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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-09-25

WANTED.-SOme one to wash and iron
for large family. VIII be required to do
the work at their own home. Inquire at
aug % 2t The CLARION OFFICE.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-09-25

PUBLIC SPRAKING,-The following are
the places and names of speakers for Rcpub-
lican meetings throughout the county:
Creagerstown, October 20, DIR. Lewis H..
Steiner, Charles F. Markell.
Emmitsburg, October 25th, John G. Mot
ter, VIM. H. Kinks, Francis Brcnglc.
Sabillasv,llc, October 2lst, G. W. Miller
and Edward s. Eichelberger.
Woodsboro' October Goth, G. i. Wilson
and Col G. w. f. Vernon.
Ladiesburg, October 22d, DR., Lewis H.,
Steiner and G. w. Miller.
Mechanicstown, November list, Henry r,
Torbert, Milton G. Urner and }. S. b. Hart
sock.
Lcwistown, October 30th, Hon Thos Cor
such, Edward S. Eicheberger and Ed. Y.
Goldsborough.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-09-25

SIIILOITS VITALlZElt is what you need
for Constipation, Loss Of Appetite, Dizziness
and all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and
10 cents per bottle.
Sold nv DR. NJ f. Ipathcrman
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
L'Angleterre ct les Etats-
Unis.

Washington, % juillet.-Le
President a reeu de la Refine
Victoria, lie t6legramme suivant
par lie cable:
Londres, 81 juillet.-Au Pres
ident DIES Etats- Unis, Washing
ton :
"La Refine felicit6 cordiale-
ment lie President ct lie peuple
des Etats- Unis sur la delivrance
du Lieut.. Greedy ct des heroI-
ques survivants de Pexpedition
Arctique.
Ellie espere que des nouvelles
fayorables ont etc recues de
ceux-ci. LA RENE"
Chateau Windsor.
lie President a fait La reponse
suivante:
A la Refine de la Grande
Bretagne ct de PIrlande,
Chateau Windsor
LIE President, en- son nom ct
en- Gelni du peuple des Etats-
Unis, remercie sincerement la
Refine pour ses Fluctuations
bienvenues relativement a. la
delivrance du Lieut.. Greedy ct
des survivants de l'exp6dition.
ii est hereux de dire que des
nouvelles fayorables ont etc
reeues quaint a leur sant6.
LIE President saisit cette oc-
casion pour exprimer de nou-
veau sd haute appreciation ct
eelle du peuple des Etats- Unis
du don opportun de rAlert.
Get acte gen6reux a aide a sti-
mnler ct a encourager pexpedi-
ton.
Signe CHEssER A. ARTHUR,
President DIES Etats-U nis.
lie Times de New York a pub
lie un long article Oh il reafir-
me, au nom de la fraction du par
ii republican quill repr6sente,
La resolution de reieter
la nomination de NJ. Blaine
pour deux motifs, " lie caractere
equivoque de l'homme, ct son
hostillit6 connue au principe vi
tai della r6forme administrative"
lie Times conclut ainsi "Le-
lection dun homme dune i'm
moralit6 connue, indissoluement
attach6 a des associ6s de bas
etage ct dune cupidit6 sordide,
serait une profonde ct fatale
:blessure pour la R6publique. II
est plus n6cessaire de tourner
par tous les moyens honorables,
cette calamit6 ct cette approbre
que de poursuivre quelque au-
TIRE ohjet que ce soft. Et pour lie
moment la meilleure chance
d'arriver a CO r6sultat, c'est de
nommer lie gouyerneur Oleye-
land.n
ii est inutile dfnsister sur
Importance de cette declaration.
qni ne peut manquer de poser
dun poids considerable dams les
resolutions du parti democratic
que.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

dun mile ; ct sur IN parcours
de ~plusieurs ~centaines de miles
les navires ont etc oblig6s de Sc
frayer lentement I'm passage a
travers DIES glaciers don't l'6pais-
seur variait de 3 q six pieds,
espaisseur qui augmentait con-
siderablement encore quand lis
Sc. rapprochaient.
lie Thetis ct le Bear sont ar
|rives an Cap York, lie IS JUN,
apres une travers6e de vingt-et-
un iours dams La Bale Melville,
avec deux navires d'aYant-garde
de la fotte baleAniere Dundee, ct
ills ont continue leur course
,jusqu'au Cap Sabine. A leur
retour, sept jours plus tard, lis
ont recontr6 sept autres navires
de cette fotte, q la hauteur de
Pile Wostenholme, auxquels lis
ont annoce la d6couverte de
l'expedition Greedy, atm qu'ils
ne fussent pas detournes de leurs
pecheries ct qu'ils n'affrontas~
sent pas les dangers du Smiths
Sound, On vue de la recompense
de $4,000 offerte par lie Con-
gres.
En- revenant dams la Bale
Melville, nous rencontrames
lie navire Alert, par lie travers
du Devils Thumb il luttait
alors contre ~d'immenses glaciers.
LIE Commandant Coffin a admi-
rablement maneuvre pour sc
trouver aussit0t avec son trans
port a ce port recule, avant
qu'une Overture sc f1t declar6e.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
lie Cholera.

Paris, % juillet-La moyenne
des d6c6s par le cholera a Aries
est de 8 par jour. La panique
augmente en- cette derniere vile.
.L'Archeyeque dAix visite les
malades chez eux.
Marseille, % Vingt-et-un
d6ces de choleriques rapport6s
hief soir.
Toulon, 23-Quinze d6ces hier
soir. Plusieurs pharmaciens
menacent de fer1ner parceque la
vile distribute des Inducements
gratlits.
Paris, 23-A Vidauban, il Y a
Gu aujourd'hui IN d6cas par le
cholera. IN autre d6cas est
srrVenu 4 Signes et d Brignole.
Marseille, 23-On d constat6
IA d6ces de c~hol6riques dams les
"a heures fnissant d 9 IN.
TraVaux typographiqnes en-
tous genres executes d rimpri-
xna~xn ia Gornnrur
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

On dit dams le Midi de la
France !: "Chasseur, blagueur."
LIE chroniqueur de la Gazette
des Cass(urs raconte une an
ecdote amusante ct tres edifiante
a Get 6gard:
A I'm diner d'ouverture un
chasseur sujet a caution, mails
qui Sc mefiait de lui-m6me, 6tait
convent avec son d~omestiqLe
que celui-ci lie toucherait a
P6paule toutes les fois quill
verrait ses recits Sc brouiller
avec la vraisemblance. Grace
a Intervention de ce fdele ser
viteur, les chooses allerent, vaille
que vaille, .jusqu'au moment
du dessert OH lie contour entama
l'histoire dun renard quill await
tire rhiver precedent.
-C'6tait, dit-il, I'm animal
6tonnant, jamais jusqu'alors je
men avais WI de cette taille, ct
lie suis certain de ne point ex-
agerer en- affirmant que sa queue
await au moius trois metres de
long. -Quand je dis trois
metres, vous comprenez, mes
sieurs, je ne l'ai point mesuree,
peut-6tre n'etait-ce que de deux
metres cinquante. On pr6ten-
draft meme qu'elle n'ayait que
deux metres que je ne m'entete-
rails pas
Mais lie domestique continual
a pousser son ma1tre celui-ci Sc
leva ct, avec I'm geste furibond {:
Comment s'ecria-t-il, tn
mes pas encore content Est-ce
que tn pretendrais, par hasard,
que mon renard n'avait point de
queue
Pour des groceries frafehes ct a bon
marche, allez au "Star Grocery" au-
dessous du bureau du COURIER.
Achetez yos wins, ~liqueurs, cigares
tabacs, cigarettes, pipes. iivres bIancs,
papiers, encres, &c, au =" Star Gro
Gerry" au-dessous du bureau du CoUR-
RIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

I'll est possible que lie s6nat de
la Louisiana sera appele en- SEES
sion extraordinaire Ell deem
bre pour juger Paffaire Fonte-.
lieu.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

CERTIFICATE.
We do hereby certify, that we supervise the
arrangements for all the monthly and semi
annual Drawings of the Louisiana State Lot
terry Company, and in person manage and con
troll the Drawings themselves, and that the
same are conducted with honesty, fairness and
in good faith toward all parties. We author
lie the Company to use this certificate, with
fac-similes of our signatures attached, in its
advertisements.
G.. 7. BEAUREGARD,
j. A. EARLY,
Commissioners.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
FOR SALE

ON AD E4ETAGEoUs rERns
VNHE splendid property flata 800
IL T. ValadeI situated opposite 'e ~ ] d
lie Church, Opelousas, consistine - ~ eataD.
an excellent dwelling house, Kifeba sSo iotS
rage house, barn, stable, yegetabIa = : saf-
er garden and orehard-all In nasfs aaa noR'
Apply to peAiece efdel
Oct. Cd, 1880 W nSlplR
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

LIE gouverneur ct lie bureau
DIES ing6nieurs sc sont entendus
M. s. L. James, sous l'autorite
dun acte de la legislature, pour
reconstruire les levees. Des for
cats seront immediafement en-
voy6s dams la paroisse Iberyille
pour batir la levee de Point
Clear, ct les travaux a la leyee
de Davis commenceront aussi-
tot que lie feuve aura suffisam-
ment baiss6.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

HH
La date pour inauguration
de la Grotte de Lonrdes qui
Went d'etre termin6e, nest pas
encore ix6e. Oe jour est at
tendu avec un bien grand plat
sir par toute la population +;
car cette c6r6monie sera fate
dune maniere grandiose, ct en-
presence dune grande foule, a
men pas douter. Nous avons
Oui dire que plusieurs pr6tres
des paroisses avoisinantes v
prendront part aux ceremonies.
Test une f8te qui attirera beau
coup de personnes, qui demeu-
rent a de grandes distances.
Dsapres les informations obte-
mes, i appert que, dams nm
temps bien rapproch6, IN p6le-
rlnage aura lien. Plus tard
nous consacrerons I'M article
sur les magnifcenees de Ia
6-rotte.-Observer, de st. Mar
tinFille.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
Town Property for ssIs

a dd will Win nte rooms and hall, brick SJ FIses!sI
ana ann pantry attached, servants house. sasass
m we'll staGIG' CID, etc, and half amy s'sssfa
yard, garden and lots-buildYnn"ua oallvlaed inte
of cypress. Price, s35061sssiiIaSssv a6d
balance on terms to suit purchsscelSW eash,
May 10. % Gf
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
ANTID0TE TO MALARIA
LOUIS PUCHEU.

MARCHAND de Groceries. Provisions,
1NH Quincaillerie, FaTence, verrerie, Fer
blanterie, Ustensiles dts "Graniteware,'
Fruits, Huiles, C%ouleurs, Vernis, Etc.
PoGles de Salon, ct les celebres Poeles de
Charter Oak ct autres.
BUVETTE ~joignant lie ~magasin, on l'on
trouyera les meilleures BLOSSOMS aussi,
B9ere BWdUeiser macee.
Les plus hauts prix du marehe seront payes
pour 10 mousse, laine, peaux, eft toate espece
de produits du pays. 2ljaS4
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

D6c6dee-Aux Opelousas, le IL JUL
let 1884, Nine. We. FRANCOIS TAIL
FARO DONATE, nee Celestine Dobs,
agee de 80 ans, native de Ia Nouvelle-
Orleans.
L'Abeille de la Nile Orleans est pri-
&c de reproduire.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
LOUIS pUJCWEur

EALER in Groceries and p,ov;.a.
49, Hardware, Tinware, Glassware WEN
eryWare1, Graniteware, Fresh and Psa snaek.
FRUITS, Jellles, Nuts, etc. Paints OK ssSsssea
Jug stoves n the celebrated Cbartas ~ ia
ana other Cooking Stoves, Main street Vas
helreshment Saloon adjoining, comnls..,.
stocked with The purest and best Of ljarors'
Also
BEER ON ICE.
~ Highest Market Prices maid 3. =
Hoof, Poultry, &c, and all Countrs pr KILL
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
For Sale

VESHE old Pierre Comeau plant..
Il ated on Plaquemine Ridge, As y. sas
eon5"i I'M M one hundred and ffty a a,a ssads
w WIN goo one goGd dwelling house about ss ss & y y
ne id,I prbee d15F aaa t. ryfertiIe, i siS , q
class a,sU 8o Sng amalDided third Of q tract i 81.
And the undivided third o. aeout lso asss ss''
For terms and other parfian5 apoata 20 aeya
Sept. l-tf as1uMEAu
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

rope entler0, CONNIE cerlx de
YAnaBfiQne du Sud, viendront v
mendre part ayec les Etats-U nis.
Le congress a decide den faire
pms enterprise rationale, con-
vaincu que le pays enter ne
ponvait que gagner par le de-
pl0lement des immmenses res
sources de tontes les parties de
son territoire. ii a fat large
ment les chooses Ell accord6 sans
hesitation les subsidies qui lui
ont etc demand6s. E6nergie
de ID. Burke, le direetenr-gen6-
neral, q 6t6 pour beaucoup dams
q r6ussite de PExposition ;c'est
SEES efforts constants, d SEES de-
marches incessantes quill faut.
attribuor IA popnlaeit6 qui a ac-
eueild la grande id9e dune ex-
ppsltion uniyerselle au Sud.
L'opinion publiQue est unanime
4 EscQnnaitre ce fait anjonrd'hui.
Nous lisons, dams le World de
lew Y0ak
DaHs IA compagne pr6siden
tlelle actueIle IL parti d9mocra-
tique u AZ son cote tons IA
prlncipaux journaux de Ia me-
tropole Ia nresse ill,1str6e u
See tr8a aggressive contre il narf;
publican. 0ette AIMEE, Is parti
asmocratique a la bonne fortune
a'av0ir dams son camp les ionr
Elaux les plus induerfs ct les
earicataristes les plus distingu6s
81 Naw@York. Yoici Ia liste
aea lournanx qui appuient laI
aandidatUre du gotlvernenr|
Cleveland lie World. il Her
ald. u Times, Ii Journal Of Com
aserc8, q Stats Zeitung, rEyen-
ans Post, le Graphic. Ie Morn
ang Journal Ie Truth, le Tele-
skam y Dial le News, le Gonr-
nsk des EtatszUnis. puck. i'll
|aaRpers Weekly Ii Life ets
a1naependanks Les ibaarnanv
sIEll deaendent III easd;dafp~a
hlaias sont la Tribune. IS Cam
Insfuial Advertiser. Il :5s,dfs
Has and EXPRESS s a3Ta:sH
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

x. s'apprete a d6couper IN
poulet aussi dur que la pierre.
-Voyons, dit-il a sa cuisiniere
quel crime await done commits
cette pauVre bette?
-Mais, Monsieur, je ne sails
pas, r6pond celle-ci ahurie.
OesG bien pour celia quill
fallait le Iaisser yivre: car il nest
pas. eoatqaDle.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
Entire Gascon ct Marseillais

Entire Gascon ct Marseillais
lie rapide de Bordeaux, sill
va vite9 Peuh ! vous prenez du
tabac ct DIES allumets en- vous
embarquant ct aVant que yous
ayez fni Votre cigarette, vous
etes sur les bords de la Garonne,
mon bon!
Moi, quand je pars de Mar
seille par le rapide, ct que je
suis press6 den griller une, je
ne prends que du papier, en- me
mettant dams lie train, bagasse!
-hais lie tabaci
oh lie tabac, je le prends a
Lyon, en- PEASANT.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

LAbeiIle de la Notwithstanding.
EDITION quotidienne, So par an, payable
daavance j hebdomadaIsa, % par an.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
LIST OF PRIZES
CERTIFICATE.

1867 Prizes, amounting s265, 500
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

Mercredi matin, une rencon-
tire a l'6p6e a en- lieu au-dessus
du camp Parapet, sur l'habita-
ton Labarre, entire lie eapitaine
j. 3. Brou ct u. Eyariste Poch6.
Les deux adversaires ont fait
preuve de sang-froid ct SO sont
battus courageusement. M. Po-.
che a etc blesse a la jambe mails
sa blessure nest pas serieuse.
Iorigine de la difficulte await en-
lieu lundi soir a West End.
M. Brou s'etait, dit-on, oppose
q ce que M. Pcch6 escortat une
dame ct apres r6change de pa
roles acerbes, il ravait frappe.-
Meschac6b6, 10.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

Achetez yos wins, %liqueurs, cigares
tabacs, cigarettes, pipes. livres blancs,
papiers, encres, &c, au =" Star Gro
Gerry" au-dessous du bureau du CoUR-
RIER.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

Maintenant que la convention
d6mocratique a mis- en- avant un
ticket qui commando le respect
ct la confiance de tout lie parti,
il est du devoir de tous de Sc
METRE d peuvre, ct a peuvre
s6rieusement ct sans .relache,
atm de s'assurer la victoire en-
novembre proclaim. lie ticket
est formidable a l'ennemi, il lui
inspire din respect ct de la
Granite; Wofitons de Poccasion
pour mener Ia campagne q BON
ne fin.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26
Academic DE STE. MARIE.

Op6IouHaB, one.
n Els cours de cette Academic seront GU
Ii verts lie Is septenlhre les classes GEM
menceront lie IL.
Les classes daAnglais seront e~nseigneos par
M. Henry G.. Lewis, natif de la Virginle ct
gradn6 de lUniversit6 de la Pennsylvania;
nay, d6ja bien connu dams la p~aroisse.
Avec des professeurs aussi distingues, dun
age deja muir, don't tout lie temps sera c~onsacre
au bien des eleves, ct sous la haute direction
de MN. G. ct J. T. Raymond, FAcademie ne
peut que %prOsp6rer.
Les parents y trouyeront tout ce qu'ils peu-
vent desirer pour leurs enfants. lis sont in
stamment prizes de les envoyer des rouverture
des classes. REV. q. RAYMOND,
REV. j. j. RAYMOND,
HENRY G.. LEWIS,
A. BLANC DUQUESNAY.
O~pel0usas, Ter septembre 1883. If
The Opelousas courier., 1884-07-26

Pour des groceries frafches ct a bon
marche, allez an "Star Grocery" au-
dessous du bureau du COURIER.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-18
The Swell Society Girl.

New York Letter in Chicago Tribune
The visitor to New York and the
average citizen who works for his living
seldom or never sees the really swell
society girl unless be catches a glimpse
OF her III her box at the opera house or
sees her roll by in a glit5ering drag
once year on coaching day" Any
one more thoroughly guarded than the
girl IN question 1t would be difficult to
Imagine. TO begin with, the season
has been so much shortened OF late that
she is only in New York a few months
In the year. Six years ago social fes-
tivitles began in September and no one
thought of leaving town before July.
Nowadays fashionable people never
come home before November, and the
season is not fairly started before De-
cember. 1t goes fast and furious for
five months, and then comes on the
coaching clubs parade in May, which
officially closes the season.
The society girl Iuns over to England
IN May and catches the London season at
its height. About the second week of
August she goes to Newport, where she
remains until late in September.
Thence she journeys to her fathers
country home and builds up" in prep
aration for the New York season. She
is called a bud-a debutante-in her
first year, a society girl In her second
and is pronounced passe Ill her third
Her life is a constant series of enter
tainments. She rises late in the morn
ing, goes to 2 o'clock breakfast or
luncheon in her mothers brougham,
returns in time to make an elaborate
toilet and be whirled through the park
at when she is brought back to dress
for dinner and the subsequent opera,
reception or ball, or perhaps all three
AT an early hour in the morning she
steps out of the carnage wrapped to
the chin in furs, and falls YEARLY into
the arms of her maid. Her manner is
very English" 1t is fashionable just
now to be brisk, wideawake and Jolly.
The romantic girl, the novel-readinp
girl, the spirituelle girl and the accom-
pllshed" girl are all OUT of style. The
girl of the period is very bright, a bit
horsey and uncommonly attractive. If
her flow OF spirits is sometimes forced
and palpably III real, who can wonder?
What would you have? Fatigue viii
overtake the strongest of us.
Eventually she marries III her own
set, becomes one of the married wo
man beauties" rides to hounds, goes
yachting with her husband and brings
up family of well-bred boys and
girls. Rarely-very rarely, indeed-a
bit of scandal furnishes her name.
Whether in London, Newport or New
York she is always as carefully guarded
as princess. She never goes out with
out her chaperone, and her mothers
eye is ever upon her. And the father?
Does any one ask about the old man?
He plugs away steadily IN town eleven
months in the year, making the money
necessary for the maintenance of the
uirl
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-18
The Fence of the Future.

What shall the permanent fence of
the future be? In the eastern and
southern portions of the country, where
timber was plentiful, the old Virginia
rail fence is yet to be seen; but these,
with the old log cabin will soon disap-
pear. No fences, or very few, are made
of this material now. The Usage or
ange has largely taken its place. The
county can show numerous eil-kept
hedge fences-and when well kept they
present beautiful appearance. But
there are serious objections to them.
They are expensive to keep in repair,
and if not kept neatly trimmed they are
a nuisance to their owners and to all
travellers. Another serious objection to
them is, they make such safe harbors
for rabbits. Barbed wire is being ex-
tensively introduced and may become
the fence of the future. But many do
not like it because it is dangerous to
stock. Can not some inventive genius
give us fence cheaper and better still
than any of these, or devise means by
which we may do without fences alto
gether.- Prairie Farmer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-18
For Thirty Cents.

The Waterbury American relates the
following as having recently occurred
on Connecticut railroad: "A woman,
well dressed and intelligent, boarded
train with three children, whom she
placed on seat in front of her. They
were neatly dressed in holiday attire
and were evidently bent on day of fun
at the picnic grounds. She paid her
fare to the conductor and turned her
attention out of the window when he
looked inquiringly at the children.
When he asked about them she turned
and said, indiherently: I don't know !;
they are not mine The little ones
were uneasy, and one of them, a pretty
little gil, had look of grief and sur
prise on her face that was pitiful to see.
She turned around, and, as the woman
SAID They are not mne,' she threw her
arms over the seat and cried ont,
despalrlngly, Why, / am, mamma.
The conductor passed on, too indignant
to think longer of his fare. Madam,
he said; l hope you are ashamed of
yourself for disowning your own chill
dren for matter of 80 cents She
gave the little girl bitter scolding, and
when they got OFF at the grounds thew
did not look happy"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-18
A Kind of Iathargy

Sometimes fastens upon the kidneys and blad-
der rendering them torpid and inactive. Delay
in restoring their energy is fatal alike to their
individual health and the general welfare of the
system To arouse them from state of inaction,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is about the safest
and most effective renal tonic that can be used.
1t does not over stimulate them like the alcoholic
excitants Of commerce, it never disorders, but
invigorates and regulates the stomach, and it is
incomparably fine laxative. The changes it
effects are not abrupt and violent, but natural,
easy and progressive 1t contains no ingredient
by which hurtful after consequences can be pro
duced, and its genial influence for good is soon
felt in improved appetite and sound repose.
Fever and sgue, rheumatism, dyspepsia, consti-
patton, and other ailments, also yield to it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-10-18

will furnish the information desired
from them. He states that it is COM
paratively easy matter to keep accounts
for manufacturer or trader, but very
difficult one to keep then. for farmers
Tie manufacturer purchases materials
and employs iaborers to work them up
When the articles are made it is very
easy to estimate their cost He sells
them for money, and the gain or loss in
the business is easily ascertained The
trader simply buys and sells. The diff
ference between the purchase and sell
ing price constitutes his profit or loss.
In farming there is nothing like simple
manufacturing. Everything connected
with raising crops is exceedingly COM
plicated. Most OF the operations reach
over from one year to another. The
ground is often in preparation for GER
tain crop for several years. A field is
sown to clover for the purpose of rails
ing a crop of wheat two or three years
hence. Implements are purchased that
may be in use lifetime. Land is I'M
derdrained, not for immediate effects,
but with a view to permanent improve
ments. An orchard is set out that may
not produce fruit for dozen years
None of the operations of farming re-
semble those of the trader in being
simply buying and selling. 1t is true
that the farmer often buys and sells
stock. But he generally keeps and
feeds the stock several months before
he disposes of them. 1t Is easy to find
the difference between the purchase and
selling price, but quite difficult to es-
innate the cost of the care and feed
during the time they are kept on the
place. A foreign agricultural society
recently offered prize for the best sys-
tenn of bookkeeping for farmers. Sew
eral systems were submitted, but all of
them were condemned as being quite
too complicated. 1t therefore recon-
mended that farmers keep simply di-
airy and cash book; the first to contain
arecord of important occurrences on the
farm as the time of seeding and har-
vesting, and the second to contain an
account of all the purchases and sales
and all expenditures of money for every
kind of labor.