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Year: 1868

'S AS''vNipNf SSceiSoo o'SSA 'e'o importance to the farmer, and their teach ings should be closely obseryed: tsys

 WINTER FLOWING. ss is peI

 We have so often recommended the | blowing of lands abounding in clay during the falliand early winter months and oi exposing the newly turned soil to the ac tion of the frost, that any further remarks upon the subject may appear superauous. We cannot however, refrain from sug- gesting that, so long as the weather con tnues open and the soil is, in a fit condi- tion for the plow, this kind of land should be broken up.ia The greet difficulty in the treatment of clay lands in the spring arises from their retention of moisture and their adhesive qualities. If they are plowed wet, they dry into clods and are not easily plowed If they are not plowed until dry weather sets in, the proper time for plant ing may be lost. By winter blowing, the frost acts upon the upturned mass of soil and ameliorates it so that a cross blowing ln the spring puts it at once in good con dition The only care to be taken with respect to winter blowing, is that the lands should not be wet when plowed otherwise all the benefit to be derived from the operation is lost. tR'' ifl' .tass sa MILCH cows. 7ot

 Milch cows, even when fresh, will soon fail in their milk if fed wholly on dry food. See that they are warmly housed and feed them on chopped hay mixed whh meal or bran and made into slop, and an abundance of milk willbe obtained through out the whole winter season Every warm and sunny day the COWS should be turned out for q few hours for exercise, either in the woods or barnyard They should be given salt at least twice week and have regular access to pure water.

 COLTS AND YOUNG .CATTLE.

 Rough proyepder alone is not sufficient for colts and young cattle If they are res;r c ed to this kind they will bevery apt to hecome stunted A growing ami ma, even if not worked at all, should have supply of such food as will not impair hisvigbr orinjure his health.i It

 

 IS ao economy to feed entirely on rough proyender, for no amount of after atten- ton can compensate for wan, of proper feeding and care young stock.

 SEcERE THE LEAVES.

 The woods arc now full of leaves h. deed they seem more abundant than ever, but farmers do not value them as highly as wethink they should For barnyards especially they are profitable to haul in. They are obtsinable, too, when there is little pressing work on hand Gathered up in heaps they can be readily loaded in carts aud wagons with close shelvings, by using either cloth some two or three yards square, or with wooden rake and the arm. Hogs are very fond of them for litter, SD are cows; and for compost they are excellent As oat straw is nov usu- ally fed to cattle and rye straw commands high price in the market, there is noth- ing left for the purpose of littering except wheat straw. Hence forest leaves should be held in higher estimation than they commonly are. a.fsd te,smis el
Year: 1868

ENCOURAGING TO THE SoUTH.-To the desponding in the South we commend the perusal of the following from the National Intelligencer: sas sa sis,

 The white people of this country will never let any man go into the Pres idential chair by the unconstitutional votes of the Africanized South. If Africans, or rtheirpaltry number of base white allies, get into Congress by climbing up some other way than a constitutional one, the white people of the North will decree their expulsion. The mass of Northern white men have sternly, declared against Southern Af- ricanized control of the Government 1 by acting in conjunction with what may, by possibility, still continue a class monopoly of the States North.

 The people of the North, who have sternly declared against negro suffrage there, will never submit to a control of the General Government by the Afri- tcanized Southern States. The 3tyrants and demagognes in. Congress who are forwarding the imp osture and usnrpa- ton, may as well understand this now as to recklessly risk what may befall them in popular wrath at another day Our friends willsnremember that the Inteligencer, early in 1867, prophe- sled tie utter defeat of the corrupt, @ ~

 profiigate and usurping Radical party in the elections of that year. We fear lessly challenge events to do other than to indorse our present prediction as to more general and disastrous rout of rotton Radicalism in lS6S." hssbaea Issa --7 =, . - n. -r--- 4 1.k
Year: 1868

which charity isexpressed or practiccd aids in transforming us into her image,

 and moulds our lives after the simili-

 tude of her own. Under the condi- tions ot our daily existence we are op- pressed by the material. the temporal, the practical. Necessity pursues us.

 Selfishness grows upon us. The lower instincts control us. And it is only

 when, freeing our skirts of these, we

 give ourselves up to loftier guidance,

 that our nature becomes worthy Of it's origin and fit for it's Divine conclusion. It is in this view, as well as in view of the direct blessing it commands, that the value of thanksgiving day is felt.

 "There is no good man but will ad ' nit that by this time the fratcrnal and conciliatory feelings which were inter- rupted during the years of carnage and destruction, should be generously re- ncwed. There is no patriotic citizen but will admit that whatever tends to keep up ill-will, and antagonism, and sectionalism, should be done away with. Let us not fear to take the mi tiative in making advances toward magnanimity and charity and unity. For not until these regain their ascend ency over the mind of the nation shall we ever enjoy the other beneficences which Providenceis is bountifully show ering upon America. If the thought full sue gestion in the Presidents pro- clamation be properly regarded in the South and North we shall soon feel that the long lowering clouds of war have really been dispelled by the sunshine of Heaven." as.sf atf4Hia
Year: 1868

-The New York Herald is collat- ing the current news of the day, from the Southern States, to show the de- plorablc condition of society there, as resnlting directly from the Kietiie''l policy. The cditorasays: se 'sa xa aA We venture to repeat this warning that unless this Congress shatlproinpt- ly provide the ways and means for maintaining law and order inJthe out side rebel States, "a reign of robbery, violence and bloody confusion may be expected therein during this winter which will bring the penalty of swift destruction upon the party in power and the overthrow of it's whole pro- gramme of negro suffrage and negro supremacy, and perhaps something more. S H f sf nd
Year: 1868

IdNatlOu. lnueeu, the WnOle vi BOaTu
Is in aid Of and dependent on the taxing power Of
the state. The Board can render no Judgment what
ever enforceable against the property OF the city nor
claims which are allowed mist be reported to the
Board OF Supervisors, who are required to impose


1t seems to be a logical and necessary deduction
from this view OF the law that the reports OF the
Board which can only be satisfied by taxes col
lected under State authority, cannot be rendered In
favor Of claims for advertisements and publications
made In newspapers employer In Violation OF the


The foregoing considerations require the dsaow.
ance OF the claim in question, sven though the Board
had been furnished with transcripts OF the adver.
tisements made in the Josrnd Of Commerce, and II
had appeared that they were proper subjects for ad
vertslng in the Official papers at the expense OF the
ons of the the s sa for which is
demanded, or TO give evidence OF their contents,
and omitted all direct proof that the publication was
authorized by the Common Council In single In
stance.


The whole claim against the city is disallowed.
of New YORK. in behalf OF ths same paper, for the
sum Of 1851 Is being an unpaid balance OF an ac-


The Board Of Supervisors II the county, like the
Common Council OF the city is prohibited by the
provisions Of chapter 227 OF ne Laws OF 1868 from
Snsys % the II S
the Mayor and Comptroller. rne moneys expended
BY Its authority only be ased by tax or assess
ment. That Board has no incidental legislative power
or discretion on the subject Arising out Of the owner
ship OF property and the right to dispose Of revenues
accrulng therefr0m.


These considerations are conclusive against this
claim, and all others similarly situated. But It may
be further stated against the aim OF the Journal or
Commerce that subjects for which advertisements
may be directed by the Board OF Supervisors are ex
pressy defined In public statites referred to In the
decision prepared by the BoGd Of Audit In the case
Of the claim OF the New York Tribune. No proof has
been given that the advertisements In the present
case relate to those subjeCs. or that they were
visors.


This oiaim d included ir the action ct Law now
Year: 1868

A FOUR STORY BROWN STONE FRONT HOUSE, ALI.
n modern improvements situated near Forty second street.
east of Fifth handsomely furnished win be lei n
low rent to responsible tenant. Address A. b. M
Heral oNlcp
Year: 1868

Every little straw is gathered now
to show the probable policy Of the
General after his Inauguration. Here
are two of them: In the railroad car
from Chicago the other day, a gentle
man said to Grant General, | hope
when you are in office you will let us
have peace in fact as well as in name.'
TO this tho General answered, You
may be sure | will, sir. l shall make
peace, and a solid peace, which will
satisfy all good men North, South,
East and West A brother Of Gen.
Grant, who lives in Chicago, is report
ed to have said few days ago that
Grant intends to enforce the Recon
struetion laws TO the very letter, so far
as that duty may be bequeathed him
by the existing Administration. Per-
haps by the time of his inauguration
the whole business of reconstruction
will have been disposed of, but it not,
according to this traterhal authority,
Grant will execute them strictly. The
reason allodged for this is that Grant
holds that the will of the people is
the law Of the land, and that in the
election just decided the people ox-
pressed their will to have these recon
struotjon measures enforced BY en-
dorsing the measures and platform of
the Republican party. From bis nat
ural mOdesty he does not presume to
think that il was his personal popular.
ity that impelled the people 20 give
the Radical ticket a majority so ieoi,k
cd, but rather that il was due TO their
endorsement Of Congress and its poll
cy. So says Grants brother.
Year: 1868




Within short time the police have
become acquainted with the fact con-
nected with the abandonment BY three
young girls of their homes, and their
deliberate entry upon lives Of prostitus
tion. In one Instance the father, an
Albanian, came to this city, and find
ing his daughter in house ofill fame,
prevailed upon her to accom- pany him
home. She remained there, however,
but short time, when she again de-
serted her family, and is now leading
life of infamy. A second one was
that Of a young girl, also an Albanian,
who came to this city and was admit
ted into house Of improper charac-
ter only attershe had brought from
her mother a written document. stat
ing that she had abandoned her, and
had no objections of her leading a life
OF shame. The paper was probably q
forgery. last night, in a celliu one
of the station-houses of the city, a
very beautiful girl, only seventeen
years of age, was confined for having
deserted her mother and voluntarily
entered upon career Of crime and
dissipation. The mother had been in
search of her for some weeks, and
yesterday succeeded in finding her
in fashionable place of resort on
Sixth Street. The interview between
the mother and daughter at the station
was of singular character. The
daughter charged her fall upon the
mother, saying that she had been driv-
en to desperation by the unkind treat
ment Of the parent, and debating
that she would never go home again
to be subjected to persecution and
outrage at her hands. Itwas evidene,
however, that taste for dress, a
desire to wear better clothes than
her means would secure--had been
the cause of, her downfall, and sub
sequently she confessed as much, The
young girl stated that the woman at
whose house she was discovered, and
the habitudes of the place bad all urg.
ed her to go homie and lead pnre and
virtuous life, and pointed out to her
the inevitable and certain end o. the
career upon which she was embark
ing but that she had thought the mat
ter all over and had fully determined
to continue on her course. A night
passed in the cells of the station, how
ever, give the foolish girl time for
further reflection, and this morning
she consented to return home with
her mother. We trust the lessen she
has already received will re sufficient
to keep her footsteps in the path Of
virtue.
Year: 1868

A thousand probabilities win not
make one truth. A hand-saw is a good
thing but not To shave with. Gontil-
ity, without ability is worse than beg
gary. A man may talk like wise
man and act like a fool. If we would
succeed IN anything, we must use the
proper means. A liar should have a
good memory. Charity begins at home
but does not end there. An ounce of
mother wit is worth pound of learn
ing. Short reckonings make long
friends. Custom is the plague of wise
men, and tho idol of fools. Every one
knows best where his own shoe pinch
es. A faint heart never won q fair
lady.
Year: 1868

"a Frank Blair takes bis defeat
philoscpbically. In Chicago some Of
the Republican friends casually men
toned Salt River, TO which Frank
replied that Salt River was not large
enough no was going 70 Salt Lake
Year: 1868

The Times man, who is doubtless accus.
toned to the use OF hidden motives, says
that the motive Of our exposure of thai
political humbug, ]. Q. A. Fellows, is s'too
plainly manifest to give 1t any point OF
force,' and proceeds to refer to his in.
fuence % in defeating 'a certain grand
speculation" This is news to US. In the
fret place the editor of this paper never
felt any especial interest in any such spec
ulation as the Times man refers to, and
secondly the Times man. must have been in
one of bis joking moods when he imagined
that the influence Of Fellows was sufficient
to pass or defeat any measure before a
Legislature, or any other political
body unless it be the council
Of the village Of Jefferson, where he has
succeeded in becoming an Alermau after
long career of ofiee-hnniing. We never
have occasion to evoke hidden motives. and
we shall always use plain and honest lau-
gnage in dealing with such fellows as Eel
lows, as the Times man may become be-
fore long convinced.


We stated yesterday, and we repeat it
now, that we selected the case of Fellows
because that gentleman has been conspieu-
oualy busy In falsiiying the political re-


coras Of men much his superior"
Year: 1868

The weather last night was the coolest of
the season. Ice formed to the thickness of
a quarter of an inch. A cold, piercing,
disagreeable wind to-day renders it un-
comfortable anywhere except by good
fro
Year: 1868

CoNSECTicUr.-Dispatch received from
Connecticrt to-day would seem 70 indicate that
the State will go Republican by q very small
majority. Any dispatches received by us after
we go to press, win be posted up at the STAR
Office to- mig ht. ...
Year: 1868

Judge Groesbeck's Defense Of the President.


Washington is still ringing with praises of
Judge Groesbeck's splendid speech ia favor
of the President. It is eulogized BY every
one, radical and conservative alike, and is
pronounced by some to be the most eloquent
speech ever made before the American Sen
ate. Its effect was all the greater from the
fact that expectation had not been extrava-
CANT, as few professed to know anything about
the ability of Mr.. Groesbeck, who. during
the preceding stage of the trial, bad taken
no prominent part in the proceedings and
remained completely silent, seeming TO be
more ornamental than useful in the conduct
of the case When he did speak, however,
his words were listened TO with breathless
attention. Unlike preceding days, Senators
did not busy themselves in writing letters,
reading newspapers or chattering with each
other they did not quit their places and
wander to the retiring rooms or galleries fer
refreshment or relaxation they all remained
fixed Oh their seats, spelIbouud BY the elo-
quence of the speaker, and for a full hour
during the impressive peroration which be
pronounced a pin could have been heard
dropping upon the floor, so still and attentive
were his auditors 1t is surprising how many
converts have been made to the side Of &C.
quittal since this address, and how general
has become the opinion that the trial caunot
possibly result in conviction 1t will require
arguments somewhat more powerful than
any that has yet emanated from the honora-
BILE managers, and eloquence of higher
order than Mr.. Buffers or Mr.. Boutwel's
to destroy the effect of Judge Groesbeck's
brilliant effort of yesterday.-Cor. N. y
Herald
Year: 1868

How Hoe SwEATs.-Not like horse
or a man, but through his fore-legs. There
is spot on each leg, just below the knee,
in the form of a sieve. Through this the
sweat passes of, and it is necessary that this
be kept open. If it get closed, as is some.
times the case, the hog will get sick, he
will appear stiff and cramped, and unless he
gets reliet it will go hard with him. To
cure him, simply open the pores. This is
done BY rubbing the spot with corn cob,
and washing with warm water.-The Rural
World
Year: 1868

How TO TREAT WATcH.-First-W
your watch as nearly as possible at the same
time every day. Secondly-Be careful that
your key is in good condition, as there is
much danger ofinjurng the machine when
the key is worn or cracked. There are more
mainsprings and chains broken through
jerk in winding than from any other cause,
which injury will sooner or later be the result
if the key is in bad order. Thirdly-as all
metals contract by cold and expand by heat,
it must be manifest that to keep the watch
as nearly as possible at one temperature is a
necessary piece of attention FOurthly-
Keep the watch as constantly as possible in
one position, that is, lift hangs by day, let
it hang by night against something that is
soft. Fifthly-The hand of pocket chro


nometer or duplex watch should never be
set backwards in other watches this is
matter Of no consequence. Sixthly-The
glass should never be opened in watches that
set and regulate at the back. Seventhly-
On regulating a watch, should it be going
too fast, move the regulator triHle toward
the Slow and if going slow, do the reverse;


you canuot move the regulator too gently at
time, and the only inconvenience that can
arise is, that you may have to perform that
duty more than once.-C Crdfton's HoroIogy
Year: 1868

LITTLE THINGS sometimes produce great
results. A drop Of water little frosted will
explode the mammoth rock in twain, match
will fire whole city, and little busybody
gossip of woman with little tongue and
no brain will set whole neighborhoOd by
the ears,
Year: 1868

IT is said that there are 100000 men out
of employment in the United States, and
million of persons suffering for the necessar.
les of life. How is this, in a county which
was groaning with abundance in 1862 Is
it not manifest that the government has
been badly administered
Year: 1868

FATTENING CALvEs.-A sensible practi-
cal farmer told us The other day that be had
often noticed that calves would thrive better
on milk that was not rich in butter, than on
what was commonly called very rich milk.
That is fact in accordance with what we
recently stated, that the nutritive elements
of milk reside chiefly in the caseine. If you
have COW that gives particularly rich milk
and one that gives quality poorer in but>
ter, Ii is better in every way to feed the calf
on the milk of the latter The calf will
thrive better and you'll get more butter from
the milk of the first cow.-Mass. Plough.
man.
Year: 1868

A FATHER came home from his business
at early evening, and took his little girl
upon bis knee After few>dove-like cares
scs, she crept to bis bosom and fell asleep
He carried her himself to her chamber, and
said Nellie would not like to go to bed
without saying her prayers?' ? Half opening
her large blue eyes, she dreamily articulated


"Now lay rne down to sleep,
Year: 1868

IHE SOUTHWARK mAHCH OF EMPlhE.-


We must not be blinded BY the starcing and


confusing influence of the present state of
affairs at the South to the magnificent posi-


bilties awaiting development in that region


by the simple force of industry In
fact, so rich are the natural resources of that
region, so abundant the rewards it holds out
to the laDorer, there is danger lest the very
abundance should operate as it has done elsel
where, to make the toiler content with the
light toll that suffices to support him from
day to day, and indispose him to those thrifty
habits of accumulation by which the inhabi-
tants of less genial climes guard against the
possible privations of the morrow. In this
connection, the following extract from a re-
cent letter of Mr.. Henry G. Care, is especi-
ally forcibe: "At the South, nature has
provided for the removal of all existing
difficulties having placed the farmer in such
position that not onl y is be nearer to the
great markets for his products in their ori-
giual forms, but that be may convert his
wheat and his sweet potatoes into cotton,
into pork, oranges, or any other of the num-
rous fruits above referred to, for all of which
he fuds an outlet in the various markets of
the world Seeing these things, and seeing,
further, that its whole upland country pre-
Sents one of the most magnificent climates
of the world, can it be doubted that the day
is at hand when emigration 10 the South and
Southwest must take the place now occupied
by immigration to the West, and when power
is to pass from the poor soils of the North
west to those richer ones which now offer
themselves in such vast abundance in the
centre, the South, and the Southwest? As
l think, it cannot
Year: 1868

All crops grown on land of tie same quality
do not require an equal depth of plewing If
sod ground be turned for corn, it should only be
plowed deep enough to get a rich warm, mellow
seed bed. The subsoil should not be thrown to
the surface to plant the corn in. But subsoil
plowing may be resorted to with profit, for that
pulverzcs the subsoil deep, admitting air and
moisture, but does not bring it to the top, or mix
it with the surface mould. If Spring grain is to
follow the corn, the next plowing should be
deeper than the first one,-deep enough to bring
to the surface the decayed sod, and an inch Of
the subsoil to mix with it. These make fresh,
fertile seed bed for the Spring grain. If W heat
succeeds the Spring grain, the plowing for it
should be deep and thorough. No matter how
deep That is the opportunity to mingle the
subsoil and top soil, and permanently deepen the
seed-bed. The latter part of summer and the
early autumn is the time of year when the land
is most benefited by deep plowing, and of all
grain crops, wheat perhaps, demands the deepest
preparation of the soil. And this deep plowing
for wheat brings soil to the surface that is fresh
for the crop to start in. The grass seed will be
sown in this; it will become a turf, grow dark in
color, and when the field is ready to break up
again, this top soil will have become rich mould.
This is the proper method of plowing, with the
object of gradually deepening our SOIL by ex-
posing it to the action of the air. light plants and