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X to OREGON CITY, OREGON, S1TIFKDAY,-. HIAjiCH SO, 869, NO. 19. VOL.- 3. o 5. a. is to. o .It. me 2, irrp ,0 iim-nh-ad. re3 :d-I y- 3 to at- Y, leof oap :rs. and. l-ette i root Mr and isbet 3'2.t 1866. Established. 1866. Th Weekly Enterprise. AN INDEPENDENT PAPER, FOB TEE Business Wan, the Farmer And the FAMILY CIRCLE. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT THE OFFICE Corner of Fifth and Main streets Oregon City, Oregon. J). C. IRELAND, Proprietor. TERMS of SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy one year , S3 W 8ix months - u " Three months 1 10 'CLUB RATES: Two Copies one year $5 00 Four Copies frix months. , . , r .,..00 - . Eight Copies' three tn&ntlia . ; H 6 00 Remittances to be male at the risk of Subscribe, and at the expense of Agents. TERMS of ADVERTISING rpranaierit advertisements, including all ral notices. ) sq. of 12 lui-es, 1 w.$ 2 50 For each subsequent insertion. 1 00 One C!olllQlci oue year H.i!f w ': .$120 00 . fiO . 40 . 12 Oaarter UiuiueSii Card, 1 square one year. BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. txrp- rha v terorise office is supplied with tieantiful. unproved .styles of type, and mod ern MACHINE .WHKSSKS. wl.k-U wnl enable the Proprietor to do Jub Punting at all times Neat, Qx'ick and Cheap ! Work Kolieitt d. . AlUJusiuesg transaction upon a Specie basts. J) C JR GLAND, Proprietor. HUSIXASS VARUS. JR. F. BARCLAY, Mo ESCLo GD', T31 .(Formerly burgeon to the Hon. U. Ii. Co.) OFFICE kt Residence, Ma.'n ( treet Ore gon City, Oiesoa. W.C.JOUSSOV. v. o. M'COWN. Notary PuWic. JOHNSON & HcCOWW, !: "WLT"W"IZ2 'EZEL.Sk'vS Orgoi City, Oxgon. SiW Will attend to all business entrusted to .onr care in any of t!ie Courts of the Statft, Collect money, Negotiate loans, sell real estate ote. Particular attention given, to contested Laud cases. JOHN Id. BACON, Justice of the Peace City Recorder. O'flice In the Court House and City Council Room, Oregon City. fig- Will attend to the acknowledgment of deeds, and all other duties appertaining to the business of a Justice of the Peace. JM BE RIAL MILLS. Savier, La.oqe & Co., OREGON CITY. trKeep constantly on hand fi sale, Hour Midlmgs, Uraa and Chi eke-n Feed. Parties juirchiug feed must furnish the sacks. "YY M. B ROUG HTON. Contractor and Builder, Main St., ORFGOX CITY. IfS- Will attend to all work in his line, con sisting in part of Carpenter and Joiner woi k (raining, building, etc. Jobbing promptly attended t . J) AVID SMITH, Successor to SMITH & MARSHALL, JUacJc-Smith and Wagon Maker, Corner of Main and Third stretit, Oregou City Oregon. Ai-Blacksmithing in all its branches; Wag on making and repairing. All work warrant ed to give "satisfaction. W. F. HIGHFIELD, Established since l-CJ.at the old stand, Alain Slrtet, Oregon. City, Orfjon. An Assortment of Watches, Jew elry, and Seth Thomas' weight Clocks, all of which are warranted to be as represented. Iti'pairings done on short notice, and thankful for p;ist favors. CLARK GREENMAK, city wrayman, OREGON JIT J All orders for the delivery of merchan dise or packages and freiprhtof whatever des cription, to any part of the city, will be exe cuted promptly and with care. L.OGUS & ALBRIGHT, EXCELSIORS MARKET ! Corner of Fourth and Main streets. OREGON CITY. Keep constantly on hand all kinds of fresh and salt meats, such as BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEAL, CORNED BEEF, HAMS, PICKELED PORK, LARD, And everything else to be found in their line oi business. J. F. MILLER. J. W. SUATTCCK. J. F. MILLER & Co., MAXVFACTfUERS OP AND DEALERS IN Moots and Boes ! At the Oregon City Boot and Shoe Store, Afaiti street THE BEST SELECTION Of Ladies', Gents', Roys', and Children's Coots and Mices, on hand or made tn or.w R. E. CHATFIELD, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Garden and Field Seeds of all Kinds. produce vro commission. First street, Portland Oregon, Near the Western Hotel. SOG OF THE IRON HORSE. The Eeno Crescent says the following-poem is the production of a California lady, tem- nnrarilv stoirun2 at. that place. It is. in many respects, a rare production : RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO I.ELAXD STAN FORD AXD THE CENTRAL PACIFIC ItAlLRORD COMPANY. Harness me quick with iron banda, I am impatient of long delays ; I fain would speed to the distant lands, That bask far off in the sun's first rays I Uarness me quick, and feed me with fire. Give me steam for breath, and a mind to control Who steps in my way with a vengeance dire, My iron hoof shall his requium. toll. Harness me quick ; with his solemn roar, Pacific moans, " My waves are too slow For the army of progress that ,seek my shore " So I bid "4W haste M :hy gioriws r strength, And bring them safe to my golden door," This tide of empire no power can stay, Its volume is swifter than ever before! Then harness me quick, aud let me away. I will safely compass the burning sands, And the stormy mountain's dr ifting snow ; I will bring the wealth of distant lands, And a blessiDg prove where'er I go; My neigh is thunder, my breath is flame, From a heart of steam my pulses beat ; I peopie the waste, and the wild reclaim, Along the track of my flying feet. With awe the Nations watch my course, As I compass the land from sea to sea And exclaim, 44 The wonderful iron horse Is a power, indeed, with a people free !" Then let me away, my mission to fill ; Heboid! along my shining course, The deserts brighten, aud strong hearts thrill In gratitude to the Iron Horse. Cities as Types if Ideas. A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of men, is the type of some rent idea. Rome represents cun quest. Faith Lovers over the towers of Jerusalem ; and Athens embodies art, the pre eminent quality of the antique word. In modern ages, com merce has created London; while manners, in the most comprehensive sene of the word, have long found a supreme capital in the airy, gay city of the S.ine. What art was to the ancient w.orld, science is to the mod ern. In ti minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful, and Manchester, i?fty years ago a small Lancashire village, has expanded into a mighty region of factories and warehouses. Is'ew York conveys the idea of a vast railroad and telegraphic ! centre; while Chicago, the restless pioneer of the Old World's progress, is in itself a small empire of action, where each individual cit'zen is will ing to ru-k breaking his neck if he can only accomplish something a few minutes lefore his neighbor. Boston and books ara synonymous, and Philadelphia's continuity of uniform brick houses are sufficiently sugges tive of calmness and Quaker implici ty. When one .'oentiuns New Or leans, the imagination immediately pictures a semi-tropical city, full of the languid and voluptuous repose of Creole life; whereas Cincinnati dis pels all roraautic vision and immedi ately becomes the prosy Porkopolis. San Francisco, being made up of ad venturers, gives one the idea of vigor ous speculative life, much as Quebec, the finished town of America, does of antiquated stagnation. New York World. Every day the postal teleraph reform movement is pushing forward and making new friends. Agitation and discussion carry it forward and make it popular. Only those oppose it or endeavor to obstructit who have an interest in the old system, or in some of the monopolies to which it has given birth. Popular instinct grasps with avidity the grand idea of the postal telegraph a Government mail service which shall carry all the letters and messages of the people, and not, as at present, only a portion of them. Victoria's eldest daughter, whose advocacy of woman suffrage was chronicled a day or two ago, is an uncommon smart youmi woman. She paints with great skill, and also "scJlp." as Artemas Ward would say. Her latest achievement in sculpture is a life-size bust of the Empress of Russia, which she has presented to Ilerr Von Grimm, a Russian ex-Privy Councilor. . The population of Minnesota, it is asserted, now amounts to 420,000 soul?, an increase of 70 per cent, in three years upon the State census of 1865. This would give an increase of about 20 per cent each year, npon the population of the preceeding year, and 44 per cent, at the end of two years. At this rate Minnesota, it is estimated will have a population of 600,000 in 1870, when the next Uni ted States census is taken. HISTORY OF BOSTOX. Boston, in the State of Massachu setts, is a city of no mean pretensions. In age it antedates the Pyramids. When first discovered by the ten Tribes, in 1283 b. c, it bore the marks of extreme antiquity. Faneuil II sill is. supposed to have been the original Soloman's Temple, aud Boston Common is known to be the Garden of Eden with modern improvements. The Tree of Lify has been removed to make room for the magnificent Old Elm, and the Four Rivers 'are represented by the beauti ful fountain which squirts continu ally. Bostou was named in honor of a certain cracker, which was there made ing'reaTpe'rfection by' the pre Adamite inhabitants. And it re tains the name and the cracker to this day. A certain of its poets, whose non de plume, is Holmes, has called Bos ton the Hub of the Universe. Being the hub, and also a place where the risible muscles are never used, it may fitly be termed the centre of gravity. No one laughs in Boston, and whoever would smile must go into a bar-room to do it. The streets in Boston are unlike the one in Damascus which was called Straight. When laid out, far back in the carboniferous period, the street Commissioner did not heed the in junction of the " Great Expounder." Ye solid men of Boston, drink no strong potations." And so the lanes and avenues of the town stagger about after the similitude of a ram's horn. The principal ho'el was formerly kept by Theodore Parker, and is stid called the Parker House. It is kept on the European plan, which is, to charge so much for a room that you have no money left to invest in a breakfast. Boston includes the lowns of Cam bridge, Jamaica Plains, Boxbury, Fnimii'gton, Worcts'er, Salem, aud indeed all Massachusetts. At one of the hotels in our village the landlord said to a boarder; "see here, Mr. B- , the chambermaid found a hair pin in your bed this morning, and it will not answer! " Well" replied the boarder, " I found a long hair in the butter this morning, but it did not prove that you had a woman in it The two men looked at each other for about ten seconds, when each smiled and went on his way, no doubt pondering on the peculiarities of circumstantial evidence. A doctor was very much annoy ed by an old lady who alway stopped him on the street to tell him of her ailments. Once she met him when he was in a great hurry, ".Ah, I see you are quite feeble," said the doctor. " Shut your eyes and show me your tongue." She obeyed, and the doctor moving off left her stand ing there for some time in this ridicu lous position, to the infinite amn-e-ment of all who witnessed the fuuny sceue. Smarty A tricky individual was refused a drink unless he paid for it in advance. A bystandtr who owed the barkeeper one in the way of prac tical jokes, bid him give the man his liquor, " and,'' said he, " if he refuses to pay for it, I will." The fellow got his drink, but refused to pay for it, and so did his indorser, as he promised he would. o -- A well known minister of New York repudiates the received theory that thev have music in heaven. He declares that his choir has given him so much trouble on earth, that the idea of music in the world to come, is wholly repugnant to his ideas of peace. - An ice joke has been pepetrated in Maine. Some one poured water into the letter-box at the Post Office in Farmington a fww nights since, and in the morning all the letters were frozen in a solid mass. The Empress Eugenie has giv en 1,000 francs to the convict Dun man, of Algeria, for swimming with a rope to a sinking vessel, amid a vio -lent storm, and saving the lives of these on board. The Emperor is urged to pardon the man. The Supreme Court of Georgia has decided that the consideration of a note given for Confederate money was a good and valid one. The Su preme Court of Tennessee don't see it in that light, and has decided direct ly the reverse. Gross Behavior. Getting fat. CIIIXKSE STREET JUGGJLEUS. A letter fromChlna to the Chicago Tribune says : V Street. jogglers and mountebanks abound in Canton, and in fact in every Chinese city. They also travel frooi place to place throughout the country, displaying their feats and picking up a little cash here and there. As a . general thing their jugglins feats do not amount to a great, deal, ..yet : some of thm are very clev'tr, apd. would crea'e fully as mucli of ; a, theatrical furore ia the Iuitd States as did the -Japanese prfoa-tners. ; Sword swallowing and stone eating appear to be the. commonest feats -and ope rators of this description cati be-een io aItMQt. ovexy jstreet.- OneftJlmv, however, performs a number of feats in front of our hotel which demanded from me more that a passing notice. He stations himself in the centre of the street', and having blown a blast, upon a bugle to give warning that he was aboiit to begin his entertainment, he took a sma'l lemon or orange tree, which was covered with fruit, and balanced it upon his head. He then blew a sort of chirruping wh'tle, when immediately a number of rice b:rd came from every direction and S'tting upon the houghs of the bush they balanced or fluttered about his head, lit then took a cup in his hand and began to rattle seme seeds in it, when the birds disappeared. Takuig a small bamboo tube, he next took the seed and pmthgone'm it blew it at one of the fruit, when it opened and out flw one of the birds, which fluttered about the circle sur rounding the performer. He con tinued to shoot the seed at the oranges until nearly a dozen birds were released. He then removed the tree from h:s forehead, and set ting it down took up a dish, which he held above his head, when all the buds flew into it, then covered it over with a cover, and, giving it a whirl or two about his head, opened it and displayed a quantity of eggs, ihe shel's. of which he broke with a litile stick, releasing a bird from each shell. The trick was neatly performed, and defied detection from my eyes. The next trick was equally clever and dif ficult of detection. Borrowing a handkerchief from one of his specta U;rs, lie took an orange, cut a small hole in it, then squeezed all the juice out, and era tinned the handkerchief into it. Next, giving the orange to a bystander to hold, he caught up a teapot and began to pour a cup of tea from it, when the spout became clogged. Looking into the pot ap parently for the purpose of detecting what was the matter, he pulled out the handkerchief and returned it to the owner. lie next took the orange from the bystander aud en it open, when it was found to be full of rice He performed a number of pleasing feats, but I have given enough to satisfy the reader that they are equal ly as expert as ihe Japanese." Old Saws and Saw Mills. The saw is an instrument of nncient ori gin. We find it mentioned in the book of Isaiah at a period cotempo raucous with the building of Rome. It is represented on the obelisks of Eirypt, and was in nse among the Egyptians a thousand years before the days of Isaiah. The Greeks as cnbe the invention of the saw to Daedalus, or his pupil Talus; but it is certainly of a more ancient date. Saw mills were erected in Germany in the fourth century; in the island of Madeira in 1420; at Bre-Iau, in Aus tria, in 1542; and in 1530 the first one in Norway was built. These were followed by many others all over Europe. The saw mill, as a mechanism for cutting timber, had not ben in use very lour in som countries before the settlement of America. The early mode practiced by the American colonists- of manu facturing boards and planks was either to saw them by hand, or to split, them from the log, and then finish them by hewing them with an ax. The fir.-t saw mill erected in New England was in New Hampshire, near Ports mouth, fome time previous to the year 1034 The first mdl in Massa chusetts was built about the year Hio3. This was some years before the saw mill was introduced into England. An early account of New York, published in 1 70S, speaks of Dutch built mills for sawing timber, one of which would do more work in one hour than fifty men in two days. Saw mills were erected on Manhattan Island as early as 1633. A saw mill, down to the elo-e of the last century, was quite a simple aff.ir. and a mill that then cost 100 was considered better than the average. - The number of names given as owners of outside lands taken by San Francisco and valued at 1 597,077,13 less than 120, PACIFIC THEOLOOICAL SEMIXARY The following circular is meeting with a readv dissemination, and we give it a place in our columns know ing that thereby we add our mite to help a good work: Sax Fkaxcisco, Feb 10th., 1SG0. The Trustees of the Pacific Theo logical Seminary have the satisfaction of announcing that they have secured the services of a Professor) and suita ble rooms, for the institution. They are now ready to receive ap plications from any "young men who desire to prepare themselves for the Christian minUtry. The privileges and advantages of the institution are offered alike to students from all the e v a n g e 1 i c I a1 ei i o mi n a t i o ns . T b wot- k" of instruction will be inaugurated Wednesday, March Sd, 1869. There will be no charges for tui tion. . Text-books will be furnished, as far as practicable, without expense to the students. Rooms will be fur n'shed gratis to those who are needy, and whose wants are certified to the Trustees. Students will be received at any s'age of progress in their studies. Regular classes will be or ganized as soon as possible. The term beginning in March will close in June, and the regular year commence in August. Tee Professor who will engage in the work of instruction is the Rev. J. A. Benton; to whom all communica tions in regard to admission, studies, etc., should be addressed. Co-opera tion, contributions to the library, and other forms of help, are respectfully solicited from all good people. A. L. Sione, Pre-identof the Trus tees; J. A Benton, Noah Brooks, J. M. Haven, Committee of the Trus tees.' Mount Vernon. One of the Vice Regents of the Mount Vernon Asso ciation has recently made a public correction of certain widely circulated erroneous statements in reference to the management of the Mount Ver non e.-tate. Tiie estate, it is assert ed, is not as represented tenanted by a family of eight Southern persons, but a paid superintendent (a gentle man connected with the Washington family), and two ladies from the State of New York, with the need ful servants, occupied the mansion house until recently. The superin tendent was dismissed a short time ago, as a matter of economy. The two ladies were living at Mount Vernon, during the war, beeau-e on was unwilling to remain alone, in the house without the protection of the other. Several rooms, not of special interest, have been kept closed to the public, on account of the depreda tions of visitors. It is stated that nothing is safe from them. Several of the ivory keys have been wrenched from Martha Washington's harpsic hord, and it is necessary to employ servants especially to guard the house and grounds from spoliation. One of these rooms, the library, has recently been opened for visitors. At the late term of the Court of Common Pleas, Springfield, Mass., a ca-e was tried involving the valid ity of a condition in a contract with a laborer, that he shall abstain from the use of ardent spirits during the term of service, under the penalty of a forfeiture of his wages It was claimed that such condition was un conscionable, contrary to sound pub. lie policy and the general policy of the law that it was an immate rial condition, the non fulfilment of which could work no injury to either party, and therefore ought not to be enforced 'in a court of Justice. But the court Judge Strong decided that it was such a condition as the parties had a right to make, and there fore a legal one, and being such, must be faithfully performed by the laborer according to the terms of con tractand that a violation of it neces sarily subjected him to the loss of such amount of wages as had aecnnd du ring the tim he had kept it inviolate. ------ , The price of wives among the Caf fres, in Africa, has latley risen mate rially. Fifteen cows would former ly purchase n-i good a wife as the market afforded, but twenty cows are now demanded for an ordinary article. And the bow-Uggeder they are, the higher the price. Jeff Davis dined on New Year's day at the residence of his old rep resentative at Paris, Mr. Slidell The dinner was quite private, and Mrs. Davis, in mourniug for her mother, was not there. John B. Gough'a father was an English " Peninsular soldier," and his mother the village school teacher of Sandgate, Eng., where J. B. was born, in August, 1317. DISCOVERY OF SC1EAT RELICS. There are perhaps thousands of people who are net prepared to folly believe the strange statements copied into this paper two weeks ago to-day, concerning the discoveries of pre-his-toric remains at Rock Island and St, Louis. We gave the items as we found them however, and in addition to what' we have already published, copy from the Nashville, Tennessee Press, the "following: SomV months ago we had occasion to write at' considerable length vari ous accounts of strange discoveries made in the vicinity of. Nashville, and up the banks of p the - Cumberland as tar as Stone river, 'showing "conclu sively enough tbat this vicinity must have been the site of a once large and magnificent city. It is now generally conceded by the few learned men among u.i that formerly, beyond the period of even European records, a mighty race dwelt ou this continent, and that vast cities aud an immense population flourished on the hills and plains now covered with what we consider the primeval woods. Nashville, in par ticular, is rich in the remains of this mighty race. Two days ao an adventurous stu dent entered the cave which is known to run under our city, in West NaTi vdle, near the residence of Mr. Iliues, on Knowles street, and having trav. eled in a southerly direction for over a mile, until he found himself some where under the lull on which Fort Negley stood, he made a rigid explo ration of the interior of the cavern, lie found earthen vases in profusion, some of them capacious enough to hold a barrel of water, and of un doubted Eastern style of construc tion. He also found a stone coffin or sarcophagus, nine teet Jong on the outside and seven feet long ou the in--ide. It was laid upon a natural ledge of rock at d bore certain char acters on the side of it which he was unable to decipher. Within was nothing but a small sprinkling of dust and about half an inch of pasty mud. lie also found regular steel knivc-s with very long handles of some sort of composite material which he as sured us is pottery. On these the graven characters are yet quite legi ble. He brought forth from this grave of centuries several specimens of his discoveries which are not less curious than wonderful. He is mak it g preparations for a series of explo rations which he intends to extend over several weeks. They will be undertaken with a view of writing an exhaustive and correct account of all the archaeological remains which are to be found around this city. The Association for the Pre" vention of Gambling, in New York, claim to have clo-ed three hundred and seventeen public gaming houses during the past year. There are six hundred members of the association, and its receipts for the vear were $24,000. It is estimated'that 30, 000,000 are annually spent in the public gambling houses of New York mot of it by men in mercantile pursuits, and country merchants. It would be interesting to know lrow much is squandered am-ually in the gambling houses of San Francisco, where no efforts are made for tue suppression of the evil. Watering Roads A paper was read before the British Association ! on this subject, tracing the history of the practice from the time of throw ing water from the gutters with a shovel, to the watering-cart of the j present day, which inadequately does the work in London, for instance, at the cost of half a million (gold) per Summer. The paper states that 1 pound or pound of chloride of cal cium and ehlonde of sodium to 1 gallon of water, thrown into the watering cart, hardens and concretes the surface of a road to such an ex tent that no dust arises. Also that the saving of water is 75 per cent; that the deliquescent salts are aLo amiputrescent; and that much cost of road repairs is saved. - -. It is only three months since Charles Nye patented a bag-fastener; and he has recently received cash or ders for over 60,000, and several of fers of $10,000 for the patent, wh:ch he declines. He has established a factory capable of turning out 15,000 of the article per day. The fastener consists merely of a couple of small leather straps, united by a central ouckle. Mr. Thomas Anderson, of Gar rard, Ky., has a cow, four years old in September last, that has given birth to five calves. SpEciAiTras ix FarmikA; There is1 much discussion in agricultural circles whether it is better to have &'mied system in farming, or whether more can be made by sticking chiefly to -one crop. As very often happens in these" disputes, the truth lies about midway between the two parties. Almost ev ery one will find oat in time that liis bind or his circumstances are more favorvnble to the excellence of some one thing than his neighbors can ac complish ; and he will therefore find-it-to his interest to' push or make a specialty of this thing-. But this, ia generally as far' as it is proper to go,, and it will be found not desirable to attend to other things the less,beeaase in the one thing he can do a little' more. A couple of very ?ehsihle far mers had something to say about this- at a club in Illinois, which we find reported in the Sycamore Republican thus : Spafford Smith snid : I have always practiced mixed farming, because I thought it unsafe to depend on one branch exclusively. If anything,, grain raising has been my spciality,. but to raise grain 1 must have stock to enrich the land My wheat has proved more profitable than that which Mr. Hale describes. A. Joslyn said: I farm only 60k acres, and by raising large crops make it support me. I think most farmers have more land than they can take' care of. Big farm big weeds-poor' crops. My corn yields from GO to 70' bushels to the acre; my wheat yields -30 bushels; and bailey 50 to 60' bushels. Pursue the right course, and you can raise 30 bushels of wheat -as well as 10. In Englond they raise 70 bushels. I think that to plough land in August is as good as a coat of manure. I have raised corn ten years without manure and got good crops. I think a man may' make a specialty of one crop and' would do well. Chri-tian Mvres. of Pierce, has raised barley almost exclusively for ten years, and from1 being poor and heavily in debt he has become indepently rich. Blooded hogs raised for breeding are p;rofita--ble as a specialty. Watering Horses. Ilorsesshould never be kept so long without water that they will drink largely when; they get it. Give it to them often1 aud they never injure themselves with it Nothing is more common than' to hitch a team to the plow and make them work half a day without a drop.. What man would submit to such treat ment? If the plow is started at T in the monn'ng, water should be given' again before 10; and again in the af ternoon by 4 o'clock. Even if half an hour is thus consumed more work will be done iu a day. The object ion that horsrs on the road should not '-be loaded with water," is not valid. A horse weighing 1.20O wilt not be much encumbered additionally by 20 pounds of water, while the dis tension will give him additional strength. Every farmer knows that" when he himself undertakes to lift a. large log or heavy stone, he can do more by first inflating himself witit air, and not -infrequently he loses a button or two from Lis pantlooss in the operation. Some degree of infla tion by water will add to a horse's strength in a similar manner. Iu driving a horse on the road at a natu ral gait of nine or ten miles an hour I have frequently had occasion to obs-rve that he was laboring with perspiration until I let him drink free ly, when he ceased to sweat and evi dently traveled more freely. Don't oe afraid to give your horses water; the danger is iu making them abstain too long, in which case care is need ed. Cor. Country Gentleman A person has discovered a pro cess to manufacture silk from the oi iginal vegetable fibre of the mnlberry tree, without waiting for its slow transmission through Koliage into ver micular intestines, and cocooned roll ings and infinite spianings. The bark of the young sapling is taken off, dis solved, and all but the fibre disinte grated. 1 his is then refmed, washed dried and combed for mechanical spining. The fibrous silk tbns made is said to be fine, soft, about five inch es in regular thickness good color and considerable lustre. The process baa been patented. At a recent meeting of the Con necticut Board of Agriculture, Mr E. II. Hyde stated that be once had a Durham cow that produced 54 pounds of milk, which made 21 pounds 15 ounces of batter daily, for thirty day in succession. o o o o o o prr . -, - - :s'::::z. - ; -fT -. .. .... , ar i t ,"F9r