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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
Hiats.fer the Neasse.

Carrot, turnip and beet tops are rarely of much
value for feeding purposes. They decay SO rap
idly that very incOnsiderable advantages result
from saving them. The better way, perhaps, is
to apply them in compost. When thrown into
close and compact heaps, with qucklme, wood
ashes, salt, forest scrapings, muck, pond mud
aud mould, and covered with . mixture of gyp-
sum, it dscomposes rapidly, ard soon becomes
resolved into 6 fine substance admirably adapted
to act rs aliment to most crops. There are also
many vegetable matters, which may be turned
to valuable account in this way that are of no
particular use for any other purpose.
To preserve cabbage throughout the winter
season, they must be set in the soil, Just dirt
enough being thrown around them to cover the
roots. Other vegetables, such as beets, carrots,
parsnps, vegetable oysters, ETC., may be preserv-
ed in boxes filled with soil. Onions require
dry and cool place, but not exposed to frost.
Pumpkins ard squlshes may be well preserved
in any place tolerably dry and warm. Dried
pumpkins, sqashes and apples should have dry
place, as should all other dried fruts.-Cor. Ger
mdRtoWa TeleQraph
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
whs Sent Them.

Old mother Benner was pious, but poor. In
the midst of her extreme want, her trust and
confidence was put in God.
1t was late one chilly night in the autumn of
the year, when two rather wild young men were
passing her cottage oil their way home. One of
them had under his arm some lOaves of bread
which he had purchased at the village store. A
faint light shOne from mother Benners easement.
Said the one who had the lOaves to his cOmpan-
ion:
"Let MS have some fun with the old woman~
agreed" said the other.
They approached the window, and peeping in,
they saw the old woman upon her knees by the
hearth, where few embeTs were Wondering in
the ashes. She was engaged in prayer. They
They listened, and heard her offer an honest pc
tion for bread. She was utterly destitute of
bread.
In furtheranee of their fun, one Of them with
the loaves climbed sCftly up the roof of the cot
tage and dropped one loaf after another down
the chimney. As the loaves of bread rolled down
on the hearth, they caught the old ladys eye,
aud in the fullDess of her heart she exclaimed:
"Thsnk the Lord; bless the Lord for his boun-
ty."
"But the Lord didn't send them" shouted the
voice above from the chimney.
ayes, he did, said she undauntedly; 4" the Lord
sent them and the Devil brought them"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

HDannel Webster" remarked OLD Col. Gumpey,
as he trimmed quid of niger head and fasten-
ed it securely between two decayed teeth in the
left side of his mouth, "Dannel Webster was q
great man. Want nothin' mean about him.
I've hearn him talk, but 'twan't his talk much
rs his generosity that tuck me. He had a kinder
8 careless way like, that kept him from gittin'
rich. He never seemed to think what things
cost. ] was comm up the Hudson river along
with him once, and in the mornin' Dannel Web
ster and me washin' our faces and slickin'
out our hair in the cabin, and he took out tooth
brush and brushed his teeth. didn't see no
And after l used it, handed it back to him,
and what do you thinkf Why, Dannel Webster
just slung the toothbrush right into the river.
And s'pose next day he went and bought him a
new one. That's all he cared about money !
There amt no such men as Dannel Webster Twin
now" concluded the Colonel, meditatively, as he
spirited a stream of tobacco juice into the fire.
place at the other end of the room.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
A aure Cure for Roils.

DIR. Simon, physician of Lorraine, states that,
as soon as the characteristic eliminating point
of a boil makes its appearance, be puts in a
saucer thimbleful of camphorated alcohol, and
dipping the end of his middle-fnger with the
liquid, rubs the inhamed surface, especially the
central portion, repeating the operation eight or
ten times, continuing the rubbing at each time
for about half a minute. He then allows the
surface to dry, placing slight coating of cam
phorated olive oil over the nfiamed surface He
states that one such application will, in almost
all cases, cause boils to dry up and disappear.
The application should be made at morning,
noon, and in the evening. He AYERS that the
same treatment will cnre whitlows, and all in
juries of tips of the fingers As soou as pain and
reflness appear, the fingers should be soaked for
ten minutes in camphorated sweet oil. The re-
lief is said to he Immediate, and three appica-
tions are generally enough to effect a cure.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

To SALT Down PORx-Cover the bottom of
the barrel with common salt inch deep.
Then pack tight in layers, having half an inch Of
salt between all the layers. In each layer have
large Jumps of salt, 50 that the brine can circu-
late, from the remaining undiss0lved salt. A
barrel of pork will require busbel Of coarse and
fine salt. Pack the rind next to the barrel and
leave out lean and blOedy pieces for sausages.
IL white scum and bloody matter rises, scald the
brine and add more salt. Put board with a
stone ON it on the top layer to keep it under the
brine. Never let any of the pork be out of the
brine. The pork is not ready to use under six
weeks.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

For more than thirty years dingy little shop,
on the busy Strand, near Covent Garden, in Lon
don. bore above its door the name of Thomas
Hailes Lacy: The shop, repository for rheatri-
eai pubilcatlons and pictures, possessed attrac-
lions although it was dinpy and small, and the
sidewalk before its windows was generally throng-
ed with idlers, who found amusement. missing
elsewhere, in its pictures of theatrical persons
actors from Garrick to Blackstone, costumed as
Hamlet or Ion or Cousin Joe. Mr.. Lacy enjoyed
Tor many years almost a monopoly in his trade,
and his reputation as a seller of play books was
established throughout England, America, and
Australia He achieved large fortune, and
about a year ago or less he sold his shop and H.
brary to New York publisher, and retired from
business. His death, at an advanced age, is just
announced.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A CURE FOR CoUGH IN HORsEs.-If your horse
is troubled with a congh. make him q dose of
smart weed tea. Shonld this not relieve him,
continue giving it until the cough ceases. This
smart weed is valuable herb and should be
gathered in large quantities, and carefully cnred
for family use by every one who has the means
of doing So. 1t abOunds in most places, having
the wash of the high ways and is much sought
for by the dyers of cotton and woollen goods, it
being to them what sumach ("skoemake') is to
the morocco dresser. When wanted during win
ter, and there is none to be had elsewhere, ap
plication to dyeing establishments will generally
insure a supply.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

CIDER viSEaAR.-We have often been surpris-
ed at the great haste exhibited by many c:,inard-
lists TO dispose of their cider as soon as it comes
non. 80: no inr,i, when there is no product of the
farm that increases in value with age as cider
In the fall of 1870 We bought barrel of cider for
three dollars and put it into dry cellar with the
hung open.
There it lay year, and on examining it, it
proved to be good vinegar, and We sold it to o
trader for ten dollars. Here was net profit of
more than three hundred per cent. Hundreds
of barrels of cider were sold from the town that
year at ten cents per gallon, all Of which would
have sold readily in year at thirty cents per
gallon.-Maine Farmer.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

GETTING Our OF BED.-Dr. Hall says il is a
great mistake for persons, old or young, to bounce
out OF bed the moment they awake in the morn
ing; that this will certainly result in WEAKNESS
long before noon but that fifteen minutes spent
in gradually waking mp and stretching and turn
ing over tend to restore the circulation, which
prevent the sudden shock which would result
from immediate rising. This is certainly more
eonsonant with our feelings than he maxim of
the Iron Duke" that "when one turns in bed
il is time TO turn outr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

CUTTING CORN STALKs.-On our western farms
the corn usually makes 50 strong q growth of
stalk that, unless it is cut mp in the fall, it is
great hindrance about blowing in the spring,
and farmers often make use of q corn cutter or
the ground. Now, farmers have plan which is
much more speedy. They take pole twenty or
twenty-five feet lnng, as heavy IS one would
want to carry, and having cut q notch around
each end, attach chain with q single-tree to il,
and then hitch horse to each of the singletrees,
and put q boy on each horse and start them ont
into the stalk field when the ground is frozen
hard. and they will make short work of prepar-
ing the ground for the pillow.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

jim H., ont West, tells good yarn about a
@shell-bark lawyer" His client was up on two
small charges, i" frivolous charges" as shel-ba
designated them, (forging a note of hand and
stealing horse.) On running his eye over the
jury be didn't like their looks SO he prepared an
sfdsvitfor continuance, setting forth the absence
of principal witness. He read it in whisper
TO the prisoner who, shaking his head, said
esquire, l can't swear to that dokyment"
"Wbyp Kase hit hain't true" Old shell in
fiated and exploded loud enough to be heard
throughout the room. "What! forge a note an
can't swear TO a lie. Hang such internal FOOLS"
And he immediately left the conscientious one to
his fate
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

The agony occasioned by the kitchen question
10 sfnklngly shown in the burst of insane joy
win which Chicago gentleman Describes the
family cook. He observes that few can boast of
such appalling ignorance. And she ia really an
excellent cook. She fries the cncnmbers to an
excellent brown. she economically scrambles
eggs, shells and all, she bnils the mutton chops
TO turn in the tea kettle. she steams the pota
toes by holding them, one by one, on fork at
the spout OF the same. And she has been IN this
country only three months. and asks only 81
week: mo consideration short of q foreign mis-
SION, saws this merry head of suffering family.
could induce us to part with herr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
0mr Strip gnok.
LOVE IN AUTUMN.


An day. with measured stroke. Ibear
From threshing foorz. the busy taui
And In the fields Of stubble near,
lncessant pipe the speckled quail
An gclden ripe the spples glow
Among the orchards russell leaves
Southwark the tvittering swallows 60
Tnst sung all Summer meath the Caves
Across the far horizons line
The slender Autumn mists are dravni
The grapes are purple on the vine;
The sunnower shines upon the isvn-
And. stretched sth wart the burning sky.
The spiders threads Of silver white,
Like Melted vapors to the eye.
Hang quivering in the MONDAY hsht
A year ago to-day. we stood
Beneath the naples crimson glow,
That like . wateh-fre In the wood.
Cleaned 70 the following vale below.
Calm was the day. without q breath;
An aIpervading stiffness deep;
A calm that seemed the calm Of death
silence like 70 that Of sleep.
And only on the Hstrning ear.
Through the wide wood. the hollow SOUND
OF dropping nuts. and sweet and clear.
The spring that dubbed from the ground
Close at our feet the brook slid down.
Past tangled knots Of sedge and weed,
And under leaves Of gold and brow
To sparkle through the level mead
a lock OF hair; r1ng: nOuef-
The latter faded, old and ssrs;
Mute records Of that vanished hour.
Mementoes that my heart holds dear
Like one Who IN pensive dream.
Sees long lost friends around his bed,
l. gazing on these treasures. seem
To hold communion with the dead.
The whispered vow-the lingering kiss
The long embraces cheek to cheek
The silence that proclaimed our bliss
Beyond the power Of words to speak
All seem 30 near; then home we went.
Through meadows where the asttr grew,
While overhead the hues were blent
OF sunset with the melting blue
Oh, FIRE that paints the Autumn leaf
Oh! calm that knows no quickening breath
OH winds that strip the ungzrnered sheaf-
Ye are to me the types Of death!
All soon these groves shall lose their glow:
And yonder SUI his heat and glare;
And blasts that through December blow,
Shall leave the branches bleak and bare.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
Che fun If the Ching.
CKSARISM-

Strange spectre with the Roman nose!
Great buggabOO Of form gigantic!
Quaking at thy majestic pose,
The wild Bohemian Is frantic
Clouds darkeu his beEilhered brain,
And break In sh0wcTs If ink-hke rivers;
while-drenched from Florida 70 Maine
The great Republic sits and sbivers-
Spirit Of seveuty-SixI Dost see
This phantom from the yellow Ttoet,
Clntch with its fingers Rreedom's Troe-
Tear out the heart and rsnd the hbreI
Il there no wrinkle on thy brow,
Nor any ghortly hand 70 stay us!-
Or must this fulI-orbed Nation DOW
Rush backward into gsnerel chaos'
NeapvhIle-with hideous jest or joke,
This modern Cesar most "imper1ous'
Sits on his throne snd takes bis SMOKE
G. Washington is not sbis seriousi
Wake Freedoms siresi The sseptre sei1
Forth from the tyTant's fingers Tear !"
II not then throttle, II you please,
That Wild Bohemian In his garrett
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A KNOWING Fair exhibitor, who had taken half
a bed for the week at hotel, was determined to
have the best half if not the whole of it, and so
put spur on his heel before turning in at night
His unfortunate partner bore the inhiction as
long as he could, and at last roared ont: "Say
stranger, If yeu're gentleman, you ought to cut
your toe nails"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

The Gurnsey Jefersosiaa says that ''smsrt
weed is almost sure remedy in case of choiic.
steep and drink the same as any other herb tea.
In the next place il is worth IS per hundred for
stock of cattle, If il is cut and cursd when in
full bloom. Give an OK, COW or horse pound
per week during the time they are put up to hay,
aud it will keep their bowels and hides loose.
1t is an excellent physic. If horse has one
pound week, there is no danger of his having
the bolts, or worms of any kind, and they will
eat It sooner than they will the best of hay"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

CooL--The New York Star says, that many
kins was passing sentence a man condemned
to be hung and was exhorting him to repentance
in very pathetic terms, the culprit looked up TO
the gallery which was in considerable commo-
ton, and cried out with loud voice, "Silence in
the gallery cannot hear what the Judge says
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
DEACON HrSr was naturally a bieb tempere

DEACON HUNT was naturally high tempered
man, and used TO beat his oxen over the head as
all bis neighbOrs did. 1t was observed that when
he became Christian his cattle were remarkably
docile. Afriend inquired into the secret. "Why,"
said the deacon, formerly when my oxen were
a little contrary, few into passion and beat
them most numerically; this made the matter
60 behind the load and sing Old Hundredn
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

STRAMoNIUM, known also as jamestown (cor-
rnpted into iimsonl weed, is an effective remedy
Tor snake bites, and will cure them even some
days after they are inflicted The weed should
be applied in the form of poultice. In the alb
sence OF any other remedy. cauterizing the part
with live coal is good, especially for horses and
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09
EXAMINATIONS OF A CANDIDATE

Iuant 70 be a Granger
To be within the door
With Ceres and Pomona,
To stand upon the noor'
To be initiated
1 psslst, before 1 die!
And then I'll run for ofhce-
Oh! how Is that for hight
'Tis sweet to be a Granger,
And with the Changers stand;
A numpkin on my shoulder;
A cabbage In my handI
To dwell In Changers Heaven,
So lovely and 80 fair,
With straw all DER my visage,
And grass-seed in my hair.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

An Irish lass wrote to her lover, begging him
to send her some money, and added in the same
letter, by the way of postscript: al am so
ashamed Of the request that have made in this
letter, that sent after the postman to get it
back, but the servant could not overtake him."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

CHEAP Ice HoUsE.-Farmers who have been
without ice this summer sbould remember that
it eau be kept in . wooden shanty if surrounded
by eight or ten inches of sawdust, and protected
by light roof and a floor through which the
currents of air will not pass.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A RATHER amusing indication of the season
was given last Sunday, when one of the congre-
gation, on being nudged with the contribution
box, abruptly cried out: "Drop them melons,
blast We" Then he awOke, looked around, blush
ed, and scooted.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

The roof Of Westminster Abbey, which was
chestnut. Though il has stood for eight centn-
ries, it is still perfectly sound-a fact which
speaks well for chestnut timber as a building
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

"BEDAD, never was in a country before where
they had mnch land that they had to stack il, ,
is n remark Imputed to son of Ireland, after be
had inspected the numerous hills and mountain
ranges of New Hampshire.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

popular in the suburbs. 1t runs something as
follows: "Then pull mp the wicket and the stake;
and pnt up the mallet and ball; for no more GRO
quet II be played this year, it's getting too late
in the fall "
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

THERE is a woman down East so cleanly that
she rubs the dirt off the fre-wOOd before she put,
in the stove. Another woman tries to beat thi,
by pulling the growing beets ont every morning
and washing the dirt off them.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

"HAvE you any of them fip-fsps and cool
off" inquired an old lady of an sstonished dry
goods clerk in Savannah. After lengthy exam
fnstion, the terrified clerk finally discovered she
wanted n nalmetto fan.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

OVER the shop door of pork butcher in vii.
lsge in the eastern Counties of England may be
seeen signboard representing man in black
coat, brandiShing hatchet, with the inscription
John Smith kills pigs like his father"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

CERTAIN politician, who wouId fain be q
granger says that, if the sheep would escape the
wolves, they mnst unite in measures for their
own defense. That is, they must call in the helm
Of the dogs, one of whom he is which.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

"YER can't stuff that ere down this chicken -
from young lady in Indiana, meaning that she
did not credit her teachers statement tina: the
sun is larger than the earth.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A YOUNG man rode ten miles in a railway car
rage with young lady with the intention of
popping the question, bnt all he said was, at lie
"muchly." And there wasn't another word said
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A CONDUCTOR on the Boston and Lowell Rail-
road recently stopped an express train to allow
one of his lady passengers TO kiss female friend
standing on the platform of a station. Quite &C
commodatingi
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

WIDOWS who have lost two husbands the
only ladies who have, as yet, evinced much in
terest in the third term" question.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A coLroRTEUR in Kansas was told that 4this
ere recin hain't much on Bibles, hut il You want
to make money, bring ont a load Of shot-guns.-
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

A GALEsBrRG barber advertises himself as
s"professor of crinicultural abscission and cram
biological tripsis."
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

10 prevent the smoking of lamp, soak the
wick in vinegar and dry thoroughly before using
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1873-10-09

FIVE cords of green wood are as heavy as eight
Of dry.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-03-14

q. Stiles: think that by very high feed
ing you can make II COW almost worthless
for milk in the course Of three years. be-
lieve In feeding moderately.
A. X. Hovey: l do not call my method
high feeding. have practiced II for the
past twelve years and with good results. I
agree with Mr. Stiles that it is possible to
feed high enough to inurc cows for milk,
but we ARE not much troubled that way here.
The question WIS asked whether rs much
butter could he made 10y having cows come
in early rs later IN the senson.
A. r. Hovey answered; think more can
he made, as March and April weather is ia
vorablc to making cream rise, aud we have
the greatest quantity of milk during the first
Of the season.
NJ. j. RUSSELL Speaking Of injuring cows
by continuous high feed, once knew Of II
cow that was fed very high, aud MIXED con.
tinually for three years without any decrease
If milk.
AT the next meeting each member has n
subject Of his own selection.
X. RIsLEY, Secretary.