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Year: 1869

The Detroit Post, a bitter Radica


sheet. sneeringly impugns Gen. Cox.


military reputation, when it SAYS "ht


had division of Burnside's corps Al


the successful battle of South Noun


TAM The success" in that battle


was all to the rebels. 1t was one Of


mIpe victories. and equal to the one


wnen he telegraphed that be took fif-


Teen thousand prisoners, when he had


not taken single one. ~


Let the Radical press abuse tho nou,


Secretary of the Interior as thew NAV


In talent, in honesty and in fitness for


the place, he ranks head and shoulders


above the President, Vice President


and the rest of the Cabinet.


Statesman, March IL.


The Detroit Post does not impugr
General Cox's reputation in the state
ment made. General Cox did CON-
mand the Old Kanawha Division at the
successful battle of South Mountain. -


Reno was Corps Commander, and
burnside commanded one of three
grand divisions of the army of which
his old Corps was only part. Reno
was killed about dark, and the COM
mand of the Corps (Ninth) then de-
volved upon General Cox, and was held
by him as long as he remained with
the Army of the Potomac.


The Statesman only shows its own
malice and ignorance in its comments,
attempting to give false coloring to
a single sentence in the statement of
The Post. The battle of South Noun
tain was one of the most decisive and
complete of the war. The Kanawha
Division in addition to other brilliant
fighting made three bayonet charges
during the day. and drove the. enemy
back at the point of the bayouet each
time. These charges are historic in
the glories of the war Yet they were
only pulsations of the fierce conflict
which ragged during the whole day
Night saw the enemy in full and dis
orderly retreat, and our troops in vic
torious possession. This under such
command as that of Mcclellan certain
y counted at that day for Success"
Fortunately that chieftain was too far
in the rear to prevent its being such.


The Statesman further shows its io-
lorance in the two remaining state
nents of the same paragraph. The
'attle of South Mountain was not zone
u ropes Victories" for the treachery
If McClellan's tools had succeeded in
breaking Pope of Ia command some
ime before. And lastly, raneral Pone
lever telegraphed that he hal taken
fifteen thousand prisoners when he A..
lot taken a single one. General Hal
eek once sent rather a wild dispatch
With reference to captures by Pope,
,ut a reasonable knowledge of the
current history of the country would
lave informed the Statesman that Pope
lad nothing to do with the dispatch
'r the sending of IT.


If the Statesman expects to turn to
Democratic account the fancied "Con-
ervatism'' so loudly insisted upon by
t, in Cox's character, it must accom-
,lish that Herculean task in some other
way than by such ignorant and stupid
lttOn,Pts us tho above. Gen. Cox is an
of true chivalry, and his SOL
lierly honor would not suffer such dirt
Is the Statesman's praise to beslime his
lrmy blue.--OhiO State journal.
Year: 1869




narrates as follows:


A bashful and rather green young
fellow invited a young lady to attend
a ball with him one night last summer
The invitation was accepted, and the
couple appeared at the ball. After
dancing for some time "greeny" saw
his partner sitting in one corner of the
room all alone. Now was his chance,
so he walked up to where the lady was
sitting and sat down beside her. All
well so far; but the bashful fellow was
at a loss for something to say. He
fdgeted about considerably, and was
sweating profusely. Finally, taking
hold of his wilted collar, he COM
menced the conversation thus:


at is powerful warm in this room.
My shirts wet, amt yours?"


His partner blushed, said nothing,
but took his arm for the next dance.
Year: 1869

E A curious lawsuit is on the
tapis in England. A Liverpool mer-
chant. suddenly called to New York
on business, took cab to the steamer,
and in his haste forgot to pay the
driver. On his return, three months
afterward, he found the cabman and
cab Just where he had left them, shell
tered by little wooden shed, and was
met by a bill for coach fare for 1000
hours by day, and 1000 hours by
night. The case is still on.
Year: 1869

ry Ward Beecher SAYS:


at is trite, that Men do not know
how to value health till they lose it,
1t is the same with wealth. One says
Sir, 1 have not always been as you see
me now, L have been in better cir
Perhaps so; but 1 do
not consider, madam, that you were in
better circums tances because once you
wore silk and now you wear Calico
Pride and vanity, dressed in silk, are
not half so prosperous as meekness and
5entleness dressed in the plainest garb,
yea, in sackcloth."
Year: 1869

The Burlington (Iowa) Hd,Gkeye, in
its interesting Agricultural Department,
inquired last summer for recipe TO
preserve this delicious vegetable. This
drew out a lady correspondent, who
said that by shelling or cutting 1t from
the cob, and boiling it in very little
water in a pot, till thoroughly heated
and cooked through, adding small tea
spoonful of tartaric acid to each quart
bottle, and stirring well all the time,
closing and sealing the cans while hot,
it would keep perfectly for years. My
better half was not very credulous, out
put up eight quart glass cans accord
ing 10 those instructions. They all kept
perfectly, and were used during the
winter with great pleasure, the fresh
favor of the vegetable being preserved
more perfectly than is usually the case
with canned goods. Before cooking the
contents of the cans for eating, add
teaspoonful of bicarbonats of soda, and
let it stand half an hsur. This recipe
may be depended on, and is certainly
the best Que for this purpose that l have
ever seeu tried


lt is said that in Maine, where very
large quantities of this corn are prepar-
ed, 1t Is usual to scald out the fermenta-
tive principle in the corn, by keeping
the cans at boiling heat for eight and
twelve hours. This, of course, is i'm
practicable IN ordinary households.
Year: 1869

The Indianapolis Mirror has the fol-
lowing very timely aud sensibl article.
Being independent in its political ideas
it cannot be said that anything but the
actual and apparent need of the West
has prompted its remarks:


Wheat still pours into the market in
unprecedented quantities. Long lines
of wagons come on the different roads,
and wait their turn at the different
warehouses, to be emptied and the value
of their contents transferred to their
owners pockets. Hundreds of cars,
purchased by our dealers, come in by the
different railroad lines to be examined
and sent to their destination. 1t is all
our produce men can do to obtain suffi-
cient currency to move the grain. The
severest strains are made Oh their re.
sources to obtain supplies of money. In
Toledo, where the banking facilities are
not as great as ours, but the influx of
grain is much stronger, tie market is
entirely clogged. The grain can not
move because there is no currency to
move it with. New York is called on
daily far all it will give, and yet the cry
goes forth for "more" The West is at
the mercy of the East and respectfully
and humbly asks if it may be permit
ted to do business at all. The permis-
sion is given. but price is obtained for
it and exacted with the utmost rigor.
All the vast producing interests of the
West are at the mercy of those who deal
in currency, stocks aud bonds in New
York. And in view of all these facts, so
apparent that every one feels them most
perceptibly, we have men in our own
midst who argue that wehave too much
currency, that its volume must be re.
duced before we can resume specie pay
ment and put all articles that are ex-
changed In the various branches OF
business in the country at their true
value. And in view of the further fact
that money is daily loaned here and at
other points West at from - to "a per
cent. per annum on the very best kind
of security, these men still maintain
that currency is redundant. This may
be good logic and sound sense, but it is
incomprehensble to common minds, aud
that sort of minds makes up the vast
maj ority of Western voters who don''
like the shape things are in at all.
Year: 1869

A horse, when he acts singly, will de
half as much more work than when ne
acts in conjunction with another that
is to say. two horses will separately DO
as much work as three conf
This arises, i'm the first place, from the
single horse being SO near the load he
draws :; and in the next place, from the
point or line of draught being so much
below his breast, it being usual TO make
the wheels of siugle horse carts low. >


A horse harnessed singly has nothing
but his load to contend with whereas,
when he draws in continuation with an
other, he is generally embarrassed oy
some difference in rate, the horse before
or behind him moving quicker or slower
than himself He is also frequently In
convenienced by the greater or less
height of his neighbor. These consider
ations give decided advantage to the
single horse, cart.-Er.
Year: 1869

San Francisco is to be supplied with ice
from the summit of the Sierra Nevada, in q
very novel way. A party of speculators
have constructed an ice-6ouse, capable Of
holding eight or nine hundred tons of ice.
near the Pacific Railroad track. From a
stream on the hillside above the fumes
has been run to the top of the ice house,
where the water is allowed to fall in small
jets Or spray into the buildings below. In
this manner they expect to gradually form
mass of solid ice which will fill the en-.
tire building.
Year: 1869

Not in the simpering still does the Eternal
prepare the precious essence of life; not over
the smoky fires, choked with poisonous gases,
and surrounded with the stencil of sickening
odors, doth our Father prepare the pure
draught. But in the green glade and CLASSY
dell, where the deer wanders and the clld
loves to play; down in the deepest valleys
where the fountains murmur, and high upon
the mountain top where the naked granite
glitters like gold in the sun; where the tempest
broods, and the storm, clouds break in thunder
and far away out on the wide, wild sea, where
the hurricane howls music and big waves roar
the chorus sweeping the march from Cod
There He brews that beverage of life, health
giving water; and everywhere it is thing of
beauty-gleaming in the dewdrop, singing in
the summer rain, shining in the ice gem,
spreading golden veil over the setting sun,
or white gauze around the midnight moon,
sporting in the cataract, sleeping in the glacier,
dancing in the hail shower, folding its bright
snowy curtains softly about the wintry world,
and weaving the many colored Iris, that seraph
zone of the sky. is ever beautiful, that
blessed ife>water.
Year: 1869

A young lady took her younger brother,
a little boy of three or four years old, to the
church. The preacher was an earnest man,
and spoke very loud. During the sermon she
what was the matter with him. He sobbed
out "That man is hollering at me-"
Year: 1869

WHooP1NG CoUGH.-A decoction of chest
nut leaves (castanea visca) is said to be
sovereign remedy for whooping cough
Steep three or four drachms of the leaves in
boiling water, and give it either hot or cold,
with or without sugar. Carbonate of lime
should be put in saucers about the room in
which there is a sufferer from this disease
1t prevents infection.
Year: 1869

In lumbago they act like charm. In few
hours violent cough is relieved by Plaster
applied to the chest. Many persons believe 9
Geld cannot be taken while a plaster Is worn
there's this We Do know. they greatly assist in
the cure Of a neglected cold, so often the intro
duccr Of Consumption


Cure Of Lesion of the Liver. r.


A gentleman, after n severe sickness. had le-
sion Of the liver. Every quick movement or
sudden jar gave him severe pain, often laying
him up for days. Hence he was unable to follow
any occupation with regularity.


In this condition, hc applied over thu part
Affected an Allcooks Porous Plaster Al first,
it seemed 10 irritate, so it was taken of. But
tho marked improvement be experienced after
ward gave him courage TO try again, aud hs
therefore applied another plaster. In a few
days something gayo way-"slPpod," ;" to use the
gontlemau's own words. There was some sore.
ness for few days after, then his health was
perfectly restored. Upon being sounded by his
physician, the adhesion or lesion was found to
be gone


Principal Agency, Brandroth House, New
York. Sold by all Druggists


ianIflVIm
Year: 1869

\ late issue OF the London Field con-
tains the result of an experiment, the
feasibility of which has been discussed
somewhat. The writer says :-'Hav-
ing used sawdust as bedding for horses
for 4 length of time, the results of my ex-
perience may not be unacceptable to some
of your enquring readers. | litter my
horses on it to the depth Of 5 or 6 inches
raking off the damp and soiled surface
every morning, and spreading evenly
little fresh, removing the whole only
times year. Its advantages appear to
be may, OF which | will state a few
which give it, in my estimation, its su-
periority over straw 1t is much cleaner
and more easily arranged, and of course
much cheaper at first cost, making in the
end excellent manure. 1t is peculiarly
beneficial to the feet, atfording u COOL
porous sutfing, substitute for the soil or
earth we always find in the hoofs of
horse at grass, and present the nearest
resemblance to the horses natural foot
ing-thc earth. We have never had
diseased foot since the introduction of
sawdust in the stable, now some years
since. Horses bedded on sawdust are
also freer from dust stains than when on
ordinary litter Simply because sawdust
is better absorbent, perhaps and testl-
ty their own approval of it by frequently
rolling and lying down for hours IN the
day. 1t has also the recommendation OF
ueing unediblc-an advantage which all
in charge of horses, with the habit of
consuming their litter, will readily admit


Being free from pungent smell, which is
apt to accompany straw (unless scrupu-
lousy kept 1t IS innocent to weak eyes,
and its slight turpetine odor is rather a
Sweetener than otherwise. 1t makes
(when converted into manure,) the best
possible foundation for hotbeds, and un-
like other stable manure, forms no har-
bor or refuge for vermin. Pine sawdust
is the best, oak the worst, as it turns
black Oh the second day"
Year: 1869

5. S. A, writing to the Country Gem
tleman inquiries ''What will yield Oh
Il given quantity of land, the largest
amount of matter suitable for feed an
making manure %


The three best crops for these purpos-
es are corn, clover and roots, such as the
different kind of field-beets and turnips.
All of these are excellent fer feeding and
making manure, and should be more or
less grown on every good farm. The
rich nltrogenous manure obtained by
feeding clover, if applied to wheat or
corn, will largely increase these crops.


There is no one crop so much better
for feeding and making manrre, as to
warrant its growth to the exclusion Of
all others. In a general way we may
say that clover gives the most value in
fertilizers, and corn and roots in feed.
The greatest value III feed and manure,
/ Tor u gwen amount in labor, may be Sc
cured 10y growing clover, and next prob
ably IN heavy crop of corn. The greatest
value OF oOtn per acre, will be in roots
and sown corn of some large variety
With plenty of land and dear labor. clo-
yer and planted corn may do the best
with little land and plenty of help, roots
and sown corn. BY making the former
the main crops, and feeding all on the
tarm-the manure saved and applied to
good advantage-money may be made
and very satisfactory improvement OF
he soil secured. BY taking the same
course with the latter, the same result
may be secured on small farm. On
most farms all can be grown to good
advantage. Not only is good rotation
Of crops best for the land, but it makes
better division OF labor enables the
farmer TO SO calculate his crops that no
one will seriously interfere with the 9TH
ers, but the work will come in rotation
us 1t can be attended to, all through the
season. In such a rotation clover should
be most largely grown, as it may occupy
land two years. Corn next, occupying
the land one year. Then some grain
crop to seed clover with. Sown corn
and roots should be rs largely grown as
circumstances will admit, always keeping
in mind the more that is grown and fed
to good advantage, the better for the
stock and the land.
Year: 1869

MEN WANrEp.-The great want of
this aye is men. Men who are not for
sale. Men who are honest. sound from
centre to circumference, true to the
hearts core. Men who will condemn
,>rnuu IN trieud toe, in themselves "a
well us Others. Men whose conScienceS
are As steady Is the needle to the pole
Men who will stand for the right if the
heavens tottcr and the earth reels Men
who can tell the truth and look the world
and the devil right i'll the eye. Men that
neither bray nor run. Men that neither
flag nor finch Men who can have
courage without shouting to it. Men in
whom tbc courage of everlasting life
runs still, deep and strong. Men too
large for Sectarian bonds. Men who do
not cry nor cause their voices to be heard
on the streets, but who will not fail nor
be discouraged till jud gment be set in the
earth. Men who know their message
and tell it. Men who know their places
and fill them. Men who mind their own
business. Men who will not lie. Men
who are not too lazy to work, nor too
proud to be poor. Men who are willing
to eat what they have earned, and wear
what they have paid for.
Year: 1869

The immortal hammer which drove
the last spike in the Pacific Railroad is
now on exhibition i'll seventeen of the
principle cities of the United States. The
spike itself, being Of gold, is considered
too costly to duplicate
Year: 1869

Henry Ward Beecher is well known
to have Il very vivid imagination, and
his congregation are seldom aslonished at
anything he says but it is hardly to be
wondered at they thought he was a little
out of his wits, last Sunday, when he
saiI Il believe the time will come
when our offices will be filled with hon
est men that men can go to the Legis-
lature and not become corrupted that
Il man can be a judge and yet 90 to heav
en-
Year: 1869

following characteristic statement in the


Genesee Farmer: 81 did last year what


| never did before that was ploughinc


up wheat stubble and sowing again with


wheat. 1t is a respectable looking crop
now, but if you saw the half of the field
that | sowed salt on, say full barrel to
the acre, l am almost sure you would or
der forty or fifty barrels of second quail
ty salt to SOW in September or October.


The salted wheat stands much thicker on
the ground, is considerably taller, came
IN ear fully four days before the other,


and altogether looks richer in every way
and as had not salt enough to sow the
whole field, | sowed the half that has
hitherto brought the worst crop and lat
est in ripening. Now it is much the
best. l can stand in the middle of the
field, and look forty-tive rods each way
and see distinctly how far the salt came.
or | can walk or ride down the side of
the field where not salted, and see the
line as plainl y as if the one side was corn
and the other wheat. If this won't make
men experiment with salt, | don't know
what will" Farmers in the neighbor-
hood of the salt works in New York,
where refuse salt can be had very cheap.
have tried it pretty extensively, and
their conclusions as to its value, though
not uniform, have not been such as to
encourage its general use But Mr..
Geddes says, in a late article on the sub
Ject in the Tribune, that certain things
have been learned, one of which is that
new beginner is very apt to put on SO
much as to destroy or greatly injure his
crops. Indeed, it is well understood
that salt in large quantities entirely de-
stroys the fertility of a soil. 1t is al
50 known that in small quantities on some
soils an application of salt is beneficial.
In the present state of our knowledge we
know OF no better way of deciding its eff
tects on a given field or crop than by an
experiment on small scale
Year: 1869

An Iowa school.teacher was 80 indiscreet
as to whip the brother of the young woman
to whom he was engaged. The youth
thereupon fixed a torpedo SO as to blow
off the arm of his prospective brother.n.
law
Year: 1869

The local editor of the Hannibal Courier
is en- the muscle. Somebody Tried to whip
him the other day for something he had
written, but got whipped instead. The
Quincy Herald man is also in training for a
scallawag or two. We like to see our bre,h.
rem exhibit such martial spirit.
Year: 1869

During the winter every implement and machine that will be required next spring and summer should be oyerhauled an re- paired Examine the ploughs, and if they have been neglected and are rusty, wash of all the dirt and then apply, with swab fastened on the end of a stick, mixture of one part sulphuric acid and two parts water. Rub the mould boaid and other parts that are rusty with this liquid until the rust is all removed; then wash it. of and rub it dry. Then smear it over with crude petroleum or some other oil, and next spring you will be saved from the loss and annoyance of clogging, Every farmer should buy barrel of Petroleum, and use it freely on all his wagons, machines, i'm plements, etc. It will keep the iron iron, rustng and the wood from decay, and in cold weather it is useful lubricating oil. We find it absolutely essential to keep on hand several sizes of carriage bolts. With these and brace and set of bits nearly all ordinary fractures can be easily repair ed Itis a great convenience also to have a vice, and to keep on hand an assortment of uncut nuts, with the tools for making the thread in them and also on the bolts All these things can be obtained at hard ware store, and farmer who buys them will never regret it. But if it is neces sary to take anything to the blacksmith's shop, now Is the time to do 1t; and when it is repaired, clean of the rust paint 1t with linseed oil, and put it away for use in the spring, 1.-the farmer or his son would go over ali the implements, machin- cry, wagons, hay racks, tools, etc, paint them, oil and tighten the bolts, and see that every thing is strong and in good or der, it would not only greatly lessen the blacksmith's bill, but would save much precions time and no little annoyance next spring and summer, The winter is also the time to make whffletrees and three horse eyeners. It ;s great advantage to have an extra set of these on hand-

 American Agriculturist,
Year: 1869

Is there any position a mother can covet for her daughter more glorious than to be the wife of an honest, independent, happy farmer, in country like this To be the wife of one whose farm is noted far and near as model of neatness and perfection of cultivation? To be mistress of mansion of her own sweet and lovely home? To be the angel that fits through the garden bidding the flowers bloom, and twining roses and honey suckles around the bedroom window, or sweetehing their fragrance with her sweetest smile, or spreading the snowy cloth beneath the old oak at the door to welcome her husband as he returns from his toll even tipping the cradle with her foot as she plies the dasher with her hand, or busily moves the needle, same time huming joyous song of praise that she is the beloved wife of an American farmer-one of the true noblemen of this free country--one that should by right rank as the pride and glory of merica.- Ex