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Year: 1872

THINNING FRUIT.-There In very gen.
sral tendency of fruit trees in California
to set more fruit than they can bring to
size and full maturity. 1t is the large
peach, plum or pear of the same variety
upon the same tree, that is better than
the half grown one. In order to rem
sdy the evil, incident to this propensity
to over-bear, recourse must be had to
thinning. And the only way the cultl-
vator can effect his object properly Is by
hand picking the small and imperfect
fruit, leaving only the best to be Carried
forward to maturity, 1t is worse than
useless 10 attempt the thinning process
by shaking the limps, for the effect is to
cause the largest and heaviest fruit to
fall rather than the small and lightest,
and it should be remembered that three
bushels of fine large fruit will bring
more money than four of inferior,
though from the same tree while the
handling and freight are as three to four
in favor of the best. .-Rurdl Press.
Year: 1872

From the Lynchburg Nirginian.J


Orange growing in California-like the
intelligent culture of this fruit elsewhere
lis very remunerative. The average
yield of orange trees in that State is set
down at about one thousand FIVE hundred
for each tree. Assuming seventy trees
to an acre and one thousand oranges to
the tree, the product of seventy thousand
oranges would result. As these would
sell at twenty dollars per thousand, an
orangery of ten acres would give gross
revenue of fourteen thousand dollars,
which, reduced by one-half to include
all contingencies of poor crops, etc,
would leave seven thousand dollars as
the almost certain value of a seasons
growth At Los Angeles recently sim
gle crop was sold for twenty thousand
dollars, while the entire outlay due to
pruning, taking care of the ground, and
attendance Of the growing fruit was not
more than FIVE hundred dollars. As an
investment there is probably no better
one than that of few thousand dollars
in planting an orangery-say in Florida.
The original cost would be slight, and
after few years, when the trees begin
to bear, the returns of good season
barring any possible loss from frost
which is the great enemy of the orange
grower-will quite cover the expenses
entailed. After that comfortable in
come may confidently be anticipated
from the proceeds Of the yearly crops.
Year: 1872

Stokes defense, according to the Troy
Press, which says it speaks from excel
lent authority, will be novel one. His
counsel give out that he was at the
scene Of the murder to meet a woman
a woman has actually been found who
is going to make oath that Stokes had
an sssignstion With her at the very time
of the shooting. One would suppose
that the argument then, will be that
Stokes was lopnging around the stairs
10 meet this woman, and that, seeing
Fisk, he had q violent and instantaneous
attack Of emotional insanity, and was
not therefore, responsible for the muir
der. But we learn that the defense are
going to take even bolder ground than


this-to show that Fisk ebmmeneed the
assault by drawing a pis,d and pointing
it at Stokes, so that thu aarming mur-
derer was guilty only OF self-defense. "
Year: 1872

among the topics of the day and write
them up so that all interests shall be
truthinlly and forcibly represented. IL
Is TO vigorously support men and meas
ures that merit confidence, and to nm
compromisingly reject those that are
not trustworthy, no matter to what
party they may belong. 1t is to trv
faithfully to maintain the high tone Of a
paper, in its editorials and selections.
1t is'-here we stopped, for the Young
man didn't seem to follow the tidal
wave Of our eloquence exactly. So we
resumed III lighter strain: If Won
nave the strength of Samson and the
patience of Job, are willing to do twen-
y things at once in as many different
places, don't care about anv particular
time Tor sleep, and can live on an an
proving conscience and ice water. we
think you may make good editor. af-
ter little practice The youth looked
somewhat alan med, we gazed at him AS
much like guardian angel as we know
now. lie rose sadly from his chair
lie SAID his uncle John wanted him r.
20 INTO the retail grocery business win
nlih' and ne didn't know but he sbnuId
men he badc us good morning. thanked
Us Ior our advice, and made his exit, n
sadder and wiser man."
Year: 1872

Washington, May 5.-There- is no
change in the position of the Alabama
question since the recent semi-official pub
lication, in which it was said that the
claims for indirect damages have not been
and will not be withdrawn. The govern
ment has not, in its statement or counter
statement, asked the tribunal of arbitra-
tors to draw any distinction between the
two classes Of claims for direct and indirect
damages, but both have been submitted
together, in the hope that the tribunal will
exercise the power conferred up it to award
sum in gross to be paid by Great Britain
to the United States.


The suggestion that We would not ask
the tribunal for any moneyed consideration
for indirect damages, provided Great Bri-
tain would not claim compensation for
similar injuries under like circumstances,
was discussed by prominent gentlemen of
both countries before an understanding
was made with Great Britain, that we
would accept it as an easy and satisfactory
solution of the present difficulty but it
appears, from conversation in prominent
circles, that Great Britain does not deem it
necessary to make the declaration or to en-
ter into any such stipulation, for the rea-
son that she has never admitted the princi-
pie of claims for indirect damages, as be-
tween nations, and adheres to her position
in the question as heretofore expressed.


An Important Conference.-The Government
Stands by its Guns.


Washmgtoa, May 6.-The Chronicle of
this morning contains the following: Last
Saturday the President of the United
States, the Secretary of State, the
chairman of the House Committee on
Foreign Relations, and several members of
the Senate and House Committees on
Foreign Relations assembled at the
State Department for the purpose of a con-
ference and general interchange OF
views concerning the attitude of our
government on the question of the
| arbitration at Geneva, and for the purpose
of securing, with knowledge, firm and
united action thereon. After full discus
sion and presentation of the whole case, it
was determined that the United States cam
not, under any probable combination OF
circumstances, withdraw its just demands,
nor in any way modify them as they are
now presented at Geneva. This is the
main conclusion reached in the conference.
| Other matters discussed were mere details
depending upon it.


| Indirect Damages


The London Telegraph, of the 22d ulti.
mo, in an editorial on the Alabama indi-
rect claims, says the Americans are nc
longer in doubt as to our resolve in the
matter. Concession has with us reached
its utmost limit and no English ministry
would dream of surrendering the ground
now taken up with approval Of the entire
people, and of the most enlightened minds
in every nation, the American included.
Year: 1872

A WEEK OF THEATRICALs.-E
night this week our citizens will have an
opportunity of witnessing theatrical per-
formances. The Amateur Association will
hold forth at Assembly Hall tonight and
tomorrow night, and John L. Owens and
his company will occupy the remainder of
the week at the Richmond theatre.
Year: 1872

A Row.-A colored man and colored
woman got into row in an alley between
Federal and Charity streets yesterday af-
ternoon, during which the son Of the wo-
man came out and struck the man in the
face with a brick, inhicting a very severe
wound. The young man was arrested and
after examination this morning, sent to jail
for thirty days. ....I..r
Year: 1872

Tm country has had but two Republi-
can Administrations-the four years of
that of Mr.. Lincoln, and three years of
that of General Grant. II is true we had
Republican Congress during he Admin
istration of Andrew Johnson, but its
cry that the party could consider itself
but partially responsible for the acts and
character of the Government in that term.


The Administration of Mr. Lincoln was
charged with the duty Of suppressing an
armed rebellion against the Constitution
and the Union. With what ability and
fidelity it fulfilled its trusts, we need not
say. Its record is one of which no party
need be ashamed. The Administration Of
General Grant was charged with redeem
ing the National debt and establishing our
Year: 1872

REV. ROBERT CoLLYER "got into the
wrong pew" at Manchester, N. H., the
other evening In other words, he got
into a hall in which Democratic meet.
ing was assembled, instead of the hall
where he was appointed to lecture. The
Boston AdUertiser thus relates the story,
as told by himself on opening his lecture
at the right hall: "He came in late to the
hall with broad smile upon his face,
and when he explained, the audience
smiled also He said he had met with
difficulties since his arrivalin Manchester.
When he reached the Manchester House
he found no lecture committee, but learn
ed the Chairman had been there in search
of him. So he directed the hackman to
drive him to the lecture hall. Arrived at
the hall, he found no committee there to
greet him, but an immense audience; even
aisles were packed. But he had never
before had an audience who kept their
hats on. He made his way to the plat
form, and the audience looked at him,
evidently thinking he was somebody. He
looked at them, and thought it was the
most remarkable lyceum audience he ever
saw. The female portion looked as if
they were natives of Ireland, and the
smen looked as if they came from the
same country too. Presently several
gentlemen came and took seats on the
platform, one or two nodding to him.
Then one got up to introduce the speaker,
but he did not mention his name. He
said he was a resident of South Carolina,
and Mr.. Collyer began to think he did not
mean him; but when he said he would ad-
dress them upon the unadvisability of re-
electng President Grant, he was sure of
it, He then made his escape as soon as
possible, was met by the lecture commit
tee and escorted to the right hall"
Year: 1872

powered by numbers, and would often
have had to surrender but for the ring
ing OF the school bell The Pequots were
in great fear of the school bell.


/ do not remember that the whites ever
hauled down their flag and surrendered
voluntarily but once or twice the fort
was carried by storm and the garrison
were massacred 20 boy, and thrown out
Of the fortress, having been first scalped.
To take a boys cap was to scalp him,
and after that he was dead, IL he played fair.
There were great many hard hits given
and taken, but always cheeffully, for 1t
was in the cause Of our early history.
The history of Greece and Rome was
stuff compared to this.-C. ID. Warner.
Year: 1872

The New York World says; "It may
surprise some people to hear that there Is
in this city man who keeps a boot and
shoe shop for the sole convenience of
one-legged persons, AS, however, there
are about as many people who have lost
their right legs as there are who have lost
their left legs, this wise man has so AZ
ranged matters that he keeps constantly
on hand an equal number of rights and
lefts' He does about as good business
as other persons in the shoe-sellingi line.
Year: 1872

A distinguished Republican Senator at Wash
ington jocosely but very sensibly proposes
further "One-term" amendment to the Constitu-
tion. The preamble for the proposition is to
recite the historical facts that for many years,
under all administrations Of the Government
political dissensions have been created, intrigues
set on foot, jealousies and quarrhls fomented,
corruptons in the public service caused by tie
ambitions Of the members OF the United States
Senate to become President Therefore the
Constitution shall hereafter provide that no per-
son serving more than one term in the Senate
Of the United States shall be eligible to the Office
Of President.


There is absolute historical accuracy in the
preamble suggested above and if the respective
injuries to the public interests caused by Presi-
dents who desired reelection, and by the Sena-
tors, either in behalf of the same object, or Of
their elevation to the Presidency, are compared,
I. will be found that the latter completely dwarf
theforner. As measure of public usefulness,
it would be far more important to put bride
on tho senate's ambition, then on that OF the
Executive
Year: 1872

How old are you? Twenty-Five ?


Thirty? Are you happy to-lays Were


you happys If so, you have reason to


judge that you will be happy by and by.


Are you so busy that you have no time


to be happy, and are you going to be


happy when you are old, and you have


not much to do to-day? No; you will


not. You now have specimen of what


you will be when you are old. Look in


the face of to-day. That is about the
average. They will tell what they are
going to be; what you are carrying
along with you is what you will have by
and by. Ifyou are so conducting your
self that you have peace with God and
your fellowmen, and with your facul-
ties; if every day you insist that duty
shall make you happy, and you take as
much time as is needful for the culture
of your social faculties, you will not be
life, and it will be continu-
ally replenished. But if you are saving
up till you get to be an old man, habit
will stand like tyrant, and say, "You
would not enjoy yourself before, and
you shall not now." How many men
there are who have ground to make
that they might be happy by
and by, and who, when they have got
to be fifty or sixty years old have used
up all the enjoyable nerve that was in
them. During their early life they car
ried toll and economy and frugality to
the excess of stinginess and when the
time came that they expected joy, there
was no ioy for them.
Year: 1872

A Kentuckian and a Yankee were
once riding through the woods, the for
mer on a fine black horse, and the Yam
kee on an inferior animal. The latter
wanted to make "swap," but he did
not see how he was to do it. At last he
thought of plan. His horse had been
taught to sit down like dog whenever
he was touched by the spurs. Seeing a
wild turkey, the Yankee made his horse
perform his trick, and asserted that he
was pointing game, as was his custom.
The Kentuckian rode in the direction in
dicated by the horses nose, and up rose
turkey.


That settled the matter; the trade was
made, and saddles and horses were
changed. After time they came to a
deep and rapid stream, over which the
black horse, carried his rider with ease.
But the Kentuckian, on the Yankees
old beast, found great difficulty in get
ting over, and when he had reached the
middle of the stream he was afraid the
horse would allow himself to be carried
away, and so endeavored to spur him up
to more vigorous action. Down sat the
old horse on his launches.


"LoOk heren' shouted the enraged
and partially submerged Kentuckian to
the Yankee on the other side of the
stream, "what does all this mean?"


81 want to know, stranger" cried the
Yankee, preparing to ride away, "that
there hoss will pint fish just as well as
he will fowl" .-.
Year: 1872

The pure, the bright, the beautiful,


That stirred our hearts in youth;
The impulse of u wordiess prayer,


The dream OF love and truth;
The longings after something lost;


The spirits yearning cry,
The striving after better hopes


These things shall never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid


brother in his need;
The kindly word in grief's dark hour,


That proves the friend indeed;
The plea for mercy, softly breathed,


When justice threatens nigh;
The sorrows of a contrite heart


These things shall never die.
The memory of clasping hand.


The pressure of a kiss,
The kindly word in griei's dark hour,


That make up loves first bliss
If with firm unchanging faith,


And holy trust on high,
These hands have clasped, those lips have me
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word,


That wounded as it fell;
The chilling want of sympathy,


We feel, but cannot tell;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfading record kept;


These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand


Must find some work to do;
Lose nota chance to waken love, s,F
Be firm, and just. and true;
So shall u light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high;
And angel voices say to thee,
These things shall never die.
Year: 1872

None but the brave deserve the fair.
An Indiana lass is now engaged to be
married to a young man whose hand
she refused seven times. ..f .I.


Greeley has been done in sugar by an
enterprising confectioner, and now ey-
cry little shaver in the country goes In
for licking him.
Year: 1872

We are waiting for the clouds to break,


We are watching for the dawn;
For the first faint flush of the rosy light
For the first soft flood OF the sunbeams bright


For the sweet long-tarrying morn.
There are shadows now on heath and hill,


And the drifting clouds look gray;
And the stars still linger, and still the CLEAN
OF the moonlight silyers the meadow stream,


As it glides along its way.
There will soon be slender lines of gold,


In the dim, dark eastern sky;
And above the mountain a crimson streak
And purple tint on each pine-crowned peak


That will bid the night-gloom fly.
Then the moons fair rays will all grow pale,


And the star-gleams fade away;
And the cold, calm heavens be blue and bright
And the clouds be crested and fringed with


With the tender light of day.
And the stream will shine among the reeds.


And the lillies by the lake
Will unfold their buds, while the wood birds


sing,


Till the copse, and forest, and valleys ring.


And the mountain echoes wake.
There is nothing half so fair on earth


As the first bright blush Of dawn, G
When the shadows die in q food of light,
And the clonds and darkness are put to flight
BY the sunbeam hosts Of morn.
But the glory soon grows faint and dim.


And the crimson hushes fade;
ANA we turn away from the east and sigh
For perfect dawn that will never die,


For day that hath no shade. ,t t4t
Year: 1872

THE SEWING MACHINE is one of the
greatest improvements of the age, and at this
day and age of the world every family must
and will have one. This fact appears to be
perfectly understood by all Sewing Machine
Companies, consequently every company is
making every effort in their power to put
their machines forward, and to make sales as
rapidly as possible. They employ every per-
son they can get, and three-fourths of those
employed are not fit for the business, conse-
quently the country is now 'overrun with men
and boys representing themselves as Sewing
Machine Agents,and everyone claiming to have
the best machine, when, in fact, they know
nothing about machines, consequently the
business has become a nuisance-it is over
done and overrun with unprincipled agents,
and almost every farmer breads to see one
stop at his gate.


But to lay all prejudice aside, the New vii
son is the only First-cIsss Machine in America
that is sold at reasonable price; price with
in the reach of every family. The New VIII
son stands to-day at the head as being the best,
the simplest, the easiest to manage, the emost
durable, and by far the cheapest. The Wilson
now costs $500 more to manufacture than anv
other machine in America, and is sold for
S25.OO less than any other first-cIass machine.
This simply because it is not in the "Cou,-
bination." This machine is sold for Just what
it is worth, while all others are sold from
$500 to $4,000 more than they are worth.


The undersigned has been selling the Will
son for one year at his Grocery and Crockery
Store in Fremont, and has sold Five Hundred
Machines, and nearly all have been sold in
Sandusky County, and have never yet had
an agent out soliciting sales or boring the peo-
pie to buy. Every machine has been ordered.
This, think, is the largest sale that has ever
been made in the county. This fact of itself
is certainly sufficient evidence that the ma
chine is good one. All other companies have
drummed and bored the people nearly to
death to sell their machines, and in very Inany
instances people have bought simply to get nd
of the agent Now, we claim that the proper
way, and the only way, to buy machine, is to
go town and see and try all the machines and
select for yourself machine in the same
way that you buy dress, or set of dishes.
or dollars worth of sugar. There are now
some six or eight different kinds of Sewing
Machines represented in this city, try them
all, select for yourself, and do not be hum
bugged by agents, and nine out of every ten
viii buy the Wilson. p. CLOSE.
Year: 1872

sons and daughters husking in the


field. we do it all ourselves said


he"


In the Winter mornings, the wife,


perhaps, goes out to milk in the sta


bic with lantern, while her daugh-


ters get breakfast. By 8 o'clock,
the house is "swept and garnished, y


and the motherly hands are ready


for several hours sewing before din
ner, laying by huge piles Of shirts
for the hot weather. Not much
work is put upon the garments of
the family, nor has the sewing ma
chine been in general use until re-
Gently, although a seamstress or tail
Dress is sometimes called in. At
the Spring cleaning, the labors of
the Women-folks are increased by
whitewashing the picket-fences.
Soap-making comes in March, before
the care of the garden begins to
press. Here success is so uncertain
that it is deemed q matter of luck
and chance. The soap must always
be stirred in one direction, and a
sassafras stick is thought to possess
sovereign virtues for the process.
A smart house-keeper can make a
barrel Of soap in the morning, and go
a-visiting in the afternoon.


During the harvest season the
household labors are frightful, but
the brOiling and baking in the hot
weather are cheerfully done for the
men folks, who are sWeltering in tor
rid fields and sitting barns. Four
meals are the rule at this time, and
"a piece" is sent out as early as 9
O'Clock in the morning, A Dutch"
girl thinks nothing of making fifty
pies in a week, and with a pie at
every meal, they are sure to come to
a good market.


Apple-butter, as a sauce made of.
apples boiled in cider is called, has
been a great ordinance with the ro-
bust Germans, though falling of in
late years, on account ofthe scarcity
of the fruit. Two bushels and a
half Of cut apples are enough for a
barrel of cider. In a few hours the
apples will be all in the great copper
kettles, and then you are obliged to
stir for dear life, until on taking out
a little on dish, you find the cider
no longer collects round the edges,
but all forms "a simple mass. The
work is then done, and you have on
ly to dip it out in the earthen yes
sells, and, when cold, store it in the
garret, with the hard soap and bags
of dried apples and cherries, perhaps
with the hams and shoulders, that
are there waiting for ''the good time
coming" The writer speaks of a
specimen Of apple butter preserved
in the Lancaster Museum, which
dates from the time of the Revolu-
ton, a prodigy as Gonderful as
the blood Of st. Januarius at Naples.