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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04

Tn paper ana envelope used II the
etlIeia business III President Arthur
are very deeply edged in black, and in
sicnd III thr wonted heading, "Execu-
five Mansion, there are the words
Otliee If the President ef the United
states, Otheial THIS heading viii IL
retained, rs more appropriate than the
t,rn,sr
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04

OtfR 100000 more German immi-
grants arrived III this country during the
first nne months III the present year
Then came hithcr from the same coun-
try nnine months efany previous year.
The number thus far for 1881 Is l95 t3
number larger than the entire pop
ulat1an it Colorado Delaware, Florida.
ST SOME of the New England states
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04
A DEADLOCK

Lunch was in the meanwhile served,
and another hour or so whiled away.
Soon after nine O'Clock upwards Of fifty
members were present in the senate
chamber, but when vote was taken
upon another motion TO adjourn, il WAS
found that less than aquorum respond
ed. \ large number present being
palred, ut 1890 business was still sus-
pended, with no indication Of speedy
break i'll the dead lock.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04
THE TOPIC OF CoNy ERsATIoN.

New YORK. Nov. 1.-The failure of
the Mechanics National bank of Ne
wark was the one topic of conv arsation
on the street. No failures resulting
from it were reported up to noon, and
it was said by parties not unlikely 10
know that none were expected.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The following
was the condition Of the treasury, Oct.
On 1891
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04

charge. The arrest was based on the
voluntary statement of the cashier in
regard TO the loans to Nugent. Nu-
gents bondsmen were Geo. B. Jenkin-
son and James Smith, Jr. The COM
plant against Nugert was made by
United States Commissioner A. 6.
Keasby.
District Attorney keaSby, in his affi-
davit, sets forth He, on his oath.
saith. that he has been informed by
Jas. F. Bond, one of the directors Of
the Mechanics National bank and act
ing as a member of the committee.
said that Oscar L. Baldwin, cashier of
said bank, has from time to time for
several years past, abstracted and will
fully misappied the funds and credits
of said bank, and by such misapplica-
tion has caused loss to said bank of
over two million dollars, with intent
to injure and defraud said bank and
creditors and stockholders thereof,
wherefore this deponent charges said
Baldwin is guilty of violation Of sec
ton ), 209 of the revised statutes Of the
United States, and prays he may be
apprehended and dealt with according
Ia law
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-11-04

About o'clock, the vote on motion
TO adjourn disclosed no quorum and
call OF the senate was ordered Al
proceedings We're then suspended while
the sergeant-at arms and deputies were
hunting up the absentees.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
Curious Creatures in the Chesapeake
Bay.

The waters of the Lower Chesapeake and
its tributaries arc filled with living things,
among which are many strange creatures
Not the least curious of these are the Jelly
fish, or, as they are termed by the natives,
"stinging nettles," which may be seen in
countless numbers floating with the tide or
drawing themselves slowly through the water
apparently by suction. have spent hours
watching these strange little monsters of the
ga, and yet to one who has never seen them
| fear | shall not be able to describe them so
as to give him an adequate idea of their real
appearance. In the water they have the APP
pearance of an open, shallow bag, or pouch
ofdeicatey and beautifully wrought white
lace; the larger ones are about twelve inches
across the mouth of the pouch and elk inches
deep, fully expanded. In the centre ofthe bot
tom of the web is star with four points mea.
surfing about two inches across. The edges of
this pouch are beautifully scalloped, and sur
rounding it, an inch from the edge, is II mar
row, closely woven belt or cord, which acts
exactly like puckering string to this bag
The animal has the power of contracting and
like the rapid breathing of child, and in this
manner it moves itself in the water. This is
all there is of the creature, and it looks as
say, exactly like shallow bag, of beautiful
design, which the water keeps expended to
its full size. Where the exact seat of life is
don't know, unless 1t be in the beautiful star
which forms the centre of the bottom. The
animals vary in size from one to twelve inches
across and the water is full of them. Fished
from the water in q scoop net they come out
q shapeless mass of Shiny jelly without life or
motion, If, while bathing, they came in con-
tact with your flesh, they burn you like fire
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
"DOn't Mention It."

A citizen of Detroit entered Michigan
avenue grocery the other day and said he
wanted a private word with the proprietor
When they had retired to the desk he be-
gan:
Il want to make confession and PREPARATION.
Do you remember of my buying sugar here
two or three days ago?'
Il do"
"Well in paying for it worked off coun-
terfeit quarter on the clerk. 1t was mean
trick, and came to tender you good money"
"Oh, don't mention it, replied the grocer.
"But want to make it right"
passed the quarter ON us, and that afternoon,
when your wife sent downa dollar bill and
wanted can of sardines, gave her that bad
quarter with her change. Don't let your con-
science trouble you at all-its all right ~
Detroit Free Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
The Canine Curse.

Oh t0llbsGyiRl8sg harfef ,tha .0nipjoRu that an
will eat and destroy in q twelvemonth, the
equivalent of that which, if given to a we'll
bred pig, would make him weigh at the expi-
ration of that time, 300 pounds, gross; $4,000
such pigs would aggregate 81, 900 pounds
of pork, now worth at the home shipping
station more than $47O0,000; requiring to
transport them, more than $500 cars, carry
ing fifteen tons each, or q train more than
81 miles long This would represent nearly
81 500 900 more than the entire amount paid
in the State in 1880 for school, township and
State taxes combned 1t would build 0 400
school houses and churches, worth $500 each,
or would pay the average wages of $4,000
school teachers twice the number now en-
ployed A condition of affairs, of which the
above is but poor outline, is at the bottom
of what is each year becoming a greater and
more irrepressible conflict between the wool
growers and the savage brutes that keep in
jeopardy, or destroy the flocks that, protect
ed, would enlarge and increase to the extent
of producing the wool for which we now
send so many millions across the seas. If
the dogs are maintained as luxury, they are
luxury we cannot afford, and should give
way to something less expensive and produc-
tive of loss and misery.
The rearing of better classes of sheep al
ways indicates a high state of civilization,
where intelligence, comfort and competence
abound, and no more unfailing sign ofigno-
rance, squalor and poverty can be manifested
than the presence of a varied and increasing
assortment of bitten ours, uncean, and
of low degree. 1t should not be difficult to
chose between raising sheep and growing
dogs.-Imericdn 1gricultulfSt.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
Covering Strawberries.

Often there is much said, and especially at
this season of the year, about covering straw
berries; and many persons are induced by
what they read TO act so as to heartily regret
it when the spring comes round. We have
known people to act on this suggestion, and
cover their strawberry beds with manure,
and find the whole completely rotten in the
spring. And yet little covering with the
right kind of material is not bad thing. If
the plants are entirely unprotected the leaves
are Drowned and often destroyed; while it
must have been noted by every observant
gardener that the best fruit comes from plants
that have managed to keep their leaves bright
and green till their spring flowers appear
And this is why covering of snow the
whole winter is so good for the strawberry
crop. As we have remarked, when the leaves
are Drowned the crop is small but when the
snow covers the plants all the winter long,
they come out in the spring in the best pos
sible condition.
But we cannot always depend on the snow.
1t does not always come, or continue in reg
ular way So if some light material can be
put over the plants that will not smother and
rot them, and yet will be just enough to make
a shade from the winter sun and screen
from frosty winds, it will be doing a good
turn to the strawberry plant. Manure is bad.
There is salt in it, especially when fresh,
which is destructive to foliage; but clean
straw, or swamp or marsh hay that is free
from weeds, answers the purpose very well.
But it must not be put on very thick. The
idea is, Just enough to make a thin screen,
and yet not enough to hold the moisture
long Shade without damp is the idea
Such light protection is good for the straw
berry plant.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02

and leave the skin red as from an ordinary
scald.
Another Species known as "bloodsuckers, -
are more like a ball. They are the size of ones
fist with q cup.shaped mouth like straw,
which contracts like the other variety, and
they have three long flexible spindcs of a
| reddish color pendant from their bodies. At
| night, the larger of the kind first described
| throw off a phosphorescent light, especially
| if disturbed, which gives them still more
peculiar appearance in the water.
Another interesting feature of these waters
is the number and extent of the schools of
alewives which can be seen at any time in
calm weather. Often a school of them cover
an acre, containing tens of thousands of fish
swimming rapidly along SO near the surface
that their backs are half the time out of water
as they closely follow the cratic and
everchanging course of their leaders. These
fish do not grow very large, those that have
seen being only from five to eight inches long;
but the water literally swarms with them
They are caught in the spring in vast quanti-
ties in the senes and used to fertilize the
land.
Another peculiar fish is the gar, small spe-
cimens of which can be seen at any time from
the wharves swimming along the surface of
the water after food. Those thus seen are
not often more than foot long, and one of
them of this length will not be larger around
than your finger but as round as pipe STEM
The head terminates in slim, sharp bill
which constitutes just one-third of the length
That is, gar foot long has bill four inches
long, exactly the shape of snipe's bill. 1t
attains weight of ten pounds The sea tur-
tie is another strange bird, as an Irishman
would say, and great delicacy for the table
They are quite plentiful about Hampton
and Old Point. | saw one brought into Old
Point in fishing boat that measured little
over three feet in length and two and a-half
in width. You could hear him hiss half
block away. They have only an upper she'll
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02

The present and the first half of next
month is probably the best time to scrape
and wash pear and apple trees, in order to
dislodge the numerous insects that are con-
cealed under the bark and in crevices of the
wood, as well as to remove the fungus cling
ing to the trunks and large limbs. A prep
aration of whale.oil soap, in the proportion
of one pound of soap to four or five gallons
of water, has been found to be a remedy for
these fruit-tree pests Some however, apply
preparation of carbolic acid, sulphur and
lime, freely diluted with water, as equally
effective, and as being also protection
against the blight and generally adding to
the health of the tree. Perhaps the latter
may prove the most efficacious. 1t is easy to
give both trial, and we have no hesitation
in saying that the result will be highly salts
factory We have often used the whale.oil
soap in the manner suggested, with the best
effects. People, on seeing our trees, have Of
ten asked us what was done to them to make
them look clean, smooth and healthy.-Ger-
mdnto,Cn Telegraph.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
VOL. XXV---NO. AZ.
3sarners' Column.
"Speed the PIOlp.o
The Small Farm in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania farmers have deservedly q
high reputation, and it is of interest to learn
the conclusion at which they have arrived
with regard to the proper size of farms
In the South tract of less than couple of
hundred acres is thought to be scarcely deserv-
ing of the name of farm, and is in danger of
being contemptuously referred to as a
"patch" But it is different in Pennsylvania,
where the intensive rather than the extensive
plan of farming prevails For facts illustra-
tive of this it is sufficient to turn to the adj
vertising columns ofsuch paper as, say, the
York Press, upon one page OF which thirteen
farms, with barns, dwelling houses, out
houses, etc, complete, are described as for
sale, exclusive of lots not improved" with
dwellings. OF the thirteen farms the largest
is one Of POI acres, which is equipped with
every convenience of building, ETC., such as
Virginan wonld expect only in an estate of
a thousand acres. The next largest has 200
acres, but, as if the proprietor thought him
self unable to cultivate so much land profita-
bly, there are, besides the owners residence,
two tenant houses. These are the great
farms. The rest range from 100 acres down
through declining series of farms of 80, II,
SO, 33, 81, IS, (twoD 8, z, and 6acres in extent,
and the detached lots to be rented for farm
ing purposes are even smaller. That good
results may be obtained from farms of these
small sizes has been too well proved to admit
of question. The wonder is that farmers of
other sections of the country who complain
of want of capital do not dispose of part of
their land, and with the means thus obtained
initiate the example which the York farmer
long ago set them.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
VARIETIES.


"A Texas Judge knocked six months of
nintev-nine year sentence in order to show
the prisoners friends that he was willing to
give him chance.
A donnie ofIawvers engored in n ooSo
wore recnntiv discuss;ng tho ;ssmo a. oil
events said the Younger and more cntbnsios.
tic, 1--WE have Justice on our side" To which
the older and warier replied Quite true but
what we want is the chiefjustice on our side. II
The following notice is by Virginia
colored blacksmith :-"Notis-De copartner-
ship here to fore resisting betwixt me and Nose
Skinner is hereby resolved. Dem what owe
de firm will settle wild me, and dem what dc
firm owe will settle wild Nose"
When Father Alvord was invited to asl,
blessing at public banquet he bowed his
head and said, 80 Lord Adam sinned by
eating and Noah by drinking. Keep us from
the wickedness of the one and the folly OF
the other. Amen"
A schoolteacher asked. "Wbot bird is
Largo enongh to carry off a man y, Nnhodr
knew but one little Girl suggested 81 lark !,
And then she exclaimed. "Mammo said
Pana wouldn't be home until Mondov he.
cause he had gone off on a lark"
AT the bar of Justice
Prisoner-Murder9 Your Honor II u,oo
not n murder il was n suicide You see he
wanted TO xiii himself and hadn't the corr.
oeo to 90 he asked me and sn;cided him
Judoe-But why did Won then take his
watch and pocket.book
Prisoner-WbvP Becouse he Ind No fnr.
ther use for them-tbot's why
WI D;.roo,; frst oan,o eou,
,ha nen PnrI;a ,n, u"ar az "uiu Nv wy
onnosed NV n territorial mognate ofoon mse
S'f1 .i.s-: = '..,-,y-L 80 a.
conhectoh vi tiio mug h"'e WIN the country,
etc, AT the musings
III the croWa 10 Disraeii,
-. ~ STAND ne lePleo' on what you never
wilton my heao'
The Rev. MIR. McDougal, of Paisley, was
once at funeral, when man stepped up
close to him, just as the coffin was being low
cred into the grave, and said, very solemn
ly, "Dae we ken. Mr. McDougal, what think
on an occasion like this, just when they're let
ting doun the comm
mo WhaG 90 you lh,hk :-solemn thoughts
OF eternity suppose
NO aye thihk Ill a"iu S'au lts no
me-
On one occasion when Sir Walter Scott
was in Ireland he came to a gate which he
could not open. AT that moment shoeless
lad came up and opened il for him. He wish.
ed to make him present, intending to give
him sixpence he found he had only shilling
Here, my boy" said he, sis shilling, and
remember that you owe me sixpence." "Och, v
said the lad, may your honor live till pay
your How could any one have paid more
| delicate compliment? 1t simply wished him
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
The Art of Preserving Autumn Leaves.

The old-fashioned way of preserving au-
tumn leaves is becoming superseded by bet
ter method. 1t used to be considered the
correct thing to put them in book and
place weight upon them. When they were
ready for display they were very brittle
and would easily break, besides losing some
of their color. The new way is to take the
leaves without pressing them, and form
them into any other shape desirable,
and leave the atmosphere to dry them. Then
they retain their color forever. Another
method is to gather them with the dew on
their surface and place them in book forth
with. On arriving home take a moderately
warm iron which should be rubbed with q
piece of spermaceti, and pass it over the
leaves once only. oppressed more than once
they will lose their natural color and appear
fiat The wax brings out the coloring of the
leaves and preserves it intact, and they retain
the natural roll as found upon the trees
ilanV JOpTudl
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02

j
"Buckwheat Cakes and Measles.

When young husband had gone from home
and with fond solicitude telegraphed his little
wife "what have you for breakfast, and how's
the baby ?"-he received the brief, suggestive
rcply,-"Buckwheat Cakes and the Measles"
We have the report of a case in our midst,
not where Measles was in the bill of fare, but
where Sciatic Rheumatism confined Mr.. j.
Dawson, the well-known druggist, TO his
room for a long period. 1t was stated to our
reporter in the following words: The senior
of this firm was attacked with Sciatic Rheu-
matism December last and for four weeks
could scarcely leave his room. He used St.
Jacobs Oil, and is now able to be at his place
of business, feeling no worse for his recent
affection. The inference is convincing.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
Pnetical.
VIE GREAT REFINER

IT'S sweet to think that He who tries
The silver, takes His seat
Beside the fire which purifes,
Lest too intense heat,
Raised to consume the base alloy,
The precious metal, too, destroy.
IT'S good to think how well He knows
The slver's power to bear
The ordeal through which it goes;
And that with skill and care
He'll take it from the fire when fit,
With His own hands to polish it.
IT'S blessedness to know that He
The piece He has begun,
Will not forsake till He can see
The gracious work well done
An image by its brightness shown,
The perfect likeness of His own.
But, ah how much of earthly mold,
Dark relics of the mine,
Lost from the ore must He behold
How long must He refine,
Ere, in the silver, He can trace,
The faint resemblance of His face.
Thou great Refiner! sit Thou by
Thy purpose to fulfil;
Moved by Thine hand, beneath Thine eye,
And melted at Thy will,
Oh may Thy work forever shine,
Rejecting beauty pure as Thine.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
HERE AND ELSEWHERE,

They're always abusing the women
AS terrible plague to men;
They say we're the root of all evil,
And repeat it again and again;
OF war, and quarrels and bloodshed,
All mischief, be what it may;
And pray, then, why do you marry us,
If were all the plaques you say?
And why do you take such care of us,
And keep us safe at home,
And are never easy moment
If ever we chance to roam?
When you ought to be thanking heaven
That plague is ought of the way,
You all keep fussing and fretting-
Where is my plague to-day"
If plague peeps out of the windows,
Up go the eyes of the men:
If she hides, then they all keep staring
Until she looks out again.
-IOWcHS' IriSfODb1yeS
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
VALUABLE HARFoRD COUNTY

FARM FOR SALE.-The subscriber wish
ing to retire from farming, offers at private sale
his FARM, containing 40 Acres 1t is situated at
the head of Bush river, on navigable water, and
about three-quarters of a mile from Perryman's
Depot, p, w, s. b. Railroad. One hundred and
forty five acres are well improved, the remainder
and finely watered. The improvements consist
ola comfortable Dwelling House and ample out
buildings for use of the place-all nearly new
VIII be sold on reasonable terms or might take in
part pay smaller farm or other property. For
further particulars address a. G. MARINE,
octl4 PerTymans, Hartford Co., Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02


Mr.. Clarence B. Stoddard, the druggist, in.
formed us that Mr.. Louis Hope, sufferer
with rheumatism for number of years, OBJ
tanned the greatest relief by the use of st.
Jacobs Oil.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02

"A stroke of lightning generally spares
the rod and spoils the house,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-12-02
POPPIEIN
Si|icated Phosphate Co.,
Office 1913 w. Baltimore ST.,
Under american Farmer, Baltimore.

BooTHBY HILL, HARTFORD Co, Md,
January 81, 1881.
Gentlemen: have used your Sicated Phosphate
for the last four years upon my Egyptian Sweet
Corn, Trophy Tomatoes, Lima Beans and Pota-
toes and can truly say | have never found any
other Phosphate to equal it.
1t produces the largest crops, makes firmer fruit
and of a better flavor, than any other kind
On account of its fine mechanical condition. alb
sence of moisture and odor it is easily distributed
and pleasant to handle.
| l used twenty-five tons upon my Sweet Corn
| the past season, and never had larger or finer
| yield. Yours, truly