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The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
Canada ThistIes.

The Illinois Agricultural Report fur
nishes statements from three counties,
giving an account of the gradual intro.
duction Of the Canada thistle into that
state, and the mode by which small
patches we're destroyed. One county
commission found FIVE patches, and sub
jected them to the following treatment:
After cutting the thistles down, twenty
two wagon loads of spent lime from the
gas house were scattered over the ground
where they had grown, which appears to
hsve destroyed them. I'm another county
the remedy has been the application OF
salt, which in some cases proved success
full, snd in others not entirely 20. We
mention these remedies to point out q
cheap and more efficient one, well known
to enterprisin' farmers in the east. 1t
Is much easier to plow an acre Of land
thoroughly eight inches deep, tour times,
than TO cover the whole surface with ga
lime thick enough to kill the plants and
10 render the plants afterward fit for
cultivstion--or TO apply salt, either
siDgly or to each plant, or thick enough
to cover and kill the herbsee. We hsve
never found any difficulty in utterly
destroying Canada thistles in dense
patches OF many acres by turning them
completely under in June, and three
times aiterward In three successive
months - provided the work was 20
thoroughly done that none OF the plant-
came sb-ve the surface. This remedy
succeeds best on hesvy soils; on such as are
light or grsvelly more frequent plowing
may be necessary to fulfill the above
mentioned Iequisition. 1t will be seer
that this thorough blowing is not lost
and puts the ground in excellent condi
ton ior winter whest or rye, OF otbei
succeeding crops. And half way work
or allowing the plants To see the lighl
will fail and bupglers will not destroy
these intruders in hundred years.
Country Gentleman.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
Seth Green's Advice to Anglers.

In letter to the Rochester Express,
Seth Green, who has wide fame as a fly
fisher rs well a. a fshcul .urist, gives the
following hints TO anglers, which are
timely, rs the trout season will soon
open:
Il am asked a great many times what
il Ihe secret of hy-csstiDg, or how it is
that / take the prize when / throw
There are three principles: First, quick
out of water; second, give the line time
to straighten behind you; third, throw.
! will explain these principles more def
iDitely.
Rsise your rod to an angle of about
forty five degrees back of you then make
quick stroke forward; make the stroke
without carrying your rod forward,
When you take tD line from the water
it should be done with jerk then give
your line time 10 straIghten behind ;
then give it the same stroke forward that
you did to get il out OF the water.
Why 80 many fail in fly casting is,
they throw the rcd backward too near
the ground behind them, and when they
make the forward stroke when the line
gets slaughtered out, 1t is some distance
above the water and kinks back, and
when 1t falls upon the water it lies
crooked and is some distance short OF
what it would have been il it had struck
the water as soon as it wa Strengthened
out.
IF fish should strike at your flies at
this time, you are pretty sure TO mis-:
| him Rv vnnr rod tar l.
more than on an angle Of iorty-fye de-
gees, and making the stroke forward
your line goes straight out and the hies
20 to the point you desire.
Great care should be taken when you
| have thrown the line behind you that
the line is given time to strsighien be
tore making the stroke forward. I have
thrown seventy feet of line against s
strong wird, first by giving my rod 4
quick, strong back stroke, carrying NY
rod not iurther back than an angle o
orty-fve degrees, and giving the lin,
time TO straighten behind me, an,
making the same stroke forward that
did TO get il back OF me.
" nearly forget 10 mention that it /
more important TO have your line Fl
your rod than it is to have your coat f
your back, unless you are a Top, ana i
you are, my advice il to not 60 a fishing
You may think it strange that
should tell you three or four times owe
in the came article, that in order TO d.
good fy-casting you must not throw
your rod back only just so lar, and thei
wait for your line 70 straighten behin
you, and when your rod is up 10 max
a quick stroke forward, without csrryin
your rod forward even a little, hefOr
you deliver your line"
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Burnstsblo with his vie, where both are
now safely lodged in the county jail.
The history OF the sect in the villsge
OF Poc2lset Is briefly told Two year.
sgo a man some sixty yesrs Of age, named
Nathaniel Wing = member OF the Pocss-
set Methodist L Episcopal Church, who
bad become imbued with the second
Adventist doctrine through his atten
dance upon camp meeting near the
lTemODS railway station in the town OF
Warhsm, during the summer of 1876
began 10 disseminate the peculiar tenets
OF that sect among his fellow members Of
the Methodist society ,,oi Pocasset. Al
most his first convert was Charles +.
Freeman, then a probationary member
OF the Methodist church. Others fol-
lowed him in the new doctrine, until 81
present about eight families, numbering
some twenty-five persons, are banded
together in the Advent faith. About a
yesr ago these people seeded from the
Methodist church and began holding
Sunday services in building used in
the season a. a summer hotel, called the
Red Brook house, kept by Gardener
hstchswsy, repu,ed sympathizsr with
them. They also held frequent meetings
on week days ia each others houses
Occasionally some OF them would attend
the Methodist church, and their actions
in that place OF worship were freqhently
most scands'ous. The clergyman at that
time was Rev Daniel NJ. Rogers. who
has just been transferred to C3chesett,
his place being filed by Rev Edward
Williams, late ofsMsnsfeld. The Ad-
ventists would disturb the meeting by
attempting 10 argue with the pastor aud
address the congregation, and one OF
them once, it is alleged, called the pastor
liar while officiating in the pulpit.
The breach between the two sects be.
came wider and wider, and the ceiling oi
opposition correspondingly intense
freeman was the most enthusiastic man
in the sect, and the awful proposition tc
murder his child has been running in hi.
mind for two weeks. 1t has eliminated
in one of the most thrilling tragedies evel
prepetrated in eastern Massachusetts,.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
SOUTHERN Farm AND HOME.
a.iilrs . COMING N.rr..l,y.

A new departure in the business OF
farming In our country. especially In
the older portions OF 1t, may be expected
sooner or later, as like cluses produce
the effects. When land was cheap and
labor dear, labor was economical and
land set less store by; now the millions
of our own native population, and the
sugumenting crowds that sre gathering
from beyond the sea, sdmonish us 10 re-
verse this policy and use rs much labor
rs possible in making the land as pro-
ductive IS it il susceptible of being msde
Ny theme is soiling; or, in other words,
cutting and putting their feed before
cattle, sheep, etc. This implies revolu
ton; but the more we consider it in
theory or practice the more it commends
itself ss true principle. In its favor
we claim the savin of fence-which
amounts to the heaviest tax the farmer
has TO pagan increased belt OF land to
till; the prevention OF noxious weeds
aud brisrs along fences, an insurance of
cutting down or ploughing under sll
circumstances before their seed maturity;
making very large increase of msnureal
material for litter and absorbing drop
pings from stock; and, most of all per.
bsps, the prevention of loss by cattle
tramping and fouling what they might
eat We are entirely safe in assuming
that by the soiling system double the
quantity OF stock can be kept, and
consequently great increase of manure
made to be applied to the hungry soil.
Many reasons might be added 10 the
above, but the object Is to call attention
to this vital question and induce farmers
to think it out for themselves. All OBJ
jections urged sgsinst It's adoption are
trifiing compared to the advantages; the
principal one being additional labor,
which is small when fairly considered
the additional hand, perhaps, ssy eight
months of the year for farm of one
hundred and fifty acres.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
What Became of u Man Who Was
Hanged.


DIR. Lambert, on visit to the New
York Evening Post ofiice, was asked II
he ever ssw man who had been hanged
brought to life. His reply is given a.
follows:
A young fellow was condemned 10
be executed. During his incarceration
he promised his body TO the prison ply
sicisn in return for the tobacco that he
used. When he was dead the physicisn
determined to try an electrical mRchine
on him, and never having HANDLED one,
called me in to help. | went. We ap
piled electricity to various parts OF the
body, and wherever it was applied the
body moved. At length we sent cur.
rent along the spine from end to end.
The fellow was lying on long table-as
long as-well Cooking around the room)
rather longer than any you've got here
He sat up; opened his eyes slowly shut
them; then opened them wide. The
physician who owned the body and two
young men who were helping him started
sririghted for the door"
"Did the man come round sill right 9n
inquired the reporter, esl nestly.
" He didn't lie down sgaiu. In hall
an hour he spoke-ssked where he was
and what we were doing to him. In
couple of hours he was on his way out OF
the village as fast as his legs could carry
him."
" Did they catch him sgain?"
"No. The inhabitsnts TO this day
think that he was dissected."
Ought he to have been hanged il lie
had been csughtf
" Well, there's difference of opinion
shout that. Certainly the physician
owned him--hsd bought and paid Tor
him."
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
The Inventor of Champagne,
London Academy.

London Academy.
The wine Of champagne was originally
red, but at the close of the sixteenth
century began TO assume ayellowsh hue.
and did not much differ from that pro.
duced in the adjacent province of Bur
gundy. In the memorable year 1888 a
certain monk named Perignon was made
"celerer" OF the Benedictine abbey of
Hautvilers, a little hamlet on the banks
o. the Msrne, abuut five miles distant
from Epernay. No msn was better fit
ted for the post he held. and discovery
after discovery rewarded his Jealous toll.
He was the first to marry" the produce
Of one vineyard with that Of another to
find out that white wine could be made
from the blsckest grapes, which would
keep good instead OF degenerating ike
that obtained from white ones: aud TO
substitute cork rs a stopper for bottle
instead o. FAX dipped in oil, which had
hitherto been used. Nor wss this all,
for just at the close OF the seventeenth
century he achieved his final triumph OF
making An efervescent wine. Why il
sparkled he did not know for the con.
uectiOn between sugar and carbonic acid
was az yet undreamt of, but the secret
soon spread over the country, until in
1878 the official return of the manufsc-
turers' stocks in the champagne district,
- given by the chamber OF commerce al
Reims Is 20, 1873 S63 bottles. II is inter.
es.ing to observe how long ago England
asserted herself against the luscious
taste OF other nations In 1890 NJ
! Meets traveller writes from London !:
How the taste OF this country has
changed since ten years sgO Almost
everywhere they ask for dry wine, but
NJ the same time require it so vinous
and 80 strong that there is scarcely sny
other than the wine OF Sllery which
can salts Y them" This is maintained
/ to the present dsy, for the high,class
! English buyer rs a rule demands ry
| champagne; the Russian q wine sweet
and strong, and the trenchmsn and Ger
man q sweet, light wine. The sweetness
is OF course added in all sparkling
| wines, except Ia the case of st. Peray,
whose grapes c)n.sin no much already
that any addition would be deeterious
The iotlhcNtion should be OF genuine
liqueur, consisting of nothing but old
wine Of tte finest quality, and the best
Of the "vins bruts now exported
receive 40 more than from one to three
per cent. OF lqueur Sparkling hooks
are much les' pure, for as much rs une~
| tiilh OF syrup is sometimes added to
iuur-6fths OF wine; the Moselles, too,
are often scented with elder flowers for
the English market, and, even in them
selves, the sparkling wines o. Germany
possess greater body than the hesvlesr
champagne, 30 that they cannot be
drunk with equal freedom. Great
7 Britsin alone consumes 600 coo bottles
annUsliy, against l,00G 900 drunk at
| home.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17


1t Ia a terrible loss to a tree to allow
branches to obtain large size only 10
be slaughtered.
The Springfield Republican call stten-
tion 70 trait OF farmers in which, il
thinks. they differ, as regards each other,
from the members oi any other guild.
Each man is eager TO show his neigh.
Dor any new discovery or acquisition
which he has possessed himself or that is
likely TO help on the business of farming
II he thinks he has good thing be
wants others to know about II, whether
Ii be the result OF some successful ex-
pertinent in raising crop, an improved
breed OF cattle, or variety of vegetable or
package of superior seed which hsa
come from distance. Apparently he
does not Tor moment entertain the idea
that il would be to his profit 20 keep
such knowledge or specimens to himsel.
And II another farmer comes 20 see him,
he is pleased to show all his possessions,
and there are no corners OF the place by
which the visitor is hurried because
some experiment Is going on there which
the owner does not care TO have seen, as
IL often the Gaze when visitor makes
the grand rounds of q factory. Contrast
this habit OF tho farmers with the way
that neighboring merchants and manu-
facturers DO their business, Why, when
it was first proposed to connect The paper
mills in Holyoke with their Offices in
this city by telephone, objection was st
once rsised'thst the paper makers might
possibly learn each others secrets a. s
consequence,
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
How Wales Visits an Artists studio.

A plain brougham of the simplest
kind, two beautiful chestnut horses, a
driver and tOOtman on the box in ordi-
nary drab OYeTcOats-the Prince OF
Wales carriage. Another misr vehicle
in the rear. Had not a policeman dashed
up and ordered fish cart out o the
way, aud proceeded TO clear the sidewalk
little, the next door neighbor tell us,
nobody would have known that it was
the prince and princess" The street $
blocked, and many a more imposing car
risge than that OF royalty pulls up out
of respect 70 the august personages who
have ent red the gallery OF the Fine Art
society to see Herbert Johnson's icture,
Crossing the Ssrda,' Ian incidens OF
his royal highness, the Prince Of Wales
tour in India). who's johnson 2"
asked a pert young man OF a bystander.
johnson, sir" replied the speaker SIS
one OF the Graphic artists; be went out
70 do the pictures when the prince went
to Ind!s, and this. which is being exhib-
lied before going into the Academy, is a
iGNorite subject, painted by his royal
highue-s' orders" he prince and prin
cess axe coming out Bond street is itself
sg&in, and We enter stiaight upon Her
bert johnson, flushed with bis recent in
terview. He is s horid young man OF
thirty. quiet and sei-possessed as rule.
Well, what did they say, johnson, old
man?' They were very kind" he
replies odd the prince like the pic
ture2' lie said so, was the reply,
but ne was sorry there was not tiger
in it, ! reminded him that We saw no
tigers on that particular occasion. He
ssld he would ike tiger scene. told
nim | would PAINT him one. He com.
missioned ne to psint one spd to submit
q sketch to him as soon ss | could" We
pr ceed to consider the work which has
been 80 fortunate It is 4 long procession
OF elephants crossing an Indian river
howing through q vide stretch If coun-
try, b1rdered by dstsnt hill and iIinged
with foliage. The travellers on the ele-
phsut are the prince aud his friends
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
FARM sOrEs.

The value of COW depends much more
upon the length of the milking season
than upon the quantity OF milk given
Tor lew weeks.
Roll all the grass lands as soon ss dry
enough to get on. One hundred pounds
of land plaster to the acre on the clover
fields will give big money reward.
Worms at the roots of plants csn bt
exterminated by watering with a solu-
ten made o fresh lime and water, used
after the lime has settled. 1t will inn
prove the plant.
The National Live Stock Journal very
emphstically says: "And every editor
who has three grains of common sense
ought to know that burnt corn Is no
more cure for hog cbolera than il il for
smallpox. There is no specific for this
disease and the man who relies upon
any OF the nostrums that are sold, or
any OF the sure cures, like the above,
that go the rounds Of the papers, will
find himself disappointed"
Orchard grass aud clover should be
sown together, and as they mature about
the same time, at least two crops a year
can be cut from the same ground, max.
ing an abundance of feed. Quantity of
seed To the acre, one bushel orchard grass
and one gallon clover seed time of s,w>
ing, ps early in the spring ss will sdmit
on the land heavy brush or light har-
row.
Fresh manure produces but little effect
when applied to crops, but when 1t is
well rotted it then contains much vslu.
able soluble matter, sbsorbsble by plants
in fresh msnnre the most important con.
stitutent of its soluble rortion is potash.
and 1t contains but small portions OF
ammonia and phosphoric acid Rotten
manure on the contrary. yields to the
solvent action Of water large amounts OF
nitrogen and phosphoric acid.
Root crops have done much to redeem
the agriculture of England. The supsr
beet is doing wonders for France. 1t
may be that in the west we can not stand
the labor necessary Tor raising and seed
ine TO is to our live stock for their nutri.
men, while corn and hay are 40 chssp
ana ABUNDANT, yet 1t is possible that IS a
condiment, and for variety, roots would
pay as well Is any crop we can raise.
Have any of our readers isirly tried the
experiment
At q recent meeting of the Farmers
club at Mercer, Pa the following recipe
for making grating was given: Three
ounces of tallow, two ounces of beeswsx.
one pound Of rosin Melt the tsllow.
then add beeswax, and then the rosin.
finely powdered and stirred gradually
into the mixture. Work it well, a. the
children do their tafy. and put it away
in convenient pieces. When wanted for
use, put piece in hot water and work
1t over, when it will become pliabe
The top ofs fruit tree, TO secure the
best result In color and favor of the |
fruit, should be kept open to the admis. |
zion If air ard sunlight. If some
branches grow too fast for the harmonious
balance OF the tree pick out the buds at
ne end and thus force the growth into
the sther branches that are not 50
thrifty. Five years Of cultivation and
wntoh'ui Sning and you will never
~ seeaa = ynovs large branches.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
The Way They Rob in Russia.

Russian baggage cars do not carry
bsggsgemen. The car is sealed when
it leaves and the seal broken when snv>
thing has to be taken out or put in. At
least, that is the explanation OF some
very ingenious stealing which went on
Furnishing month after month on the
Kursk, Chsrkov and Azov railroad, un
al last December when it WAS detected
There were several scoomplices, who
used great trunk or chest. One Of
them was put in this and shipped in the
baggage car. AS soon as the car was
sealed he crept out, broke open the best.
looking trunks OF the other passengers,
sci, cied the most valuable articles and
put them in his own chest until there
was only room enough left for himself.
when be shut himself in. At the next
station his sccomplices received the
,hest, and unpscked the thief and bis
booty.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
rrn,eiinxhr,.rn nnrnrasns

II the tourist is unproyided with some med
icinel resource. Changes Of temperature,
food and water OF an uLaccustOmgd or un-
wholesome quality, snd a route that lies in
the tropics or other regions where malaria
exists are each and al iraught with danger
20 one who sss been impioyident enough to
neglect a remedial safeguard. The concurrent
testimony Of many ryydgsurs by land snd sea
establishes the fact thst Hostetier's Stomach
Btters enables those who use 10 10 encounter
hazards Of the nature referred to with i'm
punity; and that, as q medicine adapted to
sudden and unexpected exigencies, il is Pc
culisfly valuable. Disorders Of the liver, the
bowels and the stomach, fever and ague,
rheumatism and nervous ailments. br0ught
on by exposure, are among the maladies to
which emigtanis, travellers and new settlers
are most subject. These and Others yield to
the sction Of the Bi;ters promptly snd COM
pletely.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Safety, efficiency AMI reliability are the
three cardinal virtues Of a remedy, whether
in the hanis of a physician or in those ofthe
people at large. For the cure OF all malarial
or missmatie diseases, such as Chills aud Fe.
YER, or Intermittent Fever, Dumb Chills and
Chronic Enlargement Of the Spleen,we have
such a remedy in DR.. F. WilhOits Auti-Pe-
riodic or Fever and Ague Tonic, the comPo'
stion of which has been published by it'
proprietors, Wheelock, Finiay Il Co, OF New
Orleans, and is approved by the medical
profession, and for sale by all Druggists.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Though they may ubstinateiy resist the
action Of other external remedies, ulcers
containing proul flesh, swelling, Ju nOrs,
leprous granulatons and scrofulous sores
speedily heal under the purif ing ard soOth.
ing influence Of Tlenry's Cqrbolc Salve, the
promptest and most efficient topical spplica.
ton ever discovered or used. IL is believed
that there Is no chronic sore or reruptiou that
may not be eradica;ee by this incompatible
purifier. Sold by all druggists,
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

A neglected cough, cold, or sore throat
which might be checked by simple remedy,
like Browns Bronchial Troches,"if allowed
to progress may terminate seriously. % cts,
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

IN business way the man who 81 gsys
trusts cannot expect to be always trust
ed.-[N. o. Picsyune
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
The Gospel of Joy

THE GOSPEL OF JOY iisssf iisss sfSaa.asi si5.Hii
I.aTt, f,r Gostei N-ttin-s, Camp Meetings, DeF7
tionaf sleetiuEf and sunday Schools
Ry Rrv saNufL ALuAs and ;. u. sf,ch. H., ~
,.'-f,irs Inrge number OF trw and yefJ SUI elluI
U,mrs auB Tones. The general sti le is yep Gu ei,
nj AMI bright, a. behts u collection thAt mas >"
much Co say and sihg about
sGlad Tidiugs Of Great JOY"
p,,b ,g.,l. and lpusir IRE OF an elevated charae-
,aT -,mrneudlng themselves Co rers1us u fehutl
ta.ts and tte Q. dane ng uesFure 80 pfeN.loini. y.
10 many recent com. osrons has beeh '"'eiN''
Prize IS cts., f,r which specimen copies will be
mailed 20 any al ifcss.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

The Mendelssohn Piano Co, No. p Fast
18th street, n. Y, sell Pianos at Factory
Prices. Write for a catalogue.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

DURING the year 1878 the Coroner of
Storey county, New, held 81 ipquests.
OF these "a we're the results of mining
accidents.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Everyone who thinks of buying an organ
sho uld read a circular headed Useful Infor.
nation for Purchasers OF Parior or Cabinet
Organs" A postal card addressed to the Ma
son & Hsmlin Organ Co. will bring one free.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

sec Decoration Day Music in the MUSICAL RE
CORD, 8 cts.
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Cbew Iaoksou's Best Sweet N'yv Tohacco
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

DR. CRAlG's KIDNEY CUBE oral kidney dis
, eases A cure u mgty, failures unknown : nc
FOR circular, Noyez Bros, & Cutler, 50 PadE Lord
Stoutburg Co., Chicago, A. smith, London: "
Maddox, Ripley % T. Gary. Dez MOlur- ,. ,rrsrus
Detroit The most popular medicine Of tte Ilt
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17

Smoke Pogua's Sitting Bull Durham Tobacc,
The Osceola times., 1879-05-17
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