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Year: 1875

Mr.. G. w. Howard, in answer to a
correspondent, who asks what breed of
sheep pays best when you have good
range all summer, and tolerably
good one all winter, replies, through
the Rural CaroIinian, that the Merino
crossed upon the native sheep is the
best ; that the cheapest food is rye or
oat pasture sown in August, and that
turnips though more costly, are more
valuable than rye on ccount of their
enriching The land when the turnips
are eaten by sheep in fold. To a
North Carolina inquirer he gives the
following advice;


Folding sheep on turnips will answer
better on your soil and climate than
with us. You have some sand; we
have none. A soil not sandy to excess
is the best for turnips, if sufficiently
rich, On the day to which you refer,
the thermometer was at thirteen de-
grees here, five degrees colder than
with you. My turnips We're, of course,
frozen but not injured thereby. My
sheep are eating them now with avidity,
and am now shipping them by the
hundred to the Atlanta market. This
ought not to be done, as it is robbing
the land, but necessity requires it. If
only every other row be pulled up,
the land will still get heavy dressing
of manure


Ewes in lamb may be folded nearly
until the time Of lambing. They
should then be removed to the lamb
ing-yard, afterwards they should run
on rye or other pasture, with little
meal given them daily until the grass
affords full bite. Rams should never
be folded with breeding ewes.


1t has been stated above that Merino
bucks, crossed on our common ewes,
make the best stock for the farm, as
the commencement of stock. This
stock is advised, because there is less
risk in it than in beginning with
a flock of pure Merinos. These, if
brought from a distance, must be ac'
climated, and severe loss often occurs
in the process of acclimation. If one
or two pure bucks die the first year,
after having run with the ewes, it is
comparatively a small matter. The
loss is hardly felt, as the result is fifty
or one hundred halEblood lambs,
the weight of whose fleece will have
nearly, if not quite, doubled by the
cross. In four years there will be an
acclimated flock sufficiently pure for
all farm purposes, and for the wool
market.


For some reason the improved long
wooled sheep do not thrive with us
unless in very small focks. This is to
be regretted, as the lustrous wools of
the Leicesterand Cotswold sell actually
higher now than that of the pure Me.
rino. This arises from the demand
for alpaca goods and what are called
business suits. If / were called on to
saw what book would be now of most
use to Southern landholders, | would
say RandalPs Letters on Sheep Hus-
bandry at the South, to Governor
Aston, of South Carolina.
Year: 1875

TRY NAILS. We have taken the
trouble, in extensive trips over the
countryssto make some inquiries about
certain fruit trees which attracted at
tention on account of their thrift and
fruit bearing qualities. They were
fresh and vigorous, while all around
the other we're decaying or dead. In
nearly every case it turned out that
tenpenny nails had been driven into the
body as near the ground as possible.
Trees selected at random and treated
in this way always turned out to be
healthy, vigorous and excellent fruit
bearers, producing the most luscious
fruit. The reason why the worm will
not attack the trees is because the
oxydation or rusting of the iron by the
sap evolves ammonia, which, as the
sap arises, will of course impregnate
every part of the foliage, and prove
too drastic dose for the delicate pal
ates of intruding insects. The salt of
iron afforded by the nails is extremely
offensive to the worms, while it is not
only harmless but beneficial to the
foliage and fruit of the tree.-Rurai
Carolinian.
Year: 1875

A dairyman who gained a high
reputation for his butter always had
the balls marked with a swan. After
a while the stamp broke and another
pattern was used instead, but the but
ter would not sell. The old stamp was
restored, and the butter brought its
aforetime high price. This shows how
little the real, intrinsic value Of an
article is often regarded, in determin-
ing its money value.
Year: 1875

is pretty sure OF crop.


On cool soil and well titled, early
peas are good crop, but provision
must be made to have an abundance Of
pickers whenever wanted. 1t also is
cleared from the ground in time to al
low ofpickling cucumbers, late cabbage,
late roasting ears of corn, or turnips,
and by planting between the rows, fine
crops of melons or squash can be grown
after them.


Early cabbage pay well when well
titled on very rich ground, but most
new beginners err in attempting at first
to grow largely Of early cabbage and
late celery, two Of the most difficult
crops to grow and demanding the larg-
est outlay and risk.


Early beets for punching are usually
in free demand and pay well, having
no pests and safe for late crop should
they miss the early market. But the
grower must remember they are bulky,
and it takes great many wagon loads
to realize 500.


Early potatoes in every market are
sure Of demand and one of our surest
crops. Economically managed it al
ways yields fair profit, and often a
very large one. Mulching with ma
nure to be plowed under for the second
crop insures a good yield, and being all
available for the other crop really costs
the potatoes nothing.


Sweet corn usually pays we'll if
brought into the market very early, or
very late, but it is SO easily raised that
the glut drives the price to a low figure.
But it is profitable hog and stock feed
even while green, feed stalks and all,
so there need never be any loss upon it.


Melons upon sandy soil in good
earth if protected from their many
pests, "can't help but pay" and the
demand grows with the supply till we
can almost say that no market has
for any length of time been glutted
with them. But "eternal vigilance
is the price" Of melons.


Winter squash especially Hubbard,
have become such a staple in the mar
ket that a large demand is always GER
tain, and the grower Of large crop
rarely fails to realize well. Failures
are often due to insufficient fertility,
but more frequently by neglect the
bugs are allowed to destroy them.


Tomatoes, if once well rooted, are
the most tenacious of life, and loyalty
yield at least fair crop whether the
season be a continuous drouth or one
protracted rain. Often tits imprudent-
ly marketed and the price driven very
low. But it has become such stand.
ard fruit for table use and for canning,
that with tact in marketing, or by can
ming all surplus, fair price ought to
be maintained. | annually market
several hundred bushels, but never
have sold bushel for less than seventy
five cents and more usually have OBJ
tanned dollar. On the wagons ready
for market, / do not think they cost me
more than thirty cents at the highest.


The root crops, beets, carrots, pars-
snips, and ruta bagas, grown upon
clayey loan pay well in most markets,
but the important items Of expense
are their culture and harvesting, and
economic methods must be studied.
Year: 1875

The blossom cannot tell what be-
comes of its odor, and no man can tell
what becomes of his influence and ex-
amples that roll away from him and
60 beyond his ken on their perilous
mission.
Year: 1875

Old settlers, and those who have
gone through previous grasshopper
epochs, have no fear Of the spring
crop. Farmers in Douglas county are
attending to their farm work, careless
of their winged visitants not yet warm
ed into life. They do not fear them.
1t is said the grasshoppers born in
Kansas soil will fly away or die in a
few days after they appear upon the
surface.-Kansas Standard of Reform.
Year: 1875

in the absence Of any intention Of fraud,
he should not be destroyed because he is
unfortunate and cannot respond at once
to the demand of wicked Shylock.
There is another class of well-bred gen.
tlemen who are respectful to even the
poorest debtor, and who do not present
their claims in aninsulting, domineering
manner, but with pleasant grace and
politeness, which makes you feel that 1t
is real pleasure to pay them, if you
have the means at hand, and if not to re-
solve that you will do so at the very ear
liest day possible.


In conclusion we would say to those
who have contracted debts, do not for a
moment entertain the thought of evad-
ing them, but struggle to be free, and
when once disenthralled thank God and
stay so. And to those who have man
aged to have claims against their less
fortunate neighbors we would say, don't
assume any great superiority on that ac-
count, nor attempt to play the tyrant by
expressing and lording it over others,
but be reasonable and kind; present your
claims in a friendly and gentlemanly
manner, and If you find that your debt
ors would pay if they could, wait till they
can, if you can, and you will not be apt
to suffer in the end.


Mans inhumanity to man


Makes countless Thousands mourn"
Year: 1875

Great Britain has gained another
foothold in the Orient by the purchase
of 177,00o shares of the Suez canal,
The purchase is said to be very
important one in its political bearings
and the "Times" commenting upon it,
says:


The nation wakes this morning to
find that it has acquired heavy stake
ia the security and well being of an
other distant land, and that it will be
held by all the world to have entered
upon a new phase Of Eastern policy. "
Year: 1875

At a banquet in Wilmington an old gen.
tleman was present. OF eroquets made Of
rice he cat largely. Finally he appealed u
the gentleman sitting next to him to know
how many Of those ID doughnuss he had
eaten ANYWAY,
Year: 1875

Blessed be the hand that prepares
a pleasure for a.chiid for there is no
saving when and where it may bloom
forth. Does not almUs; every body
remember some kind bear;cd man
who showed him u kindness IN tie
quiet DAYS of bis childhood? The
writer reccO.lects himself At this mo-
ment as barefOOied lad, standing at
the wooden fence Of poor little gar
den, in his native village; with long
Ing eyes be looked at the flowers
which were blooming there quietly in
the brightest Of Sunday uoruiny.
The pvssessor came forth from his
little cottage; he was a wOUdcutter
by trade aud spent the who,e week
al work in the woods lie would
come into the garden to gather flow
ers TO stick in bis coat when be went
to church He saw the boy, and
breaking off the most beautiful Of hi,
carnations, it was streaked with red
and white, he gave it to hin. Meth
er the giyer nor receiver spoke
word; but With bounding steps the
boy rao hone; and now, here at
vast distance from that home. after 50
many years, the feeling OF gratitude
which agiIaied the breas, of that boy
expresses itself on paper The carua-
,ion has long since withered, bu, Dow
blooms afrcoh.-Dong'1S Jcrr3I
Year: 1875

A very simple and Yet very deli
cious breakfast dish may be made by
s,ewing rich grapes until quite tender
in an equal quantity of water, sweet
ening TO the taste, and then dipping
halves of batter biscuit into the hot
fruit Arrange theas iGto deep dish,
pour the remainder of the stewed
fruit over it, aud let it stand until the
biscuit is perfect ly- tender. If you
wish to avoid the seed run the stewed
fruit through colander before drop
ping in the biscuit. Serve warn OF
cold.
Year: 1875

An EXTENSION OF TINE. - Senator
Laine has introduced bill extending
the time for the collection Of taxes, ap-
plying as we understand from the Santa
Clara papers to the Senator's own county.
BY the terms Of the bill, one half of the
taxes are to be paid on the first Monday
in January; the remainder on the first
Monday in July. We presume it is a
measu designed to benefit the nabobs
and give them the use OF portion of the
peoples money for six months longer.
The time fixed by law for the payment Of
taxes falls heavier on those counties
where mining is the paramount industry
than it does on a farming community.
At this time Of the year it is more diff
cult to get together money for that pur-
pose than it would be in six months hence.
With most miners the season for labor
has been closed for several months, while
freight money, the expenses Of fitting up
claims and other incidentals have used
up much of the idle money of the county.
1t is time of year when it is difficult to
reach the county seat, and we do not
doubt but our people would willingly see
the time for payment of taxes set at some
period in the Summer. But to be COM
p,lled to pay one-half at the present time
under the same penalties for non-p pay
ment now in force would afford very little
relief.
Year: 1875

HAsTY LEGIsLATIoN.-The action OF
the Legislature in passing the bill to pre-
vent the Board of Education from max
ing any changes in the text books for the
next two years is open to just criticism.
The law is in the interest of the firm now
on trial before the bar of public opinion,
ON the charge of using bribery to further
the introduction of their books. We do
not approve of too frequent changes in
matters Of this character, which are usu-
ally made in the interest of some publish
ing firm, but if the charge against Viii
son, HinkIe & Co., be sustained it should
rule them out of the arena Of competition.
As the matter stands now it looks as if
the Legislature had let partisanship run
wild.
Year: 1875

A WOMAN cured her husband of stay
ing out late at night by going to the door
when he came home and whispering
through the keyhole, "Is that you, Will
lie ?' Her husbands name is John, and
he stays at home evenings now and sleeps
with one eye open and revolver under
his pillow.
Year: 1875

HEALDsBURG has a 'law and gospel"
thief. After serving a term in the county
jail for stealing copy of the Political
Code, no was released and is now under
arrest for stealing a priests robe and
prayer book.
Year: 1875

AN old lady is said to have been found
who was born on the 4th day of July,
1875. She is called the Centennial Lady,
and will be at the great exhibition and
celebration next year if she lives.
Year: 1875

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, hereby


w certify that we constitute Paltner.
ship transacting General Merchandise
and Butcherng Business in this State


that the principal place of business is
the Town of Lewiston, County of Trinity
and State of California that the firm
name is '''
Year: 1875

kept his doors closely bolted until the
locomotive and express car had been
run clear back to Longpoint. Then


the number and sound of the voices
convinced him that all was right, and


he cautiously peeped out. Burke is
quite young-looking man, although


he says he has been in the EMPLOY of
the Adams Company for sixteen years
and has been on the run between here
and st, Louis for four years. He is
OF sandy complexion and sandy hair.
is only medium sized, and has a pleas
ant expression of countenance; but
looks, too, as If he would, with little
proVocation, as soon fight as not. The
American Express Company had no
special car attached to the train. but
they had a messenger with goods and
packages in the baggage car, of which
1act tne robbers We're probably not
aware. Ames, tho engineer, was at
hrst ordered by the bandits to pun out
with the locomotive and commenced
TO comply, but it suddenly struck the
scoundrels that if Ames went oft with
the locomotive they would have both
MIN and Burke to contend with, ,conse-
quently they shot him down and then
engineered the locomotive themselves.
His body did not fall off the engine.
and 1t was found lying therein cold
and stiff, when the locomotive and ex-
press car were brought back to the
rest OF the train, There were at least
n7c OF the robbers, and perhaps more"
Year: 1875

CURE FeH CoRNs.-Ten cents worth of
muriatic acid and acid Of inter will take
out any number of corns and warts.
Scrape around tile corn and put the
acid around il few times, and then
you can take the point Of knife. or
even pin. and lift it out at the root.
Put . little grease in It when it is re-
moved Rural Ne,o Yorker. ''' f'-
Year: 1875

The wEATHER.-By the telegraphic
reports it will be seen that the water
mains in Chicago froze on the 10th inst.
and railroad trains are obstructed BY
SHOWS: At the same time, our fruit trees
are in full blossom and we are enjoying
as fine summer weather as ever beamed
upon the lost favored country in the
world, at much higher latitude upon
the surface of the earth. 1t is ~, wop-
der that emigrants by thousands are re-
moving from that inhospitable climate
to this moro favored region.
Year: 1875

y No msn shows his insignifcance
and utter uselessness about the house
to such degree sa when his wife is
hopping up. He knows this and 80
does she. and he knows she feels it.
which Is worse still. To offer an ad-
verse remark on such an occasion, is
about as insane an enterprise as an i, :
dividual can embark upon. But Patch
street man did it. Saturday. His wife


was nopping the kitchen floor. and he
was moving about the room to keep ont
Of the way Of the vet mop. when he IN
happily observed that wasn' I the way his
mother did it. It was done in a flash.
There was a sharp report as three
pounds Of very wet and dirty clothes
settled across human face. and the
same instant man went over chair,
and half way under tabls, lacking very
much as if a mud volcano had kicked
him in the head.--Dunbuuy Ne,rs.
Year: 1875

THERE is a dead lock in the Ellsworth city
council. The Republicans have the Mayor,
and each party elected delegations from two
wards, while no election was declared in the
fifth, because Democratic ward leader made
some rather stupid ward officers believe that
names on tickets erased with a lead pencil
must be counted as though there were no
such scratches upon them. This procedure
saved the defeat of the Democratic ticket but
the aforesaid ward officers were not exactly
certain and in note said that so many votes
erased with lead pencil were counted. The
outgoing government declared that there was
no election but instead of ordering another
let the whole matter go to the present gov
eminent where there is tie outside of the
Mayor. Fearing that an adverse decision
will be made to the Depocratic claimants
who are elected as we have stated, the Dem
ocratic members of the city government Sc
ceded from recent meeting and have not
put in an appearance at any time since, so
there is no quorum. No money can be
raised, no taxes assessed; in short there is
dead lock and except mayor, there is no
city government. The Ellsworth american
lectures the secession democracy in very
earnest manner, and intimates that it may
not be just the thing to take an oath to faith
fully perform the duties cf aldermen etc.,
and then take particular pains not to dis
charge any duty but instead to block the


wheels of the government.
Year: 1875

THE Philadelphia Press says that the
trouble in the mining regions arises from the
fact that there are too many laborers for the
amount of work to be done. The market is
soon overstocked when the full force is en-
ployed, and wages must be cut down, as the
companies cannot afford to pay full rates and
keep on hand a large quantity of coal in ex-
cess of the demand. The number of miners
must be reduced. The Press advises the
strikers to ego West"
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and cemmuni-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases Indispensable not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty OF good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nieations that are not used.
Year: 1875

The amiable paragraphist of the Sunrise
two and a half column paragraphs is in
formed that the gentleman whom Mr.. Powers
informed that he was not to be candidate
for Congress is a well known revenue official.
Year: 1875

THE reign of reason has returned. The
latest caprice Of fashion is so charming and
sensible that we can forgive many folles.
Once more the shapely heads of women ar
seen unencumbered by mountains of false
hair. There can be no doubt now that wo-
men have brains. Now woman suffrage will
advance apace. No man can deny that
woman who dresses her hair after the fashion
of taste and simplicity now in vogue has in
telligenee enough to cast ballot. Let us
thank our Lady Of the Coifrure for the de-
lightful change.
Year: 1875

tam teis continued high pressure during the
ma hard times has been found to be impossible.
me question to be determined, then, was
whether TO reduce expenses by materially de-
in St. Paul, or, by Consolidating he two news
papers which could neither of them hope in a
distinct capacity to maintain their accustomed
superiority, at the same time absolutely elevate
the standard, and present to the public, as the
ia, a far better and more worthy iournai than
has ever before been presented to the people.
The publishers of the Pioneer and Press de-
termined, as they believe to the great adyan-
tage of all, upon the latter course. In the pres-
ent mixed condition of politics, the material
interests of the commonwealth are the first
and principal concern and these it shall be the
constant purpose and the steady aim of the Pr
oneer-PresS to conserve and promote.
Year: 1875

To-day has been announced as the birth
day of a new Democratic daily for the city
of New Orleans. Its advent has been pla-
carded around the streets, and confidence
in its stability inspired by the imposing list
of names appended to the circular as the
committee in charge. Waiting Tor the an
nouncement of its manager, those interested
have been gratified by hearing that Robert
Tyler, Esq, a journalist of experience, of
an ancestry of renOwn. and gentleman
with solderly record, was to be the chief
OF staff. He has every qualification Of edu-
cation and experience to become a success
ful pilot to prosperity for the new jonrnal-
it he is to be left alone.
Year: 1875

he would gladly accept life term in the
penitentiary as something really delicate
in comparison to his situation in Mexico.
If alive the poor fellow is still on foreign
soil.


Brownsville has but one mandatory
bone black--owned by gentleman for.
merly resident of New Orleans. Living
is reasonably cheap; pair of wild ducks
for bit; a like sum will purchase sufficient
beef for large dinner; vegetables are not
up to your standard, but are tolerable.
Green com, OF second crop, was passable.
Old Kells has passed word for all to be
on board, so must close my screed.


DON McPARIS.
Year: 1875

1t has been determined by the Central
Executive Council of the Property Holders
Union to hold a mass meeting of all citizens
interested in the subject OF taxation, at an
early day, which will be determined when
ever. the City Council prepares and promul-
gates the budget for the new year. A com
mittee of arrangements has been ap-
pointed, who have the matter in charge,
and it is probable the programme and time
and place of meeting will be announced by
the middle of the week.
Year: 1875

Ladies should keep in mind that at the
extensive and favoraby known establish
ment of Mrs Charles Brown, No l76 Canal
street, they may have everything in the
way OF dressmaking done in the most correct
and artistic manner. Mrs. Brown is a
modiste of exquisite taste in design, and
always employs experienced and competent
assistance, while her rates are reasonable
and her engagements meet with prompt.
ness. Ladies wishing becoming and we'll
fitting dresses for Christmas or New Years
should call at once.
Year: 1875

We told the story the other day of the usual
condition and management of American homes
as they appear to foreigners and TO outsiders
of any kind of the obscure and subordinate
place given in them and in society to the old
people, and the tOo-prOiNunccd, arrogant posi-
ton of the young. We have had many re-
mindcrs since then that there was another side
10 the story. OF course there is another side.
one can find an apology for every mistake
and a reason for every crime, somewhere, i'll
blood, birth, or circumstance and us this mis-
placement of the old and young, this upset
ting, as our German friends would call it, is q
serious evil in our domestic life, and growing
more serious with every year, it might be worth
our while to look at it critically from
both sides. Just now the young people are
flocking back from their Summer wanderings,
and in every home there is pleasant buzz Of
preparation for tho coming Winter. There
is q vague planning Of domestic work, and o
laying down Of schedules of the expenses and
amusements for tho season. To business