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VOL. V.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1860.
NO. 22.
15USINKSS CARDS
SCHOtMIEIT
. - -ti
& Sclioeniieit
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' . SOLICITOR IN CIIANCERY.
Xrourinct -
jTbTwestoii,
iTTnaUEY AT LAV,
n ft w -
cat a xjT uuv -v . -
'IMItc's Icak, or liusU"
KEW
PSOViSION STORE,
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
JSTo. 11, IVCrxixi troct,
BR.OWNVILLE, N. T.
a Mtin Stieet,
1859.-
W. TIPTON,
Attorney at Law,
BR 0 WX V 1 h h K , .V. T.
UR. D. GWIN,
TIavia" permaner-tly located in
mVXVILLE. -NEBKASKA,
IIROW.N'VILLK
Kof tic jiractice cf 31
i dmhi( r rgfe"-iona1 serv
OtTi" on Mit'iu ntrert
Kof t be ract .etc: ea ,c . a- - '
no o
.! A.S.J10LLADAY, M. D.
. Be-prrffi.i:y inform, bit- friend In BwnviHc and
Mnlicinr, Surgery, & Obstetrics,
CMUrer'l ,..tr,.uge heretofore , teuaed to
tulne will te 1'jBB
Feb.2i,'63. 35 ly
Offlce t Cty Drug Stwre.
TT7 TL7"
sSc- Co
nave Just completed tbtlr new tiusine? rrnniie on
Mjiu Street, near the U.S. Land Offlre, in Brownvilie
where they have opened out nd ureoffering en the most
favorable terms,
Cw-S:2-(0 OS SLZS3 3
Dry Goods, Provisions,
Of all Kinds.
FLOUR, XONFECTIONARIES,
GRCEX AXD DRIED FIiriTS,
Choice Liquors, Cipars,
And a "thousand and one," other things eToryldr
need.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
Brownvllle, Apri' 26, ly
. L. 1.1 JOHNSON, M
PIIYSiCIAN" AND SURGEON,
' ora-.e atr. Otmi' Law Office,
First Strret. bct-reea ITaia rnJ Water,
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Li 1 U 11 1 I!
NE.WSP
APE11S,
AND
Of every descrijiion, for sale at
. SCIII1TZ k.DEUSER'S
LITERARY DEPOT,
' South-east corner Main and Second,
imowNVIIiE. N, T.
Scvt,i:a, mo.
f-ntll
B. HEWETT. E. W.THOMA
McGary, Hewctt & Thomas,
ATTORNEYS AT JLA IV
AND
SOLICITORS IX CIL1XCERY.
UrowTiYllic, Nebraska.
Will nrictloe In the Court of Nobraska,and North
et Musourl.
REFERENCES .
- ffr. Crow, McCreary k. Co., St. Lonia,Ko
11 n. JamoK 11 . irigbs, .
Hon. J.iha R. Sheply,
U,.n. Jiiii" Ciaic,
Hon . Silui W.mJson,
11... SuTinel W Blacx,
!S F.Nn.k.ilU.E.,
rbever Sweet. Co. ,
K. Y. Furnas
Browtu ille, N. T- Oct. IS
Do
. - Do
St-Josert.Mo.
Do
' Nebraska City.N.T.
Do .
dj
Brow nvllle
185S. vlr.18
. E. S. DUNDY,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
" ARCHF.R, RICHARDSON CO. N. T.
WILl,pra '.ice in the several Courts of I ho Judicial
District . rien-1 tnll matter conne-tfd with tlie
Pr t-i-'i Wm. MtLennas
will isiNt mr i: 'ho prs e 'UU
9i-t- to, t'-n-tt
n t a
Mrs. Hendgen & Miss Lusk,
MILLINERS AND DRESS MAKERS,
First Street, bet. Main and Water,
miow'N v i r. r.E, n r: n n a s k a ,
Bonnttt Ilead-Dresesand Trimming alicay ton hand
PIONB3EBS.
Is
Manxifactory
AND
BIITDERY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
.WILLIAM F. KITER.
May 17, 18G0.
AHERIGAN HOUSE.
XTew Hotel ,t
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
P. J. HENDGEN,
Tiereby notinep'.he public that he has purchased tho
Nebraska House in Brownville, N. T., formerly kept by
T. J. Edwurds. and has remodeled, renovated and enti
rely chanped the whole hou.ee from cellar to carret,
with an especial view to neatness, comfort and conve
nience. Having had many years experience a hotel
keeper, he feels safe in warrantinpitiei.ordinp patron
age of Brownville, and the traveling public, that while
at the American, they will have no reason to complain
offhefare In any respect.
The notel Is situated immediately at the Steamboat
Lacdinz, foot of Main street, and consequently afford
peculiar advantages to the traveling community. The
proprietor asks hat to be tri?d,tud if not found worthy,
discarded.
January, 19 1SG0. 2S-tf
Merchant Tailor,
JACOB MARHON,
BEOWNVILLE, N. T.
if NcNraska City,
.f ituportintSuits .
J. L. r(Hri. JESSE MOIXADAY. ALEXIS MCD1).
ni(.ni:s & iioLvvi ay,
N.. I, City Buildings,
BAIIfT LOUIS ... MISSOURI.
No. HO, Pearl Street,
Now T"orlf . .
Produce . and Commission
. MERCHANTS.
we m.rcR it rrn.MJSMOs to
. ' Pitwf II, i,evy Ji Uemon. - - St. Joseph,
T..tlr it Karlcith,
; T.iJ turj - ..."
Nave, Slo('.irji.C.., ....
Di'Ttntl 4l la-.u.n - - - '
3T-6:n
D.
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A. C O S T A K
IMrOItTER A.tr PEALER 15
IRON, STEEL, NAILS,
CASTINGS, SPRINGS,. AXLES, FILES
BHIjZjO ws,
BLACKS MATH'S TOOLS
Also: IWjs, Spokes, andBcnt Stuff.
Thiil Street, between Felix and Edmond,
SAINT JOSEPH, iAIO.
Wfeirh he Fell at ft. Lonis prlceFfor cash.
T. M. TALCOTTj
DENTAL SURGEON,
TT.- 1 .11. ..... "
na ing jocaiea ntm.oeii in urownvrucN. T
der hip profesitona!irricei to Ihecominunity
AH jobs warranted.
AiloTits this method of returning thnnks to tlie
gentlemen of this vicinity, for the liberal patron
ujrc bestowed upon him heretofore, :ind to annonnce
tiiat !ic has iust returned froui St. Louis with a
FRESH STOCK
Of every article of
GENTLEMEN'S WEAR,
Consisting of
FINE CLOTHS,
STjririEii goous,
Cotton, Linnen and Silk. Goods,
FOll .MEN'S WEAR.
Woolen. Cotton, and Silk Undershirt?, drawer?,
Vesting?, Halt Hose, Suspenders, &e. In sh.rf, ev
ery thing a gentleman could desire to array liimstdf
in the gayest attire, lie will sell the goods, orinnke
suits to order in a style c;ual to nnjT other House
nnywhere, He a.sks but an examination of his goods
and work.
HP X XCC fir.
Correspond icith the Present Hard
Times.
April 12, 1RC0.
C O N C O 11 D
GliAI'E VISES!!
Zfl.BSB
,tea
Planter's House
J0I1X M'ilECIlAN PROruiETOR,.
Corner of Fourth and Com. Street,
Motoraa City, 2T0To.
S15 rer Hundrt-d ; &3 P. r D.-z. n.
I'fibolla and Clinton jjl (Ml i .i z
Annn :i jio .-t .-it
lliware 2 till !
It- becca 1 oo d
I'iana 7j do
dnhy's Anga't 75 d
Clotilda (very early) 75 do
(iarrigues 75 do
Franklin ,r0 do
l'erkins .. .1 00 do
Hartford rrolifics 50 do
To Kalon i 00 do
Nortliern Muscadine f.() do
20,000 APPLE TREES
From 3 to 6 years old. r.wt-nfi.-d.
25,000 Three Year Old Root -Graffs,
(and they are nice, too,) at $50 per thousand, if
taken the present fall.
5,000 Houghton's Seedlicg Gooseberries.
fti S 5,000 per hundred.
Evergreens, cVc Very Cheap.
We prefer digging trees in tho tall, burying root
and qranch, and planting very early in spring.
Our nei-hbo.-, ltcv. V. II. Fink, purchased" of us
last fall 800 three year old apple trerg, which he se--cumlfrom
frost till spring, planted tarly, watering
on.-e, only three of which have failed to grow:
while others thatpur ,-hns d in thospring havegene
railr lost more than half the being the dryest that
we have evr known.
-TAMES SMITH f-PONS.
Peg Moines, Iowa.Scpt. 1st., 18f.O. Fnll
JOHN GAIINETT & CO.,
iBllICILTIIML BBFflT
AND
Seeastore.
Engines, Saw and Crist Jllills,
VUhalltiTidsof Marhinerrand Implement.
. No. 53, North Second Street.
ST. LOUIS. MO.
KEKPS alway on hand a larp stH k of Garden and
Grs Seeds, all warranted fresh and nnr-
Onr t.Mk of Agricultural and Horticultural
implement ami iiacnine 1 alio large and elected
with creat care..
We invite an examination, and know lhat w r. nf .
T,A tt r n a : irium "ktoiwi a any aouse in the west, and at m
Fnto. JIiLL. G. T. Az t, Brcwnviile. I low 1rlces-
'abtrM,l?M. ' TTETPtIS. CASH.
I t.ta!ognt turnUhcd jriitii U applicant. i2-ct
MORTON HOUSE,
MAIN STREET,
AEDRASKA CITY, lYERRASEA.
.' T. I, GODDIN, Proprietor.
September, 25; 1S59. . tf
1859. . 1859
HIWIRAL &ST. JOSEPH
FALL AIIRAX(;ES1EXTS.
MornlnsTriBi.TMSt Joie h t. .
. KreninnTnunlcaTen 1 A I
lhe Line.-
- -..rv... iiqurtoni( staRinit by this route
Daily connection, m.de at JUnntbal with a 1'Fastern
aul Southern Railroa.U and Paekn. U.hastern
JT D Haywood, Sup'tM Hannibal.
D C Sawiv, Genpral Apnt. St t
V B Groat, G. Ticket Afrent, Harrlal
Life
CUARTElt OAK
Insurance Company,
Hartford, Conn.
Incorporated ly the State cf Connecticut
Capital StoclL S20O,000.
With Urxe and i nereasin;'4t"rplurccipts,secuTe
ly iove?t d under the sanction and approval of the
Comptroller uf 1'ubhc Accounts.
OFFICERS AXD DIRECTORS:
JAMfvS C. WALK'.F.Y, l'rusident.
- 'iO1S li. un vCC, Vice IVeiident.
KLIAS WILL, Suerctary.
E. D. DICKEUMAN, General Agent.
DlilECTORS:
Alfred Gill. Daniel Phillips, JobnL.Bunce,
' R. Blodzet. J.A.Butler. E. D. Diokerman
N.Wieaton. Sam. Coit, Nelson Ilollister,
James C.Walkley.
S.B.I?eresford,M D, Consnltino: Physician.
A. S. Holladay,M D, Medical Examiner.
Aro'ieat ions received by R. W.FU11NAS. Ac't,
nS-tf . Brownville, N.T.
JOSEPH L. ROY,
IB jh IS. ES jFL
HAIR DRESSER.
Main Street,,
Mr L'Roy has establised, in the rear of his Barbd-shep
A BATHING KOOM,
For the accommodation ol those who consider clean
lines a virtue.
50,000 IXIS WO'Ol. IV AX TED.
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
UP
Two Lxtcnsive uoo cn l actones arc in
SUCCESSFUL OPERAION,
ONE NEW AND FITTED
With all the Latest Fine Improvements
We are prejnred to manufacture to order, and
have for sale the following Uoods:
Satinets, Heavy and Light,
JEJXS TWEEDS, FLJjYjYELS
WHITE, COLORED, STRIPED AND PLAIN
Zj Inaoy s,
Fulled liiisevK. Colored While
and Mixed, 1 1-2 Yards wide.
FULLED CLOTH,
Blankets of ali Kinds and all Qualities,
YARNS OF ALL SIZES AND COLORS,
Warranted all Goods of the best material.
SS?We will exchange the abovo Goods for Wool
or cash.
Fancy Dying to Order.
We will pa? cash for any amount of Wool, at
Market Prices.
Flour constantly on hand forsale. The best price
paid for wheat.
N.HUEL 4 SON. BUELL& DIXON.
August, 23, 1860.
ST. LOUIS,
Xi. tf u .' i icj -
TO PLANTERS 4' DEALERS
The under.i?ned have for sale this fall an unusu
ally large and fine stoi k of
FRUIT & ORNAMENTAL TREES,
Shrubs, Evergreens, Sfc,
Of vigorous gr.iwth and the bct varieties, a part
cf which nre
1C0 Oi'O Aj'.loTrce, 5 to 1 feet high,
ii'.t'OO ni:h do do do
10.0: 0 Pear do standard ai.d dwarf,
5.0(70 Plum do do do
5,000 Cherry do do do
10,000 Currants, red dutch, white dutch and best
varieties,
20,000 Rhubarb, Linnaeus, Scotch, Hybrid, 4c.
10,000 Govseberrie", Houghton Soedliii.
15.000 TUispbtrries, all the new-rt and best kind.
10,000 F.vii-crectis, nil the hardy varieties, from ou?
t six feet high.
20,000 Grave "vintsincluding Delaware, Di;ic,
Anna, Concord, Ac.
100,000 Strawberries, Wilson's Albany, and the
largest collection in the west.
ALSO:
ORNAMENTAL TREES
Shrubs, Roses, Greenhouse Plants,
frc, fro., Sic, Sfc.
Iii Q-nintify.
Pin- h,i-r-'wiri j !. u-o Ivar Li o nd th if, the nbnrr
ii. t rT n nt the mi i brought here furcaii,
'.u' jirc ijro'rn in r turn tcriery.
On the Oiive Stmt Road,
I in 1 - U" ji.f tk. Curt H. use, St. L..i:i. Mi .
r i-r- s-'i-t-l-r m tin- Valley Farm -r t.ffi.i-.
70 Che: nut St., or a.ldr -.h. d t
CAKLW, SANI'EiiS k CO.,
St. L.uh, M.
P. S. Send for catalogue, containing varietie.-.
price. A?. r nl 1
M AT BIER &. ABBOTT,
SCCCKSSORS TO II G ELY,
UnileiT Stales .ar.d Forrfen Newspipcr
Advertising Agency,
333, BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Are auth rlrel cent! for tee "XKBRASKA ADVER-
TlSKIt" an.l "NEBRASKA FARM Ml "
THE NEBRASKA FARMER.
Devoted to Agriculture, Stock Raisin
Horticulture, Mechanism, Education.
Published at Broicnvillc, . T.
' On the first of every month at f I a year for sii
gle copies; Six copies, Thirteen copies, $11
Twenty copies, $15.
The volume began Oct. 1st, 1859. Specimen natt
ers furnished gratlson application. Backnumber
can be furnished.
Will every friend of Agriculture and E lucatiot
in Nebraska. Northern Kansas, Southern Iowa, and
Northern Missouri. lend a heloinj: band, to establish
and maintain a journal devoted exclusively to the
interests above named. There is not a post office
within the region named but can and ought to
furr-L-h a club'of at least 10 subscribers. SeLd
along without delay.
Terms in Advance.
Onecopr, one year, $ 1 00
Six copies, " ' . . 6 00
Thirteen copies, one year, 10OO
Twenty copiea " 15.00
Four copies, three months , 1.C0
Rates of Advertisements.
A Card ot 5 lines r less, one insertion, . $1.00
" eacnalJit'nl insertion 7J
" one year 6.00
One Fourth Column, V 10 00
Onr Half Column, " , 30 00
OneColumn. ' 33.00
Payable quarterly In advance. Yearly advertiser art
allowed tochaneetripir advertisement quarterly.
Jolin Walton's Farm.
"Hadn't you better subscribe for it ?"
"I tell you, no. I hain't got the money
to snare;. and, it InaJ.l nam i "got the
time to spare over newspapers," said
Eben Sawyer with some emphisis.
"Bat you will gain much information
from it in the course of a year, sir," pur
sued John Walton.
"I tell you, I don't want it!"
"Wtll, what do you say, Mr. Grum
met? Shau't I have your Lame 1"
"No, sir I" This was spoken so flatly
and bluntly, that Walton said no more ;
but folded up the prospectus of a periodi
cal which he had with him, and then
turned away.
Eben Sawver and Ben Grummet were
two old farmers that is, old at the busi
ness, though they had only reached the
middle age of life; and after their young
neighbor had gone, they expressed their
opinion concerning him.
"He'll never make a farmer !" said
Sawver with a shake of the head. "He
spends too much time over his papers and
books of his'n. He's a leetle mite above
farmin', in my opinion."
"Thorn's my sentiments," responded
urummet. "l ten you, n,ben, the man
that thinks to make a livin' on a farm in
this country, has got to work for it."
At this juncture, Sam Bancroft came
past. He was another old native of the
district.
"We was just talkin' about young Wal
ton," said Sawyer.
"I've just come from there," replied
Sam.
"He's been bonn'me to sign for a pa-
per; Dut ne couian t come it.
"Ha ha! so he bored us. He a get
ting a leetle too high for a farmer !"
He's rippin his barn floor up ! said
Bancroft.
Rippin' the floor up!", repeated
Grummet. 'Why, Mr. Amsden had the
whole floor put down new only three
years ago:
"The stable floor, I mean," pursued
Bancroft. "He's "got a carpenter up
from the village; and his two hired men
are helpin'."
Whew ! I opine he 11 make a farm-
Of all kinds, for Mile at this office.
er
And so they all opined with a reser
vation. In short, tnere was something
highly ridiculous in the thought of a
man's thinking to be a farmer and a stu
dent at the same time ; and all sorts of
jests were discharged over it.
John Walton was a young man some
fiv-and-twenty ; and though he had been
born in the neighborhood, yet much of
his life had been spent in other portions
of the country. His parents both died
when he was quite young, and his fath
er's farm passed into the hands of a Mr.
Amsden. But now John had manied,
and his thoughts naturally turned to the
old homestead. He found Amsden will
ing to sell, and he bought paying five
hundred dollars down, and giving a note
and mortgage for five hundred, which had
bet-n 'cashed by Mr. Piddon.
The farming district was upon a broad
ridge of land, which had been cleared
for a great many years; and though they
were the handsomest and smoothest
looking farms in the parish, yet, they
were by no means the best. The summit
of the" ridge was crowned by a ledge of
granite, and the soil, over the whole
road swell, was more or less wet ai.d
coiu. inis was particularly tne case
with John Walton's farm, some portions
of it being wholly unfit for cultivation.
There was one field of over twenty acres
which was never fit for plowing. The
soil was so wet and heavy that it had ne
ver been worked to any advantage; yet
there was some good land upon it, and
Mr. Amsden had gained fair crops while
he lived there.
Ben Grummet had a curiosity to see
what was going on in Walton's barn, so
he droj pedin there. He found that the
who u of the floor, where the cattle
stood, had been torn up, and that tm y
vv-ro digging a wide d.Mp trench the
whole lt ngtit of the tie-up.
"What is all this for?" asked Ben.
"Why," returned Walton, who wa3
busy m superintending the work, and al-
! 1..T 1
so in working himseir, "i am naving a
place fixed here for making manure. I
mean to fill this trench up with good
muck, and thus; save the liquids which
have heretofore been lost. I think, by
proper management, I can get full dou
ble the quantity of manure, which others
have got on this place."
"Do ye ?" said Grummet sarcastically.
"Yes," resumed the young man. "It
is a fact that the liquid manures, could
they be saved, would fully equal the so
lids, both in bulk nnd value; and when
combined with well rotted muck, and
some other articles -which shall take up
and retain all the more volatile parts, I
feel assured that they, will afford more
fertilizing powers and properties than the
solid manures can."
"You don't say so! Where d'ye lam
all that?"
"Partly from readiug, and partly from
observation," answered John, smiling at
his good neighbor's open sarcasm.
"I don't s'pose it costs anything to do
all this?"
"O yes, it will cost me considerable
before I get through."
"Yes ; I should think 'twould !"
"I say!" he cried, as he met Sawyer
shortly afterwards, "John Walton's about
as nigh bein' crazy as a man can be J"
"Eh? crazy, Ben?T
"Oh, he's got his head full of all sorts
of nonsense. He'a not his itable floor
all torn away, and a trench dug there
big enough to hold mor a twenty cart
loads of dirt."
"But what in nature is he goin' to do."
"Why, he's guiu' to save the liquids, as
he calls 'em ! And he s croin to put
somethin' to take up the the vol vol
untary parts."
" Voluntary parts? What's them,
Ben?"
"It was vol somethin'. But I don't
know. I wouldn't ask him. I s'pose he
just U3:d the 'outlandish word so's to get
me to ask him what it meant and then,
he'd show olF his larnin'. But I wasn't
so green."
"I wonder if he thinks he's a cemin'
here to lam us old farmers how to work?'
said Sawyer, rather indignantly.
"He thinks so," returned Grummet.
"Then he'll find out his mu-take," add
ed the other. "You mark my words,
Ben. He'll be flat on his back afore two
years is out!"
And these were not the only ones who
looked for the same thing. The idea of
any man coming in there with any such
new fangled notions was absurd.
Autumn came, and after John Walton
had mowed over his twenty acre field
some of his coldest and stifFWt laud
getting hardly hay enough to pay for the
labor, he set men at work digging deep
trenches all over it. He had two dag
lengthwise, running up and down the
slope : and then he dug quite a number
running, across these. v They were quite
deep and bread, p.nd into them he tumb
led nearly all tho stones that could be
found in the fields.
"A pooty expensive way of gettin'rid
o rocks," remarked Grummut.
"It's a better place for them than on
the surface, isn't it?" returned Walton,
with a smile.
"Perhaps. But what on earth are ye
doin' it for?"
"Why, I am going to see if under-
draining won't improve the land."
" Under-draining ? V hat's that?"
"It is simply drawing off the water
from the surface. This land is cold and
. . . . . i
wet: but it 1 can get tne water to urain
off among these rocks, the sun may warm
the surface, and give me a good piece of
soil here.
But it looked very foolish to Ben
Grummet. He believed" that "what was
the naturof the soil couldn't be altered."
"That's a cur'us contrivance," said
Sam Bancroft. He and Ben Grummet
had been at work for Walton at hauling
muck. He alluded to a large vat at the
back of the house, into which ran i
spout from the sink. This Vat was ca
Dable of holding several cart-loads of
stuff, and was already half full.
"That's a compost vat," explained
Walton, who had overheard the remark.
All the slops from the house, the soap
suds and such stuff which most people
waste I save bv this means, and turn to
o-ood account; and instead of throwing
away refuse matter, I put it inhere, and
let it rot and ferment, and make man.
ure.
"But what's this charcoal dust for?"
"It answers two purposes though by
only one office. It takes up the ammonia
and otier volatile matter, thus holding
ihem for fertilizing agents, and at the
same time prevents the disagreeable efflu
via which would otherwise arise from
such a fermenting mass."
"That all sounds very well," remarked
Ben. after Walton had left them; but,
let me tell you. it don't pay ! He'd bet
ter let such fandangles alone if he ever
expects to make a livin' at farmin'."
Before the ground froze up, Walton
threw out most of the muck behind his
stable, which had become well saturated
and filled the trench up anew."
Tlie old fanners had u" great many ap-ple-trt
es, and made a great deal of fi
ller; dut ;he fruit was of an inferior qua
lity. When spring came, Walton went
to some of his neighbors, and asktd ihem
to go with him, and send for some good
M-ions to engraft upon their apple trees.
He explained to them just the plan he
had formed for his own orchard. He had
engaged a competent man to come and
do the work of grafting, and, while they
were about it, it would be cheaper to ail
grafts enough for the whole neighbor
hood. It was of no use. The old orchards
were just such as their fathers had. and
they were good enough. So Walton weuT
at it alone. He had his trees all pruned
and dressed, and nearly all of them graf
ted to such fruit as he thought ' would
thrive best and sell best.
A little while later, and the grass be
gan to spring up on the twenty acre lot as
it had never sprung up before. The two
acres, which had been plowed, and har
rowed up light and fine, bore the best
crop of corn that was grown in the whole
country, and all the manure put on it was
some which had been manufactured.
And so the time went on, and John
Walton was continually studying how to
improve his farm. At the expiration of
a few years the new scions had grown
lirge and strong in his orchard, and be
gan to bear fruit. He had taken care of
his trees, and they were about to return
him interest for the labor.
"Good gracious !" ejaculated ben
Sawyer, as Ben Grummet and Sam Ban
croft came into his house one cool autumn
evening, and the three filled theirjnugs
with new eider i "hare you heard about
John Walton's apples?"
"I knew there was a man up to lock at
ern," returned Ben ; "but I ain't heard
no more."
"Well, I was there, and heard the
whole on't so I know. I never would
have thought it. An orchard turn out
like that I" .
"But how nuch was it?"
"Why, Walton was offered cash right
down a hundred pound for th apple
he's got on hand ; and he tells me that he
sent nearly fifty pounds worth of early
fruit off a month ago."
It was wonderful more than wonder
ful! But they had to believe ii.
"And look at that twenty-acre field,
said Bancroft. "Ten years ago it wculJ
not hardly pay for mowin'; now look at
it. Think o' the corn and wheat he's
gained there ; and this year he cut nior'n
forty tons of good hay from it!"
"But that ain't half," interposed Saw
yer. "Look at the stock he keeps ; and
see what prices he gets for bis cow3 and
oxen. Why, he tells me he's cleared
over four hundred pounds this year on his
stock.
At this moment, Mr. Walton came in.
He had grown older and was somewhat
stouter than when he first became a far
mer, and hi neighbors had ceased to
question his ability, and had cornc to ho
nor and respect hirn.
"We was talkin' about you, Mr. Wal
ton," said Sawyer.
"Ah !" returned John, as he took a
scat by the fire. "I hope you found no
thing Lad to say of me."
Not a bit cf it. We was talkin' about
the wonderful improvements you've made
on the old place, and of the money you
make."
"And do you think it wonderful ?"
"But ain't it?"
.'Well," replied Wralton, "I do not
know about that; but I'll tell you what I
do know. I know there is no class of
people in the world who may study the
arts and sciences -to better advantage
than farmers; and yet, I am sorry to say,
there is no class, as a class, occupying the
same social position who read and study
less; of course there are many honorable
exceptions. Farming ii a science one
of the most deep and intricate and he
must be a man of more than ordinary ca
pacity who can master it all. But farm
ers must not be afraid of books; they
won t, if they are wne, follow every ad
vice which experimentalists give; but
they may study, and reason and experi
ment for themselves. So I have done,
and so I mean to do."
"He's right!" remarked Ben Grum
met, after Walton had gone. "What
fools we wa3 that we didn't go into the
graftin' operation."
"And that underdrainin'' added Ban
croft.
"And that muck and compost arrange
ment, suggested Sawyer.
"Well," said Ben, with a serious face,
"it isn't too late to learn; and I'm sure it
hadn't ought to be too late to commence
to improve after a body has learned."
"True as a book!", added Bancroft.
"Good evening!"
"Good evening!"
purposes than decayed leaves. They are
hardly inferior to barn-yard manure.
They are abundant everywhere, lying in
the forest and ly the road sides and by
the fences in every yard. The wood lot
should not be stripped clean cf ihem ; but
doubtless every larmer's land contains
more of leaves here and there than he
can find time to err: out. Gather them
up by raking or by sweeping with a large
birch rcom. Stack them and rack them
ui ihe large wagon, adding side-beards
as high as convenient; you will hardly get
too heavy a load. Cart them home and
use thtm as bedding for cattle and hor
ses; use them for compost in the stable
yard; use them to protect tender grape
vin33, and shrubs and plants in winter.
Strawberry patches will fairly sing for
joy under such a feathery blanket. By
all means save the leaves and u3e them.
Am. Agriculturist.
How mucli Pork will a Euslicl of
Com :Iakc?
The following valuable facts are frcrn
the Valley Farmrr :
Upon the question cf "how much pork
will a bushel of corn make?" Mr., llith
ard Thatcher, of Pennsylvania, give?." in
the New York Ti ilnnc, tho result of hi-
feeding scalded or codced corn meal, iu
several instances, to lattennu
he.;3.
TL-.
About Corned Beer.
Corned beef, properly salted, and
cooked as it should be, is u dish fit for the
overeign pet ph-;xbut to tat salt junk,
uch-as too often exercises the muscles
of the jaws, is a penance even for a mal
efactor. Most ot the beet put up tor
winter Use, is spoiled by the use of too
much salt, which destroys the flavor, and
makes the meat stringy atid tough
When beef is fresh, it contains onii ler-
able blood, which is drawn out by the
brine. If the meal is left in this mixture
it will require a much larger quantity of
salt to preserve it. particularly through
warm weather. My plan is to make a
brine by using for one hundred pounds of
beef five pounds of tali, one quarter
ounce of saltpetre, and a pound of brown
igar. Thio is dissolved in just water
enuugn to cover me meat, anu poureu
upon it. When it has been in this brine
two weeks, I take out the meat, let i:
drain, pour a fresh brine over it, and
then it will be good the season through.
Tlie cook who uses corned beef should
not b .- so ignorant or so indolent as to de-
Jay putting it oer the fire until an hour
before dinner. ' A good sized piece re
quires three or four hours' steady boiling
to do it justice. Insufficient boiling must
be made up for by extra chewing. Al
ways have the water boiling when the
meat is dropped in; otherwise the sweet
ness will be drawn out into the water. A
boiling heat hardens the outer surface at
once, ana tnus Keeps m tne juices wnicn
give it richness, and which contain most
of the nourishment. An excellent way
of cooking corned beef is, to have a large
boiler, ' with a wire or wooden rack on
the bottom, for the meat to rest on, over
the water. When the water boils, place
the meat upon the rack, and put on the
cover of the boiler, with a cloth over it,
to keep in the steam. The heat of the
steam will rise above the boiling point,
and penetrate the meat, and cook it more
quickly and better than could be done by
boiling it in water.
result of one trial gave sixteen and one
half pounds of pork for each bushel of
fifty six pounds of meal fed out. Iu an
other instance, seventeen and nearly one
half pounds were the gain from a bushel.
The breed of hegs experimented upon
was the "Chester" (county, Pa.) white,
which we ' regard as among the lest
breeds now in the country. We have
recently seen accounts of several other
experiments of feeding hog3 in the sam's
way, with similar results, while tho
same breed of hots fed in the ordinary
way, upon dry corn, in the ear, gava a
return of but one-third of the weight
compared with those ftd on the cooked
meal. '
The experiments of Mr. Clay, of Ken
tucky, afford conclusive evidence of thu
advantages of feeling cooked over raw
food. In the experiments on the sarao
animals, it was proved that dry corn
would afford a gain of about fivo and
three-quarters to six and three quartcrj
pounds of pork to each bushel consumed,
but when changed to food prepared by
grinding and cooking, gave a return of
from fifteen to nearly eighteen pounds of
flesh for each bushel of corn fed out.
These various experiments demonstrate
facts worthy the consideration of farmers
and especially when the price cf corn and
pork is constantly advancing.
With care in breeding from a good
stock of hogs, and witn their proper ma
nagement throughout, keeping the begs
constantlythriving, at least an average
of fifteen pounds of flesh may be receiv
ed from every bushel of corn consumed.
A few well conducted experiments in
feeding, with appropriate Apparatus for
preparing the food, compart d with facts
determining the amount of gain from the
ordinary mode of feeding, would forever
seitle the xuestion and lead to valuable
improvements in this most itnportaut in
terest to Western farmers.
Save the Leaves.
If Brother Jonathan were as saving of
manures a John Bull is, he would be a
better farmer. No one knows until he
has seen it how careful Fnglish and En
ropean fanners and gardeners are of
everything which can be converted in
manure; and this is one ground of their
superiority in agriculture Now let us
repeat what we have often said, that few
things are uore valuable .'for fertilizing
Don't quarrel with your conjcier.ee.
Own up when the accuses be ashamed
of your wrong doings, and reform, and
thus escape her upbraidnygs. It 13 true
that "conscience mikes cowards cf us all,
t ut tlie fault is with ourselves, and not
with conscience. Dfal justly with all
hearts, pay for your news-paper, and be
assured that conscience will permit you
to deep as sound as when you were a
nestling on your mother s bosom.
The vine bear three kinds cf grapes:
the first of pleasure, tho second of drun
kenness, the third of repentence.
.
The king of the pumpkins for the
ar of grace 15G0, wa3 inaugurated at
Halle, in Paris, cn the 2-lih ult. It mca-
urcd ten feet four inches in circumfer
ence and weighed 319 pounds. It was
carried about the market with this in
scription: "The King of the Pumpkins cf
1SG0. born in Touraine on the Gth of
April, gathered September COth, 1SGG
The total number of I ales of cotton
raised in Tennessee for the year ending
August 31, lS60,was 103.67G, valued at
85,433,509. Tor the year previous it
was only 5G.321, valued at S3,GG,090.
From all sources we learn that the
yield of the Western vineyards will bo
very great. The Iowa Republican says :
"The vintage of this year will be ex
traordinarily rich. From every side we
hear the most encouraging news, the
most wonderful from Nauvoo, Illinois,
where the yield borders cn the fabulous.
And yet in spite of this immense quan
tity cf grapes the price cf them has not
fallen below ten cents per pound. At
this rate the price of wine cannot fall."
There are some things which it is al
lowable to write, which had belter not be
printed ; some things which one may
speak in very private conversation,
which he would not commit to paper;
and some things which he may think cf,
wrhich he would not titter to hu most in
timate friend ; and finally, some things
which it is a tharae even to
Prof. Park
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