VOL.. X^I.
INDLAJSTAPO-LIS, INDIANA, SATUBDAY. JTTLY 30, 188 i
NO. 31.
roKHJXK.
[IOR SALE—Four registered Alderney bulls at
reasonable prices; ready for service.  MyJer-
Jevs are second to noneln the Btate.  R. S. DOT
Bl?*'. Indianapolis. Ind.
FOR SALE—Cotswold Bheep—10 head of shearling
bucks and 30 head of shearling ewes, all Imported from Canada last November, and a lot of
spring lambs ' '
A* dress E~ J.*RkiL, 'Vi'ncenn ea.lnd.
■TTIOR BALE-
-Scotch Collie dog, 1 year old. black
^ and tan. fine dog. Also a few lull blood aad
high grade Merino rams. Most be sold for want of
room: Addreaa J. H. BENHAM, Box ill St. Clalrs-
ville.Oblo.
fTiOR BALK—Short-hern yearling bulls, and cows
_E of different ages. All of most fashionable families, the get ol the noted bnll Heir of Oakland, and
at reasonable prices. J. P. rORflyTH A SON,
Franklin, Ind.
FORSALE—Improved Silver Chaffwheat. Extra
yields. No.rnst. f 1 per peck; t3per busbel
No money pays better than that Invested lngood
seed. For description see Farmer of July 9, page 5.
TBEO. I OUuCIKR, Mt. Pleasant, Ind.
TTIOR BALK—10 head of fancy bred Short-horns at
J} Fairview, J)i miles southeast of Midway. Ky.;
4 males, one 1 year old Rose of Bbaron, one 14
months, and 2 calves of Therese family; 6 females of
Therese. Pied and Yonng Mary families All under
7 yeara old. 8. S. MAOEE, Midway, Woodford
connty, Ky.
FOR SALE—A valuable farm m Southern India
ana. within two miles ot the Louisville, New
Albany and Bt. Louis railroad, containing 160 acres,
■SS acres improved, the remainder an nncclled forest
of splendid limber, white oak, poplar, walnut, etc.
Terms, »3 50 per acre. Addrers TIMOTHY MEADOW**, Kego, Orange county, Ind.
-mOR BALE-Farm of 98 acres; 72 in cultivation:
1} 14 relies north ot this city; comiottabletrame
henre- excellent barn, and one of tbe best orchards
in the connty: good soil; In a flrst class community;
irooslte chnich and graded school. Price, -H.700.
Thlalsabeautllul 'aim and very cheap. M. AR-
BUCK1**., 68 East Market street.
"ITIORSALE—I have romesplendld farmslorsale
X: on reasonable terms, from 40 acres in size up to
l,*2r*C acres, ranging In price lrcm 25 to 75 dollars per
acre, and most of them convenient to this city.
Bend adareaa and get farther particulars. Btate
wbat you want In price, size and location and I will
answer yon at once. Address V. K. MORRIB.58
-cast Market Btreet, Indianapolis, lEdlana, opposite
pOBtoffice.       '.
of good a line of ancestry, as his  /
catalogue shows descent from such ,*
cows as Juno (120), who made 13K \
pounds  of   butter   per  week  ou \
grass  alone.    Europa (121), a  16-}
pound per weok oow, Irom whom t
more high-priced descendants have 1
been sold than from any other cow, j
Fairy (10) imported at   a   cost ot t
$1,000, and made seventeen pounds f_
of butter in seven  days;  Couch'B       ""-"■
Lilly (3237), with ber 71 pounds eft   ~ _
butter in 31 days, and again three'        ~
months  later 65  pounds in  same
number of days;   Nioba  (99)  the _
prize Centennial cow, with her 20
quarts of milk per day making 14 r
ponnds of butter on grass alone; and
Alphea (171)  made 25 pounds ol
butter in one week, are some of the
published records of the parents ot
his stock.   Mr.  Dykeman  shows
with pardonable pride a grand cow
"Jono,"  raised by himself, being
tbe first of the Jersey s  droppfd
on his farm together with all the
heller calves dropped by her ardr La***ji
her daughter,  making in  them-|    *■* ST****^
S9lves  quite a  herd—there beiDg •£*
11 heifers  and tbree bull calvec
All   the   other   bull    calves   of
tbls  strain have been sold.   This
is a grand family, and shows what can be I thls> new book, one of our exchanges  says:
done in a short time commencing with a |    "We deem it no more than justice to say
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WAJITEO.
WANTED—A gocd farm of 80 to IM acres ln exchange lor good residence and a flrst-class
stock of boots and.hoes. Central Indiana. County
seat. Send mil description to C. E. SPENCER,
Pendleton, Madison county. Indiana.
WANTED—Horees—The Indianapolis Flre Department wants six (6) horses Irom 5 to 7
years old spirited, of gcod action, good strong bone,
and warranted perfectly sonnd, to weigh abont 1.40J
pounds. Any one having a horse ol this description
to-*e<1,addreFS the nrderslgned. J. G. PENDER-
OAST, Chief Flre Engineer, Indianapolis Ind.
HIIXSaDAXE   COLLEGE,   HIXIaSDAlaE,   MICD.
IMAMS.
MOEEY to loan on farms at 7 per cent. Interest.
My terms are lair and liberal. THOS. C. DAY,
87 Eaat Market street. Indianapolis. Ind.
MONES" to loan on improved farms at 7 per cent.
Commissions reasonable.   WM.  HENDERSON. 74 E. Market street. Indianapolis.
TO LOAN— Meney to loan on first mortga&e of
Improved city and farm property, In Indiana
and Ohio, at very low Interest, wltbontcommlsslon,
Prompt parties, with desirable security, can £e accommodated without delay. All local securities—
City, County, Town and Railroad RondB—negotiated.   JOS. A. MOORE, 81 J-ast Maiket street.
calf by carelul weeding. He also has asmall
cow, "Lena M," that dropped a helier calf
April 15,1881, when 20}i months old. She
is now giving 22 pounds of milk and over
one pound of butter per day, what a cow is
that for a family with no big carcass to keep
but all the feed turned to account. He has
also three daughters and four granddaughters of the famous cow, "Couch's
IiUy," mentioned above, who made 71
pouuds of butter in 31 days, and three
months after 65 pounds in the same length
of time. The rioh -.yellow skin and neat
trim build of these cattle show that "blood
will tell." Our readers who are interested
In Jersey cattle should write Mr. Dyke-
man ior a copy ot this catalogue and further investigate the merits of his stock
as. we can heartily commend him to their
confidence and patronage.
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In 17 counties of Michigan the yield of
wool per sbeep exceeded an average of five
pounds per fleece.
C. T. Alvord, of Vermont, says that his
average daily ration for451ambslastwinter
was about seven pecks of cut Swede
turn!, s in the morning, and 28 quarts of
corn and 7 quarts cotton seed meal mixed
at night. This was in addition to what hay
they wanted, amountnot stated. The chief
gain in the feeding for 170 days was in the
value ot manure made, which for stall-fed
sbeep is worth much more . than that
of cattle and sheep fed in the usual, way.
We call attention to the advertisement
in another column of the semi-annual
"Farmers' and Breeders'Great Combination
Sale" which takes place August 23 to 26,
at Woodland, near Lexington, Ky. We
gladly add a word of encouragement to
onr Kentucky Iriends and again urge the
necessity of other -states profiting by
their txample. The quality and variety of
stock oflered ior sale cannot tail to insure
success.   	
SH0ET-H0BH SALES HEXT WEEK.
We have already called attention to the
sales of Hon. S. F. Lockridge and T. C.
Hammond, at Greencastle, Ind., on August 8, and also to that of Mr. Elijah Clore
the day following, at Crawfordsville, Ind.
So far as we Know now these are the last
opportunities offered in Indiana this season for buying at public Bale first-class
Short-horns for breeding purposes. We
know tbat tbe animals to be offered at
these sales are excellent, and the best interests of the farmers of the State is that
none of them should be permitted to leave
it. The growing demand for better stock
in all quarters justifies tbe hope that these
animals will be retained'at home for grading up the common breeds. Farmers having common stock could do no wiser thing
than to avail themselves of these offers.
Such investments always pay.
SHORT-HOUR SALES.
Mr. A. Marlott, Milton, Wayne county,
Ind., at his late sale sold from his Sugar
Grove herd the following:
To Jos. Rippey, Elkhart Co., Ind.,.Doctor Franklin, 5 mos. old    ?  110
R. B.Long, KoscluakolCo.,Ind.,Duke of Wayne,
9 mos. old   ....... „    110
J. 8. Walker, Henry Co.,Ind.,Bonaparte, 7 mos.
old ^._   „ _      60
C.B. Jackson, Wayne. Co., Ind., Geneva Wild
Eyes.ld ™     -209
M. Warle, Wayne Oo., Ind., Lady Marquis 4th.    200
J. E. Jones, Whitewater, md., Dutchess of
Sugar Grove.!  _ .._.     205
J. E. Jones, Whitewater Ind., Red Lady  of
Sogar Grove......... „.*.......     10S
O. A. Andres, Youngston, Ohio, Klkllvlngton,
Princess 6th.  „ ..  .1,000
In addition to the above twelve male
calves were, sold, ranging from five to fifteen months old, the average price of
which was $105. Also fourteen cows and
heifers were sold at fair prices. The total
number sold was thirty head. The herd
still on hand consists of fifty head.
0XF0BD-D0WH SHEEP.
Several correspondents uave lately made
inquiries about the characteristics ot Oxford-down sheep. Of this breed but little
has been known in this oountry till within
the lew past years, but are now ln great
demand. The London Field states tbat the
breed originated with the Messrs. Druce,
ofEynham, England. The object of the
originators of this breed was to combine
that Mr. Hiatt's part of this work is the
most thorough, the most accurate, the
most scholarly, and the most readable contribution that has ever been made to horse
literature of the American continent. It
abounds in translations and quotations
from French and other European authorities, and presents a vast array of pertinent,
important and interesting facts in relation
to draught horses, hitherto unpublished in
America. Its first half is chiefly given to a
history of the horse kind in general, and
embraces a highly instructive account of
the several primeval breeds as they appeared in the wild state in different parts
ot Asia and Europe. Then follows a full
and complete history of the Norman
horse, in which that celebrated horse is
traced back to tbe eighth century, and
shown to hav e been formed for war purposes under the patronage of Charlemagne
by crossing the three greatest ot the domesticated original stocks, the gray, the
bay, and the black. After giving the origin of the Norman horse, Mr. Hiatt follows
him throughout his career as a charger during the middle ages down to his entrance
upon the great field of modern industry,
showing how, in the time of the Norman-
French rule ot England,he was bred by the
Norman kings of that country on both
sides of the British channel, and how in
consequence of this extensive propagation
throughout both Continental Europe and
the Britlsa Islands, his name (Norman
horse) ceased to be provincial, and became
European."
is not a single case known where increase
of body has not been attended by an Increase of wool.   The Merino sheep of today which produces a seven pound fleece
of wool, is not only a larger sheep but has
a much  better  constitution  than   those
which, thirty years ago, did not produce
more than two pounds of wool.   A  well-
fed, iat sheep will have a fleece weighing
two or three  pounds  more  tban  a  half-
starved sheep; again,  tbe  fleece will be
healthier, the staple longer and sounder and
the wool be worth more per pound than the
yield of inferior sheep.   Again, a pound of
wool from  a weli-fed  sheep  will  make
more yards of yarn and a stronger thread
than a pound of wool  from  a  poorly-fed
sheep.   Wool from wether sheep is always
worth mine than from ewes.—Boston Cultivator.
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therefore, hence the man referred to by
your correspondent "N. F. G." has a perfect legal right to take away his fences and
to impound any stock running at large;
and it is the opinion of the writer of this
that the good of our commonwealth requires the strict enforcement of this as
well as all others. Law and Order.
Horse Breeding.
The Minneapolis Tribune in discussing
this question says: The first thing to be
done in breeding horses is to select the best
animals, and the first indispensable quality
in such animals is a good constitution.
Without this as a foundation, all attempts
to perfect a race of horses will be a failure.
The animal that is selected for a breeder
should have a deep chest, strong loins,
good limbs and feet. The nervous temperature of the animal should by no means be
overlooked. The eyes should be wide
apart, full and clear. The ears should set
apart, not lopped" like those of the mule,
nor pricked forward like the rabbits. To
these points of a good constitution  and  a
weight in long wool with  quality  of th,|flnenMron.temii^»nt>addmllthe«,m.
Down, and this was the the result of the j ^V *°« «»•   Make »™ ot *** size;
cross of the gray-faced Cotswold ram and
TIME JEBSEYS.
We have received the catalogue of registered Jersey oattle bred and owned by G.
R. Dykeman, Shippersburg, Cumberland
oounty, Pa. It is one of the most complete
catalogues we have ever seen, it is arranged
on the,, diagram plan and contains the
pedigrees ot forty-two animals, beginning
with his noted Alphea bull Standpoint,
(4508). This splendid animal is from Ulala,
(6168), who at two years old gave 27 pounds
of milk per day, by Polonius, (2513), who
? sold for |4,500.   All his stock have equally
Hampshire-down ewe. It is stated also that
there is a little admixture ot tbe Sussex-
down blood in this breed. For tests of a
series of years it has been found that the
Oxford-downs endure as much hardship in
handling as any breed in the world. It is
claimed tbat tbey endure confiuement better than any others. Their fleeces, taking
an ordinary flock, averages about eleven
pounds each. The wool grades medium
delaine, which now commands tbe best price
in the market. They have a very robust
constitution, and. mature early. Several
pens of price-winning ewes at English fairs
last year are mentioned as weighing 250
pounds each, and pens of rams 270 pounds.
The breed is large and robust, and reckoned
of the very first quality for mutton both as
to flavor and weight. Mr. T. S. Cooper, of
the firm of Cooper, Maddux <fc Co., Reading, Ohio, ls now In England, for another
large importation of this breed. He expects to arrive at their "Oxford Park"
larm in August with two hundred head,
when we hope to be able to visit the flock
andbeenabled  to   say -*---*.   -,.,_
breed.     _^_^_-__
more  about  this
never take a mare weighing less than 1,000
to 1,200 pounds, and not below fiteen and a
half to sixteen hands high. Tbe fault with
most of the horses bred in the past, is that
they have been too small.
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Angora Goats.
The Colorado Farmer has this to say
about this animal:
We have alluded to the Angora goat
many times in these columns, and feel
warranted in saying that if our larmers
who have land that is not very prolific as
grain or even good stock farms, wonld,
give the subject a little more consideration
we think it would not be long before there
would be thousands of goats in our State.
A correspondent in Wallace's Monthly of
New York says:
- "The most valuable ianlgerous animal ls
the pure bread Angora goat, as shown by
the elaborate statistical tables of Bowes
Brothers of Liverpool—th9 largest wool
buyers in England—the fleece of this
animal,has for the pasttwenty-sevenyears,
averaged twice the price of the bsst combing wool in that market per pound."
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Size of Fleooo and Sheep.
W. S. T., Norway, Me., asks if it is true
that weight of fleece, or in other words increase of wool, is obtained at any sacrifice
HOEMAM HOUSE BEOISTEE.
It is announced that  Mr. Hiatt,   Chi-
Tbe Stoek Law.
Hiltors Indiana Farmer.
In your answer to "N. F. G." in last
week's Farmer with regard to the law on
Impounding stock you do not state tbe law
correctly. You say "in counties where
commissioners have not made an order allowing stock to run at large, no person has
any right to impound stock found running
at large, except under the law in relation
to estrays as hereinafter shown." The
Supreme Court has more than once held
that in this State in the absence of any
ord r of the oounty commissioners providing therefor, the oommon law rule prevails
and no animal may run at large.   See.
I. and C. R. R. Co. vs. Caldwell, 9th Ind.
rep. 397; M. C. and N. Ind. R. R. Co. vs.
Fisher, 27th Ind. rep. 95.
In act approved May 31,1852 (see Davis
statutes 1875, page 74) the county commissioners are authorized to provide what animals may rnn at large upon unindorsed
lands, etc.
Sec. 3 of this act provides that any animal
not ordered to run at large in any township or any county of this State by the
board of commissioners may be taken up
and impounded ln any public or private
pound by any resident of said township or
county.
Sec. 4 provides that the person taking up
and impounding such animal shall im-
mediatelv give notice in writing to the
owner,if known, if not known he -shall post
up notices in tbree of tbe moat public
places in the township stating therein the
time of taking up, a full description of tbe
animal, that the owner is unknown to him
and the place where said animal is impounded.
Sec. 5 provides that the taker up shall
provide the animal with food and if at the
expiration ot tan days from the day of posting up the notices as provided in section 4
no claimant shall appear and prove bis property, the taker up shall immediately advertise the animal for sale at public auction
by postin-z written notices in three of the
most publio places Btating the time and
place of sale, the description of the animal
to be sold, and that the same was taken up
as an animal not entitled bylaw to pasture
upon the public common. Notices to be
posted up ten days previous to day of sale.
Sec: 6 provides that if at any time before
the expiration of ten days from the time of
posting up the notices as in section 4 provided any person sball claim said animal
and prove by his own -affidavit or that of
another that the animal taken up belongs
to him and be shall pay tbe taker up {3 he
shall be entitled to the custody of the animal—provided tbat where the owner Is
known and immediately proceeds to take
tbe animal Into bis own custody he shall
be liable to pay the taker up Jl 50.
Sec. 7 provides tbat If the owner shall
not appear ahd claim said animal prior to
the day Of sale it shall be the duty ot the
taker up to sell at public auction for the
highest price bid for the same, and ont of
the sum received he shall retain tbe sum
of 53 for his services and the further sum of
ten eents for each day he Bhall have kept
and fed said animal and the balance of the
money, If any, to be paid to the county
tre.-isurer for the nse of the common school,
etc.
You will see from the foregoing synops's
of the law tbat any resident may impound
stock running at large in any county in
this State in which the oounty commissioners have not issued  an  order providing
National Cattle Commission.
A Washington dispatch states that under
authority conferred by the Sundry Civil
Appropriation bill the Secretary of the
Treasury has appointed James Law, of
Ithaca, N. Y., James H. Sanders, of Chicago,
and E. F. Thayer, of West Newton, Mass.,
a commission, to be known as "The Treasury Cattle Commission."
The Commission has been instructed to
meet at Washington as soon as convenient,
for the purpose of adopting such regulations as may be deemed proper, with a
view, it is stated, to investigate all cases of
pleuro-pneumonia In neat cattle, especially
along the dividing line of tbe United States
and Canada, and along the linos of transportation from all parts of the United
States to. the ports from which cattle are
exported, and preform other duties prescribed by the secretary with reference to
disease in order that cattle shipped from
the United States to foreign ports may be
known and certified to be iree therefrom.
a casual disease of the human subject. No
cure fbr the horse except rest, and none
better for man than temperance.
Foot Bot.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell me what is the matter with
my neighbor's sheep. Their feet get sore
between the toes; feverish and hot, and
the hair comes out; they are very lame.
H.B.
Why have you not allowed the owner or
somebody else to write the inquiry? The
best we can do in guessing Is, that your
neighbor's sheep have got foot-rot. Take
spirits cf turpentine and rub it in well between the claws with the finger. If any
part of the hoof is destroyed cut it away
and drop in muriatic acid. Repeat the
turpentine onoe dally and tbe acid every
alternate day.
Barbed Fenoe and Stock.
Mr. Joseph C. Teague:   The photograph
of your barbed fenoe wire is before me,
and will say in justification of my article
ln last issue of the Farmer that my objection was not directed  against barbed  .
wire fenoe as a substitute for lumber, as
against the parties who use It, because a
knife is used to cut .a persons throat is no
reason why knives should not be made.
My objection was directed against using
barbed wire fence, and omitting to put a
light rail on top of posts to warn stock of
some obstruction~of their passing through.
Of course I get pay for stitching up wounds,
but humanity to our faithful servants over
balances the profits.   If the barb on your
wire will return and point putward after
pressure is removed it will of course be a
great  modification  of the  complaint  of
evil, If not, the barb ceases to be a terror
atter it is directed on a parallel line witb
the wire. John N. Navin.
^eimnarge
This department Is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Burgeon, author ot Ravin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rnles to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
1. State tke rate of poise.
2. The breathing.
J. The standing attitude.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. II couch, and secretion from nose, whether
elands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. II breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sonnd. no time musf oe lost ln blistering
throat, and nslng tincture of aconite robt and tincture or belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every tv o hours, (Or time ls too short tor an answer.
7. Parties Desiring answers by mall mnst encloses
stamp.
. Hillsdale College.
We give in this number of the Indiana
Farmer a beautiful cut of this thriving
young --Institution. It is, as most of our
readers know, located in the city of. Hillsdale, Mich *ne»rjthe Michigan Southern and
Lake Shore R. B. Depot, on a hill overlooking the city and surrounding country.
For healthfulness of location, excellence of
buildings, variety and practical character
of Its Instruction, It certainly can be highly
recommended. It comprises seven schools
the Academic or College proper, the School
of Theology, the School af Commerce and
Telegraphy, the Normal School, the School
of Art, tbe School of Music, and the Preparatory Department.
The catalogue shows an attendance last
year of 645. We are also glad to learn that
last year was a yearof financial prosperity,
their endowment iunds having been largely
increased. The managers of the institution have taken great pains to reduce the
necessary expenses of students to the lowest limit and bring the cost of a thorough
education within the means of the largest
possible number. The corps of instructors
has been Increased for the next year. The
equipments of the college and also of tte
apecfal schools have been increased, and a
prosperous career seems to be before it.
Lumps on Chest.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that has lumps on her chest
and belly that emit a watery or bloody
fluid. I am using the blister ot turpentine,
etc Should I do anything more? She is
troubled with pin worms. What shall I do
ior them?   Is raising a colt. J, H.
Add the powders prescribed in this issue
of the Farmer, podophyllln, etc.
Sheep Mange.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
WUl sheep that had the mange or scab
laat winter, summer the disease and be
affected again this wintei? W. T.
If properly treated and cured they are
no more likely to become Infected next
winter than are any other sheep, the danger lies in the pens or pastures they have
previously occupied.
Ailing Cows.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
, What must I do for my cows? They
have not shed right yet, and have a cough.
They are on good pasture.   Subscriber.
Take podophyllin,flour of sulphur, black
antimony, pulv. niter, sulphate of iron,
and resin of each two ounces; ground Jamaica ginger, four ounces. Dose, one teaspoonful tbree times dally in ground feed.
Groggy Horse.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a good young horse that has something the matter with one of his hind legs,
it seems to be in his pastern joint. He will
walk all right for some time, then it
will double forward, and sometimes It
seems to cramp or draw so as to make him
limp.   It don't seem sore.   I still nse him.
Wm. N.
I guess your horse has a groggy pastern,
A FOBTUHATE 8H0T.
Mrs. Mary E.   Hurt,  a  widow  who
keeps   the  tol'.-gate  near  Greenwood,
Johnson county, was wakened at one
o'clock on Saturday morning, the 23d,
by the attempted entrance of a robber
through the window.   He   demanded
ber money which she gave him.   He
then ordered her to give him her revolver, whioh she gave bim also, but not in
the way he intended; she gave  him  a
ball through the head that laid him dying upon the ground outside.   The name
of the burglar was Thos. Is. Cook, alias
Miller  O'Brien,   alias  Charles   Davis.
The ditizens of Greenwood made up a
nice puree for the heroic widow.   Bhe
well deserves the thanks and   praise of
all good citizens.
The Crops in England.
The Agricultural Gazette publishes returns from its correspondents throughout the United Kingdom, from whioh it
gathers the following conclusions: The
hay crop is certain to be both late and
light. Green crops are nothing like so
promising as they were last year. Potatoes are promising. .As to the wheat
crop, reports are, on the whole, favorable. The crop is late, and in some
places thin, hnt generally there is a prospect of a fair average yield. Of the
spring corp, the barley is generally looking better than the oats, which have
suffered from the wireworno, and are
patchy in many places.
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Mb. J. H. Roddei*i., Castleton, this
county, will ofler a large lot of flne
horses, sheep and swine, at publio sale,
August 18. Particulars will be given
next week.
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