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Nebraska SUmctiisEc.
RATES OF ADVEUTISINR.
V' AV
fstorr Stricklefe Block. Kain Street.
f5 BSOWlitTILLE. g. T.
-UBNAS & FISHER,
F riiorRIETOKS.
, - v-- - . y " .... B I tl V.l , i V'
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One i.,im?r cwiiuin iiWl . . ISM
OucSoni tj?r m-.tli 36
One tivf CulnM thrt uxxitLs . . 19 80
One f tur o.intAM il.rti fatb - 12 01
Ore eW.ili cr?- in-.i.fi 8 03
... if naid In advance, - - -
for pw atthe endof 6 month.
$2 00
2 60
. LIS EXIT 3r iKD UNION, OiNE AND IKSEPE AULEf'JIOW AlID rOEEYEE."
! T.-airfe" ti.frf-fi..:,!, .. t pi.lt? for ja 4van.e.
S 00
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mm ' ' ' . .-AAat.
VOL. VU.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1863.
C1- Provided tb cash accomp-u,.
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DR. A. OODFHEY,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
OBSTETRICIAN,.
nrI,J m France. trng twenty-lire year.' expe
,J .Vh. Medical science, and ope of the oorrespon
'D, .American Joomal of the Medical Sclen
r(raUoiiDe K.r.nnilT in Srownvill.. and re
fnnr teoder. bl. prof e;stonal acrvice. to the cit-
hli citr and tclnlty.
:Ifn m not conflne bU aerrice. to common practice,
Bwu,"l-m to chronic diseaiea disease, of long
at extpna nt Tumuri Abscesse. and
'"r-Tncer. nd Sore Eyes, eren partial Bltndnesi,
commonly called Falling Sickne.s. Palsy,
r?1 ,i pvupepsy, Consumption In the first and
Zi Ktlet Insanity In me formi and disease, of
,kind ' Particular attention paid to Ague.
. -in if reouested, fire reference to those pro
US5 Vncnrtble In the United 8Utea, and aXterw.rda
fbe fonnd at all botirt, either at J. H. Mann'.
L"' store, or at hi? dwelling bouse, when not engaged
pruresblonal bnslnesf. nMr
i BEEHHEYEE & E0BIS0N,
MANUFACTURERS OF
if BOOTS AND SHOES,
"Ajl, BtTWEEH rillT AKD .ICOHD .Ti.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
Hiring recently purchased the Shoe Shop formerly
mA bi Tn. T. Den, we now offer onr work at greit
'.nedoced prices. manufacture all that we offer
rorssle. 53-All work warranted. .
f Bniviu Sept. 7, 1862. nll-ly
I
n 1? RTP.WA"RT
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN
IKS
! SURGEON,.
BIIOWXT1LL.E, iVEBRASKA.
Offlce in J. 3. Thurman'. Drug Store, Whitney',
tluck, Msln street. v-tMlr
AUGUSTUS SCHOENHEIT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SOLICITORS1 IN CHANCERY,
I Corner First and Main 8treets,
nrownvllle, - - - Nebraska
EDWARD W. THOMAS,
I ATTORNEY AT LAW,
50HCITOE IN CHANCERY.
? Office corner -of Main and First 8treeU.
j BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
i THOMAS DAVIS.
ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN
AND
G TT T? fi-"RO "NT .
TABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA
) Reference, Vr. U. U, urownvuio.
! ApnlIL,'6L nH-Iy
LEWIS WALDTER,
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL
CLALZER AKD PAPER HANGER.
BROWNVILLE. N. T
R LIOODY & SON,
NIAGARY NURSERIES,
I LOCK PORT, N. Y.',
Wholesale and Retail Sealeli in Fruit,
Trait and Ornamental Trees
I AJffD SHRUBS AHD
j STOCK FOR XURSERYMEtf.
j For Sale at Bargains.
Two No. t Shuttle Empire Sewing Machine..
One Franklin Family sewing naoaine.
Two Horace Waters' $1 Melodions.
Two Freeh's Conical Washing Machine.
One No. 1 P. W. Gate, Co.'. Sugar Cane Mill.
Evaporators.
Appty at the Aitcrtutr and Ttrmtf Office. Browi
JlarchUth 1861 lr-.i
D.
A. CONS T A BLE,
iwmcTr, an DEALER Iff
IRON. STEEL, NAILS,
CASTINGS, SPRINGS, AXLES, FILES
BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS
Also: Hubs, Spokes, and Bent Stuff.
Ttlrd Street, between Felix and Edmond,
SAINT JOSEPH, MO.
t ....... . ., ..ch
Highest Price Paid for Scrap Iron.
1 December 1,186. ly.
REAL ESTATE
A K D
Collection Office
O F
I BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA.
I Main. Briuttn Tsrte and First Sirtds.
Particular attention plven to the
JL'urdiase and Sale ol Real
Estate, Making Col-
lections and
Garment or Taxes Tor Kon-Resl
dents.
, LAND V ARRAXTS FOR SALE, for cash and on
'-ime.
i LANT "VTARRAVTS LOCATED farFaatern Can.
I Wlietaon land. Klected from personal examination,
' .irar ac ivrwNMM ,iuiuvnuuwvi worn
I BrownriHe.N.T. Jan.S.lSSl. yl
New Remedies for
SPERMATORRHEA
jHOWARD ASSOCIATION,
j PIIII.ADEI1PIIIA.
&tntlrt TmtlitvHmi tmlli1ua hv tVfHol E
! WmetU. for in Relief at the Sick and VUtretted
Sictei with. Virulent and Chronic DUeatet. and
j peciaU) for the Curt est Diteasc of the Sexual
1 Orcan.
' M-EDICAIi ADVICE given paU., by the Acting
-'neou.
Sluab!a S.iur,a f umiilnrTkM mil nthT di
of the Sexual Orcans. and on the NEW REXK
.'E3 employed In the DUnensary. tent in sealed lettei
lZl .lPe, free of charge. Two or three Stamp, accepu
i
1 Addras. DR. J. StILLIM HOUGHTON". Howard A.
, R"oa 2, South Mint Street, Philadelphia, Pa
j cmocr, lz, iB6i. nza-ly
.CLOCKS, .WATCHES. JEWELRY.
J. SCHUTZ
Would annonnceta thpl tin of Brownville
Du TlClnWv that V . v.. KlmMlf in
-orovnTille, andintend keeping a f nil auort
ti'."',rTUunglnhislineof business, which will
rtnV!7. ch- He will also do all kinds of re
'mud clockl waUhe. andJewelry. All work war
JOHIT L CAE02I
(Successor to Lushbaugh & Carson.
13 OS Zm 22. o
LAND AND TAX PAYING
Dealer in Coin, Uncurrtnt JiJonty, Land
Warrants, Exchange and Gold Dust
MAIN STREET.
DROWATILLE, NEBRASKA.
I will give especial attention to buying and selling ex
change on the principal cities of the United States and
Europe, Gold Silver, nncurrent Bank Bill., and
Gold Dust, Collection, made on all accessable points,
and proceeds remitted In exchange at current rate..
Deposit, received on current account, and Interest al
lowed on special deposits.
OFFLCE,
31 All? STREET. DCTWCO THE
Telegraph and the IT. S.
Land OQccs.
REFERENCES:
Llnd k. Brother -J.
W. Carson & Co.,
Riser. Dick &. Co. .
Toung It Carson,
Jeo. Thompson Mason, Col'r of Port,
wm. T. Smithson, Esq., Hanker,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.
Wasbingtop
41
D.C.
u
J. T. Stevens, Esq., Att'y at Law,
Jno. S. Gallaber, Late 3d And. U. S. T
Tar lor k, Kriegh, Bankers,
McClelland, Pye co.,
Hon. Thomas G. Pratt,
Hon. Jas. O.Carson,
P. B. Small, Esq., Pres't 3. Bank,
Col. Geo. Schley, A'y at Law,
Col. Satn.HambletonAtt'y at Law,
Judge Thoa. Perry,
Pro!. II. Tutwller,
Chicago, III.
St. Louis, Mo.
Annapolis, Md.
MercersburgPa
Hagertown, Md.
Xaston, Md.
Ctimberland, Md
Havana, Alabma.
Nov 8, lS60-tr.
BROWNVILLE
i: ite.
f. " i '1
TK0RI1, C0LMA1J, CO.,
Announce to the traveling public that their splendid
and commodious Steam Ferry running across from
Brownvillc, Nebraska.
1. one of the best la every respect oa the Upper Mis
souri river. The Boat makes regular trip, every hour
anth.t no time will be lost in waiiinr.
The banks on both side, of the river are low and well
graded which renders nnloading unneceesary s i. the
case at most other ferries.
No fears need be entertained as to diil cutties at or near
this crossing, aa everybody in this regin, oa both tide,
of tbe river, is for the Untou te ctroett kind.
Our charges too an item these bard times are lower
than at any other crossing.
Travelers Croat Kansas to Iowa and to ttieeast will find
this the nearest and best route i every respect.
THORN, COLEMAN & CO.
Browaviiie, Nebraska, Sept. 21st, 18.L.
J. WILSON BOLLINGER,
AND
nnnTiR-PTxnT at t.aw
General and Collecting Agent.
BEATRICE, GAGE CO., NEBRASKA.
WILL practice in tbe several Courts in Gage and
adjoining counties, and will give prompt attention
to all business entrusted to him. Collection, prompt
ly made. E5?l 'articular attention riven to locat
ing Land Warrants oa land, carefully .elected by
him.elf.jgl
beptember 2i, 61. niz-yly
JACOB UAEH0N,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
BROWNVILLE,
Gall, the attention of Gentlemen desiring new, neat.
aervicabie ana rasnionaoio
WEARING APPAREL,
TO HIS j
ITewStock of Goods
JUST RECEIVED,
BROAD CLOTHS, CASSIMERS, TKST72TGS, fcc.fcc.,
OF THE TERT I.ATETT STYLES,
Which be will aell or make up, to Jrder, at ucprece-
dentea low prices.
Those wishing any thing In hi. line will do well to
call and examine his stock before investing, as he
pledges himself to Hold out peculiarly ravoraoie in
ducements.
February ISth, 1862.
THE CONFESSIONS A SD FJCPEIU
ENCE OF A fc UFFEUElU
Published aa a warning, and for tbe especial bene
fit of Young Men and tho who (offer with Nervous
Debility, Los. of Memory, Premature Decay, Ac. Ac,
by one of those who baa eared himself by simple
means, after bein? cut to great expense and incon
venience, through the use of worthies, medicines
nr escribed bv learned Doctor..
Single eopie. may be bad of tbe author, C. A.
LAMBERT, Esq., lireenpoint, Long island, Dy enclos
ing a post-paid addressed envelope. Address
CUARLES A. LAMBERT, Esq., Greenpeint, Long
Island, N. Y.
May 22, 1862. s45-2m.
IVIonoy A.ci,7xxi.oocl on
PIKES' PEAK GOLD!
I will receive Pike'. Peak Gold, and advance
money upon tbe .ame, and pay over balance of proceed
a. soon a. Mint return, are had. In all case., I wi
exhibitthe printed return, of the United State. Minf
or Assay offlce.
JNO. L. CARSON,
BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER
- BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
o29v4
Hats, Boots and Shoes.
I have just received a New Supply of Hats, Boot, and
Shoes, which I will sell cheaper than they were ever
offered her. before. Call and aee m.
BTowaville, Apr" 1862 n40-U.
Seeds Frepaid by IlaiL
25 Prettiest Annuals In Cultivation, - - $1 00
21 Choice Vegetable Seeds lor the Garden, . 1 00
Boih to Clubs of Five for $3 ; To Clubs of Ten for $15;
TaClnbsof Twenty for $25.
The NEW JAPAN M1LI-ET, with Immense h6ads,
six to ten Inches long, 25 cent, per large paper ; Five
for $1. I received Genuine SeedH of this new and valu
able Millet direct from Japan, bv the Niagara, last May.
and can confidently recommend it as tbe best Millet in
cultivation. B.M.WATSON,
n33-tf Old Colony Nnrserlea, Plymouth, Mass.
To Western Farmers,
Totoaooo Dood.
I have several varieties of Tobacco that will ripen
well in this latitude. To any one who wishes .oed,
and remit, me a three-cent Postage stamp, on the
ssme, L will send a paper of each variety of seed
GRATIS. , . . .
Orders must be sent in the months of Sepiember
and October. I do this to introduce the culture of
Tobacco in the West.
Address R. 0. THOMPSON,
Syracuse, Otoe County, Nebraska.
P. S. Papers in Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Ne
braska, publishing the above once, and sending No.
marked .will receive twenty four papers choice flow
er seeds free by nail. R. O. THOMPSON.
Shingles! Shingles 1 1
I would respectfully Inform the cltiiensof Kemaha
county, that I shall endeavor U keep this market .up
plied with good Cottonwood Shingle., which I will set
for cash I or take In exchange Cattle, Hog;, Wheat or
Corn. R. F. BARRET.
FROM C. H. SORIVEN,
GENERAL ADVERTISING AGENCY,
ISO. 63 DEABBORTf STBEET,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
1662. FALL TRADE. 1862
VEBER, WILLIAMS & YALE.
JOBBERS Or
HATS, CAPS.
FURS, BUFFALO ROBES,
BUCKSKIN GOODS, &c,
25, LAKE STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.
We have now in Store for Fall Trade the Largest and
best Ati!?rtel Stock in our line ever exhibited in this
Market, especially adapted to the want, of Dealer,
from all section of the Northwest, and unsurpassed in
variety and cheapness by- any to be found WEST or
EAST.
Merchant, who have heretofore purchased In .other
Markets are especially invited to examine our stock
this se.son, and are assured we are fully prepared and
determined to sell Goods as cheap, and on as favorable
term. a. the best class of Houses in any Market.
ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT PERSONAL
ATTENTION.
CASH PAID FOR RAW FURS,
and Price list furnished by mall.
WEBER, WILLIAMS &. TALK.
Oct. 4 '62. nl2-3m
FAIRBANKS'
STANDARD
SCALES
OF ALL KIND..
Also, Warehouse Tracks, Letter
Presses, &c
FAIRBANKS, GREEIILEAF & CO.
172 LAKE ST., CHICAGO,
53" Be careful, and buy only the genulDe.3
June 12th, 1863 n49-3m
JUST IN TIME FOR
TOBACCO SEED GRATIS.
Send a three cent post offlce stamp and get six kinds
Tobacco Seed gratis. THOMPSON HEDGES.
Nov. 29th, 162. Syracuse, fifebratta.
Okra or Gumbo Seed.
The betl substitute for Coffee prepared in tbe same
manner as Coffee. Packages of seed by mall at 10 cts.
each. Each package contain, seed enough to raise a
sppply for an ordinary family.
Send order, to it. A. TEKttT.
n3S-tf Crscent City, Iowa.
c Co..
FLUSHING, IV. Y.,
Will send to applicant, who enclose stamps, their
New Catalogue of Small Fruits, including 200 Select
Varieties of Strawberries. Also Catalogue of Bulbous
Flower, and Peonies, Fruit and Ornamental Trees,
Roses and Flowering Piants, Seedd, &c. nl0-2w
3AGLZ! WORKS
MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
DO YOU WANT
STEASI ENGINES OR BOILERS
patent sugar cane mills,
Patent steam coil evaporators,
patent fire evaporators,
patent stamp mills,
FOR
PIKE'S PEAK OR LAKE SUPERIOR
SEND FOR CIRCULARS,
With Cuts, and Descriptions, Prices, etc., etc.
SAW MILLS, FLOURING MILL,
AND MACHIERT OF ALL DESCRIPTION.
I-SEND FOR CIRCULARS.!
P. W. GATES, President.
N. B. r Agent, wanted everywhere. Chicago
R. W. FURNAS, AGENT,
Brownville, Nebraska,
Of whom Circular, and detailed Information can
had.
March 20, 1862. fn37-lyj
LANDRETRS
Warranted Garden Seeds
BLUNDEN, KOENIG & CO.,
(Late Jobs Garhitt & Co.,) .
No. 66 North Second Street, above Pine,
ST. X.OUIS, MO.
nw.r far a.i t verv low fl cures, a large and wel
assorted stock of Agricultural and Horticultural Imple
ments, comprising everytntag necessary u mo farmer,
together with a large and fresh supply of
Landreth's Celebrated Garden Seeds,
CROP OF 1861,
For which they are the sole agents. Their friends can
rely upon getting from them seeds that are not only
Dure but true to name in every instance. Also field
seeds at lowest market rates Chinese Sugar Cane seed,
Tobacco seed, Top Onions fee, , &c Dealer, in seeds
would do well to send tbera their orders.
Send for Almanac and Illustrated Catalogue gratis.
BLUNDEN, KOENIG it CO.
March 6, 1862. n35-ly
600.000 AGENTS,
MALE OS FEMALE,
TO SELL
LLOTD'S NEW STEEL PLATE COUNTY COLORSB
MAP OF THE UNITED STATES,
CAN AD AS, AND NEW BRUNSWICK.
From recent surveys, completed Aug. 10, 1862; cost
$20,000 to engrave it and one year's time.
Superior to any $10 map ever made by Colton or
Mitchell, and sells at the low price of fifty cent. ; 379,
000 names are engraved on this map.
It is not only a County Map, but It is also a .
COUNTT AND RAILROAD MAP
of the United States and Canada combined in one, giving
SVERT RAILROAD STATION
and distance between.
Guarantee any woman or man $3 to $5 per day, and
will take back all maps that cannot be sold and refund
the money.
Send for $1 worth to try.
Printed instruction, how to canvas, well be furnished
all our agents. ...
WantedWholesale Agent, far our Maps In every
State, California, Canada, England, France and Cuba.
A fortune may be made with a few hundred dollar,
apital. No competition. J. T. LLOTD,
No. 1C4 Broadway, New Tork.
The War Department uses our Map of Virginia, M.ry
land, and Pennsylvania, cost $100,000, on which i.
marked Middletown, MaiTland Heights, Williamsport
Ferry, Millbrook Mills, Noland's Ford, and all other,
on the Potomac, and every other place in Maryland,
Virginia, and Pennsylvania, or money refunded.
PRICE 25 CENTS.
From Tbe Tribune, Auguit 2.
"Lloyd. Map of Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylva
nia. Thia Map i. very large ? its cost is but 25 cents,
axid is the tut which can t purchased. al2-f9-3t
Flower Seeds.
-.iAf id en of w-urr tunerior JTUdUy.&O
per. ef which will he seat (post-paid) by mail, to any
address, for one ao uar. .-..
' n. A. TXRRT, Crexent Clry, low.
March I3th, 1862 (n3S-2m
Wire Fences.
In a late number of the Rural New
Yorker, C. 1). Bragdon argues that
wire fences is the cheapest and best
that can be built in many sections.
He stated that he had just examined
a fence which ne helped to make elev
en years ago, and found it in good
condition, though no expense had been
laid out on it since it was built, and it
has been thoroughly tested by stock
of all kinds. He admits that there
are other fences built at the same time
but in a ahiftless,,, half-way style,
which were worthless long ago. He
gives the following very plain direc
tions for making such fence as he'rec
commends: Set the posts eight feet apart, three
feet in the ground, anchored with a
pin . through the bottom thereof, the
hole filled up with small stones, and
then packed with soil, bore said posts
with a three-eights or three-quarters
bit, at distances to suit, to receive the
wires; insert, the wire, fastening it
firmly to firmly set endposts; tighten
it with a small horizontal capstan or
windlass not so as- to over-strain it,
but enough to straighten it perfectly
tight ; then drive beside each wire on
each side of each post, a pine or cedar
plug, which has been previously pre
pared and soaked in oil; do this before
the windlass is removed, or any effort
is made to fasten the end at which the
straightening power is applied.
Drive these plugs in the holes above,
or over the wire. They should be of a
size to drive snugly, and of such length
that they may protrude from the hole
and protect the wire at the point
where it enters the post. The driving
these plugs besides the wire in each
post, divides the strain, prevents it
from working in the holes the entire
length, if an animal runs against it,
and thus by rendering it more efficient
renders it at the same time more dur
able. About No. 9 wire is the best
size. No. 11 is used, and for a top
wire over a half wall will answer;
but No. 9 or 10 is better. After the
wire is in the posts as above, take a
paint brush and walk along the wires
back and forth and paint them. It is
done as fast as a man can walk, and
adds to the age of the fence materi
ally. Gas tar is excellent for such a
purpose, and is cheaper than anything
else. I am satisfied that such a fence
is more durable, equally efficient,
cheaper in its first cost, and better
every way in windy snowy counties,
than the ordinary post board fence."
From the Iowa Homestead.
Cultivation and Management of
Tame Grasses Practical Experi
ence. In the first place, for all cultivated
grasses, the land must be well pre
pared for the reception of the seed,
and with a view to its growth and du
rability. I have sowed on the ground
without cultivation, but never suc
ceeded in getting durable pasture ex
cept, perhaps on some light hazel land
where the brush was killed out by
fire or some other process. , This sub
ject properly embraces the different
grasses, proper for, and profitabls for
cultivation, the best time for sowing
the seed, and management of the
same', and the comparative value of
the different kinds for all practical
purposes. I have made experiments
in sowing at all seasons of the year
spring, summer, fall, and winter
with the following results:
If sowed in the spring, in connec
tion with small grain as is usual, the
result is very uncertain. If the sea
son be favorable, it will vegetate, and
if not too dry, nor choked by the too
luxuriant stand of the grainror by
weeds, it may do tolerably well. But
if the season proves dry, aud especial
ly if dry and hot when the grain is
harvested it is very apt to die out and
prove a failure. It has proved so in
this locality for the last three or four
years.
In summer, after harvest, if the
ground is plowed and harrowed down,
seed sown, and the season is such
as to start it, and continues favorable
it gets sufficient growth and root to
stand, and succeds well. If sowed
late in the fall, it does not get suffi
cient root, and is liable to be thrown
out by the frost in winter, and entire
ly killed, if we could rely on snow
to cover it, it would, like fall wheat,
do well.
I have had altogether the best suc
cess in sowing all kinds of grass seed
in winter. In fact I have never failed
of success in this way, where the land
was properly prepared in the fall.
Sow any time between December and
the middle of March. The little snow
and rain, that occasionally falls, and
the freezing and thawing of the sur
of the ground, sufficiently cover the
seed, and it vegetates and grows,
whene ver the weather is warm enough;
grows right along and get3 the start
of the weeds and . keeps ahead. I
have noticed this fact, not only by
sowing in tho fall, but bv taking ma
nure last winter from my stable, and
spreading on my garden, which con
tained timothy seed, Scratched through
ther floor from the hay loft bv mice or
chickens. It got a start in the gar
den before plowing in spring, and
troubled me much, bo much for the
time of sowing and the results. Now
the different kinds of grasses adapted
to culture in our btate.
To some extent we want a variety,
bnt I consider timothy the great sta
ple, both for hay and pasture. It is
said that "Cotton, is King," in the
United States, but the statistics from
Helper's book, show that the article of
hay is far ahead of cotton but to return.
For meadow, I like timothy with a lit-
tie clover; not too muchj for I find
that clover here gains on the timothy,
and if too much gets the ascendency ;
but there is an advantage in having
some clover in a meadow. For in
case of a dry season, the clover roots
run so deep, and the top shades the
ground so thoroghly, that it pro
tects it from the hot sun, and pre
vents it from baking, to some extent.
But for pasture, in my estimation,
timothy exceeds all other grasses,
both in amount of feed, and in amount
of nourishment . afforded to stock.
Clover for ha"y and for pasture affords
a great amount . of feed, but i3 more
difficult to secure, and not so nourish
ing when obtained.
Blue grass is of little .use for hay,
but is valuable to some extent, for
pasture. It starts very early in the
spring, and is excellent for winter
pastnre, especially when left without
feeding or mowing in summer.
Red top is a good grass, and mixed
with timothy and a little clover makes
excellent hay, (say first rate,') and
has this advantage it is well adapted
to ravines and moist lands, and can
stand without suffering, till after the
usual haying and harvesting season.
It makes good pasture, and is on the
whole a valuable grass. The Hunga
rian grass, as it is called, has had its
day, and in our region is considered
among the things that were.
A few words now in regard to keep
ing meadows good, and preventing
them from running out, as it is term
ed, One cause of this is the blue
grass is very apt to woik in, and when
this is the case, it chokes out the oth
er grasses, and it may as well be
plowed up and worked till it is worked
out. Blue grass will kill out every
thing it comes in contact with, wheth
it be other grasses, weeds, vines,
hedges, or fruit trees.
My plan has been to use my manure
to a great extent on ray meadows, by
hauling out and spreading it in the
fall making it as fine as possible.
The rain carries it down to the roots
of the grass, where it is nyide availa
ble the coming spring producing a
vigorous growth, and insuring a good
crop. The effects of a good dressing
will last for many years. I have
found it to double the crop in one
year. And by taking a piece at a
time, according to the amount of ma
nure available, meadows may be kept
good. Any kind of litter will answer
the purpose "uch as straw, stack bot
toms, &c anything that will protect
the roots of the grass from the hot
sun, and retain moisture, will have an
admirable effect. .
In speaking of the comparative
value of the different kinds of grasses
for pasture, I have noticed several facts.
One is. that stock in summer will eat
but little blue grass, unless it is fed
close enough to prevent it from head
ing up. Another fact stock pastur
ed on timothy, if not overstocked, al
ways get fat. I have a large pasture,
a part of which has been in cultiva
tion, another part in blue grass, an
other part in white clover and wild
grasses. While that which has been
in cultivation, is now in timothy, and
is fed down to the ground, that part
in white clover is in full blossom, and
the ground as white as a sheet, and
remains untouched. To my mind this
fact shows the comparative value of
the different grasses named, both for
hay and pasture. There is another
fact which I have also noticed, and
that is, that horses and colts pastured
on, clover, always drule and slobber
badly, and fall away in flesh, which is
not the case when pastured on timothy
alone.
In conclusion, I will say, that the
cultivation of the best grasses in con
nection with laising stock of the best
kinds, (instead of raising so much
grain to sell, of for fattening stock,)
aud let it carry itself to market with-,
out hauling, would soon add greatly to
the present wealth of Iowa.
A Hint Worth Heeding.
One great cause of the increasing
circulation of good agricultural papers
is, that the matter of which they are
composed, is nearly ail the every day
experience of progressive farmers
While new theories are continually
advanced, upon the thousand and one
subjects connected with agriculture,
these thories are freely and fully dis
cussed by experienced farmers and
what is good in them is freely admit
tted ana practised, while errors, how
ever specious and fair in seeming are
exploded. The proof of this we can
daily witness by notislng how often
and easily one man, who does not take
an agricultural paper, is gulled by
agents, who are vending worthier
farming utensils, patent cow-milkers,
fruit trees with great names, &c.'
while his neighbor, who believs in
book-farming, and reads the papers,
is ahle. hv his superior inteliffenpf r.r
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avoid all worthless articles, and
choose those that are proven to be good.
A Woman Who Never Gossips
Oh. no. I never gossips! I have
enough to do to take care of my one
business, with out talking about the
affairs of others, Mrs. Smith.
Why, there's Mrs. Croker, she deals
in scandal by the , wholesale. It dose
seem to me as though that womans
tongue must be almost worn out; but
there's no danger of that. If every
body was like me, there wouldn't, be
much trouble in the world. Oh, no,
I never gossip!
But did you know that Miss Elliott
had got a new silk Mrs. Smith? You
didn't? Well, she has, it's a real bro
cade; 1 saw it myself and I do say it's
a shame for her to be so extravagant
I mean to give her a peice of my
mind, Mrs. Smith. You believe her
Uncle gave it to her? Well, I don't
care if he did. Why it's only two
months since her father failed; and
now to see her dash out in a stile, it's
a burning shame, I suppose she thinks
she's going to catch young lawyer
Jones; but I think she'll find herself
mistaken. He's got more sense than
to be caught by her, if she has got a
brocade silk dress.
And there's the upstart dress-maker
Kate Manly, setting her cap for tho
doctor's son. The impertinence of some
people is perfectly astonishing. I
don t think she's any better than she
ought to be, for my one part. I nev
er did like her, with her mild, soft look
when anybody's about. My word for
it, she can look cross enough when
there ain't.
Then she says she is only seventeen!
Goodness knows, she's as old as Ar
abella; and she,s well, I won't say,
how 'old, but she'j more than beven
teen, and I ain't ashamed to say so,
either; but I think Dr. May's son will
have more discretion than to marry
her. Some folks call her handsome.
Well, I don't. She ain't half so good
looking as mv daughter Jane. Th en
er
she does up her hair in such fly-away
curls ! and if you believe it, Mrs. bmito
she actualy had the impudence to tell
me she could't make her hair a3
straight as my Maria's. Imperti
nence! If she'd let curling papers
and curling irons alone, I'd risk but
what her hair would be as straight aa
anybody's.
But what do you think of the Min
ister's wife Mrs. Smith? You like
her? Well, all I. can say is you've
got a very peculiar taste. Why she's
as proud as Lucifer been married a
whole week, and hasn't been to see me
yet. You presume she hasn't had
time? I don't see what the minister
wanted to go out of town to get a
wife for, anyway; and then above all
things, to get that girlish looking
thing ! . Why didn't he take one of
his parishioners? There's Arabella
Lucretia would have made him abetter
wife than, he's got now. And she's
just about the right ago for him.
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What do you say: that ;AraDelia
Lucretia is two years older than the
minister? I should think it was a pity
if I didn't know jay daughter's age,
Mrs. Smith! If some folks would
mind their own business as I do I'd
thank them.
Evglish Girls. "The English girl
spends more than one-half of her waking
hours in physical arousments, which tend
to develope and invigorate and ripen the
bodily powers. She rides, walki, drives,
and rows upon the water, run?, dances,
plays, sings, jumps the rope, throws the
ball, hurls the quiot, draws the bow1
keeps up the shuttle-cock, and all this
without having it pressed upon her mind
that she is thereby wasting her time.
She does this every day, until it becomes
a habit which see will follow up through
life. Aer frame, as a natural covse-
quence, is large, her muscular system in
better subordination, her strength more
enduring aud the whole tcte of her
voice healthier."
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How Bodies are Embalmed. Embal
ming, which is coming much into pra
ctice of late, is thus performed : The
modern embalmer finds an artery into
which he can place the nozzle of an in
jecting" syringe. Tne artery in the up
per part of the arm, called the brachial
or the artery in the neck, the carotid,
answers the purpose. Into this artery
the enbalming fluid, consisting of alum
or corrosive sublimate is injected, until
it premeates every structure ; the fluid
sometimes retains its fluidity, sometimes
it is so constituted that while it is warm
in the fluid, on cooling it sets and be
c oroes more or less hard, after the' in
jection, the artery is closed, the opening
through the skin is neatly sewn up, ana
the operation is complete. Great num
bers of the officers of the army, who have
fallen in the , engagements in Virginia
have been enbalmed in this . manner by
Dr. Holmes of Brooklya, and sent heme
to their relative.
Yenomoas Caterpillars.
A most singular case (perhaps the only
one oa record) of death esu3ed by cat
erpillars occured a fevf days ago in ths
commune-of Dardilly. nr Lyons. A
little boy not more than eight years cld
had gone into a neighboring wood in
quest of bird's nests. Percshrn; one oa
the top of a tree he climbed up, but in so
doing shook down an i&raense number
of caterpillars many of wbkh Ul on his
shirt, his only upper garment, and soon
covered his breast, which wis bare, and
penetrated to his armsind shoulders.
For a few minutes the child took no
notice of this, but he soon felt such an
itching sensation that he was compelled
to get down again and Tun home for as
sistance. Upon examination his sVin ap
peared covered with large. red . spots,
which -was soon followed by a general
swelling, then by feveri somnolency jfnd
delirium; and notwithstanding all medical
care, deah ensued in the course of a few
hours. The kind of caterpillar wbtdl
caused this disaster was the Bombyx pro
cessicnea of Reauruuy, a very venemcus
species. The number of carerpillers
which infest . the trees this year all over
France is quite unprecdented a circum
stance which has called the attention of
the authorities and of various learned
societies to the question of protecting
insectivorous birds, the only really efH
cacious enemies of the caterpillar.
Galignani.
Two Kinds of Fences.
A good fence is very cheaply made
by using about two boards securely
nailed to cedar posts, withstone3or
even an embarkment of earth under
neath. It forms a good road fence,
or as a division fence between lots,
where sheep orhofes.run. For cattle,
particularly those inclined to be un
ruly, it does not answer so good a
purpose.
Another excellent fcnee 13 con
structed in the following nUnncr; set
iron rod3 three feet high about ths
iron in a stone foot or bottom, and
bore inch holes in the ends of the ce
dar, ash or poplar rails, dropping
them over the rod. Have the fence
about five rails high, and when com
pleted secure them by a smill kty
through the. rod. IN placed in the
zig-zag or "worm " manner, the fence
would be more substantial, though we
have seen it built on a straight line,
and standing firm and erect. It forms
the prettiest fence we have ever seen.
Simple Receipt roit Marino Viit-eqar.-T.
B. Miller of Clayton, Ind.,
has comraunicatid to tha New-York
Farmers' Club the following simple.
recipes for making vinegar:
"i?lll nearly full any vessel, jag,
crock, pan, tub or barrel, with pare
rain or soft water, sweeten it with any
kind of molasses, (the quantiy is not
material,) set it in a moderately warm
place, in the sun, eover with sieve,
gause or net, to keep out flies and
gnats. In due process of time it will
be vinegar, when it must be put into a
suitable vessel and stopped close.
To convert cider into vinegar-if
made from sweet apples, it i3 only
necessary to set the barrel in a warm1
place and knock out the bung; if from
sour, stir in a little molasses, and
when sour enough bung up tight.
Vinegar barrels should be well pai
nted, as they are liable to be eaten by
worms.
"It will be proper to state that it is
the action of the atmosphere, which
in time converts the sweetened water
into vinegar, hence the greater the
surface exposed to ita influence the
sooner it will sour. There is a thick
scum rises on the top of the vinegar
when making, which is the 'mother
and shonid not be thrown away
Louisville, Dec. 2G. Morgan's com--mand,
about 3,000 cavalry, entered Glas
gow Wednesday. Three companies of
the 2d Michigan cavalry opposed their
entrance, but fell back onMunford3vilI,
having lost one captain and two privates.
The rebels lost two captains, five privates
and seven prisoners.
The rebeli were then reinforced and
remained in possesion of Glasgow.
Thursday, Colonels. Gray and Shanks
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auacKea tne rebel3 at Bear Wallow,
Heart county, near Cave City, the rebels
previously having damaged the railroad
near Glasgow Junction.
At last accounts the Federals drove off
the rebels, killing one andtaking sixteen
prisoners, but sustaining- no-los3. The
train of amunition cars which left here
this morning was fired into at Nolin.and
returned. No Nashville passengers.
A tram left here this morning. Tel
egraphic communication betweea here
and Nashville was interrupted, thii morning-
Explosivi Coaj. Oil. It has lately
been discovered that a certain quality of
Coal Oil is as explosive as- Camphene,
and consequently more dangerous, a3
many through ignorance cl it3 properties
are careless in their use cf it. To de
lect whether it is explosive cr not. pour
a small quantity in a saucer and bring a
lighted match down to it slowly. If ex
plosive, it will flash up like powder ; If
not, it will not burn at all. In this way
accidents may be avoided. -The oil made
from light ccal is almost wcrlhle:?.
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