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GENERAL HANcocK.-When
a general in Virginia could send
an editor to prison; when mill
tary courts couldtake prisoners
from civil tribunals; when the
freedman's bureau was with
holding large tracts of property
from private owners: when in
short we felt ourselves to be
literally, and in the fact an op-
pressed people on all the At
lantic coast, General Hancock
at the risk Of his commission,
proclaimed the principles of
Amerscan liberty to be the law
full inheritance of the people
under his command, and weare
amazed that so many of those
to whom he was a benefactor
in those days should seem to
forget his noble declarations and
his still nobler acts. 1t seems
to us that, apart from any feel
ing ofgratitude, a just appre-
citation of his craftsmanship
should make him a popular ia
vorite; for it is only by preser-
wing the rights of nninorities
that the republic can be preser-
we'd; and those rights were an
nounced and justly vindicated
by Gen. Hancock under cncum-
stances which gives US assurance
that he is eniphatically the man
to do justice to north, south,
east, and west, at any time and
under all circumstances.-Nor-
folk, Pa, Landmark.
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What an Old Farmer Says.

This is the advice OF an old
man who tiled the soil for forty
years.
l am an old man, upwards of
three score years. during two
scores of which | have been a
tiller Of the soil. l cannot say
that l am now, but | have been
rich, and have all need, do
not owe a dollar, have given
my children coed education.
and when l am called away. |
well leave them enough to keep
the wolf away from the door.
My experience has taught ME
that:
1. One acre of land, well
prepared, and well cultivated,
produced more than two acres
which receive only the same
amount Of labor used on one.
?. One COW, horse, mule,
sheep or hog, well fed, is more
profitable than two kept on the
amount Of feed necessary to
one well.
3. One acre of clover or grass
is worth more than two of cot
ton where no grass or clover is
raised.
q. No farmer who buys oats,
corn, wheat, fodder and hay, as
a rule, for ten years, can keep
the sheriff from the door in the
end.
5. The farmer who never
reads the papers and sneers at
book farming and improve
ments, always has leaky roof,
poor stock, broken down fences,
and complains Of bad "sea-
sons"
8. The farmer WHO'S above
his business and inlrusts it to
another TO manage soon has no
business to attend to.
7. The farmer whose habituai
beverage is cold water, is health
ier, wealthier and wiser than he
who does not refuse a drink,
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AFish Pond ON the Farm.

A farmer, who has the con-
venience, asks us, says an ex-
change, whether he cannot grow
his own fish to eat by construct
ing a pond, and how large it
ought to be. We can answer
that he can do so with little
trouble. In the first place he
should have plenty OF spring
water upon his own premises,
and the size of the pond will
depend upon the volume Of the
spring. lit should be what is
called a strong spring, it would
be sufficient to supply a pond
of from fourth to a half acre
in extent. The size must be
guaged in order that the supply
of water will keep the fish in as
good health as at least an ordi-
nary sized brook where fish
abound, and which is not sup
piled directly with spring water.
There should be few deep
holes in WHICH to hide, and then
again very shallow places in
which to spawn. These latter
places should have a sandy or
gravelly bottom, which should
be made by hauling the sand or
gravel from another portion Of
the farm, should it not be natu-
rally at the bottom. AT the
overflow OF the dam there
should a screen. to prevent the
fish leaving the pond. The
kinds of fish to put in such a
pond are white catfish, eels,
sun6sh, mullets, if they can be
had, and black bass. Strange
to say this latter fish will do
well in such a pond, and multi
ply next to the catfish. They
must have, however, good wa
ter and a portion of the pond a
grayelly bottom. In such a
pond the fish would be better
than those caught in the COM
mon creek, and would furnish
any farmers family with all the
fish he would require and Of
good quality, and a good deal
Of sport besides.
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How Hawkeye Burdette Writes.

Burdette does the most of his
writing on the cars, and his man
uscript is something between
the Choctaw language and hier-
oglyphics on the Egyptian OBJ
elisks. He says of it: "When
! first got at it the printers
would draw cuts for my copy,
and those who got a slice Of it
would go around trying to hire
a boy TO kick them down stairs
and break their necks. How
ever, there was one old fellow
who thirsted after it and whenhe
got a piece OF it. he Immediate
ly put on a sub and went on a
drunk. Under any other cir
cumstances he would have been
discharged. l do better now.
/ had to, because it had almost
broken up the Printers Tenn
perance Union. The patrons
ofthe cause in Burlington traced
the thing back to me, and l had
to improve my copy. 1t didn't
hurt me much, but IT was a ter
rible blow to the printers. =
Oil City Derrick.
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The ENGLISH FARMERS
One Of the very best authorities
says that the farmers in Great
Britain are suffering from other
causes than a bad harvest.
Their hay and root crops are
deficient, and their sheep are in
many localities dying by hun
dreds. Under the Improvement
which has set in for the iron
trade, prices ofmeans are creep
ing up. Beef is now quoted in
most Of their markets at II to
I6c per lb mutton from 10 to
Isc; eggs are six for FAC; but
ter is 4oc per lb, geese 20 to
22c. AT these prices there are
still enough to grow and to sell
at prices which will pay.
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Cattle Raising.

The great wealth growing in
dustry ofthe southwest in stock
raising. It has never failed to
be remunerative in any country
and hardly under any circum-
stances. The great plains Of
Texas, with their teeming mil
lions of cattle and sheep, are
still capable of containing mil
lions more ofcattle. It is a fact
Acknowledged by England that
she cannot supply, herself with
beef. pork or mutton. She looks
to America for this supply, and
she wants the best. The demand
for this beef has been lively
during the past year or two, and
the shipments of live stock to
England have proven success.
The complications in European
politics are serious, and mayyet
bring on a long strife, which will
add ten fold to the present de-
mand. In England beef was
reduced from twenty-five cents
per pound to seventeen the past
season. occasioned by the heavy
shipments of beef. The chances
are very favorable for stock
raisers. Sheep raising, the most
profitable Of all stock, will also
receive an impetus, because
American mutton sellsfor a good
price in English markets. Tex
as offers the best of advantages
TO the stock raiser, and he should
at once seek this cline, where
cattle can feed on grasses the
entire winter. Many men have
become rich in stock raising in
Texas and there is room for if-
ty thousand more to become
rich, and make no perceptible
change in the looks of Texas.
The Great Eastern, the larg-
est steamship in American wa
tiers, has been fitted up for the
purpose OF engaging in the cat
tie trade between New York and
Liverpool, and everything -indi-
Gates good luck to the south
west this season. The times are
improving and our products are
sweeping the markets wherever
they are sent. The east cannot
compete with us, and since we
have the soil, the climate, and
an upward start, we have the
land and will endeavor to keep
it.-Ex.
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Il i
manufacturing, is confined prin-
cipally to the weaving depart
partment.
end. Is it practical for the
farmers to adopt the spinning
of their cotton into yarns? We
say yes, just as much SO, as to
gin it, the only difference being
that it will require some longer
time to perform it, and would
have to be held in the seed in
stead of in the lint. as at pres
ent, by the monied ,nanufac-
tureries, while the producers
pay them for SO doing, that is,
the buyers reserve a margin to
cover the interest, of capital in
vested the cotton is spun up, !
as the steam gins are sustained
by the cooperation and patro-
mage of the farmers in a neigh
borhood, SO can the spinning
be carried on, and that too, by
utilizing labor, that would not
interfere with the production of
the cotton; besides by spinning
and preparing for market, you
are relieved ofabout 6ve-sixths,
Of the six dollars and fifty cents
that it costs to gin, bale COM
press &c. a bale of cotton,
without adding one cent to the
value of the cotton, merely put
ting it into a marketable form.
The power that runs 70, or
so saw gin, will run machinery
enough to spin up 200 bales of
cotton in season. A IS horse
power engine will run machinery
to spin 400 bales in a season,
and bring in the market, what
500 bales of lint would bring.
sd. IF this New Process will
accomplish so much and is so
simple, why is it, that it has not
been brought into notice, and
more generally adopted2 1t is
very common, and very ma
tural inqiery. But the answer
to it is very simple, and also
very natural. The manufacture
ing Of the cotton, as well as
nearly all the machinery for
that purpose has been in the
hands Of parties in the north and
in Europe and has proved a
very profitable business, and
the introduction of the New
Process would injure them very
materially, because, it is a sys-
tenn that they never could
adopt, for the want of a supply
of seed cotton, hence they have
been opposed to it, and have
done all that they could against
it, and if the change is ever
brought about, it must be done
by, and through the southern
people themselves. The oppo-
sition is very strong and very
natural, because the cotton pro-
Queer are not only supporting,
but paying large profits to
vast number, for transporting
our raw material to the north,
for spinning, and weaving, and
then bring the fabric, back to us
as consumers. And now finally |
Iwould say that, all that is want |
ing to commence the inlroduc- |
ton of this New Process, is en-
ergy on the part of the southern
people. if they only had that,
the means would be readily OBJ
tanned. According to my esti-
mate the $3.50 per bale for 5
million bales, 81 I-2 million dol
lars, preparing it for market,
would, put machinery enough
in operation to spin a large pro-
portion of it, and give employ
ment to vast numbers of our
who are unengaged,
and a burden on society, and
perform great duty that socie-
ty owes to itself, that offurnish-
ing useful, and profitable en-
ployment to all its members.
Respectfully.
J. E. GRAY, Chairman,
Ex. Com. Tex. State Grange.
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Look at the following prices and be con-
WINGED that we can sell cheap
er than any house in
this city:

so pieces white corded pique at s I-2c. yard
case of fine lawns, fast colors, at s I-2c. yard,
IS pieces lattice lawn, best quality, at Isc. yard
IS pieces French Linen paid latest designs is yard
20 pieces SeersAcker nice quality at II I-2c. yard
IS pieces satin striped linens at zoe. yard
pieces Basket pattern brown dress linen 25c yard.
10 pieces Plaid Black Grenadines Tic yard.
IS pieces satin striped black Grenadines IS yard
so pieces ALPACA in all desirable shades I5c yard.
is pieces DeBcige in all desirable shades yard
pieces cotton Paids of fine texture yard
II pieces Mohar plaids nice patterns Ioc yard
pieces solid colored buntngs sc yard
S pieces blue plaid all wool % I-2c yard
20 pieces dress silk in all shades o5c yard
IA pieces satin in desirable colors Csc yard
Spices black silk, pure silk 7oc yard.
pieces black silk heavy quality 81 I-2c yard.
50 doz two button kid gloves in all shads, good elastic
kid and perfect goods worth CSC at soc pair
IS doz. three button kid gloves in all shades of good
and elastic kid worth 81 at 7sc pair.
IS dOz. four button kid gloves in all shades of very
finest quality worth $50 at SI2o pair
10 dcz. four button black kids at Coo pair
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Fruit-growing, stock-raising,
and Bookkeeping should add to
the diversity on every well-reg-
ulated farm. To these and the
necessities ofthe place are cas-
lily supplied, and a goodly share
Of luxuries also. But, says one,
we only get living by so do
ing. l must make some money.
Correct, my friend, but how
much more than your living do
you get by raising cotton alone,
and buying everything you
need.
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EVERY farmer knows that ex-
posing potatoes too long to the
rays OF the sun. or exposing to
plenty. OF light and air, will soon
ruin them. A good farmer will
dig and dry his potatoes at the
proper time, as quick as convin-
lent, and take them to his dark
cellar without delay, being care
full not TO have too many in one
bin. Potatoes which are fine
mealy when dug, treated in this
manner will remain good until
new early potatoes are ripe.
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ROUSE & MURPHY,
PAINTERS,
shop und,r Mcfarland. Rock store
BRENNAN, Texas

tn~ House, sign and ornamental paint.
ng, paper hanging and glazing neatly and
eNpediti9uSly executed. Al work guaran
teed; prices reasonable. maY2od&wi
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The Brennan BANNER has a
good Levin Of news, and that's
one reason why its out Rankin
all its comprehension
Chronicle.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
The Yorktown CentenAisl.
lFhHadeiphia RecorA-l


The suggestion of the Virginisns thar the
one-handredth anniversary Of the surrender
of CORVALLIS shall be fittinq3y comaaemo
rated next year should TeSeive universal
favoa aud other sections shCEld combine 10
maze the occasion memorable. ARbe CEN
tury will becoras complete on the b9kh of
October, 1881, It is not too sooi to urge
upon Congress she making Of an appropTis-
ticn for the construction OF tho marble
column wbheh was pledged by our fore
fethe ~ Immediately after the great victory
was won The earlier this feature,
OF least, OF the programme IS attended to the
better; for IL Will require several months,
probably, to get the in readiness
Wheihef the Federal Government should be
called upon to do any more ehsR this 10 an
open question. Ii is not desirable to at
tempt too much. Yorktown is hardly the
place for an international exposition like
that Of 1876 In PHILADELPHIA. Ii would be
proper, perhaps, To have a military and
naval pageant, and the secretaries Oh war
and OF the navy might be authorized to send
troops and ships to participate in such a Gel
ebration, so as 10 give 1t q national charac-
ter. This would not require a great
deal of money from the United States treas
ury. The main expense should be met by
voluntary contributors, or by snch OF the
various States as felt disposed 30 give their
aid. Many of them have appointed com
m~issionefs in accordance with the plan
adopted OF the meeting of governors Of the
Old Thirteen, In this city some months ago.
The movement meets with much favor In
Vermont, and is warmly advocated by % Of
the newspapers of that State, n by ii
most eminent citizens Vermont tried harC
! to Join the Old Thir<een while the revolu
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28

GTATE OF INDIANA. AsxiOn county, ss:
- Before Nj L. Jonhsoas p justice of the
peace Of Center township, OF Marion cCNnt,
in'.t II state OF -Ddianas-
Complaint in attaohme2HaSsd garnjSnee.
Thomas E. Johnson IS. Nary A. Lockasrt
ct al.
Be it known, that on. 1ba-Ists day Of Janu-"
airy, 1850, the abogs naEssa plsintiff, flea in
my Office and before me- usJice of toe peace,
OF Center township, in a8d for Marion county.
in the State OF Indiana. his 0SE0pialnt against
the above namGG defeDAant; ana the said
plaintiff having also filed in said office the
affidavit of a co MDetent osrSGn, showing MAT
said defendant, Mary a. Lockhart, is not. a
resident of the Stateof Indiana; and whereas
said plaintifhaVlng- by Endorsement on cid
complaint required said defendant TO APPEAR
in said court ana answexor demnr thereto, on.
Monday, the 2d day of t4aroh, 1880.
Now. therefore, by ordea OF said court, said
defendant last rSsmed asevs IL hereby notified
of the filing AID. tendency a SAID complaint
against her, an } that U2.eSS be appears and
answers or dem1rE the7sto, at the calling of
said csuse on sDe.said I'D day of March ,alSS0.
the sanfe benz the day saId cause is set for
trial before me ana al KY Office, in the CITY OF
indianapolis, indiana, said e0Mplai. t,and the
matters and jhings sserein contained and
alleged, will bs heard and determined IN her
absence. Marquis l.. JOHNSON
Justice of the Peace
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Notice to. Iehn HanGe.

STATE Iii INDIANA, Wells counts -:
y In the Wells circuit court, April term,
1850.
Notice sc the pendeacy OF a suit TO settle the
estate of TIE defendant, as the estate sof a
deceased person.
William Hancs, willis Hance, BepjarAn r.
Hance, Seymour {. Hance, Lewis w. Hance.
Letitia Il. Wright and Jlmes W. Wrig3t, her
hu band, Serepta Hickman and Lew Hook
man. her husband. Lydia Hoff and Jonathan
l.. Hof, aer husband, Margaret Scher9k and
Chrinegance Schea0h, her husband, We John
Hance.
II appearing by ahe affidavit this Gay filed
in the office of the clerk of the WefiG- circuit
court taat the above named defendant, John
Hance, Isl necessary party TO the above en-
titled action; the object of which Is tShave an
administrator appointed to settle tie defend
ants estate, as ehe estate of a deceased person;
said defendant having absented himself from
his usual place of residence for mo-Gthan five
years, and gone 10 parts unknown; which said
care.
Notice of the tendency Of SuoA action is.
therefore hereby given TO said defendant
above named, and that the same Will stand
for trial at the April term of the Wells circuit
coart, TO BE- begun and held = the Court
House, in the town of Button, IN the county
and State aforesaid, on the fourth Monday of
april, 1880.
W~ILIlANlJ. CRAIG,
Clerk Wells Circuit Court.
J.. ID. {. SMITH, Plaintiffs Attorney.
January n, 1859. "a
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-01-28
HOTEL DE LuNAoY.
A Patient at the Insane Hospital Protests
Against the Journal ana Enquirer Lies.

A communication was received Sunday
from a patient at the Insine Hospital who,
having read the lies published in the Journal
and Enquirer in regard to the conduct of the
institution, offers his unsolicited protest in
the following:
INDIASAPoLIs, IND. Jan. "a, 1880.
To the Editor OF the Sentinel.
SIR-As have been a patient of the many
patients here for over tive months now, and
nave mad all the facilities offered to see the
thorough workings OF the institution, am
one OF those whom, ifapplied TO, can give YOU
reliable regarding all talked OF
subjects, for I am conversant with them. AS
regards Dr. Rogers, our superintendent, wish
70 say that with all the experience l have with
institutions OF similar and diSsimiIar charac-
ter, that have never met a more brilliant,
better, kind. affectionate gentleman than
Joseph u. Rogers, Nj; d., a man in every sense
OF the word, and whose executive ability is
not excelled, as is plainly shown in his every
action, and, as to his political opinion, / know
not nor care not, but have the word and let
tiers eff men OF the highest C aaracter obtainable,
such as w. =. Hubbard. General Dan
Macauley and Others, all going TO prove my
assertions in regard to .r. Rogers correct. AS
TO DR.. Thomas being a KNIGHT of the Golden or
SILVER circle L think IS incorrect, IS he takes
greenbacks IN his, and is glad to get them, and
understands his business and always attends
to 1t thoroughly. Hon. John FIshback we
nave known from childhood, ana none can
say but that he is a man, and gives puch time
and attention 70 these Institu ions. The board
FOR which he is president and the Legislature
could not have chosen a better or more worthy
man, with more charity about him than nine
tenths OF our citizens possess. / hope ii Is al
lowable TO ask if our citizens expect that the
attendants here in both male and female de
partments shall be of the highest character in
every respect at the very small wages that are
monthly paid them. and could YOU be here to
see them all together, as 1 have on different
OCCASIONS, you would be surprised TO see how
gentlemanIy n lady.like they appeared,
and to then have read articles such as have
lately been published. YOU would no more
believe them than do i.
CHARLES X. SMITH,
Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
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BAKER, Hon * HENDRIcKo. Attorneys for
Plaintiff.

STATE OF INDIANA, Maria eourty, So
- In tire Superior Court OF Ear1on conn-~
", in the State OF tnulana. NCa22,72. Room
J.. Complaint for foreclosure of mortgage.
Jonathan Ed yards, trustee. VS.. Hiram
ner, Louis, IL smith, SamreI Miller,
Charles +. Oxley,. jones q. DOISSOn, George
Nichols, Albert X. Comstock. Charles q. Holt
man, Stanley q. CoaEstOck, Jsmcs p. Powell.
Henry + Powell, W-1iiam L. HasksSs Cornelius
Howell, John N1col, Silas NJ. Giddi1Ss, Charles
H. Fellows Ell al.
Be it known. that en- the 7th day 81 August:
1873, the above harmed plaintiff. W his at
torneys, flied in the Office of the CSrk OF the
SupertoTRCourt of Marion county, ilsthe state
of Indiana, his complaint against tAe above
named defendants, and the Said pltintif, on
the 18TH day of January. 1850, also hleS in open
court, in said Superior Court, the afBnavit OF
a competent person showing that Sa-1 defend.
ants, Frank Evans. jeremiah KlecknsT, Louis
III. Smith. Samuel Miller, Charles - OXley.
SilaS NJ GiddIDgs, Charles II. FeIlowh James
q. Dolbson, George Nichols, Albert X. Com
stock, James 2. Powell, Henry p. Powsil, VIII
liam L. HaSk1t, Cornelius lowell and John
Nicol are not residents of Tie State of Indiana,
that a cause of action EXISTS against them, and
that the same Is in relation 10 real estSs e, said
action being for the foreclosure of q mortgage
on real estate.
Now, therefore, bgpcFdes OF said courS said
defendants last above nRgEsa are nerebg nott-
led of the filing ara tendency Of said
complaint against theIa, and that anless
they appear aud answer 90 Gemur therstO. AT
the calling OF said cause en- the 5th cay of
April, 1880, the same being the first ~Jc6icial
held at the court house in The city of INDIANA
polls on the inst MOnGay in April. 1850.
said complaint, anaNthS matters and things
therein contained and aitszs9, viii be .zeard
DANIEL a. RANSDEL3,
ian2 -3w. Clerk.
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NOTICES.
Where Contentment is Impo ibIe.

Where COntentment is Impo ibIel
-Contentment produces, in som measure,
all those effects which the alchem st usually
ascribes 20 what he calls the philosophers
stone, and II il does not bring riches il does
the same thing by. banishing the desire for
them. But the inducements for a fortune at
the cost Of only 81 is sufficient to cause any one
to read carefully the announcement made by
the Louisiana State Lottery, company of the
next monthly drawing the one hundredth
and ~seventeethi al New Orleans, February
10. For further information apply to M. y.
Dauphln, New Orleans, La, or same person At
No. 39 Broadway. New York City, n. Y.
Gray halr may be made to taKe on its youth
ful color and beauty 10y the use of Halls Veg
table Sicilian Hair renewer, the best prepara-
ton for the hair known TO the science OF Inedi-
cine and chemistry.