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Year: 1876

Mr.. Robert G. Winthrop, Presi-
dent of the Washington Monument
Association has prepared a plan for
the completion of the monument,
which has been adopted by the asso-
citation. The design is to abandon
that part of the original plan which
calls for temple or pantheon, and
to erect simple shaft 300 feet high.
The purpose of surrendering the
charter or allowing the monument to
remain unfinished or be taken down
is to be abandoned, and subscriptions
are to be solicited from time to time
Year: 1876




A fine looking and nicely dressed lady. Of
apparently thirty five years, yesterday
morning took the stage which runs from
West Chester, Pa, to the station known as
Lenape, on the Wilmington and Reading
railroad, and which reaches that place at
ten O'Clock In the morning. Her rather
singular actions attracted some attention,
but her fellow passengers, supposing that
II was only the result Of excitement, did not
distress themselves further about her than
to pass remarks, when she stepped from the
stage. She was seen to 60 IN the direction
of the mill dam, which fs Immediately
back of the depot, and was not seen again
alive, At about four o'clock sOmc one en-
gagged about the depot discovered an object
upon the banks of the dam, which, upon
investigation, proved to be the body Of the
unfortunate woman. She wac lM meaistely
taken to the watering room Of the depot
aud laid out upon one Of the benches. No
wound was discovered upon her body, and
the Inference is that she committed suicide
in At of insanity. The woman is sup.
posed to be the sister Of DR.. Jones, Of West
Chester, and had escaped from an insane
asylum, where she was confined, and
was on her way TO this city when she de-
stroyed herself. The Coroner will hold an
INQUEST upon the body th's morning, if the
proper witnesses can be summoned by that
time. 1t 10 possible that the poor woman
may have fallen into the water unipten-
tionally, but as no one heard any cries, the
theory Of suicide is the accepted one.
Year: 1876

rider get wet, it is thought to be the
greatest good luck. To meet a woman
unmounted, or with nothing in her
hands, it is to have bad luck but if Won
meet any one on horseback, especially
young man, with something in his hands
you will have good luck. II hare run
across mans path while on n ioumev,
it foreshadows illuCk, and he usually
goes back.


1t is, however, the sheep which con.
stitutes his wealth, but furnishes the
KirghiZ with the best material for fore.
casting the future. The shin bone of "a
sheep is always placed above the door of
kibitka to keep out robbers, and men
sometimes take one as a charm on Jour.
ney. In order 10 prove to me the eff.
cacy of the charm, one of the jigits told
me the story Of a Klrghiz, who, when he
was going on a long journey, was be-
sought by his wife to carry with him
small bag which she gave him, and
which he was always to keep fastened to
the saddle of his horse, and never unite.
After he had accomplished the fortieth
day of his journey, his horse being wea-
ry, his eye happened to rest upon this
bundle, and he began to wonder what
he had been carrying so long; on cut.
ting it open, he saw forty bones, which,
thinking them to be useless burden, he
threw away That very night he was at.
tackled by robbers who had been watch
ing him for forty days and lost his horse
and everything that he had.
Year: 1876

Every science, every art, has its theory
and practice, the principles of our detin-
ing rules which shall regulate the details
OF the other. Sometimes these are writ.
ten out clearly and serve as a chart to
regulate the operations Of the plactition-
er, but oftcner they are unwritten, like
the English constitution, and liable to
much difference of opinion in their def
milton and application.


Perhaps no art offers finer field for
such a systematzatior than agriculture.
based on the tangible facts of nature, its
principles are capable Of classification,
and its truths and errors OF easy separa-
ton. Many are its axioms, ns indisputa-
BILE as those OF mathematics and as
many its contradictions, as easily tested,
and the error eliminated from the truth.
And why is it to-day pursued with such
a reckless disregard of principles, and
many of its acknowledged truths over.
ridden to the injury of the former


All admit that the careful and thor
ough cultivation of a few acres OF land
is productive of more profit than the
negligent treatment Of many. Yet who
of those who read this article will re-
solve that next year shall see his titled
ground reduced to an amount which he
can handle with absolute thorough
ness Not month passes but brings
to us, in your paper, n well written argu'
ment against the liberation Of weeds,
showing conc!usively the profit Of u pos
tive annihilation of the "pestlent brood"
before they acquire age and strength to
damage the crop. Yet how many fields
do we see as we ride along, cultivated to
anything like this thorough principle.
Jetro Tull is admitted to have commu-
ncated great truth, when he proclaim.
ed that thorough communion OF the
SOIL and the frequent stirring of around
the growing crop, would largely promote
its aeration, and to an extent supply the
want of manure. Yet how many farm
ers, however short OF fertilizers, stir the
ground any oitener than is needed to
keep down the weeds And so on
through round of violated principles.
have n ncighbor who talks with great
intelligence, but never acts with thor
oughness, nor raises a tirst-class crop.


The farmer follows rut from which
he has not the courage to escape. lie
has so much land, and if this is a good
year, he may possibly get good crop
on the whole. lie has not the courage
to sell half or to double the area OF lbs
grassland aud put his available labor on
the balance, or if it is rough, to allow
part of it to grow up to timber to enrich
the next generation. And yet, it one
half the present extent Of cultivated lana
were titled on this principle next year,
he would admit that the aggregate yield
OF all the farms would be greatly incrcas'
ed, andwith less fatigue, Very aud cost
Will not our farmers ponder on these
things and act.-CT, Country GelHe'
man.
Year: 1876

John Mullen Hayes and Wheeler man, attended
the democratic ratification meeting which was held
Friday night the corner OF Thirty first street and
Fourth avenue and being probably under the influence
OF liquor lie sent up vigorous shouts from time
for Hayes aud Wheeler RefnonstraEce proving al no
avail he was finally put beyond the lines OF the meet
ing. Hc then assembled TO tho ROOT OF the house in
which he lives and threw stones at the crowd below,
wounding one person on the head. He arrested,
and at the Fifty seventh street Court Judge Otter
bourg lined him $40. In default OF payment he
Iod
Year: 1876

One Of the causes OF the prevalence Of smallpox on
Central avenue near public school, Jersey City
Heights, has been ascerained Tho in the dis
trct are in fearfuy neglected condition and emit
constantly poisonous gases. There in tho
vicinity of the public school twenty-eght cases of
smallpox Only one death has occurred up to the
present time. Many Of the patients are in destitute
condition and should be removed by the Board OF
Health TO the SMALLPOX hospital at Snake Hill
Year: 1876

Nearly all tho butchers employed in the abattoir at
Jersey City a strike owing to reduction in
their wages They were formerly paid twenty-five
cents a bullock, and they reduced to twenty.
Now 1t is proposed to reduce them to fifteen, and
they Will not submit.
Year: 1876

or previous condition, can live and ex-


srcise his free will In politics., s., .aas


The outrage perpetratsd by Elephant
Johnny's gang on the negro meeting
Monday night Is the opening OF the in
timidation scheme Of Boss Packard. 1t
succeeded the first time. but we advise
these fellows to think we'll before
they attempt that game the second time.
The white Democrats are determined
to protect their colored fellow-citizens
who desire to affiliate politically with
them. and they will do it at any and all
hazarda We advise the colored Demo
Gratis to hold the regular meeting OF
their club, at the regular time and
place. and wo will see whether the ruff
fans OF Elephant Johnny's barrel house
again interfere with them.
Year: 1876

NEWSPAPER VERAcITY.-Some peo-
pie have an idea that newspapers
will lie. Others are so wise that
they will only believe newspaper
report when they think it would be
easier for the paper to tell the truth
than to tell lie. Others think it
the evidence of flashing wit to re-
jest with a derisive laugh any evi-
dence for authority which comes
from "the papers, To such an ex


tent has this thoughtless Judgment
of the press been carried, that much
of its sphere of usefulness has been
circumscribed. It is true there must
be some occasion for this widespread
imprcssion-''there must be some
fire where there is SO much smoke"
yet how many men can show re-
cord for correctness, accuracy, and
truthfnlness that will at once com
pare with the average newspaper?
The editor gathers his news from a
thousand sources, from acquaint-
ances and strangers, from letters and
papers. He, Sits and culls, hunts
and details, and endeavors to get the
straight of every story he publishes,
for it goes to the world over his own
name, and he knows that in a great
measure he will be held responsible.
The private individual hears piece
of gossip, listens carelessly, tells it
to another with equal carelessness,
and, if called upon for details, in
nine cases out Of ten cannot give
enough of them to make an intelli-
gent item for paper. Whiting
makes an exact man." says Lord Ba-
con; thenewspaper verifies the truth
of the statement. Let any one who
doubts this sit down and put on pa
per some piece of gossip, with the
purpose of having it printed over
his own name, and he will see in a
moment low little he knows about a
matter he thought himself familiar
with. And he will wonder, not that,
the newspaper should contain occa-
sional inaccuracies and misstate-
ments, but that it contains so few.
And his wonder will wonderfully
increase when he remembers that
the editor has to depend for much
of what he publishes on the com
mon run of mankind. - Eechange.
Year: 1876

The Boston Post tells this story:
THE devotion of which the late
John Forster's servant Henry did his
service was illustrated on one occa-
sion when his master had dinner
party. During the dinner Henry
was nervous and made two or three
blunders. His master chafed and
fumed and cast angry glances at the
servant; but the poor man could
not settle quietly down to his duty.
At last when the dessert and wine
had been placed upon the table, he
stole timidly behind Mr.. Fosters
chair. and said: Pleas, sir, can you
spare me now? My house has been
on fire for the last hour and half"
Year: 1876

A WFLL-GRowN evergreen tree
gives off warmth and moisture con
tinually that reaches distance of
its era in hight, and when tree
planters advocate shelter belts sur
rounding a tract of orchards of fifty
or more acres, when the influence OF
such belts can only reach distance
of the hight of the tree in them,
they do that which will prove of
little value. To ameliorate climate,
and help the germ-bud of fruit in
the Spring, all orchards should have
evergreen trees planted in and
among the apple trees. at a distance
of not more than one hundred and
fifty feet apart. Such course pur-
sued will give health to the trees.
and be productive of more uniform
crop of fruit.
Year: 1876

Destroyer And here III our own State the
Dlackbird might eventually prove one of the
most eilectual antidotes to the annual bane.
though it would take pretty big flock to
even clean out one small cornficld, after all.


1T is to be hoped that the little silky mite
winch Gt is reported to lis from various
places is destroying the eggs that are laid
this fall will prove Il lively worker. This
worm, which is small, thin and white, about
quarter OF an inch long and as thick as a
common pin, is found in the egg sack, at
work upon the egg; as many as three have
been found at work within single sack, in
specimens brought to the Farmer Office and
it may be that the final extermination has
been decreed by the same wise Providence
that sent, though for purposes unknown
the scourge.
Year: 1876

A.NGUD Balm.


We are greatly lacking for good barns in
the West-we say good barns, that are Of
good size, two or three stories high, so az
ranged that the hay can be unloaded by the
horse-fork in a tenth of the time it could
formerly be done by the bacI1-breaking plan
ofpitching forkful by forkful way up into
the top Of the barn. When boy we had
experience i'll such work. Tt was no pleas
ant job to- be put up into the top Of the barn
on hot day, in snotherng atmosphere,
slowing away hay by the forkful
High story barns are q great improve
ment upon the low stories of former days
Large barns are an inlprovementupon small
| ones, as it is better in stormy weather to
have work room under one roof. 1t is more
economical in time and space to have one
large building, than SO many small stables
and sheds scattered around over an acre or
two of ground.


Good barns are needed in the west They
save more than the interest on the cost every
year. They furnish comfort for man and
beast. They protect hay and grain and
stock and implements from the weather.
They give an air Of neatness and comfort to
the premises. Let no farmer rest contented
till he has a-frst-rate barn.


The foregoing from Colnan's Rural World
is equally applicable to Montana as it is to
the great Mississippi Valley.


TIMBER IN NEBRAsKA.-It is said that
there are at the present time ten million
trees growing in Nebraska that have been
planted by the citizens. This is truly an
immense number of trees, and it would one
would imagine. transform the entire State
into a grove On the contrary, that vast
number are almost imperceptible on the inn
mense plain that comprises our State.
Treble the number can be set out without
materially affecting the landscape for years.
Some day Nebraska will be one OF the best
timbered States in the Union.-NebrasAa City
Neus.


COOP ADyIcE.-We occasionally hear OF
a farmer who has decided not to do any fall
blowing. Now we advise everybody to go
right on with their work just as if they had
never heard of a grasshopper. Plow and
drao your land, tear out the cocoons, and
expose them to the sun and rain; i'll this
way you will destroy the greater part o.
them, and we now have reason to hope thai
weat YOU do not destroy, their natural enc
my the little parasite" +" will. Don't in
duloe for one moment the thought ef lying
down and letting the 'hoppers run oyeryou
ssThey that plow shall reap. Glencoe Reg
lister.


Por4To BEETLES IN EURopE.-rhe Col


orado Potato beetle has made its appearance


on the other side of the Atlantic, its alTiya
at Bremen having been announced in sey
Year: 1876

itself and to bee almost apologized for, the
garden and were not friends; and found
hat friendliness with our labor here as else
where, is essential to the highest success.
But as soon las brought myself 10 the
household point of view, and took counsel
OF the family, and adopted the garden
into my care as something worthy of it, the
kitchen farm and the big farm got on well
together.


Charity, they say, should begin at home.
Methinks our farming should begin in the
garden, and get out of it only when the
household has ample provision made for its
own table. The garden, too, is the best of
schools, and find it rare that the farmer
steps from the good garden to the poor
farm. If | cannot get out of the garden,
had better not try the farm, but in prac-
tice one should not bar the other, but
assist. The order should not be from
the farm to to the garden, but rather
from the garden to the farm.-Cor. Scientific
Farmer.
Year: 1876




It is not uncommon to find the farm and
garden in conflict. The garden swallows
UP huge piles of manure-needed here. but
elsewhere urgently, and is always strug-
Cling to get the hired man into it's own in
closure. One hundred and fifty acres here,
one-half acre there, yet the half acre is
struggling for its rights. The wife will not
let her husband have peace in spring until
the garden plat is enriched and plowed, and
the seeds are in, and the weeds pulled-well,
it is spring and summers work. Mean
while, the farm without is on his mind, and
he wishes himself well rid of the garden, yet
knows its necessity, without the wife's in
sistance, yet allows her to insist, and yields
each time as though he, was doing her
favor.


The garden may be the greater farm, be-
cause it is the farm of the households; it in
tercsts the family; it makes talk. The man
has not his way, or any one else; it is q
thing of compromise. The farm is directed
by a single will; there is little or no inter
fcrence-perhaps not enough to save him
from feeling the burden to be on his shoul-
ders alone. He goes in and out, and no one
questions him. But when the garden time
is come, and is projected across his path
way, it seems an obstruction to his daily
habit, and the economy of method he count
ed upon yields to the necessities. lie
thought when the cattle were well out to
pasture, much of the chore time would be
at his disposal, and could be given up to
regular outdoor work upon the farm. But
no; the garden is further extension of
ehore time.


In order to conciliate ourselves fully to
the garden, or rather to the demands of it
upon our time and thoughts, we must, |
think, allow that its half acre is the most
profitable half acre on the place. Look for
q moment and see what any other half acre
does for us. In pasture it will not, proba-
bly,, carry one quarter Of COW through the
season. In moving it may give one ton Of
hay and if so, then say eleven weeks food
for a COW. If we reduce this to milk, and
consider the milk to be worth six cents q
quart, we have value of about thirty seven
dollars; not all profit, nor half Of it, but q
value of thirty-seyen dollars.


Now what does the garden? | cannot
figure it. 1t will largely support family
of nine persons more than half the year, ant
give them what it will cost much to buy
from the wagon or village market. 1t gives
what is relish for kings and queens. They
cannot possibly have better. The earth il
a kindly mother to all alike, who hole
the keys to her store chambers and know
the locks. 7a


Whether or no the garden gives us pleas
ure depends upon the place it occupies il
the farm economy, as likewise whether 0
no it gives profit. So long as T. held tn
garden at arms length, as something apar
from the tarm, and the manure and labo
put into it as SO MUCH stolen from the farm
Year: 1876

THE DEMOCRATIC OPNIoN.-We sec
it stated that the New York WorLd,
(which is Democratic, said editorially in
n late issue-the subject being Chinese
immigration


Those who have participated in the
Chinese agitation in California are
generally of the brawing class, made up
of small politicians anxious to curry ia
vor with laborers and artisans.


Behind them is the hoodum element,
on the alert for anything which promises
riot and occasion for pillagc.


1t the Chinese pay taxes, rents and
fares, and earn and purchase that which
they wear and consume, the community
must be the gamer. Ii they work for
less wages than other people, there is a
saving Of capital which will find other
investment. Inasmuch as the most rabd
denunciations of the Chinese come from
people who do not work, except when
menaced by starvation, the Chinese have
rather the better Of The argument. SO
with the moral feature Of the question.
The prison statistics of the State OF CAL
ilornia and San Francisco show the av-
erage OF crime among Cinnamon to be
lower than among the rest Of the popu-
lation."
Year: 1876

THE Cincinnati Times says: Without
New York Tilden's hopes are buried, and
we now see the cunning Of the attempt to
repeal the election law. That law is the
great obstacle against frauds IN New
York city, and the attempt at repeal and
the method adopted were infamous
They picked out the Appropriation bill
which provides for the support Of aged
seamen and soldiers and fastened their
desired repeal on that, thinking that Re
pu6lcans would not dare defeat so sacred
an appropriation. A rule OF ninety years
standing in our Congress, and OF two
hundred years standing in the British
Parliament forbade any such union Of Il
general measure with an appropriation
bill, but this sacred rule they deliberately
set aside, determined that this Appropr-
alton till should be defeated or the way
made easy for their election frauds. But
the Republican Senate stood out and the
infamous scheme failed
Year: 1876

THE DANGER TO BE AyEHTED.-If
our dying heroes Mt Gettysburg had been
told that within thiteen years the very
men who fed before the victorious col
umns of Meade would be controlling one
branch Of Congress and making laws for
the nation they tried to destroy they
would hade denounced the statement as
unworthy Of belief. Yet such are the
facts and the nation waits with batcd
breath for the result Of the ballot that is
to determine whether the loyal men who
saved the nation are to continue to rule
it. If there is any virtue in loyalty it is
time for trcemen to show it. The hour
is full Of peril, and only by rallying ev-
cry friend # the nation under the Repub-
lican flag can the danger be avcrted.
Year: 1876

MUST BE DEFEATKD.-If the country
is to enjoy peace in the future Democra-
cy must be defeated. If the nation is TO
live and grow, the enemy of its peace
and prosperity must be defeated, The
humbiest citizen has vital interest at
stake in keeping the Government out Of
the hands Of those who have no sympa-
thy for its principles of freedom and
equality. Let all who value good gov
ernment work increasingly for the sue
cess of the Republican ticket. Our ma
ional salvation depends upon it.
Year: 1876

SENATOR BooTH, in late interview,
said chat he thinks Hayes will be elected +,
but he relies mainly on New York for
his success-aud his information is that
the Republicans will have it by $4,000 to
10000 m jority. The question of close
vote is a grave one and he can only
hope that the vote in favor of Hayes if
possible, Of Tilden if necessary, will give
so large a majority that there will be no
contested question at issue"
Year: 1876

FATAL EXPLOSION OF A BARREL.-At
Oroville, on Sunday last, N. Zom bolich
in order to clean large barrel, put in it
n quantity of lime and water and left it
in front of his saloon. His little boy, aged
seven years, was leaning against the end,
when it exploded with loud report,
blowing the end out, and injuring the
boy so badly that he only lived few
hours
Year: 1876

START RIGHT. The Centennial year
is n good time for young men to start
right. Vote for Hayes and you honor
YOUR elf and the year by doing an act
that you will always be proud Of If
You were too young to fight for the Re-
public, now that you are old enough vote
to save it from its enemies.
Year: 1876

THE Two PARTIEs.-The Democratic
party says the Republic is confederacy;
the Republican party says that 1t is ma
ton. Tilden represents the confederate
idea, Hayes the national idea. To vote
for the former is to indorse the rebellion,
while to vote for the latter is to indorse
the justice Of its suppression.
Year: 1876

y MAN may hear political speeches un-
til he is fully decided on all the issues cf
the day, but when the club breaks up,
about midnight, and he starts for home,
he never knows whether his wife will hit
him with mop or u rolling pin.-Rome
Sentinel.
Year: 1876

IT may be two edged sword most
political swords are two edged like that
Of Barnes in Ohio-but the Only charge
that the Democracy have against Hayes
rests upon that foolish letter of his Sec
retary to the American Alliance.
Year: 1876

4 SINGLE VOTE.-Every man TO the
font Not a Republican vote must be
thrown away. a single vote may turn
the scale Of election. a full vote means
II grand victory. TO secure this should
be the Oh. ect Of all until the ballot is cast.
What solid South could not effect on
the battlefield it must not be a lowed TO
nccompIi.h at Tic LAl.o. box.