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Year: 1875




1t is an absurd but very common error TO
suppose that disOrdered condition of the
liver can be remedied by simple cathartic.
Such is, however. far from being the case.
Cathartics do not touch the liver at ALL II is
only when las in the case Of HOstetter' S
combined with tonic and stimulatiye ele-
ments, that the great secretive gland is d.
rectly acted upon. The Bitters, although suf.
hciently laxative to relieve the bowels mod
eratey, do not owe their anti-biliOus effects
to purgation, merely, but TO their power of
rousing the liver from its inaction and i'm.
pelling 1t to secrete and distribute the bile in
sufficient quantities for the purpose of diges-
tiOn and evacuation. Its effect upon the
stomach and bowels is such as to ensure the
regular discharge Of the functions named and
prevent abstraction or vitiatiOn of the hillary
huid-in other words. to secure entire co.
operation with the liver
Year: 1875

/ THE particulars of an interesting oc-
currence at the corset factory Of Mr.. i,


Strouse, on Oak street, Tuesday, will be
of interest to students Of those occult
matters in the mental and physical con-
ditions of human beings which for ages
have puzzled the physicians and philos-
ophers of the world. The facts, in brief,
are as follows: In the factory of Mr..
Strouse large number of young la9les,
some of considerable intelligence, are
employed in the various branches OF
work usually performed in every factory
of the kind in the, country At about
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon OF Tues
day, a small knot Of the girls stood chat


ting together on different TOPICS. based


upon current events as reported in the


newspapers, and by natural progression


in the talk they came to speak Of sudden


deaths, and of the recitals Of cases


where persons had been cut off from life


without previous warning of the near
ness Of their dying day. There was all


at once felt among the girls the shadow


of solemnity as-ofsthe sweep of a pail


through the room, and the conversation,
which had been quite lively, was in a


moment hushed as though a spell of ST.
lence had been laid on every tongue.


One particularly spirited and pretty


girl-Miss being perhaps disin-


clined to acknowledge The rather un-


usual and fearsome sense of something
awful which had come among them, in


an effort at playfulness placed on the


bench near one of the young girls a COM
mon land-turtle which had been picked


up somewhere. The girl on whose bench
it was laid turned and saw ii, gave a


Shrek which sounded elf1shin intensity,
and Immediately fell to the floor ia a


faint as though she had been dead. 1hls
apparently led to touch of horror IN
the minds of the other girls, some OF
whom grew white.in consequence, with
/ a. set expression on their faces, and Tor
an instant not word or cry was uttered-
Soon the same kind of thing happened to
another of the girls. She fell to the
floor IN what looked like a dead faint, or
the trance of person exhausted by pro-
longed mental excitement, leading to ex-
naustion. Shortly another girl was
seized with the same kind OF an attack,
and she, toe, yielded to the influence


and was numbered with those who had
already given way One after another
of the girls tainted and fell, until no less
than seven of the young ladies had Leen
brought low. The affair was SO un-
expected that CONSERVATION or at least
] deep interest was shown by the Workmen
Year: 1875

then you shall see that God never makes
a promise He does not keep, and that
holy, unfulfilled longing which makes
your heart ache SO intolerably isGod's
promise to you that you will be satisfied
when you wake in Hislikeness. sflT r.
~ We cannot hide that some have striven,


Achieving calm, to whom was given ~


A joy that mixes man with heaven; -


Who, rowing hard against the stream,


Saw distant gates of Eden gleam,


And did not dream it was dream.


There are those always and everywhere
who, withSa sure faith in God, in that
fatherhood Christ opened to ussso per-
fectly, find their faith forever blooming
into hope that is not seen, and because
they hope for that they see not they
with patience wait for it. ~
!. And so it is, dear friends, that, as your
minister, commend to you this glorious
gift of God-whatever comes as in itself
a solid blessing and power to help you
to win all blessing. Make sure that you
are true to the laws out of which true
hope must spring;s that it rests in God as
that of the husbandman rests in the land
and the seasons, and then that you are
steadily working out your part of the
olVIhC OuoluCoo Ill liz pSopy, SS1HSAA +" oy
but with large and generous purpose,
and then there will be in you a secret
spring of gladness nothing can destroy.
There viii not be day when you will
not be aware that this holy spirit is lift
ing you out of mere realities, as we call
them, into this sunny heaven, day when
there will not be bloom and fragrance
Of the heart born of hope that can never
die, so strange, SO sure, and so full that
only after THESE blessed words of the
deepest and divinest inspiration that
gem our Scriptures with light and glory
can the full worth of this treasure be
told by our poet as he sings


Eternal hope, ere fonder spheres sublime
Pealed their first notes to tune the march of


time,


Thy joyous youth began, and shall not fade
When all the sister planets have decayed;
When wrapped in flame the realms of ether


glow,


And Heavens last thunder shakes the world


below,


Thou, undismayed, shall o'er the ruins smile,
And light thy torch at Natures funeral pile.
Year: 1875

employed in the mems department.
Some of them grew pallid and tremulous
as if with sudden fear and pretty soon
one of them was taken with an attack
similar to that which afflicted the young
ladies. He apparently summoned all
the forces of his mind and body to resist
the mysterious tendency, but he, too,
yielded and tainted away The thing
began to look serious. What allied every
body? was the question with everybody
not Immediately affected by or under
control of this singular nervous dispen-
sation, and at this juncture so painful
was the sense of apprehension that when
Mr.. Morris, the foreman, ordered stop
page of the work and a dispersion of the
work people to their homes great relief
was felt. All were required to move oft
quietly, and by this judicious treatment
no further demonstration became possi-
ble.-Neao Ho0en Gonna Journal.
Year: 1875

LOST AND FoUND.-0nce more do we
feel it our pleasing duty TO remind our
readers of the benefits of advertising and
to illustrate with apractical example,
Ia our last issue there was a notice to the
effect that A. Magner had lost silver
watch and requesting that the finder leave
it at this office. Mark the effect Before
our edition was half worked off, the watch
was found at a jewelers. being repaired.
Such are the effects of advertising, oh !
yc unbelieVers.
Year: 1875

A TRAIN WRECKED AT BULL RUIZ BRIpGE-THE EN-
| CINE AND SEVERAL CARS TUMBLE DOWN AN EN-
| BANRMEsr.


WARRINGTON, July 81
Yesterday. serious accident occurred to tho
north bound passenger train of the Virginia
Midland r. r., near Bull Run BRIDGE Is or go
miles south of Alexandria.


Tho accident was caused by the breaking of a
fiange OF driving wheel of the engine probably
caused by defect in the track at that point.


Tho engine was thrown down an embankment
about 10 feet and turned upside down. The
baggage, smoking and ladies' car followed it and
were piled upon and around tho engine. The
sleeping car did not leave the track. The engine
tender and baggage car were badly broken.


The baggage master was hurt in'thei head and
injured internally 1t is thought ho will die.
One passenger had his arm sprained and several
received scratches and cuts from broken glaea.
The engineer and ilremen were taken ont from
beneath the debris entirely unhurt.


There were about thirty.five passengers on
board.


On Wednesday an accident occurred at the
same place to a freight train, the engine of
which was lying ON the eide of tho embankment
and prevented the ladies' car from plunging to
tho bottom, and perhaps averting loss of life.


1t is stated that the freight train was thrown
off the track by an obstruction dosignedly placed
upon it,
Year: 1875

PETITION FOR THE COMPUTATION OF TIN


DEATH SENTENCE OF A JERSEY MURDERER


The following petition, which is sig ned by about
800 citizens, was presented to the New Jersey
Court OF Pardons, now in session at Trenton:-
''We the undersigned, residents OF the county OF
Middlesex ana State OF Sew Jersey, respectfully,
but earnestly pray Of your honorable body to COM
mute the sentence OF death pronounced on
Michael Sullivan for the murder OF Daniel Tai
mage TO imprisonment for life. Michael sullivan
was tried and convicted before the Court OF Oyer
and Termlner OF the SAID county OF Mddesex,
and the whole OF the evidence against him was OF
purely circumstanta character, and TO great
many who nave heard the evidence 1t icit doubt
in their minds as TO the guilt OF sullivan, and we
hnmbly think that IN donbtfll case the ends OF
justice will be sufficiently answered by his I'M.
prisonment for life, instead OF having the dread
penalty OF death carried into effect. We do there.
lore respectfully but earnestly pray OF your
honorable body to exercise the spirit of clcmency
and save the lie OF o young man, only twenty.
three wears OF age, VINO may be innocent OF the
crime OF murder, and we VIII ever pray"


sullivan was sentenced TO DC hanged ON the 9th
OF ADril next,
Year: 1875

There is more wealth concentrated in the
city of Hartford than in any other city Of
double its size in the United States, and that
wealth is mostly the profits Of insurance. e.-Er-
change.


Yes; drawn principally from the West.
Part of the process Of depletion which
has been going on for years, until it is
represented now by wealth in the East
and mortgages in the West.


When will the people learn to protect
themselves by encouraging home compa.
nies!


We hope to see town insurance compa-
nies formed all over the State.
Year: 1875

We print in another column letter
from Spring Valley foreboding revolu'
ton:


"The raven is hoarse


That croAked the fatal entrance Of Duncan,


Under these lattlements."


We trust the wisdom Of the corpora
tions and the moderation of tho people
will prevent any such results as are there
in depicted; nevertheless We can see
plainly that il the Supreme Court Of the
United States makes another Dred Scott
decision, and declares that the people are
powerless in the hands Of the corpora
tions, there will be no relief save IN
amendment to the constitution or revolu-
ton. God forbid that the last alterna-
tive should ever be presented to US! We
trust never again to hear the hoarse roar
Of the cannon IN our land. We cannot.
we will not believe that the madness
Of men will ever again unel,ain those hor-
rible passions Of the human heart. Wal
is remedy only less terrible than thu
disease which proyokes it, and it leave:
wounds upon the breast Of civilization
which centuries cannot altogether heal.
Year: 1875

Y Of the corps Of officers sent out from
military headquarters at st. Paul., to ID.
vestigate and report upon the needy and
suffering on our frontier from grasshop-
per devastation, Col. Mcclure and Lieut..
Scott are still absent, being in Dakota
Territory, and from whence Capt. Tisdell
arrived this morning. The two officers
still out are expected in before the close
Of the week, when the joint report Of all
officers engaged will be made up and the
distribution at once begun. The search
thus far made. as might be supposed. has
developed various instances Of fraud, yet
the discovery and proper rebuke Of which
will only serve to render the aid given to
those truly deserving the more appreci-
able.


While it. is impossible to give at this
time a numerical statement Of the lists Of
sufferers in the several counties and dis
tricts Of country already visited, yet
enough is known to warrant the assertion
that the total number will he consider
ably less than has been generally sup
posed.
Year: 1875

By GoRToN NICHOLS.
Give him lift II Don't kneel in prayer,
Nor morallze with his despair.
The man is down and his great need
Is,-ready help;-not prayer and creed.
,T;s time when the wounds are washed and


healed.
That the Christly motives be revealed;
But now whatever the Spirit be
Mere words are but mockery.
One grain of aid just now is more
TO him than tones of sanity lore
Pray if you must. in your full heart,
But give him lit Give him startl
The world is full of good advice,
Of prayer and praise and preaching nice;
But the generous souls who aid mankind,
Are scarce as gold and hard to find.
Give like Christian! Speak in deeds,
A noble life's the best Of creeds.
And he shall wear royal crown
Who gives 'em a lift when they are down.
Year: 1875

THE Local Pass. The com-
mittee on Progress to the National
Council, at meeting held May 4,
1876, unanimously


Resolved, That we request all
subordinate councils Of Progress
i've Farmers to exert themselves,
as far as possible, in favor Of a
liberal support to the local press
of the country, knowing as we do
that in a well-sustained local press
lies one of our greatest aids to
general prosperity in the land.
Progressive Farmer
Year: 1875

The marvellous pliability of the animal to
meet the requirements Of humanity, is not
confined merely to external shape, but is al
so found as markedly 10 the functions and
changes in this respect are as noteworthy,
although generally overlooked, as the more
obvious changes OF form.


Let us now examine few Of the leading
breeds, with reference to dairy uses, express.
ing rather facts than opinions, remembering
to apply our facts to the type Of the breed
rather than to the exceptional COW and as
we are limited for time, we will consider but
few of many features Let us first de-
scribe the typical uddor Of our breeds.


In the Ayrshire COW the glands OF the I'D
der are fattened and held firmly to the belly
by fbrous and in part elastic tissue. The
teats are small, cylindrical and set far apart,
The teats are prolOngation Of the gland
structure, in order to form an outlet for the
secretion. AS the gland is hattened, the
affinity seemingly required by structure is,
that the teat should be rather short than fiat
tened that is, cylindrical rather than cone
shaped. This shape of teat is feature Of
the Ayrshire COW, dependent on the struc-
ture Of the udder glands aud therefore when
fault is found with the shortness Of the Ayr
shire teat, we are really complaining,
through the teat, of that which in the Ayr
shire cow is a feature Of her usefulness
Year: 1875

Several receipts are given to remove the
pain and prevent the swelling of bee stings
As both these effect very capriciously, some-
times the pain and swelling beiag immense,
while at other times they are mere nothing
all the remedies applied have in turn won
and los! the reputation Of being good for
bee stings, while the truth is that not one is
altogether cifcctual. The small drop Of
venom being deposited under the skin, no
drug applied on the skin can penetrate deep
enough to neutraliZe it. Y ct when one
fears that the subsequent effects will prove
fatal, the application Of congresses soaked
in cold water are to be resorted to in order
to remove the subsequent inflammation. 1t is
also an obvious fact that the human body
can get used to the venom Of bees and that
the more you are stung the less will be tho
pain aud the swelling Of the sting. But MS
this last remedy is not very pleasing, | adj
wise the beginners to avoid the sting as
much as possible, and they can obtain this
result in learning TO handle bees.


First-Use a veil Of black material put
upon a round hat with large rim; COM
mon aborer's summer hat is very good for
that purpose The veil passed around the
rim has a rubber string which ties it against
the neck Second-Use smoke to prevent
the anger Of the bees. For smoker moth
ing is better than small lump Of white rot
ten wood perfectly dry, or roll Of linen or
cotton rags interspersed with some sprigs Of
dry grass have seen in Italy and in
France several kinds Of bellows and smok-
- 4,
manage was tube Of tin little more than
an inch IN diameter and about eight inches
long. This tube was filed with a roll Of
linen or cotton rags which burned slowly,
To extinguish it the cotton roll was drawn
inside of the tube aud the tube driven in the
ground.


If bees are unusually cross, 60 before the
entrance of the hive and send in two or
three puAs of smoke; remove the cover Of
the hive, raise carefully the honey board,
sending some smoke inside the hive. Re-
move the honey board, send little smoke
between the combs aud your bees will be in
good disposition for the time of your opera
ton. As soon as you see some bees run
ming to and fro on the tops OF the frames,
quiet them with little smoke. Remember
that the handling of bees is more easy be.
tween ten in the morning aud three in the
aiternoon-in clear than in cloudy day
in spring and summer than in fall, and
with pure Italians than with black gray or
hybrid bees.


As to gloves, cannot advise their use,
for they are inconvenieut 1t is better to
leave them alone. and TO learn 10 handle
bees.-AmericaN Bee Journal.
Year: 1875

Farmers frequently complain Of the infe-
riority Of the stock they have purchased,
when the fault is entirely their own that the
stock don't turn out well aud in nothing is
this truer than in the care Of male pigs.
These are frequently bought up at high
prices, and as soon as brought home they are
turned out with dozen or two Of scrubs, to
run after and fret themselves over all the
time thus stunting their growth and never
tnrning out we'll. The man who has bought
them is partly to blame, for he has never
given them chance to develop themselves.


They ought to be put in good tight
yard, away from other hogs, there given an
opportunity to grow and develop themselves.
They should not be used as breeders at all
until year old, and then sows should be ad-
mtted to their pen for a short time only
10 this way pigs can be grown that will be
a credit to the breeder and owner. But, moi
one farmer in twenty pursue this course
The pig three or four months old is turned
with ten or twenty sows, and is worried all
the time, and becomes a disgrace to the
breeder and owner. - Colmaa'S Rwal
World
Year: 1875

noticed in your last issue an editorial
advocating the introduction Of butter and
cheese factories, mainly on the ground that
they will lessen the labor of the farmers
wives.


Now am in favor of anything that prom
ises-with prospect of ful6llment-to to re-
lieve the overworked housewives Of por-
.ion of their labors, but think it can be
done in an easier way, and one that will
pay better, than the establishment of butter
and cheese factories.


In community where the dairies are as
small as they are in Lamoille County or in
fact in most parts of the state, in order to
obtain milk sufficient to make factory prof
table the milk must be brought from the
surrounding country for a distance Of from
three to FIVE miles, and have known Of its
being carried even further than that Now
it will take any one from an hour and
half to two hours every morning to hitch up
team and carry their milk off, even three
miles, and then when he gets back the house,
wife hss the cans to wash, and also the pans
that the nights milk was strained in, which
will be about two for every COW in the dairy.


Let us compare the amount Of work nee.
essary in carrying the milk to factory
with that required in taking care Of the milk
at home by the use of the large pans and
coolers that arc being so generally introduce
ed throughout the state BY the aid OF
these any woman can easily take all the
care of the milk from ID to 90 cows in from
twenty to thirty minutes. There is no lift
ing and carrying off the SKINNED milk, and
no water to bring and heat except enough to
wash and scald one pan, which will not re-
quire so much as will be needed to wash and
scad the cans and pans when carrying milk
TO the factory. The sour milk, also, in
feeding hogs or calves, is quite an item, ard
that is all lost in patronizing the cheese fac
tory, and the whey is hardly worth carrying
home; consequently some farmers who used
to raise fifteen or twenty calves, and have
two or three fat hogs to sell every summer
now have to buy their meat and young
stock from some of their neighbOrs, who do
not believe in cheese factories.


There are other reasons that might be
mentioned, and | may do so at some future
time, and taking everything into account |
am inclined to believe that there is less work
and more profit ia taking care Of the milk at
home with a set of the large pans, than in
carrying it off to factory. H. B. NJ.


Morristo,oa, Dec. %.
Year: 1875

A correspondent of the Massachusetts
PloughmaR, S. q. u. Works, Ossipe, n. H.,
thus discourses on raising minks 1t is a
new industry and shows how even enemies to
the farm and poultry yard may be utilized :


There appears to be some things not well
understood by the reading public, one of
which may be named as the science Of mink
culture, on the subject OF which am receiv-
ing many letters of inquiry. To answer all
by mail would take too much Of my time as
well as quite a revenue in postage stamps.
have thought that perhaps au article or
two might be Of interest to many Of your
readers.


1t has been found by long and persistent
effort that the mink cannot be made TO breed
in confinement when caught in wild state
but will breed after being fully domestcated.
BY procuring the young before their eyes
were open and rearing by hand, or perhaps
on cat, when one can be found that will
mother them, success is easier.


After some pretty expensive experiments
have succeeded in breeding them, afford
ing fair profit for tne outlay. The profits
this year average about Sl45 to the pair. no
mink being killed for their iur, as ready
sale is made Of all that can raise at $40
per pair, sold alive. But for their fur alone
no branch OF industry in this country will
pay better. Minks are very prolific, seldom
losing any Of their young, and they rear
from six to nine at litter, and in one case
fourteen.


They will eat any kind of lean meat,
birds, fish, frogs, woodchucks, in fact any
thing of game kind, and appear especially
fond of beef liver aud poultry.


shall probably winter ten pairs OF old
mink this year, and another year propose to
enlarge my works. There appears to be a
prevailing idea that they cannot be kept in
large numbers together This is mistake,
for it properly cared for during the breed
ing season-at which time it is not safe to
have more than two females to one male in
the same pen, they do well"