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Year: 1874

q EALED PROPOSALS will be received by
- the Board of Supervisors of the County OF
Placer, for the furnishing of the County Hospit-
al of said county with all necessary groceries
and provisions to be used by said Hospital for
the period of five months, from the first day OF
June A. d. 1874.


Also proposals will be received by said Board
for the furnishing, for the use of the Hospital
and JAIL with all necessary clothing, bedding
and blankets, for the same period.


Bids for each or either of the above contracts
to be in writing and accompanied with price
lists, giving the price and quality of the articles
to be furnished, and to be filed with the Clerk
of the Board ON or before the first day of June
next, when they will be considered.


The Board reserving the right to reject any or
all bids.


By order of the Board


BF. BURT, Clerk.
Dated Auburn Nav 14th 1874 n39-3w
Year: 1874

II has never been settled TO the sat
isfaction of the public who the man in
the Iron Mask was, but generations to
come win know all about Dick Palmer,
who got inside something worse than
a mask on Saturday. His mother sen to
him after brass kettle which one OF
her neighors had borrowed, aud on his
way home, the boy turned the kettle
upside down and put it on his head
Another boy gave it blow, and it
shut down over Dicks face as closely
as clam in his shell, one Of the 'ears
digging into the boys head behind,
and the other in front, The victim
shouted and jumped and clawed at the
kettle, but he could not bulge II. A
man came along and lifted at it, but
Dicks nose began to come out ut the
roots and the man had to stop. A
crowd ran out from the corner grocery,
Dicks mother was sent for, and the
boy danced up and down and cried,
"Oh, gollyl," without ccasing. One
boy said they would have to take a
cold chisel and drill Dick out of the
kettle, and another said they'd have
To- melt the kettle off, while everybody
raped on il to see how solidly il was
on. Then they tried to lift il of, but
Dick roared "murder" until they stop
ped. Some said grease his head, and
some said grease the kettle, while the
boy's mother sat down on the curb
stone and sobbed out: "Ohl Richard,
why did you do this p


The crowd took it coolly it wasn't
their funeral, and a boy with brass
kettle on his head isn't seen every day.
Tears fell from the kettle, and n hollow
voice kept repeating, gl'll never do II
again Finally they laid Richard on
the walk, and while one man sat on
his legs and another on his stomach, a
third compressed the kettle between
his hands and the boy crawled out, his
nose ali scratched and twisted out Of
shape, q hole in his head and lump
in his forehead. His mother wildly
embraced him, all the boys cried chip
Ia T. and little Richard was led home
to loaf around on the lounge and have
toast and fried eggs for q week.
Year: 1874

There is nothing which 30 tends to
shorten the lives Of old people and in
jurc the health as the practice Of ait
ting up late, especially winter evenings
This is especially the case when there
is grown up daughter in the family


We publish this item at the earnest
request of several young men. l-.l /
Year: 1874

and covered, and the coffin securely fastened.
This was then encased in large tin box, which
was soldered and made alright. Then the
latter was put in large wooden box, packed
! in charcoal and made securely tight.


After this had been completed the great case,
containing all that was left Of the twins, was
removed to cellar in Eng's house, where it
now remains. This very respectable process,
1 was informed, was Temporary interment,"
without even the last solemn rite of religion
being performed over the dead.


What the proposed final disposition of the
bodies is to be am not informed, but report
here says that they are to be embalmed and
disposed of, at an enormous price, to some
museum or medical college, or placed on ex-
hibiton at q sum equivalent to the value set
upon them by the Mount Airy managers, who,
of course, will realize handsome percentage
out of the transaction. All of this, however,
is to be subject to the decision of the members
of the families, who have been notified of the
death of their parents and are expected home
at an early day.


NO OPERATION on THE LIGAMENT.


No effort whatever was made to perform an
operation on the ligament with regard to as
certaining whether there was an artery pass
ing through it or not, as that would have ma
terially interfered with prospective green
backs, and present speculations would have
been nipped in the bud. Embalmed and pre-
served as they are, the bodies ofthe twins will
have market value from which money can
always be realized by those having possession
of them. The ligament cut in the interest of
science, the curiosity would be destroyed, and
consequently the separate dead bodies would
be of no value.


Here, in a civilized land, were two mysteri-
Gus deaths, and yet no inquest was held. |
asked again and again why the coroner had
not been notified and why post mortem ex.
animation had not been held, and the general
reply was that nobody considered it necessary,
as the doctor had satisfactorily explained to
the public and the families of the deceased
the cause of the deaths. Thus the matter
rests in mystery, in order to afford interested
parties an opportunity to either sell or other
wise dispose Of the bodies.


During their lifetime the twins belonged to
no religious denomination and rarely attended
divine service, nor was there any clergyman
sufficiently intimate with them to have any
knowledge of their religious views. One of
their wives is member of the Baptist Church,
the other of the Society of Friends, the chill
dren being nearly all Baptists. One of the
daughters of Chang, l was told, was highly
incensed at the boxing up process. 1t is re-
ported that it was intended to negotiate for
the disposal of the dead bodies at the North
upon the most favorable terms, and this ac-
counts for the veil of mystery which has been
thrown over the deaths of the twins, and fur
nishes the clew to the object in suppressng
the real cause of the death of Eng by attribu-
ting it to the shock or fright occasoned by
Chang's death. The sum asked for the priv
ilege Of a post mortem is stated to be $4,000
or $4,000.
Year: 1874

We find in the Chicago Tribune, that the
Toledo Blade utterly denources and repudi-
ates Isaac r. Sherwood, the Congressman
for that District, and in one of its bitter par
agraphs, says:


AS Mr.. Sherwood is likely to be the Re
publican nominee for Congress this fall, the
Democracy will have the advantage of us il
the matter CT fitness, no matter who they
nominate.


With Sigh tchanges. how apily this sen
tence applies in our case If it read as Mr.
Page is likely to be the Republican nominee
for Congress merit fall, the Independents vii.
have the advantage in the matter of fitness,
no matter who they nominate, the word
ing would be exactly applicable. AS we
quoted elsewhere, "a brand new deal is one
of the significant signs Of the times, is a fact
which Page would do well to consider. Al
far as we are concerned let him run; wind
broken as he is, by endeavoring to carry the
monopoly heavy burdens, we can beat him
with any scrub, that might be brought on
the track. But when we come 70 put
against him one of our best men in the dis
trict, for such only will the Independents ac-
opt, poor Page will be left so far behind
that the only consolation he wi find will be
that he is ut of the dust. The Record said
and its echos copied that Page was received
on his arrival home with great demonsra-
tons, from the populace. An eyewitness
says the demonstrations consisted of few
pieces of music played by hired band, and
n few spectators, mostly ch ldren, who gath
cred around through curiosity to hear what
Page would have to say and TO hear the
music. The fact is the people of Ell Dorad'
are not yet aristoeratic enough TO require n
Page, nd they are determined TO rid
themselves of the one Oakland forced upol
them, as soon MS opportunity offers.
Year: 1874

IT seems from what has come under our
country paper, are not much unlike new
teachers in a rural school, in regard to be-
ginning at the first of the book. No matter
how many times the child has gone over the
first part of book, the new teacher says,
often to its great disgust and detriment, "i
won't hurt you to go over it again" And no
matter how often preceding editors have
dished up for their readers descriptions of
certain things III the neighborhood, the new
editor says TO himself, ooh, well, it won t
hurt them to take another dose" ''Espec


ially' he might add cas- weak mind like
mine can find nothing else to write about"
Year: 1874

A CERTAIN paper known to sympathise
with the railroad company, and run and
directed by certain country members of its
legal staff, steps before the people with
the air of moderator, and in regard to the
railroad assessment says: "We hope the
Board will ascertain the real
value of the property and assess it accord
ingly." That is very nice theory, and
how nice and easy to theorize? But don't the
mutton.head who penned that sentence know
that il the life of FIVE better and smarter men
than he were depending on finding out,
"the real value of the property" they would
have to die. This finding out ''the real
value" is about as good reasoning to the
people of Placer county as the story about
putting salt on bird tail to catch it. 1t may
go down with children and FOOLS but no
others.
Year: 1874

The Grass Valley Union regards it as
settled that Grant will be candidate for
third term, and thinks his election more than
probable. This, though, is long way from
q settlement of the question
Year: 1874

On this point practical farmers as well as
agricultural writers disagree. Some claim
that early sowing is very much the best,
while others favor sowing very late. For
these preferences various reasons are given.
But each party claims to obtain the heaviest
crop, and therefore to be perfectly right
in theory and practice.


Let US examine their theories. Those who
favor sowing early claim that the plants OBJ
tain frmer hold, tiller out more and that
the grain will be heavier and larger berry.
They claim that less seed is required, be.
cause much that is sown very late does not
gerninate at all or else only sends up sin.
gle stalk, while that which is got into the
ground early is surer to grow and more like
ly to throw up many stalks from single
root. Some who favor sowing in August or
the first Of September say that winter grain
will ripen at a certain time whether it is
sOwn early or late, and consequently the ear
lier it is sown the more time it will have to
grow, and the larger and nicer the crop will
be.


Those who favor late sowing say that grain
is not as liable to be smothered with snow
late as it is it 1t is got in early that in lots
where cattle are allowed to feed that which
is sown early is more likely to be injured by
being pulled up, trod IN, and eaten Off and
that the berry will be us plump, and the
yield as good on fields that are sown late as
on any other.


So much for the theories. l think in prac-
tice early sowing is to be preferred, although
l have sometimes sown late with good re-
suits. The theory that grain will ripen at
certain time without regard to when it is
sown is certainly incorrect. sowed piece
to winter rye late last fall near other fields
which were got in early. Except the time
of sowing the conditions were equally favor
able for all the fields, but mine was several
days later than the others. On an adjoining
lot the owner had a field Of corn. As soor
as it was ripe enough he cut it, plowed mar
row strips on which to stock il, and sowed
these strips to rye. The remainder of the
piece was sOwn considerably later. The re,
rult was that the early sown strips ripenet
week or ten days before the rest Of The
piece, and they also produced heavier crOI
of grain. But while the quantity was ii
favor of the early sowing there was no ap
prsciable difference in the quality.
Year: 1874

tiers, even though they paid them Gl half
year OF extra wages. Some horses are nice
feeders, and need to be coaxel to eat. A
careful horseman will keep his eye on such,
and will, by giving small and oft-repcated
handfuls, constrain them to eat enough to
keep themselves in good order; whereas
careless one, by inattenton, would soon let
them be run down to skin and bone. Horses
that are greedy feeders, or that swallow
their corn whole, should have it bruised or
ground A little chaif mixed with corn
helps to make horses chew it--and we'll
chewed is Of more Importance than many
think. Unless it be wel-ground and mixed
with saliva in their mouths, it is but imper-
fectly digested in their stomachs, and without
perfect digestion there its full benefit is not
obtained. A full drink OF water immediate
ly after being fed should never be allowed to
horses. When water is drank by them the
bulk Of it goes directly to their large intes-
tines, and little OF it is retained in their
stomachs. In passing through them, how
ever, the water carries considerable guam
titles Of their contents where it lodges in the
intestines 1t, then, the contents of horses
stomachs are washed out Of them before
they are digested, they arc in manner lost,
no nourishment being derived from them
Coles in horses frequently arse from this
cause, ami to it the appearance Of corn entire
among the dung is often due.


The articles Of food, as we'll as the quail.
ty they get, are also matters that demand
consideration in the management OF horses.
Rara nj harlau Oftan 20 than
with profit instead Of corn, and their rela-
tive values as articles Of food stand in about
the same proportion as their specific weights
do. Damp straw or musty hay should never
be given as food for horses. The former is
apt to scour them, aud the latter frequently af-
iocts their wind. 1t is affirmed by some
that it their hay and straw be cut, and their
corn be bruised, horses can be kept at one
fourth less cost than when these are given
them whole. Everyone knows the value of
grass as an article of food for horses A
month Of it in the early part Of the season,
when it is young and tender, is worth two
when it is old and tough. Great care must be
taken Of horses when first put on grass-in-
deed, changes OF food Of any kind must to
them be introduced with caution, as many
have had to pay dearly for neglect Of this
Even change Of water has at times been
known to effect some horses so very sensitive
does their alimentary canal seem to be. A
shallow watering place in n running stream
should never be allowed for horses while at
grass. Fatal results have often been Undue
cd from their drinking sand along with wa
ter from such place.
Year: 1874

In an article in the Neic York Times,
Alexander Hyde says; The horse is a noble
animal and is an indispensable adjunct Of
the farm, but trotting horse, one of the
2:40 kind, in no sense belongs to the farm.
No farmer can afford either to tend or use
trotting horses, and when it is pretended
that the race.course favors the breeding Of
superior animals it is all fudge. What the
farmer wants, and what tho fairs should
give premiums for, is n good family carriage
or farm horse, worth 5000 or $500; one
that can draw pillow all day, and eat and
sleep well at night; that can move on the
road at the rate Of five or six miles an hour
for four or FIVE consecutive hours without
excessive fatigue. Speed is not the great
criterion Of good horse, as the large pre-
mums offered would seem to indicate. Nei-
ther the owner nor the spectator gains any,
thing by this forced 2:I0 speed. 1t is a
mere momentary spurt and for its produc-
tion an amount Of training is required which
no farmer can afford.
Year: 1874

on the fruit, and that the strength of the
roots may all tend towards ripening it.


For cabbage worms, clean soap suds is
the best remedy we ever tried; il will kill
the worms and not injure the plant.


The asparagus bed is all plowed under, and
none to be seen this year, never having good
success raising it; probably for the reason
that we never used salt as a fertilizer it
being native Of the salt marshes requires
a good deal to keep it in its best condition
besides the salt serves as weed destroyer.
We sha II have to try again with asparagus.


AS the vegetable garden will not bear
very close scrutiny, we will pass over to tho
corner OF flowers, skipping the asters, pinks
and daisies to notice our favorite lily just
unfolding too pure aud white to look out in
these sinful times The canterbury bell,
yielding Sc many blossoms pick as many as
you will there are as many just as bright
and CHEEKY when you 60 again. The dark
maroon nasturtiOn is very handsome, also
the large snowy petunia. The balsams are
very attractive, and they make very beau
tifu' plate Of roses-arrauged with a little
green--for the dining table. We learned
this summer, Though from another's expert
ence,) what may be new to some others, that
an early peony root trimmed quite close to
the ground after it gets through blossoming,
will send out new ieNves and buds perhaps
not as prOiusely as at first, but it is much
better than standing idle all summer. The
pink peony is very choice for its fragrance
and beauty, while they retain their flowers
much longer than the old fashioned red one.
1t would seem almost wrong to 60 by the
over-burdenod, untiriug digitalis Tor fox
glove) looking like so many little candle
extinguishers strung on stem ready for
use, or to put up for ornament, as we like,
yielding lapful every day long summer
through. Pansies, though sweet, look too
laden with thought and wisdom for much
enjoyment in life; we would rather look into
the careless, rollicking faces of the thunber.
gia and portulacca. The Al!eghany vine
seems to us the most beautiful of vines


all ivys and climbing, running vines possess
unequaled beauty; always graceful, and
never looking inelegant or out of place any
where and everywhere, at once rendering
subdued, refined air all around them. Look
ing around to take our leave we believe the
pansies will be the truest and most enduring
after all, and will gather few, with dish
Of th,sc ripe Hathaway tomatoes, and bid
the garden good bye for this time.


Aug. ~. z. l.. II.
Year: 1874

During discussion on farm horses at
a club it Aberdeonshre, Scotland, tho fol-
lowing paper was read by member


The feeding Of horses is an important
point in their management Many farmers
would bo great gamers by paying more at
tention to this matter. Some servants when
they have access to the corn bin, give the
horses they have in charge too much corn.
Many of them have erroneous notions that
the more corn their horses get, the iatter
they mast be, aud instances are not uncom'
mon whore more than six bushels week
are given to a single pair. Too much corn
indisposes horses for eating other provender,
and occasionally subjects them to serious
diseases. -Four bushels Of good, sound oats
weekly along with few Swedish turnips or
other roots, and plenty of good straw, will
keep pair of healthy farm horses in good
order through the winter, even though they
be pretty hard wrought. If then such an
allowance be sufficient for pair, It is folly
and waste to give them more. Hay may
have to DO substituted for straw, but no
more corn will be necessary to sustain them,
even when they have to 60 "their ten hours
in the busy spring season. If sound aud
healthy horses that are doing only fair work
do not keep in good condition with these
supplies, the master may enquire whether
the carelessness Of the groom be not to
blame for it. Servants that carefully feed
their horses would be gain to many mas
Year: 1874

The cold summer has caused rather slow
progress in the garden. Many things look
as though they ought to have shared the
morning and evening fires with the people in
the house. Vines, especially, have found it
hard work to meet the requirements of the
season. Our winters overlap the spring,
aud the autumn hurries on before summers
time is nearly out, so that we almost get
cheated out Of fair allowance of warm
weather. However, if the irosts will delay
as long as they do some years, the garden
will fetch up yet.


The tomatoes are looking very nicely
those we planted the FIRST of March in boxes
il the house and removed to the ground
without disturbing the roots, according to
directions in the FARMER are all of month
earlier than those sown in the hotbed in
April Tomato vines are like some people,
apt to undertake more than they can 20
through with; they do not seem to make
right calculations on the short time they
have TO work in, therefore need many re-
minders by cropping of the tops Of the
vines, all of the small shoots and small fruit
not needed Even the leaves may be thinned
out considerably 50 as to lot the sun directly
Year: 1874

In Brittany, the parsnip is becoming the
favorite root for stock feed, and its culture
is extending. In the Caunal Islands this
root forms large portion Of the fodder of
the Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney COWS,
and much Of their value as rich mixers is
undoubtedly due to the use of this root for
long series ofyears. 1t is well known to
psychologists, says the New York Tribune,
how great an effect upon the condition of a
breed of animals is caused by long period
of careful feeding, and this is conspicuous
instance of it. This root in many parts of
France is. substituted for oats as feed for
horses, l6 pounds day being given with
the best effect. For pies it is also largely
used, nine pounds of cooked roots being fed
four times day. One great advantage Of
this root is its hardness the supply for
spring may be left in the ground all winter,
aud is in the best condition to harvest at any
time when needed.