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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-11
ITEMS FROM TIE AMERICAN AGRIcUL.

ITEMS FROM THE AMERICAN AGRIcUL.
TURIsT:-F1ar-This crop promises to
become staple, East as well as West, as
flax manufacturing is becoming established.
Low, moist ground, newly cleared swamp
or meadow-land suits fax exactly In the
West, fresh prairie is suitable l bushel
of seed Per acre should be sown this month
Raising Calves.-To purchase improved
stock. requires much money. But the
same result may be gained by keeping we'll
selected bull aud raising the heifer calves
with care. Calves will thrive we'll when
taught to drink from the pail the third day.
1t is we'll for them to suck the COW and sof-
ten the udder, for three or four days.
Cows.-There is no better feed, as a
steady diet for COWS, than grass but there
may be cases in which some stimulating
food may be used with benefit. Early grass
is not healthful, being immature and too
laxative. 1t would be better to follow the
old English practice in this respect, and
not turn cows to grass until May. Nav.
day Is an ancient farmers holiday on this
account in England, and we might we'll
follow their practice. This, of course, re.
fers to localities with the same seasons
earlier at the south, and even later at the
far north
Horses.-As the coat begins to loosen,
the skin is often irritable. This NAV be
corrected by giving in the food daily one
ounce of an equal mixture of sulphur aud
cream of tartar for few days. Good
grooming with a soft brush and blum,
curry.comb should not be neglected. Il
the gums are swollen, rub them with corn
cob dipped in powdered borax cleanliness
Is great preventive Of disease. As the
weather becomes warmer, more oats. rye, o,
barley, and less corn may be fed. An oc.
casional feed Of cut ru.a. bagas will be use.
full.
Brood Mares.-As foaling approaches
brood mares should be turned into loose
box. The extra exercise is beneficial and
they rest more at ease. Their work should
be lightened. The most gentle treatment
should be exercised the temper of the col
often depends upon this.
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ETH CAROLINA, APRIL ii. 1870

oe WV VI Ihrcc crops OF frult 1t should
be cut out and younger one be allowed
to. take its place. All the pruning they
require is to cut out old wood, shorten
the younger shoots, and remove any suckers
and roots that are likely to make two
crowded head they should be SO pruued
and trained as to give them plenty of air
ana light. Raspberries only require the re.
moVal OF the shoots that bore fruit last sea-
son, and the shortening back of last years
growth one-half to one.third its length, &C.
cording to the strength of the shoots.
biackberries require the same treatment.
All pruning should be done with a prun-
ing.knifo or with pruning shears, bu. never
with hedge shears every branch or shoot
should be Individually examined and pruned
according to its stregth, growth, or position.
The operation should never be intrusted to
any but an intelligent person, or at least un.
der the immediate.:supervision of such one.
Ignorant, stupid laborers will often do more
injury IN an hour at such operations than
can be remcdicd in year; because they
can handle shovel or hoe, it does not
follow that they arc gardeners, and we
therefore advise such of our readers as are
fond OF their gardens to supervise such
work themselves, unless they can get the
services OF regularly bred gardener.
Besides pruning the head O. ton of tree.
pruning the roots is sometimes practiced to
induce fruitfulness in trees that are either in
too rich soil or in soil that is very poor.
When planted 10 too rich soil, fruit trees
are apt to make too strong a growth aud
run too much tc wood. Pruning the tons
OF heads of the trees in such cases does not
make them fruitful, but has a tendency to
aggravatc the trouble by causing the tree
to throw out large numbers of new shoots
in directions where they are not wanted.
Io counteract this trench about eighteen
inches or two feet wide and of correspond.
ing depth, accoripg to the age aud size of
the tree, should be dug out half way round
the tree, the roots should be carefully pSuned
with sharp knife, and the trench filled
up with fresh soil, but ofpovr quality rotted
sods or the surface soil of au old meadow
soil being excellent for this purpose; this new
must be firmly troddeu down as it is thrown
In. The next season the same operation
must be performed on the other half of The
circle. The distance of the trench from the
trunk of the tree must be governed by the
spread of the branches and the ago Of tho
tree generally the trench may be dug at
one-third or one. half the spread of the tree
in young trees nearer than in older ones
If the soil is naturally poor and cannot be
readily enriched in any other way, this
operation will also be of great service, only
filling up the trench with rich soil, or that
more suitable to the tree than that in
which it is planted. BY these means the,
growth Of a tree may be readily controlled,
and far less pruning Of the top be required
The pruning knife and shears will never
produce iruitfulness unless the roots, which
promote the growth of the top, are also
under control.-Harper's Bazar.
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A MOTHERS INFLUENcE.-Thomas II.
Benton paid the following tribute to his
mother: "My mother asked me never to
use tobacco, and I have never touched it
from that time to che present day. She
asked me not to game, and have not, and
l cannot tell who is winning or who il losing
in games that can be played. She admon-
ished me, too, sgainst drinking, and what
ever capacity for endurance may have at
present, and whatever usefulness I NAV
attain in life, I attribute to having
complied with her pious and correct wishes.
When l was seven years Of age che asked
me not to drink, and then l made resolu.
tion Of total abstinence, At time when I
was sole constituent, adhered to it through
all time, 1 owe to my mother"
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lll!z OF Ttnd sea- Isaiah, 24-15.-
The situation of these islands is northwest
Of Palestine. See Jeremiah, 3-1S. and
lsiah, 43-5. In this land God "speaks to
them by another name." Here a partial
blindness Gas to their ancestry "happens
unto them" (Romans, 11-25) Here
God promises to lead these "blnd by way
that they know not Of" Here, true to
their national instincts, they yearn after an
acknowledged relationship with jehovah
saying: doubtless those are our father
through Israel acknowledge us not" Here
they are to increase wonderfully, "to be like
the sand of the sea, which cannot be meas.
ured." (Hosea, 1-1O.) So large is their
increase that, when God gathers them again
into their own land, He can only take zone
OF city and two of a family" to restore
them to Zion. They are to become null
tude OF nations, overaowing into colonies,
because their place is too strait for them.
One remarkable colony they are to lose,
(Nlanassah or the United States but after
they have lost this "the children which she
shall have shall say tho place is too strait
for me-" Isaiah 49-2O In order to aid
them in subduing waste and desolate places
by their colonies, their physical constitution
is to adapt itself to all countries so that "the
sun shall not "hurt them by day neither
the moon by night" In this insular resi-
dcnce they are to be unconquerablc 'sno
weapon formed against them is to prosper"
They are to rule the waves; 'the deep is
to couch beneath them." Extraordinary
blessings are to attend their agriculture.
heir commerce, their miuing operations
(Deut. So, 14-1GO to be blessed in their
basket and their store in their uprising
and in their down sitting in their going
Que and in their coming iu" Their coat.of-
arms has on it the Lion and the U2icorn.
Deut. 13-17. With these horns Ephraiiu,
is to push out the aborigines of every coun-
try which he colonies.
The Lord is to set Epraim "hish above
all the nations of the earth" He is to be
great banker, 'lending to many nations,
and borrowing from none" He is to be the
champion of civil and religious liberty. "to
break every yoke and let the oppressed go
free" They are to make much Of the law,
writing it upon the posts" Of the churches.
They are to observe the Sabbath conspicu-
-ously. They are to have an established
church, becauss their kings will bury their
dead there in their exile God is "to be to
them little sanctuary" and they will wor:
ship towards Jerusalem, G. c. to the East
Find people with these marks aud you
fnd the Lost Ten Tribes. s.-Ne,os and Cou.
rier.
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HENS OR PULLETs.-For breeders, there
is little question that two year.old hens are
preferable to yearling pullets-where only
fancy" fowls are cultivated. The eggs of
hens are larger. They are better developed
The chicks coming from hens eggs are al
ways strongest, the most mature at birth,
and will grow up, generally speaking, more
surely in the aggregate.
But hens two or three years old will not
lay so great humber ofeggs as will pullets
in the first twelve months after they COM
mence to lay. In quantity, therefore, year
ling hens will excel but not in quality,
for Matching purposes.
For setting, then, we recommend eggs of
year'old past and two o-year.old heus as the
most reliable, where these can be had han.
Oily. If the novice is commencing fowl.
raising with trio of young stock, however,
it is perhaps as we'll to set the bullets, eggs
in this case. The earliest litters a pullet
lays in that case should not be used. They
are not so good for incubation as are the
later ones.-Poultry World.
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The cynical old customer on the Hart.
ford Times says: "Wedlock is like bird
cage those without peck to get in, and those
within peck to get out"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-04-11

WATERMELoNs.-Editor Southern Cuhi-
uator.-Your correspondent j. B. s. wants
the best p Ian for raising watcrmelJns, and
when to plant. don't know that can
give him the best plan or best time to plant,
but will give me own plan, which has
proved quite successful. I prefer sandy
soil, that grew either sweet potatoes or cot
ton the year before-the manure to be one.
half cotton seed rnd one.half horse ma.
nure, horse manure by itself. l never sue
cceded with phosphate, I break the land
in February or March, in April lay it off 8
feet each way, dig out hole in each cross
with shovel, taking out about five
shovels full Of earth from each, put into
the holestwo shovelfuls of manure and
two of earth, mix both well together with
a pitch. fork, then raise the hill little above
the level of the earth. l then let it remain
until the first of May, when 1 plant one
half of my ground-the remainder to be
planted the middle of May. I plant ten or
twelve seed in hill, about or II ir ches
deep. AS soon as they get up, hoe them;
aud continue to do so once week until
thoy are laid by. I plough with shovel
plough once in two weeks, beginning one
week after the first hoeing, until they begin
to bear. IF your correspondent lives as low
down as 1 think, would advise him to
plant one. month sooner The melons must
be thinnei to two in hill as soon as they
have two leaves beside the germ-leaf
Anderson Co., s. G. T. III.
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> Lawyers are never more earnest than
when they work with will--that is, if tho
estate is valuable.
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A few more subscribers wanted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-12-11
Anmurulls department,

How THE DARKEY MADE LovE.-Years
ago young planter was courting certain
young lady in the sunny South.
One day he ordered his negro coachman to
drive down to the residence of his inamorata.
The next morning Cufee observed his
master and the young lady proceeding arm in
arm to the summer house, around which the
vines had overspread, making it a cool re
treat from the sultry heat.
Be it known that Cufee, on his arrival, had
fallen desperately in love with the ebony cook
u the kitchen, but was dumbfounded in the
%esence of the sable woman, the art of love.
making being to him an almost unfathomable
mystery. Cuffee, however, was bound to
learn. and he silently followed the pair to the
shady bower.
Parting the vines with his hands he very
cautiously looked in. There on the bench sat
the young lady, and kneeling on the ground
was his master, who was holding her hands
in his Cufee heard these words:
ssQh-your eyes are like doves eyes! Your
alabaster neck sets my heart on fire. Oh,
Cupid"
As quick as possible Cufee disappeared
from the scene He returned to the kitchen,
turned kettle bottom side up, seized the be-
wildered Dinah and set her on the kettle.
Then getting down on his knees he took both
heShands in his, and with upturned eyes ex-
. S@d, ooh, your eyes are like dogs eyes |!
n,Sally blasted neck sets my heart on fire.
pot"
Aseen of that unfortunate darkey, he
e.hg from the wrath to come, followed
s6ndry stove sticks propelled by the irate
vand indignant Dinah.
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Selefted guetrp.
FORTY YEARS AGO.

\ FORT4 YEARS AGO.
How wondrous are the changes, Jim,
Since forty years ago,
When gals wore woolen dresses, Jim,
And boys wore pants of tow!
When shoes were made OF calfskln,
And socks Of homespun Wool,
And children did half-day's work,
Before the hour of school.
, The girls took music-lessons, Jim,
Upon the spinning wheel,
And practiced late and early, Jim,
On the spindle and on the reel;
The boys would ride bare back to mill,
A dozen miles or so,
And hurry off before twas day,
Some forty years ago.
The people rode to meeting, Jim, ,.
In sleds instead of sleighs,
And wagons rode as easy, Jim,
AS buggies nowadays.
And oxen answered we'll for teams,
Though now they'd be too slow,
For people lived not half SO fast,
Some forty years ago.
Oh we'll do remember, Jim,
That Wilson's patent stove
That father bought and paid for, Jim,
In cloth our girls had wove.
And bow the neighbors wondered, Jim,
we got the thing to go;
They said twould burst and kill us all
Some forty years ago.
Yes, every thing is different, Jim,
From what it used to was,
For men are always tampering, Jim,
With Gods great natural laws.
But what on earth we're coming to
Does any body know?
For every thing is changed so much,
Since forty years ago.
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The LITERARY DEPARTMENT.

The Literary Department Of the ENQuIRER S.l
ries. written expressly for our columns, of which
three @ are already in hand, from the pens Of mer-
entitled, 1.-THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
"THE THREAD OF FATE" and ST LADY
OF LINTON" and will, we feel assured, prove
highly interesting to all lovers Of fiction. In ad-
dition to the Serial Stories. the other Literary
features of the ENQUIRER will consist OF the
usual miscellaneous selections from the cream
of the press; an AGRICULTURE DEfAht. "A 81.
wants OF the Southern farmer and house wife
column of HUMOROUS READING; a SAB,
BATH DEPARTMENT.; HISTORICAL and
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, etc., etc.
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THEY COULDN'T MAKE HIM MSPEAK.-They
had dime supper in the neighborhood of
Pawtucket, conceived and carried out by the
ladies. The conditions of this novel supper
were these: "For every word spoken by the
gentlemen at the supper table, forfeit of ten
cents was imposed but on the other hand Gas
duties are always compensated with rights
and restrictions with privileges) it was agreed
that whoever could weather the whole supper,
submitting to all queries, surprises and inge-
yious questions without replying, should be
entitled to it gratuitously." Many and fire.
quent were the articles and subterfuges re-
sorted to by the ladies in attendance to en-
trap the unguarded, and one after another
stout and discreet man went down before the
constant volley of artful interrogations. At
last all fell out and paid the dime penalty save
one individual-a queer chap-whom no one
seemed to know. He attended strictly tc bust.
ness and passed unheeded the jokes, jibes and
challenges. They quizzed him, but all in
vain. He wrestled with the turkey and grap-
pied with the goose. He bailed out the cram
berry sauce with an answering hand, and ate
celery as the scriptural vegetarian ate grass !;
and finally. when he had finished his fifth
piece of pie, he whipped out pocket slate,
and wrote on it, in large and legible hand: /:
81 am deaf and dumb"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-12-11

UNHEALTHY WEATHER TO ORDER.-The
late James Fisk, Jr, used to tell good sto-
ry of Daniel Drew One summer when Fisk
was beginning his career in New York, he
Yas anxious to get away on vacation, but
could not do so while Drew remained in town.
His quick wit was not to be bafHed In
the afternoon he. called at his employers
house to report the news of the day, and as
they were talking, funeral went past. Fisk
descsnted on the unhealthy WeatherSand an
other funeral went by. "Uncle DAMP be-
gan to show signs of nervousness, and Fisk
talked all the faster about the unhealthy
weather and the unusual number of deaths,
when another funeral cortege passed slowly
along. 1t was evident that Drew was be-
coming very nervous. He fgeted in his
chair, and asked whether there were really
so many deaths, when another funeral went
by. In fact, funerals kept passing with Won
derful rapidity, until "Uncle Danl," driven
to desperation, rushed to the door, ordered his
valse packed, and started for Putnam county
on the next train. Fisk got his vacation.
He had hired an undertaken to drive hearse
and six carriages around the block while he
conversed with the old speculator within.
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we trust, continue to render the ENQUIRER
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THE GENUINE ...
DIR. G.. McLANE'S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS,

lNT Ou0 VI "OnNiSs
THE countenance is pale and leaden-
i colored, with occasional fushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is ir-
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbblng
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; Shiny or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with knawing sensation of the stom-
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels IT.
regular, at times costive; stools Shiny;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener-
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DIR. C.. McLANE'S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect cure.
1T DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepara-
ton, not capable Of doing the slightest
injury to the most kendtr Infant.
The genuine DR.. McLANE's YER
MIrUGE bears the signatures Of c. Nc
LANE and FLEMING Bros. on the
WRAPPER. -:o-
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will he retained and that no reasonable effort will
be spared by the Publisher to render it IN Inc
future as attractive and interesting Family ana
News Journal as it has been in the past.
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DR.. G. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS

are not recommended as remedy "for all
the ills that flesh is heir to-" but in affections
of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases OF
that character, they stand without rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to-, or after taking Quinine.
AS simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
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the impression DR.. McLANE's LIVER Pills.
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McLANE and FLEMING BROS.
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LANES LIVER PILLS, prepared by Fleming
Bros, of Pittsburgh, Pa, the market being
full of limitations of the name McLGae,
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
February 13 ~