Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-24
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ALDERNEY Cows.-Alderney is we'll known
for the breed of COWS which bears its name.
These are so called, probably, because the first
ones exported were from that island, although
now very few that are sold as Alderney COWS
are directly from there. Those Of that breed
actually exported from these islands are gen.
orally from Jersey, where the cattle are much
the same as those of Alderney-small, with
tapering heads, and of a delicate fawn color.
The Guernsey COW is esteemed by some even
more highly than the Alderney it is rather
larger, and more of a red, brindled in color:
The COWS are MIXED three times daily, and
the milk is churned without skimming; one
pound of butter day is by no means an un-
common yield for good COW. The COW cab
bage is made to reach size so large that the
leaves are used to wrap the butter in for mar
ket, while the stalks are vanished and armed
with ferrules, and extensively used at st.
Heller's for canes. The COWS are very care
fully coddled. The grass they feed on is
highly enriched by the vraic, species OF sea-
weed gathered from the reefs at low tide.
There are two vraic harvests appointed by the
government-one in the spring and the other
in August although it is gathered at other
times in small quantities. All hands turn
out in the season with boats and carts, fire.
quently at night, and it is very lively, pic.
turesque occupation, though often attended
with risk and loss of life from the overload
ing of boats or sudden rising of the tide. The
COWS are always tethered when feeding; they
eat less in this way, really giving more milk
than if glutted with food, and while they are
cropping the grass on one side Of field it has
time time to spring up on the other side.
When they have done eating, they are at
once removed from the sun into the shade.
The breed is preserved from intermixture with
other breeds by strong and arbitrary laws,
very carefully enforced. No cattle are al
lowed to enter the islands, except for slaug h.
ter, within a certain number of days, with the
exception of oxen for draught.
The APoPLEcTIc STRoKE-WHAT Pro
DUcEs Ir.-A middle.aged physician once
said to the writer, GAS was walking down
the street after dinner felt shock in the
back of my neck, as if some one had struck
me have not felt well since. fear | shall
die, Just as all my ancestors have, of paraly-
sis. What shall do?" The answer was:
Diminish the tension on the blood'vessels,
and there need be no fear of tearing them in
in a weak place." Now this expresses in
plain terms the exact cause Of apoplexy in
the majority of instances and it is one, too,
which every one has it in his power to pre-
vent.
A blood.vessel of the brain, from causes
which will presently be mentioned, has lost
some of its elastic strength food is abundant,
digestion is good blood is madein abundance,
but little is worked off by exercise; the ten
sion on every artery and vein is at maxi
mum rate the even circuitous flow is tempo.
porarily impeded at some point, throwing
dangerous pressure on another; the vessel
which has lost its elastic strength gives way,
blood is poured out, clot is formed, which, by
its pressure on the brain, produces complete
Inconsistencies. This is the apoplectic stroke.
It will be perceived that there are two lead.
ing conditions upon which the production OF
the stroke depends; a lessened strength IN the
vessel, and an increased tension on it-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
pie in this country are shamefully negligent
about answering letters. Nothing is more
annoying. In European countries it is re.
garded as the height of i'll breeding to allow
letter which needs reply to 60 unanswer'
ed, and so it ought to be considered here.
This is point on which parents should lay
great stress to their children. They should
be taught to consider it as rude not to reply
to letter which needs attention, as to hand a
fork with the prong end. The busiest people
are generally those who are the most exact in
this respect. The late Duke of Wellington,
who, it will be admitted, had good deal on
his hands at different times of his life, replied
to every letter, no matter from how humble
source. Once clergyman, who lived in a
distant part of the kingdom, wrote to his
grace, on whom neither ne nor his parish had
q shadow of claim, to beg for a subscription
to rebuild church. By return of mail came
back letter from the Duke to the effect that
he really could not see why in the world he
should have been applied to for such an OBJ
ject; but the parsou sold the letter as an au-
tograph for 95, and put the Duke down for
that amount among the subscribers.
AN EvENrFUL MoNrH.-The month of
April is an eventful one in the history Of the
United States. Four Presidents were born in
April eferson, Monroe, jackson and Grant.
Henry Clay, Washington Irving and Ste
phen A. Douglas were all born in April.
Two philosophers and electricians died in
April-Benjamin Franklin and Professor
Morse.
Two assassinations in April-Lincoln and
General Candy.
The battles of Lexington and Concord
opened the Revolution in April.
The Government of the United States was
organized in April by the Inauguration of
Washington, who was also elected in April.
In April, 1916, the city of Washington was
burned by the British. . 49,
The war between the States began in April
and closed in April.
Fort Sumter was bombarded in April;
Richmond was taken April Lee surrendered
in April johnson surrendered in April; JEFF
Davis was taken prisoner in April.
The first blood of the Mexican war was
shed in April, and the first paper in the United
States was published in April, 1904
The PAT1yNT ELEPHANr.-An elephantin
Calcutta had disease in his eyes, For three
days he had been completely blind. His
owner, an engineer officer, asked the doctor if
he could do any thing to relieve the poor ami
NAL. The doctor said he would try the nj
trate of silver, which was remedy common.
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