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Year: 1873




The Gazette suggests that at the 4th Of
July Railroad convention at Fort Smith,
some action be taken to infuse life into
the road that heads this article The OBJ
iect, we understand, Of the meeting, is to
try and create an outlet in another direc.
ton Crawford county has always been
ready to do all asked of her to furth er
and push forward the l. r. Il F. s. Rail
road A meeting has been proposed at
Alma, to take some action, or at least TO
confer together on the subject referred
to by the Gazette below


We would suggest to those who take
part in the railroad convention to be held
at Fort Smith on the 4th Of July, that
they endeavor TO infuse some life into
the Little Rock and Fort Smith railroad
The company ha. but sixty miles ofroad
to build to carry it to Fert Smith, and
eighty miles more will make a connection
with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
road, near Fort Gibson. That would
give our friends up the river an outlet in
every direction, and it is \ connection we
Of Little Rock are as deeply interested in
as they arc Would it not be well to
consult with the managers Of the road,
and see what can be done toward pushing
it to completon2 Let the cause of the
stoppago Of work be made known, and
then remedy may be applied. 1t is a
shame that a great enterprise like that
should stop at Carksviile.
Year: 1873

A writer in the California delivers q
Sunday school addgess, of which the
following p .ssage is an example. "You
boys ought to be kind to your little sis
ters. / once knew bad boy who
struck his little sister a blow over the
eye. Although she didn't fade and die
in the early summer time, when the
June roses were blowing, with the
sweet words Of forgiveness on her pal
lid lips, she rose up and hit him over.
the head, with rollingpin, so that he
couldn't 90 to Sunday school for more
than month, on account Of not being
able to put his best hat on.''
Year: 1873

A farmer lost a gimlet in the woods
near MONTICELLO, Minnesota, three years
ago, and the other day cut down an
lron-w0Od tree, fast in the forks of
which he found-not a gimlet, but a
three quarter inch anger! He is sorry
he didn't wait year or two longer, as o
two-inch auger was just what he wan
ted
Year: 1873

'you goin' to use that iron. on him p
"Well, am"


BE sure, then, that you're quick
about it, for he's got Sam Ogle's ole
musket, and it kills at both ends"
He had scarcely finished his sentence
before he and my other friends suddenly
rstreated, for the fearful Jackson ap
peared from behind clump of trees or
the opposite side and Immediately
brought his revolutionary relic to bear
but was so long getting it off that had
time to get out of range by falling or
my face. The gun exploded with fear.
full roar, while perfect hail storm OF
shot and slugs ratified through the viii.
lows about the spring. I intended re.
turning the fire, but my enemy was out
of sight. I supposed that he had re-
treated to reload, but looking closer ]
saw him prostrate upon the ground with
his two legs up in the most extraordinary
position-the revolutionary relic had
kicked him over. Then getting upon
all fours he began crawling away. ac-
CELEBRATED this with shot that was an
swered by a yell, and then getting to
his legs he began running, when gave
him the second barrel, that was respond
ed to by a yet shriller cry and an in
creased speed that my party cheeered vo-
ciferously. Long as Jackson remained
in sight he was covering the ground at n
tremendous gait, and my friends fairly
danced with delight for as he ran, from
time to time he felt behind with his
hands as if worried by something ex-
ceedingly unpleasant in that part of his
person.


That night I left Rocky Ridge never to
return. I learned that hundred and
forty small shot had been picked out of
his back by a horse doctor armed with a
pegging awl and pruning knife, and be-
fore the year was out I received the
pleasing intelligence that he and my di-
vine Polly were made man and wife.
gave him good Endorsement and Polly
my love-
Year: 1873

The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
says Field experiments as q rule are
deceptive, unless many circumstances are
taken into account which are usually
overlooked. What is usually known re-
garding the previous agricultural con-
dition of the fields experimental upon :?
What account is taken of meteorological
conditions, dry seasons and wet seasons?
1t is possible for good artificial ma
nure to do positive harm to crop in a
very dry season, while al Indifferent or
valueless compound would do no injury.
1t is therefore apparent that we are liable
to be misled by experiments with fertil-
izers, and that the reports SO frequently
made of experimental labors must be
read with an intelligent understanding
of what is necessary to give such expert
ments positive value.
Year: 1873

| Renovation Of WOrn-Out Soils.


A correspondent throws out some sug-
gestions as to the.renovation Of worn-out
soils. more particularly those of the
South, that may be acted upon to ad-
vantage by many of our Southern read
ers. The renovation" he says, "of
our worn-out and tired lands is matter
of no little importance to farmers in this
section of the country (Tennesseel. We
all have lands, not worn out, bn. tired
down by continual cropping, and we also
have lands that may be said to be worn
out, since they are no longer productive.
We now want the best and cheapest plan
of renovating these lands, SO as to grow
remunerative crops. To do this we must
have our lands charged with good
supply of vegetable matter to make the
land lively and productive. This can
only be done by the turning under of
green crops, and afterward judicious
rotation of crops; in doing this we can
only cultivate what lands we can manure
well, or such as have not been exhausted.
So long as VIC cultivate broad acres of
poor land, We shall have such to culti-
vate and none other. Let us take the
worn lands in the fall break thoroughly
and subsoil in the spring plow again
and SOW to peas about the first of June
and harrow in. Turn under the peas
in September and SOW to rye, and pasture
through the winter with sheep; the sec
ond spring turn under the rye at proper
time, and again SOW to peas, these in
turn to be plowed in September; then
in October by sowing one bushel of
wheat and thirty bushels of cotton seed
per acre, and narrowing in well with
clover seed; lightly narrowed in the
spring, you are ready for a judicious
system of rotation of crops, say cotton,
corn, wheat and clover. If lime can be
procured at reasonable prices, it should
be used where green crops are turned
UNDER
Year: 1873

do not know whether what am 60
ing to tell you is "grin" or not. I
only know that I have been laughed at
often by my friends, who years ago, be-
fore they died out, got married, or went
to Congress, considered it good joke. I
remember well what Shakespeare says
about wits prosperity lying in the ear,
and some ears are SO long that sup
pose the poor joke gets lost and con-
fusedbefore reaching the tickle nerve of
the brain-if, indeed, any brain exist for
it to rest upon.


I was young, quite young in years
and younger in existence, when some
business of our firm-Seizen & Holden,
eminent attorneys-sent me into prim-
itime part of Indiana. I never before
had been among people SO near the
starting point in the race of civilization.
believe Darwin would have made a
good thing of it had he accompanied me
on that eventful occasion. 1 believe he
could have found quite number of men
on Rocky Ridge who had just dropped
their tails, passing from the animal to
the human, and by killing and stuffing a
few he could have triumphed over his
unbclieving enemies.
could fill a volume with historical
illustrations of this barbarous life, but
hasten on to my little adventure.


had terror of the people who fought
Like animals. / believe / am not def
cient in that common thing called cour-
age, but / shrank from coming in con-
tact with these roughs as one would
from ferocious beasts I found could
do this very well by treating crowd
whenever occasion offered and abstain
ing from any tender approaches toward
the fair sex. By pursuing this course
during my stay of four months ] became,
although the wearer of "store clothes, y
and therefore an object of envy, very
popular. But I came to grief at last.


The girls of the ridge were not attrac-
tive. Their ill-fitting clothes did not
grace their beautiful figures, nor did
their internal bonnets frame in lovely
faces. Indeed it was quite the contrary.
We may say what we please of the rare
natural beauty Of country life, but when
it runs on rough breeding it is apt to be
coarse and unattractive. The cultiva-
ton Of the mind is reflected not only in
the countenances of the cultivated, but
AID more especially so-in their chill
dren. This is what we mean by the no
blllty Of nature. ] will reserve these
original and elevated thoughts for a
pook, if / am ever SO fortunate as to find
an infatuated publisher who will prefer
nsHng his money on my thoughts rather
snan republish that which had been a
success abroad.


l found an exception in the way Of
beauty, in the person of little Polly
rlscher, who, from contrast, 1 suppose,
appeared TO me a Cross between Ger
man angel and a Venus. She was
pump as partridge and as 1.-the as a
'aiy Her little nose, slightly elevated
- ale end, with adimple thereon, gave
: saucy, piquant look to her white and
'ed lace. Peaches and cream what a
0ompiexion the little Pitcher had + She
sas Jolly as guinea pig and graceful as
Aiawn. | met her at wedding. 1t


a' np-roaring frohc. We began
uanc'ng and fighting early in the after


n' and danced and fought through
ne night until breakfast next morning.
.Aen we had race for the bottle from
'ue iormer home Of the bride to the
Year: 1873

"Agriculture, says the Teras Farm
er, sis making such rapid advances in
this State that two years ago there was
scarcely an agricultural society in the
State. Now there are some lorty Or
ganized, and others in progress of forma-
ton. The great revolution from slave
to free labor, SO far from discouraging
the Southern farmer, has only shaken
him up from his lethargy and compelled
him to be energetic, self-reliant, and
willing to learn everything that can aid
his farming under the new regime"
Year: 1873

An English groom gives the American
hostler talking to" in this way !:
"When horse comes in all wet with
perspiration, you let him stand in the
stable and dry with all the dirt on. In
England, We take the horse rs he comes
in from drive and sprinkle blood-warm
water oil over him, from his head to his
feet. Then we scrape him down and
blanket him, rubbing his legs and face
dry. Thus, in an hour, he is clean and
dry and ready to take a good feed, while
with your way he will stand and swelter
for hours, and finally dry sticky and
dirty. Our heroes never founder and
never take cold We never use curry
comb. You scratch your horse too hard


The only care necessary is to have the
water not very cold, then bathe them in
stantly, while you are rubbing their legs" :"
Year: 1873

line of their nocturnal wanderings, baited
with piece of meat, and they, are al
most sure to follow their inquisitive
noses inside, and may be found safe and
sound thenext morning, and usually with
out having thrown any scent. If they
are then carefully carried to a brook or
barrel of water, and suddenly submerged,
they may be killed without their scent
being let off In this case, their skins
are worth the trouble of trapping and
skinning. If not scented, and duly
cleansed, the fur is quite valuable, and
makes very pretty durable carriage robes.
g. Remedy for Cold Feet.


Soak the feet in warm water, with q
little cayenne pepper in it, two or three
times week. Try this for month, or
longer, if necessary, and you will find it
an excellent remedy for cold feet.
Year: 1873

1. A correspondent Of the Country Gen


tlen,an writes The method of catching
skunks in this section, where they are q
great nuisance, is by batting them in q
large box-trap. Set the trap near the
Year: 1873

The repugnance of the Legislature to
even squint at anything like paying the
Torbett issue complicates the financial is
sue and makes. it embarrassing for legisla-
tors. The general feeling with the people
seems to be that some adequate measure
should he adopted to show the creditors of
the State that their claims upon it are not
forgotten or to be longer neglected. Every
measure reducing our expenditures and
increasing the receipts in the Treasury
will encourage..the holders of State bonds.
For four years they have waited for some
action looking towards recognition OF
their claims upon the Treasury. They
can not sue aud recover as private creditors
can. They should therefore be protected
as fully as possible, consistent with de-
cent regard for the interests of tax payers


We hope our financial condition will re-
ceive that attention it deserves. Our
schools, our credit, our roads and new
assessment law are the objects demanding
speedy attention.
Year: 1873

COAL CREEK, Feb. Is, 1878.


EDITORS CHRONICLE: Our quiet little
mining village that's stuck down here on
Coal Creek, between Walden's Ridge and
the spurs of Cumberland Mountain, was
aroused by the cries of lady that had fall
Ell in the stream. Her husband and her
self were crossing on some walk logs that
spans the stream. The lady had become
dizzy and into the stream she went. The
water being very high she began to float
down the stream very rapidly and her hus-
band went to her rescue, but being poor
swimmer could not do anything to relieve
his wife and also seemed to be in danger of
being drowned. BY this time quite num-
ber OF persons had gathered on the banks
and rescued them both from watery
grave. The lady lost her shawl and sew
eral articles of clothing.


Our little village is improving steadily.
New mines are being opened and more to
be opened the coming season.


We have three churches here, Welsh,
Methodist and colored Methodist, also the
foundation for Union Church, which will
be completed the coming summer. This
one will be built entirely of stone.
Year: 1873

of the House brought the matter up, and


after protracted discussion, killed it out
right by granting the request of the petit
TONERS. I was not present when it was


done, and, therefore, do not know the par


ticular line of argument adopted, but am


informed that there was constitutional


barrier in the way, which the integrity of


the House could not brook, How this is,


your correspondent cannot say. have no


any member of that honorable body who


voted for the measure in the form indicat-


ed. have reason to believe that they vot-


ed conscieniiously.


The action of the Senate demands at the


hands of your correspondent an eXplana-


tion and some criticism. A bill, similar


in substance to the one reported by the
committee of the Hopse, was reported by


the judiciary Committee. Senator Nc
Connell at the moment being absent from


his seat, Senator White, from Hawkins,
objected to the passage of the bill, urging
strongly that 1t was an important measure
and should not be acted upon hastily. He
alluded, in befitting terms, to the present
condition Of the old and dilapidated town
of Newport, renarking that it was de-
serted that there were not more than one
or two white families living in the place,
and that jurors, witnesses and lawyers
were compelled to 60 one mile and a-half
to get their meals and lodgings He re-
lated an amusing anecdote of certain
judge, who remarked that of two choices,
the one to stay all night in Newport and
the other to take his blanket and sleep in
That, he cOntended, would give correct
idea of the fitness of this place to hold
Court.


Senator Patton, from Washington, did
not agree with the gentleman from Haw-
kins. He made one remark, however,
that your correspondent did not fully COM
to the effect that there was
good hotel at Newport. That is news to
US, and suppose to the quiet denizens of
that venerable town. If there is such
desirable institution there it must be in
very obscure part of the town, as it has
never yet been seen. could not imagine
why Mr.. Patton evinced SO much acrmo-
nious feelin 3n the subject. He was ex-
ceedingly bi Ell, and could not suppress it.


But befor, Senator Patton got through
Senator N Connell mace his appearance
and took h seat. 1t was reserved for him
to set the matter at rest, at least for the
time being. Cooke county being part of
his Senatorial District, he felt called upon
to represent his people and do them ample
justice, which he did do in the most satis-
fsctory manner. He made telling argu-
ment, grew strong and eloquent as he pro-
ceeded with his argument and finally
wound up by moving that the bill be re-
which was carried by decisive
majority. Thus ends this question for
while longer when it will again come up
for further discussion. How it will termi-
nate cannot be foreshadOwed.


Thererc was one significant remark of
one of the Senators to the effect that he
had been Informed that there was o loug
counter petition that had been suppressed
and had never been submitted to the COM
mi tee. If this be true, it demands inves-
tigation, ALONZO DANTE,
Year: 1873

..r, WAvERLY, Aug. Is, 1878.


To the Union and A81eriedn &: ..l.. ..


For the comprehension of the editor Of
the Nashville Bulletin, who fails TO see in
nav card published few days since sulli-
cient denial of certain charges made by
him, allow me through your columns to
state most positively that never received
Sl2, 900 for the office of Comptroller, as an
inducement to resign it from any source or
in any way nor was / brought to resign
it by pecuniary considerations paid or
promised me. l resigned the office to the
proper authority under the Constitution
and laws of the State, and thus returned it
to the people. | did this without hint or
intimation of any character passing one
way or the other, directly or indirectly,
between me and the appointing power as
to who would be my successor. | had no
hint or intimation that Col. Burch would
be appointed, and did not expect that he
would be. What | may have said at any
time about selling out,' was said in man.
ifest Jest TO those who were at the time rail-
lying and questioning me about reSgning,
and the rumors and conjectures aflOat to
the effect that had sold, and telling me
what L ought to have gotten, if / didn't,
(for it seems the minds of men in these
days are prone to look for the sale and pur-
chase of offices from the many examples
given by the Bulletins party, from the
Chief Executive of the nation down. and
l may have said l got $4,000, $4,000 or
$4,000, or any other sum, but such state
ments We're intended in jest, and so under
stood by those to whom made.


Having said this much on the subject, L
am done, at least until the pending litiga-
tion growing out of my Comptroilership Is
ended / will dignity the BuLtetjya's clam
oring with no further notice. A discrimi-
mating public will see in it all only an at
tempt on the part of the Bulletin to pro-
mote the interest of the party which has
been turned out of place and power in this
State for stealing the school fund andbank-
rupting the State treasury by its eXtrava-
gance and corruption l will stand ready
for a fair investigation of the matter when
ever demanded by the proper authorities.


Very respectfully, w. W. HOBBS,
Year: 1873

we write have for years shown more en-
terprise in the way of improving theil
stock than almost any other county in
East Tennessee, Prominent among those
improving the breed of cattle is n. r


Beal, who lives ab4ut two miles east o
Year: 1873

Honey has been adulterated with
various substances to improve its col.
or,;and to increase itsbulk and weight,
has tended to injure its reputation in
the markets, but it should be elassed
as more valuable than syrup or sugar.
And yet sugar and syrup, from their
cheapness, have largely taken its place
Because beef and pork have become
great staples of food, there is yet no
reason why the good wife may not
have her poultry-Dot only as luxu
ry, but as food. So OF honey; while
concedlng appointment place to sugar
and syrup, we need not neglect the
bees. And, while The poultry may
not supply the masses with cbeapfood.
yetit is sought for at reasonable
profit to the producers. So of honey
it must continue to occupy a place in
every well regulated farmstead or
suburban home. There are particu-
lar locations, and others that may be
made such by art, where Bookkeeping
may be made profitable on a large
scale but this is not general, and we
must take the big stories of enormous
yields as exceptions to the general
rnle, for the simple reason that the
same conditions do not exist in all
places. We may thus class bee-keep.
ing not only as science, but an art
science to know how TO best manage
them-and an art, in the manipula.
tions and conditions presented. lila
IN Chicago Tribune.
Year: 1873

The new practice of sending bee.
by mail is causing trouble. A Wash.
ington correspondent explains thus
The cage is a block OF wood, in which
are three large holes, covered with 6
fine wire netting. Seven bees, includ.
ing queen bee, are placed in each
compartment, and are introduced
through hole in the side of the block,
which is plugged up by a piece o.
sponge soaked in honey. The post.
masters and clerks allege that the
honey soaks through the paper placed
over the holes and daubs other mail
matter, and besides, as one postmaster
complained, the clerks in his office
did not get through examining and
studying the contrivance until the
bees stung every one of them, and in
showing them how it was made, and
how to handle it without injury, they
stung him, too.
Year: 1873

ACt10n Oh Frost on the SOIL.


The most fertile and productive


seasons are those where the frost pen


etrates the earth deeply, and exerts Its


influence during considerable por


ton Of the year. The sction OF the


frost is a powerful stimulent to the


soil, it disingrates it, and unlocks the


closely combined elements, and thus


set free vast quantities of plant food.


Its action action also counteracts the
compressive force of rails and tread OF


teams and other animals, and so each
year fills up and lightens the compact
earth. With frost to aid him, the
farmer need not plow so much 10 put
the soil in good condition, as when this
element is not operative. 10 this re-
spect, then, winter is blessing to the
farmer, and he should wisely avail
himself of all its advantages. If he
cannot plow and harrow during half
the year, let him expose his soil with
Judgment to the action Of the frost


which silently plows and hsrrows,
subsoils and rolls for him. - On heavy
and naturally strong, rich lands, thor
ough fall blowing is advisable. Ifthe
surface is left rough, it is perhaps bet
ter; if lumpy, the 5clods disintegrate
and crumble to dust under the icy
figures of the frost farmer. The sddi-
tion of fertilizers to such soil in the
fall is wise, because they become init.
mately mixed with it by the combined
action of frost and water, and are then
Immediately available for the plants
when growth begins in the SPRING
Farmers who complain that the long
winters do not permit thorough cuf.
ture, underestimate the value of the
action of frost. 1t is q note worthy
fact that where winter is most severe,
within the temperate zones, the soil is
prolific, and good crops certain to
degree much beyond that of lower
latitudes in proportion to the time-sud
severity with which the frosts sctupon
it.--Ameriedn Rural Home.
Year: 1873

IN theprocess of drying, corn los
es one fifth and wheat one-fouteenth.
Therefore farmers will make moro by
selling unshelled corn in the fall at Is
cents than the following summer at
sl.O0 a bushel. Wheat at sl.32 in
December, is equal to 81 so for the
same wheat in the June following;
interest being estimated at seven pei
cent, and no allowance for vermin.
Year: 1873

A CORRESPONDENT from r neigh, N.
C, SAYS that great preparations are
being made By farmers for a lsgre
cotton crop. The weather has been
unfavorable thus far, but great deal
of work has been done. One firm in
that city has sold more guano than
was ever before disposed of by all the
business men of the city.