Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-10-15

FAITENING uoGS WITHOUT CoRN.-The
present year u u remarkable one for iattenlng
uorS in the West. The old standby article,
cora, is by no means plenty this season; aud 1t
il IS ted 70 hogs az present prices 1t should be
nut in the bes, condition tor making the most
pork possible Ii may not pay to grind aud
cook corn to b. ted TO hogs when it Is only
worth twenty cents per bu,he, but when 1t
sells for eighty or ninety cents there IS little
question about the economy Of thus prepar-
ing it
But there are other things beside corn, from
which pOrk can be made, as the New England
farmer well knows. The crop Of potatoes this
year is very abundant, and ii pains are taken to
boil and mash them with a httio meal, or
wheat, bran or mlddllngs, very good pork may
be made from very little or 20 corn. The same
is true of beets, carrots and other cscuent
roots Hogs. too, are very fond OF boiled
pumpkins and squashes and will leave corn to
go TO them. Wind fails OF apples and other
fruit eau also be converted into pork. The
meal Of oats, buckwbeat, peas and beans are
all used by our neighbOrs III the DOMINION Tor
making pork, and there is no reason why they
may not he thus rendered available by US
There has been q good deal OF barley raised
this season, and owing to the untavOrable
weather much of it has become so blackeued
than sell it an extremely low price, grind 1t up
and feed it 10 the hogs. Its color Is no otJec-
,ioo Tor pork making, ,-FfUtrie Farmer.
KITCHEN LIFE IN ENGLAND. High life
below stairs" in England has recently been
amusingly exempifed By the testimony gwen
before one OF the Condor police magistrates IN
the proceedings arising out OF quarrel be-
tween certain CoOuel Rich and his son on
Il. nj hon b1 -
Tho officer Of the mouth complained that
he was condemned TO cat hashed mutton IL
stead of the roast beef and pudding served on
the table above stairs, and also that the vcnl
son pastry upon which Colonel Rich teasted
in the dining parlOr was entirely consumed
there, aud did not come down to the kitchen.
These wrongs had 50 soured the temper OF the
butler that he commenced venting his spite
upon his wife, who reta lated by pouring not
pea soup over her husband.
I'm further defence OF the wife young Rich
then made his appearance, and IN the squabble
was severely bitten in the leg by the butler,
who, IN his turn, was sOundy thraShed. lhe
charge preferred against the Riches was based
upon the thrashug given II the butler. whose
counsel dramatically waved before the eyes or
the court his clients coat, dyed with what was
at first alleged TO be the buffers blood, but
which afterwards was discovered 10 be pea
SOUP. Under these circumstances the complaint
against the colonel ana his son was dismissed,
and the butler was lett complaining OF the in-
Justice OF the law which obliged HIM to eat
hashel muttOa
\ EErERAN.-Our worthy old friend, Mr..
James Alexander, the former editor OF the Char
lottesvile JefferSOnian Is veteran OF the craft,
and his fngtrS kiss the types as nimoly now as
they did more than halt century ago. -
Though he has abandoned the lite of Journal
ist, he still conducts, with all his wonted vlgor
and energy, the Book and Job Printing busi
ness, ana as an evidence of his remarkable
powers OF endurance, we may state, that on
one occasion last Summer he had job 10 finish
for the Public Dly at the University upon
which he worked continuously tlcel'tB SGr hours
seven OF them at the pressl and without sleep
ing, a labor which would have worn down many
young disciple OF Faust, but the difficulty OF
the work before him, only served TO nerve aho
D., invi,orote our veteran friend TO ITS compete
aud timely accomplishments
Mr.. Alexander Is probably next TO the oiHest
winter who has followed the business during
h,r now living in Virginia. He first began 10
"srick type in April, lSli-32 years ago
and il has now become second nature 10, 70 uiu u;
and bc will doubtless end bls days a. the Cese'
lie is an houor to the craft IN all Respects
StTlN' tPmOerQnce udu, 0SNiN'
cs,;mable citizen, aud puuctual business man
and last aud best OF all, q devoted CHRISTIAN
gentleman. Such a man deserves, as ne re
ceives the confidence aud support oil h's ie'l9"
citizens as his lie fades slowly away INFO tue
''sere and yeliow leaf "-LWch6'T9 Nelcs
WHEN VICTOR HUGo finished his speech al
the Peace Cougress of Lausanne, be was mel
By an old Freuchman. who begged the permls
sion 10 embrace him. Why should | allow
YOU 10 do so, Monsieur o. asked the exile o!
Guernsey, rather haughtiy. Monsieur Hu
90, " replied the old man, 81 was transported
10 Cayenne, in 1872, for having sod a te0
COMES of your Napoleon le Petit. y Victor
0nso Immediately opened his arms to him
embraced him, and then presented him with
thousand franc note.
OcroBEa.-Thcre is an old German verS
which reads:
.Ifin October there's much frost and storm
The coming January will be mild and warn