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Year: 1869

The subject Of drainage is one of those
In which the principles are 50 simple, and
the weight of testimony so powerful, that
there can hardly be two opinions. Drain
age and deep and thorough tillage are the
things to make farming lucrative. Drain
age not only increases the fertility of land.
but 1t imparts warmth and geniality, and
causes crops to ripen earlier. 1t has a
fine effect upon the atmosphere, promot-
| ing the health of localities where II is re-
sorted to.


An interesting discussion took place at
ameetlng of the State Agricultural So
clety at the recent Fair upon the subject
OF drainage. Colonel Daniels, of Fair
fax, who owns one of the old estates some
miles below Alexandria, made some inter
esting statements. He said that a drain
ing plow had been invented In Illinois,
and used on the alluvial prairie lands of
that State, which was admirably suited to
them, and would answer well in any level
lands free from stone. 1t was a plow
made nearly shoe-shaped, with a very
sharp toe, and the instep with a sharp
ridge terminating In the shank, which
connects with the beam; the shank being
fiat, with the sharp edge forward. At the
heel of the plow were two or three links
of chain, to which what might be termed
thimble was attached. This thimbIe,
we suppose, some three or four inches in
diameter, followed the pIow and shaped
and smoothed a round passage for the
water. The work done very rapidly, and
answered the purpose of draining admi-
rably well. A drain thus made lasted
several years, and was easily re-opened.


But this system of drainage only suited
alluvial and level lands The Colonel
made some general remarks on drainage,
and related Fis own experience at his
farm IN Fairfax. He reclaimed last year
five acres of land that had been aban-
doned for many years, and was completely
stepped with water. He cleared off the
pines that covered it, and drained it with
tiles at an expense of $37 per acre. He
then plowed, manured it very highly, and
planted it in dwarf pears Last spring
he planted corn between the rows of pears,
and cultivated very carefully. He had
large surface of corn land, but the drought
had cut the crop down to a miserable re-
suit everywhere but on the five acres that
were drained, and they produced sirty.fve
bushels to the acre, in spite of the drought


This is certainly a remarkable fact 1t
is probable that there were facts concern
ing the general condition of those five
acres that the speaker did not make
known because of being interrupted be-
fore he had concluded. But whatever
could be said showing favorable circum-
stances other than draining and faithful
tillage, surely the result of the past dry
season must be in the main due to them.
Richmond Dispatch
Year: 1869

We have heretofore failed to notice the
fact that all the premium bread at our late
State Fair. was baked on the FASHION Stove.
Mr. ". W. Wishart. stove dealer on Capital
street is the agent for these stoves in Jack
son
Year: 1869

We announce ourselves in favor of lib
eral system of Free schools. and of such
equitable distribution of the public school
harmony and good feeling among all classes
of our citizens.-PlatfOrm Nat. Union Re-
publican party.
Year: 1869

The New York money market lis active at !.
per cent, and no new loans are made under
tnat rate even on the most favored collateral
ne ostensible reason for this activity is the
shipment OF currency to the South: but tn.
oahts say the amount now going forward lis
small, and not sufficient to justify the upward
turn IN rates. Ii is rumored that the operators
Ior oecIlne In the government bond and gold
markets are using their efforts to make money
sTlngent, and It is understood that they have
oeen active In calling in such loans as they
should be reasonably active at 6 and per
cent, but any marked stringency can ouly bs
erected by artificial means. Commercial ma
per is dull and rates are nominally as last
quoted.
Year: 1869

raising a fund, which they hope to make at
least slO0,OOO, with a portion of which they
propose to purchase him q handsome residence
In this city. for his occupancy when he comes
here as the head Of the army. and the balance
they intend to invest In some safe and profit
able security for his benefit Considerably
over one.half the amount has beeu raised. and
the project meets with great favor wherever il
is mentioned, and particularly In New York
where the movement originated. so that no
doubt is entertained OF the fulfillment of the
desg be lore the +th OF March.
Year: 1869

"Jobn Paul." the humorous New York
correspondent Of the Springfield Republican.
narra,es his experience with the Wall street
brokers when he stepped down among them
after the Fridays battle to see what be
could pick up:


What do you want Of US T. would be
asked as | entered the Off &c.


ITO buy some stocks for me-"


Have you any money!


Have any money! DO I look like
person of that character II had do you
think I'd come down here with it?


Then we cant do anything for you."


Cant eh 2 What's TO hinder your buy
ing me any stock that looks likely to go up
twenty or thirty per cent, at the lowest, let.
ting it 60 up, selling it at the highest, ta-
king out what it cost and your commission,
and giving me the balancel don, ask
you to give me cny money beforehand, and
you make your commissions and have the
fun OF doing business at any event."


None Of them saw the profit that must
result to them from the thing, which sim
ply shows that they are not business mer.
There's not a woman who reads this article
but can see with half an eye-unless she has
a wall or a Wall street eye-that they're
sure to make commission if the stock goes
up, and have it on hand for collateral If il
goes down


One of these persons-when wish 10 be
particularly severa on man | always speak
of him as a person. called to rue as | was
going out of the door, and said, "Are you
James Fisk, Jrr


NO | replied, why Go you ask


"Ob, explained be, thought that no one
else in the city could have that amount Of
cheek


| have since thought that he might have
meant chic which is the French for style.


However, notwithstanding their combna.
ton to crush me, they cannot prevent me
from operating. This is the way TO do it.
When see a stock which is going up, en-
ter the price down in book, and the humber
OF shares | would probably buy. If it goes
up | can calculate the profit should have
to nicely. II it goes down, can calcu-
late the saving have effected by not buy
ing, so YOU see have sure thing either
way. Putting both sides together. fnd
that | make and save about $1,000 900 a
week.
Year: 1869

RIcHEs.-The man with good, frm health
is rich.


So is the man with clear conscience.


So is The parent of vigorous, happy chill
dren.


SO is the editor of a good paper, with a
biz subscription list, and whose subscribers
pay promptly.


So is The clergyman whose coat the little
children Of his parish pluck as he passes
them at their play.


50 is the wife who has the whole heart
of good husband.


so is the maiden whose horizon is not
bounded by the coming man." but who
has purpose in life, wbeher she ever
meets him or not.


So is the young man, who, laying his
hand on his heart, can say, IL have treated
every woman | ever saw as | should wish
my sister treated by other men,"


So is the little child who goes to sleep
with kiss on its lips, and for whose waking
a blessing awaits.
Year: 1869

rule, under ali circumstance, that the hid


must learn to obey. Obedience is the
first step in education. The child must
be Submissive TO a higher will and a
more malured knowledge. BY degrees he
will soon find out the reason why. Take
heed, however, that you do not forbid or
command anything if you cannot or will
not strictly enforce obedience; otherwise you
Introduce laxaly Of principle into your
action. which nothing can repreve. Never
give command or prohibition with indlf-
ference.
Year: 1869

The keeping of apples through the winter,
though better understood than formerly, is not
as perfect or systematic as it ought to be. After
all, this is great fruit, and no want of knowl.
edge should be left unsupplicd as to the best
method of prolonging it in a state of freshness
and soundness to as late period us it was sus-
ceptihlc Of. large proportion Of apples is lost
10y imperfect storing We know many of the
best farmers pick, barrel, and send to market as
soon as possible, and this is doubtless iudcious:
but there are many others whose crops are not
large enough to pursue this plan. They desire
to preserve them for the home market or their
own consumption, and for this purpose either
bury them in the earth or store them in bulk on
shelves or bins in the cellar or attic. In bury
ing. they both rapidly decay and lose their flavor;
in shelving them in cellars in large quantities
they will scarcely keep beyond the first OF Janu-
airy; and in putting them in the attic they freeze,
however much they may be covered.


The best way we know of is to have shelves
erected in the cellar expressly for fruit pears
and apples. Let them be about two feet wide
and one foot apart and as many and as lon as
may be desired, commencing six to twelve inch
cs fl ON the bottom. The shelves should he form
cd Of sas two inches wide and one inch apart.
and the fruit laid in single layers. The tier
should have close board bottom which should
be covered with an inch OF fine fresh lime which
ought TO be renewed two or three times during
the winter. The cellar should be ventilated for
an hour daily Gas every cellar ought TO be under
all circumstances unless the weather is too cold
The temperature should Of course never be al
lowed TO fall below the freezing point. If from
the fact that the temperature should be raised
above fifty by reason Of a heater, it must be
counteracted 10y the admission of outside air,
The fruit should be sorted over weekly.


This is not near as Troublesome as it appears
to be when once adopted; and the fact that it
will preserve winter apples and pears nntl
March and April, will render the labor one of
pleasure as well as Of profit, Geymantovn Tel.
egraph.


LIVER Complaint is disease much talked
about, and but little understood. Properly
speaking, every arrangement OF the liver or bill
ious system, is liver compll Mt. 1t i. generally
preceded or attended by cOStiveness, or alter =
nateiy costiveness and darhea prevails. The
course PARTICLES of bile become more or less
mixed with the blood and obstru is the pores Of
the skin and small blood vessels giving rise to
various diseases OF the skn such as erysipelas,
itching. blotches, pimples, boils, sore eyes, and
sores and ulcers oil various kinds. DR.. Walker ;
TegefaJie Ptnegar Buffers ctn be safely recon-
mcnded as sale and certain cure, well as pre-
ventlve, Tor this class OF lls
Year: 1869

Twelve miles more brings the traveller to
Damascus, another small mining town.
Here found two companies operating quite
extensively. The Mountain Gate Co. bave
an old tunnel in some 3 500 feet, and have
Just completed a second lower down the
hillside, which is now in over 8 900, where
the cement is paying well. The mine is
owned by twentylhree share bolders, every
one of whom is share holder and does tis
regular days work upon the claim. Twen
two were at work the day visited the m ne
The last clean up after a two weeks run,
gave them 1870 ounces of gold, they are not
now employing any extra hands; but soon
viii do so. Such company is bound to
succeed There is no business 10 the world
where co operation, under good management
will succeed better than mining.


The next mine visited was the Lewis claim
an old claim, containing very bard cement
The company have tunnel in some 700 feet
There are at present only SIX men employed
The old company erected a mill some seven
wears ago, at cost of $4,000. The ce-
ment is taken out and dumped in pile
where it is left eight or ten days to slacken
when it is worked in sluices. | understand
it was the intention TO commence crushing
soon; but why they do not crush at present
did not learn. | see no reason why the
claim should not be a valuable one.
Year: 1869

A man had migrated from church to
church, breaking up each as he passed. At
length he found himself in the Presbyterian
church, where he was making great progress.
The preacher, in great distress said to one
of his elders


What shall we do with him"


'Ohl' replied the elder, Il have been
praying the Lord to send him TO hell. y


''Oh, brother, what do you mean


Mean what say; l hope he will get to
he'll; he would do good there; he would
break up the establishment in six weeks"
Year: 1869

A love sick swain, in order to more fully
ascertain the mind of his lady love, closed a
letter with the following verse:
If you were dog, and was hog,


A rootin' away in the yard;
IF the old man should say, drive that hog away


Would you worry or bite very hard?
An exchange says a sentiment SO sublime
deserves an answer, and ventures TO suppose
the lady's answer:
" hen I am dog, and you are a hog,


4 wandering from the sty,
I'll not breathe bark, but merely remark,


Go it, porkie. root hog, or die.
Year: 1869

a Clergyman, who was reading TO his
congregation chapter in Genesis, found
the last sentence to be: Aud the Lord
gave unto Adam a wife, Turning over
two leaves together. he found written. and
read ''And she was pitched without and
within He had unhappily got into de-
scription Of Noah Ark
Year: 1869

As the dew lies longest and produces
most fertility in the shade, so woman, in
the shade of domestic retirement. sheds
around her path richer and more permanent
blessings than man, who is more exposed to
the glare and observation of public life.
Year: 1869

A rough individual, whose knowledge OF
classical language was not quite complete
had been sick, and on recovering was told
by his doctor that he might have little
animal food. mo sir, said he, Il took
your Cruel easy enough, but hang me if |
can 90 your hay and oats
Year: 1869

III may be for years, and II may be forever


In moment or two he came out, when
just as he was stepping off the piazza, he
somehow got glimpse of my dress. He
stopped and hesitated, then came up and
held out his hand


Good bye, Cousin Carrie


was startled as looked at him, and saw
the settled sadness and paleness of his face
Good bye, | said.


He had turned to 90 away, when l called
to him quickly, Cousin Ben


He came back.


Il will take the buttercups. VIII you
give them to mel"


He started. and you should have seen the
sudden flush of joy that lit up his face


''Oh, Cousin Carrie" interrupted. Il
am SO glad. What did he do?''


He took the flowers out of his pocket
and gave them to me-"


"Ot course. But is that all he did p


No, Miss Kate Ware" said Carrie,
laughingly, it was not all he did, but you
should not be so inquisitive. It is quite





SO happy that We staid out there talking for
full hour. Iti wonder | didn', catch
cold, it was such damp night. And then
Ben had to hurry of to tell the stage driver
that he need not call for him in the morning
as he had ordered him to.


AUNT Lydia was astonishcd beyond eve
rything when | told her that Ben WASH t
going to leave Melton, and that we we're en-
gagged But as soon as she had recovered
her equanim ity she said she wasn't surpriS-
ed in the least, she knew how things would
turn out long ago.


So your Cousin stayed at Melton as lorg
as you did. / am afraid there wasn't much
law studying after that said.


That's because you don't know Ben at
all. He began at once TO study so hard that
he not only redeemed his character with
Judge Minot, but won from him the highest
praise, and the prophecy that there was a
splendid future before him if he but went
on with the same earnestneSs. | was very
happy and very proud of him, though bis
time was so occupied that / saw him but
little except in the evening; but knew he
was working for me, and desired distinction
only for my sake When father and moth
er came home we were married; and have
never had reason to regret the time when
told Ben | would take the buttercups. Now
you know, Kate, why prize them so much. =
Year: 1869

The MISREPRESENTATION Of "HOn.' J


q stone Corrected.-White County


Sure for Senter


TO the Editors of the Union and American:


SPARTA, TENEEssEE, June %, 1862
We see in the Daily Tennessee State
Journal Of the '22d inst. a commuHica-
ton from Hon. j C Stone of this county
written under date Of june 6, which is
q gross Misrepresentation of the true
sentiments Of the honest people Of White
county, and which we must beg
you will permit us through your
paper to- answer. The honorable
gentleman, in his letter to the Journal,
makes the startling announcement shat
Gov. Senter will not get single vote in
this county from any party" This bit
of intelligence, coming as it does from
man who signs himself the Representa-
tive Of White County," and who is
known by large numbers of the people to
be professed Christian, and who in fact
sometimes fills the sacred desk, strikes
US with great force, and we the under~
signed, (being all lawful voters, unhes-
itatingly pronounce it falsehood.


The honorable gentleman says "he is
in favor Of exposing every enc Of the
school fund robbers to the people,"
And yet by reference to the proceedings
Of the last legislature upon that subject,
we find the honorable gentleman was
one Of the committee whose duty it was
to investigate the school fund robbery,
and the people yet remember how art>
fully and ingehiously that committee
worked to cover up and conceal the
corruption and guilt of their aceemplices
in crime, who had run their hands as it
were into the very pockets of the people
and robbed them of their hard earnings.
But as we understand, the honorable
gentleman is candidate for re- election
to the Legislature from this county upon
the Stokes platform, we suppose We need
say no more at this time, IS all these
questions will be discussed before the
people who are best acquainted with the
honorable gentleman who aspires to leg
islative honors. Yet as the honorable
gentleman has so little regard for the
truth as to be thus found openly stating
what he knows to be false, through the
public press, we hope he will not feel the
dignity Of his profession of christianity
insulted at the following propositions
which we make him.


/. We will bet him fifty dollars that
his competitor will beat him for the Le-
gislature in this county.


2. We will bet one hundred dollars
that he will beat him two to one.


We will make the same bets that
Senter will beat Stokes. And will then
bet two hundred and fifty dollars that
we win every one of the above propo'
sitions.


The people Of White county are fully
awake to the Importance of the coming
contest, and will roll up large majority
for Gov. Senter on the election day.


For any further communication write
to US, or any good men in White county,
and oblige yours, etc.


PETER TURNEY,


s NJ. G. Lowry.
-a r. L. Bronson.
Year: 1869

A New YORK letter says "The i'm
mense number Of emigrants now daily ar
irving at this port surpasses anything ever
heretofore known in the history of the
city. 1t far surpasses in number the great
rush to this country from abroad during
the first discovery in California. They
come in immense csrgoes day by day, aud
more, still more are coming. In fact, it is
said by an agent of one Of the leading
European steamship lines that not enough
ships are offering on the other side to take
all those anxious to emigrste over the At
lantic. The class emigrating hitherward
appear to be also of better calibre, with
more money and less greenish looking
than those who used to come years $50.
The Germans are by far in the majority
of the new arrivals, while there is deci-
ded falling off in the number of Irish en-
igrants."
Year: 1869

We copy the following from an accodnt
of the the recent Illinois press excursion,
published in the Illinois State Register, at
Springfield:


The talk about Northern people not be-
ing permitted to live in that country is all
twaddle. II Is not true. This we can
readily assert of our own personal knowl-
edge of several cases in point, where per-
sons known TO be avowed Radicals in poli-
tics went South to live and make 1t their
future home, conducted themselves as good
citizens, which they are, and no people
were ever received with more cordiality
and kindness, snd none would do these
same Radicals sn act Of kindness more
readily than the native Southerner. They
are anxious that people from the North
shall come TO their country and become
part Of it, but they very naturally want
men, not the scum and refuse Of the North,
who leave their country for their couutry's
good.
Year: 1869

The CHOLERA IN AFRIcA.-The cholera
has broken out with great virulence in
Gambia, Africa, defying the most vigorous
efforts Of the authorities to restrain it.
The total deaths up the 10Th of May
were one hundred and ninety; of these
none were Europeans. The disease
seems to be of the most violent character;
three or four hours are reported to be the
longest attack, while many drop dead
after as many minutes. The cholera
having been hitherto unknown by the
natives, panic has taken possession Of
them, and the administrator and his
Secretary have been obliged to bury the
dead in trenches, setting the example
with their own hands, as the only way to
induce the natives to assist in the work
Year: 1869

A STEAM plow experiment in New Jer-
sey lately was entirely successful. In
view of the scarity and changed condis
ton of labor IN the South, the proba-
bilities are that eventually farmers hay-
ing large tracts of land to cultivate there
will triturate the soil with plOws driven
by steam. Why should not every very
large farm have its steam engine, the
power to be applied to multitude of
services upon the placer A little iHge-
nuity might make a small portable steam
engine to do so much general work that
farm of thousand or two acres could
be run by very few hands.
Year: 1869

THE Mobile Tribune says: "The Reg
lister is slightly mistaken in saying that
Yerger is regarded as a martyr to the
Lost Cause 1t happens that he abans
doned the cause before il was quite lost,
and sought refuge with the Yankees in
Vicksburg. We feel sorry for any man
in Yerger's present unhappy condition
but it is our duty to the South to the
South to say that he is not one of her
representative men,
Year: 1869

10 44C A@1OO4 Nv G1A4Us


In the South, as throughout
the North, there isexperienced
a serious want of labor, jutt at
the critical period when labor
is most urgently needed, and
at the very time when, for rea-
sons that are quite unaccount-
able, there is always to be found
about the larger cities an abnn-
dance of idlers and persons
seeking employment. 1t is so
in Missouri, Iowa and Illinois
the same in Louisiana and
Tennessee-and there is said
to be at this moment cOngrega-
ted at the city of New Orleans
alone unemployed and able
bodied men enough to supply
the immediate scarcity of help
prevailing in the planting dis
tricts of Louisiana.


There is a strange aversion
on the part of many, even OF
those apparently predestined
to earn their living By manual
toll, to the laborious avocation
Of the farm hand. They seem
to prefer the associations of
town, even with starvation,
beggary or crime before them,
to the sweat and dust of the
cotton or grain field. This num-
Der is By no means confined to
the negroes. The colored peo-
pie, especially since the war,
seem bnt initiate the white in
a dogged determination to
evade menial service in the
country at any sacrifice Of their
real interests, and any haz-
zard of irretrievable ruin.


At the same tilhe, there may
be always found among the
unemployed elements OF city
population a acertain proportion
willing to accept almost any
terms of procuring a livelihood;
and it is frequently from the
want of proper efforts on the
part of the planters, farmers
and oths interested in the mat
ter that relief to some extent
is net derived from this source.


AS proposed in New Orleans
it wonld be advantageous to
have a legitimate, responsible
organisation in every large
city, giving special attention
to this matter, and to which
the laborer in search of a place
could apply with an assurance
of being fairly dealt by, and OF
obtaining work at reasonable
wages.--[St Louis Times.


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