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Year: 1875

MR.. HoLIINs ASSAULTED BY RoWDIEs-THE


PUBLIC MEETING PosTPoNED-THE INvEsTI-


CATION TO COMMENCE TONIGHT


The desperate strait to which some Of the men i'm
plcated in the transactions of which report has been
made by Mr. Hoins, of the Board of Education in
Jersey City, reduced may be inferred from the con-
slant threats of violence made against that gentleman
Some of these threats have beea carried out Enough
happily without any serious result Previous
to tho meeting of tho Board of Education
Monday evening, and while several members OF tho
Board, including Mr.. Hollins, were standing in the
clerks Office, the gas suddenly out and has not
been clearly ascerained whether this was the result of
accident or design At all events tho hall leading from
the main entrance was left In darkness during the
evening. When the meeting adjourned Mr.. Hollins
passed out through the dark hall, and moved
hastily past n gang of six or soven men, one of
whom he has known to be "a pretty hard character
He had not gone many PAGES when he rccoleced that
he had left his copy OF the minutes his desk and
turned for II, repassing the gang He had gone
half through the hall when OF tho mon rushed in
front of and jostled him against the wall who another
struck at his head but missed aud planted a heavy
blow between his shoulders. Mr. HollIns, who took
the


PREcAuTIoN TO CARRY A REVOLVER,


wheeled around and faced his assaiants The cowarIy
ruians took 10 their heels. Great Indignation prevas
throughout the city over this attempt to crush by
violence man who has already stopped great leak in
the public treasury. The gentlemen who had called the
public meeting at the Arcade for last evening notified Mr.
Hollns that they deemed it advisable to postpone tho
meeting for two reasons-First, II might be regarded
as anticipating the action of the Grand Jury, and
secondly, because there disturbance threatened
by the rowdy clement This opinion was shared by
Mr. Carscallcn foreman of the Grand Jury who called
on Mr.. Hollins yesterday and informed him that thu
Grand Jury would set down early day for the
sderaton of tho case. A large number of witnesses
will be summoned. The investigation by the Commits
tee of the Board Of Education, Messrs hercein and
Sanborn, will commence tomorrow evening az
eight O'Clock These gentlemen have not yet agreed
a third person TO act with them on the committee
Year: 1875

THE CASE OF THE LEADER JOE MORRIS.


ATLANTA Sept 21, 1875
Contrary to general anticipation Judge Erskine, upon
the assembling Of court this morning. took notice Of
the forcible entrance Of Sheriff Perkcrson into
the United States Court building last night
for the purpose OF arresting Joe Morris
leader of the late nsurrection in Middle Georgia. who
was shut up in the District Attorneys Office. The ex-
pected conflict between the federal and State authorities
is not likely TO como OF, therefore, Morris goes to
Burke county for trial.
Year: 1875

Mr. Campbell, who died in Brooklyn yesterday at
the age of 1fty-seven years prominent member
Of the Bar He was born in the West Indies and came
to Brooklyn in early life He read law in the oce OF
the late Judge Radcliffe and during the last thirty
years has practised extensively in all the of
State Devotng himself exclusively TO the duties of
his profession he won high position among his as
sociates and was respected and esteemed by all who
knew him. His demise will be mourned by the Bar
generally and large circle of friends
Year: 1875

THE CABINET OPPOSED TO DEPARTMENTAL
VOTING - PRESS ANTICIPATIoNs OF THEIR
OVERTHROW.


PARIS, Sept q, 1875
The Courier de France states that the Cabinet have
UNANIMOUSLY resolved to propose the abolition Of the
system Of voting by departments
The Courier anticipates in consequence the over
throw Of the Ministry in November
Year: 1875

invariably Germans. A few years ago
bis Majesty resolved to consult number
Of the best physicians with regard TO the
health of the Empress, who suffers from
chronic attacks Of asthma, bronchitis or
some similar pulmonary complaint. A
German physician in high favor drew up
list ofphysicians which did not include
single Russian name, until in response
to the Cars suggestion, the name of
DR.. Botkin was added. He was com.
manded to visit the Empress. DR.. Bot
kin wished to auscultate his patient, but
when he begged her to remove her fur
jacket he was met by stern Imperial
stare. He retired and informed the
Emperor Of his inability to proceed un-
less he was allowed to treat the Empress
as he would treat any other woman.
The Emperor assented to the doctors
view, and learned to his astonishment,
that the court physicians who had
hitherto attended Her Majesty-more
courtly than scientifc--had pretended
to auscultate her with her jacket on !
Indeed it was not until the Emperor he'd
urged upon his wife the necessity of re.
membering that she was also woman,
with lungs, larnyx and bronchial tubes
like. other women, that she consented to
uncover her chest and throat. The end
Of it was that Botkin was found to un.
derstand the Empress malady better
than any one and now the health Of the
whole Imperial family mag be said to be
in DR.. Botkin's hand.
Year: 1875

From the New YORK Times,


One Of the features Of this winter 8
season will be the introduction of the
minuet into the list of dances. This
stately dance is familiar to us all from
description, and every one has seen it
in such plays of the old time as the
School for Scandal, where the curtain
rises upon a party dancing the minuet.
The dancing-masters are busy teaching
the young people to gracefully acquit
themselves in the stately movements of
the dance Of our grandtathers, and there
are doubtless many earnest students Of
the difficult measures.
Year: 1875

Farmers should cast about them now and
select their crops for next year with full
reference to having suitable diversity, SO
as not to risk too much on any one or more
productions. There is perhaps no business
wherein 1.-TWO strings TO ones bow are
more important than in farming. Other
pursuits have certain rnles which have
been founded in experience, and which the
shrewd man of business can take advan-
tase of with almost certainty OF success:
but we farmers cannot do this. We cannot
tell what will happen TO our crops Some
times it will be over-dry. sometimes over
wet; at others we are plagued with insects
bilgbts. rust. eie. Against none OF all these
do we ever get ANY hints To help Us to
guard. Troubles cu the farm never come
to everything alike. 1t i, one or more that
suffer. while Others are spared. But indie
pendently OF ali this the young iaimer
should never be cast downiby misfortune.
Ii is herein 50 many tail. Guard well
against putting too much in of any one
crop, and put in all you SOW or plant In the
best possible manner. and you have all the
chances strongly IN your favor. Never
risk too much on the throw of "A single dice. :
SAID an old man 10 his son, and the same
may be said in regard To risking on single
products. So diversity your crop that you
will have enough of each and all to supply
your own family wants in their season and
some TO sell each day or week to bring In
money as long a. you need it. Go to work
now. lay your plans. aud prepare all your
ground accordingly, and your next crop
will be your best since the war IDirigo
Rural.
Year: 1875

TANZY FOR BoTs-Thc Department Of
Agriculture publishes the following exper-
iments, which a gentleman from Georgia
tried and found effective in dispelling a
serious trouble in horses:


About thirty years ago friend lost by
bots very fine horse. He took from the
stomach of the dead horse about gill OF
bots, and brought them to my office to ex-
pertinent upon. He made preparations OF
every remedy he had heard, and put some
OF them into each. Most had no effect, a
few effected them slightly, but sage tea
more than anything else; that killed them
In fiiteen hours. lie concluded he would
Kill them by putting them into nitric acid,
but it had no more effect on them than wa
ter the third day they were as lively as
when put in. A bunch of tanzy was grow.
ing BY my Office. lie took handful of that,
bruised it, added q little water, squeezed
out the juice, and put some bots in; they
were dead in one minute. Since then have
had 1t given TO every horse. have never
known it to fail Of giving entire relief. Ny
friend had another horse affected with
the bots several years later. He gave him
the tanzy in the morning: the next morn
ing lie took up from the excretions three
halt pints OF bots"
Year: 1875

ARAB HORSE MAxIMs.-Whoso raiseth
and traineth horse for the Lord is count
ed in the number OF those who give aims.
day and night, in private as well IS public.
He will find his reward. All his sins will
oe forgiven him, and never will any fear
come over him and dishonor his heart.
Observe your horse when he is drinking at
brook. If In bringing down his head he
remains square, without bending his limbs,
he possesses sterling qualities and all parts
ofthe body are built symmetrically. Let
your colt be domesticated and live with
you from his tenderest age, and when a
horse he will be simple, ,docile, faithful and
Injured to hardship and fatigue. If you
would have your horse to serve you on
the day of trial, If you desire him to be a
horse of truth, make him sober, accustom-
ed 10 hard labor, and inaccessible to fear.
i Parson Murray's Golden rule.
Year: 1875

sriM the gloss and freshness Of yosth
Thin hair is thickened, falling hair
checked, and badness often, though
not always, cured by its use. Moth
ing can restore the hair where the
follicles are destroyed, or the glands
atrophied and decayed. But such as
remain can be saved for usefulness
by this application. Instead of foul
ing the hair with pasty sediment, it
will keep it clean and vigorous. Its
occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling of, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances
which make some preparations dan
gerous, and injurious TO the hair, the
Nigor can only benefit but not harm
it. If wanted merely for
Year: 1875

The Detroit Tribune gives some valuable
hints to onion growers, which We reproduce
as worthy of study.


Onions may be grown on any soil suitable
for cultivation, If il is made rich enough,
Ordinary farm land will need twenty five
two-horse loads of rotted manure to the
acre. Market gardeners use three times this
amount. The ground should be first plowed,
the manure spread aud then completely in-
oorporated with the surface soil by means Of
harrow aud roller, 1t is important that the
ground be perfectly level, otherwise the rains
will wash out the seed. New lands have
sometimes produced fine crops Of onions
without manure, but this is rare. The seed
is sown in rows foot apart with a small
seed-sower, which makes the drill, sows the
seeds aud usually covers them at one opera
alton. Early attention to wedding or hoeing
Is the most important thing about their
cultivation. One man can kill more weeds
before they get above ground than six men
after they get two inches high. The crop is
harvested about the LIST Of August, by
slightly loOsening the roots with digging
fork aud then raking them into rows where
they are left to dry thoroughly. They are
then hauled to cool she'd or barn and ell
ther barreled or spread out not more than
six inches deep. They should not be allow
ed to get frosted even slightly. -Four pounds
of seed will SOW an acre il il is fresh and
good. The better plan is to test the seed
Year: 1875

Grass is the natural food of a milk or
beef producing animal. During the winter
season when we cannot procure grass we can
furnish a substitute equally succulent and
nutritious as grass in the shape of roots.
This succulent food is an important aid to
the digestion of the dry food of which a
large portion of the winter subsistence of our
stock necessarily consists. 1t increases the
appetite and promotes the health. 1t equal
ICES the yield of milk during this season in
which dry food greatly reduces it. 1t also
furnishes to young animals the saline matter
which they need to supply the material for
their bones and the nitrogen required for
their growth Of muscle. 1t also greatly in
creases the profit of feeding animals for beef
by greatly improving the quality of the beef
aud its rapid production. Pigs are wintered
more cheaply ON beets than upon any other
food. In cultivating roots labor is the great
item of expense. 10 economic labor we
must select those varieties that grow large
and will give a large yield. OF carrots,
beets, and turnips, beets are the best for
feeding purposes. The carrot is valuable
root, but it cannot be prOftably raised on
VI lub GObb III ~ ICNulI6h
more labor in its cultivation than almost any
other root aud for this reason carrot cul-
ture has been almost entirely abandoned in
this vicinity, aud the sugar beet has taken
its place in our farm economy. Now many
farmers cHltivate their acres of beets and
maDgolds with the horse cutiyator aud hoe,
with nearly the same ease, and with little
more expense than it costs to raise corn and
potatoes per acre. In selecting the variety
of beets to raise, VIC should not be governed
10y the per cent of sugar they contain.
Those varieties suitable for sugar making
grow below the surface Of the ground, and are
of small size. The difference in the per cent of
sugar is nearly as great between large and
small beet Of the same variety as it is be-
tween beets OF different varieties.


My mode Of culture is to have the rows
80 inches and plants lS inches apart in the
rows, giving each plant little less than
four square feet. A good crop will give
beets weighing six pounds each, or 81 tons
per acre, producing one-third more sugar
per acre than the ii tons of small beets usu-
ally grown for sugar and worth twice as
much for feeding and raised at half the cost.
Roots of the large growing varieties can be
raised at a cost Of from Eve to eight cents
per bushel, or from So to So per ton. One
ton of beets contains 240 pounds of dry mat.
ter nearly as nutritious as wheat flour. Land
that will yield so bushels OF corn (2SOO
pounds) will produce 25 tons OF beets con-
tanning 5000 pounds of dry nutritive food.
The soil best adapted to the beet is rich
loan Of a clayey rather than sandy char
Year: 1875

Butter may be made either from whole
milk, from cream, or from a mixture of
cream and milk. Many experiments have
been made to decide the question as to which
is the best and most economical form. One
set of experiments undertaken and carried
out on an extended scale showed that the
milk and cream together, churned after they
had become slightly sour, gave a large pro-
portional yield of very nice butter, and that
it was the most economical in the vicinity of
large towns where there is always a ready
sale for large quantities Of buttermilk, But
the churning is not quite so easily affected.


Butter made from cream alone has the
finest flavor, when fresh, and it keeps in good
aud sound condition longer but still some
very carefully conducted trials, aided in some
cases by long experience, have shown that
churning the lchole milk after allowing it to
become slightly acid, not only produces butter
OF the first quality but of the largest guam
tity and the degree of acidity best cal
culated to give this result is when there
appears a wrinkled scum upon the surface,
aud the best temperature to begin churning
being 50 degrees, according to those experi-
ments


This degree of temperature is three to five
higher than that to be observed when only
the cream is churned. When this course is
adopted and the whole milk is churned, sew.
eral different modes of practice are to be
found, each having the preference, where it
is in use. One method is to let the milk OF
two or three mlkiDgs stand quiet till the
cream rises to the surface and while still
sweet to pour the contents Of all the pans
into one largo vessel where the whole mass
cream aud milk together, is allowed to
stand till it thickens and turns sour. The
proper degree Of sourness is that already
mentioned, when thick unevenly wriukled
skin is formed over the mass, which indi-
Gates that it is TO be churned Immediately. y.
II is requisite to keep the mass still, so as to
keep the air as much as possible from act
ing upon 1t and cause rapid fermentation.


In Holland, however, where the whole
milk Is generally used in butter making
they give the milk when set in this way, a
Year: 1875

noticed in the last weeks FARMER some
inquiries about poultry. l would like to
say few words about the matter. have
dipped somewhat into the fancy breeds in
hopes to better myself have tried the
Light Brahmas, Dark Brahmss, Black Coch.
los, Partridge COcAins, Black Spanish, Whise
Leghorns, Brown LeghOrns, and grades Of
all, aud finally mixed them oil up together
indiscriminately. have always found that
full bloOds, for profit of eggs, were not 50
good as cross. They are more subject to
disease, probably on account of in-breeding,
which must always be resorted to in order
to establish breed. All breeds are the re-
suit Of n cross in the Hrst place, and breed.
ing closely within that cross will, il persist
cd in, result in new breed. Careful breed.
ers will work for uniformity Of color. and all
chickens that vary from the color aimed at
are rejected, SO in this process it will be seen
resort is had to very close breeding, and the
aim is more for uniformity Of color and shape
Of body than for the more useful0bject Of
getting up an egg-producing variety, conse-
quently by this in-and-in breeding they are
more subject to disease. believe as a
general thing it will be found to be so with
most Of the new breeds. l think that the
eggs of the new breeds are much less liable
to hatch than the cross breeds, often from
tho fact that the male bird is mAlformed,
his very shape rendering him impotent as a
proge nitor of his kind. If they breed at all
= large portion Of the chickens as they ma
turc will be out of shape in some way, and
often come up with weak joints or a crooked
back or cross bill or the tail one.sided. The
hens when they begin laying perhaps will
lay we'll for time, but soon will begin to
lay rough or soft shelled eggs, and will soon
fail up altogether.


Such is my experience in trying to raise
pure blood chickens get much better re.
suits when l cross the breeds. will ven
ture to say that unless we have 4 mania for
the fancy breeds without regard to profit, or
unless you expect to humbug others by SELL
ing tho fancy article you had better let the
fancy or improved breeds leo called) alone.
thiuk upon the whole grade of the Light
Brahmas are about Ss good variety for a
farmer to keep for profit of eggs and for
poultry for market They are good winter
layers. But would not touch big, ten
pound thoroughbred except to cross with
something else l might have, if you would
give them to me.


If you want summer hen, and don't care
SO much for size or for eggs in winter, the
Leghorn crossed with the Poland does we'll,
or Leghorn crossed with Brahma will be
a good kind 10 keep for summer, or even
winter. But don't keep full blood LeghOrns ;
they are all comb aud they will fly like a
bird, and are wild. hope if any one looks
at this subject in different light he or she
will write it out for the benefit of the read
ers of the FARMER. POS.


Randolph, w., March 2S.
Year: 1875

King Boreas reiKning on Labrador's shore
Bethouxht him Of other fair lands to explores
He gathered his army and came forth in haste,
Laying forest and held desolate waste,
Tho heavens above looking down on the slain
And wild desolation Of mountain and plain,
In sorrow and love wept bitterly then,
When To- from HE trumpet, he sent forth again
A shrin blast; and the tears in icleles hung
From win nd-shAken boughs where summer birds sung
Not howeret remaining not leaf on tree,
Still above the wild blast sung the blhe chickadec.
Then Nature stepped forth from her realms ofght
And spread over all soft mantle Of white,
And the sun family smiled as farther away,
Toward the soft, bamy south, he wandered each day.
Our brooklets and rivers complain to the sea,
From ley locked prisons, all glad 10 be free
While round our bright Hresides with dear ones nd


blest,


Wen turn for awhile to the far distant west,
Whore DER the broad praries the bitter winds blow,
And the lost traveller sleeps meath the drifting Of


snow;


There above his cold grave one mourner We see,
Still he heeds not the vail Of the lone chickadee.
We wait the return Of the late-cOming spring,
For the warmth and the cheer her light breath doth


bring,


For the singing of waters, Of bird and Of breeze,
The bursting Of bud, and the rustling Of trees
The tulip and crocus though March breezes blow,
Are dreaming Of light underneath the cold snow,
The slow returning from the land Of bright flowers
Will awaken new life in this frost land OF ours;
Then Nature again will come forth as of old,
And robe the brown earth in her spring green and


gold.


When mid blooming Of flowers and hummng Of boe
Well mourn thy departure, o sweet chickadee.


North FaystOH, ~.
Year: 1875

l have seen much interesting comment on
sugar making, but notice there is nothing
said about the mode of keeping the buckets
clean and sweet. am aware that the most
Of farmers still use the wooden buckets and
will continue to do so instead Of throwing
them away on account of their becoming
sour and worthless If they only understand
the best method of cleansing Take good
boards and make cover for the pan; then
commence setting on the buckets, bottom up;
strike mark around them; take of the
buckets and bore auger holes in the center of
these marks to let the steam into the buck.
cts; put in plenty of water keep good fire
and steam about FIVE minutes, which will
take out all the sour and colOring matter,
and render old buckets good aud sweet for
use. think it pays to use covers for buck
cts to keep out the storm and rubbish which
is not desirable when good sugar is the OBJ
ject to be obtained. II.


BarnSton, p. Q.
Year: 1875

The new interest which has Of late been
developed in the breeding and keeping Of
poultry, has also been directed in other
channels, such as the invention of new ap-
paratus for the feeding and care of poultry /;
the formation Of new breeds or families and
even the artificial Matching of eggs has been
attempted by many ingenious persons, who
have contrived incubators for the purpose,
which so far as we have learned, however,
have attained only questionable success.
The incubator Of Mr.. Graves was heated by
lamps constantly burning-which entailed
considerable expense, even at the very low
price at which good kerosene Is now sold
for it must cost something to keep two good
sized lamps burning night and day, for a
period of five or six weeks. But cheap as
this motive power was, it has been suppressed
ed. Horse dung is now the material used !;
and whoever has fresh heap Of this mate
rial can have plenty Of early ehickens-for
he has only to bury the eggs in the manure,
as the ostrich does in the warm sand-and
in given time, the young chicks will begin
to crawl out. No, We are not joking. An
ingenious Yankee has contrived an incubator
which is immersed in pile of fresh horss
manure until the process of Matching is ac-
complished. But this is an old invention,
now dug out of the manure and brought for
ward in order to satisfy the demand for
something now-even though it be old. In
the London Magazine of l750-which may
be consulted in the State Library--is 4 full
account of this discovery, invented by the
celebrated French scientist M. de Reaumur,
illustrated by large folding plate, which
shows every detail in the operation, with the
"manure oven" in full blast, and the chicks
Of all sizes coming out of their berths. The
study Of this interesting plate would give
interest for an hour or two to any lover Of
the curious. Truly, there is nothing new
under the sun Maine Farmer.