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nTOIAHAFOUS, INDIANA* FEBRUAEY17,1877.
No. 7.
i  *£ 4"
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
FOB  SALE.
."IjlOR SALE—I have eggs Ibr sale from Chicago
IJ Premium Light Brihma stock. Prices reasonable.   MfcS. EMMA ALDE."*, Sunman, Iud.      6-tw
JWB
SALE—The well known White Oil Ccm
      Single packages Scents; 12 or more 20 cenu
each.   Addrtss, Indiana Farmer Office.
*   7-tf.
' TriOR SALE—■Swenty-flve Poland China and Berk-
JC shire brood sows for (hie. J. a. GILBi'Itr,
Louisville, Henry county, Ixd.    , 4-lwks
FOR SALE—AnewChildsBrothers' Organ,ftyle
30, new and In good condition.   For sal* at a
discount frj.m regular price.     '
-     -  4tf      ■ . Jsnuru Fabmeb Co. ,
F
OR BALE or exchange a Chester White male
hog. lias proved good for stock.. Addre*:
GEORGE DeLONU, Blufflon, '   •       ■
6-tf (173)        ■.       Wells County Ind.
TJIOR SALE—Galvanized Xureka Fap Spent * We
. Jj have a few hundred of the*e sap tpouts, which
- we will sell at the low rate of 13 50 .per hundred.
,    4—4w PCBUsHBus op Indiana Fabueb.
TJIOR 8ALE—Bronze Turkeys.   I have a few pairs
' _I> ot tine Bronze Turkeys crotsed with American
wild turkeys, for sale at 86,00 a (air.   J, M, Bray A
Bon, Hamilton county, Ind. *>-3w
TT^OR 8ALE—Poland-China Trigs, from three tp
JD six months old. Seme Are males ready for
service. Geo. P*. Parent, Union City, Randolph Co,
Ind. .   ».  . 3-ly
FOR BALE—Eiki Bwine.' A few extra choice
male pigs 4 to 8 months old at low figures. Address A. P. Wiley and Son; New Augusta, Marlon
county, Iud.      . 8-tf
FOR SAtE—Black 8pan*»h Jack for tale cheap;
he la 15 bancs high, weighs 1,000 B<s, ls 9 years
old and a good foal getter.   Addm* or call on A. J.
' Peed, New Castle, Henry county, Ind S 8t
-TJIOR SALK-Jerrey Cattle,(ITerdRegister)Berk-
YE   shire and Poland China hogs,; Light Brahma
, and Game fowl*.        »..„;..     • .   .
12-^-lyr    (126)   D. W. Voyles, New Albana, Ind.
' VTOR SALE—Cotswold Bhcep, Berkshire Swine,
• -J? .White Holland Turkeys, Aylesbury Ducks, and
, Partridge Cochin Chicks.   Address, Jacob Kenne-
day.Ltxton, Hendricks Co., Ind.' *      40,tf
' "TrtOR 8ALE.'afewfir6tclSF« Buff Ccchln fowls
• . JD from imported stock. ■ Also egj» tiir July 1st
' , at 12.00 per setting of 13.   Address:
'   J. L. Carey, Indianapolis Ind.
,    : 6-22U     .. SS and 87 Bouth Meridian Bt
' 'jffllUli HALE—One Holstein bull 2 years and 9W
JD months old, weight,2500 lbs.; alto four half-
blood bull calves 9 and 10 months old; welpbt from
"400 to600; price very reasonable, ROBT. McMIL-
LEN, neat Logansport, lntt. .. 6-2w
"fJOR BALE-Concord Grape Vines, Ihrte years,
. J2 ■ extra. J2 per dozen.   Eureka, a new seedling
of great promise, Jl per two vines. Nursery stock
1 of all kinds.  Fend for circulars.   I. IL HAYSKS,
Excelsior Gardens, Delphi, Ind.   ■ 4-4wks
TT-IOR SALE—Garden and Horticultural Lands,
' P near Irvington,. at J100 per acre. Alsegood
i building ground for sale nesr Irvington and Unl-
- versity, at (100 per acre. Call on or address J. C.
,.McCLAlN, Irvington. Ind. ,     ..   5-4w
r**rj*lORBALE— A one-Durham Bull of the Short-
JD hom stock: full blood; redlgree furnished on
application. Enquire of E. 8. JONES, Kouit's Button, Porter connty, Indiana, or of H. C. Holloway,
, Indianapolis. 8-4w
' "IT10R SALE—We have a nice lot of choice Berk-
, -JH shire pigs now four months old, which we will
■ sell at reasonable prices to all customers who apply
' early.   Also a few sow pigs ready for breeding.
■ i ... i '.;.       ' A. B. GILMODR & CO.
60-tf Y   !    ," • Greensburg, Ind.
FOR SALE, one flne Trio Buff Cochin, price
$26. One Faim MU1 "for grinding for stock
price 125. "'   J. BUTTERFIELD.
.,2wks.    ,   , 62 South Pennsylvania St.  .
-T \   : .,      v   '    "   i :*> . ' Indianapolis.
TTIOR SALE, a few choice pair of PatridEe Coch'
' t}   ins at S3 00 per pair; Two Light Brahma Cock;
;erelsatS2.each; Two Brown Leghorn Cocks, at
S2. each, or will exchange  one Brown Leghorn
Cock. _   J. T. WILLIAMSON A SON.    '
2 tim      (176) Thorntown Ind.
. T7IOR8ALE   One Combing Challenge Feed mill
' JO   nearly new; sold for want of power to run,
grinds well, price **7*> 00.   Address;    ....
' , J.A.JOHNSTON. ,
Poolsvllle, Warren Co. Ind.
EOR BALE—Will book orders for eggs of Dark
Brahmas, Houdans, and R. B. Games at tl per
setting.   Rouen and Aylesbury Ducks at S3 per set-
' ttrr.   Pekins at ti per setting.   Bremen, Toulouse
. and Hongkong Geese, 51 per dc zen, Premium stock.
. L H. HAYNEs,. Excelsior Gardens, Delph, Ind. 4-4t
"■ TTIOR 8 aLE, Fruit farm at a bif gain, less than
JD ' ft mile from tbe Public Square of Kokomo Ind.
' containing 15 acres, well stocked with fine fruits,
both large and small. Good house, earn and othtr
buildings, well and cistern.   Address: >
,     , 6-lw C, 8. BOGGS, Kokomo, -Ind,
', *TJ10RSALE. A thoroughbred bull live years old
_C   II  Novemoer last; a quiet disposition sure
. getter, and a noted prize Winner, having won .six
first premiums ln tie fall ot 1875 at four fairs, incln-
, ding first premium ln his class at,the Indiana State
*Fair, will tie sold cheap, very cheap.
w. ENOCH R. KENNY, Lafayette Ind.
FOR SALE, Pure Light Brahma Chickens, from
prize birds of the most noted breeders In the
United states.. Also Pure Italian Bees and Queens.
Would exchange for Coltswold Sheep,'- or a male
Ohester White pig. None but undoubtedly pure
stock and finesdecimens wanted. Address* -.
DELOS WOOD, North Madison
Mw       (173) Jefferson Co, Ind,
FOR SALE. I will sell the following Registered
Jersey animal, sex male, name kamenunder
Herd Register No. 418.   Is perfectly  quiet, easily
' handled and ls 5 years old. Address or call on
L. 8. AVERY, Sunny Side Ind.
4 miles West of Indianapolis on National road 7-lw
TJIOR SALE—A thoroughbred bull, five years old
J3     ln November last; a beautiful red color quiet
disposition; sure getter, and a noted prizJ winner,
'- saving won sIxj first premiums ln his class at the
ludlau a State fair, will be sold v er j cheap. Addresa
ENOCH R. KESNY,
5-2w '       '      ' Lafayette, Ind.
FARM FOR 8ALE-Contalnlng52 acres, ln Morgan county, Ind., on the gravel road half a
mile east of Martinsville; good two story frame-
.house, several out-buildings, 17 acres of woodland,
pasture, balance under cultivation, apple and peach
, orchard, several good springs with plenty of never-
failing water for stock.   Address
, J. M. ST. JOHN,
6-tt       . ■   '■' Franklin, Ind.
MONET tOANS.
W A JIT ED.
\irANTED—Cotton-wood lop; also, Cotton-wood
fV    luch-boards.   State priie delivered at
CDELL LAUDER and WOODEN WARE CO'S
4-lm Factory North Indianapolis. Ind.
MISCELLANEOUS
FOR TRADE—640 acres of choice land In northern Texas, well watered and adapted for a
Mock or grain farm, to trade fcr land ln southwestern Iowa.   Address A. F„ care Indiana Farmer,   lt
FOR TRADE—Safe, donble doors with combination lock, for bores and large delivery w«gon
or lumber. UDELL LADDER ASD WOODEN WARE
CO., North Indianapolis, Ind. 4-lm
TO LOAN—S600000—In sums of 51.000 and np-
ward, on well-imotoved Farms in any county
ln the State. Time, three to five years. Interest ten
per cent., payable semi-annually at the end of every
six months.    Commission five.per cent.    Money
■ £Jmls2e<1Jn fiTe ^3™ "f*1" examination of property, and abstract and appraisement is made. In
writing give number of acres cleared and ln cultl-
) ™u°n> Wnd of house and bam and value.   Ad-
! dress W. A. Bradshaw, State Savings Bank. No. 56 N.
I Pennsylvania st, Indianapolis. M-tf
Southern Planter and Farmer. Rlctimond. Virginia, Chief Agricultural Journal of the South, devoted to Agilculture, Stock, Horticulture ard Ru-
ral Affairs; subscription tl jer year. In connection with this paper, we have Vibgi.nia Firsts ln
every rotUcn of theState for rale, Send*t rap for
de-criptive list DICKSON A CHKn NINO.
; 7-2w  ,- , . R.thmond, Va.'
Foityyears experience Inthe ma^ufacure of
White Lr*d, warrrntsuslnsajlngthat our "Phot-
nlx".BraudI'ure White Lead can not be excelled
In any of tte requisites that tend to make the beat
paint. It Is y, hlle, line, has tho greatest body and
covering capatity.and for durablUy is uro-urpased
Every keg Is warranted perfectly pure, and to give
entire satisfaction. Sold by dealers ln Paints generally.   Eck>teln. Hills A Co., ClmlnnaU, Ohio.
11-15-19     (175) .,.',,.
Round Grove Stock Farm.
Montmorency Ind, February 11,1877.
Editors Indiana Farmer;—Please state ln your
next number tbat vie are unable to fill, except a
register, any more orders for Jersey Red Sows, In
nig at present We will register orders for young
slgs and fill them during the summer. The demand
for the hogs Is far ahead of any thing we expected.
Tbe object of this note ls to prevent parties writing
us for young sows In pig, which we will ba unable
to tend. J. P.LUSE<kBons.      7-lw    (176)
THE FARM.
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Postal £ard Correspondence.
UTDIANA.
Knox County—Feb. 7th.
Wheat ln Ihis locality looks bad. Very
few stock bogs • all fat hogs sold, and salted.
Farmers now busy preparing for another
crori. Thompson Wallace.
Wheatland, Ind. |    ,   (
Kteaben  Comity—Feb. Sth.
I have noticed In your paper, f#-nests for
short articles, but I have not seen much from
thia county. We have had much fine sleighing and a pleasant winter. 8tock of all kinds
are doing well. Hay worth $8 00; corn 60
cents; oats40; wheat$1.30.
Samtjkl Wolfe.
Floyd Connty—Feb. 8lh
' We are having Rice weather at present.
Farmers all busy at work making fences and
such work. Our stock pastures look like a
goose with half her feathers plucked. Times
hard, never b»w it worse.' Farmers hoping to
sell enough to pay their enormous taxes.
' '. '      G. D. B..
Ripley connty—Feb. 12th. ",
The'weather for the last week or two has
been very fine, much like spring, Farmers
are beginning to look to the spring campaign
(of work.) Wheat looks fine, prospects better for a crop than for. many years. Stock
hogs scarce, but what few there are look well
and are in good health.   No" cholera here'.
R. W. T. ;
,. Miami County—Feb. Sth.
, The roads are bad, just now we can not get
around as good as we could when we had
snow. Hogs all sold; stock hogs scarce ; the
Yellow Oil com is worth its money in ' gold.
I-received a package from Mr. L. F. Farmer,
and am more than satisfied, and I expect to
buy some more. Long may the Indiana Fab-
m*eb wave. A Ghahoi***,
Hnntlnsrton Connty—Feb. 9th.
The snow has now left us, and the wheat
looks very well, also the grass looks well.
The roads are very bad; the weather is mild
and' pleasent Mr. L. F. Fanner's Yellow
Oil corn, ' is No. 1 corn. I recommend it
altera trial of it. The Indiana Fabmeb' is a
welcome visitor in this neighborhood. .
R. A. Call.
Sullivan connty—Feb* 10th.
I have been reading the Faemer about. IS
months, and it is a welcome visitor. I bave
been living in this neighborhood 66 years, and
never bsw as cold a winter as this, has been
part of the time. But at present it is very
pleasant. Peaches are killed in some places.
There is some hog cholera in' this neighborhood.   Most of the stock are doing well.
P. M. O'Havsb.
IlnntlDfrton Connty—Feb. 10th.
This county is in a flourishing condition.
The weather is very fine, and farmers are
looking cheerful. I have not seen a better
prospect for wheat in many years. Stock
generally looking well. Peaches as far as I
have examined are killed. The Fakmer ia
very popular in this section, at least. aU the
subscribers are highly pleased with it.
Petes Weese.
•Brant Connty—Feb. 9th.
Onr weather is now mild our wheat looks
green and strong, but freezing and thawing in
March may kill it all out.' We have only • a
small amount of wheat sown last' fall. Our
crops was generally light of all kinds, except
hay and that was a large crop, and sells at a
very low price. Hog cholera has been among
us, bnt perhaps not as bad as in some other
places. Many farmers have turned attention
to ditching, believing it to be the only salvation for our wet lands, and some relief for
bard times. ' .    Jobtt Jaqua.
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Bash County—Feb. fllh.
The early sown wheat is looking well; the
late sown will probably be a failure, and
nearly always is in this county, may sluggards learn by it. The oom crop is tbe best
ever raised in this county, both in quantity
and quality. Many hogs have died of cholera
and many have been sold at paying prices,
and the farmers are prosperous. This county
is satiable for all crops that are raised in the
West, and possibly second to none in this
State.   The Indiana Fa emir is the paper for
ns. T. A. J.
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Henry connty—Feb. 13th.
The fine May-like weather still continues,
and the growing wheat is showing the. effect
of it.   At present it looks  very   fine,  bat  I
fear that if a cold spell was to come now, lt
would be very  itrjurious to it.   Wheat sells
at from $1 25 to $1.40; com 30  to  35  centa
fat hogs all sold; stock hogs worth from 5) to
6 Miits, and very scarce.   This  county  has
had a very heavy loss by cholera, bnt It is
abating now.   Peaches  all  killed; potatoes
that were holed  up  are badly   frcien,   and
worth 75 to $1.00. There will be more planted
this season than  last,   will  also be a large
breadth of flax sown. T. P. BimEB.
Harrlaon Connty—Feb. nth.
Weather fine for the last two weeks. Wheat
that was put in with the drill looks splendid.
Farmers must learn to put in their wheat
better. Those who pnt in with drill and
bone dust, have good fields of wheat, and
those that broke tbe ground twice have still
better prospects.' We will have to learn to
put in less crops and put them in better. Five
acres well put in will pay better than twenty
half put in. We must cultivate the land in
order to destroy the weeds. It is useless to
make the land rich With fertilliers if we
grow weeds Instead of wheat! , Potatoes worth
about $3.00 per barrel; apples $1.00; wheat
$1.25; corn 35 -.to 40 '.cents; a', good many
potatoes-frozen, also onions. A; Orange
lecture in this county will be thankfully received. Wishing you success Mr. Editor I
close. W. F. Cromwell.  >
Elizabeth, Ind.
Brown Connty—Feb. 6th
Weather warm; rosds mnddy for Ihe first
time this winter. Horses plenty and cheap.
Cattle scarce, in good demand at low figures.
Fat hogs all sold at $5.00 to $5 60 ; stock hogs
scarce, worth 6 cents. Will pure bred swihes
transmit to their progeny, their shape and
color, when the male is mated with sows of
an inferior breed? Will some breeder of fine
stock please answer through postal correspondence? Corn worth 35 to 40 cents; wheat
$1.15; oats there is none, all killed by rust.
Grangers a little on the background. Much
was • expected of our State and National
Grange. We Were disappointed. Nothing
was done about lowering* the fees; though
all the subordinate Oranges asked for it.
Alfred Williams.  ]
We hope that some of our breeders will
answer our correspondent's inquiry.—Ed;
Y .'I   Morgan Connty.—Feb.   §th. :
I wish to know the time to sow flax for
seed, the amount of seed per' acre, and the
best mode of putting it in, and where seed
tbat is good can • be procured. - If some of
your readers or yourselves will answer, I will
be much obliged. We are having fine weather
here at this time. Wheat looks pretty brown,
but I think tbat the roots are green. : Cattle
look pretty well for the season, several feeding
within a few miles of here. Hogs almost
all sold tbat are tat. • • Aahon Mills.
Flax needs a rich ■■ mellow loam. Half a
bushel of seed per acre when grown for seed
alone, is enough oh finely pulverized soil.
Two bushels per acre, when the object ia
lint as well as seed. Sow as early in April as
the- land can be properly prepared. Borne
prefer brushing in to harrowing. It is important tbat the surface of the soil is not
lumpy. The seed can be furnished by the
Fabmeb Purchasing Agency.—Editobs.
ture, where they had constant access to pure
running water and shade from the hot sun,
where everything was clean and pure, and the
cholera among them was very fatal. There is
plenty of corn here yet, and but few stock
hogs.   Other stock doing well.      A. O. D.
mssoiTRi.
Osage connty—F< b. 3rd.
I want to tell the readers of the Farmer
that if they will set gate and fence posts top
end down wards, that they will last folly one-
half longtr than with the salt brine. I know
this by actual trial. A. 0. L.
Jackson Connty—Feb. Sth.
The hegs are still dying rapidly with the
cholera in all this section of Missouri. There
are not half the stock hogs there were last
year at this time, and in all Western Missouri
the crop will be short in hogs for next season.
Wheat since tbe snow melted looks well.
B. w. ;
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MICHIGAN.
Branch Connty—Feb. Sth.
After a trial of it for years I am a greater
believer ln clover than ever before. I find
that it can be made a profitable crop, and enrich the land all at the same time. ,1 advise
my brother farmers with failing lands to try
It, and they will be satisfied, T.W. D. '
Calbonn Connty—Feb. Oth.
For four years now I bave made it a rule to
put in a large crop cf the small grain that was
the lowest in price during the preceding fall
and winter, and have always succeeded ln
getting good market prices. The fact is tar;
men generally rash in. the biggest: crop 'of
that which Is selllDg highest, and so they glut
the market the next season. As a rule we
should however have a variety of crops, so
that if one fails'we will have another to fall
back upon.. "   • ' Q. WALtiio.
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Jasper Connty—Feb. 7th.'
The failures In wheat raising is resulting in
directing the attention of farmers to growing
more grass' and cattle. The refrigerator shipments of carcass beef East and to Europe is
opening the eyes of farmers in this grazing
State. The' winter has been very cold," tint
stcck has done well. * Fabmeb.
Clarke Connty—Feb. Sib.
Many farmers in this part of Iowa have
quit their wholesale wheat growing,' and put
much of their lands to clover anil timothy,
and grow cattle and sheep. We make more
money ahd make it easier than, in growing
wheat, and out land is rapidly improving
also.' Stock'has done fine* this cold winter.
Weatherfine now.      ■ ■" ■ \ -        "L. R. 8.
! Henry" County—'Feb. 6tb.
The freezing out of clover with me has
played out. I find that it froze out because I
barred the ground by too close grazing to tbe
cold weather.* -For three years I have left a
good aftermath of grass, and now there ls no
more freezing out. As the Fabmeb said last
fall, if we were to wear linen coats in winter
We would freeze out too.    . A. J. Jordan.
Tamn Connty—Feb. 3rd,.
One of your correspondents some time ago
inquired about the wind-mill for getting
water for stock, and the milk and dairy house
I use one with perfect satisfaction. Besides
affording water for the stock, I run through
pipes into the milk room, a cold stream of
water, where it there runs on fiat bed and
channel of grout and cement. I find'it a
great luxury in the hot season for keeping
cool the milk and butter, for home use, and
market. A Fabmeb.
Dr. M. M. Wishard, Superintendent of the
Soldiers" Orphans' Home at Knightstown,
mysteriously disappeared last week, and at
this writing his "whereabouts  is unknown.'
The valuation of personal property in
Delaware county, for the year 1876 for taxable purposes is $2,832,307. The total valuation t>f real and personal property for taxation
is $11,185,244. ,        . .
General News.
whisky is made in.
OHIO.
TENNESSEE.
Hnmncr  County—Feb. 2nd.
This has been a very, cold winter but ia
warmer now. Com Is selling here now' for
$1.50 per bushel; wheat $1.42. Irish potatoes
are worth $1.25, and sweet potatoes abundant
at 35 cents. Mules bring sixty to eighty dollars per head., Corals very scarce. Wheat
prospect only moderate. Sowing was late. ,
.'.,•'..•■• E. R.
•ffllUamaon   Connty—Feb. Sth.
Last season I tried sowing salt on my wheat
early ln the spring before the spring rains
were over. I used three bushels per acre, and
I am satisfied it increased the production yery
much, and made the straw still and though
rank it did not fall .like other wheat'did. And
the wheat thus; salted did not nut as the
other did. I am so well pleased with my experience that I will repeat it. in; the , spring
again. Have any other of, your correspond,
enta any experience on this subject? Let' na
hear from them. "' "' * '   j. O.  !
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irxiNOis.
Shelby Connty—Feb.   Oth.
Last year the potatoes I grew brought me
on an average of $75 per acre profit. I raised
at the rate of 2C0 bushels per acre on a sandy
loam land. The prices will likely not be so
high the coming season, and I would not advise any one to make potato growing a
specialty. Let us grow a variety of crops, and
if one fails we will have another that won't.
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Effingham  Connty—Feb. 10th.
My success with potatoes has been for. two
years very satisfactory, both as to profit and
yield. I grow only the Peerless, and Peach-
blow, for general market crops, and find them
the most profitable in yielding. ,These grow
rapidly and better,overcome the insects in
this way than the other varieties. ; It I lived
convenient to a good local market I would
also plant the Early Kose, as they are profitable to those well located.   '    ' Reader.
Sangamon Connty—Feb. 9th.
I see that some of your correspondents
hold that hog cholera prevails only where
the hogs are kept in filthy places and pens.
But that is not the case. I had a fine lot of
hogs running in blue grass  and   clover pas-
KENTTJCKT.
Franklin Connty—Feb. ath.
I am grtatly interested in your Postal Card
department, and .will contribute my."mite
about wheat and rust. Years ago when we
were cleaning up our wood lands and burning the log heaps, we had no trouble from
rust on our wheat, and I folly believe it was
because ofthe wood ashes in the soil. • I have
in the past two years tried, on a small scale,
super-phosphate on a wheat plat, and: while
in the field wheat rusted more or lees, where
this fertilizer was used it did rust. The superphosphate contains much the same properties as the wood ashes, and this is a strong
hint to me in future wheat raising. Have
Others tried this or ashes, and if so what waa
the result with them? F. I*.
KANSAS.
Barton Connty—Feb. Sth. ,
Will a tew words from this county be acceptable? Our winter weather lasted four
weeks, and the temperature was pretty
severe, 4° below zero being the lowest. Fine
warm weather now again. Sowing spring
wheat and plowing for oats ard com. ' Grasshoppers deposited no eggs here. Crops look
promising. Young grass starting up. Wheat
$1.10; com 40 to 60 cents- oats 30 cents.
Hogs scarce, and none in' market No potatoes.     . ,   , J. M.
Shelby connty—Feb., 8th., ,
Since the snow melted and warm weather
tet in, the wheat has begun to look green and
flne, and thus far through the winter we are
safe with our growing'wheat. I think fruit
all light also..,',.   -•     ,', ;   ,....,'    D. M.
Hardin Connty—Feb. 7th.     '
I see that some farmers writing on the subject prefer drilling com to planting- in the
hill. I have no doubt this will do well where
the ground has been kept cleen of weed seeds,
but in other ground the hill and row plan,
plowing both ways, is the best I can grow
more corn per acre by carefully thinning,three
stalks to the hill, than anybody can with
more than that. I always thin out to three
stalks, and have grown as high as 80 bushels
per acre. Wheat now looks fine. . Stock doing well, and fruit buds all right .     S. H.,
• In Chicago crooked
vinegar factories.
Ei-Congre-sman James L. Johnson, "of
Owensboro,. Ky., committed suieide by shooting himself a few days since.     "        -T. . .
Portland Maine, haa ' sunk $4,000,000 1».
railroad subsides, from which little or noth-
will be realized. ' (        '     ■ . *,
• Jail commitments in Pittsburg have fallen
off 75 per cent, suuas the temperance revival
there commenced.
The New York Alderman asks the legislature to appropriate $1,000,000 to give work to
unemployed men.      Y   •
Employes of the Boston and Lowell railroad
are required to eigna document waiving- all
claims if killed or injured on the road.
The Government has prohibited- the Importation of neat cattle from Germany on account of the'riader-pest, until further orders.
John D. Lee, ofthe Mountain Meadow massacre in Utah, was sentenced to be shot recently, but the sentence has not been carried
out yet
The Commission for counting and deciding
the electoral vote of the disputed States, has
given theStateof Florida to Hayes. Thevote]of
the Commission in that decision was a strictly
party vote, eight to seven. ,"       ''
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NEWS   OF  THE  WEEK.
State Stwi,
• Judge Stephen Dunlap, of Morgan county,
died a few days since. He waa a sucoessftil
and noted breeder of Short horn cattle.
The Rntt'an Heating and Ventilating Com-
pany broke ground, Thursday of last week,
for a new foundry at Normal, which will be a
great accession to the trade of that place.      '
Mr. John Hill, living a short distance from
Bloomington, haa a colt not yet three 'years
old.that weighs 1,680 pounds. '
History of a Picture.
FLORIDA.
Jacksonville—Feb. Oth. y,
The weather is fine here, peach trees are in
bloom; strawberries almost ripe; peas are
big enough to pull. The orange crop was
considerably damaged by the frosts. Stock
is very poor down here. The State Fair
commences the 19th of this month, and closes
the 25th. The arrivals from the North fall
short about half from last year. Times are
very dull. You will confer a favor by sending a few copies of your paper to Mr, D. S.
Place, Secretary of the State Fair Committee,
to Jacksonville. i   . 8. W. Rea.
The Wabash Iron-works at Terre Haute are
running full time.        •,
' Fifty paupers are in the Daviess county
poor asylum.
■ There has been a great loss of hogs in Perry
county from cholera. _       i . ■
Some lots of wheat sold in Washington
last week at $1.60 per bushel.
' Colonel Cyrus L. Dunham, of New Albany,
is lecturing on temperance.
Mad-dcgs are reported, to be numerous in
the north part of Martin county.
- A Goshen butcher recently killed a mammoth beef which weighed 2,300 pounds.
One thousand seven hundred children are
enrolled in thepublic schools of Richmond.
The Superintendent of the Shelby county
poor farm runs the Institution for - $700 per
year.
" • The Sullivan Democrat warns the public
against an "egg shell insurance company" recently organized in that county.
Eighteen hundred dollars per year was the
salary allowed the absconding cashier of the
First National Bank of Franklin.
- The Prison examining committee of the
Legislature found the Southern prison to. be
badly managed and deeply in debt.
The Terre Haute Iron and Nail-works Is
running over time and are. behind their
orders. They made last week over 700 kegs
per day. ...,.,., ,
Samuel Smith, a farmer, living near Franklin, Johnson county, was waylaid and robbed
of $160, near his-residence, on: Sunday morning last.     ' .' ■••'■i:     " •'    ... '- ■-■   !J     ■
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;  Some    conscience-Btricken,   individual  Is
gradually restoring portions of his ill-gotten
gain to the city of Fort Wayne. His donations amount to $353.85.'■    : ■■'!,-
' A gentleman living in. 'Jackson township,"
Tippecanoe county, proposes to give a donation of $6,000 to tlae township on the con-
ditioii that it will be used as a fund for a
township, graded school. He further, agrees,
if located on hisifarm, to give five acres for
theichoollot;        :.*Y
Two of the most celebrated artists the world
has ever known dwelt in the same city. One
delighted in delineating beauty in all ita
graces of tint, form, and motion. His por,
&aits were instinct with the charm of physical vigor. The graceful, half-voluptuous outline of form and feature harmonized with,
delicately blended tints. On his canvas, ' the
homeliest faces had an almost irresistible
charm. The other found pleasure only in depleting weiid and glQomy. subjects. Above
all, did he excel in painting:the portrait of,
the dying. The agonizing death-throe, the-
ghastly race and form, were all depicted.with
marvelous fidelity. There existed between
these artists the most intense' dislike. 'At
length this dislike culminated. The beauty-
loving artist had been engaged . in painting
the portrait of a beautiful woman. Connoisseurs pronounced it the most wonderful
piece of art that had ever been produced.
His brother artist was jealous of his fanie
and sought revenge. By bribing the keeper
of the studio he gained access to the picture
each night At first he waa content to only
deaden the brilliancy pf the complexion and
eyes; efface the bloom from cheek and lip
and paint a shadow on either cheek. Later,
hia strokes grew bolder and freer, and one
morning the artist awoke to find the entire
out-lihe of the portrait changed. He could
scarcely recognize in the emaciated form ahd
haggard countenance the glowing conception
hehad embodied. The pallid face and expressionless eyes Ke had attributed to a lack
of genuiness in his materials; but when the
outlines where changed he suspected the cause
and indignantly dismissed the keeper. What
ihe revengeful artist marred by a few rapid
strokes ofhis skillful brush was only restored
by years of patient industry. Reader, need
we name the artist,—Health, who paints the
flowers and "grassy carpet" no leas than the
human form divine,—Disease, the dreaded
artist who revels among the ruins both of
nature and humanity,—and Carelessness, the
keeper to whom Health often intrusts his
portraits. And is it not the beauty of woman,
the most admired of all the works which
adorn the studio of Health, that Disease
oftenest seeks to mar? The slightest stroke
ofhis brush upon the delicate organization
leaves an imprint that requires much Bkill
and patience to efface. Restoration must be
prompt. Carelessness must be dismissed.
Let suffering woman heed the warning ere
Disease has marred their chief beauty-
Health—beyond reparation. Dr. Pierce's
favorite prescription has been used by thousands of these sufferers, and they are unani*
mous in their praiae of ita excellence. If you
would be transformed from the pallid,
nervous invalid into a happy, vigorous
woman, try it' ■ ■ >
All the advancement in science, ■ art
and civilization has not prevented children from kicking holes through the toes
of their shoes.' Only Sil ver Tips prevent
this.   Also try Wire Quilted Soles..  7-lt
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■ Knox Nurseries—Sse two advertisements
of these reliable Nurseries in our next week's
edition. 7 &9
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Attention is called to tbe advertisement of
"A Home acd Farm" in another colaipn.
Those thinking of "going West" should read
it  ; ■.•*.■