“ " "k be Mt In deep at

jof « toirj- The tender, ry ir, J*«, to dwp netting, or to setting in luge mew*. Good reunite ere obtained by both method*. We here lied no eiperienee sad bnt little obeerretion in nord to the nutter; bnt from whet liUle w. hese seem end from tbs testimony we bare reed and hare reeeired from the lips o[ dairymen. We are inclined to (stot setting in large pens— large enough to bold a whole milklngand not orer four to all inches deep. In this way the oream, hexing lees distance to rise, wfll separate from the —a ;—«• -»

n»Wal

tba bags ships the C. a Ssxy, and reached tbs S5^.£?,?S*X£i i some oonfosh into tbs midst o< boats set sail and moxednptbe to shallow water, sbaaathsy wree din eplaoe oftafety. In order to aeorreel idea of the battle which resulted, it would be wall to note the

right, to the mush. At the lower of tms piece of woods ' hngh fence made by brash; - lore] tract of pasture land terminating i the mush. On Sunday, Jane 5,1811,

through any depth, if we keep the milk

sweet long enough.

It is very little lighter than milk, and rises slowly, by xirtue of tho law of gravitation. It wilg^harefore rise a short distance sooner tfcan It win a longer one; hat it always has an upward tendency so long as the milk remains in a fluid state, and exen separates partially in the oow’s bag. This is the reason why the drat milk drawn is the poorest, and tho strippings the

Utiea Herald.

ground, and the best remedy,

is that of prexention—do not let any go to seed. Next, whan it is seen that tho pnislsne Is coming np, while quite young, plough or cnltixste tho ground as often ss possible, so as to bmy the weeds, and they die quickly. Whore the horse oannot be used, hoeing by hand, so as to ooxer the weeds while

scattered into the manure, chief again the next yeu. Bat if there are pigs in the pen or orchard giro tho woods to them, and they will «at them Tory freely. At the Columbus nurseries our hoeing imd weeding was done by Dutohwomen, and where tho pnrelane was plenty they would each bring a aack to be filled at night with the weed and . earned home on top of tho head for feeding to the piga. Paralane is alao naod when young by ootne people aa gresna; but theae uaoa are not oufScicnt to redeem it from being a poateriferous

plague. ^ ^ r[> [ r[|||

J. B. Allen oays, in a letter to the Prairie Farmer: “I see in year neper a good deal is said about five fence-

‘ '— V any „ , „

A 1 :

Lombardy poplu, large enough for posts, cut it off the right length, epeoe it oil the width they want the planks apart, take a two-inch anger,' bore two or three hotee—to salt theboerd for sixinch fence-plank two holes are enough —then chop out the centre with a long, narrow bit-ax, point the plank so each end will peas into the poet, dig the hotee, act the poete in early spring ss soon at the froet is oat of tho ground, taxing care not to injure tho bark, and either ef the wood* named will grow. Get young, thrifty timber, not too large. Coning holes throngn the poet does not ini ore It from growing, and the plank remuna firm. If not *“

years. I know of posts ana

in this way that hero been i_ „ years, and good yet; the post Of willow and ua reds of wUte coder. The centre post; if inch plank is uaed, will here to bo bored with an inch angr- — A —*

Out to lot tho plank slip thron poles (or good rails are bast) the ends want pointing to p

v>eA"

Ths BoaasksM. Houn-xana Pronm Fruina.—Cot atripa of stiff pasteboard, about an inch wide, tho dssuad length, clip the ends

raised ee if to . — Us assail pocket to ward off the pad ebont ten(ret fromMaadlraiSd T

rith guns,

Well, we all turned out, some with

some with gone without

with locks without an._ ,__ -ith pitchforks, etc. >A moUey tlirong—beckwoodamen, hunters, trappers and boys; s sorry looking crowd to

fight British rognlars.

The British did not appear that day. _t exening I went home feeling sad enough ; but aa I went home I met a troop of rexalry under Captain Harris of the United State* Army, a regiment of riflemen under command of Major Appling, a company of artillery with ■— brace guns, and a company of tnn- «. Three were on the way to “ino front" to defend onr property. Major Appling stationed his force* aa follows: The artillery at the head of tho lane near onr boats, so as to sweep tho bank of the creek for n quarter of a mile; the

ibat cavalry in the open field beside the ar-

tillery; the riflemen were accreted be- ' =- J •‘•e brnah fence at the lower edge _ woods, and the Indiana (the Oneidas) were behind the fence further to tho right of the riflemen. The militia men were posted on tho bank of tho stream in the woods and bushel. Thus arranged with admirable military skill, the American forces lay upon their arms all night, awaiting an attack next the MonJay, the 8th, was a bright, beantiful morning. The air was balmy, and stillness sat npon tho stream, marsh and woods. About sunrise the British expedition entered tho creek. A heavy cannonading shook tho forest, and tho expedition waa icon xiaiblo. It consisted of about ten or twelve gunboats, heavily armed and manned by tome fixe hundred picked British regulars oommaoded by Major Popping. A halt was

__ Nothing but tho American flag proudly floating in the

■ mere above the tree-tops

Said Major Popping; *T will allow _ioao Yankees a trick," and ordered another broadside from hia fleet, sending shot and shell among the tree-tops. ' ‘ ' did some damage to timber, and

ras all so far. The order of adwas then given. In a moment was spread and all sails set

e bands of mnalo filled tho si elx strains, and slowly they rw

toe erect

Their gay uniforms—red coats, buttons and white belts—and thebi guns and bayonets gleaming in morning sun, gave a splendid ap) oe ss they approachcd the Amei •uire. Another halt and a survey of the situation. Tbs hard ground isaohad, tho troops were landed, a line of battle formed on the level pasture land, and they advanced toward the woods. The boats moving alongside kept up e continuous fire. When they had approached within eight rods of the brnah fence. Major Appling gave tho *- *—

along the whole line, an>

and mnaket balls war through tho Britial

red-coats dropped to tiu apples shaken from a tre

The exchange of a few al C them in utter confusion. At this

i our IndirmsjMttted^ ’ brush sot np their wi

hideous yells in tfne savage style. The British, routed aid confounded, threw down their anna and begged for quarter. Many of them, after flinging away their gnna, took to their heels and made for the marsh, hoping to reach lake shore. They were pursued, ever, by the Indiana end •loin with

the tomahawk. Others plunged into food,

the ereck, gained the opposite shore,’ .and ran off into the marab; these, too, were followed up by the savages aqd -a a al. tV,. .11.—

551 — = STsSSSrS sw-f-===.'l£:isa£

states the leading facts

He will nrebsbly carry the marks of the outs for life. Wbelton it s powerfully- • 'root thirty years of sr* three yearn for s murd '•-» officer. ! 1871. It

ur, ee cm tho 23d of last month Chamberlain found a bi' paper on hia desk upon-which drawn ajnetura of a man in a coffin - Chamberlain, beware! ^Resign,

aticisn and natural philosopher, his return from tho campaign in Egypt ith Napoleon, invited several of tua

colleagues at the^ Institute

“f^'rwdin-c

mtaining

f high rank, i bom was General Auger* — ‘ ith him, and to be preae:

the opening of a box < 1 which dated from

jole of dinner time ho could hardly be prevented from leaving tho table to go and have a look at tho curiosity. While at dessert, his fellow-guests, who could not understand the vmlisntsoldiex'i ipatience, could scarcely prevail opoi __m to wait till they had swallowed their coffee. At last they left the table ' nused into the tavant'r stndy, a ooffin, covered with hioro-

ies, lay upon s table,

igo vainly endeavored to explain leaning of these symbolical inions to his guests. “ Open it!" Augerean, with feverish impaI '•Mske hsster Mongo raised the lid of the ooffin, when the speo*tors saw before them, swathed in bi dagos and black ss a nigger, the mor ms of an Egyptian who had probMen preoent at the oonatrnctior of the Pyramids. “ Yon wished to se 'he mummy,” said Mongo, turning t .ugereau; “Ihope yon are satisfied, lie latter, damn with astonishment, opened hia eyes to their widest extent, —at last muttered in sn anxious : “ But—the mummy is dead!” dlow-gnesta exploded with laugh- , _t which Augerean waa of course highly indignant. He never forgave ■**-—e for not having shown him a live

sfcaJpSKs

y n, nrtMau. Cto. * —j aertescar to ha pxBaifankata ELSTp. " fantiy. waa to li^flHai a boa that ne asked was a warn bed rose, and a tarpaulin, lie n finally gaee way to toe boat line.

wu<Uugrr in hauHng a car bat

stream. Oa the other hand

afflrjsgrat'i tbs earn*. Dout know, bowmr; aa;

aSn*the pro-

vision wagon ahd cook for ti*e bands ; ’ by thus throwing thoirforees to-

icr it does not require so many men hones es it would were each Stocker to operate alone. Hands can be

hired at from $15 to 820 per month. The horses employed are range-bo race, ' they subsist on tho grass. They

gather up their cows, calves, and beeves, drive them to the most cot nient rancho, pen them, mark brand the oslves, let the cows and oa hold ths herd of beeves. . " here is any farm-house, c —oin on the prairie, with an ir

closure used for penning cattle. 8loci raisers in Cooke, for instance, win hnr their cattle in Denton, Tarrant, Wim Montague, and Grayson. They gathr

U slock os

mark, and brand,

time, and torn loose. — and horses most make their own living on tho range. Cottle reeelye no atten- * from the owner, save that of mark-

branding, and gathering fc ra are generally thrown np market at four years old; but lot of cattle gathered as beef eat win find more or less from fire t< ' \ which are always in batter

than tho four-year-old ones, and stand driving better. Barron oowa are sold at from four years old, upward. Owing to tho high price of com, cattle, beyond a very insignificant number, are ■ • ’ *— the market. Those who

irineas drive their cattle to i, or farther north, where corn, bo purchased at comparatively '

no need of lax

Lieut. Bay said, I shall show my faith by my works. Gen. Stanley — swered Yea. A wagon body was in ted. It was wrapped on its bot sides in s heavy “ paulin “ wl firmly secured by ropes. It ths work of s few minutes to mak and launch it. Tho heavy canvas effectually kept out water. It waa safely navigated to the other side. General Stanley and Lieutenant Bay among the first to cross tho stream. A number of a -**

on each' aide, ear '

serosa, receiving m ... _ .

current. On this little craft we oc safely pnt 1,000 pounds of forage. _ solved one element in the problem. In five or six hours we had ferried enough stores and forage to supply the company of cavalry and two companies of infsr try that formed the surveyor's escort. The next question was, how shonl

we get over one heavy train On Sunday afternoon, whi .

crossing onr forage, tho stream showed s decided tendency to fall. Ita level

waa quoted at various at

day, but toward night oi-_ a decrease of three or four inohes. is characteristic of these stroa they rise and fall very rapidly.

1 >1 M be en-

ads Ad fairly si tender leave-takings. She b [*d to the extensive family (

waa, what a panier, what a trail; whi her little hat sat on the dixxy pinnae

lehairlikaa Wad's neat SWS a tree top. Look at her noi favor hse she come so sudden!; nk of the process! Think, if , of a lover husband, side mining to hold tho loved heed of e and » bowl at the same time, pitching, tossing vessel tu him over and spills the contents o • owl into the bosom of his belove

■Wo happened . , J the pair making their European bridal tour. The door waa open for a— Sea sickDeH destroys the propriety The moat diffident, shrinking create in the whole world will defy the eyes ell Delaware when in apsroxyism that deathly sickness. We have seer delicate young lady in the arms of tho first officer, begging to be thrown ovi board between attacks, and dinging the rougi. sailor jgood-lookirg, ho sawtbeyOtrog hnsbanfl^his shirt and

driwers, tiytng to hold the head beloved over a bowl. And, O such a head ! The lofty sti blende hair had disappeared, place —*-

sssxssex:

We do not know ef a 2?S3!*iSSlnTSSC is Preaident, aad Jay Cooke is C ' man of tbs Finance Oommitto. ih office of Company, at .—Cbm.

if life

, horse and bug-

thronghthe couatry, and

I^SStion of soi

_ r _/ lika the New Y< Life, with large assets and liberal plans, that is popular wherever Ir one too that everybody knoi i who takes applications for life inanoe is doing -good. It is 1 “ — se s good business. A let to the home office of this company, 46 and 3*8 Broadway. Now York, meet with a ready response. Try **

liivin iiiii RELIEF Cure* the Woret Peine

Vegetable >m the na-

Dr.&

cgaurWttgn

no lierbs,found on Ihefower ranges of .lie Slorra Nevada mountalna of CsBflnc!a, tbe'medUaal propertire of which re extracted therefrom witboot tho use f Alcohd. Tho onestion is almost t is the cs

w^ai^hagq.ggA.* , «- fsieflpsasiusnkta FEVER A?JD AGUE.

Missonri, o

low'rati

This

eg stook-rai record for si that, in from

ilea that r, who had kept a

to 1,000 calves

ally branded, the difference betwomales and the females never exceeded twenty. Ho further reports that Texas - ttle are evidently deteriorating ; that at they do nc‘ *- * ■ i *"

branding in fourth of Uie number o

erly attended to

double their

in three years." The profits,

thirty-three per

^^^wSSyAre'^renti their pisre. sup.,,ied byo.iiera. Ear

WTien reives L a few week, or

months oldtt

they are

, and perhaps nevi or nntil driven i

bntehered,

■ the

iporintending be i doubled in uie-s

button. Bind your picture and „ together witit stripe of gammed paper and glue, onto the frame. Hang against • white .wall. Bronsed paper, which can be bought for eight cents a may be used instead of doth, in

To Por.mu Tries.—First rub your tins with a damp doth; then take dry flour and rub it on with your hands ; afterwards take sn old newspaper and rub the flour off; and the tins will shine ss wdl as if half on hour had been spent robbing them with brick dost or powder, which spoils the hands. FnuciTBMt Ott.—Mix half s pint of olive oil with one pound of soft-soap, "--m well, and apply the mixtnro oiled furniture with a piece of - Polish with s soft, dry

Alter the fight I saw several soldiers whose heads had been deft by the tom-

ahawk.

1 tidings to

: Yeo, on bond the British

In fifteen minutes the tumult of battle

• .d the silenoa *-

i groans of the'

oarofnHy washed end laid out sTbS^d^giSga L wdl'fiTSd^'nreh^

j but few; One Indian wounded in the thigh, and a rifleraa

-*—k by a ball in the pelvis—this ve proved fatal. Oarr ‘

—to Saokett's Harbo. drawn by teams. One large reblo was earned to the Harbor on the shonldera

It required some two or three men for this purpose, and they

id job at that

the form of a huge serpent apparently perfect in form, was plainly eeen enriroling it and was visible for some momenta. The editor has the statement from two reliable witnesses, who are willing to make affidavit to the above. The came serpent haa been in Texas, as will be seen' by the foDowing from the Bonham Enierpriee: A few days ago a Mr. Hamlin, residing some five or six miles east of this place, saw something resembling sn enormous serp—• ‘

ing in a dond that waa paa

his farm. Several partial of boys, at work inthe Adds, observed the thing, and were seriously frigfat-

.. It seemed to be ss large and

along without any effort They could see it. ooil itself up, turn over, and

ard ita huge head aa if something, displaying

of a genuine snake. dond and serpent moved in sn east

and were seen by pernor

___1 this side of Honey Grove. The question is, what is it and where

diditoomefrom?

Shot Dead by HU Brother.

John Beall, who lived near Alton, HI., ' ned home from four yosra' service e regular army about three weeks

William Seals, s younger brother,

— rwed a shot-gun at Alton to go on

s hunting expedition with bis brother & which they intended to carry home. i was oarrying the beg, and beeoming tired of tho load proposed to give it tehis brother. The brother having tho

yprw . herd his stock, except when

_ brought together to be sent to market. Tho increase U about all profit, there being almost no expense incurred in feeding or wintering. Cattle snp- ' •• emselves upon the natural graso-

. the only care exercised is by itending herdsmen, whose force lied in the-spring at marking and

ng time. Stock-men have lost seriously this winter, and the profit in raising is reduced to about twenty-five per cent. Cattle are permitted to run at largo npon tho prainos, and are only collected in horde at the nearest pens at branding time. No feeding in winter. No feeding in winter. Honda are hired at 820 per month to brand and mark. The actual coat of raising, or rather permitting a male calf to i itself to be a "four-year-old beef literally nothing, except the mar and branding of the calf, and the u ' '• * capital in the mother-

f branding and marking twenty-fire to fifty cents

and play quite frequently. When ho beets at the game.she loses her temper, aad declares she will not play again. It vexes him to have her sot so, bnt be controls the irritation, and talks to her ahnnt It He tolls her bow wrong it is

at their age in life to be dis-

such trifles, and shows ' folly of such s corns

she becomes ashsftied of her weakness, and returns to the game, sndpUys it so well that she bests him. Then ho throws the checkers in one direction, end kicks the board is another, end says he will never play with enyl —a- stBst* so alflredly, and s'

bed, and leaves her to pick

moodily to be. up the things.

._ made an effort to throw the his brother's shoulder, and at i time grasped tho muxxle of the gun which his brother still retained, and-pulled it to. him, muxslIn the souffle both gun one tho ground, and in falling discharged, the contents of enteringJohn Seal's heed just below the * - , eye, tearing away the entire sir*heed and scattering the blood ins in orrery direction. It w ■■ spectacle, and one which *- youngest 1 u during tl

Aa Awkward Occasion.

The most awkward oocosioi. — oung woman's career, says BUkins. is hen she returns from the wedding trip, and for the first time invites her friends to breakfast in her own ho She fools that all eyes are npon and that inquiring minds are bnsy tilting tho sweet mysterlee of her new life. In the tumnlt of her emotions she pours

Eowf/burns her fingers against t ' «sr: „... ■ bants into s flood of tesra, which all the pangs of several days’ 00unulsted hunger ore impotent *- — A Happy Invilld, The Lewiston Journal says t gentleman resides in that city, who, for Fourteen years, has been an invalid, and .•xs'SS,' '

abont thirty-five poignant Yet, thus shut out from world sad its attractions, this long faring invtiid is patient and happy.

Don't tell- an editor how to run a newspaper Let tho poor fool find it Don’t loaf about tiu streets end doXL*

were safely landed without a single soei ., ing a pound of forage or n single pieee of hard tack, ths bridge had published its own triumph and the doubters were ••mt. lenerel E i credit of rhaoh that young and excellent nobly deserves. Lieut. Bay ! " me young officer, who, when h_ ml was stationed in New York harbor reacned a boat load of mtiaens

J the following laws . —„ , ‘ way, or yard belonging to any public building, except on his own premises, J shall, for every offenoe wilfully or know-