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VOL. XI.
PORTLAND. OREGON, 3IAHCH II. 1875).
NO. 4.
Ia Agriculture Overdone?
Tlic Chicairo Inter-Ocean answers tliu ones-
Idonasto what causes the low prico nf all
I ticnltaral product, with tho assertion that
C-Jcro has been too much agricultural develop
jrr.cntj many have emigrated from tho East to
Jtho West, nnd-havo of late years engaged in
finning, and the result is over-production and
lita prices. Theso low prices affect all fiber,
as cotton and wool, as well as brcndstutls. A
tablo of coniiarativo jincc for fifty years
ehovvi! that brcadetufT ate lower now than
they averaged from,l 821 to 1612. Hisuntim
possible that some truth attaches to this
theory, but wo take issuo with it on sev
ground. Tho stagnation in trade all over the
World, and cejiecialiy tho labor troubles in
England, arc caused by ocr production, not
of breadstuff nud agricultural products, but
cf manufactured goods. When hreadstufTs
and cotton mid wool aro low priced, manu
facturers should thrive, if there unhealthy
demand for ginnls, but the difficulty is that
morn goods aro manufactured than there is
demand for. Over production of goods will of
course cause trouble for tho manufacturer
and when they attempt to reduco Mages or
havo to ttop work, as ft matter of course the
operatives aro thrown out of work and the
demand for bread is curtailed. The condition
! of manufacturing in Kngland has much to do
I vith the valuu of brcadsttiiTs, ns Kngland
4 1 tll.l Unrlil'. m..A nntlrtm.. 11... .. I!. I....
. I ," w " w... a g.vt.t vttF.Mlllcii I I.U IVilUIUUII
V'if tho Ilritish labor market has much to do
with tho condition of the grain market.
Amount of acres cultivated and labor em
ployed is not the criterion for production al
woys, for some years tho world's harvests aro
in excess of others, and tho last harvest was, as
H well known, in excess of those for several
years preceding, and the present year's supply
of brcadstufls is so abundant that pricss havo
dropped in consequence.
We hold that there is no indication of too
.fc'fh dcvelopcmcnt of agriculture, but that
J.i most assured prosperity must result from
'.dividing the agricultural area of every nation
(into small farms and cultivating them so well
f that agriculture shall bo a science. If we have
a mumiuuo oi small larms. tilled as in
Franco, by independent families, each one will
employ laborers, and assist to build up towns
'vUics and villages and support manufactories,
ywo havo an industrious and prosperous
ming community, that will bo the founda-
ti V 1a for general prosperity, and there is no
Manger but that all other interests will adjust
'ilVmselvcs to that. The most reliablo
element of national proiiicrity is agriculture.
Improve it by thorough and intelligent workt
ilovelope all its social and intellectual sur
roundings; let it lie financially indejeudent
as well a independent in thought and action.
and it will insure us nil that is necessary to
social progress ami good government. An
intelligent, cultivated, and well principled
agricultural community is tho surest founda
tion on which to build jxjlitical honesty and
asitonal prosperity. Agriculture should lie
diversified, and the same enterprise that
cakes the manufacturer vompeto for excel
Voce should be exercised, and is needed to
cu fanning a success. Tho best methods
uS as necessary with one as with tho
fttkfr.
Thoso who agree that agriculture may bo
.veylonc forget that it is tho only labor that
inaot be overdone, for as it is the only
vsniiatioii that furnishes the material for
jod'nnd clothing, all other occujiatious are
itofndary to it and dejicndeut upou it.
I loaey is a, fiction; piecious things have ouly
a .art value, and luxuries are means for
tittering away the accumulations of the rich.
j tfie world is constituted, the extravagance
(the rich puts bread into the mouths of the
yy. Come dow n to the actual facts and the
firmer is the only independent man; the
uy, producer ut necessaries; me only man
Wis self-sustained. Let him be out of debt
; 1-posscssed of good health and he can live
Oi thrive, and weimist that there cannot
e too many of him. It is his own fault if he
dnot govern the community that he un
tedly feeds and clothes.
Ininrance For Farmer.
c take p!eamx in endorsing the matter
jKscnted to tin attention of fanners this
Mick by A. It. "shiplcy, Master of tho State
Orange, who furnithes a communication with
itatcment o' facts relating to co-opcratiU' in
surance in New York tatc. We have re
IxaUdly called attention to iniurancc a u
field where farmers can eo-opeiate to mutual
advantage, both with tesect to fire and life
Insurance jiollcitj. When we study tho
subject Irom the Oregon standpoint we see
that the best comtunies that do bushiest
in this .State charge for farmhoutcs 7" cents
per 1100 per annum, or SI.S0 )nr $100 for
three year. The rat.s for insuring barns mid
stables are 1,76 per.? 100 or $.1.30 per $100 for
three ycarr.
Wo take it that tue average cost i. tho
co-ojierative iusurauco in New Yuri Mate is
81 100 of r. mill for all form pmpcity. .Sup.
noting that n man had .T.'.OOO insurance, half
mi the dueltirg hoilko .mil half on the barn
Mid content', the coit to the New York
fanner Mould aveingv Sl.ti'2 vr Milium tor
insurance im '.-000. The regnl.tr rates heiv
Mould ixiuiro '.'& for a yearly lolicy, and
60 for a three years, jwlicy on i-.,000, half
on dwelling and halfoa barn. The coit of
insurance by the co-operative plan in New
York is greatly in favor of the tanner. I'er
haps wo might not carry it on as vhvapl us
there Mhcre property is perhaps more valuable
and farms meie closely located. Hut Me have
a great difcrenie in our favor. The ciMt of
fire insurance in Oregon, thiough incorporated
companies, are ten to fifteen times what co
operative insurance costs in New York, and
that leaves tho farmer a very wide and safe
margin to go upon.
What is tme of tire insurance is not less
tme of life insurance. We have for a long
time held tip to the farmers of Oregon the ad
visability of oiganiiing a co-operative system
of life insurance. We have a pjlicy of insur
ance on the mutual principle, in the North
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Association of
Portland, which is, they assure us, good for
C00 or moro, in ct.se of the decease of tho
policy holder. The annual payments average
about 0, and some years tS. The associa
tion is on the joint stock plan ns Melt as the
mutual, and the stockholders must have their
profit. In 1800 we were iniured ill the
New Kngland Mutual, and on a i,600 olicy
the annual payments for ten years averaged
full "'J, wr annum, or nearly W0 un the
thousand of tho urnount of Hilicy. The
mutual insurance plan, e-un in the joint
stock company inMhicliMo l.ae the other
policy, costs us Iish than half m hat has been
the coat in the New Kngland Life, and Me
Iraw the conclusion from our iimii ex
perience in the cost of life iiuurauce, that if a
mutual or co-operative system Mas called into
existence by the d'rauge, that it could bo
conducted at o eimt of not to exceed one-half
tho regular charge o:' insurance corporations,
a great part of whose imonies are Masted in
high salaries and lent, und extraordinary
commissions, while their ase-ts are subject to
reduction by the decline of ttocks and real
estate they om n. Tho f .range offers a medium
for easy orgauiation and co-operation to good
aiUnnUce. but wo should hnjie to sev wiy plan
that may lo minuted orie-ned to ioint co-Mier-
atiou of all the fanning interests repicseuted
by jierwins in good Handing.
Bet Ont Yoar Trees Row.
Co-operative Iniuraflce.
t'l.M.OS .reiEdllAMlL.
M.miji' On n r..
0wi.i.u, March .".d, 1n7'.I. )
IMitnr illamette Farmer:
Ah a matter of great u.ltitf. i.ud im
poitaucc to the J'airoii" of Oregon. jieae
publish the following in lelatiou to o-ojieru-tive
insurance as carried on successfully by
the l'atrons of New York nud other Kastcin
States. It will lie teen that it costs the
Patrons of New York lcs than oi.e mill on
the dollar to Inture their proerty ag.tinit loss
or damage by file, while here in Oregon it
costs us ten mills nu the dollar, mure than
ten times ns much. The organization i.ud
machinery of these associations are simple,
Inexpensive and perfectly Al'e. It stems to
mc that this is a matter in whi.'.i the l'ctrous
of Oregon might co-operate much to their ad
vantage. The article below is taken from
"The Husbandman" published at Klmirn,
N. Y., by W. A. Armstrong, Secretary of
tho New York State (ircnge.
A. J.'. SmiLr.v.
At the lute meeting of the New York Slate
Orange the committee ou instiancc submitted
very in te luting figures gathered from the
various associations organized and sustained
by farmers with the object of providing for
themselves indemnity at actual cost against
loss of fann buildings and proerty by fire.
The table presented below shows how clitap
work is done and the surprising results at
tained. Farmers everywhete Mill do Moll to
give the figures something like cniifnl study,
with a iew to rer.chiug better miderttiiiidiug
oi tlic actual cost ot a service winch they
luse Isven accustomed to iigr.nl ns instterioua
aim iiuncuii o; comiireiiensiou. liny will
see that giKHl farm risks average in losses by
r.re less llian one-teutli ol one per rent, per
annum, w nue mo usual late co I icted dy stocu
co-njiauies forsnch projierty is tlirce times as
great. To lie precise, an illustration will
servo to show the relati e coit. lty co-oera-tive
insurance the farmer puys on $I0,(XX) au
annual tax of eight dollars on the same sum
by the usual premium charged on fann build
ings, tweuty-tise dollars. If this argument
will not convince fanne.s that they c.in make
fine saim in their own insurance their is lit
tle need of pressing the ijuestioii.
For the table presented the public is in
drbted to Mr. J. II. Theall, of Tompkins
county, whoso indefatigable labors base re
suited in saving enormous sums to tho fanners
of that county, lly way of explanation it
should be stateJ that the fifteen associations
embraced in the aversgo are the first in the
onier oi me taoie.
I
Eggs vs. Meat.
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t'f't ff'ggS
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r.uiicr Illamette raimen
Would ft nut bo wite to substitute more
eggt for meat in our diet About one-third
the weight nf an egg is solid nutriment.
Tain is moro than can lx said of meat. Thfie
nre 110 bones and tough pieces that hate to be
!a:d aside. Ainggismade up of tui jinrts
shell, sixty jiaits white, .od thiity jsirts ,vdk.
Tho unite of si) egg ct mains Sd per "cnt.
water, the olk 62 jr cent. The userage
weight ef an egg is about two o.mcjs. 1'ra -tically,
egg Is animal food, ami yet there .
none of the disagreeable work of tie byt:h r
necessary to obtain it.
The egettiui s of Kngland ukc eggs fretlj,
mid many of these men are ughty and i.inety
yean old, and have been remarkably free
from Illness. A good egg is alie. The shell
is porous; the oxygen of the air goes thto.igh
tho shell and keeps up n s'it of ret ui rat ion.
An rgg soon bccon.ts stale in Ud nir, or in
dry nir cliarger with catholic acid. Kgp:
may be dried ard made to retain their good
lies for n long time; or the shell may be var
nished, which will exclude 'lie air, when, if
kept at n projier temeratun-, thej mny I e
kept fur years.
The French people prodiue more iggs than
any other, and ship millions of thm to
Kngland annually.
Fresh ggs are' more tiansiwire nt a; the
centre old oucvnt the tdp. Very ild cues
ar not transparent at cithV nlaie. In water
in which one-tenth salt has Uen dissolved,
good eggs sink, and indifTtient ones swim.
l!ad eggs float in jmrc Mater. The best eggs,
nre laid by young; healthy hens. If they are
projwrly fed, the eggs are better than if they
are allowed to eat all sorts of food, especially
decayed matter or refuse. Kggs arc best
when cooked about four minutes in I ot
water, by wining boiling water uoii them.
Then let them stand where they will not gain
any more heat. This takes away the animal
taste that Is so offensive to some, but docs not
ho harden the white or.yolk as to make them
hard to digest. An egg, if cckcd very hard,
is dlllioult of illusion ietji by those svith
stoul stomadis. 'ftuih'-tg lould be eaten
with bread, and masticated very finely. An
excellent sandwich can lie made with eccs
and brow u bread. An egg spread on teiati
;fit for a King if Kings deserve any better
food than anyliody else, which is doubtful.
Fried eggs aro less wholesome tliau boiled
ones. An eggdropied into hot water is not
only n clean and handsome, but n delicious
morsel. Most iopIe spoil the taste of their
eggs by milling salt and jepier. A little but
ter is the Inst dressing. Kggs eontain much
phosphorous, which is supposed to be. .-.tcfiil
to those who use their Imtins much. Hard
boiled eggs ihcllcd, then mixed with ).tt
pickles are delicious. To fiy eggs, haf
small plates, large enough for two or three
eggs; set them en the stove and get them.j
not; put in a small piece of butter; when
melted, drop bread and drop in the- egg or
gg, and you base a dish that is lulat.-.l.lr.
y
Affairs it West Union.
Bain in California.
All erous who desire to set out orchard
or shade trees this spring should improve the
first opportunity w hen the ground shall be in
order after the heavy laius, to get them iuto
position. They should have the advantage of
the first warm weather to make gtowth and
have the root tiberaimt forth. This w ill give
them power to withstand dry weather, and is
especially necessary if we aro to have a dry
spring, as was the case last jear.
We have excellent nurserymen n Oregon,
and their advertisements will be found in our
columns. S. Luelling A Son, of Milwaukie,
and (. W. Walling I: sM,t)i ,. 0go, are
among the very oldest. II, Hanson and H.
W. 1'rettyman. of I.'ast Portland, and J. H.
Settlemier, of Weodburn, also do a large bus.
intss, and we have no hesitation in recox
l.icndllii! any and all of them as reliable ami
worthy of patronage.
IS!.
Wjir Union, Mann II
L'tutor Willamette Farmer:
Tne inclemency of the wiathw lor the Inn
wiek, and the bad news I'ron Washington,
to-wit, the President's veto nf the C'i.im-so
li'll l.iw spread gloom and disgust hut all
nlliie. (In Mlliilay, the Uth, whil the pi-ople
were enjoying their usual iiuutin.c, not so
disgusted at the I a. I weather as at the loutl
A Good Ointment.
California h rejoicing ir. plentiful rains and
rospects ot at least a la'.r crop, it is hardly
'leMible that the harvests of that State can
suite as iiiucu as it rams nai eome earner,
rttof course, there will cot bo as inuth Kditnr Willamette Farmeri
osnd put in cultivation as if early raisshadi 1 notice m the F.shveh of Feb. '.'Ist. "a
ivsuvii iuriiiiii(; ujicruiions, ii is aiso a ijues-' iieiiiiiijj uuiiii.rm icvi. inat recijie was
)fiietnerine spnng rains win suttico to iiauut-d to me m a utile uinerent shatw a
ipe the grain that is brought forward by gi eat many years since in Missouri. Take
te wet weather. Ti.e people there are ' fresh unsaltcd butter two parts, to one lurt
ng greatly over the improved prospects Ixxswax. In the alwence of butter I used
re wonting who an tne energy and mutton taiiow, .siy nanus were chapped so
they have to make the most of them. from L-athcrint; corn that they from hied
X - morning till night and burned from night till
IVsMV. O. Gin.ov, ef Hilltboro, iufonns moniing, and it healed them and made them
the late storm was very severe, as was u ana 'mooth in a short time. A. h. .
y the number of trees blown downi A hint to vounp lidies who wtar outside
that exceeded the remembrance of the ' ockeUi Have your purses made to look like
The total amount of ntks now earned b
these fifteen companies as enumerated, is
-i,i,i,ikiu, aim tne total amount o: expenses
and losses is $M!o"5. An overage of one
year and a half for these Jioliciei will nearly
cover the time insured, and the cxj.eii.ts of
organizing and losses thus far show a premium
of eighty-one hundredths of a mill, which is
nftflllV ririM.fli'fS nu mnb nu unu- .V......1 I...
stock companies. The table shows that the """"" hordes of heathens lieiug erowded upon
previous caculatious inaile from the towns '" without our consent ami against oi.r will,
enumeratMl and actual rates iu the later com- all at once a try of distress was hiaid at the
shown to be Mow this calculation in the next ' ' n ,'(1' " the Olencos- riud. The
year and a half, as the exjHrns for organiz- people fiVked to the sjot as fast as fiosiiihle.
hen Hearing tiie placet one was heard to tui,
"What a desperate struggle their has !.!
No doubt he has fought liard ere theyener-
uu:ii nun nu get tne I0- aiouud IM neck
Hambnrg Fowls.
eiiNri.Nl'U,.
Kditor Willaimtte Farmeri
They arc fine specimens uf the fowl famil).
Of thf Hatnbuig family we haven very high
opinion, nil nf the-varieties Ui'ngwn hand
some, and win re suitable caio and nccoiiituu
dationsare given them, they nro out of the
best puie-bicd varieties of fowls, as they ara
jirolitic produteiti of nice white, delicately
havored eggs, nnd though small, nre among
the nicest and finest-flavored of table-fowls.
In iiganl to hardihood, those who am br..r.l.
ing thrm in the north say that they stand the
suddi ii climatic changes far better than the
Legboins, n owing t.i their tombs being
smaller nnd eliisr to their heads, tin v very
seldom frct-'v. fold, damn weathir nfli-ets
Own. Iheyaio lietter adapted to our South
ern Stntis, although those breeding (hum in
Oregon, being nt mperate olimate. tav thev
doiemaikably wdlheie. In California tiny
lomulirtheiu tKi tendir to inisu for pri'fit.
'I he joiuig thicks, however, nru ipiite delicate
until tle g-t fully Hedged, and neid itru
cure' up to that time, but after that they can
"loughifwith the best of them. I would
advise those raisiug joung chicks of this vari
ety to feed them on hard-boilod eggs hashed
op fine, sprinkled over with red ', corn
...i, vurcu-viini, nc. iney retllre rate,
nnd u wonu place to nestle.
We would be glad to seu more interest
being taken in this valuable brenl of fowls in
our State. Much depends on the inpid
gtowth of these fowls while young; also on
the feeding. Hut most commonly when the
chickens are about three months old thu
sjianglts may be looked for on the top of the
shoulders and sides of tho breast. Two or
three weeks after this the breast should be
distimlly singled. The spangles should be
a little larger on the breasts of the cockerels
than the pullets. The cockerels also differ at
this time from the pullets In combs and ear
lobes, which are larger. Tho comb of tho
cockerel will bo found to have much increased
from the time the bird is from six to eight
mouths oieh. It should be firmly and evenly
placed tu the heat!, square in front, narrow
ing towards the back of the head, and .ending
in a thin js-ak pointing slighily upwards, tho
whole top tti lie covered cloudy over with
small joints. Tho size of the comb should
be in projiortion to the sire of the head. 1
hnte u large, coarse head mid heavy comb.
The ear-lol.es should bo white, round ami
smooth, and of the sire of a sixpence. The
legs or shanks should be blue or slate-blue.
Carriage ujiright, graceful and active.
NAIS.W, Or. LtrriiMi Mt'HK.
totter From Linn County.
Kditor Willninettte Fannei i
As I have not seen anything in the F.tKincn
from Linn (,'ounty for vomo time, I thought I
would drojiynn r. few lines to-day. I tsras.
mend nil very highlj for your ambition, ami
for tho enterprising manner in whieli joii
haveialwd tho standaid of the Fakmeii. It
is now n first-class agricultural 'apcr. I .'o cat
ami jiwsjKr. I hojie in another yeir, when
we get n good croji, that your suWritini
list will bo doubled, and prosperitv attcml
you and the Faiimi h.
i no project ot the coming sjirinjr nru at
Jiresent good. This is the third of March,
ami a very stormy night. If it should cim
tiin'e stormy now for a Meek or two vre iniRbt
exjie-cttho latter jwit of March to be good
weather and look for an early sjrinj. Thin
would insure us a good crop. The hilt scauui
ourorojis were very slim. The- farmers id
Linn County last n nsim made nothing. Tim
winter wheat nt ntsent looks very woIL
although wo once thought it was badly iii
jured by the freer-, but it is all right now,
and growing finely.
"Moro (liasses uul l.tsstifain, " j
read by ('. F. C'larkon before the Film
Stock Assoeintiou of Iowa. Ifjmt s0uM Ik,
so good as to publish that article on jraswo.
once a month, for the next twelve moutlm.
for the lienellt of the farmers of Oregon, in
case we should forget it. It is the ery thiiiR
we need In Oregon; lands nre wearing; mil
ver fast, and unless there is a reiutsly
provided to enrich th soil, it must wear out
and become worthless. In (Jrent llritaiii,
after draining, and innmiring heavily, thi-y
are comjicllcd to lay it down in grass um!
pasture it for jears to enritli the uil, cr it
would becoMu utteily worthless. It is so
here with us; our crojis nre deirecintini;evrj
year, and this in our only remedy, to now it
down in grain and anturu it well. I will li
glad to hear from others exjsirieuced on tl
subject, through the FAiium,
J. J. Fl.NlAVMlN.
Aliianv, Oiigou,
A WcSaan's Work.
Lane County Notes.
ing, pnntirg,
tenn,
etc., are mostly jaid for that
Eow the Germans Plant Onions.
HAiuii.iiriiii, Or., March 6tl, 1870.
Killtor Willamette Fanners
and over the liiuli." "ies, ' sa.d another,
"see how thev have drai-irl him t)ir..!.i.li tl.t
Asitisalwut the time of year for iilantiug "''d until they liave worn his eoat-sbeves ot!
onion seed, I will give you theliermaii mcthol nl t,'.t ,'1',"1-'
of planting. Prej.re the ...1. the same as fo, .J ntt- rat!
onlmary jilanting; make shallow drills; drill "No, ' said the other, let
that hue, not gi't
liirn hnig: ,t ,r
if (at thi
Neat inhabitant.
i prayer books.
the seed in thtmt then cover the drills with k'd enoi.i;h for him."
boards, not putting any earth on the seed. 7ltu t,'.li ''0Jl'?. JBU U w ''""I' ""' "t'h-
They wi,. germiiuate e-uicktr by this method i$wlWls S
than they would by covenng them with tarth, was bnught tu a close. It was President
aud joii can watch the process of gennination. Haje latgid in ttfigy. All said goml
When the seed is well sprouted remove the enont-h' Let hrn hang! S. A. Jin;, omi
lioanls of an evening or iu cloudy weather, mi )T 77 "
the sun will not scorch them. Lane County Orange Delegates.
To Marion County Grangers.
Not e . hereby given that there w.li be a
ir.eetin.- ui the deli-iutcs of the subordinate.
The Manen County Orange Convention, Oranges of Lane County, held niKjgenei it,
composed of three delegate-s from eavh Sub- on the .e.ond saturdaj in April, t 10 o loti
ordinate (irnnge iu the county will be held in a. ., fir lheimneof electing repre-tnU.-
Balem on Saturday, the 6th day of April, at tives to the (state Orange, in aordtiue. with
10 o'clock .t. si., for the purjose of electing '"' Provisions nf article setxml, sottjtris
represenUtives to the State Orant-e. i'1 "V1 -'1 of thv vlaHs of the Oregon
W M HiiLvekv Mate (.range. Kcmi. Kx,.,
vv. .si, riui.rehv, lHiiiity Mi'er
IVkkir, Feb. CO, 1870. Deputy S. M. Cts.witl, Or., Feb. i'-i, i7y. '
sviirimri.il, March 3d, I87H.
Kditor Willamette Furmeri
i.ant County tiotes stem to bo scaue in the
Faiimi i: s.nce its remiivul to Portland, bull
for one like it better than before.
In the fall our prosjwtts for early croj weie
good, but now it looks like the faimeM are
nil idle m nccouutof thovvtt weather, nnd
will 1h; ns late s usiinl getting through ned-ng.
'ii-da, according tn the new law, is our
minimi school moling, We have alxiut
H'.' otciu, nnd about as many candidates. 1
thiiil. we will have tu have a Congressional
Cou.inittto decide atl'airs, or irobably a Poate
Commission would answer best just now, as
there tie some who havo rebelled against the
tax lev ied lust fall to purchase a schoolhouse.
All is excitement litre about the Sjutlaw
country . That river is the boundry line be
tween Ijr.e biul Douglas Counties, and is said
to l the Ut entrautbfor all kinds of vessels
nerth of San Francisco. 1 hear that the
steamship Aucou has made a trip uji Siuslaw
P.iver twent. four miles trim the entrance,
and rejKirts tlat there is water enough to
float the Orc.it Knstern. 'I here is enough
U.nd along the eourse of that rivet to support
iC00 n'.thr. when ibaied up, mostly
coveted with vino maple, such as is on the
uquu.J, I'.un. Lane County is going to
erdir u ri4.. t.eiitd dow n Siuslaw this inriiu'.
asthir inn le a much Utter road gut than
the. jut si nt rtwl to Y&juinalia), and it is said
that the it.irs of Ijiic Cnuiity are going to
n.ast up ii.nney by subscrijitiun und hire a
(I'lDja-tsnt and resjiorisible surveyor to survey
the eiitrnn , as all hentofoie have lieen
liiinl nf!, ni rathir that the opinion of the
t.illl. MdCNTAINMII.
'V i,u-retivtd I.itollFs Musical AVorld,
u monthly Magajne tontaining some very
rhoi iiiusio for the piano. It ran I had
of ti.e- i-gs-nt, Arthur P. Schmidt, No. 40
W ii tei s-trnt, lioton, at twenty-five cents a
m.'iiUr. We can revommeinl it for clansio
ttlitt.or., ths- rewest styles. Choice sheet
iui.it. cm li t.ul from the same house for
Juan. i, cigar: ;.ml violin, tcngs, solos cud
loriier; music. en fw a eataloinie of
Litoli's Iilitiu. h
DtjvM Newsome wrililig to the Albany
Register saysi "in traveling over IJnu
County this winter, I observed many tbicjjvj
worthy of high comiiiendation. One of tbi-jst-isthatofMrs.
Itachel lloggs, of Tangent. Hex
husband, Thomas Hoggs, died iu the year
ISO.", leaving her with eight children at Ikiiimi
all girls, excejit one, who was oulj aeren
years old at tho tiroes nf his father' death.
Mrs. lloggs has remained on their old farm
cvtrsiuco, raising and diicatiug her child
dreii, and carrying mi fanning and atotl
raising quita extensively. Iiithujcir IS7I.
her large, well fuiiiishtd dwelling-house, with
nearly all its contents, v.as consumed by tire.
Shit at mice erected a nice, cnmmodiuus
dwelliug-huuso on the Milne sjsit ujioti tin
farm, and furnished it with nil ne-cessary
f unit lire. Hutngaiu the fiie-lieiid eonvuineil
htr new dwelling and nearly all its contents,
iu the year 1878. Again she erected a small
dwelling: ujion the tame sjit, nnd aaiu
furnished it. She has hind the gnibbai mil
of -10 acres nf rich, gol laud, on the furui
and thereby nxtdidid the meaof tillable land
on the farm, lit r children are now grown
and man ml, etejit two of them, who ari-.ul
home with her. .She has ulxnit four humliril
head of sheeji, hogs, rattle aud horses, uiwl
can now live in comfurt. Perhais not emu
man in a hundred, having Mrs, Hoggs' Iu.ms
and sore trials, would huve borne uji under
them and came out victorious as she lion.
This jiroves that worueii nro fully capable id
achieving great things. And yet it is con
sidered aud ordered that they have guardians
over tin in to protect the.ni and manage their
estates!"
'J. J. U. Gregory's Seed Catalogue.
Mr. O'regory is one of the vtry few seediiicu
who combines the business uf seed raiser aud
seed dealer. We j resume this fact has a jiil
deal to do with his heed Maiants; forunlevta
man grew largtly of Mo seed he selU iml
hence knows all about them, he will hardly
venture to warrant their freshii) s and puritv ;
and what Is of more nnjiortunco to the pur
chaser, stand by it in every ease, as Mr.
(iregory has thu rejmtaiou of doing.
Tiik juittiest new Sing nnd Chorus pub
likhtd for some time ! "sombody's Coming
When the Dew-droj". Full," by Jas. C. Maiy.
It is a .erfcct gern of iut!oly and the thorns
is simjily immense. It is already the rago in
the list, and is fast becoming jojiuU.r on thr
Pacific Coast, The title jwgo is ilegantly
illustrated, ily all means' send foi "Soiim-Unly'sComiiigWhentheDew-drojwJi.ll
' H
is jiublished by S. Ilrainnrd's Suns, it-vehrvil.
O., who will mail it to ni.y nddiess on recuipt
of jirice -forty tents.
With jiowder nu her fa:e and bulftt-buV-tons
on her gown, th-gill tf thu nr!od Isj
ilangerous ehara'-ter.
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