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Year: 1876

The country editor lS obliged TO pre-


pare his Ow n editorials of ali the lead
ing questions of the day. To do this he


must tread up" constantly, and unless


his editorial rakes into some one, or


tears up some interest he is not able to


hide under the cover of his journal,


but must take shower of oaths for


being stale. If he rakes into parties or


measures he of course receives the


shower all the same. He is expected


to blow the horn of every aspirant for


political favor in his party, and at the


same time if he asks such ashjrant to


help him "raise the wind" with which


to ''toot his horn," he is told that some


individual who bas swung his hat,


three or four times over his head, must


be taken care of, and he must stand


aside.


The country editor must take an in
terest in all local matters. He must
advocate all public Improvements and
thereby win the hate and lasting
enmity of tax payers, who are opposed


to public improvements. If he does
not advocate improvements, then the
masses call him the paid tool of rich
tax payers. He must attend all meet
ings and conventions, and If he fail to
report the same in full, he Is said to be
behind all live journals. He must
write up local spicy matter, and If he
notices an important improvement
made by Mr.. A, he falls under the lash
of Mr.. B., because he did not happen
to be aware that MIR. B., had made i'm
provements also, which were twice as
great, on his property.


If the country editor obtains adver-
tising, he must go for it personally.
Every time he turns around he must
turn over a six-pence, or the six-pence
will turn him over. He is personally
held accountable for all typographical
errors in his journal, and must oversee
the "make up" and printing of his pa
per, and if no has a job Office attached
to his establishment, he must look
after stock, drum up work, and person.
ally attend to the details of the jobbing.
He must select all miscellany, compile
all news items, write obituaries, and
take hand at providing nonsense for
such of his readers as like il. Besides
all this he is at the financial head of an
Institution that would perplex even
banker and his score of assistants. His
subscription list must be worked up,
and kept up too, and he must see to IL,
that ali subscribers "pay up" in course
Of time. He must collect pay for his
and job work, and un-
ess he has large stock of patience and
he will occasionally get
mad, when told to "go 10 the devil
with his little picayune BILL" He must
nave the soul of an angle, the vigor OF
steam engine, the cheek Of the evil
,ne, the patience of Job, eyes as num-
,rous as the stars of heaven, a DISPOSE
ion as smeeth as oil, be able to dis
,ense with all tender feelings, and be
to blows from every
jackass's heels in his journalistic diO-
.ese. Who can edit country journal
md be happy.-R Rhitehau (N Y.
Times.
Year: 1876

The Republican party of the nation should
take timely warning from the past and not al


low osr political enemies to trick us into the
nomination of Mr.. Bristow or any other can
didate from the South. We all too we'll re-
member our sad experience with Andrew
johnson, and should take strong measures to
prevent repetition of the misfortunes which
befell the country and the party when he ac-
cidentally became the President of the United
States. Mr.. Bristow may now appear to be a
Republican and strong Reformer, but # his
recent operations against the ''whisky ring"
was only shrewd move to further his Presi-
dental chances we think it was-ws, with
a large majority of the party, think he is
therefore not entitled to any credit for the
work. Another significant fact, and one from
which all Republicans should take warning,
is exhibited by the course of certain Demo-
cratic newspaper editors, who ingeniously in
sist that Bristow would make the best Presi-
dent named in connection with the Republi-
can nomination. A casual remark made by
certain New England Senator, who is strong
admirer of Mr. Bristew, is equally significant.
The gentleman is quoted as authority for say
ing that Mr.. Bristow recently declared that
he would refuse to accept Presidential nom-
ination from the Democracy if offered. While
it is much to his credit to say so, it looks very
much like as if the Democrats had been ap-
preaching him with offers of a nomination,
and the simple fact that they are even think
ing of such course, is fair warning to the
Republicans that he may not prove unlike
Andrew johnson in his political preferences;
at least that he is not just the man to trust at
the present time with the lead of the Republ-
can party. The party cannot possibly afford
to be tricked in its selection of q candidate
this fall. He must be one upon whom the
whole party can rely, and not one whose po-
litica convictions are so loose that either party
can claim him as a member with equal propri-
ETY., and who when elected will not be likely
TO Tylerize or Johnsonize whenever it suits
his own purpose to do so. In order to guard
against such an unfortunate contingency, it
behooves the party to be more than ever care
full in making its Presidential selection, and
we think when looking for the proper man to
head the ticket it would be wise to avoid the
late slave States. Andrew johnson was
loud-mouthed denunciator of rebels and Dem
ocrats as well as of slavery during the war, but
almost Immediately after he was raised to the
Presidential chair, by the crime of Wilkes
Booth, he turned against the party who elect
ed him to the Vice Presidency and went over
to the Southern Democracy. The same course
might be pursued by Mr.. Bristow if the same
confidence was reposed in him. At least it is
fair to think so in the light of past experience.
Therefore it is clearly the duty Of the dele
Year: 1876

THAT staid old Democratic journal,
the New Ysrk Journal of Commerce, is
disgusted with the hopeless perverse-
ness and imbecility of the party lead
ers. That paper says:


"The Democrats have lost ground
steadily throughout the last five
months. There has not been anywhere,
on any side OF us, in any municipal or
State convention, one noble effort to
cast off the old shackleS which have
held it down the last fifteen years, and
show that it has profited in any way
from its long adversity. At the Utica
gathering it clasped the chains of Tam
many contentedly upon its wrists, and
held out the hand thus fettered to lead
on the forces of the Empire State in the
coming contest. The people of New
York will not take the fellowship thus
protfered. They have no sympathy
with Tammany as it is now constitut-
ed. The spirit of Tweed governs it
precisely us in the days of yore. The
stealing is not on so large a scale, nor
the opportunities for it as favorable,
but the reckless dishonesty is the same
as ever. There is no difference in prin-
ciple between the court house frauds
and the distribution of extra wages
upon the public works to win over pot
house politicians and buy up needy
voters. The blood in that body has
not been changed, and the slightest
scratch on its surface betrays the race.
The old leader of the clan is fugitive
with price set Upon his head, but the
followers have as keen scent after the
loaves and fishes as when in the pleni-
tude of his power they received them
broadcast from his open hand.
The old BOurbons, having learned
nothing and forgetting nothing, will
wear their cooked hats into the st.
Louis Convention on the 9th, and at
the proper hour concentrate their votes
upon the candidate which Tammany
has previously placed on the slate"
Year: 1876

Mr.. GEO. w. CURTIS has written letter in
favor of pensioning common school teachers,
in which he says: Teaching in the public
schools is as essential part of the public ser
vice as the discharge of duty in ths army and
navy, and the faithful servant in one branch
is entitled to the same consideration as his fel-
low servant in another. The pension would
make teaching an assured career, and con-
stantly attract to it the best teaching talent in
the country, and the efficiency and value of
the schools would be promoted just in the de-
gree that teaching ceased to be a temporary
resource, as it now SO often is The best ser
vice in any public department is always the
cheapest, and the advantage that the State
would purchase by this little outlay would be
inestimable. l cannot help thinking that the
proposition must command the warm sympa-
thy and support of the more intelligent friends
of the common schools-and with all my heart
l wish it success"
Year: 1876

We suppose that there are people in this city
who firmly believe that ''Msry Merritt" is
lady with whom Secretary Bristow has at
some period of his life maintained relations of
doubtful propriety; and in fact the newspaper
bulletin boards and the head lines that adorn
the dispatches sent from Washington by the
scandal bureau are well calculated to create
such an impression.-rB Baltimore American.
Year: 1876

A FISH story has been started in Washing
ton to the effect that Conkling and Hayes
have formed an alliance whereby, in the event
of failure to receive the nomination at Cincin-
natl, Conklings strength in the convention
will be transferred to Hayes, the understand
ing being that should the latter be elected
President he would make the former Secretary
of State
Year: 1876

The St. Louis Republican mentions some of
the troubles that will follow the new money:
''When man walks much the inside of his
legs will be chafed raw. When; less than
dollar is to 60 by mail it will have to be con-
verted first into postage stamps. When you
run for a street-car money will fly out of your
pockets at every jump. When you tell your
wife that you have no money she. will say that
you lie, for she heard it jingle. 1t will be
difficult to pay man quarter by mistake for
a half. When you are in hurry, the store
keeper will have to weigh the coin in his hand
and sound it twenty-five times on the counter
before he can tell whether it is good. The
baby will swallow dime day: A boy with
a quarter will lose it in crack in two minutes,
from which no amount of coaxing with forks
and chips can recover it. Sleepy men will put
buttons and lozenges into contribution boxes
as of yore."
Year: 1876

gates to the Nominating Convention to not
only aominate Northern or Western man,
but to nominate one who has been tried in the


fiery furnace of party politics and who has
steadily stood the test One who will not re-
quire a certificate to endorse his Republican
ism, but who is known for his adhesion to
principle all over the land York (Pa. Rep
Year: 1876

A Nevada WON an recently knocked
down seven burglars, one after another.
Her husband watched her from the top
of the stairs, and felt SO brim full OF
battle that he couldn't cool of until he
had jerked his eight year old boy out of
bed and "whaled" him soundly for not
getting up and helping his mother.
Year: 1876

In some parts Of Australia the Wild
horses have increased to such an extent
and do so much damage, that in their
own behoof the settlers have to shoot
them as they do wild beasts. -zs
Year: 1876

G. W. Nichols of Springfield, Ohio, writes
to the Fancier's Journal not to let hens fol-
low the impulse Of nature in selecting nests,
but to let art modify and control the natural
instinct.


First. Have coops to set them apart from
the laying stock. They are free from an-
noyance to or by others, can bo fed and con-
fined.


Second. Remove the bottom and one end
of box and rest it on the ground for nest.
Take an old knife and lower the earth in
box, and mix it with clean wood ashes aud
sawdust, the latter wet with weak solution
of carbonic acid. Pack it around the sides
of the box to make the nest boWl.shaped.
Line it with fine hay enough to simply cover
the earth. Pack thoroughly, aud it is ver-
min proof Put in two or three nest eggs
and have plenty of food, water, gravel, ashes
or dust, etc., in the coop where she can get
it. Shut her in the coop. If she does not
60 on the nest put her on the first night.
Put the eggs under the next night. Exam
inc the eggs every few days, remove broken
ones, wash the others and renew the hay,
Most important are minor matters and few
things you should not do.


Do not make the nest funnel.shapsd, but
bowl shaped. If it is funnel-shaped the hen
cannot turn the eggs, and the upper or out
side ones will crowd against and crush the
lower ones. Have the nest full bOscl shap,
even if it does not hold quite SO many
docs not tho writer mean just the revers'
OF what he says? In "bOwl shaped mes
the outside eggs must lie partly upon thu
conter onesl Have the nest free from peb
bes and bits Of charcoal.


Never grease the hen before or while set
ting, to kill vermin. Creased eggs will no
hatch. Never set hen if you can discOve
single louso on her. That louse will 500
have family.


Never put nest full Of eggs in Strang
place and expect any hen to brood them in


mediately. Let her have day or SO al
quaintancs with the nest and its surround
ings,


Never crowd nest with coarse straw, pr
in any shape, and expect favorable resul
Never give hen more than she can cove
The entire lot will in time bO chilled, as Il
hen in turning them brings them to the ou
side.


Never hurry matters, and attempt to .
hen until she is brOOding, and fully reac


for the business.


Never pull hen of her nest. Lift h
f carefully by passing your hand under her


eggs are eggs, and the rough handling
the setting hen has brought on untime
; death to many chick.


Last but not least Don't count 20
Year: 1876

The prices of beef cattle have been a lit
tie down of late, owing to the fact that
great many inferior cattle have gone for
ward to market. The prices on these are
low, and of course an excess of poor beef
acts upon the rates for good steers, as dur.
ing hard times, many will buy inferior cuts
from bulocks Of low grade, that would not
touch such but for the pressure. The breed
er or feeder who handles only the best, is
fortified in great measure, against damage
from depression inJprices, because his steers
have fed proftably, and a slight fall still
leaves him good price, and this with his
heavy weights, foots up well when the scales
and slate are brought into requisition. But
in the case of the low priced steer, fall Of
one or one and half cents per pound,
leaves a meagre balance, because the infer
ior bullock has eaten just as expensive feed
as the other, and Just as many teams and
msn are required to haul his feed to him,
and his pound Of poor flesh has cost just as
much to haul to market, as that which sells
at the highest figure. In the one case the
feeder gets fair price for the corn fed out,
aud a tolerable profit beside, and in the
other he has the unsatisfactory consolation
Of knowing that he gets l5 to 20 cents for
his corn, and markets it inside of the hide
Of steer that he is ashamed to take to
market, in place of selling his corn to a
shipper.


No man should be satisfied with the mere
fact that he is feeding his grain to steers
and swine. He is partially doing his duty
by so doing, but fully dong it only when
this feeding is done to the better class ol
stock. When he goes into the market to
buy plow, wagon or reaper, he makes
straightway to the man who is reported as
having the best, and is very exacting that
what he buys contains all the latest Improve
ments. Now we have only to suggest that
he apply this rule to himself keeping pace
with the times by improving that which he
putteth his hand to. This is a rule which
works both ways, and none is more fair thar
this.-W Western Farm Journal.
Year: 1876

Simply covering pure sound cream in
clean tin pail, will not of itself cause bitter
ness nor fermentation in the cream it cou-
tains; on the contrary, keeping it from con-
tact with the oxygen Of the air would have q
tendency to retard changes rather than has
ten them. Cream is very seldom bitter in
the summer, nor would it often be in winter
if the milk was kept at temperature as
high as IS o, day and night. 1t is impossi.
bic to state Just what causes bitterness in
each specimen of butter or mess o. cream
Sometimes it may be caused by weeds or
poor feed eaten by the cows, but much often.
or it is indirectly caused by low tempera.
ture Of the milk during the rising of the
cream. Perhaps it would be more correct
to say that low temperature is the exciting
or immediate cause, just as a cold may be
the exciting cause of fit OF sickness in the
human patient


1t must be remembered that milk is COM
pound substance, and that it is subject to
constant changes from the moment it leaves
the udder until it is dgested in the stomach
of man or animals, or until it is entirely de-
composed by the usual process Of decay.
Milk contains not only fat, curd, sugar and
water, but also several essential oils which
may add to or take from its agreeable flavor,
according to the conditions they may be in.
1t also often contains germs of fungi which,
under certain conditions, may injure its fa-
vor. These little vegetable grOwths are lia-
BILE to increase with great rapidity, when the
conditions are favorable, and thus to destroy
or entirely change the character Of milk
growth and in the summer, souring tends to
counteract the germ. As milk is often kept
in warm rooms, the sOuring process begins
SO soon that the milk is protected from the
effects of germ growth, Heating or freezing
milk will also prevent growth for the time
being. That change in milk which produces
bitterness can 60 under much lower tenn
perature than is required for producing sour
ness. So, without attempting to explain in
detail all the different changes to which milk
is subject while the cream is rising we may
perhaps, make the subject little clearer by
comparing the two conditions Of sourness and
bitterness with railroad track and its turn
out. Temperature is to milk as a switch Ia
a railroad track. If the temperature is low
but not low enough to prevent all action
which would be at or near the freezing point
the milk will 60 of on the track towards q
condition Of bitterness, just as sure as there
are any fungoid germs in it, but if the tenn
perature is high enough TO send it towards
state Of acidity, bitterness is escaped. W.
seldom hear any complaint Of bitter milk
cream or butter IN warm weather. 1t i
! when the days begin to be cool in the fall o.
Year: 1876

These happy thoughts on tho happiness
Of labor are from the Vermont Watchman.


Unintclligent drudgery is simply pain.
Drudgery is ennobled into true labor by the
influx thereto of intelligent action and noble
purpose. In our common farm labor there
is much drudgery. The object of the diffu-
sion of knowledge among farmers aud farm
laborsrs is to infuse this drudgery with the
light and heat OF intelligence, and thus
transform pain into pleasure. Ii to this, by
the power of the gospel, unselfsh purpose
can be added, we should say that between
idleness and labor "there is all the difference
between earth and heaven"


Take the heaviest work upon the farm,
ditching, or plowing, as an Illustration. The
bodily work of ditch digging with spade is
hard. We knoiO it is hard. As it is per-
formed by an unntelligent laborer it is pure
drudgery, and if he be compelled to it against
his will, or is owe rworked at it, is hell upon
earth-the primal curse without mitigation.
But let it be done by vigorous, healthy
man, with his frame toughened by early
drill in lighter work let him start at it
with full consciousness Of useful purpose,
and forecasting knowledge of useful results I;
let him have in possession SO much of science
as to be able To apply his own work, and
the resources at his command in the way Of
tools, trained animals and natural forces, to
the best advantage, and we knot0 that the
whole task is full of delight. Men have even
taken gang of ignorant hands into swamp
to drain it, and have, by stimulating their
powers of thought, through'the simple expla-
nation of principles and natural laws, and
their demonstration in rapidly achieved and
perfectly attained results, inspired them with
the pleasure of work. Aud surely, if "a
thing of beauty is joy forever" ought not
tho sight of a worthless waste, transformed
by ones own hands into fruitful field, be q
perpetual source of enjoyment?
Year: 1876

The Live Stock Record says: There is
probably more loss sustained by farmers
through carelessness than from almost any
other cause, and hence the Importance of
forming careful habits. No matter how
bountiful in quantity or good quality, the
food for stock may be, if they have not sufi-
ciont protection or shelter from the severe
winter winds ani cold rains, the loss, if not
of life, will necessarily be very considerable.
If man will but observe the effects Of cold
rains on hogs, cattle and horses, he will GER
tainly observe the necessity of shielding them
from it. 1t is impossible that the normal
processes of digestion and assimilation of
food can proceed regularly when the animal
is exposed to all the seventies Of the weather.
No doubt this is one reason why domestic
breeds so rapidly degenerate when put from
the care of man. 1t is no uncommon thing
to see farmers stock houses wretchedly out Of
repair the winds whlstling through them, and
the rains driving into them, making them
damp, piercing, cold. Then it is very often
the case that hogs have no shelter other than
they can find themselves. The qualities of
animals thus exposed must inevitably degen-
crate, so that loss is sustained, although it
may escape the observation of the stupid
farmer, who supposes that man alone needs
protection from the weather. From this one
cause many farmer loses hundreds Of dol
lars every year.


But domestic animals are subject to the
same diseases as man-pnsumonia, typhoid
fever, inflammation of the bowels, etc. These
diseases are produced by similar or the same
causes as in man. Much sickness and death
Of live stock may bO prevented by judicious
feeding, shelter and hygienic care. What is
so often ascribed to bad luck, ought in truth
to be ascrbed to the sothfu habits and ig-
norance of farmers. Nature commits the
domestic animals to man as a part of his
stock in trade but the laws of animal life
and health are not suspended, and the far.
mer whose procedure violates these laws,
must pay for his ignorance or carelessness in
money or its equivalent.
Year: 1876

G. w. Nichols writes to the Fanciers
Journsl that lime, sulphur, coal oil or to-
bacco applied to fowls or their nests or quart
ers are Intellectual for destroying lice, and
very injurious to the fowls. His remedy,
which he says never fails, is to wash the
fowls in tepid water with little soap.
When dry take lard or oil and rub them
thoroughly under the wings, on the head
and at the root of the TAIL and fumigate the
poultry-house with a pound of sulphur
poured into hot iron pan or pot. The
fumes are deadly poison. Repeat in a
few days to kill those hatched from nits,
and the job is complete. We can commend
this system of treatment except the washing
which is Intellectual and useless.
Year: 1876

Alexander Hyde says in the New York
Times that lettuce plants should be placed
eight or ten inches apart in the row, and
every alternate plant cut out when partially
developed, to give the rest room to expand.
The custom in farmers gardens, is to SOW
the seed SO they will stand as thick as grass.
Cabbages abound in hesh.forming material.
Six cents cannot be invested so as to supply
a greater amount Of nutriment to family
than in the purchase of cabbage head. 1t
is too hearty to be eaten freely by people Of
sedentarY habits.
Year: 1876

early winter, and before the milk is removed
to winter quarters, that the questions begin
to come 10, "Why don't the butter come y
and "What makes the cream bitter 2' 1t is
possible there may be milk so pure that a
low temperature would not cause bitterness
in iorty-oighl-houvs, but we believe such milk
is very scarce. The only perfectly sure pre-


ventive we have noticed is to heat the milk
to 1909 as soon as it comes from the sta.
bles. People who do that seldom have any
trouble of this kind .-Neio England Farmer.