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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-05-13

While member OF Gen. Grants Admins.
tration closely studied him. He wss. II any.
thing, Quixotic 10 his moral sensitivepess.
We all thought him almost. too ecrupulous IN
his exsction of strict virtue on the part OF
those around him. He. r. at ..
l# GEORGE LAxDAULEr WILMA.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-02-14

In word, there Is scarcely foot of
IRE pine lands In the neighborhood OF
Mobile, that is not entirely better for
gardening than the best lands making
the famous fruit and garden regions OF
the State of New jersey.
The above extract is from cor
respondent writing for Western
Journal. What applies to the lands
around Mobile applies more forcibly
to the lands On the line of the st.
Louis, Chicago and New Orleans rail-
road, which are better adopted to
gardening and fruit purposes than the
lands surrounding Mobile. What
we need is energy and enterprise, and
our lands can be made more valuable
than the best lands of New Jersey.
We have climatic advantages which
they do not possess; The time will
come when the whole country borderr
ing on the railroad will be converted
into fruitful gardens and orchards,
adding largely to the wealth and
prosperity Of tile whole country.
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tte --- MfsAsslAi
For the last two weeks, thousands
of mules have passed down the road
from Kentucky and other States,
while there is hardly a day but we see
them carried out by farmers, to their
places. MtsE.E
1t has been said that mules can be
raised almost as easily in Kentucky
as cattle. We also heard farm
er say, who has had some experience
in the business, that mules can be
raised cheaper here than in Kentucky;
but that same farmer was in town for
the purpose Of buying Western mules.
There will be hundreds of thousands
of dollars spent this season for mules
that could have been just as easily
kept at home. We saw farmer go
ing out home with two mules the
other day; and, for curiosity, asked
him what he paid for them; he re-
marked that he paid $3.50 apiece for
them. "On credit slippose?" eyes,
l could have bought them for 800,
cash. He is paying SO per cent on his
money. He makes twelve or fifteen
bales of cotton, and at the present
high prices of cotton, it will take just
half of it to pay for those two mules
in the fall. This is only single, eX-
ample; there are hundreds who do
the very same thing, and at the end
of the year, they come out in debt, and
the country is condemned for its poverty.
The same applies to corn as well as
tc nules.saqThere are a great many
persons who failed last year in making
corn, and will have to buy-some
farmers are even buying already.
Buying corn means buying! both mules
and meat, for where youfaiI to make
corn you will be sure to fail in raising
both mules and meat.
If farmer pays out half of his cot
ton crop for mules and the other half
for corn and meat, how easily is 1t for
him to come outin debt at the END gof
the year. n IT'D N
Then we see4the great advantage of
diversifying our crops-it is the only
sure road to prosperity, and cannot be
too often impressed on the minds of
the people.
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The Supreme Court JudgsIlip.

To the Editor OF the Comet:
The newspapers abound in recon-
mendat1ons and suggestions, as to the
successor of Judge George on the
Supreme Court Bench. This is as il
should be, for the subject is one Of
great Importance to the State. Other
things being equal, the South OF
Southeast, should furnish the man
since Judge Chalmers is from the
North, andsJudge Campbell from the
centre But to those who recommend,
the executive who appoints and the
Senate who confirms, we wish to sug-
gest, that of all others, they should
be most sensitively alive to the ques-
tion-vall things considered-who is the
man best qualified for the place? The
mischief will be irreparable should the
wrong man find place on the Su-
preme Court Bench, for the next eight
or nine years.
Confessedly,, John Marshall, who
so long presided as Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, was the ablest jurist that
America has produced, and for purity
of character, patriotism. and wisdom,
no man is entitled to be placed above
him. Now, the opinion of this great
and good man on any subject, and es-
pecially as to the value of good judges,
should always be received with the
profoundest Difference; and, fortunate
ly, he has left on record the views he
entertained as to the Importance of an
honest, able, and independent judi
ciary.
In speech which he made on the
18th day of December, 1929, in the
Virginia Constitutional Convention,
then ia session, he uttered with deep
feeling and impressive earnestness,
this memorable language: ~ have
always thought from my earliest
youth till now, that the greatest
scourge an angry heaven can infiict
upon an ungrateful and sim .ng people,
was an ignorant, corrupt or depen-
dent Judiciary. Will you draw down
this curse upon Virginia."
/ viii also call attention, in this con-
nection, to the language of Conway
Robinson. Esq, one of the ablest and
purest lawyers Of his day. He said
'Those entrusted with the power of
TO Judicial Office are
to their trust unless they dill |
gently inquire for and earnestly seek,
lnd endeavOr to appoint to the office |
he man best qualified for it that can
De obtained they deserve to be brand
d with infamy if they willingly APP
POINT to such office person destitute
# the proper qualifications therefor"
CITIZEN
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Saving and Applying Manure.
From tie Country Gentleman.


This was the subject for discussion at our
farmers club to-day. As it was an lmpor-
tant subject toi,ll farmers, the experience
and practice of number of our best farm
ers, as brought out at this meeting, may pc
of general interest. Most of them would
recommend the use of ph0sphates and artl-
fetal manures where the quantity OF ma
nure made on the premises is found lnsufll-
cient. Still they all agreed that when they
could, by keeping more stock ana less OF
their land under cultivation, produce ma
nure enough on the farm, II gave tne Des a
result. Coarse manure, If drawn anu
spread IN the spring, would give the ploW-
man much trouble to turn under smoothly,
but some members asserted that even 0ld
straw spread over the ground IN the 1all
would show very beneficial results, although
There are scarcely any manurial qualities III
the straw. The shcltering and mulchlng
which it gives the soil is what improves the
land, as land will improve by being coverd
by piles of stones or lumber, cases of which
every one is familiar with. Astew who sell
dom attend these discussions, doubted the
propriety of applying manure in the winter,
fearing its goodness would be leached out
and wasted; but those who had practicedit,
said it had improved their land when thus
applied. more than in the spring Just before
blowing. In proof, he reported his corn
to yield this year % bushel of ears more per
acre, on field MANFRED in the fall, than
that MANFRED in the spring. The latter
gave 100 bushels of ears, and the former 10
bushels. The middle of his field being ma
nured in the winter, produced about half
way between the two. Others had met
with the same experience in previous years,
with corn and other crops, all in favor OF
the fall application of manllres
The experience of members in the use OF
commercial fertilizers was next called for,
and showed that the use of phosphate had
given varied results; sometimes mostly ruin
ing Il crop by destroying the seed that 1t
was allowed to come in contact with, ana
at other times nearly doubling the yield by
its application. 1t had usually paid better
for using it on clay land than on sandy
soil. but lately they had learaied to use
plaster at the rate of One-fOurth to one-half
part mixed with the phosphate, for apply
ing to soils of such warm and dry nature.
The results had been good, and they
thought it the cheapest and easiest way of
fertilizing. 70 the question whether its
effects would be lasting; Mr.. Thomas
Shepherd, who had used it the most of any
one present, said that 10-acre lot on which
he had used phosphate for various crops
for the past three or four years, besides
using some barnyard manure, gave this
wear / 400 bushels of ears of corn, or 40
bushels per acrel Others using this, besides
all the yard manure they could get, report
ed their farms improving and yielding
much heavier crops than years before.
III. IVES.
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Hon. ID. r. TrimbIe for the Sunreue
Judgeship.

RosEDALE, BOLIVAR Co., Miss, Feb. 4. 'sd'
To the Editor Of the Comet q
Seeing thatthere have been quite n
number spoken of to fill the vacan-
cy that will occur when Judge Gdoroe
resigns his place ON the Suprenie
Bench, I will suggest tile name of
Hon. B. f. Trimble, now Judge of the
4th Circuit Court District, as suitable
person to fill such vacancy. He is a
man ofunusual talent and legal ability
and one who would fill the position
with honor to himself and the people
Of the State. A gentleman of sreaf
cultivation and refinement, ana extern
sive attachments, and as a Judge Of
law, has very few who are his sun,eri.
ors; and is second to none who have
been mentioned for the position
'Sua5aer in mode, Jortiter ia nc. Honing
you will give place in your paper for
his claims, am,
Respectfully, MoDoc
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-02-14

We have just been talking with Mr..
T. J. Erwin very successful farmer,
who lives~a few miles west Of here, as
to lis experience with Swedish Immi-
grants. a4'~a -@- @
A few weeks ago he received a lot
of them fresh from Sweden who could
not speak word of the English lam
guage. They are all stout, young UNI
married men, weighing nearly 200
pounds apiece, with the rubicund
glow of health on their cheeks, full of
energy and enterprise and ready and
willing to do all kinds of work. They
are all mem of some means, and are
carried away with our splendid eli
mate. asked if he thought he could
get as much work out of them as he
could from the freedmen, he remarked
just twice as much, and they are more
willing to work, they don't know
what idleness means. His son was
sent into the field to direct their work,
and show them how it was done.
They were put to work but the trou-
BILE when dinner time came, they
could not be stopped, not knowing
a word of the English language. The
young man made signs to them to
stop work, but the Swedes failed to
comprehend such signs, and they only
worked the harder. 1t was only when
his father came that they were made
to comprehend. Since then they are
learning the English language rapid
ly, and begin to comprehend more of
the ways and customs of our people.
Mr.. Erwin is 50 much pleased with
these new Immigrants, that as soon
as he is able, intends sending for a
larger number of them. Near him
lives SWede, who came out to this
country several years ago, poor and
without money to pay his passage.
Since then he has bought a nice place,
has wagon and team, and is married
and doing we'll.
We only mention these facts, at
this present juncture, when it is al
most impossible to procure reliable
labor, and when the negroes are leav
ing in numbers for the happy land of
Kansas.
The old world is overlooking with
sturdy and industrious people, where
they can hardly exc out subsistence
by hard and unremitting labor all the
year-who are anxious to change their
condition.
Om salubrious climate and fertile
soil invites them to our hospitable
shores. Thousands of acres of pro-
ductive lands are ready and waiting
for these brawny armed and Industri-
Gus workers across the waters, and
they viii come in numbers before
many years. . We
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-02-14

An appeal comes from Kansas fol
aid for the negroes there who have
recently left the South. They are in
need of the necessaries of life. The
men who induced those poor ignorant
creatures to leave their old homes
make no provision for their living,
and the North is expected to support
them. In other words, the pauper
element has been unnecessarily in
creased by men actuatcd only by sell
fish motives. The North has enough
of that element, without being com
peeled to contribute to these unfortu-
nate immigrants.
The above comes from the Chicago
News. The North is able to support
them better than the South.
The Governor of Kansas should see
that charitable institu ions are erected
for these poor people. When they he
come destitute and nearly starved to
death, they will write to the owners
of the places where they have been
employed, to send them money to re-
turn to their old homes. This has
been done in several instances. We
hope, in time, the labor problem will
be solved.
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WRITTEN FOR THE COMET
u A "REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL
BRADFORD.
ny THE OLD MAN.


During the Seminole war in 1888
the troops were pushing on towards
their destination, the late Gen. A. b.
Bradford and Gen. w. l. Haskell,
then Colonies, belonged to the Ten
nessee troops. They had from neces-
sity to fall behind on account of sick
ness of one or both.
After their convalescence they were
pressing on to overtake their com
mands. They stopped at country
house on the roadside to rest and re-
fresh themselves. The houses were
generally double pens, of pine logs,
with two back room, one story high,
with large hall between them, built
among the tall waving long leaf pine
forests. Their horses We're taken, and
they spread their blankets, turned
down chairs and their saddle-bags for
pillows.
The land lady had to have chickens
caught to make soup for the distin-
guished travellers, and having but
little help she and some children
made chase for the "rooster pullets."
One flew over Colonel Bradford and he
caught it, wrung its neck off and cast
it away!
Another was chased hard and came
flying through the hall. Colonel
Bradford snatched pistol out of his
holsters and shot it's head off! He
looked around towards his comrade
who had closely observed the whole
performance, but feigned not to see it.,
and was reading some book with
stoical Indifference expecting some
words of praise for so marvellous II
feat, Col. Haskell never moved a
muscle of his face, but continued to
read on. Colonel b. could and it no
longer! He said with some profane
graphic explosives as he could use in
those days. .
"Col. Haskell! you saw that feat of
mine?n
"What feat Colonel Bradford"
"You saw me catch that pullet and
ring its head off, and you said not a
word, sir. Then again you saw me
when young rooster came flying
over me. snatch my pistol out of my
holster and shoot its head off. Yes,
sir, you saw all that, and not word
of appreciation or admiration of such
a feat escaped your lips, sir. You, sir,
are too cold and selfish to do honor to
a brave comrade who performed a
noble act which you sir, could not per-
form yourself. You, sir, are incapa-
bic of approaching in another, an act
you could not perform yourself, sir"
":Why, Colonel Bradford, what is
the matter?"
"The matter ha! you did not see
those feats which take a man of quick
perception and agility to perform.
No, sir, you are incapable of doing
Justice TO comrade in arms.o
Colonel Haskell began to beg off,
but the brave Bradford reluctantly
forgave him for his great offense.
They went on and overlook their
commands, and not many weeks
elapsed before they met and vanquish-
ed the fighting Seminoles. General
Bradford came out of that short war
with the sobriquet which followed
him through life as the "Hero of
Withlacurche."
They both returned safely and
again went out to Mexico, one from
Tennessee and the other from Missis-
sippi.
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GENEssE Co., N. Y.
BISHOP j. P. CAMPBELL. A. M. E
CHURCH.

We enjoyed the pleasure and edifica-
ton of listening to the address of Rev.
J.P. Campbell, Bishop of the A. M.
E. Church, delivered in the Hall of
the House of Representatives last Fri
day night. The Bishop is about as
black as an African ever gets to be-
He is so dusky that you can't see his
eyes by gas light. But, viewed cor
poreally, he is built up in regular Or
thodox Bishop style. There is a
squareness and an honesty in his
physical architecture which conforms
to the general public idea of what the
personel of a Bishop ought to be. The
only novelty about him is his color, or
rather his absence of color, being in
this respect an exact counterpart of
the ace of spades.
The first part of the address-indeed
the most part of twas devoted to a
lucid and attractive account of his visit
and, sojourn in England, and his APP
pearance and speech before the Gen
eral Conference of Great Britain, at
Edinburg, Scotland. He described the
difficulties he encountered in obtain
ing an entree into the English Con-
ference of Methodists, and the erro-
neous ideas of the English people in
reference to the African M. E. Church
in America. Some parts Of this ac-
count were very amusing and called
down the house.
There was plainly observablein ALI
that the Bishop said, and in all the
doctrines he sought to .inculcate..
spirit of genuine christianity and
truth. Wherever he could,g in good
conscience, put in an oily word he did
it. He counseled the ministers of his
church to divorce themselves from
politics, and to preach Christ, as 'did
the grand prototype Of Methodism,
John Wesley, without the trammels
and the narrowness of party chickering's
and animosities. There are men
enoughy'i said he, ITO look after the
interests of parties without our inter
ference = ia
1t is o. great and plous idea which
some of our white preachers, North
and South, would do well to seize
hold of.
The audience was composed almost
of colOred people, being how
ever, Of the leading class of colored
ladies and gentlemen in Jackson, who
gave marked attention and apparent
approval to all the sentiments of the
distinguished speaker. We Observed
1 few white auditors, among whom
we're some gentlemen of the 1egisla-
,ure, Gen. Wharton and DR.. Watkins,
Who paid,strict and respectful atten-
ion throughout.
If this address gives key note TO
he ministrationsO of Bishop Campbell,
Is we conclude it does, there can be no
loubt about the fact that he is doing
last aeal oftgOOd to his race, and to
he great cause Of true religion. We
Jnfess that the manifestation Of a
erfect absence Of all acrimony or race1
ntagopism displayed in the discourse
f the Bishop'Nas a most gratifying
nd agreeable exhibition to us. This
: the true way to elevate the African Y
ace in the South. No good can come :
. them by nursing hostility, or a
wing eaf to antsgonistic teachings to
be white people. Bishop Campbell 7
GEMS to have grasped this view
ana the whole tendency
T - FashiAga is to bring naee and p
srbnd CIV bettsfen the rsces upon thet b
asiss of g. true religion; and THE 4
oNET lids him God-speed. p
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Col. 5. VI. Meek Abroad.


1t seems to be a fixed fact that Col.
Meek will be the democratic nominee
for Congress i'm his District. We
notice that both tlfe Columbus papers
are for him.
He is one Of the most eloquent ora
tors IN the South and would have
but few equals i'm Congress.
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\ stock company has been formed
at IeavenwOrth, Kansas, represent
ing $1,000, for the purpose VI manu-
featuring sugar and syrup from corn.
IL viii go into operation at once, will
employ about 80 hands and consume
900 bushels Of corn daily. 4 q
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Standardized George, the ALississip-
pi jurist, used to drive an OK team IN
his youth. He is in Congress now,
and wiz attempt TO drive something
harder and more bull-headed than a
pair of yellow Oxen.-N. o. Times.
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0erSOnaI-Ticknor d Co.
JOHN M. SMYLlE,
ZEAL ESTATE AGENT.

DERSONS WISHING TO SELL, RENT. OR
Purchase Real Estate will find it to their in
terest to call or correspond with us in reference to
same.
l will give special attention to business before
the the United States Land Office, Homestead En-
tries, Final Homestead Proofs, purchase or locate
with Cash, Scrip, or Warrants. Any and all kinds
OF Land Business solicited !
Will furnish Maps, Field Notes, etc. Certified
copies from the originals for less than they be
had elsewhere. p. o. Box 49,,
Jan3 80-1yl JACKSON, MISS.
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$40 REWARD.

S1RA9 ED--Trom DAVIS q CHILEg s,.bls
- Jaek-oni Mss, one mousabolorT.l 6orss -,
a., ,'' ~ "a OF y hands high; had r8ps sftaehei
o. his neck, and was closely trimmed ''s'''''''
II. a n EIRnEE
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Commercial Fertilizers.

ar. B." asks if commercial fer til
iAers are of greater value than barn-
yard manure; also, no v to apply, the
former. 1t must be confessed that our
correspondent is somewhat behind the
age if he has never tested the value of
these fertilizers. The subject is one
which cannot be answered at length
unless we know the quality of the soil
which he proposes to fertilize. Phos
pilates are supposed to give more
immediate results than barnyard ma
nure. They are also better used on
cold clayey land than on warm, sandy
soil, as they are very heating. On
warm soils, however, the phosphates
may be mixed with plaster. tits
always better not to alIowit to come.
into direct contact with the seed.
Where it is usedin tile hill ALWAYS
give # aslight covering of soil. If
one can afford to manure heavily it
pays to cast coarse manure on land in
The fall or winter, and to use phos-
pilates in the hill or to SOW. broadcast
the following spring. Applied the
latter way it should he narrowed in
lightlyi Erf. 4frH 20 -rTuf
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The following is not only the case in
Louisiana, but il has been generally
the case almost in every section this
year. We knows man, who has been
compelled to sell out his horses and
mules this year for the want of proper
labor to cultivate his lands, and he
has some Of the richest lands in the
county. Our lands must be worked,
and if he cant get reliable colored peo-
pie, we must have white immigrants
As regularly as the sun shines.
every year the colored laborers iE,.
Terrebonne parish break up and naqva
f rpm tI one 2 t ts e seotbsf li5
hands. There Is apparently no Tea-
sOnable cause for this periodical NOV
ing, and the cOlored people Themselves
give no explanation Of their conduct
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1880-02-14
swedish Immigration.

We have just been talking with Mr..
II. J. Erwin a very successful farmer,
who lives~a few miles west Of herenas
to lis experience with Swedish Immi-