davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
Antiio.e for Poison Oak.

We find the following in the liner
icaa Cui'irator, and knowing from re-
peatcd personal experience the dccid-
cd discomfort resulting from oak poi
soning, and the difficulty with which it
yields to treatment in many patients,
we republish it for the benefit Of our
farmer readers who are subject to the
serious annoyance:
"An important specific Is announced
to the troublcsomo eruption produced
by the poison oak or poison ivy, so com.
mon in our woods and so often mistak
en- for the Virginia crecper, which the
plant somewhat resembles. Dr. 5. 4.
Brown, United States navy, states that
this specific he finds in bromiue. which
he has used with unvRrying success in
at least forty cases. lie uses the drug
dissolved IN olive oil, cosmoline or gly.
ceriue, in the strength of from ten to
twenty drops of hromiuc to the ounce
OF oil. and Tubs the mixture gently on
the affected part three or four times n
day. Tho bromine Is 80 volatile that
the solution shuuld he renewed within
twenty four hours from its preparation.
The eruption never extends after the
first thorough application, aud it
promptly disappears within twenty. -four
hours If the application i persisted in,
and the patient IL entirely cured
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

WE direct attention to Mr. Browns
advertisement of poultry in another
column of this page. Mr.. Browns
method of packing eggs is original
with himself, and insures the hatch.
ing of larger than usual percent
age of the eggs shipped. OF the
several varieties which he advertiscs,
we pin our faith to the good old
Dominiques, and are introducing into
our own flock fresh blood from his
carefully bred birds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

WE are indebted to DIR. Calder,
President of the State College, for
half dozen nicely-rooted cuttings
of the Concord grape. The vines
have been carefully planted and we
can hope for no better things from
them than that their fruit shall be rs
abundant and large as are our wishes
for the success of the institution over
which the good DR.. presides, and for
which he so earnestly labors.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

A correspondent of the National
Farmer having tried many plans for
keeping smoked meat through fiy.
time, finds this best of all: Put each
piece In a muslin sack with sweet hay
stuffed closely around It, inside, and
hang in a clean dry place.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

BLACKBERRIEs, grapes, gooseber-
ries, currants, &c, should all have
been pruned last fall or during the
winter, but if neglected then do it at
once, cutting out where too much
crowded, and shortening the new
wood. Don't try to do it with n
knife, it is slow, inconvenient and
unsatisfactory. Go to Hicks and
get pair of his pruning sheers. 1t
will prove the best investment of
that amount Of money you ever
made for the fruit garden.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

Zoos are good for Matching until
they arc two weeks old, after which
they begin to lose their life giving
quality.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

me Nal Ne'i, NiarAra EtiF"ss West tsrk Haven
Affhin inf"f~as'"H West ana bay ~ pres ua.t mai
fi"ss fHuusriissHs af horttuulsetinnd with L n II
u inains fur VIA sslatfs std srrsBtff
~" haH wet. AthrHfA lsrf--ss West aud Crfe
hhF"'s esi and Lssst Ha.4u Aoorl u,u4zilaf " sat
". trRius urrth
hif haH Wet, Niagara FTp1~ss West, ana pay
Iiia'a* h-si nfast rrse eoHBsct5au q; Laek Ilaten
VIII " ' o. trsln.
~" Ma tsfi aFi Wet oorn"rf ai TsIe "a. IL trains
% l. : " o.. at Gerry With - a. V
bfiftspsd uiib 8 v y y
Ia''"f eAf' Hin run b"fveeu FhgadslFidH and
Mllhiusf9ri on N3asurs ri Irsss s.i Tris T.tr...
H' Ih,aN'iT'his bttTrss EAsi Aud bss BIufsss
EHfi sHd +aIday EIpress Easi flsstiur a.. On IN
"Nh' HatA NE A HsIpxgN
Genl HgIsfiAfsndsua
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
Notes Of our Contemporaries.

THE Poultry World has already
mailed its chromos for tho half year
ending with June, and we think they
are superior, if anything, to the earlier
issues. The World is doing good
work in bringing the Importance,
pleasure and profit of poultry keep
ing to the attention of American
farmers.
To those who know the Scientific
Farmer it need not be commended.
Any farmer who does not know it
should seek an early acquaintance.
1t has more real agricultural science
scattered through its pages than one
would imagine.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

IN n circular issued by Orange
Judd, the veteran chief Of the inner
ican Agricuiturisi, offering specimen
numbers for six months, for fifty cents,
we find the following, every word of
which we heartily endorse
| fnHy 5eiierc in the motto, which for
hirty-ScpcH yedrs has stood ut the head Of
the iacrieHm igyicuifUrtst - Washing.
toms words: AGRICULTURE is the most
HENLTHrUL, most USEFUL, and most NOBLE
employment u MAN"
| believe, also, that 1t is the saics', tho
most certain pursuit.
believe that Intelligence, readiHg, think
ing md science also, are rs ussfiti, ~ profit
able, even more SO, In soil culture, than in
any other occupation.
| believe that every reader Of such II
journal a. the dWsrjcaH Agricultural aim.
70 be, will be- greatly jcHcHtfci, in mind
and in pocket Indeed, il cannot be other
wise. Earnest intelligent, practical meE
are constantly collecting, sitting. and con-
den-iug into its pages the best and most
useful information they can gather from
all sources.
1t is often true that the reader does not
and cannot, perceive nj first just hotc he Is
profted, but these thoughts and suggcs-
tions awaken new thoughts, new plans, i'm
proverbs judgment and must tell for good
The many cngEayings speak 10 the mind,
through the eye, far more iJrcibiy than
words can do.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
nIGH STREET.


Mounted upoa ane polished oiled black uAlnat top
iAlAs ard tr.@dls oosaplsts With lssorrutNT
f FfnTrhtf than any ether msf kius. and hiuesd ~
Gals 81. EAeii uuzthin. ttsfouRhly vAfrsnis ~iik
warns GuaxssYrs fof h.. YeaFs Kept w of.r rAEH
90 cHataa H~nsy refunded ai u not satisfactory
The most sslid, reliable and satisfactory nsehins
ever Invented for ell kibds q family work An &c.
knouledged uR-Guisccai mechanical raooes.. tLat.
cughly tested and used IN thousands 81 hurnee An
sfacishi, silsht raid, reliable and s.srready helper
b. the weary Siie ssamstress that w 10 the wsHk
u family for lifetime OF u ~iil earn from o. 10 s.
per dsy fur any who wishes to f8r Hvinz aud
e,sts less thar HaS THs FAIeE ~ any machines
hke qaAlty. Hsssrtrs leng lAEgesEed shHiir sAsii,
removed ExtFa largesfscd Roiidns holding 100 yari.
81 thread doing away with the freqHsut reuInAng ~
boeains II makes the shuttle. dosl4e thrsssi hyk.
ssfsch tthe sane on both sideA a Che vutk xtsich
reosiEsd the HtaHnsf ASaHb At the Centennial The
strongest anest sd uscst isstiur siiinh
u is huit fcr str.ogih sed constant hard ~ork later
ulahssAlie sefkihe pzr1A Msaaiactausa q hsss goi.
shsd steel viii run for years uitsout reralrs. ts
staple 30 iv=Tn,casy ts faAnsE~ andstsoi perfectly
n an lSar aud always reaas In pomeai 10 Dc every
description II heavy hne vork at iess cost more
easily, Eusoothiy ard fzstsr ard -ith l. laiut of
trouble thaa any other machines At Axu m tcs sser
dla or ran %. u all sew znythlug a needle can
ptecs rUm lace oambric 81 heavy cloth harness
Nth sny kisa ef thresd asd Of twenty yards per
ninutsi usss struag. straight needle, aud never
bread the thread Tle aouey sheesilly rssa,l II n
viii not oUSuoEH and orTLsHt ANY machine deuile
the price. II you have any otisr mAehine hus this
and have better The sAse and raplditv ~ Its
motion and quality of its work is ite hest flt
tion. II viii hem felt tnck. hrad ccrd bBa gAsheE
guilt rune. plsat fold scaIlep. shifr, rolt bzste
satFo4der, run ~ bTesdths, etc with elegance ea.e
ana quicknss=, unsurpassed by any msrhiua evrF
Invested. The Prices q our Erw Hachlnes are isss
ihsn thcse ssked ~ dealers 10 secondhand rebuilt
and fsanishs rlachne. OF toss ealing 0utoid s,eck
10 eioss ap husihess, nany nueh infsfim and aldye
machines bsing offered 81 reiuced f#tcrs
bewArs of lHnitstions and Gals huy neu nsAehfnea
There na hrsseAsa niashines offered as low a.
The "Fansiiy," ~ many dollars.
fer testimonials zee dseoTipsiTs books mailed FREE
With samples sf work.
ocss shlrps 10 anx part af the oauntry ne zaatfer
hoe remote he place may b. ad safe delivery guar.
hnteei wteA Ffistiess ng sHbnoraH EnAnuxastax
hefofs payment II blil. 90 On rec~ipt Of price hy
Registered Letter. Msasy order, af Drsfl
Agents wanted throuFhout Tie country &c THE The
cheapest moat satisfactory and rApidseIling machine
IN the world. For liberal iern.s address
FAMILY SHUTTLE MACHINE Co,
l'lS fSt Broadway, Nsw rek.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

Erery farmer ia his annual experience
diScorers something Of rGiue. Write Il aud
send Il 10 tho "dgricuiturdL Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, BcilefoHte, PeHH'u," that other
farmers may hare the benefit Of a. let
communications be timely, and Be sHre that
they are brief and nell pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
pENNSYLvANIA RAILROAD,

= TblIh1. IIih aud Efic DitIsl1u on at,I
.iisr December u is5;. W A''
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Gallery for Winter Uea.

A writer in the Husbandman stores his
celery in the following way: The best
method of keeping celery for winter use is to
pack it in some cool corner of the cellar,
either in sand or in fine garden loan. Gel
cry should be left out as long as possible,
but it is generally well in this climate to
store in the latter part of October or early in
November 1t is rarely injured by any frosts
we are likely to have before the middle OF
the latter month. Celery will stand quite a
sharp frost, but should never be touched
when frozen or it will almost certainly de-
cay. Having our packing material at hand
in the cellar we select some dry day for dig
ging and carting the crop to the place Sc
lected. To facilitate the operation OF pack
ing we use board of convenient length and
as wide as the average height of the celery.
Commencing in one corner we place single
row of plants close together and as nearly
perpendicular as possible; then placing our
board against the exposed side Of this row,
we form another in the same manner; with
drawing the board from the place it occu-
pies between the two rows of plants we fill
this space with our fine loan, and continue
this operation until the work is done. Gel
cry may also be preserved in the open ground
in the following manner: ''Select dry, slOp-
ing ground, in which dig narrow trench
not more than eight or ten inches wide, and
just as deep as the celery is tall. Pack the
plants in this trench as closely as possible,
placing each one in perpendicular position.
When finished the tops of the celery should
be on level with the surface of the ground
upon either side of the trench. Over these
tops spread some light, dry material, as
leaves or straw, and gradually cover with
earth as the cold weather advances.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Thu WONDE RFUL
Effects of the Extract of
CELERY AND CHAMOMILE UP
ON THE NERVOUS
System and Digestive
Organs
IN CURING ESPECIALLY
SICK HEADACHE,
Nervous Headache, Neural
gia, Nervousness,
PARALYSIS AND AND
PREVENTING,
Neuralgia of the Heart and
Sudden Death.
Neuralgia of the Heart and
Sudden Death.

THIS PREPARATION HAS Won "a REPUTATION
unknown TO ANY OTHER ARTICLE, FOR THE
CURE AND PREVENTION OF THESE DISEASES.
READ THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING STATE
0IENT OF THIS DISCOVERY.
Celery has only come into public notice within the
last few years as nervine, but scientific expert
ments and experience have proved beyond doubt
that it controls nervous irritation and periodic ner
vous and sick headache to a marked degree.
But combination of the EXTRACT OF CELERY
AND CHAMoMILE, which has been but recently in
troduced to the profession and the public by myself
has produced such marvellous results in curing ner
vousneSs and headaches and especially nervous and
sick headaches, neuralgia indigestion and seepess-
ness that it has excited public attention and news
paper comments and, therefore, give the follow
ing information to the public to avoid answering
hundreds of letters of inquiry about them:
MY Celery and Chamomile Pills, for the cure of
headaches and nervousness, are prepared under my
supervision, and intended expressly to cure
headache, neuralgia, indigestion. sleeplessness and
nervousness, and will cure any case where no Or
ganic disease of the brain or spinal cord exists.
Hundreds of cases of many years standing have
been cured. No matter how chronic or obstinate
the case may be, permanent cure is morally GER
TAIN This statement is made after years of expert
enee in their use in the general practice of medicine
These pills are also valuable for school children
who suffer from nervous headaches, caused by an
overworked brain in their studes and for all class
es of hard brain workers, whose over-taxed ner-
vous centres need repair and ISOLATION. Nervous
tremor, weakness and paralysis are being daily
cured by these pills. They correct costiyeness bu
are not purgative.
Directions on every box. Price, so cents, or six
boxes for $3.50; postage free to any address. No
order filed unless accompanied by the money For
sale by all wholesale and retail druggists. Depot,
No. 1O6 North Eutaw street, Baltimore, Md.
G. w. BENSON, M. d.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
POETRY.
Our Autocrat.

Tho following is Mr.. Whittier's poem, reac
1t the breakfast to DR.. o. W. Holmes in Bos
5on, Wednesday:
His laurels fresh from song and lay,
Romance and art, so young witnal
At heart, We scarcely dare to say
We keep his SEVENTEEN festival.
His still the keen analysis
of men and moods. electric wit,
Free play of mirth and tenderness
To heal the slightest wound from it.
And his the pathos touching all
LIES sins and sorrows and regrets,
Its hopes and fears its final call
And rest beneath the violets.
His sparkling surface scarce betrays
The thoughtful tide beneath it rolled,
The wisdom of the latter days
And tender memories OF the old
What shapes and fancies, grave or gay,
Before us at his bidding come
The Tread mill tramp, the One-Horse Shay
The dumb despair of Elsie'sIdoom
The tale of Avis and the Maid,
The plea for lips that cannot speak,
The holy kiss that Isis laid
On little Boston's pallid cheek.
Long may he live to sing for us
The songs that stay the fight OF time,
And like his Chambered Nautilus,
To holier heights of beauty CLIMB.
Though now unnumbered guests surround
The table that he rules at will,
Its Autocrat, however crowned,
Is but our friend and comrade still.
The world may keep his honored name,
The wealth of all his varied powers,
A stronger claim his love than fame,
And he himself is only ours.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Portland and Worcester Line
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, r. r..

WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
On and after Monday, Oct. IS,
sssss-se 1879, Passenger Trains will leave
e--sTTs-zsWUs7Grand Ernnk Depot, Port
land, for Worcester at 7.2O a.
and 90 p. nm. Leave Preble st. Station at
5.3O n. m. and Al p. ni., arriving at Wor-
cester at 2.15 p. M and 7.30 p. m. Returning,
leave Union Depot, Worcester, at 730 a. m. and
IL 10 a. m arriving at Portland at lilo p. and
600 p. m.
For Clinton, Aver juno, Fitchburg,
Nashua, lowell, Windham, and Ep-
ping at 5.2O n. and 4 90 ID.
For Manchester, Concord and points X orth, at
100 p.
Silver, G0Filana, Snccafappa, and Cum
berland Mills. Leave Grand Trunk Depot
at 1870 N. n. and LOO u. m.; leave Preble
St. Station at 80 u. m, LIS p. M, and
mixed) at 6.40 p. Returning leave Rcch-
ester at (miXed) 6.45 a. m, IL. 05 a. m, and
$40 p. m; arriving at Portland (miXed) $50 a.
M, LID p. and 600 p. m.
The 90 %. N. train from Portland connects at
Aver June with III Osac Tunnel Route for
the West, and at Union Depot, Worcester, for
New York via Norwich Line, and all rail,
via Sprin field, also with N. Y. IL N. E. r..
R. C'Steamer Maryland Route') for Philuset-
phia, Baltimore, Washington, and the
South and with Boston ~ Albany II. ES. for
the West.
Close connections madc at yVestbr0olk juno
at Grand Trunk Depot, Portland, with through
trains of Grand Trunk r. r..
Through tickets to all points South and West, at
Depot offices and at Rollins & Adams No. % EX-
change Street.
ocild j. LUNT Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Wintering Bees.

WlaG0IluS oCOS'
At the meeting of the North American
Bee-keepers' Association at Chicago recent
ly, 81. H. Felch of Philadelphia read paper
on wintering bees in which he stated the
following as necessary conditions to sue
cess:
Abundance of bees, good queen, plenty
of good sealed honey, a frame of the proper
size and shape, proper number of combs,
passage-ways for the bees to pass from one
side Of brood-chamber to the other, protec-
ton for bees so as to keep dry and warm
and not feel sudden changes of tempera-
ture. In calculation Of this he said:
A goodly number of bees are necessary to
produce the requisite warmth in the hive
during cold spell I'M winter, and will suf-
fer with the best protection. A good vigor-
Gus queen, capable of laying at maximum
strength of the colony and for vigorous
spring breeding. From thirty to forty
pounds of honey should be in the combs
above and rearward of the cluster the first
of October; less would do to winter, but
spring breeding would certainly be retarded.
If bees have an abundance of sealed honey
during spring, breeding goes on apace,
whether the weather is favorable for honey
gathering or net. A colony having only
barely enough to winter on, has but little
blood when the weather opens in the spfing.
The size and shape of frame has much to
do with successful wintering. A square
comb will not do well, as the honey is too
much scattered, unless the frame is small
like the American" and then we must use
too many combs. A comb twice as high as
long is good for winter, but will rot do for
surplus. If we use more comb than the
bees can cover at the end they cluster, and
the chances are that the colony will suffer
considerably and, in many cases. starve.
Bees must have protection from sudden
changes of temperature, and be well guarded
against cold and the collection of moisture
ure within the hive. If this is done, bees
will be comfortable, and will not fly out
until the air is sufficiently arm for them to
return, and we can bid adieu to dysentery
"spring dwindling."
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Dairymen in Glover.

No class of producers suffered so severely
from low prices during the first half of the
year, and we rejoice with them in the fact
that no other class-not even the rampant
Spectator of Wall Street-has enjoyed so
great ''boom" in prices, as the producers
of Butter and Cheese. Last month we
chronicled very great advance in prices,
and now report further large rise, in but
ter especially, as witness; Oct. IA, prices
ranged 10 to n cent per pound, for various
grades; Nov. IA, for the same grades, is to
40 cents per pound-an average rise of fifty
per cent? Good for the producers. AS for
consumers, they are not compelled to eat
more than they can pay for.-American Ag-
riculturiSt.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Portland, Bangor & Maehias
STEAMBOAT GO.
WINTER ARRAN GEM NT.

.esasars, The Steamer CITY OF RICH
k,MMgt 9MOND, Capt. VIM. E.. Dennison,
leaves Railroad Wharf Portland,
<zzazzs;s=sszZzzEE every Friday evening at
HIS O'Clock, or on arrival of Pullman train
from Boston, for Rockland, Castime, Deer
Isle, Sedgwiclx, rlt. DES EsT, $50. West
and Ear HHarbOrs,) Miiibridge, D Onesport
and BaachinspOrt.
Returning viii leave HIacfiiasport every WON
day Morning at 4.3O O'Clock, arriving in
Portland same evening, connecting with Pullman
Night train for Boston, Express trains also leave for
Boston at S.45 same mornings.
The RICHMOND will also leave same wharf every
Tuesday evening at 10 O'clock for Rock
land, Camden, EincoInville, Belfast,
Searspors, SANDY Point, BuckspOrt, Win
terport, Hampiien and Bangor, or as far as
the ice will permit.
Returning, leaves Bangor every Thursday
morning at o'clock, touching as above, arriving
in Portland about O'Clock, connecting with Pull
man Train and Steamer for Boston.
Tickets and State rooms secured at Aliens Union
Passenger Office, rs Exchange St.
GEO. L. DAY, Gen. Ticket Agent,
E. CUSHING General Manager
December 2 1879. de2H
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
AGRICULTURAL.
Preparing Soil for Strawberries.

In the garden, light soils can be given
much more stable and productive character
by covering them with clay to the depth OF
one or two inches every fall. The winters
frosts and rains mix the two diverse soils,
to their mutual benefit. Carting sand on
clay is rarely remunerative; the reverse is
decidedly so, and top-dressings OF clay on
light land are often more benehclal imam
equal amounts of manure.
AS practically employed, 1 regard quick,
stimulating manures, like guino, very lnJu-
rious to light soils. believe them to be the
curse of the South. They are used ito
make CROP as it, is termed; and they do
make it for a few years, but to the utter i'm
poverishment of the land.
And vet. by the aid of these stimulating
commercial fertilizers, the poorest and thin
est soil can be made to produce fine straw
berries, if sufficient moisture can be main
tanned. Just as physician can rally an ex-
hausted man to a condition in which he can
take and be strengthened by food, so land,
too poor and light to sprout pea, can be
stimulated into producing meager green
crop of some kind, which, ploughed under,
will enable the land to produce second and
heavier burden. This, in turn placed in the
soil, will begin to give suggestion OF fertil-
ity. Thus poor or exhausted soil can be
made, by several years of successful manage
ment, to convalesce slowly into strength.
Coarse, gravelly soils are usually even
worse. If we must grow our strawberries
on them, give the same general treatment
that l have just suggested.
On some peat soils the strawberry thrlVes
abundantly; on others it burns and dwindles
With such soil, 1 should experiment with
bone-dust, ashes, &C., until l found just
what was lacking
No written directions can take the place
of common sense, judgment, and, above all,
experience. Soils vary like individual char.
acter. have yet to learn of system OF
rules that will teach us how to deal with
every man we meet. 1t is very wise, how
ever, to deal justly and literally. He that
expects much from his land must give it
much.
have dwelt at length on the preparation
and enrichment of the land, since it is the
cornerstone of all subsequent success. Let
me close by emphasizing again the principle
which was made prominent at first. Though
we give our strawberry plants everything
else they need, our crop of fruit will still
be good or bad in proportion as we are able
to maintain abundant moisture during the
poisoning and fruiting season. If provis-
ion can be made for irrigation, it may in
crease the yield tenfold.- success with
Small Fruits" E. P. Roe, in December
Scribner.
The Portland daily press., 1879-12-08
Maine Steamship Company.
Semi-Weekly Line to New York.
Steamers EIeanOra and FrancOnia

Will until further notice leave Franklin Wharf,
Portland, every MONDAY and THURSDAY, at 6
every MONDAY and THURSDAY at 4 P. NJ.
These steamers are fitted up with fine aceommoda-
lions for passengers, making this very convenient
and comfortable route for travellers between New
York and Maine. During the summer months these
steamers will touch at Vineyard Haven on their pas
sage to and from New York. Passage, including
State Room, 49, meals extra. Goods destined beyond
Portland or New York forwarded to destination at
once. For further information apply to
HENRY FOX, General Agent, Portland.
j. AMES, Ag't, Pier SO, p. r. New York.
Tickets and State Rooms be obtained at %
Exchange Street. On and after December LIST, 1879
and until otherwise ordered, these Steamers will
not take Passengers. dec5dtf