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Of course every one knows itcontey* all
tbo fences standing on the farui, but all
might not think it also,includes tho fencing
stuff, posts, rails, etc., which had once been
ascd in tho fcuco but had been taken down
and piled up for futuro use again in 'the
same place (2 Hill, 142). But new fencing
material just bought and never attached
to the soil would not pass (16 111. 480).
So pihsof hop-poles, stored nway, if once
used on tho land havo been considered n
part of it (1 Kcrnan, 123,) but loose boards
or scaffold poles laid loosely across tho
beams of the barn and never fastened to it
would not bo, aud the seller of tho farm
might take them away. (1 Lans. 319.)?
Standing trees of courso also pass as part
of the land ; so datregn blown dojMn>r of*
r a* down and still left in the woods whore thev
foil (64 Mo. 309,) but not if cut and corded
up for salo ; tho wood has then become personal
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, it' tho owner had prcvik
ously sold it to some other party and had
W collected it together in a heap by itself (43
Vt. 95.) Growing crops also pass by the
deed of a farm, unless they arc oxprcssly
resorvod, and when it is not intcudcd to
convey those, it should bo so stated in the
deed itself; a mere oral agreement to that
effect would not be valid in law (19 Pick
315.) Another mode is to stipulate that
possession is not to bo given until souio future
day, in which case the crop or manure
may be rouioved before that time.
As to buildings on the farm, though generally
mentionod 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
hieutloned 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 uwav for future use on the
farm. (41 N. H., 503; 30 Penn. St. 185).
llut if there bo any buildings on the
farm built by some third person, with the
farmer's leave, the deed would not convey
these,since such buildings are personal prop
crty and do not belong to the land owner to
convey. Tho real owner thereof might
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diuvu vuuui uii, uunougn me purchaser ot
the farm supposed he was buying and ppy-,
iug for alt the buildings on it.- Hts* only
rcutcdy in such case would bo against, the
party selling the premises. 'As part of the
buildings conveyed, of course thu window
bliuds are included, even if they be at the
time taken off and carried to a painter's
shop to bo painted. It would be otherwise
if they had been newly purchased and
brought i'lto the house, but not yet attached
or fitted to it.' (40 Vt., 233).?
Lightning rods also go with the house, if
a farmer is foolish cuough to have any on
his house. A furnace in the cellar, brick
or portable (4 E. D. Smith, 275), (39 Cou.
362) is considered a part of the house, but
nn ordinary stove with a loose pipe runuing
into the ohimncy is not (24 Wend. 191),
while a range sot in brick work is (7 Mass.
432). Mantle pieces so attached to the
chimney as not to bo movod without marring
the, plastering go with the house, but if
merely resting ou brackets they may be
takcu awuy by the former owner without
logal liability (102 Mass. 517). Tho pumps,
sinks, etc, fastened to the building aro a
part ot it in lair ('J9 Muss. 457), and so
are tho water pipes connected therewith
bringing water from a distant spring (97
Mass. 133). If tho farmer has iron kettles
set in bvick work near bis barn for cooking
food for his stock, or other simulur uses,
tho deed of bis farm corers them also (19
Pick. 314), as likewise a bell attached to
his barn to call his^men to dinner (102
Mass. 513). If he indulges in ornamental
statues, vacos, etc., resting on the ground
by their own weight merely, and soils his
estate without reservation, these things go
* with the land, (12 N. Y. 170).?Judue
dknnktt.
Geraniums.?Geraniums must havo a
season of rest during the summer if they
Ate oxpectcd to bloom in winter. Koop the
plants in pots out oi doors, under the shade
of same tree, till September and water soar
ingly. In the beginning of September
pb&ke the soil from tho roots, replnnt them
In rioh sandy loam, nni bring them forward
to tho son and air. Plsee them in a sunny
irindow, in-door*, when thoro is danger of
frost, and when thoy 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 woll. Cactus
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ueeus uut ntuo waior, pionty ot sun, and
should have a small pot with light soil.?
Rural New Yorker.
^ Bport a* Lomo Vuaaows.'-WiMa
M farmer ploughs a furrow of sevonty-eight
^ yards in length when bo could as well plough
a furrow two hundred and sevooty-foui
yards in length, ho is gutting a waste ol
threo hours and twenty minutes out of a
day of eight hours; or, if tho day's labor ol
mau and toain bo reckoned at three dollars,
ho is losing by tho short length of furrow:
about 91.25 a day- This, though an cx
trome oaso, docs not lesson tho forca of thi
force of (fee argument,
JJrst iMouk or Feeding Straw.?
' "Iuquirer," asks how tho English prepare
^ thteir wlfcat straw ror use as foddei. Straw
i* ^bccoAies somewhat tough by being kept,
1 aod*is ofion cut riper thau it should be,
and t improve its condition, render it more
1 palatable aud nutritious, some of the more
progressive tnrmcrs in England have, in
June or boforo harvest, cut this straw, of
tho previous year, iuto short lengths with
the straw cutter, and mixed with it onesixteenth,
or one-twentieth part of green
clover, vetches, or rye grass; placed tho
wholo in a tight bay in the barn, trampliug
it in solid, and thus keeping it till tho fol1
jwiug winter as food for their stock. The
green clover, &c., is also run through the
idly. This small part of grcon food mixed
with tho straw causes it to ferment slightly,
and thus soften tho straw and diffuse tho
flavor of green food through tho mass, rendering
it very much more palatable to stock.
Dr. Voelckcr analyzed this prepared straw,
and found it ycry much improved as food.
Mr. Samuel Jonas of Englaud has been in
the habit of mixiug a large amount of straw
in this way and feeding it to his fattening
stock in winter, with the addition ol a
small quantity of oil-cakc nnd malt sprouts.
Ho reports very favorably of its use.
Tho writer has prepared in this way
straw left over for some years. Ho uses
an early cuttiog of his imwly-sccded meadows,
in which there is likely to bo some
thistles and weeds. Tf nr? ? --?
? ?..?wv Hiv u u givuu
stnto, slightly cured with threo or four
hours' sun, then out and mixed with straw,
at the rate of one of the green grnzo to ton
of the straw, and packed solidly in a bay or
largo bin, he has found it to make excellent
winter food for cattle, in two rations per
day with one of good hay. This, or some
modified form of it will ultimately cause
the use of nearly all the straw as food f. r
stock. When ensilage shall bo adopted,
all our straw may be mixed in small proportions
with the green food in silos, and it
will all be eaten with about the samo appetite
as the green food alone.
On almost all farms there aro fields that
yield many weeds and thistles the first year
of cutting, and if such a crop is suffered to
ripen, it is of little value, and the weeds
and thistles multiply. Whcu green and
succulent, almost everything that grows,
(nd.denominated wee^s.inakcs good fodder,
n this green state, mixed with straw, they
h dp to make that palatable also. It is usually
profitable to feed a little grain, aud this
prepared straw with a little gruin will keep
the stock in profitable condition.?Southern
Cultivator.
profit.4nr,k Farming.?Farming will
not pay if furmcrs aro intemperate aud
shiftless, or if all their wants aro for luxuries
and display. I will not pay if they arc
mcro horse furmers, and ruu after agricultural
fairs aud trotting pureed, aud make
the horse of no more value than a pack of
cards, a thing to bet money on?the besetting
sin of young men at the present time.
It will not pay if they keep fino horses aud
buggies to ride into the village every afternoon
to mcot jockeys or barroom louugors. |
It will not n:iv thm?? lilro ?!? ?# h- ? ?
farmer, who bad "hog and hominy enough
at homo to last till spring," and therefore
would not work. Neither will tboso be
successful who say to their hired help in
tho morning "go," insteud of "come, boys."
It will not pay to adopt the skinning system
and starvo the soil, or to permit brush,
weeds and thistles to overrun the farm,
choke out the crops and rob the soil. That
farmer is unsuccessful who is conservative,
and wedded to old ways and old ideas aud
implements.
On tho contrary, that farmer will succeed
who makes up his mind that tho wholo
secret of success is in himself; that it is the
man and not tho business that tells. lie
will succoed if he brings to bear tho same
amount of skill, fore thought, energy, ccouomy
and judgment that any other branch
of business requires. He will suooeed if
he sticks closo to his farm, as the mcchauic
does to his shop, and not expect to work
three or four months and then take his case
tho rest of the year. That furmcr will succeed
who takes tho papers, and digests
what ho reads, and is not afraid of new
ideas and now methods of industry. He
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mm duvwuu ii lb is HIS lUIVIItlUn tllUl WQUl'
ever ho sends to market shall bo tbo very
best, and so made and put up that when
seen it will be captivated for its freshness,
cleanliness and purity, and will bo unhesitatingly
taken ou account of his well-known
chnractor for honesty of weight, measure
and count. Those who have farms may
think themselvo fortunate, for although
they will not thorcby find sudden roads to
wealth, they will certainly prove that persistent
farm labor will bring a sure reward.
? U is worthy of notioe, that the adventurer
, and speculator, with blasted hopes and
i shattered bonlth and fortune, havo in the
> ecd to oome back to the farm for health
P and safoty. Agriculturo is the basis of nai
tional strength and wealth, and a most corr
tain nnd liberal support of all who follow it
, intelligently.? Wetfcrn Farmer.
Whnt did tho young lady mean when
s she said to her lover, "Vou.tnoy bo too late
for the oar, but yon een take a 'bn* ?"
Farmino Out Convicts.?"An ExConvict"
iu the New York Sun writer as
follows about the evils of farming out couvicts
:
The prcsont system of omploying convicts
in the 1'iiited States is with few ex ?cptions
the so called contract system; in other words
tho State lenses the convicts to work lot
private parties, receiving a stipulated monoy
compensation for every man per day.
The great evils resulting froui this system
arc so evident and so well known and acknowledged
by all mou who have takcu interest
in penological matters that there is
not in Europe a singlo Government that
would for a moment consider soy proposition,
uo^aUcnhonyMiynptagcous^^^^tth
citizens.
The contract system is degrading to the
dignity of Government and the majesty of
law ;-it has tho most pernicious influence
on the convict, causing him naturally to
think 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 tho reform
of convicts?and it is a cruel wrong to the
industrious working classes of a nation.
The only commendation its advocates can
advanco in its defence is, that of all prison
systems it is tho best paying. The writer
believes that, putting aside every principle
of huuiauity and religion?considering only
tho finaucial part of the question?these
paying prisons arc the very dearest that a
community could support.
Prisrn statistics, carefully collected iu
different countries, show that of men sentenced
to pcual servitude 75 per ojnt. arc
amenable to reform, provided tho prison in
which tliev arc couinelled tr? anoint vonrs nf
their lives is, to sonic extent, a penitentiary
in the true sense of the word. Of tho uien
who have served terms in prisons in this
State, only about 35 per cent, engage in
houcst pursuits and become usoful members
of society, a loss of nearly 50 per cent, of
tlje possibly to be reformed crimiuals who,
iastend of becoming industrious men, add
ing by their labor to the common weal and
wealth, coutinuc in their career of crime.
.?.
Siieep?Grubs in head.?Grubs arc
deposited in the nostrils of the sheep, dur|
iug tho months of July aud Augu^^b^r the
edics have bccu offered; all of which are
to dislodge the grubs, or prevent the gadfly
from depositing tho egg or grub. Each
theory is received, but that the fly deposits
the living grub, is advanced by lliley aud
generally believed of late.
As soon as the larva is deposited, it begins
to creep upwards, irritating tho delicate
liuiugsofthe nose as it goes up. It
remains iu tho head till May or June, when
fully matured. Thcu they drop to tho
ground, where they remain forty to sixty
days, wheu the fly comes forth from its
pupa state to propagnto its kind. Its life
in this state is brief, it cats nothiug.?
Ouly deposits its larva in the nostrils ol
the sheep. During this time, if the sbocp
could be kept on new pastures, whero the
bot-fly had uot been dropped iu thg grub
state, all would fare well, perhaps.
Such preventives as keeping a well
ploughed piece of grouud for the sheep to
thrust their noses into; smearing tar ou the
shcop's noses, two or three times a wcok ;
or dustiDg the sheep in tho barn, closely
confincd, for a few uiiuutcs with slaked
lime, to make them cough and sneeze, so
they will throw the youug grubs out iu the
operation of sneezing.
Salting sheep in nugcr holes, bored into
a log a couple of inches, with tar smeared
around these holes, so the sheep may smear
their noses in getting at the salt, is practiced
by somo effectively. The inhaling of
carbolic acid vapor is recommended by
some. A feather, dipped in oil of turpentine,
and gently passed up the nostrils and
turned around several times, has been practiced.
A weakened solution of carbolic
acid, or creosote, has becu used the same
way.
Sheep with grub in tho head, ought to
be well fed to keep up tho vitality and
strength of the sheep. Tho extra demands
for this irritating cause, can hardly be estimated.
Tho trying soason on sheep from
this parasito, are the late wiatcr and early
spriug months.
Lambs, on account of tho more tendor
state of the linings, suffer more seriously
from their assaulu thau older sheep.? Colnuin't
Rural World.
Kkmkdy for Sores, Wounds, and
Kruikes.?Tnko tho following mixture, to
bo applied twice a day, with a feather, always
shaking well before using:
1 quart flaxscod oil; 1 pint strong vinegar
; 2 ounces salpetrc ; 1 J gill spirits turpentino.
Put together in a vessel till dissolved.
Ono application nearly relieves the
soroocM. It will take the hair off but it
will grow again the same color. This waf
given mo by nn old Kngliali groom and h
invaluable.?*1. W. WARK, in Rural Met
tengcr.
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No matter how bad and destructive a boj
may bo, he oevor becomes so degraded 01
loses his self-respect suAoiently ts to thro*
! mad on a circa* poster.
TH2 STORM CARNIVAL.
I TWO HOTELS AT BEAUFORT, N. C., WASHED
AWAY.
The accouuts received by telegraph, from
i all sources, up to n late hour last night,
, agree in their picture of the desolution and
i ruiu wrought by the torriblo storm. The
' wind lashed the sea into a rage and it in
turn roared around the town and almost
swallowed it. The waves frothed in their
fury as they tore the staunch houses timber
' from timber nnd threw ships helpless on
their brokcu ribs. Hotels, storehouses and
i dwellings were swept away by the invasion
i of the sea. The wuds howled and whistled
through the ruins and w rep cited off tall'
beat dowu
I^^Hro^tinects, and the swollen watert
broke through aud ate away dykes and railroad
embankments. Wharves and iron
pilings sank into the waters like lead. Haggage,
houses, boats and lurniturc floated
about in confusion. The storm was abroad
over sea and laud. Worse than all this
loss of property is tho loss of human life.
It is feared that John Hughes, a son of
Major Hughes, was drowned.
We print below the latest iuformatiou
that could he got:
Beaufort, via Morkiikad City, August
18, 1879.--A terrible storm occurred
this uioruing at 5 o'clock. Tho Atlantic
Hotel aud Ocoun View arc both washed
away. There are 14U visitors present; uo
lives lost but all their baggage is gone.?
Ouc-third of tlio town is destroyed. It
was the severest, storm I.
coast.
The wrecks of some vessels arc in sight.
Tho cxcursiou boats expected this morning
huvo not bccu heard from.
B. C. Manly.
Later.?Through the kiudncss of Col.
Andrews we were furnished with the following
dispatches: "Mewmkiin,
N. C., August 10?5,30 P.
M.? To Col. A. If. Andrews, Sup't.tfcc. :
* * * I have just heard from Beaufort,
and am having a train prepared to go down
myself with all our forces.
"There is great distruction at Beaufort.
The Ocean View aud the Atlautic Hotels
at Beaufort were washed away this A. M. at
5 o'clock. There is great damage to the
town, but no lives were lost.
"The Atlantic Hfttp} in Beaufort is 1
Hre^ jjtwtr; not a vestigo left.
"The damage to Morehead City is very
great. The platform from the depot to the
maiuland was washed entirely away. All
the iron piling is gone but one. The Punch
Bowl Slough was washed out. The loss is
uot to bo calculated. Nearly all the boats
are destroyed. Tho market houses was
blowu dowu, and all the fish^houses are gono.
Tli .re is no wharf in the place. Nearly
every house is without a chimney. The
I 1 I *
coiorcu cnurcn was blown down, the school
bouse was destroyed, and a groat mauy
people arc out of hoiues. There arc u*
fences left.
' The storui was terrible, but thank the
lord, no lives were lust. 80 says the dispatch
to mo. I will telegraph you from
Morchcad City.
"Joiut D. Whityord, President."
Moreuead City, August 18?9ili0 P.
M.?The calamity is even worse than telegraphed
to day. Will telegraph you in tho
morning full particulars.
All baggage of the guests at the hotels
in Beaufort is lot, and it is believed that
Major John Hughes' son John wnsdrowucd.
Gov. Jurvis, Hon. J. J. Davis, Gen. 11.
lUusom and others aro here doing their
whole duty.
Moukiikad City, N. C-, August 18.?
We wcro visited this morning by n terrific
storm from tho southeast, damaging personal
property here to the nmouut of about
$5,000. The Atluutic and North Carolina
llailroad track between the town and the
depot is nearly all washed up. The Atlantic
Hotel and eight business houses in Beaufort
were washed away, while the various
other damages are inestimable. The guests
of tho APautic escaped, but tho building
and contents, iucludiug all the baggage, is
a total loss.
There is no information from other sections
of the county, but the damage must
bo very great.?Raleigh Observer, Augnst
19.
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A 1'eculiar Duel.?I was looking over |
tho sloric9 that wore sent in last week for
the prize, and I wonder that the editor did
not insert this one, which is really too good
to be lost: "There is a curious duel now
pending in Boston, which began several
years ago. Mr. A., a bachelor, challenged
1 Mr. R., a married man, with one child, who
' replied that tho conditions were not equal;
that he must necessarily put more at risk
with his life than the other, and he declined.
A year afterwurd he received a challenge
' from Mr. A., who stated that ho, too, had
i now a wife and child, and he supposed, there
fore, tho objection of Mr. B. was no longer
valid. Mr. B. replied that ho now had two
> children, consequently tho inequality still
subsisted. Tho ncxtyonr Mr. A. renewed his
ohallengc, having now two children also,
but his adversary had three. The matter,
I when- loot heard' from, was still going on,
r the numbers being six to seven, and tho
r challenge renewed."?frondnn Truth} Augiul
14.
f The Dixon Business.?All the outcry
I mrfttnel *' V >?<-w-. knl 1.1......^ " . L
xamu uuuuubgrp, as uiey are ?
called by Republican or self-styled Independent
papers, is ns hollow as it is noisy.
There is no more reason for wailing over
the sudden taking off of Dixou than there
would be for any other desperado. He was
a man of blood and violenco. He stood
charged with five unavenged murders. He
was nn assassin as well. He proposed to
put himself at the head of a gang of negroes
in a county where the negroes largely
outnumber the wbitcs, aud in the opinion ot
over a thousand incu of both political parties,
imperil the lives of hnodrofla -of. iono'CTp^jh^^fj^nTading
""he^contagion ol
yellow fovcr he could have been banished
a score of times and nothiug said
about it; but more dangerous than tho
pestilence, the sober determination of hundreds
of men with families and homes to
protect that he should uot wantonly turu a
peaceful community into a small hell, is held
up as but a species of diabolism. A community
has a ;ight to protect itself against
such a man. It has a right to prevent him
from putting himself at the head of dissolute,
ignorant and equally desperate characters
for the object of riot and rapine. Who
is there that would have denied to the peaof
Washington last winter the right to prevent
such a creature as Cohen from arming
his crazy followers with torches and axos
to destroy the property and imperil tho
lives of unoffending citizens ? A poor
tramp. ...W~ r?- -0 ^ w
and threatens nothiug worse than the demolition
of a few chickens and a hayrick,
can be "moved on" hv law rw nut i?
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but a desperado, reeking with blood, cannot,
according to these sympathetic .Republican
newspapers, be awed into decent behavior
without threatening the very foundations of
the government. The attempt to make such
a creature a hero shows to what alternatives
the Republican party has finally been
brsught. As well might they adopt Jesso
I'omcroy or Chnstinc Cox.
Rarksdale killed Dixon for the reason, as
alleged, that Dixon had planned to assassinate
Barksdale. Rarksdale preferred to live,
and "took the drop" on the man who proposed
to kill him. That, so far as we cau
understand it, is about all there is of it.?
fif the COUU.tUT insiaLa^n bcin^ uyoU?<1iovm
it we do not sec how it can be helped.?
Washington Post.
Tiie China Tree.?Rev. II. G. Gillund,
of Kingstree, S. C , writes t>o bhe llouio
and Farm as follovte, Which is worthy of
consideration and trial :
In a few brief words let me mention
some things concerning this tree which will
be vniuable information to the whole South.
The botanical name of the tree I do not
know. It is sometimes called Pride of India:
In general, let me say, it is one of tho
most speedy Worth and iusect destroyers to
he found in' baturc. I will givo instauccs
of its destructive effects of this kind in so
far as I have seen the experiments.
Horses affected with worms may be enIipaIV
vnltnvnrl Kn A !???JT..1 * I- ?
VitviJ avfivf v<? uj j/uvviu^ U llilllVII III Ul VQQ
berries of this tree in their food three rimes
a day. If it is a severe case, givo a pint
of the bcrrios at each feeding. If it is
winter or early spring time, siuiply let (he
horses feed under the trees. This remedy
I have seen* tried often, and I have never
known a failure to cure.
The berries are very valuable for protecting
dried fruits from worms or insects.
A few of them scattered in with' flhe fruit
will drive off any invaders of this bind.?
This has been tried witfy great success, fruiv
being protected thus near other fruit which
were rendcrjd useless by tho worms. I
have heard' others say that wheat, peas,
rice, &c., may be saved from the weevils in
in tho same way. I havo not yet seen thistried.
Doubtless it is true.
The value of this tree to tho garden is
incalculable. The following experiment has
been tried with perfect success by Mr. Gr.
S. Cooper, of lodiantown. S. C. His oafa*
bagc were about to be destroyed by liftloworms.
He simply took a bunch of tbo
leaves of this tree nnd spread it over each
plant. Every worm left, nnd the cabbago
headed boautifully. A tea mado of the
berries, cr leaves, and sprinkled on tbo
plant, will have the same effect.
My knowledge of trials of this kind docs
not go further; but this is sufficient to
show the peculiar value of the tree, and to
lead others to experiment for themselves.
If they do, my purpose i? writing is accomplished.
Chicken Cholera.?Thisdiscaso isono
that proceeds from a disordered liver, by
which the liver (is disorganized and tb?
bowels affected. A remedy that has been
used successfully is to give one fourth' of a
bluo-pill to each fowl as soon as it is seen
to be sick, and repoat this the second
day after. Then give half a tenspoonful of
castor oil. After the fowl improves givo
scnided corn-meal in which n tcaspoonful of
black pepper for each fowl has been mixed.
Poultry need a little salt, and if they wero
supplied regularly and moderately they
would be inoro healthful than they usually
aro?.New York Timet.
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Whatever Kre wanted a new dress ihQ
| turned dt-er a new leaf.