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Year: 1873

To lhe EditOr OF The Tribune.


SIR As there is little doubt that the ensu-
ing Winter will be freighted with the suierngs OF the
poor some practical plan should be adopted whereby
the aid contributed by citizens may in the surest
way, reach those people who may most require it. I
desire to submit 10 your readers plan which few OF
us I'm the XIyth Assembly District have contempla-
ton Our theory that the citizens OF each Assembly
District shall look after their poor In order that
the contributions to this object may be safely deposited
and properly directed, II Is suggested that committee
Of respectable persons In the district be selected to
solicit and receive subscriptions OF money clothing and
provisions from citizens In the district that place be
chosen the headquarters OF the committee and that
one least OF such committee be In attendance there
on two specified days In each week that the committee
appoint or more agents as may be required. for
each block OF houses In the district. whose dutos shall
consist informing themselves Of the needs OF the poor


in their especve precincts and In reporting least
week to the committee the names, occupa-
tons, and requirements OF all who solicit aid such
agents being authorized, after making report, To fur
nsh each sufferer with order upon the committee.
each district who would willingly render such
without remuneration. In Of the lower Assembly
Districts poverty prevails to greater extent than in
many tho Others and would therefore suggest that
contributions be asked for In tho different churchesn
the city, at least month"; In aid OF the poor such
disrics to be paid to the committees selected
such districts. To each OF these Bureaus of Charity
might be appointed clerk, to whom persons seeking


mployes could apply JOHN ID. TOWNSEND.


Netc- York. Nov, rs. 1879.
Year: 1873

SIR: There are many house owners wealthy
enough do for this Winter without part OF the rent
paid them by poor tenants II they would allow honest
but poor tenants TO remain in their dwellings, II
they cannot pay their rents long they deprived
OF the OF support they would hardly suffer by II
for they expect to got any better tenants In
place Of those they may eject Lberality on the part OF
the house In these gloomy times will eventually
turn out to their advantage This hint not DO amiss
for landlords who cannot feel satisfaction In the fact
that by allowing poor people TO be under roof without
hindefance during severe Winter they will relieve the
poor more efficiently than by giving them pittance
corded In the papers. W.G.


Netc- York. Nov. W, 1879
Year: 1873

SLANDERoUs.-Som vagabond cores
pondent of the Sacramento Record, has
written letter from Millvile, under date
of the 18th instant, in the course of which
he SANDERS that town and locality and at
tempts to be very witty at the expense Of
the people thereabouts Rogues do not
feel at home at Millville, and they general
ly leave that place with an unfavorable
impression ofits inhabitants.
Year: 1873

KATE STANTON, in her lecture on "The
Loves of Great Men," asserts that planets
revolve around about the sun by the nfu-
ence of love like child revolves about its
parent When the writer was a boy he
used to revolve around bis parent a good
deal, and may have been melted thereto by
love, but to an unprejudiced observer it look
ed powerfully like trunk strap.-Danbury
News
Year: 1873

The Sacramento Board of Education


have abolished all distinction of race or col
or, and have resolved to let colored aud
Chinese children to come into the public
schools on the same footing as other chill
Year: 1873

VAIN MAN.-At length it is proved
that man has more vanity than woman,
this is the way it came to pass: A curl.
Gus investigator watched while thousand
passed looking glass used as sign on
the side walk on Broadway. The result
showed that nine hundred and ninety-nine
men glanced complacently at their image
as they passed. The other man was blind.
Four hundred and ftty-two woman passed
during tine same hour and half, and none
of them looked in the mirror-all of them
being engaged intently examining each otE.
er's appearance and dress.
Year: 1873

will reap substantial benefits, and the
carrier suffer no hardship. Such re-
form we believe to bewholly within such
intelligent and earnest effort as the
grannges are capable of making. There
is no need of bring such question as
this into the arena of politics, where it
will be used for corrupt purposes.
While the railroads are being reformed,
the various proposed water outlets to
the sea should be considered. Ii the
States concerned see fit to undertake
them, there is no reason why they
should not do SO, and Congress, under
Republican control, would doubtless aid
in the work to the full extent permitted
by the Constitution. Very much has
been said concerning the position OF the
Republican party upon these points.
All that need be said now is that the
Republican party has shown by its his
tory that it can be trusted to do the
greatest public good, SO far as it can be
done within the powers of the Gov
ernment. 1t will not transgress
the Constitution, nor will it squan-
der the money of the people upon
chimeras. Mention has also been made
of the reference to this question in the
last annual message of President Grant.
But the President says " 1 am not pre-
pared to recommend Go vernment aid to
these or other enterprises until 1T Is
clearly shown that they are not only OF
national interest, but that when COM
pleted they will be of value commen-
surate with their cost" Nothing more
than this can be said concerning these
canal schemes until all the facts have
been obtained and carefully considered.


Meantime, the farmers should remem-
ber that their speedy relief depends
very much upon their own wisdom and
forbearance. When the bond of union
among them is broken, their power is
gone, and it assuredly will be broken
by independent political action. or by
political alliances. To trust to Democ-
racy is to court destruction. The
farmers being, with few exceptions, Just
and reasonable, know they can rely upon
the Republican party to afford them all
possible relief. They know also that IN
whatever gulise it may come, the great
majority OF the people will not tolerate
class legislation. Being conversant with
the political history Of their country,
they know that political action by secret
societies must be ephemeral. We know
that it is proposed to do the political
work by the farmers associations, and
not by oranges, but the latter are fixed
in the public mind as the agricultural
agency, and cannot escape the political
responsibility, if any is to attach any
where. Firmlyimpressed rs We are with
the great value of the order of the Pa
irons of Husbandry to the country, and
convinced that it is capable of doing
much more for the amelioration of the
condition of the farmers than 1t has yet
accomplished, We regret TO see that 1t Is
being used by selfish and designing
politicians in way that must soon i'm
pair its usefulness. We hope the farm
ers will take warning from recent events,
and return their order to its original
purpose before 1t is destroyed.
Year: 1873

The following letter from q matrlmo-
nially-inclined Michigan youth, III re-
ply to au advertisement IN the Chicago
Tribune, was picked up in the streets OF
that city recently. We hope the young
man will succeed IN getting an accom-
plished wife who can play on the piano,
and who owns house and lot; for one
so accomplished i'll the art OF letter.
writing deserves to be rewarded. And
then we are sure he would make good
and noble husband. He is sovery bash
full he don't want his big BROTHER to
know he "got letter from lady" and
all bashful young men, it is said, make
good husbands


HILIsDALE mishigan


Aug % Is


Dear Madam or
Sister whoever you are: rs / happen 10 be
reading the (Tribune) saw your (Advertise-
uent) and az il say that you are Lady OF re-
finement, i do not know but, perhaps it might
paw: by my writing to yon Notwithstanding
we are tranger, Oh account OF my peihS ha'ii
monty. inclined i thought write to you to seo
if it is 80 with you, an single and never was
married live at Home with my Mother We
own House d Lot we live at Grand Rapid l
am at work in the Furniture Factory as fancy
wood Turner in Hillsdale shall stay here un-
till mex Fall, my Age is 20 now if this meet
your Appreciation Please send me your CPhot)
and excuse for not sending mine first rs l am
the first to write to you d if you send yours
first will send mine tell ME your Ages, Ac-
complishment & vocation do you understand
playing on the Piano (and have you got one)
also have you House & lot OF your own also
please describe yourself and answer lmmedi-
atelcy


p S when you write to me write my Name
Plain and in large Letters so that my Brother
wont know that i got my Letter from Lsdy
Year: 1873

whom kindness is thrown away, and
against whom the Government has long
been contending. Encouraged by the
Pharisees of the North, this class stands
behind the more ignorant and reckless,
urging them ON to violence by indirect
appeals to theirpassions, and by tanning
the dying embers of the war at every
opportunity. There is probably no
remedy for this, save in the dawn of a
better spirit IN the South, and the unfal-
tering devotion of the loyal masses of
the North, who shall prove bytheir rigid
adherence to principle that their union
ism is something more than mere
name.-Eater-Oc Ocean. s.ii-f
Year: 1873

All sensible men, North and South,
long ago made up their minds that JEFF.
Davis was stupen1ous fraud, but there
has ever been lingering hope that he
was not n simpleton. In view OF the ex-
Presidents speech Mt the White Sui
phur Springs it is e question If this
hope will not have to be abandoned. 1t
is rather mortifying 70 our pride to lind
that ths man against whom We noml-
nally fought for four years is such an
egregious ass; but ii is useless to attempt
to ignore palpable fact, and, so long
rs he stands ready and willing n any
moment to disprove our assertions,
where is the use of denying it?


Mr.. Davis has gone into the life IN
surance business-a much more honor
able calling than he had been pursuing
before-but he does not seem to retain
that modicum of modesty and regard
for truth for which his class is celebra-
ted. He says, in short, that if the
South had known how it was to be treat
ed by the North it would not have sur
rendered, and to-day would have been
independent 1t was frequently asserted
that Davis was utterly ignorant of the
condition of the South at the time OF
the surrender of its armies to Grant and
Sherman, and this remark we have
quoted from his speech shows 1t to be
very likely. He was an incompetent,
according to the verdict Of the historian
and his best gcnerals-a mere figure
head, very wooden and very obstinate,
but without other qualifications for his
position; and, though the rebellion
would certainly have failed III time
without him, it cannot be doubted that
it succumbed much sooner with HIM.
The assumption now, that, but Tor I'm
piled promises of generous treatment
on the part of the Federal Government,
he would have continued the war, Is
about the coolest piece of brsggadocio
and absur,lity We have lately seen.
Here is IL man that didn't know Il car
tridgebox from haversack who
didn't know that Lee would surrender,
or was hard pressed; who WIS caught
| like an old woman running away III pet
! ticoats, talking about the assurances
| that were given him if he would only
lay down his arms, and of how he would
have fought and won if he hat moi
| trusted III our promises.


| We think it an excellent thing that
Davis survived the war, and WAS turned
loose in the Southern country. Ii h'
had languished and died in prison, or j
he had been hung for his treason, thu
Southern people would have actually de
fed him, whereas he can now walk abou
at the expense of nobody but the Mem
phis Life Insurance Company. and show
the ex-Confederates just how big foo
| he is. There are said to be places Il
the South where there is no sentiment


except of dis!oyalty manifest. Let DaVi


be sent to these places-if necessary a


Government expense. He says he ind


reconstructed men, but no reconstructed


women. Let him travel thoroughly


and We have hope even for these. i


there is woman in the South who ca


stand his disgusting gabble for an


length of time without thanking heave


that sne was spared the odium of hay


ing him for her first President, We sha


have lost faith in the intelligence of tn


sex.


Davis, full Of selfishness and egotisu
is the type Of class in the South upo
Year: 1873

The New York World says: When
We had thistles to exterminate our
practice was 10 allow them to grow
until halt the buds were about to un
fold. At that stage in the growth OF
the thistles there is less vitality in the
roots and more in the stems and leaves
than at any other season OF the year.
That is the time 10 strike death
blow. All other work was suspended
to work at the thistles They were
moved whenever the tops were so
tall that a team could not move
readily among them. Then the
ground was pioughed deep, and un-
usual care was exercised 20 break up
every iuch The ground near stumps
was alEays Dug up with a spade. AS
:oon as the young thistles began to
Gppeas again the ground was cult
yated with cultlyator having broad
nd sharp teeth. Alter day or two


man went over the ground with a
harp hand hoe. to cut up every thistle
he implement had left. About every
wo weeks the cul,ivator and hand


oe were thus employed. Before the


1d OF the growing season root and


ranch of every thistle was effectually


terminated. We never knew such


occurrence az failure. Success


Il always depend upon the blowing


the proper tirae, and dong the


Drk thoroughly as suggested.
Year: 1873

How TO construct a cheap stump
pnller, and what can be done with it,
is thus told by aeorrespondent of the
OtiO Farmer:


Have a chain made of the best
round charcoal iron, at least one inch
and one fourth in diameter and eight
feet long, with a ring on end two
inches and q half in diameter: one
side of these rings must be formed
like link. Attach one ring to band
of iron two and half inches broad,
ore inch thick and one foot in diam
eter, with a small offset for the ring
to lodge in. The band should be be
veled on the inside edge, to make it
slip on the pole readily, and prevent
cutting it. Cut nice, straight hick-
orys white oak, or locust lever, one
foot in diameter at the butt, and
twenty five feet long. Take off the
bark and Jumps smoothly put on the
band, let it come within two feet of
the large end, at which point put in
two small pins OF iron, to prevent it
going any further. Within four inches
OF the small end, put On a common OK
yoke clevis, with a ring in to pull by.
Hitch on two yoke Of oxen. Drive
on the right of the stump until the
band passes the stump few inches.
Pass the chain round the stump, on
the left side, and draw it tight, with
no twist in the chain A little above
the lever drive in common wedge,
and put the ring on tie wedge. Then
gee round in a circle, until the stump
is twisted out.


This machine will take out about
halt the dead stumps, in field OF long
standing, without cutting the brace
roots. Common sized green stumps
can be taken out also by cutting the
brace roo.s first, and digging little.
After everything is ready, with the
team and two hands l can take up
one hundred or more stumps per day,
as il is no draft at all on the cattle.
except the labor of pulling the lever
from stump to stump.
Year: 1873

The agricultural part Of mankind


bavesufered seriously in character and


business by their too rockies disregard


Of written and verbal contracts. And


there is an urgent necessity for our


Agricultural Societies, Clubs and


Oranges 20 take in hand the important


task of educating people up to the


importance OF puncIuality in the pay


ment of their debts. Many farmers


clnnot borrow, in case of emergency,
from banks at reasonable rates of in


terest, for the reason that they have


failed 10 establish their credit for
promptness Farmers should all feel,
as they do in commercial circles, that
a lack of punctuslIty is forfeiture OF
honor. And when man becomes so
reckless of his honor as not TO feel


keenly a blemish on his reputation


when his contracts are considered OF


no account, he has lost much Of that
which should pulsate proudly in every
mans heart.


We would therefore urge upon Ag- |
cultural Clubs, and especially Granges,
which are SO constituted as 10 operate
efficiently in this matter, TO instl into
its members the great essential of bus
mess and honor, strict fidelity to
contract. All cannot pay in full when
due, but all can promptly confer with
the pay ee, make fair representation,
and get an extension. When debtor
goes to his creditor with an honest
face, and reasonable excuse, it is SCI
dom but what matters can be arranged
satisfactory to all. Then work up
faithfully to the new contract, trouble
will be avoided, costs and litigation
saved, and the debtor will feel that
he has yet reputation to defend
In this way men will be more honest
and happier, the business of the neigh
borhOod will be more harmonious and
old friendships viii be perpetua-
ted.


In this day, when 50 many disregard
their obligations, and let the hour OF
payment pass away without thought,
1t may be considered harsh to say such
condsct is dishonora6le. Yet what
milder terms will fully portray the
OF such neglect of duty :
The frequency of business lying has
SO benumbed the feelings OF some TO
such an extent that they are ready to =
resent the charge that they are thus I
guilty. This shows the great impor- > ,
lance OF establishing higher stand. =
lrd OF morals as to our written and -
verbal contracts. And there is no "
'etter time to inaugurste a new code
among farmers on this subject BY
;are, economy, and full control of 4
business, prepare for a new depart. a.
lre on the subject OF fidelity to con- Is
.racts. VI
Year: 1873

The new varieties of peas are quite


numerous, and some of them real i'm
Provements as to quality, but un.
fortunately many of the finest are
poorly adapted to our clima.e-being
very apt TO mildew. Carter's First
Crop is our best earliest, then we
plant McLean's Little Gem, for it is
gem In quality as well as in pro-
ductiveness, when the soil and season
suit it, though we do not as q rule
approve of the very dwarf kinds
they seldom produce enough. So We
prefer Laxton's Alpha and Long Pod,
then the Champion of England, and
also SOW q row or two OF common
Marrowfats, in case the season should
prove too hot and dry for the finer
sorts. We need varieties that vii


not mIldew, and ouch are not likely
to come from England. q -
Year: 1873

We prefer the Bassno Zig. a fo
summer use, but the Egyptian Bloot
Turnip Gig p is also very good, and
being of q darker color, is preferred
by many, especially for market. The
Long Dark Blood Gig. y is the
standard for winter use. The Swis:
Chard is excellent in early summer
for its broad and tender leaf stalks
used as greens.


BEANS.


The best early snap variety is the
Early Rachel-Early Valentine next /;
and the best of. all, hut not so early,
is the Dwarf Wax or Butter, a new
variety and a real acquisition. The
large Lima is the best of the pole
beans, but where it does not succeed
the Speckled Cranberry, or Horticul-
tural, is valuable both for snaps and



CARROTS
will be more used in this country
when our women learn to make as
good soup and stew as they do in
Europe, and also learn that the biggest
are not commonly the best.
The Early Short Horn is the variety
Tor table use-the large kinds for
horses and cows.


CABBAGE.


Here again we say choose the
and not the largest sorts, for
fine quality. Little Pixie is the
and best ofall Early Wake.
field is large, also very good. The
Late Flat Dutch il a standard winter
variety, finer than the Drumhead /;
but the best of all winter varieties for
quality is Drumhead Savoy.
Year: 1873

is not as generally found in farmers
gardens as it should be. For use
late in winter and spring it is very
valuable, and needs no csre for pres
ervatiOD, only to be left in the ground.


We do not find the Student variety
enough better than the Long Smooth,
to compensate for its inferior shape.
Year: 1873

Onions are very sweet and nutri-
tious, and would be more generally
used but for their peculiar odor.
This objection can be largely over
come by using the new italian vsri-
eties recently introduced by Mr..
Wick. These require to be sown
quite early on good soil. Mr.. V. in
forms us the best way is to sow seeds
in slight hot bed and then trans
plant. They grow readily in this way
and bottom well, and the labor is no
greater than the old way, because


the amount of wedding required is
much less. These new varieties are
quite large, but not coarse, and OF very
mild fisvor-but not as good keepers
as our common varieties.
Year: 1873

WHAT IS DrRTl-Old Dr. Cooper, of South
Carolina, used to say to his students: Don't
be afraid of dirt. young gentlemen. What is
dirt! Why, nothing at all offensive, when
chemically viewed. Rub little alkali upon
the dirty grease spot or your coat and it under
goes chemical change and becomes soap; now
rub it with a little water and it disappears. It
ia neither grease, soap, water nor dirt. That
is very odorous pile of dirt You sec yonder;
well, scatter little gypsum over it and it is no
longer dirty. Everything like dirt is worthy
our notice IA students OF chemistry. Analyze
it; it will separate into very clean elements.
Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread and meat.
and that makes very sweet young lady that
saw one of yon kissing last night. So after all.
you were kissing dirt, particularly if she whit
cned her face with chalk or fnller's earth
though may say that rubbing such stuff upon
the beautiful skin of young lady 10 dirty
practice Pear: powder | think is made OF
bismuth- but dirt. Lord Palmerston,s .
ane detination Of dirt is.'matter in the wrong
flece." Put it in the right place aid we cease
III Think of it as dirt"
Year: 1873

No other gems, says writer in Lppincott,


for June, has been counterfeited with such per-


fection as the emerald and. in fact, it is


utterly impossible to distinguish the artificial


form the real gems by the aid of the eye
alone; even the little flaws which lull the
suspicious of the inexperienced are easily
produced by the dexterous blow from the
mallet of the skilled artisan. Not only
emeralds, but most of the gems and precious
stones arenow initiated with such consum-
mate skilled as to deceive the eye, and none
but experts are aware of the extent to which
these fictitious gems are worn in fashionable
society, for often-times the wearers them
selves imagine that they possess the real
stones There is not one in hundred jeweA
ers who is acquainted with the physical
properties of the gems, and very few can
distinguish the diamond from the white zir-
con or the white topaz, the emerald from the
tourmaline of similar hue, the sapphire from
the iolite, or the topaz from the Bohemian
yellow quartz. jewelers. are governed
generally by sight, which they believe be to
infallible, while hardness and specific gravity
are the only sure tests. Artificial gems rival
ing in beauty of color the most brilliant and
delicately tinted Of the productions of nature
are now made at Paris and other European
cities. The establishments at Septmoncel
in the Jura alone employ thousand persons,
and fabulous quantities of the glittering
pastes are made there and sent to all parts of
the world. .7- ...- -.