DISTRICT COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS (continued). 1st of E. Worcester. For North 1st of S. Worcester. For Stur- Central Worcester. For Worcesbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, ter, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, LeicesOxford, and Webster, crim., at South- ter, Paxton, W. Boylston, Boylston, bridge, Mo.. Wed., and Fri., at Webster, Holden, and Shrewsbury, at Worcester, Tu., Th., and Sat.; civil, at Southbridge, crim., daily, 9 A. M.; civil, every Sat. Mo., at Webster, Tu., weekly. borough, Southborough, Westborough, and Grafton; crim., Westborough, ev. Mo., Wed., and Fri.; at Grafton, every Tues., Th., and Sat.; civil, at Westborough, every Mon.; at Grafton, every Tuesday. 2d of S. Worcester. For Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas, and Northbridge, crim. business in Blackstone every Mo., Wed., and Fri. ; in Uxbridge, every Tu., Th., and Sat.; for civil in Blackstone, ev. Mo., in Uxbridge, ev. Sat. 3d of S. Worcester. For Milford, Hopedale, Mendon, and Upton, at Milford, crim., daily; civil, 1st and 3d. Wed. each mth. 2d of E. Worcester. For Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster, and Sterling, at Clinton, crim., daily; civil, 2d and 4th Sat. of each month. PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected September, 1895. Legislature meets in January, 1896, and may make changes.) When the appointed day falls on a holiday, or day of national or state election, the court will be held on the next secular day thereafter. Barnstable. At Barnstable, 2d Tu. Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Nov., Dec., and 1st Tu. Apr. and Oct. Berkshire. At Pittsfield, 1st Tu. in Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, Sept., Oct., and Dec., 3d Tu. July, and Wed. aft. 1st Mo. Nov.; Lee, Wed. aft. 1st Tu. in Jan., Apr., and Oct., and Wed. after 3d Tu. July; Adams, Th. after 1st Tu. Jan. and Oct., Wed. after 1st Tu. Mar., and Th. after 3d Tu. in July; Gr. Barrington, Wed. after 1st Tu. in Feb., May, Sept., and Dec. Bristol. At Taunton, 1st Fri. Mar., June, Sept., Dec.; New Bedford, 1st Fri. Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.; Fall River, 1st Fri. Jan., Apr., July and Oct. Dukes Co. At Vineyard Haven, 3d Mo. Apr., and 1st Mo. Sept.; Edgartown, 3d Mo. Jan. and July, and 1st Mo. Mar. and Dec.; W. Tisbury, 1st Mo. June, and 3d Mo. Oct. Essex. At Salem, 1st Mo. each mth., and 3d Mo. each mth. except Aug.; Lawrence, 2d Mo. Jan., Mar., May, June, July, Sept., and Nov.; Haverhill, 2d Mo. Apr. and Oct.; Newburyport, 4th Mo. Jan., Mar., May, June, July, Sept., Nov.; Gloucester 4th Mo. Apr. and Oct. Franklin. At Greenfield, 1st Tu. in every mth. except Nov.; Northfield, 2d Tu. May and Sept.; Orange, 2d Tu. Mar. Hampden. At Springfield, 1st Wed. Hampshire. At Northampton, 1st Tu. of every mth.; Amherst, 2d Tu. Jan., Mar., June, Aug., and Nov.; Belchertown, 2d Tu. May and Oct.; Williamsburg, 3d Tu. May and Oct.; and Ware, 2d Tu. Feb., 3d Tu. June, and 2d Tu. Sept. and Déc. Middlesex. At Cambridge (East), 1st, 2d, and 4th Tu., of ev. mth., and at Lowell, 3d Tu. every mth. except Aug. Nantucket. At Nantucket, on Th. after 2d Tu. of every month. Norfolk. At Dedham, 1st and 3d Wed., Quincy, 2d Wed., Hyde Park, 4th Wed. every month except Aug. Plymouth. At Plymouth, 2d Mo. every month except Aug.; at Brockton, 4th Mo. every month except July. Suffolk. At Boston, every Th. in the year, except 1st, 2d, 4th and 5th Th. Aug. Insolvency cases on Fridays. Worcester. At Worcester, 1st, 2d, 3d and 5th Tu. of every month except Aug.; Fitchburg, 4th Tu. ev. month ex. JUDGES OF PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected September, 1895.) Barnstable, H. P. Harriman, Wellfleet. | Middlesex, C. J. McIntire, Cambridge, Berkshire, Edw'd T. Slocum, Pittsfield. Bristol, Wm. E. Fuller, Taunton. Dukes, Joseph T. Pease, Edgartown. and George F. Lawton, Lowell. Nantucket, T. C. Defriez, Nantucket. Norfolk, G. White, Wellesley. Plymouth, B.W.Harris, E. Bridgewater. Suffolk, John W. McKim, and Robert Grant, Boston. Worcester, W. T. Forbes, Westborough. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected September, 1895. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Barnstable, at Barnstable, on the 2d | Apr., 1st Tu. Oct., and 4th Tu. of June and Dec. Tu. of Apr. and Oct. Berkshire, at Pittsfield, on 1st Tu. Jan., Apr., July, and Oct. Bristol, at Taunton, on 4th Tu. Mar. and Sept. Dukes Co., at Edgartown, Wed. aft. 3d Mo. May, and Wed. aft. 2d Mo. Nov. Essex, at Ipswich, on 2d Tu. of Apr.; at Salem, on the 2d Tu. July; at Newburyport, on the 2d Tu. of Oct.; and at Lawrence, on the last Tu. of Aug.; and on the 4th Tu. of Dec., at Ipswich, Salem, or Newburyport, as they shall order at their next preceding term. Franklin, at Greenfield, 1st Tu. Mar. and Sept., and 2d Tu. June and Dec. Hampden, at Springfield, 2d Tu. of Hampshire, at Northampton, on 1st Tu. of ea. mth. except June., and on the Tu. aft. the 2d Mon. of June. Middlesex, at Cambridge, on the 1st Tu. of Jan., and the 1st Tu. June; and at Lowell, on the 1st Tu. Sept. Nantucket, 1st Wed. of each month. Norfolk, at Dedham, on the 3d Tu. of Apr., the 4th Tu. of June and Sept., and the last Wed. of Dec. Plymouth, at Plymouth, on the 1st Tu. of Jan., the 3d Tu. of Mar., and the 1st Tu. of Aug. Worcester, at Worcester, every Tu.; and at Fitchburg, the last Wed. in each month. COURTS IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND. (Corrected September, 1895. Legislature meets in January and May, and may make changes.) Supreme Court. APPELLATE DIVISION. Newport Co., at Newport, 2d Mon. in May, and 3d Mon. in Sept. Providence Co., at Providence, 4th Mon. in Apr., May, and Nov.; 1st Mon. in Oct. Washington Co., at Wakefield, 2d Mon. in Apr. and Nov. COMMON PLEAS DIVISION. Bristol Co., at Bristol, 3d Mon. in Feb. and Sept.; 2d Mon. in May, and 1st Mon. in Dec. Kent Co., at E. Greenwich, 2d Mon. in Mar.; 4th Mon. in May; 1st Mon. in Oct.; 3d Mon. in Dec. Newport Co., at Newport, 3d Mon. in Jan.; 2d Mon. in Apr.; 4th Mon. in June; 1st Mon. in Nov. Providence Co., at Providence, 3d Mon. in Sept., and thence continuously to the 3d Mon. of the July following; with adjourned session at Woonsocket. Washington Co., at Wakefield, 1st Mon. in Jan., 4th Mon. in Mar., 2d Mon. in June, and 3d Mon. in Oct.; with adjourned session at Westerly. District Courts. Every District Court is open at all times for the transaction of criminal business. Original writs from any District Court are returnable to any other district. 1st Judicial District (Newport Co.), civil and crim., at Newport each Tu. and Fri.; at Tiverton each Th. 2d District (South Kingstown, N'th Kingstown, Exeter, and District of Narragansett), civil, at South Kings town each Mon.; at North Kingstown each Th.; and at Exeter 3d Wed. each month. 3d District (Westerly, Charlestown, Hopkinton, and Richmond), civil, at Westerly each Fri.; at Charlestown 4th Sat. each month; at Hopkinton 2d and 4th Th. each month; and at Richmond 4th Wed. each month. 4th District (Kent Co.), civil, atWarwick each Tu.; at East Greenwich each Th.; at West Greenwich 3d Sat. each month; and at Coventry 2d and 4th Sat. each month. 5th District (Bristol Co.), civil, at Bristol each Mon., and at Warren each Th. 6th District (Providence and North Providence), civil, at Providence each Mon. and Th. 7th District (East Providence), civil, at East Providence each Fri. 8th District (Johnston, Cranston, Scituate, and Foster), civil, at Johnston each Mon.; at Cranston each Wed.; at Scituate 3d Sat. each month; and at Foster 2d Sat. each month. 9th District (Burrillville, Smithfield, and Glocester), civil, at Burrillville each Sat.; at Smithfield each Th.; and at Glocester each Wed. 10th District (Pawtucket), civil, at Pawtucket each Tu. and Fri. 11th District (Lincoln and Cumberland), civil, at Lincoln each Sat.; at Cumberland each Wed. 12th District (Woonsocket and N'th Smithfield), civil, at Woonsocket each Wed. and Sat. PRESIDENTIAL CABINET OFFICERS. Sec. of State, Richard Olney, of Mass. Sec. of the Treas., J. G. Carlisle of Ky. Sec. of War, D. S. Lamont of N. Y. Attorney-Gén., Judson Harmon, Ohio. Postmaster Gen., W. L. Wilson, W. Va. Sec. of the Navy, H. A. Herbert of Ala. Sec. of the Interior, Hoke Smith of Ga. Sec. of Agricult., J. S. Morton of Neb. RE-SEEDING MOWING LANDS. WHEN a mowing field is situated rather too low to be ploughed for hoed crops, und fails to produce two tons of hay to the acre, it should be ploughed and re-seeded again to grass. This should be done the last of August. It should be ploughed with a plough of good length, and one which will turn the furrows over flat, shutting in all the grass. After it has been ploughed a few days, and has had sunshine enough to make the earth pulverize easily, apply a good dressing of manure, and harrow it in with a disk harrow or a spading harrow, going over it times enough to thoroughly pulverize the soil several inches in depth. When perfectly level, sow the grass seed, and brush it in with a brush harrow made of several white birches fastened to an old four-hole post, the root of which has rotted off. The brush harrow should be followed by a heavy roller. This latter is important if the seed is expected to germinate. Should the weather in August be very dry, the ploughing and sowing may be delayed until the last of September. When this is done, and it is thought the grass is not grown enough to prevent being thrown out of ground in the winter, just before winter sets in cover the whole field with coarse stable manure, not too deep, but deep enough to prevent the frost from killing the grass. Land may thus be re-seeded without losing a crop of hay; for if the work be properly done it will produce as much hay the first year as it did the year before it was ploughed. CARE OF PASTURE LANDS. WHILE a large proportion of New England farmers manure their mowing lands, and keep the bushes from growing, a very small proportion pay any attention to their pasture lands. The bushes are permitted to overrun them, and the idea of fertilizing them very rarely occurs. Why this indifference? Every intelligent, thoughtful farmer must be aware that the constant feeding of grass from land by cattle, without the application of some fertilizer, will eventually exhaust it of mineral elements, which are important to the growth of grass; and that nature will rebel and refuse to produce nutritious grasses, and cover herself with innutritious grasses, or perhaps with nothing but moss. A little effort on the part of the farmer to supply the necessary plant food, to keep the land in proper condition for the growth of grass, will make a wonderful difference in the condition of the cows that feed on it. A pasture that has been fed by milch cows for fifty years or more becomes so deficient in certain elements of plant food, that the grass which grows on it fails to keep the cows in good, healthy condition. They fail to get what they need, and will gnaw any old bones that may come within their reach; failing to find these, they will often try to eat pieces of old leather and other foreign substances. One of the best applications to an old pasture is two hundred pounds of ground bone and one hundred pounds of muriate of potash to each acre. If barnyard manure is applied, it should be very fine, and applied in the autumn, because cattle refuse to eat grass that grows around fresh manure. When ground bone cannot be readily obtained, ground phosphate rock, sometimes called floats, may be used in place of the bone. Thomas slag will also supply the phosphate needed to bring up an old pasture. The bushes should be kept closely cut, and particular attention should be paid to the water. If there is no running stream, and the cattle must drink from a small pond of stagnant water, see to it that it is kept as pure as possible, and that the cows are prevented from wading through it, and are permitted to approach only the edge of the deepest side. A half-barrel should be set so the water will run into it, and where the cows can only put their heads in to drink. In this way the water may be kept in a much purer state than when the cows are permitted to wade through and stand in it as long as they please. A running stream is always to be preferred, and a pasture which has one is more valuable than one without a stream. THE PUBLIC DEBT, Sept. 1, 1895. Exclusive of United States bonds issued to Pacific railroads. The tides in the Calendar pages are for the port of Boston, in Standard Time. The following table contains the approximate difference between the time of High Water at Boston and several other places. The reader is warned that this table will not always give the exact time of the tide, as the difference varies from day to day. It is hoped, however, it will be near enough to be useful. The difference, if preceded by +, is to be added to, or if preceded by—, subtracted from, the time as given in the Calendar pages. CARRIAGE FARES IN BOSTON. The hack rates for one adult, from one place to another within the city proper (with the exception of distances beyond certain limits, the rates for which are $1.00, $1.50, and upwards, see printed pamphlet of Regulations), or from one place to another in East Boston, or from one place to another in South Boston, or from one place to another in Charlestown, or from one place to another in Roxbury, 50 cents. Each additional adult, 50 cents. Every person in charge of a hackney carriage is required to carry, so that it shall be accessible to passengers, a copy of the established rates. Children under four years with an adult, no charge. Children between four and twelve years old, with an adult, half-price. From twelve at night to six in the morning, the fare is 50 cents above the preceding rates for each passenger. No charge for one trunk; each additional trunk, 25 cents. POETRY, ANECDOTES, HUMOR, ETC. TWO PRAYERS.\ LIKE WEBSTER. OUR minister gets up to pray, and lets | THE COLORED BARBER'S COMPLIMENT the spirit flow, An' tells the Lord a lot er things he thinks He ought to know; Tells him about the goverment, how politics 'ill turn, Coz He don't mix in politics, an' hez no way to learn. He preaches on the Presidunt, and de scribes his evil natur', And gives away the Cabinet an' our venal legislatur'; Shows how corruption festers, an' tells of things, I fear, That the Lord- they come so sudden will be surprised to hear. He takes the cyclopedy, an' he weaves it in his prayer, Sandwiched in with choice statistics which he picks up everywhere. They say the Lord knows everything,sometimes I uster doubt;' Now, I know, our pastor tells him, thet's the way he fin's it out. In the meetin' t'other evenin' he lifted up his face, TO THE YOUNG CONGRESSMAN. On his way back from Boston Colonel Hitchcock stopped over a few days in Washington, and while there he heard a good story of one of those old colored barbers so numerous at the capital-exslaves who have been there for years, and claim to have scraped the faces of every president and statesman from George Washington's time. One of these old fellows was anointing the smooth countenance of a newly-fledged congressman with creamy lather, which he quietly rubbed into the skin with his slow hand. He was talkative, like all the barbers of his race, and anxious to "jolly" the new arrival, seeing in perspective a fresh and regular patron. So he gazed admiringly into the countenance of the budding statesman, grinned approvingly, and said, "Do you know, sah, you remind me so much of Dan'l Webstah!" Of course the young congressman was greatly pleased at the compliment, and he smiled visibly. He would have An' much interestin' gossip laid before straightened up promptly did he not the Throne of Grace. Chunks of useful information did he shrewdly intersperse, Thet would make the Lord enlightened ez to all the universe. Then Jim Drew, the drunken sailor, jest riz up there in the aisle, An' though t'was in a holy place, we couldn't forbear to smile; But Deacon Briggs, he nudged me hard; sez he, "Don't grin that way, For, don't ye see, he's sober, and the rascal's goin' to pray." He started in an' sez, "O Lord! I'm jest chuck full er sin, An' there ain't no place, I reckin, for your mercy to squeeze in; For I'm jest good for nothin', an' an ole wreck from the sea; Take me-I ain't wuth takin'- but I give myself to Thee." Then he broke down an' blubbered out, an' jest set down to bawl, An' then there came a loud "Amen!" that near bust through the wall. We knew a spark of heavenly fire had touched this earthly clod, For his soul in all its nakedness had shown itself to God. There warn't much learnin' in his prayer, but yet it travelled far, An' went floatin' up to glory, where the shinin' angels are. The pastor's prayer, so weighted down 'ith figgers, facts, and proof, Got lodged among the rafters, an' didn't get beyond the roof. SAM WALTER FOSS, in Back Country Poems. have his head in a barbarous chancery, so to speak. "Indeed!" he said. "Shape of my head, suppose." This staggered the aged colored man somewhat. He had not expected a question in reply, and had merely laid the foundation for his complimentary bluff, never thinking that there would be a call for an explanatory superstructure. "No, sah,' he stammered in reply. "Not yo' head, sah. It's yo' breff." Two clergymen were settled in their youth in contiguous parishes. The congregation of the one had become very much broken and scattered, while that of the other had remained large and strong. At a ministerial gathering Dr. A. said to Dr. B., "Brother, how has it happened that while I have labored as better sermons, and more of them, my diligently as you have, and preached parish has been scattered to the winds, and yours remains strong and unbroken? Dr. B. facetiously replied, "Oh, I'll tell you, brother. When you go afishing you first get a rough pole for a handle, to which you attach a cod-line and a great hook, and twice as much bait as the fish can swallow. With these accoutrements you dash up to the brook with, There, bite, you dogs!' Thus you scare away all the fish. When I go fishing I get a little, switching pole, a small line, and just such a hook and bait as a fish can swallow. Then I'creep up to the brook and gently slip them in, and I twitch 'em out, twitch 'em out, till my basket is full." |