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Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
For Preserving Meat.

Secretary Gold gave the following rec
,es at the Willimantic meeting OF the
tate Board of Agriculture Beef should
OF be allowed to freeze. Sailing
hould be deferred until the meat is
ipe. The fat of pork only should be
alted, the lean should be used for sau-
ace meat. Pack pork in clean barrels
N the edge, first scattering on the bot
ON a few handfuls of salt, then again
lpon every layer, packing very close,
nd when all is packed in, pour on a
,rine made by dissolving salt in hot
yater. Be sure to cover the pork and
,lace a board upon it, and q weight
ipon the board, to keep all in place.
Nhen a piece is removed be sure that
he remainder is tightly pressed down.
For curing hams he USED six gallons OF
water, nine pounds of salt, two pounds
Df sugar, one quart of molasSes, four
ounces of saltpetre, two ounces of sal
sratus for 100 pounds of meat He
first covered the hams with salt and
then let them lie couple of days, flesh
side up, then he packed them close in
barrels, and poured upon them the
brine above described. Forsmall hams
three weeks would be long enough to
stay in the brine, but if large ones,
then he would let them remain six
weeks. He then takes them out, dries
them, but does not allow them tofreeze.
When properly drained he then smokes
them.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
The Water Supply Of Farms.

During the past few years much at
tention has been devoted to the matter
of supplying large towns with an abund-
ance OF pure water. In some instances
the water has been conducted twenty or
thirty miles, in order to obtain that
which contains few impurities. Great
attention has also been given to its dis
tribution, so that the poor may have it
in abundance and at a small cost. NJ
merous filters have been invented and
brought into general use. Special pains
have been taken to furnish pure running
water, not only for horses, but for dogs.
In. many cities costly fountains have
been erected in parks and along the
streets where there is the most travel,
so that horses, dogs and men may at
any time quench their thirst without
trouble or loss of time. On most farms,
however, there has been little improve
ment in the matter of supplying water
for domestic purposes or for the use of
stock. The pump has generally taken
the place of the old-fashioned we'll
sweep and bucket, and the number of
Wlnd-mlllS Tor the purpose OF raising
water for stock has increased, particu
fariy i'll the best dairy districts:
attention, however, has been given to
utilizing the water afforded by springs
and streams. A large proportion of the
wells on farms are in poor condition.
Their walls are formed of round stones
and space exists between the wall and
the platform on which the curb rests.
Through this leaves, grass, dust and
small animals enter and contaminate
the water. These wells are seldom
cleaned out till their contents become
so offensive as to attract general atten-
ton. The filth that is allowed to accu-
mulate in farm wells, that supply water
not only to stock but to the members of
the household, is too sickening for con-
sideration. 1t consists of all kinds OF
d"caying vegetable matter, including
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Our Windows.


Windows are the eyes of our dwellings,
through which an outsider may gain
some idea of the character of the occu-
pant within. In ancient temple archi-
lecture the light was obtained from
openings in the roof and it was not until
1850 that glass began to be used in the
windows of private houses in England.
Since that time a radical Improvement
has taken place in the style of our
dwellings and the window has become
an important feature, affording us better
light and ventilation than were enjoyed
even by those who began housekeeping
a century ago.
But for her correspondence with na-
ture art would cease to be the mighty
passion of the mind, for all her powers
are due to this association. "Nature is
the glass rejecting God,' and those
who look reverently in this mirror form
amore intimate acquaintance with the
Creator and the works Of his hand.
The flowers we have loved and tended
so deyotedly through the warm and
pleasant days we have not the heart
to leave outdoors in the pitiless blast,
so we bring as much Of our gardens as
we can accommodate into our homes
to brighten and embellish them and to
keep summer with us all the year.
The care of them is a relief to mind
and body and a pleasant diversion from
routine work, especially if the daily
round is made up of uncongenial duties
The facilities for window-gardening
depend so largely upon our pecuniary
conditions that it would be impossible
to make suggestions which could be
generally carried out. 1t is a blessed
thing that flowers are no respecters of
rank or station, but will bloom as luxu-
riantly in the houses of the poor as in
the costly habitations of the rich, fire.
queutly giving the preference to those
whose estates are small, and whose
treasures are not golden
But whether the window looks out
on broad acres or on the narrow court
or dusty street, it may be made attract
i've with very little expenditure of time
or money, and prove a source Of graft
fcation to ourselves and to those who
"pass by on the other side.' In our
large cities, where the German element
predominates, many window is bright
with vines and flowers of the cheaper
sort, hourishing in the midst of the
most discouraging circumstances, and
giving a cheerful greeting, if they do
not preach a sermon to poor humanity.
The eye is more readily attracted toward
q geranium standing on the sill of an
upper window in a wretched tenement
house than to the rare specimen exhibit
ed in the aristocratic mansion. The
one speaks of refinement in the midst
of poverty, the other is but an indica-
ton of plethoric bank account.
The woman who has not the means to
crafty her taste in dress or her desire
for books can, if she owns but small
piece of ground, express her love Of
color, grace, poetry and harmony inthe
care and cultivation of flowers and the
arrangement Of her indoor or outdoor
garden. Men may be satisfied with
raising beets, onions, pumpkins and
cabbages. but q woman must have a
flower near her, if it is only one made
OF muslin. ladies' Floral Cabinet.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
The Best Farming.

The best farming is that which pro-
duces from q mans land the largest net
profit without impairing the soils ca
pacity to produce. The average farmer
tllls his acres for profit, and not for the
purpose of coming into the possession
of abstract truths. Ninety-nine farmers
in hundred will accept the above def
milton of the best farming; the hun
dredth farmer, in an experimental way,
expects to be of great benefit to his
class; makes an assignment for his
creditors benefit, and is useful to his
neighbors simply as warning.
According to the definition given
above, the best farmers in the New
World are found in New York State.
In some regions the farms are hilly,
and so stony that the cobbles taken from
the soil are plenty enough to fence the
land with solid walls; but every knoll
and hillside is cultivated for all it is
worth, and all the stones are found in
the walls that enclose the productive
fields. In those regions, fertilizers, ex-
cept such as are produced on the farm,
are too expensive to be largely used.
The farmer must manage to get crops
without buying fertilizers, or decreas-
ing the producing capacity of his land.
11hasa- farnaars- -aNnid exhaustion of the
soil by skillful rotation in the uses to
which their fields are put, and that is
why they deserve to be called the best
farmers in the New World.
The practical farmer usually has pro-
found contempt for what he terms
"book farming He considers the
farmer who talks more than he plows
as little else than an imposter. Thor
oughly understanding his own soil, as
an instructor understands pupil who
has been for long time under his tut
ton, he is apt to carry this feeling too
far. and to refuse to hear some truths
which person of scientific education
might impart to him, and which would
be of considerable benefit. -SprinQfelc
Republican.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
EEnde Now Amin.

ST. CATHARlNES, ont.
r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D:
l have used your Fayorite Prescription,
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purg-
ative Pellets, for the last three months and
find myself-(what shall l say)-"nlade neoL
again." are the only words that express it.
was reduced to a skeleton, could not walk
across the floor without fainting, could keep
nothing in the shape of food on my stomach.
Myself and friends had given up all hope, my
immediate death seemed certain. | can ney-
er be too thankful to those who recommend
ed your medicines, for now live Ito the sur
prise Of everybody and am able to do my
own work, l desire to make this statement
in order that those suffering may not despair
until they have given your remedies trial
Yours resp'y, Mrs WM d. RYCKMAN.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

THE other morning a Galveston merchant
was seen standing in his store with his face
tied up and smiling like a house on fire
"What are you grinuing forF' asked q
passer4by. 81 choost sold out all mine old
umprellas, and l feel so glad ash never wash.
Dish rainy vedder was plessing.n WHATS
the matter with your jawN "My tooths
ache so pad l wants to die. Dot rainy velder
always makes dot" And as his thoughts
went back to the sale Of the umbrellas he put
his hand up to the jaw and laughed and
seore and stamped and smiled until people
passing mistook him for lunatic.-GalveStO',
NelnS
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
lHoboken DemOcrat.l
nf Tn-dnV.

We refer to those peculiar, throbbing pains
which seem to fill the head to the exclusion
of everything else. Such headache troubled
Mrs. A. Ettanger, Plalnfeld, n. J. She says;
/ suffered for sixteen years with painful
nervous headache, and l consulted many
physicians in vain. Some time ago received
by chance Hamburg Family. Almanac, read
the testimonials in favor of Hamburg Drops
and bought bottle for trial. The effect was
so beneficial that continued its use. Before
many weeks had passed was cured, and now
keep this wonderful remedy constantly on
hand.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

"NoT much, but every little helps" says
the Philadelphia newspaper man who has
been left 100000. That amount of money
would look large to almost everybody except
newspaper men, ,3who make as much every
week Of their s.-ChicdgO Times.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

"MALT BITTERs" are a Blood, Brain and
Nerve Food, peculiarly adapted to, and warm
" recommended b., our druggists and physi-
clans for General Debility, Mental and Physi-
cal Exhaustion, Hysteria Nervousness, Sleep
lessness, Emaeiation and Dropsy.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Enrts and EipnreG.

Every one of the more than 100000 CHAR
TER OAK STOVES now in the hands of as
many housekcepers have proved eminently
practicable, easily kept in order, doing all
kinds of cooking quickly. cleanly and with
great economy of fuel and labor.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Evidence Corrnhorated.

The Sun, Indianapolis, Ind, has the follow
ing: "Testimonials not numbered by hun
dreds, but by thousands, are in hands of Il.
H. Warner d Co., all furnishing ample cor
roborative evidence that as a curative, for
specific diseases for which recommended,
Warmers Safe Remedies are an unqualified
and pronounced success"
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
The Most Desirable Stove to BUY.

All our customers agree in saying that the
CHARTER OAK is without doubt the best
Cook Stove they ever used or sold, and be-
lieve its large high oven, ample warming
closet, and an excellent Reservoir, make it
the most desirable stove that housekeeper
can buy
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Pittsburgh Dispatch.1

ErOOklyn's Benutiful huildings.
David Acker, Esq, sup't of Building Dept
Brooklyn, n. Y, certides that among his men
the St. Jacobs Oil has been used for various
complaints with the highest satisfaction.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
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pulfyn ~
s"einsS GoiEe or
Neck,a
yOuec
no
Discovery has no Il
the
medical eminent physicians pohoah he
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Ladies'.

Ladies who have linen to mark should use
Pavson's Indelible Ink. 1t is the best In
quire of any Druggist or Stationer, or sample
can be sent you for SOC, postpaid by address,
ing F. H. Stoddard & Co., Northampton, Mass.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
RakeS PerfectlY.

The CHARTER OAK COOK STOVE now in
my kitchen has been used ten years. 1t
bakes perfectly with less fuel than any stove
that l know of; is perfectly clean, no dust or
ashes escape into the room, and | cheerfully
recommend it to any housekeeper wanting a
first rate stove.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

WHY We travel.-X. returns from months
iaunt, gets out of his dusty clothing, puts on
his dressing-gown, and falls luxuriously into
his easy-char with the remark: "My son, l
have Travelled 200 miles for this one minute" t"
French Paper.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
Best Stove We Ever Used.

After many years. trial, we are satisfied
that the CHARTER OAK is the best Stove we
ever used, and cheerlully testify that it is
the best adapted to the wants OF the general
nnhlic Of anY stove in the market.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

PEOPLE often get mad at those who cut
them on the street, This is getting angry for
a slight cause.-BostO1 Post
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

The greatest lover of the human
race is Toledo man. When he slips
down he prefers to have a crowd see
him, so they can have the fun of laugh
i,,n
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

Is 1T good morals to file the teeth Of a
seventeen-year-old horse and sell him for a
nine-ye -year-old2
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

: ALL respectable dealers sell Frazer Axle
Grease, because it is the Genuine and gives
perfect satisfaction.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

Diner (snifling)-" Waiter, I real
ly think this fish is not fresh!" Waiter
:" Yessir, cant answer for that, sir |!
I've honly been ere a week, STRIP
PINCH.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

THE man who knows his own rights will
never trespass upon those Of his neighbor.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

A DISTINGUISHING feature Of Redding's Rus.
sia Salve is its power to reduce in1ammation-
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

A DISHONEST fruit dealers aim is to pack
six quarts of peaches in a four-quart basket
and sell them for peck.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

Mouse repusiv pills These
STMs Pinsl scarcely than mustard
ent
TIgntne Of
OF
off
wURIDS DSpENsARY Buffalo, 70
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

ONE-HALF of the road belongs to the other
wagon.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

No PUMPKIN which thinks anything of its
size will fail to attend the State Fair-DetrOtt
Free Press.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

TIE ladies' best friend. National Yeast.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30
VIZ c u Szs

Is made from simple Tropical Leaf and Is POSI-
TIVE remedy for Pain in the Back Severe Head
aches, Dizziness, Inhsmed Eyes, Bloating, Night
Sweats, Torpid Liver Painful UTnation, Gravel, and
all Diseases Of the Kidneys, Liver or Urinary Organs
ii is safe and certain cure for LeucOrrhea, Womb
Diseases and oil Female Complaints AS Blood
Purifier 1t is unequaed, for 1t the organs that
make the blood.
The largest bottle in the market. Price, 81 RS.
For sale by Druggists and all dealers.
Ii. IL. WARNER IL CO.,
KOcbesfe n ".
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

A sHILLING's worth OF pork is of more real
value than dollars worth Of flattery.
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

DOES a person become stone blind who is
petrifed with astOnishment!
Sharp County record., 1880-09-30

WILHoFT's Fever and Ague Tonic, the
old reliable remedy, now sells at one dollar.
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found, is necessarily experienced by
the whole frame i Is obvious that
it may not only be fastened by
whatever is eithermentally or corp.
Greatly injurious, is well as specific
forms OF disease, bit that it will be
more or less remarkably evinced in
those organs whicNshave especially
suffered during previous attacks Of
disease. Hence the complicated
states in which se4ile. decay is usu.
ally observed, and. the rapid pro.
gress and untavorakle issue of su ch
maladies appearing about the eli
macteric period: TO obviate the
occurrence OF disease at this period of
life, change from q cold, moist and
changeable climate, to dry and
temperate one, viii prove advantage
Gus. DR.. Madden remarks that, "In
some OF the diseases peculiar to adj
vanced age, change OF climate will
be the best adjuyapt' to husband out
lite's taper to its close"
ITO be co,uinued.)
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ClImatOlOgy of Florida.
By Charles j. Ken,oorthy, M. d., Jacksonsil
Florida.
Continued from page 1917

Continued from page 1917
There is period in mans exis-
tence when no actual disease is pre-
sent-when the body gradually
yields to the advances of old age.
With the majority, this occurs be-
tween the fiftieth and slxty-fifth
years, and it has long been noticed
that the winter months are especially
dangerous to persons advanced in
years. The following passage from
the London Times and Gazette for
February 22d, 1879, illustrates the
action of severe winter in causing
mortality. "The quarterly return OF
the Register General for the period
ending December 31st last, affords
convincing proof of the fatal effects
of the late severe winter upon all
ages OF the community. The largest
proportional excess in mortality oc.
Cured among persons aged upwards
of sixty years. The death rate at
these ages was equal to S3.7 per L.
900 and was considerably higher than
in any corresponding quarter since
1870. The death rate among per-
sons aged upwards OF sixty years, in
the twenty large towns, during the
December quarter, averaged 1916
per 1000. Taking the mortality of
the mild autumn quarter OF 1877 as
a standard Of comparison, the excess
of mortality last quarter, due to the
low temperature. may be stated in
the following manner: Among per-
sons of all ages, the excess was equal
to l2.4 per cent. it was SS per
cent. greater among infants under
one year OF age; rs among persons
aged between one and sixty years.
and so great as "a among persons
aged upwards Of sixty years.
Morbility, that is to say, the pro-
bahility .of becoming sick, is slnarked
during the great climacteric, and the
s diseases which occur during this
period are of severe aud fatal char
acter. The table OF Quetelet illus
trates the liability to disease in those
advanced in years:
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A GOOD Florida Lemon.

Editor of The Florida AgricottuTist:
In nearly every number OF your
paper, for several months past, there
has been an article on lemons. The
different varieties, have been pretty
we'll ventilated. The pros and cons OF
each, in fact the whole lemon subject,
has been discussed at length; yet
very little has been written giving
that character OF information that
would enable one to decide what
lemon to select for planting, if a
lemon grove was the object. 1t does
appear strange that, tor the last five
or ten years, thousands OF intelligent
fruit growers have been developing
the different varieties OF the citrus
family and have succeeded in bring.
inc the Florida orange to such per-
fection that no orange in the whole
world is its equal yet these same
fruit growers appear to be perfectly
at a loss as to what particular variety
of the lemon to recommend TO the
Young beginner to build grove
with. Now, Mr.. Editor, do not
think that lemon culture ever will, IN
Florida, exceed one-tenth in area OF
what the orange does. 1t pays
equally as we'll. Yet we know that
ali orange situations are not lemon
situations. 1t is only at few OF the
yery favored localities that lemons
can be successfully cultivated. 1T is
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Residents OF cold and changeable
climates are subjected to great and
sudden atmospheric changes. de-
prived of sunlight, fresh air, sufficient
exercise, and are daily poisoned by
heaters, the elements resulting from
the combustion of coal gas and i'm.
pure air from sewers. 1t is an un-
disputed fact that the winter months
in cold, and more particularly
changeable climates, are especially
dangerous to persons between fifty
and seventy years Of age. The old
Romans had this pregnant express
sion, "IninaicuS Se'aibuS hyenas"-
winter the ioe of the aged. In dis
cussing the action Of cold on the
system, DR.. Osgood, OF Boston, no
mean authority, remarks, "but
while the internal heat is economised,
the heart and blood vessels are ex-
posed to serious dangers which are
due to high pressure. If the heart
be weak, the sudden call upon it for
more vigorous action may paralyze
it; the danger especially applies to
the aged, in whom, besides, the blood
vessels are liable 10 be weak and
brittle. When, therefore, cold
weather comes OH abruptly, sudden
deaths among the fragile and aged
are common the cause being apo.
plexy, or arrest OF the heart, per-
haps congestion OF the lungs. An.
other evil effect of sudden cold, or
even chill, is checking perspiration.
The result may be pneumonia,
pleurisy, bronchitis, rheumatism or
kidney trouble, with their train OF
dangerous and too often mortal at.
ter efects."f
In treating of temperature as a
cause of disease, Wagner, p. sixty,
remarks, CAS- regards the nature OF
disease, we can say with accuracy
that the respiratory organs suffer
. *Wagner's Pathology, 1877, p. 45.
tWinter and its Dangers, III. Osgood, NJ. ID.
1879, PIP. l3, A.
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about eight months TO haul them
with one team.
There will, in time, be narrow
guage railroads running in every di.
rection through the orange region,
for it will be absolutely impossible
TO haul the crop without such aid, for
great portion OF the crop will be
grown from twenty to fifty miles
from navigable water. These roads
OF which there are two already built,
will deliver the fruit to the ST. Johns
river thence by water in fast steamers
to all the great Atlantic cities, or by
"Florida Dispatch Lines" to all the
important cities and towns of the
North and West. Do | believe all
this ? you ask; all this is already
here; l wish to do the subject exact
justice as far as l can. We of the
st. Johns region have already a
through rate and good connections
by six different lines of steamers to
northern ports and also have through
rates by rail and fast trains to every
important point east and many west
OF the Mississippi. Our facilities for
transportation from this region is
fully up to the demand, for were /
to enumerate all our different lines OF
steam and sail the average reader
would be surprised. Nor is the rate
of freight at all exorbitanJ. Our
business men have to pay about the
same rate from New York that those
Of Rochester, n. Y, have to pay and
surely that city does not lack trans
portation. "Ah, yes" says some
knowing one, then why don't you
fellows make all your orange groves
directly on the river?" You will
remember, my dear sir, that in a
former paper spoke OF that ''hygen-
lically," well, in my estimation, that is
a good and sufficient reason but there
lis another one that is, perhaps, en-
Titled TO some consideration and that
IT'S, "tne Iand' i net ~Cnere. = 1Ug
knowing people come down here,
stop at Jacksonville two weeks, go
TO st. Augustine, look at the old fort,
run up the upper St. Johns, perhaps,
and go back tondly imagining that
you have seen Florida. You really
have not been halt mile away from
the hotel, unless you went fishing.
On your return have given your des-
eruption somewhat like this, "Florida
devil of place, fun though, Jack
sonville nice place, fine hotel, shady
} - sandy though - Augustine nice
place, good hotels, fresh turtle, game,
sea bathing, all that sort of things ;
St. Johns river, beastly country,
swamps, alligators, ducks, fish, all
that sort of thing; fun yes, beastly
/, place though, no theatre, no opera
orange groves yes, out in country ;
didn't have time, seen the boxes, you
! know, on the steamer" L. +. D.
Arcade Gr0ce, EM.