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V . *, * 1 M TIE WEEKLY MM TIIES, Scrofed lo g^ricnlture, horticulture, goinestiq tfqonomB, golitc literature, politics, and the Current $leuT> of the fjaa. VOL. XII.?New Seriks. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, FEBRUARY 18. Issi ULIEKUCO NEWS ITEMS. Fist: is I'f.xsicoi.v.?l'cnsacoln, February 5?A fire broke out at 10 o'clock this morning in Detinonico's restaurant and it was destroyed.? 'I'lli' grocery of .Messrs llel! Hell and utiothcr building were also burtiC'l. Loss about ?lo,000. A Oai.vkstox Wiimiw is about to marry her fifih husband. Her pastor rebuke.1 her for con'loin plating matriiuony so soon again. "Well, I just want you to understand, if the Lord "keeps on taking them I will too," was the spirited reply. ? - o - ? 1U:sistix?: Kau.hoao Tanks. ? The collection of the first installment of the taxes due the Savannah Valley I'ailroad, without the penalty, ivas completed on last Tuesday. The total levy ( 'for the townships was ^T.'-'Il dti, of which sum , n '<5l,P?29 :?2, hns been collected, leaving unpaid , '24. The total levy for the town was , i 127, of which about $2,150 has been col//, V'/.^leavin8 unpaid ?\>out ^|l(i i* f,0'?-1//.1f/"'ieforo, be seen that nearly onc-nalf of j - '^ue have not beau paid, and it is in?' h" held at'"W there will be litigation upon it- i >ftcr mo have refused to pay are confident of , kj*|'a ,'10 subscription set Aside, while the j -railroad authorities arc equally certain that they will be able to collect it. The issue will have to ( bo decided by the courts. I The amount of the first installment of taxes g voted in Williaraston and Bclton Townships to ^ the Atlantic and FftShcb Broad Valley Kuilroad ^ was ?:),00l 17, of which amount ?1,70:1 33 has ( bceu collected, leaving the sum of ?1,237 84 ( due. It is reported that there will be litigation f over this balance, and -that a very determined a fight is to he made, especially over the Bolton ,i Township subscription.?Anderson Intclligencrr. Crimes and Casualties. ? Macou, Ga., Fobru- 1 /, ary 10.?A reward of ?100 is offered for the ar- ^ rest 6f Doc Wileon, colored, who murdered Jos. 1 Tiogley on Monday- night. Tiogley eAtercd a I TyiCrlrcom and' was shot do?vii fey Wilson from b?- c IVtkMc oo^gter. - Wilsou is a light tfith1 >c light grey ?yea, if Of mediMhi height and about i 20 years of ' ? : ' A Desperado's 1Ikai> J^hot OH1.?Memphis, 1 February 10.?City Marshrl L. H. Abiugton, of c Volliersvillc, attempted on Wednesday night to 1 Arrest a desperado, but the man resisted and 1 \>hot Abiugton and a young man named Will ' Paine who had gone to the assistance of the 1 Marshal. Pain seized a shot gun and blew off r the head of the man. Abiugton and Paine's 1 A wounds are slight. ' Mail Hoiirkhs Carried to New Orleans.? New Orleans, February 10.?Postoffice Inspector s Cameron, to-day, brought to the city Klislia ( \ onn nt:y mm i\ucusco iiyninui, roau agents, who robbed (lie mail from Alexandria, near Opelousas, ha., on February '5. After their nr- 1 rest they confessed the robbery, and turned ! over in money, which they obtained from ( ?? ? - -..f,;.!...,,! Uiiu,a 't'lini u>ur<? arrcatydjtLChie^ ! La *on tli- Tib. , Mrum:u and Hiot is ViniiiMA. ? Richmond, 1 Va., February Kb ? At a trial of a Justice's Ci.urt at Muscville, l'ottsylvania County, last ' Saturday, a negro namtil Sam Wright, who bail 1 1 lost a case, became abusive and attempted vio- I lence. Another negro joined him, and seizing j 1 a stick of wood killed Mr. J. ('. Arthur with a : 1 single blow and seriously injured two other : white men. The negroes then escaped, and with > 1 members of their club, known as the "fine ! ' Friends' Club," paraded the streets beating a j 'drum. The culprits were finally arrested by a ' posse ol' twelve armed men and lodged in jail. ' The citizens could hardly be prevented from lynching them. A 11 aii.ituAn Mrem it in Pi;n\syi.v\ni \. ? AlIcnlown, Fa., February Kb ? A passenger train due here at H.I 7 ran into a freight train at j Hock Hill station, on the North Pennsylvania ! Railroad, this uioruing, dein dishing both engiues and wrecking the baggage and a number j ,.f (Vi.iirl.l ???v Turn I...... t ill.,.t t 1 fatally ami live haJly injuro'l. The 'lisastcr was lite t lite misconstruction of :i telegram tiy the engineer of I lie fruighl train. Kii.i.r.i) i'iih w* l\?rt.r i\? \ I. \ t?v.?t'incut- [ itali, February lit. ?A special from Nashville says that Joint M. II Iw.mls, a telegraph operator at Paris, Trim., fatally shot .lames t'Imp ! mail this morning because the latter Ita I ma le ' an insulting |it'o|>i>sal to his wife. Tut: Cask or Hi. J vit\t:i rn. ? Itichmoml, \'a.. j February 10.?The Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia to-ilay rett lere l a ileei-iott reversing ; i he jlolgiiu til of the corporation court of Han- j villi; in the case of James Thomas DeJarnette, t (imvictcil in Septeinher last of the tiiiir.ler of his sister, Mollio DeJarnette, :tml sentence I to lie hange I oil the 'J'Jth of October, but in whose j 'ati.it writ of error being grante I, execution I was sl-iycl. I)e l.it'tietle shot, ami Uille I his sister in a house of ill name last Inly. The ease j has been reiuaii'li"! for a /lew trial. l\ ('oviittr.ss.y -.-senat >r Itutlcof South Carolina spoke at consjiiciable length upon the alleg 1 e.Mism ft an Is in South Carolina, ami | eritieisul severely the speeches ma le hy ."}. eerj j tain stump orator : umlerstoo I to he Seiia/or | (' inkling) in New I ?rl, luring the late I'resbleii tial campaign, in which that stump orator inMilte I an I v ill itie I the people of Sout it Carolina, ami accuse! them of a conspiracy to lYamliiletuly increase the census can moral i"ti in or ler , to obtain greater political power, 'i lie falsity ^ an 1 h isones i of tliu accusal ion. Penal or Duller ! ,sai>l were .shown hy tite results of the recent re- ' enumeration tlll'ler Ull'UCl Kill oS lien. Walker, who was a llcpuhlicnii, an I aim# a gentI. man. At the conclusion nl' Senator I'.utler'- remarks Senator (' inkling sue I In- in lor re 1 from the liitlo lie li-t-l liiMial of the gentIonian's speech 1 lint is was Iiv-ipii I as an ailacl. n]><>n himself, ami iiu iial only to say that the vaporing* of the Sena- j tor from South t'arolina gave luni little concern. If lie hill ilotie injustice to the people of South j Carolina lie wouhl fuel a .seasonable occasion to . correct it. Senator llutler : The S-iiator lias sai 1 that the vaporing* of the Senator from South Carolina , . aro matters of no c.uieeru to liini. lie will par ilon me for saying that the swaggering iusoleiiec I of the Senator from New York i of no concern ; to me. Senator ConUling: | ,1,, not nee 1 to have 1 JumpI the -enator in or |er to ascertain that he is a per,on with whom I lo not chose to bnmly epithets hero or elsewhere, least of all here, ami therefore I have nothing to u<l<l to thut which I have before su'el. The eo11o<|tiy here en 1 I ami the subject w i ilrojijicl. I FdRMALANNOUNCEMENT OFTHEV0T2 FOR PRESIDENT. ^ * s minotox, February o.?i!y 10 o'clock, an hour before I lie meeting: of t lie House ami two hours before tlie time appointe d for counting the Electoral votes for President ami Vicc-Prcsiilcnt, tlie galleries of tlie House were filled with spectators, a large majority of whom were lailics j desirous of witnessing that ceremony. On the floor a few wooden chairs were sandwiched in between the scats of members for the accommodation of Senators, but otherwise there was no indication that any save the usual routine business of tho House was to be transacted. The indiflerence shown by members, who. seemed anxious to obtain seats for their friends in the gallery, was in marked contrast with tlie excitement which prevailed during the Electoral count >f four years ago. At < tew luinmCa pwn. ? ?* - -*"* * "* dent aud the Senate of tW UidleSowSIKv jr hcn-^jlcd^ jnto tho cluwnbipv* yiee-Proald^ iVheeler took a scat on tho right hand of Speak >r Randall, and tho senators wore iMommodfcc 1 cd with chairs in tho front row* of tho desks. ^ ( The Vice-President called the assembly to! 1 >rdor, and said : Tho two houses boing osaetn.? ded in pursuance of tho Copatilution that ? he voto may bo counted and declared for l'res{* lent and Vico-l'rcsident on the fourth day of uarcn, 1301, it necomcs my duty under tlic Constitution,as President of tho Senate, to open be certificates of election .of the several 'Stales if the Union fn the presence of tho two houses, ind 1 now proceed to the discharge of that luty. ' * f The tellers, Scnatordf^hurinan and (famlin on he part of the Senate, and Mesqra. House and Crowley on the part of ifre tfous?, having taken heir places at the clfflCs desk, the Vice. 1 'resident said : I open a package purporting to lontain the certificate Of election of tho State if Alabama, and bamlvtho certificate to bo recorded. "The cortifioato having t|een read very slowly >y Seuator llamlin, atitPfiovlng shown that the (lectors of the State cf Alabama had cast the en votes of that State for Winficld S. Hancock or President and ten votes for William II. Kngish for Vice-President, the Vice-President said: Pho voto of the Stato of Alabama having been ccordcd by the tellers, I upon and hand to them lie certificate of election of the State of Arkansas. These wcrclikewisc read and recorded, and the tame formula was proceeded with until the Stato >f Georgia was reached, wheu tho certificate 'rom tlint State was read by Mr. Crowley, of \Tcw York, reading in full being demauded by Mr. Springer, of Illinois. The certificate showed that 011 the 8th of December, 1880, the deven votes of Georgia were cast for Hancock uid Knglisli. ?rue rice": r> ouum v ? <??. from the certificate just ron ' that the vote ol'the <t nt e of Georgia was cnsl 011 a day other than that : ixel Inr casting simli vote by Act of Congress ) in pursuance of the Constitution of the United 1 hate, the result of this certificate will not lie j recorded until, it* the language of the concur- j lent resolution under which litis count proceeds. 1 it will appear whether counting or omitting to count such votes will change the result of the election." The tea ling of the certificates from the other : States was then proceeded with regularly, the ; ...11 1: ... . 1. 1... ? 11 : 1. llliLis ii-'is .-imn ing tin; niimn1 '1.11111 : (t iwjf t'h/ a. , i uuroc!: mid ! Si'itf o Arthur. Knylish. Alatiama 10 Aik unas <> I ';iii!' mi l 1 <"> I'ul'irailu < I 'uiinect icut ' hclawurc ... rijiila 1 (ilMrpift* 11 I llidui.* 'J. I I ti 1 i:in:i 1 '> l;ov? 11 l\:UI"IS Kentucky 12 l.uiii-iuiui N .M : i tat* 7 M.livhlil l 8 Mas-aelnifciH ! ? Michigan I I Miniiosota "> Missishipjii H Missouri 1 o Nol>ru?kii Nova" 1:1 Now ii:ini|"^liii'u ;"> Now .lorsoy Now V?rk '! *? v.ml. iIi..o in Dili.. 22 Oregon PciinsyIv.aniii 2'.> lihnde Island I S.iiuli t'arolina 7 Tennessee 12 IVMIS ts Vermont Virginia II West Virginia XX i-lMllsill |l) Not counted. The tellers proceeded l>> Cool ii|> I lie voles cist I'of IVc-i lent and Vice-President. Senator I"l>< rin iii llicil said: The tellers rcpo.it that the ' whole luuil'iei' of electors appoint. 1 to vote for Pi e?i lent of the I nited States was ot'.'.t, of which a major.iy is l.s.'>. Were the votes of the electors of the State of Ooorjria east on the second XVe-ltte-.lay of Ito.-eiiiher, I SHU, heitig I he *ili .lay ol the ::?: ! month, to he connle.l, the result wotihl he, for J unes A. (iurliclil, of Ohio, for President of the Pnited States, 211 voles, >in I for Winfield S. Hancock, of Pentisylvattia, for Pre i'lei.l of lite I'tiilcl Stales, loo votes. If not counted the result would he, lor James A. I'u _1 I v.iio<, iiinl lor ?\ itifiel 1 S. llaticoeK It) Voles. In either event .1 nines A. (larlield Ji:i-i receive1! a nisj iiiiy of tlic voles of the whole liuiiilier of I he elector:. u|'|)>>intrd. Senator TIiiii in.'iii laade n similar :..taleii>cii( relative to llie v .:c for Vice President, and then the Vine-President said : ! <!o declare that .lames A. l. trlieM, el the Stale of Ohio, having received a majority of the v.-les of the v.liolu nun.l ei1 of electors a|>|>oitilei], is duly elected l're?i leul of I ho I'liiiel Slates lor four years. oommeiu'iii? oil I lie !i!i day of March, 1^!. i and I do further hi '.are lliaM 'hosier A. Arthur, of tlic State of New York, having received majority of the votes of the whole mi hi her ? electors, is duly elected Vice-President of th I'nitcd States for four years, commencing on th 1th day ?f March, 1^81. [Loud applause.) The Senate then withdrew to thiir ehntnliei After the Senate had left thechainher Mr. t'row ley offered a resolution reciting that the lions had met the Senate, that the electoral votes hat hecn opened by the President of the Senate ii the preseucc of the two Houses of Congress am Counted by tellers ou the part of the two Houses that it appeared that James A. tlurfiehl had re eciveda majority of the votes east for President anil t'hosier A. Arthur a majority of the votes cast for Vice-President, and that the same had been declared by the President of the Senate, und declaring that tho two Houses nre of opinion that (he Constitution and laws have been ?1111 y Uttf^nceessary. Tlie resolution was auopteJ. Tub Deli'ok'in New Orleans.?New Orleans, February 8.?The water from the I^nke is grad-emlly rising and increasing the area of outflow* jNorth of tho new canal the wutec lias reached .Fhiriklin street, the entire section waet of that street being submerged. Between the new canal and Bajtou 8t. John the water now covors all west of l'rieuer street, except a strip of a few squares'on either side of Canal street. North of llayou St. John and the old Bnsin, the water covers almost the entiro Section west of Claiborne street, and as far down as Klysiuu Fields street. All tho vegetable gardens in the rear of the city have been destroyed and sotne Ibss of qtoCk is reported, but no estimate can be made o|)thc damage done by the overflow, and even greater damage seems probable since the water continues rising. The Fair grounds are entirely submerged,. The Claiborne street c&rtjmtoqfiy running tq the bridge oat he old Basin, the bAtauoeof the road llC^gWflpfeab'le. 'Ih^reatest difficulty js experienced hjr--UH, Ul|f'W hi the overflowed districts In securing provisions. These districts cmhraco about flve hundred thickly settled squares. , The damage along the Louisville,and Nashville Coinpuuy's New Orleans and Mobile Rail; road is very'great, and it will probably be many days before trains can pass over the road from Mickow to Lookout station. The statement made yesterday that a boat had been placed to bring passengers from Bay St. Louis, to which point they would come from Mobile and.othei points by rail, was incorrect. No boat bas yet been sent out. By the overflow Hugo Lahuerl has lost loOhead of cattle on the ridget,between Forts I'ike and McComb. His losses aboul ?0,000. IIki.i- ron tiie Sbffbpkr.s.?New Orleans \ l-ebritary 9.?The in rear of the city ii alUl rising. Heavy oil beast winds prevailed - - - ? iwMBMMMfMtUMl lo supply food to the people ill the overtlowci districts. .? Fill HI) C'llIOKKN AMI IInMINV. ? Picl nvi'i' ami wash hall' a pint ol' h miny ii three waters; put it into a double kettle <>i farina boiler with a pint and a hull ol' cole wati r. and boil it steadily lor a h ill an hour The water in the outer kettle iuu>t he b >i 1 in-' when the hominy is put into the iuuei one, or Itali an hour will not he long cnougl to eook it. I f an ordinary saucepan is useil lor boiling, the hominy must he stirred v? r\ often to pi event burning. If. when tin hominy is nearly done, it is n .1 thick euou-l to hold the spoon upright, the cover inns be left oil the kettle so .that the supcrlluom moisture may evaporate. .J ust belore takin< the hominy from the lire, mix tog .-titer : tablespoonful each ol' Initter and Hour, am stir tlietn into it. Then pour ifinto Ahallov di.-hes wet with cold water, ar.d let it eoo before using it for frying. To prepare the chicken for frying, re move the feathers, singe it, wipe it with ; el-ail, damp cloth, hut ?/?> not wish it. - Draw it without breaking the till rails, cu it in joints as for fri.'assce, dip each pioei quickly iu water, sprinkle it with salt am pepper, and roll it in flour, taking care tha it is well covered. Fry it about three quarters of an hour before dinner, as ful lows : I'so a 1 a r^c, shallow frying pan. Ilea it with siillicient I: rd to cover the bolt >m : (piarter of an inch deep ; wlien the lard i smoking hot put the chicken into it. leaviii: a little space between the pieces, and fry i slowly until it is of a bright, brown eolo all over. When all the eliiekon is !ri<<] keep it hot utile the hominy F fried as fol lows : Turn t lie boniiny out on a platter or board cut it iu slices two inches square and bal an inch thick ; put tliein into the hot fat i which the eliiekeu was fried, increasing j to the original quantity and having it lie In Tore puttiiiL' in the hominy; when ih hominy is brown on the under side turn i without breaking j when both sides ar b'uwn. arrange it around the chicken an serve the di>h immediately. II a gravy desired, add a cup of cream, a level to; . spoonful of Hour, and a palatable seasonin of salt and pepper to the fat iu which t! ! cliickcn and houiiny were fried, and !< | them beat together for livc minutes, stiff: 11 j constantly. A cup of milk may bo usi instead of cream; in case this is done ti yolk of a raw egg must be mixed with tl : gravy at the moment it is taken from t! Irving pan. it tiie inc.i Hominy acc<>: I panies the chicken, the gravy is usual served in a gravy boat; when the chick* : is used alone, the gravy is poured over it 1 Si.Kill n,v sarcastic was ill : clergyiii; ' who pau"cd and addressed a man comii I into church after a sermon had begun .vii he remark : ' <?la?l to see you, sir ; con in ; always glad to see those here late wl ' can't eoine early." And decidedly so I possessed was the thus addressed in l! preseiiee of an astonished congregation, ! lie responded : ' Thank y ?u ; would you yor me with the text i'"' ft 1 HC\7 TfiE LIAUYLAUD FARMERS DO. ' C , T:ia Mo.NTi!*iMKRV t'??I MY. Ml? , l'.\ It M 0 Kits' (\)N VKNTK N. The meeting :it tin* Sandy Spi iug Lyceum , tliis \our was the largest am! iiiom stilling | of any of these intc-ro.-tiii*? ami profitable 1 reunions, wbioi lor eight years have been ' reported in T/ic Anort'imi I'trimr, show1 iiiii the heartiness with whieh the farmers ' of Montgomery engage in diseiissious for the advancement of themselves and their " fellows in agricultural jiradioe. It is esti1 mated there were about two hundrc 1 pert sotis present, including a number ol visitors from other counties of Maryland and Virginia, and uiauy of the best and most successful farmers at homo. _, The president, 1 in "substance 1 Tyrrfife-i'j!^KS? '!'? result -if a want ' r f ; f^Tififrj. . una the sifigcsticii 01 >v ip. H.; 'rurqutiar, 1 .that ther^Tshoui?bc a treating of all the FarlupiV JCIubs ifc^hc vion^y^^w-as taken up wani!^f,? WWreld our first^Wtivention 1 in thr Mm 6Sght years ago, ami have uiet anouaflj since "with increasing attendance ' and business, until, instead of a short al'lcr- ' noon session, we are now meeting at 10 o'ol?ofc% On looking over the past year we find }it has been a prosperous one, with abuu- ' danl crops and good prices, but above all,/in real value, is the fact that there is a 1 greatly increased interest in agriculture and 1 in co-operation. 'Die pioneer upon the wide - spreading prairie i-> almost absolutely independent, but as neighbors surronn 1 him k tiuiftlbe country becomes thickly settled, tlipy ; II feel the necessity ol' laws lor the ujOtilnion good. So is it now with agricultus,j in the nation. Each occupation must realize that there is a mutual obligation ; farmOn are dependent upon cities and trades: l Ujiqy iu turn dependent upon us. Farming isjeginning to take its proper position, not (U^piauly high, as its cuthusiaxtH would us believe, but its tiue place, equal to I other vocation. -7^.On looking over the inte'ligcnt assembly before me, it is with sadness that we miss - tfcrec familiar faces summoned from our bcau$ttii earth, which they have aided to improve ikiii to adorn: .1 .-is. 11. .Stone, II. liush IV'berts and Samuel Fllieott, all useful and men and excellent fanners, who j Ha||\'o Ici't a gap in our uiidst that it will he lwi(to fi 11. Hut we must not dwell upon ttib-pust. it is the still water that breeds 1 Ip^tllcdco, the running stream that brings 1 i'wilUy and health. We must look i'orum>U^t)d aid to do our parts towards roachiS Qjfc ideal of the age. We, as individ, uM-vi make up the couiuiunity; as we iniI (be State improves. It is for this we have met here, to exchange j t .louglds. expressions ana iricnuty grij'clTlTgs: ] The social life is an important one for all ' true development. 1 trust that you will ! hear in mind, that sometimes those who j ; L ii... ........ ...II- .I... 1 1 1.... I tin: i.inv i lit: uut mill iii'i'U ' wo arc ail as though we wore assembled | around our own firesides. and all must speak j lively as friend to friend." ('aiming vegetables being one of the 1 eal industries, reports were read from Henry Stable and Albert Cliandlcc that they had I put up during the year S lull cans tomatoes ; llt.lUU eatis eorn, and '1 III cans peas Several farmers alluded to the Ilog Thistie, or 1 [ rso Nettle I S'tlnnuni Ciirofiw iisi ) and expressed a loir that it tvouhi bo dillieult to exterminate, a> it seems to tlirive with cultivation, and extends its roots very i , deep. One gentleman said lie thought lie J perceived a jl-ivor of fni on the ends of J souie of the roots. Albert Chaudlee slated I t!i it he thought ho had mastered it by 1 putting corn ground iu buck wheat while the thistle was in full bloom, turning the buckwheat under when it was iu bloom, and then following with wheat. He will report next year. ' A statement by the late U. l!u-li Huberts j was read, showing that in careful exporiincut.", the 1 irge potatoes planted whole were found to give a greatly increased yield, being more than double that of medium potatoes cut to two eyes. It took Id bushels of largo potatoes to plant an acre. 1 Hubert II. Miller reported that lie had i sown salt on potatoes, at the rate of fiOOlhs. j per acre as an additional fertilizer, and . iii .i i - ..? >i. ..i i? a' 1 i Stabler reported similar experience with I | kainit. I> Lawrence drew attention to the ' j fact that potatoes had, as a General rule, i eanie ip badly, and risked the reason.? I | Among those given were : the dry season, j.! having horn planted too late, and the mild i winter having caused the tubers to exhaust ; themselves in sprouting. Thomas Waters [ asked if unleaehed wood ashes would injure potatoes, it. Decidedly not. It was suggested that more millet should he grown, ami Waller II Drookc said he *1 j had raised I ' tons to the aero, and others ! had exceeded that ijoaiitity. CI.I'll ItEl'OUTS. g Here the reports from the several clubs ie were read. Win. II l'\iri|uhar reading tlmt t i>| the Farmers' (Muh of Sandy Sring. lie ig alluded to the retnarkal le fact that since its d organization in 1S||. it. had never lost a | member by death, and y< t within live weeks ie , i; had been called on to follow to the grave ie 1 three of the group they had known so long, n- i Samuel lilliolt was the lirst to depart His lv privation of right, which had not sectned to . . -.1 i i i ! i i iiii'tit'io wiih wis uim~u.il anility aim sue . ' cess as a fanner, hail served to increase the interest felt in meeting such a valued in uieinb.r. The club, in nearly compact or ig'dei, followed his r? mains, on the nth ol i!i November, to their last resting place anion^ ne the I'atuxent hills. Iio ! The death of 11. Uu-h Huberts was next If- ! alluded to, his wide sphere of usefulne-s ?e J and the vacant place he will leave. < )ai as week later .las. II. Stone died. No bottci fa- | fanner than he was to he found in the Clu! or out. Aftrr alludinir to those sail losses, ho p oooih d tn other themes, as follows : Much attention has been paid to t urowth of lie Id pea*, or more propet ly heai as a erop for turning under as a feltili/.i and with satisfaotory results. Chestn posts (?'. feet lon-r, delivered one mile d t int, were worth from 7 to It) cents. C ver seed should he sown when the "rout is well eraeked ope'n. The date makes h little difference. I'cerless potatoes are liki best for the main erop. A majority thii the ' Smith Cider" is the b?st apple to plai for winter use. A great diffen nee of opi ion was manifested as to the value of ban yard i aaui e.^r. 11 lint unprovAiI thoTt??h alT did notngrep wi t this idea. Attention was directed to the irtCreaL" use of the portable stcaui saw mill. *. Cumberland coal is good for hogs. J?l?i stone soaked in alcohol is a cure for soi feet in horses. The proceedings of the Senior Club wet closed with a transcript of the minutes < the last meeting, at the beautiful home an fertile farm of its deceased member, Satnu Kllieott, where everything was found in tl usual admirable order, and an adjoummei had after a most pleasant meeting, lit; thinking that it was its last assemblin there. TIIK MnVrooMKItV CM It. Henry II Stabler reported the Moti gontcry Club as having prospered durit the past year. The average attendance b; been good, and in ail ways it has been boncUei.il, both socially and materially, its friends could desire. The practice having an essay road at each meeting by member appointed for the purpose, li added much interest. Uis extracts fro the minutes of the Club are as follows : An average of 12 working hours per d; was thought to be right for both employ and laborer. Most members think it m< satisfactory to permit an allowance and I their hands board themselves. The opi ion is gaining ground that it is best to si clover seed in Che Fall as well as in t Spring. An experiment was reporte showing that Berkshire hogs weighing fr< 25d to 300lh-. lose 12His. in the htiudri in dressing, while those weighing from 1< to 200 lose 21 lbs. in the hundred. It recommended to apply lime to the surla rather than to phnv it under. It is thoug to he most profitable to have a dairy he fresh in August or September, rather tli in the Spring. The wheat crop of the CI averaged one bushel per acre less than 1; year, but the acreage was 30 per cent great The viohl of corn was unm-cccdenteil II was only about hair a crop. The iic51el(m of hay was mads up by sowing fodder-cc and millet. 'J'ho potato crop was fair. Fruit was a failure, it being unnecessary sign a temperance pledge so far as cider v concerned, Might members report liavi cleared IVoin the original forest, within t past year. Id acres; nearly all of which now in cultivation. One member had p in during the year about ono mile of bli ditch, averaging over four feet deep. Averages of the leading crops of sixtc members during 1S80 : Wheat 221 bush per acre ; (lorn, !> V barrels per acre ; 1Y> toes, 01M bushels p. r acre ; Hay, 7-10 o ton per acre. F,leven members reported (.'>,107 lbs. porl; ; live members, 17,2(52 lbs. of butt eight members, 81,780 pro it on fat eatt one member, *120 prolit. mi ehiekeiis a eggs ; six members, prolit on luu and wool. t11 K kn'I'Klll'I! isk t'l.t it. 4 ranvillo Fanjuhar sent a report to t club, stating that the average attendai I during the past year (twelve meetings) \ 1151. Tim crop reports show the year ! have been a iirosiicmus one. There h: been no ravaoinvj diseases amongst the st< , or injury to crops. We note extensive proveinents :it the houses of several oft members, anions them bciu^ water arran; I moots ir the dwellings, ami a line new ba Several important enterprises are project j one bt:iiil? a Fanners' Hotel ami Market which those present at a meeting in Janu; i acreeil to take over *.">.OlMI worth ol sto | Last winter a committee was appointed i visit the Commissioners ol tho Dislr brili;;injx before them the bad condition the 7th street road and asking them t prove it. The were politely received i were assured that it would he attend .<1 1 A niemh r asked if he should };ct a s I binding harvester. 'J'eii advised it, and I would not. Would tho County Fair I more successful if held !5 days, or onlv Four voted for !! days. sevt nteeti for - d; The most IV. ijUeiitly recurring question i "what plough shall I useThe tins , was. Syracuse < Hi v. r I J, Columbia 'J. K i land I, Wiard I, Loudoun 1. ninp rtKfoitT. Wheat, average p-r acre, IS bush Corn, ! barrels ; Hay, .">-!? of a ton ; I' I toes, 101 bushels; Fork,about 10.000 1 ' Hotter. I-.000. With regard to the ! crop, the members were agreeably surpri I as at the .! une meeting half of the ineinl i thought there would enly be 1 ot a c 1 and the rest from \ to i a crop. '1 ' iifuif iif !i < i*'?11 j PAUKNTAI. I'iXI'KltlMKNT.?Jollll . Ness, a <ialvcstou father, wanted to test ' I affection of his son, .>0 lie said to liin I l,Vou have been a very "ood boy and ! I'll ^ivc 3ou your choice. Which w ' ! you {.refer, in)1 esteem or The l took the as if it had been the men ' j remarking that it was impossible for hi , (her to have much esteem for a boy ' failed to take advantage of his ofpori ties,? \< ir*. ) I'eiiew your subscriptioti to the Tim NUMB Ell 0. jo- (Ikkat Shhimsin Knui.and.?Loudon, January ML?Snow-storms, floods, ship|u> wreeks. Mimv hound railway tracks :.ro 1110 iitS order of the d iv. Loudon s a ureal white, silent eity. The soot and crime of the nt town have not yet made the miow a vast col* js. L et ion of di t. There has been a mighty |o- wind, and the snow lies here and there in u| drifts, five or six feet deep. Last ni<;ht it ,,t was up to one's knees in Keftenl street ' ?1 1 N?rl!;*tid IMaee. 'I he ointe' ,1^ running;. A lew" cabs. 1 11> o, llt ?"K home railway 'ta.- . . .r, i?i r. alou*; the ' - "** HtSlgUB., <l||(j orjpp^.j ? ory l?aiMUISIIES ' "i-1" N|r I'ieratt had mil. ??ood lor the Iiijilt an.I C jhul' ' *" 1 ,s II'imu r,.(in, i| i , ** * wx '".-k I.*- i, ,' ,, ? " ,wJS r i?s p. u ? i,i! i! ' ? 1 " : !: ?? tlio weather isVV* by nlmo.it superhuman ofv storms having swept thebed to |,or brother. w|,0 ,j- .John n* Croat's to Laini ?" ?.nt ??f" t)|U ,1 lloliyhcad Kailway was yesterday blocKeu ,| with snow at Alter, ami the passengers hy the Irish express had to bo taken baek again to Hanger. 1 d" not know how the |(. weather may have ufleeted the Amoriean IL, mail, but no papers nor letters have reached me since the posts that arrived i:t the middle of last week. At St. Ives, after lighting through tremendous seas and being twice driven baek, a lile-boat saved live men Irom a French schooner that had struck the rocks. :I> (>11 the northeast eoast two vessels are known !,s to have been totally lost with all hands.? !,s. At Harwich a lilo boat going to a ship in distress was enp-i/.ed. Two coal vessels were :l dashed upon the new railway steamboat :,s pier at Hyde, causing damage to the extent of $00,000. Along some of the railway tracks in Wales the snow lies six feet deep. xy Even trains Irom Hrighton (an hour from or London) were obliged to put baek. In Seotland, luvcriicss and Forfar are without wa'l l ter, and the frost and snow have stopped the supply of gas at Kirkcaldy. The Cal,w edonian Catial'is frozen up, nod in Leith bo Docks the sailors walk to their ships on the ice in which the vessels are imbedded, Six",l ty persons have been addmitted to the Lon don hospitals within the past twenty-four hours with broken limbsand contusions from 16 accidents arising out of the weather. The co "circular wind" yesterday, something like J that which swamped the Kit n't lice, flung people down in the streo'.s. Whistles were nM blown in vain for cabs at the West End llb clubs. The Thames, choked with floating ice, rose last night under the influence of a L!r' high tide and the wind. It burst in tor? :iy rents upon the low lying districts between ICJ "West unmoor uiid-lihickt'tian^ ,ru scenes of misery and distress tVit resulted from the inundation were lienWctiding.? , Hundreds of poor I'ainiles were struglingin l ,s | ihe snow to recover their ' household gods" "o j from the torrent. Many barges were . j sunk, one of them containing a valuble earls j go of preserved meat. The tel 'graphic do"lt j partmeiit cd' the general postolliee uunotiuc"<l j ed last evening that coiumunieation with i the provinces is almost entirely suspended. ' 11 | At (?loueester the roof of the < irent \\ ess ! tern IS ail way depot was carried away by the i wind. At (?r.avesend the Customs steam? ' :i i launch was sunk and the Survey steam dock | tug was wrecked. The new railway pier | was also destroyed. In Devonshire tho , r? j London mail train was completely snowed > j up at liridcstow. The trade of Portsmouth 1' ; was closed, the snow-drifts in parts most '"s | exposed to the channel winds being from live to eight feet high. In many lar*o ' #i... l ;i........ i....... I vun un r i 11 111 ?i <i j tiiih .1 11?i Will 11 i > I III > u his , not hoon running lor two days. The steamticc era for Holland and Franco did not vouturo vas j out yesterday. At Wolverhampton, a terto ! race of elevated houses had every chimneyive 1 stack torn down by the wind, and in each K-k ; easo they fell through the tool' into the hod in). ' chambers. The snow continues io fall jur | while I write, and is blown about by the gc- ' wind in blinding clouds. An army of lain. ! borers is digging a passage tor such traffic cd, is remains around the parks, 'l'iie cold is, , to however, nothing like so intense as in Amer* iry iea. hut it is more trying, probably. because rk. it is ii'iacconipaiiiod bv the atmospheric dryto ness and clear skies which characterize winjet. tor weather in the I nitcd States. p ? .. I) FAT It FltoM ( '<) l.olt KI > StocKIN'OS.-? I (icrti tide Thornton, aged ! ?iiotllfy of A. (I. Tlmrnt open organization and ( j|. recentlv d-a.sfanee. 'J In; government doubttwo 1,8 it lies much on the intimidation produced be -v the lirat arrests, which 1.1 ..-..1...1.1.. ; mo.. , ' i""??o'jr " 1 being lii'u-avyHerucJ, but not numerous.? ; ami \sln-ii her >ho.<i?il probably f.?r gencrai IoiiikI that the coloring oi "oiu _ _ \V (' I* < I I ; brown in tin- leet of tlie stockings had been absorbed by the warm flesh of the feet, leaving the stoekings almost white. Tho "irl scon began to show symptoms of poisels ; oning. Her limbs became swollen and disota colored, and she suffered the most cxerueilis. ; i aling agony lor thirty-eight days. Shu hay | would scream at times with pain, and dur-ed, , ing the whole timo of her sickness was > rs | hardly a day without the keenest sull'eiing. top, ! y\s the end drew near her limbs and hips hey became swollen ami moilifted, and ail tho * body except the face showed the dreadful poison. A half hour before her death sho ^ :l" sank into a comntons state and never rel',R gained her consciousness. The utmost skill of I>r. Sol. Van Kttcn could not cheek tho now ravages of the poisou.?J'/iilmlcf/thiu lie OIUU I ron/ li iy ? - ihlc.s, Coming from the incthodist, thin will ho s fa- adjudged good : "The situation was com. who prohended by the (leorgia colored precahcr, tuui- who said, 'Wc have a collection to make thi.-; morning, and, lor the gloiy of Heaven, whichever of you stole Mr. Smith's sheep, IKS, don't put anything en the plate."