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i / A. REFL&. PIT EVENTS. __ JOHN C. BAILKY, PRO'RT* GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. DECEMBER lHp69. ~~~ VOLTXVI.?NO. 28. SALE. CITY REAL ESTATE. PURSUANT to a Decrea of the Clrcoit' Judge of the 8th Circuit sitting in Chancery, I will aell, on Saleeday In Decant* ! b?r nm, to the highest bidder, the follow , tog Real Estate, In the City of QreenvlUc: ; ( Lot No. 1, known u the Old Male Aud# | tny Lot, hasittg 400 feet front on College treat, 680 feet depth to a baek street, and < 188 feet on said baek street. ,Jm I Lot No. 2. known aa the Old Female km demy Lot, having 229} feet front on College ' street, depth 660 feet to baek street, and 229} feet on said baek street 1 Lot No. 8, vacant Lot, adjoining Lot No. 2, having 284 feet front on College street 880 feet on a street running at right angles with College street, and 200 foet on baeP treat. Lot No. 4, adjoining and in rear of Lot No. 8, having 880 feet on a cross street 171} feet on a hack street, and 880 feet onl i the line of the Old Female Acad my Lot 1 Lot No. 6, on Hack etraef, fronting on , said street 417} feet on Crocs street 620 j |?I, >nu naving a n?CK imo oi SM| leet, including the Academy 8prlng. Lot No. 6, fronting on Back afreet, 4174 feet on hack line, 9184 f?et, aod on Mar ehatl'a line 412 feet. Plata of the Lota may be eeen by calling I at Julius C. Smith's room#, and explanation# | given. | TERMS published on day of aa e. Purchaser a to give bond and mortgage of tha premise# to aeeure the pnrchaae money.? Purchasers to pey for titles, aod ao much | eaah as will defray expenses of suit and aale. JAMES C. FURMAN, kg. President of Board of Trustee* ' Furtnan University. Nov lo ' 25 4 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROL ISA GREENVILLE COUNTY. In Common Fiona?In Equity. JAMES B. HA YSr?. SAMUEL E. HA YS. Bill to Foreeloee Mortgage. T>y virtue of the Decretal Order made In It the above ease, I will sell, on Balcsday ? in December next, at Greenville Court Moose, to the highest bidder, the lands detcribcd in the pleadings, to witt Tract No. 1, situated, lying and being on 8outh Fork of Saluda River, containing sixteen hundred and aeven'y-!bur acres, more or less, in Groenville County. Tract No. 3, lying on Middlo Fork of Saluda River, containing one hundred and twentyaix acres, more or less, in Greenville County. Tract No. 3, situated in the County of Pickens, on 8aluda Rivor, below the junction of the 8outh and Middle Forks, contaiuing three hundred and ten acres, more or less. Tract No 4, also in Piekens County, con* taining one hundred acres, more or less. Also, all the right, title aud interest of the defendant, in two thousand acres of land, sits unted, lying and being partly in tbe County of Greenville, 8outh Carolina, and the County of -, North Carolina, on Matthews Creek. Some ef the linsst Bottom Lands lb tbe Mnnav sbtmfrv ia fntinrl an Ihnaa Irnota Terin* of d?Joi Cost* to tm paid in cash? tbe balance on a credit of one and two years, interest from date. Purchasers to execute bonds with good sureties, and mortgages of tho premises, to secure the pnytnent of the purchase money. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. W A Mi DAN I Kb. CC P Clerk's Office, November 8, 18(50 25-4 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. GREENVIbLE COUNTY. Sheriff's Sales. BY virtue of an order from S. J. Douthit, Probate Judge of Oreenville County, I will sell, on Salesday in December next, before the Court Ilonse door, at public outcry, tbo following Tracts of Land, to wit: Lot No. 1, situated in said County, on watars of said Creek, adjoining lands of T. M. Thackston, Bewail Thomason and others, and containing nne hundred and ninety-three acres, more or lass. Bold as tbe property of William Austin, deceased, for partition among tbe beirs. Lot No. 2, situated in Oreenville Connty, on waters of Durbin Creek, adjoining lands of James Goldsmith, Dr. D. C. Bennett and others, and containing one hundred and seventyone acres, mora or less. f Terms : A credit ot twelve months, with intcrest from date, for all, except so much as will pay the eosts, wbieh wilt be required in cash, on tbe day of salo. Purchasers to give | bond, with two approved sureties, and a mortgage of the premises to tbe Probate Judge, to secure the payment of the pnrohnse money. Purchasers to pay for titles and stamps. A. B. VICKBRS, 8. O. C. November 0, 1809. 25-4 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, GREENVILLE COUNTY. In Equity?In Common Plaas. JAMES AT. TAYLOR, Accigmec, rs. RA Y LIS FARR *1 til.?Bill lo Forecloct Hurtgoyt, Ac. EY virtue of the Deeretal Order made in the above eaee_ I will aell. m SoUc-Jno in December next, the TRACT OV LAND described in the Pleading*; (o wit i All that Tract of Land on which the Defendant now realde*, on Reedy River, adjoining land* of Choice, Hawthorne, Foater and other*, and con Lain ing four Hundred and Thirty Acres, morn or lee*. ThU Tract eon Ulna sue** Ana Bottom*. TERMS OF SALS?Six hundred dollar* each, the balance on a credit until the 18th K day of February, A. D. 1870, the purchaser lo execute head with good aurety and a mortgage of the premise* to secure the purchase money. Pdper* and stamp* extra. W. A. MeDANIKL, 0. 0. P. Clerk's Oflee, Nor. 8th, 1880. JS-? State of Senth Carolina. OfiKKN VILLE OOUHTY. la the Court ef Probate. JOHN BUTLER end LUCY . BUTLER, **. JAMRS M. BENSON, et al? Petition for a Final Settlement, Sc. T XT appearing to ay satlsAsetloa that Willi* X K. Benson, Mary F. Benson, James F. Benson, and Willi* 1L Benson, defendant* In rthis oase, reside without the Halts ef this Bute i It Is ordered, that they do appear in person, or by Attorney', at a Court of Probate, to he bolden at OreeecHie Court Hon**, on the 31W dag of December next, to show onus*, If nay they can, why a Anal settlement ef the Estate ef WILLIS BENSON, deceased, should not he had, and a Decree given thereon, or their coasent, in failing to attend, will he entered of record. S. J. DOUTHIT, Nor. 8th, 1889. Probate Judge. Nor 10 th 9 h; a. F. TOWN ES. 3 EDITOR. m. i,mni,}AM##UU ^nun. Bobsoiuptiow Two Dollars per annum.! Adtwbtisbwbnts inserted at the rates of one dollar per square of twelre Minion lines [this slsed type) or less for the first insertion, 5fly cents each for the seoond and third insertions, and twenty-five cents for subsequent insertions. Yearly contracts will he mnde. A)1 advertisements most have the number ^f Insertions marked on them, or they will be Inserted till ordered ont, and charged for. Unless ordered otherwise. Advertisements will invariably be " displayed." Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to to the benefit of any one, are regarded as Advertisements. Dxtraots of Got. Scott's Message. Fellow Citizens of the Senate an t Gentlemen of the House of Representatives ? In transmitting mv second nnnnnl innasaem to ?!?? I General Assembly, it gives mo much pleasure to congratulate you upon your occupancy of your new Iifil 1 s of legislation, which contrast bo favorably in appcaranco and adaptation to their purpose with those you recently occupied. May their lustrious beauty be typical of the brightening prosperity of our beloved State, of her unstained honor, nnd untarnished credit; and may it witness tho purity, the patriot*! -m and tho wisdom of her councils, until her principles arc as firmly established as tho fonndations of this edifice, and peace and prosperity prevail within their bordTcrs. Tnr. STATU DKBT. The following statement exhibits tbe indebtedness and the assets of the State, October 31st, 1869: Funded debt of the State six millions ono hundred and eightythree thousand three hundred and forty-nino dollars and seventeen cents. The total amount of assets held by the State on that date was two million seven hundred and fifty-four thousand six hundred and 6ixty dollars; interest falling due during tho fiscal year of October 30th, 1869, three hundred and a!.LA - ? ?- ?t 1 ' ' eigniy-eigui uiottsanu six nnncireu nnd ninety-three dollars and eightysix cents. For a full and detailed statement of the financial condition of the State, I would respect fully refer you to the reports of tho Comptroller nnd Treasurer.? Tho State debt is comparatively small, amounting in the aggregate to about six millions ono hundred nnd eighty-three thousand three hundred and forty-nine dollars.? Tho taxable property, at a low valuation, will amount to ono hundred and ninety millions of dollars. During the past fiscal year, at a season, too, when our capitalists, merchants, farmers, mechanics, and others had all their money invested in their various branches of business, a million of dollars for taxes was received into the State Treasury. To more fully illustrate the ability of cur people to meet all necessary taxes, wo may refer also to the payment by our cititizens into tho Federal Treasury, as Internal Revenue, a tax amounting to the sum of $2,692,690 68, making an aggregate of taxes paid into the State and Federal Trcasn-1 ries the past year of over three and a half millions of dollars. KKIJCCTION OF TAXES. I would here recommend that yon memorialize your members of Congress to uso their efforts for a reduction of tho Internal Revenue tax collected, to such an atnonnt as will meet the liabilities of the General Government, but relievo our people as much as possible of the tax collected to pay tho National dobts. We believe that the present generation should not bo compelled to pay too mnch of tho debt of a great country that is to be left by them as a rich inheritance to posterity. The present tax system was new to onr people, and it conld not, perhaps, but be expected that much dissatisfaction would be felt in consequence of the change. But it is gratifying to be able to state that the taxes have been paid as promptly as those of any State in tho Union. Whon the present State Government came into power, wo found that tbo Provisional Government c- ntrolling the Stato from the close of tho war, bad contracted many debts, for the prompt payment of which, as well aa to meet the current expenses of the Stato Government, it was necessary to provide. Among the liabilities was a floating debt amounting to $477,905.80. This debt was duo to various connty officials, sheriffs, mngis trates, coroners, andVher claimants apai; st tSc State, ttjjy authority of law, there bad aK been put 111 circulation bills r^ivable to the amount of $222,000,; In addition to this, was the p3k dne interest on the State debt, which had accrued from the 1st of Jtily, 1867. All of these varions amounts have been paid, and the bills receivable redeemed. At the present time there is bat a small floating debt that tho State Treasnry will be compelled to meet. OWfog to these payments, the expense* of the State Government were heavier last year than they will be for the present fiscal year, and the assessment of taxes mav therefore bo considerably reduced for the coming year, and the tax burden upon the varions branches of industry made lighter than the taxes of almost any other State. 1.1 DUART AND PUBLIC BUILDINOS. The report of the State Librarian and Keeper of the State House is appended, and will show that he has been sedulous in the discharge of his duties. I recommend his suggestions to your favorable consideration. There is a considerable amount of public property in this city, Charleston, and other Eortions of tho State, which has een for a long time exempt from taxation and productive of no revenue. I recommend that an investigation he made of the location, extent and probable value of this property, with a view to tho sale of such portions of it as may be deemed ndvisablo, so that it may be placed ou the tax list and contribute its share to the public rev- j cnue. MANUFACTURES. Iu view of tho importanco of attracting manufacturing capital to the State, I respectfully submit for your consideration the propriety of exempting from taxation for five years all capital hereafter invested in them. This policy has been adopted in tho adjoining State of Georgia, and has had the elfect, in some cases, of diverting capital to thai State, which would otherwise have been invested with in our own. PARDON'S. v The number of pardons granted since my last message has been unusually large, which is in part to be attributed to the fact that many of them wcro granted a few dcys before the expiration of their sentences, 'iheso were pardoned to preserve their civil rights, and were recommended by the Super intendents on acconnt of their good behavior. Others were pardoned on the petitions of friends and citizens, with the concurrence of the Judge before whom they were tried ; and others again from the fact that their punishment was prompted by political motives and prejudices. In all cases of pardons, they wcro granted for reasons which commended themselves to my senso of justice ar.d humanity. TUB STATE DEPARTMENT. Tho report of the Secretary of State, herewith appended, exhibits tho transactions of that office for tho year ending October 31st, 18C9. Their multiplicity will give some idea of the entire amount of work porformed by tho various executive departments during the past year. It is related of tho Roman Em ft - ? * perur oeverns? onco a coioreu freedman in the Roman army, but whose energy, talents and valor bad placed him at its head?that during an invasion of Britain he was arrested in bis march by an attack of illness, which was soon known would terminate fatally.? In his dying moments, surrounded by his generals, who were passionately attached to him, he was approached by a centurion ot his ar my, who applied to him for the password ot tho day. The dying monarch, in that supreme moment, on tho verge of eternity, gave utterance to a sentiment which had probably been the inspiration of his life and crnosure of his fame. Rallying his dying encrgioe, in response to the application of the centurion for the password, he exclaimed : laborrmn$ !?Lot ns work?and, falling backwards, expired. Gentlemen ot the General Assembly, in view of onr duties and responsibilities to tlioeo who liavo entrusted their interests to our charge, and in the namo and by the help of tho Almighty Rul er of tho Universe, in wboeo hands are the destinies of nations, Let ns work. < 811F BIFFS. ( Some legislation is desirable in 1 reference to sheriffs. The careless 1 management of jails and the fre- ' quent escapes of prisoners in their I custody, and other irregularities, 1 rcquiro a more rigid responsibili- < ty. Complaints have been tnade 1 of the food furnished to prisoners, < and the grand jnries should be repaired to make special examine- < tions and presentments of the condition of the prisoners and jaits. I i would recommend that a ration of good quality bo established by ' law, and that it should bo fnrnJ-l I 1 A. A - * ? A mueu uy comrnci, as u is uiu too evident, from the fact ot their i frequent detention of prisoners in jail, that tho ration is n matter of speculation to the jailor. The ration at tho Penitentiary costs but 18 cents, while 50 cents each is allowed to the sheriffs for prisoners in the jails. There ore abus(8 committed with the office of theriff which require inves tigation and reform. ABSKNAL. The number and vol no of arms and accoutrements now in posses sion of the State involves the no cessity of providing a building for their preservation and safety, and I recommend for your consideration the propriety of making an appropriation for that purpose. THE NEW STATE DOUSE. In accordance w th tho joint res- 1 olution to provide for the fitting up of certain portions of tho newState House, I advertised for pro posifls for the execution of the work, in the newspapers of this city and Charleston. Mr. James M. Allen l>eing the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract. Of the manner in which it has been executed, it is unnecessary for mo to speak. Yon are surrounded by his work, which is its own cnlogium. Tho necessity for providing for the Accomodation of the remaining offices of tho State Government will require an additional appropriation, and 1 respectfully recommand that provision be made for completing such other portions of the building as may be deemed advantageous and proper. TUK LAND COMMISSION. Up to the present time there have been purchased in the sever al counties, for the purpose of the Land Commission, fo- ty-five thousand acres of land, which is now is process of survey and division into tracts of eligible sizo for purchasers and occupants. ? recommend an additional appropriation to this beneficent object, of securing h?incs lor the worthy and industrious mechanic and laborer, which will establish many small tanners in the place of the comparatively few heretofore holding that relation, and consequently will insure the better cultivation of the soil and the expenditure of a greater portion of their earnings at home, instead of being dissipa ted in luxury and extravagance in distant cities. The bonds issued for the purposes of the Land ComtnifioiA? musf ^ ??4 ?1? ? iiiiooivii imioi ucv/Uinu ui u IHIH security, as they will not only have the credit of the State, but the money Arising from tho sahs of the lands, with their improvements, as an Additional guarantee. The annual instalments of payments tor theso lands will bo amplo to meet the interest on them, as well as to provide a linking fund for their redemption at maturity, without the possibility of having to resort to taxation for that purpose. Their issue, therefore, CAn have no possible injurious influence on the credit ot tho Stato, but shonld rather enhance it, as the subdivisions of large bodies of land, much of it uncultivated, into small and productive farius, would at once trol.U ?.1 -ee?1 ? ; V IVI m T muu, miu livm Ml UlCrBOS ed basis of taxation to the same extent. KDCOATION. The Report of tlio Superintendent of Lducation is necessarily incomplete, as the retnrns from several counties have not reached him, but ho hopes to be able in a very short time to present tor your consideration a full and complete report. It is very desirable that an efficient and comprehensive law in this important subject should be passed At as early a period as practicable. TOE PEN mom ART. The report of the Commir^eion3re of the Penitentiary and the ae;ompanying report of the Superintendent of the institution will be found full and highly satisfactory. The Superintendent states that on taking charge of the institution on the 22d of January last he receiptad tor 201 prisoners. There have been received since, 301; recaptnrad 4; making an agregate of 506. Dtere havo. been discharged 1': expiration of sentence 51; died from disease 7 ; died from Injuries received in attempting to escape 1; pardoned 136; escaped 16. Total 211. Leaving i n confino ment 295. A great number of thoso pardoned were nearly at the expiration of their several sentences, and the Superintendent is of tllft nnillinn rliat till* nnlinw hnn greatly aided in enforcing discipline and diminishing the number of punishable offences. During the year tlio total amounts expend-*! was fif'y one thousand five hundred and twentytwo dollars and fifty cents, and the amount of work executed, as estimated at contract price, and of ma terials and stores on hand, amonnted to ninety-three thousand six hundred and scvonty-five dollars and sixty-nine conte, leaving a balance to theoredit of the institution of thirty-two thousand ono hundred and fifty-three dollars and nineteen cents. The Superintendent recommends, and the Commissioners warmly concur in the recommendation, that t ere should be a guard of enlisted men for the Penitentiary, that a small farm of one linn ared acres or more should be attached to the institution for theemploymont in agricnlturo of convicts sentenced to short terms of imprisonment, that permanent work shops should be constructed, and in consideration of the increased duties devolved upon the Super-1 intendent by abolishing the onico of draughtsman, his salary be in- j creased from two to three thousand dollars, and that be have power given him of shortening the term of imprisonment of convicts who have uniformly conducted themselves properly, say one-twelfth, which recommendations aro respectfully submitted (or your con-j sidcration and decision. I10ME6TKAD BELIEF. The law securing a homestead worth one thoueand dollars, with the products thereof, and five hundred dollars worth of other personal property to each head ot a fain ily whose property may bo levied upon for debt, continues to tulfil its beneficent design, but thero is no sufficient reasons why its benefits should bo restricted to the landholder. Tho professional man, the mechanic, the farmer, and the laboror, aro equally entitled to its advantages. At present tho proprietor of tho homestead may ront ont portions of it to the farmer, the mechanic, and tho laborer ; and if by sickness or misfortune tlioy should get behind hand, their little property is liablo to seizure. Even the food provided for his family may bo taken from them, and they expelled from their humble shelter and exposed to tho severities of winter,and all this while their landlord is enioriiior in mm. ? ? J n " tort tlio munificent bounty of the State. This is neither right nor just, nor in accordance witli sound public policy. The poor, the unfortunate and the helpless, should ever be tho special objects ot public regard. I therefore recommend to your favorable consideration the propriety o i so amending the llomeetead law, that its principles should be applied to the laboring classes, and that tho personal property of the professional man, the farmer, the mechanic, and laboring man, including their books, tools, implements, cattle, clothing, furniture, and provisions, si all be exotnpt from seizure asid salo for debt to the amount of five hnndrod ''ollars. This will onlv be carrying out iu stood faith the Drincinles cstsiblisbedTby the Homestead, and extending to ail, the benefits and exemptions now confined to comparatively a tew. PrSKNTIOCS. A law binding out apprentices is greatly needed. An investigation would show that at present there are bnt comparatively few apprentices, either white or colored, end the great mass of our youths are growing up in habits of ignorance, which promises badly for their fntnre career and which but too frequently lead to vice and degradation. An apprentice has the opportunity of acquiring some useful trade or industrial pursuit which will be advantageous to him or her in after life in securing employment and good wages, and with the schooling which always should bo provided for, onable them to enter upon a career which if indnsttion8ly pursued will lead to respectability and wealth. Making Saukr Kbaut.?The best we ever eat we made ourselves for many years, and for considerable time with our own hand^, and always from 8avoy cabbago. It waa manufactured in this wise: In the first plAce let vonr " stand," holding from a halt barrel to a barrel, bo thoroughly scalded ont; the cutter, the tub and the stamper also woll scalded. Take off all onter leaves of tho cabbage*, halve them, remove the heart, and pro ceed with t e cutting. Lay some clean lcavos at the bottom of the stand, 8|>rinklo with a handful of salt, fill in a half a bushel of cnt cabbage, 6tamp gontly until the jnice just makes its appearance, then add another handful of salt, and so on nntil tho stand is full. Cover over with cabboge leaves, placo on top a clean board, fitting the spaco pretty well, and on top of that a stone weighing twelvo or fifteen pounds. Stand in a cool place and when hard freezing comes on remove to the cellar. It will be ready for nso in from four to six weeks. The cabbage should bo cut tolerably coarse. The Savoy variety makes the best articles but it is only half as productive as tho Drutnmond and Flat Dutch. \_Gcr man town Telegraph. ? -4 i There was a man who lived in Cass county, Georgia, many years ago, who had once been in the Stato Legislature, and never neglected an opportunity to cmpha size tne met. no was a sceptic as to new discoveries and the new sciences, being: perfectly satisfied that if tlie world should turn over all the water would spill out of his well, and only gave in to steam cars by slow degrees. But all the vials of his c< ntempt were poured out upon tho idea of a teleg aph, and ho was wont to say that nobody need try to como 44 the {jrecn " over him that way, for he ind been in the Legislature. Fi nally the State llotid was built; and one day workmen began to put up telegraph posts right in trout ot his liouso, ami to stretch the wire. Ilis exultant neighbors thought they bad hiin on that oc casion, and asked : 44 Well, old fellow, what do yon think of tele graphs now I" 11 o was cornered, but died game. Drawing hiinsclt up an incli taMer, ho said : "Gentlemen, when I was in tho Legislature I gavo this subject my very attentive consideration ; ami I said then aa I say now, that it may do for lettors and small bundles, but it never will take a cotton bale? never 1" A lady employed a vonng girl about fifteen years old, to assist lior about lier lionse. On day she was making a cuke, and wishing to pnt some kinds of plums ;n it, she set a dish down on tho table with tho ultima, and told tho girl to stono them. To show har how, she took up a plum and took out a stono, with the remark, "That is the way." Thinking the girl understood what she meant, she put the plutn sho had into her mouth, instead of into the dish, and went away. What was her surprise, a short time after, to have the girl come into tho room whoro sho was, and tell her sho had oaten all 6he could. And when tho lady went into the room whoro sho had boon at work, she found that sho had put all tho stonoa into the dish, and eaten all aim pnn 1 < 1 rtf tlin ultima tliSnlrinr* ?? ? r that the hard pieces?meaning tho stones?would soften up when baked in the cake. A oBCiomoRN sat a long time very attentive, in using upon a cane bottom chair. At length lie said : u I wonder what fellow took the trouble to find all them ar holes, and put straws around em !" 441 bat, milkman, von givo yoor cowb too much saltl" 44 Why, how do yon know how much salt I givo Ihem 1" 441 judge from the appearance of the milk yon have brought us lately. Salt makos the cows dry, and then they drink too mnch water?that makes their milk thin, yon know." An Indiana town boasts of a giant who has by his great siz3 vanqni hed the ague. That embarrassing affliction attacked him the other day, worked fonr days to shako him all over, but failed and left in disgust. A vert economical woman at LaCrosse, Wis., hunted her bureau over to find a handkerchief with a hole in it to wet with sa'cBratuswater, to lay on the face of her dead husband, as, she said, it was such a pity to spoil a now ono. Ilnlf a dozen eggs beat np with two ounces of salt, is recommended as a sure relief of cattlo choked with a potato or an apple, by a correspondent of the Conntry Gentleman. A Virginia girl married the man of her choice after he had received a six years* sentence to the penitentiary, she furnishing him a suit of clothes and pajing the minister. Eight Governors have answered the St. Louis Conventionist that they would like the Capital moved West, and they are Governors of States all West of the Mississippi. It pays to mako n cow comfortable in as many respects as possible. Every hour she suffers from any cause, the milk account suffers correspondingly. Forty thousand l>ecf cattle, bound north, havo crossed the Brazos river, at Waco, Texas, the present season; four thousand croscd in two successive days. A western writer says if as mnch attention was paid to improving corn as is given to grapes, a hundred million bushels might be added to the annual crop. Cooked meal i s nearly doublo the bulk of uncooked, yet quart for quart it goes as far. The difference is that much of food is nndi* gested unless cooked. Farmers in Minnosota aro paying twenty four t>er cent, interest for money to hold their wheat, not wishing to take eighty or eighty uvc cents a nusiiel tor it. It is easy to equal any fancy bred cow with a nativo as a milker, but if the daughter of the nativo is as good a cow, it is an accident, not so in thoroughbred stock. A Pembroke, (N. II.,) farmer, has a pig which has gained a pound and a half each day since ho was big enough to weigh sixty-eight pounds. Gas tar, mingled with whitewash applied to the interior of a henhouse, at the rato of one gill to a fiaillull, it is raid, will disperse tho ice. Cattle disease has appeared at Shrewsbury, Mass. The bronchial tubes of the slaughtered animals were found tilled with thread like worms. John Johnson, tho father of npland tile draining in this country, lives to see within tho State of New York fifty-two factories of tile drains. A correspondent of tho Ohio Farmer, writing from Lorain Co., Ohio, says three yonng men shear/?no -? ? ? cu uuj bnt'tp) j i ei a i ng 3^228 pounds of wool, in thirteen days. All plants grow stronger and riper, better when the air circulates freely around tlietn, and tho sun is not prevented from immdiate inflnenco. A dairyman informs tho Maine Farmer that, having tried various things for sore teats on cows, he finds lard best?tho most healing and softening. The Stock Journal advises a big horse for rcgnlar farm work, and one that does not, without great pushing, trot more than six miles an hour with a light buggy. A correspondent of tho Farmers' Club warns popple against feeding the rhnbarb plant to hogs; he lost soveral by doing it. It is said that cattle aronnd Daiton, Georgia, are dying off by scores with the murrain.