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Year: 1872

The farmers Home journal says We
frequently hear farmers complaining
that there is nothing to be made in
farming. If a farmer, after paying his
expenses for the year, has thousand
dollars left, he considers he has been
very poorly paid for his years work,
but if he will give the farm credit for
the three great necessaries of life, house
rent, table supplies and fuel, he will
readily see that the result is quite as
favorable as any business will produce.
If $20,0 900 is judiciously invested in a
farm, with all the appurtenances neces-
sary to its cultivation, it will be found
that the proceeds from such an invest
ment will support family with a
degree of comfort that would cost from
five to seven thousand dollars in city.
We do not know of any mercantile pur-
suit with capital of $4,000 that will
make SO good q showing. One Of the
best arguments in favor of farming is
that it is d safe business. 1t is rare
occurrence that farmer who confines
himself to that alone, fails in business.
Whenever we hear of farmer making
an assignment of his property for the
benefit of his creditors, upou inquiry it
will be ascertained that the cause of his
trouble is some outside speculation, and
not farming.
Year: 1872

The " deformity nuisance" is made
matter of complaint by the Boston
newspapers. The mendicsnts who
thrust out a mutilated arm, or disclose
a distorted limb, and the whole class of
beggars who make commodity Of their
deformities have made descent on the
Hub, and the outcry is raised for the
intervention of the police. The Boston
Globe says that dwarf German girl
without hands, who almost any day
may be seen on the streets of the city,
with little tin box strapped about her
neck for the reception of coin, owns a
fine house in New York, and is building
a row of tenement houses in Brooklyn.
Another imposture is practiced by a
melancholy woman, with a hand organ,
accompanied by child, which lies from
morning till night in perpetual stupor,
and whose white lips and unnatural
paleness appeal to the passer by. The
child, says the Globe, is daily drugged
with opium, and if other like facts were
known, nine.tenths of the persistent
askeTs for aims on the street, says the
paper, would be found to be better able
to give than many they importune.
Year: 1872

The Carlisle (Ky.) Mercury tells of a
singular way to preserve thorns-that Is
to say, if any one desired to preserve
them. Sixty-one years ago a young
farmer, in that vicinity, ran thorn in o
his foot. A short time ago it came out
just below the knee, having worked its
way thus far up his leg. If it had kept
straight on, and he had lived long
enough, it would, doubtless, have come
out at the top of his head. The thorn
was as sound as when it started on its
travels. We haven't kept up our receipt
department very well, SO we thought
We would give the simple receipt for
preserving thorns. Amy of our readers
are at liberty to try it.
Year: 1872

Thorough plowing before the extreme
cold of winter sets in will amply repay
the trouble that it costs now. TO give
the soil the full advantage Of natures
fertilizers it ought to be we'll drained,
but breaking it up answers the same
purpose in partial degree; for the air
charged with rain or snow has freer &C
cess to it, and, passing through, Leaves
the soil in the spring mellow, finely pull
verized, and in some mysterious man
ner richer than it was before. The
deepest plowing and most laborious cul
tivation, in the spring, will not have -
like effect. Oa this winter.seasoned soil
a green crop may well be sown for turn.
ing under. -
Year: 1872

When the Federal and Confederate
armies confronted each other at Gettys-
burg, Gen. Lee said of Gen. Meade ::
81 have now the most dangerous ad.
versary l have ever faced. Gen. Meade
will do nothing which the newspapers
will go mad about, but he will never
make mistake in my front, and if
make one he will see it instantly and
take immediate advantage of it," The
authority for this statement is gentle
man who served with Gen. Lee at that
memorable engagement.
Year: 1872

Thousands upon thousands of buffalo
hides are being brought in here by
hunters. In some places whole acres of
ground are covered with hides, spread
out with the fleshy side up to dry. 1t
is estimated that there are. south of the
Arkansas and west of Wicnita, from one
to two thousand men shooting buffalo
for their hides alone. Is it any wonder
that the red man sometimes protests
against this wanton destruction of his
cattle p Wichita Eagle.
Year: 1872

THE House Of Representatives is hesi.
tating whether the Committee to Inyest-
gate the disgraceful condition Of affairs at
New Orleans shall set at Washington or
be excused altogether. There is evident
ly something rotten in Denmark. The
officers of the Government there are
mixed up in it; and as each party sends to
the country its own version Of affairs, the
only way to get at the truth will be by an
investigation on the spot Congress can
not interfere with the State government,
but it can investigate the connection OF
the custom house authorities there with
the present resistance to its authority and
determine where the fault lies; and II
with them, can recommendtheir dismissal.
Let the investigation go on, and let white
wash be strictly forbidden.
Year: 1872

Our farmers are in the midst Of harvest
and in consequence til" city streets present
a lifeless appearance. Business men are
hopeful however, that when the abundant
crops are garnered there viii be season
of prosperity such as they have not known
for several years.
Year: 1872

Our PATRONS who advertise by local no
ticcs are not represented in this paper for
the reason that our columns are crowded
with other matter, and we have not been
able for want Of time to give the subject
proper attent on. At an early day amends
Will be made.
Year: 1872

OIL CITY, Pa, March There was a
tremendous mass meeting here to-day to
oppose the mandates of the Southern In
provement Company, which proposes to
control not only the price but the refining
interests, and monopolize the oil trade. The
meeting was not extravagant in demonstra-
tions, but means strictly business, and in
tends in less than sixty days to have an
outlet which will be free of all cliques or
combinations.


In the afternoon dispatches were read from
various portions of the country encouraging
the project to carry their plans through for
new means Of transportation. A dispatch
from Buffalo states that Buffalo will meet
the oil region more than half way with a
railroad within four months. The Erie
guarantees railroad that way in less time.
Transportation would be by way of water
from Buffalo or Erie.


Galbreth, of the Erie, said he wonders
that the people of Pennsylvania don't 60 in
in body to Harrisburg and overthrow a
Legislature which permits and encourages
the growth of Such powerful monopoly
as the Pennsylvania Central railroad which
wields greater power that the State Legisla-
ture.
Year: 1872

In reply to the numerous Inquiries ofmy
friends as to whether l will again to be can
didate to represent them in the State Senate,
desire to say, that l have not deemed it
proper to answer before this because it is
so long before the election, the people have
hardly considered whom they would prefer
as their representative. and for the further
reason, that since the last election Ruther-
ford and Bedford have been placed in the
same Senatorial district, and the question
arises which should be entitled to the first
Senator. Now, while have no desire to
fOrestall public opinion and announce my
self thus early a candidate, should it be
determined that Rutherford is to have the
first representative in the Senate and that
representative in the Senate and that posi-
tion should be rendered me with creditable
unanimity, then 1 will feel it a duty to de-
clare myself candidate. But if public
opinion points TO some other gentleman as
the proper person to represent this district,
I frankly say that | will not be his opponent.


j. A. RIDLEY,
Year: 1872

The Legislature AdjOurns-ssImmOr
ality, Corruption and Indecency."


NEW ORLEANS, March 1.-The Legisla-
ture adjourned last night sine die. Several
plundering schemes were pushed through
before adjournment. Very little was done
In the way of reform. The Times says:


"The body called the General Assembly
OF Louisiana terminated last night its career
of unparalleled infamy. It would be trite
phrase to say that the history of modern
times furnishes no such example of gross
abuse of power, of such fragrant immoral
ity, corruption and indecency as have
marked the career Of this disgraceful as
semblage."


When the Senate adjourned last night
Lieut.. Gov. Pinchbeck being called OH for a
speech said, Gentlemen, / thank you for
your courtesy in requesting me to address
you, but regret that the implied compliment
to me cannot with any justice or honesty be
returned to the


Worst Legislature
in my opinion that ever assembled, and you
cannot feel more rejoiced than l at the
knowledge that its session has terminated
finally. If the Government cannot be car
ried on without the scenes which have been
enacted in the House of Representatives,
reiterate what l said this morning that the
sooner the Republican party goes down the
better"


Grant Club.


The Pioneer Grant Club, the oldest Grant
club in the Union, has reorganized with one
hundred and ninety members.
Year: 1872




A few days ago, paragraph in the Her.
aid, based upon what was known to be good
authority, announced that Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln had recently visited Boston, and
incOqnitO and closely attended a public
seance of a Well-known lady medium on
Washington street, on which occasion the
the spirit of her lamented husband appeared
and. by unmistakable manifestations, re-
vealed to all present the identity of Mrs.
Lincoln, which she had attempted to keep
secret. We have now the best authority
for saving that the report was in all respects
accurate; that Mrs. Lincoln did visit Boston
on the 4th instant; that she took lodging at
the Parks House, registering her name as
Mrs. Linder; that she remained there ten
days, during which time she made frequent
visits to the medium above mentioned, and
that while at the hotel her identity was
discovered by a person who had often seen
her in Washington. She desired to have
her visit to Boston unknown, but the in
junction of secrecy ceased to be binding af-
ter the revelation at the public Sednee. 1t
is further stated by those in position to
know, that the interviews with the medium
were of the most satisfactory and conelu-
sive nature, as sfording tests of the real
presence Of the spirit of her husband.
Year: 1872

GRANTS champions in the Senate have
subjected themselves to a good deal OF
ridicule by their unruly course, but the fol-
lowing is about the sharpest we have seen:


Cooking and Morton after debate
with Carl Schurz, look as il they had been
fooling with a threshing machine"
Year: 1872

As judge was delivering his decision in
a case the other day, he was interrupted by
the vociferous braying Of a donkey under
one of the windows Of the court room.
"What is that?" testify asked the judge,
Whereupon the lawyer against whom he
he was deciding the case arose and remark
ed: sit is merely the echo of the court,
your honor"
Year: 1872

CURING Mess BEEF.-Procure oak or white
ash barrels, perfectly clean and sweet No
cask that has been used for storing water ap-
pies or vegetables of any scrt will keep beef.
Use nothing but new casks, or such as have
been used for pork or molasses To 100 lbs. of
beef use 16 lbs rock salt, pulverized. and 1 ID.
the salt--frst layer of salt, then a layer of
beef Pack as compact as possible, and con-
tinue to pack layer of salt and then layer
of beef until the cask is nearly full Dis
card all bones containing marrow. Lay on
make its own brine, and you will have beef
that will keep in any climate When the beef
is used out in summer or autumn, mutton
can be corned in the brine and be first rata
Year: 1872

STORY OF THE FIRE-Almost every dav
we near some new instance to show how far
reaching was the loss by the great fire. Wa
were recently told of an old man in New
Hampshire who lost his ALL Years ago he did
business for a time in Boston, and put little
money INTO insurance stocks So fortunate
were his trst ventures, that he soon converted
all his means into this kind of property. and
Tor years his whole savings and much borrov-
ed money had been thus invested re saw the
tre from his home fifty miles away, and n,t.
urally his tirst Thought was Of his insuran-e
stocks. He took his map, and studied the
bearing of the fire, and was convinced that il
must be in Boston, and long and earnestly he
watched to find that hour after hour the fire
hend still ragged. He told his wife his fears.
and Christian like, turned to his Bible. The
nrst verse that met his eye was in Amos: s'Tsut
VIII send a fire into the house of Hazael.
which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. .


he closed the volume, and cried out to his wife
that he knew the fire had DESTROYED his all.
BY the first train Monday morning be came to
Boston TO learn that twelve of the thirteen
companies in which he had owned stock had
failed, and $4,000 the saving of lifetime,
was gone. Too old to begin life anew, the
tears rolled down his cheeks as he told his tale
TO our informant, and cried in his agony. sT
am ruined, and owe money" The losses BY
the fire to the young and energetic will soon
be repaired, but the aged and women. so MANY
OF whom became impoverished, are indeed OBJ
lects OF our deepest sympathy y.-Boston Trapel-
Year: 1872

lnqulrer-A small capital ought not to
discourage you, as liberal public demand
VIII soon enable you to obtain credit enough
TO go ahead. Moreover, it does not require
large capital to hire shanty on the out
skirts OF the city to manufacture relics of the
Boston fire.


Engiishman"-No; the inhabitants of
nuialo are not all quadrupeds. Many of
1nem nave two legs, and frequently find even
'nat number more than they can conveniently
manage.
Year: 1872

A young lady at a recent fashionable
church wedding in New York seated herself
on the back OF a pew for better observation
ou' seriously interrupted the ceremony by an
involuntary somersault and attempt to stand
on her head in the pew just behind.
Year: 1872

on who shall lightly say that fame
Is nothing but an empty name.
whilst in that sound there is a charm
Inc nerves to brace. the heart to warm.
AS, thinking of the mighty dead,


Ine young from slothful couch win start
And vow, with lifted hands outspread
Like them to act a noble part?
Year: 1872

Dos'T BE TOO LATE.-TRIBBETT's stock Of toys
and confectionery is rapidly disappearing. Ladies'
visit his store before his splendid stock exhausted
Best place In the city to buy Christmas goods.
Year: 1872

knowledge to which men and women can attain is the knOwl- edge of their own powers, with the corollary of ''pegging away" when they do know them. It is no use to try to till the rocks, nor to dig for minerals in Sea-sand, nor to aim 10 clouds and expect to bring them down fluttering like wild birds; it is of no use persist ing in trying things for which we have no real capacity. Yet how many men We see who will go on trying, again and again, at that which every one else knows is certain failure. But when the powers are equal to the task, and the failure hitherto has come from removable circumstances, then persist and 'peg away" till you have dug down the obstructive heap, and have come to the glis- tening core of gold within. NOth- ing Is so sure as wise, strong hearted, clear-headed constancy, whether in work or plan of life, whether ill love for another or in reliance on oneself; and aBruce's spidcr-that much-enduring beast who bears, like second Atlas, the weight of the world of "Try'' on his back-may once again be press ed into service of illustration. and be made the peg on which to hang this shred of our subject. Failure again and again, if one can sec the cause, and the cause is remediable, ought never to dishearten. If all these failures have been lessons wherein you have studied causes, and if you have got to know the great reason why, and understand it from end to end, then try again till you have succeeded, for you must ultimately succeed.
Year: 1872

his ecclesiastical duties and scholar OF the high
est order. The best evidence OF the general re-
spect in which he Is held may be iOund In the fact
that non Catholics were foremost in Montreal,
where religious feeling occasionally runs up to
fever heat In doing honor to the excellent charac-
ter he bears. They cordially joined IN the ad-
dresses ana 0rations given in honor OF the Bishop
on the occasion oil the unusual and Interesting an
niversary OF his golden wedding to the Church.
Year: 1872

Not long since l met gentleman
who is assessed for more than q million.
Silver was in his hair, care upon his
brow, and he stopped beneath his bur
den of wealth. We were speaking of
that period of life when we had real
lied the most perfect enjoyment, or,
rather, when we had found the happi-
ness nearest to be unalloyed. "I'll tell
you" said tile millionaire, "when was
the happiest hour of my life. At the
age of one and d-twenty / saved up $500.
| was earning $500 year, and my
father did not take it from me, only
requiring that l should pay for my
board. AT the age of twenty-five
had secured pretty cottage, just out
side Of the city. l was able to pay
two-thirds of the value down, and also
to furnish it respectfully. was mar
ried on Sunday--a Sunday in June
at my fathers house. My wife had
come to me poor in purse, but rich in
the wealth of her womanhood. The
Sabbath and the Sabbath night we
passed beneath my fathers roof and
on Monday morning | went to my
work, leaving my mother and sister to
help in preparing my home. On Mon
day evening when the labors of the
day were done, l went not to the pater-
nal shelter, as in the past, but to my
own house--my own home The holy
atmosphere of that hour seems to sur
round me even now in the memory.
opened the door of my cottage and en-
tered. l laid my hat upon the little
stand in the hall, and passed on into
the kitchen-our kitchen and dining
room were one then. pushed open
the kitchen door and was-in Heaven
The table was set against the wall
the evening meal was ready-prepared
by the hands of her who had come to
be my helpmeet in deed as well as in
name-and by the table, with throb-
bing, expectant look upon her lovely
and loving face stood my wife. l tried
to speak, but could not. l could only
clasp the waiting angel to my bosom,
THIS showing to her the ecstatic bur-
den of my heart. The years have
passed-long, long years-and worldly
wealth has flowed in upon me, and L
am honored and envied but, true as
heaven, l would give it all-every
dollar-for the joy Of the hour of that
June evening in the long, long ago.
N. Y. Ledger.
Year: 1872

And also in pursuance of an act approved
the 29th day of April 1874, directing the
mode of selling seated lands for taxes, and
the several acts supplementary thereto the
following tracts ofseated lands and in and
out lots in the said County of Forest aiore-
said, or so much thereof as will pay the
arrearages oftaXes and costs accrued there
on will be exposed to public sale at the
time and place aforesaid for the sale of
unseated lands, and be continued by adj
jOurnment from day 10 day if it should be
found necessary so to do.
Year: 1872

Those resolute women who go
away out on the froiitlers to live are
rot to be trifed with when they get
there. A married man in Idaho tried
the little experiment. OF clipping with
a fascinating young girl. and his
indignant wife pursued and overlook
him, and having administrated a
severe castigation, bore him home in
triumph.
Year: 1872

said she came from the wiIdwoods Of
Oregon without any experience in the
lecture field. and with no friend TO az
sist her Her children were living
with her mother, who was keeping a
lodging house in Portland to support
them. She had started out TO make
something with which 10 provide for
them, and the few souls who knew
and trusted her would yet see her
succeed.
Year: 1872

She was not prepared to give any
information in regard TO his connec-
tion with the Indians. He used to
talk To her about a yonng woman of
his acquaintance who used to wear tar
on her face and quilts in her nose.
lie often said 10 her that this woman
never annoyed him by wanting TO
take her knitting and govisitlng when
he wanted her TO stay nj home. He
always insisted that every man should
be absolute master of his own house,
and rs she was brought up to the
same belief she yielded in everything
TO his will. and so accustomed did she
become to it that her friends often
said to her, You make Il god OF him."
and for time it was true.
Year: 1872

He knew nothing about boats or
canoes, while she prided herself on
her skill in managing a canoe. One
day they started to cross the river


in n canoe TO gather shells on the op-
posite bank. She let the boat float


down the river and it finally was


caught in the ebbing tide and carried
among the breakers at the mouth OF
the river. She struggled hard
against it, but her hero sat all the
while transfxed with fear and shout
ing, 81 nll, Minnie, pull for Gods
sake" Her struggles We're unavail-
ing and they were carried farther out
and were every moment in danger OF
upsetting. Suddenly the poet arose
and threw off his coat, pulled off his
boots and was just about jumping
overheard and forsaking her to her
fate when wave caught them and
landed them botf'high on the beach.
She was yexcd and disappointed, anil
young ladies who have had the Pile s
nre Of reading ten cent novels would
Year: 1872

WILL RISE AGAIN.-The philadel.
phia ,Age, in referring to our defeat,
says The Democratic party has
sustained u defeat, as il has before,
and never with less tho shame of de
feat. 1t had sound Democrats and
honest men as its candidates, and tho
fraud and corruption that prevailed
against them won victory over all
the principles that are at the base of
civilized society. But their overthrow
is temporary. The principles of truth
and justice and free civil government
are, under the will of Providence,
sometimes submerged in the storm of
political excitement but it ahates,
thoy arise again, and their ultimate
triumph is certain. Those who think
they have got the Democratic party
down will find that il has a happy
knack of rising. We have seen many
times the asccndancy of wrong, but il
does not stay up. There is sure faith
in principle that is never cast down
by temporary rcvcrses The Demo
cratic party, true to itself, is still the
best hope of every honest man and
every real patriot
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies (as usuaD, we
solicit a share ofyour patronage.


To the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expcn-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.