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*2 PER ANNUM.
rpHIK TBo| E thousands. 1
i and Skeleton Suits in all the
most desirable shades in Serges;
Flannels, Yacht Cloth, Mohairs,
iLo B ‘.L e an j Worsted. Our assortment
prap 1 , p on gee Silk and Seersucker Suits
was never approached in magni
fy variety before in the state.
"f SjSs we can astonish yon. We have
j, ni iil'all the best fabrics in Linen, Mohair,
have the Largest Line of Boys’ and
. Clothing for summer wear ever
rate Department for White and Fancy
which over 1,500 styles are shown,
cents to $5.00 in price.
IrAlwavs excel in getting up Clothing for
mer wear, and we are proud of our mag
%A assortment.
FURNISHING goods.
Furnishing Goods Department contains
rthi„g needed in a gentleman's wardrobe.
r -„,lonian of taste who appreciates nch-
No • ,1 elegance of fabric and style should
T",<c e in'T our stock. Remember, while this
fitment is largely composed of the finest
we do not ask fancy figures on a single
r o„ r prices will bear comparison with
■Casually asked for cheaper goods, while
a.itiality and make-up they will be found im-
Bcnselt superior.
hats and caps.
IVe have in our eases Hats from the most
Vliritwl manufacturers in the United States,
, 1 ive defy any hat house in Baltimore to
Lrfner good's or better styles. They will
L, vou higher priced hats, and you may think
L .; r ,. Fetter because the high-toned hatters
! U'rou so. but they are not. Our display of
■ lra „. Hats cannot be equaled or our low
prices beat.
EXCELSIOR CLOTHING COMPANY,
. if, COR. BALTIMORE k LIOHT STREETS, |
(
llaltiraore, Md.
Largest Establishment in the State.
jane 2-tf •
JjARGAINS, BARGAINS.
J. T, WAMPLER
Cordially invites his friends and the public j
pwrally to call and examine his
large stock op goods,
md compare prices before purchasing else
ihw. W e have
LADIES' DRESS GOODS
AND DOMESTIC GOODS, &c., j
OF ALL KINDS.
OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT
I- Cull and complete with all the Latest Nov
eliics. In our
QUEENSWARE DEPARTMENT,
Which is the largest and best selected in the
eounty. we defy competition.
DUE GROCERY DEPARTMENT j
Is always complete with all the various grades •
of Sugars, Coffees, Teas, Spices, Fruits, &c.
"t keep also a Large Stock of
Japaned Ware, Tin Ware, Wooden
Ware, Glass Ware ana Sample
Goods,
S (
All of which we sell at Rock Bottom Prices. |
J. T. WAMPLER,
ap ±i-tf West End, Westminster, Md.
CENTRAL DRUG STORE,
V
OPPOSITE CATHOLIC CHURCH,
Main Street, Westminster, Md.
JOSEPH li. BOYLE,
SUCCESSOR TO WELLS BROS.,
HEALER in Pure Drugs, Medicines, j
0 Chemicals, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, j
Htirand Tooth brushes. Combs, Toilet Soaps, j
%rs. 4c. Also Trusses and Shoulder j
wees.
”we Paris Green for Destroying j
Potato Bugs. j .
PURE WINES AND LIQUORS
11
FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.
Patent Medicines, Horse and Cattle Powders, j '
, I fine assortment of STATIONERY, i
p . orders promptly filled and i
ascriptions carefully and accurately com-
mar ntf i
pHZLIP WALSH & SONS.
|
ALL KINDS OF
11 Mer Sc BUILDING MATERIALS, ;
AT
THE LOWEST market rates.
YARDS
l Avenue and Oliver street; Harford i
Avenue and Hoffman street,
BALTIMORE, MD.
to Western Maryland Railroad, j
. 1882-ly
** S ' SAMUEL K. HERR, j
P, K - H ERR & BRO.,
Manufacturers of
c °aches, carriages,
BLGGIEs . JAGGER WAGONS!!
PHAETONS, &C.
:
m!l tten t' on given to Repairing. All
filled and work of every kind
l( mrt r L epposite The Court House,
**gk-ly ’ " estm >nater, Md.
I, E ' burger,
P SOTOGRAPHER,
1 ( lessor to f. t. castle.
°B r aphs Made in all Styles and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
* Opting A specialty. -m
a fine assortment of Frames.
Gallery n
Uver Boyle’s Drug Store,
o PPosite Catholic Church,
vY- Westminster, Md.
iS —1 hereby announce
n? „ j*.Candidate for Sheriff of Car-
to the Decision of the
nominating convention.
JOSHUA LEE.
Freedom District.
Hbf Unmictatir 3\iUi orate.
! STORE,
NEW GOODS,
In Geo. W. Ai.baugh’s New Building,
Corner Main and Court Sts., Westminster, Md.
Just opened fine stock of
FRESH SUGARS, TEAS,
COFFEES, SPICES, SYRUPS,
FLOUR, MEATS,- FRUITS,
CANNED GOODS, CAKES,
NUTS, ORANGES, SEGARS,
SMOKING AND CHEWING TOBACCO,
HARDWARE, BASKETS, TUBS, GLASS
WARE, &c., See.,
And everything found in a first-class Gro
cery Store. Having just opened, everything
is fresh.
NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD,
me a Trial.
nov 4. T. F. GOODWIN.
JjTLOUR! FLOUR! FLOUR!
Westminster Flouring Mills,
W. S. MYER & BRO. Proprietors.
Manufacture and have on sale the following
brands of Flour:
Oriole Family I
}■ Patent Process.
A No. 1 Family j
Westminster Family I
New
Parr’s Ridge Family \
| Process.
Westminster Extra j
Above Brands Flour on sale at Barrel Prices,
in
Half Barrel Sacks, (98 lbs.)
Quarter “ “ (49 lbs.)
Eighth “ “ (24.] lbs.)
Sixteenth 11 “ (12] lbs.)
Have constantly on hand and for sale Bran,
Middlings and Offall in general. Agents for
Standard Brands of Fertilizers.
For sale at Manufacturers’ Prices,
feb 4 1882-ly
REMOVAL.
JOHN E. ECKENRODE,
MANUFACTURER OF
COACHES, CARRIAGES,
I
dagger Wagons, Buggies, Phsetons,
&e., &c., &e.
Special Attention Given to Repairing. \
All Orders Promptly Pilled and
Work of Every Kind Warranted.
g@“FACTORY, Corner of Liberty and
George Streets, Westminster, Md., where I
have just erected new and large Shops, giving
me better facilities than heretofore. A call
is solicited. may 5.
FERTILIZERS.
Pure Dissolved Raw Bone.
j
MEHRING’S
Celebrated Super Phosphates.
MEHRING’S
ACID PHOSPHATES,
Luopoldshau Kainit, Agricultural
Lime, Plows, Castings,
NURSERY STOCK, &C., &C.
Bgg“Satisfaction Guaranteed.
PERE WINCHESTER, Agent.
Warehouse at Carrollton Station, Western i
Maryland Railroad. july 21-tsept. 15 |
A CHANGE in Proprietorship j
OF THE
WESTMINSTER CITY HOTEL.
Having taken charge of the above Hotel
and thoroughly renovated it, I am now pre
pared to accommodate either transient or
permanent custom in the best manner. _ Per
sons attending Court will receive especial at
tention.
The Stables are in charge of a reliable and
experienced hostler, and guests are assured
that their horses will be promptly fed and at
tended to. . , , „
Free Hack to and from the depot for all
guests. H. H. PpWER,_
Formerly of Dill House, Frederick j Antic
tam House, Hagerstown; Arctic House, Cape
May, and proprietor of the City Hotel, Lan
caster, Pa. may
14,568 Boxes sold in a year by One
Druggist of
SELLERS’ LIVER PILLS.
Act Directly on the Liver.
Cures Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, Bilious Colic, Constipation, Rheu- j
matism, Piles, Palpitation of the Heart, Diz- i
ziness, torpid liver, coated tongue, sleepless
ness and all Diseases ol the Diver and
Stomach. If you do not “feel very well,” a
single pill at bed-time stimulates the stomach,
restores the appetite, imparts vigor to the
" For Sale by all Druggists and General
Dealers, at 25 cents a box.
R. E. SELLERS & CO.,
up 7-1883-eot-ly Pittsburgh, Pa.
FARMERS who are Interested in
Growing Crops
Cheaply and successfully should write us
for our pamphlet on pure fertilizers. A good
i fertilizer can be made at home for about sl2
a ton by composting with
Powell’s Prepared Chemicals.
References in every State. Agents wanted
for unoccupied territory. Apply with refer
enC<BßOWN CHEMICAL COMPANY,
Manufacturers of
Powell’s Tip-Top Bone Fertilizer,
Bone, Potash, Ammonia, &c.
july 7-3m* 10 Light Street, Baltimore, Md.
XTBW STORE, NEW GOODS, and
J>( CHEAP.
I have built a Store Room next door to
my old stand, Bowers’ Hall, and my stock
insists of a full line of good fresh GRO
CERIES AND PROVISfONS, comprising
all kinds of Salt Meats, cut to suit, Salt Fish,
Coffee, Sugar, Syrups, S>ces,
Irurna Sausage, Flour, Corn, and BucKwtieai
Meal, and alf articles generally kept m agood
Grocery and Provision Store, all of which will
be sold' low, delivered to any part of the town.
With long experience and by strict attention
to burinefs, IPsolicit1 P solicit a liberal share of the
Fjune P atrol,age - JOHN H BOWERS.
JCE CREAM AND WATER ICE.
I can supply the citizens of Westminster
and Carroll county with a first-class article of
Ice Craam audVater Ice. Private families
furnished with either by the gallon or hal
S banre orders will receive prompt at
tention. Orders delivered within theicity
limits or at the railroad free of charge.
■SrSend orders to Harbangh’s Store, Box
Those wanting cream for Sundayshould
send in their orders crqWL,
Westminster, Md.
WESTMINSTER, MD, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1883.
JJONE
. I AT
$3.00 PER TON
! LESS THAN CAN BE PURCHASED
ELSEWHERE.
WARRANTED
PURE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
BONE DUST.
It is Not Boiled, Not Steamed, Not
Bleached.
We will sell our
Bone Dust by Analysis
At same price as any other Bone in the Mar
ket, and will return $3.00 per ton to the buyer.
It is higher in
Bone Phosphate and Ammonia
than any other Bone in America. It is
richer in Ammonia than Peruvian Guano.
PURE CHEMICALS AND
SUPER PHOSPHATES.
OUR RAW BONE PHOSPHATE
|
Is quick, and is intended for speedy and
Large Yield.
JOSHUA HORNER, Jr. & CO.,
Bowly’s Wharf and Wood Street,
Baltimokk, Mp.
H. S. ROBERTS, Agent,
july 21-3 m Medwood, Md.
FERTILIZERS for WHEAT
Raw Bone, Pure Dissolved Bone,
Ammoniated Bone, Super
Phosphates.
We offer as exclusive local agents and at
i manufacturers’ prices—
LOR RENTE J RITTLER'S
PURE DISSOLVED BONE,
R. J. BAKER A CO.'S
Raw Bone, Pure Dissolved
Bone, Ammoniated Bone,
WHITELOCK'S
Long-Established Vegetator.
SOLE AGENTS FOR
J. J. Turner & Co.’s Reliable Goods.
We have on sale a new brand—
THE FARMERS RELIANCE
A GOOD ARTICLE FOR THE MONEY,
pS PER TON.
Agents for Lorrentz & Rittler’s
bstPURE CHEMICALS “©a
For the Manufacture of Fertilizers.
Respectfully,
N. I. GORSUCH & SON,
july2l-2m Westminster, Md.
SALE
VALUABLE LOTS OP LAND
Near Manchester, Md.
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court
for Carroll county, sitting as a Court of Equi
ty, passed in cause No. 2104, wherein David
H. Hoffacker and wife and others are com
plainants, and Jacob Hoffacker and others
are defendants, the undersigned, trustee, will
offer at public sale, on the premises, on
Saturday, the ISth day of August, ISS3,
beginning with Lot No. 1, at 10 o’clock, a. in.
LOT NO. 1
is situate in the town of Manchester, adjoin
ing the lands of Edward Oursler, Henry Rea
gle and others, and contains 2 acres, 2 roods
and 4 perches of land, more or less.
LOT NO. 2
j is situate on the York Road, about one-quar
ter of a mile from Manchester, adjoinirtg the
I lands of John Berwager, David H. Hoffacker
and others, and contains 1| acres of land,
more or less.
LOT NO. 3
is situate on the York Road, nearly opposite
to Lot. No. 2, adjoining the lands of Michael
Wilhelm, David H. Hoffacker and others, and
contains 4 acres of land, more or less.
ON THE SAME DAY, at the hour of 2
o’clock, p. in., said trustee will offer at pub
lic sale, at Miller’s Station, on the Hanover
& Baltimore Railroad,
LOT NO. 4,
which adjoins the lands of George K. Frank
and others, and contains 5 acres, 3 roods and
45 square perches of land, more or less.
This lot is a good piece of meadow land.
LOT NO. 5
is situate on the Baltimore & Hanover Rail
road, about one-half mile west of Alesia, ad
joining the lands of Jacob Fulk and others,
and contains 12] acres of land, more or less.
This lot is in good timber, being covered with
oak and chestnut.
Terms of Sale. —One-third in cash on day
of sale, or upon ratification thereof; the bal
ance to be paid in equal instalments of one
and two years respectively, with interest from
day of sale, and secured to the satisfaction of
the undersigned, trustee.
DAVID H. HOFFACKER, Trustee.
july2l-ts Charles B. Roberts, Attorney.
FOR WHEAT, USE THE
PACIFIC
GUANO CO.’S BRANDS.
SALES 50,000 TONS ANNUALLY.
Highest standard and fine drilling condition
guaranteed.
Soluble Pacific Guano,
Nobsque Wheat Fertilizer,
Dissolved Bone Phosphate.
Enquire of Local Agents for terms and prices.
JOHN S. REESE & CO.,
General Agents, 10 South street, Baltimore.
LOCAL AGENTS.
G. Harry Gist Westminster.
Savin k Leonard Manchester.
Abram E. Null.. Union Bridge.
Miller & Snook Emmittsburg.
july 14-Bmos
CARDS AND CIRCULARS printed at
this Office.
HAVE DONE IT!
> AND ARE NOT SORRY FOR IT.
I ! In order to make room for our large
I
+ +
T FALL STOCK, T
* ++ + +
•f-f + +
(which will begin to arrive next month,)
we have decided to close out our
SPRING & SUMMER CLOTHING
REGARDLESS OF COST.
MEN’S ALL-WOOL SLITS from Sid to $7.
MEN’S ALL-WOOL SLITS from Sl2 to SB.
| MEN’S ALL-WOOL SUITS fromsls toslo.
CALL EARLY
FOR THESE BARGAINS,
I
AS THEY
ARE SELLING FAST.
i
MEN'S SLITS, Good, at $-1, $5, 86, &c.
BOYS’ SUITS AT ALL PRICES.
ODD PANTS and VESTS VERY CHEAP, !
TO CLOSE OUT.
Shirts, Collars, Underwear, Neck
wear, Hosiery, &c., very cheap,
AT
□ □
| SHARRER BROS., 1
□- □ j
Opposite Catholic Church,
i july 21 Westminster, Md.
rjTRUSTEES’ SALE
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
In Myers’ District, Carroll County, Md.
By virtue of a decree of the Orphans’ Court
of Carroll county, sitting as a Court of Equity, ;
passed on the 25th day of dune, 1883, in cause |
No. 32 Equity, wherein Barbara Sholl and
others are complainants, and Mary Mikesell
and others are defendants, the undersigned,
trustees, will offer on the premises, at public j
I sale, to the highest bidder, on
j Saturday, the 4th day of August, A. 1). ISB3 , I
| at 2 o’clock, p. m., the following property, to I
wit: All that part of a tract or parcel of land j
called “Bankert’s Amendment,” part of “The
Resurvey on John’s Lot,” and a part of
“Ohio,” lying contiguous to one another,
containing
08 ACRES, 1 ROOD AND 15 SQUARE
PERCHES OF LAND,
j more or less. Also, all that lot or parcel of
j land, being Lot No. 10, in a division of the
real estate of Nicholas Beachtel, deceased,
being part of a tract or parcel of land called
“Ohio,” containing 2 ACRES, 3 ROODS
AND 37 SQUARE PERCHES OF LAND,
more or less. All of said land is situate,
| lying and being in Myers’ District, in Carroll
j county, in the State of Maryland, on the road
I leading from Silver Run to the Hanover road,
i about one mile from Union Mills, and about
■ | 4J miles from Littlestown, Pa., adjoining the
■ | lands of John Beachtel, Reuben Myers, Wes
| ley Biggs, and others, and is the same land
of which Philip Sholl, late of Carroll county,
i deceased, died seized and possessed. The
, said two parcels of land will be sold as an en
i tirety or separately, as the trustees may de
[ termine on the day of sale. .
The improvements consist of A
j a large two-story log dwelling
> : house, a log bank barn, dairy,
' smoke-house, hog-house, and other necessary
. j outbuildings; two never-failing springs of wa
! ter at the house, and a pump of excellent
I water at the barn. There is an orchard of
apple, peach and other fruit trees upon the
: j premises. About 15 acres is in superior ches
l j nut, oak and hickory timber, about 0 acres in
• ! meadow, and the balance is in a good state
! of cultivation.
TERMS. —One-third cash on the day of
sale, or on the ratification thereof; one-third
in one year, and tlie other one-third in two
years from the day of sale; the credit pay
’ ments to be secured by the notes of the pur
[ chaser or purchasers, with approved security,
bearing interest from the day of sale.
, JOHN SHOLL, I Trustees
[ CHAS. T. REIFSNIDER, / A ™ st€es ’
; Reifsnider & Fink, Solicitors.
| N. Brown, Auctioneer. july7-ts
* -jq-OTICE TO CREDITORS.
NO. 2168 EQUITY.
1 la die Circuit Court for Carroll County.
James H. Steele and Charles T. Reifsnider,
Trustees, vs. Lewis W. W. Selby.
Notice is hereby given to all the creditors
of Lewis W. W. Selby who were such on or
prior to the 18th day of April, A. D. 1883,
the date of the deed of trust filed in the above
entitled cause, to file their claims, duly proven
and authenticated, with the Clerk of the Cir
, cuit Court for Carroll county, on or before
the 17th day of September, A. D. 1883.
BENJAMIN F. CROUSE,
jnlyl4-4t* Special Auditor.
QOOK BUGGIES.
78 Bug* pes received this season.
65 Sold and delivered this season.
13 On hand July 11th.
$2,000 CHALLENGE that I sell the best
cheap Buggy made in the world.
12 Sets of Harness Left.
I will close out the balance of my stock re
gardlesa of cost. R. c. MATTHEWS,
july!4 Main street, 3 doors from late fire.
I MEAN BUSINESS. Call and see
me. E. B. ARNOLD, Smallwood, Md.
Ready-Made Clothing a specialty. jy7
®ur ®lio.
■ " ■ ■ ■ ■
Model Pennsylvania Farms.
Col. Samuel Hambleton, Col. Edward
Lloyd, and Wm. H. DeCourcy, of Mary
land, Judge Jeremiah S. Black, Chauncey
Small, and George Small, of York. Pa., j
paid a visit, the latter part of June, to the
beautiful estate of Col. James Young, of
Dauphin county, Pa., near Middletown.
The Lancaster county New Era had a rep
resentative in the party, who furnished to
that paper an account of the visit, which
Mr. DeCourcy has published in the Centre
ville, Md. Observer, from which we condense
the following:—We had long heard of Col.
Young’s farms, his herd of Alderneys and
Jerseys, his advanced method of farming
and the great success that has accompanied
all his agricultural enterprises, and were
anxious to sec for ourselves what had been
done and how it was done.
Our host for the day was in waiting,
and after a light lunch to dull the appetite
awakened by the ride, we were soon com
fortably seated behind a spanking pair of
;handsome bays and on our road to Mr.
Young’s last purchase, “Sunset.’ Our
way, however, carried us by "Locust
Grove,” another farm purchased about ten
years ago. Ten years ago a good many
acres on this place were swamp, incapable
of producing crops and uncultivatable.
Under-drains have done their work, how
ever, and done it well, and to-day there is \
standing on that once swampy held such a j
crop of growing wheat as we have not seen
surpassed in many years. Although there
is not a natural spring or stream on the
place, a little creek flows through it, the
result of the numerous drains conveying
the surplus water to it from all quarters.
Ten minutes more, during which we had
i been ascending by a gradual slope, found
! us at “Sunset,” and a few minutes after
; on the observatory erected by the owner on
' the top of the main farm house. Describ
| ing scenery is not our forte, and we shall
! not attempt it here. We must be permitted
j to say, however, that we have travelled
I far and seen many scenes of sublimity
1 and grandeur, but never anything to ex- i
cecd the wondrous beauty that met our
gaze mi that lovely summer day from the
summit of “Sunset. Hills and mountain
chains bounded the view some fifty miles
away. Almost at our feet stretched far I
away, lay the placid waters of the Susque- i
| haniia, dotted with its emerald islands,
j On its banks, nestled ancient Middletown.
' The railway wound along in the distance, j
and the rapidly moving train almost seemed
jto stand still. On the sluggish canal the j
■ slow-moving boats crept at snail s pace, j
j The eye roamed over portions of Dauphin, i
{ Lancaster, York, Berks, Perry, Lumber
| land and Lebanon counties, while fresh
I scenes and new beauties came in sight at ;
! every turn. Far away on every hand was
I spread a vast amphitheatre, where long j
: reaches of grain and grass fields were sway
! ing to and fro in the passing morning !
breezes. But there is much more ground I
I to be gone over, and we must away to |
“Grand View,” on the opposite side of the
| town. We encounter the same evidence
! of care, order and thrift wherever we go.
The neat buildings, the whitewashed fences, |
; the closely mown lawn, the well kept garden,
\ the well-oared for fruit orchard and the
universal order went to show that the same
i master spirit prevailed everywhere, and
j that no nook or corner of this vast domain
i was neglected at the expense of any other.
Here again the beauty of that rare land
scape was revealed to us. From the sum
| mit of the farm house our view was almost
| as extended as from the lofty ground at
“Sunset.” Visitors are divided as to the
1 respective beauties of the two situations.
It is hard to decide between them; the
one is a gem, the other a jewel. But we
have no room to describe each farm sepa- |
rately, and we will hurry on to “Oak Lane,”
| the homestead farm, where we found dinner
and a hearty welcome from Mrs. Miller.
) Col. Young's sister, awaiting us.
At Oak Lane is kept that splendid herd |
of cattle to which the owner lias given so
i much attention and which are at once his
boast and pride. Here we found fifty-five |
i milk cows, all of the choicest strains, many i
i of them importations, while the rest were l
I grown by their present owner. We have 1
! seen many a choice herd, but never one ;
i like this. High breeding was seen in every |
i animal. Their gracefully shaped heads,
; handsome bodies and fine proportions were I
i a sight to see. There they stood in their
I stalls, row after row, a sight not soon to be
I forgotten. Watchful attendants cared for !
! their wants and looked to their cleanliness, j
Standing in straw up to their knees, some |
lying half buried in it, their coats were as
tine and as glossy as a lady’s sealskin coat.
You might have rubbed a white handker
chief over them without soiling it. Their
stalls were so arranged that all filth was at
once carried oft' and the cattle left clean
and sweet. In addition to the milking
cows there were also eighteen head of
young stock, from the calf a few days old
to the graceful heifer verging into cow
hood. There, too, stood the sires, three
in number, worthy of the admiration they
receive from all who see them. What
these cattle have cost their owner we do not
i know, but seventy odd cattle, worth from
I a hundred to a thousand dollars each, are
in themselves a respectable fortune. What
does the owner do with them ? the reader
may ask. We will tell him. Last year
. five thousand dollars’ worth of milk was
sold in Middletown. Two milk wagons
carry this product to town, where it finds
ready sale. The young stock is disposed
of with equal readiness. The demand is
, much greater than the supply. Calves sell
readily for from one hundred to two hun
i dred dollars. So it is seen this costly herd
of cows is not merely ornamental, but kept
for revenue, and, perhaps, return a larger
per cent, on their cost than any of the
farming operations. All the stock pur
chased or raised is carefully registered; its
pedigree can at once be told, and owner
i and purchaser know all about the animal.
The soiling system is pursued here. Until
after haymaking they do not leave their
stalls, except twice daily for water. All
the grass they can eat is cut and carried to
them. They eat two large wagon loads of
it daily. It is hardly more trouble to do
! this than to look after the cows when turned
out to pasture, while its advantages are
i many and obvious. It has been proved
1 again and again by experiment thatthirty
| six acres of grass by the soiling system will
easily support fifty head of cows, while the
same number, if turned into a pasture field,
would in a month completely use up the
grass in a hundred-acre field, eating it in
part and destroying far more than they con
sume.
The cattle themselves seem to thrive
better by the system. All the doors and
windows of the large barn where they are
' stabled were open. It was as light almost
as out-of-doors; the cool winds blew through
it, and the temperature was far more com
fortable than outside. They seemed to
enjoy the situation thoroughly, and us one
passed along, reading each cows name on
the large printed card above her stall, one
‘ could almost fancy they appreciated the
admiration they excited.
We rode over .all the farms, but have no
| room to speak of them in detail. What
remains to be said must be given in a gen
i eral way. In all Col. Young has eleven
farms. They are named respectively:
Locust Grove, Sunset, Grand View, Thorn
dale, Eagle, Keystone, White Hall, Hose
Dale, Oak Lane, Roland and Even Dale,
to which may be added a little place called
Youngsport, containing 61 acres, whereon
are erected a number of houses, including
a large tobacco warehouse. The first
named two, embracing 240 acres, are on
one side of the town and adjoin, while the
remaining nine, comprising 1,200 acres, are
contiguous, forming a solid tract of land
of nearly two square miles. This goodly
piece of ground did not come to its present
owner by inheritance nor all at one time.
It represents the result of a combination
of industry, energy and intelligence not
| often seen. Born within a mile or two of
his present principality, Colonel Young
roamed it over as a boy, little dreaming,
perhaps, that he was to become the owner
of this wide domain. But fortune lent-her
aid to his early efforts to win independence
and the result is before us. One farm
after another has been added to the origi
nal purchase until 1,440 broad acres, as
rich and as well cultivated as any the sun
shines on. to-day own him lord and master.
The story is a short one, but it has few
parallels.
Colonel Young disclaims being a farmer;
says he was brought up to other things,
and has no knowledge of farming practi
! cally. We give him the benefit of his dc
| nial. but at the same time we must say such
farming as is done on his land is worth
going far to see. Let us come down to
hard facts and let the reader judge for
himself.
When these farms were purchased by
him they all contained low, swampy lands
some of them a great deal of it—land on
which no grain would grow, and fit for
pasturage only. To-day these wet, low
lands have disappeared, and they are now
the most productive parts of the farm.
Wheat, grass, oats and corn are growing on
them of which any farmer in Christen
dom might feel proud. How has this been
i done ? When we say that twenty-five
miles of under-drains have been laid where
they were necessary, and that the water I
from these form small creeks, one of them i
j at least four feet wide and hundreds of :
rods long, the reader will get an insight i
into Col. \ onng’s methods. 'I hese run- j
ning streams are walled on both sides, pro- i
venting the caving in of their banks and
requiring nothing further in the way of re
! pairs. They have been made at the ex- :
peuse of thousands of dollars, but the i
, owner believes they are the best investment
In; ever made.
The reader who lias passed over the
Pennsylvania Railroad between this city
and Harrisburg cannot have failed to notice
I the vast deposit of granite boulders, the
| remaining evidences of the distant glacial
| period that once prevailed in Pennsylvania,
that covers a large area of territory, pre
| senting an interesting geological feature,
I but making the land valueless. Well,
I some of the fields on Sunset farm were
covered with these relics of a pre-historic
age, which seemed to bid defiance to all the
efforts of man to remove them. The panic
:of 1873 came. Times got hard and labor.
; scarce. Colonel Young was overrun with
men asking for work. He set a small army
to work on these boulders and in making
drains. It was a time to do good to labor
ing men, and he gave hundreds work. It
cost money, more than he paid for the land,
but to-day every foot of those once boulder
covered acres bears heavy crops. The
boulders themselves are still partly visible;
broken into fragments, they are set into
dry stone walls three and a-half feet wide
at the bottom and about as high, making
j hundreds of yards of fencing that is as
durable as the granite itself. Costly as the
job was, it was worth all it cost.
There is high farming on Col. Young’s
j place, but no fancy farming. His aim is
not to see how much money he can spend
i on his acres, but how much money he can
| make out of them. He does not farm for
j glory but for gold. But liberality goes
hand in band with economy. He aims at
i big crops, and to get them he manures most
i liberally. Yet be buys no manure and
! seldom uses fertilizers. Last winter he fed
1 204 steers; the year before he fattened 313.
; Thirteen hundred very large loads of ma
| nure were the result. There is also the
j large tank, mounted on wheels, by which
j hundreds of barrels of liquid manure were
) carried out to those fields and places that
seemed to require it most. Although he
| had out 350 acres of corn, not a grain was
| sold, but large quantities were bought and
I fed. Last year more than six thousand
bushels of wheat were sold, but not one
ounce of straw. He has far more than he
can use himself; the rest is given to others
and then returned to him in the shape of
manure. The 360 acres of grass he now
has standing will give him a surplus of at
least 400 tons of hay above his own needs;
last year he sold 350 tons. Every ton of
hay and sheaf of wheat was put into the
barns, as was also nearly all the corn fodder.
No farmer needs to be told what a saving
both of time and money and material this
is. All the work on these 1,440 acres is
done by thirty-six mules; two of these do
the daily work besides; the land and barns
lying close together permit of a great econ
omy in this particular. Double this num
ber would be required if this land was held
by a dozen owners. There is but a single
driving horse on the farms. No money is
wasted on elaborate and costly dwellings.
They are plain, neat, substantial and in ex
cellent repair, but there is nothing spent
for show. The contiguous farms allow of
great economy in the matter of fences.
The fields are very large. One grass field
contains 106 acres; there are wheat fields
of 70 acres; one corn field is nearly a mile
long; it contains 1,077 hills of corn, throe
feet nine inches apart in the row, making
a total length of row of 4,049 feet. That
would have made long “throughs” in the
days of scythe and cradle. We observed
that the fields were cultivated within a few
inches of the fences. The usual strip of
two or more feet vacant ground was absent
along the rails. Every available inch was
made to yield its tribute. A rough calcu
lation showed us that at least five acres
have been reclaimed in this way. This is
equal to a hundred and twenty-five bushels
of wheat or its equivalent in some other
crops, as the case may be. No feature
struck the Duke of Southerland more at
his visit than this, who was accustomed to
the hedgerows and wide borders of Eng
land. The force of men employed just now
is sixty-three; this, however, is in anticipa
tion of haymaking and harvest time, when
labor is often hard to get. The average
number employed the year through is
thirty-five. Just now the surplus hands
are engaged in ditching, draining and lev
eling. Hills are scraped down and low
places filled. So large a number of men
and animals are a great advantage. W hen
occasion demands they can all be concen
trated at a given point, and quick work
made of a field of grass or grain. Twenty
three big loads of hay hauled into one barn
in a forenoon is evidence of this fact. Of
course, machinery is employed whenever
t can be in the hay and harvest fields. It
is not only faster, but is cheaper than hand
labor. Tobacco is also grown, only twenty
acres this year; the yield, owing to the high
farming, has been invariably large hitherto.
But we must come to a close, not be
cause there is not much more to tell, but
because we have no room left in which to
tell it. We can only add a few additional
remarks. We may say that Col. Young,
with his son as assistant, exercises personal
supervision of all his farms. There are no
renters or croppers. All is his and all re
ceives his careful attention. He keeps the
run of his hands and the work, and knows
exactly what is being done on each farm
from day to day. Daily visits are made to
every part of the estate. He does not run
to yachts like Gould or railroad stocks like
Vanderbilt, but finds his highest pleasure
in being the first farmer in the land. No
wonder that the Duke of Southerland, after
going over the place, said he had no idea
there was such a tract of laud between the
Atlantic and the Pacific. Not only is there
not another such a farm or series of farms
in Pennsylvania, but it has not its equal on
the Western Hemisphere. We make the
assertion fully aware of its widest meaning.
We think we have seen some single farms
in Lancaster county where the land was
as well cultivated, the fences as good, the
fields as clean of weeds, the ground around
the buildings as neat and free of rubbish,
the buildings as well kept and the general
order and thrift as good, but we know there
is not another tract of land over 1,400
1 acres in extent, under one ownership, that
' will compare with Col. Young’s in North
| America.
Circumstantial Evidence.
Mr. David Graham Adee, in the Wash
ington Republic, gives some interesting in
stances of the misleading character of cir
cumstantial evidence.
In 1742 a gentleman on his way to Hull
! was robbed by a highwayman. He stopped
| at the next inn, and in describing his loss
1 stated he always marked his coins. Shortly
after retiring to a private parlor he was
waited on by the landlord, who, informing
him he had heard of his (the traveler’s)
adventure, asked the time ot the robbery,
and said he suspected his hostler, who of
| late had had plenty of money. Contiuu
! ing, he said that shortly before he had sent
j the hostler to change a guinea, who re
l turned after dark, saying he could not
i change it. The landlord noticed the coin
i was not the one he gave him, but before
1 be heard of the robbery he had paid it to a
! countryman. He suggested that the hos
tler, who was then asleep under the influ
ence of liquor, be searched, which, being
I done, the marked coins, minus one, were
found in his pockets. He was tried and
i hanged, but years afterward the landlord,
{ being at the point of death, confessed he
j did the robbery, managing to reach his inn
j by a short cut, and, having paid out one of
the coins before finding they were marked,
he took advantage of an errand he had
sent the hostler on and his drunken condi
tion to place the marked coins in his pock
ets, and the evidence of the countryman
: hanged him.
j The case of the innkeeper in Oxford
shire, Jonathan Bradford, has often been
! told. Late one night two guests heard
deep groans proceeding from an adjoining
apartment, and, repairing there, saw Brad
ford, with a long knife in his hands, stand
ing over the body of a guest named Hayes,
who, earlier in the evening, had admitted
that he had a large sum of money in his
possession. Bradford stoutly maintained
1 his innocence, claiming he had been at
tracted by the groans of the victim, and
had just drawn the knife from the wound
when the other guests arrived. The evi
dence, however, was strong against him,
and he was hanged. The real facts of the
: crime did not come to light for some years,
but Bradford was not innocent of the in
tent, if of the deed (overt act). The mur
der had been perpetrated by Mr. Hayes’
i own footman, who, knowing that his mas
i ter had a large amount of money with him,
determined upon his death and robbery,
j Going to his room, therefore he had stabbed
1 him, rifled his saddle-bags, and made his
way in safety to his own apartment only,
as it must have been ten seconds before the
innkeeper himself arrived upon the tragic
scene. But, strange to relate, Bradford
left a confession, which had been kept se
cret, that, although innocent of the mur
der, he had stolen to the room of his guest
with the mind of effecting his death. He
had heard Hayes boast of his money at sup
per, had deliberately planned to kill and
rob him, and was stricken with amazement
when he found that the deed had already
i been done. He had been anticipated by
but a few minutes in the execution of his
murderous design.
In Edinburgh, in the year 1721, lived
William Shaw, an upholsterer, with an
i only daughter named Catharine. The girl
‘ was to be married to one John Lawson, a
jeweler, toward whom her father bore all
the hearty, honest aversion known as
‘•Scotch hate.” John had been a wild lad,
■ too fond of “hot Scotches” and the lasses,
but was entirely devoted to one lass since
his engagement to Catharine Shaw. Old
Shaw had sworn that Lawson should never
; enter his family, and with violence forbade
; him to come near the house. There was
, the son of a friend of the family, named
Robertson, however, whom the father urged
his daughter to marry . The girl’s lot was
hard enough, what with her love for Law
son and the harsh treatment meted out to
her in order to bring about her consent to
wed her parent’s choice. This state of
affairs had existed for some weeks, when
one evening Shaw returned home in wrath,
, and peremptorily ordered Catharine to ac
' cept of young Robertson without further
delay, and prepare for marriage at an early
day. The girl angrily refused to comply,
preferring death to the alternative of sac
rificing happiness. The quarrel had waxed
so violent that it was overheard by several
neighbors, and when Shaw left the room
one named Morrison heard him shut and
lock the door and go down stairs to the
street. All was still in Shaw’s rooms after
this for awhile, but soon the sound of low
‘ groans fell upon Morrison’s startled ear.
In terror he ran to the neighbors, giving
the alarm, and telling them of the previous
furious altercation. A crowd assembled
about the upholsterer’s door, and Catha
rine’s voice was distinctly heard to murmer:
“Cruel father, you are the cause of my
death. You have killed me 1”
The door was then broken in by a con
stable who had been summoned, and Cath
arine Shaw was discovered lying upon the
floor bathed in blood and with a bloody
knife beside her, and died without another
word. At this critical instant Shaw him
self came up the stairs and into the room.
All eyes were fixed upon him. He trem
bled when he beheld the horror at his feet,
grew deadly pale and seemed as if about to
faint. His guilty consternation was ap
parent.
“To prison with the murderer! Off with
him to jail!” shouted the threatening
throng, and William Shaw was hurried
before a magistrate and at once committed
to a cell, charged with the slaying of his
child. At the trial all was plain enough.
The quarrel, the ill-feeling, the broken
words of Catharine (“barbarity, brutality,
death!”) overheard by Morrison and the
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ante-mortem declaration of the victim
(“Cruel father, you are the cause of my
death. You have killed me!”) all these
proofs left no doubt as to the unnatural
parent. He was convicted, sentenced and
hanged in chains at Leith Walk in Novem
ber, 1721.
Some time after, however, workmen
discovered a letter thrust in a cavity in the
girl’s bedroom in which she announced she
would commit suicide since she was denied
the man of her choice.
In the case of Shaw strong efforts were
made to set matters right. The hanging
of an entirely innocent man became the
talk of the excited town. The magistracy
of Edinburgh, after a close and cautious
scrutiny of Catharine Shaw’s posthumous
letter, perfectly satisfied of its authenticity
(so that no injustice should be done),
straightway directed that the bleached
bones of the executed Shaw should be cut
down from the gallows, where the chains
still held them, and given to his friends
and family for decent sepulture, while a
pair of the town colors were to be waved
above the grave in token of restitution.
But it was never known that the perfor
mance of those repentant ceremonies brought
back the breath to the body of the poor
wretch hanged by mistake.
American Girls Marrying Titles.
London Correspondence Detroit Press.
If I felt free to mention names I could
tell tales to wring the heart about Ameri
can girls who have married English noble
men. In almost every instance it proves
fatal to the bride’s happiness. It isn’t long
since Lord Flyfinger married the heiress of
an American Croesus. There was a tre
mendous time about it. She was envied
by all her marriageable cronies, and old
Croesus was congratulated on the fine al
liance. He grinned with self-complacency
and handed over 81,500,000 to His Lord
ship Flyfinger on the spot. Flyfinger took
the wife and the money and brought them
to England, where he introduced her to a
few acquaintances and then left her to shift
for herself, while he travels with relays or
fast horses and mistresses, races and hunts,
gambles and lives a wild life on the million
and a half of money for which he sold the
shelter of his title to a bright, hopeful, am
bitious American girl.
Five years ago an American girl whose
name was on all lips married a rich Eng
lishman, who had the entree of high society
in England. She was feasted, toasted, en
vied. But she has slept in a social cocoon
ever since, heartily wishing herself home,
not seeing for months sometimes the hus
band who loves to follow the hounds.
An American gentleman living here,
whose name, would be recognized by the
reader if I were at liberty to mention it,
told me yesterday: “I have been approach
ed within a month by an English lord, who
may be a duke some day, but whose for
tune has become greatly impaired by his
dissipation. He has fixed his eye on an
American girl whom he has never seen.
She is comparatively uneducated, and not
very bright, and fearfully plain. Her nose
is snub; her mouth large. Her eyes are
small and watery. Her father is an Irish
man. But he is worth at least 820,000,-
000. This lord wants me to bring about
a match between himself and this girl. I’d
see him hanged first, for I know what a
sacrifice of her it would be.”
One other case : There is a young lady
now in high society in America, her native
land, whose father-in-law is a duke. She
is beautiful, accomplished, interesting, and
she might have made a good match in New
York. But she wanted a lord, and she
got him. He inherited gambling from his
mother, the duchess, and he gambles away
all he can get. He is dissolute and un
scrupulous; she is neglected and wretched.
So she pays very long visits to her relatives
in America, where she can plunge into so
ciety and forget her pitiful European ex
periment.
Origin of Thirteen at Table.
Says the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin :
There seems to be a universal and wide
spread superstition against thirteen persons
sitting down at table together. Indeed, so
prevalent and strong is this feeling, that a
hostess arranging for guests is sure to pro
vide against the contingency, and eschew,
if possible, the fatal number. We have
known ladies to rise panic-stricken from a
table where the number was inadvertently
discovered, and the omen is popularly be
lieved to denote either trouble, sorrow or
death. Few, if any, seem to know the or
igin of this strange and mystic superstition,
which dates far back to the earliest ages of
Christianity. When good King Arthur of
Britain founded his famous round table, he
secured the services of the enchanter, Mer
lin, to devise and arrange the seats. This
famous sorcerer accordingly arranged among
others thirteen seats to represent the
Apostles, twelve for the faithful adherents
of our Lord and the thirteenth for the
traitor Judas. The first were never occu
pied save by knights distinguished above
all others for their valor and prowess, and
in the event of a death occurring among
them the seat remained vacant until a
knight surpassing in daring and heroic at
tainments his predecessor should be deemed
worthy to fill the place. If an unworthy
or effeminate knight laid claim to the seat
he was repelled by some secret or hidden
spell cast by the powerful magician. The
thirteenth seat was never occupied save
upon one occasion, as it is said, by a haughty
and overbearing Saracen knight, who,
placing himself in the fatal seat, was in
stantly rewarded for his presumption by
the earth opening and swallowing him up.
It afterward bore the name of the “perilous
seat,” and among all the adventurous
knights of King Arthur’s court none were
so foolhardy as to risk their lives on the
enchanted spot. And now, after 1300
years, the spell of the magician Merlin still
survives, and in this nineteenth century the
thirteenth seat at the table is as greatly
dreaded as in the days of the knights of
the famous round table.
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What Makes the Man.
Many people forget that character grows,
that it is not something to put on, ready
made, with womanhood or manhood, but
day by day, here a little and there a little,
grows with the growth and strengthens
with the strength, until, good or bad it
becomes almost a coat of—prompt, reliable,
conscientious, yet clear headed and ener
getic, when do you suppose we developed
all these admirable qualities : When he
was a boy.
Let us see the way in which a ten year
old boy gets up in the morning, works,
plays, studies, and we will tell you just
what kind of a man he will make. The
boy that is late at breakfast and late at
school stands a poor chance to be a man.
The boy who neglects his duties, be they
ever so small; and then excuses himself by
saying “I forgot! I didn t, think ! will
never be a reliable man. And the boy
who finds pleasure in the suffering of weak
er things will never be a noble, generous,
kindly man —a gentleman.
There is always hope in a man that ac
tually and eamestlneWks.
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