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Year: 1879

At recent meeting of the Massa-
chusetts board of agriculture, Judge
Bennett stated in an address what a
deed of farm includes.


Of course, he said, every one knows
it conveys all the fences standing on
the farm, but all might not think it also
included the fencing stuffs, posts, rails,
etc., which had once been used in the
fence, but had been taken down and
piled up for future use again in the
same place. But new fencing material
Just bought and never attached to the
soil would not pass.


So piles of hop poles stored away, if
once used on the land, have been con-
sidered a part of it but loose boards
or scaffold poles laid loosely across the
beams of the barn and never fastened
to it would not be, and the seller of the
farm might take them away.


Standing trees, of course, also pass as
part of the land so do trees blown or
cut down and still left in the woods
where they fell, but not if cut and
corded up for sale; the wood has then
become personal property.


If there be any manure in the barn
yard, or i'll compost heap on the field,
ready for immediate use, the buyer or
dinarily takes that also as belonging to
the farm though it might not be so if
the owner had previously sold it to
some other party, and collected it to-
gether in heap by itself.


Growing crops also pass by deed OF
a farm unless they are expressly re-
served, and when it is not intended to
convey those, 1t should be SO stated in
the deed itself; a mere oral agreement
to that effect would not be valid in
law.


Another mode is to stipulate that
possession is not to he given until some
future day, in which case the crops ol
manure may be removed before that
time.


As to the buildings on the farm
though generally mentioned in the deed
it is not absolutely necessary they
should be.


A deed of land ordinarily carries al
the buildings on it belonging to the
granter, whether mentioned or not
and this rule includes the lumber and
| timber of any old building which has
been taken down or blown down, and
has been packed away for future use Oh
| the farm.


But if there be any buildings on the
farm built by some third person, will
the farmers leave, the deed would not
convey these, since such buildings are
personal property, and do not belong
to the landowner to convey.


The real owner thereof might move
them off, although the purchaser of the
farm supposed he was buying and pay.
ing for all the buildings on it. His only
remedy in such case would be against
the party selling the premises.


AS part of the buildings conveyed, o
course, the window blinds are included
even if they be at the time taken of
and carried to painters shop to bt
painted. 1t would be otherwise if they
had been newly purchased and brought
into the house, but not yet attached ol
fitted to it.


Lightning rods also go with the house
if farmer is foolish enough to have
any on his house.


A furnace in the cellar, brick or porta,
BILE, is considered part of the house
fiNbut an ordinary stove with Il loose pipe
running into the chimney Is not.
Year: 1879

This story confirms the description
of the usefulness of weasels in destroy
ing vermin. The party relating it said
that once upon time in his fathers
house were many rats, which made
serious havoc with the provisions, al
most equal to that of famous Hamelin
City, till a weasel pre-empted claim
there and began hostilties which had
rid the house of all Iats save one, who
by reason of many years, much wisdom
and great size was more than match
for the weasel, Many were the battles
they fought and severe, but the rat
held his ground against the foe. One
day the man in his cellar discerned in
the dirt of the cellar bottom, a hole
with fresh dirt about it, and he soon
discovered that the weasel was digging
it; and while watching, the weasel
came up out at some little distance
away from the hole he first saw, through
hole so small he could only squeeze
through. Then, after surveying his
work carefully, the weasel went off
into the wall, and soon was heard the
noise of the conflict and soon again was
seen the weasel in full retreat, pursued
with the ardor of victory by the very
GOliah of all rats for size. The weasel
in his flight made straight for the large
end of the hole he had dug, and in he
went, the rat following, and so was
caught in the trap his willy foe had dug
for him, for the weasel came out at The
little end, and whipping about came in
behind the rat, who could not get
through, and then the squealing was
vigorous for little time, then all was
still and the weasel came out of his hole
victor and monarch of the premises.


Moral: Observe carefully the habits
of such animals as you can. Moral No.
2: Don't go in in haste unless you
know how you are to get Out.-MOnt-
pelier Freeman.
Year: 1879

The Bushmen are usually ranked as
the lowest forms of humanity, except,


perhaps the South American Botocudo,
and their manner of oral communica-
tiOn is very little like human speech,
being a series of clicks, interspersed


with harsh, entirely inarticulate, gut
teral sounds. They are strange look
ing creatures, diminutive in size, sin
gular in movement, bestial of feature,
and strongly suggest the connecting
link between man and monkey. If they
can get no better food, they will eat
snakes and reptiles, and they make a
kind of cake out of dried lOcusts which
they pound between stones and knead
into shape. They are cunning, and
not without courage. They hunt wild


beasts of divers sorts, even the lion,
toward which they creep on their bel
lies, (keeping to leeward, so that he
may not get their scent,) till within a
short distance of him, when they shoot
one of their tiny, poisoned arrows into
vital part, and so slay him. In hunt
ing the ostrich, they cOntrive to ap-
proach behind a screen formed to look
like one of these birds, until within ar
row range, and kill a number of them.
The Bushman is very revengeful, and
easily takes offense, often without the
least cause. Not infrequently he ham,
strings whole herd of cattle because
the owner has angered him Willingly
or unwittingly. The Dutch Beers in
the vicinity of the Cape of Good Hope
are so afraid of him and his poisoned
arrows that they do not hesitate to
shoot him down as they would a rabid
dog whenever they have an opportuni-
ty. He is not devoid of intelligence,
and might be civilized, it would seem,
but no effort in this direction has yet
been made. His treatment has been of
a kind to render him still more savage.
Year: 1879

A Colorado paper tells again the sto-
ry of Steve Venardis fight with three
robbers in 1866. The stage coming in
to Nevada, Col, had been robbed by
three men, and the treasure box taken.
A party set out for it's recovery. We
nard, armed with Henry rifle, follow
ed the trail alone into one of the Wild
est and toughest of spots in that wild
and rugged region. The hills hung
steep above. The waters of the ravine
came tumbling down its steep bed OF
powders, with rush and a noise which
rendered no other sounds audible.
Venard attempted to cross the stream
at the head of the fall. He walked on
Il short log to rock. Above him rose
the huge mass of granite, buttressed in
front by two smaller rocks. Between
these latter was an alley which led up
the base of the Titan. His position was
such as to look up the alley. At the
base of the great rock Venard discover
ed the leader of the gang sitting on the
ground drawing his revolver. Venard
leveled his rifle upon the robber, 20
feet distant. AT the same moment he
saw another of the gang pointing at
him over the edge of a rock. There
was no time to change his aim. He
fired; the leader fell back shot through
the heart. The other robber attempted
to shield himself farther behind a rock,
leaving the point of his pistol exposed
over the top. Venard covered the spot
with his unerring Henry, and when the
head of the robber peered above the
rock his brain was pierced with bull
let. There was yet another, but he
was not to be seen. His pistol might
at that moment be pointing at Venard


The latter clambered up to beard him


in his den. He found the treasure


took the pistols from the dead, covered
quickly the former with earth anG
leaves, and proceeded to hunt the mis-.
| sing robber. He found him running uI
Year: 1879

A COLORED MAN ON THE EXODUS
Ex-Congressman Rainey of South Caro-
lima, says that colored man cannot,
under the present circumstances, make
a living at the South, He states as the
reason for the negroes being without
money, that for fourteen years they
have been paid, not with money but
with scrip, which is redeemable only by
the planter giving it. The negroes be-
gin to see the disadvantages they are
laboring under, and they now flee West
to obtain an opportunity to develop
into manhood. Mr.. Rainey hopes that
intelligent men will give aid and direc-
tion to this migration, which now lacks
organization and system. He does not
think it is a political movement, but it
will have great effect upon the politics
of the South in time.
Year: 1879

How TO DEAL WITH RATs.-We clean
our premises of these detestable vermin
by making a whitewash yellow with
copperas, and covering the stones and


rafters of the cellar with thick coat of
it. In every crevice where rat might
tread we put crystals of the copperas
and scattered the same in the corners
of the floor. The result was a perfect
stampede of rats and mice. Since that
time not football of either rats or mice
has been heard about the house. Every
Year: 1879

A KANSAS SNAKE STaRY. j. II. Bee,
son, the well-known Central Branch con
tractor, gave the Patriot pleasant call,
and from him we learn the particulars of
one Of the most remarkable snake stories
we have heard. In the extension of the
Central Branch road from Beloit to
Cawker City, the line passes through the
town of Glen Elder. A short distance
from Glen Elder, on the Solomon river
is deep and rocky bluff about fifty-fve
feet high, a large portion of VIII ich had to
be blasted away to make room for the
road bed. A few days ago, while the
excavation was in process, blast of nitro
glycerne caps and giant powder tore off
an unusually large part Of the bluff, and
down the declivity there came wrilhing
and rolling bunch of snakes, which Mr..
Beeson assures us was almost as large rs
Il barrel. They were of different varieties,
rattesnakes predom mating, with racers.
adders, garters, etc. When first disturb


ed from their warm bed they were active
and dangerous, but coming on: into the
severe cold they were soon comparatively
harmless, and were X iled by the men
without much trouble. or covered up in
the dump OF earth and stone.


But this is very small portion Of the
story. Every day and every blast since
this first batch appeared has brought
another huge bundle of reptiles. Every
hour moving, writhing lump comes
rolling down the hill only TO separate at
the foot, and what escape the laborer's S
pick and shovel crawl off to get covered
up in the dump. Thourands Of them
have been unearthed and killed, and every
blast brings thousands more, far rival
ing in number the famous snake den of
Concordia. Not a single case of snake
bite has yet occurred, notwith


standing it Is many times almost imposs


lille to avoid stepping on them. Mr. Bee
son says there are no unusal monsters
among them, the great majority being as
large round as mans wrist and about
three or three and half feet long. He
also says that the farmers for five miles
around tel him that this is the regu ar
Winter den of these venomous creatures,
and that during the Fall the snakes in
that country, when discovered, are head
ed il the direction of the bluffs, and the
only way they can be turned from their
course is to Kill them. | is said to be
one of the most remarkable sights ever
looked upon, and hundreds from the sur
roundidg country visit the quarries to see
the snakes .--AtchiSOn, Kan, Patriot.
Year: 1879

FASHIONABLE TARDINEss.-It is now
considered the height of fashionable
flummery in this city to be among the
last arr ivals at a social party given ut II
private residence. Last evening there
was party Of that description on Moth
b street-which didn't come off. A lady
who desired to give IA little entertainment
made the usual preparations and in


vted number of guests. She illumin


ated the parlors and left the blinds open
that the glare oil the gas might light the
weary traveller on the street. This was
her grand mistake. About nine o'clock
young lady, looking in the window and
seeing the parlors empty, insisted on re-
turning home, as she would not for all
the world do such vulgar thing as to
enter house where there was not n big
room full Of people TO look at her. The
two accordingly returned home. In a
few minutes another couple reconnoitered
the stuation from across the street and
retired. One after another the guests
came up, viewed the empty parlors and
melted back into the darkness. There
was no party, and the lady, who prepar-
cd the entertainment didn't know what
to make OF such a shabby treatment.
This idea Of trying to be the last one at
an evening party is growing to be so
common on the Comstock that the time
will come when an invitation to Friday
evenings entertainment will mean,
"Come as early as possible on Saturday
morning. - Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
Year: 1879

WHEN tho Norman headquarters were
et Nauvoo, Illinois, Joe Smith had q
.ovelation commanding the faithful to
vote the Wing ticket. AS the vote was
pretty important in Illinois polite,
Stephen A Douglas went and labored
with the Prophet and converted him to
Democracy, but Smith said that he had
already made public his revelation, and
it would not Go for him to make another;
however, Douglas could fix that with his
brother. His brother thereupon had
revelation enjoining all to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, and when Joe Smith was
questioned on the subject he replied that
as his brothers. revelation was the later
1t must be accepted as the most accurate.
So the Mormons oed the Democratic
ticket.
Year: 1879

THE Yonkers Gazette says that zone
thing in this world that men never learn
to understand a woman" We never saw
one yet that couldn't make herself under
stood if she wanted anything very bad.
Year: 1879

THE day before Turki4h girl is mar
ried she is taken to The bath by her lady
friends and Jumps of sugar are broken
over her head as forecast of the sweets of
matrimony. A year or 50 Afterwards
her husband breaks the whole sugarbowl
over her head.
Year: 1879

pursuits and begin to prematurely de-
cav for want Ct exercise. But this IS
wrong. Fishing, hunting and walking
are proper exercise for men,
and between 40 and 80 it is in
dispensable that they should avail
themselves Of something OF the kind.
The circulation begins to fail at forty,
the digestion is impaired. Mental labor
and family and business cares have 0y
this time begun to tell upon the most
robust physique, and exercise is the on
" remedy in the world for the little all
ments that begin to tell. Disturbances
of the stomach and liver, catarrh, rest
less and disturbed sleep, bad dreams,
giddiness, dimness of sight, palpitation
of the heart and a score of other symp-
toms, annoying, and to most men alarm
ing, begin to threaten gout, gravel,
stone and fatty degeneration; and, un-
less the remedy of good, copious exer-
else is taken, the threat is fulfilled, and
the man of fifty is broken-down old
ma twenty years before his time But
healthy exercise is complete restora-
two
Year: 1879

We had an agreeable visit yesterday
from Mr.. NJ. Gillet Gill of Baltimore,
whose coming South was mentioned in
yesterdays Register. Mr. Gill is pros
pecting among the tea culturists of the
South, making observations for the
benefit of the agricultural bureau as to
the adaptation of this soil and climate
for the growth of the tea plant. He has
been resident of China and Japan for
seven years, and his opinion may be
esteemed valuable. He thinks the tea
plant is admirably adapted to this sec.


ton of the country, and feels confident
that when it's culture has been tried for
some time, and the methods of curing
the plant for market are understood, it


will become an important branch of in
dustry in the South. His idea is that
we must not attempt to beStow the labor
upon curing the plant that the China
man does, and that an American tea can
be successfully introduced into market,


which will equal the best Chinese in fla
vor, but not ia preparation, which is the


expensive part of the crop, and not
absolutely necessary, as many persons
think. Mr.. Gill left for Augusta last
evening, and will return again in a
week or ten days to this city.-CoIumbth
(S.C) Register. \
Year: 1879

The subject chosen by Dr. John Lord for his lee


ture, "Chivalry aud Women of the Middle Ages" at
tractcd large audience Of modern women to Chick
ering Hall yesterday morning. Queen Philippa was
made the text Of the lecture because she was
ccllent type Of the woman Of feudal times. Though
there warike women in those days they sought
simply TO defend themselves from danger and not to
encroach on mans sphere. They would hasten to
tho rescue of husbands and brothers, and thus
earned the devotion they received. Love of God and
the ladies was the watchword of foudal lords
straint upon lawlessness. and insult to a
lady was thing unhcard of. For the frat
time in history woman was the companion of
her husband. Much as has been said about the aris


tocracy Of the women of chivalry; personal merit
their test As Sir Philip Sidney answered Queen
Elizabeth want was never intended to privilege
wrong" The glory of the fcudal knights con-
sdered incomplete without the appreciation of
women. They accompanied them TO tournaments
and crowned the victor. knight without
object of devotion like ship without rud-
der What the secret of this chvalric devotion?
Was IL beautyp No; not that. The beautiful women
Of Athens modern Paris called out the adj
miration of the chivaric ages. Was this reverence
based upon her accomplishments No, for they
were strictly domestic women. Perhaps this rev
erenco for women born In the Her isolated
life conducive TO tho development of character
istics that made her interesting Country life is not
dull when remain at home There nothing
dull In the feudal castles The country is also more
favorable to the growth Of friendship. City people
Year: 1879

1t is very evident, said Rev. Mr.. Beecher, at the
regular weekly prayer meeting of Plymouth Church
last night that the Lord did not make this world as
we should have made it. Neither did He make the
laws governing this universe should have made
them. DIR. Johnson with ali his ability and
ing, could never overcome the horror Of death.
1t the most dismal thought that entered his
mind. Death itself shall die. says the apostle. and
the apostle pointed forward toward dying he (SIr.
Beecher felt about spring. The grave called the
covenant of the Lord, and death was but falling
asleep in the Lord. Take the Christians as they
march, rank and file, said Mr.. Beecher.
and the idea of death is rather mournful
to them. When death entered house
hold the dismal garb of mourning was put on and
not only the father and mother cried but the sisters
and brothers and uncles and aunts and cousins cried
and wore long faces. Where were the hope and joy
and triumph? We're there angels or heaven? In
stead of wearing the solemn black robes and long
Grape vei Mr. Beecher thought it would be better to
attach to the person ribbon little badge. which
should signify that the wearer had lost some near
and dear friend All his lifetime he had struggled
against this dragging down of DEATH and had always
tried to feel that i'll it there hope and Joy and


glory which surpassed everything. Sitting
before the members Of his church, enjoying
full health and in his right mind, he
could say that there nothing in life. He had
much to live for any other man still he would
rather die than live We ought not to feel sorry he
said that feet quickening their PAGES toward
death. It not known who would go first, but we
should all be ready when the Lord called US.
Year: 1879

are more brilliant than profound and their affections
are not very deep they very warm u-hearted.
He is a benefactor who will make the country as
attractive 10 us as it is to the English people.


DR.. Lord concluded his lecture by saying that it
Christianity that elevated the chiyalric women
Chivary was intimately connected with worship of
the Virgin. Veneration for the eliminated in the
worship of the Queen of Heaven.
Year: 1879




A writer In Cassell's Magazine ad.
dresses words Of wisdom 10 those
whose pockets are made Of such ma.
terial that money burns a hole in
them. He advises them to keep an
exact account of every cent they
spend, as putting down in black and
white, checks extravaganza.


They must be put down in detail,
and not conveniently classed together
under the head Of "sundries.' The
item @sundries" is never admitted
into well.kept household accounts.


1t is very difficult to realize fully
the value Of small sums. II the pen.
nies and half pennies that lie loose
in the pockets were properly appre-
ciated, there would not be SO much
pecuniary embarrassment in the
world as there is.


"AIany a mickle makes a muckle.''
This is true of nothing more than
pennies and half pennies.


These little savings, as rule, must
be made in personal expenditure
more than in anything else. What
sspeht over the household is gsner-
ally needed, but the small personal
luxuries which cost so little are not.


And when any saving is made in
this way the money should be put
aside as saved, instead Of being mix:
ed with the spending fund; and ad.
ditions made to it frequently as pos
sible.


That will make you understand as
soon as anything what small econo-
mics amount to. When money is
put aside to be. saved, it should be
put in some place whore it can not
be directly got az.


| cannot speak too highly of the
sayings:bank for this purpose.


The very fact that little trouble
and formula has to be gone through
before It can be obtained, prevents it
being spent many q time when it
most certainly would be if it were
close at hand.


There are two Or three ways in
which money can be saved.


The first is buying large quanti-
ties. Of course the danger is when
there is a stock Of things to "run at,"
as the servants say, they will be ex-
travagant Used. All that l can say
on this point is, that they must not
be "run at"


A proper quantity must be por.
toned out and the rest put sway.
Then it will be found that articles
may be bought both cheaper and bet
ter in large quantities than in small
ones.


Another way to save Expenses is
to pay for everything as you get it.
If you 90 this, you avoid overcharge,
and will buy far less.


If the money had to be paid at
the moment, many an unnecessary
purchase would be avoided.


People who have limited incomes
are those who can least aford to live
on credit; and unfortunately they do
it more than any others.


T1o coott;cl, E,,a.S.l.f.s.41 Tr...
Year: 1879

he PRESS will be devoted as in the past to a dis
eliminating support OF the Republican Party and
will stand through thick and thin for an honest and
stable currency and the equal rights of all citizens
throughout the length and breadth of the Republic.
1t will always speak out for education, good morals
and Just laws, believing that the safety OF the nation
depends upon these things.


During the session of the