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AGRICULTURAL. THE 'FIRI.D CTJLTUBB OF TOMATOES.—IU order to make the growing of tomatoes for market profitable, it ia of the first impor tance to have them earl jr. When any veg etable is in brisk demand, it is a pleasure to sell it; but, when there is a glut and we have almost to beg the grocer to t ike it off our hands at his own price, it is a vexation of spirit. This is emphatically true of to matoes. When they first arrive in market, the grocer will run after you an 1 fa r'y big for them at from $3 to $3 a busV I, wher job in a month's-tituie,you will have tp beg him to take them at from 25 to 50 cents a bush el. In fact, I have seen qunntities left on the ground to rot simply because there was no market for them at any price. Indeed, there is no vegetable that varies so much in price. If, then, one cannot ufrow or pur chase plants so as to have them early, he hid better use his grounds for potato JJ or corn. About the Ist of March I sow the seei's thicMy in a hot-hed or box in the house. About the middle of April I transplant into the frames from which I have removed my early cabbage and lettuce. I put then* about six inches apart each way, which will give 72 plants to a 3x6 sash. It is highly necessary that we havo the plants strong and stocky. I use no bottom heat, as this would make the plants too spindling. On all sunshiny days strip the sashea clean off, replacing them at night, until .about the middle of May, when they should be left off entirely. In raising any plants we are apt to force them too much. I have seen more plants destroyed by a hot sun on the pi is?, suddenly raising the temperature of the confined air, than I have B?on destroyed by cold. Besides, if plants are'forced so much, after they are transferrel to the open ground, it tikes tliein nearly two weeks to recover. Any soil suitable for a 700.! crop of corn, is rich enough for tomatoes. If the soil is very rich, we are apt to have a large crop of vines with very little frfiit, and that will he late. It is better to choose a warm expos nre, and probably a gravelly soil will bo as good aa any, though for most vegetables I would not use it. Thoroughly plow and harrow the ground, and furrow out &t 21 feet apart each way. In each intersection drop a shovelfull of rotted iumure. Don't tljrow away your money on commercial fer tilizers. Cover the manure with a hoe. About the first of Juno carefully take tip your plants with as much earth adhering as possible, and with the hand make a hole In every other hill in every other row and set the plant in it. It is better to select a rainy day for this work. In the remaining hills I set a cabbage plant, or plant an early potato or a few biish Loans. If the soil is suitable and the market will take them, we can sow a dozen radish seed in each hill. I know-that tomatoes are generally raised by themselves, but I can raise three-quarters of a crop of bush beans, cabbage, or potatoes with no more cultiva tion than the tomatoes require alone, or they will be out of the way by tho time the tomatoes cover the ground. The cultiva tion can now be dono almost entirely by the plow, with the exception of hoeing once or twice directly around the plants. Discard all trellis as worse than useless, as the fruit ripens l.c!.tor lying diroctly upon the ground. Besides, the plants will continue in bearing longer, as the joints will take root. If the fruit becomes dirty, wipe it off with a damp cloth. This will be found cheaper than erecting trellis. In fact, all lal>or spent in making vegetables appear well paya better than tho labor spent in growing them. The best variety for market, when we consider earliness, productiveness, and quality, is the Orangefleld. .It is a variety that I have never seon puffed, but this in no way detracts from its merits. For mar ket we want a tomato of medium sice, early, solid, and productive. The Orangefleld fills the bill. lam inclined to think well of tho Canada Victor after one season's trial, for although it is not as productive as the Orangefleld tho bulk of the crop rip ens sooner, although specimen's of tho Orangefleld ripens just as soon. For home use tho Trophy is superior; for quality it is unexcelled, smooth, and solid. It is too large for market, as the grooer cannot well measure it out by the quart. Besidos, it has a bad fault of crooking. Compared to these three varieties I know no other worth growing. In Conclusion I would say that when we oobsidtr tjie number of aakhos and labor required in growing the plants and the perishable quality of the vegetable, I do not consider tomatoes a very profitable crop. ft BOILING P*AS.— Why some pea* boil soft and others hard, has long puzzlod farmers and honsekeepers. The question seetns to have been explained by Prof. Kitthanson, who ha* examined samples of peas of these different characters, and has found that the hard boiling peas contain a large excess of potash and sulphate of potash, but a large deficiency of phosphoric acid as compared with the soft boiling peas. It was also dis covered that the boiling of soft boiling peas in water impregnated with lime tended to harden them, while haijl boiling peas soft ened oooked in distilled (pore) water. In practice farmers find an appli . cation of lime to the land produces hard boiling peas probably I>y liberating potash and fixing phosphoric acid in the soil, and housewives find that by adding soda to the water hard boiling peas may be oooked ■oft. A DAIRY KAN in Scotland has a cow which dropped triplets in 1874 and twins this year, making five oalves in IS months—all slive and thriving. *I«E LrrnBBAN. —HKUSIOS AT FABDON4GK. GIBSONVII.LU, N. C.,7 >. May 6th. 1875. S EDITORS OK GLEANER:— By request I pen ami send you this notice for Ihe col umns of your paper. The 6th of May (Ascension Day) has been made noted as the fourth glad, and joyful reunion of many o! the members and others with their pastor and his family at Gib sonville. The morning being lovely, by 10 o'clock, A. M., the lot newly im paled, was well filled with a variety ot vehicles, and the apartments ot the parsonage and its premises witli visi tors. A coinmittee extended a special invitation to the citizens ot the place and its vicinity. Soon after 12 o'clock a long table prepared in rear of the pai scnage was bountifully furnished with a choice variety of the substantial, and also the luxuries and the.daintiesof life, now surrounded by guests, small and great, and tb? fair were not absent. At this juncture/a toast of fresh, water was offered and drunk to the health.and esteem of the pastor, by some of the guests to which he respond ed. A bleuiilg being invoked, the table was in due time relieved of a largo part of its contents; ertjoyed apparently by all. What remained was kindly handed over to-the.care of the pastor's wife. A variety of valuable donations were now presented, amounting in all, to a gift really appreciable.'. This done, ai)d thai donors, &c., being collected, the follow ing address was made by Brother J. Wagoner, spokesman for the donors. ADDRESS. DEAR PASTOR:— This part of your flock in transmitting to you by uiy hands, the proceeds of this pleasant, social reunion intended, chiefly for your benefit, desire to accompany this pres ent with such an expression of regard or their faithtul Shepherd as I, their fellow-worshipper, may consider ap propriate. It however, they think that lean translate (heir hearts, and give you a true version of their feelings in words, they over-rate my powers. You know, my dear sir, better than I can tell you, that no "set phase" can do justice to the esteem in which you are held by all the members of your congregation. We tender you this tok en of our affection, not in acquital of any portion of the debt of gratitude we owe you aa our spiritual guide and teacher; but Bimply as a recognition of the zeal, energy and success with which you fulfill the duties of your sacred calling. We entreat you to accept it in' this light only, being convinced that you will derive more satisfaction from the assurance that we appreciate your labours in the Gospel vineyard, than you could possibly derive from any con sideration of a more worldly nature. Finally, may you long live to enjoy the esteem of your beloved flock, and adorn by your talents and vitues the society in which you move; and may that part of our beloved Lutherau Zion of which you have the over-sight, flourish as the green bay tree, and blossom as the rose. To this tho pastor briefly responded, declaring his appreciation of the gifts in view of tho sentiments of high es teem, and confidence, aud tender re gard expressed for him, rather than for their intrinsic value, yet .not without due appreciation ot, and gratitude for the latter consideration. A prayer was now offered iu behalf of the people and a benediction invoked. Thus passed away at the Parsonage i last Ascension Day—day of gifts—really plea&iutly, and we -trust profitably, to j all; feeling assured that the pastor in ] particular, and his wife, and family ] were cheered aud encouraged. None but those who realize, can tell the good ] and happy effects of such visits. May- God abundantly reward this kind and i dear people and enable their pastor to serve them more profitably, aud accept- i ably ii&y their example stimulate oth ers to do likewise to their pastors. Amen! It is due to state that (inee then other valuable donations have been made— a sack of" Snow Flake Family Flour,*" Alamance Mills, Holt's Sons. - S. SCHEBKR. VOIHG L.IDIGR BEAD AND RE • .> VLBCT. What a number of idle, useless young women—they call themselves young ladies—parade our streets I They toil uot, ueighter do they spin, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them. Do they ever look forward to the time when the real cares and respon sibilities of life will cluster around them? Have they made or are they making any preparations for the oner ous duties which will assuredly fall to their lot—duties to society, the world, and God? They lounge and* sleep away tbehr time in the morning. They never take hold of drudgery; the repulsive toil, which son and daughter of Adam should perform in this world. They know nothing of domestic duties. 1 They have no habits of industry, no taste for the useftil, no skill in any really useftal art. They are in the streets, not in the performance of their duty, or for i the acquisition of health; but to see and be seen. They expect to thus pick up a husband who will promise to be as indulgent as their parents have been, and support them in idleness. Remember I They who sow the wind in this way are almost sure to reap the whirlwind. Wo life can bo exempt from cares. llow mistaken an education do these gifls receive, who are allowed to im agine that life is always to be a garden of roses. Labour is the great law of our being, llow worthless will she prove who is unable to perform it! By far the greatest amount of happi ness in civilized life is found iu domes tic relations, and most of these depend on the home habits of the wife and nioihei-i What a mistake is there made by our young giils, and their parents, when domestic education is unattended to. Our daughters should be taught, practically, to bake, to cook, to arrange the table, to wash and iron, to sweep, and to do anything that pertains to the order and comfort of the household. Domestics may be necessary, but they are always an evil, and the best "help" a woman have is herself. If her hus band is ever so rich, the time mav come ( when skill' in domestic employment will secure to her a comfort which no domeslic can procure. Even if she is never called to labour for herself, she should at least kuow how things ought to be done, so that she cannot be cheat ed by her servants. Again, young ladies, domestic edu cation canuot be retired in the streets. It cannot be learned amidst the frivol ties of society. Bear in miud, that a good and worthy, and comfort-bringing husband can rarely ever be picked up on the pavements. The nymph that walks the public? streets, And sets her cap for all she meets May catch the fool who tarns to stare, But men of sense avoid the snare. These will do to look at, but one bright, brown domestic woman, possessing energy, courage, self-reliance and hon or is worth a whole bevy of 6uch. Let the fair-haired domestic girl look pale and expressionless beside these glaring beauties, but at home, who, but her, bears off the prize before all women of the world ? Who so neat, so hourly well appointed, so regular in her hab its, so charming in her management ? Who so suitable a companion so reliable so truthful, so mate-like, as she. The highest and best interest of socie ty In the future, demands, a better, a more useful, a more domestic training of our young ladies. CENTENNIAL BACHELOR. Howell Grange, No. 168. 1 ' Co. Shops, N, 0., June 8 1875.J THE LIGHTNIIVCI 808 MAN. lie drove his team close up to the fence, got down, and rapped at the door. The widow Gilkins opned it, when lie said: Mrs. Gilkins, I am coguizant ot the circumstances by which yon are at present surrounded, left as you are to trudge down the journey of Hfe through a cdld and heartless world—no longer sustained and encouraged by the noble one to whom you gave the treasurers of your heart's aifection, and bowed down by the manifold cares and re sponsibilities incidental to the rearing of eight small children on forty acres of «üb-carboniferous limestone land yet, Mrs. Gilkins, you are aware that the season is now approaclung when dark, dismal, dangerous clouds at frequent intervals, span the canopy of heaven; and when zigzag streaks of electricity dart promiscuously hither and thither rendcring this habitation unsafe for yourself and those dear little ones; hence, therefore, let me sell you a cop per wire, silver tipped, and magnetic lightning rod." The woman staggered back a few paces and yelled: "Narcia unfasten old Qronehl" In another instant a savage buldog came darting round the corner of the house with bristles op, thirsting for gosV The' dog had already mangled a machine agent and a patent soap man, and was held in great esieem by the better class of citizens for his courage and service; bnt when his eye met the bard, penetrating gaze of Mr. Parsons, his chops Jbll, and he slinked ofl aud hid in the currant bushes. Then the man said; "My dear lady, you seem to be excited. Now, if you will allow mo to explain the probably in estimable—" ; "Dern ye, I know what will start ye," said Mrs. Gilkins, as she reached under bed clothing, and brought torth ahorse pistol; bnt owing to the shat tered condition of her nerves, her aim was unsteady, and the charge of buck shot missed save where ajfjaw scattered ones struck his cheek and glanced off. A matailic smile spread'over his coun tenance as h$ leaded bis shoulders against the door frame, and again com menced: "My dear madam such spas modic manifestations of your dlainclina tlon to make a judicious investment of a few paltry dollars—" "Hi—eol" shrieked the window, and collapsed into a kind of jerking swoon, and before she had reoovered, a highly magnetio lightning rod decorated her humble domicile, -'4 Parsons had the blank note *lied out already for her signature- Madiaon (ihd.) Courier. All enterprising men uae printer's ink very liberally, ADVERTISEMENTS. 1 SUPERIOR COURTt Alamance Connty. GABKTEL M. LEA, WILLIAK' A. LEA, MARIA L. MOOBE, GEOKGIA LEA, AND JAMBS Snmnion* W. LEA, [ Plaintiffs i Far Belief. Against _ . NOKA LEA, Special Proceed- Defendant.) in 3 s - > STATE OF NORTH.CAROLINA, To the Sheriff of Alamance County—Greet ing: r " ' „ Yon are hereby commanded to summon Nora Lea, the defendant above named if she be found within your County to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court for the County of Alamance within twenty-six days after the service of this summons onher exclusive of the day of service, and answer the complaiut which will he deposited in the office of said Clerk within ten days from the date of this summons : And let said defendant take notice that if she fail to auswer the complaint within that time the plaintiffs will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Herein fail not and of this summons make due return. Given under my hand and seal of said Court, This Ist day of May, 1875 W. A. ALBRIGHT, Clerk of the Superior Court Alamance County. JAMES E. BOYD, Attorney for Plaintiffs.] In the above entitled action it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defend ant is a non-resident of this State It is order ed that service of summons be had upon her by publication in the ALAMANCE GLEANER a newspaper published weekly in this County, once a week for six successive weeks. Done in office at Graham,} on the Bth day of May, > - 1875. ) W. A. ALBRIGHT, C. S. C. Alamance County. gAR AND FIXTURES FOR SALE. I wish to change my business, and will sell cheap, my Bar and Fixtures, consisting of all necessary furniture for a complete Bar. Also one Bagatelle Table, one set of oyster plates, with alcohol lamps. My -license will be out the lsftof April. I wish to sell before then. I will also sell cheap a pair of fine heavy Wagon Horses, together with an excellent two-horse wagon and good->hamesß. Until I effect a sale I may be found at my old stand, on the Court House square, just the same. JOHN HUTCHISON, Graham, N. C. "fSlilfiii: R. FORBIS & BROTHER, (under the Benbow Hall,) . GREENSBORO, N- C„ keep constantly on hand a complete assort ment of FURNITURE. Repairing of every description, including ; \ Upholstering neatly done. Their stock consists of CHAMBER SETS, ranging in price from $25.00, to #500.00 ; Office, Dluin jj-Ilootn, Parlar and Hock ing Chairs, Bureaus, Wardrobes, Business Desks, Safes, Cribs, Cra dles aid Trundle-Beds for the little folks, mattresses nn«t Spring Beds of crcry va riety and style, Hat-racks and any and everything in the furniture line. Their stock is the largest and most complete ever offered in this portion of the State. They defy competition in quality or price. apr2U.3m Valuable Book. I am the authorized agent for the Counties of Alamance and Orange, for the sale of the life, travels, adventures, experiences and achievements, of DB. DAVID LIVINGSTONE, in the Interior of Africa. This work contains over eight hundred pages i.iul is illustrated with over one hundred en gravings. The price.of the Book is exceeding ly low. I will visit each family in the two counties as nearly as I can. J. T. ROSEMOND. Apr 20,2 m Company Shops, N. C. g .ROBERTSON, DKALBB IN Grave Stones AND MONUMENTS. GREENSBORO N. G. J L. SCOTT, Graham, N. 0., Agent for the Celebrated ' STIEFF PIANOS AND ORGANS Send for Illustrated catalogue and price list. iapr27-tf DIBTILLEY FOR "BALE. Capacity eighty gallons per day. Also twenty-five barrels pore Corn Whiskey, made from corn malt. • * HUTCHISON A CO. , Address W. R. ALBRIGHT, feb93 Graham, N. C. JUST RECEIVED. Two Hogsheads old fashioned Cuban Mo lasses. New crop. | W. R. ALBRIGHT. QDELL, RAGAN & CO., WHOLESALB EILKBS _ General Merchandise, , WD AGXSTB FOR Cedar Falls urf Bety Rim Shootings* Tarat. sad SeansleH Bap, Holt's "mm* BaaAeMal NaUt, Vrie*> •« Bala—** *«■■». Charlotteo ville Can insert sal Bthca. r breecher's Itanh. GREENSBORO, N. C. sprSQ-ly OFFICE O* THE Alamance Gleaner, We call the attention of the public to the appearance of * . 4 . THE GLEANER, • Vv' •' v 9 f It will be I "fnrnished to subscribers,until further uotice, at the low rate of ' ; - • - i--™-™ 99.00 Per Annum, THE PUBLISHERS PAYING ALL POST AGE. Payable in Advance. Our aim will be to make the GLEANER * -. . - ■ - f>■ . Yr —* ' .•• xj A FIRST-CLASS FAMILY PAPER in trery respect. It wil. contain all the Local News of the CtJuntv, State News, the most Important Tele graphic News of the week and Carefully Be ected Miscellaneous Matter. •*"£.. , ' -v ' • It will be a paper which no family in Ala mance County can afford to be without. THE GLEANER will also prove of particular interest to former residents in this section, now living in other parts of the coun try, ana to all such it will be , -vf •* Mailed to any address upon receipt •f subscription price. We would call especial attention to the value of the : ■ • 7- T.p - - t, * - ft * X GLKAJSTER , .-, . - j». '' " ' , —AS—■ f ; .. '• An Advertising Medians. THE GLEANER has a rapidly growing circu ation in the finest Tobacco andtgrain growing * . * SECTION OV THE STATE. PUT your money where it unit ao the mod good and mbacribe at once to the GLEANER. PARKER & JOHNSON, . Publishers. ADVERTISEMENTS. nm AlMvMifillllira Dr. J. Walker's California Vin egar Hitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chielly from the- na tive herbs found on the lower ranges of the Sierra Nevada mountains of Califor nia, the medicinal properties of which are extracted therefrom without the use of Alcohol. The question is almost daily asked, ''What is the cause of the unparalleled success of VINEGAU BIT TERS!" Our answer is, that they remove the cause of disease, and the patient re covers his health. 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W ALKER'B VINEGAR BITTERS, as they will speedily remove the dark colored viscid matter with which the bowels are loaded, at the same time stimulating tho secretions of the liver, and generally restoring tho healthy functions of the digestive organs. Fortify the body against disease by purifying all its fluids with VINEGAR BITTERS. NO epidemic can take hold of a system thus fore-armed. Dyspepsia or Indigestion, llead acbe, Fain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of tho Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpita tation of tho Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the Kjgion of the Kid neys, and a hundred "her painful symp toms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. One bottle will prove a better guarantee of its merits than a longthy advertise ment. 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For Skin Diseases, Eruptions, Tet ter, Salt-Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pbstules, Boils, CaVbuncles, lling-worms, Scald-bead, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas, Itch, Scurfs, Biscolorations of tho Skin, Humors and Diseases of the Skin of whatever namo or nature, are literally dug up and carried out of the system in a short time by tho use of these Bitters. _ £ ■ * Pin, Tape, and other Worms, lurking in the system of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed and remoVed. No system of medicine, no vermifuges, no an thelmintics will free tho system from worms like these Bitters. For Female Complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of wo manhood, or the turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an influence that improvement is soon perceptible. Cleanse the Yitiated Blood when ever you find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples, Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it wheu you find it obstructed and sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul; your feelings will tell yon when. Keep the blood pure, and the health of the system will follow. • R. H. Mcdonald a CO.. Druggists and Gen. Afrtii.. San Franciseo, California and cor. of Washington and Charlton Sts., N. T. Mold by all Druggists and Dealers. E.S. PARKER, Attorney at Law, GRAHAM, N. C.
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