LVOL. xiy.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, APRIL 5, 1879.
NO. 14.
rOBSAXJB.
r-iOR SALE—Oliver Chilled Plows.   Bnl ln use.
1     W. J. KERCHEVAL, Agent. Danville. Ind.
FOR SALE—! have a few o. 8. Bantam eggs for
Bale, »t 6 for fl.  J. G. KINGSBURY, Indlanapolla^^	
FOR SALE—Pure bred Toulonse Geese eggs, at *£**
per doien.   Address M. B. SPUKGEON, ScotU-
kurg, Indiana.
FOR SALE-Eggs from Hrst-cIass-Partridfje Cochins at living prices.    Write D. M. KINNEY,
RoshviUe, Ind.
FOR 8ALE—Eggs of pure-bred Pekin Ducks, »1 50
per   13.   Address   MRS.   ANNA   R.   PARKS,
Austl". Scott Co.. Ind.
FOR SALE—Large second-hand family carriage,
all ln good repair for (90, at U. II. 8H0VER"8.
174 E. Market street.	
FOR SALE—Red Brazilian Artichokes. 11 00 per
bushel of 50  pounds.     *—"-  —■-      -    --
TRPITT. Hillsboro. 111.
Apply early.    J. M.
FOR SALE—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cockerels at B each.   Order soon.   GEORGE VESTAL, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pure-bred Chester White pigs- Prices
reasonable.   Address S. L. MCCORMICK, Car-
tersbnrg. Hendricks Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Rouen Duck Eggs, from ducks weigh-
Ing eight and ten pounds each,at Jl 50 per sitting.
1. R. PUT Y, Waldron, Indiana.
FOR SALK—Farms ln Marlon, Rush and other
counties In Indiana.   G. W. ALEXANDER, S8
E. Market St., (side door Central Bank).
FOR SALE.—A limited supply of Red Brazilian
Artichokes lor sale cheap    E. A. C. GREGG,
28 and 30 East Georgia street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—Sweet  Potatoes, and to sprout on
shares.    A premium offered.   For terms and
directions, address ALFRED LEE, Kokomo, lud.
FOR SALE—Light Brahmas exclusively.   Have
bred this stock for six years with best crosses.
WM. TOLIN, Trader's Point, Marlon county, Ind.
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—J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county,
Ind., breeder of Light Brahmas or Felch and
Danley's stock, and White Leghorns. Send 'orders
tor eggs.
FOR SALE—Eggs from Partridge Cochins and
Bronte Turkeys, at fl 60 per 13. Hens ln my
yards will score 90 points. W. D. LATSH AW, Oak-
town, Knox county, Ind.
FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keening farm accounts. Priceil each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE.—A flne Short-horn Bull of best stock
in the country. Can be bought cheap for cash.
For pedigree and information, apply to ED. JONES,
20 North Pennsylvania street.
FOR SALE—Eggs from Light Brahmas, Partrid ge
Cochins and Pekin Ducks, at SI 50 per dozen. A
few ducks for sale; flne birds: come quick. J. L.
BRENTON, Petersburg. Pike Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—I have a few bushel Brailllan artichokes to spare; price, fl per bushel. I paid J.
3. H. Gregory last vear to per bushel for the seed.
Address R. A. LOC^WOOD, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from high-class
Brown Leghorns. I make this breed aspecialty
and am prepared to furnish eggs at fl 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 1, Edingburg, Ind.
F
OR SALE—CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS.   Send
ior Descriptive Seed Catalogue and Price-list
Address, N. B. GROFF,
77 East Market street, IndlanapoUs.
FOR SALE—Eggs. Light and Dark Brahmas.
Ifi 50 for 13. White Leghorns, $1 for 13. Tolouse
geese and Bronze turkeys. $2 for 9. Best strains.
JERRY CARTER, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-On easy terms, a fine
black stallion; seven years old. For further Information call on or address D. REEVES, ofllce Ko.
1 Exchange Building, Union Stock Yards. Indianapolis.
T7VOR SALE—Tbe Athens Poultry  Association—
1    Breeders of high-class Poultry.   All the leading
varieties.   Eggs, *2"per 13.   Circulars sent free on ap*
JOE GRUB3, Manager, Crawfordsville,
plication.
Indiana.
FOR SALE—A. J. C. C. Jersey Bull Dettas Prince,
Ko. 3545, age 9 months, color gray. Price. $60.
Duke of Putnam, age 2 months, color fawn and white;
price, ♦40. J. R. MAHAN, Spring Hill Farm, Greencastle, Indiana.
FOR SALE—EGGS, EGGS-Dark Brahmas, pen
No. l,$2per 13; No. 2,»150 per 13. Plymouth
Rock, $2 per 13. All prize-winning strains. Orders
filled now. Chicks for sale. WILLIAM R. ZIKE,
•Morristown, Ind.
FOR SALE—EGGS! EGGS!!—Here is what I want
—high class L. Brahma and P. Cochin eggs for
sale at ?l 25 for 13, or «2 25 for 2« packed and delivered
at express office. Send early. LEROY GRESH,
Milton, Wayne Co., Ind.
FOR SALE-Short-horns—"Hazel Bluff Herd." 40
head, both sexes; Rose of Sharon, Blue Bonnet,
Louan, Matilda and Flora families. Will sell entire
herd, or any part, at very low prices. Would exchange for good common or grade sheep. CLAUDE
MATTHEW:., Clinton, Ind.
FOR SALE—High-class poultry—White Leghorn
eggs, $2 per 15, or $3 per 30; Pekin Duck eggs, $2
Per 13, or |3 per 26. Raspberry plants. Mammoth
Cluster, %l 25 per hundred, or $9 per thousand; Doc-
little, 75c per hundred, or (6 per thousand. HENRY
MENDENHALL, New London, Howard Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—"Snowflake." "Victor," or "Maho-
, pack" potatoes; f3 per bol, on board cars. Also,
'white Providence" seed oats, 75c per bush; 3 bush.
«>r f_; 10 bush, for *6, packed. Also, pure Jersey bull
"•Pedro" (8 yr) A. J. H. Book, 1525; price, |100; Is all
right, win pay for himself ln one year. Address A.
tVHARVEY, Lafayette. Ind.
"TTT"ANTED—To trade a good farm of 73,H acre* for
T Y land In Southern part of Kansas. Thts farm
contains'a barn 50x56 feet, young orchard, a well of
never-falling water, good timber, containing walnut,
poplar, maple, oak, asb. and other varieties. Also
good stock water the vear round. For further particulars, address WM. ZOOK, Denver,MlamlCo.,Ind.
Yt\HC€S-l-_A__Hr.OVH.
s.
M. GOODE-Dentlst, over 80 North Pennsylvania street.
C.
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
Jen-s Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
TO TRADE—A new and elegant Cabinet Sewing
Machine for a horse. Address Horse, this office.
LLEJ.-8    DRUG. (STORE,   OPPOSITE  P08T-
LOFFCE. Drugs.Patent Medlclnes.Tollet Articles.
TO TRADE—A well-fitted Job  Printing Office,
centrally located ln IndlanapoUs, for a small
form.   Address Farm, this office.
LAND SEEK ERS—Desiring to visit Kansas or
-Colorado, should address me for reduced price
round-trip tickets, and information respecting lands,
prices, etc., S, D. KIKGSBURT, Talbott Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
DONT READ THIS!-E*OGENE A. ROBINSON,
"Spring Hill Poultry Yards " Rockland, Johnson county, Ind., breeder of pure bred poultry. Bun-
Cochin of Pool and Christian Stock. Eggs. (I SO per
sitting.   \V. Leghorns and Aylesbury duck eggs, f 1.
EGOS FOR HATCHING. DARK BRAHMAS.
LIGHT BRAHMAS.—Dark Brahmas of Louis
Wright and C. W. Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed
In points of excellence. Light Brahmas ot Jay and
Danley Btock. No liner 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. Pendleton. Ind.
TO SELL OR EXCHANGE—A bull four years
old. deep red, possessing all good qualities, good
Eetter. My. reason for parting with him is because I
ave several of his own family and cannot use him
longer. His dam was a young Mary, and sired by
Patrick. Any one wishing his pedigree and record
in head book can have lt by addressing SAMUEL
DINSMORE, Bloomington, Indiana.
LOANS.
LOAN—MONEY—In sums of $300 to 110.000, on
improved farms in Indiana, at eight per cent,
interest.payable annually {no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part ot it can be paid at any
time. II. B. PALM ERA CO., No. 78 East Market
St., Indianapolis, Ind.
LOAN—Six per cent, loaus made on long time
on real-estate security at 6 per cent. Interest.
Special arrangements for those wishing loans In from
6 to 12 months at lower rates. A. W. PRATHER,
State Agents.
Agents wanted in every county in the State, Office
26 North Delaware street, IndlanapoUs, Ind.
*tyivc
Robert Smith, of Hanoock county, has
some fine Cotswolds If the sample of wool
sent us is a fair one. *
"The American Cotswold Record vol. 1,
Charles P. Willard, editor; the American
Cotswold Association, publishers, has been
received. Price, $2 50. Address the editor
at Chicago, for copies.
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*We have received the American Berkshire Record, volume 3, published by the
American Berkshire Association, edited by
Phil. M. Springer, secretary and treasury,
Springfield, 111.; price of the three volumes,
Meeting of the Indiana Short-Horn
Breeder's Association.
The meeting will be held in the rooms of
the State Board of Agriculture, Indianapolis, May 27 and 28, 1879.
PROGRAMME.
Tuesday, 27th, 10 o'clock a. m.—Address
by Hon. H. Cravens, of Pendleton. General
Utility of Short-horns as a Breed. Discussion.
2 o'clock p. m.—Essay. In-and-Iij-Breed-
ing, by Hon. Claude Matthews, of Clinton,
Ind. Essay—Pedigree and its Value, by
Charles Lowder, of Salem, Iowa.       "
Discussions—1. Can Short-horns be raised
in tbe South, in Louisiana or Texas?
2. What kinds of grasses ore the best for
cattle?
"Wednesday, 28, 8 o'clock a. m.—Essay-
Value of Short-horns as compared with
other breeds of cattle for the common
former, by Hon. L. MeDaniel, Rushville,
Ind. Essay—Moral Obligations of one
Breeder to Another, in Buying and Selling
Short-horns, by Rev. E. S. Frazee, Glen-
wood. Is there anything in the handling
qualities of Short-horns and the effect? by
Hon. W. W. Thrasher, Groves, Rush
county. Has there been any improvement
in the quality of Short-horns during the last
fifty years? by Hon. Thomas Wilhoit,
Middletown.
By order oftho Executive Committee.
Thomas W. W. Sunman,
Sec'y Ind. S.-H. B. A.
FOR SALE-Eggs-actly 27 Grand Prizes at In-
dlanapolis and Lafayette, on our stock of Dark
Brahmas, White, Black and Partridge Cochins,
•rlymonth Rocks. Brown Leghorns. Bronze Turkeys and Toulouse Geese. Our birds have scored
irom 90 to 95 points bv B. N. Pierce. Eggs.* f2 per
sitting.    WEST A WHICKER, Pecksburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—One farm of 80 acres, 3 miles N. W. of
Noblesvllle, Ind., A No. 1 grain, stock, or dairy
'arm, on good time at 6 per cent.
Also, ***6 acres, 3*i miles N. W. of. Noblesvllle, the
same as above.
Also, a No. 1 residence in the town of Cicero, a nice
Jpiet town on the t., P. and C. R. R. All the above
Properties are well improved    Address
JACKSON DeMOSS, Cicero.
T?OR SALE—Eggs from Partridge Cochins, Dark
_.., Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Gray Dorkins and
-Jnlte Holland Turkeys at {150 for 13. Light
-Jirahmas, 8. S. Hamburgs, White and Brown Leg-
"wns at |125 for 13. ***> cents less where three or
™ore sittings are ordered at one time. I have in my
t-jnai birds from some of the best breeders of New
) .'A."ew Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. T.
•"•JOHNSON. Greencastle.Ind.
T*P°R SALE-Jersey Bulls-Jason No. 875. A. J. H.
__-.,*>•.* years old, color bronze, sure breeder, very
_»\..    **■■<>'»rge, »75.   Rip Van Winkle 2d, No. 1715,
'months old, color fawn,with some white, dam
jSfde 12 pounds of butter ln > days on grass, S35
jnnce George, No. 1716. color bronze, 5 months old
Ji" Jfy large, dam the best butter cow I ever
flttVl l*35- Also one 6 months old and one 1 month,
**«ms No. 1 butter cows, but not registered, t— and
._. w*Juld trade for other stock.   T. J. JOHNSON,
IWncisUe, Ind.
Ore
WANTED.
TTT ANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
'*   lounges for country produce.   No.45Massachu-
!!l^frenue, Indianapolis.
\y ANTED—The Gerard Colony Company. Leba-
th.m.non' Jnd., wants enterprising men to Join
^SJ^gbtalnlng a free home In Southwest Kansas.
VTTANTED—Kvery one who is ln want of a good
ci,; Buggy, Carriage, Spring or Farm Wagon to
**ori. exam!ne my stock before purchasing. All
kin,. w,arr»nted. Especial attention given to all
E^',;'repairing. G. H. 8H0VER. No. 172 and 174
i«' Market street,
yTANTED— All the old settlers who lived in Ma-
itrr ...? vn county 50 years ago, to go to Lacey'a gal-
**: *"a "ave a free sitting for cabinet photographs*
Un*Ti m»»lng a large g.onp, and Invite all old Bet-
corn'*K*--E-   F. M. LACKV, Vance Block Gallery,
lan" *-»»hIngton street and Virginia avenue, In-
About 50 head of Short-horns will be sold
from the Oakland herd at Cambridge, Ind.,
on Wednesday, June 18, so Mr. Meredith
informs us. It will be a sale of many ot
their best and most valuable cattle, and the
farmers of Indiana will have a fine opportunity of making purchases that will be of
great and lasting value.
 »     —»     »	
The total wool clip o'f the world in 1877
was about 1,497,500,000 pounds; worth $150-
000,000. This, when scoured, would yield
about 852,000,000 pounds of clean wool. The
clip of 1878 was smaller by 8,000,000 to 10-
000,000 pounds. The clip of Australia
reaches annually about 284,000,000 pounds;
that of Buenos Ayres and the River Platte,
223,500,000 pounds.
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In the letter of T. W. McClure, of Wabash, making the offer of a Poland China
or Berkshire pig to be awarded to some one
of our agents, the name was printed Y. W.
McClure. Of course the intelligent compositor is responsible for the error. Mr.
McClure's stock is ofthe best strains, being
in a direct line of descent from the celebrated hog Robert Hood, which sold for
$1,400 in 1875, and the pig promised as a
premium will be a fine one.
 m   m.   >	
Poor Stock and Poor Prices.
The Live Stock Review, of Buffalo, N.
Y., says of a feature of the trade often
noticed here: The strong prices realized in
this market for some time past for stockers
and feeders has had a tendency to bring forward an unusually large number of this
class of stock, and during  the last two
weeks prices have undergone a marked
decline, but this fact is not owing so much
to the large numbers on sale, as that many
owners of stock cattle have hurried forward a very poor and undeveloped lot of
steers and heifers, hoping to catch the rise.
As a consequence, dealers who, about every
week, buy largely of cattle to feed have
given this nurly stuff the "go-by," and
when  they are  disposed  of, the owners
have gone home with long faces and light
pockets;   and  although  they^ may  have
thought when they left home  that their
stock was "as good as anybody's," they
have learned by sad experience that it is
well for them to get them in good condition   before   shipping.     Most   noticeable
among this class are those coming from
Canada, which from their usual superiority
over the average Western  stockers have
been preferred by feeders, and  when in
good condition have been readily taken at
fair average higher price. Put them in condition, gentlemen, and then bring them
1 along, and go home happy when they are
sold.
Meeting of the Indiana Wool Grow
ers' Association.
Editors Indiana Farmen
The meeting will be held in the rooms of
Stato Board of Agriculture, Indianapolis,
May 28th and 29th, 1879.
Wednesday 28, 10 o'clock a. m.—Address
of welcome by the president, Hen. Fielding
Beeler, of Indianapolis. Influence of sheep
raising as compared with other stock, by
S. W. Dungan, Franklin.
2 o'clock p. m.—The different grasses and
their effect on sheep raising, by B. F.
Magee, Montmorency. The profit of sheep
raising compared with other stock, by
Hon. L. Mc. Daniel, Rushville. Which is
the most profitable breed or cross of sheep?
by M. C. Ensminger, Danville.
Thursday, 29, 8 o'clock a. m.—When is
the best time to breed sheep, risk and profit
considered? by Hon. S. R. Quick, Columbus. The best food for wintering breeding
ewes, by James M. Wynn, Scipio. The
proper age and best mode of fattening sheep
for market.by B. F. Ging, Rushville. Would
it be conducive of good to the association
to have a public shearing at the spring
meeting? by Hon. H. C. Meredith, Cambridge City, and general discussion on the
above subjects.
By order of the Executive Committe.e
Thomas W. W. Sunman,
Sec'y I. W. G. A.
Registering.
Editors Indiana Farmen
I would like to know how to get my bull
registered? I have a very fine Short-horn
bull with a good sworn pedigree, but he has
never been registered in the herd-book.
Will you be so kind as to inform me
through your excellent paper how to proceed to get him registered? He is of the
Duchess family, and weighed when he was
one year old, 952 pounds; when he was two
years old, 1,642 pounds, and on the 7th of
thts month, 31 months old, 1,965 pounds.
We would like to know whether he is an
extra large bull or not, or whether he is inferior to others. If they grow like him
they certainly are a great acquisition to the
farmers' live stock; we think it would be
making beef pretty fast. W. II.
Portland, Jay Co., March 28.
—W. II. Bhould correspond with Lewis F.
Allen, of Buffalo, N. Y., editor of the
American Herd-Book, in reference to registering his bull. The animal is certainly of
good size for his age, but not by any means
as heavy as some of the breed.—Eds.
Pour Fat Beeves.
* Prof. Miles gives the history of four fat
beoves, fed by Messrs. Shearer <fe Baker, of
Lansing, Mich., which is worth recording:
No. 1, age 626 days, weight 1,225 pounds;
No. 2, ago 606 days, weight 1,200 pounds;
No. 3, age 582 days, weight 1,100 pounds;
No. 4, age 614 days, weight 1,160 pounds;
The weight per day from birth would therefore be: For No. 1, 1.96 pounds; fpr No. 2,
1.98 pounds; for No. 3,1.89 pounds; for No. 4,
1.89 pounds. They ^vere all got by the same
bull, a Short-horn now owned by the exhibitors. No. 2 was out of a three-year-old
heifer, and Nos. 3 and four were out of
two-year-old heifers, which cannot be considered as advantageous in determining
their development as feeders. They were
all raised on skim-milk, so that their rapid
development cannot be attributed to pampering or extra high keep when calves.
Nevertheless the record is most creditable
in every respect, and fully illustrates the
value of improved stock, in connection
with good feeding.
See to Tour Stock.  4
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Look well after the ewes now that the
lambs have come; they will need
water twice per day if you expect them to
give milk freely. A little grain along with
their clover hay will be a great benefit, and
if you can turn them on a blue-grass pasture, if even for a few hours each day, it
will do them and the lambs much good. If
your lambs are just now coming the ewes
will need careful watching as the damp
weather of this season is apt to chill tho
lambs unto death.
See that your hogs have a good, dry
place to sleep. They should have the run
of a good grass pasture and plenty of pure
water. Burn an. old stump or a log occasionally in their pasture or give them ashes
and charcoal, and it will help keep them in
good health. See that vermin are kept off.
Follow these directions and you will not
be troubled much with so-called cholera.
Cattle should now be looked after carefully. This is the time of year many farmers have their calves begin to come. Do not
let your cows or heifers calve around a
straw stack, but have them in a good shelter; spring storms, with the air full of
dampness is very hard on stock, and
especially to females who have to give
birth to young and weather the storm with
scant food. If stock is worth keeping at
all it is worth taking care of, and the
farmer who would have breeding animals
especially about, and not give them good
care, will get his punishment, either in this
or the next world—I hope in both.
If your stock of corn-fodder or hay is
getting low buy some of the neighbors,
feed is plenty and cheap. It will not pay
to let your stock get thin at this time of the
year; good feeding now puts them on grass
in good shape, and you have accomplished
wonders on the growth of your stock for
the season.   Try it.
See that all yonr stock is watered well
every day. Animals require more water in
cold than warm weather because they have
to eat such large quantities of dry food to
keep up heat and growth and it takes a
great deal of water to assist in digesting
and assimilating the food; also to keep the
stomachs from becoming infected. H.
Cambridge City, March 29.
wm
Cows and Sheep Compared.
Mr. M. E. Smith, of Hartford county,
Md., sends a statement of receipts from a
flock of nine common ewes and one Southdown ram, as follows:   Sixty-one pounds
of wool sold for $13 42, and nine lambs,
average weight a littlo more than 82 pounds,
at four and a half months, $29 88, and two
other lambs for $8, making iu all $51 30.
The average weight of his sheep is about
100 pounds.  These figures show a very satisfactory result. Each sheep returned $5 13.
Let us apply to the same a rule that has
been commonly used in such cases.   The
whole flock weighed about as much as one
good milch cow, and  probably could be
kept on the same quantity of food as would
be required for the cow the whole year.
The caro of the sheep would be much less
than that of the cow, including milking; if
wo add the making of cheese and butter,
the care of the cow would far exceed that
of the sheep.    Whether the products of
the cow be sold as milk, butter or cheese,
it would not likely equal the sum brought
by the wool and lambs of these 10 sheep—
the lambs  eat so little aside from  their
mothers' milk, their keep is of very little
consequence.   But this is a comparison of
sheop with cows, and Mr. Smith asks for a
comparison of his flock with the "first-class
flocks"—a thing not easy to do, as such
flocks are generally in very skillful hands,
and aro managed for special purposes, such
as raising rams and owes for improving
other flocks and selling the increaso for
good prices. Considering the common ewes
of Mr. Smith, the result he has obtained
should be counted as very satisfactory and
encouraging for wool and mutton-raising
where he lives.—George Geddcs, Onondaga
Co., N. Y.
the terms of the mortgage, and prescribing
penalties for the same. Fine of $200.
An act concerning married women.
An act defining the crime of embezzlement and prescribing the punishment
thereof, and repealing all laws upon the
same subject.
An act to amend section 1 of an act entitled "an act to enable farmers and citizens of any county in the State of Indiana
to form voluntary associations for the purpose of insuring their property against loss
by fire or lightning, and all other matters
connected therewith, and enable them to
sue and bo sued by their corporate name,"
approved March 14,1877.
An act supplemental to and amendatory
of an act to provide for uniform assessment
of property and for the collection and return
of taxes thereon, approved December 21,
1872, providing for and fixing the rate to be
allowed for the annual publication of the
delinquent tax-list; repealing all laws in
conflict with the provisions of this act and
declaring an emergency.
An act providing for the protection of
wild game, and defining the time and manner within which the same may be taken,
killed or sold, or otherwise disposed of; prohibiting the shipment of game from the
State of Indiana, and also providing for tb*
protection of certain birds in this act
named, and prohibiting the destruction of
their nests or eggs, also making it unlawful
to go upon lands for the purpose of hunting
without the permission of the owner, and
providing penalties for injuring the property of any such owner, and also prescribing penalties for the offenses or misdemeanors defined in this act, and repealing all
acts inconsistent with this act.
An act to legalize sheriffs', administrators', guardians' and commissioners' sales
of real estate made in pursuance of notices
of such sales having been printed in the
English language in newspapers published
in the German language.
An act to provide for the repair of free
turnpike roads in the various counties of
the State, and constituting the board of
county commissioners of any county a
board of directors'of such roads.
An act providing for the punishment of
persons having stolen or received property
known to have been stolen in any State in
this or in any other country.
An act to amend sections 1, 2 and 20 of an
act entitled "an act providing for the election and appointment of supervisors of
highways, and prescribing certain of their
duties and those ot county and township
officers in relation thereto, and to repeal all
laws inconsistent therewith."
An act to prevent the garnishment of the
wages of laboring men and proceedings
supplemental to execution in certain cases.
An act defining the time for holding general elections and fixing the time at which
certain acts connected therewith shall bo
done.
An act in relation to the use of human
bodies for dissecting purposes, and the proper punishment of the unlawful possession
of such bodies, grave-robbers, etc.
An act to protect the ballot-box, procure
a fair election and prevent the sale and barter of votes.
An act to amend sections 1 and 2 of the
act relating to public warehouses, making
warehouse receipts assignable and negotiable, and providing penalties for issuing
false and fraudulent receipts by warehousemen, and for fraudulently removing property by them.
An act prescribing certain duties of railroad companies, requiring such companies
to sound the whistles of locomotive engines
at the crossings of any turnpike or other
public highway.
An act relating to congressional township
school funds, the loan of fractional sums
thereof, by combining into a miscellaneous
fund, requiring full distribution of all funds
required to be on hand by law.
successors in office to pay certain debts incurred by the former trustee.
An act providing for the establishing of
a State Board of Statistics and'Geology.
An act providing for a homestead and
exempting from a sale on execution; and
exempting certain personal property from
attachment and sale on execution.
An act relating to the prosecution of felonies by affidavits and information In
certain cases.
An act to regulate the practice of dentistry.
An act to amend section 1 of an act pre- ■
scribing the powers and duties of coroners.
An act to amend section 1 of the act regulating the running at large of animals.
An act to require petitioners' prayers for
the vacation or change of any highway to
give bonds for cost.
An act regulating the presentation claims
against counties before the board of commissioners.
An act to amend section 1 of an act to
provide for the incorporation of any public
or private cemetery already laid out and
recorded, when any of the lots aro occupied
for the burial of the dead, and to provide
for the maintenance and collection of
assessments on the same, etc.
The remainder ofthe list will be given in
our next number.
HOUSE BILLS.
TIIE   NKW   LAWS.
The following is a list of the titles of
the more important bills that were passed
by our recent Legislature, and have been
signed by the Governor. The list gives
some idea of the fatiguing labors of the
honorable body that adjourned on Monday last, after an eighty-one days' session.
A large proportion of the enactments we
omit from the list are private bills, passed
forthe purposeof legalizing personal and
official acts of the parties named therein.
We will hereafter publish the provisions
of several of the general acts whose titles
are given here:
SENATE.
An act supplemental to an act to establish
public libraries, approved February 16,1852,
defining the duties and powers of township
trustees in relation to libraries established
for the benefit and use of all the inhabitants of a township by private donation.
An act to prevent persons who are mortgagors of goods and chattels, and who by
the terms of the mortgage retain possession of the same, from running off, hiding,
secreting, selling, exchanging or otherwise
disposing of such property in violation of
An act to provide means for the erection of the new State-house, providing for
levying certain taxes and making certain
appropriations therefor, and authorizing
new loans to be made to pay existing indebtedness.
An act relating to and defining warehousemen and warehouse receipts, also
gaugers' receipts for distilled spirits, and
defining the crimes and prescribing the
punishment for the violation thereof, and
declaring an emergency.
An act to divide the State of Indiana into
congressional districts.
An act to prevent the manufacture and
sale of adulterated conmercial fertilizers.
An act to amend section 18 of an act regulating descents and the ap-x»rtionment of
estates.
An act defining burglary, burglarious
tresspass and house-breaking, and providing penalties therefor. ,
An act to amend an act entitled "an act
to amend section 1 of an act providing for
the protection of fish."
An act provide for the security and payment of laboring men and mechanics.
An act to facilitate and authorize the
transfer to the United States of the title of
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Necessary Reforms in the Conduct
of Fairs.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
As it is about the time of the year when
arrangements  are  made  by the  various
boards of agriculture for holding their annual fairs and considering the moral teachings prevalent among them for the past
few years, it might be well to remind then*
that the statute of Indiana says: "That if
any person shall erect, bring, keep, continue
or maintain any booth, tent, wagon, huckster shop or other place'for the sale of intoxicating liquors, cider, beer or other drinks,
any article whatever, or shall keep or exhibit any gaming table, roulette, shuffle-
board, faro bank, nine-pin or ten-pin alley
or billiard table or any other gaming or
wagering apparatus whereby any money or
articles of value can be lost cr won, or any
person who maybe the owner or proprietor
of any real property who shall rent or permit
the same to be used for any such purpose,   •
within one mile of any   *    *    *    agricultural fair or exhibition   *****  shall
be fined in any sum not more than $25 nor
less than $5."   And as the utility of agricultural societies  consists   in the morals
they inculcate, they should make an honest and faithful resolve to enforce th© rules
they make, which are amply backed by the
above statute, and relieve themselves from
the  hypocrisy  they  manifest before the
world, when their by-laws read that "No
species of spirituous or malt liquors shall
be sold or drank on tho grounds, or adjoining the same, nor shall gambling of any
species be allowed on or near the ground
during the days of the fair."   And at the
same time, while visitors at the fair read
this regulation, they can readily observe all
manner of gambling devices running on
the grounds.   And ask any of the officers
of the society what it means, and the reply
is generally as well stereotyped as the bylaws: "Oh! they take the risk of the law
themselves, and pay high for the privilege.
The society is not to blame; we must have
money."    Upon the very ground of the
society from whose rules this identical bylaw was clipped could be found at the identical fair at which this by-law was in force,
a ten-pin alley, numerous lottery schemes,
a roulette, a gift enterprise, and six booths
selling intoxicating liquors, as boldly as it
is done in licensed saloons.   And the common practice that respectable men, directors and officers of  agricultural societies,
have of prevaricating, or absolutely lying,
about such things, is a most pernicious example to set before the young and rising
generation. Such men are trustworthy and
exemplary in an individual capacity, but
their zeal to serve a public trust profitably,
over-balances their prudence.   Now let the
directors and managers of agricultural societies resolve to act honestly and manifest
good faith toward their professions, and
their organizations will accomplish the purpose for which they were originally designed.   It will be well enough though for
the citizens, in vicinities where agricultural
societies have heretofore practiced such perfidy, to form citizen committees and be on
the alert, claiming the protection offered to
community by the above quoted statutes,
for it is not putting language too strong
when we say, many of the so-called agricultural fairs, are Intolerable schools of vice,
and if not reformed, should be abated by
law. M. B. K.
New Aurora, March 14.
On the 27th ult., the valuable  barn of
John  M. Leonard,  near Freedom,  Owen
county, was burned by an incendiary. Loss
on building about $1,000; supposed to be ■
covered by insurance.
You may be brought to poverty because
you do not make a right use of riches.
Men,like bullets, go farthest when they
are smoothest
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