Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1872 — Page 3

HORACE OREELE

Speech of Got. Blair, of Michigan, tt Jackson. Bi Arraignment of (traut and Indorseincut of (irceley. Tke Dty of the Horn" Let um Clasp Hands Ovaa- tke Bloody Chaw ot tke Put." On Wednesday, the 10th of July, Hon. Austin Blair, ex-Governor of Michigan, addressed the people of Jackson on the political issues of the day. We reproduce Iii admirable speech i Ftixow (Athens : I can rejoice with you tonight, without any reservation whatever. It wtil oot be very difficult for me to supKrt Horace Greeley for President, because I have worked right along with him, shoulder to tboulder for the pent twenty years, am, fellow citizens, it will not trouble me to go along uli htm uow. it will give me tbe most unusual pleasure to testify to hut fidelity bin manhood- a man whom tne people will recognize as a representative American aud elect to the Prewdency. Applause. Just at this time be is the very man to All tbe position that the people have called tum to. True, the times are a little different now from what they have been. Tbe Republicans and Democrats have bad old quarrels, but they have arrived at a point now where they must rid themeelvea of tbese old differences. Now in the time to establish peace over the country and shake bands over tbe bloody chasm of the past. Let a nil up tbee c-bastua so that they shall be eeu no more. Why not come together ? What reason is there for keeping open this contest ? dhverr alone has been the bone of contention. I have had a little experience in that myself, and vou will pardon me if I talk a little about the past. In 144 1 left the old Whig party. I packed up my trunk and went down to Buffalo to meet Salmon 1. Chase, Van Buren, and ciber Abolitionist, Free-Soil em and every other Lied of people to make a new pronunciamento for liberty. I heard tbe same words about myself that I hear now. They hurled epithets of tarncoat, traitor, etc. Yes, I had turned my no at aud left my party, and it meant something iu those days to Join the Abolitionists and go through this country proclaiming in tLe school-houses tbe Declaration of Independence, which said that all men were created equal. This was a synonym of reproach at that time, bnt the people were honest, and every shackle was broken from the slave's wrists. When I came home from that convection the people scouted me on every side, but we got 1,100 votes in Jackson count v, the Whigs got 90ft. and the Democrats 1.300. So we came almost immediately forth to victory. From that day to tbe close of tbe war tbe contest raged, and the victory was given to us. Democrats, you must confess it; we have beaten you in that. You are glad of it. You would not revive it if you could. It was just as good for yon as for soy of us. Slavery is dead. Everything concerning it has been swept a say. and why should not the contest be swept away too? What is there left for Republicans sod Democrat to fight over? Nothing. Tbe old contest has gone and left us nothing- simply a memorv. We cannot afford to quarrel over that. There is something more to do. We must take a new departure now, and begin to look after tbe eonduct of our officers and Government Ws I must come back to tbe old landmarks of Jefferson and other mat men of that time, and declare that we wül have honest men for office, and put down fraud and corruption, and depend upon political morality. Ws must do away with tbu belief that all omsebolders must iteal. That is the work of to-day. It began at Cincinnati, where Horace Oreeley was nom mated. His nomination fall upon tbe country as a surprise. Nobody expected that a man Uke Oreeley would get tbe nomination. They sipected that a few political bummer and trwkaters would go down there and nominate one of tbeir number. What occurred at Washington previous to his nomination ? A gentleman came to me from New York and asked me, " How will Michigan vote at Cincinnati?" I asked him if be had any idea that Oreeley ould be nominated. He replied that be believed Oreeley was the best candidate, and ould stand a Rood chance. Why, I looked on that man with mrprwe just as if be bad some along with some circus or show. They did not suppose, nor did they mean, that mot-lev mould be tbe man. Many were troubled and disappointed at the nomination Jt an honest man. Judge Davie was found, ud (he delejratvs compared notes on him and found that he could not be nominated. Tbev then hit on Charles Francis Adams, whose whole family is a family of office-seekers, who be ons son wanting to be Governor of Massachusetts, and will want to be President as oon as he gets old enough. Hr. Adams is a man of (treat abilitv aud anung, but be was more satisfactory to the neu men and tbe aristoeracy than to tbe men wbo held tbe plow all through the great West. He has not the bold on tbe hearts of tbe lall ring classes of tbe eountrv. He was not :be man for tbe position, and 'after balloting lor two davs in the convention. Horace Greesy. the old philosopher of the Tribun-, was C' minated a reformer from tbe day be began ue. and a powerful reform writer. In him toe convention found a fit representative for the position. Democrats and Republicans ere called upon to come forward and supirt Lim. The Democrats did not want to do et first, rhey said, -Oh. no, I can t strpI'ort Greeley; be said t oo many bard things about me in tbe past Don't ask us to swalw aim. Davis would bars suited us better. J are scarred all over with blows inflicted by Ureeley during tbe hast twenty years. Oh, t. don't ask us to support him'." But there "tne up a voice from the plundered and beggared South that had been made a desert by sr, and worse than a desert by maladministration since the war. Her great men said to the Dessocracv of the North, "If we can take him, east you who fought the hardest gsinst us, but now bear us no malice." "ben the Confederacy fell the benevolent old nun came forward äud said, " Let ue be mends.-' He said to tbera, ' Yon are beaten. d we now offer you the band of friendship -amnesty." He enoouraged them, and told oem to be of good cheer. He denounced tue infamous carpet-bag Government, and tn..b.e "id- ',Let tb negroes vote." he "", Let all men vote put nobodvdown l'yge-no further hostility." Hetsked. "01 you make an Ireland of the South? "in you continue to destrov after destnio "on r Wül you not pardon when tbe whole contest is over :-" The South said, " Horace ireeiov the man for us. He fought us wusrt and pardoned us first." This argument went to tbe hearts of Democrats at the 'nta : they began to wheel into line. State er State, drop their first objections and bo J' Horace Greeley. They saw that the eonts of the war should be buried, and tbe P"M movement taken up to put down rstid. Ihcse issues wore iu tbe Cincinnati Platform, and it pleases me to be able to vote Oreeley to re present tlicm. Principles are I more consequence than men. The Cincinnati platform is better than tbe one made

at Philadelphia. I can support Greeley on it

iH-auMi ue reei u aim believes lu it. I am sometimes told by Republicans that I ought not to support Greeley because he ia not tbe regular nominee of the party. I never carod much about success. I have been very successful iu getting with those who carried out my conviction, aud I want to vote with the party now that will do it. They nan't drag mo away by the tail of tbe military coat at Philadelphia. Loud applause. The nominations at (sncinuati were free-will offerings of tbe men who msde them. Those made at Philadelphia were a prouunciamento of office holders for a continuation of their rule for another four years. The action sf tbe Philadelphia Convention spoke the mind of the offlr e-holders. and nobody else. Our excellent friend from Jsckson (meaning Bush) had the whole party on his shoulders laugher when he went to Philadelphia and mad the nominations in accordance with Grant music. Ask him why Grant was nominated down there : ask him bow it was dons,- bow that picture came down from tbe roof of tke hall before the convention. Ask him about the great shouting and enthusiastic applause of which we have beard uothiug since. When be came home the people demanded no account of his stewardship. There was no irrest assembly on the suuare, no music, no demonstrations made of tbe irreal success at Phila delphia. Everything was as ouiet as the grave. Where are the Grant ratifications aud Grant enthusiasm ? We are told that the people demanded tbe nomination of Grant at Philadelphia, yet the ueoule are silent about it. In heir platform they speak about Civil Service Iteform, but, if tbey are going to make it, the people are wondering why it has uoi ueeu none in tue uiree and a naif years of Grantism we have bad. We need not go to New York for instances of Civil Service lieform, or to Louisiana to show up corruptions there. Casey, bis brother-in-law, the Collector of that port, was proved to be a briber of legislators. Judge Sco field told me that be went to Graut, and showed him evidence that this man Casey was a briber of legislators. It was a clear case, and Grant told them that he would see about it, and be is seeing about it yet. It had been said by the newspapers that Casey was to resign, and it was under- I stood that be came to Washington for that I purpose, but there came un a delegation from i Louisiana, I believe all negroes, instructed to nominate Grant . Grant was told it was not at all safe t remove Casey, because be was such a useful man. Tbe President told them be would postpone it, and Casey is still Collector of that port, to help carrv on the cam paign for Grant. Wben money can be made useful Casey is useful. Fellow-eitizens. I have said more than I intended to say now. Cries of "Go on! go on ! " The people of this country ought to l be looking on at the Administration on trial I now. It is not the Appomattox or tbe Vicksburg General, but the President of the United States. Ths people will pronounce judgment, and I am willing to leave it to them. We in vite everybody in every party under tbe sun to put down fraud and corruption. It is to be left to them whether we shall keep or let perish this personal government. There are men I it. A i ff...., . 1 . ...... I - .1 JJ I iu different placee wbo are a shame and a disgrace to a nation, and I know them and know them well. I have been looking on as a witness, and am compelled to aav that this Administration, as a whole, is simply damnable, and no other words can describe it. Loud cheers. The Postmaster ttcneral, whom you all know, spoke here in 1868. He was brought here by a man in Detroit, who has carried him in hie pocket ever since. He claims that the Post office Department ought to make monev, but ia running behind 6,000,000 a year, and assuming retrenchments. Creswell recommended the abolition of the franking privilege as a means of saving luu.uoo, but nothing could save enough to make a good Postmaster of him. In the last daya of Congress at one of its sessions, as vou know, there came a resolution to open and examine a claim of George Chorpenninc for carrying mail in California f fteen years ago. It got through, and I did not know any thing about it. The Postoffice Committee bad recommended it. A friend told me about it, and I knew it ought to be stopped. We shouted for tellers, but ws could not get tbem. It took 35 to call ths yeas and nays, and we ehoutsd for them, but we could not get them. Every man had his axe to grind, and it went through tbe House and Senate and was signed by the President. And tbus the Postmaster was allowed to pay out f 143,000 on a claim, everv dollar of which bad been paid before. But Dawes, wbo is an honest man, stopped it at last. He brought it np in the House and exposed it in a speech showing that it was a f rand. Ons of tne committee from New Jetvev (our reporter did not catch the name) told me that be went to ths Postmaster and asked about the claim. The Postmaster told him it was good, and gave bun to understand that it amounted to less than ten thousand dollars. Tbe House finally passed a resolution prohibiting its payment . The first Assistant Postmaster General resigned, and prosecuted the claim and would have collected it but for tbe action of Congress to prevent it. Afterward Dawes' speech, in which he ahowed up the fraud, was taken to Gen. Grant, and tbe action of Creswell olearly explained. Did Grant remove Creswell in accordance with bis Civil Sei vice Reform f No, but he is there yet, raising other Chorpennings and allowing other claims like it. In every bill passed after that, a clause was inserted that no money was to be used to pay the claim of George Chorpenning, and so Congress has to stand over Creswell with a club. Tbe President will not help at all. but leaves the Postmaster General in his placet I could recite things like this which have occurred in the Administration longer than you could stand and hear them. My mind ia full of thsm, but I will not go over them now. During the campaign I am going to meet the people face to face, and ask them whether they will be partietp eriminii with this scoundrel Creswell. Ben Butler kicked Civil Service Reform out of the House, and Morton, Chandler and Company trampled it under foot in the Senate as a dead carcass, and yet they go to Philadelphia and put it in the platform, and (some witty allusion to Nast'a drawing which in the uproar and laughter our reporter missed). Why have tbey not been showing their love for Civil Service Reform before ? Why wait until the Philadelphia Convention to tell the people that they believe in economy and a good Administration in tbe future. Tho people are not inclined now to take the promise of tbe Administration when it has a rope over its head and already feels the twitching in its neck. They regarded not tbe promise then, for they looked back upon tbe past. When Grant came in power there never was a greater opportunity to make a good Administration. He was idolised by tbe people for the great work be bad done, and he was believed in by a great and triumphant party. Did he call in mcu who would inaugurate a great Administration? No ; but his first act was the taking of lSO.iXtO in cash as a gift, putting it In his pocket and appointing A. T. Stewart, who gave 10,000 of that sum, to the office of the Secretary of tbe Treasury. He took up Borie. Do von know wbo be was ? (No, no. Wbo dug him up ? Laughter. Where did be come from ? I can tell who he is, and that is aU I know about him. He subscribed t5,000 toward the purchase of the Philadelphia house for Grant, and was then made Secretary of the Navy. That La the way Oraut began bis Administration. I was in Congress thou by the favor of the people, and when Stewart's appointment was made known, there were many faces so long it would have been very costly to got them shaved. Tbey lengthened more and more as they thought of it until thev looked like a funeral. Kach one asked. " Heard the news?" " What do vou think of it ?" Many of them did not think at all. Thanks to the sturdy old forefathers wbo framed the Consti-

tution, tbey not knowing but that just such

block bead as Irant would get into tbe White House, passed a law that no importer of f or-wfe-u koous couia BS Bscreiary of the Treasure (traut saw that it was a bad uivaatmeut. In the hurry of military life he bad learned how it issue an order, but knowing nothing about messages, he sent an order to the Senate no longer than it would require to say to Imogen to go and attack a brigade at such a point on a battle field, asking tbe Senate to abolish the law which stood in the way. Then there were long faces in the Senate, and doubtful ones, too, but there was one that was not doubtful and that was ths face of CLa-Iea Sumner God bless him. He arose and said in his wellknown voice, " Mr. President. I obiect." mj,A the message had to go over for one day. After tbe session they gathered around Urant and said to him, "Mr. President, you must back out. Conqueror of Lee and bis armies, the laws of America are too strong for yon ; you must Kive up." and Boutwell was annointad because no other ten thousand dollar man could be found lying around loose. This bad beginning kept on and continued to grow worse. 7 could detain you here much longer, but I am not disposed to do it. I have more words to say of other appointments. My mind is perfectly full. I never felt so troubled and harassed as I did during the past three years about tbe Republican party. I helped buud up tbe party and have always had affection for it. It grieved me to see it doing what it baa been doing. The people are honest, and I knew wben tbey saw the maladministration of affairs going on, they would demand a new party. They will say, 1st us have a Congress that will unearth frauds instead of shoveling dirt over them. It is a good thins to have a mango, liamei weueter once said, " Lastly, we want a change for the sake of a change." I would uot be uncharitable to those wbo have been great in war, and perhaps I may be too great a stickler for tbe old belief that a king can do no wrong. The President has wronglv used tbe appointing power, and it does not matter whether he did not know better, or whether be would not do better ; he ought to be removed, and some competent person put in his place. I have spoken longer than I expected, fellow-citizens, and, in concluding, I would give this as our watchword, ''Down with the corruptionists ; perish all rings. Hurrah for Horace Greeley. Curious, Useful and Scientific. Delaware has more consumptives than any other State in proportion to population. The British Society for the Advancement of Art offers $5.000 reward for a pigment or covering that will perlectly protect iron from rust and fouling. A Scotch diver at work on a sunken ship was recently compelled to suspend operations on account of the fierce attacks of the lobsters and crabs that had taken possession of the vessel. A new stvle of barometer, composed of two slender strips of cedar and white- ... 1 wood glued together, and attached by a pivot to a cross-bow shaped frame, ia in use on take vessels. Atmospheric vari ations ct.use the whitewood to expand or contract, thereby moving an indicator in directions corresponding. The scienti-ts state confidently that a large subterranean stream runs under the Colorado desert, and that the entire region may be reclaimed by meana of artesian wells. In the Prussia cavalry stables the soldiers are not permitted to destroy spiders' cobwebs. By catching flies they prevent them from teasing the horses. Excellent bricks are now made of the refuse of the English coal mines, a t a a w men, lor oruinary ounaing uses, are said to answer every purpose, being fully as hard and durable as the com mon clay brick. It is said that when Audubon, the distinguished naturalist, was a resident of Henderson, Ky., his inseparable companion was a petted wild turkey, that would follow the great naturalist in all his wslka, and remain in his study as would s dog. A DaNr.ERors species of venomous fish has been discovered at the Island of Mauritius, in the Indian ocean. It is known as the Latte, and is abundant throughout the adjacent seas. The poison is contained in little bags situated at the base of the spines of the dorsal or back fin. The discovery of the remains of n extinct gigantic bird of prey in New Zealand is announced by Prof. Owen, the distinguished paleontologist. This creature is supposed to have been about twice as large as the great wedge-tailed eagle of Australia. Don ati, the astronomer, has written a letter on auroras, in which he maintains that these phenomena depend on an exchange of electricity between the sun and the planets. Not long ago the whole stock of parafflne wax in the whole world did not exceed four ounces, and it was carefully Preserved in the laboratory of Prof, iebig as n chemical curiosity. The quantity has waxed since, and there is now produced in Scotland alone not less than 5,000 tons annually. The magneto-electric exploder of Breguet, from the simplicity of its construction and avoidance of the use of a voltaic battery, will probably soon displace all other methods now employed for discharging explosives in blasting and mining operations. The electric current is obtained by the sudden removal of the keeper of a permanent magnet, and is of sufficient power to have produced an explosion at Bordeaux from an instrument stationed at Paris. There is consolation for ail sufferers in a dissertation of ft French physician, which argues the advantages of groaning and crying in general, and especially during surgical operstions. Theeare, he says, the grand methods by which nature sllsys anguish : and those i atients who give ftftf to their natural feelings more speedily recover from accidents and operations than those who try to suppress al! outcry as a symptom of cowardice. He instances a man who reduces Ins puls from one hundred and twenty-six to sixty in a few hours by giving vent to his emotions. His theory holds true also in rejinrd to the crying of children, and fond parents ho are wont to pace the room o'nights with a crying child, may console themselves with the reflection that nature is working her own remedy.

FARM AMD HOUSEHOLD. CsM Is Fowls' Threats.

This disease is manifest in fowls by a noise as it some substance had stuck in tbe throat phlegm is present in the throat. I be following remedy is highly recommended i A tablespoonful of water containing two drop of the tinc ture of aconite, given two or three times a dsy, and plenty of fresh water to drink. Mesasrta (era Is the Crts. S. Fuller, Greenville, 111., gives a rule for measuring corn in the crib, as follows : Multiply length, height, and breadth of the crib in feel together. then by 4j, and divide by ten; the result is bushels of shelled corn. This may do for some localities, but aa ears and shelled corn bear as manv relations to each other in quantity as there are localities and sorts, the safest wav is to reduce the contents of the crib to cubic inches, and take 2,750 of them for a bushel of ears. Mteaus ( slUvstles. An extensive English farmer, who has long practiced steam cultivation, thus testifies to its ad vantages .- On two fields he has grown fifteen crops of grain, wheat and beans in succession, without a fallow, and last year's crop of wheat was forty bushels ner acre: on two other fields he has grown fifteen successive crops of wheat, the last crop quite equaling forty bushels per acre. Lnde- horse cultivation the average crop of these fields was twenty bushels. lue total cost of preparing the land lor the seed is only $1.00 per acre. Much similar testimony is now coming in. Kseuss AsTtrsltare. An idea of the position of agricultu ral labor in Lngland may be gathered from the fact that lately some laborers ''struck,'' and ref used to u-e doublefurrow plows on a farm, for the reason that they tended to reduce the need for men. w ben brought up in court on complaint of their employer for not obeying orders (thus punishable in Great Britain) tbey were fined ten dollars, and costs two dollars, each. The judge said, this thing must be put down, ur farming must come to a dea 1 stop, which shows that across the Atlantic " their waya are now our ways." Prsslsc Prate The evil of overbearing is particularly apparent in dwarf tears and grapes. Aa a general thing, there is rarely a grapevine but would be benfited by having half its bunches cut away, and some ot the fruit-bearing dwarf pears might have from one-third to one-half. The grapes may be cut away as soon as they can be seen ; but the pear should be left until somewhat grown, as they often fall after they are pretty well advanced. It not only helps the sixe of the fruit left, bat is a gain to the future health of the tree. Germantown Telegraph. Pealtry. The influence of the food of poultry upon toe quality and flavor of tbeir flesh and eggs has not generally been taken into consideration ; but it is now well ascertained that great care should be exercised in regard to thi - matter, la some instances it has been attempted to feea poultry on a large scale in France on horse flesh, and although they aevour tan eu balance very greedily, it haa been found to give them a very un pleasant aavor. The best fattening material for chickens is said to be Indian cornmeal and milk i and certain large poul try establishments in France use this entirely, to the advantage both of the flesh and of the eggs. Scientific American. QaalKy vs. Qi I am not prepared to suggest a remedy. I leave that to abler men. But one thing I feel certain of, farmers need not abandon their business on account of temporary low prices. There is a chance for us yet Let us study to raise good crops, improve our stock, keep up the fertility of our farms, vote for honest men, and we need have no fear that the country is going to the dogs, or th t agricultural producta on the whole will not sell for what they are worth. We want to raise better wheat, better beef, better pork, better mutton, better cheese, and better butter. The best is the cheapest, and I think consumers are beginning to find it out. I am told that the demand for the choicest whitewheat hour is by no means confined to the wealthy. One of our large Roches ter nurserymen tells me that his men. almost without exception, prefer to buy tne best nour they can get, even at tbe almost extravagant price asked for it. 1 hey bnd it " goes farther, and u really cheaper than common brands of flour that can be bought for two or three dol lars a barrel lees money. The millers tell me, further, that it is exceedingly difficult at all times to find really choice, pure white wheat. Vol. Waring, m American Agriculturist. yiaxlam for tbe Farster 1. Only good farming pays, fie who sows or plants, without reasonable assurance ol good crops annuaiiy. had better earn wages of some caj tabic neighher than work for so joor a paymaster as he is certain to prove himself. 2. The good farmer is proved by the steady appreciation of his crop:. Any one may reap an ample harvest from a fertile virgin style; the good farmer alone grows good crops at first, and better and better ever afterwards. 3. It ia fa. easier to maintain the productive capacity of a farm than to restore it. To exhaust its fecundity, and then attempt its restoration by buying costly commercial fertilizers, ia" wasteful and irrational. 4. The good farmer sells mainly such products as are at least exhaustive. Necessity may constrain him, for the first

rear or two, to sell grain or even h ; but he wül soon asnd off his surplus mainly in the form of cotton, or wool, or meat, or batter sod chases, or something else that returns to the sod nearly all tost is taken from it- A bank account daily drawn upon, while nothing is deposited to its cnoit, d im soon respond, -No funds;" so with a farm similarly treated. 5. Rotation is at least negative fertilization. It may not positively enrich s farm : it will at least retard and issstpone iu impoverishrnent. He who growa wheat after wheat, corn after

corn, for twenty years, will need to emjrranu fore th term u ruI6Ued. The Mine farm cannot supjort (nor enuore) him longer than that. All oar great whfst growing sections of fifty Years ago are wheat-growing no Ion eer. while Kurland grows large crops thereof on the verv tiel is that fed the armies of Saxon Harold and Wtltm th Con OjUror. Rvation has pre--rvd these, aa the lack of it ruined those. Boston Journal of Ckemiisrw. AsTtrailisrsJ firsts. Cows and sheep -h juid not be pastur ed together, lie. r and h- --p form a more suitable partners'iip. as their grazing habits are similar. It is recommended to place iron filing or bits of iron in tb soil about rose hushes. It increases t'ie vividness of the bloom. The sweepings of s blacksmith shop are excellent for this pur pose. Oxr of the most important principles established by Liebig is rotation of am monia collecting with ammonia-dispersing crops that is. root and green crops alternating with cereals. Hoe frequently around newly planted trees. It is better than mulching with any material, as tbe iresb stirred sou admits air. light and heat, and absorbs the dews of every night. A coiacspo.xDKXT of the finmtry Gen tleman fays that even where land was too poor to grow clover to amount to ythmg. plowing under two crops of rye brought the land in good condition for clover, and this, plowed ander, put the land in good order for other crops. " Ox i who knows " makes it a point to select a cow with a yellow akin. One whose skin U pale or colorless ia not. he says, half so likely to produce good butter. 1 HI Acut England farmer says that a gentleman used saltpeter in the kitchen and flower garden, where it increased the beauty and prolonged the bloom of the flowers. At the rate of two hundred pounda per acre, on a crop of horse radish, he eiuenenced the most beneficial results. It presented mildew on esrly peas and wall fruit trees. On gravelly grass hands the results were exceedingly satisfactory. On calcar ous or limy soils, the effect of saltpeter was excellent. Its application to red clover was attended with tbe same su Tax best buyers of wool do not like wool to be pot up in square packages and tied around twice or three tunes eaco way with strong twine. They prefer the fleeces to be rolled up neatly and left ss loose as possible : so that each fleece will be springy and light and elastic ta the hand, not solid, hard, square, compact masses in which the wool is pressed together till the fleece feels like s brick. Then one twine tied across to keep the rolled up fleece in its place and two twines the other way. Tuts is hardly a more valuable plant in the garden than sage. It is easily raised. The plants should be set about eighteen inches apart in rows three feet distant. Sage will grow on almost nay land we have in tbe West, and if prop erly mulched will stand our coldest and most severe winters. It is very necessary that the plant should be cultivated frequently, and no weeds should be per mitted to choke the sage. It always brings s good price in market, and a small, or, for that matter, a large patch usually pays tbe fanner. H Sates. Tone II x u ra was offered 50.000 for Longfellow the dav before he was beaten by Harm Baesett. ' Old Uncle John said twice that sum couldn't buy him. Nim races have bu won at Long Branch by horses which originated in Scott county, Ky. Tax stallion. Bonnie Scotland, owned byCC. RH. Parka, Waukegan, I1L, has been soli to Tennessee parties for $4,000. It is believed Loncfellow will never run another race, although be will be most valuable in the stud. A bo asK in Geneva, X. IL last week. became so frightened at a circus tent that he ruptured a blood vessel and bled to death. IT x cle Johx Haaras is said to be com pletely overcome by the defeat of his idolized Longfellow, and walks about with sorrowful looks, refusing to be comforted. At the Saratoga races, Jolv 15. Hun ter A Travers thiee-year-old bay cult Alarm,by Erlie, made the fas 'est three quarters of a mile da-bon record. There were ten entries, including Kingfisher, Orioian snd other noted fiver. Alarm won the race essilr bv four lengths, in 1:16. A SasvrocA letter of Jolv 17. savs: " Poor Longfellow, in his stable thai evening, presents the picture of misery. 1 here i a complete circle cut from tbe center of his hoof, extending around the coronet ring to his beei. His middle tendon, to-night, is three times the nat ural size. It appears that be oroke the shoe-plate on one of his hind feet a: tbe half-mile pole, wben he was lapj-ing Kissett. and cut his fore foot with it. No doubt exid in tbe minds of expe rienced turfcien that he is completely broken down, and will never appear in

public again."