Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1871 — Page 4

A Lawyer's first divorce case.

chair. and aMarad her that be war "en dnlr aad daroandh at her athetoa." flutlni proffered office kerchief to Kr line, blushed, end, canting her m upon the floor, said: “My business is very particular—it is—pardon me, sir, bat you will not betray me!” “Betray you? Not for the < world, «—»>«»« %'6u Can confide in me with the same reliance as in a priest at the confes “The fact le—l want—that Is, I have, been unfortunate ia. my marriage relations.” The eyes of the lawyer glistened with pleasure, and drawing his chair close to the side of the lady, remarked : “I see I aee—you want a divorce. 11 am just the man to get it for you. lam perfectly ast fa# An mhttera oTlhis KWH,; although I have never had a rtise in'efrdft 1 How long have yob been married.’’ “Nine years." “Nine yean! You must have been very young when you entered that blissftil—l mean wretched state.” “I wan a mere child—* foedlsh, inexperienced school girl. A doming mother placed me in the arms of a man old enough to be my fhther; but he was rich, and for two or three years I did not know the difference—l was as happy as though my husband had been twenty years younger. But association with other married women opened my eyes, and I became wretched. I pined for—well, for a heart that was more congenial with my own. 1 Amen of your age, now, would have suited me.bet ter.” ‘ “Exactly sp!” exclaimed the lawyer, rubbing his bands and twisting his insipient moustache. “ But jour sufferings will soon terminate; I will get you a divorce, and then—" ’* '■* ~ “O, dear me!—and then—but I must not be too sanguine. My luisband is very rich, and he will never penflft me to get a divorce if be can help it.” “ Madam, you donTknow the law—lts majesty—lts glorious certainty—4to magnanimity. Consider yourself divorced, and rest easy.” “ WeU, ahr, how shall I proceed ?” “ Let me see-tia the first place, give me a statement of .ybur grievances.” “ That would take a whole week. You can imagine what a woman like me must suffer with such a husband.’ ’ “ Yea, yea—cruel and barbarous treat' men!—condition intolerable—neglect, and all that sort of thing. I will just jot down a few of the items. Your name is—” “ Mrs . You must know my husband.” “What, the merchant! He’s rich as Croesus.” “ Yes, he’s rich; Iffit I don’t care for that—l want a divorce.” _ The lawyer Wrote down a SketehulHM lady’s matrimonial infelicities, and again assured' her that he would have no difficulty in procuring a divorce, with at least SIO,OOO alimony. “ How much are ypn going to charge me for making me so happy ? ’ asked the

lady. “ Well, I ought to charge you a thousand dollars, but, out of consideration for your sufferings, 1 will only take a retainer of One hundred dollars, and when it is accomplished you will increase it trfive hundred no change-ifoout me now. O, yes, here is a check Tor r two hundred dollars that my husband gave me to-go shopping.' 1 I will only want half of It to-day. Will yon get it cashed for me?” “ It is alter bank hours, but the check is all right J will give you one hundred for your shopping, and Jceep the check.” The lawyer had thnt day received a remittance of one hundred .uoltyrs from his father, and handed it over so the lady, ami, placing his check In Ids pocket bo OK, bowed his client to the door. He was excessively happy at his good.forUinie, and that night dreamed of angelic clients, sensational divorce cases, and a huge pile of one hundred dollar bills. The next morning he went to the bank to get his checK cashed, and way thunderstruck when the teller informed him that the name of Mr.—— was, forged,! Indignant at the thought that his fair client had been guilty of go base a crime ah forging 4 her husband’s name, he hurried to the store of Mr. , with thelfitenti<sh of exposing the lady.. lie was" still more as : tonished when Mr. informed him thgt he was a widower, and had pot been blessed with a wife for more than ten years. Young Bleckstone was seized with a fit of melancholy, which still afflicts him; for all bis efforts to find the fair swindler unavailing. He has come to the conclusion to have nothing to do with divorce cases, and has written to his father to send him another SIOO bill to replace the one he gave his client for a bogus check.— St. Louis Demo trot Jan. a,

The Next Presidency.

Vick President Colfax, who has over and again reiterated his determination to retire to private life after his present term of office expires, and who declines, under any circumstances, to be considered as one of the nmnerons aspirants for the next Presidency, is out in an article in this week’s hukpcudcnt, in which he takes up the cudgel for the Republican party in his ‘ usual vigorous style. “ The Future of the Republican Party ”is its title. Of course the theme affords Mr. Colfax a wide field for speculation. He believes that the “prophets of evil,” who croak about a “ new party ” that must of necessity arise out of the ashes of the old Republican party, to carry the next emotion, are croaking in vain, ancrth&tlbe same votes which carried Lincoln triumphantly to the White House Wtil again place General Grant at the head of the nation in 1872. Mr. Colfax argues from the past record of the Republican party, to show that it has by no means lost its hold on the affections of the people; and as to the Southern States which have lately gone Democratic, instead of their being an indication of the way the Presidential election of 1872 will go, he declares that the results’ of these same triumphs will serve byt to strengthen the Republicans as a party.' In support of this assertion he proceeds to detail what be calls the “results” of the Democratic triumphs. South, such as “midnight assassins”ip Kentucky, the election to the Senate, from North Carolina, of its fonner.rehel Governor, and so on, ad i*itum. Mr. Colfax then closes as follow's • “ What preserves the Republic fawn Che rule of the Democratic party, which con tabad these elements within It, is the Cob- j tinued power of the Republican party. Ambit is bedause the young masses of this patriotic organization who, without the w« Jtl had been a reform party during all its existence, and lias carried through mor% vital reforms than all other parties in our- 1 oentury of national life, and can elaborate «ad consummate all needed reforms in tb e

that they A ?3wever thePreswtaaka^WoeaMulouP didate In 1068, may be crttfcMefl «r Attack - SC“tSilCwaf^^i3 e cC£ Then there were fears with tome that, though a Republican, he might not be in ahnics. and oil < Us same wojv there, he might not be too qufokin j3iuk!hAi n tional questions M /hwmtfe iflilmmt Let bis Stand in regard to Cuban interventU% despite Us personal sympathies with Ufokithiggling people, prove how these doubts Usee been dkpe&«L”-JV r «u York Herald.

Strange Domes tic Romance.

One of the parties of the following strange story ban just equalnted us with fi pUricalvs: Thirty three years ago ! second son at a family In which there were three boys, being desirous of bettering his condition in life, left England for this country, with an Indefinite idea os to Whore he might settle, and only once thereafter, In s tatter4ora Mew York, had bi s family any information that he wm alive. Four years afterward the cider brother came to this country, and has since been reputably knqwn in this city as a member of one or the moM hctivc professions. We lass she precluded from saying more on this bead. . , t The week before Christmas our. Boston friend had occasion to visjt Hsrrislmrg, Penn., from which place he took a night train for New York. An obstruction on the railroad a few miles west of Philadelphia caused & dcriy of some hours near a small way fjtatlon, Some of the passengers becoming tired of sifting In tnc raw went oat tojtxplon the locality, particularly with the vieurto the procurement of refreshments. In this accomplishment there was little chance of success, as the place could not even ’boast of a grocery. There are men, however, who ore not to b 8 foiled in their intents if any means con be possibly found to carry them out, and some of these people happened to be among the delayed passengers, and a respectable looking farm house being near, that class of foragers invested it, called up the inmates, who wer* enjoying the comforts of their last morning hour’s repose, and prayed for a supply or anything fluid from cold water to cider, tea, coffee, bourbon, or apple-jack. The owner of the a e good naturedly opened it to his orous visitors, and dispensed his jbqspiffdity in various ways with no nnstinted hand. What looked singular to many was the fact that he would not accept of any eotnpeneirtitki' whatever, although he had entertained at least twenty ’ rntnef'extern - poraneous guests.. They were all prodigal of gratitude, and oFofws to reSprocate at anytime. . 1 Our Boston friend was one of the farmer’s guests, and after'‘thsnkhig his host with genuine feeling, lie handed hhn his card, telling him that a bed, knife, fork and spoofi were rtady for him whenever he shodld visft Boston. The farmer Ifxiked upon the card and then at the presenter thereof—gazed again and igaid at one and the other, and having apparently made up his mind, lie said.- • “Why; Wißiet is this really you ?” . The pecrrtisf smile that accompanied the inquiry threw thirty-three years aside as ojie would fold back a curtain. Two brothers bad met after this long interval—the name on the card being the direct cause (ts -th* idricoyeiy. i When the train left a short time afterwards, it can-fed bite passenger less to New York. Of course the brothers had a pleasant time in- exchanging their respective reminiscences. But a yfe| more interesting feature qf our stogy is to come. 'Onr Boston friena had the company of his brother .to New York .fffUhe -wr iwune, .Having,some.hours.Jo gpqnd in the city prior to the sailing of the

1 Pyplington steamer they took a saunter I around the streets to note the temptations spread out .for X’hfostma# .presents. X lidy’s .reticule hitthe .taste thi Boston brother, and he determined to buy it and send it to his sistcr-in-fow in Pennsylvania. They enterebthc storeto make-the purchase, and* fgco-Ttetfeiaiy leather port* monnaie was added to the Christmas remembrance to Joe, which was the name of the Pennsylvania brother. The, proprietor said tbe names of the-parties who were to receive the giffecoiijd fcputon the satchel and wallet at little expense or delay, and fhexuxgeftion was hailed as an improvement on the value of the articles. The fiames were written out and handed to the prenrietoo oS the Sjore, who. replied that he aWo owned the same-Sur-name. This led to conversation, to explanation, and fimatty to the discovery that force long separated brothers had there and then met face to face! It should require an abler pen than ours4o describe the feelings entertained by the trio. _ We are permitted to explain things thus far.- The third brother had been a little wiki in his youth, and had entered the servico'of Queen Victoria, in which he had remained during eleven years. His regiment had been ordered to Canada, and being desirous of tasting freedom, he had improved a chance of stepping over the line. For fifteen years past he has been in*bnsiness in New York, and has had worldly success corresponding with that of his elder brethren. g - , This is our story. It has not the flavor of deeply exciting romance, of free imagination, but it is true, and as wonderful as. it is trust— Bottom Times,

Defense of Political Villainy.

There is not an intelligent man in our country who does not. know that the New York Democracy is terribly corrupt j that it has succeeded by means or the most monstrous frauds upon the ballot-box. There is not an honest man in the country who docs not confess that this exhibition of Democratic demoralization in New York is one of the most lamentable features of American politics. Every one at all acquainted with the snbjcct also knows that the frauds in that city have been prevented from being greater ami grosser only by the Registry law. And now the New lork World say s : “ The introduction by Mr. Creamer in the State Senate, and by Mr. Field -in She Assembly, of a bill to repeal the New York city Registry law, foreabadowe, no doubt, the removal of that invidious enactment from tbe statute book. We are told that equal rights is tbe pole-star of Republican doctrine, ana surely those given over to that particular creed cannot blame an effort to pat this city on the same electoral footing as that of every other within the limits of the State. Ns caste, yon know; no class distinction, no inequality; aad, in order that there shall be none, down with yonr Registry law.” - Tina, in the face of the exposure by tbe United States census, of stupendous frauds —an exposure fully substantiated bv a subsequent enumeration of the people, This m face of the now notorious fact that more votes were polled in some of the strong Democratic districts than the total population of those districts! It may be clearly seen from the above extract, that the best Democratic newspaper in America not only does not denounce that crime which above all other priitwpl crimessis the most dangerous to our instr tutions, but virtually defends it, and .proposes to mpiptain political ascendency by means oFit There are but,few thieves who do not' themselves condemn their larceny.' ' They ‘•till have coukchms enough for this. Thieves who both steal and dwifd starting are incorrigible rascals, wboSe sfcpmvtty.is incurable in this folMl The Democratic party of ’ New which hbtti fcpraodearqnnd ; defenfo£Htiy worst of political crime%-j»*r ptandfifkipHj stance of total depravity which is simfSfy*] horrible. —Chicago Pott. j

CURRENT ITEMS.

vtlffir—foe button* from n coat of pa|ht. A Wood «o raw Wiaa—Nsver g*t otherwise v*. . > j Mast a good man leaveth an inheritance In the-Washington Life Insurance Compony, oflfew York. At Titusville, Pa., the Other day, Johd (H/pln mtsed-a-18-peupd dumb bed .2,1180. -%i44^e| for the change by insuring in the Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Chicago,, ; . lUcbucwd boasts that, of the 1,000 of her citizens who died in 1870, only one died of gout and fohr of Intemperance, r The last literary sensation is a serial atoty hi the new tferiodlcal, Eveut Bov’s Magazine, founded on the extraordinary romance of the Missing Earl of Aberdeen. In Galveston, Texas, an indignant father whose daughter had married against his will sent her for A wedding present a patent burial case. ■ M . • jML :. _ Th* Sumqins Court,-baa decided that the stamping of a noth Atrbsccfnent to’its date, is sufficient where flp fraud, was intended in the omiasiop. Small Bot (to proud friend, with a weed on his hat).—“Well, you needil’t be so precious upoisli about it neither, as if nobody else’s other cpnjdu’t die except youm!" A said of a quack -that Hhc was such an ignoramus that, ICJie could take u lantern and go down Inside liis patients, he -oouldn’t find out what the matter was.” - Z'T’ r-. ;y-v> A Maine sophomorq tried t<y haze a freshman, but c»me off second best. The “ ftrsh ” tied him Info a eliair and shaved bis head, all but -a scaip lock- on the crown. , The Judge of the Court of Common Pleas at Indianapolis, Ind., has determined tiiat professional jurors-i-men who lmug around the court-rribm for the prirpble of being placed on juries—shall not serVelrt his court. f The Chinamen iu California, whose means would allow, have all gone home to celebrate the beginning of a new 1,000 years, which .comes-iq. February. The last celebration was in 870. - , ’ " ' “ Take off your bonnet, and spfcud the afternoon, my dear Mrs. Slow. - We are going to have tableaux to-night, and { am sure you will enjoy them.” “Law-sakes, I thought I smelt something good acopkin’ and guess I will stop until, after supper.”

A (.ADV who recently died in Boston, rtt flic age of eighty-seven years and nine months, had iiVgd in the same house froitt her birth,-and never heard a Sermon except in the New South Church. - a. A i.itti.e school-boy presented his teacher the following note from home as an excflse for tardiness: “Baby erdss Biscuit to bake had no Baken powder the dqg upset the kaughphy-pot the cat liched the milk got up late A Catholic gentleman, who was on the point of being'married, Pbtained ffoin his hoivthssor his certificate of confession. Having read.it, he observed that the priest had orajtted tiie usual penance. “Did you not tell me,” said the confessor, “ that you were going to be married^' 1 To Gkammauians. —The verb “is f/ being singular and “are” its plural, does it follow that Arabella is the pluraj ofIsabella, and must the latter necessarily be as singular in disposition- as in number, and if so, must Arabella always be a mar: lied woman, Isabella being single! A man in Cbvington, KV, made a. bet the other day that he could drink a pint and a half of Cincinnati whisky in twelve hours. He won the bet, says the Louisville Courier-Journal, and his widow remarked at the funeral the next day that it was the first mbftfey he had earned* by . hard work in tep years. A kabmee's wife, in Contra Costa, Cal., ciit open a turnip,'and found a gopher dead in Its center. The little fellow had eaten its way into the turnip, which had taken new life and. closed the hole, or else he laid in its way and it grew around him—(rile of the two —the farmer’s wife says. At all events, the gopip>p weqTgo for any inore turnips. ' * -V . The details es tlife death of Mr, John Walter, son.of the proprietor of the London ’Times, ffhoWsthat it occurred while trying to save his brother and cousioi who had fallen through the io6 when skating on a lake in front of his father’s residence at Bearwood, Berkshire. lie had only returned forty-djriit houtti before from a Jour round the world- e\ t i rr < r The night editor'of a daily paper wrbte fids head line to pne of liis cable; dg>patche's':'’ , “The BfiuSli *lon shalrirfg nife mane.” He was unable to eat his breakfast next fnorning When be found the printer’s version of the matter staring him ib the face thus: “ The British lion'skating in Maine."

A tiuef of strongly religious impulses, but imperfectly educated, made a raid upon the premises of a preacher named Guild, in Nebraska City, the other night, and captured* lot of shirts, sheets, cutlery, &c." Next morning the bundle was left at the dixit, with the following: “ Rev. Gild —Diddent no twoasaminneisters hous or woodent a took tlieas things. Hear they ia, Conscexce.” • The chairman a Wesitahjf vigilance committee, who was instructed to duek an obnoxious citizen, thus reported to his constituents: “We took the thief down to the river, made a hole in the ice and ‘proceeded to but he .slipped through our hands and hid undef the ice.. AH our efforts to entice him to come out failed, and he has now -retained his, point of advantage some hours.” ’ - •• a

Mbs. Jake P. Thurston, the crazy 'Woman who sold the State of Maine at auction, last winter, to satisfy her claims . Against it, is at Augusta agaim--seeking relief from the Legislature. Sne became a monomaniac over real or funcied injuatice done her in the settlement of her husband’s estate. Though quite sane on other -subjects, she commits the wild extravagances in relation to her supposed wrongs. In Perry County, Pa., recently, Washington Blair “ treed ” a fox id a hollow stump about fifteen feet high. He climbed after Reynard, and when on the top of the stump, the wood, being rotten, broke from his hold, and he fell inside to foe bottom, foe cunning, animal making his escape, and leaving Mr. Blair in the trap he had intended for itself. After thirty-six hours laborious work with a pen-knife, the luckless hunter succeeded in whittling himself out.’

' A few days ago the engineer of a train on the Boston & Albany road," having run down a market wagon, stopped foe train as soon as possible to learn the. re-, sult of the .accident. Upon dismounting and looking on foe platform connected with the cow-catcher, he found a man, well muffled up, with a bag of oats and a tub of butter by his side, sitting Veiry comp wABly, apparently on. his way to market ! He was not hurt in foe least, though his team, was made into kindlingwood. - A smart girl in Minnesota popped foe question to her lover, asked foe consent of his parents, procured a marriage license, ordered foe Wedding, breakfast, foe carriage to convey them to foe depot, wd. 'creation with the, par■io day. The young man a years ,m foe effort sot tm, and had failed every noticed font- be. had r upon- his mtud,sncLachim to get rid of it » Boning Pott says: “ A ll i young gentlenum, whose convivial dispo-

rition Jiad led him to 1 toes the flowing bowl * a few rimes oftenar than was good for him, determined to quit—to ‘ achware olf *A-«ul, to raeke sure that he would not forget hie pledge, has had on armlet of lrbn, one-eighth inch in thickness, and fiveeighths In width, soldered or welded upon his left arm, above the elbow. The chances are that if he obwains from liquor until this ornament wears off, he will lead a tolerably sofoer life. < ■ A LoxpdJf baker has his bill heads printed upon paper of three different colors—red, green, and white. The object of this is to hvolff the necessity of giving Instruction* to the man who delivers the bread, flour, etc., to the customers, as when the bill is made out upon a red paper, it denotes “ danger,” and he is not to leave the goods without the cash,- If on green paper, it denotes “ caution,” as the customer u doubtful, and the man is to get the money if he can; if on white, it is safe to leave any quantity of goods on credit, A wealthy German resident of Never*, in Franoe, waa shot in the prison court- of that city, recently, as a spy. He had lived for thirty years in France, and, to the last, £ rotes ted his innocence. .He offered the 'reach authorities iiOO.OOO francs ransom for his life, but it was refused. On seeing that all his efforts were in vain, he became resigned to liis fate, and died in the most courageous manner, asking the soldiers to aim at ills breast, and not his • head, as he (lid hot wish to have his face lacerated by bullets. How Long a Hco (!an Fast.—The Farmers' Home Journal of . Lexington, Ky., says: Mr. Wm. Hardin, of this county, Missed about four weeks ago one of his fat hogs. He snpposed it bad been stolen. *A few days ago he was hunting in one of his fields, his dogs were attracted to a sinkhole, and on examination the hog was discovered at the bottom in which there was a quantity of mud and water. The hog was drawn out and afterward well fed and istnow doing well, thongh it laid for twenty-eight days without food. Some years ago, in New York, a turn-, pike-tnapector imposed a penalty on a gate-keeper for keeping the gate open after he had ordered it closed. The fine was paid, but tne gate-keeper subsequently instituted a suit to recover back the $lO. Thei case has continued ever since, every year new Issues arising, until at the present time, there are seventeen cases on the calendar of the Commission of Appeals, and sixteen more on the calendar of thegeneral term —thirty-three In all. The expense of pfo’sectiting these cases must have been hundreds, probably thousands, of dollars. A editor is, out in a card, refusing to speak to (toy 'biarrie’d lady of lie says: “We truest that our motive-Jfl|hicU ia pure cowardice —will not be ffdsconsttjied. Somebody .parishes e*£ry day for being on speaking terms with 'ntarrted women, aha we'Mbqtraro tohaye. otti’rtiim come Tound. freenjyigrati past forbearance of lug&rfeved hushknds, we make our bow and retire. Hereafter our nuejs and smil(f%V l Sriifthe lavished Aupon kirls and widow's |fo;,«hero* need apply. Wl/Sover ahaU attempt to introduce us to Ins own wife, or that of an* other man, wilupe Jbtarded as a conspirator against ou< toPcfoqs life, andsubfccted to abuse ia thffpebimuß of this paper. -TjieSSb ar£joauy brave-hearted men whose names are never known tojfame, but whose quiet heroism is more worthy of mention than scores of more pbbllc deeds of daring winch readily win praise apd renown. _-Sbrntoinisß fnstonfes of self-' sacrifice in private soldiers come to light Tyffh-'h are truly noble. During the siege or Metz the supply of chloroform in the hands of the medical officers became Very limited. After ohe of the sorties a soldier was brought to the hospital with his hand smashed by a shell. Examination showed that soißo'of th§ shattered'boDes must be removed. The sokiifer ■ asked to be made insepsiblc during she "operation. “ I have b.-en suffering terribly for the last two houra,” .said he, ‘ and I <j° not believe that I could support any further pain.” The surgeon-seas, silent. It was a very painful operation, but the chloroform was altoosl gone. Noticing that the surgeon did not reply, after a short pause the soldier inquired, “Is the stuff that makes one sleep getting short?” “Terribly short,” the surgeon said; “it has nearly come to an end-’’ The wounded man was Silent for a minute or two ; then he said, “ Very well, M. lq Docteur, then I will do without it; some of those who have worse wounds than I have will wapt it more; only be quick about it.” So saying, he stuffed his handkerchief fnfPhU mouth, and held out his hand for the OpferStlon to be performed. ■This quiet resignation,of what would have alleviated his own torture for the benefit Of others was true heroism. ,

Dairying in the United States.

The following statistics are 1 from the Lioe, Stock Journal: Bttt a few persons realize the magnitude of the dairying interest of -the country at tlie present time. The present produce of dheese is supposed, to'be 300,000,000 pounds, which, at fifteen cents a pound, amounts to $4(5,000,000; and of butter, 575,000,000, which, atftwenty-five cents a pound, amounts to $152,000,000; with 100,00,000*gallons of miik sold in foe cities and towns, and 00,000,000 gallons consumed in families where produced, worth $25,000,090; making together a dairy product of $215,000,000, besides the pork made from foe refuse of butter and cheese dairies. The number of cows is probably not less than 9,000,010.; foe number in 1860 was #8,728,862. ‘ ~

If we allow 5,0#0,#0p cows for making the butter, 1% will give 115 pounds to the cow, and 1,590,090 cows employed in producing cheese, which will be 200 pounds to a cow, 700,000 cotes for foe production of milk consumed -in cities and families of producers; leaVfeg 1,800,000 cows in the Western and Southern States devoted to raising stock. Frorathesefanta it will appear that foe average product of butter and cheese is vertrdftf below What it might be with the intmfrgenco and attention of breeding! feeding-end general management which foe magnitude,of the -subject demands. The first Collins cheese factory ;of Erie county; N. Y, for 188#,reports foe average from 730 cows at 420 pounds of cheese to a cow, while 200 pounds and over is a common yield to a cow in butter, from good*well-fed.fjows. .... •?

Planting Apple-Orchards.

No mau, iu so review of, foo past season, -cam say that the apple-trees have done bearing. The yield has beeflbountiful, notwifostanding the great drought, and apples have been' a drug in- many communities, yet good winter apples are now bringing’remunerative prices—three dollars a barrel aad upwurd. Thousands of barrels have been sent into New England, and are-now tollhig in sight of farms ence blest With productive orchards. The excuse few not planting has been the failure .of foe oc trees to bear. Why ateould they hw, given over as they have bedh to uller.'hfijelgct for a whole generation ? A tree can t» mofc bear fnut without nourishment thah'A* obw bfo give milk Without fodder. There are orchards in the older parts of the conn t*T weßrfetl gnd as productive as ever. Therq .xras. -Sever mage encourage meet to plant gdpa vhrie ties’ or the apple than noW. There Is mo danger ol ovorstoekihgilie market with . -gootfiwund Winter apples. Even in thia year tffpidtity, the long-keeping varieties Home.

Curing Meat.

ThJ Germantown Telegraph Mari: “To one gallon of water add one and a half pound* of salt, half a pound at sugar, half an ounce of saltpeter, half an ounce of potash. In this ratio, the pickle to be Increased to any quantity desired. Let these be boiled together until all the dlrtfrom the sugar rise* to the top, and is skimmed off. Then throw It into a tub to cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef or pork, to remain the usual time, say four or five weeks. The meat must be well cohered with pickle, and ahould not be put down for at least two dayi after killing, during which time it ahould be slightly sprinkled with powdered saltpeter, which removes all the surface-blood, etc., leaving the meat fresh and clean. Some omit boiling the pickle, and find it to answer well, though the operation of boiling purines tne Sckle, by throwing off tne dirt always be found in salt and sugar. If this recipe is properly tried, it will never be abandoned. There is none to surpass it, if so good. 1 ' ‘

Water-tight Cellar Floors.

When floors are not subjected to ..a great pressure of water, n good hydraulic cement in water-lime will form a tight cellar bottom and sides; but when the whole soil is full, and the cellar is like a basin in it, as in a case-proposed to us, the pressure of the water upward will surely find crevices where it will ooze up. The cure for this state of things is to get drainage, if possible, and if this cannot be had, and repeated patchings will not stop the leaks; in a very dry time take up the top of the floor, and after covering the whole with a layer of gravel, pour into it melted asphaitum, which should be soiled and pounded down while.warm, and one or two more layers applied; topping with sand. If the gravel can be hot, also, it will make a much better floor; but if it cannot be, some coal-tar may be mingled with the aaphaltum, and the gravel coated slightly with it before the hot asphaltum is applied. ■ —American Agriculturid. .

The Canse of Rust in Wheat.

Tits Germantown Telegraph says that it is getting to be a pretty general Opinion among fanners that the Sowing of grassor timothy—with the wheat in the fall, as has been common in nearly every wheat-growing district here, as well as north and east of us, is the cause of rust on wheat, by reason of the moisture which the grass retains affecting the grainstalks when maturing. These grass-seeds, sown after the wheat crop has been har.vested, will produce, it is churned, as good drops the following year as if sown at the time of the wheat,, nine months previously. J /. ;- I tO6 Sore Throat, Cough, Cold, and similar troubles,,ifsuirered to progress, result in serious ptilmonary affections, oftentimes tncurable. " Broicn's Bronchial Trochee ” reach directly the seat of the disease, ana give aMuctet It stant relief. They have been thoroughly, terftpd, and maintain the good reputation they have justly acquired, y istlureareimi ■ tatfifa, be sure to obtain the genuine. . Fhossino’s White Wine Vinegar is a most supgrb article for table nse. Warranted pure. - Kxw Patsst LaW for 1870, published by Mnnn * Co., 87 Park Bow, N. Y., sent free. ■»«..*. ' * Pbrfumert.— Sec Tallman’s Adv’t.

Gooey’s Lady’s Book.— A splendid number of (fodey is presented to the patrons of tttj excellent monthly for February. The embellishments are numerous and of a superior ktnd, consisting in part of: “The Fight Interrupted," a Steel plate; Colored Fashion-Plate, containing seven figures; “,Qor Balloon Post,” an extra wood engraving; “Winter," another splendid wood engraving; etc. The other novelties for tb« month are the usual large Extension Sheet, Drawing fcjssSpmj, Cottage, and the various designs to be found In the Work Department. Marlon Harland, Mrs. Hopldnson, and other prominent writers contribute to the literature of this number. L. A. Godey, Philadelphia. $3.00 per year, with liberal inducements thelnb*. ‘ * f Diseased Lunas are Greatly ok an Increase nr this Country.— Tine sudden changing Of weather has donrynnch to give rise to Consumption. Bnt there are thousands of cases who bring it on by their own imprudence—such as wearing damp clothing, and gomg from the warm room Into the cold an, and checking the perspiration, Which causes irritation of the Lungs, and then matter or phlegm will collect, which nature will try to relieve by coughing it op, to prevent pustule* from forming. If natme does not raise the matter with ease, and stop tfhls inflammation, tubercles will soon form, and Consumption will soon follow. Allen's Lung Balsam will- cure and prevent thousands of cases ot Consumption If if la only taken In time. For sale by all Druggists. If yon do not feel well yon send for a doctor, he calls upon you, looks wise, scrawls some hieroglyphics upon a piece of paper which yon take-so -a drug store and there pay w) cents to SI.OO, besides the doctor’s fee, for a remedy nine times ont of fen not half so good as Dr. Morse’s Indian Boot Pills, which cost bnt 35 cents per box. Do ■you think the former the best, because yon pay the most for It? If you do, we advise yon to nse, just as an experiment, the Morse’s Indian Root Pills. They are prepared from a formula pronounced by the most learned physicians of our country to be the best And most universal of family medicines TheHoßSß'a Indian Root Pills cure Headache, Liver complaints, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female irregularities, Ac., ana are put up both sugar-coat-ed and plain. Qlve them 4 trial. Bold by. ail dealers.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20,1811. BEEF CATTLE—Fair to Prime $13.50 0*14.50 HOGS—Live 8.12 © 8.37 Dressed 8.50 @ if.oo SHEEP 4.25 © 6.00 COTTON—Middling 15!4© 15X FLOOR—Extra 640 © 6.00 WHEAT—No.I Spring, new.. 1.49 O 1-50 RYB-Western 105 © 106 COBN-No. 1, Mixed .79 © .80 OATS—Western , 61 © .62 PORK—Mess,new 22 00 © 22.25 LARD. ..1...... -11 MO .18^ WOOL—Domestic Fleece .. .45 © .51 Polled 88 © .42 CHICAGO. _ . BBBVBS—Choice *6 25 O *6.50 Prime 5.75 ‘© 6.00 Fair Grades 5.25 © 6.50 Medium 8.75 © 4,75 STOCK OATTLB—Common... 8.50 © 4.C0 . Interior 225 © 800 HOGS-Llve 025 © 6.|5 Dressed 7.75 © 7.86 BHKKP—Live—Good to Choice 4.25 © 5.00 BUTTER—Clioice .26 © .28 BGGB—Fresh. .24 © .25 FLOUB-Whlte Winter Extra.. 826 © 7.50 Spring Extra 4.75 © 6.50 Buckwheat... 4-.60 © 6.t0 GRAIN—Corn—No. 2, new.... 4»>V4® .47 Barley-No. 2 82 © .88 Oatfr—No. 2 42 © .42H Bye-No. 2 80 © .81 m «» LAkD 11M® 12 ' PORK—Mess, new 20 00 © 2) 25 WOOL—Tab « © .60 Xsi F1eece......... .85 © .44 Unwashed.... .25 © .80 CINCINNATI. FLOUR-Family.... *«<» © *«-*» WHEAT—Red *•» © -i.g CORN-New .51 © .52 SSEEE “J | H0G5—1ive...v........ 7.00 O 7.25 Dresecd 8.25 © 8.50 ST. LOUIS. BEEF CATTLE—Choice.. ..'.. $5.80 © *8.50 j Good to Prime 4,00 © 5.00 HOGS-Lhe 7...•••••••• ••5* • J-JJ ,|s. § A s •.« I RYB.V, A..cv-. ‘BO O .85 * MILWAUKEE--11 I '§IrLEY-N0.9..... - » • ,'f* ■OG6l—Dressedtiu.;;...,...***' 7<6ft> 4fcr OATS—Ho. « ©

Defensive Medication. i I: yn't " f . Investigation la aa necessary for the protection ohbe-hnmah body against disease ttdieif unhfralUiy influence* art abroad, a* Iron amor Slid granite casements are for the protection of ship* and fortreeves when assailed by shot and *hell.' Hence, It Is desirable when those potent enemies of vitality, damp end cold, pervade the air we breathe, to put the system In the beat possible condition to encounter then. The stomach i* the organ by which every other organ is nourished »nd sustained. and' therefore upon its vigorous and regular action depends, Id a great measure, the capacity es the system to realst the assaults of the Invisible enemies es health and life, by which, at thla Inclement season, It le surrounded. Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters, an admirable topic and regulating medicine for all seasons, Is never more needed than In winter, when the torpifying influence of a chilly atmosphere affects all the vital functions, and renders the body extremely snsceptfble. By toning the digestive organs, and the liver, and the bowels, with this unequalled vegetable specific, a physical condition is attained which seem* to be proof against all varieties of temperature, and that is Inimical in the air of winter. Defensive medication is a precantlon which should never be neglected when ganger Is present, and therefore a conrso of the Bitters at this season is particularly desirable, especially for the feeble and sickly. As a remedy for biliousness, dyspepsia, norvoutness and bowel complaints, there is nothing comparable to this Wholesome restorative. The Nolnre of Ante. Plantation rtrrrrns 1s nit agreeable romiwHindof St. Croix ruin—the most nutrtmental of nil distilled liquors—and a variety of rattle, at* lenitive and anflhUtoiis vegetable production!), among Which 1a that moat Invaluable of mvlgorators, Caltsaya hark. The spirituous Inula is manufactured bv the agents of the proprietors, from die sugar-cane, on tlielrown leasehold plantation* In the Wgst Indies ; and the Callanva hdricls gat tiered and rirs|>ared for exportation front Booth America by tlie employes of the tlrni. Both, therrlbre, cun lie gonraiiteid to lie uom'ilturjiliil, end of the finest quality. For these reasons. Pi. iSTATION Dittkiis Is recommended art itn unequattd Invigorating eordtnl lor aged persons. Until has a .stronger recommendation than tJuif of the proprietors, viz.; tla* testimony ot thousands In tlio docline of life, who have testid Its revtVltytng properties. The record covers a period of .more than ten years, and Inclodra both sexes and alt ague, from fitly to four-score years and Upwai-de. Sea IHoen Farine from pnre Irish Mosa, for Blanc Mimge. Puddings. Custards, Creams. At., Ac. The cheapest, healthiest, and most delicious food In the w-orid.

FREE to BOOK AG ENTS. We will send a handsome Prospectus or our New Illustrated Dimity Bible containing over £OO fine Scripture inantrationH to any Book Agent, free of charge. Address NATIONAL PUBLISHING CO.* Chicago, lU., Cincinnati, Ohio, or fit. Louis, Mo. A GENTH, remember you Can make from sls to S3O xjL per week and cxijenses bv.working for iw. AddroHH fiYKR k ROBINSON, Jackson, Midi* nUHIOSIT Y.-A $lO and s2thc) bill sent as a curloiity lor 50 cts. H. 8. Jones. 27 Otis Block, Chicago. DOD-MA s The MEar£ of Abwidrmn. A thrilling Son Story, founded on the extraordinary romance of tin* Mitring: Earl or Aberdeen, is boom in tne Juiumry nuudior of EVERY BOY’S MAGAZINE, a brilliant, spiev and Ontertainmg Montblr« > only fifty cenW h year. Specimen copies frC*> far tifrb three cent «tmnnn. Atiarcsft WILLIAM H. KIDEIN4, Oftlct? of Every Bor* Magazine, Province Court, Bouton, Mass. AN EXPECTORANT REMEDY WITHOUT AN EQUAL. Shim Worthless Nostrums. USE THAT.WHICH Is GOOD Consumption Conquered. VICTORY! VICTORY”! AWARDED-TO i. ALLENS LUNG BALSAM. Read the following letter, from a prominent merchant of Marine City, Michigan i Maktv* (imvMtoht, July 28, 1870. J. N. Hapbis & Co.—Dear Sira: The Allen’s Lang Balsam has arrived. I would not like to be withont it. lor It has saved my life. I took a bad cold , and a cough, and finally consumption WM seated upon ipc. I was In a very bad state. I tried everything that was recommended, and speut a great desl of money and got no help. I had the Allen’s Lung Balsam for sale, but I knew nothing of Its merit*. I did not like to take it without knowing more about It. I had not sold a bottle. When yonr agent called on me I told him I could not sell a medicine I knew nothing about. He urged me to try it myself,. t did bo, and to my grateful surprise the first bottle stopped my cough, and beTore the third bottle was taken my lungs were healed and well, and I can now speak knowingly to my friends and customers of the good qualities of Allen’s Lung Balsam. , I remain, yours respectfully, L. C. COTTRELL, A* an Exnttctorant It- hn* no Equal. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM IS PERFECTLY HARMLESS TO THE MOST DELICATE. CAUTION. Do not be deceived. Coll lor and be .arc you receive Allen's Lang Balsam. J. N. HARRIS As CO., Sole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio tW Sold by Medicine Dealers generally. II SJ 5} 8j 5} 5 ? TO TUB WORKING CLASS*—We arc now prepared to farniuh all clamps with constant employment at home, the whole of the time or for the spare moments. Busmens new, light and profitable. Persons of either sex Cosily earn from 60c. to s6per evening, and u proportional sum by devoting their whole time totne business. Boyßandgirlacarn nearly an muchaamcn. Thatallwhoece thin notice nwy scndthrlr address, and test the burinc**, we make this unparalleled offert Tosuchasare not Wellsatisflfcd, wo will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, a valuablesample which will do to com inencc work on, nnd a copy of The people's Literary Companion one of the largest end best family newspapers published—fill sent free by mail. ReaderTTf von want permanent, profitable work, nadreas 11C. ALLEN A CO., Aoousia. Mains. Agents! Read This! WB WILL PAY AGENTS A SALARY •f 830 per week and expenses, or allow a large commission, to sell our new wonderfttl Inventions. Address, M. WAQNER ft CO., Marshall, Midi. EVERY FARMER Should Mend $1.50 for Q’llafa’* Pocket Giant Coro Shelter. Capacity six bushels per hour ; weighs only 12 A good Agent wanted in every county. C’offltmlMionft large. Send 91.56 for sample, , Addreds SNYDEIt A VAN SICKLEN, 114 West Fourth St.. Cincinnati, O. P. V. Box 1015. LANDS! Itt South-West Missouri. The Atlantic & Pacific B. B. Co. Have fbt sale 1,500,000 acres, of best quality, on long credit, cheap. . . Tliene lands arc Just brought into market, having been reserved since 3858 till the completion of -this Road. None •of these lands liave gone into Hpouulators’ lwnds. Actual settlers are coming in, and to them only are sales made. The best climate, with short, mfid winters, and long Hummers, relieved by geological elevation, from great licnt, and heaJtlifhlhess superior to, all consumptive tendencies, invite/ettlers to thlfi region. For particulars, In pamphlets, apply to AMOS TUCK, Land Commissioner, Cor. Sixth and Walnut Sts., St. Lonls, Mo. who engage in our now business make from 85 to ■lO per day in their •wolocalitit*. Fall particulars and instructions sent free by mail. Those in need of permanent, profitable work, should address at once. Georqjs Sriitsoa A Co.. Portland, Maine. MFIIiATORY FOWDBR.U Removes superfluouß hair In five minutrs, without Injury to the skin. Sent by mail for sl^s. PPHAM’B ASTHMA CURE Relieves most violent mtoxjmih In im kindtrs, and effects a speedy cure. Price *3.00 by mall. THE JAPANESE HAIR STAIN Colors the whiskers and hair a beautiful black or browh It consists of only one preparation. 75 cents by mail. W mljjMttfa ia. circulars sent free, solu by an Druggists. PERFUMERY: W. n. TALLMAS’S Florida XVatik, stronger and more (lellgtitful than cologne; Egyptian Calla, Ihrlhe Hnndtcercbtci; Tonquin Musk, Lang la no, new, very line; Cologne*, Had: Oils, SloßEra, Pomade*, Couet Plaster*. Co6einq_. Extrarrvs, HAVtiKrscnrtiF Extßacts,- all kinds, handsomely out up In baradflii 8-bottle boxes. Where not sold, Families ism obtain a supply at,wholesale Prtso* by writing for price list Goods sent by express. Labokatoet, Janesville, WioowuN ■ ■ MACHINE. Has the under-fesd, mokes the ■ M “lock mcli " (alike on both sides,) and la/'uilp ■I Ml IfoenAsd. The best and cheapest lamlly new--1 ■ Wn^l? ■ ■ SON. CLARK s CO., Boston* Maos., 1 HisM p burgh. Pa., Chicago, H1.,0r St- Ixiuls, Mo. t J 0 GETTING UP CLUBS. Great Saving to Consumers. Pvttaa enquire how to get. an plnby. „ Qnr answer Is send for Price IJst, and * Oon fortn wltlaccompanylt wltli foil dlrectldcr, flaking'a tsuyr saving to consumers and remunerative to (Sob onriailrers. " - 1 ; • ■ THE GREAT AffiEMCAN TEA CO. 31 ft; 33 Ywey Street, F.Q.BOXM4B. NSW FORK. *

frwst Til. Mum. New Brudswlck. Nr: “ Dr. J, Walker’* Oallforrt I*2 VINEGAR BITTERN

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS bear tsatlmony to thalr Wonderful Curative Effects. Tbs; are not a vil* Fanojr Drink mada ot Poor Hum. Whtakey, Pnmf Spirita and Uafuae Llquora, (lootorSd, •plced and sweetened to pleana tho J,.— ... i.r. 1.

For PEMALB COMPLAINTS, whether in yoang or old, married or , smgle, at the dawn of womaniiM* or a* the tor* ot life, these Toole Bitten have no equal. Bead carefully circular around each butttn

tumsi’msaetpmu^ and lnvigorutor of the Bystern. No pufsoii can take the Bittern according to directions and remain long and CHRONIC RHEUMATISM and OOUT. DYSPEPSIA, or BILIOUS, REMITTENT and INTEH MI TTEVI FEVERS, DIBRABHS of the BLOOD, LIVER. KI^DNEYS. and BLADDER, these Bitters have been most “dyspepsia or INDIGESTION, Headache, Ps!it -in the Rheulilurn, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Dizziness, hour Kruotations of the Stomach, BnA Jlaste in tho Mouth, Bilious Attucka, UulplUtioil €>f the Heart, Inflammation of tlie Lungs, Pnfn in tho of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful »ympwnßw “?oV h ® I Tiffirtuntlon., Tetter, Balt Rheum, Blotches, fipota, Pimpiue, Pustule*. Boils, Carbuncles, Ring Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eves, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Discolorationn of the bkin. Humors and Diseamts of tho Skin, of whatever name or nature, are litcrslly dug up and curried out of the system in a short time by the nse of these Bitters. PIN, TAPES and other WORM S lurking in the system of so many thousands, are destroyed and removed. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. McDONALD it Co., Druggist* and Gen. Agent*, Ban Frnnctaro. and 82 Si 8i Commerce Btreet, N. Y. * gySOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALEBB Baileoad Gazette. The Railroad Man’s Paper AM ILLVPTHAT3D WXBKLY QDABTO JOUBNAt, OF Twxntt-Foub F a«ms, Dxvono (0 R. I jr&wi and jam. W% Operation*. IB m ! Mngineodny. HPCr I mechanic*, m KM/* JfoUoy. w "''•j AdvortUing. TIKIS: U per Ann.; Siigh Copies, II tail, A. M. JJXiaajGG, P«Ui*h«r, 181 WashU*tott St., Ckicag* BBIGGSi^W^v Of Flower nnd Vesretablo Meeda, nnd HUMMER FLOWERING BULBS, Will be ready for mailing hy the middle of January.notwithstanding our great loss of type, paper, engraving* Asa, by tiro fire which destroyed the dob fnnUpg Gflicc of tlie Rochester Democntt nnd Clironlcle on the e\enlng of 25tli December, 1870. it will be printed ou a most elegant new tinted paper, and Illustrated with nearly Ply© Hundred Original Engravings, And two finely executed Colored Plates—specimens f<>r aH of which were grown the past season and from our own stock of Seeds. In the originaJitv, c*wutioii and extent of the Encmvings it to unlike amii emb neftfjy superior to any other Cata*ogtiM#r Floral Guide ' The Catalogue will consist of and as soon as publislwd will he pent fi-ee to all who ordered Seeds from us hy mail the last season. To otlicre a charge of 15 cents per cony will be made, wbichjp really not the Twue of the Colored Plates. We assure our Irlends that the Inducements we oiler to purchasers of Seeds, as to quanty and extent of Stock, Discounts and Ibremluins, are ungurpassed. Please send orders for Catalogues m itnout cieisj. Our Colored Chroino for 1871 Will be ready to send out about the Ist of J«mu«uy* Tho Chroino wifi repim-nt Forty-two nm? 5 showv and popular Flowers, of natural size and color. “XSI to nX It the Ixnt Hate ofpowers over I*sued. Size. 19x24 inches. The retail value would bej at least Two Dollars; we eUall, however, it to eustomers at 15 cents per copy, and shalt WlSt It rrc nrifijn npon orders for Seeds. See Catalogue, v> lien out. BRIGGS * BROTHER, Rocliemer, N. Y. 8 O’clock. S y | TO THE SUFFiItINL A recipe for Consumption, Bronchitis* Astlimn , sore Tliroot, Kcrofula* Coughs, nnd Colds* skntfkkk. This recipe I discovered while rtv sidfng in Brazil us a missionary. It cured me ol Consumption when all other means had lhlled, therefore I leei it my duty to send it, free of charge, to all who are suffering from Throat and Lung disorders. Address JiKV. WILLIAM H. NORTON, . 85 Bleeeker St., New York City Kllyx\rN Cutfs COU6IIB, CT.OUP, BRONCHITIS COLDS ASHTMU, INFLUENZA, Hoar.sPafss ar.d Incipientt Consumption. Babe's Peotopal Kltxtr hart rapWly won tho favor of nallonU who have tried It. and ali"> the patronage of the medical fhcnltv In every e.xitlon of the ooiuitry where II liart been hitrodneed. No remedy Tor tho lungs and throat • ever discovered stands so popular artier o- 1« used, throat o reparation. It ts made under the miporvtslon of Mr. T. H. Barr, One of the best practical cliemlsw In tho State. The success which has attended the nse of this remedy forth* past sixteen years, where known, lias Induced ns to make It more widely known for the benefit of the suflerine. let flic afflicted give It a fair trial, as we are confident that relief nnd permanent care will be the result. Sold by Ml druggists In the section where this advertisement Is pub- ‘ N? IT.—Circulars giving certificate* of remarkable ernes T.H.BARR AGO., T«re urs "n d. Sold In CHICAGO at Wholesale by FHLLBB, FiNen & FULLER; LORD A SMITH; VAN SHAACK, STEVENSON & REID: HURLBUT, * EDSALL; E. BURNHAM * SON; HLOCKI & CO.; TOLMAN A KING; ROCK WOOD d BLOCKI. In MILWAUKEE by RICK A REISINO; BOH MEN * SCHMIDT ; GREEN s * BUTTON. In ST. LOUIS by RICHARDSON ft CO.; COLLINS BEOS. And throughout the Northwest by *ll Druggists. S3OOO ItEWARD for a superior article. OS to 820 par day and no risk. Do you want a situation as sateaman at or near home,-to introduce our new 7-stnuid Wurns Wike-Ropk Clothes Lines which will lest eoukvhr. Don't miss this rtiance. Sam pie free. Address Hudson RrvYR Win* Co., TO William bt.. it T„ or 13 Deaiborp St-. Chisago. 111. are utdle sure of permanent relief ana cure. Do not Intend to blow, but simply say f»w« orroc. Your Vuigglst esn purchase of tlie trsdo in Chicago: mice, 50 cts. Sent to any address upon receipt of 80 cti. N. MEAD, Proprietor. 1057 ladlana Avc., Chicago A GENTS WANTED—(fI!BS a month!--oy the A avCericaN KNITTENQ MACHINE CO., Boston, Mass., or 8L Look Mo.

Thsy asx A Oicnxa Passarrvx as>xll as atonic, peesese- ■ in* alao the peculiar merit of acting as. a powerful agent in rcUevtng eontreation or inflammation of the liver, and an the viscera] organa. !