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Year: 1877

There was q ''collar and elbow wrest-
ling match at the residence Of our es-
teemed fellow-citizen, Seth Spicer, last
week, that gentleman having undertaken
to fasten a III collar on n Is shirt band.
The first bout was short and sharp. Spi-
Ger came up to the dressing glass smil-
ing, fastened two buttons, clutched him
self by the back of the neck and tried to
drag the third buttonhOle over his neck
stud, when the top of his right thumb
nail gave way, he rammed his fist into
his clean shirt bosom, trod on the baby's
Christmas dog and smashed the bark out
of it, barked his shin against the bureau
and ''blasted" the offending furnishing
goods earnestly.


Mrs. S. here remarked that he 'fnecd
not use such dreadful LANGUAGE with tho
children in the next room. never saw
UuiIU mao u DIT OF patience, con-
tlnued Mrs. Spicar, as she stepped for
ward to take hand in the contest. Spi-
Ger took one step to the rear, and landed
the heel OF No. 10 boot on the toe Of
his partners slipper.


Couch Owl shrieked the counsel
lor of patience and good language. You
great clumsy lummux; you have trodlen
on my lame toe. No, you arn't sorry, I
saw you grin in the glass" and Mrs. S.
Hmped out OF the arena.


Spicer took q fresh hold, and refresh
ing himself with the remembrance of the
time he lifted eleven hundred and fifty
pounds at Windship's, gave naughty
tug, and tore two button-holes clean
out.


There was murder i'll Spicer's eye and
prespiration on his forehead rs he went
calmly to work on the second piece of
neck gear, bat a happy thought occur
ring to him, he seized boot -buttoner
and wrenched the refractory linen into
place.


Just as Mrs. S. called from the hall
that the carriage had been there for half
an hour, and Lash and Driven always
charged for waiting, therear button gave
way, and the triumphant linen rode up
into Spicer's back hair. The unhappy
man iabbed big pin into the place of
the missing button, and rushed off to
enjoy social party, with a realizing
sense all the evening of how those devo-
tees used TO feel who wore a hair shirt
OF a spiked collar with the points in
ward.-BOstOn Conan1erciak Bulletin
Year: 1877

4 CURIOUS incident took place in Par
is. A drunken man, Philippe Bochon.
was staggering to his home in the Rue
St. Sacques. As he swung along, taking
the entire pavement, he ran foul of a
passenger who, with an oath, dealt him
such blow that he fell PROSTATE, bath
ed in blood. Whilst the brutal assailant
fed, others ran to the aid of the poor
man and took him to an apothecary's s,
where, 10 and behold ! they discovered
that magnificent diamond-evidently
detached from the setting of ring worn
hy the assailent-hsd lodged in the cut
produced by the blow.
Year: 1877

ANNA DICKINSON isn't very happy III
love scenes; but when it comes to mop
ping around under the bed in the next
act for the tryant whom she married just
before the curtain fell, the critics burst
into tears, and the galleries focus their
sympathy on the place where the dirt is
e4i1vra1 nm
Year: 1877

tx some countries common tree frogs
are used as barometers. The frog Is
placed in bottle with q light ladder
In fine weather the animal always climbs
up the ladder, and always comes down
when a storm is approaching.
Year: 1877

4 MARRIED wonlan, now an Inmate OF
a poor house in Illinois, has brought
suit against her father AID brother, who
are wealthy, to compel them to support
her. She was once the belle of her
vicinity, and after short time of mar
ried life was deserted By her husband.
Year: 1877

Turnips-the early fiat sorts-are
raised very easily, if soil and season be
favorable, and often can be sold at g
round price If the market be watched.
They are worth twice their cost for
feed. The ruta bagaa demand more
labor, and should not be undertaken till
some acquaintance with the business is
acquired, but they command a better
price, freer demand, and will keep till
June. Those not sold serve an excel
lent use for the stock Of the farm just
before grass is plenty.


Perhaps more is said in agricultural
papers, and beginners more generally
look at once to the onion crop than any
other. 1t demands better soil than any
before mentioned, and q considerable
hand wedding, and no MAI should enter
upon it largely at once. On the other
hand, it yields enormously to the acre,
is always in demand, and is not serious
ly injured by slight freezings, etc. Many
handsome farm has been paid for, and
many a snug competency maintained, by
q well-tended onion bed, but it has been
by men who thoroughly learned the bus
mess, growing into it from small begin
nings, and raising about 50 much every
year, whether the market be up or down.
The onion crop fills 10 place III the econ
omy OF the farm, and is available for
market only.


Beets, carrots and parsnips viii be
found good crops to raise under fayora-
BILE circumstances, as being such as sell
in large lots, not Immediately perisha-
BILE, and are profitable for farm feed.
Year: 1877

Mr. J. B. Root in bis Gard67 Manual
for 1877, has the following chapter, con-
tanning some suggestions which may be
useful:


In the vicinity Of every town are own
ers OF small farms whose land is too
high priced to be devoted TO ordinary
farm crops, and who themselves have
Abundant time, one can always provide
a few acres in good enough condition
for the coarse crops. The large number
Of queries from such make me believe a
few hints thereon may lie timely.


In the East, such furnish large pro-
portion Of the supplies for the large
cities, Of the kinds which they raise,
and are known as Farm Gardners or
hers, IN distinction from Market
Gardners-those who raise a full line of
vegetables, and more especially the finer
and more difficult ones.


By the use of town manure in addi-
ton to his own, and iudiciously laying
down few acres of clover every year to
be turned under the second season, a
portion of the little farm viii always be
in condition for good crops. If butter
be the principle product of the farm
portion, the question Of fertility will
more easily be settled, especially if sown
corn for fodder is appreciated, and
grown properly and plentifnlly


The first TO suggest themselves to the
beginner must be those most nearly like
farm crops, and least perishable, and
most easily marketed. Early potatoes
are often very profitable and always
paying. They involve little risk, leave
the ground for a second crop and can
be kept for a late market if not sold
earlier. Late-potatoes, while less pro-
titable, usually pay.


Winter squash does not demand much
hand work, and since it sells by the
wagon load is very good one. Any
poor specimens, or unsold portions of
the crop, are worth more than the cost
of producing for feed. Melons also sell
in large quantities, and are not exacting
as to soil or culture. So many are de-
TERED from growing them for fear of
melon thieves, that the price is good.


Late cabbage is another crop that pays
well when grown properly. It delights
in decaying sod and abundant culture.
This should not be grown largely until
the grower has got the knack of it, 50 to
speak, nor until he understands the mar
zets. Its advantages are that it produces
immensely TO the acre, and is marketed
in balk, and all waste is serviceable
as feed. A cutting Of clover can be
taken from the ground before setting out
the crop, if the soil be rich enough to
Year: 1877

1t is just beginning to get through the hair OF
tho railroad lremon and brakemcn that when
they struck they hit their sympathxtng friends
tho pubItc~-a blow below tho belt In stopping
tho movement Of products.
Year: 1877

Below we give the enumeration OF
youth in the different counties of the
State for the school year lS77-8; the sp-
portionment of the General School Fund
distributed to the several counties in pro-
portion to the number of youth therein
between the ages of 6 and Il years, and
list of the County Superintendents
elected in August last
Year: 1877

An English farmer has recently been COM
paiied 70 pay the costs of practical joke.
He was sitting in the barroom of the Grey
hound Inn one night and taking his usual
tankard of ale, when his eye CHANGED to fall
On the sleeping form of man with long
beard. Hewent to the fire, and, lighting a
piece Of paper, deliberately applied it to
the sleeping mans beard. There was
bright rushing fame for second or two;
the man sprang to his feet in agony; the
Joke was complete, and the farmer roared
Ia ecstacy. The unfortunate sufferer, who
happened to be the village tailor, knew that
that the farmer was man o. substantial
means and acted accordingly. He brought
an action for $3.50 damages in the
Malmesbury County Court in due course.
According to the plaintiffs evidence his
beard was eighteen inches long When ne
Law down, after having some ale. The
next thing he remembered was his face be-
ing on fire, while man helped to put out
the flame. The defendant sat in his seat
roaring with laughter, and did not offer any
assistance, nor did he tender any apology
for what he had done. His lips were
burned severely, his face was blistered hi
head, eyebrows and eyelashes were burn"(
to the skin and one eye and one ear wor'
scorched. The magistrate awarded hin


$3.50 and costs. Louis Globe-Democrm.
Year: 1877

According to the laws of this State, ths
season for shad fishing has closed, and any
person who shall have in his or her pos
session, or expose for sale any shad caught
in the Delaware River, or its tributaries,
within the jurisdiction Of this State, above
the Southern point Of Reedy Island, BE-
tween the ll,h day Of June and the 10Th
tay Of August, shall be fined five dollars
for every shad in his or her possession.
Year: 1877

THE GREAT moral. SHowMAN.-Them many
friends OF DIR. Taylor, Richmond's humor-
ist and stereopticon-exhibitor, will be graf
fled to know that since he has been in the
I" great moral show" business he has been
considerably elevated in the estimation OF
the religious part Of the community here
and elsewhere in the State. We have heard
that lately he received letter from an in
terror city requesting him to give an enter
tainment for the benefit of church, the
letter commencing Reverend and Dear
Brother" Yesterday the Doctor received
by mail bundle Of tracts; which be will
use with beneficial effect, no doubt, upon
some of his company.


Tonight and tomorrow night the Doc.
tor will exhibit two beautiful series OF pic
lures at the Third Presbyterian church. ac-
companied by one Of his inimitable lectures.
Year: 1877

THE CASE OF JOHN r. WALDMAN.-The
attention OF Judge Guigon was occupied
yesterday afternoon in hearing the evidence
in the case OF John r. Waldman, charged
with violating the city ordinance in giving
false alarm Of fire. The case came up on
an appeal from the Police Court. The eoun-
sel for the defence claimed that Judge Gui-
gon did not have jurisdiction, and when the
evidence had all been heard the Judge said
That IL would take him but a moment to de
eide as to the facts in the case, but on the
law points he would wait until to-day.
Year: 1877

+ CASES AGAINST THE STEAMBOAT AND TRASs-
poRrAT1oN COMPANIES. following. Is o
copy of the order made in some OF these
cases: s.This day came rs well the Attor-
ney- General on behalf OF the Common
wealth as the defendant by its attorney. and
bu consent 1t IS considered by the Court
that the Commonwealth recover against
the defendant. the costs OF this motion.
This Judgment is rendered with leave
to the Commonwealth to open the
case, provided the company does not
make the. report required satisfactory to
the Auditor in thirty days, but the making
OF the report to the Auditor not to be ac-
companied with payment Of the tax. But
the company Is to have liberty to take such
steps as it NAV choose to test its liability for
the payment OF the tax, and for that pur-
pose to appeal from the judgment it
should think proper" e. 4. e -


The object OF this proceeding is to pro-
cure from the companies the annual report
Of their transactions, profits, and charges
in the State, which they have failed to
make 70 the Auditor for successive years,
and which they now engage to make within
thirty days in manner satisfactory to that
officer. Otherwise, the cases will be opened
again, and fine will be asked to be infiict-
ed, but with all the rightsRo defence re-
served to the defendant. 1t is thought this
arrangement will be satisfactory in most in
stances.
Year: 1877

Reducing the Force.-We are informed
by gentleman that the contractors ut
Granite are reducing their force, having
put off about twenty cutters in the last few
days. This, however, IS not done on ae-
count of the contract drawing to close,
but owing to the scarcity Of stock. .s
Year: 1877

Relics.-In the last day or two several
Indian relics have been picked up in this
neighborhood, and given to gentleman
who has quite a collection OF the articles
used in olden times. s..
Year: 1877

County Court.-The regular monthly
meeting of this court will be held at the
old Courthouse next Monday. There are
several criminal cases on the docket, be-
sides large amount Of civil business,
which will occupy the attention OF Judge
G1oDton
Year: 1877

with gold for all debts due the Govern
msnt and the people, and for reissue
OF greenbacks, backed by the national
faith, to an amount to the wants OF busl-
ness and trade, and which shall be re.
ceived the same as gold.
Year: 1877

Some interesting experiments made in Germany in the production of local anes thesia, show that if the hand be immersed for short time in ice-water, severe pain is caused, but that no such pain is pro duced on immersing the hand in the cold alcohol, not even when the temperature of the alcohol is as low as five degrees cent. Glycerine was found to possess q similar property Either occasioned pain, and quicksilver more acute pain still, causing the speedy withdrawal of the finger when plunged into this liquid at a temperature of three degrees. It was next ascertained that, on the finger being held for long time in alcohol having q temperature of five degrees cent, no pain was experienced, and, although the finger perceived the faintest touch, sharp bricks gave no pain. This seems to show that the application of cold alcohol, one of the most simple as well as safest pro- cesses, has the effect of depriving the part of the special sensibility to pain, without, however, impairiug the delicacy of the general taetile sensation which, AS is we'll known, resides in the superficial integument.
Year: 1877

A young mans interest and duty both dictate that he should make himself in dispensible to his employers. He should be so industrious, prompt and careful that the accident of his temporary ab- sence should be noticed by his being missed. A young man should make his employer his friend by doing faithfully and minutely all that is entrusted to him. It is a great mistake to be over nice or fastidious about work. Pitch in readily and your willingness will be ap- preciated while the high-toned" young man who bubbles about what it is and what it is not his place to do will get the cold shoulder. There is story that George Washington once helped roll a log that one of his corporals would not handle, and the greatest emperor of Rus sia worked as a shipwright in England to learn the business. That is just what you want to do. Be energetic, look and act with alacrity; take an interest in your employers success; work as though the business was your own, and let your employer know that he may place abso- lute reliance on your word and on your act. Be mindful; have your mind on your business, because it is that which is going to help you, not those outside at- fractions which some of the boys" are thinking about. Take pleasure in your work; do not go about in listless. for nal manner, but with alacrity and cheerfulness, and remember that while working thus for others you are laying the foundation of your own success in life.
Year: 1877

A queer affair was reported at the mayors office. An elderl; woman with tears in her eyes, had lengthy story to tell how hard she was trying to raise her granddaughter in the path of rectitude. Thus far she had succeeded very well, but the young girl was up to so many tricks and ways of deception that the old woman feared something would happen one of these days. "The girl is to young to have beau yet" said the grandmoth CT, and as she is my sons child-he is nowdead and gone e-I don't want her 10 have company. She promised me she wouldpt. We'll last night after supper, she said she was going to have company. One of her Sunday sc hol class-a young woman-was coming around. Ofcourse 1 had no objection. It was nine o'clock before she came. They were in the par for alone, and about 19 o'clock 1 thought the girls were rather quiet. l went down stairs softly went to the key-hole and listened. Nothing was heard. then thought to myself that they had slipped out. 1 opened the door, and what do you think saw? There sat one girl on the lap Of the other girl, and noticed the strange girl had very short hair. They jumped when I came in, and upon my honor I found out that the other woman was young man dressed in woman's clothes. l was so mad l could have scalded him to death, and would have done so if he had not rushed out of the house. I gave the glrl 8 whipping, and l want to know what am to de-" The visitor was told to speak kindly to the young girl and point out the evil of such ways.-From tht Reading Pal Eagk.
Year: 1877

We have some idea of the amount of water that must pass through corn plant, wheat plant and cotton plant, to organize pound of each of these im- portant staples; and we regard with lively interest the waterworks with which cities are supplied with water as throw, ing light on agricultural engineering and the future supply of fertilizers to the country. An enormous engineering work is in progress to supply Baltimore with water, the present supply being bad in quality and inadequate in quan- tity.

 The new sourceis the Gunpowder river, nine miles from the city, and the water is to be brought through tunnel seven miles long, cut through mountain. This will be the longest tunnel in America, circular in shape, and twelve feet in dia- meter. Five miles Of the distance is very hard rock, and the drilling is done by manual labor, power drills being im- practicable in such small space. The rest of the way will be bricked. Fifteen shafts have been sunk. The cost is esti- mated at $3 100000, about 500 men are employed, and the tunnel will pro bably be completed in three years. The employees are mainly negroes, who live in miserable log cabins; and the contractor says that his greatest difficulty is not of an engineering kind, but comes from drunkenness among these men. Liquor dealers infest the temporary villages with portable bars, aud sell vile whisky 80 cheap that the laborers buy extensively.

 Few have any conception what moving water will do in this country in three generations from this time. If congress will do nothing else for agriculture, it ought at least to establish one institution to teach agricultural engineering as thoroughly to 300 pupils as military science is taught at West Point. We do not object to the scientific education of cadets and military officers, but we do affirm that engineering skill applied to irrigation will be quite as useful to man. kind as it can be in war. Educated off, cers often make superior farmers, and one of the greatest lawyers in the city of New York is doing creditable work by improving old fields in Virginia. When shall We learn that knowledge is powerG
Year: 1877

scent, tho rest being Aztec or mixed Yet Mexico is one of the fairest and most eligible countries on the face of the globe. Shall such a country be abandoned at last to complete desolation? If not, how is it to be rescued from such a fate with out some sort of American interposition ? Geographical situation and national exi- gency may ultimately force upon Amer ican statesmanship the task of redeem ing Mexico from the consequences of her unhappy commotions and her chronic instability, as they forced upon it the task of rec aiming vast wilderness from the dominion of the savage to the uses of civilization.
Year: 1877




IBERyILLE LEvEEs.- take the
following from the Iberyille South Of
Saturday last:


From Bruly Landing, in our sister
parish of West Baton Rouge, to the
lower limit of our parish, there are
no less than twelve breaks in the levee
on the right bank of the river, Most
of these breaks are in the big levees
of this section of the country and me-
cessitate an immense amount of labor
to get them mp in time to meet the
high water. Our monopoly Of the
Leyee Company is out of money. Like
all other monopolies created for the
peoples benefit, so called, it is unable
to help us in the hour of need As it
is, the people must help themselves,
and in this section they are preparing
to do al they can TO put these leyees
up. The people from this place to
the lower line of the parish, are pay
ing three per cent. on their assess
ments towards the construction OF the
leyees now down.


We invite the attention of the peo-
pie of the Teche and the Lafourche
countries, aud particularly the latter,
tn this matter. We say to yOu, good
people. let us help each other now. rs
these leyees protect you as well is
ourselves.
Year: 1877

The man who breaches armed re-
sistance to the will of the people, as
expressed through the forms provided
by the Constitution should be re-
garde,i as public enemy. With the
American people, one majority is as
good as one hundred Republic.
Year: 1877

The funeral of Henry Meiggs, the
great railroad builder, of Lima, Peru, was an
imposing affair. Two hundred coaches and
twenty thousand people were in the process
sion. The coffin was carried by the pOPulace
for half a mile.


There is be lawsuit now about Cleo
patra's needle, and the cassiOn will lie in the
Spanish port of FerreOl until the matter is
decided. The steamer which picked up the
needle in the Bay of Biscay demands higher
rate OF salvage than the contractor can af-
ford to pay, and it is not unlikely that the
cowardice of the captain of the towing ship,
wbO ran away from his charge a the 6rst APP
pearance of supposed danger, will result in
keeping the obelsk away from England for
another year, if not in sending it TO the bot
tom of the Spanish harbOr N the next heavy
storm.
Year: 1877

We lay US down to sleep,


And leave 10 God the rest
Whether to wake or weep,


Or wake no more be best.
Why ve1 our souls with care
The grave i cool and low,
Have we found life so far


That we should dread to g02
We've kissed loves sweet red lips,
And left them sweet and ret,
The rose the wild bse sips


Blooms on when he is dead.
Some faithful friends we've found,
But those who love US best,
When We are under gTOund,


viii laugh on with the rest.
No task have we begun


But other hands can take;
Nor work beneath the sun


For ThisE we nesd 20 wake
Then hold us fast, sweet death.
If 50 il seemeth best
To him who gave us breath


That we should so to rest.
We lay us down to sleep,


Our weary eyes to close
Whether to wake and weep.


Or wake no more. He knows,
Year: 1877

Sweet are the uses of retributive JUS
tice. In passing through train on the


New York Central Railroad TO collect
tickets, the conductor encountered,
east of Utica, colored man who had
neither ticket nor medium Of exchange,
and, after desultoiy discussion,
stopped the cars and kicked him off the
platform. A few weeks afterward, the
conductor took chair in barber-shop
in Albany, under the ministration of a
colored man. The barber covered his
customers face with lather, whipped
out glittering razor, and, while he
was improving its edge by means of a
strop that dangled from the wall, re-
marked to the gentleman in the chair:
" Say, boss, you doesn't know me, does
you? Does you remember de fellah you
lambed from your train up at Tribes
Hill? Dat was bad thing for you to
do, sab, an l remembers it we'll"
Right here the conductor bounded from
his chair and danced around the room
with the lather dripping from his chin
and his hair standing on end. He was
finally induced TO resume his seat, on
the barber's pledging himself to do no
but he did not enjoy the shave,
and brcathed more freely when he was
outside of the shop.