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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

eB-A little girl at school read thus:
"The widow lived on small limbacy, left
her by relative" "What do you call
the word ?" asked the teacher: "the word
is legacy, not limbacy." "But, Miss
Johnson" said the little girl, {" Pa says
must say limb. not leg. lll
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

EB-A little 81 RI, when her fathers table
was honored with the presence of an es-
teemed friend, began talking very earnest
ly at the frs. pause in the conversation.
Her father checked her rather sharply, say
ing, "Why is it that you always talk SO
much ~ "tause I've dot somesin to say"
was the innocent reply.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

GB-"I say, Jim, what is the difference
between the commencement and the be-
ginning of anything?"
81 don't know" said Jim, "what is
itP"
"There amt any," was the reply.
81 see," replied Jim. "Now you tell
me this: A mule was on one side of river
and some hay on the other, and the mule
wanted to get at the hay without wetting
his feet. How did he do it ?''
al don't know" said Jones 81 give it
up"
$50 did the other MULE" said Jim.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

"Would You take the last cent person
has for drink of soda water9'' asked
youth. Yes" responded the unthinking
proprietor whereupon the hopeful pulled
out the cent and got the drink, a2
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

eB-" believe you can cure moth
ing, less it be bacon" said an irascible in
dividual who was quarreling with physi-
clan. ''ln that case" said the doctor, "I
should be most successful with you as
patient.'' ''rfiF 'Ni iN
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

G8 Please your lordship's honor and
glory" replied Tom, 81 shot the hare by
accident" "By accident" remarked
Lord Kilskidderey. 81 was firing at a
bush, and the baste ran across my aim all
Of his own accord" "The gamekeeper
tells me different story" replied his lord
ship. "Och don't put your faith in what
that man says" said Tom Ryan, "when he
never cares about spalxin the truth, any
how He tould me t'other day yer lord
ship was not as fit to fill the seat of justice,
as a jackass % Gay, ay," exclaimed Lord
Kilsykiddery, " indeed and what did you
say?" "Please your lordship, said your
lordship was"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29

% AN exchange says that the correct
answer TO the gentleman who wrote the
song, "Why did ] marry9D would be,
Because you met awoman who was
first-class fool"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-29
C0rsO3Is stellar OIL
FOR
ILLUMINATING PURPOSES.

The proprietor OF this OIL has for several years
felt the necessity OF providing for, and presenting
to the public, as a substitute for the dangerous
compounds which are sent broadcast over the
country, an oil that Is SAFE and BRILLIANT,
rious and costly experiments, he has succeeded in
Substitute in ".CARsoN's STELLAR OIL" It
should be used by every family
lST, Because It is safe beyond a question. The
primary purpose in Incorporation of STELLAR
OIL has been to make 1t PERFECTLY SAFE,
thus insuring the lives and property Of those who
use it. .a
3D. Because 1t is the most BRILLIANT liquid H.
uminator now known.
Sd, Because II is more economical, in the long
run, than any OF the dangerous oils and fluids
now in too common use.
4TH. Because it Is intensely BRILLIANT, and
therefore economical, giving the greatest possi-
bic light at the least expenditure to the consum-
er Its present standard of SAFETY AND
BRILIIANCY win always be maintained, ,-for
upon this the proprietor depends for sustaining
the high reputation the STELLAR OIL now
enjoys.
To prevent the. .adulteration OF this with the ex-
pl0slVe compounds now known under the name OF
kerosene, &C., &C., II Is put up for family use in
stamped with the trade of the proprietor; It
cannot be tampered with between the manufac-
turer and consumer. Noneis genuine without the
TRADEMARK.
STELLAR OIL is sold only by weight, each can
containing five gallons OF six and a half pounds
each, thus securing TO every purchaser full meas.
ure. II s the duty and interest OF all dealers and
consumers OF Illuminating oil to use the STELLAR
OIL only, because 1t alone is known to be safe and
reliable. RI rf,fl
M All orders should be addressed to d
rd JARDEN az CO., NJ
WHOLESALE AGENTS,
aRn 1856 South Front Street,
161y Philadelphia.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
Manure for Strawberries.

A correspondent ofthe Gardeners Chroni-
Gle who has been very successful in raising
Strawberries for a number of wears from
the same bed, says: GA ticticiOus manure
of my own deyising having been very sue
cessfu with me, beg to preface the recipe
with some observations on cheap way of
obtaining a crop where labor is scarce.
cover the beds with straw at the beginning
ot winter and let the young runners KILL
and take the place of the old roots, where
by deep layer Of humus is formed, lust as
in old grass land and by the same process
But | had a failure one year, and the next
applied the dressing just referred to, and
the produce was such as | really believe
that II l could grow it accurately, would be
Incredible.
My composition is: one pound each Of
EPSON salts, Glauher's salt pearl ash and
carbonate of soda, and one-half pound of
lnuriate OF ammonia to sixty gallons OF
water. Last year used small quantities OF
chloride and phosphate lime and nitre, iu-
stead of the pearl ash /; but tried the two
in different parts of the bed this year, and
found no difference. | apply it as soon as
the plants show signs in growth in spring
watering them pretty freely without a hose,
three times at intervals of about week, so
as to finish before they come into flower:
and if the season be dry | find it absolutely
necessary to supply them with common
water afterward during their whole time of
growth, or their increased activity will very
quickly kill them.
independently of the quantity, strawber-
ries of equal size never saw grow separ-
ately-for by this plan the bed is, of course,
complete mat, and yet, last year, meas
ured specimen of Keen's seeding five
inches in circumference, and that toward
the end of the season; and during the
whole time of bearing, | could at any time,
gather plate full fit for exhibition.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
VOLUME ~.
The Pea Crop.

For some years | have practiced sowing
a crop of pess-usualy from two to four
acres, as food for the pigs in the fall. There
is no better food for fattening hogs than
peas, and il one has small crop even, he
can pen up the pigs early in the fall and get
them half fat before corn is fit to feed. Be-
sides, peas make hrmer pork than old corn.
My plan is to SOW the Canada peas; the
seed is for sale in all the markets. The
term Canada peas is not the true name of
the variety, but indicates that it grows in
that country where it is free from the
weevil, or pea bug, and is good seed The
variety is | think, the blue eyed marrowfat.
The stock gets so buggy after one season,
when grown this side of the lakes, that it
is nearly worthless for seed, though its
value for feeding is not affected. | usually
sow three bushels of peas and one hu ,hel
OF oats per acre, broadcast, and cover with
gang plough. The oats hold up the pea
vines, and more pods ripen, and the gather
ing is easier When ripe, the pea vines are
hooked into heaps with scythes, and after
drying little, part of them stacked and
fed out without threshing, and part drawn
to the barn and threshed for grinding with
corn. Corn and pea meal makes, in my
opinion, the very best food to fatten hogs
with.
Peas keep the ground very clean, and
leave 1t loose, and in good condition to sow
wheat after. | once let the pigs go in and
harvest an acre of peas which were sown
in young orchard. The hogs, not being
rung, rooted up the soil very thoroughly,
which helped the trees, but it was waste
tul method of harvesting the crop, and not
to be recommended. The most profit is
obtained when the peas are threshed and
ground. Unless fed with the vines they
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Handling and Docility of Farm Stock.

Several classes of animals are natural and
necessary servants of man in his efforts to
cultivate and tertiliZe the earth; and it is
desirable that they should be rendered as
valuable as possible. Constant and kindly
handling of horses and cattle familiarizes
them to the keeper, whereby they become
far more gentle and tractabe; and the
keepers come to understand their wants,
diseases, and peculiaritieS, and learn hoS
successfully to treat and provide for them
all thus reducing the management Of stock
to a pleasant science, largely increasing the
intellectual pleasure of operator, and rem
dering the whole business far more profit
able and pleasant, by aking the manager
better acquainted with all the resources at
his command, and his animals better dis
Ciplned for the various services required
OF them.
From numerous European authorities and
experiments OF intelligent American farm
eros With my own experience and obServa-
tiOnS, | am fully assured that systematic
handling and feeding all the stock on farm,
with regular rotation and cropping in the
laanner known as green soling, is largely
more profitable and delightful than other
mode pursued by farmers, besides being far
more humanizing-ius more real dig
nifty of character and sentiment; and what
ever ttNtLOptS tue luNeleCludl dcJlRiLltS,
elevates the tone and temper of all or any
of the industrial classes, and promotes
their higher happiness, is desirable, and
should be enCOura gpd.
Thus knowing his animals more fully the
keeper will appreciate and treat them more
nationally and kindly, which will result in
higher humdnlZing effects, rendering the
animals better servants and the keepers
better men. But to secure this desirable
result, all stock must be often and familiar
Iy handled and led with halters while Young
colts and calves; and if all be done kindly
and without anger, they will be as dociIe
and readily approached at all times As dogs
and cats at the house. But farmers will
not be likely to take the pains to do this
without they adopt a steady aud regular
system which will lead to it as an essential
part of their operations on the farm.
10 render this system as pleasant and
profitable as possible, rotation of crops and
raising OF roots will be required, which will
result in keeping up' the land to the high
est point and prevent exhaustion, in secnr
ing much greater bulk and value of product,
and sustaining much larger number Of
animals upon given quantity of land.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
Over-Work.

Mr.. J. Edgar Thompson, President of
the Pennsylvania Central Railroad, sailed
for Europe the other day, for a little rest.
though not before threatened softening of
the brain, nor before grave doubts among
his friends of his recovery Col. Thomas
A. Scott, Vice-President of the Company,
has been ordered by his physicians, it is
said, to abate his labors, if he would live.
The second Vice-President of the Road
has been sent to an Insane Asylum, his
faculties having become impaired by the
severe strain upon them, and the absence
of all relaxation. Other employees of the
gigantic Company are represented as worn
out by constant toll. A more forcible COM
mentary on our national tendency to over
work could not well be made Over-anxi-
ETY. and overriding are the physical and
mental curse Of our people. We have
never yet learned moderation in labor, or
how to take rest. We die of exhaustion
and old age at forty-fve and fifty, while
Europeans are considered in their prime
some years later. We certainly pay high
price for our material progress. for our
rapid advancement-too high, it would
seem, sometimes. N. Y. Tribune.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20

A singular case of railroad obstruction,
and one tor which no remedy is provided
by the statutes, occurred few evenings
since on the Valley road in Greene coun-
ty. Conductor Livingston's train when
about thee miles this side of Grand
junction, in passing through some low
country and near pond, ran into an i'm
mense flock of swan, brandt, geese and
other wild fowl. The birds were lust
about to alight on the track as the train
drew near. Their number was so great
that the sky was filled with them, and
those above pressing down on the lower
strata forced them to alight on the car
tops The engine tender and cars were
covered with the fowls, and some even
clung to the bars of the cowcatcher. One
stately swan had a wing injured in the
crush, and found resting place on the
headlight, from whence he was taken by
the engineer. The bird, however, man
aged to escape from custody, near Perry,
and jumping from the tender where he
had been tied, disappeared in the grass.
The raid continued several minutes. quite
number OF the aerial army being run
over by the train, and some half dozen
being captured by passengers and train
men. AS soon as the birds on the top OF
the flock began to understand the situa-
ton they scared away, followed by the
entire convey. Livingston says it was the
biggest crowd of dead-heads that ever
tried to board his train. Des Moines
Uowa) Register.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
New Mode of Grating.

Will state an experiment that nroved
snc.eS>fnl with me this snrjng in urattiny a
r,.,r tree of nrettv Iaroa sile and which |
none viii pravp useful in orattiny laroe
Trees without so much exnen.e and time as
L generally necessary
usa = kuita b},ia half an inch broad
with which make a stah oblinnelv into
fine side ofa l,rra limb or hodv of tEe tree
fbe knife making a sharp anole with the
Tree. nassino into the wood and hatwaen tho
wood and bark as near AS | can. so that
when the knife is nushed in as far as ,ln-
stan. ills hid bv the bark ahout an inch and
y 1part4rand the harE vrrv littla hrnl,an
cent in a very l.r(,e tree The nraft il 40
ebarnauaa that If Gins IN ,ybt,ra 49,, l,;f,
came ont, and inst fits with the slone mostly
,n the sfd. n4yt ia the trp4 The cnt haina
nhInne. 1hp nrrnendicular fibre of hart
minds thA praft tioht Tha inner harl
nf tha tre4 and or,ft has abundant onnor-
tuuity to unite all along the slouin1 side
Of the craft and next tb,. wood Of the tra..
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
At Rest.

Dear hands. dear patient hands.
That all life's tasks performed so we'll;
What hours of toll each joint could tell;
Yes, yes, God knows they did their best
Even 10 the last; then peaceful rest
Dear patient hands!
Poor feet, poor weary feet.
Whose pilgrimage on earth is o'er;
How glad to reach that other shore;
For dark and rugged here the way,
From life's sad morn, till close of day
Poor weary teet
Dear heart, dear silent heart!
Der burdened with thy weight of woe,
The which the world could never know
flushed is the very stifled sigh,
Each untold wish, each bitter cry
Dear silent heart.
'Tis well; oh yes tits well.
Each feature tells of sweet repose;
And so the loving eyes | close,
A smile bespeaks a work well done,
A prize now gained, victory Won
And then at rest.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
A Story About Daniel Drew.


| The "Elitor's Drawer" in the June
Dumber u IIarprr's Magazine has this
story
Apropos ct Mr.. Daniel Drew's contract
| with Duncan, Sherman x Go. to deliver
to them five millions OF dollars of Erie
/ stock durns tho. wear 1872 At -. we have
this anecdote of that eminent speeulator
Not long since hemeta a Methodist cIeygy-
man IN New Jersey. and having rather a
fancy for him. asked him if he wouldn't
| like to make a liltlcmouev. The minister
replied that ne never sperulated nor ram-
bled in stocks, but believed it to be right;
besides, he was only worth some fifteen
thousand dollars, and could not afford to
peril it. MIR. Drew, alter some furthet
| chat. said hecould suggest sometime that
would he perfectly legitimate, and pro-
posed. If the pars5n would act upon his
Succession. to guarantee him against loss.
while the prospect fora handsome profit
was quite PROMISING. The ARRANGEMENT
was accordingly made. Some weeks later
the divine came over tu New York and
called Al Mr.. Drew's Office to ascertain the
result.
"WeU s. said IrurIa Daniel utha fact
is. that thing told vonabout has busted
but | promised to guarantee YOU against
loss. and will keen INV promise"
So figuring up the amount invested.
with simple interest, Mr.. Drew handed
over a check. and the pastor congratulated
himself upon the result.
.But." said hp-anI here is where
Drew, told one OF my elders what YOU
had agreed to do with me- and he went
and bought little stock"
Did he >" said Uncle Daniel "Why,
how sorry | ann! I'm aleered he has lost
some money"
YES" continued the good man, ''and
he told another of the trustees, and he
went and bought some"
You don't tell me-"
''Yes, Mr.. Drew; and the brethren
thought it was so good OF you to give mo
y pint that they all went and bought"
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
Indian Salmon Fishery in the Klamath.

In catching salmon they employ prnci-
paIly nets, woven of tine roots or grass
which are stretched across cddics in the
klamath-alWayS with the mouth down
stream Where there is not natural eddy,
they sometimes create one by throwing
out rude wing dam. They select cddies.
because il is there that the salmon congrr-
gate to rest themselves. AT the head of
the eddy they erect fishing booths over the
water. by planting slender poles i'm the
bottom of the river, and laShng others
over them, in Il light and artistic frame
work with Il ilOor Il few feet above the
water, and regular raiters overhead on
which brush wood is placed for u screen
against the sun and moon. In one of
these really picturesque booths an Indian
sleeps at night, with II string cading NJ
from tho net to his fingers, 50 Mat when
a salmon begins to tlounce in it he is awak-
ened. Sometimes the sting is attached to
an ingenious rattle trap of sticks or bones
Cor IL bell, nowadays), which will chnk or
clatter, and answer the same purpose
They also spear salmon from these booths
with u fish gig, furnished with moveahlc
barbs, which after entering the fish, spread
open and prevent the withdrawal OF the
instrument. Another mode they some
times employ is to stand on large bowl
der in the main current, where the sal
mon and the little skeggers shoot in to rest
in the eddy when ascending the stream,
whereupon they scoop them up in dip nets.
Again, they construct Il weir of willow
stakes nearly across the stream at the shall
lows, leaving only Il narrow chute, where
in is set funnel shaped trap of splnts,
with a funnel shaped entrance at the large
end. The salmon easily shoots into this,
but cannot return. BY all these methods
they capture an enormous quantity of fish.
William MGarvey says he has often seen
a ton of dried salmon hanging in the
smoky attic of cabin.
There are two runs of salmon in the
klamath, one in the spring and one in the
autumn, of which the former Is the better,
the fish being then smaller and sweeter.
The whites along the river compel the In
dams to open their wcirs q certain number
of days a week, during the spring run,
that they may participate in the catch.
TOverand Monthly for June.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20

CONTRIBUTIONS To BosToN. Millions of
dollars have been sent to Chicago since
the great fire. The generosity of the peo-
pie has been noble and prompt and has
excited admiration in Europe as well as
in the United States.
But it may not be well known to many
that about a century ago similar contribu-
tons were flowing into Boston. In l774,
the harbor of Boston was closed to all
commerce by the English ministry, be-
cause Of the destruction Of n cargo Of tea.
The city suffered greatly, but the whole
country sympathized, and gave help. Nir-
gina sent ten thousand bushels of grain.
Charleston, S. c., sent three hundred and
seventy-eight tierces of rice. Philadelphia
sent two thousand pounds, chiefly in mon
ey. New Hampshire, Vermont, Connect
cut, sent thousands of sheep, and many
fat cattle. From Maine, and from many
parts of Massachusetts, came liberal sup
plies OF wood.
Compared with the ability of the people,
the contributions were more generous
then than to Chicago, recently. The record
of the gifts, and OF Ito thanks returned by
the authorities Of Boston, is preserved in a
volume published by the Massachusetts
Historical Society.
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20

The Rev. Mr.. H had large family
of unruly boys, and one of them did some
thing very wrong, but as none of them
would confess it. he declared he would
whip them ALL and then he would be sure
to punish the real culprit. Lisping Jimmy,
the youngest, retired to corner and
grumbled. "What is that you say ?'
asked his father. 81 thaid' whimpered
Jimmy, "that thath jutht the way old
Herod did. He killed all the children that
he would be thure to kill Jethuth."
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20

Purchase your vaccine virus here"
says an apothecary window in New York,
"'our calf is a great deal sicker than that
of any other establishment"
The Republican journal., 1872-06-20
Catching Curculios.

writer in the Germantown Telegraph
says:
| have seen various methods for keeping
these insects off plum trees, but none so
simple, nor yet so etfectual, as the follow
ing Soak corn-cobs in sweetened water un-
til thoroughly saturated, then suspend them
TO the limbs of the trees little while after
blossoming, being sure to burn the cobs af-
ter the fruit ripens, as they will be found
full of young insects. good plan is to
change the cobs every few weeks. My theo-
ry is this, that the insects deposit their
eggs in the cobS in preference to doing so
in the young plums. The first season | tried
it upon one or two only, and in the summer
was rewarded by good crop ofas fine plums
as ever ripened, while those on the other
trees fell off when about half grown. Next
spring found sweetened corn -cobs dangling
from the limds of all my plum trees, and the
summer found them full of delicious fruit.
| have never known it to fail, and hope
every one who has plum tree will try it.
TANNING DOG SKINS. The following re-
cpe for tanning the skins of dogs, cats and
woodchucks has been used with good sue
cess salt the skin, roll up, and let it lie
four days when take and stretch on board,
and let it dry straight and smooth then take
an old shave, or something similar, and flesh
the skin clean; next, take salt and pulteriz-
ed alum, each one tablespoonful, dissolve
in warm water just enough to wet the mix
ture put it on the skin warm; roll it up
and let it lie from two to four weeks; then
partially dry and scrape it some; then take
sand-paper and rub till dry, when it will be
ready for use.
Whatever plan is pursued, the surface of
the barn yard should receive no water, save
that which falls directly upon it from the
clouds. Surface cutters should protect it
against the flow of water from other ground
and the roof should be supplied with cave
troughs, dscharging into cisterns or out
side of the yards.