smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1863

Here let US pause to call attention to
the gross neglect Of duty displayed by
the officers in command of Johnsons Is
land, in not themselves detecting the op-
erations of the prisoners. The island is
limestone rock, and the only way that a
passage could be constructed is by blast
ing. That such blasted operation could
be carried on without alarming the guard,
when the explosions could be heard in
Canada, exhibits culpable carelessness
and indifference on the part of the officers
in charge.
Year: 1863

The prosperity oftbe Atlantic enables its
conductors to employ the most eminent tai
ent Of the country in its columns An the
best known writers in American literature,
constantly to its pages give it
the sole right to be known as our national
Year: 1863

ming mill will remove sQneof the worst
enemies of the farmer and good flax


It was this fact. more than any otter,
that led to the system Of sioanmg seed
and contracting the crop which has
been 50 long practised III Ohio, Indiana,
and elsewhere. The linseed oil manu-
facturer who receives the crop OF large
section of country is enabled to select
choice lots Of seed and reserve them for
sowing, and then by machinery too ex-
pensive and cumbrous for ordinary use,
to clean it so thoroughly that he can gin
out each year an almost perfect ar
ticle Of sowing seed. Ofthe superiority
of such seed over what can ordinarily
be obtained in the market at even seed
stores we are convinced.


OF course when manufacturer fur
nishes such seed year after year, requlr-
ing for it the return Of only an equal
amount of merchantable quality, he can
not be expected to stipulate price for
the balance of the crop, beyond the or
dinary average, taking series Of years
into account-and it is upon this basis
that the business has been conducted
hitherto, and it is still continued to the
acceptance of majority Of the farmers
in the largest fax growing districts.
In this connection we would add, that
with good seed to SOW, there is nothing
like fax as preparatory crop for wheat
The testimony Of Ohio farmers, where
fax has been extensively grown for over
a quarter Of century, is explicit on
this point, and to this fact we would call
the special attention Of our Illinois and
Wisconsin farmers, whose wheat grow
inc for some time has been discouarag
inc.
Year: 1863




AS to the time Of sowing, it will OF
course vary with the latitude and local
ity but the general rule may be stated
in the precise language Of several farm
ers-aas soon as the ground will admit
of il"


In the southern part Of this State
most Of The seed is sown as early as
March In the central counties about
the lst Of April, while in our northern
districts, and in Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, from the 25th Of April to the 10th
of May is early enough generally.


Having prepared the ground as before
stated, SOW broadcast, taking pains to
distribute the seed as evenly as possible.
The quicker the seed germinates and
appears above ground the better, and
therefore it should be covered slightly
with a light harrow or brush, and chen
rolled. The largest crops raised in this
state have been by farmers who never
harrow after sowing, but merely roll II
in. The rolling is an important matter
as it will facilitate the operations OF the
reaper and enable you to secure great
er length of straw, which adds to Its
value.


The quantity of seed per acre to be
sown will depend upon the leading OBJ
iect of the farmer in raising the crop
If the seed is the main thing with hlm,
then two pecks to the acre is the almost
unanimous testimony of those VINO nave We
grown it longest and mcst largely. Il
fibre is the object, then, Of course 1he
seeding should be heavier. nor e .l's Inc
present. the safest rule for our Western
Formers is from two to three pecks to the
acre. the leading idea being as yet TO Sc
cure the greatest amount OF SEED
Year: 1863

On this point there is perfect agree
ment from all sections One man says:
Il have raised it for over twenty years,
and nine years in succession upon one
piece Of land ,and never knew it to fail.
Another reply, signed by several farm
ers, says IF sown in season there is
no crop more certain Another: "If
put in earlyI think it sure crop, !"
and one in southern Illinois, where
Corn is King" writes Taking the
ordinary run OF seasons flax is as GER
tain as any crop except corn.


We have thus given as much detailed
information upon the subject as the lin
its Of our article will allow, hoping it
may lead some farmers who have have
hitherto stood aloof from its culture, to
give it at least a fair trial Fully per-
suadcd that at no distant day the north
west can and will produce fax fibre
enough to clothe us all in linens more
or less fine, and that at a cost comparing
fayorbly with cotton
Year: 1863

The numerous inquiries now being
made upon the subject of flax culture
show that more general attention is be-
ing given to it than ever before and in
order to meet and answer these inquir-
les, the practical experience Of some
hundreds Of fax growers in Illinois and
the adjoining states has been obtained
through series of questions sent out
for written answers, and the substance
of them has been condensed for this
paper.
Year: 1863

All experienced farmers unite in
stating one thing as essential to success
in growing flax "thorough prepar-
alton Of the ground by plowing and
narrowing In most European coun-
tries it is sown rs the first or lallow crop,
(where a system OF rotation is adopted, J
and alwa followed by wheat When
this is done the land should be plowed
the summer previous and then eplow
ed as early in the spring as the weather
will permit, and we'll narrowed before
sowing.


If heavy manuring is to be done, it
will be better to put on corn first, and
then follow that with flax, n which ease
the lard should be deeply plowed in the
fall In answer to our inquiries on this
point, large majority Of farmers say,
'lct it follow corn, and but one objec
ton is urged against it, which is that
the old roots and stalks of the corn in
teriere with the close working machine
in cutting it. If those are carefully
removed, wo should advise in the Ian
guage OF our replies, "lct it followcorn
with deep fall plowin@, and then har
rowing before sowing until the surface
is thoroughly pulycriZcd and made as
smooth as possible.
Year: 1863

Is an item in raising fax that must
have more attention from our Western
farmers than has hitherto received


Until the makers Of tanning mills had
little or no experience with it. and so
furnished no screens suitable; but now,
several of them furnish fax screen,
with which large amount Of the foul
seeds can be removed and there is GER
tainly no excuse for transporting prairie
dirt, at high rate Of freight, to the
Year: 1863

In reply TO our inquiry on this point
the answers are almost unanimous,
About the same as wheat" Some say
that Sin regard to preparation Of ground
and sowing, just the same as wheat
Harvesting less expensive, but cleaning
a trife more. So that itmay be safely
put down as costing less to raise flax
than wheat
Year: 1863

A few farmers answered our question
on this head, :'with cradle, but large
majority said, with machine" And
from the number Of reapers mentioned
as working well, we are persuaded that
most all our standard machines can be
used to advantage in cutting flax When
it is raised principally for the seed there
is no necessity for binding it Ga great
saving Of time and expense as compared
with harvesting wheat when five or six
men are required to bind after the reap
er) but may he simply raked Of into
eayels and lie untildry, when it is ready
for thrcshing or stacking. AS, while
standing, it is less liable to damage from
heavy showers tha4: wheat, so now when
cut, it will bear a heavy RAIN with little
detriment il turned over afterwards, so
as to prevent the hoils from getting into
the dirt Shonld the weather continue
wet, it can be quickly dried IN an inter
val Of sunshine lthcre beng no leaves
to retain moisturc) and then stacked,
using hay for topping oil, in which
shape it may stand if necessary, until
cold winter weather, before threshing-
though it is better to thresh early, 50 as
to have September and Octobr for dew
rotting the straw.
Year: 1863




"With fail" said a few Germans,
in the vicinity Of Chicago, who have
raised some of the finest crops on record,
but the rest were divided almost equally
between "treading out with horses = and
"a machine. : L. some sections, and
those where they had raised most, and
for the longest time, they report no diff
ficulty in using machines with some
slight alterations, to suit better the ma
ture of the crop; but we are Of opinion
in view of all the answers received, that,
for the ordinary run of farmers, and the
small amount raised by each, "treading
on" may be safely recommended as the
simplest and the cheapest method
When this is done, however, great care
should be used to prepare floor so
that the seed shall be kept from getting
mixed mixed with dirt, which is a great
and serious fault with a large proper
ton of that which is brought to this
market Then. too, an ordinary thresh-
ing machine will give you only tangled
flax, which is always OF less value than
straight, so that if the straw is heavy,
it will pay better to bind in bundles and
tread out, thus keeping the straw in good
shape for spreading to rot and to sell as
straight fibre The good sense and pc
culiar circumstances of each farmer will
suggest the best mode for him although,
for large operations, the machine must
of course be the method.
Year: 1863

The ELEcrIoN.-Th election throughout
the county passed off qnietly on Wednesday
last. The Democracy met the enemy and
caught Tartar. In fact they have been
badly beaten. But this need dshearen no
true democrat, "truth crushed to earth will
rise again" When the people tire Of abo
litonism, land they will eventually do SOY
they will then naturally turn TO the democ-
racy for relief. Until that time we will bide
our time.
Year: 1863

A CRuMB OF CoMFoRT.-In the defeat
which the Democracy have recently expert
eaced in this County, we find that some of our
candidates have succeeded in being elect
ed to some of the local offices. Small favors
thankfully received about these times.
Year: 1863

WAR on CAxvAs.-rhoSe who have not vet
seen Piersous grand Historic Mirror of the
War" should attend the exhibition to night at
Armory Hall. This panorama is the finest
work Of art, Of the kind. We have ever seen.
Year: 1863

JEFFERSON COMPANY company have
struck copper ore at the depth of fifteen feet.
The ore is of the gray quality. with small
quantity of the yellow sulphuratcs. The JEFF
krson company have big thing
Year: 1863

FiLLlNo Ur.--The Davenport Democrat
says that the Eight Cavalry will be organ.
lied and ready for service bsfore cold
weather sets it. We understand that the
prospects Of raising the regiment in =
short period Of time 10 very Aattering.-
Hundreds of men have declared their
intention Of going into the service - soon
as tho harvest Is over, and that will be
finished By the FIRST of September. Wa
don't think the Government will venture
on draft ia State as ready and willing
to do her whole duty on the battle fields
Of the Unicn. Iowa occupies high po-
sition in this respect. Her sons have
given up their lives freely in the cause
and are still ready to sacrifice ry.h:as
70 sustain the integrity Of the Constitution
and the laws.
Year: 1863

We need do no more than direct the attention
of our readers to the speech of the Hon. Mont
GoMERY BLAIR, the Postmaster General as found
10 another part of todays lntelligencer and which
was delivered at the Union meeting held at Rock
vile, near this city, on Saturday last


1t will be seen that in his speech Mr. BLAIR
subjects the revolutionary dogmas of the aboli-
tfonists, which it is now sought to foist upon tie
country in the assumed names Of "loyalty" and
"freedom," to searching analysis, in which he
explcdes their pretensions equally on the grounds
of reason and Of law, while he sets in clear light
their iucompatibility with the pacifcation of our
distracted country and their anagonism to the
declared policy aud purposes Of the President.


We shall take subsequent occasion to recur to
this outspoken denuncistion, directed by a member
of Mr.. LINcoLN's Cabinet to the exposure and
condemnation of the radical doctrines against
which, within our humble sphere, we have felt it
our duty, equally as faithful journalists and as
defenders of the Constitution and the Laws, to
enter earnest and reiterated protests 1t gives
us pleasure to find the voice of authority confirm
ing the justice of the warnings we have addressed
to our readers In depreciation of the infatuated
policy which it was sought to interpoate on that
initiated by the President in the conduct Of the
war.
Year: 1863

JAMES @. wELLING, ASSOCIATE EDITOR.
The subscription price of this paper FOR yeari Two
DOLLARS, payable in advance


reduction of 20 per cent fifth Of the full charge
will be made any who shall order and pay for at
time ten copies of the Weekly paper and reduction Of
81 per Cor oneourth of the full charge) to one
who will order and pay tor at time, twenty or more
copies.


No being kept this paper it w not be sent
to any unless paid for advance any than
the time for which it is paid
Year: 1863

FIRST QUALITY SKGARs AND TOBACCO NAV
b. procured al the store of Henry Bogus S.ay
buildings, corner Pennsylvania avenue and
Eleventh street. His stock is not bogus if his
name is, for connOiseurs in quest of a really
good article in the tobacco or segar line have
long been in the habit of looking to h,m foI
tAetr regular supply, and he never disappoints
them. We doubt # finer brands can be founc
ANY where in the country than at Bogus. Give
him call
Year: 1863

E>OR SALE-A first class Butcher and Family
MARKET, in of the best situations in this
city, now in successful operation the building being
one story brick and one cellar, standing lease
as the owner has to see to other business Please
apply at the General Agency Office, No. 511 Ninth
stree north, near Penn. avenue,


ap 23-lw N H MILLER
Year: 1863

native and inallneable rights-the dearest
rights that appertain to man as an intel
ligept and social being rights Of
personal liberty and personal security
now bang for their future recognition in
:his country upon the Judges Of the law.
Is they shall decide will depend the
question whether anything remains Of
that constitutional fieed)m which We
have 50 long and so loudly hoaSted was
our own, our exclusive birthrght. That
the full pressure Of the party in power
will be upon them to conStran them to
wrest justice and trample Il on the con
stjtution, is not to DC doubted. How far
and how rc>o,utciy they viii resist, is
point whose decision must rest with the
futurv.
Year: 1863

Between the first baby and the second
baby what falling off is there, my country.
women Not in intrinsic value, for the Sec
ond may chance to be "as pretty piece of
flesh as any;" but in the imaginary value with
which it is invested by its nearest kin and
more distant female belongings. The com
ing Of the first baby in household creates
an immense sensation; that Of the second is
comparatively a commonplace affair. The
first baby is looked for with anxiety, nufsed
with devotion, admired with enthusiasm,
dressed with splendor, and made to live upon
system. Baby number two is not longed for
by any one, except, perhaps, the mother; is
nursed as q matter of course, and admired as
matter Of courtesy; is dressed in the cast.
off clothes Of number one, and gets initiated
into life without much ceremony or system.


1t is difficult to persuade men, even though
they should not be habitual drinkers of spir.
its, that the use Of strong drinks is debilitat-
ing, instead of the reverse. The immediate
stimulus gives temporary courage, and its
effect is mistaken for an infusion of new
strength; but the slightest attention will
show how exactly the reverse is the result.
It is sufficient to give men under hard and
steady labor draught of usual grog, or q
dram, to perceive that often in few minutes
they become languid, and, as they term it,
faint; losing their strength in reality, while
they attribute it to the continuance of their
faiiguing exertions. He who will make cor
responding experiments on two equal boats
crews, rowing in heavy sea, will soon be
convinced that the Water.drinkers will far
Quito the others.


Were an inhabitant Of this earth to ascend
into the air one hundred and sixty millions
of miles, the fixed stars would still appear
no larger than luminous points. Incredible
as this assertion may appear, it is not o chi.
merical idea but fact which is eifectually
proved, for about the 10th Of December we
are more than one hundred and sixty mill
lions of miles nearer the northern heavens
than we are on the 10th of June, and yet
we never perceive any increase Of magnitude
in the stars.


A certain Scotch country girl seems to have
thought 1t possible there might be an excess
Of scupulOus regard to appearances. On
her marriage day, the youth to whom she
was about to be united said to her, in q tri.
umphanE tone-"W Jenny, haven't ]
been unco ceeyil ." (alluding to the fact that
during their whole courtship he had never
given her kiss). Her quiet reply was,
ou, ay, man senselessly ceevil."


Benevolence is fountain which, while
purifying all round It, purifes ITSELF


Parties Of dead lock should extricats
themselves with . skeleton key.
Year: 1863

The news from this now important mining
district is Of a very cheering character, con-
sidering the season. Last week a party of
gentlemen from Sacramento and Yolo coun-
ties made an extensive examination of the
several leading claims now being opened.
and they unanimously pronounce in favor of
these mines giving better promise of rich
developments than any other mines in the
State.


The Original Menuesota Company are new
working three sets of hands on their tunnel,
running night anl day at heavy expense.
The rock being very hard, the progress of
the work must necessarily be slow.


We have received, during the week, some
fine looking rock from the Daniel Webster
claim, taken from well defined ledge over
a foot in thickness, but what it contains we
are unable to say. The company have a tun-
mel in about sixteen feet at present.


The Williams & Kellipger have let con
tract for running working tunnel in their
claim.


The high commendation of these mines by
experienced gentlemen who have visited
the Washn, Humboldt and Reese river mines
gives evidence that the mines of Shasta
county will vet prove that it is not necessary
to hunt riches in distant places, but that we
have them here as home, and all that is lack
ing is capital and labor to give them a fair
start, when the reward is sure of being real.
ized
Year: 1863

On the l0,h inst. T. F. Low. the first Gov
ernor elected by the Union party in this State
entered upon the duties of his office The
following patriotic words ,-<rdtaken from his
Inaugural Address, which >>@@sw the spirit of
the man who is to guide the destinies of the
people of this State for the next d ahernator.
ial term of four years:


The war for the suppression of the rebell-
icn Is making steady progress toward the
accomplishment of that, Its only end. Dur
ing its continuance discussions naturally
enough arise concerning the political effect uf
the rebellion upon the Governmental organ
izations which existed at its commencement
il the rebel communities. No combinations
of men or of circumstances can prevent the
proper and safe SOLUTION OF the great pro
blems involved in this terrible conflict The
events now transpiring seem, indeed, TOO
mighty TO be absolutely controlled by mere
human agencies The laws of change and of
progress are doing theirappointe work among
this people, who. amid mach material pros
perity, suffered a dominee- clement TO so gain
strength as finally to set at defiance all pre-
vious restraihts-appealingt to the arbtrament
OF the sword when it could no longer control
the ballot bex. The great body of the Union
men Of the country are agreed upon this main
proposition that the rebel State authorities
have DO legitimacy or legal existance; that
no loyal citizen OF the United States can yield
them willing obedience and that our Gov
ernment can never, without humiliation and
disgrace. recognize any one of their acts.
Other and loyal State Governments must
succeed them as our arms prevail. Our whole
duty now is by all possible means to strength
en- our armies which are contending with the
rebellion. BY what agencies and through
what modes local Governments, republican
IN tO:m, are TO be re-estabiished in those
States by the loyal inhabitants. old and new.
Is not Il vital question now, and cannot until
they cease to be battle fields. That the rebels
will neither consent nor be permitted to par
;icipate IN the erection of the new Union State
Governments is certain That the loyal men
who do erect those Government will do their
work well, and make it worthy of the age.
seems to me equally certain. Applause.
With the triumph of our arms must come the
destruction of the order of Things by which
resort to them was compelled. This is the
logic of events, and not a mere question OF
- pments. Let US all continue to agree


egard to these ends, and no means will
adopted by those we have intrusted
With ybwer which do not have them in view
With Il full determination to devote what
ever of capac tv and energy | may possess to
the promotion of the best interests of tie State
and Nation, and invoking the assistance of
Almighty God to guide me Alright, am now
prepared to enter upon my official duties.


Load and continued applause
Year: 1863

TRINITY JoURNAL.-This paper has again
made its appearance upon oGr table in its
former full proportions, printed upon new
type, aud looking better than before the FIRE.
1t is an excellent Union paper, and the peo-
pie Of Trinity should give it liberal sup
mort
Year: 1863

ever of capac tv and energy may possess to
the promotion of the best interests of tie State
and Nation, and invoking the assistance of
Almighty God to guide me Alright, am now
prepared to enter upon my official duties.
Load and continued applause.
Year: 1863

A PRoTEsr.-As one who sees much in
the radio .lism of the Chicago Times, that
is calculated to distract and divide the peo.
pie on the great questions of the day, we
protest against the advertising by the gov
ernment Of the same, by which means its
c'rcula ton has already within weeknearly
doubled. One more temporary suppression
Of that paper and it will have the largest
circulation Of any paper in the entire
country.
Year: 1863

IMPORTANT DEcls1oN.--Thc Supreme
Court of the state of New York have
decided U. S. treasury notes to be not a
legal tender, and the case has been carried
up to the Court of Appeals, the last court
Of resort. as