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AGRICULTURAL.

Hints

for

the Month.

Throughout tho Northern States the

jsowing of spring grains is chiefly done in tho month of April. This is the most

important work of the month. Every

'effort should he made hy the farmer to

sow his grain early, and have the land in

good condition and do the work well.

All spring grains need a well pulverized

seed-bed their growth is necessarily rapid. and the soil should he fine and well

worked in order to furnish its elements

to the plants freely. Every practical farmer knows that it wont answer to work-

laud when it is very wet yet sometimes

*'one waits too long for it to become dry.

The oat erop may be sown on land work

ed in a moister condition than would «n-

Vswcr for any other spring crrain. Barley

ground should be dry and warm. All I spriug grains should be rolled immediate

ly after sowing. This operation compacts

the soil around the seed, and smooths the

surface for the reaper in harvest time.

Slue/:.—In all localities where fodder

ing must be continued through April, it

is one of the most perilous months of the

year for stock. It is poor economy to

stint iu feed or care on the other hand, both should be increased. The cows

have calves and the sheep lambs by their side, and they need rich and abun-

daut food and good shelter from storms.

The horses are hard at work and they

need judicious feeding and thorough

grooming. There is no better feed for

teams than fine-cut bay, wet and sprink

by Jhorses, and is beneficial to their

health.

a S a a

-the stone picked off and roller applied,

weather to build light fires with ,'-/.

profit by heeding it.

Haul out Manure.—Improve evcrv'opportunU.^ to put, manure on Uu, vKutiu" ground. It forwards the work and w\U be better for the crop.

Repairs.—There will be some time in this month for repairs, and there will be great need of them. Gates, fences and

buildings need looking to. Oil the har

ness be sure the tools are in working order.

Plant Teres.—First some choice fruit

for family use. Prepare to arew a full supply of berries you can have them

fresh ou your table every day for

three months in the summer, and by

canning and drying enough ynu need not cat a single meal in tlie whole year with-

fruit. Settlers on new /'arms should

out

pi not, berries the first year and supply

themselves from this source with fruit

while waiting ior the apples and pears to

come on. Plant screens for shelter around your buildinirs. and trees for shade

along the road-side 'i

Peach Culture.

Isaac Pulleu of Hightstown, N is

reputed to have had much experience iu

peach culture aud worthy of beins an

authority on the subject. In an article

embodied iu an agricultural report lie

Bays:—"In all cases, peach trees should bo planted when of one season growth.

The time of planting, whether fall or

Bpring, is immaterial," except in very se

vere climates, when spring may be pre

ferable. In orchard planting the grou rid

should be furrowed from eighteen to twenty feet apart and the trerjs set

at about the same depth as when in the

nursery. The side limbs aud topfj should

be cut off, leaviug a straight stem of the desired length for forming a head. This

should be doue in the spring. When the

heads begin to form, all the necessary

shoots should be pruiw*J nway. leaving

three or four limbs in .1 suitable position to form the tree. Shortening about one-

half the growth for two or three years is

all that is

nee«ssary

till bearing com

mences— except the removal of the bor

ers, for which the knife will be found tl.e

most certain and effective instrument.

Any soil which will produce cow and

potatoes

liberally will answer for the

peach with the bestowal of atont the

same amount of cultivation.

Wood

Inducement to Plant Twos. 7 How often do we m«t men, with abundance of means, who will tell you they would like to have a few trees hero or there, a vineyard, or orchard, or grove, and you propose that they should immediately commence planting the almost invariable answer will be, "I don't care for the expencee, but I can't wait so long." I can epunt many such men among my acquaintance who Lave made the tame excuse fpr tho last ten -or fifteeD years .1 1L..A -J

or vineyard yet, and done very little to

ward the orchard. There are men, how.

ever with whom to think and to act are

near relatives, and a letter which 1 lately

received from one who is a past octogen-

arinn calls to mind a circumstance which

I happened several years ago it also illus

trates the fact that there is never a pcri-

od in life in which a man may not do

some good to somebody by planting trees and often he will gather the blessing him

self, although he little expects it.

When I was in my fourteenth year, a

'gray-haired uncle of sixty, who had just

purchased a new farm, requested me to pull up some of the young trees which

were growing in masses in my father's garden, and put them on a load of iroods

which were going to his place. With

the assistance of my fahtcr I did so, ty-

I ing the bundle to the body of tho wagon,

as there was no room on the load. 1 well

remember the remark of my father at the

time. "I nelo .John, you are rather old to

think of growing an orchard.'' Never

mind,'' replied my old uncle," it is certainly not too late for me to try." That

uncle still lives, and has been enjoying the

fruit of those trees for many years. It

is well that we can not all be sure of liv

ing to such a venerable age, for in that

case I lear we would never begin as ''Time

enough" would become the mottp, instead

of, as now. --No time."—Fuller a Forest free Culturist.

About Hens. Hatching out and bringing up one

brood of chickens is euough for one hen

led with ground corn and oats. A feed of carrots occasionally is highly relished times they will bring up two broods, but

to do iu that time, iu one year. Some-

often fail and are worth

second attempt.

Stock s\iou\d not be allowed on meadows present it such as shutting

,or past\uea when the ground is filled

•with water. Their treadinc injures the

land, and their roaming does thorn no

•good.

The Wood Pile.-This should be finish

tiiem a tl irk

ed and a years supply cut and piled uu

der cover to season. At any rate don quit this work until you have euough

fuel prepared to last until the leisure days I

of early winter. Use the soft, light wood and all old rails. Ac., for summer fuel. The corn eobs ore haudv in warm

Ditches mill Drains.—If you have

neglected to act upon our hint of last month in respect to these, read it asrain I

and see if you cannot work out some

after the

Some hcns wish to set threc or four

th,les rious

moans arc re-

Pl!lC0- tying

twc or ru0

aii

^itlihoWing all/ood from them for a

tlmc 1

1 'o not allow a hen to set in tho

nc"' w'1Lre

out with ashes and water, or strong lime

water.

Eggs are much more certain to be

hatched if the nest is large, aud compos"

ed at the bottom of earth, aad then lined I

with little soft hay or straw. When

hens steal their nests, the)- usually place I

their eggs upon the ground this becomes so thoroughly warmed that when the hen leaves the nest, for food and exercise, the

heat from the eurtU is imparted to the 'i eggs, aud keeps them warm until the her returns to ihetu.

komi'dlcs for Smut in Wheat. A 1 kett, Winnebago Co., Wis., writes

us thai in his experience of twentv years

as a wheat grower, he has "not found brine of any u^e to prevent smut iu wheat

it is good to take out oats, and liirh

grain a ml other substances, and perhaps

facilitates the growth of wheat. The

remedies I have found for smut are ley, lime and vitriol. Ashes answer when

sifted on the seed while it. is moist. The

wheat will not hurt if it remaiu some

hours after being coateo with cither of these substances, before being sown."

L. T. W illiums, Troy, Pa., soaks his seed in stroDg brine, then sifts over it slaked lime he putp. it afterward in a box and lets itstaud a day or two before sow

ing. -w

Cures for Poll Evil. •J E (Jolr., Steuben Co., N. V.. says he

nt\er failed to cure poll evil by first

•'washing^ the sore clean with warm soap

suds, arid then sprinkling o» teaspoonful of salerntus once a day nutil a cure

is effected, which will be spe«ily."

Tu.

P. W., Troy, Pa., says, "take four

quarts of mandrake roots, boil them in water to get a strong decoction, then add

one pint of hogs' lard and simmer it down

to a salve. This is rubbed on once a day

and heated in with a warm shovel. I

have tried it for twenty years and never

knew it to fail."

Pi" RE

CIDKU

Vi.NKHAK.—Pure and

good cider vinegar can be made only from

pure and good cider. The main point is

to expose the liquor to the air as freely

as possible, at a temperature at leaBt 80°

if warmer, it would be better. Casks

half filled and placed in the sun with the

bungs out will soon furnish vinegar. But

much is lost in this way by leakage. The best way is to leach the cider slowly

through a long box or cask, filled loosely

with sweet, hardwood shavings. This

should be done in a warm room or in the

hot summer sun. The cider gets tho re-

ashes

and guano are good fertiliaers for the peach."

Drugs and Medicines.

Read Tl is!

T. W. Fry & Co.

Have just oponod a fine ns$nrtmoiit of

Drugs, Paints, Chemicals, Oils, Dye Stuffs,

Toilet & Fancy

A I E S Cigars & Tobacco,

OF THE FINEST QUALITY.

stock of tho best quuiity of

Sugar, Coffee, and Tea.

All of which wo will sell at the very lowest

A E I E

ALI. anil .«co u.«. on Green stroot. twocQI ILrVJ iluors above J. W. Lynn A Son. -1 II jun'-S'Ofiwet 1'. W. KKY A CO.

New Firm.

JfiOFFET plF

tlic feet

Wltli-

inches of each other, for

many days. Some practices are cruel

J*such as plunging them into cold water,

& BOOE,

O S 4

E PI E

CRAWFORDSVILLE,

••Slip

same

brood has just been hatched

out

without first cleaning it out in the most thorough manner, and washing it

DKAI.EUS IS rrRK

DRUGS A! MEDICINES,

Paints, Oils, Dyestuffs,

Perfumery, Fancy Articles

Pure Wines and "Brandies,

For Medical Purposes.

Patent Meilicincg, Alfo« Lamp*, Glassware, Letter, Cap, and Note Paper, Pons, Pencil:*, and Ink.

I* it t:

CHIP TtOJYS

Carefully prepared and promptly attended to. We respectfully solicit patronage from tho public in general. [»Jftn'20*tG.

Books and Stationery.

"THE CORNER"

Book Store!

I S E A N E O S

School. College. Toy, frift, Blank, and nil kinds of

Cnp, hotter.Note, Billet. Wall. Window fc \V rapping

ENVELOPES,

I'cns. Ink, Pencils, Slotcs,

PICTURES,

Frames, Molding, ords and

TASSBLLS

Window Curtains Shades

... nsroTioirs",'-'

and Fancy Goods both useful nnd f,

of all descriptions.

quisite air and heat and turns quickly to XV

BED BUGS—SALT THEM.—A

the articles and places infested with the I

bugs with salt and water, and fill cracks and ereviccs where the vermin hide they

cannot abide where salt is. ~'f\

The Election in Davenport, Iowa.

The Radicals, who have been in the habit of carrying Davenport, Iowa, by majoity of from 800 to 1,000, were besaten at the late municipal election by (500 votes, The Chicago Tribune attributes the deieat to^ the fact that the Radicals made the IVIainc Law

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WEEKLY REVIEW—CRAWFOKDSVILIJ5» INDIANA, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 18(7.

Pry Gtoods. ...v„

Allan].'-

LATEST NEWS!

A N E W S O

Dry Groocls

Just Received by

W.JST. Wasson

At the New Brick Corner,

Washington Street, Crawfordsville. Ind.

A SDPi KB'810€K OF

FANCY DRESS GOODS,

Fancy Silks, Grenadines, Mohairs, Mozembeques, Lawns, Shallies, Ginghams, Prints, cVc., &c. Genuine

LACE Collars, Plain Linen Collars. Sr/

e.irge stock of

Fancy Dress Buttons,

'V 3-

INI).

Parasols,"®"

Sun Umberellas, and NOTIONS.

js'+S

"Also a suporb line or

Cloths and Cassimeres, OABPETS,

BOOTS. SHOES, HATS ami CAPS,

All of tlic Lateal Style*,

COME J^ISTJD SUDD

S ».

M'ixtols and

lady

writes the Texas Christian Advocate that jj

*alt is a sure thing on bed bugs. "Wa«Ii

Cartridges.

TTJE-M2J

Lending Literary Tapers and

.^n^(3-^.ZI2STE!S.,_

"WILCOX & GIBBS

Sowing Machines. Romembcr tho Corner liOOK STORE,

L. A. FOOTE.Jt CO.

.November3.l868IIC.

ji r":

ICf Ucmembcr tlie New Urick Corner. Furincrj, when in town. Nov.10. 1806. W. N. WASSON.

Dry Goods

WASSONS & ELLMORE,

DRY GOODS

-A.T

iS550

REDUCED PRICES!

"It* A.t !N~o. 3,

Skirts, Ladies Nubias and Hoods, Hosiery, Gloves, &e., Ac.

We keep any and every thing u?unlly found in a

DRY GOODS HOUSE,

and as low AS can bo found elsewhere

I3S" THE WEST

Ladies' & Childrens' Dress Goods,

A Largi

v, of orcry ij--,.

Style, Grade and Color,

Dress Trimmings, Ribbons, fjilks, Flowers, Laces, Crape, &c. In Gents Ware

k«

OUR STOCK is FULL.

Ready Jtlade Clothing.

We have In atoro a aplondid stock of

Clothing

Feb lC'67int).

Miami

COJfJJfIERCi.II, RI OCH

til A WFORDSYTLLK. IXH

......

,j$m

Examiiu

AND LEARN PRICES:

offered nt ax low priccs as can be founl in the Stateof Indiana,consisting in pnrt of

Brown Muslins, Bleached Muslins, Hickory Shirtings, Cotton Flannels, Prints, Cloaks, Shawls, Cassimeres, Satiuctts, Home made Jeans and Flan nels, Wool & Cotton Yarns, Delaines, Balmoral and Hoop

,v for men and boys. Also, **t

Hats, Caps, Boots & Shoes,

•t. also,»largo «tock uf

Queensw&ia of every style

Call and oxamlno »ml thereby navf money. oclS?'Q6. WASSONS A KLLMOKK.

DRY GOODS ND NOTIONS.

DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS!

UXTerw Firm. New Groods.

EVANS & HUGHES!

[SIICT-OKKUI'N

DRESS GOODS

Silks, Merinos, Cashmeres,^ 7 Lustres, Poplins,

to ICicker, IIU^IICK «V CO..]

No. 5 National Block, Washington Street.

offers for sale at the verv lowest rates a large and magnificent stock of nil kind of

Expressly Adapted for a First Class Trade!

consist.-: df ..

:.-,r

Winceys,

mm ilfllsi

^Plaids, Delaines,

ck i.f §ft||§|§f|

unit 11 full stock of

Points

uf iill.kiiidi.'.:

SHH8p

wms.

Always kept 011 h: standard brands of

Also largo nsfortmcnt of

Cloths, Cassimeress. Tweeds, Cottonades, Ginghams, Checks,

Stripes, Towelings,

Assortment of lloo|» Skirts of* (lie Latest Styles.

which will be sold at a great sacrifice. Call and examine and judge for yourselves.

Mt'Blankets, '*11'' Flannels,

l$i§l§©

fLinseys,

Tickings.

E A E A ND O W N O O N S ^TOXIOAS AND MURKS TKniTIBNCiiN. Vitii

r^i

Evans & Hughes.

.. s^fs Crawfordsville, lnd.

0mm

Great Klaigktrriffg of

3 NIQB GOODS A1

feClurc?! Frv 1 &HC#'s.

mMJV

V"1/ W

»!r} VU 1

Beadt-Made Clothing!

-AT Iil'IDVCED PKICES

We are closing out a great many goods at very low price.- and ia tend selling goods lower than any dry goods house in the county. [O3 All kinds of Produce wanted at the highest market price, ,-Tfl

December 22, I866yadlinl-2c McCllire, Fry & CO-

X",. t- ,!

Don't Eal Kaw Haul.

The lesson to be drawn Tr&ni the eases

of triehiiums in this city, says the Spring

field Massa'cluisetts, Rvpublieuii, is sum

med up in jiist these four words. While authorities differ in luauy other things

with regard to this new and ugly disease,

all agree that if ham and pork are thor

oughly cooked there i» no danner in eating either. Sometimes the disease has

been communicated by eating imperfectly

cured dried beef, but here, too, all danger disappears when the beef is well cooked.

These and other facts of special interest of the medical profession are admirably set

forth ilia connnuuieatiun to the New:

York Mtdienl Record, by IJ r. Kistine,

of Marion. Towa, who has treated several cases similar to those in this city. Dr.

Kistine sums u| the case as follows:

1. That symptoms indicating the presenee of young trie.hine. in the tissues are observed as earlv or earlier than the fourth day after the indention of the of the thrichinuus meat. ., 2. That cysts are -formed as early as the twenty fifth day. !}. Tlnit other things being equal, the severity of the symptoms is in direct proportion to the amount of trichinous meat eaten. •I. That an active catharie given while the worms are still within the .intestinal canal is effectual to a certain degree in causing their expulsion and mitigating the severity of the disease. i. That youth afi'ords no immunity irom the effects of the disease.

That salting and smoking do not destroy the vitality of the parasite. 7. That thorough cooking iieetimjilinln this ohjeef.

Negro Speeches.

0, irq-

tei

nd everything ior both .Men and Hoys' wear, with all the

iJt

A Mr. J. M.Simms (negro) has been

lately speaking to a mixed black and

white audience at Savannah. lie thus

expressed himself:

"I can't say that tuerc is a living man whom I would thank for my liberty. We were free by.the force of circumstances attending the late war. and by the providence of Uod. It has beeu said that unless we prove ourselves worthy we may lose what we have gained. No power ou earth can enslave us again under this Republic. We must elect men who have our prosperity at heart. We intend to elect colored meu for aldermen, and to have colored policemen. We will take them on probation, and if they do not do right we will turn them out. We intend to have no more brutal policemen nor besotted Mayors. White and black shall constitute our police. We will send to Congress men who are loyal and so help me God, I will vote for 110 man to represent me in Congress who is not blind to color. Don't trust a white man, for he is treacherous. It is safer to trust your own color. You've proved white men unworthy of trust, with but very few exceptions. liut let them be assured we will be true to them and to ourselves." lie was followed by a negro preacher,

the llev. Mr. Campbell, who informed the

negroes that the highest positions iu the

laud were open to their children. Such language needs no comment.

Value of Kiisslfiit-Amcrlru

The New York Times says the commer

cial importance and political .signiOciince

of the acquisition of Uussian-America,

however much they may be disputed by

the personal enemies of Mr. .Seward, arc

freely conceded by all shades of California journalism. The Attn ('alifornin,

the Bulletin, and the Times, all of San

Frauciseo, are agreed iu their apprecia

tion of the efforts which has resulted in

this accession of territory. They re

mark upon its commercial value to the

Pacific States, and upon its political bearings in connection with the new born scheme of British American Confedera

tion. On both heads the people on the

Pacific coast are well qualified to speak.

What to the Atlantic States is a compar-

tivcly minor matter, is to them of vital

significance. In the same way, "the St. Paul Daily Press, speaking as it were on

the edge of the narrow strip of British

dominion which separates Minnesota from the territory ceded hy Russia, is

loud in its praise of Mr. Seward and his

work. "Its political significance can not

be overrated," is the opinion of the Press

and the sum to be paid for it can not be "large enough to make it unacceptable

to the people of the United States.'' 'N'

nit Connecticut Election.

The New Haven (Conn.) Palladium

(Radical) says of its State: "Tho whole State has been timorous time-serving, conservative."

Tho Now York Tribune in response

says: "Let there bean end of this. The defeat of Gov. Tlawley is the punishment of the Hepublicari Union patty for the infidelity of a fraction of its members to the benign principle of impartial suffrage. The lesson must not be lost. Henceforth the llepublicau party from the St. John to the Pacific is a unit for Universal Liberty and impartial Suffrage, regardless of caste, race, or color."

This is a good joke. The Republican

party was beaten in Connecticut it was

too extreme, to3 much for negro suffrage.

The remedy according to the Tribune, is to be still more extreme than ever and to

go the whole hog o~n a question that has

justboatcu them.

Bread and Butter Men.

The Republicans are fond of accusing their party opponents of being "bread and butter men but, according to the Independent, the Republicans themselves contend sharply for the pantry. "I believe," says one of its correspondents, "that a man can not spend a day iu Washington, in confidential intercourse with the leaders of the Republican party without seeing that dozen or twenty of the most distinguished of these gentleI tnrin are setting themselves, forward either prudently or imprudently, for I the presidential succession.