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SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. (Corrected Aug., 1883. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.) Supreme Judicial Court.

JURY TERMS.

Barnstable Co., at Barnstable, 1st Tu. of May.

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield, 2d Tu. of May.

Bristol, Nantucket, and Dukes Cos., at New Bedford, 2d Tu. of Nov.; also at Taunton, 3d Tu. Apr.

Essex Co., at Salem, 3d Tu. of Apr. and 1st Tu. Nov.

Franklin Co., at Greenfield, 2d Tu. of Apr.

Hampden Co., at Springfield, 4th Tu. of Apr.

Hampshire Co., at Northampton, 3d Tu. of Apr.

Middlesex Co., at Lowell, 3d Tu. Apr.; also at Cambridge, 3d Tu. Oct.

Norfolk Co., at Dedham, 3d Tu. Feb.

Plymouth Co., at Plymouth, 2d Tu.

May.

Suffolk Co., at Boston, 2d Tu. Sept. and 1st Tu. Apr.

Worcester Co., at Worcester, 2d Tu.

Apr.

LAW TERMS.

A law term for the Commonwealth shall be held at Boston on the 1st Wed. of Jan. of each year, which term may be adjourned from time to time, to places and times most conducive to the despatch of business and the interests of the public; and there shall be entered and determined therein questions of law arising in the counties of Barnstable, Middlesex, Norfolk, and Suffolk; and also all questions of law arising in other counties where special provisions are not made therefor.

And law terms of said court shall also annually be held as follows:

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield, 2d Tu. of Sept.

Bristol, Nantucket, and Dukes Cos, at Taunton, 4th Tu. Oct.

Essex Co., at Salem, 1st Tu. Nov. Hampden Co., at Springfield, 2d Mo. after 2d Tu. of Sept.

Hampshire and Franklin Cos., at Northampton, Mo. next after 2d Tu. of Sept.

Plymouth Co., at Plymouth, 3d Tu.

Oct.

Worcester Co., at Worcester, 3d Tu. after 2d Tu. Sept.

Superior Court.

Barnstable Co., at Barnstable, Tu. next after 1st Mo. of Apr., and 2d Tu. of Oct.

Berkshire Co., at Pittsfield (civil), 4th Mo. of Feb., June, and Oct.; (crim.) 2d Mo. of Jan. and July.

Bristol Co., at Taunton, 1st Mo. of Mar, and Sept.; and at New Bedford, 1st Mo. of June and Dec.

Dukes Co., at Edgartown, last Tu. of May and Sept.

Essex Co. (civil), at Salem, 1st Mo. of June and Dec.; at Lawrence, 1st Mo. of Mar., and at Newburyport, 1st Mo. of Sept.; (crim.) at Lawrence, 1st Mo. of Oct., at Newburyport, 2d Mo. of May, and at Salem, 4th Mo. of Jan.

Franklin Co., at Greenfield, 3d Mo. of Mar., and 2d Mo. of Aug. and Nov.

Hampden Co., at Springfield (civil), 2d Mo. of Mar. and June, and 4th Mo. of Oct.;_(crim.) 3d Mo. of May, and 1st Mo. of Dec.

Hampshire Co,, at Northampton, (civil) 3d Mo. of Feb., 1st Mo. of June, and 3d Mo. of Oct.; (crim.) 2d Mo. of June, and 3d Mo. of Dec.

Middlesex Co. (civil), at Lowell, 2d Mo. of Mar., and 1st Mo. of Sept.; at Cambridge, 1st Mo. of June, and 2d Mo. of Dec.; (crim.) at Cambridge, 2d Mo. of Feb. and 1st Mo. of June; and at Lowell, 3d Mo. of Oct.

Nantucket Co., at Nantucket, 1st Tu of July and Oct.

Norfolk Co., at Dedham (civil), 4th Mo. in Apr. Sept. and Dec.; (crim.) 1st Mo. in Apr. Sept. and Dec.

Plymouth Co., at Plymouth, 2d Mo. of Feb. and June, and 4th Mo. of Oct.

Suffolk Co., at Boston (civil), 1st Tu. Jan., Apr., July, and Oct.; (crim.) 1st Mo. of every month.

Worcester Co. (civil), at Worcester, 1st Mo. of Mar, Mò. next after 4th Mo. of Aug. and 2d Mo. of Dec.; and at Fitchburg, 2d Mo. of June and Nov.; (crim.) at Worcester, 3d Mo. of Jan., 2d Mo. of May, and 3d Mo. of Oct.; and at Fitchburg, 2d Mo. of Aug.

MUNICIPAL AND POLICE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
(Corrected August, 1883.)

Municipal Courts are held, crim. daily, civil every Sat., in Boston, as follows: In Boston (old city), Roxbury District, South Boston, East Boston (including Winthrop), Dorchester District, Charlestown District, Brighton District, and West Roxbury District.

Police Courts are held daily at Brookline, Chicopee, Fitchburg, Glou

Icester, Holyoke, Lawrence, Lee, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough, Newton, Somerville, and Williamstown. Also at Chelsea, for Chelsea and Revere; Haverhill, for Haverhill, Bradford, and Groveland; Newburyport, for Newburyport and Newbury; and Springfield for Springfield, Agawam, Longmeadow, Hampden, West Springfield, and Wilbraham.

DISTRICT COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

(Correeted Aug., 1883. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.)

No. Berkshire. For the towns of Adams, No. Adams, Cheshire, Clarksburg, Florida, and Savoy, at North Adams, crim., daily, 9 A M.: civil, weekly, at North Adams, and 2d Wed. of each

month at Adams."

Central Berkshire. For the towns of Dalton, Hancock, Hinsdale, Lanesborough, Peru, Pittsfield, Richmond, Washington, and Windsor, at Pittsfield, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, every Sat.

So. Berkshire. For Alford, Egremont, Great Barrington, Monterey, Mt. Washington, New Marlboro', and Sheffield, at Great Barrington, crim., daily, at 9 A.M.; civil, every Sat. at 10 A.M.

1st of Bristol. For Taunton, Rehoboth, Berkley, Dighton, Seekonk, Attleborough, Norton, Mansfield, Easton, and Raynham, at Taunton and Attleborough, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

2d of Bristol. For Fall River, Freetown Somerset, and Swansea, at Fall River, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

[2d and 3d Dist. Courts of Bristol have concurrent jurisdiction in Westport and Freetown.]

3d of Bristol. For New Bedford, Fairhaven, Acushnet, Dartmouth, and Westport, at New Bedford, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

1st of Essex. For Salem, Beverley, Danvers, Hamilton, Middleton, Topsfield, and Wenham, at Salem, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, every Wed.

E. Hampden. For Palmer, Brimfield, Munson, Holland, and Wales, at Palmer, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; eivil, 1st

and 3d Sat. of each month.

Hampshire. For the several towns in the County of Hampshire, at Northampton, on Mo. and Tu. each week; at Amherst, 1st and 3d Wed. each month; at Cummington, 2d Wed. each month; at Belchertown, 1st and 3d Th. each month; at Huntington, 2d and 4th Th. each month; at Ware, 1st, 2d, and 3d Fri each month; at Easthampton, 2d and 4th Sat. Sat. each month.

[The terms at Cummington may be held or not, at the discretion of the justice.]

1st of N. Middlesex. For Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Townsend, Ashby, Shirley, Westford, Littleton, and Boxborough, at Ayer, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, 1st and 3d Mon. of each month.

Central Middlesex. For Acton, Bedford, Carlisle, Concord, Lincoln, Maynard, Stow, and Lexington, at Concord, crim., daily; civil, 1st and 3d Wed. of each month.

1st of E. Middlesex. For Wilmington, No. Reading. Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, Melrose, Malden, Everett, and Medford, crim., at Malden, every Mo., Tu., Fri., and Sat., at Wakefield, every Wed. and Th.; civil, weekly, at Malden, Sats., and Wakefield, Weds. 2d of E. Middlesex. For Watertown, Weston, and Waltham, at Waltham, crim., daily; civil, once each wk. 3d of E. Middlesex. For Cainbridge, Arlington, and Belmont, at Cambridge, crim., daily; civil, every

4th of E. Middlesex. For Woburn, Winchester, and Burlington, at Woburn, crim., daily; civil, every Sat., 10 A.M. 1st of S. Middlesex. For Ashland, Framingham, Holliston, Sherborn, Sudbury, and Wayland, at S. Framingham, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

E. Norfolk. For Randolph, Braintree, Cohasset, Weymouth, Quincy, Holbrook, and Milton, at Quincy, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, every Mon.

1st of Plymouth. For Brockton, Bridgewater, E. and W. Bridgewater, at Brockton, crim., daily; civil, every Tu.

2d of Plymouth. For Abington, South Abington, Rockland, Hingham, Hull, Hanover, Scituate, So. Scituate, and Hanson, civil and crim. at Abington, every Mon., Wed., Th., and Sat.; at Hingham, every Tu. and Fri. Writs returnable on Wed.

3d of Plymouth. For Plymouth, Kingston, Flympton, Pembroke, Duxbury, and Marshfield, at Plymouth, crim., daily; civil, every Mon.

4th of Plymouth. For MiddleborMattapoisett, and Rochester, civil and ough, Wareham, Lakeville, Marion, crim., at Middleborough, every Tu., Wed., and Sat., and at Wareham, every Mon., Th., and Fri. Return days for writs in civil actions, at Middleborough, 1st and 3d Tu., at Wareham, 2d and 4th Th., each month.

1st of So. Worcester. For Stur

bridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Dudley, Oxford, and Webster, crim., at Southbridge, Mo., Wed., and Fri., and at Webster, Tu., Th., and Sat., 9 A.M., civil, at Southbridge, Mon., Webster, Tu. weekly.

2d of So. Worcester. For Blackstone, Uxbridge, Douglas, and Northbridge, for trials by jury, in Blackstone or Uxbridge, at such times as, in the discretion of the justice, the public convenience may require; when not in session for trials by jury, the court shall be held for crim. business in Blackstone, every Mo., Wed., and Fri., in Uxbridge, every Tu., Th., and Sat; for civil business, in Blackstone, every Mo., in Uxbridge, every Sat.

3d of So. Worcester. For Milford, Mendon, and Upton, at Milford, crim., daily; civil, 1st and 3d Wed. each mon.

Central Worcester. For Worcester, Millbury, Sutton, Auburn, Leicester, Paxton, W. Boylston, Boylston, Holden, and Shrewsbury, at Worcester, crim., daily, 9 A.M.; civil, every Sat.

1st of E. Worcester For Northborough, Southborough, Westborough, and Grafton, crim., Westborough, every Mo., Wed., and Fri., at Grafton, every Tu.. Th., and Sat., 9 A.M.; civil, at Westborough, every Mo., at Grafton, every Tu.

2d of E. Worcester. For Clinton, Berlin, Bolton, Harvard, Lancaster, and Sterling, at Clinton, crim., daily: civil,

PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.

(Corrected August, 1883. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.)

When the appointed day falls on a holiday, the court will be holden by ad ournment at such time and place as the judge may appoint.

Barnstable. At Barnstable, 2d Tu. Jan., Feb., Mar., Aug., Sept., Dec., and 3d Tu. Apr. and June; Harwich, 2d Mo. after 1st Tu. May, and Mo. after 3d Tu. Oct.; Wellfleet, 3d Tu. May and 4th Tu. Oct.; Provincetown, Wed. after 3d Tu. May, and Wed. after 4th Tu. Oct.; Falmouth, 3d Tu. Nov.

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. aft. 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. Óct.

Essex. At Salem, 1st Mo. each mo., and 3d Mo. each mo. 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. Ápr. and Oct.

Franklin. At Greenfield, 1st Tu. in Tu. May and Sept.; Orange, 2d Tu. Mar. every mo. except Nov.; Northfield, 2d and Dec., and 3d Tu. June; Conway, 3d Tu. May; Shelburne Falls, 2d Tu. Feb., 4th Tu. May, and 4th Tu. Oct.

Hampden. At Springfield, 1st Tu. Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, June, July, Sept., Oct., and Dec.; Palmer, 2d Tu. Feb., May, and Sept., and 4th Tu. Nov.; Westfield, 3d Tu. Feb., May, Sept., Dec.

Hampshire. At Northampton, 1st Tu. of every mo.; Amherst, 2d Tu. Jan., Mar., June, Aug., and Nov.; Belchertown, 2d Tu. May and Oct., and Williamsburg, 3d Tu. May and Oct.

Middlesex. At Cambridge, 1st, 2d and 4th Tu. ea. mo. ex. Aug.; Lowell, 3d Tu. Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov. Nantucket. At Nantucket, on Th. aft. 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. each mo. except Feb., July, and Aug.; Abington, 4th Mo. Feb., Mar., Sept., and Dec.; Brockton, 2d Mo. Feb. and July, and 4th Mo. May and Nov.; Middleborough, 4th Mo. Jan., Apr., Aug., and Oct.; Hingham, 4th Mo. in June.

Suffolk. At Boston, every Mo. in the year, except 1st, 2d, and 4th Mo. Aug.

Worcester. At Worcester, 1st and 3d Tu. of every mo. except Aug.; Fitchburg, 4th Tu. ev. mo. ex. July and Aug.; Milford, 2d Tu. Apr. and Sept.; Templeton, 2d Tu. May and Oct.; and Barre, Wed. next aft. 2d Tu. of May and Oct.

COURTS OF INSOLVENCY IN MASSACHUSETTS. Courts of Insolvency in Mass. are held by the Judges of Probate and Insolvency in each county, at times appointed by themselves.

JUDGES OF PROBATE COURTS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
(Corrected Sept., 1883)

Barnstable, H. P. Harriman, Wellfleet.
Berkshire, J. S. Robinson, No. Adams.
Bristol.
Dukes, Joseph T. Pease, Edgartown.
Essex, George F. Choate, Salem.
Franklin, C. C. Conant, Greenfield.
Hampshire, W. G. Bassett, Easthamp'n.

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Hampden, W. S. Shurtleff, Springfield.
Middlesex, Geo. M. Brooks, Concord.
Nantucket, T. C. Defriez, Nantucket.

Norfolk, G. White, Newton L. Falls.
Plymouth, Jesse E. Keith, Abington.
Suffolk, John W. McKim, Boston.
Worcester, Adin Thayer, Worcester.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' MEETINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS.
(Corrected August, 1883. Legislature meets in January, and may make changes.)
Barnstable, at Barnstable, on the 2d
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, on Wed. next after 3d Mo. of May, and Wed. next 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, on the 1st Tu. of Mar. and Sept., and the 2d Tu. of June and Dec.

Hampden, at Springfield, on the 2d Tu. of Apr., the 1st Tu. of Oct., and the 4th Tu. of June and Dec.

Hampshire, at Northampton, on 1st Tu. of Mar., Sept., and Dec., and on the Tu. next aft. the 2d Mo. 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 last Tu. of Aug.

Worcester, at Worcester, on the 4th Tu. of Mar., the 3d Tu. of June., the 2d Tu. of Sept., and the 4th Tu. of Dec.

FACTS FOR FARMERS.

A cow in milk requires not only food enough to repair the constant drain on the physical system, but also enough to furnish sufficient material for the constant drain in the production of milk. The yield of milk is largely influenced by the kind and the quantity of food given.

BRAN, or what is sometimes called "middlings," is rich in phosphates, and these are of great value to old lands, or lands long in use, whether for growing crops or grazing. The liberal feeding of bran will be sure to tell upon the quality of the manure heap.

IF the casein could be entirely removed from butter it would keep a long time without becoming rancid, and without salt. When it is melted and the impurities taken out by heat, as we prepare lard, it is more like oil, and loses its peculiar aroma and its texture.

THE universal use of butter in this country is very much a matter of habit. In the time of Christ, and previous to that, butter was chiefly used as an ointment in the baths, and as a medicine, and in many warm latitudes now its use is very limited, and olive oil or some similar substance is used instead.

TO FATTEN an animal well a variety of food is requisite. Good beef may be made on grass alone, but a small amount of grain fed with the grass will not only make a more rapid growth, but will hasten the fattening when the animal is put in the stall. The addition of a few pounds of cornmeal a day makes better beef for fall shipment, giving more solidity to the flesh, so that there will be less shrinkage when it comes to the final test, the scales of the buyer. Grass is good for a basis, better than hay, but it needs the grain added to give it staying qualities.

THE perfection of beef is that which is called "well marbled," which means that the fat and lean are mingled. To reach this condition the animal must be mature, and must have been fed on food which had the material for forming flesh, fat, bone, and muscle, in proper proportions. This implies a variety of feeding substances. To feed an animal on corn alone would lay on fat, but it would be in large masses, and not enough intermingled with lean to make beef of the finest quality. Young and tender grasses, say from two to four inches high, contain a much larger proportion of muscle-forming substances than those that are older and nearer maturity, and if fat-forming substances, like corn or cotton-seed meal, are added, or fed at the same time, the conditions are favorable to the formation of fine beef.

ANY flavor that may be desired can be given to the flesh of cattle, sheep, pigs, or poultry. Acorns or beech-nuts, fish scraps, etc., fed to pigs will give the pork their oily flavor, unless the animals are_put upon a corn or other grain diet a few weeks before slaughter. Feed chickens on chopped onions for some time, and not only the flesh but the eggs will have the onion flavor. Feed them upon chopped truffles and they will give their flesh a finer flavor than stuffing or larding them with truffles in cooking. Water-fowls that feed on fish have the fish flavor. Wild deer living on the wild aromatic plants and shrubs that abound in the forests, yield a peculiarly flavored flesh known as venison, but domesticate the wild deer and feed him on the cultivated grasses, and his flesh loses its venison flavor in the second generation. It is clear, therefore, that the food of animals permeates the whole

If we look out to save all the wastes of the farm, compost them, and use them as plant food, we shall not need to buy commercial fertilizers to such an extent as some of us do. There is many a leak that can be stopped on most farms, and stopping the leaks is the way to make the farm pay.

ACCURATE analyses of cotton-seed meal, recently made at the Experiment Station of Connecticut, show that its average estimated value exceeds its cost by twenty-four per cent. It would seem, therefore, to be good economy to buy and feed it to our stock. Fed in reasonable quantities it is perfectly safe, while it imparts a higher value to the manure than any other feeding substance. It goes well mixed with cornmeal or shorts, half and half.

WHEN a young fruit tree grows too fast, and is spending all its energy in forming foliage, the remedy is root-pruning. This cuts off a part of the sap, and the leaves losing a portion of their usual food, are not able to grow so fast, and the returning sap is used in forming fruit buds for the next year. Root-pruning is to be done in autumn and winter, and consists in laying bare a part of the roots, and cutting off a few of the principal ones a few feet from the trunk.

As a general rule it is best to let fruit trees in the open ground take their natural shape, and to prune no more than to take out all weak and crowded branches, and such as cannot get the sun. The best season to prune to promote growth is in the fall, soon after shedding the leaves, or very early in spring. The best season to promote fruitfulness is the last of June, or a fortnight before midsummer. Then the wounds heal over rapidly, and it is easy to judge of the shape and balance of the head while all the store of organizable matter is ready to enter the branches that are left.

THE fruit-growing of the future will assume about two distinct features, the one that of market orchards for sale and profit, the other amateur fruit gardens for personal satisfaction and family supply, without reference to profit. For the first the smallest number of the best-selling varieties, like the Baldwin and Rhode Island Greening apples, the Beurré Giffard, Bartlett, Seckel, and Beurré d'Anjou pears. For the second object a larger variety may be selected, according to taste. About nine-tenths of the apples shipped from this country to Europe are Baldwins, while the Roxbury Russet and the Rhode Island Greening are said to constitute the balance. The high-priced land near cities and large towns will do better for growing small fruits, while the hilly lands in country towns, of much lower cost, will do better and yield better apples. Their keeping qualities are better than those of apples grown in the sandy loams of low-lying localities.

THE silo men, or the feeders of ensilage, claim these advantages in its favor:

1. Small space required to store a given amount of fodder.

2. Greater ease of cutting fodder when green and soft.

3. It avoids the risks of curing in stooks on the field.

4. The case of harvesting corn in all weather, except rains.

5. The whole plant is consumed by cattle as green and succulent feed in winter.

6. Ten to twelve per cent. increased flow of milk.

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