Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-03-30
Counsel to POmOlOgists.


The following advice is worthy of gen.
eral circulation 3 .staa.. a~r- '.-.
, In raising apples for market three
things are indispensable First, a GER
tain and large yield in bushels second,
an apple of such size and appearance.
that will commandssthe money- in the
market and third, as hardy a tree and
as good quality of fruit as can be got
with the first two requisites, and it would
be folly to recommend any varieties for
large cultivation, and no one would be
justified in planting largely unless there
was a reasonable prospect of large
Weld of fair, handsome. fruit, adapted to
the purpose for which they were raised,
and let none think that they will sue
ceed in bringing their pet varieties from
the. East fhowever well they may do
there), such as Baldwin, Rhode Island
Greening, Yellow Newton Pippin, ETC.,
for they have been tried and found
wanting. ,r.
r. Procure first class two or three-year
old in the fall (this is better time than
the spring), as soon as the fruit has de-
stroyed the vitality of the leaves, select
ing such trees as have well-formed
heads, not forked strip off the leaves
and bury completely under the ground,
in a dry situation during the winter.
Procure your trees from a reliable nur-
fseryman, who also understands his bust
ness remembering that there are plenty
| of niurserynen who don't understand
their business) buy directly from the
nurseryman, and not from a so-called
agent" If you have not learned from
your own observation the varieties you
| should plant, leave the selection to the
man you buy the trees of. ...
Use due vigilance in preventing dam
/ age by rabbits, mice, insects, and animals
| (perhaps more trees are destroyed by
| animals than from any other cause), and
wait patiently for the fruit keep the
trees healthy, and the reward of your La
Dor will surely come.
A NOTORIOUS scamp was once brought
before an Onondaga. Justice of the
Peace. He was accused of having
"come the soap game over native.
The portly Justice, wishing to decide
understandingly, asked to see a sample
of his skill. The party instantly pro
dueed o leather strap, gave a scientific
whack across the table and remarked:
HYou see, Judge, the quarter under
the strap?'
4 :" Whati' interrupted the digniied
4 functionary :" do you mean to say there
is quarter under there?" ....r ..
Il 1Sartin ~ was the reply.
- ANo such thing said the Justice.
"I,ll go you a dollar on it," exclaimed
the prisoner. -a ?.
"Agreed ~ said the Justice. ... B
With accustomed adroitness, thestraI
was withdrawn, when 10! there was 6
I quarter. 80 o."
"Well," said the astonished Shallow
Il Il should not have believed it if hao
not seen it with my own eyes. Here j:
your dollar, and you are fined five dol
lars for gambling, contrary to the
statute in such case made and pro
vided.,' .....- .-..."r a...s. ..-. z.e.
The elongated countenance of th'
. gambler required no additional evidence
to testify his appreciation of " the sell.
LOUD noises are said to kill certain
delicate insects, and we have good proc
; that if loud enough, and long enough
continued, they are capable of killing
or seriously injuring, human beings
under certain, conditions of the body
There is German soldier lying in on
! of the Dresden hospitals whose nervou
; system has been shattered, seemingl
beyond hope of recuperation, by tn
din of battle He can neither see, hea
y lnor speak, and seems not to feel, and is
|, Iin reality, for the. time being, livin
f corpse. An injury to the brain from
n fragment of a shell has thrown anothe
soldier, now in the hospital Baut8er
into the same condition, with the e1
s ception that his fingers continual
l. move as if he were in the act of kni
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