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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
A Word TO Men of all Parties.

If ever there was time when change
in our National administration was dcman-
dcd, that time is now. The best interests
of our country and the happiness and pros
pcrity of all the people, absolutely require
it. Good government is national bless
ing, and every man, be he high or low,
rich or poor, will profit by it and should
put forth his best efforts in the approach
ing election to secure it. 1t is perfectly
idle and an insult to reason and common
sense, for any man to say that we have had
a good government in this country for the
past ten years, or that the affairs of the Ma
tional administration have been honestly
or wisely conducted. We all know that
the present administration is corrupt to the
core and that its every step has been mark
ed by dishonesty and corruption. The
whole country and its entire people are now
suffering from the effects of a bad govern
ment, and the cry for change has gone
forth upon the wings of the morning and
the clamor for it will not cease until Sam'l
j. Tilden, who has proved himself to be
in favor of reform and retrenchment by his
acts, which speak louder than words, is
elected next President of the United States.
Until this is accomplished, we need not
look for better times or better govern
ment.- Frederick Uni0n
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
That Man Knows Most Eyerything-IIe
Does.

Owing, possibly, to ignorance, says
Sweet, of the San Antonio Herald, some of
our frontiersmen expect little too much
from the recently constructed Military
Frontier Telegraph Line.
Yesterday an old backwoodsman came
into Bingham's Photographic establish
ment, and said he hadn't much time to
waste, and wanted picture taken OF
"Bud," right off
Bingham looked all around the room,
but failing to perceive "Bud," he inquired
where the youth was, and was told he was
branding calves and running stock out
near Uyaide.
"But can't take his photograph unless
he is here" fairly howlcd Bingham.
"Taint more than ninety miles from
here" explained the old man.
but he has got to be right here" shrek
ed Bingham. The old man was little
hard of hearing.
But the old Leather Stocking shook his
head, and said: bingham, you ought not
to joke an old man. l know don't have
to bring Bud in, cause the editor of tho
Oakville Tribune told me it wasn't noway
necessary, now that the Frontier Telegraph
Line was running within three hundred
yards of my house and that man knows
most everything does"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

The question as to whether Spring or Fall
is the better season for planting has been
much discussed, and the conclusion reach
cd has generally been that in Western New
York and similar climates one is about
as good as the other. My experience with
hardy fruit and deciduous ornamental trees
is in Fall. 1t is true that we have an oc-
casional severe Winter when Fall planted
trees suffer, but these are OF rare occur
renee.
Last Fall, quite late, after the hurry of
the season was all over, planted several
hundred dwarf pear trees. After planting,
the earth was drawn up around the base,
say six or moro inches above the level of
the ground, to give protection to the roots
and stiflcn the tree against the force
of the wind. May 90, had the earth
around the trees removed to the ground
level, and find vigorous new roots, three
to five inches in length, spreading in all
directions from the ounce stock The
tops are also pushing rapidly, and in the
whole planting of 300 trees there is not
failure.
1t is easy to see what advantages these
trees have over those planted this spring,
even under the most favorable circumstan
ces-for the latter. In spring it uftens
happens that long period of cold weather
and dry winds follow the planting, and
the trees got seriously dried before the
growing season opens, or dry and warm
period comes before the roots have acquir-
ed vigor enough to sustain the tree;
under such adverse influence they either
die or linger along ieebly all Summer.
We must take some risk in planting at
any season, but, on the whole, think the
chances arc in favor of the Fall for hardy
deciduous trees,-P. Barry, IN american
Parnl IO1ue
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
Amounting with Cocoa Butter for Scarlet
Fever.

Upon the rccommendationof Scheeman,
the amounting of the body with fat has been
extensively practised in Germany during
the past ten years, with the view of lower
ing the temperature and fastening the des-
quamation. DR.. Bayles suggests, in this
connection, the employment ofcocoa butter
as producing more cooling and refreshing
effect upon the patient, and emitting a
more agreeable odor in the sick chamber.
This agent on account of its solid consis-
tence, is more readily applied than either
fat or oil, and is more easily absorbed by
the skin. Furthermore, it is thought to
afford the system certain amount of nour-
ishment.
In severe fcvers, the entire surface of the
body should berubbed with this substance
every hour, or at least once every four
hours. Its application is also rccommen-
ded in typhoid fever, in cases were the
patients manifest the dread of water, or
where the application of water is impos-
sible; likewise in other inflammatory dis
eases, especially the sevorer forms of in
aflmmatory rheumatism and tuberculosis.
Herald Of Health.
Some years ago an acquaintance of ours
had several children very sick with scarlet
fever. After their recovery he commune
Gated his receipt, which was published at
the time in this paper; he had kept his
little patients well anointed with the rind
of smoked hams. He believed his treat
ment to have saved his children and we re-
member to have received at the time IL
number of letters from persons who had
practiscd the method after our publication,
commencing the ham remedy as important
to the COMMUNICATIONS Scientific Amer
lean.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
A Sharp Trick.

The other day rustic individual came
to London by train to witness the recep-
ton of the Prince of Wales. A man who
had come in the same third class carriage
with him admonished this rustic, when
don station, that he should be very careful
of his money, as many thieves would be in
the crowd. "Oh," said the rustic, "po-
body'll get my money; | have only one
pound, and l mean to keep that in my
mouth" This remark was overheard by
one of our small but clever street boys,
who watched his opportunity, and when
the honest countrymcn had got few hun
dred yards on his way, suddenly scattered
few pennies on the ground before him,
and began to pick them up again, crying
to the rustic as he did so, "You gimme
that sovrin /" The rustic looked bewil-
dered "You gimme that sovrin," shout
ed the small boy. 81 seen you pick it up
and put it in yer mouth" A crowd began
to collect, and asked the boy what was the
matter. "Why," cried tine little rogue, 81
was agoin long with one pun sixpence in
my hand, carrying it to my mother, N
somebody run agin me and knocked it
all on the ground n this man took up the
sovrin' an seen him put it in lis mouth"
The astounded rustic attempted to ex-
plain, but his voice was thick something
plainly was in his mouth, and an honest
British public forced him to disgorge.-
The poor rustic was glad to get off with
out his pound and with whole bones; the
boy went off with the gold in his pocket,
and the honest British public distributed
ITSELF each member thereof satisfied that
scoundrcl had been defeated in his at
tempts to rob small boy engaged in f.
Tally supporting his aged mother
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
Nails by the Penny.

The origin of the terms "G penny 40
penny" ETC., as applied to nails, though
not commonly known, is involved in no
mystery whatever. Mills have been made
a certain number of pounds to the 1000 for
many years, and arc still rcckoned in that
way in England, n 10d. being 1000 nails
to ten pounds and Cd. being 1000 to six
pounds, q 90 penny weighing twenty
pounds to tho 1000, and having Just one
half the number of nails to the ten pounds
of the 10 penny, and, in ordering, the buyor
calls for the three pound, six pound or ten
pound variety, ETC., until by the English
mems abbreviation of pun for pound, the
abbrcviation has been made to stand for
penny instead of pound, as originally in
tended; and when it comes to less than
one pound to the 1000, such as tacks,
brads, etc., they are reckoned o., 8 or,
10 or, etc., and the manufacturer who
would make less than 1000 nails FOR 1Od.
nails, would be looked upon as cheat, as
in former times the difference in the cost
of manufacture of one pound of the small
nails over the larger sizes was much great
or than now. AS nails are now made and
sold, the dealer only asks for the sizes
needed, by the usual designation, and the
TACT that there are now but about two
thirds of the number of nails formerly call
ed for in the pound does not lessen their
value.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
The Horse Shoe.

Doubtless our readers have often been
amused by the Importance attached by
some persons to the accident of finding a
horse shoe. 1t is considered mark of
good luck by superstitious people, and
very many persons among the enlightened
people of our own country, cannot entirely
divest themselves of the idea that there
"is something in H." This regard for the
horseshoe is relic of superstition hand
cd to us from very remote times, and is
apparently of Celtic origin. The reason
why it is sign of good luck to find the
article, is, because the horseshoe operates
as charm to keep off evil spirits. Hence
it is nailed up over the door to prevent
the entrance of obnoxious witches. The
magi tell us that the evil one has tendency
to move in circles, and consequently when
once enclosed in orse-shoe, cannot
easily get out of the heel. Upon this prin-
ciple, we would suggest that instead of a
horseshoe, halfpeck measure be put over
the door, for the purpose of prevention {;
for that presents a complete instead of a
broken circle. Moreover, there are such
small devils about in these latter days,
that one of them could trot all day in a
half.peck measure without once suspccting
that he was imprisoned.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

-"Is it not time that you paid me that
five d0llars2" said the farmer to his neigh
Dor. faint DUE was the reply. "But,"
said the farmer, "you promised to pay
when you got back from New York"
"Well, l hain't been," was the reply.
-"Don't prevaricate, SIR" thundercd n
California Judge to a witness from the
mines. "Can't help it, Judge" answered
the miner. "Ever since l got kick from
mule that knocked my teeth out l pre-
varicate good deal.
-"Say, country, have you got any hay
seed in your hair ?" cried city chap, who
was walking with his companions down
West street, just behind farmer. "Waal,
guess there's lots of it there, seem how
the calves run arter me-" was the satisiac-
tory answer.
-"rd like you to help me a little" said
a tramp, pokng his head into a country
store. 'Why don't you help YOURSELF
said the'proprietor, angrily. "Thank you,
l Will" said the tramp, rs he picked up a
bottle of whisky and two loavcs of bread,
and disappeared.
You are the dullest boy ever saw %
Grossly exclaimed bald headed old uncle
to his nephew. swell, uncle" replied the
youth, "you can't expect me to understand
things as quick rs you do, because you
don't have the trouble of getting 'em
through your hair"
INLAY leave few tracts 2" asked q
travelling quack doctor of lady who re-
spondcd to his knock. leave some tracks,
Certainly you may" said she, looking at
him most benignly over her specs; "lcave
them with the heel toward the house, if
you please"
Women are going into the insurance
busincss.-y And when comedy woman en-
tiers mans office, bitches up her chair,
places tair hand ON his arm, and begins
to talk, about policies, he feels rs if his life
ought to be insured pretty soon. And
this feeling is greatly augmented should
ms wife drop in unexpectedly during the
interview.
"A hotel-kcopcr posts at his door this
notico-"English, German, Italian and
Spanish, Spoken Here" Arrives an Eng
lishman, and in fantastic French asks for
the interpreter, Monsieur" replies the
waiter, "there is none" "What, no in
terpreter2 And yet you say on your sign
that all the languages arc spoken here"
Eyes, sir, by the travellers"
"A physician replied TO lady qucrist,
who wished to know something of his ex-
pcrience in the matter of the tender passion.
"Well Inever did know man to die of
love, certainly; but have known man
who weighed hundred and seventy go
down to hundred and thirty under a dis
appointed passion, SO that pretty nearly a
quarter of him may be said to have perish
cd.n
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
Poe tic al.
For tie AFgiS Dc Mtc'tigcncer.
Centennial Ode.


Let praise and rejoicing ascend from the earth
10 the God Of your fathers, who gave freedom
birth.
lie gave to them wisdom; gave strength to
their arms,
In wars desolation, its doubts and alarms
10 the God who creates, who can also destroy
State or q Kingdom, a world or n toy;
10 Him let the people their tribute now bring,
10 Him we acknowledge allegiance as King.
Let us also give honor to those passed away,
Those illustrous men, now reposing in clay
Those statesmen who lived in the century's
morn,
Who framed the great code, to rule millions UNI
born.
They nobly performed their part of that plan
Ordained by high Heaven to vindicate man.
Their acts will be felt through ages to come,
When the millions now living to death will sue
cumb.
Therefore ii is meet we should honor those men
Who battlcd for freedom with sword and with
pen,
And those from whose lips, defiant and plain,
Resistance burst forth, when rcmonstrancc was
vain.
llcnry's bold words flashed through the land
As Heavens dread lightning, fearful and grand.
They ignitcd the embcrs of libcrty's fires,
Which slept in the bosom of your patriot sircs.
They drew forth the ycomcn from mountain and
glen;
They drew WNshington's sword and JciTcrson's
pen.
Those fires then kindled burst into flame,
Which give us nation, worldwide in fame.
Those flames arc still spreading, wider and
higher,
As pure and MS brilliant rs Romcs vcstal fire.
1t sends out its rays DER the land and the sea,
beacon for all who wish to be free
All parties and creeds who love lbcrty's name
Can Join the great chorus and fan the bright
flame. IvURos.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
farMlers' Column.
speed the EstOsD,o
Advantages Of Broad Rimmed Wagon
Wheels.

A correspondent the Practical Farmer
says: Proprictors of farm wagons and
carts, the wheels of which are made with
narrow rims, have no adequate idea of the
amount OF feed and flesh of teams that
would be saved if the wheels of their We
hiclcs where provided with rims three to
five inches broad. OF course, where tho
ground is hard, no perccptible advantage
will appear in favor of road-rimmed
wheels. But when hauling manure over
soft ground, or hauling loads of grain and
hay from the fields where tho wheels sink
only two or three inches into mellow soil.
II the rims OF common wagon wheels are
four or five inches broad on the periphery,
team will draw onc-third more per load
than II the rims where of the usual width.
am accustomed to keep only one horse
on my cattle farm, which does ali the team.
ing, blowing and other work. When the
tillable land is dry, the rims of wheels of
usual breadth would sink in the soil four
OF lve inches, even when the load would
weigh only 700 to 8OOpounds. lfthe rims
were broader, the reasoning is that the
morse would be able to draw nearly one
nail more per load without exerting any
more force. In order to put this comic cture
to a practical test, purchased an old wag-
on Tor $lO the spokes, hubs, axle-arms and
springs OF which were nearly as good
as when new. A set of bent rims for the
four wheels was purchased in New York
city for SO. The rims were one and half
inches deep by three and half broad
Iho expense of putting the new rims on
the old spokes was So. Iron for the new
tire, one-fourth of an inch thick by three
and half broad, cost $2.79. The black
smith asked $1 per wheel for setting the
tire, which was an exorbitant price. Paint,
oil, and red drier, $3.50, amounting in all
to $24.2S. did the painting and made
the box for the wagon myself, when
would have been doing nothing. On this
wagon with broad-rimmed wheels the old
horse will draw ton of coal or stone
with the same force, to appearance, as he
would take to draw ten to twelve hundred
pounds on the other wagon the wheels of
which have narrow rims. When hauling
muck from the bog-meadow, he will take
more and larger loads than he can draw
In the other wagon. When passing over the
soft ground, where his feet sink in the
depth of the hoots the broad rims roll
along over the surface as if there were no
load on the wagon. There is great adj
vantage in having the rims of farm wag-
ons broad, say four inches for two-horse
wagons.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11
A Street Scene ut Night in New York.

A correspondent of an eastern journal
furnishes the following description to be
seen any night during the heated term
"At night thousands of persons in the
Five Points quarter go out into the open
streets to remain until morning. All along
Baxter and the adjacent streets the inner
edges of the sidewalks were lined with
blankets and bedticks, upon which half
nude children were sleeping so close to-
gether that it was impossible to step be-
tween them. They almost laid over one
another, entirely without covering, and in
many cases with cellar door, or even'the
stone tagging alone, for a bed. In one
place eight children were asleep on patch
of wooden pavement, six feet long by three
wide, and babies scarcely six months
old, with naked limbs, lay exposed to the
sky on pieces of blankets thrown over Gel
lar doors.
"An hour later it was curious to sec the
women and girls sitting on the curbstones,
and making their toilet for the night by
twisting up their hair and throwing a
shawl around them. One after another
they laid down in the open air, beside the
children, and regardless of the noisy
throng that almost jostled them in passing,
to all appearance dropped comfortably
asleep. Gradually the noise in the streets
died out. A bevy ofyoung girls, who had
been singing Tho Star-Spangled Banner
and other patriotic airs, fell asleep one
after the other on q cellar door, and the
sounds of shouting and laughter ceased.
"The men pulled off their boots, and
while some placed beds on the sidewalk to
sleep on, others laid down on the stones
or boards, and few braccd themselves up
in the corners of the doors to act as scnti-
nels over the slcepers
$50 they sleep every night said a po-
liccman, 'and we don't disturb thcm.-
They couldn't stand the heat in doors-it
would kill them.'"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

VALUABLE SADDIE.-Therc is saddle
in the Tunisian section of the Centennial
Exposition that is for sale for $685. 1t is
covered with crimson velvet heavily en-
broidered with gold; has pommel about
a foot high, and cushioned back nearly
two feet high, shaped like the back of an
easy chair. The bride which goes with
it is also richly ornamentcd with gold,
and is provided with a peculiarly cruel
curbed bit. A pair of velvet. covered and
gold embroidered boots make part ofthe
outfit. Attached to each is asilver-plated
spur six inches long, shaped like q skewer.
In striking contrast with these gorgeous
trappings, and with the rich work in gold
and silver and inlaid ware, and shown
near by, arc the rude wooden agricultural
implements that are certainly not Il bit
better than those used by the Carthagenian
pcsantry in the days of Hannibal. There
is pillow with single handle, and
share that is nothing except crooked
billet of wood with a flat piece of iron
nailed to the end--as rude contrivance
as could DO made to scratch the ground
pitchiorks and shovcls with no metal
about them, and a thrashing sled made of
two planks held together by cross pieces,
and covered on the under side with bits
of stone and iron stuck in the wood. This
sled is dragged across the sheaves ofgrcen
spread upon thrashing- floor.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

SAGAcrrY OF RATs.-Incredible us the
story may appear of their removing hens
eggs, by one fellow lying on his back and
grasping tightly his ovoid burden with
his fore-paws, while his comrades drag
him away by the tail, we have no reason
to disbelieve it, knowing, as we do, that
they will carry eggs from the bottom to
the top of the house, lifting them from
stair to stair, the first pushing them on
the hind, and the second lifting them
with his fore logs. They will extract the
cotton from flask of Florence oil, dipping
in their long tails, and repeating the ma
neuvcr until they have consumed every
drop. We have found Jumps of sugar in
deep drawers at distance of thirty feet
from the place where the petty larceny was
committed; and friend saw rat mount
table on which drum of figs was placed,
and straightway tip it over, scattering its
contents On the floor beneath, where a
score of expectant brethren sat watching
for the windiall.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

FATTENING A CALF.-A correspondent
writes to the Germantown Telegraph that
the best food to fatten calfwithout whole
milk is oil meal, molasses and skim milk for
the first two weeks, after which little oat
or barley meal may be used. A calf can
be made to weigh 100 to 40 pounds at
four weeks old, never having any new milk
after the cows milk was good. The oil
meal should be scaldcd and allowed to
form thick mucilage before being mixed
with the skinned milk. The molasses
may be added directly to the milk, and the
whole may DC given blood warm The
proper quantity for young calf is table
spoonful of oil meal, the same of molasses
divided into three parts for one days food
added to the milk. After the first week
it may be gradually increased, and at the
commencement of tho third week a spoon
full of oil meal and molasses may be given
to each feed; quart of boiling water being
turned on to the meal over night, and also
in the morning, to form mucilagc, and
spoonful of oat or barley meal may be
added but this should be cooked. At
present prices, the whole feed will not
cost more than one dollar for five weeks,
and an early calf OF tho weight mentioned
will bring from ten to twelve dollars.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-11

winter and warmly clad in summer. This
character they deduce from their own
They are dandies, confidence men, flatter-
ers and haters of property rights. If they
want pony from q man who has two and
cannot beg or steal it, they stab one They
have n. language like the Assiniboins and
Osages and complex and flexible verb.
The only organization they keep up is
hunting regulations as to the division of
an animal run down by several hunters.
Land they value only to roam over. They
are polygamists.
GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND.