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Year: 1871

Eating too fast generally involves
eating too much; more than is needed
for the support and nutrition of the
body, a d the reason for this is, that
the organs Of taste, which are our guide
in this matter, are not allowed suff1-
cient voice; they are not allowed time
to take cognizance of the presence of
food, ere it is pushed past them into the
recesses of the stomach. They do not,
therefore, have opportunity to represent
the real needs of the system, and hence
ALLOW the erowding of the stomach. I.
hold that thirty minutes should be
spent at each meal, and spent, too, in
chewing the food a good portion of the
time, and not in continued putting in
and swallowing, but in pleasant chat
and laugh, instead of continuance. of
the intense nervous pressure of the
office or library. Ifyou lay out to spend
thirty minutes in this way at your
meals, you may rest assured that you
will not eat too much, and that what
you do eat will be in the best condition
for appropriation to the needs of your
system. You will be healthier in body,
happier in mind and more vigorous of
brain-for there are few things that 50
clog the brain as meal of half eaten
food put into the stomach.-C DR.. ]. HI.
Jackson. ..s...eH r -.-s
Year: 1871

ARTIFICIAL RAIN.-In England,
where experimental agriculture is car
ried to an extreme almost unknown
with us, the invention of methods Of
irrigation has been very ingenious. At
Stoke Park a tract of twenty acres is ir-
rigated by artificial rain, the system be-
ing quite successful. The water was
applied every night last summer in
showers, excepting when natural rain
made it unnecessary. The apparatus
consists of pipes laid in the ground, sup
piled from an elevated reservoir, into
which water was pumped by machine
~. The financial exhibit made by the
results ofthe experiment is said to bea
good one. The interest on the money
invested in the necessary machinery,
and the cost of operating it, aggregated
$95 dollars per acre for the entire tract
of twenty acres. Likewise the income
per acre aggregated $500, being made
up of the proceeds of one crop of grass
and grazing In tie autumn Of 1870, and
two crops of hay in 1871. The net
profit was thus $105 per acre. On land
of the same tract and SAM character,
used for the same purpose, but where
the irrigation was omitted, the net
profit per acre was but S45.
Year: 1871

II DE AIM


SESSION OF SATURDAY, EEB. IL, 1871.


Discussion-Topie: Best method of
raising and managing stock. was interest
ting but for the want of space is omitted.


Essay, by \. Boardman.-


Washington said after having arrived
TO the highest pinnacle Of worldly fame that
agriculture is the most healihful, the most
useful, the most noble employment of man.
True, the most healtlul, because proper
amount Of exercise and pure air is 50 nee
ccssary for health the most useful, be-
cause the employment sustains the world
Of man; the most noble, because the occu.
pant contributes to the general well being
of the same.


For the want Of a proper and thorough
knowledge of agriculture, ancient nations
and empires have ceased to exist.


Our country when first discoverd and
settled was found to be very rich in soil
in consequence of large amount of veget-
able matter annually growing and decay
ing upon it; our fathers not thinking or
knowing that the original fertility would
cease unless some portion of it be returned,
occasionly to it, consequently y much of our
oldest lands have depreciated; now it is
for us to learn how to renovate and i'm.
prove them. We must call in scentifcaI
with practical knowledge to our aid. We
must learn to supply these elements Of
fertility to the soil as it becomes exhaust
ed by cropping. 1t is evident that miner
ais contribute to the growth Of vegetables
and vegetables to animals, and an NAL,
back to vegetables.


Most OF the rulers Of the nation of Eu
are well posted in agricultural science
knowing that nations small in agriculture
productions, are weak especially in case
of war consequently the cultivators ar,
up to higher standard than we are il
our country Now five wish to come VI
to their standard we must wake up to tn,
subject, must learn cur sons to love tn,
employment, make it pleasure instead
Of drudge so much dreaded by man,
who seek the city and live from hand t,
mouth in idleness, perhaps indulging il
gaming, forging, stealing and many othe
crimes. How sure man is with fai
iud gment and reasonable amount Of la
Dor, even on small farm to gain goo,
livelihood and something for old age. Lear
them this and also to do ther work dur
ing the light Of day and not work unit
they exhaust themselves and iniure thei
health fancy should we do this, NOR
would like the employment. Much har,
labor can and is being saved by the aid Q
machinery used by horsepower, mowin
and turning hay, saving wood and thresh
ing grain.


Many of us miss it in my view, in nc
giving more attention to the raising q
grasses. Lands before being stocked t
grass should be made rich, mellow, fin
and smooth. Three tons to the acre shoul
| be cut and the growth of the second Gro
should be left on the ground to protect tn
roots during our bleak winters. Nor
grass more stock, and the more stock, tn
richer our farms car be made.


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Year: 1871

One of the most horrid railroad acG
cidents happened on the Hudson River r.
Il. last week. The road is double track
one, and an iii train going south got of
the track and across the other track upon
which an express train was going north.
The collision took place, and the engine
of the express set fire to the oil and scat
tered it over the, sleeping cars of the irair:
The first car containing twenty-five sleep
ing passengers was burned up and not one
Of them were got out alive.
Year: 1871

a LARGE SALE.-Western Minnesota
has just disposed of two townships to a
Scotch colony represented by Lord Gordon,
vino will enter upon stock-grOwing on an
extensive scale, with the best thorough
breds that can be bought in Great Britain.
The locality is well adapted to the purpose;
the Scotch are notoriously successful in the
management Of stock, and particularly
sheep.
Year: 1871

IT is a great mistake in female educa-
ton to keep young lady's time and at
tention devoted only to the fashiona-
able literature of the day. If you
would qualify her for conversation, you
must give her something TO talk about.
rive her education in the actual world and
its transpiring events. Urge Ler to read
the newspapers, and become familiar with
the present character and improvements
of the age. History is cfsome Importance !;
but the past world is dead we have moth
ing to do with it. Our thoughts and our
concerns should be for the present world !;
to know what vt is and improve its con-
dition. Let her have an intelligent opin-
and be able to sustain conversation accord
ing to the mental. moral and religious in-
proyement of orr times.
Year: 1871

WE heard of boy the other day who
accidentally swallowed silver half dollar.
They gave him hot water and tartar emet-
ic. and antimonial wine, and poked their
fingers down his throat until the boy ina
gined he would up his toe nails. After
while doctor came along who understood
such cases. He administered small dose
of patent medicine, and in less than ton
minutes the boy threw up the half dollar
in five cent pieces.
Year: 1871

A man he owned tarrier dog
A bob-tailed onery cuss-
And that there purp got that there man
In many an ugly muss;
For the man he was on his muscle,
And the dog he was on his bite,
So to kick the dog-goned animile,
Was sure to raise a fight.
A woman owned Thomas cat,
That fit at fifteen pounds;
The other cats got up and slid
When that their eat was round.
The man and his dog came along one day
Where the woman she did dwell,
And the purp he growled ferociously,
And went for the cat like-everything
He tired to chaw the neck of the cat,
But the cat he wouldn't be chawed,
So he lit on the back of that there dog,
And bit aud chawed land clawed
Oh the hair it flew and the dog he


yothed


AS the claws went into his hide,
And chunks of flesh was peeled from


his back;
Then he flummuXed. and kicked ana


died


The man he ripped, and cursed and
AS he gathered big brickbat,
That he would be darned essentially
If he didn't kill the cat
But the old woman allowed she'd be


blessed if he did.


And snatched up an old shot gun,
Which she fired and pepered his


diaphragm


With bird shot number one.
They toted him home ona window-Dilnd
And the doctor cured him up;
But he never was known to fight again,
Or to own another purp.
Folks may turn up their snoots at this


here rhyme,


don't care a cuss for that;
All want to show is, that fighting dorgs
May tackle the wrong Tom cat.
Year: 1871

Many persons suffer extremely from tel
ons on the finger. These Affections are
not only very painful, but not unfrequent-
ly occasion permanent crippling of the
member affected. The following simple
prescription is recommended as cure for
this distressing ailment: Gke common
rock salt, such as is used for sailing down
pork or beef, and mix spirits Of turpentine
in equal parts put it on rag and wrap
around the affected part, and as it gets dry
put on more, and in twenty-four hours you
are cured. The felon will be dead; 1t
will do no harm to try it..
Year: 1871

~ We are sorry to have to announce tho
advent of the cotton worm iu several portions
of cur Parish. About the beginning of last week
they made their appearance on several cotton
plantations ON Bayoa Boruf, and we learn that
they have been seea ON various plantations in
different sections. Although they arc not yet in
sufficient numbers to cause much damage, it il
very probable that iu q few wesks they will
come out In force, particularly If the constant
daily showers of rain we have had for tho last
10 or IL days past continue for any length OF
tilnc.
Year: 1871

women i'm most cases learn only so
much of a trade as will do them for a
poor support until a marriage is offered.


Having discussed the subjects alluded
TO at much greater length than in
tended, must solicit your patience a
little longer for a presentation of my
own views. / would have young
women start in life 10y fitting them
selves for some trade or calling with
just the same thOroughness that men
do. This plan has several advantages:


!. They will never be Obliged 10 mar
~ anybody for a support, as so many
unfortunate women are therefore


>. They will have much more liberty
Of choice and far better prospect of hap
piness in the marriage relation than
their dependent sisters; also, their in
dependent position will qualify them to
make a more intelligent choice; and


3. The loss of the husband and consti-
tutional bread-earner of the family
will not involve the destitution and
SO often witnessed, for the
widow can resume her trade and be as
as before marriage.


In the vast majority of cases women
find their way into trades through the
efforts of greedy employers to break
down wages, and are only taught so
much as will enable the capitalist to
make use of them TO this end. When
women fit themselves for calling as
though it were to be their lifetime vo-
cation, and look upon marriage as an
incident, and not as an end toward
which all things must tend, the problem
will be near its solution. KANSAS.


ALBANY, Oregon, Sept. p, 1871.
Year: 1871

Multitudes of persons have a great
horror OF going out of doors for fear of
taxing cold; If it is a little damp or
little windy, or little cold, they wait
ana watt meanwhile, weeks and even
lhonths may pass away, and they never
during that whole time breathe a single
Oreath OF pure air. The result is. they
become so enfeebled that their constitu-
tIons have no power of resistance. the
least thing in the world gives them
cold, even going from one room to an
other; and before they know it they have
a cold all the time, and this is nothing
more or less than consumption, whereas.
If an opposite practice had been followed.
of going out an hour or two each day-
regardless of the weather, a very differ
ent result would have taken place. The
truth is, the more a person is out OF
doors the less easily does he take cold.
1t is widely known fact that persons
who camp out every night, or sleep
under a tree for weeks together, seldom
take cold at all.


The truth is, many of our ailments,
and those of most fatal forms, are taken
in the house, and not out of doors; taken
by removing parts of clothing too soon
after coming into the house, or by lying
down on a bed or sofa when i'm a tired or
exhausted position from having engaged
too vigorously in domestic employment.
Many pie has cost an industrious man
a hundred dollars. y human life has
many a time paid for an apple dumping.
When our wives get through work, they
find themselves in an utterly exhausted
condition; their ambition to complete
thing, to do some work well, sustains
them until it is completed. The mental
and physical position is one of exhaus-
tiOn, when a breath of air will give
cold, to settle i'm the joints, to wake up
next day with imflammatOry rheuma-
tism, or with n feeling of stiffness or
soreness as if they had been pounded i'll
"a bag, or with sore throat to trouble
them for months, or with a lung fever
to put them in the grave in less than
week.


Our wives should work by the day, if
they must work at all, and not Dy the
job; it is more economical in the end to
see how little work they can do in an
hour, instead of how much. 1t is slow.
steady, and continuous labor which
brings health and good digestion. Fitful
labor is ruin0us to all.-falPs Journal
/ Of Health.
Year: 1871

LAW OF MARRIAGE.-In a recent ar
ticle, the american Society newspaper
made several startling announcements:
First, that an eminent lawyer says that
all marriages celebrated on Sunday are
void, because marriage is "A civil con-
tract, and civil contracts made on Sun
day are void; second, that the children
of deceased millionaire are going, for
this reason, to contest their fathers will,
by which he gives his estate to his chill
dren by a second wife, to whom he was
married on Sunday; and third, that a
learned Judge has lately decided that
marriages between minors, or between
an adult and minor, are void. To al
Law the alarm and CONSERVATION caused
by these extraordinary statements, the
Lar JOlUJ,rt calamity informs the
ladies that marriages are all valid,
everywhere. Even i'm this State, al
though marriage is held to be a civil
contract, vet civil contracts made for a
lawful purpose, and not tending to dis
turb the public peace and quiet, are
valid and enforceable, although made on
Sunday. Now, unless il can be made
out that marriage is a contract tending
to disturb the public peace and quiet,
we see no trouble. Some marriages do
have that tendency, undoubtedly, and
we advise the female parties thereto TO
look out for themselves. AS to the
millionaire, we fancy his will must
stand; he might have given his estate
to Tom, Dick and Harry, who are not
his children at all, even by a Sunday
marriage, and they would take il in
spite of the children by the weekday
marriage.-NcU Jersey Mechanic.
Year: 1871

Woman, there is some things that you
can do, and this is one; you may make
drinking unpopular and disgraceful
among the young. You can utterly dis
cOuntenance all drinking in your own


house, and you can hold in suspicion


every young man who touches the cup.


You know that no young man who
drinks can safely be trusted with the


happiness of any woman, and that he is
as unfit rs a man can he for wOman'S
society. Have it understood that every
young man who drinks is socially pro-
scribed. Bring up your children in
regard to drinking as not only dangerous
but disgraceful. Place temptation in no
mans way. If men will make beasts of
themselves, let them do il i'm other
society than yours. If your mercenary
husbands treat their customers from
private stores kept in their counting
rooms, shame them into decency bv
yOurregard for the honor of your home.
Recognize the living, terrible fact, that
wine has already been, and is to-day, the
curse of your sex; that it steals the
hearts of men away from you; that il
dries up your prosperity; that il endan-
gers your safety; that it can only bring
you evil. If social custom cOmpels YOU
to present wine at your feasts, rebel
against it, and make social custom in
the interests of virtue and purity. The
matter is very much in your own hands.
The women of the country, in what is
called polite society, can do more to
make the nation temperate than all the
legislators and tumultUOus reformers
that are struggling and laundering in
their efforts to this e9d.-Dr. Holland.
Year: 1871

MoTHERHOOD.-Let no woman dare
invoke an immortal life until she feels
herself worthy to develop and lead it
forth into all its appointed good. Let
her never enter that "holy of holiesu-
the confidence of the young heart that
has been nurtured beneath her own
without trying herself, whether she be
worthy of her high prerogative-with-
out a tender, deep and prayerful deter
minatiOn to make this one dutv nara-
mount TO all others, so that she may in
vest the character of maternity with
that divine intelligence that can in
struet, with that beautiful love which
can feel no sacrifice, with that sweet for
bearance which knows no impatience,
with that sublime devotion which can
make suffering itself a joy.
Year: 1871

1t is always safe to be polite to ladies.
An incident of the late railroad smash
up near Boston proves it. A gentleman
oi that city gave up his seat in the last
ear OF the Beverly train to a lady. and
passed forward. The lady was killed
and the gentleman was unhurt.
Year: 1871

There is no difference between knowl-
edge and temperance; for he who knows
what is good and embraces it, who
knows what is bad and avoids il. is
learned and temperate. But thev who
know very well what ought to be done
and yet do quite otherwise, are Ignorant
and stupid.-SOcrdtes.
Year: 1871

The death of Oscar j. Dunn, the Lieu
tenant Governor of Louisiana, epitomizes
the history of an epoch. Dunn was slave,
born in slavery; at an early age he ran
away from his master. and the advertise
ment for his capture and restoration was
made public for the second time a few
weeks ago. His education. which was gen.
eral and scholarly, was obtained at odd
intervals between labor and sleep. Polit-
ical preferment sought him, not he it; and
New Orleans will suspend business to day
to follow respectfully to the grave the re-
mains Of man whose living body she
teen years ago. The world is chang led.
Year: 1871

There will be meeting at the Cotton
Exchange next Monday night for the pur-
pose of receiving the report of the commit
tee appointed to draft a charter for an iron
barge company, with capital of five hun
dred thousand dollars.
Year: 1871

we copy the toiioWlng from the
Jackson (Miss.) } Post:


A negro man was killed at Fan.
min, in Rankin county, on Monday
last. We arc informed that q man
by Che name of Casteel employed q
colored shoemaker to make him q
pair Of boots, to be finished on Mon
day last. Casteel made threats that
should the boots not be finished, and
failed to 1it him and be done by two
o'clock on Monday, that he would
kill tho c0lored man. At the time
iesignated, Casteel repaired to the
Shoemaker's shop. The boots were
not satisfactorily finished.


As is charged, Oasteel took
double-barreled shot gun and shot
the shoemaker in the back of the
head. The friends of Castsel who
were witnesses of this outrageous
murder have left this part Of the
country, but Casteel is in custody at
Brandon, and we presume that every
reasonable endeavor will be made on
the part Of the officers Of the law to
mete out justice to him. Can not q
better state of OWL order bo attained
BY our State authorities?
Year: 1871

q Hon. J. +. Wilson, one of the State


House Commissioners, has written .
letter to the Mt. Pleasant journal in
reference to the letting of the stone
contract, which that paper publishes


with it's reply. This controversy is
becoming very warm, and will doubt
less be fully ventilated before the


fight ends. Having really but very
little information upon the subject
we have been disposed to think that
our Commissioners have acted faith.
fully and wisely, although this coun-
ty was beaton in the contest. It Is
certainly very important that the
stone should be of the first quality,
not only beautiful to look on, but
eminently durable. We should dis
like much to take tho responsibility
that will ia after years rest upon the
Commissioners should they fail to
secure the best quality of stone, and
We hope the discussion now going on
may thoroughly veAtilate the ques-
tion. E
Year: 1871

II


The resolution Of tho Democratic
State Legislature Of Indiana attompt-
ing to repeal the ratification Of thAt
State to tho 18th Amendment Of the
Federal constitution came up in the
q. s. Senate on the 10Th inst, whbn
Senator Morton made one ofth6 midst
noticeable speeches Of the session,
taking position against tho power|of
the State Of Indiana to, withdraw the
assent Of that State once gwen to the
amendment. He was replied to BY
Frank Blair, of No. Blair took the
ground that tho 18th amcndment
was passed by fraud, and against the
wishes Of the people, and reaffirmed
the fposi.ion he took in his famous
Broadhsad letter. in regard to the
reconstruction acts. The democratic
party becomes very nervous when he
opens his mouth. His rash, unbri-
a. :
died tongue tuned to tickle the ear OF
the late rebels Of the country in the
south, whose champion and protege
he unqucstionably is; will not bo
controlled by the willy Tammany
ring, or at least has not boon hereto
fore. Neither in heaven, nor in hell,
NOR on any neutral ground between
the two, can there be found q place
whore this man would not kindle
Tophet on his own account, and
therefore he is only dangerous to
those with whom hS puts on the ex-
terror of friendship.
Year: 1871


Tie old year went so quiet and still
That we hardly said good bye
Such bundle Of cares it carried away
That We laughed . We srw it die.
So little We learned Of the duties Of life
So little Of good has been done,
That perhaps twas well that the Old
should 60.


Bat alas: that tie New must come
Sigh mol for the old. but think Of the new,
And let US more earnestly try
To make it pleasure in life. 70 live,
Or pleasant in death, to die.


r. N. SurroN.
Year: 1871

When you see fellow mortal
Without fxed and fearless VIEWS
Hanging on the skirts OF oihsrs'
Walking in their cast-off snoes
pow,ng low to wealth or favor.
With abiect, uncovered head,
Ready TO retrsct or waver,
Willing to be drove or led;
Walk yourself with frmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back.
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack.


A stronger word


Was never heard


In sense and tone


Than this, backbone.
When you sec theologian
Hugging close some ugly creed
Fearing to reject or question
Dogmas which his priest may read
Holding back all noble feeling.
Choking down each manly view
Caring more for signs and symbols
TIL an to know the Good and True;
Walk yourself with frmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back.
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack,


A stronger word


Wa never heard


In sense and tone


Than this, backbone.
When you see politician
Crawling through contracted holes,
Begging for some fat position,
In the ring or at the polls,
With no sterling manhood in him,
Nothing stable, broad or sound,
Destitute of pluck or ballast,
Double sided all around
Walk yourselfwith frmer bearing,
Throw your moral shoulders back,
Show your spine has nerve and marrow
Just the things which his must lack.


A stronger word


Was never heard


In sense and tone


Than this, backbone.
A modest song and plainly tod
The text is worth a mime of gold
For many men most sadly lack
A noble stiffness in the back
Year: 1871

A county editors sole editorial in
one weeks issue was that "If ANYTHING
will make man feel juicy about the
heart, it is to talk velvet to a pair of
sky-cOlored eyes. by moonlight, in
clover field"
Year: 1871

a young gentleman of Chicago fell
in love with a hotel waiter girl, but
love fed from that once fond heart
when he found the "sweet little thing"
cutting her toe nails with q butter
knife in tie kitchen.