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? XIII.?New Series. UNION C. H., SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 31, !SS2. NUMBER 13.
FAMINE F0LL0W8THE FLOOD. th<
Memphis, Tknn , March 17 ?Some idea
of the enormity of the disasters by the flood
iu the Mississppi Valley may be formed by wa
couiparisoti. That is the only way I know |,al
to |?iv?? anything like an idea of it to Ivistern
readers. Tennessee's losses, which are eon- 11 1
sidercd trifling, are hardly ever spoken cd'at wa
all in the ceaseless conversation about the ^r'
floods that ones on everywhere. In pre
sence of the distress in other Stales Tennessee
makes no complaint, yet there have
been no less than 2..>!57 persons in Tennessee
suppliod with rations, they having '"r
bcedn rown d out of their homes, utterly i uined,
and reduced to the vorya.l^e ol'starva- ""
women and children an ?w?.rv. wli
brought to a condition ol'absolute hunger,
with no food within their reach, and nothing '!U1
to buy it wiih if there were anything to buy". "ri
The real shores olTennossue are uujslly blu#*.
places lief trips of ricfi bottom land, ordiua- I,r'
rily dry grourvd. Those strips arc from one 1,111
to eight tnilos wide and extend sometimes r"Jl
from ton to twenty miles up and down the <>,s
river. On these lived agricultural labors j|':l
cros who, under the system of farming in '
vogue almost throughout the South, raised
hy
their cotton on shares with the owners or
lessees of the land?that is. the planters mo
supplied them with tools, livestock and food, '''''
and charged it tothcin. Their crop Is raised
and the laborer's account for goods supplied
is deducted from his half of the proceeds '
11 is argued hy many that t he planters should W|t
supply, them in this emergency hut they are V"
afraid to do so, as there is the smallest possi 'r"
bio chance in most cases of their gott ing any 'lvt
return. The negro?and more than ninety
five per cent, of the Tennessee sufferers arc :,r"
negroes ? will not stay to work out a hope- *''v
less debt; but if he Can succeed in getting ''ll'
away behind ill his account, as he is always
trying to do, lie invariably leaves the plan- ,t!
tor in the lurch. P'?
The govarnment instru ctions were that s,!
rations should he given to sufferers any where m,>
they might he found, regardless ofdistriets. I,r"
This work of distriftution was finished yes 4,1
terday, and tin; accounts have just been
made up as above. The only surplus re Wl'
maioitig in the committee's hands is that >, Cl
designed for the Male's Point unfortunates. , r"
Tliis, unless some means are soon found to 1
convey it to them, will probably he given to '
others equally needy. The rations issued 1
nresfiieent to keep all the sulferers who have * ' "
been reiiorted here, with tiio execution of ''
those, 2tM* alive I'or ten il iys in c:?nno or mi- '' '-N
til say March 2f>. The must sanguine penpie
here. however, tin nut expeet the water
to clear oil a- soon as that, and a further issue
of rations will prohahly he necessary.
l'tlSSI III I.ITIKS mil I'l.ANTINO ""I
If another ten days ean h<s tide I n**cr and
the water subsides in time to plant hy the ' ' '
middle of April there is a chance that all T"
will go Well after that Some fix the plant
ing time later, saying that if the seed ean he "!
sown hy the middle of .M iv there will he a '
oood crop, unless trust, comes too early ,"'1
Others say it aittst he sown hy the middle of '! '1
April. The prosperity of the overllowed ""
t^uintry for the next year, however, lianas. V
as nearly as I ean judge hy too talk ot Ul'
tnerehants and planter*, ;;n three contin '' '
goneies. "V
First, it depends upon whether the plan J1"
lets can get lahor, or wehlher the negroes '
emigrate ; second, on a late fill to give the '
crops time to mature after late planting ; J' 1
third, tin whether there is a June rise.
The Mississippi lliver. as is well known.
eoniiuotily runs high in June. If it does so 11,1
this year, with the levees all broken, eiops
which may he planted hy that time must
certainly lie destroyed.
llOltKllltS OK Til K SITUATION.
From the flooded distr'ets of Arkansas
eonie most dreadful stories of stiff i*iiilt and ' '
impending death from famine. Beasts aiv 1,1 '
reported as ^rowinj* furious with hump r ' 1 *
In places hn^s arc saiil Jo have killed and
' Oil t
oaten each other ; wolves, loo. :int abroad in j.
t. and in one or two instances, it .
they hare thrown bold enough to
This may be an exaggeration. '
i^ireratinn. however, to say that
vin^ now wliitlmnt lood and itn "
pe from their desolated homes
: anxiously the help which people ' 1
. i.i ''in
xtops to send them as soon as P .
issible. Boats, tlmmrh they ean j '
e country to many places, cannot '
ere. . ,
I isn't war it's postilenc ; when "
ilenee it's flood; after the flood
in I reckon the people Bast
d hearimrth.it we in this tlod ( 'A
intry iieml aid" said a niereli int eid
ir of the Tennessee ('luh last are
Coll
the ir irden sp .t of the world," str?
r zealously." pl'o
u_rh ;"siid tlie first ' But it is a hiir
of pl.ivrues." t iin
lie reseiiililino those of l'e_rypt i-1 1 ^'o
if irnats. A Northerner knows ops
lie buffalo ?rnat. It is a I ir^e ami
ames in swarms, and kills the tain
bites Two tliimrs are resort- !
them The aniiu ii> in ay lie an ^
i ?rn.'it oil. which is expensive. j
y he raised hy scttiliii file to old ?v|
' tins siimLr I ?r six t?r | Wj1
* i^i| .-.>. !?: ' "1 arnuinl l<? avoid the |j(,
pf. _ ,*venr bull alo it n'its are a I > >11 ( in | |, (
grcairi ii ..IbiM's ami curlier than usual, ami j |
of the cattle that were m>t drowned many W|I.
have brrn bitten to ileatli; fur thee are , , ,
lio leu's to burn, ami )>Iml"is e 1,111 >1 nil tin I j(t.*
poor beasts, because oilcli tliev e Ilili->t reach ! (
tlieiii. 'flic country is sufl'erin_' an aecii un
latiim of horrors, ami yet it is certain ?11 I tj
the next (rti il lvs or two weeks will brim.; iI |t
more awful stories than havu yet been fob! t
11 u ml reds must < I i There see ins to Ic u ( ^ t
possible way of savini: tbein I
vik.w i'it<>M i tit: III.i its J an
'J'ho si^hl from the Hinds of Moin|i!us: ' wu
I
nigh by no un-aiis the worst, is sail euougl
sight of this happy prosperous city
s the little town of llopcticld, all undei
ter One roof alone appears. It is ap
retitly in the middle of a large brand
earn The timber is cleared away aroutu
in such a way that the vista looks like i
ter course. The flood is up above the
mud floor of all the others houses, and tin
tie Town of Marion, lying just back o
ipefleld, i? in exactly the same condition
is possible to go straight west from tin
unpins shore in a skifl" for a distance ol
tv to fifty miles, and the steam ferry boa
it plies across the river in ordinary times
w goes five mile? further across country
icre there is usually dry laud.
4 >ue reason of the distress in the sunkci
nls-or A-C?Kaid to be that tin: gov
uncut.Contracts for car jtng main* tl?<
fparSl Fr^Bcj^all?y were cut off las
Ow Postmaster.General Jauies, aud tin
>V" wafTllng of" the ap
niching Hon fs. having lib means of cooi
iiiication with the outside world and tn
sou to suppose that the small local fresh
were only precursors of the awl'ul flood
it were coming from the Mississippi
us it is said tln-y were caught unaware:
what resembled a tidal wave throe 01
r feet in hieght. The population there ii
re thrifty and woP to do. or rather was sc
ore tlie flood, than is usual in Southern
toni lands. Many settlers were iuiuiints
from Illinois, Southern Indiana and
it hern Kentueky, who have come it
liin three years past, prepared to stay
e especially melancholy story is reported
in this region by James Collins, who
>s a few miles helow Wittsburg Ho
de one journey to Helena two weeks
i. for provisions, carried them home and
ided them with his neighbors. One ol
se was John Patterson, who lived about
i miles back from the St Francis River,
was a small bndower, but thrifty and
sporous, owning considerable stock and
oral horses and mules. Collins paddled
r to Patterson's place in a dug-out with
visions, and arrived just in time to save
family foili perishing, but Patterson
: a lunatic. Kverything he had lost ; his
e and three little children living in the
and shiry of his house had no food. Pat<mi
thought all that li.nl h .ppened was a
ies of visions. lie is there yet with his
lily. Collin* says this ease is one of
ny in regard to the distress, though Pat
<011 is the only one ho has heard of who
reason Hfdp went to this rigeon to
io a small steamer that went to Witts g
Ironi Helena, hut it may euuio too late
111:111 v of the inhappy people.
Cyt>1.NK#K A\l? l-'i llt'l'l IT l)K.
\ remarkable ea*e of eoolness and fortie
oeeiirred 011 White Kiver. fifteen miles
1 of lieie. during the late flood. Mr. T
lioodlinaid wife started from the raff
d. four miles above t'aliei Itoek, in a
ill ho it to go down tIn-river. Mrs 'JoodIrid
a ha be in her arms, and the boat eonled
besides a h t of beddiug. househ dd
nsils. &c. \t the mouth of Piuey the
t upset, and Mrs. liin caught the
h of a willow tree wit li otie hand, holding
balie up with the other The husband
h diflieult v swam to her assistance, assisher
to a spot, where she could barely
eh bottom with her feet and went in p::rl
of the boat, wliie 1 lie found sunk in
slough below, but. was 1111 ilile to riglit it
lie. .1 <>liii hohanlson li:i|>t ?' !?'< 1 to 1 p
r on ilm mountain above at. the time, and
iritttr tlii'ir cries assisted tin* man in turnover
tile boat. wlieu he rescued tlie Willi,
xvIi i li.nl 'ven in the c dd xvater xvith
rliihl lor three hours ?Ark /?*ri/isfrr.
a n>l,"UKI> man's I'll km1pa M knt.
When the levee jjavo way in iVotit of the
zliuoli |> 1 111'ati<>11 a I'exv days ajjo one of
neofo cabins xvas swept oil .several bund
yards he lore the occupant, a colored
ii. who xvas asleep :ii the house, discovd
lhe situation. Then it xvas that he
ic.ircd upon the porch of the house witha
oarinciil on, having torn his clothing
craxx lino out of the dehris, ami not stop
0 for ceremony frantically hailed all cors
of t he compass for aid No one nppre?
t inlT his situat ion as he had hoped for, and
xvi-himr to trust himself further to the
reies of the water, which xvas from six to
feet deep ami riiniiiii^ rapidly, he tlircxv
iself upon a frail tree ami rein lined t here
an hour, when he xvas fished out. civcii
of tun seed sack and taken to friends from
oil In* harrowed a suit of clothing.? Mrm
s A rufmirlir.
i nm hunts OK tiik DKI.liiK.
^ Sikestoii (Mn.) dispatch to the St. I cmis
ikr- says : " M inv . ovim; incuts
hy llood ami field, especially hy II nod,
reported. On I'Thruary 'J7. txvo houses
t.iinvntr a ntttnher of I oes iloaled down
am < hie funeral hy skills took place, the
cession moving doxvn .Main street to the
h lands on .lud_re Aiken's firm, the vie
1 heino a little diu^lller of Mrs \| S
lie. At Point I'leas ant. hdoxv. >1 r. ISish
went down stairs into his dinins; room
I found a lariic hull"ilo fish, which lie cap
ml and used lor breakfast.
Wo It Si: Til an INK XV A It.
t Car din a. ei^ht v live miles ah >ve V ieks
'id I'Mward II ivhardsoii left the hoat
is onitleiuau is to Southern agriculture
it \ auderhilt i> to the Northern tailroads
is the owner of over twent\ plantations
h sn^ar ami cotton, and uf several mill.'
I other industries lie is moreover tin
11111 i e -1 in an in to - '.-i'll In response
><>ur < >rresi. ?n i oil s impii' y lie s iid that
r-'.'iM 1 : v i II >\v is liki-lv I ? privo
ri'i* il iinifoils in its i-ll M'ts tip<ui dies*" |???r
is i?r 11|.< Smi: 11 i liin i In' w ir, n ?' mi I v in
l- sti ui'ti'ill if |u*??j?- rly. I?ul tin- il'Miri
/. 111'hi nl I ili t. 111 t In- wii| i|nv?l miIIVr
w 11 i i I? iim-t ri'-ult II'* il nl n >t lliiuk
I ruiMi' Il ill Vit. l'i'ii'li' 1 lis ?'ii 1 ii i ill i
til || Vi'-'S :i I? i VI' \ I It "l?l| HI' ' 11 I nil I
I tin- -111 it'-- liTritury ??l* I In? liotiuin i i: > ! ?
It'll |>i .I'llU'i'.s .ili..ill l>.iIt s ul' out
i toil annually will yet In- 11 mded, lie thinks.
I A large portion is aire.. ..y underwater, and
the rest will booh be.
"The unexpected rise," he said, of four
inches a day in this section is due to the
backing up of waters by the discharge of the
Yazoo flood just above Vicksburg. The latter
came through the Yazoo delta after last
Monday's and Tuesday's rains like a tidal
wave ; sweeping everything before it. At
Memphis and below the Mississippi is already
falling, and as soon as the swell go-*s
down this will continue lower down the river.
but its effects will yet add to the danger
on the lower liver, where the situation is
, destined to become still more serious than at
present. The flood is unprecedented. That
i of 1874 coil not compare with it.
He regards the cotton crop i-fllie bottom
? luixia as lost, with the exception of about
t WW httniiq;d.aud fifty thousand bales, which
} will be the maximum that cau be plaiiteJ iu
the upper counties of 51 ississippi. lie has
- himself n total of ?d,UOU acres under cultiva>
tion iu his several plantations, and of these
1G.UU0 acres are already under water, the
s stock of a portion being destroyed. Three
thousand biles will, he thinks, b the in xi?
mum of the crop lie can produce, lie his
r taken measures to secure his horses and
s mules, which lie wil1 send to St. Louis and
) sell. As to the cattle, pigs and such stock,
most of them have necessarily perished.
Th : distress and suffering entailed, he siid,
I was pitiable to contemplate. As yet it had
i not began to he lully realized Thousitids
of* people will have to he fed, and the planters
are destitute of means and without credit,
i Coming, as the flood did, at a season when
the plantations had all been mortgaged lot*
advanees made upon the expected crops, it
is destined to have a very serious effect upon
I" the financial world. The crop is substantially
gone j not only this, hut the planters' stock
t" g"oc, "?.a .nitw .UjL_uroduCC is
gQiic. 1 he merchants who UftToocnramTj"^[
money will find themselves seriously crippluA
One Kuglish house in New Orleans he knew
had advanced money on the prospective
! crops of over seventy plautati >t;s and what
the end would he he could not foresee. In
addition to this a more permanent injury
will he inflicted upon the planters of the
bottom lands by the entailed disorg inization
of labor. The negroes are flocking to the
hill country, a far !e>s productive region,
whence of late the bottom planters h id been
drawing large and much tie-aled accessions,
lie did not know what had become of his
own negroes, hut should endeavor to retain
them.
TIIK I.KVKKS AT NKW OKf.KANS.
It is more than probable that the highest
point of the flood has not been reached at
New Orleans. Though the river has not
va "led materially here for two or three d iy.9,
it is now within a few inches of th top of
the levees along the whole front At Yirks
burg the gauge has been marked up sleulily
lor a week, and this is likely to continue.
The vast volume of water that was poured
j through the crevasses on the east hank into
the Yazoo bottoms is now coming hack into
I the Mississippi and is supplemented by
freshets in nearly all the streams in that re
gmn .
\Ye may. therefore, expect a lout or more
ris ; at this point, and it needs hut a hasty
examination of the levees to convince any
eit'zen that such all addition to the flood
now rolling past us would greatly imperil
the safety of the whole city. The municipal
authorities, therefore, cannot he too vigilant
nor is there a moment to spare in raising and
>i .i i...
.-?? * imi- uii; ? 11111 111 k ii j j j i \>urif
there is tins slightest t! ?11ix?*r.
The Iitn* IVmiii Napoleon avenue to (Jar
r??11??n ought particularly t*>In* closely *r?i:irtli*tl
nigh (ami day. ami kept in the must tlior
nugli impair. IT funds am needed to perform
any necessary rvork (lie amount could
easily he raised among (ho citizens.
We do not for a moment question the
zeal and watchfulness of f lic city governincut,
hut where such itreat interests arc at
stake tin* people naturally feel aiixi his, and
would prefer to see su peril nous work :ii the
direction of protection rather than (he least
hesitation or delay. ? .V O. /'iriit/mic.
An KniMNKUU P.\lt.\I.YZKI>?Tile I fill !
villc Kegister cf Monday has the following
aeeount of a remarkable accident that occurred
on the Uichiiioiid ami Ihinviilc Kailload,
near News Kerry, Monday morning.
Mr. Pat Dacey. the engineer on a freight
train coinim_' South, hccamc paralyzed*
llis fireman was outside of the cah at the
time and did not observe that the engineer
was paralyzed until he noticed that he failed
to blow his whistle on approaching the
1 station. lie then w-nt to him and found
, him sitting down, paralyzed and unconscious.
The fireman in great alarm closed the throttle
and jumped oft' the locomotive, receiving
some slight injuries ahout the breast. The
engine rushed at its own will without gnid
unco and presently ran into the rear ol another
freight train coming this way. The
collision threw several cars (said tohoeight)
. from t he track, doing considerable >1 mi igo,
the extent of which has lint yet hoecn ascertained
I II'* 11 I I -I I > f.K'' I I'll ^ 11 MM I \\.I> J MI l- I'll Jill;
other tr.iin : ii 1 l?r<?ui;lit mi to iPtn.ille
\v 11 ? r? It is Inuiie is. lit* wis not. injured sis
l.ir :is known I?y 'he < ollisi<>n, but lie remains
uiM'onseious I rum paralysis and lies at liis
liuUselici'e in aeiilieil condition.
?
1 , Wii > \i:i: hi it l.ruisi, x i.u:s \ rapid glmict*
I a i In* cniiip-i-.il i.>ii n| tin* i | in sic o|' |; prrifiiin
1 l ivrs n|' i !iis St ilr. :il its Pile scssjiin. .liuiv s l li.it
11 Ciiiisjsie | nf in en i if i In* lilimv inn '"Jen l*'H i"lis ;
I' irnirrs, ;;7 ; lawyers, 'Jii ; planters. 7 j 1111v !
-lei'ins, II ; inert ii mis, III ; i,*:ieliers. ;! ; cmi|
it irliii's. ; meeli.itnes, "J; iii?iiliiiee shrills, 1!;
1 real esinie ii;;eiiis, I ; I'lelnrs. | , eirneiilcrs, 1 ;
i liuleliers, I ; e<liliirs, I : tuuiislers,
SENSIBLE TALK ABOUT SLANG.
We specially invite the attention of oui
young la ly readers to the following wis:
words by a writer in The American aboul
the too prevalent use of slang :
' It is within the limits of moderation t<:
say that ninety girls out of every huudrct
would describe every variety of social pleas
ure or amusement by declaring that they
had a grod time,' or a "lovely time,' or a
'beautiful time.' 'Awfully nice* and 'awfully
jolly' rro sulficienfly indefinite ti
qualify almost any nouu in the dictionary
and are conveniently vague ways of eon
veying one's impressions without requiriiu
that the impressions shall be too closely de
fined or analysed; and they dispense witl
the troublesome necessity of fitting th<
w U<e thought, which becomes un
avouJabio'H otTe Is obliged to tiud one's sel
in expressions. Slang phrases constanth
present themselves as the easiest and iuos
obvious thing to say about people, or places
or bimkfl, or sensations, when it would in
volve some mental effort to describe them
more accurately. Ami thuu such indefinite
judgments 'do not ouiprouiisc one's power.of
discrimination, ind cannot be cast up a<
an iuteliectu'l reproach by pooph of more
pcuctiffpl faculties and iuc jiivcnicut
ui em ones.
"Tho field of slang offers no restrictions
and is as open to women as to the privileged
sex; and expressions the uiost vulgar and dis
g usiing may bo heard coming fro in lips so
pretty us almost for the 1111:11 jut to ui ike
one toicratotinythiug tlioy may choose to ut?
^fili^^bj^-Jli^^m^^coLinMit^onaHy uncon
more positive ill results v.. ,
1 ... " cOnrtUPA
sing Ireshiicss and nuionle of style. It exterminates
all dignity an 1 refinement of
thought and speech, and 111 ikes a woman not
only commonplace, hut common, ft ui ike 1
a girl's min i seem a place open to all comer:
?a court without a sanctuary. The aoecs
sibility and 'hail-fellow-well-met* air g<
far to destroy tho distinct, definite charm o!
a woman's conversation. ft is not necessirj
that people wno speak good lOuglish should
he elaborate, or stiff, or pod mtic. The vorj
best and most vig ?roUs Knglish is 111 i?1j up
of short, simple words and idiomatic, natural
expressions, and as far removed Iron
formalism or affectation as slang itself. Tin
charm of a clever, fascinating woman's converse.:!
.r?, !i!:c the charm of some of the 1110s
beaulil'uI poetry, often lies more in the 111:11111
-r than in (lie matter.
"A facile, gr.icj'ul use of language \r;i
one of the most conspicuous accomplishment
of those charming, elegant women who inoul
ded modern society in their sn/otis and 111 ..<1
conversation a fine art. Itisa very general
ly conceded fact that in the society of mosi
civilized countries there are more agreeabl
women than men,?reckoning purely froii
a social point of view ; and one reason o
tins is tli it most educated women are <h
i /' ttiiufi, and ililfthti,ti are proverbially plea
satit people. Tliey are not hard workers
but they rove from II iw?t to fl nver, am
gather a great deal of sweetness from then
all. There is not often much that is verj
solid *o .how for all these sunny (lights; bu
they get the full flavor and sweetness of th
summer and the flowers, and are lighter am
more graceful creatures than the stead
plodders who eep close to the clover an
buckwheat fields, wife a view to the exeellen
yield and quality of the honey, and th
monument of wax which is to crown thci
labors.
"Hut a woman who wishes to acquire tha
permanent charm of conversation which
clever cultivated woman may so abundant I
possess, should carefully avoid slang word
and phrases. Slang, it is true, may no
seem to interfere with her immediate success,
hut the effect is not the less deteriorat
ing on society in general. Youth and prct
tiiiess gain toleration lor a little coarseues
' and want of dignity, hut when the youth
I and preltiness go, the coarseness and wan
of dignity reuiaiu, uiiinmliliotl .<i|<l unjust i
ti.il"
A negro house on the plantation of Mr. Jnuie
T. I.ciniuuii, in die lillle Itiver neighborhood
was ile.?iroved by lire on Tuesday morning ?
There were three negro children in the building
one of win in was hiirut to death. We have mi
hear l the particulars, hut we presume the eliil
die a had heeu locked in the house while the p.n
rents were at work ill the fields. ? Fairjirhl Mcu
on J lit raid.
A iH.trm: in Ruiz i.. ? l.ond >n, March J If. Advices
from llio de Janeiro of the 'Jl install
by way of l.ishnii, state that ram h is hecn fall
nig in torrents during the last six weeks, (loin
Ureal damage to rail ways in the provinces of IC i
de .lenciro, San I'aulo and Munis (ireaco. Th
towns of an .lose, M iclie. I'araty and I'irah
have been almost de n ; e I, and many person
have been drowned
It.uucu. I'iimtici:. ? Watseka, III., March 17
?.1. W. .1 ohn.son, of Sheldon, editor of the f/u
id: , a proniin. nl Republican politician and a
applicant for the Swe lisli consulship, is charge
with h iving forced Commercial paper to the ex
I lent ot several thousand dollars and has Irii ill
| country.
Mi nnr.tt ur x MoosstiiM.n. ? Atlanta, Marc
i i( ri.w t,...k n...i.a .... .n.,..i .lwi.
' li r nl tiwinni'li ('.unity, inriwi iiikI wi
tnv.l liv n party i.f mi Icrs. Imm le i I>v L>ej
' my Miii'ilrii Itolton, un?l was killcil.
FARM NOTES.
r lloofand lioru .shavings contain more
! thau twenty-five times as uiuclt nitrogen as
t is contained in average stable manure.
Sheep fed ou dry feed are frequently
' troubled with sore lips. Au application of
' sulphur and lard once or twice will generally
affect a cure.
r It is stated that go its among sheep aflord
1 theui protection against dogs. The goat
" being pugnacious, attacks the dogs while the
1 sheep escape.
? For turning under a heavy sod there is
nothing to equal a pair of good oxen. They
' may bo a little slow at the work, hot it .'ill
be well done if tlioy are managed by a good
I' driver.
c An easy method of salting stock is ti
place a lirge lump of rock salt at uiffercut
I locations, to which the stock can resort wheuf
ever desired. It can also be p! ?ced in the
1 troughs cf the stables to good advantage.
If good clover or mixed hay is cut into
v hall*incli lengths and steeped in hot water it
1 makes an excellent, cheap and healthy food
1 for fowls in winter ; and, as with cattle, a
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' its virtues.
As the influence of mule animals is more
strongly impressed on tho offspring than tliot
of the Female, it is important that great cure
ho exercised in the selection of males for
' improvement. One with doubtful lineuge
should be avoided.
It is as necessary to use precaution in cutting
off limbs from trees as amputating the
leg or arm of an individual, and it can only
be done safely when the tree has sufficient
strength to bear the shock. Triuuniug of
- *ri'Pg_ahiiiild ho done gradually. of
cutting ott uTr mo unrWscu iraios at onco.
The following is another of many cures
that have been recommended for chicken
s cholera: Charcoal, one pound; sulphur,
' one p mud ; copperas, half p mud ; calomel
tea grains; salicylic acid, one druchui.
1 (Jrind to a line powder and give a teaspoon1
f'uI on moist uieul to a dozen fowls once a
f day.
' Many dairymen practice milking their
r cows steadily without allowing the uuiuials
to go dry. They feed heavily on curu meal
and oil cake until the milk fails, when the
1 cow is replaced by a fresh one. A dairyuiau
' who keeps ono hundred and fifty cows says
" such a practice is more profitable than to
1 pass lime between their going dry and coming
in.
Piaster should always be kept on hand in
H tin* barn. It will promote the growth of
s nearly all plants, affords partial protection
' against drouth, and wnl furnish soluble lime
'' to plants that need it. Of all the fertilizers
known, plaster is the cheapest, and, for its,
1 cost, is the most remunerative. Two bushl!
j els only are needed for a good application.
1 i It is a special fertilizer for clover, beans
' j peas and potatoes.
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1 IIK V.M.UK OK ltVK AM) Cl.OVKIt.?
i ( flic Charlotte Observer says: "We loam
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| UliK V UHMIl'I 'MKIIlMtMl, til V ' ll.l I l< >1 If, U'JIII,
in c need culling Ins rye ihc last of Dcootnf
her, when il was about u foot high, mid
I reeding it to his stock ; that lie has cut it
u twice this winter and it is now iil'tccu inches
1 high, lie will mow it again in Apr.I, when
y in bloom, and il will be srotn live to six
J feet high. After it is cut the third time,
t the clover sown with it on the i^Uth of .Sep
e t. niber he expects to mow three times during
r the suinuicr. This will make six cuttings
of green feed ii one year. Kor four years
it previous he has sown the two, lye and eloa
ver, together, and three of the lour ye rs
v he has cut six greeu crops each year. One
s severe winter the rye was cut only once,
it but the clover three time - . This comes of
- early sowing, deep plowing and thorough
- preparation without foreign fertilizers, but
- a plenty of the home?made. A great saving
s in Ibrage, fat horses and cows, with rich
i yellow butler, are the results." Can auyt
one in KaiiTield make a better showing
- tlian this?
A Til it I c rv N Kiiito. ? William Mattison,
s a colored fanner living near lloiiea I'alli,
J was at Abbeville court bouse la-it, Monday
to buy the Maddox mill property. 11<> ran
l' it up to 3r?,f?(IO, and the best of it is be bad
e the money and property to make good bis
* bid. This man was emancipated without a
dollar in bis pocket, and by industry, o,?,d
j judgment and economy is now well off in this
I- J world's g ituls. II is money lie made at farniI
in-', while hundred* of farmers in tlii.scnuii"
.
p i ty have in that time s?ju indered their farms
1 and gone into debt. Mattison never buys J
on a credit, but generally lias money enough
to help out bis |e?.s thrifty neighbors. Let
i- no man say (bat farming will not pay in
" 1 this country.
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B ATTP.lt I'rniu.Mi ?lake one pint ol
milk and three tublesp.ioiilul.s of ll oir and
bf.it ilifin until Miniiitli. A<I<1 a mi hi I i
' ijuniilit)' id'.- ill an.I tliivu yolks ami
wliitos bo.il' ii hojiir.iti ly. Make in biiiicivi
i onjis or a j'u'l Iiiij-ili.-b about bail an boar !
| in n ijuiek oven. Sorvo Harm Willi s.iue" I
Tub Orchard and 1'ruit Garden.??
Ileciuso of the failure of u crop last season,
with the larger porthWaof our readers, orchards
in some instances did not receive
the attention they otherwise would; and
consequently are not in as good condition as
is estimated to ensure the development of
fine Iruit in the event of a crop the present
year. When such is the case, the orchard,
or portions of it exhibiting a lack of vigor
and thrift, which can be determined by tha
growth of wood during last year, a little
extra effort should be made to keep such
trees in regaining th ir former vigor with as
little delay as possible. As soon as the soil
will admit of plowing, put it in order to receive
whatever manure or fertilizer cau ba
.-p irod. [I stable ui mure is available, broad
cast after plowing ; if ashes or artificial i
manures arc used, the drag-harrow or cultivator
should be used after such application,
in order to have their effect ou the trees us
early in the season as possible. Truo, this
expenditure of labor and outlay for manures,
is on the presumption that the.*? will bo a
crop cliis year; but in event of another failure.
and possibly this may be the case,
though it is scarcely probable, then there
is los^ sustained by unnecessary outlay (7),
says the close calculating reader. Hut more
liberal reasoning places it on the side of
, in that it promotes vigorous and
healthy growth of the trees, which ultimately
must pay better than stinting. Wo
know many poaeli growers, who twolvo years
ago, were impelled by cheir faith in tho
profits 5f this industry, to plant tho greater
and belter portions of their farms in orchards,
why have lived to sco tho error of limiting
In"greatTy reclucod^tSo"~
number of acres appropriated to peaches,
giving more attention and thorough culturo
to a smaller area, realizing much better
"profit* p opcrtionately. It requires adtninis.
trativoabilityof no mean standard to properly
manage in every detail a peach orchard of ten
thousand trees, nud lie who attcuips it with
no better backing than lucre enthusiasm,
will sooner or later find that he has an elcpliaut
ou his hauds. Much better have but
one thousand trees, with sufficient labor at
command to meet the emergency when tho
throng anil press of properly gathering a crop
arrives, than to have ten thousand and bo a
couple of days behind in the work entailed
thereby. In brief, plant no more fruit of any
kind than you are certain, beyond a doubt, you
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best order, with a selection of eight or ten
of the host varieties, covering the season
from first to last, (drafting can be preformed
during this month, especially of tho
cherry, which is usually attended with better
success when done before the buds have
swoll mi much. We need not enter into
particulars in describing this operation, as
it is a simple one, and has been repeatedly
illustrated in the columns of Tiik American
Farmer. (2rafting, when carefully
done, is an easy and quick way of converting
inferior k iuds of fruit into the best and most
profitable. Apple, pear, plum and cherryf
that a fair trial has proveu to be valuclesp,
can by this method be brought into bearing
I roil of the most desirable varieties in thrco;
or four years. It is better, in grafting trees
ofr? bearing size, to graft only a part of it
first, giving the tree a year to recover from
the shock produced by lopping off the branches
; then proceed with the other half tho>
spring following.
in the Fruit garden as the soi 1 dries off
and the weather falls into spring behavior,
it will tie proper to notice the mulching on.
ptr.'iwuurrjr aim wiiuii h|irtaiiu urn mn.iv|y
<??? the plants a portion of it may be removed;
but it will not be safe to go too far in this
direction this month, as March is "too on sartin
in her ways" to be depended upon.
(irapes cm be staked and tied up neatly ; so
also raspberries and black her'ties where this
plan is pursued, though we prefer kinds
strong enough in their hahits of growth tosupport
themselves, and this nearly all of
them will do properly, if pruii-d as they
should bo. A portion of the older wood in
gooseberry and currant bushes can he rein
wed with benefit to remainder. To grow
fine fruit either in the garden or orchard,
requires a iikiug ior that employment, supplemented
by energy and intelligence. ?
Amrrirtth Farmer.
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A VazoiCily, Miss., special reports tlio tlood
one fool higher than in INi>7. The people nro
ilisi cgiiriling properly met si-eking only In sore
in.....! I1 In Tlio e.iiu-tlioiKii w ernuiloil Aittl
steamers are removing tlip sufferer* as fast an
they cm. I'JIHI were removed last night, A
cotton gin house full of refugees whs swept
away, all ilrowne 1. Reports from other <j'.nrlers
are alarming.
?
A Ynrsii l.,?i?v's Vit'Tottv. ? Of the twenty*
nine graduates in medicine at the commencement
of the (lulled Slates Medical foliage, New
York, on We lues lay evening, I luce of t he graduates
were women, to one of whom, .Mt?s Ncllio
I Shepar I, was awarded tiicgohi medal for the
hast examination on n!l subjects.
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Tito h ml moss which is bestowed on oilier*
?s never lost.