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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
Agricultural Economics.

The profit of the future is to come in
avoidance of wastes of the farm. AS
the country grows older, land dearer and
immigration heavier, competition wakes
tiercer in all agricultural production. A
ruinOus share of the hay is lost first in
cutting when ripcned to woodiress or
dried 10 hardened stems; then in giving
1T out to sustain life and animal heat
rather than for fat and flesh. Corn is
also thrown away by insufficient or in
iudicious feeding. There is enormous
loss in keeping poor cow that yields
three hundred gallons of milk per an.
mum instead Of one that produces six
hundred at about the same cost. One
may bring the owner in debt, while the
other affords handsome profit on ex-
pcnse or keep. A cow that gives milk
only from April to November, and runs
dry when forage is costly and milk is
dear, should have y few months extra
feeding, and 90 to the butcher rs soon
as possible. That cow is dry formore
than six weeks is the fault Of the owner
in not procuring "the survival of the
| 1ltteSt, and aTan, perhaps in not sup
plying ample and succucnt food ut all
| seasons, while the milk habit of the
| young COW S forming. The loss in milk
and meat by irrcg gular feeding and n
change from fresh pastures to straw
stack and coarse hay during an inclem-
cnt season, is an irrcparablc waste
which is pro 'ectcd into the succeeding
summer without regard to the abund-
ance of its pasture.
The losses from negligence, or want
| OF skill in the preparation for market,
| the manipulation or manufacture from
| raw material, is enormous. Milk O the
same quality, of the same cost, makes
butter at fifteen cents and at half q dol
lar per pound. Mixed fruits sell in
market at half the value OF assorted
samples neatly put up. The pig prod
ucts Of Il famous Massachusetts farm are
disposed of in New York City at twen-
ty-three cents per pound, while similar
goods from the average farm command
but thirteen cents. Skill, taste, neat
ness and II wcll-carned reputation for
reliable excellence get the highest re-
wards-girc better dividends than the
capital and labor represented in the
product on which they are expended.
There is solid money in these intangible
vauablcS. But the wastes that NAV be
avoided are numerous in every depart
mcnt of agricultural practice, and can
not bc limited at in Il paragraph. They
arc illustrated i'll the differing costs and
selling prices of the products of adioin-
,ng farms in every ncighborhood of the
and. ~ Y Tribune.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

THE Khedive has prescribed q treat
ment OF officers who come back to him
from Arab. which is calculated to wash
out their treason, but not to encourage
others to return; it is to have them keel
hauled by the frigate Seanda. Keel
hauling is to pass line under the ship,
hitch the victim to one end, let him
down on one side, haul him under the
snip and up on the other side, making
no haste IN the hauling. It is intended
to fetch the keelbauled to the next to
the last gasp.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
JESSIE IN THE LANE.

Tho folds are cloveF-laden,
The bees arc on tho wing,
AS Jessie, loveliest maiden,
Goes gayly saunterlng
Adown the breezy lane.
The merry birds around her sing,
nor Warble they in vain,
Eor jessie heart is tuned to song,
As through the lane she moves along.
She loves the purple clover.
Tho drone Of hurryinR bees,
Ihe songs that float above hor,
Inc blossom-Scented breeze
That ruffs her sunny hair;
For Jessie's maiden hearts at ease,
Untouched by loves sweet care.
And finds dear Mother Nature yjoIds
a thousand joys in wood and fields.
And now among the grasses,
Along tho verdurous way,
Sweet Jessie slowly passes,
And all the green array
Scans kcenly, If perchance
a mystic four-leaved clover spray
Reward her eager glance.
In Va1nl not cen her magic eyes
Can lure to view the fateful prizel
But seel one comes to greet her.
In sober homespun clad.
why grows the prospect sweeter2
And why, with smile SO glad,
Lights up her glowing faco2
Dor he is but rustic lad,
And shea queen in graoel
Ah, that's a secret who can tell?
But jessie likes her laddie well.
Now side by side together
They saunter down tho lane.
how lovely is the weather.!
HOW fair the bloomy plain,
Swept by the summer air!
And Jessie, ere they turn again,
Knows why they seem SO fair;
For, looking for a four-leaved clover.
Her maiden heart has found-a lover,
--HGrDgT's IYsskLlI,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
Straw in the Manager.

1t is not at all difficult to rot down a
straw pile, and by so doing to germinate
aid kill most of the weed seeds con-
tanned thcrein; by making the stack
very Hat, so as to catch much water,
ii rOts rapidly and so soon as it gets
once thoroughly wcttcd, by rcpiling, it
soon heats and decays. But the stack
or pile OF straw at best contains car5on
and silica in quantities, and these are
the most common and least valuable Of
all the elements of plant food. The
quantity of potash, nitrogen and phos-
phoric acid is very small indeed, and
there is no method by which this pile Of
straw can in any way be changed into
manure containing any more of these
valuable elements than were in the
stack originally. If we tread this pile
down it will only be q pile Of wet straw,
and If we rot it ever SO thoroughly, it
will only be q smaller pile of thoroughly
rOttcd straw, and, at best, little better
than so much swamp muck.
1t is only by the use of straw as an
absorbent, and as cOarSer food for
fattening animal", ami by using with it
much r.ch food, such as corn, bran, oil
or cOtton-secd meal, etc, that we can
change il into manure that shall really
be very valuable to use, and that will
largely increase the crops where used.
We must not expect that we can raise
large crops of grain year after year,
and sell the most valuable part, and by
any method turn the straw into manure
that shall keep up the fertility of the
soil; if we manure only with straw, we
must expect to grow only Gtraw upon
the land. 1t is unfortunate for b. A.
r., or any other man, to be so situated
that he cinnot afford to raise stock to
eat up and tread down the straw, and
to be fed richer foods, so as to make @
full supply Of rich manure. With any
system of farming we now have, the
land must, sooner or later become ex-
haustcd and cease to yield profitable
crops if we fail to return to the soil the
essential elements of plant food removed
in such crOps.-C0T. N. Y. Tribune
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

"A Jeweler has long dunned q Iady
offashion for the amount of his big bill
bJ in vain. When he rings the bell
tip footman says politely hut firmly :
"5ir, the Countess only receives on
4esdays." CT don't care when sbe
REEVES" thunders the irate ond long
slfering creditor; "what L want to
low ~ the day that she pays on l''---
.!szri8 Paper.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

SIX inches of rain fell all over North
western Texas during the recent heavy
storm, and it is estimated that 25, 900
sheep, besides horses, cattle, mules, and
sixty to seventy-five persons were swept
away. About fifty houses are gone in
Laredo.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
PCKENS, S. G, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER H. 1882 VOT xT NJ

OF Col. Sellers, who lives in Camden. He
reckons that in Camden County there
are 10000 people, half of whom swear
That would be $35, 900 for an oath apiece.
Each fellow swears fifty times a day.
That makes $1,759.OO daily income,
$l2'25O,0OO per week, and, counting
twenty-six good working days to the
month, 1913, 500, 600 each month,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

THE cook at the White House dur;no
che illness Of President Garfield, wants
to know why her name has been omitted
from the list of employees who are to re-
ceive extra compensation. This is q re.
markable oversight, perhaps due to the
cooks lack of cheek,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

1T MAY be creditable to the Washing
ton police that more instances of insults
to women are detec ted there than in any
other city Of equal size in the country.
but at the same time it docs not speak
very well for our statesmen.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

kEv. GEORGE @. M1nN is preaching
at Watkins Glen, where he will soon
nave an opportunity of meeting Herbert
spencer, the man whose writings, he says,
first led him to disblieve in the Cburch
and finally to renounce the Christian
faith altogether.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

The Jea0ish Messenger rebukes the
Hebrews for leaving their religion in the
city when they go to the summer resorts
and says: "We have yet to learn of a
single instance OF public worship on the
Jewish Sabbath at any country place"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

DECREASE of the public debt for
August SIG, 100000. During the next
TWO months the Government will dis
burse $41, 100000 in payment of called
bonds, interest on the public debt and
pensions.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

PAUL BoYNToN, the swimmer. fionres
up that ne has saved sevonty-two persons
from drowning in his day, and the largest
reward ever offered him was o silver
plated watch worth about $3.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

81 OFTEN cross the street to avoid
meeting man." says Mr.. Beecher, "not
because L have anything against him,
but simply I do not feel like speaking to
him. [ suppose all men are this way"
1t may be, but the question is, is this the
right spirit for Christian to manifest.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

Puck credits Anna Dickinson with this
statement: "Well, yes, oas something
OF q free trader, but if that horrid
creature Langtry is coming over here,
L am going in for protection. On. I
wish we women had the making of the
tariff"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

HENRY WARD BEEoHER says that if he
was q newspaper man he wouldn't be-
heVe In anything or anybody that had
an ak to grind Yes, Henry, and there
are lots of things that newspaper men
don't take much stock in.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
"A newIy-married Iowa

"A newly-married Iowa farmer,
whose blissful slumbers were dispelled
by the Tin horns and horse fiddles of q
"charivari" party, put to disastrous
flight the disturbers of his peace by
overturning among them half dozen
bee-hives. The proverbial industry Of
the pugnacious insects proved more eff
fectual than shot-guns or hot water
Chicd00 Journal.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

WHILE General Swain is still Of onin-
ION that the confinement of Sergeant
Mason is illegal, the confinement goes
on, and in time the sentence will be
served out.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
A CONTEMPORARY significantlY asks:

How does it happen that the British in
Egypt get regularly beaten in the after
noon papers, and come up all right and
getting on in the papers of next morningP
How comes it that the afternoon papers
are so destructive to the Britisb2 BY what
line do they get their newsH
Those who have access to both morn
ing and evening papers may have often
noticed this irregularity.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

1T WAS James Gordon Bennett him.
self who interviewed the Sultan for the
New York Herald.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

The wearing ofjewelry is going out of
fashion in England. It is regarded as
vulgar to be seen with q display of
jewels, unless it be on great occasions.
Bare arms and throats are the rule in
fashionable society, the wearing of ban.
giles, bracelets, and chains being left to
those who do not follow the newest
stVIes
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

PORTLAND, Oregon, is reputed to be
tho wealthiest city in the United States
III proportion to her population.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

In Merchantville, N. j., Magistrate
hned boy 81 for swearing. This fur
nishes basis for calculation to brother
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

GU1TEAU's skeleton is now in the Na-
tlonal Army Medical Museum, Wash
mgton, but not on public exhibition.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

1T is estimated that there has been no
less than $4,000 watermelons shipped
north daily from Atlanta, Ga.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

The progress of Dakota is indicated bv
the fact that she now has more daily
papers than any one of the Southern
States.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

THE Gar is afraid of his crown. The
coronation, we are now informed. will
not occur until next May.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

Jordan Perkins was blowing with q
mule near Eufaula, Ala, and, when in
the act of turning the animal at the end
of furrow, made it mad by striking it,
when 1t kicked him on the chin, shat
tering it and his teeth, and cutting his
tongue nearly off.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

1T Is fact that while at Saratoga
Oscar Wilde registered "oscar wilde,
london" Small potatoes, that.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

ITALY has postponed specie payment
till next April.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

Excitement was made in Boston by
q newspaper item which said that the
venerated Bunker Hill monument was to
be "repainted. 1t was a misprint, the
right word being 'trepointed." The
mortar has in many places been washed
away from between the stones to Q
depth Of six inches, and the spaces are
filled with growths of moss and vines.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

OoNHDHHATE bonds are beginning to
look up again. "
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

Texas cotton is promising, but TWEEN.
'y-fve days late.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

NEWS from across the big pond says
Sarah Bernhardt is seriously i'll.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1882-09-14

Five firms are engaged in Fits.
burgh, Pa, in the sand and cobble-stonee
business, with an invested capital of
over $780, employing upwards of
one hundred men. From the beds of
the rivers between 100000 and 10000
bushels of sand and gravel are yearly
taken. Cobble-stones are secured about
seveDty-tiVe miles up the Allegheny
River
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-21

ANDhOSCOOGlN COoNLA'
The Journal says: Messrs A. D. Barker and
f. HI. Packard, both of Lewiston propose to
start cotton manufacturing enterprise in eth
er Auburn or Lewiston at an early day.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Messrs. Hiram Hobbs & Co., have decided
to remain at East Wilton, says the Chronicle,
and will enlarge the hay knife works there.
They have bought the mill privilege, owned
and formerly occupied by Frederick Robbins,
between Wilton depot and Wilton village, ana
will build dam there, making reservoir for
an extra supply in times of low water. They
have already increased their force in the shop
by ten or more men, making thirty-three now
EMPLOYED. Further facilities will be added as
soon as they conveniently can be.
A ten year old son of Hiram Davis of North
Pennington, was splitting wood on block
with another boy named Brown, when the lat
ter,s axe glanced and struck young Davis on
the inside of the knee joint, cutting deep
flesh wound and cleaving off small piece OF
the bone.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The Presidents of the Portland, Augusta
and Lewiston Pension Examining Boards have
been notified to organize special board to ex-
anime the invalid pensioners at Togns.
1T is reported that the Maine Central are to
expend $25 600 in improving and strengthen
ing the iron bridge across the Kennebec in Au-
gusta. At the west end is curve which is to
be Strengthened, while the entire bridge will be
rendered wholly secure against the possibility
of an accident in the time of a high wind.
Work is to be begun very soon. Superlntend-
emit Tucker and the directors are sparng no ex-
pense to make the Maine Central one of the
best equipped roads in the country.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
At Wiscasset Hon. j Manchester Haynes has
a schooner of 800 tons in frame, is stretching
the keel for another schooner of $50 tons, and
is getting out the frame for steam tug boat
65 feet long, to be built at once. He hassjust
completed two stored shipyard mill, 35x7O
feet.
SOMERSET COUNTY.
The Reporter says Mrs. Edmund Knight of
Skowhegan, woman about 81 years OF age,
suicided last Saturday afternoon by taking ten
grains of belladonna Mrs Knight has for
has seemed to have mania for the deadly
drug with which she finally did the deed.
WALDO COUNTY.
Samuel Carter of Frankfort, aged about 60
years, committed suicide by hanging on Satur-
day last. He entered the barn, threw rope
over one of the beams one end OF which he
fastened with the other, in a moose about his
rangement. He leaves wife and family.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Union says the April term of the S. j.
at Calais. Judge Libbey has been appointed
to hold the term. His judicial tenure of office
expiring April 23d, will probably necessitate
the attendance of some other justice. The
case of the Methodist minister against Ban
gor paper for libel and the Cherryfield murder
cases are to be tried.
YORK COUNTY.
The Times says that Monday, Mr.. John
Buckley of Biddeford, who, some time ago,
went to Ireland to get help for the mills, has
returned. He brought with him 81 Irish
girls, from the county Of Cork. They will 60
into the mills at once, and learn the different
kinds of work.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-21
Samuel Clement Fssaenden.

Rev. and Hon. Samuel Clement Fessenden
died in Stamford, Conn, April Is, 1882, aged
IS years. Mr.. f. was the son of Hon. Samuel
Fessenden,. who resided many years in Port
land, and was born in New Gloucester, Me-,
March 7, 1916. He was educated in the Port
land Academy and Portland High School;
graduated at Bowdoin College, 1884; and from
Bangor Theological Seminary in 1887; installed
pastor of the Second Congregational church,
East Thomaston afterwards Rockland), May
80, 1888, and resigned Feb. 4, 1856; editor and
publisher of the Maine Evangelist, published
at Lewiston In 1867. In 1858 he was admit
ted member of the Lincoln Bar, and entered
upon the profession and practice of law; was
elected Judge of the Municipal Court at Rock
land in $4,000; elected member of the thirty
seventh Congress, 1862, from the third
Maine district, and was member of the COM
mittee on the District of Columbia, govern
ment employees and unfinished business; cho.
sen member of the Board Of Examiners in
chief of the Patent Office, Washington, in
1866, resigning in 1872. His residence was at
Stamford, Conn, from 1875; in 1874 being at
Seneca Falls New York. He frequently sup
piled pulpits, being an eloquent, able and at
tractive preacher. In June, 1877, he went to
1sSopiuhtOu, MO, anu dooOPuoOiJ ooPPAaoo sAaS
Congregational church in that place about
year: In September, 1881, he Eentered upon
his duties as U. s. Consul at ST. John, n. b.,
another having recently been appointed to sue
coed him.
Mr.. Fessenden was vigorous writer and
speaker, with much executive force, pleasing in
his manners and securing many friends. He was
brother of Hon. VIM. Pitt Fessenden. Be-
sides his editorial work, he wrote frequently
for newspapers and magazines. Like his father
he was decided anti-slayery man. A temper
ance document by him was published in
1852, being review of Joseph c. Lovejoy's
pamphlet on the Maine Law, with vindica-
tion of the principles of that law. A sermon
was also published in 1856 preached before the
annual meeting of the Maine Missionary Soci-
ETY. at its anniversary in the Third Church,
Portland, June q, on .sThe Christian Ministry
a work for the Gospels sake."-1 Cor. 1923
He was united in marriage in August, 1888,
to Miss Mary Abigail Grosvener Able, of Ban
gor, daughter of Joshua and Maria Abigail |
(Grosvener) Able of New Gloucester. There |
are several children living, one of whom Sam |
uel, has been a prominent member of the Con-
necticut Legislature.
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-21
An Important Case.

The April term of the Supreme Judicial
Court commenced on the 18th in Ellsworth,
Libbey J. presiding. The first case of import
ance was Saunders vs.. Curtis. This case in
wolves quite an amount of money and defend
ants belonged in Portland.
In February, 1880, about the time the min
ing excitement reached its climax Hutson B.
Saunders of Ellsworth having verbal authors
ty from the owner made verbal contract with
John B. Curtis of Portland by which Saunders
agreed to convey to Curtis a lot of land on
Long Island in Bluehill Bay, known as the
JOS Colt Lot. Curtis on his part agreed to pay
Saunders $500, as soon as the latter should
be able to give him good title of the lot. On
the same day the agreement was signed Saun-
ders started for Bluehill to get deed of the
land and found to his dismay that Mr.. Colt the
owner had already sold it. He returned, sought
out Mr.. Curtis late at night and urged him to
rescind the contract. Curtis refused-saying
.sThat isn't the way do business, I shall keep
your agreemen and when you can give good
title to the land your money is ready for you"
Somewhat more than year later Saunders got
title to the land and rendered a deed to Cur
tbs demanding $500. Curtis refused to pay
and the suit was brought. The main question
to be decided is "Was the deed rendered in a
reasonable time" The case was withdrawn
from the jury and carried up to the Supreme
Co1rt
The Portland daily press., 1882-04-21
Personal.

Mr.. George A. Harmon has very much I'M
proved in health.
1t is reported that Rev. Mr.. Smyth, OF the
New Jerusalem Church, has received and &C
cepted call to Boston Highlands.
Deputy Collector Moulton gave humorous
reading before the Peaks Island Improve
ment Society yesterday
Hon. P. O. Vickery, president of the Fort
Popham Association, does not sail for Europe
until the 18th of May.
An effort has been made by Pine Street
Church to secure Rev. r. L. Green OF Great
Falls, N H., as their pastor the coming year.
Lieut. @. P. Townsley, stationed at Fort
PEBBLE, has been ordered to the Practice
School at Fortress Monroe.
David D. Patten, Esq, former principal OF
the High School in this city, has purchased
sheep rancho at Fort Griffin, Tex, and settled
there.
Zion's Herald says that Bishop Foss, who
was to preside at the Maine Conference to be
held in Augusta, is obliged to give up holding
any of his spring conferences, on account OF
ill-health.
In the Circuit Court yesterday morning,
Judge Webb presiding, Elliott King, Esq,
was, on motion of Hon. Wilbur f. Lunt, ad-
mitted to practice before the courts of the
United States.
Mr.. Abel Carter, of Carter Brothers, has
returned from two months southern trip,
much improved in health. He was accom-
panied by his daughter, Mrs. Charles A.
Brown of Boston.
The installation of Rev. w. e. Norman,
d. D., late president of Ripon College, as pas
tor of the Franklin Congregational Church
East Somerville, Mass, took place Wednesday
evening. DIR. Merriman filed State Street
Church very acceptably in Mr.. Hincks' abb
sence.
Among the passengers by the second Ray
mond party to Colorado and California are
CYRUS Emery of Sullivan; Lewis A. Barker
Bangor; Misses e. A. Jordan, Alfred, ant
Mary A. Perkins, Portland; Mr.. and Mrs. ID
J. Sawyer, Jonesport; Miss Louise Titcomb,
Portland; S. B. Traitor, Waterville; Miss Re.
becca Usher, Bar Mills; Miss Mary e. Weston
Daering. and Edward Woodman, Portland.