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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

In the spring months, when there are
eguent showers, and the grass is in rap
a growth, the lawnmower may be used
otten as once a week with decided ben
..t But in our climate. with its uncer-
tuties, such fixed rules, as 'mow once
"eek' will lead to trouble, if fol
uHtG With the first drouth. tie grass
The lawn shows a diminished growth,
.ad is often really at a standstill At
such times. nothing worse can be done to
'hc grass than to- cut it. All that there
IS above ground is needed to sustain the
root, and Incidentally to shade the surface.
Flo the treatment OF the lawn, as in all
thcr gardening operations. some thought
.oNld be given to the present condition
tle plants, and the object to be gained
Nv any operation. The kind Of grass
varies The time or frequency of cutting
fine, thick bottom growth of June
-aass. or Bluegrass, may be kept pretty
oscly shaven. But many front yards
and lawns have Timothy or Herds
grass sod. and if this is allowed to grow
-re T. inches high and then cut, it will
are a woody stubble, and if dry wealth
prevails it will he a long time before
.oW growth from the roots comes up, the
plot i'm the meantime having the appear
tace Of burned-over surface, or dry
StuhbIc DIT best. American Agricultur-
ISL t0r .TUur
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

We have tried pruning IN almost all
months of the year, and on the whole pre-
ir June This being about the busiest
month in the year. there is usually little
time 1or pruning, and SO the tayorite time
early in spring, and many of our old
orchards, in their rotting limbs and de-
-ayed trunks, bear testimony to the mis-
chief wrought by the ILL., timed use of the
-l1 and axe. Small limbs, an inch in
diameter or less, can be taken off at any
1me with comparative safety. But the
thorough pruning called for in a long
neglected orchard is best done in the
early summer The sap is absorbed bv
the rapid formation Of wood and leaves
The wood laid bare in pruning large limbs
soon becomes scared, the healing process
ronnd the edges Of the wound begins i'm
mediately, and in a few years the wound
H.ll be completely covered with new wood
and bark. There is no chance for decay
LIS when large limbs are removed in the
ruly spring. There is far too little prun-
u- done in the farm orchard. 4 dead
mb should not be suffered upon the fruit
Tee Good pruning leaves no stubs, but
ruts close to the trunk or branch bearing
the eXcised limb. American Agricul-
rurist for June
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01
VOLUME 81.
Names Corn Crop.

Oxford county ranks first in the area
of corn planted, the number of acres in
1880 being 1899, with a yield Of I49, ,572
bushels. York county comes next with a
less acreage, ,553 acres, but eXcels in
product, her crop being l52, ,633 bushels
Kennebec has the next highest figures,
3,664 acres, yielding l2l, 1874 bushels
Somerset follows, with 3,lO4 acres, and
%, 545 bushels. Cumberland shows bet
ter cultivation with her 2,o66 acres and
93,619 bushels. Penobscot follows with
,, 456 acres and II ,l;H bushels Andro-
scoggin planted 2,049 acres, with a prod
uct OF 1918 bushels; next is Franklin,
sos acres, 81 ,754 bushels; Waldo, ,;592
acres, 10, 496 bushels; piscataquis, ,l30
acres, 30, 402 bushels; and Lincoln. 1851
acres, 3, 359 bushels. All the counties
named planted over / 900 acres, the other
five 500 ard less, down to only 30 acres
in Aroostook. In most if not ALL that
section OF the State included within the
limits OF the counties named above corn
can be raised at a profit
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01
American Farms.

Census Bulletin No. 279 deals with the
very interesting subject of the size and
number OF farms in twenty eight States
and three Territories, and contains sta
tisticS showing the changes in each par
ticular during the decade. The aggregate
number of farms in these States and Ter
ritories was 3, l24, ,720 in 1880 as compar-
ed with ,, 1913, III in l870-an increase of
93l SOB farms, while the increase in pop
ulation of the whole country during the
same period was II ,594, ,IS3. OF the
farms reported in 1880, ,, AL ,27l were oc-
cupiedb their owners, PIC, ,S42 were rent
ed on shares. The number of farms eX-
ceeding 100 acres each in the thirty one
States and Territories are classified as fol-
lows: 100 to 500 acres, |, ,:HS :122 500 to
1000 acres, AZ, ,149; more than 1000 acres,
l1,;}G9. There are several important and
hopeful conclusions suggested by these
facts one Is the vast and rapidly grow
ing extent OF the agricultural interests of
the country. 1t is upon these interests,
in very large degree, that the material
wealth Of a country, and not only this,
but The stability Of its institutions, rests.
\ people who are anchored to the soil are
.
country which make them the best of
citizens and the poorest material for po-
'Jcal agtdtors. Another good sign is
he very large proportion OF farms Occu-
pied by their GWnerS-2. AL 271 out of
p. 12O; and Of the remaining number.
The 1860 cultivated on shares might al
most be rcch0ned in the same category,
MS arrangement being nearly equiv alent
t1 divided ownership, and the cultiya-
or5 IL these cases being men who are
NcY 10 he cultiYatmg wholly on their
Nn account, as soon as they have OBJ
-lued a fair start. Another noticeable
.ct Is the small number, relatively, of
.uI} large farms a fact which should
4n,N allaY uneasiutsS about prospective
monopolies. The State which is worse
n this particular is California. OF the
ilJti3 farms ot more than I000 acres each,
-53G are III California large part of
t.- others are iii the Southern states,
NaoIe the .arge plantations OF the slave
period arc MOI Yet broken up. Thus,
N~~'~~ ppi has I-}3 such farms, North
carolina Ea4 1921 Virginia has 1868,
Louisiana 1919 and Kentucky HIP: no
tfh-- State las SO many as 1000. These
,--s ,h3N that the relations of landlord
..a Tenant az bearing upon our agricult-
.N development are almost nil. and also
-aa, the existence of great landed pro
.satoI5 is not, and is not likely to be,
.al lu view Of such facts as these, it
uoc surprising that the opportunities
Hch this country offers to industrious
rr~ OF the soil should prove wcll-ngh
.-I-~i~l llllc to the UNPT-taXPG. rent ridden
army-cursed peoples OF Europe
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

Those who have a time of ''making gar
dem in early spring, and doing up the
sowing all at once, do not get the great
est good from their gardens. There are
many vegetables of which the season can
be greatly prolonged by making success
siye sowngs. A striking example of this
is Sweet Corn, which, by iudicious SOW
ings may be had every day until frost
stops its growth. In many localities, the
most thoroughly tropical plants, such as
Lima Beans, Okra, and the Melons, do
better if put in now than if sown earlier.
For succession, after the first sowing, put
in Bush Beans, Beets, (allowing plenty
to be used as beet greens), Cucumbers,
and other pickle plants. Carrots, Kohl
Rabi, and Satisfy, are among those that
may still be sown and make a crop before
frost arrives. American Agriculturst for
June.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The old Squire said, as he stood by his gate,
And his ncighbor, the Deacon, went by:
"ln spite of my bank stock and real estate.
You are better off. Deacon, than /.
''We're both growing old, and the ends draw
ing near;
You have less of this world to resign.
But iii Heavens appraisal your assets, | fear,
Will reckon up greater than mine
''They say | am rich, but I'm feeling so poor,
| wish | could swap with you even,
The pounds | have lived for and laid up in store
For the shllings and pence you have given
''Well. Squire" said the Deacon. with shrewd
common sense,
While his eve had twinkle of fun,
LET your pounds take the way of my shilings
and pence,
And the thing can be easily DONE
II. q. Whittier.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The Progressive Age says: ''The constitution
was made by the States. They formed it by viz
tue Of their several soyereigntes.' But the
constitution itself tells very different story.
In the very preamble it says. .sWe the people Of
tie United States n Il do or(lain and establish
this Constitution for the United States of Ameri-
ca That ought to be as good authority as any
dictum of Lord Brougham, De Tocqueville,
John G. Calhoun or jeff Davis. We don't denv
that the war on the government side was fought
to preserve the Union, and we maintain at the
same time that the principle which they fought
against was that the constitution was but COM
pact between the States, from which any one
of them could rightfully withdraw at any time.
This was the doctrine of the seceSsonists, and
is the doctrine which the Progressive Age is now
supporting in its columns. fkennebec journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

Senator Frye's bill reduces the fees for meas
urement to $2 to 50; repeals all other fees men
tioned abolishes the tonnage tax on vessels in
the Canadian trade provides that consular GER
titicates shall not be required of vessels in the
Canadian trade; and reduces the assessment of
40 cents per month on the wages of seamen for
the support of marine hospitals to 20 cents a
month"; The bill will be called up this week, if
an opportunity occurs.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

a proper knowledge of the radiation
Of plants is the groundwork of agricul-
ture. All the operations which the farm
er applies to bis land must be adapted to
the nature of the plants which he wishes
to cultivate.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

A rose tree in Mr.. Goodhue's greenhouse
at Owasso, Mich, yielded last year over
5000 flowers. It's stem is more than eight
inches through and it has three branches,
each of which is four inches in diameter
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01
Facts for Free Traders.

Some OF the facts presented in the report of
Mr.. Joseph Nimmo, Jr.. Chief Of the Bureau of
Statistics, in regard to the comparative rate of
wages in different countries are we'll worthy
consideration by radical free-traCerS, who claim
that protective tariff is detrimental to the in
tercsts of the working man. 1t is Il fact worthy
their consideration that in almost every industry
the wages of workingmen are under the III
tiuence of a protective tariff largely in advance
of wages where free trade prevails For eX-
ample, in the iron industry, wages in the United
States are about 100 per cent greater that in
England. The average wages paid in the man
ufacture of cotton goods are about 81 per cent
greater here than in England, and the average
earnings of the more highly skilled laborers in
the cotton mills of the United States exceed
those of similar laborers abroad in Il much
higher degree. The wages paid in the manufac-
ture of silk goods are 100 per cent greater.
Messrs. j. n p. Coats of Pawtucket, r. l.. and
Paisley. Scotland, state that the average wages
paid by them are 110 per cent. greater at Paw
tucket than at Paisley. The Clark Thread Com
pany state that the average of all the wages
paid by them is l0l4 per cent. greater at New
ark, n. j., than at Paisley, Scotland These
facts are significant, and are worthy careful con-
sideraton by our workingmen, to whom free
traders are accustomed to address their specious
arguments when descanting on the glories of
free trade.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The free-ship newspapers are at it again, TAX
ing their texts from Senator Bayard's speech
the other day at the annual dinner of the New
York Chamber of Commerce. The line of their
argument in most cases is (1) that 'Americans
cannot buy ships abroad'-which is not true
(2) ''materas which enter into the construction
Of ship at least ought to be admitted free of
duty'-thereby showing their ignorance of the
fact that such materials are already on the free
list. They ignore the statement, made again
and again by well-known free-shp advocates,
that if foreign-built ships We're admitted to an
American registry, and admitted duty free, no.
body would buy them until the real burdens of
American shipping, such as Senator Frye's bill
provides for, are removed. The assertion that
the policy of protection is responsible for the
decline of our merchant marine is too idle to re-
quire refutation. Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

For this department brief suggestions, facts
and experiences are solicited from housekeep-
ers, farmers and gardeners. Address Agri-
cultural editor, journal Office. Belfast Maine.l
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The Indignation meeting at Tuscon, Arizona,
in no way represented the sentiment of the res
pectable portion of the community. The reso-
lntions denouncing the President were voted
down by a vote of six to one.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The wife of Sergeant Mason has had an inter-
view with the President and petitioned for her
husbands release
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

AT a sale of Jersey cattle in New York, We'd
nesday, the COW Princess H., three years old,
brought s4,SOO.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

The beauty and color of the hair may be safely
regaincd by using Parkers Hair Basam, which il
much admired for its perfume cleanliness and dam
drum Graduating properties.
Now that Darwin is gone we violate np conli-
dence in saving that he always believed Oscar
Mihle 10 h. the missing link.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1882-06-01

Without showing the condition of our teeth. Every
laugh exposes them. In order not to be ashamed Of
them, let Us use that standard dentifrice, SOLO-
DON'T, which is sure to keep them white and spot
less. No tartar can encrust them, no canker affect
the enamel. no species Of decay infest the dental
bone. If SOZODONT is regularly used ii is Il boz
tanical preparation and its beneficial effects the
teeth and gums marvellous, it removes all
discoloraons, and renders the gums hard and rosy.
lml9
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18
Married,

HOSMER - JONES. = On Monday.
February 10, 1882, at Christ Church,
New Orleans. by Rev. DR.. F. A. Shpup,
W. f. HosMER, cf Coyington, La, to
Miss AGNES +. JONES. daughter of the
late DR.. James Jones, Sr., of New On
leans.
1t always gives us pleasure to re-
cord the happy union of two loving
hearts, and we are particularly
gratitied to know that the Colonel
has fallen a victim to Cupid's dart,
and joined the ranks of the yota-
ries of Hymen, we extend our
congratulations to him and his fair
young bride, and hope their path
way through life may be strewn
with the flowers of pndying love.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18
We have sent two letters off re-

We have sent two letters off re-
Gently, containing money, without
registering them, and both letters
promptly failed to reach their in
tended destination. One was adj
dressed to the Times Democrat,
New Orleans, La, and the other to
the Baltimore Newspaper Union,
Baltimore, Md. From which we
infer that Uncle Sam has an am
bilious servant somewhere along
the line. But he won't get any
more of our money, so he needn't
take the trouble to open our letters.
We bride Uncle Sam to be honest
and see our letters safely through,
now, by giving him ten cents extra
to have them registered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18

The United States Postal Service
is supposed to be about as perfect
as that OF any other country. You
can send an ordinary letter any,
where within the limits of the Uriop
for three cents. Bat if you care
fully fold a greenback up in letter
and start it ON its way, it is aston
ishing how quickly some employee
of the Postal Service will tear it
open, pocket the money and destroy
the letter. In fact, occurrences of
this kind are so frequent, that it
has now come to be generally I'M
derstood and accepted as matter
of course, that if you send money
in an unregistered letter. it will be
opened and the contents stolen.
sooner or later, by SOME member of
the Postal Service. The only safe
course to pursue is to haye all valu-
able letters registered. Consider
ing the fact that the Postal Service
is entirely in the hands of the Gov
eminent, which requires unques-
tionable references from all its en-
plovees, it would seem that none
but strictly honest persons could
secure positions in the service. But
the very law itself, which requires
all valuable letters to be registered,
III order to secure their safe deliyy
cry, indicates that honesty is not
necessary requisite to the appoint
meat to a position in the Postal
Service. In short, the Government
agrees to deliver your letter for
three cents, with an additional
charge of ten cents, if there is any
thing valuable In it, in order to pay
the Government for the priceless
boon of acting honestly by you.
If the letter contains half an ounce
of writing paper, it goes through all
right. If it contains half an ounce
of greenbacks, it goes into Some
postoffice clerks pocket. and that's
the last of it. 1t appears to MS that
this matter can and ought to be
remedied. Ten cents is not much
to pay fer honesty, but Shy should
it be paid at all? A very simple
plan to remedy this evil would be
| to carry al letters weighing half an
ounce or less for three cents,
whether they contain Eoney or not.
with no extra charge for having
them registered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18

Mr.. Armand Cousin, member of
the Police Jury, was in town last
Monday. He informs US that the
timber business is booming at Bon
fouca. and that the New Orleans
and Northeastern Railroad Com
pany are making things lively in
that region. The first railway sta
ton on this side of the Lake will
probably be at Bonfouca. A petit
ton is being signed by all the citi-
zens, requesting the company to
make a slight change in. the pro-
posed location of the bridge, so as
not to interfere with the harborage
for Lake vessels during rough
weather. and it is generally thought
that t49request will be granted.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18

ST. TaMMANY PARisH.-A co1Te-
spondent of The Morgan City Free
Press recently visited this parish,
and writes to that paper IS follows:
L was very much pleased with
st. Tammany parish. New emf
grants are daily arriving there, and
the parish is thickly settled. All
the people here seem to have
formed a club and taken a
strong cup of resolution to become
wealthy, Independent citizens. The
soil is rich and fertile for planting,
and timber is very abundant
With a very small amount of cap
ital invested here, no one could
fail to make money in selling wood,
etc. The population take On in
terest in each new arrival, and in
struct them in tilling and planting
to good advantage. All the people
are industrious. There is not a
piece of land uncultivated. Beauti-
ful young orange orchards are be-
ginning to buG, owing to the mild
winter, and vegetable gardens have
prospective appearance of supply
ing the market.
The above description of st.
Tammany parish is correct in some
particulars, but we desire to call at
tention to few glaling mis-state.
ments, which were doubtless male
without any intention on the part
of the writer to stem the tide OF
immigration which appears to have
set in this direction. In the first
place, our parish is far from being
"thickly settled" the entire popula-
ton being less than 1000, in an
area of 923 square miles-about
one family to the square mile. So
far as there being mot a piece oil
land uncultivated," the writer is
again wide of the mark. While it is
true that much the largest portion
of this parish IS strictly a timber
country, yet there are nearly 300
square miles of alluvial soil, Oh
1872, 900 acres, of which the pitifu,
sum of 1895 only are under cultiva.
ton, according to tie census re-
port of 1880. Much of this soil is
still open to homestead entry, OIL
can be bought for a trifiing sun
compared to its great fertility and
value for agricultural purposes
The climate is mild, salubrious and
very healthy, and the people pros
porous in proportion to their in,
dustry and thrift. At the same
time it should be generally under,
stood that we can move along
and make room for two or three
thousand more Industrious and en-
terprising immigrants, and to all
such we guarantee a hearty wei.
come, and protection in their rights
of person and property. And they
can remain here in peace and "grow
up with the country" SO long as
they obey the laws of the land, and
exhibit the same regard for the
rights of others who may wish tc
settle in our midst.
nj, ro.o.,~
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1882-02-18
NI0RMCNISM.

we have received circular letter
from a committee appointed at a
mass meeting recently held in Chi
cago, suggesting that meetings be
held throughout the country, on
Washington's birthday, the I'D
inst, to arouse public feeling. and
to express to Congress the Interest
they haye on the great question OF
the day, "Anti-Pclygamy." The
circular was received most too late
to issue a call for u meeting to be
held here next Tuesday, but we be-
lie:e we reflect the sentiment OF
! the people when we say that the
institution of Mcrmonism ought to
be promptly and etfectually sup
pressed. Congress has been sinSu-
larry blind to the growth OF Nor
monism, which has extep led its
power until it now absolu con-
II OILS Utah, holds the L2nce OF
power in Idaho and Arizona, and
menaces Colorado, New Mexico.
Wyoming and Montana. Its cher
ished polysamy, the foul system of
RIGHTEOUSNESS Sail the more hide
Gus because practieed in the name
of religions spreading into the
adjoining Territories. Utah has no
Territorial law against adultery, Sc
duction o. incest. Polygamy ana
these kindred crimes. being COM
mon, demoralize the community at
large, and degrade and dehumanize
those who practice them.
George Q. Cannon, a man with
four wives, and who is now knock
ing at the doors of Congress for ad-
mission Us a Representative from
Utah, recently said in a speech at
Salt Lake City: The Govern
meut of the United States would be
powerless in the future, as it had
| been in the past, to enforce the
anti-polysamy or any other law
detrimental to the interests or pro-
gress of the Kingdom OF God on
earth. Nineteen years ago on the
I'd of last July the Congress of the
United States passed a law to pro-
hlbit and punish the practice OF
polygamy in the Territories. How
much prohibition has the law eff
fected? How many of us have been
punished for the practice of polyg-
amy?" This quotation from his
speech to 10000 hearers in the
Tabernacle shows their defiant
spirit.
In the name of their so-called
religion, they openly violate the
laws of the land, and defy the
power Of tue Government to pun
ish them. Our representatives in
Congress cannot conscientiously
vote to admit the polygamous mem
Der from Utah. On the contrary,
their constituents will expect and
demand of them that they do their
whole duty in assisting to sweep
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