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The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-27
The Yonnrnst Drummer Boz.

The Twelfth Indiana regiment pos
sessed pet Of whom it may. be said
that he enjoyed rehown scarcely sec
ond TO that Of the wide-tamed Wiscou-
sin eagle. This was Little Tommy
a. he was familiarly called in those
days--the youngest drummer boy and,
so far as the writer's knowledge goes,
the Youngest enlisted man in the Union
army. The writer we'll remembers
having seen him on several occasions.
His diminutiye size and child.like APP
pearance, us well as his remarkable
skill and grace in handling the drum
sticks, never failed to make an impress
sion not soon TO fade from the memory.
Some brief and honorable mention Of
Little Tommy" the pride of the
Twelfth Indiana regiment, should not
be omitted in these "Recollections of a
Drummer-b boy
Thomas Huber was born in Fort
Wayne, Allen county, Indiana October
9, 1851. When two years Of age the
family removed to Warsaw, Indiana.
On the outbreak Of the war, his father,
truest type, raised n company Of men it
response TO President LincOn's frs
call for 70, GEO troops. "Little Tommy
was the first TO enlist in his father
company, the date Of enrolment being
April 10, 1861 He was then nine YEAR
aud six months old
The regiment TO which the COMPANY
was assigned was with the Army Of Oh,
Potomac throughout all it's campaign
in Maryland and Virginia At the OK
piralion Of its term Of Service, in An
gust, 1862, Little Tommy re.enlisle,
and served to the end of the war, hay
ing been present in some twonty-sl
/, battles, lie was greatly beloved by al
/. the men Of his regiment, with whom h
I was u constant fayoritc, II is though
that ne beat the first "long rollN Of til
, great civil war. He Is still living !
!. warsaw, Indiana, and bids fair to i
the latest survivor of the great army ,
/ which he was the youngest membe
/. With the swift advancing years, Il
|. ranks of the soldiers of the late war u,
=, rapidly being ,hinncd out, and tho,
II who yet remain are fas, showing sigi
of age. "1ho boys in blue are thu
o as the years 60 BY, almost impcrcep,
u bly, turning into 1.-THE boys in gray;
e aud as Little Tommy the younge
D. Of them all, sounded their first reveill
Is so may no yet live TO beat their la
~ tattoo. ST. Nich0us for Oriober.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-27
Neutral in Moth,
INC.
Independent III all
Things.
TERMS:

DELIVERED BY CARRIER % CENTS PER WEEK.
$500 PER YEAR, 90 PER CENT DISCOUNT IF PAID
YEARLY IN ADVANCE. BY MAIL, 500 PER MONTH,
$40 90 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-27
VIII AND aUd0R


4 Young lady calls her beau Honey
sucs.e, because is always hanging
over the front ratings.
Young ladie. should not forget that
Goliath died from the effects OF bang
on The forehead
4 contemporary mentions a case be-
voad tie ordinary occu.,,:.t j. Of .
ygvDr lady who. instead Of 3 pupil. has
(. professor 10 Ter eve.
4 rsa r---t. MAKE a colossal fortune
In a very .lrr. time tr iu7enunr
kind y food ,ae. a-l keen q canary
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~. 80 l.t.Ia5r love tbe oiher nir5t.
an5 .,,,.t .nla,a l,ot',bo rirl's mother
- ;,' L., 800 a,a o.tod him IN
match them for her He left, AMI
declares that be will never call again.
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mia NON AN bin.oit nm in tbre,
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, ao" a,.,,',,Go;ns ,ho nav, mornng me-.
con.a his VIA wants him IA buy Ter a
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prir' WIN the starving lhlorIha'oi
lhat 'NaHEu'u' tNe hohlah E'hpeIo.
was porn on AuEust5l' IN the year ~
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"Dii YOU notice the @sthetlcal appear
auce OF Miss Giddigush, AmyT aske'
the hl2n school girl ~ hotced sh
hnd ylmpie on her nose, rephed Amy
"ont ! didn tEnow the dictionary Wor'
Tor IT.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-27
SUBSTITUTE FOR LIFE INSU r,
ANCE CUMPANIES
WIDOWS & ORPHANS
MUTUAL AID SOCIETY,
OF CAIRO.
Organized July lith, 1877, Under the Laws o
the state Of Illinois, Copyrighted July
o., 1877, Under Act of Congress.
OFFICERS;

JAS. $. McGAHEY......,.... President
j II. ROBINSON ................1st Vice. President
NJ, PHlLLIPS.............. End Vice. President
j. A. GOLDSTINE. ,......... Treasurer
W. II. MAREAN Noai.o, Aa,,.,..
j. s. PETITE '''''"'''''"'' "''u'0a' nu''''N
THOMAS LEWIS,,..,,,,..,,..,,...,.. Secretary
ED. ii. WUITE""...... ,,.,...,A ssistant Secretary
EXECUTIVE COM MlTTEE
VIM f. PITCHER, l.. s. THOMAS,
W. G. JUCELYN, +. VINCENT,
WILL 4. REDBURN.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

The Elmira Husbandman explains the want
of impartiality that is sometimes seen in the
reports Of exhibits at the fairs, and exposes
the lawyer like practice of a class Of reporters
who are paid by exhibitors for putting their
wares
"When the reader of a newspaper sees in
the report of an agricultural fair exhibits high
ly commended he very naturally supposes that
truthful expression is given to the ideas of
the reporter, who may be a capable judge, or
he may not, but the presumption is that he
has reported opinions more or less valuable
as they are based upon full or defective un-
derstandng. Such is the general rule. 1t is
not assumed by the ordinary reader that the
report is made to order-that it is wholly a
mercenary affair, with its price, cash in hand,
paid by the exhibitor-yet such is the fact in
many cases, and the custom of making reports
for exhibitors is disgrace to journalism. One
day last week, at the Bath fair reporter said
exultingly, when his labors for the day were
about completed, 'Well, this is pretty good
l have got just $50 to-day for writing up ex-
hibits." The same reporter another day, at
another fair, gathered in by the same process
$50 perhaps that was about an average of
his days work through the week-in fact,
through the entire fair season and the same
paper that employs him may have several 9TH
ct reporters euBaBeu III ike service. eaC0 de-
ceiving the readers of the paper, each pre-.
senting opinions that have no basis in under.
neutrality-suspicious. that are but the paid ex
preston of interest on the part of exhibitors,
usually manufacturers. Thus we find sew
ing machine highly commended as a perfect
piece of workmanship and admirably adapted
to every use in stitching when in reality the
machine is inferior-not at all comparable
with many other kinds that are not noticed.
The whole system of reporting for money is
fraud upon the public. The mercenary ex-
hibitor or dishonest manufacturer may pro-
cure expression of opinion laudatory in the
highest degree of the articles exhibited, while
mertorous articles in the same class will not
even be mentioned. 1t is shame that news
paper writer or reporter will prostitute his
talent to such uses. 1t is debasement repug-
nant to the moral sense. Ethical considera-
tions are brushed aside when the reporter &C.
cepts fee for noticing favorably any exhibit
at fair Upon what grounds publishers can
defend the practice of bribe-taking in this
way, we do not understand but when the
public learns that reports of fairs in papers
whose reporters solicit fees from exhibitors
embrace mainly the interested opinions of ex-
hibitors crowded into the columns of their
journals at price for every word, such re-
ports will cease to have value-the vocation
will ha uOna
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
Agricultural,
ouomnri,abIe" Ignorance.

A remarkable battle Of bees recently took
place in an English aviary. Il was noticed
that there was great uproar in one of the
hives Closer inspection showed the ground
below to be covered by several hundred dead
drones, and hosts of them were still being
brought to the entrance and bundled out 10y
the generally by being seized be-
hind the head and dragged along TO the exit,
where, as n kind Of farewell, sting was Civ
en- to them. Examination of the slain re-
vealed the fact that they had been severely
handled-many were headless, others had
lost legs or wings, or both, and all bore evil
dence Of rough usage. That the bees were
very much the superior force was shown by
the fact that only about fifty Of them had
fallen in the fray. The battle had ragged from
about seven in the morning TO about seven in
the evening, and seemed then to end only
with the utter humiliation of the drones. -
Ner England Farmer.
A very singular thing to occur among the
bees indeed wonderful battle and the
report Of it has come all the way from Eng
land. The most remarkable thing, however,
about the story is the remarkable Ignorance
of the writer of it. What he supposes to be
so remarkable" occurs each year in every
prosperous colony of bees. The drones, or
male bees il any remain at the close Of the
honey season, are slaughtered or driven from
the hive to perish In our climate this usu-
ally takes place in August but many drones
are never suffered to remain long in a hive
after the failure of the plants to yield honey,
unless the hive is without queen. If, as
sometimes happens the queen is lost, all the
drones are suffered to live until after a new
queen is reared and assumes her maternal
duties Though nearly twice as large as the
worker bee, the drone has no sting nor any
weapon of defense. 1t is burly in form and
noisy, but when attacked makes no resistance.
When the drones are destroyed by the worker
bees it is massacre rather than battle.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

The Texas Farm and Ranch says: "Sever.
al causes have combined to make the present
an era of exceptional prosperity to beef
raisers. First, in spite of the apparent great
increase in the cattle trade, the number of
cattle is smaller in proportion to the popula
ton than it was twenty years ago. Second
ly, the consumption of meat is constantly in.
creasing, even faster than the mere growth
of population. Thus, the yearly average
consumption per capita in Europe is fifty
pounds, whereas in the last century it was
only twenty-five pounds. In Great Britain it
is one hundred and ten pounds and in the
United States one hundred and twenty
pounds. Thirdly, the railroads seem to be
doing their best to prevent cheapening of
prices, by so adjusting their rates as to check
the trade in dressed beef from the west.
Since 1860 the population of the United
states has increased sixty-fve per cent, while
the increase in live stock has been barely
fifty per cent"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

Fruit culture is extending so rapidly in CAL
ifornia that there is already an over.produc-
ton in some varieties and the outlook for the
future is not promising.
The kola nut, product of tropical Africa,
where it is largely used for making an invig-
Grating beverage, is becoming an important
article of commerce in London as a subst-
tute for coffee.
Concerning the orange crop the Florida
Times says The universal testimony of our
exchanges from all parts of the state is to the
effect that the yield will be one eighth great
err than last year. The old trees are bearing
quite as well as usual, and there are many new
groves which will this year, for the first time,
yield something like paying crop.
1t is stated that not long ago John Bright
attended an auction sale of high priced short
horn cattle in England, and in response to I'm
inquiry said mo, l have not come to buy :;
but to see the fool who will pay e., 900 for a
bull" There he is" said Lady Skelmers-
dale promptly pointing to her husband. The
reply made by the Peoples Tribune is not a
matter of record.
The condition of the pulse ia good test of
the health of animals as we'll as human be-
ings. In horse good and strong but quiet
pulse beats forty times a minute, in an OK
fifty to fifty-fve, in sheep and pigs not less
than seventy or more than eighty for ordin-
airy health. 1t may be felt wherever large
artery crosses bone. A rapid, hard and
full pulse in stock denotes high fever a rap
id, small and weak pulse also fever, caused
by weak and poor state of the subject. A
very slow pulse indicates brain disease, while
an irregular one indicates trouble with the
heart
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
Garlic and sheen EEerdinr.

Sheep herding in the far west may be 70.
mantle and it may be profitable, but man
may even pay too much for money. In San
Luis Obispo county California, there is a
ranch of more than $4,000 acres four of
more than 10000 two containing over 30.
900 and less than 40, 900 acres four between
10000 and 10000 and nine between 10, 600
and 10000. The Tribune of that county
says, by way of comment I'm some of our
neighboring counties there are tracts of 1OO,-
0O0acres in the possession of sheep herders who
live in a six by-ten shanty, without book or
newspaper, little above the sheep in intellect
There may be one nest of children, no more,
who are compelled to lead life of seclusion
and Ignorance away from society and all that
is elevating. Not a school house, not a
church, not fruit tree, or even flower to
mark the wide desolation." Cattle herding
has precisely the same Objectionable if not
revolving features. It is the farm or the dali
ry, with the pleasant cultured home and the
real social enjoyments attached to it, that are
worth more than the herds upon the savage
plains with all the dearly bought wealth
The Ddiyy
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
The NIihret sheen.

The very smallest of all the kinds of sheep
is the tiny Breton sheep. 1t is too small to
be very profitable to raise for, of course it
can not have much WOOL and as for eating,
why, hungry man could almost eat whole
one at a meal. 1t is so small when full.
grown that it can hide behind a good sized
bucket 1t takes its name from the partcu-
lar part of France where it is most raised.
But if not profitable sheep, it is dear
little creature for pet, for it is very gentle
and loving, and, because it is so small, is not
such nuisance about the house as was the
celebrated lamb which belonged to little
girl named Mary. 1t would need to be a very
large little girl-a giant girl, indeed-who
could take an ordinary sheep in her lap and
cuddle it there but any little girl could find
room in her lap for Breton sheep quite as
easily as for one of those very ugly little
dogs called by the ugly name of pug.
One of this little creatures pecularities is
its extreme sympathy with the feelings of its
human friends, when it has been brought up
as a pet in the house, and has learned to dis
tinguish between happiness and unhappiness.
If any person whom it likes great deal is
very much pleased about anything, and
shows it by laughing, the little sheep will
frisk about with every sign of Joy but if,
on the contrary, the person sheds tears, the
sympathetic friend will evince its sorrow in
an equally unmistakable way. A kind word
and loving caress will also fill it with hap
piness, while cross word or harsh gesture
will cause it evident distress st Nicholas
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
Model southern Farmer.

Messrs. Canning q Gill were surprised yes.
terdy when negro inquired the price of a
nice vehicle in their carriage depot They
were interested when he said he would come
back directly and take it. They were aston
ished presently when he returned and paid
for it, entirely in cash, about S225. Inquiry
develops that his name is Arthur Clark, and
that he lives on Mush Creek in this county
He owns good farm of bottom land, some
of 1t the best on the creek. He made % bales
OF cotton last year. and this year will make
about II. He owed nothing on his crops, so
his commission merchants, Messrs. Carlisle
Jones Co., inform us. He paid all of his
expenses this year by sale of corn and farm
truck. He wanted conveyance to take his
family to church, he said, and hence his pur.
chase. He is a model negro farmer. In fact,
he is model farmer for any ones imitation,
white or black, since very few can say that
their cotton crop is an entire surplus as his
is.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
Continued from last uoek.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

In 1875, thirteen men comprised the
entire working force used in the manu-
facture of the James Boss Cold Watch Case.
Now over fire hundred are employed, and the
number is constantly increasing. The rea-
scn Of this increase is this: In the James
Boss Gold Watch Case all the metal in sight
and subject to wear is solid gold, while the re-
maindcr, which only lends strength 10 the
case is Of stronger metal than gold,
giving gold where gold is needed and
strong, elastic metal where strength and
elasticity are needed, combination pro-
ducing watch case better than solid gold
and at oNE-HALF the cost. "a, ~ NM
Over 100000 of these cases e d
have been sold, and every jeweler in the
country can testify to their quality and
merit. ,,..... ,,,-.- ~. go,
E W Marah Of the Democrat, bought a jas Boss'
Gold Watch case Is years ago and carried Il until
short time ago, when purchased it, and sold 1t TO
customer The case showed no tyuH II wear, except
that natural 70 any case, and am satisfied can DO
safely guaranteed Tor at least ten years more have
cold the James Bnss' Gold Watch Case for many years,
and the parties who bought the rst are carry.
ing them to-day well satisfied a. though they had
bought solid gold case costing twice the money l
regard them IA the only cases Of this Kind jeWeler
should eel who desires 20 give his customers thu
worth Of their money or values his reputation
MM. J. CUsHwAY, Jcrsisr.
sesd stamp 10 Keystone watch Case Tsssrls PhA-
dsPha, Pa for handsome nustrttsd showing how
JAass Hos and Keystone watch Gases made.
Ito be COntinued)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
The Construction and Use fulness Of
sir Rnsins.

A few days ago, while / was at work dig
ging out "catch BASIN a neighbor asked
what l was about l was a little surprised
at the question, for l had supposed that all
farmers were familiar with these basins. To
begin at the beginning let me define
catch basin is a shallow well dug at one end
of a culvert or drain, in which dirt manure
and leaves settle during the passage of water
through the drain. A great many moving
fields are 80 situated that the waters from the
road during the winter, and the miniature
floods that sometimes come with summer
showers, run into the grass and over the
fields, carrying with them carloads of what
might be excellent top.dressing if properly
spread, but which Injuries rather than helps
when piled upon a small surface. If there is
no culvert to conduct the water from the
roadsides, it WILL in many cases, pay the
owner of the adjoining land to make one,
and at its end, Just within the fence, a basin,
which may be three or four feet in diameter
and three feet deep, or deeper if there is
large amount of water to pass through. Dur
ing the winter and spring, on well. travelled
road, considerable amount of manure will
be carried off by TIE water and deposited in
the well. This can be taken out at leisure
and spread where needed. On the farm of
Marshall Symmes, in Winchester, there are a
number of culverts and basins, and carloads
of rich deposit are annually secured at a tri-
fling cost. The road which runs for dis.
lance by the farm is macadamized, and high
er than the fields, so that there is an excellent
chance to operate. Still, l believe there are
many other farms, equally well situated,
where the basins are not used, where they
might be with profit 5. s. SymmeS, Md
dieSer county, Mass, in HOmestedd
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
A D,.s.,rou. Drought in the south.


The drought this year in the southern states
has not been equaled since 1851, and its Of
fects are almost ruinous. There has been no
rain of any consequence since the LIST Of July,
the showers being sudden, of brief duration,
and widely separated as to time. In such
case the rain does more harm than good, rs il
aids the sun in baking the soil into a brick
like consistency. The severity of the drought
is found on the east and west line passing
through middle Georgia, Alabama and Miss
issippi, lower Arkansas and northern Texas.
In many portions of this district there has not
been a drop of rain for 80 days. and practical
ly the drought is now 30 days old. North and
south of this line there have been occasional
showers, but the aggregate is totally made
quate. The rainfall during September was
.9G inch, or not enough to lay the dust Mo
bile's most hopeful of recently born indus
tries, truck farming has been very much in
jured by lack of water The last crops were
to great extent damaged, and now, when
the winter crop should be well advanced no
planting has been or can be done on account
of the dryness of the soil. 1t is almost too
late now to think of making a crop. This
fact is a striking evidence of the severity and
long continuance of the drought. Cotton has
suffered, and has ceased growing the top
crop does not promise to appear at all. In
the centre of the drought district one bale to
ten acres is about the average in some local
tiles the rate is one to To- in others nothing.
There is one consoling feature hog meat is
abundant and old corn from last years sur
plus is abundant. The farmers, finding they
could not sell their corn at profit, fed 1t
literally to their hogs. The result proves to
be their salvation this season, when cotton is
scarce and the cornhelds are burned up.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
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