Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-11-14

In colors bright
The beauty of your forms.
How TO MAKE MONEY By FARMING.
Much labor is done on farms that Is
not farming in its true sense. By such
labor no money is ever made. a man
may support himself and family, keep
out of debt, and have few dollars IN
his pocket by practicing the most stln-
gent economy. If he is otherwise than
industrious and sober, he IS on the
down grade with loose brakes, and the
end is Soon reached.
But farming in its true sense IS a pro
fession equal in dignity to the law or
medicine, and needs equal study, men,
tai capacity, aud intelligently directed
labor to command success IN 1t. Inc
principles which underlie the practice
of the true farmer must be well under
stood, and steady, consistent course
of operations must be followed. Having
throughly learned the nature and capac-
itv ofthe soil he possesses, and chosen
the rotation most suitable, and the stock
to be most proftably kept on II, he
does not swerve from his chosen course,
but in good markets and bad raises his
regular crops, and keeps his land IN
regularly increasing fertility. No spec
ial cry TEMPS or atfrights him. lie does
not talk dairy this season and crops the
next. but doubtless, if any particular
product be in demand and drlngs a
GOOD price, he has some to sell and
reaps his share of the advantage. lie
saves as much money as some men
make, by care and economy in purchas-
ing and preserving tools, seeds, manures'
and machines, and his business habits
and constant readiness for all occasions
give him reasonable security against
the effects of adverse seasons and bad
weather. Always prepared, he is never
too late. and always calm, he Is never
too soon; and thus taking time by the
torelock, he has the stern old tyrant
at his command, and turns him at his
will. He has no losses, and his gains
are steady.-HearM and Home.
THIRTY SwIrzERLAND.-M. NJ. Fulton
in one of his European letters gives the
following in regard to the industry OF
the Swiss: On the whole route through
this agricultursl region the traveller is
impressed with the conviction that he
is among people who exhibit more IN
dustry ard thrift than can be found any
where else on the globe. The cottages
and farm houses are all brilliantly white
and surrounded by flower and vegeta-
BILE gardens, and wherever a grape vine
can grow there one is growing and
wherever a bed of flowers can improve
the aspect of their surroundings there
a bed of flowers is sure to be found
Around about theii houses and out
buildings everything looks as if just
swept up and put in order, and the
cabins of the railroad guards along the
line OF the road show a rivalry as to
which shall excel the other in floral dis
play Not an inch of ground is left I'M
cultivated down to the very edge OF the
track, and the fields were thronged
with men, women and children busy at
work harvesting. The COWS were har-
messed, or rather yoked to the wagons
ready to carry the hay to be stacked,
and the dog were working little tread
mills that propelled the dashers OF the
butter churns.
But these characteristics Of the coun-
try people are to be seen in the cities
ali over Switzerland. There is no
squallor or dirt anywhere. Every house
let it be ever so humble, is clean and
tidy, and plants and flowers are growing
in the windows. Every person or child
YOU meet is comfortably dressed, and in
all Switzerland we have as pet met but
one beggar, and he had wooden leg.
Look in at their kitchens or their yards
and everything is bright and in order
The whole country is overrun with
tourists during the summer, and there
is large sale of wood earrings and or
naments, as well as ofneedlework. They
however, have but one price, and will
not reduce a centime to effect sale.
In Italy the rule is to offer two thirds
of the asking price, with assurance that
it will be taken, but in Switzerland the
asking price is the only price.
FoR TIE LApIEs-Those dotted
handkerchiefs you see in the windows
are used for tying around hats, and are
mostly worn among school girls.
Soft crowned bonnets, with long
streamers of two inch ribbon at the
back, are a change from the short loops
of velvet of last season.
The double breasted polonaise is now
considered out of style-and the very
large buttons of last season have entirely
disappeared.
You ask how the front hair is to be
fixed when the back hair is worn droop-
ing on the neck. The front hair Is
combed back, rolled and descends on
each side of the fat behind and falls
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