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Indianapolis, August 7th, 1875.
For the Indiana Farme'r.
VARIOUS CURRENT TOPICS.
The harvest is over and the wheat is
almost a failure. The farmers of this
county generally would be better off if
they had not sown any wheat. It is a
very common remark, "that where wheat
was well put in with the drill it has done
well." That don't apply here this time.
The best field of wheat I have seen this
harvest, was on what is regarded as the
poorest farm in the west part of this
(Randolph) county, put in in the most
slovenly manner, by one who is not regarded by his neighbors as a good farmer
or an industrious man. On two ef the
best farms managed by as good farmers
as any in the county, land well prepared
and carefully drilled in, with good clean
seed wheat, the crop is not worth harvesting. Now what are we going to do
about it, must we go back to the old
slovenly method of the shovel plow or
go forward to something better? The
drill is no more certain to produe a good
crop than broad-cast sowing, and I have
been using the ordinary drill for twenty
years. Last year I harrowed a field of
wheat in the spring, with marked benefit
to the crop. Don't let us keep on saying that drilled wheat does the best,
when drilled wheat don't pay expenses.
Try wide drill rows and spring harrowing and if that don't pay, sow less until
we find out some plan of making the
wheat crop pay.
THE DOO AND SHEEP QUESTION.
Brother Comstock makes out a strong
casepgainst the dogs, and I don't wonder at his getting discouraged in trying
to raise good sheep, and if a man does
not know how to protect his sheep from
dogs 1 should not advise him to go to
sheep raising very strong.
I have been keeping sheep on the
same farm for over thirty years; began
with thirteen sheep, have had as
many as three hundred, on a farm
of over 500 acres, have pastured my
sheep in every field and woods pasture
on the farm; left them in the fields at
night, and never had a sheep killed or
injured by dogs. There are over one
hundred dogs in this township and there
are nearly as many sheep killed each
year as the dog tax will pay for. Some
one will ask "have the dogs any respect
for you or your sheep?" I think not,
but they don't make it a regular business to tramp over my sheep pastures.
Dr.' Stevenson says all _ dogs kill
sheep. There may be exceptions to this
rule, but it is a safe one to be guided by.
We ought to raise more sheep and better
ones; we ought to eat more and better
mutton, then perhaps we might raise
more and better wheat.
ANONYMOUS WRITING.
Seme one of your correspondents want
to know why we sign any other than our
own names to our communications.
Anonymous writing has its uses as well
as its abuses. A modest man or woman
may have something valuable to give the
public, but if required to give their
name, would shrink from the task. New
beginners do not know their own powers,
and would not begin,_ if they were not
allowed to sign a fictitious name. Some
times popular evils need exposing and it
needs must be done over an assumed
name; but above all, the discussion ofa
difficult question is best carried on over
assumed names; then the arguments of
each will have their just weight, whereas
if one of the disputants is unknown and
the other has an established reputation
as a writer and thinker, the unknown
man would hardly get a hearing over his
own signature; but where we write facts
for agricultural papers we should give
our own names. Our county papers are
full of abuse of the lowest order, of
anonymous writing for the vilest pur-
Pose, spite—and il is doing its work.
Thomas W. Reece.
Windsor. Indiana.
, ?• S.—Since writing the above I learn
'bat William Botkin shot and dangerously wounded Charles Lewis. Both
Parties are of respectable and wealthy
families, living near Unionsport, in this
county. Mr. Lewis is a nephew of Hon.
isaac Jenkison, and was his secretary
while at Glasgow, Scotland, as Unitod
states Consul. The trouble as I understand grew out of some anonymous let-
**rs published in the Winchester Journal
0ver the signature of'.'Zip," which were
generally supposed to be Botkin, or
some of his friends, and were replied to
"P the same spirit by some other parties,
"nose names I did not learn. A striking
1 Duse of anonymous writing, very much
t0 be regretted. T. W. R.
There is hardly a city in the United
States which does not contain more
people than can get a lair, honest living,
by labor or trade, in the best times.
AVhen times of business depression come,
like those through which we have passed,
and are passing, there is a large class
that must be helped, to keep the-n from
cruel suffering. Still the cities grow,
while whole regions of the country,—
especially its older portions,—are depopulated year by year. Yet the fact is
patent to-day that the only prosperous
class is the agricultural. We have now
the anomaly of thrifty farmers and starving tradesmen. The agricultural classes
of the AVest are prosperous. They had
a good crop last year, and have received
good prices for all their products; and
while the cities are in trouble, and manufactories are running on half time, or
not running at all, the AVestern farmer
has money in his pocket, and a ready
market for everything he has to sell.
The country must be fed, and he feeds
it. The city family may do without new
clothes, and a thousand luxurious appliances, but it must have bread and meat.
There is nothing that can prevent the
steady prosperity of the American farmer
but the combinations and "corners" of
middle-men, that force unnatural conditions upon the finances and markets of
the country.
This is not the first occasion we have
had for allusion to this subject, and it is
sot likely to be the last. The forsaking
of the farm for city life is one of the
great evils of the time, and, so far, it has
received no appreciable check._ Every
young man, apparently, who thinks he
can get a living in the city, or at the
minor centers of population, quits his
lonely home upon the farm and joins the
multitude. Once in the city, he never
returns. Notwithstanding the confinement and the straitened conditions of
his new life he clings to it until he dies,
adding his family to the permanent population of his new home. Mr. Greeley,
in his days of active philanthropy, used
to urge men to leave the city—to go
AVest—to join the agricultural population, and thus make themselves sure ofa
competent livelihood. He might as well
have talked to the wind. A city population can neither be coaxed nor driveh
into agricultural pursuits. It is not that
they are afraid of work. The average
worker ofthe city toils more hours than
the average farmer in any quarter of the
country. He is neither fed nor lodged
as well as the farmer. He is less hide
pendent than the farmer. He is a bond
slave to his employers and his conditions; yet the agricultural life has no
charms for him.
Whatever the reason for this may be,
it is not based in the nature ofthe work,
or in its material. rewards. The farmer
is demonstrably better off than the
worker of the city. He is more independent, has more command of his own
time, fares better at table, lodges better,
and gets a better return for his labor.
What is the reason, then, that the farmer's boy runs to the city the first chance
he can get, and remains, if he can possibly find there the means of life ?
It can only be found, we believe, in
the social leanness, or social starvation,
of American agricultural life. The
American farmer, in all his planning, and
all his building, has never made provision for life. He has only considered
the means _ of getting a living. Everything outside of this—everything relating to society and culture—has been
steadily ignored. He gives his children
the advantages of schools, not recognizing the fact that these very advantages
call into life a new set of social wants.
A bright, well-educated family, in a
lonely farm-house, is very different material from a family brought up inignor-
ance. An American farmer's children,
who have had a few terms at a neighboring academy, resemble in no degree the
children of the European peasant. They
come home with new ideas and hew
wants, and if there is no provision made
for these # new wants, and they find no
opportunities for their satisfaction, they
will be ready, on reaching their majority,
to fly the farm and seek the city.
Ifthe American farmer wishes to keep
his children near him, he must learn the
difference between living and getting a
living; and we mistake him and his grade
of culture altogether if he does not stop
over this statement and wonder what we
mean by it. To get a living, to make
money, to become "forehanded"—this is
the whole of life to agricultural multitudes, discouraging in their numbers to
contemplate. To them there is no difference between living and getting a living.
Their whole life consists in_ getting a
living; and when their families come
back to them from their schooling, and
find that, really, this is the ouly pursuit
that has any recognition under the paternal roof, they must go away. The boys
push to the centers or the cities, and the
girls follow them fif they can. A young
man or a young woman, raised to the
point where they apprehend the difference between living and getting a living,
can never be satisfied with the latter
alone. Either the farmer's children
must be kept ignorant, or provision must
be made for their social wants. Brains
and hearts need food and clothing as
well as bodies; and those who have
learned to recognize brains and hearts as
the best and most important part of
their personal possessions, will go where
they can find the ministry they need.
.What is the remedy? How shall farmers manage to keep their children near
them? How can we discourage the influx of unnecessary—nay, burdensome—
populations into the cities? AVe answer:
By making agricultural society attractive. Fill the farm-houses with periodical's and books. Establish central reading-rooms, or neighborhood clubs. Encourage the social meetings of the young.
Have concerts, lectures, amateur dramatic associations. Establish a bright,
active, social life, that shall give some
significance to labor.   Above all, build,
as far as possible, in villages. It is better
to go a mile to one's daily labor than to
place one's self a mile away from a neigh-
bor._ The isolation of American farm-
life is the great curse of that life, and it
falls upon tbe women with a hardship
that the men cannot appreciate, and
drives the educated young away.—Dr. J.
G. Holland, in Scribner.
JONATHANS DOINGS.
Uncle Sam's history is rapidly approaching the Centennial. The following record of his early days, and up to
one hundred years ago, shows how he
employed his time:
1C20. Lands on Plymouth Hock, and
sets up for himself.
1621. Keeps Thanksgiving—in no
danger of over-eating.
1G22.   Building a meeting house.
Proclaims a Fast day.
Cuts down a May pole at Merry
as a rebuke to vain recreations.
Is   crowded   for   accommodations, and stakes out a new farm at Connecticut.
1687. ' Makes war on the Antinomi-
ans and the Pequot Indians, and whips
both.
1638.   Starts a college.
1040.   Sets up a printing press.
1643. Goes into a confederacy. The
first Colonial Congress.
1643. Lays down the Cambridge Platform.    Hangs a witch.
1649. Sets his face against the unchristian custom of wearing long hair,
n   tninir   linniinl    nti.1    «>MiAe«e,lii   "
1623.
1628.
Mount,
1635.
a thing uncivil and uncomely
1651. Is rebuked for "intolerable
excess and bravery.of apparel," and is
forbidden to wear gold or silver lace, or
any such gewgaws.
1052. Coins Pine Tree shillings, and
makes the business profitable.
1003.   Prints a Bible for the Indians.
1080. Buys a _" hang-up " clock, and
occasionally carries a silver watch that
helps him to guess the time of day.
About this period learns to use forks at
tables, a new fashion.
1092. Is scared by witches again at
Salem, but gets the better of them.
1702. Founds another college, which,
at last settles down at New Haven.
170-4. Prints his first newspaper in
Boston.
1705. Takes coffee as a luxury, and
at ais own table.
1708. Constructs another platform—
this'time at Saybrook.
1710. Begins to sip tea—very sparingly. It does not come into family use till
25 years later.
*  1711.   Puts a letter into the first Post
office.
1720. Eats a potato, and lakes one
home to plant in his garden as a curiosity.
1721. Is inoculated for the smallpox—not without grave remonstrances
from his conservative neighbors.
1730. Begins to sing by note, on Sundays, thereby encountering inu'jh opposition, and opening a ten years quarrel.
1740. Manufactures tinned ware, and
starts the first tin peddler on his travels.
1742. Sees Faneuil Hall built. The
cradle of liberty is ready to be rocked.
1745. Builds an organ, but does not
permit it to be played in the meeting
house.
1750. Buys a bushel of potatoes for
winter's use—all his friends wondering
what he will do with so many.
1755. Puts up a Franklin stove in the
best room, and tries one of the newly
invented lightning rods.
1700. About this time begins to wear
a collar to his shirt. AVhen he can afford
it, takes his wife to meeting in a chaise,
instead of on a pillion, as heretofore.
1705. Shows his dislike to stamped
paper, and joins the "Sons of Liberty."
1708. Tries his hand at type-founding—not yet successfully—in Connecticut.
1770. Buys a home-made wooden
clock.
1773. AVaters his tea, in Boston harbor. Plants Liberty trees wherever he
finds good soil,
1774. Lights Boston streets with oil
lamps—a novelty, though " New Lights "
have been plenty for some years.
1776. Brother Jonathan—as he begins
to be called in the family—declares himself free and independent.
In the face of the universal esteem in
which these wonderful structures are
held, we find the most wide-spread carelessness as to their preservation. Itis
not too much to say that good teeth in
adult mouths are the rare exception;
they should be the rule. AVhy are they
not the rule? Simply because of the
criminal neglect of their owners. AVhat
would be said of the man or woman who
would- rest content to plunge the hands
into a mass of meat and grease, and potatoes, and bread and coffee, three times
each day. and yet leave the hands unwashed? Yet this is precisely what is
done with relerence to the teeth by ninety-nine one hundredths of the American
people. The result is, a breath bearing
the pestilence; a thousand diseases induced by breathing air thus contaminated: the early loss of the most beautiful
ornaments of the face; dyspepsia from
imperfect mastication; the evidences of
old age before the years of youth are
past; deformity and homeliness where
beauty might have dwelt had ordinary
neatness been the result.
The teeth can be saved, ordinarily, by
proper care, begun in infancy and never
suspended. A brush must be used, and
a very substantial one, which should be
often renewed. The teeth should be
brushed up and down, so that the bristles will pass between and dislodge the
food which collects between them, and
which will speedily make vinegar having
complete solvent power over them. A
good dentifrice may well be used, as we
have said, but in the absence of exactly
the right thing, a little soap or cnalk
will be found useful and harmless. AVe
have often, of late, pointed out what we
have found to be the best article prepared for use upon the teeth. The great
thing is cleanliness, unceasing, energetic
cleanliness. AVithout it, no tooth is safe;
with it, few teeth need be lost. These
facts let parents command and teach and
enforce by daily precept and by constant
example.—Halls Journal of Health
»WMentIon the Indiana Farmer when writing to advertisers concerning advertisements
ln onr columns.
Essex Pigs—Pure and well bred.
Address A. P. WILEY & SON, Augusta, Ma-
rlon County, Indiana. 22-8t.
A. W. Boss, Muncie, Delaware Co.,
Indiana. Breeder of Thoroughbred Poland
Swine.   Pigs for Sale. 30-52,
Harvey    Lewis,    Edinburg,   Ind.,
Breeder   of Thoroughbred  Alderney  Cattle,
Southdown Bheep, and BerkHhlre Pigs, x-1-52
J. L. Stratton & Sons, New London,
Howard county, Indiana. Breeders of Berkshire Pigs, Light Brahma and Partridge Cochin
Fowls, Btock selected and bred from the best
in the State. Prices reasonable, Satisfaction
guaranteed.  18-52t.
M. C. Stanley, Annapolis, Indiana,
Breeder and Shipper of Poland-China Hogs,
and the leading varieties of land and water
Fowls.  Satisfaction guaranteed. xl7-ly.
Ayres & McClintock, Millersburg,
Bourbon County, Kentucky, are breeding and
have for sale Shott-Horns of the most fashionable families.   Send for catalogue. 22-ly.
James Jackson, Breeder of Short
Horn csttle and South Down sheep, Hich-
valley, Wabash county. Indiana.        ix-4fj-ly
Jacob Kennedy, Lizton Hendricks
county, Indiana, Breederof and Dealer in pure
Berkshire Swlne and Cotswold Sheep.     6, ly.
R. B. Chenoweth, Greencastle, Ind.,
Breederof thoroughbred Short Horn Catlle.
Bulls and Heifers for sale. 38-ly
John W. Reagan, Poultry Fancier,
Monrovia, Indiana. All leading varieties of
eggs for sale ln season.   Price-list free.       6tf
F. H. Starwalt, Quincy, Owen Co.,
Indiana, Breeder and Snipper of Berkshire
Hogs, and Light Brahma Fow Is. x-7-ly
C. Y. C. .Alden, Sunman, Ripley Co.,
Indiana, Breeder of and Dealer in Alderney
Cattle and Light Brahma Poultry. 20-32
Berkshire Pigs.   Prices reasonable.
Satisfaction guaranteed.    Circulars sent free.
2S-tf. WM. HIOBEE, Rising Sun, Ind.
Wm. H. Pry, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Breeder of strictly flrst-class Light and Dark
Brahmas, White and Partridge Cochins, Black-
Red Oaine Bantams, Bronze Turkeys and
Aylesbury Ducks. SB.tf
James Riley, Thorntown, Indiana,
Breeder of Pure Berkshire Swine and Partridge
Buff and White Cochins, and Dark and Light
Brahmas. I took the following premiums on
my Hogs and Poultry last fall: at Lafayette 8
First Premiums, at Fort Wayne 10 First and 2
Second Premiums; at Kokomo 4 First and 2
Second Fremiums, and at Thorntown 7 First
Preminms. Choice Pigs lor sale at reasonable
prices. 6-ly,
MISCELLANEOUS.
ThoTfll I -RATFI Prlte Picture sent free!
I MB I ULL.-UM I C ! An ingenious gem I
SO objects to find
18-ly E. V.
Address with stamp,
ABBEY, llnllalo, X.
gem I
T.
J.N.Russell, Kirklin, Ind., Breeder
of Pure Berkshire Swlne. Olves personal attention, and breeds carefully selected stock. Choice
pigs for sale at reasonable rates. 14-38.
R. N. Priest, Maple Hill Farm, Bainbridge, Putnam county, Indiana, Breeder of
and Dealer in Thoroughbred Bhort-horn Cattle.
■     x-10-ly
Wm. H. Spahr, Millersville, Marion
County, lud„ Breeder ana Dealar in Poland
China Hogs, and Uold-Dust and Mambrino
Horses.   ' 40-ly.
J. Butterfleld, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Breeder of Select Light Brahmas, Golden Seabright Bantams and Rouen Ducks. Eggs J2.0U
to $5.00 per dezen. 16-13.
Providing Hay Caps.
John Bennett, Sunman, Ripley Co.,
Ind. Light Brahmas. White-faced Black Spanish, Cayuga Ducks, Black-Red Game Bantam.
Fowls lor sale uow—prices reasonable.    28-tf.
FARM GATE HANGER, or the Barn Door
Hanger, modified for use, on the Farm
Gate.   A durable, convenient and cheap Gate
Hanging.  Sold by hardware dealers generally.
16-16.   L.W. NOYES, Chicago and New York.
I.  H.   HERRINGTON,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
HAKNESS, SADDLES, BRIDLES,
Collars,   Whips,   Kobes,    Blankets,   Brushes,
Combs, Fly Nets, etc., etc.
• 78 W. Washington, St.,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND.
From Moore's Rural New Yorker we
take the following, which may prove a
valuable suggestion to our farmers in
the future:
Cotton cloth is cheap this year, and
farmers who have much grass or grain
to gather will find it economy to purchase hay caps. Any good cotton cloth
will answer, but the closer the threads
the better; oil and varnish will make
it nearly impervious to water, though a
very fair protection will be afforded by
the simple cloth covers to heaps of hay
or shocks of grain. In a "catching"
season the saving of crops in one year
will more than repay the cost, besides
the feeling of rest and contentment they
give at a time when there is always worry enough. For curing clover hay they
are absolutely essential, as clover needs
to be mainly cured in cock after the first
day's sun, thus retaining its freshness into the winter. The cocks of hay may
be made large, and safely protected under hay caps, may be allowed to remain
four or five days in stormy weather
without injury. Then with the approach
of fine weather, open them to the sunshine, and the hay, perfectly cured, will
be ready for the barn. A slight heating
in cock is the best preventive of heating
in the mow or stack, for the reason that
the slight heating dries the juices ofthe
plant more rapidly even than the sun
and air.
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Cold Water in the Field.
John   Comstock,   Liberty    „,
Wabash couuty, Indiana, on the Detroit, Eel
River and Illinois railroad, breeder of
Short-Horn cattle.   Stock for sale.
Mills,
olt, Eel
of pure
x-l-tf
James Mustard, Broad Ripple,
rion county, Indiana. Breeder and Shlpp
Poland-China Hogs,  'r
.,     .   Ma-
Indiana, Breeder and Shipper of
. Hogs.  They are docile, and fat-
ten readily at any age. l-ly
W. P. & S. B. Law, Breeders of and
Dealers in Berkshire Pigs, Cotswold Sheep.
Bronze Turkeys and Light Brahma Fowls.
Marietta. Shelby county, Ind. 61-ly.
O. B. Huxley, Martinsville, Morgan
  Ind., Breeder of Poland-China He
Count
ens and Eggs for Sale,
ty,
t-lg
and Light Brahma Chickens.
•WPlgs, Chick
7-13w
T. Wilhoit & Son, Middletown, Henry county, Indiana, breeders of Thoroughbred
Short-horn cattle, Berkshire hogs, and Cots-
wold and American merino sheep. 1-yl
John Hamilton & Son, Montgomery Stock Farm, Colfax, Indiana, Breeders and
Dealers ln Pare Short-Horn Cattle, Berkshire
Bwlne and Cotswold Sheep.  Stock for sale. 40
FAIRBANKS' STAHDABG SCMESI
Repaired.
Of all kinds, at manufacturers prices. Also, Warehouse Trucks. WM. P.
GALLUP, Agent for State
of Indiana, Nos. 43 and 45
North Tennessee St., Indianapolis, Indiana. Scales
x-4-lyr
S. Meredith  &  Son,  Breeders of
Thoroughbred Bhort-horn Cattle, Bouthdown
Sheep, and Berkshire and Poland-China Hegs,
Cambridge City, Wayne county, Indiana,    l-ly
THE SEVEN WISE MEN.
Premium Cheater 'White Berkshire and Essex pigs, fancy poultry Ac., bred,
and for sale by Geo. B. Hickman, Westchester,
Chester County, Penn. -Send stamp for circular and price list. 60-24
W. H. Fall, Thorntown, Ind., Importer and Breeder of Thoroughbred Berkshire
Swlne. Stock of large size and fine style.
Pigs for sale at reasonable prices. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 40-ly.
J. c.
Jenkins, Petersburg. Ky.,
Short-Horn Cr     "
...«.jheep, Chester
Pigs.   Send for Catalogue.
Breeder of Short-Horn Cattle, Trotting Horses;
Cotswold Sheep, Chester White and Berkshire
8-44w.
Most people have heard of tKe " seven
wise men of Greece," but very few
know who they were, or how they came
to be called so. Here is the story of
them, and the moral of it is worth
remembering if their names are not:
The seven wise men of Greece are supposed to have lived in the fifth century
before Christ. Their names were Pitta-
cus, Bias, Solon, Thales, Chilon, Cleo-
bulus, and Periander. The reason of
their being called "wise" is given differently by different authors, but the
most approved account states that as
some Coans were fishing, certain strangers from Miletus bought whatever
should be in the nets without seeing it.
When the nets were drawn in they were
found to contain a golden tripod which
Helen, as she sailed from Troy, is supposed to have thrown in there.
A dispute arose between the fishermen and the strangers as to whom it
belonged, and as they could not agree
they took it to the Temple of Apollo,
and consulted the priestess as to what
should be done with it.
She said it must be given to the wisest
man in Greece, and it was accordingly
sent to Thales, who declared that Bias
was wiser, and sent it to him.
Bias sent it to another one, and so on
until it had passed through the hands of
all the men, afterward distinguished by
the title of the " Seven Wise Men," and
aB each one claimed that some one was
wiser than he, it finally was sent to the
Temple of Apollo, "where, according to
some writers, it still remains, to teach
the lesson that the wisest are the most
distrustful of their wisdom.
There is nothing new in the following
method of keeping water cool, for the
principal is used by the Egyptians at the
present day, and, as may be seen by their
inscriptions, has been used by them for
thousands of years. Thev keep their
water in unglazed vessels, through the
pores of which the water forces itself.
The evaporation of this leakage on the
outside carries off the heat from within,
precisely in the same way that the evaporation of perspiration from the human
body enables it to stand a heat which
would otherwise be fatal.
If the pail or large vessel containing
tbe water be enveloped in cloths that
are kept constantly wet, and be placed
in the shade, the water will be found to
keep as cool as water for drinking ought
to be. Each person on drinking should
empty what is left in the dipper or drinking cups upon the cloths, so that they
will be kept from drying. Water kept
cool in this manner will be more grateful
to the palate and less dangerous to the
system tlian ice-water.—Canada larm-
er.
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You Will be Wanted.'
Light and  Dark  Brahmas  and
Partridge Cochins. Birds.sent C. O. D., if desired, giving parties an opportunity of seeing before investing. Prices reasonable. GIB. D.
JAY, Kokomo, Ind. to n52
H. D. Collings, Bellmore, Indiana,
Breeder of Poland-China Hogs, Spanish Merino
Sheep, and Fancy Poultry. Eggs at S3 per doz.
from White Holland Turkeys, Aylesbury Ducks
White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, Light and
Dark Brahmas. 10-17t.
S. P. Lockridge, "Waterlea Farm,"
Greencastle, Ind., breeder of first class thorough-bred short horn cattle, and fine Berkshire pigs, from imported stock. Farm two
miles west of city. 46-ly
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Address      J. H. BARKER & CO.,
x7-ly. Bluffton, Wells County, Ind.
ATTENTION,   OWNERS    OP   HORSES.
Ask yonr Ilarness Maker for
the 55I.NO OOLLAH PAD.   .
They are warranted to cure (p.
nny sore neivk on horse or so
mule, or money refunded, if -7
Jirlnted directions-  are fol-l^
owed. Send 75c. forsample.
Zinc Collar Pad Co., Bole
ManuTt'rs. Buchanan, Mich.
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-Buckeye Grain-Drill!
T. B. & O. Paddock, Breeders and
Shippers of  Poland-China Hogs, bred from
superior stock.   Boxed and  delivered at Depot
free of charge.   Address, T. E.&O. PADDOCK,
x-4-52.  Liberty Indiana.
D. W. Voyles, New Albany, Ind.,
Breederof Thorough.bred Short-Horn and Jersey Cattle, Poland-China and Berkshire Hogs,
Buff Cochins and Light Brahma Chickens,
•WOrders solicited.
x-l-ly.
Grassland Farm Herd, J. P. Hymer
A Son, breeders of Short-Horns and Berkshire
Hogs. Young stock for sale on reasonable
terms. 1% miles West of Ashby's Mills, Montgomery county, Indiana. 8-ly.
Take pourage, my. lad. What if you
are but an humble, obscure apprentice—a
poor, neglected orplran—a scoff and a
by-word for the thoughtless and gay,
who despise virtue in rags because of its
tatters? Have you an intelligent mind,
untutored though it be?_ Have you a
virtuous aim, a pure desire, an honest
heart? Depend upon it, some of these
days ypu will be wanted. The time may
be long deferred—you may be grown to
manhood, and you may even reach your
prime ere the call is made ; but virtuous
aims, pure desires, and honest hearts
are too few not to be appreciated—not to
be wanted. Your virtue shall not always
hide you as in a mantle—obscurity shall
net always veil you from the multitude.
Be chivalric in your combat with circumstances. Be active, however small your
sphere of action. It will surely enlarge
with every moment, and you will have
continued increment.
A quaint writer says: "I have seen
women so delicate that they were afraid
to ride for fear of the horse running
away; afraid to sail, for fear the boat
might upset; afraid to walk, for fear the
dew_ might fall; but [ never saw one
afraid to be married, which is far more
riskful than all the others put to
gether."
Emanuel Smith, Greenfield. Hancock County, Ind., Breeder and Dealer ln Improved Poland China and English Thin-Rind
Bwlne. Pigs for Sale at reasonable prices
Satisfaction guaranteed. 16-26t.
Charles Lowder, proprietor of
" Crescent Hill Herd," breeds and offers for sale
Pure Bred Short-Horn Cattle and Berkshire
Pigs. Prices reasonable. Catalogues furnished
on application. Address: Plainfleld, Hen-
drlcks county, Indiana. 47-26t,
H. C. Willett. Greenfield, Hancock
County, Indiana. Breeder of and Dealer ln
Improved Poland-China Swine. Color—dark
spotted, and all from premium stock. Pigs for
sale at reasonable prices. Satlsfatlpn guaranteed^  18-ly.
GREAT^ALE
LIVESTOCK!
THE LARGEST SALE THAT EVER OCCURRED IN THE WESTERN COUNTRY,
at Public Auction, embracing nearly three
hundred head of highly bred animals, will take
place at the NASHVILLE FAIR GROUNDS,
adjoining the city ot Nashville, Tennessee, on
Wednesday, Aiignst IStli, 1875.
The stock will consist of Thoroughbred and
Trotting Horses, Short-Horn and other varieties of Cattle, aud Fancy Sheep and Swine of
the different breeds. The thoroughbred horses
are the get of such sires as Imp. Bonnie Scotland, Brown Dick, Jack Malone, Vandal, Pat
Maloy, and others. The trotters are the get of
Chieftain, Mambrino, Patchen, American Clay,
Enfield, Woburn, Alhambra, and others. The
Short-Horns by the Eighth Duke of Thorndale,
8,080, Derby 6,800, Duke of Richland 9,910, and
other noted bulls. The sheep and swlne are
bred with great care, from recent importations.
Those desiring to purchase flrst-class animals,
either for breeding or track purposes, will do
well to embrace this opportunity. Catalogues
ready for delivery ln June. Address either of
the undersigned, at Nashville, Tenn.
B JOHN OVERTON,
B. F. COCKR1LL,
M. 8. COCKRILL,
EWING & WILLIAMS,
27-6W. And Others.
W. P. Christian, No. 124 East Vermont street, Indianapolis, Indiana, Poultry
Fancier. Exclusively Buff Cochins and Black
breasted game Bantums. Buff hens weighing
II pounds. Bantnm hens weighing H ounces.
Eggs S3 per dozen.  6,ly.
I. N. Barker, Thorntown, Ind., makes
the Breeding of Thoroughbred Berkshire Pigs
a specialty. His hogs are of large size and fine
style, and have won for him over Forty Premiums at leading fairs. Pigs for sale, and satisfaction guaranteed. Also, Buff and Partridge
Cochin Fowls, and eggs for hatching.      11-tf.
A. S. Gilmour & Co., Greensburg,
Indiana, Breeders of Thoroughbred Berkshires,
and pure bred Poland-Chinas". Won 57 premiums ln the last two years, six sweepstake prij.es
at five of the leading fairs of Indiana, including
the State Fair. Choice stock for sale from select stock; all from premium stock. Fnll description of stock sent on application. Btate
where you saw this advertisement. 6-ly.
Leicester Sheep for Sale!
THE undersigned has 15 bucks and buck
lambs, and 30 ewes and ewe lambs for sale
at reasonable prices. Parties writing will
please state exactly what they want.
J. T. WILLIAMSON,
29-4W. Thorntown, Ind.
.Armstrong  &  Bro.,   Breeders   of
Poland-China   Hogs,   from   selected  strains.
Colorblack.  Choice young stock for Bale. Onr
stock took four premiums at the Indiana State
Fair. "Lady Johnson" of this herd took sweepstakes at the State Fair and Exposition of ,1873,
over the best ring of hogs ever shown ln the
State. Farm and residence, 2}i miles north of
Indianapolis, near Crown Hill street railroad.
Btock boxed and delivered at depot free.     18
Wholesale Grange Supply House'
JOHN A: WEST,
Successor to Dickinson 4 Co.,
Has REMOVED to
213 West Madison St., Chicago,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS AtfD SHOES,
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS,
And General Merchandise.
GRANGES, FARMERS' CLUBS, and all'
oonsnmeru supplied ln any desired quantities.   Catalogues of prices for spring and summer trade, containing full information regard-]
ing my manner of doing business will be sent |
free on application to any address.
All orders promptly and carefully filled SSV
to 60 per cent less than retailer's prices.
15-26w.