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.VOL. IV.?New Sekies. . UNION C. II., SOU'i'.R(CAROLINA, JUNE 13, 1873. NUMBER 24
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THE JUST 7RAUD IK EDGEFIELD.
OUIl JUNK COURT?SHOUT, HUARP, AND
DKCIH1VK.
On Monday tnornirg last, at 10 A. M.,
the Juno To)v? of the Court of C'uninou
Phiium and Of aeral Sessions for Edgefield
County was formally opened. The rite
was not only a solemn one, hut profoundly
novel; for it must be remembered that
Courts in Edgefield ure a tradition?something
that has fudud to the complex ion of
' The Mysteries of Vdolpho" und '"Jack
the Oiaut Killer." dudge Carpenter was
present, looking like u cross between a hear
and a wild boar. Wo once know just such '
a lookiug .Judge in France ; and the people j
called him Ze 8".nglirr. And i" the
Judge's manner the boar and bear traits
a-o also very leu uiouioudy blondil. Solicitor
lluuklo was present, youthful, byacinthino,
oud with an air of having no earthly I
part <>r oared .n the business. The lawy- J
crs wore preavut. You all know theu).?
The Clerk and Sheriff were preseut. I>itto.
The colored constables were present.?
l>itto. All the limbs and outward flourishes
of the "palladi""'," but. alas . not the
palladium'' itself. No Jury! Nj means
of safe deliverance ! No underlying stono
of M sgoa (Jhnrta!
Not a great many citizens from the
country worn in atfendanoo. The rains
have been so coubtant und labor is so proc.rious,
that they must perforce stay at
homo and atteud to the salvation of thai
other and dearer "palladium"?oottoD.?
But. Mill the Hnll of Justice was full.
The Judgo having mounted the hooch in
a very characteristic fashion, annouoncd that
ho had been notified officially of tremond
ous jury irregularities in Edgefield. sod
that he wished the matter to he forthwith
riddle i. ripped up and sil\ed ; and was distortion,
d utoroover that it .should be. And,
r.n fx'isan', ho informed all officers of the
Court that if they did not do their w hole
duty, they would undoubtedly h:i\o"a hard
road to travel " Imagine tliis phrase on
tb< bench in former days! But Kill there
was i riddling and n rippiug-up look out 01
his Honor's eyes and lower jaw that delighted
and onchaiued the audience. It
was iiko cue opcmujr scones of a bull tight
II is Honor war the bull, n glory Andalusuian
monster, while Messrs. Barker, iScrt m
and Bellinger were the trembling and
quailing Matndores.
Mr. Voumans now rose and rend nffi-'"- {
vita from Sheriff Wall and ot theCnnrt
Itamsay, terriblyorii"'"'lt,nS Ibirkcr,
Stroui and Hallm.v" lu the jury villauies.
And thou this attorney said a word, and
that attorney said a word, and tho other at- I
torney said a word, his Honor tomahawking |
"n nu'in;>?UM words af) between. And thru j
't-... .i* ?iau. a Urdu -us~.il |
to deal iig .h r.seals, ortcrod the Sheriff
to go and fetch him the Jury Hox. This
the Sheriff quickly did?bringing it from
thy Auditor s office, wlu.ro it had rested
since tho day of hugger-mugger drawing.
And upon being placed before his Honor
mid opoued, lo ! well nigh half the tickets
were found unf'iUbxi I Or eat sensation!
Astute Judge J Xefurious Commissioners !
And after this, his Honor asked the Solicitor
what he designed dung in the prcniiics.
and the Solicitor, religiously maintaining
mi air of having nothing upon earth to
do with it, repliod in subatincC, if we mistake
not, that he didn't kuow what to do.
Hereupon the Judge gave !3arkor, Strom I
and Balliugor until 2 o'clock P. M. to |
make a showing, and adjourned the Court.
Promptly at 2 o'clock his Honor ognin
entered tho arena, and roared for the cotnbatants.
They entered, led by Messrs.
<?ary & Oary, their couuscl. The oudieuce
was crowded, and intensely interested and
amused. The counsel of the miscreants?
wc moan defendants?now read elaborate
counter affidavits, in which Barker, Strom
and Balliuger were purged with hyssop,
aud the dauiuiug onus throwu upon Wall
mid Ruitnsay. And then tho judge announced
that all the affidavit-givers, and
others, pro and con, might bo riddled and
rippca up in cross examination. And they
wore ripped aud riddled ! Barker, undoubtedly
leaky before, was so perforated that
he cau never hope to hold water again ;
whilo the County Auditor, who is also hynciothine,
and with a like, air of having
nothing jpou earth to do with it, made the
astounding revelatiou that he had never
lead the Act defining his duties. The
whole thing was intensely astonishing, intensely
amusing, intensely roturirr.
And then tiro counsel for the defence
poke lengthily, vauntingly and ingeniously
for their clients-?heing tnugliered evoTy
now and then, in very amusing style, by
tho presiding officer. And iinmediotcV
. upon their winding up, tho .Ttfeige, with the
flir.utwlwmiimov of ? Qinn in a menagerie,
' *" with a long iron spear, stirring up the animals,
gave a huge bite at the thing, and
snapped it off as if it trad boon a dessicated
bulrush. He stated that he had been endeavoring
to find out if there were grounds
for indictment and prosecution against the
Jury Commissioners, and that he elenrly
saw there were such grounds; and furthermore
that he had found these jury villanies
in three Counties out of tho four foruiing
his Circuit, and that he was solemnly determined
that no man or set of men should
further clog the wheels of justioo. Here
the audicuce applauded him, and were foar.
fullv -ft- ? - - -
_ __.J . v.. .VI nivii |ia?U3. Jlt? n?Il
ordored that lleneh Warranto should immediately
bo issued against llnrker, Strom
and Ballinger. to appear at the next term
of the Court of Sessions for Edgefield County,
aud, upon it being represented to hitn
that these worthy gentlemen were paupers,
pilgrims and etraogers, set thoir ban at
$500. The low figures of this bail prose
that even a tanglier may sometimes unwisely
have bowels of compaflsioo. The
warranto were issued and the bail given.?
And at the next term of our Court?which
triH probably be merged into the great as*
s'* '
^ ,v iV
sisori of the Day of Judgment?Mosara.
Duiker. Strom and Jlnllingor will be riddled
aud ripped up by a Grand Jury, lu
the meantime, Darker, the Jury Couiuiwdoner,
the ring leader and priuue-niovor of
all tliia jury rascality, ought moot assuredly
to bo instantly removed froiu office. Will
Gov Moves romovc him? That's the
question. And Strom, ^who seems to have
been present with Barker at the time the
Jury box must have been tampered with.)
we don't believe can be rotnovod from the
office by the Governor, inasmuch as he was
elected thereto.?but he certainly should
go out und commit suicido, and judging
from his apponnncc on Monday, wo rather
think he will. Whilst B&Wiugcr, the lamblike
and iunocout young man, who, in our
opinion, is far less implicated iu this jury
buMiiess than cither of his comjKOra. will j
undoubtedly if he is an honest man and a i
gentleman?forthwith resign an office that I
forces him in company with such accom-.l
plishod scoundrels as now constitute a por- j
nou 01 ino Jury liourtl
And tiually, to spcuk without badinage,
Judge Carpenter, by h;* foarloesuc&s, iude
poudenco and determination, no less than
his ability and extraordinary Quickness,
produced in fidgcflcM au extremely fuvorel>le
impression. lie decided that in the
present state of the jury matter, ho could
conscientiously hour uo case requiring a
jury, and dcjiart^d for Columbia. Ou today
fortnight (Tuesday llrd) he will return
to Kdgefieid for the dispatch of equity busiue
vs.?E'iyejicld Advertiser.
LUCKLESS LOUISIANA.
The AdJriM of Gowrnor McEnery. |
Governor McKuery has issued nn address ,
to the pooplo of Louisiana, of which tlie
following is the mat* rial part :
It is apparent to you, as woll as to all the
people of this Union, that the President is
resolved at all hazards and nt all costs to
sustain, by the military arm of the nation,
the present usurpation of the State government,
usborcd into existence by the midnight
order of United States District Judge
Durcll, executed by United States bayonets,
aud presided over by Mr. William Pitt Kellogg.
You are ordered nod required by
the president to view with calninoaa and
resignation the overthrow of the legal government
of yo,,p State, elected by you iupursuan"*
to all the lortns of law; tho dis
placement of judges, clerks, sheriffs, recorders.
justices of tho peace, police, jurors, Ac.,
iu fact the displace-.! cut by force of the
whole machinery of govenn>:rtut, State,
parochial aud munijipal .'.r.p tho installation
by force of persons tfftoriously dal'cuted
nt the election, aud w hose only title to
"dice '*csts upon the re urn of a ro",->'nir ?
bef, re it to canvass or count, and predicating
its illegal nctiou upon affidavit in many
eases forged. cortiticatea, statements. census
returns, Ac. You are commanded b) the I
President to oppose no armed resistance to
this admitted usurpation, which without the
potential aid of Federal authority would
coast* to exist in thirty days, an l I counsel 1
and advise vou to obey this peremptory order
pf the Wesideut. President (.Irani, as
the chief magistrate of the nation, has assumed
the high and grave responsibility of
foistiug upon the people of this State a
usurpation without prcccdont in this or any
other freo country, and he is answerable before
the bar of public opinion of this Republic
for this high-handed measure so utterly
destructive of free government in this
couutry. The President of the United
States, with the nrmv and nnvy at his command,
has the physical power to coerce tho
peoplo of this State iuto any lino of policy
he may be pleased to dictate, and it would
be but folic and madness to interpose any
resistance likely to bring us in conflict with
the '.national authority; and as it has already
been successfully demonstrated that
Mr. Kellopg's government. unaided by Federal
power, was powerless to enforce its uioudatos,
further violent demonstrations will
prove barren of useful or practical results,
while tho President's proclamation will
spcodily tcpress any threatened outbrouk in
every part of tho State. Yet the deeply
fixed fcutinieut? of irrepressible hostility in
the minds and hearts of an outrng'>d people
against tho vil?sy*?ihurpntion ever at- tempted
to be fastcuod npou freemen will
find their fall soapc ami vent. I advise
that those manly and patriotic sentiments
take forui and shape through all moral and'
legal agencies possible to be devised. Iir
the meantime I trust that peace and order
may reign supreme throughout the 8< "* >? t
juhI that ail our industrial w?'l (
be oDihnrrntwol by ,>inkical difficulties
into whieft, unhappily, wo have been so unnecessary
and ruthlessly plunged, and especially
do I urge upou the people of the two 1
races, who are, numerically, nearly e,pi?l in
this State, to cultivate the one towards the 1
other nothing but feelings of amity, good '
feeling, and n mutual understanding. The !
fears and prejudices that have boen instilled 1
into the minds and henrta of the colored '
man against his white neighbor, should '
give place to reason and judgment, if the !
people of the white raw aro frank and open
in tneir avowal to eenoede to the colored
men all the righto guaranteed to hiui under '
the law. On the other haad, the colored
man should accept with sincerity the plight- (
ed faith of his white neighbor, and thus, by (
an interchange of candid opinions, preju- J
dices entertained by both races may be ob- 1
Iterated, a new and brighter career opened j
up for both pooples, and the antagonism now ]
existing will give place to mutual forbear- ,
sure, and the destiny of the two raoes, so |
indissolubly united with the fats of Louisi- ,
njia, will be placed in a higher scale of ad- *
vanoement than at Dresent annears to be ,
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the outlook for poor, oppressed, unhappy ;
Louisiana.
The schoolboy who was whipped by the (
mistress, and then required to kise iter, de- '
dared it oapital punishment. <
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Mil. SUMNER'S DIYO&CB
It has alrca?lv beeu announced that Mr.
Sumner had obtained a divorco from his
young and dashing wife, on the ground of
continued ab^onoe?fivo yowrs under the
Massachusetts laws. Slu was the widow of
a millionaire Massachusetts Congressman? |
Mr. Hooper?and only twenty-two. The 1
Cincinnati Enquirer says:
We know nut how it may bo, but it has
been said that a jealousy on the part of the
Honorable Senator hud considerable to do
with tuis unfortunate proceeding Thorc
was, naturally, disparity of years and of
tastes aud habits. This almost uur.eisul'y
produces an unhappy marriage- Hut in 1
this instance it was jggravatcd. Mr. Sumuer
Was uot only a bachelor of long matured
habits, but bo had formed other connections
and .associations peculiar to hiuiselt oat U
from that fact. i
For iuMaiiftO, it was said that ho alwayfi
had his carriage at the door at party or hw, 11
they mutually attended at which he would
say, ,,Madamo, it is now 10 o'clock : it i?
time to go home, and our oonveysace is
below." Sho would reply, "I noi fisppy to
hear it. You to slo.py and tired, do
In MIC! and i?o to hod hilt. I nm nn? u..t i iiulo
1 Mill follow yn-i by nod by. So, good nighv i
my dear.'' 'I hen, a? you have said, the I
Senator wns ss.id to bo murbinly jealous ol
a certain gentleman connected with the
Prussian Embassy, whom he h id himself
introduced to his wife, extolled in the highest
terms, and whioh gentleman afterward escorted
her to many evenings uuiurcincuts,
which her husband's habits fbrbudc
him to attend. One day this young
uttarha rcoievod a very jK'reuiptory letter .
froiu Berlin ordering him to returu heme |
immediately, aud recalling hiui from the
Prussiuu liegntion. He wns thunderstruck
by tho intelligence; rot conscious of any
olfeuso against his government, ho muldnot
concieve what it mount. He therefore wrote,
to nu influential friend at homo to make
inquiries of Count Bismarck .is to what way
the real reason for th-s -very cxtraordinar:
proceeding.
In reply, b'- was iuforoicd tliat the chairman
of the .Senate. Coma it tee on f oreign
Halations, who was than Senator Charles
Sumner, had written a letter requesting his )
rc -all. and ihnt the Csunt did e<>' ;v ' '
that he was aathorixv) to lufuac a vcquej-t |
coming from such v?? influential aourco in I
the govcrumont to which ho was accredited.
Of course the Young Prussian gentleman j
duly informed Mrs. Sumner of nil thjH,?aiJd
rumor hath it that that lady Was not "uC-nll
pleased with the conduct of her husband in
the matter. Tho German Secretary retai ned
homo, and for H time tb- okmd r -?
marital rebi ** ?
But bv and by, as it was hmtonqfal t
tho pubhe, aud, we think, by an agreement j
between the parties. Mrs. Sumqer,* health !
required that she ehonhi leave the American ?
continent, and breathe for a time thu air of
Europe. This was accrodingly done, and
the atmosphere has been so bracing and rhe
soenery so pleasant?to soy nothing of her
companionship?that she has lingered 'here
so long as to enable Mr. Sumner to obtain
the divorce for willful absence, required by
tho statute. Mr. Sumner will resume his
old bachelor rotation, and his late wife?a
young, handsome and wealthy widow?will
bo a prize to be contended for by gentle- !
men of position who nro in the matrimonial
market
AuRICUVfUBALdOQlKTIUii.?Now is the
timo to think what kinds of vcgetublo products
aud what stock you menu to exhibit
so as to swell tho attractions of your County
and State Sociotioo. and givo uuoourAgoment
by your own oxcrtiousKo those institutions
whifth have done.and arc doing so
much toward tho progress $if your calling
or occupation. You will be helping your
own interest in thus aiding the Society.?
Select some crop or vogetable or animal and
pay special attentiou to it, that it may bear
off the ribbon, as the beat of its kind, or
you get the pretoium for the heaviest product
per acre, by y ?ur su|?erior skill and industry.
Others will l?c stimulated by your
offoils and enco?raged by your success and
a silent enterprise will porinento throughout I
your neighborhood, until a new order of
things will spring up aud hear fruits lor
the good of the whole community and the
advancement of Agriculture?.1faryhtnd
f'unnrr.
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Unsound Milk-?It is neoeesary to
make kuvvro.tq farmers and milkmen, ood
iu uiotners and nurses at large, the real
danger that exists iu making usu of the
milk of diseased cows or mutts, eaneeiullv
y; ~ ^ ~ V
when children, and more particularly infants,
*re concerned.
Such milk, even taken it small quantity,
is hurtful to health in tho extreme. If you
jfiYo it boiled or not, even mixed with 9-10
:>f sound milk, the child resents immediately
its effects. First, tho child gets lean, emsslated,
without soy apparent reason ; then
iiarrhoea follows, and soon tho intervention
if a physician hooomes useless. It is too
Into iu most case*.
He on your guard then, prudent mothers
and nurses 1
J ho rhiladelpbia /Vmi tolls this: At
in elegant dinner party given in this city
tho rnfatile terrible of the family was permitted
to occupy a seat near one * oi tho
most distWuwhsd guests. This bet* uair
is tnuoh given to conundrums, which arc
not always appropriate. Moreover, the
young man has a sister w ho is a shining
Ik lie in society. filisA is the namo of the
young lady, but the ypung seape-gruoe will
sail her Lite. The Ootnpany were startled
by tho voice of the yowngsCer asking, "Why
ia father like the devil t" Au awkward
pause ensued. Then be shouted out, "Beeute
he is the fkther of Lisa !"(!??* ) That
boy did not got his dessert, for he waa sent
to bed.
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JTOW TO KXTEKKIHATE BUT GUARS.
Kanroa SoltiikhA Cultivator.?In
your Mmy u umber I are the inquiry from a
oo?toho<j idoot at Kdgcficld, S. G.4 4,l*?w to
exterminate uut grass ?*' and you express a
with that if niiy of your readers know of a
utfthod by which it can be accomplished,
.it nay be oouiuiupicatcd. 1 will not say p*?ithat
I h?vo succeeded in exteruiio*this
post, having tried the plan I aiu j
iboat to givp you one year only, but my ]
go far is so encouraging, that I will ,
lay it before you for wlint it may be worth. |
In the month of January flush up the 1
Jiul nod rako it over with long-toothed
nhv i. Throw the grnsh where It. will dry, i
Aid then burn it. Prepare the ground for |
n rrudi potato crop, planting in rows about (
'on and n half feet apart, Work the po- j
* v. wjd, n?<) di# tliom #* ??ooii th( i
are large enough. Now prepaid the i
U d >y ploughing for a crop of sweet po- i
t*ow throwing up g?>ocl eieed ridges. Now [
90sIMS the peculiar process, of which ovory- (
th'og heretofore is preparatory. The nut.! (
| will continue to spring up in the val- j -
lefiimxweeo tne ndge?. nave tfto grass on i
tin crowns of the ridges pulled out by t
hail. The ridden uro so perfectly rulvcr- j
it?. if the laud is not very heavy in it* | ;
ehfs ter. that the grass roots will easily (
fott with tho stem und blades. Pull j
upibe grass half way down the .sides of tho i
Theu as to the valleys, rua a sweep >
up tod down those every three or four days
art shave the grass oij each side of the i
ritj: near the bottom. Continue this until i
yiscr vines get too loop to admit of further 1
otpMrn to the Hud The next spring re- t
poo. the process planting an Irish potnto <
erd? as before, and following with n crop of
sir*-'! potatoes.
Vaf.vc tried this plan oue year, and have }
) <;i: surprised at the havoc tnnde with the y
u<t -??. I have a rich garden, which f
Uitil now hns been completely token with
i.His p nt For twenty years T have been v
tryitg to find out how to destroy it, nnd (,
have never had any success uutil I tried the a
alovi nlju*. There is now, afhir a trial of
one very little of it left. I think f
tie pUtVvophv of it is. that the succession
of crops, keeping tho ground stirred early t,
nu-tlafci gives tbe grass no chance to grow v
ey.mduce itself. Hesides this, the j
tliioxvyo* of tlic soil in high soft ridges, xf- ' ,
fords )?u:tdiar facilities for exterminating
t he grass, hy pulling it .up root and all?
J'lioic 'i Isfci stooping to reach it on account ,
of tic ridgot wilicu also facilitates the
work Pe <v ftfuT throughout, to have the
work well done, .aqj if you do not on any r
light .d sibdue 1 shall acknowledge I 4
ire UiH tnjr plan would work in a L
At Sv 'orjr i/iknncr.
j will'conclude by inquiring how can J*
bea^groM. be exterminated ? l have ten u,
aevief old field completely taken with it> tl
I brio kept it from going to seed six years.
but ppaminy witn do good restut.?u. K. w
FoMthtrn Cvhator. w
CHAT'^ WHJtAT-THJ BLUE ITUI. J.?
I. .-.7T{^ JMtktr j\mhm <?uZ Atlvcriitcr, of 0
Mi^e, status that Thomas B. ff
CoA. of&yfring Mills, Kent eounty, V
wi.jrtlj, fik# as one of the most intelligent *.
agrr.ta'.fcwf^ ?f that State, and 03 haviug
doac elevate and advanoe the interests
* 80 dovotod, hae ox- ?*
iHrrunvW*iiwlteat culture, and has bocu f*
ie.j is> b*< ^?,!?at a frequent change in seed y
wHoat i, f^<"sury iu order to keep up a
high -..Mar. >f yield *od quality, ana ho .
has t-'enumeh pains to ascertain <,
the " proeent variety of "blue
sfce? *"ft D-junncr last he opened cor- *5
respond-no* wit' the Agricultural -Depart- "
nient at Va?h;,gton. The commissioner
prompt)' nj'Urf to Mr. Ci's letter of inquiry, ^
giving all he could uj?on the JJ
subject H??rid that tho nativity of the ift
: variety t*HS involved in some ob- M
senrity gtati* probable that it came /p
from 1 Italy, doubted its being
kn.t?'n designation trf''Wue ta
star- ju 40 ^ U that ho
J/L ,hf;jtdk?pe t^th the United fttotes
Mr. 0. Qttt ?o, and tt
tho rSwy tiation for 20 bushels of
the **??, wmcn no is
expect*' 'itW for sowing
the -fees to let liits
n*. wf It if they >,
wl"h ftM, yt to $5 per
btyih - will meed him- je
self. .\v endeavored to get u
:fe importation of thie .
wU>i* iled he baa token this .j
labor uiv pun hin?aelf. He deserves, ft
and we ? may have, ample success in ^
the expu *, and, as in many of his provi- n
ous gut?fc> 'v.rka, oonfer a benefit upon the
public ?Ki'"afly.?Maryland Farmer.
JJi.inp p-rawkrs in Horses.?Editor l|
South eh*' ('nteiWRTOR.?Having seen it 8
stated by i uwHtpcndent in jour monthly *
that the eVxi^ atpopg horsae and mules
known af'*' 9am-fas incurable, I beg 11
leave to out ? ? Allowing remedy, which D
j. h.avo aeiti ms-iJe several bad cases, with v
ouinphite Ntidm to each case. As soon as
it is kn<Wa tltib the animal has staggers, ?j
which cair#*l??fy he told by its dull, sleepy
appearand? d+ppftiiip to move round iu. w (
circle, and running against objects that j,
come in it' pcNh. blood copiously from the 4
neck, and uott?'*Hitely nonv into each ear <j
about a ?$,)?? $ *?'*?* Turpentine. Aiso, 0
(Nti mm isifutt T??.^iltinf? nr nn^k niMiril ?u
k* ~ ""sw ? r ??
possible, v' iWher or small a
; * L B a
W??en itMtko them/' in "
the 'nw book. It may bo
tnif, btitVtrfta?$M*11 80,06 dreadfully poor
Hpeciottm <4K|h mannfactured articles, o
which M hwlly either upon the p
itnuk
Directions in?k Pioklino Cuccmiikhs,
oh kick ins, brans, small oantkLOUi'Kls.
ANl> MUSK-MELONS, IN UlUNK.
A clean wooden or stouc vessel j
that can be oovercd securely, and hns ntiu r |
had auythiug like buWer or lard?or pickled
pork or be?.f io it?with plenty if salt and
pure fresh water, are tho most important
requisites Gather tho vegetables (the
morning is g- nc rally the beat titne) aa they
Kit the desired ?i2e?pat them in tho brine,
being very careful noi to bruise them.?
Tht y < an In) gathered every day, until the
vessel ia full?e.vunino overy low days?if
there is my appearance of ctin on the top,
the hrinj is not sUoLg enough, aud more j
wit must be added. 11 thov :?ro to he lt.?r?? 1
For s*vun?l mouths, examine thorn every tow
weeks?removing nil that are soft, aud ietewing
tho briue. They cun be taken oui
it any tiuio and pickled with vinegar.?
rite usual way of pink ling with vinegar is,
Sake t hem from the b'ino one evening, soak
.hern in fresh water until tlic next morning
?(12 hours) w t?h through two or three
raters?put in a preserving kettle, with
suoh spices as are liked, n handful of sugar,
i small piece of alum?cover with vinegar
Scald thoroughlj*?hut do not 1 t tin m tx-il
mough to bocouie soft?take them out, put
n a jar and cover with fresh vinegar?
shon cold, they are roady for use. If the
riuegur is good, they improve daily.
t rood apple vinegar cau be very easily '
lsnde by keeping good apple eider in a bar
ol, runlet >r jug, with toe bung or cork
oosely put in?until it becointst vinegar?inu
never lot. it ho empty?filling with fresh '
sidor before the vinegar is u^ed up.
S. t. ("*.
cocfmbtsr PiCKi.r.s. ?Editor fv,t tu:un
Cct.ti vatok.?The best method which '
. ever saw for making cucumber picklos, is t
he following:
Select from tho vino suitable cucumbers t
rith a portion of the stem attached. Wash '
a re fully in cold water, and have on hand 1
stone jar containing nno gallon of whiskey ?
ud two gallons of water, or iu like propor- |
ions Prop iu your cucumbers each day '
s you gather thoin from the vine, taking '
arc to keop them under tho liquid by a ^
weight on top. In tho oourse of six weeks ?
r two months the pickles are made, mid 1
he truest in the world. '
Try It, for it is tho toast troublesome of
11, and by odds the best.?C. M. O. iu
^outturn CMtivat or. j
A Campost Ukap.?Please give tuu n 1
ccoipt.to inuke lunuuro nr a epvttpw* heap
?cowhand of voods ?w.*th, Hgm, cow psa. '
JrWAr /I In. | MOf fl, 1873"
Make a pon ton foot sou&rc?cover the H
ultom six inches deep with woods earth? u
|H>n this Bcattor 3 bushels ot' slaked lime, J
?en three inches of woods earth, then six \y
iches let scrapings, then three inches p
oodd earth, 3 bushels lime again, 3 inches f
ooda earth, six inches lot scrapings, 3 J
iches woods earth and so on, until built up
iur or five feet high. Finish with woods
rrth. Moistou thoroughly and keep con- b
nually dauip, but keep out rain. Out sides tj
jwn perpendicularly wheu to bo hauled to a
to field.
Acid phosphates are the best things to
)Dipost with cotton seed. For proportions,
se previous numbers of current volume.-?
n excellent cwnpowt might be u?ado us
illows r Pen 10 nmt as above, cover bat- jjj
>m six iucbee deep with f&pQtapings, on ^
lis cotton seed three inches deep on these H
I>0 lbs. acid phosphate, then lot sorapipgfe, n
itton seed, phosphide again, and /so on.?
' OHthrrn Cultivator. ' * , n
- j
SlJRK OtiR* FOR A CotJOII. A U^gO
sudtul of Honrhounu; thu same of Life- J
Vorlastiug; a large root of Coinfrey j a
rgo handful of Elecampane; a <cp?art of
dosses. After boiling and straining the |
rat four ingrodientr, miir-in the molasses; I1
)il until as thick as syrup. For a dose,*'
ike a desert spoonful, three times a day, a
We know the above to bo good, for we j
ied it with great success during the late 0
unpleasantness."?[Ed. Tittle.] a
Disposiko OF JC DtIRM8T.?-A Cose ^
hich is likely to call forth all tho emotional {
^sources of a French jury, is told as lot>wa:
" t
A your.g man, having accepted a oh.al!Ogc
from s noted duelist, goes home sod j
ills his mother nil about it. The good "
idy rushes off distracted to tho house of ;
10 duelist, whom she finds practicing with *
pistol in his garden, and what is worse *
itting the mark every time. She implores
jercy, but is coldly repulsed by the marks- t
tan, who ?loci a res his inteution to kill her (
)n Thereupon, in her wrath and terror,
he poor woman snatches up a pistol and
hoots the duelist dead Tho chances are
hat she will be aoquittod, and indeed it is ,
iffieult to imagine an; case which offers {
tore genuine c-rt^nnation. A jar; of t
(others would not deliberate long on their c
erdiot. I
The Biookst Tree.?Tho Visalia (Cal) *
'inies says tho biggest tree in Tulare county
jrest of giants, is known as ' General
Irant." It measures thirty sevon foot six *
aches in diameter ; this would give, by or* I
inary estimate, a circumference of one hun* 11
red and twAiOy-?*yen ??? . The ro*MUj
an imagine what an immense area that a
ould be, supposing a sectiou of the tree eut c
nt snd laid upon the ground. It would 1
fford ample room for a "doable cotillion,"
r if tho same section were stood on ad^e, a
gainst an ordinary two story building, its ?
pper rim would be above the eavsa, and o
'all up toward the ehimuey-top. a
We notice ikfct tho "agricultural editor i
f an exchange advise his rosdera to "plant ^
est in tho new of the moon." We advise c
nr readers to plant the^r neas in the ground, c
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POST CARD JOKES
incidents of the c1ikap 1hfku8iom of
intf.i.moencb.
Thu now device of Pi?tinn*lcr General
Crc-swell, the poatal cards, went into circulation
ywtcrduv. As they have boon sotoowliat
elaborately described in the Washington
special dispatch fov the last bo vend
weeks, it in not necessary to go into partioulars
here. Besides nearly every body has
scon them, and knows how to describe thorn
himself. But for a general description it
might be said tb*t thov are designed for
tbo distribution of inudiigouoe Among tho
masses at one-third the usual rate. You
can write almost ;.uy thing you nionsc on a
pofctal curd, so that it itn t too loug?thnt
is to say, the article that la vrrittoo. But
there aro some things that do not read well
on a postal card. Take, for instance, a
large hoarding house, where the Ian 'lady
takes care ot the nmil until the boarder*
call for it. This sometimes makes the diffusion
of intelligence among the masse* s
trifle too diffuse for comfort. The postman
comes to the door with nn armful of postal
cards. The landlady relievos him of tho
bunion, goes iu and f its down and begins to
<erl them over for the various boarders.?
Presently she strikes one which reads thus:
St. Louis, May 17.
TVy J/:or rheoph.?Conic to-night at
nan pnac iu. Pule gate. open. Bulldog
jhnined up in the basement. Light in the
w indow for vou. Yours sweetly.
E. 13. L.
Landlady t.lion turns to tho other side of
'.he oird. Sho roads tho superscription :
Mr. THXoruii.ua Muitlkchesk.
No. 13,1)75 Hush avenue, City.
Landlady rests her ohoek on her left,
land and univcs. Lnndhidy tohu: ''Well,
tew, did I over ? Who'd a thought that
Nlr. Muftlecheek was that kind of a man ?
3am? hero, too, with tho highest references
rout his last place. Pays his hoard reguarly
every Saturday at tea. Belongs to
>ur church, too." [lleads again ] "Half
)ast tea?dear me, and I always thought
ie went to bed regularly at half pant nine,
dull dog chained up in the basement!?
Yell, I never ! I'll keep a little watch on
dr. Mufflechook. I'll expose hint before
he church." Then she diaws a long sigh,
nd proceeds with another cani: [Heads.]
St. Louis, May 17.
Sir?1 have now waited four weoks for
he balance on that suit of clothe* J need
he money. Must hav? *- ou M mi day*
Yours.. jHiMin-xKaenus.
Turns to cite superscription and read*,
^r!fk JB; Smnflovbr,
Xa 13,U7fo Hash Avenue.
"Woll, if ever I heard the like to my
i'o! Mr. Suuflower is such a nice gcotletan.
A nd he uses auch elegant perfumery.
?t me seo; he owes mo for two week's
t>ard. Told mo this morning he was exerting
a check from homo. I must go to
is rlem and see how much baggage he has.
)ear mo, folks are so unaccountable."?
loiues to another. Keada :
Jfo Dtxtr Sim'gtjmf>?Jhpst deposited four
nndrcd to your crudit'in Twelfth Naoual.
l>rnw ou mo at sight for ths baloee.
Y ours, B. W. K.
Turns to the superscription, reads:
J. Pet.afiblo Spwiotiixs, ESQ.
No. 13,075 Hash tve., Oity.
"Gracious me! How aioeh like Mr.
ipriggine' own handwriting that Is,?-Sinuiar
that tw^ persons should write so nearly .
like. Let me see. Mr Sprigging told
it he expected some money to-day.
Enter ?priggina -"Good afternoon modr
* ; '*? Vv
Landlady--"Here is a postal card for
i Sprig?"Ob, yea." (Beads to himself.)
.'hat'* nil right. By the way, madam, have
ou money enough io thf honap to posh e '
ifty dojlar check f It'srtriuikinc hoair* and ' . *
. just received u telegram from Kansas Citjr,f * ' "*
ad must on the night train*? ...
landlady--I'll gp right away and look
u my bureau drawer. I reckon f ean ac 4
omuiodate you." (Landlady returns with
, roll of hills.") ?
Sprig?Here, I'll just include that three
rooks' board in the cheek and make it aevnty-fivo.
Balance will bo fifty.
Landlady counts out fifty, which Sprig
h rusts into his vest pocket, goes up stairs,
ceta hi* valiso nod start* to oatoh the train
or Kansas City. landlady will discover
a-n?n?w that the similarity betwoee Mr.
ipriggins' handwriting and that ou the
>ostai card isn't such a singular circunataooe,
after aU.
It only coet Spriggios one cent to raise
he wind. Thoeo postal cards are an incaliulsblc
oonvcnicnco to the toiliug mom**.
A VARIATION.
Postman riugr at a modest looking manion
on JiOensiftreet. Servant girl comes
o the door. Postal cards for the master of
he house who has only been married a
touplo of years. Servant girl delivers the
he postal cards to the yOung wife. Young
-5ft. ?a- .
* arv wW
..y 8t Louit, May 17.
Dear Jrte: Will be attha corner of Twelfth
ud Pine, beck, half-past nine, First class
wrfcy of boy*. Be on hand. Half-pest
due, sharp. Wake 'em up. O. K
VoiHtg wife lays down ibe postal cards
.rid elevates her eyebrows. Mr.CreaaweU't
heap method of diffusing intelligence has
et a flood of now light in upon her mind.
Young wife, tohu,?"80 this It the olub,
it f Riding around town in hacks all night,
rith a party of firat class-boy*. Oh dear.
>h dear!" Thou she weeps copiously and
ighs deeply. She will go home to )}fr o?o-.
her the vory seat dsy! She newer was se
m mired and ontrai?*d in Kn. -L-1- liM
_ , rnmm MV? W 111% X
V*?pa m^win pa*m>naUly, w?d ?wlw the
3irophor bottle. Yeue^baakaod. aB ? *
onflow*, iv>mc? home to topper. Tableau.
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