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Year: 1868

The Commissioner of the General
Land Office, ina circular letter addressed
to the numerous land Offices throughout
the country, gives some directions and
makes certain suggestions which are Of
importance. 1t directs these officials to
prepare from time to time statements of
the adaptsbility of the public, lands to
agriculture and to mining All facts
which will throw any light upon these
subjects or aid science in her work Of
making them profitable, and thus inuring
to the benefit of the republic, are desired
by the department These instructions
are well timed. As the Commissioner
suggests in the letter, very large part
Of the public domain is undervalued and
unappreciated. Lands which, with a
small amount of scientific labor, can
be made to support large popu-
lation, are regarded as being worthless,
simply because no researches and
discoveries have been made tending to
show in what manner and by what means
they can be rendered cultvable. Aud
the same must be said of our mineral
lands. That there is an amount of gold
aud silver almost beyond calculation in
this country we feel perfectly assured !;
but in what manner this vast wealth is to
be made available at as early period as
possible science has not yet ascertained.
If the directions Of the Commissioner
are faithfully and intelligently carried
out we believe that lands which are now
looked upon as barren and worthless will
in few years add considerably to our
agricultural resources. and that mines
which have been abandoned as exhausted
or profitless will be worked again scien-
tifcally, to the profit Of the owners and
the mineral wealth of the republic.
--Netc York Herald.
Year: 1868

1t has been reported that the new
Tammany Hall, New York, the place Of
the assemblage of the National Demo-
cratic Convention, will not hold over two
thousand persons. We are glad to learn
from the New York World that this is
an error, and thatit will hold fully six
thousand people As to the plan Of is
suing tickets, the World says:


"The most feasible, and the plan
which will, undoubtedly, give the best
satisfaction to all concerned, will be to
first set apart the space required for the
delegates, and next that Of the represen-
tatives of the press. When this is done,
ascertain how many more can be accom-
modated, and issue tickets accordingly,
these tickets to be divided pro rata
among the entire number Of delegates.
IL the hall will accommodate four thou
sand besides the delegates and the rep
resentatives Of the press, then each dele
gate will have some ten tickets to admit
his friends from his district This plan
viii give equal chance to the outsiders
from every State, and no one section win
have the advantage over any other. -
Nashrills Banner.
Year: 1868

IN regard to the trespassing of cattle
on uninclosed land, and injuries receiv-
ed by them while wandering thereon,
the supreme court of Pennsylvania
have decided that there Is no liability
on the part of the owner either Of the
cattle or the land and that when the
latter dug pit into which cattle fell,
he was not liable for the injury they
sustained.


In this, and perhaps every other
American state, an owner of cattle is
liable to an action for their browsing on
his neighbor's uninclosed woodland.
But il follows not that because such
browsing is excusable as trespass, it is
matter of right. 1t is an immunity,
not a privilege; or at most, a license re-
vocable at the will of the tenant, who
may turn his neighbours cattle away
from his grounds at pleasure. Their
entry is, in strictness, a trespass, which
for its insignificance, is not noticed by
the law, probably on the foot of the
maxim, de minimis, or perhaps because
it is better that all waste lands should
be treated as common without stint. 1t
certainly saves vexatious litigation.
The particular loss from it is unappre-
ciable, even as subject of nominal
damages, and would probably be held
so, even in England, where waste land
is altogether worthless, But even ifan
owner Of cattle had the right claimed
for him, the tenant would not be bound
to eXpend his money or his labor in
preparing Ills land for the safe and con-
venient enjoyment of it. A man must
use his property so as not to incommode
his neighbOr but the maxim extends
only to neighbors who do not interfere
with or enter upon II. He who suffers
his cattle to go at large, takes upon him
self the risks incident to it. If it We're
not so, a proprietor could not sink a
well or a saw pit, dig ditch or mill
race, or OPEN stone quarry or coal
pit, on his own land, except at the risk
of being made liable for consequential
damage from it, which would be a most
unreasonable restriction of its enjoy
| HieHl. ile HiiSht us Wei pc ieuuiIch
to level a precipice, put fence round a
swamp, or cut down reclining trees. 1t
is enough, in all reason, that his neigh


boris cattle have the range of his forest,


without imposing on him the duty Of
looking to their safety. If the owner
Of them do not choose to enjoy his H.
ccnse on that footing, lei him keep
them at home or sends herdsman along
with them. The law imposes no such
duty on the tenant. (6 Barr, 472.
Year: 1868

THE TRADE FOR A FARMER.-Every
young man who means to be q farmer,
ought first to learn some mechanical trade
We would rather learn the carpenters and
joincrs than any other, as it will oftencr
come into use on the farm. That farmer
who understands this trade has many ad-
vantages over one who does not and has to
run for mechanic for every little job re-
quired to be done on q farm. Even if he
work but short time OF the trade, say one
season only, under good master, he will
find the knowledge of great benefit to him,
many times. II q young man robust and
healthy, has this trade in connection with
a good practical education, sufficient to quail
ify him as teacher Of district school in
the winter season, is about as good start
in life as any young man can have who is
not furnished with capital ready to his
hand, and the rare faculty to know how to
use il,
Year: 1868

Dean Swift, the eseverest satarist Of his day
was one day dinning with company ofgen-
tie men one Of whom he had made the butt
Of his ridicule with repeated sallies. At
last the Dean poured upon piece Of duck
somd gravy intended to be eaten with
roasted goose. The unfortunate gentleman
seeing this, Immediately said: my good
Dean, you surprise me, you eat duck like
q goose" The company roared, and the
poor Dean was so confused and mortified
that he flew into rage and left the table.
Year: 1868

Ono Of our young readers was taken by his
father on recent visit to Washington and a
call upon the President, who, placing his
hand on the head Of tho six-year-old, said,
Remember that In this country every boy
is candidate for tho Presidency" Tho
little fellow was asked what tho President
said to him. He said, "ovory boy must
bring him some candy to cal"
Year: 1868

REcEIpr.-Thc following receipt is said
to be worth thousand dollars to every
housekeeper:


"Takc one pound Of sol soda and half q
pound Of unslacked lime and put them ir
gallon Of water, boil twenty minutes, let
it stand till cool, then drain of and put in
small jug or jar. Soak your dirty clothes
over night, or until they ore wet through,
then wiring them out, and rub on plenty Of
soap, and in one boiler of the clothes vel
covered with water, add one teacupful o
the washing fluid, boil half an hour briskly
then wash them thoroughly with one suds
rinse, and your clothes will look better than
by the old way Of washing twice before
cooling. This is an invaluable receipt, and
every poor woman should try II.
Year: 1868

CURE For WHoopINa CouaH.-Physi.
clans, in Hartford, Conn.,, have adopted
with marked success o new method of treat
ment for curing children afflicted with the
whooping cough. The juvenile patient are
taken on tour Of inspection to the city
gas works, and while intently engaged in
witnessing the various processes employed
in manufacturing their evenings artificial
illumination supply, they breathe the not
very pleasant air of tho gas house. In
some way, not very clearly understood, the
inhailing Of this air is found to cure or
greatly alleviate the complaint. This in.
genious method Of bone6tting the youth
full mind and body simultaneously has be-
come immensely popular in the place, the
people at the gas works asserting that dur
ing the last twelve months no loss than three
hundred cases have been experimentcd up.
on, tho results, generally, being Of a most
favorable character.
Year: 1868

A Curious SroEy.-Not long ago one
hundred and thirty guincas were found in
an old we'll in Philadelphia. Samuel Nor
ris writes to the Rassbwg Commercial as
follows: "There is no doubt that l am the
only person living who knows anything
about how that gold came there, or where it
came from. And feel l am only doing my
duty when I disclose the facts Of the case,
for the benefit of the present lucky one
The following statement was made to me by
my father, Isaac Morris, who was born and
raised in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and
removed to Washington County in the year
l7S4, where he located on farm. In the
following year (l7S5) he hired man to
work on his farm, who had been soldier in
the British army during the revolution
This man disclosed the secret of stealing
purse from an officer Ia messnlate of his),
while cncamped outside ofPhiladelphia, (no
doubt it is now the heart of the city,, con-
tanning one hundred and thirty guineas, and
being fearful Of detection, he secreted it in
an open well, climbing down into the well
and putting it in crevice fthe wall, above
the water. Being ordered, few days af.
terward, to march hastily, he left without
having time to remove it, or, perhaps, he
did not have any desire to carry it with him
for he often declared he would like to have
the money, but he would never 60 to rccov-
er it. lie, however, described the place 80
minutely that my father, being well acquain-
ted with the city and suburbs, knew the ex.
act location Of the we'll. In the fall Of 1889
he went to Philadelphia with drove ofhogs
and, in company with his cousin, William
West 10 brother Of Benjamin f. West, that
world.renowned artist), proceed to the well
for the purpose Of obtaing the hidden treas
ure, but found that it had been planked
over, and pump put in the well. Fearing
trouble, they came away without making
the object Of their visit known to the owner.
Now, l have no hesitation in saying the gold
that has been found is the same that was
stolen by that man, and confessed by him to
my father"
Year: 1868

WHAT THE DEMocRAcY WILL
Do.-Col Foysyth, the editor Of the
Mobile Register, who is now in Wash
iugtOn, writes to that paper, under
date Of April, as follows concerning
the Democratic policy toward the
South, should the party obtain pos.
session Of The Federal Government:


have taken . good deal Of pains
to learn what are the sentiments Of
the leading Democrats as to the sction
Of the party, should It win the Adj
ministra.ion in the November contest
in reference to Federal policy toward
the South. Il was : question Of the
largest practical interest, whether,
should the Democracy come into
power, il would leave the whites Of
the South to struggle as best they
could out Of the mire Of Radical re-
construction, or whether II would at
once lift them out BY the strong hand
Of Federal power. | get but one an.
sIer TO the inquiry, md that Is, the
democracy win be swift to sweep
from the statute.bOok the whole sys-
TEN Of military and AFrieAn recon
struction as utterly null and void and
of no effect, and at once TO recognize
the existing white constitutions Of
the Southern States, and feadmit the
latter to their full equality in the
Union. ! must confess that / did not
personally need such assurances, for
when policy and good faith both point
to one course, the result is seldom
doubtful. But some Southern friends
did deem them necessary. l think
that before Congress adjooFns the
Democrats in that body win make .
further declaration and pledge 70 this
effect.
Year: 1868




The editor Of the Muscatine (IoWal
Coarior was sued the other day. He
took it philosophically, Hear him


The dim reccsses Of our dark
sanctum we're illuminated yesterday
by the rubicund visage Of our friend,
Constable Scott. Our hair stood on
an end as, with tears in his eye, he
proceeded to read very nicely print
ed blank on which our name figured
cOnspicuOasly with that of Justice
KIein.


To cut short a long article we
were sued We're you ever sued,
reader? Nice, amt it2 We put
oar pen behied our ear and looked
wise at the officer. He trembIed a
little, for the idea Of seeing On editor
was new to him. He never Imagined
that anything could be got Of them
fellers' By suing-we diden't either.
We don't now.


The art Of suing is . science.
Young lawyers who are anxious for
suits sometimes bring them for fun.
Old ONES, however, never do anything
Of the kind unless they can get some
thing. We never knew anybody to
get anything where there wasn't any.
thing to be had.


We hope they'll get a Judgment
against US then wO hope they II take
oat an execution; and lastly, we beg
they'll execute it. Ii we've got any
property we'd like to know it. They
might garnishee lot of otbcr fellows
we owe around town. We guess they
will. If they're sharp they'll com.
mence on Geo. Schneider. We owe
him for a glass Of beer. Ii they
would get that it would help a little
Failing in this, we recommend then
to attach a box Of soiled paper collar
we have on hand. They haven't beer
turned yet, aud they might use thu
clean side. If these won't do we ar,
unable to help them"
Year: 1868

to act OF what to do, could only CON-
maDd halt, and order the men to lie
down to escape as much as possible
the incessant rain of bullets. But
there was one in the ranks on whom
all eyes were riveted. He kept his
standing position. Time and again
was he urged and dcfoaly he stood,
thinking not of danger, but remember.
ing only that fearful day when honor.
the pride of wan' 5 life, was torn from
him, and he branded with the name Of
coward. He seemed to bear
charmed life, as he stood loading and
firing at the enemy as coolly as on
company drill. But at last the fatal
missile pierced the proud young heart
and Charles Worthington, the dis.
graced color bearer, had redeemed
his honor, but Nth his ite.


As the writer stood beside the still
cold form, and looked upon this sad
victim Of mans inhumanity to man,
be could but breath a silent fervent
prayer in behalf Of the blighed heart
far away, as yet unmindful Of the
great suffering in store.


We buried him in a little pine
thicket, beside his fallen comrades, and
may we not hope his sleep is as sweet
as theirs.


Should you ever pass the town Of
R, aud enter the cemetery there,
you will see lonely grave, while at
its head weeping willow, planted
but few short years ago, keeps it,
silent vigils. That grave contains all
that is mortal Of Ida, the beloved aud
beautiful daughter Of Mr.. StanhOpe,
The graves Of the lovers are widely
separated, but their souls, We trust
are united.
Year: 1868

It is very indiscreet aud troubles
some ambition which cares SO much
about fame, about what the world
says Of US to be always looking in
the faces Of others for approval; to
be always anxious about the effect Of
what We do or say; to be always
shouting, to hear the echo Of our own
voices, '2k
Year: 1868

We have attended the State Convention
during the present week, and consequently
are not able to present our readers with as
much local matter as usual. We publish a
synopsis of the proceedings.
Year: 1868

HELMBOLD'S EXTRACT BUCHU and
IMPROVED ROSE WASH cure secret and
delicate disorders in all their stages, at little
expense, little or no change of diet, no in
convenience and no exposure. 1t is pleasant
in taste and odor, immediate in its action.
and free from all injurious properties.
Year: 1868

WE would like very much to accept "Old
Slpup's' invitation to visit Whisky Slide
and see those nice girls, but hardly think we
shall be able to do so soon. Nice Girls the
most expressive words in our language. All !!
God bless them.
Year: 1868

Do you want a new hat: If SO call at
Davidson's "One Price Store" and get one
of his new ones. The man who would wear


an old hat when bran-new one of the latest


style can be bought for so small price as
Davidson asks, must have been born on the


1st of April.
Year: 1868

would be brought by this road. Portland
would extend her trade, and the Grand
Trunk would soon find that her utmost
capacity would be taxed to do the Port
land business.


The old policy is doubtless to be continued /;
more money is to be sunk, and more, until,
at last, a crisis that cannot be hanked, shall
be upon the company, when new policy,
recognizing Montreal and Portland as con-
trolling points and legitimate bases of the
traffic, will he adopted, and which will make
the road a source of income to its owners,
ana real advantage to the country it trav-
erses. The people of Portland are, and must
needs be, had almost said under any policy,
the friends of the Grand Trunk; they desire
not to see it embarrassed or crippled but
strong and prosperous, and they will only
crlticlse its management in its true interest
and their own. II they could see any ulti-
mate financial success in its policy, it would
not be for them to denounce it-but
when 1T is alike injurious to the company
and to themselves, they may be excused ii
they are something impatient over syste n
which brings, and can bring, no better re-
suits. CAsCo.
Year: 1868

At ten o'clock, Tuesday morning, E. NJ.
Stanton was at his desk in the War De part
ment, attending to the duties of his Office as if
he had only been absent an hour or two. The
President remarked that he "was not at all
surprised; )" in fact he thought it doubtful if
he had not lost all capacity for that particular
mental experience. And that is all up to
date. There was as good an opportunity pre-
sented as ever can be for the President to dis
play those stern Jacksonian qualities of which
bis fiatterers assure him he is the undoubted
possessor. All sorts of things were rumored
and threatened, but nothing was done, and
the people and the law were vindicated, 1t
was rumored that Grant would not retire. but
would grimly smoke his cigar, sitting immov-
able in his official seat and leaving Stanton to
make his way in through the cloud as best he
could, by means of writ of mandamus from
the Supreme Court. 1t was also noised abroad
that the President would remove Stanton ab-
sontely, and send the Mme of his successor
to the Senate for confirmation, before that
body could act upon the question of suspen-
sion. 1t was said, too, that the President
would order Grant not to retire, and that the
latter with characteristic respect for the COM
mands of his superiors would feel bound to
occupy the War Office until permitted to re-
tire.


Gen. Grant has shown that he possesses
the poorest qualifications for an instrument
OF usurpation that can be conceived. The
of
mirably displayed than in this matter of the
Secretaryship. If he had never captured
Vicksburg or beaten Lee, the dignity and dis
interestness of his conduct on this occasion
have been of so marked character as to en-
title him to the highest respect and gratitude
of his fellow citizens. Protesting in the
very outset against the Presidents war on
Stanton, he nevertheless became the latter's
successor for the sake of protecting those in
terests which the American people had most
at heart He did so, too, without seeming to
regard the opprobrium which his enemies
were able to heap upon him while yet his
motives and the circumstances attending his
accession to office were imperfectly under
stood. He might instantly have set himself



right with the few wrong-headed people
who acould misunderstood him BY pub
fishing the letter to the President at
the time Of his appointment. But
he chose to remain silent and wait for the
requisition of Congress to bring the paper
to light, and vindicate his wisdom and pat
riotism. 1t would be a curious item OF sta
tistics if it could be determined how many
persons there are in the United States be-
sides U. s.. Grant who are capable of doing
just what he did in this particular. There
could be no more satisfactory test of the finn
ness of his character and the loftiness of his
motives.


The result of the contest between Congress
and the President over the War Office has
been most gratifying triumph for Stanton
but throughout all the proceedings, from the
beginning to the somewhat dramatic denoue-
nsent, Grant has been the actor in the scene
whose conduct will entitle him to the most
lively gratitude and respect of the American
people.
Year: 1868

PACKING Snow UPON WHEAT.-The Wiscon-
sin Farmer recommends packing snow upon
winter wheat by rolling it down with COM
mon roller. The idea was suggested by this
occurrnce: A man having occasion to haul
wood one winter across his neighbor's field of
winter wheat, engaged to pay him whatever
damage it might do to the wheat, presuming
that more or less damage would accrue. The
road was staked out, so that it could be accu-
rately distinguished at harvest time. But there
was no need of stakes, for all through the sea-
son the.wheat upon the track was whole head
and shoulders above any other part of the field,
and the yield of grain was proportionately
larger The difference was so marked that the
little ssanure dropped upon the track could
not have produced it, and the conclusion reach.
ed was that the snow where the team passed,
being trodden hard, melted later in the season
than that in the rest of the field, and the wheat
was protected from the freezings and thawings
in the spring, which are supposed to destroy
winter wheat
Year: 1868

We understand that Mr.. A. L. Barton of
Dexter, has purchased of Connecticut gem
tleman, a very valuable bull calf got by the
celebratedlPrincess bull, 'Second Earl of Car
lsle." 1t is said this calf is inferior to no an
imal o. his age in New England, and coming
OF the side of both sire and dam, from an ex-
traordinary milking stock, must make his
mark in our State. We believe it is true that
our farmer; ,-or at least many of them-pay
more attention to horses and oxen than they
do to cows. We care not how much they i'm
prove the breed of their horses and oxen pro-
often are. Maine is a good growing State,
and her pastures afford excellent feed for
cows. Without good pastures and good cows
il is quite impossible to make the dairy prof
liable or hardly palatable. There is no res-
son in the world why the farmers of Maine
can be found anywhere. All that is lacking
are good cows and wives who understand the
business. Cream is sometimes kept too long
before it is churned into sweet butter. 1t Is
no easy task for the most skillful wife to make
sweet butter from stale, mouldy cream. The
favor Of the cream will manifest itself in the
butter, and no doctoring can cure it. When
the farmer has but few cows the cream is
generally kept too long before churning.
Better churn small mess of cream and have
sweet butter than a larger quantity and have
butter that offends the nose and disgusts the
palate. Before we close this article which
we intended for very short one, we will
speak a word in favor of the cheese that is
made at Livermore in this State. Many of
the cheeses manufactured in that town are
made of the best quality, vastly better than
most of the large cheeses that come from New
York. Vermont or any other State Some
good cheese comes also from some other
towns of Maine and we trust there Will be
progress and improvement in the making Of
butter and cheese i'm anv State