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w| * f / - i 1 &2/i ^ v THE WEEKLY UHIOI T11EI. P*' " ' looted to ^0i[iqntt#r?; -gortiqultan}, HMmpftt (Cqonomy, |)olilf llferattirc, politics, and tin) ^urrfiif^tms'of VOL. IX.?New Series. ' UNION C. H., SOUTII CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 30, 1877. NUMBER. 47. AUSTIN Ac CO. ? Seed Wheat. ? A LOT of hue Seed Wheat for'sale bjr AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg. Not. 2 43 tf Provision?. BACON, Flour, and Lard, for sale, cheap, bj AUSTIN & Co., . Spartanburg. Not 2 43^ tf_ Rye and^Barhgy. P fWgSsfc Not 5 43 tf Groceries. OREAT Bargains in Sugar, Coffee and Salt, at AUSTIN & Co'S., Spartanburg. Not 2 43 tf Drugs and Medicines. I T> UY jour Drugs an J Medicines of I ^ JL> AUSTIN & Co., Spartanburg. Not 2 43 tf Paints and Oils. ALL kind of Paints and Oils for sale at bottom prices, at AUSTIN & Co's., Spartanburg. Nor 2 43| tf ' Window Glass. AF ALL sizes, for sale by * ksBmmmSmirtin U n ig* , Spartanburg. Not 2 43 tf Pure Liquors. PUKE LIQUORS, for Medicinal purposes, for sale by AUSTIN * Co., Spartanburg. Not 2 43 tf J. E. Adg*er Ac Oo.. CHARLESTON, S. O. JOltlSI.llS OF "FftPVTCN A*rn -nnMrcTTf" - JLA11 JLM JL/VXI&AJU JL JL\J | HAHDW AK10. CUTLERY, GUNS, and SADDLERY. BAB IRON AND PLOW STEEL. ejJOUMllEIt PUMPS. ^FAIIUlAMi'S S<;ALE^a^ For the Celebrated FARMERS' FRIEND I^^Hr nomfl B AT REDUCED PRICES LIBERAL TERMS TO TB^HhBH A{fi'i(Miltural AGRICUTURAL STEELS^ A Hull Toii^nos, Turn Sliovcls* " Scooters, | Swoops, llool llolts. tie, STATE AGENTS, TREDEGAR HORSE AND MULE SHOES. Orders receive prompt ami Careful Attention. J. E. ADGER & Co., Cliurlostou, So, (a. Aug 31, 1877 34 3m B. F. RAWLS & C0. ~ Drugs and Medicines. A FULL supply til 15. F. RAWI.S & CO'S. No 1, Ku.it Union. July 20 28 tf Patent Medicines. BKADFl I'.LD'S Female Regulator, Simmon*' Hepatic Compound, Sarsuparilln and Yellow Dock, at 15. F. It AWLS Si I O'S. No. 1, Fast Union. July 20 18 tf Pure Medicinal Wines. AND Liquors, for sale at 15. F. RAWLS & CO S. Ao. i, r.ast i. nion. July'20 *28 tf French Candies. AFRESH supply of Fancy Candies, at * IS. F. IIAWLS CO'S. No. 1, Last Union. j|Bf '20 '28 tf A 4-ACRI: LOT i o it s A LE. 1 OFFER for sale the lot on which I formerly liveti, on the wesiern edge of the Town of Union, cuutaiuing four Acres, hounded hy lands of .las. (ira.nt, N. 11. A. Duuhar and Mrs. AI.C. Willard. On the lot is a comfortable log cabin, with two rooms, a garden spot under good fence and in nuc cumin lun. i iiu wnvio 101 is encioseu Willi a heart-pine plank fence. TKHMS OF SAI.E?-Oue-liulf cash, tho remainder on a credit of twelve months t the purchaser to give & homl with security and a mortgage of the premises, until the whole is paid. P. T. LKMASTEK. Nov Ifl 46 4t WE MUST COIJil-X'T. OUR Notes and Accounts are in the hands of Messrs. Shand & Munro for Collection.? We had the misfortune to lose henvily by the fire of June ?>d, and must have money to commence business again. out will come up promptly and give us a shove up the hill. g nmns & Co. Nov 2 48 2m More Cheap Shoes. Ill AVE just got in another lot of those cheap . and servicoahlo Shoes that everybody arc enquiring for. S. W. POUTER. in Kant s Nciv Ulock. Nov 10 l"? tf HOME-MADE FERTILIZER. I.OiXG'S PREPARED CHEMICALS. rnWC Barrels composted with cotton seed or _L stable manure will make a Ton of good Home Mado Fertiliser, at less than half the cost f ammoninted Phosphates. Call and get a circular and see certificates of Union County Farmers who used the Chemicals the past Summer. The Chemicals are now in store and ready, for delitery. Payments May 1st, or Not. 1st, 1878. , ^ v OIllBES & Co., Agents. Josksvillk, Union Co., S. C., Sept. 23, 1877. Messrs Gihuks & Co.?Ilaring used "Long's Chemicals" I can with safety recommend them ns a spienuui Manure lor Cotton, composted according to directions. Tbc drj, hot, weather did not affect Hfc growth of cotton where l used them as it did where I used other Fertilizers on the same soil. Yours &c., THAU. L. IIAMES. Notk.?Mr?.llames informs us that the cotton never shell the squares in the dry spell, and the Chemicals proved in his hands superior to the "Carolina Fertilizer" and another very popular atnndard (iuano. G1BBES & Co. ' Umon 0. 1J., S. C., Sept. 28, 1877. Mksshs. GiIibks & Co.?Gentlemen Long's Chemicals have proved a success with me, composted with scrapings of the vard..v< applied them to cotton at the rate of 2 ixin*: per acre. ' They are Car superior to any other Fertilizer 1 f<>r?oMxugwop. Thtv OiWI^raStrf I the cotton shed the squares, as all other Fertilisers do, in time of dry soells. I have read Mr. 1 JhacUfc. Haines' statement and fully endorse it. ' J. C. SHETTLKWOHTH. I ""REFERENCES: ( We also take the liberty of referring to the | following gentlemen in this Couuty who have ( used the Compost. G. B. llogan, W. J. Tuclfert'and David Eane. ' Nov. 2$ ___' 46 tf_ Tin TT rtATN/>i-r.rt ' JAB. M. ilU-UliUft HAS just opened the largest and most com- . plete STOCK OF GROCERIES, , CASNEl) GOODS, ! JEI X> W A SJ&t I ^ " C ITT L E R Y , WOODEN WARE ANI> T I X M A It E , that has been seen in this County for many years. 1 llis Prices ti e fully as low us they are in any market above ( hurleston, and, if anything, 1 A LEETLE LOWER. i CO .ME AND LOOK AT MY I STOCK OF STOVES! They arc n>>t only the prettiest and most du- I ruble, but they are ! CHEAPER Til A X EVER. \ I have Bold to parties who have tried the 1 8partanburgand L'luivlotte markets, because, I thej4o*ldJ ta^WliveBirve BETTER AND CHEAPER tliau any they had seen in either of those places. DON'T FORGET TO CALL. J. If. llOlIUElt. Nov 2 4:; tf NEW STORE. NEW GOODS ?AND? LOW ^R,ICES. AV. POIiTEll, II ESI'ECTFULLY announces to the people V of Union County that, ho lias opened one of the MOST COMPLETE STOCK OF DKY (;001)H, AND READY-MADE CLOTHING ever brought into this County, and is determined to sell for the SHORTEST PROFITS FOR CASH, lie is not afraid to compare quality and prices of Goods with Columbia, Augusta or even Spartanburg. , call 4x0 see ran yourselves. S. W. POIMKIt, Pant's new Building, opposite the Big Oak Tree. Not 4d tf Non-brcakable Lamn Cliimnnvs 1 J UST received, a lot of the celebrated Labnslie Lamp Chimneys, vhiaH, it is said, will stand the roughest kind of usage, extrerno heat and cold, without breaking. Von can drive a nail into tho end of a piece of wood with thein, without breaking tlieui. B. F. HAU LS & CO., No I, Hast Union. Nov 1<> J") tf i A Full Stock of Groceries, I UST received, and to he sold at the lowest prices, at S. W. PORTER'S Cheap Store. Nov 10 46 * tf 3001bs BLUE STONE. ITIOR Sale, V BUY CHHAP, at i I1 15. F. HAU L'S & CO'S.. No. 1. Fast Union. I Nov lt? l"> tf | ACCLIMATION OF CATTLE. In a letter, bearing date 8cpU 2nd, 1877, from Mr. J. M. Foster, of Shreveport, La., he says, "I want to get some breed or breeds of cattle that are better than our couimou long-horn, but am bothered to know what kind is best and will suit our climate. I bought a 15 months Durham bull from Kentucky last January, but he lived only about six weeks, and a like fatality attended'a large per cent of cattle brought here the last winter and spring from Kentucky and Missouri.*' I hayo*a stocjc thai I waiifc to ???*? uii'ft ficd the Durham is besV for beef, and Jersey for butter, but how' shall I proceed to get tlieni acclimated uud got a start ? Do you think to bring thorn here as weanlings ?say six or eight months old?would insure much success ? What month do you think most advisable to bring cattle to this climate? What do you think of the propriety of breeding the Jersey on our comuiou stock ? What course would you pursue during the first summer?and would you shelter or not from the hot sun ?" in answer to this and similar inquiries, niwl ? -1 ? 11 ' i>iiva iv/ siku iiiuiuab Hfl'Kiy II|C ouruen Ol much correspondence upon the subject ol' acclimation, we will ask the use of your columns for a reply. Any information we may imparl upon this subject is necessarily limited and very* unsatisfactory. Most of [he facts embraced fu this were previously published in 1871 in the Country Genilcinan, in a correspondence at that ^tiuie between A. B. Allen, of New York,.and ourselves. Our entire loss of Northern purchased cattle from acclimating fever has j been near fifty per cent. In opposition to the generally received opinion, our heaviest losses have been with the youngest aniuials ?aud have led us to the opinion that the question of ago does not modify or inilueuce the disease. Of Jersey purchases made in 1873, of those purchased of Mr. 8. \V. llobins, of Connecticut, the youngest died. Df two purchased of Mr. C. S. Sargent, of Massachusetts, tho younger died. Of six purchased of Mr. J. M. Mackie, Great Burlington, Mass., the oldest escaped the fever jutirely. The RuxL had the fever, but not >C? - UV ?IMV? ? UI j OVt CIC (lliu pil'kliltlUU iliUIL'K^, out untiuiatcly recovered 111 the year 1S7 2 { [ purchased a Jersey heifer calf of Thus. S. Kennedy,.of Louisville, Ky., the call icing only '.2 to 3 mouths of age. Notwithstanding her age, she eamc very near lying from acclimation ; a bull two years! ild and purchased at the same time of Col. ' Waring, of Rhode Island, passed the summer without any attack whatever of lever, dthough nearly two years older, and from i much more northern climate. These facts in our own cxpcricn?b tend to establish the fact that the risk is not proportionate to the age of the animals, npd do not -ustain the popular idea that the younger the animal the more easily and "Yead^ly is it acclimated. The risk of aeclinintiou is not limited to the tirst summer; the tAilky often being much greater the second Vimnicr. Mr. Kennedy, above mentioned, (reports in his efforts to introduce cattle from Kentucky to his plantation in Mississippi, much the greater fatality occurred the second season. The same was true with our townsman. Cant. L A I'nrL who in 1S71 purchased eight hca'd of cattle in Kentucky, which passed safely through the summer of 1872?but much to his surprise seven out of fight died from acclimation in 1873.? Not only the original stock purchased, but all the calves even, dropped after their arrival here, except one, died from acclimation. In our own experience, Jennie Douglas (3313.) purchased in New York in the spring of 1873, escaped lever the lirst summer, and was not attacked with it until the fall of 1ST I. And just here we would mention a fact even more remarkable?^ Jennie Douglas was bred in Naw York fv the bull Hero (810) in 1872. On June 7th, 1873, she dropped, several months after her arrival in this county, the heifer calf Nellie Curtis (3371) In October, 1871, Jennie Douglas and her A Vie Y ortc bml, hut Ah'ssisaijtjn' i/iitfijicil call', Nellie r?_. . i i i .i i\? ? v urns, im n i i mourns oiu, tent' sunuiranuiiis/// hii.'ii (Illicit ic It It t/16 tuclhniifini/ fever. Could ;11iv stronger proof than this in th(* case of Nellie Curtis .be adduced to establish the fact that the ijuestion of age does not alVect or modify tho (|ucstion*of acclimation ' To the above facts might be added the heavy losses (heretofore published in your Journal) sustained the present summer by Mr. (1. (J. IHiHec, of Mobile, Ala., of '-young things" purchased and brought South during the past winter.?W. II. M.,? So. Lice Star I: Journal. Diaiiriika in Cai.vks.?Calves that suck are not often troubled with diarrhea/ unless there is something wrong about tho food or drink of the dams. A handful of powdered corn bread, which has been burned or scorched brown, fed to each calf, will stop the diarrhea for the time, but the orginating cause must must he sought for and removed. One ounce of alcohol, two drachms ol cayenne, one ounce of kerosene oil, mixed and left standing a day or two. will cure the worst case ol' toothache. I CLOVER AND (iRASES Wo give our experience as well as obser- \ i ration in growing red clover, demonstrating < beyond all controversy that ou land contain- | ing a large per centage of clay, as well us ( still bottom lands, not subject to overflow, ' or, in other words, number one wheat bands, ( it is more remunerative than the same lands j planted in any other crop; and to prove i this, our farmers are increasing the area annually sown down in clover; in fact, an 1 entcrprisiug farmer of our county remarked J a few days ago that ho was disgusted with t |f||- |f-" -- t of seed for his fall sowing. c Our experience is, that clover should be t sown the lirst season in October, on land v thoroughly prepared, and if not already t well manured, add, according to fcrtilily, p 10(1 to 200 pounds of fertilizer to the acre, s or suflicieut to a standard that will yield a fifteen to twenty bushels wheat or corn to i< the acre. LMotigbing deep and close, sow < seed at the rate of ten pounds to the acre, tl passing a light brush over the ground, or, I; if a roller is on hand, roll, which covers the ti seed sufficiently deep for germination.? \> Avoid covering too deep, in the spring? ii say lu uarcn?auu iUU pounds of ground J plaster to the aero while the plaut is damp. If it is seasonable, a fair crop may be cut ii in June. Wliou mowed, add 100 pounds w pli^tet ta tho acte, ami so on .al'tur ?mih ai cutting, and in tho spring following. Fail- tl ing to get a stand, mow in the fall. Pre- t< pare the same land and sow iu February, us- b ing one quarter bushels oats or rye to the r< acre; plough under the grain and brush or roll d under the seed as abovo. ? ? Clover may be sown with small grain and a full crop of the latter made, thus t? making small grain pay the expenses of the ,\ crop; but wheu clover is the main object F and to be cut the first year, no grain should 11 be sown with it. m When not over one fourth of the bloom turns brown, the crop should be mowed, and if a mower is used, all mowed during S1 the day should be put in eoeks. Two hours' exposure the day following will ordinarily ,,; be sufficiently long to eure the hay. In n . oaso oF_ tipearancc pf.raiu, put iu good I> | jvery two days fu tho barn, until beyond C! j danger of mould, is decidedly preferable to n curing altogether in the sun. If cut with J' I grass scythes, the same process in curing is ^ necessary, only requiring a longer time, r< ifcvriug to the heavy swaths and the conse- c' \juent frequent turuini;. Laud that will w yield fiftccu bushels wheat to the acre will c l'uruisll two tons irood <>lnvi>r hnv -?* mil- 0 r J vuv ting; and as the fertility of the soil is in- P creased, the yield will be increased, even to live tons. r' An inexhaustible supply of hay can be 1 uiade by cleaning up waste bottom lands w too wet for cultivation, mowing in May and September until the annuals arc destroyed, giving place to perennial grasses. s< Any grass or weeds that stock will cat v when green, will make forage,* if cut in the bloom and properly cured?even the rag w weed, so thoroughly experimented with, and 11 so admirably utilized by the Hon. J. W. ^ Watts, of Laurens county. 61 Yellow clover, now cultivated to a limited a extent in this State, sown in September, is ready for pasturage as early as the middle s; | of January, the first year; afterwards in 11 i December ; ripens and dies about the 1st of " May; the land planted iu corn or other '' crop, and in the fall it springs up again.? ^ Lauds thus used are rapidly improved. ** lai* UAADOLD. ^ '*1. Docs lucerne make good pasturage for c hogs, horses and cattle ? u 2. Docs not lucerne require richer laud t than red clover ? ,, 3. For what is white clover best adapted? ^ 4. What arc the best grazing grasses for v hogs'( a 5- Does not Bermuda grass require rich j' land and constant manuring, to make much c pasturage. Is there no substitute for it in n the way of summer grazing '{?Orion, Ark , tl Sept. 20." v 1. Lucerne does not bear the hoof as well as clovtr or tho grasses, but yields to j none in productiveness, nutritive power, or being ifelishfid by stock of all kinds. I 2. T?s 1 _ r, 3. For Li her damp meadows, to be ( grazed? goof for cattle, excellent for sheep. | 4. Clov?4. c r. Jr.. _:_i. -- - - " ? i. pw jus ncu :?k most 01 in.e grasses, t but tnb dehor the land the better it will I grow., We know nothing that will compare withiit fbr summer pastures. t kkrt ill not lucerne sown in the spring, i ordinarily do better than red clover? Will t it succed as well when sown iu the i'nll ?? Is it necessary to manure for lucerne as you i would lor turnips, or will it do equally well < on a naturally rich soil ? 1 Sown in spring, Lucerne will not grow as readily as red clover. It has to be carefully i cultivated, or crab grass will destroy it.? i j Clover can take care of itself. The fall is < the pfbpcr 1 iuie to sow lucerne in all locali- I | ties where the winters are not very severe < ?it then gets well rooted, and makes a i good start in advance of grass. It would i doubtless grow on a rich soil, but manure i never comes amiss with lucerne. Mouth- > cm Cufiivut> r. Rye Gu ass for the South.?The annual or Italian rye grass might prove more valuable, being u hardier'plant and better lor hay and pasture. The following letter >n this subject received last month, iroui Wei. Saunders, the able superintendent of he experimental gardens at Washington, is iust in point, and may prove valuable to nauy Southern readers : "1 have for several years been trying to lave the Italian rye grass fairly tried in the Southern States as a hay crop. 1 find that?* his variety grows so fast, that when sowu, .y+fcV imddio to end of "April. ^Tbit you bserve, allows the hay crop to grow in winer, obviatinir the difficulty ^ ivuhu ail WlIU rarui States, of having the hay crop nrrosed in its growth by dry, hot suns. It could >robab)y be rcmovedJti time to plow up the nd for cotton' or Qpejf^rccrtniuly for coru, nd would also improve the land. My opin3U is, that even the poorest of soils will ive a crop of grass during winter, and if lie practice was followed of putting all the md down in this grass as soon as the cotan crop was removed, a considerable growth rould be on the ground when spring plowlg commenced?this 1 mean to turn uucr, not alluding to saving for liny. My idea is, that by sowing a rapid growig grass, as soon as a crop is gathered, it rould afford a cheap mode of at least par.* ?? ? iiJiy.iuBu.iiimi, and x QO not know hat such a mode need he confined entirely ) the Southern States, as#I find that here, y sowing Italinu ryo grass in October, it inched u length of 20 inches by the uiidle of Apjil; such a covering plowed under ould certainly he useful." Seed of the Italian ryegrass could be nh uncd of (lie lending nurserymen in the tlantie cities. It is distinct from th? mglish or pcrenial variety.?M. li. Eateam in Cultivator and Country Gentle\cn. Slaves ok Debt.?It would be a curious lcculation to inquire how long the people f Europe will he likely to enduro the cnorious load of debt under which they aro ow groaning. No one believes that the rincipal of the European debts cau ever c paid, and the War sVatem goes on vear >t. If these frequently recurring wars do s ot soon come to an end it will be impossible > pay even the iuterest of these debts ? hen the great powers of the world will bo . duced to the condition of Turkey aud be (impelled to repudiate, and, if they -ge to ar at all, carry it on in a crippled and inIFicient way. The only use of their iutol- * ruble debts, that any one can sec, is to cornel the nations, finally, to keep tho peace. At present, however, the people of Eu- ^ ape are slaves of debt. All the fruits of heir toil tjo to pay the interest on the enorlous national obligations. A condition of cbt like this is oppressive to all true i'reeoin and manliness. There, is no form of hi very more, ojpressivc to nations or iinliidna/s (hail that of debt. The American people should take timely arning from European examples. Th? atioual debt which now exists here should e paid ofF as soon as possible. We should jc to it, also, that 110 form of debt shall gain be allowed to press upon the people. 'or this purpose let us avoid, as we would laverv and ruin, the nnrnetimiiim ioital animosities by the fanatics and maligaiit politicians, whose evil counsels, if foliwed up, would involve us again in scconul and perhaps civil war.?lialtimore. ???. ?_ - 11 KM ED Y FOH COWS Ol VINCI Jll.OODY I U.K.?The remedy for the troubles which ause bloody milk will depend, in each case, pon its severity and the cause of it. If here be no other trouble than that the ilk. is discolored; ifJt comes easly, and if here be no inflammation, the best remedy ? till be aconite. Give twenty drops twice day, for four days. If the trouble results rom an actual injury, as appears to be the asc with your cow, it will be best to trust to iaturd for u remedy. The diet should bo f n laxative character. Give no graiu rhile the trouble exists. If there is fever existing, the udder beng hot and swollen, and the milk not only loody but otherwise disorganized, it may > e taken as a case of garget. Draw the nilk frequently by means of a tube or quill, jive a pound of Epsom salts in a quart of liisecd gruel, slightly warmed; and give inc teaspoonful of saltpetre once a week.? Vrairic Farmer. .? Ashes and Salt.?"1 have engaged th* ishes of several stores iu town. How will t do to mix them with salt aud apply them ,5 cotton ? Will it pay to buy salt at | cents per lb., tnd mix with top soil and swamp mud for jotton ??Wild Bill, llock llill, S. C., Sept. *0." Ashes und salt mado into a compost with swamp mud, muck, &c., would make a good manure?say 12 bus. of ashes, and 2 bus. jf salt, per cord. If applied without composting, borne furrows should be run in tho drill after they are deposited in it, so as to mix them thoroughly with the soil. Thus applied, <> to 8 bushels ashes, and one of salt, is enough for an acre. Salt is rather dear at ] cent a pound?at half a cent a pound it might pay?South* m Cultivator.