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Year: 1873

GENERAL KENPER's ADDRESS TO
THE PEOPLE or VIRGINIA AT THE
CLOSE OF THE CANVASS. the close
of an arduous canvass of our State. |
recognize with heartfull of gratitude
the splendid hospitality and unbound
ed enthusiasm with which you have
everywhere greeted ME as the repre-
sentative of your cause. An intrepid
struggle of united conservatives for
one day more will crown our cause
with glorious victory. Once more on
to the breach. dear friends, once more.
In the hour of assured triumph let
Justice. courtesy, moderation and mag
nanimity direct all our cOunsels. As
the welI-earned fruits of your coming
success. let the tides of immigration
pour into Virginia, let productive man
ufactures, trade. commerce. education
and art spring to new life throughout
all our borders. Let US have such
triumph as will forever settle the intes-
tine feuds of the past, diffuse peace
and good will over our land and light
up the whole Commonwealth with a
sunburst of contentment and prosper
ify
Year: 1873

WAGES must go down or work will
not go on. The absurd eight hour
system must be abolished or manufac-
turers must fail. The time has now ar
rived for the fetters on business men
to be removed. In everything else but
wages there is a falling, and the turn
has now come for wages.


Either there must be more work
done per day, or there must be less pay
for days work From this elterna-
tive we think there is no escape, and
the failuresin manufacturing establish
ments, which we are beginning to re-
cord, are the prelude of a general
movement for the reduction of wages
to a standard more reasonable than
the present one.-Neo York Journal
of Commerce.
Year: 1873

The following is a copy Of the eireu-
lar issued by Albert Fink, Vice Presi-
dent and General Superintendent Of
the Louisville and Nashville and Great
Southern Road


''Itis proposed to make a reduction
Of ten per cent ia the salaries of all
officers and agents Of this Company
who receive pay by the month, com
mencing with the 18th instant.


Officers and agents who do not wish
to remain III the Company's service
after that time, will please give early
notice to their superior officers.


This reduction is to be general, com
mencing with the President of the
road.


Corresponding reductions will be
made in the wages of employees work
ing by the day Special notice will be
given TO each class Of such employees
as to the amount and time Of redue-
ton.
Year: 1873

To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Please accept one cent, enclosed for the worthy
Mr.. Mast. and would give more with heart and
soul but that was ingeniousy robbed by scamp
made acquainted with the subject! But as intend
to employ one OF our scrutinizng detectives to tap
MIN on the shoulder will subscribe myself


READER OF YOUR INSPIRING HERALD.
Year: 1873

-Hancock's uniform was gorgeous.


Augusta, Ga, has begun to manufacture ice,
For a slendery-built man, General Harry
Bingham has a tremendous voice.


The deficit in the Turkish budget is forty
millions. This will make 'em gobbe.


Great soldiers are often not great orators.
This rule, however, does not apply to Colonel
Bird.


"A boys statement Of his poverty was that
he had no money nor marbles, nor chalk to
make ring"


Chicago grain buyers have been bleaching
number two barley with sulphur to make it pass
for number one.


"A great fault-that man thinks himself
more than what he is and estimates himself less
than he is worth.


Mother wit-the squaws have discovered
how to pi-utilize even Piute. They make the
noble savage carry the baby


District Attorney Higgins proposes three
cheers, with tremendous vim and effect, but
Harry Bingham beats him, out of time.


Naughty young men in Cleveland electro
type two-cent pieces and drop them into the
fare-boxes of the street-cars for dvecents pieces


The latest whopper is told by the World to
the effect that the bull frogs attain such size in
California that the hams are smoked for winter
consumption.


Why were there no more ladies out, at the
Opera House, last evening Surely they have
not lost their old-time interest IN the soldiers
and the Flag.


When you see a dead man in the road, with
long hair no underclothing, and his boots run
over at the heel, you may be quite confident it
ts newspaper man, murdered for his money.


1t is little singular how much valuable
time woman will take up in studying the post
mark Of a letter to see where it comes from, when
she can open the letter and dad out at once.


Some people think happiness is in ball
room or theater, some think it is in Europe,
and some in heaven. But those who can not
hnd true happiness at home are not likely to
hnd 1t elsewhere.


Nearly a million bushels of oysters were
spoiled in the shell during the recent heavy
frost in Maryland, for the reason that several
heet OF oyster-boats were ice. bound in the rivers
down the bay.


Tho corks Of number Of champagne bottles
were carefully removed, in the Clayton House
dlnlng-room, last evening. The only object in
removing them was TO pour out the champagne.
This explanation is due to all concerned.


"A Wisconsin justice of the peace divorced q
couple recently, as follows. He stood them in
the middle Of the floor, backs together, and as
they walked away from each other he repeated
the marriage ceremony backwards,
Year: 1873

THE RAILROAD STEIKE.-About a week
ago a new Superintendent was appointed
by the Delaware & Hudson canal COM
/ pany, Rensselaer, & Saratoga division.
in place of |. Y. Baker. Among the
first official acts of the new Superintend-
ent was the issuing Of an order reducing
the wages of the section men of the
Rensselaer, s. Saratoga branch of the
aforesaid railroad from 81 so to 81 .38
per day. Although the difference of
one shilling a day seems small, the men,
who considered (and justly, we think,)
their pay small enough before the reduc-
ton, stopped work and stated that they
would not recommence unless the rail
road company allowed them 81 50 per
day as before, and would pay them for
the time they had lost. The company
attempted to get men to take their places,
but could not find any. The track was
in a fearful condition and several old en-
gineers, it is said, refused to run their
engines unless night-walkers were OBJ
tanned to supply the places of those who
had struck ''The company was, there
fore, the Salem Post says, ''obliged to
re-instate the track-walkers at their for
mer rate of wages, and pay them for the
time they had lost The matter stands
now in this way: The company refuse
to allow the men the wages they claim,
and the men refuse to go to work. A
number of the men live in houses built
on railroad lands and they are ordered
to remove, which at this season of the
year is a great hardship. In the mean
time the track which, at the best
is always safe at this season of the
year, is unworked and hundreds of lives
are risked daily. We insist that this is
justly due the hardest working men
on the railroad that they be paid enough
to support themselves and families, and
that it is also due the much abused trav-
cling public that the tracks be put in as
safe condition as the SHOWS and frosts of
winter will permit, even if it should
cost the railroad company one shilling a
man more to keep their men from star
vation and ensure the safety of their
patrons. "
Year: 1873

On Christmas morning one cf the
saddest and most appalling incidents
occurred at Christ church that has been
known i'm this city. The morning ser
vices had been concluded, and the can
didates for confirmation, ten in number
were invited to the altar. OF these was
Miss Lizzie Spencer-a most estimable
Young lady about sixteen years of age,
daughter of Capt. w. II. Spencer-who
was occupying a seat in the middle of
the gallery to the right on entering the
church. She came down stairs and
moved up the aisles with the others, her
young face revealing the deep serious
ness which her heart felt. She ap-
preached the alter with the others, and
was confirmed according to the rites of
the church by the Right Rev. Bishop
Beckwith After the confirmation GER
emOnies, Miss Spencer returned to her
seat in the gallery, and had scarcely
taken it when her head sank forward on
the railing. Those in the vicinity at
tachcd no significance to this, imagining
that it was merely an act of devotion,
when suddenly the young lady sank
from her seat, and would have fallen
upon the floor, hut for the promptness
Of DR.. w. II. Elliot (next whose pew
she was sitting who caught her in his
arms. Three or four gentlemen imme-
diately approached and assisted in car
rving her from the church. COnside-
rable interest was ocCasioned in the con-
gregation, whose attention was attracted
Fy the c0mmotiOn in the gallery, but the
general inference wa", that the young
lady overcome by her feelings, had
tainted Alas such was not the case.
The gentlemen who were carrying the
almost lifeless form, noticed on going
down the stairs that the gasps which
now and then shook the frame, grew
fainter and fainter on reaching the YES
thule A conveyance was at once pro-
cured, and the lifeless form of the young
lady was taken to her fathers residence
in Liberty street.


The announcement of this sad and
melancholy ending of life Just dedi-
Gated to the service of the Lord sent a
thrill of solemn grief throughout the
congregation. Bishop Beckwith alluded
to this visitation of Providence in a most
feeling manner, and expressed the hope
that all present might be as fully pre-
pared to appear before their Maker,
when summoned, as he believed the
Young lady was, who but few minutes
before had stood before the altar in the
freshness and glory of youth. His re-
marks touching the uncertainty of life,
as illustrated by the sad incident, were
very impressive, and were deeply felt by
the congregation. But few months
since it was our painful duty to record
the death of Mrs, Spencer, mother of
this young lady, who died suddenly at
her residence, of heart disease, while
playing with her little child. The death
of her daughter was produced by the
same terrible disease. She has had the
care of the little sister since the death of
her mother, and was the mainstay and
comfort of her father. He was absent
from the city on Wednesday, attending
to his duties as pilot, when the sum
mons of this terrible affiiction reached
him. .-Sd0dnndh NeaoS.
Year: 1873




SUDDEN DEATH IN BENNINGToN.-
Mrs. Julia A. Pratt, an aged lady, was
found, Sunday, dead in her bed, at her
home in Bennington, where she resided
alone About nine o'clock a Mr.. Har-
wood, as was his custom, visited the
premises and MIXED the cow After
milking he returned TO the house and
discovered that Mrs. Pratt was not yet
up Going to the bed room door he
saw her lying on the bed, partially COW
cred, dead Summoning her son, the
neighbors were made acquainted with
the affair and an inquest called. The
body was scarcely cold when discovered,
the tongue protruding from the mouth,
and one side Of the face being black.
Her death probably resulted from old
age, although a fit, judging from the
appearance of the body, is supposed by
many to have been the immediate cause
of her death.


WOULDN'T SELL.-The meeting of the
voters of the town of Montpelier, on
Friday last, to see if the town would
vote to dispose of its stock in the Mont
pelier and Wells Biyer railroad, called
out large attendance of voters. Mr..
c. J. Gleason explained the object of
the call, which was for the town to so
dispose of its stock as to enable the en-
tire amount so owned to be voted on,
instead of only one tenth of it, and so
protect the town against any combina-
tion which might be made antagonistic
to its interests. L did not appear that
any such combinations were on foot at
present, nor did it appear that any offer
had been made for the stock, nor indeed,
that any one wanted to buy it; and the
article in the warning concerning such
sale was promptly dismissed, by very
large majority.
Year: 1873

PREPARATION OF GELATINE.-Ihe high price OF
fine pcatine induced Hewze 10 attempt the prepare
tion Of a cheaper and equally good article. lie
began with brown, almost black, glue, OF poor
quality obtained as a secondary product IN the
manufacture of neat s-foot oil and made by digest


ing feet with steam with adhering hair, after re-


oyal Of the hoofs and leg bones under the pressure
of three atmospheres, for three hours; then allow


ing the LIQUID 10 stand for half hour, in order
that that the fat might collect on top, and next
drawing off the strongly Iammoniacal solution Of
glue stTaining and cyapOratlng in a steam DaJh 10
"a fTiable black mass. Attempts 10 Dleach TINS Win
sulphuTOus acid, and sulphite OF soda ana nydIO,
choric acid were entirely unsuccessful, and would
have been mpTacticable on large scale lhNeSll-
CATIONS OF the of the dark color were next
made. The presence of sulphur and considerable
quantity of ammonia salts indicated that the ener


RetIc aud prolonged action OF the steam had anected
both the cartiaginOus matter aud the hair ana Add
been the cause OF the d0rkenng In order 10 reduce
the decomposition Of the glue and the formation OF
ammonia, 70 minimum, the process was so modified


~ fo draw off Che LIQUID accumulated m the dige-ter
eyefy hour instead Of every third hour and after
had remained al rest until all the fat had collected,
and Lad been removed, mixture Of fresh charcoal
and - per cent bone black abOut equal 10 per cent
of glue in solution was added and the whole allowed
Ia remain over night 10 Tree IL completely from
ammonia Next morning II was warmed TO about
Is 10 1s until the gcatlne was melted strained.
and evapOrated to the proper CONSISTENCY The OdOr
during evaporation was not unpleasant the glue
proved 10 be clear, elastic and adhesive, without
OdOT OF taste and capable Oh DeIhk usou 40 scl'Ibe


TREATMENT or FISH PoNDs.-Where carp and
other fish kept in ponds or restricted localities,
the fish, after spending the Winter in lethargic
sleep, at least rest at the bottom, are frequently
observed TO rise TO the top and swim violently on
the surface; and unless the entire body Of water of
the pond be changed the fish transferred TO some
otber locality, they inevitably die this fate some
times involving the entire population. The German
nscicultursts have lately been endesyoTing to


tain the causes Of this very iDeonyeRient occurrence
Year: 1873

of the people, cannot support, as an out
rage upon the peope and the state.


Entertaining these views, we recon-
mend the adoption Of the following:


4" Resolrsd, That it is the sense of this
senate that there is no need Of legislation
on this subject at this time, further than
to pass law prohibiting the further
awarding Of bonds of the state in aid oi
railroads, which we should do at once ;
that the passage Of either the amended
or original bill can result in no good to
the state. but will inure to the benefit of
few railroad corporations to the great
dot iment of the people of the state; that
the further consideration Of both the orig
inal and substitute bill be indefinitely
postponed
Year: 1873

All indebted to ia for subscriptions and


nther work. will oblige us greatly and please
1bosc we owe more, by calling and settling
their accounts. We know that money Is
esarce and hard to get we trust our
friends will make an effort in our behalf.
Year: 1873

Much depends upon the warmth
and comfortable accommodations of an
imals in this respect. 1t is the food
that produces animal heat, or rather
that tends to keepit up; and the far
mer can economic that food, and
make one half OF it go about as far as
the whole would, by keeping his stock
In warm, comfortable winter quarters
The cold winds penetrate through
every creyice in 8 barn. No matter
how small that crevice, the cold will
find its way through. If you would
economize your food, look thoroughly
to the warmth and condition of youl
barns and stables; fol- herein lies grea,
the secret of success in saving food
..Stop out the cold, and you can keeI
more stock upon the same amount o
food,' is the verdict Of the past anG
present age.
Year: 1873

A correspondent of the American
Farm Journal, gives the following
description of his method OF cultiva
ting potatoes:


''To raise good crop of potatoes,
it is necessary to plant on land that
is adapted to potatoes. In Western
New York, and perhaps anywhere,
a gravelly soil is the best. prefer
old ground where the sod was turned
under the year previous. If the land
needs manure, let it be used the year
before on some other crop, and
the land got up in condition before
you plant potatoes. The ploughing
should be done In the fall, and little
deeper than for any other crop. The
earlier that you plant in the spring
the better, in the majority of cases.


81 usually plant all sizes except the
very smallest, and use from four to
six bushels per acre. In cutting /
leave from one to five eyes on piece,
generally about three. 1 plant in
drills, with the pieces about fourteen
inches apart, the rows three feet apart
Most people use from ten to fourteen
bushels per acre. 1 get as many po-
tatoes as they do, and often use but
one third as much seed. To plant fast
it needs a horse, a plough, a man to
hold the plough, a boy to ride, (unless
You drive) and man to drop. first
mark out four rows on one side of the
piece. When this is done 1 am on the
same side of the field that 1 was when
l started. The next time / 60 across
the three rows not covered, and COM
ing back make another mark. Every
time ] 60 across the piece from the
side from which L started cover q
row, and on coming back make mark.
This turns the furrow right back, that
you made in making the mark. Some
object to this way of planting, as it
leaves ndge in the way of the culti-
vator. 1 drive my drag teeth back
about ,one third ,and when the potatoes
begin to show, I drag them lengthways
of the row. This removes the ridge
and the objection, and they are as good
as hoe6 once. If the ground is not
weedy they will want but one more
hoeing until tie blossom buds begin
to start, when they should be killed.
Don't make little narrow pile as an
apology for hill, but broad fist one
that will hold all of the potatoes with
out crowding.''
Year: 1873




The Commissioner of Agriculture,
in an artlcleon agricultural machinery,
makes the following just remarks on
the use of the roller. He says:


"Of all the implements for upon the
farm, there is no one which tells of
greater benefits than the roller. 1t
pulverizes the clods, smooths the sur
face for the scythe OF the reaper, and
oompacts the earth shout the seed
and roots of plants; but above all,
and of more Importance than all, it
destroys vermin. That the earth
should be made fine is the object of
plowing and narrowing. A roller
greatly conduces to this. That small
stones and rough places should be
driven out of the way of the scythe
or mower, is desideratum which
every farmer will appreciate. and
when the seed is first sown, and when
the frosty winter or thaBing OF the
spring have loosened Its growth upon
the surface it may be imagined how it
would be benefited by giving it q bed
in the earth again.


"But its most useful purpose is less
satisfactorily explained, for its proof
is only found in the experience of its
use. All know that most Of the
vermin which affects the farmers crop
has its resting and often its breeding
place in the earth /; there, and upon
the young and tender plant, where it
deposits its eggs. The cut worm de-
stroys corn at the surface; the Hessian
fly deposits its eggs upon the young
wheat blade, which often falls to the
ground. The earth, in fine, Is fully
charged with the eggs and the en-
bryo Of vermin of all sorts, in all
stages, and in all periods OF their
existence, and it may readily be i'm
agned what an amount of destruction
would follow the passage Of a heavy
roller, over the surface.n
Year: 1873

A New Jersey correspondent of the


New York Tribune gives his plan for


making manure, which shows that he


knows that be knows how, and which


is especially valuable to nurserymen


and others in the West who must ap-


ply the manure in rotted state:


To carry 1t into practice ] have a
place for the manure heap convenient


to the stable; clean the stalls every


morning, or when necessary, and


throw on the heap; always keep it


werl together, with q fat and broad
top; it win soon commence to rot,
and by the time there are eight or ten
loads accumulated take a day and
haul to some suitable place for manu-
fscture. As the manure is hauled
keep it well together, and not less
than three feet deep: keep the top
always fiat or a little coneaye, as in
this way the valuable quality is better
retained When manure is heaped
conically or spread carelessly araround
and remains 50, for any length of timet
its value then would only be abou
equal to straw. The heap should be
in depth according to guam
.ity. By hauling day at intervals in
Winter the yard may be clear by the
lime of turning stock out TO pasture.
When the pressing work Of Spring is !
'ast, turn the manure-heap over mix
ng it thoroughly. 1t should be finish
ID square or oblong, with straight and
learly perpendicular sides, well pack
ID all through, and not less than four
eet deed, SIS the deeper it is the bet
er; finish the top about level, with
* or eight inches OF soil, which will
rove valuable in saving The good
Iualities of the manure. When appli-
alton time comes there will be found


rich heap of manure, black and
reasy. This plan is preotleed by all
f the best farmers of England, who
'btain such heavy crops of roots fol-
owed by heavy and luxurant Spring
,rains and grass.