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Year: 1868

This depends so much upon the views of plan
ters that the nurseryman cannot always control
the period at which he shall clear block oftrees.
Peaches should always be removed at one year
from the bud Plums and dwarf pears will be
ready to 90 off at two years from the bud or graft;
so with apples and cherries. But many persons;
purchasers and sellers, prefer large trees and
they recommend that the trees should remain,
one, two or even three years longer In the nur-
sery Others, a new school of fplanters, prefer to
set out the maiden tree, in most of the species
above named, except some very teebly growing
varieties, that will scarcely have attained sufficient
size to risk in the orchard. The nurseryinan
should beware of keeping his trees too long on
his hands; they become Improbable stock and
are sure to require much more labor in the dig
ging and handling. The purchaser is his own
master, and his taste and wishes must be consul
ted; if he wants large trees by all means, let him
be indulged; he will have to pay in proportion,
he will have more wood for his money, more
weight to carry, or more transportation to pay
for, more labor in planting, and vastly increased
risk of the life of his trees; but let him be ndul
ged with his FIVE year old trees, while his neigh
Dor, for smaller sum invested with less freight,
less wood less labor. and infinitely less risk, will
plant his maiden trees and FIVE years hence will
market more fruit.


The risk of transplanting large or old trees from
the nursery, may be greatly diminished, and their
value viii be vastly enhanced. BY judicious root
Year: 1868

In Europe, subsoiling and trenching are largely
engaged in. Why is this )? 1t is so from neces-
sity Land is cultivated in parcels of but few
acres to man, and much is to be gotten from it,
and this much is depended upon, and hardly ever
meets with disappointment Why not meet
with disappointment Simply because thorough.
tillage is the rule-the necessity. 1t is not so
here; and here it is where we often meet with
failure.


A deeply cultivated soil has advantages which
no other soil has--and they are important ad-
vsntages. Deep culture brings the moisture up
from the great fountain (the under soiD which is
always moist. 1t does it invariably by capillary
attraction; but only when the upper soil is de-
prived of its moisture When this is wet, the
moisture invariably finds its way down. not by
capillary attraction, but by its own weight-and
it passes off except what is wanted: that is re-
tanned by the attraction of the soil, and is no
more than is needed for the benefit of the land
and the crop to be grown upon it.


The deeper the soil is pulverized, the more
moisture in drouth) will be brought up, and
the more readily will the superabundance of rain
disappear. Such soil can never be made wet,
permanently


But deep tilage does more. In Europe. where
the soil has been cultivated for many centuries.
advantages is still taken of the original subsoil,
which underlies the ordinary cultivated ground.
This is brought up from below, where there is
good depth of it, as would be on our prairie lands
and made use Of One of our greatest polti-
clans, who is also good farmer says the best
farming he ever saw was in Belgium, where
much of the land is trenched to the depth of
three feet-and the results are such as warrant
the outlay of the labor. He says the rich men
of our country can afford to farm on the surface;
but the poor man cannot. Why not? Because
there is more advantage even here in this coun-
try to farm thoroughly, than to do the thing as
it is generally done.


What We have said are not new facts, save to
they are facts that should be kept in view con-
stantly; for this is what the farmer must keep
before him perpetually if he would do it. The
temptation We know is great in the West to large
farms; it is almost impossible to take but few
acres and work them in thoroughly scientific
manner Yet it would pay-perhaps less so than
in the older portions of the country, in Europe
but still pay. 1t might be check to ambi-
tion. But is this a harm? Certainly not, if
there is no loss.


More. Deep tillage certainly makes bed for
the roots that penetrate. They will feel tho
uuickened advantage and respond at once and
through the whole season. The soil once
thoroughly stirred (to great depth) it will re-
main in that condition, more or less, for great
length of time passing beyond the life of a man
for this same soil has lain for thousands of
years.


Stir up and get the good which it contains; it
is yours to get. Get it then, and begin with a
little less land.-Colcmon' Rural World.
Year: 1868

The real political significance of the
late elections is not in the general re
suit, but in the increasing Democratic
strength shown IN the vote. The re
turns prove large Democratic gains
which, it is confidently believed, SO fal
as Indiana is concerned, have actually
given us the State. The conclusion il
irresistible that Pennsylvania and OAit
as well as Indiana, will go for SEYMoUI
and BLAIR should the gains betwcer
now and November be in proportion tt
what they have been of late. 1t was
not until very recently that the canvass
was actively entered upon, and we see
what has already been accomplished.
The Presidential election is not far OF
but there is yet ample time to
bring the Northern mind to Il
lust appreciation of the momentous is
sues to be decided. We urge tho Democra
cy everywhere to renewed effort IN arous
ing popular sentiment against the de-
basing and fatal heresy of Radicalism'
We call upon them to take courage
from the fact that the lavish expehai'
ture of money, and fraud and corruP
tion in every conceivable form, coul(
not prevent brief and partial discus
sion of the political issues from result
ing in the triumph of our ticket in lndi
ana, and in large and general Demo
cratic gains in Pennsylvania and Ohio


Even if Democrats knew they woulC
be defeated next month, il would still
be their duty to be active and untirlns
in the present campaign. 4 powerful
and organized minority could do mucl
toward holding the Radicals in check
But. as we before remarked, nothing
which has thus far transpired shoul'
chill our our hopes of achieving sig
nal victory for SEYMOUR and BLAIR, 70
Democracy and the Constitution, mex
month
Year: 1868




A miner Of the Imperial Mine of Gold
Hill, Nevada, publishes in a paper OF
that locality, the following rat story.
He says:


It is not generally known, except in
mining localities, that rats inhsbit the
mines, but such, however, is the fact.
From the top ground down to the low
est levels they are to be found in our
mines. Seine time since, the Imperial
Company stopped work as the lowest
level for several days to repair the shaft
lust above il. After resuming work,
the carman, whe was the first to 60 be-
low, went down alone to run out the
ore from the chutes, and as soon as the
rats heard the old familiar sound of the
car rumbling along the track, they
rushed out from behind the timbers to
welcome the presence of man once
more. They ran up to the carman in
SQUADS, climbed all over him, then down
to the station floor again, and scamper-
ed and gamboled around in ecstacies OF
unmistakab able delight. When he started
for the chute again with the car, they
ran following and playing around him,
and when he had filled his car with ore
and started back again for the shaft, they
(the rats) sprang upon the car and ran
all over it, and jumped and leaped as If
mad. The carman sat down a moment
to see what they would do, when they
all huddled around and ran over him
without the slightest apparent fear,
and without offering to bite him. He
did not hurt any of them, as he said II
thew could live in such place he felt
in duty bound to let them have the
| "freedom of the CITY,"
Year: 1868

Here is a row of ordinary capital let,
ters and figures:


SIS s SXXXXZ ZZZZ3333S :
They are such as are made up of two
parts of equal shapes. Look carefully
at these and you will perceive that the
upper halves of the characters are a
rerv little smaller than the lower halves
so little that an ordinary eye will de-
clare them TO be of equal size. Now, turn
the page upside down, and without any
careful looking, you will see that this
difference in size is very much eXsgger-
ated-that the real top half of the letter
is very much smaller than the lower
half. 1t will thus be seen that there is
a tendency in the eye to enlarge the up,
per par. of any object upon which it
looks. We might draw two circles OF
unequal size, and so place them that they
should appear equal.-Once a Hees'
Year: 1868

The Washington Express says: "About
thirty men and boys are now and have
fSeen for the past four weeks employed
in the Senate folding room, at an ex.
pense of over one hundred dollars a day,
putting up Radical campaign docu-
ments for distribution throughout the
country These documents have been
forwarded at the rate of 10000 per day
and the expense of folding them is paid
out of the contingent fund of the Sen
ate. All applications for folding Dem
ocratic documents have been refused as
yet, the pressHre of the Radical Senate
committee being so great on the fold
ing-room. One of the documents that
is being sent Quits an immense placard
embracing in kthe four corners carica
lures of Seymour addressing the New
York mob, General Forrest at the Fort
Pillow affair, Admiral Semmes as the
destroyer of American commerce, and
General Wade Hampton hanging Union
men. 1t is alleged that the sheet is
printed at the expense of the Radical
Congressional Committee, but it is
otherwise given out that it is printed
at the Government Printing Office
and paid for out of the Government
fuHds."
Year: 1868

A REvoLUTIoN.-The revolution in
grape culture has been a revolution in
deed. AS formerly almost everybody
cut and slashed their grape-vines year
after year, "hand-running," as the
phrase goes, so now almost everybody
lets them alone. The consequence is,
there are grapes, and grapes, and grapes
everywhere in plenty this year. | was
informed the other day by a gentleman
we'll acquainted with the vineyards OF
the State, that they had for two years
in succession abandoned the system OF
cutting and slashing the Catawba, and
there it was healthy and bearing with
its old profusion. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1868

LET not Democrats anywhere abate
their zeal, nor tire in their efforts to
rescue their country from the bjiShtin8
misrule of the Jacobins, who are hurry
ing the nation into universal bankrupt
CIV and ruin. This country was never
in such danger as at this moment. 1t is
country worth saving, and change OF
Federal rulers is the only thing that
can save it. If the Democrats succeed
in November, the Constitution and the
Union will be restored and the country
saved. If Radicalism triumphs all will
be lost. Democrats, Conservatives, pa
triots, in ell the States, to the rescue.
Organize, sacrifice and work as becomes
you, with unfinching spirit and brave
determination, and if you do so the vic
tory will be yours
Year: 1868

From the new Orleans Ilmess July lf.i


Some of the stories that are told by
carpet-baggers and saddle.baggers at
each other expense are more amusing
than any from any other source. A
tour on horseback was recently made by
two Of them through the State, and the
following is the story told by one Of his
partners:


"The first time / noticed anything
wrong about him we went into country
store where crowd was sitting around
and looking at US hard. ! called for
liquor, and while the bar-keeper's back
was turned H reached over 10 cigar
box and commenced to help himself /
caught him by the hand and gave him a
look. When we got away, said to him I:


"'You internal fool, what did you
want to go for that fellows cigars for2 l
intended to give you half, but d-n it,
couldn't you see those fellows sitting
around, and who would have cut your
throat If they had so much as seen you
bat your eyes at them |" 1t was some
time before / fully got over that.


1--WE travelled on another day, and at
every house we came to my partner
would carry his arm stiff, and tell people
he had been wounded in the Confederate
army


"We stopped all night at Bill IS,
who has killed half dozen people in
duels, but who treated us we'll. About
all he had left was pair of dueling p;s-
tolls, and one Of those discovered when
we got on the road the next day, that
my partner had brought of. l ltlike
taking it and blowing the top of his head
of. He promised, however, after | had
nearly cursed myself hoarse, to do bet
ter But that very night we stopped at
another house, where an ex-planter
treated us like fighting cocks, and /
thought that my partner would have the
decency to keep quiet, as there we're
some ladies at the table, and did not
care to make bad impression upon
them.


But the next morning as we galloped
eff, l noticed that my saddle-bags had
wonderfully bulged out, and kept flap
ping about my legs in queer sort Of
way;


"'Why, what in the deuce is the mat
ter with the d-d things, l said to a
niger boy that was with me. 1t seems
as if / was riding on bag of corn


eli has put something there,
said the niger in whisper, but his is
fuller than yours.


"And it was true. He had stolen sew
eral carats of fperique tobacco, and placed
some of them in my saddle-bags. He
put in his own saddle-bags, among other
things, a pair of the old mans pants,
which he used as drawers, after cutting
off some of the legs. When he rode up
| said to him:


"You id Internal thief, what do
you mean p


"'Why, said he, you don't call it
stealing to take anything from these
rebels p"


A good many subsequent adventures
followed in the same style, but We have
not space to quote further.
Year: 1868

AN ELOQUENT ExTRAcr.-Generation
after generation have felt as we now feel,
and their lives were as active as our own.
They passed ike vapor, while nature
wore the same aspect of beauty as when
her Creator commaded her to be. The
heavens shall be as bright over our
graves as they are around our paths.
The world will have the same attractions
for our offspring yet unborn as she had
once for our ancestors. Yet n little
while, and all will have happened. The
tbrobbing heart will be stifed, and all
will be at rest. Our funeral will wind
its way, and then we shall be left alone
in silence and darkness for the worms
And if may be, for q short time we shall
be spoken Of, but the things of life will
creep in and our names will soon be for
gotten. Days will continue to move on,
and laughter and song will be heard in
the room in which we died and the eye
that mourned for us will be dried, and
glisten again with joy; and even our chill
dren will cease to think Of US, and vii
not remember to lisp our names.
Year: 1868

WATERING TREEs.-In very dry sea-
SONS it is very important to water newly
transplanted trees but the common mode
is very Objectionable. When thewateria
poured on the surface, the soil is apt to
crack and let the moisture below escape
through the openings, so that its utility
may often be very doubtful. Latterly
l have applied water erdilferently. Dig
hole near to trees SO as not to disturb the
roots, and potr in a pailful. Then draw
the loose earth until the hole is filed, and
covered upcompletely, SO that nothing wet
is visible, andno cracks will ever appear.
A tree treated in this manner will not
need wartering again for week.
Year: 1868

THE TALLow CANDLE THEORY
Persons have heard it asserted that a tai
low candle when fred from an ordinary
gun with the usual charge Of powder, at


a deal board three quarters Of an inch


thick, will pass through the board, but
very few who have not seen it done be-
lieve it. On Monday party of rife
men and other gentlemen, for the pur-
pose of deciding bet on the subject, ad-
journed to the butts Of the North Mid
dlesex Rifles at Child's Hill where a
board of the thickness described having
been fixed in an upright position, a COM
mon halfpenny dip was fred at it from
fowling-piece, from distance Of about
fifteen PAGES. The candle struck the
board with its full force and length, and
passed through leaving hole exactly
the shape of the candle. The remains
of the candle were found scattered in
pieces resembling snow fakes on the
high mound of earth in the rear Of the
board. A second candle when fred from
the fowling piece, passed through the
board, making circular hole which was
however, very jagged around the edges
A third candle carried away largt
piece Of the board, nine inches long ant
three inches broad, breaking away tht
boundary on one side of the hole made
by the first shot. A candle fred from q
rifle failed to pass through the board


the grooves of the rife stripped the tai
llow from the wick as it passed out Ths
Year: 1868

One very cold night, jolly old fellow,
who had been drinking too freely at a
tavern, started for home in gig, and on
the way was upset and left by the side of
the road. Some persons, passing a short
time afterward, discovered him holding
his feet up to the moon, and calculating
to some invisible person, "Pile on the
wood it's a miserably cold fire
Year: 1868

A returned Californian found the baby
he had left at home miss Of five sum-
'mers. One day he offended her and she
irefully exclaimed, Il wish you had new
er married into the family"
Year: 1868

We reproduce FROM the New York World
of Monday the folloEing extracts from its
financial column the hopeful tone of which
we most cheerfully indorse:


The embarrassed condition of the South
ern States last year aud the want of credit
in the North, which they enjoyed this year,
have driven them into self dependence
which promises TO make that section the
richest in the whole Union. The products
of the South at all times command gold.
Europe completes with the North as q
buyer of the same. Before the rebellion
the South imported most of its food
from the Western States; but now they
raise sufficient on their own soil for all
their wants, and are likely to be exporters
of cereals, like California and the Western
States. Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah
and New Orleans have their lines of
steamers direct to Europe. In New Orleans
and other Southern cities the assessed value
of real estate-of course, as usual with
official valuations, much below its real
market price-is from thirty to forty per
cent higher than the combined value of the
same property and negroes before the rebel
lion. In other words, the market price of
the Southern States, without the price of
the negroes added thereto. is already greater
than they were with the added value of the
slaves before the rebellion. Emancipation
has proven itself to be a profitable
transaction. This self dependence of the
Southerners, which has been forced
upon them by circumstances en-
gineered by Congress, promises to
give them, through the agency Of their sta
pie, cotton, supremacy in the money CEN
tres of the civilized world greater than
their most sanguine statesmen ever dreamed
of New Orleans is the natural outlet for
Western produce, and not Chicago. The
Mississippi, with an enterprise which is
even now going ahead of that proverbial of
the West, is crowded with tug-boats for
produce, and mammoth elevators in New
Orleans, which point to that city as the pic
neer in the new era of prosperity and pro
eress for the South. New York, Of course,
will reap its full share Of all the profits and
advantages from this progression In the
south as well as in every other portion Of
the United States.
Year: 1868

Treasury more than there were in
May, the Secretary called in and
burned up over eleven millions Of
dollars in currency, that were cost
ing the Government no interest
whatever.


The gold debt is increasing, and
the gold interest upon it. All the
Indebtedness that draws no interest,
and all the Indebtedness that is pay
able in currency, is being extin-
guished while an enormous amount
OF gold is lying idle in the Treasury
and drawing no interest, more than
eleven millions of greenbacks are
called in by the Secretary of the
Treasury and destroyed. That is
what makes money so searce--so
tight--just now That is the cause
of business being depressed That
is the cause Of the hard times
Burning up the greenbacks and
letting the gold lie idlel That's
financiering financiering!
That's the way Bondholders do
business The poor men ought to
see "what's the matter now2" And
the Radicals, who are squirming
like fsh-worms, are begging the
votes Of the poor men who are suf-
fering because the greenbacks are
being burnt up by tho millions of
dollars. The Record has q fellow
to scribble for it who squirms terri
bly,, and then asks the poor men to
vote for Grant-vote against reason
and common sense


Do you see why money is so
scarceH Reader, we can tell you
plainly that it is high time for you
to see that the Radical leaders are
taking from you all that you cat
and wear
Year: 1868

"A few individuals are now mana
ging the financial affairs of the
country for their own special inter.
ests. The Radical Congress has the
financial affairs shaped SO that il
can direct the Secretary OF the
United States Treasury to do Just
as it orders. The Congress and the
Secretary of tho Treasury are tax
ing up as fast as possible all the
debt that bears no interest and all
the debt that bears currency inter.
est and converting it into o gold
bearing interest debt-which inter.
Ost is about 40 per cent. above
what the interest would be in cur
rency. That is tho way the Radi-
Gals act as financiers | The Vinton
Record endorses just such financier.
ing as that.


Let us 60 farther. In the Treas.
ury this month there are seventeen
millions of dollars moro of gold
than there were in May. Many
wpeople would have supposed that it
would have been better to have
taken this seventeen millions, that
is now lying idle in the Treasury,
drawing no interest, and employed
it in taking up five-twcnty bonds,
upon which the laboring men are
paying six per cent. gold interest,".
There would have been in this little
transaction saving Of million of
dollars in gold q year, in the shape
of interest on the bonds. But such
an item is not thought to amount to |
anything by the Radical financiers
in Congress, who control the Secre-
teen millions Of dollars in gold in the
ssry Of the Treasury. Whilsseyn, !
Year: 1868

The Stark County (Ohio) Republican
says: "Judge Slower, of this State, has
decided point in a recent will case,
which is of interest to wives in general,
and widows in particular. He holds it
to be the law that man may leave his
property to his wife with proviso that
she forfeit her right to it in case she
marries second time, and that the
court has no right to interfere with this
provision. A restraint of this kind
made to single woman would be as
null and void, but If a man makes de-
wise TO his wife, conditional that she
shall remain his widow, it shall be void
if she marries.


She takes the estate con amore, and the
law presumes, in that class of cases,
that one husband is enough for the la
dy, and If she chooses to enjoy q second
matrimonial union she does it at her
own risk, and is remitted to her dover
and such portions Of her personal pro
perty as the law gives her. This deci-
sion gives husbands sort OF control
over their own widows that will add
force to the reasons that usually oper-
ate to prevent second marriages. 1t is
a principle, we apprehend. that will,
some day, receive due attention and
sharp handling from female reformers.