American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-11-27
Volume VI.

when full man ties the corners Of the sheet, an,f
han,ls il to boy, who steps on tie cart, and re-
ceiyes it; he untes the bundle ard lets tie con-
tents 20. and keeps tleating all the while in thiS
way load is obtained; and to tie above tack
ling, some little brush may be added to the sides
Of the load to build it up, and hold on the leaves.
have tried TO use baskets to load the leaves, but
have found the above sheet to work easier and
quicker, and in order to make it more durable,
have had a small rope sowed round the edge Of it,
and let OUT about eighteen inches at the corners,
which makes it easier to t.e and the sheet
from getting torn. Such sheet will cost about
one dollar.
In the use Of leaves the hogs excel. for whether
as litter in the covered part Of their stye, or
whether thrown in moderate quantities in their
yard when mry, they soon work them and secure
them from the power of the winds when used for
ittcring cattle, it is absolutely ncedfui to work
them with their dung. When the lloor is cleared
in the morning, the dung, urine and leaves should
be well worked and chopped together with the
shovel before they thrown ont ON the heap il
it is not SO DONE the wind viii surely take hold.
and disappointment and disgust ensue when
Mixed they Will soon dissolve in the ground, auti
seldom any trace Of them be- seen in fall, when po~
ta.oes are dug.
With much esteem, I am your friend and set
want. ]. NJ. G..
Weston, Oct IS, 1897.
FArrssrxe SWINE, &c.-We are informed by
Judge Peters Of Pennsylvania, formerly President
Of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society. in COM
municatinn which appeared in the Philadelphia
Daily American Advertiser. that " sour food is.
the most grateful and alimentary to swine One
gallon Of sour wash goes farther than two OF sweet
mean the wash aci,uated to the degree requir
ed for dist!llation, not acetous.
Dry rotten wood kept constantly in styes for
fattenins hogs, TO eat at pleasure is good thing
but will take the liberty to mention what think
better; we have three blacksmihs in this town
and my hogs eat up all the ashes and cinders they
make; we haul it into our pens BY cart loads and
the hogs will tey0ur this at times with more avid
ty than their ordinary food
Charcoal. it has been said will answer similar
If not valuable purpose than either cinders
or rotten wood If swine were supplied with a
small quantity OF cna according to statement
of an Ohio farmcr.) say two pieces day to each,
about the size Of hens egg they will discontinue
roofing, remain more quiet, and fatten faster than
they will otherwise. Charcoal will operate ON the
human frame as cathartic, and probably may have
the same effect on the animal we are treating OF.
/ If so, 1t may supersede the necessity OF using
birthstone. antimony and other drugs win when
hogs are often siosed. Atany rate it will cost but
little to give them constant access to GOALS, which
may be sifted or raked from YOUR Fireplace, and
they will be induced by instinct to consume such
quantities as will promote their health and expo
dite their fattenlng.
When YOU fist commence tattcnng your swines
care should be used not to give them more thar
they will eat with an appetite. II they beconi'a
.orged or cloyed, their thriving Is retarded, anti
there is danger from staggers, and either diseases
consequent upon replction or the high living IT,
which these four footcs eplcures are addicted.
Ibid.
NA&spe ratalorne Of Post Towns in the Enc2
States exhibits perhaps the most curioas nomenclair
Imaginable. There less than twenty tesns named
Washington, nine Jctfersons eight Madsons, seyen'e
Monroes, eight Jacksons, six Clntons, two tire.
Atanses, and Ca!ouns nor Cays-po en,ons ut d'it-
results and conclusonsl There also seven Rich
monds fourteen Coumbias, and many f.liiehls, ditto
Iehanons ditto salems, ditto Mount Picasant; Of Spring
fields Mldetowos, and Cenrevies. thirteen each; be
sides hosts Of Unions, Concolds Liberties, NewtoWis.
Wimingtons, Geo Sctowns Charies,ons Eizabeiho%n>5
&C. &C.
But lie numerous Instances of similarity in name
the rema, kahie traits III the picture Of our mail route
We have every va,ety of coEnomcr from the most I'M
coh and broken awea Indian, French, German appel
lalios refc and fancifu CHRIS enngs Z" classical
taste and polished caprce-rom Aquackanock scagns'e
coke, and rerre c.f, To Paradise Els sian Fields
and Little Sandy Sal. Works Some flture Walter Scott
Of our land may find abundance Of sonorons caupes
wlerewit! enrich geographical epic--such as Bn.
Hill; Cpbblyskili scute.oWn. ampkingon; Rsns sung
Poke Runs Orreskann,. Paisppany; Split Rock fea'ea
Oak Burncorn Spring, MansEslng; lonhannock, tap
p4hannock, Tncsnannock aud Iappahannpck The nnye-
lis, may slonctiaie his heroine N White Chmnes, tnm
Shade, Temple of Heath, or Pckaway Plains and place
his hero at Pig Point Short Pump snrkers Gap, a, che.
Capon. The traveller may recount his hair breadth
'scapes Tnmbng shoa, Roaring River, Troublesome
Iron Works, Little Broker straw, SkIii Camp Shoulder,
bourne and Arnolds Old Pace--ad the newspapers Of
af e times may contain paragraph like the follow.
ing, \ gent tman gong from ongacohng on the Rad 10
Upper Peach Tree, had the misfortune to faa and break
his arm Inst this s,le Of Turkey Foot he reached Piping
Tree Friday where he found Big Fiat Surgeon wr'
dressed the wound ap accompanied him 10 omgh eek
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