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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
Deaths.

At Goshen, July 25, Robert Palmer, son of Aseph H. Palmer, aged yeals At Chapinville, July 8, infant son of Delton and Luella Ostrum.
 At East Canaan, June IA, of diphtheria, Eugene, only son of Ezra Roraback, aged s years.
 At Wolcottville, July g, Mrs. Eliza McEa- wee, aged 45 years. et
 At Wolcottville, July 9, MT. Ephraim Eel lows, aged D. .,
 At New Haven, July %, Mary A., wife of George Loomis and daughter of E. o. Peck of this place, aged 32. The remains were brought to Litchfield for interment.
 At Kent, July 25th, after a long and painful illness, Caroline, daughter of the late James Stuart, aged 61 years
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
West Cornwall.
is about finished

Having is about finished
 -Dr. Sanford, of the ''Plains," is improv- ing.
 --Dr. Heady, of the Bridge, /" has returned from the oil regions.
 A good time coming-an Advent camp meeting mile below Cornwall Bridge, this week. ..#
 Mir. George Bradley of West Cornwall was the owner of a horse horse which reared up, fell backward, and broke his neck recently
 MT. c. c. Harrison had i've sheep killed by dogs, recently. As we possess none of the canine tribe we rest easy about paying for sheep killed by dogs. Our selectmen have made a rule to pay but five dollars for each sheep killed.
 Almost every woman, girl and small boy boy you meet hereabouts, is loaded down with huckleberries.
 The "Plumb's patent refrigerator milk Car" IS giving general satisfaction throughout the Housatonic.
 The trustees of the insolvent firm of Pratt S Foster are selling off the goods in .the store at reduced prices. .-n The school in this village has closed for vacation of two weeks A.
 East Cornwall.
 Most of our people are nearly through hay ing and report very heavy crop-more than the barns will hold. Mr. James Blake is mak- ing a stack in his meadow neer the church.
 Crops are all looking finely and promise we'll
 MT. Earl L. Guild, of Amenia,N Y, has been visiting friends here and at Bethlehem, and his daughter, Miss Hattie, has returned with him to make visit. About July 1st, MT. Daniel Perkins gave me an apple nearly two years old, grown on their farm in the Centennial fall, 1876 It was a Rexbury russett, sound and of good flavor.
 Rev. Mir. Smith has appointed temper auce meeting at the Baptist church for next | Sunday evening, Aug. 4th, and is expecting some very brilliant talent from abroad, as we'll | as our own home talent which will do its level best. Mir. w. J, s. NIcAllister of New Haven will be present and speak. He will al- so speak at Bantam, Aug. Sd. JACK.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01

$O to O0 orunss % Ms eSsry noD SoGfhs Book sent free explaining everything. Address,
 1h4H
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
New Preston.

Rev. H. Lancashire has returned from Whitehall, N. Y., not N J. as was printed last week.
 Edward Wooster, from New Haven, is visiting his mother and friends. .4s. .a Watson Cogswell's dog ''Sank" passed away one day last week. He had symptoms of poisoning, but some thought him mad. He was good bird-deg, never did anybody any harm, and had one eye. There was dance among the city folks at Martin Ackerman's, Lakeside, one night last week.
 When the frosts were last May, you know, the wiseacres wpung their hands and with their chins hanging despondingly cried, ''Oh there goes our apple crop!" I've look ed about, but these same fellows don't exist now. If nothing happeus we shall have an excellent crop hereabeuts.
 Picnic parties and fishing excursions to Waralhaug Lake seem to be the fashion, just now. There are several camps about the lake too.
 At the temperance meeting, Saturday night, the pastor of the Baptist church at Bantam was present and made some happy remarks.
 The mad tobacconst walks o'er the fields,
 Dressed in a ragged pair of pants,
 Feroclously a-seekng for
 Vermiculous tobacco plants.
 It is most strange that intellectual man
 Who snuffs, smokes and 'chaws" should choos
 To kill unieelingly the brainless worm
 Which is so wise it only Lhews.
 There is not as much of the weed growing as usual, which will perhaps make better prices for the few who are raising it. Farm CTS says rye is heavy crop, hay excellent, and there is fine prospect of more than av. craze corn crop. Even should pork be only six cents a pound, next fall, it is expected most land owners will be able to winter through.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
Births.

At Goshen, July 23, daughter to .Mr. an Mrs. Lorenzo Beach, of Bridgeport.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01

RoBERTsvILLE forests are being rapidly con- verted into coal, says the Herald. One job furnishes 70,000 bushels which are transported to Barnunl, Richardson S Co.'S furnaces. ''The hills are denuded and reveal hideous face"
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
You must cure that Cough.

With Shiloh's Consumption Cure you can cure yourself. It has established the fact that Consumption can be cured, while for Coughs Bronchitis whooping Cough, Asthma, and ali diseases of Throat and Lungs, it is absolutely without an equal. Two doses will relieve your child of Group, it is pleasant to take and per fectly harmless to the youngest child, and no mother can afford to be without it. You can use two thirds of bottle and if what we say is not true we will refund the price paid. Price 10 cts. 50 cts. and $1. % per bottle. If your Lungs are sore or chest or back lame use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by Vessels 6 Gates.
 Why will you suffer with Dyspepsia and liv- CT complaint, Constipation, and general debili- ty when. you can get at our store Shiloh's Sys- tenn Vitalizer which we sell ona positive guar antee to cure you. Price 10 cts. and 75 cts. Fer r'sale by Vessels 6 Gates. aSAs7tfsA
 sHACKMETACK' a popular and fragrant perfume. Sold by Wessells & Gates, Litch- field, Conn., elsewhere by dealers generally.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
IENL RlEIH RLlll!

ParsOns' Purgative Pills make New Rich Blood and will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months. Any person who will take pill each night from to twelve weeks may be re-. stored to sound health, if such thing is possible. Sent by mail for letter stamps. I. s. JOHHSON & CO.,, Bangor Me lT-4w
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01

n can mske money faster at work for us than at anything else. Capital not required; we will start you. $l2 per day at home made by the in- D dustIious. Men, women, boys and wanted to work for us, Now is tle time. Costly outfit and terms free. Addree TRUE Co.,, Augusta. Maine. 4Sly
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
0be fitlI)helh Gnauirer,
 uTcRFIElD, CONN.
Clubbing Rates.

CSunty subscribers we oner the following peri .ss. wtsh the Enquirer, at ike following yearly
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01

ToRRNeFoRD has it's quota of city boarders. Austin Birge has four from New York. Gay lord Watson is at his brothers, Crank Watson) with his family for the warm season. @
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-01
+NsT N1arr1ageS-

At the parsonage in Harwinton, July 2Oth, by the Rev. W. N. Meserve, Geo. Rice of Wolcottville, to Addie Johnson of Harwinten.
 At Winsted, July .23d, by the Rev. S. B. Forbes, Herman K. Vosburgh and Lizzie w. Campbell, both of Winsted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

saw a small piece of ground sowed
to wheat by Mr.. H.. 7. Jones, Of
Hillsboro, in drills one foot apart.
1t was experimental. Two quarts
of wheat were sown, and the meas
ured yield was eight bushels OF
clean wheat, and the stalks were
stiff, strong and healthy. On the
same ground, wheat sown broad
cast, that might have promised one
fourth of that proportlonate yield
to the acre, would have laid flat to
the ground before it ripened.
And this hint may be profitably
acted upon on a larger scale.
j. b. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

long ago been a reality. Since 1886
the North Carolina road has been
III active operation the Atlantic
and North Carolina road IS very
little the junior OF the first: the
Western North Carolina road has
long since fixed Itself al the foot OF
the mountains, and Is engaged III
bursting through the last barrier
that STAYS It's progress 10 the west.
In the meantime other roads
were constructed or have since come
into existence. The Wilmington
and Weldon road Is one great line
of travel between North and South;
the Raleigh and Castor opens up
another pathway 10 the sea. and,
pushing forward the Raleigh and
Augusta Air Line road Is a com
petltor with It's rivals for the travel
and traffic of the South and West;
the Piedmont road has been built
to form "a connection between the
| Richmond and Danville and the
North Carolina roads: a road on
meets the Western y. {. road with
the lines at Charlotte: a road ex-
tends from Fayetteville to the Coal
Fields, and now pushing It's way to
form farther Western connections
and alliances; another important
road, the Carolina Central, connects
Wilmington with Charlotte and
the county beyond; another eX-
tends from Wilmington through
the southern tier of the counties
of North Carolina and South Caro-
lima into the States beyond; other
shorter lines exist elsewhere, and
the whole State is now united by
rail roads interlacing every part.
OF the effects we shall speak IN our
next. j. ID. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

ground article Is worth I to 1!
cents in New York. | have been
preaching on this text these ten
years, and putting people in cor
respondence with the FrederIcks-
burg dealers and grinders. And
the business has IN that time spread
over the whole of Virginia.: until
now We can ship the crude leaf 10
Petersburg to be manufactured.
Perhaps IN ten years more 1t VIII
occur TO some one that North Car
DINA NAV as well make the add
tional two or two and-a-half cents
per pound, and at the same time
set a few thousand of our people IN
the way of making money enough
for their store bills. How much
would even 500. 600, which might
easily have been thus added to our
resources this year, have contrlbu-
ted to the relief of the hard times.
1t is by such means and such means
alone that the people will abolish
hard times, and never by looking
to Congressional financial tinker
ING. w. G.. Il.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

1t is worthy Of note, that the
mean temperature Of June is much
below the usual average for this
month, which is 10 and the max
imum is also less by %, while the
minimu malls 80 below the usual
figure. This month, therefore,
was quite exceptionally cool, al
though the rainfall is forty per
cent. low. Doubtless the range Of
the thermometer had some connec.
ton with the damage of the wheat
crop by rust, for not only was the
temperature low, but the humidity
was high, which is an important
factor IN the result. w. G.. K.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS
BY THE GRAND MASTER
OF NORTH CAROLINA
GRANGE

MASTERS OFFICE,
\. G.. STATE GRANGE.
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 81. Is1~ !
To the Patrons IF Ha>baair0 NJ S..
X x y
Bros j. Il. Winston ". r. Co...
and j. A. Harris were appointed .
Committee on the Organ uudgru
above resolution. SAID commit
have reported that they .a
made satisfactory a%rraugcmea
with the FARMER AND Mu.ut>..
an Agricultural journal, pu5...a
IN the city of Raleigh, and .o ~
commend the FARMER A>H VI.
CHASIC S the organ Of oar o-
Patrons,-It is with pleasure
announce to you that the FAaN.
AND MECHANIC is the organ "
order. In it viii be published
reports and communicate .ra.
the Masters office and the Office s
the Executive Committee. ..s
can be made public. Each Pa.r'.
should not only subscribe for "
but should send to the manager
"itcms" that will be Of general
terest to our order. Master --
Secretary's Of subordinate et-.-
will have this announcement H.
before their respective gran
Trusting that each Of yoo ".. -
IN extending the circulation o.
organ and in building it up.
| am, f]ratcrnaIly,
S. b. ALENtNuiH.
Master \. &. State Gran.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

Sir Garnet Wolseley I...
ton in Cyprus was mo-t eA.~.
siastic. At the brow OF the -.
near which Nicosia Is -it.'a.7
he was met by the GreeN pre-.
who, amid the cheer Of
crowd, poured scent over j..
hands gave him bouquets.
said a few words OF welcome ID
the gate there was an 'm..4.
concourse of the lnhabl.a..
with many Turkish "o,- ID
Tremendous cheering gree'@I -
Governor, who, escorted p.
guard of honor Of TURKISH
diers and British sailor 'A..
ed his way through the oal-..
covered over head with VIII.
and canvas, and reached .-
Greek house where he VIII .'
ably fix his temporary hea"I
terS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

MASTERS OFFICE,
\. G.. STATE GRANGE.
CHARLOTTE, Aug. 81, Isl !
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
WHEAT.

Southern Planter and Farmer there
is a letter from Col. Randolph
Harrison, upon the unsettled ques-
ton of the proper quantity of
wheat to be sOwed to the acre.
The establishment of this question
is important, both as regards econ
omy of seeding and perfection of
quality and amount of yield. Far
mers of North Carolina seem to
have agreed, tacitly, to fix the limit
at one bushel per acre, and rarely
exceed, and less often fall below
that quantity; and perhaps it is as
safe an average is can be adopted
for the generality of lands, if the
plan of broadcasting is persisted IN.
We know that in the red lands
of Orange and in similar soils in
other counties, a variety of opin-
ions exist, governed by the quality
of those soils some contending
that where the soil exceeds in rich
ness, there the seeding should be
heaviest; when it is thin or poor
the quantity should be less. On
this latter point we shall have
nothing to say, finding no favor or
indulgence for poor lands for wheat,
because there is no profit in them,
and they ought to be improved or
given to other crops than wheat.
A crop of four bushels to the acre
does not pay expenses. But in rich
soils IN the red lands we think
there is an error in regard to
crowding the growth. Those lands
produce a luxuriant growth of stem
and leaf, but at the sacrifice of
strength and ultimate perfect ma
turlty-one, perhaps the principal
cause OF which is that the very
lu%xurlance of growth counteracts
vigorous maturity by the effect of
shade. The exclusion of sunlight
from any vegetation, or even ami
mai growth, is the source of debili-
ty. The stem is wanting in strength
and stiffness to endure the weight
OF the head, or to withstand the
effects of wiEd or rain; and under
either, the most promising portion
OF the crop, when once started
will all go down, like a row o.
bricks set on end, thus disprovins
the theory,-and every farmer ha:
experience of it,-that thick whea
sustains itself.
In addition to this fact of tn,
influence of shade, there is anothe
of equal Importance to be remem
bered /: These red lands are def
cient both in lime and silica, bot
essential to health and strength
and when to these deficiencies i
added that of shade, there will b
found an explanation of the disas
trous ending of many a bright an
ticipation.
In the absence Of lime and silica
1T would seem best to improve tn
lands to their highest capacity b
the manures most readily attaina
BILE, or by clover, or by turnin
under peas or other green crops
n then put In the wheat by drills
IN which case, while a smalle
quantity of seed would be needed
the plant would have full exposur
to Ill and light essentials {
healthy growth. Every one hs
observed the growth of the solitar
gram, dropped accidentally in son
rich spot; how abundant the tiller
how strong the stalk, how health
the grain. This is the hint to a.
upon in charging the operation
seeding in drills when the san
effects are produced on a larg
scale. During the last season v
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
STATE 2.


In our last we considered the
natural causes which had occasion
ed alienation of the different sec
tons Of the State, and the reasons,
the o%utgrowths of habit, which had
perpetuated that alienation and
threatened to make it more endur-
ing and fatal; aud we proposed to
consider the steps which had been
taken. and which were now in pro-
gress to counterfeit those unhappy
influences. There was but n
thing that could have done 1.-THE
modern introduction Of railroads,
and the application of steam as a
motive power. For some system
of material improvement was neces-
sary to link distant and alien &c
tons with each other; and until the
use of railroads, but two forms pre-
sented themselves, the utilization of
rivers, or the digging of canals.
But al the rivers of the State are
cut off from the interior by the IN
evitable barrier of the granite for
nation, common to all, crossing
and obstructing their beds at an
uncomfortable distance from the
sea, and defining imperatiyely the
limits of navigation and as for
canals the topography Of the coun-
try made them impracticable from
the vast expense of their construc-
ton, even if profitable points Of
connection could have been found,
or if permanent feeders could have
been made a steady reliance for suf-
ficiency of waters. And there was
nothing left but the railroad.
In 1S25-'26 the Liverpool and
MdlCllcSUcl IdlllOdu was OpoIlcu
for traffic-the first of the kind in
existence of that length, and for
that purpose. About the time Of
its successful inauguration DR..
Joseph Caldwell, president of the
University of North Carolina, Wis
tied England on business connected
with that institution, and saw that
road. His sagacious eye instantly
seized upon suggestions made to a
mind full of patriotic affections for
his adopted State. He had lived
long enough in North Carolina to
appreciate the disadvantages under
which the State laborcd. Himself
at its very centre, his only connec-
ton with the outer world was by
the miserable dirt roads which then,
as now, existed, a reproach to civ.
illzation.
Upon his return from England
he published those wonderful let.
tiers of Carlton" so novel in tbei]
suggestions, SO startling in theil
plans, so comprehensive in theil
views, SO minute and sagacious il
their details, as, looked upon nov
in the lights of a perfect fulflment
they amaze as the utterings of in
spired prophecy. Upon the gen
Grafton to which they we're address
ed they fell like the rawlings O
lunacy or the Authorizations o
fantasy; only there were a few
heedful ears that treasured up tn,
wise words spoken to a faithles.
generation, and in years long afte
the prophet or the sage had beer
gathered to his fathers. called then
5 out CT their silent resting place
and put them to use.
1t is remarkable that almost fl
identical lines mapped out by DR.
Caldwell in 1927 or 1S37-we for
! get which, for it is many wear
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22
HILLSBORO, Aug, IS, 1875

Capt. Il. 4. ShotmeU,
DEAR SIR In transferring an
article from the local columns of
the HillsbOrO Recorder of a recent
date headed GLORIOUS Hybridiz-
ing" you as well as other journals
who have done the same, have made
a correction in the name of the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

H-This paper is printed at 10 p. NJ.
every Wednesday. Price 81. in adj
vance. 1t is the Official Mouth-piece
of the Department of Agriculture, I'm
migration and Statistics Gov. l.. b.
Vance, Chairman Col. l.. L.. Polk,
Commissioner. Monthly reports are
furnished by two or more correspond
ents from every county in North Caro-
lima, giving all items of interest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

"a wasp's nest contain
cells" and the greatest Oh
cells is to sit down Oh lA'
under the mistaken lmpt'
that all the wasps have 9oH. ..
seaside or somewhere on d 'S'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

On Sunday last A9hth-H-
tered a Methodist meetih7
in Mapping, Conn, anu .
off a woman switch, sent It
ing over the pcws, Il VAIN
the godly against the unfI7H-1%0 e..
ness OF worshipping IN false "
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

The Rev. f. p. Roes FTlus .tu,rt.'
son was awarded by the Mass tha
Horticultural Society 'ut!-t ~
first prize" offered Tor
quarts of raspberrles.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

\ ours,

Col. Cameron Is mistaken. NJ.
made no corrections, NOR eve.
sur the squib referred to, prior &.
It's appearance IN print. II Ma.
chpped, rerbatin, from the H..
de', and comments added hy t..
Department. X, A.. $
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-08-22

plaat.the cause Of the rr,n-
cbancInr Il H. .Ior,.
choke" when 1T VA,
written and printed
Oak" This latter mann.
signedly written because ill.,
has a real existence. and mon
~ suggests the agency of the
DrldlZlng than auNtAln-
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-07-26
eight With the Red lie, lis u Thin two
miles Of Pend1et D.-(:reat LEX
element In Town.

On Friday evening the 18th int.
fred Foster aud ~ number OF the ci,,.
-"ns Of PendIeton started to 90 to the
Agency after the body Of Geo. Ccgyan
aud the wounded man Bunker. When
t'ey got ur 10 Winup>no,'s uhe Umn.
tia Ch'rf) house they were fred on b.
the Indians. There were Is whites
started from Pendieton. portion Of
whom rcfr-ated on the first fire. Firing
continued for about two hours and a hall.
when the In'iaDs began drawing If to-
wards the Agency, aud the whites fall
ing back towards town When the bows
came III excitement was running high,
rvcryh' DIV assembled at the mill and
Court house and a heavy smard was
placed out during he night. Never he
lore have We seen SO much exrite,r n,
n town as On this orcasinn. The 10.
men generally were cool and soliposscs-
sci. hut quite Il number of the braves
assembled in and around Penaleton be-
cane panic stricke en-, some hiding in one
place a, d. >oa.e III auoh her. some men
armed with eeile guns and 40 rounds
ct ammunition. sec,csed themselves in
the mill among the women and children
and remained there Till forced out or
compelled to give up their guns.
1t appears that during times Of dan.
gcr wh'n men should be cool. 81, me he
come entir ly delnoralized and ac' with
out prudence or judgement whatever.
Whenever an lndian of any description
comes TO town. il i, is only old crippled
I"ol-sl. some want 10 kill him. w.
have Indian troubles enough withon,
nrov"k'ng any more at present. II the
Umatlla- will remain quiet, for the SAX e
Of your families let them do so. and do
not provoke quarrel with them at
present. We have no confidence in
the n. but watch them and give them no
advantage. and when the war ia over. If
the government don't look after them.
then so.aiter them in you- own way.
hut ut present use Judgment. be calm
aud keep cool,-East Orgonian, July
20'h.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-07-26

q CtrLD Not CArcH HiM-Onc day las,
fwesk man appeared in our midst repre
Esen1rng himself as being dispatch carrier
70 'r Gen. Howard. He was here until 3 ,ur
&day when he WINS recognized as being II de
il fertrr, he was riding up and down the
xstree's on n fne hooking horse and dis.
f'o""'e" ~ front OF oae our prominent
IA 'o'es' where he was appro seized by citizen
- "' soldier and Was told by them thar hp
may consider hin,s-lf ardrr arrest as a de
ser'er' He had >too much ..chin mnsic"
'or 'hem and biuffrd them or and walked
'on the other eide of the stree, and STAYED
there while and finally he .e, out To fas,
for his. nrsuers TO ov+1iake him, aad las,
seen o. him be was Gosng over the hill, ~,
the opposite side "i Snake river and his
pursucrs on this side
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-07-26

The governor has lnsli ucted the shcr.
III q: Uma'illa c"unty TO make special
Efforts tn ascertain Whit Indians of the
Umatilla reservation aided the t.,,stil.s
or committed depredu'ions aud to arrest
aud hold for trial all sach, whether
found on or of the reservation. lie
has also called the attention Of the pros
ecuting attorney Of the district to the
same matter, aud requests his active CO.
operation.- Oregonidn.