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Year: 1869

CARE OF MILK VEssELs.-In an article in
the Ohio Farmer, written by cheese fac.
tory man, we find the following sugges-
tons on washing cans, which are equally
applicable to pans and other dishes in
which milk is kept:


When p can is to be washed. do not put
hot water in at first, but put in water not
above milk-warm, which will readily dis
solve the milk if any is dried on to the tin.
and it works off very easily; while if hot
water is applied at first, it has tendency
to cool the milk on the tin, in which con.
dition water will not very readily dissolve
it, but warm milk will II is therefore
very important to give strict heed to the
matter. and see that the milk is thorough
ly removed by washing before any
boiling hot water is applied. Care must
be taken to remove every vestige of the
milk about the seams of the cans and COW
ers, as here is where the trouble always
begins. Ny attention is always directed
to the seams first, if . can is not properly
cleansed especially the seams in the cover.
The little tube in the center of the cover,
Is also place to be especially looked after
in cleaning the cans.


Very many people who consider them
selves, and are considered by others, pat
terms of neatness, fail to keep their milk
cans perfectly cleansed; many times, no
doubt. through Ignorance of how to do it,
and many times from lack of apprecia-
tion of tS.e extreme neatness of that scru-
pulous care necessary to keep everything
used about the milk Immediately clean.
Year: 1869

my blood, and the wild shrieks of all those
around rent the air. The serpent was
loose and crawling on the ground, but be-
fore it had time to 60 far, long pole
came down upon its back and broke its
spine, and in less time that | take to
write it down the monster was killed


To the French doctor who had charge
of the little colony the man went (happi-
ly he was just at hand) all the remedies
were prompt and powerful; the man suf-
tered Intensely; lis body became swollen,
his mind wandered, and his life was des-
paired of; but at last he got better, and
though complaining of great pain near
the heart, he was soon able to go out
again. A short time after this accident
having an ak in his hand, going, as he
said, to cut wood, he suddenly split his
own head IN two He he'd become In,
sane
Year: 1869

AS the children were leaving the school
house on Third street, in Cincinnati
lately, they discovered large snake crawl
ing over the roof Of the opposite house.
Of course such strange visitant as this,
in such locality and at such time of
the year, created intense excitement.
After much trouble his snake ship was
killed, and proved to be a young an aeon
da, measuring five feet eight inches in
length. Where it came from is a perfect
mystery:
Year: 1869

ABOUT EARLY MARRIAGEs.-transss
lin, it is well known, was in favor Of early
marriages. He thought that every man
IL good health, and capable of working
with his hands, should marry at the age OF
twenty-one. Numerous social philoso-
piers have takea a similar view, while
some have seen fit to adopt different
notion. Henry Ward Beecher, IN his late
Thanksgiving sermon, speaks IN favor OF
early marriages, as Will be seen By the
following paragraph:


Early marriages arc permanent morali-
ties, and yet, every year it is becoming
more difficult for young men to enter that
state which is the best guard over their
virtue. The fault is in public opinions
which admits person into what is called
society, or thrusts him out, according to
his external circumstances aud pecuniary
condition. Society is bad when two caa-
not live cheaper than one, and young Iasn
are under bad influences when they ars
kept out of matrimony for years from
prudential reasons Alas for the wife
who was not first sweetheart. Prudence
Is good, but is there no prudence in genu-
inc love? Woe be to the society that puts
off afiancing till after the period of re-
mancing. The girl infected with this
public spirit waits for one to WOO her who
can put her in the same position she oc'
cupiel when she left her parents house.
She wants her husband in the beginning
to have as much as her father had at the
end, instead of going with her husband
to the beginning, and working their way
up together loving and loved. All wed d.
lock is adulterous that is not inspired iron.
the heart. Blessed be the girl whose
luxurious rearing has only the better lifted
her for beginning life at the bottom.
And, above all, let newly married people
beware of the Sodom and Gomorrah-ths
boarding g-hotse. This is no place to rear
family and establish household like
that our fathers had. A log, cabin is bss-
ter for family than the Fifth avenus
Hotel, though they got the whole estab-
lishment for nothing
Year: 1869

The -Ameracon Agrtcuaturist holds that
a farmer should own no more land than he
can make pay six per cent. on its market
value. Some farms do not pay three per
cent, and cases are given where not more
than two per cent. is realized.
Year: 1869

These gatherings of our farmers are on the
increase. and the people are becoming more
and more interested in the cultivation of the
earth. We have often thought it strange
that the farmers in this vicinity do not get
together occasionally, and discuss the uues-
tions in which they have so deep an interest
Much could be learned from an interchange
OF opinions upon the subject of farming.
Our city would be good place for such gath
erings during the winter months when our
cultivators could impart to each other the i'm
formation experience has taught them.
Books and agricultural journals are well
enough in their places and much valuable in
formation may be derived from them, but
experience is one OF the best school-masters
in this department of human industry. AL
though farming and gardening are very ancient
employments and the inhabitants OF our
world ale, and always will be, dependent on
them for the principal part of food that sus-
tains life, yet the half has not been told, and
much has yet to be learned. As generations
PASS away, mother earth becomes exhausted
and needs strengthening, and how best to do
1t has become question of great and para
mount importance.


We have been led to the above reflections
by reading an account OF a recent "Farmers'
Gathering" in Manchester, N. II. The con-
vention was very fully attended and much
talent, intelligence and energy of the rural
profession were represented in it as we learn
from the mirror and Farmer" The Presi-
dent of the Convention on taking the chair
very properly said that tsrming is the only in
dustrial pursuit that cannot be overdone.
The merchant may overtrade, the mechanic
may gut The market, the professional man
fail of employment and proper compensation,
but the farmer cannot too highly cultivate
the earth, nor does she fail to reward his la
bor. Although the Granite State, according
to the census of 1860 is the twenty-sesenth
in size, yet in annual production she stands
the eleventh.


Mr.. " alker read a very interesting essay
on the culture of Indian corn. The question
has long been disputed whether the plant
Zea Nays popularity known as Maizs, Is indi.
genous to this hemisphere or to the other,
whether its origin was in the old world or
the new. But that is only interesting as a
matter OF history, and the weight of testimo-
ny seems to indicate that Europe and Asa
received the plant from America. 1t has
been found growing wild in all parts OF our
continent adapted to its production from Or
egon to Paraguay. No doubt it had been cul-
tivated for many centuries by the natives be-
fore the white man reached our shores. Mr..
Walker says: "its cultivation was generally
Year: 1869

As some contrariety Of opinion exists
10 regard to the mode Of electing senator,
the interest now felt 10 the question may
warrant publication at this time Of the
exact language Of the act bearing on the
subject, copied from the statutes At large.
The act was passed at the 6rst session OF
the Thirty ninth Congress, after the elec.
tion squabble in New Hampshire, and in
time to enforce the election Of Mr.. Drake.
The Rrst section reads 40 follows:


"Ihat the Legislature Of each State
which shall be chosen next preceding the
expiration of the time for which any sen.
ator was elected to represent said State in
Congress. shall, on the second Tuesday
after the meeting and organization
thereof, proceed to elect q senator in Con.
gress, in the place of such senator so 60
ing out of Office, in the following manner |:
Each House shall openly, by viva voce
Of each member present. name one person
for senator in Congress from said State,
and tho name OF the person so voted
for, Who shall have majority Of the whole
number of votes cast in each House,
shall be entered on the journals Of each
House by the clerk or secretary thereof ;
but if either House shall fail to give such
majority to any person, on said day, that
fact shall be ertered on the journal Al
IL o'clock meridian Of the day following
that on which proceedings are required
to take place, as aforesaid, the members
of tho two Houses shall convene iu joint
assembly aud the journal Of each House
shall then be read, and II the same per.
son shall have received . majority Of oil
tho votes in each House, such person shall
be declared duly elected senator to rep
resent said State In the Congress Of the
United States but II the same person
shall not have received majority Of the


votes in each House. or if either Hous,
shall have failed to take proceedings ~ re


quired by this act, the joint assembl,


shall then proceed to choose by viva


poce vote Of each membet present . per


son fer the purpose aforesaid, and th'


person having majority Of oil the vote
Of the said joint assembly, . majority 0
oil the members elected to both houses
being present and voting. shall be de-
olarej duly elected 1; and 10 case no per-
son shsi! receive such majority on th'


6rst day, tho joint assembly shall meet q
twelve o'clock meridian Of each succeed
ling day during the session Of the Legs
laturs, aud take at least one vote until Z
senator shall bs elected. ."-Republicas
Year: 1869

While strolliue over the hills and val
lcys Of Vermont. / Recently pulled up"
at Nershire, aed having curiosity to see
the hole in the ground, or rather ledge, l
gladly accepted the invitation of Capt.
Pollard, the general superintendent Of
the mines, to 20 in.


The next morning, accompanied by
Capt. Pascoe, who is mining manager, we
went to the mouth Of the tunnel about
one hundred rods from the main road.
Seated in an iron box car about q feet
wide and about 6 feet long drawn by a
small French horse who had lamp at
tached to his collar to light him through,
we were drawn on nearly level track
until we had entered about 500 feet where
we found large number of men engaged
in stopping, that Is, blowing out the rock
on the sides of the tunnel, and following
the vein of ore, which here is down at an
angle of about 20 degrees. The tunnel is
about 800 feet below the surface most Of
the way. Many Of the miners wear lamps
attached to their caps by hooks, which
are literally light to their feet.


AT about 900 feet from the entrance and
about 300 feet below the opening above
is steam engine Of about % horse power,
which is used to draw up the ore from a
side shaft or stope which is sunk about
500 feet from the track at an angle of
about "a degrees, down which runs two
tracks At the bottom of this shaft is
found some very rich ore.


The cars are drawn up by wire rope
about one inch in diameter, which Is
wound around large drum and as a
loaded car is drawn up an empty one is
lowered.


The men are mostly Englishmen, who
have been brought up in the business.


We remained in the mines nearly half
a day, conversing freely with the men,
many Of whom we found to be very intel
ligent and well read; some rather anx-
ious to fool Yankee Inquiring Of one
how he could keep the powder in the
holes overhead to blast, he replied they
wet it little. But on asking how he
made it burn he acknowledged he could
not tell. But as q class they are very
civil and communicative.


The company is now taking out about
5000 tons year, averaging about 10 per
csnt. pure copper. ga sA


Most Of the blasting u done by con-
tract. r
Year: 1869

Following out car load Of ore we
watched its descent down a track some
fifty or sixty rods while at the Same time
an empty car is drawn up.


Thelspeed is regulated by man at the
brake at the upper end. At the lower
end OF the track the ore is dumped into
tho cobbing house, where it is broken by
men and boys into pieces about the size Of
hens egg 1t Is then shoveled into q
long trough and washed by. running wa
ter From there it is taken to the roast
ing beds near by whore it is laid on lay.
ers Of wood in piles about two rods long
and one rod wide and about six feet high /;
these plles are then covered something
like u coal pit and the ore roasted, which
operation takes about two weeks,
and separates the sulphur. The burn
ing sulphur from these beds is des-
tractive to vegetation of all kinds near
by From the roasting beds it is taken
by hope cars to the smelling works near
the main road. Here We sere shown
around by Capt. w. Fl. Long, the super
intendent Of the furnace. They have six
furnaces and three stacks, and the ore is
dumped directly from the cars into the
furnaces, which are constructed on new
principle, tho invention ct Hr Long, by
which all the fine ore dust is saved, max
ing saving Of about $4,000 year.


The fuel used is mostly coke from Nova
Scotia with little charcoal 1t takes
about one pound of fuel to melt six
pounds Qf orr. Tho Qrs il refned by
smelling to about 40 per cent copper
The company intend to commence next
summer making pig copper which will be
abou. 80 per cent. pure metal At the
furnace building is another steam engine
Of about 30-horse power, which blows the
furnace and drives the machinery for the
carpenters shop.


The company now employ nearly 100
men and boys in and around the works,
and everything about the works gives
evident signs of prosperity. The month
ly pay is about S50UU, which IL addiag
greatly to the business Of Wsst Fairlee
village near by.


We cannot conclude without expressing
our thanks to Capts. Pollard, Pascoe,
Long. Dunstan and others connected with
the business, for their courtesy and oblig
ing attentions, and can assure your read
ers there are greater sights to be seen
near Uy than they imagine. d.
Year: 1869

near the rivers edge, pass along the roof
walls, and run up out through another
similar shaft on the other side. For want
of room rather than for want Of stuff, III
cut short my thread by saying that over
coats and fires are still in good demand
here, and what with the city newspapers,
and the east and west wind, I'm told there
ia one continuous bloac H.
Year: 1869

A MEAN HoAx.-A Baltimore gentle
man whose parents live in Hartford was
a few days since summoned thither by
dispatch announcing the deaths Of his
father and mother, and requesting his
presence at the funeral He obeved with
a sad haste, and found that the thing was
hoax. Such an outrage upon all the de-
cencies of life would Justify the victim in
getting up funeral if he knew the perpe-
Year: 1869

.o,tor 70 his affairs nothing that in any way con-
earned him escaped his attention, and he could i'll
hear untlrift and improvidence and depreciation.
Hence when absent, his minute directions to his
oyerseers. When the the war was over, and our In
dcpendence was gained, he felt that he had work
enough TO do at Mount Vernon, without taking upon
himself the cares of Government, bihgly OF other
wise and he says, ito an un0,pauched mind the
task of making Improvements on earth are much
mere delightful than all po vain glory acquired by
ravaging it,"


The tomb continuing the remains OF Washington
and his wife is ON gentle decvity facing wooded
hill The road runs by the side of n fence where old
pear trees of the native variety stand, in hedge
Through an irOn-grated door sees his marble
sarcOphagus, handsomely ornamented on the right
while hers quite plain i on tho left and this . Is al
Un the outside are the various monuments OF the
family.


/ had yet two or three hours to wait for the boat
the day was chilly and raw and going to the house
had colored girl make a wood fire in the library.
As the fire frightened and warmed the room, and
finally sunk into Goals an,outlne of the history Of
this house naturally was presented. youth not
supposed born to great estate was denied the pry'
eges of the schools of the time but with such learn
ing as he could gather he fitted himself to survey
wilderness lands and found employment from
wealthy and powerful neighbOr. lie became familiar
with backwood scenes and with all that pertains to
pioneer life, to its poverty, its privations and dis
eases, which prepared him for military occupation,
in which, by reason of the Qucllness of his observa
tion and the soundness of his Judgment his actions
have become recorded in history. Meanwhile this
Mt Vernon estate had been bequeathed TO him, and
there is no more interesting paper in his fehistory
than that of his introduction to lady on the
banks of a river now made dOubly classic. and his


lingering as the hours went by. Martha Custis had
a fortune which would be largo in our day. for in
money alone she had Sl5O,OOO, and hither came the
newly-wedded pair to build, to improve, to enjoy
and to love- To so much was added the glory OF the
new world rising from and around them. Here, at
the close of day. this identical hearthstone, and
with his eyes resting on this identical black marble
mantel has he meditated the events of his life,
and hther to his side did she softly come, and here


their feet have stood together. When Congress con
sidercd proper resting place for Washngton's re-
mains, she said that whatever they might conclude
upon, she must sleep by his side No wife better
could assert her dignity-nono has been better
Obeyed. n. c. NJ
Year: 1869

A May-Day party will be held at Pereira' S
Ranch on May-Day, and ball given in the
evening, for the benefit of the Public School
of jamestown. During the day the children
will crown their queen, with other exercise
such as singing r,ecitatiens &C., a band will
be there during the day ample opportunities
for dancing around the May pole free will be
given-Everything desirable on such occasion
in the shape of refreshments can be had on
the grounds. The festivities of the day will
close with the Ball. The object for which it
is given, is worthy of patronage, and We
hope, the school may be benefited by it.
Year: 1869

The bulletin thinks it would be very i'm
polite, for large manufactures Of boots and
shoes to employ Chinese worknen, in conse-
auence of the strike which has been made.
BY the white journeymen of that trade in San
Francisco. That it is of doubtful propriety
to bring Cinnamon in competition with our
own mechanics and bad policy to force
them into competition with cur white skilled
labor. What else can be expected if the radi-
cal project of bringing them into competition
politically, with white men should be ratified
by the States? 1t will be worse n thousand
times over to be governed by Cinnamon, than
10 employ thcm to labor. If the last pro-
posed amendment to the constitution becomes
N part Of the law Of the land the Bulletin will
think it very impolitc for their fellow-citizens
from China, to attempt to give tone to the
press, which they will have a perfect right
IN do. when they become possessed of the same
rights and privileges that the white boot and
shoemakers Of San Francisco now have.
While Congress is using extraordinary efforts
N bestow the full privilege of citizen upon
this inferior race. it is hardly fhir for the
friends Of that measure to denv the poor fell
lows the privilege. of being placed on an equal
footing with their other felow-ciizens in oh
tanning a livelihood, by honest labor in mo-
ehanical EN- m1lovment But of such is radi
cal consistency, we want your vote John, but
you can't make shoes for us.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER WISHES To BE SENAToR.-W. l.
Clark announces that he wants the honor of
representing this district in Senatorial capa-
city. But one Senator is to be elected this
fall, and there are now FIVE who publicly
announce that they are after it, each of them
thinks he has it ''dead," and We think four
out of the five have it in that way.
Year: 1869

The OLD BUCHANAN MINE.--This claim is
again giving substantial evidence of its great
wealth. The Tuolumne Mountain Gold and
Silver Mining Company to whom the claim
belongs through bad management, and want
of unanimity on the part of stockholders
failed to make it profitable. After allowing
it to lie idle for many months it was leased to
Mr.. Breuer, VINO went TO WORK In earnest
with determination, to make 1t pay If ore
could be found in the mine, such as was be-
lieyed to be there. He at once started a level
about thirty-eight feet below the original
,urnpl and now has a vein from two and a
half IN three feet in thickness. which for one
hundred feet in length, or far as the level Is
now run. he says will pay from twenty to
forty dollars per ton, -and that the last blast
shows richer than any in the level. The
crushing of fur,y six tons, yielded last week
one hundred and twelve ounces of pure gold.
This mine in times past has yielded well, and
has awavs been considered one of the richest
in the county. With good machinery and
economical management there is no question
but that it can be made very profitable.
Year: 1869

"Zeb," in relation to the sale of the Mineral
lands we shall hereafter take up the subject
and try to show that the sale of these lands
to settlers. will be the best disposition that Can
be made of them.
Year: 1869

the plaintiff. The case was brought
here for review, and the court now
held (Mr. Justice Swayne delivering
the opiniOn) that the declarations Of
the deceased, made at the time of the
accident, were admissible as evidence
to show the fact of the fall and the in
iuries occasiOned by it. The rule OF
evidence in snch cases is reviewed at
great length in the opinion, and the
Judgment of the court below IS
affirmed. Mr.. Justice Clifford read a
dissenting opinion, which was con-
Cured in by Justice Nelson.


No. 2O7. The ChicOpee Bank, Plain
tiff in Error, VS.. The Seventh National
Bank of Philadelphia-ErrOr to the
Circuit Court for the District of Mas
sachusetts.-The Philadelphia bank
sent a draft to the ChicOpee Bank in
Massachusetts for collection, which
was lost in the latter bank and was
not presented for payment. The ac-
ceptors proving worthless and the
drawer and endOrser being discharged
in consequence Of the want of demand
and protest or other notice, this suit
was brought and resulted in favor OF
the plaintiff. The defendant brought
the case, insisting that nothing was
done or omitted by their bank which
caused or contributed to the default OF
the acceptors; and that the bill hav-
ing been in the bank during the day
Of payment and no call having been
made at the bank or provisions for
payment made by the acceptor, the
prior parties having notice, they can
not afterwards depend on the mere
ground that the officer of the bank
did not, in fact, know that the bill
was in the bank on that day. Mr.
/ Justice Nelson now delivered the
opinion Of the Court, affirming the
/ Judgment below, holding that the
prior parties were discharged by the
negligence Of the ChicOpee Bank, and
that the bank became liable for the
amount.
Year: 1869

New YORK, December 4.-Alexan-
der Mcdonald, President of the Mi
ners' Association of Great Britain,
who is upon tour in this country OBJ
serving the labor element, addressed
the WOrkingman's Union last night.
In regard to Cinnamon on the Pacific
slope he said their importation should
be stopped, as it was the importation
of a slave element, worse in some re-
spects than the negro system that
brought about the war.
Year: 1869

Any Druggist in the country will tell you, if you
take the trouble to enquire that every that buys
a bottle OF Goes Dyspepsia Cure from them. speaks
in the most unqualified praise OF its great medicinal
virtues.