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'ne names OF the streets the street amps is
s on moonlight nights if the lamps are not lgbts
" getting out OF the street climbing the lamp NOS,
striking MATCH may read the name of +h ,. ~
tinctl'' ii the wind doesn't blow your match.
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The following composition has turned out nv an Isr,
can scholar aged hteen "A boy without father Is orpb.p
without mother double orphan but is oenest without
grandfather and grandmother, and then he orphanst
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c1rSa, " amend an act entitled "A N act Ill
provide the PGIse r Of United States bonds anS
Be it M MSghteen M hundred and sixtyonF approx
the United States of ahG House of Representative t
word "Leavenworh Ma De amended by striking ont tS
approved, Marcn l. IS72 - 0ccurS In said section ~
Smyrna times., 1872-04-24

was holdiuE her head I'm her hand,
one morning she asked Are wife one "I sun
pose So said the husband Then. reoined the a .r
self" VI my
Smyrna times., 1872-04-24

1t you want to ipd out mans real disposi.
ton, take him when he is wet and hungry. IF
be is amiabe then, dry him and fill him up.
and you have got an angel.
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gentleman Of the negro persuasion thus pbilosorh
reasonzes with the white world A are made Of
and like meersehaum pipe valuable when tho
nshT cSored There h something In negro head af,ar
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LIFE BRIGHTEST HOUR Not long since 7
met gentleman who is assessed for more than
anil nll'ioh' Sllver was in his hair, care upon HI,
Diow' ana ne stopped beneath his burden nj
wealth we we're speaking of that period of EGa
when VIC had realized the most parfoot vi lie
ment' or, rather when we had found the bo1rJ; bn1'J
ness nearest to be unaloyed. I'm tell you spid
the mllllonalre, when was the happiest bonr of
my HE. AT the age of one and twenty boJ
saved up $500. | was earning $500 n vaar ""u
and my father did not take it away from n',
only requiring that should pay for nv board
AT the age OF twenty-One had secured nrcttv
cottage, just outside of the city. | was abie
70 pay twO-thrdS OF the value down, and also
10 furnish 1t respectfully. | was marr;ad ON
Sunday-a Sunday in June-st nv f,tbar'a
house: My wife had come to me poor in nnrso
0ut rlch In weath of her womanhood The
Saooath and the Sabbath night we nassed
oeheath my fathers roof and on MONDAY
HloIhIhg l went to my work, leaving INV
mother and sister to he p in preparing INV home
Vh monday evening" when the labors of the
I'y were done, L went not to the Maternal
sheher' as In the past, but to my own house
NY OWN nome The holy atmosphere of that
r'o,I oud oee"lH 10 surround me even now in the
memory. open the door of my cottage and
entered laid my hat upon the little stand
in the hall and passed on to the kitcben~omr |
kltchen and dining room were all one then |
pushed open the kitchen door and was-in
heaven. The table was set against the wall"
the evening meal was ready-prepared by the
aahas ;nI"s OF her who had come to be my helpmeet
lnueeo la;ie as well as IN name-and by the table.
mitI lnroooing, expectant look upon her
to speak, but could not. I could onlv CLASH Sn
The waiting angel to my bosom, thus s6owinr
o her the ecstatic burden to my heart. The
'eaTs have ,passed--long, long years-and
Worldly wealth has flowed in upon me, and |
I'M honored and envied; but, as true as heaven. i
would give it all--every dolar-for the low q
the hour OF that June evening in the long. q
Smyrna times., 1872-04-24

According 70 the Chicago Post Tweed 80 to Saturn we
be dies, so that he Join of the rings.
Smyrna times., 1872-04-24

Detroit Is to have ball In which but blondes ara
participate. They will trip the light fantastic tow.
Smyrna times., 1872-04-24

Southern tests credulity with this "A Florida
negro ate two bushels of dried apples refreshed him
sell at the town pump. and burst"
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. siSs-Dr McCOsh. President Of Princeton t,o,.
eEe tes the story of who PRAYED earpestI t
M e0"red brethren might be preserved from what he
said one OF his friends, at the close Of IN. Do,
you ain got de hang OBJ dat word It's .bese, n
Iepled the other "if das it's so. But was
0at am an upsetn' sin. dunno what am" N-N
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o # # ICIAr.
IGEEFpa, ~

sed at the Seca0ds OF the United States P.s
sSnu session Of the Fortv as-
second Congress.
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n TRACING A GENEALoGY.-It is of the elder
Dumas whose death has just occurred thar
the 5 following story is told. A stranger, having
near neard With Win surprise that Dumas was quad,
room called upon him to verify the fact 4NAO
am told" began the visitor that vor
are quadrOon, Monsieur Dumas i" '0u
Yes, answered Dumas.
And your father?"
Dnr0na was q mulatto! the distinguished Gen.
Dumas, OF the army of Italy-anda mulatto' !"
r9ared the author in tones that left no donbt ~
the quality Of his lungs. '''' ~ uou0' oi
And his m9other?'' continued the intruder
h;a wa W as negro" shouted Dumas, rising to
And who, may I ask, was her mother p,
bore N''' igaole
An ape, sir, an apel" thundered the indig.
mImt mInro author @ My family begins exactly
the door" '--'' nouAey
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W 'Ass sarah x
Hfste shall to their wishes yield
tAnd fate to true love leansJ
Time may bestOw this Greenfield
Alovely crop of heans
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A pleasant mill prIvilsss-Kis,IpE q factory girl
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- "A "A CCRIoUS II FAcT;-It is singular that the
name OF God should be spelled with fonr iat Ito
fers ! Is; IN almost every known language. It is in
Gnri GI1n.in, Deus in Greek Zeus Hebrew, Adon; NJ
Tsrtar;,n Tsrtar AdIa Arabian, ALA; Persian, Syra
East Indian, Esgi or ZeuI; japanese l ZeG, Za;n
turkish Add scandinavian, Odin: WaIIa'
Gnlan' Zenc,; Croatian, Doga; Dalmatian
MMogti Fyrrhenian, Eher; Etrurian, C6ur ;
Gergam %argar"9; 20 Oese; Swedish Codd; Irish, Dch
and vITam Parno Gott French Dieu; Spanish Dios
Anglco-Saxon language means good, and the the
SatgnihcStlon affords singular testimony of the
Anglo Saxon conception of the essence Of the
Dlylne .. Being. He is goodness itself, and the the
nu;nor not; OF Of all goodness. Yet the idea of de-
noting the Deity by term equivalent to ab.
sract and absolute perfection striking ~ as az :
may appear is perhaps less remarkable than
the TACT that the word man, used to designate
human being, formerly signiied wickedness
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-06-14

YEARS ago into a lolesale grocery
store in Boston walked II tall muscular
ooking, raw-boned man, evidently
fresh conner from some back town in
Maine or New Hampshire. Accostlng
first person he met, who happened to the
be the merchant himself, he asked:
You don't want to hire man in your
store do you?"
"WelI," said the merchant, 81 don't
know; what can you do"
"Do," said the man, 81 rather guess
can turn my hand to almost anything.
What do you want done?"
"Well-if | was to hire man it
would be one that could lift well, q
strong, wiry fellow; one for instance
that could shoulder sack of coffee like
that yonder, and carry it across the
store and never lay it down."
"There now, captin'," said our coun
trymen, "that's just me. l can lift
anything l hitch to; you can't set me.
What will you give a man that can suit
you?"
81 tell YOU" said the merchant. "Ii
you will shoulder that sack of coffee and
carry it across the store twice and never
lay 1t down, will hire you for q year
at 500 per MONTH"
"Done," said the stranger, and by
this time every clerk in the store gath
cred around and were waiting to Join il
the laugh against the man, who walk
ing up to the sack, threw it across hi
shoulder with perfect ease as it was no
extremely heavy and walking with i
twice across the store. went quietly t
large hook which was fastened TO thu
wall, and hanging the sack upon i
turned to the merchant and said:
"There, now, it may hang there til
doom'sday; shan't never lay it down
What shall 1 90 about mister? Jus
give me plenty to do and 800 mOntl
and its all right"
The clerks broke into laugh, but
was out of the other sides of thei
mouths and the merchant, discounted
yet sastiaed, kept to his agreement, an,
today the green countryman is Tia
senior partner in the firm and worth
half-million dollars.
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Hints to Young Men who go a Sparkling.

Hints 10 Young MenWho go Sparkling.
These words of wisdom are from q
paper in the last number of the London
Society:
"After all, in looking out for wife,
a man must consider how she will show
at the tireside, rather than ut parties.
You can learn so much of literary and
aesthetic tastes, from the favorite books
are always on hand, the nusict that is that
regularly sung, the kind of associations,
and the general order of tastes. 1t Is
by far the best way of getting up fir
tation, which is not unpleasantly done
under the parental eyes when such eyes
are kindly and benignant. Love.mak-
ing is an uncommon pleasant employ
ment for the winter nights. You may
talk Of the perils of young men when
they come up to town; but there is nc
better safeguard than giving such young
fellows the associations of home and
sweet woman. Parents make an i'm
mense mistake is taking too severely
monetary a view of young fellow
prospects. / never knew young fel
low under ever SO dun a cloud, whC
with purpose and ability, could mo-
work out his way into the sunlight
Better even the long engagement, o.
the early marriage, than many othe
suppositions that might be put"
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y ENTUCKIAN and Yankee were
riding through the woods, the former
on fine black horse, and the Yankee
on an inferior animal. The latter
wanted to mako swap but he did
not see how he was to do it. Al last he
thought of plan.
His horse had been taught to sit down
like a dog whenever he was touched
with the spurs. Seeing wild turkey
the Yankee made his horse perform
this trick, and asserted that he was
pointing game as was his custom. The
Kentuckian rode in the direction indi.
Gated by the horses nose, and up rose a
turkey. That settled the matter; the
trade was made, and the saddles and
horses were exchanged. After time
they came to deep and rapid stream,
over which the black horse carried his
rider with ease. But the Kentuckian
on the Yankees old beast, found
great difficulty in getting over, and
when he had reached the middle
of the stream he was afraid the horse
would allow himself to be carried away,
and so endeavored to spur him up tc
more vigorous action. Down sat the
old horse on his launches.
Look here y shouted the enraged and
partially submerged Kentuckian tC
the Yankee on the other side of the
stream, what does all this performance
mean?'
Il want you to know stranger cried
the Yankee, preparing to ride away
That that 'ere hoss will pint fish jis
as well as 1t will fowl,-Hearth an,
Home,
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POetical.
Ilcartsease.

ofall the bonny buds that blow
In bright or cloudy weather,
Ofall the flowers that come and go
The whole twelve months together,
This little purple pansy brings
Thoughts of the sweetest, saddest things.
1 had alittle lover once,
Who used to give me posies;
His eyes were blue as hyaclnths,
His lips were red as roses,
And everybody loved to praise
His pretty looks and winsome ways.
The girls that went TO school with mo
Made little Jealous speeches.
Because he brought me royalty
His biggest plums and peaches,
And always at the door would wait
To carry home my books and slate.
"They couldn't see"-with pout and fling
"The mighty fascination
About that little snub-nosed thing
To win such admiration
As if there wern't dozen girls
With nicer eyes and longer curlsl
And this knew as well rs they,
And never could see clearly
Why more than Marion or May
l should be loved so dearly.
SO once l asked him, why was this?
lie only answered with a kiss.
Until teased him-"Tell me why
want to know the reason;"
When from the garden-bed close by,
CThe pansies were in season.
lie puclSed and gave tlowerto me,
With sweetand simple gravity,
1.-THE garden is in bloom" he said,
"With lilies pale and slender,
With roses and verbenas red,
And fuschias, purple splendor;
But over and above the rest,
This little heartsease suits me best"
Am your little heartsease them
asked with blushing pleasure;
lie answered yes and yes again
Ieartscase, and dearest treasure;
That the round world and all the sea
IIcld nothing half so sweet as me!
listened with proud delight
Too rare for words to capture,
Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight
Would come to chill my rapture,
Could foresee the tender bloom
OF panses round a little tomb?
Life holds some stern experience.
As most of us discover,
And I've had other losses since
lost my little lover;
But still this purple pansy brings
Thoughts of the saddest, sweetest things.
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How Watch Springs Arc Made.

The method of making mainsprings
for watches as practiced in New York
and other large cities, is first to cut up
steel of necessary thickness into strips
of the necessary breadth. These strips
are then fastened by the ends in long
horizontal frame and the edges and
sides Of the steel are smoothed by pol
ishers fastened between two sticks and
worked by hand lengthwise on the
steel, from the one end of the frame TO
the other. After being prepared in this
manner the steel is wound closely
round wooden centre, in the same
manner as a ribbon is wound on small
block, and in the process of winding
one end of each strip of steel is fastened
to the end of another, and a number of
lengths being coiled one on top of the
other. The roll of steel is then put into
a furnace, the necessary heat applied,
and the hot steel suddenly plunged into
oil. In this condition, although the
steel is hard, there is certain amount
of hexibility to 1t, just the Same as
very thin and narrow strip Of glass in
elastic, which prevents the steel from
breaking when the surface is being pre-
pared for blueing, and which is done is
something the same manner as smooth
ing the steel in the first instance, only
finer polishing materials are used. The
blueing is done by drawing the steel in
straight lengths over an alcohol lamp or
a hot piece of metal, which renders it
perfectly elastic, and afterwards it is
cut to the proper lengths and the eyes
for the hooks put in, and then coiled
into spiral form on a tool, the
same in principle as the tool used by
watchmakers in putting mainsprings
in their barrel or boxes. chronological
Journal.
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J0L. DEM. --- VOL. XXXVI-. NO. II.
BLOOMSBURG PA, FRIDAY. JUNE A. 1872 COL DEM -

humor, will have added, by way ofextra
fare, a graphic sketch of the sayings and
doings at Screwler's, with which our
readers have just been made acquaint-
ed,
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TINS RANCE AGENCY.
uINKLEY KNITTING MACHINE

THE SIMPLEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST IN
USE! HAS BUT ONE NEEDLE! y
CHILD CAN RUN IT!
Designed especially for the use of families, and
aides who desire to knit for the market. VIII
do every stitch Of tie knitting in n stocking
widening and narrowing as readily as by hand,
Are splendid for worseds and fancy work.
TAKING FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF
STITCH Are very easy TO manage and not
liable to 8 ct out OF order. Every Family should
have one.
We want an Agent in every town to introduce
and sell them, to whom We offer the most liberal
Inducements. send for our Circular and Sample
Stocking. Address.
HlNKIEY KNITTING MACHINE CO.,
nov. lO,7l-ly. Bath Me,
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SOMETHING ABOUT BABIEs.-There
are fourteen thousand babies in the
great Hospitol Dom, in Moscow. Some
OF them are foundlings, some the off.
springs Of naval and military officers,
and many belong to merchants and
tradespeople of the city. They are fed,
washed, and dressed with the utmost
regularity. Each nurse in ward has
specific duty to perform. Take the
ward having the week-old babies: One
nurse will do nothing from morning
till night but undress babies, another
will dress them up and toss them away,
while another will follow and nurse
them. SO they go up and down the
sides of the ward, each baby being wash
ed, nursed, and dressed certain num-
Der of times each day. The little things
learn to like this treatment. Some.
times nurse gives them toss of several
feet into the beds, or from one woman
to another, and the little things will
laugh and screw up the funniest smiles
After being nursed they are rolled up
tight like an Indian baby and laid
away.
Many good, respectable mothers,
whose husbands arein the earmy or navy,
or even well-to-do tradesmen, send
their otfsprings here to be cared for.
The treatment is so superior that by fai
fewer babies die than would die if left
to the hest care of a fond mother.
The castaways are trained up by the
government-the males becoming Off
GERS in the army and navy % Fifth
avenue bellies y, and the females becom
ing actresses and assistants in choruses
in the great theatres--all drifting into
social circles above the eX.serfs. One O
the most agreeable officers in Moscow
is captain Of infantry, who was once {
mOthcrless fOundiug
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Mis- cellaneous.
n Z N T I S II II Y.

II. g. HOVER, DENTIST,
Respectfully offers his professional services to
the ladies' and gentlemen of Boomsburg and VII
cinity. He is prepared to attend TO all the vari.
Gus operations in the line of his profession, and
TEETH which will be inserted on gold plating
silver and rubber base to LOOK as well asthe nat
ural teeth. Teeth extracted by all the new and
most approved methods, and all operations on
the teeth carefullya and properly attended to-
Residence and Office a few doors above the
Court House. same side.
Bloomsbury Jan.l7l--ly
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
one mcb, NWelye lines or itl .qulgalent in
Nonp9ialtyps) one oi tWoinseItions, si50 three

Executor's or Administrators Notice, $500
Auditors OF Asslgnees Notice, $3.50.
Local notices, twenty cents line.
Cards In the Business Directory" column,
s2 90 per year for the first Two lines, and 81 for
each additional line. ''
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Buck Horn.
Orangeville Directory.

NJ &G.W. II. SHOEMAKER, dealers in dry
NJ goods, groceierles and general merchandise
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Hotels.
TFHE ESPY HOTEL.
N j. THORNTON
hL. would announce TO the citizens of blooms
burg and vicinity, that he ha just receiyeda tul
and complete assortment OF
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,
FIXTURES, CORDS, TAssELs,

anu all other goods in his line of business. All
the newest ana most approved patterns OF the
day are always TO be found in his establishment
mar 8. '69-tt Main St. below Market,
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PERFECT
COMBUSTION.
SIGNAL LIGHT.

The first Dnd only self feeding Anthracite Coal
Stove ever invented that will Perfectly
Consume all the gases.
Warranted the BEST HEATING STOVE IN
the country.
Send for Price List and Circular to
MITCHELL, STEVENSON q CO.,
NtOye Manufacturers Pittsburgh, Pm,
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n h. HERRING & BROTHER Carpenters and
". Builders, Main ST., below Pine.
DRICK HOTEL and retreshment Saloon, by
ID Rohr M'Henry cor.of Main aud FINEST.
DR. o. A. A.MEGARGEL, Physician and Surgeon
DMain ST., next door to Goods Hotel,
NAV1D HERRING, Flour and Grst Mil, and
~ Dealer in grain, Mill Street,
JAMES b. HARMAN, Cabinet Maker and Un-
U dertaker. Main St., below Pine,
CCHUYLER d CO., Iron founders, Machinists
y and Manufacturers ofplows, Mill st.
CAMUEL sHARPLEsS, Maker ofthe 1ayhurst
~ Grain Cradle. Main st.
WILLIAM DELONG Shoemakerand mauufac-
w turer of Brick, Mill St., west OF Pine
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Y ", EDGAR, .susquehanna Planning Mil
'hhd hox Man facluflng
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Humorous.

A graveyard inscription in Kenne-
bunk, Me-, reads thus: "Poor 10, his
head is level now If 1t was never be.
fore.O
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/, II. HERRING & BROTHER, Carpenters and
]. HnllderS. Main St. below Pine.
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Catawissa.
p +. DALLMAN, Merchant Tailor, Second st.
ID. Robbins Building.
NR.J.K. ROBBINS, Surgeon ana Physician
u Second St., below Main.
GILBERT & KLINE, dry goods, groceries, and
" general merchandise, Main street
I b. KIsTLER, "Cattawissa House." North
- Corner Main and Second Streets.
l. keller, Billiard Saloon, oysters, ana Ice
~. cream in season Main st.
Nj NJ. BROBST, dealer In General Merchandise
uI' Dry Goods, Groceries &C,
NuSQUEHANNA or Brick Hotel, s. Kosten-
y bauder Proprietor,south-eastc corner Main and
second Street.
VIM II. ABBOTT, Attorney at law. Main st.
Light Street.
II +, OMAN q Co., Wheelwrights, tirst door
II. above School House.
IQhN A. OMAN, Manufacturer and dealer in
boots and Shoes
y b ENT, dealer in Stoves and Tin ware in
AZ al its branches.
JtIER ENT, Miller, and dealer in all kinds OF
bnrchiln, Flour, Feed &C. All kinds Of Grain
Espy.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-15
Clean Lands.

Farmers, do not be discouraged if you
are not making as much money as you
have a right to expect. And, rs a rule,
such is the case. 1t may be we'll to re-
collect that we all anticipated ''hard times
after the war. We have certainly suffer-
ed far less than We feared.
Let us be thankful and take heart for
the future. The farmers are the main
stay of the nation. If the farmer pros
pers, the nation prospers. If the farmers
suffer, all classes suffer also. We must
farm better. We must aim to make our
land cleaner every year. Weeds are the
most oppressive tax we have. We cannot
get rid of them at once.
Keep fighting and especially should
it be recollected that we must do thoro-
ugh work as far as VIC go. If not entirely
dead they will grow again, and we lose
what work we have performed, "Killing
weeds enriches the soil" This is the key
note to good farming. Most of our soils
abound in latent plant-food. Stirring the
soil and exposing it to the atmosphere ia
vors decomposition. and renders the plant
food available in other words, makes the
land rich. The fall of the year is the
best time to do much of this work and
the earlier we can get at it the better.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-02-15
Hints to Farmers.

The following hints to the farming com.
.n,unity deserve a place in "what l know
about farming :"
The proper time to pull hemp is any
Friday that a good judge may select.
The time to put in rye is early in the
morning. Some husbandmen, especially
those in the city, continue to run it in OF
intervals of half an hour and until bed.
time. The practice is only allowable in
case of dry season.
Corn in the ear is apt to effect the hear
ing. If eaten green, it will make the
voice husky. When delt out as army ra.
tions, the kernel should always be served
first, and then the men privately.
70 another correspondent, who wants
us to suggest a good drain on a farm, VIC
would say a heavy mortgage at ten per
cent. will drain it about as rapidly as any
thing VIC know of.
In sowing your winter apple jack, a
horse-rake will be found preferable to a
st~cp-ladder. Stepladders are liable to
break up. and are hardly palatable unless
boiled with sugar.
In cuttiyg down Lemlock trees for can
ming, select only tie largest. Don't throw
away the chips, as they make fine parlor
ornaments encased in rustic frames.
A pick-axe should never be used in
picking apples. 1t has a tendency to
break down the vines and injure the
hives.