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Vol. XII.
INDIANAPOUS^ INDIANA, JUNE 2,1877.
No. 22.
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
Lost, Stray ed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
No better medium could be selected than this department of the Fa_m_b for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of it when you hear of the loss
of his stock.
FOR SALE.
*TT*IOR SALE—Farms ln Indiana and niinois. A.
Jj M. ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indian-
ijblis, Ind. 20-52ti(10)
F
per
OR SALE—Eggs of high class Plymouth Rock
Light Brahma, Golden Pel-right Bantam, 82
18.   E. C. BARRETT & SON, Ft. Wayne. 22-41*
F
IOR SALE-PEKIN DUCK EGGS—J3.t0 FOR 13
EGGS.   PDRE8TOCK. T.E.ELLIS,
12-10w288 Plainfield, Ind.
FOR SALE—The well known White Oil Corn
Single packages 15 cents; 2 packages, 25 cents,
or 11.40 per dozen. Indiana Fabmeb Office.
FOR SALE—Eggs from first class Buff Cochin
fowls from Imported stock till July lst at 82.00
per setting of 13.   Address:
J. L. Carey, Indianapolis Ind.
6-22U S5 and 87 South Meridian Bt
FOR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
SO, new and in good condition.    For sale at a
discount from regular price.
4tf Indiana Fabmbb Co.
FOR SALE or TRADE—"Muggins," 4028 A. S. H.
Record; 4 years old; a good breeder; will sell
cheap, or trade.   S. R. QUICK, Columbus, Ind.
13-tf-iOO
FOR SALE —POLAND-CHINA PIGS—A  few
choice pigs selected from a lot of 200.   Satisfaction guaranteed.   Send lor prices.   Address B.
C. BURKETT, Fincastle, Putnam county. Ind.
12-13W197
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FOR SALE—Thoroughbred Bhort-Horn Durham
Bull, owned by Horace White, Laona, Chautauqua Co., N. Y. Age, 2 years- weight, 1800 lbs. For
pedigree, address, BOND A ALLERD1CE, Indianapolis, Ind. 20-3i*
OR SALE—Will spare eggs, at reasonable rates,
from premium Light Brahmas.  Address
GREEN j_ VANSCYOC, Indianapolis, Ind.
H-lOw-202
FOR SALE—Poland China Pigs. No. 1 Pigs at
from 812 to 815 each. Also a few choice Chester White Pigs. Eggs and Chicks from high class
White, Buff and Partridge Cochins, D. Brahmas,
and B. Leghorns. WEST jS WHICKER, Pecksburg,
Htnuricks county, ind. 16-3mos
FOR SALE—Three Short-hom Brood Cows with
Sucking Calves by their tide; good Pedigrees;
hrst-clasa Show Cows; in Hue show condition now -,
will sell loner down than any man will similar
stock. They are regular treeaers; in their prime
from 4 to 6 years old. Also, 15 to 2d Breeding Ewes,
finely bred Cotswold,—several of them imported;—
will sell on 6 months time for approved paper.
Anyone wanting stock, all they have to do is to see
the stock, and we will trade SURE.
W. W. THRA8HER,
22-4t* Groves P. O., Rush county, Ind.
WAII-D.
1*1 r ANT ED—Agents In every township in this
'   VV     State to sell the New Illustrated History of
Indiana, and fine family Bibles.   J. W. Lanktree A
Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indlanapolis, Ind.    10-ly(189)
THE FARM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
WANTED it known that the White Oil Corn
has stood the test, won laurels, and is for
sale at 15 cts per pkg.  Address
8-tf Indiana Fabuib Company,
WANTED—Farmers to call on H. C. Rice, 35 Ky.
Avenue. Pumps, Wells, Cisterns and Vaults
dug, cleaned and repaired. 19 13t(l)
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
17IYE AND EAB. DR. I. A. E. LYONS, Room 10,
JtLl Bates' Block, opposite Post-office, Indianapo-
ETlnd. ■ 1913ti3*
HENRY F. BARNES, M. D., Physician and Surgeon.  Office, Rooms 10 and II Masonic Temple.  Office hours 10 to 12 a. m, and 2 to 4 p. m..
19-13t-8
"TT7"    R- STOKES, Attorney at Law, No. 6 Vin-
W «   ton's Block, opposite Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind. 22-4t*
MISCELLANEOUS.
MONEY to loan, ln sums of 8500 to 85000, on improved farms. Money in Bank No delay,
RODDELL, WALCOTT A VINTON, 44*>_ N. Pennsyl.
vania Street Indianapolis, Ind. 20tf-(10-
POP THE QUESTION CARDS.—A new plan-
Fun alive-In fun or earnest-Sure to please.
Sample 10c ROL1E B. BECK, box 1103, Vincennes,
Ind.  . 214U5
OTEEL Engravings of 1000 American Statesmen^
O 800 Photographic Views ot Washington, D. C.
Price, (by mail) Stereoscopic, 15c; Cabinet, 25c;
Carte DeViste, 10c.; Engravings, 26c each. Agents
wanted. Special terms offered. AMERICAN ART
CO., Washington.D. O. 16-40t 212
TEXAS—Two choice sections of land for sale
640 acres each.  Address, W. C. GREGORY,
600 Washington Avenue. St. Louis. 20-4w*
TEXAS LAND WARRANTS—Of 640 acres each,
for sale at 25 cents per acre, locatable on any
public lands In the State of Texas. Maps of Texas
and full information free. Address N. B.WARWICK, Agent, 138 Vine St., Cincinnati, O.     19ti(8)
Grange Matters.—Several items of
interest to the granges received, are crowded out to next number.
The Hoosier Patron has not been issued
for the past two weeks and we understand
it hns suspended publication.
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Orange Notice.
The Patrons of Jennings county will
meet in secret convention in the Odd
Fellows Hall, North Vernon, June 7th,
*t 9 a. m., for general consultation. Prominent members of the Order will address
the meetiiig. A full attendance is requested; prepare for harvest feast. Members of adjoining counties are invited.
:   Q-. W.i Vandergrifp, Chairman.
/      8. W. Harding, Sec'y,
Committee.
—I .    m   m	
•    If you have the  chills  and fever,  etc., see
aayertisem(Jnt of Snyder's  Curative  Pad in
t last.«,.„_>. -e,abmer on 4th page and }n 6th 00.
lend to J. H. V. Smith for informa-
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Our correspondents will please inform ns in
regard to the demand for farmhands and the
ruling rate of wages per month,  in their res
pective localities.   Let us hear from Pulaski
oounty.—Editobs.
Knox Co., May 26th.—It has been very wet
here until recently. Farmers are now in the
midst of corn planting. The growing wheat
looks exceedingly fine. Old corn gettiDg
scarce, and old wheat very near all used up
Fat hogs dull, $4,25@$4,60; wool, 20 to 25 cts
A. N. H
Jay Co., May 21st.—Wheat looks well and
beginning to head ont. Oats and grass, good
There will not be much fruit here. Com
planting Beason coming to a close. Weather
warm. No hog cholera around here as I have
heard of. I have received my premium, Ropp's
Calculator, and am well pleased with it. I
will act as agent again if I live.
G. R. Schbkk.
Allen Co , May 24th.—Cold and dry here.
Oats and flax will be a failure if it does not
rain soon. Corn planted and coming up, a
large breadth planted. W heat and rye never
better. Grass good. Apples a failure; pears
plenty where the blight does not hurt • them
peaches none; small fruits will be plenty.
A. M. Taylob.
__Maeion Co., May 28th.—Wheat and grass
doing well. Com nearly all planted. Some
early planting had to be done over. Multiplied millions of potato bugs. The battle is
raging all along the line for possession of the
potato. Can someone of the many readers of
the Fabmeb inform me where I can find the
Jersey Bed Hog for sale, and oblige
* H. W. C.
The Jersey Red Hog is advertised by two
or three persons in the Fabmeb—[Eds.
Floyd Co., May 22d.—Wheat looks well
aud a large' acreage sown. Oats, medium
Com about all sown. We are having fine
growing wsather now. Potatoes look well,
but there is a splendid prospect for a large crop
of bugs this season. Potatoes, $1,50 per bushel
wheat, $1,75 to $1,80; oats, 45 to 50c; com, 45
to SOc. Hogs, best fatted, $4,75 to $5,10
Frnit not all killed, enough for home market
Times are hard and money scarce. Hoping
times will lookup before long.       G. D. B.
Georgetown, Ind.
Dkakboen Co., May 28th.—Weather for the
past week, cool,  dry and windy.   The early
planted corn came up  poorly: and requires
much replanting.   Some have furrowed out
and planted a second time.   Potatoes are gen
erally backward, though many patches look
well.   Wheat still promises a good crop. The
fruit  within  the   past ten days, has fallen
from the trees, so much as to render the pros
pectveryBlim.   Pastures generally good. Cat
tie look well.   Sheep very scarce in this coun
ty,   people generally  prefer  dogs.    Several
cases of hog cholera reported in the past week
Hope it will not prevail as a geneial scourge
as the farmers are supplied with the best stock
of hogs to be found in the country.   Learn of
no poultry disease; farmers generally supplied
with the best breeds and doing well.
M. B. K.
NEBRASKA.
Adams Co., May 17th.—Heavy rains prevent
active farm operations. The late spring and
cold rains have about used np the hoppers.
Small grains are doing well. This is not the
case everywhere in this State I am sorry to
say. M. 8. T.
ILLINOIS.
Vermillion Co.) May 25th.—Have had a
backward spring and corn was planted late.
Wheat is promising well. Fruit generally bids
fair for average crop. J. Y. R.
Lawbknce Co., May 26th.—Winter wheat
and oats fine. Corn planting was late on account of wet weather, and not a very large
breadth planted.   Fruit prospects not the best.
J. A. G.
MICHIGAN.
Saginaw Co.—Wheat looks very promising.
Corn planting all done. Fair fruit prospect.
Have had heavy rains, but nogTeat damage
done. R- T. A.
"Vanbtjbin Co., May 14th.—Up to the 10th
instant the weather has been quite pleasant,
though decidedly too cool for vegetation to
make a rapid growth. However, this is an advantage rather than otherwise, as it prevents
fruit trees from blossoming in time to be
caught by the late frosts. During the past ten
days the weather has been warmer and trees
' are in full bloom.   Prospects for a good crop
THE HOOSIER HAY CARRIER.
This most excellent article for storing hay in barns, is manufactured by J. C. Wingate & Co., of Lafayette, Indiana. It is acknowledged as the best device ever invented
for putting hay into a barn. It is made entirely of malleable iron, with emery pol.
ished slides, thus making it very light and durable. It runs on a wooden track 3x4
inches, which is suspended from the rafters of the barn, and is spliceable and supportable at any required point. The track has a stop and a catch for the car to latch on
over the place of unloading. ..Thecar contains a perfect latch and bumper and pulley
for the hoisting rope. It latches fast to the track over the load, and stands there until
the hay is raised perpendicularly to the desired height, when an adjustable trip-block
placed on the rope strikes the bumper, causing the car to unlatch, and the hay is carried back into the barn to any required distance. . .
The first figure represents the carrier after it has unlatched from the latching place
over the driveway, and run back into the mow, taking the hay with it. The figure
shows the method of rigging the hoisting ropej where' it" is not practical to run it out
at the end of the barn *    ,    .
The second figure represents the carrier rigged to pitch in at a door in the gable end
of a barn or shed. It is just the thing for this purpose, and for small barns or sheds, or
where the greatest possible amount of hay is to be put into any barn, large or small,
the carrier is indispensable. *
Everything manufactured or sold by Messrs. J. O. Wingate & Co. is warranted to
be of the best workmanship and material, and to give satisfaction in every instance.
Send your orders, or write for further information. Address J. C. Wingate & Co.,
Lafayette, Ind., successors to C. H. Kirkpatrick.
of apples, peaches, cherries, and all varieties
of small fruit, were never better than at present. Corn is planted, oats looking well and
wheat prospect flattering.   Health good.
W. P. S.
IOWA
Cherokee Co., May 17th.—Fruit prospects
fair. Large breadth of corn planted. Grass,
oats and Bpring wheat, looking well.-**'-. -
S. G. B.
Crawford Co., May 20th.—Planting mostly
over. Prospects for small grain good. Oats a
larger crop than common.   Stock doing well.
W. D. F.,
All business and professional men should
understand the German language. You
will find it a pleasant as well^s profitable
study. If you wish to study German, apply to Prof, Hintz, Indianapolis Business
College, Bates Block, Indianapolis.
There is no occasion for you .to corae to
the city and, in your hurry and buisness, go
home with the headache, when you can step
Into the Exchange Dining Rooms, 68 North
Pennsylvauia St., west side, half a square
north ofthe post-office, and get a good, cup
of coffee and a full meal for only 25ct".
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The Crop Prospect.
From our exchanges and correspondents
throughout the State, we learn that the crop
prospects are unusually good. Wheat, grass,
and oats,' are uniformly reported in excellent
condition.' • The cold, wet weather in May delayed the corn planting to some extent, and
in some localities caused the seed that was
planted to rot, thus necessitating replanting;
bnt despite these drawbacks the acreage of
corn in the State will be largely increased. In
some portions of the State, especially the central, the fruit crop will be very short, while in
other parts of the State, principally in the
southern, there will be an abundance, making
a fair average for theState.
In some central and northern counties the
Colorado potato bugs have already made their
appearance in large numbers, and the indications are that our farmers will be compelled
to make a vigorous fight for the tubers this
season. Everything considered, the prospects
are exceedingly favorable, and if the season
should continue propitious, a new and more
prosperous era will soon commence in Indiana. -.;. '
W. W. Thrasher, of Groves, Rush Co., Ind.,
offers some fiae stock at a bargain. See advertisement on first page.
HEWS  OF THE  WEEK.
State New*.
The farmers of Clinton county have 200,000
bushels of corn for sale.
Vahlberg's flour mills, in Evansville, were
destroyed by fire Friday night.   Loss, 25,000.
Mrs. Wm. White, living a few miles below
Vincennes, on the Wabash, was drowned in
the river last Tuesday.
Mr. Daniels, of Gibson county, sold a black
walnut knot to a Cincinnati firm for one hundred and fifty dollars.—Princeton Clarion.
Billy Wilson, of Martinsville, Ind., is sue
cessfully hatching chickens with a coal oil and
stable manure incubator.—Martinsville Republican.
Last Thursday, Green McKeene, an unmarried man aged twenty-two years, was thrown
from his wagon while driving home from Kokomo, and instantly killed.
Deacon James Larimer, living near Davis's
Mills, Lagrange county, was burned to death
by the explosion of a coal oil lamp last Saturday.
A barn belonging to R. B. Boyard, of Dearborn county, was destroyed by fire on the 21st
inst., loss two thousand dollars.—Dearborn Independent.
There is said to be in one neighborhood in
Johnson county, within five miles of Edinburgh, fully 25,000 bushels of last year's corn
crop unsold.
James R. Crippen, a wealthy and prominent
farmer residing near North Vernon, died Wednesday from the result of a severe kick inflicted by a vicious horse a few days since.
A. M. Gruber, of Bremen, Elkhart county,
committed suicide on the 17th ult, by taking
poison. Financial troubles are supposed to
have" been the cause.—Goshen Times.
Captain Alex. Stallings, of Center township, Posey county, six miles southeast of Mt.
Vernon, was drowned Thursday evening,
while fishing in Little Bayou, near Foot's
pond.
An agent of the Japenese Government has
lately purchased five car loads of thoroughbred horses and cattle in the blue grass regions
of Kentucky. The stock was shipped to Yo-
kohoma via. San Francisco.
John Tuley, of Walton, Ind., dry goods
merchant, was burned out on Saturday night
19th ult. Loss on stock, $8,000; folly insured^
The building valued at $1,500, belonging to
Mrs. Stowe. No insutance.—Logansport Journal.
The daughter of Charles Rapp, residing at
Cherubusco, Allen county, while suffering
from ague, Friday, Bent to a drug store for quinine. The druggist made a mistake, gave her
morphine, and death ensued in six hours.
An old grudge existing between Jobey
Piatt and John McFarland, of Brown county,
was settled a few days since by the shooting
and killing of McFarland, by Piatt.
John Stubblefield, a boy about eighteen
years of age, living in the eastern part of Pike
county, shot himself in the head last Saturday, with a revolver, killing him instantly.
Owing to the cold wet weather and defective
seed, there is considerable trouble with
the early planted corn in this portion of Madison county, whole fields having to be planted
over.—Anderson Herald.
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A few days since Mr. William Share and
family of Madison county, partook of a mess
of greens in which there was some rank vegetable poison, rendering the whole family
dangerously sick, and causing the death of
Mr. Bhare.—Anderson Herald.
Albert Pigeon, a switchman in the employ
of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railway at Fort Wayne, fell underneath a moving
train of cars Thursday and was instantly killed. His brother was killed in the same place
and same manner about a year ago.
The Tippecanoe County, Ind., fair for 1877,
will be held at Lafayette, commencing September 3rd, and continuing six days. Seven thousand five hundred dollars are offered in cash
premiums. The herd sweepstakes premium
on cattle is $500 for first, and $250 for second
open to all, and very liberal premiums in all
classes.
We have the general news item, but no details concerning the cause of a shooting affray
at Sharpsville. One Cline had threatened the
life of his brother-in-law, named Bradley, and
went to the house of tbe latter to execute his
threat. Bradley shot Kline three times with
a shotgun, reloading after firing twice. Kline
was wounded from his knee to his head and
died at once.—Kokomo Tribune.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
notice calling in 6-20 bonds of March 3rd, 1865,
dated July lst 1865, aggregating $10,000,000.
The telegraph announces that Gen. Grant
has arrived in London, and that the British
people are tendeiing him receptions, banquets,
etc.
Hon. Matt Carpenter, of Wisconsin, has a
law practice of $75,000 a year. We humbly
venture to assert that he does not earn the
half ofthe sum.
A great famine prevails throughout the interior of China which for extent and destruc-
tiveness, bas seldom been equaled in the world.
Hundreds of thousands have already died of
starvation.
Four ocean steamers that sailed from New
York on the 26th ult., carried a million pounds
o^beef for the British markets. The demand
for American beef is on the increase as may
be seen from the increase in shipments.
Barnum, the great showman, has bargained
with Mr. Ross, father of the lost Charley, to
offer $10,000 reward for the recovery of the
boy, with the privilege of addirg him to the
attractions of his great Bhow in case he is
found.
The French Ministry is in trouble. The
leading men at the head of the Government
are at variance. Several have resigned and
prospects for a revolution seem not improbable. Germany is looking on with apprehension and continues strengthening her armies
and making preparations for whatever may
come.
General News.
The State Fair of Texas is in progess at
Houston, with a large attendance and satisfactory display.
QUERY AND ANSWER
Rockvillk, Ind., May 22nd, 1877,
Will some one please give a method by
which the wild sweet potato vine can be prevented from givirjg further trouble after hav-.
ing got a slight hold upon a farm. We have
tried to dig them out but have failed.
J.  W. Adams.
Cube fob Big Head ob Jaw.—Tell N. D. H.
of Henry county .if the enlargement cannot
be reduced with a blistering liniment, split
the skin in the center of the enlargement
about one inch; take a piece of arsenic the size
of a pea, wrap it in tissue paper and put in
the incision, and take a jstitch to keep it there.
In ten or fifteen days the porous bone will detach itself and be ready to take away.
Henby Cbess.
Indianapolis, May, 28th.
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Indiana Wool Grower's Association—
Notice of Meeting.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
There will be a meeting of the Indiana
Wool Grower's Association, at Franklin,
on the 12th day of June, at 10 o'clock a. m.
We invite all (o be present, not only members ofthe association, but all others who
feel an interest in wool growing. Bring
samples of wool, statements of clippings,
and any information that will be of interest. A statement of the reports made at
this meeting will be furnished the Fabmeb
for publication.
A. D. Whitesides, Sec'y.
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Premium No. 3.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
My premium No. 3, a No. 3 Whitney
Sewing Machine, was received the 16th
inst. It came through all right without
a scratch, ami only cost $1,19 from Pater-
son, N.Jersey, to Wabash, Ind., and ifl a
first class machine in every respect. Many
thanks to the company for their good selection and packing, and to those who
fave me their names for the good old
'armee which is bo easy to canvass for.
Long may it live and prosper.
P. H. GOODLAHDEB.
Premium No. 13.
Tobonto, Ind., May 22, '77.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
Premium No. 13, from Todd, Clifford &
Co., is received in good condition, and is
as fine a pig as I ever saw; am well pleased
and well paid for all my trouble. Many
thanks to the iriends that gave me their
names and money to help secure so fine a
premium. I also return the same to Messrs.
Todd, Clifford & Co., for so valuable! a
premium, the same to the Fabmeb Co.
Success to the Fabmeb and to Messrs.
Todd & Co., and to the readers of the
Fabmeb. Harriet Campbell.
Premium No. 40.
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Mr. F. A. Eothrock, our agent at Hope,
Bartholomew county, sends a sample of
the wool from the sheep he received from
Geo. Needles, Esq., of New Cumberland
Grant county, as a specimen. Experts
pronounce it a fine combing variety. The
specimen is of fine quality and speaks well
for Mr. N.'s care and skill as a bleeder.
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For Dyspepsia, Pitrby Davis' P/ih Kili.fb y~?7\J
is the very medicine. It warms the stomach, ' A^E*
and before it tbe wind, which causes thepa'n, T> -fJ/
stands no chance. A few drops give instant !*y \_k
relief to the choking and painlul sensatiofs ' 'J'i'J.
which result fiom indigestion. The di^estire \\ffZ'\_
organs are strengthened and the disuse re- 'v!*-4'Wj
moved. 22 3 w.      Q^f
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