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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-26
Farnlers' Column
Speed the PEOsD."
For The AgiS d. MtelA
Manures Should be Applied nea
Surface.

You will find accompanying this pap.
number of specimens of wheat plants
your examination, that you may see the pro-
priety of the suggestions l propose to make
to the farmers of Hartford county, namely:
That drilling in fertilizers with seed wheat
is not the right way to use them in wheat
cultivation.
You will perceive that the specimen mark
ed NO. l had its seed bed at depth of about
three or four inches. The tap root, which is
exceedingly small, reaches to within about
one inch of the surface. At this point the
heavy roots form and tillering commences
The tap root can now be dispensed with
without injury to the plant. No. 2. The
seed fell about :! inches below the surface;
hence the tap root is short, as you will per-
ceive. No. 8. About the depth of No. /.
| have examined hundreds of plants, in all
stages of their growth, and find that the till
ering or multiplying roots form about one
inch below the surface, no matter at what
depth the seed was lodged in the soil The
exception to this rule is formed in plant No
a, which was grown on the side of furrow
slice, and being near the surface all the way
down, side sprouts appear and would become
independent plants. The seed of this plant
was buried about seven inches, whose apex
was the top of clod
All wheat plants will come to the surface,
on poor land or rich, sustained by the mother
seed, if planted at a proper depth, and under
propitious circumstances and then to be
vigorous, and to multiply its stalks it must
find food near the surface, where it will
elaborate all the elements required as food
Gf any be there,) for its future development.
| have had from one grain of wheat forty
stalks with full heads. prepared them to
send to your office but could not cut them in
time.
Now, Mr.. Editor, if these statements are
true and the specimens before you prove them
true, then infer:
list. That the wheat plant does not require
fertilizer in its bed with the seed.
I'd. The drill puts the fertilizer below the
point where it would do most good to the
plant.
Sd. That the true policy of the farmer is to
dispense with the fertilizer attachment to his
wheat drill, and to SOW his fertilizer broad
cast, just before the last narrowing, and then
drill in his wheat.
intend entering upon this practice this
fall with the utmost confidence of SUCCESS
think that every farmer would do well to
try the experiment, even upon a small scale,
A. G. GRIFFITH.
CugtOH, Hartford COantH
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A CHEAP GREENnoUsE-The German
town Telegraph says: THE cheapest plan of
erecting greenhouse that We have any
knowledge of-and we used one successfully
for many years-is to dig out pit in side
hill, where the upper end will be just above
ground and the lower end will be two or
three feet above ground, where the door must
be, with two or three steps down for an en-
trance. Wall up, roof the wall, and cover
the whole with sash, as in hotbeds, the sash
having more fall, say three feet in width of
two, the house being fifteen by ten. Erect
in this the stand of shelves, and when it is
time to take up the summer flowers, bulbs
etc., store them here. The glass should be
| covered with thick straw mats, which can be
removed even when the weather is coolest, in
clear weather, for an hour or two at midday
| to get the warmth and influence of the SUM-
| At such times ventilation also should be at
tended to, by slightly opening sash or two
No fire is needed. Nearly all readily flow.
| ering plants will bloom, and there will scarce
ly be week during the winter that bou
quet may not be gathered, if the house is pro.
perly managed" The summer Is the time ia
make it and have it ready for fall.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-26
Making Clay Pipes.

The Detroit Free Press has discovered in
that city firm engaged in the manufacture
of the common clay pipes which sell at such a
low figure, and gives an insight into its
workings: All the clay used is purchased at
Baltimore and costs from 500 to 800 per car
load. 1t arrives ut the factory in hard, dry
Jumps, and must be thoroughly soaked in q
big tub or tank before it is ready for use
The soft clay is then rolled and kneaded and
mixed together until it forms a solid mass
without any humps. Six men sit around a
table with Il lot of damp clay within easy
reach. Grasping lump in each hand the
workman rolls it back and forth on the table
shaping it with his hand until it resembles a
pipe, and then laying it one side until tray
full of wet, embryo pipes has been accumu-
lated The tray is then placed out doors in
the sun to dry, and after an hour or two is
brought inside by the same workman, showed
into an iron mold and pressed into shape
with quick pull ut lever The hole
through the pipe is made by hand with a
piece of wire, well creased. Two girls at an
adjoining table receive the pipes at this stage
of their manufacture and scrape off the ridges
and other imperfections left by the mold
The wet pipes are then taken out of the shop
and placed in large crooks or tubs oftire clay
called saggers AS fast as the saggers are fill.
ed they are piled one above another inside a
brick kiln, and two or three times week
the kiln is fired and subjected to intense heat
for several hours until the pipes are baked
thoroughly white. The stem of each pipe is
then coated with yellow mixture of shellac
tumcric and other substances to prevent il
from sticking to the lips, and the pipe is
ready for shipment in boxes partially filled
with sawdust.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-26

POINTED SHoEs.-A great beau of the time
of William Rufus, called Robert the Horned
wore shoes with long, sharp points stuffed
with tow, and twisted in II special FORM
This fashion took the fancy of the people of
that day immensely, and the points went on
increasing yearly until the reign of Richard
H., when they had to be tied on the knees of
the wearer, to save him from being encum-
bered in walking, This tying, or fastening,
was, in the case ola gentleman by chains of
silver or silvcr-gilt In Chaucer's time the
upper part of these shoes were cut to initiate
a church window. The rank of the wearer
in those days was known by the length of
his poulaines The men, says Paradin,
"wore them with point before half Il foot
long the richer and more eminent pcrsonagcs
wore them n foot and princes two feet long"
BY an act of the reign ofEdward w., the alb
surd length to which the points attained was
limited; and no one under the rank ola lord
was to wear shoes more than ten inches long
and all cobblers making them were to be fin
ed and cursed by the clergy.-AH the Yen
| Round.
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"What did you put them on for thenP l
think this is a delightful meal, 1 do--not a
thing fit to eat"
I'm very sorry didn't please you l tried
especially to please you" said Mrs Harris,
as coolly as before.
"Tried to y
"Ycs, you said you were going to send me
| over to Mrs. Jones to take lessons in cook
ing. | took them at home, that is ALL
But don't seem to succeed rs well as she
did"
What on earth do you mean, Sue?"
Don't you see? If you think, you will
see that have given you tonight Just what
she gave us last night and then, you remem-
Der, you praised everything until she was per-
fectly satisfied"
'Bosh, Sue. Don't you know that was all
for the sake of politeness"
ooh, was it? Well, then, are we to teach
our children that politeness is only for COM
pany use, and not necessary at home"
"Why, no, of course not"
"Ihcn, if not isn't it as important to wear
| smile and a kind face, and try to excuse lit
tie accidents at home as when we are visiting?
And if we don't grumble all the time we are
among mere strangers, have we a right to
| make those we best love miserable by doing
80 all the time at homer"
MI. daTTls WASH going 10 own That he was
beaten. What man wouldp
But he came around to his wife's chair and
gave her kiss, a thing little unusual since
his lover days were over, and said:
you are first rate little preacher, Sue
III lend you to. the church next year" And
off he went
But the lesson was not lost, for Mrs Sue,
who feared that perhaps she had said too
much and done harm instead of good, heard
far less grumbling, and got many more smiles
at home as the days went on, and if Mr.. Har-
| ris seemed disposed to fall into his old ways,
she would say, archly
Hadn't we better take tea with the Jones
again." and he was on his guard immediate
ly.
There are very many more Mr.. Harris at
home, who might do well to lay the lesson to
heart also.
Let us humbly hope they will
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-26
Personal Appearance Of Christ.

The following description was sent to the
Roman Senate, by Publus Lentulus, pro-
consul of Judca before Hcrod Lentulus had
| seen the Saviour and had made him sit, as it
were, that he might give written description
of his features and physiognomy His por-
trait, apocryphal though it be, is at least the
first upon record; it dates from the earliest
period of the Church. and has been mentioned
by the most ancient fathers. Lentulus writes
to the Senate as follows:
cat this time appeared u man who is still
living and endowed with mighty power; his
| name is Jesus Christ His disciples call him
the son of God; others regard him as pow
ertul prophet. lie raises the dead to life and
heals the sick of every description of infirmi-
ty and disease. This man is of lofty stature,
and well proportioned, his countenance Sc
we're and virtuous so that he inspires bchol-
ders with feelings both of fear and love The
hair of his head is of the color of wine, and
from the top of his head to the cars, straight
and without radiance, but it descends from
the ears to the shoulders in shining curs.-
From the shoulders the hair flows down the
back, divided into two portions, after the
manner of the Nazarenes his forehead is
clear and without wrinkles, his face free from
blemish, and slightly tinged with red, his
physiognomy noble and gracious The nose
and mouth faultless. His beard is abundant,
the same color as the hair, and forked. His
eyes blue and very brilliant In reproving
or ccnsuring he is awe-inspiring, in exhorting
and teaching his speech is gentle and carcss-
ing His countenance is marvellous in scri-
| business and grace. He has never once been
seen to laugh, but many have seen him
weep. He is slender in person, his hands arc
straight and long, his arms beautiful. Grave
and solemn is his discourse, his language is
simple and quiet. He is in appearance the
| most beautiful of men,"
The emperor Constantine caused pictures
of the Son of God to be painted from the an
Gent description. In the eighth century, at
the period in which Saint John Damascenus
wrote, the lineaments of this remarkable
figure continued to be the same as they are
| to this day-BO1tn's Illustrated Library
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VARIETIES.

ALI honest men will bear watching. 1t
is the rascals who cannot stand it.
"A pair of cars that go on the head of
neutrality-suspicious. and frontiers.
An amateur singer frightened pair of
canary birds to death 1t was a case of kill
ing two birds with ones tone
4 am going to the post office, Bob, shall
inquire for your" "Well, yes, if you have
a mind to, but don't think you will find me
there"
-"IIe seems to have been shot in the dia-
phragm, said the doctor. ooh, no." exclaim-
ed his weeping listener, "hc was shot right in
the lower end of the saloon"
1t is rough to get Judgment against an
editor and then find that the only thing the
editor possesses, which are seizablc, are pair
of shears and paste pot.
-"Is it possible, miss, that you do not
know the names of some of your best
| friends?" Certainly, l do not even know
what my own may be in n year from now VI
WHATS the difference" asked teach
or in arithmetic, between one yard and
two yards ?" "a fence" was the reply OF
a member of the class. The teacher was 81
lent.
Mamma" said Freddie to his mother, as
he came home from school one day, 81 wish |
was a postage stamp" Why so, Freddie ?'
inquired his mother. Because its first lick.
| ing is sure to be its last"
"A Michigan tramp, who has been shot III
| five times by farmers wives, says he has on,
| ly to watch the end of the gun to avoid the
| contents, as woman shuts both eyes when
she pulls the trigger.
Lord North, who was not fond of scicn.
titic music, being asked to subscribe to u Sc
| rics of concerts, refused. "But your lord
ships brother, the bishop of Winchester,
| subscribed" argued the applicant. "IfI were
| as deaf as he | would subscribe too" was the
reply.
The story is told that Longfellow and
Fields were making a short pedestrian tour
some few years ago, when to their surprise
an angry bull stood in the pathway, evident
ly intending to demoish both poet and pub
Usher 81 think" said Fields, "that it would
be prudent to give this reviewer wide mar
gin" "1es," replied the poet; at appears to
be disputed passage"
The champion long-nosed man resides ut
| Sacramento. Its owner was at breakfast,
when a friend, seated on the opposite side of
the table, knowing him to be little near
| sighted, remarked "Thcre's fly on the end
of your nose" rs therc?" responded the
owner of the horn ofplenty 81 didn't know
it. just please scare him off; you're closer
| to him than | am"
AT z O'Clock in the morning two duel
| lists, who are to fight TO the death at place
| in the suburbs, met at the ticket Office of the
railroad station. "Gimme return ticket ms
usual" says the first duelist to the clerk in
| n terrible tone and with ferocious twist OF
his moustache, Il say, do you always buy
return tickets?" stammers his opponent
always" Then | apologize. Phihtdel-
| phia Egening Telegraph.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-26

Sowing OATS WITH WHARF.-The expert
ment has been made of sowing oats and wheat
together with n view to obtaining winter
covering for wheat. The seed, in the proper
tons of one part of oats to two parts of wheat,
was sown in the fall and the oats sprang up
quickly and were killed by the early frost, the
stalks and leaves lying on the ground all win
ter keeping the snow from blowing away and
preventing the sun from thawing the frozen
ground. In the spring the dead oats made a
good top-dressing for the growing wheat
The crop of wheat secured on the following
wheat on adjoining land planted in the usual
manner was of no value,-iSc'f6ner for Sep
terll,er
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THE WEDDING EVE.


One morning, fifty years ago,
When apple trees were white with snow
Of fragrant blossoms, and the air
Was spell-bound with the perfume rare,
Upon farm horse, large and lean,
And lazy with its double oad
un-browned youth and maid were seen
Jogging along the winding road
Blue were the arches of the skies,
But bluer were that maidens eyes,
The dewdrops on the grass were bright,
But brighter was the loving light
That sparkled meath the long-fringed lid,
Where those bright eyes of blue were hid.
AdowsAthe shoulders brown and bare ...f...-...
Rolled the soft waves of golden hair,
Where, almost strangled with the spray,
The sun, q willing sufferer, lay.
It was the farest sight, ween,
That the young man had ever seen;
And, with his features all agow,
The happy fellow told her so!
And she, without the least surprise,
Looked on him with those heavenly eyes,
Saw underneath that shade of tan
The handsome features of man.
And with joy but rarely known
She drew that dear face to her own,
And by her bridal bonnet hid
L cannot tell you what she did
So on they rode, until among
The newborn leaves with dewdrops hung,
The parsonage, arraycd in white,
Peers out-a more than welcome sight;
Then, with cloud upon his face
What shall we do" he turned to say,
"Should he refuse to take his pay
From what is in the plow-case3'
And CHANGING down, his eye surveyed
The pillow-case before him laid
Whose contents, reaching to its hem,
Might purchase endless joys for them.
The maiden answers, Let us wait;
TO borrow trouble, where's the need2"
Then at the parsons squeaking gate
Halted the more than willing steed.
Down from the horse the bridegroom sprung,
The latchless gate behind him swung;
The knocker of that gnarlcd door,
Struck as it never was before,
Brought the whole household pale with fright:
And there, with bushes on his check,
So bashful he could hardly speak,
The farmer met their wondering sight
The groom goes in, his errand tells,
And, as the parsOn mods, he leans
Far DER the window sill and yells,
"Come in he says he'll take the beansl
POUNDS! how she jumpcdl With one glad bount
She and the bean bag reach the ground,
Then, claspng with each dimpled arm
The precious product of the farm,
She bears it through the open door;
And down upon the paror floor
Dumps the best beans vines ever bore.
All! happy were their songs that day
When man and wife they rode away;
But happier this chorus still
Which echoed thro' those woodland scencsl
" God bless the priest of Whitinsvillol
God bless the man who took the beans.
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Tho Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon tells this story
"A poor man who had large family gave
them very comfortable support while he was
in health. But he broke his leg and was laid
up for some weeks. AS he would be for some
time destitute of the means of grace it was
proposed to hold a prayer meeting at his
house. The meeting was led by deacon
Brown. A loud knock at the door Interrupt
ted the service. A tall, blue-frocked young
ster stood at the door, with an ox-goad in
his hand, and asked to see Deacon Brown
Father could not attend this meeting, he
said, but he sent his prayers, and they arc
out in the car They were brought in, in
the shape of potatoes, beef pork and corn
The meeting broke up without the bencdic,
| ton"
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MY husband killed n hog weighing abo,

My husband killed hog weighing about
$50 pounds last July, late in the afternoon,
and, after hanging about half an hour cut it
in pieces small enough to handle easily, and,
having kettle of boiling brine ready on the
fire, put the meat in until scalded so as to look
white, and long enough TO cook the blood
The pieces were then placed on a large table,
and salt sprinkled thickly over it while hot.
Next morning he hung it up over good
smoke and in five days we had the sweetest of
bacon. This recipe is extensively used in
warm weather.
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-18
LIGHTNING FLASHES.

Subscriptions to the four per cent.
refunding certificates since yesterday IS
report, 1914, $50. Total to date, sl5,-
sos, 1920.
Advices state that in the congress of
representatives from y towns, con-
vened by the communal authorities of
Berlin, 6S towns voted in favor Of, and
4 opposed series of resolutions against
the proposed duties ON corn and cattle.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says that
upwards of eighty houses were de-
stroyed at Irlit. The inhabitants re-
moved to the fields.
Judge Asa Packer died in Philadel-
phia last night in the 73d year of his
age.
J. w. Linzey's saw mills at Newport.
KY, were burned yesterday morning,
just after midnight. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
Gen. Sherman says military affairs
were never so well arranged in the
west as now, and Gen. Sheridan has
reduced everything to an admirable
and effective system.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-18

Washington, May lin response
to letter addressed by Secy. Schurz.
inquiring as to what amount of funds
can be made available monthly for the
payment of arrears due upon pensions
allowed prior to January goth, the sec
retary of the treasury states that, in
cluding the amount already paid, s2,-
100000 will be available prior to July
lst, and $4,000, 900 monthly thereafter.
At this rate nearly the whole of the
next fiscal year will be required to COM
plete the arrears. - The commissioner
of pensions, in view of this, has issued
circular letter to applicants for ar
rears, saying that only comparatively
small number of cases can be adjusted
monthly, and therefore some delay may
occur in the adjustment of claims, but
that settlements will be made in such
order as to distribute the payments
as equitably among the several pension
agencies as may be.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-05-18
Bulldozed Americans.

st. Louis, May ia. Boisselier and
his brother, Cooper D. Boisselier, of
German parentage, but born in this
city, who, however, spent most of their
boyhood and were educated in Ger
many, sent letter to Secretary of State
Evarts to-day, stating that for the past
two years they had been greatly an
noyed by the Prussian officials, claim
ing they are under obligations to serve
in the Prussian army. Also, that
their father, Carl G.. Boisselier, who is
now residing in the village of Borbye,
near Eckenfoide, in the province of
Schleswig, and who is naturalized
citizen of the United States, has been
threatened with confiscation and at
tachment of portion OF all of the
money or property he may see fit to
bequeath to them, if they fail to appear
in court at the city of Schleswig on the
End day Of July next. They ask Secre-
tary Evarts to take such action as will
stop these demands of the Prussian
government and protect them in their
rights of American citizenship. The
Boisselier brothers lived and did busi-
ness here since 1873, and are registered
voters
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Instantly Killed.

Wheeling, w. Va, May Thames
Dorle, aged %, and unmarried, was in
stantly killed last night, two miles west
of Piedmont, by train running over
him, cutting off his head and arms
and mangling his body. He was walk
ing on the south track, and, it is sup
posed, became confused and stepped on
the north track, and in 50 doing got in
front of the train coming east.
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WASHINGTON.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Warmers Silver Bill Again-The APP
preparation Bill-Important PEN
sion Points-The Bicycle
Race-Crines, Etc.
Railroad Rumblings.

New York, May 1.-THE Denver &
Rio Grande railroad subscription closed
to-day at noon. There were over ten
millions in bonds subscribed for at 90
cents. Only five millions were asked,
and the subscriptions will be scaled
down To that amount. Gen. Palmer,
the president of the road, states that
this sum will be used to complete at
once the lines from Canon City to Lead
vile and Ten Mile, one hundred and
fifty miles; from Alamosa westward
to the San Juan mines, two hundred
and ten miles, and from Alamosa south
ward to Albuquerque in New Mexico,
two hundred and five miles.
The recent decision of the United
States supreme court gives to them
the prior right of location in the Grand
Canon Of the Arkansas river, and on
all the other routes named in the char
ter. The Grand Cafion of the Arkan-
sas, the only practicable route for
railroad to Leadville, except across the
mountain ranges, will enable them to
complete the road to that point by the
first of September, by using the road
bed already graded by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company
prior to the decision of the supreme
court. Whether they pay for grading
or not will be adjudicated in the United
States courts. They expect to complete
the other lines within year.