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Year: 1876

Dedicated to the late member. p. II. H.. by The


Club"
Not laugh was heard, nor q joyous note.
As our chum to the bridal we carried
Not wit discharged his farewell shot
At the Benedict just to be married.
We married him quickly. to save his fright
Our heads from the sad sight turning
And we sighed stood in tho suns bright light
To think he was no. more discerning.
To think that a bachelor. FREQ and bright,
And shy Of the.grls ne we found him
Should here, at the altar in broad daylight,
Be caught in the snare that bound him
Few and short were the Fords we said,
Though we bartily ate of the cakes,
We escorted him home from the scene of dread,
And thought-how awfully he shakes.
We thought, as we w.eathed his bachelors bed.
With the flowers, the birch and the willow.
How the shovel and broomstick would break Ger his


head,


And the tears he would shed on his pillow
Said he. ' They will talk of their friend who ha,


gone,


And every old Bach will upbraid me,
But nothing reek |, il they let me dream on.
Meath the coverlet Just as they've laid me-
All of our sorrowful task was done,
When the clock tolled the time for the other,
And we left with the hope that the fate he bad won
Would never be worn by another,
Year: 1876

Hon. B. F. Wade desires to have it
understood that be is q thOroughgOing
Hayes mau, despite the many rumors to
the contrary. Ee says in y published
letter: "My election as delegate to the
National convention took me by sur
prise. Had 1 been present, 1 should
have declined the honor; but 1 can as
sure you that Governor Hayes has no
better friend in the convention than
myself. Aud on this sentiment I am
in full accord with the delegation Of our
district, and shall thank God if we
shall be able to get as good a man for
our standard. bearer in the coming cleo
ton. And I shall make sincere and
earnest endeavOr in the convention to
secure his nomination"
Year: 1876

OF the demand Of the Washington
Republican that Bristow shall declare
that he is not a Democrat, the Cincin-
natl Gazette says: ITO ask that he shsli
stop in his work [of reform] to slap in
the face the honest men among his pO-
liticaI opponents who cannot but ap-
prove his course is pitiful pettifOgging,
to which only the creatures Of the thiev-
ing rings could resort after all their
efforts otherwise to baulk him in that
work had been foiled. That the integ-
rity of his efforts in smashing the rings
is so unmistakable that it even extorts
the approval OF his political opponents,
will only confirm true Republicans
everywhere in their conviction that his
Rapublicanism is Of the right sort"
Year: 1876

him against charges which, 50 far as We
are advised, are based upon ez parte
evidence. Whether this be the case or
not, and whether Colonel D0ff be guilty
az charged, will no doubt be made to ap-
pear in course Of the trial, inevitably a
result OF the report Of the committee.
Until that trial is held and the result is
made known In verdict, there should
be suspension Of public opiRion in the
Year: 1876

mencing at the center, first a circle
of about half an inch in diameter
surrounding the two-inch opening
remaining in the pipe, then a circle
of sediment partly turned into coal,
and then the sediment in its ma
tural state and the sides of the
pipe. The surface Of sediment
which was exposed to the action of
the atmosphere has changed first,
and the same influences or chemical
combinations which had changed
its nature were gradually operating
on the rest of the sediment. The
process of combination is plainly
seen in the sediment next that al
ready turned into coal.


Samples of coal taken from the
pipe have been tried on the black
smith fire at the colliery, and it
makes an exceedingly hot fire, but
being of softer nature than the
natural anthracite, it clinkers bad
Ily. Fortunately there are any
quantity of samples of this wonder
full formation, and those who are
unwilling to believe without them
selves seeing and touching can be
accommodated. There is no Keely
motor business about this discovery,
A section of the pipe about sixteen
feet long has been left standing in
the shaft to see what results will
follow in the next six months OF
year. Samples have also been sent
to General Peasants at Pottsville
for examination, and we suppose
the public will soon have the opin-
ion Of gentlemen qualified to Judge
on this surprising formation-but
if anthracite coal will form from
sediment deposited by mine water
when exposed to the action of the
atmosphere under certain condi-
tons for a period short as four
months, what becomes of all the
pet theories of the geologists and
mining engineers ON the subject
How about the great heat, the mil
lions Of years Of time and tremen.
dous pressure, which according tC
the various theories of the hereto.
fore accepted authorities were ne
eessary to account for our deposits
Of the finest and best fuel yet
found?
Year: 1876

virtuouS lives; and as these seven
came from the skulls of his ances-
tors, they were the principal, if not
the only objects Of his worship.
The worship of ancestors prevails
all through the East. In China it
is carried to such an extent that it
would be great disrespeet in a
grandson or any descendant to at
tain a higher rank than his ances-
tors, who might have been simple
coolies. They get over the trouble
by ennobling all the ancestors first /;
SO that a poor miserable cOolie who
starves to death with the cangue
around his neck may suddenly find
after he reaches then world that
he is a very estimable father and a
mandarin Of the first order"
Year: 1876




Shenandoah Pa.l Herald.l


We have before us now on our
table a specimen which is one-half
anthracite coal and the other half
a solid sediment that four years
ago was all soft sediment. For
over four years there had been in
use in the Indian Ridge shaft of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, this district, a
wooden pipe, about six inches in
diameter, made of inch boards
nailed together, which served to
carry water from one Of the rings
in the shaft to q lower level. The
rings are boxes around the sides of
the shaft which catch the water
coming out of the rock, slate Or
coal, and are put in to prevent the
water from falling down and max
ing q regular shower-bath of the
shaft. At the ring in question a
large spring in the slate, about
thirty feet below the Primrose
vein, had been struck, the water
from which is apparently as pure
as crystal. Some four months
since it was found that this wooden
pipe had become SO clogged with
the reddish brown sediment that il
deposited by all mine water, thai
the open space in it is not more
than two inches in diameter, an(
not large enough to carry off thu
water from the ring. Consequent!
o new pipe was put in, and the ole
one, nearly closed with the sedi
ment adhePing to its sides, wa
left standing. The water was thel
turned into the new pipe and Gu
off from the old one, which is som,
fifty feet or over in length, o.
Friday last, after remaining in tn
shaft without any water passing
through it for over four months
the greater part of this old pip
was taken out, and when broker
open the wonderful phenomenon
presented itself that the sedimen
was gradually changing into wha
appeared TO be anthracite Goa
About half an inch of the insid
sediment lining of the pipe hal
changed into coal, and the remain
der was also gradually changing
the only portion of the sedimen
. remaining quite soft being this
! portion deposited first and mex
The sides of the pipe. A cross SEE
: ton of the pipe now shows, con
Year: 1876

RYAN AND osCHwALD HoPEFUL-THE ARGU-


MENT FOR A WRIT OF ERROR TO BE MADR


by COUNSEL TO-DAY.


1t was not until yesterday morning that Judge De-
puc finally signed the bill OF exceptions taken to his
charge an rulings by the counsel OF Ryan 0sch-
wald the Brock murder trial. To-day the argument
for writ OF error will begin before Chancellor Run
von, at his chambers, in Newark AS there nearly
2 900 pages OF evidence is probable that
the argument will several days and that tho
Chancellor will be unable to render his decision before
tho lst OF month The 9th Of January the day
fixed for the execution OF the prisoners but h is
hardly probable that the sentence will then be
ried Most likely Judge Dcpue will Interpose and
postpone the day. The prisoners received the OF
Judge Depue's action with comparative Indifference.
They seemed TO regard II as matter fully expected.
They do not believe that theX viii be hanged
the pth Of January, and ndulgeth hole that they VIII
never he executed. They arc convinced that their
counsel will obtain for them a trial, and then
they will, they declare, be able to prove their
innocence Both men still occupy the
cell in tho Essex county prison, and
watched night and day by officer de-
tailed for the purpose They keep curtain over
the door OF the cell TO them from
and no one is allowed 10 them but their families
friends, and these only in tho presence
OF an Offices Yesterday they appeared to be in excel
lent spirits They persist in snlcmnly asserting their
Of the murder OF Brock or of being present
at the Bedcll house burglary
Year: 1876

Take quantity Of common Irish potatoes
wash thoroughly clean, place in a large YES
sci and boil until done. Drain the water off
carefully, straining it, if necessary, to re-
move every particle Of the potato. Put this
potato water in a jug or keg, which seat near
the stove, or in some warm place, and add
one pound of sugar to two and half gallons
of the water, and some hop vest, or a whs-
key. Let it st and three or four weeks, and
you will have excellent vinegar, at a triaing
cost.
Year: 1876

Searching for the worms when they come
out to feed, or digging them from their holes
near the plant and killing them is doubtless
the most effectual remedy we can employ.
Curtis says one-quarter ounce of salt dis
solved in quart of water will drive the grub
away and preserve the plant till washed off
by rain. Tobacco water will kill them if it
comes in contact with them. Quicklime will
also destroy them if put on the plant when
wet, and dry SCOT dug into the ground is very
offensive to the grub. Suds made of one
pound of soap to ten gallons of water, and
applied warm, will cause them to dart out,
when they can be Immediately killed. Four
ounces of aloes dissolved in gallon of water
and applied to the plant is said to preserve
them from the cut worm. Smooth holes
made with rake or hoe handle near the
plants, will serve as traps into which the
worms fall, and may there de destroyed.
Coal tar and water, spoonful of the former
to gallon of the latter, will, it is said, drive
fh9 worm away without injuring the plant.
Where a few choice plants are to be pro-
tected this may be done by wrapping stiff
paper or walnut leaves around the stem when
setting them out, leaving the paper little
above ground and an inch or two below.


Cow dung stirred in water and poured
around the plant so that the solid part will
remain and form hard surface, through
which the worm cannot penetrate, has been
recommended. For similar insect in Eu-
rope Kollar advises lime ashes applied to the
land, or lime water in damp weather. If the
female moths are attracted by sweet liquids,
many of them may be killed and as they are
also attracted by lurid lights in the evening
they may be destroyed in this manner to
some extent.-Report Of Superintendent of
Agriculture.
Year: 1876

A LADY CORRESPONDENT of the New
York press com plains of the extravaganza
of South Carolina negro legislators on
small salaries. What does she expect
when Wade Hampton sets the example of
an extravaganza that can only be supported
by the covering of all his plantations in
South Carolina and Mississippi with mort
cages and deeds Of trust three or four deep?
He is termed the first gentleman In South
Carolina, and if it is right for him to con-
tract cebts beyond his ability to pay, why
should not those who desire to ape his
greatness be expected to do the same?
Year: 1876

THE Republicans insist that equal suf
frage is thing accomplished by the or
ganic law, provided that law.is enforced
North and South. Aud they further insist
that there is still power 10 enforce that
organic law in the South. The present
campaign is to determine whether they
arp riuht
Year: 1876

THE WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
the largest and best weekly in the country,
containing all the freshest political and
general news of the current week, is pub
ished to-day, and is now ready for mail
Year: 1876

The WEEKLY NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, the
largest and best weekly in the country, con-
tanning all the freshest political and general
news of the current week, is published to-day,
and is row ready for mailing.


'sTilden and Reform / " is the cry of the
hundreds of thieves, robbers, assassins and
other criminals pardoned by him during his
administration of the affairs in the State of
New York. They believe in his style of reform
and will vote for him in a body.


The Democrats are exultant over the i'm
mense majorities secured to their tickets in
those States where by intimidation and force
their opponents are kept away from the polls,
aud where, having the fullest opportunities,
they can swell the figures to any desired ex-
tent. In this they, as usual, oVershoot the
mark, and make their majorities SO high as to
convince any sane man who takes moment
for reflection upon the subject that such ma
jorities could not be obtained at any honestly
and fairly-conducted election. 1t is prinla
fGcie evidence of fraud.


The question of residence is one that is often
brought up in connection with the subject of
Government employees and the District Of
Columbia. Ordinarily it is held that where
ever permanent home is established is the
place of residence of the individual; but it has
been repeatedly held that an officer in the
military, naval or civil service is at the place
of duty under orders of his Government, and
that in obeying those orders he does not there
by lose his State citizenship or residence, aud
that he only does SO on performing some indi-
vidual act by which he makes or declares his
residence at his post of duty. This he cannot
well do now in this District, as our citizens do
not vote at all.
Year: 1876

With the daily increasing certainty
that to all our ills will be added an over
flow, as the probable consequence OF
the unprecedented rise Ia all the Wes-
tern rivers, the announcement that
even the little help the planters had the
right to expect from the Levee Company
to avoid the threatened danger, Will be
found wanting. Is not calculated TO III
spire hope or confidence IN the hearts
Of the people Itappears that although
the law clearly states that the tax col
Iectors shall be entitled 70 commission
Of one per cent for the collection Of the
levee tax, it has been customary for the
country collectors TO withhold about
ten per cent. Of the tax The leyee
company refusing TO submit longer 10
the e1action, the matter has been
brought before the courts for settlement
Meanwhile, the State Auditor, TO stay CUT
Of trouble, settles with the collectors Ior
GA the taxes except the Ievee tax. Ine
Levee Company, deprived OF LTs FUNDS,
Is powerIess, and our leyees Will protect
themselves, unless the court promptly
settles this outrageous question
Year: 1876

True enterprise in our merchants Is condu-
sive to the welfare and prosperity Of New Or
leans. The late enterprise of that old and
staunch merchant, Mr.. Joseph Schwartz, there
fore. is deserving Of great Communication. In
times when hard times" is the cry he with true
business g0aheaditiveness has erected a mag
niAcent building which is an ornament TO the
city Rising high above It's surroundings itz
finely finished front presents to the eye a most
attractive sight. This building is a grand
carriage mandatory. in which there are
built every style and variety Of vehicle. from a
hand cart to thesmost elegant phecoeon. OF a
finish and workmanship unsurpassed By any
mandatory in this country Appreeiating the
stringencyof the money market Mr.5ehwarrz has
made price list as low. If not lower than even
Northern houses In one department OF this
mammoth establishment are the Light articles
used in manufacturing. in another are the
heavy materials, the third Is used for
the work that il turned out, while
the fourth is the mandatory itself.
where many artisans are kept IN employment
To say the least Of It, this establishment IS one
OF the evidences of that worthy gentleman. 5
IIberaIIry The business Office is equally well
appointed having as its head clerk Mr. o. Z.
Sullivan so weIl-known and justly appreciated
for his energy. integrity and personal worth.
The attention Of the country trade is called as
peeiaIIg to Mr. Sch wartzs establishment. which


is situated at Nos H. g. IS and ~ Perdldo street.
We wish the gentleman al the success be SO
richly deserves.
Year: 1876

9appgsSa td8SS 1ScFEs8 III AsefssesA%
Some time during the early part Of yes
terday morning, f. <. Marx, a tailor,
dyer and seourer, residing at No. 103
Union Street, Third District, committed
suicide at his residence by hanging
himself TO the bedpost with a rope. A
DEMOCRAT reporter Immediately visited
the scene of this sad occurrence, and
cleaned the following particulars:


THE ROOM
in which the deed was committed was
in the rear Of the building, 103 Union
street, and on opening the door the
body Of this old man, sixty years OF age,
was dangling between heaven and
earth, having meted out his fate by his
own hands


THE ROPE.
which had launched him into eternity,
he had made fast to the lower part OF
the post, and then passed it over the top
and secured it from slipping by two
nails.


A CHAIR
was next placed beside the bed for the
old man TO spring from. The distance
after he had kicked the chair not being
sufficient to break his neck, he died from
str2ng1latlon.


THE LADY
who is the proprietor OF the room stated
that as she was starting TO market she
passed his door and saw him, as appeared
to her, standing near the bed. After re-
turning from market she was surprised
to see him in the same position, and
what was her horror upon opening
the door to find Marx a corpse, having
hung himself during the night, a5 the
body, when discovered by her, was cold
in death.


HIS SON
was next interrogated by our reporter,
who informed him that he could give
no cause which actuated his father to
commit so rash an act, as he was In
afluent circumstances, and had every
thing around him that he could have
desired to make his old age happy but
stated that he had been drinking very
hard Of late, and had been in a state OF
intoxication since Sunday. He there
fore supposed that while Iaboring under
a fit Of deIirium tremens he took his
own life.


Mr.. MARX
leaves a wife, three sons and two daugh-
ters to mourn his sad end
Year: 1876

being nearly all in good beef. lie raised
large amount Of fodder corn. When was
there, November 10, he was feeding bis cows
all the fodder corn they wanted and then cut
up oue-half bushel pumpkins fine, on which
he puts two quarts of bran and one quart Of
meal once a day. His COWS are tied up
every night in the year and we'll belded in
sawdust, and stand on floor raised about
four inches-and four feet four inches long.
In this way cows are very neat, aHd before
milking the bags are brushed. HIS calves
are mostly dropped the last of the summer
and cows go dry about four or FIVE weeks in
the hottest Of summer.


The butter is stamped in quarter pound
Jumps with clover head and leaves stamped
on every one. These Jumps are put on cloth
in small trays about sixteen inches square
and about as deep as the ball is thick. As
these trays are filled they are put into a
square tin can about eighteen or twenty
inahes high. In hot weather these are packed
in Ice when sent away.


He cuts his hay twice year; the last Of
June and August making it all rowen, and
it looks like grass. forgot to say that he
just sold about 5000 worth Of cows and
young cattle aud sold nearly that amount
last year. saw little heifer calf that he
had Just sold for $50.


Mr. Whipple top dresses his land with fiue,
well.rotted manure. During the time his
cows are dry they are pastured out, but all
the rest Of the time the stock is all kept on
the farm Mr. w. manures his corn ground
heavily and then puts in about a pint OF
well-rotted hog manure to the hill : plants
about two and one-half by three and one-bali
feet apart and csltivates thoroughly not allow
ing a weed to grow. Thus, by close atten.
tion to business aud making his land alike a
garden" he is making the farm pay. should
have said that he pays out about 800 a
year for feed for his team aud COWS. | am
aware that this sounds like a large story but
visit to his farm will convince any one that
the facts are not exaggerated. ID.
Year: 1876

A neighboring farmer said to US, yester.
day, as we stopped at his door, II must 60
to sowing clover again. My wheat crop is
failure since quit sowing clover" The
clover plant takes from the air much of its
food, and leaves in the soil by the decompo-
sition Of its roots, food suited to the growth
of wheat. Lands near Syracuse, N. Y,
which have had no manure except plaster
for seventy years, are very fertile and pro-
duce fine crops of clover and wheat. The
former stimulated in its growth by plaster,
the rowen being powed in for wheat. The
value Of clover for hay ought to be sufi-
cient reason for its cultivation. The
timothy crop holds out just as long after
two years in clover, as it would from the
first seeding if no clover had been grown,
the clover taking from the soil but little Of
the food required for the timothy.
Year: 1876

The governor having, Tor reasons which
were satisfactory to himself, and which
would probably be satisfactory to the people
if spread before them, declined to call an
extra session of the Legislature for making
an appropriation for the centennial, it now
remains for the people to do in their individ.
ual capacity what may seem to them to be
their duty in the matter. 1t is for each
man to Judge for himself what is proper ant
patriotic for him 10 the premises
Year: 1876

The meeting Of the board of agriculture
at Orwell, was one of the best. In spite of
clay roads frozen up rough as bed of rocks,
the people turned out in good numbers and
gave enthusiastic support to the board and
the othersspeakers. The overAowing hospi-
tality of the citizens of Orwell will never be
forgotten. May we meet again.
Year: 1876

Grade Merino sheep Of good size will eat
at the rate of eighteen tons Of hay to hun
dred sheep in winter the quantity varying
with the size of the sheep and other circum'
stances. A friend of ours fed two hundred
wethers, fitting for market, one ton Of hay
every FIVE days, for many weeks in success
.,on
Year: 1876

Those who contemplate the purchase of
an organ or piano should consult the adver-
tsements in the FARMER. Mr. Magwire
offers instruments of the very best and most
thorough manufacture and finish from houses
of the highest character.
Year: 1876

On Saturday last, the body of man was seen floating down the Heusatonic River. and over the dam of the Housaton- ic repair shop. It was again seen by a gentleman wh> was crossing Buffers Bridge, two miles below this village, lodg- ed against rock, but before he could hitch his horse and reach the sporit had washed away. It is supposed to have been the body of Mr. Heath, who. fell from bridge in Sheffield into the river sometime in March last
Year: 1876

It seems that the ladies of Minneapolis made shrewd use at the recent election of the fragment of ballot allowed them in that state. They mashed political slate, elected two ladies to the school board, aHd altogether comported themselves with a discretion that does them credit. Good for the centennial woman vote
Year: 1876

Chicago is so excited over the recent election frauds at that place that it pro- poses to employ little hemp if necessary to secure an honest vote at the city elec- tion, this week,