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Year: 1872

HOW CATTLE ARE FARING on THE PLAINS.


DENVER, Col, Jan. 21.-We have had thus
far an uncommOnly cold Winter Trains on both the
great railways the Kansas and Union Pacific have been
blockaded weeks at tire, and many kinds OF busi-
ness have suffered serious inconvenience and more or
less loss Large quantities OF goods bound for California
have been delayed for several weeks and this is the
as much with "time" freight any other. The snow
has been deep through Wyoming and all Northern Color
ado southwark 100 miles, but beyond and over what IL
known as the "Divde," and on the watershed of tho
Arkansas the lay but few days, and there the
weather Ia pleasant and the roads are dusty.


Through the region where the snow now nes, ana
which fell nearly two months thousands or cattle
ore without much other feed than they get wbero
coarse grass above the snow and where sagebrush
and thickets Of cottonwood and willows abound. Still,
along the Platte Valley thousands OF tuns Of hay were
cut and finds ready sale IN the stack at $40 fun
double the usual price It brings However along the
foothills of the mountains the snow soon melted Denatn
tine Tays the hot reflected back ana he
tween the Of the Cache la POudre and of the Big
Thompson several large Ocks OF sheep and as many as
thther from the valleys and plains covered with crusted
snow. Hitherto for or eight years, the all or
snow has been slight that all kinds OF stock have lived
the year round the range. Even now, cattle are
of stalled in the States, but these fat before the
snow fell. Those which then were thin in flesh VIII IND
II difficult to survive unless they have been driven 10
the foothills learn from statements said TO have been
made by persons living at Fort Laramie that this Is the
most severe Winter experienced since that fort was
established, which was 20 years ago. After ALL the
weather Is very fair. the air is pure and bracing ana
storms are infrequent. N Z. A'
Year: 1872

The Long Island Railroad Company is lay
ing steel rail its road between Hunters Point and
Win0oid Work on the Rockaway branch resumed on
the 2eth ul The Hampstead branch of the South Side
Railroad has been consolidated with the Bay Ridge
Road aud tho work OF completing the latter road will be
RAPIDLY pushed forward The double track of the South
Side Railroad will DO extended to Babylon, as soon as
the weather viii permit The Richmond I'M ana Orient
Ri hmond Ill., and will pass through the principal vii
lagos on the nollh s'ae oI ,ne isia nave
from Richmond Hill 10 Brooklyn. The contract for
grading the road 10 Port Jefferson has been awarded.
cut al Rocky Iil where 100 engaged night aud
day The road Will not be running order before June


e larger portion OF tho SmithtOwn and Port Jefferson
branc railroad been graded and tho work of LAYING
tho iron begun On the opening OF Spring. work will be
begun on the WhitestOne and Rockaway Railroad.
Year: 1872

Harry Coleman alias Moore, was brought
before Judge Batchford yesterday on writ Of habes
corpus and his discharge from the army asked tie
ground that he was under ago when enlisted and I'D
mot understand when he swore that he OF acs the
nature OF the oath that he taking. Judge Batch
ford held that the evidence showed that Coleman well
understood what he was swearing to- and that the
oath OF minor recruit that he is of age is binding, tho
writ must be dismissed aud Coleman renalded 10 the
army.
Year: 1872

The above articles by the action of
the U. S. Senate are placed on the free
list. As the House has frequently of
late taken similar action, no doubt
they will confirm the action of the
Senate. Therefore this may be con-
sidered fixed, and our readers may
govern themselves accordingly. II is
probable no further reduction of the
tariff will be made this session. Sena
tor Sherman of Ohio though opposed
to this action says:


II consider the repeal of the dutie
ON tea and coffee as settled, and TIL
business men Of this country might a
well understand it and prepare thei
business for it. The committee Q
course, must acquiesce in this actio
and base their recommendations here
after upon 1t. l, for one, do not iuten
to resist it, and do not seek to revers
it; ] take it that such decision d,


hberately made by the Senate is fina


and shall not contest 1t.
Year: 1872

The Legislature has so far amended
the bill establishing Circuit Courts as
to have only one Circuit Judge who
shall have the same salary as the Dis
trict Judge and making the Jurisdiction
Of the two Courts concurrent in civil
cases and giving exclusive jurisdiction
to the Circuit Court in Probate matters
and to the District Court in criminal
cases.
Year: 1872

SNIpE HuNTING.-AUGUsTE BELMONT has feie-
craphed that he will call in upon the Cincinnati
Convention, on his return from his snipe hunting
expedition. Snipe hnntiDg-how appropriate Ev-
erybody almost is familiar with the process, or
rather the "sell" of snipe hunting. lot Of
sbarpers get held of some poor, ignorant greeny,
aud work him up keen for q snipe hunt. Select
ing dark night, they take him out to some hiiiy'
swampy or brushy place, put him on his post, give
him bag to hold open ready for snpes to run in,
when the crowd disperses TO drive in the game
But they make all speed home leaving their dupe
holding the bag for hours, until the probability
of "sell" finally dawns upon his intellect, and
he stumbles and founders in his efforts to make
his way back home, which in many cases is not
effected until daylight comes to his and; and then
he discovers that everybody knows he is fool,
and is laughing at him.


AUGUsTE BELMONT and few other Democratic
sharpers have got hold of few poor, disappointed
and ofiice-hungry Republicans, and have worked
them up into the notion of grand political snipe
hunt. Those sharpers are now going to Cincin-
natl, to set their dupes to holding the bag, when
they will quietly slide ont, and enjoy themselves
most heartily when their victims find themselves
in the swamp, holding the empty bag!
Year: 1872

About this time, the Cincinnati Convention IL
In full blast, and probably will to-day make It's
nominations. There never was snch an enor'
made to secure tremendous gathering. 1t was
arranged for mass Convention, in order that all
who could be prevailed upon to 60 might do So
without reference to their appointment ~ dele
gates; and that was no question asked - ~
mems political belief, so that they went IN 70
swell the crowd What they viii accomplish re-
mains to be seen. It is doubtful whether such
incohgruous and antagonistic elements can COM
bine into party strong enough to amount :"
much in national contest. The leaders OF tne
movement, from the Republican side, are wiiing
to unite with anybody to accomplish their revenge
and defeat Grant; while the Democratic aDettors
Of the movement are eager to unite win men
heretofore the most obnoxious to tnem, IN oruer
to destroy the Republican party. Du. carrying
the mass with them, is another part Oh the "orA.


If the movement receives Democratic support,
that party must either have representative up
nm the ticket. or must be allowed voice IN die
tat;pg the ticket and the platform. And such
no,,ination or dctation will open the eyes of the
rank and file. who are honest in their course, but
who will not consent to touch mess concocted





meut is made distinctively Republican, the Democ-
racy will have nothing to gain by it, but will, as
NOON as they have encouraged it into such hot
headway that it cannot be recalled, nominate and
vote for candidates of their own hoping to run In
through the Republican division. But even
should the Democratic leaders continue 10 sup
port this ticket, thousands of the party, II they
were not allowed to vote for Democrats, would
choose to vote for GRANT, rather than for other
men calling themselves Republicans, whom they
know to be actuated by malice or selfish amoition'
There are troops of Democrats who would vote for
GRANT were the party discipline not 50 strictly
enforced; and such a ticket as is contemplated by
this Cincinnati conclave, would destroy the party
discipline at once. 4-


Whether the Cincinnati Convention be harmo-
NOUS or discordant; whether it nominate ticket
wholly Republican or conglomerate; whether
there he separate Liberal Republican aud Demo
cratic tickets; we feel confidence that GRANT
will be reelected by a triumphant majority.
Year: 1872

" The New York Times is getting booming
list of subscribers at this Post Office The Post
master forwards additional names almost daily.
The Tribune club sick of their bargain, and are
preparing unanimously tc send request to the
publishers to send their copies. for the balance of
the year, to poor benighted rebels who have sud-
denly fallen in love with Liberal Republicanism.
About the same feeling prevails all over the
country.
Year: 1872

y lot of PARRorr's and GRAFT BROwNs
spesehes were sent to this town for distribution,
the Htaes day. They are the right thing in the
right place. Those in need of them, can find thea
IN the sussii Saace in the rear Of the City Hotel
Year: 1872

THE DEMoCRATs.-The New York Herald says
the Missouri Democratic passive or 'possum pol
icy is the policy of keeping wide awake while
pretending to be dead:


Presidential ticket from Cincinnati with even
one Democrat upon it will not answer; for it will
he bargain and sale too transparent to attract
any outside supporters but the half dozen Repul-
lcau implacables Brown, Schurz and Scovel.
A ticket. on the other hand, for President and
Vice President from Cincinnati chosen from the
Republican boilers will be quietly shelyed by
Mr.. Belmont and his committee in a call for their
regular national convention. The Democratic
managers, in our judgment, have not the remOtest
idea of accepting the Cincnatti ticket, nor the
remotest expectation of ticket from that quar-
ter which they can accept. They doing all
they can do to bring into the field third party
which will draw It's forces from the administration
ranks. We think we perfectly safe in the
prediction that on the Sth of May Mr.. Belmont
and his committee will issue their call for their
national party convention and for the appoint
mcnt of delegates thereto from all the STATES
and that this convention. in order to maintain
the party organization intact. will nominate a
Democratic Ticket on n new departure, ignoring
the Cincinnati Convention.
Year: 1872

We trust that all persons interested in our
County Fair, and all should be, will not let
politics so absorb their time and minds, that
they win not give the Fair that attention, 1t
needs and deserves. Last year. with but lit
tie preparation We had very credtable Ex-
hibition at the Hall


We can and should do better this year In
that Department. And on the Fair Grounds
should make an Exhibition every way cred
table to the Farmers Of Crawford county.
There is hardly Farmer but what can con-
tribute something. and as for the Ladies they
can fill Eugcnie Hall to overlooking with
every variety of attractions.


Every one should be alive in this matter, as
we know what little energy done last year.
Don't let it be said, that from sheer neglect,
the efforts of the members of the Agricultu-
raj Association of Crawford county were a
failure this year.
Year: 1872

IY~ We learn from a private letter from
Clarksvilc, that Judge W. n. MAY did notap-
pear to hold the johnson Circuit Court And
when the attorneys present on the morning
Of the second day, repaired to the Court
House to elect Special Judge, as by the pro-
visions of the Constitution they are author
lied to do in order to have Court, they
found the Court House and Records locked
up and the Clerk gone,


When it is remembered that Judge May
held no Court there last March, and but q few
days last September, we are certainly prcpar-
ed to appreciate this Hon. Judges high moral
sense Of his official oath and duties.


Shall we continue this class Of officials by
our votes in November next? win not the
people open their eyes to their duty? Let
the honest masses come to the polls and show
by their votes that they will tolerate this
crew ofollicials no longer.
Year: 1872

Make 1t point to leave all business on the
cay Of Registration and attend to this all i'm
portant matter. You will find it the bes, days
work You ever did. Let every leading demo-
crat aud liberal constitute himself commit
tee to see that every man is out See also
that your Supervisor attends to his duty.


Mr.. ORilcK, President Of the Board, prom
sses 10 conduct the registration fairly and
squarcly and We believe he will do it. He has
nothing to gain, by doing other ways. The
Reform Party ask for nothing that ia not
right and will not submit to anything that is
wrong.
Year: 1872

~ A Pekin (lilinois) woman was
asked by the preacher if her husband
feared the Lord. She replied Fear
Him Why, bless you, he's so feared
of Him that he never goes out Of the
house on Sundays without taking his gun
along"
Year: 1872

Some men use words as riHemcn


use bullets. They say but little,


The few words used so right to the
mark. They let you talk, and guide
with their eyes and face, on and on,
till what You say can be answered in
a word or two, and then they lanch
out a sentence, pierce the matter to
the Quick, and are lone. Your con
versation falls into deep chasm,
and is lost from sight by its depth
and darkness. They will sometimes
surprise with a few words, that go to
the mark like a gunshot, and then
they are silent again, as ii they were
reloading. Such men are safe cOun-
sellors, and true friends where they
profess to be such. To them truth
is more valuable than gold, while
pretension is too gauzy to deceive
them. Words without point TO
them, are like titles without merit,
only betfaying the weakness of the
blinded dupes who are ever used as
of other mems schemes.
Year: 1872

The London Globe publishes a
statement which is an illustration OF
the danger of relying upon cireum-
stantial evidence, even when it APP
proaches positiyeness. A gentle
man went to the British Museum
with an order to have q case opened
containing some valuable medals,
for his inspection. He examined a
particular medal, which was sup
posed to be unique, restored it to
the tray, and after talking some
time with the custodian, was about
to leave, when the latter discovered
that the medal was missing.


It was searched for everywhere,
and could not be found, when it was
suggested that the pockets of the
visitor should be examined. To
this he objected, and a policeman
was sent for. However, before he
arrived, the medal was found to
have slipped between the tray and
the bottom of the case. When
asked why he refused TO be searched,
the supposed culprIt drew a medal
from his pocket, the exact counter
part Of that which was in the case,
and remarked that his object had
been to verify the authenticity of
his own, which, being identical
with the missing one, and discov-
cred in his pocket would at once
have convicted him of the then.
Year: 1872

Pay no attention to SANDERS gos-
sip mongers. Keep straight on
your course, and let their hack -bi


ting die the death Of neglect. What
is the use OF lying awake nights
brooding over the remark of some
false friend that runs through your
brain like forked lightning. What
as the use of getting into worry
and fret over a gossip that has
been set afiOat TO your disadvantage
by some meddlesOIne busy body
that has more time than character.
These things cannot possibly In


jure you, unless, indeed, YOU take
notice Of them, and in combating
them give them character and
standing. IL what is said about
you is true, set yourself right at
once; il false, let it 60 for what IL
will fetch. If = bee stings You
would you go to the hive and de
strOy IL? Would not q thousand
como upon You? II is best to say
little respecting the injuries yOu
have received. We are generally
the losers in the end if ge stop to
refute AL backbitings and gossip
ings we may hear by the way.
They are annoying. It is true, bat
not dangerous 50 long as We do not
stop to expnstulate and scold. Our
are formed and sustained
by ourselves and by our own actions
and purposes, and not by others.
Let US always bear in mind that
''calumniators may usually be trust
ed TO time aud the other slow but
steady justice Of public opinion"
Year: 1872

The farmer has for all times been
an individual dependent upon storm
and suashine at the same time; Oft
en- the victim of those very elements
which contribute so much to his
prosperity. These things have
made him in reality to feel that he
is the creature of circumstances,
and that the smiles of Heaven have
quite as much or more to do with
his crop than his individual fore
thought or labor. This state of
things has been productive in many
Instances of q sort of contempt for
agricultural pursuits, a sort of dis
cOuragement that in many cases is
calculated to drive wOrkmen from
the farm, and oftentimes it deters
men from entering upon the life of
a farmer. We have known of rin-
stances where men have been ruined
by the failure of a crop, the pro-
ceeds of which were to have paid a
mortgage or some pressing debt.
These are sad realities, but every
year they repeat themselves, and in
each case the victim is entitled to
the sympathy of us all. 1t is not
necessary for our purpose tn 60 in
to details of these failures, but
enough for US to understand that
they are of common occurrence, and
that this fatal defect, as it were, is
working great injury to the agricul-
tural prospects of the country.
Drought, floods, insects and rot are
any Of them fatal and unforeseen
circumstances in the way of the
prosperity Of the farmer, and visit
from any one of these evils is we'll
calculated to discourage even the
stout hearted; but let us look this
matter squarely in the face and see
if there is not some way to avoid
in part the difficulty.


A study Of this subject convinces
most men that farming after all is
one of the sciences, and as q science
it ranks high, and it is imperative
that he who would attempt follow
ing this calling must make up his
mind to become a student in the
great school where is taught the ma
ture of not only the soils, but OF the
productions of the soil. Study will
reveal the fact that every soil can
be made productive under nearly all
circumstances, and that to success
fully pursue the high and noble sci
euce we must devote ourselves dill
gently to the work of preparation.


Agriculture is, and always has
been, & profitable pursuit, even in
the face Of the many drawbacks emu
merated. The farmer has grown
rich while the tradesman has grown
poor; side by side these two callings
may be judged, and we leave it to
any fair-minded man, if the farmer
has not always had a better result;
We mean to say that the same ener-
gy and the same money on the farm
will, in nine cases out of ten, prove
the most successful Notwithstand-
ing the many difficulties, and par
ticularly the great waste and wretch
edly bad management of many
farmers, We see a steady growth IN
our agricultural hopes. The coun
try is growing rich from the gains
made on the farm, and these gains
are the result, not of good manage
ment, but from the fact of the de-
mand for products of agriculture.
Year: 1872

To the other products of grapes
we see that of syrup added. ATr.
VIM. Dunstene, of Wyandotte, Cali
fornia, writes to the editor of the
San Jose Agriculturist as follows:


81 have sent TO your address a
keg of our grape syrup. first
tasted syrup made from grapes in
the fall of 1870, which was made in
this vicinity. We made our first
experiment last fall. The keg
send you is a sample of the result.
We made no measurement, but esti-
mated the juice at ninety and the
syrup at thirty gallons. The grapes
were from old vines of the common
wine variety, not irrigated. They
were not we'll ripened; there were
many green ores among them. The
juice was bottled in an iron kettle of
about fourteen gallons capacity.
We found it better to keep the
scum well skinned of, and to con
time the boiling without cessation
until boiled enough; which my
wife judged by taste and appear
aHcc, not quantity. We use the
syrup constantly at the table IN
stead Of the common syrup from
the stores. To us the flavor of the
former is quite SUPERIOR,
Year: 1872

had a far-away glance, as if the
dwelt on other things.


Jenny ventured a question.


margaret, is yours a happy mar
riage? Do you love your husband?
And does he love your


Mrs. Won HoYth started and
turned pale.


Jenny, would have loved him
I would have been a good wife to
him; but he Reyer loved me-. He
brought me 20 place at the head of
the house, because he Thought me
lady like and interesting, that was all.
He told me once, though not quite
so plainly as this. And since then
we each taken our own, way indie
pendent of the other. seldom see
him at our house in town, / have
my carriage, my diamonds, my
opera box. In the season l go to
Saratoga, or Newport, while he IA
yors Long Branch with his presence.
We are perfect strangers to each
other; we never quarrel; ana I sup
pose If / were to die to morrow he'd
be an inconsolable widower--for a
week. Jenny, you will not wish to
change places with me again. Your
husband might change as mine has
done, exposed 70 the same tempta-
tiOns. Thank heaven, you have
him as he is, a good, true man, who
loves you; and never mind the but
ter and cheese, Jenny, so long as
your happiness and his is made up
with them"


She rose from her scat and strolled
up the garden path.


Jenny did not follow. She sat on
the step lost in thought. The riddle
Of her friends life was at last made
clear to her. She had often won
dered why Margaret, in the midst of
all her wealth and luxury, should
seem so sad. She wondered no
longer now.


no love for you! What clover deep
can there be than this for q proud
and sensitive woman?


Jenny turned with tears in her
eyes to meet the stalwart husband
as he came from the field.


"Vell, little woman" he cried, and
then she got the hearty kiss for
which she was looking.


Yes, Margaret was right. The
butter and cheese were of little con-
sequence, while love like this made
her task easy to endure.


And the rosy-cheeked little wo
man bent fondly down over her eli
ram" as he flung himself down on
the porch seat, and famed him,
talked to him, brought him lemon
ade, and made him thoroughly hap
py and at rest. .-r. .tff


Poor Margaret! Happy Jenny!
Never again would she wish to be
mOre-Only farmers wife.
Year: 1872

Never use a lady's name in an i'm
proper place. at an improper time or
in mixed company.


Never make any assertion about
her that you think are untrue, or al
lusions that you feel that she would
blush to hear.


When you meet mon who DO not
scruple to make use of woman's fair
Rame in wreckless and unprinci-
pied manner, shun them, for they
are the very worst members of the
community men lost to every feel
ing of humanity.


Many a good woman's character
has been ruined and her heart brok-
en-, by lie, manufactured by some
villisn and repeated where it should
not have been, and in the presence Of
those whase little judgement could
not deter them from circulating the
foul and Dragging report. A Sian
der is soon propagated, aud the
smallest thing deregatOry to wo-
mans character will fy on the wings
of the wind and magnify as it circu-
lates, until its monstrOus weight
crushes the poor, unfortunate vic
tim.


Respect the name Of woman, for
your mother, and as YOU would have
their name untarnished and their
lives unembittered BY the SANDER
er's tongue, heed the iii that your
words may bring upon the mother,
or sister, or the wife Of some fellow
creature.