Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1869 — Page 4

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vAm mrt t i ™. cUS «««. HU jiL'WMW— CAFT. M>ILTU DEEr.thn Dknocrisy «▼ the North ornt jatlnflrifW thl« time tint the ultintto in* tamtam'w the Ablhhnteu la to rabjoomte am util redoone on to the level nr the Nigger, the voice nr one riain from the deed woods'! avail nothin. Teeter day the teat outrage wich % chivalrous people haa bean compelled to beer, wut perpetrated onto e citizen nr the Cornera A Nigger is now an ejJU bolder at the Corner*! I ahel state the obm calmly : •The poeiahen uy Aaaeeaor nr Internal to#/ibe Deeetrick nr wich the Corners la the centre, her bln held aenoe A. Johnson bea bln President, by Capt Hugh MoPelter, late nr Morgan’s Cavalry, C. 8. A. That he hes filled the poeiahen to the aadwaction nr the citizen* ut the Cornera, no one denies. He la a distiller, in Act he and Elder Pennlbacker run the two distilleries in the town, and' they her did a thri vin binds. McPelter whs Assessor, and Pennibacker Ki consekence none ie Corners hen bin ad to Washington to serea there. K* no on the wbtaky at hez bln enabled to l at fire cents per unns, wnua everywhere else the regler price is ten and fifteen. There woz other advantages in harin the Aseessonhip and CoMbtorshlp in their bands By Simply hinM* to em that it was my dooty eza Fed - ral clfi«-holder to investigate their modes nv doin the Government Dizni*, I hev not only bin the happy recipient uv scores uv two gallon jags, bat I hev bln enabled, at divers and sundry times, to prokoor loans uv em of various amounts, the lowest bein $ 1.75, and the highest reaching S2O. This happy condishun uv affairs is bustid. Gabrel Babcock, a nigger—that is, a half nigger, formerly the property nv Debkin Pogram, and who looks ennff like the Deekin’s oldest son Jehiel to be kis half*hrMhnr, won last week appinted, and confirmed Assessor in the place of Capt McPelter, and imejitiy he entered onto the discharge av his dooty. There are many feechers pekolyerly agravstin in the appointment. To begin with, this Babcock wnz notoriously obnoxyas to the Comers doorin the late unpleasantnis. At the beginnin thereof he run away from Deekin Pogram and entered the Federal servis. He wnz pertikerly activ and cussid. His knowledge uv the country nude him yooeeful to the Fedral officers ez a guide and scout, and at least one Fedral victry is chargeable direct to the information he brot Then his wife wnz knowd to hev hid five Fedral soljera who bed escaped from Anderaonville. When he finally fell into the hands uv Oapt McPelter at Fort Pillow kin it be wondered a} that he wuz left for dead ? or kin it be wondered at that the people uv the Corners wuz surprized when he appearpd amqpg em at the close uv the war with one leg off and one arm stiff ? Not much. Capt McPelter, wuzn’t in the habit uv half doin his work, and the appearance uv this nigger who had passed throup*liH bands rather astonished the °TSS&. his absence he bed learned to read and write, and he wuz made a teacher in the Freedmen’s Skool wich wuz established in this dace, and now he is Assessor, with Pollock on his bond. Eza matter uv course we despair uv the Republic. Wat Freedom can there be for us with a nigger in offlshel posishen to tyranizs over us ? Wat man uv culcher, uv edjucashen, ut refinement, kin afford to live in a community where a disgustin mulatto is made not only our ekal but our aooperior * Deekin Pogranrsaid this indignantly to Joe Bigler, whe immejltly askt the Deekin whether or not he didn’t count Babcock’s mother his ekal thirty years ago? Wich question wich was askt in the presence uv the Deekin’s wile, who hez a temper, wuz the occasion uv severe remarks between the worthy pair. Joe Bigler delites in opening old sores. The first act uv this Babcock in his offlshel capassity wuz the shuttin up uv Me Pelter't and Pennibacker’a distil eries, and Ba?coin's bar on the skore that none uv em hed never taken out licenses, or even paid any taxes. Ther wuz tke most terrific eboUshenuv feelin at this act of tyranny that it hez ever bin my lot to w.tBZSB. ——-~n—r ~ -* . •.' '» ■

“ Kill the d d nigger!” “ Hus the black cues!” “ Down with the Afrikin despot!” Shouted the enfuriated citizens. With a refinement ut crooelty wich cood only be the offspring UVVtnost depraved and vishus mind, he stmt up these places at 7 o'clock in the morning, before one uv the citizens hedhed his mornin bitters! Hedhe postponed it an hour we might hev fought it out, for some one else wood hev prokoored a supply before noon, and things wood hev gone on normal But here wus the entire pcpulashen uv the Corners at seven a. m, with throats like lime-kilns and nary a drop to be bed for love or money. The skeem wuz well considered and successful. The citizens cood hold out but fifteen minutes, and they all surrendered. They gave bonds to wich they all appended their marks to indemnity the Government for back taxes, and compelled Baacom to take out license. This done the nigger, who wuz backt up by Bigler and Pollock, opened his doors and the multitood surged in and wuz satisfied. To think uv a nigger holdin the destinies uv the corners inhis hands! Ez a matter uv eourae Eider Pennibacker wUI follow next; indeed he wants to fesign now, for, sez he, “ with the Ass ssorship in hostile hands uv wat avail is it; to; be Collector? And then, bow long will my head stay on my shoulders ? Is a nigger to take my place!” Already Bascom hat raised his price to 10 eta. per drink, and notified me that likker from this time out is cash, and already hez Pennibacker and McPclter refoozed to lend me a cent t My Kingdom is crumblin. The aleckahen nv Grant wuz the wedge wich is rivin me from stem to stern. I she] be compelled to go hentz a broken man. Good Hevings why coodn’t I hav died while Johnson wuz still President! The blindness uv this present Adminis t rat ion is trooly astonishen. Things wuz wwffwxHnfnpaclfled andDeekin Pennibacker likewise. They wuz not satisfied with the government, nor did they approve uv anything it did, but they Were passive. Sow the old sores is opened. Now McPelter is breathin slaughter and is for lettin slip the dorgs uv war. And what hez Grant got in return? Why, a nigwho wuz already hizzsn, and the two white* at the corners who voted for him will agin anyhow. Gen. don’t want to pacify us—he stmt carthe soothe, nor hex he a clear id «*«XWhitU needed to conciliate. I shall gojusA . There Is to be a meetin held “J*?!*** *«ittUiaeechanges, wont avail nothin. We are al! Pxtbousum V. Hasbt. F. M^ The following M « voluntary tribnte unobtrmfim^Mattocouragef M^geneSh^n^Motftottoe^t

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

A okbat “ oompzacr "—Chloroform. Ton lap of luxury —A oat eating milk. editorial “ woe”—His youngest A PAsmiovs bridegroom in New York has sent to Paris to have his wedding cards engraved. Swing a cellar nearly finished, a waggish author remarked that It was an excellent foundation for a story. Son say that the quickest wav to destroy weeds is to marry a widow. It is, no doubt * most agreeable species of husbandry. Knnr doing, always doing. Watching, dreaming, tending, murmuring, talking, sighing, and repining, are idle and profitless employments. A girl who was making a dress put the sleeves In wrong. She was unable to change them, as sbe could not determine whether she had got the right sleeve in the wrong place or the wrong sleeve In the right place. Ax exchange, in speaking of the magical strains of a hand organ, says: “When he played ‘Old Dog Tray,’ we noticed eleven pups sitting in front of the machine on their haunches, brushing the tears from their eyes with their forepaws." Ax editor says in a recent letter to a friend : “At present I am in the country? recovering from fourteen years’ editorial life—bsd eyes, crooked back, and broken nerves, with little to show fog it.” Any one would think that the three articles enumerated were quite enough to show for it. A wealth* merchant, who had become a bankrupt, was met, sometime after his misfortune, by a friend, who asked him how he was getting on. “ Pretty well," said he. “I am upon my legs again." “How! already?" “Yes; I have been obliged to part with my carriage and hones, and mast now walk." The Richmond Examiner tells of a marriage between two leg-leas colored people in that city the other day. Both, some years ago, were compelled to have their legs amputated at the knee joinU, owing to their having been severely bitten by the frost. The man had been married twice before, and the woman three times. Bats a writer in Blaektoood: “I remember a cruel old schoolmaster of mine who always accompanied his flagellations with the assurance we’d bless him yet for this scourging, agd that the time would come when we’d thank him on our knees for these wholesome floggings; but after a long lapse of years, I nave felt no gratitude, nor ever met a schoolfellow who did. A Model Hdsbaxd.— I saw a nodal tana band in a dream, Where ttalnge are not exactly what they eeem; A moral man, to eceptlce bo It known: The wH» he loved and cherished waa—nil own; And for the tost—l taw the hatband wait With hone and chelae five mlnatea at the cate. While fxu) par on her thing*; nor epoke on* eoar Or bitter word, though waiting half an hoar For dinner; end, like Patience on a throne, Be didn’t swear to find a button gone.

A writer in Appleton'» Journal suggests what he considers the only adequate method for putting a stop to the evils of adulteration in the common articles of food. This is to teach the art of discovering and exposing adulterations in the pubac schools. Every school should have a laboratory, and every boy and girl of fifteen should be instructed in elementary, chemical testing, and the use of the common microscope. There is an old story of a Venetian painter who set up bis picture in the street with the request that anybody who perceived error or failure in the piece would “ make a note of it.” He found as the result, that every square inch of his laborious canvas was condemned; but when he altered the request, and begged that an ingenious public would oblige him by denoting what was faultless, again every square inch was lauded to the skies by some critic or another. There are only two marriageable girls at Coosa, Oregon. On Sundays, half a dozen or more young fellows sit all day on the verandahs in front of the ladies’ houses, while each fair one looks at her followers through the half-open widow. The lovers, all the while, are whittling bite of white pine. At dark they move home; but the damsels find these visits profitable, for there is generally left behind a pile of shavings big enough to light fires for the rest of the week. It is an easy matter to lead grape vines on to single trees, and in this way considerable fruit may be grown at little expense. Low headed, spreading trees are best for this purpose, like the apple or butternut. The vine should be planted in good soil several feet distant from the trunk, and a single cane led np a pole to some strong limb, whence it will soon spread over the entire head of the tree. The stem of the vine should be protected against iniury from stock. Vine covered trees would add to the picturesqueness of many landscapes, and repay the cost aside from the fruit, but we wouldn’t advise any ope to grow less vines in his garden or vineyard on account of covering a few unsightly trees with them.— Exchange. ==f= A few days since a little girl in Newark, N. J , was missing from her home, and all efforts to find her proved unavailing. It was finally suggested that she might have fallen through a crevice in the walk, down a distance of forty feet into the vault of a neighboring brewery. Lights were lowered through the aperture, and afterward a man descended. Strange to relate, he found the little one lying asleep upon a high bed of dirt and stones, .having become weary with crying for assistance. When taken out and examined by a leading physician of that city (who at the same time vouches for the correctness of this story), she was found to be perfectly well, and to have suffered no bodily harm by her perilous fall.

Stopped His Paper.

The following anecdote of the lata Mr. Swain, from the Philadelphia Press, is not without its moral in other latitudes than Pennsylvania: Many years ago, Mr. Swain, then editor of the PuUie Ledger , was hailed at the corner of Eighteenth and Chestnut streets by a very excited individual, who informed him in the most emphatic terms, ‘ I have stopped vour paper, sir,” and proceeded to explain the why and wherefore, all the time gesticulating wildly. “My gracious, sir, you don’t say so. Come with me to the office, and let us see if we cannot remedy the matter. It grieves me that any one should stop my paper.” Down Chestnut street to Third the two Sroceeded. Arriving at the office, Mr. wain said, “ Why, my dear sir, everything seems to be going on here as usual; I thought you had stopped my paper." Then and there the existed gentleman, whom the long walk, by the way, had partly cooled, said that he had stopped taking his one copy of the Ledger. Mr. Swain was profuse in his apologies for having misunderstood the nfeasing of his late subscriber’s words, and regretted that he had given him the tramp from Eghteenth street to Third, down Chestnut. The gentlemen went on his way home, n wiser if not n better man, marvelling at the stupidity of editors in general, and of Mr. Swain in particular. Be fore he left, however, he ordered that the Ledger he still spat to his address. Brevet Lieut. CoL Follett, of the Fourth United States Artillery, commited suicide at Fort Me Henry, recently, by •hooting himself through the heed.

form and household.

Potatoes as Food for Farm stock. Immense quantities of potatoes were damaged by frost last flail, some before being dug and others in badly covered heaps in the fields. Ob this account, dealers are afraid to speculate in potatoes tills year, and consequently If sold at all, must be at a low price. Although a large quantity was safely harvested, buyers seem afraid that the tubers will not keep and the farmer has either to consume them at home, or sell them at a low price. In many cases It will be found much more profitable to feed them to stock of various kinds than to dispose of them for a trifle, after the expense of taking them a considerable distance to market. Even those which are partially decayed may be madt useful as food for hogs, the decayed parts being removed from the tubers. Potatoes are very much used in Great Britain and Ireland as food for horses, cattle, sheep and swine. On this subject a “ Practical Farmer ” has written an inter, eating article in a recent number of the Mark Lane Express. He Says that full grown cattle will consume profitably from one bushel to two bushels per day, provided with good dry chaff, that is, chopped hay or straw. The great consideration is to keep their bodies right. The chief •danger arises from the laxative properties of the raw potato—it is not purgative, but frequently causes “hove” or great distention of the stomach.' This, hower seldom occurs, except the aminals gormandise too much, aaithcy frequently will do when large quantities or pota'oes are given. It requires only ordinary care and watchfulness to prevent this. A neighbor of his lost three steers recently from this cause. They came in hungry and gorged themselves; hove and purging came on, and being i a rather low condition they could not withstand those attacks. This was an oversight which might easily have been prevented.

N For young, growing cattle they arc admirable food if given with judgment and discretion. Young calves thrive well upon them if they are well washed and cut for them. From a quarter to half a peck per day, is a good alowance for a calf, commencing when it is from ten to twelve weeks old. Young cattle, from two to two and a half years old, may have from two tosix pecks daily, taking care to watch the state of the bowels. As the spring advances these rations may be increased. Potatoes, like mangolds, contain considerable proportion of water, which during the winter is dissipated, and the tubers are thereby rendered more acceptable and wholesome food, and form an excellent substitute for eariy grass. It is remarks ble that when cattle, which have been wintered on straw, a few roots and a little cake, are put upon good rations of potatoes in spring, they thrive as rapidly as upon a good pasture, quickly.losc their old hair, and look like cattle grazed on a rich pasture. When potatoes are properly managed they are decidedly the best spring food for cattle and hogs, and should the potato disease cease altogether it would be advisable to grow a reasonable quantity for these purposes. Some danger arises to cattle from giving these tubers whole, as small ones are apt to cause choking by becoming fixed in the gullet On this account they should be sliced with a turnipcutter, or pulped with the pulper. Should choking occur, the flexible choke-tube, which ought to be in the posession of every farmer, should be gently passed down the animal’s gullet to remove the lodged potatoe, care being taken not to wound the gullet. In some instances the obstruction may be removed by a small hand passed down the throat to grasp the tuber. When the obstruction is far down this cannot be done, but the tuber may be pressed downward by the hand from the outside. As food for hogs, mixed with meal, potatoes are unrivalled, whether boiled, steamed or pulped. In all cases they should be cleanly washed. The pulping is the least expensive process, but the potatoes are not so nourishing as when steamed or boiled. The difference, however, is not great. For poultry, boiled or steamed potatoes ar exceedingly valuable. Western Rural.

Salt as a Manure for Wheat.

Ground should be tested for salt, and its needs ascertained before it is applied; or else only a small portion of a wheat field should be selected for the purpose of making an experiment with a view of getting results that may be of use in after years. If the former course be adopted, and the farmer is unacquainted with the details of chemical analysis, the presence of salt may be ascertained by the following simple experiment: ■ Collect from the fields a cupful of dry soil, and stir it for a considerable time in two quarts of clear rain water. Filter it now through porous paper placed in a funnel, the sape as druggists do their liquid preparations; or carefully pour off the water after all the impurities have settled. Fill'a tumbler with the liquid, and pour into it a little dissolve! nitrate of silver, which will throw down, if salt be present, a white precipitate, which will be more or less plentiful, according to the abundance of the salt in the soil The following are the good results that ordinarily follow the application of salt to grain fields that are deficient in it; plumper, firmer and more numerous berries; a more tenacious stalk, which is less liable to lodge; the destruction of several kinds of insects that are injurious to the young plant, hastening the maturity of the crop; and the prevention, to a considerable degree, of the liability to rust. Now a]J these are desirable ends to accomplish, and, at a time when two bushels of salt can be bought for one bushel of wheat, we trust that farmers will risk a little in making an experiment, even if on a small scale. It la the usual practice to scatter the salt broad cast, at the rate pf four or five bushels to the acre, after the grain has been put in. Many farmers who have used it is this manner, have given their testimony that their crop of wheat has been greatly increased, and the crop of weeds, bugs and worms correspondingly diminished. If this is, so it is evident that salt performs two important offices, While ordinary manure performs but one.—Prairie Farmer.

Early Chickens.

For this latitude and with the necessary facilities for protecting the young broods against the storms and inclemencies incident to the season, I esteem the months of April and May as the best for having them come forward; while in regions farther south I should prefer to have them hatched out at least a month earlier. Now, this preference for early hatching is predicated in part upon the supposition that somebody will look after, the welfare of young birds, and not allow them to be given over entirely to the mother’s care. Where they are to be abandoned entirely to their mother, and to straggle and scratch their way np as best they may be able, 1 think the better plan will be to allow the bens themselves to determine the time and season when they will bring forth their broods. Chickens hatched in the early spring, where properly protected and tended, are generally more vigorous and healthy, grow more rapidly through the summer months, and make larger fowls than those arriving in latter portions of the breeding seasons. And, furthermore, pullets which come in the early ipriiig are so well matured that

they will commence laying in the ensuing fall, and Uy through the winter, if they are duly fed and protected. From my own observation, I am satisfied that chickens coming in early spring are less liable to that pestiferous affection called gapes (a disease which destroys thousands Manually and. which Is caused by * little red and threadlike worm, which u supposed to be produced through the spring rains or night dew, and finds its way, through the food or drink of the young chick, into its windpipe, and there remains and feeds till the lungs of the little birds are perforated, and life is destroyed) than those which come at a later period, when the chilly nightdews hang heavv upon the rank grass, and .the genial sunshine of May uubars the •prison doors of that insect world, evoked from its long torpor, U vitalized into an j afctivc ministry of evil as well as good.— American Stock Journal.

Gentle Treatment the Best.

A gentleman of New York is the pos sessor of a thousand-dollar horse, whose organ of approbativenes3 is so prominent lv active he can be coazed but rarely driven against Jiis will. When the considerate owner enters the stable the horse greets him with a hearty whinny, his only language, which is equivalent to a cheerful expression of delight. He is at once treated to a lump of loaf sugar, which the beautiful and sagacious creature knows is usually carried in a vest pocket—for he rubs his nose directly In there. On returning from a drive ho expects two lumps. As two are invariably forthcoming when unharnessed, it is unmistakable evidence to the horse that his conduct and efforts were satisfactory. The sight of a whip to that animal would be an insult and an outrage to his affectionate regard for one who looks carefully to his health, security and comfort. Such an instrument of barbarity does not belong to that good man’s carriage, and may God speed the incoming day when they will only be seen in museums to illustrate the conditions of countries that ultimately became Christianized. We put blinders over his sparkling eyes, and then beat him unmercifully if he hesitates to leap blindly over a ditch. Our horses snap at a bridle and run with a carriage because they dread the ap- ■ proach of the driver as often as otherwise. Bewildered and distracted with apprehensions of danger, they fly for safety where dangers multiply with increasing horror. Their speed is increased when unlawfully at liberiy, they so dread the scourge of the lash, which they know will Inevitably follow their capture. Fear makes cowards of men, but worse cowards of horses. The only true and successful method of controlling the animal kingdom is by tke exercise of kind measures. That monster of gigantic strength, the elephant, may be led by an Infant with a string, if tenderly solicited. Even the lion likes to be petted—and that is the time to handle his paws. Horse tamers of the modern schooigfcubchio the most furious animals by a with them in a stable are no auditors. They neither flagellate them or overcome their wildness by severities. On the contrary, they have the art of convincing their dumb pupil he is his particular friend. When that has been accomplished, the changed quadruped requires no repetition of promise made while he was in duress. Ever after the horse keeps bis pledge to behave well, remaining gentle to the end of life, even when misfortune places him under tbe ownership of a reckless, unprincipled savage of a master. — American Stock Journal.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

It is said that passing a red-hot iron over old putty will make it so soft that it may be readily removed. Mixing hen feed with a strong suds of common soft soap is recommended both as a preventive and cure of gapes. We see it stated that if well seasoned shingles be dipped in limewash, and dried before laying, they will last much longer, and not become covered with moss. Mr. Joseph Harris writes to the American Agriculturist that one of the -most convenient methods of reviving chilled lambs or pigs is to bury them up to their heads in a barrel of steamed chaff or straw. Young men and boys should be instructed in the use of every kind of hand-tool, from a broad hoe to a hay tedder. If farmers do not feel competent to instruct a beginner in the use of a plow or hoe, for example, it will pay well to employ a teacher who can handle such tools with as much dexterity as a good chopper shows in the swing cf his axe. —Hearth and Home.

_ Coffee is highly recommended as & neutralizer of foul odors, and can be used would be inadmissible. In cases where rats or mice die in spaces between the floors of dwellings, a pound or two of freshly burnt coffee will produce the desired effect. It is also said to be incomparably superior in a sick chamber to most other disinfectants ; it has a beneficial chemical action on the atmosphere, besides giving out an agreeable perfume. Hearth and Home. Ginger Bread.—Four ounces of bruised ginger root, one ounce cream of tartar, five pounds of white or light brown sugar, and the juice and rind of one lemon. Put these in a vessel which can be covered and pour on them five gallons of boiling water. Let them stand for eight or ten hours in a cool place, and then add one pint of porter; stir thoroughly, strain clear, and bottle in strong bottles and tie the corks down immediately. Place in a moderately cool cellar, and in three or four days it will be fit for use. — Exchange. Elder Ointment.— A writer in the Country Gentleman says: “ I have a recipe, used by my mother, for making the ointment of elder flowers, instead of the bark, which might possibly be more acceptable to some. Take a double handful of dried elder flowers’separated from the stems, and boil them in one quart of water, until it is reduced td half a pint; then strain it, and add to this strong elder tea, two large spoonfuls of melted lard (fresh,) two large spoonfuls of melted mutton tallow, and simmer it until the water is all evaporated. This makes an excellent healing ointment.” Another correspondent gives this recipe for making an ointment from the bark of eider. “ Take the inside bark of sweet elder, boil to a strong infusion; strain it, then add equal parts of bees-wax and mutton tallow: say to one-half pint of the liquid, a piece of mutton tallow and bees-wax, each the size of a hen’s egg; simmer until the water is out. If a softer ointment lis desired, use fresh butter instead of mutton tallow. Here you have a recipe for an ointment which is invaluable as a healing remedy for erysipelas, sores, cuts, chilblains and sores of all kinds, and especially excellent for burns.”

A Few Facts in Farming.

Per out potatoes early, all kinds. Put out as early as the ground will admit, and covey with five or six inches of dirt Plant rows 27 inches apart, hills in the row 12 to 15 inches. Sow your oats as early as you can well get them in—on the first mellow ground. But do not sow if only the top is mellow and tha soil below wet. The oat is hardy, and will stand the cold well. Peas should also be sown early, and not on ground too rich, or that has been cropped with peas. Dp not sow plaster, as there will be too great a growth of ttraw, which will flatten flown and mildew

and defeat what otherwise might hare been a goed crop. . . Ri'member that gross land* need moisture. They need it more than grain or almost any other plant. Irrigation is pat first to secure this; thorough drainage, and mellowing the soil next; and a good close stand of a variety of grasses, i another hqlp. As much as may be pat to ness select the moistesl lots. In changing a moist soil by drainage, you change its weeds. Drainage is death to many weeds. If your land is worn oat, many chances to one U will improve it by deep plowing—l mean till up to the beam. This may not benefit it for a year or two. Bat it will not bo much worse than it was before, being worn ont and non-paying. A little manure thrown over it—and if it is much it will not hurt it—will prepare the ground, raw as it is, for grass. The sun and the manure, in connection with the rains, and the frost previously—for the land should be plowed In the foil—will so ameliorate the top soil as to insure a good seeding and a fair crop. In a few years ipore, whether kept to grass or plowed, there will be an improvement for the better, and that decidedly, and it will be lasting, that is, it will IraVe another run as it had before, —and if underdrained and subsoiled, and thoroughly cultivated, will be better than ever before. This Is experience with us. We tried it on a hill of some eight acres. The soil was drift with considerable clay In it, not rich naturally, but producing something beyond expenses. &c. For the first few years, after the soil was inverted, there was no growth, the crops were a failure. After that they surpassed the original productiveness, and were more remunerative than before.— ■‘F. Q." in Prairie Farmer.

The Poor Farmer.

A writer who has no sort of respect for shiftless farmers says: “The poor farmer, vjbose hens roosts in trees daring the storms of winter, complains that they lay no eggs. His cows shiver by the side of the fence, and he complains that the children eat too much butter. He gees to the grocery with a jug in one end of the sack and a stone in the other, and he wipes his nose with his coat sleeve. He thinks those farmers who take agricultural papers, and who read works on farming, are stuck-up farmers. He is down on all book learning. He never has a paper in his house that is of value. Those that are found there belong to the trashy school. In the spring bis sheep flock is seen in pelts hanging on the fence. Reader, have you any farmers of this character in your vicinity f If so, try and buy them out, and send them away, as they are a drawback and a disgrace to any neighborhood.”

A very Rich Young Man.

We call him “ Bobolink,” and “ Pappoose,” and “ Old Blessed,” and all sorts of names—you know how they do call ha bies. You great, six-year-old Harry would not think him much of a fellow, I suppose —this small man of six months—but he thinks he is, and so does his mother, and his father, and all the family. He considers himself very rich, too, or, as grown-up people say, “ well off.” He has such white, round, little pegs fixed on to his hands for him to play with. He sticks them up and looks at them side-way, and edge-way, and every way, and they never get lost like your playthings—they are always on hand. They are so nice to eat, too. First one fist goes into his mouth, then the other, and then both fists. The only trouble is he can’t swallow them, they are so big or so something. Too bad! ißn tit ? But he don’t get discouraged. Why it was only yesterday he was trying to swallow a large blanket shawl and all his petticoats; then he banted his head into a big feather pillow, and opened his mouth at that in a way which must have been very alarming to the pillow. Sometimes he gets hold of those little pink fellows down below. He thinks they are the cuimingest. There is such a drove of them 1 He can’t count them himself, but I believe there are as many as ten. One of them “ goes to market,” and one of them “stays at home,’ 1 ’ and then there is a little mite of a one that don’t get any bread and butter. How he does squeal! Dear! dear! You would think this young man would cry to hear him, but he don’t; the tipples of laughter come gurgling up his little fat throat, until, when at last the poor piggy gives his very hardest squeal, he almost explodes with glee. It’s so pleasant to have jolly little fat pigs of one’s own to play with! Ten live pink piggies! Just think of it I But that is not all—oh! no I He owns a most lovely old piece of red flannel, which gave him, that is very valuable. It is such a pretty, and so bright! He turns it over, views it

-in every ”BgßlT'"OT3“lMles ofTt.~lfyou should lay a ten-thousand dollar greenback down beside it, he would grasp, in preference, that gorgeous, magnificent rag. You oouldn’t buy that from him with ten or twenty thousand dollars. Then he has a great many fine musical instruments that he plays on splendidly. Every newspaper he can get hold of he turns into a piano or an organ. He scratches his nails into them, and digs holes through them, and you ought to hear how beautifully they do rattle; but the brown paper that comes around the sugar is the best, that is so cracklr and hightoned. Besides, he has a most entertaining round hole in the top of his crip, which is very interesting in an astronomical point of view. He studies it intently, especially at times and seasons when he ought to be sleepy. Through it the sunbeams creep softly down to play with him, filling the air with their yellow bars, until his little hands cannot grasp the gold. Every thing around him is wonderful, and beautiful, and bright, and all is created solely for him, he thinks: nothing, however, that comes within his grasp escapes athroongh “reconstruction,” from papa’s whiskers to pussy’s tail. —Hearth and Home. Valuable Mbdicinb.— We presume no medical preparation ever offered to the public hat been more thoroughly tested than PERRY DAVIS' PAIN KILLER. Thousands of persons, were they called on to do so. would cheerfully testify that they have used It for various Ills, with the most satisfactory success. It Is within our own knowledge, that an Immense amount of suffering has been relieved by it. Its proprietors, Messrs. Perry Davis A Son, save no j>alns or expense In order to satisfy the public. Being strictly honorable men. thev observe the utmost uniformity In the manufacture of their celebrated Pain Killer. The materials of which It is composed are carefully selected—none but the best quality being used. By these means the high reputation which the Pain Killer has long -since acquired Is at all times triumphantly sustained. In view of these facts, we are by no means surprised to learn that Messrs. Davis A Son's sales are constantly and rapidly Increasing. While we congratulate our friends generally that so valuable a preparation as the Pain Killer Is placed within their reach, we must be permitted to rejoice at the well merited success oflts liberal and enterprising proprietors. Providence General Advertiser.

The True Medical Doctrine.

j. Nature, when struggling with disease, Indicates unmlstakeably the kind of assistance she reqnires. In cases of nervous weakness and general debility, the feeble pulse, the lack-lustre eye, the attenuated frame, the flaccid muscles, the melancholy visage. Inform us as plainly as If each organ had a tongue, that a medicated stimulant is needed. It does not require the aid of a medical education to understand this dumb appeal for new vigor, from an exhausted system. Every reader of these lines can comprehend It just as well as the graduate ol a physicians’ college. Let not title demand of enfeebled nature be neglected. Respond to It promptly by commencing a course of HOfITETTBR'S STOMACH BITTERS, a preparation nnftlnf. In their highest excellence, the properties oi a s-rtucLtirr, an nrriaoßAirt and an umuttvb. Before three days have elapsed. Tram the taking of the first dose, a marked beneficial change win p« mantfefit In tbs bodUr fiafi mwW

Condition of (hr patient The pnlee will be stronger and am regular, the ey* wtlt begtn to loee Its dull eipre at on, itt Mieuiraid nervous •y items to recover thalr Un.loa, and the spirits to tmprora. Ptnann, aad a complete revivification of the depreaeed animal and menu! power* (■{certain. In caaea of dyepepela eod blllouanaa, tHa aarne salutary raanlte will ba obtained. The appetite will re Tire, tbe Mllowneaa of the akin disappear, and all the dletreaalng symptoms which accompany dlaordera of the atonach and Ueer will rapidly anbaide. The andden changea of spring often Intenalflea theae compuiau by checking the peraptratory action, by which to much morbid matter la eynporated through the poreaoi the body, and therefore the BITTXRB are eapedally uaeful to the dyapeptic and blllona at thla aeaeon. gTTaaoannrarr.-daa Aitarttoement of Chemical Workt, Biffalo. N. Y.

A Star in the East!! A new atar haa appeared In the literary circle*, called Tna “iLLunuraTiD WaaTMUt Wobld." It* iUuatratlona are all printed In baautlfnl oil colore, from one to a.yen, at a single lrapreaslbn. In thla feature alone Tn* “ Illuktmatxd WllTXßjr WoilD ” atauda lorth the ioramoat of the age. Aalde from It* magnificent lllua'ratlona. howeyer. It* aolumna will team weekly with Fiction. Solid Prose, Charming Poetry and Glowing Romance It leant eompanlon of erery flreitde—the magaalne of eyery branch of literature—the Champion of all noble Industries—the support of the fanner, merchant, artisan, and the education of the maaars. Send for apeelm -n copies, bold by all new* dealer*. Subscription, 13.00 per annum. Address THt WKBTKRN WORLD CO.. Cor. Park Place and College Place, P. O. Box 4,fM9, New York. THE GREATLUNBREMEDYr Will all those afflicted with Coughs or gonromptloa read the following, and leant the rains of Allen’s Ling Balsam. WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY I Amos Woolly, M. D„ of Koaclnaco county, Ind. says: “ For three year* past I hare need AlLas's Lmre Balsam extensively In my practice, and I am satlstted there la no better medicine for lung diseases in use.” Isaac H. Doran, U. D., of Logan county, (),, says: ••allxm's Luxe Balsam not only sells rapidly, but eyes perfect satisfaction In every case within my lowledge. Raring confidence in It, and kn .win* that It posseeses valuable medicinal properties. 1 freely use It In my dally praettoe and with unbounded success. As an expectorant. It Is most certainly far ahead of any preparation I hare ever yet known." Nathaniel Harris. M. D„ or Mlddlebnry. Vt.. says: “ I hare no doubt It srlll soon become e classical remedial agent for the cure of all dlaeaaee of the Throat, Bronchial Tubes, and tbe Lunga.” Dr. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon In the army during the war, from exposure contacted conanmptlon. He says: “ I bare no healtancy In saying that It was by the use of your Lung Balaam that I am now alive and enjoying health." Dr. Fletcher, of Mlaaourt, says: “ I recommend your Balsam In preference to any other medicine for Conghs, and it gives satisfaction.” ALLKit'a Loire Balsam la the remedy to core all Lung and Throat difficulties. It should be thoroc ghly tested before using any other Balsam. It will cure when all others fall. Directions accompany each bottle. J. N. Harris & Co., Sole Proprietors CINCINNATI, OHIO. rw~ FOrfkOtbyail MaUcftu Dealers.

T\EAFNESB. CATARRH, SCROFULA. XJ A lady who had suffered for years irom Dearness, Catarrh and Scrofula, was cored by a slmplo remedy. Her eympathy aud gratitude prompts her to send the receipts free of charge to any one similarly afflicted. Address Mrs. M. C. Leggett, Hoboken* N. J. To th* Working Class.—l am now prepared to famish all classes with constant employnWnt at their homes, the whole of the time, or for the spare moments. Business new, light and profitable. Fifty cents to $5 per even'ng, Is easily earned by persons of either sex, and the boys and girls earn nearly as much as men. Great Inducements are offered those who will devote their whole time to the business; and, that every person who sees this notice, may send me their address and test the business for themselves, I make the following unparalleled offer: To all who are not well satisfied with the business, I will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing me. Full particulars, directions, Ac., sent free. Sample sent by mall for lOcents. Address K. C. ALLEN, Augusta, Me. FRED. KiEMPFER, Dealer In all kinds of SINGING BIRDS, FANCY POULTRY, and EGGS Of Brahmas. Black Spanish and others, warranted fresh and pnre. Cages. Heeds and the celebrated prepared MOCKING BIRD FOOD. Green House Plants, Flower Seeds, Bulbs, Rustic Work, Shells, &c. Abo Gold Fish and Aquaria Tanks. 137 MADISON BT., CHICAGO. MACHINERY. C.&J. COOPER & CO. 88 Michigan Ave., Chicago, PROPRIETORS H ( TEIIOS & lOEOSUSIIOIVDIB Manufacture Stationary, Portable and Farm Engines 2 Of 7 to 1200 Bon. Power. Tubular. Locomotive and Flue STEAM It PILE KS, Circular Saw Mills. PORTABLE Grist Mills and Bolts, MACHINERY For merchant and Custom Flooring HI Ilia, Factories, Elevators, and Furnaces., Circular Saws, Belting 1 , Parking, llose, Lacings, Mill Stones, Bolting- Cloths, WHEAT-CLEANING MACHINERY And Bole Agents for EJIERSON’S PATENT INSERTED TOOTH SAWS. PLANB AND DRAWINGS executed, and Millwrights sent direct from the >V orkt, to erect Engines andMllls. All Machinery and Goods guaranteed to give satisfaction. Bend for clrcalars. Address C. Sc J. Cooper Sc Co., 88 Michigan Ave., - - Chicago, HI. WICK RAISER AND 11 SUN (kerosene) BURNERS, SILVERED METALLIC LAMP SHADES. Will not bnm c r get out of repair. Mailed true on receipt of 30 cts. each. Agents, male and female, wanted. Enclose stamp for circular. F. R. DOMINICK, 393 Hudson St., N. T.

A GENTS WANTED.- 4k XV A new and wonderful In- J-am Tsntlon.Wlndsupllkeaclock, rT .ElKra Allis rats, gophers, squirrels, .....A-— 1 mice, Ac, tt rows them awai BP J -1 and seta Itself quick aa lta Jw .1 name indicates- One trap and terms to agents sent by ex- 1 H 1 press ou receipt of one dollar. Address Lightning Tbap Co, 93 Mercer »t. New York. GLOVER! NE A NSW AMD AOXBBABLB SUBSTITUTE FOR BENZINE! Without Its Unpleasant Odor, INSTAJTTLT KXMOTXfI Grease Spots, Paint, Dirt, &c«, From AIL ABTTOLBS or CbOTBDte, COLOR FABRIC. Every family needs It. (W For sale by all Druggists, In small bottles HART, ASTEN &'cO„ General Agents, 183 B. Water Bt., CUcais. 830008 SALARY. Address U. 8. Piabo Co, N. Y DEAR TUI ft Agents Wanted to sell 30 of the nCAII I lII© fastest selling articles In the wide world. (300 per month end expen sees. A duress C. STANFORD. 138 State St, Chicago, 11lUNION CURE Magic Liniment. Pile Ados, Tooth Ponder. Abes Lotion and Universal Bair Grower. With the beet of skill end the use of the above extraordinary Compounds we will guarantee to cure and remove the following Complaints or Refund the money: Dyspepsia,Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Catarrh. Bronchitis Asthma, Nervous Debility, Salt Rheum. Chalk CoUeotlon*. jjasaasraftSß? wonStSa & ip VINEGAR! tSMSSirIUhsSi

IN THESE HARD TIMES PARKER A CO.’S Great One Dollar Sale of dry goods, Lixirxr parabola, album*. S^rTm 7 nSSS r l?JsSfl5 >aC “ *» OB DOLLAR EACH. ERB. all the gooda used by ns, thus saving the eon. snmer tire profits made by th. Importer, or Commission Merchant, the Wholesale and Retail Dealer each of whom demand a larger profit than taken by na. We that sum. Onr goods are described on printed checks which will be eent In Clnhe for Ten Oenta each, to nav postage, printing, Ac. If th* article named on the check Is not wanted, yon can etchings from a Hat comprising Three Hundred and Fifty Useful Articles, among which are— La Dias’ Bilk Pababolb, Lavas’ Pom Warn Tucxsd Busts, Siltbb platsd Frva Bcyrnlun Castors, and a large variety of nsefal articles, not one of which can he bought in any other way for nearly double the money. Reference will be given. If required, from the moat reliable Wholesale Merchants of Boston and Mew York, as to onr standing and tht strict'; honorable character of onr business. |IT we want AgenU in every town, to whom the fodowlng Commits will For a Club of 30, and Three Dalian—7l yard* Broun or Hlearhed SheeUnf, yard trie*. All wool Pants and Vest Pattern. Marseille* quilt. U yards good Bed Ticking. 7 yards Red Twilled Flannel. 15 yardsJCotton Flannel. 1 dozen gents' Linen Handkerchieft. Fine white German Counterpane, fringed. Handsome Balmoral RktrL Elegant doable claap 108 nlctnre Photograph Album. Stiver-plated engraved five-bottle Castor. Elegant silk E an, Ivory or sandal wood frame, beautifully spangled. Handsome beaded and lined Parasol. 20 yards good Print. Put colors. Fine damask Table Cover. 1 dozen One linen or damask Towels. Ladles* real Turkey morocco Traveling Bag. Delaine Dress Pattern. 0 elegant engraved Napkin Rings. 1 dozsn fine Merino or Cotton StockInvs. Violin and bow In box complete. Bet Jewelry with long pendant drops. Ladles' fathlontble Square Shawl. Good Meerschaum Pipe In case. It dozen Rogers' best silver Dessert Forks. Ornne article from Clnh of 30 and one from Exchange List. For a Club of 30, and Five Dollara—3* yards aood ij utility Broun or Bleached Sheeting, yard wide. Fashionable Alpacca Dress Pattern, any color. 1 set Lace Curtains. 1 pair Wool B'ankets Engraved •tiver-nlated ilx-bottled Castor. hit yards veryfineall wool Casslmere for pants and vest. Set of ( Ivoryhandled tea Knives, with silver-plated Forks. Handsome satin or silk Parasol, heavily beaded and lined. SO yards good Prints, fast colors. Ladtea' or gents' large real morocco traveling bag. French frame. Handsome Poplin Dress Pattern. Ladles' Cloth Cloak pattern. Ladles' fashionable Shawl. 1 fins Urge Marseilles Qnllt. 3 Honeycomb Qntlts. Silver plated Cake Packet, plated on fine white metal. Genuine Meerschaum Pine. 1 pair gents’ Calf Boots. Or one article from Clnb of 80 and one from Clnbof 70, or four arttolrs from Exchange List. Club of 100, and Ten Della rs-One of the following articles: 1 rich Merino or Thibet Drees Pattern. 1 pair fine Dsmaak Tab'e Cloths and Napkins to match. 1 pair genta’ French Calf Boota. Very One all-wool Cloth for ladlea’ cloak. 85 gante good Brown or Bleached Sheeting, uard wide. 1 elegant high-colored all-wool plaid Poplin Dress Pattern. 1 Empress Cloth Dress Pattern. 7 if yards fine Casslmere fbr snlt 1 act Ivory balanced-handle Knives and Forks. 1 ladlea* or genta' Silver Hunting caae Watch. 1 Bartlett hand portable Sewing Machine. Sptmdld Family Bible, steel engravings, with record and photograph pages. 35 yards good hemp Carpeting, good colors. 1 pair good Marseilles Quilts 1 good six-barrel Revolver 1 elegant Fur Muff and Cape 1 slng'e barrel Shot Onn. 1 silver-plated engraved six-bottle Revolving Castor, cut-glass bottles. 1 very fine Vtottn and Bow, In case. 1 very fine all-wool Long Shawl, iv yards double-width Beaver Cloth, for overcoat. Or eight articles from Exchange List. rw~ For a more extended Hat of Commissions, see Circular. We also give Agent* additional Commissions, In proportion to the amount of money returned for goods This extra commission It not offered by any other honse. We are the only riax who pny their ngents for binding for goods after they have obtained nhscrlhert to their cluDa. tT He sore to send all money by Registered I,otter. SEND FOB CIIICTJLAHS. Bend yonr address In full, Town, County and State. PARKER & CO. Non. 98 and 100 Summer Bt., Boston. ft A DAT to agents selling SiLvaaa’ Patmrr »!p J-I_f Elastic Bacons. Horace Greeley says: “I nredlct its success.” CLEGG A CO., 38 Coruandt-at. I X. Y.

FINE ALUMINIUM GOLU JEWELRY. Brooches, Ear-Drops, Sleeve Buttons, Finger Kings, Studs, Pins. Ac., richly ■«?!Sk_ finished in chased or frosted gold—from MSsßri 75cta. tots. Bend address, with 30 cts., anil receive one of the above as spec! tm/ men, with catalogue. P a PL LEE A CO., 1474 Broadway, N. Y. A GENTS WANTED tor the only eteel engravA lngof GEN. GRANT and his family, published with their approval. Site Isx». Address, GOODSPWK.D A r<)., 37 Park Row New York. r rit ti n 6 tie ,f n & r.v, CHARLES A. DANA’S PAPER. The cheapest, neatest and mottreadableof New York Journals. Everybodyllkes It. Three editions. Dailt, Bbhi-Wmklt and wbiklt, at #O, 84, and 81 a year. Fnll reportsof agricnltnre, Farmers' and Fruit Growers’ Clubs, and a complete story In (very Weekly an<* 9-ml-Weekly number. A valuable present to every subscriber. Send for specimen, with premtnm Hit, I. W. ENGLAND, Publisher Sun, New Tork. EARLY ROSE POTATO^ ONE ». EARLY ROBB S • tent by mall, post-paid, tl. ( n>s. EARLY ROSE, sent by O / O mall, post-paid, |3<X>. Best J Spring Wheat In the world; I the earliest and moat product- I ive Corn: wonderful yielding Oats-white and hlaca—weigh- _ , _ Ing 45 pounds to the bushel; cSprlng Barley; Gras# Seeds; Fowls; Evgs; Hogs; the neat Feed Cutter. Send tor the EXPERIMENTAL FARM JOURNAL—most tnluable Maaaeine hunted m thlt country— only 81.50 per year. Snbscrlbe. if yon want to make yonr Farm pay. ■Address GKO. A. DKITZ, Chambersbnrg, Pa: HUNTING AND TRAPPING.-Instructlona with diagram and directions for making trap, also How to Train Animals, including many amnalng and wondenul tricks; lnNoa 18»ndl4ofHa*«T'a Journal, of newsdealet*. or, on trial, 3 Months Free by mall for lSc. Jxsss H axby A Co., llONasaan 8%. N. Y. or thousand. For particulars address, JOHN GAGS A HON. Vineland. N. J.. cr 163 Dearborn St- Chicago Agent* Wanted for th# Fa«t Selling I If I .31 Medicine ftf plained" or Djrn'B * Family liiAiAill Physician " ha» cclored plate#; price Small; agent* proflu Bid. Alto fbr •‘Bible Looking Olaee " mud other bqpAi. For Ctroulara addrqgg Howe ■ Bo<A Qgooorp, ClnV- O. LIVINGSTON & CO., Iron Founders, PITTSBURGH, FA., Manufacturers of SUPERIOR GREY IRON CASTINGS ! For AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, Fence and Counter Railing, Light Machinery, and Miscellaneous Articles Generally, Requiring either a Soft sr Strong Iron. ir Onr arrangements tor LOW FREIGHTS to all parts of the West, enable ns to furnish Superior Castings as low as any Works tn the country.

Farms & Fruit Lands. The Illinois Central Railroad Company have for eale In tracts of 40 acres and upwards, 790,000 acres of choloe (arming and fruit I an is, all lying adjacent to their road. For grain-growing, stock-raising, and every purpose of profitable agriculture, these lands possess every requisite of loti and climate. THE FRUIT REGION of Southern Illinois tr noted for Us wonderful fertility lathe production ol apples, pearl, peaches and all kinds or fruits. During the season of 1847, the Special Fruit Express train brought over 400,000 boxes of peaches and 80,000 bushels of strawberries to Chicago alone, and from thence lurnlshlng the first fruit* of the season to all the north (rn markets. 100,000 scree of these fruit lands are no u offered for eale on favorable terms. Title in Fee from the State. All Station Agents are rrovldedwlth plats, (bowing the lands for sale In their vicinity. _ gW Information given upon all potnttat the office of the Lend Department, 38 Michigan avenue, Chicago, or a descriptive pamphlet, with maps, showing the exact locality of all the lau is, sent to any person writing for the same, In any language, to JOHN B. CALHOUN, Lamp Comnaeiou ae. Omcae o. \l)r. Barton’s Tobacco Antidote/ \w r All RANTED TO KKMOTE ALL DM ItUC TOR TOBACCO.//* enUkrly veottable and karmic** and is also an exceuen/appeti\r. ft purifies «nd enrich** the blood, invigorat* too systmnL possesses groat nourishing and stronftbento/ power, enahiee the stomach to digest ths heartiest ftoo>rtei sleep rotVhing, and establishes robust health, and chcicc\/or sixty years owe* rrlce per box. PorfXw An lotsrssdng trosttos on tjjl Injurious effects f toflecco, with lists of tssttaonisy tewrsnsss, etc,« a nlm N. J-. tbbtim our iaib. —- IT* noun ***» CottagJtorove snd Obd St, CMcsgs, IIL \ M ClsrlfiStreet Chicago, in. brim A R. Weo« T«* U. 8. Inin*, gsarttam', Pleare .r-nd • repplr of tho Aom/rIL The one recetserf fto. dons Id wor* staatv. / \ O. T. Etwia. raoa Naw Hixrsntua BriikPanoe.— OmiVmee of the WW Wtf(Jeo o f\ JJ prfaoA A BurguaM Tga/wotrr. w«Dr. BnVral Antidote fee A CutaorifAy* bmntojr.-Om BoAor Ajrrnxr-g “ r * 4 -»■ saf vswtem. tZFS&Sm WBSrJhVdfi Xn, t&&>? removed/ W*. L. Wife, Ja. sfezssss alFbi* reads re. J. T. Blitxb. Edit*. T __ IW Beware, ol Owwatorfeiu. j 0