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Year: 1871

CATION had cleared him Of any completely
in Tennessee's guilt, and left only suspi-
cion of his general sanity. Sandy Bar
made point of calling on him, and prof
tering various uncouth, but well-meant
kindnesses. But from that day his rude
health and great strength seemed visibly
TO decline and when the rainy season
fairly set in, and the tiny grass-blades were
beginning to peep from the rocky mound
above Tennessee's grave, he took to his bed.


One night, when the pines beside the
cabin were swaying in the storm, and trail
ing their slender fingers over the roof, and
the roar and the rush Of the swollen river
were heard below, Tennessee's Partner
lifted his head from the pillow, saying, 1t
is time to 90 for Tennessee; | must put
: Jimmy in the cart and would have
risen from his bed but for the restraint Of
his attendant. Struggling, he still pur
sued his singular fancy there, now, steady,
jimmy, steady, old girl. How dark it
is Look out for the ruts.-and look out
for him, toe, old gal Sometimes, you
know, when he's blind drunk, he drops
down right down in the trail Keep on
straight up to the pine on the top of the
hill. Thar told you so thar he IS
coming this way, too,-all by himself
sober, and his face a-shining. Tennessee !
Pardner!'


And so they met
Year: 1871

day, and determined to fix him. l got
a blacksmith's bellows, fixed the end
through the kitchen wall, close to the rug
where Sisyphus generally slept, and then
waited for him to retire. When he got
settled, gave little motion to the bel
lows, and the cat took hold of the end,
just as | hoped, probably supposing he
had got big thing on some infant. L
suppose you will doubt my character for
veracity, but | solemnly tell you, that then
and there occurred such struggle as you
never saw. put on the blow and the
cat tried to inhale all that came | worked
the bellows up until the joints cracked,
and the cat plowed burrows ali over the
floor with his claws in the endeavor to
hold the thing. At length, with yell of
despair, he let 90, jumped through the
window, and was found cut in two beside
the axe next morning, a sad proof of the
superiority of machinery over cat capac-
ity.


Do you suppose that | stopped here ?
No, sir. 1t did not dampen my ardor for
cats, but rendered me little more partic-
ular. 1t was two years before | could
find another feline, but | at length hit on
cne that was travelling with circus He
was beautiful straw color. with spots of
violet ringed around him, and the owner
informed me that the animal could talk
as plain as any child, though be never did
it except when heartily pleased, or in case
of imminent danger. The owner called
him Pythagoras but l changed it to
Archimedes' because had an idea that
| might want to move him with lever
some day Well, had the animal four
months, and had never observed anything
like talking in his voice. when one day the
agent of stump-pulling machine came
along and wanted to sell me his patent
Archimedes seemed to take great interest
in. the conversation, and couldn't stand
still or sit down for a moment. TO con-
vince me of what his machine could DO,
the agent set it to stump, hitched the
backhold to my horse barn, and put his
team on, Now. look out TO see her come =
says he, and the horses hadn't gone three
times around before my horse barn was
pulled square over. a. On ha Ia hese'r
richness ," shouted u voice a. the crash
occurred, and that miserable cat actually
laid right down and choked and gasped
till he atterward staggered in trying to
reach the house Alter dismissing the
agent. who had made mistake and htched
the wrong end of the chain to the barn, |
went in and went TO bed In the night,
jus, as | was dreaming about running for
Office. that eat happened to remember how
the barn came over, and he went off again,
yelling 'O-o-oh ha ha it's nough
to kin feller,' and then l heard him lay
down and hold his sides. Not being per
sonally acquainted with me, you may take
me for what I am not but must say
that when got up in the morning Archi-
medeS had laughed himself all away but
his tail, and that was still shaking"
Year: 1871

H. T. ON PLUMs.-Ehe Troy Wing says
vast number of people are constantly
vending their way westward for tho purpose
Of culIvaung farms confident that in this
way alone can q man become Immensely
prosperous and wealthy. Men VITO don't
know a SpioughshaTe from pTuning-hopk.
have been seized with the gricu tuTal fever.
and have gone to the western wilds to raise
ruta-b basas, onions and buckwheat We are
not positive that the popular essays in the
riblue are the cause OF this exodus of wise
men from the East, although many circum-
stances would seem to point that way. Our
mosts prominent men are leaving the cities
T the purpose of farming it \ distin-
guished clergyman is crazy on the subject
The following correspondence EXPLAINS itself


Dear Harry; As the easiest way of ac-
cumulating few plums, I'm thinking of
raising some d-sons in my garden, but don't
know exactly how to set about it. Do you
plough deep, and SOW the seed as you DO
oats or potatoes, or is it better to pick the
plants where they grow wild, and stick them
IN holes Please tell me what you know
about it. | don't want TO have to wait too
long for the fruit.


" Yours truly, E..


a Dear Harry: For a fellow with as much
top-dressing as you, sub soil ploughipg Is
mira dig. You don t sow plums. The best
way is to get tree already grown, and Gu
off to the right height from the bottom
mind, you want the branches for the fruit 20
grow on Then you sharpen the lower end.
and hammer it in with whatever yoU like.
If you prefer TO Iaise the whole thing your
self, ab QUO, you might try taking few egg
/ plums and setting a hen on them. I'm not
sure whether the last plan is mentioned in
my work on farming, but see no reason why
it shouldn't answer. That's all | know
about it. Yours, H


q New York, D December 2, 1870"
Year: 1871

Kim 4thA1u D. lliINE HENINlSt hNtA~.


The following striking incidents about
cats are recorded by Quad" in the De.
troit Free Press


remember the first cat which | evel
owned. He wasn't any of your common
stock, but n regular teaser, with teeth like
a cross-cut saw, and the owner of him gave
him away on account Of his habit of kill
ing sheep. | hadn't any sheep to kill
and as children wore buckskin in those
days, didn't apprehend any danger.
called the feline Socrates, and he learned
to respond to the cognomen with great
ardor tie had his strong points, and he
had his iailings. Once, on Fourth OF
July, at the request of the Mayor, who
wanted the day to pass off with c-claH,
put Socrates in pen with thirteen dogs
The result was Just what | had expected
Thirteen farmers wagons went out Of town
that afternoon with no dog under the hind
axletree. | might prevaricate a little
and say that Socrates escaped unhurt, but
| shall speak the truth. II, came out OF
that pen without any ears, his tail off, one
eye out, lame in both hind legs, and the
lonesomest look in his face that you ever
saw. He avoided me entirely, seeming tC
think that | had piled on the dogs little
too thick, and he soon after took to the
woods and committed suicide by hanging
himself with strip Of slippery elm bark.


j was catless for year after this
until one day the bell rang, the door
opened, and a boy asked me to take look
at huge yellow feline he had in u bag
He had beared that | wanted an uncom.
mon kind o cat and thought | would like
the sample. The cat was poured out OF
the floor, and | commenced laughing. He
was cross-eyed, with d mouth that was
intended for cat three times his size
giving him the oldest look in the world
You kin bet he knows his mind, saiC
the lad, and so | bought Sisyphus.
went to bed that night, leaving one Of my
unfinished epistles on the table, and die
not observe anything strange about the
cat at the time. About midnight we were
all awakened by terrible laughing, reg
ular peals of it, and a voice roared Oh
ha ha , hoo-ha-ha = | tell you, sir, il
the greatest sincerity, that when got out
of bed, that cat sat up on end, holding hi
sides, and was reading and laughing ovel
my epistle | confess | was little sur
prised as he was the first thing that eve
saw anything in them to laugh at, but
could not help but feel renewed affection
for Sisyphus, a sort of recognition of hi
talents and keen PERCEPTION. But, he hat
his iailing-he would suck a person
breath. He never tried the game on me
for some reason or other but I saw hin
fooling around Small Pleas cradle on
Year: 1871

FIGHT BETWEEN A WOMAN AND A DEER


The keokuk Constitution tells of
curious struggle between a woman and
deer, near Summitsvile, Iowa. Mr. Will
Collins, who resides near that place, start
ed up a wild buck, and, in the chase, the
frightened buck leaped over the fence into
Mr.. Collins's yard. 1t was Immediately
attacted by bulldog and detained till
the hounds came up, which also engaged
in the struggle Mrs. Collins. who was
the only person present at the time took
up the gun to shoot the buck. but, fear
ing she would kill one of the dogs, laid
the weapon aside, and seizing an axe, went
to the assistance Of the CANNES. As she
was aiming a blow at the enrdged deer. it
sprung at her. knocking her down and
commenced stamping her in the breast.
The dogs seized the buck and dragged it
away from Mrs. Collins, but not until she
was severely injured from its hoofs
Nothing daunted Mrs. Collins renewed her
attack upon the infuriated animal with
the axe, but was again knocked down by
it, and stamped more severely than before.
The dogs once more went to her rescue,
and succeeded in getting the animal away
from her. Mrs. Collins repeated her
assault upon the buck, and this time sue.
ceeded in despatching him. The lady
was seriously, but not dangerously injured
Year: 1871

Only little while, darling,


Only day year;
The golden hours are slipping past, -
The web to the eud is travelling fast.


The twilighsis dIawfng near.
Only n little time, at best,


But a little time to lOves
The fairy honrs with winged feet,
How swift and solemn and strangely sweet,
As they near the home above.
dreamed of angels yesternight,


And this was the song heard
Life is too Aeet on. its arrowy wing
Love Is too sacred and holy thing,


For ever an angry word.
lis but little while, darling,


May be but day or year
The loving and tender, the real and true.
Are falling from sight and slipping from view.
And the nightfall is getting near.
Year: 1871

RATIO BETWEEN THE SIZE OF THE CHICK
AND TIE EGa.-According to a German
author the chick at the moment Of escap-
ing from the egg, weighs about two-thirds
as much as the original egg. If, there
fore,it IS desirable to have strong and large
chicks, it is necessary to see that only the
heaviest eggs are hatched. The average
weight of hens eggs may be estimated at
about ten to the pound some weigh con-
siderably more and others much less than
this proportion. BY pains in selecting
large eggs, 1t will be possible, according to
the usual theory of selection for bree de-
ing, to secure a race of chickens of large
size
Year: 1871

The examination ended in Mr.. Pixies
being committed for trial on both
charges-forgery and embezzlement-
and Mrs. Pike shares his fate as an ac-
cessory.


And Eta Hackney! Not all the
dainty high heeled boots and bright
plaid shawl and natty hat and trim
gloves in the world, nay, not all the
pretty ankles, pouting lips, black
tresses and blacker eyes, sufficed to Sc
cure her acquittal, and she has to stand
her although released on bail
for stealing pawn ticket from Mrs.
Seymour, getting gold watch on it,
and converting the watch to her own
use.


But sadder remains to be told-ftting
denouen1ent to this romance Of sin and
crime, wherein figured two fair women.
One, still young and beautiful, had
linked her fortunes with those of a
thief, while her fond parents were igno-
rant of her shame. The other was in
the full flush of maidenhood, dashingly
beautiful. To one person she was the
dearest thing that earth held. A young
man OF good position in this city had
AiO1 lltI hIlu DoCdIne 6ndHOTou Oh bn0
pretty Yankee belle. Indeed, if report
speaks true, they were betrothed. On
the day of her arrest he had gone to
pay her visit as usual, when he found
the house in the possession of the Off
GERS of the law, and learned the fatal
tldings that the idol of his heart
had been conveyed to prison
cell, charged with the degrading
crime of theft The shock was terri
bic one, to find SO damning a blot on
the brow of the maiden whom he had
fondly believed pure as one of Gods
angels, and whom he had hoped soon.
to call his own till death should them
part. He went home a blighted man,
took to his bed, refused food or com
fort, and on the fourth morning after
her arrest was found dead-a real case
of broken heart.


Such is the romance of crime record
ed In the Herald. If novelists and
dramatlsts are in want of sensations, Of
truths stranger than fiction, they have
but to seek them in its pages, which
are-alas that it should be so-but too
often filled with such records of crime,
OF blighted lives and of squandered
heart treasures.
Year: 1871

A private letter from one of the two
Portland { Me- ladies who were in
Paris during the siege, says that be-
fore the city fell they had come down
to horse flesh, and very good they
found it, too. On alternate days they
were able to secure nice cut at seven
ty-fve cents pound, and the other
days they had to take pieces that were
only good to make soup with The two
OF three days before the end of the
siege they received only twelve ounces
of bread q day for their support, this
being made of the remains of the -four,
rye, oats, &C., left in the city, all mix
ed together, and very unpalatable.
After the siege was raised the supplies
came in, and their delight was great
when their baker said he could give
them loaf of real flour bread.
Year: 1871

The first of April in Lancaster conn
ty, it is stated, is one peculiar to that
region, being the great payday and the
time for settling the accounts of the
entire year. If farm is disposed of,
or cattle are sold, or any article worth
over one hundred dollars changes
hands, a note payable on April 1st is
usually given. No other day, says the
Lancaster Express, will suit, and con-
sequently that city on April 1st is filled
with the country people prepared to
pay and ready to receive money. Con-
sequently the banks are very busy, and
the country people, it is stated, do not
make use OF checks in transferring
money from the account of
one depositor to that of another


The money is drawn from the bank ia
crisp notes in one sum, counted over
and paid to the respective creditors


This common desire to handle the
ready cash, or its best representative,
it is said, subjects the banks of Ian
caster to some Inconvenience, as they
are compelled to call on the banks of
Philadelphia and borrow for three or
four days many thousands of green
backs, which are returned soon after
the settling day is over. The Lancaster
banks, on the morning of April first,
before business commences, are obliged
to be provided each with from one
hundred thousand to four hundred
thousand dollars in the vaults
and on the counters at noon
nearly all this amount of the circulating
medium is drawn out, but at the close
of the day the notes, after passing
through dozen hands, again return to
be deposited in the keeping of the
| banks. This business observance Oh
the first of April is probably due to the
fact that in the country all leases com
mence on that day, which is the begin
ming of the farmers year. In old times
March 25th, or Lady Day" was the
beginning of the year, and the period
appointed for settling up accounts,
paying debts, moving and taking pos


session of farms, has, in the change oi
the calendar, naturally been throw
forward week to April first.
Year: 1871

/ Rolling Grain i'm tho Spring.


If farmers would look at the theory
of rolling the wheat and rye fields in
the spring, it would be resorted to
much more frequently than 1t now IS.
Occasionally the winter and spring have
been SO favorable to these crops as not
to render it necessary But in three
seasons out of four it is necessary, and
doubtless adds considerable to their
productiveness The thawings and
freezings of the ground, throwing or
spowing out OF the roots and exposing
them to the drying winds of February
and March, very seriously affect the
grain. Passing roller over as soon as
the soil is fit to enter upon, presses
back the roots into their beds, and
gives them fair grip again upon the
support on which the crop must de-
pend. This must be apparent to every
one who will look at its operation.
We have no doubt that rolling clover
fields that have been badly thrown up
by frost, would also nave most bene-
ficial effect. - Germantown Telegraph.


Raspbcrries.


The Germantown Telegraph is good
for the following:


There rs nothing easier to grow than
the raspberry, and of all our small
fruits it is the most wholesome and to
be preferred. The blackberry may be
as wholesome when it is in perfection
but the strawberry, while it is dehc-
ious fruit, and chosen by many to all
others, is positively injurious to con-
siderable number of persons. 1t con-
tains an acidity of very peculiar and
powerful nature; It affects the blood
and produces eruptions and people
subject to gout are prohibited from
touching the fruit. ftaspberries, on
the other hand, are not merely inoc-
uous, but they are extremely whole
some, and can be eaten in any desired
quantity.


Raspberry canes can be set out now
at any time. They should be planted
three feet apart in the row and the rows
three feet and half to four feet apart
Cut down the canes to within six h-ch-
es of the ground and set firmly. We
prefer rather moist spot for them, and
if in the shade portion of the day, SO
much the better. They can be planted
under fruit-trees where scarcely any,
thing else will grow, aud the berry will
be larger and finer. They like a cool,
moist soil, kept SO by liberal mulching
with leaves, light manure or any trash,
and if a foot in depth it is an advan-
tage. The canes which have been laid
down over winter should be taken up
and firmly staked, but not before the
last week In this month.


In tying up the canes care should be
taken not to tie too closely, but to
leave room to expand and the new wood
to sprout freely. When extra canes
are wanted, which sometimes sprout in
the space between the rows, mulching
should be delayed until these have
grown foot or so, otherwise it. will re-
tard, if not entirely prevent, the sprout-
ing.


Every family ought to have a few
good rows of raspberries. The variety
requiring the least attention is the
Philadelphia It is fair berry,
and very productive. But those who
desire choice fruit, of the largest size,
grow the "Hornet.n This is equally
prolific, never failing to give us crop,
but the canes must be protected
through the winter.
Year: 1871

to give her real name; because, as she
said, her parents and friends were re-
specially connected, and she did not
wish to shame them by the discovery
that their once beloved and innocent
daughter was
Year: 1871

On yesterday we had the pleasure OF
listening tC the


REV. DIR. WHEAT.


Many years had elapsed since We bad
seen him Indeed. with full long white
beard and moustache concealing the great
er part CT bis face, We would scarcely have
recognized him but the very fret tone of
bis voice sent thrill of recognition that
affected US to degree We had believed I'm
possible. Never did we hear our old pre-
ceptor preach the word with more fervor.
force, intelligence or with more eloquence.
He was literally the old man eloquent. It
will crafty his many friends to
know hat the Doctor is comfortably pro-
vided for as Rector of Lazarus church, in
Memphis, and that be retains his ht alth
and strength in a ZEN arkab.e degrze. He
was on visit to Huntsville to friends
and relatives. We never thiok of e Doc
tor without sigh for his two gals ut sous.
who fell upon the battle field facing the
foe to the very last. Shiloh and Richmond
must bring sad, though proad memori' S to
him. It would have done your heart goo1,
my dear Meier, to have seen our old friend,


But must close this 800 long letter
with the promise of writing again from
Ell 70 sA.
Year: 1871

There snrel can be no place better
fitted to provoke calm reflection and pious
meditation than the Wilmington and
Manchester Railroad. The speed of
the train is SO gentle, the passengers 50
few and the face of the country so un-
broke monotonOus that both road and
country seem to be parts of some bene-
fcent plan of Nature to afford man an op-
portunity to retire from the busy scenes
of selfish world md reflect undisturbed
upon the changes and chances of this NOR
| tai life.
Year: 1871

How THEY FIGHT-The Nevada
Transcript very appropriately remarks of
the manner in which the Democracy carry
on the contest in the present campaign, as
follows:


The Haightites in this State make nc
attempt to defend him from the charges
made against him, nor do they excuse the
acts of his administration. The charges
of extravaganza, bad management, viola
ton of the Constitution, the oath of Office
and the law. are made and sustained from
the statutes and the official records, and
yet Governor Haight assumes to treat these
charges with contempt, and his friends
denounce them as ISLANDERS and libclous
Really this is new kind of defense. We
10 not know that any charges have been
made against Governor Haight personally,
but they are all criticisms Of his acts as
Governor of the State. With these the
people have right to find fault, as the
record of every public servant is public
prop rty. A charge made and sustained
from the books cannot be thrust aside by
mer ly rronuunciug it Il ISLANDER or lbel-
ous." AS well might the culprit at the
bar exl ect to escape after the plosecuti, 10
is made out by proclaiming the evidence
against him ISLANDERS Governor Haight
is put fairly and squarely upon his defense,
if he has any, and the people have right
to an explanation. The "silent coatempt"
dodge will not do, and is only resorted to
because there is no defense The indct-
ment has been found, the p oof made, by
giving the statute and page, in regard to
the subsidy record, the gambling act, the
law diverting the school fund to sectarian
uses, and all other charges made, and the
Haighttes must go upon their defense or
b. adjudged gut "Silent contempt
mnst result in a verdict of guilty as charg-
ed"
Year: 1871

To CCRE Z FELoN.-As soon as the
parts begin to swell get the tincture
Of Iobelia and wrap the part affected
with a cloth saturated thoroughly
with the tincture. and the felon IS
dead. An old physician says he has
known it to cure in scores of cases,
and it never fails ifapplied in season.
Year: 1871

At late concert, a testy old fellow
who had suffered much annoyance
from the incessant coughing of his
neighbor behind him, turned around
with:


That's very bad cold you've got,
sir" which met with this gentle re-
ply,


Il am sorry for it, sir, but it is the
best have"
Year: 1871

serious consequences from this betrayal Of
trust than would have come with the riot Il
has apparently evaded. Nothing is settled by
it. The Orangemen are of course made bitter
and sullenly resentfuL Their enemies are
rendered insuffersble with arrogant tri-
umph. They feel themselves masters of
the position without blow, the
very citadel of public order having been
basely given up by the City Government with
out an effort made for its defense. Nothing
is decided by this unhappy paper-so crlnglng
10 violence and 40 insolent to lawabiding clti-
gens-notbing but the fact that Tammany will
extend its broad sgis TO any criminals OF law
bra,kers who can be of service to Tammany.