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Year: 1873

During the winter months there is
more or less leisure which sometimes
hangs heavily on the hands of the
farmers, and it can scarcely be put to O
more useful purpose than the formation
of Farmers clubs, where men engaged
in the rural industries can meet togethe
in friendly intercourse aud discussion
comparing notes. exchanging views and
swapping tho lghts upon subjects per.
tanning to farming pursuits. Indeed
the benefits to be derived from these
meetings of farmers, are greater than
many suppose. In order to make farm
ing profitable all of its departments
should be well understood. To keep
land increasing 10 fertility and draw
the largest returns from it at the least
expense, are the sure ways to make
farming profitable. The question 10
"how can it best be done?.' Experience
observation, and rational deductions
from facts in possession of farmers
themselves, is the chart to this desired
information. The experience and
judgment of many is better than one
in this instance. There is truth ia
the old aphorism IN connection with
agricultural pursuits, that there Ia
wisdom in multitude of counsel. ),


The time thus occupied by farmers
and their boys is infinitely better spent
that in frittering it away at the corBers,
in the country store, or louuging about
the house when there is nothing re-
quiring attention out of doors, or when
the weather is too incDement to admit
of outdoor work. We do not say that
leisure hours in winter cannot be
pleasantly and probably employed at
The home of the provident and sensi-
bic farmer. Good books and papers
may be drawn upon largely for agrees
BILE occupation during much of the in-
clement season of the year; but these
at times grow irksome, and aside
from the every day round of farm du-
ties, something else requires mental re-
creation. And right here is where the
Farmers club supplies the needed pab-
ulum. Mind in contact with mind 10
stimulated into greater activity. The
observation and experience of each
member are drawn out upon subjects
which directly concern the business in
which the members are engaged, and
u vast amount of practical knowledge
is elicted which cannot fail to be Of
service.


The advantages conferred by live,
active farmers clubs are many and
various. They are apparent TO every
sensible thinking man. and il is not
necessary to enlarge upon them, here.
They embrace many valuable consider
ations, prominent among which are
mutual advantage the acquisition OF
useful information, mental cultivation
associated effort in variCus farming OPP
erations. and friendly, social intercourse.
1t is certainly no credit to the intelli-
gence of farmers if these motives are
not sufficient to arouse their interest in,
and to engage their support of such
organizations. Point US to community
where live club of this description
exists and we will show you in the
same place, enterprise, energy, good
farming and thriving farmers.-F1s
Side Friend.
Year: 1873

The London Times says: Even
after war without precedent for ruin
and exhaustion, France is papins IN
indemnity beyond the conception OF
old fnanciers. There is no country
except onrs in which money is more
abundant aud available for any profta
BILE or promising object.
Year: 1873

mHE ILLUSTRATED PSYCHOLOGICAL
L JOURNAL, is in every respect a First
Glass Magazine. It's articles are of the highest
interest to all. Itteaches what we and how
TO make the most of opEselves, The .nforma-
tisn it contains the Laws of Life and Health
is well worth the price of the Magazine to every
Family. 1t is published at 50 90 year By
o special arrangement we are enabled to Office
the PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL as n Premium rnr
Q new subscribers to the OREGON REPuBLIcAN,
or will furnish the PHYSIOLOGICAL Journal
and OREGON REPUBLICAN together for 81 90
We commend the JOURNAL to all who want
. good magazine
Year: 1873

An HONEST L1FE.-The poor
pittance Of seventy years Is not
worth being a william for. What
matter is it if your neighbor lies
in a splendid tomb! Sleep you
with innocence. Look behind
you through the tract Of time
A vast desert lies open in retros:
pect. Wearied with years and
sorrow, they sink from the walks
of man. You must leave them
where they fall /; and you must
20 a little farther, where you will
find eternal rest. Whatever you
may have to encounter. between
the cradle and the grave, every
moment is big with innumerable
events. which come not in sue
cession, but bursting forcibly
from a revolving and unknown
cause. fly over this orb with d.
verse influence. M
Year: 1873

The great railroad tunnel in
St Louis is progressing rapidly
and Satisfactorily. The span Of
the arches of the tunnel. of which
there are two, is fourteen feet
clear, and the height seventeen
feet. Fifteen hundred men and
200 teams are employed in the
work, I'D
Year: 1873

TIE REASON Why. The immediate
cause Of premature fading or blanching of
the hair is an obstruction of the oil vessels
which afford the coloring matter. The re
mote causes may be general i'll health,
trouble of mind, etc. Hence, in order to
restore its natural color and beauty the
oil vessels must be restored to their nor
NAL condition. 1t Is on this principle that
Nature Hair Restorative is compounded
and it has proved a complete success, wher-
ever faithfully applied 1t is not a poison,
Gus dye, consequently the effect is gradual
and in severe cases two or three bottles
are necessary to produce the desired re
suit See advertisement
Year: 1873

TINS city, entitled An ordnance concern
ing Offences in the nature Of Misdemean-
ors is found the following


Sc. No person shall leave any horse or horscs
any other animal or animals attached to any car
riage, wagon, cart, sleigh, sled other vehicle in
any of the streets, avenues. alleys or lanes OF this
city without securely fastening such horse horses
other animal or animals under a penalty for
each offense of not less than Eve dollars more
than twenty dollars.


50. No person shall keep or leave opeuany eel
lar door or grating on any highway or sidewalk in
this city, suffer the same to be kept open; nor
sufer any sidewalk in front Of his her premises
To become continue so broken to endaugeT
life or limb any person so offending shall be sub
ject fine of not less than five dollars nor more
than fifty dollars and additional fine OF ten dol.
lars for every twenty four hours that such cellar
door or grating shall be left continued open, OF
such sidewalk shall he allowed to he or continue
broken aforesaid, after the first conviction.
Persons who get fined for violating these
provisions should not, hereafter, complain
that they didn't know the law


22-dIw B. II. KMBALI. City Marshal
Year: 1873

CHARITY CONOERTs.-It has been suggest
ed that a series Of charity cOIiOeEts be gotten
up to raise money to aid the poor Of the city.
We are told that the leaders Of several chOirs
and those cDnneeted with, them in the various
that most Of the churches could be had free
for so laudable purpose. 1t Is further SuR.
gested that the Masonic Hall Company would
donate the Opera House for one night, for thil
object, II concert was properly arranged
Year: 1873

The navigation of the Savannah river must
be conducted on primitive principles, judging
from local item in one of the Georgia papers
The paragraph alluded to says that steamer
got snagged in the river some time ago, but they
stuffed some rags and things into the hole and
she managed to reach Augusta. Having done
so well, it was concluded to make another trip
without repairing, and how many more does
not appear, until one day she got on sand-bar,
but the captain pulled her off and tied her up
for the night About four clock she gave q
sudden !urch, and by the time the crew could
get ashore she went down. 1T is supposed,
gravely says the paper, that the rags worked
out Of the hole.
Year: 1873

The St. Louis Democrat is authority for the
statement that Senator Sumner never believed
in the legitimacy OF the late French Emperor
descent Speaking on French topics in the
Senate one day about four years ago, he
referred to the First Napoleon as the ''reputed
uncle of the Emperor" He was then chair
man of the Committee on Foreign Relations
and fearing, on reflection, that the expression
would appear improper coming from such a
source, he sent an autograph note to the
reporter of the Associated Press, after the
debate had concluded, requesting him to sup
press the word "reputed." The reporter com
piled, but kept the note as possible curiosity
of the future.
Year: 1873

A Boston gentleman who could not waltz
offered young lady S400 if she would allow
him to hug her just as much as the man did
who had just waltzed with her. 1t was good
offer, and showed that money was no object to
him. but they put him out of the house SO
hard that his eyes were quite black.
Year: 1873

DR.. Terry, of Columbus, Ca, gave the
following wise testimony: Saw deceased after
he was Shot he was lying on the floor in pool
of blood in dying condition; don't know
how long he lived afterward; l did not make
any minute examination, for the reason that
did not want you lawyers to prove killed him
with probe"
Year: 1873

AARON BURR-Henry Ward Beecher says: :
"Aaron Burr was a keener thinker than
George Washington. He was a far more
ingenious man, a more active man, and, ii he
had been moral man, and maintained normal
relation with his fellow men, and with the
laws of rectitude, he would have been an abler
man. Washington was man OF good sense,
but he was not man OF genius i'll any direc-
tion except that of conscience. He was man
of singular equity, great disinterestedncss, aud
of pure and upright intent. Sagacious he was,
by a light which came from integrity. He
endured, having faith to believe that right was
right that it was safe, and that right 10 the
end would prevail. That which made Wash
! ington the only great hero of our revolutionary
struggle was the light of the moral element
that was in him-not any intellectual genius
which he possessed; not any rare tact oi
administration, or any remarkable executive
power. And if you look back upon those
names 10 our history that have stood the test
you will find that they have been men who
were fruitful in the highest moral element
And as time goes on. those men who lack
these elements sink lower and lower anC
lower till they set below the horizon; ant
those who possess them rise higher, till the!
reach the meridian, with undying speudor, Il
shine upon history and the world.
Year: 1873

An Iowa country squire concludes the
marital knot ceremony thusly: Them that
the court hath joined together let no man bust
asunder; but suffer little children to come
unto them SO helm YOU God"
Year: 1873

The fact that army overcOats are as plenty
ON dirt-cart drivers and others of that ilk
as at the close of the war is beginning to excite
journalistic remark According to all natural
laws the supply should have run out year or
two ago, aud the thing is just little incompre-
honsihle
Year: 1873

At Pekin, China, barber will cut your
hair, shampoo you, shave, cut your nails wash
your feet and brush your clothes, all for cent.
But you must make your cent before you go to
Pekin
Year: 1873

But after all is said, it is the feminine nature
that clings to the laudanum bottle and sucks
from it the last black drops of death. Open
and disreputabe drunkenness is on the wanc.
The majority of gentlemen of leisure dom t
make practice of getting drunk every day at
dinner. The age of Squire Westerns is over,
and to day variegation upon him is, so far as
externals go, rather well.cOnducted. But it is
to be feared that that secret and seductive intox


ication that is due to the use Of drugs is on the
increase One often has good reason to suspect
that the high spirits of the woman whom he
admires are due to opium, as the brilliancy OF
her eyes is to belladonna or of her complexion
to arsenic. Yet it is not too much for the
optimist to hope that the day of revolution vii
come for this vice, too, and that these morbic
warnings will return to nature once again.
Year: 1873

1t is very important TO have col
lar 6t nicely and snugly to the shoul.
ders of the horse. 1t enables him 10
work with deal more ease, and to
employ great deal more strength
1t prevents CALLING and wounding, as
the friction is avoided. Collars are so
made, or should be so made, as to
throw the chief source on the lower
part Of the shoulder The horse can
apply but little strength on tho upper
part, and for this reason breast collars
are coming greatly into vogue, as tho
strength is exerted on the lower part
of tho shoulder. To mako a new col.
lar ft the shoulder of tho horse, the
collar should be purchased Of the
proper size; just before putting it on
the first time immcrsc IL In water let.
ting it remain minutes, aud immedi-
ately put II on the horse, being care.
full to have the hames so adjusted at
tho top and at tho bottom as TO ct the
shoulder, and then put tho horse TO
work. The collar by being wet will
adapt itself to the shoulder, and should
dry on the horse. When taken off II
should bo left in tho same shape IL oc-
cupicd on tho horse, and ever after
you will have snug fitting collar and
no ds.-Vdiley Farmer.
Year: 1873

A DOGS FRIEND IN NEED. - Tho
other afternoon COW and dog, be-
longing to II. N Graves, were passing
along B. street together, big, quar-
relsome hoodlum cur rushed out from
the sidewalk and pounced upon tho
canine companion Of the COW. The
hoodlum seemed to be getting tho
best of the fight, when tho cow-prob-
ably descendant in the direct line of
the 'cow with the crumpled horn that
tossed the dog that worried the cat"
seeing how things were going with
her companion, charged upon tho
strange dog, and at the first pass Gle
waited him some ten feet in tho air
She was on hand again about The time
he struck the ground, and charging
upon him with archod neck and erect
tail, pitched him from the middle of
the street into pile of packing cases
standing on the edge Of the sidewalk.
This done, she turned affectionately
10 her canine friend, and the pair
moved on together, while the discom-
fitted hoodlum raised his head above
tho edge OF the dry goods box In
which he had landed and looked about
to SEQ If the lightning had struck any
other dog = Virginia City (Ner.) En-
terprise.
Year: 1873

When wo hear that mans skelo-
ton was sold in Cincinnati last week
for four dollars and fifty cents, it is
impossible not to feel q pang Of COM
passion upon rejecting how very poor
a man must be to sell his skeleton for
such sum. Most persons cling to
their skeletons with an affectionato
earnestness which is as touching as it
is remarkable; and even when they
arc dissatisfied with thcm, they seem
to hate to part with them. Whether
tho Cincinnati man intends to have q
new one put in, or proposes to have
himself kept for the future merely
rolled up in fiabby sort Of bundle
and carried around with string, wo
are not informed. But wo warn him,
If he proposes to get new ono, to
havo himself measured for It. We
can imagine nothing more uncomfort-
able for a man than TO have his bones
either an inch or so too long or few
inches too short.
Year: 1873

An old farmer said to his sons
"Boys, don't you ever wait for sum
mat TO turn up. You might just as
well 20 and Sit down on stone in tho
middle of q meddcr, with pail atwixt
your lcgs, an wait for COW 10 back
up TO you TO be MIXED"
Year: 1873




While the ears Of the American people
are stinging with the reports Of the shame
and disgrace brought upon them by the
speculation and corruption Of the Represent
atives Of the United States government at
the Vienna exposition; while an insignif-
cant tribe Of seventy Indians are holding at
bay, and even repulsing the flower Of the
army, and numbering Its most distinguished
and gallant officers; while the Comanches
are pillaging, ravaging, numbering and
committing every kind of depreda-
ton known to savage warfare upon
the frontiers Of Texas; while a por-
ton of our own people in Louisiana are
being deprived of the local government OF
their choice, and forced into subjection to
the authority Of an usurped one, and
that too, by the power of the Federal
government, to which they naturally look
for protection, the President of the United
States is taking his ease, and enjoying him.
self in travelling about over the country.
He becomes tired of the monotony of the
White House, and finds relief from the
enJm in travel, and receiving the homage
and ovations of sycophantic fiunkies. His
conduct, compared with that of the
despot Nero fddling while Rome was in
flames, is even more censuIable, because
we are living in more advanced
and enlightened age. The head of the
State should be imbued with the wisdom
and dignity that characterizes the enlight-
ened CIVILIZATION of the people over whom he
is called to preside Instead of the culture
intelligence and sterling honesty and integ-
rity of our earlier Presidents, we have to-
day the mountebank, the gift-taker, whose
ear is deaf to the cries of justice, who
recognizes no merit but that of the present.
maker; and whose heart does not respond
to the demands of the country for the
maintenance of her outraged honor and dig
nifty, and for the preservation of her tar
nished glory.


How soon shall we return to the honesty,
to the grandeur and glory of the days of
our fathersl Alas! how we have fallen in
these evil days.
Year: 1873

One Of The most important interests
Of a very large portion OF Texas is the culti-
vation Of timber. The great defect of
American craftsmanship and enterprise is
the almost exclusive attention to matters
that promise a speedy return for the invest
ment Of labor and capital Consequently
an outlay that offers retarn only after
years of working and waiting, secures but
an Indifferent and careless consideration.


England is discussing, examining and
preparing for the probable short supply
of coal that cannot take place for more
than century to come.


This may be an undue attention to the
wants of the future; but who will assert
that State or nation should not look well
to the welfare of posterity, at least when
this attention costs but little and will make
large return in few years Twenty
FIVE years ago, the yiceroy of Egypt planted,
at heavy expense, immense groves of tim
Der, in the vast deserts within his domain,
that had been sterile and barren, and with
out rain, during six months of the year, for
ages, and to-day, large tracts of land within
that territory is the most productive land
in his empire.


We have always been fully satisfied that
the drouth in many portions of Texas was
owing to the absence of timber. We be-
lieve thewhole of the country from Austin
west and south could be freed from drouth
and made much more valuable for agricul-
tnral and grazing purposes by the cultiva-
ton Of large groves of timber. Even if
this result could not be reached the fortune
secured to large landholdeTs would be better
than any other investment they could make
for their children. In many Of the older
States of our Union, and in some of the
new prairie States, the matter has been be-
fore the Legislature. The prime object in
the cases above referred to is to supply the
deficiency of timber for firewood and build
ing purposes, As we need but a limited
amount of firewood, the tops and limbs of
the trees would supply this. Our own ma
tive Bois dare, if planted on our rich prai-
ElCcs WOuius III bcu years, AuAAlSu ASHCc
posts that the engineer of the Pacific Rail-
road, in his report, pronounced indestructa-
hle timber. This timber is not only native,
but full of thons that will protect it
against the depredations of stock.


In Illinois hundreds of acres are planted
in the peach tree and yield fortunes from
the fruit, and immense quantities of fire.
wood. In all these States the cultivation
Of timber is encouraged by special legisla-
ton in some cases by money grants in
other cases by exemption from tax and
other favorable legislation. Among the
many absorbing topics FOR legislation
We can hardly hope that immedi-
ate action. can be had, but We hope
that something definite may be matured by
the next Legislature, and even this Legisla-
t,lre might appoint committed 10 investigate
the subject and mature some plan for future
action. In the meantime, we would urge a
careful consideration Of this subject on cur
planters and large landholeers. tits worthy
Of serious attention. It wiz pay, and pay
largely, and requires but small outlay Of
capital and a little patience
Year: 1873

Of State policy A new code Of political
ethics must be adopted which could
only be sec BY compromise.


An immense amount Of local, but very i'm
portant matter, was pressed upon the Leg
islature, which required much time to per
feet and pass. Innumerable railroad char
ters were to be passed and Others amended,
which brought into collision many personal
and local interests, which all had.to be har-
monized before they could bemade effective
in developing the resources of our great
State. We feel fully warranted in sayingto
our people throughout the State and to the
press: your representatives have labored
necessarily in the committee room and in the
halls of legislation for the best interest Of
their constituents. Besides the very large
amount Of work already perfected, they
have before them ready for final action, an
immense number of resolutions and acts,
both local and general, which they will no
doubt pass, and we still hope they will
leave no important matter unfinished, al
though they may have to protract the ses-
sion of the Legislature to secure such result.
The State can well afford to pay them for
their services, and the people will heartily
endorse their policy if it secure for them
that prosperity they have right to expect
We feel satisfied the Thirteenth Legislature
will record a new era in the progression and
development of every moral and material
interest of our State, and if we are but
true to ourselves, and to our great common
wealth, our brightest hopes win soon be
an undoubted reality.
Year: 1873

The Senate met yesterday morning, pur-
suant to adjournment, and everything
moved off as quietly and as easily as well
trained team. We are glad that all
returned from the fair in a good humor,
and with their passions cooled down, and
hope that a noble and generous spirit of
concession, which was foreshadowed in
Senator Flanagan's address when he resigned
the presidency of the Senate at the con-
vening of the Legislature, will yet
prevail in that body, and continue to the
close of the session, and that their labors will
be blessed with harmonious termination,
and the appreciation of the whole people.
A resolution was passed dismissing the wit
nesses in. the Scott case, and authorizing
their payment at three dollars per diem and
twelve and a half cents mile.


Senator Franks introduced joint resolu-
ton authorizing the President of the Senate
and Speaker of the House to adjourn theiI
respective bodies sine de on the 25th inst,
which was laid over under the rules.
Year: 1873

Yesterday morning the Senate passed the
House bill authorizing parties to bring suits
in the district courts, to establish their
claims to headlight land certificates, and
bounty and !donation warrants. This is a
very important measure to old Texans, and
is but an act of justice to those who bore
the brunt of the struggle for independence,
and who were too Swen off in this worlds
goods, or too proud to accept the bounty of
the government for their noble and self
sacrificing devotion. to duty, but who have
been stricken with poverty by the casualties
of misfortune in their old age. This relief
comes at time when it is needed and will
be appreciated.
Year: 1873

The editor of the Cleburne Chronicle
goes into ecstacies over some specimens Of
silver ore found in the neighborhood of Al
varado, in johnson county. He threatens
to lay down the quill, and go into the min
ing business. We should regret to lose
such valuable confrere, but then you
know brother Gillum ''our gain might be
your eternal loss.n
Year: 1873

Fanny Fern thinks there is no men who
would not rather be shaved by women than
10 have a great numbering man paving
about his jugulur vein, and pol1ing him u
the ubs 70 get up when another man turn
came 7 don't Say how his wife might Ike
It. bat am very sure he would. and as 70
his wife whY--she could shave some other
man. couldn't she