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M l, •' • • > ~ % X $ : ) > i '. T" * tr. iiSi'Sil'- I ** , *> tv , * • i *- <* • <i f.' rift- , : <*-- *.•« ** % • '*• |V ^ . *• * v^- Pledged but to Tjuth, to Liberty and Law; No Favors Win us and no Pear Shalt Awe. v ; j C ' i O a K K S W m VOL. 3. M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1877. . 17 jj^[eipy pisloieftlep. Published Every Wednesday by Ji. VAN SLYK15 ^ .Editor and Publisher. I; f f . • r-• ' tpfttfecr in Riverside Blttck, :0Ver Smith* Aldrich & Haythom's Store., TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION: 3af~ Year, (in Advance,) --. 60 If not Paid within Threo Months, 00 Subscriptions roceived for three or six months In the same proportion. \ BUSINESS CARDS. H. T. BROWN, M. I>. PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Oflire in Brick Block over F. G. • M'.ves Clothing' Store Water Street, McHenry III. E. A. BEERS M. D. PRTSTClAK.and Surgeon. Office at residence, two doors west of Post Office, McHenry 111. O. J. HOWARD, M D. PHTSTCIAN and Surjreon. Office at the store of Howard & Son, Mc Henrv, 111. -- , .-- ..... v P. J. BARMAN, CIQAR Mannfactu»-«"•, McHenrv Hi, Vic­tory No. 171. Orders solicited. • . W. S. PRIOKETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW. McHenry, III. Office second storv Bishop's new Block. " RICHARD BISHOP, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. Office in rent-of Murphv & Bishop's Bank North Side Public Square, Woodstock, 111. GEO. A. BlICKLIN NOTARY PUBLIC, Conveyancer and In-surance Agent. Office at Bucklin & Steven's Store, near the Depot, McHenry, III. K. E. RICHARDS. HAS a complete Abstract or Titles to land In McHenrv County, Illinois. Office with bounty Clerk, Woodstock, 111. ROBT. WRIGHT. Manufacturer of Custom Made Boots and Shoes. None but the best of material nsed and all work warranted. Shop Northwest eorner Public Square, McHenry, IlL Hi. HKCHTLE. HOUSE, Rljrn and Ornamental Painter, also Fancy Sketches, Scenery, Ac., McHenry IlL Will do all work promptly and at rea­ sonable rates. E.M.OWEN. GENERAL Dealer and Manufacturers Ajfent in Leading Farm Machinery. Prices low and Terms favorable. MCHENRY ILLINOIS. GEp. SCIIREINER. SALOON and Restaurant. Nearly 'Apposite the Parker Honse, McHenry 111. <®*Fir8t-Cla98"Billiard and Pool Tables. J. .BONSLETT, SALOON and Resfturant. Nearly oppoeite Owen's Mill, McHenry, IlL Fresh Oysters served lip in any shape desired, oivtor sale by (he Can, MTGOOD STABLING FOR HORSES. «§* W. W. ELLSWORTH, BREEDER O the Celebrated Ikfafrie liner. Also I.ijrlttaml IVirk Brahma Fowls. Pi«s •hipped u» all points by express, P. O. Ad- iress, Woodstock, I1L.v R PETER LEICKEM. EPAtRS Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of ill kinds. ' Also Uep-ilrs Violins intiieuest possible manner, on short notice and at rea­ sonable rates. Al-"> Violins for Sale. Shop Jlr«t d»ot North of Riverside Block, Mc.IIeury lit. MeHEXRY HOUSE, cllenrv, 111. John Karixcs Proprietor. Centrally located and the best of accom­ modations furnished. Charges reasonable. M F. KI.EIFGEN & SON. CARRIAGE, Waicon and House Painting done on Short Notice. All work war­ ranted. McHenry 111., South.of the Public Square. MATTHEW KARGES. H*>USE, Sign and Carriage Painter. Also Calsonulling done in the best of manner. All orders promptly attended to and work warranted. Residence at the McHenry House, McHenry, III. , Attention Farmers. FOR SALE. A Litter of Full Blood Scotch Collie Shep­herd Pops, tvoni Imported Stock. These are the finest dops for the farmer in the world find I will warrant them to be full blood. Also I have for sale Poland China Pigs, both sexes, all verv line. Gall at my residence, one mile -east of Bllvins Mills, and see them. FHANK COLE. Blivins Mills, 111., Anp., 28th, 1877. WT A XTrT,T7,T\ To make a permanent W J\±\ Jl l i 1) onaraifcment with a clergyman havinir leisure, or a Bible Reader, to Introduce in McHenrv County, the CELE­ BRATED NEW Centennial Edition ol the HOLY BIBLE. For description, notice edi. torial in last week's issue of this paper. Ad. dress at once F. L. HOKTON & CO., Publish­ ers an<! Bookbinders, 00 E. Market St.. Indian­ apolis, Ind. JAMES ROSBIEiS, -DEAM U IN -- Agricultural Implements SOLON MILLS, ILL. MANUFACTURERS AGENT tor the Cham, pion Reaper and Mower, the Gorham Corn Cultivators and Diamond Plow, war­ ranted to scour in any soil, the Forest City Seed Plow and Steel Beam Stubble Plows Corn Planter:;., Horse Rakes, Ac. Will take Cash or Good Notes in exchange, for any and all of my Goods. Post Office, Solon Mills, III. For Sale or Exchange. THE undersigned offers for s.tle his proper, tv, situated in the village of McHenry, or will exchange it towards a good Farm.-- There is a good and substantial building, suit, able for a store or other business, the upper part of whiiTii is iitted up for a residence.-- Conncct"d with this >s four acres of choice land, a good barn and some fruit. There is no icore desirable property in this section, and dny person having a good Farm which they wish to exchange, or anyone wishing-to buy will And it to their advantage to call and •ee me. E. A HEBA_HI> McHenry, 111., May 7th, 1877. ^ BUSINESS CARDS. E. BENNETT, M. D., SURGEON and Accoucher. Diseases of Women a Specialty. Office and Residence on Clay Street, Woodstock, III, W. H. BUCK, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC Phvttcian and Sitrpeon.*-- Office East Side Public. Square, Wood- Itock, Ilk Office hours 11 to 13 A. If., and 3 to 4 P. M. CECIL W. COX. DENTIST. Office at the Parker House, McHenry, III. N. S. COLBY. MCHENRY, McHenry Co., 111. Breeder of Spanish Merino 'Sheep, Berkshire and Poland China Swine. A choice lot of young Buck stock for sale. Please call and examiue before buvmg elsewhere. * » ' •, DENTISTRY. DR. L. C.RICE, will visit the following place?, as stated below, every month, CAR\'--The 1st and 3d Tuesdays, ltoemsat Weaver's Hotel. WAVCOSDA-2d and 4th Wednesdays.-- Rooms at the Pratt House. MrHI:\RY--3d and 4th Thursdays. Rooms at the Riverside House, N t'NDA.--Every Friday. Rooms at the Hyatt House. The remainder of the time will be at his residence, at Crystal Lake. Dr. Kice will have with him at all times Chloroform, Ether and Nitrous Oxid Gas. which will be administered whenever de­ sired. All operations performed in a. careful and skillful manner. W. H. SANFORD, Merchant Tailor. In the store of C. H. Dickinson, East Side Of Public Square, WOODSTOCK, ILL. A goo.l Stock of Fine Cloths for SuHiirgs al­ ways on hand. Suits made to order and a lit warranted- Give me a calL j W, H. SANFORD. Woodstock III., Sept. 37th, 1875. M, ENCELN- O-'XJ,TV- SM ITH Will change muz- xle loaders, both single and doable, ^to breach loaders. Keeps on, hand all kinds of Gnn Ma- warranto^. Store, Mc teriaL All work Shop opposite Perry & Martin's tlenry, 111. H- L- JVIiiHT.MAN, l'l'oprsetor. First class rigi.withor without drivers, furnished at reasihiablc rates. Teaming of all kinds none ongtshort notice. b. W. OWEN, f AT{H MAKER & JEmEH, MCHENRY ILL., J>eale|r in all kinds of American and Swiss Watchos, Clocks from the best factories in the country. Silver, plated ware, Silver Spoons, &c., 1 | ALSO AGENT FOR THE Welder and Bradbury Pianos i AND THE ifestey Org-an ! Which ft-e believe to be tfie best Organ In the market! We think we know that by experi­ ence, aid we believe it, fos-lt is backed up by the f. iesi j R/lusicians in the Worll I alsofhell other Organs at less prices than the Estpy, but can't recoommond them to be as goodl I O. W. OWEN. July 83. • Errors of Youth. • A GENTLEMAN wtwi suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature De­cay and all the effects of youthful indiscre. tion will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it, the recipe and direction for making the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the adviser's experience can do so by addressing in perfect confidence * JOHN B. OUDEN, il Cedar St., Now York Scott & Co., i - . . ' HAT^ CAPS ft STRAW &00DS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, 192 MADISON STREET Anc COB. FIFTH AVE. 123 Lake 8t, Cor. Clark CHICAGO. A "riarger Stock of MEDIUM and .FINE GOODS and LOWER PRICES than any other house in the trade. I JANE8VIULS Mil Mill North Main Street. THE subscribers are now ready to exchange for wool, goods, such as plain and fancy Cassimeres, Doeskins, Tweeds, Satinets, La­ dies Cloth, Sheetings, Shirtings, 'ind a good variety of various kinds of Flannels, for dresses, Ac., Blankets, Stocking Yarn, &c.-- All these goods will be exchanged for Wool or Cash, on the most reasonable torms. Custom carding and cloth dressing on the same terms as in former years. Carpets washed at live cents per yard. P. S.---AH wool sent by express will be Sromptly attended to. Please send full or-ers by mail. Illinois State Dairymen's v Association* • yfMual Meeting to be Tuesday, Wanted,- low. * June 1st. 18 77 In exchange for goods ••wool greese and tall F. A WHEELER A Co. in the City of Effjin, IlL, Tuesday, Wed­ nesday and. Tliursda^^iJ^rg^t^ mhand 13th% 18T7. V - * ' , %•> •->»-*. - JARS.FL.;, I - • " '><?. • - >„•>! ' • " ]. Address of Welcome* W P**. TKFFT, President, 2. Response. 3. Address by PROF. H. Hail. «f Sugar Grove Industrial Scheftl. Sub­ ject: "The Successful Agriculturist and Dairyman.** The foilowing topics will theft be discusssed: ;• I "If Dairy Farming is the Most Remunerative, How Can we Make It More So.?"' GEO. P, LOUD, Elgin ;R. W. PATRICK» Marengo; THO'S BISHOP, Elgin. 2. "What are the Essential Require­ ments of a Good Dairy Farm?" Hon. WM. PATTEN, Sandwich; C. H. LAR- KIN, Elgin; DR. J. WOODWORTH Marengo, 111. Miscellaneous. EVENING SESSION. TUESDAY, 11TH, 7:30 p. M.--Address by PROF. G. E. MORROW. Subject: "The Future of the Western Dairy Interest." Address by HOM. S. WILCOX. Elgin; Address by HON. L. W. LAW­ RENCE, Marengo. Subject -elected. „ MORNING SESSION. WEDNESDAY I2TII, 0 A. M.--3. "Chem­ ical Fertilizers; Their Use and Appli­ cation," L. W. SHKLDKN.Union; PROF. F. H. IIALL, Sugar Grove; D. C Sco- FIELD, DR. S. M. SLADE, Elgin. ? 4. "Barnyard and Compost Manure; Its Value and How Applied." THOS. MOD. RICHARDS, Woodstock; JOHN KEATING, Elgin; DR. J. WOOD- WORTH, Marengo; ASA BEVERLY, Bar- rington. 5. "How Much per Pound is a Fair Compensation for Making Butter, In­ cluding Salt, Packages, ctc., and How Much Additional for Marketing?v Jesse Oatman. Dundee; Tlio«. Bishop, Elgin;L.C. Ward. St. Charles; H. T. Rockwell, St. Charles. C. "How Much per Pound Is a Fair Compensation for Making Cheese, in­ cluding Necessary Furnishings and Boxes? Also. How Much Additional for Mark**ting?" I. II. wanser, Elgin; C. J. Ferris, Galcsburg; H. W. Meade, Hebron; Wm. Boies, Marengo. 7. "The Best Method of Improving and Supplying the Dairy; the Differ­ ent Breeds and their Adaptation for Dairy Purposes." C. C. Buell, Rock Falls; E. II. Seward. Marengo;Capt. W. H.Stewurt, Woodstock. Miscellaneous AFTERNOON SESSION. WEDNESDAY. 12TH. 1:30 p. M.--8. •'Grasses; the Best Varieties for Hay and Pasture, as Adapted to Our Climate' Thos. Wilson. Flora: II. W. Meade, He­ bron; David Mitchell, Algonquin: John Smallwood, Freeport. 9. "Is it Profitable to Keep More Cows than the Farm will Sustain Israel Boies, Davis Junction; J. R, McLean, Elgin; John Keating. Algon­ quin; Mark Metcalf. Marengo. 10th. Is it not bettor for the general dairy interests that manufacturers of butter and cheese, at creameries atul<' chcese factories should owu the rank they make into butter and tSbtcsc? Pr^f, G. E. Morrow, Hon. S. Wilc^at, Dr. R, R. Stone. D. E. Wodd, Huntjtey. I 11th. Summer Butter. Is Lr^desira-* ble to hold? N. Eldre^^Gilman; R. R. Stone, Elgin; D,.Sr'Wood, Huntley ; Israel Boies, p«vis Junction. 12th. fen milk is to be made into butt^for checse at a factory for tne jyvfrrons thereof, should the compensa- tioii therefor be a fixed sum per pound, or dependent upon the price received for the products sold? Hon. Wm. Pat- ton, Sandwich; R. Ellwood, Sycamore; W tn. H. Stewart, Woodstock; N. Eldred Gilman. 13th. What is the best and most economical method of handling milk to make butter? S. K, Williams, Ma­ rengo; Tb©s. St.John,Marengo;Dexter Severy, Leland; Wm. F. Osgood, St. Charles. Miscellaneous. EVENING SESSION. Address by Dr. John M. Gregort, Regent Illinois Industrial University, Address by General L. B. Parsqiis. Flora. 111. Subject selected. / , THURSDAY, 13th, 9 A. M.--14tl(. BAN the dairymen of Illinois pjfofl^ably raise calves to supply the dairV? I. H. Wanzer. Elgin; D. Severy, Lfeland; S. Wilcox, Elgin; E, G. Ketchi^n, Dundee 15th. The best feed, Quality and quantity, at the different seasons of the year, for cows, from whi(& butter is the chief product ilesired.y Prof. F. H. Hall, Sugar Grove; SL' W. Kingsley, Barrington; B. CoxJ Elgin; Robt. Shedden, Plato. / 16th. How can thfe farmer make the most money from ^iis farm? Geo. P. Lord, Elgin; C. Hy, Larkin, Elgin; John Stewart, Campion; W. H. Stewart, Woodstock. j ljth. Whicyl is the mo6t profitable to manufacture, butter or cheese,or the two cowbiuWd ? J. P. Mason, Dundee; C.W.Gould, Elgin ;C. C. Buell, Rock Falls;A.jl-ovell. Sycanjore. It is earnestly desired tfiat all per­ sons \yho'bave been assigned to oi>en the discussions «f the above topics, will be iu attendance the first day of thi convention. The discussion of each question will be open to all members of the association who are tM participate in the same. old on the COMING TO THKIK SEN8SS. BDITOR PLATNI>E\LER:-- For a few years past, both the political parties have seemed bent forcing specie resumption upon people of this country, despite the evil effects which the acts of Congress, look­ ing to that end have been producing. Congress is beginning to discover the Impossibility of resumption, on Jan*{ 1st, 1879, and our representatives tliere are seriously talking about tho repeal of the obnoxious act. The Chicago Tribune that was once most boisterous in its advocacy of specie resumption, has turned round and is now very active in refuting the falacies of Secretary Sherman who still holds out in the advocacy of his ruinous scheme. Much of the distress and sufferings caused by our hard times are tracable directly to this act of try­ ing to force specie resumption upon the people, without adequate means for 6o doing. The great wrong has been in too much legislation on the subject. Had financial matters been permitted to shapo themselves, we would not have experience the suspen­ sion of our Industries and the want of employment, with its consequent suf­ fering among the laboring classes which we have so sadly experienced. Not content with declaring that the country should be forced to specie re­ sumption Jauuary 1st, 1879, Congress was led (through the scheming of gold bullionists and bond holders of this country and Europe) to pass an act de- monitizing silver as a legal tender for all debts, thus enhancing tho value of gold and making resumption more diffi­ cult of attainment. This stupendous folly and gigantic wrong so raised the indignation of the people that they have spoken in conventions, through the press and elsewhere, iu tones which were not misunderstood, and their rep­ resentatives at Washington have wise­ ly heeded their wishes and are at work repealing the obnoxious acts, demoni- tJzation and resumption. Should this good work, alread}' beguu at Washtug- ton, be properly completed, we may hope for better times in the near fu­ ture. The contraction of our currency (making it less than one-third the amount we had per capita iu the times of our greatest prosperity, after the close of our civil war) added to the acts, demonitiziug silver and jtf^signa- ting the time of rosumpttarfftaken in connection with the Sodfneru policy of President Haj'es, Jtfive done the job for the Republiprfu party of this coun­ try, whose n^fvious history had been one of \nrf{or and of untold blessings to THE^VOPLE. OBSERVER. K CUHK FOJtt THK DIPHTHERIA. A correspondent of a Victorian pa­ mper writes: "Should any of your family /be attacked with the diphtheria do not be alarmed, as it Is usually '.and speedi­ ly cured without a doctor. When It was raging in England a few years ago I accompanied Dr. Field on his route to witness the so-called wonderful cures he performed while the patients of ^others were dropping off on all sides. Tb* remedy, to be so™ rapid, must be simple. All he took \Vith him must be powdered sulphur and a quill, and with with these he cured every patient without exception. He puts a tea- spoonful of flour of brimstone into a \Vine-glas? of water and stirred it with his finger instead of a spoor., as the sul­ phur does not readily amalgamate with water. When the sulphur was well mixed ho gave it as a gargle, and in /«*n iniuutes the patient was out of /danger. Brimstone kli Is every species of fungus in rn^n, beast and plant in a few minutes. Instead of spitting out the gargle he recommended tho swallowing of it. In extreme cases where lie had been called just in the nick of time, when the fungus was too nearly closing to admit of gargling, he blew tho sulphate through a quill into the throat, and after tho fungus had shrunk to allow it, then the gargling. He never lost a patient from diphthe* ria. "If a patient cannot gargle take a live coal, put it on u shovel and sprinkle a spoonful or two of Hour of brimstone at a time upon it; let the sufferer inhale it, holding the head over it, and the fungus will die. If plentifully tised the whole room may be filled almost to suffocation, at|d the patient can walk about in it inhaling the fumes, with doors and windows closed. The mode of fumigating a room with sulphur has often cured most violent attacks of cold in the head* chest, e'ts^ at any tirue, and recauuueUded incases of con­ sumption antT asthma." "WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE WASHIKUTOS. D. Nov., 12th, 1>S77. It seems strange with all the impor­ tant affairs continually going on ir Washington, affairs that are of interest to tho whole country, and which con­ cern every individual citizen, that there should over be a dearth of reada­ ble subject matter for correspondents^ and it would seem that, if any place un­ der the sun could present inexhaustible stores of information and amusing items, the National Capitol is that place, but still, correspondents are daily he\rd to complain that there's nothing doing, nothing to write about, and ed­ itors are continually returning inanu* script with the discouraging comment "not newsy enough, give us something full of life." ; Well, our full of life anyway and we are Hi tb© inidstof it. Wo see and hear more <>very day than we conic" possibly make notes of. I don't know if life in Washington could ever beceme prosy and uninter­ esting. There is enough In the differ­ ent departments,, the government buildings, the National Charitable In­ stitutions and the National Museums to keep ono studying aad enjoying for years, and, certainly, tho oity itself is all tha: a city could be in natural beau­ ties, scientific advantages Hnd other things*belongiug to a desirable place of residence. In the good things of life we can revel almost the year rouud. America has no finer market than is found here, fruits, vegetables, meats and oysters being always obtainable at reasonable rates. But our rose has its* thorn of course, it would be less sweet without it I suppose. Our streets and alleys and byways are swarming with low, ignorant, thieving, dangerous negroes of all »g<£s, both sexes and with no employment nor disposition to work. Looking at them we cannot wonder at the sentiment of those who hold that the colored race Is worse off' now than befcre their emancipation.-- Then, at least, they had homes and food and clothing,but uow they must take care of themselves, their meutal as well as their physical wants. Wash­ ington leads the van in caring for her emancipated population, but there is still much that she can do to advaucc their interests and by so doing the in­ terests of all our people are advanced,-- There are hundreds of colored children who are growing up in the streets, be­ coming habitual vagrants and nuisances to the public, who would be in school if there were school houses enough in the District for them. It Is wonderful to note the difference between these and the school children. They are as distinctly two classes as are the ple- bians andtha aristocrats amoug*ths Whites. The Liberian movement which prom ised the emigration of a large portion, if not the whole of our colored popula­ tion, has received something of a dam­ per in the form of a paper recently published by the. State Department here, which sets forth the disadvan­ tages and dangers attending an en­ trance into the haven of promised safety. It is to the effect that although the interior is healthy, the climate fine and the land productive, yet there aro no roads^ by which that locality may be reached, save single foot-paths, and the hundreds ©f miles to be traveled on foot thiough swampy.pt'!conousfoi-ests is deathly to nine-ton tha of thos* who undertake It. Although the fourth week of tho ex­ tra session is nearly ended, Congress has only within a day or two taken in hand the matter for which they were called t© convene, namely, tho Army Appropriation bill. On Wednesday last It was presented, but Immediately laid over till Thursday when nearly the whole day was occupied in discussing whether the army shall be diminished-, increased or remain in humbers as it is, nothing being said about the wait­ ing bill. The majority of members who spoke on the subject were in favor of a decrease to 15,000 men. Another delegation of Indiana ar­ rived in this city on Thursday. This time they are Poucas Chiefs. They are said to be good workers, quite civilized industrious and peaceable,having never killed any whites and living in obedi­ ence to the commands of the "Groat Father." They oome to treat for lands to secure deeds of them and to ask for help in the way of agricultural imple­ ments, school houses, &c. Judging by their manner of asking, one would sup­ pose they, expected the school houses to be produced on the spot intaot with trunks to carry them home in. After a hard days rain it has oleared off as mild and sweet as a Jane morning and we can scarcely realize that the year is growing so old, These must be Indian summer days, but we cduuot hope for many such. Jack Frost has already made us several touching calls and ho will -soon -he here to stay awhile. • OLIVE. For right down Hard Pan Cash Prices for all kinds of Goods o*H Buckliu & Stevens*. "NOTHING IN Mf." People are very apt,on taking up i newspaper, to claim "There's nothing in It!" Do they ever pause toconsidor how much time it requires to gather what "nothing" tho paper does contain? How many steps are necessary day after day, with tho regularity of clock­ work, only to find that after all then is little or no liews? We oft-timo* wish that those who complain the moat of the "nothing" their paper contains could be made to try item-gathering for but one day, and that a pleasant one. Finding tt difficult even at such a time let them again go out whon tbo mercury is down to zero and tho wind whistles about into every crook an4 cranny, the §now drifts into every crevice, and people hn&y along content to^ain a fireside, without ono thought for the solicitor of an item. Yet whon these same folks are enjoying their warm and cozy quarters--when thoy sit t(Tasting their shins by a roaring blaze--then they pick up their papor glance at it and contemptously throw It aside with "There's nothing in it." It takes many au item to fill up a newt* paper; and can we manufacture thent to order and thus satisfy the insatl* able demand for news? Suicides, (lroa« murders--these are not of every day occurance in a place like Elgin. Shall we weave fabrications with not ono word of truth, simply |o give a sea* blance of somcthig interesting? To tell the truth this writing b«tt» ness is more of a task than most peoplo imagine. What seems to thom to bo the easiest of !&bor is the mearoat drudgery. Editors and reporters have ills aiid bad days as well as other peoplo; and to expect them* to always be in trim for writing, or even collecting material for writing, is unjlust. Aud yet It is exactly what la expected of thetn. Occasionally come* a peraon who, by some mysterious dispensation of Paovidence, happens to know threo or four important items. Immedlttoljr lie becomes puffed up and thinks ho could supply three or four columns daily and "not half try, either." And then again let the ones who complain the most of the scarcity of news In their home paper--those who think it should be completely filled day aftor day, with no exceptions--let them bo asked for an Item and you will receivo the stale and stereotyped "information* that "there's no thin' new--hain't boat# ofnothin.*" Well, human nature is human naturo the world over. People will demand without reason, and there's no help for it. The only way for newspapovt as well as Individuals to do is to pur­ sue the "even tenir of their ways" and let grumblers talk nntil they wear themselves oht. If "there's nothing tn it" they have their remedy--atop tho paper.--Elgin Bluff City. C FEEDING JLABGIS or SMALL Abundant experience, if such proof were necessary, shows thUfc there It more profit in feeding the large bftoda than there Js with the smaller breeds of animals, wheather for meat or milk* Of course, there are exoeptlons In this, as in all general rules; tho amsll Jersey cow, for example, whl^h IS ex* pected to produce an exceptions! product of highly colored and finely* flavored butter; but thts#doeshot affect the rule above stated. It fconly neces-* sary to consider that, when wo feed! two animals of 700 lbs. each, we havo- to supply the demands of two sets of* breathing, circulating and muscular* apparatus, which aro considerably' more extensive and expensive than* those of one animal of 1,400 lbs. Thls> is true of every animal that we feod^ from the fowl land pig, up to tbo cow" and fatted steer. .Ton small Merino* sheep, weighing 80 pounds each, wlj&t cost much more to feed than four Cola*- woulds of 200 lbs. each, or five of 160* lbs each. Bosldos the gain In feod*> we have also a large advantage In tbo less proportionate amount of offal In* the fewer largo animals than in tbo* larger number of small ones. When* flesh and milk are the object "in view,, this consideration ought to have groat weight in the selection of stock to b» kept. Tho choice of course, will bo restricted by the opportunities for keeping the stock, for ii will not pay to keep Shorthorn cows upon a pasturs where small active cattle can pick np a living; but, where other things aro equal, this consideration should be wall weighed. Just now, there is opening up a large opportunity for feeding stock for beef, which many farmers will very soon find a desirable one U seize upon. In choosing animals tor feeding, then, they will Hud it to their profit to select such large breeds as the Shorthorn, or Hereford, whero their localitv admits of it; and whero it does not, they will certainly labor under the disadvantage of preparing for market an article whicli can n«I» ther sell for the highest price, nor ca» be produced at the lowest cost.-- Further, there Is another advantage In. marketing the largest ameuut of pflK duct in one package, so to speak, for animals of 1.^00 to 1,600 lbs. cau be sent to nitrket at less proportional coet than the same weight in the forts of animals that are one-half or one-third ^lcr.-A,Ke^4g%0(m>k - ». .. /