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BROWNVILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, T.,' S ATUBD AY, DECEMBEE 13, 1856.
NUMBER 26.
'BP A rrEVIsnED ErEBT SAXTBD1T BY
KW; FURNAS,
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invariaLly in advance), -
J1VTK OF ADVERTISING:
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THE "WESTERN riONEER LAND HUNTER,
AND
DEALER IN REAL' ESTATE,
OMAHA CITrN. T. .
rjifLands carefully located, and entered for cus
tomers. LoU and Lands bought and sold.
K M. M'COMAS,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
AND OBSTETRICIAN,
NEJIAIIA CITY, N. T.
Tenders his professional services to the citiiens of
iNemaha county.
r ;1V;co, . ;ere 9ctnd rensiLility is known,
i " Lt for each change be added to the
ran'u'S'Bufinces Cartel five lines or less, for
t WiT, S.'i.CO. i ,
'lil,lverti-'f!n',ntswmhe'oni'lered by the year,
on the nnnu-crirt, or previously
-wj uv-.ti between the partio. . :.
.. .r;enntnnt. marked cn the copy for a ?peci-
'j .n.n'r (,f in.-rtin', will be continued until or-
. .i .n1i.hr?d accordingly. .'
A.l ,,,'-r:i' iiH'nU from strangers or transient per-
l.eprivi'. i'e of vearly advertisers will be confined
r ,'y t th-ir own bsinei; and alllvertisemcnts
;;n iln-ri'to. to be raid for extra.
A !l Kded adrertiseuioKts charged double the above
Alvorti-f'mrcts tn the. inside exclusively will be
extra. - . '
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I OB. PRINT. IN. 6.-!
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Foster,
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E. E. HAKDIXO. O. C. KIMBOTGH ' R. F. TOOMEB.
HARDiMG, KIMEOUGH & CO.,
Maunact urer and Wkoletale Dealert in
IIATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS,
Ho 49 Hain street, bet. Olive and Pine,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Particular attention paid to manufacturing our
finest ilole llats.
C. V. SNOW,
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
.red Acooudxeur .
ItOCKPORT, MO,
Misallancmts
Blanks,
Bill Ilcadss
Labels,
Circulars,
NUCKOLLS, RUSSELL, & CO.
HocltiK5rt, 3&Eo.
WHOLESALE AXD KETAIL DEALERS IS
iy mi, mm
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY,
Medicines, Dye Stufis,
Saddlery, Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps,
QUEEN S"V7 ARE, ST0NET7ARE, TINWARE,
IRON, NAILS, STOVES, TLOWS 4c.
Also Furniture of all kinds, "Window Sasa, &c
A. D. KIRK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW;
Land Agent and Notary Public,
Archer, Richardson county, N.T.
Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted
by Harding and Bennett, Nebraska City.
. JACOD S AFFORD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT.
And Notary Public.
Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory.
WILL attend promptly to all buisness entrusted
to his care, ic Nebraska T jrritory und West
ern Iowa. " - -.Septtniberl2,155fl.
Tlnl5-lf "
JHJfnS DilLSjOiUL TICKETS,
ii-i rrr?r.ihprV'.nd ?f work that B, v be-CRllrd for.
I llaviiij jrcb.itd. inconn'x-tion with the "Advcr-L-K
r"0!!".-c.an xtiiive and exitilont variety of
( thr latest stylos, wetare prepared to do any kind of
.rk.-!rvfiruae"d iu the abovo Catalogue, with.neat-
! Tiic l'r..j.ri.-tor, who", luving had nn extensive ex-
I -iHwc, will give inpcrrmiu;uu!iuiuu luima ""u A a.BKAPFORD,
I ku"iuc nd hv.v in his endeavors to p"se hrsi.-MCLESSAS,
t i the sc'Uen-c of bis work, and reasonable Nebraska City, N. T.
V5". to reci'c a luiarc oi me puoiic patronage. r - . n ,r ,Tr
liKADlUrtiJ, MGLLiNJNA MCUAlil,
' SPRIGMAN & I'dlOWN,
RAILROAD AMD STEAMBOAT
AGENTS.
And General Commission Merchants.
. No. 46, Public Landing.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
nrriDEL and ncTrnoirs eeadibg.
Trie wliolesome and soul-revivinsj
truths and instructions contained in
many of our religious periodicals, are
too much supplanted by secular, ficti
tious, and infidel prints, that are flood
ing our country m every direction, and
poisoningfthe minds of , our youths and
those oi riper years.. '
Sly mind was forcibly impressed on
this subject, something more than a
year since, on being called to standby
the bedside of a dying lellqw-youth,
in the place of my former labors. He
was a graduate of. Union College the
youngest son of respectable and
wealthy parents, residing in Onondaga
county, Kew York. No money or
pains had been spared by these in
dulgent -and pious parents, to qualify
this "Benjamin,' of their old age for
future usefulness. But while absent
from the parental roof, during his
academic and collegiate career, he
found access to the writings of infidel
poets and skeptics of different ages, in
connection with much of , the light
reading of the day; in the frequent
perusal of which he contracted a taste
tor- tiiis Kind oi reading ana amuse
ment, which strengthened and matured
the native skepticism of the heart to
that extent that the restraints oi Uhns
tianity were measurably thrown , off,
and infidelity reigned triumphant.
Denying, as he did, the immortality
of the soul, of course, looser rein was
civen to the baser passions. And
cherishing a roving desire, which was
also gratified, he soon found himsel
mingling in many of the amusements
and games of the bouth; and in those
hot-beds of vice and destruction the
germs of premature disease and death
were fast matured. . On returning
home, the wreck of blasted hopes and
fondest anticipations, having, like the
"prodigal," wasted his substance and
ruined his character, he lingered here
owhile under the hand of consumption s
T . I' ov'V T-f1' l!v 1-vf, .,!(' - "i
'. ; .'bl - ji, L . :i . . I - - . 1 1 ' - - . 5
folly ,-.trid stnling to IjtL.ucvI
frexo "the fatal' grasp of " inxlJcIit v,
Avhich had so : strongly environed hi9
soul,
P. L. MC GARY,
Brownvillc,N. T.
BUSINESS.. CARDS.
GSQAR.F.' LAKE '& CO,,
.GliNEIlAl.
i tun nin i nn inn
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Law
AUMUfi
i'Iv E 91 ZZ'iin. 1-ct .lit aa.d2.Jl Sts
Erownville, N. T. :
! A. S. HOLLID AY, M. D.
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
J AixdL Obstotrician.
j - - j:i:uWnville, n. T.;
f S!ifitj t shiire of public patronage, in the various
m-hf if Li profession, from the citiiens of lirown-
f ne still rn-mitr. '
fw. UOBLITZELL & CO.,
I. H(I.KcALE AXD RETAIL DEALERS. IN
COOES.. GROCERIES.
j . Qusensvfare, Hardware,
I Stoves, Ixx-rsxitoxx-o,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
j .CROWNVILLK, N. T.
mOHBTl H
AND
SOLICITERS IN. CIIANCEBY.
Brownrille and Nebraska City, x .
NESRASKA TERRITORY. : '
BEING permanently located in the Territory, ve
will give our entire time and attention to tho
practice of our profession, in all its branches. Mat
ters in Liti-mtion. Collections of l5ebts, Sales ind
Purchivscs of Real Estate, Selections of Lands, Lea-
ting of Land VV arrant?, and all other business en
trusted to our management, will receive' prompt and
faithful attention. " ' -
' .IiEFEHENCES. '
S. F. Nuckolls,
Richard Brown,
Win. Hoblitzell & Co., r
Hon. James Craig,
Hon. James M. llughes,
lion. John R. Shejiley,
Messrs. Cror, McCrcary k Co.
Messrs. S. U. Hubbard & Co.,
Hon. J. Lore,
Tl-nl .
PSIUnTTTJl, DEATH BY A LION.
On Friday morning, the 13th of
June, several wagons, forming part of
tne second division , of the command,
left Mooi Biver Drop for the lager at
Mariko. Thev rode the first evening
as far as Biet bpruit, a noted place for
lions.' Mr. Phillip Van Coller and his
brother wishing to proceed, inspanned
their wagons about midnight, although
ihey were strongly ,; advised by - their
companions noi to ricie,,beiore morn
ing. Ihey had scarcely ridden an
hour when the - oxen were suddenly
frightened. Phillip Tan Coller jump
ed off his wagon- and endeavored' to
turn them, but not succeeding in doing
3o, sprang upon the wagon trap, from
which he must have heen immediately
dragged by a large lion, -with such
force as to break one of the trap rims.
He was heard to cry out twice for
help, but in the confusion of the mo
ment was not missed, his brother
Adolphe being busy, at the time on
horseback, endeavoring to stop the oxen
which were going at a fearful rate
through the. field. vYith much difficul
ty he succeeded in doing so, and then
returned to look for his missing broth
er; whose body he found about day
break, and the lion crouching about
twelve yards from it. "With a feeling
of desperation he levelled his gun and
fired at the animal. The aim was good,
and as the ball passed through its head,
it fell down on the spot. . On coming
nearer to his brother's body the poor!
man was sadly shocked at its mutulat
ed condition, the lion having carried it
a long distance, and then devoured the
greater portion. The remains were
hastily conveyed to town and upwards
of eighty persons attended the funeral.
Poor Phillip Coller leaves a widow and
several children to deplore their loss,
and his untimely end.
P. S.: We have since learned that
previous to the oxen becoming frigh
tened, the lion first attacked, without
any, provocation, Adolphe Varr Coller
and three other men who were riding
on hor?ctCT!C- some distance in- front of
i' wit-i then, -tlicy- jumped ofT the :r
L c land- tto'od 'between IherJ and
thclioa':.TIiclion;Ja&;Yi2Vr,'ppearysI
more anxious to attack them than the
Splinters.
Among lloosiers, they call cotton
thread -boss a term few Yankees
under stand it that way.. A fair brunett
i) one day stepped into the store of a
young man and bought a dress of the
vicia.. Liier it was qui on, sne ad
dressed herself to him: -Well. Irecken
you'll throw in the 'boss?" -Certainly
vrvu mo vicr&, wiia nis moutn
stretched from ear to ear, -we'll throw
in the -boss' there he is, you re wel-
Jid you ever buy a horse? Tf Rr
you have been struck with surprise at
the great number of horses just seven
years old. A shrewd Scotch jocky
whom" I once employed to aid in thfi
selection of a horse, as he examined
the animal's. mouth inquired of the
seller "how old is he?" "Seven vears "
"Ah," said Johnny, "that seven years
ago , was a Tremendous year for colts."
Life's Shadows. The following
sad mortuary record is from an Eastern
paper :
At Bridgewater, Connecticut. Sen
tember 28, Mr. B. Mallett to Miss
Mary Warner; Mr. Stephen Partridge
to Miss Maria A. Andrus Mrs. Mal
lett died four days afterwards acred 20
and Mrs. Partridge twenty-four days
aiter ner marriage, aged zo.
What is the difference between
filling a pitcher with water and throw
a woman over-Doard: - une is
water in the pitcher'' and the other
"pitch her in the water.
ins
A country girl coming in from the
field, was told by her cousin that she
look as fresh as a daisy kissed with
dew. "Well, it wasn t any feller o
that : name it was Bill tfones tha
kissed me, and confound his ugly
i . T . 1 t t - ! 1 -1
picture, l torn nim Deiore ne done
that everybody would find' it out.1
Oiixlv up
. 111
&iie?itij:.j uiincriczj sa3 that & Inan in
Orange Ccuiity,lITi'-Y.J-.wa3 found one
nighr climbing an "overshot wheel in
a fulling mill.
i was doinjr.
He wag asked what He
He said he was "trying to
xt, i UP to bed, but some how or other
them and f, . ' ?i ..m
A wise man will make haste to for-
Nebraska City,
Drownville, !
i
St. Joseph, Mo.,
St. Louis, Mo.,
Cincinnati O.
Keokuk, Iowa.
June 7, 1S56.
&
Mi
I HISS MARY W. TURNER,
1 And "Drctss II,l5:cr.
Tiret Street, het-eea Haifl and "Water,
VlvOWNVILLE, N. T.
'ip.nttt and Irimmings always on Iwnd.
C. Yv'.WHEELEU,
CH1TECT AND BUILDER.
J-XZ' A'JD UA:5Ui W8.'
'T. L. R5CKETTS,
CARPENTER AND JOINER
NEBRASKA TERllITORV.
J. N. THOMPSON
ATTOSMEY AT LAW,
T S m
mju AND LAND AGENTS;
BEOWNVILLE, N. T,
A., i. POrrLETOX. : ; ' "TM. N. BYEK8.
POPPLETON & BYEUS, : .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
And General Land Agents,
Oil All A, NEBRASKA. .. .
LAND ENTERED ON TIME.
OFECIAL attention eiven to the selection and en-
Otry of Lands for Settlers, and all others desirinir
cnoice locations. ,
Land Claims, Town Lot? and all kinds of Real Es
tatc, bought and sold and investments made for di?
taut Dealers.
When about to take his leave of the porsbs, on which they shouted and
world, he called the writer to his bed- threw their hats at him, and aiterwarus
7 . - n i "I f.
R;,ln- liivlnrf nrp.vimi.dv smtlnm a rft- fared the grass, wnen ne len
..0 r.w..r. j ... - .
quest to preach his funeral sermon went to tne wagon.- xue junuuumug
frA,r o Yf nf ,; nwn Holprt;.-.Ti Jnh country being all occupied, ' the lions
vii, 21 and desired the privilege, appear to have concentrated themselves give,hecause he knows the talne o
through the preacher, of, warning his at this spot, where they are extremely .time; and will not suffer it t)pass awayf
young friends, on that occasion, to hold. tapa oj uooa iiope paper. rm unnecessary pain
avoid the course which ne nad pursued -. - , . ,A GAMBLEE. : : v :; '-. - A fellow at Stratford: Q. W mad
the rocks on which he louno jred. A mnnir'tk' innumerable anecdotos U. trnrrnr tr.nf hn wnTrl v;00- T,
. t -lit "'o i ' r- -" " w hvuiu luca moii
Hear him on this point, as i recoraea reiatea 0f the rum of persons by play, woman that passed. He attempted to
the sentiment from bis lips: :- , . teTQ is ono worth relating' which re- win the wager, and got his face slapped
-j. ouguu vu iim i, uccii o. fers to a 3lr. rorter, a gentleman wno, by the lady, who --summoned - him
shining light in the world. My ad- tn rc,n 0f Oueen Ann: possessed affp.rwarflq fnr tliA insult fnr hr
' i 1 - l-w svnw rfrt- hilt Wl TT I 1 T- I . 1 1 I I il I m-u
vamaes uavc wsruii gw" uj.v, onc 0t the oest estates m tne county was hned fave dollars".
fnr the most part, has been dark and LfVnrthnm Wand, thfiwhnlp. of which ' ' '
ilronrn. for want of a firm belief in the k wt i-n twMw inntns ; For taking the romance out . of
Christian religion. Jtiad 1 anothernie According to the story told of this juUf-MuiKs, m-rnage is neany as Daa
to live, I should pursue . a ditterent raadman for we can call him nothing as a. suu. ,xnms. -ot tnat, ye
course; and to all skeptics I would say,- eise when he had just completed the votaries ot hymenl
it. - -C : ,J "nl-inf-it tiinfTT nnrl rp. 1 1 i i. 11 I K wr r -n n
v.lv saiur fciuc i""" I loss oi nis last .acre at a enuiunuhL- i 2. u mfcriiKiiNU vjalleky. ror All
lbion. . It is now too late with me to jge in' London, . and was" proceeding Who Have arrived at Their Ears of
recall the past the experiment stairs to throw himself into a Discretion;
" li .1. 4- nsxn-nna T oir nnv ' V: 1 - i Tkln I
ireu; turougu aa. ------- carnage, to convey mm iu iu8 He who plays at caustic wit often
;7u-- - r nuuau in , -w. , v "i' o burns his fingers.
nil wordrmirv nnirs m my eai. nnA mnr throw: to trv to retnve ius
Fictitious and skeptical reading has iosses j and immediately returned to Don't stretch your legs beyond your
bee the JSohun upas 01 my soui ; tae roora where the play was going on. carpet
Warn the young everywhere to avoid erved for the worst that might happen, - rpne Dimman shouldn't attempt to
uub viuroooi oi aestruuuuu umiuu ke insisted tnat tne person no cateh lleas.-
rttifln ,.1. : It, T V.- . 1 .T-nrl t'.' 1. 1 ! TiV. nliAnl1 rirn llim ATlAl
UiJ J.i V ill Ul X lUUUUCltu. nPeil "laVlHK n'"1 OUOU1U vug uiu. vuv, - t . 3 1 fj. 1 x
i''m t . iii i n-nnn namreti ineuii 1J4 uiluu uui
more chance ot recovery or ngnt wim o- ; ,.v.- -
him. His proposition was this, that
tnnKets inc. x.uture 01121ns more reputations
ensj
lafce dTtm- prdei tal-ia-
i' "SllMONS FOB THE LAZY.
... The Jiidon Booksellers' Intelligen-
mtr'k et fc( They are manufactured short, all he had left in the world-- on a reater pigmy still,
in many Vi i jfe. A clergyman who is should U GeUour moneT reaJv b,
Get your money ready before getting
JOHN S. HOYT,
County Surveyor and Land Agent,
"F Ric hardson county, N. T.. will attend rnnnptly
V7 to all business in hU profession, when called on:
I such as l'ayins Taxes, Rcuordin Chiims. Subdividing
Land, Laying oni i own lA)ts,;Urafang tjity Hats &o.
liesidence ana aaarcss
AUC11ER, Rieha rdson co., N. T.
J. HART c SON
unoccupied, cloin?? no dutv. f ets ac- sum. and be thrown in a wugio uxu
i '. . n .i -t i Ut. .:-vrtnlr" rrp.vai
from his purpose. .
diattlr sc: -to work, writing sermons, and lost; theft conducting the winner Superstitions would die, if so many
sum, auu - - o - - - . s m;rTa nnd hpfore tro'ms
quafcted whii one, of the dealers in No persuasionould JPJ J2 into ehancerv : '
mansicriT t sermons. He . is imme- depart Irom nis purpu. n , , ..
SUM S MS1SS
i.l aitnd the Conrts of Northern Missouri, Ne- by ourselvevwd
b--Un,l We.rn Iowa. . ' . L
Orejon, Holt Couuty, Missonri.
Keen constantly on hand all description of Harness.
Saddles, Ikidles, Ac, ic.
N. B. Every artii'le inoursnop is manuiactureu
warranted to give satisfaction.
JAMES W. GIBSON. W. T. JUAIN,
LAND AND LOT AGENT.
ARCHER, RICHARDSON COUNTY, N. T,
R. W. FUR1IAS,
!T1 Ann?TTTT
k Di li I '
INSURANCE AGENT.
AND AGENT FOR
R
AWUGULTU3AL IMPLELIEIITS.
BROWNVILLE, N. T,
whicJi r. rcioea set in UtHogpaphixig. to the door, he told the coaenman tnere oU women wouldn t act as nurses to
Sometimes these sermons are written was his master, -ana maru Keep tnem ailve.
by layir-cn, nud sometimes they are the dark and dismal srtei wiuioui - ex nd ore time ana expense
AAftrni ' t f ni ill fi 1 1 r rirvircy it . - t i ti c rv rr ruiiT Hi . ill til. t " -
v'"jri.w v.,u --wtivi uuu&o, xx null uuuou ui uvu.i - -
pntirpl ? 0r'ird. But tlinsfi nmfins mMns. :
who aiv, or l ave been in the business Thus beggared, he retired to an
Rome tiiri:, hive in rzeneral accumu-l oViRcnrplodc-in'r in a cheap part ot the
latcd sutili etoWs that they never think town, subsisting partly on charity,
of pettinir itiv made. Tho onlv wavi snmptimps actinir as marker at a bil-
- - O - a . v VI .- . o
in coiicilliafin a", man we fear, than in
oblizinz one we love.
The prouder a man, the more obsti
! nate he is as the state carriage is the
most difficult to turn
11 X. .1
they replem -h thcir stock after copy- liard table, and occasional as a neiper
ing and nmUipWhg, is, by buying a in a livery stable. In this miserable
lrtt afp.W r en p. rnoh of snmp rlpnrv- nnnit'nn -witK nakedness and famine
man wider.
liflworo nf mnrrvin'r a woman who
doe3 not sew, is not fond of reading
onr" Mftnftt rl av on the piano, liest
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I 1 . .1 1. . . .1 1 VTfir) tA hK M 1 1' . nrl lhft ! "nTltlTIll!! V
i lot oi two or three staring him in tneiace, w less aiiuuuuccuuiwu, v
hundred cotaevrs nn immense addi- taunts and insults of. those whom he moving abroad, to seek amusement sue
? var:,:(v, introdiicinjf new Unco snnnorted. he was recognized by Tack? at home,
o r :-rr-v ' , . . - .. ...
tioii mvin
J o O I
LQ D LOT
OLIVER BESXCT.
JAMES F. F!?KE
TTS. B. G1KEIT."
r ArGrsTcs KN'iGirr.
ATtirrD TT"X"rwrrr Jfr Prt
Manufacturers and Whalasale Dealers in
BOOTS AND SHOES,
NO. 8T MAIN STREET,
( FOMTZELY, No. 101; CoR-TS OF M IIS JLXDliOCrST.)
ST. LOUIS, SLO. .;.
texts, etc. It i. a curious thing that an old friend, who gave him ten guineas , fi . . CTCat aSolutioxi"
an .tne ma.n.ucu2i .urmons sold are to purcnase necessaries. .. .
t i i .i i . r. i :.mAi snoos. ; :
Clnirnl, r,rInphdpJtr,p,rprnn;n!ncr fivfi he repaired to a -Critics are.the brokers of-the lite
r..r.r;w "o " i . , - - :'.-r-;
wui any dealer common framing-house, ana increasea rary excu-gg--: r
If is sweet sometimes to abuse one s
of
evangelical
sermons
will go down at.
buy such.
men trade ha?
years is, the gr-- r
nations: for .the-i-t k;
uscript" sermons i 5 t)
men. The rrincitn"
for many clergynu i: g standing
also congtanuy
. 5-' . i 1.
n why. the scr- them to fifty, he then adjourned to one
: l eased of late nf thp hiirher order of " houses, . sat
o . - -
ruber of.ordi J
' ale of man
r ing clergy-
: t the entire,
down whh former associates, and "won
twenty thousand -pounds. Returning
the next night he lost it all, and was
once more penniless, and after subsist
ing many years an abject penury ,-died
a beggar at St Giles -, j- r V
relations, but bitter to hear them abused
by others. There are bores in the bes t
families; the oldest houses haver their
leadeir spouts. . . v
The man who is wedded to money
has a' shrew for a wife ...
From the Rural New-Yorker.
ABE Y0T7 EEADY1 .
The weather indicates the proximity
of Winter, and every farmer who is
not prepared for its advent should be
on the alert. ' Barns, cattle sheds and
sheep yards need to be put in such
order as will warrant the greatest pro-
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tecuon to tne animals to De placed
therein. Feed what and when you will,
it is of no avail, animals cannot be
kept in good condition if exposed to
the seventies of the season we are
entering upon. True economy would
dictate the comfort of stock, for to re
invigorate a system impoverished by
harsh treatment, undoubtedly costs
more than to keep it in readiness to
supply the demands of nature, not to
mention the greater tendencies to
disease developed by lack of food or
want of protection from storms and
cold. There is another pointfeonnect
ed with stock raising upon which
much of the logic of reason and argu
ment ought to be brought to bear-
that should receive the attention of
those interested. Give them ihe best
your barn and qranariJ affords. In-
stead of marketing the cleanest and
sweetest of the hay and feeding out
such as was poorly cured or musty,
reverse the mode. The richer the food
the richer the manure the more o
concentrated fertility possessed by the
latter the better for land and crops
both of which have a direct relation to
the pockets of the owner. Keep no
more stock than can be wintered well.
If, however, you should run short
long fodder,' cut up into small pieces
an inch or an inch and a half long
the corn-stalks and steam them.
bushelwill make a good, meal for an
ox or cow. VV e have, heretofore, pub
lished a cheap and convenient mode
for performing this 'operation, but
thinking it may prove of value to
thousahdi m our' now more extended
circlo of roadcrc, ,qva t!; m .!: .1 for
febcficllt cf :t!:: ;o v,!.oiJ .', t driven
into clo30; iart:ri iii'thc i:::ni.u.i.-criat
department before returning-' Spring
clothes the pastures in their vernal
robes. Take a "box made water-tight,
and fitted with a close lid that will
contain one or two bushels ' of stalks,
cut- as directed, and, after filling it
with the fodder, pour into it a pot-full
of boiling water, close the.Iid and let
he steam do the work. When the
water has become luke-warm the stalks
will be cooked sufficiently to be fed
cut. For milch cows it will be, to
hem; an agreeable addition to stir ap
bran or mill-feed in their mess and
they can be - kept in this . manner in
good condition with but little hay. -Take'
a stroll among the homes of your
domestic animals see that everything
is - conveniently and comfortably pre
pared hold yourself in readiness to
give an affirmative response to the
query Are you ready
The long winter evenings are here
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again, and isolated, as tne iarmer is,
the question naturally arises in what
manner is he .to spend them? So much
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of life is. made up oi tne nours ot na
ture's darkness, that our prosperity
may depend upon their right use. The
labors of Spring, Summer, anJ Autumn
are of such character as to almost
deprive the farmer of any opportunity
for mental development, but "Winter
cives the time for obtaining - a fund of
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information that will enable him, wnen
the season of toil returns, to work with
a confidence and earnestness that is its
own guarantee of success. Have you
with thcagen "cy of ' n eighhocsL. forraetLa
club for the discussion of agricultural
topics, - the relation ' of experiences,
and the comparing of matters relative
to your avocation. The field, garden
and orchard furnish a thousand sub
jects upon which almost every farmer
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may give Ugnt to jiis urumer lauorers
and receive in return practical knowl
edge upon points . to him clothed in
darkness. Be observing, and if some
in your vicinity have met with extra
ordinary success in the culture of any
crop fathom the reasons therefor, and
leaving the "beaten path" . strike put
anew in the cause of Progress. Think,
study; lay plans and devise expert
ments for the coming season, and 're-
Solve .to perform whatever1 portion of
labor is assigned you m rolling forward
the car of Improvement. Beaamr,
or else, py Change ot employment, seek
an. occupation more congenial to "your
tastes. Science i3 lending its light to
agricultural pursuits art and mechan
ical skill are devising and manufactur
ing aids to its promotion, and he who
discards their assistance enters the
battle-held ot lite halt armed. Some
thing beside bone and muscle strength
orce. . Intellectual and mechanical.
agriculture arc co-laborers, to meet tho
ullest reward both must be employed.
Rural reader, where will you be classed?
A position must be chosen an elevat
ed one can be taken and maintained.
if the means within your reach are
judiciously used; the stores of practiT".
cal, scientific skill are . open and you
can mentally grasp what you will
are you ready?
' x ; appli3 roarooD.'
Liebig says: "The importance of
apples as food has not hitherto been"
sufficiently estimated or understand.
Besides contributing a large portion of
sugar, mucnage and other nutritive
matter in the form of food, they con-
tam iut-u a nne comumation oi vegeta-
ble acids, extractive substances and
aromatic principles, with the nutritive
matter, as to act powerfully in the ca
pacity pi rctrigcrants, tonic and anti-.
septics; and when Ireely used at tho
season of ripeness, by rural laborer?!
and others, correct the putrebility,
irfiigmcn uigesuon, correct the putre
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xacuve tendencies oinitrogeneoustood,
avert scurvy, and probably maintain. ..
and strengthen the powers of produc
tive 1 -i !- rPl, r r ii
xixlux. upviaiurs oi Vsurnwau
consider ripe apples nearly as n our- '
ishing as .bread, and more so than po- '
tatoes. in tne year leui. a venr nF
scarcity, apples, instead of being con
verted into cider, were sold tothepooiv
and tho laborers asserted that thoy '
could stand their work on baked apples '
without meat; whereas potato diet
required either meat or fish. Tho
French and Germans use apples c2;-;-
tensively; indeed it is rare that they-,
sit down in rural districts without there
in some shape or other, even at the "
best tables. The laborers and mech
; anics depend 6n them, to-a ery great
extent, as an article of food, and fro-' .
quently dine on sliced apples" aiid'- "
bread; Stewed with rice, red cabbages
carrots or themselves, : with a little?
sugar , and milk they in a hVr;
nronf ii',i
nutritious u.oh,
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Some four or five- years- since, Itc .
collect congratulating the fruit grower?? '
of Western New York o. the fact that
while in Connecticut and Eastern 3Sev- .
York and Long Island, perfect apples. .
could scarcely be-raised,; because '
the worm, we could still raisq boautifu .
and perfect fruit in abundance. ;.jt
present indications augur anything tv$.
the future,- thai phase of prosperity -is
passing, if not already, gone by. v In,
this vicinity the evil has been incrcas- '
ing for several years, and the .present?
season the apple crop (where there idj
fruit), is both lessened and injuTCtl
materially. The question is certainly,
worth , discussing whether there- is , r
is not a remedy, and if none is found,
fruit culturists Avill do well to give at-
tention to and report upon the varictii? ..
which seem most free from its ravages,
The idea of expressing the juice of
animal life in making cider, Li 'some
what annoying, at least to a nervoii . .
person, neither can a baked apple-he) '
peculiarly enticing to one who fear?!
finding something in it. '-. : '. :
The first wormy apples I remember
to hare noticed in my own orchard;
were the Black Gilliflower or Sheep '
nose, and the Seeknofurther; next .
came the Greening, Spitzcnberg "lifc
bury . Kusset, Canada Bed,, Husii-cj
Sweeting, Swaar, &c., while thq BaTdT
win and Twenty Once Pippin ' strii
scarcely affected, and tl:o GolJt-u
Sweet, Sweet Bough, Northern Spjf '
and Fall Pippin arc as yet free. AY, 1
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Fall Treatment of Asparagus-
As soon as the heavy frost? coinif to
kill the tops, they should be cut uijd
removed to the stye, or the comppist
heap,- The surficc of the beds wLicli
has become hard, and perhaps weedy,
should nowbc thoroughly scarified with
the toe, or torked over, taking: card"
not to injure the crowns. About the
last of the month spread .oni a heavy
coating of stable manure,- at least a hfdf
a cord to every square red. The raiasi
will carry down its fertilising proper
ties to the roots, and give tnem great
strength and vigor for an early start Li
the spring. : If near the shore, where
marsh mud is accessible, a coating of
this, one inch thick, in addition tc.th?
manure, will do good service. .We have
also found it an excellent plan to
cover the beds with seaweed or oll.Lay
during the ' winter. The roots "kc-cp
active longer before the ground clones
up: theground docs not freeze so cleep,
and starts sooner in tho spring.;; Tho
umlch of course needs to I e removed
as soon as the winter .is over. Arparr,-
of sinew and power, of endurance is j gu3 is a cross feeder, andean bo had
necessary to elevate the farmer's call
ing; these are necessaries, but mental
enlightenment must be the directing
in its perfection only by high manuring.
This we believe will pay, whether tha'
bed has been throughly prepared to.-lie?;
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