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Year: 1873

An over-sanguine gentleman having haz-
arded the remark few days since that ''the
back of the winter may now be consider ID
broken," was met with the rejoinder that sit
ought to be, considering the tremendous load
of snow it has had to carry"
Year: 1873

anvrprrsrRs naturally seek the means TO
reaching the largest number OF readers, ana
those of the best quality The Daily PRESS
;I,s the bill in both particulars better than any
other daily journal in Maine.
Year: 1873

A woman, eight feet tall, was seen
in the streets Of Cleveland the other
day. Her immense stature excited
the amusement Of the vulgar herd;
but newspaper men were particularly
attracted by her boots, which they
aseertained were made for the editor
of the st. Louis Globe, and returned
in consequence Of being too tight to
A.
Year: 1873

REAONls Os' pIAA ASti Aot@s
DR.. LIBBEY-


DEAR SIR: should be ungratefnl indeed
if did not make some acknowledgment to
you, OF the wonderful change you have work
ed in my physical condition during the past
three months treatment Ihave received from
you. Ny heart and lungs were in fearful
condition. was generally prostrated and
completely broken down. 1 feel now as we'll
as nine-tenths of the women of my age. 1 am
sure that your treatment was the cause of so
wonderful change. Ny friends and neigh
bors are loud in your praise. There sre many
in this place and vicinity that are anxious to
avail themselves of your skill, and look for
ward with great anxiety to your next visit.
That you may live to do more of the good
work you have begun, is the constant prayer
of Yours,
Year: 1873

With a view to the fall trad we respectfully
announce that these Mills are now completed,
and that we will take pleasure in showing sam
plies OF all our good (now manufacturing TO
dealers or others inferred. We Manufacture


PEARL HOMINY, GRITS AND SAMP,
Year: 1873

For the benefit of those who have hereto
fore been in the habit Of pasturing their
horses and cattle in the street, we publish
the following act in amendment of section
twenty-nine Of chapter one hundred of the
general statutes, which was passed at the
last session of the Legislature. Those who
have always considered our common and
roadside as being designed by the Almighty
for the special purpose of feeding their stock,
are invited to carefully read this section:


ANY person who shall suffer any cattle,
horses, sheep, or swine to run at large in
the public highway, or yard belonging to
any public building, except on his own prem
iscs, shall, for every offense wilfully or
knowingly committed, forfeit and pay 6ue
of not less than three dollars nor more than
ten dollars for each aud every offense so COM
mittcd, with full cost of prosecution, to be
recovered before any justice of the peace of
the county, whether residing in said town or
not, where such offense is committed on
complaint of any grand-juror of the town in
which such offense is committed, or the states
attorney Of the county; and it shall be the
duty Of town grand,jurors and states attor-
neys to prosecute violations of this act"
Year: 1873

Ruralist" writes the Rural Nero. Yorker
that " it is to be supposed that everybody
knows that the pea will! grow in very cool
weather, and the seed sprout at a very low
temperature; consequently, market garden
ers sow, for an early crop, as soon as the seed
can be got into the ground in the SPRING
This plan has always been the extent of my
efforts towards securing an carly crop; but |
have to own up that for once l am beaten /;
for two of my neighbors Informed me to-day
that they had peas up and growing finely,
just as was getting ready to plant. Upon
inquiriug how it was done, | learned the seed
was sown last fall, and remained in the
ground upinjured during the winter. l have
sown tomatoes, lettuce spinach and few
other vegetable seeds in the fall in order to
gain time, but never tried peas still, as
am nottoo old or too bigoted to learn any
thing useful, l will try not to be outdone on
the pea question next year"
Year: 1873

In an article credited to 7. d. Curtis, in
the FARMER of June 81, picture is drawn
Of the relative position of the farmer as COM
pared with the trades and professions which
is in no way 6attering 1t shows that farm
ers do not fix the prices OF anything they
buy or SELL but that all prices are fxed by
combinations among mechanics, tradesmen,
and spectators" In the strictest literal
sense this may be true, and yet think the
statement as made carries wrong impress
sion. Though the merchant, and not the
farmers, fixes the price of the farmers pro.
ducts, he must needs set it at fair figure,
for there are more merchants waiting to
overbid him. The demand, and the ability to
supply it, are thecontrollng influences in the
market. Though spectators may combine
and for time raise or lower the price of an
article, it will soon reach again its proper
level. If one man is buying our sheep, our
wool, our butter, or any other product, for
less than fair price, other speculators are
not SO blind but that they will see it and
rush to share in the spoils; the competition
thus excited soon brings prices again to their
proper level.


I" Farm laborer" have not yet organized to
put up prices" Let us be thankful for that
and hope that they never may ct least not
after the manner OF the trades unions of the
cities, whose members are but the tools and
slaves of the ring " who control the union
In our occupation we are continually brought
face.to-facs with Nature, and Nature loves
freedom let US not, then, subscribe ourselves
slaves to any ring, political or otherwise, who
shall have power to say any day that no
farm laborer in this town, or in this county
shall do another days work until they all can
obtain an increase of wages. Farm labor is
scarce enough and high enough in the New
England States now. A man can make and
save more money by working on farm than
most of our mechanics can. Thirty or forty
dollars per month on the farm, where board
and washing are thrown in means something
more than two dollars per day in the manu-
featuring village, where half Of this sum
must be reckOned out for those expenses.
Then again many of the smaller necessaries
which man finds need of will cost two or
three times as much in the village as in the
country, For my part, think farm labor
ers as class have no need TO complain Of
low wages in New England. And if they
Year: 1873

vigilance from one years end to the other TO
be successful in any calling and more es-
pecially does il require vigilance in dairyiug.
As il has been truly said, Eternal vigilance
is the price Of liberty" SO also is constant
vigilance necessary to successful DAIRY farm.
ing.


The time has come when our farmers must
be educated. From mere drudges aud the
producers of raw material for the rest Of the
world, they must soon become the most in.
telligent class of meu among us. There Is 90
position iu the world which requires SO much
knowledge and judgment as that of the future
farmer BY the side Of his, that of the pro.
fessional man sinks in the shade. 1t is high.
time 70 begin to educate our sous and daugh-
ters for the higher life in agriculture. Let
them no longer look upon farm labor as de-
grading, back breaking drudgery, but as de-
snauding the highest services Of the best 10.
tellects The farm is The placee for both
mental and moral culture. 1t is here, out in
the broad fields and under the blue sky, that
man may truly T" look through Nature up to
Natures God" The jealousies, passions and
msannesses of the political and speculative
world wither not his soul. Here he may
grow large and free as God designed, and
develop to the fullest every faculty with
which he is endowed. The farmer occupies
the most useful, the most important station
in society. 1t is to his exertious that the
support, the food, the employment of every
other rank is owing. To the surplus produce
of the farmer we owe the institution and the
preservation of distinct employments, the or
igin Of commerce and manufactures, and the
existence of government. Ii is the surplus
produce of tho farmer that sets the wheel of
the manufacturer IN motion; that bids the
sails Of commerce whiten every sea; that
gives to religion her ministers to education
her students; that supports the busy popu-
lation of the crowded city, aud that lends to
the government its resources, Its energy, and
its very being. Let the farmer but raise on.
ly enough for his own support and the NIGH
ty heart, which, by its beatings communi-
Gates life to every extremity, would be chill
ed, and every member of the great body
polite be palsied in moment.
Year: 1873

Orchard grass is not half we'll enough ap-
preciatcd by stock growers 1t will not by
any means take the place of clover on the
grain farm, but in nine cases in ten orchard
grass is preferable to timothy to mix with
clover, for meadow Or pasture of one or two
years standing. 1t is well adapted to filling
gaps in the clover stand; by itself it is apt
to make large gaps, owing to its habit of
forming tusSocks or punches, hence the me-
cessity of clover with it, or else very thick
seeding and close pasturing. But if mixed
with clover, which is intended for hay, the
yield will be better and quality of hay also,
than if timothy is used. The orchard grass
is early and ripens with the clover, SO one is
not tempted to let the grass stand too long
aud get the clover over ripe, in order to let
the rest grow more, and thus secure larger
yield This grass also springs again, after
being cut, about as quick as clover; 50 it is
fine for pasture. In the Northwest it is
growing in favor with farmers, and can not,
probably, be there too highly praised.
Year: 1873

In Berkshire county in the old Bay State
write this letter, and will try to note few
items that will interest some Of the many
readers Of the FARMER.


The season here thus far has been very
peculiar. Spring cold and wet until the mid
die of May, since which time the wet has
been changed to dry. What everybody says
must be true, at least that will apply with
truth in regard to the lateness and back
wardness Of the spring here.
Year: 1873

The harbor Of Milwaukee is full Of ice, and
the ice extends several miles out into the lake-a
thing never before known 30 late in the season.
Two sailing vessels and propeller are fast out
side the harbor
Year: 1873

aud, since my accident, have heard of several
other parties who have barely escaped an ac-
oident from the same cause. l suppose. the
most Of people know as we'll as Mr.. Hinckley
the noise that cars make but is there any use
in blowing their steam off when passing streets
where flagmen are stationed.


Where MIR. Hmckley can see any benefit that
will accure to an individual or in what way the
safety Of the multitude is to be enhanced by
blowing the steam whistle or using the patent
brakes on shifting engines. am at loss to
discern. b. FRANK TOWNSEND.


THE BRANDYwINE BRIDGE AT MARKET ST.
To The Editor of The Commercial /:


Why is it that we have such a hard looking
bridge over the Brsudywine at Market 81? Could
it not be made to look respectable now that
Summer is at hand. the season that so many
people visit the Brandywine in? II it was
thoroughly cleaned of the thick coat of dirt that
covers the inside by means Of hose, and two
liberal coats of whitewash substituted 1t would
make decided Improvement.


The ends of the bridge are covered with pos
ters, bills, box heads &C.. to tell those who do
not take papers where to buy. Now, Sir, why does
not the member OF the Levy Court who sees to
this bridge have these eye nuisances torn DOWN.
II the bridge is old that is no reason why 1t
should be made to look worse than ii really is.


A DAILY PAssER.
Year: 1873

Is worth while that we jo.tlc brother,
Bearing his load on the rough road of life?
Is 1t worth while that we jeer at each other,
g. In blackness Of hearts-that we war to the
knifef yg r r~s Er.
God pity us all in our pitiful strife.
God pity MS all as we jostle each other;
God pardon us all for the triumphs we feel
When fellow goes down meath his load on the
IS heather, 'H y AH


Pierced to tho heart, words are kcener than
~ steel,


And ighticr far for woe or for veal.
Were II not well, In this brief little journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the tide,
We give him Ash instead of serpent,
a Ere folding the hands to be and abide
Forever and aye In dust at his side,
Look at the roses saluting each ther;
LOOK at the herds all at peace on the plain,
Man, and man only, makcs war on his brother,
And laughs in his heart at his peril and pain;
Shimcd by the beasts that 60 down on the


plain. -,,-.
SIT worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow soldier down into the dustf
God pity US ALL Time eftsoons will tumble
All OF us together, like leaves in q gust,
Humbled indeed down into the dust.


-JoaQuia NNer.
Year: 1873

PRESERVED fruits often either
ferment, mould or candy, unless
they are placed in air tight cans,
and these are not always within
reach of the housewife. Now
these three effects are produced
by three separate causes they
ferment because they were not
boiled enough; they mould from
being kept in a damp place; they
candy from being boiled too long.
If papers dipped in whisky or al
cohol are laid directly ever pre-.
serves aud iellies, it will often
prevent them from spelling. Pre-
serves should be kept in u dark
but dry place, and in arranging
them OH the shelves Of store
closet they should not come in
contact with the plastering.
Year: 1873

For long time in the South,
and now particularly, railroad
tickets have been and are used
as currency. About 100000 OF
these are in circulation in Georgia.
Each one entities the holder to SO
many miles of travel, or is taken
in payment for q corresponding
quantity of freight. These bills are
received by the roads in liquida
lion Of all their claims. They are
convenient and common, and add
just so much TO tho circulating
medium. .a
Year: 1873

A nENrECKED gentleman deter
mined to sup with party of
friends, against the will of his
wife. He was resolved that he
would, and che that he should
not go. He did not go. His friends
missed him, and, just for a lark,
invaded his residence, where they
found him and his wife sitting in
their chairs fast asleep. lie
had given her An opiate that lie
might slip away, and she had
given him one that he might not.
Year: 1873

IT is said OF Western editor
that he is a fearful ponman, tho
style OF his hand being a cross
between a twisted wire clothes
line and a Virginia worm fence.
One editorial does for several
days, the compositor dcciphering
it from tho head down the fir-t
day, then tail up the next, and
crossways on Sunday.
Year: 1873

LET Your WIFE KNow.-lt is custom
too common with the men Of the world to
keep their families in utter ignorance of the
situation of their business The wife knows
nothing, has not even an idea Of the amount
of her husbands fortune, whether it is to be
counted by hundreds of thousands. What
can woman kept in such ignorance learn
She spends as matter of course, all he gives
her to spend, with the full confidence that
when it is gone. and she asks for it, he
will give her more.


If an unmarried woman works, she may go
with bold unblushing face, and demand
her wages but wife can demand nothing,
her claim is only for bare necessity; and
generous men, on that account, are too often
indugent, too fearful of letting wife know
the exact state of their finances. "Tis all
wrong.


Husband and wife have a mutual interest; I;
every woman shonld know the exact state Of
hc7 husbands finances, understand his plans,
and aid him, if possible, with her counsels,
and then these terrible catastrophes would
not SO often happen. Many wife who is
plunging her husband deeper and deeper in
10 debt through ignorance, would, if she
knew his embarrasSments, be the first to
save. and with true womanly sympathy and
generosity, help him to reinstate his fallen
fortunes.
Year: 1873

As an Illustration Of the widespread use
Of certain popular title, it is related that Il
gentleman recently stepped into saloon in
Denver, and cried out in loud CHEEKY tone,
"He!lo. come, professor, take drink Six
men sitting in the saloon at once arose and
came forward, while bootblack, whose
stand was just outside the door, and pass
ing corn doctor smilingly accepted the invi.
tatiOn, and Stepped in.


Compulsory education-Being forced to
learn trade in.the penitentiary


Nine Chinese students are in attendance
at Michigan University.
Year: 1873

Few know the terrible import of the re-
cent meeting of the American Scientific As
sociation at Portland. In its development
of new horrors in store for poor humanity it


was awfully prolific. Its members We'd with


each other in predictions of coming convul-
sions of nature, and sustained their argu-
guments with truths brought to light from


the deepest and darkest wells of science
That humanity was to be oblterated was
the gist of five papers read by five of the
most scientific, trusted and celebrated men,


bers of the association A terrible and total
extinction Of animal life. was foretold by all,
the only question being which Of the five
horrors shall first develope itself, and per-
form the work Of universal destruction.


THE sun TO BE EXTINGUIsHED.


Professor Young, the most eminent living
student of solar physics, read paper on the
sum- That body he argued, is gigantic
bubble, whose crust is gradually thickening
and whose size is diminishing. There is
constant loss of heat, which will end in its
extinction as producer of warmth and light.
Hc quoted Faye, Secchi and others to prove
that the material of the sun is gaseous, and
that these gases are retained by some kind
Of crust. Through this surface the tu-
multuous inner composition is constantly
squirting and outbreaking with great vio-
lence. He thinks that this crust "may con-
sist of sheet of descending rain-not of
water, of course, but Of the materials whose
vapors are known to exist in the solar at
mosphere, and whose condensation and com.
bination are supposed to furnish the solar
heat" AS this peculiar rain meets the CASE
GUS substance of the sun it coalesces into a
continuous sheet, forming ga sort of bottom
less ocean, resting upon the condensed va
pors underneath, and pierced by innumerable
jets and bubbles" This action
of the suns envelope will be quenching of
the great orb upon which we depend for
heat and light. 1t will grow smaller, and
moro compressed and surrounded by this
crust, until it will be so hidden and muficd
as to be practically excluded from the econo-
my of the universe The result will be in
tense cold and darkness, cessation of all
animal life, and an immediate return 70
original chaos.
Year: 1873

Gen. J. G. Barnard described the interior
of the earth as molten fluid, Previous no.
tions had given the earth, however, Il rigid
exterior surface from one to two thousand
feet deep. He refuted this theory, and
claimed for the globe upon which We live
somewhat the construction Of rubber ball
filed with melted lead. The surface is, he
thinks, pliable coating that ha- been gradu-
ally formed over the fiery mass inside a
globular form is maintained by rapid rotary
motion, the inner fluid sustaining the soft
shell in its position, so that the unlulatiogs
are imperceptible to us. Thus we are being
whirled through space on huge giobule,
the surface OF which floats on an interior Of
liquid fire. Only the rotary speed Of this
bubble keeps it together, and any disarrangc-
ment or change in terrestrial phenomena
would resolve itself into vapor. General
Barnard does not believe that the surface is
of an essentially different composition from
the liquid interior-it has only been con,
densed sufficiently to form u sort of capsule.
The tenure of the worlds existence, there
fore, is exceedingly uncertain. Any great
disturbing infuence-the breaking out Of a
huge volcano, any change in the surface
that would render it brittle. the impact Of a
heavy meteor or comet-may, in moment,
immediate it, leaving humanity to whirling
death amid the horrors Of inorganic space.
Year: 1873

A party of musical emigrants from Kansas with bass vol, harp. violin and guitar, have been iu our midst for a week and struck chords that have long been unstrung.

 The party took possession of the music stand ,n the Plaza last Saturday nigh, and their per formance drew crowd around them which listened to the dulcet strains Tor brief space Cntranced.

 A suggestion was made that It was ia long time between drinks" when the whole party, on the Invitation of Doc Tompkins, proceeded to Jack son & Tompkins saloon, where several dozen of champagne were opened and the goose wal finally elevated to a proper height.
Year: 1873

While we are glad to see that all tue -four and grain required for army and Indian supplies in Arizona Is raised here, we note that large quan- ties of bacon and pork are consumed in tho Ter rtory, nearly all of which Is brought in from California.

 Grain Is now as cheap In the Gila and Salt River valleys as t is In any portion Of California, and our people ought to take the contracts for supplying the army here with bacon as well as with -four and beans,

 On the fourth page of this paper Is au item showing the value of alfalfa for hog raising, which our farmers should consider.

 Matt Walch, in Chino Valley has few acres Of alfalfa which pay better than any other equal area on his farm. He cuts four or five crops Of hay during the season and sells it for s50 per ton, but those who can irrigate their land who are dis tant from a market for hay, might do better to raise alfalfa and corn for hogs than to raise grain for sale to contractors at present rates.
Year: 1873

One of the party from Kansas referred to in another column, relates that, having poor cattle and being unable to keep up with the train, he one evening, near Zuni Villages, while behind the train, turned his cattle out to fced when seven. teen Indians gathered around his wagon and staid with him till they tired his patience out, and at last was obliged to leave his wagon to get the cattle before dark, and when he aftcr the cat tie the Indians went through the wagon, and rob bed bim of all his provisions, though they did not take clot hing or other valuable articles
Year: 1873

The meeting at the courthouse last Sunday evening was well attended. A set of resolutions relative to certain public vices and evils existing in this community were presented to and adopted by the meeting. A copy was furnished the MINER but its length prevents it's publication this week
Year: 1873

Large quantities of iron are now exported from America to England, and the Pacific coast is the only portion of the United States to which England can ship and sell crude or manufactured iron at profit, and it is very probable that they will soon lose that market.
Year: 1873

As we go to press quite a large party is fitting up to go on "trip to Bradshaw district, the ob- ject being to give Messrs. Ganahl and Foster an opportunity to examine the Tiger ard other mines
Year: 1873

DICKENS WORKS have been decided
too immoral for general reading. by
the managers OF the Vermont State
School Library. These are the kind
Of men who attend funerals in green
kid gloves.
Year: 1873

A MERCHANTS daughter at Co.
lumbus. Ohio. kicked off young
mans hat the other day because
he sat down in her parlor with
that article of wearing gear upon
his head. She used her foot in
stead of her hand, because she
happened to be carrying an arm
ful of books, and was too indignant
to postpone punishment.
Year: 1873

BEFORE election a young lady
agreed to kiss the editor of the
Volga Valley Uowa) Times once
II month for four years if Grant
should be elected. She is keeping
her word manfully, but is growing
thin, her appetite is poor, and un-
less the winner Of the bet de dor
iZes his face and quits chewing
toblrcO, he will have to announce
ii funeral ere long.