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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
Snowballing a Fire.


In some "reminiscences of Montreal,
given IL the Star OF that city We find
the following: One morning in january,
1926, after heavy fall of damp snow
the day before, fire broke out in a
large wooden warehouse at Point q Cal
liere, occupied by D. W. Eager, in
which were stored 600 barrels of pork
and several hundred barrels of flour. 1t
evidently caught near the top, for in a
few minutes the roof Of the building,
which was Of great length, was almost
wreathed in smoke and flames, while
the walls remained intact. A large
crowd of men and boys rapidly col
lected until nearly 500 were present, but
the engine for some reason not arriving,
and the river, the only source of water
supply, being covered with thick ice,
and above all the crowd being without
a leader and utterly confused, nothing
OF Importance was done to stop the fire,
and the building seemed doomed to
complete destruction. Just as this idea
had settled into conviction in the
minds of those present, Henry Corse
came rushing over to the scene from his
factory, shouting at the top of his voice:
:" What are you thinking Of,
men? Why don't you SNOWFALL
that fire out" and suiting the
action to the word he caught up a
handful of the damp snow and flung it
upward. The crowd caught the idea on
the instant, as all they wanted was a
leader, and, making a solid rush for
ward, they caught up the snow at their
feet, and moment later thousand
snowballs were mounting freward and
fallingFwith hiss on the blazing tim
bers. Never was such 8 sight seen be-
fore the immense crowd surrounded
and stormed the fire-iend with a will,
cheering and shouting in their excite
ment; the snow-missiles few upward
thicker than hail falls in December;
the great snow fight of Napoleon and
his fellows at Brienne school was moth
ing in comparison to it. Almost after
the first half-dozen volleys the fire
seemed to pause as if astonished at the
novel mode of attack; before it could
recover another and another storm of
balls fell upon it until beaten and bat
tered down at one point and flaming
out at another, assailed by a moving
wall of icy missiles wherever it burst
out with renewed violence, in an hours
time it was completely baffied and under
control, and in another hour entirely
subdued. The only loss to the build
ing was its roof, badly burned, while
the stores of pork and flour inside were
comparatively undamaged. The crowd
dispersed in the highest good spirits,
and the affair was talked of and laughed
over for many day afterward.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
Getting RID of Rats.

Many farms are SO infested with rats
as to cause serious loss to their occu-
pants, and various remedies are resOrted
to for their destruction. None Will
prove so effectual, however, as to make
a simultaneous attack upon them s'aH
along the line" by setting steel traps
deadfalls, triphead barrels deIusion
traps, together with D poison box, OK
box in which you have continued to-
feed them on cheese, buttered bread,
&C., until they viii almost copa-ff0r Cal
ling, when saturate theif bait with
deadly poison, and they and
their neighbors will come flock
ing in to enjoy the repast, which.
as soon as partaken Of, and resolutions
Of thanks passed for the kindness, VIII
cause them to retire handsomely 10 rest
forever. This and keeping a thorough
bred rat-terrier or two trained for the
purpose, will soon make the place too
hot for them. But to render their ex-
termination the more complete, concert
of action must be had by all interested.
Every farmer should take his own prem
ises in hand, and then, after 30 arrang-
ing his outbuildings as to shut the de-
structiye animals out, he can make use
Of the above means with every prospect
of success.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Mr.. G.. w. Whitney, of Williston,
made report at the Dairymen's meet
ing Of series of experiments in high
feeding of dairy COWS, showing that
with good average cows the feelings OF
a ton of mixed cornmeal and bran per
year gave a handsome profit in his
dairy. The butter yielding increased
from $50 pounds under hay only to
325, 408, 480 and 1854 pounds in the
four cows experimental with, besides
great enrichment of the pnanure. Mr..
Whitney is thoroughly pla. 3tical man,
in whom our dairymen have great CON
fdence, and the results of his tests will
give strong impetus to high feeding
in this state. "Ensilage and meal" are
believed to be the words to coniure pro-
fits with. These, in connection with con-
tinuous dairying summer and winter will,
it is hoped, enable our dairymen to hold
their own against Western competition.
Indirectly also these methods tend to
great improvement in corn culture, in
the use Of tillage machinery, to the ex-
clusion of fashioned handwork.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Current topics usually run to seed.
Did you ever see lemon-aide-de-
camp?
One half the world doesn't know HOW
the other half lies about it.
OF all the attachments of sewing
machine the feller is most pleasing TO
the girls.
Haman must have had very quick
temper. AT least we read that he was
very high strung Rome Sentinel
Root of all evil: "You are not fond
Of money for itself ~ "Oh, NO, said
Johnssonburg; IT am fond Of is for my
self"
1t begins to look as though the next
worlds fair would have to be held in the
next world if anywhere. ~ PAizads1ph5a
Chronicle.
A suspicious package, addressed to
Alexander Ill, was opened and found
to contain an American cigarette
LoaCeH Journal.
The man who can see sermons in run
ming brooks is most apt to go and look
for them on Sundays when trout are
ting.-Picayune.
One artist claims to have got GAO
different positions from the same model
"a man. Presume the model had
boil. Boston Post.
A lady who drew q gentIeman's dress
ing-gown at recent church fair now
wishes to draw good-lookmg young
man to put in it.
In Russia '.hello" is rendered Tzi-
iakanftkraianjanzsIi;" hence the tele-
phone can never be introduced into that
country. Modern Argo.
Ought not a picture dealer TO Be Z
man of picturesque appearance, have d
fine frame and be able to canvass suc-
cessfully p Philadelphia Hsns.
The difference between q cut and q
comma is that one has the claws at the
end Of the paws, while the other has
the pause at the end Of the clause.
A tree in this neighborhood has thir-
teen rings around 1t, and yet Ii is only
six months old An urchin did it with
his little hatchet.-Ne York Dispatch.
An intelligent lady asked sculptor
who was about completing the figure Of
- 1tAAO- E4u 1Ou Cub Otlt l1dt aAAlL4dAf
q Oh, 10, said the artist, sftlie lamb
has been there all the time; only took
the marble fromSsround lin"
There are not more than 300 probes
sional burglars in America and yet 70
keep them out Of our homeE = pay
So, 000, 600 per year for locks, bolts aiisas
fasteners. Ten thousand dollars apiece
per year would hire them to be good.
Free Press.
A New York paper says that in * {
city crying at weddings hasegone out Of
fashion. In Chicago the father of the
bride does the crying when he comes-t
settle the bills.-Neas Fork Graphic.
At twenty man is sure that he
knows everything; at thirty he begins
to have grave doubts; at forty he knows
that there are some things be don't
know; at fifty he is certain that he viii
never again know as muchaAs he once
knew.
e Yes, your Augustus is o frzudF
Said Sue to Arabella.
8 A fraudr' said Belle, z I can't afford
To hear that of my felleri
He's true and tried and good beside,
And delicate and dainty
" All, yesl but then, Miss Sue replied
He's sort of beau-Gus amt he2n
- Yonkers Gazette
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16

agreed with her that she should stand
where he could see her, and at the mo-
ment of his putting the marriage ring
upon his brides finger that she should
put on this, and forever after wear it as
token of having received his spiritual
VOWS of devotion.
The day came and the splendid equip
age of the countess dashed into the
square Of the Santa Maria, with yelled
bride and cold bridegroom, and de-
posted them at the steps of the church.
They were followed by other coro-
neted equipages, and gayly dressed peo-
pie dismounted from each-the mother
and sisters of the bridegroom, gayly
dressed, among them, but looking pale
with incertitude and dread.
The yelled bride was small, but she
moved gracefully up the aisle, and met
her future husband at the altar with a
low courtesy, and made a sign to the
priest to proceed with the ceremony
Mcdonald was colorless but firm, and
indeed showed but little interest, ex-
cept by an anxious look now and then
among the crowd of spectators at the
sides of the altar. He pronounced his
VOWS with steady voice, but when the
ring was to be put on he looked around
for an instant, and then suddenly, and
to the great scandal of all present.
clasped his sbride with passionate eiacu-
lation to his bosom. The carnelian ring
was on her fnger-and the Countess
Nyschriem and Mademoiselle Folie-
his bride and his fancy queen-were
one
This curious event happened in Flor
ence some years since-as all people
then there will remember-and it was
prophesied of the countess that she
would have but short lease of her
handsome and gay husband. But time
does not say SO. A more constant hus-
band than Mcdonald to his plain and
titled wife, and one more continuously
in love, does not travel and buy pic
lures and patronize artists though few,
except yourself, dear reader, know the
philosophy Of it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
Long Courtships.


Beyond certain point there is no
progress in courtship. When the parties
to the affair have arrived at the convic-
ton that they were 'smade for each
other" and cannot be happy apart, the
sooner they become tone and INSOFAR
able" the better. Antenuptial affection
is as mobile as quicksilver, and when it
has reached its highest point, the safest
policy is to merge it in matrimonial
bliss. Otherwise, it may retrograde.
Very long courtshipsoften end in a hack
out on one side or the other retiring
party being in most cases ssinconstant
man." And we would hint To that un-
reliable being that he has no right to
dangle after an estimable woman for
years without any fixed intention of
marrying her. The best thing 4 lady
can do under such circumstances
is to bring matters to focus, by asking
the point-no-point gentleman srhdt he
meaAs, and lrhen She can either do
that or dismiss him altogether. Perhaps
the latter plan wouldin most instances
be the better one; for man who An
slow to matrimony IS generally slow
4 all The concerns Of life.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
What Scares a Woman.

Notice woman when she receives a
telegram. How it does scare herI She
trembles like dish of jelly, and imag.
ines all sorts of things. Her husband
has fallen down the hatchway at his
warehouse. Her Johnny has gone out
sailing and is drowned. Her sister
Mary has been scalded to death. Moth
ing short OF fatal accident quite fills
the bill Of her imagination. When she
finally summons courage to tear open
the envelope she finds a message from
her husband warning her that he will
bring customer home to dinner, and
she Immediately calls her children to-
gether and instructs them not to ask
twice for raspberries, as there's Just
enough to go round, and giyethe visitol
few extra. Puck.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
a Painters Nerve.

Bernard Koehler and Fritz Hisgen,
two house painters, were painting
large house in Cincinnati. Three O clock
in the afternoon found them close up
under the caves of the house and sixty
five feet from the ground. They had
just finished the surface within reach and
had started to lower the scaffold few
feet. When the required distance had
been reached Hisgen called to his part
ner to hang on to the rope until he
(Hisgen) tied his own, when lie would
come over and perform like service for
him. Hisgen had just completed his
own knot when Koehler cried out:
"Come over, quick, I can't hold it.
Hisgen, as quickly as possible, started
across the aerial bridge, but had not
g,ne two steps when he saw the man
let go his hold and felt the ladder give
way beneath his feet. As he began the
fall, in the vhelgy Of desperation, he,
with both hands, grasped the almost
smooth top of the fourth-story window
cornice, and there hung in the air, a
distance of sixty feet from the pave
ment. He then gave an exhibition Of
nerve that terrified every one who saw
it. Placing the toe of one boot aga inst
the window frame he gave his body a
slight pendulum motion away from the
house. A second push gave him bet
ter impetus, and as he swung on the re.
turn toward the window he released his
hold and went crashing through the
glass safely to the floor of the fourth
story room, from whence he immedi
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
The Handsome Artist.

Creme Med Donald was young High
lander come to Florence to study the
oil masters. He was an athletic, whole
some, handsome fellow. He painted in
the palace or wiped his forehead on q
warm day with equally small care, to all
appearance, and he had brought his
mother and two sisters to Italy, and
supported them by a most heroic econ
omy and industry. Indeed, the more I
knew Mcdonald the more T became
convinced that there was another man
built over him.
Perhaps you have been in Florence,
dear reader, and know by what royal
iberality artists are permitted to bring
their easels into the splendid apart
ments of the palace and copy from the
priceless pictures on the walls. At the
time I have my eye upon (some few
years ago), Mcdonald was making a
beginning of a copy of /" Titian's Bella, -
and near him stood the easel of female
artist who was copying from the glorious
picture of Judith and Holofernes," in
the same apartment. Mademoiselle
Folie (so she was called by the elderly
lady who always accompanied her) was
a small and very gracefully formed
creature, with the plainest face in which
attraction could possibly reside.
Mcdonald was her nearest neighbor,
and they frequently looked over each
others pictures; but, as they were both
foreigners in Florence (she of Polish
birth, as he understood), their conver-
safion was in French or italian neither
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16

Watered silks are worn again.
Steel appears on the straps Of the ow
shoes.
Painted French null is novelty for
dresses.
Capes made entirely Of ietted tulle are
stylish.
Little golden cats are suspended from
the bracelet.
Velvet is sparingIy used On the sum
mer costumes.
Pink and ruby shades are combined
in French toilettes.
Overskirts are not worn, the drapery
being fastened to the skirt.
Spanish lace is used for trimming
parasols instead Of fringe.
Folded stocks of illusions are worn
with high-necked white gowns.
Bonnet strings should be tied in
enormous bows under the chin.
Bonnets are shown, covered with cur
rants, grapes, and other small fruits.
Young ladies still wear the plain
round skirt and waist, with sash at the
side.
Some of the little bonnets have exact
~ the curves of horseshoe over the
forehead.
Children wear coaehman's drab frocks
and they soil almost as easily as if they
were white.
The coral pink roses, lately introduc-
ed, damage any complexion but one ex
ceptionally fine.
GA bonnet of wild oats, lined with
scarlet satin" is the description in a
New York paper.
Buckles will be very fashionable,
worn with sashes, and they match the
buttons worn on the dress.
''Mouutain bunting" is used for tray
cling costumes. 1t is stiff and wiry and
comes in gray and brown.
Riding skirts are cut quite short, with
knee cores, adapted to the position Of
the rider when she is In the saddle.
Beetles in colored glass are used tc
fasten French neckties. Hope it vii
stay in France; it's an ugly fashion.
Duchess, Dot, Dimple, Charmer
Filtration, Carey, Gerster and Bern
hardt are the names Of some Of the new
bonnets.
Spiders with bodies made Of hum
ming-bird feathers, and gilt legs, arr
used to fasten the strings on new bon
nets.
Wide collars edged with lace thre,
inches deep will be the fashionable col
lar for morning wear with summe
dresses.
With high-necked dresses flowers ar
worn at the belt; with low dresses, ol
the shoulder; with square neck, at tn
corsage.
The long lace pins should be pu
through the material cross-wise, and s.
lightly that they are visible almos
from point to head.
Pretty aprons are made of plush, wit
bibs and pockets, and finished off wit
satin ribbon. An apron of red plush
trimmed with Spanish lace.
'sRobin's egg" and "gendarme blue
will be much worn by young ladies, an
new blue, or blue-green, called s'duck
breast, is shown in rich satins.
J Olive green is the favorite color fc
the embroideries and satin bows Of whit
muslin gowns, and next to olive gree
the tints most used are blue and pin
in many shades.
Wreaths of delicate roses, ending
fine sprays of rose leaves and dmoss bud
are worn under the oddly curved brin
of the stylish and picturesque Spanis
round hats.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
NUMBER AZ.


Never go gloonily, man with mind,
Hope is q better companion than fearS
Providence, ever benignani and kind,
Gives with a smile what You take With u tear;
ALL will be right.
Look to the light.
Morning was ever the daughter Cf night
All that was black will be ALI THAT is bright.
Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up.
Many foe is friend in disguise,
Many trouble blessing most true,
Helping the heart to be happy and wises
With love ever precious and joys ever pew.
Stand in the van,
Strive Like q man
This is the bravest and cieverest plan;
Trusting in God while you dc what you can,
Cheerily, cheerily, then cheer up.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16

Politeness Gilhooly tied his pony to
fence railing on Austin avenue. The
owner of the premises came up to him
and said: You freckle-faced fraud, if
You don't unite that horse TIL fan the
air with your ungainly carcass " You
must excuse me, sir" responded Gill
hooly, but 7 am stranger and did
not know there would be any obiec-
ton" = You addle-pated outcast, don't I
you suppose know you are stranger
That's why I talk politely to you, you
google eyed outeast that's why 4 don't
talk rough to you. Galusston Nesns.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
Curing Cheese.

Prof. S. NJ. Babcock gives the follow
ing on curing cheese "The high fla
vors peculiar to the best factory cheese
are only developed in a warm, airy
place. A curing-room, should, how
ever, be kept SO dry that the cheese
will lose its water very rapidly; as in
this case, although a high flavor must
be obtained, the casein will not be
thoroughly broken down, and the cheese
will be hard and indigestible. The
breaking down Of the casein appears to
be caused by some agent obtained in
the rennet, which in many instances re-
sembles an organized ferment, that acts
very slowly when the amount of water
present in the cheese is less than the
casein, and stops its action entirely
when the casein is in large excess. A
good illustration of the fact that cheese
will not cure when deprived of large
part of its water is furnished by the for
nation of the rind, this being composed
Of thin layer of casein which has par
TALLY dried before the curing has made
much progress. Arind will not form on
a cheese kept in a moist atmosphere,
llOI Ou c11b Ctlb cbI1dCC u u CuISQ CuC0S0-
I believe that lack of water is the chief
reason why cheese made from skinned
milk is SO difficult to cure. Analyses
show that, although the percentage Of
water is usually high in such cheese,
the ratio of water to casein is much less
than in cheese made from whole milk. y
A letter to the Maine Former from
Vermont says that quite number Of
farmers in all parts Of that state have
built silos and filed them last fall, and
SO far as can be learned, they have met
with perfect success. General Thomas
expects to get forty tons to the acre mex
year, and his estimate of its feeding
value is that two tons will be equal tt
one ton of average hay. We can all see
what an opportunity this opens to ou
small farmers in dairying. There will
be no difficulty in carrying one COW tt
the acre, and making butter the yea
round. Twenty-Five acres will b
enough, then. for most Of us.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
swamp Muck.

The american Ag-icultagist says an
acre of swamp muck of good quality,
three feet deep, is actually worth $685.
900. No doubt such statement is sur
prising. So was the statement Of Dr.
Lawes, of England, that ton of bran
fed to cows returned more than it cost
IN manure. The best muck, free from
sand, contains two per cent. or forty
pounds Of nitrogen in ton. Nitrogen
is worth in the market twenty-five cents
per pound, SO that ton of swamp muck
is worth $50 for the nitrogen in it. ALI
that is needed is to work up the muck,
so as to make the nitrogen available.
An acre of swamp muck three feet deep
contains $500 tons, and would require
eight months to draw out, at ten loads
day. Few persons realize the value of
the fertilizing element of common waste
matters which lie under their feet, and
the innumerable tons of matter that
may be available for fertilizing purpo-
ses, or that many of the idle and ne
elected materials represent a vast
amount Of wealth. But it must be re-
membered that all swamp muck cannot
be classed as of good quality Of
it is next door to worthless
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
FOR THE LADIES.



There was one picturesque incident
about the wedding Of Princess Stepha
ME in Vienna. No sooner was the cere-
emony concluded then the high master
of ceremonies, stepping forward, re-
quested all the Belgians in waiting on
the princess-the stewards, chamber
lains and ladies-to follow him, and led
them away; their duties were at an end,
for Princess Stephanie was now an Aus
trian. Next instant the master Of GER
emonies appeared at the head of new
cortege Of ladies and gentlemen in wait
ing accredited to the crown princess
this time Austrians and Hungarians. This
part of the ceremony was, perhaps, the
most impressive of all, and the crown
princess was deeply moved.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-06-16
The simplicity ofDress Illustrated.

Simple costumes, as well as rich and
gorgeous ones, being the order Of the
day, one can dress In the style or man
ner most becoming to them, spending
hundreds of dollars or as many cents,
according to their purse or inclination.
Apropos Of this simplicity that is SO
much admired, and which often costs
more than an elaborate toilet, is the fol-
lowing: A number of ladies at large
party were wondering why all young
ladies did not dress in the plain, simple
style of young belle present, whose
toilet they greatly admired. The dress
was Of white surah, covered with tiny
ruf1es of the same goods. The over
dress was Of nuns velling, with frills
and cascades of cream-white lace, and
caught up with clusters Of white snow
drops covered with crystals. Upon her
head was wreath of snowdrops glitter
ing with white jets. She wore no Jewels,
but carried in her hand large antique
fan of white feathers spangled with
crystals. After the party was over the
wearer OF the dress, who had enjoyed
the compliments poured in upon her
for the exquisite simplicity Of her dress,
told her doting old uncle, who had been
most profuse in his exclamations over
her simple style of dress, that this com
pound of yelling, surah and lace had
cost her over 5000. All the uncle did
was to hand the young lady his new
spring hat with bow Of acknowledge
ment, that women were to him incom-
prehensible, and that he would never
again praise the simplicity Of 5000
dress.