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Year: 1872

The great secret of success in tie


winter fattening and management OF
sheep is to attend to them yourself. A


hired man, who feeds at a given hour


every day, and in accustomed order


who will exercise q little judgment as to


the amount required-feeding a little


more grain and hay during cold


stormy day than warm one who will


SEQ that the sheep never want for water


and that thy never have to drink


water that is reduced to freezing point


by snow and ice, but who will, on the
contrary, pump them fresh water three
or four times day, and always at a
tlxed hour a man who knows how to
fodder the sheep in such way that
they are tempted to eat as much as they
can possibly digest, without leaving any
to get stale in the racks; a man who
will litter the sheds and yards two
or three times day, doing it with ,judg-
ment, and never allowing any part to
get dirty, but having all the time nice
clean bed for the sheep to lie on !; man
who will do this, and who has quick
eye to detect the symptoms of disease
and lamenes5, want of appetite, de-
rangement of the stomach and bowels,
nervous restlessness, ETC.; a man that
can tell from the eyes and ears and gen.
eral aspect that q sheep is not doing
well, and who has promptness and en-.
ergy to separate that sheep at once from
the flock and give it the requisite atten-
ton; a man, say, who will do all this,
is u treasure indeed. / never hope to
find such a man ready-made. Possibly
by taking a bright, intelligent boy that
is willing to learn, you can educate him
up to it.


This is the real reason why so few of
our breeders of improved stock ever
attain eminent success. They are gen.
orally men of wealth who do not attend
personally to their stock They pay
large prices for the best animals, but
cannot get them properly attended to.
Taking this view of the matter, does it
not seem pity that intelligent farmers,
who take care of their own animals,
should waste their time in attending
poor stock? When we think how diff
cult it is to hire this kind of care, judg-
ment and attention, it would seem that
a farmer could raise much better ami
mails than those breeders that leave
their stock to the care of men not per
sonally interested in them.-Joseph
Harris, in american Agriculturist.
Year: 1872

| should like to live in community
where every mans face would represent
his idea of himself. Even as it is, there
is not q countenance in the wide world
so homely that its owner does not find
in it grace unseen by others. 1t is
this consciousness of at least an ap.
proach toward the beloved ideal that
makes ugly folks quite as much given
to throwing sleeps eyes at themselves
in mirrors as handsome people are.
Photographic albums abundantly re-
cord this pathetic striving after ideals
shown in every case where the artist has
not posed and retouched subject ard
negative out Of all individuality and ex-
preston.


But lit is not merely at the photograph
er's that people endeavor to impress
upon others their own conception OF
themselves. We go through life trying
to do it. And oh, what hard time
some of us have! Think of man with
a brain that feels broad and towering
and narrowing forehead, at an angle
of forty-five degrees; imagine another
with a Wellington heart and turn-ul
nose, or girl whose idea of herself il
something like Mrs. Browning, and wh'
stands six feet in her stockings.
Year: 1872

1t is often recommended that when
manure is thrown into heaps in the
field, it should be covered with a layer
Of earth to prevent the escape of the
ammonia. The experiments of Dr.
Voelcker, at the .ioyal Agricultural
College at Cirencester, in England, have
established the fact that the evapora-
ton of ammonia from large heaps of
manure goes on slightly; for the reason
that during the decomposition of the
manure certain organic acids are formed
at the same time the ammonia is
evolved, and then Immediately unite
with the ammonia, forming non-volatile
compounds. There is an active escape
of ammonia from the interior of large
heaps, where the heat is too great for
the chemical changes above referred to ;
but as it approaches the exterior part of
the heap, where the heat is very much
less, the ammonia is completely taken
up by the organic acids and retained.
There will be but a tritling escape of
ammonia while there is sufficient mois.
ture to retain it, for water absorbs and
retains many hundred times its bulk of
ammonia gas at ordinary temperatures.
These non-volatile compounds, from
being highly soluble in water, are liable
to be washed away at every rain-storm,
giving the well known color to the
DRAWINGS of manure heaps.
Year: 1872

Some years ago number of benevo-
lent Londoners, whose hearts had been
lacerated by the sight of miserable dogs
crawling and crouching in half-starved
condition about the town, formed them
selves into a society for the purpose of
erecting Home for Lost and Stray
Dogs" This institution has really
proved quite boon, not only to the dogs
but to the public, who have supported
it so literally that new home" has
lately been erected, which maintains an
average of POO dogs. The rule Of the
establishment is that all dogs brought
to the home and not sold or claimed
within three days are to be sold or de-
stroyed yet the number is kept up,
and nearly all the dogs are brought by
the police. The kennel is in compart.
ments well ventilated and Washed down.
An effort is made to classify the dogs,
but many are such mongrels that no
class or breed can be ASST gned them.
Year: 1872

A Minnesota wood-chopper hewed
down a tall tree the other day, and upon
splitting up the trunk with an AK and
wedge, found imbedded in the wood, at
the point where the trunk diverged in
to branches, a leather bride of antique
pattern, with bit and buckles attached,
and all in remarkable state of preser-
walton. 1t has been fully thirty feet
from the ground, and its presence there
can only be accounted for by the sup
position that some passing horseman had
used the crotch of sapling as Arrest for
his bride, and, led from the place in
pursuit of his straying horse, had been
unable to find it again, and abandoned
the bride to be carried up and entomb-
ed by the slow growth of the tree. tits
believed that the tree must have been
fifty years in hiding its treasure.
Year: 1872

The following singular instance of &c.
centricity, illustrating the close connec-
ton Of this condition of the mind with
insanity, Is related by Prof. Hammond
in his work on diseases of the nervous
system


A lady had since her childhood shown
a singularity of conduct as regarded her
table furniture, which she would have
of no other material than copper. She
carried this fancy to such an extent
that even the knives y ere made of cop
per. People laughed at her, and t, led
to reason her out of her whim, but in
vain. In no other respect was there any
evidence of mental alteration. She was
intelligent, by no means excitable, and
in the enjoyment of excellent health.
An uncle had, however, died insane.
tritllng circumstance started in her a
new train of thought, and excited emo
tions which she could not control. She
read in the morning paper that Mr..
kopperman had arrived at one of the
hotels, and she announced her deter
mination to call on him. Her friends
endeavored to dissuade her, but without
avail. She went to the hotel and was
told that he had just left for Chicago.
Without returning to her home, she
bought a ticket for Chicago, and actually
started on the next train for that city.
The telegraph, however, overlook her,
and she was brought back from Roch-
ester ravin of her love for man whom
she had never seen, and whose name
alone had been associated in her mind
with her fancy for copper liable, furni-
ture. She died Of acute mania within
a month.-Scrijner's for August.
Year: 1872

An lrishman one morning went out
very early in search of some game on an
estate where the game laws were strictly
enforced. Turning a sharp corner whom
did he meet but the gentleman who
owned the estate. Paddy, seeing the
game was up, coolly advanced to the
gentleman, and said: "The top of the
morning to your honor and what
brought your honor out so early this
morning." The gentleman replied by
saying: Indeed, Paddy, l just strolled
out to see if could find an appetite for
my breakfast and then cycling Paddy
rather suspiciously, said "And now,
Paddy, what brought you out so early
this morning." Paddy replied: ain.
dade, yer honor, just strolled out to
see if could find breakfast for my
appetite"
Year: 1872

SAY less than you think, rather than
think only half what you say.


A SECRET has been defined Gas any
thing made known to everybody in a
whisper"


MOST of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by stand
ing in our own light.


VALUE the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm !; swarms OF
insects will surround you in the sun
shine.


A WIT once asked peasant what part
he performed in the great drama OF
life. al mind my own business" was
the reply.
ONE of the saddest things about hu-
man nature is, that man may guide
others in the path of life without walk
ing in it himself; that he may be a
pilot, and yet a cast-a-way.
Year: 1872

Not long since dyspeptic was be.
guiled into sending to New York indi-
vidual dollar, for which sum sure
cure for dyspepsia was promised. He
received printed slip with these
words: "Stop drinking and hoe in the
garden" The man was angry at first,
then laughed, and finally stopped
drinking and "hoed in the garden"
In a short time he was as we'll as ever.
Year: 1872

The Signal Service weather reports,
which We're only intended originally for
the benefit of commerce, have proved
so useful to the agricultural interests of
the country also that Congress has author
lied the War Department to extend the
working of the system SO as to provide
specially for these interests by the col
lection of reports from various points in
the interior.
Year: 1872

A pig In the back yard Of Mrs. Chill
dress, residence South Vine street, was
caught by the wind which turned it over
fifty times or more, finally landing the
terrified animal against fence.
Year: 1872

8 handsome brick buiIdlng, three 5tOfIes
high, sustained a serious injury. The
tin roofing was ripped up and torn or BY
the blast, which also struck and unroOfed
several other structures in North Nash
...LIn
Year: 1872

We copy the following very fun re-
port from the Union and american Of
Sunday:


About four o'clock yesterday after
noon black clouds gathered in the sky,
and soon a gust Of wind announced that
Year: 1872

we're thr0nged with vehicles and people,
who were not slow IN seeking shelter.
The first blast Of wind was terrific, and
lasted not longer than a minute, during
which time tie rain was falling heavily,
and much damage was done to buildings
in different parts Of the city, which has
seldom been visited by more destTue-
tive storm. After a short intermission
a second blast swept by On its power
ruin wings, tearing up trees and creating
terror IN every direction. Along the
farther heavens vivid streaks of light
ming leaped, while sheeted lightning in


broad flames glared along the ground,


casting a strangely beautiful tint on sur
rounding objects. The second blast
lasted much longer than the first, and


the whole city trembled under its
mighty power. So far as we have learned
Year: 1872

A liberal Republican President OF
the United States does not mean q
liberal Repu bIican Governor of Ten
nessee or any other Democratic
State There are, we suppose, in
this State from one thousand to five
thousand Liberal Republicans. We
know OF no usage among politicians
that would concede 10 this small
force the first Office in the State.
The reasons for opposition to Grant
on the part of Republicans do not
apply TO Tennessee. There is no
military ring here, no corruption
and no maladministration Besides
no man can with reason claim that
one hundred thousand Democrats
who are as good by nature and prac-
tice as men generally are, should de-
libeTately hand over the power they
hold to a few thousand Republicans,
ana thus place upon themselves an
implied stigma. The Liberal move
ment is national, federal, not State.
We do not believe that there is in
Tennessee a Republican who would
ask such a sacrifice, nor do we
believe that there is one claiming TO
be Liberal who would cOmplicate
matters by becoming a candidate
for Governor. We have heretofore
suggested that il a candidate is
brought out before the national
struggle takes final shape, we may
encounter two Democratic candi-
dates for Governor, ono supporting
the Cincinnati nominee and the 9TH
er supporting a regular Democratic
candidate. This is barely, however
possibility. We do not suppose
any difficulty would result from
such an anomaly as the Democracy
Of Tennessee supporting at the same
| time a democratic candidate for
Governor, Democratic candidates
| for Congress, and Democratic can
didates for all State officers, while
they supported the Presidential
/ electors brought out by the Liberal
Republicans. There is only one mo-
| tive that induces Democrats to IA
Yor the Liberal movement. 1t is
| not to form s. new party nor to aban-
don an old one. IL is only to drive
Grant and his corrupt administra-
tion from power. And this is the
motive OF Republican Liberals
They abate nothing of what they
style the principles of the Republi-
can party. The Democrats will
abate nothing of Democratic princi-
pies by assisting TO accomplish the
great end. We cannot be induced
to believe that in a State so tremen-
dOusly Democratic as Tennessee is,


the few Liberal Republicans will be
guilty of such nonsense as bringing
out a candidate for Governor


Memphis Ledger.
Year: 1872

1t is not acts which blackeu the
soul; il is not conduct which des-
troys. These are but the holes
which the worms, bred in the very
fiber of the wood, have eaten
These are but the fruit and visible
witness of a disease which holds the
entire body in its power, making
the veins its channels, every drop
OF blood its servant, every pulsatiOn
of the heart its slave. Tho thoughts
DESTROY. The imagination puts the
knifu's edge TO the jugular vein OF
virtue, and lets the precious cur
rent out. You cannot reform a
drunkard unless you first reform his
mind. What needs TO be done is 10
have the craving for stimulants ta-
ken out of him. Over against his
iAordinate desire you must raise up
some stronger repulsiOn, which
shall be more than match for bis
appetite for liquor. This is the
true philosophy in every branch OF
morals. You must change the man
himself if you would change his
habits. There is no life so hard as
religion-life TO man without reli-
gion.
Year: 1872

Among the beautiful pictures
That hang on memory's wall
Is one Of a dim old forest


That seemeth the best Of all.
Not for its gnarpd oaks olden,
Dark with the misletoe;
Not for the Yielets golden


That sprinkle the vale below;
Not for the milk white lfilies
That lean from tine fragrant hedge,
COqustting all day with the sunbeans,
And stealing their golden edge;
Not for the vines on the upland
Where the bright red berries rest,
Nor the plnks, nor the pale, sweet COW


slip,


1t seemeth to me the best.
1 once bad a little brother,


With eyes that were dark and deep;
In the lap OF that dim old forest
He listh in peace asleep.
Light as the down OF thistle,
Free as the winds that blow,
We royed there mid beautiful summers
The summers Of long ago.
But his feet on the hills grew weary,
And, one of the autumn ewes,
made for my little brother


A bed of yellow leaves.
sweetly his pale arms folded
My neck in meek embrace,
As the light Of immortal beauty
Silently covered his face.
And, when the arrows of sunset
Lodged in the tree-tops bright,
He fell, in his saint-like beauty,
Asleep by the gates Of light.
Therefore, Of all the pictures


That hang on memory's wall,
That one of the dim old forest
Seemeth the best of all.
Year: 1872

Childhood is the mothers ''accep-
ted time'' to teach her children
Her duty is with them and to them,
and should not be shirked or avoid
ed. Day by day the children are
growing and expanding: and If the
food they crave is not given them
by the mother, they will get it else
where and will soon be away from
her influence. ChildhOOd's days, if
they have been spent thus profita-
blv, in time to come, will be to them
as a well of living water, from
which they will drink deep and be


refreshed, though now it may al
most seem like water poured on the


ground, they. seem SO needless OF
YOUR advice and admonitions- How


can they appear but indifferent ?
They know not the value of heI
teachings, they cannot know now
but the mother knows, and cannot
escape guilt if she does not fortify
them against coming responsibility
and care by words of wisdom thai
| in due time will ripen into COLDER
sheaves, whether she lives to see i
| or not
Year: 1872

FAITH IN MANI cannot but
pity the man who recognizes moth
ing godlike in his own nature. /
see the marks of God in the Heavens
and the earth, but how much more
in a liberal intellect, in magnanimi-
", in uncOuquerable rectitude, in u
philanthropy which forgives every
wrong, and which never despairs OF
the cause of Christ and human vir-
tue. l do, and l must reverence hu-
man nature. l see in it the marks
of divine origin, and the pledges
of a celestial inheritance; and /
thank God that my own lot Is bound
up with that of the human race
Claiming.
Year: 1872

The best investment a farmer can
make tor his children is that which
surrounds their youth with a ration
al delight of beauteous home. The
dwelling may be small and rude,
vet a few flowers will embellish, as
choice fruit trees will enrich and
gladden. it; while grass and shade
are within the reach of the hum
blest. Hardly any labor done on a
farm is so profitable as that which
makes the wife and children fond
and proud of their homes
Year: 1872

How TO burn kerosene without
danger is a cOnundrum just solved.
Take an ordinary lamp and MI u
as nearly as possible-with wick, plae-
ing little pieces Of sponge wherever
space appears, pour on the oil, and
the lamp will burn as long as any OF
the Kerosene remains in the wick
So arranged it is impossible for the
lamp TO explode.
Year: 1872

fl were suddenly asked to give
proof of the goodness OF God to us /
think 1 should say that it is most
manifested in the exquisite differ
ence he has made between the souls
of women and men, so as to create
the possibility of the most charming
companiOnship that the mind of
man can imagine.-Arthur Helps.
Year: 1872

in this city. Our long experience in bust
meas and extensive facilities enable US 20
compete successfully with any house in the
country. Special attention given to orders.


9- Send for our price list.
mar. Ally
Year: 1872

However hot may be the controversy as T.
whether surface Of deep manurins is the best,
the prudent farmer will prepare in season to
top-dress his whea. In the autumn. Ii may
not be practicable to give all his wheat fields
liberal supply Of barnyard manure in store
TO enrich the poorer spots Of tue fields he sows
after spring grain Argument aud line theo-
ries are needless to convince the practical far
msr Of the wisdom OF applying the top
dressing. Every look he casts a. the field
after the wheat is up until it is cut conyinces
him Of the efficiency and profit of the manu-
hing. In bad wheat seasons the manure j.
doubly profitable. 1t gives large, strong,
and healthy growth in the fall it protects
from spring heaving when the frost is coming
out of the ground; aud it urges the plant to
vigorous growth early in the spring, causing
it to ripen early. thus escaping the weevil.-
Nor are the good results Of such top-drcssins
csufned to the wheat crop. II clover follows
tn. wheat that will be heavier on the manured
ground than elsewhere, the growth for hay aad
seed will pay better than tha, on the unmanu-
red portion. This heavy growth Of clever
fertilizes the soil, both by its roots and by tho
manure when it is consumed by stock, and
thus the fertility Of the soil Increased. Tho
land is in better condition when it is broken
again for grain crop, aud of course will yield
more. In brief, the good effect Of top-dressing
the wheat reaches through series Of succeed
ing crops, and is a long step in the direction
OF high farming.


1t may pay, probably, in many instances,
to purchase commercial fertilizers for wheat.
but the cheapest and most efficient manure is
that made in the farm barnyard, and by tho
farmers own stock. A large quantity OF good
manure cannot be made without the aid of
large crops, and to attain these it may some
times be necessary to purchase manure to start
with, but We hardly believe the practice can
yet be adopted as rule in this Country
| Americaa Rural Home
Year: 1872

Heaven is not reached by single bound;


But we build the ladder by which We rise


From the lowly earth To the yarlted skies
And we mount to its summit round by round
count these things to be grandly true.


That noble deed is step towards God


Lifting the soul from the common sod
To purer air and broader view.
We rise by the things that are under our feet,
BY what We have mastered in greed and gain,
BY the pride deposed and the passion slain,
And the vsnquished i'll VIC hourly meet.
We hope, we resolve, we aspire, we trust,


When the morning calls t. life and light


But our hearts grow weary and ere the night
Our lives are trailing in the sordid dust.
Wings for the angels, but feet for the men;


We must borrow the wings to find the way.
Wemay hope, and resolve, and aspire, and pray
But our feet must rise or we fall again.
Only in dreams is the ladder thrown


From the weary earth to the sapphire WALL


But the dreams depart and the visions fall,
And the sleeper wakes on his pillow stone.
Heaven is not reached by single bound;


But we build the ladder by which we rise


From the owly earth to the vaulted skies,
And we mount to the summit round by round
Year: 1872

We have been informed, says the Franklin
Patriot, that one Of the larses; and most en-
terprisins farmers Of this county last year
saved enough clover seed for his own sowing,
sold enough to pay for all the dry goods used
in his family, asd received SOS cash in addi-
ton. This is the way in which be did it: He
put wire bottom to the trough in which he
fed lis stock, the wire being two or three
inches above the close bottom Of the trough.
The stock 10 pulling tie clover hay from the
rack would scatter the seed almost pure
through the wire into the receptacle below.
Year: 1872

The NEwsPAPER.-The newspaper is just
as necessary to fit man for his true position
in life as food or raiment Show us ragged,
barefoot boy, rather than an ignorant one
His head will cover his feet, in after life, il he
is well supplied with newspapers. Show us
the child that is eager for newspapers. He
will make the man Of mark in after life il you
crafty that desire for knowledge. Other
things being equal, it is rule that never fails.
Give the children newspapers.
Year: 1872

FURs.-Mr. Prescott, the veteran hat and fur
dealer, has on hand a very extensive stock OF
goods in his line. and especially of choice furs
of every description known to this market He
man ufactures fur5 to order on short notice, and
in the very best style. His prices far below
rivals, and he will not be undersod. For ac-
commodation OF those who wish the cheaper
class of such goods rs are advertised by our gro.
GERS and dry goods men about town, he keeps
even better grade Of furs, AID sells them for
less money. If you want good set OF furs
made out of the best mink, sable or anything
else, 60 NJ once to the fur store and save your
money.
Year: 1872

THE OPERA HOUSE BooKsToRE.-Those who
have not seon the beautiful stock Of goods at the
new bookstore, in the Opera House building,
should do SO at once The stock is new and de.
cidly elegant in quslity, nicely assorted and
complete in every detail. The chronos there
are gems and just the the thing for presents.
Mt. O'Kane hes also great variety OF notions in
his line, all very pretty and cheap.