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The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
The Artist and His Master.

A YOUNG artist had produced an exqui-
site picture, the most successful Of all hic
efforts, and even his master found nothing
III 1t to cTiticise. But the young artist
was 50 enraptured with 1t that he inces
sanity gszed at bis work of art, and really
believed that he would never be able ia
excel what ne bad already produced One
morning, as he was about to enjoy anew
the contemplation Of his picture, he
found his master had entirely erased
his work OF art. Angry, and in tears, he
ran to his master, and asked the cause oil
this cruel treatment.
The master ans gered, IL did it with wise
torethought. The painting was coed, bu,
1t was at the same tine your ruin"
=" How so ," asked the young artist.
My beloved pupil" replied the mas
ter, you love no longer your art in your
picture, but only goursslf Believe me
II was not perfect, even if Il did appear
so; IL was only study, an attempt. Then
take your pencil, and sec what your new
creation will be, and do not repent Of the
sacrifice. The elements of greatness must
be In you before you can be fully able tC
produce them on canvas"
Boldly, and full of confidence in him.
self anc his master, he seized his pencil
and produced his exquisite masterpiece
1.-THE Sacrifice of Iphigenia and the
name of this artist-student was Timanthes
TRANSLATED from tie German 6y Laura
O. Holloway.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

set to work to gather up the particles of
grain. The ground was daily thoroughly
scratched over, and meal, insects, and ev-
erything to the fowls edible, gathered up.
Later in the season a brood of chickens
were cooped beneath the tree, and the
same operation of sowing meal continued.
This process was not omitted for single
day, from the time of the putting forth Of
the trees, until the plums were beyond
the reach of the little pests.
"Now for the result. This tree, and
this alone, is to day loaded with fruit, to
the perfect wonderment of all who see it.
1t is literally covered with fruit, as per-
feet as could be desired. So heavily are
the limbs laden that props have to be
used all around it. really believe there
are more and better plums upon this sin.
gle tree than in all the rest of the town.
ship, and am almost disposed to say, al
Of Huron county.
Not plum has matured on any other
tree on my premises, and all are of the
same variety as the one saved. | would
earnestly urge trial of this method by
all who have fruit trees. 1t will certainly
be continued by me, IS believe it. to be
specific against the ravages of insects.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
About MnlchIng.

THE drought has taught us many les
sons this season, which it will be well to
remember for years to come.
One is, that no amount Of mulching is
go effective to retain moisture as thorough
cultivation. lily raspberries, which were
heavily mulched, dried up before the fruit
ripened, while those that were cultivated
gave a good yield OF berries. Perhaps if
they Lad been well worked and then
muiched, as the dry weather came on,
they would have done still Better. Anoth-
ar veluahle lesson is conned by observing
how much better trees which were plant
ed very young stood the ''dry spell" thar
those which were planted SO old as to lose
their power to form top roots. l planted
a small pear orchard with root graf S, and
twice 1, gear | have spGded close to the
trunks without touching a root. They are
coming three years old, and some which
took up last spring mad top roots over
two feet long, ard come Of them had eur
face roots. These have not seemed to suf-
fer at all on account of the drought, while
a few three years old, put ont at the same
time, nearly died out. l observe the same
result in favor of Young apple trees put
cut at the same time. The soil is san dy
Cor. Prairie Fdrnaer.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
Ket ping the Pores Open.

THE importance of the breathing func-
ton of the skin can be easily shown by
experiment, fer if we varnish over the
skin the subject SO vanished often dies OF
nothing more or less than suffocation. In
secis breathe entirely through their skin
The skin does about one thirticth Of the
work similar to that performed by the
luz gs, and in disease Of the latter 1t is
very likely much more active in purifying,
the blood. Then, fourthly, the skin car
RIGS eff by the sweat much solid matter
that would be, if retained III the body,
very Injurious. Under ordinary circum-
stan ces, about a pound and half of sweat
is given off by man in day. The body
is also kept III a proper temperature by
the evaporation OF sweat; hence tie i'm
portance of keeping the skin in order that
nature may regulate the heat of the body.
Inattention to these points gives rise 70
various disorders OF The system, especially
colds, coughs, aud the like. The fluid
which is sweated out Of the body comes
from the blood vessels in the deeper part
of the skin. A word more about the work
of the little fatty glands and this part OF
tho subject may be left These little
structures give exit 10 fatty matter, that,
BIZ inducing a slightly greasy state OF
skin, prevents too great evaporation; II
acts MS protection to the skin against IT.
ritapts, and it also carries off certain fatty
acids from the body, In an irrisstive skin
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
Keeping Manure Under Barns,

THERE is q practice in vogue among
farmers to keep the manure Of the cattle
in the barn cellar, directly under the place
where tho cattle ere stabbed. This prac-
tice Is very Injurious to the cattle, and
should be abolished by all those who have
been in the habit of pursuing it. In the
first place, the manure taints the air,
wherever 1t comes IN contact with it, and
consequently, as the air of the cellar can
not be prevented from circulating through
out the building under which the cellar
is placed, 1t must necessarily have q very
deieterIouS effect on the cattle stabbed
above; on the samc principle that priyy
or sink, placed Immediately under the
roons occupied by a family, would soOn
cause sickness and disease to appear
among them, for the general laws of
health, In most cases, apply as well to the
animal creation as the human race. Some
farmers, who are in the habit of keeping
their manure in their barn cellars, IS
above stated, may argue that the manure
is kept in better condition than it would
be II LETT IN the open air; admitting this
10 be fact, will the gain in the fertiliziGg
qualities Of the manure repay the loss in
The health and hardness of the cattle
stabbed above, saying nothing of the dam
age done to the hay, caused by perfumes
arising from below! To show the injuri-
Gus effect to cattle, stabbed over a manure
cellar, arising from noxious vapOrs that
are constantly passing up from below, if
you should take a new and nicely painted
carriage, and place it in the same stable,
it will very soon show the effects arising
from the horse ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Is it
not reasonable then to conclude, that cat
tie and horses kept in the same place and
under the same circumstances would
prove to be unhealthy! Instead of using
barn cellars to keep manure in, sheds in
close proximity to the barn should be
built, or such arrangements made for
housing il, that it will be kept out from
under the barn-RurdL american.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

must wait Hge years more before it can
paw another cent, and when those years
have gone by it can pay only $500, OO0, 900,
while as to the main body of the debt, the
81 900, 900 900, it will remain deprived for
fifteen years more, or thirty years in all,
of any payment whatever. For, observe,
the right to make any payment before the
maturity of the bonds is not reserved so
the scheme ia to prolong portion of the
debt ten years, another portion fifteen
years, and the chief portion thirty years,
or the life of generation.
And yet these men who thus seek to
continue the existence of the debt until
nearly all who hear me will be in their
graves, talk of paying it of, and ask un-
bounded applause from the people. No
more transparent hypocrisy, no palmer
instance of double dealing with the peo-
pie could be conceived.
l again affirm, and for the reasons /
have already stated, and others that
| might state did time permit, that they
| neither mean nor wish to psy off the
debt. They want it to be perpetual, to
serve as foundation for banks, to be q
source of profit to stok iobbers and specu
lators, to put money into the pockets Of
capitalists by its annual drain of interest
from the people, and to increase, or sus
tain, the political influence or power o.
those who regard national debt as 3 ma
| tiOnal blessing.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
Management in Farming.

ONE defect in some of our young farm
ers is want OF good management. They
begin their errors, perhaps, in buying too
much land, and running in debt for it.
And this misstep they follow up by other
misjudgments in buying tools, cattle,
seeds, manure, etc. No sooner do they
begin their years work than the interest
on their borrowed money begins to accu.
mulate; it rolls up, day after day, in rain
and sunshine, summer and winter, and it
eats up no small part of their earnings.
They get discouraged, and, as a conse-
quence, " ork less hopefully, energetical-
ly, and with less success.
In England, where taxes are laid upon
everything, it costs about as much to rent
farm, as it does in this country to buy
one. This cOmpels the farmer to be very
economical, industr' Gus and careful in his
management of all the details Of his year
work Not particle of manure is suffered
to lie out in the Gun ard rain, or to leach
off into the brooks. Not square foot of
ground is allowed to lie idle, certainly not
to grow noxious weeds. Not q hired
hard or member Of the family who does
not keep busy ct work, contributing
something, directly or indirectly, to the
general stock OF income. These things,
our brethren in the old country are com
PEELED to do, to live at ell by
farming Now, why should not we do
something ike it from choice, and in
order to prosper? Doubtless, it is some
times wise and necessary to farm with
borrowed money, but it is often q hazard
Gus business. Better work On little
smaller scale, and use more management
than attempt great deal at considerable
risk. That spectre of debt will haunt the
farmer Gay and night, and rob him OF
much of his peace. Unwise it certainly
is for the farmer to buy more land than
he needs, to pay for it moro than it is
worth, and 10 manage it with 10 skill at
ali. First let him sit down and compute
how many acres he actually needs; how
he will work them, and how much they
are sure to return in profits then, lei
him think seriously of purchasing. MOI
let him forget that he will want money
also for implements, stock, seeds, hired
help, etc. and some laid up against ga
rainy day" If these things are all taken
into account, he will be somewhat Caution!
IN his Investments i'll land
By all means, let nothing be done in 6
hasty and thoughtless manner, taking i
for granted that, somehow or other, al
will turn out well in the end. Success.
will not come by accident.-Rural Anaeri
\
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
The Radicals ard the Public Dvmain

1t is but natural that the leaders of the
Radical party should desire to "exDlain
away the policy which the represen' al !yef
OF that party IN Congress initiated. and
pursued with astonishing vig0r, in regard
to the disposition Of the public domain.
1t Is certainly zone of the most imnortani
questions remsining t. be settled by
American statesmanship." BIZ now hap
pens 1t to rs a remaining on. ssion p
Prior 10 the accession Of the Radical
party 10 power, it Tss practically a SCI.
flcf question. Democratic le gisIatioT, h )
established the foundation # s liberal
and popular policy, looking 70 tie esDe
cIal benefit of the poor and landless.
vast fraction of the social body. The
Democratic policy of granting lands, in
reasonable quantities, To the new States.
to aid in the development of their internal
commerce and material resources, was a
policy whose beneficial results to the in
hsbitants generally of such States were
attested by the experience Of thirty wears.
Until the Radical party came INTO power,
no considerable number Of public men
ever proposed departure from this most
benehcent Democratic policy.
1t IS proper to designate il as the Demo
cratic policy, because, although a consid-
cradle number Of Wing Consre ssnnen SUP.
ported II by their votes. 1t was the Demo.
cratic party which uniformly shsped the
policies OK The governments upon this ans
other matters Of public concern. The re.
sponslblllty of administrative success or
administrative failure rested wholly upou
that party, as for the last ten years It has
res.ed uoOD the Radical party.
The Democratic policy regarding the
disposition of the public lands was de.
clared, and may be said to have been es
tibiished, under the Administration OF
Andrew Jackson. THE defeat Of Mr.
Clay's famous distribution scheme in 1892
and again by the veto of President Jaol.
son To the following session, was the mi
tiatIon Of a policy founded upon the
prime pie declared in that message that
the lands "should be disposed of tor the
common benefit Of the States :" that the
price " should be reduced aud graduated.
and that alter they have been offered for
number OF years the lands remaining
unsoid should be abandoned to the State
Gn which they ie)4nd the machinery OF
our land system be entirely Withdrawn"
TIE policy of granting lands to the
states was an application of the principle
that the public lands should be disposed
~ Tor the common benefit of the States !.
for, a. was ably demonstrated in the rs'
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

The Oiio Farmer of recent date pub
fishes the following communication from
A. Messenger, of New London:
/. "For many years past, the curculio has
been an almost unconquerable enemy to
the fruit grower; and not a few have cut
down their plum trees as cumbcreTs of
the ground, not receiving any returns
from them. I have remaining a few nice
trees-lett standing for ornament and
shade, and year after year these trees have
bloomed and set full, but in spite of every
effort, until the present season, not a
quart of fruit was received. While the
trees were in full bloom, last spring, my
wife determined 10 Try an experiment
upon ore Of them, which she did, and il
resulted more favorably than could have
been expected
"Early every morning, while in full
blossom, corn meal was strewn over the
ground, beneath the branches, and the
whole fock from the poultry-ysrd at once
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

mort of the Committee on Public Lands,
against Mr.. Clay's scheme, the science
of political economy has ascertained such
a domain to be chiefly if not exclusively
valuable under the aspect of population
and cultivation, and the eventual extrac-
ton of revenue from the people in its
customary modes" And from al the
Congressional records upon this SUBJ
iect it plainly appears that this tcaS party
policy-the policy adopted by the Dem.
ocratic party, as opposed to the projected
distribution of the proceeds of the sales OF
the public land among the States OF which
Henry Clay was the progenitor and the
Wing party the sponsors. In all its deal
ings with the public domain, the Demo.
cratic party never departed from this pol
icy. Ii reducsd and graduated the price
OF lands; il enacted presumption and free
| homestead laws; il made grants in reason
able quantities, to the new States, to aid
| in the development of their material and
commercial prosperity eli tending, under
the aspect Of population and cultivation.
to the common benefit.
In the decade ending with 1860, the as
gregate OF land grants made by Demo-
| cratic Congressman to the States was 8
little under 80, 100000 acres. This COM
pretended al the grants of public land
| made by Congress within that period.
The Radical party also, during the ten years
] OF its political asceudercy, has made grants
- land TO States, amounting, in all, to
nearly 100000 acres. But this is 3
small moiety of the public domain which
the Radical party has granted away, and
IS far from being that part or the Radical
party record which demonstrates the pol
ICY Of that party on this important ques-
ton. In addition to these grants to the
States, the Radical party has given away
more than 1853 600 000 acres of the public
domain to private organiza-
items of land SPECTATORS. 1t has diverted
from the common benefit of the States to
the special benefit Of few favored parti-
sans an area OF public land equal to more
than four and half States of the size of
Illinois.
Il is no excuse of the Radical party to
say that some Democratic Congressman
voted for these monstrous iand-stesls.
The Radical party had a majority
of more than twot thirds in both
branches OF Congress, and could
easily have prevented the passage
OF every land stealing bill. The Radical
pa-y did not attempt, did not manifest
the slightest wish, to prevent it; on the
contrary exhibited the greatest aYidity il
passing and multiplying these viliainous
sgindles upon the people and the States
Ii is thus that the Radical party has un
settled the question CT the disposition o.
the pubic lsnds, which Democratic policy
had settled for the common good. 1t ii
thus that the Radical party has opened
the door to the most enormous frau6
upon popular right and public justice thai
tGe world ever witnessed. 1t Is thus tia
enormous landed monopolies have beer
created which hereafter will scol the
destinies of States, psralyze their best in
terests, aud subordinate their prosperity
10 tie gains of few Deronial lords of The
laat. A1d such is the Radical party
policy, as the facts Chicago Times
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
ShOeing Horses.

As the shoeing of the horse is a neces.
sary evil, that has entailed upon him
more pain than any disease to which he
is subject, | would here take the oppor-
tunity of advising all those who wish to
keep their horses feet in a sound and
healthy condition to spare no pains in
employing men competent to do the work
this unnatural fostering of structure
so delicate and complicated, with that
iron defence, knowing, as do, the many
evils resulting from a bad practice, and
the misery Inflicted upon that noble and
valuable servant of man, from the effects
of bad shooting.
Observe the foot of that unshod colt,
with its open heels, its expansive frog,
and that beautiful circular form of crust
that obviates conclusion. See him as he
is generally shod, and mark the change
that is brought about in that foot in a
very short time. After shoeing, you will
find that circular form of crust changed
to an oblong, the frog diminished, the
heels contracted, corns and nayicular
| lameness brought on, the action of the
horse impeded, and the beautiful elastic
ity of the foot limited or destroyed, and
not unfrequently permanent lameness es-
tablished. Who is there that cannot
daily, nay hourly, observe instances of
these poor creatures hopping along in our
streets, and nineteen cases out Of twenty
brought on from the effects of bad shoe
| ing, or from the owner not getting him
shod at proper intervals, or from bad sta
bic management Of the foot?
This is subject which has EMPLOYED
the pen of many eminent men; but little,
fear, have many of our smiths been ben
cited. Very few are possessed of any
work On horse shOeing, unless some old
work written century or more ago, and
by men who understood not the anatomy
or physiology of the foot This is sub
| ject which deserves the serious considera-
ton or the smith and the owner OF
horses; fer, could the amount annually
lost through the effects of bad shoeing e
and other causes mer toned above, be est
mated, am persuaded that better atten
ton would be paid to the subject by the
owners of horses.
would also here advise all men having
horses lame in front, to have their feel
examined by some competent person be-
fore treating them for sweeney, or some
other imaginary disease, as cases are ire
quently coming under my own observa
ton, where the shoulder or other parts O
the LIMB have been blietered, or ether
wise unnecessarily tortured, when the
seat Of lsmeress has been nowhere but il
the foot. And frequently have l won
dered that some veterinary surgeon ba
rot employed his pen in exposing tn,
many errors of the empires of this Prov
ince. Although it has not been my priv
llege to attend any veterinary Institution
it has always been my pleasure to stud,
the veterinary art; and l hope the day j
not far distant when horses lsboring ur
der disease will only be entrusted TO tn
educated practitioner, and that quacker,
will be hanished from our land.-Cor
Canada Farmer.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06
Over Bearing.

OVER CROPPING is the greatest evil of
the present day in fruit-growing. 1t
wrecks regularity of supply, lowers the
quality Of the fruit, and pTematurely ex-
hausts the strength of the trees. Born of
greed and ignorance, 1t has been upheld
by custom, and supported by undiscrimi-
mating practice, until it has become we'll
nigh universal. | therefore wish to raise,
as loudly as possible, on behalf of the
trees, the cry they have all along been
mutely urging: "Thin, thin our fiuitp
Alternate cropping is but one form of
that cry; showers Of dropping young
fruit another; deformed fruit third !;
small, premalurely-ripened fruit fourth !;
weakness and death OYertsking the trees
in their youth fifth; while many more
mute expressions of opinion by trees
themselves upon this point might be
noted by a careful observer. | believe
! That crop of suckers sprineing up from
the roOt-stocks of trees is bit another
form of protest against over-cropping.
In effect the tree says, "YOu will burden
all my fruitbearipg wood numerically.
! You Leave no reserve OF strength TO come
back as a fresh stream of forcc, current
OF quickening life TO my constitution.
Very well, | nave revealed my will con-
corning this TO you already in divers man.
ners and at various times. | will create
my own strength for my own need will
throw out supports so close to my root
stock that you cannot exhaust them with
fruit bearing" But The poor tree, like
many of as, had reckoncd without its
hOst. The cultiyat0r sees, condemns, and
slashes eff the horrid suckers at once, and
this Legitimate source of strength is sud-
denly drained dry. AS remedy for over
cropping, the suckers were good for the
llte OF its roots, though not for the we'll
being of its fruitful top; the suckers were
its emphatic protest against over-cropping,
AID, though in widely different language
TO most of the other remonstrants, suckers
also do naturally appeal TO us along the
whole of their lines, TO thin, thin the
fruit.-HOrist and POmOLoQjSt.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-10-06

THE greatest pic on record was made
at Lowther Castle, in Westmoreland, in
the year 1862, and was sent up as pres
ent to the King. It contained two geese,
four ducks, two turkeys, four wild fowl,
one wild goose, six wild ducks, three teal,
two starlings, twelve partridges, fifteen
woodcocks, two guinea fowls, three snipes,
six plovcTs, three water hens, six widge-
ons, one curlcw, forty six yellow ham
mers, fifteen sparrows, two chaffinches,
two larks, three thrushee, one fieldhrc,
six pigeons, four blackbirds, twenty rab-
bits, one leg Of veal, half ham. three
bushels of -four, two stone of butter The
whole pie weighed twenty two stone (3OS
pounds.