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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15

most remarkable scene was enacted upon
the IIoor Of the House yesterday, and one That
should satisfy any observing PERSON OF The
Influence exerted by the lottery company over
certain members of that body
The third Of The amendments, as they came
from the Joint committee and were adopted by
The Senate. came UP for consideration; al
amendment offered by Mr. Leonard had been
voted down, and the amendment as 1t stood
pnt upolribs passage This Ia the amendment
til at limits The powers Of the Legislature and
forbids the establishment, In future, OF mo
nopolies In this State MI. Leonard desired e
offer another amendment abolishing those In
existence which amendment would have re-
uuired but majority vote 10 engtaft u upon
the original amendment, but he was prevent
ell from so doing by q call for the previous
question
Tho amendment rs originally drafted was
then put and lost by a large vote II was, OF
course. to the interest Of The lottery company
that Il should be adopted TO prevent its
amendment by majority, and Mr.. Wilde,
tho member from the lottery company, caine
to the rescue. He rushed around Among the
negroes In hot haste to give the cue, and they
Immediately commenced 10 change their votes
from no 10 yes, and In few minutes the fate
Of tho amendment WIS changed, and Instead
az being defeated IL was adopted, some twenty
votes having been changed from the negative
10 the affirmative OF course the lottery com
pany has no representative In the House
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15
THE AMENDMENTS.

1t IL certainly not in accordance with tho
principles Of democratic government that SO
important u matter MS the making of sweep
ing changes In the organic law Of the State
should be det"rminedb by body Of men elected
upon entirely different issues. In fact, the
genius Of our institutions does not tolerate the
creation of virtually new constitution by a
legislature. The people Of this and other
States have always reserved that right to
themselves, and will never, so long as the
spirit of freedom dwells within them. delegate
II to any one else.
The Democratic party has been clamoring
for the abrogation Of the present constitution
ever since 1868. and politicians must not sup
pose that the members of that party were not
In earnest In their repeated demands for u
radical reformation of the odous organic law
imposed upon them by bayonets. 1t Is not too
much to say that the reform platform upon
which the present members Of the Legisla-
ture were elected contemplated the calling OF
d convention with a view to changing the con-
stitution. not In accordance with the peculiar
notions of members of n small committee, or
upon a basis Of mutual concessions between
members of the two political parties. but in II
manner and to an extent to be determined by
the people themselves through representa-
tivss specially delegated for that purpose, and
after ample discussion and mature delibcra-
ton. In saying this we do not mean to in
innate that the amendments proposed by the
Joint committee, as far as they go, are not
wise and calculated to greatly benefit the State.
We protest mainly against the anti-Demo-
cratic methods by which 1t Is sought to de-
prive the people, who are the source OF all
power, of the right to declare in what respect
they desire to change their organic law We
may freely concede the propriety and wisdom
of the pending amendments without
weakening our position in respect to
this cardinal doctrine of the Democracy,
and recent events have shown that the
DEMOCRAT correctly interpreted the feeling
of the people on this subject. The amend
ments reported by the joint committee were
adopted by the Senate almost without discus
sion. This summary mode Of dealing with
such an important measure shocked our sense
Of what was due to the people. We remon-
strated against it in the most vigorous terms
we could command. We called the attention
Of the House to the fact that the amend
ments failed to touch single
one of the many rings and monopolies
that infcst this city and are debauching and
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15

itnpovetishing the people. and we appealed To
that body to give utteranee TO what we knew
10 be the sentiments of its constituents on the
subject of monobolies What was the result2
A proposition more sweeping than any we
had advanced proposition to abolish every
institution In the State invested by Legislative
action with monopoly privileges commanded
every Democratic vote in the House. except
three, and even those three, owing to the cir
c,ilnstanres under which they were given, did
not constitute all exception. Was this
vote not complete vndieation Of the
course taken by The DEMOCRAT with respect
to the amendments7 We have been sustained
by what was practically the unanimous Dem
ocratic vote Of the House in the position as
stunned by ,ls towards the monopolies. We said
the other day that tho DEMOCRAT. having
sprung, as IL were from tho bosom OF the
people, could not fail accurately reflect their
views. end the vote of tho House Oh Mi. Leon
ards amendment proves conelusively that we
have not done So Nothing that has occurred
since the assembling Of the Legislature has
gratitied us SO much as the discovery Of the
fact that the members Of the party to which
we belong stand now solidly arrayed In i'm
compromising artagonism towards the mo-
nopoies which we have strivsn SO hard to
abolish. They have nnbly placed themselves
on record as faithful servants Of the people,
and having redeemed their pledges In this
matter, we beg Ut them to make one further
proof Of their loyalty and devotion 10 their
constituents by devsing some mode whereby
the latter may have an opportunity Of declaI-
ing whether they are satisfied with the pro
posed amendments or desire to meet In
convention to remodel the constitution Of the
Stata
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15
ar TRIPLE SHEET.

1ly reference to our advertising "oi'ithNs u
will be seen that the place Tor holding the
M acc meeting called by the Property Holders
Association has been changed from Lafayette
sn,,are 70 the Clay Statute, on Cnna street
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-15
BODLEY BROTHERS,
Izy and ITO. Common street .I27 and kZO
Between st. Charles and City Hotels.

FARM AND PLANTATION WAGONS.
Cane Carts, Bagasse Carts. Small Carts of all
sizes Timber Wheels. Wheebarrows. Spokes.
Felloes. Shafts. Wagon Material. Axle Grease.
etc.
This Is the oldest and largest wagon establish
ment in the south, manufacturing their own
work and guaranteeing everything they sell.
fe3 1y 2dp
BOSTON FISH CHOWDER,
Prepared by
w. X. LEWIS & BROTHERS,
At their factories on the coasts of Maine and
Nova Scotia. from fish fresh from the sea.
Packed in 3-fb tins. Just received by
AMOS PATTEN d CO.,
jaN 2dp I'm SO Tchoupitoulas street.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Green corn is for sale at Brownsville.
Texas.
The Delaware peach crop netted S1,000,-
900.
Baked clay fence posts are in use in Le-
high county, Pennsylvania.
CallfornanoW exports about ten millions
worth of wood per annum.
Wheat, all over Kentucky, is looking as
green as in the merry month of May.
There are one million five hundred thou
SAND bushels of corn in southern Indiana
and Illinois to be moved within the next
month or two.
There are about seventy thousand orange,
trees in bearing in Louisiana, yielding over
thirty million oranges annually, which are
worth on the trees about 100000.
Miller & Lux are said to have seven hun
dred thousand acres in all in California, an
area nearly as large as the State of Rhode
Island. There must be at least four hum
dred thousand acres in one body, running in
strip ten or twelve miles wide and sixty
miles long,. from Hills ferry southward.
nc cillal lafn IS, therefore, very small
portion Of it. 1t is covered, with farm
houses as well as equipped in all respects as
the canal farm. They own about eighty
thousand head of cattle, and last year their
newborn calves numbered twenty-five thou
sand head. Ofsheep they have a vast num-
Der, as well as of"hogs, aud they furnish the
largest share Of fresh meat for the San
Francisco market. They can start herd
from Kern county and drive itethrough to
San Francisco, and have good pasturage OH
their own land for the cattle to feed on every
night on the route.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
THE HOUSEHOLD.
RECIPES.

TO Make Hna.D ,Soap.--Sal soda, three
pounds; stone lime, one and one-half pound;
dissolve in soft water two. gallons, by boil
ing, settling and pouring off, then return to
a kettle (brass or copper|a and add lard three
pounds, and boil until it becomes soap.
Then pour in one ounce oil of sassafras then
pour into a dish or moulels, and when cold
cut it into bars and dry.
i, Cold ,Sjasv.--Selcct a. firm head of cab
bage and shred very fiEe,With a sharp knife,
pepper and salt to taste. Have ready about
a quart Of good vinegar, two eggsrWell beat
en-, a teaspoonful dry mustard dissolved in
a little Water a lump OF butter about half
the size Of az egg, q teaspoonful Of sugar;
mix all together well and set on the stove
until it bols or thickens; pour hot over ths
shredded cabbage; just before sending to
the table and after it is entirely cold add
about two tablespoonfuls cream and mix
thoroughly.
Seasoning 5ood.-Many people have the
idea that a finely favored dish must cost u
great deal. That is 4 mistake; if>youshave
untainted meat, or sound vegetables, Or
even Indian meal, to begin with, you can
make it delicious with proper seasoning.
One reason why French cooking is so much
nicer than any osher is that it's SET ssoned
with a great variety of" herbs and spices.
These cost very little. If you would buy il
few cents worth at Il time you would soon
have good assortment. The best kinds
are sage, thyme, sweet mar tarragon,
mint, sweet basil, parsley, bay leaves, cloves,
mace, celery seed and onions. When you
buy bunch OF dried herbs rub the leaves
through sieve, and bottle them tightly till
you need them tie the stalks together and
save them until you want to make what the
French call a bouquet, for a soup or stew.
A bouqet of herbs is made by tieing togeth-
er few sprigs OF parseley, thyme and two =
bay leaves. The bay leaves, which have
the flavor of laurel, can be bought at any i
German grocery or drug store, enough TOD
last . long time for five .centss-.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07

To find the price'ot porksper pound, as
relative to the price of corn, divide the
price of bushel of corn by $40.
InMontana, pork is made mostly from,
peas. which in fattening qualities are about
equal to corn, and the cost OF making pork
in our country is at once arrived at byssub-
stituting the word ''peas" for S'corn."
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
AGRICU. / T 7 R A L,

THE subject of Horticulture is noWone of
the most important that can engage the at
tention of the Montana farmer. Up to the
present, only enough has been done in this
oraurh of industry to demonstrate thatfruits
can be grown in our Territory successfully,
but as to tile range Of varieties adapted to
our climate nothing is known. Small fruits,
such as currents, gooseberries, raspherriss,
blaekberres, strawberries. and grapes, are
known to be more prolific here than in any
portion of the States, and there are also less
difficulties in their culture. They are sure
crop every year; such things as blight, rust,
millew, and the Thousand evils to which
they are subjected in many other countries,
are as yet unknown here. In fact, the only
difficulty experienced here is the raids Of the
pesky grasshoppers. Often young orchards
arc. very mach injured by these. yet they
are no worse Oh these than on other crops,
in fact, not so bad, as they do not kill the
shrubs The hardy varieties Of apples, so
far as tried, do we'll here except on the low
river bottoms, while crab apples are grown
with as little care, and yieldas well, as ANY
where
The greatest drawback tofruit culture in
our Territory has been the difficulty OF get
tlg trees, cuttings. etc, no nursery having
yet been established. We have often urged
flat some enterprising individual enter into
that branch of industry. We believe it
would prove highly rcmunerative. But, as
paft'es seem backward in taking chances
where there are SO many other speculations
Which offer good returns and entail but lit
| 'le risk, we would suggest the adyisability
|M organizing stocN.company for this pur-
pose, We believe that sufficient amount
|4 capital can be raised from well-to-do
Farmers who are eminently interested i'll oHr
|ea'ntly's welfare. The experience ofsthe
[rnt growers of every State has been that
|'ets' shrlbs, ETC., succeed best when pro-
lQacea IN the same section where they are to
FL grown, and while trees, shrubs, plants,
Fa'1lhss, ETC., coming from far-otf Eastern
ufserles do we'll here, it is most probable
.nal they Woulttdo better if produced here.
|"e would urge upon@our farmers that they
f'mmence to supplytheir farms with young
F'enafds, even though it be necessary for
Aen 10 get a start from Eastern nurseries.
|lae prices are merely nominal TO q Montana
f"her, and they can be shipped by mail
fael| and securely. There is representa-
i We OF an Ogden nursery at present canvas
ny the Territory for orders. We have not
e' meeallm, and DO not know whether his
."es ave exorbitlnt or not, but, if not, we
u''S IL would be well to try asleasta small
.uet ifom this nursery. 1t has a good rep
s'lon at home,- and we think its shrubs
'0aid Go better in our climate than those of
~ seW England States. Besides, in pur-
aShg OF an Ogden nursery, we get our
~. .aaos delivered, and should they give salts
.uoh' and our farmers generally become
's.ested, there will be no difficulty in in
er;alg s;,g The Ogden man, or some other ex-
l,r n.eu WITT person, to establish a nursery in
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07

The United States utiliZes in agriculture
ten per cent. of its area; Great Britain fifty
eight per cent; France and Belgium eighty
three; Austro-HHngary lightweight; and
Holland seventy. This shows conclusively
whencasth ipnltural growth must spring.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
CITY, M. T., FEBRUARY z. rs.


SEED TO THE ACRE-GARDEN TRUCK.
| Beets-lo5lbs.-l or. to $50 feet of row.
Broccoli OF. plants $500 plants to 4e
square feet.
Cabbage-4oz. plants; $500 plants to CT
square feet.
Caulitlower--l or. plants 90. 800 plants tc
60 square feet.
Carrot or. to $50 feet of row.
Celery-l OF. to 1000 plants and square
feet.
Cucumbers-l oz. to 150hlls.
Cress-l OF. to 16 square feet.
Egg Plant or. to 1000 plants.
Leel1-l OF. to 1000 plants and GO square
feet.
Lettuce-1' OF. to 1000 plants a,,ei 12o
square feet.
Melon-1 OF. to l20 hills.
Nasturtunl-1 OF. to % feet of row..
Onion-l OF. to 200 feet of row.
Okra--l or to 200 feet ofrow.
Parsley-l OF. to 200 feet of row..
ParsIips-l OF. to 250 feet of row..
Peppers-l or. to 2,5C0 plants.
Peas-liquart to 120 teet of row.
Pumpkin oz.< to so hills.
Radsh-l OF. to 100 feet ofrow.
Salsty-1 or. to $50 feet OF row.
Spinach OF. to 200 feet ofro
Squash--1 or. to IS hills. .
Tomato--l OF. to $500 plants angSs0
square feet.
Turnip-Ioz. to 1000 square feet. n
Water4Melon-1 or. to so hills.
FIELD AND GRASS SEEDS.
Wheat, i / to bushels to the acre; Bar
ley, II to d bushels; Oats, 2 to 4 bushels;
Rye, / toe2 bushels; Buckwheat, + to Il
bushels; eMillet, to 81 bushels; Corn, J. to
/ b,ishel; Beans, l to bushels; Peas, d to
81 bushels; Hemp, l to II bushels; FLAX,
l1to bushels; Rice, 2 to 2tbushels; Broom
Corn, Ito II bushels; Potatoes, to 10 bush
els; Timothy, 12 to "a quarts to the acre;
s'to 20 quarts; Head Grass, u to
l6 quarts Fiat Turnip, 2 to 3pounds to the
acre; Red Glover, 10 to 16 pounds; White
Clover, 3 to 4 ponds Blue Grass, 10 to Is
pounds; Orchard Grass, 20 to 80 pounds
oalioIS, W po'tHue, afslilps,o 70
pounds.
CORN AND THE PRICE oPfPORK.
The following table will indicate the cost
If making pork when corn is at different
prices. This table is made upon the follow
ng calculation: bushel of corn. weighing
IS lbs, will produce 101 pounds OF pork.
Deduct l-5 of weight to get net amount, land
ye have 2-5 pounds of pork to the bushel
If corn, or poRna of pork to 81 pounds of
,orn:
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
r,rRIIsHED WEEKLY By
* r, n. SUTHER I'm,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR

TIE Rocky MOUNTAIN HUsBANDMAN Is designed
N op rs the name indicates, huSbandlnan il every
use Of the term, embracing in its col.:nns every
a.mrt1nent OF Agriculture, stock-raisi.g, Horti-
nsitIre Social and Domestic Economy
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
!: : : ; : :
l77ceK s|s3|s5Ps, So $ ! 80 SO 8 g g
month > II l5i 10 81 40 20
sn1nths 10 is ~ 80 50 8n $50
6nontas Isl 25 80 45 "a IS 12O 200
year 80 ~ ho - Nv 10 ls0 800
transient advertisements pavnt,Ie in advance
Re nar advertisements payable quarterly.
Twenty y-iveper ceit. added for SPECIAL advertise
Bpnts
, 1878-09-12

the mails just 2S pounds of matter,
and that the "Press" sends but %
pounds-previous to our recent
change, we paid weekly postage on
"a pounds regularly. Besides this,
the weekly circulation of the ARGUS
going outside OF the mails is at least
a third larger than the corresponding
circulation Of the "Press," although
the proprietors of the latter las is
we'll KNOWN send away dozens of
papers to parties who are not "bona
ide subscribers" who never sub.
scribed for the sheet and never in
tend to pay for it, The ARGUS
makes no pretensions to being up to
the leading newspapers of the Terri
tory in the matter of circulation; it
has not had time for this vet, neither
does 1t ann to boast although its cir
culation is more than double what it
was when it passed into our hands,
but when facts are stretched so much
out Of proportion, it is better some
times to deuude them of these imag-
mary elastic properties and let can,
did readers inform themselves RELI-
ABLY. The above matter is but a
sample of many instances that might
be referred to.
, 1878-09-12
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT

,oI.oht InIS ih embraces all the studies generally
R"n1nr p prmanh T"'limoh schools between the Third
pnH ana corresponding studies up TO the ra, Sri1
oi ne Academic Department. nj which ,i,,sIt Hrst
I"inwr S are STpGGted to pass examination in 1.-The the
EST grade of the Grammar Dennrtment." NJ" high'
BliIlon's English Grammar, ,,eoyro,,,,,
completed, with map-drawng from mnmppy
and use of Terrestrial Globes, ''' memory
History of the Initial STAT, ~
IHnEllsh History, Fifth Reader, p pnrlo,oii ~
ii1I mi.SIIoryI written Spelling, Penmanship Prssc'
,Ic'!i Arithmetic completeda and Mental Arith
, 1878-09-12

The report for the Washington In
sane Asylum, for the fiscal year end
ing August 18th, has been handed
in and exhibits a showing most flat.
tering to its present management, as
compared with what it was formerly.
The following data will illustrate
our idea:
Patients now in hospital ,............ 7G
Gain during present year Z
Gain during last year ,,........,.,,. u
Per cent. of cures effected. d.........., io
The annual appropriation made by
the Legislature for the support OF the
institution was 10000; and the ex.
penses for the past year fall sever al
thousand dollars short Of this amount,
although more repairs and expens-
i've improvements have been made
during that time than during any
wear since It's establishment. Among
these improvements we may note a
few, such as the rebuilding of one of
the wards, constructing $50 yards of
fencing, new water tank, laying L.
900 feet of 2 inch water pipe, build
ing a new woodshed, a new brick
oven, new range, new chicken house,
improving parade ground and trim
ming up large park, remedying de-
fective sewerage, fertilizing and i'm
proving garden, etc. In the new
ward, now approaching completion,
much new lumber has been used; its
fitting up and furnishing will be far
superior in style to that of the old
wards-indeed equal, as far as COM
fort and health is concerned, to any
modern hotel. 1t is large, spacious
building, and its rooms will be lar
ger than those of the other wards,
while no effort will be spared in the
way of improvements looking to the
health and comfort of patients. OF
course the actual cash outlay in i'm
provements was not so much as it
would have been had it been neces-
sary to hire ALL the labor performed,
but still large amount was neces-
sarily expended in this way. Besides
the foregoing, we must take into
consideration the fact that large
amount of stores are now on hand,
in charge Of the Asylum Steward,
Mai. E. A. Alden. These stores
consist in blankets, shoes, cloth for
making up, shawls, hosiery, ETC., etc,
besides provisions of different kinds
perhaps enough of all kinds to
last, without much addition, for the
coming year.
1t must be remembered that Har-
mon had an annual appropriation of
100000, and that it was used, while
the patients were not cared for in
style to Re compared with their pres,
ents situation. Taking all things in.
to consideration, we are constrained
to admit that DIR. Willard, the super.
intendent, and Maj. Alden, the Stew,
ard, have acquitted themselves with
great credit in their present situa.
tions. The result speaks volumes in
favor OF the present system of con.
ducting the institution as compared
with any other that might be adopt.
ed. We bespeak for these gentle
men continuance in their positions.