Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-27
DAILY COMMERCIAL
BALTIMORE, MD.
Eatat Collie Among Mules from Foo1,uq, on,
Up-cOuntrV CORN

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q. "A lrghtiuI cohc; 1t IS said, has got among
| river, which Stays its thousands. Tho VIZ
| burg Herald speaks of it as being in that
v1clmty, and states that it killed two thousand
| IN forty eight hours. We have heard of This
| maIady frequently since the close of the war
as prevailing in various parts of the country
| It is not confined to the "Bottom" farms. Lv
any means, but is heard of everywhere in the
South cheTe the people fail to make corn enou0h
for their OlCn use, and have to buy corn raised
in the North. Our planters say they know
not how it is, but it is certainly true, that very
often the corn brought down the river, though
apparently sound, produces fatal collie among
their mules, answering precisely to the descrip-
ton Of the fearful disease announced by, the
Herald as prevailing in the neighborhood Of
Ficksburg, on the Mississippi river? One
planter told us, some weeks ago, that he had
lost fourteen mules since he pitched his crop,
and that they all died from this 'imported corn
cohc '--HemphiS Aygus
SARDINEs.- lovers of the ''fttle fishes
billed IN lie should know that the fish which
furnishes them with such q delicious repast.
belongs to the herring family The popular
name was gwen to 1t by Cuvier, the first to as.
sign 1t TO distinct place in the 6nny tribe
He called it sardinia, from which it is known
as the sardlne. Sardnes are caught ORIGINALLY
along the coast of Brittany. and TO less
extent in Portugal. The fisheries employ a
large number of men and women. The fish.
ing vessels-generaly of eight or ten tons
each, and carrying a crew of from six to ten
90 out two or three leagues from land to the
shoals Of fish. When they see them, they
spread their gill-nets for them, and scatter on
the water the bait which has been prepared,
and which consists of the eggs and flesh of
fish, especially of cod and mackerel and
sometimes of sailed fish. Large Quantities of
sardines are taken in this way. Some are
sailed on board, and others are carried On
shore, and either sold fresh, or prepared for
shipment. For the latter purpose, they are
sailed and packed away in tin cans. with melted
butter and olive OIL which are poured upon
them In an almost boiled state. The cans are
sealed up to prevent the air reaching the fish,
and are then ready for shipment. The sales
in Europe are very great as the fish are there
considered a great delcacy, and large nip
ments are annually made to America, where
they are no less esteemed than in Europe
WHAT MAKES A HORSE YIcIoUs.-There is
no Disgusting the fact that %iciousness is in.
nate with some horses. 1t is no doubt some
times hereditary, and follows some of the best
strains Of blood we have. That viciOusness
should accompany highly nervous organiza-
ton Is not to be wondered at. Hence it causes
no surprise when we find such dispositions
among the finely organized thorough BREEDS
animals of most sensitive and nervous organ
ization-from which the common expression
''thin-skinned," as applied to too sensitive
man, is obviously derived The treatment
horses receive, and the moral atmosphere in
which they are thrown, have much greater
influence than most horsemen are inclined to
admit. The pinching, tickling, boisterous
stable-boy, who annoys a spirited horse for the
sake Of enjoying his futile though almost frantic
kicks, and leers, is affecting the disposition
Of the horse and his descendants for genera
tons to come, besides putting in jeopardy the
lives and limbs of those who are brought in
contact with the horse so tempered with. A
horse is surely influenced by the psychological
character of the men with whom he associates.
a passionate man will have a baulky horse;
slow, plodding brother, one of his own style;
and. so the nervous, quick, busy mans horse
will show the same qualities. So noticeable is
this, that we have often remarked that the
| family horses of our neighbors, as they are
changed one after another, very soon fall into
the very gait and style of their predecessors in
| the same stable.