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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-14

RAILROAD AccIDENTs.-On of the cars of
the through passenger train jumped the
track near Davis station, St. Charles parish,
last Sunday afternoon, causing delay of
several hours. The local train reached the
scene before the car was tracked again, but
was delayed only a short time.
Wednesday morning at a very early hour
a fat car of the up freight train, loaded with
coal, left the track back of Mr.. Henry
Cooks place near The Donaldsonville bridge.
The easiest plan Of removing the obstruc
ton was found to be by overturning the car
into the ditch, which was accordingly done.
The through passenger train was delayed
four hours and quarter by this accident.
The trestlework three miles below Plaque
mine is reported in bad order. The road
is in horrible condition all along the line
from New Orleans to the Atchafalaya and
it ought to be put in repair as speedily as
possible.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-14

New RIVER DEPoT.-No little sensation
has been caused in the neighborhood of
New River Lane by report that the station
to be established on the Mississippi Valley
railroad in that vicinity is to be located at
the Southwood place instead of New River
Lane. If the report be true, it would be
interesting to know what could have led the
management of the road to make such a
selection. The station should by all means
be placed at the Lane, which is the only
public outlet toward the river for section
of country containing from eight to ten
thousand inhabitants and producing and
shipping large quantity of cotton, moss
and other products. 1t is manifestly to the
interest of the railroad as well as to that of
a large majority Of the people in the section
affected that the station should be placed
at New River Lane, and if the officer OF
officers whose prerogative it is to control
the matter have contemplated building the
depot elsewhere, they ought by all means to
reconsider The plan.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-14

A letter received from District Judge
Eheeyers, dated at Hot Springs last Satur-
day, brings us the pleasant information
that he is far from being judicial corpse
vet, Notwithstanding the ominous dream to
that effect which tortured one Of his Don
aldsonville friends recently. The Judges
health has somewhat improved during his
soiourn at the Springs. He intended to
leave there on Thursday for St. Louis, New
York and Long Branch. After sporting IN
the surf at the latter resort week or two,
he contemplates returning home by the sea
ra1ta
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-07-14

When man is being made the victim Of
newspaper abuse and the offensive and dis
reputable indulgence in low flung person.
alities which so many writers mistake for
argument or wit, he is able to appreciate
and admire the power and dignity of high
toned Journalistic discussion. And yet,
strange as it may seem, instances are not
wanting where men who have undergone
the experience suggested have themselves
adopted the obnoxious style of writing re-
serred to when chance or necessity has
placed the editorial pen in their hands.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09
POULTRY NOTES.

On the twenty-first day, when the
chickens are coming out, leave the hen to
herself until all are released. Then wait
twenty hours yet for the little ones to get
upon their feet, before you feed them.
If a hen lays 'soft-shelled eggs, give
her plenty of gravel, oyster-shells and
crushed bones (Which material she needs
to make hard egg-shells of, and this evil
will oftentimes be corrected.
AS soon as chickens are large enough
to eat corn, do not restrict them to that
alone, but still feed them, once a day at
least, with soft food. This will aid growth
and keep them in healnh. Hot weather
is hard on them, and to keep them up it
is necessary to feed them WELL
Have tight roof to your chicken-coop.
Cold rains are destructive. Shut the
chicks in when it rains, and keep them
out of the dewy grass.
Poultry at liberty should be allowed
access to plot kept closely shaver, for
the grass in an ordinary meadow soon
grows too rank for them.
dust-ball is necessity; be sure YOU
have good one, and keep it filled with
fresh, clean earth.
The best way to break up broody hen
is to imprison her along with a rooster
for two or three days and feed her all she
will eat Of the good things she likes,
meat particularly.
When the eggs don't hatch well, it is
safe to conclude that the owner needs a
change of roosters. There may be too
many or too few, or they may be too old
or too clumsy. Something is wrong, at
any rate. Scatter powdered sulphur
through the hens under-feathers during
the period of sitting. She must be kept
free from lice. This mode of treatment
is good one for her comfort as well as
that Of the chickens.
To throw meal dough, mashed potatoes
or any moist feed upon the ground. OF
upon board, where the feet Of the fowls
can trample it, is not economical. Enough
is saved by the use of feed-trough to
pay for it in a little while.
The comb of fowls is true index tc
the workings of their systems. If they
be in ill-health, the comb will lose colo,
and become far less firm in texture: a.
the malady increases, till a very sick birt
will show comb almost devoid of scar
let color, being of livid dull crimson o.
else pale or ashy in appearance. -Eeal
UeEst
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

Rye is well adapted to renovate old
pastures. Take a piece Of sandy or
gravely land that has been used for pas
ture until it will hardly produce feed for
sheep, and is covered with pennyroyal,
mullen, raspberry bushes, and the like;
pillow the last of August, no matter if not
turned very smooth; drag well, SO as to
be mellow; SOW about two bushels of
seed to the acre, and the result will be
almost certain to be good paying crops.
gain, it will be found that the rotting
of the turf has improved the pasture, all
bushes are killed, the grass roots re-
newed, and the field will bear more and
sweeter feed for years after. The grain
will generally more than pay all the out
lay in it's cultivation, while the straw
will sell for about the price of hay.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09
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NEW ENGLAND FORESTS.

The accounts of the Maine logging are
accompanied by laments over the drought
which the State has suffered for nearly a
year, lowering the wells and lakes. and
ID some cases robbing manufacturers of
their water-pOwer The connection be-
tween the destruction of the forests and
the decrease Of rain seems not to occur
to the thrifty and usually far-seeinc
Down-Easter, and if there is any fear that
thousands of men in our northen woods
are living off their children's children. it
is certainly not expressed. The seasons
cut is over, and there is now being foated
down the Penobscot some $50. 600 600
feet OF logs, while the Kennebec adds
l2O,00O,Q00, the AHoostook 10000, 900,
the Machias basin 10000 900, the other
sources of the log-crop supply of the
State swelling the amount to about $780,
OOO,OOO feet to say nothing of the ship
timber harvest. Some 10000 men and
$500 horses and oxen are required to do
the cutting and transporting. If these
logs averaged two feet in diameter. and
could be placed end to end, they would
reash. over $4,000 miles, or about once
and half round the earth. One of the
beneficial effects of the ancient ssforest
courts of England and the governmental
supervision of forest lands in some OF
the continental countries is that the
destruction OF trees was make a grievous
offence against the laws, and thus was
OF ipestimable service to agriculture. In
many portions of New England (for no.
where have the forest trees been proper.
ly protected) it is no uncommon thing
to hear old inhabitants refer to dry onl
lies, where in their youth goodly stream
of water used to flow, and unless thi.
matter Is better regulated by the author
tiles and not left to the feeble efforts O
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

Rev. Justin Edwards, ID. D., for seven
years the secretary of the American Tenn
perance Society, gave the following cases
in his fourth annual report in 1881: s'In
one case a father adopted the plan of
using little ardent every day. He was
never intoxicated, and never thought to
be in the least Incorporate He only
took a little, a very little, because he
thought it did him good. For the same
reason his children took little daily, and
so did their children. And now no less
than forty of his descendants are drunk
ards or in drunkards' graves Another
man adopted different plan. He would
not use ardent spirit; he would not pur-
chase it, nor would he suffer it to enter
bis house. He taught his children to
treat it as a poison, mortal poison; and
they so taught their children And now
there is not a drunkard among them, nor
has one of his descendants ever come to
a drunkard's grave
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09
TRUE REFORM.

"Wall, stranger" said the Indiana man
to the traveller, eyes, both them roads 90
there, and it don't make any difference
which you take; but afore you git there,
you'll wish you'd took the other" So
with temperance methods, by moral sua-
sion or legal suasion; by open or by Sc
cret societies; by discussing or by ballot
ing; both methods lead to the same goal,
dividuals, societies, communities and
states are already wishing they had taken
the other way. We are fancying that we
can get the liquor question and the tenn
perance reform settled and out of the
way. Then we can get prohibition, and
get it well enforced; that will be much,
but not all. Why? Because wines and dis
titled liquors can be produced chemically,
in large way, with few drops of natu-
raj material They are even now so pro-
duced and are made so as to be less hurt
full than the genuine articles. And just
as fast as artificial intoxicants can be
made so cheaply as to ruin the production
Of the natural products, all such business
will be transferred to chemical laborato-
ries; and the whole question will take on
new phases; then, again, the opium habit
is taking the place, to some extent, of the
drinking habit, and may grow into the
greater evil. Should it so prove, our pro-
hibition war would have to shift ground.
and contend for protective tariff, of the
stringent sort, and then the cultivation of
the poppy must take its place by the side
of that of the cultivation of grapes and
hops, among quasi-moral questions. No:
while human nature is human, every cen
tury will have to make a temperance fight
in some form, and by moral suasion
mainly. Children must be so trained that
| they will refrain on principle from all
| hurtful or dangerous stimulants, intoxi-
| cants, narcotics and what-nots. AS fast
as people, old and young, becomes thor
oughly manly, moral and Christian, al
such things will get their settlement, anc
only so.-Pdcifc.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

Over 10000 of our fellow-beings in the
United States alone go down annually
into drunkards' graves. Is not this suffi-
Gent to arouse our holiest indignation
and call forth our utmost efforts to STAY
this terrible tide OF death? How the SYM
pathy Of this great nation and of the
world pulsated when the yellow fever
ravaged few of our Southwest cities, a
few years ago. A plague more terrible
ravages the entire land and nation. and
when true and godly men would come to
the rescue, how many cry out, at is
fanaticism, it is taking the peoples rights
from them.'
| If it be fanaticism to seek the good and
| happiness of mankind, to seek the good
| of the world, let US have more and more
| Of it. lit be taking mems liberty from
them, to restrain them from a business
that brings poverty, suffering and death
upon mankind, God grant that they NAV
never have such liberty.-,Selected,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

Every farmer should have good gar
den and raise plenty Of vegetables for
his own family use. The farmer, far more
conveniently than the village resident,
can indulge in this luxury, yet, the fact
is, he is far less likely to do so. There is
nothing more conducive to the health of
a family than the use of fresh vegetables
and fruit in abundance; but although the
farmers family can most easily be provi-
ded for in this respect, there is little
disposition ON his part, generally to look
out for the same. Take time enough from
the field crops to care for the garden.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

o. M. Tinkham writes as follows in the
Mirror: 'The best way is to feed with
cut fodder and well mixed If fed sepa-
rately, the meal or shorts should be fed
dry. If fed as first suggested, the meal
will be thoroughly mixed and be raised
in the cud and chewed over again and Il
better digestion insured. If fed alone,
and wet, the meal will be swallowed very
rapidly, and not being mixed with the
mass in the stomach, may pass off into
the lower stomach, imperfectly digested.
But if fed dry, it will be eaten more slow
ly, masticated and mixed with the secre-
tions of the mouth, and the probability
of digestion will be greater. | think
many feed more meal than can possibly
be digested and assimilated by the ami
NAL, though some animals will take more
than others
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

High license has become a law in Illi-
nois, and we anticipate beneficial results.
As practical measure we believe it will
be better than prohibition. We think
there will be just as much temperance. a
better observance of the law, and the
revenue derived from license will 90 far
to build the jails and poor houses which
the liquor traffic does SO much to fill with
inmates. The Democrats opposed the
law in the Illinois Legislature, as they
have opposed any license in Ohio Though
we can see no reason why political par
ties should divide on such an issue. we
are ready to meet the issue and its con-
sequences. Rather than see the Repub-
lican succeed by adopting the motto of
free trade in rum, as the Democracy has
done in some parts of the West, we would
prefer to see it buried out of sight in
glorious defeat.
To tax saloon-keepers for the collins in
which their victims are buried would re-
lieye many a family, and often country,
from an unjust expenditure In fact five
collins should go with every barrel of
whiskey. This would enable yonng men
to stare at the awful fate Of drunkards.-
PrOhjbitiODiSt
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09
Call and See Them !!

also keep Riding Saddles Oiled Rubber Horse Covers
Fly Scrims. Fly Drivers, Halters. Whips Lap Robes,
Harness Oils and Soaps, Flag and Canvas Collars,
Axle Grease, Currycombs and Brushes. and the best
Cheap Scale in the market In fact every kind Of
Horse Millinery and Jeweliy. Call and get prices
before buying elsewhere
MB-Please call and settle the book account
q. GRAVES
Barton, Vt. June To- a4 OF
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-09

village Improvement societies and senti-
mental people of the woodman-spare-that
tree variety, many of our towns and man
ufactores will suffer more and more for
lack of abundant water, the danger from
spring floods will be increased, while the
farmers will be visited more frequently
than they are now with long succession
of rainless days and damaged crops. 1t
has been frequently demonstrated in New
England that waste lands appropriately
set with trees will yield profit of from
sc to $40 an acre per year; but, owing to
a want of system in tree-setting, such as
prevails in portions of the West, our hills
are peing rapidly disrobed and our re-
sources wasted.-Sprinafeld Republican.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-24
senator COckreII's saber.
Selma Times, II.

poliuh 1lluebt II.
Mr.. Willie Wise, a young man Of
this city, has been in possession Of an
old army sword, left him by grand.
mother who died some time since. A
page from the history Of the late Con-
iederate war has wound itself around
the old survivor Of many hard fought
battles, and, though it may bring back
some bitter memories Of the days
agone, we tell a story that is true.
On the blade Of the sword in quaint
old characters are written the words:
Presented to f. NJ. Oockrell, Second
Missouri Regiment, 1862" II will
be remembered that in 1861 General
Sterling Price led $1,000 Confederate
soldiers from Missouri to defend the
cause of the Southern people. And
they were soldiers, too. The world
had never produced a drawer soldiery
than those gallant boys in Gray.
Astuated by honest principles and
pure motives, they fought like men
and died like warriors. But one by
one they fell from the ranks. Some
we're taken prisoners, some sickened
and died in hospitals and others died
on the empurpled field Of battle
where sword and spear and shield
moved the black wings of death
The army Of $4,000 led by Genera
Sterling Price fought and were
cut down to about 1000 men, and
in 1862 Senator L. M. Cockrell was
appointed Brigadier General TO take
command OF the remnant. General
Cockrell's command was composed
practically of thousand picked sol
diers from an army Of $1,000 brave
men. 1t was when Oolononel L. M,
Oockrell was appointed to the briga-
der generalship that he was present.
ed with the sword that was his com.
panion through many bloody battles
During the war there lived in Missouri
Mrs. Nicholson, who won the ever.
lasting love of the Confederate soldiers
from the State by running back and
forth through the lines, bearing letters
and messages Of love from and to the
dear ones at home. General Cockrell
stopped at this lady's house about the
close OF the war, and in the care OIL
Mrs. Nicholson he left his sword,
After returning home he never heard
from his lady fried again, and thus his
sword was lost, to be found fifteen
years later in Selma. A gentleman OIL
this city, who knew Senator Cockrell,
recognized his sword, and few weeks
since wrote to him telling him where
bis sword was, in the keeping Of Mr..
Willie Wise. Senator Cockrell an.
swered the letter thanking his friend
very cordially for the information and
also enclosed letter to Mr., Wise,
asking him to send him his old army
companion to Warrensburg, Mo. The
sword was at once forwarded by ex'
press to meet the Senator as he goes
to Washington, 1t is from the record
made and the trophies won while
wearing that old sword that +. Nj
Cockrell is at present Senator elect
from Missouri.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-24
The Late General Garrett.

Alho DAuh SommOfoloii ~
DIED-At his residence In this
county, on November 10, 1883, Gen.
Lewis G. Garrett, aged seventysseven
years.
General Garrett was q native Of
Tennessee, but removed in his boy
hood with his parents to Huntsville,
Ala where he grew to maturity. He
served as volunteer in 1896 against
the Indians in tho Florida war. In
1893 he became one Of the mana.
gers and proprietors Of the Frank
lin Hotel in Tusoumbia, Alabama.
After a few years no retired from
the hotel business and engaged 10
farming. He moved to Arkansaw In
December, 1856, and settled on the
Arkansaw river. He continued
TO reside IN the same vicinity from
that time until his death, save q
period Of three years, during which he
resided 10 Texas Id the latter part Of
the war. He was q prominent and
honored citizen, was eminently sue
oessiul as a planter, aud had survived
to US as . genuine type Of the chival-
rous Southern landlord Of tbo olden
times. 10 1889 General Garrett was
married 10 the accomplished lady who
is now left a widow to mourn his loss.
BY energy and industry he had accu.
INFLATED a handsome estate and his
death is the memorial Of one Of the
old land marks Of tho Arkansaw val
Icy. " A Friend.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-11-24
Hon-rosIdoni NoIIeo,

No. S2sS Yin the Chaneery Court Of Shelby
Butler ct al and City Of Memnbis vs W.,
Ball OF al No, 1874 X D, ~
appearing from the original and thu
4 amended bills which are sworn 10 10 these
causes that the names and places of resi-
donee Of the heirs Of joseph Ii Cash. dec'd
ana q David i Ash, decd, are unknown
ana cannot DO ascertained after diligent IN
guiry and are believed 10 be nOp-residents Of
the state Of Tennessee, - VI
II h therefore ordered that they make THAR
appearances herein, at the cOurthouseofS haIbv
county, in Memphis, Tennessee, on on
before the hrst Monday in December. lssS.
sn9 pleadS answer or demur to said original
ana Amended bllls in said causes which arc
hled herein for the purpose Of enforeing he
Lien and claim Of the City Of Mempbis far
deiinquent city taxes for the years iss5 10
1910 inclusive upon and against a certain LOT
rOntlng about VI feet on the east aide az Fan
neslee g. and extending eastWardly v I'm Tho
south side OF Center alley $50 feet, being MARI
Of lot No. of W Il Buffers addition In ihe
late City Of Memphis, Shelby county, Ten
nessee. and IN which said parties appear 10
nave some interest by reason Of their heir
ship rom said Joseph IL Cash and David II
ASH decd, or in default thereof tho said
original and amended bills will be taken for
confessed az TO them and set for hearing exc
ished once q week for four successive weeEs
IN the Public Ledger. N'''
This Sd day Of November, 1883,
AoOpy-Attest:
RI BLACK, Clerk and Mastsr.
Byy NJ Bradley, D. Cam. ''
wv Hampton, sol for complainant.
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