St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-09-10

thank nee ! ORR llidl mere our SOULS.
Though amply hlrst,
Can never find although they seek
y perfect rest
Nor ever shall until they lean
On Jesus breast.
Value of a Milk Diet.
If any one wishes to grow tleshy. Il
pint of milk before retiring at night will
soon cover the >clawnic>t bones. AL
though nowadays We see Il great many
hcShN females. there. are many lean and
lamk ones. who sigh for the ta>hl"nahlt
measure "t plumpness. and VIII" would
bc vastly improved III health and APP
pcarancc could their figures he rounded
with good solid flesh. Nothing Is more
coveted 10y thin women than full Zig
urc. and nothing will 50 rouse the ire,
and provoke the scandal of one of those
..clipper builds" l> the consciousness OF
plumpncss III IL rival. In cases of fever
and summer complaints. milk Is given
with excellent results. The idea that
milk Is teVeri>h has exploited, and it Is
the hNSciamS great reliance in bringing
through typhoid patients, or those III
too low IL state To bc uouriShcd 10y food.
1t is Il mistake t" Scrimp the milk pitch
cr. Take more milk and less meat.
Look to Your milkman have one large
sized. well-tillcd milk pitcher on the
table each meal. and NoU Will have
sound flesh and light doctorS'S bills.
The degeneration of the Manchester
tacturo children is attributed 10y DIR.
Ferguson Ia the fact that. instead of
being brought up on milk. a> formerly.
they are now reared on tea and coffee
from the time they are wcancd, which
they imhihr NOT only in the morning.
hut often three times Il day. Dr. Fer
grIsom has found that. when fed on milk
twice Il day. feeble children between
thirteen and fifteen wears of age grow
nearly four times I> fast l> children fed
on tea on coffee. whose growth between
the Years mentioned does not exceed
-four pounds Il wear. whereas the chill
,lrcm fed on milk night and morning
GROW fifteen pounds Il year. At least
onc-half OF the BOYS III the mills. from
twelve to twenty years al age. either
smoke OF chew tobacco. or both and
this operates preiudIcially on their
growth. The Pacific.
Prof Wclch. agricultural editor of
the Chicago Times, alludimg t" the fact
that this year III consequence of the i'll
element spring, farming operations are
undulN cIoWdm" each other. SAYS: Tn
fortunately neither horses mon men are
i'll the best condition la work. Hot
weather came "n 81 suddenly that II
r,hlcmc>S in the system WAS produced.
l'.tI,,,,.,- hill. l,,,l th.
ditium oi their crops. must not he
ncglccttul of the health of themselves.
their hands. and their teams. The in
jury produced from woI king in the hot
season l. every Year very great. Cases
nt SiInStr"kc are more and more nulncr
Gus every season. Almost every farm
ing nci"hhnrhnod confirms persons of
broken down health who owe their sui
trringS to "vcr-work in the hay and
grain fields in July and August. 1t is
said that no people in the world toll
in the heat of the day" to the same eN-
tent hat Americans do. The r;i>,.S of
injury from the effects of heat are re
ported To hc greater than III countries
where the heat is much more "pprr>-
sivr. In India and most of the conn
tries in Southern Europe field Labor is
generally suspended ton about three
hours during the middle of the day in
summer. The people take THEN dinner
and their sleep or rest. ~ il begins Ia
grow cooler they Z" t" the field mNi""I-
ated. aud work the remainder of the
afternoon with rrd"uhlcd energy.
How To Srnr THE por>Tn Rnr.
The New London (Cnnu.l Telegram tells
OF Il plan pursued 10y Mr.. j. II. Jerome
at that cltN 10 prevent or stop the pota-
/" rot. every soon after the vines he
gin t" die and turn black the p"tatnr>
begin t" rot. and the sap flows back
int" the potato. carrying the poison
with il. Now pass over the hill AMI
with the vines between the feet. pail
them cutilclN up and throw them away &.
II any p"tar"c> come up with them
crowd them back into the earth and
leave them until time for digging. If
ANY doubt the result let them leave
every fu'I rows. Il row with the vines
untouched. Mr. Jerome SAYS the rows
from which the vines were, pulled Nicld-
ed nearly double IN quantity and quality
that those untouched ,lIl. If this pro
cess proves To Ice the one thing nrcdtul
tn save the potato crop. il is invaluahlc
and Nj. ,jcrunIc l. indcc,l fortunate III
having discovered it. and. ;,S large re
wards have been offered for such Il
remedy certainly our Mr.. jerome should
he the one To receive it. and we trust
those no will profit 10y it will not i"r
get what l. due him.
There l. Il bee hive ON the eastern
slope ot the san Fernando range in Los
Angeles county which men have tried
several times to capture and have often
failed. 1t is in rift which prmetIateS
the rock to Il depth of 100 feet. The
opening is ~ feet long Il feet wide.
with two passages. The bees come and
90 in solid column about one foot in
diameter. Efforts have been made to
descend to the store of honey in the
rock. but the men were invariably driN-
en- back. and one man lost his life The
hive has been known four Years. and
it is estimated that there cannot he
less than eight or ten tons of honey
i'll il.
An Era in ass-Making.
VI. de lat BasticS invention marks Il
Il; H. I 4.