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Year: 1874




The following from recent address bv Prof
Wickaon, Of Utica, is noteworthy ~With the
advance Of farming as a science win come
better opinion Of the farmers position among
men. Every year intelligence and true sue
cess are winning wider recognition in social
circles. Among old opinions whic h must van
ish is the popular view that a farmer is out
side the line of social and political advance
ment. This opinion, although it has been wide
ly held, has always been fallacy, mistake
OF narrow minds. The young men are blinded
by 1t. They have left farms because this cross.
eyed view of life has been forced upon them
by foolish people. They have been persuaded
that desertion of the farm was an entrance to
glory. How great an error this has been. All
history gives the lie to such belief. A man
upon farm is not 'out of the world as some
would think. How far an occasion can reach
to grasp its hero, l do not know. But believe
that when the saving of his country demanded
the strong arm of Cincinnatus, he was lust as
near, when behind his pillow, as though grad
uated farmer, he had been sporting purpled
robes in the forum. And I believe that when
S-AS oAN NoAApALOnU"Ao VI NOW EuSlduu calleu
their leader, Putnam heard their call just as
distinctly upon his farm as though he had been
serving for twenty years behind counter in
Hartford. I do not believe that a man is sbu-
ried upon farm 1t seems to me all history
teaches us that the promptings to duty and
the call to greatness are no louder in crowded
thoroughfares than in country lanes fringed
with daisies.


The young man and the farm; on the one
hand duty, on the other an opportunity here
an anobligation, there 4 way to discharged it. And
In thinking of the duty of the young man, is
it not encouraging that he need not leave the
industry where he finds it, and that he himself,
as he fits himself for a better farmer, becomes
also better man This the labor, this the re-
ward. The better the man the more noble his
calling. The young men can make agricul-
ture what they will; it offers full returns for
their best efforts. The country needs better
men, and the best men will be honored in its
service. The best man in the end will win,
and he will reach the reward for his excel
lence-it matters not whether, departing, he
puts up the bars behind him, or whether he
come from marble doorstep. The youth may
become man upon farm if he will. He can
not do more elsewhere.
Year: 1874

WooD ASHES AS FERTILIzER.-Every farm
er knows the value Of wood ashes as fertilizer,
and it is generally supposed that it is owing to
the potash they contain. But the fertilizer prop
critics of wood ashes are not due to the potash
alone, for if all the potash is cached out Of the
ashes it is still good fertilizer, but not as good
as before teaching. What then remains in the
ashes after the potash is extracted? Nine of
the ten minerals that all plants take from the
ground, and require for their support, viz
Soda, magnesia, and phosphorus lime. Leach
ed wood ashes, therefore, simply require sup
ply of ammonia, and the potash extracted re-
turn to them again to make it on of the very
best of concentrated manures.


D- People may deny, as they will, that
there's any appreciation of the numerous in
animals, but an Altoona man swears that he
saw a broad grin ripple over the visage of a
hog at which he had thrown huge bowlder,
only to have it Craze the brute and smash q
$40 plate-glass window beyond.
Year: 1874

''WHEN THE Cows COME HoME."-Many of our
farmers have wasted years of valuable time
just because they did not teach their cows to
come home at night Any one who has lived
or travelled in the country will remember the
familiar "Co bos, Co bos p of the farmers son
or hired man, as he endeavors to coax the cows
from the great pasture. We have had little
experience in these matters, and well remem-
Der how many times we have waded through
the brush and bogs looking for the cows, and,
boy-like, we thought them dreadfully contrary
animals but we have lived long enough to
learn better, and now think that the biped was
the more contrary animal of the two Boys,
we will tell you a secret that will save you a
great deal of trobie, and it is this: Every time
the cows are driven up at night or in the morn
ing give them a good lick Of meal or bran, and
our word for it the cows will always be on hand
at milking time. Besides this, they will give
more milk, and forget to kick over the milk
pail, even if you do whistle little too loud
Exchange.
Year: 1874

A terrible fight took place recent
" between two women in Chill un,
der the the following circumstances
One of them, who had lately given
birth to an infant. having 20 make a
journey to Rancagua, left the child
under the care OF a neighbor, who
had child about the same age. \
few days aftrrward the mother who
had gone on the journey returned
home and was told her child had di
cd in her absence. She insisted tn {
surviving infant was hers. The 9th
cr called all the saints in heaven to
witness that her child was the living
one and not the dead one. The dis
pute finally ended in blows and the
Intervention of the police. The case
has gone to the tribunals, and anoth
er question ike that decided BY King
solomon is now before the Judges Of
Rancagua.
Year: 1874

Rhode Island girls are not wanting
in the art of insinuating that, like
Barkis, "they are willin'." 1t was
only recently that a lady, walking
one evening under the classic shadow
Of Brown University, overheard the
following conversation between lady
and gentleman just in front Of her /:
Charley, did You ever hear it said
that il gentleman or lady found a
four leafed clover and put it in their
shoe, the first gentleman or lady the
person walked with would be their
husband or wife?" "No, never heard
of it before" "Well, | found one
and put it in my shoe this morning,
and vou are the first one | have
walked with since | wonder if it Is
true?" There could be but one an
swer to this, but the unintentional
eavcsdropper does not mention it,
leaving the pubic in cruel doubt as
to whether the ruse WIS successful OF
not.
Year: 1874

posed to respect the will of its prede-
cessor. But if the nation confirmed
the Marshalate, he would only have
70 amend his Ministry to suit the
opinions of the new Legislature. If
the vote of the country were to be
sverse to the present government,
then would come most interesting
question. The Assembly could recall
Henry ", or there would be pie
biscitum asking France whether She
preferred Bourbon, Bonaparte or Re.
publican. Without some expression
from France of her confidence in the
present government, it is little more
than a scandal, and we can well un-
derstand the Marshals uneasiness.
Year: 1874

A traveller in Terra del Fuego
thinks that the natives would gladly
sell the whole country for few sacks
of -four. Here is a chance for any
man with FIVE or ten dollars who wants
to be a real king with real subjects.
The only drawback Is, that his sub
jeCts would eat him when their -four
gave out
Year: 1874

THE SEPrENNATE.-The Pal MaH
Gqsette prints a curious statement to
the effect that, in the event of Ger


tain elections going against the gov
ernment, Marshal McMahon would
appeal to the country with this ques-
tion: Does the nation confirm my
election as President of the Republic
for seven years? Yes or no% The
The Marshall entertains hope that
the vote would be in the affirmative,
and that with such vote he could
afford to summon a new Assembly,
Without this support a new Assem-
bly, would be dangerous experiment.
The chances are that the vote would
be largely Republican, and not dis
Year: 1874

The most cutting piece of sarcasm that
we have seen for many day, Isl the pro
duction of Hobbs, in reply to the article
of THE Rock ISLAND ARGUS, to which we
alluded last week relative to the pretend
ed speech of Representative Warner, on
the adjournment question. He denies the
allegations of THE ARGUS as in duty bound,
but in doing so, Warne. and the Little
Blond of the Union are treated to a
shower of sarcasm which must make them
blush all over, if there is any blush left in
them. We doubt whether Representative
Warner will be likely to desire the defense
of the Republican the future. .-keaeonee
Independent.
Year: 1874

A statesman who had favored bad nOmina-
ton till just before the Convention, and then,
discovering his mistake, vehemently opposed
it. found the nomination carried over his head
by the impetus he had himself helped to give
it and, while bemoaning the destruction of
his influence with his party, was consoled by
this pleasing epitaph: He died OF being
"wrong at the right time, and right at the
"wrOng time"


1t has been an open secret that ever since
the Western elections, Gov. Dix has been
eager for an opportunity to declare against
the Third Term. His friends complained that
at Poughkeepsie he was prepared to speak on
that subject, but nobody called on him. Last
night they were more considerate. He was
duly called, and he responded with the en-
phasis of frankness to be expected both from
his good sense and from his acute sense of
his present peril


But the Governor is right at the wrong time.
He could have spoken before the Utica Con-
vention with authority, and sealed forever the
lips of Third Term blatherskltes like the first
presiding officer of that body. He could have
spoken as he was most earnestly entreated
and as his friends promised for him-at the
serenade Immediately after the nomination, or
in his letter of acceptance. His attitude then
would have been dignifed and his words would
have commanded respect. But the Governor
steadfastly refused all appeals. Not till it became
evident that he was in danger of defeat could
he be driven into word on the subject. He
must not be surprised if his words now are
treated like most extorted promises of men
alarmed for their own safety. Death-bed
repentance is better than none; but it does
| not inspire unbounded confidence. The Gov
Year: 1874

One month ago United States Marshal Pack
ard, irritated at some of the comments on his
course asked Gen. Emory to state publicly
whether it was true that he had ever used or
ATTEMPTED to use United States troops for
political purposes in any manner whatever.
TO this request Gen. Emory replied that since
he had been in command of the Department
of the Gulf neither Mr.. Packard nor anybody
else had been guilty of any such improper
conduct; "and if you do desire such use,"
continued the General, ~ do not see how you
care to use them for any such purpose, for
"be assured any such attempt would be
promptly and Immediately resented by both
"ofiicers and men. Those who make such
charges are totally ignorant of the. charac-
"ter of regular troops and the indignation
"that would attend any attempt to use them
"for political PURPOSES Gen. Emory is
good soldier and we have no doubt OF his
uprightness and sincerity.


We now commend to his attention the be-
havior of one of his subordinate officers at
Shreveport. Major Lewis Merrill OF the 7th
Cavalry iG there busy swearing out aiiidavlts
against about ninety white Democrats for an
alleged conspiracy "tO intimidate and control
numerous qualified voters in said district IN
Exercising the right of suffrage, by threaten
cling to deprive said voters Of employment, by
"threatening to refuse to renew the contracts
"of said voters for labor, in violation OF a
"statute of the United States" In the first
place the action with which these ninety citi-
zens are charged IS not violation or
statute of the United States. the statute refer
ring solely to the intimidation of negro voters,
while the agreement for signing which these
Shreveport citizens are prosecuted made no
distinction between white and black Repub-
licans. In the second place it is none OF Ma
jor Merrills business any way, for the en-
fOrcement Of the statutes of the United States
is a duty of the civil administration with
which army officers have nothing whatever to
do, except when they may be called upon,
under proper orders, to assist the Marshals,
ETC., in the execution of writs. And in the
third place, it is plainly and notoriOusly po-
litical prosecution, intended to intimidate
the Conservative voters and break up their
organization. Here then we have an officer
of the regular army making himself the in
strument of scandalOus scheme of partisan
oppression, and we are waiting curiously for
some manifestation from his comrades of that
Indignation" which Gen. Emory predicted
would be aroused by any attempt to use the
troops for political purposes. We are also
curious to see what Gen. Emory himself will
do about it. To be consistent he ought to
administer to his Officious subordinate with
ering rebuke. But is it possible that Merrill
is acting under direct orders from Washing
toni
Year: 1874

complaint does not seem to have c0nfined IT.
self to those specifications of unfriendly acts
which made the note Of the Marquis de ia
Vega-ArmijO so effective at the French For
eign Office. It merely stated that supplies OF
arms and other war material were continually
coming from England to the Carlists, and re-
quested that the British Government should
put stop to it. The question had probably
been fully considered before the Spanish En-
bassador presented it to the consideration OF
Lord Derby. 1t seems to have been answered
with very categorical promptness. The Brit
ish Government has been in the habit for
some years of using remarkably plain
language when addressing the Spanish,
and in this case there was prob
ably an additional inducement to clear
ness of speech in the thought that the
act of Spain was probably at the suggestion
of Germany. At all events the reply OF En-
gland was marked by more than usually terse
simplicity. Lord Derby said that the indefinite
continuance of the war showed lack OF pat
riOtism and energy, and that If the Spanish
army and navy did their duty there would be
no need of asking foreign Powers to help
put down the Carlists. All this is doubtless
strictly true, and may prove as wholesome as
it is bitter to the cabinet of Marshal SerranO.
1t cannot but be regarded at Berlin also as
an unmistakable intimatiOn that England
does not propose to restrict her rights as a
neutral any further.
Year: 1874

We are assured and believe that large
amounts of currency and greenbacks have
been boarded in the South, and are now held
by negroes and others who have, on the whole,
prospered since the war. If this is the case,
what would be the effect of Mr.. H. G. Baird's
nostrum for all the diseases of the South-in-
hatiOni If this question of initiation is to be
settled simply by interest and not by princi-
Die (and we have no objection to that stand


ard), then the Southern politicians who favor
imitation are trying to ruin their humber con-
stltuents. Initiation would lower the value of
every note now boarded. Mr.. Baird's letter also
shows most distinctly that all initiation schemes
aresimply efforts to make something out of moth
ing Mr.. Baird says that "the great demor-
"alization of society throughout the South has
"come of the prostration of nearly every in
"terest, and from the extreme difficulty of
finding any field for employment which will
"yield competency, or even livelihood"
That is to say that the South is country in
which men cannot to-day earn living. 1t
must then be q desert in which labor finds no
reward. Labor cannot find field for employ
ment which will yield competency, or even
a livelihood. If this language has any mean
Ing IL muSJ medu tuat mcH VI tuc OUuIu Cau-
not make the soil under their feet support
them, either by raising cotton and exchanging
it for food, or by raising food directly.


Assuming this to be true (although it is alb
surdly false), what is the cure Mr.. Baird
says give them more paper currency. If they
have nothing to exchange, give them more
tokens with which to exchange and see them
get rich If ten men were wrecked on o sand


bank aud were starving to death, suppose they
should tear sheet of paper into bits to "rep-
"resent" dollars and try to start industry,
would it alter tho fact that they were on a
sandbank, which could not support life, and
would the bits Of paper generate any form OF
wealth. If they gambled for these bits of
paper till one got them all, would he endure
starvation any longer than the restf We
may vary the illustration until it
fits the true state of the case. and still the
folly of Mr.. Baird's notion is clear. Suppose
that the men were shipwrecked on reef on
which was nothing edible but cluster of
cocoanuts in the top of q tree. Their axes
aud saws have pershed in tho wreck and they
cannot climb SO high. Suppose now that they
make. the bits of paper ~ before, CON they get
at the c9coanuts by any hocus pocus Of tho
Year: 1874

In favor of the address which Sir George
Campbell recently delivered at Glasgow 1t
may be said that he brings TO the considera-
ton of many questions of economy and trade
a mind singularly free from class prejudices.
To his discredit, however, he suggests the
inference that the inhabitants of State are
justified in repudiating debt contracted by
their ancestors 1t is unfortunate that in this
way he should bring reprOach upon many
excellent principles of reform which he so
closely associates with this doctrine OF faith
lessness.
Year: 1874

One of the consequences of the long delay
in bringing the safe burglary conspiracy to
trial appears in the behavior of Parker, the
cOlored janitor. He now wishes to deny bis
testimony before the Grand Jury. If the case
had gone on as it was going before Judge
Humphreys took charge, this witness would
Drobably have left town to look after Benton
Year: 1874

Our correspondent in Alabama has Deen
visiting Sumter County. the scene OF the whole
sale arrests by Hester, United States deputy
Marshal and Special Agent, and probably ate
of the Confederate navy. Since these exploits
which are to "give us the State" there Is
indeed reign of terror, but it is among the
white people. A dispatch from Mobile lndi-
Gates that the leaders of the prosecution In
these suits have found out that the disclosures
are not likely to profit the party, and the trials
are postponed till after the election. Sic transit
the outrage business in Alabama.


In the great debate on ritualism before the
Episcopal Convention, the address of DIR. DE
Koven, President of Racine College, is a re-
markabe exposition of the views of those who
are unwilling to oppose ritualistic practices.
His appeal for the right to adore Christ
present in the Sacrament, and his showing OF
the different ways in which men may hold the
doctrine of ritualism, open wide field for
discussion, and the Rev. DR.. Rudder, in his
reply, touched on only one division OF this
subject. There is plenty Of work ahead for
the Convention.
Year: 1874

Very valuable suggestions to those who
have the training of youth are put forth by
Presidents Porter of Yale College and Chad
bourne of Williams, in their papers read be-
fore the Connecticut State Teachers Associa-
ton which we report to-day. The teaching
in preparatory schools is too often time
thrown away. dim consciousness of the
imperfect and unsatisfactory character OF the
learning they impart, doubtless often crosses
the minds of the principals Of such institu-
tions. They will here find the defects OF their
systems clearly pointed out by men who have
seen much of their perniciOus effects.
Year: 1874

In letter from Tennessee, the vigorous
action of Gov. Brown in reference to the dis
orders in that State is carefully sketched.
This is a side of the story that it is well to
hear before forming Judgment upon the
need of Federal interference in these cases.
1t might have been better if that side had
been fully heard before the United States
machinery for arrests and trials was set in
motion from Washington. The people of
Memphis, who have called mass meeting for
to-day to protest against the presence OF
troops in that city, are very clear in their
opinion ON this subject.
Year: 1874

We have grown tired, waiting for capital ists to come and work our quartz lodes and would hail the organization of a company of hard-fsted miners, backed by home capital ists, who would secure one of the many idle mills here, select good lode and start work. With George Hogle, Philip Richardson and one or two other men We might name, at the hesd of such company, and the right kind of lode and mil-site, we would have but little fear of the result, and to prove that we are in earnest, we will help such . com pany with whatever cash we can get hold of. It is really too bad, this talk about hard times, in country whose every mountain is richly threaded with good lodes of rock, car rying gold and silver in abundance, and which only needs one successful operation of this kind to. induce hundreds of monied men to come here and make of the Territory a second Nevada or Colorado.
Year: 1874

It would be refreshing sight to see
the gray locks of Jere Black waving IN
the Senate Chamber of the United
States. They would present striking
contrast to tho c1rlinc 1rake's toll that
adorns the brow o1 Conhliug, and
which quivers energetically whenever
that oratorial peabird undertakes to
crush "the second rebellion" and it is
safe to say that the latter would rot
flourish by the side of the former.
Nothing would look moro like return
ing to constitutional government. Moth
ing would enable US to realize so fully
that we have gained real Democratic
victory. It would be like the intelli-
| gencs and virtue of a people returning
and restoring classic statue that has
been torn down by the mob.
Year: 1874

The New York ttOrt0 says: IL We
are really to lose Mullett we can try
to forgive him the mischief he has
done, and even read his report OF how
great that mischief is with some COM
placency in the reasonable hope that
this report is his last"


A good many sensible Northern
people have imbibed the idea that
winter vacations in the South have
advantages over the popular summer
soiourn in the crowded fashion resorts
of the North, so it is not to be Won
dered at that the Florida resorts arc
filing up with winter visitors from
the North, and that the prospect is
good for a profitable season. 1t would
be strange if within a few years the
time of vacations should be changed
from summer to winter, and the fash
ion resorts of Northern people oe
located in the Southern States.
Year: 1874

l hardly think, upon the whole, that
! am in favor of cremation. The pro


cess seems to me to be SO frightfully
wasteful. At the same time,I am ready
ia admit that the dead miaht be used
much more proftably than they are
now. If man must be buried let him
be planted where he will make some
thing grow. ] remember that Cassel-
beny, of Vineland, New Jersey, once
laid his grandmother under his grape
vine, and by carefully watering her
twice day, he secured crop Of fifteen
bushels of Black Hamburgs. The sub
ject came up in the agricultural society
subsequently, and there was question
whether grandmother was the only fe-
male relative. that could be eficaciousy
used, and whether it should be pater-
nal or a maternal grandmother. Cas-
selbeny explained that he had known a
maiden aunt or second cousin to DO
equally well, and he had his STEP father
among the roots of his mammoth goose


berry bush with every prospect of su
perb crop. Very particular inquiries
were made by several members concern
ing the availability of mothers-in-law,
and man named Johnson said he had
been married four times and had used
all Of his mothers in-law in improving
the asparagus bed; he took the first
prize for asparagus at eight county
fairs Then the meeting suddenly ad.
journed, and fifteen mothers-in-law in
Vineland died during the succeeding
week.-Mar Adeler. 'iit.i a-ii.'e -. g