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Year: 1869




WHAT is A Coon Cow "A writer in a re-
cent number of the Galaxy gives the follow
ing general hints regarding the selection
of good COW for milk producing;


First. Health, good constitution or di-
gestive apparatus, for which we require q
capacious belly.


Second. That the largest possible devel-
opment of the animal shall be behind in
the udder and parts adjacent A good COW
is likely to be wedge shaped, of which the
head is the smaller end. Big heads, Or
horns, or shoulders are noU desired, be
cause they have to be nourished by the
food. But these are Indispensable; large
bag, and hindquarters to support and minis
ter to it. What do our nlilkmen look for
in selecting milk~gi1ing cows? The first ap-
pearance, to Judge, will convey an idea
as to the health or constitution Of the COW.
He will ask, also, bony frame, one that
does not steal the fat from the milk; and he
will feel the skin, to find it flexible and COW
cred with close scottish hair; he will ask for
good lung room, a eapacious belly, o wide
rump and well developed bag, covered with
soft hair. Extending from this bag forward,
he will be desirous to see prominent the
two great veins which lose themselves in
the belly; and on the back of the udder he
will look for many well-defned branching
veins. Then comes Guenon's ''milk-mir-
ror,s which is q broad strip of hair run
ming up from the udder to the vulya, which
he considered the one thing needful; but
which has not, in this country, been found
an infallible test, though it is q good one.
If, in addition, the COW is gentle, good tenn
pered, you are almost sure OF a milk-naker.
Look for that kind.
Year: 1869

1Aoin Tue Dayton lOhlol Ledger, Aug, II.


Yesterday afternoon, about 8 o'clock,
WhLe Bryants menagerie and circus was
ID full blast, at the corner of First and
webster streets, there came very suddenly
furious gale of wind, followed by heavy
shower of rain, which for short time
seemed as though it would scatter every
thlng before it. The performance was
ABOUT halt over, when all at once the guy
poles inside were lifted from the ground,
ana considerable creaking was heard thro'
the entire canvas, which spread great con-
stefnatlon among the vast number of peo-
pie gathered under the pavilion. 1t was
evident that the pavilion would instantly
IaIl unless great force was applied outside
to hold on to the ropes. Some fifty men
took hold of the ropes on the south side,
and attempted to hold it from blowing
over, but it was utterly impossible. In
another instant the ropes snapped, the
center pole came unfastened, and with a
terrible crash the large pavilion was dash
ed to the ground upsetting at the same
time two of the wagons containing wild
animals.


At this point several voices cried out,
"The animals are loose. This terrific
alarm, added to the intense excitement
caused by the falling of the canvas and
breaking of the seats, and screaming of
women and children, made confusion more
confounded, and the scene one Of the wild
est disorder and the greatest danger we
ever had occasion to witness. The people
were now all terrified, and fed everywhere
in the widest confusion. Amid the
screams of at least a thousand women and
children, who We're trying to extricate
themselves from beneath the broken
benches, and crawling out from under the
canvas, mothers and fathers seized their
children and frantically rushed their way
ont as best they could. Many of the
children were pressed down in the excite
ment and trampled in the dirt; some were
very much bruised. Many men and women
fled to adjacent houses and closed the doors
behind to escape from being overtaken by
the wild animals, which they imagined
were in pursuit of them. But two persons
were seriously injured-W. FL. Mitchell,
who was flung across bench while at
tempting to support guy, and little girl,
whose name we did not ascertain had her
arm broken and received q severe wound
on the head
Year: 1869

Corn FODDER. The falling off in milk,
and the neglect to provide food for soiling,
induces many to turn stock into the mead
ows early, and before they have become
thickly coated with aftermath. 1t is very
bad economy, very injurious to meadows,
while the seemingly 'fair feed" is swept
away in a few days, and scanty yield of
milk is the result for the balance of the
season. There is no crop, therefore, that
pays the dairyman better, one year with
another, than the few acres devoted to
corn fodder. Corn fodder should be fed in
the stalls, as there is no waste, besides the
stock thus fed are more quiet and less dis
posed to hang about, waiting for their feed
as they do when the fodder is given them in
the open field. Each COW in the stall gets
its proper share of food, and there is no
hooking or soiling Of the fodder by master
COWS. The herd should be fed regularly at
stated hours, and they soon become accus-
toned to the time, coming of their own ac-
cord to the stables, and during other por-
tions of the day they will feed more in the
pastures.


Corn fodder for soiling should be wilted
before feeding. 1t is good plan to cut in
the morning and let it lay in the sun till
afternoon, and then feed In this way some
of the external moisture will be got rid of,
and the food will be preferred by animals
and produce better results. Corn fodder is
very succulent, and does not need to be
further diluted by feeding when the dew or
water is adhering to it. Better reduce the
water in it by wetting and partially drying.
Year: 1869

THE FOLLOWING story is told of pretty
little Jewess in Detroit:


'fShe loved a poor young man but her
parents, year ago forced her to marry
rich old one, She bore her grief and q
child, and recently resolved on suicide,
She swallowed some morphine and reflect
ed; then she swallowed four cups gof coffee
and reflected again; after that she drank a
glass of soda water and reflected a thlrd
time. The final result Of her mental eNer-
else was the opinion that she haa pettef
i've and bear more grief, and perhaps more
children; so she tore ur the Ietter She l!s'o
and the next day was about her Homework
71CJ1ol
Year: 1869

where | spent two days, has reputation for
mud which it does not deserve, except in ex-
tremely wet weather, but its mosquitoes are
as vital statistics and the testimony of impair
tial witnesses abundantly prove. The chief
drawback to its rapid growth is the monopoly
of the Cairo Land Company, composed main
ly of English capitalists, who own large part
of the unoccupied land, and are unwilling to
sell, except at high prices. But the location
of the city at the confluence of the Ohio and
Mississippi rivers, and it's proximity to almost
ineXhaustible resources of iron, coal, lead
limestone and marble, and its connection by
rail and river with the great centres of trade,
predestine it to become a large manufactur-
ing city.


I had the good fortune to visit tho
Year: 1869

jim Wicker was a comical-looking fell
low, with very young face, but by reason
of having no hair, he looked very old
from his eyebrows all the way round to the
back Of his neck. He was very sensitive
about the defect, and was somewhat cela-
brated, from fight he had had with tray
cling agriculturist, who, upon sbeing asked
by jim, ''What would cause the hair to
grow upon his shining poll, was advised
to 'coyer the top of his head with guano,
and plant it down in crab grass. But jim
wouldn't quarrel with Capt. Wild, for that
gentleman was not only the host of the
Fairy Queen. and also had the key of all
1.-The refreshments in his possession; 80
without hesitation he enlighted his auditor
after this fashion:


''You see the har always did grow rath-
er scarce bout my scalp, and was always
rubbing one thing and another to fotch it
out, though thar was little to be seen above
ground. I'd heard of bars grease, and
bought gallon in bottles, but 1 believe it
was nothing but hogs lard, so / thought I
would have the genuine article, and got
old Dan to go out and Kill something tor
my especial benefit. Dan told me 1t was
in the spring, and that the bar was in bad
health and out Of season, but believed he
was trying to quiz sme, and wouldn't take
no for an answer. A short hunt fotched a
critter to bay, and Dan by a shot in the
vitals saved the varmint, but the bar was
in a bad condition, for he looked as seedy
as an old Canadian thistle, and he had
| hardly enough in him to keep his Joints
from squeaking and what he did have got
and used and stranger, said Jim, looking
sorrowfully round on the company,in q
week I was as bald as q gunbarrel. Dan
was right, the varnnint was shedding him
self, and nothing in him but har-shedding
| lie, and the consequence is, [ can't in the
dark tell my head from o dried gourd, If ]
depend on feeling"
Year: 1869

MARK TWAIN issues a saIutatory address
upon assuming the associate editorship of
the Buffalo Express. He says: 81 am
simply going to do my plain unpretending
duty, when 1 cannot get out Of it. I shall
work diligently and honestly and faithfully
at all times and upon all occasions, when
privation and want shall compel me to do it.


1 shall not make use of slang or yulgarity
upon any occasion or under any circum-
stances, and shall never use profanity ex-
Indeed, upon second thought, will not
even use it then, for it is unchristian inele-
gant-and degrading though, to speak
truly, I do not see how house-rent and
takes are going to be discussed without it. )"
Year: 1869

SAFE DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT OF THE NATIONAL
PARK BANK.-Tho most recent one of the kind, in the
construction of which the Directors have ayailed
themselves Of all the experience up to the present,
which has enabled them TO produce more secure ar
rangements than heretofore attained. In tho Bur
gdr and Fire Proof VaHlt in their Fire PROOF Building,
they have Safes of various sizes leach secured by


Combination Lock where tenants can place securities
Of every description for a small annual cost The
officers will take pleasure in showing the Vault
Year: 1869

that HIS Of the estate honest and even
generous and that wrong had been done except py
the party referred through whom the deiendas
sought show title, aud who took advantage OF the eL
ecutors ignorance OF law The plaintiff has recoVereu
tha
Year: 1869




Democratic exchange says: "Grant will
recommend speedy resumption of specie
payment What is the good of Democratic
papers publishing such nonsense Grant
has no more idea of specie payment or non
specie payment than one of his fast horses
has, aud why should Democratic editors help
impress the people with the idea that he has ?
Let the people see him and know him as he
is, and he will be divested of all power long
to do harm.


The press is astonished that Greedy has not
found murdered negro in three weeks. 1t
is feared that he cannot be well.


ReverGy johnson, who was a sneak when
he went to England, has improved one point,
10y advancing to the degree of jackass.


Democratic exchange saws: "rhe Rad
ica!S will suip us eff every right Not
quite that, for they will leave you the right
to pay taxes.


II all the legal white votes in this country
had been poled, and no illegal negro votes
had been polled. the popular majority against
Grant would be over II million. Let Grant
put that IN his pipe and smoke it.


Democratic paper says; "If Grant at
tem2tS to carry out u constitutional policy we
will support him ~ All. that awful IL.
Why not say IF there GENES a shower OF
gold shall catch some nuggets!1 The one
IS as possible as the other.


\ respectable and wealthy citizen of Iowa
lsin this city trying to dispose of his prop
erty with a view to leaving his State. He
says he will not live in a State where the
white men do not think themselves any bet
Ter than negroes. He thinks that striking
the word tebjts out of the constitution mus,
cause reduction in the value of property in
that State.
Year: 1869

Religion is good thing Benevolence is q
good thing Politics is good thing; War
is a good thing; Money is good thing !;
Pestlence and Famine are good things, ana
it is SO with hundred other matters with
which we at times imagine we are cnrsed or
blessed. Hard as these affections may seem,
they all result in good, one way or another.
1t Is particularly so with PLANTATION BIr-
TIERS but they must be used with modera-
ton, and according to the directions You
must not abuse or indulge in them too freely
If you do like other blessings, they will do
harm by an over-indulgence or abuse.
Year: 1869

Do YoU HEAR, BOYS Charles Dickens
says The first external revelation Of the
dry rot in men is n tendency to lurk and
lounge to be ut street corners without intel
llglble reasons to be going anywhere when
met; TO be about many places rather than
any to do nothing tangible, but to have an
intention cf performing number of tangible
duties tomorrow or the day after"
Year: 1869

In the early history Of this State, justice
was administered without much pomp Or
parade, aud the Judges did not assume that
excellent gravity so much commended by
Lord Coke. 81,


A certain Judge presided at a court in
which man by the name OF Green was
convicted of murder, and it became his un-
pleasant duty to pronounce sentence of
death on the culprit. He called the prison
er before him and said to him: "Mr. Green,
the jury, in their verdict, say you are guilty
of murder, and the law says you are to be
hung. Now want you and all your friends
down on Indian Creek to know that il is not
who condemns you, but it is the Jury and
the law, Mr.. Green. The law allows you
time for preparation, and so the court wants
to know what time you would like to be
hung"


To this the prisoner replied: 'May it
please the court, am ready at any time.
Those who kill the body have no power to
kill the soul. My preparation is made, and
! am ready to suffer at any time the court
may appoint"


The Judge then said: "Mr. Green, you
must know that it is a very serious matter
to be hung it can't happen to man more
than once in his life, and you had better
take all the time you can get. The court
will give you until this day four weeks. Mr..
Clerk, look at the almanac and see whether
this day four weeks comes on Sunday" The
clerk looked at the almanac, as directed,
and replied 'that day four weeks came on
Thursday" The Judge then said "Mr.
Green, the court then gives you until this
day four weeks, at which time you are to be
hung"


The case was prosecuted by James Tur.
ney, ESQ.,, the Attorney General of the State,
who here interposed and said: "May it
please the court, on solemn occasions like
the present, when the life Of a human being
is to be sentenced away for crime by an
earthly tribunal, it is usual and proper for
courts to pronounce formal sentence, in
which the leading features of the crime shall
be brought to the recollection of the prison
er, sense Of his guilt impressed on his con-
science, and in which the prisoner should
be duly exhorted to repentance, and warned
against the judgment in the world to come"


To this the Judge replied: "Oh, Mr..
Turney, Mr.. Green understands the whole
matter as well as though had preached to
him month. He knows that he has got
to be hung this day four weeks. You un-
derstand it in this way, don't you, Mr..
Green p "Yes," said the prisoner, upon
which the Judge remanded him to Jail, and
the court adjourned. Western Monthly
for November.
Year: 1869




An IMPORTANT DlscoyERy.-Enor-
nous beds of rock salt have been dis
covered on the Canadian shore of
Lake Huron. The deposit is said to
be the largest in the world, exceeding
in extent even the famous salt mines.
near Cracow, in Poland, which nave
been worked since the beginning OF the
twelfth century. The Canadian de-
post is reported to reach forty miles
in direction nearly from north to
south, while nothing is known of its
breath from east to west. Practically,
If the reports are correct, the Canadian
deposit is inexhaustible. The brine
from it is always near the point of sal.
ination; it improves in proportion to
the increase Of its depth; and the salt
made from it is one Of the whitest and
best yet known in commerce. The
ease with which the manufacture can
be carried on and the facilities of ship.
ment to the points of the upper great
lakes, indicate that it can be sold in
Chicago for about one dollar barrel
III specie.
Year: 1869

0uet which had been given TO the Princess by the
Emperor and had cost Two millions


He Is at present much Interested In the nipple ceic
bration which Is to take place at the Palais de
pIndusirie; and this reminds me that subscription
has been raised in high life for the purchase OF forty
horses 10 reinforce the artillery Of Pie TX or course
they will all be pie balds.


The following is the description OF q toilet pre-
sented to q bankers daughter by bankers son. IL
was enclosed In large ebony egg, with silver rims
and silver hinges. This egg had renaissance lock
and gold and silver Key Gold and silver, the magic
key to hearts.


The costume comprised two skirts, one OF that pc
cuar coral shade more red tnan pink and stlll be-
tween the two. The bottom OF the underskirt was
fiounced with French lace point d'aiguilel Over
this train OF the coral silk, somewhat longer
than the undersknt. and trimmed round
with a nounce of the same lace, raised on
the sides by branches Of coral. small mantelet
OF lace Ia oee Is crossed over the bodice. fastened
with pink coral buttons Waves OF lace fall round
the arms. and they are called engageantes. The
band for the waist is fringed all round with SEED
coral, as also the bow ends behind. This Is very
costly. The flower most sought after for evening
wear on tue and taratan is the tulip in all shades;
they are put on the shoulders and IN long grasses
fall behind from satin pouls on the waist. They are
light that the least breath makes them unduate
their graceful flexible stems the Iris and the rose
are Still supreme.
Year: 1869

From the Detroit Post, April 1871


Some time since the item was floating around in
the papers that Ada L. Webb the popular and fasci-
mating actress and one OF the celebrated Webb SIS
tiers, was about to be married Later the paragraph
was current that she had married and retired from
the stage; and later still was paragraph deny
ing the last mentioned report. Amid al these these
likely that the fair Ada not entirely free from
matrimonial entanglements OF some sort. And such
seems have been the fact for we find on the rec
ords Of the Wayne Circuit Court that action was
commenced on the 26th ult. by Ada 7. Webb against
John Skae for breach OF promise OF marriage and
the damages are laid at $4,000.


Three counts are set up The The first is that IN the
wy S and o hae p1ea their Is
not exactly the phraseology Of the legal document,
but IL conveys to the popular mind Q better
would the verbose document OF half dozen pages OF
legal cap, with Its whereases and saids and afore
saids. In fact, they made verbal agreement to be
married to each other within year, or in January,
1859. The sisters were playing an engagement In
this city at the former date, and skae was most
assiduous In his attentions "a lover. The first
count further alleges that Ada made this promise Of
marriage in good faith, sincerely relying upon the
man; that she then expected to fuifl her pro.
mise, and was ready TO DO 30, and has been ready
ever since.


The second count charges the unfaithfulness OF
Skae, and sets forth that whereas the plantiT was
ready at the time agreed upon TO be married. and
has been ready ever since the defendant positively
and absolutely refused TO marry her. Sne alleges
that she repeatedly aud frequently urged upon him
to make good her hts promise OF marriage. but he
has ncf OH lrOui tiIic W tiuc uuu uOW utteiil
refuses to marry her, although she was ready and
willing during all this time.


The third and last count sets forth that upon her
engagement with Skae to be married In January,
1s6e 1t was understood that she was to retire from
the stage, which profession she had previously fol-
lowed as means Oh support TO herseii and her
mother: that she did so retire from the stage
on that account, and has since that time
been deprived Of that means OF support. For this
reason and Tor injuries to her feelings by reason OF
the failure OF the defendant to fulfil his promise she
claims damages to the amount OF S50,0oO. The at
torneys In the case Moore Grlfin Tor the plain
tif and Dickinson Dicinks0n for the defendant. The
case s likely to he very closely contested one, but
it mas not yet been set down for trial.
Year: 1869




ing Enterprise.


In a conversation with one of the
Western delegates at the recent Ma
tiOnal Commercial Convention, your
correspondent gained much interest
ing information concerning the live
ly ihs crest felt by Western capital
lists in regard to the future of
manufacturers and their establish
ments in the Western States. 1t is
natural for manufacturers to find
their way to the market-place of the
country, at or near the commercial
centers, instead of the waterfalls, far
away from the seabOards. Goods
are, for the most part, made near
cheap fuel and railroads, to obviate
the expense of ffieghts commissions,
agencies, etc, thus enabling the
Eastern manufacturer to realize larg-
er profits on the labor OF every Oper-
ative they employ. Bat Western
men now urge that with the coal and
water facilities offered by nature al
the West, with the removal of the
tax on manufactures, and cheap
freight facilities, and cheap labor,
goods can be manufactured AS cheap
ly as in the East, and that the time
is not far distant when the large cit
les of the West will De in compete
ton with those of the East that the
true places for manufacturing indus
try-thOse places which will be here
after the true places for manufacture
ing industry-are the chief centers Of
trade That it is not the possession of
abundant water-pOwer, or coal, near
at hand, which will determine the
question but that the questiOnwill be
"a L. L. n
out by these great centers of supply
for dispOsingprOducts when manufac-
tured The last report of theSecretary
of the Interior develops the tenden-
cy of manufacturing industry. From
large number of places, East and
West, selected to give comparative
view of the productive power of
that industry in the places named, it
WAS shown that the amount of earn
ings averaged by the operatives is
less at points near waterfalls and
coal mines than at other points
where steam power is used and coal
mines are not at hand. The average
earnings of each operative inLowell,
Manchester, Patterson, PittsEurg,
Philadelphia and Reading, are con
siderably less when compared with
the average earnings for those places
where there Is no water power and
absence of easy access to coal. 1t is
also claimed that industry is more
productive i'll money value at the
West than in the East. The com
pletion of the Union Pacific Rail-
road, it is prophesied, will tend To
make the West the great seat of
manufacturing industry, as il @ill be
the center of civilization. The ques-
ton is one of political economy
Boston correspondent of the New
York News.
Year: 1869

Abiding to recent statement
sent to the press by "A writer using
the signature Hannah Tyler to
the effect that malicious woman
had procured the dismissal of five
faithful clerks, "A Woman Clerk :"
writing Ia the New York Independ-
ent, says:


l know of an instance where a male
clerk in the Interior Department
wrote letter TO the head Of a bureau
in the Treasury Department, making
specific charges against u woman III
said bureau. The woman was call
ed, and an investigation was had,
when she produced letters i'm the
same hand as the complaint. signed
by the clerk who wrote them and
in the latest oi these letters he
threatened her with ruin If she did
not comply with his wishes, Ihe
investigation proved that this man
first attempted 10 ruin her character,
and in failing ia that, he Immediate
ly sought to d. stroy her reputation.
This man was worse than common
murderer yet / believe no one ask
ed for his dismissal, " whereas, if the
innocence of the woman accused had
not been proved, she would have
been dismissed