VOL. 48.
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A P. W. JOHNSTON, Surveyor and
tl• Civil Engineer, llnntingl•n, Pa.
OFFICE : No. 113 Thlrd Street
F. GEHRETT, N. D., ECLEC
-13 • TIC PFITCWIAS AND SURGEOY, ha
lug returned from Clearfield county and perma
nently located in Shirleysburg. offers his profes
sional sorrices to the people of that place and sur
rounding country. apr.3-1872.
DR. H. W. BUCHANAN,
DENTIST,
o. 22 Itin Street,
H UNTING DON, PA.
'nit. F. 0. ALLEMAN can be con
-A—, stilted at his office, at all hours, Mapleton,
Pa. f.march6,72.
CALDWELL, Attorney -at -Law,
D•\o. 111, 3d street. Office formerly occupied
Fry Messrs. Woods Williamson. [apl2,'7l.
IR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his
- 5 professional services to the community.
Office. No. 5:',3 Washington street, one door east
of the Catholic Parsonage. [jan.4,ll.
1 - 47 J. G REENE, Dentist. Office re
• moved to Leieter',. new building, Bill street
Ljan.4,'7l.
fL . 4 L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T.
6...4
• Brown'e new building, No. 520, Rill St.,
Iluntingdon, Pn. [5p12,71.
HGLAZIER, Notary Public, corner
• of Washington and Smith streets. Hun
tingdon, Pa. [jani 271.
~~C. MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law.
• Office, No. Hill meet, Huntingdon,
Pa. [ap.19,'71.
FRANKLIN SCHOCK, Attorney
e, • at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Prompt attention
given to all logal business. Office 229 Mill street.
e,ner of Court Howe Square. Ldec.4,'72
T SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at
', • Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office, Hill street,
fir, doors west of :Smith. tjan.4'7l.
1-CHALMERS JACKSON, Astor -
0 • pay at Law. Offiee with Wm. Dorris, Esq.,
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:1.11 legal business promptly attended. to. [jaulf,
DURBORROW, Attorney-at
e) • Law. Huntingdon, Pa., will practice in the
',vend Courts of Hnutingdon county. Particular
::+t..nrilr. given to the settlement of estates of deco-
in he JO Bnilding. ifeb.l,7l
T W. 3IATTERN, Attorney-at-Law
f , • and General Claim Agent, Huntingdon, Pa.,
Soldier.," claims agaimt the Government for back
bounty, widows' and invalid pensions attend
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°Mee on 11111 street. Ejan.4,'7l.
. S. GEISSINGER, Attorney -at
-1J• Law, Huntingdon, Pa. Office with Brown
4. Bailey.
J. 111 Mt,fl;46R.
L O O VA 31 ESSER,
Atiornep-at-Law,
HI;TINGDON PA.
Soeciel ar ten t ien given to COLLECTIONS of all
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.LiA. ORBISON, Attorney-at-Law,
• 01liee, 321 Hill street, Huntingdon, Pa.
[may 31,'71.
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overntnent will ho promptly prosecuted.
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...tton.lod to with care and promptness. Office, No.
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Hotels.
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J4Duary 4,1571.
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Miscellaneous.
- ur ROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, near
•Broad Top Corner, (second floor,) Hunting
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patronage from town and country. [0000,72.
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R. and liairdreeeer, liill areal, opposite the
Franklin lionee. Al) kinds of Tonics and Pomades
kept. on bandand for sale. [apl9,ll-6,n
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The Huntingdon Journal.
County Finances
.1. A. NASH,
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
of Huntingdon County, from the lat day of
January. 1872, to the 6th day ofTanuary 1973.
RECEIVED
From S. J. Cloyd, Esq., fate Treasw•rr :
Balance in his hand. at last settlement and In
cluding Bank tax
jev, th ty h t :e from the seeeent thlketors as follows
Hopewell 1868 Solomon Lynn....
Walker “ John Lee
Alesaudria...lB69 William Christy-
Carbon " Sheriff Neely
Henderson-- " John Nightwine
Jackson " Joseph Colohine...,
Juniata •` Wm. Geissinger....,
Shirley " Benjamin Davis
Brady 1870 Aquino Long
Barre* " Jonas Brooks
Broad T0p..... " Samuel G. Mi11er....-...,
Coalitions " Thomas Estep
Ilnatingdon- " Alexander (Wm.
Shirley " Jonathan Doyle
Tell " Samuel Waters
West-- ...... " John Henderson.
Alexandria...lB7l T.D. Wa1ker..........._.
Barren. " Shadnick Chaney
Brady - Harlots Sly
Broad T0p.... " W. T. Pearson 55 73
Carb0n......... - John Canty 275 79
Casa-- ...... " Jesse Shore 241 60
CasAvil le - Isaac Ashton WO9
Clay " Charles Corbin l7B 50
Coalmont .... " O. Reiiterer 7l 00
Dublin " Jame. Appleby 286 46
Franklin " Hays Hamilton 1146 17
Henderson.... " John Warlid 263 99
Hopewell.... " John W. Russell 73 82
Huntingdon. -' Grafts Miller 1 , 16 46
Jackson " John N. Oaks 6:01 6:
Juniata
Lincoln. " Eli P. Brumbaugh. 2lO 00
Morris " Tobias Foreman lBB 59
Mapleton.... " M. L. Rex OO 00
Orbisonia.... " Willi.] Harper 75 ZO
Oneida " Joseph Ill'erseken 67 57
Penn ' Christi. souse "y.: 15
Porter " R. A. Laird 1625 61
Shirley " Samuel Isenberg 17.5 00
Shirleyslinrg " G. Harvey 166 93
Springfield.. " Ellhu Boron 218 00
Tell " Samuel Widney 220 10
Three Springs" G. Heater a4 97
Tod " Isaac Curfniau lO 50
Union " David L. Smith 241 60
wareier,rm'k " Win. Addleman 1464 57
Walker " Daniel Protsman 837 86
West " 11.31. Hewett 2310 00
Alexandria...lB72 A. W. Kenyon, Treasurer 351 33
Barree
Brady
Brand Top
Carbon.
CllB9
--
Coa!wont--
.ang21,1872.
Dublin—
Framkti.
Henderson ...
llopewell .... •'
Huntingdon. ..
Jack on"
Juniata........
Lincolu
Mapleton
Mt. Union
Orbisonia.—
Oneida..
Penn
Porter
Shirley
Shirley burg
Springfield •`
Tell•
Three Springs .
Tod
Warriorant'k ......
Walker
West
Receirel on delinquent list in the hands of Jim-
Hoe, enanty tax as follnacs :
Alexandria 1872 George B. Young.. ...............
Barret " Thomas Stewart
Carbou..— " John Cantr
Casa " Henry Taylor 67 116
Clay " Eli Shore 7B 42
CromwelL... " Sh
B
John B . enefelt
35 00
Franklin " John M. Leach 7O 00
Hendereon... " Jesse Henry O7 50
Hopewell.... " George W. Putt 55 77
Hunt. W. W. " Peter Swoop. 275 00
Hunt. E. W. - John 0. Murray 326 15
Jackeon " J. 1. It'llwain..—
_ . 100 .. 00
Juniata. " A. B. Elbenernit
Lincoln " Harris Richardson.
.T. S. Lytlo
. ! : ! Lvb ''!!tyro
Morri.
Mt. Union,...
Henry 'ollsOn .
.1. Hanley
Penn
Porter “ George Young.
Shirley
Springfield— Samuel Weight
Teti -- .‘ J. G. !i'Cluro.
Tod Jonathan Evan.;
Union •• B.!. Illasgow 57 ("!'.
Warrionnn'k D. R. Fry:-
• A. States.
West James
Itereivr.4 State tar from the ',era! coiteders as
.I~lln~cc
Hopewell 1868 Aolontou Lynn . --
Alexandria-16W William Christy,
" Sheriff !Neely
" Joseles fblobine
lyzn:Geissinger
Juniata-- .
5hir1ey..,.....
llarrei, 1870 Jonas Brooks
Coalmout.... Thoer F4,2tep.
Jonathan Doile. 32 12
Samuel Waters l3 94
smuts
Ten
iV.t ...... John Ilendereon.. .....
Alesandris...ltl'il T. L. Walker
Shedrack .. Chr.ney....- .......
Barron
Barlett Ely
Brady
Broad Top
Whorl
John
J. Shone.
&bile Jame. Appleby 2B 41
`• 'flays liamilton 152 28
Honduran... `. John Warfel 26 88
Hopewell.— W. Kassel'
Jackson " John N. Oaks
Orbisonia..... " Wm. Harper
Oneida., " J. M'Crseken
Huntingdon " Oraffus Miller
Porter.-- It. A. Laird
il;iiieyeburg " o.llarvey
Springfield. " }Mtn Brown. .....
7:!11.
Three Springs O. Heater.. ...
Tod " lama Curfman.....
David L. Smith..
Uni0n......
AVl;;;;lrem'k " W. Adilleman
Walker Dauk4Prownan
West •• R. H. llewett ...... . ..... .............
Atexandria 1872 A. W. Kenyon, Treasurer
BanO
Bracy.
Broad Top
Carbon
Caneville.
Clay...
Cromwell.— `•
C.haunt
Franklin
Ilendergon.
Hopewell ...
Hunt. W. W..
Hunt. R. W.
.hctnon....,
Juniata-.
Mapleton....
Mt. Union.. "
Penn if
Shirleyebnrg
Springfield
Tell..
ThreeSpriugp::
Wa1ker..........
We5t.........." --
.Received S'!ofe tax oft delinquent lid in the hand.;
of Justices, as follows
A leitindris....lB72 George B. Young—
" Henry Taylor
Cromwell " 1. B. Shenefelt
Franklin " John 141. Leach....
Henderson " Jesse Henry.......
" George W. Putt....
"• A. B. dhenefelt.......
Lincoln " Harris Richardson
Morrie " J. L. Lytle
Mt. Union.- " Jacob Nl'lntyre ......
Oneida " Henry Wilson
Penn " J. IlaMey
" R. Colegate
Springfield... a Samuel Weight.--
Comity tax on unseated land a
Bounty
School
Road.
Sheriff Houck, Sues collected by him
M. M. M'Neil, fine. and jury fee5...... _.._...
" for old fame ............. .........
Part of judgment vs. John Nightwine.....
Fines and costs received by Treasurer.
Redemption on unseated lands
EXPENDED.
On Commonwealth prosecutions paid to
Pros. Att'y., Protfi'y., Shff., witnesses.. 1668 25
Constables for making returns, elections,
fees, &e....a
Grand and traverse jurors, court crier, tip
staves, &c.,
Judges, inspectors and clerks of elections 1856 64
Assessors for making assessments and re-
..,
gistry lists 942 50
fognisitions on dead bodies IN 55
Road and bridge views 498 48
Road across Sbade Mountain in full 6OO 00
Road Damage., a. follows
- -
L. Hoover,. Penn township 230 00
Jacob Hoover, Penn 6l 00
Isaiah Reynolds, Cass 5O 00
John Reynolds, Cam 27 00
"
J. B. Moreland. C.ay 20 00
Elijah Gorsuch, Oneida TS 00
Joshua Gorsuch, Oneida l5 00
Dr. A. Maherren. Franklin 375 00
William Lincoln, Walker BB 00
R. W. Given, Walker 3B 00
Dr. W. P. Me Nitc, Shirley 324 40
W. Norris. Penn 134 00
M. C. Walker 297 71
Bounty Tar on Unseated Lands.
Joseph Park, Cass township l4 18
Henry Taylor, Cue B5 45
.1. W. Weaver. Hopewell l4 18
County Finances
Road Tax on Unseated Land..
J. W. Weaver, Hopewell township
Philip Gosnell, Cass
Michael Flasher, Jackson
Jacob Longenecker, West
&hoot Tor Uneeated Land.
I J. W. Weaver, Hopewell township 9 67
Jacob C. Miller, Barree
• V. B. Hirst, Jackson 173 17
H. V. Stewart, Jackson l3O 13
Mordecai Henry, West 24 55
Blank books and stationery forpub.officer 820 36
Indexing dockets and patent fornew plan
11. Clay Naile's patent 4OO 00
J. E. Smucker, indexing lOOO 00
M. H. McNeil, " 3OO 00
Boarding prisoners and conveying con
victs to the penitentiary, .Ic.:
Sheriff Neely lB3 30
Sheriff Houck lB3O 95
Furl for Jo'il sod toot House
::3 3057 13
$1.09 49
279 95
31 81
155 05
1.5 35
155 22
512
120 31
Os 22
1 77
53 21
...
10 50
882 44
187 36
617 95
295 00
Wood lB2 75
Coal
Agricultural Society lOO 00
Repairs at jail and court house 72 60
Washing for prisoners in jail '7l and '72 7O 00
J. C. Miller, janitor at court house 06 50
Merchandise for jail and court house 5Ol 72
Postage and esp. on hooks and stationery r 0 13
Insurance on court house l5O 00
lifts u,ed at court house
Cleaning court house and yard, shoveling
,001 S, Ate AS . 00
Laden Dean for bridge in West township 565 00
Jackson Lamberson bridge in Cromwell 400 00
Iron bridge at Huntingdon 2OOO 00
.1. Lamberson for stone work at same 375 00
D. P. Gwin, stone for same 2 110
Alfred Lain'ber9un for bridge in Barret:... LOU 00
Reidgee Repaired.
J. Lambersen for bridge at Huntingdon lOU 00
14. Nonetnaker bridge near Three Springs 100 00
J. M. Stonuroad bridge abet.° Birraingh'm DO 00
John Jackson bridge in Jackson twp llO 00
R. A. Laird bridge at Whittaker's
Premium en foxes, wild eats, pole cats,
hawks and owls .1206
5.35
9418 84
147 92
837 21
Siineen Wright in full l6l 00
Deorge Jackson 225 00
A. D. Miller in full for 1872 351 00
Jonathan Evans in full for 1872 258 00
David Ha re
Commissioners fur traveling expenses 63 40
Clerk of Commissioners in full for 1872 7OO 00
Jury Commissioners and clerk 139 50
J. Hall Musser Att'y. for Commissioners l5O 00
D. Petriken, Esq.,professionalserviees 50 00
Dr. D. P. Miller physician for jail 42 00
Penrea. State Lunatic Hospital lll5 57
Western Penitentiary 687 51
Huntingdon County Poorliouse Treasurer 0747 75
Printing jor the rowdy.
. 538 IR
....• ........ BB 06
419 32
71 94
267 11
5187
3fli h 7
... 218 31
_3866 37
152 90
373 56
987 8:3
116 92
374 72
158 95
R. 5 3 48
921 Id
J. S. Cernman
William Lewis 340 50
J. R. Durborrow A; Co 777 52
Same for printing paper book 36 00
Refunding Orders 7O 33
Redemption money paid out 59 10
M. M. M'Neil fees as Clerk of Sessions,
Prothonotary, Ae., 533 36
J. E. Stuuckeracknowledging and record
ing Treasurer's Bonds 6 00
0. E. M'Neil auditing accounts of Pro
thonotary and Register &Recorder lO 00
County Auditors and clerk l6O 00
Teacher's Institute l7l 20
las 18
1088 02
.214 80
3298
285 79
... 77 9g
... 59.3 V
829
:1&18 87
1164 . 7 4'
87 67
-- 137 VI/
SOP
R. McDivitt 145 00
W. C. Waring l9 97
Interest paid Union Bonk l5 50
Paid indebtedness to State as per State
Treasurer's receipts 3395 90
County Treasurer tercollecting as per Ac:
of Assembly 7OO 00
Treasurer's commission on 067325.10 at
11 percent lOO9 87
Balance in hands of A. W. Kenyon at got
tlement 4214 55
L'3 14
_4B 03
248 30
100 11
Total,
....... 547 34
280 62
75 93
51 68
In testimony whereof the undersigned Commis.
sioners have set our hands and seal of office.
.
A. D.MILLER, 1
JONATHAN EVANS, `.- Com'r9.
DAVID HAR I
E,
... 206 06
88 10
We. the undersigned Auditors of Huntingdon
County, Pa., elected and sworn according to law,
report that we have met, did audit, settle and ad
just, according to law, the accounts of A. W. Ken
yon, Esq., Treasurer of the county, and the orders
of the Commissioners, and receipts for the same, for
and during the past year,
and find a balance in the
hands of A. W. Kenyon, Esq., Treasurer, of four
thousand two hundred and fourteen dollars and,
fifty-fire cents ($4,214.5.5.)
(liven under our hands, this 29th day of Sauna
re, A. D. 1973.
.1007
8 42
3 42
HENRY NEFF, -)
P. SMITH, Auditors.
BARTON GREEN,
.1 .
February ~ .S; —Ft
OUTSTANDING BALLANCES DUE
the county at the settlement with the
Auditors for the year 1572.
:0 00
7 tr 2
15 00
10 811
123 95
7a
2} Sr.
3d2 92
_ 91 98
•
TOWNSHIPS. Tett, COLtVCTOPS . I 100. TAX, SPATS. I
'MIL T
f I
II I I
....... 75 29
.......
4UIB
Mounttnlon..llB69 E. K. Itodgent.s 47 404 2 711 350
Penn tW. B. White . . 27 21 A 13113 00
Shirley ........ ...I. Benjamin Davis' 660 79 1
Broad Top 11870 Sena G. Miller , 147 85 9 27116 50
Juniata. I *Peter Snyder. , 34 59 13 03 900
Shirley ! fJoathan Doyle 71 43
Springfield J. F. Ramsey.- 172 32 20 821 250
West. 1 Jno. Henderson 305 53
Alexandria... l lB7l T. D. Walker.- 11 22
Barree 1 MA Chaney Zio 71
Brady , .. Barlets Ely I 219 65 IS 44 900
Carbon 1 !*John Canty 1 f337 10 98535 70
Cass i.....,Jere0 Shore lO2 38 14 00 10 00
Cm...villa 'lsaac Asktdn.... 36 70 10 36 510
Cloy I ;Charles Corbin.. 32.3 36 36 40 19 00
Coolmont 1... 4l. Roisterer 47 98 259 650
Juniata.l IcAdin Doan 4B 39! 12 27 650
Lincoln
Morrie „.1 :-I'T Foreman 960 12 76 33 26 50
Mapleton.. : ,Al L Rex 67 42 148 500
Mount Union-1 , cP H Bare. 404 87 18 47 11 50
Peon 'IC rouse.
Shirley_...... ' Sainl Isenberg 124 73 102 72 26 50
Springfield_.... , Elihn Brown... 129 79 17 191 800
ri
Warorsmark 1 ,NV Addleman... 201 39 67 31 900
Wort IR M Hewett-- 509 86 33 . 4,25 00
Huntingdon...! 1 111 0roffus Miller WA 66
Barren 11872'•T Stewart 323 09 1 19 231 800
Brady , (John K Melt-., 302 121 5 1112316)
Broad Top ; ,cB G Miller 1 47 76, 54: 450
Carbon 1 :*John Canty 1 164 261 11 67118 00
C5...81 , 111e : IA W Evans 9 aul 071 •
Cromwell. .... 1 .- Jll Shenefelt...• 42 1181 1 331 50
Coahnout 1 - Levi Brans.-- 42 111 t 5 750
Dublin.... ....... , Jas E. Harper... 145 53; 894 800
Frank1in......... ~-.- cJnolll Leach... 146 651 4)M 550
Henderson
Hopewell Gee W Putt 3 341
Huntingdon......._ Peter Swoope...l 310 65, 9 1)8110 05
11nutingd0n....1...... J 0 Murray B3 30 1 21 39113 50
Jackson.l L M'llwain :&4121 16 50;20 50
Morris „J S Lytle 46 07 7 10116 00
Mount Union. 3 AVlntyre. 53 45 9.01 700
Porter.-- ..... - 112 54 31 26121 50
Shirleysburg...l J N Lightner.... 602 41 ..... -
Springfield.. ..» Samuel Weight. ti 25 '
TellG M'Clare.....'Gl 15 6 99, 700
Three Springs.
P N Bence I 408 271
Tod 1... *J Evans i2O 04 1 06110 00
11
Union , F Glasgow.... 44 48 550 900
Warriorsmark 1 D It Fry lO4 61 13 20 950
Walker i cA States 1215 74 6 till 800
4 41
lit) 64
100 00
26 53
... 49 87
233
14416
15 55
187 24
413 03
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1 52
21 39
... 91. 39
71 93
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34 51
31 92
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520
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826 01
122 36
217 22
158 71
38 60
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27 50
-.- 175 10
le 56
Judgment No. 10, April Term 1870, for 847.28, with
inteteat, collected by P. M. Lytle, Esq., as Commissioners'
Attorney, front delinquent! . Collectors and not yet paid
neer by bin' to the County Treasurer.
. _
Siiace paid in part.
GLAZIER & BRO.
DEALERS IN GENF:RAI, MERBANDISE,
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
HATS,
&e. &e.,
SMITH Street, between Washington and AIM
GROCERIES,
PROVISIONS,
QUEENSWARE,
WASHINGTON Street, near Smith,
Jan. 18, '7l.
READQUA.RTERS FOR FINE
CANDIES, TOYS, FRUITS, NUTS,'&e,
is at D. S. Africa's Variety Store, No. 423, in the
Diamond. Alm, can be bad, a fine assortment of
WATCHES, JEWELRY, PEN KNIVES, POCK
ET BOOKS, TRAVELING SATCHELS, FANCY
SOAPS, HAIR OILS. PERFUMERY, AC. Dom'
Celebrated Ice Cream Soda Water, in sea Son, at D.
S. Africa's Variety Store, No. 423, in the Diamond
March ]5, tf.
FOR ALL KINDS 01
GO TO THE
13 30
29 43
134 97
15 S 6
Dridyea Built.
"And so this is the way that Edgar
Morton repays his benefactor and the
father of his affianced bride ! Yet no ! it
cannot be. I will stake my life on that
young man's innocence.
As I spoke, there came a gentle tap at
the door, followed almost immediately by
the entrance'of a lady, deeply veiled, who
at once threw aside her veil, disclosing the
face of my deceased friend's daughter,
Cecile Randolph.
"Excuse me, Mr. Furguson, for• enter
ing uninvited; but urgent business im
pels me."
"Be seated, Miss Randolph," I said,
rising and handing her a chair.
"0, Mr. Furguson !" she sobbed forth,
burying her face in her bands, "That I
should ever be obliged to come on such an
errand as this ?"
Reporters /Or Coort.
I endeavored to quiet her, and partially
succeeded, when I drewfrom her what few
particulars she knew regarding her fath
er's death.
"He retired last night, at his usual
hour, apparently in good spirits, and no
sound was heard during the night to cause
alarm. In the morning as he tidied to
appear at breakfast, a servant was dis
patched to summon him. Knocking at
the door, and receiving .no answer, he
finally opened it. and advanced into the
room. What a sight did he then behold !
My poor father lay upon his bed, with his
throat cut from ear td ear ! Death must
have coma to hint suddenly—so suddenly
as to prevent any outcry—and . the un
known assassin had no trouble in making
his escape."
"But," I said, "I can't see why any one
should suspect Edgar of the murder."
"This is the moat mysterious part of the
sad affair. When Edgar was told of the
murder, he turned very pale,' reeled, and
would have fallen to the pound had not
support been given hint. Some of the ig
norant beholders of this scene thought
his actions denoted guilt, and an officer
was summoned, who at once insisted on
searching his room. A razor, on which
were several spots of blood, was found
concealed under the carpet, together with
an old suit of clothes belonging to Edgar,
which were bespattered with blood. This
was considered sufficient evidence to war
rant his arrest, and he now lies iu jail,
charged with the awful crime of murder.
Oh, Mr. Ferguson ! if you can do any
thing to save him, and at the same time
bring the guilty perpetrator of this deed
to justice, I will amply reward you."
"Do you know any enemies. of your
father, or of Edgar, who• would be likely
to commit such a crime either fel. money
or revenge ?" I asked.
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"Oh, sir," she replied, it was not done
for robbery, as everythingin the room was
as fiither left it the night before. His
watch and pocket-book, the latter contain
ing quite a sum of money, were found un
der his pillow, where be always placed
them, so that the crime must have been
committed to gratify a fiendish thirst for
revenge."
. .
"Now, then, who of all your acquain
tances could do such a thing?"
••I cannot possibly say. Father had
not an enemy in the world to my knowl
edge, or Edgar either, unless, perhaps. it
might be Conrad Smithley, my poor fath
er's book-keeper and trusty clerk; but it
would he impossible for him to do such a
deed."
•What reason have you to suspect. that
he is not Edgar's friend ?"
"Only this : Some time ago, Conrad,
whom we have always regarded as one of
the family proposed for my hand, and I
told him it was not mine to give. sus
pected as much,' he muttered ; and then,
whilst his face grew dark, and his features
assumed an appearance perfectly fearful,
he continued, "but you shall never become
the wife of Edgar Morton while I have
life to prevent it." He then wheeled
about, and abruptly left my presence. I
was considerably alarmed, and thought of
speaking to father about it; but during
the forenoon he returned and begged my
forgiveness for the words he had used,
and made such professions of sorrow in re
gard to them that I freely forgave him,
wild have since thought no more of the
matter."
Since paid in fall.
"The fact is quite clear to me," I said,
"I know this fellow well, and the sort of
company he keeps, and I should not. be snr
prised to find that he had committed the
murder. His plan included Morton's ex
ecution as the murderer, the possession of
your hand and the estate, so there was no
motive for small robbery—at least, this is
my reading of the case. Now, then, I
want to see the body of your father and
the room in which the deed was done."
"Well, sir," she said, rising and pre
paring to accompany me, "you will find
everything as it was when first discovered;
the officers concluded not to disturb any
thing until after the inquest, which takes
place to-morrow forenoon !"
Wrapping myself in my great coat, we
PRINTING
, 'JOURNAL" BUILDING
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FERUARY 26, 1873.
Mu Poo' llouter.
The True Hero.
He is a hero, tithe risks his life
For his country's good, on the field of strife
He is a hero who bears his flag
Till naught is left but a tatter'd rarr;
He is a hero who lifts his arm
To shield his friend from fatal harm
He is a hero who buffets the wave
To pluck a soul from a watery grave ;
Who climb; a ladder with stifled breath,
To snatch a babe from a fiery death ;
Yes: heroes these, sublime and grand;
The pride and boast of the proudest land ;
But greater than all is the nameless youth
Whose only shield is the spotless truth ;
Who laughs to scorn the tempter's power,
And stands by the right in danger's hour.
Aorg-gella.
Saved by a Zak
A very little thing will sometimes save
a man's life. as the following story will
show. While reading the evening paper,
I noticed something which interested me
at once, "What's this ?" I said, as my eyes
lighted on a startling, paragraph :
"MYSTERIOUS MCIRDER.—J. Randolph,
one of our old and wealthy citizens, was
' this morning found in his room, having
been murdered during the night. Edgar
Merton, a clerk in his employ, and who,
report says, was soon to be married to his
daughter, has been arrested for the mur
der, and circumstances are said to be
strongly against him."
Now, although I am usually among
the first to hear of criminal news, from the
nature of my business, this was the first
intimation I had received that such a mur
der had been committed, having been out
of town during the day. As I had been
on the best of terms with Mr. Randolph
and his whole fhmily, it occurred to me at
once that my advice would be sought.
set out, and, after a brisk walk of ten min
utes, reached the palatial residence of my
companion. I was at once shown to the
room of the murdered man, and then be
gan making such an examination as only a
detective kows how to make. Circum
stances of the most trivial character, which
would be overlooked by an ignorant per
son, are often seized upon by a skillful
detective, and sometimes constitute most
damning evidence of' guilt. In this case,
however, everything had been done in the
most skillful manner, and I could not
succeed iu making any discoveries.
I was about to leave the room in des
pair, when, glancing toward the bed, I
noticed what appeared to he a light scratch
on the neck of the murdered man, jugt,
above the gaping would which had so
cruelly let nut his life's blood. On exam
ination, I found it to be nothing more than
a hair, which had in some manner become
loosened from the head of the assassin,
and had settled on the neck of the vic
tim, where it now lay, a silent yet truth
fat witness, pointing out the guilty wretch
to the eye of justice. The hair was of a
deep red color, which was totally unlike
that of any of the household. it was, in
deed, the same color and shade as that of
Conrad Smithley.
I placed it carefully in my pocket-book,
and saying nothing to no one of my dis
covery, started for the residence of Smith
ley, intent on doing a little acting. I
found kin, as his attendant said, ill in
bed, and on no account must he be disturb
ed. "Only a ruse," I thought, "to divert
suspicien." Stating to the woman that I
wantedto see him but for a few moments
on the most urgent business, she finally
reluctaitly consented to my entrance. I
found(him lying on a bed . apparently in
greatpain. In my youth I bad studied
medicine, aid was consequently well in
formal on such :natters, and I saw at -once,
with a quick glance, that he was only
feign.ng sickness. He started up some
what angrily as I entered. but I silenced
him vith a motion of my hand.
"Cbnrad Smithley, this is a desperate
gamcyou are playing, but. it will avail you
nothing."
•
"Vhat do you mean:" he exclaimed
springing to his feet, his sickness all gone.
Imean that the game is up, and the
murderer of . John Randolph is diSCOV
ered:'
As I had anticipated, he sank into a
chair, and burying his face in his hands,
sobbed out, "Lost ! lost !"
"Do you confess the murder then ?"
Recovering himself a little, he ' gasped,
"What proofs have you ?"
"Enough to hang you, and nothing but
a confession can procure you a lighter
punishment." I then rapidly detailed to
him the circumstances which led to the
conviction that be was John Randolph's
murderer—his threats, his motives, and
finally the unmistakable evidence be had
left of his presence at the murdered man's
bedside. The last link in the chain com
pletely overwhelmed him. He was not an
experienced criminal, and he saw no hope
for escape.
"I confess," he said, "now that conceal
ment is no longer of use."
I took him at once into custody, and
soon had the satisfaction of seeing him
change places with Edgar Morton, who
was overjoyed at his release.
Conrad Smithley was tried for murder,
and knowing that any defense would be
useless after his confession to me, pleaded
guilty and threw himself upon the mercy
of the Court, which sentenced him to im
prisonment for lift.
About a year after, I received an en
velope containing an invitation to the
wedding of Cecil; Randolph and Edgar
Morton, who lived long and happily to
gether, and she never ceased thanking me
that Edgar was saved by a hair.
Wading for tiu pillion.
Newspapers Patrons.
The Athens Poet says: "One thing we
have noticed feow the time we entered
upon our apprenticeship, forty-eight years
ago the 10th day of this month, that Prov
idence generally smiles benignantly and
prosperously upon the. man who keeps
himself square on the printer's hooks. You
take the subscription list of any country
paper where the advance system is not re
ligiously adhered to, call out the names of
those who pay promptly, then visit their
habitations, and in nine cases of ten you
will find them in the enjoyment or all the
ordinary comforts of life—pleasant and
contented households—the husband kind
and industrious, the wife happy and affec
tionate, children sprightly and well-be
haved at home and abroad, sleek cattle
grazing in the green pastures, and good
stock feeding in the stalls, thrify fruit and
shade trees around, flowersblooming in the
garden and about the yard, and an air of
neatness, comfort and substance without
and within. Now take the other class of
patrons—those who never pay at all, or
have to be dingdonged out of itat the end
of the third year; what is still worse, the
newspaper sponge, who is not able to pay
for a paper, but ever ready to borrow from
his neighbor—ten to one you will find a
majority of these always afflicted with
"short crops," always "hard run," always
"out of kelter, axes, plows and hoes eter
nally dull ; horses that look like genius of
&mine, cattle nearly related to l'haroah's
lean king, and too poor to blow without
leaning up against the rickety fimce, gates
off the hinges, doors half hung,-windows
guiltless of glass, not a fruit or shade tree
in sight, rank Jamestown weeds blooming
around the door sills, and instead of luxu
riant meadows and perennial pastures, sas
safras and brier bushes growingin the fence
corners and broken planes and hill-sides
furrowed with gullies, and bunches of tall
sedge waving mournfully in the wind all
over the farm, and, worse than ail, a mo
rose and unhappy husband, a discontented
and ill-natured wife, and disobedient, in
tractable children."
The reader may think this a fancy
sketch; but it ain't, by a good deal.
"There is more truth than poetry in it."
A LOVER. once wrote to a lady who had
rejected him, saying that he intended to
go "to some secluded spot and breathe
away his life in sighs I" to which the lady
replied, by inquiring whether they were
to be medium or large size. The man has
not been heard from.
A YOUNG man without money is like a
steamboat without fuel ; be can't go ahead.
Among the ladies, he is like the moon of
a cloudy night; he can't shine.
LEARN to say“ne." No necessity of
snapping it out dog-fashion, but say it
firmly and respectfully, as you ought to.
HAVE but few confidents, and the fewer
the better.
The Black Sheep.
BY LOUIE GLENN.
A pretentious house in a general up
town street, and a stylish lady very fash
ionably dressed, were the home and the
mother of Fred Vincent.
A showily dressed maid answered the
summons of the mistress.
"Are the children in from school yet,
Martha ?"
"No ma'am—yes, I should say, for that's
Master Charlie's ring now."
"Well keep them down stairs until din
ner ; I want to finish this book in quiet."
Before Martha could get down stairs
the bounding steps of the romping, rosy
checked children, two boys and a girl,
were heard on the stairs, and despite Mar
tha's remonstrances, they trooped into
their mother's presence.
"3lamatu, is dinner ready ?" I'm nearly
starved !" and hats, bank, straps and sakes
were thrown hither and thither on bed and
chair.
"Mercy ! children, you make me so
nervous ; go down and play in the yard
until dinner, but where's Fred ?"
"Oh, kept in again, of course," said
Will.
"That boy would worry a saint," said
Mrs. Vincent. "He's continually getting
into difficulties, and he can never be made
to see his faults either."
"T'wasn't his fault," spoke up little
Charlie, who was Fred's 'champion when
others blamed him. "Walter Brent was
taken ill iu school—so ill he could hardly
walk, and Fred helped him home. Wilen
he came back he was too late for recitation
in astronomy, and he was kept in for an
hour, as punishment. He won't beg off,
as we do, when we're called up, and he
never cries either ; but he feels badly, I
know for he turned pale and fairly trem
bled but never said a word."
"Yes he's too stubborn to offer au ex
cuse. That boy will worry my life out
yet. He's so uncommunicative; so reserv
ed—never comes and tells me his troubles,
like other children. Ah, well, there must
always be one black sheep in every flock,
they say."
As these thoughtless words fell from the
mother's lips, Fred, who had just come
in, was passing the door.
No one but a sensitive boy knew what a
pang they gave him. It was not the first
time that he heard the remark and had
gone to his room. his heart sadly aching ;
and when, with burning brow, he made his
appearance at the table, his reticence was
pronounced sulkiness, and he was often re-,
primanded for imaginary faults.
"Yes ' • I am the black sheep, surely.
Oh why do not my parents love me as
they do Charlie, and Will, and Sue? They
never take half the pains to please that I
do, yet they are always petted and excused
if they do not want to do a thing ; but no
one cares fur me—no one loves me—l'm
so miserable, so unhappy !"
Thus year after year passed away, and
the misguided parents continued to utter
their complaints about Fred's bad dispo
sition--4till call him the black sheep, and
predicted that his career in life would be
discreditable. He grew discouraged and
reckless, as his rebuffs and slights at home
continued, until he grew up to manhood.
With such training he lost self-respect
and became a morose, ungracious, cynical
misanthrope.
His less gifted brothers were popular,
and all successful in business, while people
held aloof from Fred. He was never un
derstoml until too late to remedy the mis
take.
Heart-broken and dispirited, he sought
to bury in oblivion the knowledge of his
wrongs by deep draughts of the intoxicat
ing bowl. He died unpitied andunmourn
ed--a poor, miserable drunkard.
As the last flicker of life was dying out,
he roused from his stupor, and quite un
strung his mother's nerves by exclaiming :
"Well, mother; the black sheep will
soon be out of the way. God forgive you
for the cruel words, but they have been my
ruin : Had you encouraged me,
given me
your sympathy, or let words of kindness
cheer my pathway as you did my brothers,
I would not have been dying of intemper
ance. I had no love for the stimulating
draught, but it - brought oblivion of my
wrongs, and I drank it—drank it to drown
my despairing thoughts."
Need we depict the agony and remorse
of those parents as they consigned to the
grave the remains of their lost son !
Fathers! mothers take warning :
Watch carefully and tenderly the tem
peraments and dispositions of your children.
Encourage them to confide to your willing
ears all their trials or perplexities. Make
no disparaging remarks to grieve or chill a
sensitive nature.
Wisdom and discretion, tempered with
love are necessary to the proper training of
your children, but, above all, have a care
that partiality be banished from the hearth
stone. The well being and salvation of
the precious charge committed by Provi
dence to your care, depends on your dis
charge of these duties.
Will He Succeed?
In nine cases out of ten no man's life
will be a success if be does not bear bur
dens of childhood. If the fondness or the
vanity in Etther or mother have kept him
from hard labor; if another always helped
him out of the end of the row; if, instead
of taking his turn at pitching off, lie mow
ed away all the time—in shOrt, if what
was light always fell to him and what was
heavy about the same work to some one
else ; if he has been permitted to shirk till
shirking has become a habit—unless a mir
acle is wrought, his life will be a failure,
and the blame will not be half so much
his as that of weak, foolish parents.
On the other part, if a boy has been
brought up to do his part, never allowed
to shirk auy legitimate responsibility, or to
dodge work, whether or not it made his
heart ache or his hands black until bearing
heavy burdens becomes a matter of pride,
the parents, as they bid him good-by, may
dismiss their fears. His life will not be a
bbsiness failure. The elements of success
are his, and at sometime and in some way
the world will recognise his capacity.
Take another point. Money is the object
of the world's pursuit. It givesbread and
clothing and homes and comfort. The
world has not judged wholly unwisely
when it has made the position a man oc
cupies to hinge comparatively more or less
on his ability to earn money, and on the
amount of his possessions. If he is miser
ably poor, it argues some defect in his ex
penditures, or a lack of fitnessto cope with
men in the battle for gold. When a
country boy leaves home it is generally to
enter upon some business, the end of which
is to acquire property; and he will succeed
just in proportion as he has been made to
earn and save in his childhood.
if all the money he has had comes of
planting a little patch in the spring, and
selling its produce, after weary months of
watching and toil, in the fhll—or from
killing woodchucks at six cents a head—
or from trapping muskrats and selling
their skins for a shilling—setting snares
in the fall for game, and walking miles in
the morning before the old folks were tip
—husking corn for a neighbor, on moon
light evenings, at two cents a bushel—
working out an occasional day that hard
work at home has made possible—he is
good to make his pile in the world.
On the contrary, if a boy never earned
a dollar—if his parents and friends always
kept him in spending money—pennies to
buy candies and fish-hooks, and to satisfy
his imaginative way—and he had grown
to manhood in the expectancy that the
world will generally treat him with simi
lar consideration, he will always be a make
shift. And the fault is not so much his
as that of those about him who never made
the boy depend on himself—did not make
him wait nix months to get money to re
place a lost jack-knife.
Every one has to ride it at one time or
another. If the roughing comes in boy
hood, it does good: if later, when habits
are formed, it is equally tough, but, being
educational, is generally useless. And the
question whether a young man will succeed
in making money or depends not upon his
willingness to do "his part," and upon his
having earned money, and so gained a
knowledge of its worth. Not a little of
his valuable experience the country boy
gets on the old ihrm, under the tutelage
of parents shrewd enough to see the end
from the beginning, and to make the labor
and grief of children contribute to the suc
cess of subsequent life.
Tit-Bits Taken on the Fly.
The rose that all are praising—Heroes.
A De-voted Man—The sueenssful ean
didate.
The only thing that can live on fire is a
live coal.
Courting after marriage—Applying for
a divorce.
The . worst fare for soldiers to live upon
—Warfare.
A romantic death—A young , lady drown.
ed in tears.
"The corner in pork" was a hoggish
speculation.
'The bump of Destructiveness—A rail
way collision. •
The hight of impertinence—Askiug a
Jew what his Christian name is.
Why is.An old coat like an iron kettle?
Because it represents haidware.
"Excuse. haste and it bad pen," said the
little when it broke out and ran.
Whystlose it s Ardnudie the most hor
rible of de• . 9 . 1 . 1 e makes up faces and
busts,
Giving seventeen hundred . pounds of
coal for a ton is among "the weights that
are dark."
Why is the paint for a ladies face like a
fiddler's rosin ? They are both used in
drawing a beau .
A Western editor says of a neighbor
with a quivering eyelid, that he "shutters
in the left eye." •
A Memphis paper regretfully remarks
that not a newspaper man was burned up
in the Boston fire.
Happiness--someth i ng which everybody
seeks, but which is like a greased pig's
tail, nobody can hold it.
"Bobby why don't your mother sew
your trowsers !" "Cause she's at the vestry
sewing for the heathens."
As we go ou in life we find we cannot
afford excitement, and we learn to be par
simonious in our emotions.
Somebody has discovered that a ten of
sea water contains a grain of gold. Let
a company be started at once.
Why is the strap of an omnibus like a
man's conscience? Because it is an inward
check on the outward man.
Instead of regretting that we are some
times deceived, we should rather lament
that W 3 are ever undeceived.
Straining honey is what they call it in
New Jersey, when a fellow hugs his sweet
heart. The honey likes it too.
A Western editor says of a cotemporary
that "he has his ear.; under such control
that he can fan himself with them."
A "monster in human form" says that
the only time a woman does not exagger
ate is when she is talking of her own age.
"Two things inspire me with awe," said
the German philesopher,--the starry
heavens above and the human soul with-
The man who feels so feeble that you
could knock him down with a straw, is
very much pleased that straw is no more
plenty.
A little girl wants. o know if fleas are
white—because her uncle told her "Mary
had a little lamb with fleas as white as
snow."
Never be discouraged because good
things get on so slowly here; and never
fail to do daily that good which lies next
your hand.
"She was tronk all to tay Saturday
night and all to night Sunday morning,
and I vos so vild that I kick the stairs
down her."
A Hartford burglar in conducting his
defence before court, disgusted the District
Attorney by calling him "my learned
brother."
What's the difference between a post
age stamp and a donkey ? One you can
stick with a lick, and the other yon can
lick with a stick.
The wife of a roofer being asked if S'ne
was not afraid to have her husband ex
posed to such danger, trustfully replied,
"0 be's insured !''
Instead of calling a man flat-footedly
"a liar," speak of him as "having had oc
casion before this to distrust the accuracy
of his recollections."
Horses are excellent music performers
sometimes. One of them has been known
to go through the bars of a field correctly
and without missing an oat.
"You can't do too much for your em
ployer," said a person to a big-fisted Irish
man. "Sure then," replied Pat, with em
phasis, "neither will I."
"Cern Bread !" said an English waiter
in a London restaurant to a Yankee guest
—"corn bread ! We haven't any. sir ; but
isn't it corned beef you mean ?"
NO. 9.
tam ui
The Cow,
As everybody has, or should have a cow,
it may be not amiss for me to endeavor to
ameliorate the condition of both the cow
and her owner; in many cases it will make
little difference which I address, the former
for the latter, for farmers as a class are
proverbial for being slow to learn, and
loath to leave the well-worn ruts of
fogyism ; plodding has become chronic
with many, hence a remedy to be effective
must be supernatural, or some sugar-coated
humbug. To produce a good cow with
any degree of certainty, the breeder will
require in the first place to know whatcon
stitutes the good cow, before he takes the
first step in production, that is, a good cow
for the special purpose for which he de
signs a cow. If the purpose is to produce
a cow that will yield milk of quantity.and
quality which will make her profitable in
that line, whether as a butter,
cheese or
milkman's cow, without particular regard
to fitness of her, or her offspring for the
shambles, great size and superior fattening
qualities in the sire and dam are not essen
tial; iu fact, these qualities, if they are of
a well established breed, might materially
distract from the value of the progeny for
dairy purposes alone.
I n many districts cows are kept exclusively
to rear calves, that shall be when matured,
large and of superior quality for beef; they
nurse their young in many instances, until
the calf gets so large and strong that there
is danger of butting his dam over the fence,
when the calf is weaned, and without re
spect to sex, fed for growth and fat, unti:
it is ready to slaughter. The cow mean
while is in due time put to breed again,
many of them not being milked, only suf
ficient to prevent injury to the udder, and
to properly dry up the flow of milk, for
hastening which, scanty, parched pastures,
an insufficiency of water, no shade and
plenty of flies are effective auxiliaries.
Great size, rapid growth, good handling
and great fattening qualities are the chief
essentials of a cow for this purpose.
When the great object is butter, and
that of the most superior color and favor;
as well as quantity, gieat growth or size
of the cow is not important, though early
maturing is. To secure the greatest de
gree of perfection in the cow for this pur
pose she should have the following char
acteristics :—The anatomical structure
should be delicate and symmetrical, the
horns and hoofs small : the limbs short and
delicate; the neck thin, tapering, and clean
under the throat, and not too short; the
head small, broad between the eyes, which'
should be full, bright, prominent, and mild
in expression; the muzzle fine and tapering,
and lips thin; the chest rather narrow;
the brisket narrow, and not too deep; the
dewlap narrow, and very thin and soft;
the skin thin, soft and loose, with a rich
yellow cuticle, no matter what the color of
the hair may be—the color most desirable,
a fawn; the hair long and sift, and partic
ularly so on and about the udder; the body
rather long; the back straight from should
er to root of tail, and broad in the loins;
the ribs long and well arched where they
articulate with the spine, the side and
lower portion of them nearer straight; the
stomach and belly large and capacious;
the thighs very thin; the veins large and
[ prominent, especially those connecting
with the udder, and extending forward
and permeating the ligaments of the belly;
[ the tail long, slim and very tapering, with
a full brush; the ears small, this, erect
and active ; the udder large and flacid,
and projecting well forward, and when
empty, very soft and pliable ; the teats all
pointing, when full, forward and outward,
of good length and quite tapering, with
rather a dark color and firm, tough skin,
as they are less liable to chap than when
too white and delicate; the escutcheon
'first class' and 'order,' according td M.
Zuenous' theory; the disposition quiet and
passive, and an appetite that is only limit
ed by the capacity of the stomach. This
last mentioned organ is perhaps as much,
if not more dependent on the intelligence
[ of the breeder, or rearer of the cow, than
any other; and the characteristics of the
stomach and belly that I have elaimed to
be essential, aro as important in the per
-1 feet cow as any other of the long catalogue
enumerated. It is impossible that a cow
with a trunk like a hound or a race horse
should be a great milker. The best cow
ever known by the writer was familiarly
known as "Old Deformity," on account of
having such an immense belly.
The - best and most effective means of
securing this characteristic in the eow, it
will be my purpose to explain, but for
want of space I shall be obliged to make
it the subject of another chapter.—J.
Wilkenson, Baltimore, Md.
Deep Plowing
Some of our agricultural writers seem to
have made deep culture their hobby, and
as is usually the case with hobbies, have
ridden it a little blind. It will not do to fix
a certain depth for plowing all kinds of
soil or for all crops. It will not de for the
farmer who has a surfbce soil of only five
inches, to plow twelve or even ten inches
deep without he can afford to wait five or
six, or even more years for his crop. Nor
will it do, because some in favored loca
tions can raise better corn with a four inch
furrow than with an eight inch to say that
the shallowest furrow it the beat. Each
one must use his own judgment as to what
is best for his own particular case, and not
look to any general rules.
. .
On some of the tule lands in California
the depth of the soil may be measured by
feet instead of by inches, and on snob land
we may practice deep plowing to the full
est extent. On the other hand, we have
land on which a system of deep plowing
would be suicidal. If we can only devise
some implement by which the soil to the
depth of a foot can be thoroughly stirred
without reversing the surface soil, we can
then lay down general rules for deep cul
ture, but not till then.
American Farmer.
The Artisan says: We hazard the as
sertion that no class of equal average
means live so well as American farmers.
One of these possessing a farm and build
ings worth say ten thousand dollars, will
gather about him and enjoy mere real com
fort than could be obtained from the in
come of a hundred thousand dollars is
New York. He may live in a more com
modious dwelling, than a metropolitan
citizen having ten thousand dollarsanaual
income. Ho may have his carriage and
horse*. His table may be supplied with
everything fresh in its season. His labor
is less wearing than the toil of counting
rooms and offices, and he has more leisure.
—Nature and Science, Scrilmer's for Ort.