Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Standing trees of course also pass as part of the land ; so dotrcQS blowu duyu-or down and still left in tho woods where they fell (G4 Mo. 309,) but uot if cut aud corded up for sale ; the wood has then become per sonai property. If there be any manure iu the barnyard, or in a compost heap on the field, ready for immediate use, the buyer ordinarily takes that also as belonging to the farm ; though it might not be so, if the owner had previously sold it to some other party aud had collected it together in a heap by itself (43 Vt. 95.) Growing crops also pass by tho deed of a farm, unless they arc expressly reserved, and when it is not intcuded to couvey those, it should be so stated in the deed itself; a mere oral agreement to that effect would not be valid iu law (19 Pick 315.) Another mode is to stipulate that possession is not to be given until some future day, in which case the crop or manure may bo removed before that time. as 10 ounuings on tlie larui, though generally mentioned in the deed, it is not absolutely necessary they should be. A deed of laud ordinarily carries all the buildings ou it belonging to the grantor, whether hientioncd or not; and this rule includes the lumber and timber of any old building which has been taken down, or blown down, and been packed away for future use on the farm. (41 N. II., 5U8; HO Peon. St. 185). Hut if there be any buildings on the farm built by some third person, with the farmer's leave, the deed would not convey these,siucc such buildings arc pcrsoual prop '< erty aud do not belong to the laud owner to convey. The real owner thereof might move them off, although the purchaser ol the farm supposed he was buying and pay-, itig for all the -buildings on it. His* only remedy in such ease would be against, the party selling the premises. As part of the buildings conveyed, of course the window blinds are included, even if they be at the time taken ofT and carried to a inter's shop to bo painted. It would bo otherwise if they had been newly purchased and brought iilo the house, but not vet at tached or fitted to it. (40 Vt., 233).? Lightning rods also go with the house, if a t'ariner is foolish enough to have any on his house. A furnace in the cellar, brick or portable (4 IS. D. Suiith, 275), (39 (Jou. 302) is considered a part of the house, but an ordinary stove with a loose pipe running into the chiuincy is not (24 Wend. 191), while a range sot in brick work is (7 Mass. 432). Mantle pieces so attached to the chiuincy as not to be moved without marring the,plastering go with the house, but if merely resting on brackets they may be taken away by the former owner without legal liability (102 Mass. 517). The pumps, sinks, etc , fastened to the building are a part of it in law (99 Muss. 457), and so are the water pipes connected therewith bringing water from a distant spring (97 Mass. 133). If the farmer has iron kettles set iu brick work near his barn for cooking food for his stock, or other simulur uses, the dee 1 of his farm corcrs them also (19 J'ick. 314), as likewise a bell attached to his barn to call his men to dinner (102 Mass. 513). If he indulges in ornamental statues, vaces, etc., resting on the ground by their own weight merely, and sells his estate without reservation, these things go with the land, (12 N. Y. 170).?Julxjk it jjennktt. Gkhaxiums.?Geraniums must have a season of rest during the summer if they &rc expected to bloom in winter. Keep the plants in pots out of doors, under the shade of sjuio tree, till September and water sparingly. In the beginning of September shake the soil from the roots, replant them in rich sandy loam, and bring them forward to the sun and air. l'lace them in a sunny window, in-doors, when there is danger of frost, and when they begin to grow give them an occasional watering with liquid manure. They need plenty of sun and air and a comparatively low temperature. In a hot room they will not do well. Cactus needs but little water, plenty of sun, and should have a small pot with light soil.? Hunt I Xac Yorker. - Shout vs. Lo.no Kt'KltoWH.?When a farmer ploughs a furrow of seventy-eight yards in length when lie could as well plough a furrow two hundred and seventy-lour vards in lenzth. he is trcttlnir a wast* r?I" throe hours nixl twenty minutes out of a ?l;iv of eight hours ; or, if tlx: day's labor of man and team bo reckoned at three dollars, he is losing by I ho short length rd' furrows about $1.2') a day. This, though an ex trcinu ease, does not lessen the force of the force of the argument. - - ? - - - _ Bust Mode op Feeding Straw.? "Inquirer," asks how the English prepare their wlfcat straw 'or use ns foildei. Straw ^becoAies somewhat tough by being kept, ancfis ofton cut riper than it should be, and t ? improve its conditiou, render it more palatabje aud nutritious, some of the more progressive farmers iu England have, in June o.* before harvest, cut this straw, of the previous year, iuto short lengths with the straw cutler, aud mixed with it onesixteenth, or one-twentieth part of green clover, vetches, or rye grass; placed the whole in a tight bay in the barn, trampling it in solid, and thus keeping it till the fol1 nviug wiuter as food for their stock. The green clover, &c., is also run through the Straw ftllUpr rnnflorl.w. It *- ?: rrr ?y-^ ? fmaggf VMj. " *? ^fPW Iffl straw and causing it to pick more solidly. This small part of green food mixed with the straw causes it to ferment slightly, < aud thU3 soften the straw and diffuse the flavor of green food through the mass, ren- i dering it very much more palatablo to stock. I Dr. Voelcker aualyzcd this prepared straw, i and found it ycry much improved as food, i Mr. Samuel Jonas of England has been in < the habit of mixing a large amount of straw i in this way and feeding it to his fattening < stock in winter, with the addition of a i small quantity of oil-cake and malt sprouts. He reports very favorably of its use. ; The writer has prepared in this way ? straw left over for some years. Ho uses I an early cutting of his newly-seeded mead- i ows, in which there is likely to be some t thistles and weeds. If these are in a green | state, slightly cured with three or four < hours' KII11 thnn mil nurl '* 1 at tlie rate of one of the green graze to ten c of the straw, and packed solidly in a bay or t large bin, lie has fouud it to make excellent i winter food for cattle, in two ratious per \ day with one of good hay. This, or soaic t modified form of it will ultimately cause i the use of uearly all the straw as food f. r i stock. When ensilage shall be adopted, i all our straw uiay be mixed in small pro- I portions with the green food in silos, and it ( will all be eaten with about the sauie appc- t tite as the green food alone. i On almost all farms there arc fields that i yield many weeds and thistles the first year \ of cutting, and if such a erop is suffered to ripen, it is of little raluc, and the weeds and thistles multiply. When green and t succulent, almost everything that grows, i and.denominated weeds, makes good fodder, i In this green state, mixed with straw, they < h dp to make that palatable also. It is usu- t ally profitable to feed a little graiu, and this i prepared straw with a little grain will keep i the. stock in profitable couditiou. ? Southern t Cultivator. < PllOKlTAIM.K FaUMINO.?Fiirminrr will 0 j not pay if fanners arc intemperate and < shiftless, or if all their wauts are for luxu- i ries and display. I will not pay if they are I mere horse farmers, and run after agricul- j tural fairs and trotting purses, and make < the horse of no more value than a pack of j cards, a thing to bet money on?the besett- i ing sin of young men at the prcseut time. < It will not pay if they keep tiue horses and i buggies to ride into the village every after- < nooti to meet jockeys or barroom loungers. ] It will not pay those like the Southern < farmer, who had "hog and hominy enough at home to last till spring," and therefore ] would net work Neither will those be i successful who say to their hired help in the morning "go," instead of "come, boys." ( It will not pay to adopt the skiuniug sys- < tcm and starve the soil, or to permit brush, | weeds and thistles to overrun the farm, i choke out the crops aud rob the soil. That < farmer is unsuccessful who is conservative, and wedded to old ways aud old ideas and j implements. ; Ou the contrary, that farmer will sue- i cccd who makes up his mind that the whole \ secret of success is in himself; that it is the < man aud not the business that tells. He < will succeed if he brings to bear the same i amount of skill, fore thought ennnrv kowi. c t O ? l i omy and judgment that any other branch i of business requires. He will succeed it' < he sticks close to his farm, as the mechanic does to his shop, and uot expect to work three or lour months and then take his ease the rest of the year. That farmer will sue- i eeed who takes the papers, and digests what he reads, and is not afraid of new ideas and new methods of industry. He will succeed if it is his intention that whatever he sends to market shall be the very best, and so made and put up that when seen it will be captivated for its freshness, cleanliness and purity, and will be unhesitatingly taken on account of his well-known character for honesty of weight, measure and count. Those who have farms may think themselve fortunate, for although they will not thereby find sudden roads to wealth, they will certainly prove that persistent farm labor will bring a sure reward, it is worthy of notice, that the adventurer and speculator, with blasted hopes and slillt tl?ri?il llOsi 1 f 1* rnrtnno I.? I X.V. < >? i\fi %UIIV| Ilil) U III II1U or.(I to come l>;ick to the farm for health and safety. Agriculture is the basis of national strength and wealth, and a most certain and liberal support of all who follow it intelligently.? \Wstrrn Farmer. What did the young lady mean when j she said to her lover, ' You,may hi; too late [ for the ear, hut yon ran take a 'bus ?" Farming Out Convicts.?"An ExConvict" in the New York Sun writer as follows about the evils of farming out cou^ victs : The present system of omploying couvicts in the Coifed States is with few ex .-options, the so called contract system; in other words the State leases the convicts to work for private parties, receiving a stipulated money compensation for every man per day. The great evils resulting from this system arc so evident and so well known nn?I ?<>. know lodged by nil mou who have taken interest iu penological matters that there is not in Europe a single Govcrnuieut that would for a moment consider auy proposition, IPPVHV The contract system is degrading to the diguity of Government and the majesty of law ; it has the most pernicious influence on the convict, causing him naturally to thiuk that crime is simply a vehicle of profit and wealth to certain favored business men ; it is antagonistic to the aim and end of a prison?constantly interfering with rules and measures paramount to the reform of couvict*?and it is a cruel wrong to the industrious working classes of a nation. The only commendation its advocates can ldvaucc iu its defence is, that of all prison lystcms it is the best paying. The writer oclicves that, putting aside every principle if humanity and religion?considering only .ho fiuaucial part of the qucstiou?these laying prisons arc the vory dearest that a ;oii)oiuuity could support. Prisrn statistics, carefully collected In liflcrent countries, show tlint of men scucnced to pcual servitude 75 per c.mt. are iincuablc to reform, provided the prison in ,vhich they arc compelled to spend year? of heir lives is, to some extent, a penitentiary n the true sense of the word. Of the men vho have served terms in prisons in this i.. _i?? ?jn ? - - jvuiu, uuijf uuuui JU pur CCIIl. CUgUgU 111 loucst pursuits and become useful members ,f society, :i Joss of nearly 50 per cent, of he possibly to be reformed crimiunls who, nstend of becoming industrious uicti, add ng by their labor to the common weal and vcallh, continue in their career of crime. Sheep?Gituns IN head.?Grubs arc leposited in the nostrils of the sheep, durng the months of July aud August, by the (beep bot f!y (VFTdlrturnilrtlWl JUI ;dics have becu offered; all of which arc .0 dislodge the grubs, or prevent the gadly from depositing the egg or grub. Each ihcory is received, but that the fly deposits the living grub, is advauccd by liiley aud generally believed of late. As soon as the larva is deposited, it begins to creep upwards, irritating the delicate linings of the nose as it goes up. It remains iu the head till May or June, when lullv matured. Then they drop to the .iviujvi, nuviu biiv/jr ivuiillil IUMJ IU OIAIy Jays, wlicu the fly eouics forth from its pupa state to propagato its kind. Its life in this state is brief. It cats nothing.? Duly deposits its larva in the nostrils of die sheep. During this time, if the sheep 3ould be kept ou new pastures, where the hot-fly had uot been dropped in thq grub state, all would fare well, perhaps. Such preventives as keeping a well ploughed piece of ground for the sheep to thrust their noses into; smearing tar on tlie dicop's noses, two or three times u week ; >r dusting thu sheep in the barn, closely ;:ontiucd, fur a few uiiuutcs with slaked liuie, to make tlicin cough and sneeze, so they will throw the young grubs out in the 3 pe rat ion of sneezing. Salting sheep in auger holes, bored into r log a couple of inches, with tar smeared iround these holes, so the sheep may smear their noses in getting at the salt, is practiced by some effectively. The inhaling of carbolic acid vapor is recommended by sonic. A feather, dipped in oil of turpentine, and gently passed up the nostrils and turned around several times, has beeu practiced. A weakened solution of carbolic ncid, or creosote, has been used the same way Sheep with grub in the head, ought to be well fed to keep up the vitality and strength of the sheep. The extra demands for ttiis irritating cause, can hardly be estimated. The trying season on sheep from this parasite, are the late winter and early spring months. Jiumbs, on account of the more tender state of the linings, suffer more seriously frnm tlioir n?antilfc aI<1a^ flm/.n mini'* Rural World. Uk.mkdy foii Souks, Wolwks, and 15ui:isks.?Take the following mixture, to bo applied twice a day, with a feather, always shaking well before using : 1 quart flaxseed oil; 1 pint strong vinegar ; li ounces sal'pctrc ; 1 \ gill spirits turpentine. Put together in a vessel till dis- | solved. One application nearly relieves the soreness. It will take the hair oil' but it will grow again the same color. This was given ine by an old Knglish groom and is invaluable.??J. \V. W.\ltK, in Rural Mrssenycr. No matter how bad and destructive a boy may be, he never becomes so degraded or loses his self-respect sufficiently as to throw mnd on a circus poster. r ? THi STORM CA&NIVAL. TWO HOTEI.S AT BEAUFORT, N. C., WASIIED , AWAY. , The accounts received by telegraph, from ] all sources, up to a late hour last night, . agree in their picturo of the desolutiou and t ruiu wrought by the torriblc store). The ) wiud lashed the sea iuto a rage aud it in t turn roared around the town and almost c swallowed it. The waves frothed iu their > fury as they tore the staunch houses timber j from timber and threw ships helpless on p their brokcu ribs. Hotels, storehouses and c dwellings were swept away by the invasion c of the sea. The w:uds howled and whistled t through the ruins and wrenched off Jfrli* sheets, wsd the swollen waters y broke through and ate away dykes and rail- i road embankments. Wharves and iron a pilings sank into the waters like lead, lhig- p gage, houses, boats aud furniture floated tl about iu confusion. The storm was abroad p over sea aud laud. Worse than all this p loss of property is tho lo-is of human life, u It is feared that John Hughes, a sou of u Major Hughes, was drowned. si We print below the latest iuformatiou fi that could be got: It Beaufort, via Moreiiead City, Au- t? gust 18, 1879.?A terrible storm occurred is this morning at 5 o'clock. Tho Atlantic o Hotel and Ocean View arc both washed v away. There are 1-1U visitors present; uo h lives lost but all their baircaire is cone.? t< Ouc-third of the town is destroyed. It li was the acvnrn&t *u>rm ?? ?lm t> coast. a The wrecks of souic vessels are iu sight, u The cxcursiou boats expected this uioruing c; have not bccu heard froui. b B. C. Manly. n Later.?Through the kindness of Col. n Andrews wo were furnished with the loI? lowing dispatches: - tl "Mkwukrn, N. C., August 10?5,30 1*. a M.? To Col. A. II. Andrews, Sujt't.A'c.: tl * * * I have just heard from Beaufort, b and am having a train prepared to go dowu 1' myself with all our forces. ' There is great distruction at Beaufort, nl The Ocean View aud the Atlantic Hotels u; at Beaufort were washed away this A. M. at ai 5 o'clock. There is great damage to the P1 town, but no lives were lost. u 'The Atlantic Hptc] iu l^aiif.irt i* Uh Ylreiy gone; not a vestige left. it "The damage to Morehcad City is very 1 great. The platform troui the depot to the uiaiuland was washed entirely away. AH me iron puiug is gone but one. The Punch ? Bowl Slough was washed out. The loss is a not to be calculated. Nearly till the boats c are destroyed. The market houses was blown down, and all the fisbjhouscs are gone. 81 Th re is no wharf in the place. Nearly " every house is without a chimney. The ^ colored church was blowu down, the school ^ house was destroyed, arud a great many ^ people arc out of homes. There ?ro u# " fences left. " ' The storm was terrible, but thunk the w Lord, no lives were lost. So says the dis- ? patch to inc. 1 will telegraph you from Morchcad City. * ' "JoitN D. Whitford, President." ' a morehkal) City, August 18?9:1ft P. 0 M.?The calamity is even worse than tele- M graphed to-day. ill telegraph you in the j, morning full particulars. [ All baggage of the guests at the hotels ^ in lheiiithrt is ln?t niift if is hnlinunfl tb.o Major John Hughes'sou John wasdrowucd. t( Gov. Jurvis, lion. J. J. Davis, Gen. K. / lUnsom and others arc here doing their n whole duty. '[ Mohkiikad Crrv, N. C-, August 18.? ^ We were visited this morning by a terrific w storm from the southeast, damaging personal property here to the amount of about r 85,0(10. The Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad track between the town and the t depot is neatly all washed up. The Atlantic Hotel and eight business houses in Beau- j fort were washed away, while the various other damages are inestimable. The guests <s of the At'antic escaped, but the building ij and contents, including all the baggage, is v a total loss. | There is no information from other see- , lions of the county, but the damage must | be very great.?ltaleiyh Observer, Auynst [ 10- . ... i A Pkculiaii Duel?I was looking over the stories that were sent in last week for r the prize, and I wonder that the editor did * not insert this one, which is really too good j to be lost: "There is a curious duel now pending in Boston, which began several f years ago. Mr. A., a bachelor, challenged iur. it., a married man, with one child, who t replied that the conditions were not equal; that he must necessarily put more at risk | with his life than the other, and he declined. A year afterward he received a challenge ^ from Mr. A., who stated that he, too, had t now a wife and child, and he supposed, there- t fore, the objection of Mr. II. was no longer ( valid. Mr. It. replied that lie now had two y children, consequently the inequality still j subsisted. The next year Mr. A. renewed his ] challenge, having now two children also, but his adversary had three. The matter, , when last heard from, was still going on, . tho numbers beinir six to seven, and the challenge renewed."?London Truth) Au0 u*t 14. i 1 1 I I . ?. LL' The Dixon Business.?All the outcry igaMRt the "Yaaoo bulldoeors," as they are 4 jalL-d by Republican or self-styled independent papers, is as hollow as it is noisy, rhorc is no more reason for wailing over ho sudden taking off of Dixou than thoro vould be for any other desperado. He was 1 man of blood and violenco. Ho stood :l?argcd with five unavenged murders. Ho vas nn assassin as well. He proposed to >ut himself at the head of n gang of negroes in a county where the negroes largely utnumbcr the whites, and in tho opinion of trcr a thousand men of both political paries, npabfo?.of spending the contagion of 'cllow fever he could havo been banshed a score of times and nothiug said bout it; but more duugcrous than tho icstilencc, tho sober determination of bun .lo ,.r ?:?u e?:is? * ivu.i vi iucii nun hi in 11 ics ana nonics to irotcct that ho should uot wantonly turn a caccful community into a small hell, is hold p as but a species of diabolism. A coin* mnity has a .ight to protect itself against uch a man. It has a right to prevent hint I'oni putting himself at tho head of dissojto, ignorant nud equally desperate chnracjrs for tho object of riot and rapine. Who i there that would have denied to the peaf Washington last wiutcr tho right to prccnt such a creature as Cohen from arming is crazy followers with torches and nxos > destroy tho property and imperil tho ves of unoffending citizens ? A poor r ,:_.rir i?p. ?..i v*ui ro-wnir nd threatens nothiug worse than the delolition of a few chickens and a hayrick, an be "moved on" by law, enr put iu jail, ut a desperado, recking with blood, cannot, ccording to these sympathetic Republican ewspapcrs, be awed into decent behavior 'ilhout threatening the very foundations of no government. The attempt to make such creature a hero shows to what alternatives ic Republican parly has finally been reught. As well might they adopt Jesso 'ouioroy or Chastiuc Cox. Rarksdalc killed Dixon for the reason, as lleged, that Plxon had planned to assassiate Rurksdalo. Rurksdale preferred to live, ud "took the drop" on the man who pro Dscd to kill him. That, so far as we can ndcrstand it, is about all there is of it.? ftha gnmitrir initial a on . wc do not see how it can be helped.? Vashwgton l'ost. Tiib China Tube.?Rev. II. G. Gillund-, f Kingstree, S. C , writes to the Homo ud Farm as follows, N^hich is worthy of onsidcralion and triul : Iu a few brief words let me mention Dine things concerning this tree which will c valuable information to the whole South, 'lie botanical name of the tree I do not now. It is sometimes called Pride of Inia. In general, let me say, it is one of tho lost speedy Woriit and iusect destroyers to c found in' ilaturc. I will givo instances f its destructive effects of this kind in so ir as 1 have seen the experiments. Ilorses affected with worms may be enircly relieved by putting a handful of tho icrrics of this tree in their food three time# day. If it is n severe case, givo a pint f tho berries at each feeding. If it is rioter or early spring timo, simply let tho orscs feed under the trees. This remedy have seen- tried often, and I liavo never nown a fuilure to cure. The berries are very valuable for promoting dried fruits from worms or iusects. i few of them scattered iu with t'he fruit 'ill drive off any invaders of this kind.? 'his has been tried witl^ groat success, fruiN cing protected thus near other fruit which rcrc renderjd useless by tho worms. I avc heard- others say that wheat, peas, ice, Ac., may be saved from the weevils in . I * * [i mo same way. i navo not yet seen this ricd. Doubdess it is true. The value of this tree to tho garden is ncalcalablc. The following experiment has lecn tried with perfect success by Mr. Cr. 5. Cooper, of Indiniitown, S. C. If iff cafv>agc were about to be destroyed by littlororms. He simply took a bunch of tho eaves of this tree and spread it over each >lant. Kvery worm left, and the cabbago leaded beautifully. A tea made of (ho icrrics, or leaves, and spriuklcd ou tho ilant, will have the same effect. My knowledge of trials of this kind doc? lot go further; but this is sufficient to how the peculiar value of the tree, and to cad others to experiment for themselves* f they do, my purpose iu writing is a ceo mdished. Chickb.n Cholkra.?This disease isono hat proceeds from a disordered liver, by rhich the liver ^is disorganized and tho towels affected. A remedy that has been iscd success! ally is to give one fourth' of a due-pill to each fowl as soon as it is seen o be sick, and repeal this the second I-... AftA. ffM -.! L I P - a. _ n \ /* iujr iinui. i nun ?ivu iiiiii nicnspoomui 01 instor oil. After the fowl improves givo icaidcd corn-meal in which a tcaspoonful of daclc pepper for each fowl has been mixed. I'oultry need a little salt, and if they wero supplied regularly and moderately they ivould l>c more healthful than they usually ire ?AVio York Timea. Whenever Kve wanted a new dress sho Inroed 6rer n new leaf.