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VOL. VI.
BEOAVNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPT, 5, 1861.
NO.
CO'
; SINES SC JS
1 , ,nIrN03 A- SCIIOEKHEIT
I Jolmsoii & Sclioenlieit
Iattokneys AT LAW,
1 - "v
I SOLICITORS iN CHANCERY,
rrr Virst tnd Main Streets.
nrnunvllle. - - - Schrashn
DR. D. GWIN,
Ilavln"- permanently located in
j RROWN VI LLE, NEBRASKA,
' Fr the practice of Medicine and Surgery, ten
' "hi.firi.fesfior.sl 'crvketto the aSictcd.
i "iiVe on Main Street. no23v3
A S. HOLLADAYy M. D.
' hpp tfnnvinforiastui frieu.is In Brownville and
s ..hatcvicinityihatliehasre8umed the practice of
tfedicinc, surgery, & Obstetrics,
(! hnpef.tr strict attention to hUprofession, to receive
ih.- (:ipr.UP patronage nereuiiore mtraeu iu uim. iu
VjVs where it in poissiMeor expehent, a prescription
fea.21,'69. J5.1y
T. W- TIPTON
Attorney at Law,
BR0 WNVILLE, wV. T.
J. D. N. THOMPSON,
Justice of the Peace and
Convoyancor,
t BROW XVI LLE, NEBRASKA
I T.Us arknuvrledpients. of Deeds. Marriea People
i a &.c. ORle first door south of Mun Co'a 4t Dru
' Stre.
j B'nwTiTllle,nne S-!st, 6G0, .
JOHN L CARSON
(SucceRtr to LuslibaiiKh & Carson.
LAN D AND TAX i'AVL?G
i.C3r,r,e5?r ,
Dialer in Coin, Vricurrcnt Money, Land
Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust
MTN STKKF.T.
nilOHAVlLLi:, AClIlMSIiA.
t 1T1 rie efpeclal attention tobnylnir and Relline ex
'lisnee n the principal cities of the United States and
Eu'.,p Uid Silver, nnenrrent Hank Bills, and
Um'iI I)nt, Col lertiotm made on all accesable points,
ti4 pr.-eels remitted In exchance at current rates.
P(KitK received on current account, and Interest al
lowed on tpeclal deposit.
OFFICE,
MAIX STRUCT. IXCTWCK THE
- Telegraph the LT. S.
L,uii! Oilices.
RE F E RE JV"
Linl St Br-ther
i W. -Car-oii Co.,
IllMT D li It (V CO.
T Cari.'u
Jf i Tlioiiipoii Miniii, C'T't ft Tort
wm. T. Smith n, Esq., Hiinker,
; T. Sieveii.-. E-q.,. Aity at Law,
Jno.S. iialiaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S
Trlf.r J. Krip:h, bankers,
ll.-Clrllaiid. Pye K Co.,
nn. Thenia (. Pratt,
ll.n. J O. (.'arson,
f Sruli, Ksq., Pres't S. Bank,
C.il. r.oo. Sjhlf y, A'y at Law,
'i.im.Hi:i!iietontt,y at Law,
Ju'.&e Tli"R. l'err?".
Prof. It. Ti:twiler,
C E S:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.
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KashinRtor, D. C.
4 it
Chicapn, HI.
St. Louis, Mo.
Annapolis, Aid.
Mercersburp Pa
Ilatrertown, Md.
Easton, Md.
Cumberland, Md
Havana. Alabma.
Nov 8. ISSO-tf .
JAMES S. BEDFORD
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
Master Commissioner In Chancery.
-BROWimLLE, Jf. T.
PEASE & FOWLER,
BLACKSMITHS,
Water Stroot,
BROVYJSMLLE, NEBRASKA.
Hive recently located in thla place and solicit a share
of public patrotape. Their -rork and prices cannot fail
te jrve talifacticn. Prices for Mioeing horses $1.60
f"r shi einsr all round with new shoes. Dec. 30; Sm
D, A. CONST A RLE,
IMPOKTER AND DEALER 4
IRON, STEEL, NAILS,
castings,, springs, axles, file
XIEIjIjO WS,
BL ACKSmYtH'S TOOLS
Also: Hubs, Spokes, -md Bent Sniff.
Third Street, between Felix and Kdmond,
SAINT JOSEPH, MO.
Which he aeUa at St. Louis prlcetfor cash.
Uirfhest Price Paid for Scrap Iron.
Bfianntier I , I659.-1T.
lonoyAclvancocl oil
PIKES PEAK GOLD!
I will receive Pike'a Peak Gold, and advance
i 'tiey upon the same, and pay over balance of proceeds
nn as Mint return are had. In all eases, t wi1'.
xuiiit the printed return of the United States 3fln',
or Assy office.
JKO. L . CARSON,
EILLIOX AND EXCHANGE BROKER
BROWNVILLE, NEBBASKA.
no20v4
T. M. TALROTT,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Having located him?elf in Drownville, N. T., tea
lerSi 'ifife-iKiotal services to thecomtnuni ty.
All job wa.rra.nte4.
Clocks TTatclics & Jewelry.
j. SCHUTZ
Wonld tnaonncetottf Mtiif n of Brownrllle
i-irlnll V. t k t K a 1 rS i A A htm1 1m
-a J fcj v u V u io vviii u ua aaa cr i a II
tt iwfr w l a a rtvl i niAtiHfi kroni n 9 m full isenrt
eW lew forcah. UewHlmlsodo all kiuds of re
teirixit of cVokn, watdifc and jewelry. XI 1 work war
qptttd. ; T3nI81y
PEONEEIHl
nmm book
BI1IDERY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS.'. IOWA...
WILLIAM F. KITER.
ur n, i860. '
FAIRBANKS'
mi EIAKDAED
V -Jk. -m- r
Or ALL KIKPS.
FAIRBRKKS'a-GREEMLEAF.
. LAKK ST.. CHICAGO, '
Ir of Haia a; Walnut Sts, St. Louis
, rJBCY 0XLT THE' GEKUISE.
r ' t
1859. 1859
IIA..MII AI, & ST. JOSEPH R. R
FALL ARRANGEMEXTS.
Morning Train leaves St. Joseph at - 6:00
Evening Train leaves do do - - 6:40
St. Joseph is reached by the Western Stace Line.
PasKencers savetime and tiresome staging by thin route.
Daily connection made at Hannibal with alljEastern
rum oouiin-rii naiiroaus anaracKeis.
J T D Haywood, Sup't., Hannibal
D C Sawiw, General Agent, St. Joe
P B Groat, G. Ticket Agent, Han'ba
Theo. Hill, G. T. Ag't, Brownville
November 24, 1869.
Nctu Bupphiaf Staucs
I h.Te jut received a new enpply of
COOK STOVES
Of the latest and most improved patterns, which I
propose to sell at such pricea as cannot be complain
ed on. lhe public are invited to call and examine.
As uual my stock of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper
are is urge and oi inj own manutacture.
J.C. DUE3ER.
April 11, 18C1. n40-jly
CITYLIVEBYSTABLE
AXD
ZEEeoci Store
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
ROGERS & BROTHER,
AN'KOUKCES to the public that he has purchased the
Livery Stable and Stock formerly owned by William
KoKsell and added thereto fine stock, and is now prepar
ed to accommodate the public with
Carriages,
Buggies,
Sulkies,
Saddles Horses
&c. &c.
THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
Can End at his Stable ample accommodations for
horses, mules or cattle.
KEKJAMIN &. JOSIIUA ROGERS.
Brownville, Oct. IS, I860. n!5-yly
FEED YUU11XEL VS !
New Eating Saloon.
EENJ. V7HYTE,
lias opened a new Eating Ilouse on Main street,
nest door to the U. S. Land Office in Brownville,
where
Warm IVTortls
CAN BE HAD
AT ALL HOURS.
All kinds of game served up as desired, at the
shortest notice.
0Tsters, Quails, Prairie Chickens,
Fih, Venison, Pies, Cakes, Hot
.Coffee. Sweet. and Butter
Milk, Mush and Milk,
and all such.
Coino aiicl Qoo ZVTo ! !
Jr&b. 1, 1S61. u3l
REAL ESTATE
AND
Collection Office
O T
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Jtfain, Between Levte and First Streets.
Particular attention given to the
l'urtliase ami Sale of Ileal
Estate, Making Col
lections and
Payment of Taxes for A'on-Rcsi-
ucnts.
LAND WARRANTS FOR SALE, for cash and on
time.
LAND WARRANTS LOCATED forEaftcraCfip
itolists,wi lands selected from personal examination,
and complete Township Map, showing Streams,
Timber, Ac., forwarded with tho Certificate of loca
tion. lirownville.N.T. Jan. 3, 1SS1. yl
Furniture Manufactory.
The Undersigned having opened a hop
at the
BROWNVILLE STEAM MILL,
Are prepared to put np all kinds of
GAMUT WOBK.
To order, at short notice. We will manufactx e
BUREAUS SAFES
DESKS TABLES
STANDS LOUNGES
CRIB CRADLES
ROCKING OFFICE
CHAIRS CHAIRS
WINDOW LOUNGES
CHAIRS &c. &c.
We are also prepared to furnish Coffins with the ut
most dispatih. We have on hand well reasoned Black
Walnut lumber for that purpose. We have the facili
ties nf makinc furniture as cheap as it can be furbished
ko thin country, when dnrability is taken into Uie ac
count, as we warrant all of our work.
We solicit the patronage of the community.
We will take In exchange for furniture all kinds ef
farm produce. The h!?lie?t prices for butter, eggs,
and lard will he paid Uie entire hot season. ; . .
Brownville, May 30, ly.
CHAMBERS &. K0TES.
THOMAS DAVIS,
EC LECTLC PHYSICIAN
AND
SURGEON,
LABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA.
Reference, Dr. D. Owin, Rrowaville.
April II, 'CI. n43-Iy
TOC
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SEJII-AAxNUlL JSTATLjILJiT, No- 102.
CAPITOL and SURPLUS
$932,302.98.
-VTvy 1st. lQOl.
Cash and cash items - - - -Loans'
well ecred - ....
Real Estate - .....
2626 shares Hartford Bank Stocks -2425
" Kew Tork " " .
1010 " Boston u -t .
607 ' other " ' .
United State and State " "
Hartfd It X Haven R.R. bonds " -Hartford
City Bonds ...
Conn. Kiver Co. & R.R. Co. Stock -
$79 633 78
68 253 20
15 000 00
274 869 00
193 350 00
100 750 00
68 085 00
73 367 00
89 700 00
86 750 00
4 600 00
Total Assets -Total
liabilities
$932,302 98
73.244 27
For details of investments, see small Cards and Cir
culars.
Insnrances may be effected In this old and substantial
Company on very favorable terms.
Apply to
JOHN L. CARSOX, Agt
BROWNVILLE, N T.
23s Dwellings and Farm Property insured lor a term
of jeara at very low rates 3 lyno4
Johns & Crosley,
SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF THE IMPROVED
GUT A PERCH A
CEMENT ROOFING,
Is the Cheapest and most durable Roofing
in use.
IT IS FIRE AjYD WATER PROOF
It can be applied to new and old roofs of all kinds, and
to shingle roofs without removing the shingles.
Tlic cost Is only one-third of Tin,
and is twice as durable.
Gutta Percha Cement
For preserving and repairing tin and other metal ro ofs
of everp description, from its great elasticity is not in
ured by the contraction and expansion or metals, and
Will not crack in cold or Run in warm
weather.
These materials have been thoroughly tested in New
Tork and all parts of the Southern and Western states,
and we can give abundant proof of all we claim ia their
favor
They are readily applied by ordinary laborer, at trifl-
ngexppnse.
"NO HEAT IS REQUIRED."
These materials arc. md up ready for
use and for Shipping to all parts of the
Country, with full printed directions for
application.
Full descriptive circulars will be fur
nished on application by mail, or in per
son, at our principal office.
510, BROADWAY,
(Opposite St. Nicholas Hotel ) NEW TORK,
JOHNS & CROSLEY.
Feh.SS, IStt. AGENTS WANTED. 6no-
New Shoe Shop.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
Respectfully informs the citizens of this place and
icinity that he has commeiued the manufactory of
Boots and shoes in Brownville, and hopes by attention
and care to merit a share of public patronige. His
t.-k is all of the bet quality, and his work all war
ranted to "give satisfaction or no Jjay."
All styles'of work, from a No. 1, fine calf ettn boot,
o a coarse brogan, and at prices so low that nona can
complain.
Give me a call at my shop, on First street, between
Main and Water.
Brownville, May 9, 1861 ly
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
Slicitor in Chancery.
Office corner of Main and First Streets.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
rilic's PcaK, or Ilust."
NEW
PROViSIOiV STORE,
AXD
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
ZDTo. XX, IHaiu street,
BROWNVILLE, II. T.
J. IBE-Ml Y i& Co
Have Jnst completed their new business house on
Main Street, near the U.S. Land Office, In Brownville
where they have opened out and are offering on the most
favorable terms.
Dry Goods, Provisions,
Of all Kinds,
FLOUR, CONFECTIONARIES,
GREEY AXD DRIED FRUITS,
Choice Liquors, Cigars,
And a "thousand and one," other things everybody
seeds.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
Brownville, April 26, ly
HELVin HILLS.
NEMAHA CITY, NEBRSKA-
' Casli JToxr Wliont,
The nuMir am intiiriiifHi that at Meivin's Mills that
SOtniKt-entacaFb. is being paid for good merchantable
neat. ' Also wheat and corn ground icr ion as usnai.
No22 r J. G. MELV1N.
LEWIS WALDTER,
HOUSE. SIGN AXD ORNAMENTAL
GLAIZER AND PAPER HANGER.
WtUWXVlLLE, X. T.
The Newest and Best Music
Both Vocal and intrumentAl hy the be?t Amerionn
and European composers, appears regularly every
week la the HOUSEHOLD JOURNAL. Price Four
Cents. A new song bjr MeiLca Glorer, appears in
ro, 1, ol 2. ,
The New "Ilappj jLand of Canaan'
The "Happy Land of Canaan" has
had 'quite a run and became an almost
every day song. The following nVw'TIap
py Land of Canaan" we copy from one
of our exchanges:
I am almost ninety-nine, .
And remember ell the time '...V
When our eountry wu invaded Vy tba Britiah j
But Freedom's noble son,
Our brave Geu'al Washington,
Made them get from this happy land of Canaan.
CHORUS.
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Ho, Ho,
Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho;
The day cf pentecost am a coming;
Never mind the weather,
But get over double trouble,
For we're bound for the htippy land of Canaan.
Now I will bring my rhyme
Down to the present time :
Once moro our country's threatened with invasion;
Jeff Davis and his clan,
Say they'll take our Washington,
And burst up this happy Una of Canaan.
CHORrs-0h, 0h,0h,0h, fto.
But Abe Lincoln he is thore, '
You may bet hell take good care
To well maul all the traitors to the Union ;
Secession is turned pale ;
He will ride them on a rail,
Glean out of this happy land cf Canaan.
Chorcs 0b, 0b, Oh, Oh, 4o.
I will tell you what we'll do
With Jeff Davis and his crew,
Who are trying to bust up this glorious Union ;
Well make them pull up stakes
And then put out for Salt Lake,
We can spare 'em from this happy land of Canaan.
Chorus Oh, 0h,0h, lc.
I suppose you all do know,
That net many days ago,
A swarm of traitors was a butzing in Camp Jacks'n
One fine day while at their lunch,
Uncle Sam earelled the bunch,
And hid them in this happy land of Canaan.
Chorcs Oh, Oh, Oh, Ac,
Up with the Union flag,
Down with the seeessicn rag,
Let the scream of the Eagle still be Union :
Lord bless the wholo caboodle 1
Hail Columbia! Yankee Doodle I
Hurrah for the happy land of Canaan !
Ceonrs Oh, Oh, Oh, Ac.
Strwaberry Culture.
From this time to October next is a
suitable season to transplant strawberry
plants. Some growers of this plant claim
that the month of August is preferable
to a later period, for the reason that the
plants acquire a greater growth and are
beuer rooted ihan when planted iu Sep
tember and October. That is true ; but
there is this disadvantage in early plant
ing:, the weather is generally so warm and
dry that many of the plants are liable to
die if not frequently watered, which with
arere plats is quite troublesome, and in
field culture quite quite impossible. I
have succeeded in the culture of straw
berries by setting the plants the first week
n October, but it is not safe generally to
wait till that time, and I recommend any
time from August 15th to September 15.
From considerable experience m grow
ng strawberries, and from extensive read
ug of the writings of those engaged in
the bnsiness, both for family use and mar-
et consumption, I am fully convinced
that the cheapest and easiest way to pro
duce good crops is by adopting the row
system instead of hills. However, some
varieties of plants produce larger fruit on
the hill system; but there are kinds that
are very prolific bearers in rows, or when
then ground is covered . with a compact
mass of plants. Wilson's seedling will
bear enormous crops in this condition.
even where the plants are so close that
not a particle of earth can be seen.
Where the plants are grown in beds or
ry ws on this system the ground is so. shad
ed by the foliage of the plants, that they
withstand a drouth much better than when
grown in hills.
The usual distance tnat rows of straw-
bery piantr are set opart dependr on the
size of the plot in some measure. Far
garden culture two or two and a half feet
will do very well, but for field culture they
should not be Ies3 than three to four feet
apart. In the garden the plants may be
allowed to spread in the rows on each
side so as to leave merely a path wide
enough to walk in to pick the fruit. In
field culture the runners may spread and
fill up the entire ground, but as soon as
the fruiting season is past a plow should
be run through the vines, cutting up the
plants in strips from three to four feet
wide, leaving rows or tne largest growtn
of plants to restock the land for the next
season's fruit.
Old beds of strawberries ihat have
grown into a thick mass of plants should
be thinned out with a hoe as soon as the
fruit picking season is past, so as to leave
the plants standing about a foot apart. If
this has been neglected, the sooner it is
now done the better, or the growth uf
next season will be slender, and but little
fruit will be produced. . :
Two years is as long as it ; is advisable
to crop the same plants; and in order to
grow this fruit with the best success means
must be taken every season for a supply
of new plants. On the row or bed sys
tem this is effected by cutting out a large
portion of the old vines as , soon as the
fruit is gone, and allowing the runners
from those left to replace those cut out.
It is generally understood, I presume,
that strawberry plants are of the two
sexes, male and female, or stnminate and
pistilate. The staminates (males) should
always accompany the pistilate r, ,
ratio of one row of male to threa cr four
of the female plants.. Stamina: i are
self fructifiers, and maybe grown :cp
rate from the pistilates, where it isd:sir
able to do so,- but'no pistilate, according
to the theory now generally acknowledged
can produce its maximum of. fruit unless
it be grown in the close vicinity of a
stamtnate variety.
Where the ground is generally covered
with snow during the winter I do not
consider it Important to cover the vines
as a winter protection. I never cover
mine, having many large beds, covering
about half an acre, and my plants are
seldom injured by frosts, But plants set
in the fall are liable to heave out of the
ground in the early spring, and it is there
fore advisable to plant them early enough
to become well rooted, and in the spring
to press those into the earth that have
been thrown out by the frost.
When plants are covered for a winter
protection, something should be first laid
down among them to raise the covering
an inch or two from the ground, iu order
to allow the air to circulate under the
covering, or the plants will be liable to be
smothered. Any coarse litter, such as
barnyards afford, is suitable to cover the
plants, but always in a manner to afford
some air among them. T. B. Mineh, in
the Country Gentleman.
Plater, Ashes' and Experiment
A late number of the Boston Cultiva
tor furnishes the following statement and
suggestions; and such experiments would
be doubtless of much value if carried out,
remembering that no single experiment is
sufficient to form a conclusion, but they
must be several times repeated, under
all varying circumstances:
Mr. E. L. 31etcalt of franklin, in
forms us that a mixture of plaster and
unleached hard-wood ashes, in about equal
parts, made a little moist, and kept in a
heap protected from rain, from four to
six weeks, and then apply to crops, will
generally produce a highly beneficial ef
fect, even where plaster alone would pro
duce no effect at all, and in all oases the
benefit is creatlv increased over that of
pure plaster. Applications of this com
pound, and of plaster and askes by them
selves, and of guano, superphosphate of
lime, &c, might be made by sowing
breadths across fields, leaving spaces be
tween without anything. The result
would afford an indication of the compara
tive value of the different substances,
and might show whether any of them
could be profitably used for this purpose.
Ringbone Curable.
Dr. R. Thompson writes to the Ohio
Farmer, that to cure the semi-osseous de
posit, called rinebone, the animal must be
thrown and well secured ; with a strong
scalpel make a crucial incision over the
highest part of the tumor. Having dis
sected the four angles of the skin, back
to a line corresponding with the base cf
the tumor, ezpose the entire surface of
the morbid mass to view. The next step
in the operation is the removal of the un
natural growth by the appropriate use of
a carpenter's three-fourths or inch gouge;
either manipulated with the hand alone,
or assisted by the gentle use of a light
mallet. With a proper knowledge of the
parts involved in the operation and due
care, there need be no iears of opening
the articular capsule. Leaving the sur
face of the bone as smooth as possible
the angles of the skin are brought firmly
together by means of a strong needle
and cord the size of a slender fishing line.
A few slips of adhesive plaster will add
much to the security of the dressing, and
consequently to the more speedy healing
of the wound. To these ends, also, the
quietude of the horse will contribute
greatly. Over this a few turns of ban
dage may be thrown and grmly secured.
Should the parts become swollen, tepid
water and whiskey may be freely applied
by pouring every eight or ten hours, until
the swelling subsides. Whether there is
anything new in this I do not pretend to
say; but this I do know, that by this safe
and simple operation I faw a horse cured
of the "ringbone" within the space-of two
weeks, where previous to the operation
he could scarcely mark the ground with
the tip of the hoof, so great was his suffering.
Advantage or Crossing with Good
Bulls.
It would no doubt be interesting to far
mers to read a lengthy article on this sub
ject, but as they want nothing but "war
news" at the present time, I will simply
give a few "leading thoughts, for their
present consideration.
Now in crossing one animal with an
other, sometimes when they are both good
ones, they beget a most miserable progeny
and sometimes they get a progeny that is
far ?uperior to either he dam or the sire.
This is called breeding back, that is,
they inherit the points, characteristics,
virtues, or vices -cf some one of their
great progenitors. We have practical il
ustrations of this fact very often in the
human family. It sometimei occurs that
a bull which is not a most perfect animal,
even when crossed with a common cow,
will get a calf that appears to have "bred
back," so far that his points of excellence
far exceed those of his sire cr grand-sire.
Now then, if such an animal will trans
mit his good points to his progeny, with
almost unerring certainty, he will prove
to be a most excellent animal to breed
from. A bit cf personal experience in
this matter will explain this subject more
satisfactorily, perhaps, than many elabor
ate paragraphs, not entirely practical.
A few years since, a neighbor cf mine
had a very nice bull calf, which ha invited
me to look at. I knew the. dam of the
calf to be quite an ordinary cow of native
breed, and the sire less than half Dur
ham, and by no means excellent even at
th?.t rr ue. I perceived at a glance that
the had inherited mora excellent
points than either his sire or dam ever
possessed, and I immediately purchased
him. While I owned him, and even now,
he transmits to his progeny more of the
genuine characteristics of a thorough-bred
animal, and with more unerring certain
ty than any thorough-bred bull I have
ever known.
These are some of the advantages of
crossing cows 'of the native breed with
bulls of improved breeds; and while we
cannot reasonably expect to make a very
great improvement in a herd of cattle in
only one season, still there can be but lit
tle risk in experimenting a little in this
direction. The stock produced by cross
ing a first rate bull with good cows is al
most always far better than the cows, par
ticularly for making beef, and usually
they are better milkers, although it is not
always so, for I have seen and owned
cow3 of the native breed that could not be
surpassed for giving milk. Ohio Farmer.
skin. Place ia a pan, and pour in a pint
cf fresh milk. Then beat well thre?
eggs, and add to the rnas. stirring th.
whole Iriskly with a strong iron spoor
until it is cf the consistency cf a latter
Season to the taste with salt, pjper, ar ;
allspice and then, having savtd the hutk
stripped from the corn, lap up and :i? t '
spooufuls of the batter in double thic'cr.e. i
of husks, and boil one hour, with taco. 1
ham, or whatever, meat may cockir. !
for dinner. Serve hot, aJ ia the h..i i
it is cooked. 'Good, sweet butter a tl
best sauce. Should there be any remain
iQgt fry them slightly brown, ia litt!
cakes for breakfast, and I should suspet :
the patiiotism cf that person would'i
pronounce them delicicus.Miis. E. D
Ke.ndale, in the Southern Fisld.
Large Beef Cattle.
Three head of very large beef cattle,
raised in Oregon, were brought into Port
land a few days before Christmas. The
Oregon Farmer says of them: "Their
respective weights were, 2.504, 2,462.
The two heaviest were 7 years eld, raised
by Mr. Greentury Smith, of Benton Co.
The other five years old, by Mr, Thomas
Cross, cr Marion county. Mr. Cross
states that the steer raised by him was
procured, when a calf, from Mr. James
Watson, of Benton county, and that with
another year's growth could have been
made to weigh much heavier, as he had
been fed on gram but a short time. These
beeves, when dressea, and hung in the
stalls of the Empire Market, surrounded
with other beef, pork, mutton, poultry, &c.
made ihe finest display of meats we have
ever seen. The proprietors informed us
that S1500 would not be an over-estimate
of its value.
Wines Should be made Without
Sugar.
Dr. Flagg of Cincinnati, well known
for his connection with Nicholas Long-
worth in the extensive production of Na
tive Wines, contributes for the Country
Gentleman, the following protest against
recipes for sugared wines :
It is not by masking up sour, wild, un
ripe grapes with water, sugar and whisky,
that our farmers are to become wine
growers, however well the mixture may
please the palates of unsophisticated wo
men and children, and hard-working men,
whose olfaotories never knew any other
wine than Madeira of Amertcan manu
facture. Tell them that good wiue is
never made of sugar in any part of the
world, and that to weaken with water or
strengthen with spirits is downright
wickedness! The grapes must be fully
ripe, dropping off ripe, and to render them
so, the vines must grow on stakes cr very
low trellises. The expressed juice must
then be put into clean "wine green" casks
and cared for very much in the same way
good cider is managed. Thi3 done faith
fully, and the product will be wine that
will not ferment over again m the stomach
deranging the livers and muddling the
brains.
All tricks of adulteration and debase
ment our people will take to naturally
enough by mere virtue of their national
ity, and without being told. After they
shall have learned how to made good,
pure wine, then they may, for home use,
make a cheap beverage in the following
way. Into a large cask fling the cheese
from the wine press, after all the juice
is extracted, or elae well mashed wild
grapes of good flavor, till the cask ia half
or two-thirds full; then fill up with water
and add one pound of sugar to the gallon
of water; let the fermentation begin and
complete its work in the cask, and then
draw off the clear wine and put away in
as cold a cellar as you have, and keep it
well filled and closed up. Drink it with
in the yt ar.
A Nice Dish.
Happeuing to imagine that there nay
be a great many ladies and gentlemen
among your readers, possibly yourself
among the number, who may chance to
love another really excellent dish, than
my husband's or their own "green peas
and roast lamb," I attempt the descrip
tion of one, which as prepared by myself,
is as delicious a one as ever grrced any
dinner table. It is a favorite dih among
the tetter class in Mexicj, New Granada,
Brazil and Peru, though rarely, I think,
eaten in North America. , The Spaniards
call it Qiiuta; its chief component parts
are gre-en corn and ripe toiaatoes. I give
you my process, aul the materials used
in preparing the dish, and rather than
you should from an unskillful imitation
pronounce it a failure. I shall be tempt
ed to pay your cuisine a visit, and com
pound the dish myself, when I should be
certain of yur suffrage in its favor.
To twelve ears of green corn, cut raw
from the enh, and well mashed. Ly rolling
on the moulding board with the rolling
pin. add a dozen fine, ripe tomatoes, first
scalding and removing the thin outside
People to be Shunned.
But there are human beings, whom, if
you are wise, you would not wish to kno
you too well. I mean the human beings
if such there should be) who think highly
of you, who imagine yoi very clever ancT
very amiable. Keep out out of the way'
of such! Let them see as little of ycu
as possible. For when they come to"
know you well, they are quite sure to be
disenchanted. The enthusiastic ideal',
which young people form of any one the .
admire, is smashed by the rude presenc-
of facts. I have got somewhat beyon
tha stage of feeling enthusiastic admira
tion, yet there are two or three lirint
men whom I should be sorry to see, I
know I should dever admire them so much
anymore. I never saw Mr. Dickens;
I don't want to see him. Let us leave
Yarrow unrisitcd ; our sweet ideal is fair
er than the fairest fact. No hero is a
to vaiet; ana it may Deque3tionea wheth
er any cleryman i a saint to his beadle.'
Yet the hero may be a true hero, and the
clerygyman a very excellent man; but lo
human bjng can bear too close losptc-
tiou. I remember hearing a clever and
enthusiastic ycung lady ccmplain of what
she had suffered on meeting a certain
great bishop at dime-. No doubt be
was dignified, pleasant, clever; but th
mysterious halo was no longer round hia
head. Here is a sad circumstance in tho
lot of a very 'great man. I mean such n
man as Mr. Tennyson or Prcfcsoor Long
fellow. As an elephant walks through
field, crushing the crop at every stf-p, s
do these men advance through life, smash
ing, every t me they dine out, the enthus
iasm of several ron antic young peorle.
Country .Parson.
A Word to Milkers.
The sage cf the Ploughman says:
"The milker should be on good terms
with th cow. If milkers scold and kick,
tho cow will, most likely, return the latter;
and moreover, she cannot kick to adxrm
tage when her leg is in close conjunction
with the milker. The best milkers are
the quickest; for there will be a Covr in
less than a minute from the commerce
ment of the process. Take advantage of
this, and prevent its return. Milk dry ;
for the stripplings are worth four limes
as much for butter as the milk that is first
drawn. This is good advice. A lazy,
scolding milker, will scon spoil a good
cow."
Disappointment.
Good reader, if you and I ever reach
that Father's house, we will look back
and see that the sharp-tongued, rough
visaged teacher, Disappointment, was oce
of cur best guides to bring us "thither.
He often took us by thorny paths. He
often stripped us cf our overload of
worldly goods, but that wa3 only to make
us travel the freer and the faster on our
heavenward way. He often led us into
the valley of the death-shadow; but nev
er did the promises read so sweetly to U3
as when read by the light cf faith in that
very valley. '
Christianity and Atheism.
If the worst that can happen to tho be
liever if he mistake, be the best that can
qappen to the unbeliever, if he be right,
who without madness can run the venture?
Who in his senses would choose to ccrce
within the possibility of infinite misery?
John Locke.
Dirty Hands.
Ctarler Lamb once said to a brother-whist-player,
Martin Bumey, whose
hands were none of the cleanest, "Mar
tin, if dirt were trump what a hn4 you'd
hare."
The worst thing that can be said cf the
most powerful, is, that they can take year
life; but the same thing can be &aid of the
God will severely reokoa with ihose
that strengthen the hands of the wicked
in their wickedness.
Telegrnphlc Dispatches.
"Well, that's always the way with the
telegraph folks!" exclaimed Mrs. Mel
low; " th? gccJ news they send us cna
clay is pretty iastin to be coottalicted tha
next. Why, there's our neighbor Sally
Shute, who got a story as how herhulanj
had been kilhd in one of the battks.ard
the day arter it wiah up-sot.foritpravtJ
to be another man! Gin ?te 'he o.d mi:!
ttage arvr all," tccti:; r.ed Mrs. M-lIr.'V
kifVwas slow, 'i'was sartin!" "
He wha will not lock before h :r.. v.;L
have to look behind him w.ih regret. , . .
. T