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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19
VOL. XXIII----NO. 80.
Putting In the Wheat Crop.

A singular discussion arose In the papers
lately as to whether there was really any I'D
vantage In the drill over broadcast sowing
1t is strange to find such subjects coming up.
To experienced minds it Is like arguing
whether we had not better abolish reaping
machines and return to the old cradle, if not
to the sickle at once. To US q more reasona-
BILE matter would be the width of the drills
We do not know of any extended and salts
factory experiments in the country 80 as to
test the matter beyond question. At any
rate, what foreigner would call very close
sowing is the rule here. In England, howev-
er, where close calculation is much more the
rule in farming among the more intelligent
than with US, there is growing feeling in
favor of wide drills Some set them as wide
as ten inches, and the reports, especially this
year, are generally in favor of the wide
drills.
The great trouble with most of the expert
ments of this kind is when made in expert
mental grounds, that they extend but over
q single season, when 1t is only after trial
through series of years that q general rule
can be formed. 1t makes great difference,
for instance, whether the experiments are
made through dry season or moist ONE
In dry season when there Is deficiency of
moisture in the ground, q wide row will have
Tic advantage over narrow on, as there
would not be enough for all. In other sea-
sons when there is more moisture, and enough
for all, the result might favor closer rows
So also the nature of the soil might make
much difference. A soil which does not dry
out easily will permit of closer sowing. The
one element of moisture for the growing crop
alone makes considerable element to be con-
sidered. Still an average of years would
show what would be best on the whole, and
we should like to see such fgures-German-
t0aop telegram.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19
Public Roads.

In no public matter, perhaps is n wise
craftsmanship more lacking in our public
men than in the various laws and regulations
regarding public roads. Here and there
through the country is road worthy of the
name, but in the vast majority of cases the
time and labor spent by the community
might almost as well be thrown away. Pub
lie opinion has been more than usually turn
ed in this matter during the past few years,
for which good movement we take unto our
selves some credit, but so far as we can see
very little that is practical seems to have been
suggested.
The most general principle that has been
at the bottom of legislation on roads Is, that
either those whose properties are to be bene-
fitted along the line or those who travel along
directly with vehicles or animals over the
road, should be the chief ones TO pay for
them. But there is no individual in the com.
munity, though he may never own horse or
a foot of land, but Is benefited by good road,
He may even be an invalid and not be able
to 60 out of his house for years, yet ease and
convenience of friends to visit, or the physi-
clan who attends him, is of advantage to the
sick man. AS everyone is interested in good
roads, everyOne's money-general taxation
should'be the basis of road improvement
Germant0son Telegraph
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

UNCERTAINTY OF CRCUMsTANTIAL EvI-
DENCE.-A British officer, dining in compa-
ny of strangers, had narrow escape in the
following way: Agentleman took out a coin
and declared that no one present had seen one
like it. The coin passed around the table,
and came last to the British officer. All the
rest declared that they had never seen such a
coin When it reached this officer he was
busy in conversation, and taking the coin in
his hand and looking at it carelessly, remark
ed, al have seen one like it" and laying it
down resumed his conversation. At the end
of the dinner the coin was not to be found
To discover the thief all were searched until
they came last to this officer. He refused to
be searched, and said he would die first
Just as they were about to proceed to extre-
mites with him servant rushed forward
with the lost coin, which he had just found in
o napkin All apologized to the officer for the
suspicion, very strong moment before, that
he had secreted the coin. Hcreplied: Gen
tlemen, permit me to explain why | refused
to be searched" and he drew from his pocket
a fac sinib of the rare coin. with this in my
pocket, n stranger, rs l am, would have been
judged guilty by you all; therefore, resolved
to defend my honor with my life"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19
VARIETIES.

Whisky is now made from leather, and
this may perhaps explain why 80 many per.
sons who drink it are always strapped.
-"If Lincoln had not died." exclaimed a
political orator, "what would he have been
to-day?" "Alive," sadly ventured timid.
looking man on back seat, and the tide of
eloquence was momentarily checked.
John did you take the note to Mr..
Jones?' eyes, but don't think he read it."
"Why so, John ?" because he is blind, sir.
While / was in the room he asked me twice
where my+hat was and it WINS on my head all
the time"
AS party of gentlemen and ladies were
climbing to the top of high church tower
one hot day, a gentleman remarked: "This
is rather spiral flight Of steps" To which
a lady rejoined, Eyes, perspiral," and she
wiped her brow as she spoke.
When Mr.. Jefferson was presented to the
court of France as the American minister he
was often asked, as it you, sir, who replace
DIR. Franklin ?" to which he generally an
swered, mo one can replace DR.. Franklin; |
am only his successor"
Two young men out riding were passing
q farmhouse where farmer was trying to
harness an obstinate mule. won't he draw %
said one of the men. "Of course" said the
farmer, "he'll draw the attention of every fool
that passes this way" The young men drove
on.
The LATEST man in the United States is
ship carpenter in Belfast, Me-, who has deter
mined to spend the rest of his days in COM
Portable chair. When wages were reduced he
declined to work any longer, and seated him
self in O rockingham near his sitting room
window. There he remains all day long, only
rising to go to his meals or to bed. His chair
rockers have worn grooves in the floor; and
on the window sill, where drums idly as he
rocks to and fro, are the prints of his fingers.
He has wife, and the couple are supposed to
have some savings on which they live
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19
First Wrestle With a StOvepipe Hat.

Yes, son, you are correct. The first time
you wear Il stovepipe hat everybody looks at
you. Not as you may vainly imagine, because
you are the first young man who ever wore q
stovepipe hat, but because it is apparent even
to the old blind man who sits in the back pew,
without any cushion in, away back under the
gallery, where the poor have the Gospel
preached to them, that it is the first time you
ever wore q hat of that description. Your
old father claps one on the back of his head,
puts his hands into his pockets, holds up his
head and walks off down the street, in a gale
of wind and never thinks of his hat But
you, son, you pull yours on at the most grace
full angle it can be posed, and you go lettering
along both hands ready to fly at the hat at the
slightest provocation of the ghostliest phan-
tom of u puff of wind. Your hat is always
trying to come off F.; you bumpit against every
thing you pass you rub it the wrong way
when you try to brush the dust of it; when
you carry it in your hand up the aisle every
body smiles, because you first hold it by the
brim and let the crown tip gracefully over
your arm, and by the time you have hit three
or four worshippers on the head with 1t you
change and turn it under your arm and try to
carry it, and the first thing you do in that pose
you put woman's eye out with your elbow.
Then when you sit down you put the hat
down on the floor, setting it on the brim
fatal mistake. And then before the sermon is
half through you put your feet on it three
times. But never mind; you have to learn
sometime. Only don't imagine that people
never saw anything of the kind before, because
they have And finally son, if you are only
five feet three inches tall, don't think that
hat three feet five inches high improves your
appearance or makes you look taller, because
it doesn't 1t may make you look as though
you clerked in secondhand clothing store,
but it doesn't make you look taller. By-and-
by, when you have worn high hat two or
three years, you will wear it 80 naturally that
it will become you. But the first time-oh,
my son, my son!
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gnetteal.
TINE CHURCH SPIDER,

TINE CHURCH SPIDER.
Two spiders, so the story goes,
q Upon living bent,
Entered the Westinghouse one day,
And hopefully were heard to say
"Here we will have at least fair play,
With nothing to prevent"
Each chose his place and went to work
The light webs grew apace;
One on the altar spun his thread,
But shortly came the sexton dread,
And swept him off, and so half dead,
He sought another place.
I'm try the pulpit next" said he,
,sThere surely Is O prize;
The desk appears 30 neat and clean,
I'm sure no spider there has been
BESIDES, how oft have seen
The pastor brushing flies"
He tried the pulpit, but alas!
His hopes proved visionary;
With busting brush the sexton came
And spoiled his geOmetric game,
Nor gave him time nor space to claim
The right of sanctuary.
AT length, half starved, and weak and lean,
He sought his former neighbor,
Who now had grown so sleek and round
He weighed a fraction of pound;
And looked as If the art he'd found
OF living without labor.
"How Is it." he asked, "thatI
Endure such thumps and knocks,
While you have grown 30 very CROSSE"
"'Tis plain" he answered-"no o loss
I've met, since first spun across
The contribution box"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

GREEN MANURING-The benefits of green
manuring, with buckwheat and rye for wheat
are well shown by a correspondent of the
Ohio Hlrmer. The field had been in corn
for fourteen years and was completely ex-
hausted 1t was plowed sown to buckwheat
which was plowed under when in flower,
then sown to winter rye, which was plowed
under the following spring, and the land
planted TO corn. The yield of corn was very
good. Three years after portion of the land
was sown to buckwheat the last of July,
turned under September 20, and sown to win
ter wheat, the crop next season being thirty
three bushels per acre. On land adjoining
that had not received dressing Of buckwheat,
the yield of wheat was only fifteen bushels
per acre.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

to people in these parts, unmitigated frauds.
Buffalo BilP got his name by killing sick
buffalo who couldn't get away, for the Grand
Duke Alexis. Then that red-shirted rascal
Ned Buntline (JudsonO wrote some kind of
Observation-Disclosures drama, and brought him
out as hero Texas Jack" understand,
is n border robber and cattle thief Buffalo
Bill is rich, made it all out of Buntine's play,
and is sheep-raising in Nebraska somewhere.
Texas Jack is in New York, doing heavy man
and border ruffian for some low dance house.
So much for glory. Sic transit gloria Jackie.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

Nor ENTIRELY CoNvINCED-There was
a fight on Gratiot avenue, Saturday, between
a man who had been calleda liar and the one
who had called him thus, and the man who
had objected to the epithet was only about o
minute getting all the advantage to be asked
for on such occasions.
"Pve had all the pounding care for" said
the under man. after he fully realized his fix.
"Well, are you still of the opinion that I'm
a liar ?" asked the other as he rose up
other as he wiped the blood off his nose, ~
am not entirely convinced If was on the
roof of barn, and there wasn't any ladder
handy, think I'd call you a liar again, and
run my chances of lodging clubs"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

1t is the business Of every man to look
up. Business is looking up, and so ought we
all. tits better to keep your eyes on the stars
and stumble over clod now and then than
to look down so persistently that you are not
aware that the stars exist, AS Jerrold says,
five do not come into this world to better
ourselves we might as well have stayed where
we were.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

An old farmer who came to town to pur-
chase piano for his daughter, asked the agent
If he hadn't ono with handle In the end, "so
we can oil give 1t turn once In awhile"
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WHY He BUYS MULEs-Sherif Pressly
has some ideas on horses and mules. For
farm work he purchases the latter. The 9TH
er day one ofthe hands, a likely young fellow
asked: "Why don't you buy horsesp I'd a
good deal rather drive them" "Pve no doubt
of it," responded the genial sheriff, $50 had
when wasa boy. Pdplow my horse all day
then spruce up at night, ride six or eight miles
to see girl, | noticed, though, when a fell
low rode mule he was generally laughed out
of second visit. guess I'll keep on buying
mules. You boys won'tbe 30 tired when you
90 to bed"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1879-09-19

Too Much EMPHAsIs-A young man, clerk
in grocery store in Atlanta, Ga, the other
day was very much excited by receiving visit
from his lady love at his place of business
The twain soon were engaged in earnest con-
versation, and she thoughtlessly placed her
finger beneath the instrument used for cutting
off tobacco, and known as the guillotine-
About this time he desired to give emphasis
tobacco cutter terrific blow, which had the
effect of severing the young lady's finger at
the first joint. She did not yell nor faint,
but quietly remarked to the young man that
he had cut off her "sewing finger" thereby
tielicately limiting that he had deprived her of
the chief means of gaining subsistence.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-01
A Too Common Folly.

The propensity to buy things simply be
cause they are cheap, is one which Keeps
many man and woman poor. They are
continually buying what they don't want and
can't use and can't sell, simply because 1t
does not cost much. Even when purchasing
necessaries they cheat and impoverish them
selves. by buying cheap things, with no wear
or value in them, when little larger eN-
nenditurc would buy durable and service
able article. In thousands and thousands OF
cases the cheapest costs the most. OF course
this propensity shows itself among neWspa-
per buyers and subscribers, US among all
other classes, and it furnishes the eXplana-
ton of the springing into existence, all over
the country, of such quantities OF ephemeral
newspapers. which start with sounding pros
pectuscs, run a brief and feeble race Tor a
few months. and then die, or change into
something different and commonly worse
Apparently cheap, they really cost their read
ers and subscribers and those who advertise
in them, a great deal more than established
and responsible journals. The man who
buys poor tlimsy shirt simply because 1t Is
cheap, may find it a dear bargain in the end ;
but he does get something for his
money. If he bought it knowing that
in week or two it would disappear or per
haps change into an offensive sticking pias-
ter, which would prove an annoyance to his
own flesh, and nuisance 10 his associates,
and which he would find il hard To get rid
of when he wanted TO, all would say he was
a fool But people are constantly gong
through this experience with cheap, flashy
newspapers. They subscribe for the new
paper because it don't cost much, and makes
great professions. and in few weeks find
that it has gone up, or changed into an
organ of some party or hobby which they
dctest, or into vile sheet which they are
ashamed TO see or 10 have others see in their
houses Ii takes large capital, thorough
business experience, large energy, especial
tact. TO establish permanent and successful
Journal of any kind. now a-days. The cheap,
short-lived hobby organs and collector! OF
scandal and filth, simply plumber the public.
Those who encourage them by subscribing
for them or by giving them advertising, do
worse ihan throw away their money and
are sire 10 regret it in the end.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-01
The Fathers Of the Republican Party in Yer
mont.

Cnl. II. u. Hopkins of Montpelier writes
rs in reference to remark of Rev. Guy c.
Sampson, in letter priutedin this paper the
ether DAY. to the effect that there were some
serious omissions in Col Hopkins recently
published account Of the formation OF the
Republican party in this state. Col Hop
kins docs rot admit that his omissions were
OF much consequence. He points OIL the
f;,c; that he named Lawrence Brainerd'
Daniel Roberts. T. p. Walton, ST, +. +.
Merrill. ]. :. Adams Ryland Fletcher and
E. D. Barber as among the prominent Llher-
" party men concerned in the Inauguration
of the Republican party, and adds that his
list contained every name in Mr.. sampson
list, except that of DIR. Powers. In regard
TO that Col Hopkins says
Mr.. s. attaches importance 10 the name
and doings Of DIR. Powers on the OCCASION
DR.. Powers was, it is true. an lnvetcrate
halter of alcohol and delighted to fight 1t with
mirht and main or, to use my critics meta
phGr, with grape and SHELF; and so, no
Doubt, he was eager for the formation oil The
now rar,y. But all was not love
in the parry. not even among those VINO
bcInrd 10 riycit birth. The Brattlchoro Edqlf,
a Wing paper, rrproachfully said the move
mcnt was ''ushcred into being under inc
professional auspices of Doctor Powers ;
and didn't the FREE Press profess TO nave
heard many structures on the course OF the
same gentleman? And didn't Dr. Powers
himself bolt the compromise ticket pun III
nomination after the resignation OF Gen
la Do,,rlliran nominee Tor
Governor and of Oscar l. Shafter as the NOM
inee of the Wings for Lieutenant Governor
on account of his distrust and dislike 10
Judge Roycc ? And didn't he run up Tor
Governor the name of W. G. kittridgc and
in his town and county do all he could against
the Republican nominee Something over
| four hundred scattering votes were cast III
! the State at the election following and about
/ half of them were thrown in W Indsor coull-
" and more than half of these in Woodstock.
| This point is of not the least consequence al
this late day, excepting as between MI
! Samson and myself He implicitly charges
me with derilection and magnifies the I'M
portance of Doctor Powers. / have there
| fore, with all due respect for both the living
and the dead, called up the record OF Doctor
| Powers during that campaign.
The facts in reference to the course OF Ut
Powers, alluded TO by Col. Hopkins, "l
course. will he remembered by many Yer
montcrs. As to the rest, the accounts gIvei
by Col H. and Mr.. Sampson are not contra
dictory hut conlirmatory, one of the Other
Each naturally gives prominence to matters
which are freshest in his memory or whicl
seem 10 him of greatest Importance, ana th'
two do not vary more than any two indepen
dent historians might he expected TO- II
somewhat familiar letters Ia friends or Il
| the nuhlic
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-01

per address put ON trunk, one cent and n
half" II is rare sight 10 an American 10
see Two long tables in a dining-room where
are seated from one to two hundred guests,
and standing behind each chair a black man,
in bright red turban. long white frock closely
fitting his person, secured about the waist
with a full scarlet sash. When the bell sounds
for soup, noiselessly they tread over the stone
floor in their naked feet. We considered
ourselves very fortunate in securing rooms
at the Esplanade hotel, if it is really the
best one in the city for if we had taken
another and poorer one, we should have
been better of sleeping on the sands OF the
sea shore and taking our meals at the city
market
Bombay March %, lS70.-We drove
through the city into its suburbs. We saw the
greatest variety Of costumes worn by the
people and the gayest turnouts OF bullock
teams, European carriages, palanqnins and
sedan chairs that have met our eyes in Asia
| We drove to Malabar Hill, two miles from
our hotel, where reside the East India
| European aTistocrats, the wealthy parsces,
and the most vcnOmOus snakes in India. 1t is
| a broken, rocky eminence, which at great ex-
| pense and through many Years of hard ma
| tive work has been converted into a very at
tractive place, overlooking the city and the
sea Broad macadamized avenues curve
among the beautiful residences, and orna
mented gardens, that occupy the summit and
/ sides of the hill 5. W THAYER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-01
The Khaiive's Departure from Egypt With
His Earem.

alexandra Correspondence London Standard
No sooner was the abdication, or rather
the deposition, OF the late khedlye accom-
plished than orders were given for the royal
yacht to be prepared with all speed TO con
vey him and his family beyond the shores OF
Egypt The khedves mother has palace
at Rhodes, and il was thought they might
60 there hut at the last moment Naples was
fixed on, in which neighborhood the late
king of Italy made over Il property to the
khedive in part payment OF large sum OF
money advanced some years since. Inc de-
position was officially made known on Thurs
day, the 26th, and in exactly four days the
ex-monarch was an exile. Since Friday all
hands have been hard al work on the
Mahrossa, perhaps the finest yacht i'll the
/ world She was ready TO receive tn" first
detachment of the khedival harem at II.
H., this morning They arrived from Cairo
by special train and were sent oil in steam
launches. Most of the ladies Wore suitable
travelling European costumes, with light and
elegant wells or apologies for ''yashmahs.
The STYLES of beauty was as varied AS the
toilets Some of the ladies had hair and
complexion ms lair us those of English
women. Others were of the Spanish type,
with black hair and eyes. Except among
the servants none seemed over % years oil
age hut there pcrvaded them all a llstless
and vacant look, rs of beings with no occu-
patton or aim in life. counted nine barges
or boats between the shore and the yacht,
each containing from sin To eight women.
Perhaps some nf these did not go On in the
ship, but were friends who afterward return
ed 10 Cairo Then came lSmail Pasha's
three lawful wives The fourth, the mGthdT
If Prince Tewiik, tho present Nicerny, re-
mains at Cairo, near her son The scenes at
Cairo railway station between those members
of the harcm who were going and those who
were staying behind are said 10 have been
hcartrcnding and il was with much difficulty
the tram could he started, Although their
life is one of secuson and confinement, they
are accustomed To every comfort; and |
doubt if ut Cairo eny OF the hlrem hAd the
least idea Of their future lesidsncc, al tney
knew was, they We're leaving Their friends
and surroundings to be landed IN some
strange country across the sea