sth
of March at Smyrna, Delaware House
Stables) from 9Th to 18th of March; at Mid
dletown, (MaxwelPs Stables, from 18th to
10th of March at Home, ION the farm OF
Rev j. S. Willis, near Magnolia, from 10th
to 10th of March, and likewise at the same
places four days in about every two weeks
the remainder of the Season.
Terms, $40, $40. and $50. Single Service,
cash; Services by Season to be paid for at the
end thereof Insurance when the mare is
ascertaiued to be with foal. Persons parting
with mare before she is ascertained to be
with foal will be held for insurance. Persons
breeding more than one mare can make special
terms. SO cents to the groom in each case
PRINCE HAMBLET0N is years old, was
bred by Mr. Meeker of Westport, Conn.
His sire is the famous Winslow horse other
wise Young Hambletonian, (Wallaces Trot-
ting Register) his dam by Serman Morgan.
Young Hambletonian, who was sold for Sl6,-
900, was sired by Rysdyke's Hambletonian,
the greatest trotting sire known; his dam a
mare by a son of Henry. Thus
il will be seen that PRINCE HAMBLETON
combines in a choice style the running with
tie trotting elements. he is a beautiful
brown, full Is 3 hands in height, weighs
HOO pounds, and for beauty, style, and 90
eility, is unsurpassed by any horse in the
Though never specially trained for
the track, yet he made, last fall, over New
Haven Course, a record of 2 81.
The number of sires per horses trottng in
2 80 during the year 1875 was l62. Not 10
per cent. of these sired more than one per-
former. OF all who sired more than one,
are Hambletonians of ali
who sired more than three, all are Hamble-
ns-Hambletonian and his son Volun-
teer having sired FIVE each.
VIM. H. HICKEY, AGENT.
EabDo or,
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

The Mixed trains will be run subject 10 de-
lays incident 10 freight business. Trains.will
stop only at stations where time is given.
Mixed Train north will stop at New Castle
only TO leave Passengers from Stations south.
NeD Castle Trains-Leage New Castle for
Wilmington and Philadelphia at I 35, II 40
a. m 20 m. Leave Wilmington 20 a m,
and 80 p. m, for New Castle.
Smyrna Branch Unconstitutional to those
above leave Smyrna for Clayton 10 As a m
so and 45 pm. Leave Clayton for Smyrna
725 m, 40, 4 10 and 10 m !, to make
connection with trains North and South)
from Clayton.
CONNECTIONS:
At Townsend, with Queen Anne's and Kent
Rail Road. At Clayton, with Maryland and
Delaware Rail Road. AT Harrington, with
junction and Breakwater Rail Road At Sea-
ford, with Dorchester and Delaware Rail Road.
Al Delmar- with EasteE., Shesze Tz..a -
Wicomiro and Pocomoke Rail Road.
dec. 2-tf Il. F. KENNEY, Supt.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

The schoolmaster asked the class what Shy
lock meant when be said, my deeds upon
my head" ''Well," said one of the boys,
II don't know, unless be carried his papers ia
his hat.n
Billy was asked by his Sunday school
teacher. Why did the Isrealiies make gold
en- ealf7' Quick as thought he popped ont
the answer: 81 guess because they hadn't
enough Of gold to make bull with, ma'am."
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
BUILDING AND LOAN.

MrpDLETowE B. L. Association. Samuel
Pennington, Pres; A. G. Cox, Secretary. Meets
on the irst Thursday of every month at
O'Clock, p. m.
MUTUAL LOAN Association OF MIDDLETowN.
Jas. h. Scowdriek, Pres; A. G. Cox, Sec
retary. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
month at O'Clock, p. m.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
MASONIC

ADoNIRAM CHAPTER No. 8, R. A. NJ. Meets
in Masonic Hall on the second and fourth Fri
days of every month at O'Clock, p m.
UNION LoDGE No. 5, \. F. A. NJ. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
at O'Clock, p. m Masonic Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
sNliddletolun Airettorp.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.

JusTrcr OF THE PRAcE.-James B. Naudain.
Town COMMISSIONERS R. H. Foster, Presi-
dent; s. s. Holten, Secretary; ]. R. Hail.
Joseph Geary, l vacancy.
Assessor &C. E. Anderson.
TREAsURER.-lssac Jones.
LAMPLIGHTER-FS Schreitz.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND.
Meets for practice every Monday evening al
8 oicloclx
DELAWARE RAILROAD.

Passenger trains going North leave at 7.54
m and Is m; going South at 1O.42 am,
and 7.3S pm. Freight trains with passenger
car attached, going North, leave at 5.09 P m
going South, at 6.25 m.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
STAGE LINES

Stage for Odessa, with U. S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival Of the 1912 am and s52
p m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Ceciton
leave shortly after arrival of the 1912 m
train
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John a. Reynolds.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.

E. w. Lockwood, President; D. L. Dun
ming, Secretary; Henry Davis, Samuel Pen
ington, N. Williams, John A. Reynolds, Geo.
w. Wilson, VIM. Green, Jas. R. Hoffecker.
PRINCIPAL OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS II. S. Stevens.
ASSISTANT TEACHERS Miss R Annie Max
well and Miss Annie NJ. Roberts.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
NnTInE-

All persons having claims against the Es-
tate of the deceased mnst present the same,
duly attested, to the Administrator, on or
before March 9th, 1878, or abide an Act of
Assembly in such case made and provided.
JOHN A. REYNOLDS, Admir-.
Address-Middletown Del. mario
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
POST OFFICE.

OFFICE HoURs.-0pens at 6 30 a m and
closes at 9 m every day except Sunday
Mails for the North close at 7.l5 m, and
800 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 Is a n
Mails for Odessa close at 1923 m and 8 80
pm.
Mails for Warwick, Sassairas and CeciltOn
close at 1923 m.
D. L. DUNNING, P. N.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
FOR. RENT

The Brick Dwelling, with Store attached
known. as Lockwood's Corner), or with
House and Store separat. Possession given
March 25th, 1877. For further particulars,
apply to Mas. MARTHA CLAYTON,
dec3Otf P.0. Box lO4, Middletown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

PENINs. AGRIcUITURAL AND PoMoLoGToAL As
ISOLATION VIM. R. Cochran, President and
Chairman Of Board of Managers; J. B. Nau-
dain, Secretary. Annual Meeting fourth Sat
urday in January. Next annual fair will be
held on October Sd, 4th and 9th, 1877.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS NATL
RANK

DrREcroRs. Henry Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T. Biggs, John A. Reynolds, James Culbert-
son, E. c. Fenimore, NJ. E. Walker, J. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
PREsIDEET.-Henry Clayton,
CAsHIER.-J. R. Hall.
TELLER.-John S. Crouch.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Sarlu Advertisements.

Established 1860.
GILMORE & co., Attorneys at Law,
Successors to Chapman, HOsmer a Co.
62o F Street, Washington, D. G.
American and Foreign Patents.
Patents procured in all countries. No FEES IN
ADVANCE. No charge unless the patent is
granted. No fees for making preliminary ex-
I aminations. No additional fees for obtaiiing
and conducting rehearing. Special attention
given TO In erference Gases before the Patent
Once, Extensions before Congress, Infringement
Suits in different States, and all litigation ap--
pertaining to Inventions or Patents. SEND STAMP
FOR PAMPHLET OF SIXTY PAGES.
United States Courts and Departments.
Claims prosecuted in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, Court of Claims, Court Of Com
Commission, and all classes Of war claims be-
fore the Executive Departments.
Arrears Of Pay and Bounty.
OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS Of the late
war or their heirs, are in many cases entitled to
money from the Government, of which they have
no knowledge. Write full history of service, and
state amount of pay and bounty received. En-
close stamp, and full reply, after examination,
will be given you free.
Pensions.
All OFFICERS, SOLDIERS and SAILORS wounded,
ruptured, or injured in the late war, however
slightly, can obtain pension, many now receiv-
ing pensions are entitled to an Increase. Send
stamp and information will be furnished free
United States General Land Office
Contested Land Cases, Private Land Claims,
Mining Presumption and Homestead Cases, pros
ecuted before the General Land Office and De-
partment Of the Interior.
Old Bounty Land Warrants.
The last Report Of the Commissioner Of the
General Land Once shows 2s97, 800 acres of Boun-
ty Land Warrants outstanding These were is
sued nnder act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay
cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where
assignments are imperfect we give instructions
to perfect them.
Each department of our business is conducted
in a separate bureau, under the charge of expe-
rienced lawyers and clerks.
are suspended from practice before the Pension
and other offices each year. Claimants, whose
attorneys have been thus suspended, will be
gratuitously furnished with full information and
proper papers on application TO us.
AS we charge no fee unless successful stamps
for return postage should be sent u.s.
Liberal arrangements made with attorneys in
all classes of business.
Address GILMORE & CO.,
P o. Box A. Washington, D. O.
WASHINGTON, II. c., November "a, 1875.
I take pleasure in expressing my entire conf
denee in the responsibility and fidelity of the
Law, Patent and Collection House of GILMORE
GEO. H. B. WHITE.
(cashis, orAe National Metropolitan Bank)
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
.KNTGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
I. o. o. F.

DAMON LODGE, No. IL Meets every Friday
evening at o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL co.

JIM. Cox, Pres; Samuel Pennington, Sec.;
J. r. Hall, Treas; r. A. Cochran, Jas Gull
bertson, Jas H. Scowdrick, VIM. q. Barr.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
For Rent.

Five Small Dwellings, Blacksmith Shop,
and Wheelwright Shop in Middetown.
Apply to ROBERT A. COCHRAN,
mar 3-tf Middletown, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

Coon SAMARITAN LODGE, Nos 8. Meets every
Thursday evening at y o'clk. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
FOR RENT,

TWO DESIRABLE HOUSES, on MAIN
Street, MiGdletown, Delaware; one with
seven rooms-one of which will be fitted up
for store, if desired-with immediate pos
session. The otEer, with eight rooms, pos
session March 25th Inquire of @. ]. SMITH,
at her store upon the premises. jang6-tf
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
MIDDLETOWN
Iron Foundry and Machine Shop.

DLoWS and Plow Castings, Machine Cast
Il ings of all kinds on hand or made TO
order
Particular attention given to Repairing
Machinery. Cash for old Iron
VIM. L. BUCKE & SON,
Jan l-tf Founders and Machinists
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Address GILMORE & CO.,
P. o. Box A Washington, D. @

WASHINGTON, II. c., November "a, 1875.
take pleasure in expressing my entire conf
dence in the responsibility and fidelity of the
Law, Patent and Collection House of GnMoR1
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Giue Gables.
PHILADELPHIA, Y3LNINGT0N AND
BALTIMORE RAELRO4D.
H @ g -
Del. Division. Time Table.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT

IN and after Monday, NOV. 9th, 1876, lsundavs
" excepted, J Trains will leave as follows:
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

The last Report Of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office shows s97, 800 acres of Boun-
ty Land Warrants outstanding. These were is
sued nnder act of 1855 and prior acts. We pay
cash for them. Send by registered letter. Where
assignments are imperfect we give instructions
to perfect them.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
Unitsd States aeneral Land Once.
nld Bounty land Warranta.

Contested Land Cases, Private Land Claims,
Mining, Presumption and Homestead Cases, pros
ecuted before the General Land Office and De-
partment of the Interior.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07
ADVERTISEMENTS

Are tastefully and attractively displayed.
Middletown transcript., 1877-04-07

A vcutriloquist fell overheard in Lake Erie
the other day, and was drowned. When the
cry of Help helpl" came from under the bull
warks, the deck hands said'' he couldn't fool
them, " and went right on with their work.
The heaviest snores we have heard of is the
man whose wife woke him up the other night,
during tempest, saying she did wish he
would stop snoring, for she wanted to hear
the thunder.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-24

r q U N D!

1AIN STREET, A PACKAGE CON-
9aalsg . lot Of MINING STOCK.
= e"nsr can haze the stock, etc.. by calling
Mss ADA M0URbANT,
,eecspisd By Belle Wilder
Ssfeka. Oct. a. 1877. .,o,f
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-24
5OI XIII EUREKA. EUREKA COUNTY, NEVADA. WEDNESDAY
PROFESSIONAL.
DR.. l.. BAZET,

DIR. l.. BAZET,
physician AND SURGEON.
i northwest corner Of Main and CLARK
streets. over Dunkels store. Consultations
in English. French. spanish and ltsIiar.
Eureka, Oct. IL. 1871. o20-,f
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-13
} DR.. WHITTIER,
6I7 ST. Charles street, ST. Louis, Mo.

DR.. WHITTIER, CIT St. Charles
ST, St. Louis, Mo-, treats all forms of
Tenereal Diseases, Seminal Emissions and
Sexual Debility, with unparalleled success.
No matter who failed, call or write; PAM
phlet or consultation free. Can refer to
the medical profession in all parts of the
country. Medicines perfectly safe.