Perhaps your correspondent, Anni, who has 
lately pricked the potato humbug, would he kind 
enough to give his oplnlou as to the best varie¬ 
ties of potatoes, and of raspberries and black¬ 
berries, if his experience will warrant it. —J. t>. 
it maybe the best for the people and country 
that comparatively obscure men, of known 
honesty and business capacity, take the 
reins, in preference to mere partisans of na¬ 
tional reputation but doubtful integrity, 
however able, with hosts of friends clamor¬ 
ing for positions, or very dull axes to be 
sharpened on the Government grindstone. 
We have nothing to do with party or 
politics, yet cannot repress our gratification 
at the straightforwardness and independ¬ 
ence of the President, as manifested in his 
Inaugural and the selection of his Cabinet; 
and we ardently hope he will continue to 
act. for the People rather than any Party, 
lie evidently means business, and every 
patriotic man, of whatever political affini¬ 
ties, should sustain him in his efforts to de¬ 
pose the corruptionists, and place only men 
of unquestioned integrity and capacity in 
positions of trust and responsibility. Wc 
rejoice at the indications that professional 
politicians—those who trade their “influ¬ 
ence” for office and spoils — are not to “ run” 
the Government or monopolize its most lu¬ 
crative and honorable officiul positions. 
PROCRESS AND IMPROVEMENT 
Magazine. The March number opens with life¬ 
like portraits of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan¬ 
ton and Miss Susan B. Antuony, followed 
by biographical sketches and phrenological 
characteristics of these notable champions of 
Social Reform. The number is otherwise well 
filled, comprising a go "Ml variety of valuable 
scientific and interesting miscellaneous articles 
including portraits and sketches of Bishop 
CaoWTHRR, (a veritable African,) —One I!urn,, 
the world-renowned violinist,— GEO. M. Ot- 
TiNfiEtt, the Utah Artist, and John Jay Wat¬ 
son, the “American Paganini.” We have afore¬ 
time cordially commended the Journal to Rural 
readers Interested in Phrenology, Physiology, 
and cognate sciences, and take pleasure in again 
doing so, voluntarily referring to announce¬ 
ment on page 178 for particulars. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER, 
Psg» 
Tub — Chilling- 
hum Caitiff ( IlhutraUid ; ) 
WinUrituc ; Bttwioc 
Of! Cattle'* Koriii . l)iiMMd 
CnUl*—Tivabncol. Remedy 
tot I I'jvrti : Hollow Horn in 
Cattle.,..16.1 
I > nuHTnu l Topic* . S ot** of 
Travel South II — Rich¬ 
mond, Wilmington, N. C. i 
Agriculture in Nobrwkn; 
Land a In fMawnr* — Mura 
Foot* from n Btiaavx County 
Fanner; Error* Corrected ; 
Popular Notion* of the Ormt 
West Ootiir.iYrrvd ; CIho 
U p! CSe*u ITpj Noui«;cj«da* 
ture; &t4WH Hnwlncln ling- 
lund OkiU for Milk-.166 
Shkkp HiMiAM'itr.—Mr. Oar- 
land's Addre** on Sl.vcji 
Long \V«o! ; Sheep 
Importation* ; Amputating 
Horn*. I’h'.do^rttphi of Sheep. 167 
Farm Kcos’^tt. How to Do 
Things-Splitting Wood, Set- 
ting Frno* i'ostaovffr Dmlua: 
Plug^lug Screw and tirau 
Hole* ftelatlre Durability 
61 Fi K ilinK 
Great , Cement for Mend¬ 
ing R dftber hoot* ........ 167 
Tint Avi4r,i*x -hot Ecrarri- 
enc»—Bum Will Work hr a 
Dead ipnirft. About Hwurui 
Ing Bess I etdiug Hc#i .. .167, 
PoMOLooitiAt.. I* each os A 
f> • : l I hi Bt I 
‘•tlii-* Ku -wfiund InitfuidiiiQa 
for Ciiltlritori: The lilc.lt* 
mond Appln ill 11 ut« i • ,i 
Four of ili- Matl Pfolitubiff 
Sweet Cl . ric-; Romo Beau 
ty Apple ; Tompklua Coimty 
K:n;: A,qJ«: Atiplut for 
• M'lryh-ti J; room of July 
an.I T< I -f-hv Apples j Cur* 
ry't Red Wintur Apple; 
keeping Apple* Rabbit* 
v*. Fruit Tr%w; Me* In 
Southern Illinois: Tii*“ Far¬ 
ley 1r lWetckbcrry Thu •* Mi¬ 
ner ” Pltnn j £)nrh*a*a dff 
j'unhmux JVar (JJ luattutedj. 1(W 
Tun Vi.sxvaicii. -Ohio Grupa 
Growers Arm uni Meeting 
of the Ohio Gr.ini l3r<w*rr 
Society, Ctuirtgtng Nan 
Wltu» nt Exhlbulonty Grape 
Rotund tin Woither, .Nf» U«- 
rologicnl Ohmirvaliona, tlov- 
ernClient i'Mectton, 1ft the 
Vineyard . --- ......... I (it* 
Vugktaiu.k (Jaiuikt*. — Hot 
Beds; Onion CuUtirfff Salt 
Ur Gordon*; Navy Boon...icy 
DiRClTsstnvs. New York Far¬ 
mers ’ Club—To Make Ap¬ 
ple Trc.« Productive, Barley 
Culture. Doruotkating the 
Bnfl'iilo, Opium hiqvrlnr and 
MamiCir turr, Agriniltnra! 
Patent*, Sea Irlumi Cotton, 
Spriug live, l')uia Culture, 
Kn-i. ni Stnire of Murvlaitd, 
Michigan Mullen, \ lardy 
Grap-> Vinos, A Young Man 
Ask* i\f Information...,U9 
Tmk Pocintr > 4no. - Mil. 
ture of Br**.fd» j 1 *Ik«-mt In 
Poultry ; Nails for Poultry ; 
Cholera among Swine uud 
Fowl#. • .i to 
Tmk Hoiihum**. — Wooden 
Hume* —To 1 m- IJmvI with¬ 
out u Collar . For M Grown) 
Heel ** In Homo* | Barley 
Straw for I Iormu.170 
Scientific **« U»K?in**—Pop¬ 
ular Seiuiili fie Lecture* -Thu 
£volu t k«n of th e N or th Amor- 
lean Cnntimmti Cement for 
Leather .170 
Dairy Hchdastdry. — North¬ 
western I »u(r virion Third 
Annual Mooting of the Illi¬ 
nois and Wisconsin Pnlry- 
| moft , 9 Aww-lalion, Chi' t* 
Curds for Color*, i ‘urlng and 
Pn**«rring R*t»n*U. Cd«v*su 
M aking, Treatment of the 
Milk and Curds, Coloring 
Che**e, Collation uV the El¬ 
gin Condensing Factory, Rut¬ 
ter Manufacture, Manage- 
m«nt of Dairy Sl«efe r Future 
Proepei is of Dairying at the 
We*t,‘J*he Association Chan 
go* ita Nam*. 4c, Frvtffbl*- 
tiou to the lUtlfiiig Prosi 
dent, Mr. Willard's Addr*«*.: 
Dommtjc Itevac'vr.—KiUhan 
Aid*.1 
KnrroKiAi.s, Etc.— On Tim* 
Again ; Proddffut Grant's In. 
augural ; Rural Kotos and 
Qoerift*—Inrludlng Thought¬ 
ful Farmers. Sum My l"s 
imf, Ftearu Boiler frontons, 
i!heap Wins* and Drunken¬ 
ness, PhrMudoKh.-eJ Journal 
and Life IliuatraUd, Land 
Sale* io Northern Mieorurl, 
Potato** to I’iaiit, Si'ulhffru 
Vcvotut'on. Thorodale, Mot 
|» g Maple Trie*, (hlblr Fft 
In a Toll of Hay, Pcrtontl, 
To Prevent 4 Cdw Sucking 
Hwrwdf, rnfonuutlon Want¬ 
ed, luquirius for Cerre*pmd- 
eot* to Answer, Fils* for 
Rural, To v\ r *-i«m Fowl 
Panders, les Hoo*»e, List of 
Nurserviuaii and Fruit Grow¬ 
ers, I|n1l»ri> k'sSwivel PloWj. 
Lite on Cattle,! ’tilislng post¬ 
age feUinia t Erar^rffen So*<l ; 
I rial Sooletle* . IlXJpOTt- ^ 
AN ORIGINAL WEEKLY 
RURAL, LITERARY AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 
D. D. T. ITCOORE, 
Conducti lie Editor and Proprietor. 
Inquirifs for (’orrespondrntsto Answer. —What 
Is the best form, size, material, &c., for a sink? 
Some use east iron, zinc, Ac., &c. Which is the 
best ? Will painting the outside of a brick house 
prevent the usual tmkto dampness and moisture 
of such buildings? What makes maple sugar 
dark colored and waxy when great care is 
taken to have it otherwise ? Some say it is the 
old buckets. Would you recommend the use 
of tin sap buckets? What is the proper depth 
for boring for the spouts ?— f. h.b. 
TERMS, IN ADVANCE: 
Subscription —'I'hreo Dollars u Ycni'- To Clubs 
and Agents, f ive copies for ?U; Seven, and one free 
to club agent, tor $19: Ten, mid one frr-.*, 1. >r >25—only 
per copy- As we pre-pay American postage. f2.T0 
Is the lowest Club rate to Canada and $8.50 to Europe. 
The best way to remit ' • by Draft or Post-Office 
Money Order.—and all Drafts and Order* roado pay¬ 
able to the Publisher MAY HE MAILED AT TtlS BISK. 
Auvertisinr - Inside, 73 cent* per line, Agate 
space; Outside. $1 per line. For Extra Display and 
CuU, a price and a half. Special and Busincs, Notices 
charged according to position. No advertisement in¬ 
serted for less than $3. 
The large and rapidly-increasing circulation of the 
Ritual New-Yorker renders it necessary to put 
tha forms to press earlier than heretoforehence 
to secure insertion advertisements for the inside 
should reach the Now York Office on Friday morn¬ 
ing, and for the outside pages on Saturday morning 
of the week preceding publication. 
File* for Rural. If l understand the new shape 
of the IttTKAi. it will he most convenient cut 
open and used as a buok. 1 have in some of my 
papers seen u notice of a contrivance to bind 
and hold such papers. If the thing is cheap, and 
somebody has them for sale, perhaps some of 
them might be disposed of 11 people knew where 
to find them.—E. N. D., North Bennington, Vt. 
The “ Excelsior Binder,” is the best contriv¬ 
ance of the kind we have seen. ) t is at once sub¬ 
stantial, tasteful and convenient. 
Land Kale* in Northern Missouri,— Writing us 
from Missouri, a friend gives some interesting 
facts and figures about, land sales In that State. 
1 le says: — “ The Hannlbal and ' . Joseph Rail¬ 
road Co. sold in 18G8, to 2,7fil pc -basers, 158,406 
acres of land for $1,793,<531.!l3, :7ie buyers are 
actual settlers, uud mostly fro_i Northern and 
Eastern States. Many others bought improved 
farms, immigration still continues to flow into 
this highly favored region of the groat West. 
Numerous projected Railroads are being con¬ 
structed, and other great improvements are 
making under the reign peace anrl good 
order. Of course the value of real estate is ad¬ 
vancing and will continiiotount.il the common 
level is attained for suoh choice lands. Prices 
for land in Missouri ore still very much lower 
than In Obio.lnditmn, Michigan, Wisconsin or Illi¬ 
nois. Now is the time to be improved by all who 
want cheap and good farms In Missouri on the 
generous terms offered by the. Hannibal and Si. 
Joseph U. K. Co., of ten years credit at six per 
cent, interest, without other security than the 
land itself, with small annual payments after 
two years from date of purchase." 
To Western Fowl Fancier*. — Here is a hint to 
Western men who have improved fowls forsale, 
which comes to us from an Ohio correspondent, 
lie says:—“ I wish to purchase! some fancy fowls, 
hut can find nono advertised except in the East; 
and the iexpress charges are too much from that 
quarter. Why does not some one in the AVest 
advertise with you?" 
ant lu Wool ManafaHnnm. 11V 
CIIOIOK Mihcki.i.akv, — R—- 
nrrwSU/ft (Fuvtrv ,/ TLi.aat* 
C'b»n, rton | Tun Satairlor 
Animal; FrnnVnt-i; A Kti, 
•Inn HolloymOull, KJ'u Mlou 
ioEit^luutl: r#ao»i*li<l I'lon- 
ty ( Ivory, I Ihatriti-il;) S*v« 
SnmnUiitij....173 
Sfiiiiu ma Kruiun. Iiu 
cycnr, Of A Wonuin’l Went. 
Form New Clubs. It li'not too late to start 
new clubs fur nur present volume, as some suppose, 
nor to make additions to those already formed. 
Wo can still supply back no rubor*, and shall ho able 
to do so for weeks to come, as the early numbers are 
oleetrotyped. Those who have received a premium 
for one club, cun secure another tor a new eluh or 
additions to the old one. So please keep the ball 
moving until all arosupplied with the indispensable 
Rural. Specimens, Show-Bill*, Premium l,tst*, &c., 
sent free to all disposed to act as Agent-Friends. 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES, 
Thoughtful Fanners,— Freijeric HAititig, an 
Ohioan, who has been a farmer forty years, 
writes us that ho sees in his neighborhood a few 
men thriving by farming and a large number 
who aro hardly making a living, uud he asks, 
“ Why is it?" adding, “ It is not because they do 
not work, but it is for want of proper knowl¬ 
edge to manage their farms, the latter becoming 
poorer all the time. Ask otio of that class of 
farmer ; to lake an agricultural paper and they 
will tell you that they urc not able. As n class, 
farmers do not think enough and do not talk 
enough on the subject of farming. I would like 
to hear from every subscriber for the Rural, 
telling where lie farms, what be raises, what 
amount of corn, wheat, potatoes, hay and all 
kinds of crops his land produces the prospect of 
the growing crops, OlO." This is just, wliul we 
would like too ; hut we want them to tell how 
they manage their crops and herds, their or¬ 
chards, gardens and vineyards, their dairies and 
domestic matters as well not only what they 
do, but how aud why they do It, addiug the 
results. 
1.a !>!**' Port Folio* — Tin 
FlrtMltlw < huira (PufftfVj) 
iluurt Mcoctt* , whffrff Wo 
titlin'* )'<w«r Ll«*« { Qowljty 
pMrutfnifihii.175 
Mohk* and Manm tut*. K>ufe¬ 
lon Chlt'lmt Mftf li Open¬ 
ing *t Mhilerne iJetnoTMt 1 *. 
Pruvitllttigr CLinu.UirUllr* »l 
Hprinj; urnl Sutfiinor ^ult* 
Mud (Jo*tum«*,9une#*t!oi)t w* 
to Rmnmlr ling old DrttMoa, 
1'ur• oinlitic'*. Etc. ; Mutir 
Antolnffttv |AQ... . ... 176 
S*nnATtt BtAT»N4, — F*ith, 
iPofftry;) CV m !nif t!** 
biiiiic Flue* ; Murntug L>«- 
YOtiop ... ,.]T& 
Nkwh OF THU Wiiir*. —From 
* \Viul»)iitfloa,N*tv York, \'*r- 
iii m lit, Mitijiw, Mn»«v4»jbiiik'UA, 
Hfeodff IslHud. N*w Jwm, * 
Ciuntiffffticnt. M*rYl*>i<l, \^r- 
L’iitlit, W**i Vlrglttbl. Aln- 
ItACDO, Al'klUlbM. L.*bJ«l«U*p 
Illlnnii, Mlkoourl, 
Ice Houses,— J. II. Stanley, South Attleboro, 
Moss., asks if the article on ice-houses in tho 
ltURAL of Jan. 16, cull bO relied on, and if the 
ice-house should lie made in a shaded place, or 
not. Our own experience and observation 
teaches us that itcan bo relied on and that it is 
not necessary to build theieo-bousCin the shade. 
Howto Help tho Kurul.— 'There are numerous 
way* In which Unfriend* can uni In circulating the 
RURAL. First, show tho paper, or talk to your 
friends about it, or both. Get up a club, or aid Home 
friend to do go or induce your H. M. to act as agent. 
Our premiums are liberal and sure. 
Potatoes lo l’iant.- A Long Island correspond¬ 
ent recommends planting a few of the Dykeman 
potato in the warmest possible situation for an 
early market potato. Says ho gets them in the 
New York market the middle of July; but for 
an early market variety he recommends the 
Early Goodrich, adding tluil with good treat¬ 
ment it will scarcely faif to yield two to three 
hundred bushels per acre. It is a. more produc¬ 
tive variety than the Dykeman, and unlike the 
latter, if they arc not sold early, they may be 
readily marketed as a second-rate potato in the 
fall. He pronounces tbc Peucl, Blow, Harison, 
and Cuzco the best late varieties generally 
known, the first yielding from about two hun¬ 
dred, and i he last l wo from three hundred to five 
hundred bushels per acre. 
Ll»t of Nurserymen ami Fruit Growers.—M. N. 
Wilson, Mooed on, N. Y.—We do not know 
where you can obtain a list of the names and ad¬ 
dresses of nil the nurserymen and fruit growers 
in t he United States. Wo doubt if any such list 
exists; if it does it is "a big tiling.” 
Holbrook'* Swivel Flow.—E. B. I’iNNUY, New¬ 
ark Valley, N. V., risks Ihe cost of Holbrook’s 
swivel plows, advertised in the RURAL last Sep¬ 
tember, and if they can be obtained nearer than 
the manufactory. Wo cannot answer. 
SATURDAY', MARCH 13,1869 
AGAIN, 
ON TIME, 
Lice on Futile. — Will you or some of your 
readers inform me of a sure and practical rem¬ 
edy for lice (blue) on cattle — one that can be 
applied without injury or danger ?—A Subscri¬ 
ber, UkweruVille, A'. 1'. 
The edition of the* Rural has become so 
large that we have been constrained to 
change our time of goiiig to press from 
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to 
Monday afternoon. This change (which is 
made this week) enables us to mail the 
paper so early that it will reach most of our 
subscribers on or before Saturday, and thus 
meet the wishes of many who have com¬ 
plained of its late reception. 
Another radical change, which we trust 
will he found a great improvement, has been 
instituted. We have taken the mailing of 
the Rural from outsiders, and it will here¬ 
after be done in our own office, and mainly 
by experienced men who have been with us 
for years. Tt is hoped this change will prove 
satisfactory to Agents and Subscribers, and 
relieve all parties from further annoyance. 
“Slop My I’nper,” The first peremptory or¬ 
der to stop tho Bubal which we have received 
this year is given below, verbatim ct literatim. 
We give our late subscriber (lie benefit, of our 
large and rapidly-increasing circulation that his 
virtuous indignation may be properly ventilated: 
DeGralf Ohio 
March 3rd li 09 
Editors Rural 
You Will Oblige me by si op sending your Paper 
to my address 
The Pease tliat Come out In your last as in 
Regard to tenant houses and hirelings being 
Superior to the fanners that is all a I mm Lye 
Wo are as good as any body ami a great, deal 
of your Patfomage is made up of t he Honest 
Laboring boys 
You Will Not Send another Coppy of it, to My 
address as 1 have Burned every Coppy J had 
Alpheus smith 
DeGralf Ohio 
itlu.m 
on Young PioMiV. Your 
(Foot™?) Dtirn tx> 
I)u Ritfltt; Whirl)ful uomi In 
Chain* (.DhutmUkl).180 
he Puz'/Liin. EulKiua* Cha 
r/n! t, Problem, An it^rn m , GW\ 160 
Southern Vegetation.—The Daily (Atlanta, 
Ga.,) Constitution of Feb. 16, makes mention of 
specimens of wheat and clover from a neighbor¬ 
ing farm, exhibited in its office. H reports the 
wheat two feet high, having been pastured to 
the 15tli of December. D is grown on “stiff, 
red land," which has been cultivated twenty-five 
or thirty years. The ground was tinned under 
last August a depth of ten inches, and cross- 
plowed In October, top-dressed with stable mu- 
nurc and cotton seed, and ilie wheat sowed and 
harrowed in both ways the 15th of October. The 
sample of clover exhibited proves that it will 
thrive on those Southern soils, and that it will be 
found a great aid in renovat ing such as seem to 
be partially worn out. 
thilizing Poxtage f-tanips.—In England the 
second-hand blue postage stamps are bought up 
for the indigo contained in the coloring. A 
Frenchman has just patented a process for ex¬ 
tracting the indigo from blue rags. 
Evergreen Seed.—Mr. H. It. Roberts, Say- 
brook, Ill.—You can obtain evergreen seed 
from any first-class seedsman who advertises in 
the Rural. 
THE RURAL'S SPRING CAMPAIGN, 
The Ruhal’s Spuing Campaign op*n» with 
March, during which month w© trust tt* Agunt- 
Frienils, (who have dono *o nobly already,) and 
others who can consistently lend their aid, will 
kindly put forth extra ciTort* to increase it* circu¬ 
lation in their respective localltle*. The Rural 
is u good paper to canvas* for; It Is undeniably the 
Largtkl, f'licupi'iit mill HcMt I’nprr of it* 
dims and »o popular that an active, wide-awake 
person can ciudly form a club (if 10 to 80 or more in 
almost any locality. For this kind service wo pay 
liberally give “Good l’ny for Doing Good.” 
Send for our Premium Programme and examine 
the list of Harvesting, Bowing uud Knit¬ 
ting Machine*, Mu*icii.| Instruments, (In¬ 
cluding Pianos, Organ* nnd htclodcon*,) 
Gold mid Silver Watches, L'uckoo and Man¬ 
tel Clocks, Improved Plow*, Washing Mu- 
chines uud Wringer*, Plated Wu re. Dic¬ 
tionaries, Hooks, Albums, Ar-v., which aro 
offered for Clubs. The list is too long to publish 
here, but is sent free to ail applicants. Thousands 
ol oar Subscribers can easily make from *10 to 
each, during the ensuing month, by working for the 
Rural, — and also do good and benefit community 
by Introducing such a paper as the RURAL New- 
Yorker. llow many of our readers will kindly 
aid the Rural during Its Spring Campaign? 
C if Wc euu still supply back numbers from Jan. !l, 
so that all new subscribers may have the entire vol¬ 
ume complete for preservation aud binding; or sub¬ 
scriptions cun begin at any time. 
INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES, 
Louisiana Slate Fair.— List week we noticed 
the fact that the third Annual State Fair of this 
State commences the Gth day <>i April. Since 
our former notice we have received the show¬ 
bill and premium list of the Mechanics aud Ag¬ 
ricultural Fair Association, under whose aus¬ 
pices it is to bo held. It is to continue eight 
days. Tho list of premiums offered is very lib¬ 
eral, including money, modals and diplomas. A 
list of railway and steamboat lines who carry 
exhibitors and their wares at half price to and 
from.the Fair is published. Five thousand dol¬ 
lars are set apart, in addition to the premiums 
offered, as premiums for such objects of espe¬ 
cial interest as may, in the opinion of the 
Awarding Committees be deserving, and are not 
named In the premium list. Luther Homes, 
New Orleans, s the Secretary. 
Ktcnin Bailer Inspector*. -In the Rural of the 
SOth inst,., you made nlinsion to an Act id' tlie 
Legislature in regard to steam boilers at cheese 
fuetorics as being unjust, and not within the 
purview of tho law. The law provides that there 
shall be an 1 nspcetor-in-ehief and one deputy 
Inspector in each Congressional district in the 
State. The Inspector lm* no authority under the 
st at ute to inspect any steam boilers but Bitch as 
are reported to him. He transcends Hie pro¬ 
visions ol’ the law when he volunteers to in¬ 
spect any boiler Hint lias not been duly re¬ 
ported to him for inspection. The Hoard of 
Supervisors of this (Niagara) comity at their 
last session refused to allow tho claim of the In¬ 
spector (.seven hundred and tliirty-two dollars,) 
against said county, on the ground that the 
claim was Illegal, because it did not set forth In 
the affidavit mtaeliod the fact that any Inspec¬ 
tion had been made in pursuance of t he above 
provisions of the taw. If l ids course was adopt¬ 
ed in other count ies it would not lie u profitaffie 
business for the Inspectors to be BO humane In 
sa\ tng human Ilf© in cheese factories. The truth 
of t he whole matter Is thusTito law was passed 
by the influence of the patentee of this iron- 
box, lock-up safety-valve apparatus, to guaran¬ 
tee a ready sale of the patent at an enormous 
price — charging li t ty dol lurs for what any black¬ 
smith could make for five dollars. It is an outrage 
not only upon the eight hundred chocao facto 
rics in the State, but upon other brunettes of in¬ 
dustry and enterprise, and it is noped the law 
will be repealed. J. 1’., A ewfanc, N. T., 1809. 
Thorndole.— Col. B. P. Johnson, in the Jour¬ 
nal of the N. V. Stale Agricultural Society, says: 
We learn 1 lmt Mr. Edwin Thorne, who has be¬ 
come the owner of this beautiful farm, lias 
nearly completed the arrangements for the re¬ 
moval thither of his stock of horses from the 
Newburg Stud Farm, and expects to complete 
the transf er shortly after or by the firstof April. 
Wltileall must regret i luil. Thomdate is no longer 
the domain of the red, white and roan, it must 
be a cent er of attraction under tho new regime, 
and ihe descendants of Hamlet and Mam- 
brunello may gain for it as wide a celebrity as it 
enjoyed in the time when the offspring of 
Glo'ster, Second Grand Duke, Neptune, aud 
Grand Turk ranged its pastures. 
PRESIDENT GRANT'S INAUGURAL 
None of our readers will fail to read the 
brief Inaugural Address of President Grant 
elsewhere printed. Less fault will probably 
bo found with what the President does say 
than with what he neglects to say ; for there 
are men who can only associate statesman¬ 
ship with the most bewildering verbiage in 
public addresses and documents. 
We have only to do with what lie says and 
does. His Inaugural analyzed means that 
he comprehends his place as the country’s 
Executive Officer—that he is to execute the 
laws the People make for their own govern¬ 
ment, no matter what he may think of them, 
lie will use the advisory and veto power 
vested in his office when lie thinks best; but 
bis opposing opinions and judgment will not 
affect his prompt execution of tin: law. 
In this statement is found the key to the 
whole address. The revenues are to be col¬ 
lected and disbursed, as directed bylaw, with 
rigid economy. The national debt is to bo 
paid, so far as he is an agent, in the letter and 
the spirit of the contract. The attitude of 
his administration towards sister nations will 
be that of giving and requiring only what is 
equitable, and insuring the protection of the 
American citizen wherever lie may be,and tho 
honor of the Nation’s Flag wherever it may 
float. His position is radical on the suffrage 
question, earnest as relates to the peace and 
harmony of the people of the whole country, 
aud to the elevation of all to the highest and 
best privileges of citizenship. 
Let not the people forget that the law¬ 
makers arc the men who need most watch¬ 
ing—that if the promise of the President to 
execute the laws is redeemed, it is most im¬ 
portant. that those laws be sueli as shall aid and 
protect, not. oppress and distress, the people. 
— Since the above was written we have re¬ 
ceived (and publish on News page) President 
Grant’s nominations for Cabinet officers, 
which were promptly confirmed by the Sen¬ 
ate. The announcement of bis Cabinet 
caused considerable surprise among leading 
politicians of the Republican ilk, and not a 
few became temporarily demoralized. It is 
no doubt bad for the politicians that the 
President has selected other than wire-pullers 
and so-called “ statesmen ” as his aids; but 
Moving Ma|ilc* Trees. J. 11. Stiltkk, Wavoriy, 
N. Y.—Maple trees can lie transplanted with 
safety. If you wish to remove large ones lose 
no time in digging about them at some distance 
from the body of the tree while the ground is 
frozen, so as to secure a large ball of earth un¬ 
broken about the roots. Al ter it is completely 
loosened the tree may be hauled out of its tied 
by a team upon a drag or stonebont and thus 
transferred totho place where it. is to be planted. 
If we were to choose, however,wc should prefer 
small trees for transplanting, to incurring the 
work and expense of transplanting large ones, 
unless wo had an experienced planter to manage 
Hie business. 
Windham Co. (Vt.) Ag. Hue,—The following are 
Hie officers elect for 1809: President— O. S. How¬ 
ard, E»i„ Townsend. Vice-Presidents—Col. II. 
Plimpton, Xewfauc; Hud Smith, Esq., Wilming¬ 
ton. Secretary uud Treasurer— W. A. Stedmun, 
Fayetteville. _ 
Attleboro*. (Mass.) Farmer*’ Flub.—The fol¬ 
lowing arc the officers elect for 1809: President— 
GeO. Price. Vice-Presidents— S. M. Stan.ey, D. 
I)., W. H. Wilcox. Secretary— J. E. Hunt. Treas¬ 
urer— E. G. May. Executive Committee—G. Price, 
T. A. Stanley, IT. Richardson. 
Additions to Club* are always- in order. Whether 
in ones, twos, fives, tons, or any other iiu in her. Many 
agents, after sending one club, form others, awl thus 
secure additional or larger premiums. A host of 
people are dropping other papers about those days — 
many have already chtuigad to tho Rural —and onr 
Agent-Friends should improve every occasion to 
secure such as recruits for the “Rural Brigade.” 
Somerset, (Me.,) Cetitrn! Ag. Soe.— The follow¬ 
ing are the officers for1869: President— Ex-Gov. 
Colburn. Vice-President#—Daniel Snow, Isaac 
Dyer. Secretary John Weston. Treasurer— Wm, 
B. Snow. Trustees— H. M. ! fight, Horace Eaton, 
and Warren Russell. 
Cubic Feel in u Ton of Hay. —M. H. ASHLEY, 
Black Hawk county, Iowa, asks the number 
of cubic foot in a ton of hay. The number of 
l oot of course varies with the character and con¬ 
dition of the hay. It is safe, as a rule, to buy or 
sell good fair hay, mixed clover and timothy, 
from well-settled mows or stacks reckoning five 
cubic yards to the ton. If measured after it is 
taken from the stack, or mow, and loaded on a 
wagon, eight cubic yards make a ton. Multiply 
tho length in yards by the height In yards and 
that by the width in .yards, aud divide the pro¬ 
duct by five and the quotient will be the number 
of tons. 
Cheap M ines ami Drunkenness. -Dr. HOLLAND, 
in discussing the question whether cheap wines 
will lessen drunkenness, concludes, from obser¬ 
vation* in Switzerland, that tnoy will have the 
opposite effect, and asserts that he never saw a 
boozier get of fellows Hum those hanging round 
tho drinking houses of the Swiss villages. A 
friend of ours, a native-born Swiss, but long re¬ 
sident in this country, and withal a strict teeto¬ 
taller for a number of years past, visited Ilia 
native land Iasi spring. On Ids return be re¬ 
marked that tilings had changed much in his 
native village since he left it. “Theyarc be¬ 
coming great drunkards on potato whisky. 
Wines are two or three times dearer than in for¬ 
mer years, and potato whisky is taking (heir 
place as a common beverage, and people are fast 
becoming drunkards.” 
Wc arc inclined to think this a truer statement 
of cause and effect than Dr. Holland's super¬ 
ficial Observation. It is high-priced wines and 
potato whisky that is making Hie drunkards. 
Cheapen the wines and let mono the whisky, and 
there will ho no more drunkards than had ex¬ 
isted for centuries previous in those districts. 
And yet we do nut assert tliat wine of any sort 
is an essential to a temperate people. 
Important to Wool Manufacturer*. — Boston, 
March 1.—A private dispatch from Washington 
announces that the l’ idled States Supremo Court 
has given a decision in the ease ol' the Agawam 
Woolen Coiiipnuy agt. Ebon D. Jonrdau, con¬ 
firming the validity of the Doubling patent. 
'|*his decision involves several millions ol' dol¬ 
lars, uini affects the. whole woolen manufactur¬ 
ing interests of the country. There were several 
curious points in the case, which constitute it 
one of the most important suits ever Instituted 
under the patent laws ol" Hie t’nhed States. In 
t he yeat" lEW letterapaten(were granted to John 
doubling for an “improvement in the mode of 
manufacturing wool and other fibrous mate¬ 
rials." This patent was reissued in 1866, and ex¬ 
pired in 1810. In 1868, twenty-two years after 
the patent bad expired, Doubling succeeded in 
having an act- of Congress passed for hi< relief, 
which renewed and extended his patent seven 
years from that date, with the proviso, however, 
tliat such renewal and extension slndl not have 
the effect or be- construed ro constrain persona 
who maybe using the machinery' invented by 
said Goulding at the time of the renewal aud 
extension hereby authorized, or subject them to 
any chum l'or having used the same. This ex¬ 
traordinary legislation cm a pateut which had 
expired nearly a quarter of a century before 
was eclipsed by the action of the United States 
Patent office in reissuing Hie patent, giving to 
Goulding an exclusive property in said woolen 
machinery. It was under t Ids reissue that Ebon 
1). JOucdan, the assignee of Goulding, sued the 
Agawam Company for an Infringement of the 
patent, and his success involves nearly' every 
How t o R emit.—Thi» best way to remit for clubs, 
ns we have often stator!, is by Draft. If $20 or over, 
Bend by draft, as there is no risk. For smaller 
amounts It is best to send by I'. O. Money Order,—but 
tf you cannot do that, send tn Registered letters. 
BUSINESS NOTICES 
EAGLE SEED S0WEE. 
FOUR SIZES — PKICB8 $6 TO $17. 
Plants the seed lu tho best manner, in Hills ok 
Drills. 
Clipper Wheel Hoe, with adjustable blades and 
handle. 
Liberal Discount to Trade. Send for Illustrated 
Circular. Address K. D. & O. R. REYNOLDS, 
North Bridgewater, Mass, 
Personal.—The Maine Farmer, March 6, con¬ 
tains the valedictory of Mr. N. T. True, senior 
editor of that paper, Mr. True succeeded Dr 
Holmes in tho management of tho Maine 
Farmer, and has retained for it the respect and 
confidence which his predecessor had secured, 
which is saying a good deal for his ability, judg¬ 
ment and candor. 
To Prevent a On riueldng Herself.—Does any 
one know of a better- remedy for a cow that is 
in tho habit of sucking herself, than a curb on 
herneok? Has any one tried splitting the end 
of the tongue ? If so, how far, and will it injure 
the cow for feeding ?—A Subscriber. 
VALUABLE USES OF MAGNETISM! 
Dr. J. P. Bryant cure* diseases of tho Heart. 
Livin’mid Kidneys, easily and quickly, without pain 
or medicine, at his residence, No. 325 West Thirty- 
fmirth Street, Now York. Terms tor treatment al¬ 
ways reasonable. Consultation free I 907-3t 
Phrennlogienr Journal and Lite Illustrated.— 
Though in its forty-ninth volume, (his always 
able, excellent and entertaining magazine is 
as wide-awake, progressive and 1 vigorous as 
over. Indeed, the Journal has been greatly im¬ 
proved under the admirable management of 
Prof. Wells, and Is really what it is claimed to 
be —a first-cluiS Scientific Monthly Pictorial 
Information Wanted.— Having lately become 
possessed of a few acres of land, 1 would like to 
learn from the experienced, a few of the best 
varieties of potatoes to plant in spring; also 
some of the best varieties of raspberries aud 
blackberries, all things being considered. 
FOR THE DELICATE SKIN OF LADIES 
AND CHILDREN. 
Cour. ate & Co.’s Aromatic Vegetable Soap* 
is recommended by oorisuruer* and dealer*. Sold by 
Druggist* and Dealers Id Fanoy Goods. 
