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Year: 1874

SCARCITY OF LoCALs.-Our bossn
has gone down the river, and our Busi-
ness Manager to the Bay consequently
our local department is rather lank, as
we don't get much spare time to " bum
around" and find out what is going on.-
If this apology is not deemed sufficient
we are ready to make another one.
Year: 1874

JUNCTION CITY.-We interviewed the
" General" briefly on Wednesday, and
learned that the boys around junction
have plenty of wafer, and are not allow
ing it to ran to waste. The gold yield Of
the Junction City mines will much ex-
coed that of any previous season for a
number of years, the facilities for work
ing being excellent. The General thinks
the miners of Junction are in danger of
becoming rich, and as rich men cannot
hope to enter the kingdom, etc., but as
this was mcrciy an opinion we won't
mention it; especially as we believe the
aforesaid miners are willing to take all
such chances.
Year: 1874

SOCIAL PARTY.-As will be seen by
our advertising columns, there will be a
social dancing party given at the Thea
ter on the evening of the 10Th inst. The
party is got up by the young men of
Weaverville, and from presesst appear
ances it is bound to be good one. Sup
per will be served at the New York Ho-
tel, and general invitation to the dane
ing community is extended.
Year: 1874

HELD TO ANswER.-Tung Haze, the
Chinawoman who last week INDUCED in
little pistol practice not authorized by
law and contrary to the ststute in such case
made and provided, had a preliminary
examination before Justice Cochcll on
Saturday last. The Court, being salts
fed that Tung Hae had Shown very poor
markwomanship, ccncktded she was still
entitled to breathe the free air of heaven,
provided she could furnish bonds to the
extent of $5s8. This was forthcoming,
and she departed in peace,
Year: 1874

An unknown man was found In Broome street,
opposite No. 552. apparently in ft He was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, but died within twenty
minutes OF his arrival there.


A notebook was found on his person and a phy-
siclans prescription. The former seemed to indi.
cate that he was cartman, aud by the latter It
appeared that he had taken medicine or which oil
OF vitriol was u large component The BODY Is Ia
Z ha
Year: 1874

Much is said Of late In agricultural and
other literature of the independence Of the
farmers, of farmers boys and girls, of farm
laborers, and of the dignity Of labor, l
would borrow the use Of the FARMER to add
little to the subject


II would not seem that in the farmers
wide independence he need be dependent on
meanness TO carry on his business by insult
ing and defrauding his help. The laborer is
worthy Of his hire, or else should be dis
charged, and when abused and cheated of
his pay he is not encouraged to comply with
the call of the purse holder and freeholdcr
to 90 work to-day in my vineyard" Ver-
monters, at least, whose pride is in their
farms aud their men, should be careful how
they make vagrauts Of men willing to work
by Withholding pay, and bestowing insults
and curses on those who may be their equals
in ability aud honor, If not in acres. Even
the observance of such course must dispose
their own sons and daughters to avoid the
degradation of such employment, and also
the ambition to be an agricultural manager.
Though as Pope says


"Honor and shame from no condition RISE"
1t is dishonorable not to fulfill the require
meuts of any position according to ability,
and it places one in a suspicious attitude to
be without the legal tender vouchers which
worthiness earns the toier. Let me then
admonish the employer in the words of the
martyr, john Rogers, " Remember him who
hired is" for he has head and heart and
body and tongue to think and feel and suffer
aud tell of all his wrongs.


PULsoMETER.
Year: 1874

STOCKING Brooks WITH Trout. - The
Western Farmer has the following state
ment from farmer in Wisconsin in regard
to the ease with which brooks may bo stock
ed with trout:


A year ago, having more young trout
than my pond would accommodate, | put a
few thousand into brook near by. They
were then about one inch long. A few
days since l thought would see what they
had done. took my rod and couple Of
my little boys, and went to the branch, and
in less than an hour caught thirty, all we
wanted, and might have caught hundreds,
as we could see them in schools of fifty or a
hundred in place for mile up and down
the brook. They were about seven inches
long, or what would be called a nice catch.
As this same thing can be done in every
brook OF pure water (either hard or soft) in
the state, submit if it would not pay the
owners ol BROOKS to stock them, if in nothing
else, in furnishing one more attraction
for the farm. If not for themselves, for
the boys, for recreation is as necessary to
them as meat and bread, and if they can't
find it on the farm they will hunt it in the
village. Many Of US can recolleet how at
tractive the brook on our fathers or neigh
bors farm was, and how its willy denizens
taxed and developed our young skill and
ingenuity in their capture.
Year: 1874

who take this ground are right Florists
know quite we'll how readily coloring mat
ter is taken up by plants, and some of the
most brilliant and charming effects have
been produced in this way. Some cases Of
severe diarrhea, we have known attributed
to eating early potatoes, may very likely
have been at least partially caused by the
application in question. In one neighbor-
hood that we could mention, about score
of cows have died the present summer. A
post mortem examination of some Of them
showed the presence in their stomachs Of
Paris green in sufficient quantity to cause
death. They were cows that ran on the
commons, and they obtained the Paris green
either by eating grass in the vicinity OF po-
tato patches that had been dosed with it,
the wind having spread il outside, or by
eating potato tops thrown over the fences
out of plots where the poison had been
used.


A third consideration against this prac-
tice is, that it thwarts the very means TO
which VIC are warranted in looking for ulti-
mate deliverance from this pest. Prof. Ri
ley, and other eminent entomologists, tell US
that already twelve or thirteen insect ene-
mics Of the potato beetle have been discover
ed preying upon it, and it is to the multi
plication of these, and the vigorous prosecu-
tion Of their mission, that we must look for
the determination Of the nuisance. But
Paris green is as fatal to our friends as to
our enemies. 1t is like a double-back-ac-
tion gun on the battle feld-:t kills our
allies as we'll as our invaders.


The advice is usually given to plant very
early to avoid the worst ravages Of the bee
tie. But a correspondent of the COnntry y
Gentleman, who advocates manipulating,
says he shall plant none but early varieties
hereafter, such as the Early Rose and
Peerless, and plant them late. He thinks
the early potato crop only provides rich
pasturage for the beetle, facilitating their
increase, aud helping their depredations.
Whether potatoes are planted early or late,
cultivators cannot be too prompt in watch
ing for the appearance of the beetle, so as to
destroy them, and with them their progeny
for the season.-Canada Farmer.
Year: 1874

The most unwise and discouraging thing
a farmer ever does, is to try to cultivate too
much land. If no more than ten acres can
be improved at time, by all means con6ne
yourselves to ten acres. Don't farm an
acre in such a manner that it deterorates in
value for the next years crop. What opin.
ion would we have of grocer who so abused.
his patronage as to make it sure he would
have no returns from it the following year
1t is extreme folly to cultivate land that
will not pay for the tillage, and all land
will sooner or later reach this state unless it
is iarmed well, by we'll, we mean Intelligent
ly and improvingly, if we may be allowed
the expression. All available fertilizers
should be used on the best of land, and not
allowed to 90 to waste until the land begins
to grow poor. We feel that many western
farmers are making great mistake in
burning their straw and fodder, allowing
manures to waste aud lands to be drained Of
every thing that grows upon them, for sue
cessive years, merely because they are new
| They are not consequently inexhaustible
aud the evil effects of this system, or rather
want Of system, will be seen much sooner
than now anticipated. The old rule that
"an ounce of prevention is worth a pound Of
cure" holds good in agriculture as well as in
hygiene, and we would impress it on the
minds Of western farmers, that it is far cas-
ier to keep our land rich and in good cOndi-
tion, than it will be TO reclaim it when it
once becomes Improbable.


1t is source Of delight as well as profit to
gather fine crops, but it is dishoartening to
gather but little more than the seed and feel
that through ones negligence and ignorance,
the time and cost of tillago has been thrown
away. Limit yourselves to whatever. mum
Der of acres can be made to grow maximum
crops, it is cheaper, easier aud more pro6ta.
bic, and vastly more neutrality-suspicious..
Farmer.
Year: 1874

The best field of potatoes l ever dug
were planted in hills seventeen inches apart,
the rows near four feet. The seed was
Early Rose, cut in single eyes, two pieces in
hill. Few of the potatoes harvested were
very large, few very small, but nearly all
above the average size of table potatoes.
There were usually FIVE, six or seven, in a
hill, aud none rotten except where the land
was too moist, or too highly fortilized with
green manure.


POTATo BUG.
Year: 1874

The best method Of avoiding the inconve-
nience of ice in the tubs or troughs for wa
ter in exposed situations, is to dig well
eight or ten feet deep and about three and
one-half feet deep in diameter. This is to
be curbed with wood stone, or brick. A
little below the surface of the ground place
cross bars upon which to set the tub or
box for holding the water The curb is to
extend few inches above the tub and be
covered with hinged lid. The waste wa
ter is allowed to run into the well where il
is absorbed by the earth. All being kept
tight and banked with loose earth, chips OIL
tan, the steam from the waste water will rise
and keep the reservoir above the freezing
point.


We refer those wishing to try it to severa
such in Post Mills Village, Thetford, or t.
j. NJ. Guild or to IL. A. Chamberlin, who
introduced it, The invention is not patent
ed, and the device may be constructed by
any one with a shovel, saw, and hammer.


PARvO.
Year: 1874

A horse is never vicious or intractable
without direct cause If a horse is restive
or timorous, you may be sure that these
faults arise from defects in their education.
He has been trained either awkwardly or
brutally. Commence the education Of a
horse at his birth accustom him to the
presence, voice and sight of man speak
and act gently; caress him do not startle
him. All chastisement or cruelty confuse
the animal and make him wild. They are
good men who make good horses.
Year: 1874

The idea of making flour by crushing the
grain with innumerable small triphammers
has been carried out in England so success.
fully that pounding mill costing $1,000
will produce as much -four in the same time
as a grinding mill worth $4,000. This is
noteworthy difference, and fact that de-
serves the attention of mill builders in this
country.
Year: 1874

Soup Balls.-Take one pint of sweet
milk when boiling hot stir in dry -four un.
til it is stiff. When cool add one egg and
enough -four to allow you to form it into
balls; add pinch of salt, About ten min
utes before serving your soup drop the ball
in they will be very light and will not fall
after being lifted.
Year: 1874

The Craftsman uses the following
language in reference to useless waste
of time and words in defense of Mason
ry: 1--WE cannot help thinking that a
great deal of time is wasted in defend
ing Masonry from the attacks of misin-
formed and prejudiced assailants. As to
those who misrepresent and slander Ma
sonry because they hate it, argument is
wasted upon them. 1t pleases them to
be controverted it is evidence to them
that their shots are taking effect. If
they were let severely alone they would
soon tire of the one-sided contest. and
give it up. But, even if they find cred
ulous persons to listen to them and pay
for their anti Masonic publications, they
can do us no real harm. Masonry does
not depend upon them for either exis-
tonov 1u0ccss. And as W Une uUner
class, they will not ne convinced by
words, but by deeds. If they see that
our accusers, on the one hand, are ma
lignant, envious, uncharitable, untruth-
full and that Masonry is the reverse,
all the clap-trap that the Father of Lies
himself can invent will not set them
against us. The life and conduct of Ma
sons must be the defense of Masonry. II
Masons conform to the spirit of our no.
bic Institution ; if they are charitable,
peaceable-abiding in love, doing good
that will be the notiest and most eff.
fective defense possible against the slan-
derers and evil wishers. But if Masons
forget their Masonic obligations-if they
are no more sober, peaceable, charitable
or upright than other men, mere paper
defenses will do them little good. Ev-
cry known scoundrel who walks ouI
streets wearing Masonic jewel, is an
argument against Masonry infinitely
more damaging than all the phillIppics
the Rev. Blanchard ever wrote. The
Lodge which undertakes to form per.
feet ashlar out of defective material, not
only attempts an impossible task and
wastes its time, but inficts a serious in.
jury upon the craft These are argu.
ments which injure Masonry Its foe;
are they of its own household. The best
defense of Masonry is its ballot box; it
best recommendation is the life of it
MEMBERS
Year: 1874

The following graphic description of
the real jewels of the fair South is given
by paper printed in the State of Geor-
gia:


"Among the many visitors who came
to our city to sell their country produce,
was young lady from an adjoining
county who had chickens, eggs and but
ter for sale. Her beauty was of trans
cendent excellence Bright, flashing,
intellectual eyes, and face round and ro-
sy, while her calico dress was plain and
neatly made. and fitted beautifully. Her
rich black hair flowed in luxuriant rich
ness. Highly educated. she converscd
fiuently, and deported herself with be-
coming modesty. She wore no false bus
tie Or purchased complexion had no
top knot ON her head, or false fxings to
present, but stood in the majestic beau
ty Of a created intelligence that would
not yield to the despotic dictates Of friy-
olous fashion. 1t has been long time
since VIC gazed upon such a sight. The
young men crowded around her wagon
with curiosity in their eyes and admira-
ton in their hearts. The old men wept
for Joy that there was one who had not
bowed to Baal. She sold her country
produce. went home and milked the
COWS. cooked supper for ten farm labor
ers, and went TO church that night with
her sweetheart"
Year: 1874

A SERIOUS INDICTMENT AGAINST THE
COMMON SoHooLs.-This is an awful IL
lustration of the want Of thoroughness
in our American education, of the want
of accurate knowledge. We do not wish
to appear to pronounce a TRADE about
this, but we are certainly as nation
open to the charge Of superfciality; and
this is attributed by many foreign writ
ers to our common school system. 1t
is the lament of most young men and
women when they quit school that they
know so little accurately. either in liter
ature or in science. The young man
out Of college in six cases out of ten has
only vague literary knowledge, thin
and inaccurate he does not know how
to do anything; nor how definitely to
set TO work to learn. We see the same
thing in all the trades and the unpro-
fessional employment among the boys
who have had probably a common school
education. Sham work and inaccurate
work are common. We are told that
large proportion Of the locomotive en-
gineers on the railways do not under
stand the mechanism Of their engines,
or how the power of steam is applied,
and cannot repair single break or dis
placement, for want Of this knowledge.
Now the common schools are good deal
responsible for this state Of things, be-
cause they are educating the entire COM
munity specifically and inaccurately.
1t could not have happened. otherwise,
that Of all the men who had to do with
the williamsburg dam not one should
have known how inadequate it vas
Haytford Conront.
Year: 1874

their muskets at Concord And they seem
to have very mudl the same quality of
quiet, old-fashioned Yankee grit, too
They are not denOnstrative or declama-
tory. They don't shrek, or wiring their
hands, or make a fuss of any sort. They
are gOod-nature itself But they are also
logic itself, and resolution itself, and pluck
itself. They simply stand upon their
rights. Satisfied of the strength of their
position, they content themselves with OPP
posing to legalized injustice that passive
resistance which is sometimes the hardest
of all to overcome. 1t is rather a fine
spectacle when you come to think of it,
and wlthal very suggestive one.


1t will not be creditable either to the
hearts or heads of the woman suffrage
party if Abby Smith and her sister are left
to stand alone to fight this battle of prin-
ciple unaided. That party numbers in its
ranks justly distinguished lawyers; we
could mention one or two who live within
an hours ride of Glastonbury 1t also
numbers a great many men and women of
wealth. Here is chance for them to
prove their faith by their works; they are
not likely to have, as they could not well
ask, a better one And, in these matters,
" chance " is synonym for duty" We
submit that subscribing to the Abby Smith
Defense Fund is the first business in order.
-Springicld Republican.


The COWS We're sold at the date alluded
to above, and bought in by the herdsman
having charge of the Misses Smiths farm,
and taken home to await new requisition
from the lawmakers and tax-gatherers of
Glastonbury.
Year: 1874

Solomon was called upon to decide some
knotty cases of law and equity in his time.
and the records of his court are esteemed
pretty good authority. Among other
cases he had to decide one about the own
ership of child which was claimed by
two motherlv women. \ suit something
like this lately came before Cincinnati
Justice, and was decided on similar princi-
pies a railroad man had an educated
mocking bird in his office. The bird could
do a great many tricks with his voice, and
among other initiative utterances he could
mimic a locomotive whistle, and turn him.
self into full-fedged calliope upon prov
ocation. He was little lame in his left
leg, and among some peculiarities of plu-
mage he had one extra long feather in
his tail


The bird disappeared from his cage one
day. The owner, in day or two, visited
the shop of bird-man to look around
among the tuneful prisoners. One fellow
appeared to know him, but the man had
no recollection of the feathered acquaint-
ance He looked at him closely, and the
bird seemed to say by the twinkling of his
eve and the set of his head Don't you
know me?" This bird appeared to be
lame in ibis right leg, and had no particu.
larly long tail-feather. As the railroad
man was turning away the bird got ur
steam and gave the shrill whistle Of 10.
comotive, and danced round Ikea con.
ductor threading the aisle of a car. There
could be no doubt about it, but how
changed. The railroad man asked the
merchant where he got that bird? He
Year: 1874

THE PERILs OF MOLASsES CANDY.-A
Newark (N. j. husband brought home
hunk of molasses candy for his wife the
other evening. His wife wears false teeth.
The candy was of an adhesive nature.
She helped herself to a generous hunk, and
planted both rows of teeth in it. There
they remained. Strenuous were her ef-
forts to release them, but she was not sue
cessfnl. She wanted TO say something to
him that the candy not only prevented,
but the tone of which from its prominent
quality it debauched. Bnt she could not
get her jaws apart. Then she went to the
sink and dropped the whole mass, teeth
and candy. in basin. Again she looked
at him as if she was on the point of saying
something he would be interested in, but
every effort was broken up and destroyed
by the orphaned jaws. Imagine woman
"a direct descendant of EVEN such a
fix. Think of the mighty thoughts surg
ing and battling through her brain; think
of the torrent Of eloquence bursting from
her throat with a roar and striking out into
the air a vapor; think of the blazing eyes,
the distended nostrils, the trembling frame,
the nervous hands Picture her thus. tear
/ ing the miserable candy from the glisten-
ing teeth, and comprehend if you can, o.
man! the velocity with which the freed
teeth were slapped into their place. and
with which that wretched man subdued
his merriment and tore out of that house.
l-Ddnbsry Ners.
Year: 1874

In passing through life have constantly found
One maxim has led me Alright;
It's not very deep. but it S perfectly sound,
And its wo-ds need scarcely recite-
It's maxim that states with philosophy olden,
That speech may be silver, but silence is golden.
fve been married. don't care to tell yOu how long
I'e bit OF 4 shrew for my wife;
Her temper is bad, and her language is strong,
But manage to keep out of strife
For the peace of my life to this hint IN beholen,
That speech may be silver, but silence is golden.
She 5 fond Of row, but row requires two,
And prudently shrink from retort5,
And simply for want OF a something to DO
She feels she is quite of sorts,
And such result my belief must emboden,
That speech may be silver but silence is golden.


TODJ IN Fam
Year: 1874

Mills THEORY OF HAPPINESs--Those
only are happy who have their minds fixed
on some object other than their own hap
piness-on the happiness of others, on the
Improvement of mankind, even on some
art or pursuit, followed, not as means,
but as itself an ideal end Aiming thus at
something else, they find happiness by the
way. The enjoyments of life are suffi-
cient to make it a pleasant thing. when
they are taken en- passa,a. without being
made principal object. Once make them
so, and they are Immediately felt to be in
sufficient. They will not bear scrutiniz-
ing examination. Ask yourself whether
you are happy, and you cease to be So.
The only chance is to treat not happiness,
but some end external to it, as the purpose
Of life. Let your self-consciousness, your
scrutiny, your self-interrogation, exhaust
themselves on that; and, if otherwise for
tunately circumstanced, you will inhale
happiness with the air you breathe, with
out dwelling on it or thinking about it,
without either forestalling it in imagina-
ton or putting it to flight by fatal ques-
tioning.
Year: 1874

had bought him of course, but he could
not tell from whom. The owner claimed
his bird, but the merchant did not recog
nize his claim, so the case was taken to
court. and the bird too. The bird man
and five of his friends all swore like par
rots that the bird had Just come up from
the South, and could not therefore. be
claimants bird. The railroad mans wit
nesses. even. could not recognize the bird
in court As their old acquaintance. with
lame left leg and a long tail-feather.
The owner was confident. however, and
told the Judge that if the bird would only
speak he could settle the matter.


Then the bird. as if it knew the case
was going against him, did speak. and the
Judge told the man TO take his bird 1t
was found that his feathers had been
pulled. and cut, and stained, and that
toe-nail on his right foot had been twisted
and pinched off. so As to make it lower
than the other one. But the mocking
bird was believed in court before the Oaths
of half dozen men. This case of evidence
will never be found in any of the law
books.-!S. Louis Republican,