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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15
farmers GoIm1I,l,l,l.
speed the EsEOiU."
Growing Tomatoes. T.
To the Editor of The -Egis: rE

SIR: I think Young farmers sugges-
tions in regard to putting straw under his
tomatoes is a step in the right direction.
No doubt mulchipg will produce results
equal if not greater on the tomato than on
any other crop; but will not the mulch in
wet weather produce tendency to rot and
fungus growth In favor of the stakes,
will mention some of the advantages gain
ed: First, by securing the tomatoes to
stakes 1--WE use cedar stakes, 8 or 4 inches
at the butt, with limbs trimmed back to 3
or inches iong) we have a chance to trim
the vines and distribute the fruit in pro-
portion to vine. think there is as much
advantage in trimming tomatoes as other
fruit Second, being freely exposed to the
air and sun, they ripen early and more ev-
emily, gaining the early market. Third, by
pruning you lengthen the season of pick
ing, keep the vine vigorous, and by pick
ing off the worthless ones you force the sap
into the larger and better fruit. Fourth,
in selling your tomatoes you can say they
are grown on stakes and are free from rot
and mustiness, the latter being frequently
caused when tomatoes are suffered to lay
on the ground or on straw. You will gain
thereby q reputation for your tomatoes
that will aid in selling them at good pri
ces. My wife says that twenty vines trim
med and trained will produce as much
fruit as fifty vines allowed to rest on the
ground without attention. .'"
ger EXPERIENCES
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DESTROYING STUNTS D. G. asks,
through the Country Gentleman. how he can
treat stumps to cause early decay. My
method is to bore with an inch anger two
or three holes in the top of the stump,
eight or ten inches deep. In each hole put
little sulphate of copper (blue vitrioD,
about an ounce TO the stump, pour in
little water and plug the hole tight, So as
to keep the rain from washing out the IL
quid, In an incredibly short time the
stump will be rotten. Some stumps are
very tenacious of life, and will continue to
sprout around the outside long after the
centre has rotted away. Toget rid of this
sprouting, pour fish or meat brine around
the stump in dry weather during the sum
mer. One application of brine will be SUI
ficient. Iffish or meat brine cannot be had,
make a strong brine by dissolving salt in
boiling water. 1t will require little more
of the latter brine poured around the stump
than either of the former. G.. F. N. in
Country Gentleman. v"uI ."
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Why jerks Never Married.

II think woman lisa tremendous being"
said jerks. "When she's right, she's the
rightest thing that floats; when she's
wrong, she's the biggest nuisance that
plows the sea, even if she is little, and don't
draw two feet of water. Perhaps it isn't
Just the thing to say to boy like you, but
you'll never speak of it if should tell you
little something 2"
"Oh, never p assured him.
"Well, suppose I might have been a
married man." and jerks avoided my eyes
by pretending to discover a horse shoe in
the road. .g .r.....f..
'You don't say so !" I exclaimed in I'M
distinguished establishment, for it had new
er occurred to me that such man as jerks
could ever marry. ......
"Yes, waited on q girl once"
"Was she beautiful ?" | enquired.
"Well, should say fair to middling,"
responded jerks, pursuing his lips, as il
determined to render candid judgment.
"Fair to middling, barring a few freck-
les." s'H o
"But you didn't leave her on account OF
her freckles 2" asked.
"No, didn't leave her on account of her
freckles; she was good girl, and wait
ed on her. 1t don't seem possible that
I ever ra'ally waited on girl, but
did," .t.et .. .-tg .p.
"Why didn't you marry her ?" enquir.
ed warmly. ~ sue.
SIT wasn't her fault" said jerks. "She
was good girl" ~
"Then why didn't you marry ?" insist
ed. .a.D aur
swell, there was another fellow got tc
hanging around, and-you know how such
things 60. was busy and didn't tend VI
very well s'pose-she got tired waiting
for me Cor something-and the fellow mar
ried her, but I've never blamed her. She'
been sorry enough guess" m o.., h,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15

THE AGE OF WONDERFUL large estab-
lsbment has been opened in St. Louis for
drying eggs, and is operated by hundreds
of thousands. The eggs after being care
fully inspected by light, are thrown into
an immense receptacle, where they are
broken, and by centrifugal operations the
white and yolk are separated from the
shells, very much as liquid honey is taken
from the comb. The liquid is then dried
by heat by a patent process, and the dried
article, which resembles brown sugar, is
put in barrels and is ready for transporta-
ton. The dried article has been taken
twice across the Equator in ships and then
made into omelet and compared with
omelets made from fresh eggs in the same
manner, and the best judges could not de-
tect the difference between them. Is not
this an age Of wonders9 Milk made solid;
cider made solid apple butter made in
brick What next .lta
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Preserving Fence Posts.
The american Chemist says:

The American Chemist says: ..
"Wood can be made to last longer than
iron in the ground. Posts can be prepar-
ed for less than two cents piece. This
is the recipe Take boiled linseed oil and
stir it in pulverized charcoal to the con-
sistency of paint. Put coat of this over
the timber, and there is not a man who
will live to see it rot" Like many other
sayings and recipes, this statement is made
by man who evidently has never had
proofs of what he says; yet am sure that
two or three good coats oftbis mixtur' on
the parts of posts that go into the gron,d,
will prove good preserver for them but
a single coat will not suffice. The char
coal should be finely pulverized, and the
first coat should not contain much char
coal, as the oil should be free to fill up the
outer pores of the wood, when the char
coal may he freely applied. But let no one
expect to thus preserve parts made ofwood
that soon decays naturally, but use oak,
chestnut, or cedar, and apply three coats
of this paint and your children, probably,
will see them in state of decay-not you,
unless you live to be very old.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15

Examine the sheep carefully the
weaker ones should be separated from the
rest and receive extra care.
do not let the dairy stock fall away at
this season of the year. If you do, you
lose the best part of the spring in getting
them in the required condition for milk
producing. #......-. a.....'
---Saturate literally o narrow piece OF
cloth with sulphur and lard, fasten round
the fruit trees just below the first limbs; it
will destroy the insects that will soon
crawl up to deposit the eggs 'I1i GONNA
-Farmers Of late years are using more
grass seed than they were in the habit OF
Sowing to the acre. Many sow eight quarts
of timothy, and the same Of clover seed to
the acre, and Others exceed this quantity,
believing that they get Q better return for
their money. ,.f, a. .,5..is,i
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q tic al.
Time to Me.

Time to Me.
Time to me this truth hath taught,
IT'S truth that's worth revealing;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.
If advice we would convey,
There's time we should convey #;
If we've but word to say,
There's time in which to say il
Many beauteous flower decays,
Though we tend 1t e'er so much;
Something secret on it preys,
Which no human aid can touch
So, in many q loving breast,
Lies some canker-grief concealed,
That, If touch'd is more oppressed,
Left unto itself-is healed.
Oft, unknowingly, the tongue
Touches on cord so aching,
That word, or accent wrong,
Pains the heart almost to breaking.
Many tear of wounded pride,
Many fault of human blindness,
Had been soothed, or turn'd aside,
By aquiet voice of kindness!
Time to me this truth hath taught,
IT'S truth that's worth revealing;
More offend from want of thought,
Than from any want of feeling.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15
A Deaf Mans Musings.

60 among great folks for great sinners.
( 1t is good to be deaf when the SLAM
derer begins to talk. t.,,t..- ...s, :,
Love drifts into hate more easily than
indifference into luminosity. n sr,a ~
Just one little drink" has made all
the drunkards in the world. ,rsa,,. ..-,.
lie is no true friend who has nothing
but compliments and praise for you.
Many people find their only happiness
in forcing themselves to be unhappy.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15

A st. Joe editor had an article headed
"What is it we drink 2" and,a rival editor
went over to the nearest saloon and ascer-
tanned that it was usually clear corn juice.
- Chicago Journal. tyaer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15
For The lEais d Mtelligeneer.
A Problem.

Sold flour at 81 per cent. commission;
invested ! of its value in coffee, at II per
cent commission; RENTED the balance,
$432.50. q What was thevalue of the flour,
the coffee, and my commissions lalc III
e,-r, srrel3g ts.p M. F. B,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15

A PUZZLED JUsTIcE.-A man named
Josh was brought before a county Squire
for stealing hog, and three witnesses be.
ing examined, swore they saw him steal it.
A wag having volunteered his counsel for
Josh, knowing the scope of the Squire's
brain, arose and addressed him as fol-
lows: l.. ..r .fat t, a.s
MAY it please your honor, can estab
lish this mans honesty beyond doubt,
for have twelve witnesses ready to swear
that they did not see him steal it."
The Squire rested his head for few
moments as if in deep thought, and with
great dignity arose, and, brushing back his
hair, said
eff there are twelve who did not see
him steal it, and only three who did, l
discharge the prisoner" n q i hr. d
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15
Corn Wanted.
SEXTON STOVES.

T WILL furnish Sexton Stoves of any of
i the different patterns. at Manufacturers
prices, and have them put in free Of charge
- yiHh Das < 5d E. M. ALLEN,
Stafford, October 23d, 1877. qiYaJn nov2
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--Ifa young man wants to see his name
in the paper let him get married. He will
never enjoy his death notice. bose CO.,.
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No. 9.
NO. =.
I am composed of is letters,

/ am composed of Is letters.
My1, 8, 6 is the name OF an insect.
My s, 4, 3, 10, 3 is what they called
Southerners. r.. s.fa.'a ...t... one
My 7, 8 stands for company.
My 10, II, 10, IS, IA, is is where they
put horses.
My whole is distinguished member Of
the Elkton Bar. t L. H.
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PROTECT THE FoREsTs.-"Saw wood !!
Saw wood tor my dinner!" said the tramp,
with look of horror, "Not much won't.
1t isn't that object to labor. I yield to
no man in respect for the God-given privi-
lege of earning my sweat mean sweat
ing my earnings-that is to say, breading
my earn by the brow of-you know what
/ mean, am ready, nay, anxious to work
Give me some hay to spread, right out here
in the snow. Show mo where there is a
stone wall to lay--behind. Anything but
helping in the most distant way to devas-
tate the mighty forests of this broad land
that the Almighty meant to gather moisture
and induce the reviving rain to fall upon
the parched earth. Why, do you know
that this continent is doomed to become an
arid desert if this destruction goes on l.
It's fact and won't be party to it. No
forests nor rain-everythin dry--dry as |
am. 1 decline the responsibility for it,
Tell me you've got some coal to carry in,
and I'll see if can't send you boy to do
it, but no wood saving for me, if you
please" Ut..I t3,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1878-03-15
For The Kgis & Intelligeneer.
Geographical and AcrOstical Enigma.

Geographical and AcrOstical Enigma.
No. /.
am composed of Is letters.
My 1, 10, 6, 10 is q town in Asia.
My 2, 10, II, 10, 6, 2, s is town in
Europe.
My 8, 10, r, 2, s. 8 is town in Pennsyl-
vana.
My A, Ia, II, s, 6, lois a town in Europe.
Ny 8, 2, 0, 10 is a town in Illinois.
My 6, 10, 8, 2, IA, 7 is town in Europe.
My Z, 10, IS, 10, 2, 8, is a town in
Asia. t"'.
My 8, IL, 10, is town in Africa.
My 8, 8, liz, 8, 6 is town in Vermont.
My 10, 2, 10, 3, G, / is town in Georgia.
My II, 5, 4, IA, 0, G, 10 is town in Ohio.
My 10, 10, 6, 2, $50 is a town in Asia.
My 13, 10, G, 8, 4, 8, Is is atown in Penn
slyvania. 80 e
My IA, 10, Z, 2, 8, 6 is town in Mary
land. ., . ..-, .......... .....
My is, 8, 10, 10, 8, 7, 9, 5, II is town in
New York.
NY whole is one of the most prominent
and respected citizens of Hartford county,
Nd. Haf ). ID. M.
Baltimore, March 4, 1878,
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Sewing Machines /!
GOLD BASIS. j."
Read These Prices j:

Secor. Empire, Etna, Keystone, Common
Sense, Florence, Blees, Domestic, Home, Nc.
Lean q Hooper and other makes at equally low
prices.
All attachments, including Tucker, Binder,
extra Hemmer, &C., free.
Write without delay for our new "a page IL
Illustrated PRICE LIST. '.Ut
OrmOnd Manufacturing Co.
my4 1y Al N. Gay Street, Baltimore.
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tnlnk, replleu his lrlenu, 'IOr poor MT.
Gillcuddy is dead" "Well," rejoined the
barrister, land what of that? could have
died, too, If had liked it,"
When Abraham Lincoln was a poor
lawyer, he found himself one Geld day at a
village some distance from Springfield, ILL.,,
and with no means of conveyance. Seeing
gentleman driving along the Spring
field road in a carriage he ran up to him
and politely said, "Sir, will you have the
goodness to take my overcoat to town for
me 2" with pleasure" answered the gen.
tleman, "but how will you get it again ?"
ooh, very easily" said Mr.. Lincoln, as /
intend to remain init" "Jump in" said
the gentleman, laughing, and the future
President had pleasant ride.
During one of his African campaigns,
the French Marshal Pelissier, whose pas
sionate temper was we'll known to every
one of his soldiers, so far forgot himself on
one occasion as to strike his aide-de camp
with his riding-whip for wrongly execut-
ing his orders. Without moments hest
tation the young officer drew his pistol
from the holster and fired at the general.
1t flashed in the pan. Pelissier, who had
| recovered his equanimity, checked him by
n gesture, and then said:
Sir, you will report yourself under ar
rest for eight days, for carrying your arms
| in bad order"
Our grandmothers had notions, and
| we laughed at them, but we shall have to
go back to their IDEAS We want more
whitewash--not for public men or govern
ment administrators, but for our dwellings
and fruit trees, Fashion has covered our
walls with paper and paint, both unwhole-
some and more or less poisonous; while
the whltewash brush being disowned, the
cellars are not sweetened, and cobwebs,
mould and faint accumulate the summer
long, and lice and moths make their homes
on fruit trees unmolested. Some wiseacre
has said that whitewashing the trees will
stop up the pores and injurc them. Non
sense Whitewash VIII kill lice, drives
away moths, and do the trees good,
while in the cellar and on the kitchen walls
| it is health.
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Carsin's Run, Hartford Co., Md.
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VARIETIES.

"A little girl while watching the rain
turned to her mother and said "Ma, I
guess the weather's SO warm it's melting
the Clouds"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-16

We note, but cannot dwell, on the Doctors
frequent limitations to his readers that " God s
thoughts" in regard to the popping of America,
were different from mans thoughts. - and that,
whereas the learned : for three hundred years
past " had imagined that the original American
inhabitants had arrived from n. E.. Asia, - Gods
thoughts were that they should consist of a
handful Of Polynesians and arrive via the South
Pacific and Easter Island, and that he, Doctor
Langaforesaid, had penetrated :" Gods thoughts >
ard revealed them to a sceptical and unbelieying
world. Human egotism cannot well 90 further.
and we the Doctor to the merciful
consideration OF has American reviewers, although
he thinks the subject Z" rather recondite for the
American mind" p. XIV. A. +.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
The Teachers Convention.

Inc Ieacners' ConVentlon.
The Union County Teachers Association was
organized May 4th 1878. and appointed an
Executive cbmxiittee 70 make arrangements for
q public meeting. This Committee met 1st day
of June and decided to hold their public meet
ing at Detheham Church, 18th and 10th of Au-
gust next. The following programme was
adopted:
FIRST DAY.
10 A. M.-The Benefits of Teachers Conventions
w. j. II. Glenn and j. NJ. Carter.
IL A. M.-The Best Text Books-J. F. Brown
and w. b. Fambrough.
Question Box.
INrEMIssIoN.
2P. M.-The Duties of Teachers to Pupils
n. L. Griffin and w. Is Lemmons.
3P. M-Order in School Room-J B. Parrott,
s. NJ. Bagwell.
Question Box.
SECOND DAY.
10 A. M.-The CO. education of the Sexes-J
W. n. Beard, Robt. Hamilton.
IL A. M.-Annual Oration-Capt. II. Thomp-
son. Or. 5: n Carlisle.
Question Box.
PIP M.-Bcst Method of getting Parents to
Cooperate with teacher in sustaining
School-W. g. Austin. G p. Bostick.
3P. M.-Ought State to Educate its citizens
ID. a. Townsend, VIM Jetferies..
Question Box.
JF. BROWN,
Secretary.
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THE CoRMonANT CoRBIN.-Washngto May
3O.-The Senate committee on elections will, to-
morrow, hear the reply of Gen. Paine, counsel
for Senator Butler, to ex Governor Chamberlain s
argument in behalf of Mr.. Corbin, the con tes-
tant for the South Carolina senatorshp. Tho
committee ut first intended to contne itself sole
ly to determining the question of its jurisdiction
in the premises. to which Mr.. Butler haL
demurrcd, upon the ground hat the contest was
res dCyudicata. Subsequently, however, il con-
cluded to hear tho case in its entirety with q
view Of deciding its merits in conjunction with
the legal question raised. The arguments of
counsel for both parties, therefore, embrace re-
view Of the events incident to the election for
senator, the character OF the legislature, and all
the other questions involved, with which the pub
lie are already familiar. Whether the commit ee
contcmpaes to report its conclusions and rec
concentrations at the present session has not
transpired. 1t is exceedingly doubtful that it
will do so. IT, however, a majority of the COM
mittee should report adversely to Mr.. Butler,
and declare MIR. Corbin the legally chosen scna-
tor, it hardly seems possible, in the absence of
Mr.. Sharon, who, it is announced, has no inten-
;ion Of coming to Washington this summer, that
Mr.. Butler can be ousted. Senators Patterson
and EonOver are known to be pledged to Butler,
and in the present condition of the case il is
said that other Republicans will vote against the
admission of Corbin. Considering all the cir
cumstances it is difficult to perceive how Mr..
Corbn can accomplish his object. The most ia
vorable result that he will probably attain will
be handsome allowance for the expense Of the
contest.-N. y. Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
Our Fire Company.

Our Fire Company.
We are glad to see our Fire Company making
such capital headway in learning how to man
age their engine. For the past three weeks
they have paraded on Saturday afternoon and
exercised in every way to make themselves
quick and efficient in working their Engine, o
that if their services should be needed they
would be able to fight fire effectually.
The company is composed of coored men.
with Alfred Keenan, captain, and with their
red shirts on they make fine appearance. Alf.
is the very man for Captain and he is ambitious
to make his company what it should be, an
honor to the town and worthy the respect of its
citizens. We have one or two suggestions to
make, but must defer il to another time.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
The Wheat Crop.

Although very contradictory reports come to
us--from very reliable parties, too-as to the
wheat crop in this county we feel confident that
a fair crop has been made. 1t is not so good
yield to the acre as last year, but it will not bs
very far short of that, while the greatly in
creased acreage will much more than make up
the difference. Much of the crop has already
been cut, and if continuous rains do not set in
we may safely calculate upon o good crop of
good wheat
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FRuIT.--Thc earlier in the day fruits are eat
en- the better. They should be ripe, fresh and
perfect, and eaten in their natural state, with
the important advantage Of its being almost i'm
possible 10 take too many. Their hsalthful
qualities depend on their ripe acdity; but if
swcctcnca with sugar the acidity is not only
Acutralized, but the stomach is tempted to re-
rcivc more than it is possible to digest, and if
cream is taken with them the labor of digestion
is increased No liquid of any description
should be drunk within an hour after eating
fruits, nor should anything else be eaten within
two or thre Lours after-thus, time being al
lowed for them to pass out of the stomach, the
system derives from them all of their enivening
cooling and aperient influences The great rule
is, eat fruits and berries while fresh, ripe and
perfect, in their natural state, without eating or
drinking anything for at least two hours after
wards. With these restrictions, fruits may be
eaten in moderation during any hour of the day,
and without getting tired of them, ceasing to
be benefited by them during the whole season.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
Forest and Stream, Rod and Gun.

This is one of the most valuable as we'll as
interesting Journals published in this country.
1t not olny treats of the sports which its name
tion upon the diseases of animals Agricultural
topics, and in fact almost every matter of gen
eral interest to the home, the farm the turf and
the water. See advertisement, and send for q
COPY Mt once.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-06-07
Destructive Storm L.

We learn that on Monday evening last ter
rifle storm of wind and rain visited that por-
ton Of this County lying on Tiger river, blow
ing down Houses, Barns, Fences, seriously in.
juring wheat and washing new plowed Cotton
fields. We have only received verbal accounts
OF the storm, as yet, but are promised a detailed
account. 1t is reported that it did sad mis-
chief to 13O acres of wheat belonging to Mr. j.
II. Minter.