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Year: 1876

The mystery surrounding the robbery
of the National Bank of Commerce in
New London. Conn, Tuesday night is dis


PEELED by the confession of George c.


Packer one of the tellers of the institution,
who has made a full confession and re-
stored the stolen 81 800 to it's owners


The circumstances attending the robbery
pointed directly to some one of the en-
ployes of the bank as the gnilty party
The banking room is on the first floor


the building in which it is so located, and
back window was left open as if the
thieves had effected ingress and egress in
that manner. But, though the mud un-
der the window was several inches deep
no footprints were discernible there, and
it was not easy to see how that window
could have been used without any tracks
being visible. The burglary was commit
ted in the light of full moon in the CEN
tre Of the city, with lights and windows
everywhere The absence Of tracks in the
mud under the open window, the fact that
the safe door was opened without injury
or violence and by the regular combina-
tion and the singular anticipation by only
three days of the arrival OF chronometer
lock previously ordered, raised an uncom-
Portable suspicion that the thieves were
no common robbers, and possessed more
of certain kind Of knowledge than pro-
tessional burglars ordinarily would. More
over, the neatness of the bank floor, the
absence of tools, and the failure of any one
in the vicinity to hear any sound, made
the affair exceedingly enigmatical. The
combinations of the locks were known to
only Teller Packer and the cashier, a man
OF high character, so there was nothing
left tor the guilty party to do but to con-
TESS his crime and give up his booty.
Year: 1876

Have you risen from your bed after short sleep to
find yourself nearly suffocated with Catarrhal mat
ter in your nose, head, and throat? Have you no.
ticed wha,a depressing influence it exercises on the
mind. bunting its faculties, besides enervatng the
body as we'll? How difficult to rid the head Of this
foul matter all testify who afflicted with Ca
tarrah. How difficult to protect the system against


its further progress towards the lungs and bronchial
tubes all physicians testify. 1t is terrible dis
ease, and cries out for relief To be freed from the
danger of slgtfocation while lying down; to breathe
freely, sleep soundly and undsturbed; to know thai
no poisonous, putrid matter defes the breath and
undernines the system; to know that the body does
not through its veins and arteries carry the poison
that is to destroy, is indeed blessing. To pur
chase immunity from such a fate should be the OBJ


ect of all afflicted. But those who have tried many
remedies and physicians despair of relief or cure.
They become increduous. With such the long ar
ray OF stmonials from best citizens physicians,
and drippistS in favor Of
Year: 1876

Must convince them that it possesses great merit
willie the and original method of its prepara-


ton when studied with the disease satisfies the
mind of any reasonable person that its method o.
Year: 1876

Il. A. Gilbert, member from Androscog-
gin county introduced the general subject
of fences and fencing which had been as
signed to severel different members A
brief abstract will give an idea of what it
was desired to bring out at the meeting.


A small portion only OF the work done
on and around our farms is devoted direct
ly to production. While the acreable re-
Year: 1876

Thus becomes a powerful purifying agent i'll over
coming the poisonous action of the rotten matte
that has, during sleep, dropped into the throat ant


mingled with the contents of the stomach, to be ub
Year: 1876

Removes by single application the hard, encruste
matter from the nose. opens up the nasal passage
allows the sufferer to breathe freely and enjoy fC
the first time the pleasures of Il full breath
Year: 1876

It is not often that we specially mention a
patent until it has been thoroughly tested and.
found to be what the projectors claim for it ;
but we saw neat little contrivance yesterda r
for fastening carpets that so obviously supple 3
a long-felt want that We cannot forbea1 calm =
nnblfc attention to it. It Is called CLARK 6
Patent Carpet Fastener By using it we d %
away entirely with the tack and tack-hammtr r
nuisance, and place our carpets more securely n
the door in much less time and without any d
the fuss aud furry that has always eharactelr +
lied carpet-laying heretofore Among its othe r
merits We may mention that It is cheap and yer y
ornamental. Our renders may sec the carpe +
fastener practically tested at Room 81, No. IL
Dearborn street.
Year: 1876

"Of all the loye affairs in the world.
none can surpass the true love of the bi o
boy for his mother. 1t is pure love and
noble, honorable in he highest degree to
both. do not mean merely a dutiful af-
fection. mean a love which makes boy
gallant and courteous TO his mother, saying
to everybody plainly that he is fairly in
love with her. Next to the love of hus-
band, nothing so crowns woman's life
with honor as this second love, this devo :
ton of her son to her. And never vet
knew boy turn ont bad who began by
falling in love with his mother. Any man
may fall in love with q fresh faced girl,
and the man who is gallant with the girl
may cruelty neglect the worn and weary
wife. But the boy who is lover to his
mother. in her middle age, is true kuight
who will love his wife as much in he sere
leaved autumn as he did in the daisied
spring time"
Year: 1876

PALATABLE DOCTRINE.-Int the Demo ocratic
caucus Monday night Mr.. Humphreys, the
successor of Speaker Kerr, took the view
that the two houses, when they assembled
to witness the count of the electoral vote,
were in Joint convention, and that major
ity Of all the members OF the joint conven-
ton would have the power to decide any
question which might arise. This doctrine
OF Mr.. Humphreys was said by some of the
members to be very comfortable doctrine
il it. could only be carried out, but there
were not enough who believed in it to ac-
complish that much.


In the course Of the discussion there was
considerable allusion to the recent utter
ances of President Grant, and many Of the
members were quite strong in expressing
their opinion OF the Presidents course and
his language, and expressed their determi-
nation to maintain all the constitutional
rights of Mr.. Tilden to the presidential
chair.


The Senate and House joint Democratic
caucus committee were in session for some
time Monday night considering the form of
an address to be issued to the people of the
country. H S... %~


Speaker Randall has received letter
from an ex-Republican Governor of one OF
the western States, in which the writer says
that the people Of that section are
thoroughly aroused. that Democrats and
Republicans say that Tilden is elected, and
shall be inaugurated.
Year: 1876

- ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.
Sergeant Angle and Policeman Charter yes
terday arrested colored youth named Will.
liam Nelson, charged with firing into the
boat Of Henry Riddle on Monday night.


The boat was lying in the basin between


Tenth and Eleventh streets, and Nelson and
others had endeavored to steal wood landed
from it, and had been driven away. Mex,
son returned with a pistol, and fired into
the boat, but luckily without hurting any
one. Examination this morning.
Year: 1876

Our last, or rather first, notice OF Christ
mas was read by our readers-that is, il
they read them at all-in exceedingly chilly
weather, with keen winds bowling around
us, and icy reminders OF the sufferings OF
needy and exposed persons, and, indeed,
with no especial consolation save the pro-
mise afforded by the freezing temperature
that we should have plenty OF ice for sum-
mer-time to cool our water and to use in
hundred ways in giving pleasure and health
to us all. That was indeed consoia-
ton; but the weather put temporary
embargo upon shopping and checked
the preparations for the coming glo-
rious festival. Since then the keen
winds have ehauled OFF" and directed
their wild rage to some other field, which is
far more agreeable to US. The temperature
has become gentle and the sun genial and
the business Of spinning street-yarns, and
cheapening, and catering, is begun afresh.
How delightful it is for such bright pc
riod to follow cold snap, People on the
streets look so gay; and the young ladies,
clad in the gay fashions Of the day, look so
brightly glad and SO bewitchingly beauti-
full. Every poor old man who walks
the streets OF Richmond on bright
day is sure to say, 81 would l
were boy again." BY the way,
now that we think on it, there are SO many
pretty girls in Richmond! Did you ever
see the like? Which reminds us that we
are forgetting our subject in this scene Of
life and beauty. Yet it is most congenial
with the temper CT the season that one
should think Of the life and love Of youth.
This grand season is full of promise-the
promise OF an everlasting youth, and the
hope that is ever fresh and never obscured
by cloud.
Year: 1876

With few exceptions teamsters guido and
drive their horses and mules quite too much
with the reins. Most teams are so accus.
toned to be pulled and hauled incessantly
by the lines that they do not know how to
act when the driver is not tugging away,
applying the whip and bswling. Horses
should be taught to 60 where the driver
would have them when the reins are slack.
If horse is hcadstrong and the driver is
required to hold him back with firm hand
it is sometimes a sensible practice to put on
a check rein and require the animal to carry
his head a little higher than he is accus-
toned to carry it without a check rein.
When driver is moving grass with ma
chine he should hold a steady rem, and avoid
the practice of keeping the heads of the ami.
mails moving incessantly to the right and
lett with constantly vibrating motion.
Let the driver keep his eye on their heads
and foreieet Of the team rather than on the
machine. Let the eye glance only OCCASION
ally at the machine, rather than keep look
ing at the implement, casting glance now
and then at the team. II the team is guided
properly, the implement behind the team
will move in the proper place. A great
many inexperienced drivers will watch the
harrow, or mower or reaper, instead of the
team, and, before they are aware of it the
horses or mules will be two or three feet
either to the right or left of the proper
place. When narrowing we walk by the
side of the driver and instruct him to look
forward of the team along the edge of the
narrowed ground, then keep tho eye on the
head and forward feet Of the animal nearest
the narrowed ground. Hold the lines stead
lily but not too firmly. If you desire the
team to move either way, pull one rein only
little. Avoid pulling the team so far to
the right that you must Immediately haul
on the left line. When the moving machine
is in use, aim to drive straight, which can be
done only by holding steady line. Teach
the team, If possible, to go right with slack
lines. Almost any team can readily be
taught to travel close to the stondng grass
without being hauled by the lines to the
right or left, When the lines are slack and
a team begins to turn only triae too much
to the right or to the left, pull one rein only
triae. Let inexperienced drivers be
taught that the common practice of pulling
and hauling this way and that way on the
lines, and then iretting aud scolding at the
team because they do not move straight for,
ward, will worry and fret a spirited horse
more than all the labor he performs.-N


Y, Herald.
Year: 1876

j. i. Buford asks us the best method to
be pursued in the saving of corn for seed so
as to improve the variety, and inquiries which
Of two ears should be selected when they are
both on the same stalk.


Corn for seed should be gathered and
housed before being exposed to severe cold
or freezing rains, as when left longer in the
field its vitality is greatly weakened. Ifthe
crop is gathered early it is an excellent plan
to have small box, either in the wagon or
attached to the rear end Of the wagon box,
into which ears selected for seed may be
thrown as they are found but if the crop is
not harvested until late, it is better to 90
through the field with basket and select as
much as may be needed.


In selecting the ears for seed, they should
be taken from strong and vigorous stocks,
and should be well ripened. Strip down the
husks and see that the ears arc we'll filled
out and of as nearly the same size as possi-
BILE at both ends Especial care should be
taken that the upper ends Of the ears should
be of good size and filed clear out to the
tip. As far as possible select tho largest
ears; when there are two or more ears on a
stalk, take the best one, whether it be the
upper or lower one, and if both are of fair
quality, take both. The seed ears having
been selected, they should be placed under
a shed, or in some sheltered place for few
days, until they are dry. All the husks ex.
cepting about half dozen should be re-
moved and then, by the use of the remain
ing husks, the ears should be made up into
braids as large as can be handled conven-
iently. The corn should be stored in some
dry place where it will be free from the
attacks of mice, and will not be too cold.
In the Middle and Southern States the seed
may be kept in the granary, but in the
Northern States it will be better to keep it
in the attic or a store-room Of the dwelling
house. When kept perfectly dry, the seed
will endure a much greater degree Of cold
without injury than when kept in an atmos-
phere which has any appreciable amount OF
moisture in it.


The selection and saving Of corn for seed
is one Of tho most important items in the
raising Of the crop, as from inferior seed,
only inferior crops can be hoped for, while
with seed carefully selected year after year,
the crop will show continued Improvement
in both quantity and quality.-OhiO Far.
mer.
Year: 1876

Most good farmers regard clover crop
as Of too much value as food for animals to
admit Of turning under as manure. Yet
there are recorded instances of very sur
prising results from the latter practice.
The following from correspondent of the
Country Gentleman would indicate that in
certain cases it is a profitable use to make
Of the crop.


once had a very poor exhausted lot come
into my possession; the field was naturally
good but run down. 1t was under the plow
the year before. | sowed it to oats, aud
stocked thoroughly the large kind of clover
with the oats. The oats grew only about six
inches high, but there was an excellent catch
and growth of clover. The next season the
clover stood thick and high. sent the
harrow ahead of the plow exactly as l
wanted to plow, and not much faster
When the harrow came round | took my
bag of Nova Scotia plaster, and sowed one
cast at the rate of three bushels to the acre,
then followed with the plow, about seven
inches deep, until the field was finished. The
clover was in blossom. In August har-
rowed it thoroughly and sowed to rye. had
an excellent crop of rye, and have never
failed to get good crop on the field since,
except in a small corner, which was too
stony to turn the clover under at the time.
All the crops since have showed the effect
Of that clover and plaster. The stones on the
whole field have since been removed, and,
with others, form a handsome fence on the
four sides of the field, and | can now hoe
NOW, or pasture at pleasure.
Year: 1876




There is no improvement which farmers
can make, that constitutes so radical, lasting
and pro6t.returning an investment as the
draining Of wet lands. The removal of stag
nant water from such land is equivalent to
the creation of q new soil. 1t becomes ca.
pable Of producing better and more valu.
able quality Of vegetation. A striking il
lustration of this capacity is the immediate,
spontaneous appearance Of red clover 10 the
place of swale grasses. The finest aud
most luxuriant crops OF corn, potatoes, ce-
reals and grass are produced where the poor
est quality of hay was formerly the only
crop, if even that, that could be raised. Soil
which was only moderately wet, the crops of
which were dependent on dry season, be-
comes the most certain and reliable of all
the fields upon the farm.


The elements of fertility, which were
drowned in stagnant water, are set free. The
rain, with all its refreshing influence and
fertilizing material, percolates freely through
the soil, dissolving the plant-food and fitting
it to be absorbed by the rootlets Of plants.
The sun warns it aud the atmosphere revives
it. Soil not before fit for cultivation can be
traversed by teams and the machinery of the
farm. In word, soil which was before un-
productive becomes the most valuable.


The work of draining varies with the con-
dition of the soil. Soft, peaty or loamy
lands admit the use of draining pows, while
those Of a harder texture or filled with
boulders, require manual labor. Digging
drains with pick and spade is manual labor.
There is no chance for putting sleight of
hand in the place of muscle But it is
work that pays. If the mechanical cond-
tion Of unproductive fields were changed by
drainage, there would be less complaint of
the unprohtableness Of farming.


There are several methods Of constructing
the water.course in the bottom of drains.
The most orthodox is by the use Of tile.
Where tile can be procured at moderate rates
at small cost for transportation and the soil
is such that narrow drain can be made by
the use of scoops and small other draining
tools, tile are probably the most economical
Other material such as slabs, brush and
stones are often used. When the ditch must
be dug wide enough for the laborer to stand
in and small stones are plenty, there is no
trouble in making water course as porma-
nent as tile and much cheaper. If the bot
tom soil is soft or il much water is likely to
flow, board should be laid upon the bottom
else the stones will sink out Of place
or become undermined A water.course
should be laid, its size to correspond with
the flow of water-two or threo inches up
to foot in width and height. Let the holes
be chinked with stones, n layer of straw
old hay or sods packed in, and the earth re-
placed. Two feet of earth above the stones
is none too much. The danger in stone-
drains is that the soil will be washed down
and clog the course. The deeper and more
compact the soil above the stones the more
secure from such accidents.


Let any farmer who doubts the value of
drains; try it for himself.
Year: 1876

Mr., j. s. Lattimer writes to the National
Live Stock journal


was not little amused at veteran
pair Of wel-to.do persons, who had raised a
a large family and accumulated q goodly
share Of this worlds goods, at fair in Henry
county, ILL.,, where grand display of several
leading herds of this part Of the state were
on exhibition. After looking with much
interest over the many very fine animals,
aud asking many questions as to their merits,
they seated themselves near, in the shade,
the old lady remarking ito her better half,
with significant look and gesture "Them
cattle are purity to look at, but they're no
count for milk-won't raise their own calves
have to have some old scrub to suckle
their calves. They'd be purity COWS for a
young pair, like we was forty years ago, to
start with. How would we have raised all
the boys and girls that we have, and without
milk2 You've got to have milk to raise
calves and pigs, and children, too, old man !''
That's so there is no use of dodging the
question and the true answer.


What do you want cattle for Rich men
and lords can afford to have them for pedi-
grees and playthings but the toiling mass of
farmers will not dare to overlook the useful,
practical and essential qualities of Shorthorn
cows. And if the breeders Of America would
comprehend the real wants and wishes of the
American farmer, and quit breeding for ped.
igree alone, and breed for the true merits Of
cattle-beef and milk-instead, as is now
the disposition, of breeding for pedigree,
without any Of the above qualifications, then,
and not until then, shall we see farmers en-
listing en- naasSe in the enterprise. will
say, for the benefit of Mr.. Cook and Others
that l have always found the Shorthorn COW
equal, if not superior to any other for milk
and butter and believe that amongst tho
old and reliable families of cattle, where they
have been bred for the useful qualities las
they should be) you may yet find cows that
have no superior at the pail | have at
least three families in my herd, and all the
fault find with them is, they give too much
milk. l have had no other than thorough
bred cows on my farm for three years past,
and have only MIXED what had to-that
is, what the calves would not take-and at
this time, from eight COWS -four of them hef-
ers), raising nine calves, we are getting four
pailfuls per day and | have never sat down
to my table without having an abundance Of
nice butter, and plenty of milk and rich
cream, which think good thing for chill
dren, as well as calves and pigs, all three of
which are strictly essential on a welregula-
ted farm.
Year: 1876

The corn harvest is hastened this season
by the extraordinary drouth that has pre-
vailed all over the state. On light or thin
soils the corn died while in the milk and the
crop will be light. The old way of topping
corn is rarely seen at present. Cutting at
the ground is found to give as heavy crop
of corn, while the fodder is worth a great
deal more-an acre of bright corn.fodder
being estimated as equal in value to ton
Of hay, The most common method, aud
that which gives the 6rmest stook is to set
it around a hill which remains uncut until
the corn is husked or carted to the barn.
The center hill remains green and aggravates
the tendency of the fodder to heat in the
NOW.


Standing the corn up against jack until
it is bound, after which it is withdrawn, OBJ
viates the necessity of leaving hill in the
center, 1t does not stand as firm, and is
more liable TO blow over, or to "squat.
Ike labor is perhaps a little more thar
where it is set around the hill


Farmers sometimes throw the corn on thu
ground in bundles, which are afterwards
bound and pat up in shocks. This way il
more laborious.


Whichever method is adopted, pain
should be taken to stand tho corn up firmly
for if it falls it soon rOts on the ground
both grain aud fodder.


Corn should be cut up before frosts tOucl
the leaves; If it is caught in a frost, th,
sooner afterwards ii Is cut the better. If
Year: 1876

At meeting of the N. Y. Farmers Club,
Giles 0'Keeler, said he had two horses that
give evidence of the appearance of bone
spawn by all who examined them. For a
number of months lameness appeared with
out any visible cause. At last the growth
became visible, and he used in all, about half
a pint of oil of spike for each horse, apply
ing it once in two or three days with swab.
A large teaspoon will contain about the guam
tity for each application. The horse he now
owns was lame seven or eight months. For
the past six weeks he has not taken lame
step, being in use at all times when needed T;
no enlargements or punches remained,
Should there be those who apply the above
remedy, after learning the result, he will be
glad to hear from them.