smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875




The Legislative Investigating Com
mittee adjourned last night to meet in
jackson, tomorrow. A prominent Re-
publican member, states they have had
witnesses who testified that Cardoza, ex-
Circuit clerk, Davenport, chancery clerk
and Dorsey, ex-circut clerk, all colored,
have been guilty of forgery, and Car
doza also of embezzlement, for which
thev had been indicted and would have
been tried but that the December term of
the Circuit Court WAS broken up by the
riot, and the forced resignation Of Sheriff
Crosby. District Attorney Lee, tcstties
in his opinion that an impartial trial
should have been given them 1t was
also shown III evidence that Crosby
was required last October, by the
Board of Supervisors to give new bond,
owing to the death of one. of his secur-
tiles, but could not give the bond in this
county, and was compelled to find Sc
curties among his political friends in
different parts of the State, and this
bond was accepted on the 9th of Octo-
Der. The testimony also goes to show
that the cOlored people DellcNcd lnere
would be no trouble with the Tax League,
and consequently were not prepared for
any; that the whites commenced firing
on Grove street after the blacks had re-
treated about mile; that some Of the
colored men were under the impression
that the colored militia were to be or
ganized in Vicksburg that day, and
came in for that purpose; that all knew
that Crosby was TO be depOsed, and
many did not know they were coming
for some brought women and children
and half were not armed; that II large
majority turned back when they learned
that difficulty would be the result if
they persisted in coming in; that upon
the first fire from the whites the blacks
fed panic stricken. The witnesses esti-
mate the killed at from sixty To seventy
five blacks and two whites, with very
few wounded on either side. One wit
ness testifies to having seen two men
killed while lying on the ground, and
that few colored men were left un-
buried.
Year: 1875

There recently occurred at Zurich the
death of the Pri' cess Schwarzburg-Son-
derhausen, lady remarkable for her
charitable actions. She leaves an enor-
nous fortune to her only child. whose
history would easily furnish materials
for a romance. Twelve years ago she
was passing through Thonne, and while
visiting the military college of that town
fell violently in love with the riding
master. This young man rejoiced in the
euphonious name of Jud, had originally
been shoemaker, but having martial
tastes he abandoned, the last for the
sword. The princess finally married the
ex-shoemaker, who afterwards became
the Baron de Jud." and could be seen
daily taking his afternoon drive with the
Baroness in gorgeous coach and four,
the envy and admiration of his fellow
townsmep. The Baron did not, however,
live to enjoy his wealth. Consumption n
carried him to an early grave, and all
that now remains of this little romance
is a magnificent mausoleum erected to
his memory by his disconsolate widow,
Year: 1875

The sarcophagusis is Of yellow stone, and
probably inclosed the remains of man
of some distinction. Ithas peaked top,
and on the four corners are lions with
open mouths and lolling tongues. The
four sides contain bas reliefs which,
doubtless, tell the story of the mans for
mer life. On one end is represented a
man going to the field followed by his
dog, pole on his shoulder, and wearing
on his head the peaked Cypriote cap. On
the other end is portrayed man driving
in a chariot drawn by two horses. On
the one side is series of domestic scenes,
man in bed with a woman handing him
a saucer of food, another scene where he
is reclining while woman plays on a
harp beside him, and other similar scenes
On the other side of the sarcophagus art
figures which represent agricultural life
Two men armed with shields and spears
also one striking down bullock, and in
another place two men similarly equipped
who are destroying boar. BetweeI
them is a cock growing, which gives
very barn-door aspect to the whole scene
and leads one to wonder if the cattle o
the Cypriotes were so wild that they ha'
to proceed against them as if they wer
forest game. Here in these pictures j
portrayed the familiar scenes in the lif
of this man who has been dead. and fol
gotten two thousand years.
Year: 1875

Learn trade, or get into business,
and 90 at it with determination that
defes failure, and you will succeed.
Don't leave it because hard blows are to
be struck, or disagreeable work to be per-
formed. Those who have worked their
way up to wealth and usefulness do not
belong to the shiftless and unstable class :;
and if you do not work while young
man, as an old man you will be nothing.
Work with a will, and conquer your
prejudices against labor, and manfully
bear the heat and burden of the day.
1t may be hard the first week but after
that, / issure you, it will become a
pleasure, and you will feel enough better
satisfied with yourself to pay for all the
trial of beginning. Let perseverance
and industry be your motto; and with
steady application to business, you
need have no fear lor the future. Don't
be ashamed of your plain clothes, pro
yided you have earned them. They are
far more beautiful in the estimation Of
all honest men and women than the costly
gewgaws sported by some people at the
expense of the confding tailor. The
people who respect you only when well
clad, will be the first to run from you il


the hour ofadversity.
Year: 1875

TIE adoption of the Constitutional
amendment in New Jersey, which inn
poses taxation on church property, is
creating stir among the clergymen of
all denominations. An effort is being
made to bring them into convention to
discuss the situation. The burden presses
heavily on all the churches, and it is
hoped that by united action the legisla-
ture may be induced to grant some relief
by passing measure which will, at all
events, exempt church buildingsthrough-
cut the State.
Year: 1875

CoBwEBs have been applied to various


uses. The delicate eross-hairs in the


telescopes of surveying instruments are
fne webs taken from spiders Of species
that are specially selected for their pro-


duction of an excellent quality of this


material. The spider, when caught, is
made to spin his thread by tossing him
from hand to hand. In case he is indis-
posed to furnish the article, the end is
attached to piece of wire which is
doubled into two parallel lengths, the
distance apart exceeding little the dia.
meter Of the instrument. As the spide,
hangs and descends from this, the web i.
wound upon it by turning the wirt
around. The coils ars then gummed
to the wire and kept for Use as required


A GOOD story is told of a man who wa


sppointed custodian of he iag" of tn,
House of Representatives at Washington
The duties of the Office are to hoist tn


flag over the hall of Representatives a
the hour of meeting and to lower j
promptly after the adjournment. Th
fst day after his appointment, prompt
on time, he grasped the Stars and Stripe
and started for the roof of the Capitol t
hoist it. Unfortunately, however, o
reaching the garrett he found that
could not squeeze himself through th
small scuttle hole, consequently he had I
throwuphis appointment and little ma
was was appointed in bis place. If IL
first appointee has any influence amor
the members, an appropriation will SOC
be made for enlarging that scuttle hol
Year: 1875

A DIVIDEND OF ONLY 30 PER CENT EXPECTED FOR


THIRD AVENUE SAVINGS BANK DEPosrToRs-MR.


CIAUsEN on THE GERMAN UPTOWN FAILURE


MEETING OF DEPOsITORs.


Mr.. Hurd, the receiver of the Third Avenue
payings Bank stated TO reporter of THB TRIBUNE yes
terday that the list Of published THE TRIBUNE
was substantially correct He could not however, agree
with the estimated values furnished by Mr. Carman.
The figures IN his judgment, were too high After
very careful inquiry, in the brief time in which he
had had charge OF the affairs Of the suspended
bank he was satisfied that in the present condition of
things the available property would not realize more
than The par value OF the real estate, stocks
mortgages and other securities owned by the bank at
the time Of its suspension, amOunted in all to S1,2O2
l22 81 Mr.. Hurd declined TO furnish the figures by
tics a. his official statement not ready.
He intended 20 apply TO Judge Westbrooh for
the appointment Of appraisers to fix q value
the real estate and until he received their report he
would not be able TO give anything moro than an ap
proximate estimate OF the value OF assets. After ALL lie
said it was matter Of private Judgment. There were
many OF the depost0rs who fully competent TO put


value on the real estate AS 10 the mortgages, which
everybody supposed be good he had already ascor
tanned there would be heavy shrinkage. The Elizabeth
property valued at S3 600, in his opinion was worthless
II was so much encumbered with taxes and assessments
MIR Hurd had a long consultation with the depostOrs'
committee last evening, ard showed them clearly the
eondition OF the bank From the best information,
roporter OF TIE TRIBUNE procured last evening the fol
lowing ced list Of the assets Of the bank it being
understood that the estimated values not Officials
Year: 1875

prove to have been seriously injured, the
effect on wheat would be scarcely less than
that due TO partial failure Of the wheat
crop in the British Isles. One thing is
certain-the frner feeling in wheat in the
English markets az a time when our ex-
ports are large as compared with those Of
several months past, shows that Europe
wants our wheat more than &c was thought
to want % when prices were lower than
now. This is encouraging, aud all the
more as the encouragement was unexpected.
Year: 1875

A Trial as InterTnInabIe as Beeeher's


BERLIN, June 16.-The Prussian Diet
closed to day.


In the trial Of Count Won Arnim the
counsel for the prosecution urged that a
criminal offense had been committed with
regard to the two series Of documents for
the retention Of which the Municipal Court
had acquitted the defendant. He demand
ed a sentence Of two and One-half years i'm
prisonment. Both sides pleaded the in
competency Of the Municipal Court. The
counsel for the defence made this a ground
for demanding that the sentence of that
court te annulled.


Rear Admiral Worden and the officers Of
the American squadron had audience Of the
Crown Prince to-day.
Year: 1875

THE drinking water furnished the
inhabitants of ring-ridden Washington
must bea sort of cannibal soup, thirty
one bodies Of infantile humanity hav-
ing been found in cleaning out the
sediment Of the reservoir last week.
Year: 1875

The specie shipments TO Europe today
were one million nine hundred thousand
dollars, Of which one million seven hun
dred and sixty thousand were gold coin
and the remainder silver. The engage
ments for tomorrow are seyenty-fve thou
sand dollars, with the expectation that one
million will be sent. Some bankers look
for shipments Of two or three millions on
Saturday, and expect the total export ioI
the week TO range from tiyetO six millions
Year: 1875

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OMAHA, June 16.-The grasshopper5 in
still greater numbers than any day have
been flying at a very great height North
west throughout this State to-day. The
damage thus far is small and it is only in
occasional localities that any damage is
done. Market gardens around here have
suffered extensively
Year: 1875

IT is going to be a lively year. FIRST
the Centennial; then the Presidency;
and now a Western paper predicts a
general war by the Republican party
on the Catholic Church as part OF
the campaign. Now if the grasshoop-
pers will promise to come East.-Ne'7
York Tribune.
Year: 1875

THE paTverseness Of the gr4sshOppers is
illustrated I'm the fact that they flew away
just about the time it was discovered that
they could be made into highly palatable
and nutritious soup.
Year: 1875

The failure Of the Jacques Cartier Bank
was brought about by complications with
contractors and spectators. The bank is
to be carried on with the aid and under
the supervision Of other banks.
Year: 1875

And is this not the one great mistake that
most of us make when we purchase farming
lands in New Eagland2 Do we not, with
rare exceptions, pay taxes, and support
fences upon land which is, 10 large meas
ure, unproductive, and which must remain
so, until more working capital is applied to
itf Here is a large farm, undoubtedly
capable Of sustaining twenty or thirty COWS,
but which is carrying less than half a dozen.
1t requires just as long fence to inclose
forty acres Of exhausted pasture, as highly
cultivated field, and good deal better one
TO keep cattle from breaking through, for
there is nothing like hunger to make cattle
breechy.


As few of US can "see ourselves as others
see u.s." perhaps we can illustrate the condi-
tion that many farmers are in by describing
mill that may, perhaps, be found some
where upon one Of the many little streams
which flow through New England. The mill
was built some years ago, and has at times
paid good interest on the investment but for
causes we need not name, it was put on the
market and sold. The machinery was SOLD
separately, and was removed. The real es-
tate, including the factory buildings, the
dam and water privilege, and the usual
tenement houses, were bought by one who
had about money enough to pay for the es-
tate, but who had little left for purchasing
machinery or for hiring laborors to use it.
He always "took to machinery from boy.
With jack knife, he could whittle out a
water-wheel or windmill that would "go."
He bought the establishment because he
wanted to do something, and preferred to
carry on business and be his own master.
But not having taken the regular steps from
an apprentice up, he hardly knows what he
will make as speciality, but concludes TO
use his remaining few hundred in purchasing
few machines for making certain kind Of
goods, and hopes, as the profits come In from
his sales, that he shall, after awhile, be able
to fill his mill with machinery, and his
houses with tenants. Now, how many
farmers are there who cannot see plainly
whether our manufacturer is working up
hill or down, whether he is padding against
Year: 1875

the current or easily sailing with il He
has bought valuable estate, capable, with
adequate capital, Of yielding good income,
but while he is paying taxes and insurance,
keeping up repairs on the buildings, mend-
ing his dam, and keeping his motive power in
order, he is running only half dozen ma
chimes and employing two or three hands,
whom his mill aud water power are of sufi-
oient capacity for running hundred similar
machines and giving employment to twenty
families, and all because be has no working
capital, or is undecided just what kind Of
goods 10 make. ''' 81"


Is not this imaginary picture OF manu-.
faeturer working without capital too often
real one on the farm ? Does not every
reader Of the Farmer know that no
business bat farming could float q man
who msnaged in such wayR Aud is it
any wonder that many of us but Just float
when We are dragging along such a load Of
unproduotive capitalP The people are Just
now discussing the question whether We are
not suffering by over-production. How this
may be, we will not attempt ct present tos
decide, but u Is certain that FARMERS OF mill
owners like these we have described, cannot
attribute their i'll success to this cause. If
manufactured good are needed. Gil the mill
with machinery and the capital invested be.
comes valuable property. If agricultural
productions are needed, run the farms to
their fullest capacity, and they, too, will be-
come valuable. But when We buy that
which we cannot or do not use we are sink
ing our capital, whether it is invested in
factories, farms, or fddes. If any reader
thinks he sees himself in the picture we have
presented, he need not feel singular or imag-
Inc that all eyes are upon him, for, if we
are not greatly mistaken, he is on the popu-
lar side, and can claim companionshp with
the great majority of the farmers throughout
not only New England, but the whole
country.


If the case we're our own, we should try
to stock the farm heavily, just as soon as
possible. If there is q little profit In making
a little butter, and the demand would seem
to justify a greater production, we would
hire capital aud keep more cows immedi-
ately. OF course hay and grain, or both,
would need to be purchased the first year or
two, after which the great accumulation of
manure from the stock ought to make the
farm produce fodder enough for feeding it
without buying to very great extent -
New England Farmer.
Year: 1875

Formers have in use too little working
capital. If they arc faithful to super
6cial culture, such as gained from the vir.
gin soil comfortable support in the frugal
days Of their fathers, when the expenses of
living were almost nominal compared to
those Of the present day, and the soil was
teeming with all the elements of fertility
which had been aocumuiating for centuries,
they are satisfied with their own efforts, and
attribute the want Of success TO the "hArd
times" They forget the conditions under
which farmers live and labor are all changed.
The soil no longer possesses the power to
return heavy crops of all kinds for the sowing
of seed and scanty culture without the use
of fertilizers. The pastures carry less stock
and do not fat it as we'll. The springs and
streams are lower and fail sooner, showing
less moisture in the soil. The taxes are
higher. The habits Of the people in dress,
display, ways Of living and doing business,
have approached to extravagance aud the
prices Of farm crops have not advanced TO a
point to correspond with the other changes.


These considerations suggest to the minds
Of those who study to solve the problem of
making farming remunerative, the newt
able conclusion that there must be more
thorough and systematic effort on the part
Of farmers to increase the produetiveness of
the soil of both mOwiugs and pastures, and
to consume the forage and grain crops Of the
farm with greater economy.


The farmer who because labor has been dis
prOpOrtiOnately high, have got along without
farm help, "dOing what they can aud letting
the rest CO." have invariably run behind,
If they have not contracted debts which
they can see no way Of paying, they have
done thing that will, in the end, prove
equally disastrous If persisted in they have
drawn on Mother Earth without making ad-
eqaate provision 10 meet the draft, Their
account in the farmers safest and surest
bank is being steadily ovsr-drAWn. The
rate Of discount on their drafts is ruinously
high. and the day of protest is approaching.


The remedy for this unhappy condition of
things lies in more thorough farming,
and Is attainable by every farmer.


A correspondent of the New England
Farmer who has expended all his capital for
Q large farm somewhat ran out, with small
Year: 1875

Allow me to say few words in favor of
the much-sbused dwarf pear tree. Many
people are loud in their denunciatiOns de-
claring that they never again will attempt
its cultivation having tried once and failed,
which failure was without doubt the inevitable
result of the treatment bestowed, There are
extremes to be avoided in dwarf pear culture.
The roots Of ounce upon which the pear is
worked are small, extending but short dis
tance the soil within reach is soon exhausted
Of fertilizing material which must be re-
newed or the tree will die. The trees, in
order to insure success, should receive the
same culture which good farmer bestOws
upon his hOed crops.


Grass should never be permitted to grow
among dwarf pear trees. No farmer would
expect to successfully grow corn or potatoes
among his clover, herdsgrass or redtOp, but
he sometimes plants his dwarf pears in the
grass field expecting to get good crops Of
each, which course is as absurd as the
Year: 1875

In an article recently published, attention
was called to old neglected trees, and a
course indicated which the necessitie of the
case would seem to require, but an orchard
well cared for from the beginning will never
reach the condition described, and will
never require heavy pruning. The trees
should be Pruned into proper shape when
FIRST set and kept in that condition by the
use Of the pruning knife or shears, using the
saw only TO take out dead limbs and the
axe-never. But to do this requires con /.
slant attention, going over the trees at least
once during the year and removing all
growth which is not needed. Such pruning
can be done at any season Of the year when
the knife aud shears are sharp. The above
is true theoretically, but practically fear
there are but few orchards in Vermont which
are not neglected TO the extent of requiring
more pruning than above indicated.


In pruning thrifty growing tree, remove
sucn branches as cross aud ohafe each other,
giving the tree somewhat open top so that
oil the fruit can have the beneit of air and
light, but DO careful not to get 80 enthusi-
astic in the matter as to suppose that il q
little pruning is good, great deal would be
better, and cut away enough to leave n
naked stem exposed to the direct rays Of the
sun. Many trees are destroyed IN this way.
The southwest side of the tree, which is
exposed to the strongest heat of the sun
becoming diseased from the effects Of whic
it seldom or never RECEIVERS. There is q
good deal Of discussion as regards low or
high trees, for the above reason and for
greater ease in gathering the fruit it would
seem that low trained trees were the better,
but practically about four feet from the
ground to the lower branches will be found
tho proper height. This gives chance to
cultivate the soil around the trees--an
important item and the tree can be so
trained as to shade all its parts.


Newly grated trees should receive atten.
tioni it is worse than useless to set soions
and then neglect the trees these require
close aud constant care. During the sum
mer the sprouts Hsar the scions should be
kept rubbed of. At this season, or before
growth commences in the spring, about one
half Of the ungrafted branches should bo re.
moved, taking care to cut away those branches
which are nearest the scions. This
will give the sciODs chance to grow
without forcing them too much, oI
which there is some danger. The remainder
ofthe natural growth may remain during
another season when nearly the whole may
be taken out.


Only one scion should be allowed ulti-
mately to grow on each stock, but it is not
advisable 10 cut either one entirely away
during the first season one should be short
ened so as to give the other the lead. and il
the stronger one makes good growth the
weaker may be cut away during the next
season, or as soon as the growth Of the two
covers the whole stock. BY following thi'
method a more complete and healthy union
is formed, leaving no unsightly scar at the
point Of contact, while if both scious are al
lowed to grow and at some time bscom,
loaded with fruit, there is danger of splitting
apart. j. II. p.


Grafton, Vt.