The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-12-08 00:00:00

(741188LL8 PUBLICATION&
Till VAQAZINI 011 ART.

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The Deeember niimber of this magazine contains
wend festums of genuine interest. A. a friintispietai
4 given a faithful facsimile of Mori I fifsi•s remarkable
painting iif 'Crafty.' First of the reading matter
comes • graphic description, a ith tasteful illustrations,
of Mr. ltarry Feati'• .Artist 114,in• at .101,ey, All' in
a paper iin Franz lenliaek's works we have pictures
of than weldknown characters -Bismarck, the great
Limit, and Pope Iwo XIII. "Art in Assyriw" is very
intent-44w. as is the paper "The tipper Afeilway. •
rhilightf id bits id scenery on the river being golettglifily
ropr.witteed. the lemt readable ia an article
on "Bed. and 11,dfi-sims." Among other content. we
iibserffc I i-naravings of " Summer" (p.m
tifithel'a picture, said " A Nlnment of Peril" from
Brock • bronze.

A NARROW wirArß.
A Piingiilar ttiir which refer . Uxhrithen, In t 441
by Mr. IL leyne...Ciinten respecting Ida groM•groat.
grandfather, nue Norreys Pries. alias Clinton. Ile
WAn in the }loyalist .vrmy under Charles 1., awl wit
primmer at Northampton but Print", lialpert
having captured a loan importance, a Mr. Wright,
of Uxbridge, an exchange of prisoners WAR arranged.
and the tniimpetwr announcing this exchange arrived
in the inarkrt•place at. Uxbridge Iliat as the row hml
hi‘in put round and the last psalm, or hymn. W./
boing sting, stilt.. wide,' he W." to, he, turned elf.
Thu. the existence 4 a large collateral branch of the
ducal faintly Newcastle for some minutes delsunil..l
ion the length to winch a psalm wae6 drawled out.
Front Cassell.* Orval., lomalors for Duccusix.r.

I Nil Pllll4.

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The lens exercise a fatte animal taken the
quicker it will fatten, and feeling pigs oliould
conliteal within aa small a slime as is consintent with
health and comfort. Th.. OIIIY pigs that ought to
kayo exercise ad 0.6. are boars awl brooding sows, met
she young omen that Sr.! intiooleil for then. purpose.
Ginfinotnent in against nature, and not conducive to
health ; but then obesity in a form if
degeneration of the nyntom, and in the fattening of
pigs there 11111/4 Is. Agreement between Cattail WO
effect iu addition to which, it is well to complete
the [mice* in the element inowililo time. The 111101,1
on which bumming lawn lie should be dry rin n d clea.
awl this Alien should lie warm, though well
We think pigs are Islter without straw or other
litto r ti lie on, particularly if they lie
They alwaym loop a dorm corner to lie in when they
have no litter, and if the nirner us Intardeol they crowd
in it clime together, and an. dry, clean, and comfort.
table, keeping each other W/11111; lint when they have
litter, they are kept clean and dry only by • plentiful
and frequent amply f t. This atmosphere of the
place is certainly sweeter without thn litter, for when
straw becomen wet a slow ferment meta in and
musieitui odours are Involved ; in winter the litter may
lie useful to help in keeping the pigs warm, but in
minnow they are better without it, and in any caw,
It only keeps warm the nide they happen to lay on,
which in always warin when the nine, they lie iin la dry
and clean. Fattening pigs grow all the (suitor if
they ant washed once or twice ii week, soil scriililmnl
with a britih each time, and they weekly learn to
like it. This plan keep. the skin clean and its pores
open and lion cannot prosper. Soule pernonn recom•
lmimil that they Mould bo " well groomed with lineal
and lime.' which will clean.' the Mill Anil kill
the lice; hot we twefer washing with wator rather
than oil. himitno it in 01.4110 f and cheaper. Though
commonly dirty when loft to his own rewairona, a pig
really liken hia La, clean, but he 11,1141 not know liiinaelf
how to sot alaiut it.—Froin Ostweill's Artiry "rave,
hr Deceentier,

seuttait Warta awl afloat wxyaisieeer.
A good omnposition Sr winter we, when 5 s
ituaired M. make Issua pe.4 segainst snow and wut, is
compueed .4 one part mutton moot and twion that
quantity of beeswax, melted tiquilwri It should lie
applied to the loather at night, and thu hoots v 4.1
with a flannul runt morning. Although whim tie,
*imposition is first appliosl th Irathrr will not polish
an well Am usual when blacked, Yiit thuY will ha Sill'
of a lwilliant polish aftsr thu tilaelsing ham
boson applied a few times. Th. following (*.fawnlike
mit only renders thu leather eatable of ?misting welt,
mot els. mhos is wee pliable, softer, and more
oltorahls Masolve half an osinee 4 nurfuntly pitch
In half a pint of drying nil mixed with half an mina.
of turpentine. To uao this ituuul the Issits ate.ll.l lie
nude slightly warm hsfore the fire, awl then painted
over with the temtpwition I," moans of a soft hrush.
Then allow Urn le dry, and loin; them I met again
with the liquid, The hisus shill then he plaited in
a warm and dry place uutil waited, 11r7. Another
*imposition of a similar kind is man hy 4i wdvlap an
ounce of powdered resia in s q.auta.if a pint of
linered oil *toile hus ion/ the Are in a pipitin. Thim
add Iv., 01140111 of mutton soul, from the kidney,
shoPlitel up and 'imam mail the materials are
well miser!, This oanitsaltSon is *mothsl like the husk
lout (host na mars I avow! atotolioatitna—Frunt
(lama's liwoNA4l6l Uurie for I).vombrr.