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NO. 35. :.
BUSINESS OARDS.
Augustus kcnocnneit
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND
. SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY,
Corner First and LXain Streets,
nrouwHlCa- " Xchraslca
71m D. GWIN,
Hariri permanently located in
" BROWN VI LLE, NEBRASKA,
Tor the practice of Medicine and Surgery, ten
jer? his profcF'Jonal services to the afflicted.
05ce cm Main Streot. no23v3
rX& IIOLL AD AY, M. D.
Bnectfnllv informs his friends In Brownville and
fflmeiiatevlc"luitythathe has resumed the practice of
.Medicine, Surgery, & Obstetrics,
niboves,cyitrvctatrenUon to hlsprofession, to receive
ijiUf ierouspi'ronageheretoforeexteiidedtobiin. In
M cse& ere i i posnibleor expedient, a prei-criptiou
tjtineiswill be done. Office at City Drugstore.
Feb. 24, '69. 35. ly
PREPARE IT TIME
AGAINST THE
THE FIRES OF PALL,
By Prime, A. No. 1 Insurance,
IN THE
llDIXIflMI
OF HARTFORD,
JAMKS S. BEDFORD
ATTOliNEY AT LAW,
AND
Master Commisaoiier In Chancery.
" T. M. TAXB0TT,
DENTAL SURGEON,
Having located himself in Brownville, N . T., tea
derehis profewutnal serTices to the community.
Alljoba warranted.
Clocks Watches & Jewelry.
J. SCIIUTZ
. Wouldanaouncetothecitixens of Brownville
nd vlcinitv that he haa located himself in
LiBrowT.ville. andintend keeping a f ul 1 assort.
...i.n.f rrrthiniiin hialineof business, which will
t sold lew for cash. Uewlllalsodo all kinds of re
riiriuK of clocks, watcheaandjewelry. All work war
ranted. v3nlSly
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
ATTORNEY AT LAY,
AWD
Solicitor in Chancery.
Office corner of Main and Flrat Streets.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
The Fruils of the Phanix
Are manifest in the following statement of FaoU
and l'guros, showing the amount equalized to public
benefit, in the shape of losses paid in the wentaod
South, during the past four years ; a substantial rec
ord of a
lYell Tried Corporation.
$1,167 00 NEBRASKA $1,1 7 00
40,377 55 OHIO-- 40.377 45
27,622 4 INDIANA 27,622 94
69,174 5(5 .ILLINOIS 69,174 50
32,670 OS MIOAICAN 32.670 08
34,220 13 WISCONSIN.. 34,220 13
19,323 34 IOWA 19,323 31
8.663 10 MINNESOTA .-..8,653 10
9,765 00 KANSAS 9,765 CO
34,054 36 KENTUCKY 34,054 36
43,054 90 TENNESSEE 43 054 90
20,832 55 MISSISSIPPI 10,832 55
27,608 83 MISSOURI 27,603 83
22,83 9 43 ARKANSAS 22.839 43
3.961 CS It. A AS 3,9ol S3
555 56 ALABAMA 555 55
Insurances solicited, and policies Issued and renew
ed in this leading Corporation, at fair rates by
R-esident Agent.
Brownville. Sept. 5, 1850.
THOMAS DAVIS,
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN
AND
SURGEON,
TABLE JWCK. -NEBRASKA
ReftJ-ouee", ir. . Ervwr.r
April il,' I. i-wO-Iy
LEWIS VVLDTER,
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORXAMEXTAL
GLAIZER AND PAPER HANGER.
BROWNVILLE. N. T. 1 1
The Newest ana Best Music
Both Vocal and intrumental by the best Amerioan
and European composer, appears regularly every
In. K 1irITKrT(r n JOlTItVAK. Vric Fnnr
Out. Anew Bong by Stephen Glover, appears in
No, I, Vol 2.
Xiev Shoe Shop.
V a, Lr 27
BROWATILLE, NEBRASKA,
Tleepecl fully. Informs the cltitens of this place and
vicinity that he lias commenced the manufactory of
IUmiU and, shoes In Brownville, and hopes Vy attention
ndcareto merit a share of public patronage. His
aUKk If all of tbe bet-t quality, and his work all war
Taut ed to "rrve satisfaction or no pay."
All stylesof work, from a No. 1, fine calf skin boot,
to ooari-e brogan, and at prices so low that nona can
complain.
Give me a tail at my shop, on First street, between
Vain and Water.
Brownville, ilay 8, I61 ly
" J. YILSON BOLLINGER,
CITYLIFBRYSTfiBLB
AND
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. .
ROGERS & BROTHER,
ANNOUNCES to the public that he has purchased the
Livery Stable and Stock formerly owned by William
Rosseil and added thereto Cue ftock, and is now prepar
ed to accommodate the public with.
Carriages,
Buggies,
Sulkies,
Saddles Horses
&c. &c.
THE TnAVELUNG PUBLIC
Can find at bis Stable aieple accommodations for
horses, snnir cattle.
BENJAMIN k. JOSHUA ROGERS.
Brewnvvlle, Oct. 18, I860. nl5-yly
7 r f t r in."
r J
It
P r t
AND ...
Counsellor at Law
3cncral ana Collccllns" Agent.
BEATRICE, GAGE CO., NEBRASKA.
WILL praofieeiD the sereral Courts in Gajre and
juiiing counties, and will give prompt attention
to all bnsinesK entrusted to him. Collections prompt
ly made. t' articular attention giren to locat
ing Land IVarraaUou lands carefully selected by
limaelfiJ
September 25, '61. . Bl2-yly
. H, A. TERRY,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Garden, Field and Flower Seeds,
ALSO
'gejlpe TOIS, GOCSEXEERITS,
Currants, Raspberries, Blackberries,
Koui, a4 Ornamental Shrubbery Generally.
CRESCENT CITY IOWA.
mwim book
Manufactory
BIIIDERY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
WILLIAM F, JIITER.
Hay 17, 1860.
, - (accessor to Lrit..t "r! I itscu,
- W--- c-v. c i f-j i-"
LISD' AND. Tlx"P AYING
Dealer in Coin, Vncurrent Aloney, Land
Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Dust
MAIN STREET.
DROWAY1LLC, HEilKASKA.
1 will give esrecial attention totnylng and selling ex
change on the principal cities of the I'nited States aud
Europe, Gold Silver, nnourrent Bank Bills, and
Gold Dust, Collections made on all accessable points,
and proceeds remitted In exchange at current rates.
Deposits received on current account, and interest al
lowed on special deposits.
OFFICE,
3IAIT STREET. BET1VEEX THE
Telegraph and the U. S.
Land OGices.
REFERENCES:
Und St Brother Philadelphia, Pa.
J. W. Carson & Co., " "
niser. Dirt fc-Ce. "Daltimore, Md.
Toune & Carson, " "
Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port, " "
wm. T. Smitbsou, Esq., Hanker, Washlnptor, D. C.
T. Btiwens, Esq., Att'y at Law,
J no. 8. Gallaber, Late 3d Aud. V. S. T.
Tarlor &. Krlesh, Bankers,
aicLieuana, rye & co.,
Hon. Thomas U. Pratt,
Hon. Jas. O.Carson,
P. B. Small, Esq., Pres'tS. Bank,
Col. Geo. Schley, Ay at Law.
Cu. Sara.HambletonAtl'y at Law,
juoge tdos. rerry,
Prof. H. Tutwiler,
fiiicocrtAJEr t
SEiii-ANxuAL statementNo. 102.
CAPITOL and SURPLUS
$932,302.98.
ZVTAr 1st. lOOl.
Cafh and cash items
Loans well secured - - -Ileal
Estate - -2626
shares Hartford Bank Stocks
2123 New York " -
1010 " Boston " "
507 other " . ' -
United State and State " "
Hart Id &.N Haven R.VL. bonds "
Hartford City Bonds
Conn. River Co. & R.R. Co. 8tock
Total Assets -Total
liabilities -
$75,688 73
66.263 20
15,000 00
274,859 00
193,350 00
100 750 00
68,0S5 00
73 367 00
39,700 00
36.750 00
4,600 00
$932,302 93
7:1.244 27
For details of investments, see small Cards and Cir
culars.
Insurances may be effected in this old and substantial
Company ou very favorable terms.
Apply to
JOHN L. CARSON, Agt
BROWXVILLE, N T.
53 Dwellings and Farm Property Insured lor a term
of years at very low rates Liyno4j
n -I
Chicago, 111.
t. Louis, Mo.
Annapolis, Hd.
MercersburcPa
Ilagertown, Md.
Ksston, Md.
Cumberland, Md
Havana, Alabma.
Nov 8, lS60-tf .
Money A.clTrancocl on
PIKES' PEAK GOLD!
I win receive Pike's Peak Gold, and advance
money upon the same, and pay over balance of proceeds
as soon as Mint returns are bad. In all canes, I wi
exhibit the printed returns of the United StateMiD'
jr .assay omce. .
JNO. E. CARSON,
BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
no20v4
Jolins & Crosley,
BOLE MAXUFACTUKERS OF THE IMPROVED
GUT A 1 Ell CI I A
CEMENT ROOFING,
the Cheapest and most durable Roofing
in user
IT IS FIRE AND WATER PROOF
It can be applied to new and old roofs of all kinds, and
to shingle roofs without removing the shingles.
The cost Is only one-third of Tin,
and is twice as durable.
Gutta Percha Cement
For preserving and repairing tin and other metal roofs
of everp description, freri its great elasticity is not in-
Jnrfd by the contraction jaid expansion of metals, and
Will net crack in cold or hun in wart
1! . -aa'eriaij l-'i'-e tpnn t'; totv-V.t t-'?ri in Kew
Tork aud allprH of tb buai... i.U W r'xie
and we can give atnJit prool vt all we claim la tbe
favor.
They are readily applied by ordinary laborers, at trifi
ing expense.
"NO HEAT IS REQUIRED."
These materials are put vp ready for
use and for Shipping to all parts of the
Couutry, with full printed directions for
application.
Full descriptive circulars will be fur
nished on application by mail, or tn per
son, at our principal ojp.ee.
Opposite SU Xicbolas ilotel.) NEW TORK,
; JOHNS & CROSLEY.
Feb. 28, 1861. AGENTS "WANTED. 6 mo
Furniture llanufactoiy.
h
. FAIRBANKS
SCA L E S
5 OF ALL KIKPI.
FAIRBAHKS.&GREEHLEAF.
1T2 LAKE ST.. C UK AC(k 3
Lrd corr er of Main & Walnut Bts, St. Liouis-
BUT OKLT THE CESU1KE.
D. J.. C O NST A n LC
IXrOKTri ADD EE AXE a in
IRON, STEEL. NAILS,
Castings, springs, axles, files
?3 XI Xi Ij O a ,
ISO
BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS
. .Also: Hubs, SpoUs, and Bent Stuff.
Xblid Street, between Felix and Kdmond,
. SAINT JOSEPH, MO.
wisioh b sells at Et. Leuis prices for cash.
Hifiest Price Paid for Ecrap Iron,
.prcficirl, 15t. I?,
REAL ESTATE
AND
Collection Office
OF
liUWIN VILLE, JNijliiiAolviV.
Main, Between Levie and First Streets.
Particular attention givn to the
Purchase and Sale of Ileal
Estate, Making Col
lections and
Payment of Taxes for Xoii-Itcsi-dentn.
LAND W ARRAXT6 FOB SALE, for cash and oa
time.
LASP WARRANTS LOCATED forEasternCap
toUis,oa lands selected from personal examination,
nd a complete Township Map, shewing Streams,
Timber, Ac, forwarded with the Certificate of loca
tion. Brownville. N.T-Jan. S.1S61. yl
The Undersigned having opened a shop
at the
BROWNVILLE STEAM MILL
. Are prepared to pnt up all kinds of
CAB II IT 10 BK
To order, at short notice. We will manufacture
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 dispatch. We have on hand well seasoned Black
Wlnut lumber for that purpose. We have the facih
ties of making furniture as cheap as it can be furnished
in this country, when durability is taken Into the ac
count, as we warrant all of our work.
We solicit the patronage of the community.
We will take in exchange for furniture all kinfc of
farm produce. The highest prices for butter, ess
and lard will be paid too enure not season.
Brownville, May 30, ly.
CHAMBERS k KOTES.
BROWNVILLE
'PiUe's Peak, or KnU,"
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
BE0WITVILLE, IT. T.
' Hare last completed their new nusiness house ou
Main Street, near the 17. Land 4X1ice( in Brownville
where they bare opened eut and aeojrring on the most
favorable terms. ' ' '
Dry Goods, Provisions,
Of all Kinds,
FLOUR, CONFECTION ARIES,
CRCE AKD DRIED FRUITS,
Choice Liquors, Cigars,
And a "ttouaand an oce," other things everybody
needs.
CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK
Srownviiie, April 2, ly
TKORHj COLEMAIJ, CO,
nnounce to the tratelin public that their splendid
commodious Steam Ferry running across irom
Brownville,- jsSt Nebraska.
1 nn f the best In every- respect on the Upper Mis.
souri river. The Boas makes regular trips every hour
so that no time will be lostin wailing.
?h bunks on both sides of the river are low nd wel
graded wnich renders unloading unnecessary as ia the
case at most other ferries '
No fears need beentmained as to difficulties at or near
this crossing, m everybody in this region, on both sides
of the river. Is for the Union the strongest kind. '
Our cbartes too ai ttem these hard time are lower
than at any other crostinsr.
Travelers from Kansas to Iowa and to the east will find
this the nearest and tyst ron'ei" every respect.
THORN. COLEMAN & CO.
Brownville, Nebraska, Sept, 2 1st, IS&l.
H. M. ATKINSON,
TTORHEY AT LAW
AXD
SOLICITOR IH CHANCERY.
OlSoe corner or Alain and Fir3t Sta.
.,. ;., ' -
- Srownvillo, -NT. T.
Jan. 30, 72 n30- v6 ly " ' 1 " ' : "
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Horse Corerlngs Und Their Use.
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Feb.5.1S62. ' - fn32-2m ;
Furniture ! Furniture ! !
The most complete ftock of Furniture ever offered ia
tiiia opper country juit receiv4 by X- EILL
urowuviiie, pni s?tc, ii.
Tin Dele ware Grape Vines
PROPAGATED FROM THE OHIQLNAX.
STOCK.
Strong, Welt-rooted One Year Old Vine grovn in
open air. 60 cts to St each. $5 to 10 per doz. Extra
year vld vines, end No: 1. extra lar$t layer, vith
bearing wood. $l.m) to fc- oo. 10 vi m per aozen.
ALSO tiDe vines of A lien's new white Hybrid, Anna
Clevelinfr, Concord, Coyahopa. Clara, Clinton, Caawa
dy. Catawba. Diana, nerbemont, riartford, Prolific la
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ton' Virclnia. Ontario. Oporto Rebecca. Rocers's hew
nybriJs, Taylor's Bullitt, To-Kalon, Cmoa Tillaje, and
many other kinds, at low price.
STRAWBERRIES.
"Wilson's Albany, Trtumph de Grand. Jenny Llnd,
Troiiope Nictorla. and Austin Miaser strawoerrtea.
B4rtland. and Catawisa ever bearing Easpberrie
LwtB's Blackberries, &c, all at the lowest rates,
S3"Sena lur a circular.
CEO. W. CAilM'CLL, Delaware, O
Oct. 3, tl5.Sa.
horses all the , year, while others dis
card their use. The advocates of the
former practice claim that blanketing
imparts a sleek and glossy appearance
to the coat, effects a saving of food by
keeping up the annimal heat, protects
them from flies and dust, maiijig the
grooming easier, and preventing a
sudden check of prespiration, which
would result in colds or other diseases.
Assumiug that nature gives the horse
sufficient protection, and that what
ever increase the labor of tending him
without an equivalent gain is to be
avoided, too much 13-claimed. - His
coat receives an additional gloss from
the blanketing, but ahorse in good
health, well fed and faithfully groomed
wears a coat that needs no polishing.
All the food saved by blankets, I think,
can be better estimated upon paper
than seen in the measure. . Were there
material gain, it would be economy to
blanket our cows and oxen.
Constantly wearing the blanket
tends to make a horse sensitive, and
liable to take colds. When a horse
brought from a farm stable, is stripped
of his thick blanket, he undergoes a
sudden and great change of tempera
ture. Such treatment seems harsh, if
not cruel, at any rate quite the reverse
to the course men pursue. When we
go out in cold weather, we aro very
careful to put on extra garments, ana
then lay them aside while in the house.
What would be said of the man who
advocated wearing ovcrcoates in the
house, and then go in shirt sleeves
while out of doors. Precisely similar
is the practice of always keeping a
blanket on a horse in the stall.
As with men, so with horses, the
same regimen is not applicable in the
same degree to all classes. For those
horse3 which are used only for fast
driving, the constant uso of the blan
ket may be advisablo and pracUca;.!e,
cr they stand in t' 2 zii.h t:.: i:;reiter
part ct the day,."':; ! "1 t-.ken cut.
ihey are either tenviiv blanketed, or
their exercise is severe. It is by the
owners of this class of horses that the
practice is most strangely recommen
ded. But for horses of all work, out
every day in all kinds of weather,
warm stalls with plenty of bedding in
warm barn are sufficient. Wide
cracks between boards near the stalls
are not approved means of ventilation
in a New England climate. A barn
may be warm and tight, and at the
same well ventilated. Tho stalls
should be upon the warm side of the
barn, with high and tight sides, afford
ing double protection. Influenced by
such views, some extensive owners
and excellent managers of horses in
this vicinity have made their stables
warmer, thus dispensing with the con
stant use of blankets in door. :
It is in their occasional use for pre
venting chills and colds, that their real
benefit is found. .' Some sort of cover
ing ia indispensable for the health and
comfort of the horse, when he i3 made
to stand exposed to cold winds; and
when he returns to the stable tired
and heated, the blanket should be
worn until he has cooled off; then re
move it, and give him a thorough rub
bing down. It is important that the
blankets should be of ample dimen
sions, for while exposed to cold, m a
heated condition, the muscles of the
breats and leg3 need protection as well
as the back ind sides; for thi3 pur
pose blankets should be wide and long
enouch to pas3 round 'ami fasten
under the breast. A light and thin
ivering in fly time saves the horse
much torment, and frequently saves
the master serious runaways and ac
cidents. The india-rubber coverings
now becoming 60 common with ex
pressmen and others, who are obliged
to be out in all kinds of weather, can
not be too highly commended. The
judiciou3 use of blankets and other
coverings in the ways stated, amplv
repays all expense and trouble. They
prolong the days ef manv a hard
worked horse, and save him much
suffering from stiffened legs and rhen
matic muscles.' N. S. T.
Lawrence, Ja. ,
become stiff and awkward in their
manners, dull in intellect, and unge
nial, if not morose in feeling.
But we are not, on this account,
going to depreciate the farmer's lot:
it is, m many respects, the best under
the sun. Yet it can not be denied
that evils lie in the direction we have
indicated ; and they should be guarded
against. It is not a good thing for
anybody to make a slave of himself:
to jog around as in a treadmill, year
after year, with little or no relief, or
rational enjoyment, and the farmer
should not follow his work too dog
gedly. We would not have him
drudge so hard that he cannot enjoy
tho society of his family every day.
He oujrht to be the leader and bene
factor of his housebotd in their social
intercourse. His conversation at the
table and around the evening lamp,
should be instructive and elevating to
sons and daughters. His genial hos
pitality should attract neighbors and
friends to visit him often and enliven
the converse of his fireside. And he,
with his family, should systematically
keep up acquaintance with other good
families, far and near.
The Farmer's Clubs, which are es
tablished in many districts, exert a
good social influence so far as they go,
but they are not enough ; the inter
course of families should be superad
ded, as this contributes very much to
the enjoyment and respectability of
agricultural life. It lightens the bur
den of daily toil, relieves its solitarN
ness, awakens thought, and promotes
general improvement. Where this is
done, farmer's children, both sons and
daughters, will be less inclined to long
after the excitements and gayeties of
town life, and more of them will be
content with the calling in which they
were born. American AnriciiirlHr
Farmers be Sociable-
The position and duties of farmers
somewhat hinder their sociability.
Scattered over the hills and valleys o
the country, often miles apart, and
engaged in solitary field laber, day
after day, and month after month, i
is not so easy to keep up much inter
course with general society. Me
chanic3. merchants, manufacturers,
and professional men, naturally con?
centrate in cities and villages, where
they can enjoy a daily exchange of
opinion and mtormation, and pleasant
courtesies. Ihis stimulates thought,
awakens ambition for improvement
and adds much to the general happi
ncsrof life. The longer farmers live
Cotton Culture l:i Illlnol
The fact of our havl:.: both soil
and climato in Southern Illinois ad
apted to the growing of cotton, being
fully established, it now remains tor
hose who intend to experiment with
it the present year, to do so under
such circumstances as will be the most
ikely to prove successful. It will
hardly be expected that all who take
hold of it will be equally successful
any more than in any other farm crops;
but of what can be learned from the
experience of others let us avail our- j
selves.
Preparation of Ground. The usual
method of planting cotton is the ridge
plan, in order to free the roots of the
plant from any standing water that
might accumulate from rains, &c.
Were the ground underdrained this
would not be as necessary. lhe
ground should be plowed deep and
thoroughly pulverized, and if it could
be fall plowed all the better. In
the spring throw into ridges three
feet apart, by turning two furrows to
ward each other.
Planting. This is done in various
ways the principal one in the South
is to open the top of this ridge with a
tool called the opener, which would
correspond with a small plow here.
Into this opening, the hands scatter
the seed, and by a little practice suc
ceed in distributing it very evenly,
but considerable thicker than it is de
signed to remain, so it may be thinned
out, insuring . a good stand. The
character of the upland cotton seed is
such as ta make it difficult to drop it
from any ordinary machinery, the
cottony coating causing it to adhere
together. The most approved imple
ment, we believe, in use, is one where
the seeding apparatus is composed of
two disks placed on a shaft, with their
insides towards each other, and their
edges coming nearly together, leaving
space for the seed to be thrown out as
it revolves, the seed being placed
withing the two disc3 in moving over
the ridge drops out, the quantity being
governed by the width they are set
apart. Too much ha3te should not be
made to get the seed in the ground
belore it is thoroughly prepared and
well warmed up. Experience in our
own btate has shown that if good seed
is planted ia good, well prepared
ground by the middle of May, we may
be pretty sure of obtaining a good
picking. The plants from such plant
ing are more sure of a strong, rapid
growth, and will be much less likely
to be attacked by the aphis, which is
very apt to trouble late and unhealthy
plant3.
- Great care should be taken in cov
ering the seed with thoroughly pulver
ized earth, as it insures closer contact
with ths seed, and causes an early
germination. If all things are favora
ble, the plant will appear above ground
in from eight to ten days. Then
commences the
Cultivation. Tan first operation,
called scraping, is usually dor.s by
hand hoes; goin over the field and'
thinning out the plants, removing tho
poorest and weakest, and cutting cut '
the gras3 and weeds that have sprung
up' along tho ro. This done, tho .
horse implement may be put in, and
in place of the small, single mould
plows that are the cne3 used in all
southern fields, the ; improved twp.
horse corn cultivator can doubtle3 be
U3ed to great advantage. Frequent
workings during the season hasten tho.
growth & maturity of the plant. Clean
cultivation should bo tho invariable"
rule ; the earth should be thrown up
to the p!ant3 a little at each working,
unless it is the last one. If a favora
ble season, from the middle to the hs5
of September, tho bolls will begin U
open when the operation of .
Picking commenses. This ha3 yet
to be dono by hand, as no machinery ".
has been adopted to lessen labor cr
accomplish more than be dono by tho
human hand. A bag i3 thrown over .
the shoulder and the balls are rapidly
transferred to it. Full grown field
hands will sometimes pick from'200--"
to 800 pounds perhap3 averaging
150 pound3 per day, including children'
employed. When picked in this way'
it is called seed cotton, and contains,
imbedded in the lint, tho seeds, which '
form about two thirds of the weight
of the whole mass. Thi3 is then
transferred to the gin-house, where
the separation takes place, by a ma
chine. Preparing for Market. It 13 press
ed in bales of about 400 pounds each,
in which shape it finds its way to tho
eastern factories. If it be shipped to -foreign
countries it i3 compressed to
occupy about half the size in which is
leaves the plantation, enabling much
more to be stowed in holds of vessels,
very much lessening the freight.
'I "is.'S, j' ". T;.c cotton plant -is
I. . ' ' t; le all.; : c I 'j various insects,
i.; u.ert., sw;r ;i growin, yiuiqn
we cann"Tt i" t'.'s l. .:sle describe, but .
wiiiiu another one. Prairie Farmer.'
r.'jn.'.ci
Written for the Nebraska Farn.cr.
Corn Ereail.
Ma. Editor: In your last
you gave U3 a great many recipes for
cooking corn meal, tho recipes aud .the
reinark'3 taken from the Agriculturist.
Since then the editor of that paper has
had a sort of Corn Bread Fair, an 1
offered prizes for the best lcavei cf corn
tread, one cf which took the premium of
ten dollars ; and now ho gives us the
recipe for that same kind of bread, which
all cf us can try to make. Air.onir, all
these remarks upon corn bread makhi",
there is one thing entirely forgotten.-
Most of us have a faint recollection of the "
moist, sweet loare3 of Itye and Indian
bread that a mother or grandmother, out
on the farm, ued to bake, and we won
der that we cannot produce the saine sort
dow-a-days; while the true secret is, we
have not the old-fashioned brick oven cf
those days. We all use stoves, and the
moisture of corn cannot be retained in
these iron ovens as it can inclose brick
ovens; tnererore, wnen we tae oui or. t.
stove oven the Indian loaf, it is hard, dry,
and very impalatatle, especially if wo
leave it in as locg as grandmother used
to. Eut as we are not willing to rcasi
our faces over a fire-place, and do our
baking in take-kettles and trick-oven3,
(cooking stoves and ranges being far su
perior,) we are driven :) ue necessity of
hunting up a remedy for thosz Isavts, far
sweeter than any other for the aaiccia-'
tiens. We 7;ii5 have, :.nd luckily a rem
edy is close at hand, one tho N. Y. Tri
bune called our attention to two years'agc.
Instead cf baking Indian bread, we must
stean it ; where lhe recipes say take twe
hours, we must steam five hours ly tha
clock, and then tell what you think cf it,
provided you have gcod sweet butler lo.
add to it. The Buttermilk or Johnny
Cake3 are exceptions ; they require quick
baking, and , are always inoroved ly
aaaicg a iiiue wuyai Jiour. ;
Mas. D. B. H.
Wyandotte, Kansas, Jan. 1552.
uose up. ine rebel olhcers captur
ed at Ft. Donehcn admit that if Nash
ville is taken the rebellion iu Tennessee
has gene up. There is no doubt cf it
"gone up" beyond the utmost stretch of
power of the spirits in the "vasty deep'"
of rebellion to call down again. No:
only ha3 the rebellion gone up in Ten
nessee, but in the whole Mississippi val
ley, for Columbus is certain to be evic
uated, unless our forces cut of Polk's
retreat and then Memphis; Vicksburgli
and New Orleans will immediately 're
volt against the - tyranny that has kept
them down; and with them the States ia
which they are located, as well as Ar
kansas and Texa3 on the wesi tank cf
the Mississippi. "Gcno cr-," ",-o rlv
ixchent.
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