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:  character  has  unflerst/JOd  »o  clcarl.v  the  power  of 
pamaan  oncnnlzallona.  flence  he  saved  for  prac¬ 
tical  ttse  the  power  which  so  many  political  re¬ 
formers  waiitc  in  eJTorts  which  have  no  result. 
Mr.  M'EEP,  with  the  a.sKlsliiri<!e  ot  his  daughter, 
has  ot  late  years  been  proparlug  an  autobiogra¬ 
phy  U)  be  pubUsliwI  after  his  death.  Few  ca 
reers  have  been  more  interest  ing  than  his,  and  no 
man  of  the  last  lifty  years  is  able  to  give  more  of 
the  history  of  our  country  and  its  politics  than  he. 
jVsIdP  from  these  liibors,  Mr.  Weed  writes  oeca- 
.slonally  on  public  events  of  the  time,  and  his  let¬ 
ters  are  alwa.V8  read  with  interest  and  exten¬ 
sively  copied. 
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BUSINESS  RESULTS  OF  THE  CENTENNIAL. 
IN  tho  early  history  Of  Western  New  York  the 
proprietors  of  lai  ge  t  racts  of  land,  .anxious  to  gel 
the  tJenesei'  Valley  HelUed,  had  a  magnlflcent 
liorec  race,  which  w  .a.s  adverttsert  In  all  the  older 
purls  of  the  eoiintry.  'I'hc  result  was  that  some 
ot  the  iuo,st  enUirprlslng  and  wealthy  settlers  of 
the  new  country— Including,  we  believe,  the  Fitz- 
ni'OHH  and  the  JlocHEfcTKiis— were  atUiKTed  to 
WcHlcrn  New  York  and  made  It  their  home,  to 
the  iidvantagc  oi  nil  parlies. 
11  seems  to  ns  that  the  Centennial  Exhibition  In 
Flilladelphlu  may  and  should  be  utilized  In  a  sim¬ 
ilar  nmuner.  This  will  be  not  alone  In  bringing 
people  from  all  parts  or  the  Cnlted  States  to  I’hll- 
iolPlphla,  though  that  will  be  one  Important  re¬ 
sult;  but  we  shall  have  during  the  coiulug  eight 
months,  thousauds  of  the  most  IntcUlgCht  and  ou- 
terprislng  people  from  all  pariAs  ol  Europe.  These 
should  he  encouraged  In  every  way  to  extend  their 
visit  to  varlou.s  |ia  i1-s  of  onr  broad  land.  The  groat 
West  and  South  have  attractions  quite  as  wonder¬ 
ful  as  anything  which  can  be  shown  In  the  f  'en- 
tennlal  ctlj  itselr.  There  has  been  some  regret 
expressed  beennse  none  ol  the  ICuropean  erowned 
heads  woiilrl  be  iireseut,  and  only  omi  sprig  of 
royalty— the  Emperor  ot  Brazil— would  grace  our 
Centennial ;  but  such  regrtilsare  needless.  Crown¬ 
ed  houilH  would  not  be  apt  to  remain  heri^  and 
coiitltiue  their  business,  and  wo  do  not  want  tbom 
If  they  would ;  but  the  peoplo  ol  lorelgn  countries 
are  doubly  welofime  here— idther  as  vlsltoi  s  or  to 
remain. 
It  Is  jirobable  that  few  of  our  foreign  vlKlloi*» 
will  cross  the  ocean  without  going  much  farther 
than  New  York  or  Pldhulelphla.  The  reduction 
In  i‘»tes  made  on  the  rnllroada  tvlll  be  equally 
operative  for  those  going  West  as  to  thow!  comUig 
Kasis  and  the  travel  will  not  be  so  one-sldcd  as  Is 
gnnmilly  supposed.  Our  (ientennlal  yiiar  is  likely 
to  be  the  occasion  of  a  more  intimate  lnlercour.se 
and  lnter(!hanKe  of  thought  bet  ween  people  In  all 
ae<;tlnnR  ol  the  country. 
this  position— and  It  la  no  discredit  to  Mr.  Arnold 
that  he  is  beltcTcd  not  to  be  one  of  this  few ;  as. 
really,  we  can  think  of  but  two  or  three  men  in 
Herkimer  County  who  would  just  DU  the  hill,  and 
these  do  not  Include  the  names  of  any  of  the  most 
jiromlncnt  essayists  on  dairy  subjects.  The  dis¬ 
play  of  these  produe.iM  proml»e»  lo  be  a  very  large 
and  creditable  one,  and  the  eornpcUtlon  will  be 
sharp  and  close.  It  ts  not  strange,  therefore,  that 
faclorymen  are  taking  ronslderabie  Interest  in  the 
proper  selection  of  those  whoso  duties  will  be 
most  aellt.atc,  trying  and  responsible. 
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REMONSTRANCE  OF  NORTHWESTERN 
DAIRYMEN. 
become  a  law  jusl  yet;  but  It  is  a  move  In  the 
right  direcllon.  Postmasters  ought  to  be  the  ser¬ 
vants  of  the  people.  Under  our  present  system 
t  hey  arc  mosU.v  iti)polnied  by  some  M.  C.  or  Sena¬ 
tor,,  and  are  chiefly  interested  lu  serving  personal 
and  partisan  Interests.  If  wo  .are  ever  to  h.ave 
uniformly  competent  and  obliging  jiost-orrice  offl- 
Glals,  we  must  make  their  selection  depend  upon 
popular  favor.  This  also  would  do  away  with  a 
large  part  ot  the  olUclal  pati-or.age,  which  has  be¬ 
come  one  of  the  chief  evils  of  our  polities  and  a 
danger  to  true  represen tal Ire  goi  ernmoni. 
The  following  remonstrance  of  leading  dairy¬ 
men  and  dealers  In  dairy  products  against  the 
appolntuieiU  ot  L.  B.  Arnold  as  a  Juror  has  been 
sent  to  tho  Chairman  ot  tlie  Centennial  Dairy 
Oommltlo^c.  It  eonUilnH  some  very  Influential 
,  names,  and  without  doubt  represeute  the  teel- 
j  iDgs  or  moBt,  tVesleni  dalrymeu  on  I  his  hubjecl ; 
KwuN.  111.,  March  II,  1876. 
7h  J.  F.  U.  .SlXM-tflf,  A'.*"/.,  ('ItaUinav.  Centennial 
Dairy  connatitee. 
Dear  Sir  ;  Wc.  the  nnderHlgncd,  dairy  factory- 
men  and  dealers  or  the  State  Of  Illinois,  feeling  a 
deep  interest  In  the  succeSHinl  expesltlon  of  the 
dairy  products  of  our  country  at  the  Centennial 
in  Philadelphia,  and  deeming  it  a  rnat.Ur  Of  vital 
importance  that  we  have  cumpcfenl  men  as  Jurors, 
rendered  such  by  infirtnyil  experienre,  do  hereby 
most  earnestly  proM^t  against  the  appointment 
of  Prol.  L,  n.  Arnold  of  Koch  ester,  N.  Y.,  ase,3- 
scntlally  wmntlng  In  tills  quallllcaUon : 
G.  P.  Lord,  Thos.  Bishop,  A.  D.  Gifford,  a.  B. 
Church,  G.  F,  Lawrence,  E.  L.  Bishop,  P.  C.  Gll- 
ben,.  J.  \V.  Sayer.  M.  W.  Frazer,  T.  J.  Shepherd, 
Win.  Dalton,  D.  E.  Wood,  A.  Shenvin  (dealer),  H. 
A.  BogardUR  (dealeV),  G.  W.  Walemian.  S.  W, 
Klngsle.v,  li.  P.  MeOhney  (Dairy  Editor  Elgin  -Ad- 
voeato).  Dr.  K.  K.  Slone  (Sec’y  N.  W.  Dairy  A-aso- 
elation),  M.  II.  Thompson  (Scc'y  HI.  state  D.  As¬ 
sociation).  John  Keatlug.  S.  s.  -Mann  (dealer). 
Silva  nils  Wllco.x  (ex-Pres.  Mo.  D.  AssoelaUon),  J. 
C.  BomvorUi,  I.  H.  Warm;r  (dealer),  T.  K.  McLean 
(cx-Pres.  Ill.  State  i).  Association),  Honry  slier- 
maii,  C.  B.  llawly,  B.  P.  Brown,  0.  H.  Britton,  P. 
Moran  (dealer),  Jno.  Autlcrson,  M.  N.  Newton,  F. 
W.  Wrtght,  K.  (i.  Hummoud,.  Z.  W.  Browning,  J. 
W.  Brown,  C.  H.  Larkin,  Ira  llusscll,  J.  H.  Brown¬ 
ing,  .M.  Switzer,  Win.  F.  Osgood. 
AVe  undersUtnd  that  Mr.  Hcovii.i.K  lias  not  for- 
w'arded  the  alxive  remonstrance  iz)  the  Centennial 
CommtsHloners  at  Phlladeltihta,  who  have  power 
of  appolnlment  of  a  Juror,  unless  he  has  done  so 
very  recently.  tVliat.  la  the  rea.son  for  this  delay  ? 
Corn  for  ilie  Soiiili.  —  The  Kura!  Carolinian, 
Edited  by  D.  Wyatt  AiKEvof  the  National  Grange, 
quotes  tiie  RnR.ALNEw-Y'OREEK  on  the  imnoi-tanco 
of  dlven-.lt.y  of  crops,  and  say.s  that  Carolina  learn¬ 
ers  need  fear  no  glut  ol  coru-would  ivi’.liw  wel¬ 
come  It  as  a  variation  front  recent  experience. 
Tills  Is  undoubtedly  true,  and  Cnrollna  faimcrs, 
and  others  tn  the  older  Southern  States,  need  not 
fear  anj‘  glutof  corn.  Thediniculty  will  be  found, 
rather,  tn  gelling  enough  of  It.  In  the  states 
bordering  the  Mtsslssliipl  river  P  may  still  bo 
found  better  to  use  cheap  Westeiii  corn  than  to 
grow  all  wantz^d  at  home. 
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PcKy  Pilfering. — The  Mississippi  Legislature 
ha.s  passed  a  law,  making  the  stealing  of  hogs, 
chlckcus  or  any  farm  stock,  grami  larceny.  It  is 
hoped  th.ii  this  will  put  a  stop  to  a  system  of  peu 
ty  thieving  with  prevails  ill  most  of  the  southern 
states,  ilie  trouble,  however,  Is  in  getting  evi¬ 
dence  of  the  crime,  and  liMTeaslng  the  penalty 
will  not  he  apt  to  lessen  tho  diniciilt.v.  Increasing 
oducallonal  advantages  tor  oil,  with  duo  regard 
\a  moral  and  religious  instruction,  would  seem  to 
be  the  more  natural  remedy  for  the  evils  now  com¬ 
plained  ol.  Thai  takes  time,  as  any  reform  must 
do  to  be  effectual. 
HATL’KJUY.  M’lllL  1.5,  187G. 
THURLOW  WEED,  THE  JOURNALIST. 
THE  pon  raii  in  this  week’s  Klral  Nkw-Yobkek 
is  that  of  the  veteran  jounialist,  Hon.  TnrRLOw 
WEED,  long  a  pollHcal  editor  in  Kochesler  and 
Albanj’,  and  now  living  In  New  YorV:  Cltj’’  in  a 
retlracy  earnefl  by  a  long  and  bnsy  Hie.  The  por¬ 
trait  16  engrav.-d  Trom  u  photograph  recently 
taken,  and  is  aelninwledged  by  all  to  be  an  excel¬ 
lent  likeness.  Though  at  a  very  advanced  age- 
now  in  his  iyili  year— Mr.  Weed  retnlns  his  old 
interest  In  public  !i1Ttiirs,  and  bis  advice  and  conn 
ael  are  held  In  high  regard  by  the  shrcAvdest  poll- 
tlclaiusoi  the  .slate  and  countiy. 
Thiutow  W'Eun  was  born  In  (htsklll,  on  the 
Hudson,  in  Nov.,  1737,  At  the  early  ago  ot  ten 
years  ho  got  a  place  as  a  cabin  boy  on  a  Hudson 
river  sloo)),  and  in  I8n7  he  Avltiies.sed  the  lirst  trial 
trip  of  JtouERT  Fulton’S  new  sf.<a:im.shlii.  Shortly 
aaenvards,  Mr.  Weed’s  faiher  moved  tVest  with 
his  famllj  and  young  Tiiurlow  went  to  Syracuse 
to  learn  the  i  rade  of  a  printer.  ( hen  removed  to 
Chenango  t  'o.  and  eommeneed  the  ijublieatlon  of 
a  weekly  paper.  Going  to  Uochesler  about.  1821, 
he  published  and  cdRed  rhe  Antl-Masonlc  Inqul- 
rei',  ajid  w  as  cleCU'd  one  tei  in  to  the  State  Legis¬ 
lature. 
In  the  sharp  discussions  ivhlch  prevailed  In 
those  times  Mr.  Wsko  took  a  prominent  part, 
chiefly  through  his  paper  Seldom  penning  long 
articles,  he  had  a  faculty  or  writing  short,  trench¬ 
ant  sentences,  which  were  sure  to  reach  the 
popular  Uioiight  a.nd  to  be  remembered.  In  ISaO, 
Mr.  tVEED  left  Tfocheeler  and  round  bis  appro¬ 
priate  field  In  Albany  ns  Editor  and  one  of  the 
Publishers  of  t  he  Albany  Evening  Journal.  Dur¬ 
ing  t  he  thlriy-two  years  tnat  he  remained  there, 
Mr.  WEicn's  'inlluence  on  politics  and  on  imbllc 
sentiment  Ihrough  the  State  was  greater  t.han 
that  ol  any  »>lher  person.  He  brought  out  the 
young  HORACE  GKKKLRY— who  was  lotiiTeen  years 
his  Junior,  and  w.'ts  the  fast  friend  of  William  H. 
SBWAiiD  as  Slate  Senator,  Governor,  L.  S.  Senator 
and  C'ablml  Minister.  Both  Mr.  Seward  and  Mr. 
GREELEY  have  jiassed  awa>,but  Mr.  Weed  still 
lives  in  full  possef«lon  oi  his  mental  facult  ies,  and 
in  better  physical  health  than  most  men  rk  his 
advanced  age. 
The  Influence  of  Mr.  Whco  on  the  poUticui 
events  of  his  time  is  undlapulOd.  'I'hat  Inllucncc 
he  owed  (o  no  unworthy  acts,  but  to  t  he  singular 
clearness  and  saguelty  of  his  opl  nlons.  1 1  Is  views 
and  plans  were  not  only  generally  the  tvlsest;,  but 
he  had  the  rare  faculty  of  convincing  his  asso¬ 
ciates  of  t  he  fact,  only  u  hen  they  disregarded 
his  advlco  did  1h«y  Imve  cause  to  regret  It.  He 
was  a  strong  parllsan,  and  yet  strongly  Indepen¬ 
dent  In  his  polltlcnl  course,  choosing  to  work  In¬ 
side  ratiier  ilion  outside  of  jiurij'  organizations. 
No  other  juibllc  man  of  cquaJ  indej)endeu()e  of 
IMPROVING  COUNTRY  ROADS. 
In  another  pan  of  this  paper  a  correspondent 
jn’esents  ills  views  on  the  improvement  ol  count  ly 
roads.  Ills  plan  ol  making  the  ownere  of  farms 
ket'ji  t  heir  own  loads  in  good  <;ondltlon  would  ex¬ 
empt  Horn  road  fox  large  nnmberb  of  propc’iy' 
holders  in  villages  who  have  only  n  trifling 
amount  ot  roadway,  'the  roads  arc  lor  the  beue- 
tit  Ol  all,  aii'l  we  do  not  see  why  all  pitipert.y 
holders  should  not  help  keep  them  In  repair.  It 
uudoubtedly  needs  a  greiu.  deal  more  inteUlgencc 
onihejiarioi  path  masUTSlo  make  om- present 
a.V8tem  effective,  in  tact,  lack  of  InleUlgence  Is 
tho  grand  cause  ot  poor  mads  everywhere;  but 
remitting  t  he  cure  ot  road.a  to  owners  of  properly 
adjoining  would  not  miUvc  them  anymore  Intelll. 
gentin  doing  Hie  ivork. 
A  great,  deal  ol  labor  on  road.s  is  ivilsdlrecf/ed.  H 
Is  this  ra<‘t  which  makes  men  try  to  *•  shirk  "  work 
as  tliey  do  when  lining  out  1  heir  road  tax.  Where 
roads  are  Improved  by  the  Judicious  use  of  stone 
iuid  gi  avel.  there  Is  lUile  disposition  to  shirk  duty. 
1  n  many  caseM  an  underdrain  by  Hie  side  of  the 
'  roal,  and  on  tiio  upper  side.  If  on  a  side  bill,  will 
make  the  road  bed  dry,  whoa  ollierwlse  Itw'ould 
have  been  almost  faliiomlcss.  It  Is  lietlzir  to  have 
the  dr.aln  by  the  side  of  rntlier  than  directly  under 
the  road  bed,  Ro  that  tramping  and  cutting  of  the 
soli  by  heavy  loads  shall  not  disturb  It.  A  little 
study  of  the  effects  of  underdraUiliig  on  wet  or 
springy  spots  will  enable  pathmasters  to  w'onder- 
fiilly  Improve  most  country  roads  at  compa  rati  vely 
small  expense. 
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JURORS  IN  DAIRY  PRODUCTS. 
THE  following  paragraph,  trom  the  Little  Falls 
Journal  and  Courier  of  April  iUi,  represents  the 
\1ews  ot  most  dairymen  in  Herkimer  tiounty. 
where  Mr.  Arnold  formerly  re.stded,  and  where 
his  dlsqmiUneation  loi’  the  poslUoii  for  which  he 
has'beea  named  are  well  knoiMi.  The  Mew  of 
Mr.  Arnolii  Is  evidently  a  Irleudlyone;  but  his 
mcupacity  as  an  expert  In  dairy  products  is  as¬ 
serted  in  the  strongest  terms.  This  incapacity  Is 
undoubtedly  much  betUo’  known  to  those  who 
ImA'c  had  a  iifc-Umg  acquaintance  with  Mr.  A.  than 
to  those  Avho  only  know  him  as  a  writer  on  dairy 
subjects  In  the  public  journals: 
"Quite  a  dl8Cus.slon  Is  going  on  In  some  ot  the 
agrlcnlturai  journals  us  to  the  appointment  of 
jurors  to  decide  upon  dairy  product  at  the  Gen- 
umnlal  Exposition,  inasmuch  as  lids  discussion 
has  boon  largely  as  to  Hu:  propriety  of  tho  selec¬ 
tion  of  Mr.  L.  B.  Arnold  as  .such  a  Juror,  It  seems 
proper,  lu  justice  to  him,  to  state  that  Ids  old 
frIeraiR  In  this  county,  greatly  jjlcascd  as  they 
are  lo  le.arn  alwaj  s  or  ms  prefermem.  and  person¬ 
al  success,  Hlill  fear  that  Ids  eApertence  as  a 
writer  has  not  been  just  the  exporumce  to  nt  him 
(»s  a  juror  and  nice  (iLHM'iralnator  of  quallHos  ot 
choose  and  butter.  Indeed  there  are  very  few 
men  In  the  eountry  tvho  are  fully  eompenmt  for 
RURAL  NOTES  AND  GlUERIES. 
A  Qiii-Ktinii  of  Al)i1i:.v.— Senator  WlsnOM  ol 
Minn,  having  said  In  the  Senate  that  the  Indians 
were  “the  greatest  liars  and  vagabonds  on  the 
face  of  the  earth,"  Pr"f.  Veomans  In  Popular  Sci¬ 
ence  MonthLv  doubts  this,  and  adds:  Grant  the 
ablllt.v,  they  lack  the  resources  aud  capacity. 
Mentally,  they  are  children,  with  but  little  knowl¬ 
edge,  scanty  Ideas  upon  n  few  subjectfi.  and  limit¬ 
ed  intellectual  opcrailons.  They  lack  the  scope, 
the  cultivation,  the  faciUf  les  lor  csei-cLse  m  deceit 
which  lo  po6.RcS.sed  by  the  civilized  race.  .  .  .  The 
civilized  man  mnltiphcs  Ids  enpacuy  of  lalsehood 
thiotigh  division  of  labor.  He  not  only  lies  with 
his  longim,  but  with  his  liauds,  manipulating 
falsehood  lido  hiR  mannlactures.  He  lies  by  ma- 
emnery,  and  swindles  by  steam.  By  the  printing 
prcjss  he  Rcalters  deceptiona  like  anow-flakc.s  over 
the  rontineid .  Your  civilizer  ite.i  with  eulei-piisc, 
t  hrough  an  hi  my  of  agents,  by  post,  and  by  tehv 
graph.  What  can  t  he  ‘poor  Indian,’  with  his  •  un¬ 
tutored  nil  lid,’  do  IncomparlRon  with  this?  There 
WHS  more  lying  in  the  manageinenl  ot  Hie  Nortti- 
ern  Paclllc  Kadroad  than  ten  tribes  ot  Indians 
could  peiTielrute  lu  a  generation.  Thero  Is  more 
lying  in  one  presidential  campaign  than  .all  the 
North  American  tribes  could  jicrpelrate  In  a  cen¬ 
tury.  The  ludluiis  are  no  more  ‘the  greatest 
llaraoD  the  luce  of  t.necarili’  than  they  arc  the 
grpatc.st  lawyei-s,  poUtlclans,  eddors,  mercluiiits 
and  inanutacturers,  on  tho  face-  of  the  earth. 
Fraud,  rahsmcatlon,  diRslmulatlon,  Inslneerlty, 
trickery,  overreaching,  and  the  innumerable 
grades  and  shades  ol  humbug,  are  Mcos  ol  the 
clMllzed  man.  and  he  must  accept  this  iMth  all 
his  other  forms  oi  greatness."  There  Is  a  great 
dealot  truth  In  this.  Wc  have  yet  to  learn  the 
bf«t  trulUs  ot  liviluatlon  by  combining  modern 
intelllgeuee  and  enterprise  with  the  homely  v  ir- 
tue.s  which  distinguished  the  jvople  ol  earlier  and 
simpler  ages.  _ _ 
The  “  Hodesl  ”  Five  of  the  Dairy  Kiiin.- 
When  live  men  meet  in  a  private  caucus,  aud 
each  one  comes  out  with  an  oltlce  and  a  claim  for 
exceeding  "modesty,”  It  become.s  an  interesting 
question  how  the  tiling  was  done.  Did  each  of 
the  five  vote  lor  himself,  or  were  only  four  votes 
ciLstlor  eiu'h  orflee?  The  member  ol  the  King 
whose  "  modesty  "  is  most  vaunted,  voted  after¬ 
wards  In  open  meeting  at  PhUadelphla,  against 
asaoclatlng  other  Juroi's  on  terms  of  equality  with 
Idiiiself.  It  is  fair  to  presume  that  the  others  vo¬ 
ted  for  ihomselves  throughout.  Did  three  of  the 
five,  name  themselves  as  the  Auditing  Committee,  1 
and  did  Hie  others  name  Lhcmselvos  candidates  | 
lor  the  position  of  .luroi-s,  or  wa.s  this  done  lor  ' 
each  by  the  others  ? 
Fi»h  ill  t’anaintsiiKuii  Liihc* — Four  years  ago 
20,0011  salmon  trout  try  were  pl.accd  la  Canandai¬ 
gua  Lake,  In  Western  New  York.  Since  then  more 
trout  and  whltclIsU  have  been  addcfl.  and  the  fish¬ 
ing  In  IJicHc  w  at/el’s  is  now  better  than  It  ha.sbeen 
for  many  yea I’s.  'i'hls  lake  Isa  plciusaiii  summer 
resort,  and  its  baidis  are  lined  with  some  of  the 
flne.st  vineyards  In  the  couniry,  particularly  at 
A’ine  Valley  on  the  eastern  shore,  and  Naples  at 
the  head  of  the  lake.  I'he  people  also  of  these 
localities  are  a  hospllahle  folk,  which  vastly  In- 
crea.scs  the  advantages  of  their  surroundings. 
.  »♦«  ■  — > 
All  EiiplUli  Cirnaiicr  says  he  Imr.  not  applied 
bainyard  mann:  c  to  pasture  or  meadow— using  It 
only  on  tilled  crops ;  but,  Instead  "f  manure,  has 
fop-dressed  his  grazing  and  mowing  lands  with 
5  cwt.  ol  bone  meal.  The  result  18  he  keeps  lUtj’ 
per  cent,  more  stock  thao  before,  and  the  stock  Is 
flfly  per  ccul.  better.  There  Is  no  doubt  that  un- 
manured  iia.sturcs  are  detlelcnt  In  richness,  and 
often  the  tleflclenc.y  Is  from  lack  of  phosphater, 
causing  cows  to  yield  jioer  milk,  and  bi'lng  proh.v 
bly  one  cause  or  aborthm. 
RURAL  BREVITIES. 
Peach  buds  are  nearly  all  killed  in  Ohio. 
Sheep  were  introduced  into  Maf.sachusotls  be¬ 
fore  1633. 
THE  hogs  killed  in  '’lilcago  la.st  ye.fr.  It  placed 
In  Hue,  would  have  reached  to  Bosr.oi.. 
A  H0R.''E  F.viH  will  be  hri'lC'i!  the  Fair  Orou’.Kis 
at  Belleville,  iU.,  OR  tl'.e  ilth  :iad  PPu  Ot  .May. 
Mic-nioAN  last  year  yiedded  i.diu.QTs  barrels  ot 
salt,  being  2tMi,ana  more  thau  any  previous  year. 
The  lotal  cut  of  saw  log.sin  OrtTwa,  Cainrta,  for 
1S76,  is  estimated  ai.  2im,C'MHi(W  Ii-.et,  and  i.he  cost 
of  jiroducllou  f2,iia;4,"()a. 
A  prBLie-spivlled  citizen  of  Anburn.  N.  Y'.,  has 
added  fao.oiKi  lo  (  ho  bequest  of  Hio  laic  Jamls 
Skymoi  It  of  th:it  city,  for  a  public  library. 
AN  Eugllsh  stock  coinjiViny  Is  buying  uii  all  the 
wild  plMO  lands  In  Georgia.  They  will  sci.d  over 
immigi-aiil-i,  get  out  the  turpciium*,  and  then  sell 
the  land. 
Ca’itle  dlsi:ase  Is  sproadlug  over  the  entire 
south  of  Japan,  liic  (iovcmiamt  has  ordered 
tiiat  none  be  hilled  for  market  ifll  after  oluclal 
luspecUon. 
The  T.eglslatnre  of  New  Bnin.swick  have  pas.ied 
a  very  stnn'gent  game  law.  prohibiting  tbeKlUlng 
01  mriose,  deer  and  cariboo  in  Llial  province  for 
tJu’ec  years. 
ARBOR  Day  (or  Trec-lTanttng  Day.  April  15)  h.as 
become  a  pemuncni  liosilutiion  in  Mlnntsota. 
The  Legislature  has  anproprialvd  S2,50i>  for  cash 
premiums  to  ttoe  planters. 
Ground  siiuinvls  arc  a  groat  H'oubic  to  CuIlCcr- 
nlu  farmers.  This  iihnUe  antiual  ii'-vcr  cllmi).-. 
He  lives  in  villages  under  ground  and  pUmder.i 
the  rurmer.s  worse  Hian  goiilicn.  Fvery  two 
months  the  ground  squirrel  breeds,  and  uclt  ier 
state  pvemluins  nor  .slrychtiine  diminishes  nls 
numbers.  He  levies  an  assessment  of  iio  per  tent, 
on  the  proflus  of  a  wheat  crop  In  many  scctloas. 
XIR  J  V.  U,  ScoviLi.K.  Chairman  Of  the  Centen¬ 
nial  Dairy  I’oimulttce,  writ“»  In  the  i  tlca  UcraW 
aitornpting  to  deiend  Mr  AriNOLO,  but  adni.ttlng 
that  A.  voted  against  recOinmc  udlng  ocneiw  as 
juroRi  on  an  equality  with  himselt.  This  Is  an 
admif^lon  by  one  of  .'Ir.  A  RNOi.n'a  trlonds  ol  w'hat 
we  Stated  and  w  hat  Arnold’s  org.an  uenled.  It 
seems  to  tis  that  tiie  le-ss  said  about  Mr.  Arnold  s 
“ modesty  ’’  Hie  better. 
BUSINESS  NOTICES. 
Flection  of  PoHiiiitisiers. — A  Tennessee  mem¬ 
ber  ot  Gongress  has  introduced  a  bill  to  make 
postmaskns  elective  by  the  people  lu  their  jurls- 
dlctiou.  It  is  not  probable  that  sucfi  a  bill  can 
TuiRTY-NiNK  years’  experience  In  tho  inamifnc- 
ture  of  White  Lead,  warrants  us  In  stating  that  our 
“  I’lioopulx”  brauil  I’lirt*  VVliltP  l.ead  cannot 
fall  tn  glvo  entire  siitisfaetlon.  Fukstain,  Bills  & 
Co.,  Cincinnati,  O. 
Coughs  and  Colds.— Those  who  nr»*  suffer¬ 
ing  from  Coughs,  Colds.  Uoarseiiess,  Sore  Throat, 
&c..  should  try  "  lii  unin’H  Tlroncltial  Vrochen.” 
