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Year: 1875

SUNpRY lLATrERs.-Everything about
the granari,s and corn cribs should be
made safe against vermin. Several cats
may be fed 1T the expense of feeding one
dog, and rs they earn their feed, far more
protitablv, il will pay to encourage 4 few
eats about the farm. Make holes where
they can ge, in and ont of the buildings
and under them but u foot or more above
the ground. that skunks may not take pos
session. Procure safe lantern and do
not burn kerosene in the barn AMI stables.
A candle lantern is the safest. Provide
hooks on which to hang the liant In in safe
places. Cut and grind I'LL the fodder and
feed when it can be made to pay. Give
salt to the stock regularly. but spi,ringly.
Half an ounc'. a day. Is a safe allowance
for large amin us. See to the water sup
plv. an do no. let the wash from the roof
flood the burn yard. Observe closely. and
think about what you see. The result of
this is what is called experience. and the
more a man h:ts, the more profitable his
labor ought to be. As soon rs the crop is
removed from piece of land. it should
have good DIRE ssing Of mtnure and be
plowei OF spade |. This not only in good


part prepares the land for spring, but
turns under vario is weeds that would con-
tinue to grow until freezing weather. All
clearing up of rubbish that c,n be done
now will slve time in spring. and destroy


various insects which pass the winter in
the nupa state among litter.
Year: 1875

FoUIING OF WELLS.-The more inSii-
iorIs process i that of the gradual fouling
of the semi porous earth lying between the
source of the impuriv AMI the drinking


water well. In such eases the exhibition
is usually quite or nearly cons ant; there
is no opportunity for the air t. restore the
tilterin~ power of tn. soil and it becomes
saturated with impuritv inch by inch. un
til. perhaps after month or perhaps af,er
~nveral years. the saturation reaches the
we'll then every drop oozing in from this
source carries with it its atom of filth.
While the supply of water in the ground
i copi"u>. and while there is more or less
circulation through the water veins. the
foulne>S may he too much diluted to do
harm. but in dry seasons. when the supply
lecede> to Il depth of only 4 few feet at the
bottom of the well. the contribution of
drain water continuing the same. the dose
becomes sufficient To produce its poisonous
effect. The dangerous character of the
water of such wells is often manifested by
no odor or taste of organic matter: the
chemical changes in this matter seem to
have been carried 50 far as 10 Weld little
more than vivifvinG nitrates to the water.
their organic character having entirely
! disappeared. Indeed. some of the most
! danrrrous well-waterS are especially
sparkling and refreshing to the taste But
! the chemical processes which have etfec-
ted this change appear to have had no eff
/ feet on the germs of disease-if germs
they be.-whch retain their injurious char
artar to such n decree that the worst re-
suits have often come of the use of water
that was especially sparkling and pleasant
as beverlgc.-Oct0btr -4tlantic.
Year: 1875

\ PLACE FOR THE WAGON BON.-When
not in use the wagep-boN is u cumbrous
thing to store away. 1t is too costly to be
allowed to lie about amongst the ploughs
and harrows. and too bulky to find 4 place
in the tool-house or the sheds. General
" it lies up against the fence. or ut the
back of the barn, where it is is much in
iured in one year hv exposure, rs it would
be bv several wears of use. A very con-
venient plan is to hoist it up TO the ceiling
of Il wagon she'd. over the place where the
wagon usually stands; here it can always
he lowered on to the wagon in two min
uleS, and it is ont of the way and safe
from injury. 1t is necessary TO have four
rinmS on the waTon-boN. one near each
corner. two short ropes. and two long ones
and two small puliev-blocks fastened to the
beams overhead The short ropes are tied
to the rings, each crossing one end of the
wagon-boA. There should be 4 loop in
the middle of each Of these short ropes.
to which the long ropes can be tied or
hooked. When the wagon is backed into
the proper place, the ropes are fistned to
the wagon-box. and each end of the box
is hoi>ted few feet alternately, Gf there
is only one person to haul it up,) until it
is high enough. Yhe ropes are fastened
around cleals fixed to the wall of the
shed.
Year: 1875

voice and arm, if Unnecessary, in de- fense of the public schools of America, that my tongue will cleave to the roof of my mouth and my arm will fall from it's socket. Next to my mother, this school system has been my best friend. and it would be as ungrate- ful in me to turn against my mother as to give itan unfriendly blow or fail to defend it when one is struck. MT. President, am opposed to this bill on principle. It proposes to appropriate money from the public school fund for the benefit of a private school. It is a betrayal of the trust reposed in us to use one dollar of this mo- ney except for the purpose it was designed. It is the establishing of principle that will lead to the destruction of our public schools. I therefore hope that the bill will not pass.
Year: 1875

The Walla Walla Union says The other day man in this clty persuaded a young lady to go out sleigh riding with him. They took a nice little ride and then re- turned in the direction of town.

 When they got into the suburbs near where the young lady lived she asked to be put out; but she was informed that he intended to take her through town, and that as she was in the sleigh she could not help herself. But, just to show her gallant that she could help herself. she gave a spring and landed plump on her pins in foot and a half (more or less) of snow, and quietly walked of home.
Year: 1875

MT. President, perhaps most of you have been more fortunate, but I have to thank our public schools for what education have, and I am grateful. It is the proudest period of my life that I am this day privileged to stand before you and the country and offer up this just tribute to an in- stitutiOn which has given me the little possess, and that is to-day doing the same thing for millions of my young countrymen. My only regret is that I do not pos sess greater ability, and have not had time to do full justice to this subject.

 There is no question on .earth so dear to my heart, and I hope when 1 refuse or fail to raise my
Year: 1875

We published last week in the columns
of this journal that General Samuel F.
Cary, the Democratic candidate for Lieu
tenant Governor, was crusader; that he
made speech in front of our office last
year in favor of the crusade, but after
carefully examining the matter we find
that we were mistaken and that his
speech was merely political one. From
l848 to 1859 he was a temperance man
but not crusader Here follows an
account of the interviews with General
Cary by the editors of the Volksblatt and
Biene, which have been published.l


We trust these few lines will not fail
to put General Cary in true light be-
fore our German friends, as it is plainly
to be seen by the above extracts that he
is no crusader, and we sincerely desire
that all Germans will vote for him, to-
gether with the whole Democratic ticket.
--Zeitan9.


We are glad to have the Zeit.sng correct
itself, and so promptly General Cary
desires to be correctly understood and in
that event, we are confident every Demo
crat and liberal minded citizen Of Ohio
will vote for him in October.
Year: 1875

GERMANS are everywhere hard money
men, or if they tolerate paper money
they want things so arranged that the
paper can be converted to specie on pre-,
sentation. They are opposed to all wild
cat, red dog, rag baby money schemes o.
issuing paper dollars without limit, and
with no provision for their red, mption
in specie They are therefore as class
utterly opposed to the initiation, rag mon
ey schemes advocated and put forth
by the late democratic convention at
Columbus. At this time no measure is SC
important to the country as the restora'
ton of our country to aspecie basis. The
Republican party is pledged to this poll
cy.-RepoSitory.


Where? Whe92 The Republican
party policy is greenbacks and National
bank currency. These are Republican
offspring, not Democratic at all. The
whole swindling system Of currency and
plundering tariffs are Republican admin
istration schemes. The Repository is moi
ass-tute enough to dodge the evil conse'
quences of Republican policy. The present
condition of things in the country is the
result of this policy. Our German adop'
ted citizens know this we'll and have
been voting accordingly and will 50 con-
tinue to vote. With them the radical
Know Nothing, illiberal party, is aasges-
pieN
Year: 1875

The Cincinnati Enquirer, speaking OF
the decision Of the question raised in the
Water Works case, says:


This Interpretation Of the law cannot
be attacked as partisan one, the judge
giving it being pronounced Republican.
and the defendant Democratic official.
1t IS due to MIR. Snelbaker to say that il
is not claimed that the city has lost
dollar through his alleged offense, and
lhrtthough the Court SAID that he could
not be tired, itwas not his desire to take
advantage of any legal technically TO
avoid trial "
Year: 1875

THREE or more Democratic members of
the Ohio Legislature exposed in selling
their votes upon certain pending bills for
$lO0 each.-AaSsillon Independent


What's the use of lying worse than a
decent theft Name the culprits and
circumstances or shut your mouth"
Year: 1875

A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
tlen,an, in the grasshopper region of Ne
braska, thinks the general government
should do something to destroy them
among the Matching grounds in the noun
tains, and such efforts would be for the
honor and profit of the nation"
Year: 1875

A Foor LAxp.-One of the most in
teresting things in the Holy Land is
the fact that one meets everywhere in
daily life the things that illustrate the
word of the Lord. The streets of Je-
rusalem are very narrow, and no one
is allowed to go out without light
Throw open your lattice in the evening
and look out, and you will see what
seems to be little stars twinkling on
the pavement. You will hear the clat-
ter of sandals, as the late traveller rat
ties along. As the party approaches,
You will see that he has q little lamp
fastened to his foot, to make his step
a safe one. In an instant the voice
comes to your memorys written in that
same city three thoszand years ago :
Thy word is a lamp - my feet, and a
light to my path,
Year: 1875

Nearly all the roses in MassaciIu


setfs are born in June, but Wild


the little daughter OF Captain John


Rose, was born in December, and


on Cape Cod, too.


Ah, what struggle it is to live


at all on Cape Cod in December


You have only narrow strip OF


sand to cling to, and the Atlantic


ocean (even when it is not in a great


rage) clutches away with one sin.
gle wave of its watery hand an
acre or two Of sand, while the cold
waters H Oaps Cod bay sweep righ,
in on the other side, within sight,
too; the arm of sand is so thin, and
worn, and wasted away. Look on
your map at the State of Massachu-
setts, and see if [ am not right
about it.


Well, on Cape Cod, as 1 said,
Wild Rose was born; but that was
twelve years ago, and SO, this last
December was celebrated her 18th
birth day. 1t wasn't much of eel.
ebration, to be sure, for there weren't
many persons to celebrate it-only
Mrs. Rose, and Johnny, and Wild
herself, for Captain Rose was gone
on fishing trip. :.


At tea that night, there was up
on the table a big loaf of ginger
cake" frosted" toO-and arOund
about it-not on it, mind YOU
twelve small tallow candles.
''Twelve dips" Johnny said, "that
made as much light as tho High.
land ITSELF" And Johnny ought to
know, for the keeper of Cape Cod
light is a great friend Of Johany's,
and often in summer let's the lad 20
up with him to see him slight up"


This Highland light stands out
on the bleak cape, and is oftentimes
the first light that greets the sight
OF seames when approaching the
coast of New England from over
the Atlantic ocean.


Even in summer the wind blows
so hard at the Highland that it
blows the wings of your turkeys
over their heads, and in winter it
blows, nobody knows how hard.


Pm quite certain that yon have
never seen a home like Wild Roses
home. 1t is hidden away in the
very bottom Of 4 big hollow in the
sand, and is protected on all sides
by q high fence to keep the sand
from covering it up. In the first
place the house had been built up-
on piles driven into the sand, but
the fence was afterwards added,
and outside of the fence was a bar
ricade of seaweed. Over the stills,
fence, seaweed, and all, was the
fisherman's cabin, as snug, and
warm, and comfortable as anything
On Cape Cod could be. Not far
away, on the Atlantic coast, was
house, not a ''poOr house,"
where poor folks could go and live
when they hadn't anywhere else to
Year: 1875

The Boston Traveller wishes that
a portrait of Senator Hamlin nigh
be put on the two-cent postage
stamps: "FOr then a righteously
indignant people might punch his
head every time they send a news.
paper by mail"
Year: 1875

A DEAD LETTER.-Attention has been fro.


quently called to the fact that our liouo,


license law is more of a failure than other.


wise. Only those dealers who recognize


their duty as law-abding citizens paw anv


attention to the enactment. Others sell


without "let or hindrance," so far as the


State law is concerned. The Government
oIhcers look after the law breakers and
convict them of selling without license. but
beyond this nothing is ever done no State
ofhcer, so far as we know, has ever turned
hand in the execution of his duties The
efficiency i'll the one case makes the incfi.
elency in the other especially noticeable
ana the question Is where is the loose screw
IN the State administration. Whiskov i
being sold all around us. without any nro-
tence to regard for the laws of tho Sta+o.
indeed, the parties so selling can even snan
then finger in the face of those sellers who
DO respect the law, and laugh at them for
mourning the expense that such resncct
involves. Is the State doing the fare film,
by those who respect its enactments? Is if
not Offering premium to Illicit whisky
sellers, and putting legal venders at a dis
advantage? Such venders would nav nc
much respect to the State as to the National
law if made do 50; they would pay no re.
speet to either if the government officers
were as slack-twistcd as those of the State
Would it not be well for the law-abidino
sellers to look after those who sell illegally. |
as is done by people engaged in other and |
less Objectionable callings. The illegal
sellers avoid both the license and the OK.
pense OF procuring it, and thus have the
legal sellers at disadvantage, and will 50
while the violation of the law in.
wolves no risks.
Year: 1875

George T. Fish, of Rochester, chair
man of the committee on ornithology,
presented to the Western New York
Horticultural Society well-considered
statement touching the usefulness of our
feathered friends. A French naturalist
ascertained by careful investigation that
single insect might in five generations
become the progenitor of five thousand
millions of descendants. With these
appalling figures before US we are
forced to the conclusion that were the
birds destroyed desolation would result,
compared with which the grasshopper
plague of the West would sink into in
significance. The vocal melody of birds
would give place to the constant buzzing,
scraping, Kissing sound of insects, not
long, however, to be endured, for
the destruction of vegetation must ine-
vitably be followed by the destruction
of animal life. 1t is evident God de-
signed that the birds should hold the
insects in check. Can we afford to dis
pense with even part of their assist
ance because it costs MS something in
fruit? We are willing to pay money for
fertilizers and for labor. we even pay
men for destroying insects, and regard
it as profitable investment. 1t is un-
reasonable to demand that the entire
work of the bird shall be gratuitous.
While the committee would advise the
protection of birds as class, they think
experience has shown that the pugna-
cious character of the English sparrow
renders him an undesirable settler.
Our domestic birds, more peaceably dis
posed, incline to leave him the whole
field, and his introduction to this coun-
try is probably no improvement on ma
ture's plan. 1t would seem to be better
to encourage by every means an income
of our native tribes.
Year: 1875

You may sing Of your dog, your bottom dog,
Or Of any dog that you please
90 for the dog, tho wise old dog,
That knowingly takes his ease,
And, wsgging his tail outside the ring
Keeping always his bone in sight,
Cares not pin, in his wise old head.
For either dog in the fight.
Not his is the bone they are fighting for,
And why should any dog sail in,
With nothing to gain, but n certain chance
To lose his own precious skin2
There may be a few, perhaps, who fail
To see it in quite this light;
But when the fur flies. had rather be
The outside dog in the fight.
know there are dogs, most generous dogs.
Who think it quite the thing
To take the part OF tho bottom dog.
And go yeIping into the ring.
care not pin what the world may say
In regard to the wrong or right;
Ny money goes, as well as my song,
For the dog that keeps out Of the fight.


John Paul
Year: 1875

A pucillaminous cuss by the name of
Carpenter, played sharp game over
our business men week or two ago. It
was in this wise: said Carpenter has for
the past three or four months been haul
ing freight between Sioux City and the


Point for some Of our business men and


be was frequently entrusted with mon
ey to make purchases. The last run he
made was couple of weeks ago. He


took with him $4,000 worth OF hides
for Stringer and Bovee, $4,000 worth
for Fleming beside $4,000 in money,


and about $4,000 worth Of hides and
furs for Samuel Fuller; After arriving
in Sioux City with this load, and dis
posing of it he quietly skipped out for
parts unknown, and left the gentlemen
named in the lurch to the tune above
specified. Good riddance, but rather
expensive. ElkP oint Gou7isr.
The inhuman brute who will lounge
about saloons all winter, and let his
wife and family nearly starve for the
necessary food to keep soul and body to-
gether, and who would quite starve If J
they were to depend upon the wretch
called husband and father, should hare ,
severe punishment inflicted upon him.
A case of this kind has just come to
light in Elk Point. Such devil in hu .
man form should be 'tarred and feather :
ed and rode out of the Territory and his
family taken care Of. Wehope our cit.
liens will take some immediate action
in this case.-Ezk Point Courier.
Year: 1875

An unaccountable and almost incompre-
hensible accident to North River passenger
steamer comes as if to revive that tradition
Of appalling calamities for which the river
boats had once bad pre-eminence. Fortu-
nately the present accident is far less terri
BILE than accidents to North River steamers
have commonly been in the times when they
were more plentiful; but the comparatively
small loss Of life is not due to any improve
ment in life-saying apparatus nor to any
iudicious conduct of the steamers people,
but simply to the fact that the lateness Of
the season has driven judicious travellers to
the cars and left to the boat only the
venturesome few. The people were not
there to kill, or the hardy mariner who
has done for eleven would have
done for two or three hundred with
stood that if steamboat has her hull stove
in to any extent she will go down as far as
the depth will permit, and that thus left to
the mercy of the waters she will go to pieces,
All this is plain if the holes in the bottom
are granted. But how did the holes gel
there? 'Cut by the ice," is the answer
From which answer it will be natural to ash
whether the bottom Of this steamer was made
Of pasteboard or of old cigar boxes There
has been no ice made before this cold storm
and it was light, local, broken new ice that
the boat was, as we are told cut down by
not the awful rush of yielding pack or tho
heavy, granite-like squares of midwinter
The penetration of the hull of river steamer
by ice made in the twenty-four hours pre-
vious to the calamity needs the close investi
cation of the insurance companies.
Year: 1875

The Tammany Society, or Columbian Order
having really forfeited its charter by pervert
ing the institution to unauthorized uses, it
is the duty of the Legislature to declare the
forfeiture and deprive the society of its cor
porate privileges. 1t has been objected that
this would amount to nothing, since the
Objectionable political organization could be
kept up under other forms which would
be equally efficient for mischief But
the society would no longer have
the prestige of legal sanction.
Nobody can dispute that it would be an
abuse Of legislative power to give the coun-
tenance and support of law to a political
association avowedly organized for such OBJ
jects as those to which Tammany is devoted.
Ii the Custom House Ring, for example,
should apply to the Legislature for a charter
to facilitate their electioneering purposes,
the whole people would demonstrate against
such an abuse of the law-making power. II
is just as improper to continue such an adj
vantage as it would be to confer it. Nor is
il certain that if the Tammany char
ter we're cancelled the society would
20 on without legislative countenance
A withdrawal Of its charter would be a
strong expression of condemnation by the
people of the whole State, and it is absurd
to say that public opinion so expressed would
not be a heavy blow to Tammany. A move
ment to declare the forfeiture of the charter
would, Of course lead to legislative inyes-
tication Of the affairs of the society and
thorough exposure of its abuses. search
ing investigation would be as damaging to
Tammany as it has been to the Canal Ring
Tammany totters under the heavy blow dealt
il in the last election and the repeal of its
charter after full legislative exposure would
topple it down in ruins.
Year: 1875

The students in convention yesterday at
Springfield could not tell how or where to
row the University race Of 1876 voted down
coxswains followed our suggestion Of hav-
ing Mr.. Thomas Hughes as referee-if they
can get him-chose a good regatta
committee, wanted the race rowed in
heats, but did not seem to know
how to manage it, or hardly what
heats are, raised trihing objections to Sara
toga, the three colleges nearest Springfield
favoring its course, three further east pre-
ferring New London, Williams wanting any
place but Saratoga, and Wesleyan and the
five New York and New Jersey institutions,
though furnishing the four fastest crews Of
the last two years, having seemingly nothing
to say as to where the meeting should be
held, almost everything being left
to the Regatta Committee and to an
adjourned meeting month later.
Meanwhile the aspirant for seat in his
university boat must draw what comfort he
can from this incoherent attempt at work


The current, sandbars and diagonal lines of
the Springfield course the exposed position
of the tidal one at New London the distance
Of both from many, if not q majority, Of the
competitors the dissatisfaction which
followed the race at the former in
1873, and the utter inability OF either
to accommodate even a quarter Of those
who would like to attend the greatest row
ing race we have, seem to have been entirely
forgotten, while the cost Of erecting fourteen
boat houses and the other necessarily large
expenses seem in fair way to be forced
upon one Of these cities next sum-
mer, to be taken elsewhere year later
II IS unfortunate that after twenty three
years trying We are as far from good
University race as ever, or even from know
ing where to have it; also that we cannot
show our many and discriminating visitors
next summer contest conducted on q plan
with which we are already familiar, and not
at best a mere bungling experiment.