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Year: 1873

correspondent inquired two or three
weeks ago as to the value of the cob OF
Indian corn. We had not space in our re-
piy, at that time, to do more than to allude
10 it as comparatively worthless article,
aaying little more than the cost of grinding.
1t II, however, an article in pretty common
use, and it may be well to speak of it a little
more In detail A pig when put up to
tltten, if fed too exclusively on fine Indian
meal, which is a very hearty food, is very
liable to cloy from the fact that the meal
VIII lie in a solid mass in the stomach ana
not furnish q sufficient dstenslon TO Ihe
walls Of that organ, ana in the lhtesllhai
canal Animals that are fed upon highly
concentrated and hearty food, must have
something coarser and more bulky to be
fully satisfied and to keep the digestive or
tYqns in fun activity and health.


Now although the actual amount OF nutrl-
ment in the cob is very small, so slight that
il it were ground alone after the corn is
-helled OFF, no animal can be induced to
touch it, vet when it is ground with the
grain as We commonly find corn meal, 1T
undoubtedly serves the purpose of dstend-
iHe the stomach, and of giving to the food
the bulk which the animal requires. An OK
fed on meal will often eat coarse swale hay
with avidity to gain that distention which
q too concentrated food does not furnish,
and without which there will be the gnaw
iugs OF hunger.


Still there is trace of nutriment in the
sob itself Dr. Salisbury, who wrote a
prize essay on Indian corn for the New
York State Agricultural Society, said that
by rejecting the cobs of one thousand
pounds of dry ears, about two hundred
pounds of organic matter is lost which
consists OF thirteen and one-half pounds
Dt sugar and extract, one hundred and
twtnty-seven and one-half pounds of fibre,
forty five and one-half pounds of matter
separated from fibre by weak solution of
potash, one and ondhalf pounds of albu-
men, twenty eight one hundreds of pound
of caStin, two and thrtetenths pounds of
gum or deXtrine and seven and three tenths
pounds of glutnOuS matter. Hence the
cob although not rich in nutrtive matter,
IAN 10y no means be said to be destitute of
those proXimate principles which go to
support respiration, and sustain animal
heat, aud those which are capable of being
transformed into nerve, muscle, &c, aud
the phosphates which contribute so largely
10 the formation of bone" IT. is probable
that a mixture Of the cob with the meal,
secures in many cases, a more complete
digestion of the food This is an incidental
advantage which is independent OF any
slight nutrment there may be in the cob IT.
self ANA which as we said, is SO slight OF
itself a., n our opinion, not to pay, for
the expense OF grinding, especially as we
ian gain all the advantage of Il proper dis
tention of the stomach by feeding some
roots, pumpkins, or other cOarser food IN
c3unection with meal
Year: 1873

Three fishers went sailing out into the west
Out into the west as the sun went down;
Each thought of the woman who loved him the


best


And the children stood watching them out OF


the own
For men must work, and women must weep
And there's little to earu, and many to keep,


Though the harbor bar be moaning.
Three wives sat up in the lighthouse tower,
And trimmed the lamps as the sun went


down:
And they looked at the squall, and they looked


at the shower,
And the rack 1t came rolling up, ragged and


brown;
But men must work, and women must weep,
Though storms be sudden, and waters deep,


And the harbor bar be moaning.
Three corpses lay out on the shining sands
In the morning CLEAN as the tide went down,
And the women are watching and wrnging


their hands,


For those who will never come back to the
town;
For men must work. and women must weep
And the sooner it's over, the sooner to Sleep


And good by to the bar and its moaning.
Year: 1873




The average depth of New England soil
Is probably somewhere between four and six
inches Some of the alluviAl, or of the
heavy upland soils, will he more than that,
but the plains and much of the sandy loans
viii be less. In the highly cultivated parts
Of Europe, the average depth of the soil is
pnt down at six inches. Under proper
cultiVation any soil can gradually be made
deeper and the deeper it is, the more Ink
uriantly plants will grow BY the most
careful observations and experiments made
iu Germany, it appeared that if a soil six
inches thick was worth fifty, that seven
inches thick was worth fifty four, so that
going back in the scale, that only three
inches thick would be worth thirty eight


little deeper ploughng annually, and a
regular increase OF the vegetable matter,
would constantly increase the depth of the
s0il,and as constantly increase the value of
the crop. The Importance of a deep soil
viii be seen, when it is noticed that it costs
about as much 10 work a soil of three
inches as it does to work one of six, and
that the crop on the latter would usually be
double of that on the thinncr soil.


Where circumstances are favorable, the
roots of plants penetrate the soil much
deeper than they are usually supposed to
40. IN certain places. the roots OF red
clover will 60 down six feet BY careful
examination, Schubert found the roots of
Winter wheat as deep as seven feet, in
night soil, fortyseven days after sowing.
The roots of clover one year old, were three
and one-hali feet, those OF two wears Old
clover, but four inches longer A parsnp
will ordinarily grow in a common soil to
about one foot in length but dig hole five
or six feet deep, fill it with rich loan, SOW
d few seeds on the surface and some of the
plants will be quite likely to find the bottom
of the hole


One of the great advanta es of deep
soil, therefore, is large accumulation of
roots; these decay, constantly increase the
amount of vegetable matter iii the soil,
cOunteract the effects of drought, and
greatly Increase the amount of crops. New
England Farmer.
Year: 1873

When the queen bee isforcibly taken
away fIom the hive, the bees which


are near her at the time do not appear
sensible of her absence, and the labOrs


of the hive are carried on as usual for q
time. 1t is seldom before the lapse or
an hour that the working bees begin
to manifest any symptom of uneasi-
ness. They are then observed to quit
the Larvae which they had been feed
Ing, and run about in great agitation 10
and fro; and on meeting such of their
companions as ars not yet aware Of the
disaster which has befallen them, COM


municate the intelligence by crossing
their anten@ and striking lightly with
them. The bees which receive the
news become in turn agitated, and
spread the alarm further. All the in
habitants now rush forward, eagerly
seeking their lost queen. But finding
search useless, they appear to become
resigned to their misfortune, the tu-
multi subsidies, and If there are worker
eggs or young larva in the cell, prepa-
rations are made to supply the loss by
raising new queen, and the usual Ia
bors of the hive are resumed.-Amert-
can Bee Journal.
Year: 1873

ThoEnas Mechan, the horticulturist
of Germantown, Pa, says he has for
several years noted the relative advan-
tages of the different ways Of cultivat-
ing tomatoes, and he concludes that
the best practice to adopt is to proceed
as with the Lima beans-that Is set
the stakes before the plants are put out.
These stakes need not be over six feet
high, and may be set about four feet
apart each way. As the plants grow,
tie them up to the stakes; but that will
not be required over half dozen
times during the season. Twenty
plants in this way will yield as much
fruit as double the quantity on any
other plan, and In quality there is no



The common field plan OF leaving
tomatoes grow as they list, spreading
everywhere over the ground, may be,
as truck growers say it is, the way in
which the heaviest weight of fruit can
be had in proportion to the labor
spent; but in this way the fruit is more
acid. But whatever system is adopt
ed do not set the plants until the soil is
warm, or they will be stunted and
time lost.
Year: 1873

From the Danbury News.


With a sickly smile, early vegetables
look out of market windows.


When a man has trouble he takes to
drink, but when woman meets with
misfortune she merely goes over to
her mothers and takes tea.


Two coach drivers in neighboring
funeral shook dice for precedence in
the line, which was much better than
knocking each other down.


"Do fish hear ?" is the interrogation
which starts off an article going the
rounds of the press. And a very ex-
citing one it must be, we think, as even
the masses here have got hold of it,
Near neighboring pond is painted on
board, "Don't fish hear ]" which may
by the inquiry of an anxious but hum
BILE seeker, or may be the contemptu-
GUS exclamation of one who has no pa
tience with ignorance.


An incident in the life Of Danbury
farmer is thus recorded. His wife was
taken very ill, and he was called away
on urgent business. During his alb
sence she died and was buried, and
the news was delicately conveyed to
him by a boy who met him at the
gate. The boy said: ''Mr. -, your
old woman is dead and buried; and we
have got in the spring oats" ''Great
God" said the shocked man; "and the
oats In ~ --.,-


A little girl attending the South
street school has lately had her dinner
stolen. No clue could be obtained Of
the thief, although it was sought with
tears. Finally mild plan was hit
upon. A tempting doughnut with a
filling of cayenne pepper was placed in
her pail and the result watched. Be-
fore noon little boy was seen at the
pump, working it In a lively manner
1t seemed if he had had two hundred
pairs OF arms he could have used them.
The fire was put out, however, and
enough of the structure saved to take
across the knee for few minutes.


Old Mr.. Fliedower was talking at
dinner Sunday about the terrible visi.
Year: 1873

By many an evening fireside has
been told the story of white man and
Indian fighter, who once traversed the
soil of Ohio with a gun that was al
ways loaded, no odds how often it was
discharged. The name of this man
was Lewis Wetzel, and he was one of
the most dreaded enemies to the red
faces, and one of the most sagacious
spies and successful hunters of early
times. He was fleet on the foot, and
if pursued by three or four savages
would kill them all without Stacking
his pace more than to turn and fire,
when one came within range OF his
gun. In fact his chosen manner OF
fighting was on the run, either pursu-
ing or being pursued, and his great
success lay in the art he had acquired
while boy of loading his rifle while
at the top of his speed. ...


In the year 1880 the hunting ground
of Wetzel lay along the western bank
of the Ohio river, in what is now Bel
mont county. and in this locality he
had many a hard chase, and achieved
some remarkable victories which have
gone into history. He was uneducat-
ed, but man of humane feelings, a
true friend to those who befriended
him, yet fearless and would not leave
locality in which he preferred to re-
main, let the dangers become as thick
and threatening as they might. His
parents lived in scanty circumstances
OH the eastern bank of the river near
where Wheeling is now located, and
while the young hunter was not roam
Year: 1873

BY LULA WHEELER.
Little Pansy, do you know
Why 1t is loveyou so:
When there's fairer flowers grow


Even close beside you here:
First TO come when Spring appears,
Shining brightly through her tears.
Constant thou, through All the years


Making bright the places dresr.
Buds that scent the halmy air,
Sweet perfume OF rose= are.
Gracetulness of lilies fa-f


Some may love e'en more than thee,
But when they have faded. gone.
Thou wilt still bloom on and on
Whether in the shade or sun.


SO thou art the one for me.
l will tell you, Psnsy hear?
or a friend thought sincere,
All, that one to me SO dear


In the days of long ago.
But he was not true like thee,
For when trouble greeted me
He, alas. was first to fee,


So his heart was false know.
But those days are past and gone.
And his tickle heart is won
By a fairer, richer, one


And I must forgotten be.
But this secret that tell
Little Pansy, keep it well,
For it is my loves death knell


And no one must know but thee
Year: 1873

The Chicago Post thinks literature
in this county can spare Bret Harte.-
His later lucnbrations have not been
such as to add much to the national
fame. The trouble with them is that
they contain too much Harte and toe
little head.
Year: 1873

AnecuOt0 OF General a JACKSON,


Men of the highest repute and of the
incest sense Of honor get their notions
of right and wrong sadly confused I'M
der tho temptations of the race-course.
A more chivalric, high-toned, and gall
liant gentleman than General Jackson
did not live among his contemporaries.
And yet story was current in Tennes-
see some fifty years ago-whether true
or false am not able to say-which
goes to show that even he was shrewd-
ly suspected of playing his game with
the advantages, ,''in the dainty phrase
ology of sporting men. The story ran
in this wise: :3-.


The general became discontented
with mulatto boy, who had been his
favorite rider, and sold him TO a neigh
Dor, who was his great rival on the turf.
The boy was to ride in very impor-
tant race against favorite horse of the
generals. Jackson had a heavy bet
pending on the race, and he was over
heard demonstrating with his late rider.
"You black rascal, mind what you are
about None of your old tricks with
me. If I catch you squirting your to-
bacco juice in my boys eyes I'll cut
your heart out!"


| This may have been pure fabrica-
tion; but if sharp practice on the turf
had not been the rule rather than the
exception, an anecdote of this descrip-
ton could not have obtained currency
as applied to General Jackson. #
I have quoted it not as rejecting any
discredit upon man who stood above
reproach among his neighbers, but as
indicating the general moral tone which
prevailed among turfmen half a cen
tury ago. Whether there has been any
great improvement In that regard since
that time shall not undertake to de-
eide. That the tendency of gaming OF
all kinds is to lower the tone of public
morals is proposition that few reflect
ing men will be inclined to dispute


An Old Stager, In .Haper's Magazine
for June. --1 gs1E-..
Year: 1873

that made the forests echo, he BRAN
dished his tomahawk and lessened the
distance between himself and the hun
ter at every bound. Wetzel realized
the position fully; he knew that his
gun could not be again loaded before
the savage would be upon him, so
pouring at least half a dozen charges
of powder from his horn into the rifle,
he turned just as the enraged savage
was in the act of hurling the tomahawk
at his head, and discharged the powder
into the face of the Indian which sent
him spinning around like tsp. The
scalping knife soon completed the
work, and left Wetzel the victor, and
none of the foes left to tell the tale
Securing evidence of his achievement
he followed Harry and the maiden.
and overlook them before the cabin o.


his father was reached. -.
Year: 1873

RALEIGH, n. c., November 13-In 1871
the Treasurer Of the State under au-
thority of the Legislature appropriated
to the general purposes Of the Government
S2i1 900 that had been collected to pay in
terest on bonds known as special-tax bouds.
To. day four bills in equity were filed IN the
United States Circuit Court for the eastern
district of North Carolina praying that the
public treasurer be enioined from paying any
money out OF the treasury uEtil lie has first
replaced the above sum TO the credit of the
fund for which the same was raised for the
purpose OF providing for the payment Of the
interest on the bonds held by the plaintiff
and all other holders who may become par
ties TO raise the suit.


4 preliminary injunction has been granted
by Judge Bond, aud the 18th instant set fol
bearing the motion for special injunction
While there is a growing disposition OH the
part of the people and the press to re0rgan
ze the old debt of the State the people ar
liked in their determination to resist, by nj
lawful means, the payment Of these spe
cial.taX bonds. When these are disposed o
steps will undoubtedly be taken to compro
mise the old debts upon basis acceptable t
the State and bonu.hoIderS,
Year: 1873

TIE TnEATRE-Thc Lulu Combination
had another fine audience last night, and tlt
wonderful leap in the air again brought
down the house in enthusiastic applause.
The same great attraction, with change OF
programme in other respects, Will be pre-
sented tonight.
Year: 1873

LODGINGS FOR THE HOMELESS. s.-Major Poe
| in view of the number of persons who
nightly ask for logings at the station-houseS
has in contemplation means OF meeting the
want. He suggests that portion of the Oe
Market Hall be cut off for that purpose


and similar arrangement be made at th(
other Station-houses.
Year: 1873

TIE HOT soDA-wATER, WITH CHOCOLATE, cor
FEE AND TEA-cREAM SYRUps, run by WOOD &
SONS through their beautiful fountain, Is delicious.
and not the insipid. t0nrm soda sometimes drank
In the summer season. If you like good cup
of chocolate coffee, or tea, you can get 1t out OF
This fountain equal 10 amy made at home OF any
other place We advise all to.try this delicious
drink, for we know that when once drank 1t will
he lnleh sought after all liked
Year: 1873

MErEoKoLoGIcaL.-Th thermometer at
sunrise yesterday indicated thirty-four de-


grecs. On the 11th it was two degrees lower.
Although this was the case the keen wind
which prevailed yesterday added very much
to the discomfort Of pedestrians, and created
the impression that it was the coolest day of
the season. Ice formed over standing water
that was exposed yesterday, There was but
little change in the temperature during the
Year: 1873

Capt. ThOrn's STRENGTHENING brigade made
preparations yesterday for cleaning the principal
thoroughfares The mud and dirt were gath cred INTO
heaps IN West Broadway. Hudson, Canal, Fulton, and
many leading from Broadway 10 the North River
and in some OF che uptown streets and In
of the narrow downtown thoroughfares the piles
eight and ten feet IN hight The piles OF ice and
which had accumulated between the street railroad
tracks the CUTTERS and which some instances
one or two feet deep broken up with picks. and
fragments thrown into the roadway 70 be melted by
the rays the ground beneath the wheels OF
passing vehicles. A few days more Of warm weather
will remove all traces or a severe Winter.
Year: 1873

been made easy but the railroads are
hitherto inexorable. Throughout the
whole Mississippi Valley there is a sur
plus Of food products, and deficiency
of manufacturers III consequence, the
neces. .ity arises for a foreign market /;
although more extensive home market
would be better for the double purpose
of sale and purchase. At the present
high rates of railway tariff the disad-
vantage to the producing classes of this
region is obvious. Here lies the strength
of their reason for demanding remedy,
and the keynote to the present success
of the order of the Patrons of Husband
ry. 1t is because, under the existing
order of things, the wages, which means
the net earnings, of the farmers of the
Northwest, are the wages of starvation.
Year: 1873

THE DEATH OF AcHsAH CAMBRIDGE oF GRAFTON
Gone in her youthful beauty.
Dead to the joys of life.
Unheeded life's solemn duty.
She's freed from care and strife.
Gone from the ties that bound her,
Gone from all care and bloom.
Scatter pale flowers around her.
Type of her life's frail bloom.
Gone. through the opening portal
of heaven. her crown to win
Gone unto life immortal,
And the gates have shut her in.
Our hearts are filed with sadness,
We miss her every where.
Here's work she loved in gladness.
And there's her vacant chair.
Our home seems very lonely
Without her music sweet
Yet. tits short time only,
Ere we above shall meet
With love and beauty cleaning.
Thro' heaven, she now may roam.
That land with glory beaming.
Wen meet her there at home.


PANsY.
Year: 1873

At6 o'clock tomorrow morning
new schedule on the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad goes into operation
which was made necessary BY their ar.
rangemeuts with the Union railroad
com papy of Baltimore, and the Phia'
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad, by which three through lines
to New York city are run daily.


Decision I'm the License OF Steamers


A license for a steamer, purchased al
a sale under the direction OF a Register
Of Banruptcy. was recently refused, be-
cause the bill OF sale had been lost OF
mislaid, and the Register declined to
give copy OF it, but in it's stead fur
nished the owner with a certificate for
record. In reporting the matter to the
Treasury Department a Collector OF
Customs stated that there saemed to be
no danger OF prejudice from accepting
the less formal and full document. In
view of the circumstances Of the case,
the Treasury Department authorized
the Collector to accept the document
presented, and to issuea license to the
vessel. This is the first case OF the
kind on record.
Year: 1873

How TO MAKE Posrs LAST For
EvER.-A correspondent of the West
ern Rural says: I discovered many
years ago that wosd could be made to
last longer than iron, in the ground,
but thought the process so simple and
Inexpensive that i vas not worth
while making any stir about it. l
would as soon have popular, basswood
or rquaking ash IS any other kind Of tim.
Der for fence posts. I have taken out
basswood posts after having been set
seven years, that we're as sound when
taken up as when they were first put
in the ground. Time apd weather
seemed to have no effect on them.
The posts can be prepared for less than
Two cents = piece. For the benefit OF
others I win give the recipe; Take
boiled linssed oil and stir in it pplver.
lied charcoal p the consistency Of
paint. Put I coat Of this over the
timber, and thers;is age , man that
will live 70 Gee il rot.
Year: 1873

A Coop WORD FOR LOCAL PA.
PERs.-The New York Times says
that you might nearly as we'll forget
your churches, your academies and
school houses Is to forget your local
papers. It speaks to ten times the
audience that your local minister does.
It is read eagerly each week from be-
ginning to end. It reaches you all,
and if it has a lower spirit and less
wisdom than . sermon, it has . thou
sand times = better chance to you.
Laying, as it does, on every table, in
almost every house, you oye it to your
selves to rally literally to its support,
and exact from it as able, high toned
: character as you do from an educa-
tor in your midst. It is in no sense
beneath notice and care, for it is your
representative. Indeed, in its charac.
ter it is the san,harization Of the i'm.
portance, interest and welfare Of you
all. It is the aggregate Of your own
consequence, and you cannot ignore
it without niaerably depreciatiug
yourselves.
Year: 1873

A Stranger, supposed to have been
insane shot the Landlord Of the house
where he was stopping in Pennington,
Minn., last week. No cause for the
deed is known. The constable, in at
tempting to arrest the man, was COM
PEELED, in self defence, to shoot him.
The landlord is dangerously wounded
but may recover. The other died.
Year: 1873

We learn that Mr.. Rouse the Treas
urer Of Lyon county has been relieved
Of 1851, county funds. by some person
or persons, at some time and in some
manner, all unknoEn.


The Treasurer had locked up the
funds in Sewing Machine drawer at
his own residence, and his wife being
absent for some time, the house had
no one in it considerable portion of
the time. When Mr.. Rouse looked
for the money it was like Paddy's flea
when he put his finger on it-not
there-and that is all that is known
about it.