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Year: 1877

They were at picnic. She was lust
ihnlsfhing her lunch, and he was lying at
Angeline, darling, murmured he.
Say, oh say, you'll be mine; that our
hearts will beat as a single soul; that our
thoughts shall flow in the same channel
that


" les, Charley interrupted she, finish
ing the currant pie and wiping her hands
on his straw hat, but how are you going
TO DO all that on seven dollars a week?


harley Immediately relapsed into prose
ana asked her if she wouldn't try another
piece of sponge cake
Year: 1877

William A. Stewart, Republican nominee
tor Associate Judge in Lawrence County,
Penn, is colored man of good education
who has studied law and been admitted to
the bar, His color, however, stood in the
way Of successful practice, and he has
spent many years in the business of a
barber. He is the only colored man ever
nominated to county office in Pcnnsyl-
vanla, and it is said that his chance of
election is good.
Year: 1877

NICE FOR THE You've HusBAND.-Newly.
married wife (anXiously to stranger Just
going to bathel. Pray excuse me, sir, but
this Is my husband, and he is going into
the sea, and as | see you are as well, may l
ask you to be kind enough to give look
after HIM IN case he should get out of his
depth Besides, think he is a little
timid Of the water.
Year: 1877

The secret Of the notable increase of
crime comes mainly from the vice of in
temperance Boston pays $4,000 year
for the support of out-of,town Ioor,
where the cause is intemperance but
this on'y part only presents the mer.
ccnary aspect of the case. just look at
it in the light of transmitting the
crime from father to son, from genera
tion to generation, and causing at one
and the same time whole generation of
pauTer, aWd criminals. On This subject
it j. well to consider that the pauper
class ism hereditary class, and the only
hereditary class whose status cannot he
affected by written constitutions. The
intcmperae ia er transmits to hi, pos-
trrjty the propensity for intemperance
DIR. Howe, the best authority on this
subject, who will certainly not be
suspected OF eXaggeration, Uses these
words:


With tipplers, on the other hand,
there is a gradual vitiation and impair
ment of vital force. We may therefore
expect that, other things being equal,
their progeny will tend more strongly
than the children OF temperance people,
or even of occasional drunkards to fall
into the dependent or pauper class, by
reason of the cause mentioned elsewhere
as occasioning so much pauperism to.
wit, original lack Of vital force. II
there be truth in these views, then the
right to use or not to use alcohol passes
beyond the sphere Of individual rights,
and comes into the sphere of social rights,
1t certainly should do so in the form of
conscience and it may perhaps do 50 in
the form of law. Certainly, i it could
be proved that the use of any imported
or manufactured article vitates the
breed of horses or cattle, farmers at least
would look for some power to interdict
it, and would not hesitate much about
using that power


With such text and comment le,
those in danger take heed that they d,
not fall
Year: 1877

PIrTsBURGH, July 27.-The situation
in the city last evening and this morning
has been as quiet and orderly as could
be desired, with the single exception Of
acowardly firing on the members Of the
FIRE department, who responded to an
alarm from the East End district. Moth.
ing occurred up to noon to-day that
would give even an intimation Of the
tronbloIs times which have been expert
enced.


It is known that Gen. Hancock has been
ordered to Pittsburgh, and that Governor
Hartranft, US Commander.in.C Chief OF the
State troops, left Philadelphia for Pitts
burgh yesterday afternoon. Aside from
this nothing is known Of the movements
OF the military; but the general lmprcs,
sion is that by quick movement they
will take possession of the Pennsylvania
Railroad before the strikers have time tc
get together a sufficient force to offer re
sistance. They will then proceed to sent
out ireighiR East and West.
Year: 1877

THE Dodgeville Chronicle says that
at the meeting of the Temperance
Reform Club of that village held on
the Both ult., II new members were
added to the list, and at the meeting
held on last Tuesday evening y more
were added, making the total mem
brrahip Of the Club at this writing
ll6.
Year: 1877

GANN, of the Warren Sentinel, on
a late visit to Freeport, was requir
ed to pay in advance before being
shown to q room in the Brewster
House; whereat the aforesaid Gam
''goeth" for the clerk of that house
in terms more vigorous tan helegant
At last accounts the hotel was still
struggling to withstand the shock OF
the .SentacPS assault, and Gam like
ly to survive his nights lodging on
the depot platform.
Year: 1877

IL the absence OF the editor last
week sguib to the effect that owing
to the Effectiveness Of the track, one
third Of the horses that ran at the
late fair were more or less crippled.
The information was gathered from
some disappointed horsemcn, and
published without due consideration.
From subsequent and more reliable
testimony it is conclusivoly proved
that 10 horse was seriously injured
during the fair except through the
carelessness Of riders Or drivers, or
from accidents liable to occur on
the best track in the country when
so many horses are contending.
Year: 1877

Brown, l don't see how it is that your
girls all marry off as soon as they get old
enough, while none of mine can marry"


"Oh that's simple enough. marry my
girls off on the buckwheat straw princi.
ple." ......


"But what is that principle. / never
heard of it before"


"Well, / used to raise good deal of buck
wheat, and it puzzled me to know how to get
rid of the straw. Nothing would eat il, and
it was great bother to me. At last l
thought of plan. | stacked my buakwheat
straw nicely and built high rail fence
around it. My cattle, of course, concluded
that it was something good, and at once tore
down the fence and began to eat the straw.
dogged them away and put up the fence a
few times, but the more drove them away
the more anxious they became to eat the
straw. After this had been continued few
times the cattle determined to eat the straw
and eat it they did, every bit of it. As
said, marry my girls off on the same prin-
clple. When young man that don't like
begins calling on my girls, encourage him
IN every way can. tell him to come of.
ten and stay as late as he pleases, and
take pains to hint to the girls that thinl
they d better set their caps for him. 1t works
first rate. He don't make many calls, for tn,
girls treat him as coolly as they can Bu
when young man that like comes round
man that think would suit me for son
in-law, don't let him mako many calls be
tore give him to understand that he ism
wanted around my house, tell the girli
too, that they shall not have anything TO d
with him, and give them orders never
speak to him again. The plan always worE


first rate. The young folks begin to pit
each other, and the next thing | know the


are engaged to be married. When | Sc
they are determined to marry always Civ
in and pretend to make the best of it. That
the way | manage it."-DuJuqus Tel
, graph.
Year: 1877

Geo. w. Peck, editor of the La Cross Stt,,
sportsman of much enthusiasm in Wiscon-
sin, gives his experience trying to raise a
dog. The following is his story:


We had never been as proud of ANYTHING
in the dog line as we were of that Peruvian
retriever pup. Time passed on and the
pup began to grow. He did not grow tall.
but spread out lengthwise and sidewise. and
his feet got big. There never was so long
Il dog of his age as that one was. And tall,
about tail kangaroo's tail would be no.
where. One wiggle of his tail would sweep
eleven old-fashioned fower.pots off the
verandah, and you might kick him as much
as you pleased and he was the same long
dog. You couldn't telescope him together
an inch. He was the most cowardly dog
that ever was. Ifa COW came along and
scratched against tree, he would crawl
under the house and howl all the afternoon.
Once little girl came in the gate after
swill, and when he looked at her dropped
her swill pail and ran. He heard her cry
and ran the other way, and it was two days
before we got bin home, and then we had
to carry him in basket lie was re.
trieyer. His best "holt' was hens. lie got
acquainted with Mr.. Manchesters chickens
early Id the season, and he retrieved them
regardless of expense. He would OCCASION
| ally come back from Mauchester's withou
hen but ii was not the dogs fault. If
Manchester had not thrown wood at him
he never would have come back that way.
That is where we have always blomed
Manchester. But when Manchester went
to the Centennial the dog got even. The
dog and skunk that lived under the barn
broke up the hen business there. We might
meet him on the sidewalk, and he never
seemed to know US. If we spoke to him he
would wag foot or eighteen inches of the
lower end of his tail look away beyond,
and seemed to be trying to think if he
hadn't met Us in another world, ages ago.
| The other day he came home bowling, walk.
ing ON two legs Some one had put a
charge Of shot in him, and we knew Man.
chester had go' back, thauga 'hcr, wa
nothing about 'in dr. papers. lie ,ecroej
20 tie as f,'' of~',t gs well, h. ra- IT,.


on'o.y full u.i every tina, ~, N,n. to $
d ,wn h. towlti wotUijy lie WAS log ol
scientary habits, and when his utensil iol
sitting down was not as well as could be ex-
pected, his cap.city ior enjoyment was lin.
tied, and he would stand aud lean against
barrel and discourse in foreign tongue un'
til nobody could sloep in the entire neigh


borhood. In His helpless condition the
hens used to show fight, and we saw it wa


humiliation to him, so we prepared to leat
him like lamb to the slaughter, We tool
him to the police office to get the dollar W,
paid for his license and to have him shot
Year: 1877

a TEXAS SToRY.-'Youd hardly believe
now what am going to tell. In Texas We
use rawhide straps, or thongs, for traces.
and in wet weather they do stretch amazing
ly. Why, often in damp weather, at home,
I've hitched up two horses and drove down
the hill from my house into the creek bot
tom for sled load of wood. l have loaded
the wood and many times driven back
home and unhitched the horses and the
| sled would not be in sight a#..


But how did you get the wood home
then p asked an inquisitiye bystander.


oh, just tied the ends of the traces to-
gether and threw them over a post, went
knocking about my work and waited till
the sun shone cut. Sometimes it would be
moro than two hours before that sled load
OF wood would get home, but you'd see her
crawling up the hill at last, gradually ap-
preaching as the rawhide traces shrunk up
into their proper lengths. Yes, Texas is .
| great county, you bet.
Year: 1877

Spoliation seems to be the only basis on
which the Italian government can be carried
on. The Parliament has voted \ new law,
which may be alluded to now in view of its
action and influence the country. 1t fixed
an impost of 13 per cent on movable wealth"
|or property, under which all revenues, even
when "casual and from spontaneous off
bprings," come within the meaning of the
measure. One of the effects of this tax will be
10 burden the receipts of the bishops and
lergy and the poor churches. People who
Contrast this desperate grabbing at every con-
eivable means of raising public purse are
aot likely to think less fsvorably of the bene


cent and paternal ruIe which has been over
brown. Following the distinguished ex.


nple of the Chamber, the municipality of


me hastens to collect trife of spoil on its


N account, ere there is none left to gather.


seeks authorization to put up to auction, for
ene benefit of the municipal purse, fifteen of the
best establishments, which have hitherto
served as refugees for tho orphaned and the in
nrm. What is to become of the inmates
Economic Rome considers that they can be
made available, and the remainder sent
adrift-to swell the list of mendicants, This
step will be better appreciated when. it is
stated that at this moment the pauperism of
the city is simply enormous, and exceeding all
public provision.
Year: 1877

A hENTUCKIAN JUSTLY Punished
James Collins of Whitley county was prose
cutcd IN the Whitley circuit court for selling
his vote. he was found guilty and 6isfran-
chised Tor life. THIS is the first case OF the
kind on record MOpaidia Echo
Year: 1877

House Robbed.-Thursday night a stranger
stopped at the Planters Hotel and applied
for supper and lodgings, for which he paid
in advance. Early yesterday morning he
decamped, carrying with him several valu'
able blankets. Up to last night no arrests
had been made,
Year: 1877

IN TIE SUDDEN CHANGES and mutations Of the
weather consequent upon this season nothing is
more handy to. have about the house than an OVER
COAT. SPENCE & SON each have one for them
selves, and fun supply for their friends and Gus
Year: 1877

ammonia or soluble phosphoric acid doubt
much whether you can sell him that stuff.


But not only has this work Of the board
driven out Of our markets worthless brands
it has in some way been instrumental 10
causing great improvement in those stand.
ard brands which were always good, but
have come to be better than before. In
deed, since the board Of agriculture under.
took this supervision, it will bo seen by
comparison Of results, that the quality Of
those fertilizers sold in Vermont has i'm.
proved fully 33A per cent. while there has
been no increase in price. Let those who,
actuated by sound principle OF economy,
think they subserve the best interests OF this
state in voting to do away with this board
Of agriculture, fairly consider the value of
this feature Of the labors Of the board, and
then decide whether it would be true econ
omy to put an end to such labors.


Let those who doubt the mo ney value of
the work which has been done by the dairy
mems association and the board of agricul.
ture the past seven or eight years inquire of
the large dealers in butter and cheese as to
the relative quality of these most important
agricultural products at present as com.
pared with their quality in 1870, and then
let them consider whether these great
agencies for good should be permitted to Ian.
guish for want of funds. Certain il is that
whoever investigates the matter will conclude
that neither the board of agriculture nor the
dairymen's association can fairly be charged
with asking JaDorS when they come for aid
before the legislation of state which by
their labors they have so abundantly en-.
riched.


The board of agriculture proposes to con-
tinue this supervision of the several fertil-
izers for sale in the state, and it is to be
hoped that farmers may await the statement
of Prof. Seoly before laying in their supply,
and that dealers may find it for their true
interest to obtain the best the market affords.
| have no doubt but that the secretary Of
the board Of agriculture would be very glad
to obtain extra copies of the early reports
Of the board, which, it was SO confidently
predicted by some of our legislators, would
go to the waste basket, for hardly a week
passes but that application for them comes
not alone from every portion of our own
state, but from every part Of the union.


PETER COLLIER.
Year: 1877

time to analyzc few simple plants, at least
with such help as may be found in almost
every community. The progress made will
be slow at first but, with a little perseveranc cs
one may gain 10 few years time, and with.
out neglecting other duties as good knowl.
edge Of this science as is possessed by the
average graduate Of our colleges. After this
it either learns more Of the subject il is done
by careful study and observation with a
love for it. The same may be done with
other studies, and if every farmer at all in.
clined to study would select some branch and
find out all hO could about It we should soon
see great improvement among us. This
would certainly be much better than the way
in which some farmers spend their spare mo-
ments either at the tavern, or store or even
in some kinds of reading EA.F.


WatSfegd, March, 1877
Year: 1877

FRIEND HIBBARD 81 was pleased at the
hit you gave the legislature for the law
passed at the last session authorizing towns
to construct high fences to protect highways
from snow-driits in winter.


1t is true that high fences are not wanted
They are costly, insecure, aud insufficient for
the purpose. If they had said movable
fences they would have hit it, But that is
as near as we expect legislative body to
come.


Now suggest that the selectmen of towns
take the responsibility to cOnstrue that law
so as to make it of practical value. In
places where tho necessary fences cause
drifts which are shoveled out at great ex-
pensc nearly every winter let them construct
fences, "hish" as they please, but movable.
Let each post have two strong hooks in the
shape of right angle, long enough to pro.
jeet two inches after they are driven firmly
into the posts, Then let each length of
lence nave two upright pieces or inch
by inches, of sound stuff, nailed on firmly
foot, or little less, from the ends. These
lengths eau be taken off and piled up in the
fall aud replaced in spring With little labor
If unruly cattle are likely to lift them of,
a wooden pin can be put in each post over
the boards, loosely so that it can be with.
drawn readily. Such fence as this will,
in many places pay for itself in two winters


O. Horace HUBBARD,
Year: 1877

FATrENING LAMDs,--April lambs will fat.
ten the following winter and give good re-
turn for raising. At weaving time they
should be turned into good feed, clover
aftermath is best, and receive few oats
daily. Thus fed they will grow and take
on some fat before coming to the barn. which
is quite important, for il is hard to fatten a
weak lamb on grain, and il Is best to dispose
Of all such at once. Good early cut hay is
necessary, and it should be fed literally.
The rack should be cleaned out daily, and
all hay left be given to other stock. In
crease the grain, adding corn gradually until
you feed one half corn. Watch them care.
fully, and do not overfeed there is more
danger Of Overlooking lambs than there is
in not feeding. Too much grain is a posi-
tive injury. A pint Of oats and corn per
day is about as much as is profitable to feed
mcriuO lamb weighing less than so pounds,
if your hay is good, and without good hay
you cannot fatten lambs successfully.


j. r. WALKER.
Year: 1877

How can we EcOnomiEe in Farming, and


what do we Understand by Farm EoOn-


Omyi


Economy may be defined as management
without loss or waste, or the system by which
any business is carried on or executed. In
the first place, system is necessary to secure
farm economy. 1t is an absolute necessity /;
it Is more essential to the agriculturist than
to almost any one else, as the farmer is, in
all departments, dependent on the weather
to perform his operations, and his plans for
the day are often interrupted or delayed.
Unless he makes calculations for unpleasant
weather his plans are often left unfinished.
lie should, therefore, have system and fol-
low it, laying out work for rainy days so
that his hands may be constantly employed.
To follow out a system in farming is more
difficult than in most kinds of business the
farmer, in order to be a successful one, must
be able to do many different kinds of work,
while mechanic has comparatively much
fewer.
Year: 1877

those animals, as il is for the doctor TO un
derstand these same in relation to his pa,
tientsf And If il is not equally a matter oI
convenience to have schools TO teach these, in
the one case as in the other


Next, he asserts that almost everybody
else stands 10 much more need of a special


education than the farmers; aud bis only
argument to prove il is that there are
great many ignorant farmers. This l sup.
pose he deems reason enough for not needing
any agricultural schools. If ignorant men
can get living by farming what is the need
of education . He also regards il as almost
wonderful that "actual tillers of the soil'
should "show habits of close observation and
reasoning, such as we're but yesterday con.
fined to purely scientific men )" and that the
board Of agriculture should be composed Of
farmers. But we do not need farmers schools
fpf VIC have got "books and able and elabo.
rate periodicals. devoted to farm interests. "
And then there is the "beue6cent newspaper
which tells us everything, pretty much, for
most nothing; why how absurd to ask for
anything more But wait minute, let us
see how the rule will apply to other profess
sions. Take medicine for instance. Have
wo not got books upon this Yes, few
thousand medical almanacs that will tell you
how to cure every disease that man ever
thought of and perhaps some more. And
they are so cheap too--in fact they cost
nothing and there are those recipe books too,
also given away-and still more than all this
the newspapers are full to overAowiug Of in
formation to the sick and afflicted as to how
they can be made wcll-how very absurd to
to have medical schools then.


The whole piece Aavors of the idea that
the farmer is, aud should be, simply hew-
er of wood aud drawer of water, and that
now he has all the facilities he needs for ed
ucaton, and that there is no call in his pro.
fssson to "comc up higher" But he is but
one of many who lately arc becoming almost
alarmed at the audacity of the agricultural
class. Why, when they begin to say that
they have some interest and rights in regard
to the management of railroads they are told;
"they can raise good potatoes and make first
rate butter, but they know nothing of rail-
reading" and therefore must not complain if
tariffs are high for them and low for their
western neigh bors, and the like. And when
the gran gers conclude to attend caucuses and
other primary political meetings they are
denounced as meddling with that which is
none of their business and are calmly told by
Mr.. Wireworker that it is his and his asso.
ciates, "(a few of us) who claim the ri ght to
mold public opinion" and make all the nom.
nations for offices of trust and honor. And
when they come to the agricultural college
question of course they would say, 1--WE have
plenty of colleges now--no need of any more
schools" ETC., etc. Farmers are not capable
of doing their own thinking get and there
fore do not know what they want. B.
Year: 1877

The love Of flowers aad their cultivation
is said to be an evidence of high state Of
civilization and prove the elements of pro.
gress are at work. One has said :-"Flow-
ers are the steady, impartial friends of all.
They gladden. the sick room, and cheer the
dusty way of the weary traveller" Flowers
by the roadside, as we'll as in the garden,
are therefore desirable But we have a
word to say especially concerning their cul-
tvation in the garden and about the house.
There is no farmer, and hardly any person,
who cannot have bit Of land for ornament
al gardening without being much the poorer
for it. And the attractiveness of the farm
and vegetable garden may be greatly added
to by tastefully placing here and there, q
bed or cluster of flowers. BY cultivating @
aud studying their structure, the farmer is
both improving his intellect and cultivating
one Of the fine arts.


Nothing can make thing moro dear to
memory than when it is associated in reeo-
lection with flowers; and the pleasures of
childhood are greatly enriched by having
been spent among them. Children whose
home has been among flower beds, will as
they grow old, ever revert with pleasant
memories, to the old homestead enveloped in
foliage and flowers.


Stranc as to some it may seem, we be-
lieve with others, that the cultivation of
flowers aids in cultivating the imaginative
and poctical.


Shade trees and flowers, in my judgment,
lend much enchantment and solid value to
the farm; aud to every man who possesses
land, be tho amount what 1t may, we would
say, do all you can to beautify it by the
cultivation Of foliage and flowers at least
do not fail to make room for little flower
bed in the garden. Flowers and vegetables
will agree, and can bo grown successfully
and readily together. Such blending is
certainly attractive, and will be source of
much enjoyment.-Maiae Farmer.