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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

Tuesday night, at q negro church
meeting, at Forenz.,, some two miles
east OF Colfax, general fight was
INDUCED by the colored brethren, il,
which it il also said some Of the dns-
ky sisters took p TT. Plsiol~, razors
and Knives PLAYED their part, anrl III
said two or three were cut aud shot
while the r'w was in progress Tie
fracas VAS brought about by The pec-
cadlllos of some of the frail sisters,
abont which the meeting seems t.,
ha been called. No arrests have
been made, an it is impossible to
I'm ont the parties. tits soinebod, S
basin. 81 To fnd the parties engaged
ID this row. aud if IL is hot siohe he,
should receive attention at re hands
OF the nsx grand inrv
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

Having received thorough repairs
since her damage by the storm, the
Jesse 4. Bell came to time Monday
early in the afternoon. To casual
observer no trace OF her disaster is
apparent, all the repairing being 30
nicely completed that the only thing
to show it lie the new coat of paint
over it all. With their usual regard
for the newspaper brotherhood her
obliging clerks did not forget the
CHRONICLE. and brought us q large
file OF exchanges. among them being
papers from almost every State in the
Union. Such q collection ia almost
a curiosity in this section. and we
appreciate it highly. Long may the
Jesse K. float. and may Capt Dick
reap . rich harvest from the popu-
larity Of his beautiful steamer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

Mr.. A. L. Grow, who went down
on the Kate two weeks ago, has re-
turned FROM Bayou Crosse Tete, not
altogether pleased with the country.
He says he has no use for a country
where q man has to build his house
on stills to keep above overflow. He
reports good portion Of the Crosse
Tete country still under water. while
other portions are so wet that it will
be impossible to make crop this
year.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

The Right Worshipful DR.. John G.
Gordy. who was to have lectured the
Masons OF Colfax this week. came
down on the Bell last Tuesday, but
was SO pnwell that be decided not to
stop The Doctor is growing old
and very heshy, which makes it quite
difficult for him to get about. He is
now seventy years Of age and weighs
two hundred and sixty pounds. He
regrets Disappointing the brethren at
this place, but says if be is spared
he will visit them in April, 1881. af-
ter which he will abandon travelling
altogether from necessity.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15
as follows:

Owing to the great demand for the
CHRONICLE this week we have added
quire or 80 of paper extra, which
in printing parlance we "turn and
cut" which gives only the FIRST and
fourth pages Of the paper. We give
this explanation for the benefit Of
thoee who may receive these extra
hnlf sheets.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

The DeSoto Democrat aud the Al
exandria We The People come to
hand now on patent sheets. They
both lock improved by the change,
particularly the Alexandria paper, as
compared With thai elephant EIDE
lion" two weeks ego.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

Mr.. T. NJ. Biossat. of Alexandria,
has secured the services Of FIRST
class matchmaker, and is prepared
to have good and lasting repairing
done at city prices. Try him.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

The Jesse K. Bell will be boarded
by an excursion party at this place
next Monday, billed for Grand Ecore
and return, and lots Of fun while on
the way.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

FIFTY GIFTS
The date Of the above distribution will
occur very roon. snd there will positively
lie no p stponement. We will publish the
.te Of the distribution before long.
Sample cpics Of the Fruit Farm can be
seen at the CHRONICLES Office. ar by sending
t0 L +. tsARDNER.
fe24 Russellville, Ky.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15
NOTICE.

All parties having placed scrip or other
evidences of debt against the parish of
Grant in the hands Of Mr.. r. 8. Cameron
for approval by the Police Jury are here
by notified to call on me at my Office, in
the town of Colfax, for the same. Mr..
Cameron's receipt viii be required in all
cases where it is held.
M.F. MACHEN,
April "a, 1880. Clerk Police Jury.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

Cotton quotations have declined
steadily since our last report. and
closed in New Orleans last Saturday
20 follr,ua.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15
RisIey's witch Hazel

RisIey's Witch Hazel
Cures Headache. Burns, Sprains, Wounds,
Cuts, Rheumatism, Toothache, Earache.
ETC., etc Warranted equal in quality to
any made, at half the price.
OF. Bottles, CSC. Pint Bottles, SOC.
and
R0SE6RAMTS CHLORIDE OF LIME,
For Purifying, Bleaching and Disinfecting.
stands prominently the best. Always PIT
up in Diamond Blue Label Boxes.
ID Boxes. ID Boxes. ID Boxes
All first-class Druggists keep it
Have your Druggist order it, If he has
none in stock, from cnAS. +. GiSleY,
Wholesale Druggist, "a Cortlandt Street
New York City. ap24- 3m
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15
LOCAL DOT s /.
Red river continues to fall.

Strawberries and cream are not
bad TO finish up a dinner.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-05-15

4. ~ sHazT :. 81 HSH6
SIS sStz: 1! Rb9!sl s't:!sE
DURASiIfTY UNsURPxeSRO, WAR
RANTEOslx YEARs, HxInkMEi:Y Low
Al DISCOITNTfo 1socAess, Niaiscsrs, csnrck>s,
Sekools, Lodo1,ds AGENI8 WANTED. Sead
for Illustrated Cafalognes.0E(ONO land
INSTRUMENTS AT GREAT DAResAINS.
= Dealer. 6e61'WAks N.Y.f.0.Dsx.sSsr
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

a sherry patch," and begin nom.
Appropriate one-fourth Of an acre to
it, and let it be long and narrow.
Plant a double row of strawberries
the whole length Of it, and follow
these with rows of red and black
raspberries, and blackberries and
currants, and tip the end nearest the
house of each row with hill or two
of rhGbarb, and our word for it, you
will never again complain Of want of
time to go berrying, nor will you
have to make the mortifying confes-
sion that you do not get berry,
sunless you buy them"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
Take Good Care Of the Horses.

There is no animal on the farm
that is so likely TO be neglected as
the horse. The horse of the city
truckman, or of the expressman, the
driving horse and the saddle horse
are we'll cared for, but the farm horse
is too often irregularly fed, and, so
far as cleaning is concerned, regular
ly and systematically neglected. 1t
is difficult to obtain hired man
brought up on the farm who thinks
there is any necessity for taking spe-
cial care Of a horse. Some horses
upon the farm are rarely, IL ever,
properly cleaned, and yet the condi-
ton and usefulness Of the farm horse
depend as much upon the manner in
which it is cared for as any other
horse. When brought perspiring TO
the stable he ought not to be allowed
to stand over night with the dust
drying upon him. A good cleaning
is half a rest, and yet how often we
see the farm horse brought out in the
morning covered with the dirt of the
day before and with the accumulated
filth of the night still clinging to him.
Under such conditions horse is not
much more than half n horse. Often,
too, he is irreguIarly fed and indis-
creetly watered. A horse at work
should have water five or six times q
day. If he does not drink more than
two or three quarts at a time all the
better. A horse that is kept from
water till he will drink two or three
pailfuls will be very likely to have
his digestive organs and bowels seri.
ously deranged.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
Killing Vegetables.

A writer in the american Farmer
says: SAT the beginning of farm life,
in order TO learn the most improved
methods, | employed q frst-class
farmer and gardener fresh from Eng
land. He persisted in a mode of
cultivation precisely the reverse of
what | had been used to see-allow-
ing the mangolds, sugar beets, the
corn, potatoes, peas, beans, cucum-
bers, melons, tomatoes, cabbage, &c,
to go without hilling up. The man.
Colds and sugar beets stood high
above the ground, the dubious part
exposed to the sun, many of the
mangolds falling over and growing
crooked. The part of the cucumbers
above ground, which | insisted was
rather a root than stem, and should
be surrounded by earth, was left
entirely exposed to the sun. /
thought the sun would parch the
roots, and they would break or be
injured when the stem should fall
from the upright to the horizontal
position. The Englishman would
have his way, but agreed ] should
treat some OF each sort of plants in
my own way. So few of all sorts
were hilled up and fully as well worked
in other respects as his during the
season. For a few weeks mine grew
as we'll as his, and the ucumbers,
peas, &c, bloomed as early. After
one gather of cucumbers, peas, &C.,
the dry season set in, mine perished,
while his continued TO bloom and
bear, and so of the melons. My
potatoes made about half a crop of
small tubers, dug from dry hills; his
yielded bounteously of large ones,
dug from moist earth, at the same
time and in the same fields. So with
the mangolds, sugar beets, &c. The
hilled peas, beans, &c, fired early in
the season and succumbed TO the
drought. Without this experience, if
one had said that hilling up growing
plants would kill them | should have
joined in the response of a million
farmers denonncing it as false and
contrary to experience, because they
did not perish on the day they were
hilled up. Ever since l have avoided
hilling and ridging about growing
plants and cultivated the soil as level
as possible"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

WE have received, from Mr.. Geo.
Wood, No. l5 Warren St., Trenton,
n. D., n sample of an exceedingly
simple, but much needed little device
for extracting the pulp from green
corn for table use. We cannot give
satisfactory description of it with
out illustrations, which we find it inn
practicable to give in these columns,
but quote the following from the
Scientific american
The curved upright metal stand
ard is provided with jaws and Il
thumbscrew for securing it to the
table, and supports at the top two
parallel blades, one serrated, the
other plain. These blades are made
in one piece with the standard, and
are slightly concaved to conform to
the shape Of the ear of corn.
The corn to be grated is moved
across the blades, the toothed blade
first tearing open the kernels and
the plain one pressing out the
pulp, which falls into the vessel he.
low. The curved standard readily
admits bowl or dish under the
blades, and the clamping screw holds
the device steadily while in use.
The use of green sweet corn as
summer vegetable is rapidly increas-
ing. All OF the half dozen different
ways in which it is prepared for our
own table are delicious, and healthful,
the only drawback 10 its daily use,
being the labor and difficulty of graf
ing it. This useful little implement
makes the operation rapid and easy,
and its general use in farmers kitch.
ems would add many a cheap and say.
ory dish to farmers tables. 1t is
simple, cheap, and wonderfully eff
cient.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
Corn.

DIR. Sturtevant says in the Tribune
that Washakum Corn, in three years.
breeding, has increased in weight
from 56 pounds TO Ga pounds per
bushel fol the selected ears; from an
open ear to close, compact, cylin-
drical ear; from q crop that varied
greatly in size, shape and quality, of
ear, TO, at present, a crop of excellent
uniformity, and extremely few un-
merchantable ears. Per contra, .
single ear selected for poor quality,
yielded 1Sl ears, Of which but two
were of fair quality, the remainder,
or 90 per cent, being soft, short,
gnarled, etc. Where no culture gave
two bushels Of ears as good as seed,
culture gave 16 bushels as good IS
seed, and the best culture gave 26
bushels of ears IS good as the seed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

Now that "harvest" is over, the
next important work for the farmer is
preparation for the succeeding crop.
We have neither space nor time to
dwell at large upon all that this in
wolves, but wish at this time to speak
as we have often spoken before, of
the great need we have for increased
care in selecting seed. 1t is well TO
exercise great care in the preparation
of the ground, that it may be brought
into the proper mechanical condition,
and to apply bountifully the best fer
tilizers; but after this elaborate
preparation of the land, it is consum.
mate folly to SOW upon it any but
perfect seed. Infinite wisdom could
do no better, when pointing out the
necessity Of a correct life, than TO
turn to the culture of the earth for
its illustration, and say "As ye SOW
so shall ye reap" To secure the best
results, our seed must not only be
pure, but good Of as kind. That is
to say, that to secure good crop of
wheat we must not only SOW clean
wheat, but good wheat. After all
foreign seeds are fully separated, still
another selection should be made
which will secure, for seed, only the
fully developed, well ripened, perfect
grains. The truth of all this most
farmers will admit, but complain of
the difficulty of accomplishing the
desired separation. We have lately
examined, and are now using, a fan
ming mill which will do It, and do it
well. We refer TO the "0sborne
Mill" (which We learn is being largely
introduced in our county. We have
seen this mill take very ordinary
looking wheat, plentifully mixed with
the foul seeds usually found in it,
and at one operation, separate it into
three grades, one of which filed the
bill as perfect seed. For this pur-
pose alone, to say nothing OF the in
creased value of clean wheat for
market, these mills are worth Ill
their cost TO every wheat grower, and
we are glad TO know that they are
being generally distributed through
the county. We predict that their
faithful and intelligent use will soon
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
Not Enough Leisure.
u. 4. Barker Ia Tribune.

Can any one tell me how it is with all
our labor saving machines zee doat act
any feisw6f When | was boy we
planted with hoe by hand, hoed the
corn three times, ploughed the summer
iallow three times. moved the grass with
scythe, and raked il all by hand.
cradled all the standing wheat, and cut
the lodged wheat with sickle. etc, etc.
Then we had time TO go fishing when
we wanted TO. could go berrying when
the berries were ripe, always went to
general training etc. Now don't go
fishing once in ten years, we don't get
berry, unless We buy them: in fact,
don't get any leisure. Can the Editor
or any of his readers tell the reason?
This correspondent does not say,
and we take it for granted does not
mean, that a given amount of labor,
"when he was a boy" produced the
same return in products Of the soil,
that the same amount of labor, aided
by "all our labor-saving machines"
does now. We presume that com
parison Of either personal or family
expenses, between then and now,
would show that in his case, as in
that of most other farmers, the income
which was the result of the hand
labor system of the olden time, would
prove altogether insufficient to meet
the demands of these days OF labor
saving machines, and that the addi-
tional amount of labor expended and
time consumed only goes to produce
the additional income demanded by
the changed tastes, circumstances
and requirements. 1t is very much
with the moving machines as it is
with the sewing machines. No one
will pretend that a woman can sew as
much by hand, in a given time, as
she can with good machine, and yet
the ladies would laugh TO scorn any
one who would suggest that be.
cause they have the sewing machines
they have more time than formerly.
The more rapidly they can sew, the
more sewing they find to do. So it
is outdoors: the more work we can
do, the more we want to do, and the
more labor-saving machines we have,
the more we try to do with them, so
as to "get our money out of them"
But what we most wanted to say to
this correspondent was that he makes
a sorry confession when he says that
tive don't get berry unless we buy
them" If he had a berry patch
properly planted and cultivated, near
the house, as he should have, 1t would
require no time to ''go berrying."
The berries would be close at hand,
and "the women and children" could
gather all that are needed for q full
family supply without missing the
time, and 'cOuid be only too glad TO
hare an opportunity. The farmer who,
in this day and generation, depends
upon gathering wild berries for bis
family supply, is as much behind tue
age as one who would SNOW the
grass with a scythe, and rake it all by
hand," or tout the lodged wheat with
a sickle" BY all means, Mr.. B., plant
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

WE learn, with a great deal of sat
isfaction, that Mr.. Leonard Rhone,
of this county, has been elected a
trustee of the State College. Mr..
Rhone is a farmer of more than ordi-
nary intelligence, and actively con-
nected with the Patrons of Husband
ry, and we have no doubt that under
his fostering care, the agricultural
feature Of the College will rapidly de-
velop into the prominence which we
have long desired to see. it attain.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

The man has not lived in vain who
plants a good tree in the right place;
and the sentiment which prompted
the tree planting organizations at the
West, and caused a day to be set
apart for united, voluntary public
effort in this behalf, is akin TO that
which set on foot our charitable and
missionary societies.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

A CELEBRATED raiser of long-wool-
led sheep says: "There is danger of
keeping too many together. On a
l00-acre farm ten would cost little
and would do finely, twenty would
occasion perceptible expense and forty
would cost as much as they were
WORTH"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

"HALP a cup" of pure hardwood
ashes finely sifted and mixed with
the mash is recommended by cor
respondent of the Rural New Yorker
as sure cure for worms in horses
repeating the dose after day or two,
II necessary.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

AN acre OF good pasturage will
afford sustenance for from five To
eight sheep, keeping them in good
condition. But on account of herb
age taken and the closer feeding of
the sheep 1t is believed that three
acres of good pasturage will maintain
one COW and, in addition, five or six
sheep, the sheep choosing plants the
COWS would reject and feeding closer
upon May.weeds and grasses not
eaten by the COW.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

As general rule if you see one
bird going in a flock by himself Of
he is not a hawk) he is doing a good
work for the orchard and farmer;
but when you see more than two
birds in a flock there is no good 90
ing on. So far as farm work is con-
cerned birds and small boys come
under the some rule-to wit one
boy is a boy, two boys are half boy
and three boys are no boy at all.
When you see crow or a blackbird
walking in furrow behind a plough
man, that bird is catching grubs and
doing some good TO humanity; but
when you see either of these birds in
a larger flock then there is mischief
up. The best farm birds, aside from
the toad, are those birds which climb
around among the limbs of trees
all the woo1peckers, sapsuckers, yell
low-hammers, feckers, nut-thatchers,
butcher-birds, and in q word nearly
all birds which 90 it alone.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

SHAVING three hundred young
chickens to care for | am interested
in the Poultry Yard. | find mixing
their feed with tansy tea : good pre-
ventive of gapes. do so about once
q day, for a few days, then omit till
/ hear one sneeze.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

THE grand point in churning is to
stop at the right moment. The mis-
chief is done by over churning. Few
people know when to stop, lin other
things as we'll as churning), and to
keep on churning when the butter
has come will ruin the best of butter
and spoil all the work.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

Every .fdrmer IN ms annual experience
,ttscorers something Of UaLlte. Write Il and
send Il to the "AgricuiturGt Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, Bettefonte, Penn'a," that other
farmers may have the benefit Of IT, Let
Communications be timely, and BE- sure that
they are bricf and ,celt pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22

AN inventive genius filled a small
tarlton sack with a spoonful of cay
enne pepper, and tackled it over the
rat-hole. When the rat bounced out
his eyes were peppered by the sitting
from the shaken sack. lie squealed
like a pig, and escaped. The whole
tribe have since migrated.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-22
Controlling the Sex of Offspring.
From the LIv. stook journal.

From the Live stook journal.
"The latest thing out" in this line
is a discovery by one Fiquet, Of
Texas. He has ascertained, to a
certainty %, that the sex is governed
by the degree Of amorous passion
aroused at the time oil population If
the female is more amorous ut the
time Of sexual intercourse than the
male, the produce will be male, and
Uice Uersd.
This discovery Of Mr.. Fiquet is
about as old as any of the other So
called theories upon the subject, and
it's fallacy has long since been proved.
The man who now prctends TO have
discovered and formulated this law is
the same person who, few years ago,
discovered that the so-called Texas
cattle fever was simply fever en-
gendered by confinement and ex-
haustion, consequent upon transpor-
tation for long distances by rail O..
1t is the opinion of most scientists,
as well as OF nearly all intelligent
practical breeders Of large experience,
that sex is not controlled by any one
cause-that variety of causes exer-
else an influence in this direction, and
that Nature has wisely so ordered it
that the equilibrium of the sexes may
not, from any single cause, nor even
from any probable combination of
causes, be disturbed.