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The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19
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Tight Barns For Hav.

The general opinion among farmers
probably is, that barns with air spaces
between the boarding are better adapted
to cnre and preserve hay han barns with
very tight boarding and tight bottom.
But this opinion is founded upon the
supposed fact that free access of air will
assist IN carrying off surplus moisture,
and prevent heating and fermentation,
which supposed fact is nota fact at all,
when applied to body of uncured hay.
When this .uncured grass is spread in
thick layers on the field and exposed to
the air, the moisture is carried off so rap.
idly as not to permit any heating or fer
mentation, but when placed in a thick
body in NOW, the heat, with access Of
air, causes rapid fermentation. The OK
ygen of the air feeds the fermentation,
and thus becomes the active Cause OF its
destruction. This principle is familiar
to the good housewife who preserves her
fruit in an alright jar. Weapplied this
principle to keeping green clover. We
took large linseed oil cask. unheaded
one end. filled it with green clover just
in blossom, containing all its sap, ram
med in solid, replaced the head. and then
stopped all air places with white lead
and paint. On opening, ten months at
ter, the clover blossoms were found al
most as bright as when put in.
Only few months ago the Elmira
Farmers Club mentioned, as warning
to one who asked advice about putting
uncnred hay 10 barns, that a member OF
the club had lost his barn by fire, caused
by filling cask with green clover, ram
med in, and covering the top with two
or three inches of earth. This mishap
was caused by not sufficiently excluding
the air. 1t did not invalidate the prin-
ciple that green grass may be kept in air
tight receptacles, only that it could not
be preserved with access of air, Almost
every farmer has observed that grass
needs more curing to put in stack than
in barn, showing that just in proportion
as the air is excluded may the hay be
put in uncured. The tighter, then, the
barns are made, tine greenef may the
The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19

grass be put In NOV. tits Of great ser
vice to exclude the air from The sides
and bottom Of NOW. even with access
OF air at the top. Then the heating and
fermentation take place so slowly, turn
ing the moisture into very thin, gassy
vapor, It escapes at the top or passes OIL.
II hay, or the fodder 10 be kept, Is pack
ed very solid, II affords less access to air,
and thus heats less rapidly, and may es-
cape injury, when IL loose It would be
destroyed by destructive fermentation.
! do not advise anybody to put incur
ed grass into the barn. but there Is no
doubt that hay is greatly injured by too
much drying, as general rule. II should
be cured only so much as Is necessary 10
secure its preservation. All drying in
creases the woody fibre. II will be seen
that the best means of keeping slightly
cured hay is to have very tight barns. =
Cor. Go. Gent.
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Faces.

Itsometimes seems singular that among
the multitude Of faces which we meet
with, thai we find so few duplicates, -
] might also say no duplicates with the
exception OF the faces Of twins. And II
is well that is SO; else there would be
much trouble arising from mistaken In
dividuality, which Is of very rare occur
renee. We GOTTEN see strong resemblance
to some living friend or acquaintance,
but are seldom startled by meeting the
living counterpart of dear friend who
has died. To some extent the face Is an
index OF the heart and there are many
people who form their opinion of persons
largely from the indications of character
mapped out upon the face.
There are few things in this world
more beautiful TO see than the happy,
innocent faces of little children; and
there is something quite inspiring in
some youthful faces which we meet, they
are 80 expressive of joyful anticipation
and hopefulness Lie lies all before
them they have not known its disap-
pointmenls and vexations; they have
turned as it were, but few richly illu
mined pages of a fascinating volume,
dreaming not that sombre pages, and
chapters dark with mystery, lie unread
before them.
There are faces Of rare beauty which
we enjoy as we do a lovely landscape, or
magnificent sunrise or sunset; and
there are faces utterly devoid of beauty
in the common acceptalion OF the term,
but which are really beautiful with the
reflected light of the kindly soul within.
1t may be that they are SCARED and
scanned with sorrow and trouble, that
the hair is gray with age and the eyes
are hollow and sunken, but We are in
slinclively drawn toward them, and long
TO aid them, or perhaps to share their
sympathy. Again, We see faces so hard
ened and repulsive and brutal, that we
almost shudder to look at them. The
demons OF sin seem looking out their
eyes, those windows of the soul; the
mouth looks wicked, and well it may,
for it has been The door through which
profanity and nncleanness have passed
for many years and we shun them al
most as we would pestilence.
Certain it is that more or less distinctly
our character is depicted in our faces.
and that surely. although almost imper-
ceptibly, we are adding line here, or
shadow there, which shall influence peo-
whom we meet with either fayorably or
otherwise in their estimation of US. -
Cottage Hearth
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jfGUNoRo1gS.

SPENDING THE SUMNER IN THE CoUN-
TRY-"My folks are going to the coun.
try to be gone all summer enthusiast
cslly exclaimed little girl yesterday as
she met another on Cass avenue,
Your pa must be awful rich, )" replied
the second.
"Oh, no. he isn't but if you'll never
tell any body III tell you something"
III never will--hope to die if | do"
"Well, then, pa was telling ma that
weed all go out to Uncle Johns. Ma
she'll work for her board, pa will work
in the saw mill, I'll pick berries and ride
horse to pillow corn, brother Tom will 90
around with the lightning rod man, and
while you folks are in the awful heat
we'll be putting on airs and fixing over
old clothes for fail Don't you tell now
for ma is saying to everybody that she
must have the country air to restore her
shattered nerves. - Detroit Free Press.
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thus !, wss to avoid my continuous assen-
lions"
"And did you credit this :" asked Mrs
Jay"
"0f course" replied be. Mas Roland
was one Of her most intimate friends. ]
Jeff Brighton the next day, and then and
there ended all Of love thst il will ever
be my fate TO know"
As he ceased speaking, seryapt came
in.
III yop please, ma'am, lady Is below
who says she has come to apply for the
situation Of governess Shall ! show
Der ppf"
Mrs. Jay assented, and the neEt nom.
,ept Amy Ardenham entered the room.
you seem very young" was one of
the first remarks Mrs. Jay made.
lam eighteen ma'am," said Amy,
quietly.
Frank Ashley who had been reading
the newspaper. glanced quickly up at
the tone Of her voice, and rose to his feet
At the same instant. Amy's eyes met
bis, and she grew deadly pale,
Amy y be exclaimed, "Sliss Arden
ham -
But Amy had tainted.
An hour later, Frank Ashley was an
accepted lover, and the young lady who
bad promised to take charge of him."
was our little Amyl
TEL me about il, Frank" said his sis
ter. when at length he returned from &C.
companying Amy to her humble home
spot which would soon cease to be
..hOme."
1--WE have both been the victims of
misrepr esentstion, Lizzie" said Frank.
Miss Roland assured Amy that l was
engaged 10 her. What could Amy do
but withdraw"
"Then she loved you all the time ?"
said Mrs, Jay,
80 she says" said her brother.
sand instead of my finding govern
ess, you obtain wife" laughed Mrs
Jay. "Oh, Frank, am very, very
glad p
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What We Can Do For Ourselves.

Much matrimonial misery grows OF the
complaining OF an unhealthy wife. When
will girls understand the grand truth
that men prize health in women as much
as any other gift The robust masculine
half Is so constituted That 1t soon gets
tired of the pettish complaints (even
though well founded) of the weaker fem
ibine half. Sentimental, "delicate' Miss
Araminta, lsnguidly rising from lounge
10 meet her devoled lover, may look mar
velously poetical in her white robe and
blue ribbons, and by the weakness alone
forge another link in the mighty chain
of love which binds his heart to hers.
But year later, when the married man
sees at his break fast table sallowf faced
untidy female in loose wrapper, who
lsid awake all night with lone of those
dreadful sick headaches he fails to see
the poetry of Mrs. Araminta's appear
ance. So let all girls pariake of every
active exercise not absolutely unfeminine
and trust to their being able to get into
or out of carriage with a light and
graceful step, which no drilling can
accomplish. Let them rise early and re.
tire early 10 rest, and trust that their
beauty will not need 10 be coined into
artificial smiles in order to secure wei
come, whatever room they enter. Let
them ride, walk, run, dance in the open
air. Encourage the merry and innocent
diyersiO ns in which the young delight
Let them, under proper guidance. explore
every hill and valley let them plant and
cultivate the garden, and make hay when
the summer sun shines, and surmount all
dread of shower of rain or the bolster
Gus wind; and above all. let them take
no medicine except when the doctor or
ders it. The demon hysteria and melan-
choly. so terrible to combat with in mar
ried life, might hover over a group of
young ladies so brought up; but they
would not find one of them upon whom
they could exercise any power.
The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19

A young man in a leather store used to
feel very impatient with his employer
for keeping him year after year, for
three years, handling hides" But he
saw the use of it in after years, when in
an establishment Of his own he was able
tell by a simple touch the exact
quality of tho goods. 1t was only by
tLose thousands of repetitions that the
lesson was learned, and so it is With
everything in which we acquire skill.
The great army of the ''incapables" is
large enough we should none of US
willingly join its ranks. The half-in-
formed, half-skilled in every business,
outnumber the others, dozens to one.
II was good suggestion, worthy of be-
ing remembered, which Daniel Webster
made to young man who asked him if
there was any room in the legal profes.
sion.' There is always room in the
upper story said the great statesman.
The better you know your business /;
the better your chances to rise. If you
drone through your allotted task, with
out keeping wide lookout on all that
goes on about you, your progress will be
needlessly slow. You can gather much
information by making wise use of your
eyes and ears, and, perhaps, be able to
surprise your employer in an emergency
by stepping into the ''next mans" place
and discharging his duties satisfactorily
A fine little lad, some twelve years
old wac employed in a telegraph office in
Southern town last year when the yell
low fever ragged SO fearfully in that sec
ton. All the operators went down
with it, aud others sent on by the CON-
pany were attacked. No one knew that
that the lad understood the business /;
but he had picked it up" and now
kept up communications between the
town and the outer world all the time
the fever lasted.
Elk Gov. Morgan was once clerk in a
store in Waterford A trip to New York
was All event in those days, but the
young man had proved SO faithful that
he was allowed to make the journey and
was entrusted with several commissions
among them being one to buy corn. He
came back in due time with me in the
old stage-coach, and inquiries were made
about the corn. The price was very sat
isfactory, but the old gentleman was
afraid it could not be good at SO low a
price. A handful which the young man
pulled from his pocket convinced him,
but what was his amazement TO find that
he had brought too cargoes.
why, Edwin. what shall we do with
it," he asked in CONSERVATION.
Il have disposed of all you don't
want said Edwin, sat an advance. /
stopped in stores as l came along.
could have disposed of three cargoes If
had had them
The profits we're clesr, and his employ
The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19
Wedding Presents,

FheFe are Of least sixty persons, pos.
sbly more, 10 New York City engaged
in the purchase OF superfluous wedding
presents, three of whom deal exclusively
in certain class of articles. One of
these dealers, interviewed by a reporter,
carries on business in the Bowery,
where he has large store ostensibly
for the sale of unreGeemed pledges, but
bis most lucrative business is In the pur-
chase and sale of wedding presents that
are only SO much old lumber to the
owners; When asked how he conducted
the business. he replied. "You see when
q young couple belonging to good fami-
lies get married. their friends all make
them presents. and in nine cases out of ten
the young folks find themselves in pos.
session of certain kind Of household
stuff enough to last several generations.
The young wife often discovers that she
has set Of jewelry for almost every day
in the month. Why, some time ago /
did business with . newly married
couple now living on Lexington avenue,
where the young hride-snd q beautiful
girl she was-had eight opera glasses.
OF course she didn't want all; SO |
bought five Of them. Here's one of them
left showing small but handsome
pearl mounted opera-glassl. Silverware
and china are other things that newly
married people generally find they have
too much of, but don't do anything
in that way. There are other men in
business who deal in that and nothing
else. l confine myself to jewelry and
trinkets'
''But how do you know on whom to
call and when p
That's simple enough. You see, the
mar,isges are all published in the papers,
and where it is wedding between two
rich folks, report is made of it and
list Of the presents given. You see
when have got the names and residences
l am oil right o, no; l don't 60 to
them IS soon as they are married that
wouldn't do. They'd kick you out Of
the house ii you went on such business
for the first few weeks. You have to
let them settle down to housekeeping
and find opt how much useless stuff
they have got, and even then if you call
they may not be willing to sell. The
husband generally is, but the wife is
sure to object at first. %, no. dear,
she'll say; i can't sell that. You know
Aunt Martha gave it me and i. wouldn't
be right to sell it, and 60 on with every
thug else; but, after seeing them two or
three times, they fall 10 with the idea
and are willing to sell anything they
don't WANT
II suppose you purchase such articles
very cheap !"
swell llsughingl you may be sure
don't give more more than they are
worth. You see, / often have those
things In my store for . year before
cell them, and on some things, such a.
fans, often lose money. Sometimes
pell things in that way to gentlemen
wanting 70 make wedding presents
The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19

for you see buy from the rich people,
and they are frst-class goods. When !
get then they are as good as now. bpt
canIsell them for much less than they
cost at first. and people who cant afford
TO pay high prices come to me for their
wedding present."
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er said the next morning. we wiz let
some ono else do the sweeping" and
Edwin was made partner though under
twenty-ope. II you have talent for
business, It win be found out.
The bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-1877, 1877-07-19
For Sale,

For Sale.
A Secondhand Covered Wagon, cheap. Also
q Two seated Covered Carriage for 5000.
wAKELEY BROS,
South Centre District, Nswtown, Conn.
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Never Known to Fail,

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ry and Horehound has never been
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Trial size 10 cts. Regular sizes 10 cts.
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W. Ii. Adderly, Sixth and Mound streets.
Also agents for Prot. Parker's Pleasant
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Price 25c.
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"executive clemency" SO called can
override them all, and this result fol-
lows: that a large percentage OF the
worst crimes committed OF late years,
the murd ers, burglaries, arson, high
way robberies, rapes, &C., &C., are per-
petrated by pardoned convicts. Just
where the equality Of mercy which is
not strained" should be restrained by
law, it is hard to tell. AS it is now, in
most of the States it is in the discretion
Of the Governors to act without any
Limitation or restraint excepting what q
sense of public duty may create.
The public ought not to be surprised
that this extraordinary power is very
often abused. Governors of States are
very generally manufactured of the
most ordinary clay-the material is fire.
quently badly tempered and insult
GENTLY baked and is very sensitive to
the same damaging influences that effect
all other mortal clay. Sympathy, SELF
interest, political influence and relig-
lVue ldltu VI pLSJuuiCSS3 OuOu III 1hOli
way have in thousands of instances in
terfered with the due execution OF the
laws for the punishment of criminals.
A very good system has been intro
duced by Gov. CulIom, of Illinois-a
State where this evil has been greatest
which system or something like it should
be adopted by the Executive of all the
States. In future all applications for
the pardon of criminals will be published
with the signatures attached. This will
not only notify the public that such an
application is being made, but will have
the effect Of making people more careful
how they put their names to such appli-
cations. Thousands of signatures are
obtained to these documents through the
mere good nature of the signer or de-
sire to get rid of importunate solicita- =
tions. This plan is step in the right
direction.
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THE ABUSE OF THE PARDONING
POWER

There is no one junction of govern
ment from which greater evils have
sprung than the executive power to par
don criminals, unrestrained as it is in
most of the States by any legal enact
ments. In fact the RIGHT to reprieVe and
pardon is usually granted by the terms
Of the State constitutions, and is in no
way subject to legislative restrictions
or qualifications. On what principle
this great power is founded to virtually
nullify the laws and abrogate the pro-
ceedings OF Courts of Justice is not very
plain to be seen.
The law-making power prescribes PEN
-alties for certain sfenses-the Courts
determine the question Of guilt or inno-
cence, and punish or set at liberty as
the result OF the investigation may
prove. Both Of these branches OF the
government are subject to strict constI-
tutional and legislative restrictions, but
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TwEED's confession, so far as its con-
tents have been made public, confirms
the general belief as to the workings OF
the old Tammany Ring, the only new
points being the implication of persons
not heretofore known to have been
guilty. The most prominent OF these is
Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall, who, after
standing one trial and being acquitted, J.,
is now shown to have received ten per
cent. ON the fraudulent claims Of his as
sociates as compensation for putting
the men in office and certifying to their
claims. Hugh Hastings, editor of the
Commercial Advertiser, is also charged
with receiving bribes for his in
fuence, and with being the ne
gotiator for votes in the Legislature,
in the interest of the ring measures. 1t
is also stated by Tweed, that two mil
lions Of dollars were paid the Rapubli-
can members Of the Legislature for
passing the Charter that put it in the
power of the ring to rob the city, and
the names of the men who received the
money are given. In the light OF events
at home we are reminded that there is
nothing unusual in the showing of MIR.
Tweed's manner of doing business. II
was simply to get influential men of the
two parties to band together for mutual
stealing and mutual protection, and
then all work to get money out of the
public treasury and cover up the evil
dence of fraud.
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MY MOFHER-IN-LAW.

Who nercely clutched my flowing hair,
And dragged me, fainting, up the stair,
And said, ayes, do IL If you dareW
My mother-in-law.
Who tampers with each thing ownH
Who makes me feel so sad and lone,
just like dog that's lost his boneP
My mother-in-law.
Who bosses me and mine alway3
Who called me "Liar,p "Slaye," to-day,
Who always keeps her son at bay? y
My mother-in-law.
o would some kindly hand would take
And make her TO her senses wake,
And over hottest Goals would rake
My mother-in-law.
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before this, for these events happened,
as have already told you, nearly fifty
years ago. But the curious thing about
1t is that, after having reached it present
state Of dilapidation, the progress OF de-
cay seems to have been interrupted, as
II 1t was destined by higher power to
remain a monument of sim"
BY this time the lamps of the town
were close ahead, and 1t was with O sen-
sation Of relief that we ratified down the
high street and soon after reached my
friends hospitable home its warm lights
welcoming us as we drove up the carri-
age-sweep to the great hall door.
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Important to Western TraV-
elers.

When you visit the City Of New York,
stop at the Grand Union Hotel, op posite
Grand Central Depot. $50 elegant rooms.
81, 81 so and ~. Elevator, steam, and all
improvements. Prices reduced 10 meet
the stringency OF the times. TIE res
taurants supplied with the best. Prices
lower than at any other first-class hotel
in the city. Baggage delivered to and
from this depot free. aG1- See that those
you enter have Grand Union Hotel on the
sign. WIN. d. GARRISON, Manager.
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IT WAS not as much the "middle-aged
woman with wart on her left cal" that
took Oakley Hall to London, as knowl-
edge that Tweed was going to tell about
his ten per cent. commission on the
Ring stealings.
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WHEN the Cleveland Herald says the
appointment OF Mr.. Cowles, its editor,
to the Swiss Mission, would be ''utterly
improper" it speaks the truth. Mr..
Cowles is much better employed.