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Year: 1875

We have seen lot of city or village
boys gather around boy from the back
country and make fun of him, and talk
about his "greenness,n because he was


not up TO all their ways of acting, and
very often ways of mischief. And very
often the country boy feSs' chagrined
| about it and goes home ID tie sad. Yes


;crday We were having chat with some
| city boys, sons cf wealthy parents, and
| in our conversation the word buckwheat


was mentioned We asked the boys
| when 1t was sown, how the plants looked,


how they got the buckwheal ilour out of il
which makes their nice mornings "i,at-
| jaCks"-or f1ap.iacks, as some call them.
Our country friends would have laughed
at the answers. One large boy said they
sowed buckwheat in the fall and cut it


the next summer, he believed Another


said he supposed they sowed IL the same


as any wheat, and cut it and ground it


the same, and he supposed il was only SO
called because ii was kind first raised
by a Mr. Buck. None of these bows
could tell any ythlng about the appearance
OF the plant or grain-though one thought


1t looked more like oats than like wheat.
(They had all seen oats fed to horses and


seen wheat at the city grist-mill)


Now. were not these boys Just as green"


as any country lad that ever visited


the city? The truth is, city boys are


fully as "green" about things in the


country as country boys are about things


in the city and the country boys have


the advantage of knowing less about
mischief. It's all nonsense. for city BOYS
to put on airs and laugh at country boys,
for the latter know great many useful
things which the former do not know,
and if one of each class should be left a
homeless, friendless orphan, the farmer
boy, with his strong frame, his practical
skill and seli-reliance, would stand the
best chance of taking care of himself.
Let the city boy and the country boy
each have a mutual respect for what the
other knows that he himself does not
know-and remember that one is Just as
green" as the other when he gets into
the others territory BY the way, we
know CT city boy who is collecting a
cabinet of all kinds of grains and seeds
used in agriculture and horticulture, and
is studying the habits of the plants. That
boy will not be SO green" when he goes
out to see his country friends. This is u
good example for many other city boys.
american Aqriculturtst
Year: 1875

THERE is at present stored in this city


for safe keeping-we need not say where
"a diamond necklace of such splendor
and value that it would be worthy of
public notice even were it not on other
considerations. 1t is double necklace,
and each of these consists of three rows


of diamonds. any one of which any lady
might with pleasure see upon her finger.
But in each necklace, both inner and
outer, there is at intervals of about an
inch and half large diamond, SO large
that no lady could wear it on her finger,
and of size that very few of the fan
venture-even if they can afford-to
wear as solitaire earrings In the mid
| die of the inner necklace is stone Of
great size, the worth of which must b.
| fully SO, 900, and from the outer one de
pend several pear-shaped stones of yer,
unusual size, the middle one, whicl
| hangs Just below the large one of tn


inner necklace, being even of create
size and value than that. The necklace
is of corresponding value and design
union of round stones above with peal


shaped pendants below, all within boz


ders of smaller stones-which, however


are small only by comparison with tn
Year: 1875

forgot the severe lesson his diso5edience
taught him. The fact of his own fault
having brought himself and his little
brother into such danger, and caused
such suffering o.his parents, made a
deep impression upon him, and he be-
came more willing to follow the advice
of those older and wiser than himself
LITTLE COfDoraE
Year: 1875

Said a young married lady recently
to friend: my husband often said be-
fore marriage that he would love me to
death, and / really fear he will, for |
cannot even visit neighbor's without his
falling upon my neck, kissing me
twenty times, and begging me to return
soonn
Year: 1875

THE ORIGINAL MARY's LITTLE LAMB. A writer in the Springfield Republican has had pleasant inter view with the real Mary who had a little lamb, and who related to him the incidents ou which the immortal poem was based. The lamb was twin, thrust out of the pen by its un- natural mother. Mary took 1t home and nurscd it until well, and natural ly grew into great pet. One morn ing, when il was to go as usual to tho pasture, 1t could not be found, and when Mary went singing on her way to school # followed her; and st the school-house door she picked IL up and mauagcd to carry 1t secretly to her desk. where she covered II up with her shawl. But when called uP to her spclling-class the lamb got up too and came pattering after her, winch made ;he children laugh to see the lamb st school. l. happened that morning, that a young man named John Kowlston, the son of a riding master iu Boston. who was fitting himself for Harvard, was in the school, and Q few days afterwards,

 nroduced three verses of the poem.

 How it ever came to be published,

 Mary did not know, for the young

 man died soon after, ignorant of the immortality of his verses. But the lamb lived and had five iambkins before it met its death by an angry

 COW. Aside from its memory, there

 yet remains of i:, the residue of q

 child's stocking, which is gradually

 unrsveling, to furnish momentoes for

 the many friends of Mary and her little lamb
Year: 1875

The officer in charge of the exten- sion of the telegraph line to Fort Bsyard, purposes buying the poles 'n open market or will contract with any and all persons for any number o' poles from a single wagon load de- livered on some good wagon road; or for wagon load or more delivered on the line of the route. This IS very practicable and sensible way of e1- pending the money of the government Every able bodied man who possesses an sx can contract, and do better than to work for the middle man-and at the same time the govern ment will obtain the poles for less money. Poor peoole-labOrers-the masses of the people and the govern ment, will both be better served. Prne' oak or cedar poles 24 feet long and not less than s inches at the bottom, nor less than six inches at the top and with the bark peeled of, we believe are the specified requirements Full narticulsrs osn be learned by calling at the office of the acting signal ser vice officer, military headquarters Tn this city.-T New Mexican, Octo- Der 2l.
Year: 1875

Ncu York Ueratd.


The tea trade is in SO stagnant a state
tina. it is feared some heavy failures will
occur, as the business season is almost
over, and up to the present the decline in
the bulk of trade from that of last year is
very serious. An uneasy feeling is preva-
lent, and very few of tile brokers enter
tain cheerful prospects, The sluggishness
Of the market has been caused by the gen.
eral retrenchment in the agricultural dis
tricts as the farming community seem to
have dispensed with tea, and the present
generation of bucolic youths is being
brought up on butlcr-mik. A broker in
formed reporter Of the Herald that the
country dealers are not ordering half the
amount they used to do in former years,
and of this diminished quantity only a
package or so is bought at the time. On
Wednesday the old house of Messrs.
Schuyler, Son & Co., made an assign
ment, and the prospects are that
several warehouses will 20 under,
Some think that business may re-
vive in the next few weeks, but those who
have watched the signs of the times say
that the seasons trade is over, and those
s''aky firms which linger on are onl y pro-
crastinating the inevitable.
Year: 1875

From tie Providence Journal


A most marvellous bonnet was on exbi-
bition at the opening of one of the FASH
ionable millinery establishments in Ros.
ton, few days since. was made of dark
green velvet and ecru silk-two of the
stylish colors for the coming season, On
the back of the bonnet. resting partly on
the crown and partly on the brim, was an
elaborate wreath Of leaves. Within this
clrcIct, Which answered for nest, were
enclosed six birds of the size of srarrows,
They were mounted on wires so as to move
easily with the motion Of the wcarer, or to
sway lightly in the breath Of the breeze
Ten wings formed the trimming on one
SIDE oi the bonnet, and larger wing was
intermnsicd with the Landeau of velvet
and silk on the other. The front, large
and ilaring, was filled in with a mass Ct
exquisite flowers, loops and twists of vel
vet and silk and an additional wing. A
yard and a half Of velvet and half the
quantity of silk was required for the COM
petlon of this monstrosity of feminine
hea! gear. Twelve birds wings. six
whole birds, masses of flowers leaves and
weaths, velvet and silk in unlimited o,,an-
tity entered into the composition OF this
love Of a bonnet" We have not been
enlightened in regard to tie price Of this
vanity Of vanities, neither have we heard
who has become its happy possessor.
Year: 1875

From the PHILADELPHIA Press.


The journals Of New York and OF
the little State of Delaware have lately
been teeming with reports of the spread Of
epizooty and blind staggers amongst the
horses in those cities. In the latter it has
been computed that upwards of $4,000
worth OF stock has been lost to farmers
and others through their horses being at
tackled with blind staggers, disease which
Kills the animals in the course of a few
days. In New York some alarm was ex-
cited by the statement that the epizooty
had made its appearance amongst the hors-
es used on the street railroads. Our read
ers will remember the great loss, not to
speak OF the Inconvenience to which al
most every person, both in public and pri-
vate life, was subjected when tle disease
made its appearance in this city few years
ago. 1t spread over every part of the
country, and reports were continually ar
irving from Europe Of its progress there,
Anxious to ascertain if it had again made
its appearance in this city, our reporters
were yesterday detailed to visit the differ
ent passenger railway depots and livery
stables, and they failed to find a single
case! A few horses had been attacked
with slight throat diseases, induced by
the sudden cold snap, but this was prompt
~ checked by.means Of the remedies usual
in such cases. >''''
Year: 1875

The hat store Of Humphreys, on Market
street, No. PIG, is the big bonanza in the hat
line in the city. Here you can get all the
latest styles at the loves. prices. His goods
are always the best in the market, and can
be depended upon by those who wish to get
the best goods at reasonable rates.
Year: 1875

s'Stand like an anvil" when the stroke
OF stalwart men falls fierce and fast;
Storms but more deeply root the oak
Whose brawny arms embrace the blast.
''Stand like an anvil" when the sparks
Fly far and wide, fiery shower;
Virtue and truth must still he marks
Where malice proves its want Of


power.


'Stand like an anvil" when the bar
Lies, red and glowing, on its breast;
Duty shall be life's leading star.


And conscious innocence its rest.
"Stand like an anvil, when the sound
Of pOnderous hammers pains the ear:
Thine but the still and stern rebound
OF the great heart that cannot fear.
''Stand like an anvil" noise and heat
Are born with earth and die with


time;


The soul, like GOd-its source and seat
Is solemn. still, serene. sublime.
Year: 1875

A WOMAN calling herself spirit
nal medium gave an exhibition at
Providence a few evenings since, and
among other feats lifted large piano
with several persons seated upon it;
The audience were almost converted
to a belief in her supernatural gifts,
when a well known citizen stepped
upon the stage, and, announcing that
he had discovered her secret, proceed
ed to repeat her manifestations one
by one. He proved that the wonder
fHl effects were attributed to purely
nbysical causes, the medium being
blessed with highly developed mus
cles. The entertainment ended with
more abruptness than elegance.
Year: 1875

AT 4:3O this morning a fire broke out
in a shed in the rear OF a lodging
house on the Northwest corner of AL
ameda and Commercial streets, and
nearly half the house was consumed
before the fire was got under control.
The loss is not heavy, as most of the
furniture was saved
Year: 1875

The symptoms of Liver Complaint are IN
easiRess and pain in the side. Sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder. and is mistaken for
rheumatism. The stomach Is affected with
lOsy OF appetite and sickness, bowels in gen.
eraI costiVe, sometimes alternating with lax.
The head is troubled with pain, and dull,
heavy sensation, considerable loss OF memory


accompanied with painful sensation OF hay
Ing left undone something which ought TO
have been zone. Often complaining of weak
many Of the above symptoms attend the dis
ease, anu at other times very few o. them; but
the liver Is generally the organ most in vOlve l..


Nearly all diseases originate from Indiges


ton and TOrpidity of the Liver, and relief is
always snxiously sought after. II the Liver
Year: 1875

The Cabinet was in session Yesterday.
The subject under consideration, it is
thought, was changes in the Revenue
Bureau. in connection with the great
whisky frauds, just made public.
Year: 1875

One of our visitors to the Hunts
vile Fair got strapped while there
and applied to a friend for assis
tance. The friend was in nearly
the same condition and hesitated
whether he wonld deprive himself
for his unfortunate companion, but
finally pulled out a dollar and
loaned to him, upon being told
Frankly that if he didn't do so
he'd put Ruf. on him. Then the
strapped man invested rs cents of
his borrowed scads in a theatre
ticket, leaving him quarter in his
pocket Of good merchantable cash,
with which he concluded to fix
himself off for enjoying the play.
He accordingly repaired to near
saloon, with his hand on his quar-
ter and his mouth watering in an
tieipation, and just as he was about
tobcall for the beverage, in stepped
a friend. OF course he must ask
the friend to drink, and the friend
said he would take a sherry cob
bier. Dear reader, if you are not
aware oft, these presents are to
inform you that cobblers in Hunts
vile are brisk at a quarter apiece.
Here was a dilemma! The frierd
took a drink that took all the
money, and what was our man to
do! His venerable mind took in
the situation at a glance. He knew
he couldn't take the bar-keeper in
for credit and his friend was not
there with another. dollar to lend
him, and so he rubbed his brow and
leaned upon his elbow and family
said: "Bar-keeper, set me forth a
glass of water. The fever rageth in
my blood and 1 dare not indulge in
stronger drink" The keeper
obeyed, the man smoothed out his
last quarter on the counter, the
friend drank down the cooling cob
bier, and the disconsolate unfortu-
nate wandered forth in the night
and clear forgot to go to the thea
tire.
Year: 1875

Z Republication has won it's own
crown again in Ohio, but its re-cor-
onation means more than a mere
party victory. Indeed, it is not a
Republican triumph in any recent
acception of the term. 1t is the
achievement of money through the
agency of the organization of Re
publicanism, and what shall be its
fruits the wisest can not forecast.
All the party questions and inter
ests which vitalized Republicanism
in the past were cast aside as so
much abandoned stage rubbish, and
expediency ruled on every hand
in weakness on the Republican side,
in madness in the Democratic coun-
sells. The Republican national adj
ministFation was abandoned to its
fate. It was not so much as hon
ored with passive favor; it was un-
tremendously ordered out of the
conflict, and those who struggled
for the ticket proclaimed IN advance
that tine triumph Of the Republican
candidates should not mean the ap-
proval Of Republican policy as prac-
tically taught by Republican rulers.
Thus arraYed against its own rec
ords and its own chosen leaders, it
hattled for itself and its future.
And its greatest ally was the very
enemy it has so signally discounted.
But for the insGnity Of Democracy,
Republicanism would to-day be
writhing in the agonies Of defeat
in the midst OF its debauched wor-
shippers.
Year: 1875

The ex-local, in his article two
weeks ago about the serenaders had
no thought of being taken seriously
or of creating the impression that
the boys were drunken rowdies. In
fact he thought it was altogether
different band, and took the liberty
he did with them because he thought
they were his particular friends and
the cleverest kind. of fellows. There
fore, if anybody miscOnstrued the
article, they are hereby corrected.
So far as we know them they are
sober, steady, clever young gen
tlemen.
Year: 1875

We do not care to analyze the
causes of Aliens defeat. 1t is suffi-
cient for all who think and believe
as we do on the currency question
that he is beaten-as noble a Ro-
man as ever battled for the right;
and called in vain for help on his
plebeian and degenerate country
men. But the battle has just be-
gun. Those who think that the re-
suit of the Ohio election kills the
greenback question as the issue in
the Presidential contest of 1876,
have misunderstood altogether the
principles that go to make up its
vitality and force, Self-preserva-
tion is one of these. principles-the
right to own homesteads in the land
saved from disintegratfon by Wes-
tern Yalor, and made to pay all the
taxes of an unjust and oppressive
government by Western energy and
and toll OF course there had to
be alternate victories and defeats
The nation never will come TO Dem
ocracy, call it what you viii, or by
any name imaginable, because it
loves it better than the public plum
der Radicalism guaranteed TO it in
such amazing quantities, but it will
come to a greenback Democracy,
because a greenback Democracy,
proposes to put clothes on its
back, food in its mouth, implements
of labor in its hands, stop the eat
ing of its cancerous mortgages, and
give it breathing time to pay a mil
lion debts its worshiped task mater
and idol of yesterday swears it shall
pay in gold in 1S79.-St. Louis
Times, Dem.
Year: 1875

Mn EDIroR: very little of
interest has transpired since the
last report from here, we shall be
quite brief this week.


Farmers in this vicinity seem to
have been working the most of the
excellent weather this month. Many
of them have succeeded in housing
most, some all, OF their corn crops.
All report the yield greater than
they anticipated, and say they have
not had such for years.


A great deal of wheat viii be
sOwed here this fall; this work is
just now getting fairly under head
way. We know Of but few that
will SOW less this season than last.
but many who viii greatly increase
their acreage. It appears that our
farmers are, at last, beginning to re-
alize the advantage of raising more
grain and less cotton, as well as the
necessity of resting their exhausted
lands. If they viii only adhere to
this course for a few years there is
little doubt but that we will soon
have a country as thrifty and pres
porous as in days of yore. "a


Notwith standing the number Of
hogs imported to these parts and
the great abundance of corn, the
prevailing opinion seems to be that
pork will be unusually scarce here
this winter The diseases among
the swine have abated very much,
indeed we have not heard of any
dying for more than a week, and
thosedeft are reported in a thriving
condition and fattening web. There
will doubtless be a sufffciency here
to supply the home demand if not
to spare--mOst likely the latter.


The last weeks +frosts VIII cut
down the cotton average consider
ably. Some think it will reduce it,
but little if any below the last years
crop but, the aajority- express a be-
lief that it VIII be at least fourth
or a third less. Picking is going
on RAPIDLY eyeryWhere, though very
little has been brought into market
yet, perhaps not more than a dozen
bales being delivered at this depot,
while it is estimated that at the
same date last season not less than
two hundred had been sold here.


We suspect several of our young
people of making matrimonial ar
this fall and will not
be astonished if the ball opens be-
fore this is published. We saw a
couple of our townsmen in a private
conference this morning. They look
ed both pleased and serious and we
naturally suspected that matrimony
was their subject, look outl @


More anon. O.A. r.
Year: 1875

An English medical journal re
ports the accomplishment of the
feat OF numbering the hairs of the
head. 1t announces that there are
from one hundred and sixty thous-
and TO two hundred thousand hairs
on a lady's head, and then computes
their value by relating an incident
which it says happened to Nine.
Nilsson during her residence in
New York city. She was at a fancy
fair, and an admirer asked her the
price of single hair from her head.
She said ten dollars, and in few
moments the Swedish songstress
was surrounded by admirers anx-
ious TO buy a hair at the same rate.
The proceeds were given to the fair.
At this rate the value Of Madame
Nilsson's hair is two million of dol
lars Southern Musical Journal.
Year: 1875

In order to return to specie pay
ment it would require \ contraction
ofsixty per cent Of the currency now
in circulation. If this policy is
adopted what viii become of the
business of the South and West?-
While expansion to any great ex
tent might be injurious in a certain
sense it is plainly evident that the
process of contraction has stified
every branch of business and its
continuation would ruin the eoun-
try. Nobody exceps Eastern money
jobbers and brokers are TO be bene-
fitted by the scheme.-Ex.
Year: 1875

A correspondent ofatbe New Jersey
lEeaFd' says, If oak. hickory, or Chestnut
timber is fellel in the eight month
August, in the second running OF the sap
and barkea quite large tree will season
perfectly, andeven the twig will rsmain
sound for a year whereas that cut in
Water. and remaining until next fall (aS
thick as your wrist J. will be almost unit
for any purpose. The oody Of the oak
split intoirails will not last more that ten
or twelve years.u Chestnut will last
longer. but no comparison to tLat cut in
the eight month. Hickory cut in the
eight month is not subject to be worms
eaten, and will last long time for fencing.
Year: 1875

Pure religion and undefled is "min-
istoring;;' not the other thing, "being
ministered unto.n 1t is handing over
the morning paper to another for first
perusal. 1t is vacating q pleasant
seat by the fire for one who comes in
chilled. 1t is giving up the most rest
full armchair or sofa-corier for one
who is weary. It is moving up" in
the pew to let the newcomer sit down
by the entrance. 1t is rising from
your place to darken the blind when
the SUMS rays stream in too brightly
on some face in the circle. It is Civ
ing your own comfort and convenience
every time for the comfolt and con-
venience Of another. This isat once
true courtesy and real Christianity.
If we mean to copy the spirit Of the
Master, we must be ready in every re-
latiOn of life and at every hour Of the
day, to give up being waited upon and
to practise this self-sacrificing, beneh-
cent and " ministering graciousness
of spirit and conduct. Age.