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Year: 1875

Many hesitate to try remedy for a
disease, on account Of the expense, con-
nected with the uncertainty of its bene-
filing them; while at the same time,
had they confidence in that remedy, the
expense would be the least objection.
With this fact in view, we make the
following proposition: Any person suf-
fering with cold, cough or sore throat,
that will call at F. A.Poole's Drug
Sto- ; and purchase a bottle of HALE's
COUCH CORDIAL, use one-half Of it
and if they then conclude that it is do
ing them no good, they can return the
bottle and receive back their money.


No medicine ever sold in this vicinity,
that produced such magical results.
Don't fail to try it.


Orange Williams, Proprietor, James
vile, Wis.
Year: 1875

The Rail ROAD LAW AGAIN.
A number of our exchanges are
amusing themselves by miscellane'
ously pitching into the new railroad
law. We have heretofore expressed
our opinion of this law, and while
we do not think that it is per-
feet, we cannot agree with the
broad assertions that are being con-
stantly paraded before the public in
the following style:


The Minnesota Legislature, at its
recent session, virtually sold out to
the railroads, and repealed all the
legislation Of 1874: and left the peo-
pie at the mercy of the corporations
again.


The law does assert the right o1
the people to regulate the roads and
and to make them do what is right
and Just. Those papers that assert
that the law gives no more contro
over the roads than the common
law gave and is therefore useless
certainly do not stor to think
what the condition of things wa:
before legislation Of any kind wa:
thought of: 1t never had been con
ceded by the railroads that they
were amenable to the law.
Year: 1875

An exchange has figured up
and promises, ,that,at the least calcu-
lation, Tilton's farce will last until
August, when it is probable that the
weather will be sufficiently warm to
render even the great scandal suit
rather tedious. 1t ought to become
tedious to some body, the jury at
east,by that time.
Year: 1875

SERVED HIM R1GHT.-We are too
poor to afford the supreme luxury
of whisky drinking, but yet We SYM
pathize sufficiently with those who
do afford to drink to rejoice at the
taking off of those miserable distil-
Year: 1875

The Stock Exchange has to-day presented unmls-
taxable signs Of renewed activity, such as has re-
Gently been seen in the Pacific stOcks but this time
In new and somewhat unexpected quarter. 1t
anpears that for the past two days there has been
active preparation made for a squeeze In the money
,narket with the design of thereby breaking
Che stock market, and that in anticipation
of the success of the scheme, there have
yoen heavy short sales Of certain stocks.
Tba combination is said 10 embrace parties who
,pere recently caught short of Union Pacific and
pacific Mail and a certain Broadway bank with
which wealthy speculator holds official relations


e. said according to the street gossps 10 nave con-
.eDted 10 be the instrument by which the money rs
to be Withdrawn from circulation. 1t Is further as


sorted nv Madame RumOr and Others that, In fur
4berance of this plan, the parties thereto
have called in all their personal loans, and have
induced their friends TO do likewise; also that The
bank before referred has already largely called IN
its street loans. Large purchases Of g0ld nave
been made on which money is borrowed tAus loch-
ing ND the gold and depicting the reserves OF tho
Associated Banks Ii is also asserted that persistent
efforts have been made TO borrow money on sucn Sc


curties as the Common and Preferred
stocks of the Quicksilver Mining Company
the total result of all which, at the
proper moment, which is said to be set down for
Saturday is expected to be the Withdrawing and
locking up of some millions of greenbacks, and the
producing of such sharp demand for money as will
cause the holders Of stocks to press them upon the


market for sale. This scheme would very hkeiy
Year: 1875


Beginning at a stake
near a cedar tree on the
west bank of a branch.
thence north three and
one half degrees west fEI
then and three QuarterI
perches, north twenty
three and one quarterl
degrees east fifty-fOurI
and three quarter perch. |
es, nOrth.eighty-eight de-
grees east forty three |
and one half perhes.
south twenty and one
half degrees west thirty
and three quarter perch
es, south seven degrees
west nineteen perchcs,
south fifty three and one
half degrees west four
teen And four tenlhsl
perches, south finy-tw0I
degrees west fifteen and
three quarter perches,
south forty-five and one
half degrees west nine
and one quarter perches
to the beginning


Fahyan, Barnard D..
All that part south of q
dividing line drawn
across said lot, cOmmen-
cling with said line at =
point on the westerly line
Of said lot one hundred
and thiTty-five feet from
the northwest corner of
said lot, thence easterIy
across said lot to q point
on the easterly line OF
said lot one hundred and
fOrty-tUo feet from the
northeast corner Of said
lot containing fifteen
thousand four hundred
and seventy-four square
feet, reserVing from said
lot for road purposes q
strip Of land Ave feet
wide from the south side
Of said lot.


FentOn. Edward F.


Part Of q tract Of land
called Friendship u
known as lots number
ten and parts Of lots nine
and eleven, in Washing
ton. D. c., Murdock :
subdivision Of Friend
ship"


Beginning at the south.
west corner Of said lot
ten, thence with the
south line north four and
eighty one hundreths de-
grees east hny-six
perches to the west end
Of a reserved road, thence
the north .seVenty-One
and q half degrees west
seventy-three and seven
ty-six one huhdreths
perches, thence south
hfty-nine and one hall
degrees west finy-tWO
perches to the northwest
corner Of lot eleven on
the east side OF q re-
served road, thence south
sixteen degrees east
twenty-three perch e S
with said road, thence
south twenty and one
half degree east twelve
perches on the said read
TO the beginning.
Year: 1875

or DIT-That while the steamer Lib
by, by reason of tempestuous weather,
was lying in a snug harbor at What
com, or thereabOuts, the little steamer
Phantom was performing her trips
with regularity and precision.
Year: 1875

Gn EAV9bo 4O4 bAC 1OSACs


For some reason the sporting men of this city
have taken little interest in the coming "mill"
between Rookie and Allen, which takes place to-
morrow within fifty miles Of PlttsburR. The
fight is for the championship and 81 600 aside, and
in other sections has caused considerable discus
sion and comment among the fraternity. The
lack ofinterest in this section is probably owing
to the fact that there have recently been so many
fGscos in the rlpg business that people do not
care to spend their time and money in travelling
such distance to De laughed az for their trouble.
So strong is the opinion in this city that the fight
will not take place that bsts of ten TO one were
offered yesterday that it would be failure.


many advantages in the coming contest that it
would be folly for Rookie to enter the ring with
bin, On the other hand Rockies friends, al
though rather shady, assert that he is in good
condition, is game, means business has every
thing to gain and nothing to lose, even If de-
teated, and that he will surely be on hand. Let
tiers received in this city from New York state
the odds are all in favor Of Allen and 'bet your
bottom dollar Rookie won't fight If he can get out
Of it."


The general opinion was when the match was
made that Rookie and his friend, Joe COburn, de-
pended largely upon the popularity or Rookie
Wild tPe m new o[K gang anu ~ expected IN t9e ne
trough it," thus either making 1t a draw or
breaking it up in row.


lost caste with the New York men, and that but
few Of them will attend. This is what the ma
iOrity of those who take any interest in such
matters think, bat the result may be far differ
ent from their aRticipations, for Rockies strength
and science are unquestioned, and may over
balance the superior weight and experience Of
his antagonist. Allen is good talker, and If
talk could win he would be good man to bet on,
but it won't. He is, however, in splendid trim;
weighs about one hundred and eighty pounds,
and will have the great advantage Of having
most friends present If the fight does come of,
and he IL defeated, there will be chop-fsllen
gang Of roughs in the neigh hborhood OF Pittsburg.
Thus far there has been no talk OF any possible
interference Of the police, and if referee can be
agreed upon and the other necessary prelimina.
res arranged to the satisfaction OF both parties,
the mill can take place without interruption.
Last night some Of the excessively anxious ones
Of this city, and few from Baltimore, started on
the IL O'Clock train for Pittsburg to be present.


The fight will take place near the spot where
Edwards and Collyer fought, early in the morn
ing. Coburn will act as master of ceremonies,
and Newell and Arthur Chambers as seconds for
Allen. 10 Coburn will boss the Rookie party and
Butt Riley will be his second.
Year: 1875

n Il.


To the Editor Of the National Republican:


SIR: was surprised to see in this CTuesday)
mornings NATIONAL REPUBLICAN q reply by
DIR. Morgan, in the form Of a certificate signed
by six persons to my note published in last Satur
days NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,, wherein gave Q
correct statement in reference to unloading cat
tie, sheep and hogs at Maryland avenue freight
depot Of the Baltimore aud Potomac rail=oad
The certificate purported to be signed by those
SIX persons, proclaims such untruthful assertions
as to call forth q reply There are no cattle
brought to this depot In the evening except a few
calves from the South by the train arriving at s
O'Clock, and they are invariably unIoaded and
taken away from the depot and carried up town
within an hour after their arrival and no stock Is
allowed to remain in or about the depot after
O'Clock. Then there is no stock of any kind ar.
irving during the night until $50 in the morning
which are all unloaded by O'Clock. There IS
therefore. nc stock remaining in or about the de-
pot between the hours Of In the evening and 5
in the morning. Reference to the schedules of
the railroad will verify the correctness Of nv
statement. The Doctor is evidently misled IN
this matter, else he would not have caused the
publication Of the certificate containing such
gross Misrepresentation with o lot Of names ap-
pended, some Of whom did not sign the paper or
knew anything Of its contents. Having now set
tied the question of Veracty this then settles the
matter once for all. H.
Year: 1875

The police Of Jersey City have made discoveries
regarding the colored burglar Palmer, who was ar
rested on Wednesday, Detective Brown Of the Erie
Railway, visited two pawnshops yesterday and found
large number Of sheets, pillow cases towels and bed
ding which had been pawned by Palmer and which he
stole from the Pullman palace cars while employed
there porter. The police have received Inlorma-
tiOn that large quantity Of the stolen property was
pawned in New York and they expect to recover most
II all of IT, All Of the missing properly which was
found in Palmers residence has been identified by the
Year: 1875

Mary Davidson, aged afty Of No Gao Eleventh ave
nue. was run and instantly killed by Engine No 26
Of the Hudson River Railroad while crossing Eleventh
avenue az Forty Third street last night Tho police Of
the Twenty second precincG notified the Coroner
Year: 1875

MAN may now quietly pass his arm through
tho crooked elbow Of his anctont unole, and
both mny retire to somo high place where
they can got good Wow OF the Presidential
racc IN 1870, If tlloy still rotaln any interest
In IT,
Year: 1875

when the editor Of che FARMER flIed our
friends description Farm work had to spin
along when he went at II, either alone OF
with hired help under his direction. The
machinery all moved on together and rested
IN good order at night a good ways from
where II Started in the morning. 1t was
pleasure to him to hold everything in
hand and compel them to move together.
There is not the slightest doubt that he
would have undertaken the management Of
any farm with supreme confidence. But the
many mistakes, the defective plans, the ex.
travagant estimates Of future results the want
Of a thorough practical knowledge of the bust.
ness and principles Of agriculture in all their
details, which ere now visible as the eye is
turned backward over the swiftly Aeeting
years, adn,ohish him that such an attempt
would have been prepostcrous.


To the fourth question our answer would
bS, yes. Bot tAey are far from plenty.
There is certainly different state Of things
in the community where we reside from that
twenty years ago. 1t is probable that the
contrast ls not so marked in some other Sec
tons.


From what we have said il will be evident
that we regard the risk in putting even SO
promising young man as described by Am.
brose in charge of hund red-cow farm as
very considerable. If we could be certain
Of always procuring such help on our own
farm to work under our supervision, at rea.
Sonable wages, the future would look brighter
to at least one man who loves farming.


The old idea that if young man is so
wooden headed or SO destitute OF ambition
that he is not fit for profession or mercan-
tile life then he is good enough material to
make farmer Of must be rooted out. A
good proportion of the very brightest and
clearest headed young men 10 the community
ought to be reserved for farmers. They should
have the culture aud training which develop
the mind to its highest capacity. They (and
all young men intended for farmers) should
be educated for the business as the lawyer
or the physician are for theirs taught to
respect and honor it as they do. Then farm.
ing will be made success. These men
would hew out way to make farming re-
munerative as well as respected, and would
set an example which those less gifted by
nature and education would hasten to emulate.
Il is apleasure to meet such young men as
our correspondent appears to be, who have
set their faces towards farming with de-
termination to make it success. To all
such we say, God speed j
Year: 1875




Decaying organic substances also act ben
e6cially on the physical condition Of the soil.
They arc source Of heat,in consequence Of
their gradual combustionl As liberal
source Of carbonic acid they aid in the dis
integration Of the soil. Aud, on account of
their highly carbonaceous character ia an
advanced state Of decay, they render light
soil more retentive. When properly incor-
porated into heavy soil they couuteract lis
retentiveness by their own shrinking. Not.
withstaning all these beneficial chemical and
physical reactions of organic matter on the
soil no controlling Importance is any longer
accorded to its presence for without cor.
responding amount Of mineral plant oonstit-
uents, its influence on the productiveness of
the soil can be but slight. The humus the.
ory has had Its day, aud the nitrogen theory
has followed suit Each fertilisiug sub.
stance has its own limit 10 advancing growth
an undue accumulation Of any of them in the
soil is, to say the least, bad economy, If not
directly hurtful. Tie fact that phosphate
fertilizers sometimes, after years Of liberal
use, do not produce the large crops which
were obtained when they were first applied,
is a natural consequence of supplying
manures without due regard to the demand.


From the previous remarks it will appear
quite conclusively that special commercial
fertilizers deserve the attention Of the farmer
On account Of their peculiar fitness to make
barn.yard manure a complete fertilizer for
any crop, and to produce thus the highest
yield which the land is capable of. These
fertilizers favor, on account of their concen-
tration and solublity, speedy enriching Of
the soil. To restore farm lands, which have
been reduced in productveness, to state Of
fertility, even when possible by means of
barn-yard manure, requires years of high
manuring. The quality Of animal secretions,
and the properties Of the soil to be enriched
each have their specie influence upon the
final result. Manure obtained from horses
or high fed animals is richer and disintegratcs
more rapidly than that from cattle and
poorly fed stock. Heavy and compact soils
require larger amount Of plant food, to be
thoroughly fertilzed, than a less retentive
one. Light soils, as sandy loans etc, are
known to show sooner the effects of manur-
ing than heavy soils they are also more
readily exhausted. An average loamy soil
pays the best returns with commercial fer
tillzers; and extremes in soils are little fit
for remunerative farming. As the farmer
has to deal more or less with all kinds Of
soils in varying state of productiveness,
he fuds himself surrounded with serious diff
iculties when attempting to bring his lands
to their highest yield with barn-yard manure
one reason IS that such maDures require sew
eral years for their disintegration. Prop
erly selected mineral fertilizers will, in a
much shorter time, impart to the soil what
is wanting its rapid distribution will at
once turn to account the latent and inactive
plant food of the soil, and thereby secure
paying returns even the first year.-[Prof
Goessman's lectures, in Scientific Farmer.
Year: 1875

Why is it that men have for so long a
time sacrificed the sheep aud wool for the
purpose Of growing more grease have
long been growing wool, and when, thirty
years ago, | dared take the position that
when a man wanted good Marino sheep bear.
ing heavy Aeeces of wool, the ibers Of which
were to be long, fine aud soft. he must avoid
super-abundance Of grease, as when he de.
cided to grow greasy fleece with hard sur
face, the result was a small sheep with fleece,
and, therefore, weighed less than when he bred
large sheep with long, dense wool, containing
less amount of grease and softer surface,
the idea was not thought orthodox, and many
still cling to that opinion but there are 9TH
ers who after careful examination OF my
heeces, are now convinced that my method is
the correct one, and the time Is not distant
when many more will throw prejUdice aside
and drop into line. The old fleece Of few
inches 10 circumference, saturated with grease
and weighing ten to eighteen pounds, forms
but a sorry contrast to the great fleece sew
eraI feet 10 circumference, whose long, fine
and soft white 6bers united weigh fifteen 10
twenty-five pounds aud over. These huge
masses, so soft and yielding, so attractive
aud beautiful, must in time revolutiOnize
woOl.grOwing -[COr. Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1875

farmers and can't cheat the Almighty by
succeeding at anything eso. You ask Il the
hard times don't affect Us farmers. suppose
50, for everybody tells US SO but really
eao't see how. Crops are good, and there is
as good a market as there has been lately.
Folks have got to eat IL it is hard times, aud
what they eat they have got to pay the far
mers for Run it over and see for yourself
Help is cheaper than il has been for ten
years, for it isn't every able-bodied man who
now turns up his nose when you ask him to
work on farm Pork sells better than il
has for long time, and beef and mutton
quite as we'll. Corn and oats bring GOOD
prices and so will potatoes. Wool and but
ter are little down, but not much. So,
all things considered, don't see as the hard
times hit US much. We are not making
money fast, probably the most of US are
not making it at all, but we are living, and
can live just the same whether your water
wheels or your traders fail or not. But
come 10 and get some cider, and then if you
like we will go down to the pond and catch
few pickere."
Year: 1875

Mr. EDIToR II am pleased to read the
editorials in the FARMER, on account of the
good sense and instruction found 10 them.
l would like to ask few questions called
out by the article about your Sullivan county
friend aud his farm.


/. Do you claim that few farms really pay
fair interest on capital invested therein


2. Are there no men to be obtained that
have the executive ability requisite for carry.
ing on such farm as your frieud's2


3. Which would you prefer to engage as
farm manager, young man, well educated,
honest and faithful, energetic yet careful,
temperate, Industrious, skilled in most kinds
of work, and striving to gain each day some
new insight into the practical working of
farm, that it may be made to yield a profit
able income, or middle aged man who has
been unsuccessful in business?


4. Are there not young men 10 most of
our communities, sober. honest, faithful, hard.
working men, who use neither tobacco nor
strong drink, who work on the farm just
because they love to, and who have good
judgment, skill and care in farm manage
ment, and lacking only age and large exper.
ience


3. That there is risk iu hiring such a
young man cannot be doubted, but, If he
should possess all those traits Of character
which our truly successful men exhibit, is it
large? Yours truly, AMBROSE.


Norwich, VT, September l3, 1875.


We think it would be entirely safe to say
that if un exact account was to be kept of
all the labor expended on farms both by hired
help and the owners and their families, reck.
oning that Of the two last at fair rate in
comparison to hired labor, together with board
for all, depreciation, insurance and all other
expenses, and Of the whole income includ.
ing rent, fuel and crops of all kinds con.
sumed for the support of the family aud its
increase of stock, that in a majority of cases
there would be absolutely no balance left
to be placed TO the account OF income from
capital invested 10 the farm. This appears
to us to be the condition Of things at the
present day. We do not wish to be under,
stood as giving the opinion that it is neces-
sarily SO. Just the reverse.


We think there are few farms 10 Vermont
at the present day which pay fair interest
on capital invested therein.


1t is probable that there are men to be
obtained who have the executive ability
requisite for carrying on such farm as thai
referred to, but they are scarce, and w
should expect to miss it a number of time
before hitting the right man. .


In answer to our correspondents third
question, we would say that il we were Il
engage a farm manager We would rather try
such young man as he describes, 10 th'
hope that he would grow up to gil the place
but we should fear to put farm carrying
hundred cows under his care and let hin
! run it, We can easily remember the tint