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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

The above sale is postponed until Sat
NrdaU, February 2Gti,, 1881.
D. W. POLSLEY, trustee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

The Sportsman's Gun and Fish
Club ofthis place is firmly organized
and gone to workin earnest. Besides
their practice of glass ball shooting,
DC, they will make special efforts to
have all violations of the fish and
game laws prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

We would be glad il come of our
correspondents in various parts of
The county would send us any items
of interest that occur in their iocali-
ties. Give US any items of general
information, accidents, prospect of
crops, or works of improvement.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

We depend upon our Wheeling let,
tiers for summary of the proceedings
of the Legislature. In the daily re-
port so many bills are referred to
simply by their number that it is i'm
possible for the reader TO get an in
telligible understanding Of what has
been done.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02


DR.. WILL S. HOY, Physician, Sur
geon, and Dermatologist, Tenders
his professional services to the public;
attends to all calls whether day or
night; can be found in his office, n. e.
corner Mainland Market SITS, when
not professionally engaged. [ja26-ly*
The Assessors commenced their du.
ties yesterday, and we call their at,
lention to the fact that they are re,
CURED by an order of the county
court to list for taxation all the dogs
IN the county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

Job work executed at this Of
flee with neatness and dispatch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-02-02

To-day there will be forecast Of
the weather by two noted prophets,
Professor Vennor and the grounding.
The Professor has the best porspect-
i've, but the grounding has the long.
est tail, and besides he is the "oldest
inhabitant."
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
WHAT WILL THE FARMERS DO
FOR PLANTING SEED

We don't suppose there has ever
been year SO disastrous to all kinds
of seeds. Frequent rains have dam
aged cotton seed to such an extent
that scarcely two-thirds of them will
terminate. Many were not aware of
this fact till ii was too late, and there
fore neglected to save seed. What
they will do, we can't say, as a great
many of the cotton planters have no
money to buy seed. In fact we don't
believe the seed could be had, even II
they had the money to buy them. If
in any way it would reduce the acre
age of cotton, we think it will be a
God-send and the farmers will be
forced to diversity their resources.
But there is another loss of greater
Importance, and that is the destruc-
ton of sweet potato seed. Owing to
the same cause and cold weather, po-
tatoes could not be dug, and after
they were dug nearly all rotted in the
houses and banks. This is a very
serious loss and deeply to be regretted,
although some have been fortunate
enough the secure their seed in time.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

in the peach line ripening before Alex
ander, the flrst-born of these extra
peaches.
The first-born Is my favorite yet,
and will be until more satisfactory
tests change my mind. SO let the
world hold up until the mnltitndinous
sorts claiming priority in ripening are
better tested. Among all the sorts,
the one showing the least disposition
to rot will be adopted, but in my opin-
ion all these peaches will show more
or less rot as the trees grow older, for
they inherit the predisposition having
rotten parentage. We must start
new race of early peaches and this
we can do with care, and perfect free
stones besides. We have them AS
early as Hale's now, and from these
we may improve in size and earliness
and flavor, until we reach Alexander
in earliness.
am sorry that | can report only
about one-half of the early peaches on
my ground, from the failure to fruit.
| will say here that in rows side by
SIDE with Alexander and Canada, the
Musser and Wilder failed to hold n
single specimen, while the first two
fruited freely.
Allow me to suggest to your Society
that the Calle Scaff be tested by each
member fairly. Mr.. Downing once
said that il Canada, Alexander, AIMS
den and Honeywell were placed upon
dish, they could not be isolated by
the best pomologist. ! think the
same might be said of all the balance
when grouped, possibly excepting
Callie Scaff, which uniformly with me
shows one side SO very sharp and pro-
jecting as to destroy it rotIndity, be-
ing shaped somewhat like George w.
/ did not test its flavor as compared
with Others-all the Others are alike
to me.
Hoping that have not wearied you
with this imperfect account of my
notes on early peaches, and wishing
you and your Society all the speed
possibly attainable in your and its
objects, am, very truly, your
friend.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
THE CROP LIEN LAW

This question is now being freely
discussed. by the press of Alabama,
and an effort will be made to have
the law repealed by the Legislature OF
that State. 1t may be very useful
law and of some advantage to the
farmers, but on the other hand has
done much harm by encouraging
habits of extravaganza and running
into debt. We hope the day is not
distant when the credit system will,
to some extent, be abolished. A wri-
ter thus speaks of the Crop Lien Law:
/. 1t promotes and encourages ex-
travagance and thriftlessness, induc-
ing the farmer to squander the pro-
ceeds OF the crop of 1880, because he
can readily obtain advances for 1851.
2. II leads to fraud and swindling
10y excluding older debts from any
share in the crop IN future.
3. 1t encourages men To run into
debt.
4. Ii leads TO speculative farming on
the part of men utterly ignorant of the
business.
D. 1t deranges and unhinges all the
business of the State by substituting
the credit for the cash system. Every
merchant that fails has abundance of
crop liens among his assets.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
Experiment with Early Peache.

Mr.. j. III. Watkins wrote as follow.
for the Alabama Farm Journal in ref
erence to early peaches. Our cxper.
fence is there is no finer early peach
than the Alexander
In compliance with your reques.
proceed to give the result of observa-
tons the present year upon extra
early peaches. The frs peaches !
had to ripen were the Alexander, but
they were in an orchard of AleXan-
ders, upon favorable exposure, and
upon trees four years planted. These
rotted badly, and ripened from 18th
May 10 Sth June.
NV test rows were on different
exposure, on fresh land, and of very
vigorous growth, being on strong,
stocks, and allowed to grow where
budded. On this spot / saw no signs
of rot, except on Canada trees. My
earliest peach, by one or two days, In
the test rows was the Callie Scaff.
Next in time to 1t, and standing in
ten feet, was the Alexander. There
was no material difference between
Alexander, Downing, Saunders, Bow
er's Early, Hape's Early, and Early
Canada, except the specimens of Alex
ander were larger and more snowy.
Amsden and Honeywell were a little
later, and Honeywell surpassed Ans
den in size. Honeywell also seemed
to ripen more in bulk, or all at once.
The Saunder peach showed fine
health and size, not enough color, but
surpassed the Downing every way.
Sharp's No. 2 was about a. early as
any, but only one specimen. Climax,
Sherfey, Musser, Cumberland, etc.,
failed to fruit.
The Ashby ripened with balance,
but only few specimens, and with
Bowers think, imperfectly fruited.
The celebrated Brice's Early stood
in eight feet of Alexander, and very
near Hape's Early, Canada, Bowers,
Downing, Ashby. Amsdens and Saun-
ders, but ripened several days later,
and not a single specimen attained !
the size of average Alexanders, nor |
did 1t color so well. had hoped bet
ter for this peach.
Vandemsn's No. | was the largest |
peach had, several specimens meas
uring 3 inches. 1t and his Other var
ieties had forced, aud Ia garden soil
ON one tree, 50 II is not fair test as TO
size. IL IL CERTAINLY, to say no more,
as early as Alexander. Vandeman's
No. is now only turning. The Bea-
trice was nearly as early as the Alex
ander, but II and all Rivers peaches
from one 10 two weeks, in
advance Of our extra early sorts, and
70 the relative time Of ripening
changes. The Beatrice l. fine peach
,f unsurpassed coloring, but without
an exception, was lacking in sire,
although the trees were vigorous with
put few specimens TO each tree. What
/ pity the Louise IL not little tougher.
think it and Rivers the finest
peaches In the world-I mean early
Now all the extra early peaches OF
merican origin are clings, or semi
.lings, aud bear a striking resem. .
,lance 10 each other In most respects.
will. repeat now, what have often
emarked before-with all the 10. /
lere and there it will probably be q ,
Dng while before we have anything .
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

y farmer in Bosscr Parish, La, the
past year, without the aid of any labor
save that of his own stout hands
made GOO bushels of corn, a large guam.
tity of field peas, and has sown hi.
fall oats. He says he will make in
addition, 200 bushels Of potatoes and
200 gallons of molasses. He has also
sold stock to the amount of 81 1863.
He only paid out IS 90 during the
year for labor. He uses buggy pillow
and cultivator. This is the kind of
farming we like to hear Of.
This man is independent, whilst
those farmers who raised nothing but
cotton are dependent and in debt. The
only salvation for the South is to
plant less cotton and live more at
home. We have harped upon this
subject so much that il has become
monotonous; but it is so important to
the growth and prosperity of our whole
country that ii is impossible to say
less, particularly when we can furnish
such examples rs the above.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

The Southern 1--we Stock Journa
says good mule is worth four bale
of cotton and urges the farmers Il
raise their own mules. We dom
think they can ever he urgel to rails,
anything but cotton.
The late meeting of the Mississippi
State Grange was very interesting
one.
We don't think there has been sis
good days to pick cotton during the
last month.
Previous to 1871 there was only one
man engaged in the business of inn
porting Holstcin cows; now there arc
900 owners in the United States.
An agriculturist writes on Chow To
tell good cow" II is all right, but
of no Use 10 a man who does not know
what to tell the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
This is what we call regular sclen-
tific popular wit.
All kinds Of provisions are going up,
but cotton is on The decline, produced
10y speculations.
The editor of the Alabama Farm
Journal urges upon the farmers the
duty Of cnacting a law which will
force the manufacture of Fertilizers
10 keep their manurcs 10 a certain
standard.
The receipts of cotton at Portsmouth
Va, this year by the Portsmouth a
Roanoke Railroad are 1900 bales
ahead Of last year.
Prof. Spencer \. Baird, United
States Commissioner, has forwarded
to the New York State Commissioner
1000 carp for public distribution.
Merino rams are being shipped from
this country 10 Australia.
A sample Of grass from near Canada
grew to be over eight feet high in one
year
Shipments Of cattle and sheep are
- heavy from West Virginia that ii is
dIf5cult 90 procure transportation for
them
Col. Holland Of Franklin Springs
Ga, has a cow which gives eight gal
Ions Of milk per day.
Millions Of pounds Of glucose and
starch are produced annually from
corn there l. a large gluco-e factory
in Chicago.
To make a cheap barometer place a
Of pulverized alum in long
half ounce vial, filed with spirits Of
wine. When the atmosphere Is dry
Inc spirits viii be very clear-on The
,puroachine of rain the alum will
ri-s % the center In the form 81
spiral cloud.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
Cotton in India.


The decline in the cultivation of co t.
ton in India is Il matter which mustnat-
urally take place, since neither the soil
nor the climate Is AS favorable as in
this and some other countries. and con-
sequently 1T does not pay to produce its
competition with the United States,
Egypt and Brazil. The cultivation of
cotton in India Oh large scale was pro-
noted by the British government so as
to obtain supply Independent of the
United States, when, owing to our civil
war, this country could not supply the
raw material required by the British
manufacturers. With the return of full
crops in this country, the British gov
eminent has neglected its cotton fields
in India, and the result is that the acne
age has decreased from IL ,547 500 in
1875 to S,S76,627, in 1878, decline of %
per cent in three years; but this is not
the worst Of it The YIELD per acre has
fallen from III pounds to about IS
pounds, and the price Is per cent lower,
so that there can be but little, il any,
profit in the business. 1t would seem
that without government aid the
growth OF cotton in India must be
abanded; and rs any agricultural pro
duet which has to be subsidized Is not
worth its costs; in the long run, cotton
growing in India is doomed.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

Pruning Peach Trees.

A gentleman who has been very sue.
cessfll in growing peaches, gives his
plan for pruning the trees ms follows
| am careful not 10 touch The buds on
the body of the young trees.when am
setting them, so as to encourage the
growth of as many shoots ~ ! can on
the lmdy of the trees from the ground
M. do this because it gives protec-
ton to the tree from the hot sun and
other things, and gives the tree .itality
and a stout, stocky growth. II a.su
affords an opportunity 10 form the TOP
as want it. After the young shoots
are well under way, | cut ont such rs
do not want, leaving some all along
from the ground up to form the top.
In this way can have the top well
balanced and the limbs at proper dis
tances apart and not too high up.
suffer no forks to form to finally split
down and spoil the tree. The body OF
Young tree will make nearly twice
the growth each season for several
years if the limbs are left on the body
of the tree than it Will II they are
taken off. You will find by trying ii
that young tree will grow much faster
and more stocky by letting most ofthe
young shoots remain on the body Of
the tree.
Ipassed through neighbor young
orchard once in company with the
owner, Just as the young shoots were
starting all along the body of the young
trees, aud as he would come To tree he
would strip of all the leaves and
young shoots from the body of the tree
for three or four feet up, and observed
that his trees madea very poor growth
that season, and they had to be tied to
stakes for several years to keep them
from being blown over BY the wind,
they grew so tall and tender. When
they came to bearing fruit he would
frequently have as many as half a
dozen props about tree TO keep the
long switching limbs from breaking
down. Now thought this to be all
wrong, and when | commenced grow
ing trees / pruned close when setting
and then the limbs grow low down on
the body of the tree, thinning out as
they became too thick and shortening
in when they got too long. | never
stake my trees nor use props for the
limbs, but prune 80 that the tree will
bear its own burden.-N. Y World
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

Parties dcsiiiig TO communicate with the Editor
OF this Department OF THE COMET, will address 5.
II, Stackhouse. Esq. Crystal Springs, Miss,
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
1891 THE cULTIvAroR 1891
Country Gentleman.
THE BEST or THE
AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES.
APremium Annual to Every Reader.

The Country Geuflcman T. Unsurpas-ed, not
uneqnallci. for the Amount and Variety Of the
fr1rtczl Infonntiun Il coatains and lor the Abfi-
~ and Extent a it corrc=pondcnce-in the Thrss
chicf Directions Of
FARM CROP AND PRocEssEs
HORTICULTURE AND FORTHCOMING.
LIVE STOCK AND DkIRYING-
Ehils u also .nciades an minor depertments q
rarsl interest such - The Poultry 1ar1. knto-
NOISY, Dee-kctFlnE. 0re1nhou~e and 0rnprry,
Neis11ry Replies. FIRM QuestiDns and Answer
Preside HeAdin&. Duusc<tit EcUuemy. and sum-
mary q TIE Hews u the Wcrk. Ifs Market Re-
ports are unu<u4iIF crnlplcl1 znd mnrr iniormn-
tisn ca n EEfhcr>f from ~ c1iunns than from
any othrr srurc1 via rnz1rd 70 the Frnepccts q
tie Crof4 A. t1ruEIne IIEit rpon end Il The most
inp1rtnni q ~ 41esII1r<-Whtn r. b1y and When
y : greater eesras thsn any a ~ esniclapwnrirs
4 Live
AGRFcULTURxL HxHSPxPEB
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
OF MISSISSIP

This is q home institution, managed by nom
people, and gives its members the benefits Of good.
reliable Insurance at the least possible ACTUAL
COST. No association or society can pretend 10 do
more than that.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
OFF It,ERS.
AGENTS WANTED.

Apply TO w. A. Roy, winona, Miss, or u. W,
PeaDody, West Point, Miss, General Agent Tor
Ia st Mississippi. IMPLY.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

The idea of the cutting Of the 18th
mus of Panama does not date from yes
terday. In 1928 IA Portuguese navigator
Antonio Galvao, proposed to Charlie 4
V. tomake an intcr-oceanic commune
cation. In 1850 Nelson proposed n ca
nal through Nicaragua. Won Hum
boldt took up the project in 1904. In
1911 Reiny dc Puydi took colony to
Honduras to dig II canal there. Two
years later Gayclla and Courtlnes were
sent out by GuiZczct to study the ques-
ton they pronounced against the pos
siblity of the enterprise. In 1872 the
government of Nicaragua asked Louis
Napoleon Bonaparto TO lend his name
to the enterprise After his escape from
Ham, Louis Napoleon did appeal to
the public for funds in pamphlet,
ale Canal De Nicaragua" but the
project fell through.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22
THE HOUSE, FARM, And GARDEN.

coNDUc1hD Rr $. II, TAoKHoUsE
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-22

THE GOVERNMENT Carr POND
The water is being drawn or the gov
ernment carp ponds in Washington.
The young carp will he distributed TO
the several States. The State fish
commissioners come to Washington to
get their allotment. DIR ii. II, Cary,
president Of the Georgia fish commits
81 IN, will take TO Georgia 1000 young
carp, which will be distributed over
the State from Atlanta. He says that
the carp he took to the State last year
have thrived and grown rapidly.
From three or four ounces in weight
they now weigh four or six pounds.
They are excellent food fish and the
best with which 10 stock ponds and
sluggish streams.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-21
Letter From Mr. Davidson.
Astoria. May ri. 1891

Astoria. May ri, 1881.
EDITOR ASTOEIAN:
IL is with pleasure that | call the at
tcntiOn Of your readers TO the fact that
have established branch photograph
gallery i'm Astoria. opposite the Court
house. | earnestly invite every citizen
OF your town and vicinity 10 visit il and
examine the display of pictures, firmly
believing that the verdict Of each one
will he that my work i not only OF the
best but that the prices are reasonable.
All the finishing will be done az my
home gallery in Portland and mailed
direct 10 the customer. The operator in
charge is an accomplished artist and
has an abundance OF patience with chill
dren and nervous people. | am pre-
pared Ia do all kinds of viewing. color
ing. copying, and enlarging To any size
In all departments. ! will see that my
customers 20 away satisfied. and rc-
spectlully SOlicittheir patronage. Very
truly. j. G.. DAVIDSON. PhOtOgTa pher
Corner First and Yamhill streets, Port
lani -syytf
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1881-06-21
Pleasure Gardens.

Good healthful exercise improves and
would he well To exercise AnOre and
thereby be assured 0f EOOd health. DIR.
J. O'Brieu, Gen. w, NJ. Orders and Prof.
Wilson l0f circus fame Nare about TO ill
a want long felt in Astoria, during the
summer season. they laYei now i'm
course Of construction all Me nhchineTy
and appliances necessary liO the carry
Ing on of 4 pleasant falbilf summer
resort or pleasure gardens. consisting oi
dancing, SwingingiaTOHnd Dc circle. 10y
motive power or 4 whirly9id tcn-pin>
un a new principle. etc. Refreshments
will consist of all the delic;td dicS Of the
season. Admission free. l.0yltiOn cen.
tral. No intoxicating drinks sold OIl
the grounds. Further particulars here
after. as they propose tO advertise.