t .-*V''_
V^^feSZ  e.
VOL. XIV.
nSTDIA-STAPOLIS, IKDIAJsTA, MARCH 15, 1879.
NO. 11.
rOBSALH.
F
OH SALE—Oliver Ctillled Plows.   Best ln use.
W. J. KERCHEVAL. Agent. Danville. Ind.
F
OB SALE-Egg Baskets fbr sale at E. G. BA.Q-
LEy*8, Indianapolis, 60c per dozen.
FOR SALE—Eggs of pure bred Pekin ducks-, tl 60
per 13.   Address MRS. ANNA It. PARKS, Austin, Scott county, Indiana.
FOR SALE—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cockerels at l>2 each.   Order soon.   GEORGE VESTAL, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farms in Marion, Rnsh and other
counties in Indiana.   G. W. ALEXANDER, 38
B. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
EOR SALE—Choice Partridge  Cochin  breeding
chickens at prices that defy competition.   Eggs
ln season.   D. M. KINNEY, Rushville, Ind.
FOR SALE—Or exchange a fine red thoroughbred
Shert-horn Bull, 6_i7, A. S. 11. R.; two years old.
•food breeder.   O. W. TUELL, Vallonta. Ind.
FOR SALE—A select number of our choicest Poland China pigs: also, two yearling males.  Address —.A.&B-Q. JKEM, Marion, Grant Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—At 10 cents each!   Eggs for hatching
from  tirst-class P. Rock and L. Brahma fowls.
FRANK WILLIAMSON, Nora, Marion Co.. Ind.
FOR SALE—Light Brahmas exclusively.   Have
* bred this stock for six years with best crosses.
WM. TOLIN, Trader's Point, Marion county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Bronr-e Turkeys—Either  single, ln
pairs or trios.  They are fine, large, well-marked
birds.   FRANK BARBER. Washington, Indiana.
FOR SALE-Houdan Chicks.   Eggs for hatching
at reduced prices.   My chicks are of the very
best strains.   Address P. G. Cauble, Champaign, 111.
FOR SALE—Eggs from the finest pen of Partridge
Cochins in Eastern Indiana at f 1 50 per 13. A
fair hatch guaranteed. GEORGE VESTAL, Cam-
brldge City. Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from Partridge Cochins and
Bronze Turkeys, at ft 50 per 13. Kens in my
yards win score 90 points, w. D. LATSHAW, Oak-
town, Knox county, Ind,
FOB SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price 11 each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis. >
EOR SAJ.E—Eggs for hatching from high-class
Brown I • ;horns. I make this breed aspeclalty"
and am prepared to furnish eggs at si per dozen.
Address FRANK STOKES, Waynesville, O.
FOR SALE—Short-horns—Fletcher s young Marys
Phylls, Agathas. Brides, Gems, etc. Bulls and
heifers, choicely bred. Correspondence solicited.
E. C. THOMPSON, Lock Box I, Edingbufg, Ina.
FOB SALE—Eggs. Light and Dark Brahmas.
•J250 for 13. White Leghorns, fl for 13. Tolouse
geese and Bronze turkeys, *J2 for 9. Best strains.
JERRY CARTER, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
F
OB SALE-CHOICE GABDEN SEEDS.   Send
tor Descriptive Seed Catalogue and Price-list
Address, N. B. GROFF,
77 East Market street, Indianapolis,
FOR SAJ-E—One horse colt, 2 years old this spring",
a cross ofthe Norman stock, took the tirst premium at Logansport, Delphi aad Middle .Fork fairs,
for terms, address B; S. DUNKIN,.Carroll; Indiana.
FOB SAIjB*— The Athens* Pbaltiy Association-
Breeders of high-class Poultry. All the leading
varieties. Eg«s, 82 per 13. Circulars sent free on application. JOE ORUBB, Manager. Crawfordsville,"
Indiana.
FOR SALE—A. J. C. C. Jersey Bull Dettaa Prince,
No. 3545, age 9 months, color gray." Price, $60.
Dnke of Putnam, age 2 months, color fawn and white;
price, $40. J. R. MABCAN, Spring Hill Farm, Greencastle, Indiana.
FOR SALE—EGGS, EGGS-Dark Brahmas, pert
No. 1, $2 per 13; No. 2, $150 per 13. Plymouth
Rock, $2 per IS. AU prize-winning strains. Orders
filled now. Chicks for sale. WILLIAM R. ZIKE,
Morristown, Ind.
FOR SALE—"Snowflake/* "Victor," or "Maho-
pack" potatoes; $3 per bbl, on board cars. Also,
"White Providence" seed oats, 75c per bush; 3 bush,
for $2; 10 bush, for «6. packed. Also, pure Jersey bull
"Pedro" $3 yr) A. J. H. Book, 1525; price, flOO; is all
right, will pay for himself In one year.
O. HARVEY, Lafayette, Ind.
Address A.
FORSALE—Farm of 160 acres 1 mile from Kokomo, at $30 per acre. With $1,000 Improvement
the farm is worth $fi0 per acre. It will require $2,000
cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. Poor men need
not apply. This Is capable of being made one of the
best farms in the State of Indiana for a home.
T. A. GOODWIN,
29 Thorpe Block, IndlanapoUs, Ind.
FOR SALE—SEED OATS—My oats are called
Maine Oats, grow from five to six feet; heads
average 15 incheB. Last year's yield from 60 to 70
bushels per acre; was exhibited but once, at Shelby-
ville Fair, last year, and received first premium.
Price 75 cents per bushel: five bushels for $3. No
charge for bagging. O. C. WOODYARD, Morrislown,
Ind.
FOR SALE—One of Sinker, Davis & Co.'s first-class
10-horse power Portable Engines. Also, a Universal Iron Cross-cut Saw-table; Edging and Plowing table; a long Edging table; a new Scroll Saw; a
large Grindstone; two long and two short counter
shafts, with pulleys and arms; about 500 feet of good
rubber belting. The machinery is in good running:
order.   Address G. C. DOLLMAN,
79 West Market St., Indianapolis.
WANTED.
"TTTANTED—BEES—Wanted a number of hives of
TT     pure Italian bees.   Address 134 South Linden
street, Indianapolis, Ind.
\\T ANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
T V   lounges for country produce.   No. 45 Massachusetts Avenue. Indianapolis.
\\7 ANTED—Live Agents—Life, Travels and Pub-
TV     lie Services of Bayard Taylor.   Will sell like
hot cakes.   Apply for territory immediately to the
publishers, Fred. L. Horton & Co., 66 East Market
street, Indianapolis.     .
"TT7"ANTED—You io see the "Vincennes Reporter,
TT a Greenback paper published at the home of
tbe Blue Jeans Governor, Send a 10 cent piece ln a
letter and get three spdeimen copies. Address J. W.
BECK, Editor, Vincennes, Ind.
\l/ ANTED—Every one who Is in want of a good
VV Buggy, Carriage, Spring or Farm Wagon to
call and examine my stock before purchasing. All
work warranted. Especial attention given to all
kinds of repairing. G. H. SHOVER, No. 172 and 174
East Market street.
WI ANTED—Every one to know \hat Chills,
V V Fevers, Billiousness. Neuralgia, Torpid Liver,
Poor Blood, General Debility, Loss of .Appetite, can
all be positively cured and kept cured by using as
directed Llebig's Ague Cure in lionid or pills. Sold
by Druggists. Agents wanted. PERSHING <fc CO.,
manufacturers, Plymouth, Ind.
"\TT__NTED-To trade a good farm of 73M acres for
TT land in Southern part of Kansas. This farm
contains a barn 50x56 feet, young orchard, a well of
never-failing water, good timber, containing walnut,
poplar, maple, oak, ash, and other varieties. Also
good stock water the year round. For further particulars, address WM. ZOOK, Denver, Mi ami Co.,fnd.
WISC-lI.l_A_VKOV'K.
s,
M. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylvania street.   Prices reduced to suit times.
C.
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
jen^s Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
T
O TRADE—A new  and elegant Cabinet Sewing
Machine for a horse. Address Horse, this office.
ALLEN'S    DRUG    STORE,   OPPOSITE  POST-
OFFCE. Drugs.Patent Medicines/Toilet Articles.
TO TRADE—A well-fitted Job  Printing Office,
centrally located in Indianapolis, for a small
farm.  Address Farm, this office.
TriOR TRADE—We have a company owning and
* controlling 18,000 acres of Western lands, mostly in Kansas, flne soil, perfect titles, to exchange for
Indiana farms; will pay cash difference for good
farms; will not trade for incumbered farms, rather
Say cash difference.   See or address us. No. 2 Iron
lock,   Indianopolis,   Ind. "
WASSON. Agents.
FULLENWIDER   «ft
EGOS FOR HATCHING. DARK BRAHMAS,
LIGHT BRAHMAS.—Dark Brahmas of Louis
Wright and C. W. Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed
In paints of excellence. Light Brahmas ot Jay and
Danley stock. No finer fowls In the West. A limited
quantity of eggs of both kinds at $2 for 13, or two sittings for $3 50.   Address W, H. BOLLINGER, Pen-
LAND SEEKERS—Desiring to visit Kansas or
Colorado, shonld address me for reduced price
round-trip tickets, and information respecting lands,
prices, etc., S. D. KINGSBURY,Talbott Block, Indianapolis, Ind.  ^_^	
3EXCURSION—To Arkansas and Texas—Leaves
li IndlanapoUs, Tuesday, March 18, 1879, now is
your time for cheap rates. Train goes at 8 a. m. and
1 p. m. For particulars, call on or address MORRIS
& MILLS. 64 East Maritet and 136 South Illinois ttts.,
Indianapolis, Ind.       _______________
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES—To»accommo-
date those wanting to hire farm hands, and to
assist the unemployed fn finding situations, we will
insert addresses under the following heads at 10
cents each for one week, or 25 cents for three weeks:
FARM HANDS ARE WANTED BY
John Smith, SihlthviHe, Ind.
EMPLOYMENT IS WANTED BY
  Samuel Jones, Jonesvllle, Ind.
LOANS.
~f" OAN—Six per cent, loans made on long time
J_J on real-:estate security at 6 per cent. Interest.
Special arrangements for those wishingloans In from
6 to 12 months at lower rates. A. W. PRATHER,
State Agents.
Agents wanted in every connty in the State. Office
26 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind.
Wivt ^iath.
Sheep with Cattle.—A reader asks for
the experience of sheep breeders in reference to herding "with cattle. He haa kept
sheep for many years and has ne-ver had
any killed by the dogs when pastured with
the cows. Have others had the same experience?
J. D. Van Doren, the celebrated Essex
breeder of Pisk's'Corners, .Wisconsin, has
removed with his entire herd of thoroughbred Essex swine to Albion, Boone county,
Nebraska. He was one ofthe first to introduce this variety of swine, and his herd is
now composed of some of the finest specimens ofthe Essex to be found in the world,
Messrs. Given, Baum & Co., Frankfort,
Indiana, have bought from William Meikle,
Pendleton, Madison county, Indiana, the
famous imported Clydesdale stallion,
known by the name of Kob Roy, for the
sum of $2,000. Rob Roy gained many
prizes in Scotland while a colt, and sinco
landing in America has taken prizes atvthe
following places: When threo years old, at
Indiana, Pa;, and Greensburg, Wostmoore-*
land county, Pa.; at Indianapolis and St.
Louis the same year; sweepstakes at Indianapolis in 1877; Anderson and Cicero,
Indiana; in fact, has seldom been beaten.
Meikle calls him his model of perfection
as a draft horse, and he is undoubtedly
one of the finest in America. Messrs.
Given, Baum & Co. deserve great credit for
their energetic spirit. Losing their fine
Clydesdale last season, they try again, and
their many patrons cant appreciate the advantage it is to them, to -have such men in
their district who • take such risks. The
improvement in horses in a few years will
be immense. All the recommendation Rob
Roy wants from horsemen, see him once, lt
I    a.    »	
Study the Appetites and Habits of
Animals.
It is profitable and advantageous to cultivate in domestic animals a love ot home.
Much time, labor, and anxiety are often
expended in looking after wandering stock.
A majority of cows and horses, that voluntarily go astray, do so because they find
better feed, more attractive associates, or
-better treatment abroad than at home.
Every wise owner or manager of stock
may soon learn by a few simple experiments
that there dre several articles of food or relish for which cows and horses have as great
a fondness as children have for cakes, jellies
and candies.
Horses, cows, and even sheep onjoy fondling and a soft, loving voice as much as do
children. If to this treatment be added,
occasionally, sugar, fruit, cake, salt, confections, and the like, these animals will
never forget the hand that bestowed them
nor the place where they, were received.
If, at the time of the evening milking, the
folding of the sheep, or the stabling of the
horses, some little delicacy is bestowed,
these animals will soon remember the time
and place, and be thej-e with the regularity
of a hen to her usual roosting place.
Indeed, the appetite of animals for saline
and alkaline relishes seems so natural and
strong as to not only attract them to places
where they once found them, but to resort
to these places at any risk.
Feeders of stock, of large observation, inform us that to mix salt and pure hardwood ashes in equal proportions of weight,
combined by barely enough water to make
of them a solid mass, become a most at
tractive relish for all domestic animals.
Farmers, therefore, should have several
troughs or water-tight boxes at points
where they wonld have their flocks and
herds resort. These troughs or boxes
should have an elevation suited to the convenience of the horse, ox, cow, or sheep,
and thoy should be made a strongly fixed
and permanent institution. It will be necessary to roof them carefully, so as to prevent rain and snow falling upon the mass;
for if exposed to rain tha salt and ashes
would immediately become an alkaline
pickle.
The solid mass of salt and ashes becomes
particularly attractive to animals, because
they can get it in very small quantities by
diligent.licking. Care should, therefore, be
observed in so blending and mixing the in
gredients that a solid mass shall be formed,
not easily broken by the animal or dissolved
by the changing seasons. '
The experiment will cost the farmer, the
dairyman, and the stock feeder but a trifle,
and the advantages to their stock in health
and punctuality with which they will come
for their loved relish, will not only amply
repay all the necessary labor,'care, and expense attending the preparation, but save
many a vexatious tramp to bring home an->
imals which have been by various means
enticed to wander.—Drovers' Journal.
Blind Teeth in the Horse.
Mr. N. C. Spurgeon, your card to tho
editors of our valuable paper, tho Indiana
Farmer, has been handed to me by them.
You desire to know it wolf or blind teetli
contribute to the destruction of the eye of
the horse. My answer is, no, and I will
say further that thousands of horses possessing perfect eyes may have wolf teeth,
and no gouger punches them out. Indeed,
it is not surprising that sueh ideas shonld
prevail, and they will so continue while ari
irresponsible, bold, ignorant set of fellows;
calling themselves veterinary surgeons/
are consulted by owners of stock. So long
will their stock suffer and their pockets bq
emptied in vain. The fellows are not of
one mind, however, upon the cause of
blindness. For while one class punch out
the teeth, another finds the cause in the
cartilagenous bars to be found npon the internal surface of the ear, whose office is to
stiffen the ear, just as the fibrous bars upon
a cabbage leaf support the leaf. Another
class pretend to discover a stiff nerve upon
the nape ofthe neck posterior and-close to-
the ear.  This they blister.
But the most dangerous theory of all is  acid in some form, and if so it will injure
that the haw, a very useful organ found in
the inner angle or corner ofthe eye, must
be cut out. This they call "cutting the
hooks." A man guilty of perpetrating
such an outrage should be made an inmate
of the penitentiary for at least two years.
All the advantage gained to an inflame*
eye by the above operations cannot arnonil'
to more than a little depletion, if much
blood is drawn by the bungling operation.
The common diseases of the eye will be
found described in my book, Navin's Explanatory Stock Doctor, on pages 140 to 150,
namely: opthalmia, conjunctavo,inflamma-
tion of the haw cataract, amaurosis orgutta
serene, palsy of the optic nerve, etc. My
Stock Doctor can be crdered through the
Indiana Farmer Co.
John N. Navin. V. S.
QUERY   AND   ANSWER.
Editors Indiana Farmen
Please let me know through the Farmer
Where I can get three bushels good spring
barley for seed, and oblige. C. F. L.
Cass Co., March 5.
■—Who has it for sale?
Editors Indiana Fanner:
If any reader of the Farmer have the
songs "Tears, Idle Tears," and "Little Nell
of Narragansett Bay" with music, I would
like to have their address through the columns of- your paper. Violet.
Editors-Indiana Farmen
M. C. S., of Parke county, says: He has
both the Hong Kong and White China
geese. The latter is as white as "snow.
Both have knobs on the head. The Brown
China or Hong Kong are much larger than
the White China.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will some of your readers give a tried
recipe foij coloring cotton carpet chain rags
a bright red, green or blue, that will not
fade? Also I should like to know if the
air and sun will fade pink zephyr.
-  Palmer Ks. Mrs. J. M. E.
J. H. McC., of Parke county, informs us
that he has a surplus supply of orchard
grass seed. He says this grass makes good
hay and is the best pasture grass he knows
of. A short advertisement in our "For
Sale" column would bring him a number
of orders for the seed.
A. K. R., of Maimi county speaks very
highly of a recipe for making cheap vinegar, which he has lately purchased. We
presume this vinegar  contains sulphuric
Smut Poisoning.
The Stuart Locomotive, of Stuart, Iowa,
reports that Captain Charles Stuart, one of
the largest farmers and most intelligent
men in that county, having at least a thousand head of cattle to winter, felt deeply
interested in the death of cattle by smut,
and having . lost several head within 24
hours after turning fhem into the stalks,
he concluded to test tbe matter in a practical way for himself. Selecting one of his
thriftiest steers he yarded him by himself
and fed him on smut, at the same time giving him plenty of salt and water. In just
24 hours from the time he commenced feeding the smut the steer died. He was immediately opened and upon examination,
a large, hard ball of smut was found in his
stomach, which was, without doubt the
cause of his death.
 : ■*»■_■■*» ■	
A Strange Case.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will you or some reader of your paper
please inform me what is the matter with
my cow? She is 28 months old, and dropped a
calf six weeks ago. She appeared to do well,
giving a good quantity of milk, and very
rich, but just in two days time she went
dry, or nearly so, and gives how about two
spoonfuls . at a milking, and very thick
looking-like matter. At the same time
she is in apparently good health, Btill eating
heartily. She is slopped twice a day as before, with a small quantity of salt with
slop each meal. She has no appearance of
hollow horn or hollow tail, nor not "much
appearance of hollow belly.   J. C. Mann.
Sharp's Mills, March, 5.
Endurance.
While the threshers were at work on the
Mayfield farm near Lemont, recently, a
two-year-old heifer got penned in between
two stacks of straw, and was soon entirely
covered up. The owner soon missed her
and commenced search, but did not find
her until 47 days had passed. She literally
ate her way out, with the assistance of a
herd of cattle on the outside. When discovered she was hardly able to stand, but is
now doing well. How she managed to survive the 47 days withont drink is a mystery.—Grand Rapids Democrat.
The Farmer as an Advertising Medium.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My advertisement in your paper bas
overwhelmed me with orders and business.
Please stop ituntil further orders.    '**
G. A. Danley.
Indianapolis, March 11.
Ihe coats of the stomach and do other damage/' He had better make vinegar from
:good cider.   It's slower but vastly better.
ditors Indiana Farmer:
I see in No! 9 an inquiry for Bronze tur-
tey eggs,of pure stock. I have got them
idarjre as any* in toejiountry. The sire of
my gobbler weighed _\A poundsT *■'My*
yearling gobbler weighs 34 pounds, and my
hens weigh 17 to 21 pounds each.
W. A. G.
Newcastle, Henry Co., March 8.
A Cure f6r Thumps.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In answer to J. L. R., I recommend turpentine as a cure for thumps, but I cannot
give the cause. W. B. K.
March 10.
Editors Indiana Farnier:
. Where can Brazilian artichokes be had?
And at how much per bushel? And where
can pearl millet be had? And at how much
per bushel, and will it grow to any profit
as far north as Miami county?      R. B. L.
—Anyone having the articles asked for
will do well to advertise them in our columns.
A. P., of Koscuisko county also inquires
for artichokes.—Eds.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please inform me through the columns
of the Farmer when the new pension law
goes into effect, and what and where are
the proper authorities to apply to for a soldier's pension? Please let me hear from
you? A Reader
Mulberry, March 4.
—The amended pension law is in operation now. Our correspondent will save
time, trouble, and probably expense by
getting an honest lawyer (if he can find
one) to make his application in legal form.
—Eds.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
If I were to build a self-supporting plank
fence on my farm, and have never seen or
heard of any fence like it, and there should
be a patent on such a fence, what would be
the consequence? Please answer in the
Farmer and oblige J. I. R.
—If your fence was an infringement on a
patent, your not knowing that fact will not
excuse you. The law presumes that everybody knows what is patented. The holder
ofthe right, however, will likely let you off
on easy terms, when he learns that there
was no desire to defraud him.—Eds.
Hay in the Mow.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please publish the following rule to
measure hay in the mow, for the benefit of
L. F., in March 1: Take the width, breadth
and hight in feet, multiply them together
and divide by 700. This will give the number of tons. This is for timothy hay well
settled. If not well settled or clover hay,
divide by 800. J. L. T.
Newport, March 3.
Orchard Grass.
Editors * Indiana Farmer:
In regard to orchard grass I would say
the best way to sow the seed is on oats.
After the oats'have been harrowed in, sow
the seed and brush in. We always sow
clover seed with our orchard grass, and cut
it for hay tho first year, and after that pasture or cut for seed. I have about 100 bushels of seed for sale. A. B.
Charlestown, March 3.
Personal.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
Can any one of your many readers give
me any information in regard to John L.
Hamer, wllo entered into the service of the
United States, a private in Company I, 99th
Regiment, Indiana Infantry Volunteers. It
is reported that he died in Anderson ville prison. Anyone knowing of his death and will
communicate the same to me through the
Indiana Farmer, I will compensate for
all trouble, and be much obliged.
Hoover, Cass Co. J. P. F.
Self-Sucking Cows.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Cows may be cured of the habit of sucking themselves by the use of two sticks
long enough to reach from the butts of the
horns to the back of the shoulders. Cut
notches in both ends of the sticks and secure one end of each to the base of your
cow's horns. Then pass a rope around her
body just back of her fore-legs. .Fasten
the other ends of the sticks to this rope by
means of knots about midway of each side.
I will pay for all the milk the cow gets
when the above directions are followed.
Labette, Ks., March 4. J. H. C.
Ditching Machine.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
J. A., of Blackford county, in answer to
the inquiry of M.T.,in last week's Farmer
says there is such a ditching machine patented by parties in bis county that cuts a
ditch eight inches in width and as deep as
may be required; cuts sides and bottom
smooth, also levels'up the ditch, and will,
with two horses, cut from one to two hundred rods per day.   It can be sold for §150.
—If the Blackford county machine can
do what J. A. claims for it, the proprietors
would do well to advertise it in these columns. There is a large demand for a really
good ditcher.—Eds.
Manure.
Editors Indiana Xarmen
Will you please answer the following
questions: How can I with the least ex-
ptffi«je,''get-the -lost good this year fr6m
about 50 wagon-loads of manure, now in
the stable? Is there any way to rot a pile of
straw in a short time? If so, what is the
probable cost? Or how can I get the most
good out of an old straw pile? N. B.
Charlottesville, March 4.
—The best way to get the most good out
of your manure the present year would be
to place it in the hill, if you are planting corn
or potatoes, but this would be expensive.
Probably your best plan would be to scatter it evenly just before breaking up the
ground, and then harrow thoroughly. ' If
you can get your straw well soaked with
water, you may get some of it rotted in time
for use this spring, but it is doubtful if it
does much good except as a mulch for potatoes in case of a dry season.—Eds.
estate of the deceased party. In short,would
have none of the rights of a surviving husband or wife. Thoro is no law in the State
preventing tho marriage of first cousins.
Such marriages are legal.
-Marriage.
Law Questions
Editors Indiana Farmer:
If, as I have seen it stated, tho
assertion in the presence of one or more
respectable witnesses, of a man and a
woman that they are husband and wife to
each other, constitutes a valid marriage,
why is a marriage license required, or
what would be the result of marrying
without it? Can first cousins legally marry
in this State? Indiana.
ANSWERED RY VINSON CARTER, ESQ., ATTORNEY.
By the common law a marriage contract
entered into by parties competent to contract, in the presence of one or more witnesses, and in words of the present, was
a valid marriage; no license was necessary,
and the presence of a minister or magistrate was not required.   Such is still the
law in those States where it has not been
changed by statute.   In Indiana the law
has been changed by statute, and a marriage is not valid unless a license has been
first issued by the clerk of the county, and
the marriage soil mnized in the presence of
some person authorized to solemnize marriages.    A  marriage  under the circumstances mentioned in the question would
simply be void in Indiana.   There is one
exception to this rule, and that is, members of the religious Society of Friends
may solemnize  marriages in  accordance
with tbe customs of such society without
license and without the presence of an officiating  minister or magistrate.    A marriage which is valid in the State or country
where solemnized, is valid everywhere the
world over, so that if in the State of Kentucky, where the common law as to marriage is still in force, a man and woman
should, in the presence of witnesses declare themselves to be husband and wife,
such marriage would be valid, and if, on
the next day, or at any time afterwards,
they should remove into the State of Indiana they would still be lawfully married,
and entitled to all benefits and protection
of the laws of Indiana as "such husband
and wife, but if the marriage had taken
place under the same circumstances in the
State of Indiana, it would  be an illegal
and void marriage, the issue of such marriage would be illegitimate, and in case of
the  death of either  party, the survivor
would not be entitled to any interest in tlie
/,
!.\
Legislative Summary.
The  following   bills  have  passed both
Houses and now only require tho Governors signature to become laws:
House bill 357, to amend the charter of
the city of Evansville, and to enable said
city to change its corporate name to that of
Lamasco.
Senate bill 17, to enable tho owners of
wet lands to drain and reclaim the same.
Senate bill 89, to promote the science of
medicine and surgery, and providing human subjects far anatomical and scientific
dissection; also the bill 136, to regulate the
use of human bodies for the purposes of
dissection, etc.
Senate bill 270, to reduco the number of
superior courts in Marion connty.
Senate bill 158, concerning married women, which prevents the wife from putting
a mortgage upon her property for the
debts of her husband.
Senate bill 43, to exempt the wages of
laborers from garnishment, etc.
Senate bill 187, providing for the
election of road supervisors in April instead
of October, and removing the property
qualification, making any legal voter eligible to office.
Senate bill 9, which provided that the
bodies of unknown dead, unclaimed by relatives next of kin, and other persons, be
delivered to medical colleges for tho purposes of science.
Senate bill no 80, abolishing the office of
town assessor and requiring the town clerk
to copy the appraisment from that madeViy
the township assessor. Also providing for
the election of town -marshals instead) of
their appointment. 0**-*'
Senate bill 399, providing for stfmnitting
the constitiyional amendments to the popular vote at the election in 1880. .;
. .Senate bill 207, providing a board to heap
and determine all claims against the Statq'.
House bill 340, apportioning the State for
legislative purposes.
House bill 122, authorizng cities to sell
bonds to fund existing indebtedness at *
lower rate of interest. i
Senate bill 66, changing the Sixth and
Seventh Districts, so that Switzerland and
Jefferson counties compose one district,
and Scott and Jennings the other.
Senate bill 65, fixing the penalty of libel,
as amended in the house, to permit proof of
the truth of tho alleged libelous words.
Senate bill 184, to prevent oppression of
citizens ofthe State by attachment suits
brought in other States.
Senate  bill   27,  reorganizing the State
prisons, and afford protection to convicts.
Senate  bill  382,   authorizing municipal
corporations to annex conditions in voting
aid to railroads.
Senate hill 69, creating a home for imbecile children at tbe Soldiers' Orphans'
Home at Knightstown.
House bill 112, for the reorganization of
the State's benevolent institutions.*
House bill 9, requiring surveyors, in locating corner stones, to placo them so deep
that the top will be on a level with the
highway.
House bill 312, legalizing the acts of the
council of the town of Seymour.
House bill 565, limiting the powers of
the county board of Marion county to levy
taxes ai.d to create indebtedness.
House bill 14, providing for caring for
and keeping up cemeteries.
House bill 15, legalizing an election in
the town of Edinburg.
nouse bill 55, legalizing acts of the commissioners of Clinton county in bidding in
lands at Sheriff's sale to protect the interests
oftho county.
House bill 56, reorganizing the Tentli and
Twelfth Judicial Districts.
House bill 578, for the relief of tlie securities of John R. Robbins, trustee of Union
township, Montgomery county.
1
-:■}
/*
\
' l V
Those Equalizers.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Those equalizers are received. Each subscriber is well pleased with them and all
say they are just what every farmer needs.
The paper should be taken by every farmer
of Indiana. It is read weekly by your agent.
if, i Geo. W. Morris.
Summitville, Madison Co., March 5.
The Quails,
Editors Indiana Farmer*
I have read several pieces about the
quails. The quails will pull oorn, but they
destroy insects enough to pay for all the
corn that they destroy. I think that the
quails ought to have a little rest.
J. H. S.
Hop Plants Freo.
I will Bend one hop plant to any subscriber of the Indiana Fakhek who will
send me his address and a three wnt postage stamp, or three plants for two utarnps.
Jokn Bennett.
Sunman, Ripley Co., Indiana.
(
e*H<>_'   \a.