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Year: 1872

A FEw DAYS ago a man carried
a challenge to mortal combat to a
Jacksonville brewer, who, as soon
as he read the message, turned to
and whipped the bearer in a rough
and tumble fight, and said: May.
be some more OF dem wants to
make droubles NIT me-"
Year: 1872

There are elegant weddings transpiring ev-
cry night in New York. The other evening
the most brilliant affair of the season was
comsummatsd. Ten thousand dollars was
expended for flowers alone.


A very large room in the house was set
with tank the size of the apartment, which
was filed with water to represent lake.
Shrubs and choice exotics bordered TITLES
foated upon it, and tiny boats fashioned OF
flowers were adrift upon the tide. Every door
was removed from the interior Of the house,
and garlands of roses with trailing vines sup
piled their places. Even sets Of chair ana So
fas useless, of course) were fashioned Oh
camelias, and the floor was deeply strewn
with choice floral carpeting. Wtnm an ar
hor Constructed of orange blossoms, tgure
in white velvet gave her heart, or its counter
felt. to another figure in full dress. Perhaps
the two will find sufficient bliss in the
Thought of the splendor of their wedding to
last them couple of years. But, Pm think
ing, people in these times who will throw
away so much for an hours triumph Of mere
display, will find their boat a wreck before
life together is half croned. There are not
enough of the dear old fashioned weddings
now-a-days. The necessary aim for the young
men is, first rich, then marry. Is the word
help-meet obsolete wonder? The age would
not be so fast, nor so free in license and
practice if we could slip back into our grand
parents ideas about courting and matrimony;
Don't you think SO, good people? aoou
NIGHT
Year: 1872




CHARLESTON, Jan. o 1872.
In 1888 Capt., Of an artilly company
of South Carolina, was killed in battle in Vir-
ginia. His body was placed in coffin, and
this boxed up and brought to the home Of
his family, at that time in Columbia. 1t ar
rived about a week after his death. On its
arrival his dog, that he had reared and petted
During his life, was at the front gate, and, ap-
pnoachms the hearse, began to smell about,
and manifested much excitement. When the
coffin was removed from the hearse, he ran
under it, and followed IL into the house be-
tween the pall-bearers. Althoesh a week had
elapsed since his masters death, and his body
recognized him by his sense Of smell alone.
When the coffin was laid on the table in the
parlor, the dog laid under it and remained
there for eighteen hours, until the funeral on
the next day. Upon the day succeeding 1t
was observed that the dog had not been seen
since the interment. Search was made for
him, and he was found lying upon his late
masters grave, shivering in the cold rain,
that had been falling for some hours. He re
fused to leave his position, and had to be tied
and led home, where he was turned loose.
In a short time he was again missed, and ser
want was sent to the cemetery, where he was
again found in the former position. He was
carried home and chained up. He now refus-
ed either to eat or drink at all, and only lay
moaning. Upon the morning Of the third
day he was found dead. Such an instance OF
affection of dog 1 have never known sur
passed, particularly as this is fact beyond
disnute
Year: 1872

A little incident occurred in front Of the
International Hotel, Virginia City, few
days ago which is worth the room of local
to relate. There resides in Gold Hill mar
ried mana tall, good-natured Scotsman
whose wife went on a visit to the East some
eight months ago. A couple of weeks ago
she wrote him letter that she would leave
for home and that he might expect her to ar
rive in Virginia City on certain day. At
the appointed time our Gold Hitler (who had
scarcely talked to any living woman since his
wife left for the East), anxiously waited on
the sidewalk in front of the stage office to en-
brace his long-absent wife; and several of his
friends noticing his impatience, inquired the
cause, when he enthusiastically informed
them that he expected his dear wife, who had
been absent for eight long months, and he
would be so happy when she arrived, that II
would be equal to getting married again, and
he was sure she was on the incoming stage,
as she wrote exactly the day she would start
for home, and it took Just so many days to
come ON the ears, and the time was up, etc.
The stage arrived and drew up in front of
the International Hotel, where our friend
had already engaged comfortable chamber
as he knew his wife must be tired and sleepy
after such long journey, etc. The passen-
gers all got out of the coach except one lady
on the back seat, who was deeply veiled, and
had on thick, checked shawl Our Gold
Hill friend made rush into the stage 70 en-
brace and kiss his wife-he knew it was her
by the check shawl she had on, as it was the
one she left home in-and just as he was
about throwing his arms around her neck,
and pushing the heavy brown veil aside to
get good smack at her lips, deep, sonorous
voice from under the veil exclaimed: 'sNeyer
mind, chile, kin get out myself, kinP'
Horror of horrors! could such a thing be that
it was not the long-expected wifei The would
be husband wi.hdrew from the stage and out
bounced big, fat, colorsd woman of at least
two hundred and fifty pounds IN weight, and,
throwing aside her veil, she cast a terrible
pair of black eyes at the intruder, with this
remark: "You can't fool dis gal afore all dis
crowd" The disappointed husband asked
the crowd into Captain Vesey's saloon to
take drink, provided the whole thing was
kept secret-which has been strictly observ-
ed His wife has since arrived, and he Is
happy, but he swears he will burn up that
check shawl she wore when she left home
No more check shawls for him.-lGotd HUI
(Neradd) Ne,os.
Year: 1872

I TWO CHARMING AND POPULAR WORKS
IL OF ART
wide Awake and Fast Asleep"
TWO EXQUISITE FRENCH OIL CHROMOS,
THE SUBJECTS OF WHICH ARE LIFE
sie SIZE, AND CANNOT FAIL TO PLEASE


ALL WHO L0YE ART OR CHIL-
Year: 1872

The charming pair of chroms,, "Wide Awake" and
east Asleep of whose real beauty and attractive
ness Mrs Stoves graceful sketch can give but an
imperfect idea-so pleasing they to all who love
art or chdren-have always sold in the picture stores
for $40, and the original publisher has never been
able to supply the great demand for them even at
that price. And yet, although thousands Of them
have been sold in America at that high rate they are
now within the reach of all, for they are
Year: 1872

EXPERIMENTS WITH WIusKY.-A we'll
known physician suggests the following
test for those who are skepticHl ny to the
effect Of whisky and other similar spirits
upon the stomach. Hold mouthful OF
whisky, he says, in your mouth for five
minutes, and you will find it to burn
severely inspect tho mouth, you will
find that it is inhamcd. Hold in ten or
fifteen minutes, you will find that various
parts Of the mouth become blistcred ;
then tie handkerchief over the eyes,
and taste, for instance, wlter, vinegar,


milk or senna; you will fnd that you
are incapable of distinguishing one from
the other. Such n simple and easy ex-
pertinent as this ought to convince any
one that alcohol is not only u violent
irritant, but also n narcotic for in this
experiment YOU have objective evidence
that il has inilamed and blistered the
mouth, and for the time being panlyzed
the nerves OF taste, and, to certain
extent, those also of common sensation.
Now this is not an experiment or fact
upon which any doubt has ever been or
can he thrown and can any one believe
that the still more important internal
organs of the body can be less iniuriously
affected than the mouth 2 Another we'll
known physician says that even the
moderate use OF such liquors, il long
continued, aud grown habitual, cannot
fail to have ultimately prcjudicial effect
upon the health, while it may be conf
IDENTIFY asserted that there are no circum-
stances of ordinary character by which ii
can be justified as beneficial or necessary.
Year: 1872

A young man in New York was the
victim of misplaced confidence a short
time ago. He was particularly sweet ON
a very young girl. and called one even
ing, having previously paid her several
visits. The girls parents, thinking both
too young to keep company with each
other, gave gentle hint to that effect
first, by calling the girl out of the room
and sending her to bed and secondly,
by the lady of the house bringing in
huge slice of bread and butter, spread
with jam, and saying to the youth in her
kindest manner, There, take this and
go home; it is a long way, and your
mother will be anxious"
Year: 1872

We continue this week further ex-
tracts from the great speech of Senator
Conkling in which he made such mas
terly defence of the president from the
most unscrupulous and vindictive attacks.
We select those portions touching the
charge of gift-taking and of "nepot-
ism" as it is on these points that the OPP
position have fixed so great part of
their harping and fault-finding:
Year: 1872

WOMAN S sSPnERE.--Some celebrated
writer has said: Women are natur-
ally good economists. They are apt
to understand how to make limited
means go as far as possible. If man
and his wife are united in the desire
to get rich, the man is likely to think
more about earning the money; the
wife will attach more Importance to
savingit.'


Almost every American earns money
enough to be well of, and in time to
be rich. If he does not become so, it
is, in many cases, because he has no
wife, or because he does not take her
into his counsels. He is full of enter
prise, and makes an income--if he
does not prosper it is often because he
does not hold on to it. His wife, very
likely, has the faculty of conversation
which he lacks; and if he has the
shrewdness to enlist her in his plans
he will find his fortune made.


In Continental Europe book keep
ing is a part of the education of a
well-taught farmers daughter, and his
wife presidcs over the finances of the
establishment. In England, woman
aptitude in the promotion of material
prosperity is too little thought of; and
woman who, as a girl, was untaught in
respect to judicious economy, makes
an expensive wife, Her husband per.
haps keeps her in ignorance of his
finances, purposely. IF he is prosper
Gus, she becomes accustomed to plen.
ty of money, i'll prepared to meet ad
versity if it should come.
Year: 1872

THE HERALD WEAKENs. - The
Yew York Herald has been for some
time past strong advocate for the re-
election of Grant, but it is forced to
make this confession:


The disgraceful and painful condi-
ton of affairs in the Southern States,
the tendency of the government to mil
itary or arbitrary assumption of power
and other evils which have been forci-
bly, exposed at Cincinnati, have made
the administration unpopular. Out
side of the Office holders there is no
enthusiasm or affection for it. For
General Grant personally the people
still have much respect, but little or
none for his administration. Unless
he changes his course and the cabinet
he will run a great risk of being de.
feated next November.
Year: 1872

CURE FOR Hoo CHoLERA.-Col. n.
J. Colman: Doubtless a cure for hog
cholera will be acceptable to many OF
your readers, and we send one which
is said to be successful in every in
stance. 1t has but recently been dis
covered, and we would advise all who
may have this dreaded disease among
their hogs to try it and satisfy them
selves as to its merits. We have been in
formed by a gentleman from Saline
county that this remedy is used there,
and never fails. Thc following is the
receipt:


Take box of concentrated lye, and
three or four gallons of corn-meal
and boil until the lye is dissolved. II
the cholera is among the hogs, they
should be fed of the above once each
day. One box is sufficient for 30 hogs
1t is also an excellent preventive.


Nj. L. S.
Year: 1872

HABEAs CoRpUs.-Although GER
tain Republican members ofthe House
are secretly opposed to passing the
Senate bill to extend the suspension of
the writ of habeas corpus through the
Presidential campaign, and give the
Democratic side assurances that there
is enough of them to prevent its pas
sage, the Democrats do not propose to


trust them by allowing the bill to go to a
straight vote Similar promises under
the same circumstances were made a
yearago and violated; besides lit isappa-
rent from everyquarter that this habeas
corpus bill is an Administration meas
ure, and is to be pushed through. Mr.,
Conkling in the Senate toNay distinct
ly intimated that it was best to hold
back the appropriation bills until the
hebeas corpus and civil rights bills
were acted on, and not be caught by an
early adjournment. Should these bills
not be acted upon, it is openly declar-
ed that the President will convene an
extra session and send in a message
requesting that they be made into laws


The reports, therefore, that the Prosi-
dent does not favor a further exten.
sion of the suspension of habeas cor.
pus are uHfounded. k4l
Year: 1872

Last evening, as Ira Budd, an Alderman Of the
Fifth ward OF Newark and President of the Traders
Express Company, was returning from visit
to his farm at Bloomfield, one Of the
wheels of the buggy in which he was
riding caught In the track Of the Penn
sylvania Central Railroad, opposite tho Market
street depot and caused the spokes the break. The
diately became frightened, and giving a sudden
plunge, dlsengaged himself from the Vehicle and
threw Mr.. Budd and his two sons who
were with him upon the pavement with great
force. The Alderman was instantly picked up in
an insensibe condition and carried to physician s.
Office where 1t was discovered that his skull was
fractured andjhe otherwise rightfully injured. The
boys escaped without injury. Mr.. Budd was sub
seduently removed to his nome in Congress street.
No nope Is entertained OF his recovery, and at a
late hour he was reported TO be In a dying c0ndi-
Year: 1872

The past season has been n peculiar one.
One portion Of the country has been deluged
with rain, while another has suffered beyond
account with drouth so extreme as to
fairly burn vegetation, and preclude the
possibility Of raising enough even for home
consumption. Through most Of the New
England States the rainfall since the middle
Of August has been so great as to stop farm
work to a considerable extent, rendering hay
ing and harvesting mere patchwork. In
deed, in many portions of Chittenden and
Addison counties, especially along the
streams, there are hundreds of acres of hay
yet uncut,-a dead loss to farmers, US the
grass has been 80 filled with drift-wood and
sand that stock will pick up but very little
of il. The rain also struck a large portion
of the grain crop just before it was ready to
harvest, and it is safe to say that scores
of farmers found that from quarter
to half their oats had shelled out and were
left in the field. 10 addition to this the
straw was badly rotted, being worth but
little more than halt as much as usual. The
potato rot seemed the climax to the whole,
aud if as the peddler said of pudding sticks,
potatoes are not potatoes next spring, then
coming events do not cast their shadows be-
fore. After all, when we contrast our con.
dition with that Of large portion Of Wis
consin and Michigan, we find that we are
not quite 80 badly of as we might be- Pri-
vate letters from those states tell a more dis
tressing story than was found in the public
prints. Cattle driven miles to water, corn
and tobacco absolutely dying when the els
terms and wells were drained dry, indicate a
state of things worse than our continued
rains. Considerable apprehension is felt in
different localities in reference to the ravages
OF fevers and other maladies that often fol-
low these wonderful extremes either of rain
or drought.


l am glad to see the position taken by the
FARMER in reference to the question Of the
dignity of labor, in your last weeks issue.
When it comes to pass that prominent writ
ers argue that labor is undigui6ed and un-
worthy lady, it is time that we turn over a
new leaf in the book of life. This labor
question is one of the most important ques.
tions that the present generation has to
solve, and the sooner we come to look upon
the argument that labor is degrading as
mere nonsense, the better it will be for us.
We are too much afraid of the AK and hoe,
the dish-cloth and broom, already; and it is
not wise to further initiate our pride with the
idea that we must still further perfect our
selves in that fear in order to be lady-like or
gentlemanly. W. w. HIGBEE.


Charlotte, NoU. 20.
Year: 1872

Somebody says the hog is a Peabody
among animals alongside of the hen. Throw
a handful of corn into ten acre lot and ev-
cry hen in the inclosure will get dab at it.
The last hen on the spot may not secure
more than two kernels, but nothing in the
hens appearance will indicate that 1t will
step around with as much precision and graf.
itude as any in the flock, and wear the most
pensive smile you ever saw. A hen will not
eat everything it sees, but it will try to, aud
there isn't one of them on the face of this
earth but that can tell you the taste of every
thing it has seen within the radius of half.
mile Of its house.
Year: 1872




Generally, in most parts of New England,
the lands have not been considered too good
for the use of manure; but even among us
much land is suffered by the owners to be.
come bound out. Such land is "skinned" by
exhausting crops until it becomes too sterile
to pay the farmer for cultivation. 1t seems
to us, if rightly managed, there is no neces-
sity that any land which has hardpan for
its foundation should run out The farmer
who draws more richness from tie soil than
he replaces is preparin iur that kind of
poverty which will drive him to the poor
farm or the West, or to abandon farming
and try some other vocation.


The farmers of these New England states
ought to be convinced BY this time that it is
far more possible to obtain independence and
an easy living from farm that is continual
ly improving than from one tbt is contlnu-
ally deteriorating. In a few towns can be
found farms that are improving, and it may
be laid down as general RUE, that the i'm
proving farm, independent Of the additional
value which such improvements yield, fur
nish the greatest immediate profit.


The smallest farmer has it in his power
equally with the larger to make continued
improvements. Let him begin with a single
acre, if he have an acre capable of retaining
the strength of what is applied to it. If he
can obtain the means Of keeping at first two
hogs, these animals, with the aid Of one or
two COWS, may be made to furnish manure
for this acre. The application for one year
will prepare the ground in the first instance
for crops for three years, until two other
acres shall be prepared and treated in
like manner. If the soil of this land be
dry, let clay be applied when it can be pIo-
cured handily; if wet and heavy, let sand
be carted to it andh have it thoroughly drained


The means Of making manure may be
found on every farm. Tufts of grass and
the upper soil from the roadside, deposits
in brooks and mud holes, leaves from the
forests, straw, weeds, decaying vegetables
chips and scrapings from door yards, and
many other kinds of rubbish may be thrown
into the hog yard. In the manufacture oi
manure these animals may be almost made
to earn their living,


There is much land in New Hampshire
nOminally valued at from ten to twenty dol
lars per acre, but which to-day would moi
sell for half that money, which yields annu
ally not over half ton of hay to the
acre. This was plowed and cropped until il
did not pay for planting and hoeing, and now
it is mOwn over, but it hardly pays. Thii
same land by careful management and a ju
dicious use of manure, might be made t
yield two tons Of good hay to the acre.


For example, apply at one time forty load
of manure to single acre, and ten load
each to four acres more. The first year
with nearly four times the work, you vii
have about twice the quantity of cSrn o.
oats on the larger that you have on tn,
smaller field - say the one shall yiel'
twenty-five and the other fifty bushels to thu
Year: 1872

There are times for all things; but the
railroad, or mixed concourse of any kind,
afford no time, for the discussion of exciting
themes. The "price of politeness" is in
knowledge of your companions, or, in default
of that, in avoiding peculiar themes. The
wisest sometimes blunder in this. The vi.
car of Wakefield entertained a gen tleman
who was "cherishing" his fourth wife, with a
dissertation on his (the Vicar's) theory, that
man or woman who is bereft Of the first
mate should henceforth live without taking
another mate. A lady making an introduc-
tory call on newly arrived couple enter
tanned them with a TRADE against female
boarding schools. Among the other evils
she alledged was that the pupils sometimes
run away from the school to get married,
and that under such circumstances the match.
es were always unhappy. The husband of
the lady who persisted in "oratiug" on the
subject vainly tried to turn the conversa-
ton. She understood why, when on their
way home she was informed that the lady
and gentleman to whom she had been dis
coursing were marked instances of precisely
the folly she had been bcrating.


To be really good talker is a great ac-
complishment, and the science of conversation
deserves much more study than it receives.
Mrs Partington lamented that "she never
opened her mouth, but she put her foot in
it," Plenty of other people are in the
same unfortunate prodicament and innu-
merable are the social feuds, more or less
pronounced, which grow out of the careless
use of the tongue
Year: 1872

Hearth and Home objects to the very
common practice of dumping manure in heaps
on the farm, leaving it to be spread at leis-
ure afterwards, and details single case of
injury to wheat and oats from lodging, rust,
&C., on the spots where the heaps had been
made. We have often noted much the same
results both On grain aud grass land. Even
when not allowed to remain long enough to
inAict actual damage to future crops, it al.
ways results in unequal fertility the site Of
the heaps will exhibit three or four times
the productiveness OF the adjoining land.
The best way is to spread Immediately.
Year: 1872

Leather contains much that is of manuri-
al value, but the process Of tanning has
placed it in an almost indestructible cond.
tion. and destruction is necessary to fertiliza-
ton. All manures must be reduced to their
simple constituents before they can be again
taken up by plants We know Of no way in
which leather scraps can be destroyed with
out the loss of their nitrogenous matter
consequently our plan would be to burn
them and use their ashes. These would be
good for any purpose; much better than
hard wood ashes, and rather more nearly al.
lied to calcined bone. They would be espe-
cially valuable for small fruits aud root
crops.
Year: 1872

BE independ ent ; young hOusekeeper
never needed greater moral courage than she
does now to resist the arrogance Of fashion.
Do not let the AS and BIS decide what you
shall have, neither let them hold the strings
Of your purse. You know best what you can
and ought to afford. 1t matters little what
people think, provided that you are true to
yourself, to right and duty, and keep your
expenses within your means.