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During The pact hvc sesrs the vegctine has
been steadily working Itself into public favor.
regard 10 It's merits are now its most ardent
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25

1t sometimes occurs that it becomes ne
cessary to transplant trees late in the sea.
son, or after the buds were swclled or new
growth commenced This can be done
quite safely if due caution is given in pro-
tecting the roots from light air.
In removing trees or small shrubs afler
growth has commenced, we have watering
pot full of water close by, and as soon as the
trees is dug up, the roots are re-sprinkled
until every one is thoroughly wet, then fine
earth is scattered over all the large roots
and small tibres, thus preventing them from
being affected by the light as we'll as becom.
ing dry while being packed up or removed
from one part of the grounds TO another. A
portion of the branches is also removed
and usually it is the best to do this before
digging up, because the pruning can be
done much more Systematically and readily
while the tree is fixed in the earth than af
terward besides, it lessons evaporation in
proportion to the number of young shoots
and leaves removed. Trees and shrubs of
moderate size may be removed quite safely.
even after the growth has commenced in
the Spring, if these precautionary measures
are strictly followed. When trees have
been left until growth has commenced, the
roots may be puddled as taken out-that
is dipped into a solution of earth and water
OF the consistency of thin mortar. This
should always be done when the trees are
to be set out in windy day, for few mo-
ments' drying frequently make one ha!fdif.
ference in the growth Of tree the first sea-
son, even ifall other conditionsbe favorable.
-M00re's Rural.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25
brother, You Must Saueezc.

Once upon time church, or the off
cials thereof came to the conclusion that
as crops had not been very good and mon.
ey was scarce in the country, they would
not make any special effort to collect theil
pastors salary, which, by the way, had
been fixed at the minimum living point of
the beginning of the year, but give him
just what came in every month, and let
him make the best of it.
This resolution on their part was accom-
panied with the solemn advice to their
pastor:
Brother, you must squeeze, times are
hard."
He replied that he would think of it and
see how the plan would work.
In few days he called upon his land
lord, who was q member of the church,
and told him that he could not promise to
pay any specific rent for the house from
that time forth, but he would pay him
what he could, US times were hard and lie
must squeeze. The landlord stared Mt him
in establishment, and replied
81 don't let my house on those terms
You must pay the rent in advance or move
out"
He next went to the miller and asked
for sack of -four
Certainly" said the miller, "but do you
know the price of flour has advanced since
you bought the last p
~ did not know it," said the minister,
"but it is of no consequence Il am to give
you what l can for it. Brother you must
squeeze; times are hard"
Hard or easy" said the miller. ~ must
have tho market price for my flour, and
you can't have it for any less"
The minister next went to the shoema-
ker, and priced apair of boots for his wife,
but when the same terms were announced,
the shoemaker declared that he did not sell
upon such terms.
The butcher treated him just the same
his meat was so much pound; and the
vegetable dealers insisted upon having u
regular price for their commodities. On
his way home the minister went to one of
his stewards who kept grocery store. and
asked for some necessary articles for the
use of his family, such as a dollars worth
OF sugar, pound of soap. After packing
up the things the storekceper began reck-
oning up the plice.
you need not trouble yourself" said the
minister, II will pay you what l can for
them. Brother, you must squeeze, as the
times are hard with me at present"
"Squeezep' said the storekecper with
pious surprise; "what do you mean p
Give me what you can How much will
that be2
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25
Colonel Spencer's "SpOOns !"

1t is told of Colonel Charles Spencer,
counsellor at law, that some years ago he had
to defend one Marshall, charged with lar
ceny, and against whom there was very
strong evidence. Before the trial, Spencer
went to his client and told him that his
only chance of escape was in plea of in
sanity, and he advised him to play the
lunatic, and to answer all questions put to
him with the word spoons" The day of
the trial came ON, and Marshall took his
place in the dock pale, haggard and wild
looking.
Guilty or not guilty ?" asked the clerk.
"Spoons !" drawled the prisoner, with II
blank stare.
"Come, plead guilty or not guilty." re-
peated the clerk.
''Spoons" was the only reply.
Prisoner, will you answer the questions
put to you, or do you want to lie punished
for contempt9" asked the Judge.
"Spoons," bawled the prisoner, still I'M
moved.
At this point the counsel for the prisoner
interfered and told the Court that his client
was not in condition to be put on trial,
as he was evidently not responsible for his
actions, and it was an outrage on free
citizens, sc.
I" Do you understand what is sal / ?" ask
ed the judge, addressing the prisoner.
"Spoons," twas his reply, in accents wild.
1t was evident the man was crazy, and
the judge ordered him discharged. He
was taken charge of by his friends, who
were present, and left the court with him.
Counsellor Spencer followed them, and,
congratulating him on his escape, suggest.
ed that it might be good idea to pay
him his fee. His client stared at him in
blink amazement, and moved away with
remark, spoons"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25
VARIETIES.

"A doctor, attending o wit who was
very i'll, apologized for being late one day
by saying that he had to stop to see man
that had fallen down a well. Odd he
kick tine bucket, doctor 2" inquired the
other.
- A correspondent wants to know the
best way to preserve cherries. Around
here one way Is to climb the tree with a
shot gun at dark and stay there till morn
ing. Another way is to carry the tree into
the house every night at sunset. The only
sure way, however, is to eat the cherries
before they are ripe.
-" Father" said lady of the new
school to her indulgent spouse, as he re-
sumed his pipe after supper one evening,
you must buy our dear Georgiana an
English grammar and spelling book. She
has gone through her French and Latin,
and now she must commence her English
studies.
"A youngster who was fond of Bible
stories swallowed bottletul of paregoric
because it was nice. They gave him a
powerful emetic, and he thus described the
sequel to his brother e" Budgie, 1 was
whay-al, regular whay-al. / didn't fror
up Jonah, but trew up lots of uver
things"
"A Michigan paper says that Detroit
man has a piece of bark from a tree that
grew on the farm of an uncle whose grand
fathers brother-in.law started with Gen.
jackson to the battle of New Orleans, but
was detained by an attack of cholera NOR
bus, and he would send that to the Cen
tennial Exposition if he had any adequate
assurance that he would ever get it back
again.
This note from Chicago girl to her
lover was made public through law suit
" Dear Samie: Pap's water-millions is
ripe. Come and bring some more poetry
like you brought afore. My love for you
Will ever flow like water running down
later row. Bring piece as long as your
arm, and have heap more about them
raving ringlits and other sweat things
Come mex Sunday and don't fole me-
An old farmer brought home two jugs
the other day, one labeled "boiled oil" and
the other "turpentine." They were placed
in the barn, and pretty soon it was noticed
that the old man had business there at
regular intervals. His oldest son slyly fol-
lowed him and saw him take a deep
draught from one of the jugs. The old
man heard step outside, and before going
out he arranged those jugs in artistic taste.
He was hardly gone when the son skip
ped in and took drink from the Jug out
Of which he supposed his father drank
The next moment he was spluttering,
and gasping, and the old man
entered and asked:
"Turpentine does not agree with you,
does it q
" But saw you drinking it," exclaimed
The injured and indignant son.
THAT is true" said the old man while |
beautiful smile played over his face,
but it doesn't necessarily follow that the
rest of the family must relish turpentine
because do !"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25
Pen Picture of "Blue Jeans Williams. ,,

The Democratic candidate for Governor
OF Indiana is James d. Williams at pres
ent member OF Congress from the Second
Dlstrlct, ana Chairman of the Committee
on Expenditures in the House. His per-
sonal appearance is somewhat remarkable.
ana as an enthusiastic admirer yelled when
his name was placed in nomination at the
convention, 81" Hurrah for the second
Abraham Lincoln p any one could recol
lect that slight resemblance between the
two might be traced. In person Mr.. VIII
liams Is long, lank and angular, with horny
nands that show the corrugated marks
madc ny the pillow handle, and his pedal
extremlties spread out to almost an abnor-
maj size by many rolling marches in the
iurrow and behind the scythe or the cradle
IN the early days of Knox County. His
frame is surmounted by head of more
than the average size, and upon gazing up.
ward the interviewer of dwarf stature will
see looking down upon him u countenance
combining both shrewdness and strength.
His face resembles one more of the typical
Yankee than the somewhat mythical
loosier, being clean cut, but uninsinuatino
lfneeds be aggressive, and with look from
penetrating eyes that convince YOU that
here is man in whom there is no foolish
ness. On top of this head Is an old SLOUGH
nat. AT the bottom, boots of no small
design, while the frame work is covered
with suit of old-fashioned blue jeans
This is the suit winter and summer, rain
or shine, on the banks of the Wabash, or
IN the halls of Congress, and such has been
the case for years. In Mr.. Williams this
peculiarly has no significance, as with
some who affect popularity in dress; but
w illiams adopted it because it suited him |
and was economical. In the present cam |
paign this idiosyncrasy, if it may be so |
termed with regard to dress, is likely to
be one pfthe campaign nothings that are
80 often. in our history the making of
public men. Blue jeans clubs are organi-
led in the rural districts in every direction,
and the desire to be economical exercised
years ago, when all was extravaganza,
seems to have struck chord which re-
'erberates now when those who gained
md profted thereby are engaged in grind
ng the faces of the poor.-iSt. Louis Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25

Among the many good things on school
management, from the pen of Professor
Northrop, we have the following, which
may find application in Hartford as we'll as
elsewhere:
at has long been a conceded point
among successful teachers, that second
term in the same school is worth at least
one-third more than the first The school
room is the most unfortunate place for those
experiments which rotation in office,
must here Misunderstanding dead loss
of more than thirty per cent of expendi-
lures made for schools. A teacher must
learn the characters of his pupils, intcllec-
tual and moral, before he can successfully
teach them. lie must make each child a
study, and discover both the faults and ex-
celences of his heart, and the difficult and
easy processes of his mind. He must avail
himself of every means to find out his en-
tire character, as Il discriminating physi-
clan watches closely all the symptoms of
his patient, in order 10 understand what
ought to be done for him. Until he knows
the peculiarities, the attachments and wants
of each pupil, he cannot adapt himself to
them, and must work in the dark. There
is great variety of methods illustrating
and simplifying each branch and lesson,
and only the teacher who understands both
his profession and the character of his pu.
pills, can adapt these countless varieties of
method to the endless diversities of mind
and character"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25

When William Allen was Governor of
Ohio measure was advocated by him,
passed by the Legislature and placed on
the statute-books which reduced the fees
of local and county officers thirty.three
per cent. This reduction made u differ
ence, taking the entire State together, of
nearly $5,000,OOO in the public outlay, and
ofcourse, relieved the people of tax of
that amount which they had been paying.
AS soon as Mr.. Hayes thanks to Democratic
divisions, got into office, q combination of
these officials was formed and bill press
ed through the Legislature repeating Gov
ernor Aliens act, and re establishing the
old scale of fees. To this repeal Governor
Hayes did Lot raise the least objection,
and those who pressed it claimed that
they had his full cooperation. 1t certain
ly went on the statute-books without any
protest from him. If it be shown that he
disliked the act, that will only prove how
worse than idle it is to expect such man
to put stop to the operations of the cor
rupt rings at Washington. If Hayes as
Governor is impotent to battle against
jobbery and robbery in Ohio, who can ex-
pect Hayes as President to resist the ire
mendous pressure of organized rascality at
Washington IN. Y. World.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25

SEASON TO Cur TIMBER.-Various opin
ions are expressed on this subject. A recent
writer says: "If oak, hickory or chestnut
timber be felled in August in the second
running OF the sap, and barkcd, quite
large tree will season perfectly, and even
the twlSs Will remain sound for years
whereas, that cut in winter and remaining
TILL next Gas thick as your wrist will be
completely saprotten, and will be almost
unit for any purpose. The body of the
oak split into rails will last not more than
ten or twelve years. Chestnut will last
longer, but no comparison to that cut in
August. Hickory cut i'll the eighth month
is not subject to be worm eaten, and will
last u long time for fencing. When be.
gan farming in 1902, it was the practice
to cut timber for post fencing in the winter.
White oak posts and black oak rails cut
at that time, l found did not last more
then ten or twelve years. In 1908 began
cutting fence timber in the eighth month.
Many OF the oak rails cut that year are yet
sound, as well as most of those formed of
chestnut. Ii the bark be not taken off
this month however, it will peel off the
second or third year and leave the sap per-
tectly sound. The tops of the trees are also
more valuable for fuel than when cut in
the winter or spring. advise young farm.
ers to try the experiment for themselves,
and II post fences do not last twice as long,
forfeit all my experience as worthless
Practical Farmer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25
farmers' Column.
speed the ILOaU.o
Non Heading Cabbage.

A writer in recent number of the
American Agrieultu,ist says:
Last autumn was mourning over an ur -.
usual number of halfdeveloped cabbage
which was only fit to be fed to the cows
and mentioned the fact to a Duchess coun.
ty farmer, who is in business in New York.
asking if his crop turned out badly. His
answer was, that he had no more soft heads
than he wanted, or tothe effect that he would
feel disappointed ifhe had not considera-
bic number. Now, we, neither of us. raise
cabbage for market, but for our own con-
sumption mainly, and was utterly at loss
TO know what he could do with quarter of
his crop that failed to make heads.
he told me that he dug wide trench,
so deep that aftersome top soil was thrown
In he could set the cabbage out in the trench
as close as they could stand, and their heads
would not come up level with the top of
ground. When planted, he covers the
trench with boards and some brush, corn
stalks, salt hay and earth ON the top, keep
ing it open at the ends, or elsewhere, until
cold weather, and then covering it in close.
de said they would all have firm, solid
heads in the spring.
tried it, and at the time write (ApriD
we are annoying the best cabbage we ever
ate. They are rather small to be market
able, say Al to 0 inches in diameter, solid
and sound, crisp and tender, as delicate as
cauliilowers, and what is most remarkable,
| never know when we are going to have
cabbage for dinner until see it on the ia
bic. The great objection l have to the
most wholesome and delicious vegetable is,
that it usually fills the house with its per
fectly detestable odor, so to have the
cabbage without the drawbacks is worth
all the trouble it costs.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-08-25

BREAKING COLTS FOR THE HARNESS.
Colts may be taught to walk fast or slow
in breaking them for the harness, and fast
walking horses arc much more valuable
than slow ones. For instance, suppose you
have a fast walking team, which will plow
half acre of land more in day than or
binary horses can do. Then suppose that
your fast walking team will 60 ten miles
to market with load, and get there an
hour sooner than common walkers you see
the difference in dollars and cents readily,
as "time is money" Now, to teach colt
to walk fast, you hitch him at the side of
horse of good walking gait, and if he
lags behind you must urge him on, and
make him keep up. 1t will take some
time to teach your colt to become fast
walker, but he can lie made to contract
that habit, which he will retain for life, if
you do not work him with O slow walking
animal. If you have no fast walker to
hitch your colt beside, he can be made to
acquire the habit Of walking fast, by lead
ing him daily for few weeks, and with a
whip gently urging him to keep up live
ly walk. This training should be persist
ed in till your colt will walk four miles an
hour.