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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09
Predictions on the Present Winter.


For the comfort of our readers, a friend has
furnished us the following prediction. made nv
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'"I@' ''' ~ A''''''NNi IVY al iot ''O'i""''
Having recently computed the remaining OBJ
servations OF our earth thermometers here, and
prepared new projection Of all the observations
from their beginning in 1887 to their cslamtous
close last year, results generally confirmstory Of
those arrived at 10 1870 have been obtained, but
weather now before us
The chief features undoubtedly deducible for the
past thirty years, alter eliminating the more
.a'o"A' '''e0'' " "-N "'''''
|. Between 1887 and 1876 three grea; heat
waves, from without struck this part of the earth
W., tnc III iaee ,p s1oo"u IN ioooo' auo
nee alteration in the weather is TO take Mace the
next such visitation may be looked for in 1895.
wlihn iin'ts OF nan wear eacn way.
70 - hat the ne,iods Of minimnm tomre,a,"re
nv cola arc moi cithcr in or anvwbere nesr ,be
middle time between the crests If those tbrce
.chronoloyicsllv idenufed beatvaves I'm, arc
comnarstiveIv close nm n Them on fjt6er s;T at a
DISTANCE If abont a vear and a half On ,bat tbe
next such cold wave is dine at the end of the nres
ent wear
Til, IA rorbor. not nm oaroaablo ,.osnac, ne
inc sTongs the Golfers striying to persuade them
IN dacrease Tho outnnt ~ coal at everv ni,,s
non,h Re;ng tharorore on;,s w;II;ng rnr Tho
General GOOD to snnnose mv.elf nistakrn. | beo
70 send Won n frs, impresso1 of pl,tc n If The
,,,5ao. ; L., r. - iar,a,; - ~ ~; p,aI
Ohservaforv AMI shalI he vcrv bannQ If van can
ming ont from Tho rnessmes rerorfed there anv
rnh,e comfo,tsh,e v;e,y for tho nnhic at la,oe
PI,zzI SNyTU
As,,o,omo,-Rayai cor Sco,i,nd
ROYAL Observatorv FdinhnrSh Sentember u.
80 :, ---,---~- :, -
Manchester Locals.
Once apain the thief is on the war-path. Once
i. Ia. Ia ...o..ol :. ,tot.,a. al o,oo
"s"'" '"' NJ aPPe"ie" ~ ' anu oA''
again has he been handling the property oil our
citizens. The cold SHOWS of winter may fall, the
lev vinds of the north NAV blow. lint s,ill the
c.,.U-c.,l- ,--..,.,
tniei "olhs mani u'iy ou' one d = III last week ne
visited the the larder of Mr.. Roberts well
known butcher of Manchester. and distracted
,ho,sCroro ono M, If hu,,er ,yo or.r,or. oe vol
0"e p'' oi Ou'ei' wv i'ei' Vi Neai
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09

The day. have begun to lengthen at both ends.
Yesterday morning the sun rose one minute ear
lier than it had for the last seven mornings. The
afternoons have heightened ten minutes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09
NARY LAND.
Death.

BALTIMORE, January s. One of the oldest per-
sons in the city, Mary Sipes, aged ninety nine
years and four months, died yesterday. She had
seen ey, ~ President of the United States.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09

There was not much satisfaction in hiding for
pleasure" yesterday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09
" ASItING'ION.
Accident.

WASHINGTON, January s. Ex-Governor ShcP-
herd slipped upon the ice, and falling, broke both
bones in the right leg, just above the ankle, last
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-01-09

We will give a handsome reward to the person
who will bring us, just found, live grasshopper,
full blown dandelion, strawberry blossom, or any
thing in this line.
The ladies' on the several committees will meet
at Masonic Hall, on Thursday afternoon, at three
o'clock and the ladies Of the various societies
are invited to attend.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
The COnfding Man.
Detroit Free Press:

A solitary lady was going up a
Casa avenue car yesterday, smiling
as if she believed all the world at
chief bound around his head got
aboard and sat opposite her. He
doubtless felt that some explanation
should be made for his appearance
and he suddenly said i:
Madame. l was not run over by
butcher cart.
She made no reply, and ne pres
emily continued:
And / did not fall down stairs"
She looked out of the window as
if she didn't care whether he had
gone down through a bridge or been
blown up. He moved around un-
easily. and then whispered:
Twas family fght-worst con-
fict you ever saw most beat q tor
nado You look thin and weak and
pale, and l don't mind telling you
how the old woman Always
"Will you mind your business?
called the driver, as he opened the
| door.
Il WILL" was the soft reply; "but
[ want to tell this lady how she can
wallop the old man every time he
gets sassy and signs for a terrific
! conflict, you see. When one O
these family fights occurs there is
always some pre-"
Il want you to stop!" shouted the
driver.
Il will will. but first let me
say that there is always some pre-
liminary jawing and sassing around.
If the woman is sharp she will keep
! iawing as she backs for the firs-shov-
| el-keep jawing and baeking-sass-
| ing and backing"
"Pll put you off the car" ex-
claimed the driver as he Topped the
lines over the brake.
keep jawing back till you get
hold of the fire-shevel,' said the
stranger. 'Then carefully sneak
along and sneak along, and while he
is calling you hyenaess and you
are calling him savage you want
to-"
"Of with you; right off'n this
car T. said the driver as he grasped
| him.
Il will-Tll go; but, madame,
don't forget to sneak along and
sneak along
He was off the car by that time.
He stood in the middle of the street,
and as the car started be turned his
head in and hoarsely shouted:
Strike for all you're worth when
you hit him It's the first blow that
counts. If you can stun him on the
start the victory is
The driver made for him, and he
retreated to the curbstone. When
the car started again he leaned for
ward and called out:
"'Shl Say nothing What
have told you is in strict confidence
Hit him over the ear, and the scalp
will peal clear around p
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
The President has written a i


The President has written letter
giving his views of the scheme now
on foot among the colored people
of Florida to remove to San Domin-
go. He kinks that design unwise.
and gives his reasons for this opin-
ion.
The expenses of Stanley's African
exploration is, in round numbers,
$115.OO0. He discovered 100000
heathens; which is about six fer
Eve cents, or very reasonable figure
for heathens.
A Telephone Company, with a
capital of $50, has just been in
corporated at Baltimore e for the
construction, owning aud operating
the telephone on telegraphic wires
in the State Of Maryland"
Condensed whisky is one of the
latest inventions for the benefit of
the human race. 1t is said that it
will permit fellow to remain beside
his sweetheart all night at the thea
ire without once having to go out
Ito see a man.
Did you ever sit down before the
CRATE aud cross your legs and won
der how it comes that dear tod
ding youngster, too small TO lift q
dictionary, can ask questions that
woald send a college professor to
the foot Of the class p Cincinnati
Breakfast Table.
A Washington genius has invent
ed new way of collecting old debts
from his neighbors. He makes out
receipted bills and sends them to a
friend in New York. who packs them
in neat boxes, directed to the debt.
ors, and sends them off by express,
marked "Vaiuable-C. o. d."
The deepest artesian we'll in the
world is being bored in Pesth, Hun
gary. 1t has already reached 5000
feet. A well of somewhat more than
half that depth has hitherto had the
pre.eminence. The city has devoted
100000 TO the work, which is an
dertaken to supply warm water from
hot springs for the municipal estab
lishments and public baths. The
boring will be prosecuted until the
temperature of the water shows lis
degrees farenheit.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

A Philadelphia theatre gave away
10000 loves of bread on Christmas
day.
There is one trouble greater that
carving a turkey. 1t consists in not
having turkey to carve.
The Chinese in California refuse
to work on Sunday. but spend the
day in playing poker.
At the funeral of Henry Meiggs,
in Peru, two hundred carriages and
twenty thousand people made up
the procession.
Scarlet fever is spreading SO rapid.
ly in Topeka, Kansas, and vicinity,
that all the schools and churches are
to be closed until the scourge abates.
Now that Osman Pasha is woun-
ded, his attendants can examine the
stencil-mark on his shirt and see if
he comes from Tennessee-Worces-
ter Press.
The Montana justice Of the peace
doesn't splurge any when he marries
a couple. He says: arise I! Grab
hands Hitch! Six dollars" And
that is all there is to it.
If we could run telephone high
enough we might hear the angels
sing.-N. Y. Herald. To hear your
favorite angels sing would be runs
ming it into the ground.-Rieh. State.
"Silenee in the courtI !" thunder.
ed o Kentucky judge, the other
morning. "Half 9 dozen men have
been convicted already without the
courts having been able to hear a
word OF the testimony"
George Washington committed a
murder in Georgetown, D. c.. recent
ly. Hopeless waiting for the com.
pletion of his monument had made
him desperate.
Mr.. Joseph MedilI. of the Chicago
Tribune remarks: Glow about hell
as a summer resort ~ To which we
are inclined to respond. Anything
to beat Chicago"
The farmers Of Santa Aud, Los
Angeles county, CAL, are building
a canal fifteen miles long by ten
feet wide. at a cost of $4,000. by
which 10000 acres of land will be
irrigated.
ut was simply an informal af-
fair" wrote the editor, of little
strawberry party at a neighbours
house. It was simply. an Internal
affair."" read the compositor. and that
editor will never get any more in
vitations from that quarter,
Mr.. Colfax arrived at an inn in
Warren, ILL.,, the other night. at a
late hour and as he was to take an
early train. he told the landlord that
he would not 90 to bed. The land
lord. therefore. who did not know
his guest. asked him to act as clerk
during the night. keep the fires go
ing and wake the porter in the morn
ing. The ex-Vice President did so.
N Y. Post.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06

1877 she weighed 1920
pounds. Her milking capacity has
gained in proportion. She is regis
tered in A. j. c. G. r. as Branitza
1888. Her calf. Nabritza 1920,
weighed at eight months old, sos
pounds.
Neither natives nor grades, nor
royal blood. will prove of any value
if insLffieiently fed. Give the
best blood and the finest cow ca
four legs, few months of neglect in
the hands of careless owner will
reduce her TO q scarecrow. And on
the other hand, tue gaunt skeleton,
with abundant feed and judicIous
handling, may be transformed into a
model of perfection. c.. Z. B.
YARMOUTH N &
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Ne,o .Adc rits3 ne as.
"THE TREE IS KNOWN BY ITS FRUIT"

.G F,ttas Pills are worth their weight in gold;
REV. ,, r. SIMPSON, Louisville Ky.
TUFTS pills are special blessing OF the nine
teenth century. ''-REV. r. r. oSGooDs New York.
ISave used TUFTS Pills for torpor OF the liver
They are superior any medicine for hillary dis
orders made" -
CT have used TUFTS Pills five years in my family:
They are uneoualcd for costiveness and biiiousness
r. r. WILSON, Georgetown Texas.
ST have used TUFTS Medicine with great benefit
( W. w. MANN Editor Mobile Register.
awe sell fifty boxes TUFTS Pills to five OF all
Others. ',-SAYRE CO., CartersVikeS Ga
"Tutt's Pills have only to be tried to establish
thair merits They work like magic"
W. n. BARRON, 90 Summer ST. sostona
UThere is no medicine so well adapted to the cure
~ bilious disorders as TUFTS Pills"
JOS. BRuMMEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND A THOUSAND MORE. !
Thew are genuine. Write to them. It
Tri1I- cost h1t a Tl0GtQQ0 stqmn
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Grade JERSEYS.
From the Country Gentleman.

A correspondent in your issue of
Dec. %, inquiries as to the me it's OF
grade Jerseys as compared with ma
tive stock. Native stock is simply
unimproYed stock, the descendants
Of cattle imported in early colonial
history, before attention was given,
in Great Britain er elsewhere, to
breeding for special points; these
descendants are of all colors, types
and degrees Of merit. or ssme,
the milk may be as rich as that Of a
full-blooded Jersey; of others, so
poor that butter cannot be made
from it. There is no certainty in
raising them. | have had some ex-
perience, for the past ten or fifteen
years, in breeding, raising and deal
ing in grade Jerseys. ana L have
never known Of one whose milk was
not of good quality, when in good
condition.
Some twenty odd years ago, one
of our townsmeA bought a two-year-
old Jersey helfer in calf, at a sale
of stock imported from the Island
by the government of this province.
Nineteen pounds of golden butter
per week was honestly recorded Of
her, and should be glad to get one
equal to her to-day at $1,000; she
cost about $40 at auction. She was
never bred To full-bIood bull until
she became barren, and SO left only
grades, with the exception of her
first calf, a bull, sired on the Island.
From this calf large number OF
COWS were bred, out of native stock.
some of which nearly equal the im-
ported COW in yield and in quality OF
milk. One of them owned for q
number of years, buying her at three
years old, and selling her at an adj
vanced price at fourteen years old.
to be kept as a breeder. All her
calves were raised, and all proved
valuable, sired by full-blooded bulls
subsequently imported. The price
Of two-year-old beifers in this county
advanced from fifteen or twenty dol
lars to fifty. sixty and seventy-fve.
Even one hundred dollars has been
given in a few instances, for an ex-
ira fine grade Jersey.
have one now, three-quarter-
blood, standing beside and imported
full blood Jersey descended from
the Queens herd. The grade is
larger animal, coarser in bone and
less attractive in appearance. but
her milk is quite as rich as the full
blood's and at the best season there
is considerable more of it. There
is this concession fer the full-blood-
in her early life she was neglected,
and but half fed. 1 bought her in
May 1876, weighing 100 pounds; in
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
Agricultural Department.
w. s. SHIELDS. EDITOR.
Originality in Farming.


There are two ways in which q
farmer may manage his business.
He may observe definite rules with
out regard to varying circumstances,
or he may be guided by his own judg-
ment and regulate his own opera
tions according to conditions. There
is a tendency among a large class of
farmers to be guided by maxims
which they have received from their
fathers. They plant their corn and
wheat as nearly as possible on stated
DAYS or at stated times of the moon.
They hoe and cultivate their corn
given number of times without much
regard to the condition Of the soil,
and in all the routine of farm work
they keep as nearly as possible in
the old track, believing that to be
the only safe one.
@ When we consider the variety OF
circumstances under which the same
crops are raised in different locali-
ties. it is evident that no rules can
be given for their management that
1t will be best to follow in all cases.
There are fields Of corn that will
thrive and produce well with very
little culture, while others will be
nearly ruined by quack grass and
thistIes, without very thorough cul'
tivation. Sometimes the weeds are
Of such q kind that smoothing har
row is the best implement that can
be used for destroying them, while
at others the time-honored corn pillow
is the only instrument that will prove
efectual. Unless the farmer uses
Judgment in the management of his
corn he will not always get it at the
least cost per bushel.
The same may be said of every
department of farm labor. The old
rules may be safe, but there is some
times better way. and the farmer
who can look beyond, and see when
his practice-and it may be varied
with profit-has an advantage over
others. There is as much opportuni-
ty for making good returns in rails.
ing our crops by taking advantage OF
circumstances as there is in selling
them by taking advantage of the
markets. 1t is often noticed that
the farmers who do the most hard
work do not always succeed the
best.
This is because they do too little
thinking. The question should al
ways be, chow can L apply nay labor
so that it will be most effectual?''
Many farmers accomplish mere with
their heads than with their hands.
There is an opportunity for orig
inality not only in the management
Of crops, but as we'll in all the ap.
purtenances of the farm.-Dirigo
RuruE.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-02-06
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Smyrna times., 1878-10-16

THERE is feeling of great uneasiness and
depression in business circles in Great Bri.
tain growing out of the recent failure of
the Glasgow bank. AS the public informa-
ton becomes more accurate in regard to
the break the extent of the loss is shown
to be more disastrous than was originally
supposed. The London Times appeals to
the business community to keep their
heads cool in the presence of calamity, and
warns the public to prepare to meet new
shocks, as the Glasgow collapse has started
movement which will find out the weak
places in every firm and institution through
out the Kingdom. When the Times in
dulges in this kind of discourse it is evident
that the feeling in London borders close
upon panic. Up to this time, however, it
is proper to say the failures in business cir
cles have been fewer in number and less in
Importance than might have been reasona-
bly, expected.
THE failure of Heugh, Balfour & Co., a
great Manchester house in the India trade,
with liabilities of from $5,0OO,O0O to $10,-
100000, gives a shock to British credit
somewhat like that which it received from
the collapse of the Glasgow bank. In this
instance it is said that the bulk of the
debts represent regular transactions, but
the general unsoundness of British trade
gives ground for alarm When old, we'll
conducted firms in the East India trade
fail, the prospects of speculative concerns
must be very gloomy.
The United States Supreme Court met
on Monday, and having paid their respects
to the President, according to usage, ad
journed until yesterday. The business oi
the Court has been so great that the docket
is three years behind. 1t is said that tc
secure relief the Court will, in some infor
NAL way, advise that Senator Davis bill fol
an intermediate Court, to be known as the
Court of Appeals, may become law.
Smyrna times., 1878-10-16
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS.

Sussex County Court is in session-met
on Monday.
The treasury Of the almshouse OF this
county is said to be empty.
Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, is visiting
Col. H. S. McComb at Wilmington.
The oystermen of Seaford expect to ship
400 900 gallons of oysters this season.
DR.. Isaac Jump, of Dover, is improving
in health and it is expected that he will
recover.
Thomas j. Truxton has been selected to
take charge of the life-saving station at
Rehoboth.
Steps are being taken by the Delawareans
residing in Philadelphia to form " Della
ware Society"
1t is reported that Col. VIM. Q. Fountain
has rented the Douglass House at Rehoboth
for the next season.
Last Thursday afternoon three Milford
gunners bagged seventeen squirrels IN four
hours near that town.
Saturday was clustering day down at
Lewes, and the Breakwater was filled with
shipping seeking shelter.
Smyrna times., 1878-10-16

The Russians have turned about and are
marching back to Adrianople. They have
also ordered the Turks out of Babalski.
and will occupy that place=Austria will
occupy Novi Bazaar, Bosnia, regardless Of the
protest Of Turkey=An international move.
ment is anticipated in some of the Italian
frontier townsville French are sending
reintorcements to aid in quelling the insur.
rection in New Observation-Disclosures Moves
at Paris has received 10000 francs for the
relief of the fever-stricken South=Gam.
BETA greatly pleased the moderate republi-
cans by his speech at Grenoble=The Clyde
shipbuilders will reduce wages - per cent.
The reduction affects 10000 employees.
Smyrna times., 1878-10-16

Pure Keady-Mixcd Paints, 81 per caI.
lon, at Wilkinson's, Market street
If you want good Cigar, 20 to Hewes E
Flucll, Cigar Manufacturers, Commerce 4
near Main, Smyrna, Del.
Bones Bones! BONES .-IIicbe,t o,.l
price paid for old bones. J.E. Tygert &co
Judgment Notes with and without ry
empton clausel and Bonds at TINES Office
Tschudy has a lot Of Chester Paving BrcI,
| always on hand. They are the only kind
fit for paving.
Coal and Wood constantly on hand and
for sale by w. w. Tschudy.
If you want Pumps, 20 to Tschudy's; bo
has big lot and sells them cheap
Bones! Bones! BoxEs!-IIighest cash
price paid for old bones. J.E. Tygert6 Go.
Good assortment Of Wall Papers, cheap.
at Tschudy's.
Use DIR. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP.-Ma.o.
the Skin bcautifullywhitc and healthy removes ,a[J
ruff Chatting. prckly heat. sores. eruptions burning
singing and Itching of the skin ami SCALP smrI,
balI WIN u Is highly recommended. Always ask for
! 1t by Its full name. july I7-7iI
An CNDENIABLE TRUTH.-You deserve 10
suffer, and if you lead a miserable, un.at;-.
factory life in this beautiful world. il !.
| entirely your own fault and there is ol. II
one excuse for you,-your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has Killed
! thousands. Personal knowledge and com.
| mon sense reasoning will show YOU thar
! Green's August Flower will cure Won Of
Liver Complaint, or Dyspepsia. with all its
! miserable effects, such as sick headache
palpitation Of the heart, sour stomach
habitual costivene5s, dizziness of the head
nervous prostration, low spirits, &c. Its
sales now reach every town on the Western
! Continent and not a Druggist but will fell
| you of its wonderful cures. You can buy a
sample bottle for 10 cents. Three doses
will releave you. Sold by J. P. Hoffecker,
| Druggist, smyrna, Del. nov l4ly