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Year: 1875

New STEAMER The Fanny
Lake will probably be completed
some time next week, and then
makes her trial trip. 1t was the
expectation of her builders to
have her completed in May, but
some necessary alterations have
kept them back somewhat.
Year: 1875

T An Iowa railroad contractor Is
noted for his bad chirography. The
other day he received from store
keeper six pounds of yarn and bill for
the same. On inquiring into the matter
he was shown a letter which he had
written, ending apparently with the
words, "Send six lbs. yarn" The
matter was set right on his explaining
that this phrase was really, Truly
Yoprs'
Year: 1875

1 Two chums desiring to make
themselves comfortable, had stove put
upon in their chap Der. One bought
the stove and the other paid the mason
to have hole cut in the chimney. They
broke up house keeping the other day,
and divided the effects. One had the
stove and the other the hole.
Year: 1875

F The steamer Zephyr will make
her first trip, after receiving thorough
overhaullng for the past two or three
weeks, on next Friday, July second.
She will leave here at her usual time
for Olympia, giving all who wish
chance to attend the celebration ut that
place.
Year: 1875

of killing him, but was forced to do so.
The jury, however, did not view it in
that light when they tried the case, hav-
ing sentenced him to the penitentiary
for ten years.


Little is known of Hall or his antecc-
dent, though he has been more feared
than any of the many men who haunt
the pineries of the divide. He confess
ed nothing His resolnte lips opened for
nothing bat curses on his captors. Wild
er Is not believed TO have been bad
man, bat was linked with Hall in some
deed or deeds of crime, and the stronger
will of the latter held him III complete
snhjection. His escape from death was
miraculous. Eight bnllets pierced a
bag of provisions and cooking utensils
which he bore, but only one struck him,
breaking his arm.
Year: 1875

Nothing can be more penny wise than
the practice of many of our farmers Of
breeding from scrub or grade boars. To
the farmers who breed ten or more sows,
a thoroughbred boar is cheaper at $50
than grade for nothing, even il the
hogs are all TO be fatlened. A single
dollar on each pig wonld make up the
money. and am confident than in ma.
ny cases have seen a difference of five
dollars each with the same care between
thoroughbred hogs and those that have
been bred haphazard On many farms
to-day can be found stock hogs a year
old that will not weigh over eight,
pounds each, and that are not ten pounds
heavier than they were in Der,
and if offered for sale now, would not
brig over five and a half cents per
pound-and they have probably con
sumed as much feed as the breeds of
hogs that at the same age weigh two
hundred pounds, and are worth seven
cents per pound.


Certainly if farmers would look at it
in the right light, they could not fail to
understand its importance. We should
look at our stock as so many machines to
be used in condensing our grain, so that
it may be more easily taken to market,
and at the same time increasing its val
ne. If the miller should return us but
thirty pounds of meal for a busheI of
corn delivered to him TO grind, the oD-
Grafton would not need to be repeated
the second time to induce ia to change
for another, although we are not Obliged
to go a greater distance; but farmers
viii 60 on year after year, breeding
without plan or system, sending a bnshel
OF corn to receive in return what would
buy halfa hnshel, and yet never suspect
ing that, by so doing, they are not only
keeping themselves poor, but also show
a great lack Of wisdom. read an arti-
Gle recently that put the matter in a
plain light. 1t represented farmer A as
offering his neIghbor, farmer B, ten
cents per bushel less for his corn than
the regular market price. Farmer B
resents it, and asks if he takes him for a
fool. To which farmer A answers that
he supposed, from the very fact that he
had been doing this very thing for years
by feeding such stock as he kept, that he
was Indifferent as to the price he receiv.
ed. The man who il carefully breeding
pure stock is a public bene factor, and
ought TO be well paid for what he offer.
to the pnblic, for il is valuable. Such
men should be patronized and encouIaR.
ed, for the farmer cannot afford to dc
without them. In the good time com.
ing, more attention will be paid to thi,
matter than at present. Not only should
this question be discussed in the Grange
bnt the members should cooperate and
purchase such animals as will improve
their stock.-[Cincinnati Enquirer.
Year: 1875




HORSE MAHAOEME ENT .-horsca should
not be stinted in their feed. Work horaca
should be put out To pasture at night
but they should have their usual allow
ance Of other feed. They have some
lost flesh to make up. Scrapo on che
eggs Of the bot ny from their foFe-lega
and shoulders with a sharp knife or
wash them OF with warm water every
evening. Three hours rest nj noon ia not
too much for the team while Piowing.
The lost time may be made up at morn-
ing and night. This arrangement u nol
a bad one for the driver as we'll. Gave
water often, and don't forget the hand d
ful sf corn-meal stirred into Il.
Year: 1875

Last week Pittsburg editor wrote
"The closer people get to nature, the
closer they are to God" Then he. OBJ
tained leave of absence to go out into
the country, and was struck by light.
ming while robbing an apple orchard.
Year: 1875

A wooden soldier in front of Troy,
N. Y, cigar store is armed with an old
army musket. A few days ago the own
er loaded the gun, and the boy who
next playfully snapped the lock had
never been so scared before in all his
life.
Year: 1875

Three old women and a lame man
constitute debating society at Dubuque.
The three old women live together, and
their chickens scratch up the lame mans
garden. The debate is held across the
line fence
Year: 1875

fellowship again. Many who had
been Conscientious Republicans, but
who had become disguised or alarmed
AT the corruption and unsurpation of
the Radicals, were turning to the
Democracy as the only organization
that could restore the Government to
an hohest and constitutional basis.
The dropping spiGit of the South re.
vlved as she contemplated the pros
peot OF an early and complete deliver
ance. 1t was clear that nothing short
of absolute insanity ON the part of the
leaders could prevent final and
coinpl tie triumph IN the approaching
Presidential election, and no one
expected that such insanity would be
developed. No one supposed that the
Democrats would voluntarily spring
new and perilous issues when they
were winning every election on the
old ones.
Year: 1875

From the Louisville Courier Journal.


The New York Sun, referring to
the Ohio Campaign, says


'In the fury of the numberless dis
Quisitions on initiation and contraction
created by the canvass in Ohio and
Pennsylvania, people are in some
danger of forgetting the true issue be-
fore the country. This issue is the
arraignment of the present admins
tration for unexampled profligaGy in
every department of public affairs; for
the exercise of despotic powers oyer
the Southern States; for the extraordi-
nary public frauds and crimes in the
District of Columbia; for the foolish
and demagogic treatment of the cur
rency question by the last Congress;
for the attempt to foist General Grant
upon the country for third term: for
the scandalous prostitution of the ap-
pointing power, and for the defense
and support of the most conspicuous
public knaves by the President him
self"


The sun is right. That the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio blundeIed in thrusting
the two edged financial sword in their
platform can not be questioned, and
it matters not how the election goes
the result will be Illustrative of their
folly. The greatest political revolu-
tion of modern times was in progress
when this false step was taken. Mass
achusetts had surrendered her 75,0l }
Republican majority, and elected a
Democratic Governor, with majority
of Democratic Congressman. Dix,
who was elected Governor of New
York by $4,000 Republican majority,
had been beaten by Tilden with a
majority as large. The South was
being reclaimed from the grossest op-
preston and misrule to which civilized
communities were eva subjected
The change in Ohio was hardly less
remarkable than that in Massachusetts,
and, indeed, all over the country,
wherever the issues between the two
parties were steadily regaining their
lost ascendancy. Political trimmers,
well experienced in the arts of chang
ing their colors and their convictions,
were flocking to their standard. That
vulgar class of rencgades who had de-
serted their party in the hour of its
distress were suing for recognition and
Year: 1875

From these figures it will bo seen that in
the Inst quarter of 1874 the business OF tho
Clearing House had recovered the magnitude
it had attained before the panic, and hos on
tered upon its previous general and regular
increase.


We repent that we have to congratulate
the people of Chicago upon the general e1-
hibit Of the years business, and upon the
evidences it affords Of increase in the wealth
and rcrmancnt prosperity Of our commerce
and manufactures, and above all Of the un-
diminished confidence shown by the constant
ly-iucreasing capital seeking investment here
Year: 1875

be paid to the Surveyor, within so
days thereafter if not t hen paid,
ticket fOl said fine with ten per cent
added for costs, is put into the hands
Of a constable or the sheriff for COL
lection,


The county court can authorize
Surveyors to hire additional hands to
keep their roads in order-tu repair
great damages casually occurring, or
upon a new road, whenever the or
dinary means and labor at their
disposal, is not sufficient. Surveyors
are also re iuired to make a report of
their accounts, &c, to the county
court, at the March term thereof in
each year.


Surveyors are entitled to compensa-
ton, at the discretion of the county
court, not to exceed 81 per day, for
the time actually employed in sum-
mOning hands to work on the road.
The account must be in writing and
sworn. to.


All extraordinary expenses are paid
by order of the county court out Of
the county fund,


TIE county court is authorized to
appoint one or more Commissioners
or Surveyors to receive proposals for
making, improving or keeping in
order the Whole or any part Of any
road therein for such length of time
as the court may prescribe, The.
contractor to give bond with security
approved by the court.


The board of Supervisors, upon
petition Of % freeholders from any
magisteral district OF districts affect
ed thereby, may odopta mixed sys-
tenn of contract and la5or-such sys-'
tenn may apply to the whole county
or any magisterial district therof,'
but urder such systems, no one can
be compelled to work more than three
days Or pay more than 3 cents Oh the
hundred dollars,


For the purpose Of carrying into
effect the provisions Of the Act, the
county court is required. as soon as
may be, toappont three discreet free
holders in each magisterial district,
to lay off their respective districts
into road precincts and aIlot the
hands to work on the public roads in
each precinct The Commissioners
will receive one dollar a day for their
services, payable by the county.


The act is in force on and after
May lst, 1875-RuSSeH Progress.
Year: 1875

TIE loss Of a great vessel at sea
is one Of those events that cause
the busiest people Of the world
to stop and think. When the
Schiller went down in sight Of
England, slumbering in its fogs,
the sound of her guns Syerc heard
by three Of the mightiest nations
Of the earth, but there came no
help. Amid the darknes ofnight
intensified by the hnpenetrable


nists that forever bathe the
western coasts OF Great Britain,
the staunchcst and grandcst vessel
flat perhaps crosses the Atlantic,
strikes upon the rocks, and in few
moments over three hundred peo~
pie find a watery grave. Such a
disaster smites the popular ear with
more terror than the shock Of bat
tie. Men who have unblanchcd
and unawed, walked to the hot
cannon's mouth, shuddcr and turn
pale as they read it. With all
that science has done and can do


the pathway Of the deep is the
pathway Of peril. There is no
safe road between us and our faith
cr5 and our friends in Europe. .
Year: 1875

The letters of our staff correspondent in
Georgia give the only clear, complete, and cool
narrative that has yet appeared in any quar-
ter of the great servile insurrection. lie has
gone into the disturbed district with deter
nination to get at the bottom facts and as he
possesses peculiar qualifications for such an IN
quiry, including, among others, good knowl-
edge of the negro character and a strong fund
of common sense, our readers may depend
upon obtaining from the story which we
continue this morning a great deal of in
tercsting information not readily to be found
elsewhere 1t does not appear that there was
ever very serious cause for alarm over this
alleged conspiracy. In its origin it was the in-
Year: 1875

The railroads of the United States for the
year last reported show an absolute decrease
of gloss earnings as compared with 1873.
We could multiply indefinitely statistics SINH
lar to the above, but we think we have given
enough to illustrate the important truth that
when the value of money is unsteady, indus
try, credit, and trade are constantly exposed to
interruptions and reverscs. The laboriDg man,
the savings bank depositor, and all whose lives
are insured will infallibly be robbed and op-
pressed if the inhatonists carry out their
schemes
Year: 1875

A very gratifying Improvement in the health
of the city is recorded. The deaths for the
week ending Aug 2S are fewer by one-seventh
than those of the week previous. The Board
of Health attributes the improvement largely
to vigorous sanitary measures, and especially
to those directed against smallpox, which,
however, is not usually Summer disease.
The increasing heat of the last few days may
serve to indicate in the next report whether
the improvement should be ascIibed most to
the cool weather of last week or the efforts OF
the health authorities.
Year: 1875

The interest evinced by the French Minister
of Agriculture and Commerce in having his
country well represented at the Centennial
Exhibition promises te be productive of good
results. He takes an enlightened view of the
enterprise, and judges rightly that good dis
play of French products will increase the de-
mand for them.
Year: 1875

The assembling of the Servian Legislature
has been followed by change of ministry
which places the war party in power. There
is good reason to expect from this that Prince
Milan will have to retire in favor of Karageor-
giewich, the Radical leader. The Prince has
no aid TO expect from the neighbofing powers.
Austria is not disposed to force him on his
subjects, and Russia distrusts his ability to
govern. The aim of the latter power is under
stood to be the formation Of a new Sia'onan
Year: 1875

Students and experimenters in the science
Of animal physiology have been investigating
the powers Of the animal stomach for digest
ing woody fiber, until they have been able to
prove that even sawdust may, by the solvent
powers of the gastric juice, be digested and
converted into blood, bone and sinew, and it
has been claimed, and even proved, by chem
zeal analyse that sawed lumber may, in lin.
tied quantities, be fed to animals with profit
that woody fiber mixed with due proportion
Of other Ingredients may take the place of more
costly food material. However truo this
claim Of the chemists may be, it is not more
true than the fact which every practical tar
ner may demonstrate, that woody fiber in
the shape of pine boards, if used as a wall
between the animal and the outside cold, will
certainly become au equivalent for valuable
food, so that if we are iu doubt as to Just how
much sawdust can be pro6tably fed to our
cows or horses, or if our animals do not read
lily stake" to the rations proposed for them by
their friends the chemists, of one thing we
may rest assured-we may use up a good
deal of woody fiber and save thereby a large
amount of good hay and grain, if we will
uoO 'ho NoOu III buS ilbu1 way III suS ouapo
Of covering boards for our barns and stables
A good many farmers have been tempted by
the reports of those who use steamed food
for cattle, to buy boiler and steam their
hay and grain, hoping to save twenty-five or
thirty per cent Of the food by so doing We
have looked the subject over pretty thor
oughly, aud shall have something more to
say about steaming pretty soon, but will
only say now that, without exception, every
one who has practiced steaming, fodder for
term of years, and is pleased with the results,
has been careful to give all his animals good
warm stables TO eat and sleep in. The man
caDnot be found who has been successful in
feeding steamed food in the open air, with
the cattle exposed to cold winds or storms,
or even in stables where the ventilation is SO.
cured by wide cracks between all the cover
log boards. . ..... ...


If you believe in the theory of steamiug,
but think you cannot afford the expense, just
initiate those who do steam so far as to give
your cattle the same warm stables and the
same protection from the cold without, and
you will be well paid. Wood makes cheaper
fuel than hay, and in New England cheaper
than corn.-NeiO England Farmer.
Year: 1875

We printed, last week, extracts from the
debate at tho Elmira farmers club, tending
to show that whether il is best to plow in
the fall is thing "no fellah can find out y
the opinions of the savans Of that body being
in conflict. The Live Stock Journal notices
the discussions, and says:


These contrary opinions always arise from
u want Of observation of all the circumstances
attending the experiment The mere fact
that fall plowing Of clay land has not re-
suited in good crop is not at all proof that
fall plowing is bad for the land. They
usually state that the land settled down so
hard that it could not be got in good cOndi-
tion without re.plowing in the spring. This
fact indicates what was the error in plowing.
No means Of surface drainage was provided
and the soil being saturated with water all
winter, lost all benefit of fall plowing, and
the water was probably obstructed from
running of by the plOwing. 1t is a cardinal
principle in fall plowing that the land must
be free from surface water. We have found
it injurious to plow land that lay fat, when
wet, late in the fall but land of the same
texture, situated SO that surface water runs
off, may be safely plowed when wet late in
the fall. One great point to be gained by
fall plowiug besides doing work in fall which
would delay sowing in the spring, is the
pulverizing effect Of frost, as clay soil can in
no other way be made so 6ne as by frost.
No amount of working in the spring will
divide it into such almost impalpable powder,
and this fueness of division is what enables
the fine roots to ramify so closely through
the soil and thus come in contact with all
its elements of fertility. We think com.
plete pulverizaton is the most important
point in soil culture, aud we have always
found judicious fall plowiug the most effec-
tual means Of accomplishing this in clay
soil. Great pains should be taken to open
the dead burrows and cause all the surface
water to drain off; it will then freeze dry
and pulverize during the winter, even il
plowed while wet late in the fall. We have
several times tested fall and spring plowing
comparatively in the same field of clay, and
never found less than gain Of FIVE bushels
per acre, Of oats. We have also uniformly
found the grain heavier per bushel, aud
attribute this to the earlier sowing Of fall
plowed land.
Year: 1875

Mr. l.. s. Hardin Of Louisville, Ky, whose
name has been before the public for several
months in connection with tests Of deep and
shallow setting, and who has been very sue
cessful in public trials, writes to the Rural
New Yorker q description Of his method Of
deep setting, from which we copy He says:


My boxes are made after the manner of
refrigerators, holding six lour.gallon cans,
each twenty inches long and eight inches
wide, with ten inches space for ice at the
top Of the box, while four inches of ice
water stands in the bottom. The milk is
strained directly from the milking buckets
into the deep cans, and tight lids are put ON
the cans, which are then placed in the box
and the temperature reduced to about 40
degrees fahrenheit, and held at that tenn
perature for 48 hours, The cream is 70.
moved with dipper, allowed to get sharply
sour, and cooled down to So degrees fahren-
heit, and then churned Nv
theory against removing the animal heat from
milk is, that milk taken directly from the COW
is the purest Of al foods, not iniurine the
stomach Of the tendsrest young animal but
w VOhbhO1 WIN Jne air. cneullCd cnanged
are set up that make it injurious.


When the milk is taken from the COW L
strain it into my cans, put the lid on tight
and reduce the temperature to 40 degrees
fahrenheit, which arrests all change or decom-
position. My butter made this way sells at
top prices in Louisville.


Again he remarks:


The point claim above all others for my
system is Its simplicity. For instance, my
butter is furnished to private families at
from ten to twenty cents above the market
rates Of best butter. A negro boy makes it,
who never made pound Of butter 10 bis
life until put him at it. am constantly
away from home for weeks, and find no
change in the quality of my butter. The
only point to watch is to keep ice in the box.
This boy can not make butter that would
eat if made the old-fashioned way. So far
have only met the best butter makers, and
defeated them. OF course / have no trouble
in beating people who require over twenty
three pounds of milk TO make a pound of
butter, aud fear the world is full of them.


The improvement on the Swedish system
is, it requires about three times as much ice
to cool down certain cube of water as it
does to cool down the same cube of air,
water being so much more dense than air
so that my system is great economizer Of
ice over the Swedish system,
Year: 1875

Mr. Bailey. of Bridport, makes In anothe
co lumn an ingenious answer to Mr. ThOrpe's
article on the Jersey COW. Mr. Bailey "sup-
poses" that thirty Jersey COWS can be kept
on the quantity Of feed necessary for
twenty Ave native COWS. We should be inclined
to call for "facts" to sustain the premises on
which the argument is based before admit
ting its souudness. II is entirely safe to as
sumo that the COW that makes o large
quantity Of butter in season is hearty
feeder, whatever her breed. The COW that
gives a large yield Of butter is pretty sure to
feel the cold aud the pail is apt to tell the
tale if she is habitually exposed to cold and
storms. We have no prejudice in favor of
any breed that is touched by free discussion,
and wiIlbe glad to have the readers of the
FARMER settle the question what breed (if
there is any such) is best to keep. When
people argue about the relative value Of
breeds, and lnever agree, we think Of the
reply of Harris Lewis to the question lat the
St Albans meeting Of the Vermont Dairy.
mems Association what is the best breed Of
cows for the dairymen. He replied, with
twinkle of the eye, II go for the COW that
gives the most milk r..-.