Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-11
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4 cSoRTREEspoNpENr Of the OSaHtsys Gen!
Hendn, formerly of England, thinks that
cheap labor alone canHot explain he large
profits of, English farmers, and says they
can only be accounted for by the great
anotfnt of live stock kept and fed, TINS
producing Q great.quantity of plant FOOD,
producing IN turn, heavy crops y4nu0y
A RED lead manufacturer of France has
discovered that the use'of milk at their
meals, which he has made obligatory. on
his workmen to the extent of me- Htre
(about a quartz daily, preserves those en-
ployed in lead works free from any symp-
toms of lead disease. He vouches for
thu tfuthua and correctness of this COM
munication. zcL l.
THH Meeker County (Minn.) Mss0s has
A neighbor noticed that almost all the po-
tatobugs in his garden had disappeared,
and a short time, after, he killed a large
striped snake with his hoe, and found that
it was -fullo the Larvae of the potato-bu
1t had about cleared out the garden. He
says he will-kin no more Of those Ike
+ O. THE Country Gentleman, in answer to
an inquiry, says that orchard grass may
be sowh at the end of summer or early In
autumn, provided the season happens to
be quite mcist-otherwise, and more gen
i dl&11YS O01 LII PpA11k ~ OoS OAS AbS-
ell per acre; two, better. 1t will grow in
quite thin or open woods, if the surface
can previously be made quite mellow by
narrowing -Ez-HsE . -
F T!nJ. BUsBY, of Lancaster, Ohio, writes
to the Ohio Farmer that he has given soft
soap to his pigs at the rate of q table
spoonful to a pig-for the hog cholera,
with very satisfactory results. On the sec
ond day an examination of their drop
rin no chnUod cfrin nv onhofannaa (which
heEthinks were the skins of worms. He
put soft soap into the swin for his other
hogs and it improved their appearance.
AS proof of the statement that strych-
nine and choral are mutually antagonistic
in their properties, awriter in the Lon
don Pharmaceutical Journal reports that a
dogsof his accidentally took some meat
| with s~trychnine on It, and he did not
know it until the dog, began to show the
epasms1characteristic of ~strychnine pois.
oning. When the dog was apparently
About two-thirds of a dram were admin
istered, and the cure was very speedy.
ORANGE MARMALADE.-Cut the orange
in quarters, turn out the pulp, and put
the peel In water for twenty-four hours.
Change the water several times; turn the
pulp from the skin, and pick out all the
pips squeeze all the juice you can boil
the peel. until tender turn it out and let
it drain, then cut it erossways, very thin
andito every pound of fruit put two
pounds of sugar, and to every pound OF
sugar put a quarter of a pint of water.
Let the syrup boil, and skim it then put
the fruit in, and boil very slowly for one
horrland ahalf-&. Piesse.- 4
To DESTROY WnLows.-A correspond
ent of the Carolina Farmer says.R Farm.
efs who have willow trees OF theiF mead.
ows acknowledge them a great pest. To
destroy them, any TIME in May or june,
cut loose the bark about fYeT or six feet
from the ground with a drawing. knife or
to the ground in strips of two or three
inches broad, leaving them fast to the tree
at -orFn the surface of the ground, Let
| the trees remain thus till the latter part
| of,the summer or early in5the fall, when
they may be cut down. Some of the trees
tWilLdie previous to cutting, others win
remain green throughout the; summer.
But whether alive or dead when cut, you
will rarely if ever see a stalk from the old
stock ~ Unit -.. u.
A MAN in Wheeling recently drankgfree-
ly of ice water at dinner, and was soon
after seized with cramp and died, Several
other instances are announced of death
from the Same cause.s The habit of rg4lp-
ing down large quantities of ice-water is
one of the most pernicious into which
the heated season leads men. If they
escape death, they are sure to injure the
stomach and shock the systemtoa danger
Gus degree. But the chief danger is in
sudden and rapid drinking. Large guam
ftitiss 6fFice water may be taken if the
drinking is done gradually. The safe
way would be to take q sip at aIftfme
There isF positive and serious danger to
the most robust person in rapidly drink
ing more than half a tumbler full of ice
water, or very cold water. DR.. Hall tells
of a robust soldier who reachedia spring
on the mountain side when he was ia,
\ tigued and his blood was heated, and who
drank only a small quantity of water, but
gulped it down suddenly, He died in q
few minutes afterwards. "SS@ :