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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
WALKER, THE GLAssBLowER.
TALE OF NINE CHILDREN AND A DIVORCE
CASE.

A TALE OF NINE CHILDREN AND DIVORCE
CASE.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal. Dec. 81
Robert Walker, glassblower. employed at the star
works in New Albany. according to the statement Of
his own daughter, il q much married man. Miss
Louisa Walker, aged sixteen years, came to New
Albany in June last from England where she left her
mother and two sisters. Her object in coming was 10
live with her father whom she had not seen since q
mere child. The girl had not been ~ fcw hbany
long before she found that her father was
living with another woman, and that he had
six children whom he cdled his own. Louisa
lived With him few weeks. and as his wife made "
very unpleasant for her she concluded TO leave and
informed her relatives. Her father declined w give
up her clothing, aud she Obliged 10 do the best
she could IN her every dry dress. she found employ
better place the residence ~ Mr.. Albert frinler
Since she has been employed NJ the latter place her
father has made application to have her weekly wages
paid TO him. and Mr.. Trncr holds of the letters
wherein Walker acknowledges that h. IL the father
Of the girl and that he OF right ought 10
have the money she earns. " has been The
object ~ the girl 10 enough money 10
pay her way hack to England TO join her mother.
louisa says her mother does not know the condition
81 things hut has been written 70 aud Will soon send
her marriage certificate o. this country, that her
trnant husband may be punished. Walker says that
he married ~ his present wife Va Boston. Mass,
aud that he obtained divorce from bis first wife IN
Boston in 1885. He docs not remetnber tie name OF
the Judge who granted the divorce or what ground
he obtained H. ~ does not deny that he had wife
In England but says she has no claims him now.
William Perkins, y nephew OF Walkers, substantiates
the statements made by the girl, and says Walkers
hrst wife knows nothing OF the divorce.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
REGULATIONS FROM SHAKESPEARE.

Professor Locke Richardson, Of Syracuse University
gave unique entertainment at the Union League
Theatre yesterday morning. and attentivcly lis
tened to by fashionable and intelligent audience
composed largely of ladies'. OF Shakespearean readers
there have been dozens. but OF Shakcspearean memo
rists Professor Locke of the few. He recited
the entire play of the Merchant OF Venice without
prompting, acting each part as he proceeded and
Stunning the different voices with great cleverness
There five Rotations to follow this, all
Of Shakespeares plays.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
THE AQUARIUM. cINDERALLA. .

The above named fairy spectacle was presented at
the Aquarium last evening to . goodly sized audi
ence and afforded not little genuine pleasure. A
large number of little folks the stage, and
handsomely costumed they were. we'll trained and
under intelligent direction, made performance
which the more it becomes known the more 1t will
become popular. The scenes were attractive. the
play lively and the familiar story pretty illustrated
from beginning to end.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
SPOKESMAN HAL1-rHE sYMpHoNY SOCIETY.

The second concert of this society, last night
proved brilliant and. in most respects satisfactory
performance. NJ Max Primer. the soloist, played
Bechovens concerto in fat with the delcacy. taste
and intelligence which his distinctive characteris
ties. 1t cannot be said that the selection was
specially fortunate for the pianist, for he
was overweishted by the immense demands
OF this giant work. Most of the
work of the orchestra very well done.
There lack of shading in the violin part OF the
king Lear overture, but in the "Fingals Gave
overture. the Beethoven concerto and the Haydn
symphony there very little that not adj
Inirably given. Dr. Damrosch is proving most
satisfactory conductor and it seems probable that
he, with his orchestra. will make good the place of
Theodore Thomas and his orchestra in the annual
offerings of the season of symphony concerts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-12-08
ADJUSTMENTS.

ACADEMY OF MUsIc-''LUcA DI I.AarsrERAIooR.
The matinees at the Academy of Music If one
may judge from the magnitude Of the audiences
which assemble, have evidently become extremely
popular. Yesterday the congregation little less
than jam. People were almost obliged to quarrel
while they crowded in. put once in they presented
pretty pictorial spectacle as has been in
New York for many day. Lucia illustrated
by the Mapleson opera troupe has already been fully
described and criticised In these columns. and it is
therefore unnecessary to repeat comments. beyond
the fact that Campanini and Gerster were
in admirable voice. and with Galassi and
Foil faithfully personated the leading characters of
the opera. The vocal beauties Of Gerstcr, her Won
derful hexibility, her admirable taste and cunning
art. have naturally made strong impression on the
music loving portion Of the public and whenever
size appears it Is signal of to the manage
na'nt. The splendid tenor and superb action of
Cnnpanini and the robust basso Of Foil. however
ought not to be forgotten while giving praise for
have had few artists among in these late years who
we'll illustrate the beauties of operate art.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

make r ch five acres of land. 1t is
worth this, il matters not where II
i dropped. II It is on the lot YOU
viii see it in the crop-If on the
n..tnro then in the change Of the
character Of the vegetation the next
.a,son. Now We have the sum !:
Outlay for ewes. $500. Expenses
81 worth corn and salt. shearlng
81. Income. 90 lambs. $50, 400
lbs. wool. 800. ) acres improved
land. SO. Now add up and sub
ract. and YOU Will have a flock OF
sheep paid for. less $50. II there
i any idea clear TO Us It IS that a
Sleeps manure is equal to MS food
Now what of the two systems-one
! Of exhaustion Gas the rule), the
other is that of improvement. The
one IS that Of a farmer bearing
away those precious elements, the
0'a
phosphorus, potash and ammonia.
The other IS that in which one daily
adds to this supply. The one has
brought washes and red gullles, the
other ever brings green slopes ana
lovely landscapes.
The sheep, it IS true, have had
the use of his land, but 1t IS that
which vas worn out and would not
bring paving crops. But these, the
simple grazing have improved
they have used the - or p acres
Of orchard grass, but they have LETT
the corn fed to them there. 50
or 800 worth Of grass may be cut
and sold from them. The great
bulk of the sheep manure IS not
G 1914 Of it is in the shape OF
urine, and goes directly to the soil.
1t is best that this business should
be gone into gradually. Wewould
not advise any farmer to start with
Owe 80 ewes, and let that not be
with improved stock, but with ma
tiyes or merlnoS. y. a. y.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11
SHEEP.

Young man, YOU who have the
management or inheritance of
broad acres, with weeds, broom
sedge and hens-nest grass Nou
who are looking for profit and not
mere employment IN farming, we
say divide the largest portion of
your plantation into pastures and
buy a flock Of sheep. If there is a
royal road for you III agriculture
this is where it starts. About the
only purpose for which a farmer
can afford to borrow mOney. is to
buy a flock Of sheep. Instead Of
hiring hands as you did last year,
ut eight OF ten dollars a month, to
work your WORKOUT land, and
hauling away your crops for some
body else TO consume and manure
their lands with. leaving YOU at the
end Of the year, with but little more
than enough to pay those hands
with, suppose, instead of trying
this dear, oft-repeated experiment,
YOU had have bought say one hum
dred ewes this spring, and turned
them on your native pastures
with salt regularly, and a change
of pastures, they would stay out
and come up next December look
ing well. Recollect your hands
worked for you and wanted their
money in December, and you paid
them. These sheep would come
home about the same time and
bring a good coat of wool. If YOU
will do your duty, and give them a
shelter during lambing season in
February, you can raise ninety out
of the hundred lambs. With two
lots tolerablv well set in clover and
orchard grass of eight or ten acres,
each, and scventy-fve cents worth
of corn to the sheep, is all you
would have to pay them for the
wool and lambs. In May your
wool is ready, shortly after your
lambs. The manure will certainly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

ent they fare. One goes into the
wheat market with 4 pure clean
bright sample the buyers seek him
and wish 10 know what he asks for
his wheat. The other has 10 seek
the buyer and enquire timldiy what
he Viii give: and after being jeered
and rldiculed ne i ready to take
about cost for his article. IL mat
tiers not about the season or tone OF
the market. IA first class article Will
rarely ever fail = find a purchaser
at a ialr price. Having a good ar
ticle i like keeping a fat horse
when YOU are prepared 10 keep a
horse it is as easy 10 keep q fat rs a
poor one. The diversity our State
needs is not the diversity of crops
but diversity of pursuits, we want
more men manufacturing Il cot
ton and tobacco. our tlmbers INTO
furniture and farm and other i'm
plements. our hides into leather.
more men raising thorough bred
stock, more grass farms, butter
farms, cheese making etc., etc.
y. \. e..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

No longer held on the top. 1t finds
its way deep into the earth. leaving
the tor soil wet. but no longer seHat-
huid : in wet weather draining the
surface of excess of moisture III
dry weather. restoring moisture
from below bv the force Of capillary
attractions. But this i only one
of the good effects OF deep plough
inc. The disintegration OF the soil
subjects il ingredients TO the chem
zeal agencies of the atmosphere.
Some of the constituents OF the
soil are decompo>ed, absorption OF
new elements takes place. new ON
binations are entered into. and
TINS, together with the renewal OF
the top soil and it incorporation
with the material underneath, adds
continually and indefinitely TO the
depth and fertility Of the whole.
This chemical agency IS e>pecl-
ally observable IN the red lands Ct
OF the middle section of the State.
The stratum Of humus from Nege-
table decay IS comparatively thin,
as compared with alluylal deposits;
while all below Is of mineral origin.
This lower stratum when dlslnte-
grated and exposed to the acton OF
the atmosphere, and opened to the
free passage Of moisture rom above
or below, is soon converted INTO
productive soil. No more striking
exhibition Of this can be given than
is found along the railroad en-
bankments through Orange county.
We know many ellis" that arc
composed of material taken out Of
abandoned old-fields, given up to
broom sedge, and with scarce ylgor
enough to sprOut a pea. Inc lapse
of a few years has cOnverte these
entertainments into belts Of wonder
full richness, thick set with rank
blackberry vines, luNuriant poke
berry stalks, patches Of rich Glove.
clumps of rampantly growing fruit
trees. and vegetation generally IN
dicative Of great richness Of soil !;
this conversion from barrenness to
fertility having been effected by
exposure to the atmosphere, thro'
pulverization, complete drainage
and free play to capillary attrac-
tions. This example has always
struck us as speaking IN tones of
invitation and encouragement to
the farmer that ought not to pass
%unheeded. 1t IS the principle Of
deep ploughing demonstrated in a
most striking manner. !. ID. {.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

master the problem. The necesl-
ties Of the country are not suth-
ciently urgent 70 attract capital to
hazardous experiment.; capital itself
Is not sufficiently abundant 70 be
r.ahed in remote adventures o.
profit: and State pride Will not lind
= sufficient stimulus to an under-
taking which l. without the charm
If novelty to recommend 1T, n
which trcads in paths already
familiar enough to those better pre-
pared Ia follow them
We are inclined to think that
the result OF the past year expert
ence will be the continued cultlva-
ton Of the beet for the table, and
nothing more. Yet the search al
ter a substitute for the sugar-cane
need not be abandoned. We d.
rected attention some two months
aro to the fact Of the great IN
movement made not only IN the
sorghum itself, but IN It's mannfac-
ture. by which, under improved
scientific Il handsome per
centage of sugar was obtained.
Prof. Ledoux. III his report, con
firms our opinion. and mentions
that since the war, over half a NIL
lion pounds have been manufac-
tured in Ohio alone.
Now, our people have become
| accustomed to the culture OF sor-
ehum. 1t is a plant as familiar to
most Of the farmers of the State as
Indian corn, and receiving much
the same treatment. Its value az
as a syrup-produclng plant i
known, if not fully appreciated.
Within a few years attention has
been paid to the perfection Of I'M
proved varieties, and IN Minnesota
the Amber Minnesota Sorghum IS
said as far to surpass It's Chinese
original as the latter does Its klns-
fellow, broom-corn. being a large
producer Of a rich and easily gran
ulating syrup. The farmers of this
State viii be more ready to move
to this plant than to the beet. lie
will have less to learn, fewer old
habits to cast off, and, IN fact, will
be dealing with something with
which he is familiar, and of whose
value he has practical appreciation.
Let the Agricultural Department
act on ii hint SO suggestive Of sue
cess, and let the beet culture blde
a time when the march OF agricul-
ture, now so happily progressive,
shall have reached that point Ct
perfection when it will not lie
| thought preposterous to undertake
it. }. ID. c.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

1t is true that a shrewd. close,
calculating Dutcllman. may with
the aid OF his family. living con-
yenient to market be able to carry
in a good article of a good many
products, and have something over
a hog and homlny independence.
1t is true the old time Southerner
enjoved something Of real indepen-
dence-living upon his estate, and
making something Of everything.
with a market pretty much at home
it mattered not whether his was a
good or sorry article his customers
took it all the same. But these
conditions are not now applicable
to u people.
How many of our farm products
now hardly pay the freight and
commissions to market. Look at
the sorry cotton, the sorry tobacco,
the lean pork. beef and mutton.
the poor cows and butter etc.,
brought to market by farmers car
rving out this advice.
The seller often sends out his cir
cular telling the farmer not to raise
so much, but raise a better article.
lie could readily understand the
trouble if he knew ..how many
irons that farmer had IN the fire
OF course we do not hold that a
farmer living upon a great planta-
ton must buy his milk and butter.
lard, eggs, chickens etc. Bat the
idea we combat IS a man poor
and half prepared. trying to sell
something Of everything. Let "a
farmer consult his taste. look over
and select some leading object in
agriculture, and the moment he
discovers anything else coming IN
the way, of that object let him
discard that enterprise right away.
MIKE the leading one "a success
though il be to part with one aud
another and another Of his crop.
Let two farmers go to market one
having a good article, the other an
Indifferent one. How different
they look and feel and how differ
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11
DEEP PLOUGH1NG.

A controversy was waSed last year
in the agricultural columns OF the
New York Tribune as to the COM
parative merits of deep and shall
l>w ploughing, and we confess to a
good deal of surprise at finding the
shallow side of the question sus-
tanned with SO much zeal and plau-
sibilitv. and with that degree OF
ingenuity which exercises itself IN
efforts to prove the worse, the bet
for side. For it seems irrational,
As i positive statement, to affirm
that the process of scratching, SO
familiar to a past generation, could
have had any claim to merit, when
the system has left its fatal, ndell-
BILE marks upon the landscape, and
which has been the fruitful parent
Of waste old-fields and quilted hill
sides.
Shallow ploughing merely LAGER
ated the cuticle Of the earth, and
DESTROYED that beauty of the land,
which, in a state of nature, is like
that Of the human face-only skin
deep. 1t loosened the thin coating
Of the top virgin soil, rich with all
the elements of plant-food, but dis
tinct and detached from the stra-
tum below, which hard and imper-
vious to the rain, affords no retreat
for the supertiuous waters. These.
saturatlng the upper stratum, cor
verted it into a fluid paste, which
flowed off in liquid rain, leaving
the land, after a few crops, bare,
deSolate and barren. This is the
secret OF the impoyerlshment of the
South, originally SO favored as to
have attracted settlements from the
remotest regions, and cursed them,
thus early IN national existence.
with premature decrepitude. To
shallow ploughing and to a defiance
of the plainest dictates of common
sense in furrowing up and down
hill. making an infinite number Of
artificial channels to aid in carry
ing away the superficial and only
valuable soil, we owe the hideous
landscapes Of desolated country
that go commonly pains the eve in
the counties of Orange, Caswell
and Person, and of dozens Of other
counties in North Carolina.
Deep ploughing, which is gradu-
ally working into favor under de-
mOnstratlon Q. Its advantages, and
under a better knowledge of the
true principles of agriculture would
have retained this ruined section
IN all It's primitive productiveness
and beauty. One of the first effects
OF the thorough deepenin. of the
soil by the pillow is to open an '
nue. OF escape for the surplus rain.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

Never plant apple trees, Tor
other fruit trees nor vines on land
which needs draining, f YOU can
help 1t. Trees like a warm, dry,
friendly soil.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11

There is great necessity of weak
oranges consolidating. There were
10y far TOO many organized and as a
consequence not enough variety OF
talent in SO small Il number of per
sons to make the meetings interest
INC and attractive.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-11
THE SUGAR BEET AND IT'S
PROSPECTS.

The Importance OF sugar IN a
commercial point OF view may he
estimated by the cost TO the people
of the United States Of the amount
imported. reaching for the past tis-
cal year, the enorn. Gus sum Of sixty
six millions of dollars, representing
six hundred and thirty-eight thou
sand tons OF cane sugar, ali Of which
with the exception Of seventy
five thousand tons, the pro-
duction of Louisiana, was from
foreign sources. In addition TO
this, there was sugar made from
imported molasses, from the maple,
from the beet, and from sorghum
to swell the total consumption IN
1915 to seven hundred and twenty
five thousand two hundred and
sixty-nine tons. 1t is not surpris-
ing therefore, that earnest efforts
should be made to substitute some
sugar producing plant, adapted to
temperate climates, which would
weaken dependence upon the sugar
cane, the favored child of the trop-
les, and check the enormous alfiux
of money needed for the supply of
An article which has long since
ceased to be a mere luxury.
The necessities of France in the
wars of Napoleon which resulted in
sweeping French commerce from
the seas, and isolated the Empire,
and drove it back upon its own re-
sources, suggested Il remedy in the
beet; and under the sagacious pat
ronage of a ruler, wise in civil, rs he
was great in military affairs, the
experiments were SO successfully
prosecuted as to result in the per-
manent establishment of an indus
try which has made France abso-
lutely independent Of foreign sup
plies of sugar. Not only France
but nearly all of continental Eu-
rope, for the German empire, Rus
STA and Poland, Austria and Iun-
gary, Belgium and Holland, have all
largely engaged in the culture of
the beet for the specific purpose of
making sugar, and the amount now
made reaches very nearly a million
and a half of tons annually.
The example of Europe stimu-
lated the enterprise of the Uuited
States in the same direction !: with
success, so far, by no means up to
expectation. Last year seeds were
distributed through North Caroline
by the State Agricultural Depart.
ment, and the recent report made
by Prof. LedouX OF the UNIVERSITY
gives the result which can scarcely
be called encouraging. 1t does not
appear that in some Of the expert,
ments at least, a profitable percent.
age OF sugar Was not attained; but
1T IS at once apparent that the nice
preparation of the ground and the
careful cultivation Of the plant i.
toe far IN advance of the system Of
culture to which our farmers have
been accustomed. In a large por.
ton of Europe culture that is supe.
/ to the garden work done in thi.
State, is the habit of the people fol-
generations. Here, we are unwil
ling to apply nicer attention than
Is given to the coarse field O
that n worked in our somewba.
primitive methods. This is fata
to any expectation Of making tn,
beet a successful rival to the suoa.
cane, or any other sugar producin.
plant. We fear that Prof. L-doux,
who recognizes the gravity of tn
obstacle, will meet little favor j,
his suggestion, that beet culture b,
joint stock companies can alon
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~. This paper is printed at 10 r N
every Wednesday. Price: - III adj
vance. 1t is the Official Mouth-plece
of the Department of Agriculture, I'm
migration and Statistics Gov. l.. -
Vance. Chairman Col. l.. L. Polk.
Commissioners. Monthly reports are
furnished by two or more correspond
ents from every county in North faro
lima. giving all items Of interest.
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Cellars should be cleansed early
n spring of all dccaying vegetables
md u~ncleanly things. If neglected
t pollutes the house, taInts the at
nospherv and engcnders disease.