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Year: 1873

One OF the leading maplc-sugar makers
claims that but very few productions, III the
entire system of New England agriculture.
realize to the farmer so large a profit as the
manufacture of that commodity. As prices
have averaged for the last ten wears. it is
certainly a feature Of home industry we'll
worthy of consideration. Many of the
farmers on the hills who own and utilize
large sugar orchards have become con-
Vlnced by practical experience, thas it is
one OF their very best paying harvests, to-
bacco alone yielding, perhaps, a greater net
profit. Nature has appointed this harvest
at a season when the farmer can accomplish
but little labor to advantage, and, unless
he is engaged in this occupation, his time
and efforts will yield him but little remuner-
alton; yet, without taking this point into
account, even did the work come at any
other time in the year, ii would pay Srandy.
Maple syrup and sugar hold a high price in
the market, and without a doubt Will sus-
tain their present rateS, with probabilities
OF advance in the future. In the face of
these facts it is certainly somewhat of
mystery why large proportion OF farmers
should manifest such an utter Indifference
to the preservation and pcrpetuty of the
sugar maple. In no other part of the
country does it flourish so naturally and
vigorously as among the eastern mountains;
and wherever its delicious sweets are cX-
tracted, it repays the owner threc-fold for
the labor. Still our maple groves and for
ests are rapidly disappearing, and, at the
present rate of decrease, another halt-cen-
tury will witness their almost utter ami
hllat0n. The process of making maple
sugar Is evidently destined to become one
OF The "lost arts unless some SDecia! inter-
position stays this work of destruction.
The demand for broom handles and other
articles OF utility, into which this wood is
converted, is lnSatiabie. Thousands of our
grand old cmera-crowned monarchs Of the
forest are sacrificed to this demand annuallv
and OF course the aggregate amount of
sugar manufactured must decrease IN ratio
with the decrease of the material from
which it is derived. 1t will soon become
luxury in the market, commanding Il price
that must teach every shrcwd and sensible
owner of maple orchards the expediency,
even in pecuniarv sense, Of preserving
this beautiful feature of our new England
landscape. BY all means, then, let our
maple forests escape the invasion of that
dire energy and cupidity, which are so
rapidly and rccklessly diSmanlin9 our
lovely hills and valleys of their primitive
grandeur and luXurance. The maple grove
once destroyed, cannot easily be replaced
us reproduction is the slow, lingering work
Of time; and it behooyes the lumbcrman
to remember this important fact when he
puts the axe TO its root. The perpetuitv of
the delicious luxury obtained from the
sngar-maple is not the only incentive 20 the
preservation OF that tree. In q pictorial
sense alone, with its wealth Of unparalleled
greenness and verdure in summer, and its
marvellous mosaic OF leafy glory in autumn,
it is worthy OF a woodland immortality.
| Concord Patriot
Year: 1873

In reply to the inquiry made last autumn
through the New England Farmer, how
shall we prevent hawks from carving off
our Young turkeys and chickens? | now
give i complete remedy as the season is
soon to arrive for such deprcdation~. As
soon As the hawks begin to trouble yonr
chickens, take a wire bird cage. such as is,
commonly used for canary birds; put a
smart, live Young chicken in it and set it
on the ground, a small distance from the
buildings, in a slightly place Now take a
steel trap, set a small dead chick on the
trencher, tie 4 small string over the chick :
back, round under the trencher to keep it
in place; then take small sticl, abont AN
inch and half long, sharpen one end, stick
it under the chick : throat, lettug the other
end rest ou the trencher, which will bring
the head in the natural position when alive
Then with thumb and finger open the
chicks eyes, and he will loOl, aq il alive
Place the trap on the ground about three
feet from the live chicken ia the cage and
set it. At the same time shut up all your
young chickens in some building where
they won't be seen. When the hawk comes
he will hear the live chicken calling for ITS
mother, and will 90 for it; but as he cannot
take it, he will quickly see the chick on the
trap and clutch it in moment, and as sud
denly ind himself clntchcd and Won have
him fast Having been troubled for fifty
years with a small hawk, light blue on the
back, with slim, yellow legs, called in
Natural History the sharp Skinned hawk,
on account of the sharp edge on the front
side Of the legs, applied the means | have
now shown you, and it cleaned ont every
chicken hawk in the neighborhood


A. KILRURN.
Year: 1873

The lottiest house, and the most prefect
in the matter Of architecture | have ever
seen, was that which a wood-chopper oc-
cupied with his family, one winter, in the
forest OF Santa Cruz county. 1t was the
cavity of Il redwood tree, two hundred
and forty feet in height. Fire had eaten
away the trunk at the base, until q circular
room had been formed, sixteen feet in
diameter. At twenty feet or more from
the ground was a knot hole, which otlorA-
ed egress for the smoke. With hammocks
hung from pegs and a fnw cooking nten-
sils hung upon other pegs that house
lacked no essential thing. This woodman
was in possession of a house which had
been thousand years in process Of build
ing Perhaps on the very day it was fin
ished, he came along and entered in
How did all iackknife and handsaw archi-
lecture sink into insignitcance in contrast
with this house in the solitudes of the
great torest Moreover, the tenant fared
like prince Within thirty yards of his
coniterous house a mountain stream went
rushing past to he sea. In the swirls and
eddies under the shelving rocks, if one
could not land half IL dozen trout within
an hour, he deserved 10 90 hungry as Il
ptiitllly IDG HIS tWkW.lIuut NOW ana
then deer came ont into the openings,
and at no great distance, quail rabbits
ana pigeons could be found. What did
this man want more than nature furnished
him ? He had II house with Il ''cupola"
two hlnred and forty feet high, and game
at the cost of taking it. This Arcadian
simplicity would have made lasting
impression, but for u volunteer remark
that nothing conld be added to give lite a
more perfect zest, well, yes" said he
81 reckon if you are going to town, you
might tell jim to send me up gallon of
whiskey and some plug tobacco" 1t twill
not do to invest hollow tree with too
much of sentiment and poetry. If that
message had not been suggested we
should have been under the delusion to
this day thai the lives of those people,
dwelling in house fashioned a thousand
years ago, were rounded TO a perfect full
ness, without one artificial want. [Over
land Monthly.
Year: 1873

We had visit from book peddling
female last week She wished to dispose
Of a book. She was alone in this world
and had no one to whom she could turn
for sympathy or assistance hence we
should buy her book. She was unmarried,
and had no manly heart in which she
could pour her sufferings, therefore we
ought to invest in her book She had re-
ceived u liberal education and could talk
French like "a native we could not in con-
sequence refuse to pay her two dollars for
a book She wanted to take lessons in
music from II learned German professor !;
consequently we must not decline buying
a book. We had listened attenively, and
here we broke in with, "What 10 YOU
savp We're deaf" She started in a loud
voice and went through her rigmarole.
When she had finished we went and got
a roll OF paper made it into 4 speaking
trumpet, placed one end into our ear, and
told her to proceeds she nearly burst a
blood vessel in her effort to make herself
heard. She commenced; II am alone in
this world" 1--WE are not alone; in fact
we are a husband and a father. Although
this is leap wear, bigamv is not allowed in
this State. We are not eligible to pro
posals." "Oh what Il fool this man is.
she said, in a low voice, 81 don't want 70
marry YOU, | sell--a book
This last sentence was howled we
don't want cook we blandly remark
ed "our wife does the cooking, and she
wouldn't allow as good looking a woman
as you are to stay in the house five min
utes. She's very Jealous" She looked
at US in despair Gathering her robes
about her, giving Us a glance of contempt,
and eXclaiming, II do believe if a three
hundred FOUNDER was let off alongside
that blamed old deaf FOOLS head he'd
think somebody was knocking at the door.
She slung herself out and slammed the
door with Il vehemcnce that awakened oul
office boy, who can sleep sound enough
for a whole family. When she was gone
we indulged in a demoniac laugh She
isn't likely to try 10 sell US book any
more.
Year: 1873

Among the Illusions swept away by
modern science was the pleasant fancy
that the moon was a habitable globe, like
the earth, its surface diversified with seas,
lakes, continents, and islands, and varied
forms of vegetation. Theologians and
sara1ats gravely discussed the probabilities
of its being inhabited by race of sentient
beings, with forms and faculties like our
own, and even propounded schemes i0r
opening communication with them, in case
they existed. One of these was to con
struct on the broad highlands Of Asia a
series Of geometrical figures on Il scale so
gigantic as to be visible from our plane
tary neighbor, on the suppostion that the
moon people would recognize the object,
and Immediately construct similar figures
in reply Extravagant and absurd as it
may appear in the light of modern know
ledge the establishment Of this Terrestrial
and Lunar Signal Service Bureau was
treated as a feasible scheme. although
practical difficulties, which so often keep
men from making fools of themselvo !,
stood in the way of actual experiment;
bnt the discussion was kept up at iater-
walls, until it was discovered if there were
people in the moon they must be able to
live without breathing, or eating, on
drinking. Then it ceased.


There can be no life without air Beau
tiful to the eye of the distant observer the
moon is 4 sepulchral orb-a world of
death and silence No vegetation clothes
its vast plains Of stony dnsolation trave1s-
ed by monstroUs crevasses. broken by
enormous peaks that rise ike gigantic
tombstones into space no lovely forms of
cloud float in the hlackness Of its sky.
There daytime is only n chit lighted by q
rayless sun. There is no rosy dawn in
the morning, no twilight in the evening
The nights are pitch dark. In daytime
the solar beams are lost against the Jagged
ridges, the sharp point of the rocks, or
the steep sides of profound abysses; and
the eye sees only grotesque shapes reliey
ed against fantastic shadows black dis ink,
with none of that pleasant graduation and
diffusion of light, none OF the subtle
blending of light and shadow, which
make the charm of a terrestrial landscape.
A faint conception of the horrors of a lunar
day may be formed from an illustration
representing a landscape taken in the
centre of the mountainous region of Aris-
tarchus. There is no color, nothing but
dead white and black The rocks reflect
passively the light Of the SUI; ; the craters
and ahysses remain wrapped in shade ;
fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in their
glacial cemetery the stars appear like
spots in the blackness of space. The
moon is a dead world she has no atmos-
pherc THarper'S Magazine Tor March.
Year: 1873

A youthful couple in Fulton county,
KY, the husband aged nineteen, the wife
thirteen. have applied to the courts for a
joint guardian, having become weary of
the reign of the husbands mothcr-in- law.
The older married men of the country sigh
in vain for similar protection.
Year: 1873

and stated that the negroes were going
to kill the white people and keep the
country. +" You see Ward and Mis-
ter Register first called us together
to keep the courthouse. They
then went away, and after they
was gone, some OF the boys said ~ Let
US keep together and kill the white
folks, and we can have the country for
ourselves We agreed, and q motion
was made we first get that Jim
Hadnot out of the way. We said 'All
right and so, while we were fighting,


we hung out a white flag, thinking he
would come out, which he did, and he
was shot. The boys then ran, and the
white folks commenced shooting, and l
got under a house and away" 1t will
be thus seen what state of affairs exist
ed. Now all is quiet and peaceful, and
all have gone TO work on the planta-
tions. A few negroes, however, congre-
gate around the United States troops,
but as fast as they come in they are set
to work, and are so getting tired of this
and gradually returning to their fields.
Year: 1873

is place of about twenty small shanties
and a large warehouse; the courthouse,
which was burnt, being nothing more
than a small, square brick building of
about fifty by sixty feet. The fOrtifca-
tions made by the negroes were made
by throwing up dirt, behind barricade
made of fiatboat planks obtained from
the floor of the warehouse.
Year: 1873

TUNNEL MATTERs.-The difficulty between
the tunnel hands and the contractors having
been satisfactorily settled work will be fully
resumed this morning.


The sinking Of 4 supplemental shaft was
commenced yesterday at the point where
the earth recently caved in on Twenty
fourth street near Broad. Shaft No.23 has
been sunk to the bottom Cf tho tunnel, and
The hands are working rapidly in taking out
the remainder OF the earth.


The work of arching is being pushed for
ward with yigor from the Niucteenth-street
entrance and shafts Nos. l, 9, and 3. and
has been finished under the sunken portion
of Twenty street.


AT the Wharves at Rockets the dredging
machines have been constantly at work in
deepening the channel, and work in that di-
rection is progressing satisfactorily. In u
short time there will be a depth of sixteen
feet of water; and when this is accomplished
a fist nipbt express train is to be put upon
the road. We may fairly look for lively
times in Richmond.
Year: 1873

REES & Co.'S GALLERY HAS BECOME QUITE A
fashionable resort for the ladies Of our city


Whether they 1atter their pictures or not we do not
pretend to know, but from tho crowds that gather
there there must be some attraction. Perhaps their
low prices and excellent work account for 1t. Their
work is superior 10 any made In the city. To our
rnailars we say have your pictures made ut REESS.
Year: 1873

LEVY BROTHERS offer to-day their second spring
supply of parlsos, direct from the manufacturers.
Their stock Is now complete as to embrace every
style OF parasol that one could possibly wish for
and Is sold such prices convince all that money
can be saved by bllying at levy BROTnERS.
Year: 1873

The BARRIERS IN COUNCIL. will be
meeting of the city BARRIERS at the First
African church this evening at 81 o'clock.
They are going to discuss matters of very
great interest and importance TO themselves
Year: 1873

WEST NORNWALL, Jan. ZU, 1875, LrToHrIELD ENQUIRER The meeting of the Housatonic Valley Milk Producers Association is appointed at New Milford on Tuesday of next week. It will there fore become necessary to postpone the meeting of the Farmers Reunion for one week, or until the first Tuesday of Febru- ary at ten g. m.

 It Is hoped that every town in the coun- ty will be fully represented at. this meet ing. Let there be at least two delegates from each town in the county, and let them come fully prepared to organize a Farmers Club which shall, in due time, very materially aid the agriculturist in the protection of his rights and interests. Notwithstanding the numerous lines of communication to and from the Great West, the price of corn is said to be so low that 1t has in many localities become the cheapest fuel to be had; yet, the com bination among the railroads has become so thoroughly systematised that it is now sold here for eighty or elghty-tive cents per bushel. An attempt has also, of late, been made to combine the railroads in the interests of the coal trade, and may very likely be successful. Combinations designed to raise the price of labor have for long time been in successful operation until the farmers are, in 9 measure driven to cooperate for the better protection of their interests, and this subject of co-op- eration is proposed as an important sub- ject for the consideration of the meeting and should embrace the subject of CO., operation in the sale of our milk. Dinner will be provided at the Mansion House; Litchfeld, ,and suitable subjects for discussion at the table will be proposed at the time.

 In behalf of the committee,

 a T. l.. HART, Chairman.
Year: 1873

The down trodden woman dumps her

 coal ashes in the street, and ensconcing

 herself behind the blinds, watches the

 swift motion of the approaching sleigh, and is cheered and strengthened by see ing it stop suddenly, and the driver step out oyer the horse's head.
Year: 1873

Attention Is Paid to All, In Those Busy
and excited times who visit KNOWS in pursuit OF his
met all who place their trust In KNOX dnd his
trust company that never dsapponts. Buy
hats at 2l2 Broadway
Year: 1873

If we would have cool pa:lors dining
rooms, kitchens and bedrooms, during the
hot summer weather, we must have mosquito
netting or wire gauze in all our windows, and
If possible. at the doors also. Window binds
cannot take the places of netting or gauze,
because they exclude so much of the cool eve
ming and night air, and although they are
very essential and needful TO shut out the hot
sunshine, and the beating storm, yet they
viii not answer all our needs.


Mosquito netting can be purchased at q
very cheap rate, and the 'gude mon'' can
easily make or procure some frames to fit all
the windows. which can be either painted
white, or sttined dark red to match the
sashes of the windows. Then dark blue,
pink, green or white mosquito netting can be
easily stretched and tscked over them by the
skilful fingers OF house-mother; and after she
has used th m for one summer, nothing could
persuade her to 60 without them another sea-
son. They win exclude mosquitoes, flies,
moths, and all other insects, and will not ex-
clude the fresh, cool air. They are very easi-
ly taken out and put in; or they can be so ar
ranged that the windows can be closed on
damp, cool days.


Any woman can tack piece Of the netting
across the lower half of the window on the
outside Of the sash, ii that is the only means
she can employ. The wire gauze requires a
"SAhhAoA hohuhhSt dhu ~ SAh DO thduV ihtO
permanent shades which will withstand all
weathers


When we have tried the good effect of
these shades, VIC must also have the doors at
tended to. A slight framework of pine can
be made, and fastened to the outer door door
posts by means Of strong hinges; and with a
hasp to fasten it with. and handle to open
it by, we can bid defiance to flies and mos
quitoes both by day and night. Common
tools and little ingenuity are needed to pre-
pare door, blind, or shade for the outer
kitchen piazza, which will add far beyond its
cost to the comfort of the cook and he use
wife. Mosquito netting can do duty for the
shade when the door frame is ready; but
coarse wire netting, such as is used for sleeves
and the like, would be far preferable, because
it would last for a long time, while the cotton
netting is usually destroyed in two years. In
using the cotton netting, however, for the
windows, it is well to select the pure white
for the parlor, pink for the chambers, and
green or blue for the kitchen, pantry and
milk room. & r-. = -,
Year: 1873

A young clerk i'll a Dubuque fancy store,
who Lad been requested by a lady customer
to send home a spool Of thread which she had
purchased, hired an express wagon, in which
he placed the spool, and so drove to the lady's
residence, where he deposited the spool in the
hall, endwise, like barrel.
Year: 1873

A new and effective method of muzzling
dogs has been introduced. The muzzle Is
placed just behind the ear. and by manipulate
ing thing commonly called trigger, the
safety of the public is assured.
Year: 1873

Id State OF Arkansas The
warrant for his arrest was quickly
obtained and put into Tom Escuc's
hands 20 be served. Tom had
heard of Simpsons threat that he
would not be taken, and went
fixed, being prepared from the oul-
prits well known character, for q
skirmish. lie found his man in
short order, and to his surprise q
demand for surrender was
promptly obcyed, and fSimps' was
lodged in Jail until the court was
ready for trial. After q potent
hearing Of some four or five wit
nesscs, and listening to the pris.
oner's own statement, the Squire
fined him thirty dollars OF thirty
days IN the county jail, with the
costs of court, some nine dollars
more. The thirty dollars not being
forthcoming, Simpson was escorted
to the jail and locked up. After a
few hours of solitary confinement
he came to the conclusion that he
would make money by paying up,
and accordingly turned over to the
proper authorities q COW and calf IN
payment of the fine. 1t was not o
complete liquidation, but on his
promise to behave himself in future
in moro becoming manner, he
was released. This is a most salu-
tary lesson to this class OF negro
dcspcradocs, of whom there were
formerly SO many around Osceola,
and who are still occasionally TO
be met with. A few moro such
doses and they will follow in the
footsteps ofthc wicked unprinciplcd
white mon who formerly led them
on to all sorts of dcviltry, ard
omlgratc to somo more congcnial
climate.
Year: 1873

The Penobscot Indians are anon,


the few relics of the red men in New


England. They maintain their distinc
tive traits and appearance, and although
their reservation is surrounded by vii
lagos OF white men and thriving farm
communities, they make very little pro
gress in civilization. They are grad
ually melting away. For many year,
they have occupied small island in the
Penobscot river, twelve miles above
Bangor, where they are visited during
the summer by many curious travellers
In the warm season parties OF them
rove about the country, camping nea,
cities and villages for many days,
making and selling baskets, slippers
and small fancy articles of wood, in
which they are expert. But they never
apply themselves regularly to agricul-
ture or numbering, which are so univer-
sally the occupations of the people in
their neighborhood. Some of them
have exhibited considerable ingenuity
and ability in various ways. The Soc
calexs and Swassian families have long
been known throughout the State as the
representatives of their tribe, and have
shown some shrewdness in their nego-
tiaticns at Augusta, where the tribal
delegate has about the same functions
as territorial delegate to Congress.
The legislature, we believe, still con-
times its annual appropriation to the
tribe.


Although these Indians are idle and
dissolute III business affairs, they have
given remarkable evidence of energy
and industry in the amusements in
which they indulge. They are expert
and exceedingly ambitious to gain APP
plause in the use of the birch canoe.
Many of them have learned the games
of the whites. For many years one of
them used to spend much of his time
in Bangor playing checkers, and there
were few who could outplay him. He
was cool and uuexcitable, never quar-
relied or complained when beaten, and
often won by wha i7 known in war as
bulldog tenacity and stoical indifier.
ence to the applause or disapproval of
the spectators.


The day is not far distant when the
Penobscots will be known only in story.
The days when Molly Molasses and the
Joes and the Sochbesins used to go
about the streets of Bangor with their
small wares and their jokes, will live in
the memory of many when there shall
be no Penobscot tribe. Although it is
apparently the destiny of the red man
to die out before the march of the white
man, in this case it may be truly said
that rum is their most formidable ene-
my, for the Penobscots are the most
systematic violators of the Maine law.