Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-02

THE Minnesota State Agricultural so.
ciety has decided to hold the next State
Fan at Minneapolis, that town having Of
fered the best Inducements.
|. RAILROAD CAKE -ODe cup of sugar, one
of -four, two tablespooDfu.s of melted
butter, two tabiespoonfuIs of milk, three
eggs, one teaspoonful of cream tartar, one
half teaspoonful of soda-flyor with
lemon.
HOME.-A mans house should be bis
earthly paradise. 1t should be, of ali other
spots, that 10 which he returns with most
delight. And IN order that it may be So,
it should be his daily task to provide every
thing convenient and comfortable, aud
even the tasteful and beautiful should not
be neglected.
- few su.ny pictures in simple frames shrlned.
lew precious volumes II the wealth of the mind
nc H. re and there treasured some ge IN Of art
10 klndle the fancy or soften the heart;
mus richly surrounded, why, why should roam
On am hot happy-most happy At homer
MANAGEMENT OF POULTRY. -Solon Rob-
inson, III his book, Fdct.y for Firne, 5. SAYS
If you don't want hens In mischief. feed
them; and at times when 1t il really neces-
sary shut them 10 poultry yard and feed
them; and adopt this simple rule for feed
ing fowls, known 10 mo housewives In
the country who have cIarge of poultry,
but 1t may be useful TO amsteurs, and as II
Is very short We print it. Here ills Don't
feed TOO much. That is all; though we
may add that food should never be gwen
TO fowls unless they are hungry enough TO
" run crazy" after II; and just as soon as
they stop running crazy, you stop thrown e
iced, and never-no, never-lesve feed ~
ing by your fowls for them to eat al
leisure"
PARASITES IN BIRDcAGEs.-Manya per.
son has watched with care and anxiety
PCT canary, gold-tinch, or other tiny ia
vorite, evidently in a state of pertur baton,
plucking at himself continually, his
feathers standing all wrong, always fi1get
ing about, and In every way looking yer,
seedy. La vain is his food changed, and In
vain is another saucer Of clean water al.
ways kept IN his cage, and ali that kind
ness can suggest for the little prisoner
done; but sllll all is of no Use, he is no
Beforehand wbys Because tue cause of
bis wretchtdness has not been found ont.
and until 1t is, other attempts are hut vain
LII the owner Of pet in such d I'll ;ulties
will take down the cage and cast his or
her eyes up TO the roof thereof, there Will
most likely Be seen mass of stuff looking
as much like rcd rust as any thing and
from thence comes the cause of the Door
birds uneasiness. the REQ rust is nothing
more nor less than my riads of parasites in
testing the bird, and for which water is no
remedy. There is, however, remedy,
and one easily procursble in m ment-
fire. BY procuring a lighted candle and
holding it under every particle Of the top
of the cage Till all chance of anything be-
ing left alive IL gone, the remedy is C, m
plete. The pet will soon brighten up
again after his house warming" and will,
in his cheerful and delightful way, thank
his master or mistress over and over again
for this, though slight, to him, important
assistance.-Ldnd and Water.
ACUTE FOUNDER IN HORSES. -Thisis in
Elimination vi the feet. liz Is caused by
over-driving, and then allowing the horse
TO stand in d cold place, OF drink enough
cold water to get chill. BY over-jriving,
we mean that amount of driving which Us. S
up vital energy too much, whether ig be
ten miles or fifty. This must depend upon
The condition OF the horse at the time No
horse is fit To drive far. that has not been
lei grain in moderate Quantities for some
length of time. No horse is fit 10 drive
far, that has been overted-he will be liza
bic TO purge, aud founder is very liable Ia
superveDe diarrhea. TIE fDundered horse
does not like TO move cut OF his tracks
If he lies down, he lies on his side,
with his limbs stretched out His resplra-
tions will be hurried his pulse quick.
The first thing to be done. is 10 give him
wide stall; call the smith. let him cut
the Clinches and take off the shoes; let tie
nails be drawn one by one, carefully
Give him one drachm OF emetic tartar, two
drachms OF saltpeter, 10 which, if his bowels
are conslipated. add one drachm bar BADGES
aloes, once in six hours, until his bowels
are open; then stop the alOes and continue
the emeulc tartar and saItpeter, until his
pulse and respirations ere hearty natural,
and then change the treatment for fluid
extract colchicum one ounce in the same
time.
Let the horse lie down all he will-do
not compel him 10 rise; keep other All
mails away from him as much as possible.
The SICK horse needs 10 be kept quiet !
There are generally too many people |
around sick animals. horses especially. |
Give him water in small quantities, and oft |
en- never enough al time To give bim |
Gull. For feed, if in the summer, fresh !
grass; ii in tue winter, CARROTS or bran |
Washes, with some hay. This will be The |
best feed for hum. When he recover,
DO not put him To work too soon.-Er- |
change. M