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Year: 1860

LAKE COUNTY FAIR.-The Lake County
Agricultural Society held their Agricultural
exhibition last week. The display of cattle
and horses was good, and creditable to the
County. In other respects the Fair was not
equal to those heidi in former years. The at
tendance of speculatOrs was large and the
receipts handsome. The grounds are conve-
niently located and well arranged, and the
farmers, manufacturers, mechanics, horticul-
turists and artists of the rich Lake County
should not suffer their Eair to anguish
There is material enough in the county for
an annual Fair second to no County Fair in
the State, if it is only brought upon exhibi-
ton
Year: 1860

SASH BALAScE.-In our report of the awards
of the late County Fair, we should have
said that W. Briggs, of Cleveland, received
the first premium of 81 for Briggs Patent
Combined Lock and Sash Balance, and that
the Awarding Committee also recommend it
as a valuable invention.
Year: 1860

was the commencement Of new era in the treat
ment OF those irregularities and Obstruct0ns which
have consigned many thousands Of the young, the
beautiful and the benevolent to Premature Grave.
No female ENJOY good health unless she is regular
and whenever obstruction takes place the general
health begins to decline.
Year: 1860

A few years ago | made one of the sew


enty-nine passengers on board the steamer


Emily Barton, bound up the Tennessee.


A pleasant, intelligent, go ahead captain, a


good steward, and social, refined compa-


ny made the trip one of pleasure indeed


long shall | remember the saucy Emily


Barton and her superb living freight. One


lovely summer afternoon, it was whispered


that we were to have a wedding before the


boat reached her destination said whisper


starting first and low near the stern some


where near the vicinity of the ladies' cabin


and speedily making its way to the hall,


the boiler deck, and even TO the main; like


the snow ball down the mountain, gathering


size, form and momentum, as it rolled for


ward, until the principles in the interesting


scene we're not only pointed out, but the


parson-some scraps of the history of each,


fiction, fact and surmise, all hashed up in
geniousiy, leaving you in the half pleasant,
half painful suspense and doubt that opens
the eye wide and strains the drums of the
ear so tight to all transpiring around you.


Well, we landed to wood at magnificent
beech bottom, the tall, heavily leaved trees
with their silver gray trunks making deep
cool shade while they, with the grassy
green bank that bore them, were imaged in
the grassy river, so clear, so true, that in-
tercision only pointed the false from the
real Cutting this charming spot in the
twain came a murmuring crystal spring
brook, scarce four spans wide, to loose It.
self in the mass of Tennessee waters, they
in turn TO be alike lost in the boundless sea.


No sooner was the staging out than there
emerged from the lady's cabin, fine manly
fellow, dressed in faultless taste, intellect
beaming in every feature, while over his
face perfect happiness shone like phospho- !
rous on the sea. Leaning on his arm was
the most loyeable woman it has ever been |
our lot TO behold, her fine hazel eyes speak |
ing deep emotion, and her expressive lip /
quivering with suppressed excitement, I
while her dress, step and grace was that of
a queen. There they are! " That's 1
she," oh, how handsome!" burst from
many lip as we instinctiyely made way TO 4
let them pass TO the altar, and where that /
was we had about as clear an idea rs /
generally has of what he
is talking about. But one thing we all /
seemed to know, that there was ftn ahead, /
and to follow in their wake was the way to
see it. As the ladies passed, an arm was
offered TO each, and thus We marched out /
Of the cabin, down the stairs, across the
Year: 1860

Speaking of Saratoga, the Troy Times
says 1--WE were not little amused one
evening. while looking in upon hop at tIrs
Union, last week. In one Of the sets Of
dancers was young man whose dress and
air bespoke sprig of wealth, if not of
royalty. He would have passed for the
Prince of Wales, or the Prince of Noodles.
No one in the saloon equaled him IN the
neatness or elegance OF his attire, or tho
dashing nonchaleuce with which he riayed
his part. He was the favorse OF the
young ladies', and the especial pet of man.
aging mammas. Yet that young mans
mother, year or two since took II washing,
in the city Of Albany
Year: 1860

Corn, if properly cultivated, will yield
more than double the quantity per acre
than is usually produced by giving the
crop a certain number of plowings. with
out regard to circumstances. In the first
place, land thoroughly prepared before
planting, is half titled. Corn, planted
upon land deeply broken up and thorough
ly pulverized with the roller and harrow,
is in the best possible condition to receive
the subsequent tillage The first dressing
is best performed with large harrow,
drawn by two horses, walking with the
row between them. To avoid injury TO
the young plants, the teeth that come on
the line of the corn should be removed
from the harrow; and with this view, il is
important that the teeth be secured with
nuts and screws, so that they may be re-
moved with facility without injury to the
teeth or the wood work One dressing
in this way while the corni quite young.
and, if possible, soon after rain. gives
it an excellent start. This dressing should
be followed at The proper time, either
with the small turning plow, or, what is
better, shovel OF bull-tongue plow and
run deep, afording a deep mellow bed
for the corn roots 10 pasture in. The
more deeply the soil is pulverized at this
working, the greater amount of heat and
air will be admitted to the roots of the
growing crop, important requisites for
early maturity and resistance TO summer
drought. The subsequent workings are
best given with the Cultivator; and this
should always be run after rain, and be-
fore the surface becomes dried to any
thing like crust, whether there are grass
or weeds to be killed or not. A light,
mellow surface is always requisite; then
the crop is in the best possible condi.
tion TO resist drought. and fair crop may
be expected even in the dryest seasons.


One word in regard to the construction
of the cu.tivators, as we generally see
them turned out by the manufacturers.-
In the first place they are too heavy; and
In the second, the teeth, in order to work
at the proper depth and with the greater
ease, should be turned up considerably
more from the centre to the point. The
angle from the point to the middle, should
be only sufficient TO insure the necessary
depth and draft. AS the teeth are ordi-
narily made, presenting their whole front
TO the soil, they offer the the greatest
possible resistance, which renders it hard
work for horse TO draw il all day
With the teeth of the proper form and
the points nearly fiat, double the execu.
ton may be obtained; while the labor
of the horse is materially reduced. The
same remarks apply TO the sho1el-plows,
as ordinarily made. The blade or shovel
is altogether too upright TO work with
ease and efficiency


With tim ly culture. the farmer may
always keep ahead of the weeds. Il is
easier to prevent the weeds from growing
in ten acre field, than il is to eTtermin-
Year: 1860

There is no insect, within our knowl-
edge. that prevails so generally, and gives
the gardener so much trouble, as the stri-
ped bug We believe il prevails from
''Dan to Be-ersheba ;" in fact we have
never yet heard Of place, where either
squash or mellon grew. where this little
striped rascal was not found. Their op-
eralions are principally confined TO the
young plants of the melon, cucumber, and
the squash, and they often appear in
such numbers and determination, as to
battle the skill of the gardener in defend
ing his plants from their greedy attacks.
A multitude of plrns have been recon-
mended from time to time for saving the
plants from the ravages Of this insect
such as spirits of turpentine, gas-iar cot
ton batting, ashes, black pepper, hen ma
nure, onions, snuff, SC. But among all
the remedies here named, and a score or
two more. no one has been found so ef-
fectual as small open enclosure around
the plants, about five or six inches high.


These boxes may be made of bricks, or
boards, cotton cloth. or old pieces of oil
cloth, or pieces Of tin, or, in some in
stances, strong paper. We would recon-
mend as lhe best material, and in the long
run the most economical, the oil cloth. Il
can be made by any one at little expense.
Take a coarse piece Of tow cloth. stretch
and nail it on the south side Of a build
ing; with brush work the pores full of
-four paste; when dry, put on a coat Of
oil and Spanish brown. or some other
cheap paint, having a good body; when
dry, turn the cloth and apply the same to
the other side. In few days It will be
ready for use, and will last many years
If AIKEN care of. Cut the cloth into strips
about six inches wide. and into lengths
according 10 the size Of the enclosure
wished; fasten the two ends with small
iacks or Otherwise to a stake. The hoop
thus formed is then placed around the
plants. and the stake driven into the
ground to keep in place. Plain cotton,
any other cloth, may be used by stretch
ing it around and fastening il 10 four or
more stakes. Strong paper will answer
very good purpose in dry weather. The
enclosure should be tightly banked an
inch or two on both sides, TO keep the
bugs from burrowing under. They are
inclined to dig rather than to climb
When no longer needed for the season,
take the cloth from the stakes and lay il
away in dry place.


Last season we saved our apple pie
mellon plants, by simply placing FIVE OF
six bricks edgwise, around each hill, thus
making a small enclosure not over four
inches high. With this slight protection
not a single plant was molested.
Year: 1860

A correspondent of the Valley Farm.


er, gives the following as his experience


with that pest of the Prairie-,he Go


pher:


"When emlgrated to this country,


found the gopher, as l then thought, a


very formidable 1.-THE plague 10 many Of


the best interests and comforts Of the
farmer; being very destructive on gar
dens, and young orchards.


But experience and observation have
satisfied me that they are not near so nu-
mer0us nor 50 difficult 70 GET rid Of as
at first supposed but they are very in.
dustrious and quite destructive when let
alone. They will not inhabit ground that
is much tramped BY stock; hence you nev.
er see their sign in lot or yard kept for
a stock-yard-and but seldom in pastures
much used. They are easily got rid of,
when taken at the proper time. They
almost invariably come above ground ev.
cry time there falls a copious shower of
rain; and if it continues wet, they seek
to change their location for higher and
dryer one. When this is the case they.
are easily caught by taking advantage of
the first fresh eigns in their new place.
Let man make a good use of a spade,
and the gopher can be taken in a few
minutes.


A few years ago I left home on Fri.
day and came home on Tuesday; and to
my surprise gopher signes were to be-
seen nearly all over my garden, especial
ly among my sweet potatoes. BY the
use of small steel-trap, was not long
in catching a very large one; and to my
astonishment fresh signs, with all further
ceased. And so in sever
al instances. Last spring was quite a
wet one with US; hence the gopher was
seeking higher and drier locations. One
morning found their signs on the top of
our dairy-house; but by the use of the
spade he was soon dispatched. And also |
for two successive mornings, fresh signs
were seen in my young orchard and |
was not over ten minutes in taking each !
of them by the use of the spade.


This fall, while absent from home, one |
located itself in ny yoong orchard; and /
bad SO extended o7era6ons that ihosehi
a colony had taken Bp their winter qaar.
lers among my young trees. ] despaired |
of destroying them by the use Of a spade.
l therefore resorted again TO my trap; and
in few hours, found large one safe
enough, and all further signs ceased
and not one has since been seen in my or
chard. l am therefore fully persuaded,
that with little care and prompt action,
they may be easily destroyed, and much
loss prevented.


PlattsbUrg, No. P. F. II. A.
Year: 1860

ate the weeds upon two acres after they
once get start. Nor is the saving Of
this amount of labor all the advantage
that is gained by keeping the crop clean;
but the value of the increased yield is still
more important.
Year: 1860

FIEExIN's BALL-The firemens ball Of
last night was perfect jam. Some seven
" ladies were in attendance and probably
twice as many gentlemen. The receipts Of
the ball arc said to exceed by considerable,
one thousand dollars. The Hook Ladder
company may well be proud of their sue
cezs
Year: 1860

IMPORTANT FROM CHIM.-Information has Just
been received by the government of the passage of
an important decree of the Congress of Chill,


which is OF momentous interest to foreigners who
may be in that country, the effect of which is to
hold the authors and accomplices of revolutionary
movements individually and jointly responsible for
all damages, either actual or prospective, which
effect of this will be to relieve the government
from the embarrassments which it often expert
ences in regard to the prosecution Of claims against
foreign governments, arising out of injuries com
mltted upon the persons and property of its citi-
zens during the prevalence of insurrectionary
movements, so frequent in South American repub-
Year: 1860

The Southern States should leave the
Union, because 1t costs them infinitely more
than 1t is acorth to them.


What is the Union worth to the slave.
holder? Will some honest, intelligent,
candid man answer this question? It is
usually answered by rhapsodies and forid
defamation but these are times for some
thing graver. I grant that it is a great
and glorious Republic to the people Of the
North, and they cannot say too much in
its favor but to the South, it has been but
a torment and blood-sucker for forty years.
Do you say that you can go over all its
vast surface, and be under laws Of your
own making? In all that time, you have
never been able to make single law, but
BY sufferance of the North. Whenever her
representatives chose to unite against you,
yours were impotent; and they have never
failed to unite, when the higher local In
Year: 1860

No BxrrER.-There were long faces
among the farmers yesterday. Wheat went
down from Saturday and opened sti65 cents. No
wonder there we're sad hearts among the farm
ers as this ews came upon them no wonder
that they were anxious to learn the cause. and
in learning it they got no consolation. The
purchasers are almost afraid to buy at any
ate. They can't zee their way clearly. The
way is sdownward-and We fear will continue
20 until some step is taken by American people
to restore confidence
Year: 1860

TIE employees ofour job room tender
their thanks to the young lady who furnished
them with refreshm ents.last evening, and if it
becomes necessary they will one and all certify
that they can make good mioce pie.
Year: 1860

EXCHANGE continued at five per cent.
yesterday. much to the annoyance of purcha-
sers. Merchants mourn over such cutting
into their profits. There is one consolation
about it-and q very cold one at that-those
merchants who passed through the Winter and
Spring of 1878 know how it seems to have
Exchange high
Year: 1860

THE money article Of the Chicago
Herald of yesterday says:


The money market remains in the same un
settled CONDITION as it was oD yesterday. 1t
anvthiog, matters look more gloomy. Rates
OF Eastern Exchange are stiff at per cent, I'd
in come instances higher prices have been paid.
Many of the bankers refuse to sell. but are
huylng all that is offered In order TO dispose Of
their western currency. 1t is impossible to say
how long tits state of things will continue. or
what will he the result The advices from
New York to day seem to h We shaken the
conf !encs of some Of our business men who
have manifested great VI concern as to the r.
sut. While We would not advise our re ders
to become frightened or act preci pitate in bus-
ness matters we would at the same time al.
sise them to set their houses in order and be
ready for the storm. The arguments raised by
some that Southern political troubles cannot
affec. the business of the Northwest, is as false
,s It. is s,llv.
Year: 1860

pETER's woRsTED STORE, Canal street, near panpbip.


We are now selling good many articles at and below cost
price and keep constantly fresh supply Of Berlin Zephyr and
all kinds of material Ladies' Work on hand i6 ontf
Year: 1860

is another matter. h. i.u..


1t will be time enough to talk of
forsaking the good old ship when
the feet of the invaders of our
rights are heard on the decks
The disunion craft looks too small
for us--it runs too low---we do not
like its Communicates compass
is not reliable. We prefer, for the
present, the safe, broad decked ves-
sell the AmeSissn piIpas and by
the help of God, we mean still to
tread her decks, and if we fight we
mean to fight with her guns and
under the shadow of a flag broad
enough to protect every American
citizen, North, East, South and
West and the Constitution.


God gave us birth in the Ameri-
can Union under the Constitution.
We intend to stay there. And we
intend to stay or go wherever we
can lift our eyes and see floating
DER our heads the glorious flag of
our Union.
Year: 1860

nA.A few days since one of our
railroad agents-a better fellow


than whom does not Give, move or
have his being''-rcceived q letter
from gentleman in a neighboring
city, inquiring for a trunk which
had been misplaced or lost, adding
by way of description. "The trunk
has "A. b. marked on the left end ;


Whereupon he received from the
agent the following answer: "Af-
ter careful inspection of all the
baggage at this depot, and very
mature deliberation thereupon, we
are of the opinion that both ends
of your trunk are left" .
Year: 1860

The Toledo Herald and Times
say to Democrats who are in favor
of heprinciples of self government,
ask your Republican neighbors who
made Kansas free? Ask them who
it was that prevented Congress in
the exercise of Sovereign power
over the territories from forcing
Kansas into the Union as a Slave
State? And then who it was that
defeated the "Lecompton fraud"
Ask them whoit was that secured
to the people of Kansas the right to
make their own Constitution and
enact their own laws? Ask them
if, when Douglas was battling
against overwhelming odds, against
an Administration that he himself
helped to place in power, against
every branch of the government,
against all the patronage of the
President, for the right of the peo-
pie of Kansas to decide the question
of slavery for themselves, they did
not approve of his course, and laud
him for his courage and fidelity?-
Ask them if he does not stand now
precisely where he stood then?-
And ask them what he has done
since this noble act of heroism in
defeating the stupendous fraud at
tempted to be perpetrated upon the
people of Kansas, to forfeit their
confidence. Tell them he is the
same gallant Douglas, standing be-
fore the people as the representa-
tive of the great principle for which
he so nobly and fearlessly contend
ed in the memorable Lecompton
struggle. Ask them if they are in
favor of surrounding the territories
and the people thereof" to the
supreme control of Congress! and
if they are not, but believe that the
people of the territories are as ca.
pable of self-government as aretht
people of the State, and tell then
that STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS il
the great advocate of this doctrine
of "self government" and that fol
defending this right of the people
he is persecuted by a faithless Pres


ident. Tell them that the republican
party are in league with the Presi


dent, to defeat the man who rescu


ed the people of Kansas from tn,


clutches of the slavery propagand


lists, and prove it to them by read
ing from the Republican papers tn
glowing accounts of the progres


and strength of the Yaneey-Breck


inridge party. Ask your republi


can neighbors all these question


and keep asking them, and you will


secure for Douglas the support 0
every honest Republican who i


not SO blinded by partisan preju
dice that no evidence of his erro
will change his opinions. Keel
these truths-for they are as tru


as the "Book of Genesis" befor
the people and every honest mai
who believes that the people ar
} sovereign, will vote for STEPHEN
4 A, DOUGLAS,
Year: 1860

ture from his Amiable Spouse.


A pretty time, indeed, for you to
come home, sir! Where have you
been all night? You smell as if
you had been in search of Symms'
through tar barrel. Talk of sui
phuretted hydrogen, or superanu-
ated eggs! They amt anywhere
Say, where have you been? Here
I've been lying awake for the last
five hours, waiting for you to come.
Now I want to know where you
have been all this time? Wish l
aoouIdnt bother you-teU me in the
morning? l want to know now;
it's near enough morning to know
where ones husband has been all
night, and particularly if he comes
home perfumed clear through as
you are. You mustn't good acye
me. That won't answer. Sup
pose you were q woman, and your
husband should 60 off every night
in the week, and come home as you
do, and.-I wish you'd get up and
let some fresh air in the room, or l
shall certainly suffocate-what
would you say?


Don't you imagine there would
be row in the family? Been acith
the Wide AwakeS l should think
as much. You're a wide awake
fool, that's what you are. I've al
ways thought you had about sense
enough to parade the streets with
those niger lovers. Why did L
marry YOU? That's pretty ques-
ton. Didn't you swear that you'd
shoot yourself if didn't take pity
on you? Pm sorry 1 didn't allow
you to shoot, or hang, or drown
yourself. 1t would have been the
best thing I ever did in my life
What is it smells so? Nothing?
Don't tell me nothing, it never
smelled so in the world. Had to
carry a torch9 That's sweet bust
ness for a man who pretends to be
the father of a large family. Next
thing 1 shall expect to hear from
you is, that you've been splitting
rails for general circulation. T
know nothing about politics? Don't
eh? 1 don't want to know nothing
about politics, if l have to neglect
my family and carry stinking torch
es for the benefit of a lazy man in
Illinois who is trying to be Presi-
dent.


| Want to sleep, 1 thought you
were Wide Awake. l suppose
you've kept awake tonight on
whisky, havn't you? Where have
you been all this time? the town
clock has just struck three. Been
to Tonawanda to raise a liberty pole.
That's a sweet note. Why didn't
the Wide Awakes of Tonawanda
raise their own pole? 1 'xpect Re-
publicans are scarce in that section,
and you've been trying to make q
great splurge. Well, you can't
fool anybody. I believe l know
something about politics myself,
and l know that you are drunk
That's what you are. Must go to
sleep, must you? Why didn't You
think of that before? I've had .
sleep tonight, and you never once
thought of me. You're an old
brute, and just such a man as ought
to vote for an old rail splitter
Vote for Douglas if Ilet you alone.
Mr.. Douglas don't want such votes.
He will be elected without your
vote. But now that you show
signs of returning reason, I'll let
you go to sleep.-CIeueIand Plain
dealer.


|
Year: 1860

@A lady asked q minister
whether a person might not be
fond of dress and ornament with
out being proud.


"Madam" said the minister,
"when you see the fox's tail peep
ing out of the hole you may be sure
the fox is within"