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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

$50" Are the dogs in any State
worth that much In Spain the
idea IS prevalent that lambs drop
nod in warm weather are more
likely TO have a uniformly fine
fleece. and this idea Is practlced
upon in tho government manage
ment Al Rambouilett. They are
also particular To keep I uniform
temperature III the Sweepstakes IN
winter. Whether the sudden
changes Of weather affect the fine
ness Of of the fleece n not. il i Ger
tainlv very injurious TO sheep 70 he
exposed to the sudden changes Of
our climate. particularly il wet.
sheep should not be exposed TO
heavy rain storms. except IN warm
weather | once lost Il sheep ~ 4
single night bv being out IN Z ram
storm shortly after >hcarng. Open
wooded sheep exposed TO heavy rams
get thoroughly soaked, and feel
very uncomfortable with a wet SKIN
and covering in cold weather. 1t
Is well known that all animals
thrive best when kept comfortable
and at ease.
More again on sheep, il thought
worth IA place in the farUer.
I. v.
Chester Co. Pa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

for export, of such, by any artifi-
cial process Of curing, would be 10
injure It's quality and impair It's
value.
Tobacco grown on the soil the
best suited TO the production of the
sweet-favored article for chewing,
may be corrupted, changed and
rendered unfit for such purpose by
fire and smoke. But no degree Of
summing would 80 improve the fla
vor Of an article grown upon a soil
adapted to q production OF a gross
and nauseous quality, as TO make
it pleasant to The taste Of one &C.
customed TO the use Of q sweet-fa-
vored article.
Planters often scaffold portions
of their crops about the time they
finish cutting,-not to improve the
flavor Of such portion, but to avoid
housing it in a green state, with
half cured cuttings, previously
housed, which might thereby be
injured by the moisture produced
by placing the green on the tiers
below the half-cured tobacco.
In conclusion | will say, that |
have been Il grower Of sweet-flavored
tobacco for 40 years and a manufac-
turer of it during % years. | live
IN a section Of the country adapted
to the production Of the sweet fla
voied qualities; much of it is grown
in nv section. 1t is considered by
the best Judges IN the Richmond
market as unriyalied for chewing
purposas, and for which the manu-
facturers pay the highest prices
such quality has ever brought III
any market.
TO my knowledge not a sixth
part Of any of the best and highest
priced crops sold in market from
my neighborhood were summed at all
during the time Of curing. | can
now call to mind many of the
swectest-flavored crops | have ever
seen, which commanded the high
est prices IN market, none of which
were summed. Let us, then, when
speaking of sweet-tlayored tobacco
for chewing purposes, attribute It's
flavor to the right causcs-SOll and
climate-and we will be under
stood, Asserting and prizing come
next and last.
j. NJ. BAKER.
Louisa Co., Va.
=. S.-Evcry time | attend the
Richmond market, | see men acting
under the delusion that summing
tobacco during the curing process
gives to it a superior flavor, and
claiming for all the sweet-tlavored
lots they find that it was cured in
the sun. In many such cases TO
my knowledge it was not summed at
all, but cured in the house by the
air. have no prejudice concern
ing this matter, and if | had any
reason to believe that summing to-
bacco during the curing process
improved its flavor and increased
its value, ! would be willing to IN
cur additional expense to secure
the benefits arising therefrom. |
think, however, it Is unreasonable
for men to claim a distinction
where no difference can be found,
or detect by the taste, which iii this
case should be the test.
j. NJ. b.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
HUNGARIAN Grass.


Tins - the best insurance +
1ha5 our agriculture possesses.
Where It has become known. and
lis treatment has been malicious. it
has won appreciation. \ few wears
400 il was scarcely grown ri all.
but is now becoming. in see
mons Of General culture. The
drourbtv wear Of .lS.6 did
more to BRING this prass TO
the attention Of farmers than all
the writings Of oar papers com
med. The hungarian grass loves
iryncss and heat. If viii yeeetatc
,ncn thc land Is surface dsy: and
he more in, heat. the ulic<cr np.
n~,renl|y and NOR. h~Xariaot i,
rowth. Itmust not be sown too
.53.ly IN ri thiS feature
,bout June n to July 20 is the
.asor T. nat 1t ii the GROUND, and
is Ordinarily ready 10 cntin about
IL weeks. afToraioa crop 81 from
s,yo f. fonr tons nn, acre cool
aiohts chocE lis Growth and fayol
he nrodncfion &C the seed stalk.
hence il sooson when thc tnmnar-
t,ro If ,ho r;aL+ a., : low H.
or4ss i comnaratiyely hort while
p tho oorn t~,n,,nnt season, whom
warm niohts ora the rnIn i crows
biobnr and more la,rv bnfnra i
blooms + j tlis 6,Lit which
makes # desirable no, 10 sow TOO
carly and i i tbis latn socd Which
i rnnn;ro, which I'D, rs ~ caII
- ~ ;nsnron.n crnn If H. ,nna
% or 3ntb we notoa b.r-fcId fs;I-
inc rs We can Ont off tha o,rlr
nrowtb of or,ss .nd rrrnino ~
So5 GOOD +I;cIl, w;th Unnao
and hn ynrn v,itb mann,.a ar fart1
;lor - sncnro fo,aan Co.. wna.
80 "'o'
Unnoori,n or. vb.n .or,,
l;.Ir -. 49,.
when fh;Gtlv seadcd b,safno closo
hcrbaoe, mncb reIi.hed by cattIn
Uonco noyer no Ia. taona Ln.hoi
II GOOD - tbo ocrn - 49,. an,n
t;tv ! nsod wa aet $500. ,.
of heavy wniobt Will : 9,ooJ,It,.
eaten and i nutritious. If, Ight
soodino norb,ns noorlv oaI.I
voiobt hnt sometimes catt,o m;II
not1iLo # Il = tL;s d;fToronoa ~
nnalitv hro,9b, ,hnnt b., - AZ
@faront hahit. - aro,~tb ,b;aL
o,r or;n;on n,E,a. ~
lsn+ nstim.ta - - rsi"a
Another ;n,~nor+,nr -
!, 10 cnt oo,I,. ~ 49,
tbar tbo bl,on r. a
rioratns ran;IIr of+n,. g., 49,
bnild;no 49, +solf 49, ~ e.
ana hacomd, nnnala.abIa ani 49,
limos ~
food Wbon oil. nn+ I'll ~ IL
= ond ,h,;rI : 80 my
on : and nnaf4 $3.50 80 -
o'' 'oo''o hoii i'9
M
.ood;na aadP tt 80 ie",s
nso5 CIV .,2 - 5io"'il 70 tc
grass be sovn Win + We M! arn ,oid =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

Grass IN bloom....70.0 ABB 90 Is
Millet German, is 2.3t 0.SG O.13
Again
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13

The United States has 9..
dred and fifty million ~"
of bridges the last ten Se''
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-13
Schenectady. \. J

y al IusraAde u- SIS.
in Maine. We !.na
Farmer, records III
in Isl. ranging l...
bushels 70 tine acre.
cost III one instanua
bushcl. II j. no.
whether the yield
ears, sometimes conl
bushels Of ,hclled cox
case, however, the
bic. Ii Wheat cu-.''
els are credited from.
bushels from | acre
from another: p o1-..-.
rods OF ground, ana o.
ties down to % bushes
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26

An unusually shocking murder is re-
ported as having recently been committed
in Texas. George Lynch, a much respected
citizen, resided seven miles north
west of Hockey, with a family of eight
children. His wife died a few weeks ago,
leaving a child. Lynch had two daughters,
the oldest, Miss Clemie Lynch, aged seven
teen, and Miss Laura, aged twelve years, and
a little son, jerome Lynch, aged nine.
On the night of the murder the family re-
tired as usual, a lamp being left burning on
a furnace in the main room of the cot
tage. Three of the children slept in the
corner of the apartment, another three on a
bed alongside of the wall. Miss Lynch
slept on a lounge near the fireplace. Her
father, with the young motherless child in
his arms, lay On a pallet on the floor. Past
midnight Lynch was awakened by a pistol
shot, and, the ball striking him in the
breast, he sprang up and saw a masked man,
in black clothes, standing in the middle of
the room, and, pulling a pistol on him, the
assassin fred again, the ball entering be-
meath the collar-bone, Lynch fell, uncon-
sclous, anu "neA Nc camo W no
found himself in a lane outside
the premises. The assassin, think
ing Lynch dead, then seized a Ratchet and
put the witness out of the way. He as.
saulted Miss Lynch, burying the Ratchet
in her head, and also n ashed the skull Of
three other of the children, and set fire to
the house. The distracted father saw the
burning house fall in on the bodies of his
innocent children. The bodies were ex'
humed from the smoking ruins, and an in
quest held. Several of the skulls showed
Ratchet marks. Lynch, it is thought, will
recover.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Two Noted Grave Robber..

Our readers will remember the account
given in these columns Of the robbing of the
grave of the Hon. Scott Harrison, in Ohio,
last May, the body being found in the dis
secting-room of the Ohio Medical College.
Public indignation Justly brands any man
as ascoundrel who will rob the grave of the
dead. But there are two noted grave rob
bers in the country, SO far from being the
subjects of the peoples wrath, are uniyers-
ally lauded for their virtues. The reason
is plain. While the former class steal the
dead bodies of our loved ones to submit
them to the dissectiDg knife, these only rob
the graves to restore the living victims to
our hearts and homes. Their names-Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgative Pellets-are household
words the world over. The Golden Med
idal Discovery cures consumption, in iti
early stages, and all bronchial, throat, and
lung affections; Pleasant Purgative Pellets
are the most valuable laxative and cathartic
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
National Bank stati,tIc..

The Comptroller of the Currency states
the aggregate capital of the t%wenty-four
hundred National Banks organized since
the establishment of the National bank sys-
tenn, which have become insolvent, was
$15,232,6OO. The aggregate dividends
paid the creditors of these banks from
November 1, 1877, to September II, 1877,
is $2,614,125. Aggregate dividends paid
since the organization of the system, $751;
6 1857. Total amount of creditors claims
proved, $22, 720, 1902. Total losses to creditors
of all National. Banks during the last six
teen years upon five hundred millions of
capital and eight hundren millions of
deposits is estimated not to exceed six and
a half million dollars, an amount probably
not equal to losses which have fallen upon
creditors of savings banks and State banks
in the present year.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26

A YOUNG physician of Rochester has
recently been locking oyer some Of the
older books in his library and came
across the works of the celebrated DR..
Rush, of Philadelphia, who wrote q
treatise on the yellow fever, or, as he
called it, the !" bilious yellow fever"
He made extended observations on the
disease in Philadelphia during the lat
ter years of the last century and the be-
ginning of this. In looking over his book
we noticed that he speaks of children
being affected with it, a fact which con-
hicts with statements recently made
that until this year children down
South were not attacked with the dis
ease. The doctors Of that day had a
strong belief in the efficacy of salvation
in treating the fever and were won't to
give mercury enough to require a quick
silver mine to supply it. Bleeding was
also thought to be eficacious and
patients were drained of the crimson
fluid in quantities that would amaze q
butcher Rochester Union.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
BuriaI OF q Gypsy Queen.

The thirteenth Sunday after Trinity will
be remembered this year in Dayton, Ohio,
by the great assembly in Woodland Gene
terry, drawn by announcement of the second
GYPSY queens funeral. 1t is fair to place
the concourse at twenty thousand-nearly
twenty-five thousand. 1t was a serene Sep
TENDER Sunday, and the entire city between
Woodland and Mad River bridge, was alive
from noon till five o'clock. The Cemetery
held its thousands for hours before the
procession wound up the long slope to the
gates. The area to the north of this avenue
from the street railroad to the hillside of
Woodland contained its row of double
banked vehicles of all descriptions, more
than seven hundred, excluding those ad-
mitted into the grounds. Both the east and
west sides were "parked" in this way.
Rev. DIR. Berger delivered the funeral dis
course.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Envfroned With Danger.

The dweIler or temporary sojourner in a
malarious region of country is environed
with danger. Besides inhaling at every
breath an atmosphere saturated with an in
fictitious poison, he also drinks water which
is in most instances likewise i~mpregnated
with the fever and ague breeding midsmatd.
If a bilious subject, deficient in stamina, or
irregular in habit of body or digestion his
peril is much increased, as these abnormal
conditions are extremely favorable to the
contraction of .malarial disease. But this
danger may be safely encountered with the
assistance of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which completely nulliies the ATMOSPHERIC
virus, and neutralizes the constituents Of
miasma-tainted water. This benign antidote
to disease eradicates and prevents fevers Of
ar intermittent and bilious remittent type,
besides effecting a thorough and permanent
reform of those enfeebled or irregular con
ditions Of the system which invite not only
malaria, but other diseases equally to be
dreaded.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
And now ensued a scene of con

And now ensued a scene of IN
fusion.
Tom, the cat, in his haste to get at
Binkey, sprang upon the dresser, and,
needless of breakages, began pushing
down some of the plates.
"Yahl' yelled the cook, as, beholding
the havoc that was being made, she
rushed at the cat.
This diversion saved Binkey's life.
Creeping swiftly down a leg of the
dresser, he quickly reached the entrance
to his home under the fender, while the
poor cat was driven out of the room by
the enraged cook.
Binkey is now a very steady obedient,
little mousey, and has gained a re-
spectacle name for his kind attention
and obedience to his parents; and report
says that he is going to be married in a
day or two, and nothing would please
him better (if it were POSSIBILITY than
to invite the whole family of young
folks.
VERAoITY THE BEST PoLICY.-It is
related of a Persian mother, on giving
her son forty pieces of silver as his por'
| ten, that she made him swear never to
tell a lie, and said:
$50, my son; I consign thee to God
and we shall not meet here again till the
day of judgment"
The youth went away, and the party
travelled with were assaulted by robbers.
One fellow asked the boy what he had,
and he answered with a candor which
surprised his questioner:
"Forty dinars are sewed up in my
garments"
The robber laughed, thinking that the
boy tested. Another asked the same ques
ton, and received the same answer. Al
last the chief called him, and asked what
he had.
The boy replied:
81 have told two of your people al
ready that I have forty dinars sewed VI
in my clothes"
The chief ordered his clothes to b.
ripped open, and the money was found
"And how came you to tell thisw
Because" replied the boy, {"
would not be false to my mother, t
whom I solemnly promised never to tel
a lie."
"Child," said the robber, "art tho
!, SO mindful of thy duty to thy mother
aud / am insensible at my age of the dut
, I owe TO God? Give me thy hand, this
l may swear repentance on it."
!, He did SO, and his followers wer
!, struck with the scene.
! "You have been our leader in guilt,
they said to the chief-"be the same j
! the path of virtue" and taking th
boys hand, they took the oath of repen
, ance on it.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26

their power until 1880, and of the Custom
house officials, who are afraid Of the resolu-
tons prepared by Burico and other dele
gates, who were determined to denounce-
Hayes and. the Custom-house. The
Convention will not reassemble,
and the State Central Committee will
publish an address, which is delayed by dis
agreements upon the financial question,
many members contending that yielding to
the G~reenbackers will ALLEVIATE Northern
Republicans. The Republican Congressional
Committee of the Fourth District nominated
J.. Madison Wells, and T. c. Anderson leads
in the Sixth. Ludeling was nominated in
the Fifth.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
A Communist UprI.Ing.

A Communist uprising being feared in
Washington, lately, on account of the in
cendiary speeches of n Cohen, the Treas
ury authorities have made ample prepare
tons to resist any assaults that may be
made by a mob upon the building with a
view to obtain Government funds. Nearly
every clerk in the divisions that have any
thing to do with money has been supplied
with a navy revolver, which is constantly
kept in a drawer in his desk. There are,
besides several dozen stands of improved
breechloading rifles arranged in places con.
%yenient of access, and there is a detail Of
guards chosen from men skilled in the use
of the musket. There is a large quantity Of
fixed ammunition in different parts of the
building.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Political Matters.

At the Democratic State Convention of
Connecticut, recently in session, the old
State ticket-Erhart D. Hubbard for Gov
ernor, Francis B. Loomis for Lieutenant
Governor, Dwight Morris for Secretary of
State, Edwin A. Buck for Treasurer, and
Chas. c. Hubbard for Comptroller-were
nominated by reclamation. The declination
of Francis B. Loomis for Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor was received and the ~declination &C.
cepted. Hon. Charles Durand, of Derby,
was nominated for Lieut.Governor by &C.
clamstion and accepted. The platform of
resolutions recognizes gold and silver as the
most stable basis for the commercial neces-
sites of the world; regards the Resumption
Law as unwise in its inception; and con-
dennis all reputation and demands an
honest and just payment of the public
debt.
Ben. Butler received the nomination of
the Massachusetts Democratic Convention
for Governor, having a majority of the Con-
vention in his favor, his friends having gone
early to the hall in Worcester where the Con-
vention was to meet, and secured the
organization. Great excitement prevailed
for a time. Many of the members of the
Convention bolted and adopted and address
to the Democrats of the State, calling a
Convention at Faneuil Hall.
The Republican Convention of Massachu-
ssetts nominated Hon. Thomas Talbot for
Governor. On the informal ballot Hon.
Ben. F. Butler received two votes. John
D. Long was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor, Henry L.. Pierce for Secretary OF
State, Hon. Charles Endicott for Treasurer,
and Hon. George Marston for Attorney
General. The resolutions passed rejoice
that the resumption of specie payment has
been so nearly accomplished; insist that
all paper currency shall be r~edeemable at
the will of the holder; and Commend the
efficiency and integrity with which all de,
%partments of the State Government
have been carried on, and we de-
nounce as false the charges of ~mismanage
ment made against its administration, al
though the imitation of the currency hal
caused extravaganza in public and private
life, and has influenced legislation, without
distinction of party, to authorize unneces
sary and unwise appropriations, which are
not to be repeated, yet the State has beer
well and honestly governed"
The Republican State Convention o.
Louisiana met recently, and adjourned
without any important action. The 40
iournment is reported to have been the re
suit of the influence of the present State
' Central COMMITTEES, who desired 70 retain
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Indian scare ln Kansas.

There were rumors at Topeka, on the
19th, that the Indians were doing damage,
such as burning houses, ETC., near Fort
Dodge, on the western borders of Kansas.
The facts are that two or three
houses, three miles west of Dodge City,
were on fire. 1t is not unlikely
that some of the Cheyennes, who escaped
from the Territory a few days ago, and who
are known to have been turned back and
broken up into squads, set fire either to the
prairie or the houses. The excitement is
over. The escape of the Indians has caused
all kinds of false reports to get into circu
lation. United States troops are corraling
the Indians, and there is no danger of any
real trouble.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
SIichIran viuaee De.,royed.

Aspecial to the Detroit Free Press from
East Saginaw says Sherman City, a small
village in Isabella County, Mich, was an
initiated, September 10, by a terrible tor
nado, every store, dwelling house, and shed
in the village being swept clean, except one
frame dwelling, which was partially de.
stroyed. The air was thick with timbers,
boards, brick and stone. The inhabitants
took refuge in cellars. Mr.. Tryo, his wife,
little girl, and baby, were badly injured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
New Planet DIscoxered.

Professor Watson, during the recent OBJ
servatlons OF Vulcan, at the time of the
eclipse, found two Planets instead of one.
he was not definitely sure until he had re-
dueed his observations, so he said nothing
OF his discovery. The second planet is
larger than Vulcan, and its position is eight
degrees, nine minutes and twenty-four
seconds right ascension, and declination
eighteen degrees, three minutes north. Pro.
lessor Watson says "there are no known
stars in the places which they give, and
bence can not be mistaken as to the iden.
tity of the obiects.n
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Fro.t and the Corn Cron-

The cool weather of the latter spring and
early summer kept the corn back, and
caused much replanting. This and other
feature of the season made the crop uneven
in the same conditions, and still more un-
even In the different conditions of high and
low lands. The hot midsummer did not
sutice to bring all to maturity. There was
ageneral frost in the principal corn growing
regions of the West on the night of the
18th, which caught much of the crop before
it was fully matured.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
Terrible Murder,

Lewis Guetig, nephew and adopted son
OF Henry Geutig, proprietor of the Spencer
House, Indianapolis, shot and killed Molly
McGrew in the yard in the rear of the hotel,
at nine o'clock a few evenings since, with
four shots of revolver. Her refusal to be-
come his wife was the cause of the crime.
She had been a waitress at the hotel,
but Eft on account of his opportunities,
and the crime was committed in the court
yard OF the hotel, while Molly wa on a
visit to sec some friends, Guetig was ar
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
WILHoFr's FEVER n Agile TONIC

WMHoFT's FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
This medicine is used by construction COM
when engaged in malarial districts. The
highest testimonials have been given by
contractors and by the Presidents of some
of the leading railroads in the South and
West. When men are congregated in large
numbers In the neighborhood Of swamps
and rivers, Wilhofts Tonic will prove a
valuable addition to the stock of medicines,
and will amply reward the company in the
saving of time, labor and money. We recon.
mend it to all. WHEELoCK, FNLAY & Co.,
Proprietors, New Orleans.
FOR SALE RY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
FIEhtIns ON 1he bank. of the save.

The Austrian reinforcements have COM
menced operations against the insurgent in
trenchments on the banks of the Save. The
fighting SO far is indecisiye. The Austrian
losses between the 4th and 9TH of Septem-
Der were about one hundred officers and
three thousand men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-09-26
BunhIo bins Indian PERFORMER.

Secretary Schurz has directed the arrest
and return to their agency of three Indian
men and one squaw from Pawnee Agency,
Indian Territory, performing with Buffalo
BllPs troupe in Washington City. Their
absence from the reservation without leave
from the Agent, he thinks, is calculated to
cause discomfort among the other Indians,
while their present mode of life will not
improve their moral character. These
Indians were induced to leave their reserva.
ton by two brothers, Burgess, belonging to
the company, who are sons of the late
Agent at the Pawnee Agency.