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THE TRIBUNE.
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VOL. I.?NO. 21. BEAUFORT, S. C., APRIL 14, 1875. $2.00 PER ANNUM.
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O weary days and nights, so still, so still? <ji
. Tlio useless sails hang flapping stiff and alow, m
We pine and chafe, and set our helpless will (\i
In vain revolt at what to change, to know m
Is not for us. We hear the strong winds pi
blow
And fret as in the east, the west, we see at
Great ships and small go sliding fast and free. 81
ADMIT. y(
O fearful days and nights BO dark and cold?
The swift waves mock and leap on every
side ; J"
No rudder stoere ; no mast nor spar can hold ;
We think no ear could hear us if we cried ;
We tliiuk God would not miss us if we died ; ?
We feel forgotten, helpless, cast away ;
We shut our eyes and do not even pi ay. ^1
OK shore. hi
O peaceful days, and peaceful nights whose
peaco a
Cannot be uttered ! O green shores of life
Beyond the body ! Shall we ever cease ^
To smile that through such hot and silly j1(
strife n
Wo came V That doubts and fears could grow at
so rife ? ol
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BLIFINCH'S WEDDING.
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Bugged, saturnine and cynical as to ^
appearance; crabbed, miserly and reti- jj
cent as to disposititm; such was Blifinch to
k Co., general merchandise brokers and
provision dealers. For Blifinch was ej
Blifinch, and Company also, the latter w
attachment of the firm being purely flc- Qi
titious, and designed possibly for eupho- 6T
ny?perhaps to give distinction to the Qg
firm title. C1
Blifinch dwelt in a ram-shackle, turn- th
ble-down old rockery in Pearl street, an pj
establishment which had come to him
strictly in the way of business, having bt
fallen into his clutches through the fore- in
closure of a mortgage, by which process w
an estimable but impecunious family c,
were summarily ejected into the street y{
one raw November afternoon, from ^
which period they vanished out of man's
cognizance. th
A a fV>arn aahI/I Ka /I ?? *-?- *
VUU4.V WUIU UO 1UUUU Alls KClilUib A ISA
the rookery Bliflnch moved into it him- U4
self, being enabled thereby to lease his Wl
former dwelling-place, in a more agreea- ca
bio location, to excellent advantage. vf
Bliflnch was as universally disliked G\
and contemned as it is possible for a Q\
man to be. His hardness at driving a ta
bargain, his want of charity?either
for frailty or misfortune?his absolute ij]
disregard for the customary amenities of 63
life; these peculiarities caused him to be g^
shunned by all who were not driven to U(
intercourse with liim through business ^i
exigencies. Of these latter, however,
there were very many, and his line of
trade was so successful in its competi- w
tion with the rest of the business world se
that Bliflnch had amassed no inconsid- m
erable amount of property, which was th
securely invested in the beet possible Wl
securities at profitable interest. th
There was, however, in regard to Bli- gfc
finch one single redeeming feature ; he th
had a daughter?Polly Bliflnch?whose gj,
characteristics were in such marked con- m
trast to those of her father that thev
shed a halo of reflected brightness and si]
beauty oyer the latter which made even bi
the surly meanness of Bliflnch seem less
obnoxious when she was by. th
Polly was by this time twenty years m
old, and as sweetly-pretty a girl as one y<
would wish to see. Her charms of dis- ui
position seemed to have given a special an
loveliness to her every expression, and Ci
her amiability and kindness went far hj
in the estimate of those who knew both gi
to atone for the rugged and unhandsome bi
protuberances of character which c&uied or
Bliflnch to be so disliked. tb
Of courso Polly had many admirers; p<
for, though she was not permitted to see b<
any company whatever under the inlios- hi
pitiable roof which covered her gloomy m
habitation, there wero still ways and di
means innumerable by which she oonld th
form companionships, and thrbugh which an
these could grow into affectionate inter
ests. But though many pleasing and T1
wholly unobjectionable young men an
sought Polly from time to time with a he
direct view to matrimonial results, these hi
efforts had been invariably unsuccessful di
until a period about one year prior to
the date of the present narrative. as
At that time Polly had made the ac- ro
quaintanoe of a young sailor, then mate ca
of a merchant vessel trading with the
West Indies, and who was the brother of
. one of Polly's special friends. Constant
association with this mariner when he to
was on shore, and as constantly listening
to his praises when he was at sea, had
at last their natural effects; and when w,
Sam Collier proposed, just before sailihg rj
on one of lus voyages, Polly consented in
to be his wife before she had given Bli- b<
finch's probable reception of the matter
a single thought. When, after the first p,
transports of the position had subsided,
she cud reflect upon her father's interest ga
in the important question, her spirits as
went down with startling rapidity. In- I
deed, about fiye minutes of practical o'
consideration of the subject resulted in b<
her oonveying to her lover, with *any at
sobs and tears, the unqualified certainty h<
that Bliflach would no more let them
marry than he would present his son-in- hi
law presumptive with a new ship. Young
Collier was of a sanguine temperament, w
however, had a very good opinion of p
himself, and had never seen old Blifinch; g]
so, of course, he had no doubt on the ai
subject, and insisted on proceeding at \{
once to communicate with the 'Cap- ft
tain," as he brevetted Polly's father in <|
his reference to him. n
' Polly consented finally, as the shortest a
* way of surmounting the difficulty; and c
lat Bftmo evening Sam Collier made w
is appearance at the rookery, and, sr
Bing introduced to Blilinch by his vt
lughter, then and there, aud in the
ost aea man-like language, proceeded to al
smand Polly'b hand as an accompaui- ai
ient for her heart, of which ho claimed
resent possession. ri
Blilinch heard him through quietly, ap
id then, turning to his daughter, B
lid: di
" Polly, is all this true that this in
aung man has been saying ?" m
"Yes, father." ra
" And you want to marry him, do
iu ?" hi
"If you please, father." hi
Blilinch meditated for about two min- it
tes; then, turning to Collier, he said: H
You are mate of a ship, you tell me, Si
lungmon?" b;
" Yes, sir," replied Collier, patterning g<
is replies after Polly's laconic style. rc
'' How would you like to be captain of ti
ship ?" said Blifinch. ti
" Very much," replied the sailor. aj
"Very well," continued Blifinch, re- m
irning as he spoke to some papers he
id been examining when he was inter- tk
ipted, " Come to my store to-morrow op
. noon. I will get you the appointment ni
: captain of a ship in which I am inter- al
ited; she sails next week for Colluo. tr
you make a good voyage on her, you fh
m marry my daughter?when you come
ick. Good-night."
Polly turned pale and staggered visiy;
Sam Collier's faoe brightened, and
using Blifinch by the hand he thanked
m effusively and the two left the room M
gether. li1
Sailorlike, Sam thought nothing of an m
:tra voyage, and was fairly choked up hi
ith delight at his new dignity. Polly, cc
1 the contrary, foreboded all sorts of gi
ul ; and when a week later Sam sailed ol
i captain of the bark Polly (newly fo
iristened), she surrendered herself to ra
ie gloomiest anticipations. These would ki
obably not have lieen lessened had she of
sard a remark made by Blifinch as the lil
irk left her moorings. He was stand- at
g on the dock beside Polly, and as he sli
aved his hand for the last time toCapt. te
illier he ?aid?under his breath: " Yes, fo
>u can marry my daughter, when you gi
ime back 1" la
Four months passed?five, six?and ca
e Polly put in no appearance ; nor was ar
ere word of her nor of Oapt. Sam- di
tl Collier, her commander. The bark fa
is an old vessel which had barely es- hi
ped condemnation after her previous wi
>yage by a promise on the part of her ai
mers tliat she should be thoroughly b<
rerhauled and refitted. She had cer- gi
inly been cobbled up in a way and had bl
eeivcd ? Hiiro-class rating ; she had at
cewise been heavily insured with an h<
:tra-hazardous premium ; and when tb
ven and eight months had elapsed and hi
) tidings were heard of her, Blifinch m
d not seem to see the matter in that w'
jlit. ra
That Polly should grow pale and care- b(
orn, refuse sustenance, and mopo her- in
ilf almost to death generally was no ui
atter of surprise to those who observed nt
e phenomenon ; bnt that Blifinch, who nc
is supposed to Pave no more heart Iji
an one of his own firkins of lard, ta
lonld tura dejected and nervous, haunt hi
e exchange for tidings of his ship, L
sep restlessly at night, and toss and sa
utter with bad dreams, as Polly or
'erred he did?tlrat this condition an
lonld oppress the hard-headed man of hi
lsiness was curious indeed. e\
Perhaps had those who interested ra
temselves in Blifincli's condition of or
ind seen him one afternoon about a or
?ar from the date of the Polly's depnrt- re
o from Now York, and after the in- ac
irance had been duly paid over, and tb
ipt. Sam Collier mourned as dead by tb
p many friends, and by the ono good hi
rl who lovod him and was dying for hi
m?had Bliflneli been seen on this
icasion, new light would have been
rown upon his untoward behavior,
ar, sitting at his desk, with his head
>wed upon his hands, which clutched
s tangled gray hair miserably, the old wi
an moaned such phrases as these: "I t\i
d it! I killed xiim I?killed both of M
em, God forgive me I I'm ruined now I*
id damned for hereafter ! Poor Polly!" in
and here Blitinch broke down and wept, tb
lere was a tap at his door, and a clerk is
inonnced a visitor?a . seafaring man, tb
i said, and Blifinch cursed him and told tb
m to show the gentleman up, which he a
d. ^ iu
That evening Blifinch came to Polly, wi
sno sat r>y a cum tire w the Bitting- at
om, brooding over her sorrow, and ac
lied her: th
"Polly." 01
"Yes, father," she said, quietly. lil
" I want you to come to my wedding is
-morrow." of
"Your wedding, father I" is
"I said so; why should not I have a in
adding ? Is there to be no more mar- sli
ing or giving in marriage bocauso an bt
fernal, rotten oi l bark goes to the at
>ttom ?" pl
" But this is so sudden, father," said cl:
oily, gently. a
" How do you know it in sudden 1" m
id Bliilnch, savagely. " You must do nt
11 tell yon and don't make remarks ! ox
want yon to go to my wedding at ten al
dock to morrow. Dress up in your so
sat and I will take yon. It is to be xu
i the chapel on the dock; do you ox
Bar?" oc
"Yes, father," said poor Polly. "I q
sar, and I will be ready."
Blitlnch went to bed, and Polly to
eeping, as was her nightly custom.
Ut at half-past nine the next morning 81
le was ready to accompany hor father, th
id the two walked arm in arm to the di
ttle mission chapel on the dock, not far T1
om the house. As 'they entered tho wi
oor of the chapelJPolly was met by a ar
tan who stood just inside and yho sud- t
enly clasped her in his a us, r* veaixu^ ! 9
laptaia Sam Collier in porion. There i
as displayed weeping, congratulations, W
ailes and other evidences of feeling of
urious kinds.
There were introductions to a respect- Ht
)le and amiable-looking clergyman,
id there was a wedding. '
And when Polly, after being duly mar- do
ed to Capt. Sam Collier aforesaid, Ar<
iked her father about "his wedding," en
litinch replied: "Isn't this my wed- lei
ng I Isn t it my daughter and my son- cla
i-law, and aren't they going to have my tin
oney? My wedding!?I should say so, TL
.ther." lol
And so it never came out that Blifinch till
nl privately hired a man to scuttle the nil
irk Polly, and that ho had failed to do lei
because sho sprung a leak off Cape^ re
orn and sunk without his assistance, tin
mi Collier was taken off with the rest ad
y an English ship bound to Liverpool; ' tio
it wrecked again ; was carried half ! ha
innd the world, while his commanica- of
ons failed to connect?and all that j at
nio Polly was dying of love and dis- do
jpointment, and her father of re- bu
orse. un
Bliiinch became a changed man ever sei
lereafter, and as charitablo and lenient agi
i he had before been hard-hearted and foi
iserly?alterations which the neighbors tin
irnva affrilMifnil fnonfinnalv fn flinf nr. olri
oordinary subterfuge known as " Bli- br<
lcli's Wedding." un
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A Tougli Engagement.
The Carlisle (Penn.) Herald Bays : as
I. Jgbso Laverty, of East Pennsboro', *1"
ring near Booser's mill, was lately very* eoi
ach annoyed by rats, which carried off ha;
s eggs and made sad work with his be'
irn in the crib and then invaded his all;
unary and commenced destroying a bin vai
wheat. Mr. Laverty, on examination, of
and there was but one place where the cui
ts got in. He therefore resolved to th<
11 the rats by an artifice well worthy yo1
tho cause. Ho stewed corn meal "f
jerally on the floor of tho granary, and
?out one hour later he nailed the hole cla
iut; ho then called his dog (a Spanish rat
rrier) and armed with a club went
rth to battle. Now the door of the ise
anary is fastened by a long wooden _ ^
tch extending full across the door and 1?
n only bo opened from the outside, lftd
ul Mr. Laverty on entering the granary fas
ew tho door shut and heard the latch of
II. He then thought the enemy was on<
s, but this was an error, for the rats ft 1
ere more numerous than ho expected,
id, finding no way of escape, attacked ^
)tli Mr. Laverty and his dog with co|
eat fury. Mr. Laverty laid on his ha
ows hard and fast, and one blow, aimed be:
a rat, unfortunately hit the dog on tho ^ 1
?ad and killed him. Mr. Laverty, 1?T
iu8 deprived of his faithful ally, would ^lu
ivo fled, but could not. He then com- "4
onced calling for help; the rats mean- wo
hile kept skii'mishing around his legs, Mc
n up his body, bit his hands, and one, br<
>lder than the rest, bit his nose. It is Tu
^possible to say what the rosnlt of this boi
lequal contest would have been, had P?1
>t a passing neighbor, attracted by tho nil;
>ise and cries, gone to tho relief of Mr. aol
iverty, who presented a shocking specclo,
his face and hands bloody, and
s clothing torn into shreds. *Mr. ^
iverty being washed and rehabilitated, bil
t down to reflect, when he luckily liit
i a better plan of warfare. Ho went on'
id borrowed twelve cats, which with
s own made fifteen; these he, in the M'h
ening, shut up in liia granary with tho c?1
ts, and the next morning he found, P"
i examination, ten dead cats, one blind pf
le, and two with one eye apiece. The 13 '
main in g two were unhurt, and by br<
:tual count ho found 119 dead rats; of *>a(
10 dead dog there was nothing left but 1
ie bones and hair, the rats doubtless w<)
iving eaten him while Mr. Ijaverty was hr<
mting cats. an
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A Spirit Photograph.
This singular story is told by the Mil- ni?
Mikeo (Wis.) Wisconsin: Thero are dis
ro library desks in the Hhow rooms of niii
attliews Brothers, which have been re- nie
:atedly photographed, and no matter a o
what light, or from what point of view the
e photographs have been taken, there ft g
always on the loft hand gloss pane of of i
o left hand book shelf (surmounting
e desk), what a spiritualist would call the
spirit picture. The shelving, which cta^
other parts of tlio desk comes out loo
itli tolerable distinctness, is here dim o'c
id shadowy, and on the side where? in
cording to the sunlight as thrown on ?ta
e parts of the furniture?the shade the
ight to be, sometliing light and gauzy, ron
te fine white garments or bed clothing, in
thrown into relief, the graceful head ra
femalo finishing off the picture. It nan
tlxo body coverings that are brought cla
to the strong light. The head is in the
ladow, and fades into indistinctness, or
it the parting of tho hair, the eyebrows, ho]
id outlines of the nose and mouth are of
ainly visible. The under part of the wh
lin is in deep shade, as the picture of An
natural person would be. The female pei
ight be imaginod to be a corpse in let
sighbor Griffin's store, beautifully laid pei
it in a casket, the head being just fox
x>ve the angle with tho body of a per- joi
m reclining on the back with a pillow ma
ider tho head. Tho picture is a curi- nu
in one, and has been handed around vai
insiderably among citizens of an in- bir
uisitive turn of mind. oui
Th
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A farmer at Troy, N. Y., recently l>et cla
10 with one of the sporting fraternity is <
at his horse would weigh more after on
inking a pail of water than before. So
lie sporting gent was not slow to take a nc<
ngcr made by a man from the country, ; tot
id the test on the horse was made, ant* yei
uo enough, the animal weighed thh4 wli
unds more after drinking the wut-r , ?tr
I toi
OMEN IN ENGLISH WORKHOUSES,
w (he I'.ngllxli Pnnprr* 1,1 vr?Homnnr(
oT (he Marylcbonc Union.
The task of ascertaining wliat womet
in workhouses, says the London
:ws, appears suddenly narrowe<l on
tering one of the long rooms at Mary
jone workhouse, and discovering whal
iss of women it is that chiefly populate
ese metropolitan houses of refuge.
ie room, in addition to being long, if
ty, well lighted, apparently well venatod,
and certainly very warm. Runig
through three-quarters of thf
igth of the room, by either wall, arc
vs of little beds, forty in all, and up in
3 far corner is visible an old lady far
vanced in the preliminary preparans
for retiring to rest, albeit it is only
If-past four o'clock. But the majority
the occupants of the room are seated
tables at the rear end, on to which the
ors open, and by which a great tiro if
ruing in a bright stove. Not one is
der sixty years of age, many are over
renty, eighty is by no means a rare
e, and there are somo who have passed
lr-score y ars and ten. It is evident
it these wrinkled women, with their
inny hands, bent backs, and wheezing
eatli, can do nothing that might come
der a record of active life. It seems
it-death has forgotten them, and that
jy are sitting hero in the firelight
iting to be called for, and are, in the
antime, drinking as much warm tea
the regulations of the board of guar
:ii ;l c l v .1 il
wiii puriuiu ? hu|)|)ubo ueuiu
nes for them, ]>oor things, when he
a a spare miunit from attending on
tter folks," a young lady pliilosopliicy
remarked in reply to a casual obser;ion
on the extreme old ago of some
the inmates. She was Bitting on the
rbstone in the covered cart entrance to
5 courtyard, in company with another
ung lady, who coo Teased to being
leventy-five come Michaelmas." They
re both vigorously puihug at short
v pipes, and sat hero because it was
her damp in the exercise yard, and
oking is not permitted on the prems.
It six o'clock in summer, and r.t 6:45
the winter, the bell rings, and the old
Lies begin their toilet. At 7:30 breakt
is served, consisting of five ounces
bread and a pint and a half of gruel
a week, and four ounces of bread and
lint of cocoa the next, and so on in
pilar alternation. At 12:30 dinner if
uounced. On Sunday the bill of fare
mprises five ounces of boiled beef and
If a pound of vegetables, stewed beel
Lng substituted onoe a month?whence
may be noted, par parcnthcse, it folvs
that in social or literary intercourse
3 workhouse population use the term
tewed-beof day," whero the outside
rid would say "red-letter day." On
>nday they dine off four ounces of
;ad and a pint and a half of soup; on
esday beef or bacon appears on the
ird. being servod out in five ounce
rtions, with half a pound of vegeslcs;
on Wednesday, bread and soup
im; on lhursday, six ounces of bread,
d ounces of cheese, and "an onion,
tuce, or other vegetable;" on Friday,
*f and potatoes; and on Saturday the
1 of fare is reduced to the sweet simeity
of suet pudding, of which everys
gets one pound avoirdupois. On
ndays, Tuesdays, and Fridays supper,
ich is ordained to be served at 5:30,
isists of five ounces of bread and a
it and a half of broth; on tho remain\
days of the week an ounce of cheese
lerved with the bread in place of tli?
>th. This is the regulation fare: but
:h inmate over sixty years of age, that
k> say, the larger proportion of the
men at Marylebone, may have for
akfast and supper a pint of tea, half
ounce of sugar, and lialf an ounce of
tter, in lieu of the gruel, the cheese,
the broth. At eight o'clock tlie bell
gs bedtime, but, as a matter of fact,
'. and Mrs. Douglas, the master and
tron, while maintaining necessary
cipline with a firm hand, manage to
ngle much gentleness with their treatnt
of the old people, and leave them
onsiderable latitude in tho matter of
'ir movements. This specially induces
ood deal of eccentricity in tue matter
going to bed. From five to six seems
her a fashionablo hour of retiring for
> night, particularly these dark cold
fs. But some aged females begin
king out their night-caps at four
lock in the afternoon, take their tea
bed, and then lapso into a profoimder
to of somnolency than that in which
>y have been peering about their nar
v world Kince they had their first tea
the morning.
[*he women who fill the workhouses
y be roughly divided into three
sses?those who are too old to earn
sir living, and havo 110 friends able
willing to keep them; those who are
pelessly handicapped with a family
young children, and single women
10 enter " the house " to be confined,
longst the few really able-bodied paurs
I saw on the women's sido at Marysone
was a respectable, hard-working
rson who was here, ami had been here
many month, because she had five
ung children whom she could not
intain by her own labor outside. The
mber of girls, chiefly domestic ser11
ts who flee to the workhouse to give
tli to illegitimate children is a seri8
item in the parish balance-sheet.
ie average in a year for this single
rkhouse is three hundred. Another
ss of inmates, though their reception
Duly temporary and tlioy are passed
as soon as possible to tho school at
uthall, is the foundling. I made tho
]uaintanoe of an odd little woman who
Idled into tho workhouso sixteen
ars ago led by a friondly policeman
10 found her wandering about thfe
cots, anu o i'-fl .?vn i.- A up her his y
i:: tho U muta, " dead; de
sorted by mother." Emily is now -ii
her nineteenth year, and has grown tc
be as toll as four feet nothing. She if
a verv willing good-naturod girl, but if
hopelessly afflicted with a blank mem'
ory. Tho old women call her "Whackey
Emily," " Whackey " being a word
used in Marylebone circles to hint thai
somebody is not endowed with as full c
measure of intelligence as the rest of u&
Amongst her favorites in the nursery,
before its removal to tho school, was an
other foundling whose history is nol
without a spice of romance. The little
thing, aged three years, was found al
ten o'clock *'on the night of June 28,
1872, wandering about Cavendish square,
tottering under the weight of a framed
and colored photograph about eighteer
inches long by one foot broad. The portrait
represents a tall, wsll-dressed gentleman
leaning in an easy attitude againsi
a library table. All that has ever been
ascertained respecting this little waif if
that the toll gentleman is its father, whe
deserted the unmarried mother, and she
in her turn deserted the child, endowing
it, as sole fortune, with a framed an^j
colored photograph of its father.
Among the Mormons.
Tlio approacliing trial of Lee, th?
1 Mormon prophet, charged with being
engaged in the Mountain Meadow mas1
sacre, in Utah draws, near, and a correspondent
says the Mormons are pre'
paring for some startling developments.
It is beyond question, he says, that no1
only were obnoxious Gentiles put out ol
the way in Salt Lake City without anv
trial, but even many of " the brethren
were watched when out of doors and
quietly led to a place convenient foi
butchery, and there had there "throats
cut for the double purpose of keeping
them from "opposing the kingdom
and ntoning for their sins of unbelief. It
is said of Isaac C. Haiglit, who was the
lieutenant colonel of the militia regiment
that committed the massacre at
1 Mountain Meadows, that he grew so fanatical
and was so far removed from any
supervisory authority that he did as he
pleased and disposed of the lives of the
obnoxious with all the freedom of e
' doge of Venice. In the little town oi
Cedar, the headquarters of his mi\jtia,
1 he is said to have kept two of the brethren?Stewart
and Macfarlone?for that
special purpose, and to aid at odd times
| in harassing and stealing from the pass
ing immigrant Gentiles,
j No fewer than ten men were taker
. down into the cellar beneath Haight'i
house, and from there they never camf
! out alive, und the only answer that was
| ever made to any inquiry about a miss
' ing person iu those days was the la
1 conic sentence, " He has gone to Gali1
fornia."
To listen to the tales that are now
told by men and women of the early
times of blood one feels carried away
in reflection to dark ages and barbaric
nations, and it is this history that Brigham
Young has good cause to dread
being brought to light in the forthcoming
investigation of the Mountain
Meadow massacre, and I do not see how
he can prevent its exposure.
The investigation, when onoe begun,
will be like the letting out of water?
the dam, once pierced, the breech will
widen and widen until it all is out, and
the revelations of crime will startle the
nation. Its ultimate result will be the
breaking down of a fearful superstition
and despotism and the deliverance of a
people who deserve to be free.
The United States Postal Law.
In the New Jorsoy Senate Mr. Hill of
fered the following: Whereas while
Congress has imposed on the people of
the country additional high rates of
postage, it is to bo regretted that they
have also in part re-enacted the " franking
privilege," thus granting free uBe
of the mails and privileges to a favored
few at the expense of the many; therefore,
be it
Resolved (House of Assembly ooncuring),
That postage reform might not
go backward, as iB the case in the enacting
of this new law, justice and equilty
alike demend that the law of Juno 23.
1874, regulating the postage on transient
newpapers, etc., be restored by
repealing tho amendments to the Sundry
Civi 1 Appropriation bill increasing double
rates of postage, and that on the assembling
of Congress in December next we
do recommend and respectfully ask that
this be done.
Resolved, That our Senators and
Representatives in Congress be requested
to use their influence for tho repeal of
tho law.
A Great Farmer.
Col. Lee Jordan owns and cultivate*
20,000 acres, ia Oeorgia, the Atlanta
HeraUl says, the origimd cost of which
was $450,000. Ho has 800 laborers, but
is gradually adopting tho tenant system.
Ho raises twice as much corn as ho
ueeds. Sii overseers superintend the
plantations, and raise from 1,400 to 2,000
imies ox coiion. no iertuirort? ur? uocu,
n? Col. Jordan believes them to be productive
of caterpillars. Formerly he
spent $12,000 per annum in guanos and
phosphates, but now makes his own manure.
Dr. H. H. Coleman does the
praetieo of the plantations on the followi
nigplan: He assesses each head of a
family $3 a year, whether ho is sick ox
not; and thus, by taxing each man
lightly, it is made burdensome on none.
Ho is a good physician, and soys that it
is the healthiest country he ever saw.
Only two adults died last year out of ovei
a thousand souls. The preaching if
done on the same plan. There is a colored
preaohcr on a $3,000 salary, who
rides about the country in his two-horM
buggy, as happy as a prinoe.
i FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
? ' All Ab.it Knew.
3 Mr. De La Vergne, of New York, by
" invitation, addressed the convention of
[ butter and egg dealers in Chicago. He
. had been in the eggbnsigess since a
[ boy, and had had a large experience in
packing and handling. He felt the need
of improving the quality of eggs, and
' how it could be done was an important
l question. He did not believe it neoee5
sary to take eggs from the nest with a
t spoon, but at all event*; they should be
handled with great care, and kept in a
' light, dry place. He would make three
[ grades of eggs, and, to maintain their
grade, no time should be lost in getting
them from the producer to the con~
sumer. Tue production was not always
' good, but, on the contrary, he be|
lieved what are called fresh eggs were
( often imperfect, which he thought was
( the result of imperfect feeding of the
, fowls. Great care was necessary in se,
curing straw for packing purposes. The
I straw should bo provided a year in advance,
and ought to be clean, dry, and
bright. He had often received eggs
seriously damaged by being packed in
uamp straw. w nen tne straw ana eggs
were what they should be, care should
> be taken in heading the barrels, which
should be of uniform style. The break
ing of a few eggs on top often spoiled
the entire barrel! No tune shottld be
lost in shipping, and no care spared,
and, above all things, the packages
> should never be hela for speculation.
' He believed if eggs reached the New
' York market in a uniform, good condition,
that the price would be twelve per
1 cent, higher than it now is.
The liming or preserving of eggs had
beoome a great feature in the trade.
The preserving of eggs did not advance
their worth, or make a bed egg good.
The packing process with limed eggs,
he thought, should be much the same as
with fresh eggs. One of the advantages
of the preserving process *ras that eggs
could be saved in the summer months,
when they are cheap, for winter use in
* bakeries, etc. It gave to dealers cheap
> eggs, for which there was a certain dei
mand.
' In answer to a question as to his
, opinion of fruit-house eggs, he said
that it was not favorable.
ItmHIati ud Helps.
Unleached wood ashes will benefit
lawn if used as a topdressing.
l There is no advantage to be gained
j by putting lime in a hill of oorn. If the
> soil needs lime, apply it broadcast to
i the entire surface.
When the mane of tho horse oomes
- ont, or has come out, apply to such
- parts powdered charcoal, one ounoe;
WUIO Vll| viiu ^UiV, |IJiUli^UUVUO ?VIU|
' five ounoes; common salt, one ounoe.
' Mix and rub on daily.
Currants can be grown from cuttings
planted this spring. Make the cuttings
a foot long; cut out the buds of that
portion placed under ground, insert in
good sod, leaving three to five buds
above the surfaoe, and you will hair ro
difficulty in propagating all the currwr ts
you will need for family use.
Harrowing wheat in spring is beaefk
cial. The harrowing may be repeated
; two or three times at intervals of a few
| days until the wheat is twelve inches
, high. The smoothing harrow, with the
teeth inclined backwards, should be
used. This implement does not injure
the plants, while it pulverizes the soil
effectually. Broadcast or drilled wheat
may be harrowed equally easy, and the
wheat drilled as easily across as with the
rows.
No farmer who pays any attention to
the collection of home-made manure?
and what farmer deserves the name who
does not attend to this important matter
??should be without a barrel or two
, of ground land-plaster to sprinkle over
his manure heaps from time to time, to
' prevent the evaporation of their ammonia.
The cost of niaster is rerr
trifling, and is compensated five fold by
preventing the waste of manures from
evaporation.
Muiichuetti Dalrynra'i rfatl ?.
Dr. Noah Cressy of the Agricultural
College explained the mysteries of "horn
ail," the symptoms of which were shown
to include about all the ills that cattle
' flesh is heir to, whether they have any
horns or not. They oover especially au
1 the varieties of puerperal fever. He
' showed that tho nearest approach of any
reality to this fabulous disease is in
cases of nasal catarrh, when the inflammation
which originates in the nasal
sinuses sometimes extends to the cavities
in the horn pith. S. B. Lewis, of
Chenango oounty, New York, discoursed
of the manufacture of butter and skim
i cheese. His mode is essentially that of
! flm UruWlfrtrillA nrpAmfinr. His nmAri
[ onoo go08 to show that when it eon be
; eliarncd end salted without breaking the
grain, butter mode from sweet cream
, can be kept any reasonable length of
time bv being properly oared for; that
one of the greatest obstacles to long
keeping consists in breaking the grain so
much as to give it a salvy appearanoe.
A baby with twenty-eight toes has
i been born in Stockton, Me. What a
character for corns he will be.
| It is estimated that four out of erery
six dollars wasted in this country in
1 intoxicants comes from those who depend
upon their daily toil for subsistence.
Vast quantities of dead grasshoppers
are found on the masses of snow lying
i on the sides of the Bine mountains of
- Colorado, where bears seek them for
> food, It is thought they become chilled
t in attempting to fly oyer the range, and
falling upon the snow, perish.