it j.loultni-ljkub. 
POULTRY HOUSE. 
“W. II.” asks“In erecting a poultry 
bouse for the north side, which will be the 
best protection against cold and dampness, 
a stone wall, brick wall, or a double board¬ 
ing, with air space between, or tilled in with 
gravel, tan bark, hay, or sawdust?” lie- 
tween a stone and brick wall there is no 
choice; they are both warm, but are more 
subject, to dampness than a wooden one. 
Our preference is for a boarded siding lurred 
with one and a half or two inch strips, and 
lathed and plastered. This makes a clean 
Avail, and is amply warm enough, except in 
very bleak situations. In such places we 
should recommend stone or brick. 
A very serious objection to ha// as a tilling 
is that it makes a harbor fur miee. 'I an bark 
and sawdust are equally good, and make a 
warm room. 
Ourcorrespomlent also asks:—“Should the 
sash be double on the south side? Would 
not ten feet high be better for a large num¬ 
ber of fowls than a less height ? Is there any 
advantage in having the sash slope outward, 
toward the ground? Which is best for 
floor, boards or ground, Ac ?” 
A single sash is sufficient; double sashes 
are an unnecessary expense. There is no 
the best varieties were swept from this region 
during the war; but the country is now 
fast reviving and attention is again being 
directed to such subjects. 
Before the war I hod Brahma cocks to 
weigh twelve pounds, and hens as high as 
nine pounds, but did not give them the most 
liatib 
lepartnunt. 
VIRGINIA LANDS. 
In reply to a remark of yours to a cor- 
thorough attention. One of my neighbors respondent from the South on the subject of 
did have a Butt Cochin which 1 was told 
weighed fourteen pounds. 
I had entirely lost my stock, hut last 
summer searched the country and found 
some of my old breed of mixed Canton, 
Spanish and Brahma, and reared some 
chickens, one cock of which now weighs 
ten pounds, and a hen seven and a half 
pounds, both hatched last June. Several of 
t lie liens weigh about seven pounds. Some 
are black and others buff. The cock is 
grayish, mixed white and black, with high 
single comb like the Spanish. The liens 
are great layers with little disposition lo sit. 
Can you inform me whether the Brahma 
is a distinct breed originated in Asia, or lias 
it, been produced in America by “selection?” 
I think a most valuable breed for the 
South can be produced by crossing and then 
selecting specimens — originated by crossing 
Brahma or Buff Cochin with the Spanish. 
Chester, S. C. A. P. Wylie. 
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TRANSPORTATION OF EGGS. 
In answer to a number of inquiries, we 
will say that there is no certainty of eggs 
immigration thither, that, if Northern men 
could feel confident of security to themselves 
and their families of all the rights and privi¬ 
leges of citizenship that they enjoy in the 
North, there would be a greater immigration 
to the South than to any other country, I 
this will be one of the most important rail¬ 
road centers in the South. Already live 
different railways run out from here, and 
new and very important ones are in contem¬ 
plation,—in fact are likely to lie constructed. 
The Union Depot here is a substantial struc¬ 
ture of brick and stone, three hundred feet 
long by one hundred feet in width. The 
buildings for freight are also generous in 
dimensions, and of substantial structure. 
From the 1st of October last to the 21st 
of December there were shipped from this 
or injured. This is the “ short, sharp and 
decisive ” plan, besides being the most merci¬ 
ful and least painful. 
Burns. 
In regard to “ Briar’s” remedy for bums, 
we fail to see wherein its peculiar merit lies, 
and in many cases, especially if the starch 
were allowed to dry, it would prove decided¬ 
ly- thorny. We have already given, in a pre¬ 
vious number, our views in regard to the 
treatment of these accidents, and do not 
know of any better plan The indications 
point south over the Western and Atlantic are to exclude the air as quickly as possible, 
Railroad something over 10,000 hogs, and 
beg leave candidly and earnestly to state fully as muuy car-loads of mules as of hogs, 
that there will he no trouble on (Ids score, but of course fewer in number of animals, 
in this region of Virginia. Many Northern Agricultural processes are to a great ex¬ 
men have settled here, and I have heard tent very primitive in character, though it. is 
,,r ihAm Mv that ihev had been treated a fact that farmers are fast awakening to a 
in this region of Virginia. Many Northern 
men have settled here, and I have heard 
some of them sny that they had been treated 
kindly and hospitably, more ho than was 
customary between each other in the North. 
There has not been a single instance of un- 
kindness t.o any Northern man as far as my 
information extends; on the contrary, all 
consciousness of the superiority of modern 
methods, and arc availing themselves of the 
same. No better proof of this need he 
sought than an examination of the agricul¬ 
tural implements displayed for sale in the 
have been received and politely entertained warehouses in this city. Nearly every class 
at. private houses until tlrey had made ar- of improved implements in use at the North 
rangemente to settle. There is not the slight- is represented, and, what, is more important, 
cst ground to fear insecurity to person or satisfactory mlcs of the same aro made, 
nrniwriv The winters here are mild; fruit thrives 
necessity for a high ceiling if the ventilation hatching after a journey by rail; we have 
is good; eight feet is as good as ten or more, known cases of every egg hatching after be- 
The advantage of a sloping front is that you ing sent one hundred miles by express; and 
gain more floor room with smaller roof than again, eggs transported only twelve miles by 
by any other way. rail did not produce a single chick. Some- 
Use either board or a plank floor, or, bet- times the fault is in the packing; others, in 
ter still, ccrMTit. Earth makes a good floor, the handling; and again, in the eggs them- 
hut leaves your poultry exposed to rats, wca- selves. As a rule, only about thirty per cent, 
eels and other veuuin that burrow through it. of the eggs t hus sent hatch under the most 
REMEDY FOR ROUP. 
W 12 have had some dozen.of inquiries for 
a remedy for this disease. An old remedy is 
five drops tincture of iron in a teaspoon till 
of water thrice a day ; remove the fowl to a 
warm, dry place alone by himself, and feed 
with scalded food, well seasoned with cay¬ 
enne pepper. 
Mrs. Annur a mot’s remedy is confinement, 
alone in a worm, dry place; a tabiespoonful 
of castor oil every morning for a week; feed 
with soft food only, mixed with ale and chop¬ 
ped vegetables. I n aggravated cases the fol¬ 
lowing recipe will be found beneficial;— 
Powdered sulphate of iron, half a drachm ; 
capsicum powder, one drachm; extract of 
licorice, half an ounce; make into thirty 
pills; give one at u time three times a day 
for three days; then take half an ounce of 
sulphate of iron, and one. ounce of cayenne 
pepper in fine powder. Mix carefully a tea- 
spoonful of these powders with butter and 
divide into ten parts; give one part twice a 
day. Wash the head, eyes, and inside of the 
mouth and nostrils with vinegar,; it is very 
cleansing and beneficial. 
We might give a score of recipes, hut will 
add only one more, which from its smplieity 
will commend itself to many. We are in¬ 
debted to Mr. 11, B. Toon of Mott llaven, N. 
Y., therefor, he. having purchased the recipe 
ot a Western man. We have tried it. in three 
cases, and it has effected an immediate cure: 
Take nitric acid, strip a leather to within 
half or three-fourths of the cud, dip the 
feather into the acid, and thrust it. into the 
nostril of the sick bird, giving it a twist 
while in. Repeat tins twice or three times 
a day, removing the burnt scab before apply¬ 
ing the acid. It is rarely necessary to make 
a fourth application, and very frequently One 
is sufficient. 
SOUTHERN CHICKEN NOTES. 
selves. As a rule, only about thirty per cent, 
of the eggs thus sent hatch under the most 
favorable circumstances. If the purchaser 
of a setting of eggs gets one pair of good fowls 
therefrom, he may consider himself fortunate. 
property. 
We in Virginia desire to see some of the 
energy of the North infused into the de¬ 
spondency of the South, and we therefore 
cordially invite Northern men of correct 
principles, of means large or small, to settle 
among us. We have more land than we can, 
with our present labor, profitably cultivate, 
and it must he disposed of. 
I know of no section in Virginia more 
inviting, and calculated to afford greater 
profits to all kinds of industry than that on 
the line of the Richmond and Fredericks¬ 
burg Railroad. The land is very fertile, 
exceedingly well. 1 scarcely know of a 
locality that 1 consider better adapted to 
fruit growing, speaking in a general way, 
than East Tennessee. People are rapidly 
availing themselves of the advantages offer¬ 
ed, and orchards and vineyards are begin¬ 
ning to multiply. Land is cheap here, and, 
with proper management, is reasonably pro¬ 
ductive, T speak of the table or higher 
lands; the bottoms are fertile, as a rule. 1 
have seen as large corn in the Sweet water 
Valley as I ever saw anywhere. 
There is as much freedom of speech and 
the press here as in the North, and person 
and keep off all other causes of irritation— 
and let the burn get well. The cause of 
most had practice in medicine and surgery 
is the desire to he doing something when 
nothing needs to be done. 
Coutrli Sirup. 
M. S. sends a recipe for a cough sirup, 
which is sure not to do any hurt, and might 
he very good as a palliative. We confess, 
though, we should hardly know how to pre¬ 
pare it from his description. The truth is 
that “cough sirups,” whether prescribed m 
dubious Latin and put. up by an apothecary, 
or compounded by an old woman over a 
kitchen fire, are, (with due reverence he it 
said,) more or less of a humbug. We never 
knew a cough cured by them, though in 
some cases they may have been beneficial, 
while in other some they have been decided¬ 
ly injurious. 
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VACCINATION—SMALL-POX. 
Wubit the traveler on the boundless 
prairies of the Northwest, during the 
autumn or winter, finds a fire rapidly ap¬ 
proaching him among the dead grass, on the 
wings of the wind, for which there is no 
hope or chance of escape, he dismounts from 
Ins horse or vehicle, and with a match 
strikes a fire, which he communicates to the 
grass in front of him, A large burned spot 
is soon made, on which he and his horse 
523 sx.’Stz = ±: —r - “ - • 
Ihc alwuril nurse of rough Ladling by lire one third their burin* before the come here ai.,1 eel 
exnrew company as a cause thereof. Ah a war. They will ho divided .t necessary ami 
rule, we think that .packages marked “Ham, sold to suit jiurchtiscrs. In' ' ' . 
,,M «•«," are very carefully handled by the l-“ 0 *er is cheap here, many «w mtlU 
express company as a cause tiierem. as a 
rule, we. think Unit packages marked “JOgg*, 
with rare,” are very carefully handled by the 
express agents. Bui t he constant jarring at¬ 
tendant upon railway carriage cannot be 
prevented, and we should not blame the 
company for what they camiot prevent.—n, 
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LICE ON FOWLS. 
A coiuitcsi’Onpent of the Southern Plant¬ 
er and Farmer says: —The medicated ash 
hark may keep them from grown fowls, and 
does partially do so, hut to protect young 
chickens against them seems impossible. 
My hatching boxes are always thoroughly 
scalded and cleaned after being used; my 
hens are. examined and indicated with es¬ 
sence of pennyroyal, or eresylie soap, or 
coal tar water, or kerosene oil; the nests 
are also medicated before being taken ; yet in 
the month of February, out of fifteen clutch- 
sold to suit purchasers. 
Lumber is cheap here, many saw mills 
near, and building cheap. These farms will 
in a very short while treble their present 
value. Capitalists could not make a more 
certain and secure investment, anywhere in 
the Soutli. The principal crops now culti¬ 
vated .ire corn, wheat, oats and tobacco, the 
latter very profitable; all kinds of vegeta¬ 
bles and small fruits are, and can be, pro¬ 
duced in great abundance. 
The vast lines of internal improvements 
which have been consolidated and center at 
mation. 
CRITICISMS UPON “CURES.” 
BY A PHYSICIAN. 
In a late RmtAi. appeared several sugges¬ 
tions from correspondents concerning reme¬ 
dies, Ac., upon which we desire to comment. 
About n Felon. 
“ A Subscriber” sends a “ sure cure for a 
In like manner every considerate parent 
fights the terrible lire of small pox with the 
less lire of vaccination, Di\ Jknnj p., who 
made this beneficent discovery, was one of 
the greatest benefactors of his race whoever 
lived. It is difficult at tins day, to com¬ 
prehend how fearfully small pox scourged 
the human race less than a century ago— 
how dreadfully it. disfigured and deformed 
the human face divine, and what tremors J 
and fears the shocking announcement of its 
approach caused in the hearts of those who 
were its destined victims. When t!i« 
sufferers survived its attack, it was only t< 
undergo pangs compared with which dead 
itself were a welcome relief. Betrothci 
\V lilt 'll IlllVU lift II 1 UUPUJlUUtVU IUMI VViUAi ... . ,, vr ..- 
..J must ullimaUfly make it mm of Moo,or “ybaaswellragonabonc. Now Wms recolIe J in aiftight from each otll, 
My hatching boxes are always thoroughly the best markets of the. world; this region is 
scalded and cleaned after being used; my on ]yf ol -|y miles from that city and we are in 
hens are examined and medicated with es- y conm . (J tion with Washington, Balti- 
senco of pennyroyal, or eresylie soap, or m()r0 , m(l tll0 -Northern cities. Land may 
coal tar water, or kerosene oil; the nests j u , i )OU o],t at prices ranging from ten to 
are also medicated before being taken; yet iu twenty-live dollars per acre, according to 
the month of February, out of fifleen clutch- j OC!1 |j t y ) fertility and improvements. A 
es of chickens, I found almost every bird g rea j vnany farms of good land and good 
as a physician, we always steer clear of 
“sure cures” in advance, our observation 
and experience having taught us that there 
are few, if any, such things in existence, and 
the “sure” thing of our correspondent, does 
not. alter our opinion. The description he 
gives of Ins ailment is not that o( a felon at 
when either of the hapless pair had bccrl 
a victim of tins fearful visitor. Husband! 
ami wives feared to look at each other, amij 
suffered indescribable grief and sorrow asl 
they gazed upon the distorted features oil 
their so recently beautiful and engaging 
lousy when first taken from the nest. And, 
from the size of the vermin, it would seem 
as if they earno with the young bird from 
the shell. My remedy for these pests is to 
grease each bird, as well as the hen, with 
unwashed butter, fresh from the churn, and 
thus far that remedy has proved successful. 
1 have tried flour of sulphur and various 
other remedies, hut the fresh but ter has thus 
far proved most, efficacious. Out of fifty- 
six birds hatched during the month of Feb¬ 
ruary I have lost but three, and they were 
mashed. 
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lien Cholera.— Mrs?" Mauoabet Coon, Kan¬ 
kakee, III., writes that she knows that anise seed 
is a stood remedy for hen cholera, bill ills ex¬ 
pensive. But she uses Hiieinaut’h Condition 
Powders, mixing them In dry meal, and then 
wetting the whole so as to make il ii dough. 
Uses two tablespoon rots of tho powders to every 
forty fowls. It will onre them in a few days. If 
they are in an unhealthy phuso pi vo it to them 
oneo a week until they me entirely over it. A 
fifty cent paper will gave S-Iik) worth of poultry. 
In ItiruAi, of April Kill, present volume, I 
notice an inquiry* for euro for chicken cholera, 
UyM. H. TUOltAiniR, Column, O. I jrive him and 
others my experience. Having been troubled 
much with this disease, which seemed to defy all 
improvements may now he had for fifteen 
dollars per acre. I think Northern men 
look too much to the buildings on a farm. 
The great desideratum should be to secure 
improvable land regardless of houses, &c. 
They can readily he built, on account of the 
cheapness of material. There arc many 
small and valuable farms for sale a little 
distance off ihc line of this railroad. 
Caroline Co., Va. J. A. Flippo. 
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FROM CHATTANOOGA, TENN. 
F. II. Urn un its wrote us from the above 
named place early in the winter,— a very 
interesting letter for which we have not been 
able to find space, but from which we ex¬ 
tract the following: 
all; and the “older people” who told him 
it was one, were, probably, like some other 
old people,—mistaken. We have not. space 
for a minute description of a felon, but we 
may say, hi brief, that it is an inflammation 
commencing in the deep tissues, usually near 
the end of liic linger, between the hone and 
the strong,-tough ligaments which help to 
attach the muscles to the bone. The swell¬ 
ing caused by the blood poured into these, 
being hounded oil one side by the unyielding 
bone, and on the, other by the almost equally 
unyielding ligaiuenl, presses against the 
nerves of the part with great force, causing 
intense pain, as every one can testify who 
has ever been afflicted in this way. 
All tills is now arrested by vaccination 
Tliis is done in infancy or early youth, if the 
parents are as considerate as they should he I 
about the welfare of their children, and the 
process is so well known as scarcely to need 
description. A small incision is made in the 
upper part, generally, of the left arm, with 
a lancet or {sharp pocket knife, into which a 
minute portion of cow-pox, or vaccine mat¬ 
ter is placed. It is usually moistened with 
warm water and put on the end of the knife, 
or a small piece may he inserted in the in¬ 
cision, which is then covered with court 
plaster, as the common black adhesive plas¬ 
ter which is moistened by putting in the 
mouth is called. In eight or nine days, if the 
tcrest ing letter for which we have not been This is why a felon is so much more pain- operation is successful, inflammation will eli¬ 
de to find space, but from which we ex- fill than a boil—the latter, being located just sue> t | ie arm will become very sore and 
ict the following: beneath the skill, encounters only tissues jjainful, and in some cases small children 
We find ninny residents in this city who which yield to its pressure with comparative occasionally have spasms from it. The sys- 
\ O on omnlnn,. T liaim tin/l Bnmp pYiipripilPP inimuu, .. j ., 1raci Uic nil low mg : *"' . J piunilll, aim in muni; cimua biuiui tuiiumi 
. V‘, 1 * , ‘. • • ,,, 1 ‘ )l „ a tintir breed I wott, ! w t,M * whol ° u * *‘\ make It a doiiffh, yy c fln( j „ IHliy residents in this city who which yield to its pressure with comparative occasionally have spasms from il. The svs- 
have found a variety which I procured some U win m.'re fliL? ta a few days.' If were impelled to set He here by the hope of readiness. One may hurt his list striking a tcm becomes saturated with (ho prophylactic, 
years fc-'o from the North, called Black Can- they are in on unhealthy place (five it to thorn benefit to health from the climate; and we sand-hag but he can hurt it more lnttin 0 a the p llst ule dries up rapidly, the scab, it pre- 
I m the I,.mint nul best suited for rockv 01100 R wcek uutil " ,ov ,m ' ,, ' lti rely over it. A ] Klve yc t to sec or hear of the first one who stone wall. served, will answer to inoculate a hundred 
. .Iwii I'. ,u nn.i m.ra do unt Iwpnmedls titty ccmt paper win kivc worth ot poultry. ( j entirely disappointed. Persons So much of definition; now these several other persons. The genuine pustule is one 
soil, as their tcet and legs do not .become uis- j.. lrenAi. of April Kill, present volume, I •. 1 i ,, . .. „„ r „ T „ , . , 1 , .. 
eased. Tho Brahma lay eggs somewhat ,< an inquiry ?6rcure fm* chicken cholera, suffering from serious pulmonary affections ways of treating your felon. In the first thmlor halt anmchin diameter, with a black, 
larger, and some think them the best. UyM. H. IUouAims, Canaan, O. I p-ive him and have become as well as ever, and of course place you may let it alone, or, which is much sunken centre, and. may easily he detected 
v - i *»»i,. . i million is <nvm to nmiltrv others my experience. Having been troubled exhibit by their conversation an almost un- the same thing, you nmy try all the “sure from the false vaccination with inferior virus. 
• • U ‘ V ' 1 i, ‘ hnctnr.QQ ft ir ,0ll<lh wlth thls wh'ifi seemed to fiery all bounded faith in the salubrity of the climate, cures " you hear of. The result of this course Several towns in California have been al- 
3 ly miaii... for family ennauu,ptio„, TW. h. city of <1,000 tol-W**, *1.11* U»t ' «•* P**»to.er «*» 
.lid am- iiccidciilal sundna. Most ... rnenmo u> it. Tliajntcnf tlio one-fotirdi ontacm colored . it ran loudly la- ol agony, you will Hod you. pam lesa-rocl moat lngl.mil scourge ol the human race. 
’ , ® \ . i i ( .i i|,pi r ttir- coal and wallowed in it. From tlint on I never oulled o thriving town, and yet, for its size, but your felon nut cured. The reason is that No genuine matter could he procured, and 
poop ( tat c uei o \ u • • • had n stole hen, until I changed farmsaml burned t | lt . re j 8 a great deal of business transacted, the inflammation has gone on to the point of tlmt which was used only aggravated the 
S“«t'' treatment, if wall fed, they lay Some now htuldmgaarc going up, and others suppuration, and the mailer b , ta.mmiui; hs misery of the snffclcis. It should he Ihc 
more or less throu*diont the year. Eggs w*ht and fioin» ns well as any man nraai wish, are contemplated. W liat there is of the place way along your finger m all directions, by- duty of every city and county in the republic 
, n , n p, twenlv-fivc cents per T1,e coal T give thorn is Wilmington, ill., coal.— now, lum, to a large extent been put into exist- and-by it will find its way out to the surface employ a competent physician whose es- 
dn/?.n Thov are the cheapest in the smintr E ' CoNKEU ’ Iu \ ence since the close of the war. The successive and will discharge, more or less oi your tin- p et .j a i fluty it. should be to furnish all appli- 
, 1 , ,,*v„ 4 i,o n f Tam irtr »nd PtehriT * „ ' ... occupation of coni ending armies, and for so ger changed from healthy muscle, and liga- canls with good pure virus, and to vaccinate 
During the months oi Januaiy ami r euru- tih> Irish Creve-Kwurs. — your notice of the ”, . wi,.o . „ , , , . • , 
arv this year they have brought from ten Orove-c,ours from Ireland that I purchased at long a lone m the aggregate, came near ment, and bone, into unsightlj pus. V, hut free all who apply. A recent visit to a sweet 
t fifteen eenis the late NoW York Show does them (unintontion- utterly destroying the city. The trees that the end will he depends upon circumstances little child, leas than four years old, whoso 
° T , . , ’ . . ftrivnntae-es here ally, of eonrstx) some injnsrtee, by idlmiing to abounded on nearly every street one can —but you are hardly likely to escape with- parents had neglected to attend to this, and 
." • nniiiimr ,ut,T lviiaiinr tho henB' tops a3bdng partially white, i here is a | m0 st count on his fingers now. Military out more or less deformity ot the member. who lias sufferod extremely from this loath- 
over the North m poultry and egg raising, not, nor has there boon,, (at least si nee their ar- . ... .. mi , V11 . tv.cntmnnt iq to wont orieo t/ivnnr , . , , ,, 
hut not such markets. Can you give me the rindo. the Exhibition,) a wbl.n foathorin ihoir necessity was the excuse for cutting them 1 he tiuo treaUnent^ is « o. on. e lo join 80me disease (having been covered all over 
merits of the Bral.ma and Buff Cochin com- tops. i can readily understand how the or- down. surgeon, before thetelonxs twenty-foui liouis with the sores, even inside her mouth and 
. ‘. p , ’ |. „ rormifrht oeour-; for, at tho show, the feathers ^ more hopeful people 1 never met with old, and let him open the linger down to the nose,) has impelled me to sound this timely 
pau i V i i ' ’ , — J.| of the birds weresosningy anfi matted from, tho ^ citizens of Chattanooga. They hone and out to the end, supposing the finger warning to your many thousand readers, 
era, and as regards flesh and other Useful 8ea voyage as to vendor the color a matter of ‘ .,. lw „ 1Snn \ t ,„. of the affection. This lets the * u ... L _. 1m mn ... 
I’.Triv fowls.' II will cure them in a few days. It were impelled to Keltic here by the hope of readiness. One may hurt his fist striking a tcm becomes saturated with t lit; prophylactic, 
they are iii an unhealthy place pive It to them benefit to health from the climate; and we sand-bag hut lie can hurt it more Hitting a pustule dries up rapidly, the scab, it pre- 
oii(ie a week until they are entirely over it. a have yet to sec or hear of the first one who stonewall. served, will answer to inoculate a hundred 
titty cent paper will rive ^100 worth ot poultry, j, een entirely disappointed. Persons So much of definition; now these several oilier persons. The genuine pustule is one 
nui'iciMn'i VnipUrv fur ciire' fm' chi!koiV'cl!!ii(‘ni, suffering lVom serious pulmonary affections ways of treating your felon. In the first third or Iialfauinch in diameter, with a black, 
by M H. lUotiAuns, C.uuuin, O. I pivc him and have become as well as ever, and of course place you may let it. alone, or, which is much 8Un ken centre, and. may easily he detected 
others my experience. Having been troubled exhibit by their conversation an almost, un- the same thing, you may try all the “sure from the false vaccination with inferior virus 
inimti with this disease, which Boomed to defy all | wll)u fr.fl faith in the salubrity of the climate, cures” you hear of. The result of this course Several towns in California have hden al- 
S t ^VinTfiiy^y b S , ^ < ^ where This is a city of 6,000 inhabitants, at least will be that, after Buffering four or five days must depopulated the past winter with this 
the hens lmd true aeecks to it. They ate of the one-fourth of them colored ; it can hardly he ot agony, you will find your pain lessened most frightful scourge of the human race, 
coal and wallowed in it. From lliat on I never eallcd a thriving town, and yet, for its size, but your felon not cured. The reason is that No genuine matter could he procured, and 
ha<i a sick hen, until I changed farmsand burned i|wa*e is a great deal of business transacted, the inflammation has gone on to ihc point of q i; fr which was used only aggravated the 
wood. The lions a£>on began to die as heforo. I ..., . •i,.-..cm .nnwi.inn «n.l the neiitw w lnirrowini? its r. . 1,0 
the late Now York Show does them Omintention- utterly destroying the city. The trees that the end will he depends upon circumstances little child, less than four years old, whose 
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pareu wan noumui unu v ,ove-e ,em a» uy of the mrasweresosnimry and matted from, the 
era, and as regards flesh and other useful soa voyage ns to vender the color a matter of 
qualities ? Can you give the weight of good surmise. 1 admit theRolden feather in the cock’s 
specimens of each variety ? ' ^ baeklo; but of these Teoetmeieu says, “ they 
1 _ . . _are undesirable, but nooisqmiUdwIon to prize 
I notice that the Brahma has reached birds.” I have not as yet scon your illustra- 
enormous weight of seventeen pounds. All t ion surpassed.—W m. It. Hills. 
than tho citizens of Chattanooga. They 
have almost unbounded faith that a brilliant, 
future awaits their city. And in this feeling 
l cannot help sharing. There seems little 
room for doubt that not many years hence 
lone and out to the end , supposing the finger 
tu be the seat of the affection. This lets the 
imprisoned blood out and relieves the pain 
at once. Then poultice for a day or two, 
and the finger will he well and not deformed 
warning to your many thousand readers, 
none of whom, it is to be hoped, will fail to 
attend iu time to this most sacred of all du 
ties, if it has not already been looked after, as 
it should have been. Nokthwest. 
