Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-31
Progre.. in f,1nce Edwnrd,s IsInnd,

The Islander, published in the province above
named, has just reached the end of its thirtieth
year, and referring to that fact, thus calls at
tention to some of the changes time has wrought
there as well as elsewherei
"The population was then 1904 census of
1S41). 1t is now 94021 census of 1871. The
revenue of the year 1871 was S31 ,34O. The
revenue of the year 1871 was S302,S52 Postal
communication with the island was then very
unsatisfactory. St. John and Halifax were to
us distant cities. No railroads existed in the
maritime provinces, ands the electric telegraph
was not used. Now, thanks to railroads ana
steamboats,, three days in the week, during the
summer months, we may receive the newspapers
of ST. John and Halifax published on the morn
ings of these days, and by the aid OF that most
mysterious agent, the electric telegraph, may
hold converse not only with all the more lmpOr-
tant parts of North America, but with the most
remote cities OF Europe and of Asa--the time
occupied in the transmission of our ideas being
computed not by MONTHS or weeks, or days, but
by seconds. Then the citizensof Charlottetown
nightly CROPPED their way in utter darkness
through the streets Now they have at least
the advantage Of gas light. Then the
idea of a railroad had not entered the brain
of any man. Now, railroad stretching from
one end of the island TO the other, hastens to-
ward completion. Then we had no colonial
building The house of assembly met in the
legislative council in the little chamber recently
used as the post office. Now we have at least
two capaciOus public buildings, erected at a cost
of upwards of 100000, in which are the halls of
legislature, the law courts, the post office, and
other public departments. Then there were no
banking institutions in the colony. Now we
have no less than five banks. Then moving
machines and horse rakes were unknown TO our
farmers, and hay and grain were cut with
scythes, cradles and Sickles, and raked with
hand rakeS, Now moving machines and horse
rakes are to be seen in every settlement, and
with them one man does as much work, as
without them, could be done by ten. Then
the dye pot was a seat of honor at the fire side
of many a farm house; and fulling frolics
were in vogue. Now the dye pot and the
fulling frolic have passed away ands the spin
ming of the wool, the weaving of the yarn,
and the dying and dressing OF the cloth are
done by machinery. Then, the executive gov
crnment of this island was vested in the lieu
tenant governor, who was assisted by a council
composed of gentlemen appointed BY the crown,
who held office Independent of the local par
lament, to whom they were in no degree re-
sponsible. Now, the government OF the colony
is in the hands of the people, and the principle
OF parliamentary responsibility is fully recUg-
nl5ed. he the escheat and quit rent agitators
were active throughout the island. Now, we
hear nothing of escheat or quit rents. Then,
but 81 1862 acres of land were held in fee simple
by them, under this tenure, exceeds 100000
Then engines for digging and lifting mussel
mud were unknown, and the use of this vaua-
BILE manure was limited to few tons taken up
at low water with forks; now the census tell
that we have upwards of $4,000 acres covered
with Shell manure and more than 400 mud
dggers are owned on the island. The engines
take up annually hundreds Of thousands of
tons Of Shell manure from the extinct oyster
beds which are found at the bottom of our
| rivers and bays. st John (N. b. Telegraph.
How TO FATTEN CHICKENs.-It is hopeless
10 attempt to fatten chickens while they are at
liberty. They must be put in proper coop;
and this, like most other poultry appurtenances,
need not be expensive. 70 fatten u fowls, a
coop may be three feet long, IS inches high, and
| Is inches deep, made entirely of bars No part
| Solid-nether top, sides nor bottom. Discretion
must be used, according TO the size of the chick
| ems put up. They do not want room; indeed,
| the closer they are the better-providcd they
can all stand up at the same time. Care must
| be taken to put up such as have been aCCuS-
toned to be together, or they will fight. If one
is quarrelSome, it is better to remove il at once,
| as, like other bad examples it soon finds imita-
| tors. A diseased chicken should not be put up,
| The food should be ground oats; and may
| either be put up in a trough or on a fiat board
| running along the front Of the coop. 1t may be
| mixed with wafer or milk-the latter is the
| better. 1t should be well soaked forming q
| pulp as loose as can be, provided it does not
run off the board. They must be well fed
three or four times day-the first time as soon
after daybreak as may be possible OF
| convenient, and then at intervals of four
| hours. Each meal should be as much as and
no more than they can eat up clean. When
| they have done feeding, the board should be
| wiped and some gravel may be spread. 1t
| causes them to feed and thrive. After fort.
night of this treatment you will have good fat
| fowls If, however, there are but FIVE or six to
be fatted they must not have as much room as
| though there were twelve. Nothing is easier
than TO allow them the proper space as it is
| only necessary to have two or three pieces OF
| wood to pass between the bars and form par
| tition. This may also serve when fowls are up
at different degrees Of fairness. This requires
attention, or fowls will not keep fat and healthy.
| As soon as the fowl is sufficiently fatted it
must be killed; otherwise it will not get fatter
but will lose flesh. Il fowls are intended for the
m arket, of course they are or may be all fatted
at once; but if for home consumption, it is
better to put them up at such intervals as will
suit the time when they will be required for the
| table. When the time arrives for killing,
whether they are meant for market or other
| wise, they should he tasted without food or
water for twelve or fifteen hours. This enables
them to be kept Tor some time after being
killed, even in hot weather.-BoStoR Journal OF
| Chemistry.