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_ ~ - , ... PNT0tM3^^OUTr^AROLINA^I^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^NPMBKR2^^^^. r-- v. mm'"- ^ www. ! . If The Jersey i# an ofu fashion breed of Bows, having boon bred for over a century Sod one of the channol islands?'hu Island fof Jersey. The name^lderaey has been i j^brcn them in the United States, but wc i Scan see )o reason for it, or find any author- i iity for tbe narno. When first brought to fnotico the Jersey is said to have been a < Vseraggy, owo necked, hollow backed, high ; ' flipped, flat sided" Creature, and fur a long i x wtimo very little progress was made in round- i ting ud. hor ferm ; but mau bciug a progrcs- ] ^sivo ^reaturu has a way of couibiuing th^ < beawiful tfcith the useful, and by judicious i - - .eoldfctietis, with a toloso adherence ' j^ >uJ iitWulUg l ^iosbtohed a .beautiful nnimnl out of tho 1 -)< hhcidnt Jersey cow, and now she has "the j jhend of a fawn, a soft eyo, an elegant cruuip 1 Jjorn, small ears, a clean ucck and throat, \ tffinc bones, a One tail," etc. The poiuts t jnrc too numerous to give here. TU&. Jersey i ps a btttter cow. This is hex.strongest and t l most important good quality, and 'here is i wo ?oubt that she will give more outtcr ; tfraia a given quantity of milk thau any t ~r a i? . < "**vn u miwwu kjl wws. OUU1U UUYOCtllCS I (Ofihcr broods claim that the Jersey butter t not kcop as long as the butter from s fcthcr breeds of cows, but this is only a ] fhotinii, and lacks confinnation; however, ) ^kitowtng it to be an established fact, iMounts \ nothing in my opiuion, for old buttor is not t * nt all'a favorite of mine. Tho Jersey is by i \ ^no oceans an inferior milk cow ; the yield t ^T^ojiillc is from three to six gallous per day, t and from qpp and.a half to two gal4ujA44?,c in^li will yield oifc pound of the ricncst > - Joraago colored butter. It is claimed upon ygood authority that the milk of an average c J Jersey cqw will yield 300 pounds of butter I *ib a year. While recognizing the charac- r ( teristic points of cxccllcnco of other breeds, 'J jtho superior merits of the Jersey cow as a t ! butter pioducer, in point of quality and t quantity, stands at the head of the list; ! .and thero is an aroma, a color, and a tox- j turo to their butter that cannot be found t in that of any other. The most famous i Jersey cow of which I have any knowledge t J is owned by Mr. Charles O. Kllcms, of Cit- t natc, Mass. Mr. Kllcms has refused ( . 85000 for "Jersey Bell." In ten days t stunnier^ nnd ill J)e Cemper OfiT?.TOW quarts were required.? < .*fHo Jersey cow is kind and gentle; rather > 'smaller than the Aycrshirc; of all colors, t f but fawn color is the fancy color, Both 1 r?Aycrshircs and Jerseys breed various colors 1 and arc just as pure and thoroughbred as } those of the fancy colors. They can also ' bo pure without, being registered, but it i t would bo advisablo to buy unregistered < * stock of a reliable breeder. You will have < to pay more for pedigreed and fancy colored ' ~ 1 stock, and probably not get a better animal, t y The Jersey is becoming a great favorite 1 I and is being j-npidly introduced by our 1 * Southern farmers. It will pay any farmer < to pay the prioo for a good thoroughbred 1 , bull to orosa on his native OoVNh '^-Thero i * no -Jersey? in this ctrtiol^fhat T know i of, ba&I have seen sortie fiho specimens in 1 Fairfield county. Now, Mr. Editor, will you be kind ' r, enough to allow mo to digress and say that ? : a staked and ridered fence twelve rails high, i while very important, docs not make a good < cow pasture. From my observation this j high fence is all the recommendation more 1 than half of the cow pastures have, and if '> j there is no other provision made, souio cows arc obliged to starve. Now is a good time . to commence preparation for a lucerne patch. Make a pen just large enough for the nuin* her of cows on hand and when the pen is / very rich, move to a new pon adjoining the old. Keeping this moving up to Scptembcr or October, then prepare thoroughly v and plant lucerne ; no crop will pay as well. Clover will do, but luceruo will furnish more feed than any grass that grows. KeIiava ilin lut onnn/rli nro_ pared well, and success js almost cerlain.? KULANDER, in Chester Reporter. Clover is regarded as among tlio very best of fertilizers, especially for exhausted soils, by several correspondents of the World, as shown from their recent contri) tortious, and hero is a strong corroborative* scntdnee by a writer in the Vermont Freev own : "I claim that I can take a lield that i bos become so exhausted in fertility that it will not produce a profitable crop of anything without a heavy dressing of manure, jind in two year's time I will make it fertile, with clover alone ifnd without any manure whatever, except what the roots of the elovcr and clover green crop turned under gL my mypJJa* W There is one nereention that a horse nos r~ , ' r r ~ seesoa to which littio attention has been paid, rfnd that is the pOTwor ??ent. With ?0ine horse! it is acute, as with a dog ; and fo^tw benefit of those who have to drive at tight, such as physicians and other?, this <* lipo^cdge is invaluable. iNcvcr check ^ouj horse at night, but give him a free ho*J, and you may rest assured that he will nA'r g^-t off the road, and will carry you /^pclitiouslv and safe. -n DEEPENING OF S0IL8~*JAPAN. PEAS. When I first came in possession of in farm 1 committed a radical orror in plougli ing too deep. Tho former cultivation ha scarcely reached the depth of five iuchei and I commenced by ploughing from niu to Ion iucltcs. Tho result of turning up s much of the subsoil at once, was to muk the field almost barren for the time. Tha year's experience convinced me that no much moro than one iucli of crude subsoi should be turnod up at one time. It i possiblo that with fall plowing and a libera lressing of some good manure a persoi night venture to turn up a little loow^ Ij lUU of Wll iut docs not turn tho subsoil. But tin ;rcat difficulty is, that it requires an cxtn land and tcaui to accomplish this, and com jarntively few fafmors arc before bam mough to take the necessary time in plow ng scasou to do it. So that the most prac .ical plan of deepening soil, and tho ont rhieh most of our faruiors will find it ens) ind economical to ndopt, is that of plowinf i little deeper every year uutii a depth o 1-- :?i.? c" uu VI unvnu Iiivuuo la ruuuuuu, v/IU llUIUI hat have becu long under cultivation hav< i hard pau, very liard to break when th< )low has slided along for many consocutivi fears. Such lands arc best broken iu th< vinter, when too wet to plow at any otbci inic. The plow may then be readily forcci nto the hard pan, and the labor both o earn and plowman will be much lightc; han if the ground was dry. The subss |U?Ul.freezes will loosen tho soil and pre rent any ill effects from plowing wet. Left Hand Plotc/s.?While 011 the subjec >f plowing, I wish to say a word in favor o eft hand plows. For many reasons thcr ire to be preferred to right hand plows.? The lead horse walking in the furrow make he cut of the plow uniform nnd prevent: he little crooks and nooks so common it ands plowed with right hand implements Ynother very decided advantage is, thn he horses can turn hard all the time am lever trample on the plowed ground, am he headlands arc left light and nice?th< >nlj objjetion is, that-it is somewhat ditli :ult to bring the land out right, as you com ncuce in the middle instead of upon tin :dgc. Hut a little experience will ovcrcoun he difficulty.?Planter and Farmer. Jonathan .It. Rass, of4 Cambria, Niagari :eunty, U;i$ not a joint in his body, lb vent to bed in 1857 and has never been oui >f it since. lie cannot move even a finger He ran as captain of a canal boat betwcci liuffalo and .Rochester in 1850, and wa jetting stiff then. When lie could not d< my work lie had to quit canalling, and thci ? l l-i : M:- i-!-' itvjiiu IU uuuKMJfpiilg. 11 IS JU1I1US Kept get ;ing stiffer and stiffcr. The doctors coul< lo him no good, and at last ho had to giv< lp, and, after twenty-one years, he has bcei ibed at the farm homestead of his family jotween Lockport and Lcwiston. Ilis trou ale commenced with a pain shootinj through the bottom of his right foot, tha .uuiblod him to the ground. The foot com menced to swell and got to be almost twic its nfttdral site. Sttfiucss in the joints fol lowed. Now Baas is literally a bone man Fhore is no more bend to his legs, arms am body, than there is to a marble statue. Hi iruis ore ns fast to his sides as if they wer nailed thcro. For eight years after he won to bed he could move his arms, but thi joints finally became solid bone. The; liavc to feed him with a spoon. His jaw aro as immovable ns his other joints.? There is a space between his teeth that i just wide cnor^h to get food through. Ii 18(5!) lie became blind. His mind is souiul hut he speaks with difficulty. A Word to Famimks.?Nothing pre scnts a sadder couuncuinry upon the preseti condition of society than the largo nuuibc of families, both in town and country, bn more especially in the latter, that subscrib to no paper of any kind. Hundreds air thousands of families are thus growing u Utterly ignorant of what is transpiring i the world around them?ignorant of th mighty events of the day. But who ca tell the vast amount of injury that is bcin inflicted on the rising generation-Mhos who are to take our places in the busy worl at no distant day?growing up without an I l-.l -P At' - * * 1 ? Kiiuwicugu 01 mo present, miu sillily oi in past; this ignorance, too, being imbued ini them by the sanction of those who shouh ami doubtless do, know better, did tin only think of the injurious effects of thoi insane course. J jet the head of every fan ily think of this, and place in the bands < those for whom ho i.-? icsponsiblo the incai of acquiring sonic knowledge of the ino< ing panorama in which wo act the diflbrci parts. When Mr. Jlilloncy went homo ycslerda and flay a handsome bouquet reposing u one of the parlor chairs bo mentally obsc ved that it was a sliamo to let such beaut ful flower* lie thcro tc wither; so lie toe theui up tenderly, procured a basin of wntc and placed tlioin carefully therein?and tli same instant his wife gave a piercing slirit and fainted dead away, iint it was t< late. Mrs. Billoncy's new f-pring flowe bonnet was utterly ruined. PRIMARY ELECTIONS AGAIN- *TI y It appears from tho recommendations off i- the State Democratic Executive Comu^tcofl d that they coutouiplato nominations to filfj i, the various county officers by the Club sys-M o teui, rather than by Primary elections.??t'l 0 Lancaster was tho first county iu the State! c to adopt the primary olcctiou nominating! t We had previously tried the Club systcny 1 now recommended by the Exocutivo ComL a mittce, and it fuilodtO give, satisfaction otj 1 the ground that il prohibited Dumbest! , i that were not igpjj^bcrsof the Club ftotl. i inations as much so op members ofUHW^ 3 i The argtrnont used is to lbrco those Demo-*;' - crats iuto the Clubs, and this may bo done 1 in Gotno counties, but not where men think - and reason for themselves will it succeed ,L - Again, requiring a majority rote to noniiv " ; natc will bo n source of great trouble wherfr r there arc a large number of candidates iiC 1 the field. There is a great difference ii# f the primary election system and the Club< s election system. ) For example, we will illustrate the model 2 for conducting tho primary elections in ibid 3 county, and which has given more general 3 satisfaction than any other. On a giveift r day (appointed by the County Executive# 1 Committee and who also appoint the many f agcrs) tho polls arc opened at every precinoVK r in the cout^y, at which all tho Democrats J - who havo been registered or known to be 5 - Democrats nro privileged to vote for tlWtr J choice. After the polls nre closed the mant agcrs immediately count tho votes, and on f the following day tako their statement, to- 1 t get her with the poll list, to tho Executive ^ - Committee, whoso duty it is t<^. aggregate s the votes and dcclaro the pers^hs having * the largest plurality of votos the" noutinjbl i of the party. In our judgment this isjfto i. only way a prim&ry clectiou can be holafin t which all the Democratic voters wilfha\^ a 1 showing. Clubs in this county arc cousid1 cred the rallying spirits of the party 4nd 3 nothing more. If tho recommendation^ of the .State Executive Committee arc adoffcd - requiring a majority vote, thcn'it wo^ld b havo been well lor us to have coimnencted u the work of reorganizing last January, so lllnf xfti pflnM tiirn lint mi nlnnhnn nrnra r tmrdt? owr 11 Jjcdger. # c . 7 t, Tattlers.?Every community is cursed .. by the presence of ;i class of people who ^ u?akc it tlioir business to attend to everys body's business but their own. Such pco3 pie arc the meanest specimens of depraved i humanity which an All-wise Providence . permits to exist on this earth. It is wcllj known that almost every person is somc? times disposed to speak evil of others, and i tattling is a sin from which very few can claim to be entirely exempt. Hut the subject of our present article is r to speak of that distinct class of tattlers t who make talc-bearing the constant business _ of their lives. They pry into the privato e affairs of ovcry family in the neighborhood; . they know the exact state of ono neighbor's . feelings toward anethor ; they understand } everybody's faults, and no littlo blunder or 9 misdemeanor cvor escapes their vigilant Q watchfulness. They are particularly wcllt posted upon everything conuectcd with u courtship nud matrimony, know who are y going to marry whom, and can guess the exact s time when it will take place. They watch _ every movennnt of parties suspected of mas trimonial intentions, and if there is the n slightest chance to create a disturbance, cx|? cite jealousy or 'break up' a match, they take immediate advantage of it and do all in their power to keep people in a constant state of !- vexation. They glide quietly from gentlcit man to lady, from mother to daughter, from t father to son ; and in the cars of all they it pour their dark, bitter whispers of slander e and abuse, and at the same time pretend to d he the most sincere friend of thoso they p talk to. Their black and nauseous pdlsof n malicious sla?d?r are sugar- dh nwitn e smiles and honeyed words of friendship. Eykuy ]>ay.?Every day should be couin mciiced with (Jod. Tho busiest and best man in Jerusalem was wont to say, ''In the 1 morning will I direct my prayer to Thco ' and will look up. I will siiig aloud of l( Thy mercy in the morning." Daniel, too, saluted his (Jod with pravcr and praise at '' early dawn. We begin the day unwisely^ y and at great risk to ourselves, if we leave ir our chamber without a secret conference. Jj, with our Almighty Friend. Every Christ\ ian, when he puts on his clothes, should 1H also put on his spiritual armor. Before the day's march begins, he should gather up a 1 portion of heavenly manna to feed the inner man. As the oriental traveler sets out for the sultry journey over the burning ' sands, by leading up bis camel under the r palm tree's shade, nnd fills his water flagons from the crystal fountain which sparkles at i. its roots, so doth Christ's pilgrim draw his r morning supplies from tho cxhaustless ' spring, ic < ,i. Somebody estimated that every man who lives to be sixty years old has spent seven >0 months buttoning hi" shirt collar. Thirty r* | years more ought to he added for hunting j up ino cnitnr outton. = = 1 : - - t tHE BLUE A|T$ THE GKAT. What a xVon-Coftfyfant Slaw and Heard , ?"Mceti s t'n amps?The Yankee BtlvfcKiaficid, who is one of the fal #l)d observant correspondents innjjr, has just contributed a paper i^adolphia \Veokly Times, that prod^t^B^j^culiatinterest nod signiflcation. ! full nuKu^ from tho midst of uii angry robe! host. P* 1U8 happened that Mr. Kedficld, who | tWttMtSlppiog a pieeo of non-explosive calico, or Weighing a pound of tea, would observe things plosply out of the tail of his peaceful <qre, hnd a capital opportunity ol noting thwtflhnraeteristie.s * * ^ OF THE TWO AUMFfiS. ^His impressions, gained while engaged in tho bloodlcA business of keeping store between lines, he has put into print. The points that ho makes furnish jnany reasons defeat of the confederate artns. ? /The first point of difference between the Irtqies was the disparity in equipments.? jTha Nqfthcro soldiers had tho rery best of ino?ny.ii??iU Jets ofthc world furnish. They had splenid double overcoats, oil-cloth coverings, and perfect guns and accoutrements.? [Their wagons and ambulances were superb; nod remarkably adapted for rough campaigning. ' Their cavalry equipments were magnificent. No army ever went to the field better.equipped than the union army. TIIE CONFEDERATES, ou the other hand, were shabbily and insufficiently dressed. They wore homespun mostly, uud it was of all colors. In one regiment of cavalry, Mr. llcdficld has seen four or five kinds of rifles and shot guns, all sorts of saddles, some with rope stirrups, aud many of thcui without blankets.? It was really laughable, ho says. The hoijfisjvoro poorly fed and poorly groomed, M&kUa uaau^o. a h?\U' freaXADg. ftud . half > V,*- 5V5 ^^nd cveu a greater difference was observable in the supply of food thnt was served to the two armies. Tho federals always had full rations of beef, pork, coffco, salt, bread and beans. Their articles were of tho best quality, and the regiments provided with such convenient cooking utensils that they were able to prepare it appetizingly. They never suffered from hunger or poor rations. The confederates ou tho other hand had scanty and poor eating. They had virtually no cooking utensils, and the poor food that thty had was miserably cooked. In the spring of 1863 Mr. lledfield spent a few days in tho camp of a confederate regiment and found that they had nothing for ratisnB but beef and Hour. There Was not even an ounco of salt. Tho bread was literally nothing but flour and water. It was baked in pans and the beef was ltOASTED ON A STICK. Mr. lledfield states seriously that the abundance of cofTee was worth thousands of soldiers to the union side. It was a fine recruiting power in the border States. Ho tells of a father and two sons who fought for a year or two with tho confederates.? They were then captured and paroled.? One day the sons went down to the federal camp, and were treated to some fine coffee. They became so fond of it that they finally joined the federals, just to he able to gel plenty of it. The father followed very soon, to get his eohs out of ,-thc disgraceful scrape," and wounu up by yielding his patriotism captive to the coffee, just as they had done. lo ?i.? CJ?...I :? x v AO iimt till; i "m 'in i it" I ll ill iiiirn. cftftipoised tor tho most port of men used to bouutiful living and a warm climate, could have fought and marched, and suffered, as they did for live long years ainid the mountains of Tennessee and Virginia. Their soldier life was heroism even if there had becu no battles. It required more courage and patriotism to suffer, and endure, and starve, than it i}id to fight. One of the most importeut differences that our obscrvaut noted was the discipline that was so much more perfect in tin Northern than the Southern army. In iht former tho discipline was perfect from the first. The officers were supremo in the fode ral army. They were obeyed implicitly ant with non-questioning promptness. Th< ease was different with the southerners.? There was more individuality anion? thes< soldier*. Almost every man had high idea: of personal dignity and independence.? Tho most of them considered thenrsclvci the equals, many of them tho superiors, o their officers. The most of the companiei were made up in towns or villages in whicf all the men wcro acquainted with cacl other. It thus happened that a lot of LOCATi l'KKJ IIIMCF.S AND SPITKS were banded together in each company an< carried all through the war. Mr. Red fie Id noticed a great deal o "talking back"' on the part of our men totheir officers, and n good many high strung privates offered to lick tho officers that gave them commnnds they didn't liko. Tho standing of the individual confederate soldier was much higher (socially speaking) than that of tho northern. This of itself made them unruly at first. QOINO BACK ON Til KIR OFFICERS. Mr. Rcdfield says there was mnch greater disposition on tho part of the confederates to put all the blame of a detcat on their Our observant says that ono of the most ~r Aitr ? -* *l - iuuiuiv jniiuutui uiuurvuvu uumiTU uic iwo armies was the niauuer in which the federals "hummed" and played tho vandal, while the southerners didn't bum and played tho gentleman. lie says the southerners did t)0 stealing. The rights of property it} the country through which they marched were sacred. | They did not steal, except in unusunl casos, I and even chickens might roost in safety on tho edge of their camps. Mr. llcdfield says that "he is constrained to confess, (though why ho does it under constraint we can't imagine) that at tho opening of tho war the mass of the southern army were gentlemen." As the struggle deepened and tho soldiers were starving, of courso this was changed to a degree, but even then , iW^wiuPutiuiiiiLu puiuifl tuejy * took. It was totally different with the federals. They foraged shamefully. They stole ovcrythiug from chickons on the roost up, or down. They respected no scntimcntor helplessness. They were vandals in tho worst sense. Mr. lledficld mentions, among other things, they entered his store (the tcmplo of ppacc, by the way,) and built fires with hauics wortli 82.50 a pair. A hundred or so Bibles they tore up and scattered on tho floor, or made bonfires of. What they could not use they destroyed. The author says : "Such utter and wicked waste I had not thought human beings capable of." He says further, "No amount of fastenings could keep out the pillagers. Nothing was too sacred to be stolcu or destroyed." 6li ? . CYatk Sosday Softool, Cb^iVRNTio6)a>-rA qnfcf . * rum of the committee appointed to get up State School Convention held a meeting and agreed on the following points : There will be a convention this year. The time and place to bo Bcleclcd horeafter. The programme will be published at an early day. The representation will be the same from each county as in both houses of the General Assembly. A chairman is appointed in each county, whose duty shali be, where there arc no county conventions in woiking order, to call a committee consisting of ono representative man from each of the leading Protestant churches, which committee shall have full powar to appoint delegates to the State Convention. It is desired that the country schools bo well represented in these appointments. The committee will see that efficient Sunday school workers are appointed, and such as will attend the convention. Should any of the chairmen appointed rofuse to serve, or a mistake be made in the name, so that it cannot be ascertained who is meant, somo person interested will please write at oacc to tho chairman of the committee. County conventions alredy formed, or formed hereafter, will appoint or elect delegates. No delegates from special schools or organizations will bo regular. The chairmen of counties will get up statistics, stating number of schools, toachors and 1 officers, adult scholars, and children. > Also other statistical information will be thankfully received. The committee would urge the importance of county conventions. They would also ask that all Sunday School workers, male and female, would give their influence in getting up a convention that shall be an honor to our State, ami greatly promote tho causo of Sunday schools throughout her borders. Mr. W. A. Nicholson is appointed Chairman, for Union County. CM AS. A. I'ETTV, Chairman. Will Mn. Coopkr 1*1*11011 ask Limksto.vf. Scrinhs.?Spartanburg, May 17.?Of the car Tying to completion of Mr. Cooper's benevolent, design of establishing an institution for women there would have been little doubt, I suppose, t if it were not for the Indies of his family, and: the politics of Mr. Hewitt. The latter differs . in politics from Mr. Cooper, especially he dreads Mr. Cooper's influence, (should he endear himself to the South) on the Southern people in the ! financial questions of the country. Tfiere is? I little doult that Hewitt sent Knymond and the ladies of the family with the old gentleman as a , kind of body-guard, to keep Mr. Cooper from , receiving any public demonstrations and from addressing the people, llesides, the ladies fear ! that he might get so interested in the carrying. 5 out of his design that he might ultimately leave > a legacy of a half million to the institution.? None of them would object to bis spending fifty i or seventy-five thousand dollars on tho purchaseof the property, kc., if he would assuredly stop. ' at that, but a half a million legacy left out of - the family, even of a man whose estate is ten j millions, is a serious thing to oontemplate.? , Hewitt, loo, has the nightmare ahent Mr. Cooper's views on bondholders and greenbacks influencing the South. 1 It is feared Mr. Cooper will yield to the presf sure and give up the scheme of purchasing tho s Limestone properly. He was hurried through j the whole Southern trip by his party, lest ho should become interested in the section. We, 1 at least, do uot owe Mr. Hewitt any thanks, but wc must feel kindly toward Mr. Cooper for his benevolent intentions? If he was a younger | man he might gojon. As it is, a man ofeigbtyI seven vjan -scarcely do more than to generously assist Mnj. Ilomar to establish a high class educational institute.