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Year: 1871

lT is A GREAT MISTAKE to suppose that
the cause Of rheumatism, neuralgia or
gout exists where the pam is experience
ed. The source of these diseases is gen
orally urea in the blood, and it is one OF
the special properties of DR.. WALLER S
VEGETABLE VINEGAR BITTERs to neutral
ize this deposit, while it renovates the
relaxed kidneys and thus prevents them
from permitting portion of their secre-
ton to escape through improper chan.
nels. Torpidity of the stomach has also
much to do with the vitiation of the
blood, and upon this organ the Btters
act directly as stimulant and invigo
rant.
Year: 1871

CRUELTY TO oSHEEP.-Dr. Randall writes
to the RlUal Ne0 Yorker:


Many of the wool-growers wintered
their hocks poorly last winter, on the
ground that they could not afford to
feed them well, and probably have done
the same this winter. This, in our opin.
ion, is a cruel and suicidal policy. Less
returns are thus obtained from given
amount of food. Thirty half starved
sheep will produce less good merchant
able wool than twenty properly kept
ones will lose twice or three times as
many by death and will not raise hal
as many lambs. And what farmer, pos
sessing spark of humanity, is willing
to see these poor, defenseless animals
slowly growing thinner and weaker-all
of them tottering before March closes
many of the in.lambed ewes incapable
of raising with their burden, and dying
Year: 1871

TINE FOR Cows TO CONE IN.-A COW
that drops her calf in April is of more
value than one that comes in earlier in
the year, with the same care and feed.
If your COWS drop their calves in Feb
ruary, or the lst Of March, you will
have to feed largely with grain, roots, &C.,
the rest of the feeding season, and you
will make an article of butter which
must be sold Immediately, as you can
not keep spring butter, nor can you
make butter as cheaply with the mercu-
ry at zero or below, as when thirty TO
sixty above. BY the first of June,
whether you have fed extra or not, your
cows will fall off in quantity and quality
of milk, and you will nave small yield
of butter through the best part of the
season; when, if they come in six or
eight weeks later, they would have gone
out to grass heavy and strong, and ca
pable of the best quality of butter BY
the lst of October your COWS will be
nearly or quite dry, when, if they had
dropped their calves in April, you would
have found that October was the most
profitable month of the season. And
further, you will find that this month
and the next are best in which to feed
grain to COWS. All COWS in herd
should drop their calves as near the
same time as possible If one should
drop her calf after you have commenced
to pack and put away butter, do not
put her milk with that of the others foi
two weeks or more, as it is impossible
to keep butter made from it, and it will
damage the rest. This is one very com
mon source of an occasional bad tub o
| btittar
Year: 1871

A WASH composed of lime, salt and
fine sand or wood ashes, put on in the
ordinary way of withdrawing, renders
the roof fifty per cent. more secure
against taking fire from falling cinders,
in case Of fire in the vicinity. 1t pays
the expense a hundred fold in its pre-
serving influence against the effects of
the weather. The older and more
weatherbeaten the shingles, the more
benefit derived. Such shingles gener-
ally become more or less warped, rough
and cracked application of the wash,
by wetting the upper surface, restores
them at once to their original or first
form, thereby closing up the space be-
tween the shingles: and the lime an q
sand, by filing up the cracks and pores
in the shingle itself, prevent its warp
iDo
Year: 1871

How TO MAKE BOYS GoeD FARMERS
The american AgriculturiSt says f: Induce
them to take an interest in the farm, III
the implements, in the stock tell them
all your plans, your successes and fail
ures give them history of your own
life and what you did, and how you
lived when boy but do not harp too
much on the degenerated character of
young men of the present age praise
them when you can, and encourage
them to do still better. Let them dress
up in the evening instead of sitting
down in their dirty clothes in dining
room. Provide plenty of light. Thanks
to kerosene, our country. homes can be
as brilliantly lighted as the gas-lit
houses in the city. Encourage the
neighbors to drop in evenings. Talk
agriculture rather than politics; speak
of the Importance of large crops, of
good stock, of liberal feeding, and of
the advantage Of making animals COM
Portable, rather than of the hard times,
low prices, high wages. Above all, EN-
courage the boys to read good agricul-
tural books Papers are well enough,
but an intelligent boy wants something
more. Get him some good agricultural
book to study. Read it with him. and
give him the benefit of your experience
and criticism. When he has mastered
this, buy him another. In our own
case. we owe our love for farming
principally to the fact that our father
talked to us of everything that was
| doing on the farm; answering all the
| OleStiOnS and enrOura oinr rathp than
refusing, our childlike desire to help
him to plow, to chop, to let off water,
and fire the brush heap.
Year: 1871

How To MANAGE SPRING PIGs.-Tn an
swer to this question, put by one of its
contributors, the american Agricultrist
has the following:


at depends on the breed, the food at
command, the conveniences for feeding,
the probable price of pork next fall, and
the price a year hence. We should
premise, however, that in any case the
pigs should have all they will eat of some
kind of food. The only difference to be
Year: 1871

in parturition. A more painful specta-
Gle Of brute suffering than a flock in such
a condition, near the close of winter,
cannot be witnessed, and we believe
that morality has voice in this matter
as well as humanity.


"Every hock.master who has more
sheep than he can keep properly or sell
should kill the surplus when winter sets
in, if he gets nothing from them but the
pelts.n
Year: 1871

PERTAINING TO PLAsTER-At q late
meeting of the New York Farmers
Club, w. NJ. Tomlinson, of North Ur-
bana, New York, asked the servants to
reconcile the difference of opinion
which prevails as to the proper way of
sowing plaster with grain crops, some
choosing to drill it in with seeds, while
others prefer to scatter on the surface,
after the seed is sown. 1t is claimed
that by putting it in with the seed it
helps the crop from the outset, giving a
start which keeps it ahead of surface
plastered crops. On the other hand, it
is argued that, as the principal gain in
the use OF plaster is derived from the
atmosphere, surface application best Sc
cures this. and hence il Is to be prefer
red. What says practical science
Would the answer vary with different
soils?'


Mr.. Curtis-As plaster is an absor-
bent of ammonia it is better to SOW it ON
the crop and let the rains following
wash it down to the roots. This is a
gain to the plant, for if put into the
ground il will absorb the ammonia in
the soil which is already there, or it
must wait for exposure to the surface to
do its full duty, which exposure might
not take place until the next crop.
Plaster does but little good on wet
ground, and its benefits vary consider
bly, one season with another. Some
times its effects are almost marvellous,
and then again they cannoy be seen.
On dry loan or gravelly soil, sown on
clover it often doubles its crop. In
Glenville, New York, lands rejected
fifty years ago as worthless now are, by
using clover and plaster, worth 500 and
$50 per acre. Sow plaster on the man
ure heap and in the hen house.
Year: 1871

proposal to open an avenue to II at the public
expense, Mr.. EeeLrsros denounces as thieving
project, and such. we are compelled to say, II
truly seems to be. But the mistake OF Mr.. Ea'
oLEsroS lies 10 atiributing it to Deacon SMITH
We assure him that it is not a! all the act OF the
good Deacon, but Of certain wicked partners who
have wormed themselves into his confidence,
and who use his name anI his pure reputation
TO cover up their own neiarious designs The
chief Of these partners is one s. Roaso REED,
an infidel in religion and a deceiver in practice.
We have no doubt that when Mr.. EGGLEsroS in
vestigates this subject thoroughly, he will find
that the wicked REsD, and not the good SMITH,
is the real speculator who has thus been seek
ing to defraud the public treasury Of Cincinnati.
We say this with more confidence because we
know that Deacon SnIrH is indeed good man,
who would never knowingly engage In anything
wrong, but whose great kindness Of heart only
renders him the more liable 10 be imposed upon
and used by such cunning designers as RI. D aud
his other depraved business associates. Let Mr..
EGGLEsroS direct all his attention against the
bad, but let him not confound the just with
them. Let him denounce REED and the rest, but
let him have only words Of kindness and pity for
the good Deacon SplrH.
Year: 1871

The health of Queen VICTORIA appears to
be in very precarious condition. Her nervous
system has broken down altogether, and she is
no longer able to attend either to the business or
TO the ceremonies Of her Office Her physicians
have ordered her to leave London for Scotland.
aud on her way there she was unable to pay any
attention TO the popular demonstrations in the
towns through which she passed. As she be-
longs TO family several Of whose members have
shown prcdispositon to insanity IT is not i'm
probable that she may at any time be finally dis
abled FOR the performance of her duties. We see
no reason .owever. to suppose that regency
would cnc.untor any particular difficulty in
England.
Year: 1871

A GENTLEMAN was endeavoring to en-
Joy 50 evening ia the compsny OF young
lady upon whom he called, bat found a
serious obstacle in the person of her
stern father, who at length ventured to
very plainly intimate that the hour for
retiring had arrived. al think you are
correct, my dear sir" returned the una
dashed young man. I'VE have been
waiting to have you go to bed for over
an hour"
Year: 1871

PArRIcK Henry left in his will the
following important passage


Il hare now disposed Of all my prop
srty 10 my family; there is one thing
more / wish could give them. and that
u the Christian religion. If they had
that. and had not given them one shil
Ing. they would be rich; and if they had
not that, and ! had given them all the
world, they would be poor"
Year: 1871

ExcURsloSs to the head Of Lake Super
Or are the order of the day. \ man may


nave been to Europe, OF the Sandwich ls-
auls, but he dare not show his head in
good society nowadays, i he have not
made the grand rounds on nc great Lake.
Year: 1871

Our Attention has been called to the fact that there is abundant room for Improvement in the condition of many of the streets of our town as well as in that of the public high ways in the immediate vicinity. The qucs- ton is, How are the streets and highways to he improved Without taking into account the provisions of the Act concerning public highways, approved December l4th, 1868, which make it the duty of the Supervisors to direct the Superintendent of Streets and Highways in the performance of his duty, which again, is plainly set forth, we would merely suggest that the prisoners in the county jail be employed at grading the streets and repairing the roads in the vicinity of Prescott. This work would not entail even one cent additional expense upon the tax payers of the county, while it is very ques- tionable policy, even from a sanitary point of view, to retain number of men in condi ton of idleness for lapse of several months It may be urged that there is no law to jus tiiy the proceeding which we propose but careful examination of the Vagrant Act of 1867, will show that any prisoner confined in jail-no matter upon what charge, provided he had no visible means of support, no law [ ful business, or if he was . notoriOusly bad character previous to his incarcc ration--may be employed at any kind oi labor the Board of Supervisors may direct

 In this connection it might be well to urge the enforcement of the said vagrant act The | principal banc of socnty in almost every time, of itinerant drones who live, nobody knows how, but arc always 70 be found Hanging around' doing nothing, and ever ready to turn dishonest penny by acts worthy of Sing Sing. They are ulcers upon the body of any community and draw their substance from the same by acts which are seldom honest or honorable Now, since the licensed men of the community are compelled to support those hangers-on, it would seem but simple justice that the latter be com pelled to make some return. Therefore, let society have the bcssiit Of the yagrant act Furnish balls and chains for vagabonds, il any there be amongst us; put them to work upon the streets and prepare to witness n stampede as soon as the first term in the chain-gang shall have expired. Ten months ago we witnessed the practical working of the vagrant act, in Pima county, and the re- suit was even more satisfactory than we had anticipated. It made industrious, earnest workers out of men who were, before nois- some and cankerous sores upon the commu- nifty; and others, again, who would not re- form, were compelled to leave; so that with in few months the city was rid of its dan gcrous characters and feeling of security took the place of suspicion and distrust in the mind of every good citizen. We repeat our suggestions to exercise the prisoners and unbridle the yagrant act
Year: 1871

The question Of amending the Con;
stitution Of our State. appears to be
narrowed down to an issue between the
political parties which have 90 Hercsly
waged war over our country since the
adoption OF the present Constitution.
The Radicals oppose any Convention
for fear it may vaca,e the seats Of those
in power, and who now hold them BY
the prescription prevailing at the time
of their election. II the Radicals op-
pose, the Democrats will accept the
political ultimatum, and the result will
be q matter OF easy solution, aud the
fears which involve the opposition. and
which by no means are necessary con.
sequences Of a Convention. may be forced
upon the Democracy as political re-
suit. In our community those remarks
only apply TO the Radical wing Of the
Republicans, as the liberal persons OF
that party do not appreciate the question
in that light, and many Of them will
support q Convention Westes Dems-
Graf ...
Year: 1871

A new telegraph service is to be
opened on the northwest of Prussia in
the interest Of vessels frequentIng these
dangerous shores 4 military telegraph
at Hils, to be made available for the
public service will be laid.
Year: 1871

An important question mas arisen re-
spectingState and municipal taxes on the
capitaiofbanks. The officers Of bank
in Louisiana have written to Secretary
Boutwell,, stating that the city authori'
ties in which the bank is located have
assessed tax of three mills on the
dollar on their capital. They claim ex'
on the ground that their capital is rep,
resented by bonds of the new funded
loan, and are consequently exempt from
faration The matter has been refer
red to the Attorney General, and his
decision will set at rest numerous IN IN
quiries upon the subject which are daily
received at the Treasury. 80
Year: 1871

Who is carpet -bagger? He is citi-
zen of the United States, born on our soil
or naturalized by our courts, who has the
right to settle where he pleases under our
flag, in North Carolina as well as in In
diana; in South Carolina as well as in Yer
mont with the right to proclaim his SEN
timents wherever he lives and whatever
his creed, condition, color or profession
may be-on the housetops or by ballot
with none to modest or make him afraid.
Who is scalawag? He is native of the
South, who, when the storm of civil war
burst on his region, dared, despite the
danger of death, Imprisonment, confscation
and exile, to declare that he stood by the
Union-true among the false, faithful
among the faithless
Year: 1871

The payment of small bills such as
newspaper subscriptions, is matter of
more importance than is usually attached
to it. There are not a few who, in times
when business is little depressed, and
the prospects for the future seem more
than usually unsettled, will hold on to
their cash in hand, tell all the collectors
who wait on them with overdue bills to
"call again." willis the payment would
not give them any serious inconvenience,
and would accommodate large and de.
serving class of creditors. Indeed VIC
know nothing that in quiet way would
60 so far to give animation to the markets
throughout the country as the universal
fulfllment Of the obligation at the first
opportunity. If all the little debts, fol
the discharge Of which the debtors now
have the cash actually In hand, were paid
at once, the wheels of BUSINESS would be
fabricated, and a general jollity soon pre-
vail throughout the land. The first seri
Gus Of effect on trade Of any public ex.
cltement comes from the sudden check oi
those little streams. 1t is true, the large
transactions are arrested, but if everybody
went on paying those little debts the
check would be momentary, as business
would be forced along by the current thus
continually renewed. Let every one
whose eyes fall on these lines pay out hi'
ready money for bills he knows to be due
and stop not until his pockets be emptied
Probably before this is realized the return
current will reach his pocket too, and he
will be able to ell all his obligations
There is as much money as eter. Why
stop its flow ? Let it move on by prompt
payment Of bills nov due, and new bust
ness will catch the inspiration and star
off on fresh gallop.-Ne'o Rochelle
Pioneer.
Year: 1871

The editor Of the Western Rural
says:- The onion worm or maggot which
is so destructive to the onion crop in some
places is the larv@ Of the Onion Fly
(Anthonigaa Ceparum), which eats into
the roots and kills the plants The parent
fly deposits its eggs on the leaves of the
onion, close to the earth, and the maggot,
when hatched, eats into the heart Of the
onion. The Larvae come to their full
growth in about two weeks, turn to pupae
in the onion, and come out perfect flies in
a fortnight afterward. Burning straw on
the surface Of the ground where the seed
is to be sown, is said to be an effectual
preventive of the attacks of this insect
Scot is used in Danvers, Mass, with good
effect. An onion grower in that celebrat-
ed onion locality says he divided his onion
ground into three parts, all Of it having
been well prepared by suitable tilling and
manuring, and was already for the seed
One part was covered with wood ashes,
another with SCOT, and the third left as il
was. The seed was then sown in drills
1t came up very well, and for time all
appeared to thrive equally we'll The
part sown with the SCOT, however, soou
took the lead the wood ashes was next,
but the onion on the part TO which nc
preventive was applied, were entirely de-
atroyed by the worms.
Year: 1871

Do you approve Of giving children the
rationale Of all you teach them?


This question was lately asked by one
who doubted the propriety of "explaining
things" to children; in other words, of
trying to make them understand whatever
they are required to learn.


The question touched the very heart
of the educational problem The yeS or
no, more or less qualified, which any
teacher would reply to it, would deter
mine not only the general character of
his teaching, but his whole theory of edu-
cation--if he had thought enough of his
work to have theory for it. 1t would
show, too, just what proportions ofcuIture
aud cram 60 to make up the education
his pupils receive.


OF course there is much in connection
with every subject that is, as yet, unex-
plainable much of which neither teacher
nor pupil can understand the n tionale.
A stone unsupported falls. Any child
will recognize the fact. He need not be
very old before be can be taught the gen.
eral conditions of falling. He may be
taught that the cause Of the falling is call
ed gravitation. Bat what that cause is,
and what its relations are to the other
forces Of the universe, remains an unsolv-
ed problem. No one can explain it. The
question which we have taken as a text
| did not have reference TO matters of this
nature, but to such as fall within the
scope of elementary teaching--the aohyS
and ,cheretoreS or ordinary processes and
phenomena. at is not often necessary"
it was asked 'to require children to
commit to memory statements and prin-
ciples and rules, that they are at the time
as incapable of comprehending, as they
are the significance of the seventh conf
mandmentP


Probably the majority of successful
taachers-as success is commonly estimat-
ed--would answer the question with an
affirmation. Knowing and understanding
they consider wholly independent Of each
other, their business being entirely with
knowledge They are practical men and
women. They believe in no Utopian
schemes Of education. They know what
is required Of them, and they do it. The
problem set before them to solve is brief
ly: Given so many boys and girls, so
much time, so many pages of this, that
and the other textbook to be transferred
to the pupils memories, SO that they shall
be able to ''stand" the prescribed exam
ination at the end Of the term. They ac-
cept the conditions, do the work, are ac-
counted faithful, land their pupils are
crammed. They may or may not be sure
of the utility of the knowledge SO impart-
ed--if it is right to call that knowledge
which is not comprehended-but they are
sure that such aud snch results will be re-
quired of them. and that TIE required re-
suits can be most easily and surely at
tanned by the method they adopt.


Even if teacher abhors cram, he can
not always avoid it and do the work de-
manded of him. He is but single wheel
in a complicated machiney set to grind
out definite grist, and so long as he
holds his position he cannot act otherwise
than as part of the system. The blame
for the bad results of much Of our school,
ing belongs, therefore, not 80 much to the
Year: 1871

The Danbury, Conn, Necy Supple
mcnts that story about the girl who
cuught a husband by writing her name
and address on the lining of a hat she was
trimming, with the following:


This is an old trick, played by several
Of our girls, one of whom in particular
had an eventful Experience. She stitched
her name inside the lining of hat be-
meath the statement: 81 am thine wilt
thou be mine ?" and sent it adrift. After
various vicssitudes it was purchased by
gentleman, and took a position on his
head. One day the lining became loose,
aud in endeavoring to fasten ls his eye
rested upon the sentiment and aahie.
When Martha returned to her home that
day, she was taken to a retired part of
The cottage and warmed up with strap.
The gentleman who got the hat was her
father.
Year: 1871

To be forever watching and think
ing Of self, even for the purpose Of i'm
proyement, is hurtful to character. The
more we can forget ourselves in efforts for
the good and happiness Of others, the bet
ter it is for us.
Year: 1871

MUsQUIros.- grease rubbed on
the place bitten by them will Instantly
ally the swelling, entirely remove the
pain, and they will not bite any part of
the person while covered with the erase,
Year: 1871

A Geneva lady, whose husband had
to go to the lodge every night because he
was on an Important committee, followed
him to masquerade ball the other night,
and led him home BY the ear. This item
is going to open the eyes Of lots of wo-,
men.