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KNOXVILLE, MARCH 25,1876.
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE
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PBtffciJu
March 22.
,. A number of teams came over
gt)iri your place last Saturday after
®Son, crossing the river at Red
B»ck, and after loatlirg with good* this spring.
The new church
G. Bowen, who has been spend
ing six or seven weeks with friends
|n Washington City, Baltimore,
Ohio and Illinois, arrived at home
jjgbt Saturday afternoon
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The passenger train going west at
"•IWo o'clock one morning last week,
Jumped the track three miles west of
town and was delayed several hours.
Tfhe accident was caused by a broken
Wheel. Nobody hurt.
The railroad is still crowded with
businens. Large quantities of grain
are being shipped from all the sta
llions along the line.
fielding Bitts, Esq., one of oar
oldest citizens, who has been spend
ing the w inter with friends in WY.r
ren County, 111., returned last Tues
day.
Our streets last Saturday presf-nt
£d the appearance of the activity so
common with us before the small
pox scared all the country people
out of town. The merchants were
all busy most of the day, and sold
large quantities of goods.
ken. Maasdam has purchased the
IliBlsiness lot of John II. Stubenrauch,
on Franklin street, nearly opposite
the American House, and will erect
a fine brick business house tberon the
coming season.
Our new city council roet for the
flret time on Monday evening of last
week, and elected W. W. Brown,
marshal, and re-elected Herman F.
Bousquet, city clerk. The candidates
for marshal were W. W. Brown and
John Her. Mr. Lee was out of the
contest. E. Shaw, who was elected
city solicitor at the recent election
sent in his resignation as alderman
from the first ward and a special
election has been called to take place
on the 5th of April to fill the
vacancy.
G. P. H. Zahn starts to-day for a
trip to Holland. He will be absent
HfVeral months.
Dr. Wilkin Is making preparations
to close up his business and leave
Pel la. He talks of going back to
Ohio. We hope he will conclude to
remain with us.
There are rumors of a prospective
ttflure of one of our prominent busi
ness firms.
The pay car of the K. & D. M. By.,
passed up the road one day last week,
scattering greenbacks among its em
ployees, and making them feel cor
respondingly happy
mngemente
JWade
for the appearance of the
first number, which will come out
first number, which will come oui
about the fifteenth of April. TM* ,p(jr
Will make five papers, three weeklies
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for the Knoxville merchants, started
00 the return trip yesterday morn
ing, going back the same way. We
should think this additional cost of
getting goods to your town would
be a strong argument in favor of a
liberal subscription to the stock of
flie new railroad by your people
Although yesterday was Sunday Knoxville tired of dog fennel
tesiness was brisk »trouini the depot
K"1"* T'l'.'^CTspgp
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
INDIAN CAMI',
March 8.
English creek k without a bridge
[for twelve miles southwest from
Goeport.
There will be no school house in
the burnt district of Liberty this*
year.
Moving seema to be (he order of
the day for some time past.
This part of the county is baying
large quantities of lumber at Chariton
spoken of some
time ago will go up this 9eason.
Most of the lumber is delivered on
the ground contract not let yet.
Jacob Bingham lost a horse some
time since while hauling lumber for
thechurch.
lA boy named Craig Armstrong ding theru for all uses, in all locali
had a foot badly ground up in the ties, and under all circumstances.
h©rse power of a corn sheller near In small enclosures and ordinary
the depot last Friday evening. Dr. town lots however, for my own use,
Keables attended to his injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Enjoin (iardner,
formerly of the Ohio House, aud
Success to the A. K. & D. railroad.
FARMER'S SON.
and Dwarf Pears.
from tba Patron's Halper.
Standard
By advocating dwarfs for some
purposes, I do not by any means
wish to be understood as recommen-
I would plant no other or if I
wished to intersperse ftuit trees in a
door yard or other ornamental
Who have been spending the winter ground-*, I would use dwarfs, as they
With friends in Ohio and Illinois, nr- are of themselves quite ornamental
ftved at home on Tuesday evening as well aH useful.
fcf lust week.
We hear of several cases of spinal standards are of courso preferable,
fever «n town, one or two cases of
which proved fatal.
We understand that M-.-.jor Post
contemplates building a three-story
brick addition to his hotel the com
ing season, costing about $12,000. It
it also said that he will resume
charge of the hotel the first of May,
the le-^e of Mr. Bonger expiring at
that time. We hear that Mr. Bon
ger will then engage in the livery
business.
For orchards or field planting,
an(*
are
in£enoral use in this country
even in localities where dwarfs are
popular for their appropriate .de
sign.
Tfiat dwarf trees will produce as
good fruits and as heavy crops in
proportion to size as standards, I
believe is not questioned, and is con
ceded by the best authorities that
some varities, especially of the pears,
produce finer specimens when dwarf
ed then they do as standards.
The principal objection urged
against dwarfs, so far as I know, is
that they are "short lived." To
this point I shall devote some atten
tion. If the facts sustain tfiis objec
tion it is a serious difficulty, and
therefore should be duly considered
and rightfully settled.
I think I will be able to show very
satisfactorily that, where they have
a suitable situation and proper care,
they live long enough to give a
handsome return for all the care and
labor bestowed upon them.
I will say here that in selecting
varieties of pears for dwarffing, or
dwarf plantiug, none should be used
but those which are known to
succeed well in this form, and on
quince stocks.
It will be remembered by all who
attended the evening meeting of the
Keokuk, Horticultural Society
in 1871, I believe it was,
and during the time of the State
Fair, that this question was some
what elaborately discussed. It was
there distinctly stated by some of
the speakers, that "pear trees, on
quince roots, would not live more
than six or seven years unless
planted deeply, and the necessary
means used to cause roots to be
thrown out from the pear stock above
the union of it with the quince."
I may not have given the precise
words, but I have stated substan
tially what was urged on that occa
sion by the opponents to dwarf pear
trees, on the ground of their being
short-lived.
Now upon this question I have
had nineteen years' experience in
Iowa and I will give the result
briefly:
In the spring of 1854 I set out
about one thousand quinco stocks
part of them wcre the apple or or
ange quince and the rest were the
Angers, and imported from Angers,
in France.
Of those on which the bud grew,
I sold most at two and three
years old, but about that time a
portion of what I had k'ft put on an
unhealthy appearance, and in two
or three years more all of that class
were dead or so badly diseased that
I dug them out. The others remain
ed healthy, and I disposed of all but
KPUUUIUKJJ
We are pleased to say that the a few which I transplanted in my
all-pox is still abating, and if we
have luck will soon bo rid of its pres
ence here. Only one new case re
ported since my last letter.
Pel la is to have another paper, the
Pella is to nave Buouici »^i
Bnjititt Beacon,
published weekly by Bobbins 4
own
grounds, where all but two or
three yet remain, and in as good
health, considering the care bestow
ed upon thein as I could expect.
As these made their first growth
1&>7, they are now
bud ln
«fivecrfumn quarta yvn
old
fi%r
Robey. The work will be done at
the Blade offico on new type. Mr.
Bobbins is here to-day making ar- ^i'did not concei ve of what I
I accounted for so many of these
stocks having died out in the first
four to six years, in various ways
gatjgflWi
and two monthlies, printed on the ^n^on quince, were short
power press. The work on
fonrofthem, two weeklies and two
Jlved thftt
monthlies, will all I* done by purpose." Since then I
MudeAxm.
Kmm
I am
was the true a
the true cause,
on thAt gub
0
periodi«l Bug-
tfaat treeg
worked on
the Angers and Or-
ince wcre
the only varieties
no olhor stock than
th e Angers, nor have I bought trees
which were on any other having
always obtained what few I got for
my own grounds from the French
nurseries, and with the special re
quest that they should be on that
stock. The Orleans variety, though
recommended to be quite equal to
this sort, I have never used.
How long the dwarf jear trees I
have, may yet live, I do not know
of course but I do know that the
oldest one, a good beariug tree yet,
variety Doyenne Boussock, was by
me imported from Angers, France,
in the spring of 1856, and was then
called three years old, and is now of
course aged twenty-two years. I
know furthermore, that the youngest
I have are not less than twelve years
old, with the exception of a few I
imported for myself last spring.
Hence I have all ages fruiting, be
tween twelve and twenty-two years,
and on quince roots.
As to the kind of quince to be
used for stocks, I shall for the pres
ent add the testimony of the follow
ing distinguished authorities, and I
might namo many more if required:
In a discussion on this subject by
the Massachusetts State Horticultu
ral Society last year, Hon. Marshall
P. Wilder remarked I have had
a great diral of experience with
dwarf pear trees during the last forty
years, and am strongly in favor of
them on account of their early bear
ing. Two-thirds of my collection
were originally on quince root*, and
by using this stock I was enabled,
not only to test many new varieties
in time less than would have been
required with standards, but to fur
nish mpselfwith fruit in a very few
years. Viewed in this light, dwarls
are not only exceedingly useful to
the amateur and experimenter with
fruits, but a great blessing to the
family."
In Mr. Barry's IYuU
erroneous
The truth is, that the varieties
used in France are neither the apple
nor the Portugal quince, but vigor
ous varieties that have been origi
nated there, and found to answer
this purpose particularly well. The
great requisite for a quince stock for
the pear, is a free, vigorous and rap
id growth. A variety originated at
tho town of Angers in France, and
extensively used, propagated and
sold there as the Angers quince, has
proved to be excellent stock. It is a
very rapid vigorous grower, making
strong shoots three feet long in one
season. It lias largo foliage, resem
bling the Portugal. There is anoth
er variety with smaller leaves, but
of free, vigorous growth too, almost
exclusively cultivated in some dis
tricts. Several extensive nursery
men at Orleans, Paris and elsewhere
consider it superior to the broad
leaved," (Angers) and especially
for very vigorous growing sorts. It
is known as tho Paria or outenay
Quince.
I had intended to refer to aome
other authorities, but find it Is going
to extend this communication beyoud
proper limits.
I will simply add to what Mr.
"Harry says about the "feeble growth
of the common apple quince, that in
this country the roots are very ten
der, and subject to be injured, and
frequently killed out by winters
whereas the roots of the Angers
quince have never been thus affected
in my grounds, unless exposed to
the winter freezing at or above tbe
surface of the ground. Tbe tops are
tender so as to be frequently injured
by hard freezing, but like the Maha
leb cherry, while the tons majj bej
more or less winter killed, the roots,j
unless exposed, are not least dam-j
aged by our severest freezings.
Only n.ake sure of the right stocks
and
you
may have dwarf pear trees
which will furnish you remunera
tive crops for twenty to twenty-five
years, but not without care and!
cultivation, about which I will "rise
and explain" hereafter.
JAMES MATHEWS.
KNOXVILL*, IOWA, March JO, 1979.J
PETERS' PETERS*
Publlah'd month
•j. Ki»ing 24 full-
JRKKN'S
Oarden)
statements in re
gard to them, both bjL horticultural
writers and others. Al first it was
said that the stocks used by the
French and imported by nurserymen
here, where the Portugal. Again it
was discovered they were nothing
more than the common apple quince,
consequently, a multitude of the ap
ple quinces have been worked, and
sent out as dwarf pears. The slow and
feeble growth of this variety unfits
it entirely for a stock for the pear,
and only a very few varieties will
form a union with it that will last
over three or four years. Such trees
cannot fall to give general dissatis
faction, and, among people who
know no better, create a prejudice
against quince stocks in general.
Indeed this is the cause why so
much has been said about pears on
quince being shortlived.
PETERS'
tttMMPABL'B
Melodies.
LA
CEEMS
de
la
MUSIC.
CRENB.
Pnbllsh'd month'
pazes of VoJlT
PoMlih'd nnndk"
flii
cal Muiifl by «i?.« pl.v« cey lr, iiliiujf 24 full
ii-v,a5li' 1,nk»-
Hn'l
nK-derStely aUepa.Je.1 of HaSv
I difficult i a n ni- »nj difficult
net tO' mu-io. I'riw }4 t'.ano mu*k*. $4
bud, lintrle ecp- per annum. p*r annum, ijn*
IWMMIIU. (rlv «pie« iO otii 'jltor.plN Jd eU.
PCBI tSBtD ARD MAJLIP, POST-PAID* BI
J. L. PETERS, 699 BROADWAY, H. T.
SACRED SELECTIONS FOR
CHURCH Ay I) HOME I
By WW. DRESHLKR.
Price, Sl.fH) each $lo.o0 per dozen.
S«nd for copy, and If you do not Ilk* th» a4»c
t!on», w« will Ntud tlis money on tha raturo tha
Uok.
A Bumber
IH.
v
GOOD MDlCim
of oar eititann, former Pen«-
tylvinimnt, no doubt remombtr when Or.
Green,
A
Prui-ian by birth, commenotd tho
practice of medicine in Lttac* iter. P» fiftMa
or in. r» years ago., iiis preicriptions oom
pi unded by him«elf of roots and berh»,
found their way into every hjuseh"ld whon
he was kn^wn tf.eir «urativ» |i alities affora
ins relief aud urenftth to all who used (hra.
Wifhingto return to hi» native c. untry, he Hold
hit formula* and the exclusive right to hla
lnvdicines to a party under whoso ooatrol
'hev have jince been nmde and told In (he
Kitsrern i-ti.te-.. He.ieving theui to be pecu
liarly adapted to the west an gouth, the pro
pristnrs are now introducing them here."
OHRKN'S BITTKK TONIC—a
•'ura remedy for dyspepsia, debility, bilJlouo
»nd liver oompl.iintf, fever and ague, c.mtl
pation, and all diseaneg of the digestive or»
if»nn. it stimulates the liver and regulatM
aijte'tion, thereby remi.veinjf the eau?e ..f
headache and low npiriU utrrngtheua an I
i'ui!d« up the run down ana v.
tre^ vigor to #11 parta of the body will pre
vent fever and ague, and protect the lysumj
againit all malarioua digcaiu-tt.
Ir.
Kisti'a
pa
ges 128 and 130, will be found his
views on this subject briefly as fol
lows:
The very general lack of inform
ation in this country on the subject
of quince stocks for pears, has given
rise to a great many misapprehen
sions and
CI RK—For
gout jrrMr-1
"1, ddility, rheumatism, dropey, ecrotuk, 1
and all diseases nf the bladder, kidneys and
ur.iary organs. As diur tie it carries off all
calculus deposits, purifies the blood, and re
move* the cau»e of eruptiou add i utnnoous
diseases, and inflammatory and neuralgic
fains.
1K. (JRMX'S
EXPBCTOtAKT—cure*
colds whooping
oi
erugha,
it in
^kiy humorous p.pas .v.r p«b.
ini'ini the artlrla specially cnpra(t«1
u«lr»M
.IN
tor
W IU) IJ*TL
In
It* lit.
has. et abne
one
f:ml
I
writers
aiiil'.
t& Seiul for a Smitjdc Copy mid Con
vince Yourself.
•UBCKIFTIOW PBIOI.
Oo« Ve-ir "0
0)1 Month* 3 W
Thr.e Months 1
Nluglu CopiM u 10
Ons person sending us a club of iab arilxfs
lb» ou« v.-ar will receive a cojy Kratia
Addrass CULLIS A hM ill., fubliahars,
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A IIARGX tTOCS OF
fla* Cloths, CMElaeret,
and F*nc7 Vestinji.
"Cannot conrelTa my love, what Is tha matter wltfc
my watch, I think it most want cleaning."
"Oh no papadaar. 1 dun's think want*IIINDII^
beeaase Baby and I bad It wathiagln the basla tor af
ar so long this morning."
W. R. RIGG,
DKALKR IN
WATCHES, CLOCK*!, JEWELRY.
for
ugh, croup, and all
en ol the throat, lung» and
dsieat*
chest,
by assisting
nature to throw off the offensive matter, in
i^teid of retaining
tho blood, thus
tutitically making
nod typhoid fever.
DR.
UNTTN'8
CHI
s.'i-
a
permanent curu, will
xubdue all tendency
to consumption luttg
MEM
acd Least.
\)r. OMSK'S AOC*
LIHIMERT—For mas
AUD
LIVIR PILLS—Aet
promptly without depleting, for lale by all
Druggist* and
dcalem.
K. T. UAKTRt FF CO.,
HarllaHW.
k«
.$
til
Lt
bo
O S E U S O I S
twp r^TAMPK'-N /iMvpriiN
COMIC PAPER.
liliiatrai".! y a rpn "fine n«l American arliala,
ami Contributed to by the most popular buui ris^s
atii nt
ir luts ol I he day.
WILD OAT8 now enters »ucr«»afully upon tbe
.•Itlh y« *r .f it. filstence. mi) 1m# th« «tab
licliHil
hilli.or'HH
ami
"nitric*!
im(ibecome
binding of jarte.
«r"f the «uinlry.
II *»i started aai continual thM tirat year an a
mi nthiv. then, to satl.fy th» 'Inmand ot tli« [.utilte,
it »i -'lianip.il a furtiiinli'ly 1*1111 "outinuiuii Its
work of hittinv folly it f.W, and ab«wlug
the |»i|i'ical and social chains
toon» an.l puriircut •"iltoiiaU, It achlctfd
•r iiiwo than before, anil «M rrrrKoitwd a« tl
abl. ct brikiitest It*cla«. fluf tli*o w«
yiel.lK.l at III further to th" public tMriawl, an.l now
tiul.lUli WIID'HIH weekly I It ha» lil»r*lly nr»N
into its preeent shape on lta intricate mariU, being
lha ftrat »«.-cen«ful
itsheU In thi* aountry
is
on mtriupw
so
l-J
simplo
ftn( a
to
furtilab the inventor,
ar« Krank Hcllew,
rary 'lejinrtinenl*
ways
Tims.
Illuatr
Worth, lloj kiix, Walas, Hhalton. Wolf, Jump, K
tle«, Drkhar'lt. Ii ay, I'olsil.l, and •oraral others
wbf. are y unhi!Own »o tame.
Witt) OATH
will a* It al
nri.t unit) (.roacbablc. At lex at
IKSKaIK]rial
at dory will
always
p«K«a, the i*«t hmnorou*.
b« found on
It*
aatirlcal.
in tha
ami
chara«t»f
In It.') ,-taU*
while Its
stftchea
Kill he sparkiiim, oimiuai ai.d ll-lod
W11.It OAT will be r-t rlasi in er^ry particolaf,
aad on this account may be tak.ri iato the he«t faro
iliea wlllio.it fear or au»pl«l"ii, a» no wori or lilu.lra
tlon wl I appear that ran IT!eri'l the moat IH«III|' US,
1*1 nIfhtil
1U i'ttiMiftlitir't, M- T.
Milner 4k Palmer.
I
FtTXX XJVS OF
CWhSag,
Qestt' fwrishisg Goodi,
TrtaJta and Vt'.isM.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER
WW MMAM BVUXUMt
Talk is ch«ap, but prleM
tall wa har« KCt tha «oo»«
aod are u un.l to sail.
We want it distluotiy ao
derstood that It is aur aim
to do a iargar b'isinass,
make
~T
inora tt* cuaicmeri,
and sa'I fnore Goods this fall
tbao
e»er
before. We bare
got the 8t»ek tbat will do
it and all we "blow" for,
Is Customers. hasinass
has b«eo »atisfactory, but
we are anxious to inerease
it, and know what ts naoea
sary to bring aboat that
result, rit.: "flood «#0od»,
fair and square dealing, aad
lew prioee."
Milntf A Palmer,
Knoxville,
i
T0Y8
SPECTACLES, MUSICAL INSTRU.
MENTS AND FANCY (J00D8
AT LOWEST PRICES.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN
TO
The precise time of day.
Bat If percbanre nhouM *tep
And fail to civa the hour,
Tbau tak* ro» quick to Ri*x'« shop)
And he will give ma power.
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fcaej
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S3
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gafe and
RE
PAIRING. SIGN OP BIG WATCH
KORTH SIDE OF SQUAR1.
Wind ma with care and treat me welt
And l«-t uiv hnvM fair
And I to you will try ao4 tell
in
can operate
it,
mistake
nivriv*,
can
its ma»t.»rly rar-
-r-n »^*t
oving
be
GTTSTAV EBERHART,
NOKTII1,1ST 010 I'll I'I BLIC SQUARE,
KNOXVILLE, IOWA.
IMPROVEMENT IN
Grinding Machines
BIDDLE'S IMPROVED FEED-MILL
For corn or small grain is
superior
|g0 Marion county Fair.
ri\
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3®
lows.
«Nt IM«
to any
the following reasons:
It is twentv-five llars cheaper th&n any other mill of
same capacity iu the market.
Being all iron, it is more durable, and \om liable to get
out- of order, as the frame of the mill consists of but one
single casting.
The driving pirtl#y bemg in mm4*r of spindle, both
bearings will wear alike. The running grinder is driven by
a Relf-adjunting driver, allowing perlcct freedom of motion,
and the standing or upper grimier, also seU' adjusting, will
permit all the driving power that is applied to this machine
to go direct to the work of grinding without side strain
THIS MACHINE
LEOPOLD BIDDLE,
KNOXVILLE, IOWA.
Ready Writer
(Patantad May 3,
1871.)
Id
good
style
It (Iras pwt.«-t
w|Ui flua Tartslaliad cedat
iMldar*. to any *Mna fbr 80 e«at«
raMifWllon
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D«w nook *t 10LKXB FALKZE'B, an' awful cht^,
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other oast
construction that any person of ordinary skill
made* It has
the working parta being so arranged that no
Received the First Premium at the State Fair,
jnill
or
11
particulars, address
TO
$100,000
r**».
the pllpu fo hold the pell
niucnl«r
ULS.uAard
to do without it
In
hla .i'hc.l,
Aganta wanUd erarywbara, aad good eommlssfor
alluwad. Addraaa,
fl.
JULLT.
W.
OsMdta.
low*
LOIN
On Jmprorcd Farms,
TNfull
IOWA an MfNHSOlTRI, for a U-rm
ynirs,
at III 1'iCM I'KBiT. INTKRIMPT.
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