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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
Fencing.

AMONG the most perplexing ques-
tions affecting agriculturists at the pres
ent time is the subject of fencing-with
what material to fence that will be du-
rable and at the same time safe from
endangering the life of stock. The old
time worm rail-fence can not be thought
of except in timber regions. The fence
of posts and boards will last but few
years until it decays. The Usage hedge
answers an excellent purpose where
there are no weak spots in the line, but
they are frequent, and on much of the
land the whole thing is impracticable.
The barbed wire has of late been the
material round which the hope of the
farmer has centered, and this, while
making barrier for the large domestic
animals that is impregnable, has other
serious objections that render an abso-
lutte reliance upon it as extremely doubt
full. From very many sources come the
complaint of valuable animals being lac
Grated and sometimes manned for life
from coming in contact with it. Not
long since an acquaintance came very
near losing an eye, while putting up a
line of barbed wire, caused by the staple
intended to held the wire in place flying
out, and the wire being drawn out of a
straight line few in the face Of the ope-
rator, striking him just above the eye
and tearing the eyebrow. This mate
rial has not been long enough in use to
thoroughly test its durability, and it may
be an open question whether rust may
not soon corrode it and weaken it in
spots and thus become short-lived.
Wherever practicable we would ad-
wise the use of the Usage orange and
make live hedges. This requires fre-
quent trimming to keep it down to a
proper height and in good form, but
this will involve no more labor than the
occasional repairing of wood fences, be-
sides being durable.
1t is possible that our domestic ami
mails, through greater familiarity with
the barbed wire fence, will become so
accustomed to look out for its presence
as to be more on the alert and thus
avert the serious consequences that
have so often attended its use so far.
Yet we are of the opinion that to make
it completely safe from danger to ami
mails in the midst of their playful gam
bols, it will be necessary that some more
bulky and consequently more visible
substance be attached at frequent inter-
walls TO indicate its presence. But this
will add materially TO the expense of the
fence.-BarlingtoH HasObeye.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
THE DAIRY.

MILK will keep sweeter for a longer
time in glass than In metal or wooden
vessels.
A VERMONT farmer states that when
he feeds meal 10 his COWS, seventeen
pounds Of milk make a pound Of butter
and when no meal Is fed. from twenty
three 10 twenty-six pounds are required
A CORRESPONDENT Of the 1mericnn
DaiTymaH says: Milk possessing an
extremely strong and offensive odor Of
the COW Is sometimes found. ! have
known Of two cases, both in deep red
cows, not seemingly dependent on the
food with which they were supplied
The tainted milk Of the cheese factory
is probably in many cases 10 be as
cribed to imperfect formation, or the
presence of colostrum, which has ten
dency 10 putrefy rather than ferment.
All milk has a more or less strong ami
NAL odor when fresh, but il usually
disappears on standing, or can be ex-
PEELED by aeration.
As TO COW Jockeys" the unsophis-
ticated would be surprised TO know
how many highly-cOnsidered reputable
farmers are engaged in that sort of
thing. A wealthy citizen Of New York
once attempted TO impose upon me
thus, with a COW recommended by him
as great mixer. / bought of him for
a friesd. The COW when sent me, ] as
certained afterward, had not been
MIXED for forty-eight hours 1 was a
little too sharp for him and did not hes
itate TO tell him of the trick and make
him take the COW back He turned red
and stammered VIXEN / told him, and
laid all the blame to the superintendent
of his beautiful country seat; but one
Of the laborers afterward told me the
COW was thus sent to me at the city BY
the owners express order. How shame
full for a rich, or indeed any man, to
make the poor beast suffer thus, and
endeavor to cheat a customer in such a
small, mean way. But this is human
nature-tOo often, I am sorry to say
! Sanddlid. in ~ Y Tribune.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
Suggestions About DaIrrinp.

PAsTURAGE alone has an immense in
fluence over the butter Any manuring
that serves to promote a rank, succu-
lent growth, which, while it may in
crease the quantity of milk, contains a
large per cent. of water, is not beneli-
cial for the making of butter, reducing
at the same time the strength and flesh
of the cows in the herd.
Since it has been asserted that the
Jersey COW is the one that Yields the
most in quantity, quality and color of
butter, the food that is best relished by
her must be supplied. Grass and hay
are the staples. These grow with little
labor in the cultivation. Sowed corn,
or corn-fodder, either dry or green,
helps fill in. The first NAV be given
with great benefit when the pastures
have become reduced in yield Winter
dairying is more profitable than summer,
but attended with more care and labor.
A crop of roots, either beets or carrots.
should be raised for winteruse Turlips
are not good unless fed at a proper
time; that is, Just after milking. The
odor then passes off without affecting
the milk, and the quantity is increased,
Bul llOl llAG " lAdAllls N4CdLllutsS lLIOUnll-
out in every department is important.
The milk gives the flavor, color and
texture to the butter. The milk pail
should be perfectly clean. No slovenly
person should be allowed to do the
milking; neither should the care and
cleansing of the implements be en-
trusted to such a person. There must
be bright, smart, clean hands in every
department. The udder of the cow, if
dirty, should be washed with a sponge
and clean water before milking, in order
to avoid that peculiar " barnyardy"
flavor which always hangs about some
peoples butter. This is no fault of the
COW, but of the keeper, in allowing her
to lie down in filthy places thoroughly
impregnated with it. In milking, the
fine dust scatters into the pail, and
forms a sediment that settles into the
bottom of the vessels, in which the milk
is set. This is too frequently the result
of laziness. After once mixed with the
milk no strainer will separate it.
The tlavoring of milk and butter is
very fine and delicate, and is influenced
by surroundings, consequently these
must be looked to. A filthy stable is
worse than a barnyard, and in these two
places most of the milk is drawn from
the cows. There are many methods of
setting the milk, and every one has a
way of his own, whether it be correct
or not. That mode which produces the
greatest amount of butter from the
given quantity of milk, and with the
least expense of time, is the cheapest
and easiest. The temperature of the
atmosphere is one important item, and
this may be controlled in a measure -
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
HarvestlnE and storIng TnrnIps.

VARIOUS methods for harvesting this
crop, which in Pennsylvania Is not a
very extensive one, are now on the taBis.
We speak Of turnips, prOper--nOt ruta-
bagas. The last improved method is 10
huron the crop out and load them with
a three prongcd hay.Jorh ! This may be
rather expeditions and answer well
enough where the turnips are 10 be fed
10 the cattle, but is the worst possible
way If they are to be marketed, as pur-
chasers will not look at a cut and
bruised article. II will be found, "we
guess" that the old-fashioned way Of
pulling them out with the hands and
throwing them in heaps, and cutting the
tops off with a sharp knife, will prove
the best after all. IL is useless 10 at
tempt to shirll the labor, If the crop is
TO be harvested in the best manner and
a good price is expected to be obtained
for them.
Of all the roots perhaps the turnip is
the most impatient Of heat. 1t starts to
grow on the slightest provocation. In a
cellar of not over forty degrees, one
may find it growing freely, after an in.
generation of but a few weeks. IL is
growth which is the great enemy OF
preservation, and il Is heat which ex.
cites growth. There is a natural heat
in roots when put in q heap-a little
heat from one root and a little more
from another soon makes a pretty high
degree; but in the open field this is car.
ried off by the open air about the pile
Hence, under cover of near protection
this natural heat is not carried off. II
accumulates, the roots sprout, and thu,
give off more heat, and it all soon be.
comes a regular turnip stew. The tur
nip, indeed, does not mind little frost
If they were put in small lots in stalls
where the frost could get at them, and
covered with straw to prevent rapid
thawing, they would keep better than il
covered with earth, which rather serves
as we have seen, to collect the heat and
boil The roots.
As to how best to keep turnips, that
will of course depend on each persons
conveniences. But if each one keeps in
view the fact that heat is more likely tC
injure them than cold-and q very low
degree at that-he will readily find out
when he looks about what is the best
way for him to preserve them.-GeT.
nlantoUH Telegraph.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
GranuIated Butter.

THE superiority of granulated butter
is now admitted, and as comparatively
few have a knowledge of the process,
the following directions are appended:
The mode of granulating butter is to
churn the cream in the usual way till
Just before it is ready to gather-till the
butter will separate from the butter
milk and rise to the top like cream,
which it will always do before gather
ing. At this stage the contents of the
churn are cooled down to tifty-six de-
grees or ffty-four degrees by introduc-
ing cold water or brine, and the work
finished by churning slowly. The but
ter will then form into fine pellets or a
few large Jumps. The butter thus gran
ulated Is separated from the buttermilk
in any convenient way and washed in
either cold water or brine till the water
will run off clear; two washings are
generally enough. A tight cask of the
size desired, and suitable for holding
butter, is prepared beforehand and
filed partly full of brine as strong as
it can be made from pure salt. Into
this the butter is put as washed without
any working or sailing. If enough is
not made in one churning the butter
must be kept down under the brine till
the cask is filled and then headed up
tight. Through hole in the head any
vacancy that may exist must be filled
perfectly with brine and the hole
plugged. 1t is then ready for trans,
portation or long keeping. When
wanted for use it may be taken from
the cask and pressed into any solid
form desired and the brine adhering tC
it will season it about as most people
desire it. If wanted fresh it may be
washed in cold water, when it will be
as fresh and rosy as when it came out
of the churn. The salt for the brine
must be of the purest kind, or the but
ter will be bleached by lying in it.
Exchange.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
Materials for Roads.

IT is the practice of many highway
surveyors to have the bitches by the sides
of roads cleaned out in the fall of the
year, and the earth that has washed into
them thrown on top of the road-bed
They think it is advantageous to have
the top of the road raised as high as
possible, and they know that it is neces-
sary to have the bitches cleared out so
that the water may have a chance to
run. They have an idea that they can
accomplish two desirable things at the
same time, if in taking the washings
from the bitches they throw them ontop
of the road. In point of fact they are
doing very great injury to the road. An
examination of the composition of the
material removed from the bitches will
show that it is entirely unsuited for
forming a good road-bed. 1t consists
largely of forest leaves and grass blown
by the wind, and of manure and soft
soil washed down by the rain. 1t holds
water like a sponge. When wet it has
about the same consistency as barn-yard
manure. A slight rain converts it into
mud; a continuous drouth causes it to
be reduced to fine dust by passing
wagons. In the winter it freezes, and
in the spring it thaws out, leaving the
road in the condition of mire.
The rain ordinarily washes from roads
the droppings of horses and cattle, and
the soft earth that should not have been
placed on them. In this respect it i'm
proves roads more than it injuries them.
The material washed off should not be
put back. 1t is a good manure, and it
will pay to haul and spread it on fields
that are near the bitches where it ac-
cumulates. 1t is an excellent manure
for sandy soils, and can be easily han
died when it is neither very wet nor very
dry. If farmers will not remove it for
manure, it should be thrown away from
the road, and not upon it. A road
should be composed of materials that
will not readily wash away, that will
not absorb much water, and which will
become tolerably compact by the tread
of animals and the pressure made by the
wheels of vehicles. The material that
is cheapest and most available in the
majority of locations is clean gravel
The substance that often passes by the
name of gravel, but which is a mixture
of small stones, and sticky clay, and
mud, is entirely unsuitable for covering
roads. The best gravel is obtained from
the banks of running streams or from
the beds of streams that are now dry.
1t meets every requirement.-Ch'cGgo
T111ee
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
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Died of Medical Etiquette.

A Mr.. JOHN DROMEY, of the firm of
Doherty & Dromey, booksellers, Cha
boillez Square, Montreal, died here on
Sunday last, and the conduct of some
medical men in connection with his ILL
ness is considered very singular. DR..
Reid was first called on to attend the
patient, and he prescribed for him. Mr..
Dromey getting worse, DR.. Cameron
was subsequently sent for, and he or
dered some medicine. On DR.. Reid
returning and finding DR.. Cameron had
been there, he left the house and re-
fused to have anything more to do with
the case. DR.. Cameron came a second
time and, learning of DR.. Reid's visits,
he declined, as matter of etiquette, to
act, the patient in the meantime getting
worse. Other medical men, it is stated,
were called on, but refused on the same
grounds as DIR. Cameron. In the mean
time Mr.. Dromey grew rapidly worse,
and died on Sunday without medical
man seeing him. Application was made
to DIR. Cameron since the death for a
burial certificate, but he refused to give
it, stating that he had not attended the
deceased. DR.. Reid refused at first to
give the certificate, but subsequently
granted it.-TOrOnto Mail.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12

1t is said that the ice product of
Maine this year will amount to more
than !, 200, 900 tons and will bring an
income equal to the shipbuilding in
dustries Ofthe State.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12

PLANTs.-House plants, if kept too
long in the sun, are much injured by the
intense heat, and are often killed by the
root-roasting to which they are SUBJ
jected, the surface of the pots often be-
comingso heated that the hand can not be
placed upon them without being burned.
The poor roots, that generally hug the
sides of the pots closely, have, indeed, a
sorry time of it under these conditions.
The best of them, too, are always in the
worst place; that is, on the outside of
the pots and in closest proximity to tho
hottest portion, Roses are frequently
badly injured by exposure of the sur
face roots to too great heat. Camellias,
azaleas, and many others, will not en-.
dure heat on the sides Of thin pots. Heat
at the wrong place and wrong time is
fatal to many plants, which die in spite
of careful attention. Double potting is
an excellent way to guard against this
evil.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12

ITALIAN army officers are now exer-
cised in the practical running of railroad
trains, so that in time Of war they may
know all about moving troops by rail
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12

Steamboats, are to invade the la
goons of the Adriatic at Venice and the
gondola will soon be a thingof the past.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12
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DURNG a late thunder storm near
London, England, a great ball of fire
was seen to descend from the clouds into
a lake. After the storm over hundred
dead fish, including two carp, weighing
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on the surface, near the spot where the
fire ball was seen to strike.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-11-12

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WHEY WRTTIHG 10 ADVERTIsEEss
~ thtS RS0oFs
Daily Republican., 1880-11-27
CITY Hallway extension .

For long time past there has beer
strong pressure upon the Directors O
the City Railway Company TO extend
their line Of railway into the Ninth
Ward. The Directors have at last
made proposition to the citizens who
desire the extension. They propose tc
run line from Tenth and Market
streets down to Tenth and King streets,
and from thence along King to its juno.
tiOn with Market street near the Bran
dywiDs bridge, aud from thence along
Market street TO its terminus at the
city lire which is within a short dis
tauce Of Rivsrview Cemetery: The
cars are to run every 80 minutes and
to be drawn with a pair of horses OF
mul IS, and the whole to be finished
and in RAINING order by tie first Of
January, 1881.
As a consideration the Directors re.
quire that those in favor Of the exteD.
uiOn shall subscribe sufficient shares ot
stock at s5 per share payable in years
on the first day of January, 1886. Cir,
Gulars containing the foregoing propo
sitions have printed and are being cir
culated amongst the citizens and au
yfJrt will be made Immediately by the
citizens on the route to have subscribe !
8ufii 3ient stock to insure the building
Of the road.
Daily Republican., 1880-11-27
SECOND EDITION.
o.cn FactO.y Missed.

A few DAYS ago when the reporter oil
the REPUBLICAN was around taking
n,t,s Of tLs carriage making interests
of t. city, he accidentally missed ma
king no,e Of John Walther's sstab-
l,shment on the New Castle caussway
ever Market street bridge. Mr.. Wal.
ther has no idea OF being left out In
the c. ID in tina. manner and SO to atone
for the neglect reporter called ovei
to sec Mr.. Wa.ther yesterday. HIS es'
tatlishmept is not very large and al
the smal est Of the buildings is On tht
front the establishment appears to
bad advantage. Mr.. Wslther however
carries on quite lively and thriving
business ketpipg from eight to tel
hands employ ed. His work is mosli J
country work for which he has gained
quite a celebrity for making strong a
well as ornamental. He does some verJ
fue work for the Messrs. Dupont snt
is making a fine repairing carriage 10
J.H. Primrose, agent OF the WLeele
& Wilson sewing machine company
Mr.. Waltbef expects soon to enlarg
his front buildings and then he wager
that neither reporters nor any oths
person will pass by withoa! taking no
tiCe.
Daily Republican., 1880-11-27
MeraiH Mentioned.

The Grace church sociable, tonight
com .nences at I 80 o'clock.
The amusing comedy OF "Dr. Clyde
will be presented at the Opera House
to night by Powers Paragon Comedy
Company.
The ball given by the directors o
the Washington Fire company, on Tues,
day evening, will be held in the second
story OF the engine house.
A special missionary service will be
held in the St. Johns P. Z. church,
Ninth Ward. tomorrow afternoon, by
all the Protestant Episcopal congrega
tions of this city.
The Harlan & HollipgswOrth com.
pGnJ are about to receive tie contract
for the construction of a freight steam
ar, to be put on the line between Bal
timor5 and Norfolk. The new veese
will be a propeller, and will be entire
~ of iron, 500 to 1000 tons register ,arc
about 30 feet long.
Daily Republican., 1880-11-27
AuOrner BuildOzer tn Trouble

Jacob August alias Reldy" August,
somewhat noted in the oity as Demo.
cratic shoulder hitter and bulldCzsr Of
Republicans, was before chief Supsrvi.
sor OF elections yesterday afternoon
charged with assaulting Deputy Mar.
shSl George Wiugate at the election
polls, eastern district, Fourth Ward on
election day. Mr.. Wingate te.ti6ed
that August struck him, and others
while they did not SEQ hiu strike him,
saw him interfering with him on the
dischartc OF his duty. August was
held in $500 bail to answer at the next
term OF tho United States District
court, and in default of furnishing bail
he was taken to New Castle jail this
morning and placed in durance vile.
None Of the Democrats Who we're will.
iDg to profit by August's dirty work
came forward to 20 his bail when he
got into trouble.
Daily Republican., 1880-11-27
Death Of nr.. J.ss,s lang.

Mrs. Jsss,s L.ug, sldov OF John
Lang, AIS Jefferson street, died this
morning bet ~esn 2 and 3 O'Clock, after
a severe illness of about a week OF
paralysis Of ths throat. MRS. Lang
was the mother Of Wi liam Lang the
we'll known cracker and cake baker At
Fifth and French streets, ami was one
Of the firm.
She was torn in Scotland and coming
to this couptry at an early age shs
still preserved In a remarkable degree
the commendatls traits of her nature
she was q respected member OF Han
over Presbyterian church, and conspic'
uous for her 2icty and devotion to the
We fare Of her children She leaves foul
children, three sons and daughter, Y
mourn over their loss. Ber remains
will be inferred in the Wilmington aut
Brandy wine Cemetery on Monday ait4r
noon next at 3 o'clock.