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ADVERTISER, j 'rzlUSTW EVEBT inrESDAT BT I .Mq LVANNA & FISHER, I t StricUer'a Block, Uain Street, unoirxTiLM, W. T. if Miilinadrtnce, - - - tn- i' if piJller"ul"'",("" $ CO 2 60 X 00 y .A vyAy Ay if ri . ... Illi t I II ! I ! i AkP Ay Ay JyHy Ay x . - " " io or more will be furnUhed at $1 60 per r-Wi. tecash accompanies the order, sot " LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPERAELE, NOW AND FOREVER. THE ADVERTISER, TWITES O? ADVEKTZSIIJOi Oae square (10 Une or ie)oaeiCirtlt a, 4j Sica additional insertion, ----- 0 Ft . One square, oca cocti, - -- 3 19 3ast!ieiCirJsof sixliaeiorle4iayer, ft Cj OneColaaia oae jear, - - - - - - J 13 Oce-baif Column oce year - - - 3 C Oue fourth Column one year, 2 ) c-$ One eiphth Column one year, . 10 Onecolumasix months, - - 0 Oue half Column six moDtM - 30 M One fourth ColTitcn six a-nti - 10 C One euhth Column six binutaa CJ One Column three months, - - , to Onehalf Coin!nnttreenuatl.s, - - - IS W One fourth Column tUree uiotiihs, - - - 10 04 Oneeistith Colucin three rnoiiilis, - - 00 ..nivGiiciugeaaJlJ;uesriru2:ce(;nadvac,)- ft CO t ' t i- i 3 VOL. VI. m-C . it BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOV, 28, 1861 NO. 21. . . ii c a n a t rv a S 1 " pistils Scliocnlieit ATTORNEY AT LAW, cUICITORS IN CHANCERY, -r-tr- "Main RtrAAts Corner x : llln ni - - Nebraska TT T T m T DR. JJ. liVVUN, TTavinl permanently lutaicu m cfoWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, ; .practice of Meiicine and Surgerj, ten- 1 1 . .: .ori iceg to the aClicted. piim' '., on Min Street. no23T3 7TsllOLLADAl M. D. iTin'.'rnishio friend in Bruwnville and '-Pi n ;mir tht he has resumed the practice of eaeJiteviaui''y " i ledicine, Surgery, & Obstetrics, ......rnttenUon to hifprofefinn, i receive .jiboi'W- ACP i.eretofore extended tohitn. In cpedient, a prescr t CityDrug Store. .i. tin riiiatk. -tiffnf . ii.iibleorexedient, a prescription ?,Lf:;,T,bWme Office ""Veb. 36 ly fOTES S. BEDFORD ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND ' Vaster ComTnlssioner In Cnanccry. -EHOWUVILLE, N. T. T. M. TALKOTT, DENTAL SURGEON, i,rir." located himself in Urownville, X. T.,t .,tb:f.',r.fe.tonals-TTicca to tbecomiaunity. "ill warranted ea Clocks batches & Jewelry J. SCIIUTZ Vnnld iinuncetothe:itir.en8 of Brownrille TidvuuwTv that be has located himself in Bronviile, andinten-ic keeping a f nil assort. '. i r, i n v.i i itipnf business, which will Id Wf 'Vo-h. ne will also do all kinds of re- v.ms..f duct, watcher andjewelry. All work war- 'rtttrt. v3nlbly EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Slicitor in Chancery. 0?-e c trier of Main and Flr?t Streets. EROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. THOMAS DAVIS, ECLECTICPHYSICIAN I SURGEON, ILABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA Reference, Dr. D. Owin, Brownvilie. 3 IX PIICPAIIC I TI3IE AGAINST THE THE FIRES OP PALL, By Prime, A. Xn. 1 Insurance, IN THE HIES CO. UF HARTFORD, The Frviis of ihe Phanix Are manifest in the following statement cf Facts and Fgurcs, showing theatnouut equalized to public benefit, in the shape of lus.-cs paid in the west and South, durinA the past four ycara ; a substantial rew ord of a VTell TricU Corporation. sua oo. 40.377 55 27,622 i4. 6y,174 55 32,fi70 03 34,220 13. 19.323 34- 8.()3 10 J.765 00. 34.054 S6. 43.054 DO 20,832 55 27,693 83. 22,8:23 43- 3,Vt5l C3 555 56- SEBIUSKA OHIO ..INDIANA.-..ILLINOIS-. MUUICAN.. WISCONSIN ... IOWA MINNESOTA KANSAS-. KENTUCKY TENNESSEE 51.1B7 00 40,377 45 27,622 94 69.174 56 32.670 03 -34.220 13 19,323 31 .b.Cj.l 10 9,765 P0 34.054 3G 43.054 90 .MISSISSIPPI- ....10.833 55 27,693 83 22,8;;y 43 3,96 1 93 555 55 ifljk'nTMil AUKANSAS ALAltAMA. Iuiurance3 solicited, nnd jKilities isucd and renew ed in this leading Corporation, at fair rates by E. W. THOMAS Kesident Agent. Brownvilie, Sept. 5, ISoO. -v pNCOriPCRAIED1 VV-- 5 SEMI-AXNUiL No. 102- CAPITOL andSURPLUS $932,302.98; 1st. 18G1. April II, '61. n40-Ij LEWIS WALDTER, nOlSE. S1GX AND ORNAMENTAL GLAIZER AND TAPER HANGER- UROWNVILLE. X. T. 1 1 llie Newest and Rest Music B-th Vocul anJ intrutnental by the best Amerioan I and Europono ec.mroeri. ariears regularly every j wtk In the HOL'SKUOLI) JOURNAL. Price Four tTentn. A new ?ong by Stephen G'.orcr, appears in 1,1,V..I 2. New Shoe Shop. ! BROtr.YVILLE, XEBIMSKJ, teppctrnlly Informs the citirern of this place and 'i-.uiiy that he h commenaed the manufactory of Bt nd (loe In Brownvilie, and bpe by attention iTKlrareto merit a nhare of pnhlic patrunape. His i all of the host quality, and his work all war timed ti "cive tisfaclin or no pay." all ntj les'of work, froro a K'n. I. fine calf skin boot, f i o.irre brogan, aud at prices ae low that non can tumpldin. Gne rue a cail at my ahop. on First street, between i'.a iih! Caier. Brownvilie, May 1S61 ly CITY1IFBRY STABLE Feed SStoiro BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ROGERS & BROTHER, ANNOUNCES to the pnMic that he has purchased the Livery Stable and Stock formerly owned by William Rosseil and added thereto fine stock, and is now prepar ed to accommodate the public with Carriages, Buggies, Sulkies, Saddles Horses &c. &c. THE TRAVELuilG PUBLIC Can find at his Stable ample accommodations for horses, mules or catt le. Brownvilie, Oct. 13, 18G0. nlS-yly Cash and cash items - Loans well secured Heal Kstate - ... 26J8 shares ITartford Bank Stocks 2125 Xew York " " - 1010 " Boston " " 007 ' other " rnited State and State " " Tlartfd &. N naven .B. bonds " Hartord City Bon Is Coun. River Co. it. K.E. Co. Stock Total Assets - Total liabilities ... For details of investments, see small Card- aud Cir culars. IriMirar-.ce may be effected in this old and substantial Company ou very favorable terms. Apply to JOHN L. CARSON, Agt BKOWNVILLE, N T. Dwellings and Farm Property insnred tor a term of years at very low rates iyno4 J. WILSON BOLLINGER, A.TTO A S D Counsellor at Law Crneral and Collcctlnc: Affenl. BEATRICE, GAliE CO., NEBRASKA. WILL practice in the several Courts in G and acjc.inin counties, and will give proiapt attention al'.buMnes entrusted to him. Collrtiorss protnpt IrniiMle. articular attention given to locat es Lnnd W'arranU on lands carefully selected by t.inscif.f2 Septemocr 25, ol . clS-yly H. A. TERRY, Wholesale and llitail Dealer in Cardcn, ricldand Howcr SccIs, AL0 GSAPE VINES, G00SE2EREIES, Currants, Raspberries. BlackbTrie. Effe. end Ornamenta.1 Shrubbtry Generally. CltLLSCliNT CITY IOWA. im BOOK aianufactory BIIIDERY, COONXIL BLUFFS. IOWA. JOHN L CARSON (Successor to Lushbaugh & Carson. LAND AND TAX PAYING Dealer in Coin, Lncurreiit .Money, Land Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dud MAIN STRKKT. I will give especial attention tobnylni? and sellin? ex- chanpe on the principal cities of the United State and Europe, Gold Silver, nncurrent Bank Bills, and Gold Dust, Collections made on all accessable points, and proceeds remitted In exchange at current rates. Deposits received on current account, aud intercut al lowed on special deposits. OFFICE, 91 ATX STRECT. IinTlVTXS THE Telegraph and the U. S. Land OJlices. REFERENCES: Lind &. Brother Philadelphia, Pa. J. W. Carson it Co., " " lliser. Di- k &. Co. Baltimore, Md. Voum &. Carson, ' " Jeo. Thompson Xason, Cl'r of Port, wm. T. Siuithson, Esq., Hanker, J. T. Stevens. Esa.. Att'y at Law, Jno. s. Gallaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S Tarior 4l Kriesh, Bankers, McClelland, Pye & co., JTon. Thomas i. Pratt, Hon. Jas. O. Carson, P. B. Smali, Ej., Pres't 6. Bank, Col. Geo. Schlsy, A'y at Law, Cot. Sjm.HambletonAtl'y at Law, JudKC Thos. Perry, Prof. II. Tutwiler, Washlnntor, D. C. . T. " " ChiCipo, 111. St. LouiH, Mo. AnnaiwliH, lid. Vercen-burp Pa Ilagertown, Md. Easton, Md. Cumberland, Md Havana, Alubma. Kov 8, lS60-tf. PIKE AxT" vToLD! I will receive Pike's Peak Gold, and advance money upon the same, and pay over balance of proceeds as soon as Mint returns are had. In all cases, I w-i''. exhibitthe printed returns of the United StatesjMin? sr Atit-ay otflce. JNO. L. CARSON, BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. nn0v4 WILLIAM y n, isro. F. KITER. FAIRBANKS' STANDARD C ALE S or AT.I. riKDS. FAIRBANKS & GREEHLEAF, . 1V2 LIKE ST.. CHICAGO, ' Jid corner of Main & Walnut Sts, St. Louis. ISsSBUT OLT THE GENUIPE. REAL ESTATE AND Collection Office OF. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. .Main, Brfvrcen Lev it and First Sheds. Particular attention given to the Purchase and Sale of Heal Estate, Making Col lections and Payment or Taxes for Xon-Itcsi-dents. LAND "WARRANTS FUli SALE, for cash and on tirue. ' LaND WARRANTS LOCATED forEastemCap itolif ts.on lands -elected from personal examination, and a complete Township Map, showing Streams, Timber, &c., forwarded with the Certificate of loca tion. l!rownvill.N.T. Jan. 3. 1SS1. yl D. Tj E A. C O X S T A n IKON, STEEL, NAILS, fcSriNT.S, SPRINGS. AXLES, FILES BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS Also: Hubs, Spokes, and Bent Stuff. Third Street, between Felix and Edmond. SAINT JOSEPH, MO. hlch heselsatSt. Louis prices for cash. Highest Tririe Paid for Scrap Iron. "iiiUrl, !Si9.-ly. 'Pike's Peak, or Unst." NEW PROTiSION. mm AKI DRY GOODS HOUSE. 3S3"o. 11, IVTfvixi stroot, BR0T7NVILLE, 11. T. 3. usisminiY & Co Have Just completed thtir new easiness tonse on Main Street, near the U.S. Land Office, in Brownvilli where they have opened out aud areoflericg on the mob favorable terms. GtlOCH3R.IEIS Dry Goods, Provisions, Of all Kinds. FLOUR, CONFECTIONARIES, GI1CCV AXt DRIED FRL'ITS, Choice Liquors, Cipars, And a "thousand and one," other thlnga everybody needs. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Brownvilie, April 26, ly $79,633 78 66,263 20 15,000 00 274,859 00 193,360 00 100 750 00 63 085 00 73 367 00 . 39 700 00 36 750 00 4 600 00 $932 302 93 73 244 27 Jolins & Crosley, SOLE MANTFACTCRERS OF THE IMPROVED GL'TA PERCH A CEMENT ROOFING, Is ihe Cheapest and most durable Roofing in use. IT IS FIRE JIXD WATER PROOF It can be applied to new and old roofs of all kinds, and to Khingle n-ots without removing the shingles. The cost Ih only one-third of Tin, and Is twice as durable. Gutta Percha Cement For preserving and repairinz tin and other metal roofs of everp description, from its great elasticity Is not In jured by the contraction aud expansion of metals, and 11 ill 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 in their favor. Tbey are readily applied by ordinary laborers, at trifl ing expense. "NO HEAT IS REQUIRED. These materials are put up ready for use and for Shipping to all parts of the Louvtry, vcili lull primca directions jor application. lull descriptive circulars will be fur nished on application by mail, or in per son, at our principal office. 510, BROADWAY, (Opposite t. Nicholas Ilotcl,) NEW YORK, JOHNS & CROSLEY. Feb. 23, 1S6I. AGENTS WANTED. 8 mc Furnitur Manufactory. The Undersigned Laving opened a shop at the BROWNVILLE STEAM MILL, Are prepared to put up all kinds of GAMUT WORK. To order, at short notica. "We will manufacture BUREAUS SAFES DESKS TABLES STANDS LOUNGES CRIB CRADLES ROCKING OFFICE CHAIRS CHAIRS WINDOW LOUNGES CHAIRS &c &,C. We ere also prepared to furnish Coffins with the ut most di?psrh. We huve m hard well seasoned Biaoc Walnut lumber for that purple. We have the facili ties! of limKinB furnituie us cheap a It cn be furniiied in this country, when durability is taen la.o the ac count, as we warrant ail or our worK. We solicit the patronage of the community. We will take in exchange for furniture all kinds ot farm produce. The highest prices for butter, eggs, and lard will be paid the entire hot season. Brownvilie, May 30, ly. CHAMBERS & XOTES. BROWNVILLE Em. THORN, COLEMAN, CO., announce to the traveling public that their splendid commodious Steam terry running across rronj Brownvilie, Nebraska. ! nn nf the best In every respect on the Upper Mis sonri river. The Boat makes regular trips every hour so that no time will be lost in wailing. Th banks en both sides of the river are low and wel graded which renders unloading nsneceesary aa is the caspat most other ferries. No fear? need be entertained a to difficulties at or near thi crossing, as everyb-dy in this region, on both sides of the river, is ror the Union the strongest kind. Our charpes too an item tle hard times are lower lhn t inv t.tliPr crossing. Travelers from Krsas to Iowa and to the east will find this the nearest and best r u'e i- every respect. THORN. COLEMAN & CO. Brownvilie, Nebraska, Sept. 2tst, 1S5I. ROCT. IT. FURXAS, NOTARY PUBLIC BROWVILLEN N. T Protecting Grape Tines. Our experience "with grape vines since in Nebraska, as to winter killing" them, has not been very encouraging. We are inclined to think, however, it is more owing to the location of our garden, than anything else. It is low, compared with most others. While ours has generally been cut down, a neghbor, not a stone's throw distar-t scarcely, who has a high location, has had no trouble, leaving the vines in the trellis during winter. The experience of many is, that it pays to lay the vme3 in the ground during each win ter. We extract the following from the Discussions of the Fruis Growers Society of Western New York, as published in the Country Gentleman; Question 2. Is it necessary op profitablo to pro tect the hardy varieties of grapes during the winter, and if so, what is the Lest method of doing it 1 B. Fish of Rochester, thought it would pay the trouble to remove the vines from the trellis and put them upon the ground thought that would be sufficient. H. N. Langworth of Greece such por tions of his vines as were thrown down from the trellis bore finely; such as were on tne trellis nad no truit the spurs were all destroyed. L. Downing I used always to grow 1 s grapes a easily as apples no dimcjity n killing by winter ; but the past two or three ye?rs they have had so much injury that he thinks it best to take down all vines and cover with an inch or two of earth; thinks they will ripen earlier if covered. H. E. Hooker I suppose it hardly necessary to cover hardy grapes, but such grapes as we have he finds it besfto cov er lightly with earth; thinks it most profitable and not much trouble, He finds, however, sometimes, that some of the buds get killed by the wet; did not find, however, that they ripened any ear- ler for being covered. When the vines became older and sutler he thought it would be difficult to do it. Mr. Hoag The kinds he spoke of in the forenoon were unprotected, and the wind had fair sweep through them ; they were not injured. . Had noticed that sometimes they were very much injured. Mr. Gamper of Pennsylvania, would advise to bind, after pruning, with straw, and leave upon the trellis. H. N. Langworthy thought it too much trouble to bind with straw, and would therefore inquire what varieties we have which would stand upon the trellis with out protection Mr. Moody, President, thought there was no cultivated grape worthy of culti vation which would stand the winter uni- ormly. Strawing was very good, but it was too much work. Thought the Diana, Delaware, Concord and Hartford Prolific were as hardy as any we have, but still would recommend to cover them to make a sure thinjj. Mr. Gamper of Pennsylvania, said m Europe the practice was to pull the stakes up to which the vine was attached, throw . i i 1 the vine upon the grouna.ana cover wun straw; sometimes, however, with nothing ut the stakes thrown upon the vines to hold them down. Mr. Salter remarked that many varie. I ties of grapevines will stand the winter without covering, because they ripen their wood early and thoroughly. It is close hard wood, crown early in the season and ripenfd earfy. Such varieties as the Logan, Delaware, Concord, Clinton, Northern Muscadine, &c. do this, bucu - IT i n i ll varieties a3 liarttord rronnc, isaoena. Diana, Catawba, &c, are of strong vig- oroug habit, and have a tendency to grow late in the season, and make large pithy wood which rarely ripens early and well. Those that ripen thus imperfectly would be often killed by our winters, whether covered with earth or not. It is not the mere covering, or the dirt with which we cover, that rots the wood and buds always. Some varieties do not ripen their wood or their buds as well as others; but if the wood be perfectly ripe and the buds fully i r ' 1 " ripe neiore covering, me mere covering will not injure them. The objection to straw for a covering is that it harbors mice. The- Logan grape is one of our best early grapes, and the vines are per fectly hardy. F. W . Lay had found all that was nec- i essary was to take irom trellis and lay upon the ground. 1 hose so treated ripen much earlier than others upon the trellis. He thinks he could cover half an acre a day with earth the labor is not very much they were lb teet apart. H. T. Brooks A neighbor ot his laid part of his vines down; those so covered suffered much more than those not cov ered : thev seemed to rot in the eyes. F. W. Lav says a neighbor ot his has his vinevard so arranged that he can lay v; - - . , . . i - rr the whole trellis down without taking ou the vines, whjcli sayea a great deal of trouble. Some men who know that they are great, are so very haughty withal, anl insufferable, that their acquaintances discover their irreatnesg only by the tax of humility, which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship. Such characters are as tiresome ana disgusting in the journey of life, as ru2red roads are to the weary travel er, which he discovers to be turnpikes "only by the toll. Cat-Skin Rass. In answer to your two correspondents, who wish for more particulars about these rugs, I beg to say that my rug is com posed of twenty-four skins that is, three rows of eight each. The cats were all trapped; but do not think a moderate quantity of shot holes would interfere with the beauty of the skin. A steel trap, light covered with leaves, and placed under a piece of meat or fish hung to the gate-post, about a foot or eighteen inches from the ground, is very deadly to cats. Where hares, pheasants, or more partic ularly foxes are abundant, steel traps should never be used, and the common deadfall should be substituted. This trap catches cats well, and I do not believe any fox will risk his nose under it. The whole of the skin should be taken off" the cat, excepting the legs and tail. If no good currier is within reach, the best way is to nail the skin, flesh side outwards, to a board, and dress it, as Mr. Buckland recommends, with corrosive sublimate, 5 grs. to 1 oz. of water, or with alum and chalk, according to ''Capsicum's" receipt. After either of the above dressings, it must be sent to a regular furrier or cur rier before it will be fit to be made up. Pitchet, or polecat skins should never be thrown away, as they are more beautiful when dressed than almost any fur; they should be treated exactly the same a cat skins.. Cat skins make excellent hearth rugs ; about four, with a frnge of black monkey, or even black cat skins, look very well. L. L. H. P..S. The cats from which the furriers get the skins are reared for the purpose in Holland. They are kept in cellars, and fed on fish until old enough. Lon don Fielt. Best lYay of Selling Pork, "After hogs are butchere 1, is it best to sell them as they are, or pack them?" Hiram Olmstead of Walton, Delaware Co., in an Essay on. "Practical Farming as Connected with the Butter Dairy," asks and answers this question as follows ; "Assuming that pork is worth S7 per hundred, in hog, and S19 per barrel hams will bring 12 1-2 cents, shoulders, 10 cents, and lard 12 1-2 cents. Every ten pounds of pork packtd, will weigh out eleven after it is salted. Hams and shoulders will fall short after they are smoked, about one-eighth. Cut up the hogs in the following manner. Split the hog through the back bone, take out the lard, cut off the head, cut out the hams and shoulders, and cut the side meat into strips, the way the ribs run through the back bone. One hundred and eighty-five pounds of side meat will make a barrel of mess pork, and will weigh out after it is salted over 200 pounds, Dissolve salt petre and bathe the hams and shoulders, aud rub on all the fine salt that will stick to them, and keep them covered with salt two weeks. Wash off' the salt, and smoke. The coarse meet will be the leg3. head and the rib, on the inside of the shoulder. At the prices, named we will see what four hogs, weighing fifteen hundred, will come to: 6 barrels pork, 185 lbs. each, 923 lbs., at $19,00 per bbl. ------ $05.00 100 pounds lard, less 6 lbs., 95 lbs., at 1? 1-3 cts. per pound, ------ 11.87 300 pounds ham, less 1-8 lb., 175 lbs., at 12 1-2 cts. per pouud, - - - - - 21.68 144 pounds shoulders, lass 1-8, 126 lbs., at 10 ctj. ti per pound, 131 pounds coarse meat, at 2 1-2 Lett five packing barrels at $1.12 r Less four bushels salt and saltpeter, Value 1 600 pounds pork, packed, Value 1,600 puuuJs, suljd, at $7, 6.C2 3,60 12. 60 3.27 $144,62 9.T2 135.60 105.00 30.60 Profit for packing. . . The value of the pork at these prices is nine cents per pound, after it is packed." MI .Meant RigM" There are multitudes of men who all their life long fail of earnest Chris tian duty, but always hold before themselves this ready shield : "I meant right." Now, the proper evidence of meaning right, is doing right. There is no other evidence that can justly be accepted. An imbecile good nature is not meaning right. There are thou- n n sands of men who, if mere amiableness is meaning right, if a kind of useless benevolence is meaning right, have right intentions. There are thou sandT of men that pass through life without any distinct purpose, appar ently, without any seeming desire to do right, who hold themselves to be excusabie for their faults and failings simply on the ground of meaning well, of haying good intentions. Success In Business. The great secret of success in busi nes is to "stick to one thing." Who' ever knew anybody to do this for ten years, without accomplishing his ends? Continual dropping wears away the & A m rock ; the highest obstacles become at length js cobweb barriprs before a never flagging energy. "Go out in spring, when the sun is yet far distant, and you can scarcely feel the influence of his beams, scat tered as thev are over the wide face of creation ; but collect those beams in a focus, and they kindle a flame in an instant. So the man that squan ders his talents and strength on many things will fail to make an impression withTeither; but let him draw them to a point let him strike at a single ob jectand it will yield before him." Management or Poultry, In order to secure profit and pleas ure in the management of fowls, they must be made to lay in the winter as well as summer, and this can be done by providing them with a warm place where the sun shines a portion of the day; with a variety of food, such as corn, oats, meal and potatoes, occa sionally meat, andin the coldest of the weather, a supply of warm water to drink. They must also have gravel, and lime in some form, say oyster or clam shells pounded, or old mortar. The breeds that 1 would recommend for laying only are the Bolton Greys and Dorkings. For raising for the early market I have tried several hreeds, and find the Chittagong3 the best. They are good layers, grow to a good size, dress very yellow, and good mothers while raising chickens. Some poultry-raisers think the mix ing of breeds a good plan. I do not. Like will not produce like, after the purity cf the blood is ence broken. A few hens may be kept without much outlay, and in a small place. Tho mechanic, with a few feet of ground in the back yard, and have a suply of poultry and eggs as well as the farmer. 1'hcy are kept by all nations to a greater or less extent by the half civilized, as well as the more enlightened. One of the greatest enemies I have had to encounter 13 a blue louse which collects in great numbers in warm weather. I once tried the following remedies; Sprinkled the nest and roosts with ashes, which had no effect whatever. Next, air-slack lime ; this reduced their number, but did not prove an effectual cure. Next, yellow snuff; this produced only a universal sneezing. My thorough remedy was, to clean the house of every movable thing before warm weather, say the first of May, and whitewash every por tion of the room, above, below, around; and I had no more trouble with vermin that year. Of the management of chickens I have but little to say. I like to have them come out early, a part of them by the first of March, as early chick ens bring in the market twice as much as late ones. They should have a little meat, finely pounded oyster shells, once in a while sulphur and onions cut very fine and mixed with Gorn meal dough, and a dry plice. It is more important that the place should be dry, than that ii should be very warm. Some farmers may think it a trifling business to keep a small stock of fowls. I propose to keep 200 hens, and 'ee how the account will stand. One hen will consume 45 quarts and 5 gills of corn a year, or that equivalent in other grain, and will lay 13$ dozen egg3. To keep this number of hens would require a house costing 100, and half an acre of land, enclosed with a picket fence winch would cost about $o0 more. Cost of grain for 290 henscne year $23151 For 2000 pounds scraps 40.C0 Interest on bouse and fence at 10 per cent- 15 CO interest on ijana a 0 per cent 3 00 333.0 1 They will pro late in egjsat 203 pcrdoz?n-- 5 10,00 ln.uacure..- ... !'.) U: Neeille-Work'. Needle-work i3 thus greatly eulogized by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in the "MarLla Faun;" "There is something exquisi lively pleasant and tojchinj at least of a very sweet, soft, and winning effect in this peculiarity of needle-work, distin guishing men from women. Our own sx is incapable of any such boy-play aside from the main business of life; but women be thfy of what earthly rank they may, however gifted with intellect or genius, or endowed with artful beauty have always some littla handiwork ready to fill the tiny gap cf every vacant moment. A needle is familiar to tha fingers cf them all. A quaen, no doubt, plies it on occasion; the wormn-pot can use it as adroitly a3 her pen; the wom an's eye that has discovered a new star turns from its glory to send the polished little instrument gleaming along the hem of her handkerchief, or to darn a casual flaw in her dress. And they have the advantage of us in this respect. The slender Thread cf cotton keeps iheni uni ted with the small, familiar, gentle inter ests of life, the continually operating in fluences do much for the heahh of tho character, and carry off what would oth erwise be a dangerous accumulation of morbid sensibility. A vast deal of hu man sympathy run3 along this electric line, stretching from the throne of the wicker chair of the humble seamstress, and keeping high and low in t species of common union with their kindred leings. Methinks it is a token of healthy anl gentle characteristics when women cf accomplishments and high thoughts love to sew, especially as they are never more at home with their own hearts than when so occupied." Weevil-rroof Wlieat- We believe it to be a fact that the wheat midge is gradually disappearing At any rate its ravages have been diminished year after year for the four years pa3t. Still, thero are enough of them left to work mischief, and in some locations very essentially injuro the crop. It is possible, abo, tint circumstances may bring t'uem on again in their full number andstrength For these reasons it is yet wise to forelay all that we possibly can to . avoid this scourge in our wheat fields. The "Northwestern Farmer"' quotes from the "Hillboro News" a commu nication giving an account of a wheat (winter wheat, probably,) raised by James II. Anderson, of llillsboro', 111. called the Lambert wheat, which is considered "weevil proof." He raised eight acres of the wheat last vear. produced well, and was "entirely unaffected by the weevil, while hU cummon whe:it, sown in the same soil, and under precisely the same circum stances, was bidly injured." Thi? last season he sowed seventy acres, and nota head of it was injured in the least by the weevil, while nearly half of his common wheat wa3 destroyed. by that insect. He attributes the safety of this variety to a "remarkable peculiarity about the chaff, or husk covering the grain. It is much stiffer and harder than that of the ordinary wheat, and what is most remarkable, never opens so as to expose the grain inside. Ihe weevil is, therefore, unable to penetrate the husk. Tho grain is said not to be a3 white as some other yarietie3. Sustraci as cost Leaving 5S0.00 as profit. Nearly a3 much as there usually is in several milch cows, with several times the amount of capital invested I I have made no estimate on raising chickens, but with fair luck, the profit would be proportionally lar ger than in producing eggs. I eommenced Jan..l?t vkh 13 fo7rI?,vaIacJ at $1.C0 turitejs Cost for grain and meal And faai-esM in poulfry ar.i ej-jj- 24 fowls on L;itd ? 3 Turkeys 4,75 31.73 4-5.5.1 8.-..G7 Subtract cost- 10.3,12 43,53 Learing for profit 54,S9 I have given no credit for poultry or eggs used in the family, or the ma nure made. IT. Jones, in the iVI E. Farmer. The Bible is the bravest of books. Coming from God, and conscious of nothing but God's truth, it awaits the progress of knowledge with calm se curity. It watches the antiquary ran sacking among classic ruins, and re joices" in every meadel he discovers, every inscription he deciphers; for from that rusty coin or corroded mar ble, it expects nothing but confirma tions of its own veracity, A magnetic Tack Hammpr is one 'of the latest novelties at the Patent Office. It is permanently charged with magnet ism and lifts up the tacks, head up. and keeps them in that poiition till driven home. Blue gras3 stays green a month later in the fall, than our prairie grass. It is a very difficult matter to address' the children in a manner to interest them, and really good and learned men fail to reach their young auditors because they cannot come down to their appre hension. We hare just met with an il lustration of this. A good and learned man in a Sunday School read a number of verses from the Bible, and then said : "Children. I intend to give you a sum mary of the truth taught in this portion cf the Scripture." Here the pastor touched him, anl suggested that he had better explain what "summary" meant. "Your pastor wants im to explain what summary meins, and I will do so. " Well, children, summary i3 an abbreviated sy nopsis cf a thing." PtrsiEDY roa the Bite of Mad Doc. A Saxoa forester naimed Gastelli, ncr of the venerable aze cf eighty-two. un willing to take to the grave with him a secret of so much importance, ba3 made public, in the Liepsic Journal, the means which he hi3 used for fifty years; and wherewith he affirms he ha3 rescued many human beings and cattle from the fearful derih cf hydrophobia. Take im mediately warm vinegar or tepid water ; wash the wound clean therewith, and then dry it ; then poui upon the wounJ a few drops of hydrochloric acid, because mineral acids destroy the poison of tha saliva, by which ciean3 the latter is near tralized." A Big Apple. A member of the Mis souri convention ha3 exhibited an apple weighing 31 ozs., ai.J measuring 1G 1-4 inches in circumference. It was grown near Shtlbyville, ShflKy county, ou tha premises of Mrs. Elizabeth Rust. Pie Melds Pie. Pare and stew the melon, rem-niberi::g to put in very liuie water, aa the melon ia very juicy. For each pie use cne spoonftd of crtam tar tar, a piece of butter the size of an egg. Sweeten, and season with nutmeg.
