Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 14, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 October 1872 — Page 3
RADICAL THIEVERY.
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Grant's Beef-Eaters in the Custom-Houses.
(nil Service Reform a fiiri-d Out hy the Present AdniiuiMratioa.
in Maine The aL.,., fre.,.u tra,i0 üf tUat utntncl lor ItTI'J M :
Ml imnictifte Imi.iess wan by ibc . N K I'ullvrl i M Ha . -i .. 11 liput, I l...,r.. l-pi., .. Jobs I . Hut. IHiip, H. 0. Coak. iu.,at, . o.u- I ;: ,, j, B. Petr,.. Iu.p-.i.,r ' I- 1 r
The Way Public Treasury Robbed A Mighty Interesting Chapter of Reading.
From lb N. w Y-.rk World. 1 - of the f ti v million of people who inhabit the Patted .Slate have heard or know a!;:h.uB- about E-lgartowu. Mass. ; yet it in a port of autiv, au-l no doubt nuiKMtel tobe of ineat initortatice by the authorities. Its i-otumerce if. nevcrthe lern, id a ort of coma. It may aa well be called dead. During the Mar ending ilrx of March. 187:4. the foreign ira-J- of El:;riown waa : Imita..... fz tip rt H ftj if the c numeroe of Eugartown u dead tie entoiiii.'I :Lat u;erinteudrf it are all alive, v it takes the followiug retuiue to attend i
Nil. BUeriiittijdeil
tl. .l".m IJUI' :ni'i txi IUI -I no .' I WU i" .... to. in 3i) IM
r'w' ÄaÄÄ the internal Grubt ie.j.ectively mm :
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Total 1 iwa.U rsrbaps Geort;e William Cur' will tanlaia this piece of ovil-aervlea reform, aud l-cw bad it wa before he reformed it. Barnstable i a p.rt of entry in Masssebii-
mu iw we im. i mat its total foreign coramsree waa imports 5,m anl exi.ort nil. hiDce then BiriistaMe ban rouc down in the commercial scale. Darin the year emlw 31t March. ibe latent period re ported, its commerce wan : F'rio Itapor'i . . wj. Forrlan eaaorto. ' j To aupeiinteud the tbove foreign commerce of nil and collect tbe ft )Il ! I 11 tit liiri
of do dollars and no cent were re.iiurod the following officer:
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Or. in otiier words, the collection of internal revenue under Gr.nt liaa eott over 50 er cent, moie than under Johnson. Tliese facts and figures may even startle a Ovii-Servioe Inform Coiunus-ioner. who. it would seem, saUly require another supervisory Ujard over the Supervisory Board of whioh he is an ornament.
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ob rnltrctor ,,, ' aat i '! laaaactaf i ..if . teraaa upttut :rup.,rai lbprctor 1 1 i'tuaira, r apcr . iaf traipvrary iurtir in' uitht i..r ,, , . . , l- uicbt inj. ttr 4'r rt-Vraur I- .11 man
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Kennebnnk. in Mame. may le a very delightfal. thriving, and important seaport town and district. Nevertheless its foreign commerce ha- been donu0' the last four years aa follow
jv Import....
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-Nia Sit fill Metaiaa N. tinu Blaäl
In order to 'ierintend this lucrative buai-nc.-.i. which duriui,' four yeais ha beenaiix. nil nothing, and blank, 'the foil jwing beef;:tf are rcj ...c 1 :
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tputi c.lln- r,u in4pn ir . .. U .lrpi.tr cllrrlor al l m.pr, ',.r T. !-:.:..:!..: r. I . .p,. i .,. . Ur.lr-all , r I. MHpr-,,r.
drput rwllrctor ari.l iuprc.,r.. io- inrpetor "nr In nrruur n nrk 'o" boalman Oaf k-rprr afafMtaaM
T'' - iZ If thia siatemont were a fiction it would be properly pronounced a cluui-v and iticrnlib'e fiction. What is to be said of :t when it is a statistical fact ? Beaufort, in North Carolina, a port of entry. The joreign commerce of the place was. for the twelve months from 31t of Mrch. 1871. to Slat March. 172. imtorta r-.l-.'. which at an average tariff of 40 per cent, would yield a revenue of if,l 80. Jo collect this revenue tbe following officials are employ d at the following salaries :
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Hi .'till as IV.
THE CREDIT M0I1ILIER IIRIIIERY.
Mere eveUpmeat-Oake Ame. Letters In WwM osfrea to Hrtbla onareia-Mes-Tkie Mtsck llUirlbuied. Wa.hiinrton forrMpondrnc New Vurk Tril.iinr. Below will he found a copv of another letter from Bepreseutative Ames, of Massachusetts, to Col. H. Ü. McComb. relative to the Credit Mobilier matter, which is a fac-simile of a pliotoKraph of the original now in the hands of Mcl'omb s counsel, and forms a verv imIKjrtatit link in the already quite complete chain onnectiinr certain i.romini,r i.iit;.i.,
als with that enormous fraud upon the public. It should be stated in advance, however, that what purported to be letters preceding this in in date, which were fjvtn to the public some day in were imperfect and disconnected and only contained a portion of the matter embraced in the orip.nal ; therefore tbe last mentioned letters, as copied from tbe photographed c-jpios, are here given in full, as follows :
Fall TrtMtiiirut of the ii vrdeu. A practica correspondent of the stuntrj GentUrr.nn writes: in nassim: through the couirtry I havf h. en suiprired to 9e what nmount of weeds run to r,eed is occupying our
e.--H., uo tue people Know that the seed., of these weeds will trouble ther.
next year So much the more labor i sure to result, when very little work I
.jr nuum remedy the eTil. .Something may yet be done. PUU up carefully all the we-d that will readily yield, and remove toome place either to hum when dry, or to rot. Cut the rest and remove also. Then spade the ground deeply, not bringrag up any raw soil from below. Cover with what, manure and what other material required. Uf course, long, green manure
. i ui wanted m a garden. Cover well and even, and you will have H-i even fertility. Do this as soon us tbe ground is unoccupied so as to give the fall rains a chance to wash down the trtr,
into the soil. In the spring the ground will work admirably. By spading the od again, and leaving the top ground where it n, mixing the manure into it for several niche.-, you will have what you want a rich, mellow mih ... ,..
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I'nie M Jktlt trouble a the o .Ira!. Hv nothing of the mjManrit in the' quality of the material oltir.l. Try It and you will not return to the o d metho j. we are sure, and you will .: l-ecome a gret lover of punrpkin : ill thr- yr round."'
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Now, what in the world can keep these beef-
eateta on pay in a place which ha been lemoofttrated for four successive years to have no commerce ? Middletown. in Connecticut, is a verr prettv and a very thrifty little nlace. It is bard tö Lsve to find any fault with Middletown. But Mid lletown has a custom-bouse which seems t Inrath r a Fedeial alms-bouse. And as M; ldletown dojbtless takes good care of its joor one u at a lm to know whv there should be a Federrl alms-house there. " For the vear inlaid Mar ii Jl. l7X the foreign tradi of MiJdietowu waa
Ob- collector OBr.lf-prirr C..ilc. rtH lawssi lei n r Oo trruprar in-p-t ii.r -i.l r,: .:..p.-r Oa lemporarr ii a-t',r "i -'mip firr inr-.rt-.r "
't.f saicnmao wakliaiau
ur vatrksttn. on watchmaa . Oaw tMMin.au ... n-boat man ' NM L .atn.ai.
T'!' - - tum The thieving and corrupt Administration or J Lnson contrived to do the business of this port in 1S4W with but three people, viz. :
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, Waawaswa, Ja. , H H. B. cCoaa. TUj . Drar Sr : Toiim of the is BtftsaM.li wbiefc ysa say tf isstsri ävrr aas Kow. Irr aaWawrMtsa o iu rrlaiiou to tbsir itock I hr p ik-ii Is i Fowler, I, ut u..t to Bayaid. but will ; "U c 1 uit uot put too much in our tscaUtV. 1 h.T.. aUnr.l..o far - I baS Sous, to f...ir for or from Moachsstna. or f,,r or tloru Nrw Hn,plnrr. our Delaware, one Triitie.r our . Ho ,, two hftn Irauia. ortr In-liana, our Mai,,,.' BM l have U,rrr t pimer, wi.ich I ninth put wlirrr IftM will .1 j BMM B...-1 to (in I , ,..r,. ., BM can bKtOT jsJaa Wftsrs tliry slo.uirt go. I tlimk aftr tbia dividand in pa dwr boubl makr ..ur capital I i.umi Kn, und ,iril.utr ihr aww atfwk bLm Tff hi
ing the seeds at once, and continuing their growth. If the manure has bee well ratted when applied, and the weeds removed, there will be a good prospect for the summer. It i an ad
vantage to occasionally use ashes, either
Preparation of Beet Leaves for FtMer.
JManf maintains the entire sucoe-ss ot his method of so preparing the leaves of the beet as to tender them capable of preservation for several nnths as fodder, and at theme tinie greatly improving their qualities a food for cattle. The method consist aimpPy in f lacing trhem ha basket and immer, ing them ia a task containing diluted hyJrchlor.f aeid of four degrees of Heaurue. The resuit of this is to greatly coaden-e tne voltmo of the leaves and to render it necessary to add more fresh . es to ill up she baaker, which has to be again immerse,!, and finally allowed ro dmin off. Tk 1. r,
men be place-J in bed, m dry earth, and kept BntU needed for ne. According a report of a committee- who examined the results of this process, domestic animals become extremely fond of th;ave rhus prepared: an indeed, milch cuwa iel witn them arJ said to gve a lurge increase of milk, with a derided irapiovement in the quality of lh butter. The temlenev of diarrhea in cattle t.r.-xjurmJ ht tk.rk
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Inched or unleacbedin a garden : also i bV tlL T.n H , l j'f'j lmie. Ai.plv in the fall. I RnH L IZ Wt, fitter, and for thw
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1 .1 i V ' iroc at rar and piofl'i '"."V f"t"r'; Tb.- .Vi prr crnt. impair on th o datock ' ant fi,r distribution lirrr. We allowed Unrai.t to plair p,.mi i . .. three or lour of hi BS' ",r " '''"elf 1 have used thi where it Will 1 r -111' e til . -t IToikI for n. I f I , W I... I .
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Onerollactor 'D- .Puir cv.lect I o.ejai.itor 'Ur ILipector.
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I, 1 uuue. were employed tbe officers and paid the salaries which follow :
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Total j-., Newport, R, 1.. is a custlv place to visitor but :be whole country is taxed to support a aqr.id of officials who do quite a little for their salaries as the publicans for their bill Newport i the oldest port in the North, audits foreign commerce is in its dotage. Tbe whole fote -n imirts in 171-2 were 2.591; which would yield an average revenue of about S'J&.IO. To coile.'t this revenue of le fh,n
a thousand dcl!ar we kept and paid the following ofticia;? : iMM . pi ; . n- drpsiy cjü. i. r. .lj9't V' nr arrauauen: i .pvetora. ' takaas OMiBfBertur ,.,... . iupecor . -.," Er IOPertor m .
I.- rranaal i-j" tor. t'L- aifwaartr. I tK-atujaOr..-
. 'T3I3B I.-"." ,MS.o Nmi ll-W-ll half an
an hour
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This bit of civ 1 seine will probably gratify Mr. (ieorse William Ctirtia aa it i. i
T'tal The iniort in liei came within thoe of 1H71-72. being ii,H2.
The foreign commerce of Alexandria, in Virginia, amounted la-t vear to import- of the value of 12.061. Yet Alexandria is a jsirt of entry, with Custom-bouse and officials to the following extent :
Owe Co I lector at a wlary of f., p-p.it y CwllaCBSt at a aalary sf Tw li.-1-ectortat a awl iry of. One Janitor at a aw'.ary ot TotaL In New York it wonld tike about hour in the t astom-bouse aud half
more in th Appraiser's ofbee to ibspos of A 1 . i . a. B aa .
;:.-i wwm oi ROOIS. in AI. titeln., a- we see. it takes tbe labor of rive men for a whole year, and costs nearly half what the iroo.ii. am
wirth. This is cheerful; bnt this is not ail. The salary of tbe Collector, readers will ot srr,ve. is 731.20. while the salary of his deputy is 1,500. Obviously this means that the Collector is a per -on who does no work at all for his wages, while a cometent mm could be gat to do all the deputy doe for c50 instead of the k,Tm which the deputv gets for doing it. And also a " janitor" is required to take care of the extensive oSices and warehouses which so vast a trade neceswitate. We have published a series of exposure of tbe expenses of the small Custom-honses
proving that they are incurred for political purposes and not for revenue purposes. We bad hardly published two of them when the dual I , received orders to write n down. It male a feeble attack a few weeks ago. which we forthwith took the trouble to answer, and
so effectually that we beanl
no muri frnm if.
It eins, however, an impenal ukase issued
that .f you t.av a i. isai .i. - xi. .1 TPl Be PO"Kst "hall aavance once more to
Elector tl.awi. and an occasional msn tor . T 3 ' a lue SFt "v,nst pot nue of les tliai, liSnBaTSES H tn me opens nre tiui: The exposure of Lavepiemv.i b.e LZil11:?... i b. .windlwa in the Apalachicola and Aiexan-
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minds in birtoiy. mathematics, astronomy.
an grammar. In the eves of avitsenice reformers and competitive" examiners ttu- .roficiencv miht atone for what otber5e would I considered by the 'general run M niankind au impudent, unmitigated, barefaced swindle. Georgetown, in tbe District of Colombia, is i rt of entry, with a custom-house which is not very handy for manne commerce or tidewaters on ship-board, but is verv handv for 'he leas reputable commerce of pohtical tiders, as wc proceed to show.
ins commerce of this tsort for be v endmx March 31. was as follows :
ear
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ui tne poniical trade was quite hvelv. In jae custom-house of Oeorgetown owte'nsiblv to da this business of 4.401 wore required':
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.4vt.-.i tjRjjff 'jerrnan awhile ago ronfesed tie did not know tue difference between tana for revenue and a tariff for protec- " 'fhai-s Mr. Sherman will o4ige as T,6,r', of revenue tariff which pavs 'f,l,., bW8 worth of imisorts jaa to collect a max mum of 900 m duties ff JP Mr. George WilUam Curtis. Jlr. SSTI geft,c,e': coadjutor in reforminK tbe nvil service, tell us whether he considers tbe
-ytieiown custom-houise r'onnation?
1 he business 4re com re 1 1 ... i
an instance of
t Bangor. Me., for which we ;o keep a custom-bnase in
t'ie t TV. , ,or ,ue tw'v months from '"'t an average shipment S W v ' A T SU,r, in "teiniT. t .Id il?.urk ,f Uke" "fcon, ,hrN f I'.--j ü n ,la P " invoice SbCSt ?!t ""Kww. keep tbe foltetVi tl rc6d"rin'r who,e yT S np'rinhs clT nonnou" co"rce at tbe follow-
prove statistically the swii.dle existed ander
tierce and Buchanan. Therefore it cannot be a swindle under Graut. It is very good of the 7Vf to assume that what a Democratic Adaiinistration did cannot ha wrong. But we are not concerned to know whether we or our predecessors were swindled twenty years ago, but whether wa are swindled now." But if we were swindled nnder Pierce and Buchanan, as tbe Ttmtt implies, and the swindling practices continue under Grant, what beoomea of tbe oratory of Dawes, Wilson. Kelley. Conkling. Morton, and the scores of speakers who now till the air with the civ of Grant's economical A .ministration. Grant s purifying of corruptions, and Grant's rigid honesty What folly it is to plead in extenuation of knavery :hat it has existed before. And now let ns see the relative waste, even supposing it to be equally waste, in 1S60 and lOl. and then strike a balance. The following are the Custom-bonses we have exposed ; we now give the amount tbev have cost in lsfio and 1371 respectively :
.iMonnt f wisdla in isio under ruatnm -hoo. Hurbaiian. Frsnrhmai.' Biy, Me .'.MS 1,IIimI.. ria. M i All-m.rlr. N.O Jfo i . om bona Al-xandn. Va. MIX 13 B-wufort. K. C. TtJ AS - m N i .t ,m. ,,., Bo r. Mw... 4-.N et..wu. P.C. I sill K.Iarlon. Sin MIM Xidtiei..wa. Cooa saiau
hiuif -i.ttrr and WaaftfeataVa iiior here I so i- lot vakiegoa. Beat vMbm la full. We ran do it with yrrfert afety. I nu ler-tanl tU- oppoaitiou 10 it c-tnra fri ni A ley. II- i, q; ihr Finance i otniiiittee ai.d r.m raise money ewr if .. .nie hört, wlnrli I don t oehee we all : a-d if we do, we ran löaaoai oaws fi the r. nipauy. or loan tlirtn the aaOBor WS fSt tor UM i txitiu. Ti e oi.tifct call! for the dinsiou BM I Bar have it. When tll.lt 1 BBS I OB in WaatlioaIBBI T , nr. truly. OaEBB AXSB. The next letter of Amen to McComb reads aa follows I ii a u WanitixcToN Jan. 3. I--. H. is. M't rMii-Drar Sir: Y nr. of the HtblSSl haii-l iticl.siu a letter from, or r her t . Mr Kins I d-o t fe.r any itivesttaatioii h-re; what tome of Purani friend, may d in New V rli n.urt. can't be counted oti with any certainty. You ,,, not tinjrr .land, by your Inter, what I have done and am to do with my -ale. of stock. Yi u .ay more to New York I nae placed Mime with New York, or have as-rn-d to. T.-u must recruit er that it waa nearly all placed a. y.,u -aw on thr Hat iu Nrw York a.,d UMTS ... but .11 or eishf M for nie to place. I could not tive all the world what they wauled or they miit.it ,nt aud of that you wou'd not want me to offer thaii one tbo'iMn I, M. to any .ue. Alt-y i. . rt),j...,l to thr
J .tiTi.ion or thr iK.iid. a e will need tiirni c I MfaM tBiefl thataeouaht to be aide to .pare thrm j aitb ai,ry and uco a. the Fuiau. e ommittre We I U'T '- hl ,u borrow when we had no credit and debt I tic re a-1 n. Mr ar tiuw out of debt an.l in K..I credit W hat .ay you atiout the l.ond dividerd ' A part of tbe i um Ii.-, r- herrare poor au I want their I I Baads to . f. enable th-n, to mm IMftT ssesasat on tbe at.Kk in the C M I I,..,. .l.i ti..... V. ..;.
could et as dividend, and they ep,.-t it. 1 think wBere the W,.il, tbe eartio. receive are the Hi per erat, dividend, we Is-tter icive them the bond. - it will : M amount to anythin with M. Mnmeof the larnItol l-r. will tiwt , r- -hethrr th. v hate the bond or rertiflcatea. or if they will lend their b we to the . mri,y a they have done b. fra.or lend the money, yunrley ha b-en her. and we haK ot that one and MM tenth that was I uderwood.. I ,av taken half yu irlr, Die-fourth, aud imi one-murtli. J Carirr wnt. a part of it : at tesa future day ws are to m 1 a part to him. lour, truly, (Uai.s Ames. Here follow a number of names of persons evidently written with a pencil, as ther are very indistinct. The latest letter, which is now laid before the public for the first time, will be readily accepted as the most important of all, since it answer conclusively the quibbling deuials and statements made by parties implicated, aud shows that the corruption fund of tbe Credit Mobilier wa used, or at least intended for use, to inflaenco members of Congress. The letter, it will be observed, is writteu nearly one month later than the one above published, but it is understood that several letters intervened between that of Jan. 0 and the following :
A'sivr.T,,, D. C. Feb. 22. IvW. Evi p.-nr Sir: Youraot the I'M ia
""""wfi w mi wiese caustic mineral substances with the boil slightly it manure is to follow. If a garden is not well drained, now is the time to do it. Kemeniber it cannot be too thoroughly drained ; the more the better. Have the drains deep and close together.
I, kn,:w ,nt re bW cettitiKalont wMI wiih Mr. hope yon will l.riug it out all i.f-ctorily. so that it will be o rich that wr cau-
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Custom-house swindle under Buchanan in ls'. ?;-'.ö'-7 54 ; Custom-lionse swindle under Grant in 1T71. 65.H 21. Excess of swindle nn'leriirant over the swindle under Buchanan ft.t5.314.67. or nearly 116 per cent. Is ibis reform? Is this conomy ? Whv is this swindle kept np. and wby is it even "exceeded by 116 percent, under such a pure, virtnons Government aa we are told we euiov under (irant ? Ilarpr'g llcrly, in an elaborate article on the campaign, sets forth how tbe great deeds of the Administration vindicate it against the trivial charges brought to assail it. Among other thing it says that the Democrats and Liberal cry out, "Yes! here is immense saving in the collection of revenue, but Mr. Caaev is still Collector at New Orleans." As great a scandal as tbe retention of Casey is. Uarprr't Wtkii misstates tbe position of llw. Democrats when it represents tnem as admitting an immense saving in the collection or revenue." The Democratic partv does not rely for financial facts on a Civd-Herrice Befonn C ommissioner. If it did it might perhaps be as far from the truth as i Barver' $ Weekly. But relying on official returns, it finds that the
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mail that von a.k be. Too ak me if I will sell r.n,e l ' V. i PV1'.- 1 w'" ""' f 1 Pr ,r!,,', LK 1 ,01lLcr'' ,rt 1 ""r ht Mr. Bate, off.red h at p.emium. but I don't Want Bale, to m ont. I think Grime, may .-II a part of hi.atf.ni. I want l.i)ot the Creht Mobilier to
eii Here. W.want more friend, in this CsasTSSw, and ll a man will look into th law land it i. difficult to et th-m to do it. nnle they have an inters.! to doao). h cannot kelp twins convinced ihat we.hould not I; interfered with. Hope to aee ymi here or at
IWIB ill I till,
Fall Plantiuij of Seeds. Those wiio have no hot beds will find it advantag ous to sow manv vegetable seeds iu autumn. Lettuce, ii sown now, and then given a slight protection bf covering with hay or ttraw, will come forward very rapidly in spring, and be in a condition lor the table weeks before that sown next spring. Every person who has a garden must have noticed that solt-grovn tomatoes come forwaid much earlier than thoee sown in the usual way in the open ground; and we have known them to give ripe fruit as early as plants started in a hot-bed. Few persons, however, seem to think that tomato seeds can be sown advantageously in autumn, but tbe plan is peilectly practicable, and Hould be tried by those win have no other ataw
ot obtaining early plants. Tbe seeds should not be own until the soil has become so cool that no growth will occur belore winter; then cover the entire surface of the seed-bed with coarse manure to the depth of one or two inches, a part of which may be removed in spring. A warm, protected situation should be selected for the purpose. .Spinach for early spring use may be
own now, and in the richest soil at command. When the ground begins to freeze, cover the plants at least two inches deep with dry, clean straw. If the weather should be favorable, a portion of the plants will grow large enough for use during the winter, or as soon as they can be obtained in sprint. Horse-radish roots that will be wanted for use next winter should be lifted before the ground benns to freeze, and
stored in sand where they can be reached when wanted. All the small crowns and side shoot not large enough for use may be planted again this fall'.
many oilier reasons a is ström.'-
recommended to agriculturists. .$nnijic American.
To .Hake a .Sheep own a La aal. A correspondent writes : Sometimes it is desirable to make one sheep own the lamb of another, but often it is a difficult ta-k. An experiment that we tried a few days since proved a perfect success, and tnn es ly conducted : and for the benefit of thoe who mar h.
i ItTMlariy -itu.ned we communicate "is to
your column-. LHie ot our sheep lost tier lamb. In a few days a yearlindrepped a Iamb whicn .he did not own and. in fact, had no milk for it. We took the lamb immediately after it waa dropped and sprinkled it with tine salt and placed it with the sheep thai had lost her laOBO, and in a short time was
as ;ond ol it as one vas of her he is now taking the greatest c
her adopted charge. Western Hmral.
own.
care ot
Your truly,
OaBrs Aura
"Give lhj Horse Ills Head." A few weeks ago two horses were drawing each I load of coal up a rising ground in the suburbs of our city. The hinder horse had the bear ing-reiii swung looiely on his neck, and the animal was hanging his head forward, and by throwing his weight into th collar, was dragging his load steadily and without un due strain on bia mutete and joints. The foremost horse, with his ton of coal, was braced up with tight bearing-rein, his head cramped and raised, his mouth fettered, and every joint and muscle starting and straining at each
step he took. The two men were talking to each other, and the carter of the hinder horse was heard by the writer to
say,
Bill, go and rive, thv horwe Iii
head; he'll pull that load easier."' Bill went and slu:kened the bearing rein. "Give him more." said the other. Bill went and gave him all he wanted. The horse immediately did his work in a jvay which conveyed the relief he felt as clearly as if he had said. There, thniik you; I'm all right now." We would commend to every one who has charge of a draught horse, when he is at work, the advice Bill received and
toiiowed " VUL g,ve thv horse his
The Care of Winter Apples. A correspondent of the Ohio Farmer writes : The way that most farmers save their winter apples is to haul thena up like potatoes, or nile them up in a cave or
cellar. By this method von not onlv
lose much valuable time, out lose very many apples, and what you do keep
over winter are in a bad condition
Apples may be kent in barrels that are
quite open, but the best ami cheapest way to keep them ; in crates or boxes made in the following manner: The
ends or head pieces should be'ten or
twelve inches wide, by gl teen or eighteen long; they can be sawed or split; nail your clapboards on the bottom and sides, leaving pieces for ventilation. Have your clapboard all the same length about three feet. When you gather your annles from
the trr s, put them in these boxes (be careful to not bruise them) and lay the boxes on each other in your apple house. Two men will handle these boxes with ease. You can look your apples over in these boxe at any time with but little labor. When you are ready to ship, just nail a board over the top and you are ready. In this way vou get your apples in market in good condition and handle them at once. Keep your house as cold as possible at all times without freezing.
Salt a a Fertilizer. The office of salt as an agent in th cultuie of the soil i to make the esrth mois: and cool. Henc its effect is more clearly se-u on lieht, sandv soils. On
t wet. heavy clays and in a damp season j l will do no perceptible good. The pro-
poriion to apply is atout one pound per rod, or about one hundred ana sixty poun is per acre. This is the substance of the Gardener's Monthly's reply to a corresjeondent on the subject. Agricultural Item. Cut off all weeds and nut them in
heaps, and when sufficiently dry, burn them. If cut now. you carrv all their seeds with tiiem, and so save much labor next year. It is stated that 3 000 grains of oatg have been produced nom a single oat. George O'Rear. of Morgan county, 111., received loi.rJO for itk head of cattle. W. H. Hendrickson. of Morgan county. 111., owns a hog that weighs 1.140 pounds. One firm in Benton Harbor. Mich, has this year manufactured nearly 4.sJ -0U0 pounds. A NrM bex of Kansas farm, rs are raia-
ing small areas of cotton in the southern part of the State. One man in Montgomery county raised 30U pounds on one acre. Switzerland has 26$ head of cattle to every 1,(H0 acres, and 557 toevery LmOO inhabitants. In Spain, there are only thirty-nine head of cattle to every l,uoö acres.
head; he'll pull Km York Paper.
that load easier.'
a colored
the other
A rash orator addressing audience in South Carolina.
day, remarked, "My friends and fellowcitizens, my skin is white, but my heart ll - - a a
is as oiacK aa mis audience I
Drying Pimpkius. We do not know the origin of the following, or we would credit it: "Take the rijee pumpkins, pare, cut into small slices, stew soft, mash and strair Arnugh a cullender, as if for makimr nies.
Spread this pulp on plates in laver not quite an inch thick; dry it down in the stove oven, keep at so low a tempera ture ns not to scorch it. In about a day it will become dry and crisp. The sheets thus made can be stored away in a dry place, and they are always ready for use for pies or sauce. Joak the pieces over night in a little milk, and they will return to a nic pulp, as delicious as the fresh pumpkin we think much more so. The quick drying after cooking prevents any portion from slightly souring, as is always the case when the uncooked pieces are dried ; the flavor is much better preserved, and after cooking is saved. This plan is
The silkworm was discovered in China, and its utility first developed more than two thousand years prior to the Christian era, by the reigning Empress, who, to this day, is regarded br tbe Chinese as the titular divinity and protectress of the silk industry. At an agricultural meeting at Keene, X. H., four years ago. Hon. John Prentiss, then over ninetv vears o!d. lHvn.
j cated the plant. ng ot peach trees in that
vicinity, and told the meeting that he should yet live to e t peaches from trets he was intend. ng to plant. The next year, accor lingl.y tbe old gentleman set out peacn trees, and this year, when he is ninety-five years old, his trees are bearing him a fine crop of fruit. 1 A upon, convenient and very effectual remedy for the sting of wasps," bees, etc is simply toholdany nol low key over the place stung, press it hard into the flesh lor a minute or so, and when taken off the poison w 11 be on the surface of the flesh Rnd do no harm. A thimble with a tight ton will do. but .. .-.11
w 7 - wvf "x si. For removing greasv spots from any fabric, use ammonia neariv pure, then lay white blotting paper over the spot and iron lightly. In washing lace put about twelve drops in a pint of warm suis. To clean silver mix two teaspoonfuls of ammonii ;n a quart of hot suds. Put in your silverware and wash, using an old cail brush or toothbrush for the purpose. A wirs asked her husband for a new dress. He replied: " Times are hard, my dear so hard I can hardly keep my noe above water,-' where.; noo she retorted " You can keep your nose above water easy enough if you've a mind to, but the trouble is you keep it too much above brandy.'