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INDIANAPOUS, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 3,1877.
No. 44
EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT.
LoBt, Strayed or Stolen.
Ten cents per line, and no advertisement for less
than 25 cents.
FOB  SALE.
T7.0R SALE—lt co-ts no more, to raise the best
JD than the poorest,—then plant the Taylor Proline Haekberry; always bears, and of the best quality, and very prolific. Bent by mail or express at
the rates of 10 lor J1.0O; 100 for *8 uo; 500 for 835.00;
1U00 for f63.00, on receipt of money. JACOB TAYLOR, Spiceland, Ind. 41-tt
EOR.BALK-My Breeding Boar'Adonis 1149,
Vol. II, A. B. Record, ."arrowed, April 15,1876;
is well formed, neatly marked and a splendid
breeder. Address W. L. MaLLOW, New Holland, O.
S9-13t     ■    ,
"[J. OR    BALK—TEXAS    LAND    WARRANTS—
JD •   Choice farming lands for 25 cents an acre.
' Avply to I>. Edwards, at office of J. U. Fullenwi
der, Room No. 2, Iron Block, Indianapolis.    41-tt
' TjlORBALE—A fine Jersey bull four years old,
j; JD  _ registered, warranted to be an excellent
' breeder.  Address 8.
oounty, Ind:
T. WELLS,
Vallonla, Jackson
43 2t
TT.OR SALE—Partridge Cochins from the best stock
JD in Indiana. Price from 83 to J..5. Send for
circular.   JOHN to. SPANN, Indianapolis.       42-8t
FOB SALE—A few pairs of extra Berkshire pigs,
old enough for service; took first prize at car-
roll Co. Fair. JAMES HASLET,Camden, Ind. 42-3t
■F
OR BALK—Berkshire Pigs and Muscova Ducks
JACOB BAUER, Williams Center. Onio.. 43-.lt
F
OK. SALE-One Jersev Bed Boar, 8 months old.
J. C. COMaTOCK, Martinsville, 111. 44 lt
W A X1'£ I>.
WANTED—Young Men and Women to prepare
■ for Copyists, Book-Keepers and Telegraph
' Opeiators at the Bryant A btratton Business College
. and Telegraph Institute. 41 South Meridian street.
Kem.ruber the place, as an In.erior school is advertised under our college name.   Address K. SIMMONS A CO., proprietor, Indianapolis, Ind.    89-13t
"\-¥7-ANTED—300 Young Men to learn Telegraph-
W lug, and take offices on the lines. Salary 860
. to 875 per month can be earned in ten to twelve
weeks. Address, with stamp ior circulars, INDIANAPOLIS TKU-KGRAPHlNsTiTOTE, Bates Block,
opposite Postoffice. 42tf
"*\T7 ANTED—Agents to sell Navin's Explanatory
' W Stock Doctor, the New Illustrated History
of Indiana, and toe family Bibles. Address J. w.
Lanktree &Co., 47 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
10-ly.l89)
"117"ANTED—To buy walnut lumber in large or
W     small quantities.   TUCKER jS> DORSEY, 15
Bates Block, Indianapolis, Ind. 48-ly
"tTTANTED—Farms of all sizes to trade for city
YV    property.   Will take encumbrance.   A, M.
ALEXANDER, 2ya West Washington St., over "Bee
Hive," Indianapolis, Ind.  20-62t
*TIT"ANTED—To know who are raising full-blood
VY   Scotch Terrier Dogs. J. J. W HITsON, Valley
Mills, Ind. lt
"TTTANTED—Farms for cash, or trade.   Address
YV     M. ARBDCKLE, ileal Estate Agent, 74 East
Market St. .      3713t .
MISCELLANEOUS.
BECIDED BARGAINS to reduce our choice
breeding stock of Yorkshire, Berkshire, Essex, Chester Wnite and Polaud China pigs of all
ages. Also sheep, cattlo,' and fancy poultry; fh-est,
new breeder's manual, elegantly illustrated and
giving full description of the different breeds. Price
25 cents. Seed Wheat; all tbe best varieties, grown
especially for seed. Also turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, radish, spinach, and all seedB for
the fall. Prickly Comfrey, the most wonderful forage plant, Belts ?400 per UO, 50 cents extra by mail.
BeecT catalogue free. BENSON, BURPEE 4 CO.,*
223 Church street, Philadelphia, Pa. .   ;    88-ly
YOUNG MAN I Do you want a lucrative situation in business? If so, attend the old reli-.
abie Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block,
opposite the hostoffice. In sime building in which
the Indiana Farmer is published. Address, with
stamp for circulars, etc., KOERNKR A GOODIER,
Indianapolis, Ind. * - ■     .<   42-tf
IT.0 TRADE—A large quantity of choice selected
* I ; lands In Kansas lor improved farms or city
property, or for sale on best ol terms at office of W.
F. MASON, 16» East Washington St., Indianapolis,
ISi — .. • -■ -    '-      •--   -   - 43 6t.
MONEY to loan* in sums of 8500 to 85000, on im-.
proved farms. Money In Bank No delay.
RCDDELL- WALCOTT A VINTON, U\_ N. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, Ind.     . 2Otf-(10)
PENSIONS—No matter how slightly wounded.
Advice free.   W. J. WRAY, 2028 Carpenter St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. 44-4t
Farmers! call and examine our -water-proof
horse covers, sail cloth for wagon covers, etc.,
Charles Thatcher, 78 NY Delaware St., Indianapolis. ________  44"lt
Only 25 cents will pay for a good satisfactory breakfast, dinner or supper, at the
Exchange Dining Rooms Ko. 66 & 68
North Pennsylvania Street. lt
W. A. & I. N. Pattison, wholesale and retail
druggist, No. 100 Eaat Washington St., corner Delaware and Washington streets/keep
pure drugs and medicines to fill all orders
promptly;   Call and see them, 44-lt.
. "Fifteen Year* In Hell," by Luther Benson. I will send a copy of this book, postage
paid, to anyone in the United States, on receipt of the price, $1.25. ■ Address, J. H. "VY
Smith. No. 8 Bates Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
Sales of Imported  Fowls.
I
• E. G.- Bagley, of this city, has sold his
Partridge Cochin cock and hen England's
Glory, and mate,' with, their progeny, to
John M. Spann, of this city. Hehas also
sold to' Frank Miller,* his Buff Cochin
Cockerel and Pullet, Prince Albert and
Princess Victoria which he imported direct from England.
Tilileu "Louies'. *»ei._inar_r
is again in successful operation with ten
permanent teachers in the several departments. Pupils admitted at any time, and
charged only from the day of entering.
Winter session opens January 7th, 1878.
$75. pays for board, (with furnished room,
and wood, lights, and washing), and instruction in the full English course for
one thijd ofa year. Languages and ornamental branches, a reasonable additional
.charge. Correspondence is respectfully
solicited with
Hiram Oecutt, A. M. Principal,
West Lebanon, N. H. tf
THE FARM.
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Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
To Onr Postal Card Correspondents.
Please send yonr 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.
Ho wabd' Co., Oct. 25—The amount of wheat
sown in this connty is large, and most of it
looking well. Some hog cholera in the southeastern part of the county.   ■    T. E. Cook.
. Porn am Co., Oct* 24.—The com crop is very
fine. The acreage of wheat sown this fall is
unusually large and is looking remarkably
well. Money is scarce because our people
have had bat little surplus produce to sell this
season. .      L.
Vbbmihon Co., Oct.* 24.—Wheat is looking
fine. Corn better than last year. Grange in
good condition. Times are getting better all
the while, especially to those who are out of
debt. The Fabmkb is always a welcome visitor.        •'■• -■• »   ■■  - Geo. W. Campbell.
Dicatur Co., Oct., 22.—The weather has
been showery for some days past; rain enough
haa fallen to keep the wheat growing rapidly.
Wheat never looked better at this time of the
year; a large acreage has been sown. Some
hog cholera in this vicinity, but not so bad as
it haa been in f jrmer years. G. G.
Union Co., Oct. 27.—Cribbing corn is the
order of the day. There is not an average
crop. Wheat looks fine. Early sown has
some fly. Never was there as much clover
seed sown in this county before, nor of such a
flne quality. Hog cholera is bad. ■ This is a
sheep growing country. B. F. S.
Bush Co., Oct. .23.—Wheat is looking fine in
this county. The potato crop was fair, and the
potatoes good and sound. Since the rains a
week ago the grass begins to revive some.
Considerable hog cholera in this county. I
think the hog crop will be short by the time
regular packing begins. A large number of
hogs have already gone to market. Some farmers will begin to crib their corn this week.
G.W. Reeve.
Clabk Co., Oct. 26.—There is a large acreage of wheat sown in this oounty, and the
early sown is looking flne. Corn a good crop.
Potatoes: the early crop was about an average
owing to the drought, bat the peachblow variety will not be more than one-third crop.
Apples are scarce in the river bottom. Your
paper gives satisfaction. I trust I may be fortunate enough to secure one of your many
valuable premiums. J. G. H. •
Hknby Co., Oct. 27.—I send by mail, in a
box, one Artichoke. They have done well;
the ground is literally fall; three hills make a
peck; my hogs and pigs eat them with a relish.
The tops have been saved for feed this winter.
Pig trade good. Plenty of fruit in this part
of the county for home use,
Wm. A. Macy.
The sample artichoke received weighs about
six ounces and tastes much like a raw potato.
We should think they might be grown with
profit as a relish for hogs in the fall.
Jackson Co., Oct. 27.—I see nothing in the
Fabmeb for some time from old Jackson, so I
will'drop you a card. The wheat crop of our
county was excellent, therefore a vast amount
is sown thia fall, which looks very promising
for another good crop. The corn crop cannot
be complained of, only on low undrained
land. Hogs scarce and cholera plenty. Cattle
dying some. We have no mast this year, and
very little fruit of any kind. We have had a
full share of chills this fall, and some cases
of typhoid fever, but health is now improving.
Business improving and everybody hopeful
and happy. Farmers all busy, but not too
busy to read the welcome Fabmeb.
Jas. H. Qillaspy.
MISSOURI.
, Bates Co., Oct. 21.—Farmers done sowiDg
wheat, more sown than last year. 2To hog
cholera.   Health good.   Wheat looks well.
T. H.
. MICHIGAN.
Vanbtjben Co , Oct. 20.—Weather fine, but
we have had some heavy rains during the past
few weeks. Wheat looking well, though
some pieces damaged by the fly. Corn good,
worth 35 cents. Hogs healthy and selling at
6 cents per pound, gross. No frost here until
the 10th inst. .■ B. Ach.
*"■  '   PENNSYLVANIA.
SoMEBS-tT Co., Oct. 23.—We are having soihe
very fine weather at this time; we have not
had any frost to do any harm yet. Corn is a
good crop. Wheat all sown and looks well.
Wheat worth $1,50; rye, 70 cents; oats, 31 cent*;
butter, from 16 to 25 cents per pound.
J. B. Blcogh.
KANSAS.
Cowlby Co., Oct. 22—The wheat crop was
light here. Corn is good. Potatoes plenty at
60 cents per bushel; wheat, 70; corn, 15 cents;
hogs, $4 per hundred. The peach crop was
extra good; apple trees too young to bear.
Southern Kansas will evidently make a fruit
producing country.   Cowley is a border coun
ty and the Indians along the line furnish a
good market for all our surplus products. Oar
connty is filling up fast, yet there is loom for
more honest farmers to find good homes. All
are invited. A. J. Cbum.
IOWA
Adams Co., Oct 20.—It has been raining for
six days; the first rain we have had for three
months, of any consequence. A great deal of
com.and a very good average considering the
dry weather in August. It is about ready to
crib; selling for twenty cents a bushel. Wheat
is worth 90 cents; oats 18 cents. This is a
very good country for stock men, but too
many farmers depend on raising grain to sell
in this part of the country. Wheat about all
threshed, the average is about 20 bushels to
the acre. Good farm hands get $18 per month.
Health generally good. Stock in good condition; no hog cholera. T. S. Towbsekd.
QUERY AND ANSWER.
Ague.
7b the Ediiors Indiana Ftsrmer: <
Can any of your many readers tell me where
Dr. Everson's Ague and Tonic pill can behad?
Any person answering either by postal card or
through the Fabmkb, will confer a great favor
on one who lives on the low lands on creek
bottomtt. Quinine does not cure him of the
ague.   Some one please answer.
\   Thcs. Homes, Sb.
Master Deepwater Grange, No. 522.
Johnson, Bates county, Mo.
American Stiinditrd of Excellence.
TO the Ediiors Indiana Farmer: .
Have you the late revised Standard of Ex
cellence at your office for sale ?
What did the first premium pair of Leghorns
bring at the State Fair ?   Who got them ?
A Subscbibeb.
Zionsville, Ind, Oct. 22d.
The premium on Leghorns were awarded on
White, toO.P. HyllUigsworth, and on Brown
to John M. Spann, of this city. The award
in each case was $2 on first premium. E. G,
Bagley has the Standard of Excellence for
sale.   Price, $1 00.
IU(j Dead on. a Horse.
T. H , asks what will cure Big Head on a
Horse?
This disease according to Dr. Navin, V. S.
is characterised by a bard swelling on the
horses's face on a direct line from the eye to
the nostril. Its cause is not known. For
treatment, Dr. N. recommends the following:
Sulphur, 4 c*5., Saltpeter, 4 oz. White Helle--
bore, 1 cz; mixed together aid given in cut or
ground feed, one teaspoonful three times a day.
As a local application use the following lotion ; Mix Tinct. Cantharades, 2 oz., Corrosive
Sublimate, 1 drachm, Aqua Ammonia, 2 oz ,
Oil of Hemlock, 1 cz., andrubon theswelling
twice a day until it blisters; after which grease
thoroughly with lard to take the scab off.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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State New*.
Willis Dennison, RichvillG; buzz saw; right
arm.
Wild hay sells at two dollars a ton in Benton
county. ,
The total taxables of Kosciusko county ia
$10,414,520.
The hog cholera still continues unabated in
Wabash connty.
Burglars have about cleaned out Bourbon,
Marshall county.
Th<) young ladies in Brazil outnumber the
gentlemen two to one.
Large quantities of flour are being shipped
from South Bend daily.
Wabash county employs one hundred and
sixty-nine school teachers.
The people of Hartford City and vicinity
are about to orsanizaan Agricultural society.
Greenfield is r.joicing over the location ofa
hay baling and shipping establishment at that
point.
The Howe factory, at Peru, will shortly resume operations with a working force of 300
hands.
There is a boy in Bichmond who has been
twice accidentally shot by the same person in
one year.
This ia the first in many years that Putnam
county has raised any grain to sell abroad.—
Greencastle Banner.
The one hundred and twenty-fourth Indiana
Infantry will hold a re-union at Centerville, on
Novembei 29th and 30th.
Scores of covered wagons have passed
through here this fall from the North, bound
for the Southern States.—Jackson Couhty
Bee.
: Cormichael & TJrmey, of Harrodsburg, have
ascended the financial flume". One hundred
ahd thirty thousand dollars is about the size
of it.
I. N. Shafer, living near Bourbon, raised
over a thousand pounds of squashes on one
vine. The largest weighing 214 pounds—the
least 150.
Several townships are petitioning the Benton couuty board for leave to vote upon the
question whether they will aid the North &
South Line railway.
The question is being agitated to purchase
the rink at Fort Wayne for permanent temperance use. One lady offers to contribute
for the purpose.
How .have the mighty fallen. The State
House, once the pride of Indiana, sold for old
junk and brings the paltry sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Corn will not come up to the expectations
of the fanners. Perhaps there will be three-
fourths of a crop, and that loose and shivered.
—Knightstown Banner.
Several prisoners have lately dug through
Kosciusko county's new sixty thousand dollar
jaU. The cells have been repaired and it is as
strong and secure as ever.
The pork business is not likely to prove
very extensive in this locality the coming winter. Too many hogs taken off by cholera.—
Banner (Ligonier, Noble Co.)
Chandler & Anderson, tobacco dealers, Kokomo, lost the principal part of their assets
one night last week. One of the members of
the firm was also lost about the same time.
By the fall of an elevator in the Birdsell
Clover Holler Works, at South Bend, on the
20th inst., Oby Forst and Albert Cole, two
boys, were seriously and perhaps fatally injured.
Capt. W. C. Hardwick, of Leavanworth,
Crawford county, has purchased ten thousand
bushels of Michigan potatoes for the southern
trade, paying from 18 to 20 cents per bushel
for them.'      c      ,
The corn crop now being gathered, is reported to be the<largest in this county for several
years. The' ears are heavy and the grains
large and well shaped.—Anderson (Madison
Co.) Herald.
Binns' sentence to the penitentiary for life
for the murder of his wife at Russellville, has
cost Howard county more than $12,000; the
people of that county are exasperated over
the fact that he i9 to have a new trial.
The saloon keepers of Carlislp, turned out
on the eveniugof the 23d, and nearly beat the
life out of a young man named John T. Lee,
a Murphy disciple who was conducting a successful temperance revival at that place.
During an altercation about some chickens,
T. E. Collins, of Oftktown, knocked Benj.
Wolfe down.with a club. Wolfe retaliated
by shouting Collins, killing him instantly. He
then (led and has not since been heard of.
W'bster township farmers are suffering terribly frora the ravages of hog cholera. Joseph
Ludlum has lcsf ninety head from that disease, and Abner Clawson and Joseph Bean,
each a considerable number.—Richmond Palladium. I, _
A Miss Meyers is soon to begin the publication of ft Democratic paper at Liberty, Union
county. . Lr.cky editor I She can abuse the
Diggest man in the county without running
any risk- of being licked by him.—Wabash
Courier^
The%nil_". at Napoleon, Ripley county, owned and rtfa by Mr. Wm. Myres, were totally
destroyed by fire on Friday, 19th inst, together with near 4,000 bushels of wheat of other
patties. I_oss, $9,000*-no insurance. The Work
of an incendiary.
Peter Stoke?, of Pulnam county, was beguiled into taking the agency for a new fang-
led washboard, and signed an agreement to
that affect.' Within twenty-four hoars that
agreement was found to be a promissory note
for $122.50, aand Mr. 3tbkes mourns.
'•' A gentleman of Clear Lake, recently purchased a couple of 2 months old McGee pigs;
then weighing 49 and 50 pounds respectively.
•At the end of seven weeks they were again
weighed, the result being 105 and UO pounds;
the heavier one gaining a fraction over eight
pounds a week.—Lagrange Standard.
John F. Bixler, of Marshall county, had a
little"; family discussion with his brother-in-
law, Theodore Magdeburg, on the 19th inst.,
using a revolver to add weight to his argument; since which time the brother-in-law hai
been worthless except to the undertaker.
The tobacco crop of Spencer county is all
housed, and is curing up to the satisfaction of
the farmers. The crop is simply immense.
The lowest reasonable estimate of the yield in
the county is 12,000,000 pounda. This, at a
fair average price, will bring into the county
half a million of dollars.—Rockport (Spencer
Co,) Gazette.
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GENERAL NEWS.
Three Chinauien have just naturalized in
Cincinnati. .    .
-CornellUniversity has400,000 acres of land
in Wisconsin.
. There are 769 convicts in the state prison of
Massachu8eetts. i ■   ,
A late cargo of Bngar in Boston paid Uncle
Sam $121,950 duties."      (,*    ..    ,..,..
A Siiine county, HL, man raised 5,000 bushels of apples this season..
Kentucky has the finest, tobacco crop, that
has been raised since the war. f
All the members of Hayes's cabinet bnt one
were farm laborers in early life.
The Moody and Sankey meeting in Vermont are attended by thousands.
The Boston & Albany railroad has declared
a dividend of eight percent, on a capital stock
of $20,000,000.
New York has twelve sugar refineries, some
of which produce 2,500 barrels a day, or nearly 500,000 pounds.
The amount of sugar consumed in the^,United States last year was 638,369 tons, of which
661,369 tons were imported, and only 71,000
were of domestic production—nearly eight
times as much foreign as domestic.
Sheboygan, Wis., is extensively engaged in
the cheese business. She has shipped 55,770
boxes this season.
A million and fifty-five thousand men are
reported to be on the military register of the
German government.
In the United States a fire breaks out every
hour in some part of the country. The daily
loss is about $300,000.
Nineteen homesick TrUhmen were sent back
to the old sod last week by theMassachnssetts
Board of State Charities.
A Pittsburger has been fined ten dollars for
hanging his own dog. The intelligent creature had been killing his chickens.
Another lot of Mormons have reached New
York on their way to Utah., They are English
Welsh and Norwegians of the lower classes.
Lovers of the weed In Nevada are congratulating themselves because it has been found
that splendid tobacco can be raised in that
State.
From the earliest period ofthe national history to the present time, 4,000 insurance companies have been organized to do business in
this country.
The estimates of carrying inland mails for
the coming fiscal year are $20,030,297, an increase over the estimates for the current year
of $2,030,297.
A struck jury has been ordered in the suit
of the State of New York against ex-Comptroller, R. B. Connolly, of ring notoriety j fcr
ten million dollars.
Benjamin West's birthplace at West Dale is
still standing, and is excellently preserved.
Ita Quaker owners have utterly refused to demolish the old dwelling.
The synod of New Jersey sustains the presbytery of New Brunswick in suspending the
Rev. John Miller, of Princeton, for heresy on
the doctrine of the trinity.
Where is the advantage of being an emperor? Kaiser William had his mouey in the
Berlin bank which failed, and his cash went
up the spout with the rest.
A treaty has been completed between the
Dominion government and the Blackfeet Indians, by which the Indians cede 51,000 square
miles of territory to Canada.
A mother and a daughter eloped with their
lovers from Leesburg, Ohio, leaving their husband and father disconsolate. "What is home
without a mother and daughter ?"
Blonde hair is coming to the front again as
the most fashionable color. Ladies who gave
their blonde switches to the grasshopper sufferers will Boon regret their generosity.
Three sons of Wm. Downey, of Pittsfleld,
Mass., loaded an old gun barrel with powder
and discharged it. The weapon burst, killing
two of the boys and tearing off a hand for the
other.
Two steamers sailed from Boston on the
2<th, for Liverpool, taking 125,000 bushels of
wheat shipped by Chicago parties on through
bills of ladiDg. EpgEgements are already
made for all grain tonnage room in November's steamers.
. The prohibition temperance vote in the
State of Ohio has the following record: In the
year 1875 there Were cast 2,593 votes for the
prohibition ticktt, in 1876, 7,815 votes, and in
1877,4,858 votes.
A man named Lundy, living near Chatham,
Ont, dreamed tbat three of his neighbors had
set fire to his house and weregoing to kill him,
and in his confusion and terror he cut his
throat with a islot.
If all the licensed liquor shops of Boston
were put tide by side they would reach a distance of ten miles. One-half the criminals
of Massachussetts are from Boston, at least so
says ths state temperance alliance.
Miss Lillie Devereaux Blake made a temperance speech the other day, in whioh she asserted that between 1870 and 1875 forty-two
women were killed in the city of New York
by drunken men—u,ost of them kicked to
death.
After three hundred years of absence, shoals
of herring appeared this year on t'le cost of
Denmark. The fish was for many centuries
the chief source of revenue of ths country,
and the Danes naturally hope that it may not
soon again disappear, as it did suddenly one
antumn over 300 years ago.
Camp, the Vermont State prison convict who
escaped by tunneling under the wall fifteen
years ago, and was only caught and returned
after fourteen years of liberty, has been digging away; at the same place, and was caught
last week when he had got to, within a foot of
liberty, and had his haversack packed with
provisions and clothing..   '    ,
A shocking accident occurred at the Jack-
sop, Tenn, fair. During-a horse-race two
young ladies attempted to cross the track in
front of the horses, and one of them, Miss
Annie clcurlj.ok, was struck by one of the
horse3 and probably fatally injured. The
horse fell and threw hia rider, Johnnie Johnson, severely injuring him. Another hor_,e
becoming entangled in the nitlee thrsw his
rider, You-_g __L.ulioon, and fu»ail> i_.jar.L,^
him. ■
An Englishman, who has made a bet of
£50,000 that he will in six years walk through
France, Germany, North Russia and 8iberia to
China, has started from Calais on hisj-mrney-
ing. His bet oolige3 hiui to return through
India, Persia aud Southern Russia1, and from
there over Greece and Italy to France. He
must be in Liverpool by the lst of July, 1883.
New Ross Fair.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
The New Ross Agricultural Association-
held their first fair on the 23d and 24th
of October. The wet weather that preceded the fair a few days was rather discouraging, but nice weather came just in
time. The crowd was immense and variously estimated from two to three thousand. The exhibition was a grand success-
Horses, cattle, poultry, grain, vegetables
and a great many other articles were on
exhibition in abundance. Montgomery
county being noted for its fine horses it
was not surprising to see a large number
there. Forty entries were made, amongst
which were some very heavy draft animals. Several head of Short-horn cattle
were on the ground, that were very creditable to their owners. The hog department
was well represented, some of those in the
different herds were especially admired.
Montgomery breeders are sparing no paina
to excel in raising line hogs. Among those
to whom premiums were awarded on Poland Chinas, are W. A. Brown, J. Harsh.-
barger, H. T. Stephens, P. & M. Sharp,.
Wm. Aldridge and P. Yelton & Sons. The
last named firm also took premiums on
Berkshires. The sweepstakes premium on
male hog was given to W. A. Brown, on,
female to H. T. Stevens. On pigs, Wm. Al- ,
dridge for best male and female. P. & M.
Sharp took sweepstakes on best five shoats.
We feel confident that this is a favorable place to hold a Union fair of Montgomery, Boone and Hendricks counties. The
distance of this point from any other
where fairs are held give us ample territory. We invite the citizens of the above
counties to assist us in perfecting this or-
fanization that we may  have as good a
Tnion fair as there is in the State.
William Aldridgk,
New Ross, Montgomery Co., Oct. 27, 77.
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County Fairs—Do They Pay?
To the Editors Indiana Farmer :
The agricultural classes are demanding
an answer to this all-important question:
"Do county fairs pay ? While there may
be exceptions to the rule, the general
verdict and answer echoes from all parte,
of the country: They do. If all the agricultural organizations within our State
were conducted upon careful, well established principles, the above answer would
be unanimous, or, in other words, whenever a fair is conducted properly, good
results will follow. The modus-operandi
in conducting a fair successfully, seems
to be a vexed question in many localities.
So it seems that if a systematic course of
well defined plans were adopted and successfully diffused among the people, it
would meet the universal approbation of
the agricuultral community. To accomplish this it would seem that consultation
is necessary.
If the officers of the different county
fairs throughout the State would meet in
convention and adopt a proper mode of
procedure, discuss the various rules and
regulations that govern their respective
societies, and fix upon definite plans, a.
mutual good feeling would be engendered, and good results would surely follow.
Editors of the Fakmer and others, please
give opinions. C. O.
Wabash, Ind.
We think the suggestion of our correspondent, in regard to holding a convention of the officers of county fair associations, a good one. We can understand
how much benefit might result from such
a meeting, and cannot see that any evil
would follow it. It is certain that many
societies succeed in managing fairs while
others foil. A comparison of plans
adopted by different boards of managers,
ought to elicit the best and most successful method.
If we were, called upon to BUgge3t the
proper time for holding such a convention, it would be on Wednesday of the
week in which the Delegate Board of Agriculture is in session.—Eds.
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Complimentary Excursion.
Around the Belt Railroad, Saturday,
November 3rd, 1877, tendered by the
railways of Indianapolis, to the Flower
Mission, for the benefit of the poor.
- Fare only twenty-five cents. Trains
•will leave the Union Depot at 2 p. m,
running over the LB, & VV, track to the
Belt R. R , thence around the Belt, stop-
pine at the new stock yards, Whito river
bridge and Brightwood, returning to tb<>
city over the Bee Line.
This will probably be the last opp**
nity the publio will have of enjoy'
excursion around the Belt, as er
trains cannot woll be run when
is in full operation.
Ample accommodations w'
vided in first class coache*
tion cars, for both ladie"
Tickets can be proc
store of Merrill & B'
Stewart &  Co,, Cra.1
ner Pennsylvania •
Wulker's phramac
corner of Illinois
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