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Year: 1870




Fot few men who, having been bred to
other business, enter more or less largely
into farming at or after the meridian of life,
are imposed upon by those in their employ
who fail to do fair days work, and yet
demand price that should secure all that
a man is capable of accomplishing. We
propose to go over the whole ground, and
Indicate what good man can do, industri-
ously working 10 hours. Although where
men are hired by the month, they are ex-
pected to make in pleasant weather about
IL hours in the summer, as there are num-
berless days during the season when, in
conseque ence of rain or some, other cause,
they work less, if they work at all. Begin
with


WINTER WORK.


In the matter of cutting wood in the
woods-an employment which vast num-
Der of men follow-one cord and a half of
hard wood cut four feet long and split, and
two cords of soft, cut the same length, is
all that an average man can do. Ii the
trees are short and scraggy, he will do less,
and, under most favorable circumstances,
could not be expected to do more.


AT the wood-pile, 10 hours should suffice
to saw cord of four-foot wood into 16-inch
sticks, and split in readiness for the stove.


In the matter of threshing, another
winter employment, 10 bushels of rye, Is
of barley, and 25 of oats is all that good
man can average, working from sun to sun,
any day between the 1st of December and
the 1st of February.


WORK IN THE SPRING.


Among the earliest things to be done
about farm is overhanlihg the barnyard
and stable-manure -"heaping it, as farm
ers say At this business with n good
dung-hook AMI light four-tined fork,
man can easily do thirty cart-loads or
about fifteen cords. We have known a
man who threw out of hog-yard, over
four-foot fence, twenty-five heavy loads of
this heaviest and hardest manure in nine
hours, digging it all up from the bottom of
the yard This was a good days work.


In the transportation of the manure to
the fields, a man can fill his own cart
(holding half cord) and drive an Ox-team
half mile to the lot, and take out fifteen
loads day, pulling it out into heaps. If
he dumps it, he can do something more.


In the matter of plowing on fair soils,
when the sward is not terribly tough, and
the ground is not over full of stones with
good yoke Of cattle, man should plow,
if the day is cool, so that they can be kept
steady, not far from an acre, and do it
well. A good heavy pair of horses on the
same land will do an acre and a half, and
when the soil is sandy or free, they will do
two acres and half, cutting furrow six
inches deep and the usual width.


In the matter of spreading manure when
it has been put out into heaps, 80 loads, if
well done, is good days work.


Taking the common New England style
of planting, a man, after the ground is fur
rowed, should drop his handful of tertiliz-
ing material, drop his corn, and cover at
least half acre day, if the ground is
we'll prepared beforehand.
Year: 1870

CELEBRATED divine, who was remarka-
BILE in the first period of his ministry for a
boisterous mode of preaching, suddenly
changed his whole mannar IN the pulpit,
and adopted, a, mild dlspassionate mode OF
delivery. One OF his brethren observing
it, inquired of him what had induced him
to make the change. He answered, 'When
I was Young thought it was the thunder
that killed the people, but when [ grew
wiser, [ discovered it was the lightning, so
[ determined in future to thunder less and
lightning more.
Year: 1870

The Paris correspondent of the Buffalo
Advertiser, in recent letter. says:


The last review OF the season was held
yesterday, in the Bois de Boulogne, and
being composed entirely of cavalry and
those the choicest regiments of the service
proved a very brilliant affair. The num-
Der in the field was between 30, 900 and
10000, with large train of horse artil-
lery. The cuirassiers of the guard espe-
cially distinguished themselves during the
man@uvres, some of their charges being ex-
ecuted at full speed and with imposing effect,
up to within few yards of where the En-
peror and Empress, both on horseback,
with the Prince Imperial, also in uniform
lin spite of Figaro's advise, were standing
at the hood of the staff. Unfortunately, at
the last charge, two poor fellows were
crushed together at the centre, lifted fairly
out of their saddles by the pressure, and
hurled to the ground amidst the feet of
thousand horses. [ never witnessed d
more frightful looking accident, for one ex-
pected the men to be ground to atoms like
the dust amidst which they were
rolled. There was a general muir
mur of CONSERVATION amongst the
spectators, and an. eager lookout
to ascertain the extent of the mischief,
when the dense body of heavily armed
horsemen had passed like thunderbolt,
or rather like lightning, with their bur
nished armor cleaning in a long Pickering
line in the bright sunshine, and when the
torrent OF dust raised by their charge had
passed away. Then, in one moment, as
quick as thought, an ambulance cart, placed
in readiness against such mischance, shot
out from one side of the parade ground,
and raised and carried off the fallen men.
AS they passed by me I could only observe
that both were quite senseless, and their
breastplates deeply indented with the
horses hnOfS
Year: 1870

An English lalet'S Adventure.


Some few years ago an English lord
paid visit TO this country, bringing
with him as valet fine young fellow
named Henry Carpenter. After trav-
cling about for year, and when his
master was ready to return TO Eng
land, Carpenter concluded to remain
in this country while longer, and
lord and valet separated at Niagara
Falls. After visiting the place for a
few days, Carpenter started TO come
west, and fell in with the Principal of
DeveauX College, located ut the Falls,
and the Principal offered him the sit
uation of steward at the college. For
more than twOyears, or up t0a month
ago, Carpenter held his place, being
ever found trustworthy and reliable,
and gaining the good will of every
one with whom he came in contact.
Then suddenly, almost in single day,
his whole nature changed. He took
to drinking, neglected his business,
was intoxicated day after day, and the
whole faculty were bewildered at his
course. When, afterward, the caused
leaked out, it was found that woman
was aJ lile DOIlODl OF III I'LL.


A noted bad woman had woven her
tolls about the victim, and in less thar
two weeks she had bled him of several
hundred dollars, made him a drunk
ard and a gambler, and caused him to
lose the place he had hOnOrably filled
for so long time. With one bad deed
came others, and Carpenter turned
out Il swindler. He procured suit
of clothing of one merchant, swindled
another out of forty dollars, borrowed
a gold watch of student and then fled,
arriving in Detroit one evening last
week. When his operations become
known, the chief of police of Buffalo
was telegraph to, and he took up the
trail, reaching here soon after Carpen-
ter did, the latter having taken pass
age OH propeller. The chief had no
papers to arrest his man. COntrarily,
he brought the money contributed by
the faculty to pay Carpenters eXpeIss-
e. to any point in the far West he
might choose to go to, and letter,
which spoke of how panied they were
/. his ruin, and how much better
n would have been il he had
Kept in view that old but golden
Injunction: Honesty is the best pol
ICY" He was warned not to come
back. and promise was made to
leave him UNFINISHED providing he
returned theWatch and clothing. He
-Nas found while standing on the steps
of the Russell House, about noon, and
when he learned that cneed not fear
arrest cheerfully turned over the things
accepted fifteen dollars Of the money,
and departed for ChicagO.-DetrOH
Year: 1870

Garfield. from the Committee on
Banking and Currency, reported to-
day on the gold and currency question.
The report gives circumstantial his
tory, and makes the following points !:


First-Prominent bankers and .mer-
chants who testified before the commit
tee, were nearly. unanimous in the opin-
ion that there was no sufficient reason
for the existence Of gold exchanges,
and that they are source of measure-
less evils and ought to be destroyed.


Second-The gold conspiracies dealt
heavy blow at our credit abroad by
shaking the faith of foreign capitalists
in the ability of our trade aud the hon
esty Of our people, and at home the
country was injured in its business and
morality, and the heavy and numerous
defalcations that shortly followed are
clearly traceable to the mad spirit en-
gagged in speculation.


Third - The committee find that
with wicked conspiracy the attempts to
implicate the President of the United
States or his family have utterly failed.
The report is severe on Corbin, who, it,
says, under worse hypocrisy than that
which puts on the guise of religion
and patriotism, used all his arts to learn
something from private conversation
which could be made profitable to him
and his fellow eonspirators. The re-
port relieves Mrs Grant and General
Porter from the suspicious of gold
gambling All the public funds en-.
trusted to Butteriield were faithfully
accounted for 1t is not conclusiyely
proved that he was concerned with the
conspirators, though the evidence on
this point is conflicting, Gould swearing
positively that he bought two lots of all
together million and a half Of gold
for Buttorfeld, who, on the other hand
denies this statement under oath. II
was proved that during his whole tern
of Office he was dealing largely in Uni
ted States bonds on his own account
The committee recommended the adop.
ton OF a resolution that the Committee
Of Ways and Means be instructed te
report a bill lev5ing such tax on gold
exchange and gold exchange clearing,
as in their judgment the interests o
the country demand that the commit,
tee be instructed to inquire into the
expedicncy of reporting billto pun,
ish conspiracy against the credit of thC
country and business of the people.


Cox and Jones unite in minorit,
report They contend that the golC
conspiracy was involved in tie appoint
ment of the Assistant Treasurer a
New York, and was encouraged by
change from the policy of Secretary
McCulloch; that sales Of gold, il a
all made, should be regulated by law
that the committee refused to invcsti
gate the conduct of persons, iucludin,
the President, in Washington, an,
therefore tho investigation was partial
Both reports were laid on the table an'
ordered printed. This gives the com
mittee control of the matter, SO tha
they may call it up at any time.


Cuban Affairs.


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Year: 1870

Some rash fellow says that the Civ
ing of the ballot to women would not
amount to much; for mono of them
would admit that they were old enough
to vote until they were too old to take
any interest in politics.
Year: 1870

HAVING OPENED THE ABOVE HOUSE
i l. the proprietor wishes to announce to the
public that he is now prepared to accommodate
guests in satisfactory manner at the most
reasonable rates. =


The entire house has been newly finished
and furnished throughout in the most complete
and comfortable manner.


Baggage taken to and from the house free Of
barge. 10
Year: 1870

Don Piatt says that not long since
Senator Anthony received letter from
an enthusiastic anti-slAvery woman
soliciting Senator Revel's autograph.
Anthony laid the request before his
friend with the advice to add a line Of
a letter, which Senator Revels promised.
Near the close of the session Anthony
asked for the missive. Senator reveis
said that he had the letter drawn out,
but not yet copied by his clerk. An
thony told him that such proceedings
would not do, as his friends wanted the
autograph. But no reasOniugs could
persuade the Senatorial 0thello that o
fair copy by the clerk was not nicer
than an original from the Senator.
Year: 1870

There are so many sins of more or less
respectable magnitude, and of such in
finite variety, that il seems hardly
necessary to invent new one. This,
however, an Indiana clergyman has
done, he having come to the conclusion
that "the eating of oygters is sin of
which nobody but loafers, gamblers, and
similar characters are guilty" This is
giving the poor bivalves n bad name
merely, we suspect, for being found in
bad company. Why oysters should have
been selected as the prominent esculent
of so many temples dedicated to a bad
Bacchus we do not understand. We
have reason to believe that the oyster,
considered in its native purity, is a
moral shellfsh, and that its eating has
no degrading effect upon human char.
acter, whether it be cooked or whether
It lie eaten on it's shell.
Year: 1870

A Boston lady complains that sweet
tempered dyspectics, little too spiritual
for this world, and little too material
for the next, and who, therefore, seem
always lowering between the two, are
the accepted type OF female Ioveliness
with men. But at length she exclaims
triumphantly that beautiful women,
whatever may be said, never 6nd warmer
admiration nor more Teyerent homage
than that rendered to them in secret bS
their own sex.
Year: 1870

In the New York Court of General
Sessions, oH Tuesday, Mary c. wilkins
was required to plead to an Indictment
for grand larceny. Seven other COM
plants stood against her. When ar
rested on the first complaint, she vol
unfairly informed the officers Of some
other larcenics which she had commit.
ted, and these disclosures led to the
recovery of the property. Her husband,
who is respectable citizen, was IN the
court room. A little daughter of the
prisoner hung fondly about her neck,
sobhing and exclaiming, Poor mother,
poor motherw The Judge gave her one
year in the penitentiary. On the an
of the sentence the prison
or fell to the floor in sW-oon. Her little
daughter was taken from her, uttering
piercing shrieks,a and her husband tnrned
from the bar overwhelmed with grief.
Year: 1870

SOME fresh reconstruction is much
needed in North Caroiina. A Radical
paper tells US that "the Democratic
counties of the State are in o reign OF
terror" Itis singular fact that when
the carpet. baggers and scalawsgs of the
South are about to be turned out of
office by the votes of the people, there
at once springs up reign Of terror.
Year: 1870

The presence of a negro in the Senate
seems to produce on some journalists
the same eject that catnip does en- the
animal it is gamed from. They grovel
and roll over, and crouch, and crawl,
and flv IL at the feet of REvELs. By
every act of self-abasement they strive
to demonstrate the ecstatic delight that
the presence of negro in the Senate
caust them-a negro, too, put there by
the arm of military power!
Year: 1870

AS the Morris and Essex train, due in HOboken at
halfpast eleven last night, was passing the Newark
station, deaf and dumb gentleman became
quarrelsome with his wife who had accom-
panied him on pleasure trip from New York


The conductor Of the tran seeing that the passenger
was rather disordery, had the engine stopped ana
put of the man. Many OF the passengers
say that he was elected on The middle
Of the road, and they heard him scream
piJeously as the train was moving away


The passengers wife and child was conveyed
to H0b0ken, but they were unable TO reach
their homes in New York as the husband
had the key OF their house with him. They appealed
the police station where Sergeant Burke gave them
as suitable an apartment as the miserable station
house contained. The lady seemed very respectable
and had many sJmpathizers among the PASSENGERS
Year: 1870

Meeting Of the Republican General Com.


nittee-vote Of Confidence in MIR. Grim


nell.


The Union Republican General Committee met
at their rooms in Twenty second street last
night. General Cochrane occupied the chair
report was read from committee
Of this organization who had conferred with the
German organization OF the city, and recommending
that that organization be represented in the Repub
llcan General Committee, without the power
to vote. The report was referred to the Executive
Committee to report to the General Committee
long and angry discussion for more than one
hour ensued on The bring OF the room In which
the committee met in Twenty. street, instead


OF q room on Twenty-third street and Broadway
The ultimate result OF this discussion was to endorse
the action OF the committee who had hired the
Twenty street room.


The real business OF the evening came on about
half-past nine O'Clock when Mr.. J. M. ThOmp-
son proposed a long resolution decaratory
OF confidence In the policy of President Grant and
his administration, and ending with the following,


which was evidently the resolution Of the evening"


measures OF the President and his Cabinet oficer
Of the government has been more Jealous
efficient and faithful than the present
Collector OF the port Of New York, and
that this committee sincerely trusts that the well
known confidence reposed by the President in this
capable and popular officer may continue unim-
paired" This resOlutia, after a long and stormy
debate, was approved by "A to rs.
Year: 1870

The annual regatta OF the Atlantic Yacht Club
OF Brookyn-an event interesting to all enthusiastic
yachtmen,no only in our sister city, but through.
out this section OF the country-took place
yesterday, and hardly in the history OF
such ennobling pastime n the bay and
adjacent waters OF New York did q
larger or finer feet OF vessels come together for a
trial OF their sailing qualities. and 1t Is to be re.
joiced that The weather propitious IN some de-
gree for those directly interested in the race and for
the hundreds of spectators The morning broke
bright and beautiful, but before the time arrived to
make the preliminary arrangements for such an
important occasion the sky was overcast, and
the dull, leaden clouds made the heat oppressive
ana what little wind came from the north northwest
IN the hearts OF the ocers and captains Of the fee
No wind The thought wasrankling. what does a
true yachtman desire bat breeze and sun, fresh
one at that? Blue SKY ana bright sunshine are well
enough In their places, but they are secondary
matters when the wind Is so light that you can
all, and, although not fresh ias could have been
desired was sufficient TO develop the racing speed:of


aay q Aas RgaIs aaa cause the ladies 70 V bgll


ief thef anchorage at GowaGHs Bay ana taken po-
stions OF point between.t the Delaplaine House and
placed at the moment OF starting. AS time wore on
Inc Inc Judges ssteamboat the Vlygnia Seymour and
yachts Of sister clubs began 70 arrive and by half
ten O'Clock the scene was Ct the most enliyening
nature. Beauty and music were on the larger boat,
active and earnest men on the smaller, and hopeful
sailors moving about In every conceivable craft, as
u anxious to take chance IN the race for the prizes
The yachts entered for the race were in their appro
pria,e lines with mansais, foresails and
gan topsalls OF the schooners set, and the sails
allowed on the smaller boat IN position But there
a delay, and that delay compulsory, as 1t was a
oead calm; but better state OF affairs was IN re-
serve, as few minutes after eleven O'Clock glad
dening breeze came out FROM the south 0utheast
and Joy suppanted the expressions OF blank DIS.
may. AT once all was hustle and activity, and the
sounds OF preparation were earnest throughout the
feet,
Year: 1870

This was The end OF the outward course for the
firet class soops, and so soon as the spit was
rounded py them they started for home, the fiyaway
leading handsomely, but followed keenly by the new
boat Vivid. The balance, sixteen beautiful boats,
with full spread of canvass bowled away for the


OUTER BAR BUOY.


The Addie V. and Oracle had persevered so pleas
ingy and successfully, still maintaining the lead OF
the eet that il continued the same close contest as
IL had commenced Likewise the larger schooners
were making bold struggle. The boats timed at
the buoy Of the outer bar were the leading one OF
the second and thrd class sloops whose Seaward
tourney terminated here They were the
Year: 1870

The lady managers OF the Williamsburg Industrial
School held fair and festival last evening at rhe
institution In South Third street. The fair was
largely attended Ii will be continued lhis evening.
Year: 1870

II is said that the committee who Investigated the
charges against District Attorney S. ID. Morris Will
OFFER resolution at the next meeting OF the Board
of Supervisors TO the effect that the charges against
that Official and the proceedings OF the committee
be Transmitted 10 The Governor for his action.
Year: 1870

Yesterday Fire Marshal Ready submitted his
monthly report to the Brooklyn Police Board. The
report shows that during the month OF May there
were twenty-our fres ten IN the Eastern and four
teen III the Western district the whole involving a
siI50UO.
Year: 1870

FRARs are entertained that the Florida orange
crop OF this year viii be seriously injured by the
late unusually warm spell of weather. During
the last month the trees have budded. III un-
checked by return Of cold, they will soon be in
blossom. It would be . sad calamity for that
section, where hundreds are dependent upon
their orange crops for living.
Year: 1870

LONDON, Feb. I1-As was expected there wa.
a heavy flow of specie to the Bank this week
The amount in the vault last evening was 145. 600
pounds sterling greater than at the correspond
ing period last week.


The Times urges that O'Donovan Rossa's cleo
ton to Parliament from Tipperary be declared
void.


The Times denOunces the plan Of the Chan
cellor of the Exchequer for redeeming the debt
as the old sinking fund chimera Of obiiging the
State to redeem at an increasing rate for
century to come.
Year: 1870

The HOUSE COMMITTEES on ELECTIONS this
morning postponed the case of Segar, Repre-
sentative at large from Virginia, until next
week, in order to give him an opportunity to
make an oral argument at their next meeting
Year: 1870

ROME, Feb. 1.-THE Ecumenical Council a,
the last two sessions has been engaged in the
discussion Of ecclesiastical discipline" That
subject has been disposed Of and at the meeting
today the subject of catechism was considered
Seven Of tie fathers participated in the discus
sion.
Year: 1870

the globe are quite free from it. Its pre-.
valence in parts Of what we call China is
well shown BY the local hospitals for its
oure and treatment This report have
just spoken Of, and the various letters Of
medical men from different parts Of the
world, in reply to general request for
personal information from Prof. Vicrhow,
Of Berlin, have given a much more cor.
rect and extended knowledge Of this
fearful malady but one which the student
Of dermatology had already acquired
through Drs. Danielssen & Beck's special
treatise. published in lS48.