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Year: 1869

The people of Boise Valley are thinking
about holding an Agricultural Fair The
Statesman publishes the law Incorporating
an Agricultural Society for the Territory and
appropriating the sum Of $1,000 TO assist in
inaugurating the first Fair. The temporary
Secretary wants to know the sense OF the
members Of the organization as to the ieas-
ibilitv Of holding Far this Fall. Referring
to the law as published. we find that we are
one of the incorporates, and feel free to say
that we should be most happy to have such
an exhibition Of the resources of the Terri
tory collected at Boise City sometime during
the Fall The Legislature has only donated
81 900 for that purpose, and as the estimated
cost of setting the thing in motion is SS,ooo'
so far as our vote and influence goes we say
hold the Fair whenever Boise City, which Is
TO derive all the benefit from the Exposition,
shall raise the remaining $1,000.
Year: 1869

JUDGE A. ROBINSON returned day
before yesterday from White Pine.
The Judge mas examined the country
thoroughly and intelligently. lie
says the fact cannot be denied that
there are several mines in White
Pine district that are really rich and
perhaps extensive, though much of
the rock of Chloride Flat is worth
less. and in fact the whole thing is
very much exaggerated as to rich
ness and extent. His observation
and opportunities for obtaining in
formation were excellent, and he
saws the celebrated Chloride Flat
appears to contain ore everywhere.
Some places it is three feet from the
surface and some places fifty. In
one locality the stratum is one foot in
thickness and in another ten feet.
In one claim it is rich, and in the
next of but little value, etc. The
Judge made a trip south on pros
pect TO the new districts in the di
rection of the Colorado, but saw
nothing to compare with White Pine
His opinion is that Treasure Hill i
superior to anything that is likely tt
be developed south of it. \ wan
of water to the southwark they fount
to be drawback to parties attempt
ing to prospect in that direction. !
is impossible to explore thorough,
in country where no water exist
within 100 miles.
Year: 1869

Business men are liable 10 prosecu
tjop for doing business without Federal
license. May 1st begins the license year, and
il i an easy matter to comply with the law,
while it is very troublesome to get into us
mesbes Better all walk up and save the
ANNOYANCE of a prosecution by taking out
n license. Mr. Savage, we hear, has promul-
gated decsi N to the effect that wholesale
ponor dealers shall not sell less than five
gallons and retail dealers are confined to
quantities OF five gallons or less
Year: 1869

The newspaper project at Jesup is fairly
under way. We understand there are
two propri.iors, aud that the paper is to be
IN eight column sheet. 1t will be great
feather in the cap Of Jesup if she gives the
new enterprise paying support. The mon-
eyed men Of Jesup ought to lass at least
thousand dollars, to give it good start. If
the proprietors need loan, don't grind them
down with 20 per cent, which is enough
u kill almost any public enterprise.
Year: 1869

The stock to the Independence Insurance Co.
is nearly subscribed. A little more effort will
place it on sure footing. Who will not feel
proudcr Of Independence for the accomplish
mcnt Of such . desirable rcsult2
Year: 1869

Ata Parish meeting of the Congregation
q Society, on Saturday, it was decided not
TO rent the slips Of the church at present,
but to depend upon voluntary contributions
10 sustain the Parish axnanses
Year: 1869

800 for the recovery Of the bonds and conviction
o. the thief. GEORGE X. BUDD


No. 610 Olive street.
The reward has since, we understand, been in
creased to $4,000.


The mOdus opeTandi Of the robbery is not even yet
clearly understood but 1t seems evident that It was
perpetrated in daytime, when the establishment
was open during business hours. The bonds must
have been taken from the safe, which is situated in
the wall within the space included by the counter,
the only approach to which is through the door open
ing from the private office ir the rear. Behind the
counter the clerks are at work all day, but there
frequently, during the day, number OF persons
who call on business in the room in the rear. Ac-
cording to the present comprehension OF the rob-
berry, far it goes the thief must have entered
this rear room ostensibly business taking avan-
tage OF other people being there TO avoid being
noticed, and watching an opportunity; passed
through the door into the space incl0sed oy tne
counter and so reached the safe, ana appropriated
the bonds and escaped unseen IL seems almost ln-
credible that the robbery could have been perpe-
trated in this way, but 1t is not more extraordinary
than other robberies which have occurred in the
city in times past. Up to the present we are in
formed no recovery Of the property has been made
and altogether, it is rather mysterious piece Of
business. There are three doors to the safe, two
inside ones, but they are all open generally during
business hours
Year: 1869

Rev. Stephen II. Tying. Jr, preached an elaborate
and eloquent sermon In this church last evening" TAX
ING mis- text from the seventeenth chapter and eighth
verse OF the Gospel according to St Aatthew-"Ihey
saw no man saveJesus ony.n The reverend gentleman
dwelt on his subject In an able, lucid and logical
manner He explained the utter folly Of looking to
INV but Jesus Christ for salvation, and contended
that faith in HIM was faith in ythng necessary
10 secure the redemption OF man from sin. He gave
Ills disciples, when the former came In dark cloud
20 visit them after HIS crucinxion and impressed
upon them the absolute certainty that the same
saviour was with them still and would continue to
lie with them as long as they had implicit faith and
confidence In Him. Space does not permit Of more
than this brief notice OF the sermon.
Year: 1869

1t is rumored that Josiah Turner, Jr., is to
be indicted for a forged presentment by the
grand jury of Orange county. We have been
unable to trace the rumor to any definite
source, but hope it will prove correct. Such
an insult to the people of Orange county
should he punished. If the bench and bar
of that court have proper self respect,
they will never again countenance the per-
petrator of such scurrilous trick. =
Year: 1869

The Cleveland Plaiadeaiey thus cOndenses the
platform OF the Republican state Convention OF
Ohio which met ON Wednesday last-


Resolved, That we endorse Grant now.


Resolved, That we feel happy that Grant has not
brains enough to have any policy, and that he is
willing to be run by Congress, without protest.


Resolved, That we favor the fifteenth amendment,
securing to the negroes Of Ohio the right to hold
Office, SIT on juries, &C.


Resolved, That the democratic Legislature OF Ohio
Is rotten and corrupt because it not republican,
and had not many pure men Of the Ashley -Eggles-
ton stripe in II.


Resolved, That we put on paper our desire to be
considered the particular friends OF the SOLDIER but
the offices belong to the civilians.
Year: 1869

~ The adulteI atoms in sewing silk form the
Subject of an article in the New York World,
ffoO which u appears that the temptation TO
which the manufacturers Of these silks are ex-
avoid asulterating the quality Of the goods they
sell. but they also defraud in weight and length
10 an extent which, in the aggregate, is perfectly
enormous.
Year: 1869

GENERAL GRANT will leave here for New
York on The it1 OF February nexf, and remain
in thar city several days. The General visits
New YORK on private bushes, and while
mere Will be the guest of Hamilton Fish. ESQ
Year: 1869

FORMER COLLECTOR o. CUSTOMS, having
dis6ur-, two hundred thousand dollars for
the erection of custom-houSe and marine
hospital al Chicago, claimed one fourth of one
per cent for his services. The Supreme
Court disollows the claim, on the ground that
no compensation can M allowed where there
is NO provision by law for it, end where the
s.-aIy OF the officer is expressly stated.
Year: 1869

As THE warm weather is now approaching
it would be well for housekeepers to get one of
CLAkKsoN's OLD DOMINION REFRIGERAToRS
with Water Cooler attached They are as
pretty as piece Of parlor furniture. and give
general satisfaction For sale exclusively by


h. III. CLABKSoN,


sp22 IL South Royal st.
Year: 1869

TUE VELocIPEDE, as means of ocomotion
it is asserted, is practically worthless. At a
recent trial on the Union course, near n. York,
q mile in six minutes was the highest speed at
tanned, aud the rider could not keep up that
rate Of speed even Tor a moderate length OF
time. As this trial was made under unusually
favorable circumstances as to smoothness OF
track, it may be concluded that the veocipede
on ordinary roads is an incumbrauc, rather
than help to the rider.
Year: 1869

In another colttmn of this issue will be found
letter received by us from our friend, Mr..
Wanamaker, OF the celebrated clothing firm of
Wanamaker & Brown. We take the liberty
of publishing it, aud very gladly speak the
word he desires us to in reference to his great
sale g 1t is an i'll wind that blows no one any
good," they say, and here is another illustra
tion of the old proverb. If hard times have
made business dull this Fall, they have, in :urn
made US this opportunity of getting a good
suit of clothes, at least at such price as we can
command We know many good fellow who
has been putting himself off without an over
coat this winter, or a much needed pair Of
pants, or vest because he thought he ceuldn' t
afford it. All such will now go right to Wana
makers, and lay in a stock for the next few
years We infer that the sale is to be sharp
and quick, but the chance is one Of those that
men lump at, I" and so we need not say a word
to our readers about being in good time. Trust
good Kent county man for securing good
bargain when he has q chance Many of us
still have pleasant memories of the sale last
Fall, and if this is to be like that it's ''peaches
and cream to us, whatever it may be to
Wanarnaker Il Brown. Anyhow, they have
our best wishes
Year: 1869

From Rome it is reported that the Pote has
declared desire that the dogma of Papai infal.
libility shall not be broached in the Ecumeni-
cal Council unless the support of an overwhel-
ming majority in its favor is probable Its
discussion under any other circumstances would
only weaken his authority if it were
rejected-and SO one of the salient points that
was anxlously looked forward to is removed
from the work OF the Council if this report be
Year: 1869

LOVERS JEALoUsY.-Thespl splen-
did unreaSonablenesS of love is
nowhere more clearly shown than
in the conception which each low
er forms of what the other lover
ought to be. Take the case of q
man who tails IN love with pret-
ty pair of eyes, a good set of
teeth, and a sweet smile. The
young lady has a pleasant dispOsi-
ti0n, she moves in the same rank
of society as himself, she has lived
all her life with respectable and
discreet parents; finally, she timid-
ly confesSes that she loves him
and what more can a man want in
a wife? But the moment he comes
into possession of her esteem and
affection he absurdly imagines
that all her past history belongs
to him. He convinces himself
that she ought to have conducted
herself all along as If she knew
she would at some future time be
his chosen one, although, as a
matter of fact, she did not make
his acquaitance-had never seen
him even-untila a few months ago.
He can not, for the life of him,
keep from picturing her to himself,
not as what she reasonably must
have been, but as what he unrea-
sonably imagines her to have
been and to be. And the very
first attribute of the idealized girl
is that she shall never have smiled
upon any other mans face than
his. She must never b ave had Sc
cret preferences among the lads
whom her brothers brought home
from school withlthem. She must
never have written letters to any
man-not even to her handsome
cousin, the sailor, when he was
abroad. She must never have
been kissed by any one outside
her own sex-nOt even under the
misletoa. She must never have
thought of marrying any one; she
must never have allowed any one
to think of marrying her. In
short, previous to her knowing
him, her heart must have been a
blank sheet OF paper, waiting for
him to come and inscribe his ini-
tials upon it.


The notion amounts to this:-
Tom is twenty six years of age,
has been in love a dozen times,
and, in the beginning Of January,
1867, falls in love again, with
Emily, who is nineteen years of
age. They become confirmed low
ers, and prepare to marry. Now
| Toms idea is that Emily shall
have lived her nineteen years
without having felt any heart
warmth for any man at any time;
and that, just to suit him, she
Suddenly, in the beginning of
January, 1867 allows her heart to
burst into the full flower of love.
A superior compliment-if it were


practicable.
Year: 1869

hOIOSED ABktlGAIION Ot
THE PRESIDENCy.-The Herald
calls attention to an extraordinary
editorial article that appeared in
the Sun yesterday, land copied
into the Express,) which seemed
to have been written as if to feel
the way to an abrogation of the
Executive Office altogether, max
ing Congress supreme. The Her
aid says:


''rhe Sun is the organ, and in
great part, we believe, the prop
erty of a Senator who takes an
active part in the support of the
tenure -of-office law; and therefore,
in shadowing forth the programme
of the men who mean to rule this
country by Grantor without Grant,
it may be supposed to have au-
thority and to speak by the card"


The substance of the programme
as foreshadowed by the Sun, the
editor then goes on to show, is
just this:


If Grant will not relinquish his
present attitude, if he will not
give way to the pressure of the
plunderers in their eargerness for
Office, if he will not send to the
right about "the inferior and un-
known men, now in the Cabinet,
and put in their places "distin
guished representatives Of intlu
ential political and national inter
eSts'-the "recognized leaders oil
| opinion and aetionn--and will not
give up to these politicians the
whole run Of government patron
age and plumber, then they viii
regard him as having forced the
S'first step toward the constitution
al change which shall finally ex
tinguish his Office, and will so or
der their measures that he shall
be, il not the last President, al
least the last with even a semblanct
OF power, and the men of the flu
ture, with the Presidency blotted
out, shall look only to tine halls o
legislation for the theatre of theil
anticipated renown.n


This being the plan of the an
archists and the wOuld-be usUrpers
the Herald tells them to beware
The game is one at which some
body else besides the Senate cal
play:


although the politicians hav'
forced Grant into some tight place
and bothered him with intrigu,
and bullying, it may not be un
timely to remind them that whei
the element of force is introduced
they will put him to power witt
whose use he is more familiar.n


The Democrat also dwells upol
the extraordinary, not to sa,
startling character, Of the SUI
article, and points to it as an evi
denee of the rapid strides Radi
calism is making towards despot
ISM N. 0. Express, March 80.
Year: 1869

THE LADIES' FAIR.-The Fair now being
held by the ladies Of the United Presbyte.
rian congregation in the lecture-room Of
their new church, corner of Grace and
Fourth streets, to procure funds for its
completion, promises to be great success
The room is admirably adapted to the pur-
pose, and under the brilliant gas-light all
is enchanting.


On the left as you enter the hall are foul
tables, each ornamented with triple arch
Of white intcrtwired with evergreen, boun-
tifully and tastefully decorated with beau
tiful and useful articles. On the right are
tables loaded down with ices, cakes, and
other articles Of confectionery. In the
centre of the room in rsar gifted up as Q
restaurant) is beautiful crystal fountain
which attracts the attention of every
visitor. The fair walters we found so en-
chanting, the bill of fare so attractive, auc
the little tables so comfortable and cosy
that it was with the utmost difficulty w
tore ourselves away.


We commend both the Fair and its objec
to our readers, and assure them if they
call they cannot fail to be pleased.
Year: 1869

EY1bS OF IMruRE STARcH.-Eo amount OF
skill and care can prevent trouble and poor fnfsh
in the use OF impure Starch and consequent dis
satisfaction to the laundress and the wesrer. Nor
does the trouble end here, for impure Starch Is
net only troublesome to use, and in consequence
OF its lack lustrc and golden or yellow hue. annoy
ing to the wearer but It soon so d.scolorsthe fa-
brio as TO render frequent bleaching necessary,
which, being usually effected by the use Of strong
alkalies or acids, destroys the fabric tefore It
rendered one half its natural service.


DURYEA'S SATIN-GLoss STARCH Is perfectly
pure and saow-white.
Year: 1869

SHIPPING FRUrT.-So much has been
said about the marketing of fruits that one
would not think it necessary to add more
Yet when We 60 through the markets and
see the worthless stuff, which might have
brought good returns if it had been we'll
picked, we must, at the risk of Reputation,
say more about


Packing. 60 among the commits
sion men and find invoices of peaches, pears
and apples, which bring small returns, for
the want of proper


Assorting-Had half the fruit-the best
of it-been sent it would have brought
twice the price. In New York, and
we presume it is tho same in other mar
kets, it is difficult to sell a poor article,
except to the street venders, at the lowest
price. A large portion Of the fruit sent
had better be fcd to the pigs at home, for its
destination here is the rubbish heap, and
the shipper has to pay the expenses.


Picking and Packing are as important
as raising good fruit. The time to pick
can only be learned by experience. The
fruit should be just in that condition in
which it will reach the consumer in good
order. Pick by hand. and pack in crates,
baskets or barrels so firmly that the fruit
can sustain no injury from the motion du-
ring transportation"
Year: 1869

GRAPE LAYERs.-These may be easily
made on a small scale by the amateur, or
by the farmer who wishes to plant out an
additional vine or two, by laying down a
good strong shoot ofthis summer = growth,
and burying it a few inches deep at the
middle. Roots will be thrown out at the
joints, and by taking up before winter and
cutting in two, two good plants will be
made from each layer. Ifthc laying down
is done too soon, the shoot will be soft,
and may rot; if left too late, there will
not be time enough for the roots to form.
The proper season is just when it is be-
ginning to assume little of the hardness of
wood. The formation of layers exhausts
vine in the same way that runners ex-
haust strawberries; they should therefore
be sparingly made from bearing vines. If
the summer happens to be very dry, the
soil at the buried part must be kept moist
by mulching.
Year: 1869

How TO FArTEN PooR HoRsE.
good horses devour large quantities of grain
and hay, and still keep poor. The food
eaten is not properly assimulated. If the
usual feed has been unground grain and
hay, nothing but change will effect any
desirable alteration in the appearance Of
the animal In case oil meal cannot be
obtained readily, mingle bushel of flax
seed with bushel of barley, one of oats,
and another bushel of Indian corn, and let
it be ground into fine meal. This will be
fair proportion for all his feed. Or, the
meal of barley, oats and corn, in equal
quantities, may first be procured, and one
fourth part of oil cake mingled with it,
when the meal is sprinkled on cut feed.
Feed two or three times daily, mingled
with peck of cut hay and straw. If the
horse will eat that amount greedily, let the
quantity be gradually increased until he
will eat four or six quarts at every feeding
three times day. So long as the animal
will eat this allowance, the quantity may
be increased little every day But avoid
the practice of allowing horse to stand
at a rack well filled with hay. In order
to fatten horse that has run down in flesh,
the groom should be very particular to feed
the animal no more than he will eat up
clean and lick the manger for more Mass.
Ptoughman.
Year: 1869

BLACKBERRY WINE.-There is no wine
equal to blackberry wine when properly
made, in flavor or for medical purposes.
and all persons who can conveniently do SO,
should manufacture enough for their own
use every year, as it is invaluable in sick
ness as tonic, and nothing is a better
remedy for bowel complaint. We, there
fore. give the receipt for making it: mea-
sure your berries and bruise them to eve-
ry gallon add l quart of boiling water.
Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours,
stirring occasionally; then strain off the Ii
quor into cask, and to every gallon add
two pounds of sugar; cork tight and let it
stand till the following October, and you
will have wine ready for use without fur
ther labor, that every family will highly
appreciate and never do without afterwards
if they can help it.
Year: 1869

When our Lord turned water into wine,
he did nothing more mysterious, nothing
greater or more divine, than when he now =,


before our eyes, turns common water into
the sweet sap of the maple and sugar cane,
or into the delicious juice of the pome-
granate, or when he changes the material
of earth and water into the luscious pulp
of the apple and the peach, or the nourish-
ing farina of the potato, the maize and the
wheat. If we plant together grain of
sand and grain of corn, it is no art of
skill or power of ours that makes the one
to remain unchanged in the soil, the other
to break forth in roots and stalks and
"bring forth fruit after its kind" 1t is
only the direct power of God himself that
thus works. The power that changes
single grain of corn or wheat into thou
sand grains, is the same that changed the
'seven loaves" into bread enough to feed
four thousand men, besides the seven bas-
kets of fragments that were left. When
this exercise of power occurs in way that
is not repeated, we call it miracle. But
when it is repeated daily, hourly, all the
time, all around us, we call it Providence,
or nature, or the laws of matter. But, in
truth, in the case as in the other, it is God
our Lord. The loaf on my table tells me
as distinctly of Him, as did the loaves null
tiplying visibly in the hands of Jesus, tell
those rude mountaineers of Galilee, that
they were standing in the presence of
a most gracious and powerful benefactor.
Year: 1869

BUTTER.--A singular method of making


butter has lately come into quite extensive


use in France, based upon the observed
fact, that cream is changed into butter by


being simply buried in the earth. The
theory of this result is not very intelligble,
though the fact is stated to be beyond ques-
ton; and in Normandy and other parts of
France, butter is actually prepared on n
large scale in this way The process con-
sists in placing the cream in linen bag OF
moderate thickness, which is carefully clos
ed |; then burying the bag about foot and
allowing it to remain from twenty -four to
twenty-five hours. After the expira-
tion of this period the cream is found to
have become hard, and it is then broken
up by means of a wooden beater into small
pieces, and enough water pored upon it to
wash out the buttermilk. To prevent any
mixture of the earth, it is advisable to en-
close the bag in a second one of larger size
and coarser quality. This method Of max
ing butter saves great deal of labor, and
separates the butter more perfectly than
the ordinary process; and we are assured
that butter thus prepared is of most excel
lent quality.
Year: 1869

How TO PRESERVE GREEN CoRN.-In a
jar put layer of salt, on that layer of
the fresh corn, and alternate thus with the
salt and corn until the jar is full. Then
cover the top with salt, The day before
using take the corn out and put in water to
soak.
Year: 1869

A daughter is almost always right when
she endeavors to initiate her mother; but
We do not think the mother is equally
right when, at certain period of life, she
tries all she can to initiate her daughter.