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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
Farmers Maxims.

Thinking about piece of corn adds
five bushels to the acre, sometimes ten.
1he fifth rail of fence is generally
worth more than the other four.
Weeds in a corn and potato field are
like notes on interest at twenty per cent
III particular production is all the
rage sell out while prices are high and
buyers are plenty.
Fall and winter evenings are the most
profitable times for mental culture, So
cial happiness and rest.
It is never best to overdue economy
by letting hogs or geese habitually eat
the grass in the front yard.
Encouraging words will sometimes
make a scythe cut we'll an hour longer
than 1t otherwise would.
Gives the boys work, and take pains
to teach them. It is to this source that
we must look for our best farm men.
Cigar smoke in cornfeld may pre-
vent the depredations Of crows. but it
never fails to make the net yield less.
When mortgage on farm is SO
heavy that the owner never tries to
lessen or lift it, the sooner he finds a
small place the better.
1t is important to get at the bottom
of things, and equally 50, whether done
by tough thinking or a subsoil plow.
Some kinds of wood season better out
of doors than under cover, but it is not
so with the beam and handles of plow.
Vegetable decay prepares for subse-
quent life. An exception to the rule is
rotten potatoes and turnips in cellar
in May.
1t is better for farmer to eat salt on
his potatoes instead OF butter, If the lat
ter is needed to pay an old debt at the
village store.
Every farmer should compete for all the
premiums at the annual fairs in his line
except "the fastest trotter owned and
raised in the county"
Men may deceive each other, but they
can never deceive Mother Earth. Deal.
ers may sell sawdust guano at fifty dol,
lars ton, but they cannot count on the
soil as helper in their imposition.
A very successful farmer once re-
marked that che fed his land before i
was hungry, rested it before it was
weary and weeded it before it was foul =
There are two things that every far
mer must have-things that stbserve
like purpose and are of about equal i'm
portance "a grindstone and anewspaper.
The owners eye will detect ten needs
on the farm where hired servants will
one.
The leaves of maple or elm stand
ing near the farmhouse door are often
more valuable than the fruit Of whole
orchard planted elsewhere.
A farmer need never to say, eff
could only get work Ishould be happy
His store never lacks customers. His
factory need never be run on half time.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
knitting Song.

Stitch by stitch, and row on row,
This is the way the stocking must grow;
Clickety, clickety, day by day,
The slender glittering needles say.
Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle SWINGS
Purl and plain, and plain and purl,
Be it for boy or be it for girl;
Two and two is neat device;
Learn to shift the thread in . trice.
Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle swings.
Inch by inch the long leg grows,
Straight and narrow for fitting close;
A very poor leg, is the saying well-knovn,
That cannot shape sock Of its own
Hush-a-bye, baby. grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle swings.
Count the stitches and halve them now,
And one half set in single row,
And back and forth, outside and in,
Knit the heel on the single pin.
Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle swings.
Knit it long, and narrow midway
To round it. and bind it of, as we say;
Take up the loops ON either side
And add few more to make it wide.
Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle swings
Now each side narrow, or slip and bind,
To shape the instep as you will find;
Then knit straight round till you near the toe;
This is the way the foot must grow.
Hush-a-bye, baby, grandmother sings;
Hither and thither the cradle swings.
Then narrow once more, and narrow away,
Toeing it off, as knitters say
There is stocking fit for an heir
Now knit the ma for he must have pair
Hush-a-bye, baby; when you are grown
Your feet may be worthy to climb throne.
Harriet McEtces Kendall =
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

Henceforth the telegraph offices Of
France are to record in detail all thun-
der-stor1ns which may be observed.
The evil effect of the electric light
upon the eyes is due, it is supposed, to
the constant changes in the intensity of
the light, whereby the eyes are greatly
fatigued.
The labors of the SeismoIogical So
eiety Of Japan have established the fact
that there is chronic center of dis
turbance within radius of few miles
from Yokohama.
It has been computed that the power
of the steam engines of England would
suffice to raise from the quarries and
place in position all the great pyramids
IN eighteen hours.
Teachers of the elementary classes
of the colleges of Paris have been
ordered to conduct their pupils into the
galleries of the Museum Of Natural His
tory, to explain to them the differences
Of the several kinds Of animals, plants
and minerals, and toincite young pupils
to collect specimens during their walks
around the city.
Holes may be bored in porcelain by
means of an ordinary machine drill.
The drill is kept moist with oil Of tur-
pentine, and caused to revolve rapidly
by taking one twist Of the string Of a
bow about it and drawing the bow
quickly backward and forward, after
the manner of using a saw, while the
head of the drill is held in position by
loose oiled brace.
It is believed By many scientific men
that q close connection may be traced
between the remarkable electrical
phenomena lately observed all over the
world and the excited condition of the
sun. AS the sun has not yet reached
the elimination of its period Of dis
| turbance, it is thought that yet more
startling outbursts of natures forces
may be seen ere the close of hepresent
summer.
Count Enzenberg, who has an estate
| in the Tyrol that suffers very much
| from lack of natural moisture, but on
which, from the formation Of the hills
and the density of the woods, he has
long believed that there were hidden
| springs, has employed the microphone
to solve the riddle, and with excellent
success. Along the foot Of the hill he
has several instruments, and has con
nected them with an insulated telephone
and q small battery. In the time oi
night, when the vibrations of the sol
are fewest, he listens for subterranear
ripples, and already has been able thus
to discover several springs, which he
has turned to practical purposes.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

Counter irritants- Women shoppers
who pull goods TO pieces and never buy
anything.
The latest style ribbon is ia various
shades. SO is the old gentleman's face
when the bill is presented.
Hoopskirts are to be revived and
there is great deal OF hustle in the
feminine world. -Ne7e Hdre5s Register.
"One thousand stocking makers Of
Chemnitz, Saxony, are coming to this
country" If this is not yarn, there
must be something on foot.
a cook can tell an egg when it's bad,
if it should happen that any person
would like to have. conversation with an
egg Of that kind -P Pfcaytne.
& ssChinese BARRIERS shave without
lather.r That reminds rs that our old
schoolmaster used to lather without
shaving. One is said to be as painful
an operation as the other. NorrisfolCn
Herald.
Why dost thou soar, my love r. sings
Celia Thaxter In an exchange Probably
it is because be has been trying to mount
bu0 4bIyy uubAAuC4 liz CAr1g OcA-t- Au
will make any man sore.-R0cdland
Courier.
Miss Blanche Street, who. looks SO
sweet, and dresses 30 neat, says she's
never heard of the oceans feet, but, no
matter where she may 60, she's sure TO
hear Of its undertoel $50 strange,
you know p philadelphia Sssn.
An Oil City man purchased small
hand bellows, took it home and told his
wife he had concluded to blow his brains
out, whereupon she replied that q
smaller-sized bellows would have an
swered the purpose better.-OH Cisy
Derrick.
eff you find locomotive rushing at-
you, says an authority, "spring into
the air and come down on the COW
catcher" This might iniure the cow
catcher. Abetter way is to spring into
the air and let the train pass under You.
It requires a littl practice ct arst.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
Farmers, Gardens.

We have had occasion to observe the
great increase in the cultivation Of flow
ers throughout the country within few
years, and on riding through some of
our larger villages the absence Of bloom
ing plants in pots in the windows has
been the exception and not the rule.
But there has not been an equal i'm
provement in farmers kitchen gardens.
It is very rare to find one entirely free
from weeds, and some have positively
as many weeds as vegetables. The
trouble is these gardens are too large.
More land has been allotted to them
than the owner has found time to take
proper care Of. One square rod, made
rich with manure, and kept clean and
mellow by cultivation, viii furnish bet
ter and more delicious vegetables than
an acre overgrown with weeds. Now,
let every farmer who has weedy gar
den reduce its size to one-half and see
if he can do any better. II not, reduce
it again to half, and try once more !;
and if still unsuccessful he can gradu-
ally bring it down to nothing, which
would be better than slipshod and profit
less culture. We recommend such q
course only as choice Of evils; for a
good-sized, well-ma nured, well-kept,
well-cultiyated kitchen garden is one of
the most profitable investments man
can nake.-C Country Gentleman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
Household Hints.

To take grease from floors, rub soft
soap ON the spots, then press with hot
iron.
To take grease from silk, moisten the
spot with chloroform, then rub with a
cloth until perfectly dry. It will not
iniure the most delicate color.
If rats or mice infest any part of your
house find their holes and stuff them
with rags dipped in strong solution of
cayenne pepper. No rodent will ever
take second nibble at that rag.
An economical housewife will always
buy her soap in large quantities, cut
each bar in square pieces and store in a
dry place. 1t lasts better after shrink
ing.
The yellow stain made by the oil
used on sewing machines can be removed
if, before washing in soapsuds, the spot
be rubbed carefully with bit Of cloth
wet with ammonia.
Always stand wet umbrella with the
handle down. One trial will convince
you Of the rapidity with which it will
drain, and your umbrella viii last Ion
ger If dried quickly.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
WISE WORDS.

Happiness is always the inaccessible
castle which sinks in ruin when we set
foot on it.
Cheerfulness is an excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the bright
weather Of the heart.
Impoliteness is derived from two
sources indifference to the divine and
contempt for the human.
Faith has vision of its own, but no
light in which it can distinguish objects
except the light Of prayer.
Each man sees over his own expert
ence certain stain of error, whilst that
Of other men looks fair and ideal.
They that will not be counseled can
not be helped. If you do not hear
reason, she will rap your knuckIes.
They say fortune is woman, and
capricious. But sometimes she is good
woman, and gives to those who merit.
Count up mans calamities and who
would seem happy I? But in truth ca
lamity leaves fully half Of your life I'M
touched.
To acquire few tongues" says a
French writer, lis the task of q few
years; but to be eloquent in one is the
labor Of life"
The dishonest man gives no more
light in the world than tallow candle,
and when he dies he leaves as bad an
odor behind him.
Considering the unforeseen events Of
this world, we should be taught that nc
human condition should inspire men
with absolute despair.
Be willing to do good in your OWE
way. We need none of us be disturbed
if we cannot WELD. another's weapons
But our own must not rust.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
Best Matching Material.

Mulch is placed about plants to pre-
vent the sun from evaporating the mois-
ture. In many cases it takes the place
Of cultivation. No doubt, If it were
not for the expense and trouble, it
would be more extensively used about
herbaceous plants. We have found in
our trying climate that q fine mulch
Of manure, completely covering the
ground, is an excellent thing for bed
ding plants. With trees and shrubs a
serious objection to the use of mulch is
its liability to harbor mice, which may
iniure or destroy the plants. For straw
berries mulch is used to keep the fruit
clean as it ripens, and to protect the
plants in winter and spring. For straw
berries we have had the best success in
applying the mulch quite late in au-
tumn, and in leaving the materials thin
enough over the plants to barely
expose few of the leaves. The more
changeabIe and severe the season the
greater the need of mulch, and
mulch in generous quantity. There
| is great variety of materials employed
for mulching. I have heard of the use Of
beach sand or fine gravel with excellent
results. The inexperienced gardener can
| try old clover hay, as I have done, and
get good crop Of thrifty young clover
to kill out the next spring or he can
\ employ rich Limothy or June grass, and
soon find the ground seeded with crop
he was not prepared for. Or, again, if
| he like better, ii the spring he can
mulch with oat STRAW not half tbreshed.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



A stitch in time saves nine" in
handling colts, as well as in handling
clothes. Commence handling the young
foals from their very birth. They are
much more easily gentled and halter
broken during the first few months than
at any subsequent period, and, as rule,
the longer it is deferred the more diff
cult the work becomes. The easiest way
in the world to break colt to
the halter is to tie him in the stall by
the side of his dam, and to lead him by
her side occasionally when she is taken
out for work or exercise. The time thus
employed is never missed, and many a
young thing that might otherwise grow
up wild, vicious and unruly, is made
gentle, kind and tractable.-LiUe Stock
Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
Fruit CannInr.

Good canned fruit is a stranger to
tables of thousands OF farmers when it
might as easily be used. Fruit is often
left to waste and spoil, though slight
expenditure would preserve it for winter.
II they can be had, berries are among
the incest canned fruits. Peaches,
apples, plums, apricots, and, indeed, all
eatable fruits, are worth canning. Dried
fruits can never wholly take the place
of canned fruits for family use. Glass
jars are preferred by most persons, and
are cheapest In the end. With care
they can be used many years, though
new rubber bands must be procured
when needed. In canning, sugar should
certainly be used, and it should be OF
the granulated white grades, as poor
sugar hurts the flavor Of the fruit. The
rule is to put one-quarter Of pound Of
sugar with one pound of fruit, but this
quantity may be doubled if the fruit be
unusually acid. Some persons think
that fruit is good when canned without
sugar, but in that case it loses color and
irmness. The fruit used for canning
is to be of the best quality, and as
freshly picked as possible. Well-ripened
fruit, not, however, dead-ripe and soft,
is in every way preferable. In fact,
cannery should really be located near
the orchards. for there is manifest de-
terioration in the quality of the fruit be-
tween the time it is picked and the time
1t is ready for the cans. Coarse grained
market varieties seldom can SO well as
the more highly-hayored kinds. When
the fruit has been peeled and pitted place
it In the preserving kettle and properly
cook; but if it is still boiling hot the
cans are to be filed full, to the very
brim, the elastic put on, the jar
wiped, and the top screwed down at
once, and frightened several times after
ward. As writer on the subject said
recently : "Good fruit, put boiling hot
into the perfect cans, filed full and
sealed up at once, will be fresh and pure
when opened, though years later" Sim
ply pouring boiling water over fruit
does not expel the air. Partly filed
fruit Jars will spoil. Canned berries are
to be put in a preserving kettle, with
layers of sugar, and boiled from five to
fifteen minutes. The syrup can be bot
tied up, some of it, for other rses.
Some persons prefer to cook berries in
the jars in which they are to be canned,
In this case the jars filed up with fruit
are set in wash boiler, on wooden Stats,
SO as not to touch the bottom. Cold water
is poured in till it comes close tdthe rims
Of the jars, and heated until the fruit is
well cooked, when the fruit IN one jar is
used to fill up the others, and they are
sealed and put away. We may add that
glass jars Of fruit should be put in
dry, dark and cool place where the tenn
perature is equable throughout the sea
son.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

crest leaves, for autumn mulch, adding
corn stalks to hold them down, and
thought I had good thing. In spring,
after an open, windy winter, the leaves
we're not to be found. A few at time
they had blown away. Having tried all
these to my satisfaction, now prefer
clean straw fold or new) or marsh hay
or corn-fodder cut two inches long, less
or more. Pine shavings get into the
soil and are nuisance. The same OBJ
lection may be urged against tan bark
or any other material which does not
decay readily and help to enrich the
soil.-Prof. J. W. Beal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25
50.


We are builders, and each ore
should cut and carve az best he can
Every life il but stone;
Every one shall hew his own;
Make or mar shall every man.
Life is short yet some AehieFe
Fortune, fame, in war o. AFT;
Some miss their chance and can't retriever
Some fail because they stop to srleve
Some pause with fainting heart.
'Tis the bold who yin the race,
Whether for love, for gold, or name
It's the true ones always face,
Dangers and trials, and win place
A niche il the fame Of fame.
Strike and struggle, ever strives
Labor with baud and heart and brain;
Work doth more than genius give;
He who faithfully tolls doth live,
'Tia labor that doth reign
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

elephant is the name Of new
town in Colorado, and it is SO built that
it Is hard to determine which Is the tail
end. Detroit Free Press. The name
win be more appropriate when trunk
Line is built through it LQsueH Courier.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

Watering place correspondents say
that the three notable things about
these places are: The fat women, fine
looking elderly gentlemen and scarcity
Of eligible young men.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

An English correspondent writes to-
the Free Press that it is predicted in
England that messages BY the new At
lanfic cable will cost only slx pence per
word.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

It Is remarkable how much more ln-
diqnant we may become at another per-
sons faults than our own.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

Rome y 70 have worlds fair IN
1885.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

The United States dollar of 1904 sells
for $500. If the government officials
had known how highly these coins were
TO be valued they might have made
grand speculation by turning out few
millions of them. As it was they
thought eight would meet the BUSH
ness wants of the country" and eight
they made.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

A correspondent of London paper
warns people against throwing broken
bottles among sun dried grass or heat
at this time of the year, as the bottoms
Of such bottles frequently act as burn
ing glasses. The Austrah MS know that
extensive and damaging brush fires
have taken place in Australia in conse-
quence of broken bottles having been
carelessly thrown down among the dried
scrub.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-08-25

From the year 1875 to the present
date 176 murders have been committed
in Chicago. Of these, as is the case
generally, nearly one-ha1f were com
mitted in the hot months-June,
July, August and September, chiefly in
July and August. Only two Of the 176
murderers were hung for the crime
But in that year, 1878, one of the hot
test summers known, the number of
murders decreased, from thirteen in
the summer Of 1877, to six; increased
next year to nineteen, and this year
bids fair to exceed it.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-04-16
A TARIFF FOB REVENUE ONLY.

Now that the defeat Of the nation
al Democratic party is settled, the
newspapers are quietly discussing
the merits and faults Of each plank
in the respective platforms of the
two opposing parties or factions that
seek to control the affairs of State
and national government. We like
to see this sort of chat going on at a
time when every citizen can dispas-
sionately weigh and consider the es-
sential points of difference between
the two great parties, laying aside
all prejudice against "scallawag' and
carpet Dagger" on the one side, and
Bourbon bulldozer" on the other.
There is difference between the
parties on principles, but it is a
common error for ignorant prejudice
to suppose that the tenets of the op-
posing party are unprincipled, while
they are honest and honorable diff
ferences, and it is an insult to our
national intelligence that the long
use of abusive epithets should have
SO clouded and befogged the minds
of the masses North and South, that,
in a great measure. the real and true
questions at Issue have been lost
sight Of Let as have more calm
discussion of opposing views and less
billiDgsgate in the papers. and it win
not take long for the people to come
to rights in this regard.
Here is the way an intelligent Re-
publican handles one of the pet
planks in the Democratic platform
We copy the article from the DON
aldsonville Chief
Tariff for revenue only which was
a plank in the National Democratic
platform last year, and one that I'M
doabtediy contributed to the defeat
of Democracy means in effect tar
iif to be levied only upon articles Of
luxury. Sugar is not Injury. bat
essentially necessity In every house
held in the land. and only oue-twelfth
of the sugar consumed 10 the United
States is produced here Hence I'M
der the operation OF the Democratic
doctrine, the removal of the duty on
imported sugar would be one Of the