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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
THE SHEEP MUST GO.

1t is frequently said that dogs must
60. The indications at present are,
that sheep instead of dogs must go; at
least they are going just now in this
county. On last Tuesday morning,
little after daylight, we we're informed
that our sheep were all killed by the
dogs. We went to the lot, within a
stones throw from the yard, and there
lay five fine thoroughbred Cotswold
sheep, Gall we had with their Threats
cut and their innocent blood extracted
to satiate the hellesh appetite of one or
more starved, worthless dogs. Our
feelings toward the perpetrators at that
time may be better imagined than ex-
pressed. Not long since Mr.. Beech
had the misfortune to loose In the same
. way large number of his fine South
down sheep. Mr.. Patterson, and
others have been loosing their sheep
recently by the ravages of the dog.
There seems to be no hope for the
sheep. They must go, unless there is
some provision made to protect them.
Sheep raising might be made very
profitable in this State, especially in
East Tennessee, and along the Cum,
berland plateau, but for the dogs.
Until some protection is assured, farm
ers cannot, with any degree of safety,
invest much in sheep. We must look
to some other country, where the sheep
are protected for much Of our wool,
no matter how high the tariff SO long
as we tolerate dogs. Sheep Or dogs
must 50.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
Squash Bugs Cabbage Worms.

Cor. Country Gentleman.
A very aged lady gave me her ex>
perience in raising squashes. She says
she has always had good luck, and
plenty of fine squashes, and have
such faith in her wisdom and experts
ence, that | shall follow her example.
Take thick, stiff wrapping paper,
and roll it round, and either pin or
sew it in the form of a box that will
hold half teacupful of earth. Set
these boxes in tin pan, or on board
and fill them with good soil. Put a
squash seed in each one, and set in a
window. Water often, so as to keep
them moist. When the fifth leaf APP
pears, if the weather is so warm they
will not get chilled, set them where
they are to grow, in the field or gar
den. Dig holes as near the size Of
the boxes as possible, unfasten the
side, and set the box into the cavity,
pressing the earth around it. Then
take bit Of screen cloth and spread
over the plant, fastening it by small
stems or earth. The plants will never
know they have been moved, and by
the time the bugs come, the plant;
will be so large that the bugs cannot
injure them. She treats melons il
the same manner, and with equal sue
cess
Her plan for keeping cabbage worms
away is new to me, and may be move
to others, She always has nice cab
bages. She says she keeps an old til
pan full of dry, fine earth, and eyer!
time she goes into the garden she sits
a spoonful Or more of this dust owe
the cabbages, and the worms neve
modest them. 1t is very simple ant
safe. | have also learned that by put
ting plenty CT sawdust around curran
bushes can save them from thu
worms, without any risk of getting
poisoned, and it makes them bea
larger fruit, and it keeps the grounc
moist and rich.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24

80 per cent. of the winter wheat Of
the United States, the promise of a
heavy yield was never better. / saw
many fields that--barring accidents be-
tween now and harvest-will certainly
thresh thirty bushels to the acre. Many
growers in Indiana and Michigan cul-
tivating bur-oak prairie farms expect
forty to fOrty.ive bushels per acre.
One especial cause of the luxuriant
condition of wheat in this belt is the
heavy and long.lying snow of last win
ter. 1t fell early in December over
the entire wheat region and did not
disappear until early in March. The
results were, no freezing out of the
plants and their steady growth fol-
three months beneath their generous
white cover.
may add here that the outlook fol
spring wheat is as good as for the win
ter crop, and that experts place the
probable total yield of 1884 at from
100000 to 100000 above tn,
harvest of 1883.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24

Why then for the sake of these should
we keep our land subdivided into
small lots with greatly increased ex-
pense in every farm operation q? l
think the decrease in fences is an i'm.
provement that has come to stay.
Where fences need repairing l notice
that barbed wire is more used than
ever before. For one reason it is the
cheapest means for turning stock, and
single wire surmounting an otherwise
rickety fence makes it proof against
almost anything. The time is coming
when we shall have few fences except
along roadsides, and for these barbed
wire is preferable to any other as it
does not cause the roads to fill with
snow in winter. w. j. F. Monroe
County, N, Y.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
Fences and Selling.
Cor. Country Gentleman.

Cor Country Gentleman.
There is less fence-making this spring
than l ever knew before in my neigh
borhood. Fences are costly luxuries,
and land here is too dear to be cum
bered with more than are absolutely
needed. | find that many farmers
have taken out part Of their inside
fences, aud are building up what are
left with boards, or posts and rails, 50
as to occupy the least ground. On the
great majority Of grain-growing farms,
so little stock is kept that j! is much
cheaper to soil than TO build the fences
required to pasture, The work alone
needed in keeping up all the fences to
pasture two or three cows, will go far
toward paying FOR cutting their feed
through the season. When kept in
the barnyard and soilod, the manure
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24

Milan Exchange: The Chattanooga
people crowed loudly over The ship
ment of 1900 crates last Monday, and
claimed that it was the heaviest single
shipment ever made in the south. On
the same day, Gadsden, little station
near here, shipped 5000 crates-nearly
double the Drag shipment of Chat,
tanooga. On that day about nine car
loads, including the Gadsdep lot, left
here for Chicago.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24

Rhea County News: 1t is very
likely that the Congressional Conven-
ton will be held this year at McMinn>
vile, and we can see no objection.
The hotel facilities there are excellent,
and we believe our friends across the
mountain are entitled to the Conven>
ton, as they seem willing to cOncede to
this side the candidate.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
ANDARD- McMNNVILLE TENNESSEE MAY a. 1884

the protection of sheep will be enacted
which will prove satisfactory to the
people. No dog law, or any other
law, will be worth fig unless its has
the sanction of majority of the PEG.
pie. If such law can be made it
will be great blessing to this country.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24

We do not publish anonymous cOmmu-
nications under any circumstances. The
real name of the author must accompany
every communication, or else it will be con-
signed to the waste basket. We do not pub
lish the names of correspondents, but want
them simply as guarantee of good faith.
All calls on candidates, obituaries, trib.
utes of respect etc., are charged for as adj.
vertising matter. Simple announcements Of
deaths, marriages, ETC., will be published
without charge, and our friends all over the
county will confer favor by furnishing us
with such as soon after their occurrence as
possible.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
Wheat Prospects in The Northern
Relt.

Cor Rural Record.
Your correspondent spent the two
last weeks Of April in and passing over
a large area of the fine wheat belt of
Northern Ohio, saw the fields of
Richland, Wayne, Stark, Summit,
Mahoning and Columbiana. The crop
there is in splendid condition. Thick
on the ground, strong, dark color, and
about six or eight inches high. / also
passed over several of the middle and
southwestern counties of the State,
and observed that the wheat prospect
III that section was very promising.
Reports from the great strip of fine
winter wheat country, beginning with
Western New York and Pennsylvania
and extending across Ohio, the north.
ern two.tbirds of Indiana and the
southern third of Michigan, thate that
in all that region, whence comes about
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-05-24
DOC ~. u 0TEER sTATEs.

DOG LAWS LE OTHER STATES,
In Pennsylvania, New York, and
perhaps some other States, East, they
have dog laws t.'atwork we'll A tax
is levied on each dogwhich is collected
and paid into the Office Of the County
Trustee or Treasurer and held by him
specially for the purpose of paying for
sheep killed by dogs. It is said to
work well in those States. BY impos-
ing moderate tax on each dog, it
would secure fund that would serve
as an insurance fund against the loss of
sheep by dogs. If even a moderate
tax was imposed on dogs without re-
sPect to race, color or previous condi-
tien as to ownership there would soon
be a marked reduction in the number
of worthless halt starved dogs owned
by irresponsible parties. 1t is to be
hoped that some good law looking to
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03

| methods excited bitterness and resentment oi'
| the other side General di Cesnoia lnus s"'i'',
| repeled the accusations of his adversatieS anu
did not always measure his words. Inc trus'ees
becoming convinced that tho DIRECTOR "ns
attacked wantonly and maliciously, ana thaI us
main assailant was not acting IN the interest VI
the public. but only for selfish ana lghoDie ehus'
found it difficult to maintain Juulclii alliIuue
Tho majority of them had contributed gener-
ousIy to the purchase of the collections Ill the
Museum. and it was natural for them to resent
tbe caIumnies of the self-OpiniOnated clltics
who were striving in spirit of utter reckless
moss to render their benefactions to the city
worthless and contemplate. What made this
warfare in the newspapers more formidable was
that some of Mr.. Feuardent's supporters were
men who had labored in the interest of the
Museum and had acquired a reputation IN
letters and art criticism; and here we are
forced greatly against our will to refer to MIR.
Cooks unfortunate share i'll this sorry business.
So strongly were the sympathles OF this
gentleman enlisted in Mr. Feuardents behalf
that he contributed to the literature OF the con-
troversy Il pamphlet so wild in Its assumptions
and 80 monstrous in its disprOved and exploded
accusations as to warrant the general wonder
that he should bashfully evade the wit
ness-stand, and provoke Mr.. Choate's
inquiry: "Where is the false and feetinS
but not quite perjured Clarencef We can only
express our satisfaction that Mr.. Cook, fatuous
as his conduct has seemed, learned prudence
toward the last and did not venture to appear
either as an expert or as q witness.
This campaign of defam alton and malevolence
ought never to have been waged in the news
papers but having once begun there it ought to
have ended there Mr.. Feuardent having
struck hard himself, could not complain II
others struck back. Having played fast and
loose with other mems regulations, he had no
right to appeal to the courts to protect the
shreds of his own. He was determined, how
ever, to break down the man whose continuance
in an official position was n constant Illumination
and offence to him and to his cOterie of admir-
crs His libel suit was based upon General
di Cesnolas pardonablc if too vigorous, de-
nials!Of the preliminary charges. His far
cical attempt to obtain money damages has
now ended after involving an expense Of from
$4,000 TO $4,000 to the State and to the
litigants. 1t is waste of time, money and
public patience that ought never to have been
incurred Mr.. Fcuardent and his allies have
had eloquent counsel, but have not succeeded
in confusing the minds of the jury. They have
had every chance to prove the wicked and
reckless calumnes which they have persistently
circulated in the public prints. They have
failed miseTably and absolutely.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03
PERSONAL.

Senator Edmunds as president of the Senate. has
ordered a bouquet of flowers to be placed on his
desk every morning.
Senator Anthony. of Rhode Island, Is said to be
enjoying almost his normal health though he has
by no means regaincd his strength
The oldest editor of Pennsylvania and possibly
the oldest printer in the United States, is w. F.
Elliott of Lewistown, who was born ON January
II. 1893, and founded The Lelcst0Wa Gazette in
1911.
DR.. Edward n. Whittier, who was last week ap,
pointed visiting physician of the Massachusetts,
General Hospital in place Of the late Dr. Calvin
Ellis, is prominently mentioned as the probable
successor OF Dr. Ellis in the faculty of tne Harvard
Medical School
In a letter Just received in this country. the emf
nent ecclesiastic, Able Mogno, Canon of the Cattle
dral ST. Denis, Paris, attacks and denOunces the
French or metric system of weights and measures
and also declares the attempt to secure its general
adoption a complete failure.
Mr.. Il. II. Park, the sculptor has been commits
stoned to make n hcroic-sized bronze statue Of
Washington, costing about S12, 900. 1t will be
completed and unveiled on July 4. 1850. and for
may presented to the city OF Milwaukee by "A gentle
man and ms wife, residents Of that city, whose
identity has not been revealed, and Will not, IL IS
said be revealed until the day the statue is ded!-
Gated.
Many visitors TO Boston go TO the Old SOutn
Church to see Miss Whtney's statue OF Harriet Mar
tneau and not a few OF them wish to the artist.
OF these apparently not all are able well to deal
with unfamiliar names, for the other day a stranger
called upon Mrs Whitman, the portrait painter, and
in reducing herself apOlOgzed for the intrusion on
the ground of her desire TO SEE the maker of that
statue of Miss Sadie MtrtinOt'!
Miss Lloyd who is to 90 into history as the only
genuine Bunthorne's Bride" is not only pretty
and talented, but rich. that when she becomes
Mrs Oscar Wilde she and that poet of passion and
of pain will not (happily for them both be depend
ent upon his publishers for their bread and butter.
The story that they were to live in Dublin, her
present home is contradctcd. and neither will the
rOsvenOr Gallery be closed, nor Mr. Du Mauricr be
forced to resign from Paach by the loss of his best
subject.
Speaking of his plans for next Tuesday, Mr. Brad
laugh, the Parliamentary claimant recently
said {" shall be in the House of Commons before
the Queens speech is read, and suppose that swear
myself in and take my seat. The House might e.
pel me. If it did. there would have to be new
election and [ should be back again in iOrt-
night . | snail call no more meetings | shall
rely on the law and my right, and | will not give
the House one days peace until II either takes 10y
scat away from me or let's me do my duty to my
constituents"
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03

and character for the command of the expedi-
tion. there will be better chance of success.
The Secretary will not be apt to send anyone
who il unwilling to go, and selections for minor
positions will be made largely among volnn-
teers. whatever may be the form of the appro-
priation bill. The voyage TO Smith Sound this
year will not be for either ship more hazardous
than the cruise of the Yantic last year, and the
officers Of that vessel were peremptorily ordered
North. The real dangers to be faced Will be
above Littlcton Island, if the Greely party are
not found there or at Cape York. II will then
be necessary to send Il small party in boats or
sedges to Lady Franklin Sound. In that event
volunteers will probably called for from the
officers and crews of both ships. Whether the
expedition be organized in accordance with the
wishes of Senate or House, there is small risk
that anybody will be exposed To supreme peril
against his will. Therefore, we repeat that this
untimcy disagreement between the houses
ought to be brought TO an end.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03
ITALIA THEATRE.

trace of the old regime III theatrlcais is
irtaned at the Thalia Theatre the German stage DC
49,, cot an too precarious footing In this country 10
o,t NJ te combinations and long runs whieh are 'ho
80 - tbc American stage. In another respect TOO Vu'
rnu Theatre Is unique. IL has company OF Actors u
,r.st versatility, Who though their first excellence N
',n,edv can turn to operetta or tragedy Win equn
s,,,v AT uresent Mr.. Amberg has Two "guosS "'
~ sopse-Yme GeisngeT an exponent Oh come!'
,a1 a, well as spoken, and Nine. rScnoa'
tr,yic actress On Wednesday the i" .%.
,o1 rho mart OF the heroine in Hahn's version u w
80 of frselda Ha Inns tragedy created SUE M 90
many afty wears ago. mainly because oi the :,
al ,por og its dlctiou for Il adheres TO the se'er
a,,optiops in It's treatment and IS quite rs III" ~
~,thos "a the same authors sohn der "hdhis' w.
a. g., tpsish version we know ~ " Ingomar' the DD
~ The story become the common property VI a"
,,oo,. IN people centuries ago, and has passeu 'HO1
or.s of feebe ands besides those OF Boccaccio
ii tt,,s s,oAs Hahn strained point IN repi yyiht,
S S.i 10 Oe the wife OF Percya one oi l.e hhsr hssrer
~ fba Round Table IA hero no was areauy tLtn, tL ina
% ~, annie burden Of adyentures); ana IL % ar
,ai nj Che patient Ciri-sr the suJect VI ,r,nnei
S.i0aen the husband and queen GuneVere no ia Joor
,hn story of half It's poetic charm ana el9e he der
srtnst the happy outcome which Is lOahI VI near is
,sr'to1s NJ ne Irschick viii on Wednesday PP1dap
,rnher ulay of German herOcs, GelDeIs oiud,ced a
on Thursday evening Nine Sels'anst, ZION from tho
new comedy "Dle Kind,ftau an asp' .atare will
tSarch mis- niece OF somewhat ihmsy 81 1Jnesay
be Owen all this week with the eA'ep'"H VI
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03
TIE FALL RIVER STRIKE.

A dispatch from Fall River last night states
that 5000 cotton operatives have gone on
strike at that place, and that more
may do so soon. The primary cause of
this movement is o reduction in wages
which the men claim will make it impossible for
them to earn more than $8 a week. They also
assert that since 1874 wages in their trade have
been reduced IL per cent, and that there has
seldom been a rise after fall in wages. AT the
meeting where the strike was decided upon some
of the more cautious operatives represented
that they We're not now in financial condition
to strike, and that they could not maintain
themselves without work long enough to force
the manufacturers to terms. These considera-
tiOns, however, were ignored, and the strike
was ordered by large vote.
1t is to be feared that the result of this move-
ment will be disastrous to the operatives.
There is no ground for the belief that they
have any considerable reserve fund on hand,
and there is probably little prospect of assist
ance from other trade organizations. The
telegraphers' strike showed that promises of
that kind cannot always be depended on, and as
the condition of the manufacturing interests
generally is depressed, and reduced wages and
shortened hours are the rule rather than the
exception, the probabilities of a successful Issue
to the new strike are small 1t is unfortunate
that at such junctures workmen are so prone to
take counsel of their feelings instead of their
Judgment. Of course it is their privilege to
stop work if they choose to do so, but sensible
men will not prefer no bread to half a loaf in
dull times, and that is what these operatives
propose to do.
Strikes made on falling market are always
suicidal. We should have thought that truth
had been demonstrated too often in the history
of American labor to be overlooked or doubted
now. Strikes made by men who have not means
to support themselves are just as ill-advsed
and as certain to fail Yet the leaders of the
wOrkingmen repeat these bunders in the teeth
of the bitterest experience, and thus the opera
tives are led to waste their savings, TO i'm
poverish themselves utterly, and finally to put
themselves more than ever in the power of the
employers, because destitutOn will in the end
force them to accept perhaps even lower wages
than those against which they struck. The
abandonment of work by so many people must
produce widespread suffering, and it is not the
manufacturers who will have TO bear the
greater part of it. 1t will fall most heavily
upOH IHc uOSt uCipIcSSj uPoh hoHiCH anu
children; upon the aged, the sick and the
crippled. A little patience would have been
much wiser at such time. The end of winter
promises to bring a revival of trade, and then,
with orders flowing i'll to the mills, the opera
tives would have much better prospect of
obtaining a reasonable rate of wages. As it is,
many of the manufacturers may be rather glad
of few weeks suspension, and unless they
apprehend much larger strike than appears
possible now, it is not probable that they will
be in any haste to consent to the demands of
the men.
New-York tribune., 1884-02-03

In the comments on American society made by
The Saturday Rerieg and quoted another page
there is an amount Of justice and knowledge which
we have not been taught TO expect from an English
journal II in some drectiOns its criticism is as sharp
that of Sir Lepel Griffin it has mt least the merit
Of being true. All Americans of good sense
knowledge the absurdity of taking III this coun-
try habits and sports wholly unsuited to our
climate and surroundings and the cheap imitator
of English ways and English speech is already
a laughing-stOck even among his fellows. Some
day, perhaps he will understand that it is much
more distinguished" to have a style of ones own
solid silver manner, as it were, and not plated
one That we have Outgrown our provinciaism and
colOnIalism is an admission which is as unexpected
as il is pleasant; and Judging from his own work his
readers have no reason To think that Mr. Henry
James will object to being called Europeanlzed
American. AS for our growing independence IN
literary matters, that is an evident fact OF winch
Mr.. James may perhaps become aware now that it
is proclaimed by an English critic.
The Paris Government has driven many thou
sands Of ragpickcrs to the verge Of despair by an
ordinance compelling hOusekeepers to refrain from
dumping their rubbish in the street in- advance of
the arrival of the dirt-gatherers. This used to be
tie opportunity Of the ragpckers, who were very
ancient conscientious, systematic and peaceful
tribe constituting a small community By them
selves proud Of their independence, aud content
with their small earnings. Many OF these poor peo-
pie will probably be driven to crime now, and will
swell the ranks of the dangerous classes. 1t Is
doubtful whether this disintegratiOn was judi
ciOus act.
An Italian dignity having left large fortune,
the police have been trying to find out where and
how he made it. They have at length discovered
that he at one time an army paymaster, and
this fact appears to be regarded as a sufficient ex-
planation There must have been rich pckings in
the army of Naples when Mgr. CeSare was connected
with it.
The exhibition of the Kecly Motor is once more
postponed. This is not surprising. All that is sur
prsing in the case is the beautiful and ndOmitab.e
faith Of the stockholders. 1t evidently is OF the
kind which moves mountains, and yet it has not
caused the Kecly Motor to go. In the course of
nature the inventor will die, and then the stock
holders will be secure for they can confidently
hold that "if he had lived he would have COM
pleted his machine that is to say ho would have
squared the circle, discovered perpetual motion,
found the universal solvent.