Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-08-10
A Concert ty tte Cows.

hear the ,.rklc or The sAeep-be.i. o.
COW bell on the Hills or in the woods.
we arc reminded Of Tie many pleasing
illusions Of the British poets to this
cheerful rural sound. Tie bells, It is
true, are rot generally Us musical Is
they might be. yet they stree pleasant
chord Ia the heart Of every one who
loves Ills country. 1t has often &C.
CURED TO rs that some Of these bells
were manufactured of II superior quality
Of tone. not a few farmers would be
glad to buy them for their herds. Il
would he a pleasant sound for the trav-
v,er, to hear from distance. rs the sni-
mails wended their way homeward p.
hight. aud it wonld gladden. the err O.
the proprietor ami his family We have
heard !, feN such tolls.
Within short time. we have seen It
stated that certain English nob!en:a''
has suspended musical bell on tho
rcck of all lis COWS. each bell tuned 10
aditierent nutc of the scale. and the
whole running 'llrongh several octaveS.
4 visitor to;l.is farm. Is c'larnedhy the
music. rs we'll rs LIZ tie sleek sides Of
the cattle. Sometimes he hears sever
q! notes in unisons. then Slight d:Scord.
aud then a sweet haamony. and all VA
RED by distance and by the rising and
falling of the breeze.
Snch harmonic bells will add nothing
to the weight of one : butterand cheese,
Int they will dosomething Just rs good:
They will add charm to farm-liie. and
weave around it one more of those
pleasing associations which serve to at
tacll men to tie country and to the cul-
tnre of the soil. So, tune upa tirst-ratc
chime of bells for our herds.
HARVESTING BEANS.-It seems to be
supposed by some, that beans shon'd
remain in the field ngathercd, until
they are fully ripe and ready to shell
out. Experience shows that his Is mel
thcr necessary nor wise. Watch for
the time when tie leaves begin to turn
yellow, and the pods have become hard
and plump. Then pull and stack them
up in the field loosely, putting few
stones or cross-picccs of wood unt.cr-
meath each stack. to keep the bottom
tier dry, All to promote ventilation OF
the whole. Do not forget to stake them
firmly, to l. went tic stacks from blow
ing over.
Beans so managed. will ripen good
deal after being gathered, and will COM
mand much hi CHER price in market
than if they had been left standing Ion
ger. and SO been nippel by the frost,
and dragglcd and soaked in the mud.
Let them remain Thus stacked until
dry enough for thr.sshng.
How TO VENTILATE SrACKs.-Brltish
farmers vcntiIate their stacks us fol-
lows: They fill with straw bag, say
81 feet high and 20 inches in diameter;
place it vertically in the centre. and
stack around it. AS the stack rises,
they lift the stack, and so on to the
top. In this way a chimney is formed
in the centre of the stack, into which
the steam and gases generated, find
their way and escape readily. This
method might be adopted with advau-
tagc il stacking corr fodder.
D@. One fact in the present contest
we'll illustrates what freedom can do for
State. Whenever Cairo is in danger
Of an attack, the Superintendent of the
Illinois Central Railroad, at ten hours
notice, can start from the different
points on that line four miles of ears for
the imperiled city, capable of delivering
$4,000 men there as soon as the loco
motives can carry them. What can
onv ond oil the, rnhal STATES do 70 com.
pare with ills?
MAJ A gentleman who visited the
camp at Albany, says that on the first
night after his arrival, he was passing
from one quarter to another, when he
was stopped by a sentinel with, "Who
goes thcre!" s. Friend with bottle.
"Advamce friend, and draw stopper"
The request was checrfully complied
with, and the bottle. holder went OH his
way rejoicing.
p@. At a recent sale in London,
eighty manuscript poems of Burns, in
his own handwriting, many of them
unpublished. were disp"sed"f: One of
these was an ode on the Independence
of America, which just now would be
well timed publication.
WHAT CALIFORNIA HAS PRoDUcED.-
A statisliciam. who has given the mat
ter great attention. states that since
1913 gold to the amount of nine hAn-
: drsd and sir millions has found its way
ont Ut the mines Of California!