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VOL.. XV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCT. 23, 1880.
NO. 43.
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OB  8ale-WlDter   Oats.    FRED   8.   MEARS,
Washington, Daviess county. Ind.
FOB SALE—Some fine Plymonth Rock cockerels,
at tl, if ordered soon.   JS. u. CRIST, New Market, Ind
FOR SALE-Pure bred Southdown buck lamlv at
reasonable prices. Address URIAH PR1VETT,
Greensburg, Ind. '
FOR SALE—Pure Taylor Proline Blackberry roots
for fall or spring planting.   Address JACOB
TAYLOR, Splceland.lnd.
FOR SALE—Farms—In various parts of Indiana,
by   M.  ARBOCKLE, Agent, 68 East Market
street, Indianapolis, Indiana.   .
FOR SALE—Leicester and Cotswold sheep, lately
Imported from C&nads.   I bava both bucks and
ewes .Address THOMAS TRIBBEY.Plymontb.Ind
FOR SALE—The best _-_rm wagons, wagon boxes
and second-hand wagons for the money ln the
city, call at 296 Massachusetts avenue, Indlanapoli-.
OR SALE—The Danville Nursery has asale yard
near deQot >s bet-re,  and will close out the
present very valuable stock at low rates.   Have a
full Une
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FOB SALE-Sheepl Sheep It Sheep!!!  200 nice
ewes; 1.0 ewe lambs; ln lots to suit customers.
J. F. MICK,
No. 669 North Alabama street, Indianapolis.
FOB SALE—The Indianapolis Nursery ha* 100,000
fruit and ornamental ttees. Including its
branches. Make out your order and Rfti-d lt In for
pricea. Address T. C BARNUM, 131 North Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis.
EOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland- China pigs
ready for service; either sex; will breed some
fine sows and ship at any time to 8j.lt purchasers.
Also Short-horn bull calves lor saie. Please write
me before you bay. L. H. AIKMAN, Box 21, Dana,
Indiana.
FOR SALE— 260 acres of first- class heavily timbered unimproved land, In good locality,on Mlch-
gan road, twenty-three miles northwest from Indianapolis-, In the edge of Boone county.   For farther
information, a-ddreesC. B. JACKSON, Centerville,
J ludiana.
FOR SALE—Two young Jersey bulls and two bull
calves ot the very beet butter family ln the
State. Dams make from 12 to 14 lbs. or butter ln 7
days, also 4 yonng graded Jersey cows. Would trade
some ot the above stock fbr a good work horse. T. J.
JOHNSON, QreencasUe, Ind.
*TJ.OR SALE—Thoroughbred chicks, Scotch collie
__J shepherd pups, etc. Chicks of the followlne
varittle : Several trios White LegborLS. a few each
of Light Brahmas, Partridge Cochins and Pea Comb
Partridge Cochins. The Shepherd pups are from
imported "Fannie." Sfock can be teen at the Indiana Poultry Yards, West Morris street, (near
Pogues run), or address W. J. E1STDN, Indianapolis, Indiana,
FOR SALE-128 acres of land lying ln Knox county, Harrison township, 2% miles trom Monioe
City, 10 miles from Vincennes. 127 acies under fence,
seme growing wheat on it, 70 acres of corn ground
for next spring, frame bouse, spring with sort waier,
out buildings, young orchard S acres bearing, 200
sugar trees, land lays rolling with good soil. For
further Information call on JOHN it. BEEL, on
lower Petersburg rcad,7>_ miles south of Vincennes.
When cattle are tvell graded, good export cattle can be turuod ofl at three years
of age without grain, if the pasture is superior, or at two-and-a-half with little
grain, or at two by pushing. Farmers wil»
incline to the habit of grazing as much aa
possible and graining as little as  possible.
The Fort Worth (Texas) Live Stcck Journal says: "It is a fact tbat Texas cattle
themselves in a perfectly healthy condition,
when grazing with tbe improved or native
herds of other States further north, will at
times cause them to take what is usually
termed Texas fever, which when once taken,
generally terminates fatally. This will usually be the result when Texas cattle are
taken and grazed with native Northern
cattle, or vice versa, the Texans all the time
keeping in good health.
In a recent lecture before a society of
Canada stock raisers, Mr. K.bjit Hull said
that the best American corn-fed animals he
considered as every way equal to any killed
in England, except the Polled Angus and
Galloway. Many of them weie excellent
grade Short-horns. He could tell by the appearance of the coat whether an animal was
stall or pasture fattened. He had no objections to cattle that had been fed entirely
o'n swill. Next to cattle fattened on grass
and roots he would prefer those that had
been fed at distilleries. He advised exporters to give their stock six pounds of oil
cake per day. It would improve them
greatly and prevent them from shrinking
during a long ocean voyage.
FOB SALE—One herd book bull calf, 8 months
old, color brown, with some white; dam has
made 14 pounds of butter in 7 days. One herd book
heifer calf, 4 months old, color fawn; dam made 10>_
pounds of butter ln 7 days at 2 years old. Two tbrte-
foarths Jersey heifer calves, one 7 and the other 5
months old, color red fawn; dams made one pound
of butter a day at 2 years old. Price, IIM for the 4.
One ct the calves ls woith the price I ask for the lot.
T. J. JOHNSON, Oretnca-tle, Ind.
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JOHN KIDD. attorney-at-law. rooms 2J and 20
Thorpe Block. Proprietor of "Tbe World's Collection Bureau." Collections and commercial litigation a specialty. Personal attention tocl y business.
"Q*. WATCHES, 4 oz. silver cases for .18. Every
-.OO watch Jeweled and warranted two years.
.t?__en ordering state name of express office. Watches
sent C. O. D. with priviledge of exatninlngbe-ore advancing any money. N. A. STEVENS, Jeweller,
Brandon, Wisconsin.
LO-LNS.
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ONEY to loan on Improved Farms at 7per cent.
Interest.  M. E. VINTON, Indianapolis. Ind.
tyivt j^fofh.
A Correspondent of the Nebraska State
Journal, in a paragraph concerning Btock
raising, holds forth as follows: "Let us
talk over stock raising and see the results.
Your common native three-year-old steers,
in good condition, will weigh ready for
market 1,250 pounds, worth three and one-
half cents, qr ?43 75. ■> A good grade. Shorthorn steer will weigh at the same age and
same treatment 1,600 pounds, and worth
to-day five cents per pound, or $80 per head.
For the proof of this assertion look at the
reports of the cattle market and you will
find that the above estimate is not overdrawn. A net difference of ?35 is certainly
a thing to be considered. Think of this
statement; compare it with the markets,
and act according to your conviciions."
SH0ET-HOKN BBEEDEBS'ASSOCIATION.
We have already called notice to the fact
that the eighth annual convention of the
American association of Short-horn breeders will meet at Lafayette, Ind., beginning
Wednesday October 27. The headquarter,,
of the as-.o. iation will be at the Lahr house,
where reduced rates for entertainment will
be given. Indiana breeders and stock men
should feel especially interested, and attend,
since the association compliments the State
by holding its meeting here.
The province of Buenos Ayres possetses
54,000,000 sheep, of which 18,000,000 belong
to Irish settlers.
Mr, T.-L. Miller, Beecher, 111., has just
imported 109 Hereford cattle and four Southdown rams from Herefordshire,  England.
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The Texas Farmer says: "The sheep
men of Williamson oounty are all purchasing fine Merinos,-whieh speaks well for
that county as a sheep-growing region."
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B. F. Lego's sale of Short-horns, Wind-
/ fall,Ind.,was quite satisfactory. Some yearlings sold for f 100, others as high as $ 170;
taken altogether the sale was quite satisfactory.	
R. M. Fisher, Danville Ky., sent 10 head
of Southdowns to the great International
Sheep Shew, at Philadelphia, and won ten
prize*) on them in a contest with Walsing-
hatn England, and other noted breeders
and importers.
C. F. Darnell, of this city, had his fleck
of flne Cotswold sheep at the St. L.uis Fair,
and carried ofl the first premium on yearling bucks, and several other premiums on
the flock. This flock was exhibited in competition with the flock at the National show,
at Philadephia this year.
Perhaps the heaviest return ever obtained in this country from a single sheep
was secured last year by Daniel Smith,
N. H., who raised from a Shropshire ewe
tbree lambs, which he sold for f 18, and the
wool of the ewe for $1 60, making the total
'income from one sheep |19 SO.
Mugq A -.kagravk, Centre, Howard
county, Ind., now have over one hundred
fine pigs to select from in filling their orders, bred from six boars with the famous
"Perfection" hog, Star of Butler oounty,
standing at the head followed by nineteen
sows iunning back to Black Hawk and
Black Bjss, and other noted families, The
. success and prosperity of this firm is great
and deserving.
succeed and become wealthy. About 3,000
head ot cattle are now owned by the Indians
on this leservation. The names of some of
the most enterprising stock men are given
as follows: Powder Face, Little Riven,
Yellow Bear, Left Hand, Heap-of Bear,
Shield, Jarah and Jesse.
The Warner Aslrouoinical Observatory. Rochester, Ke*w York.
AMEBICAN CATILE BUYEES IN EHGLAHD
The following is an extract from an article in the London Field, referring to the
recent American purchases of Hereford
cattle in England: 'Up to the last year or
two, Short-horns, of all others, reached
and kept the position of the fashionable
pets. The prices made by them have been
the theme—indeed, they are still, to a
wearisome extent—of scores of newspaper
paragraphs. The paragraphs are wearisome,
because the intelligent reader knows them
to be fallacious, and seeds of mischief. For
several seasons these prices were reported
as going up "by leaps and bounds." By-
and-by there was something more than a
lull; and there has been beyond dispute a
positive reaction at last. This, too, seems
to have run its cours,; and the latest tidings are that the interest in good cattle is
reviving outside these islands; and that
there have been a very considerable num
ber of foreign buyers oyer, intent on taking
back with them some good specimens from
the famous English cattle shows, and that
they have not entirely succeeded.
As generally happens when there comes
a revival of public interest for anything,
there is found to have been a shifting of
relative positions. It is absolutely certain
that the men who come to buy cattle in 1880
do riot see with exactly the same eyes as
their immediate predecessors. Now Englishmen are very slow to admit that a position has altered. Etrl Beaconsfleld once
called the English the most imaginative of
peoples. It is quite certain that no other
people, left to Itself, hugs a conviction, once
embraced, half so faithfully. England has
not unfrequently changed its view, but
hardly ever by its own unassisted agency.
Perhaps a new awakenment impends.by foreign aid, over English opinions upon Shorthorns. When list the foreign buyerevne,
he either found or made English Shorthorn owners the exclusive devotees of
what our American cousins call "line breeding." To have a herd of pure something
Short-horns, was to have the command oi
the market. To Buch, all English buyers,
and colonial and foreigner alike, flocked to
compete against one another. As a consequence, half the existing herds of Shorthorns in England have been framed, and
are being continued, on this pattern. - In
the' resuscitated anxiety to obtain .English cattle, does the same prefere, ca reveal
itseli? It is necessary to say distinctly rhat
it does not.
The recent inspectors—they have been
little more—especially from America, display quite a new taste, and use quite novel
terms. Little is heard of pure thin, or pure
that, but a great deal about thick flesh aud
constitution. Tbo transatlantic meat trade
is revolutionizing other people's minds besides those.of English land occupiers. That
trade is flourishing, is large even now, arid
it promises to become enormous. Arid our
American cousins, with a characteristic
love of a big thing, are quite under its in.
fluence in all their ideas of Short-horns.
They are now buying cattle, not with a
view to a high average at an auction, but
to a regular supply of prime carcasses ot
beef. If we are to continue to do business
with them, we must change our plan., It
is in vain to try and charm them with the
old catch words. "Thin-fleshed, I tell, ye,
and tender to boot," is a verdict moreoften
heard upon English Short-horns than seems
desirable, *~
Of the transatlantics who canie to buy
cattle at the "Royal" of 1880, hardly one
took SLOj-t-horns. Herefords they bought,
Polled Angus, and even Norfolk Red Polls,
if they were beefy-minded. The American
dairymen had curious inquiries to make
about "milk and butter records," which
sounded odd to the newest dabblers ln fancy dairies, i. e., to the Eoglish belauders ot
Jerseys for being "grand whole colors,"
and the "correct shade of silver-gray.'.'
Might one respectfully suggest that the
old bleeders of Short-horns were not wholly wrong when they conceived that, in reducing the stature, in compressing the
frame, in preferring a heavily fleshed, almost clumsy-looking type, and assigning
a high position to hardiness, the Collings
and their contemporaries had done well;
and that the subsequent faith, so assiduously preached, that the Collings bad spoilt
tbe old Short-horns, and their MaMn'.
blood ha i done nobody any good, and that
nothing was of any consequence but 'jblue
blood," grand style, and a buttery touch,
is more likely to burn the fingers of those
who hold it than the bodies of the heretics
who refuse to receive it; and that the Shorthorn breeders who neglect the criticisms of
carcass butchers, and the tendency in the
breed to milk, are playing the game of
other men rather than their own?
triumph in feeding, and lor a demonstration of success in one of Iowa's largest and
mest important pecuniary interests, it excelled any other exhibition ever made at
tbe State fair since its first inauguration
twenty-seven years ago. It was not one
steer, which might happen to have attained
extraordinary growth, and to have taken
flesh and fat to an unusual degree. But
he had steers there of all age?, and a considerable number. Wedidnot taketheweight
at tbe time of exhibition, but see them reported by others which we presume is correct. His yearlings averaged 1,200 pounds,
his two-years old 1,000 pounds, and Lis
three years-old 2,100 pounds, while he had
in-the drove specimens of each age still
heavier. In this is involved Iowa's choicest
business, aud it is to be hoped that by exhibition at fairs, and by demonstration at
the scales, and by obtaining higher prices
of shippers, greater improvement will be
made in the entire Leaf produttofour State.
Chis was a noble beginning, and all other
sights at the State lair were not worth as
much to us as Moninger's herd of fat cattle. We hope to see him there at every recurring year, with dozens of others competing with him forthe honors in so laudable a
field.—Iowa State Register.
Colts and their Management.
When the horse is young the foremost
danger is that he will be spoiled in early
life.   Colts should be familiarized with the
harness when so young that they may imagine the traps a part of themselves.   They
sl ould never know what it is to be broken.
They shonld find themselves engaged in
business they hardly know how; and should
be gradually introduced to their work with
an unrtsftldd temper,and an acquiescent but
an unsuldued spirit.   When you actually
conquer a horse you can never tell where
lhe conquest is going to end.   Let the lesson begin at two years old, and a few weeks
will completeit.without dangerof violence,
and it never will be forgotten, lt need not be
renewed until the animal hus beet me mature and strong enough to bear the burdens
ot life.   As a colt may be sprained by over-
lot-dlng, go he may be mined by excessive
feeding the first winter of his life.   It is
pleasant to see his glossy coat and lively
head and mature neck and well developed
form, under a good supply of oats.   But all
the pleasure will vanish if you  look carefully at his limbs, which tremble a little
after exercise; and it will still more entirely
vanish lf jou examine him after his summer's run at grass,  and  wonder that  he
looks no better, and has Lot grown  more.
Sweet __ay"and a few oats, with a very little
grain at long intervals of time are sufficient.
The muscle which the horse gets after he
is fourtyeais old is worth vastly more than
what he makec before that time; and all
the lat',a colt has u} on himself belore he is
fonr years old is an it, jury to him.   It not
unfrequently happens to young horses that
their lives are shortened aud their powers
weakened by excessive early feeding and
early work.   If you will feed colts for early
maturity, and drive for early speed, you
must expect to lose a large part of the ultimate value of your horse.—The Farm, Dublin, Ireland.
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Salt for Sheep.
It is said that in Spain, whenever sheep
are kept in the neighborhood of rock salt
hills or sea salt, and have access to it, they
thrive better than in other situations, and
in Frar.ce the same thing ia found to exist
in tbe neighborhood of the sea coast and the
salt works of the north, sheep give more
and better wool, and the mutton is more
highly esteemed than that from other localities. Where it is given to them when at
pasture, the amount should be irom half an
ounce to an ounce each daih; and it is a
well-known tact that sheep never stray
from an inclosure in which salt and water
are provided for them.—N. Y. Herald.
two. Since then lame as at first several
times. A week ago got very lame and remains so. Stands on lame leg same as
other. After going a few steps he can
haidly bear to put his weightonit. Some- *
times he holds up the foot and hops along.
Is a valuable farm animal, 13 years old;
has never been si«k or refused feed; there
is no soreness or heat in the shoulder or
leg that can be discovered. I. K,
You give no symptoms of any disease.
Saying that a horse is lame, that his lameness is not continuous, fails to lead to any
conclusion, neither will his age, value or
size. Stand in front of him and see if the
foot of the lame leg is sixaller than his
other foot, take up his foot and feel of the
frog and ascertain if itis in every way like
the other; if it is harder than the other. We
suppose the lameness to be in the foot from
the fact that everybody knows Sweeney,
lf you will give us sj mptoms we will tell
you the disease and remedy. Let us hear
from you.
Could Have Been Saved.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I hate a cow that was sick last week.
She appeared to begin with pain, swinging
her head first on one side and then on the
other and moaned; nose cold and wet;
body cold. What passes her bowels is
very hard and there was some fatty matter came away with it. I don't know anything about the pulse ef a cow, but the flow
of blood through the jugular vein was very
feeble. E. D.
Your oow could bave been saved if attended to in time, that is to say if you
could have pathologicd her disease and
known the remedy. To do this the use oi
a book npon the sul j ect of veterinary
practice is indispensable. We are surprized that intelligent farmers omit to arm
themselves against such casualties, but
keep on losing valuable stcck as if they
cost nothing; and in the face of the fact than
f5 will procure a good book, with the
use of which nine-tenths of the losses consequent upon stock raising may be avoided. Your cow died of an inflammation of
the maniplus resulting in dry murrain.
Fat Steers at the Fairs.
There are two objects in cattle breeding
and feeding—they are the production of
thebest milch-cows, and the best beef.
Heretofore county and State fairs have
failed to develop a sufficient show of these
classes^ But few cows are shown, and they
with no sufficiently attested milk records.
And fat steers have been as scarce as though
such things were not produced in the State.
Bat the late State fair was an exception.
The fat steers exhibited by the Hon. D. M.
Moninger, of Marshall county, were the
grandest feature of tbe fair.   In fact for a
Stock Breeding in the Indian Territory.
The Red Men of the Indian Territory are
beginning to bestow increased  attention
upon live stock raising. The Transporter,
pubished iu the town of D<srliugtoH, in tbat
Territory, refers to the matter as. follows:
*Q lite a number of Indians have already
laid   tbe   foundation  of extensive  herds.
Certainly this cjuutry is better adapted to
stock raising than to anything else, and
the Indian i-s iu his natural element more
nearly when taking care of stock than in
any other civiliz.d pursuit.   With a country and a people peculiarly adapted to the
business,  we see many good reasons for
thinking that this will one day  be an important stock district and the Indians, civilized by the labor necessary in tbe cars oi
his stock, will no longer be the nation's
ward, but an independent, self-supporting
citizen.   As remarlted above, a number of
herds have beeu commenced, and, considering the newness of the business, the defectiveness of the corrals, and the Indian's
natural tendency to go and come when he
pleases, less trouble has bsen experienced
than was expected, and the general result
is far more satisfactory.   The fear has been
that they would get tired of their cattle
and butcher them, but this has not been
done to any great extent, nor is this result
now anticipated.   Something was  said to
one of the Arapaboes about killing one of
his cows, but he would not listen to anything of the kind.   He went on to show
how many cattle would result irom one
eow in ten years.   It was interesting to notice that his calculation was made with all
the contingencies taken into account, and
that he had the mattter worked down about
as fine as any white breeder  could  do  it.
Now when the red man looks forward in
this way, it is fair to presume that he will
This department is edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ot Navin's Explanatory
Htock Doctor.
Rules t» be observed by those eipectlnc correct
answers;
1. Btate the rate of pnlse.
2. The breathing.
S, The standing at ti lode.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. If cough, and secretion  from nose,  whether   ^    j and ^    t.ui_aing,  specially  de-
glands between tbe Jaws can be felt, and how near                  " J
tbe bone.
6. It breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sonnd, no time mnst be lost in blistering
throat, and using tincture ot aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time ls too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall most enclose a
stamp.
The Bochester Astronomical Observatory.
Tbe Warner Observatory at Rochester,
N. Y., a cut of which is given on this page,
is tbe finest private observatory in the
world. Containing a telescope third in power
to any on this continent, it cannot fail to
contribute largely to tbe cause of science in
the United States.
But however much may be accomplished
in the future, American astronomers
have already done grandly in the past;
Among the prominent revelations which
they have made to the world may be mentioned the following: The separation of
Biela's comet into two parts in 1845; the
discovery of the eight satellites of Saturn in
1848 by Prof. Bo__d; the discovery of the
transparent ring of Sat urn in 1850 by Prcf.
Bond. Prof. Hall of the Washington observatory discovered the two moons that
accompany Mars, which was one ol the
greatest astronomical events of the present
eentury. In addition to the above the
United States claims the discovery of more
than one thousand double and triple stars,
among them some of the most wonderful
in the entire Ust of those objects; over fifty
asteroids and fifteen new comets; while
Professors Watson and Swift during the
eclipse of 1878 discovered three intra-mer-
curial planets. This is a record of which
Americans can justly be proud.
The new observatory at Rochester ia to
Has Worms.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I have a horse that has worms. Please
give me aiemedy through your valuable
paper. F. A. T,
Give your horse a level teaspoonful ol
sulphate ot iron every evening, in cut feed,
for a week, or until the worms disappear,
then one full teaspoonful of the following
three times dally: Blocdroot, flour of sulphur, black antimony, pulverized nitre
and resin, each two ounces; ground ginger
tour ounces, mix.
Blister Them.
For the Indiana Farmer. ^
I have some cattle with swelling under
the jaw and extending up to the neck and
around the throat; hair looks a little
rough, but they eat and drink as usual.
They hove been running in woods pasture
where thev could eat acorns. Have not
had hold of them and cannot tell about the
breathing or pulse. The name of disease
and remedy would be thankfully received.
O. W. T.
Blister your cattle's jaws, blister severely for many days, at least 15; use pulverized cantharides, Spanish fly, two ounces
to the quart of splritB of turpentine. The
cause cannot be known unless seeing them.
Rub in the blister severely with the hand.
A What is ItP
-Editors Indiana Farmer.
Will you please tell me what alls my
horse; and the cure? Last May he got lame
in left  fore  leg, was all right in a day or
signed for astronomical purposes, and its
endowment is due to a fortunate  circumstance.   The original idea was to construct
a tower and building of moderate proportions, but the financial success of Mr. H. H.
Warner, who made the original endowment,
induced that gentleman to expend a much
larger sum, and make the building what it
is as shown above.   Tue new telescope will
cost about }15,000, and is to be in charge of
Prof. L-_wis Swift, who has become so famous by reason of his discoveries of comets
and two intra-nucurial planets.   The tube
oi the new instrument is twenty-two feet in
length, while the lens is sixteen inches in.
diameter. It will be mounted in the revolving turret, so as to most thoroughly sweep
the horizon in all possible directions.   The
advancement which science has madeinthe
last few years   has   been  very great, but
much more may reasonably be expected in
the future, and although  the  locality of
Rochester is not well  designed  for  astronomical researches, as there are so many
storms in that region, still much may be
looked for from the new Warner observatory in the very near future.
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The Howgate expedition to the Arctic
regions, came to a close recently by the
disabling of the ship Gulnare, in a
storm, and the company has returned
to Newfoundland.. The highest point
reached was Disco Island. Dr. Pavy,
the naturalist who accompanied the expedition, remained in Greenland to pursue his researches in natural history.
The horse disease has broken out at
Cleveland and Chicago,but in both places
it is in a milder form than at its former
appearance.
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