Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 30, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 October 1884 — Page 6

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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1- 1884.

FARJI AND JIOilE.

Oar Regular Weeklj liadset to tbe Farm and Fireside. Bock-Krrpiii!; for rarmtrf-CooitberrUl, Batter, Fo I Jndging Ilorse Household Mints aud Farm Notes. Eook-Keeping for Farmer. jC'hicaso Times. Much ha? been written daring the past few years in advocacy of a plain, at tbe earns time comprehend ve system of book-keeping ior tbe use cf farmers. It is often stated that farmers are the only class of people that are enjragsd in a business employing a consideralle amount cf capital who do net keep a setcf booia. It is a rale in the Bankrupt Courts in mo9t counties tbat no trader who does not keep a set of books can obtain bis discharge. If this rule was applied to farmers none of them, however unfortunate in fcusicess, would apply to a commission in bankruptcy to be released from his obligation on making over his property. A farmer generally carries his accounts in bid head. His ' balance-sheet at tie end of tbe jear is his pocket-book. If Le Las no outstanding notes, no store bills or other obligations, but a considerable sum of money in his pocket, he naturally concludes that his labor and capital have been profitably employed during the year. If, however, le has no cash, and is repeatedly asked to ray debts contracted daring the year, he ascertains without applying to an expert accountant that he has been losing money instead of making any. If a3ked at the close cf a prosperous season which department of fain: ic? or stock-raising has been the most protitalle he 53 not able to answer. If he started in the business of farming with considerable capital invested in land, stock, and tools, and, after a series of years, is obliged to sell cut in order to meet the demands of his creditors, he would find it difficult to give a very satisfactory reason for hjs failure. Few farmers can give such an account f their .-aina or losses as would be of any great vätue to one wbo was about to engage in the busine-s of farming. Very few can tell with any considerable degree of accuracy wLat kind of crops or whatclas3of iive stock liS paid best during a ssries of years. It is claimed that farmers hav more r.eol to keep books than traders and manufacturers have, because their business is more complicated. Some have held that an ac count ihouldbe kept with every Held, sa that it may be ascertained at tne end of each yiar whether tbe crop produce! on it raid the cost of production, including the Interest on the value of tbe land. They also held tbat an account should b.2 keit with every animal be!cn;ing to the farm. They wcuid ascertain the worth of tbe food ied to each, ar.d would carefully estimate the Rain :n weignt of ths meat-producing animal?, the value of the young they raise, the worth of the milk pven by each coar, and tha valua of tne f.eece t..ken from each sheep. "E j adopting that course, it is claimed, the reiative value of taca animal can be defr mined. By referring to the written record it may C9 seen which animals are profitable to reep, aud vvn ch should be disposed or It is hld ihat remarkably fin flocfei and Herds may be built np in this way. Some Lave gene so far as to adrocate keeping an account with every hen in the poultry yar 1. It :3 generally admitted that farmers are poor business men, and it is believed that a jUu:ciou3 system of book-keeping would improve their business habits and render their V usine?s more profitable. Several systems of srr cultural book-keeping have been propped that would appear to answer the purpose. As a rule, however, thev have failed t give ceneral satisfaction. The great majority of farmers do not understind how ti keep a set of books, and those who do not are not willing to take the time required to learn. Some who have received instructions in the science and art cf book-keeping, declare that they have no time to keep books during the pcrtions cf the year when ther9 is the most to do in the fiftld3. Other comtdain of the cost of the books required for keeping farm accounts, and at the great trouble in making the different entries. An expert accountant gives it as his opinicn that it i3 impracticable for farmers to keep Buch a set of books as will furnish the information desired from them. lie states that it is a comparatively eas7 matter to keep accounts for a manufacturer or trader, but a very dirlicult one to keep them for farmers. The manufacturer purchases materials and employs laborers to work them up! ' When the articles are made it 13 very asy to estimate their cost. He sella them for money, and the gain or loss in the business is easily ascertained. The trader simply buvs and sells. The difference between the purchase and the selling price constitutes hia froüt or loss. In farming there is nothing ike simple manufacturing. Everything connected with raising a crop is exceedingly complicated, ilost of tbe operations reach ever from one year to another. The ground i3 cften in preperation for a certain crop several years. A eld id sown to clover for the purpose of raising a crop of wheat two or three years hence. Implements are purchased that may be in use a lifetime. Land is underdrained, not for immediate affects, but with a view to permanent improvements. Ad orchard is set out that may net produce fruit for a dozen years. None of töe operations of farmers resemble those of the trader in being simply buying and selling. It is true that the farmer often buvs and sells stock; but he generally keeps and feed? the animal3 several months before he dhpo?e? of them. It is easy to find the difference between the purchase and selling price, bat quite dinicult to estimate tbe cost of the care and feed during the time they are kept on the place. A foreign agricultural society recently offered a prize for the best system of bookkeeping for farmers. Several systems were submitted, but all of them were condemned as being too complicated. It therefor" recommended that farmers keeD s;mply a diary and cash book; the tirst to contain a record of importaotoccarrences on the farm, as the time of seeding and harvesting, and the second to contain an account of all tbe j crcnass and sales, and all exoenditures of money for every kind of labor." Pruning Gooseberries. The present season, remarks a writer in an English paper, has given ns some lesions in fruit culture that it will be well to bur in mind for future guidance. Among other things. I have been particularly Btruck with the variable character of the eooseberry crop evn in the same garden. When the severs spriDg frosts set in gooseberries were unusually well lade" with blossoms: in fict. the embryo fruits had got well advanced, aüd where the bushes were left thick with wood the protection afforded by the leaves saved a cod portion of the "crop, while other bushes 1 hat had been severely pruned lost nearly all, the fruits appearing as if scalded after the severe freezing followed by bright sunshine to which they were subjected. Now, in pruning gooseberries I like to adopt two or three different method i, ro as to make pretty sure cf a crop. Bat as the greatest demand is for green berrieä, both for culinary purposes and preserving, I always let a quantity of the oldest bashes go entirely unpruned, and on these I ha7e sever yet failed to have good crops, even when hard-pruned bushes have been fruitless. I have followed this course from TiOticing what good crops we got from old bushes that, condemned to be destroyed in autumn, were left entirely unpruned in spring; the quantity of iruit which they perfected, however, caused them not only to ret a longer lease of life, but to become the est bushes in the garden. Since that date I have always left some bushes unpruned, and with very good results. When pruning is discontinued the bushes make short,

stubby, luthy growth: it is where gross

snoots are cut out one year anotner crop springs. I do not, however, advocate not pruning gooseberries at all, as, in order to in sure tne desert, fruit pruning is neeaini, oat I am certain it is overdone in many gardens. BntterThat Will Keep. An authority on dairying says that the keeping quality of butter depends.mor than ou any other one tainr, upon tne enure removal from tbe butter of the buttermilk and what the buttermilk contains. Butter n mainly a fat, which fat, purified of everything foreign, will keep without salt if protected from the air. bait would not help it to seep. Indted, the two things, Butter fat and salt, have no chemical alhnity for each other. On the other haul, buttermilk contains a considerable proportion of solid matter of a membraneous or caseous nature, upon which salt has a preservative ell'ect. Batter, a? pure as it can ba made, by the best known pre cess, will contain more or less of this membraneous and other foreign matter. It will reouire, at the best, as much salt a? would be desirable for the sake of eating quality, to act as a preservative of what foreign matter is inevitable. If an undue quantity of the foreign matter be left in the butter, more salt would be required than would be ood for the taste, or eating quality, of the butter. Moreover, white butter, even without salt, is slow to take injury from the air or become rancid. The foreign matter in butter is ouick to spoil or become putrid, and salt in any quantity will only Keep back thesroilinR for a time. Fron this it will be eeen that if the batter is made to contain an undue proportion of foreign matter, it will require, in order to preserve it, bo much salt tbat the taste will be injured, and even then its time of keeping will be limited, because cf the presence ot the foreign matter. Its life will be shorter, indeed, than that of other and eurer butter, leas salted or not salted at all. Vermin n Fowls. Lice and filth kill more fowhj and are the cause of greater loss to the poultry keeper, writes an eastern fanner, than all other causes combined. People whose fowls are not infested with the larc-e black or cray lice wonder, as they daily see them growing poor . and looking rough, why they are bo unlucky with fowls. If they will closely examine the nest and perches they will hnd the cause, and be surprised to see myriads of little mites swarminz in every place, literally eating the poor fowls alive. No amount of focd or corn can cause thrift so long as these pests are allowed to prey upon them. If people care nothing for egg$ or pro'it, bnmauity sl ould prompt them to get rid either the fo 13 or tr.e r.ce, and there is no excuse for the prevalence of the pesta when one quart of kerosene, costing not more than üve centa anywhere, will kill everyone of them. To apply it, take one pound of herd soap and two uaart3of water, or one quart eech of Oftsoai aud water; pat either ii.to a kettle and heat gradually until it come s to a coil, stirring until the soap is all dissolved; take from the fire an add the kerosne, stirring well, and it wilt soon dis appear. Add enough vratr to the mixture to make a strong soapsuds, and with thi3 spray or wash the entire inside of the poul-try-hcuse, and especially the perches aid nest-boxes, cleaning them out erst, and afterwards supplying them with new next ma terial. How to .lude a Horse. An old horseman says if you want to boy a horse don t benete your own brother. Take no man's word for it Your eye i your n arket. Don't buy a hor.e in harness. I r.hitch h:m and take ever3-thing otf but his halter end lend him around. If he has a corn, or is stiff, or has any other failing, you can see it. Let hira go by himself a way. and if he staves ri.jht into any thing yoo know he 13 blind. :o matter how clear acid bright his eye are, he can't see anymore Han a bat. Pack him, too. Some horses show tueii weakness at tricks in that way ween they don't in any other. Fut, be aj smart as you can, you 11 get caught some times. Even an expert gets stuck. A horse may look ever so nice and go a great pse, and yet haye tits. There isn't a maa couid tell it till something hanpens. Or he may have a weak back. Give him the whip and oil" he goe3 for a mile cr two, then all ot a sudden he stops in the road. After a rest he starts again, but he soon stops for gocd, and nothing but a derrick could move him. The weak points of a horse can be better diEcovered "while standing than while moving. If he is sound he will stand firmly and squarely on his limbs without movingany of them, the feet Üatly upon the ground, with legs plump and naturally poised; or It the foot is lifted from the ground and the weight taken from 11, disease may be suspected, or at least tenderness, which is a precurser of disease. If the I horse stands with his feet spread apart, or straddles with his hind legs, there is a weak ness m the loins and the kidneys are disordered. Heavy pulling bends the knees. Bluish, milky-cast eyes in horses iudicata moon blindness or something else. A badtempered horse keeps his ears thrown back. A kicking horse is apt to have scarred legs. A stumbling horse has blemished knees. When the skin is roajh and harsh, and1 does not move easily to the touch, the horse is a heavy eater and digestion is bad. Never buy a horse whose breathing organs are at all impaired. Place your ear at the side of the heart, and if a wüeeztcg sound is heard it is an indication of trouble. Remarkable Yi!l. New York CorreeponJenca Country Gentlemau.l I beg to call your attention to what I consider the most wonderful performance known, which I bad the pleasure of witness ing at the one stock vara of IT. w. A. Con over, llackettstown, N. J., the home of the bir Charles and Mary Lowndes family. II a v in: occasion to viait the farm Jane 21, the Doctor showed me a heifer called Countess Lohndes t-'i'i.S"!, sired by Uabylon 4.723, dam Fanny :d 7,127; she was dropped March 2, 182, and dropped her hrst caif (a heifer) the rst part of Jooe, 13S1. She is solid in color, not large, but of perfect form; her udder is grand. He showed rae also the result of three days churnins, the la?t of which I saw chnrned and weichet myself. The result of the three day was seven ani one-half ponnds of worked uu salted batter. The beiler was fed ou grass only. 1 also witnessed the musing of tbe heifer Jnne 21, and weighed her milk, which turned the scale at nineteen pounds; after which her udder was in perfect condition, as seit and line as a kid glove. Tne above test was ruade daring some of the hottest diys of the stason, (June IS to 2y) with tne thermometer in the nineties. Does not th top ail tests yet made of so young an animai? Feetlinc Chick. The 1'oultry Keeper. I A young chick is subject to certain conditious that do not affect adult fowls. The most critical period is when they are about to push out feathers. The demands of a young chick are much greater iu proportion to age and size than are those of their pa rent-!. A single neglect at times may so check them as to causa them to remain at a stand in growth, and hence, in order to keep them growing, the strictest regularity must be observed in feeding them. The hrit thing to be done is to fetd them early, and on soft, warm food. The reason is that a long interval occurs between the last meal at night and the first in the morning, and it may be remarked that they should be fed at the latest possible time at night also. Feed at least four times a day on a clean surface. which may be fiat pieces of board or little troughs, and as soon as they seem to be satisfied remove the surplus. This applies to soft food. Wheat screening?. cracked corn or ground oats may be left where they can have access to them at all times, but not on the ground. .The process of feathering and the rapid growth of body demand food suitable for the bone, muscle and fat And in thus feeding regularly besr in mind that bone is made of lime and phos phoric acid, procured from phosphates Mnscle comes from the nitrogenous matter of the food and the substance (nitrogen) is

richest in lean meat, clover, white of ergs and milk (which also contain phospate) The carbonoceous or beat producing elements are corn, potatoes or other matter rich in starch or oil. Of course, nearly all kindi of food contain, more or less, certain porportions of all these substances, bat some contain more of the one than of the other, and hence the importance of feeding variety, or the chicks will droop and die of starvation in the midst of plenty. Always keep line gravel, pounded (fine) oyseter shells and a few sods of grass for them to pick when possible. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Canned Tear3 (by request). Over tvo pounds of pears pour just enough, boiling water to cook them nicely. When soil add one pound of sugar. Uoil live minutes and seal up tightly. Steamed Apple Tudding. rare and slice enough tart apples to till a pudding-disb. If the arplesare tender they will cook as soon 8s the crust, but they must be put on it time to be hot when the crust is ready so it can go right to cooking. or the cruat nse one pint of flour, and a half even table spoon of butter or fresh sweet lard, not melted but pressed into the spoon, one and a half even teaspoons of baking powder and a little ealt. Mix the baking powder and salt thoroughly through the flour and sift, then rub the butter into it, and use sweet milk to wet it with, stirring with a spoon. Koll it into a soft mass with the spoon, then turn it on to the molding board, and roll it out with a rolling-pin till it will jast coyer the pudding dish, making a hole in the middle to let out the steam from the apples. It will require not less than a half hour to cook, but the time will depend on the thickness of the crust. If it is an inch thick it will require three-quarters of an hour. If soda and cream tartar are more convenient than bak ing powJt-r, use a generous halt of an even ' teaspoonlul of soda and one and a half ot cream tartar. The soda must be pulverized as tine fiour and mixed through the flour wit;; tb. crcim tartar. Butter ands'irar are to be eaten with it, and some like milk also. If one has no steamer the pudding can be baked, but the apples must be cooked in a kettle and poured boiling hot into tbe puddiDg dish when the crust is ready, unless they are unusually tender. The pudding will not require longer than a half hour to bake. New Method of Preserving Grapes. A Taris horticultural journal gives a new process for preserving grapes fresh for several months that is worth trying, it is an improvement on the process now so extensively employed in France, by which the stems are immersed in bottles of water to prevent shriveling. The inventor of the process is a nurseyman of Villers. He de scribes it ag follows: "Toward the end of Octol er I cut the shoot with the clusters attached, sharpen the lower end to a point and stick it into a potato. I 9preai the bunches out on straw or dry hay, so tat they shall not tooch each each otuer. Thus prepared, these shoots keep quite as well as if the shoots with the bunches attached were ininserted in bottles tilled with v.ater. It is probably essential that the grapes be placed in a dry, ccol room. To Clan Decanters. Cut strips of coarse brown paper and put a pool many of Umt. into the decanter to be cleaned with cleir cold v. ater. Tea leavej can De used in the same way. I'.'sin white towels mav be rcai2 orna mental by placing two rows of drawn w-rk at each end. The work may be fastened with red or bine or with white. Tha white gives a little nicer look to the to vel than the colored. Overcast the e-iees just above the fri ige. To make apple jelly, take red-skinned ap ples, wipe clean and cut iuto quarters, but do not peel them. To each pound of fruit put three pints of cold water; then boil ripidly for thirty minutes. Strain, and to every pint of juice allow one pound of lost su'ear; return to the pan, and again boil rap idly for thirty minutes. Tickled Apples. Pare a peck of sweet apples, but leave them whole; take three pounds of brown sugar, two quarts of vinegar, one-half ounce each of cinnamon and cloves; mix together, boil part of the apples till they are tender, but not broken. Then take them out; beat the remainder of the vinegar and sugar well together and pour over them. Seal up the bottles till wanted. That plush mny be cleaned is a fact of in terest: children s plush coats that haye be come soiled on the front can be softly and delicately sponged with a little borax and water without injury; a teaspoonful of powpered borax to nearly a quart of water is the proper proportion; use a very soft sponge: and, by the way, a sponge may be softened dy boiling it in clear water; then take it out And rinse it in several waters:. if not softened sufficiently repeat the boiling and rinsing process. A little soda a well as salt is recommended to boil with cabbage and enects the tiivor agreeably. For one head of cabbage take a pinch of soda equal in bulk to a good sized pea. Lemon juice, instead of cream in tea, makes a refreshing drink. A drink that is truly refreshing for one suffering from sore throat or cold is made by pouring a quart of boiling water over a care fully wasLed handful of Irish moss. Let it stand until the water is cool, then strain through a muslin rag; add sugar and lemon juice, with a few thin slices of lemoo, until it is about like mild ? lemonade; a little cinnamon is considered an addition bv some people. Cucumber Catsup. Grate large cucum bers before they begin to turn yellow; drain out the juice and put tbe pulp through a seve to remove the large seeds; nil a bottle half fall of the pulp, discarding the juice and add the same quantity of ten per cent. vinegar; cork tightly. When used add pepper and salt; salt' kills the vinegar if put in when made. Hints About Squashes. The crook-neck squashes are not as waterv as the round ones. Select those that are tender. If they are cot too old you can cut thronga the skin with your nail. Wash them and cut them in slices about a half inch thick, and lay them on a cloth in a steamer. When they are tender turn them cut into a hot dish and butter taste. If tbe skin and seeds are Dot tender enough to eat, rub the squash through a colander. FA KM AOTDS, During 1,73 over COO cows were tested that produced over fourteen pounds of butter cacn per week. New York orchardista, whose trees were infested with aphides, have fuuud tabacco water the best remedy. A quart of oatmeal in a pail of water wil freshen a bone after bard driving and pre pare his stomach for more solid food. The Florida Dispatch describes a Tinley peaca measuring thirteen inches m circua ference and weighing twenty ounces. It is said tbat horse nettles may be de stroyed by pouring kerosene on the stalks and letting it run down into the roots. An Orange County, N. Y., farmer keeps peafowls to destroy potato beetles, claiming that they are very serviceable in that respect. Any field tbat will produce t'.over mav be gradually restored to fertility if such crops are grown and turned under, especially if rotation is observed. It is said by some that the only sure remedy for the orange-colored rust which is so desttuctive on raspberry canes is to root up the plants and burn them. There is a saying among stockmen that has come to be accepted as trne, that the older and larger an animal becomes the more food it requires to make a pound of growth. A writer to the New York Tribune says that buttermilk is excellent for ridding aheep of tickp. It is applied by pouring it freely along the back until it runs down the sides. The addition of a gill of kerosene to

each gallon cf milk, however, forms an emulsion which is much more effective, while tbe milk dilutes tbe kerosene bo as to render it completely harmless to the skin. When milking a cow, if the flie3 are troublesome, it will be found of valuable assistance to cover the cow with a blanket or sheet of muslin before beginning operations. W. C. Earry fays that half-tender roses may be easily and safely kept through winter bv heeling them in and then covering to a sufficient depth with dead leaves and evergreen boughs. An exchange says a Kansas farmer who bad nice head of sheep put the money that came to him from the sale of the mutton and wool into more sheep. In nine years he had 1,7U0 sheep, worth $0.000. In order to free hens from vermin and prevent young chicks from being annoyed with it, it is well to sprinkle a little sulphur in the nest when the hen is set. This is recommended aa a most etfectual preventive and cure.

Eememfccr that a bran mash, once or twice a week, will be greatly relished by your horses and will do them much good, nj3 the National Stockman. It is cheap, easily prepared, and ehould be used fre quently m every stable. Most kinds of timber will answer for fence posts if the lower end be boiled for a few minutes in tar, and the coated part sprinkled with, wood ashes or lime. Thus prepared they will last a good many years in tny kind Of BOIL Salt will prevent manure from burning. German kairite ia cheaper and wouid add more value to the manure. It is said to contain 33 percent, bait and 25 per cent, potash. Layers of earth, moid or clay win check fer mentation aid prevent lirefanging or burn ing. Soot is one of the most valuable of fer tilizers, and should be carefally saved. That from coal is superior to that from wood. It is rich in nitrogen, and benefits all crops to which it may be applied, as well as being an excellent remedy against the attacks of many kinds 01 insects. Roup in fowls is said to be a name for many disesses arising from colds. A new remedy, wLich is said to be very effective, is to give the sick lowl a pill composed of two grains of cromide 01 potassium, one gram of campfcer, one grain of red pepper, and two grains 01 assaiu tica. When 8 horse has a good appetite and eats well it 13 a good indication of health aud ca patity to undergo hard labor. For su.:h horses nothing cau be graced by attempting to improve them with condition powders or stimulan s. A good feeder can, in nearly all cases, be relied upon. Wheat or other cereals that are sown in the fall have the advantage over the same or otter kinds sown in the spring of forming much longer roots. Ine natural result is tbat with longer roots the plants have more food at their dispoial and can withstand the ejects of drought better. In the arge reach orchards in Canada no cultivaticr. is permitted after the middle of July, but iu the fall the laud is lightly plowed with the furrows toward the rows, 50 as to sted the water which inignt other wise accumulate about the roots and freeze. Ahes and barnyard manure are the fer tilizers used. Mr. D. W. Curtis, Secretary of the Wiscon sin Dairymen's Association, states that Wisconsin is making preparations to win the majority of the premiums ou batter and cheese at tbe World's Fair to be held in New Orleans, and thinks that tbe exhibits of bis State at the Centennial Exhibition in this city conferred great benefit on her dairy interests. The pea season may be extended in some n:fa9Cie. vi;h lato sowings, by nipping the points nf the shoots at the place where they grew ite hrst nower. Thea ne7 grjwth3 will st-rt up from the joints below, thus gmnga number of thoots instead of one, with ti'-e resnlt aiso or ms.fi.in busby pi ant 3. I'y this means tDe cropping may be delayed for several weeks. The value of ensilage a3 food for sheep 13 said to be equal to grain in many respects. According to Dr. Bailey, of Massachusetts, with ensilage mutton could be produced for nothing if wool was thirty cents per pound. Lc8i:age enables the llockmaster to gratuy the appetite of the sheep with a variety of food, as a variety of grasses may be pre served m the sito. North Carolina, although holding her an nual fair in the small city of Kaleigh, usu ally has a splendid display and large at tendance. 1 reat inducements are extended to the colored population to compete, and tne number of prizes secured by that class is large. The result is that North Carolina is being made more productive, while the stock is greatly improved. Cow pox consists of small, scabby sores on the udder teats. These Ecab over and heal nnlers they are broken. It is contagious. The scabs are sere, and the milking should be done gently. Although the cowpox furnishes matter for vaccination of persons to guard against smallpox, yet it is said that the milk from such cows is not injurious. It oftea happens that young, thrifty shoots spring up in the central parts of trees which need charging to better eorts. These, says tne .New loru Herald, may be budded now. instead of waiting until next spring to be grafted. The buds will start sooner and make better growths than crafts in most inbtances, and there is more time to do the work now than when the busy Eeason of spring arrives. AS ENDORSEMENT. Hon. James H. Willard's Record An Important Public Measure The Metropolitan Police Bill His Appointment Here. The following correspondence explains it self: ISDUXArous, Sept. 15, 1SSL Hon. James II. Willard, Led!orJ, Inü,: Jhar Sir I have the Tlea.snre of enclosmz here with a resolution passed by the Democratic con vention ol Marion County, called for the purpose oi DOTBinatinn representatives. Ihe resolution. bs you will perceive, endorses heartily your course in tbe Senate as tie cbampion and defender of the Metropolitan -Poilca bill, and requests that you will Dame a date when you can address the citizens ol liiiiaiiepolui ca tiie isbuts ot tbo present campclnn. In pursuance of tbe request of the Democracy of Miirion itoauty. I mou cordially invite you to acMrosg our citizens at an early date, end'essure you that the Democracy of tuis co'iuty 6lneerely erT,r(v!,uc jftur euoru in tne seriate, wnica were so potent iu securing to the city ot Indianapolis a non- art-san police force. cry truly yours, Simkos Coy. Chairman Democratic Central Committee of Mar;oa Ccuity. BEi Fonrt. Sept. 22. 181. Simeon Coy. Esq., Chairman of Democratic Central Conmittee of Marioa County: Deir feiR Yours of the 10th inat. has been re ceived. In reply permit me to sy that I am deeply grateful that my cüorta on the floor of the Senate m nenait of better local government in the c'.ty of JnniauepcM.1 Lave met the approval of the Democratic party of Marioa County. The principle that popular elections should be free from the threateninst domination of a partisan police force needs no defense. The simple statement of the doctrine is sufficient to secure its approval by all except the most bitter partlsa mf. In reply to your cor llal invitation, I will say that Faturdf.y, October , tat nicht) is a date whicü will be acceptable to me, and a; which I can ad dress tne citizens of Indianapolis without lnierxermg with my other engagements. Yours very sincerely. JAME3 H. WlLLARD. Daste GArRiEt, RossETTi was born of an Italian father and English mother, whose father, however, was Italian. An account by a friend says that he spoke English purely save for the faintest suggestion of foreign accent. A very musical voice and conversational powers, of which he was not chary at one periad of his career, made him a charming person in society; but during the latter years of his stormy life he became suspicious even of the most ardent disciples who had sat at his feet in the old days, and almost completely changed hia associates .

"TELL THE TRUTH!"

Swamping Testimony Against TT. II. Calkins. The Dtt T7npatd and the Land Unsaleable Official Transcript or the Records in the Case. Seymour Democrat. A few weeks ago the Democrat .copied an article from the Laporte, Ind., Argus charging W. H. Calkins, the Republican candidate for Governor, with having borrowed a sum of money from the school fund, pledging in security worthless lauds, and setting forth that the debt was still unpaid, end that the forfeited lands could not be sold. This statement Major Calkins took the pains, in his recent speech here, to deny. making a nimsy attempt at explanation, which is not necessary to repeat here. Later, and to decide a dispute, a young gen tleman of this city wrote to the Auditor 01 Laporte County for official information. which came promptly in the form cf the doc uments which we print below: THE ATDITOB S LETTER. Aci noR's Office, Lai orteCovmt, a.MOS U Ii AM- UDIT0R, Lavorte, IndM Sept. 5, ISSt Ted Butler, Esq. (Care Hotel Jonas), Seymour, ma: Dear Sir I Inclose you copies of the orislr.al papers in the matter 01 tbe CaUinB mortgage. Trie i-.uu bos not been paid, nor can I sell the Und even at the appraised value. 1 shoald be glad to issue a certificate of purchase to any one who wishes to invest. Tbe facts aa given iu the Laporte Argus are substantially correct. .Respectfully. AMOS U. 11 ALL, Auditor Laporte County. THE MORTGAGE. We. W. n. Calkins and natiie S his wife, of tbe County of Laporte. in the State of Indiana, do m orte age to tne State ot Indiana, for the use ot the Common school t una. t oo, all of the southeast Quarter of section toirty-oae (3D, township thirty-five (3M. north ranso one (1) west, for the payment ot SXO with Interest at the rate of S per cent, per annum, payable annually in advance, according to the conditions of the note hereto an nexed, in testimony whereof we nave hereunto set our hands and seals this 2Gd day of October. 1S74. W. II. calkins, I l. s. 1 II. 8. Calkins, u s. I. W. H. Calkins, promise to pay to the State of Indiana, on or before the :Jtli aay of October, Ibt J, the sum 01 S300, with interest thereon at tne rate cf b ptr cent, per annum in advance, commencin on tbe JSlh day of October, lull, aud do agree that in cae of ft dure to pay an installment of a:d in terest wucn tae frame euaii become due. the prm cipal sum shall become due und payable, together with aii arrears of interest, an l on failure to pay such rr.neipal or interest when due, two per cenc daiiiaues shall be collected, with cosu, and the pieiai&es mortgaged may be forthwith sold bv the County Auditor ior the payment of such princio il sum. interest, damages and cosU, lor tne use 01 the common school fand. So'X). w. n. Calkin l, s. ate of Ir.diuna, Laporte County, ss: The undersicued tier and Recorder of sail county, in whicn is situated the land describ! m tne lorecuinir monsae. Hereby certify teat no conveyance of, or incumbrance on, said land has reen made, commuted orsuiiered by said mortea cor. or any per;oa under wnora ne noida title to as il lu aDy manner to impair the validity of Kala mcrtcnge: all ol wbicn fuwy appears Irora an exauiiüauou ot our respective otacer. L'UARLi s ai' triH, Cork, Hy Jo-Ki n T. HornN.s Deputy, 11. C. Urowa, Kecordjr. StKte cf Indiana, Laporte County, ss: before me, the under-ined, prrsonaTly comes YV. H. Calkins, the tigner . of the foregoing mortgage, and Leiut; duly tworn, deposes aud says that he is th-j leutu owner ot the premises ijieut:cntd in paid n.orace, aud tfcat there is no iücumbranca or better oialm. eithor in law or equity, that he knows c or believes, oa or to said lauds. The said W. II. CaUius derives h a title by deed from re and Calsins Ja'y l-sTI. Nye and Calkins, their title from C. M. Eorsythe: he derive his title from Samuel L. I'.aily, he derives his titla from K. W. Pe'ton, he derives Iiis title from Joep 1 K. Yor.ug, he c-.-rives his title from Isasc I. liion, v.-:;o derive hU title from W. If. Larrabce. who derive his title front K. M. Iiur-h. wno derives his titla Trom th- Sute of In diana. W. II. CalkinSfwom tnand subscribed, before txia underbigaed, this 2Sta uay of October. 1S7L r-- til arvev 1.. inr.r.i. Ey John P. Stewart, Deputy. Auditor. We, the underslzned, disinterested frcsholders of the county of Laporte, iiavin personal examluatiou ot tl.e Xoresom described promise, 00 upon our oe.tli Fay that the same is oi the value ot S700 in specie at the common sellinz rate in this county at this time, exclusive of perishable im provements, il. C. KR.nVN, J. L, brown, I. D. Phclh--. Sworn to and subscribed before the undersign ed, Earvey ß. Harris, Auditor of sid county, thia 2Mb. day of October, 1S74. HARVEY li. UAF.niS AUlUOr. State of Indiana, Laporte County, ss: T.efore me, the undersiened. Recorder in and for said county, per-onally appeared William h. Calkins and II. S. Calkins, tue inortcaser within caned, and acknowledged the within deed of mortcape to be their voluntary act and deed for the uses and purposes tnerein mentioned, in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand aDd seel this 23 day of October, 1871. U s I a. c. brown, t 1 c. THE ENPOr.SEMENT. Duplicate copy. V. A. Calkin?. Loan No. 2,233 CoLimon School Funds, W0. Received for record this 7th day of .0ven1b2r. is, 4, at 3 o'cioec a. m., and recorded in volume ro. 2, S. F. M. record. pave 480. (Paid) n. C. Brown, recorder Laporte County, CERTIFICATE of forfeiture, etc. State of Indiana, County of Laporte. ss: In the matter of the appointment of appraisers upon lands mortgajed to tne school 'and by V. 11. Calkins and wife, and forfeited for non-pay. ment of interest and principal as provided in Section 07 of the School Liws: I do hereby appoint Benjamin F. Place, George Henry aud fatrick Flaherty as appraisers to appraise the following land, U.: Tbe Eouthcaat ouarter of section thirty-one ("A), township thirty-five (35), north raDee one (1) west, coataining 160 acrea la Laporte County, and to make report of said appraisement to theiAuditor of Lapoi'f County within ten (10) days ot the date ccreof. Witness my hand and seal this ISth day cf June, 1677. Edward J. Chtrch, Auditor Laporte County. Iseal. B. Joseph Jackson, Deputy. arrn user's report. We, the undersigned, disinterested freeholders of the County of Laporte, having made personal examination of the foregoing described premises, do upon our oath, say that the same is of the value of two hncdred dollars, at the common aelliDg rate ia this county at this time, exclusive of perishable improvements. B. F. Place, f.or.e Henry. Patrick Flaherty. Sworn to and subscribed belore me this 2lst day of June, 1877. Wm. A. xmily. seal. Notary Public. SENATOR VOOKOEES. An Explanation of Ilia Vote 011 the Uill Raising the Whisky Tax. To the Editor ol the Indianapolis Journal: In a prominent editorial in your paper of yesterday I am called on, in a spirit of bitter accusation, to explain to the people oi Indiana why, in January. 1SJ4, 1 voted aeainst the amendment odered by Fernando Wood, of New York, to the revenue bill (H. E No. 122), providing for an additional tax on whisky already distilled, and on which the tax already required by law had been paid. As you have no reason to treat me with personal injustice, I address this communication to you with full confidence that you will cheerfully publish it. The Thirtv-eighth Congress, in which this measure was considered, met on the 7th of December, 1SG3, the Senate being composed of thirty-six Republicans and nine Democrats. In the House Schuyler Colfax was elected Speaker by a vote of 101 to SI for all other candidates, the real majority of the Republican party being about twenty-five, as shown by repeated test yotes. On the 14th of January following Thaddens Stevens, Chairman of the Ways and Means, and tbe acknowledged leader of tbe House, moved to suspend the rules and take np for consideration the revenue bill in question, which he had introduced prior to that time. In explaining the provisions of the bill, ilr. Stevens, among other things, said: The gentleman will see that all whiscy that has paid a tax is exempt from this increased taxation. He did not think we had a right to po back and tax that which had been once taxed by the Government, whether It is In a warehouse or not. But wherever the distiller has failed to comply with the law, no doubt from fraudulent purposes; where he has not made his monthly returns, and pa! d his tax, we impose this duty on him, and we impose oooe on tbe distiller who has made his return or raid hia tax. 3

On this principle the bill cam ffCia Republican Committee of the House. 02 the 2Cd of January the amendment offered by Mr. "Wood to tax whisky cn hand, and Which bad paid one tax, was adopted by the Home with my vote against it, in company with Thaddens Stevens, James G. Blaine, Henry Winter Davis, 'Williana A. Wheeler, George S. Boutwell, and others of lesser note on the Republican side, and with William 6. llolman, Samuel J. Randall, George IL J'endleton, and other distinguished gentle

men cn my own side of the chamber. Do yon think all these eminent men wanted the rebellion to succeed? Do you assume that it would have been gall and wormwood to their souls as well as mine to have seen the revenue increased? When this bill, thus amended, reachel the Senate it was, under the rules, referred to tbe Finance Committee cf that body, of which William Pitt Fessenden was Chairman. You will hardly doubt his patriotism cr hia ability, even for the pleasure of striking a political opponent. lie reported the bill back to the Senate with the Wood amendment stricken out, and, in the course of debate, he said: To tax an article of this kind on band and more especially in the hands of an owner wbether an imported article or whether an article subject to domestic duties, which has already paid a tax, or which, perhaps, has not, is a thing ent xeiy new ii the revenue system of any country. 1 am told, and on authority (I have not personally examined it myself, because I was told there was no denbt about the fact) that it has never been done in Kiigland in any case: and if we introduce It here, it will be the first time in the history of any system of this kiud that you take an arti le of property which cat already coue throun tne bands of government, and paid this tax to govern ment, ana again assess a tax upon it m the bands of the owner, l am told it has never been done at all heretofore ia any country, and consequently we should be introducing tn ntirelv ne tytem, and one which nicht be attended with considerable embarrassment. On a vote in the Senate Mr. Fessenden and the Committee on Finance were sustained and the principle of repeated taxation of the same article was 4 condemned by a majority of more than two to one, the two Senators from Indiana, Henry S. Lane and Thomas A. Hendricks, voting together azjainst it. When the bill was returned to the House, with the Wood amendment stricken out, Mr. Stevens called it up February 15 and said: It will be recollected that the Committee on Vi'ejs aud Means recommended that after the l-th of Jauuary, the time the bill was reported, all whisky distilled and sold, or removed for sale, should pay forty cents per gallon, in addition to the present tax of twenty rents. The House, on motion of the gentleman from Xew York (Mr. Fernando Wood), chanced that so as to put the tax upon all Rtock on hand, without reference to the time when the same was distilled or whether it had been taxed or not. The House adopted that amendment, and ia that shape the bill was sent to the Sopate. v The Senate acted upon the bi'l. 'and they, ia short, amended tiie tili so that it should b eatirely prospective, etc. The question no is whether the House will accept the amendment of the Ser.ste, or will adhere to their own bill The Committer on Ways aud .Means are clearly of the opinion V n tbe Hoti.se oucht to accept the Senate bill, ftt. ue u is mom consistent v;th the principh mxation adopted Ly thia and every other Koveiument In laying a tax upon future products and because it u consistent with the t'lc-dse which Congress indeto the comanity at the time they raised the tax law. Upon such reasoning as this the House con curred with the Senate in striking out the amendment ofTerod by Mr. Wood, and which was at first adopted. I simply agreed with IJr. Stevens. Mr. Fessenden, and other able leaders in both branches of Congress in opposing a principle cf continuous taxation, which involves the right ot confiscation; and if for this yon think be?-t to assail me before the people of Indiana, I am content for you to do so. This is my explanation which you demanded; and if it is diilerent from what you expected it is because ray record is bptter than you thought it was. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, yours, D. V. Vooiihees. Terre Haute. Sept. 17, lsS-1. 6RLSHAM GOT IT. The Postmaster General Promoted to the r-ecretarysbip of the Treasury He Asvsnnie the Pressure. AniXuTox, Sept. 23. The President has appointed Tostmaster Ceneral Gresham Secratary of the Treasury. Judge W. Q. Gresham, Postmaster General, received a telegram from the President after 11 o'clock last night, informing him of his appointment to the Secretaryship of the Treasury. He immediately qualified, and sent the President his resignation as Postmaster General. At 10 o'clock this morning Gresham went to the Treasury with Secretary Cband ler. His designation from the President was given him by O. L. l'ruden, Assistant Private Secretary to the President, his commission by Third Assistant Secretary of State, A. A. Adee. The two Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury, French and Coon, were present and tendered their congratulation?. The new Secretary will leave here this afternoon to consult with the President. Under the law. First Assistant Postmaster General Hatton becomes Acting Postmaster General for ten days. The President to-day desismated Assistant Secretary Coon to act as Secretary of the Treasury during the absence or sickness at any time of Secretary Gresham, Assistant Secretary French has always heretofore acted in this capacity. Mr. Coon is also authorized by the Secretary to sign in his stead all warrants for payment into the Public Treasury and all warrants for disdisbursement from the Pablic Treasury of money certified by proper accounting officers of the Treasury. Similar authority to sign warrants during the absence or sickcess of Assistant Secretary Coon was delegated to Assistant Secretary French. All bureau and division officers of the Department called on the new Secretary about noon and were presented by Mr. Coon. The Star says Judge Gresham has known hat he might be called upon to take the lace in a certain contingency. The coningency was the inability to obtain a decisive answer from a gentleman whom the President has in view for the Treasury portfolio. Jndge Gresham accepted the position as a matter of accommodation to the President, and his intimate friends say it ia only a temporary appointment. The duration of the appointment is commonly fixed about the 1st of October, when it is believed Jude Gresham will resi?n, and perhaps accept the Judgeship of the Illinois Circuit. It is believed that either McCullorh or Eoutwell will take the Secretaryship. Cpon Judge Gresham'8 retirement, Actmz. Postmaster General Hatton will most likely be placed at the head of the Pcstotlice Depart ment permanently. The Critic says a 6trong pressure was brought to bear on the new Secretary to designate Assistant Secretary French to act in his absence. General Gresham, however, said he was compelled to accept the designation of Mr.Coon.as there were indications that the President preferred to have him act. The President was inclined to appoint iir. uoon to the Secretaryship of the Treasury, and laid the question before tbe Cabinet, but some of the latter thought the position Ehould be filled by a man well known in public affairs. 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