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LAW Office on Tioga Street Tunkhannock Pa j
H.COOPBt, PHYSICIAN A SURGEON
• Newton Centre, Lurerne County Pa.
0 1., I'AKHISH, ATTORNEY AT LAW.
• Offi-e at the Court House, in Tunkhauock
Wv m ng Co. Pa.
t¥. N. PI A IT, At iOKNti AT Ua a 7JF
fice la Stark's Brick Slock Tioga St., Tank
RMBock, Pa
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i. < LOR AT LAW, Nicholson, Wyoming Co-, Pa
Lqecial attention given to settlement of ilece
list'e estates
Nicholson, Pa. Dec 5, 18g7—*7ul9yl
MJ. WIIAOM, ATIOKNFY AT LAW, Co!
• letting and Real Estate Agent. lowa Lands
fur eele. Scranton, Pa. s*>f-
T wT KIIOADS, PHYSICIAN A SURGE# X,
J. will attend promptly to all calls in his pro
fession. May be lound at bis Office at the Drug
store, or at his residence on Ptilman Sreet, formerly
sampled by A. hi. Peckbaui K-q.
DENTISTRY. ;5
DR. L T. BURNS has permanently located ic
Tankhannoeli Borough, and respectfully tenders
ki professional services to its citizens.
OSse en second floor, formerly occupied by Dr.
Silaan.
6n'iotf.
WBTRAif, - LANDSCAPE,
rATNTINTO,
7iv V. 'JiUGIfR, Artist.
(U*- over the Wyoming National bank,in Stark's
itick Block,
Ti: NK IIANNOC K, PA.
Life-size Portraits painted from Amb'otypes or
Pbat .graphs —Pbotograjilu Painted in OilCilorg.—
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Instructions given in Drawing, Sketching,
? rtrait and Landscape Painting, in Uil or water
Colors, and in I 1 branches of the art,
Tunk., July 31, '(j7 -v(jnso-tl.
BOLTON HOUSE.
HAKHISUI Itdy PKNNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
"BI'EIILEK HOUSE " property, has already
Unred such alterations and improvements as will
reader this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Harrisburg.
A continuance of the public patronage is rcfpcct
faily solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA.
rHIS estalilishmcnt hn rer-pfiy been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Every attention
"hi he given '^ ur , coin rnrt convenience of those
entroniic the Houe.
X B WALL, Owner and Proprietor :
Tunkhannock, September 11. IP6I
MEANS' HOTEL.
TOWAKTD-A-, P-A..
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(Late ot i.. "BRAINARP HOUSE, ELMIUA, N Y.
PItOI'KIETOH.
The MEANS HOTEL, i- one of the LARGEST
end BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country—lt
it fitted up in the most modern and improved style
and no pains are spared to make it a pdeasantaud
stopping p[ace for all,
v3n2l-!y.
Commercial College.—The suceess of Gard
ner's Business College and Ladies' Academy, at
hcranton, has surpassed all expectation The course
study is mote thorough -the terms are cheaper—
*s,d give better satisfaction than any other College
• hie kind in Northern Pennsylvania. Lile Schol
arship $35 00. Clubs at reduced rates. Send lor
aoilege Paper giving full particulars. Address .1.
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INFORMATION.
Information guaranteed to produce a luxuriant
growth of hair upon a bald head or beardless face,
atfo a recipe for the removal of Piuiples, Blotches,
Eruptions, etc ,on the skin, leaving tbo same soft
clear, and beautiful, can be obtained without ch&rgy
"J addresing.
THO3. F CHAPMAN, Chemist.
482 Brea4•/,New-York.
TUNKHAINOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNESDAY, MAY 27. 1808.
getrick's Column.
Spring Trade fbr '6B^
Will open on or about the Ist of May,
AT TUNKHANNOCK, PENN'A.
C. Detricls.,
(SUCCESSOR TO BUNNELL A BANNATVNE,)
Proposes to establish himself permanently
in trade at this place, at the Brick
store house in Sam'l Stark's Block,
where by fair dealing and fair
prices he expects to merit and
receivo the public patronage.
Attention is called to the following in
Dry Goods :
BILK 3,
POPLINS,
ALPACAS,
LUSTRES,
DIBAINES.
GINGHAMS,
* PRINTS,
SHAWLS.
LADIES' SAtRUINGS,
DRESS TRIMMINGS,
BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLINS,
CLOTHS AND CASSIMFCRES
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
TOILET ARTICLES.
NOTIONS, AC.
Groceries.
SUGAR,
TEA,
COFFEE,
MOLASSES,
RICE,
SYRUP,
CANDLBS,
SOAP,
STARCH,
FLOUR,
FEED,
SALT,
PORK,
BUTTER,
CHEESE,
DRIED BEEF,
HAMS,
FISH of All kinds,
BEANS,
AC., AC.,
Hardware,
I A FI LL ASSORTMENT.
Cutlery
OF ALL KINDi,
MEN'S AND BOYS'
Ilats and Caps.
Boots 8( Shoes,
A FULL ASSORTMENT.
This branch of business uia<l a speciality. A lot of
SEWED ARMY SHOES,
A GREAT BARGAIN,
SOLE LEATHER.
CROCKERY.
STONE,
WOOD AND
TINWARE,
in great variety.
All kinds of Prodtce taken ia exehaoga for Goodi.
The above article# will be kept In fall aesortment.
I mean to make the experiment of gonda mid la
quantites eheaper than ever before In lhi vteinity,
I shall be happy to eee yon, and yen enn depend ap
on finding bargains In avery department. Goods re
ceived every week.
Respectfully yours,
1 ft *>£TXICJti
Iflflnj.
From the Scranton City Journal.
LULINE.
BT STBLLA OF LACKAWASWA.
In the bos*in of a valley,
Summer green,
Hides a slender-figured maiden
Called. Luline :
Light of foot as any fairy
'Neath the moon ;
Light of heart as oriole, wukisg
Slumbrous June.
Not for ber the empty homage
* Men bestow,
Nor for her the tides of fashion
Ebb aud flow ;
But the bonnie children greet ber
Every day,
As she gathers honey-suckles,
Fair as they.
If you knew her, if you knew her,
My Luline,
You would call her of all maidens
Qurenliest Queen ;
Not because the diainoDds glisten
In her hair
They aro only morning dew-drops
Sparkling there.
But a nobler type of beauty
Brooding lies.
'Neath the drooping, languid lashes
Of her eyes :
You wonld know her soul no plcbian
From the first ;
Royal oatures loom so grandly,
Valley-nursed.
Should you wander to this valley
World -unseen,
You would find her 'mong the roses,
My Luline :
And would dream forever after
Of the grace
Permeating like a sunbeam,
Form and taee,
loach ber not, oh sordid passions,
With your breath ;
D.u-h no storm of early sorrow,
Cold as death.
On the white brow of my darling,
My Luline,
Throned among the regal roses,
Queenliest Queen.
fljisf aifii JJttnrfoisf.
H hen does act itninal resemble an old book ?
When be is bound over.
A young Missouriau eulogizing liis girl's
beauty, said, ' I'll be doggoned if she ain't as
purty as a red wagon."
It is considered to be cool to lake a man's
hat with his uame written in it, simply be
cause you want to get his autograph,
Thad Stevens calls the President the "off
spring of assassination." Report paints Tha i's
offspring in very dark colors.
Customer—"A slight mourning bat band,
if you please."
Fashionable Ilatter—"What relation, sir?"
Customer—"Wife's uncle."
Hatter—"Favorite uncle, sir."
Customer—"Urn—well—yes."
Hatter—"Mentioned in the will, sir ?"
Customer (bitterly)—"No such luck."
Hatter (te bis clerk, briskl))—"Couple
inches, Tnn.'l
The Persians have a saying that ten mess
ures of talk were sent down upon earth, and
women took nine.
Spermaceti is said to be like a busy-body,
because it makes candles (scandals)
EPIGRAMS.
As my wife and I, at the window one day,
Stood watching a man with a monkey,
A cart came by, with a "broth of a boy,"
Who was driving a stout little donkey.
To my wife I then spoke, byway of a joke,
"There's a relation of your's in that carriage;"
So which she replied,as the donkey she spied,
"Ah. yes, a relation—by marriage."
A country girl one morning went
To market with a pig :
The little curl-tail, not content,
Began to squeal a jig.
A dandy who was riding by,
Who wished to pass a joke,
"My dear how comes your child to cry,
When wrapped up in your cloak ?"
The country girl thus quick replies,
"So bad a breeding had he,
That ever and anon be cries,
When'er he sees Ins daddy."
"What's fashionable I'll maintain
Is always right," cues sprightly Vane.
"Ah, would to Heaven !" says graver Sue,
"What's right, were latbionable loo."
As the steamboat Oregon was passing, a
few daya since, a newly arrived Irishman be
longing to the celebrated O'Regan family,was
beard to exclaim : "O r-e g-o-n—O'Regan ;
ob, bejabers ! only four weeks in th>s coun
try yet, and a athameboat christened after
me P
Never judge hastily ; leave that for wise
acres and gossips,
Relieve not all you bear, nor report all you
believe. KM***
"Ob, think of your beat} in tfia morning."
" To Speak hia Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
Justices' and Constables' Fee Bill.
Established by Act of Legislature, approved
April 2, 18G8.
Fees of Alderman and justices of the
peace, except in the city of Philadelphia,
shall be as follows :
Information or complaint on behalf of
the commonwealth, for every ten words,
two cents.
Docket entry on behalf of the common
wealth, twenty cents.
Warrant or mittimus, on behalf of the
commonwealth, forty cents.
Writing an examination on complaint of
defendant, or a deposition, lor every ten
words, two cents
Administering an oath or affirmation,
ten cents.
Taking recognizance in any criminal
case, and returning the same to court, fifty
cents.
Entering judgment 0:1 conviction for
fine, twenty cents.
Recording conviction or copy thereof,
for every ten words, two cents.
Warrant to levy fine or forfeiture, forty
cents.
Bail piece and return, or supersedeas,
twenty-five cents.
Discharge to jailor, twenty five cents.
Entering discontinuance in case of as
sault and battery, forty cents.
Entering complaint of master, mistress
or apprentice, twenty cents.
Notice to master, mistress or apprentice,
twenty-five cents.
Hearing parties, and discharging com
plaint, forty cents.
Holding inquisition under landlord and
tenant act, or in case of forcible eutry, each
day, two dollars.
Precept to sheriff, fifty cents.
Recording proceedings, one dollar.
Writ of restitution, fifty cents
Warrant to apprnise damages, forty cts.
Warrant to sell strays, fifty cents.
arrant to appiaise swine, entering re
turn, advertising, et cetera, one dollar and
fifty cents.
Entering action in civil cases, twenty
cents.
Summons cap or sub., each, twenty cts.
Every additional name after the first,
five cents.
Subpcena duces tecum, twenty-five cents.
Entering return of summons, and quali
fying constable, fifteen cents.
Entering capias and bail bond, ten cents.
Every continuance of a suit, ten cents.
Trial and judgment, fifty cents.
Entering judgment by confession, or by
default, twenty-five cents.
Taking special bail, twenty five cents.
Entering satisfaction, ten cents.
Entering amicable suit, twenty cents.
Entry rule to take depositions of witness
es, ten cents.
Rule to take depositions of witnesses,
ten cents.
luteirogatories, for every ten words, two
cents.
Entering return of rule, ten cents.
Entering rule to refer, ten cents.
Rule of reference, fifteen cents.
Notice to each referee, ten cent.
Notice to a party in any case, fifteen cts.
Euteriog a report of referee and judg
ment thereon, fifteen ceuts.
Execution, twenty-five cents.
FJntering return of execution, or stay of
plaintiff, nulla bona, non est inventus, or
otherwise, fifteen cents.
Entering discontinuance, or satisfaction,
ten cents.
(Set. fa., in any case, thirty cents.
Opening judgment for re hearing, twen-:
ly cents.
Return of proceedings in certiorari, or
appeal, including recognizance, fifiy cents.
Transcript of judgments, including cer
tificates, forty cents.
Receiving amount of judgment before
execution or where execution was issued
and special bail been entered within twen
ty days after judgment and paying jlie same
over, if net exceeding ten dollars, twenty
cents.
If above ten dollars, and not exceeding
forty dollars, fifty coots.
If above forty dollars, and not exceeding
sixty dollars, seventy five cents.
If above sixty dollars, one dollar.
Entering complaint in writiug in case of
attachment and qualifying complainant,
thirty cents.
Attachment, thirty cents. .
Entering return, and appointing freehold
ers, fifteen cents.
Advertisements, each fifteen cents.
Order to sell goods, twenty five cents.
Order lor the relief of a pauper, each
justice, fifty cents. •
Order for removal of a pauper, one dol
lar.
Order to seize goods for maintenance of
wife or children, thirty cents.
Order for premium for wolf or fox scalps,
to be paid by the county, fifteen cents.
pvery acknowledgment or probate of a
dceJ, or other instrument of writing, twen
ty-five cents.
Taking and signing acknowledgment on
indenture of an apprentice, for each inden
ture, twenty-five cents,
Cancelling indenture, twenty-five cents.
Comparing and signing tax duplicate,
fifty cents.
Marrying each couple, making record
thereof, and certificate to parties, three
dollars,
Certificate of approbation of two justices
to binding an apprentice by directors or
overseers of the poor, fifty cents.
Certificate to obtain land warrant, fifty
cents.
In proceeding under act of one thousand
P'ght hundred and forty-two, and one
thousand eight hundred forty-five, attach
ment, forty cents.
Entering returns, twenty-five cents,
Affidavit, ten cents.,
Bond, twenty-fire cents.
Entering rule, et cetera, on garnashee,
each ten cents.
Interrogatories, every ten words, two
cents.
Notice to garnashee, ten cents.
® Same fee for services not herein special
ly provided for as for similar services.
CONSTABLES' FEES.
Executing warrant on behalf of the com
monwealth, for each defendant, fifty cents.
Conveying to jail, on mittimus, or war
rant, for each defendant, fifty cents.
Arresting a vagrant, disorderly person,
or other offender against the laws, (with
out process,) and bringing before a justice,
fifty cents.
Levying a fine or forfeiture on a war
rant, thirty cents.
Taking the body into custody on mitti
mus, where bail is afterwards entered be
fore the prisoner is delivered to the jailor,
fifty cents.
Serving suhpeeno, fifteen cents.
Serving summons or notice on referee,
suitor, master, mistress, or apprentice, per
sonally, or by copy, each twenty cents.
Arresting on capias, fifty cents.
Taking hail bond on capias, or for de
livery of goods, twenty cents.
Notifying plaintiff where defendant has
been arrested on capias, to be paid by
plaintiff, twenty cents.
Executing landlord's warrant, or serving
execution, fifty cents.
Taking inventory of goods, each item,
two cents.
Levying or distraining goods, or selling
the same, for each dollar not exceeding
thirty dollars, six cents.
For each dollar above thirty dollars,
fcur cents.
And half of the commission shall be al
lowed where the money is paid after levy
without sale ; but no commission shall, in
anycase.be taken on more than the real
debt.
Advertising the same, fifty cents.
Executing attachment, thirty-five cents.
Copy of Vendue paper, when demand
ed, each item, two cents.
Putting up notices of distress, at man
sion house, or other public place on the
premises,twenty cents.
Serving scire Jacias personally, twenty
cents.
Serving by levying a copy, twenty cents.
Executing a bail piece, thirty cents.
Traveling expenses in all cases, for each
mile circular, six cents.
Making returns to court, one dollar and
fifty cents.
Attending general elections, two dollars.
Attending special, township, ward or
borough election, three dollars.
Same fees for services not herein special
ly provided for as for similar services.
SOUTHERN DEVOTION.
It is again bright summer in the South,
and the whole land is once more gay with
bloom and redolent with a hundred per
fumes. Unmindful of the strifes or sor
rows of men, nature has, after her custom
ary fashion, put on joyous smiles, and ar
rayed herself in her most gorgeous vest
ments. For weeks past the southern peo
ple have been awaiting the advent of the
season. They were looking for no idle
holiday, no pleasant excursion, no stately
pageant. But with the coming of the
summer now, the people of that section are
summoned to a sad and tender duty. The
reappearance of the flowers brings the op
poitunity for testifying anew to the affec
tionate remembrance in which they hold
the dead who laid down their lives in the
tremendous conflict which has left the
South conquered and undone. And now,
from all places within her borders, we
leain that the people arc daily engaged in
the pious work of decorating afresh the
graves of the fallen. In silent and solemn
procession men, women and little children
stream out from tho towns and the villages
laden with flowers and evergreens and be
take themselves to the cemeteries. Busi
ness is suspended while this loving tribute
is being paid to the dead No tomb is
forgotten. The giave of the stranger who
fell in their defence is piled higher than
that of a brother with floral wreaths ; and
we read that the spots where repose the
bones of soldiers of whom it is recorded
that they were • unknown,' are left hidden
beneath roses and the myrtle, This annu
al custom by which a conquered people
testifies its devotion to the memory of
those who died in a cause which has per
ished, though connected with harrbwing
associations is fruitful of good. It binds
suffering communities together in ties of
closer sympathy, thus enabling them to
hear with their distresses with serener for
titude, and it teaches the young to emulate
the honor and manhood which are so ten
derly commemorated, 'i he South has few
consolations to turn to in her wretched
ness.
AN UNLUCKY DIVORCR.— James Si.
Grant, of Bridgeport, recently obtained a
divorce from his wife Julia, and the fact
was announced in the Bridgeport Farmer.
The next day Mrs. Grant informed the
public through the columns of the same
paper that the notice waithe first she had
heard of the matter. Last week Mrs.
Grant received information from England
that a deceased lelative had left her be
tween 80 and $90,0u0, and Mr. Grant is
said to be somewhat dingusted at the turn
which affairs have taken, and ii fruitlessly
lamenting that he obtained that divorce. —
Mrs. Grant will be recollected by our citi
zens as a resident of Hartford for a con
sideaable period, and at especially distin
guished for her cquestrianship, she having
becu awarded premiums at several Stale
, fairs.— Jlartford Post.
WHITE SLAVERY NORTH.
Sewing Girls and Women of New York.
A writer in the Revolution gives the
following sad picture of the life led by sew
ing girls and women in New York. It is
unfortunately too true;
"Of the thirty thousand women now
out of employment in this wilderness of a
city, twenty thousand are said to be sew
ing girls. There arc, first, the shop girls
who sit in long rows up and down the
length of dreary workshops, or piled in
promiscuously in less pretentious estab
lishments. Then there are the dressma
kers, tlie cloakmakers, tailoresses, seam
stresses, and takers in of shop work. A
picture of one of the vast establishments,
where shop girls work, will do for all the
rest. Large, well lighted show rooms at
tentive salesmen, watchful floor walkers,
spry little cash bevs—all these will the ea
ger buyers find in the lower rooms. Down
staiis to see the evening dresses, where
brilliant gas jets flame out to show out
the effects ;up stairs to see the bargains
in cloaks and shawls; wherever they go
the same gonial light and soft radiance is
thrown. The work room is a very differ
ent place to the show rooms, however.—
On the third floor are the fitst work rooms.
They arc large and well lighted, though
but poorly ventilated. The impression up
on one's mind is that a breath of Iresh air
has not entered that close atmosphere for
a long time, and yet the windows are
thrown open every night at sweeping hour.
But one must remember, when sixty hu
man beings, some of them with diseased
lungs and horrid breath, work in these
rooms ten hours per day, that it is almost
impossible to keep these in a proper con
dition. These are the lace workers and
muslin finishers. They prepare those
delicate articles of lingerie which so wins
one's heart from the window or case where
they hang. Infant's robes are made, babe's
baskets are thoroughly prepared here.—
The girls look tired, even at an hour be
fore noon. They bend over shockingly,
and nearly all of them have sore eyes and
sorer hearts, poor things. Six dollars a
week is the average price made here.—
Some make nine. The majoriry only
make five. The fourth floor, one immense
room, running over the whole building
fioin back to front, and from side to side,
is occupied by cloakmakers. There are
four long tables down the centre of the
room, arid smaller ones placed a little to
the side. Here, during the brisk season,
n.nety-five girls work. Now the number
cannot be more than twenty.
" The women working here seemed
more cheerful than those on the lower
floor ; but they, too, are overtaxed and al- ,
low themselves to die by inches just be
cause they fancy they are making an hon
est livelihood. They average more than
the muslin workers. Some of them can
make ten dollars a week, but these are old
hands at the business. On the fifth floor
is a smaller work room than either of the
others. It is devoted to making up plain
underwear for ladies and children. There
are about twenty five or thirty employed
here, pale, wan and sickly; but, strange
enough, more contented with their lot than
those of either of the floors below. I ask
ed one old lady, whose age would surely
entitle her to rest, how she liked to work
here ? She replied, " I thank God that I
can take-care of myself in my old age ! "
She is sevi nty-two years of age, and earns
three dollars a week. God help her. I
conlil not help wondering how in the
woild she managed to reach the fifth story
with her poor rheumatic limbs and feeble
strength. As it divining my thoughts, she
said " To be sure, it's a good ways up, and
I have to come very slowly; but after I
once get here there is rest for me until
night." A little creature of thirteen, but
who looked no more than nine, was bas
ting hems in a corner. She was only
learning she said, and had been there two
weeks, but in a fortnight more she would
be paid for working. Upon asking her
" how much, " she answered with a proud
inflection of voice, " five dollars a month."
The faces of the employers throughout
this establishment generally wore a shock
ed, startled expression as they were for
ever on the rack. A great majority seem
ed to be suffering with lung and throat
diseases. Poorly paid, illy clothed and
fed, they go from one year to another.
Kelly of Pennsylvania, has been elevat
ed among the Radical apostles to the po
sition held by Judas of old. "He carries
the bag, " and is now on a begging tour
through the States to get money for the
coming campaign. Contributing Repub
licans will do well to secure themselves by
demanding a receipt in full from Kelly in
every instance. There are circumstances
attending this demagogue's former posi
tion of treasurer of the Democratic fund
in Philadelphia which inculcate the utmost
watchfulness of his financial course.
The trial of John 11. Surratt has again
been postponed for another term. His
counsel are endeavoring to secure his re
lease on bail. The Radicals are too busy
with Andrew Johnson to think of trying
minor criminals like Surratt and Davis.
Money is being subscribed by (he good
people of Great Bend toward erecting a
bouse for McLaughlin, who lost three chil
dren by the destruction of his residence by
fire recently.
Th* Southern papers print the Wash
burne-Donnelly debate, probably as a
warning to the negroes what they may yet
be reduced to when they get into Con
gress.
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
farm (Satfof it & jiiU&f n.
IV" Farmers, and Agricultural men generally
are requested to contribute to thie Department, ae it
is from their experience that we hope to gain aome
thing of interest for our readers.
COUGHING HORSES.
It is well known that feeding horses on
clover hay often makes them cough, but tho
why and wherefore may Pot he so generally
known. From very extensive observation I
have become satisfied that the manner of
feeding hay to horses is the caue. The us
ual custom is to let them draw it through a
rack, thus stripping off the fine dust which
adheres to the stalk, which being drawn
into the lungs in respiration, produces the
cough—that is the rack—and allowing the
animal to take their food in the natural way
I have removed all of mine, and BOW feed
my horses on the barn floor, having a breast
work sufficiently high for them to eat over.
In this way they can be fed on hay without
raising a dust, they get none under their
feet, and the labor of cleaning out the man
gers is saved. Whatever is left is easily
pushed out with a rake into the yard for
the cattle. The dust on the hay will do the
horses no harm if taken into the stomach.—
Since making the improvement above men
tioned in my feeding apparatus, I am not
troubled with coughing horses. There ia
no patent on my invention ; my brethren can
use it freely.
CPRE FOR HOG CHOLERA.—I write to send
a core for the hog cholera that 1 know to bo
good, and a certain care, eo far as I haTo
tried it. Not to trespass on jour space, I
will give it in a few words. When a hog is
first found to have the cholera, throw it on
its back ; put a piece of tar, about the size of
a hickory nut, on the end of a stick ; put it
down its throat ; be sure 'us swallowed. I
have tried it on a good many and cured every
one. One in particular was so far. gone as to
have lost one of his legs. I lost a great many
before this was tried. I clipped their ears
and tail, but think that should he left off, as
it oniy weakens them. All hogs that look
droopy are benefited by tar. Some recom
mend rolling corn in tar, but I don't thiDk
the hog swallows enough in that way to be
benefitted.
RECIPE,FOR WHITEWASH.—WE. FIND the
fallowing recipe for making what is claimed
to be superior whitewash, in our exchanges.
This whitewash ts composed of Paris white
and white transparent glue. The proportions
are sixteen pounds of the white to a half a
pound of the glue. The latter ta covered with
cold water at night,and in the morning care
fully heated, without scorching, until dissolv
ed. The Paris white is stirred in with hot
water enough to give the proper milky con
sistency for applying to the walls, and the
dissolved glue is then added and thoroughly
mixed. Tt is applied with a brush in the us
ual way and it the walls are not very dirty,
one coat will prove sufficient.
LOOK OUT FOR CURRANT WORMS It will
soon be time to look out for the currant
worm, which for two or three years iiast
have done so much injury. White powdered
hellebore sprinkled upon the under side of
the leaves, is an effectual remedy. We have
tried this aud find it a perfect protection.—
The drug is not in the least injurious to the
berries, and by applying it whenever the
worms make their appearance, vou may save
your fruit and bushes.
SWEET POTATOES— If, as is frequently the
case, the field culture of sweet potatoes con
stitutes one of the minor operations of the
farm, there will be no necessity for planting
this valuable root in the garden. On tbe
other hand, if they are not so grown, no gar
den should be without its bed of sweet pota
toes. A deep sandy loam is best adapted to
their vigorous growth. The exposure of the
bed sho'J be well to the south, and the hills
or drills should be well manured.
POTATO PUDDING. —BoiI six or seren good
sized potatoes, and when thoroughly done,
peel and mash with milk to a thin batter ;
add half a pound of white sugar, four eggs,
the graied peel and half the juice of a lemon-
Bake three quarters of an hour.
JC3£T Surplus honey should be sold off
each year, as by long keeping, unless stored
in uniform temperature as near the Datural
heat of the kite as possible, it it apt to crys*
talize, and if separated from the comb is
liable to ferment with change of tempera*
ture. m
LIMA AND CASOI.INA BRANS. — Plant these
in hills, well manured, six feet apart and on
aoil lighter than is required for the dwarf
beans. Get them into the ground as soon as
it is warm enough to plant melons.
A broody hen may be made to sit
in a strange pis'"* by being put on the eggs
at Dight, in the dark, and shut down closely.
After a day or two she will keep to them.
JEST Raneid Oil may be restored to Ha
original pnrity and sweetness, by being beat*
ed with a cortan quantity of calcined magne
sia.
NO. 42.