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INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER" 15.1877.
No. 37-
EXCHANGE DKPAKTMENT.
Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
Tea eents per ltee, and no advertisement for less
than 2S cents.
No better medium could be selected than thia department of the F_SH__ for the recovery of stock.
Tell your neighbor of lt when you hear of the loss
ofhlsstock.
FOK BALE.
-QIOR BALK—100,070 Apple Trees from two to five
Jj years old; first-class stock; leading and new
varieties. Al-o good stock of Fear, Chary, eta, etc.
Small Fruits a specialty. Ornamental Trees, etc In
abundance. Fine Stock. Good chance for agents
to get their stock cheap for fall delivery. Bhlpplng
facilities good East, West, North or Booth. Freight-
low. Those wishing to buy at wholesale or retail,
should not fall to call ana see or correspond with
D. A. FISHER, Proprietor "Home Nurseries," Denver, Miami eounty, Indiana. 34-4t
FOR SALE—Thirteen Imported Clydesdale stallions; several Just Imported, weighing from
1800 to 2240 lbs. Two Ji blood stallions weighs 1700
and 1800 lbs. Shepherd Pups from Watty A Meg,
Centennial first prize winners, imported direct from
Scotland. For further particulars apply to WM.
MEIKLE, Pendleton, Ind.   Formerly Indiana, Pa.
81-St.
*T""*"OR SALE—A good, nearly new family carriage,
|*l for one or two horses; also, a Kure-a, jump-
seat carriage, in good condition. Both are bargains.
Call on or address G. H. SHOVER, 174 East Market
street, Indianapolis. 33tf>
FOR SALE—A _-*riy new Childs Bros. Organ,
popular style, seven stops, excellent tone, for
sale at greatly reduced rate. Address Ind. Farmer
Agency, No. 8 Bates Block, IndianapoUs.        26tf
EOR SALE—Feed Corn from one to four hundred
acres, to be fed on the premises 12X miles
ftom Lafayette. Hogs preferred. Address R. A.
LOCKWOOD, Lafayette, Ind, S6-St
FOR SALE—A good, nearly new family carriage,
for one or two horses, at a bargain. Call on or
address O. H. BHOVEK, 174 East Market street, In-
aianapolia.  27tf
EOB SALE—FULTZ WHEAT, IL50 per bushel.
Sacks 25 cents each.  Is hardy, ripens early,
yields well, and ls midge-proof.   Address
fo-a 8. D. BUTTZ, Cliftbrd, Ind.
FOR SALE—A new Childs Brothers' Organ, style
80, new and In good condition.   For sale at a
discount from regular price.
4tf Inpm*- FAbm-B Co.
TJIOR BALE—My Imported Berltshire breeding
JC boar, cheap, or will exchange him for a pair of
-rst-claas Cotswold lambs.   Address ...
84-tf W. A. KELSE Y, Fort Wayne, Ind.
T7I0R SALE-9 Light Brahmas and 6 Pekin Ducks;
Jt! my breeders. Brahmas. tao-, Ducks, fla. A
No. 1 stock. JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ripley
county. Ind.   ^   87 3w
' *I_*IOR SALE-A Blrdsell Double Cylinder Clover
JC. Hnller; nearly new; will sell cheap. Address
S, it. SMITH, Eagletown, Hamilton Co., Ind. 37-4t
TTIOR SALE—Plymouth Rock and Golden Lace
J} Bantam chick. F. C BARRETT A BON, Fort
Wayne, Ind. >        36 5t
F
OR SALE—Brown Leghorns   and   Plymouth
Rock thicks by RAN BEUOY, Wheeling, Ind.
36-4t
WAITID,
tXTANT ED—Agents to sell Navin's Explanatory
W    Stock Doctor, the New Hlustrated History
of Indiana, and flne family Bibles.   Address J. W.
Lanktree iCo., 47 "Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
10-ly(189)
"TTTANTED—Farms of all sizes to trade for city
W    property.   Will" take encumbrance.   A, M.
ALEXANDER, 48 Vance block, Indianapolis, Ind.
20-o-t
TIT ANTED—Indiana Farms. Send descriptive
W Blanks. M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, 74 E. Market street 3713t
MISCELLANEOUS-
DECIDED BARGAINS to reduce our choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester White and Poland China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattle, and fancy poultry; fir est,
new breeder's manual, elegantly Illustrated and
giving full description ofthe difierent breeds. Price
w cents. Seed Wheat; all the best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seeds for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, setts J4.00 per ICO; 60 cents extra by mall,
fieed catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE A CO.,
2H Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. 48-ly
IN ORDSR to place a valuable family medicine
to the reach of all, I will, on receipt of One
Dollar, fend DR PARK'S Great Cure for Diarrhoea
and Cramps in the stomach. The articles can be
obtained of any druggist, lt can be made at a small
expense for family use, or sold to your friends, and
not onlymake money foryourself, but be themeans.
Perhaps, of saving their lives.  Address
C. A. W. SHEEHY,
36-4t                                          Bridgeport, W.Va.
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MONEY to loan, In sums of J500 to $5000, on Improved farms. Money in Bank No delay.
■UlDDKLL, WALCOTT & VHSTON.44H N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind. -O-tf-'IO)
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WAR _**P_B-t*M_!-*r— SIGNAL SERVIC- TJ. S. -BMY.
September llth, 1877,1 a. m.
, Ikbications.—For Tennessee and Ohio  Valley
Wllng, followed by rising barometer, Southwest,
""eering to cooler Northwest winds and partly cloudy
°r clear weather.
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Dr. Baas' IIoB Cholera Remedy.
New Oastlk, Henry Co., Ind.
1" On Ediiors Indiana Parma;
I have just had an interview with Mr. Har-
JJ7i the Superintendent of the Poor Farm of
{Ms connty, relative to the trial he had-given
°*. Jos. Haa.- Hog Cholera Cure. From his
statement as to ho w he treated his sick hogs, he
j-ould not expect good results. He gave only
Jjalf the quantity per dose the printed direc-
'ions, require for hogs of the breed he has
<*arge of. In all cases that I know of, where
Jnen give the Haas medicine, both as a preven-
:!Te, or cure, and give it according to directions and their hogs the proper care, they have
'Ie very beat Iesnit_ from its use.
B. Brubbakib,
•Agent for Dr. Joseph Haas, of Dayton, O.
Tr-D-j,, i^jjug. Seminary, at West Leban-
JP» «• H., has a very high reputation, not only
I S-*pnghout New England, but in half the
I SJMea in the Union. Ft is under the charge of
| J™*™ Orcutt, A. M., whose fame as a practl-
I «Tleacher is only equaled by his popularity
I rt.'H, educational writer. The Fall term be-
l&?n>temberl7th. Send to Mr. Orcutt for a
-J <arcul_r.—Boston Home Journal. 32-tf.
THE FAHM.
Postal Card Correspondence.
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To Onr Postal Card Correspondents.
Please Bend your favors for this department
not later than Monday morning of each week,
on Saturday if possible, to insure their appearance in the paper promptly.—Eds.
-HBIANA.
Obako- Co., Sept. 10.—We are having showers of rain now and then. The com looks
fine. Wheat average, from 5 to 20 bushels per
acre. Farmers busy drilling their wheat.
Hog cholera has subsided. L. A. S.
B-ntoh Co., Sept. 5.—We have a fine prospect for corn in this county. A great deal of
com is now safe from injury from frost. It
would be beneficial to the crop though if we
escaped frost for two weeks more.  '
A. M. Smith.
Waykb Co., Sept. 8.—Wheat in this part of
the county is about all threshed; yield from
fifteen to thirty bushels per acre, the Fultz
yielding the best. Corn not over two-thirds
of a crop. Potatoes plenty. Farmers busy
seeding. Q. L.
Bush Co., Sept. 8.—The prospect for corn is
good. We have a tolerably good crop of apples. Wheat about all sowed. I sowed thirty acres of Fultz wheat. Potatoes extra good
crop. Some hog cholera. Grangers gaining
here. Wiliis D. Collins.
Tipton Co., Sept. 7.—A large quantity of
wheat is being put in, principally the weevil
proof Fultz, and Clawson. A good average
crop of corn, generally safe from frost. Potatoes plenty, IS to 20 cents per bushel. Hogs
rather light crop.   Some cholera.
J. A. Thomas.
Clay Co., Sept. 8.—Crops gocd. Farmers
Bowing wheat. Fine rain, putting the ground
in nice Order. Corn heavy, maturing well.
Hogs scarce, no cholera. The dtixens of Bowling Green are despondent over the loss of the
county seat, but they are living in hopes of
procuring a railroad. Times dull and business depressed. C. W. S. Vai)dam_nt.
Stouvan Co., Sept. 4.—The wheat is about
all thrashed and is above an average crop.
Corn is an average crop. Potatoes plenty; apples scarce. I see notices in the Farmer of
fine hogs. I have a full bio *> .'ed Jersey Bed
sow from New Jersey, 10 months old with
pigs, that are two months old and average 61
pounds each. If any of your subscribers can
beat that I would like to hear from them.   ;
G. Riggs.
Hbnry Co., Sept 8.—Thehog disease in different forms has been very bad in this part of
the county; one farmer lost oyer 200 head,
another, 100, another, 60- or 70, and a great
many farmers a less number. Some of the
boasted remedies failing to do any good. The
corn crap in this part of the county will fall
far short of the crop we raised last year. The
yield of wheat was good. People generally
busy sowing wheat, there will be a larger acreage sown this year than last. The order of P.
of H. is ih a prosperous condition here.
E. B. B.
. St. Joseph Co., Sept." 5.—I thought perhaps
a few words from old St. Joe would not come
amiss. Wheat in this part of the country is
nearly all thrashed, the yield is good and the
quality never was better. The Fultz variety,
as usual, out-yielding all other kinds. Corn
is not so good as last year; cause: too much
dry weather since harvest. Potatoes good
quality, but light crop; other vegetables are a
good crop. Fruit is very scarce. Hogs are
dying all over the country, several farmers
losing over a 100 head each. Hog cholera
cures have no effect on the disease; many are
selling their hogs for fear of the disease.
Wheat sowing is the order of the day, the crop
will be nearly all sown this week.
Jno. W. Snore.
Carroll Co., Sept. 8.—The weather is fine
for seeding. A large crop of wheat will be
put out in this connty; the work is being pushed along rapidly. Too many, as usual, are
riot doing the work as it should be done. Farmers who took pains to do their work well last
fall, are threshing a heavy crop of wheat this
season; the yield is from 25 to 35 bushels per
acre; while the careless, Blovenly farmers are
getting only from 15 to 20 bushels per acre,
and some but 10 bushels. Corn is coming out
splendidly; there will be a much better crop
than was anticipated one month ago, if frost
holds off three weeks longer. Oats are yielding well; flax from 8 to 10 bushels per acre.
Fruit will be scarce; apples are rotting badly.
Potatoes are yielding well, not much rot. Not
much hog cholera. A severe hail storm passed throngh this portion of the country some
three weeks since doing considerable damage
to corn in places. James Has_i*t.
MICHIGAN.
Caihoon Co., Sept 9.—Farmers here are
sowing a large crop of wheat. The jield this
year and pricea present and the probable future is stimulating all to grow larger crops
R. E.
Hillsdale Co., Sept. 6.—Wehad a splendid
wheat yield, and will again sow a large acreage. Com looking fair. Stock is generally
healthy. M. Anderson.
MINNESOTA.
HiimzFia Co., Sept. 7.—The wheat crop is
threshing ont 25 to 35 bushels per acre, and the
berry is fine. Other small grain good, but
corn will be short on account of the drouth.
O. V. Alter.
OHIO.
Logan Co., Sept 6.—The Clawson wheat has
been tried by some farmers here with good results. It yields 20 to 30 bushels here, and is a
very beautiful white wheat. A considerable
of it will be sown for the next crops.
B. E.
MISSOURI.
Niwtos- Co., Sept 5.—We are now assured
of the largest com crop ever grown in this section, and as we have plenty of healthy stock
hogs it will mostly be fed here. Wheat was
not a good crop with us. Frnit crop only
moderate. > 8. P. Cabteb.
TEXAS.
Austin, Sept. 6.—Cotton is now coming into market The crop in this part of the State
is very fine. In som*j parts of the State the
cotton crop is rather poor, while in other parts
they never raised a better crop. Business good,
and the prospects for. a fine trade this fall are
first Tate. Weather hot and mosquitoes plenty. Wm. Parker.
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ILLINOIS.
Sangamon Co , Sept. 8.—The com crop in
this region of country is simply enormous.
The eye takes in com fields equal with vision.
I have passed over portions of Coles, Douglas,
Mocan, Sangamon and Christian counties, acd
I suppose the only reason that the crop is not
larger is for the want of land. If the com
crop matures safely, it does seem as though
no family or individual in India ought to suffer from the famine. The country through
which I have passed is magnificent; is well
improved and looks decidedly thrifty. .1 saw
large herds of very fine cattle. A portion of
the corn is in danger of frost, but with a little
more fair weather it will all mature.
B. A. O.
Will Co., j?ept 8.—Our corn crop now looks
fine, axd will be a good one. Oats crop largest
ever grown in this section. Generally farmers
are hopeful, as good prices promise to last.
A. D. S.
Mcntgom-ey Co., Sept. 9.—With the exception of a good field here acd there, onr
com crop will be a very poor one, on account
of drouth. Wheat was agood crop, and is being marketed. Stock hogs very plenty and
healthy, a gocd place to buy them on account
of short corn crop.      -        D. A. Johnson.
Vermillion Co., Sept 8.—We had a good
wheat yield, and a large acreage is being sown
for next crcp. Com will make a moderate
crop. 1 he hogs here are still considerably affected with disease. J. D. K.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
Faielakd, Shelby Co., Ind., Aug. 30.
lb the Ediiors Indiana Farmer:
I was interested in reading the article of R.
O. B. of Vevay, Ind., in the Fabmeb of August
25th, "Common Salt as a Fertilizer." I want
to try it on wheat after it is sowed. How is
the best way to apply it? How much to the
acre and when is the best time? Please answer through the Farmer and oblige yours
S.
The use of salt as a fertilizer is of recent origin in this part of the country and but few
experiments have been reported. A Canada
farmer writes that they receive the most benefit there by using 260 pounds or about three
bushels to the acre. It should be sown in early
spring to have its full effect. The Canada correspondent referred to speaks very highly of
the advantages of the new fertilizer producing
stiffer and brighter straw, larger and better
filled heads and heavier weights.
New Patents.
List of patents issued to citizens of the
State of Indiana during the week ending
September 11, 1877, and each dated August 28,1877. Furnished this paper by C.
Bradford, Solicitor of Patents, Thorpe
Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
No. 194,544. To Chas. Bacon and Jas.
L. Thomas, of Posey, for improvement in
Fire Escape.
No. 194,560. To Daniel Phillips, of
Colamar, for improvement in Cider Press.
No. 194,565. To John Bestingly and
Henry Nelson, of Montgomery, for Improvement in Wind Mill.
No. 194,643. To John C. Bishop, of
Cicero, for Improvement in Horse Hay
_R,_i__gs.
No^' 194 650. To George J. Cline and
Joseph Gallagher, of Goshen, for Improvement in Churns.
No. 194,678. To Chas. F. Harris, of
Mount Summit, for Improvement in Gates.
No. 194,697. To John F. Logan, of Indianapolis, for Improvement in Hose-leak
Stoppers.
No. 194,748. To George W- Warren, of
Bristol, for Improvement in Side Spar Vehicles.
Old esta blished Time tries all things
Perry Davis' Pain Killer has been before
the public thirty five years, and in that
time it has not lost one whit of ita popu-
larity.   It should be kept always on hand.
HEWS  OF THK WEEK.
State Brows.
Bushville wants a new jail.
Hay is selling al $8 per ton at Vincennes.
Henry county has four hundred miles of
gravel road.
The hoe cholera is producing aad havoc in
Posey county.
Twenty-one divorce cases are pending in the
Tippecanoe county courts.
A Mr. Burkhardt, of Madison, was fatally
sun struck at Lewisville, on Friday, the 7th
inst :
Terre Haute has inaugurated a series of
grand sacred dances to come off on Sunday
night      '-.-,„'■"
Over three hundred young ladies are employed in the canning factory at, Greenwood.
Henry Clements, living near the Ohio line
lost both arms in a threshing reaching on the
4th inst
; Bloomington, this State, is all torn up over
a breach of promise suit, between a widow
and widower.
It is said there was an Insurance on the life
of the late John S. McDonald amounting to
abont $30,000..
, Ernest Morris, the young naturalist and explorer, will leave for Brazil again the latter
part of this week. '■' .
The average yield of Wheat in this State
this year is equal to tbe combined yield of any
two years since 1856.
John O'Harra, a Morgan county farmer,
while making the descent from a straw stack
last Tuesday, fell and was killed.
From the reports in the Vevay papers the
whole population of Switzerland county must
have jomed the temperance movement
The Clay county, Ind., operators have formed a powerful combination, and advanced the
price of block coal thirty-five cents per ton.
Addle Weisert, of New Albany, was run
over by a locomotive and killed, Monday
night, while returning ftom a party in Clarks-
ville.
Charles Loyd, of Lodoga, said some naughty things about another man's wife, acd now
he is laid np with a lead mine in one of his
lungs.
Miss Ella Be; burn was thrown from a horse
near Dajton, Tippecanoe county, last Friday,
7th inst, and fatally injured; dying soon afterward.
Charles Boyle, of Colfax, aged 11 years, was
badly burned about the bead and face while
attempting to start a fire with coal oil, on the
5th inst
Col. Frank Shaffer, an old Muncie' grain
.dealer, the filed off this mortal coil on last
Saturday evening with a rifle. Cause, financial troubles.
Evansville is agitating the question whether
colored children shall be admitted to the High
school or not. A majority of the Bchool board
say they Bhall.
William Brown and W. W. Boatright, of
Sullivan, were arrested Thursday, 6th inst.,
by the United States Marshal on a charge of
counterfeiting.
A Lawrence county man sold about $300
worth of watermelons which he raised on less
than three acres of land. The doctors have
not made their report yet
The yield of potatoes in this vicinity will
be enormous. We hear of patches that will
turn out two and thiee hundred bushela to the
acre.—Crawfordsville Journal.
A. K. Hunter, a resident of Newton, Ohio,
was struck by a train and killed four miles
east of Union City on the Sth inst. He is tup-
posed to have been intoxicated.
The officers of the People's bank at Logansport think the asset-", as soon as they can be
realized, will pay the debts of the concern.
The principal losers are farmers.
It is gratifying to learn that the swindler who
sold Allen Kreig, of Perry, another man's
farm, last spring, has come to grief. He is in
the clutches of the "red eyed law."
Crinoid beds are being worked in Montgomery county, by the proprietors of the Western
Naturalists' Agency, of Cincinnati. The
specimens found command from $20 to $30
each.
John Whitehead came into this city from
the country last Sunday for some quinine.
The reliable drug clerk gave him morphine
and Mr. Whitehead passed to the pale realms
of shade.
The collections of J. P. Chew, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue, Lawrenceburg, for
the month of August were $141,912.90—being
an average of over $5,000 per day for every day
in the month.
There will be more wheat sown this season
in this locality than there has been for years.
This is principally owing to the fact that the
wheat crop this year was profitable.—Martinsville Republican.
Tbe State House Commissioners have re-
j ected all the plans for a new State House that
were handed over to them from the late and a
previous session of the Legislature, and will
qt once advertise for new proposals.
A Parke county cherub came upon the scene
of action the other day, with its arms and legs
turned wrong side before and no palate. Notwithstanding these little informalities in its
construction it is in good health and the prospects are that it will live.
The heavy rains np north have swollen the
St. Joe river so that the feeder aqueduct over
Spy run at Fort Wayne was carried away, together with sixty feet of abutment, which it
will coat about $5,C00 to repair. Fort Wayne
is having a sad time with its canal arrangements.
A little boy about six years of age accidentally shot, and it is feared, fatally Injured a
two year old child of Orrin Lichtenwalter, a
farmer residing in Pleasant township. The boy
had got hold of his father's revolver, and waa
playing with it at the time ofthe occurrence.
—Fort Wayne Herald.
The thieves who robbed the North Vernon
post office the other night, left the letters
where they could be found, with a note stating that they sent them back because they
could not read them, and would send back the
newspapers when they were done with them.
Monday evening about dusk, while workmen were working in Moses Milligan's slaughter house, at Huntington, they felt the-building settling and hastened out just in the nick
of time, for scarcely had they emerged when,
the foundation and underpinning gave way,
and the whole structure fell down the embankment into the river.
A rough named McKinley was arrested in
Parke oounty a few days ago, on suspicion ol
knowing about the murder of Dr. Armstrong
ln a lonely lane a mile from Terre Haute, some
weeks ago, and for which William Flowers is
awaiting trial in the' Terre Haute jail. McKinley has turned states evidence, fully identifying Flowers with the murder.
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General News.
The city of New York is saddled with a debt
of $130,000,000.
Six parties iu Massachusetts will each have
a ticket this fall.
Charley Roes still continues to be found, this
time in Springfield, O.
Sixty-one -heep beneath one Call foroia tree
were killed by one flash of lightning.
The order of Knights of Pythias is 13 years
old, and has a membership of 100,000.
The receipts ofthe Northern Pacific railroad
will exceed the expenses $500,000 this year.
President Hayes will be a visitor at the Ken-
tacky State Fair to be held at Lexington next
week.
"A cast-iron grandmother," is not an opprobrious epithet; it ls simply the trade name of
the new machine for knitting stockings.
August Belmont, the New York banker, gets
$50,000 per year as agent for the Rothchilds.
Thai's as much as the lightning rod men
make.
The negroes comprise only one-fourth ol
the population of Memphis, Tenn., and yet of
the 1,253 deaths in that city last year, 601, or
nearly half, were negroes.
An Ohio paper says; "Hail to the depth of
six or seven inches fell in the region of Orrville, week before last, and much damage was
d*pne to the growing crops in that locality."
There are in Illinois some mormons who
have adhered to a son of Joseph Smith as their
leader. These dissenters claim that Brigham
Young committed suicide, fearing  Lee's fate_
There is said to be 400,000 acres of wild land
on Long Island, within an hour's ride of
Brooklyn. The greater part of it is ot such a
sandy character that it will not repay cultivation.
The New York Herald says the month of
September opens with a feeling of greater confidence on the part of our trading classes and
signs of greater activity than in any preceding
year since the panic.
The Secretary of War has addressed a letter
to General Schofield,- commanding at West
Point, heartily approving his order which provides summary and severe punishments for
hazing cadets.
The New York Mail says that Tweed's
daughter, who married Maginnis in 1870, and
whose wedding presents costs $69,000, is now
living in absolute poverty, the bridal presents
and finery having all been sent to the pawnshops. .
Cincinnati, Sept. 4th.—Robert James, Samuei
Goodrich and James Simmons were taken
from jail and hung by a mob last night, at
Newcastle, Ky. They were charged with murdering a number of persons in Owen and Henry counties.
It is stated that detectives have traced the
$64,000 check forgery on the Union Trust Company of New York, and have fastened the
guilt upon two clerks, one in the Union Trust
company and one in the New York life insurance company.
J. P. Hale's piano factory, on West Thirty-
fifth street, New York, was entirely destroyed
by fire Tuesday morning, the 4th inst. The
number of employes that were burned is not
known, and it is quite probable that the number will not be ascertained until the debris is
removed.
Of Mr. Oliver Dalrymple's 8,000 acres of
wheat in the Red river valley, he has 175 acres
threshed, which yields 24 bushels to the acre.
If this average holds out, and there is no reason why the balance is not as good as that
threshed, the total yield from his farm in Dakota of 8,000 acres would be 191,000 bushels
and from 3,000 acres at Cottage Grove, Minn.,
72,000 bnshels more, in all 264,000 bushels of
wheat raised by one farmer.
A man-has made $50,000 in ten years, the-
last $5,000 in New York within a few months
by exhibiting an- eight-footed horse. It was
captured wild in Arabia by hunters, and
brought to this country at a cost of over $10,-
000. It is the only horse known with eight
distinct feet
Lord Buth is trying viticulture on a favored
portion of his Welsh estates, and a French art
thority gives him great encouragement He
has now 6,000 healthy vines. Welsh wine-
will certainly be a novelty. Lord B. can afford experiments with his million and a quarter of doUars a year.
Charles Thompson, a Clark county, 111.-
youth, wanted a clean shirt. He wanted it
bad, and the domestic to whom he communicated his orders not coming to time promptly,
he accelerated her movements with his little
pistol. The ball entered her forehead and
came out on the top of her head, making a
dangerous wound. Charles will have an opportunity to tell the court what he knows about
it.
THE SCHOOL BOOS QUESTION.
How can the People's Interests
Protected.
be
To the Editors Indiana Farmer :
A realization of the fact that the iNDr-
ana Farmkb is, to the fullest extent, the
champion of the rights ofthe people, is
the only apology I have to offer for the
encroachment I am now making upon
your colamna. Since I have been a patron of the common school, I have keenly
felt the burden of taxation, so unjustly
imposed upon all her patrons, through a
monopoly, that appears to be fastened
and maintained under our present system of school management, in the introduction and sale of text books. In other
words, all honorable competition in the
introduction and sale of text books i?
thwarted by the adoption, by boards o£
education, of a certain series, thereby-
protecting the publishers of such against
the sale or use in the common schools of
any other books for the time specified.
This, of, course, insures the sale of their
books at such prices as they may see fit
to put upon them—always high—and
compels me, before my child can enjoy
the privileges of the schools, and that,
too, without regard to my ability to purchase, and often when he is well supplied
with good books of other series, to provide him with unnecessary books. Now
these things are wrong, and the people
are beginning to f realize the fact. But
what are we to do ? We have witnessed
the fate of abortive efforts that have been
made through legislation, or attempted
legislation, until we have almost despaired of success, at least until publio sentiment is more fully aroused on the subject.
The proper agitation of a subject like
this might greatly assist in hurrying up
the necessary reform. But to whom are
we to look, or from whom are we to expect the agitation to emanate? Should
not our teachers assist us in this matter? I had thought so, but seeing the
summary manner in which a series of
resolutions relating to this subject were
tabled by our county teachers' institute,
last week, led me to ask, are they, too, in
favor of perpetuating the present grievous
monopoly? Does the free distribution
of a few books at an institute, so far bias
the minds of our teachers, as to cause
them to forget the interest of the patrons
of their schools ?
_ These suspicions are the more patent,
since the institute passed resolutions demanding pay for time spent in institute
work, and also tbat the school day Bhould
be shortened, but when the patrons* interest was to be guarded, a motion to table
waa the only consideration it deserved at
their hands. Hendricks County.
Our correspondent speaks pointedly
and forcibly upon the subject in hand,
and manifests a spirit of honest indignation and resentment, that' if generally
felt and publicly expressed would undoubtedly effect a cure for the evil he
condemns. We know of no other way
in which to reach and remedy the school
book grievance than the one he has so
well begun. Let other correspondents be
heard from in regard to the question.
We have, at present, but a single word
to say,and that is,that while we sympathize
with the teachers in their desire to introduce improved series of books into the
schools under their charge, we cannot
commend their judgment in attempting
to do so in a time of great financial depression, and without the consent of a
majority of the parents, who have the
books to pay for.
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