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The Republican journal., 1878-11-14

Now that the election is over the Bangor Com
mercial is discussing The Dog an Article of
Food" Suppose it tries slice Of Ben Butler.
[Kennebee Journal.
The Augusta paper should have more
regard for the feelings Of mourners. Be
sides, dog won't eat dog.
The Republican journal., 1878-11-14

The ilgnreS reported by the Bank Of
France dwarf the returns of our Treasury.
as well as those Of the other national
banks. But they must be taken with 4
large allowance, Tor, at the end Of last
year, when the annual statement threw
light upon the composition Of its specie,
the Bank Of France had el73,0o0ooO Of
its coin and bullion in silver tive-franc
pieces. and only S235. 10000 in gold.
1t is clear that the secretary of the
Treasury has only TO raise his finger and
the mere rolling Of the coin in his vaults
would tatten out a difference much larger
than the shadoWy premium now current
on gold Boston Herald.
The Republican journal., 1878-11-14

The fellows who stole the remains OF
a. T, Stewart We're fools They won't
realize a penny, when they might have
resurrected the Greenback corpse, and
got for it any sum they asked, in fiat
money.
Some unknown but level headed indie
vidual sends to us specimen Of Ben.
Buffers "tiat money" with the remark
"This is what Waldo county voted for. =
Yes, Waldo does a foolish thing some
times, but not often.
On the 18th Of this blessed month GOV Connor.
of Maine will chew turkey for the last time in his
official capacity. Boston Post
And the serious question is whether
his successor is to come in on foul, or
not-whether he is to be canvas back
or greenback
The Republican journal., 1878-11-14

We thought it would he Very strange Il
the sweeping and reckless printed charges
Of \. L. Dunton against .arious persons.
in connection with the Hart murder triaL
did not get the author into trouble It is
now announced that County Attorney
Staples has commenced a suit against
Dunton for Sl5,ooo, and Capt 4. X Me-
seryey, of st George a suit for 4 like
amount
The Republican journal., 1878-11-14

The Bangor Wing is badly damaging
the reputation Of Emery as a prophet, by
contrasting his predictions Of the tall ejec-
tons with the actual result The Ban
gor Saul wasn't among the prophets this
time. His shots were wilder than the fiat
money theory.
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
Round Dancing Denounced.

In the Episcopal Convention, recently
in session at Lynchburg. Va, Bishop
Whittle delivered an elaborate annual
address, in which he earnestly depreca-
ted the evils of round dancing. Refer
ring to the address OF his predecessor,
Bishop Johns, in 1872, he said that dis
tinguished divine warned commandments
| against tue Inconsistency OF indulginq
in "a demoralizing dissipation" which
he denounced as that lascivious mode
of promiscuous dancing styled tho rounG
dance" "This scandal" be said. "is
not to be tolerated in the Church OF
Christ. Let every appeal be made in the
way Of aflectionate remonstrance, judi
eious teaching and earnest prayer for
reformation of those led astray, If God,
peradventure, will give them repentance y
Perhaps his words struck some as being
too strong and harsh when they were
first uttered, who think very differently
now, after six years observation and OK
perience. Certain it is that many OF our
wisest and best people, ministers and lay
men, judging tho tree by tho fruit, have
become alarmed lest the effect of this
dreadful evil of round dancing shall be
ont only to injure pure and indebted
religion, but even to sap the very foun-
dations of oil social virtue and moral
ity,
will not discuss its character and
consequences, for while ST. Paul wrote to
the churclfin Ephesus that it was shame
even to speak Of those things which were
done by some in secret, ! should feel
ashamed even to speak Us the truth would
require of this thing which is one open.
ly, before all l will only say that ]
trust no man or woman will be presented
for confirmation who means to con
tinue to participate in this abomina
tinu
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
Ingenius, but Fatty.

A well-known Sacramentan who had
been out with "the boys" until three
O'Clock in the morning. felt . tribe
uneasy as to what his vito would say
upon tho subject, and determined =
adopt little piece OF strategy. He ~
tered the house cautiously, removed bis
boots and then made his way to their bed
room. He WAS not so obfusticated but
that he knew 1t would BIO dangerous 70
attempt to get into bed, SO. after disEob-
ing. he took up position by the side Of
the baby's cradle and began rocking il
like '49.er. His wife aroused by the
noise, discovered him, as it was part Of
his deep laid scheme that she shoulds
and called out. ''Why, what on earth sis
you doing there7" "Doing2" he 70.
piled, keeping the kinks out his tongue
by an almost superhuman effort "Do-
ing ? I'm trying TO get this--baby asleep!
She's been crying half an hour aud you
have slept through it ALL" His air Of
righteous Indignation was we'll put on.
but il wouldn't do--luck was against
him. "What do you mean r. bis better
halt sterply responded, ~ have got
the baby in bed hero with me, and she
hasn't cried to night! When did yos
come home ?"
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
Vol. l6.---No. $
Van Dorm and Forest,

General D. II. Maury Of Richmond, VAL
In the spring of 1868 Forrest was in
Middle Tennessee, commanding brig
AIDE in the cavalry corps Of Van Dorm.
By ono of his bold and skillful move
ments no captured Federal brigade
commanded by General Colburn, and rc-
ported the capture of the men, horses
and equipments, to General Bragg, who
ordered that all tho captured property
should be turned in to the proper officers
of the army But Forests mon had
acted upon tho principle that the spoils
of war belong to the victor, and Gen.
BraHg's officers received but few contri.
buttons from Forests fortunate opera.
ton, and Van Dorm was instructed to
call him to account, and enforce obcdi-
ence to tho order Of the general COM
nanding the army
Accordingly Van Dorm sent for For
rest. and sternly asked him why be had
not turned in the arms, ETC., captured
with Coburn's brigade.
Forrest replied : because | haven't
got EN-"
"Then," said Van Dorm, /" your state
ment is ut variance with your written re-
port"
Forrest replied, General Van Dorm,
| am not 10 the habit Of being spoken to
in that way, and | won't allow it--and
when the time comes that your rank
wont interpose, you shall answer to mo
for this, SIR
General Forrest, my rank shall new
er stand between me and any man who
feels aggrieyed BY me, and Iam at your
service now, sir"
Forrest paused moment, passed his
hand across his forehead, and said: .Gen-
eral Van Dorm, there are enough Yam.
kocs for you and ! to fight, without fight.
ing each other, and you and l can afford
to let this matter stop right here. ! am
sorry spoke to you as l did. and hope
you will forget it."
Van Dorm said cordially "General
Forrest, an very glad to hear you
speak so, and assure you shall never
again think Of your words--no man will
ever question your readiness to tight any
man or anything. But, General as long
as you arc under my command, | shall
expect you to obey orders" And thus
ended tho most remarkable collision that
over occurred between two of the bravest
men in the world. Each confident in his
own courage, and we'll knowing that Of
the other, wero perhaps the only two
living men who could afford to settle .
controversy thus.
Van Dorm turned to Forrest, and said !.
d" General, | have work for yon right
now" and sent him off in pursuit Of the
raiding column Of Colonel Straight that
had passed into North Alabama, and was
moving toward Rome, Georgia.
These gallant mon never met again In
I Tits wurid. -------s :
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
Effect of Hard Water Upon Animals.

Horses have an instructive love top
soft water, and refuse hard water il they
can possibly get the former. Hard watss
produces rough and staring coat %
horses, and renders them liable to gripss.
Pigeons also refuse hard water II they
can obtain access to soft. Clcghosu
states that hard water in Minorca causee
disease TO the system OF certsin animAlsl,
especially Of sheep. So much are race
horses influenced by the quality Of the
water, that is not unfrequent 10 carry
supply of soft water in the locality
in which the race is TO take place, lest
there being only hard water, the horses
should lose condition. Mr., Youatt, IN
his book called 1.-The Horse" remarking
on the disturbances Of soft water for the
horse, says " INSTINCT or experience
has made the horse himself conscious %
this, for he will never drink hard water
if he has access ~ soft; he will leave
the most transparent water OF the we'll
for a river, although the water may b
turbid, and even for the mnddist pool
And again it. another place he says:
+" Hard water drawn fresh from she we'll
will assuredly make the coat OF horse
unaccustomed 10 it stare, and will NOS
unfrequonily grippe or further ihluFe
him."
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
A Missionary Enterprise.

Biah was oiling the hinges Of the
stove door and carelessly singing ono
of Bethovens best, when middle.
aged woman entered the station aud be-
gan:
:. Mr.. Joy, are you good man ?"
"Wall, olerable--tolerable," he re.
piled. 81 never dropped lead nickel
into the street car box, aud don't 20
fishing on Sunday"
" Mr.. Joy, am canvassing for money
to buy Bibles, and so forth. for tho Al
rican heatheu," she continued as she ex-
hihited y pass book.
Arr, oh naos he Gaam tn want a
Bible ?"
He does. He sits on tho sands OF
his native shore and looks longngly this
way"
aDoes, Ell! Sitting right there this
morning. s'pose 7"
"He is. How much will you subscribe,
Mr. Joy2"
Madam, I've got to Lift mortgage
before noon to day, and"
You will certainly give something"
she interrupted.
ana I've got TO meet Hre ana
lifo insurance, pew rent, taxes. gas
and
"Put down what your noble heart
Dictates" she said, as she handed him the
book.
He reflected for moment and then
asked:
evil five dollars convert q heathen--
great big wo.astcd heather with stiff
knee?"
I'll think so.'
He figured with pencil on the bottom
Of chair, and said:
"Five dollars into two hundred
pounds Of heather is forty pounds for a
dollar That is, less see - UNI ten
pounds for twenty five cents, and none
to carry Divide the dividend by the
divisor, cut off the cube root, carry
nothing, and, madam, you take this
quarter and convert ten pounds Of hea-
then for me. That's all can spare--no
use talking-ten pounds-here comes his
Honor"
She went away puzzled and amazed at
his figures, and Bijah looked after her
aud unused:
IL ought to have taken mortgage on
my share of that heather, but I'm just
that careless in business affairs. DE
troit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11

An engineer on tho railroad, on Sun
day, saw large assemblage in we'll
dressed people on the bank Of the river
and blew his whistle, rang his he'll, and
saluted them generally. After passing
the spot, the fireman said to him: "Whai
is the matter with you? That was
rather too solemn a scene to blow the
whistle for; it was a baptism, Oh,
dunder !" said the engineer, :" l dought it
vas a pckernick."
At the end Of the first year comes the
"cotton wedding" And that is not the
only thing that comes after the first
year. Sometimes poverty comes, some
times the mother in law, and sometimes
twins.
A couble of young men were out fish
ing the other day, and on returning were
going past farm house. and felt hungry.
They yelled to the farmers daughter :
Girls, have YOU any buttermilk r The
reply wasgently waited back to their ears,
" Yes; but we keep it for our own calves"
The boys calculated they had business
away-and they went,
It's all very easy to talk about econ
omy, but the difficulty is get anything
to economize. The little baby who puts
his toes in his mouth is almost tho only
person who, in these hard times, manages
TO make both ends meet.
.George has had a good many pull
backs 10 life" said a young wife to
friend Aud when the friend said, Yes
| saw him with one. yesterday" the wife
got mad.
Farmers have learned that it takes the
best of soil to raise mortgage
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11

A T Err NAL.
MASONIC.
oval Arch M aSon -.

THE regular Con vacations of VAN buren, CHAPTER,
L No. 3, k. A. NJ, are held at Masonic Hall ON
Monday Evening after Saturday before the full
res pectfuly invited to attend.
j. g. KENNEDY. Il. P.
W. II. II, SHIRLEY Secretary, deeltf
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
POET RY.
Written for the Press.
My Dream.
ny A GIRL.

ny A GIRL.
l. seemed to walk all alone by the river,
As the sun summer-rays boiled down,
And the leaves of the trees seemed to CULVER,
And music filled the air all around.
And my heart twas as light as II feather,
As stood ON the bank of the stream.
While in mind was wondering whether
My life would so happy ever seem.
In moment, cen while | was thinking,
figure strangely stepped by my side.
And knew by its smiles and its blinking,
1t had come that it might me deride.
I'm an angel that is sent for your warning,
To tell you and to bid you beware,
For chasm, that near you is yawning.
May engulf you deeply down in its snare.
lon are loving man. said the stranger,
Who will faint evry stream of your life;
He's drunkard, and know there is danger
In your ever becoming his wife,"
These were all of the words it had spoken,
But they startled me out of my sleep;
On the In PROV the engagement was broken,
And have now no occasion 10 Weep,
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11

got to say is, they might as well never
have been invented"
But it was owing to postal card that
Mr.. Devens married gray haired bride,
and that Laura Vaughn welded Grip.
pied lover.
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
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The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11

Ohio ha. boy with there eyss. LORD
help the fellow who goes TO soc tAat o0yS
big sister
Two little girls were comparing prog.
ross in cateehism study. have gos
to original SIM" said one. "How re-
have YOU got p "Oh, have got beyond
REDEMPTION" said the other.
The experienced editor can always sslt
=. s;,h, tho man who comes in with his
Irst attempts at original poetry. re
walks ON tiptoe, and looks as though ~
had inst passed counterfeit bill %
stranselct baby
The Van Buren press., 1878-06-11
10. O, T.,

CRAWFORD LODGE, No. 8, of ODD FELLOWS,
II meets every Friday, at o clock p. Nj, at their
Hall in Eagle Block.
II0MAS N. MCGEE, n. g.
BERKELEY NEAL, Sec'y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16
For the Last Time.

There is a touch Of pathos about
doing even the simplest thing for
the last time" 1t is not alone
kissing the dead hat gives you
strange pain. You feel it when
you have looked your last time
upon some scene you have loved
when YOU stand in some quiet city
street, where you know that you
will never stand again. The actor
playing his part for the last time;
the singer whose voice cracked
hopelessly, and who after this once
will never stand before the sea Of
up-turned faces, disputing the plau-
dts with fresher voices and fairer
forms; the minister who has preach
ed his last sermon-these all know
the hidden bitterness of the two
words "never again. How they
come to us on u birthdays as
we grow older! Never again
always nearer and neare to the
very last-the end which is uni
v@ersal, "the last thing" which
shall follow all last things and turn
them, let us hope, from pain to joys.
We put away u boylsh toy.
with an odd headache. We were
too old to walk any longer on our
stilts-too tall to play marbles on
he sidewalk. Yet there was q
pang when we thought we hac
played with orr merry thoughts
for the last time, and life serious.
grown up work was waiting for US.
Now we do want the last toy;
back. Life has other and larger
playthings for us. May it not b.
that these, too, shall to th'
light of some far-off day as th'
boyish games seem to our manhood
and we shall learn hat death IS bu
the opening of the gate into tn
new land Of promise ?-Erchange
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16
MAY 16. 1881

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16
Seeding Down With Corn

Many OF the farmers in Bethel,
Vt, make q practice Of seeding
their corn-fields to grass after hoe
ing the last time, and consider it a
very sure way OF getting a ''catch.'
The shade of tie corn protects the
young grass from the sun; and
after the corn is cut off, the grass
makes a rapid growth until winter,
often growing from Il to two feet
high. Clover can be sowed in this
way, and obtains such a start that
there is not much danger of winter
killing as is often the case with
that sowed later in the season.
Only level culture should be prac-
tised, and the use of the roller the
next spring is recommended. X.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16
Field Experiments.

The Michigan Agricultural CO..
lege has done good service - ayr
culture N their fe.i experiments
which have been - carefully re-
ported - 70 furns h data for ov5ei-
nal investigation and We are sorry
that they have not been carried on,
continuously for long series Of
years. We wish particularly 10
refer to the results u u c1E-r-
ment. when the trial vas made
with corn. on ]. lc.ci field. AMI j.
field u apparently great uns:orm.-
" q composition. Tins he.d va
dlUced into twenty eight plots
No manure vas applied. anu the
field received uniform Treatment
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

Fodder Value Of Crops.

Will you give through the .Seie.-
tine Turner, all approximate esti-
mate OF the relative value OF peas
and oats, clover. millet, Hungarian
grass, aud green corn, as feed for
solllng dairy cows IN milk: And
obllge the Rural Hill and Wood
Vile Farms Club.
\. {. WARRINrS. Pres.
RURAL HILL, y. Y. Mar. %, 1878.
We a but give the chemical
ANALYSES and make certain arbitra-
~ calculations. a so much depends
upon the condition Of the crops
when cut, etc. vet the figures be
perhaps give TO relative values
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

CULTIVATION OF BEANS.--E. NJ,
Of Montgomery Co., y. u, writes:
"Beans are neglected too much by
farmers. | find them very profita-
BILE, and cultivate them every wear,
as a regular crop. Last year, at
the suggestion of a friend, | plant
ed two acres of a six-acre corn-feld
in beans, putting beans and corn
in alternate hills, about two feet
apart IN the rows, and rows three
and q half feet apart apart. The
balance of the field was planted IN
corn, In hills three and a half feet
apart each way. | used the small
white bean, twenty quarts to the
From the two acres | harvested
about forty bushels of beans; and
the yield Of corn was not five bush
els less per acre than the balance
Of the field. The bean crop wa;
much more profitable than the corn
| stack beans around stakes, foul
or five feet high, and thresh as sool
as dry enough.'-Practical Farmer
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

WEEDS As FooD PLANTS
Among our common weeds are to
be found many that are occasion
ally used as food. The tender
stalks of burdock some people eat,
boiled as asparagus. Chickweci,
boiled, in the spring, is considered
as remarkably good greens. Sheph-
erd's-purse has a taste, when boiled,
approaching that Of the cabbage.
Lamb's-lettuce, or plgweed, \
sometimes boiled and eaten as SPIN
age. The common ncttle IS e.
teemed, IN Scotland, Poland and
Germany, a good substitute for
spinage. The willow-herb, Epl1-
hmm 1uguStifoliun', has tender
shoots in the spring, which may be
eaten as asparagus. Pursley Is
eaten by many as greens, and is e.
teemed. The ox-eye daisy pro
duces IN spring succulent, tender
leaves, which are used in italy IL
salads. The poke weed, Phgt0i1eca
decandra, furnishes an ample snip
ply Of young shoots. which may b
boiled and eaten as spinage.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

We here lnd . greater variation
than ordinarily occurs between
fields treated with different qua
ues OF manure: and the comparison
Of the Slight variations between the
figures Of the average column show
how very important Il i 20 carry
on field experiments on sufficient
" large scale III order to obtain re-
suits IN n way reliable - i guide
to practice.
On another field, where manure
was applied on some Of the plots,
and no manure on others, We find
a similar illustration Of tie eff
cheney Of these small field expert
mcnts. In some Of the cases. the
adjoining plots, MANFRED and un-
MANFRED, gave the same Weld, Is
below:
Pot \. HI Unmanured ......e27 bus. corn
IL ! Manur,d ..--.-..t-l bus. coin
In other cases the unmanured
plot gave better results than the
adjoining manfred plot, as below:
Plot \ b U%nmanured -. 90 bus. corn
y. c. Manu- ed......-..10o bu-. co L
These plots were 2xi rods, ard
the product estimated for the acre.
We thus see now fallacIous these
field experiments may be. which
are continually being tried, ana
whose conclusions are published
as facts for practice.
We will illustrate again, by some
experiments reported IN 1919, made
on potatoes:
With Fertilizer. without F
tariy Shaw-.-........ 2545 232 "
These plots were in juxtaposition:
and the conclusion, If we must
come to n from these figures, l.
that super-phosphate is Injurious
to the potato. Yet, We do not be-
lieve
If we must arrive at a concIu-
sion, it IS this: that field expert
ments, as carried out on SINAI.
plots, are very defective guides /,
practice. 4 careful analysis ..
the results NAV teach US much a.
to the laws Of plant growth, etc.
but that as guides to practice the,
must not be followed unquestiona
blv. The only safe experiments f..
the farmer Il use are those whicl
cover sufficient area Of land, say OH
acre; possibly less may answer, bu
more advantageOusly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-16

The above are the figures as APP
pear IN VOLTS Tables. Hungarian
grass differs but little probably from
mlllet, but we do not find any anal
yses.
1t is generally assumed that 81
per cent. of the albuminoids, 30
per cent. Of the fiber, 20 per cent.
OF the fat, &c per cent. of the carbo-
hydrates are digested.
Mr. y. W. Cheever, an authority
on solllng, estimates Hungarian
highly as green fodder, on account
OF It's heavy yield per acre and con
convenience.