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C- O- OUBL,
1TTORSEY AT I A W ,
SALEM, OREGON;
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TriU attend the Circuit Court terms in Lino county
ani the entire District. Office in Watkinds Co s
riek.npsUirs. T3n4Syl
ITIXUAM DAVIDSON,
Qc No. 64 rront Street,
Adjoining the Telegraph Office, Portland, Oregon.
QPEOIAL C0LLE0T0B OF CLAIMS.
Boads, Promissory Notes, Book Accounts, and all
other Claims will bo made a Specially,
aad Promptly Collectod.
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S. A. JOHNS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ALBANY. OREGON.
ILIGENT attention wiil begiret i to f
ness in Ma line. jao23T4n23tf.
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PRICES GREATLY REDUCED!
DR, E. II- GRIFFIX
Proposes to . his rates for DenUl serriccs
forth, year 1S59, as Mlowi. Tii :
Full upper and lower st of Art. Teeth. 0 o $50
Pull upper or lower - "
PiTOt teeth, $2,50 each. Filling Ueth, from $1 U
$3eachcarity. Ertraetin. 5 cents per tooth.
Cleansing. 50 cents to Other minor opera-
tiots in proportion. Terms, U. 8. eoin or iu
cquiTalent. - . .
N. B. Office OTr Bentley's shoo store, in the
Id post office building, P'"11, FTVck
Albany, Oregon. DR. E- II. GRIFFIN.
Dec. 30, 1S6S v4n29tf.
N. II. CRANOR,
ATTQBXET AB COUNSELLOR IT LAW,
Orrica In Norcross' Briek Building, up-sUirs,
Albany, Oregon, n
C. A. BLACKLEY,
FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER.
WOULD RESPECTFULLY INFORM THE
citiiens of Albany Vj at be has opened a
Barbor Shop, on Main sire: , two doors above
Parrish's Block, where be is pr rared to accom
rnodato all who may desire anything ia the tonso
rial lino. ,
He also states that his terrices can bo ha4 at
any time, with due notice, to
CALL FIGURES FOR PARTIES OR BALLS,
n reasonable terms. dccH4nl7m4
JOIIX J. WHITNEY,
.ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
and Notary Public
Special attentions given to collections.
OrriCE In the Court House.
Albany. Oregon. T3n3Stf.
351. CANTERBURY, 31. D .
Physician and Surgeon,
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
Office, B. R- Biddle's Drug Store.
noTl4'68 r4n!3tf
G. W. GRAY, D. D.
GRADUATE OF THE CI3CISHATI DEIfTAL COLLEGE,
WOULD INVITE ALL PERSONS DESIR
ing Artificial teeth and first-class Dental
Operation!, to give him a call.
. Specimens of Vulcanite Base with gold plate
linings, and other new styles of work, may be
oen at his office, up itairs ia Parrish A Co.'i
Brick, Albany, Oregon.
Residence, corner of Second and Raker streets.
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j. crownk t. fli.
POWELL fc FliINX,
A TTORNE YS A ND CO VNSELL ORS A T
LA WAND SOLICITORS IN CHANCER Y,
(L. Flinn, Notary Public.)
ALBANY, Oregon. Collections and convey
ances promptly attended to. oc20nl01y
W. . HILT ABIDE L. BEDFIELD.
IIIXTARIDEL &. CO.,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVI
sion, Wood and Willow Ware, Confection
ry, Tobacco, Cigars, Pipes, Notions, etc. Store
a Maine street, adjoining the Express office, Al
bany, Oregon. se28v3n7tf
BARROWS,
Im BLAI5,
S. E. TOUHG.
Jf BARROWS cfe CO.,
pmrmAL $ cqjpfissrgN merchants
TTfc EALERS in etp!e, Dry and Eancy Goods,
aLf QrocBfiesi ' Hardware", Cutlery, Crockery,
Boots and Shoes, 'Albany. Oregon,
j Consignments solicited. c6n8tf
- . ftLBAHY ATH HQUSEI
THE UNDERSIGNED. TTQULD RESPECT
fully inform ph citizens of Albany and ri
inity that he has taken cbargp of this Establish
ment, and, by keeping claai rooms and paying
,trict attention to business, expectf 'to suit all those
i who may faTOr him with their patronage. Haying
.heretofore carried on nothing but
! Flrst-Cliss Hair Dressing Salqqns,
he expects to give entire satisfaction to alL
ilChildien and Ladies' Hair neatly cut and
hatapooed. JOSEPH WEBBER.
apr4v3n33tf ,
r. BCSSELL, AjfCS ELKIIfS,
Att'yatLaw. Notary Public.
RUSSEII. & ELKINS,
Office in Parrish' & Co.'s Block. First Street,
ALBANY, OREGON. V '
HaTing taken into co-partnership James Elkins,
K sq., Ex-Clerk of Linn connty, Oregon, we are
e nabled to add to onr practice of law and oollee
I ions, superior facilities for
(fonvey anting, Examining Becor&s,
' ' AND
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Attending: to Probate Business,.
Dee Is, Bonds, Contracts and Mortgages carefully
drawn. Homestead and Pre-emption papers made
and Claims secured. Sales of Real Estate negoti
ated, and loans effected on Collateral securities on
reasonable rates
All business entrusted to them will be promptly
atteiSedto. ' RUSSELL 4 ELKINS.
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TOR 1069.
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tion as to the character of our Democracy. We
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of constitutional law. We thai! tri to imtl ia
the minds of the people thin truth that the C'.n
ititurt n as it was before the cointDencemcnt of the
late civil war, far exceeded in wisdutn and adapta
tion to the happinei of frt-e people anjr imtru
ment of the kind ever deviled by man. We ac
cept the old Constitution with all its Raararu-r
all its reqainrajenti with all the rt-jhu, rivUegci
and instituiiom which existed under it. " Not one
of those ia.nitutioni tot what were eBential to a
lepublican Government. On no other plan than
that marked out by our father can the Govern
ment be maintained in iu parity. Our motto U
The Old Union awl the Old Comtitution.
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original and selected. The farmer, the promotion
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT,
i.t H- BALTIMORE. ADMINISTRATOR OF
the estate of Reuben R. Bloant, deceased, having
filed his account in the County Court of the county
of Linn, State of Oregon, praying a final settle
ment of the same and to be discharged as such
Adm'nietrator : Therefore, notice is hereby piv-n
that said account and the settlement thereof will
be beard and determined on
Saturday, the Clh day of March , 18C9,
at tbe Court House in tbe city of Albany, in said
county, and all persons interested in said estate
will file their objections to said account and tbe
settlement thereof on or before said day.
By order of said Court.
S. A. JOHNS,
Feb. 2, 869 n25w41 County Judge.
NOTICE Or FINAL SETTLEMENT.
J.
C. WORTH. ADMINISTRATOR. AND
Anna M. Worth, Administratrix, of the eKtate
of John Q. A. Worth, deceased, have this day filed
their account in the CouDty Court of Linn county,
Oregon, praying for a final rettlement of the
same, and to be discharged as such Administrators.
Therefore, notice is hereby given that said appli
cation and settlement will be heard and determin
ed at the Court House in said county, on
Tuesday, the Glh day of April, 18G9,
and all persons interested in said estate are hereby
required to file their objections to said account
and tbe rettlement thereof on or before said day.
By order of said Court.
Feb. 6, 1869 n2Cw4.' S. A. J0IIN3.
' ' County Judge.
N. n. CRAjron, Att'y for Adm'r.' '
EXECUTQITS NOTICE.
"TLTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
undersigned has been appointed by the
tl-iunty Uourt of Jjinn county, state or Oregon,
Executor of the Estate of Spencer L. Snodcrass.
deceased. All persons having claims against said
estate are hereby required to present them, with
proper vouchers, to the undersigned, at bis resi
dence in Harrisburg, Linn county, Oregon, within
six months from the date hereof.
Dated Fbf 3, 1869.
JOHN C. SNODGRASS,
y4n25w4 Executor.
AnmNISTRATOirS NOTICE,
NOTICE 18 . HEREBY GIVEN THAT I,
the undersigned, have been appointed, by
the County Court of Linn county, btate of Ore
eon, Administrator of the estate of Louis Gburob
ill, deceased. .All persons haying claims against
said estate are hereby requested tt present' them,
with proper vouchers, to the undersigned, at his
residence, ten miles boutn ot Albany, Linn conn
' ty, Oregon, within six montns from the date here
Of. JAMES JVI. Oil UUCUILL.
Dated. Jan. 23, 1869. Administrator.
V4n24w4.
FARM FOR SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER, LIVING FOUR MILES
north of Albany on the Willamette river.
offers his farm for sale. Said farm consists of
450 acres, all under fence ; 300 acres of good tilla
ble land ; 160 acres in cnltivation ; good bouse
and barn : an excellent well of water; a small or
chard. I will sell this farm for to per acre one
half cash down; tie b&lanoe on time to suit par
ehawr. WJI. C. MILLER.
Dee.lJ,8v4nl7rf
ALBANY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869.
V O K T 11 Y.
AFTER THE BATTLE,
BT MHS. JOHN L. rLAOO.
A wast of land, a sodden plain,
A lurid sunset sky.
Mid clouds that fled and faded fast '
In ghostly phantasy ;
A field uptarnud by trampling feet,
A field up-piled with slain,
With horse and rider blont in death
Upon the battle plain.
Tbe dying and the dead lio low ;
For them no moro shall rise
The evening moon, tbe midnight stars,
Nur daylight's soft surprise.
Tbcy wako no more t tcuderest oall,
Nor aoo agin each home
Where waiting hearts shall throb and break.
When this day's tidings oome.
Two soldiers lying as they fell
Upon tbe roddened clay.
In daytime foes, at night at peace,
Breathing their lives away.
Brave hearts bad stirred each manly breast,
Fate only made them foes;
And lying dying side by side,
A softey feeling roie.
4,Our time is short," one faint voice said,
"To-day we did our bcit,"
On different sidei: what matter now T
To-morrow were at rest.
Ltfd lies behind; I might not oare.
For only my own sako.
But far away are other hearts
That thja day's work will break.
Among few Hampshire's many hills
There pray for me to-night
A woman and a little girl,
W.itb hair like golden light
And as the thought broke forth at last
The crj of anguish wild.
That would not longer be suppressed
"OGod! my wifo ray child r
"And," said the other dying man,
"AeroM the Georgia plain,
There watch and wail for mo loved ones
I'll never os again.
A little child, with dark bright eyes.
L'ach day awaits the door
Tbe father's step, the father's kiss
That never greet her more.
To-day w sought aeh other's lives.
Death let els alt that now ;
For soon before God's mercy seat
Together we hall bow,
Forgive each oth-r while we may ;
Lire' but a weary game:
And. right r wrong, the morrow's sun
"Will find us dead the same."
The dying lip the pardon breathe,
The dying bauds entwine ;
The Uit ray dies, and over ail
The tar from heaven shin ;
And the litt'e girl with golden hair,
TLe otxv with dark eyes bright,
On Hampshire's bill atul GeorgU's plain,
Wer fatherless that night.
A .SETTLED POLICY OF THE
1'AItM.
. The whole secret of the succawfu! far
mer often lie in hi having a fixed rlan
ff operations. Multitude have no plan
but to mfet their initueJiatc necessities
nod wake money by the easiest and seero-
louiy shortest methods. If wol brioi
hij;h price, they will gradually ptve up
dairying and wcrk into heep, with the
expectation of making their fortunes.
If wool and mutton raising docn not pay,
they .sell their flock at a great sacrifice.
If hop are sixty cents a pound, they,
inveM in hop pole and kiln for drying,
and expect a audden wealth. If when
in their yard, omo in full bearing, the
prices fall off one half or more, they arc
disgusted, and ready to blow up their
yards, concluding the business will not
pay. There arc men who are taking up
a good thing a little too late to make
moocy by it. 1 he farmer cannot afford
this continual change. His business is
less speculative than any other, and, af
ter providiug for the wants of hi family
and stock, hn should give his attention
merely to the production of a few animal,
crcps, or other products, on which he can
rely to rat!e money. Any branch of
farm industry, steadily followed, will bo
found profitable. Dairying, in a year of
short grass, might not pay well. Hut
the years of drought arc exceptions, and
the man who makes firstrate butter or
cheese will find them a reliable source of
income. Where a specialty is made of
some onre crop, it ts particularly import
ant that he should follow it meadiiy.
The raising of hops or of tobacco re
quire fixtures that arc useless in any
other branch of farming, and the change
involves a considerable loss of capital.
Besides we are always learning in a busi
ness to which we give habitual attention.
and this knowledge U as much a part of
our capital as the money invested in tools
and In buildings. If a man should make
potatoes his leading crop, ho should study
to lessen the cost of production, and
would resort to devices iu the preparation
of manures, and in cultivation, quite un
known to the farmer who pursues a caro
less style of husbandry. He could. raise
potatoes cheaper than his neighbors, by
means of his improved methods, and if
he Eold at the same price, make moro
mQney. Whatever branch of farming
you fallow, stick to it, if it is moderately
profitable. Lay jour plans far ahead, and
prepared for the exceptional years, when
large profits come from high prices, or
losses from unfavorable seasons. A mix
ed husbandry is always the safest, and is
not at all inconsistent with the cultivation
of commercial crops, as tobacco, hops,
flax, omon seed or vegetable seed of any
kind, garden vegetables for market, fruits,
etc. The introduction or these requires
close calculation, definite plans and tnor
ough business management, if success be
attained. American AgriculturalUt.
, B , hsBu ii i -- ti
Old Parson M., of Torrington, Conn.,
was a queer sort of a maq. Ono time
when Ins congregation had, most oi them,
fairly disposed themselves for their alter
nooq nap, he startled them as well as
their ideas of propriety by asking-in his
loudest tone, "What's the price of but
ter r
Two Montreal ladies rescued a skater
from drowning, recently by tying their
cloaks -together and hauling him out,
while the frightened men of the party
were running ashore lor help.
A Virginia farmer says that with sheep
and clover, he can make .anv land Dro-
ductive unless it has the barrenness of
the 6ands of Sahara.
From tbe (Teon.) Press and Times, 23d.
A TKUUIIiXi: INVENTION.
Somo months ago a mechanical gonius,
whoso namo wo are not at liberty to dis
close, told us ho had an idea which ho
was endeavoring to "work out" by which
a very littlo army will bo irresistiblo against
any number or enqmics. He promised
to let us havo tho benefit of tho idea if
he found that it could be made practica
ble. Sinoo then ho has diligently worked
at it every ovoning, Sunday notexceptod,
bringing tt "out," ait ho calls it. During
those months hi abstracted air, his isola
tion, tho constant imcccssion of hopos
and fears about tho success of his orojoct,
which would be vuiblo on hi i'aco for
days together, led many of his noighbors
to tuppoio that he wa moro orlctu crazy.
Ho brought his long audabsorbing labors
to a ftucooHiiful termination about four
days ago, and had the gratification of
testing the utility of his perfected idea,
with tho most comploto evidence of its
practicability. The invention consists of
a rango of guns of 0.7u bore and forty
inches, mounted on a carriage of very
simple structure to be hauled by one
horse. Tho width of tho carriage be
tween tho wheoht is ix feet. The gun
barrels, twelve in number, are ranged
apparently parallel to each other upoo
tliu carriage. We say apparently, for
their lino of fire is not strictly parallel,
but divergent, no that at three hundred
yard distance the twelve bullets sweep a
lino of about thirty feot. They arc
ranged at equal distances from each other,
except in the middle, where there is a
poce of ten iocht. into which is placed
a telescope of considerable power, and a
nice arrangement for adjusting the gun
in taking aim. Thi contrivance enable
the operator to send a bullet through the
bull1 eye at Mxtccn hundred yards nine
time out of ten. The tubes themselves
aro rifled, and double the strength of or
dinary rifle, ind are made strong at the
breech by a band six inches broad and
out-sixth thick. They are all loaded at
the breech. The breech pcice are all
connected by a rod, which i attached to
a crank, one turn of which opens and
shuts all the breech piece and load the
pieces, for the breech pieces, by this mo
tion, are brought in contact with twelve
tube, placed immediately over the
breeches, and containing the cartridges,
the same turn extracting the cartridge
from its tube, au i iuerting it with pre
cision in it place in the gun. The gun
are made ready f jr firing by a simple
and rapid a motion as the turning of a
crank. They arc fired by another slight
motion, which drive twelve needles, in
serted in the breech for the purpose, iuto
the fulmirate with which the cartridges
are covered. .So simple, sure and rapid
are thcc movement, that twenty-seven
rounds were fired in pixty-thrcc second,
yesterday, at the place of trial, out an
the Hyde s terry pike. The cartridge
arc four inches in length, and do not CU:
tircly explode until the ball is about half
way out of the barrel, an effect which w
produced by the nice arrangement of the
material of which they are composed.
hxcept the builet, the whole cartridge i
combustible, and leaves nothing behind
when fired off. The gun will send a ball
three miles. The aim U always good at
two thousand yards. At a trial yester
day a line of plank, six inches broad,
wis raised four feet from the ground and
fired at fifteen hundred yards djstant.aqd
oat of sixty shots forty-seven went
through and tx others left marks upon
the edges of the plank. The inventor
is confident that a regiment of soldiers a
mile and a half distant could bo all killed
by one of these I'ollyferi (the name he
has given them), in four minqlcs. In
the hands of an intelligent, steady opera
tor at least mpcty per cent, of tho halls
fired will take effoct. The whole affair,
when, in fighting trim weigh but five hun
dred pounds, and is intended to be hauled
by one horse and worked by two men,
one to drive and tho other to operate
The loading and firing apparatus ia so
arranged that it can bo detached in a mo?
ment, when the other part of the deadly
engine becomes perfectly useless. Qne
of them can be finished off complete,
with horse, etc., for $1,000. The invent
or, a young working mechanic, feels jubi
lant at uc great success wmcn attcnuca
the first trial of his important produc
tion, which cost him so many months of
toil aod all the means which he had at
his command. He goes to Washington
in about a week to push his fortune and
to revolutionize the art of war.
Courting in Church. A young
gentleman, happening to sit at church
in a pew adjoining one in which sat a
ypung lady for whom he conceived a sud
den ana violent passion, was desirous oi
entering into a courtship on the spot, bnt
the place .not being suitable for a formal
declaration, the case suggested the follow
ing plan :
He politely handed his fair neighhor a
Iiible opened, with a pin stuck in the lol
lowin text :
Second Epistle of John, verso 6th.
"And now I beseech thee, lady, not as
though I wrote a new commandment un
to thee, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another.
She returned it pointing to the second
chapter of Ruth, verse 10th :
, f'Then she fell on her face and bowed
herself to the ground and said to hira :
"Why have I found grace in thine
eyes, seeing I am a stranger I
He turned the hook pointing to the
third Epistle of John
"Having many things to write unto
you I would not write with pen and ink,
but I trust shortly to come unto you, and
speek face to face, that our joy may be
full."
From tho above interview, a marriage
m m . m f
took place the ensuing wees.
Miscegenation. The House of Rep
resentatiyos of the Alabama Legislature
has passed a bill . repealing all laws pro-
hihiting - marriages 1 between : the blacks
and whites. , .-. :..
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M
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( OM31LMEMEXT OF THE WAR.
It seems to bo pretty well established
that President Lincoln, before the assault
on Fort Sumter, was willing to recognize
ho independence of the Southern Con
federacy, and that he had taken active
steps to that end. The lato develop
ments about his proclamation to couth
Carolina, announcing that purpose, only
oonfirms his known previous official acts.
He received unofficially the Commission
ers from the Southern Confederacy for
weeks, tor moro than a month after he
was inaugurated ho did nothing to recov
er the forts and other Government prop
erty in the South. He was evidently un
decided what to do when he journeyed to
Wahmgton in tcbruary, 1801, declaring
that " nobody had been hurt thus far.
and suggesting that probably nobody
would be hurt in the future by the South
secession. Mr. ftewaru, his cccrctary oi
btate, was declaring that it was but a
"sixty days' business, and that by that
time all would be settled. That also
looked to a peaceful accommodation.
which would recognize secession as an ac
complished fact.
It was the meeting of Northern Re
publican Governors in tho latter part of
.March and early in April. isOl, which
changed the policy of the administration
from peace to war from a recognition to
the denial of tho recognition of the
Southern Confederacy. The argument
was ued privately by the Governors that
a dismemberment of the Union would
destroy the Republican party. Refore
this meeting of the Governors the ted
crsl Government had resolved on evacu
ating Forts Pickens and Sumter, the on
ly important fortresses in the South over
which the Federal flag then floated.
General Scott called every day for some
time to get his dcfinUc orders to that pur
pose, but with the hope, like " .Mi caw
ber," that " something would turn up,"
they were delayed by the authorities.
The Cincinnati Gazette considered it a
wic measure to evacuate the forts. The
Commercial was openly for recognizing
Southern independence. The ew York
Tribune, edited by Mr. Greeley, had
strongly advocated it, and defended it up
on the principles of 1770. The IndiAo-
apohs Journal, the Columbus Journal,
the Chicago Tribune, the Albany (V 1.)
Journal, and many other Republican pa
pers had protested agaiust any attempt to
coerce the South. Chitf Justice Chase
wa advocating thil policy in the Cabinet
of Mr. Lincoln. The Republican ma
jority in Congrtii, after tho South bid
acceded, refused to pass any law mcreaa
ing the artaj and naty for coercion pur
poe. 4hoeiacti. with many others,
showing the drift of Republican party
sentiment at that time, are susceptible of
the clearest proof. Long before these oc
currences Senator Wade, President Lin
coln and many others had cither directly
ar indirectly, admitted the right t4 the
South to withdraw from the Union, with
out coercion, if she choose.
Rut in the twinkling of an eya all this
was altered. The administration and the
Radical party resolved an coercion and
war, and from that day to this they have
been assiduous iu persecuting every one
who did not change as soon as they did,
and keep step to tho different kind of
tunc wtucn was chosen lor tno entertain
ment of the uanccra. There are thou
sands yea,, tens and hundreds of thou
sajids who ara cot aware of these facts,
and when in duo time they are informed
of them, it will break many popular idols
to which they had formerly bowed in
adoration. Tho fact that they were for
punishing all those whom they had inoc
ulatcd themselves with the expediency, if
not the right, of recognizing secession,
does not speak in their favor, and to tbe
end of time will show them to be as ma
licious as they were unjust and uuchari
table. Acr having brought the a.qti-co-
ercion sentiment into existence, they en
ueavorcd to destroy it by arbitrary vio
lence, and to suppress it by confining its
advocates iq dungeons and fortresses.
Cincinnati finouircr.
nUTTUU VUOJf FIVE CQW,
Ephriam Penrose of Rerks county, pa.,
sold from five cows 1,123 1-2 pounds of but
ter in one year, commencing tho 1st ct
May, 1807, whon they were first put to
pasture. They were native cattle indi
cating no striking marks of any parties
lar breed, but ot medium size and well
built. One week's trial gave 11 1-2,
1-4, 10 1-4, and two 8 pounds each. The
ono giving 11 1-4 had her first calf, aud
the two giving 8 pounds had been milked
about three montns before the triaj. The
family, always consisting of six; persons,
and sometimes more, used freely of- milk,
cream and butter from the same cows.
The. butter used, they think., was not less
than four pounds a week, making the
yield from each cow about 266 pounds.
Their food consisted of meadow grass,
clover and timothy, and they always had
access to running water. During the
winter they had as much clover and tim
othy hay as they would cat, and about
2 1-2 quarts of beans twice a day. They
also had pumpkins the early part of win
ter. The stable was warm, cleaned daily
and well littered with straw. The cows
were carded, curried jot brushed all the
year.
The above is not given because of the
extraordinary yield, but is proportionably
more man is uoiainea iu large aairics un
der much stronger feeding, at least in
concentrated food. The care taken in
cleanliness was doubtless of much bene
fit. It is a common saying that with
horses curfying is half the feed j why
then will not the same care taken with
cattle be equally beneficial ? Practical
Farmer. -
If brooks are, as poets call them, the
most joyous thing in nature, what aro
they always murmuring about f
- It costs the United States nearly four
teen thousand , daUara to educato every
eadetjtbat graduate at west roint.
JLLS H A
OGRATo
NO. 27.
A CRACK IN A HOG THOUGH.
The following from a recent number
of tho Prairie Farmer is almost equal
to trankliD's story of the whistle :
A few days ago a friend sent me word
that every day he gave nearly twenty
nans oi buttermilk: to a lot of hoat. nnri
they scarcely improved at all. Thinks I,
this is a breed of hotrs worth seeing.
They must be of the sheet Iron kind.
So I called on him, heard htm repeat the
mourniui story, ana then visited the sty,
in order to get a better view of the mi-
racuious swine, l went into the pen.
and, on closo examination, found a crack
in the trough through which most of the
conients ran away under tbe floor.
Thinks T. hfirn ia thn (vnA r.f iU ('.ilnu.
oi our agricultural brethren,
When 1 see a farmer omittm? all im
provement because of a little cost, selling
in'. .... . ' .f
an nis iartn stock:, to Duy bank: or rail
road stock or morttraire stock, robbing his
iana, witue, in reality he is also robbing
nimseu, and his heir, thinks 1. mv friend.
you have a crack in your hog trough.
. . . " .
nen i see a larmcr subscribing for a
nan aozen political ana miscellaneous pa
ners. and enendio? all his time in rear!
lo'' them, while he doesn't read a sintde
agricultural or horticultural journal,
thinks l, to mysell. poor man, you have
got a lartje and wide crack in vour hot?
trough.
When I see a farmer attendins all the
political conventions, and knowing every
man in town wno votes his ticket, aod
yet, to save his neck, couldn't tell who is
President of his Countv Atrrienltnral So.
ciety. or where the Fair was held last
year, i "unanimously come to the con-
. t ' . ,t . .i
ciuaion mat me poor soul has got a crack
to his nog trough.
When I see a farmer buying guano
out wasting ashes and hen manure, try
ing all sorts of experiments except intel
ligent hard work and economy, gettin;
tho choicest of seeds reirardlesa of cost
then planting them regardless of cultiva-
tion, growing tno variety of Iruit callo
Sour Tart Needling, and sweetening i
with suzar. pound for Dound. kcenin
the front fields rich while tho Lack lot
arc growing up with thistles, brier and
eiuers, contributing to tno Ui;ocktaw In
dian fund aod never giviog a cent to any
agricultural society ; such a man, 1 will
give a written guarantee, has got a crack
in his hoir trouirh. and in his head also.
' r -
When I sec a farmer allowing loose
boards all over bis yard, fences down
hinsjc off tho gate, manure in the barn
yard. I cotac to the conclusion that hi
has rrot a larsc crack in his ho? trouirh
When I sea a farmer spending bis time
traveling in a carriage, when he has to
sell all his corn to d&v the hired heln
and his hogs are so lean that they have
to lean against the fence to tqucal, I rath
cr lean to the conclusion that somebodi
that stays at home will have a lien on the
farm, and that some day the bottom will
come entirely out of his hog trough.
The Doo. Wo take the following
from Mr. Rlaze's History of the Dog:
"The dog possesses, iocontcstably, all the
qualities of a sensible man; and I grieve
to say, man has not in geqeral the noble
qualities of the dog. We make a virtue
cf gratitude, which is nothing but a duty ;
thii virtue, this duty, aro inherent in the
dog. We brand ingratitude, and yet all
men are ungrateful. It is a vice which
commences in the cradle, and grows with
our growth ; together with selfishness, be
comes almost always tho grand mover of
human actions. The dog knows the
word virtue; that which we dignify by
this title, and admire as a rare thing
and very rare it is, in truth constitutes
his normal state. Where will you find a
man always grateful, never seifi.h, push
ing abnegation of self to the utmost lim
its of possibility; without gain devoted
even to death ; without ambition render
ing ericc-rin short, forgetful of inju
ries and mindful only of benefits receiv
ed ? Seek him not, it would be a useless
task ; but take tbe first dog you meet,
and from the first moment he adopts you
as his master, you will find in him all
these qualities. He will love vou with
out calculation entering into his affec
tion. His greatest happiness will be to
be near you ; and should you be reduced
to beg your bread, not only will he aid
you in this difficult trade, but he wouU
not abandon you to loMow even a king in-,
to his palace. Your friends will quit you
in misfortune ; your .wife perhaps will
forget her plighted troth; but your dog
will remain always near you ; or if you
dopart before him on the great voyage,
he will accompany you to your last
abode."
Reaty Made Obituaries. Pack-,
ard's Monthly, in describing the manner
in which tho Tribune is conducted, gives
the following curious item : "In tho bot
tom drawers of ths cabinet we find a series
of carefully written obituaries of distin
gushed live men, all arranged alphabeti
cally, and in charge of Dr. Wood. They
are curiosities in their way. Here is a
bulky one and as long as your arm. It
is marked 'Peter Cooper.' Here is a sec
ond, a Lilliputian roll, small enough to go
into a needle case. We find this labeled
'The Life of Walt Whitman1 These ob
ituaries aro often found very valualable
when news of some celebrated person's
death is reoeived at an early hour in the
morning. Thaddeus StevensdiedasWasbr
ingtoo, at midnight, yet a four column
sketch ,of his life appeared in the Tribune
of that morning. It had been put into
type and was 'standing' when the news
of his death was received. This was the
case of Buchanan and Martin Van Ruren,
though the latter cheated the office so
long that the type was distributed, and
the old man, with singular preverseness,
died, within two days thereafter. The
Biographical Bureau is, indeed, a rare
feature." s
Why is Ben Butler liko procrastina
tiod? Because he is. '.'the thiet. of time"
Bteals wnrtehes
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ROAD 1AWI AMD MANNERS
It is commonly said that everv one haa
a right to half the road. This is practi-
cany true, ana comes about in this wise,
You and 1 meet upon tbe road onr leral
rights arc exactly equal, and both have a
ngni to go several ways without obstruc
tion ; so, popularly we say I own half and
you half. Tbe law steps in to facilitate
matters, atd directs each to turn towards
his right hand. This is true whatever
tho load or the team; for if one can drive
such a team that another can pass him but
with ditftcuity, if at all, their rights aro
no longer equal, This point becomes very
important in winter, for it is no joke to
turn your horse and all into tho deep
snow, while your neihgbor goes smoothly
along in the beaten path. No one has a.
right so to load bis team as not to be able
to giv up half the track to whoever de
mands it,
A footman may choose the part which
pleases him or any portion of his right
hand half of the way, and tbe team must
yield it to him. This is clearly so in
winter, and no man is obliged to go in tho
snow for one or two horses. This is law,
and the court awards it.
The first requirement of the road mau
ners is good nature, and an accommoda
ting spirit. Do to others as you would
have them do to you. Always be will
ing to yield more than half the space,
then yon will bo pretty sure to be equally
well treated. They who exact inches
will have inches exacted of them. It
your neighbor has a heavy load, consult
his convenience as far as possible; you may
sometimes be loaded. It has became a
practical rule of courtesy to turn for
heavy teams, especially in winter, and
when the roads are heavy. Rut remem
ber it was a fayor, not your right, and
you have a reciprocal duty to perform,
and one which, I am sorry to observe, is
not always borne in mind.
When a team comes up behind yont
that team has a right to a reasonable
space and opportunity to pass on infactt
to half the road for that purpose and
your obstructing him in his lawful desire
is both bad manners and bad law. If
your load is heavy, do the best you can.
n most cases the very least that can be
asked is that you should stop. This is
particularly so in the winter, when it is a
heavy tax on a team to force it into a trot
in deep snow, or deep mud, or frozen or
ruts-r-mado necessary by your continuing
to move on. Xorlhicestem Presbyterian.
4 OS II RIIOLISGS PAPERS.
TftE GOOSE. .
The goose is a grass animal, but don's.,
chaw her cud.
They are good livers ; about one aker to,
a goose is euuff, altho' there is sum folks
who think that one goose tew 175 akera.
is nearer rite.
These two kalkulations arc so far apart
that it is difficult tew tell now what will
finally win:
Rut I don't think if I had a farm of
175i akcrs, awl paid for, that I would sell
it for half what it wu worth, just because
I didn't have any goose upon it
Geese stay well ; ome our best biogra
phers say seventy years, and grow tuff to
the lait
They lay one egg at a time, about the
size of a goose egg, in which the gosslin
li r s hid. The gosslin iz the goose'a,
babe.
The goose don't suckle its young, but
turns them out to pasture on somebody's;,
yacnt lot.
fhey seem to lack wisdom, but are con-,
aidered sound on the goose.
They are good eating, but not good;
chawing; the reason of this remains a.
profound sekret tew this day.
When a female goose iz at work hatch-v
ing she iz a hard bird to picas; she riles
clcr up from the bottom in a minit, and
will fight a yoke ot oxen if they show her.
the least bit of sass.
The goose is excellent for' feathers
hich sheds every year hy the handfull.
They aro also amphibecusses, besides,
so vajral other kind of cusses.
Mixed Races. The principle is laid
down by many scientific men that crosses,
between distinct species prove inferior
and either are infertile, as in the familiar
cases of the mule, or degenerate and dis-v.
appear in a limited number of generations;
while, in the case of mere varieties, the.
crossing produces a progeny vitally supe-,
jior to either progenitoi. It will be read
ily seen what would be the bearing ofx
such a law on the question of the unity,
of the human race. . If the races, of men
are separate species, mongrel races ought -to
degenerate ; while they ought to, ba
hardy and potent if of a single species.,
Agasaiz, in his Journey in Brazut strongly
asserts that the numerous mongrel races
between Spaniards, nezroes, and Indians.
are far inferior in intelligence and moral,
qualities to the pure races. The same is
asserted bj Darwin, who quotes Humboldt
to the same enect.- Ur. Livingston quotes
: : i f.:.. !,. irij
a COUimou Biij uo iu Aictva, mat vj uu
made white men and negroes,: hut the.
Devil made half-casts." Independent.
A RICH joke is told on the radicals of
Salem, Ind., which is said to have oo.
curred during the late campaign. . An,
extra train, loaded with jackasses, was
transported over the -Louisville & New
Albany Railroad. The, telegraphic operr
fttnr nt Ralpm. a. hov. cettin wind of it.
- -vi o" e
set a rumor afloat that a large delegation
of radicals would pass through at a cer-"
tain hour. . Rumor increasing as it flew,
said that many eminent speakers were
board, and that bands of uusio ccon-:
named the expedition. Immense crowds
of enthusiatic Grant men repaired to. the
depot, hat in hand, ready for the expect-'
ed cheers. When the train thundered
in, and the fabulous - ears, stuck his bead
out of a stock car, and gave, vent, to a
long, agonising hee-haw that fairly shook,
the hills around, consternation seized the
crowd and in two minutes not a radical
j Was to lje ssen near the deot;,