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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

which mix a liberal supply Of clover
seed, and II win yield a good crop Of
rOwen in the fall, and two crops Of
green clover the next season. Care,
however, must be taken not 20 feed clo-
yer in the fall, if frost-bitten, as it is
dangerous to stock, especially to COWS
with calf. Follow the rye crop with a
crop of barley, and, if you wish va
riety, you can mix with oats and peas,
following with Hungarian grass, which
may be sOwn as late as the LIST of June,
and heavy crop secured in time for
seeding down in the fall. A piece Of
run-out grassland may be turned under
and a good crop of fodder raised. In
fact, we have known fair crop of green
fodder TO be raised after cutting a crop
of hay. Much the best way Of growing
corn fodder is 10 plant in drills and oul-
tivate once or twice during the season.
On poor land this has much to commend
it, as the crop can be much more easily
manured to better advantage. BY strew-
ing a quantity of it in the drills large
crop will often be the result. Another
plant that very well takes the place of
corn and of which all kinds of stock are
very fond, is sorghum. Although not
so sure as corn, over many kinds Of soil,
larger quantity may be grown than of
almost any thing else. The soil must
be mellow and quite free from weeds, in
order to bring a paying crop, and the
seed may either be sown broadcast or in
drills. However, there is not one crop
that possesses all the advantages of corn,
as it can be sown during various inter-
walls Of the season, thus giving a con-
tinuous supply; then, if frost comes a
little too early, it can be cut and cured
| for use late in the season. The best va
rieties for quality are some one of the
larger growing kinds of sweet corn,
while for quantity the large western
corn is decidedly the best, as It germi-
mates quickly and grows rapidly, and,
If the seed is pretty literally applied,
will not grow too large. BY closely
watching these varieties of plants, two
or three different crops may be raised
on the same ground, which will be
greatly beneficial to the frequent plow-
ing.
In commencing to feed do not wait
until the crop has attained its growth,
but as soon as it can be cut TO good ad-
vantage. With this system of soiling,
as much manure may be made in sum-
mer as in winter; this item of itself
paying for all extra labor and material.
The manure made in this manner, il
well fixed with dry muck, will be much
more valuable, as well as very much in
creased in quality. 1t will also be fit
for use much sooner than if piled up in
its green state and allowed to gradually
decay. In soiling, as in all kinds Of
feeding, the best results are only at
tanned by experience, which can be ac-
quired only by practice, intelligence,
and careful study, each individual
farmer being guided by the circum-
stances by which he is surrounded, pc
culiarities Of special localities, soil and
the demands and requirements of mar
kets being considered. Once tried, un-
der any thing like favorable circum-
stances, and it will never be allowed to
fall into disuse.-Turf, Field and Farm.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
Religious.
THE SABRATR

On heart Of all the weosi
Whence strength and gladness flow
To beautify all other days,
And make their Fraces grow,
In thee Is full supply
or life-hloOd for the seven,
Thy hcalthful pulses lift the weak
Nearer 70 God and Heaven.
Oh fount OF puro dolightsl
From thee such sparkling streams
Gush through the driest, dullest day,
That fair and bright IL seems.
Thou waterest all the days,
Thou freshest Of the seveni
And drawest from unfailing springs
Which have their source In Heavenl
Oh glorious sun of daysi
Thy glad and steady light
Shines down the vista Of the week,
Through morning, noon and night.
No day so sad and dark
Though darkest of the seven
But thou canst shed through all its hours
The radiance of Heaven.
oh heart of all the weekl
Oh fOunt so fresh and freel
Oh glorious sun of all the daysl
How cling our souls to theel
Cheer still our earthly way
Each day among the seven,
And let us never lose thy light
But in the light OF Heaven.
Mrs. S. NJ Walsh, IN Christian linton.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
Gems Of Thought.

THE bed of death brings every human
being to his pure Individuality Web
Ster.
If man have love in his heart, he
may talk in broken language, but it win
be eloquence to those who listen.
The Providence which watches over
the affairs of men works out of their
mistakes, at times, a healthier issue
than could have been accomplished by
their wisest forethought.
EVERY rose is an autograph from the
hand of the Almighty God on this world
about us. He has inscribed His thoughts
in these marvellous hieroglyphics which
sense and science have been these many
thousand years seeking to understand.
Theodore Parker.
WE must not hope to be mowers
And TO gather the ripe gold ears,
Until we have first been sewers,
And watered the burrows with tears.
1t is not just as we take it. .
This mystical world Of ours;
Life's field will yield, as we make it,
A harvest of thOrns or tiowersl
How GREAT seems the weight of diff
ficulties that are to be met; and how
insignificant appears the whole sum of
them when they have been overcome,
and have become nothing more than
memoryl When we are perplexed, and
give way to anxiety and worriment con-
cerning troublesome questions as vet
unsolved, we are ready to say, as the
quaint old prayer says of the weight of
our sins, " the burden of them is intOl-
erable." But when sober thought has
succeeded worry and irresoution, and
prayer and courage have conquered the
impending difficulties, we no longer
magnify trifling circumstances until
they seem insurmountable. but clearly
see them in their real significance. 1t
is then that we feel and express real
gratitude to God for His aid-but are
not faith and courage beforehand quite
as much a duty as thankfulness and
security atteri0ard? Almost anybody
can be grateful-even animals can feel
keen sense of enjoyment when COM
forts have been received; but to trust
God for aid in troubles and trials yet to
come is not so easy. And yet conf
dence for the future is a far better test
of faith than the most sincere thankful
ness for the past. If you are not as
willing TO belieUe that which will be, as
to perceive that which has been, then,
in effect, you regard God as the ruler of
yesterday, but not of tO-morrow.-S. S.
Times.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
PITH AND POINT.

A MAN without dollar to his name
counts as much with the census-taker as
a millionaire.-DetroH Free Press.
A sBAsIcK man Is not rabid, but the
passengers would feel more comfortable
all around il he could be sea-cured-
Boston AdUertiSeT.
A MAN can not properly fit himself for
life in another world without being toll
erably decent in this world.-N o. Pic
ayune.
AT recent election at New Rochelle,
n. Y, for School Director, for which
women appeared at the polls The
milliners probably held their spring
openings on that day.-Philadelphid
Chronicle.
The Detroit Free Press talks about
a hen which will loaf around on top
Of nest full of eggs for the best part of
month"; If the Free Press man thinks
it's merely fun to sit on a dozen Vt eggs,
let him try it once.-BOStOn Post.
Two Boston men put $1,000 apiece
into a patent medicine business and
found, after the flight of the third part
ner with the money, that the stock con-
sisted of neatly papered and labeled
blocks of wood.
A BOsTON lawyer told another law
yer, who asked him a question, that he
usually received pay for his advice.
Them" said lawyer No 1, extending
fifty cents, " tell me all you know and
give me back the change. ."-Albany
Lar Journal.
The Cincinnati Gazette says it has,
without Edison's aid, discovered the
talkaphone, which is a pretty piece of
machinery, about five feet five inches
high weighs about one hundred and
forty pounds, and runs until eleven
O'Clock Sunday evening.
The country politician who, when at
home, cuts bread with his jack-knife and
rubs out pencil marks with the toe of an
old Arctic rubber, is the first man, when
he goes to Congress, to find fault with
the fine stationery.-N. Y. Herald.
SOME admiring poet said of his best
girl: Upon her face a thousand dim
pies smile for me-" Which only adds
more emphasis to the adage: Glove is
blind.n How like the mischief girl
would look with a thousand dimples on
her face. The poet must have meant
freckles.- NetO HaUea Register.
THE other day boy on South Hill
yelled so loud that he loosened all his
hair at the roots, and when the fright
ened neighbors rushed in to see what
the murder was about they found he was
only calling TO another boy, standing
just on the other side of marble ring
about six inches wide.-BNrltngto
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
CultlVating Children's Taste in Read
ing.

A WISE parent can train his children
to an interest in any book that they
ought to be interested in. 1t would not
be fair for him to expect, in every case,
the same books to please and profit a
quiet and sensitive laughter and wide
awake and adventurous son. He ought
to consider the characteristics and needs
of his children severally, and then Sc
lect for them books suited to their COM
prehension, and to their necessities of
being, Nor is it enough for him to
pick out the proper book and put it
into the hands of his child. He should
talk over its topic in advance, or by
some suggestion or inquiry should so
excite an interest in the book or its
writer, that his child would have a de-
sire to become possessed of its contents,
or familiar with its style. And there
should be a timeliness in the mention
of particular books to add to their pre-
liminary attractiveness. A
timely and judicious mention of good
books, in the sphere of travels, or of
natural history, or Of Christian biogra-
ply, or of missions, would induce al
most any child to turn with interest to
the book thus named to him; aud few
CHEEKY words of encouragement as he
proceeded with it, or few kindly ques-
tions about its contents thus far, would
keep up his interest, and perhaps make
him desirous of something else in the
same line of reading.
To large extent all this applies to
he Sunday-school teacher as well as to
the parent. The teacher has a re-
sponsibiity not only for the books put
into the hands of his scholars, from the
Sunday-school library, but also for his
scholars taste in reading; for theiI
choice and enjoyment of books suited
to their peculiar needs. He ought tC
know what books from the library it is
well for his scholars to read; and if they
do not like those books, he ought tC
cultivate their taste for them. Ali the
methods of turning attention to par
ieular books in their timeliness, which
are of service in the family, ought to bC
made availa BILE in the Sunday-schOol
The books carried home from the Sun
day-sohool often have more power Owe
] the thoughts and conduct of the scholar
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
Dime Novel Heroes.


FOUR small boys started last week for
Texas 10 hunt buffaloes and fight In
dians, and had quite spirited journey
until they reached Pier Twenty, East
River, when sundry policemen took pity
on the hunted red man, also the nations
few remaining buffalOes, and so
changed the party's plans that Texas is
not likely to be as rich in valor as it
might have been. Other venturesome
souls, equally youthful, have started
West on similar erTands; indeed, they
have been so numerous that their fan
cies and experiences no longer raise a
laugh; on the contrary, they arouse
sentiments that are any thing but face
tious. Nine tenths of our American
boys are allowed to select their own
reading matter, and they may be de-
pended upon to buy whatever, within
their means, is most exciting. Gener-
ally they find it In serial publications,
the contributors TO which seem TO inn
agine that nothing short of the sight Of
gore-th that of an Indian preierred-oan
fully satisfy juvenile lungings, 80 scores
OF stories are published which no par
ent, no matter however much he ad-
mires bravery, would allow his boys TO
read did he know what they were.
Boys demand spirited stories, and
should have them; but are none of the
writer's alluded TO able TO bid adieu to
the Indian for a little while and "work
dp some Of the actual adventure Of
every day life in respectable neighbor-
hood and among people who are not
wholly vulo,,r and unprincipledP StO-
cies lust as exciting and strong may be
made from such material, and boyish
longiugs iOr heroic lives may thus be
ed without recourse TO dishonesty
or brutality-with0ut destroying prom
isi z Young lives and breaking motheis'
hearts.-N. Y. Herald
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14
Feather Work.

LADIES who live in the country and
raise poultry would find it q source of
amusement if they would save the feath-
ers of hens, roOsters, peafowls, ETC., and
form them into feather-dusters, or flow
ers for winter bouquets. For the latter,
begin by making a card-bex with many
divisions, then with sharp scissors trim
away all the superauous parts and shape
the feather into an oval leaf, leaving
only q short stem. Prepare q good
many in this way, carefully cutting
away n part of the midrib to render il
flexible. Have some fine wire cut into
short pieces and some strands of floss
silk, and, taking piece of wire, attach
firmly TO one end several stiff fibers or
few bits of down; next take one of
the leaves, and, bending IL gently out
ward, fix it close TO the tuft by winding
the silk tightly round the wire; repeat
until you have six or eight leaves around
the stamens, and finish your flower by
winding the whole stem with green or
brown floss. Short goose feathers form
lovely white roses by arranging several
rows of petals and using yellow centers,
while rich green leaves are made from
the beautiful tail-feathers of the rooster
and the wing of the common duck.
The breasts of peafowls give us ex-
quisite blue flowers, and the different
shades of gray and wood-color found in
the plumage of the common hen will
surprise those who have not made q
study of the art of feather hower-mak-
ing. For those who can see no beauty
in quiet shades there are the family
dyes, which will color feathers prettily
by first wetting well in hot water, then
dipping into solution of red or blue,
with the addition of bit of alum to set
the color, The plumage of birds of all
kinds (and of the wild duck in particu-
lar) will vary your collection, and form
objects of admiration and study for all.
Ladies' Floral Cabillet.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

HENRY WEINIAwsKI, the celebrated
violinist, whose death is announced
from Moscow, was born in Poland in
1885. He was only six years old when
he was placed under the charge of the
best violinist of Lublin, his native city,
for his remarkable musical talents had
appeared before that early age. His
visit to this country in 1872, with Ru-
bernstein, and his wonderful perform
ances on the violin, are still fresh in the
minds of those who were fortunate
enough to hear him.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

A WoRLD's FAIR of sheep, wool, and
wool products under the auspices Of the
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society,
is announced TO be opened in Philadel-
phia, Sept 81, Immediately after the
State Fair, thus making the two exhibit
tions continuous, with an aggregate Of
prizes amounting TO $4,000 Of which
$4,000 Is for sheep, and $4,000 for wool,
wool products and "other manufactur-
ing goods"
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

ABOUT fifty weddings have taken
place 10 the Oneida Community since
their peculiar marriage doctrines were
renounctd. There are over 800 adults
In the establishment.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

In the struggle to capture a party of
colonists bound for Kansas BY two
rival railroad passenger agents at
Rochester, N, T., the fare was reduced
from S50,6l to 50, one agent selling
ninety-three tickets and the other forty
four.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

A NEW press censor has been ap-
pointed in Russia through the exertiOns
of Melikof. He is described as indie
pendent and liberal minded, aud his
selection is looked upon as an impor-
tant achievement.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-05-14

OEE Of the things which Is bothering
the curious in railroad circles is whether
any two bells have the same tone.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13

zion of an article which occupies such an
important place in our daily TODD. 10 raise
good potatoes the soil must be rich and dry
snd free from aiknli. New upland general
grows an excellent potato the first year,
Mlu some OF our ben Ii lands will produce n
aii article tour sr five years, but the yield
anu quality may both be materially enhanc-
% by manuring. The watering is also Il
sefy important item. This, ii done judi
aoasly, is Qnitean auXilery, but us !. gen
efal rule 1t is hestinot to water at all as there
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13

greeS. The moisture is supplied, rs have
stated, by trays OF water under the eggs.
Sometimes water is Sprinkled over The eggs,
especially during tile days OF Incubation, the
effect being to add to the supply of air for
tie chicks
The eggs during Incubation should be
turned once or twice each day otherwise
the umhlical veins are over-StinuIated on
one side, and the chicken grows to the she'll
and dies, or If it succeeds in getting out it
Will probably be deiorined, generally being
unable to use its legs. The hen gives no as
si>tance i'll picking the shell when the chick
en- is born, and none is required, as "a healthy
chick will do all that is necessary 10 ex.r-
cate itself from the she'll; and assistance In
often attended with loss ot blood, and more
damage than good is done. "A chicken thas
Is not able 10 get out OF the shell without
assistance is not worth saving After The
seventh Or eighth day OF incubation, the
nmbille;l veins have so spread out and at
tachcd themselves 10 the Shell, that tile egg
when enclosed in the hand and held to u
strong light is Opaque, AlIl the clear OF lrr-
tle eggs are easily picked out, AS they are
still lran>lucent--the light passing through
them the same us Il fresh laid egg. These
are boiled aud used rs TODD for the Young
chickens. An expert can distinguish on tho
fourth or fifth day the eggs that will hatch
and those that are dead. No means as vet
have been discovered to determine the sex
OF the eggs, although i good many rules
have been given, such AS selecting the eggs
by their shape and peculiar appearance Of
the she'll.
The raising Of fowls for the market iii
large Quantities has been undertaken sever
al times. and the results have been venerul-
~ failures, Tie most noticeable one being
that q Geo. Kennedy Geyelln, C. f., As
Bromley, Kent, vino undertook 10 keep IA
Ol0 ur il, ,OO0 hens on tour acres of land.
This should have been sufficient to con-
denim the plan at the outset, to any p-acti-
cal man at least; 4O0 or 500 acres would
been necessary. There is, however, In the
United States an establishment tor the ma,,-
ufacture Of chickens on Il large scale-25O,-
Oo0 chickens yearly---whicl, is !. success. In
New York are used, every year, 100000 0O00
OF eggs, and tile value Of poultry and eggs
used is placed at the sum OF $4,000 ,OoO.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13

inviting. Mixed seeds should be scrupu-
ionSly avoided. as nothing will heteriorate
The qnaIity more rapidly. The farmer, 10
keep up with times IN potato culture. VIII
flAd it necessary TO study the subject closely
and give Il certain amount Of time to expe-
rimenting with new varieties He who uev-
erchAnges seed, never experiments with
new varieties. but continues to plant and re-
plant OF one kind, year after year, will find
himself left. New varieties of potatoes are
continually being introduced, and in order
to be able to select the best. it is necessary
to keep up Il continued research for the kind
best suited TO the climate. Prominent
among the late ntrodnctions is the Beauty
of Hebron, the Chicago Market. the Tro-
ply and Brownel's Beauty The Beauty
OF Hebron has foliage Of rapid and lnxuli-
ant growth. and thus withstandS the potato
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13
Iat,ifallh1lal.

The potato is the staple vegetable OF Mon
kana. Scarcely table III the country where
It does not make its regular appearance. 1t
Is more constant than meat, an.l almost ns
much 80 rs bread. The innnmerable nnni-
Der Of ways in which il may be served
brings it before us III an inviting shape
Il as an article of diet that its culture be.
Rmes one Of the most important arts
sfagriculture. 10 introduce the best va
zety has long been the strife OF seed men
and to produce the best quality of what tE-
sr variety is grown should he the enneavor
sf every farmer, whether he wishes pota-
toes for market or home Use only. Tru
Nuch pains cannot he t'ken IN the prodsn-
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13
CHICAGO MARKET.

Brownell's Beauty is !, large potato, has
few eyes and they are even with the susface.
Its qualities are highly spoken OF, having
received a tirst-clnss award by the Royal
Horticultural Society of London. We are
indebted to james Wick. of Rochester, N.
Y, q well known and popular seed man,
tor our illustration of the Chicago Market,
and to o. M. Ferry s. Co.. extensive and
thorough-going seed dealers of Detroit,
Mich, for our illustrations of the Hebron.
Trophy anu Brownell's Beauty. These po-
tatoes are. we are confident, much in ad-
vance of the varieties commonly in use on
most of our farms. and their introduction
would in all probability prove both pleas
ant and profitable.
Rocky Mountain husbandman., 1880-05-13

bug well. Ii is the same shape as the Ear
~ Roe, sligily tinged with pink around
the eyes. attaining a pure white in winter.
The potatoes grow close together i'll the hill
and yield large; are mealy when cooked.
have a rich. delicate flavor, and are sand to
be twelve day earlier than the Early Rose.
The Chicago Market. more recent intro
duction, has a short, stout foliage. which
grows quickly. The potatoes grow in Il
cluster, are cylindrical i'll shape, eyes sl!al-
low and few in number. The skin is rusty.
color of early rose; the flesh IL brittle and
mealy when cooked and rarely ever hollow.
1t comes ten days in advance OF the Early
Rose. The Trophy is much like The CIca-
go Market in quality and color, and is said
to be good keeper. 1t received first
class certificate mt tile London Potato Show.