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The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
The 6arnter.
POULTRY.

Farmers arc very apt to think that poul-
try do as well and grow as large if left en-
tirely to themselves. This is not true, and
some of our best farmers have discovered
their mistake. There ought to be build
ing of some kind, however cheaply con.
structed, which will shelter the poultry
during the fall and winter months. Poul-
try will pay larger profit on the amount of
money invested than any other stock that
can be kept on farm; but it is necessary
that they should have proper care and the
right kind of food.
Pure breed poultry will cost more than
the common "dung hill" variety, which is
usually seen around our farms, but will
yield the largest returns of eggs and flesh.
1t is so easy to neglect common stock of
any kind that it is almost necessary to OBJ
tain pure bread stock in order to get up
the interest required to give that care and
attention which will insure success.
1t is beautiful sight to see flock Of
fine, pure bred chickens of uniform color
and marking. 1t gives the owner special
delight to show them to visitors and
friends. There are so many varieties in
size, form and color that each one can
choose the breed that suits him best.
There are farmers who can succeed in
breeding more than one variety, but it re-
quires more time and greater outlay for
stock and buildings when two or more varie-
ties are kept on the same farm. 1t is much
better to have but one variety, and improve
that each year, than to start with several
kinds, and on account of the extra trouble
of keeping each breed separate from the
other, come to the conclusion that poultry
keeping does not pay. 1t will pay, but it
is necessary that you should use the same
care and diligence that you would use in
stock raising.
Protect the poultry from the cold win
try winds, give good food at the right
time, and in the right way, and you will
find that it pays to keep poultry, and the
better poultry you keep, the better pay you
will receive.-J. NJ. S., in Farmers Re-
7,ie1p
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
Selert Aoetrg.
BEYOND THE RIVER.
From the Dublin University Magazine.

Time is a river deep and wide,
And while along its banks we stray
We see our loved ones DER the tide
Sail from our sight-away, away.
Where are they-they who return
No more to glad our longing eyes?
THEY'VE passed from life's contracted bourne,
To land unseen, unknown, that lies
Beyond. the river.
,ris hid from view; but we may guess
How beautiful that realm must be-
For gleamings of its loveliness
In visions granted oft we see.
The very clouds that never throw
Their veil appraised for mortal sight
With gold and purple tintings glow,
Reflected from the glorious light
Beyond the river.
And gentle airs, so sweet, so calm
Steal sometimes from that viewless sphere;
The mourners feels their breath of balm'
And soothed sorrow dries tear
And sometimes list'ning ears may gam
Enhancing sound that hither floats,
The echo of distant strain
Ofharps and voices, blending notes,
Beyond the river
There are our loved ones in their rest
THEY'VE crossed times river-now no more
They heed the bubbles on its breast,
Nor feel the storms that sweep its shore
But there pure love can live, can last
They look for us their home to share;
When we in turn away have passed
What joyous greetings wait us there,
Beyond the river.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
Level l-Headed.

A laughable incident occurred in Har-
risonburg during the session of the Grand
Jury last week. An old darkey being
brought before that august body to "tes-
tify and the truth to tell" in reference to
the illegal relation certain parties bore to
each other, was asked what evidence he
had that these parties were living together
as man and wife. He replied, "I often
see him carry things there de same as I
does to my folks, and sides dat, lib next
door to dem, and I often hear dem quar-
rellin' and fussin' wild each odder de same
as married folks does" Prima facie ev-
idence in the old mans mind that they
had appeared before the altar of Hymen
and there pledged each other to love, obey,
protect and cleave one unto the other so
long as they both should live.-Bridge,oa-
ter, Va., Enterprise.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

How THE Boy HELPED THE HUNTER.
"A hunter in a furious hurry after game
called out to a gawkey youngster:
"Hello, boy, did you see rabbit cross
the road here just now?"
GA rabbit"
eyes, be quick, a rabbit"
"Was it kind O gray varmint2" ?"
eyes, yes"
GA long creature with short tail 2"
eyes, be quick, or he'll get into his
hole"
"Had it long legs behind and big ears?"
eyes yesl''
"And sort o jumps when it runs 2"
eyes"
"Well, 1 hain't seen no sich critter
here"
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
WINTER.

'Tis now upon the windy slope,
The russet leaves repose,
Now languid fade the heliotrope,
The daisy and the rose,
And the gauze undershirt.
Puck.
And now the seasons elements
From polar parts take passage,
And once again the griddle makes
Acquaintance with the sausage"
And exc with the 'iap-jack."
Yonkers Gazette.
Where first we had the the insects hum,
Now plaintive pipes the quail;
From leafless hills chill breezes come
With wintry moan and wall;
So does the tramp.
Burlington Hd,ckeye,
The farmers has put up his fence:
His wife, in jar and cup,
Has put up fruits of all kinds, hence
There's everything put up
Except the stovepipe.
st. Louis Post.
But now the stovepipe's in its place,
The hickory is ignited,
And the farmer sits with easy grace
While his stumpy pipe is lighted,
And his good frau darns his socks.
Democratic advocate.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

The LARGEST PLow IN THE WORLD
What is said to be the largest plow ever
built has been constructed for the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad company
to use in ditching for railway construction
in Iowa, to be drawn neither by mule,
horse or OK, but by locomotive. The
dimensions of this steam-pulled ditcher
are given as follows The share weighs
1872 pounds, the mould board 180 pounds,
the beam 900 pounds, the coulter and
clasp 18O pounds, the clevis go pounds,
the standard 134 pounds. The beam 163
feet long, 10 inches wide and II inches
thick, the mould board 8 feet by 26 in
ches, share 81 feet by IL inches. 1t will
cut furrow 81 inches wide.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

A SIMPLE CURE FOR DIPTHERIA.-A
lady of Lancaster, Pa, who has tried it
with success in her own and several other
families, submits the following simple cure
for diptheria HALF f-teaspoonful of salt,
one teaspoonful of pepper, three table
spoonfuls of vinegar, one-half cup of wa
ter. Gargle the throat with it every 20
minutes until the PATIENTS relieved. Wash
the neck with it little. IF too strong,
add little water to it for young children.
Use table salt.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
How to Plow.

In his address on "Plowing" before the
State Board of Agriculture of Connecti-
cut, Professor Stockbridge said :-"There
are two kinds of soil on every mans farm
the agricultural soil and the subsoil.
The agricultural soil may be two inches
deep, or it may be nine, but it is not twen-
ty feet. 1t is not deeper than the air can
penetrate. If the agricultural soil is too
shallow, it may be gradually deepened by
lifting an inch of the subsoil at each plow-
ing, bringing it up to the air and enrich
ing it with manure. Our agricultural So
ciety committees, by their premiums for
smooth, shiny, fat furrows, have done the
community great harm. Such plowing as
oftenest takes the premium is the poorest
kind of plowing. The soil is best plowed
when it is most thoroughly crushed, twist
ed and broken, with the sod well covered.
On some kinds of land I would have the
burrows Tapped an inch, as the Canada
farmers plow. Let the air and water have
chance to circulate underneath the sur
face. Light lands, however, should have
a fiat furrow.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
Resurgann.

No more blossoms in the orchard,
No wild flowers in the vale;
Soft-voiced wood birds cease their singing
In the shadow haunted dale.
Gone the dancing summer sunshine;
Gone the song birds from the glen,
But fair hope still sings "Be happy"
Summer days and picnics and snake bites and
red ants, and sunstrokes, and circuses, and
mad dogs, and ice cream and strawberry
festivals, and white pants, and Sunday
school excursions, and water melons, and
moonlight drives, and livery bills, and
hives and flies, and the fourth of July will
come again.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

CURE FOR CHICKEN CHoLERA.-Doyles-
town, Pa, Democrat If farmers whose
poultry are troubled with so-called cholera,
will feed wet food for few days well stir
ring into one feed ateaspoonful Of sulphur
and into the next about a table spoonful Of
pulverized charcoal, and so alternate the
feed for about three days, they will find
the cholera disappear entirely, and those
chickens, &C., not too far gone when
this treatment is commenced, win recover
and be as bright as q dollar. Try this.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

Orchard grass, Kentucky blue grass and
white clover, and if the ground is low or
moist add red top, and you will have the
finest and best productive pasture known
among extensive stockgrowers, as it re-
quires no reseeding, but improves in guam
tity and quality, carrying more stock each
year, invaluable for woods or pastures, and
should be extensively sown in burnt for
ests. Leaving out the orchard grass Cas-
it is too rank and rapid grower you have
the best mixture that can be formed for
lawns, yards, etc.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

How TO ExTINGUIsH CHIMNEY FIRES.
M. Queynet, French chemist, recon-
mends, as means for rapidly extinguish-
ing fires in chimneys, that about 100
grammes q ,543 grains troy, or % pounds)
Of sulphuret of carbon be burned upon
the hearth. The best way to burn the
sulphuret is to turn it out in broad tin
plate. 1t ignites at once, burns rapidly,
and produces great volumes of the noxious
sulphuric acid gas which extinguishes
fame at once. The sulphuret of carbon,
liquid combination of sulphur and car
bon, should be kept In large bottles, to
allow for its great expansion. In Paris
the fremen, by using this compound as
directed, in three months extinguished 251
fires out of 319, and that, too, without
needing to go upon roofs or deranging
apartments in any way.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

Everything in history, nature and in
philosophy appeals to the farmer to culti-
vate an unbounded esteem for his occupa-
tion, and to exert himself, in cooperation
with his fellow-farmers, in placing agricul-
ture at the head of all pursuits in honor
and dignity.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

The judges of the several courts of the
city Of New York, viz The Supreme,
Superior, Marine and Criminal coCrts, are
the best paid judges in the country. The
first named receive salary Of ST 800 a
year, the second $4,000, the third 49,
900, and the last $4,000.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

CURE FOR Ep1zooTY. your horse is
afflicted with epizooty chop six onions fine,
sprinkle with little salt, and mix with
chopped feed. Horses viii eat this mix
ture readily. Repeat it for two or three
days, and the good effects win soon be
seen.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07
When to Gut Your Nails.

The popular superstition regarding the
days on which it is lucky or unlucky tc
trim the finger nails is expressed in an old
rhyme thus:
Cut them ON Monday, cut them for wealth.
Cut them on Tuesday, cut them for health
Cut them on Wednesday, cut them for news
Cut them on Thursday, new pair of shoes
Cut them on Friday, you'll cut them for woe
Cut them on Saturday, journey you'll co.
Cut them on Sunday, you'll cut them for evil,-
For all the next week you'll be ruled by the devil
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

A patient is undoubtedly in very bad
way when his disease is acute and his doc
tor isn't.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

When she struck him over the head
with tin dipper for trying to kiss her,
he called it the Standardization of the
belle"
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

Sambo, did you ever see the Catskill
Mountains ?" 'No, sab, but I seen EN-
kill mice"
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

The balance of trade is slightly against
the farmer who comes to town with load
Of new wheat and returns home loaded
down with "old rye. - Kenango Citizen.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

"a teacher who will preserve order or
break heads is advertised for by Kansas
School Board
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

The period spent by chicken in the
shell might be designated as the inter-egg-
mum.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

Silence is not always golden. The oys-
ter is continually getting into broiIs and
steYs.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

An old negro cook said Sass is pow
erfull good in eberything but children.
Dey need some oder sort OBJ dressin.n
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

An honest old farmer, on being inform
ed the other day that one of his neighbors
owed him a grudge, growled out :-"No
matter; he never pays anything"
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

When is love like battle when it
comes to an engagement.
The Democratic advocate., 1878-12-07

The only industrious @IOaferap -Bak-
ers.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
The Mississippi Monster.

The monster seen in the Mississippi
river above Memphis few months ago
by the captain and crew of towboat
reappeared the other day near island
ninety,five. This time the frightful
creature was seen by some of the crew
of produce boat. The monsters body
was shaped like snakes, his tail forked
like fish's and his bill formed like n
pelican's. His bill was about six feet
long and flowing black name stood
out from his head, which was erected
eight feet above the water, as he swan
maiestically down the stream. One
twist of his forked tail knocked of the
steering oar of the produce boat and
sent the crew in terror to the hold.
The i'll starred craft now lies moored at
Vicksburg, deserted by all the crew but
one man, the others believing that the
monster is lying in wait for this particu-
lar boat to sink it out of sight
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
Gravity. Specific and Otherwise.

No admission fee is charged TO visl-
tors 10 the bonanza mills, the only re-
quisite being permit from the super-
intendent; but lady who visited the
California pan-mill recently paid $40 for
the privilege. and was taught lesson in
natural philosophy, in this wise Mr..
Long, the foreman, was showing three
ladies' and a gentleman through the
mill, and kindly explaining the fuDc-
tions OF the various settlers, pans, and
so forth. The quicksilver bowls stand
ing near the amalgamating pans at
tracted the attention Of the visitors, and
they inquired what use the odd-looking
concerns were put to. He explained
their use, but the ladies did not seem to
catch the sense OF his remarks very
readily. They seemed quite puzzled.
Mr.. Long repeated his explanation, but
the ladies manifested Aore surprise
than ever. In order TO make himself
understood, Mr.. Long then gave prac-
teal demonstration of the working of
the bowls, by pulling up the stopper
which checks the inflow of the beautiful
metal from the pipe connecting with
the supply tank. The bowl Immediately
filed with quicksilver, the surface look
ing clean and bright. The party could
not resist the temptation of dipping
their fingers in the metal. They with
drew them as clean as when they put
them in. This surprised them. Mr..
Long threw bunch Of keys in the bowl.
They Aoated. This was pleasant ex-
pertinent. A gentleman with the party
then threw a pocket-knife in the bowl.
1t also foated. The ladies were de-
lighted. Mr.. Colby, the chief engineer
of the mill, having just been relieved,
came along. He threwa four-bit piece
in. Itfloatsa of course, and he took it
out and rubbed it dry. The quicksilver
having absorbed all the impurities on
the coin, it looked bright as FURNISHED
gold. One of the ladies said it was beau
tiful, and another took 800 gold piece
out of her pocket-book and threw it in.
Mr.. Long and Mr.. Colby saw the move
ment, but said nothing. The specific
gravity of gold as compared with quick
silver being as seventeen is to fourteen,
the coin sank out Of sight, to the utter
dismay Of the ladies and the great NOR.
tification of the owner of the 800. This
feeling did not last long, however, at
Mr.. Long assured them that in day oi
two he could probably restore the lost
money in the form Of amalgam, as he
would have to use the quicksilver tc
work the next charge put in the pans. -.
Virginia (Ner.) Chronicle.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
Killed for Being a SOrceress.

Advices received from British Colum-
bia report a singular murder there of an
aged white woman by an Okanagan chief
named Red Berry. The old woman was
the widow OF James GrIsdale, one of the
first white settlers in the Okanagan dis
trict. She was reputed to be wealthy,
and was accounted sorceress by the In
dams around about. Several of Red
Berry's horses died of murrain, some
weeks ago, and the medicine men of the
Okanagans held that Mrs. Grisdale had
afflicted them with disease. Red Berry
at once started for her abode, and find
ing her on her knees at prayer, con.
cluded that he had caught her in the
very act OF practicing her black art, and
with one blow OF club dashed her
brains out He then informed the white
settlers near by Of what he had done,
and asked them to reward him for rid
ing their flocks and herds OF an evil
spirit. He was arrested. and taken to
the jail at Okanagan. Red Berry, be-
yond doubt, thought he was doing the
community meritorious service.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
Judge Black.

Here is Judge "Jere" Blacks por-
trait, as sketched by correspondent !:
"He is large-framed and vigorous,
though spare rather than heshy, and his
iron gray wig surrounds very deceptively
his high, square head. He has slightly
sloping forehead, bursting "percep.
tives," and small, shrewd blue eyes,
arched over with white and foxy brows,
and his face is close shaven. His square
lower jaw gives truthful impression of
strong combative force, but on the
whole, I was well pleased with this
sbrewd old lawyer" The Judge has a
great dislike to ordering from a. bill OF
fare when at dinner, and his usual direc-
tion to an attendant is Bring nae any.
thing that is proper for civilized being
to eat." When his cup becomes empty.
he will say ingratiatingly to the nearest
colored man /: MY fellow citizen, will
you please fill my cupa"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06

we viii try it by a severe test. II your
.child's mother we're living, what would
her. counsel be, think your
y al think-I believe she would be in
favor Of it." - .at ...
+ Sand you know whether she would
have approved lightly. Frank Wilson is
faithful, loving, honest. What would
you have morep His fortune Is small,
but It ouly rests with you to make it
larger" .'...-..
"Egsd and so WILL" said Brad
bury, Frightening up. "I'll give the
young couple five hundred a year, and he
shall have a share in my business, if he
likes"
"Thst's right, and like a good fellow,
Bradbury. 1 was sure you'd consent.
And now bow do you feel =
FIFTY per cent iollier already" " said
Bradbury. 81 feel like a young man
again, ani quite delighted at the idea of
making my dear little Kitty happy.
My dear lady, You have no idea how
this matter has weighed on my mind all
day. I'm really excessively obliged to
You for settling it 80 nicely"
"To be sure you are" said the visit
or. "And now don't you want to
know to whom you are indebted, you
ungrateful man?"
"'Pon my honor, 1 quite forgot that
we weren't old friends, said Bradbury.
"But / should like to knows uncom-
monty"
"This is my password" " said the lady,
giving smart postman's rap on the
table with her wand. "Now, perhaps,
you can guess"
"Never was good at guessing" said
Bradbury. "Give it up"
"Why, I'm Saint Valentine, you old
stupid" said the lady. "Mind you
don't forget what I've told you" And
she vanished without even wishing him
"good night"
SO Frank and Kate were nh ried, and
lived happy ever afterwards, as might
naturally have been expected. Old
Bradbury has immensely improved,
but he hasn't finished setting his desk
to rights yet. Every st. Valentine
eve he shuts himself up in his room
and dreams over that packet Of old let
ters, but he has never had another visi
from st. Valentine.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
A Hog at Bay.

At about lalf-past twelve o'clock yes
terday afternoon, says recent issue of
st. Louis paper, as drove of hogs
was being driven past the Four Courts,
on Eleventh street, on their way to Ned
derhutt's packing house, on the corner
OF Spruce and Main streets, one of them
"A very large and savage beast--broke
loose from its companions, and dashed
into the door of the Four Courts build
ing, which leads into the culinary de-
partment of the Jail.
Being closely pressed by one of the
drivers, it made Jump through closed
window, and, carrying part of the sash
with it, landed in the yard below. Here
one OF the drivers, named Henry Brinker,
followed it, expecting to find that a little
application of the stick was all that was
necessary to bring the animal to subiec-
tion. The hog, however, had hoisted
the black flag, and the moment the man
entered the yard it attacked him fercely,
and bit furiously at his legs, utterly re-
gardless of the shower of heavy blows
which the man rained upon his head and
shoulders with his stick. Finally the
beast made very vicious bite at Mr..
Brinker's knee, missing his hold on the
mans flesh but succeeding in tearing
the leg of his pantaloons into pieces.
Brinker left the yard precipitately
after this exhibition of porcine prowess,
and the hog being left in possession Of
the yard, backed up into a corner,
whence it would emerge with every in
tention of fight whenever anybody offered
to dispute possession of the place with
it. A consultation was held, and finally
it was decided to request Captain Con-
way, who is crack shot with the re-
volver, to try conclusions with the beast.
The latter sent over to the house for his
pet revolver-an improved Colt-and
got into position from which he was
able to draw a bead upon the animal,
which still kept its corner. The first
shot, fred at distance of about fifteen
yards, settled the business, the ball
striking the hog in the middle Of the
forehead and killing it instantly, upon
which the drivers bled it and removed it
in wagon to the packing house.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-02-06
Lehman Pasha's Death.

One Of the recent incidents at Shipka
Pass was the death of Lehman Pasha,
one Of the bravest of the Turkish gener-
ais. The old warrior died like soldier.
As he stood on the banquette OF the
advanced parapet, directing the work OF
his mortars and watching the effect of
their fire, a shrapnel burst just in front
OF him, and piece, passing through his
cid glasses, entered his forehead, kill
ing him on the spot. When the general
fell, and the men realized their loss, the
cry of "Allah T. echoed along the
trenches, and they opened tremendous
fire, while nothing but discipline pre-
vented them from hurting themselves,
in broad daylight, against the rock, only
to swell the number of corpses already
at its base. He was buried from the
monastery at Kesanlik. The funeral
line started from Shipka at noon.
First marched battalion OF infantry;
then came the band of cavalry regi
ment playing some of those wild, sad
Turkish airs; next, on a gun carriage
drawn by eight horses, the ccffin covered
with flags, with the generals fez and
sword on it, and his well-known chestnut
charger following; and at last came the
staff. The artillery sergeant, who car
carried the beloved commanders sword,
sobbed like child, and many a soldier
whispered, "Would to Allah I was
lying in his place"