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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29
Hogs In Winter.

There il no domestic animal that suf
fers so much from exposure to cold ant
wet as the hog. He is a native OF d
mild climate and should be treated al
his nature demands ii we would turn
his peculiarities to our advantage. md
during winter he should he provided
with warm, dry quarters, plenty OF
warm, clean bedding, and an abundant
supply of nutritious, fat and heat-pro-
ducing food. For this purpose there is
nothing equal to corn owing to the
large amount of carbon In its compost
tion.which the hog appropriates in pro-
ducing fat and heat to warm bis system
the same as our stoves consume car
bon In the form Of wood and coal to
warm our rooms. The colder AMI more
exposed these are, the more fuel We are
obliged to consume to make them COM
Portable. Just so with the hog; the less
care expended In making his quarters
comfortable, the more corn he must
consume to keep up the animal heat,
and, II not supplied with the neccessay
amount Of food, his system has TO fall
back on the carbon it has stored IN the
form Of fat, and he must necessarily
lose in weight, at his careless or
thoughtless owners expense.
Hogs should also have good supply
of water, as it is impossible for them to
digest their food without water to dis
solve IL and cow. y it into the blood.
They should pc kept constantly sup
piled with salt, coal and ashes Salt is
a valuable stimulator Of the appetite
and digestive organs.
During warm days In the winter, the
feed should be regulated according to
the temperature, just as we would regu-
late the fuel according to the demands
ofthe weather. When the weather sud-
denly becomes warm, animals lose
their appetites and are liable TO be-
come STALLED" Some cooling, succu-
lent food, as slop, or vegetables Of some
kind, should be substituted for the
more heating foop ofgrain.---
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

Contrary TO the old idea, winter
with the farmer is the season which
requires the greatest diligence. Even
the dry stock should not be neglected,
since within two months or so they
will be needed for the milk supply
and a large flow cannot be expected
when the cows come in If not properly
cared for now. Young stock should
receive such attention as they de-
mand VI the farmers purse will suffer
In the future. In fact, the active en-
terprising farmer cannot afford to neg
lect any department.. His a never
ending task. The first duty In the
morning is the care Of stock, the last
business at night to see them properly
fed and bedded down and the doors
Of the farms and outbildings properly
secured. With the affairs of the
farm properly In hand, with the live
stock In proper quarters and In COM
Portable condition, the farmer may
have time to store lis mind with facts
and thoughts to aid his future opera
tons.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

Horses, IL well fed, usually feel bright
and lively in winter, and young horses
are, for this very reason, more easily
trained than when the weather and
running at pasture makes them dull.
Whenever horses are used 50 as 10
warm them up at all, blanket them as
soon a. they stand still, II only for two
or three minutes, those two or three
minutes are sometimes enough to give
a chill, which NAV end in pneumonia,
or other serious troubles. Grooming
saves feed, and also promotes health
in horses, and should never be neglect
ed. 1t will probably pay even to
groom boarding horses, and 1t will
certainly pay the owners to stipulate
that their horses should be groomed
daily. Blankets, except mere "dus-
tiers" are worse than useless in stables;
they make the horse tender and more
likely to take cold when brought in
hot. Litter very freely II you have
the materiai; straw, leaves, swamp
hay etc. ITo "A
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROS.
PECrh.

Prospects are very favorable now fol
both vegetable and fruit crops. The
weather has not been severe enough t.
kill buds, but has kept them back
The uniform weather has kept down
the sap in the trees, which was other,
wise last year, and when the cold spell
came i'm January they We're destroyed
Besides, peaches will be apt to bring
to bring good prices this season, owing
to the very cold weather in Illinois
and other western States, where ii is
reported that not only the buds, but
even the trees have been killed by
the severity of the weather.
If there is plethora of peaches, the
New Orleans market is soon glutted
and fail to pay expenses but If we
have Chicago in which To dispose Of
our fruit, it is better for the fruit
growers, and remunerative prices are
apt to be realized. We don't know
what the future may unfold, but We
predict n good peach year, which gen.
orally brings in more money than any
other fruit crop--as it is larger.
Strawberries also look favorably now
for good crop. The same thing last
year we had to contend with In the
peach orchard was also drawback to
Strawberries. 1t was so late when
they began to throw off their leaves,
that the bulk of the crop failed to get
into market until ii was too late-and
Illinois berries glutted the market.
The cold weather has rather been
favorable to housekeeping back fruit
buds and causing the plants to shed
their leaves earlier in the season. AS
last year was almost II failure, we hope
this year the crop VII be more remu-
nerative.
Very few vegetables have as yet
been planted. Some have planted
peas and sowed tomato seed, but the
ground has been so damp and wet we
don't think they can do much. The
acreage will be smaller this year, and
we think everything now is favorable
for better prices than last year. The
winter was so warm last year, that
vegetables, like fruits, came into mar
ket almost at the same time with those
of the West-although when spring
opens it may be very early.
Upon the whole, the present outlook
for both profitable crop of fruit and
vegetables is not discouraging, and we
have every reason to be hopeful and
thankful.
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MERIDIAN, Miss, Jan. 10, 1881.

:. II. Stackhouse, Crystal springs;
Dear Sir-Please tell us through
The COMET the best way to prepare
the earth with wlffeh TO cover cold
bed for early tomatoes. We look Ia
you for information on these points.
Yours truly, @. w. GALLAGHER.
We take pleasure IN answering you
through THE COMET. The cloth we
use is generally tackled on frames Sx5,
fitted into frames like the sash of hot
bed. They should be fitted in very
tight, so AS to keep out all cold winds.
The following is a good pr, PARTON for
making your frames more impervious
to both rain and cold: The cloth
should be drawn perfectly tight over
the frames, then apply the following
ingredients-one quart Of linseed oil,
one ounce pulverized sugar Of lead
and four ounces pulverized rosin, heat
ed and thoroughly dissolved in an iron
kettle, and one coat applied while
hot, TO the upper side of the cloth.
unless the weather is cold frames
should be removed In order 10 give
the plants plenty Of air and render
them hardy.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

ROLL yELLY-CAKE.-One cup Of
white sugar, half . teacupful 81 sweei
milk, two eggs, one cup az -four, one
teaspoonful Of cream of tartar, one
fourth teaspoonful salerafus, a pinch
Of salt. This will make two cakes In
a square tin. Have the oven ready,
put the cakes In, and while they are
baking get a cloth and the Jelly ready
for the table. As soon as they are
baked, take them out, aud TURN them
one at time on the cloth, and lay
them where they win cool. Handle
them carefully or they may fall. Cut
them in slices with q sharp knife.
Thls will be as nice jelly cake as you
win want to eat, and win not taste Of
eggs.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

Prof. Keize gives the following
valuable Information "Cane sugar
is two and one-half times as sweet as
grape sugar, closely allied 10 II, and
differs 20 little from it that some per-
sons cannot distinguish t. By cook
ing, the cane sugar may be changed
TO grape sugar, and thus loose its
sweeteniDg power. Some women put
the sugar In with mass Of acid fruit
to be cooked, and keep cooking and
adding sugar, while Il keeps on get
ting sourer until at last thew use two
and one-haf times as much sugar as
they need, TO secure the desired result
The cane sugar has been changed to
grape sugar. Now, II the sugar had
been added after the fruit was cooked,
much les would have been required,
and the result would have been more
satisfactory.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29
PARAGRAPHS OF ALL SORTS.

The shipments of cattle to Europ
continues to be very large.
a few days ago 1000 spinners Sc
fire to cotton factory ut Barcelona
Spain because they were refused pay
ment.
Snails sell at 20 cents per dozen il
New York.
The weight of the earth is |, S25, 600,
100000 tons.
An Australian sheep raiser recently
refused s., 800 for single ram. Aus
tralia Is getting to be great SHEEP
country.
A single mandatory in New York
is making 10000 pound of oleomar-
garine.
The mills Of Minneapolis ground from
sixteen TO eighteen million bushels Of
wheat during the last year.
The colored people Of Georgia, own
1915, 600 worth Of property.
1t Is said several variety of ants
have the faculty Of producing distinct
audible sounds. The sound has been
heard to the distant of 20 to 80 feet.
The United States. during the hast
fourteen years has reached her enor-
nous debt from s2,75e, 100000 to ST.
$50, 100000. France has the largest
debt in the world.
\ 1t is estimated an acre of cabbage
successfully grown is worth $500.
The origin Of foolscap paper is from
a half witted youth who dropped his
turban into water which was pounded
into pulp. The sun dried the fibre
and II was lifted out a sheet or paper.
Chicago has Increased her capacity
for handling grain during the last
year, 2.5eo, zoe.
, IL Is said there is enough fencing IN
the State Of Indiana to circle around
the world Is times. ~
The total area of wheat lands In the
United States are 400. coo 300 acres.
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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

In Southwestern Russia the sun
flower is largely cultivated The seeds
are used for poultry-the flowers are
cooked for the table-the dried leaves
are used for tobacco-the seed recepta-
cles are made into blotting paper-and
the wood Is burned for feel.
The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29
THE HOUSE, EARN, AND GARDEA
ooNDUo1AD Ri $. H. STA cKHoUsF

Parties desiiilg TO communicate with the Editor
Of this Department Of THE COMET. will address S.
II. Stackhouse ESQ, Crystal sprinys, Nissl
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The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1881-01-29

At the Virginia Agricultural COL
le9e. the crop Of wbeet this year on a
clover fallow, ferfilized with super
nbo-phate of lime, at the expense of
q per acre, was thirty-one bushels
per acre. weighing sixty-seven pounds
ner busbel. On account Of the mild
ner. Of the winter this crop had 70 be
grazed twice with sheep. Before bar
vest Il suffered from drouth. The
kuantlty planted was fully one bnshsi
~ The seed drilled wide, and
u between the rows. yield
half as much as similarly
blots well cultivated
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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-29
A RelIc OF Chickanauga.

In window on Fonrth street there Is
battle relic Of more than ordinary interest.
It tells a grsphic story Of the bloody held Of
Chickamatgs, and speaks eloquen.ly of
Colonel William G.. Jones, who lost his life
In that great struggle. Behind the line Of
battle of the Thirty-sixth Ohio, which he
commanded, stood two slender cedar trees.
The regiment lay down In front Of the hur-
cane of fire which swept in from the enemy.
Colonel Jones stood behind them and went
from point to point speaking words of COM
mand and encouragement to his men. One
of the trees, mere sapling, was Topped off
four times by the cannon ihot of the rebels
as they discovered their range was too high
and lowered their line of fire. The other,
some nine inches In thickness, was literally
filled with bullets, as well as shattered by
shell. Under that storm of fire 1t Is Won
der that any one lived to tell the tale, not
that Col. Jones fell, CALAMITY doing his duty
to his men and his county, Two months
later Capt. J. NJ. Turner, of the Thirty.
sixth, who served in the fight, returned with
his company to the spot TO bury the Union
dead. The sad duty performed, he brought
away piece of the smaller tree and Sec
ton of the other, about two feet six inches
in length. There can now be counted in 1t
80 bullets, and, besides, marks of shell-work.
Captain Turner has 1t handsomely mounted
on pedestal of cannon balls and surmount-
ed with the acorn emblem of the
Army of the Cumberland. Upon this in
turn will be placed fine bust of Gen. Oh.
Thomas
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-29
A BOGUS BRICK.
How n Prominent Chicago Banker Was Swim =
died out Of OF, 900.

Frederick u. Cole Is on trial at the ii OF
Springs for selling a gold brick to one OF the
most prominent of Chicago bank presidents.
Cole put in an appearance at the Springs a
few DAYS ago. He was DESTROYS of obtaining
all the information possible TO be obtained
with reference TO the waters, customs OF the
country, habits of the people, etc. lie was
OF a speculative turn of mind. When, hap
ucniug 10 associate for the time with some
gentleman he told him the story of fast
yotnc man who had led a life OF dissipa-
ton and was even then upon the outskirts OF
the city, but did not wish to come into the
valley. fearing that he would be recognized
by former friends who were there. 1t was
his desire to flee the country and go TO Mex
leo. where hc determined to lead different
life. But he was without means TO make tlie
trim. He had, however, In Ills possession .
gold brick, weighing thity-three pounds,
and that he would sell the same at very
low price. The Chicago banker took the
dose. swallowed the bait and interviewed
the young man on the outskirts OF the city
In the hours when darkness had thrown her
sable mantle over us, actually purchasing
the brick and paying $4,000 cash. A few
days after the purchase was mede he ascer-
iajued that he was duped and that his prop
cry was anything but genuine gold BRICK
1.-the Rock Gazette.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-29
American Inquisitiveuess.

Some travellers have reported disparasingly
of American inquisitiveness. stranger
being besieged with questions Of very per-
sonal nature, seemed TO me a very natural
thing In country Of widely-dispersed set
tiers. So many are far away from the CEN
tres of news that they have craving for II
Others never know. The stranger Is TO them
perpatetic newspaper. His object In COM
Ing there, his destination, the place which he
first set out from, the place which he has
left, all imply new information. He knows
something which In unknown 10 The, inquir-
ers, and they want to know what II Is. IL Is
partly curiosity and partly necessity. There
is something stirring elsewhere, or he would
not be stirring there. The craving for news
Is passion of the settlers condition and
the habit of acquiring II clings to him when
he Is not In a position to obtain information
otherwise. The saturated English traveller
from populous cities, where news Is heard
from thousand tongues, Is apt to forget
that the isolated have pa ched minds and
thirst for details.
The splendid school system Of this country
causes much higher average OF intelligence
than we have In England. / frequently heard
young ladies OF fifteen or eighteen years oil
age speak intelligently on public questions,
cite the names, recall the record, describe
the capacity Of public men with n judgment
which would be thought unusual In England
of ladies of mature age. Where general In
telligence reaches 30 high level, persons Of
distinguished attainments are less conspicu-
Gus than they are In a nation where the ma
jority are ignorant. Where the many know
little, person whose knowledge reaches on
ly the standard Of mediocrity has . chance
of being conspicuous, and a,person Of ordi-
nary attaiuments In eminent. But II Inn
plies higher state Of progress where the
majority are we'll informed than when only
a few are so. In America there are million
villas to single mansion. This implies q
far higher average of comfort than where
there are thousand great houses and mil
lion hovels.-Co0perdtip Netos.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-29
An Eccentric Woman.

Every day some fresh fact proves that no
one can draw the line between eccentricity
and insanity. A woman has Just died I'm
Berlin at the age Of ~, who tor nearly half
century had lived In almost utter seciusion,
solitary female servant being the only hu-
man being with whom she had held any psr-
sonal communication. This strange being,
who Is supposed to have been crossed In love
was rich and never denied herself any luxu-
ny for which she cared, but she never allow
ed her house or furniture to be cleaned. She
lay In bed oil day. rising just at dusk, and
spent the night In preparing sumptnous
meals for herselfand her companion. She
was surrounded by dogs, cats and birds, and
she caused every new work on zoology TO be
purchased ~ soon rs ID was published. Amer
her death 1t was found that she had ieff .
handsome legacy TO her servant. and allthe
rest Of her property 70 her grandniece In
England, 10 revert after the iatter's sdeath 10
an asylum for dogs. For many year, she
wore no body garment except 4 mans dres-
sing gown. On one footshe1 wore boot and
on the other shoe, and her hands were en-
cased In gloves day and night.-Ne~ York
TriLuae.
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NJ However people may view the fact Of
the revision Of the New Testament, there Is
one feature of the revision upon which all
will agree-viz: Tha, the price II which u
Is proposed to sell the New Testament (Sl2)
Ii ON outrageous one and smaeksof the over
charging of monopoly Unless the new
copy omits the invitation to partake Of the
Bread Of Life freely, this tariff ID strangely
inconsistent one, II looks. very much as II
the reyisers, having corner upon the New
Testament, were going to make q good thing
out Of It.. They have counted, however,
wide of their mark. In these days Of cheap
and rapid publication, no one will be 1ikely
to pay s12 for his New Testament when he
can get 1t for almost rs many cents. Six
.publishers haveJ already snnounced THAT
within 4s hours after the work Is offered for
sale they WIN food the market with reprints
Ut prices ranging from few cents TO dollar.
This, of course, will ruin the opening sale Of
the Official copy, ~ 1t ought TO do, q such :
price, and will suspend its sale until rs price
Ia brought Within the means Of ordinary peo-
vsIa sas#~sH II sFAa ttlH R4Hfgta s4EE He go #A