i '.-'l'..' . L l(i/son, McFarlane a* Co.. Hardware ffralrrs. . HARDWARE! "WILSON, McFARLAN K fc CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES f HEATEBS. - A LBU ' Paints, Oils, (ilass and Varnishes, AND ALLEGHENY STREET, .... lll'MES' BLOCK, .... BKLLBfUNTK, PA. I ill si ness Cards. I lIA UN ESS MAN UFA CT() U V j X L In Uarman'* Now ltlork, ' RKLLKKONTK, PA 1-1 y I; P. ULAIU, W 1 • JEWELER, WATCHI*. electa, JIWILKT, Ac, All w-.rk neatly executed. On Allegheny afreet, | antler ltr*.-k^rli-,rr IIOIIMV ' 4-if j DKALKKS IN I'UHK DRUGS ON LY. I ZELLKR k SON, s.- *l. DKI'UGISTS, *1 I Jin (1. Brofkorliuff Row. | 2 2 , All tlio Standard Patent Medivluee Pre-j w £ ecrlptlun mid family Recipe. accurately ►. W |iti'{Mtrol, Trumea, Shoulder Bracee, Ac., Ac. 3 r> j 4 " , g I OUIS DOLL, X J KAMI ION Alll.K H'MIT A SHOEMAKER, Brsckerhuflf K-.w, Allegheny .Iroot, ktwlirfonte, P*. C. HI nts, Pree't. J. r. HUH. Otah'r. j thirst NATIONAL HANK OF .1 BKI.LKKONTK, Allegheny Street, Brllefonte, Pa. 4-tt CENTRE COUNTY BANKING V> COMPANY. Recelre Pep-elta Ami Allow Intereet, Dittouftl Notea; Buy tool Soil , Gov. Seciirltlea, Gold nd Coupon., JAHM A. Biarxu, President. J D si u** R . Orator. **■ TRAVELER'S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE it SNOW SHOE R. K.—Tluir-Taldo In effect on ud alter March *' leaves Snow Shoe MB A. H.,arrlrea In Bellefonle 7.24 A. *. . .. Lear*. Bellef.ntr #.12 A. H.,arriret at Snow Shoe 11.25 . *. .. . . Lea,e. Snae Shoe 2-10 r *.,arriTe In Bellafonta 4.20 r. H. Leave. Belltfotite 4.4.4 r. H., arrive, at Snow Shoe : 7.25 r*. S. S BLAIR, Grnl Superintendent. | pALD EAGLE VALLEY liAIL -1 > RnAD —Time-Tahle, April 29. l—>: Kip. Mill narw*n. IAATWAAO. Eip. Mall. I A. w f it * *- "• j pi 7t rl Arrive at Trrone Leave..— 7 .12 * 4# a . 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I<* Ml An " *• \V|ilUnu|Nirt. 2 'in |> m j •• irrifM at Kunovn. ...... 4 4 | in by thl* train arr.* hi at 4 pm j yABT LINE l a m 44 44 DAY EXPRESS lrar*a R'IWM 10 l' a ro 44 I/KII llar#n. II Wa in 44 44 Williarn*prt 12 40 a m 44 arrlrni at Harrtabnrc 4 10 p m 14 44 Philart 12 36 a ra 44 arrirea at llrrllnir|.. w 3 Man 44 44 PhtlaiVlphia 736 a m Kri# Mail Wiat. Niagara Kpr*a Waat, Lor k Harm Arrommn Niagara Erprmi Wwt, Eri* Kiprwa* Wwt, Philadelphia liprw* Ra*t and Day Eiprra* Ea*t. and Hnnday Kiprma lU*t kl**plng rara uta all night train*. WB. A. Own'l Fuiwrintmdmt. ( lIRAHD HOUBB. t I CORNKHCHKSTNL'T AND NINTH STREETS, fHtLtntirnn Till. hwwe. prominent In n rily famed for It. Rom fortalile hotel.. I. kept In every re.pee| equal tu any flnt etaM hotel. In the country, frwlng In the etrln gency of the time., the price of hoard haa Int reduced fa THItl not LA a. per day. J. M'K IHBIN, |At' Manacer. MOVRY T °Loan atC per Ct. itity if XJ i „ Y TIIE MIRRWAL A NCR CO. Of Nl* TORK. on llrat mortgage. „ n lioprored farm mvrparty. In anma not tear than f!.il, and not eaceadlng oa.thlrd f the preaent yalne of the property. Any portion of the urfnrlpal out h* paid off al any time, and It haa Imen the rnetom of the ompany to permit the prtaeipal to remain aa long at g the l.urn*ult*d in English or li*r i tun. Oftl< *in Urm*ir* lluilding. 1-ly am A. IIATII. J. WEHLBY QBfHAIT. B| EAVER k GEPIIART, ATTORNKVS AT LAW 1 Office nil Allegheny street, north of High. Bella. ; foi.te, I'a 1-ly DF. FORTNKY, a ATTORN KT-ATI. AW, BKLLKftINTR, PA. Laat dr to the left in the Court llne *-ly i FOIIN BLAIR LINN, I I f! ATTORN KY AT LAW. BKLLKKONTE. PA. Office Allegheny Street, o.er P.et 0ff1.21-ly I L. SPANGLER, "• ATTORRITAT-LAW, RKLLEPONTK. CERTKR tf iCNTT, PA. S|>eclal attention to Col lectio na; practle.in all the Coiirte, Con.nltatlon. In German or K. gllvli. 1-ly | \ & KELLER, 1 '• ATTORNEY AT LAW, IHRr* titi AlUghmy Mr*t *id of Lyon'* •loro, Bollofonto, P*. j |i T H MT BRAT. CTRtB TTOADOV. \fUKRAY k GORDON, : .11 ATTORN El MTM CI.KtRilKI.il PA Will ntt*nd lb* Ih'llrfoiit* C'urt whm i *mploy4 1 ly c. HIITLE, I a ATTORNKT AT LAW l.fw K HAYKK. PA. All hn*in*M promptly nttmdwd to. l-]y W'.M. P. MITCHELL, V v PRACTICAL SI KVKYOR, L< k HAVEN. PA, W'tll nlt*nd to nil work In (I*nrfUld, C*nlr*> nnd ; Clinton oiunlik*. n N*t.< n*l lUnk 25-ly W c - HEINLE, v ' a ATTORNEY AT LAW. BKLLKKONTE. PA Oiff In fonr*4 Ifog*#. AU#gh*ny *tr##t. Bltwrtion gi*#n t lit* r>llBts are to lie found in these particular portions of the fence. Okn. Lk Dec, the great American j tea grower, was on the IBtb instant, requested by President Garfield to send in his resignation as Commis-• tooner of Agriculture and Hon. (Jeo. 11. Loring, of Massachusetts, was ap- j |M>inted as his successor. The nomi nation was promptly confirmed by the Senate, to take ellect June 20. j Without meaning to detract from the i real worth, or under estimate any of the good work done by any farmer incumbent of this office, we are of opinion that I)r. Loring brings to the j position a greater degree of fitness,' and a better adaption to the proper performance of its important duties than did any of his predecessors. A gentleman of high scholarly attain- j mcnts, broad culture, and intimate I knowledge of public alfairs, he is at j the same time, a most enthusiastic and successful agriculturist, as his own well-managed and productive i farm testifies. He lias long been prominently connected with whatever is best in New England agriculture and is now, and for sometime lias lieen, President of its inter-state agri- ( cultural society. We believe the new commissioner lias in n high de gree, the qualifications needed to give the farmers of the country a sucessful administration of their department of affair* at Washington, and we take pleasure in thus early wishing him ! abundant success. FROM nil parts of the county re ports come to us that the corn is failing to come up because the seed was not good, and that where it does come, the cut worm is preying upon it with imusual rapacity. This is most unfortunate and will probably have the effect of reducing the crop much below the usual average of the county. 80 far as lack of germinat ing jiowcr in the seed is concerned, our readers will remember that the DEMOCRAT predicted this state of af fairs several times during the winter, and repeatedly urged upon farmers the unusual necessity which existed for testing the seed corn before plant ing time. In many cases tbe neglect to do this will amount almost to a disaster, and in all cases where the seed proves to be deficient, it will bring mueb trouble and expense. To say that this vexatious state of affairs is the logical result of our careless) shipshod habile of farming, will not lie very oonsoling, but the recogni tion of the fact may prove salutary. Notwithstanding the soft condition of the corn when harvested last fall, and the exceptional severity of the winter, those who selected their seed at the proper tim<, and cared for it in the proper way, will be able to congratu late themselves that they have no re-planting to do, and caa turn a nice penny,by aelling "seed-corn that will grow" to such of their neighbors as may be in need. We cannot let tbia opportunity pass without insisting, once moit, that the proper way to grow seed -corn is to have a small ptccs plan ted as far as possible from any other kind upon well-enricbcd ground, give it the best cultivation {Hjssibic, remove ull barren stalks lie forc tasseling time, and when harvest ed, care for it in such away as to have it thoroughly dry heforo hard freezing comes. We give a very large proportion of our space again this week to Mr. Dif fenderfer's current chapter of instruc tions upon the cultivation of the to bacco crop. We have given it a careful perusal with a view to abridge ment, hut find that this cannot he done without seriously impaling its value to those for whose instruction and benefit the series is intended. It is well to note that the tendency of, all Mr. D.'s articles is towards an improvement in the i/mlilij of leaf grown, and not to an increased ut the preparation of the 1 tobacco ground for the reception of the plants. The time in now near at hand, in tbi* latitude, when the plants will lo in a Hutlicient state of forwardness to transplant. A* the seed wa sown late, however, they are not no tar advanced an : usual at thin time, The untoward season alno retarded work on the tobac 00 tieldn, and every effort should be made to get them ready at the earliest poaaible moment, no that when a favor able npell of weather comes along the tobacco grower will be ready to take ad vantage of it. All defiend* ii|S)n doing tbe right thing at the right time; in heing ready to avail yourself of any favorable circumstances that inay turn up. Tltß TIME TO I*I.ART, riant* may be M-t out at any time from tbe LUih of May to the same time in June. From the Wt to the loth of June we think a better time than either of the first mentioned date. The pUnt require* in an average sea-on about I'D day* from it# removal from tbe *.-ed bed to grow and mature fully. If set out too early, and the weather prove* unfa vorable, it i likely to become -uint-d. mature prematurely without alUifiing the fpllest development of |-af, and. be* des, be deprived of the August and •September d-w, which are well known tola* very beneficial to it. ll,on tie other hand, it 1* net out too lite, there i# danger that the early frot* of fall may cotne before the crop i ripe, nnd the hard lal-or of the sepsnn rendered profitless in a single night. K*rly in June i, perhap*. a* good a time a* any, although the tendency here in Lanra* ter county i* to plant a* early an the season and the planta will admit. TIIE WEATHER AM 111 PORTA XT F ACTOR. Then, too, the weather mut be eare 1 fully looked after at this *eaon. Some | growers pretend they are indifferent to ; the weather and plant the moment 1 their plant* are large enough. Expen 1 enced grower* are not indifferent, how ; ever. To act out the plants in ground j that i very dry, is not only to make ' yournelf a great deal of trouble, but ! bring your plant* to a standstill for an ! uncertain lenght of time. It is better ; to wait a week or even ten days for ! shower* that will put the ground in j order. You gain time by this practice ; ! the plant* continue to grow in the plant ! bed, and if the aoil is sufficiently damp j afterward* they will grow right along ; and make a better "stand" than if set 1 out a week previous in the dusty earth, i We are well aware plants can fn* made : to grow in a dry season ; but those who | hsve been compelled to hsul water for I a Isrge tobacco field need not to be told | the trouble, labor and expense of that 1 operation. A few warm showers tnsy save all this annoyance, and, besides, no one needs to Im told that nature's plan of irrigation ia far more t>eneficial than that of man. We say, then, do not lie too much in a hurry. Wait on the hoped-for rain at least a few day*. If it does not come in time, the farmer will still have the opi>ortunity of re sorting to the alow and tedious process of hand watering. Remember, the long er the plant* remain at a stand-still in their dusty bed* the longer the dreaded cut worm will continue to work it* rav ages. If the aoil ia in good condition and the plants make an early start they are soon beyond the reach of this ever present enemy. Replanting, of course, Is unavoidable, but the les* of it the planter has to do the better he is satis fied, and when plants are scarce, as they sometimes are, it is a matter qf money as well a* of time and trouble. To set out the plants in ground that is ao wet aa to be muddy Mjpiearly as had as to plant them in r ridge from which the sun and winds have extracted all the moisture. The one extreme ia about aa bad as the other. The dirt clinga so lightly to the tender rootlets a* to impede the natural growth of the plants. ssrrißo OUT mt PLANT*.* The MMon being favomble. ihc plan ter'* trouble* ere fur fewer *od bU prot pect* much brighter. Such being the ew, when hi* field hits been pro|-*rly laid oil' in row* :il feet apart and bin plant* in the need bed mow leaven an large <>r larger than a l'.lan* teiln an quickly at thin point aa at any later stage. 'l'bo seed bed ought to tie momt enough to allow the ptantn to lie pulled u|i without breaking the root*. It run he easily put into thin condition by careful watering. Each plant nhould be removed by itself, and care rnunt l>e exercised not to tear the rooln or bruise the leaves. A ninall pronged implement like a fork will facilitate the work of re moval. The plan In should bo carefully drawn, as on ibis depend* much of the utter-value of the plant bod. Only a s.ngie plant should bo drawn at a time. II tliu removal of more in attempted mall ones are often taken with the I rge ones, giving the field an unequal stand. Small plant* ought not to bo set out except in cane* of necessity. Ihe best plantn are, of course, those with a low, bunchy top, as thev are certain to have plenty of large, strong roots. Slender, spindling ones have far less vitality arid easily succumb to the cut worm, drouth, dry wind* and other enemies of the tobacco field. Thin sowing will generally do away with much annoyance on thcae points. I'liey may be carefully placed in a b-iskct nnd in this way carried to the fi'-ld. IE-re the planting should lie done a* rapidly a* possible. A boy with the ba-ket in hand passes between two rows and drop* a plant on every spot marked, as we have already explained in a pre ious article. He will be able to drop the plants quite a* fast a* two men can plant them. A variety of methods and devices are in use for this purpose. >ome use a light trowel, which is thrust into the ground, pressed to one side, and 111 the opening thus formed the root* of the plant are inserted, when tbe trowel i withdrawn and the earth closely pressed around them This at least has the merit of *|-eed. but we do not ad vise its practice. The more nearly the root* are placed in the |>oition they were while m the need bed, the more likely and more quickly tbe young plant* are to grow. A i-otter way i* to ue a planting peg, about six inches long by one and a quarter in diameter, round, the lower -nd tapering with a rounded joint. This the planter must throw about two inches into the hill, then withdraw it, and into the opening made the roots of the plant must be put and tbe dirt carefully pressed about the root*. If there is time and the field i not large the hand* can be used with better results than either tbe trow- ••1 or jieg. The neceaaary opening in the ground can he scooped out and the r'Ht of the plnt put into their natur al |>"itiori and the ground drawn orer them. Tbi ira flow proceat, hut it i the t>-t lew care to practice it, not hong willing to encounter the labor it eritaila. The ground around the plant riiut not he left higher than the plant it---If or a heary rain inay corer the lat ter with dirt. If |M**ihle, a slightly shallow dok my be left around the plant the l-etter to catch ttie rain. If r-i|• I planting in d*ired the peg y*tcm gi the lft results. I-t the planter url in on hi* row with * plant in hi* li ii I, mi h- hi th*t the moment the hole i punched into the hill the plant i t< fly to l.e inserted; H moment i* suffi •wilt to (tire the required compression, alter which, before ruing, let him take op th< one dropped on the hill, adiut it while moving to the next hill,ami be ready to place it in the hole an noon a* he geta there. If not too atitf in the bar k bone ono man can set out from ~•*! to "..(Hill plant* in a cingle dajr. Here again the skill of the grower will m&nift-t itaelf. if the plant* are of good sise and trong, and have been carefully planted, nearly all will grow, while weak, tender one*, badly planted, will compel you to do much of your work over. I'IAMIVO IK IIRV WEATIUR. When the ground i too dry and the plant* are getting too large in the aeed bed, the farmer will bo coni|>elled to do the beat he can under the circumatanc*. Watering the plant* on the ground be come* a necessity. There are several way* of doing thi, and each one ha* it* advocate*. Commonly, water i* hauled to the Held in barrel* and a small quan tity i* applies! to every plant el in the ground; tbi* has a tendency to bring the ground cloaer to the root* a* well a* to *upp!y the required moisture. Tbi* operation must, ot course, be repealed on the succeeding day* until the plant ha* commenced to grow, or until timely raina render it unnecessary. It ha* also the tendency to bake or harden the soil around the plant and tiiu* impede it* rapid growth. A few fanners, however, pour the water in a shallow hide a few min'Jle* previous to setting out the plant*, and on the ground thus moistened set the roots of the plant and draw the earth around them. A grower of lunch ex perience assures us he ha* had better results from this plan of planting in dry weather than any other. The mois ture does not dry out ao rapidly, neith er does the surface ground bake nor be come hard. He informs us that he does not find a second watering necea sary, hut hi* plants come along without further trouble. Of course, when the ground is wet or the necessary raina put in their appearance, all this tedious watering is not required, and the plan ter is Rpared a world of trouble. SORE OTHER roiKTE. We do not think it a good plan to plant an entire crop in a day or two, especially when it is a large one. and the labor it at hand to do It. It will, in such a case, ripen nearly at the same lime, which is often an inooneenienoe, and. besides, if a spell of bad weather should intervene at outtiag time, much i of it might become over-ripe and the value of the crop injure!. ThU also give* the grower a better lot of plst>t*. A week or ten flays longer in the seed bed will bring on the plant* left after the firat drawing wonderfully, and make the aland in the field more uni forni. There is also !<•* hurry when J *'* course is taken, and the plants are \i ou * niore carefully. Mont planters are anxious to gel their plant* at the earliest moment and all together, hut there Is not so much gamed by tliia course as some think, unless the weather is very favorable, when, of course, the grower should lose no time to avail himself tt f j. Should the weather be very warm and the sun pouring down its hot rays on the newly-set out plants they will wither readily unless protected in some way. Any method will Jo, provided it is effectual. A clod of earth, a piece of paper, a bunch of grass, the leaf of a weed like a burdock, either of these will act as a shield. A piece of old shin gle stuck on the south side of the plant is a favorite method with many formers. All except the last mentioned must of course be removed in the evening asd replaced in the morning, which entails a vast amount of labor. me CCT WORMS. No sooner are the plants removed to the field before they are compelled to encounter another enemy in the cut worm, which seems to await their com ing to make its presence known. This insidious and destructive enemy does his evil work iri the darkness of the night. Within twenty four hours after the field is planted the worms are at work. No time must he lost in looking for them. There no trouble in find ing them. When you see a leaf eaten off, or the entire plant, and partly drawn into a small hole in the ground, search for the enemy and you will find him in the sha|>e of a brownish black worm, near the mouth of the bole. Kill him and look whether he has any com panions. 'I he early morning is the beat time for this wo;k, as he is then nearer the surface; later in the day he goes down further,doubtless driven there by the beat of the sun. Keep going over the field every day or two until the plants have grown beyond the reach of the cut worms. Replace the plants thus destroyed, as well as those that have died from other causes. There must be no vacant hills ; our land is too valuable for that. It is well to have some large plants in reserve for this pur|>ose, so that there be no noticeable inequality in the appearance of the field. Plant* with leaves five or six inches long and a stalk por|iortionately stout can almost bid tbe cut worm defi ance. One of the finest lots of tobacco grown in this country last year—only a half acre, however—waa raised in this wise: After the plants were out of the ground a few weeks they were trans planted into small flower fsit* ued by florists. Here tbev were left until the leaves were two and a-haif and three inches wide and of corresjonding length and the st.lk stout and vigorous. They were then carefully removed from tbe pots and set in their places in the field, with all the ground still on their root*. They never droo|>ed, grew Irotn tbe hour they were set out, hardly any were attacked by *ctm.and the Jesuit was tbe highest priced leaf we have seen. The cost of the earthen |x>ts and the additional lallrt+ Mft rlm' kl of Agricultural Implements Or RVRftT MMTliirTlO?*, j frrwn boat makeca. R.N VLAXTUIS r.OAJ> CAST ORAI* PRILL*. THRKMftMU nt CHINK*. WLARU CHtLUCP * W*b., ft** wrist attcoUo* r. Ktf-WRIXr, ■mM rswjwriMly Melt b* nsimwM, „( th.< a-. 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