Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1879-12-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

Ihe tenant-farmerS OF Eng land, ac-
cOrding to member of Parliament, will
be satisfied with nothing less than !:
l. Better representation. 2. Security
for capital. 3. Freedom of cultivation.
A. Liberty to dispose of produce to best
advantage. 5. Abolition of distraint.
6. Reform of the game laws. 7. Legiti-
mate share in county government; !;
8. Fair apportiOnment of local burdens.
A story comes from Nemehah county,
Mo-, that one David Meisenthaler was
killed there by a meteor or aerolite. He
was driving cattle from the field when
the meteor descended obliquely through
a tall maple, cutting the limbs as clean
as if it had been a cannon ball. 1t
struck near the shoulder, passing
through his body obliquely and burying
itself two feet in the earth. The meteor
is composed of iron pyrites, round and
rough, about the size of a common
patent bucket.
The movement to recognize the ster-
ling qualities of Adam, by the erection
of a monument at Elmira, N. Y, is
booming. The Free Press of that city
contains a report of a meeting held there
to perfect arrangements for the desired
testimonial. The Free Press says: "a
committee of three was appointed to
correspond with eminent sculptors,
with view of getting designs sugges-
tions and estimates upon the cost Of the
memorial, according to plan which at
the meeting had been generally pre-
ferred. The matter of the location Of
the work was informally discussed, and
several sites, any of which would be
favorable, were named. The work un-
dertaken will be earnestly and zealously
pushed until the design of the projectors
shall be an accomplished fact"
The foolish nan who told his son that
wine is made of grapes was, as every
one knows, very far from the truth.
Still people have been of the opinion
that American homemade wine, at
least, was manufactured from grapes.
1t seems that in this also they are mis-
taken. The Sandusky (Ohio) Register,
in its annual review of the vineyard pro-
GuctioE of Northern Ohio, says that of
the million and half gallons of wine
that was made there this season. less
than million gallons of grape juice
was used. 1t adds that dealers make no
secret of the fact that they use spirits.
sugar and water largely in the produc-
ton of wine, and claim that this is done,
net so much to make money as to suit
the taste of their patrons, who prefer the
adulterated product to the pure article.
The method adopted in Germany for
preventing the slipping and falling of
horses on the public road is as unique
as it's simple. The smith, when finish
ing the shoe, punches hole in the two
ends, and when the shoe is cold he taps
in a screw thread and screws into the
shoe, when ON the horses foot, sharp
pointed stud of an inch in length. With
shoes thus fitted, the horse can travel
securely over the worst possible road,
never being known to slip under any
mode of employment-draft horses being
also shod in the same way. When the
horse comes to the stable, the pointed
stud is unscrewed and button screwed
in, so that no damage can happen to the
horse and the screw holes are prevented
from filling. When the horse is going
out, the only thing required is simply
to remove the button and screw in the
pointed stud.
Professor Willard, in a speech at the
New York dairy fair, deprecated the
present tendency OF farmers to extrava-
pianos, fine clothes and $l2 kid
shoes" Commenting upon the profes
sor's speech. the New York Graphic re-
marks: "Now, farmers have as much
right to the refnements of life rs any
other class of people. The inference
from this perpetual preaching Of econ
omy to the farmer is that he must live
in very plain house, dress in very plain
clothes, abjure all ornamentation, and
live down to level which borders on
squalor. If this advice is good for the
farmer it should be equally good for
merchant, lawyer OF doctor. Sauce for
the goose is sauce for the male bird also.
All of life is not embraced in pork and
cabbage, pictureless rooms, or a house
without piano, tasty furniture or books
Are certain favored occupations to be
the only ones to enjoy the luXuries of
life? Refinement is not extravaganza.
The American farmer is by this eXces-
sive economy to be converted into an
American peasant. If people are edu-
Gated up to the modern requirements it
will follow, as a matter of course, that
they will demand modern elegancies.
The piano has its mission in the farmers
parlor as well as in that of the Fifth
avenue. Indeed it is all the more needed
to relieve the isolation of the country
home. If farming cannot bring the re
fined necessities Of life, then farming is
a very poor business.
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