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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
Gathering Glover Seed.

rro'a the American Asriesltun,t
IL is seldom that clover straw can be
made useful after the seed has been
hulled, so that it is n saving Of labor to
cut it as high as possible, taking only
the heads, hy using the soythe, or
cradle, this cannot be done and IL will
he found much better 10 use "a moving
machine, having a table attached to the
cutter bar, or clover seed gathcrer
made expressly for this work. $
The management OF the clover. Se@
crop Is very simple. 1t is improved o.
frequent wetting and drying, as then
the seed is more easily hulIed. than
when 1t is cured in dry weather. If the
weather should be dry, it il best TO rake
the straw, or the heads, into small heaps,
letting them heat moderately after.
wards spreading the heaps in the sun
to dry. The raking may 6e done while
still wet with dew, which will assist the
fermentation, and heating. which part
ly rots the hull4, and helps the cleaning.
The crop, when perfectly dry, after two
or three weeks exposure TO the wealth
er, should be stored in corner of the
barn.
For convenience We prefer to use
the platform reaper with n rake which
can be used at pleasure, and suffer
the heads to accumulate on the plat
form rs long as may be convenient,
and then dump the piles in rows for
convenience in loading. Here we
leave them untouched until ready for
the team or the thresher, and then
carefully lin them to the wagon with
wooden fork, and with as little
turning or moving as possible.
When the seed is cured it shells Off
very easily, and little rough hand
ling will insure much waste.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
Weeds in Connecticut.

The legislature of Connecticut
passed sort of "local option" weed.
law last Winter which we quote be.
low. In reading it, it should be
borne in mind that in New England
our word "township" Is abbreviat-
cd into town. and what We call
"town" they call VILLAGE"
Any town or borough may make by.
laws requiring every owner or possessor
OF lands within its limits adjoining any
highway to cut or NOV all bushes, this.
ties or briars. growing on said highway
adjoining. and in front of said lands, at
least once in each year, at such times as
said town or borough may direct, under
penalty not exceeding five dollars for
each breach Of said by laws.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

wheat. Last October lst we prepared A
piece Of land l65x33 feet, or one-eighth
Of an acre. IL was plowed, narrowed
twice, then broadcasted with bone flour
at the rate of 500 pounds per acre,
raked in by hand, marked off lsx12
inches and three grains of Clawson
wheat planted at the intersections. As
soon as the blades were distinguishable
two plants were pulled up, leaving only
the middle one. Thus there was left
but one plant for every one.and.a half
square foot. The plants tillered re.
markably, as engravings in our issue of
June 7th have already shown. The
straw was very heavy and the heads
nearly twice the size of those of our
tive.acrc field sown broadcast, IA our en-.
craving of an average sized spike will
show. But many of them were poorly
filled; many of them while in the milk
and subsequently, were broken over
owing TO an apparent weakness of the
stem near the spike, as if there alone
the stems were not strong enough to
support its weight during high winds.
From this plot of one eighth of an acre
we harvested but one bushel and a.half.
Or at the rate of twelve bushels per
acre, while our average upon the broad
oasted field of five acres was u .
bushels So far, therefore, AS may be
judged by this one experiment, there i.
little TO be said in favor of the cultiya.
tion OF wheat. IL may be that other
varieties or other land would produce
better yields. II may be that if the
wheat were planted closer together. n
larger yield must result.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
1879. The PATRIOT. 1879.
Get Up n Club and Receive Your
Paper Free.

The DAILY PATKTUT will bc sent by
mail TO clubs ai the following rates:
300 Per copy pr year O. . dab of h,e.
ss50 Tsf COPY T'er year - = clst Il ten.
" 90 T"r oepy per rear b. = club ef tvsuty
s4.So rer copy psr year 10 a oiub u thirty
- 90 Per COPY pr yeAr 30 a olub q any.
And one copy fr~s ior year IN every oass to the
psr1oH getting up the elnb. Proportional rAtes fsr
TAsis % year.
The WEEKLY PATRIOT will be sent hv
mail at the following rates:
szoo per Anuum ior single copy.
siI0 per annum per copy 10 riub a. four.
tiZ' per Annun Ter coy 80 a ciuh q eight.
sl@ per annurn per copy to a club Of ffissn.
sopI per snnum per oopy TO a club Of thirty.
sosb Per AnhHm per copy 10 a elnb sf afy.
1913 per annun PeT coy O. club q one kzaats.s
And one copy free for year In every ss a eair
up ofouh.
The cash must accompany ali orders TO
insure attention. All money should be
sent by post Office order or registered
letter, otherwise IL will be AT the sender's
risk. Address
PATRIOT PUBLISHING Co,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

If our farmers will bear in mind
the following paragraph and enforce
It, and back 1t up by protecting the
birds from destructive agencies other
than the sho.- Jun, there will shortly
be less complaint Of destruction OF
crops and fruit by insects:
II Is unlawful 10 shoot at any time a
nighthawk, whipporwill, sparrow,
thrush, martin, lark. finch, chimney
swallow, barn swallow, woodpecker,
Kicker, robin, oriole. red or cardinal
bird, cedar bird, tanager, cat bird, blue
bird. or any insectiverous bird under a
penalty of FIVE dollars each. or 10 de.
stroy their eggs or nests under penalty
Of ten dollars Tor each ofEense.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

IT Is always safe TO assume that the
long-established practices of farmers
are founded in good reason.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
Grass as a Renovator.

'4ITesiIul'uo" Country GrHtlsuan.
Many farmers labor for years igno.
rant of the fact that a close, wcll.sct
sod is the foundation'of good farming
and the basis Of good crops. Soil
that will produce an immediate and
firm set Of grass will bring a good
crop of any kind. There is no better
way TO test the producing capacity OF
the soil than hy its grass production.
If n field yields n scant grass crop
and is uneven or full Of barren spots,
1t will not be safe 10 depend on such
sol for any other crop without extra
heavy manuring, and even then the
crop is not Of SO great certainty as if
the ground was covered with a firm
sod at plowlng time. There is some.
thing IN heavy sod that will perfect
a crop even in an unfavorable season.
never have failed Of a good crop on
such land. Soil will soon be reno.
vatcd after partial deterioration il
gross can be densely set on the sur.
face; and this mode Of renovation. |
claim, is the quickest, surest and
cheapest of any. There never was a
mistake made so full Of loss to the
farmer as TO allow naturally good
soil to dcteriorate at all; and when
the farmers understand and act on
this principle our productions will
never fall below an average, or even
TO this point.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
AL
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL

(Eighh Normal School Distriet,)
LOCK HAVEN, CLINTON Co, PA.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

"wirH scales aud measures and pots and pan.
Aud dIshes Of fruit beside her,
The wife Of your bosom sits all day,
Aud no ono dare" 10 caIae her.
a pound OF this, four pounds of that,
Is the way she goes on planning,
And To save your life you darent say a word
For bless your soul. she's canning"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
REMEMBER no roses
VIII spring from the weed
And no beautiful fruit
From unworthy seed.

FARMERS, particularly young farm
ers, do not fail TO attend the fair this
fall. Begin now to make your ar
rangements and plan your work so
that you can go, and then go. And
go in a two.fold capacity, first as an
exhibitor, second as an Observer. As
an exhibitor contribute your full
share toward making the fair what it
should be; as an observer derive all
the benefit from it that you can.
Don't go rs you "would to circus,
simply to see the crowds and be
amused" The "Amusement Depart
ment" is all right for an hours enter
tainment, but don't confine yourself
TO it. Take note book and pencil, 60
carefully through all the departments,
make close observations, ask ques-
tions of exhibitors and committee
men, and jot down whatever may
strike you as interesting or worthy
of future attention. In no other
way, at so little expense of time or
money, can you gain so much knowl-
edge directly relating to your pro-
fession, nor do so much to establish
your future position among the lead
ers in agricultural progress.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
A. n. RAUB, A. NJ, Principal.
THIS SCHOOL. as nj present con

THIS SCHOOL, as at present con-
Il siitu'ed ohrrs the very hest facilities fJr Pro
fssalonal aud Classical learning.
Buildihgs staeious, inviting and oomnodious: cum
ps,sly bsste by steam, ~eil ventilated aud furtsh-
81 With iVuniifai supply of pure ~Atsr sOf spring
water.
Location hsaIthful and easy u aeesss.
Surrounding scehery Unsurpassed.
Teachers experienced. eficisnt, aud alive 10 their
work.
Di,cplius firm and Kind, uniform and thorough.
finy ee1t seek deduction to those preparing -
teach
stadchu admitted At any time.
coarsss q tudy prescribed By the State: !. NSdel
Afh"oL IL Preparatory. III. Elementary. ~. sci-
entihc
AbJrEr7 osrasts.
]. Academic. H. Commercial III Music. ". Art.
The Elementary aud EcIsltihc coufass are Pio-
icasionAl. aud students graduating therein receive
State Diplomas, eoutsffiuR the i9osus aud eHffee-
i-Inhng degrees. MsuT II the Elsuirpts aud Masirf
~ the rcsb,es. Gfsiasias the other courses rs-.i,e
Normal Certificates Of Their Ai,Alhn4euI, signed by
the Faculty
The Professional ooursas are liberal. and are 10
hgtoughnes not tufeft0r ihass our tt colleges
The stats requires r higher atder u riilaen.Alp.
III" times demand IL II is uf the prime otsrts
q tis school ta help 50 H by furnishing usl.
Esui sod eihrlcu tearhefs far hcf e. Auola 10 this
sui II s9lilits young Eersuns # good abilities aud
good rurts~"t-thuss ~ho drsifs % Improve their
time sud iher talents, ftu8suts To ali sucii Il
prinl@' sd "a desrisisag their lp~ers aud ahuuaAt
vPI9uauitss fJF sell IalI lslf after leaving s,ADA
fpf catalogue ans teTms address the Principal
basEn % TEgsrLIs.
ttorlhalirrs TFasisos--j. II. HAft0n. NJ. p. A II.
Bet JAaab BROS :. v HirkfYfd. Samuel Christ A.
y. i.Aub. .. Goa. 7 6. tiTrlg Esl. g. klutgiur.
Y NfHfuifk, k@4 W. IS. Esbllu John A Roth
STATE Trl'ifes-ii.a : q Curtin iion. u def
fsulras d. Gen Jesse Nsfril IGat. william Eirirf J. {
g. NhAlsr. Miller Aa1Hm4eE. Lai.
aTrIftns.
Hoa WILLIAM BIgLER President. Clesrf.ld. -
Gen. Jf-sE MERRILL :. President. isek Haven, -
: MILAN MCCORMICK ks-eretagy
THOMAS IAhpLEY. Treasurer.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11

OUR views "a to the Importance OF
poultry on the farm have been so
often and plainly expressed that we
need not now reiterate them. That
this particular class Of farm products
is growing in the appreciation of the
public is evinced by the large amount
of poultry literature" now in circu-
lation. Every agricultural paper has
its special poultry department, and
many of them employ an editor ex-
clusively for it, and in addition, there
are q number of weekly and monthly
journals devoted entirely to this in
terest. Among the latter one of the
most elegant is the Pet-Stock, Pigeon
and Poultry Bulletin, published at G2
Courtlandt street, New York. AS
suggested by its name, this journal
does not confine itself strictly TO the
interests of egg and meat producing
farm poultry, but embraces within its
scope pets of all sorts, making it
peculiarly adapted to the boys and
young people on the farm. One of
the practical men interested in this
journal is Geo. X. Hawley, of Glenn's
Falls, n. Y, who is the only man we
know of in the country who confines
himself to the breeding of Dominique
fowls, and has undertaken TO bring
them up to the highest possible stand
ard. Our opinion Of the substantial,
solid merits of these old-fashioned
fowls, as specially adapted to the
everyday wants of the farmer, is
too well known to require repeating
here, and We are glad that so enthusi.
astic and experienced a breeder as
Mr.. Hawley has undertaken TO devel.
ope their best qualities. We will
continue to publish, from time to
time, hints, facts and suggestions
concerning poultry, and again urge
upon our readers an increased atten-
tion to this "minor farm product" !"
For the information of those of our
readers who are unacquainted with
the Dominiques, we publish in an
other column their characteristics, as
required by the "American Standard
of Excellence" and to which Mr..
Hawley is aiming to breed them.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-11
characteristics Of the Dominiques,
AS REQUIRED ny THE "AMERICAN
STANDARD or EXCELLENCE"

AS REQUIRED ny THE "AMERIcAN
STANDARD or ExcELLENcE."
Plumage - slaty blue, penciled
across with delicate dark bars.
Beak--bright yellow, short, stout
at base and nicely curved at base.
Comb--brigh red, double or rose,
with spike behind, the point turn
ing slightly upwards.
Wattles- bright red, broad, full
and well rounded.
Earlobes-red.
Tail-full and slightly expanded.
Thighs--large and strong, in color
of plumage.
Shanks--stout, we'll apart and of
medium length, and bright yellow in
color.
Carriage--upright and pleasing.
IT is always safe TO assume that the
1rxs a. f.ttahzs1 ...usg...sa .sr c.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
The Highest House in the World.

E. L. BiSsell, NJ. D., New Haven,
Conn. writes to the New York San: In
your issue of the San of the 9th inst.
there is paragraph which states that
50 the highest inhabited house in the
world is believed 10 be the one erected
for the miners employed on Mount Lin
coin, in the main range of the Rocky
Mountains, Park County, Colo. 1t is
l4,l57 feet above sea level would
respectfully call Your attention to the
fact that there is on the Callao, Lima
and Oroya Railroad, Peru, "a miles
from Lima, on the very summit { .he
Andes, small town called Galera. or,
as the PeruvianS style it, '.tunel de Ia
Gina This place is situated on the
western slope of the dividing range Of
the great Andean chain, 1865 feet
above the level Of the sea, and about
600 feet above the line of perpetual
snow. 1t was founded in 1872 by an
engineering corps of the Oroya Rail
road, represented by Martin Van Brock
lin, now Superintendent of the Metro
politan Elevated Railroad, New York;
his brother, Herman Van Brocklin, and
II. j. Tobias of Illinois 1t derives its
name from tunnel or gallery which is
being bored through the summit from
the Oroya Railroad, and is !, l13 meters.
or 3.s4a feet, in length. | make this
statement from personal knowledge,
having been in the employ OF Henry
Meiggs, and compelled to live al that
place for period of 10 months. These
facts are given from actual measure
ment, taken from the records of the
chief engineer ut that time.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
KINDNESS AND ITS REWARD.

Alice sat in front of the little table,
washing the breakfast dishes, a bright
haired Girl, with large. wistful blue eyes,
whom you would never suspect TO be a
cripple until You saw that she was seated
on wheeled chair by means of which
she propelled herself back and forth.
Yet, although she herself was the only
servant of the establishment, the floor
was daintily clean, the windows shone
like sheeted diamonds aud the curtains
were white aud neatly daTned. For lit
tie Alice, AT Is, was a born housekeeper,
and took a much delight in the details
OF her homely. domestic life AS if she
had been a child PLAYING with dolls
house instead of Moses Haywood 5
crippled daughter.
''Itis pnzzling sometimes, said Alice,
wrinkling her pretty brown brows over
the housekeeper's book; ..because
there's only just SO much money and the
expenses have got to he met; and if YOU
get the least little bit in debt, there ii is,
hanging around Your neck like mill
stone to the end Of the year. But, then,
again, if there weren't any difficulties in
this style OF housekeeping, where would
be the credit?'
And then Alice would shake her
bright brown blaidS, bite the end of her
pencil and begin again with the trouble
some array Of figures.
But upon this particular day the color
burned more feveriShly than ever in her
cheek; the teacups clinked nervously
together as she rinsed them.
But Moses Haywood, white-haired.
prematurely old man, sat over his
.'Classical Dictionary" at the other
end Of the room and only smiled quietly.
Fifty pounds" said Alice. ats
a deal OF money. father, dear, and
you've been years saving it up
"You are right, my DEAR" said the
schoolmaster. calmly, lit is deal of
money But what is money worth if we
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
WHERE SHiLL THE BABI'S DIM
PIE BE?

Over the cradle the mother hung,
Softly grooming siumber- song;
And these were the simple words she sung
All the evening long:
" Cheek or chin, OF knucljc or knee,
Wher.. shall the baby'- dimple be.
Wher. shall the angels finger rest
When he comes down to the baby's nest.
Where shall the angels touch remain
when he awakens my babe again?"
Still as she bent and sung so low
A rnur1nur into her music broke,
And she paused to hear, for she could but
know
The baby's angel spoke.
Check or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the baby'S dimple lie:
Where shall NV finger fall and rest
When come down to the baby's nest:
Where shall my fingers touch remain
When awaken your babe again?'
Silent the mother sat and dwelt
Long in the sweet delay Of choice;
And then 10y her baby's side she knelt,
And sang with pleasant voice;
" Not on the limb, % angel dear,
70. the charm with its youth Will disappear,
Not on the cheek shall the dimple be.
For the harborin2 smile VII! fade and flee;
But touch thou the chin with an impress
deep.
And my baby the angels seal shall keep"
-Sdfurddy Magazine.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
An Elephant as a Policeman.

Recently writes Il Paris correspond
ent of the New Orleans Picayuae) 4
keeper belonging to OrosZi's Circus who
slept near three elephants was about
midnight aroused by their cries. He at
first thought cat or a dog had gotten
into the circus. but, listening attentively,
he heard 4 suspicious noise in the COS
tuners storeroom. He went on tiptoe
and saw stranger, with a dark lantern,
trying to pick the storeroom lock. T he
keeper unclaimed the largest elephant,
which, with characteristic sagacity,
went straight to the burglar, put his
trunk around the felon's throat, and
kept him al proboscis length until a
policeman came.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
Visit to a Pin Factory,

A correspondent of the New York
Ecening Post thus describes the myste-
ries OF pin-making:
The pin machine is one Of the closest
approaches that mechanics have made
to the dexterity of the human hand. A
small machine, about the height and
size Of lady's sewing machine, only
stronger, stands before you. On the
back light belt descends from the long
shaft at the ceiling, that drives all the
machines, ranged in rows on the floor.
On the left side of our machine hangs
on peg a small reel Of wire, that has
been Strengthened by running thu ough
compound system of small rollers. This
wire descends, and the end of If enters
the machine. 1t pulls it in and bites it
off by inches, necessarily, l40 bites to a
minute. Just rs it seizes each bite, a
little hammer, with a concave face, hits
the end of the wire three taps, and sup
sets = it to a head, while it grips it in a
coumtersunk hole between its teeth.
With an outward thrust of its tongue,
it then lays the pin sideways in little
groove across the rim of a small wheel
that slowly revolves just under its nose.
BY the external pressure of stationary
hoop, these pins roll in their places, as
they are carried under two series of
small files, three in each. These files
grow finer toward the end of the series.
They lie at a slight inclination on the
points of the pins, and by series of
cams, levers, and springs, are made to
play .'like lightning" Thus the pins
are pointed and dropped in little
shower into a box.
Twenty-eight pounds of pins is days.
work for one of these jerking little au-
donations. Forty machines on this floor
make $50 pounds of pins daily. These
are then polished. Two very intelligent
machines reject every crooked pin, even
the slightest irregularity being detected.
Another automaton asserts half a dozen
lengths in As many different boxes, all
at once and unerringly, when careless
operator has mixed the contents of box
es from various machines. Lastly, 4
perfect genius of a machine hangs the
pin by the head, in an inclined platform,
through as many g Slots as there are
pins in row on the papers. These
slots converge into the exact space,
spanning the length of row. Under
them runs the strip of pin-paper. A
hand-like part of the machine catches
one pin from each of the slots as it falls,
and by one movement sticks them all
through two corrugated ridges in the
paper, from which they are to be picked
by taper fingers in boudoirs, and all
sorts of human fingers in all sorts Of hui
man circumstances. Thus you have its
genesis:
Tall and slender, straight and thin,
Pretty, little useful pin.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-11-01
BORROWING TROUBLE.

This morning WAS thinking
~ all the worlSro do;
And while my thoughts were busy,
Ny hands were busy too.
| peeled the ruddy apples,
For noon drew ON apace,
And Sance must not be missing
From it, accustomed place.
] thought Of rears 10 pickle,
oi apples | should peel.
ct grapes for my pre-erying.s
Oi cans YET must seal,
OF peaches fit Tor picking,
OF corn that must be dried,
OF catsup To be simInercd,
And sewing done beside.
Ten hundred rooms to tidy,
\ Thousand beds 10 make,
With twenty jars of cookies,
And ioaves of bread and cake,
With .iesds and soiled dishes,
thousand times year
oh, what dismal prospect,
Monotonous and dreari
just then. amid the stiffness,
4 little voice heard,
As when n long s;illed curtain
With memory'- breath is stirred,
And these the words of comfort,
SO strangely brought to me:
"a Sufficient when It's needed,
Thy strength shah ever be-
saw twas pure-t folly,
For me or any one,
To sit within the cleaning
And think what must I've done.
The work OF next December,
OF April or of May,
] saw, when thinking calmly,
Need not be done to day.
And 80 while strength is promised,
And love Is ever given.
I'll try To make my fiieside
Suggestive Of yon heaven. ~
-Gassie ThOnas, ia Country Gentlemen.