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The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
HOUSE, FARM AND FIEESIDE.

FARM NoTEs.-Pigs that have been
raised on milk, grass, clover, tubers
and roots until they weigh 150 to 2OC
pounds, are generally healthy. They
are then in good condition to fatten.
Plaster scattered over the floors OF
the chicken house is powerful alb
sorbent, preventing the smell which
arises from the droppings.
Milking.-The best time for this is
either before or after feeding. Never
milk while the COW is eating. When
COW has once acquired the habit of
feeding at milking time she will often
refuse to let down her milk unless
food is before her.
WHEAT IN THE WEsT.--The contin-
uous wheat growing in the West, fol-
lowed as it is by burning the straw,
is certain, sooner or later to result in
exhaustion of the soil. A crop of
Indian corn, when wheat shows signs
of tagging, is generally sufficient to
restore fertility.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

EFFECT OF AGE ON QUALITY OF
MILK.--We think this opinion is not
founded on experiment. Dairymen
have often expressed the opinion that
old COWS are better for butter than
heifers. The only way to determine
the effect of age upon quality of milk
would be by tests of the same cows
from year to year, since some old
COWS might give richer milk than
other Young COWS, as the one might
constitutionally give good, and the
other poor milk. Looking to the
practice of the most intelligent Eng
lish dairymen, it would appear that
they regard the milk of young COWS
as the richest. Prof. Horsfall, who
was a very close and able observer,
regarded cow over seven years, as
too old for profit, even for the short
period of one or two years. Cows are
seldom kept by English dairymen
beyond seven or eight years, but this
custom may be determined somewhat
by their habit of fattsning COWS that
are to be turned OF, while in our dali
~ districts at the East cows are sell
dom fattened by dairymen, as they
are kept to such an age as not to fat
ten readily-no particular account is
made of the value of cow after she
is done in the dairy. -National
Threshold Journal, Chicaqo.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

Create a healthy appetite, prevent
malarial diseases, by using Browns
Iron Bitters.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

have been considered on the borders
Of lunacv. The breeders of fancy
Short horns have seldom considered
the milk or butter record as worthy
of note. They ignored the most val
liable characteristic of any breed of
cattle for use in a highly civilized
country-their milk and butter pro-
duction. These yield more annual
profit than beef production; and ev-
cry breed that maintains permanent
| foothold in the United States must
meet this test or stand aside. Hap
PLY, the Short horn, with its mag
nificent beef form, can also point
proudly to it's achievements in the
dairy. Its temporary eclipse in this
line, through some of its noblest
strains, has resulted from the fault
of the breeder, and not from the ca
pacity of the breed.
But the little Jersey is having her
boom upon her modest merit in pro
ducing very large yields of golden
colored and nutty favored. butter.
Perhaps her admirers are somewhat
extravagant in their valuation of
these records. They may not always
scan them as closely as they should.
AS these extreme prices must he
based upon confidence in the truth
of these records, the records them
selves should be well attested. Tests
for year must also be safer reli-
ance than for shorter time. The
tests of milk and butter yield for
few days are open to so many errors,
that they cannot form q basis for
calculating the annual yield. The
variability in the yield of some cows
in different parts of the season of lac
tation is very great, while other cows
are very uniform through three
fourths of the season, only decreas-
ing gradually during the last two or
three months. The circumstances
then, all being favorable, may pro
duce very large yield for a few
days, when the annual yield would
only be respectable. If the short
test is given, several important points
should also be given to assist in
forming correct estimate-such as
the length of time from calving, the
season of the year, the food before
and at the time of trial-all these are
necessary elements in determining
the value of test.-NationaI Lice
Stock Journal, Chicuqo.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

WINTER PASTURE FOR SHEEP.-The
value of good winter pasture can
scarcely be estimated too highly by
the flock master. The idea that a
distaste for the ordinary winter food
is created, finds no warrant in the
experience of those who have intelli-
gently tested the policy. In those
sections adapted to the growth of
blue grass, little effort is required, as
this will afford as good winter pas
turage as is needed. Where this can
not be grown, or in such instances as
it's not available by reason of remote
ness from shelter and feeding grounds,
n good substitute is to be had by
early sown rye, from which vastly
more grazing may be had than those
who have not tried it would believe.
Even if sown upon fields required for
some other crop the succeeding year.
the rye can be plowed under during
early spring, with benefit to the
land that will fully repay the cost of
seed.
The advantages of winter pasture
are found not so much in the actual
nutriment derived, as in the whole
some effects upon the animal system
insured by the mingling the green
and dry food. Constipation, and the
sluggishness consequent therefrom,
may be avoided by short run upon
grass upon such days as the weather
will permit. The time should be so
regulated as not to interfere with the
regular feeding hours. This fact,
and the further one that the weather
is most likely to favor it,indicate the
early afternoon as the most favora-
BILE for the hours run, which will or
dinarily be found sufficient.
Another consideration which
should not be overlooked, is the fact
that the exercise which is essential
to wholesome thrift is secured while
the few bites of grass are being
snatched from the frozen ground
National livestock Journal, Chi.
cng0.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
GENERAL REGULATIONS.


I. The Institutes shall be opened and closed prompt
ly at the times prescribed in the printed pro-
grammes, the roll called at each session, and
absences noted. copy Of the roll shall he
preserved by the County Superintendent, and
copy sent to the State Superintendent
2. The Instructor, aided by the County Superin-
tendent, shall have supreme control Of the In
stitute, and shall conduct its exercises as in a
well ordered school,
3. The programme of exercises for the day and
night sessions not to be considered as 'iron-
bound, and under no circumstances to be va
RED from, but rather intelligent guide
to the course of instruction to be followed. II
the Instructor finds that any particular subject
In gwen institute requires special attention,
more than is given it in the programme, he may
drop some other exercise to give him more time
for it. But, unless for good cause, the pro-
gramme must be conformed to.
4. The lessons for any hour shall be assigned the
day before they are to be rected that they may
be prepared as regular recitations.
s. The exercises in the natural sciences outside
the usual course in the common school, but the
necessity for the introduction of such exercises
Is conceded by most persons conyersant with
the condition and needs of our school. This
method IS adopted TO give the subject public at
schools
6, The County Superintendent shall deliver TO each
member desiring il Certificate of the number
OF days Of his or her actual attendance Of the
Institute as required by law. Forms will be
furnished from this Office
7. The exercises of the Institute shall he strictly
dIdstic, and conducted so as to combine instruc.
hon with drill, and to impart fuller knowledge
OF the subjects taught in our common schools
with practice in the best methods of teach.
ing them.
Curious and proftless questions should be strict
ly excluded from the time of the Institute as
also subjects that are beyond the duties Of the
Primary School Teacher
9. The Conductor and County Superintendent,
should use all proper means to secure public in
terest IN the work Of the institute. both for the
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

BEST WEIGHT OF STEERS FOR THE
BRITISH MARKET.-Steers weighing
from 1900 to 100 pounds best suit
She British butchers, as they can cut
up the carcasses of such most eco
homically for their customers, and
Che sizes of pieces are most accepta-
BILE to them. With Short horns, Here
fords, and Polled Angus cattle, and
the crosses of their males on good
sized native females, the steers, if
well fed from calf-hood, can be easily
made to attain the above weights the
spring they are two or three
years old. Then is the best time to
sell them, as Stalled bullocks lose q
much less percentage of weight in a
transatlantic voyage than grass fed !;
they are consequently more eagerly
sought for, and fetch higher prices,
as the shipper is sure of a larger
profit on them, and quicker sale, on
arrival at their port of destination
National LireStock Journal, Chi
cayo.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
Just Follow the Right Rules.

The Burlington Uaukeye says it
is easy enough to predict the wealth
er if you only follow the right rules.
Here are some of them: IAN intense
ly blue sky indicates temporary
absence of clouds. Under other cir
cumstances, again, an intensely blew
sky indicates tornado. When the
sun rises behind bank of clouds,
and the clouds hang low around the
horizon and all over the sky, and the
air feels damp, and there is a fine
drizzling mist blowing, the indica-
tions are there will be a rain some
where in the United States or Cana
da. When it begins to thunder look
out for lightning. To see the head
of the family feeling in his right
hand pocket, then in his left-hand
pocket, then in all his vest pockets,
then in his hip pockets, then in his
coat pockets, and then at his ceiling,
indicates no change. If he suddenly
stops whistling at the ceiling and
expands his face into a broad grim.
ace of delight, it means unexpected
change" If the corn husks are very
thick, the winter will be colder than
the summer. If the corn husks are
very thin, the summer will be warm
er than the winter. If the corn
'husks are neither too thin nor too
thick, the summer will be warm and
the winter will be cold. If the
weather prophet predicts a rainy
season, and it happens to rain out in
Calaverous county, and is dry as q
bone all over the rest of America,
the rain must be set down to the
credit of the weather breeder, and all
the dry time eennts for nothing
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

r 81 per inch for one insertion, and so cents for
each additional insertion.
Advertisements of one-fourth column or more sub
lect special ates and discounts in proportion to
iengt h Of advertisement and time it is to run.
Local notices 10 cents per line for first insertion
ang cents per line for each subsequen Insertion
Marriage and Death notices inserted free.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

should be secured to debate the questions pro
proposed or those selected for discussion. These
questions and similar ones Of importance to
the healthful progress Of our Public Schools.
We cannot afford TO fold our hands and say. III
swell enough" We go backward or forward
The zeal Of the teacher is the barometer Of
public opinion. The teacher may not Re re-
sponsible for the apathy Of the general public,
but ne can in a large measure break it up. Con-
duttors, Superintendents, Teachers and friends
OF education are earnestly urged to make the
Institutes this year the very best yet held in
the State. On your conduct in all these mat
tiers largely depends the public appreciation Of
the teachers services.
b. l.. BUTCHER,
State Superintendent
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
NEW MATTRESS
AND
Broom Factory
IN MORGANTOWN.
WIND MILLS, SEED Sewers, HAIR
ROWS and WAGON JACKS.

desire to direct the attention of town
and country merchants, also the citizens
of Morgautown, to my facilities for
BROOM MAKING.
] have established a shop, on Front
Street, bear Bumbo Lane, Morgan
town, for the manufacture of BROOMS,
made Of the best material, and in
workmanike manner. / want the pat
ronage of the people, if they feel q
pride in homemade goods. Patronize
home industry, and see if aaea't sell you
better broom than you can buy in the
East. Special rates given to those who
buy in large lots. All | ask is an inspec-
ton of my goods to merit patronage,
/ also have on hand stock of wind
mills, Seed Sewers Wagon Jacks and
Harrows, and will also make the same
to order. Riddles for old mills repaired.
n II. MCGEoRGE,
may8-3m.. MOrgantown, w. Va.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

JERSEY RECORDS AND THEIR VAL
uEs--lf anybody had predicted ten
years ago that the mild-eyed little
Jerseys would have their So, 900 boom.
on their butter records, he would
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

\ A ARSHALL VI. DENT,
1N1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Commissioner of Circuit aud County
Courts, and Real Estate Agent,
MoRGANTCwN, w. VA.
Collections promptly made and paid
over; Accounts of Executors, Admin
istrators and Guardiens settled DEPOSIT
tons taken, Titles examined, Abstracts
furnished and Deeds written Real Es-
tate bought and sod-mineral and tim
Der lands II speciality
Office With A. Raymond, in the Clerks
office.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20

RECESS TILL 7:3o p. m.--Night 1870 to o;3o p. m.
l.. The Necessity of Moral and Physical as
well as Intellectual Development-How
z. Punshments in Schoos--Methods and
objects-Should corporal punishment
be abolished2 ......
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-08-20
west VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY.

Nine departments Of study; textbooks furnished
at cost; calendar arranged to suit teschefs ex-
penses for one year from &175 to 5000 non-sec-
tartan, liberal thorough. Fall Term begins Sep
TENDER 18th, 1881. Attendance last year Fl ON z8
counties OF West Virginia and from 8 States and
Territories Number of students larger than for
ten years previous.
"a~for catalogues and other information apply
to the Acting President ID. Ii. Purinton, Nor
gantown, West Va
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
ANoraER ASYLUM FIRE.
five Hundred Ianates Turnea Loose
In the snow.

Danville, Penn, March 6.-About
Q o'lock last night 6re broke out in
the female department of the insane
asylum two miles north of this place.
In few minutes that department-was
in flames and rapidly spread to the
male department. The fire is still burn
and kilograms are being sent to the sur
rounding towns for assistance. Great
loss of life is reported. There were
four to five hundred inmates in the
asylum of whom the greater part are
supposed to be lost. Some of them
have escaped to the woods and are diff
cult to find. but it is believed that by
this time most of them have Fparished.
Fi-e companies were at once send from
Sunbury, Williamsport and Milton TO
the scene, but on their arrival were Of
little avail owing to the scarcity of
water. The escaping inmates scattered
wildly in every direction and ran
screaming across the country through
the snow. Owing to the excitement
it is impossible to obtain any positive
Information as to the number of lives
lost and the amount of loss on property.
The building is 1,100 feet long and cost
VI, 600, 900 in its construction.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
BRIEF TELEGRAMs.

Prince George Charles of Hesse,
brother Of the Dutchuss of Cambridge,
is dead.
New York: The reported wreck of a
vessel off Sunderland is confirmed; IS
persons were drowned.
Mount Prospect: The report which
reached here that Standerton had
capitulated is not confirmed.
London: A farmer named Farrelly
was fatally shot near Moyvore. Ireland,
in connection with land dispute.
Springfield, Mass: A deficiency Of
S85, 900 has been discovered in the ac-
counts of the Springfield silk company,
and they are unable to meet the liabili-
ties.
A telegram from Chilli announces
that Du Francisco Calderon has been
elected provisional president of Peru.
Peace negotiations will probably be re-
sumed.
Galveston: A shooting affray at
Dodge to-day between two Spratt and
two Cleveland brothers resulted in the
death of Frank Spratt and Edward
Cleveland.
London, March 5.-It is stated on
the highest authority that the trichlnosis
scare is hoax set agoing for stock job.
bing purposes and the privy council
does not intend to take any steps with
reference to the importation of Ameri-
can pork.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
The Financial Policy of the New Ad-
ministration.

New York, March 5.-The Post, in a
financial article, says: Senator Win
dom is regarded here, to put it mildly,
as an expansionist, and the theory on
Wall street In his acting, is that he will
run adrift good part of the coin in the
treasury by means of purchasing bonds.
1t may be that his views, when he has
the responsibilities of office upon him,
will be1more conservative than his rec
ord on the currency question leads
speculators to expect.
The Commercial says: If the appoint
ment of Window to the treasury is
confirmed, by the news it may be taken
for granted that the western policy on
the currency-gold and silver coin, and
debt paying-to the last available dol
lar in the treasury, will rule in the new
cabinet. Blaine, who is to be the pre-
mier, is as much in favor of this policy
as Window himself, nor is the presi-
dent himself any other than a gold and
silver man, and will soon prove debt
paying in place of debt refunding exec
utive.
After the cabinet was announced, so
far as the treasury is concerned, there
was bound in prices on the stock ex-
change.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
End or the Heel ana Toe Contest

New York, March 5.-A miserably
small audience witnessed the conclusion
ofthe pedestrian match tonight. Cam
pana retired at 6:18 with score of 45O
miles and one lap, thus securing share
of the gate money. Lscouse retired at
7:40 with a score of 4S9s; Curran at
SAC, with 5044 miles, and Krohne at
9:25, with 5:235.
At 9:45 Panchot stopped, having ac-
complished 541 miles and 1926 yards.
Sullivan's retirement this morning was
final, with a score Of AGA miles and one
lap.
The pedestrians will be poorly re-
warded, as the exhibition has been q
failure financially, the total income from
all sources being $1,000, and the ex-
penses, SIG, $40. Panchot is the only
one who receives anything worth men,
tioning, the sweepstakes, amounting to
81, 800.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
news From the Reds.

Chicago, March 6.-Allison, the
scout, telegraphs the Times from Fort
Buford that the twelve Uncapapa Sioux
who have been skulking at Poplar river
have been brought in by squad of SOL
diers. The reds now at the fort num-
Der $50, and all are contented but few
leaders, who ask to visit the president.
A scouting party of ten from Sitting
Bulls camp were seen at the mouth of
Rock creek, in search of buffalo, but
they were driven away by the Blackfeet.
The party report the suffering of those
with Sitting Bull as something appall-
ing. The main camp has not crossed the
boundary line, but Bull is at Woody
mountain.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
The Twenty Mile Race.

Mr.. b. F. Pinneo and his daughter
Miss Minnie, came up from Greeley
yesterday to purchase some good horses
Miss Pinneo is matched for 2O-mile
race with Miss Nellie Curtiss, of To.
peka, Kansas, to come off on the Den.
yer jockey iclub's track on May 21st
The purse will be $4,000. Both ladies
are ardent and expert horsewomen and
rare and exciting race may be ex.
pected.
Miss Pinneo will require eight horses
for the race, and she expects to get two
first-class animals in Cheyenne. She
will return home in day or two.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06

San Francisco, March 5.-In the
Kalloch murder trial the defense, dur
ing the week, introduced number Of
witnesses who testified to seeing OF
nearing six shots fred and one Of them
swore that he saw DeYoung fire the
hrst shot. Clemet Shaw, who gave evil
dence to the same effect at the pre-
liminary examination, was brought
into court and reiterated his former
testimony. The evident object of the
defense Is TO show that DeYoung had
two pistols, one presumably o derincer.
which he drew from his overcoat pocket
and fired, though not able to get his re-
volver from his pants pocket In time to
use 1t. Many Of the witnesses for the
defense have been of somewhat doubt
full antsesdsnts and character.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-03-06
WIND RIVER.
A Good Account OF the stock and
Farming Interests OF our West

E5;to,. Jsad.,.
In vonr nsnar of Fab ooa NO, asL
for information about tha usa,har
.to.t ato Inr,a - a. ....,- ho
inc ,.dv conno, snaa,, g., -,
al ohsarvat;on hut ,h;nL tron, -, T
can learn from, others that tho ,oss ,,,,,
ha VERY LIGHT bsra a. thara has 49,
very little snow ON the Wind river
ransa ,h;s ,,;ntar .nd th.. = az 80,
imnortant range here
This has been the eo,dsst xi,tar T
have ever experienced here The snow
fell ON the 10Th Of November and has
laid ON the pround ali winter Its inst
about pone now. II has melted from tba
heat of the spn and has ,bawad ,ha
oro,na ont yary sast
The last ten davs hova haan os,
,ovelv ,yeathar and wa axnact 70 h.o;,
blowing in another week n this taens
on th;nk we have Tho ,oost nron;s-
inc season .haad 90 Ne Co.. .ron. t,at -.
nave bod sor yo.rs W. 49, haa -
sucb storms or bioh watars or b,iyzards
as we read ~ in vonr da;,v ana we faa,
very tbank;n, that IVA live in tha w,nd
river valley this winter
Parties who want so,,h two oo,,s
aoo hava rat,rnaa oontant - -.
here This winter hos on,v haon . n,
tle co,d.r and Lasted . l;t,,a ,on...
that's all Grain and veoetoh,es . 70
verv b;ob becausa Of tha dron,h ,tha
last two s,mmars have - 10, g..
seed oats A cents mar Mound. h.riar o..
What ol. notatoes al. hav az ~, ~,
ton in stack and otbar th;nns =, ~,
nort;o, And th;s t,o =, 20 - a..
hest FARMING vallavs in tho tsrr;torv
please send ms some more ,ahor,no
men. Common Iahorers demanded
from s35 ner month to "a ner dav 10 a.
wear. and no tramns or warrants are
here in this community of nearly n
Thousand voters We have no nbvs;c;a n
nearer than Fort washat;a and NO
dentist And last hnt NOT least No
minister Although there have heen
repeated appeals made To the hisbon ~
this diocese. who has CHARGE of two
tribes of Indians. the Sbosbones and
Arapahoes. at Fort Wasbakie he has
only visited here twice since h;s an
pointment-now over six wears what
has become of our WORKING Cbr;st;ansy
The good Bishop Randall thonub near
seventy wears of AGE. came every snm.
mer to see us. and his coming was
looked forward to bv us as a fainting
traveller looks for the one oasis in the
desert. Send. we beseecb thee another
Bishop RIFF not in name and f1asb-