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A Canadian Stock Farm
qhs North British Agriculturist
Ayriculiuriit
tribes, the stock farm .of Hon, '0
Brown, of Canada, proprietor of the
onto... (Robe, as follows c "Bow Park
Iles in the heart of the westesn peni
of the Province of Ontario, in the.
garden of Canada. It consists df
acres, of the most fertile soil, mostly
vial deposit, with the Grand Riv
noble stream, almost surrounding
Nearly 800 acres are arable, in they
est state of cultivation, and the bal
is in ornamental timber, beautifully in
spersed over the estate—too much s
our ideas of Scotch tanning—but if i
tares the plow at certain intervals
adds els ante sad gtlact shelter.' Br
ford, a f�ot%ris�iiuo aid tal3idly-in°cre
town of 10,000 inhabitants, is but t
miles distant, and the Great tiVeS
and Grand Trunk Railways both h
stations in close proximity. The n
is navigable up to the farm,. and by
route �manure;a are laid down upon
land at any -point� fora nomi:�l ruin.:
the same time a -capital macadam'
road traverses the farm, and direct c
munication is made between the fa
l;urldings sand every field.: Theinelosit
are large and squarely laid out, w
fenced and watered, and Sheltered.
one side or other by a strip of, wood, wh:
throughout enormous- trees have b
left standing for ornament. As state
befare,the soil, is ',Mostly, alluvial dspos
from the Grand River. On the high
lands there is a considerable portion
sundry soil resting on a clay subsoil
adapted for cultivating Indian: corn an
wheat. Magnificent crops of mongol:
beets, and turnips are raised on the b
tom or low lards.
At present the farm is entirely devote,
to the rearing of thoroughbred shor
horns, long -wool sheep, and Berkshir
hogs, for which it is admirably adapter
Theme farm buildings . have been erecte
specially for the business carried on an
:By planting several. Li
about his potato patch,
County, Towa, drove o
bags, while his neighbor
ly from the ravages.
Delaware is
This year she has a full
men with not a lawyer
ber.- There are farmers
philosophers and no,
hope—but not a member
fession. •
—.A, Chicago produce
Ring, handles 100, 000
yearly. On Thursday
receipts from all stations,
were 82 full ear loads,
while his sales on
were 46 carloads or 6,90
—The number of land
land is constantly decreasing.
turies ago it was about 2 :
the census reported the
30, 310, and m 1871 it
22, 934 The incomes of
prietors have increased
—A short -horn steer
butchered in Detroit;
4,110 pounds alive, and
pounds of dressed beef.
to be the largest animal
for beef on this continent
—A movement is on foot
backed by ample funds,
of securing to farm
in the land. It has
popular, and is supported
and influential landlords.
The wheat market in
California is = in a
There is no remuneration
at present prices unless c
uated for shipping.
drawing money on grain
holding for betteriprices
cent. per month. '•
—The trees in Kansas
hoppers denuded of leaves
again their spring foliage.
stances` peaches and
found on the sante tree.
raddishes, grater tresses,' a
ready for the table, being
only a few weeks. The
vines of which were green,
crop if the frost holds off a
san�ie-may be;ssaid of-tutrni
widely sown.' Pastures for
better now than at any
and farmers are still making
Bas can beat the world
itself.
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r, cheeses
er Linn
e otato-
vete-
a11 times.
ature, 30
t num-
e ants,
fools, we
1 • l pro
Mr. }lea-
f apples
week his
ngle day,
Barrels,
Oct. 17,
s.
in: Eng -
Two eels
In 1851
at only
aced to
ded pro-
recently
weighed
cl 3,000
believed
ughtered
ngland,
purpose
interest
xtremely
apitalists
erior of
ondition.
farmers
ntly sit-
ers are
tore, and
1 per
e grass-
ut out
me in -
to
n
to be
spring
ohs are
rowth of
es, the
ale a
nd the
oh are
ck are
mater,
Kan-
eming
rm.
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Tor -
Farm
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very
900
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the
At
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be
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of
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to
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rch
Dol
are very complete. and extensive. The
are all of wood, but pat up in the most
substantial style, with careful regard
ventilation, drainage, and economy
labor. The great barn is 220 feet long
by 48 feet wide and 45 feet high ;• under..
heath is a root: cellar, the full size of the
buildingand 8 feet high, with concrete
floor, and; capable of holding 20,000 bush-
els of turnips, inangolds, and carrots,
which are annually stored in November
for Winter consumption.. A building is
attached at the centre, on the west side
of the barn, 60 feet by. 30 feet, with cut
ting, grinding, and steaming machinery,.
and 20 -horse boiler and. steam-engine to
drive it, pulp turnips, cut firewood, pump
up water, &c. The stable is 180 feet by
20, with 24 stalls, and a large hay -loft
above. The cart and implement shed is
200' feet by 24 feet wide, with a granary
above, the entire length of the building.
The sheep house is 350 feet long by 20
feet wide, and the hay loft occupies the
whole of the second story.;
The soiling system is strictly adhered.
to, and the cows suckle their calves.
There are three great short -horn -houses
for their calves aiicl heifers, each of them`I
270 feet long by 34 feet wide. Up the
centre ru s. a passage $ feet wide, and
on each aide a row of" boxes 10 feet by 12
feet each. There is an outside door to
each box, opening with a yard the full
length of the building, about 100 feet
wide into which the cows and calves are
allowed for two or three hours daily in
fine weather. The bull house270 feet.
2 o0
lana byfeetis
wide, with a passage up
one side ancl..the remainder divider into
boxes, with...a yard to each box and a
door leading into it.. The calving -hawse 1
is 80 feet by 20. The calf -house is 200feet by 24, with a passage up the centre; II�
andboaes on each side. for the calves i t
when they are taken from their dams.
The hog -house is 170 feet by 24, with a e
passage up the centre, and pens along the o
sides for 100 Berkshires. The hogs have ; b
i
w
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r
lowed fi
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of th
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fed
and
and
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The
farm
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great
tons
teen
pliate
tons of
but 1
cheap
ties a
The va
dian_o
.'The
neces
men a
in win
class. All the stock was"in capita
clition,, very sweet, nieely.groomed,
fed but not over ; fat, except the
which are snortrions.
The. wonderful healta of these an
is almost incredible, but. still it is a
that since the cominerioenient of the
five years ago, only three cows have
from disease, and one bull, which,
ever, was unwell before he came ho
With the exception of two or
hours' run daily in a, yard or paddo
fine weather, 'all the short horns`are
systematically in their several b
They' are fed five times each day,
watered once in winter and twic
simmer. " Each animal is .well gro
each day. The food is all cut or gro
and in winter steamed. It is distrib
by one man; from a low, large box -
drawn by a horse up the centre of
house, and the water is supplied fro
barrel in the same manner. One ma
able to look after thirty animals an
everything that is necessary We.
gested to Mr. Brown a railway for
vying the,food, but on account of
hard frosts in winter this is impractic
as well as introducing water by
into each box.
The supply of green food cohimen
n the spring with winter rye in the
week of'May, Which lasts usually
about five weeks. This is followed
oats, pease, and tares, drilled togeth
�-e first possible moment of Spri
which furnishes a very large supply
ucculent food from the middle of J
ta`the middle of August. As soon as
ye is cleared off, the earth "is a
owed and Indian corn planted in d
of twenty-seven or thirty inches •apo
ve or six grains being ;dropped ev
fteen inches, which grows most lu
iantly, and takes the place of the to
and pease. This corn, which is call
he Ohio buck -tooth, grows to the en
mous height of twelve 'or fourteen fe
nd as much as thirty-six tons of no
ueculent green fodder has been c
m one acre of it at "Bow" -Park:
cattle, we are told, eat this ravenousl
and it is the sole green food until wint
is in, when it is chopped np • with p
raw and hay, and steamed, along wi
es pounds of Indian meal to each an
mal. Two feeds of this mixture, a sm
ed of pulped turnips, and about `fiv
unds dry meal and linseed cake a
e daily food of full gr wn animal
takes about five tons of ohoppecl foo
serve°,the 300 animal's. All. thos
es'of feeding are carried. out `to th
ter so as to keep the animals in
a thy state and in proper condition.
n like manner to the rye land, th
res -are followed by a second crop o
ian••corn,= and -even the first cutting
e Indian corn have been followed. i
orable seasons by catch crops of rap
yellow turnips. From -the 1st 'o
Ma • to the 20th of July, the day on
eh we write, or nearly twelve weeks,
entire herd at Bow Park has been
from twenty-three. acres of green rye,
under thirty; acres . of beans; oats
tares. On the land from which the
was cut the second crops of Indian
and Hungarian grass.. -are already
advanced and healthy looking. Of
rse, to crop any land in this manner
ices liberal manuring ; and Mr,
wn has found out that the kinder he.
his soil the greater increase he gets.
cattle make a very large quantity of
-yard manure, and he buys:annually
lar
quantity of straw from his neigh -
at about 8 shillings per ton of 2,000
ds. This is found to be the cheap.
anure that he can -apply, and is the
foundation of every crop. Fifty
of gvpsum delivered by boat at six-
shillings per ton, and superphos
s are •also used. About seventy
linse€i-cake are also consumed ;
ndian cern is again found to be" the
est arti'icial food,_as large quanti-
re annually raised upon this farm.
riety raised for grain is the Cana
-
r yellow cornt
labor employed, upon this farm is
sorrily large. About thirty-five
nd boys in summer and twenty-two
ter are employed.
1 eon-
-
on-
-well.
Pill,
imals
fact,
herd
died
how -
me.
three
ek in
kept
oxes.
and
e- in
omed
and
uted
cart,
each
ma
II is
d do
sug-
car-
the
able
pipes
ces
first.
for
'by
er in
ug,
Of
use
the
gain
rills
art,
ery
xu-
res
ed
or -
et,
h,,
ut
The
y,
er
ea
ith all
e
re 1
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e
a
s
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1
Doing :the Best We Can.
At a sale. of Short Horns, at which -an
opportunity to purchase. a really good
young bull for $60 had not been accepted,
a farmer present, learning that $260 was
asked for another bull in the same herd,
proceeded to prove that he could not af-
ford to pay $200 for a bull. The inci-
(
dent was. a trifling one, but:it well illus -
y trates a not uncommon+ trait. Time and again we have heard men excuse /them
-
selves for :not trying to 'improve their
o stock by recounting the sale of a Short
Horn cow at $40,000. During the deliv-
r Prof. Searing's admirable address
at the Mineral Point Fair ;in Septenib
last, within ten minutes after he had f
cibly presented the fact that very mu
can be done to make a horse. attraeti
with very little expenditure. of time.
Imoney, as by planting trees, &c.,
overheard �
aboat having a nice lac�
ta . farmer- say to his . neighbo
all very nice ; but we farmers haven't a
mint of money." We have heard farm
ers meet the suggestion that it is wise
' to keep. farm implements under cover,
with the remark that common farmers
have' not mouey enough with which to
build fine houses for tools. Time and
again when we ,have pointed out the sue
arPhi!.
er
ch
ve
or
cess o a certain line of farming, selecting
some leading farzner as an example we
have been met with the ansWer "'Oh !
well, he can do that because he has plen-
ty of money and a big farm." Now, the
moral from these illustrations is, that it
is not wise to neglect to do what we can
becausewe cannot do e If we
cannot build a fine stabl an make
a comfortable shelter with poles
and straw.- lf we cannot a o.pay
$100 for a fashionably -bred pig, -e need
not refuse to buy a good one fo $10. ----
Good Advice.
The New England Farmer has the fol-
lowing homily, which in thia season of
rest from labor 'in the fields may well
form a profitable spbject of meditation
the liberty to go into a yard where plen- a
t3" of water is constantly at hand, so that I p
they can wallow in the Mire as much as • h
they pleaie in warra weather. There are re
at present about 220 thoroughbred short-, et
he mass of those engaged in it can ob-
ain returns from their farms which will
liable them to live in the extravagant
r luxurious style of the most successful
the elapboards will be wood -colored, the -DUNCAN
fences broken ; and the kat, duicontent.
ed animals running loose among the
half-grown crops ; and the wife and
children will feel with a sensation too
keen to describe', the inferiority and
degradation of farm life, as they realize
and. understand. it, But if he will value
his time as successful men do theirs, if
he will conctintrate hilmind and energy
upon his business, if he will make every
acre count in some way on the right
side, will keep every dollar of his capital
active, will be on the lookout, through
papers, books, and in other ways, for
every new idea or practice which will be
of use to him as a farmer, will grow the
best varieties of apples for the table and
the market, instead of cider apples for
home consumption, will plant vines for
grapes and not for wine will strive to
improve all his stock, insjtead of devot- BETTER BARGAINS THAN EVER
ing his thoughts wholly upon the horse
—in short, will strive to make the most
of life, both for himself, his family, and
the public, he will as surely. reap the
reward of a life well spent, and neither
himself nor his family will have oceasion
to regret the day when they started to
build up a cheerful, pleasant, though
economical farmer's home.'.'
kie now prepared to offer
LIGHT, LIGHT,
AT
Hickson's Drug Store.
The undersigned have been appointed Agents for
CELEBRATED
'HEAD LIGHT' OIL
A New Patent Coal Oil, manufactured by an im-
proved process, and is
Gives a MUM, Brighter Light,
Does not Crust the Wick,
And stands the highest Government Test of any
known Oil, and very little over the price of Com -
The Trade Supplied at Regular Whole-.
Sale Prices.
PRICE, 45 CENTS PER CALLON.
P. S. --A splendid lot of White and
GohrChina Tea Sets just arrived at
1116 50 per Set.
GOOD PROSPECTS.
A GOOD HARVEST EXPECTED.
JOHN KIDD
Has just received a large stock of Harvest Tools
sueh as
Scythes, Forks, Craclles,
SNATHS AND HAY FORKS,
:Which he will _Sell as Cheap as tiny in the Trade.
NO SECOND PRICE.
THE
'HURON PLANING MILL
-REG to announce that! they have commenced
business in the Shoji lately occupied by Mr.
Martin, and are now prepared to fill orders for
.i.3a8/168, _VOWS, Blind -8, NO161dingS„
AO all kinds of Planed lumber.
I ALSO LATH AND SHINGLES.
usinese men, but we,do claim that the I
verage farmer has his choice between a
leasant, .cheerful home for himself and
is family, ond one which is exactly the 1
verse.. If he wastes his time, visits 1
-ery muster, circus, and puppet show !
horn cows and heifers, and over 60 bulls at
weth registered pedigree, besides Some tr
very fine grade stook and mileh cow's. au
There are also 60 Cotswold sheep of &fair pl
class, 50 as fine Berkshires as ever stood st
on four legs, and about 34 mares and , th
horses, all young, and of a good average in
uck and trash, spends his rainy days
d odd houts at the village loafing I
aces, and buys whisky and tobacco in -
e reward of such a course. His build-
gis will le. -,. and the shingles rattlel
CHEESE. BOXES IMA SETTERS,
FARM GATES, HAY RACKS, &c.
A good stock of !Seasoned Lumber on hand.
near _Main street.
Jig Sawing and Custom Planing neatly done. v
A. GRAY.
HORSES FOR SALE.
N of fine young horses, 5 yean; old.
Warranted sound and good to work.
Apply to
To their Customers in
Goods for Fall and Winter,
Having purchased a LARGE STOOK t Very
Favorable Prees.
Are selling millinery in Bonnets and Hats of
the Latest Styles very Low.
Are selling Winceys in all Colors front 10c per
yard up.
Are selling Velveteens in ell Colors aft Prices
to suit the eloiest buyers,:
Are selling Ladies' Collars and Ties in all the
Latest Novelties.
Are selling Lade's' Skirts in Quilte d, Feilt and
Fancy, at SplendidBargains.
Are selling Shawls, Grays, Browns, Stripes,
• Tartan and Fancy, at prices' to suit the times.
Are ;ening Latest Styles in Mantles at Low
Are selling Clotids, Scarfs, Breakfast Shawls,
Sontags and goods, at Famine Prices.
Are selling Cloths, Tweeds and Flannels at
hard times prices.
Are selling Hose, Gloves, Mufflers and Scads
at killing prices.
-Are-selling Carpets, Rugs, Matts, Lace Cur-
tains and Damasks, lower than city prices,
BARGAINS in every line of Goods at Pyiees
Lower than ever.
DRESS GOODS, DRESS GOODS.
Webave the Newest Goods le the. above Line.
just to hand, and ianow opened out, at the Loiv-
est Prices possible for any house to show them.
We would ask our customers to look at
Fancy Dress Goods,
French Ilferinoes,
Black bastres, Winces,
Black Empress Cloths,
And Sateen3.
DRY GOODS
AT THE
GHOST OF FORMER PRICES.'
If you want
GENUINE BARGAINS ,
In everything call on
Men's Snits Cheap, Boys' Suits Cheap, Child-
ren's Suits Cheap, Overcoats and Pea Jackets
Cheaper than ever, Clothing Made to Order Hats
and Caps, Buffalo Robes, Railway Rugs, 13Oas and
Shoes, and Rubber Goods.
Call and Secure Bargains.
GENUINE
FRENCH BRANDY
AND
PURE PORT WINE,
FOR
MEDICINAL PURPOSES,
A WORD TO HE WISE
prrE beautiful weather of the past four weeke
-I- has been reminding us that vitiator with coid.
ley grip and mantle of snow will soon be he "e.
Prepare for It.
WILLIAM HILLIS
Steals kept constantly supplied with Goods suit-
able for the Season. To enumerate the hou-
sand and one articles would be a task too eavy
for an advertisement, and quoting prices i
indication of quality. To supply
0
tJ
Pa -
0
0
0
txf
0
Is the constant aim of this house. Some very
desirable lines, and of extra value, will be found
in Ladies' Fancy Dress Goods, Shawls, Clouds,
! Breakfast Shawls, Fur Sets, in Gents' Undershirts
and DriiWers, Cardigan Jackets, Caps and Beady -
made Clothing. A Fresh supply of those cheap
FLANNEL SHMTINGS
For which our customers have been waitin2,..
THE MILLINERY STOCK
Is contained the newest styles and materials,
made up in the most artistic manner, atprices too
low for -successful competition.
A Choice Lot of Red River BUFFALO
ROBES Cheap.
ITo get good articles at a low price, as cheap as
your neighbor can buy, there is no place like
JOHN S. ROBERTS' I
DRUG- STORE,
OPPOSITE
THE NEW SYSTEM.
Down with Long Prices,
And Down with Long Credit.
I OPENED ---THIS WEEK,
A.riother lot of 178 yards
. i Best Values ever Offered in 8eaforth.
N.Tew Clouds,
INew Shawls,
New Skirts,
New Gloves,
New Hosiery,
New Dress Goods,
New Tweeds, .
New Flannels,
New Blankets.
New Hats and Caps.
All at lowest _Prices.
A WANT SUPPLIED.
THE MANSION HOTEL,
MAIN STREET,
JOHN 8. PORTER
One-horse Banker and Exchange Broker.
This is no blow, but a fact.
Rim Greenbacks and American Silver at cur
rent rates. Lends money on good farm prop
erty. Shaves notes without lather. Recoil%
money on deposit, and pays 20 per cent. interes
—when you get it. Buys and sells Houses an
Lots; parties leavingtown and wiahing to sell quick
will find me on hand like a thousand of brick.
Buys Hides, Sheep Skins, Furs and Woo
at the highest prices.
NEW CARRIAGE FACTORY
IN SEAFORTH.
Would respectfully inform the inhabitants of Sea -
forth and the,publiegenerally that they have core.-
meneed business in the above line, opposite Mc-
Intosh & Morrison's old stand, and next door
north of Mr. Thoraas Bell's livery stable, 'where
they are prepared to furnish all orders entrusted
to their care. Any one wanting
A GOOD CUTTER
For the Winter, or a
FIRST-CLASS BUGGY
IFor the coming Summer would do well to givens
/ Nothing but first-elass material used, and satis-
a call.
faction guaranteed. 4
All this is done with the above capital, wonder-
ful, is it not ? Hand in your wants wishes and
expectations, don't be afraid, he woni bust. 841
LOOK OUT FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST.
ALEXANDER CAMERON,
-verATCHAIAKEIt and Jeweler, Mitchell, while
thanking his nnmerou.s friends and custom-
ers in the County of Huron and surrozmding dis-
trict Tor paet favors, would respectfully intimate
that he has removed to thatbeautiful stand west end
of Hicks' Hotel, where he has opened a beautiful
selection of ladies' and gents' jewelry of the latest
novelties. Also, clocks the largest and raost vari-
ed in Western Ontario. My 'watches are acknowl-
edged to be the cheapest and best the market,
every one being thoroughly regulated and tested
before being offered for sale.
A Special Agencylor the Eight Watch.
Having been successful in obtaining the services
of Mr. FRA.SER, who has had long practice in the
Cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland, cus-
tomers tau find that In no part of the DOMillfOLI
better done up.
can they have their' clocks watches and Jewelry
ALEX. CAMERON, _
Practical Watehmake.r.
Mitchell. Aug. 21, 1874. 850-52
REPAIRING
Neatly done Ail!" Promptly Attended to.
STRAW -o-UTTERS --
THOMAS BURNETT
Has been appointed agent for Seaforth and. 'dein-
ity for the Celebrated
DEXTER STRAW CUTTER
Manufactured by A. WHITLAW, of Pada, Ont.
These Cutters are acloiowledged to be the bestand
cheapest—eheapest because the best—made. They
have inva.riably taken first prizes wherever shown.
All orders left at
Will be promptly filled. Specimen machines Cali
also be seen at the same place.
THOMAS BURNETT. Agent.
DEC. 4, 1874
Vae Career of an Adver
Larkyns was a man of infinite
tut°. He was one of Charles
heroes in. real life. As the yo
,of a rich. 1-3cotehman, he got a.
of life on. the -continent added to
mer and swept away the latter.
be was living royally on his pia
seems to have amused.timself wi
Sing dire destruction for the e
heads of Europe. He tarried a
ttnder Garibaldi, and is said
spits of Europe knew him.,
accustomed to being escorted
• frontiers by two policonen.
withal only an amateur eau
riots fascinated him, He deelar
he never meant to do any king
and indeed his schemes always
Perhaps he felt that he was ta
himself. But we anticipate. 1
Larkyns came home, aceemplisio
pepeiless, from his wandeings,
tives bought him an army eomn
Be sailed for India to join his
Arrived there, he soon weatied
routine, sold. out of the serine
started for -Central Asia. l'here
tune culminate& He fell: into th
graces of a heathen potentate,
tered his governatent kir him, an
ly freed him from all further
matter by making himself raja,
sueeeeded. to the palace, the hare
the -treasury ef the man h
pelted, and led a life of ba
After eix years ef solitary
he wearied of the cares of state.
camped. at night, and betook hiPas
a trunkful of diamond.s to London
family naturally killed the fatted
his' honor, but he quarreled wit
soon and bade then good-bye
This made dependence on them
ble, -When, soon after, ad unlucky
lation robbed him. of thee spoils
rajahship. beggarv and th
break of the Franco-German 'WM
co -incident. He was soon fi
Major Larkyns, on General Boin
staff.- Bravery gave him the trees'
Legion of Honor and ilken,
wound. He limited thrOugh th
'taiga, which- ended. at Sedan, an
ca,ptured with his pro tem monam
fades out of view as prisoa.er of
Sedan, and reappears as a soldier a
tune at Salt Lake -City, in the
1872. Thence lie wandered to •
*lulu, back to San Francisco,. and
'Frisco jail. The failure of the mai
had coshed his fictitious drafts to
cute him .set him.free.
The ex -king became'. a coalshi
AS a- day -laborer, as a stevedore,
clerk, as a translator as a critic an
respondent, he woriel to gain r
and regain reputation. He was
employed at Calistoga When. thi
came. A jealous San Francisoo
band hurried thither with. Larkyte
Unto his wife in his pocket, an
pistol in his head- He ,cetied. La
to the door, and. the doomed man
There was a try of uThrovr up'
hands 1" an oath, a flash aud
thud. of a bullet, and ..the man o
world went -out of the world.
wages of his sin were death. He
have done mueh, but he preferred
joy inueh • and this was the ghattl
of an odd life.
A letterTYPof lithdeidgreaFeterste impoi
li•om Prof. Tyndall, with referen
the origin end mode of .propagati
typhoid fever, appears m the Is
Times, of Nov. 9. Headduces end
deice collected by Dr. taa. in his
tise on 'typhoid fever in support a
theory that the disease is not spoi
ously generated. by the -decamp
.and putrefaction of aninial and vegi
substances but is propagated e
_already been in eontaet with a ty
patient. The living human body l
8011 in which the specific psis= of -
cid fever breedt and multiplies."
Tyli dell relates thehistory of v.
-of typhoid outbreak originating i
village -of Worth Tawton, and shom
the series of events •whieb. ,exi
-that the disease is purelyof a e.on
nature, and that the worst -drained
try villages in the surroundi
escaped. so Iong the spec
kept away, and were attaeked only
by some means or other that polio
conveyed to them, uislipits fail
velope it, putrescence fails to dew -
stench fails to develope it; even tl
free from the discharges of those
The sanitary measures adoptg
Budd. were these : (1,) Flooding
drains of the place with dieinft
with a view to destroy, as far as
the poison already east elf ; (2,) •
sseption of all the discharges frotal
immediately en th eir issue froni t
into vessels charged with &side
(3,) the instant immersion of all 1
body linen uted by the sick into-
feeting liquid before its removal 1
ward ; (4,) scrupttions ablution an
feetion. thehands of the nun,
lastly, the binning or disinfeetie
beds occupied by the sick as sow
eated. by death, eonveleseence
wise. By these means^ adopted
accasion, 91 -may be said that th
was instantly stayed." We
.however, remarks the Pali
which publishes this summary,
from Prof. Tyndall's arguments
adoption ef similar measures
typhoid outbreak ought t9 super
sanitary improvements already
gently demanded in such places
Darwen. If the sewer be, as D
gra.phically describes it, "
titillation of the -dis` eased inUs
only in that capacitaraptopagatt
ease, it is all the more necessary
vent the infiltration of its eonte
the drinking water of a &Strict.
The Grasshopper Sulfe
The official wports made to the
State Board of Agriculture sho
clearly the destitution that must
the sevexai frontier counties of th
from the ravages of the grasshoN
17 counties in which an a.ggra
158,000 aeresewere planted in eor
buShel was produced.. Five o
counties produced au average /
wheat, oats, bailey and buck -mile
are abundantly able to relieve
_ liana -cases of destitution. intheir
Tvrehegathevor twepuialvtleo-7ounf ti23eFooa ha,viqaix
tle-remote -1—...vntier and the
themhav-e all been made nithn
years. The eight in:which- the
duesteatitavitiottnpretveepashroyearall obeerr