Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 27 October 1853 — Page 2

THE JOURNAL.

CRAWFORDVILLE, INDIANA.

Thursday morning, Oct. 27, 1853.

DCTWM. P. RAMEY, is an authorized Agent for the

JOURNAL.

A fine opportunity is also afforded for comparing good stock with bad, and thus learning the superior advantages of raising stock of the best quality. It is a fact, well known to many farmers, that some kinds of cattle will yield one third more of beef than others—some are remarkable for the yield of rich milk and it is also known that by "crossing their respective qualities may be greatly improved. If there are those who doubt these statements and are intent on pursuing the same tracks their Fathers trod, with the same implements of husbandry, and raising the same inferior stock, we earnestly advise them to visit some of the older States where modern machinery is in full operation, and stock of superior quality may be found on every farm.— Much too ia to be learned about the conveniences of household furniture, which are calculated to remove many burdens from our wives and daught­

ers

—the best and most economical style of cooking stoves, smoothing irons, sowing machines, and a variety of other articles, the cost of which is far less than the amount of good they accomplish. Vegetable and agiicultural productions of the finest quality are generariy on exhibition, and something may be learned about the best mode of cultivating them.

But the advantages to be gained by attending such exhibitions cannot be enumerated in one short article. They are numerous and great, and v\c trust the farmers of Indiana will continue the good work in the same spirit they have so nobly com­

menced. One advantage of vital importance may not be passed in silence. The mingling of all classes and parties in one common brotherhood, softens the bitterness of party feelings, and prevents party differences from sundering those tics which should ever bind man to man in their friendly and social meeting and discussing agricultural interest, all party strife is forgotten, and the .thunders of political denunciation is hushed. Party strifes may again arise, but not to wear the threatening aspects of former times.

Success and triumph to the noble

"cause.

OCT At the Mechanics Fair, in Boaton, was exhibited an Engine moved by an electrical battery, which was driven at a speed of 250 revolutions per minute. This power, says-an exchange, has proved more costly, in former experiments, than steam but it ia thought that such discoveries have of late been made, that shortly, it will be the cheapest motive pow-ei*' in the world, and stationary machine-

ry,

rail care, and every thing else, will be run by lightning.

"''"GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK.—This

OCT

Gov.

MONTGOMERY

He will take subscriptions,

receive money, and give receipts.

The Slate Fair.

The. vast concourse of people who Resembled during the continuance of the Fair, th6 variety and excellence of the machinery, the fine display of works of art, the number and superior quality of stock, the array of vegetable and agricultural production, the cultivated Iruit, gave a most pleasing exhibition of the interest now taken in this important subject, by the citizens of Indiana. Although there were from thirty to fifty thousand persons in attendance, it is to be regretted that a much larger number of our farmers and [mechanics were not present. That there is much that is very useful andpractical, to be learned will be admitted by all observing men. At such exhibitions are to be seen the best machinery for saving labor and facilitating the farmers work. Plows of the best quality and adapted to every kind of plowing—rakes which with one horso and a driver will do the work of ten men—instruments for cutting corn stalks so fine as to be turned under by the plow, thus returning to the soil the elements which have been withdrawn in the growth of the corn. Threshing machines of the best quality—mowing and reaping machines, cutting boxes, and many other articles calculated to assist man in his arduous work of tilling the soil.

most

excellent Magazine for November is before us. It contains one hundred pages, 50 different articles, and 65 engravings, Codey is hard to "get^jn the way of rnagarJne publishing.

WRIGHT

has set apart

Thursday the 24th of November next, as a day of Thanks-giving and prayer, in this State.

''THE LATEST ARRIVAL."—J.

DCr3 The receipts at the N.

& J.

Lee & Co., are just receiving and opening their Fall & Winter stock of Dry-Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Boots & Shoes, Hardware & Queensware, &c., &c. Joel, himself, went east this fall, and we would judge from what we have seen, that their present stock is large and well selected. Head their advertisement which appears in another column.

Y.

State

Fair at Saratoga, amounted to $6,000, more than sufficient to defray expenses.

DC73 A

HORNER

& Co., have just re­

ceived a new lot of Ladies Shoes of various kinds. See new ad vertisement of this date.

"ONE THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WAN­

TED."—II.

Pursell & Bro's, advertise­

ment with the above caption appears in to-day's paper. They are receiving their fall &. winter stock of Books, Jewelry, Musical instruments, Yankee Notions, &c., which we learn they are selling off very low.

State Fair.

The following are the Premiums awarded to the citizens of this county at the state Fair:

Merchant Garret, for best four year old, thorough-dred stallion, silver cup $30.

William Stipes, for best brood mare, 4 years, old silver cup §10. John Caster, do. diploma.

Z. Bailey, for best sucking horse colt, $3. W. C. Young, for best 4 years old gelding, diploma.

Jesse McCollister, for second best stalion colt, sett silver spoons. Hutchison & Prcwett, for best Jack, silver pitcher $30.

W. W.

Beaslv, for best single mule,

silver cup $10. T. D. Brown, for best indelible writing ink, §2 and diploma do. M. J. Cook.

M. J. Cook, lor best indellible writing ink for fabricks, $2 and diploma. A. G. Vanderbilt, for second best specimen of dental work, $3 and diploma.

Dr. R.

T.

Brown, for best Jhssay on

Swamp Lands, silver cup, $20.

Fell among Thieves.

Mr. Jones, of Tcrre Haute, one of the most scientific practical printers in the State, was decoyed by some of the notorious scoundrels of the city, last night, in the north-east part of town,knocked down robbed of all his effects, and afterwards shamefully and brutally pounded. He is now lying at the City Hotel, under medical treatment, his head presenting a frightful appearance. Not until a portion of our town is reduced to ashes, and some of our peaceable citizens are murdered by the midnight assassin, will our laws be made effectual in the hands of the people, by driving these outlaws from the city. It is of little use to arraign the scamps at the bar of justice, so long as two dollars fine, three dollars costs, and lawyer's fee of five dollars, are all that is necessary to set them at liberty to pursue their professional calling. There is not a city in the West where blacklegs, burglars, and thieves have so great a swing as in Lafayette.— Where are our police? Where are our night watch? Why are they not more yigilant?—Lafayette L/Our.

THE HOG MARKET. The last Cincinnati Price Current says: "The prospect of a heavy demand from Europe, imparts a buoyant feeling to the market for hogs, and within two weeks prices have advanced over 75c. per 100 pounds, and now five dollars is being paid, and is obtainable for hogs delivered in this month and November in addition to which slaughterers are contracting for the killing at 80c. per head. It is now certain, that the market will open at or over $5,00 per 100 pounds net which will be fully up to the opening price of last year. We do not know of a packer, who would think of paying this price with a view of going through the season with the products.

We therefore conclude, that the opening price that will be paid during or at°the full commencement of the reg-u-ler packing season. Still, it cannot be denied that prospects are decidedly more favorable to the interests of farmers than they were three weeks ago while with" reference to packcis, they are the reverse."

t.

SICKNESS.—There

seems to be a

kind of fever about here fhe doctors cannot manage. Among the deaths within- the last two weeks we notice Columbus Sellers, a young lawyer, Doctor Herryman--, a student by the name of Wheat, and the wife of J. P. Sinclair.— Greencastle Banner.

CINCINNATI MARKET. CINCINNATI,

Oct. 24.—Flour firrri at

$500@5 10 with

more

buyers than-

sellers at tbe. inside figures. Whiskey 23£. irogs held at $5 25 to-day with buyers at 00. Very moderate business doing jn groceries, and an

PRIZE ESSAY

On theBest Mode of ^Tilling the Soil, by T. W. Fry, M. D. In the wide range of mere human learning, there is no subject of deeper interest to man than that of "Tilling the Soil." It is from this source that all suite nance is derived upon this the entire animal creation depends for nutriment more especially does it contribute to the life and happiness of man. Were the earth to with hold its annual yield of vegetable production, the world would present one universal scence of death all living creatures, from the most insignificant worm up through all grades of animal existence, to man the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, derive their sustenance from the earth. In this view o»' the subject, the "Best mode of Tilling the Soil," becomes invested with peculiar, and important interests.

The object, of Essays to be presented to this Society, we presume, should be confined to the cultivation of lands lying within the limits of Montgomery county. To speak of soils, in general, would require a volume we shall allude more particularly to that system of culture best adapted to the Soil of our own County. Those who have traveled through the length and breadth of our county, have observed that even in this small space, there is a considerable variety of soil requiring different modes of culture, in order to secure the largest yield with the least detriment to the land. It has been well remarked of American Farming, that it is remarkable for two things, to wit: "The production of large crops and exhausting the Soil." This remark is applicable to some extent to the farming adopted in this region of country. In many parts of Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Kentucky and Tennessee, much of the land has been so perfectly exhausted, as to be rendered utterly useless, and unprofitable for farther cultivation. Hundreds and thousands of acres in West Tennessee have been so poorly cultivated for a succession of years, in the production of a single article, Cotton, that although recently settled, now present the appearance of an old worn-out country, and will not, even with the best cultivation, yield the luxuriant crops for which they have heretofore been remarkable.

But in turning our attention more particularly to Montgomery county, we see here, as before stated, a variety of soil. In some parts of the county we have the rich rolling land, the depth and strength of whose soil is indicated by the large growth of Walnut, Hickory, and Maple in other parts, the low wet lands, covered with dense forests of beach again, as in the north part, are found the barrens with its growth of White Oak, interspersed with wet prairie, and again, we find still farther North and East, and a small portion West of north, the rich, dry, rolling prairie, with an occasional grove of Walnut, White Oak, and Sugar tree and we have the fertile bottoms of the streams which How through our country. The intelligent mind will perceive at a glance, that the different growths of timber indicates a variety of soil, and each variety of soil demanding a different mode of cultivation.

There are, however, some general principles in agriculture, applicable alike to all. It is a principle, known to and admitted by every practical farmer, that the cultivation of the same crop on any given piece of land, will speedily exhaust it and render it comparatively unproductive. It is also known, that unless some means are resorted to, for restoring to the earth the elements withdrawn in the production of a succession of crops, the land will be rendered incapable of yielding a profitable return for the labor bestowed. That the application of manure, plaster of paris, guano and similar articles will increase the fertility of the soil, is well known to every farmer: "But the tillage, applicable to one description ot soil, may not be applicable to anoth­

er. One great and primary object in the successful cultivation' of the soil, is that it should be dry. Many of the lands of Montgomery county, are, in their natural state, too wet to admit of good cultivation hence, the necessity of drainage—as to the best mode of draining, there ia a difference of opinion, even among good Farmers some prefer deep, while others think that shallow drains are preferable which of the two should be adopted, is in our humble opinion dependent entirely on circumstances

Where the lands are very flat, deep drains will certainly-be more effectual than shallow where the lands are

comparatively dry, a shallow drain on the margin of what might be termed the stable land, will answer all desirable purposes! It is also highly important in draining land, to observe carefully, the nature of the soil.

Having succeeded in restoring the lands from its wet condition, another grand element in their successful tillage, is that the earth shall be thoroughly pulverized. That this cannot be effected when the soil is wet is evident to every observing mind. The object to be accomplished in ploughing, hoeing, spading, &c., is not merely the destruction of weeds, but it is to pulverize the earth, and render it capable of absorbing from the atmosphere the various gasses which constitute the food of plants—by far the greater portion of plants, is composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen. Chemists inform us that these gasses in their various combinations, constitute twenty-nine thirtieths of plants and vegetables. Carbon is derived from carbonic acid, nitrogen from ammonia, oxygen and hydrogen are derived in a great measure from the atmosphere and the vapor which generally floats in the atmosphere. Experiment has shown that these gaseous bodies enter largely into the composition of plants and vegetables, that they are readily absorbed by finely pulverized earth hence the great necessity of working the ground. Experiment has also proved that the vegetable mould, existing in every fertile soil, is entirely inert and useless, until brought in contact with the oxygen of the atmosphere. Justas the dark,venous blood of the human system is brightened and rendered capable of sustaining human lile, by coming in contact with the oxygen, so is the vegetable mould rendered capablo of sustaining vegetable life, by coming in contact with the same gas.

Having rendered the land dry by draining, ploughed it sufficiently deep, (which ia all-important) having pulverized the earth—another important question to be decided, is the depth to which the seed should be planted il covered so deep as to be beyond the reach of the Sun's heat, the seed rots and never vegetates if left too near the surface, its vitality is in danger of being destroyed by the absence of the necessary moisture. This arises from the fact that both heat and moisture are necessary for the germination of seeds. In sandy soils the depth should be greater than in what is generally termed the clay soils.

The selection of seed, is another important element in successful farming. It is always best that the most vigorous, full-grown, thoroughly ripened plants, should be selected for seed, and the most thoroughly developed portions of those. In thus making selections, the yield will not only be greater, but the quality will be superior.

The usual mode of planting wheat in the Western country is to sow it broad-cast to this mode, there are some strong objections, if the facts above stated relative to the gasses, are true, when wheat, or any small grain is sown broad cast, there can be no circulation of air around the stalk and roots of the plant, but if drilled, there is a free and perfect circulation, and the plant is more fully developed and yields far more abundantly. In matters of this kind, experience should be the great teacher, and that speaks out clearly and distinctly in favor of drilling. When the air circulates freely around the stalk, just as it emerges from the ground, the plant is more fully developed, tbe grain is more perfect, and of better quality this arises from the fact that gasses which enter into the composition of the plants are more readily absorbed by the earth, and the tender portions of the stalk at its junction with the

root. The present mode of tillage adopted by the great mas3 of our farmers, is an exhausting one, which, though not very perceptible now, will in time to come, be productive of great injury, if not changed. Year after year are the elements of a fertile soil withdrawn from our lands, and but few returned. The idea that the deep soils of the west are inexhaustible, is one calculated to do vast mischief to Western Farming no mine of gold was ever too rich to be exhausted, nor was there ever yet a soil so deep and rich, as not to be deprived of its fertilizing element.

It is true, there are some bottom lands subject to overflow, which, though exhausted by tillage, receives •back their fertility on the subsidence of the overflowing waters.

What then should be done in the tillage of our lands, to jpnake tnem

yield their annual increase, and yet retain their natural fertility, or even become more productive. In order to effect this desirable object, the land in the first place should be thoroughly cultivated, mere scratching the earth will not suffice there must be deep ploughing and sometimes subsoil ploughing the ground should be thoroughly pulverized, and the system of rotation in crops should be rigidly adhered to. After some one or two crops have been raised, the land should be well clovered, and a rich growth of clover turned under in addition to this, it will be well for each farmer to eave the barn-yard manure and each year let a small portion of land be well manured. Fresh manure, as experience h^s shown, is far better than that which is rotted. The fresh manure contains a much larger amount of the elementary substances, which constitute a rich soil. -Why is it necessary in the older portions of our country, that the Farmers have to resort to the use of plaster of paris, guano, transported from the Islands of the Pacific? Why are so many of their lands turned out as useless and unproductive? It is from the simple fact that all the nutritive elements have been withdrawn and none returned and when we reflect upon the vast amounts of elements, annually withdrawn from the soil of the West, in the production of Corn, Wheat, and other grains, and these grains shipped or converted into the flesh of beef, pork, and other animals, to be consumed in distant markets, we can readily perceive the exhaustion to which our lands are subjected. These elements must be restored or the soil will become impoverished.

American Agriculture, says a writer in the National Intelligencer, is distinguished by two prominent features its productiveness of crops, and destructiveness of soils. Crops large in the aggregate and sometimes per acre, are grown by thoughtlessly consuming the elements of fertility, which nature has stored up in the virgin lands of this continent. Before any one can have a correct idea of what American Agriculture is, he must carefully investigate the facts which show much of the atoms in the surface of the earth, that form six hundred millions bushels of Maize, one hundred and thirty millions bushels of Wheat, over three thousand million pounds of seed Cotton, two hundred million pounds of Tobacco, and other crops in proportion, is annually removed from the arrated fields, pastures and meadows of th United States more than is restored to them again. The difference in what the soil loses, by tillage and in the crops, and what it gains in manures, indicates the true character of our system of husbandry. Rural economy with us is not a science, nor a study, but an empyrical art. Hence no account is taken of the water consumed in_the growth of grain, grass, roots, cotton, tobacco, and other cultivated plants. Art and physical labor are every thing principle and natural laws nothing in our farming operations. Nor is this neglect of principles confined to agriculturalists. All that subsists on the fruits of tillage and husbandry in cities and villages are equally unmindful of their abiding duty, to feed the land that feeds them not to do this is to impoverish the soil over millions of acres, and to a degree that farmers cannot possibly remedy by the aid of imported or home made manures.

One hundred million of acres must continue to deteriorate until an classes that compose our twenty-five million Of population, who are fed and clothed by the products of the soil, co operate in giving back to the land its indispensable elements of fertility.

Thiaffbroad, beautiful, and extensive valley, in which we have our homes, has been blessed by a kind Providence with a soil, which for depth and strength is not surpassed by any other portion of the world no other lands yield more bountiful returns for the labor bestowed yet the elements of its fertility may be exhausted yet these smiling fields waving with their rich and golden fruits, these feftile and luxuriant prairies, these prolific valleys, may by improper tillage become baren wastes, yielding no return to the skill and energy of the husbandmen. ,,

In seeking to understand and practice the best mode of tilling the soil, the great truth of feeding the land cannot be too deeply,-or too firmly impressed on our minds that lost sight of, we are destitute of the chief, the most important principle of Ag® ricultural Science—a principle which

should be to the farmer what the chart and compass are to the tempest tossed mariner.

We have thus briefly alluded to some of the general principles, which should govern every farmer in tilling the soil. Time will not allow, nor is it expected that we should enter into minutiae each particular farm will require some slight peculiarity of management, which the intelligent farmer can readily appreciate and act upon. Enough, however has been said to show that this subject, when fully understood, when thoroughly studied, when appreciated in all its bearings, is one of the noblest, the most important sciences, pertaining to man's temporal existence. It affords scope for the widest and highest range of thought, themes for the deepest reflection, and noblest flights of the imagination. When properly studied, and properly practiced, it not only invigorates the physical system, but expands the intellect, elevates the morals, and lifts the heart of man up through nature's works to Nature's God.

Too long has it been regarded as an occupation demanding the energies of the stupid, the ignorant, and the uneducated—too long has it been regarded by the self-styled aristocracy. as degrading, and unworthy the notice of royal minds. But a brighter and more auspicious day is dawning, in whose light will be revealed the truth, that the study and practice of tilling the soil will exalt and dignify the most noble of earth's inhabitants.

For the Journal.

Cincinnati & Dayton Air-Line Railroad, &c.

CINCINNATI,

Oct. 19, 1853.

MR. EDITOR:—Since

I left the

pleasant village of Crawfordsville, I have often thought of your polite invitation at parting, to contribute a few lines occasionally for the Journal. Before this time I should have complied with the request, had not circumstances rendered it impossible.

I am now residing on one of tnose beautiful hills which overlook the "Queen City of the West." The air is filled with the busy hum of active' thousands. Around me are scattered elegant houses and gardens, while the hill-sides are fruitful with orchafds and vinyards.

Through Walnut Hills, on which I reside, will pass the projected and partially completed Tunnel of the Cincinnati and Dayton Air line Railroad. It is one ot the greatest undertakings of the age. Tho work is rapidly progressing and will be finished in the spring. When ready for the car3,

this Tunnel will have tost not less than Si,000,000! This is a vast sum to expend on two miles of railway, but it is thought that tbe road when completed will amply repay the Company for all expenses. On this one piece of work 1100 laborers are employed, and hardly an hour, by night or day, passes, but we feel the shock of the powerful blasts by which they slowly pierce their way through the solid rock. Mr. Williams, the Superintendent of the Tunnel, very politely offered to accompany myself and some of my friends and gratify our curiosity by showing us the excavations which have been made. Of course we did not decline the invitation. The whole extent of the Tunnel is nearly two miles, Workmen are laboring at each end and in three shafts. The central shaft, however, is the most interesting, the deepest, and the one which we visited. Over the opening is a building containing the engine by which the heavy buckets, ladened with stone, are drawn up, and by which, also, a constant current of fresh air is supplied to those below. But eager to descend, we did not look long at the curious machinery, but prepared ourselves for entering the shaft by putting on the ordinary miner's clothes and each fixing a small tin lamp in his cap. Formerly, the descent was made in the large iron buckets which would accommodate three or four persons, but several lives have been lost in that way, and now the descent is made by six long ladders'. Down these we go for 200 feet, through walls of rock, lighted only by our little lamps. We now find ourselves in the Tunnel.vJThe echoes of a thousand hammers stun our ears.

Around are many men engaged in various ways. Some are drilling, the rock, some loading the buckets with stone, others pushing the loaded buckets on cars to the shaft, while others still are engaged in erecting the wooden arch within which is ultimately to be built a.nother arch of brick. One set of men has excavated

fthe

V. ..V ^J

|gck for 190 feet, and, and another set opened the Tunnel in the

opposite direction for 170 feet, making a tijtal of 360 feet.* "*The stone, in which they labor is a kind of argillacious shale, but occasionally limestone is found.

But we have now been at the farthest end for sometime, watching the drilling and loading and now the preparations for eleven blasts are completed. The eleven men whose duty it is to fire the fusees, stand ready with their lamps, and we are hurried away about sixty feot to a room, cutout of the rock, where we can be safe. At fhe ward the men raise their lamps to the fusees and then run for dear life. A leaden weight is hung to each passing second until the first tremendous report comes, shaking the rock like an earthquake and hurling fragments all around our place of retreat. Then comes another blast and another until the eleven are counted. We remain for a few minutes, to allow the gas a little time to escape, and then we sally forth to see what execution has been done. But the sulphurous smoke is too suffocating for us to breathe. So we hasten forth from these abodes, fit for Pluto, ascend the six ladders with their 190 rounds, and at last come forth to the light of heaven, thankful that we are not doomed to spend our days in such a subterraneous dwelling.

The chief excitements of the City, at present, are the Women's Rights meetings, which began on last Friday evening and the lectures of Father Gavazzi, which commenced on la9t Monday evening. The prominent speakers at the former are Mrs. Jenkins, Mrs. Lucretia Mott and Miss Lucy Stone. The last-mentioned lady is a good speaker and makes an impression by her fine sentences and pretty thoughts, but she displays very little power of argumentation. The appearance of all three speakers is that of sincere, earnest women, who are deeply impressed by the wrong!* of their sex. To many of their propositions, concerning tbe 'commercial and legal disabilities of women,' I readily accede "but many of their opinions about the 'political rights of females' are altogether untenable. Their lectures have been heard quietly, no disorder prevailing, though the Melodcon has been crowded every night on which they have lectured.

Father Gavazzi addressed very large assemblies, in Smith & Nixon's I-Iall, on the exciting subject of Roman Catholocism. The appearance of this well-known Italian preacher patriot and exile before a Cincinnati audience, arrayed, as he was, in the uniform of the Italian Patriots, created quite a sensation. The Rev. Padre is about 40 years old had a finely formed head and a majestic bearing. His pronunciation of our language is imperfect, but notwithstanding that defect, he is a speaker of wonderful though eccentric eloquence. His delineations of feeling were the grandest I ever saw. At one moment ho will have ynu convulsed with laughter at Papa! adsurdities. and the next trembling with horror at Papal abominations. lie uses much gesticulation, but it is all powerful, and Gavazxi's enthusiasm is infused into the minds of his auditors until they find themselves thinking, feeling and almost acting with the powerful orator and suffering patriot who stands before them. Yours &c.

E. R. Y.

Mr, (Jreel}'s Northern Trip. The South Bend Register gives the following account of Mr. Greely's trip North from this city:—Ind. Journal. ..

Returning from Indianapolis Saturday, ho missed the train North from Lafayette by about five minutes —it having started out ahead of time. But he was determined in spite of this mishap, to keep his appointment here at all events and at any cost.—

The N. A. & S. R. R. agreed to run a special train North the next afternoon but at Brookston, 14 miles North of Lafayette, the Locomotive gave out, and at 5 P. M. Mr. Greely found himself there, apparently at a dead halt. The engineer concluding, however, to take a hand car and go to Culverton, 43 miles north to look for an engine, Mr. Greely persuaded him to allow him a seat on it by his paying pretty high wages to the men at the crank. Arriving at Culverton, on the edge of the Kankakee Marsh, at midnight, the Locomotive turned up missing—Mr. Greely endeavored unsuccessfully to scare up a horse to take him through to LaPorte—and failing in that, as the Engineer finally concluded to turn in for sleep, ho borrowed the hand car, employed a fresh set of hands for the crank, and pushed on 21 miles further to Westvill where he arrived at 4 A. M.* chilled through by the cold, damp, all night ride over that open, marshy country. An hour*8 sleep—a wagon ride to LaPorte—and at 9 A M. Monday he telegraphed us that his appointment hero would be faithfully kept. Lecturing at LaPorte to make up for his missed appointment of Saturday night he came up by th® afternoon train, weary enough but still ready for duty. We venture to say that few but him would have kept the appointment under similar circumstances.

His audience here was a brilliant one. Before the time for his Lecture, tho Methodist Church, pews, aisles, gallery and all, was packed to its utmost capacity with an audience, sit­

ting

and standing, over a thousand strong and numbers went away unable to obtain admittance. Persons were present from Niles Mich,, New