Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-05-13

1HR COW.
o the COW, the beautiful COW.
Nibb'ing the hay from the fragrant NOW,
Into the shistles and clover so fresh,
Poking yeur nose with sweet relish,
Hunching--
All in a mach;
Beautiful COW. you viii one dar be hash
Oh. the cow, the playful cow.
Meeting the pail with playful bow.
Giving At generously all of your milk,
winking and blinking your lsshes of silk,
Asst
STREAMS and
xith sr.,iese,s d.sb-s.
A failure 10 give il soon settles your hsss-
RATs.-An army Of rats n,.de : TAI. us,c v1
~. ho.. -. s.r,.e = GUNNER Hill, N.
~ ~.srs .so sod killed and nearly
d.,our.d ! hog weighing two hundred
pounds,
p..~-on 49, ayp,is1e to houses and
hserS ooesNnfdlnnD 81 1Imsss, viii lest
- 49, - ans1sn beeler II put On
= ~ = IL ml11le Of autumn, instead Of
dssine she hest Of su@ase.
0aArss The agsicaltupal editor Of the
New York 1tibssS b poslieAl, hs says
'Lst NJ have plenty Of gsapss 70 eat before
Ne talk much about vine. Grapes, with
their rich bloom, are like the girl one loves
and msrries; wine like . smart young
widow.
Lusus NArunx-The Sleughton (Wis.)
Reporter says that r banks, Of Rutland,
showed pig in town, the other day, having
two heads, two mouths, three eyes, four legs
and two tongues. The pig lived for two
days, ate with both mouths, and ran about
with its four legs. Rather a remarkable
pig that
ONO STATE FAIR-The time OF holding
the next Ohio State Fair has been changed
by tbs State Beard of Agriculture to Sept
1926, instead OF Oct. IL. ls, as before ag-
reed upon. The place !of holding the Fair,
Dayton, and the arrangement previously an
bounced, remain unchanged.
DO EnKEr ImraovE Pastures p We are
well acquainted with pasture near the sea
coast which many years ago was M exceed.
ingly foul piece Of land Astounding with q
great variety Of bushes, among which were
the barberry and many climbing plants. and
SO closely laced aad intsrtWioed by the Wild
rose, that they formed an almost impenetsa.
BILE Jungle. Twenty years afterwards VI
saw the same pasture with flock Of sheep
on Il. grazing upon close, compact turf
covered with short, sweet gsasses, and
ssjthout a scee1 or JusA Of ANY kind upon
I0l
"How has this reclamation been accom-.
plished ?" We inquired - we stood looking
upsn a. NGE.F
"By ~ sAssp." said our informant.
Without blowing and sseding?" W
asked.
"Ycs, BY tie sheep alsne," was the reply
The pasture was quite uneven end rocky,
but the ahsep had exteruln6eod livery vss-
ties OF wild pleuts, AM clsthsd the ssrface
nth fsssh. rich, perpetual herhegs.-Nes
Englsad Fasmsr.
WnlrRw AsHIxG As this 10 the season
for spring house cleaning, and general
''elarin' up time, }" " give our readers 70,
eeipt fes making whitewash, which ~ find
in an exchange Take clean, water tight
barrel, or other suitable cask, and put into
il half bushcl Of lime. Stake it by pour,
ing water over it boiling hot, and in sufiic'
lent quantity to cover it five inches deep,
and stir it in water, md add two pounds oil
sulphate Of Zinc and one Of common salt -
These will cause the wash to harden, anc
prevent its cracking. which gives an un
seemly appearance to the work. II desira.
BILE beautiful clean color may be added e
the above wash by adding three pounds o
yellow ocrc. or good pearl of lead color, b.
adding laMp, vine or ivory black. For fawr
color add four pounds of uu Der. Turkish o.
American--the latter Is the cheapest-on,
pound. Indian red and one pound csmmor
lamp black. This wash may be applied
with a common whitewash brush, and viii
be fo1nd much superior. both in appear
ance and durability, to common whitewash
A correspondent Oft New York Time
(Republiean) writing from Beaufort, s. G
represents the immortality and liceatiousnes,
prevailing among the Sea Island negroes q
revolving in the extreme. lie attributes i
oil to his fellow white men from the North