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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-08
The Clover CrOp,

Many farmers look to crop of clo-
YER TO restore the fertility of their
land, and in so doing they look in the
right direction. Why is 1t that this
plant is so potent in bringing up ex-
hausted soils, rs 1t cannot of itself ere.
ate any plant food? In the first place,
we have in the clover a plant which
exposes large expanse of leaf surface
to the air and sunshine, and is able tc
traaspire a large amount of moisture
An average acre of clover will send of
from its leaves over eight tons of wa
ter in twenty-four hours, in the state o.
vapor, while under the same circum.
stances, an acre of wheat will tran.
spire only one-fJurth as much. Such
being the case, a much weaker solution
of plant food will suffice for the clover
plant. 1t Is on this account that clover
is known as close feeder, because il
can thrive on soil that is poor in plant
food. But this is only one factor in the
success Of clover where cereal would
fail. The clover plant is deep feeder
sending its fine roots far down into the
soil, and filling all the sub-soil as well
as the top-sOil with its multitude of alb
sorbing rootlets. it is close feeder,
1t must follow that it must have album
dant provision for the absorption of a
largo amount of the weak solutions OF
plant food, which it concentrates in
the leaves by evaporation. One man
may be able TO profitably manufacture
salt from sea water, while another
wonld starve when engaged in the
same industry, owing to inferior facili-
ties for using the weak solution. So
with the clover, as contrasted with
wheat, or many other crops. Having
shown why the clover plant can sue
coed where others will not do well, lei
us see why a crop of clover can bene-
tit the land by making it more product
i've. There are many instances on rec
ord where heavy crop of clover has
been removed, and the following year
a much larger crop of wheat has been
obtained than on like soil where wheat
had succeeded wheat. We must also
remember that in removing crop OF
clover VIC take of much more of the es.
scntial food elements, than i'm the case
OF wheat. Tho explanation is some
thing like this: The stubble and tho
part below ground is to be remem.
bercd as making up no small part of q
clover plant, and here we have q large
quantity of plant food, especially nitro
gen, in a concentrated and available
form. The clover plant las pumped
up and accumulated a quantity of food
which the wheat plant cannot of itself
reach, but gladly accepts when thus
prepared. II the potash, phosphoric
acid and nitrogen which is removed in
clover crop is returned in manure or
its equivalent, or if the crop is plowed
under, then there is 10 loss in any
sense, but on the other an accumula-
ton and concentration of available
plant food, especially of the nitrogen,
which the clover plant secures from
that great store-house of this element
the atmosphere. 1t is well said that
"clovcr seed is the best manure farm
err can use."- American Agriculturist
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Agricultural Department.
CosDUCrKD BY ALBERT CHAPMAN
sales or Registered sheep.

@. Il 8. Hcndec, Piltsfortl, have sold
four rams and fiity-nine ewes to u. ID.
Twitchell, Middlcbury. N'4'-'-
&c. L. Crane. Bridport. has sold 10
A. X. Carr Middlcbury, four rams.
+. 5. Stickncy Il Son, East Shore
ham, have sold to A. Symes, Taylors-
vile, Texas, eight rams.
+. G. Farnham, West Cornwall, has
sold to l.. NJ. Bingham, West Cornwall
and Ii. @. Potter, Aliddlebury, two
rams and twenty-seven ewes. ] 2 4
II. 5. Brookins, Richville, has sold ia
Robert and G. T. Birchard, Shoreham,
nine rams, and from the flock of j. NJ
Knapp, Richville, four rams.
r. N. Il o. +. Atwood, Richville,
has sold A, Symes three runs, and IL
J. A. Wright, Middlebury, one ram.
+, D. Doty, Bridport, has sold to L
G. Farnham, seventeen rams. 10.
b. b. Nottingham Il Son, Shoreham
have sold to A. Synes five rams, and
to II. Burns, Texas, nine rams.
j. A. Wright, Middlebnry, has solo
l.. y. Wright, Weybridge, from the
flock of Rockwell & Sanford, Wesl
Cornwall, ten ewes. From tho flock o.
#. h l.. e. Moore, Shoreham, eighteen
ewes. From the flock of o. z. Lee
Middlebury, seventeen ewes. From the
flock of Wright Il Jackman, Vergennes
twenty-four ewes. From the flock o.
T. Brookins, East Shoreham, twent,
ewes. From the flock of Henry Lane
Cornwall, one ram. From the flock o.
u. A. Fields, West Cornwall, ten ewes
From the flock of Rollin Lane, Corn
wall, two rams. From the flock o.
James Forbes, Jr., Shoreham, eigh
ewes. From the flock of B. b. Tot
tingham, Shoreham, four ewes.
A. A. Farnsworth, Drooksville, hal
sold to Bell, MCGEE Il Co., Yves
Mansfield, o., seven rams.
q. f. Church, Whiting, has sold to b
Farnham, Shoreham, two rams from
the flock of A. M. Baldwin, Whiting.
w. X. Remele, Middlebury, has soil
to A. Symes, Texas, one ram.
j. A. Wright, Middlebury, has solo
to A. Symes, Texas, two rams.
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y, or that ne should not have correct
cd the error Of the printer when he
read the article at the agricultural
meeting from. the. printed copy last
winter at Cornwall.
From Col. Stowell's standpoint my
breeding from Lsmberts may be fail
nrcs, but We cannot vieV 1t so as long
as we can buy several sired from his
stations with tho money we lave sold
one Cor, aud the one we have left can
beat any Patchen Col. Stowell owns
OH the track or the road, one mile, five
or ten, aud We certainly would not
swap her for our nse tor any one he
has.
We are willing to toncede that Col.
Stowell Is the best horssman, tho best
groom, the best trainer and driver, and
in all tho arts of the jockey that make
"tbe gray mare appear the better
horse,' he is every way superior to us,
but In this discussion we have advoca-
ted the claims of the best horses, and
have had the facts on our side, there
fore we have had great advantage.
We have made no statements we have
not backed up by the facts, nor have
we written anything we would wish
had not been written under the cir
cumstanees. We have nothing to take
back, not having allowed ourselves to
write under the pressure Of our feelings.
Finally, we entirely agree with Col.
Stowell that this discussion had better
be dropped. IN
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-08
W oman e Tom perance Column
The Lord of Hosts IS scith as, the God
Of Jacob ss oar refuge"
"suYrER THE LITTLE CHILDREN"

NDaI . wILLIcE =. PABoR.
suffer the little children
= TO come unto Me, He said,
And laid HIS loving fingers
Upon each little face
For such Is the Fathers Kingdom
In the land oflight and grace,
Aud the God OF the good, the great, the wis
LOveth each little lace.
Than n man IN his Makers image
Rose up with a Drumming bowl,
And cried, ~ bid for the children
A bid Tor every soul
an behalf of Satan's Kingdom,
%. lts stain, Its sin, and It's slime;
D Twill lead them iut0 darkness
Through lanes of sin and crime"
a"And who speaks for Chrisrs king,iomsr
Cried an angel robed In white.
And who win lead these children
% Away from the realm of night"
Then rose up temperance worker,
~ A woman fair and sweet
an care for the little children,
I'll guide their little feet"
Then she gathered them under her banner,
The little ones and ali.
The sign was u cup of water,
The scene was q temperance hall.
Then the messenger of Satan
Went back TO his foul retreat
And the gates Of Satan's kingdom
Shut down on his passing feet
But the voices Of the children .
Hose up 10 the blue above,
And the burden OF all the singing
Was the Victory Of Love.
Il Temperance Banner.
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SMALL TALK.
Early to bed and early to rise,
The way to get rich is 10 adycrtis,

The way To get rich isto advertise
Noah's arc-the rainbow.
7 Tan bark A terricr's vein.
Cruelty to animals pounding dogs.
Some sticks require little lemon aid.
Forked lightning is not usually tiny
affair.
Tile most unpleasant section of sur
gical science Vici-section.
The chances of running bull out OF
ten-acre lot are toss-up.
When a man hasn't cred" he gets
go blnothat everything looks black.
Farmers gather what they SOW, while
seamstresses sew what they gather.
The fellow made bad bull when he
went to steal squash and got gonrd.
The elephant is so afraid of baggage.
smashers that he never checks his
trunk.
"a charge to keep / have" as the
gun said when II was loaded and put
away for future use.
Where. you can't find good looking
glass you will scarcely find . cookbook
ing lass, either.
ave don't find the times 80 very
hard" said a hackman. 1--WE ali do n
driving business"
When the time arrives for baby TO
commence eating bread you should
break il ID him gently,
A horse can use straw all bis life and
keep sober, but 1t is a mighty danger
ous experiment for man.
rDo right cried the preacher. ADo
WRITE" gushed Miss Limberehin when
she left for the mountains.
A witty writer says freedom is
known to be Of feminine gender be-
csuse she '"shrisked when Kosclnsko
The boys are coming out ofthe craeks
in undress uniform these days. They
get dressed when they get home.
"Tbst's what call POLITICAL Shy cane !"
said BrOwBrigg whep the opposing
Candidate threw bis Walking stick Ut
him. -
One point OF difference between a
umid child and shipwreekcd sailor is
that one 0iings to its ma and the other
to Its spar. 80
You mustn't think 1t is heart trouble
that makes 4he young lady cry "Ohi"
so ofton. these days. 1t Is simply OH
ing to tho heat, Is
A map can peyer succeed 10 holding
two or three dozen pins In bis month,
az Q woman does, NO matter how mpch
he practices on shad.
II would box your ears" said O
yonng ladyto her stupid and tiresomc
adiDirer, "if'-"If WHAT he anxiously
asked. III" she repeated, al could
yet box large enough for the purpose"
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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-08
Something New!

4 am now running two pcddling wagons, and am,
kin'ieS OF barter. ] buy my pieccd tinware q
Wales A Hyde, of Middlebury. and other goods
IN market. nearly everything direct from the
manufacturers.
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/ Y II Ia a great work to save Q drgnk.
ard. II Is worth q lifs effort TO lift O
man from degradation. 1t Is worth q
mighty self-sacrifce TO lift q man up,
and enable him TO stand as man, shak-
ing free from his debassment and his fet-
ters But TO prevent his fall Is far bet
ter,
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-08

A Georgia judge has decided that q
woman is not an old maid until she has
reached the age of thirty-flve. This
decision being without recourse, the
unmarried ladies Of Georgia have one
aud all decided that the limo shall be
drawn anterior to five and thirty.
Thus far win they go, but no farther.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-08-08

A boy, when asked, "Wogld You toll
0 lie for fifty dollarsT replied, "Aol
because whom the dollars are gone the
lie will stick" Though We may reform
man from drunkenness, no one can
ever fully recover from the effects of
years Of dissipation aud intemperance.
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iPAy CASH

for all my goods, aud sell my barter for cash
thus saving any nisllemen' 5 profits and enabling
eustomerst get the best bargains eonsinieni witil
paying one hupdred cents ON the dollar. All
goods wa rIanted strictly as represented.
49, CIllPMAN q. SMITH
hlddlebury, May 80. 1875. u
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Toe article Is telling Its own story IN the hands
OF thousands who using II with most crafty
lug aud encouraging results;
Nh. GVsTAIUs v. HALL, OF the Oates Opera
TrQIpe wrItesi "Aftsr six weeks use am ra,-
ymced, IS are also my comrades. that ygur Az
Of hslr where had none for years" =
N. McCLARRAN, Sixth Avenue Pharmacy,
Pittsburg, Pa. says; 1.-THE good effects FROM the
use Of CARBOLINk are brought 10 my notice ever
day to such An extent as to justify me In recon-
nepding IL to my most Intimate friends"
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"TwnLvE YEARS ON AND DRUNK"
"A recent paragraph In one of our
daily journals, with the above heading,
gave AN account of the arrest by q
policeman at the Grand Central Depot
of ga lad apparently about twelve
years DID," who was found by the
officer wandering about" intoxicated.
Ito was taken TO police headquarters,
and placed IN charge of the matron,
Mrs. Webb. but "beGame so pnr9ly,
and used such vile language" that he
had TO be locked up In cell. While
before Inspector Murray no admitted
that she had drunk quantity of lager
beor," IL is striking exhibit of juven-
lie deprayiiy, and also Of the unhappy
sequence II tamperlng with The alleged
''Iemperance" beverage, lager beer
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
In Behalf of Morality.

A correspondent at Jefferson
vile, Indiana, writing on the
subject of lotteries, has the fol-
lowing to say: ''Therc is nc
way of learning the large num-
Der of people in Southern Indi-
ana who have been bitten by
that notorious Kentucky lot
terry, the Commonwealth Dis
tribution Company of Louis
vile. There is a good deal of
squealing over the late drawing
in this city, and the growl goes
up from all the neighboring
towns. 1t is high time the
stringent law of Indiana against
advertising lotteries and selling
lottery tickets in the State was
enforced. Thousands of dollars
are annually taken from this Sec
ton of the State by the swind-
ling Kentucky lotteries, and
there is public demand for The
enforcement of the law against
such concerns"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
s.Roys.I dome thc best / could: ]

sBoys, I done the best could;
was afraid for them to stay long,
and Matched up thatyarn think
in maybe they'd swaller it, and
they did, and I'm mighty proud,
too. No, / don't want no mon
ey; your life 5 worth all the
money in the world; you're my
| friends, my boys, go git your
critters, fer them devils may
come back, and whenever you
shoot a bluecoat, please put one
extra pill in for old Sunflower.
That's all I ask. Goodbye" !"
With light hearts and full
canteens, we left our friend, and
before night were safe in camp,
where our adventure excited
general interest and merriment
as well as made a hero of Sun
flower. What has become Of
him / can't say, having heard
nothing from him since the war;
but I shall never forget his true
heroism and the service he did
for us.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
Long Coutship.


A couple, after a courtship
of over fifteen years, were re-
Gently married in Kentucky.
The wedding was to have oc-
Cured in 1861 when the war
broke out, but the conflict
which dragged all classes of
people into its whirlpool, claim
ed this lover as we'll. He took
one side, her father took the
other. The old man never for
gave him. He swore as long
as he lived his daughter should
never marry a rebel. He kept
his word. One by one his three
sons passed over the river and
out Of sight. His wife, broken
hearted, followed her boys to
the grave, and finally none of
..he happy household was left
but the patient girl and her
stern ol d parent. The war
gave back her lover uninjured,
but the inplacable father
stood between. He refused his
consent to the marriage. and
she would not wed withot it.
And so many years rolled away
-an obstinate old man-two
loyal lovers. A year ago he
died, and this long-delayed mar
riage has just beel consum-
mated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11

Iof manner; he was brusque and
Luncompromising- a man fowhom
lit was impossible 10 endure a II.
wal, who aspired to a leadership
and who was jealous Of all who
contended for it with him. This
man had supported the State of
Franklin in its early days,
but afterward, probably because
The saw that Sewers influence
was likely to oyershadow his
own, threw the whole weight of
| his influence in favor of a return
to the jurisdiction of North ('ar-
|olina.
So rapidly did the fabric of
the new State perish that three
years after its establishment, IN
the words of a recent writer upon
the subject, mo Legislature at
all could be assembled, and it
was one Of the duties of the Leg
islature to elect the Council, and
as the Legislature at its last ses-
sion had failed to do this, the
Council was soon a thing of the
past. To complete this cata-
logue of misfortunes, Judge
Campbell, the head of the Judi
ciary, accepted Office under the
Government Of North Carolina.
Gov. Sewer was left alone in his
official dignity. Even this sole
relic of the Franklin Government
would not in the natural course
of events remain long exempt
from the general wreck, for the
Governors term expired on
March /, 1888, and it being a
constitutional function of the
Legislature to elect the Govern
or, and there being no Leg1sla-
ture to perform this duty, it fol-
lowed inevitably that after
March /, 1888, there would be
no Governor of the State of
Franklin"
Such were the facts, and the
State of Franklin thus ended.
Sewer finally became Cover
nor of Tennessee, and for many
years served in the House of
Representatives E at Washington.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
The Old Khediye's Vengeance
North American Revie'

In 1888 the Colonel of one of
Mohammed Ali's regiments in
Mecca had rendered himself obi
Gus to the soldiers, and while on
parade, firing with blank cart
ridges, the officer was shot. No
notice was taken Of it at the
time, and it was thought that
the thing was all forgotten.
Two years afterward, in the reg
|ular course of exchanges, the
battalion returned to Cair o,
marched into the citadel, and
piled arms. A court martial
was Immediately called, and the
battalion found guilty of mur-
der. As the Individual could
net be discovered the battalion
was decimated, and 134 were
marched outside the gate in sep
crate squads, and shot by then
own comrades. My informant
happened to be riding outside
the walls, and, attracted by the
roll of musketry, saw the execu-
ton of the luckless soldiers, some
sitting, some standing, and somt
ON their knees, according to thu
lhumor of the officers. s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
The Price of Quinine.
New York Tribune.

a
The quinine manufacturers are
naturally indignant at the pas
sage of the bin removing the du-
ty, and like most angry people
are a trifle illogical. They as
sure the southern members that
the price of the drug will go up
instead of down; that in place
of three dollars and thirty-fiye
cents per ounce the price will be
five dollars; and in the same
breath declare that they have
withdrawn all orders for bark, land
will in all probability cease man
ufacturing altogether. w hys
Manufacturers do not usually
close up a business just when
the profits are doubling. If, too,
as they assert, the Philadelphia
firms have sold the drug at small
profits which they might have
made extortionate, and also re-
Trained from adulterating it out
of conscientious regard for the
well being of the American peo-
pie, why do they not perseyere
in their philanthropy now, when:
as they threaten, we are to be
poisoned with bad cinchona and
they can save us without loss tc
themselves? Their threats and
forebodings may prove true OF
not, but they will not alter the
verdict that their monopoly has
been selfish and extortionate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-09-11
Editing a Newspaper.
Monmouth 1ll.l Atlas.

We never could see the virtue
of the boast which is so often
made by the papers and maga-
zines that SO large a portion of
their pages is original. Such O.
riginality is often maintained to
the detriment of the paper. The
best exchanges of our acquaint-
.ance are by no means those
which have the greatest amount
of original matter. There is
more of editorial tact and talent
required to makeproper and prac-
teal selections than is put in req
uisition by the production of the
yaunting original newspapers,
that seem to consider originality
the only requisite for a good pc
riodical. a good newspaper is
always dependent upon other re-
sources than its own. And the
boast of a periodical that it is
entirely original is too often like
the boast of a librsay if it should
claim to have the production of
only one author. ~