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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1868)
CHUECH, C0LHAPF6 CO., -fcFLftrsoa's Lloc-, 11 Floor, KjJI F-fttranaa, XlroTrxrrillc, . 2Vcl. TERIISi "Mc copy one yew - iveo'jiiM one year., ITS Ten mule one rear . 1 W Twenty copies one year SO W BOOK WORK, And Tlain akd Fawct Job Woek, dofte in good style and at reasonable rate. t rv..f v- Card, of five lint or lesa, $5 a year. Ed additional line tl. jTTOIIKXYS - POBTEQ BROWN, Attorneys at Uw an Innd amta, Offloe In Conrt House, with Probate Judge. . TIPTOX, HEWETT A CHURCH, Attormcya Cealora al IWr Oao-No. TO McPheraon a El K P at!"- THOMAS A BHOADY, At(ya( .aw.SHellrlCbaery, Ofllce In District Court Ivoorn. S. M. RICH, Attarncy at Law atul Laad ATt. Office In Court House, first door, ireat aide. wm. H. Mclennan, Attorney and Coielor at Lw, . Nebraska City, .Nfcbraska. B. F. PEUKINS, Attorney and CuniUr at Law, - Tecuioaeu, Jolinaon Co Neb. CHESTER F. NYE, Attorney at Law amd War Claim Agent, Pawnee City, Pawnee Co., fr'eb. N. K. GRIGGS, Attarnay at Law 4t Heal Batata Agent, Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska. LAND AGENTS. R. V. HUGHES, Ilaal Estate Agent and Jnatlee fPatt, OflJce In Court llouhe, firat door, west aide. BARRET A LETT, Id Agent, A Land Warrant Broker. No. 31 Main Htreet. Will attend to paying Tuzrt for A'on-retidcntM. I'crtoruU atteniu yiven to making Locations. LantU, improved and unimproved. Jot aale on reasonable term. 1 r WM. IL HOOVER, Real Katnta nnd Tax Paying Agent. Office in District Court Room. ITT3 give prompt attention to the tale of Real JZilate ana I'aymcnt of 2 axe throughout the AemoAa Land IHttrict. JONAS HACKER, Collector Tor the City f BrownrlUa, - WM attend to the J'aymriU of laxei far Jfon JUsident Land Oumert in Sevtafta Xmnty. Oorretpondence Solicited. MOSES IL SYDENHAM, HOT ART PCBLIC at LAUD AGENT, fri Kearney, Xebratka, WiU locate lands for Intending settlers, and rlvr-anr information required concerning Uie land of (South-Western Nebraska. lt-a IITSICIAKS H. I MATHEWS, PHYSICIAN AND SlUGKOS. Office No. i Main Btreet. A. 8. HOLLADAY. L D., Phyalclan, Snrgean and Obslatrlelajs, Office Holladay A Co'a Drug Store. OraAnnted in lfc'.l ; Located in Jirou nrille in 1 Hitf. I In on hand eomptete eU of A mputattng. Trephining and Otrfetncal ItutruinrtU, 1. K.i1pecial attention given to ObtUtrtCM and the diteatct of Women and Children. CV. 8TEWART, M. D..' PHYSICIAN AND SIR0E05, Olce No. 81 Main Street. Office Joura-7 to 9 A. J., and I to 2 and H to V. M. W. IL KIM BERLIN, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SCBGEON, To the Nebraska Eye and Ear Infirmary, will recommence practice at Brownvllle, May lt, lbtW. IIETtCIIAiyDISIl, GEORGE MARION, Dealer in Dry Onods, Omcerlea, Baata, Shoes, Ac. No. Main Ktreet. WM. T. DEN, Wholttale and Retail Dealer in General Merchandise, and Commission and Forwarding Merchant, ... No. Sft Main Street, Cora Planters, Plow, Stores Furniture, Ac, always on hand. Highest mark et price paid for Hides, PrIU, Fart and Qvntry Produce. O. M. HENDERSON, Dealer in Foreign and Domestie DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, No. 53 Main Street. J. L. McGEE A OCX Daalers In General Marahandlso, No. a McPherson's Block, Main St. DRUG STORES. HOLLADAY &. CO.. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Orngs, BSedlclnea, Paints, Oils, ate. No. 41 Main Street. McCREERY A NICKELL, Wholesale and Retail Dealer t in Drngs, Books, Wallpaper A Stationery ' '. No. Z Main Street. BOOTS AND SHOES. CHARLES n ELMER, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, . . No. a Main Street. T flat on hand a superior stock of Roots and JShoes. Custom Work done with neatness and UxpateK '. . A. ROBINSON, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, No. 5 S Main Street. JTas on IiomA a good assortment of Gent's, Ludie-m, Misnes' and CluJ'tren's Boot and Shoes. Custom Work dou mm (A nenUu-ss and dispatch. jLcjHitring done on short nottce. HARD V ARE. JOHN C. DEUSER, Dealer in Stoves, Tinware, Pnaapa, AcM No. 19 Main Street. . . SIIELLENBERGER BR0'&, nannTactnrera Dealara In Ttnwara. No. Main SU, McPhenon'a Block. fi'HotW IIarktare, Otrjienter's Tool Hlack smith's Furnishings, Ae., constantly on hand. SADDLERY. JOHN W. MIDDLETON, HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Eto. No. Mnln Street. Whips and Lashes of it-ery description, and plastering Hair, kt-pt oh hand. (Jush paid for Hides. J. II. BAUER, Manufacturer and Dealer in HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No. 60 Main Street, Mending done to order. Snt'sftriinn rv,-f SJLLQOXS. .' - CHARLES BRIEGEL, BEER HALL AND XUNCII ROOM, T-t ". No. Main Street . BERGEU A ROBERTS, BILLIARD HALL AND SALOON, . ' Tt&aemeat, No. 44 Main Street. . Je best R"ij and Liquors kept constantly JOS EXIT ITUDDARD A CO, SALOON, No. 4 7 Main Street. ' The best Wines and Liquors kept on hand. EXJ.SS A HUGHES, GENERAL AUCTIONEERS. TTVI azend to V sale rf Rrd and Personal prcpertv v Uie i c-mA pwz ihstrieL Terms - i r v a. p Vol. 13. Cards of Cva Xlnea or leaa, $5 a year. Each a4fitonal line, fl. HOTELS. peIyxvakia HOUSE. , . nt. (W DrHAt Good accommod&tlona. Boarding fcy the day or week. The traveling public ara nrl td to rive him a call. ; 'tr STAR HOTEL. . rnnss A WHITE. Proprietors. On Levee Street, between Main and Atlantlo. This House is convenient to me tsteam jsoat r i. v, fcuiiiuii vart of the City. The best ottZmmodations in the City. Ao point wtU be spared in making guests comfortat.U. Good titable and OrrraU convenient to Ute House. AMERICAN HOUSE. L. D. ROBISON, Proprietor. Front St., between Main and Water. A oood Feed and Livery SUihle in connection with the Haute. co:vixcTio:riir-H-, GEORGE YAUNEY, Sakcry and ConXeetlonery, No 37 Stain Street, n mit.ii at rfluMMl rates a choice uuen J ki3 i www - - stock of Groceries, Provision, Confectioner- lea, eus., etc WILLIAM ROSSELL, Bakery, Confectionary and Tay Store. No. Main Street. Fresh Bread, Cakes, Oysters, Fruit, etc., on hand J. P. DEUSER, Dealer in Confectioneries, Toys, etc. No. 4 Main Street. NOTARIES.. E. F EBRIGHT, Notary Pnhllc and Conveyancer, And agent for the Equitable and American Tnni n I l Tf lntunnce unninuiics. J. C. McNAUGHTON, Notary Pnblle and Conveyancer. Office In J. L. Caraon'a Bank. Agent for " Xational Life" and "Hartford Livetituck" Insurance Onnpanies. FAIRBROTIIER A HACKER, Notary Pnblle and Conveyancer, Office in County Court Koom. O. VP. TAIBBKOTHKR, Notary Public. JAMES X. BAC1CSS, County Cierjt. BLACILSMITIIS. J. IL BEASON, Dlacksmlthlng and Horse Slrajtlng, Shop No. 80 Main Street, Will do Blackrmithing of all kinds. Makes Horse Shoeing, Ironing of Wagons and S leighs, and Machine Work a Heciality. J. W. A J. C. GIBSON, DLCKSMITHS, Shop on First, between Main and Atlanlic All work done to order, and satisfaction guar ranteed. JOHN FLORA, BLACKSMITH, Shop on Water St., South of American House. Custom Work of all kinds solicited. BARBERS J. L. ROY, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. No. 35 Main Street, it of Rath Rooms. Also a choice stock of VentLeman's Sotions. G RAIN EE A LERS GEO. G. START A BRO.. DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, Ave. Aspinwall, Xebraska. The highest market price paid for anything tl.o k-,mur can raise. We will buy and sell everytliing known to the market. WORTHING A WILCOX, Storage, Forwarding and Commission Merchants, And Dealers in all kinds of Grain, for which they pay the Highest Market Vice in Quh. TAILORING. IIAUBOLDT A ZECH, MERCHANT TAILORS, JVo. S8J$ Main Street, Hare on hand a splendid etock of Goods, and will make them up in the latest styles, on short notice and reasonable terms. WAGON MAKERS FRANZ HELMER, Wagon Maker and Repairer. Shop West of Court House. Wagons, Buggies, Plows, Cultivators, dc, re paired on short notice, at low rates, and war ranted to give satisfaction. . BOUNTY CIJLmDENTS dTd. SMITH, V. S. WAR CLAIM AGENT, Washington Cty, D. C Will attend to the prosecution of claims be fore the Department in person, for Additional Bounty, Back Pay and Pensiona, and all claims accruing against the Government du ring the late war. 4(Hf SMITH. P. TUTTLE. V. S. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. Office in District Court Room. Xotarv public and United States War Claim i II,-; nttfmi in thr nrnMfClltinn nf ClormS before' the Department, for Additional Bounty, tt,ick Pnu nnd Pensions. A 10 the collection of Semi-Annual Dues on Pensions. JEWELERS. J. V. D. PATCH, Manufacturer and Dealer in Clocks, Watches, Jewelry, etc., ete. No, 3 Main Street. Silver and Silver-Plated Ware, and all varie -w s v v . ties of hpectacUs constantly on hand. Repairing done in the tieatest style, at short notice. Charges moderate. H ork warranted. MUSIC METROPOLITAN BRASS BAND. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA Is at all time prepared to play for the pub lic at any point within 130 miles of Ibis city, on reasonable terms. Address, 41-3nt D. C sxrra. Leader. MRS. J. M. GRAHAM, TEACHER OF MUSIC. , Rooms, Main, bet 1th A 5th St a. Lessons ewe an ( tisno. Organ, Metodeon Ouitsrmnd i'sxsHsstxon Htving k4 tight rears trperiemes at ttscker Music in Aew York is cojlsaf a ft viae stisfociion. PAINTING. G. P. BERKLEY, Homae, Carriage and Sign Painter. No. Main SL, upstairs. Graining. Guildinrj. Closing and Paper Hang ing done on short notice, favorable terms, and warranted. A. D. MARSH Bookseller and News Dealer. City Book Store, No. 50 Main Street, Postofflce Building. A. STAFFORD. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, No. 47 Main Street, up stairs. Persons wishing Pictures executed in the latest style of the A rt, will cail at my A rt fjallery. Probate Jndge and Jnstieo 'of the Peace t tit f ntin i v umct in uoun iiouh uuuaizsg. J. K. BEAR. Agent for tb M. TJ. Express Csw, and v'. u. i eiegrapn ;o. No. t Mcrhersons Block. G W. WHEELER, DRIDOli BUILDER. ' Role agt-nt for R. W. smith's l'atenl Truss Bridge The strongest and beet wooden brWijc now in URe. r- TT T5TrfTTFS Landscape Gardener eh Hortlcnltnrtst. WM platd crops in Gardens, and euliioaet KEISWETTFR A KIRS MAN. BrownvUle City Meat Market. No. 60 Main Htreet. TTUJ pmr the highest market price far paod Retj tWK, V ttT7V , U-M. W)1i IP WE KNEW. If we knew the woe and heartache, Waiting for as down the road. If our lira could taste the wormwood. Would we waste the day In wishing For a time that ne'er can be ; Would we wait In aach Impatience For our ships to come from aeaf If we knew the baby fingers . . , : Preseod ap&lnat the window-pan - -Would be cold and sUiT to-morrow Never trouble us again Would the bright eyea of our darling Catch the frown upon our brow, Would the print of rosy Angers Vex ns then as they do now T Ah, theaa little lee-cold fingera. How they point our memories back To the hasty words and actions Strewn along our backward track! How thoe little hands remind as. As in snowy grace they lie, ' Not to scatter thorns but rosea For oar reaping by and by.. - Strange we never prize the nmsle Till the sweet voiced bird haa flown ; Stranre that we should alight the violets Till the lovely flowera are gone; Strange that summer skies and sunshine Never swm one-half so' fair As when winter's snowy pinions Shake their white down In the air! Lipit from which the seal of silence None but God can roll away. Never blossomed In such beauty As adorns the mouth to-day ; And sweet words that freight our memory With their beautiful perfume. Come to us in sweeter accents. Through the portals of the tomb. Let ns gather op the sunbeams. Lying all around cur path ; Let as keep the wheat and roses. Casting out the thorns and chaff; Let us And our sweetest comfort In the blessings of to-day. With a patient hand removing All the briars from our way. OAUFORinA EARTHQUAKE. Personal Experiences Atmos pheric Phenomena. A private letter received by a gen tleman in this city from his nephew in Oakland, near San Francisco, gives the following interesting account of some personal experience during the recent earthquake in California : Ban Francisco, October 23, 1868. "I had just left home, and had reached the street in front of my house, when I heard a noise like a strong rushing wind through the trees, and on looking up to the oaks found their branches in a fearful commotion. As the morning was very sunny, and there was no indication of wind, I thought it strange that a gust should spring up so suddenly. Presently I felt the earth rock, and then knew that it was an earthquake, I stood etill a few minutes to watch the thing, and it rapidly increased in violence, and soon I saw chimneys toppling and falling. I beat a hasty retreat home, and found the family just coming out of the house very much frightened. By this time the work was done, and old Mother Earth resumed her wonted serenity, the shaking having contin ued about one minute. "I think I have felt more alarming motions at previous shocks, but this continued much longer, and it is to this fact that the increased damage done must be referred. We had three chimneys broken off, but not thrown down. One was so badly cracked that I had it taken down. The other two were cut off smooth, twisted round about fifteen inches and .left standing. I had several vases broken, &c, but aside from this sustained no loss. Wil liam's and Dick's houses were un harmed. A bout one-half of the chim neys were cut off, and of this number say one-third thrown down. Some buildings lost their firewalls and awn ings, and much glass was broken in Oakland, but the damages were not severe. 'The papers give so full account of the damagesdone in this city that I will refer you to the enclosed account for the detail. In taking a ramble throueh the citv I am sum'rised at the little damage done. In my part of the town no apparent harm is done. The buildings whose walls have been seriously cracked are being braced up. Iso well built edifice has been harmed to any extent worth mentioning. There iiave beeti a treat many rumors of loss of life, but as far as I know the fatalities number four iu this city and one at Han Leandro. "Bv the wav. our trade vesterdav. the day after the shake, was unusually large." PHENOMENA PRECEEDI NG THE EARTH QUAKE THE VAPOR. The San Francisco Bulletin has the lollowing: "J? or several weexs preceeaing tue earthquake the climate phcuomena have been more remarkable along this coast than at any given period for mnnv nrpviona vftrs. The atmos phere has been dull -and oppresive, m and so cnargeu witn yapor as to at tract general attention. It is not an uncommon occurrence to have a few days of smoky atmosphere in the au tumn, a lew weeKs oeiore me rains set in. This usuallay results from fires in the woods, which are often exten sive in the coast range. And although there were severe fires in this region at.d more extensive ones in Oregon, thov do not furni&h anv satisfactory . v .V.A ...... I. j..a nhnnAmA. SOiUUOll IV tlJC ttUliusuuciiv iiutiiumc- . . A 1 1 na under nonce, i ne vapor exienueu seaward from one hundred to three nundred miles westerly, and landward in an easterly direction, beyond the aim of the Sierra, makinir a breadth of not less than five hundred miles. "We find the same phenomena as far north VVashincton Territororv. in the Puget Sound region, and as far south ss San Diego county, the south ern limit of California, or extending loiur the roast for a distance of fifteeu hundred miles. The territory where the same phenomena has been wit nessed is probably much larger than t W desrrihod. We have onlv named ennh ovtrpme noints&s we have heard from at this date. The atmosphere nnd so charged with. smoke or other vapor, that after nightfall . . . . i i i . - voaoo u naviirannir me uav aim oacra- mpntn river were obliged to wait for daviisrht. Vessels attemotinir to en- ter Coose bay, in tne soutnern part ui . . .. r Oregon, were deiainea outsiue oi uie bar, in 6ome instances, for five or six nuta A r nthpr mast, norts creat dif- w v. Vr no aaa a. v - Acuities were experienced in making the entrance even at mid-day. The atmosnhere had what old settlers termed a humt Rmell ' but was nr oppressive at times than that known tit roii it from the hurnintr of forests. "It is now reasonably certain that this condition of the atmosphere was not caused bv fires either in Oregon or this State. There have been no fire sufficiently extensive to account for these peculiarities. There have been alortf the coast ranee for fortv miles, and yet the smoke wa noticanle in this city naruiymDre uiau a week. The phenomena must be re fprred rr anmo other cause havinir a close connection with the earthquake - . w . . . . .1 . . or yesterday, it is saia uiai iu same fttmoenhprif. neetili&rities are recoe- nized in South America as Immediate ly preeeedlng an earthquaKe. Ana there are many in this vicinity' who talked confidently-about 'earthquake BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, weather.' The atmospheric phenome na have wholly disappeared, no trace of it having been noticed since the oc currence of the earthquake. The change In this respect la a very notice able one. "The climatic peculiarities have been most remarkable during a great er part of the present j'ear. . Both at home and abroad there have been sud den changes of temperature, and such vagaries as not only to attract attention but to give rise to. unpleasant forebo dings. In England, during the sum mer, it. was intensely hot and dry. Hurricans have been very destructive in equatoiral regions ; atmospheric dis turbances haVe been wide-spread and extraordinary. The (lulf stream in the Atlantic is said to have shifted over nearer to the European continent. The whole volcanic system of South America, including also the volcanoes at the Hawaiian, Islands, have been very active of late. The result of the earthquake in South America, and the volcaniceruptions at the Islands, have just been recorded. Meteoric phenom ena for the last two years have also been most remarkable. , The distur bing forces above and beneath have been unusually active over a consid erable portion of the globe. It would appear, from the grouping together of the most noticeable of this class of events which Ixave occurred during the last few mouths, that the present is one of the most remarkable eras of physical and climatic changes which has been known for centuries. Wheth er these changes are for the better or worse is a problem we do not under take to solve. "The earthquake was not accompa nied by any tidal phenomena. The waters of the bay were quiet, ana there was no preemptible fluctuation. The undulating motion 'was from an opposite direction of the earthquake which occurred In October, lSbo. ine force was from the southeast in the one yesterday, while that in 1S5 was from the northwest The focus of the earthquake j'esterday, or the point where the greatest apparent force was exerted, was at no great.dis- tance from the town of Haywood, on the opposite side of the bay. A large one-story brick warehouse, and appar ently a very strong one, was complete ly demolished, and all the brick buil dings of that town and of Centreville were either thrown down or -ruined. Frame buildings in or near the latter town were also thrown down, and cat tle were thrown off their feet. . The focus of the earthquake of 1865 was not far from the town of Santa Cruz. It is certain that the greatest apparent force yesterday was exerted within a circle of sixteen miles, of which Hay wood was very nearly the center, ban Francisco was just beyond the line of the greatest disturbance, but nearer to it than that of any other notable earthquake of which we have any re cord. The stalest Extra Train. Since George Francis has been lying in an Irish prison, he has frequently issued a small sheet called the Train Extra, and has invarlbly mailed us a copy. The last numoer contains nis farewell address to England, une writer insists that since the day when Cadmus first invented letters, they were never used for forming such an extraordinary series of words as the document contains, we agree to that. The lastcertainly out-Trains Train. It is spread-eagleism triumphant and sublime. Head it : "A good-by to England. My P. P. C. With the cowardice of the bully and the serpent wiles of the sneak, the miserable minions of this base liovern- ment, with their infernal Alabama in trigue, having insulted my flag and country as well as the Irish people through my person, I, George Francis Tra'n, an American citizeu, incarcer ated in a British hostile for being true to Ireland, do hereby solemnly swear to return to America and demand jus tice for the Irish race at the bar of the American Congress. No bloodhound on the scent, no Indian on the trail, will be surer of his game. With my fingers on the iusler vein of Eneland. so help me God. I will never let go until America becomes America, and Ireland has an Irish nag over an Irish Republic, free from the damnable in justice of ages. Revenge is wild injus tice. Ireland shall be revenged. The payment of the Alabama claims and the release of the American citizens has already been balanced by the na tional insult to the Chinese Ambassa dor because he happens to be an Amer ican, 'lime will show who has the most power the American Minister dining with the British noble, or the American citizen dining with the Irish peasant. George Francis Train. Four Corners, Marshalsea, Oct. 1868." Fashion In Furs All fura of lower crade thn eMa are cheaper this season than last. . . 1 r . m . . a iuiiiK iias laiien iwemy-nve per cent. Reliable furriers sav tnev are selling rerdy-made sets of mink for less mon- .1 it ..1.2 A At ey uinii me sums uusi iiieui. Small collars, boas, and sacques are the fas.hihna.hle ehoiee in ahgnu Two styles of collars are shown. The X. 1 - -v . most tiressy enape is tne imperial col larine. verv small, onlv eirh inhao T y IllVtlO deep behind. .with short, square fronts ininmeu wim tne uuis or tne animals. Ladies who consider comfort tha fii essential, prefer the new pelerine cane l . u . l . : l i i - ' MiKiibiy ptJiuieu uacit ana rront, and sufficiently large to afford protection to the chest and shoulders. The half cape with long square ends is entirely out of fashion. The Princesse boa in troduced this season isagraceful style, short in front, and shaped to fit the nexa. suun, siraigni boa, tied at the throat or fastened by passing the head of the animal through a loop is in .favor with young ladies, but the long Bertha boa is more dUtingue The fur cloaks are gracefully shaped Macoues, made thirty-four inches long with coat sleeves standing collar and" pockets. The large clumsy canes are not in keeping with the present stvle of street dress, and have entirely dis appeared. Sacques are more comfort able, as they fit closer x the figure. Muffs are smaller even than last season. The round shape is preferred for full dress, the fiat pocket muff suspended by a cord around the neck for shopping and skating. Three" four, and sometimes five darfe stripes adorn mink mufS. The end are trimmed with asingle tassel of brown bullion attached to a diamond-shaped head, or with the tails of the animals pendent from .a pamenterie acorn. Changeable silk linings are not used, babies haveawift lining of eiderdown. Two more unfortunate. ' Weary of breath. " . Rahly Importunate. Gone to their deatSt " T t! OD tenderly. Lift them with ear Handle them gingerly Seymour and Blair i " -' V! ( ha- . ; y 'a . V AV'An rUVAVMi 'I A- y( y ' Wvi ! IN AN . L V) I j A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1868. Ufe la IscbrctUa. A citizen of Nebraska thus posts up an eastern correspondent who f peered a variety of questions at hixa as to the territory and life there : "What kind of a country do you live in?" ' "Mixed and extensive. It is made up principally of land ana water." What kind of weather ?" "Long spells of weather are freqner.t. Our sunshine comes oU principally during the day time." -"Have you plenty of water, and how got?". "A good deal of water scattered about, and generally got in pails and whiskey." . V "liirtKrrdr.- -s V Rather so. when you have to go half a rr?ne ana waae in mud knee deep to get it" "What kind of buildings?" '-llegoric, Ionic, Tuscan. anti-Balo-rie, log anl lbft. The buildings are chiefly out of doors, and so low be tween Joints that the chimneys all stick out through the roof." "What kind of society. ?" "Good, bad, hateful, indifferent and mixed." "Any aristocracy ?" "Nnry one." ".'What do your people do for a liv ing, mostly?" "Some work, some laze arounn. one's a shrewd business manager, and sev eral drink whiskey." t'ls it cheap living there ?" ''Only five cents a glass and the wa ter thrown in." "Any taste for music?" "Strong. Buzz and buck saws in the day time, and wolf howling and cat fighting nights." "Any pianos there?" "No, but we have several cqw-bells and a tin pan in every family." "What could a genteel family in moderate circumstances do for a liv ing?" "Work, shave notes, fish, hunt, steal, or if pinched, buy and sell town p.operty." The Printer' Estate. The printer's dollars where are they?v A dollar here and a dollar there, scattered over numerous small towns all over the country, miles and miles apart how shall they be gath ered together ? The paper maker, the building owner, the journey man com positor, the grocer, tailor, and numer ous others too tedious to mention, have their demands, hardly ever so small as a single dollar. Butthe mites from here and there must be dil igently gath ered and patiently hoarded, or the where with to discharge the liabilities will hever become sufficiently bulky. We imagin the printer will have to get up an address to those widely scat tered dollars something like the fol lowing: "Dollars.halves, quarters, dimes and all manner of fractions into which you are divided, collect yourselves and come home ! Ye are wanted. ' Com binations of all sorts of men that help the printer to become a proprietor, gather such a force and demand with truih good reasons you rappearence at this counter, that nothing short of a sight of your face will appease them. Collect yourselves, for valuable as you are in the aggregate, single you will never pay the cost of gathering. Come in single file that the printer may f rm you into battalion, and send you forth again to battle for him and vin dicate his credit" Sled?ln? a Parson I was a passenger on a steamer from Panama to San Francisco when the rush of travel on that line was im mense. We were badly crowded, and there was no room for chairs or tables, yet we were bound to have our game of "old sledge." A Baptist minister, smitten with the lust for gold, had de serted his-flock, and occupied a sleep ing place on the floor of the cabin. He was a large, corpulent man, and finding him a sound sleeper, four of us squatted around him, and commenc ed playing on his broad stomach, scor ing the points of the game on his black vest. We played for several hours, undisturbed except by an occa sional snoring-of uncommon strong force. I had won considerably, and one of ray opponents, Jim Doyle, be coming excited at my turning up "Jack," brought down his fist on the lower part of the parson's stomach with great force. The pious old gen tleman was awakened thereby, and looked up with some surprise; but seeing the state of the case, quietly re marked: "Boys, go on with your game, but if you intend to pound me in that way, you'd better let me turn over." How to Foretell the Weather. We find an article in some of our exchanges giving directions how to foretell the weather. We do not know M. author is. as the article is not credited to any paper and it has no signature, we coppy me iouowing: "The sensibility of many animals and plants to the varying conditions of the atmosphere is so great that a careful study of their movements will often, indicate with certainty ap proaching changes in the weather. When a storm is impending the spider shortens the threads of his web, and lengthens them out again when the storm is about to pass away; careful observers even pretend to foretell how Inn ir fl ne weather will last from the degree to which the web is extended. If the spider is quiet, u is a sign oi rin hut when he troes to work during a shower, be sure it will soon clear off. The swallow is also an inraiiibie bar ometer, flying low, uttering a low. rilalntive cry, beiore a rain, out, sau ng back and forth high in the air, during settled weather ; when a voi lent tempest is about to break out, he soars even to the clouds and adopts a from his ordinary one." MIMBBoa-ia-o-nnp-B----M Horatio was a greedy lad Who cried ami shouted for As many cake as could be given. And then would steal some more. TJlvsaes was a quiet boy. And to his ma did say -please let us have a peace," and then Went quietly away. So when the next cake-feast was given Well knowing 'lUtlo's tricks, . Columbia gave him only seven,; And 'Lyases twentjt-six! The Rock ford fill.) Chief lnrU in its Issue of November 5th, a representation of a large monument, on which is Inscribed: "Dtwtv On Tuesday, the Sd day of Novem ber, A.D. 1H, of hard drink, disloyalty and chronic ewwdn-as. Demo-racy, agad about 43 vears. In vooth it wrs firm and loyal ; in Its latter davs it was corrupt, stiff-necked and rebellious. K. K- K. "Ye party known As copperhead. Beneath this stone - Llea very dead. Good devil, now yon've got your grip, Jl ewreml not to let It slip ; For If ywi do, you know full well. There'll be secession, sure. In hteU. ... "Of afch U not the kingdom of Heaven." a iixzz: What a moment! Whit a doubt ! All my nose, inside and out, Allmy thrn!lae,tickUr.g,cas8tlc Pyramid, rhinosMerrmtlc, V ants to sneeze end cannot do It. Now It yearns me, thrliis me, stir trsmc. Now with rapturous torment wnusr? me; Nowsars,Snee,y&ufoul; rettUrouilt.' Shoe shee oh I 'tin most dti laid lhi lahl most del lshl (Hang It! I shall sneeze till aprlrg) SnuXf'a a most delicious things DemneraeSe Salllsuy. We had a little party once. In which we took no pride; Bat ah ! It trtsd to carry Bi&ir, And doublal up and died. Agricultural Department. This Department of our paper is ender the conn ol of Col. R. W. Fckxas, to whom all communications on "Agriculture" should be addressed. Planting Grapes, . Six feet by eight, used to be the dis tance apart recommended by nearly all grape growers, to set vines. When we first commenced planting in Ne braska, we adopted this plan, but have long since found it a mistake, especial ly for trellis training. Hereafter we shall plant eight by ten feet, and ten by twelve feet, owing to varieties. We find even the Delaware, in four or five years, wants more room than six by eight We know it seems almost im possible to the beginner that the little vine he i3 scattering out six by eight feet apart with but two buds, can ever grow to such proportions as to enter lace or crowd each other, and that it looks like a waste of ground; but ex perience will tell the tale. As to waste of ground, the space between the vines can all be used for the cultivation of some small sized crops until the grapes need the room. Some of our Delawarea have grown canes the past season .eight and ten feet in length; Diana -still longer; Concord, Rogers No. 15, and other va rieties still beyond that Fralt Steallnj. A griculturat Editor A dvertiser : I would like to draw the attention of parents and children to an evil which ought to be stopped at once, Fruit Stealing. My taste runs In the fruit line. I have expended time, money and care in trying to raise fruit; and after all my exertions, hopes, &c. find, just when the fruit gets half ripe, some scoundrel thinks he has better rights, steals the fruit, injures the trees, and laughs in his sleeve as having done a smart trick. Now I hold that the man who has planted fruit trees ought to have its first fruit; as it is a well known fact that all fruit trees are not adapted to our climate, so that a fruit, culturist in trying to raise fruit, reports the kind adapted to our soil, and. others reap the benefit of his experience. To illustrate the injury done to my self and community I will state I have some fine trees of the White Winter Pearmain (considered by some a tender variety,) ten years old, which never before bore fruit. I watched them carefully,, intending to bring them to our County Fair ; but, lo 1 and behold! preso gone! Not even a trace left I planted an orchard seven or eight years ago, and have quite a number of trees in bearing; but am so unfortu nate as to have the fruit stolen every year since. Now, as regards the White Pearmain, if a person comes and says, what kind of a tree is this? does it bear-well ? is it hardy ? i3 the fruit good worthy of general cultiva tion? what can I say? If I knew, the thief, I might send to him for infor mation. It is not of dollars and cents of which I complain; but the injury done to others who wish to plant trees in not being able to report of the dif ferent kinds adapted to Nemaha County, Neb. Rock Ckeek. Fairview Farm, Xov. 2, 1863. We sympathize with our friend "Bock Creek," in his misfortunes- losing his fruit It ia vexatious to be thus treated. Some men and boys are naturally mean and vicious in such respects, and we know of no rule to meet their case, especially as there is always "to be catching before hanging." Kindness works well oftner than anything else. We have never been troubled with the boys robbing our trees or vines. The boys about us have long since learned that we always divide with them, and that when the fruits are ripe, they will get a share by asking for it. We do not know what the characteristics of our friend are in this respect, but make the suggestions for what it is worth. The Prairie Farmer. This valuable western agricultural paper is just about to enter upon its twentieth volume. The paper, as its name indicates, is devoted to prairie farming, and is therefore suited pecu liarly to Nebraska farmers, who we hope will give it a liberal patronage. Much improvement was made in the Farmer the past year, and the pub lisher promises increased efforts the coming year. One hundred dollars in gold is offered for the largest club for next year, and in addition the mem bers of the club to receive their paper for 1870 free. The Farmer ti published weekly at Chicago, 111., by the "Prairie Farmer Company.1 Terms, $2. We see by this week's issue of Col man's Rural World, that the proprie tor offers to send to all who subscribe now foi 1SS9, the remaining number of this year free. Thosa wishing to patronize a live western agricultural Journal, can now do so on themes liberal terms. It is published weekly at taper year. Address, Norman J Colman; St Louis, Mo. No. 6. Thirteen Jloatii la Xext Tear. Not exactly ' accordlcT to thecco Etan Almanac, bat in its calendar cf the publishers of the American Ag riculturist. That 13, they offer to re ceive subscribers now, and all through this month, for 1SC3, and throw la the month of December without charge. The offer is worth looking at, merely on account of the odd month, for we consider any number of that paper richly worth the cost for a whole year. We advise everm man, woman and child,.whatever his or her calling, to be sure and obtain the reading of the Agriculturist. It is of large size, pack ed full of valuable, reliable informa tion. No 08 can read it a year, or even a single number, without gather ing eor practical hints that will, in the end; far more than repay the cost It al30 contains every year hundreds of beautiful, interesting, and instruc tive engravings, which are alone worth the price, if not a word of reading matter were given. Fifteen cents will secure a post-paid copy for November, or $1 ,50 will secure the paper from now to the end of 1S69, and a good invest ment it will be our word for it. Ad dress the publisher, Orange Judd & Co., 24o Broadway, New York. We will furnish the American Ag riculturist one year for $1, to all new cash subscribers to the Ifeoraska Ad vertiser. The Cultivator and Country Gentleman. We have before spoken of this ex cellent agricultural paper, and feel that we cannot speak too often, or say too much in its favor. We have been a subscriber for the past fifteen years, and like it, all in all, better than any other. Being published where it is, some may think its matter not entire ly applicable to the "far west" The general principles of agriculture are the same everywhere, and its princi pal editor is perhaps the oldest and most experienced man in service. The Country Gentleman is now about en tering upon its thirty-ninth volume. Published weekly by Luther Tucker & Son, Albany, New York. Terms, $2,50. mmmsmsmsmklslSSSmsssSMmmnm mmm At the recent exhibition of the Grape Growers Association of New York, over one thousand feet of table was used in making the display. Sev eral exhibitors used over one hundred plates. After testing the varieties and awarding the premiums, interesting discussions were had on various sub jects connected with cultivating the grape. There seemed to be a general conclusion that we plant too close to gether. Ten by twelve feet apart was thought to be about the proper dis tance. Mr. Barney, of the firm of Ellwan ger & Barney, Rochester, New York, writes to the American Journal of Ilorticulturr, that he raised the past year, on five-eights of an acre of ground, sixty-four hundred quarts of Wilson's Albany Strawberries, which averaged in price eightcents per quart This is at the rate of ten thousand, two hundred and forty quarts per acre, paying $219,20 per acre. Charles Reemelin, of Cincinnati, and author of the "Wine Maker's Manuel," says : "As the wine trade becomes a free trade, it will inevitably become a more honest trade. All Government has ever done by its pro hibition, or protective tariff, is to help rogues cheat fools and rob honest men." Condition or the Crops In the United States. From the last monthly report of the Commissioner of Agriculture at Wash ington, we make the following ex tracts as to Wheat and Corn: "Wheat. The correspondence of Augus- and September has been volu minous and indefinite concernine wheat, furnishing numerous and con tradictory elements in a calculation of quantity. Statements of disappointed expectations in threshing are abund ant; a little rust here and there, the chinch bug, and other causes of fail ure are found ,- the grasshopper at cer tain points in the distant west has been a burden to wheat growers. On the other hand, cases are mentioned of a three-fold acreage with half an average yield, giving a fifty per cent aggregate increase notwithstanding the loss ; numerous returns declare the present the largest crop in many years ; and the majority, in view of tne general increase m acreage, show a better result than that of last year, after accounting for losses in the yield. W A. 1 A A a . w it may oe stated, however, that the average yield per acre of the whole country i3 scarcely equal to that of is!, out tne increased area sown will secure an aggregate somewhat larger luau wie proauct or tnatyear. The Slates indicating a decreased product are as follows, 10 representing an avenge yield: New Hampshire, 9.8; Connecticut, 9.6; North Caroli na, y.4; bouth Carolina, 8.9; Geonria, e.a; AiaDama, 8.4; Texas, 6.6; Wis consin. 9.8. Other States give an increase: Maine 10.8; Vermont, 10.9; Massachusetts, 10.6; New York, 10.3; New Jersey, 10.1 ; Pennsylvanio, 10.3; Delaware, 10.5; Maryland, 10.2; Virginia. lf-5; Mississippi, 12.5 ; Louisiana, 11 ; Ar kansas, 12; Tennessee, 10.7; West Virginia, 11.8; Kentucky, 11; Mis souri, 13.5 ; Illinois, 13.4 ; "Indiana, 11; Ohio, 10.8; Michigan, 10.6; Minneso ta, 15; Iowa, 10.8; Kansas, 11.5; The September reports of condition when harvested represent the follow ing States below the average ; Maine, .o ; iSew Hampshire. 9.5: rew jer sey, 9.3; Delaware, 7; Virginia, 8; North Carolinia, 7.5; South Carolinia, 8.3: Ueorria. 7.3: Alabama, b i :-us slssiDDi. 8.3: Texas. 4.8: Arkansas, 9.1; Tennessee, 9.1; Kentucky, 8.5; Illinois. 9.2; Wisconsin, 9.8: Iowa, 9.5; Nebraska, 9.8; and the following up to or above the average: Vermont, 10.3 ; Ma3sachusette, 10 ; New York, 10.3; Pennsylvania, VM; Maryland, X TL-j C .'- Zj V '"" -Ciei-jar?, C.-t I-rrt ::-)......... rcinab'-'r-'-t trrvrt;; I.ss.'Tie-s Crcs. (ir- Lr.j cr I ach A-iiit'.ccs'l L;n C- Co.am, cue y cat. ........ Cca Column, s:x montts. Cn9 Coisnii, three rr.oatj... I'alf Ccliaa, ot:2 year I':f Ccl-rart, six month'? I '.si! Cohr!3, U.r?9 E3n.h3.. Forti Co: a ran, one yesj V ' "J r ourta Co.una. sncn.; Fourth Coliirm, thrrc rrc.n:i,A Eshth Column, r.e yesr ... I.Uitii Coluran, six months..... Eiat.i Cr iurnn, three tr.Rtts. Stray Notlca, fpeii heni! Transient ad vertisrTnrr.ts r7l C J ) is in adi 10.1; West Vinrir.ia, 10.1; 'M!rr.rf 10.6 'Indiana. 10.5; Oaio, 13; Mi. Li rars, 10.5;"2.Iionesct3, 11.4 ; II." "zf -10.8." "Cc?.n Th!3 crop h gtr.rr-IIy r-' ported in fine condition, and ia zzzzl sections i3 sorapMlj vrtlzx'.r ' s to be in little danrtsr frcm first In p-; tion9 of the wc-.. especially so In j. U ' of Kansas, and Nebraska, "tbs -rc-utV and the gr?.s hoppers have raRtrla'Iy injured the crop ; tut the season sir.ca June has teen generally fivcril'.?, and, with the unprecedented lncif"Ts, in Via oroa ra n t a-1 O r,lY f .- ? f . AAA fcA CWt... IUkt V P J k l , or about nine per cent. tL era nu-t te an areregate yitld cf this rreat stapis. . New" Hampshire rt-pcrta the avrr--3 condition of the" crop September 1:, as compared with same time lt yrar, at 11 tenths, (or 10 per o?r.t t - tier ;) Vermont 13-tenths; Mr-al:u3?tt?t 10.4; New Jerev, 10.5; Nortu Caro lina, 10.8; South Carolinia, 12.7; sissippi. 12.5 ; Louisiana, CO; Te";3, Ar!cnt5sa3. 11; T..-n::r?e. 11.1; Ke&tucfcy, 12; IliinciiT, 1); C 10; Wisconsin, 12; Minnesota, 13.1; Io-ra 10.9; while Maine indicates a decline to 9.3 tenths ; Rhode Island, 7.5 ; Nev ' York, 9.S; Pennsylvania, S.3; Dela ware, 8; Maryland, 9.8 ; Virginia, 9.6; Georgia, 8.3 ; Florida, 8.5 ; Alabama, 8.5 : West Virginia, 9.4 ; Missouri, 3 j Indiana. 9.8; Michigan, 9.2; Nttraiita 7; and Kansas, 5.8. Iulchlnsr Grapes. "F. G.," a correspondent of tho Rural World, among other gcod things said in regard to mulching the grape says: The best mulch I can give seen to be the weediness of the garden. Jast fall I dressed the ground of a Clinton grape vine, of some e!rht years stand-' ing, with, principally, the tops of beet3. This formed a bed cf several feet around the vine, and of seme six inches ia thickness. This I covertd with several bushes of leaves. The whole I sprinkled over with ground so as to pack it somewhat, and prevent the wind from taking the leaves away. This spring the ground was level, and there was but a thin stratum of leaves and root-tops. It seemed but & trl'd ; but as I have had experience in theso trifles before, I trusted to it The vine' is growing beyond precedent net,' mind you, in leaves and wood, but la ' clusters. It 13 kept pruned close, pinched at the last cluster, and, all. else is removed, except what shoots are wanted for next year's fruit These shoot3 are growing finely but not better probably than at ether years. The fruit is better, decidedly. The" clusters are very large, well apresd which is a lack in the Clinton and bid3 fair to out-do everything of its kind. The bunches are all of a size, and all sholdered a quality which tv" not generally attributed to this sort . I was led to th3 more particularly. . by a similar effect upon a vine last' year. This was an Isabella, and never did anything till treated, accidentally,, in this way. It had also been neglec-' ted up to this time. Butthe difference' was all difference. . There had been, but a few clusters, not exceeding half, a dozen and the vine was as many years old. But a heap of refuse wa' piled around it, that and the year be fore killing probably one vine, a ' there was too much of it and served as a mulch and a manure at the same time, and a vegetable manure, which for years has seemed favorable to rue for fruit, especially quality. The vine thl3 (past) year, pruned, and manured and mulched the ground itself being rich produced oneof the largest crosa of fruit I have ever seen, reminding me or the vineyards at Herman, ifcu , was in New York. The vine bore too much and it ripened its fruit large, ; rich, luscious bunches, which the lady of the house would not permit to bo lessened at the time of tWnnmg, tho' they were somewhat, but not enough," it seems, to save the vine. There was not that growth of wood which other manures or top-dressings would have produced, as the vine had but litte wood grown, and that of an unripe, sickly appearance. ' The growth of my present vine, of which I have the care, is all that one could wibh. I have extended the ex periment by mulching others com mencing two or three weeks ago. Of course there 13 no effect a3 yet tho as a mulch it answers a good purpose in the drouth we are having. Some six or eight vines are thus receiving the refuse (with always a little soii of a fat garden. I shall report in due time. " Meantime, the weeding3 of a gar den sould never be wasted ; nor any green stuff, whether weed-, or grass, or what not. Apply as mulch : apply green, and cover slightly with soil, or not, as you please. A little vegetable element goes a great ways, and has a crood inliuence udoii oualitv." F.fl. w - - rf - " " . Burning Straw at the TTet. This practice, which crevaila r.n c-n. erally in the new settlements, is ex-, ceedingly wasteful. No sis;ht ia more common than immense plies of straw' leu to rot in tne neid3, orgivea to tho torch, a the nnirkat mthv! f m dance. The a2he3, Indeed, are restored - to tne earth, but not to the soil. Tha few square rods on which they lie are scarcely benefited. All the organic part of the plant is dissipated and lost bv the burninsr. It will be siid in justification of the practice, that thcra is no market for the straw, and it i3 an incumbrance upon the soil, and per haps, aUo, that the land is rich enough . without it. Every farmer should havo a good home market for straw. Great U3e is made of a portion of it for fod der by our best farmers, and the ma nure from the extra stock thu3 kept U returned to the soil. It i3 largely used for bedding, and the cattle yardaar? kept thickly covered wiih it It wruld pay better to spread it upon the soil where it grows, and plow it in, than to burn it. It helps make a cheap and warm hovel for cattle, before the settler has time to build his barn. Save thV straw, for even the virgin soil will soon need it to keep up it3 fertility., American Agriculturist. During the recent Saratoga races, the following singular wager w&V won. In the bar room of tha Union. Hotel a number cf the sporting frater nity were assembled, and in thecourso of the miscellaneous coversation car ried on, an effleial from New York City declared hi3 ability to eat tha corks that had been drawn from evrv bottieof wine" that had been dranV by the company daring the evenl--A Congressman In the crowd offered to bet 3100 on each cork that" ha couldn't do it The bet wa3 arCeed and the believer in "l.'t df'i--" mediately set tor work, and in a minutes won S2,5C0, havi- r ''7 ted and swallowei that 'nu'-p"- 't'r corks. The "ccrkist." to d-ysV-!" wards, declared th? he had not sph ered the least inceavnionc from h? rry anppr. I