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Year: 1875

"Then hope, il you like them, you
will drop in to tea often. We ought to
be more neighborly, Elder Boyd"


Elder Boyd assented, and he meant
what he said. The fact is, the deacon be-
gan to think that the widow was a very
charming woman. She was very comely,
and then she was such an excellent cook.
Besides, he had 70 doubt in his mind
that she was worth a considerable amount
of money. What objection could there
be to her becoming Mrs. Boyd? He
brought the question before her one ev-
ening The widow blushed and profess
ed to be greatly surprised. In fact, she
never thought of such thing in her life,
but on the whole she had always thought
highly of the deacon, and to cut the
matter short, she accepted him.


A month afterward she was installed
mistress Of the elders 6ne house, some
what to the surprise of the village peo-
pie. Some weeks after the ceremony the
elder ventured to inquire about the pot
of gold she had found in her cellar.


SPOT of gold ~ she exclaimed in sur
prise; 81 know of none"


"But," said the elder, disconnected.
"You asked me about whether the law
could claim it."


"Oh, lor'! elder, only asked from
curiosity"


'And was that the reason you made
inquiries at the bank !"


Certainly What else could it be ?"


The elder went out to the barn. and
for half an hour sat in silent meditation
At the end of that time he calculated,
as closing consideration:


"After all, she makes goodmince pies"


It gives me pleasure to state that the
union between the elder and the widow
proved very happy one, although to
the end of his life he could never make
up his mind about the "Pot of Gold"
Year: 1875

POTATOES AT $22, GOLD, A BARREL.
Private dispatches were received in
from Havana a week ago announcing
that the edict against the importation of
foreign potatoes into the Island of Cuba
had been raised on the 9TH instant, and
permission had been given for the entry
of American potatoes. Acting upon
these advices several firms in this city
have made immense sums by shipping
potatoes from New York to Havana,
where they were sold at $22. gold. per
barrel, the cost in New York being ST so
per barrel. During single week nearly
$4,000 barrels Of potatoes have been sent
from this port to Havana.
Year: 1875

Chateaubriand said Mime. Chateau
BRAND would not dine later than FIVE.
was never hungry till seven. But we
compromised and dined at six, so that
we could neither Of us enjoy il; and that
is what people call the "happiness Of
mutual cnnceaRiouRn
Year: 1875

presidnt Grant in his third-tcrm
letter declares that he did not seek
the nomination for tho Prcsidcn-
'cy in the first instance. That is
perhaps true to this extent; he
never openly went about, as
some politicians are doing, cleo
tioneering for the place and fix
ing the pins ahead by making
promises to certain politicians
but he cannot successfully deny
that nc encouraged the advocacy
of his claims for the position by
leading men in the Democratic as
we'll as in the Republican party.


Hon. Montgomery Blair has as
serted moro than once, on his hon
or rs a gentleman, that Gen. Grant
was fully aware of the movement
begun by him i'm 1868 to bring
out Grant as a Democratic candi-
date; Grant visited his house al
most daily and gave him to under
stand that he was entirely in ac-
cord with the Democracy, that he
had


ALWAYS BEEN A DEMOCRAT,
and that the only vote he had ever
given was for the Democratic
ticket in 1856. lie was aware that
Mr.. Blair was inspiring certain ar
ticlcs that were being printed in
the National Intelligencer" and
"New York World" and which
advocated Grants nomination by
the Democratic party. So far as
these articles giving offence to
Grant, Mr.. Blair declares that
Grant expressed himself well pleas
ed with them, and in many ways


manifested his appreciation OF the


interest he (Blair) was taking II


his behalf.


at is true" says Mr.. Blair


"that Grant never in so man!
words avowed himself candi
date or expressed o desire in plail


English to have the Dcmocrati'


nomination, but he certainly di'


by his manner and general conver


sation encourage me to go on will
the work had begun, and just q
certainly did he give me good AM
sufficient cause in The first instan
&C to begin the agitation.'
: [From the New York Sun.
Year: 1875

While we are struggling to re-
deem the Examiner from the blight
ing effects Of the fire last May, and
using every energy to restore this
great loss to US, at the same time
our readers will bear us out in the
assertion, that the paper in all its
material features, has been very
greatly improved. We contem-
plate still greater improvements at
an early day, and we do not intend
to pause in the good work until the
Examiner and Patron is fully the
peer of the best Grange paper in all
the land. To carry out the plan
Of enlargement as sketched by us a
few days since, it is necessary
that we get the support of the
Patrons. Our list should be great
ly enlarged, and this can easily bs
done If the friends of the paper al
make united effort to press it
claims upon the Order. Then too
in the matter of Grange jol
work; we claim that we can dc
the work cheaper, in better style
and more promptly than any othei
Office in the State, and il tn,
Changers will send their orders tt
this Office, when practicable, the
TO help us,will be very considerable
and the Order itself derives tn,
benefit, by an enlarged paper, with
ont any corresponding enlargement
in price. We think this good Al
gument in favor of their patronizinl
their own paper.
Year: 1875




The Statesman is still hammering
away at a poll tax, restricted suff-
rage, local option law and other
kindred matters. When will our
wsywsrd, but talented friend learn
that this is not the country, nor this
the time, when the full prerogative
Of the citizen, be he Of thigh or low de-
gree, can be touched with impunity
1t is good time too, TO avoid OK
tremes on either hand. In fact, j
IL the era Of true conservatism
which pursues its way evenly be
tween the wild license Of commun
ism and the unwarranted despot
ism of the one-man way of doinl
things,
Year: 1875

We are astonished to find our
Houston neighbor reproducing an
ill-natured, bad-tempered sentiment
from the obscure Bawl, which is
only tossed into notice by the acci-
dent of it's location at the home OF
the Master of the State Grange.
Now, we have often fought the
Telegraph, but it has always been
q straight fight of our own making,
and we never drafted upon the bit
terness Of any one else ''to point the
moral or adorn the tale" Had we
chosen to have pursued this course,
we could give him whole columns
In exchange for every such para
graph rs the one he copies. We
repeat, we are very much astonish-
ed, a. well as very greatly disap-
pointed, because we had rated the
ethics OF the Telegraph quite differ
emily. Give us your own, and moi
another's slang, brother, when yor
want to take a lick at us.
Year: 1875

Most apiarians would be benefited
vastly by having the combslifted out of
each hive just before they gather any
quantity Of honey to fill the combs and
give them a thorough examination !;
some have too much drone comb which
should be cut out; others have ill-shap-
ed or crooked combs, which may be
Strengthened or cut out. Brood combs
after being in use few years, get filled
up with cocoons SO as to reduce the
size of the cell and require more labor
of the bees to keep them in order than
to make new ones. We have extracted
out of one cell forty-four cocoons of
bee shrouds which was evident that
forty-four bees had been raised in this
cell; such combs should be rejected,


but never on account of being black or
of d dark color.


The dressing up of the combs of q


stock of bees, if properly done, will
encourage and infuse new industry in.
to them. We have known colonies
that were doing little or no good, which


by pruning, were made to pay large
per cent. Tho combs of each colony


should be examined, at least once each
year; a careful inspection will do o
prosperous colony no harm, whilo il
will aid the defective oncs.-Pfactied
| Farmer.
Year: 1875

ga Vacation Home" is happy
thought which has taken in Ports
mouth, N. II. 1t is designed especial
ly for those families that connot afford
or wisely do not wish, to take their
young daughters to fashionable resorts,
yet want them to have the benefit Of
sea air and rural recreations.


This is q sample OF the kind of girls
they have in Atchinson, Kansas
other evening an Atchinson girl ate
four pounds of wedding cake in order
that she might dream of her future
husband. And now she says that
money wouldn't hire her to marry the
man she saw in that dream.


A curious discovery has been made
in cutting a trench for the new rail
way from AK to Marseilles. Near a
place called La Rotonde the workmen
came on bed of fossil oysters, of very
large size and oblong form, and easily
recognizable.


Ever in hanging there are degrees OF
dignity. The gallows upon which
Professor Webster was executed, is
still kept by Massachusetts for the use
of distinguished criminals like Costley
the murderer of Julia Hawkes., who is
sentenced for the 25th of June next.
Pomeroy will also be thought worthy
of occupying this hightoned gibbet,
probably, and the murderer of Mrs.
Bingham, also, if he should be convic
ted
Year: 1875

We well recollect when it was consid-
cred that calves could not be raised pro-
perly without having for several weeks
or months the whole milk of a COW. In
deed a cow was often purchased for the
express purpose of letting the calf run
with it in the felds so as to suck when
ever it wanted. This necessarily made
a very fat calf and jnst as surely ruined
the COW. In our early farming days We
practised this expensive folly. and if the
object is to raise an animal for dairy
purposes, its tendency is to defeat the
object. A growing animal should be
kept thriving only, and such food should
be given as will promote the growth OF
its bones, muscles and tissues what may
he called normal growth and not to
make it fat for the butcher. There Is
no objection to having it thin, providing
it is healthy and in a growing condition.
We clip the following, without knowing
where the credit for it belongs, but 1t
strikes us as sound advice:


With good pasture, hay, oil cake, or
fine oat meal and one COW, three calves
may be kept successfully after they are
ten days old, and all the cream from the
milk OF that one COW made into butter
after the calves are four weeks old. We
have seen it done.


Reclpe.--BoIl one pound OF good tlm-
othy hay in six quarts OF water under
cover for one hour, and strain the tea
int bucket to cool. Stir three tables
spoonfuls of oil cake or fine oat meal in
to quart of boiling water, slowly, as in
making "hasty pudding" or "mush" and
when well cooked stir it into the hay
tea, and to the whole stir in the milk of
the COW. Feed warm at first, but after
a few days it will be quite as good cold.
Increase the quantity of oil or oat meal,
one tablespoonful for each calf every
second week, and the calves will each
look as well when three months old as
those fed entirely on milk. When about
four weeks old. if allowed to run in good
tender pasture, they will begin to feed
until they will depend entirely on grass.
Add a ve.y little salt to each feed, and
if they should begin to scour bail the
milk and stir in tablespoonful of -four
before it is added to the tea. After the
first week the danger frsm this cause
will be over unless they are fed to excess.
Year: 1875

THE San Diego border warfare will
turn out to be small sized scrimmage
The killing of "six-toed Pete' or PE-
DRO BADILLo, If true, is of small in
ternational consequence. He was
well known here in connection with
his sister, and their lives were any
thing but edifying. Our charity for
the faults of the dead prevents us say
Ing more of these characters that have
passed to other scenes, there to render
an account of their sojourn on earth.
Judging men by the company they
keep would lead us to suppose that at
least some of the companions of six
toed Pete in misfortune are but small
loss to either Republic. Itwould not
be more than proper to expect that
the government would establish a
military post near the line of a for
eign government, for the protection
of national interest, to prevent SNUG
Cling, to protect our revenues in every
way, and to exercise wholesome ter
ror over the brigandage of barbarous
outlaw class who enter our Republic
as peaceable citizens, but who really
come and return as robbers, murder
ers, cutthroats and assassins. The
present outcry must not frighten Gen.
eral SCHoFIELD. There are more con-
tracts for supplies involved than any
genuine fear of invasion.
Year: 1875

THE Court House property cost the
people of Los Angeles county $50, 900.
1t is now worth and can be sold any
day for $4,000 cash. The property
belongs to the county, the city having
no interest as city In it. The Spring
street Jail and Council room property
is owned Jointly by the city and
county, and is worth at least 500, 900.
The Court House property is valuable
and will continue to increase in value
in the future. The Court House would
make very creditable City Hall, and
would answer for the city's public
building for number of years to
come. Now suppose the city pur-
chases from the county the Court
House, and the county buys the city's
half of the Spring street property.
The transfer will give the county an
eligible site for Court House and the
city will secure hall which will
meet her requirements for ten or
twelve years and then sell for double
the money paid for it. If the prices
paid were those we have named, the
county would have Court House
fund of S30,000 1t is not our purpose
to urge this or any other measure in
volving expenditure and increased
taxation, but as there is considerable
discussion on the subject of building
a new Court House, we make these
suggestions for the consideration of
both opponents and advocates of the
measure. The county can well af-
ford to dispose of the Court House at
the price named, as it>cost but half
that sum, and she has had the use of
1t for q long period. The city's half
of the Spring street property is esti-
mated to be worth from Sc, 600 to $l0,-
600, but as it now stands it is not of
very great value to the municipality.
Year: 1875

The San Francisco Chronicle has
reached the conclusion that the day is
not distant when all roads will not
lead to San Francisco. This is
broad admission from journal of the


city by the sea. 1t has heretofore
been a rare, we may say, an unheard
of thing for San Francisco paper to
admit the possible coming of time
when any other place in the State,
could divide or draw off a portion of
the trade Of that city, yet We now have
the admission of the Chronicle that
Los Angeles bids fair to become q
great railroad centre and as such to
share with the great city the Pacific
coast trade. The middle and North
ern portion of our. s tate were never fa-
vorable to Southern transcontinen-
tai railroad. The San Francisco pa
pers were opposed to the Texas Pacific
and when it became apparent that the
SCOTT subsidy bill was doom ed to de-
feat, they made no attempt at con-
cealing their satisfaction. The ener-
gy and activity displayed by the South
ern Pacific Railroad company, in
pushing their road Eastward from this
city has received but the faintest COM
mendation from the San Francisco
press, but now that the early compile
tion Of that road is regarded as fix
ed fact, we find the Chronicle realizing
what has been apparent to us from the
first-the extension of the Union Pa
cific road into Southern California,
and consequentimportance of Los An
geles as railroad center. 1t is high
time our metropolitan contemporaries
made up their minds to accept the in
evitabie with as good grace as possi-
BILE. Los Angeles cannot be catalogued
with the class of tribulation to San
Francisco in which are ranked Sacra-
mento, Stockton, San Jose and iValle-
10. She is not within reach of the city,s
attractive powers and is not, like the
cities named, drawn into the vortex
Of the great maelstrom. Los Angeles
is q central sun herself and she is the
centre of commercial system which
Year: 1875

is rapidly extending and will continue
to expand until even the great jour-
nails which have so long tried to ignore
her very existence, will be forced to
admit that she is not only a great
railroad and commercial center, but
destined to soon become the capital of
a State. No part of the Pacific coast
is improving so rapidly in wealth and
population and no part of the State is
more rapidly developing rich and va
ried resources than Southern Califor-
MIA.
Year: 1875

We learn that young man was accidental
ly shot through the foot while out cunning
in the Sweetwater Valley yesterday AFTER
noon, but have not heard the particulars. or
the extent of the injury.


Nothing further has been heard from Low
er California of the rumored massacre at San
Rafael, and in the absence of confirmatory
tidings the truth of the story is very genert
atty doubted. Aside from the report brough-
by the messenger from Guadalupe ranch, the
latest advices from san Rafael were of Mon
day last, when all was quiet there.


IA meeting OF sheep owners was held here
Year: 1875

From the News OF the 25th.


Riverside has some of the best nurseries in
the State.


Riverside can boast OF two women weigh
ing 200 pounds each.


The North winds which prevailed for sew
eral days this week, were much more severe
in many other parts OF the county than at
Riverside.


The farmers Of Riverside are making ex-
tensive preparations for planting trees the
coming season.


From great many parts OF the country
we hear the cry for more rain, but the Santa
Ana river never fails to give an abundant
supply OF water fof the farmers OF Riverside.
Year: 1875

He looked like q Prince, or a retired
Major General, as he stepped out of
the Bazaar, corner of Main and Re-
quena streets, opposite the u. S. Ho-
tel, with new black beaver suit,
which he had just paid SIS for, and as
he walked down Main street the eye
of envy was on him, and numerous
were the inquiries of where he had
that splendid fitting suit made; and
astonishment was depicted on every
countenance as he answered that it
came from the Bazaar, and he had
only paid SIS for it. There are q few
more left, so hurry up and get one be-
fore they are all gone. dec1l-1m


He is renovator, and he does not
ask for money, and this is the way he
gets at it. First. He has discov-
cred certain process for colored, and
black goods, by which after cleaning
them, no matter how faded or rusty
they may be, he restores them to their
original newness of appearance, and
then he only asks for cast off clothes
as payment for his work, so don't let
us hear any more about hard times
but muster up all your old traps, and
take them to his shop. His name is
Horatio Marteen and he keeps at No.
"a, Arcadia street, one door below
Main and adjoining Mr. Signorets sa-
loon. dec1 I'm
Year: 1875

The aesthetic taste of our people is
shown by the adornment of their
houses, and home without pictures is
barn.like and dreary. Show us man
without taste for pictures and we will
show you one whose education has
been neglected. Even the savage Or
naments his buffalo robe with rude
sketches TO suit his barbarous fancy,
and the shell of the humble tortoise is
striped and beautified by the almlgh-
ty hand of nature. Turn where we
will the ornamentation of nature Is
found superior to the skill of the hu-
man artist, and from our study of ma
ture all ourlOve Of the beautiful is de-
rived. Painting, music, literature
and all those surroundings that appeal
to the taste and finer feelings are alb
solute necessities to the cultivated
man, and without cultivation OF
these finer feelings man relapses far
back into barbarism, and has little
ambition above the oyster. For
week Mr.. Levi has exhibited his fine
collection of oil paintings, by foreign
and native artists, and the whole lot
will be sold by auction this afternoon
and evening, without reserve, as the
owner is expecting at San Francisco
large invoice from Paris. We know
our citizens have as good taste as any
people on the coast, and we hope to
see an appreciative audience this after
noon at o'clock and this evening at
7 O'Clock at DucOmmun's Hall. For
parlor ornaments these elegant pic
lures are unsurpassed. Most of the
paintings are by well known artists,
and guaranteed to be done by pencil
and brush. They are to be sold at
peremptory sale and will undoubtedly
go low, but we do hope to see a crowd
present who will look at these works
of art with an appreciative eye. Mr..
Levi does not care so much that they
may go low, but he does hope his art
efforts will be appreciated. Remem-
ber the sale this afternoon at l o'clock
and this evening at o'clock.
Year: 1875

Most extensive preparations making for the COM
ing meeting Of the Army of the Cumberland Utica
down for the 10Th and 10th of the present month The
Mayor Of the city and prominent citizens specially n
teresng themselves in the undertaking 1t is expected
be Of the largest and satisfactory meetings
OF the society. Two will contribute to this
First this the completion Of decade since the close
of the war, and secondly meetings have been
held before excepting in the Western States, notwth-
standing the fact that 10 900 men from New York
in the Army of the Cumberland. The
arrangements include public reception Of
the society by the city the 18th, at which
tho military &c, of the city will parade and Grafton
by Colonel Waterman of Chicago the evening of tho
day On the evening Of the 10th grand lcvec
and ball will be given to the society by the citizens
Governor Tiden will deliver speech of welcome to tho
State The preparations for the ball are the most
extensive SCALE the largest hall in the city being
gagged for the occasion and provisions made for thou
sands of guests The Governors Island Band from New
York is to furnish the music President Grant be
the guest of Senator Roscoe Conkng during the meet
ing, while Chief Justice Waite Will be entertained by
Judge Hunt Positive assurances have been received
that General Sherman, General Hooker General Custer
Secretary Brstow and other distinguished officers will
he prcscnt.
Year: 1875

During the past week the Executive Committee OF
the New Jersey State Agricultural Society met and
completed their arrangements for the annual fair,
which opens on the grounds at wavery week from
to-day General Judson Fitzpatrick been appointed
Marshal OF the day on the occasion of the tourna-
ment and will ride his famous war horse
The judges selected to award the badges of honor
are Phineas Jones and Or. S. b. Hunt OF New
ark, and Major John A. Ncwln, of Mill
Vile. There four testimonials offered
by the society, to consist of-First
a handsome silver pitcher; second silver
goblet third riding bride and fourth pair of spurs
Each of these will be presented to the successful


knights in front Of the grand stand at the close of
the contest Already ten gentlemen have enrolled
their TO take part in this equestrian amusement
TO come Off either Thursday Friday of the week OF
the fair the exact time having yet not been settled
upon. The insignia OF the knights will be simple
and inexpensive Saturday afternoon number of the
'knights" had practice the fair grounds at Wa
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