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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
A Secret for HOuSekeepers.

A sort of trade-secret among uphol-
sters, it is said, is this recipe for Kidding
furniture of moths: A set of furniture
that seemed to be alive with larvae, and
from which hundreds of these pests had
been picked and brushed, was set into a
room by itself. Three gallons of benzine
were purchased, at 80 cents a gallon, re-
tail. Using small watering pot with a
fine rose sprinkler, the whole upholstery
was saturated through with benzine
Result: Every moth, larvae and egg,
was killed. The benzine dried out in
few hours, and its entire odor disappeared
in three or four days. Not the slightest
harm happened to the varnish, or wood,
or fabric, or hair-stufing. That was
months ago, and not sign of a moth has
since appeared. The carpets were also
| we'll sprinkled all round tbs sides of the
room, with equally good effect. For furs,
hannels-indeed all wooden articles con-
tanning moths-benzine is most valuable.
Put them in box, sprinkle with ben
zine, close the box tightly, and in day
or two the pests will be exterminated,
and the benzine will all evaporate on
opening. In using benzine great care
should be taken that no fire is near by,
as the stuff, in fluid or vapor form, is
very infammable.
Dew AND SUNsHINE.-Love and appre-
citation are to woman what dew and SUM
| shine are to flower. They refresh
and brighten her whole life. They
make her strong hearted and keen
sighted in every thing affecting the well
fare Of home. They enable her to cheer
her husband, when the cares of life
press heavily upon him, and to be a
providence to her children. To know
| that her husband loves her, and is proud
of her, and believes in her that even
her faults are looked upon with tender
ness that her face, to one at least, is the
| fairest in the world; and the heart,
which to her is the greatest and noblest,
holds her sacred in it's inmost recesses
above all other women, gives her strength
and courage, sweetness and vivacity,
which all the wealth of the world could
not bestcw. Let woman's life be per-
vaded WI lch an influence, and her
heart and life will never grow old, but
will blossom, and sweeten, and brighten
in perpetual youth.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-11
The Democratic Acceptances.
HANCOCK's LETTER.

NEW York, July 81.
The following is Gen. Hapcock's letter
of acceptance, dated Thursday last, but
Just issued to the public:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

A writer in the International Ike
view gives some startling figures,
showing the enormous growth OF
American agriculture. In 1865 our
wheat crop was I4S,553,ooo bush
els; in 1879, 44S, .756,ooo bushels
Corn i 1865 was fo4,427,ooo bush
els, and in 1879, r,544ooo,ooo bush
els. Within thirty years the corn
center has been transferred from the
South to the West, and the wheat
center from the Middle Statss to the
West. The tobacco increase has, ot
course, been in the Southern States.
Within the same period the cotton
crop has increased from 3,oI2, ,ooc
bales to 5,2I6,ooo. Arkansas and
Texas are the largest gamers from
the increase in cotton. The total ex-
ports of all grams had risen from
100000 in 1876 to IS9,ooo,ooo IN
1879. These figures show marvel
our development and progress.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04


We have enjoyed the society
uurlng the past week of our es-
teemed friend, Bro. Thos. J. Carver,
general Manager of the South
western Cooperative Association,
and each days association has
out tended to strengthen our high
e>unate for him as a Christian gen
,'e'i'an, an earnest, patriotic mem
oer OF the Order, and a thorough
business man. No man connected
with the business arm of the Order
mas SO fully met the expectations Of
'ile membership in the equirements
OF his important position. He i'm
presses all who meet him with his
superior business qualifications, and
inspires confidence in the stability
ana the principles of the great or
s"nizatlon with which he is promi-
hentty connected. Under his able
"iio faithful management,the South
western cooperative Association is
ueSuned soon to become one of the
ieadlng institutions in the great
commercial emporium of the
'ou'h' May he live many years to
witness the complete fruition of his
patriotic work in the noble cause
OF CO operation.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04
Luck in Farming.

mere are le" WOIQS OIlGlGI up
on the lips of certain class Of
farmers than luck. Smith is a
''lucky dog" because his corn never
rots, his wheat never winter kills,
his sheep never get into his rye, and
his cows never invade his meadows
or orchards. His crops are better
than his neighbors, his butter brings
more in the market, and even his
.wife and children have a more con-
tented look than other peoples,
Everything he touches thrives.
What lucky man Smith is! Now
the fact is, luck has nothing to do
with Smiths success in life. If you
watch the man, you will find the
result he reaches is anticipated and
planned for, and comes of his own
wit and work. 1t is the legitimate
reward of his labors and it would
have been bad luck had it turned
out otherwise. His corn always
comes up, because he always selects
the seed himself and hangs it up by
the husks in the garnet, where it is
thoroughly dried.
He does not plant until the sun
has warmed the soil enough to give
the germ an immediate start. His
wheat fields he drains with tile,
and the water that used to freeze
and thaw on the surface, and throw
the roots of wheat out and kill
them, now passes down into the
drains and runs off. His fields are
green and beautiful in the spring,
when his neighbors' are russet, des-
olate and brown. His fences are in
good repair, and his animals are not
made breachy by the continual temp
tation of dilapdated walls. His wife
and children are comfortably clothed
and fed, and are not kept in con-
tinual fret and worry by husband
and father who has no system or
energy in his business. "a time
and a place for everything" is his
motto. carefully carried out. The
shoemaker is always called in when
his services are needed, and none Of
his household get wet feet, catch
cold, have the lung fever, and run
up a doctors bill to twenty dollars,
| for want of a cents worth of leather
at the right time and in the right
place.
Smith does not believe in luck.
He knows that health in the family
and thrift upon the farm depend up
on a thousand little things many of
his neighbors are too lazy or careless
to look after SO, while they are at
the tavern or loafing in the village
or running muck in politics, he is
looking after these things and lay
ing his plans for next year. He has
good corn even in the poorest year,
because the soil has the extra ma
nure it needs to bring out good long,
plump, we'll capped ears. He meant
to have SO bushels to the acre, and
he has it, good measure and running
over. Talk about luck! it's all non
sense. Bad luck is simply a man
with his hands in his breeches pock
cts and his pipe in his mouth, look
ing on and seeing how it will come
out. Good luck is man of pluck
to meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled
up and working to make it come
out all right-Amcrtcan CWItt0ator
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04
COLUMBUS MISSISSIPPI, 4,

would do more to revive dormant
Oranges than can be done by Dep
uties. 1t would be we'll to make
the experiment.
Fraternally, RoBT. F. MALONE,
Deputy for West Tennessee.
Capleville, Aug. 25.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

The sugar crop of Louisiana for
1879, yielded 100000. Ore
planter raised on 3,287 acres Of lard
6.84o.ooo pounds of sugar and 1900
barrels of molasses, selling for S565,-
900. The Dalrymple wheat faria,
in Dacota. consisting Of 900 acres,
in 1879 yielded a total product Of
only $4,000, or 9TI5,ooo less than
the Louis ANA planter realized from
less than one-seventh the area of
land.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04
Worthy Master Darden.

1t is with great satisfaction that
we announce the appearance of
Capt Darden in our midst, and we
hope that the farmers will appre-
ciate the occasion and turn out en-
maSSe to hear him. There is not in
all the country a more faithful, eff
Cient, devoted friend of the people.
A farmer himself, he understands
the position, he realizes, not from the
outside, but from experience the dis
advantages under which his breth-
ren are laboring, and his untiring
efforts, his unabating zeal is to bring
relief by rousing them to a true
sense of their condition and show
ing them the only way out of the
difficulties that beset them. Honest
and single minded, he has but this
one object in view, and wherever
he has been this fact is at once and
nstnctively recognized, and he
never fails to communicate the en-
thusiaSm which fires his own heart.
He is leader in every way worthy,
and if his words of counsel are
adopted, his suggestions carried out
with energy and persistence, a
brighter day will dawn for our hard
working people, and intelligence
and comfort will be theirs, if not
prosperity. We would like to see
every farmer in the district at the
meetlngs,-if they have any regard
Tor their own interest they will GER
talnIy make an effort at least to hear
the presentation of their side of the
question, and hearing, we are quite
sure that they will be convinced
OF the wisdom and practicability of
The measures suggested. Let US all
JON heart and hand with our leader,
the Master of our State Grange, and
bend ourselves to the work of edu-
eating ourselves and bettering our
condition. The Grange meetings
are practically educative, and in
heglectIng attendance upon these
meetings, we are sacrificing our best
interests and justifying the charge
u ignorance and incompetence
made by the towns people, and ia
Ken advantage of by them.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

he excessive rains during the last
,"o or three weeks have doubtless
se!iously injured the cotton crop in
'nlS State, Thereports of the rava
SO oi the boil worm in Texas indi-
'''e small crop in that State
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

A young lady sent poem enti.
tied - Can Not Make Him Smile"
to a British newspaper. The editor
ventures to EXPIRE IS the OPINION that
She would have succeeded had she
shown him the poem.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

Patrick, hereafter ! want you to
commence work at 5 O'Clock and
quit at T." 'sSnre and wouldn't It
be as we'll if I'll commence IL the
morning at 7 aud leave eff az IN
the evening I"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

Our ancestors. the monkeys,
could't have been SO ignorant after
ali. They were all educated in the
higher branches.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

become d subscriber.
When al farmers combine|
be strong When you are stl|
will respect you ana not bcfo|
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

Order attracted the attention Of the kaf1n- |
e1s Of bis county, and they, IN I8z4 clec-
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

ican people more than any qnsstaAi gsave
would be solved before the close Of the
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

'71floEl ne visited bat feW 5fates the IasE
ear, but has decided to devote his time,
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

~, !. the Paris Exp ssition. being one of the
j, 80 : 70 represent american agriculture
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

this year to the National icl6.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-04

economy.
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18

AN interesting temperance meeting
was held in the Presbyterian Church
on last Saturday evening. Addresses
were made by Revs. Alexander, Balph
and Conkle and DR.. John Alexander.
We believe that the object of the
meeting was to counsel together as to
the best method to prevent the spread
of intemperance, especially among the
young men and boys of this vicinity. 1t
was averred, and we believe facts sus-
tain the averment, that drunkenness
among young people of this vicinity was
alarmingly on the increase. 1t is high
time that the people should move to
check this evil. Just what course should
be pursued is a matter worthy of con-
sideration. A rigid enforcement of the
law-prosecution heaped upon prosecu'
ton of offenders, would go far to remedy
some of the evils accruing from the sale
of liquors. There is room within the
present law for the sale of all the liquor
and more than is required for the well
being of community. Dealers who dc
not voluntarily obey the letter and spi
| rit of the law, should be dealt with rig
orously.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18
ROAD NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that petition
IN will be presented to the Commissioners
of Belmont county, Ohio, at their next regu>
lar session, to be held on the first Monday Of
December, A. D., 1880, praying for the vaea-
tion of portion of county road hereinafter
described, to-wit:
Being in Belmont county and State of
Ohio, and leading from the Short Greek road
now known as the Morristown road) at q
point near the residence formerly occupied by
Alex. Harrahs, due north with the section
line until it intersects the road leading from
st. Clairsville to Flushing (now known as the
Flushing pike, as recorded in plat record No.
and road record No. l, in the office of the
Auditor of said county, pages II and 81 re-
spectively, established on the petition of
Joseph Grimes and others. Said petition
seeks to vacate so much of said road as is in
cluded between said point on the Short Creek
or Morristown road and the point where the
township road, recently established by the
Joint Board of Trustees of Union and Wheel
ing townships, of said county, on the peii>
tion Of Joseph Lafferty and others, intersects
said county road (such intersection being on
the line between the lands of David l. Hays
and Hannah Estep.) 10 21-5t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18

Continued off docket at costs of plain
tiff
George Gates VS.. Jos. Wilson; dismiss
ed and costs paid.
Ellen Stanley VS.. Alex Ault; dismiss
ed at costs of plaintiff.
Indiana E. McSwords VS.. Thomas Cow
ct al. Josephine X. Mitchell admitted
as IA party defendant.
Alfred Bishop VS.. James Butler. Set.
tied by the parties, and costs paid BY
defendant.
Millie Dorsey VS.. John Dorsey. Di,
yOrce. Continued off the docket.
Balaam Nichols VS.. W. c. Brock ct al
Smith Cunard and Mahlon Nichols
Executors of Balaam Nichols, deceased
are made parties plaintiff herein, and
this cause is dismissed without preju-
dice to IA new action at costs of plaintiffs
as executors of said Nichols.
Louisa kemple ct al. VS.. II. G. Wilson
ct al. Appeal. Cause dismissed for
want of prosecution at costs of plaintiff.
lydia Vandine vs.. Aaron Ramsey, Jr.,
Bastardy. Cause dismissed and costs
paid.
Mary Vandine VS.. Allen Ramsey, Jr.,
Bastardy. Cause dismissed and costs
paid.
August Steger VS.. Chas. Seabright.
Motion to require plaintiff to make his
petition more definite and certain over
ruled Motion to strike out certain por-
tiOns of plaintiffs amended petition sus-
tanned.
Mary Sherry VS.. Patrick Whealan. Ap-
peal. Cause dismissed at costs of plain
tiff.
Edwin j. Gantz ct al Adm'rs VS.. John
0. Robinson. Decree entered at last
term of Court in favor of defendant
Eliza Hollister, vacated and leave given
said defendant to issue summons to
bring into Court Catharine 5. Robinson
wife of defendant John o. Robinson.
5. Horkeimer & Co. VS.. John Craig ct
al Cause dismissed and costs paid.
VIM. H. Bentley VS.. Jas. w. Simpson
ct al. Sale by Master confirmed and
deed ordered.
d. D. T. Cowen VS.. John Watkins.
Cause dismissed and costs paid.
Spencer Gregg, admir-, VS.. Thomas E.
Heskett ct al. Cause settled and costs
paid.
Levi B. Hurd vs.. BENZ. Bailey. SANDER
CduSC ulclulSScu dI COolS vi pldlulin
Lucinda V. Judkins vs Jas. E. Jud-
kins. Divorce. Cause dismissed at costs
of defendant.
Indiana z. McSwords VS.. Thos. Cow
ct al. Sale by Sheriff as special Master
confirmed and deed ordered. Order Of
of proceeds of sale entered.
Angeline McHenry ct al. VS.. VIM. Nc
Henry ct al. Partition. Sale by Sheriff
and distribution Of proceeds
P. Tallman, ESQ.,, allowed a
counsel fee of S75 in this case.
Alloys Schaffer IS. Michael Schaffer
Sale by Master approved and confirmed
and deed ordered.
John W. Jackson VS.. Reece L. Fore
man. The death of plaintiff being sug
gested, Abner Wilkinson administrator
of said jackson, is admitted as party
plaintiff in place of said decedent, and
has leave to file petition in this case
during term.
John T. H. Mitchell VS.. Nancy NJ.
Boyd ct al. Sale by Sheriff confirmed
and deed ordered. Liens against plain
tiffs interest ordered paid.
Alfred Bethel VS.. John Shepherd, Jr
To Jury. Verdict in favor of plaintiff
for $2S 67.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18

REFERRING to the recent atrocious
murder in Monroe county, the Woods
field Spirit says:
1t is now asserted that Mrs Bieden-
baugh was in the house when her hus-
band commenced his murderous work,
that she escaped and was pursued by
her husband and overtaken 300 yards
from the house, where her body was
found. The first blow was struck from
behind, and cut down through the back
of the head. Then a fierce struggle
commenced, but the superior strength
of Biedenbaugh overcame that of his
wife. She had long hair which he must
have caught repeatedly, as punches of it
were found lying about on the ground.
MARY L. STEPHENS, the only survivor
of the five persons struck down by Fran
els Biedenbaugh, is improving and will
get well. The blows she received were
glancing ones, and did not fracture the
skull, as was first announced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18
SHERIFFS SALE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Ira Vail,
John Simpson. ct al.

N pursuance of an order of sale in the
l. above cause issued and to me directed
from the Court of Common Pleas of Belmont
county, Ohio, will offer for sale at the from
door of the Court House, in st. Clairsville, il
said county and state, on
Monday, December Goth, 1850
At o'clock afternoon, the following described
premises, tO-wit:
The third tract above ordered to be sold is
described in the petition in the words and
figures following, tO-wit: In sections II aid
IL, township and range ., beginning fol-
the same Is poles south of southeast corner
OF section ~ and northeast Corner of section
II; thence north S9!o west Ill poles; thence
north % east Is poles to stone in road;
thence north $50 east with Centre of road As. 4
poles; thence north 703o east 43.46 poles
along centre of road; thence north As" east
%. 4 poles; thence south go east G5. SO poles
to the beginning, containing 26 acres and /
rood of land (variatiOn of compass 21I0 east
on all lines from above
Appraised at 1,170.
Terms-Cash. SAMUEL HILLES,
Charlesworth, plff's atty. Sheriff
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-18
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