Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-03-05
sI,ryiand Live stock.

TIE report of the department CT agriculture
for January and February OF farm animals
furnishes the following as TO the State OF Mary
laad Il i not considered hat there are today
Il: many horses in the State as the last ctnsus
gives it credit for, yet, owing 10 proper breed
ing and care, they aggregate more in value
Those " ho make il a business TO raise horses
give it much more attention and conduct the
system Il on better principles thln formerly
A. 10 nues and asses, II seems evident that
/ the iear ~ % them is running out, for only =
few jacks ever brough; into The State, aud
most OF tae mules are bred elsewhere.
/ TIE total number of mich cows has increas-
! t / since last year, bccAuss more attention has
beea given 10 individual isirying. There ha,
also been an Increase in the aumber OF cream
cries
| Work oxen have decidedly decreased in mum
hers, and mules or horses substituted. They
are considered to slow for work. and ~h-a
turned iato h5rt do not pay, because Of the
/ ch;ap Western beet that at present 4 pods our
markets Young cattle rernain about the % ae
as last wear; The heif,rs kept over for tie
dairy and the males are sold soon posi-
bic, Tor ouy young beef animals pay =; all.
Present prices do not justify breeding cattle
for tie shinuies and Gut little OF that hu,i-
ness is dere in Mar, land. Many cattle are
boug ht annually to be stal-fed ana for the con-
version OF the fodder and corr OF The farm into
manure, Ihs farmer expecting oals 10 bs paid
for his grain aud fodder by the increased weight
of the animal, looking 10 the IN .Gure as pay for
the PERSONAL care aud attention. Few t.rmsrs
expect any profit from cattle feeding.
Sheep. as 10 number, are much reduced. ow-
ing 10 the low prices ., wool and mutton, yet
the value of sheep in Maryland is today above
wasi it waS last year. because OF tho number
OF hi h-prirei imp ,rt"d sheep that have taken
the place IN small numbers OF u large number
fmore n different ones. Shsep for the butcher
no Isnger pay 10 rsise. Hence lew care 10
K, ep more than will be necessary for home con
sum pfiJn No disease has been prevalent. The
destruction o. dogs has been less til. past year
taa before, because sheep Save decreased il
number, yet both Wlcomco and Alleg.ny
counties report the l1ss 10y dogs 10 be not less
than $500 each.
Hogs ar. bred in Maryland chiefly tor home
consumption, bu' ye been reduced in Number
durin. the past year by cholera, which s'iii
sisis our State with f'arful results, particular
! y in Worcester ana Calvert counties, almost
the two extremes o: the State.
For Free Marriage.
Ia the S nate last vel the bill reducing
the fe tor marriage licenst TO s. Ozone ha i
Zach 10 the State and the c,erk issuing The H.
cynse-came up for final passage, and NJ Bow
las, OF Frederick, III .de lengthy speech IN
f.vor Of wiFiag out the fee altogether. lie
said there Was certainly no defense Tor The IF
fort 10 tax III, rritge licenses excepting on the
score OF revenue 10 the Sit VII his bill
was b.fore the Senate lwo years ago he opposed
it because the Stat, need ID The revenue at that
time and 81 WAS too l4lc in tie Session for The
Fina &C: Commute to devise :one ,rher mean.
O. ~. ziug re venue Now it is d ,heient. The
Com ,troller, in his late report, shows TIE
6nan .cs of tie st tie to- in an al niraoe con-
diuon. AMI there i, in the State treasury =
larg. balance 70 lie aid on the ublic j bt, and
il 5 agreed that il is Longer necessary 70
draw revenue rom NJ trriage icen> ;. S"me o.
the Senator'S itprestn that II We r,ke out The
tax Il 0 eih:r some OF The cOnniy cir' rs vii
suffer, ami be h ID ucrh ask u let II he al 81
cents, bat he DID not believe IN taxing p~oll,
who want t. g,t married merely 70 give fec
to clerks. Several bills had ,eAdr p'.se thu
Senate aud he believed won pa,s tie HOUSE
! also, that would Largely increase The revenue
Of county clerks ana the saati-> of Il g clrrki
would be larger after thl, SEES on IN II ever
There is no principle 10 ju-tii, Kin mari
ages excepting revenue, and "a H. '"s H.
( necessI Try now, he believed in llruaIi AIDE III
d ors lradiag to matrimonv
Notw outstanding the Frederick Senator!
elcul.n.e his amendment !, cred l,
SO anohr one of.rel 10y him reducing III,
fee to % cents, and the bill as OF 2inall. drawn
was passed.
! Physicians Have Found Out
That a contaminating and foreign .lem"nt il
, the blood developed hv udgrsiion is tit
. cause Ct rheumaIi-m. This settles upon III
sensitive sub-cutaneons GOV, rim. ,f the III IS
. cles and ligaments Of the j 'ints. u.irg csn
slant aud Sitting pain, and aggreg"tins as
calcarsous, thalky deposit which produce
ilfn.ss and dis or,iou OF the joints No fact
, which experience has demonstrated in regart
; to Hostetter'S Stomach Buffers, has strou e
4 evidence t, support than this, namely. tina
his medicine of comprehensive uses che, Ks th
: formid bic and alruclous disease nor is it les
+ positively established thh it is preferable L
t the peisons often used To arrest it. since tn
medicine contains only sau,ary ingredients
It is also il signal remedy f r mal'rial fever
> constipation, dyspepsia, kidney and blade
r ailments, debility and other disorders. Se
that you get the gesuine.