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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

BLACKBERRY WINE.-Choose a dry day
for collecting fruit, set it in an open vessel
one of those having tap fitted to the
side of it rather near the bottom-and
pour over the fruit sufficient boiling water
to cover it. Next let the black berries be
bruised thoroughly, cover the vessel and
let it stand three or four days, when it will
be found that the pulp has formed into
crust on the top. The fluid must then be
drawn off into another vessel, and one
pound of sugar added to each gallon, well
mixed in, after which the whole is ready
to be put into cask to woIk for week
or ten days. during which time the cask
should be kept welliiled, more especially
at first. When the working has ceased let
the wine be bunged down; at the end of
six months 1t may he bottled, and if kept
for four or five years the wine Will be eX
cellent
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12
THE TELEPHONE LATEST ACHIEVE

TIE TELEPHONES LATEST ACHIEVE
MENr.-- "Thomas," said a Townsend street
woman to her husband, as she let him in at
the front door at . o'clock the other morn
ing, "where have you been until this UNI
earthly hour and why do you come home
with your breath smelling ofbecr2" "Tha's
all right" remarked Thomas, us he leaned
up against the wall and tried to look sober.
"Tha's all right, 'Molia. Funniest thing
ever saw in my life, by (hic) Jove." What
is ?" snapped the Townsend street woman.
"Tel-(hic)- telephone" said Thomas,
with an imbecile smile How do you
make out" demanded the woman, in icy
tones, "that working with the telephone
would make your breath smell of beer ?"
Easiest thing in the (hic) world" return.
ed Thomas as lie steadied himself in the
corner; "tha's very simple; man at the
other end of the line was full Tha's
whazzer masher," and Thomas worked his
way up stairs, chuckling at the idea Of
fooling his wife.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

WEEDS FOR MANURE.-A writer in the
Country Gentleman says: 1t always pro-
vokes me to see an agriculturist, garden
er, especially, carefully gathering up the
weeds and grasses, pulled or hoed, to keep
the ground clean, and throwing them over
the fence to perish on the public highway
or elsewhere, instead Of collecting into
heap in the yard, and packing to decom-
pose Let any gardener try this for one
year. Gather all such refuse, including
vegetable tops Of all kinds, into heap,
and throw all kitchen slops not used 9TH
crwise, on this heap; turn 1t over couple
or three times before the following spring,
to heat and thoroughly decompose No
better manure can be applied to the vege.
table beds. Do not throw away onions
because they are deformed, or small, or rot
ten, but keep them together where they
will decompose, and return this matter to
your onion.bed and note the result. | will
guarantee that any gardener who gives this
fair trial will never again throw away
anything that he can decompose in this
heap, which | used to call the gardeners
treasure pile
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

WHAT FIVE SBEEp WILL Do.--Five
sheep will enrich one acre of old, worn-out
moving land in three years, SO that il will
produce one and half tons of hay per
year, 10y II slight sprinkle of seed each year
sown in early spring. Five sheep will
produce manure in winter to the value of
$40 by giving them suitable bedding
Five sheep will get their living through
the summer on one acre of ground the
pasturing the same would be So. Five
sheep will raise five lambs worth S15.-
Five sheep will shear twenty-five pounds
nf wool worth &C.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

-"Mr. President" said Buffalo alder
man, II makes der motion as der new Jail
be build on der same spot MS der old Jail
whats now standing; dat saves der money
for der land, an makes der motion as der
old Jail shall not be pulled down till der
new jail is built SO VIC will not be without
der jailn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12
PO Q L &c al.



When the bitter hour of parting claims tear,
And the vessel, bravcly starting, leaves the
When thou feerst it swift gliding through the
foam
And the waves are fast dividing thee from home,
Will that white cloud, gently creeping DER the
Tell that there is some one wceping-all for
thee?
When the wind and wondrous ocean, meier at
With q solemn, sweet emotion strs thy breast !;
When the land thou lowest dearly sinks from
view,
And pale anguish whispers clearly, "friends are
few"
viii that sea-bird downward flying, light and
Tell that there is some one sighing-Oll for
thee?
When the daylight, calm and weary, dies away,
And the crimson sunset CHEEKY turns to gray ,
When the sad weight of thy sorrow comes again,
And the thought of lone tomorrow brings thee
Win that cool breeze softly stealing DER the sea-
Tell that some one lowly knecling, prays for
thee?
When the midnight, dark and Silly, comes at
And the wandering wind, so chilly, moaneth
past;
When bright stars are shining gladly in the sky,
But all slecpless, thinking sadly, thou dost lie
Will that ray of moonlight streaming on the
sea.
Tell that there is some oGc dreaming, all of
thee?
When on other soil thou standest far away,
And when those whom thou commandcst join
the fray;
When the future opens brightly to thy gaze,
And grim sorrow stitch lightly in haze,
hnn 1rtc fall Of In Inn nf, ln
Wilt thou, in the land of strangers think of
me
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

Experimental farms are acknowledged
to be great benefit, and yet, there are not
over half II dozen in this country, while in
Europe they are numbered by the hun
dred
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

Black knot on plum, cherry or pear
trees, often mistakenly supposed to be the
work of an insect, should be cut out on its
first appearance.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12
VOL. XXII---NO. 27.
farM1ers' Column.
Wind Sucking.

'ihu cuShiHSs
Wind sucking, stump sucking aud crib
biting are all one and the same habit, and,
III some instances, are the manifestations
OF a disease in others, the habit may have
been acquired from old and confirmed crib
! blters. Some veterinarians attribute it to
distortion of the teeth which have be-
come worn away on their interior edge 80
as to show more or less of the yellow in
stead of the enamel. Professor Law SAYS:
"These worn teeth are associated with the
serious vice Of wind sucking (swallowing)
and erustication, which leads to tympany,
digestive disorder and rapid loss of con-
dition. The horse seizes the manger or
other solid object with his teeth, arches
and shortens the neck and makes grunt-
ing noise. The wind sucking. may exist
without crib biting. 1t may be learned
by standing idle near crib bitter, and al
ways goes on to disease and loss of condi-
tlon." The same authority prescribes the
! following treatment :-"Smear the front
| OF the manager with aloes or other bitters:
cover all exposed wood work with sheet
iron; muzzle may also be put on after the
horse has done feeding" Other equally
good authorities recommend putting n
lump Of salt and one of white chalk or
magnesia in box before the horse, and
keeping these constantly within reach
AS we have said, the habit may be learn
ed, but, in most instances, it may be con-
sdercd as a kind of dyspepsia, and the
burning acidity of the stomach prompts
the horse to get relief by sucking in cool
air. The salt and magnesia or chalk afford
similar momentary relief, and frequently
Lead to permanent cure Veterinarian.
WHERE TO PLANT AN APPLE ORCHARD.
The best site for an apple orchard-and
we may add peach orchard, also, is I'M
doubtedly northern exposure. Expe-
rience in every direction proves this. We
do not say that apples will not do well in
valley or southern exposures, but not uni
formly so well by any means. ANY one
who chooses to know, ought to be inform
ed that uniformity of temperature and re-
tardation in budding are everything in
preserving the health and promoting the
productivencss of any fruit tree. An Or
chard planted, say in this latitude, on n
hillside with full northern exposure al
ways stands the winter and is uniformly
productive. That with a southern expo.
sure, planted in valleys or protected by
belts, is liable to constant changes of tenn
perature; bud early and subject to late
frosts, which prevail only in low situations,
and to consequent destruction of the crop
of fruit.
1t may be just as well for those who
contemplate setting out an orchard this
fall to bear this in mind. All desire to
know the surest way to success in any crop,
and this is undoubtedly the surest way in
apple growing, and in peach growing, too.
-Germantoeon Telegraph.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12
An Odd Affair.

A correspondent Of the Golden RUe tells
q humorous story of what happened to Il
lady at II dinner party in a Western CITY,
Seeing that the gentleman who handed her
in to dinner was not of literary turn, the
lady, good conversationalist, entertained
him by talking of hunting, dogs horses
and fishing. The man was entertained and
the lady exhausted.
1t was not many days after that she en-
countered the same gentleman at another
dinner party, and 10 and behold it again
fell to her lot to go to dinner with him.
Turning frankly to him when they were
about to be seated, she said:
"Mr. So-and-so, you know quite well that
we have talked up every subject which
would mutually interest as. Come, pro-
pose instead of talking (since for the sake
of our hosts we must appear happy and
pleased with each other, we begin and
count like this: One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
thirteen, and then laugh and the other
take it up and go on in the same way"
She had counted nearly up to fifty before
he saw the joke, when suddenly he let forth
a perfect roar of laughter, and catching up
the idea, went on,-one, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, etc, until she
had to laugh in spite of herself and they
began to be the envy of the whole table,
and were pressed with queries as to what
so amused them.
The lady told this in the presence of an
other bright woman who lives in quite
another part OF the country. They both
happened to be in New York on visit
The story p1paepl her varv nuph She
went home, and being at dinner-party
herself, she narrated it, producing peals OF
laughter from everybody but single gen
tleman. He did not even smile. Their
hostess at last cried out
"Why, John, by your looks l should
think it had been your
With an indescribable expression he an
swered, softly
sit was"
This is true tale.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-07-12

THE STORY OF MARY's LITTLE LAME
Little Mary's name was Mary Sawyer, and
she lived in Sterling, Mass. She is now
Mrs. Taylor, of Somerville, II vigorous lady
over 70 years old. One morning she went
out to the barn and found two little lambs
which had been born in the night. One
was SO weak and small that her father said
it was no use to try to raise it. Mary's
tender heart pitied the tiny creature, and
she begged her father to let her save it.
He gave it to her care, promising that if it
lived it should be her lamb. The day that
it went to school and was turned out, it
happened that a young man was there who
saw the whole, and wrote out the story in
the verses which the children know so well.
The lamb lived and thrivcd, and had lambs
of its own it ran in the fields with the
cattle, till one day IL COW, with sharp horns
tossed it into the air, and it fell bleeding ut
the feet of Mary, who happened to be in
the field. With deep grief she watched its
life go out. From that lambs wool guam
tity of yarn had been spun, and Mrs. Tay-
Tor brought some Of it TO Aunt Tabitha's
bee, and sold it at 25 cents for each piece,
SO that up to last week, Mary's little lamb
had earned $50 toward paying Tor the old
South Church in Boston. Boston AoleertiS.
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The New York herald., 1878-03-25
Fox Hunting in England.

In another column we print a pleasant
little pastoral upon the close of the fox hunt
ing season in England, copied from the
London Weel, new weekly paper edited
by the able correspondent of our contem-
porary the World. The mild winter climate
which makes fox hunting in England not
only possible but prosperous seems to have
surpassed itself this season, though
with an almost uninterrupted winters
few serious or fatal accidents. Our
American sportsmen lack the climate,
but they seem determined to make up for
any natural deficiencies by enthusiasm and
pluck. We understand that the Queens
county hounds are in splendid condition,
and no doubt the season will be opened
with renewed vigor. The extent to which
the sport is carried in the British islands
may be inferred from the fact that about
three hundred packs of hounds are kept
going throughout the season in England,
Scotland and Ireland, and that fifteen
thousand persons hunt every year. 1t is
estimated that a hundred thousand horses
are kept for this purpose, the single town
Of Melton -Mowbray, in Leicestershire, fur
nishing its quota of nearly thousand hun
ters. The most famous packs of hounds
are the Quorn, the Belvoir (the Duke of
Rutland's), the Cottesmore, the Pytchley
with which the Empress Of Austria and
suite hunted this season), the Duke of
Beaufort's. and in Ireland the Kildare and
Ward Union staghounds. not to mention
the famous pack of staghounds belonging
to the Queen and those owned by Baron
Rothschild
The New York herald., 1878-03-25
The WOm ans Home.

One of the generous projects of the late
A. II. Stewart that made no progress for some
years before his death is at length completed
and its Inauguration is announced for next
month. The Woman's Home, or Hotel, that
is to be opened on April 3 seems destined to
be an institution Of kind in which our
city is very poor-of kind, indeed, in which
no city in the world is very rich Mere
charity is plentiful everywhere if the appeal
is made with adequate warmth, and this is
q fact so we'll known and universally recog-
nized that the openhandedness Of men is
practised upon by swindlers in every land
under the sun. Therefore it is very doubtful
whether q rich man who adds by large dona-
tions to the general charity fund OF the
world does any good service to his fellow
men, or, indeed, whether his gift is not as
likely to become harmful as beneficial.
The poor helped over one difficulty by
charity lose with marvellous facility the
habit of helping themselves and dwindle
into mere watchers for daily dole; while
ii the effort is made to discriminate cases
closely an organization rises and grows
about the fund and the poor starve on its
doorsteps while salaried sycophants grow
fat within. These evils have always been
The New York herald., 1878-03-25
Female Suffrage I'm Utah.

A bill has been prepared by the Com
mittee on Territories for DISTINGUISHING the
Mormon women in Utah. 1t provides that
hereafter only male citizens aged twenty
one years and upward shall be entitled to
vote in that Territory. This bill is correct
in principle, but it will do neither good nor
harm. The Mormons SO entirely out
number the Gentiles in Utah that they
can easily carry every election whether
their women vote or not. 1t would seem
more like business to disfranchise all the
polygamists and disqualiiy them for hold
ing any Office and from serving on juries.
1t amounts to nothing to say that such
law would be evaded. Of course the Nor
mons would not scruple to resort to de-
malls or subterfuges, but it would be
easy enough to establish practical
test. II man has children by more than
one living woman the law should class
him as polygamist, however toughly he
might swear, when his vote is chal-
longed, that some of his lidisons are not
marriages. Other simple tests might be de-
vised ii Congress were ready to take hold Of
this subject in earnest. We have no pa
tience with Congressman who nibble at the
edges of this question instead of making a
determined effort TO solve 1t.
The New York herald., 1878-03-25

taken we must either 60 back to the old
practice of passing the annual tax levy at
Albany, subject to the corrupt influences
that used to control it, or jump out OF the
frying pan into the fire by submitting the
tax levy to the unlimited discretion OF the
Board of Aldermen. This would be an
odious and revolving alternative.
The present method is not ideally per-
fect but on all grounds of expediency it is to
be preferred to either of the others, unless
it is in conflict with the constitution.
Something like the elective Board OF
Finance proposed in the pending municipal
amendment would be better, but there is
no chance of its adoption. The defence OF
the present method must rest on the
fact that the Board of Estimate
is mere commission to prepare
measures for Legislative action, analogous
to the special commissions often appointed
by the Legislature of the State. The city
tax levy, as prepared by the Board, is a
mere imperative draft until the Common
Council adopts it, 1t is difficult to see
why, when thus adopted, it is not as valid
as the passage at Albany of code precisely
as it was prepared by commissioners ap-
pointed for that purpose.
The New York herald., 1878-03-25

The SERMONS YESTERDAY were full of com
fort and consolation for the devout Christian.
DR.. Hepworth proved the existence of God by
the general intelligence of the universe; Mr..
Talmage pointed out in the tragic story OF
Rizpah and her children the lesson of fortitude
which it teaches: Mr. Colcord painted Christ as
the great rcveacr of truth, and the Rev. Mr..
Martyr forcibly presented the necessity of with
drawing ourselves from the world. The Ply
mouth pulpit in the absence Of Mr.. Beecher,
was occupied by the Rev. Mr.. Scovill who un-
folded the riches of Christ. The sacrament
ofpenance was explained by Father Hogan DR..
Tiffany dwet upon the necessity of the proper
use of words, and Mr.. rockingham inveighed
against what he called the folly of exaggerated
ideals
The New York herald., 1878-03-25
Have We u city Legislature :

A legal point has been raised by citizen
who has gone into court to resist the pay
ment of his taxes in this city on the ground
that taxes cannot be constitutionally as
sessed by the city government as at present
organized. The point, as we understand it,
is that the laying of taxes is legislative
act, and that the Board Of Estimate and
Apportionment has no rightful legislative
authority. 1t has never been questioned
that the Board of Supervisors in county,
or the Board of Aldermen in city,
may constitutionally raise money by
taxation when empowered by the State
Legislature to do so. The State con-
stitution permits such authority to be
conferred upon boards Of aldermen and
boards of supervisors, and allows aldermen
to act as supervisors in cities whose bound
aries are conterminous with the county.
Whether the State Legislature can 90 fur
ther and authorize body which is neither
O board of supervisors nor board of alder
men to impose taxes is question which
may admit of debate. Should it be Judi
.cially decided in the negative the city Of New
York will be left in an anomalous and most
embarrassing condition.
BY universal consent for the last twenty
years or more the Common Council of New
York has been judged unfit to be trusted
with the power OF laying taxes. For long
period before the present charter was
adopted the city tax levy was annually
passed by the Legislature at Albany. This
method was no doubt constitutional, but it
was deviation from the usage pursued in
the other cities of the State. The other
cities were organized on the principle of
local self-government, with regular
executive, consisting of the Mayor, and q
regular municipal Legislature, consisting
of the Board of Aldermen. But although
the passing OF the New York tax levy at
Albany was an anomaly it was felt to be q
lesser evil than the trusting OF this impor-
tant power to such body of politicians as
are habitually elected as members of our
discredited Common Council. If the point
which has been raised in the courts is well
The New York herald., 1878-03-25
Victor Hugo Describes sedan.

When the aged French writer who
stands at the head Of the contem-
poraneous literature of his country
takes up the pen which gave so graphic
picture Of the battle of Waterloo to
write the story of Sedan all the world
leans forward to listen. True the story OF
that day when the Lower Empire fell in
blood and fire, is fresh with us; true also
that the old poet can add nothing to the
ample details of the busy writer's of the
time, but yet there is a certain magic in his
lines which invests all he has to say with o
weird interest. No writer Of our
day can approach him in chiaro-oscuro.
Around the act hang the motives and
the causes grouped with striking skill.
The shadow of the crime of December,
1851, hangs over the battle field OF Sep
te1nber, 1870 While describing the
iron environment the murderous on
slaught and the crushing defeat
with. wonderful power, he peers
through the battle smoke and descries
the Nemesis of the tyrant in the calm skies
above. Philosophy and history are painted.
as it were, with single stroke Of the brush.
The New York herald., 1878-03-25

evident to practical men, who have conse-
auently sought to give their benevolence
a direction that might prevent abuses OF
reduce them to minimum. Ben Frank.
Inns fund for loaning money to poor me-
chanics, though it failed eventually for
want of administration touched the point
of practical benevolence in its purpose to
help those who were disposed to help them
selves, and that was apparently the pith Of
Mr.. Stewards purpose in the plan of this
Womans Home. 1t is grand piece OF
public benevolence, but not charity. II
is no place for drones. No one will
be fed or housed there at anothers
expense. Indeed, it is certain that the mass
of working women in the city do not earn
in week as much as is charged tor board
at this home, while of those who earn
enough to pay tor their board at this house
the larger number may have homes OF their
own, with parents dependent upon them.
It is not, therefore, n charity, nor, perhaps,
will it be for time very popular benevo.
lence. but it is an institution that will go
great way to show how the lives of working
women may be made happy aid pleasant,
and it's success with those women who can
participate in it's benefits will lead to the
establishment by other benevolent men OF
institutions of the same type at another
scale of expenditure.