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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25
aGRICULTURAI-
TCENT;5 cows TO GRASS

D-iryluen differ considerably IN opinion
about the proper time ioT turning to grass.
Some think the COW should be kept entirely
on hav as fodder until the grass is sufficient
for her support. Their argument IS, that,
having had u taste of grass, she will not eat
hay any more with good appetite. bat Will
50 constantly long for the grass as to get
quite insufficient nourishment for the few
weeks that the grass Is growing up to good
pasture and that this poor appetite will be
saved If the COW is kept steadily upon hay
and grain till she cat get all the grass she
wants
Qa the other hand, it is contended that if
the COW IS permitted 10 run in pasture early,
when she can get but little. the change will
BE- so gradual rs not TO cause securing or IN
tertereace with her digestion or appetite
that IL. small laxative ration found in the
grass will give her a relish for the dry hay
when In the barn that when turned at once
on 4 iu!l pasture she is likely to eat so greedi-
" as tc derange her digestion relax the
bowels so much as TO endanger her health,
and often 10 interfere materially with her
Weld Of milk This is the argument, IN
short on both sides and We think the latter
IS the safer course, if the pasture Is dry
enough to properly allow COWS to go upon 1t
carly. We have otter seen bad results from
giving COWS flush pasture at once, and think
the gradual system will usually be better for
the COW and insure better yield Of milk
We liud u little hay, once day, to be reiished
even on full pasture. Let the change be
gradual even If there be plenty OF grass.
We think the COWS should not be allowed to
remain on 4 good pasture more than an hour
at time at first Give them a run OF an
hour IL the forenoon and the same time in
the afternoon, and then return them TO the
stable with good nay and small allowance
Of grain This is trying period to the sys-
TEN, and three quarts Of oats or iour to SIX
quarts OF middlIngs will keep the COW steady
IN her uiIk duung the change N,'i'n1i
liz 9-.i 'y.g7.li sticJyp.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

~ Thompson taking tor his trAt. ,LooL
not upon the WINE when It ~ red j., the cup
enlarged upus the evil effects OF drinking
upon the head. heart. aad purse. As the
congregation departed. two old cronics. gIy-
iug 10 take more than wre drap, talked over
the sermon Did YOU hear you, Johnnie
II nc',r winhcd IN e'c. "Aweel. nn whnt
thought We o't 30 Deed DAVE think he
has been It I'D IN Lia day, or he couldua hac
ken sac wccl about 1t he : been n sly
hand the minister
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

Inc Illinois Agricultural Report furnishes
statements from three counties. giving an
account Of the gradual introduction OF the
Canada thistle into that State and OF the
mode by which small patches were destroyed.
One county commissioner found five patches,
and subjected them 10 the follow ing treat
ment After cutting the thistles down,
twenty-five wagon loads OF spent lime from
the gas house We're 7csttered over the ground
where they had grown, which appears to
have DESTROYED them In another county
the remedy has haen the application Of salt,
which in some cases proved successful, and
in others not entirely so. We mention these
remedies to point ont a cheaper and more
efficient one, well known to enteTprising
farmers IN the East 1t IS much easier to
plow an acre Of land thoroughly eight inches
deep four times, than to cover the whole
surface with gas lime thick enough to kill
the plants and to render the land siterward
fit for cultivation or to Bpply salt, either
singly or TO each plant, or thick enough to
cover and Kill the herbsge. We have never
found any difficulty III utterly destroying
Canada thistles N dense patches Of many
acres By turning them completely under IN
June. and threQ times efterward in the three
successive m0uths-providedt the work was so
so thoroughly done that none Of the plants
came above the surface This remedy sue
ceeds hest on heavy soils on such as are
light or grave!iy more frequent blowing may
be necessary to fulfil the aforementioned
requisition. 1t will be seen that this
thorough plowing is not lost, and puts the
ground in excellent condition for winter
wheat or rye. or other succeeding crops
Any halfway work, Of allowing the plants
to see the igAr, Will iail, and buugiers will
not destroy these intruders in a hundred
years toUqtry Gentleman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

The C4naiian tariff i making it>eli felt.
So far a. cotton goods md hardware are
concerned, Boston merchant feel well able
to compete with England. But the ezten-
siye American trade in b-eadstufis is wholly
cut Of Bread went upa cent loal at
Toronto after the PRONUNCIATION OF the tariff,
Coal has risen 81 cent 4 ton at Montreal,
sugars from thTee-quarter- Of a cent to
cent and hall pound, teas cent or two,
and there has been an advance in pork. In
furniture, leather and its manufactures, to
blecO and number Of minor manufactures,
the duties are almost prohibiiory.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

Portsmouth. tNa-,l IUp~s
The real reason Of this grand ami ana2
ing upheayal Of affair which has resulted
in placing the Southern people IN thu mJh
in the chief places OF the national govern
ment Is due to the grand superiority OF the
Southern race. Never were such people
seen under the sun 20 grand, 50 steadiast
so faithful and true. 50 full ot sublime pa
tience so quiet under unmerited expressions,
so generous 20 brave, 80 full of lortitude,
temperate wisdom and exquisite knowledge
how to act All those qualities combined
with that wonderful recuperative faculty
which is 50 eminently a Characteristic, have
produced their natural result, 80 that now
the precedence and power Of the South in
Congress is like any other established fact
A CoUFLE of young men were going past
farm house, and felt hungry They
yelled to the farmer : daughters Girls.
have you any butter f' The reply
was gently waited back to their ears
YES, but We keep it for our own calves. -
The boys calculated that they had business
away.
Tue ire tax which this country pays is
something enormous. Probably from one
third to one-half Of the annual increase OF
wealth goes to ashes making good times
bad, and bad tunes worse. II there were
no such thing as insurance against hrcs
there would not be 90 many fires - Boston
Hsrq!d
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

We c.uaot too often nor too urgeli ly re-
commend farmers to use none other than
thoroughbred bulls upon their herds. No
mattel what the Jrssl may be that is chosen
Whether il be Short horn, Hereford, Devon.
AYRSHIRE. Holstein. or Jersey-the male
should always be a purely bred animal OF the
race. Occasionally We find grades that have
proved impressive sires, but such instances
are very rare, and constitute the exception
rathe. tLan the rule There is a mysterious
influence, that follows the use OF a thorough
bred male upon stock OF mixed blood. 1t
shows itself in increased size, greater
vigor, and better feeding qualities very
often in these particulars eXcelllng the tho
roughbred parent-and 1t Is worthy OF es-
peclal notice that. in general, the more pure
ly bred the male may be the more marked ap'
pears 10 be the effect OF the cross. With cattle
raised especially Tor beef, it shows itself not
only in greater weight attained from given
quantity Of food, but IN an improved quality
as well, so that while the farmer may, by the
use Of such : bull, not only raise more pounds
O: beef from the same amount OF food. lie will
at the same time produce animals that will
bring better price for the same weight than
when breeding from common stock Even
the Western ranchmen have found that
the calv-s got by good thoroughbred bull
will. wnen three years old, sell Tor an aver
age Of Ut least 80 per cent more than those Of
the same age apd that have had precisely the
same treatment, got by bulls CT mixed
stocE.
Grade bulls rarely possess this magical ele-
ment Of prepotency. The time has gone by
when single farmer in any of the States
can compete successfully, in the markets for
beef cattle, unless he uses a thoroughbred
bull He can no longer afford to use scrub
or even grade bull, He must use through
bred males only or quit the business.
Fortunately, good Short horns are plenty,
cheap. and widely difiused over the country,
and there is no longer any excuse for fall
ure to use them, But We want to impress
upon the minds of our readers the import
ance j knowing that the animal to be used
- 4 RorvylhJred, Be assured that nothing
short Of tins will FL the requirement. Grades
may lock es well-eyen better-but when
they come 10 be used for purposes Of procre-
atIcu upon an already mixed stock, they Will
fail to effect material improvement. Far
mers never had so favorable an opportunity
Of buying good bulls as they will have this
spring, aud taere never has been l. time when
they were so imperatively compelled TO nave
them.
FarL2ers cannot be too careful in making
their purchases. For the form Of the AMI
mal-wL,ch should never be overlooked the
eve can be its own Judge but for the pedi
gree the purchaser must rely mainly upon
the integrity Of the breeder Hence the
great importance OF buying only from reputa-
ble ani Teliuble breeders o. Na!iora! L.gs
-FzI-- ..rf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

A FEW days ago the nine companies Of TIE
Eighteenth United States Infantry stationed
at Atlanta, Ca, left that place for Montana.
10 noticing the departure the Atlanta Con-
stitrd.on speaks Of the admirable behavior 0 f
the soldiers and officers, and adds 1T is
with much regret Te see them leave Us. We
hope to have them return To Atlanta at no
distant day." viii the Democrats in Con
gress demand an explanation
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

\ large farmer IN this vicinity, who has
several valuable horses, worth IN the aggre-
gate nt least 50 COO, in his keeping, had occa-
sion the other evening to 60 to a bin OF oats
in his baIi t. iced his horses. his hired men
being absent. Ia shoveiling up the oats, q
paper vtstrueted his motions and he pulled
It cut when It appeared to have contained
Paris green and on examination a quantity
Of the depdiy stuff, sufficient to have killed
all the horses, was found mixed with the oats.
1t was found that at the end Of the potato
season last Tall, the nired men laid away
What Paiis green they had left, wrapped i'll
paper on p beam over the ost-bin, and 1t had
in some way fallen into the bin. Had the
niIe1 men instead Of the farmer, fed the
horses that night, they doubtless would not
have noticed the paper and the farmer would
have been - 900 out. g iIIas Atrrrfieef.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

NEW HANrsHIRE's new :. iror-clad tax
oath is enabling the ASSESSORS in that State
to put into tie lists large amount Of per
sonal property not before taxed. The single
town Of Winchester, We see it stated, viii
increase its list Of taxable property over
$4,000 and a. that rate throughout the
State the additions to the list will amount
to 4 heavy aggregate. But the law Is not
very popular with the taxpayers, the clause
taxing mortgages being especially obnoxious.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

Minister Taylor j. dead Minister May
nard is visiting relations in Massachusetts
Minister Stoughton is travelling somewhere
in Europe for his health Minister Lowell
has applied for and received leave OF
absence, and will shortly leave his post
Minister Welsh Is dissatisfied with his
salary and about ready to resign and come
home Minister Noycs is bobhing around
the continent, attending Grant barquctS and
condoling with Minister " elsh Minister
Seward is on his native heath, attending
To pressing personal matters Minister
Marsh IS sick and unable to attend to bust
ness and Minister Foster Is making pre-
paraiiOns to come home on leave ami assist
in the occupancy of the late Senator Morton :
shoes. at present located in Indiana Wash
yftuf.tt Pas
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

OFFICIAL PARTICULARS OF THE FLOOD IN HUN
GARY-NEARLY FIFTY THOUSAND ACRES OF
LAND ISUSDATED-TuE TERRIBLE STORM
WHICH CONTINUED FOUR DAYS AND
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-25

SOME REMARKABLE CALCULATIONS By
AN ENGLISH sCIENTIsT-THE ORIGIN
AND RECURRENCE OF EPIDEMIEs con-
TRoLLED BI PLANETARY AND MAG
NETIC CONDITIoSS-AN OUTBREAK
NJ / IL
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VVIrrB STAR LINE.
w United States aud Royal Mail Steamers
For Queenstown aud Liverpool.
NorCEThc steamers Of this line take the lane routcs
recommended by Lieutenant Maury. L. \ ". both the
outward aud homcward passages :. .
Saturday, March ~ l.. VI.
Thursday March "a. A.
BALTIC. ,..,.... Thursday April 3. 10 4. NJ
From White Star dock pier 81 North River
Rates-Saloon. ii $sj aud 500. Return tickets
Honahc terms. Stcerage. SsS
saloons, statcroos. smoking aud bath placed
amidhps, where the no-e and motion arc least aording
degree OF comfort hitherto unattainablc ut sen.
These steamers carry neither cattle. sheep piga
For inspection OF plans aud otcr Information apply at
the company Offices, ~ broadway New York lao Wal
nut 1t fhiadclphta H. j. COV1lS, Agent
IMPERIAL GERMAN MAII.-lIAMBu Rl-AMEKfcAN
lPnckct tompany's Line for Piymouth, London Cher
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Rates Plymouth all points In England Chcroourg and
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General Agents Genoral Passenger Agents.
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4 LLAN LINE ROYAL NAIL STEAMSHIPS SAIL
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March -. From llalifax-CASPIAN. March II; MORA
WAN March "a shortest passage supcrb accom-
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GENERAL ,, TRANSATLANTIC , coMrANy,,
Companys pier new 42 North River. foot of Norton st.
FRANCE frudclc, Wcdncsday March ~, 3P. NJ
iNBRiDoR sanglicr 49,. "Wednesday, April . 10 r. NJ
AMERIYuE, peerd; "Wednesday, April ~ ! :HP NJ.
First cabin, xiuu second cabin $50 third cabin. $50
stoerage, <26 including wine. bedding and utensils
REfcRN TICKETS AT REDUCED RATES.
Steamers marked a. DO not carry stcoragc passengers
to suit. LOUIS DE BEBlAN. Agent, 80 Broadway.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-24
Deatts.

In this town, on Tuesday afternoon
last, the goth instant, after ali illness OF
only four days. Mr.. JOHN r. HAWN,
aged AZ years, I months and % days.
On Wednesday morning last, the 2lst
instant, at the residence OF her son, MIR.
ID. G. Moler. near Moler's Cross Roads,
this county, Mrs. MARGARET MO
LER, aged about so years.
On May 2nd, 1879, in Hillsborongh,
Va, at the residence of her brother-in,
law, Mr.. Thos. Potts,of pneumonia, Miss
CATHERINE LUCRETlA WAL
RAVEN, daughter of the late Jonas
and Lucretia Walraven, of Jefferson
county, w. Va, aged 50 years.
In Charlestown, on Thursday, May
18th, 1879, after protracted illness and
intense suffering, which she bore with
out a murmur, Mrs. MAMIE +.
STARRY, aged 81 years and A months
wife of Mr.. Thomas K. Starry, daugh-
ter of the late James Gallaher aud niece
of the Senior of the Free Press.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-24
nlarrla9es.

On Thursday morning last The cosy
residence of Mr.. John w. Rightstine
was the scene of a brilliant wedding,
the contracting parties being Miss r.
Kath Rightstine and Mr.. John IL.
knapp. The immediate friends OF the
bride and groom, only, were in attend
ance. The street in front of the house
was thronged with persons eager TO get
n glimpse of the bridal party, while
within everything was elegance and
ease. All that the uphols,erer could
Go to please the eye and captivate the
senses had been performed with no
sparing hand Carpets of exquisite pat
tern and texture made the tread noise
less: pictures adorned the walls, while
here and there were placed vases filled
with choice exotics; over the archway
connecting the two parlors, made OF
evergreens, was the word "welcCme."
At quarter past seven the bride, bloom
ing in beauty, aided by all The resources
of the modiste and the coi0ear, leaning
upon the arm of the groom, proudly de-
scendcd the stairway, passed through
the re ar door, and stood before the Off
ciating Clergyman, Rev. DR.. Butler, who
solemnizrd the marriage VOWS, at the
conclusion of which, congratulations
were showcred upon the happy pair.
They were then driven to the Balti-
more and Ohio depot, and the $50 west
bound train steamed out of the depot
with its precious burden, bearing them
10 a western cline, where they will
spend their honeymoon. On their re-
turn the brides father will give them
a reception. The bride looked charm
ing in neat and pretty full travelling
suit ofgray pougee, handsomely trimmed
with silk of same color. The groom
was attired in a faultless suit of black.
Among those present were, the parents
of the bride and groom, Misses Emma
Warder, J. f. Gibson and wife, Annie
and Carrie Schneider, Emma Petit,
Nettie Tune, Lille Confer, Eta Right
slime, Mrs. Mary K. Warden and MIR.
Harry Knapp.-HashingiO" Society
Album.
D0" The young couple have been
spending some days in this place among
relatives and friends.
At sunrise on Wednesday, May 14th,
1879, at the Garter House" in Charles
town, by Rev. J. w. Tongue, Dir.
GEORGE w. SHULLto Miss ALICE
NJ. WILT-both of this county.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-24
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

ENrLER HoTEL-MAJoR HENRY HAGAN,
PRopRIEToR.
I. w. Thomas, Baltimore.
J. NJ. Lands, HagerStown.
+. G.. Morris, Pittsburg.
+. G. Butler e sister, Charlestown.
w. G. Mix, County.
Miss S. A. Mix, County.
Miss +. Hurst, County.
Miss NJ. Hurst, County.
g. A. Wysong, County.
DR.. Byington, County.
w. II. Nadenbousch, Martinsburg.
Miss NJ. Thomson, County.
Miss Wager, County
II. l.. Wysong, Duffields.
J. Z. Wyatt, Charlestown.
J. S. Eichelbcrger, Jr., Martinsburg.
DIR. w. Beal, Frederick Co, Md.
James +. Rearick, Mercersburg, Ia.
S. J. Reed, Alexandria, Va.
Jas. S. Adams, Alexandria, Va.
L. Il. Pittsnogle, Bedington, w. Va.
J. Clements.
VIRGINIA HorEL-J. A. ADAMS, PRO
PRIEToI.
john r. Dixon, Cumberland, Md.
A. IL. Reynolds, Philadelphia.
John Hess, Halltown, w. Va.
w. q. Russell, Jr.. Winchester
a. Spirlnan, Hagerstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-05-24
NyASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, D. e.
Mo-, On,b 1910

hdy <Otu, 1917.
Briefly the present political situation
may be stated thus. The Democratic
majority in Congress is about to pass
aud send to Mr.. Hayes, for his veto,the
Legislative appropriation bill, the army
bill in the meantime receiving no action.
The House will to-day or tomorrow
vote on and probably defeat Mr.. War
ners coinage bill.
There will doubtless be an adjourn
ment before June 18th, Congress previ-
ously passing bills or resolutions grant
ing supplies.
A House Committee yesterday heard
arguments in favor of referring to the
Court of Claims all claims against the
United States. This is one way, and
probably the best, to settle a trouble
some matter. Another is to create a
commission with rules Of procedure
fixed by law The argument in favor
of the Court Of Claims is that it is al
ready organized, has fixed and salts
factory method of action, and that there
would be no increased expense except
for few additional Judges. Under the
present system each claimant gets his
rights, Or perhaps less, before one De
partment or another or commission.
The intelligent claimant, or the claimant
who employs learned and experienced
attorney, receives at least what he IS
entitled to, while ignorant but equally
deserving men 90 from one place OF ex-
uected relief TO another until their
claims are worn out by expenses or re-
icc,ed for informally. There should
be a change, and that radical one, for
the protection of both the Government
and the claimant.
There is a quarrel over the public
printing. The million annually paid
out make tempting bait for everybody,
The new proposition, and what may be
called the Democratic proposition, is TO
do the wolk for 10 per cent less than it
is now being done for. In the time OF
Andrew johnson, when it seemed de-
sirable to radical Congress to control
this vast appropriation, Congress adopt
ed substantially the proposed plan, ex-
cept, of course, the saving OF 10 per
cent. Bat they now Genounce it as I'M
constitutional. With such lawyers rs
Blaine, Teller and Kellogg at the head
of the radical party We have varied
aud picturesque view of constitutional
law.
Senator Blaine made long speech
yesterday against the bill appropliating
money for The Legislative, Executive
and Judicial branches Of the Govern
ment. Rather, he wound up a long
speech by saying that certain things in
the appropriation bill ought not to be-
come law. The bulk of his speech was
made up of references TO various and
unconnected events in our history since
1861. We must give the Senator the
praise OF having the good sense not To
attempt to argue the question. In this
way he avoided any possible collision
/ with Thurman or those other Demo
Gratis who have made pertinent and ar,
oumcn,ative speeches. by the manner
and matter of his speech Senator Blaine
doubtless meant to revive and intensity
sectional feeling. That seems to be the
highest ambition he now has We may
safely hope that the time is at hand
when great regulations cannot be made
and parties sustained in that way.
HILTON.