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

WHAT TO BUY.-Just as little of every
thing needed as you possibly can. Econ
omy should be our motto for years to come.
We arc too poor to buy much of anything.
Iron, salt, few implements, and perhaps
coffee, pretty well make up the list. Tea
we can make at home-sugar, also, in a
large portion of the cotton States-syrup
in abundance everywhere, butter and cheese
in any quantity, cotton and .woollen goods,
horses and mules we can raise-plow stocks,
axe handles, hoe helves, wagon hubs, spokes
and fellocs, grain cradles, snaths, our faith
ers made them all, and we are no better,
and need be no more helpless than they
A tithe of strictly surplus cotton crop
ought to buy everything needed on farm,
and the remaining hine tenths pass to tho
account of accumulated profits.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

CLOVER AND GRAssEs.-May be seeded
down this month, just as soon as the heavy
freezes arc over. If to be sown on small
grain, run light harrow over the land, and
then sow seed if by themselves, break the
land thoroughly and pulverizc it by repeat
cd harrowings, and then smooth it with a
"drag." Before narrowing apply manure
for clover, barn-yard manure is good
Ashes also, 30 bushels per acre. Acid
phosphate, 200 to 300 lbs. per acre, will
generally insure stand. Sow 12 to 15lbs
seed per acre. For grass the same pre-.
paration is required, but niroqcnous ma.
ure is nccdcd-barn-yard manure, cotton
seed meal, Peruvian guano or nitrate soda
-SOuthcJn CuHiUator.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

RURAL BREvITIEs Without agricul-
ture we should not have manufactures, and
we should not have commerce. Washing
ton.
What nobler occupation engages the ac-
tive power Of man? And as all others are
supported by it, why should it not rank
first in dignity?
Farming is calling which should raise
the thoughts and feelings, soothe the rug
ged pangs of life, and strcw the vale of de-
clning years with many a thornlcss flower,
in the recollection of innocent cnjoymcnts.
God Almighty first planted garden, and
indeed it is the purcst Of all human pleas
ures. 1t is the greatest rclresbment to the
spirit of man, without which buildings and
palaces are but gross haudiworks, and man
shall ever see that when ages grow to civil
ity and elegance men come to build stately
sooner than to garden finely, as if garden
ing were the greater perfection.-L Ba-
con.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

LEAF MANURE.-This manure possesses
excellent fertiizing properties, and greatly
improves the texture and character of the
soil. Ana .vss proves that the foliage of
trees contains vastly more IMMORAL riches
such as phosphatcs, lime, potash and soda
-thon the solid wood and that the older
the leaves, the greater the amount of these
they contain. Now, that the fallen leaves
litter the ground, the farmer whose farm
pays well gathers them carefully to be ci-
thcr used in the compost heap with other de-
composible vegetable matters, or employed
as litter for his animals during witer or as
coatiDgs for his yard or other Enclosures
where animals are confined, and where the
leaves by absorbing the liquid weddings may
be readily converted into excellent plant
food
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

The Manure Heap may be made in
central place in the yard, and the different
kinds of manure should be wheeled out of
the stables and pens, and mixed together in
the heap. We find it pays to turn over tho
heap once or twice during the winter, mix
it thoroughly, and break up all the Jumps.
This makes it fine, and fit for use early in
spring.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

Watering Stock is very important part
of the care needed for them at this season.
Empty and clear the trougbs of ice every
afternoon, so that when filled in the morn
ing there is no ice to chill the water. In
cold weather water should not be drawn
from the well until i; is needed for the stock
Covers should be provided for all outside
water troughs to keep out snow.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

A near sighted hen that ate sawdust, sup
posing it to be corn-meal, then went and
laid a nest full of bureau knobs set on
them three weeks, and hatcbed out a
set of parlor furniture, and was pretty fair
hen.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

Rich Manure can only be made from rich
food. Animals add nothing to tho manure
Ii we feed straw, we get back as manure
something less than the straw we feed, and
straw alone is very poor manure. If we
feed o.l cake meal, corn meal, bran, and SIM
liar rich food, to mature animals, they con-
sumo the starchy and fatty portions, while
much of the nitrogen and phosphatcs go
into the manure heap along with the straw
or hay'eaton, which gives the needed bulk to
the manure. The more nitrogen the food
contains, the richer will be the manure
1t is thus that the statement made by chem
lists, that the manure made by feeding ton
Of bran, or linsced, or cotton seed oil cake,
is for some soils worth more than the food
itself, can be satisfactorily explained
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

WASHING OF LAND.-As this is one of
the greatest Of evils on cotton farm,
attention cannot be called too often
to modes of preventing it. On very
steep hillsdcs nothing but well constructed
bitches can prevent it-but on moderate
slopes. we suggest that lines of level be laid
off at ordinary distances of hillside ditches
and strips five to ten feet wide along these
lines be sown in oats, rye, orchard grass and
clover. No land will be lost, and these un-
cultivated strips will quite ctfcctually stop
the washing, if care be taken to lay off the
cotton rows on a lcvel.-,Souhicyn CuhiUu>
tor.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

UNION u.
again heap of stock highly fed furnish heap
OF good manure. Heap of good manure
returned to the. soil again mako heap of
crop, and so rotation interminably. All
this good rich food ploughed under for tho
Improvement of the s9il. Think of it ye
farmers who haven't got anything for your
poor COWS to cat but cotton stalks. | have
only given an unvarnished statement of
what L saw. An inspection of this, the
model farm, is well worth the time Of any
farmer. In fact one progressive man en-
Enthusiastically remarked that visit to such
farm would place farmer.a generation
ahead. We cannot exactly say that much,
haAk sse .sia0h A>ss;a:Sa--.-.ll-L>sc
great benz ito any man be he ever SO poor.
lie woulu receive ideas that he could turn
to account and be useful to him as long as
he lives. The Messrs. Satterthwaite de-
serve great credit for the example they have
set. These are the kind of emigrants we
want; men who will discard politics and 90
to work to build up our waste places
MORE ANON, IN aiken Journal
The MULE-A correspondent of the
Rural Sun, in an able letter concerning the
"breaking of mules" says: "Wc have had
quite considerable experience in breaking
mules and our usual practice has been to
gear him and hitch him to the plow at once
by the side of a woll-broken borsc or muls
The assistance of an extra hand is some
times required for d hour or two 1t used
to be thought best to break his spirit and
exhaust him physically, to bring him to
true sense of his condition, but better coun-
sells now prevail, and we entcavor to pre-
serve both his streng tn and spirit by not
over-taxing his powers of endurance, and by
kind treatment, to which he is as amenablc
MS horse or an OK, soon becoming submis-
sive and gentle, when properly handled
"Mnch of the obloquy which attaches to
his character results from the thoughtless
and injudicous training he receives, and
the cruel treatment mcted out to him, more
on account Of his character, however, than
his conduct. We hail it as an indication of
real human progress that his claims to
high consideration are now being more gen
orally recognized.
"Ihc negro is, however, implacable and
unfceling in his treatment of the mule, un-
willing to accord to him any of the sensi-
bilities tasiAhiqh flesh is heir. =. lie was his
associate in the 1Lang Sync, which is fast
becoming traditional, ard the negro places
him in the same category with the ash cake,
which he now ignores, because he regards
it as the emblem of his slavery. The ne
gro, the mule and the ash-cakc! Even
thus associated they form trio that recalls
the peaceful, prosperous and happier days
of our beloved Switzerland; rudcly severed
and disjointcd, they recall the humiliation
and poverty of our sojourn in the land of
Yankee misrule and intolerance Let us
thank our stars for dclivcrance and the hope
We have of one day seeing the negro ra-
tional and useful member of our body po-
litic, the mule respected member of tho
equine family and the ash cake restored to
our tireside, for it is dear yet to our memo
ry"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

Corn Stalks and Straw should be cut up
with fodder cutter if only to be thrown
into the yard, or used for litter. Short
stalks absorb more liquid than long the
manure from them is easier handled, and
they rot more quickly. A fodder cutter
run by twohorsc tread power, will cut
100 pounds of straw, or stalks, in five min
utcs, and the cost of the machine and often
labor will be repaid in one season in the
convenience of handling the short manure
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

Bran and Middlings may be fed to all
kinds of stock All, from horses to poultry
eat these eagerly, and thrive upon them
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

a popular clergyman in England recent
ly gave lecture on "Fools." The Tickets
of admission were inscribed 'Lccturc
on Fools. Admit one" There was IL large
audience.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-02-08

Manure is wasted by exposure to wash
ing rains, or by being trampled by stock in
wet yards. Itmay easily lose three ,fourths
of its value in this way.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
The COHrts.


James w. Bell against W. P. Hubert.
There were two actions in which the plain
tiff seeks to recover for the use and occupa
ton of Woods Theater. The defendant
answered denying the allegations of the pc
tition, and attached interrogatorles asking
the plaintiff to set up under what kind of a
contract he occupied the premises under
the plaintiff and to state the terms of the
occupancy. The plaintiff demuwed, claim,
ing that the intcrrogatories were irrelevant
and that they were improperly filed, be-
cause interrogatories can only be filed with
an answer where the deposition of the plain
tiff may be used in the case.
Demurrer sustained.
Alex. Starbuck and others against L. A.
Brigel. In this case the plaintiffs asked
leave to withdraw their appeal from the
Probate Court. The defense objected, and
claimed the right to file an answer and
cross-petition asking for new election ir
this Court. The matter was taken undel
aQyiSement.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

About one hundred members of the
Alumnn of Wesleyan College met in the
chapel at 10 o'clock this morning to cell-
brate the twenty-sixth anniversary of the
Alumna Association.
The President, Mrs. Rev. Adam Bowers,
occupied the chair, and after prayer an
original ode, written for the occasion by
Rebecca Ruter Springer, was sung by the
Association. The remainder of the pro-
gramme was as follows:
Annual report by the Corresponding Sec
retary, Miss Ella Ingoldsby, Class of rs.
Music-Valse, Miss Clara Dymond, Glass
of TO
Essay-"spirit of the Tines Mrs. Sarah
Sterritt Elstner, Glass of 81.
Music-"Echo Song" Mrs Clara Hubbell
Richey Glass of 80.
Essay-"Lost Races" Miss Alcesta Eas-
ton, Class of 81.
Music-Miss Mary A. Ebersole, Glass
of '76.
Reminiscences-Mrs. F. Sheppard Ire
land, Class of 80
Soprano Solo-Mrs. Clara Hubbell Richey,
Glass of go
Recording secretary-NIiss Ida Doane,
Glass of II.
At 10 clock the Association again met to
hold their annual banquet.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

and the family are very happy in conse-
quence.
The funeral of Mrs. Emma Smith took
place this morning, from her late residence
on Heaton street.
Frank Zwifelhafer, the young man hurt
from attempting to board train while in
motion, will have his right foot amputated
to-day.
Patrolman Regan recovered some five
hundred feet of rope which had been stolen
some time ago from the Miami Distillery,
south of the city.
The NJ T.. Sunday-school exeursionists
to the Soldiers Home, yesterday had a
happy time of it. The day turned out to
be most beautiful, Notwithstanding the
outlook in the morning was anything but
| favorable.
Captain Phillips has extended an invita-
! ton to the members of the Thirty-third
| Thrty-tifth, Sixty-ninth and Ninety-third
O. " l., to be present at and take part III
! the parade and celebration in this city Oh
the glorious Fourth.
The ladies of the Children's Home con
template holding their annual fete in tho
Courthouse Park, on July 18th. 1t is tc
be hoped there will be no other public en-
tertanment on that night, as the ladie
claim this rs their own, and it should be re
specled
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

pB- IN order IN accommodate Eastern adver-
tisers in the STAR, Mr.. f. Duncan Snifen. No. u
Astor House, New York City, has been appointed
our general and special agent for the Eastern
Etatcs. This will De IA branch Office of the STAR
Mr.. snifIeu beins authorized 10 make Advertising
contracts benali, and iecept 4il coiiccti'ns
therefor in our name
~ CINCINNATI June 1872 80 P. M-Mcss pork
firm and fairly active Lard in fair demand AND
firm. Meats moderately active, but market strong.
Hogs firmer and prices higher Whisky unchanged.
Flour good local demand and steady. Corn aulct
but held firm Wheat in moderate demand and
market unsettled owing to the expected arrivals ot
new crop. Oats inactive, Rye quiet and easy.
Cotton dull and unchanged.
e-WEATHER.-probably clear or fair weather
and rising temperature for the next twonty-louI
hours.
D~ THE Covngton Office NJ the STAR Is Mt No.
East Pike street. i'll Hardn's Insurance Office
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
board OF Public Works.

The Board met in regular session, all the
members present, and President Bell III
the chair.
The contract for the improvement of
Fifth avenue was awarded to Charles Folz
& Son.
The Engineer reported that the cost for
the improvement of Dalton avenue was
81, ,654 H. and for the improvement OF Cook
street was $505 80.
The Engineer was directed toimprove the
corner of Coleman and Bank streets, ane
also to prepare drawing Of the proposed
Millereek bridge.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
Read ONE of Our Numerous HONE
Testimonials:

We have been running Wheeler &
wilson's No. 6 Machine ON ladies',
misses and children's shoe Uppers
during the last three years, and
have fifty-six of them in constant
use. We find them superior to any
other Sewing Machine in the fol-
lowing particulars:
1t will close seams in leather,
without puckering, tighter and
more rapidly than any machine Of
which we know, and that with
heavier silk or linen thread and
smaller needles.
1t runs faster and makes more
regular and better stitching on fine
leather than amy other machine we
ever used.
They arc very durable. We rum
them by power fully up to roc
stitches per minute. They are all
in excellent condition, and they do
not cost us for each m&cEline 25C
per year for repairs.
STRIBLEY & CO.,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

promises some good things. A most excel
lent programme is being prepared. The So
loist of the evening will be Mrs Anna
Beattie soprano of fine powers and pos
sessed of a rich and highly cultivated voice.
If the weather only proves suspicious, a
large and elegant crowd will be in attend
anpa
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
FINANCIAL.
CINCINNATI, June 1e-1 SOP. NJ.

CINCINNATI. June 19--1 80 P. NJ.
Gold opened in Wall street at lOs4, and remains
steady at that rate. Here buying ut 4 premium,
selling at u for coin and q for gold checks.
Exchange is quiet with light offerings and rates
firm. Buying ON New York al par, selling lilo
premium.
Sterling is steady at previous rates, but with a
moderate inquiry. Sight drafts at "a S712, and Co
day bills at 81 $50 per in gold.
Government bonds are rather easy but with no
material yArintion from Yesterdays 0notntiOnS
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
Music.

THE CHORAL SOCIETY AT PRICES HILL.
The Choral Society, which ranks as one of
the finest musical organizations in the coun-
try, gives a concert at Prices Hill this eve
ming. Complete arrangements will be made
for transportation. The following is the
programme:
As the Hart Pants, Mendelssohn. a
Blessed are They that go Mourning; b Be-
hold All Flesh is as the Grass Brahms. |
Fear no Foe; Pinsuti, Mr.. A. Il. Clover
Duet-Ah! ST. 81, Marito Milo; Ricci, Mr.
and Mrs George D. Newhall. The Last
Wild Rose, MacFarren. Ave Maria; Luzzi-
Mrs Katie Bourgoin. Natures Lullaby
Leslie. Chorus-Faust; Schumann. Sere-
nade Wallace-Mr. J. f. Dunnie. How
Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place; Brahms. La
Zingarella Venzano-Mrs. George D. New
hall. Pearls of the Sea, Pinsuti. Quartet
and chorus; Gounod-Misses Marguerite
and Rosa johnson, Messrs. Helmekamp
and B. Smith and Choral Society. Blessed
are They who in the Lord are Sleeping,
Brahms.
ORGAN MATINEE.
The last organ matinee takes place this
afternoon and will be one of the very best
of the SERIES Mr.. George Whiting will pre-
side at the organ and Miss Lulu Stevens
will be the soloist. Miss Stevens is one of
the best of our local singers, and the oppor-
tunity of hearing her in the great hall should
not be missed. 'r
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE HIGHLAND
The Orchestra Concert at the Highland
House Belveders ON next Friday night
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

THE Gifts were called to No. POP West
Sixth street at noon to-day, to quench an
insignificant blaze in that house, occasioned
by a defective tlue.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
FOYty-Gifth Congress - second Ses'
sion.

WASHINGTON. June 18.-A resolution to
extend the session until Wednesday even
ing was passed.
Consideration was resumed of the Sundry
Civil Service Appropriation Bill. The
amendment providing for the payment OF
Southern Mail contractors for services rem
dered before the war was agreed to. An
amendment appropriating SO, 5O0, 600 to pay
the fishery award under the Treaty OF
Washington was also adopted. Other
amendments made in Committee of the
Whole were concurred in, and the bill was
read the third time and passed.
The bill to aid vessels wrecked in waters
contiguous to the United States was called
up, and after brief discussion it was
passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. June 18.--The Senate con.
current resolution in favor OF moditica
ton of the clause of the treaty between the
United States and China which allows un
restricted emigration of Chinese to this
country was agreed to.
A bill for the equalization of bountieS
! was reported from the Military Committee
and referred.
The Senate substitute for the House bill
to repeal the Specie Resumption Act was
taken up, but the motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill was rejected by yeas
14O, nays 1O5, not two-thirds being in the
affirmative.
A bill authorizing the judicial ascertain
ments of claims against the United State!
was passed
The mo, ion to suspend the rules and pas
the bill repeating that portion of the Re
sumption Act which provides for the sale o
United States bonds for resumption pur
poses was rejected.
The Senate amendments to the Sundr,
| Civil Service Bill were non-concurred in
and a conference committee was ordered
| AdiOurned
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19
RIVER INTELLIGENCE.

OIL CITY, Pa, June 1873 A. M.-Allegh eny
River feet and falling Weather clear Ther.
mometer CO.. Wind northeast.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. June 1910 A. M.-Monon
gahea River feet l inch and about sta.
tonary. Weather clear. Thermometer 6o', Wind
southwest
PITTsBURG. June 19-1111 A. M.-River 6 feet
inches and falling. Weather clear and pleasant
CHARLESTON w. Va. June 1913 A. NJ
Kanawha River feet inches and rising Weather
clear and pleasant
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For New Orleans.

THURSDAY, 10th, at 5 p. NJ. POSITIVELY,
w PARIS c. BROWN, ]. V. Reynolds,
lfRHAan..s-sI Master. For freight or passage app!
stszissassaeA on board, or to Captain Reynolds %
'ChRnge.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-06-19

The river receded inches in the tWcnty-four
hours ending at noon to day, with IL feet OF water
in the channel.
Weather clear and pleasant.
The following steamers were In port at noon
Bostona, Potomac, City of Portsmouth, Wildwood,
Golden City, Thomas Sherlock. Paris c. Brown,
Robert Mitchell, James D. Parker General Lytle,
General Pike, Virgie Lee.
Stea mbOat Movements.
The fast and punctual Bostona arrived and will
leave at p IN. sharp for Huntington where she
connects with the early C, & 0. r. r. trains to-
morrow for all points East Capt Isaac Bryson
commands and W. T. Walker, Jr., presides in the
office.
The commodous Potomac, Capt. Jas, Kirkel
master, Capt Watt Shedd clerk, arrived this morn
ing and will be the regular packet leaving this
evening for Gallpolis and Pomeroy direct
The Wildwood came down this morning and
returned to Maysville at noon.
The reliable City of Portsmouth leaves at 4 p. IN
on return trip for Chilo.
Capt c. B. Russells popular and favorite Jamc'
D. Parker will positively depart this evening for
Evansville, Cairo and Memphis and receipt pas
sengers through to Little Rock, Ark. Mr.. W
Thompson has charge of the office.
Capt. Lew. Hates mammoth Sidewheel passen
ger steamer Thos. Sherlock, viii depart this eve
a.ss .ure 20, ~st shyIlle, Viskaburs, sAs.sa ALI