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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONGRESS.

Jan. 5th.--In the Senate number Of execu
tive communications were laid before the body,
and numerous petitions were presented for
legislation regulating inter state commerce
and for increased pay to the llfe-saving service
referred TO committees. In the House point
of order was raised as to the right to introduce
a bill through petitions The chair decided
that the only right method was to introduce
bills openly. The House then adjourned until
Monday next.
The House met at noon. Mr.. Orth,
rose to question of privilege, saying he had
heen member for IL years and thought he
was entitled to better recognition than that
given him by the speaker in hls committee ap.
pointments, and declined to serve on the com.
mittee on rules. He was excused. Bills were
introduced as follows: Requiring manufac.
urers OF oleomargarine butter to label it ac-
cordlng to its character; to amend the rules 80
that the committee on the Mississippi levees
may originate appropriations for all works and
improvements of the river without reference
to the appropriation committee. Mr.. Hewitt
introduced resolution Of thanks to the khe
dive OF Egypt for the presentation to the Unit
ed States Of the obelisk (Cleopatra's needle);
passed. -2
Dec. 6th.--Presdent Davis called Mr.. Gar
land to the chair. Resolutions were offered,
instructingthe Secretary OF the Interior to
furnish reports OF survey Of the United States
and Texan boundary commissions; also, in
structiag the Secretary OF Treasury to give
reasons for not complying with the instruc.
tions In regard to the tariff dues imposed In
English and American goods by France. The
resolution of Dir. Hale, for special commits
sion on the mode OF electing the President and
Vice. President and OF counting and certifying
the vote was disposed Of by reference to the
committee on Privileges and Elections. MI.
Sherman gave notice Of his intention to bring
uD on Monday his bill for the issue of three
per cent. bonds. The Senate, after brief ex.
ecutive session, adjourned until Monday.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
FARM NOTES.

The work of the farmer during thi!
season may be summarized under these
headings: preservation and utilization
of the products of the past season; care
OF his stock; preparing for another
year.
The due care of live stock implies
| perfect cleanliness, good ventilation
with sufficient warmth, good whole
some food, and (for horses especially
moderate exercise. This care farmers
cannot afford to neglect.
Prepare your plans for your spring
work; each years experience should
make you better farmer. Be guided
by this experience in your programme
Of work for the ensuing year. Expe-
rience is by no means the least import
ant educator of the farmer.
The grain crops are all in the barn
or granary, OF turned into hard cash,
and the farmer has had another lesson
on the important fact that the thorough
cleaning and preparing of wheat or 9th
or grain for the market, ID we'll paid for
by the increased price. The inferior
grain should be fed in the stock yard,
in this way only does it pay. The root
crops also stored for the winter, in the
cellar, or root-house, or in the pit. We
must bear in mind that frost is not the
only state we have, to guard against.
Too high temperature as well as too
low must be avoided; in order to pre-
serve roots in good condition we must
keep them from growing. The cooler
we can keep them without exposing
them TO the risk Of freezing, the less
liable they are to sprout; If the temper
ature is too high, roots are liable to in
jury from sproutiug; if it be too low
there is the certainty of their being
frozen; If too dry they are liable to be
wilted, while too much moisture rots
any roots.
Vegetation is now dormant in our
climate; there is therefore little out
door work this month. There is, how
ever, in gardening as well as farming
much of preparation for the coming
spring, as well as care Of the garden
products for the winter supply. IL
there are any days Of open dry weather
vacant ground not yet turned up. to the
frost, should bs dug, and, when neces-
sary, for deepening the soil and renew
ing it, trenches from IL to 20 inches
deep. Trenching, it is true, is expen-
sive, but there is no labor more remu-
lucrative. Manure can be brought by
sleigh or wheeled carriage with greater
ease than at any other season itshould
be put in large heaps on the plots to
which it is to be applied. A mixture
Of plaster will prevent its being fire.
fanged and a covering with plaster and
earth will save it from being frozen.
None of our various root crops will
bear the frost 80 well as parsnips and
horseradish, and If any of these have
been left in the ground they wouldkeep
there in better condition by being mulch
ee with litter OF earth they will there
keep uninjured till spring. The vsge-
tables In the cellar or root.house should
be carefully hand picked occasionally,
and decaying ones, if there be any such,
removed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

wasting good provender without pro-
noting the best welfare of his animals.
1t is good thing to feed cows we'll,
and to be sure that they have food
enough to sustain them fully; but it is
neither wise nor economical to crowd
them with great bulk of hay of any
quality. 1t is not wise to crowd any
animal with great bulk of hay of any
quality. A horse will do more work
and do it easier, on moderate feeds of
hay than he will to crowd him with
all that can be got down him. 1t is
burdensome for him to move OF exert
his muscles with an over. distended
stomach, and the too large ration will
not be digested SO we'll as smaller
one. These objections are more en-
phatically true with cows. 1t Is the
nature of ruminants to hurry down
large meals when opportunity occurs,
and then TO lie by "a long time to grind
1t over, "a cud at time. till il is well
pulverized. If palatable food is offered
to them, they will take in one meal
after another in quick succession, as
1t gives very little time for mastica-
tion, and the successive meals Of half
ground food will be crowded out of the
rumen, one after another, imperfectly
digested for the want of being prop.
erly pulverized. In this course of
feeding, the double loss from diseOm-
fort and imperfect digestion is forcibly
felt Cows should have no more
hay than they have time to remasti-
cate ;and if this is not enough for their
necessities, they should have easy-di-
gesting concentratedfood along with
II. The quantity of hay given should
never exceed what they viii cat up
clean; and twice day is often enough
to give time for properly ruminAting.
tonal Lice Sto0k Journal. ..n
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
CHURCH SPIDERS.

Two spiders-so the story goes
Upon q living bent,
Entered a meeting house one day,
And hopefully were heard 70 soy,
'.Here we shall have at least fair play,
With nothing to prevent"
Each chose his place and went to work;
The light webs grew apacs
One on the sofa spun his thread,
But shortly came the sexton dread
And swept him of, and 80, half dead.
He sought another place.
"I'll try the pulpit next, said he;
"There surely is prize
The desk appears so neat and clean,
I'm sure no spider there has been,
Besides, how often have seen
The pastor brushing fiiesp 8.
90 tried the pulpit but alasl
His hopes proved visionary:
With dusting brush the sexton came
And spoiled his gcometric game, gst
Nor gave him time nor space to claim
The right Of sanct nary,
At length, half starved and weak and lean,
He sought his former neighbor,
Who now had grown to sleek and round,
ne weighed the fraction ofa pound.
And looked rs ifthe art he'd found
OF living without labor.
"How is IT, friend,' he asked, 'that
s-.s Endure such thumps and knocks,
While You have grown so very gross
"'Tis plain," he answer'd-"aota a loss
I've met since first spun across
The Contribution-bo1f"
.,.ar -HdrW BdSs
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
The London Times in a financial arti-
.la commenting unnn the general Hn

The London Times in a financial arti-
Gle commenting upon the general 10
pect of trade during the year just end
ed. notes the quiet but steady improve
ment in railway traffic. The returns
show an increase of three TO four per
cent. in the latter half of the year.
The enormous production of iron In
1880 has been exceeded i'm 1881. On
the Clyde alone 100000 more tons of
shipping are being built than in the
most active previous year. The proba,
BILE outturn of ships this year has been
100000 to 100000 tons gross. The
prosperity of other trades Is shown by
the increase upto the end of November
in the aggregate of value Of exports OF
British produce and manufactures by
from three to four per cent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
IKE MYSTIC CHARIOT
SWUNG Low.
drwn upon do Swanee Ribber,
Far, far away;
Dar's whar my heart am turnin eDer,

Dar's whar de old folks stay"
Clear as bird-song, the voice floated
in through the open, vine-shaded win.
dow. where sat Edith Morgan and her
aunt, Mrs. Hayward, who had just come
from Massachusetts, to visit at this
comfortable Western home.
why, Edith exclaimed the elder of
the two ladies, Il thought Old Hannah
was ali the negro you took West
Edith flushed slightly, but smiled,
saving: No, auntie; your critical ear
deceived you this time. That was our
Milly.' L,
Indeedl A voice like that in white
child is worthy of cultivation. Does
she sing other songs with equal pa
thos?
T must confess. auntie.' replied
Edith that her music Is mostly confin-
ed to negro melodies which she has
learned from Hannah; but she sings
them all with great fervor. Really,
auntie, hardly know what to do with
Milly. have hoped you coming might
help me out Of the quandary. Since
mammals death she has been under no
control at all. Papa thinks whatever
she does is just right, and so. of course
nermits her to follow her own inclina.
lions, Here the conversation was in.
terrupted by the entrance of Milly her.
self. She did not look like a a'tom-boy,
for she was q sweet-faced, demure little
maiden.
.'Milly,' said her sister, Aunt Hay
ward thought you were little darkel
when she heard you sing An irresisti
ble smile broke over the pretty face
and the red lips parted, revealing TIVE
rows of pearly teeth. She held out tw'
sun-burned paws, saying: Not quite 81
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

CLEANLINESS IN MILKING.-The
manner of milking in the Channel Is
lands, the home of the Alderney, is
peculiar. and has the merit Of cleanli-
ness, at least. Milking and straining
the milk are done at one operation.
The milk-maid with her tin pail, linen
strainer and sea.shell proceeds to the
pasture. Seating herself beside the
cow, she thus completes her arrange
ments. The strainer is securely tied
over the narrow -mouthed bucket, and
placing the large shallow shell on The
strainer she vigorously directs the
streams into the shell; overllowiDg the
shallow brim, the milk passes through
the strainer into the receptacle be-
meath. the shell being used simply to
prevent wearing - hole III the linen
strainer..
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

a refuge from the binding smoke il
the house her efforts had saved; but
borne on the wind, far up in mid-air
came sailing a blazing mass Of straw
and, to Milly's horror, it fell on the
house-roof. With almost superhumar
swiftness, she ran toward the new
scene o. danger. Up the stairs she
darted, catching, as sho ran, broom
From a dormer window she climbed
out on the roof, and with her broom
showed the flaming straw to the ground
where it was quenched by Pat.
Hannah was by this time at the open
window, with water for Milly to pour
on the roof. She caught pail and
dashed the contents on the flame, un-
needing that her own clothing Was on
fire. Hannah saw it. and, seizing a
bed-quilt, she climbed out Of The win.
dow, almost as quickly as Milly her.
self had done, and wrapped it about
her pet, to smother the flame. Hannah
had done her best, but before she
reached her the calico dress was burn
ed literally off, as was nearly all her
clothing. The blaze was easily extin-
guished, but it had done it's work.
Their hearts clouded with terror and
foreboding, Mr.. Morgan and Edith
drove toward home that afternoon
over the blackened desert, that had
been 80 beautiful but two days before.
The shadow lifted as they came in
sight Of the cozy farmhouse, standing
safe in an oasis of green.
I. Thank Godp said Mr.. Morgan, and
Edith responded 'Amenp
But when they reached home they
found Sorrow enthroned awaiting them
Milly-wise, gentle, brave Milly-
burned almost past recognition, lay
upon her bed, her charred curls black
ening the pillow. The father and sis
ter saw that it was too late for reme-
dies. Milly was dying! She did not
appear TO suffer, but lay unconscious,
though at intervals she murmured lit
tie snatches of the hymns she loved
best. Suddenly she sang, and her voice
was clear and strong as ever.
"De chariot! de chariot! its wheels roll in fire."
A long silence followed, broken only
by the labored Breathing Of the little
martyr. Then she sang softly and
slowly:
Swing low, sweet chariot, comin'-for to-
carry"
The heart-broken watchers listened
to catch the remaining words but they
never were sung, unless, il may be, the
strain was finished in the upper home.
Unseen, the mystic chariot had
swung lOw.. ED.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

Four years ago Mr.. S. o. Osborn, Of
Stuart, Iowa, planted several acres Of
forest trees, mostly Of maple and black
walnut, and he notes that though the
seeds of the latter, even when put in
the ground fresh, sometimes remain in
the earth one OF two years withOutger-
minating, but when they do germinate
the plants soon catch up with the
naples which started promptly. Mr..
Osborn's trees now measure from four
to ten feet in height, according to quail.
ity and richness of soil. Some Of his
four year old trees made this year a
growth of FIVE feet by actual measure
ment.
The refuse salt from the Onondaga
salt works is used quite commonly in
western New York on wheat lands,
with beneficial results. 1t is applied
sometimes on the growing crop in
spring, but usually on the field and
worked into the soil previous to seed
ing. f. p. Root, of Monroe county, in
that state says, a much larger quantity
may be used when worked into the
soil than when applied directly to the
crop; 300 or 400 pounds per acre may
be sown broadcast on the crop, through
one barrel of 2S0 pounds is about the
usual quantity used, and three or four
times that quantity may be worked in.
to the soil with safety. Used in this
way it is beneficial in destroying In.
sects and worms in the soil, as we'll as
to promote growth and early maturity
of the crop. 1t is not claimed that
salt is direct fertilizer, for sodium il
not found to be an element of plant
food to any great extent in the cerea
crops, but a mechanical effect Is some
how produced which is beneficial t.
vegetation to q limited extent. .t
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

The Mississippi river was closed by
ice, at st. Paul, on Sunday night. Nav
igation stopped two weeks ago by the
closing Of Lake Pepin. The closing of
the river this season is the latest on
record, with one exception, Jan. 4, 1878.
The river was open from st. Paul to
the Gulf from Feb 20, 1877, until Jan.
4, 1873. There was a partial closing
with thin ice on Nov. 30. 1877, but
mild weather followed Immediately
and the crust of Ice speedily disappear
ed. During the past season the river
was open from April 30, to Jan. l, OF
a period of 244 days.
Some peach trees in Allegah county
were partly in bloom last week and
oshers nearly ready to bloom. ,p,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
Michigan Wool Growers.

Papers were read on the following
subjects at the recent meeting Of WOOL
growers in Lansing:
"The preparation of sheep for exhi-
bitiOn," by S. B. Hammond; "Care of
Breeding Ewes" by A. d. Taylor of
Romeo; "Hoof disease in sheep and the
remedies therefor by r.. d. M. Ed
wards OF Napoleon. Each Of these
papers brought out discussion, and val
liable information was given of inter-
est to sheep-breeders. Discussion was
also had on the best time for shearing
and the best time for lambing. 1t was
the sense Of the convention that WOOL
growers should not wash their sheep.
A union was effected between the WOOL
growers and sheep-breeders association
and the Michigans merino sheep-breed-
ers's association, by which It was de-
cided to unite both societies under the
name of "The Michigan merino sheep
breeders'and wool, growers association" !"
The new organization assumes the
debts and receives the assets Of the
other. The new organization held a
session aud listened to papers by e. b.
Welch Of Paw Paw, and 8. B. Ham,
mond of Kalamazoo. The receipts dur.
ing 1880 were S713,37, and disburse.
ments $499.59. Ninety-four focks have
been offered for registration, of which
+62 have been accepted and 81 are under
advisement.
At the reorganization meeting, G..
M. Fellows acted as chairman, and
Mrs. Dean as secretary. A constitution
and rules were adopted, and members
solicited. The following officers were
elected:
President-C. M. Fellows, Manches-
ter.
Secretary-W. j. S. Dean, Hanover
Treasurer-A. ID. Taylor, Romeo.
irectors--William Ball, Hamburg
Il. DeCamp, Ovid; A. A. Wood, Saline
4. b. Welch, Paw Paw.
Pedigree committee-D. p. Dewey
Grand Blanc, three years;E. w. Harry
Oceola, two years; William Radford
Marshall, one year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
THE FARM.

VIII en- the mountains are covered with pur-
pie mist.
green;
hen the grapes drop low on the Chamber
ing vine,
When the naples are blazing with scarlet
fame,
The gorgeous flame of the quivering leaves
Oh, then do we gather the golden corn
And bind IL close In its ample sheaves.
We gather IL in. our priceless hoard
Ripened and crisped by the summers glow
And up TO heaven we lift our thanks
For this q 1T of grain ere the winter snow.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
TIE NEW YEAR.

A flower unblown book unread;
A tree with fruit unharvested;
A path untrod; a house whose rooms
Lack yet the hearts di vine perfumes;
a landscape whose wide border lies
In silent shade meath silent skies;
A wondrous fountain yet unsealed;
A casket with Its gifts concealed;--
This is the year that for you waits,
Beyond to-morrow's mystic gates.
H ~ Po,Uers
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

Mr.. E. G.. Gartman, the business man
ager of the Erentng Dispatch, Of York,
Pa, was cured OF neuralgia by three
applications of st. Jacobs OIL. boston
(Mdss.) Saturday Eoenipg Eapress. 90
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

A Maryland exchange refers to Mr.
Thos. u. Froward, of Belair, that state,
who was cured by st. Jacobs oil Of
rhematism.--Rochester (N. ~ Sera-
day Morning Tribune. ~ - ii ~
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

vEeETINE will regulate the bowels to
healthy action, by stimulating the secretions,
cleansing and purifying the blood OF poisonous
humors, and in abealthy and natural manner,
expels all impurities without weakening the
body.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

To say the good die young is stand
ing Invitation for small boy to be bad.
Neso orleans Pjc0yuY1e. 10 ."'- -
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

Money, says the Philadelphia Chron-
icle, makes friends. Aye, and enemies,
too, when you lend it too freely.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

The backing brush and the Brush
electric light are both good Sinners
Chronicle Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

: Who looks on Castle Island Light
May hear the seamen tell
How one, the mate, alone was saved
From the wreck OF the ''Claribel;"
And how for months he tarried easst
With the keeper on the Isle, ''t
And for each of the blue-eyed daughters
Had ever q word or smile.
Between the two that loved him
Helightly made his choice;
And betimes chance ship took them OIL
From their fathers sight and voice.
The second her trouble could not bear,
So wild her thoughts had grown
That she fled with lurking smugglers
crew,
But whittier was never known.
Then the keeper aged like Lear,
Left with one faithful child;
But twas Ill to see maid so young
Who never sang or smiled.
lis sad TO bide with an old, old man,
And between the wave and sky
To watch all day the sea- fowl play,
While lone ships hasten by.
There came, anon, the white full moon
That rules the middle year,
Before whose sheen the lesser stars
Grow pole and disappear.
1t gllstened down on lighthouse tower,
A beach on either hand,
And the features wan OF gray old man
Digging grave in the sand.
r. C. sTBDMAN ia the Independent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13

SMALL Pox REMEDY.--The follow
ing will cure not only small pox, but
also scarlet fever. 1t is harmless when
taken by person in health: Sulphate
of zinc, one grain; fox-glove (digitalis)
one grain; half teaspoonful of sugar;
mix with two tablespoonfuls OF water.
When thoroughly mixed, add four
ounces of water. Take teasp0onful
every hour. Either disease will disap-
pear in twelve hours. For a child,
smaller doses, according to age. II
countries would compel their physi-
clans to use this there would be no use
this there would be no need Of pest
house.
The steamer Eureka, which arrived
at Port Townsend from Sitka recently,
brought most encouraging news from
the gold mines. Over $150,000 has
been taken out the present season. -
The plumber, unlike the water pipe
on which he thrives, never busts up
Breakfast Table.
The blacking brush and the Brush
electric light are both good Sinners
Chronicle Herald.
Money, says the Philadelphia Chron-
icle, makes friends. Aye, and enemies,
100 x,bay, rn,, land ~ too fraalu
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 18??-1882, 1882-01-13
CASTLE ISLAND LIGHT.

Between the outer Keys,
Where the drear Bahamas be,
rhvongh q crooked pass the vessels sail
10 reach thu Carib Ses.
fis ths Windgarl Pissage, long and DIRE d,
From bleak San salvador;
Three Thousand miles the wave must roll
Ere 1t wash the Afric shore.)
Here are the coral reefs
That hold their booty fast;
The sea-fan blooms In groves beneath,
And sharks 60 lolliDg past.
Hither and yon the sand bars lie,
Where the prlckly bush has grown,
And where the rude sponge fisher dwells,
10 his wattled hut, alone.
Southwark amid the strait
Is the Castle Island Light;
or all that bound the ocean round
II has the loneliest site.
St. Landry democrat., 1882-09-02

BY virtue of an order Of the honorable Pre-
bate Court OF the parish of st. Landry, there
will he sold at public auction. to the highest
bidder, by the undersigned curator or
any duly qualified auctioneer at the court
house door i'll the town of Ope.ousas,
parish of St Landry, on WEDNESDAY, Sep
tember 20th 1882, the following described prop
erty, belonging to the estate OF Patsy Lemelle,
inter,lict. to wit
Four lots OF ground situated Ill the town of
OpeOusaS bounded north by Madison street
south by Franklin street, east by Walnut street
and west by Union street. containing two az
pents and ii fraction more or less, being the
same property bought by Patsy Lemelle from
Joseph A. Castain on October Sd, 1874.
Terms and COnditi0ns-One-halfc cash and the
balance payable in twelve months from day of
sale. with eight per cent per annum interest
after maturity till paid. with special mortgage
and vendors privilege reserved in favor of the
curator OF said interdlct until full and entire
payment of said deferred payment, principal
interest and costs
aug19 HENRY EMERSON. Curator.