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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

OATS ON GRAvELLY CLAY LAND.-'I
have field, mostly red, gravelly clay land,
cleared IL or IL years, lies well and is
washed but little. All the land of this
kind, in this section, makes, while fresh,
good corn, wheat or oats. In March OF
last year this field was ploughed (subsoilcd)
to the depth of s inches, and planted in
corn late in April The cultivation was
clean, thoughIot due time; The crop
was very poor oreV No fertilizers were
used The field was in corn the year before
also. In September last the crop was cut
off with knives, and in October Il bushels
oats per acre were sown on the rough
ground, and turned under and Immediately
dragged. The crop is good. You now
have the conditions The question with
Inc is this: Can SOW this field in oats
again this fall, and with like seasons, &C..
and expect as good Il crop as the present
one, without fertilizers Or even with
fertilizer, will the land be in condition.
mechanically or chemically, to make good
crop! And if you say use fertilizer,
what kind and quantity for the best and
cheapest? [ have no stable manure nor
cotton seed to use on ts.-Agricultor."
oats may be grown on the same land, and in
some instances they seem to improve from
year to year. The best plan for you, is to sow
down land at once in peas bushels per
acrc-with view to turning under the
vines the last of September, when the oats
may be sown and ploughcd in with the
vines. Sow $50 lbs. acid phosphate per
acre with the peas, and if the season is
favorable, you will have every reason to an
ticipate as good a crop the next year as the
present ono. The ploughing in of the peas,
and afterwards the ploughing in of the
vines, will bring the soil into good mechau-
ical condition and it may be still farther
improved by several harrowings in different
directions, using harrow with teeth in
clincd backwards, SO as not to pull up the
vines to the surface again.-iSounterm Cul-
ttcut0r.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
THE FALL OF CARDINAL WoLsEY.

Farewell n long farewell to all my greatness .
This is the State Of Maine; to-day man puts
forth
The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms
And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ;
The third day comes potato bug;
Tho fourth day this bug sends for his family
And gets reduced rates OH the railroad
For a colony of his neighbors.
The sixth day grasshoppcr and q Junebug
Put in appearance, and seeing that
IT is fine opening for young people,
They send for all their kith and kin,
Who settle around the poor cuss like
The seventeen year locusts in Egypt:
And when he thinks, good, easy man,
Full surely his greatness is ripcning,
They eat him up slick as whistle.
No: even sparing the brass buckle on the.
Back of his pants
l have venturcd, like little wanton boys
That swim Oh bladders,
These many summers in sea of glory,
In full view Of railroad trains,
But ut last Eve come to grief
My high blown pride at length broke under,
And has left me, weary and old with service
and
Afflicted with curvture of the spine, ringbone
SPAWN, poll-evil, rheumatism, unable to SWIM
And at tho mercy Of rude stream
That must forever hide me-
Vain pomp and glory Of this world, l hate we !
] feel my heart new opened oh, how wretched
Is that poor cuss that hangs on
Princes favors, and expects an appointment !!
There is betwixt that "smie" he would aspire
to,
That sweet aspect of princes and his ruin,
More bangs and tears than wars women kave'
And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer
Learning TO skate, never to hope again
Oil City Derrick.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

To DESTROY BUGs.-To destory bugs
on squash and cucumber vines, dissolve a
tablespoonful OF saltpctre in pailful Of
water. Put pint of this around each hili
shaping the earth so that it will not spread
much, and the thing is done. The more
saltpctrc if you can afford tit is good
for vegetable, but death to animal life
The bugs burrow in the earth at night, AID
- in the morning. 1t is also good
ty4!Sllse grub in peach trces-only using
twice as much, say quart to each tree
There was not yellow or blistcred leaf on
II or Is trees to which it was applied last
season. No danger of killing any vege-
table with it-a concentrated solution ap-
piled to beans make them grow rapidly
SO. UusJantlnean.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
JOHN AND AGNES.

If Mrs. jerks were widow jerks,
And honest John were free,
AT Hymen's altar firmly linked,
Lo what q. team they'd be !
If poker were game of lies,
The stake nations fate,
Sure this would be the sort of pair
To play and beat straight.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
rEOCF.
l,naT is NEEDED.
BosToS, Feb. Is, 1871.
Mn. II. X. STEW Ss:

BOBTON, Feb. IS, ISIl
Mn. IL. X. STEVENS:
D..r S-r-Nhnut enc yo-r sin-n found myself
in = .''r.. ,un, iun ir'In rcrnr"! dC.tIty. Ert-.
1 sI.uNi,.,y nriuc;.C,rt 10 y e by ilcnt
i",,,a IuGi, bcu"iIIe1 unrsr. ,,.red
art i, ...i. after GSnS stHrr"i ,;.os,
...,.rI I-,.tI, . "a ,ii. ..ud ~. G'C. feel
.tu ",,.,.,d ~ tr.n iI1 It'i' Ir superior to
...:u'., .Ur w. ..Iti', le'Icity pro-
.,.,i. and MuL!i Ic"r.ul.y ..'.nrI IL 1" tEoro
-. u"",I '.lic tors tJrG i..en TO
pea .G.I iva.,. Itc' pc, t.u..! y,ITs,
u |. rETriNGlI T..
Iir.a oI :. Nj. l-ttnyi., b Co,
.,u. 10 Site street, Eoston
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

How TO RAISE LARGE STRAWBERRIES.
Pres Wilder, the famous horLiculturist
when asked how he succeeded in growing
such beautiful Strawberries, replied -
'Thrcc things arc ncccssory-First, you
should give them plenty Of rater. But
this will not answer unless you observe the
second requisite, viz !; give the plants lille
more rater. But with all this labor and
care you will fail in obtaining the best re-
suits if you fail in the third condition, viz:
gee The plants more ,rdier." The straw
berry. bed once well established, swatcr is
thu y6ry fertilizer needed to make mann.
motE berries.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

Beer has been known to explode in casks,
and thore is no knowing what it may do to
men. A man full of beer is liable, at any
moment "a go,ef homo and blow up his
family.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

TO PRESERVE PEA AND BEAN SEED
TO preserve pea or bean seed in the
South, all that is necessary is to put the
seed in wood boxes or jars. Soak small
pieces Of cork in kcrosinc oil or turpcntinc
and mix with the seed. Put away in dry
place
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

Every once in while VIC hear of Cal
ifornia woman killing bear This is all
right. But we challenge the world to ran
sack the pages of history and show us
where woman has ever got away with 4
mouse
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

"Whats the matter with your eye,
Tommy :" "Oh, it's only been going
through an operation at the hands Of a
knockulist, that's ALL"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

She was plump and beautiful, and he was
wil4jy fond of her; she hated him, but,
woman.likc, she stroyc to catch him He
was hea.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

TO PoULTRY Observation-Disclosures Of the
Cultivator engaged in poultry raising, should
heed this useful suggestion "Put table
spooaasaTi Il.of sulphur in the nest as soon us
the hens or turkeys arc set. The heat of
the fowls causes the fumes Of the sulphur
to penetrate every part of their bodies, and
every louise is killed, and as all nits are
Matched within ten days, when the mother
leaves the nest with her brood, she is per-
fcctly free from nits or lice
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

TREATMENT OF uEAvEs.-ITcaves is
often an hereditary or constitutional disease,
depending upon narrow and Informed
chest at ether times it results from nerve
weakness, and from indigestion, or it may
be result of all three combined. 1t is,
therefore, seldom successfully treated by
medicine The course usually followed
with success is to give moist, cut feed but
little corn, feeding crushed oats chiefly, in
its place to givo with the feed four drauis
of sulphate Of iron, with an equal quantity
of ground gentian root, and to be careful
not to overload the stomach with either
food Or watek
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

whats that man yelling at 7" asked an
Illinois farmer Of his boy. "Why," chuck
led the boy, he's yelling at the top Of his
voice"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
w EST SPRIN GS,

WIILL be open for visitors July lst, 1873
w The finest water in the South, not cx-
cellcd in America.
II is adapted to the cure of Consump ton,
Dyspepsia, Brights diseases of the Kidneys,
Fomale diseases, Dropsy, Nervous Prost ration,
Overworked systems and Broken down Consti-
tutions and Dysentery.
A cure is guaranteed in case of simple dysen-
Terry.
Hot and Cold Baths.
Board per month. h.........................S20 GO
Week. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 6 90
Day........... OO
Tahc Hack al SporiaS7rg or Union,
Address, GEO. S. ANDERSON,
;prorrieioF.
JulY5 &c If
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

GREEN Corn PUDDING-Onc dozen ears
of corn grated. Three eggs, well beaten,
one pint Of sweet milk, half cupful of
butter, one large spoonful of sugar, pepper
and salt. Bake in large pudding pan two
hours
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

To KILL RATs.-A writer in the Ger
monto~n Telegraph says, "the best way
that | have found to kill rats, is to get some
good fresh plaster of Paris and put one
pound Of il with three parts of corn meal
Cor haiF of each.) Ali rats that cat of
this are sure to Gie The amount of grain
destroyed by rats every year is enormous"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
VEGETiNE
VEGETiEE

] =, kr"w', d."i and recommended ~ phyaicians
Il ' c"r To 49, .i.', bets !.'II;ii. ":id i;sii~r
.i t'. lr,"d - ta-r","r"d, "I.r iiIus us spSGk in
J.. ...,IS. Nj. i..Nu b,CII tt y .,a.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

TO RID A BARN OF RATs.-Thc method
is as follows: Procure several empty bar
relS-Spr:iL ss-sett Quantity of bran OF grain in
them, and leave them for the rats to feed
in without disturbance for few days
Then remove the bran, and half fill the
barrels with water, covering the surface
with bran. The rats will go into the bar
rels without hesitation, aud many will be
caught. TO prevent the increase Of rats,
avoid having any hiding places, leaving the
floors open to the entrance of cats, raise all
the sheds and buildings above ground on
posts, and have no wooden floors.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

Sowing GRASS IN WooDLAND.-There
are many opportunities OF providing valu-
able pasture lots by seeding wood.lots down
to grass. IF the underground and rubbish
are removed, and the slouud lightly broken
up with the plow and harrow, it may be
seeded without difficulty. Orchard grass
and Kentucky bluegrass, thrive best under
timber. A bushcl of each may be sown
per acre.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02
vEGETlNE

] 80 4 o.; i."inE p;:fI"d.up medicine, has workc,
i ,t a., ii'ts.Et ;.stUuS ..ux by actua
mi'I 'nit.. "l Glscaacs Uf l.J blood Of whxtovo
ngiti.C.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

If person were suddenly asked what
"Ghoughpthcighttccau" spelled, the chan
ccs arc that in the furry Of the moment he
would say he didn't know yet Prof. Knowl
ton, Of San Francisco, says it spells "pota-
to-" He spells the word according to the
following rulct "Gh stands for p, as you Il
find He~ the last letters in hiccough.-
Oush stands for o, as in dough. Phth
stands for t, as in phthisis. Eigh stands for
a, as in neighbor. Tic stands for t, as in
cozettc, and eau stands for o, as in beau"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-08-02

Veal Nd un"rI "s II experiment for some timc by
c"i ar lss =; phySiCiuns Lu; chose l.. ust inc r,.du-
J ';> r,I:rrd IL j. rit ito iuvst ardent
L. tlg 80 Il. tI.lf.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-02

PATIENCE.

We're theIe no night We could not rsad the STARS,
The heavens would turn into blinding glare;
Freedom Is best seen through the prison bars,
And rough seas make the have, passing fair.
We cannot measure Joys but By their loss;
when blsssings fade away. we see them theni
Our richest clusters grow around The cross,
And In the night. time angels sing 10 men.
The seed must lie deep buried In the earth,
Before the lily opens to the sky; 1928
80 'light 10 sovn." and gladness has Ito bi'sh
In the dark dssps where We can only cry.
'IAie out Of death" 10 heavens unwritten lswi
Nay Il 10 written In myriad forms;
Ths vietor's palm grows on the nelds Of wss.
And strength and bsasty are shs fruit osstorus
Come then, my soul, be brave to do and bear;
Thy life 10 bruised that II might be more sweet
The cross will soon bs left, the crown we'll wear
Nay, we will cast II at our savior's iset.
And among the slories never told,
sweetsr than music OF the marriage bell,
Our hands will strike the vibrant harp Of gold
TO that glad song. "Hs doeth all things WE'LL
Henry Burtos.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-03-02
NO.17.

sound currency upon which to rebuild
their good old-time prosperity.
It is absurdato speak of limiting the
legal tender quality Of silver. Public
justice demands that the silver dolla
should have its old plaoe--and that.
means that IL shall be a. it always was
in specie paying times, uuliuited legal
tender. The suggestion Of limitation
is the assertion Of an impertiuenoe.
Now, do not talk to me about tho
silver dollar as obsolete. If It had
been an old myth, there would not
have been such pains taken to remove
it from the coinage and the standard.
Only a few silver dollars coined Why.
the country was full Of Spanish milled
dollars. Seventy millions Of dollars in
full weight half dollars have been coin.
ed and thirty millions Of the trade dol.
lar, invented as y substitute for tho
true dollar, have been minted and the
demand for them, though they are Not
legal tender, is irrspressible. 20 ll
am sorry to be convinced by the
unreasonable. vehement and incohe-
rent antaeonism to silver as money, in
violation of all sound principles Of
commercial and monetary science in
disregard Of the plainest lessons Of bis.
tory; iu manifest opposition to the in
terests Of this nation as debtor and
producer Of silver (more in debt than
any other nation and greater produc-
er of precious metals than any other y
iu derisiou of the dearest laws for the
Interpretation Of contracts that cau bc
found upon the statute books; 10 con-
tempt of popular rights and in disre-
spect of the losses and sufferings OF
tho people-I am regretful to be con-
vinced by these thiugs that there is in
this country a power great and unsoru-
pulous. arrogantly asserting its divine
right to rule over the people in tho
name Of the financial integrity that it
miscoustrues and brutally disregarde,
The gold policy is not good for
America. Between Europe, represent
ing gold, and Asia standing for silver,
it is excellent hat this continent should
have the double standard, The double
standard is the worlds true standard.
nd we should stand for the world and
for the people who do the worlds work,
against the enemies Of silver-the poor
mans "old reliable" money, good,
though all the banks break and the ma
tions fall The abolishment Of silver
as money would be disaster of incon-
ceivable proportions; and America,
the producer Of silver, and overshadow'
cd by debt, would be idiotic to aid in
dragging upon herself her greater share
in SO prodigious q misfortune to tho
people at large and to the industries
OF mankind.
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Decency

There is no trait belonging to any
person, male or female, whether old or
young, large or small, that will so quick
ly demonstrate to what class they be-
long, as their accustomed habits OF
cleanliness and decency or their habits
Of nastipess and filthiDess.
Some parents are almost devoid OF
any carefulness to see that their chill
dren keep clean and nice both as to
their person and dress as we'll as in
their manners. In short. some children
are never taught that they are the cap
stone of creation and occupy sphere
higher than monkeys. apes, skunks and
other animals, OF low order.
The thing is to begin from the first
10 teach a child to be clean, speak po.
litely and keep every thing surrounding
them neat and tidy.
lfthis was done there would not bs
so many hateful, impudent, filthy chill
dren, who are nothing but pests when
they 90 about decent peoples houses OF
Offices.
Children are just as easily Taught TO
be polite, decent. and smart, as 70 bring
them upIlike brutss. Therefore no pa
rents are excusabls for negligence in
training their children, but If the chill
dren are not taught decency they
should not be allowed to deseerste the
refuse premises of decent folks. much
less to enter their dwellings.
Pretty is as pretty does" is good
old adaee and true.
L. al Euvr purCs
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CHURCHES .

METHODIsT.-Preaching at the Methodist
Church every Sabbath. Rev. Is. Gillett, Pastor
CHRlsTIAN.--Preaching At the Christian
Church,on the second and fourth Sabbaths In each
month by Elder J.J. Williamson.
PRESBYTERIAN.-Preac at the Presbyte.
rian Church on the second and fourth Sab
bathin each month By the Rev. W. L. Kennedy.
PROTESTANT Services second
Sunday In each month at l0k O'Clock, \. ~. ant
I p. n, tat St. Marks Church)
BAPTIsT.-Preaching at the Christian Churcf
on the third Sunday In each month, BY Rev. Mr.
Wright.
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The Financial Question.

[The silver bill has just passed both
branches of Congress by such MAORI.
ties as preclude Presidential veto.
The West ard South believe in the
principles and policy of the measure.
But inasmuch as all may not be able to
give satisfactory reason for the, faith
that is in them, for their benefit We
copy the following clear and concise ar
gument from the pen of M. Halstead
editor of the Cincinnati Comnserciat-
[ Ed. FREE PRESS. :.
1t is my desire to resume in reality
as soon as possible, and l believe the
way to end the suffering of the people
from business depression is to resume.
But desire coin, not gold resump'
tion--that is to say, l favor resumption
on the old specie basis, not upon new
and contracted basis. I demand the
presence Of silver in the standard, We
never had specie payments without sill.
yer, and do not think we ever, shall
or should resume with silver excluded
l stand by the old contracts-the let.
ter of the law-the Coin act of March
Is, 1869, and the Refunding act of Ju-
ly II, 1870. The people had the silver
option in the payment Of certain bonds,
and it must be restored to them. tits
but simple act Of justice to restore it.
Dare the bondholders set the example
of changing contracts? Can they at.
ford to 60 upon understandings rather
than upon the very words of written
obligations The law of 1869 (March
l8) was to define the rights of bond
holders. Why did they not then say
gold if they meant it. The law Of 1870
(July ~ was to secure the bondhold-
ers of the future, and fixed upon pay
me ut in coin of the standard value on
that very day. The silver dollar was one
of the standard coins that day, and it
is violation of good faith to abstract
it from the list. The face Of the bond
demands it.
l speak of the bond contracts only
for illustration, and have no quarrel
with bondholders. The bonded indebt-
edness of the United States is, per.
haps, one-ffth Of the total indebted
ness of the country, and every dollar
of the entire mass of debt is affected
by the change in the metallic money
measure that was contrived in 1874
and which the gold party are attempt
ing to enforce in defiance of reason and
Justice, light and knowledge. They cry
out against silver as if it was an untried
metal. 1t is as old and as good in the
service of the world as gold, and it is
the hazardous experiment of getting
along without it as lawful money that
We condemn. We (the advocates Of
silver 10 its old place) wish to proceed
in the old ways, the paths that our
fathers walked, believing in the money
that chinked-to resume on the old
specie basis and with the old money
measure and not otherwise-to replace
the old bi.metallic standard, the stand
ard that is honest and true and of good
report.
The attempt to associate this old
fashioned hard money doctrine with
financial unsoundness is worthy Of
those who seek TO make out that stick
ing to contracts is reputation. Silver
is hard money. 1t is the money that
H. - sl.S ~.rro orA noSuroc-
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COLO IN CHILDREN.

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aeh. q teaspoonful or more will
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az adults eat sometimes too
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