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VISE r r r 1 K J a 1 1 v 1 I -'" I Htiuiir a. not, 4. Ireprleter4. fc ' " This Argus, o'er ths People's RIqKU dU an KUrH IV AVp; A'o SM;ij Mma' o ti'9 e Z7 Ai Jlundrxd Eyn Jfcrp." aj.eu i'i it In Adiuii t. VOL. 33. r WADESBOUO, X.C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1S70. i i - r )U$rclfottfptt$. The Bine Laws. Ji. correspondent desires to know whet were the blue Uvi of New Eng land. I Kind all's J Travels hi Amer let in 1807, they are given substanti ally M we publish them. Those strange prohibitions havo long since become obsolete, but as curious speci mens of legislation in'the early duys of tfew England we reproduce them far the amusement of our renders : Jfo quaker or dissenter from the established worship of this dominion, shall ImJ allowed to givo ft vote f r the election of Magistrates, or any other offioor. I No food or lodging shall be offered t,i a quaker, a'daiufte r other heretic. If any person turns qiaker,hcluill U banished, and not HifLrvd to r jati, but upon pain of death. N priest shall ubido in the domino " ion; ho hu1l be banished, imd suffer doatb on hie return, IVa-sts mar be seized by any one withou a wirftnt. No or.o toiroas a river, but with un authorized ferryman,' No t'H'i shall run on the Siblutb day, or walk in his garden or e!ae- rforexcept reverently to'and fiom meeting. Voone shall travel, or cook victu als, li'iake 'tbed sweep houses, cut hair, or shavo on the Sabhuth day. ,NJ vvuiuali ahull kins her child On the KnbbntH or fasting day. 'Tit Sabbath shall lgin at sunset iij Saturday. t Ti "jiWk f enr of coyi giow'mg in a ' neighbor' gurden", shall be deemed a theft. ; i"A person accused of trespass in the mVht ahull bo iudsred guilty, unless ho clear himself by his oath. J Whon it appears" that an licensed has confederates, nnd ho refuses to discover them, ho rtiay bo racked. No person shall buy or Bellfaqd without permission oftho selectmen. A drunkard shall have a master nr jpojtited by tho select men who are to slelar him fr.m' the liberty ot buying ml self nr. VJioevor publishes a lie to the pre judice ,ot Ids neighbor, shall sit in the stocks, or bo whipped fifteen stripes. ' No minister shall keep u echoed. Kvjry ratable person, who refuses to pay hi proportion to tho support of the minister of.the town or parish, hull bo fined by tho court $2 and $4 every .quarter, until ho or she shall pay tho rate to the minister. .. j " Meu-stoalers ahull Hufier death. "Whosoever wears clothes trimmed vith gold, silver cr'bone lae, above two shillings by the yard, shall he presented by the grand jurors, and the selectmen fehall tax tho otfonders at $300 estate. A debtor in prison, swearing he has uo estate, shall bo let out and sold to make satisfaction. Whoever eets a fire in the worlds, nd it burns a house, shall suffer death; and peraonsBiispeeted of this crime hall be imprisoned with ut benefit or buil. - ,-. - . Whoever brings cards or dice 5nt this domiilton, shall pay a fine of $5., Nuitnb- shall read common prayer, ;jceep j Christmas, . . or eaintsMl.iv, luake tninced pies, dance, play 'cards,' or pl4jttua0y,,iti8truinent of mntde, except the drum, trumpet and jews- '.har - r r ; NfifTgoBpel minister shall join poo ''4 T- mAMat.otno mlp ljalljotn in n arriage, as they may do it with less scan lal to Christ's church. ' When parents irfluse their children convenient marriages, the magistrates ehaldeterniine the point. : Tho se-lectmen, on finding children ignorant, may take them away from teir parents and put them in better .hands, at tho expense of their parents. A man5 that strikes his wife shall ray a fine of 10; n.woman that strikes he-husband shall be purnishe.J as the eourt direcU. ; ' ' 45; . A wife eballf bo deemed, good evi dence against her htisband. " K ' o'mafi eoirrtli rnald in person W13. t J . t- 1 1 .' 1.-' . ' - .1. -' I'L. - llnw $y and nation c it is lu liar a I or hr lpftnr Wtthnnt first obtsinint I Ker' nnn ' who roines from tin I the consent of her Parens,X5penalti. South rep.rts that the 8.athern K- 1 ,1 for the first offonie ; X10 for the sec ond, and for the third, imprisonment daring the pleasure of the court Every malo shall have hie hair cut round according to a cap. " Tho descendant of the poeplo who enacted ond enforced the abovo law now claim to be the "saint" and salt of the earth. . A lp Tsar Sio T. Tlere Is s young fiitl- mo in town wh iiloiknl upon as a nrt of wi loaMfhntrr, and who, it was lrlifvel uoti rei-eutly, wsuld if t. marry the liandsmn st and heat womsn on esrlli if every lutir on hf r hi-a l was a Koli iimor disiuond. 00 a count uf leap year sonnyIniii lsni- vitclu le 1 1 put up a j on this yu i null and arnue it lor one tf llt- ii iiib ler t' propose iurriu,'e to liiin. nhi ih oti ers Hslc'xd I lie fun t Mtih h ih-s hoc ed in a par.ii ion. Tl'tt if. n:l iiaii w s i-iv'le l to cull at ill ln'U of tin- y iiiiig 1 1 Iv li wis lo d lit 1 roxwii., nnd on llie dtiictMte. t-vu.iiii; hu wj ilieie. aleil in t'ie parlor, wuil. - - - w - - - I : tie srctKH irks to ( lie jlt wrv aulioued m ilu-ir eye lioUi". After s mie h-iultory omi vt rautii-u b ml lh-weather uml t s elul paity llieyoini la ly sudd-idy dr pislon er kuees I) fore f ie yen I. m hi sml in eu .leann terms dtH-larei lo-r ):mi.n : " IXirUnj;," slie sui.l, I loiu have loved ll ee, hut the cruel eoiiv inion iliiies of so eiety have fttnej inh to conceit my pis fioii. Lfrtj) yeir, wli cli hivk to n..r. ;! woman mis lil-ed privihyp, is now 1 rt-. and 1 Uke advantage of it t tell the- I adore thre. L'Hik not tluit coldly un in . dearext ; rnnru me uotfroni your presence. S c niH on my b-"iil!'1 knees in) jdoriu lino you will not s.iy me nay. (ir.iui me hnl one kis from those ruhy li; fiid me to ihine iir;i,i ard say iliut thou win h -jnim; mine, only mine forever su I for aye." Cootrary to expectation, tlm jjentlemaii iinilajeil tint the leaKt uiitoiiislimeiit dur iiig the foregoing recital, and when it w:i concluded he. Went over to the stove, and. his hat 's under his cot fc'il, thus replil : "I'm told your dad owns a Itundr d isliarri of North Carsin, aud thnt you've, got two briitdle dull doa i yonr own right Hint sithout ii'CUmbruMce ; liktwUe I am informed, that you are a good hand male in; ship jacks and h'mcuit ; that you dou'i chaw gam, which, by the. way, is powerful exntwbive these hard times. In view of thrstT facts I consent, aud leave it to yo1: to name the d y." Horrified the lady t.ried to explain that it whs all n joke, but the gentleman woul.l nut accept any tuuh explauution, ami threatecsa breach of pronieouit unles!" lie fulfidf her promise in nh cli event he will sumninn the jeper h wint?s. The saddest and niot distressing case yet recorded in tho chapters of accidents from thin section come to us this week from Greene county. M'ihs Cobb, daughter of D'ovvroux Cobb, living nflar l'ols Bridg'M, Snow Hill township, seventcenyearf of age, add a young lady of rennrkabh beau ty and mora than ordinary' bnlli nicy of mind, wa-i burned to death on Thursday , of . Jast w.-ek. 'Hi" p.irtieu lars of the heart -rending afftK a re ported to ns by geiitfcnieu ironi! he nf-iffhborhood are as f iows : Miss Cobb was on a temporary viidt to her sinter -jMrs.' William E Kvard-,' tie,, mile from her father's residence. On tho day above(nained sho was playing, with Mrs. E's infint in the kitchen when her res took firo from the tove and wao in a full blaze, when discovered. Losing her presence of mind, ' Miss C, rinhed froih tho building into the yard' pursued by Mrs. E., but not until her strength was exhausted could sho bo overtak en: was fatally burned.- In her flight he threw the infant from her a d thus tho little innocent escaped from the same hapless fate. After a few hours of intense . sufferi.ig, during wh cli time all Jiat human skill could duviso was done tor her relief, death inter posed as a-welcome messengerr Iter funeral occurred on- Sunday and was uttoided by a host of sorrowing and nathizinsr friends. Wilson Ad -j, . vahce publican, approach unanimity lu their prvferenco for tho nomination ot Morten,' says Morton's organ's cor respondent The Moses of South Carolina are doubtless among the unmerous Itepublicaos of the South who "approach nnanlmity in their admiration -f tho vindictive statesman of rmliniia, and bo 'w ill havo plenty moro of such admirer ns bmir as there is tho slightest pr'osjTct thai bo may Ih pl.icod in a position to protect them in their nnnnimoiM approach to the Moket of the pooplo whtm they Iiojh f plunder some more. So f.ir, nl one j.'iirind of pro'iitiHMiec the In lianaHilis Journal i anpjMirling Mi. Mortmi, and if ho Mviiresthe nomiua tiou i will b. du to the sioiflo jiek po vc f the prc r-ithcr h oi tin f.r'y j irk-.ifS power s pithetiiidN li-eiilicd 4y Mr. Bu'ler. -L uisvill Join mil. Tho C ie d o I i : Hen ry I'I -tf. -f No. 9 Ti vnship, .one o h greatest li'tnters in our e.'Untx, li is n t.ioii'. tiiik -y lint aeeoinp nie liiin in nil of hi turki'V hunt and ut so n ns ho get into the hunting le i'n, h i conceal hiniS'df and iy signal, the turkey struts off and gob hies until ho is an-werc 1 .by th" wild me. A oou as he i niHwered, h begiu hi retreat in tho direction ol his concealed m ster gobldimr ' the time. The wild bird by thi, is drawn near enough the Min i to re ceive tho charge from Plott's trusM riflV, slid a soon us the gun is tired and the wild turkey drp, tho trained one exhibit his pleasure by extrii strutting and gobbling around his be trayed friend - " l'a, what is a (Tioical X ' " A list lical is a rnmp ieioiH m t mil of the gouus homo; but if. ocvusioiiHl ly found in tho M'd lie State. It in satanio spawn of Puritan parentage conceived in sin, bom. in iii'npii y. nursed at the breast of jealousy, rock ed in tho cradle of prejudices und el e-teem,' and subsisted hy public auo private idunder! Now, my n I havo explai.ieil Radical, can you purse it?" " Radical ts a compound, unconsti tutional noun; black in person, do cltniug in number, African gender and desperato case and governed by tho nigger, according to tho old Puri tan rule one ignoramus govern an other." " Now my son you catch your. pony and take a ride.' Sklp Hki.p. A do-'iriuo nut ta in t h too forcibly ai.Miuuneif in these il.iys wa. itniaht in his vi himiis way by librae. Greyly, aceordinir to u i incident ;oiiur ti e fuim I of tin pap rs conccruiiiif him. A y iniii men's club wrote him akinsr for a frecipv of tb "Trillins" l"r its use. riif jensihn ld piiilosopher r. p-'!, de cli lin and sayiliz dint one of ihe wors. id for a ym u man to g t in o i is lien. I was thai he c ai d jr't some; lung or noth in. They need d to remember that, what wa t 'o easily got was no lot tery, and t here tv.-re in; nz -s but t!i -ese that men wot ked for. . ' f I r;ice's !ea I was level on that. We Ii'oks ieoil who il-'p. ii.l ' on hirrowjitg In ir a u.ihor' papers wid ink.) notice uhI art a . bo v. of H 'f0 r 13 00, yiu can buy seN I rnouuh of all kind, inclmliiiir Utne, ooiou sets, htM and peas, to plant a large gard'a. An iiidostrmutmancaoniUivalsa ms lium sitel canlen smt, (plsuling all kimls ot seed), hy Working St odd times, before breakfast and lat in the evsnlmr, anr leaving hit pl.ie of buMios, it boot any aid; ami supply hi fi.aily with every varie tv of veit'iahlea t.r at sevau uioutbs in the ysr. Ex. Adrlburt Aate,U-.v. raoroi iii,isilppl, "ha gone and done it," that , rt-s ifne-l and under fir, too.. That lnabrtihle De- lex-rstic Iy-giaUture of Jli"ii'i had j.mt imprai lis I Duvm, the negro Louten int Oovemor, for high 'clime' and mN I. ni'unom in o (!!.. and wrn iindimhering heir uu t op ii fire on Aim s when he oiieln-li-it to peine down wilUout it, an he kii-w i he had him any way. Am-s is t ide- I mrpft-oa .'g-r and a s.iu-iu lsw of il.'Hit Iiniler. ?Uy Ins rusiiimlHoi a hih .nr.) ou'lem m and fire irie-l Dciuocrat. I. M. Mi one. President ol lite H-nate, lie m. s O 'V rnr. ' ' Aiiro.vwiiM st i.m a K.ivival Meetn isq. At "tin? revival services iii the Me hodist Episcopal Church, , Mount llolly, X. J , on Wediiusd iy evening, a ded' niuto; presented bimsi If f r priyer. Afior .united and earnest supplications had been oft"; red in his b.dialf, ho arose,, wit'- acouiitcjiiance radiant with ioy, and, taking tho brethren by tho hand, s'lqii ted "Glory, Glory," to the astiiisliment wf thu audience. . Crotii may be .cured in' a minute, and tho remedy is simply al-im ami It was then too lato as her bod sugar. Ihe way to' accomplish tho act ts to tako a. knife" or gruter "and shave oft' in small particles ab.-ul a teaspoon ful of uiiuy, then mfxitlwith about twiceTits quantity of sugar, to make palatablu and administer it us quick aa possitdc. Aim t ii stantaue ous relief will follnw. I s V The mewl (wrotu a shool-boy) is a larg er bird than the guse or turkVy. It has two legs to walk with, and 2 more to kick with ; and :l wears its wings on the side of its bead. It is stubornly backward about going forward, ' , Th 0 sha ii (Jlcauer a: .Mis. Lydi. ;'ri I He, of ii a miiiii v. rHirr I to her be-l i i'ie nig i( if l ie '22 id i is'.. 1 1 her tisn i' e lib. h wis 'ak -n ill son I ml hereafter and did lN-f..re throe nYlork ll .in iiilit. . She was nixly two years ni l t!ie b avin a hu-bsn I. J i. oh Frid lie, who :i in r'oti'lref an I four veii-s of a". It is generally iridersto ul that the irt i h"ico of New ILunpshiro us to h I "publican ticket fr president nnd ic' president i Belknap and B.ib- ;o:k, provide I tliev are not rendered iieliilde by the Itebol Congress be fweeu tjiis hikI the.electioii. Courier Foiirnel. . ThbNkxt Ecupsk. T..e next eclipse if tho sun In the Uoiied R ateswill he tre otirtb return" of th nmauifieent wlise at II ton o i Jiyte 16, 1806 when the eenre f the itioon nbanow passed v.'ry nearly at a line from Albany to Boston, and pro tuned total obscuration for five minutes, (t ill lake pince 'u the afternoon of Moil l.y, Jim- 29. 1H78.;. M. C. Papers iii, Cituoert, Georgia. .vriUs to the Governor that he has under lii'eoiKrirf .iim of the coronal scrip of i his stale, '.leering, dute of 1771, and wants to know if there is any law providing for ;tg re.lmpti.Hr. About on hundr'd year o come 8'imiMMfr will pro'ib!y nuk" the saiiio enq dry in regsrl to wh it we know low as Saj. iiji tax bonds'. ttemoving taa Blossoms from Irish Pota ; t6ei. Editor mriran tarmeri Your readers ilonbtless remember .the irticle printed in your columns last sum ti'T, trnii-laied from Li lievm'AgrMe, oy Cadet W. V. -Briv': ? " Increasing 'die yield of Irish potata3s hy removing the blossoms'." jU my euzgesiioii a subscriber f your , Mr.' John Buniiu;', f this conn- I IV, s leeted 12 rows in the fmld of his sce ml i r l ite t and yester l iy gave "me .is r port. IIe ci re fully vomparod the itsM ui d sizi of .tho tabers froiii the rows -of fthVch h lisil tliul)nwMis rut as si on is they uji.ti ar -i, sitli tho rows on either ai.le, and is thnraiglily- satti-fi'd ibat l aiis well rrpud for tb J slijit care and la b r r(4 dreil in the pruidng. Tim rows sele ted wi re ia the nnd I e of the patch and hud uo f advantage- in manuring or lititursl sireugth of the oi.'sver the others, and he can attriouts th.: result in tbeharv : ; f.wer culU, greater yield in oize and qtiaiuitv to iio o her causa thau the re movul of the blosaomt. Ii is not iinoouiaion to hear our potato grower say .hat when the Eirly Rose first came out, they yielded much better tlian ihey do now, ami we ' had verq Jew W toms ;") now some tim before we commence harvesting, the major part sre, or have been,' in full bloom. The experiment does riot cost mu' h suppose we try it. 1 - i.'.jm.'w i . S'roto the Southern Cultivator. . ThontU Tor The Month. rn C W CXT COTT CROr. Khali It bo large or sma'l, la a nuattion of great moment to Southern Tarmers. If arge, with orrasponding low price, not e irfdiag cod of prcxluctioo, th prospect is exceeding dark and gl.simy. We trust that they will proviiU against such a cou tingenry hy raising an ample supp'y of provisions, so that if without money, they rosy at least have bread. As far as ap (learsncea can indicate, they point U the planting of a lare crop of cotton. Cotton brings r ady money money Is very sea T9 Iherwhtre plaut a plenty of cotton. Koch seems t he lbs unconscious reasoo ing of th farmer j and it would be very ound if the upply of cotton was not so lr that production is already treading sharplv on ihe heeU of cotuumptlon nr. lobe plain an I brief, If the cotton market was not glutted But it is, sod to it diap eiii, that the mora iMttoo we luak's, the Una ' iioi ihe in r ) money we get. What a ity it is that nun will abuse the heaeficieut gills of providence. Asa moitey crop, uniting exceed, p rlii no . Iir q 'ins, co'ton. nh nroier rota .;ia., ii en rich et iosi. a I of tmpoverulitiv' die land cleanse it tnmi full growih Inoagli ils debris and See I, l i s the fouil laiion fir splendid cr aw of grain is no' p risbai'le is I'g'u ot transportation to iu..rct, an I always Ga Is rea.ty sale. And i.int because it is so g od to use a hoiielv ,ihrs-o wo " ride a free horso todeath." We sllu lu to the matter now, hoenuM It is aoi yet loo late to diminish the acreiga of a-.Hon aud ii.crease taitof provision crops. (Joru, peas, potatoes, gn mud-peas, c!.uu Jit., may still be planted. Nor is it lo ate. even vet, to avoir1 credit and reduc. inu operali us cf the farm T This, in our judgiueut, opeus the true road to prosper! iy.. Credit more thau anything olss has pushed cotton production beyond Us legiti mate bounds credit ha rrealel tho im iu.ne Individual iudebteluesses which haug like millstones around tho neck ot our farmer credit has ban'uhod the hog fiom our borders credit has swelled the nusiin s of merchants and iniddlemen Itits uuiiaturul proporiions, and drawn thereby iuto ilies add vd.ages, in shaps of clerk aud drummers, thousand of young men, who ought to have hecu producers, and the nolleiiieii of ihe land. But we mind stoii our busiuei now is to d.al with the actual, .very-day operation of the farm, rather i ha u H pohcy, . ' ? torros FLASTIXO. Lute I'lanted cotton g ows oflT better than early planted, but in localities where taoseasoiisareshort.it i iinixirtant to plant early, tosucure maturing of the crop, In such cases the plaut may be pushed otf bv supplying it with easily assimilated fo d. Immediately within reach, a hy toakinir send in stable manure water aud roiliuic iu 1 luster, or rolling in ammoniated lertilizers, or applying small quantities of these (.say DU Ins.; iu tne (inn wun mo seed. Ihe nou-ammouiaien aissoiveu bones or acid phosphates must not be used for this piirposu, as they will injure the seed. Cotton should bo planted very shal low one inch is ample depth. But dry weather preva ling, it may not come, up if the seed are so uo r tSe surface. The old fashioned plan of .opening furrow with scooter ami coveriog with two furrows of the same, and then knocking off with a bt.srdjust as the cotton is ready to come up, is th sii.e t, but it is slow aud tedious. A planter widi wheal ro lining iu bottom of lurrow, ami pressing the earth in a nurrow diill into which the seed Ull, and covering with a lsM pressed down by a spring, or by a block, will, under ordinary tifcum stances, gives good stand. If the beds are rniitfh nnd cloddy, It is inst to precede t' e. Hunter with a Oalrrow, which has becu neyerul times described -by us hereiefne. and whi. h wh will hritffy describe again, fur t e benefit of new subjcubwrs. It is simjily an urdinaiv triangular harrow, .r in "21 to' 3 feet ii.tti.iio lehiiid, and widi iteeih seJUi IntTe sfopiug backwards to prevililits ftmliiig. Tile trout tiaah should be about B inches long in the ch ar and lle rearm st 10 iii hes7 the iuterveiiio onee ijicrein-ing gradually in leiith from front to rear, fiat h a harrow will hug ajwd, elen it off and still leave it elevate!, and with a uniform rouuded surface. We Hud it exceedingly. ise'u in our own practice lor SlUOollilllg and jreiHitniunij inip ruiinwo tu beds. It is h great point gaiucii in cotton culture to have the vniing plants in u straight narrow liue, ou a; opA, gently rouuded bed the nrt working can tuwu so easily be given it. BWEEt POTATOES. . ' . Be sure to have slips leady by the first ... . . . , it. - " u i- t:. .. ol may, waienug ui, ueoa i"v'y o fueve aary, anu cuvciiuk tuc.u uuoo& uiauts. If pruniDg'ithe bhuomi arre U efforts at teed formation, which it 'assuredly 'does, conserves tbs stn ugth of the plant for the legitimate development of its tubers, we cau readily, apprehoud that art tusy here, a elsewhere, app'y the principles of prun ing with profit. ' ' J?AeMom. 'cold From the Southern Cultivator. Experience of a Young Farmer. Editor South eusX'ulti vai 6r. You ask subscribers to give their exjierience. My object iu writing is not to eulighteu the expt rincoil. but to warn the young from the mat y disappointments - which iiave befauen ire for he past few yearsv I was born and reared upon a iroi, aud have beeii farming ou my own resooai bility f r the last six years. Wheu I left ike honieswad (wbnee owuer wss a thrifty farmer, and ithiiM Loh!iim iu-ivd on like oloik-work. )I ihaught it would be no lru ble logwt rich io hw rerm i bar, Mr. K-litor, whilst I had lrarod to dofaicr work smveMfully, I w.i totally iznorai.1 of farm fin ace and farm economy; Uut to the results. The Crst yrsr I couimeaeetl upon a 200 acre farm, Lird two bauds lor etandiu wage, and at the old sayinirgoe, u.k the but-cut sod firw inwt row. Thsrcult ws I mad mony. Uut Uot latuflel with every day bard work, abd a small farm, I purchased 2lX) acres' more laud, aud Oommeuced the C"rx.rtur hip system, vis: gave earn uanaud wile mule Sbd 23 acre of land, to farm thenar selves; dlowe this plan fur two ysart, tut uo rweuue was received. Why! lo i ib fi st place, no man ran look after half- " hmn mr saorw families, in as many tj JT.t- - act fields as much as te "reeaaif. H ' niidly it requires all of the landlord s ilme toa at'entiou when h- is only half Inter-, e ted. Or to be brief, i e croppers, uoe a' lays, have to W4trnei nigiil aud day, r farming is a I Ming tusiaeae. . : Snoe may asfe, waal aoout the- r-otrn., Ian? I snujily eiou're, if any oue ever sw white renter h-!bre the war iiupru 'lie plantation T Well, van we xj-t thw heller skelter" i egro to do iu I have , ried tid p an, ami iu the eud came out iw t, I make tbe as rtion, that if the' Planter will estimate, the eariis, sorb as house rent, fire wood, wear and tear of . tae land, taxes, keeping up fern-re and lio n , (for theee are against tho reuii-r vligion,) 4i say uotbing of risk of I lng -the rent or provUioin furuuhoil, M ; lollarha been maae by the inve'r-nt. , And any farmer, who will couiioue this for a series of vsar. will have to g-i " west'' (or as the darki-s in thi section say, Misig rats, ") to make liig. : ? i The writer iion the labor- question re poinmend the Wsg plan but thie hes it- -objections. My Ueiividaal Xerienee ie that the supply of labor is nut sutSoi fit , fur the demand to ruu a lare farm ucews- ' fully with hire I labor. I uiaWrtook te ' r . u my farm one year iu tb'ts way; gt- along smoothly during tbt wiuier asou bsj when the dty weie short aud ike W not pressing; but when t ie grna hegaa U ' out grow the cotton, and Hay laborer wre -iu de'uaud at wiry prices, I awoke one j morning aud fount i of my bauds aiissing( Learned afUrwarls that they had iron over to help one oi my UeighUr at $1.00, -three meult, and Hires drinks per day. As . a matter of eoure i had 1 1 give thv.se out rageous prices, as was the. cutom or turn my crop out to gras need ot ssy bow tbe ' balance sheet atd. .. My xiericnce with tho whites as well, as blacks, is like the school-la. v's . cenjuga lion ; "baJ, worse, worser." But the ne grooi are siuoug us, and we must ive tnem i employiuent. 1 am at present giviug tlieiu , part of the cmp, dividiug the land aevoni- . ing to the lorua unployed by each family, requiring each one lo worlc me ne acre to the hand for my time and attention, and compelling all hand to work together. By this means, I can give my personal at- , tention to all at the samj timo baside they are not so liable to quit in the sum- ' mer as wages hand aud I lake uo risk of droughts. , GRANGER. Coweta county, Ga., March 1st, 1876. -. Pickling llos f. To the Editor of ths Courier-Journal In'your issue of March 1 I notice a request,' signed ' II. ! wishing to know How to picklo beef. I will tell ; him ai d all others ono of tho best and cheapest plans in the world.' 0u" up ' tho beef in pieces aiiut four, inchea tliick, bono and all it desired! casiing out tho large joints, .rrocuro a goo l molasses burred that wi.t bold brino. " Get a tub or btiand put in it ono guilon of ealt, one pint of br.-.vtt su gar, ami onaflresivnfdl of saltpo- tcrj well pulverized; stir tho suit, su gar nndsaltpoter np thoroughy, sprinkle7 brino on tho bottom ot tins) bun otf then tako each piece of beef" atid rub it well in tho "salt and sugar, a '"if salting down pork; then jdaoo it in the barrel. On each layer of nteatV eprinklo wcll. the sugar, slt and salt" peter. Continuo to do so unt ail of tho meat a thoroughly treated. "When tho barrel becomes nearly full, put a " largo weight oh tho meat. Next tortiing it will lo covered with brin made from the juice from tbo meat. Keep tho meat undor the brine, and let it remain for years if you wish.. It" will never spoil, and being preserved in its own juice, retains all its origin -al Bwcctness anil flavor, ever jxnir water into tho barrel or molest it in any way after you salt it down, only when you wish to nso a jdeee. ."''. I killed a beef last July that weigh ed 800 pounds, pickled it iu this ";iy, and never lost a pound. ' This l - .! a very warm trliniate, of course L - -will keep anywhero if it kee ps ! . C: o s . .Lsxi-sotox, Trxu. Vsr-h 1. : . -'-
North Carolina Argus (Wadesboro, N.C.)
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April 13, 1876, edition 1
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