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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
By TELEGRAPH.
New York Money and Slocl,

NEw YORK, March lC.-AloNRY-Closed
easy at 21sai per cent. Prime mercantile
paper la5pe cent Custom receipts SS52.
700. The Assistant Treasurer disburged
$4,000. Clearings $3OOOOOO0. Sterling
firm at I.Sl I4ai.S6.
GoLI'-Opened at 1915, and closed a;
lO4A. Carrying rates 5sal per cent. Loans
were also made fat and at 2a3 per cent for
borrowing.
SHvER-At London 5I74d per o.. Here.
silver bars are 81 24J& greenbacks; 81 lSig,
gold. Silver coin per cent discount -
GoyERNMEETE-Active and firm,
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BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.

TO THE DAILY INTELLIGENCE
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WHEN Alex. Updegraif, the handsome
city clerk, last night read the brief title
Of the ordinance relating to swine, viz
"Hogs " witty Councilman remarked,
soto roee, There's millions in it!n
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RAILROAD B0NDS-Irregular,

11AlLkoAD BONDS-lrregular.
STATE SKCUElTRs-QuiGt.
sTocHs-Were in the main weak and
lower. In few cases prices advanced M
the opening, but the Improvement was sub,
sequently lost. The decline ranged from
4 to 2 per cent in the general list, but
Chicago, Burlington a Quincy dropped
nearly per cent, selling down to S5J5 and
clOsingat 9G. Rock Island declined from
10l1s to 991S and closed Mt par; Northwest,
ern preferred from 5254 to 5ll., closing ai
5l5s; Western Union from GIlS to G3JS,
closing at the lowest figure; Chicago a Iii,
ton declined TO SIS bid, closed at 90. Othe,
changes unimportaRt, At final close there
was a slight recovery in some cases and 4
better feeling prevailed.
On Produce Exchange to-day the follow.
ing notice was posted; "James Kinron.
died suddenly, aged S5.' The tiag Of The
Produce Exchange WIS at half.mast.
The transactions aggregated lSS,OOO
shares, of which 5000 were Pacific Mail,
$1,000 Western Union, $500 Northwestern
5000 Rock Island, 5000 St. Pauls, 5000
Erie, 5000 Lake Shore, 5000 New York
Central, $4,000 Delaware, Lackawanna A
Western, and $500 Chicago, Burlington 4
Oniupy
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HANOVER, n. H, March lG.-Proiessor
5. G. Bartlett, Of Chicago, has accepted the
Presidency OF Dartmouth College, and
will assume the duties OF the position
about the 18th Of Nav.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March lG.-Cleared-
Ship Three Brothers, Liverpool. Sailed
Steamer Elmo Calimo, Panama.
LONDON, March lG.-The steamship
St. Laurent, from New York, has arrived
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A Gang OF Thieves Broken Up.

ST. LOUIS, March lG.-The Globe Dem.
oerat special from Leavenworth, Kansas
says, that gang Of horse thieves was
broken up yesterday in that country, and
its leader, Joe Mailer and three others O.
the party were arrested.
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PARKERsRnRu is beginning to look up
as many as thirty houses are to he erected
this summer, We hope to hear OF dou
bic that number before the irosts Of Oc
.-Fdrkersburg Journal.
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A special to the same paper says thai
Beck * Stonebraker, grain buyers and
pork packers, OF Hagerstown, Ind, made
an assignment to-day. Liabilities re.
ported NJ Sl20,000; assets not stated.
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The members of Wheeling Comman.
derry No. !, Knights TemplaF, meet this
evening at o'clock to make the neces.
sary arrangements for attending the iu.
neral OF the late Maj. Geo. c. Trimble.
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ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

The breach of promise Of marriage
case now on ntrialin the County Court at.
tracts numerous spectators.
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PiTTsBuRGH, March TO- Petroleum
Active, but irregular; crude So sOaQ s2H
ai Parkers'; refined lGal6J%c PhiladelphiR
delivery.
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official reports to the Treasury from the
syndicate in Eurpe.
CHAMBERLAIN TO HAYES.
The following was received here this
afternoon;
COLUMBIA, S. c., March lG,
President Hayes, Washington;
In view of the telegraphie reports !
consider II proper TO state that the propo-
Sition for new election ia wholly new to
me. So far as know no one here has
ever proposed or considered such plan.
Signed oh. CHAMBERLAIN.
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AMHERST, MASS, March lG.-J. h.
Hingiey, OF GAINESVILLE, o., ia among the
seniors appointed to contest for the liar.
dy prize.
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MEMPHIS, March lG.-Dr. J. l.. NAL
lory, prominent physician, died to-day.
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IVeather lntIirnlions.

War DEPARTMENT, y
ORIlrR oP THE CuIEB sIGNGL OFPiuKE,
WASHiNGToN, d. c, March l7-l a. \.
PROBABILITIES.
The Tennessee and Ohio Valley and
Lower Lakes, rising barometer, north TO
west winds, colder and clearing but part.
y cloudy weather.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

MAKING GARDENs.-I know of nothing
in which people are so liable to make |;
mistake as in planting their gardens toe
early. A few warm days occur in April
and forthwith they proceed to make their
gardens; and in many cases tender vege.
tables are planted, and in 48 hours, per
haps, these people are shivering around in
ovcrcoats, in II storm of sleet or snow. NV
advice is, if the weather be warm in April
do YOU keep cool. Plant peas, beels,
onions and lettuce as soon as the ground
is dry enough, even if the weather be cold
hut keep your potatoes, sweet corn, melons,
cucumbers. squashes, and beans out of the
ground till May. Peas will stand hard
freeze after they are up, and the quicker
they are planted the better. The Daniel
o. Rourke is good early variety, and the
Champion of England IL very fine late sort
Don't attempt to grow vegetables on poor
soil, but apply the manure literally, AS
that is the only way to have u good gar
den. Farmers make great mistake in
neglecting their gardens, as a well man.
aged haf-acre garden will produce what
is actually worth from 800 to $3.50 to a
family 1t comes in score of ways in
the supply OF your table-a succession Of
green peas for months, potatoes all the
season, sweet corn from early in August to
November, berries, grapes, and n score Of
other things that go to sustain life.
A cheap way to make garden is to Sc
lect half an acre, or less, of land in field
that is never pastured, near the house.
Put no fence around it, and have the north
and the south sides not near fence, SC
that you can cultivate the land with horse
and have plenty of room ut the ends to
turn around. Here you can grow many
kinds Of vegetables in rows, two and a
half to three feet apart, and use a horse
cultvator between them. Then let the
boys or the girls do the little hand-weeding
that is required. Here peas can be grown
without brushing; II row of beet, one or
Two OF turnips, beans of various varieties,
sweet corn in great abundance, and other
vegetables, without the useless trouble of
making beds" rs is generally done for
beans. onions, etc. Suppose you do waste
a little ground in the middle of rows for
some kinds of vegetables You produce
them with very little labor, and you know
that time is money."-R"ral Neh0 Rork-
en-,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09
Hog Cholera.

Disease among swine is increasing to an
alarming extent, especially in the Western
States. and the cause is a serious question
for consideration. In the race for early
maturity, great size and perfection of form,
the vigorof constitution has been sacrificed.
Again. the almost exclusive use of corn as
food develops abundance of fat at
the expense of muscular growth and vital.
ity. A healthy pig cannot be reared on a
single item Of food; breeders must provide
greater variety to insure successful growth
and exemption from disease. Pasturage,
clover, weeds, bran, wheat, roots and
veget, BILE matter, milk and kitchen waste
are needed for healthy growth, reserving
corn for the final fattening process.-Amcr-
lean CaIkvator.
The losses in single year to the farm
ers Of the West from "hog cholera" Gas
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

days. and weeks, and months and years o
anxious care and distressing fear wher
they are almost ready to give up in des'
pair" That's cheerful prospect tC
offer man to induce him to make
himself useful farmer. We dom
believe the angel Gabriel could car
ry that load, and come to his supper
with smiling face. The very love man
bears for his family would increase the
"anxious care" and deepen the " distress
ing fear;" he would find his food unpnla-
tably seasoned with care and fears which
he cannot bear alone, and the presence of
such spectres in the home, will bring jar
ring and GOODNESS and bitterness and
misery. No, let a man stand in the sun
shine to grow, the sunshine of hope and
joy, of success and prosperity; of IL bright
and happy home, at whose smiling board
the gaunt faces Of care and fear are moi
seen, and through whose windows the
shadow of haggard despair never falls.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

Mr. Harris, author of Harris on the
pig" is having series of "Talks with
the Deacon in the american CultiUator
from which we give an extract below
"a farmer owes it to himself and to his
family" said the Doctor, "to have II good
garden. There is health and economy in
having constant supply of u variety of
vegetables"
THAT is all very true" said the Deacon
"but most farmers have little time to at.
tend 10 the garden. They must raise some.
thing that will sell, or they could not pay
their DOCTORS bill"
Possibly" said l. "the Doctors bill
would be less if the garden were larger"
" 1t is all very well to talk in this way"
said the Deacon, "but when u man is in
debt he cannot always do what we would
like 10 do. The destruction of the poor
is their poverty"
debt is terrible thing" said l, " but
if man is made ofthe right kind OF metal
there are W rse evils. If we could get at
the facts, think it would be found that
comparatively few of the real. active, en-
terprising energetic young farmers of the
country are out of debt. 1t is often said
that "a farmer who is out of debt has moth
ing to fear But if The young farmers
had alluded to were out of debt-if they
have no obligations to mett-they would
not be so industrious. They would not be
the men they are if they had nothing to
fear and nothing to hope for. The men
we all admire and respect are not those
who run no risks who earn little and
spend less, who run on in the old ruts,
who subscribe for no paper, attend no
Farmers Club, and take little or no in
terest in any local or general Improvement
who would rather pull through the mud
than mend the roads. Let us hear less
about the happy farmer who is out Of
debt and more about the useful farmer
who, being in debt takes off his coat and
goes to work with good heart and II firm
determination to be II man and meet his
obligations like man. know there are
days and weeks and months and years of
anxious care and distressing fear, when
they are almost ready to give up in DIES.
pair. But stick to it, and you will pull
through. The best farmers | have ever
known-and have known good many
have all gone through period of great
anxiety and trial, when it seemed as
though everything was against them. But
such trials strengthen the character and
make them better and more useful men,"
While we would second the idea of n
good garden, we would also endorse the
Deacon's senti meut on debt. 1t is not nee
essary that man should be in debt to
make him industrious, any more than it is
necessary that he should have the toothache
to make him work; and no more earnest
caution could be given to keep out of debt,
than is given In the sentence" There are
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

WATER AS A FERTILIzER.-IIaving baC
some experience in artiiicially watering
moving lands, we may add that it wa,
found very profitable. This was done by
turning small brooks from springs OF
swampS, upon lands of inclined surface
level land being unflv0rabIe for this mode
of watering. We have in mind piece o.
land where the brook from u swamp, feG
by n large spring, was conducted by M
artificial channel along three sides of the
aren,a sort of hollow square thus irrigated
from little side outlets. which used up al
the water thus diverted from its natura
channel. A fine crop Of grass was cul
and cured nnually-somrtimes two crop
without manure. Three other lots on
the same farm were formerly treated in Il
similar way, but with less favorable result,
was abandoned in the later cases and top
dressing was suLs tutel wi h good result 8
The former piece is still irrigated, which
shows that water is not only n good but II
continuous fertilizer. Grass thus grown
did not make rs good, nutritious hay u,
hat made on drier land. Quantity, there.
fore, was increased somewhat ut the sacri
lice of quality
When water used for irrigation becomes
Slagnant in the soil, it tends ultimately tc
injure the growth of plants This we have
learned both from experience and ohserva.
ton. There is difference in the fertili.
zing effects of water used for irrigation
depending upon the character of the soil
through which the water finds its way to
the grass plot where it is used. Water
coming from hills covered with rich
vegetation, and that from Overlooking,
,tngnant pools, conveys m8nuring matter
to the moving over which it is distributed
but that flowing from the sides of barren
mountains or hills is not likely to contain
rferliizing properties.
Farmers who can avail themselves of
the aid of water us indicated above, with
many other like examples that might be
cited will do well thus to utilize the op-
pUrtunity. On another farm in the neigh
burhOod of the one referred to, the farmer
has improved fine chance he enjoys for
thus using water, and with it he has APP
piled II LIGHT biennial top-dressing of com
post; he cuts two good crops of grass an
nualy. The subsol is loose gravel, and
therefore there is no danger of stagnant
water or water soaking of the ground.
Watering and manuring seldom fail of
making splendid grass crops, one crop in
spite of droughts, and in ordinary seasons
Two good crops.--American AgriculturiSt.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

Jail epidemic diseases of the hog are called),
foot up an enormous sum. do not be-
lieve that any specific win be found for
the disease, but ! do believe that intelli-
gent efforts directed TO its prevention will
largely reduce the losses. The physician
who finds fevers prevailing in u neighbor-
hood, or running through family, begins
ut once to search for local causes for the
disease. lie looks to the well to sec il
there is not leak from some cess pool
that is polluting It's waters. He examines
the cellar and sink drain, and from one
or all these sources he is often able to point
out the cause of the disease,
have but little doubt but what n faith
ful examination of the farms whore hog
cholera prevails would often reveal the
cause of the epidemic. My advice would
be to at once change the treatment of hogs
hat began to show signs of disease. II
they have been on Il corn diet and in con.
tinement, would give them the liberty Of
:; wood lot or pasture field, and change
their diet. If they were constipated and
coughing, l would give them loosenin9
dict, giving slop with oil meal, If the APP.
petre WAS poor, | would feed literally
with charcoal and sulphur, and very spar
ngly with other food, giving them only
what they would eat up clean, and | would
see that they had clean, dry and warm
bed, had u fine sow four months old
last winter, that began TO cough and
whecze so that thought she would not
live Il week, and if | had left her with the
others, think she would have died, but by
separating and putting in warm base
ment, she was well in II few weeks. A
neighbor of mine with fifty stock hogs
found them coughing and showing symp-
toms of disease, last autumn. He nj once
turned them into his barn-yarl and began
to feed his cattle literally with corn. at
the same time reducing the hogs feed to
about one ear of corn each, twice II day.
In few weeks all symptoms Of disease
had disappeared. saw them the first OIL
February, and never saw thriftier lot OF
stock hogs. Another of my neighbors be-
gan losing his hogs last fall, and they died
so rapidly that there seemed little prospect
Of saving any of them. Fortunately he had
sown field of rye, and he turned them in
to it. His hogs began at once to improve,
and he told me few weeks ago that he
had never had lot of stock hogs &c
through the winter in as good condition.
There is little doubt that if the treatment
Of these hogs had not been changed the en-
tire lot would have died. do not claim
that disease Can be entirely prevented by
such means, but | have no doubt that it
can be largely reduced and controlled
| Ohio Furnler.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

A FUNNY TRICK OF A LITTLE PRINCE
Once ut Balmoral the queen had for guests
the little folks belonging to the Prince o
Wales, and one dty. when they were al
having II pleasant little family tea-party
with few friends dropped in, little Prince
Leopold was seized with Il srIsm of baC
behavior which called fora severe repri
mand from his royal grandmother, ant
quite shocked his pretty Aunt Beatrice
The queen spoke to him pretty severely
But 1t made no difference, he behaved
worse and worse, until finally she said
Now, Master Leopold, You have beer
so naughty that | shall punish yon: yor
must 20 under that comfortable. and stay
there till you can be Il good boy So lii.
tie Leopold hid his five. year-olJ self under
the long cloth, which came nearly to the
floor all round, and became very quiet
After little while the queen said, Now
Leopold are You good?n "No, grand
mother" answered the little prince. AZ
ter five minutes she repeated the question,
and Leopold repeated the same answer,
Another five minutes. Now are YOU
good?' asked the queen. "Ycs, grand.
mother" in u very sweet and good-natur-
ell voice. Then you may come out"
And out came Master Prince Leopold
beaming and lOvable, but not so much us
Il thread of clothes TO cover his little royal
body, and his eyes firly sparkling with
mischief. Wasn't he wrapped up in a
shaw! and carried out in hurry! And
the queen,-well, the queen smiled; for,
though he was very naughty, wasn't he
her dear little grandson, and how could
she help it?-W. N r. Round, IN Wide
AWuke
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09
POETRY.
FROM SIX TO SIXTEEN.

FROM SIX TO SIXTEEN.
Like garden Of flowers
Was the glrsh procession,
AS pretty picture us ever was seem
Likellies and roses
And farest of posics-
phalaux of beauty from sir to sirteen.
Admiring we stood,
For my friend was beside me,
Entranced by the merry ones tripping along,
When a sight more clysian
Burst forth on our vision,
Another procession with banner and song
Not mere little ones,
With their sweet budding graces
And clear, childish laughter that rung on the air,
But maidens in plenty,
From sixteen to tlCenty,
Like freshly blown roses, SO fresh aud so fair
My friend, who was young,
With youths tender ardOr,
And heart that beat hard for the love that was true
Declared each sweet maiden
With more beauty laden
Than hosts of fair children now passing from view
Ali tastes-how they differ
According to ages!
My eyes sought the little ones Frightening lh'
scene,
With mothers fond sadness,
Not unmlxrd with gladness-
My heart chose the datlings from STA to sixteen
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

BEAUTY OF GLAzENwooD RosE.-Thc
supposed-to-be new Rose, Beauty of Ola
zenwood, which has been so highly eX
tolled by some of the florists of England
and lately imported and offered by one OIL
two in this country, turns out to be tho
very old Rose known rs Fortunes Yellow
We learn from one of our foreign ex
changes that Mt the last meeting of tho
Royal Horticultural Society, the Flora
Committee had before it Towering plants
of the old Fortunes Yellow Rose, AID o
the so,called new striped variety named
Beauty of Greenwood; and after care
fully examining them both, the Committed
resolved that the two sorts were identical
From this we must conclude that oul
Yankee florists are not alone in perpetrit
ting the oft-repealed trick of sending on
i'm old plant under new name.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

1t should be borne in mind that the fel
lows who meander through the country
eXtorting, under the name Of "royalty,
II tax on goods already honestly paid for
belong to II slippery, untruStworthy tribe
Before any attention is ever paid to theil
demands, they should be forced to produce
an authenticated copy Of the patent iol
VIII eli thew claim to be agents, and alst
verified credentials from The patentee au
tho ling them TO act in his behalf. When
ever they threaten legal proceedings, Sc
curily for the costs in the suit should al
ways he exacted, as they are of migra
tory nature, and deserve scant courtesy
The specification and claim Of each patent
should he carefully scrulinized, and unless
they cover precisely or substantially tht
device used. no attention should be pai1
to them. We learn that one of this tribe
claiming patent on woven wire fences
is causing considerable annoyance out
west. Now, woven wire fence has been
used for generations, and his patent car
only cover some novel feature in the meth
ed Of making tGem, What this is n glance
ut the patent will show, and all fences moi
made in that precise way are not infringe
mcnts on his patent.-Moore'S Raral.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

CoRNs AND WARTS "A correspondent
of the Country Gentleman says:-" For
moro than year preceding last August, l
was sorely afflicted with large corn on
the ball of my left foot; so much so, that
at times | was almost unable to walk, and
then only by being terribly tortured by the
corn. l also had II large wart right in the
palm of my left hand that was very much
in my way, and at times very painful. l
used various remedies in vain. In August
hit upon a cure for both 1t was sim
Pile application of wood (hickory) ashes
and strong cidar vinegar sufficient to mois-
ten. kept it on thirty-six hours more,
when found all pain had ceased, both be-
ing destroyed. | then could wear my
boot, and by small application every
night of beef tallow, in one month all the
hard substance that had formed around
the corn had been removed. There is now
no trace left of either corn or wart."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

An erroneous opinion prevails in thi,
country that our railroad management j,
more reckless than that of European coun
tries, and that we have us II result lal
greater number of acciden S, attended witt
personal injuries and loss Of life, than oc
cur abroad. From return recently made
to the Parliament of Great Britain of acct.
dents reported to the Board of Trade, il
appears that in 1876 there were 1856 per
sons killed and 6ll2 injured by railway
accidents in that county. In the conrst
If the year there were no less than 81
collisions between passenger trains, caus-
ing the death of q passengers and injury
to 500. There we're 1919 collisions between
passenger and freight trains, by which s
passengers were killed and 408 passengers
and so servants injured During the year
there were also $50 failures of tires, 391
failures Of axles, 4 failures Of brakes, 81
OF couplings, "A failures of wheels, and
AGA broken rails.