Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1881-09-07
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sheep, or in fact, any kind of live stock
for profit, for such lands are valuable
for raising early vegetables There
are hundreds of acres Of comparatively
good and cheap lands which are but
few hours by rail from some of our
large cities, and these can be made to
pay well with sheep, raising early
lambs for the market 1t requires some
capital as we'll as experience, and those
who attempt it without either, will fail
to make profit.
Good native ewes crossed with a
pure bred Southdown or Cotswold will
produce class of lambs which are
sure to please any judge of good stock,
and the quality of such lambs is duly
appreciated by customers. Those who
wish to breed sheep, and have very lit
tie if any experience, will find it best
to begin with very small stock of
from ten to twenty, and then increase
the number as the experience and cash
increase, until you have as many as
you wish, or as the farm is capable of
carrying-D. Il. EUans, Jr., an Mary
land Farmer.
FARM NOTES.
The best cows are those which
give the largest returns for the food
consumed, whatever the breed, size,
color, or pedigree.
Poultry will produce more flesh
pound for pound of food-than the
steer, sheep or hog, and is meat of the
tenderest quality compared with the
others.
1t is not necessary to grease fowls
to rid them of lice. If their roosting-
places are kept clean, they will keep
themselves free from vermin by dust
ing themselves.
Buyers of eggs show a preference,
as general thing, for dark eggs, but
for what reason is hard to surmise.
There is no prettier sight than a dish
piled up full of snow-white eggs,
UNCLE RUFUS ANECDOTE.
Anything new?' representative of
the New York Commercial asked Un-
Gle Rufus.
No. was the reply, the usual bulle-
tins from the White House come to us.
The stock market is little down and
little up, and vice versa. The stock
market reminds me of little story told
me by Judge of this city some years
since on the train to Washington. |
am not much of hand for repeating
stories, but / never think of this one
without good hearty laugh, even if
Pm alone, which goes to show that
sunshine in thought makes us live
longer.
Many years ago, when thousands of
children now living were yet unborn,
Horace Greeley was in the zenith of
his power as editor of the Tribune, and
was more or less mixed up or down in
politics.
"A gentleman by the name of Amos
Cummings was acting as night or day
editor, it matters little which, and was
to arrange the political columns all
right
Greeley was asked to give place
to newly arrived emigrant who could
neither read nor. write-said emigrant
being about six feet two inches tall.
Greeley requested Cummings to
make place for him, and the wicked
Mr. Cummings appointed him as mes
senger or waiter at the door of Mr..
Greeley's room, cautioning him to obey
implicitly Mr.. Greeley's orders.
We'll, one day Mr.. Greeley told his
six feet-two boy not to let anyone into
his room, as he was going to write his
editorials; and it came to pass that
this same day Vice President Wilson
called and desired to see Mr.. Greeley
without delay. He was arrayed in
slouched hat and dusty duster and
armed with valise, and was met with
the reply: No, Mr.. Greeley will see
no tramps he is writing his editorials. ,
Cummings sat innocently eying the
couple, and interfered just in time to
prevent scene and let the Vice Presi-
dent in.
Later came ward politician that
must see Mr.. Greeley. The answer
rang out the same, Mr. Graly can't be
distarbed.' AS the ward politician be-
came rather violent in his efforts to en-
ter the room, our valiant boy from the
Emerald isle took to hopping the floor
with him, and he made rather hasty
descent down the stairs Well, so the
story runs, soon after the boy of six
feet two came running into the sub-edi-
tors room and said, Mr.. Graley wants
the Encychomania, and this same sub
editor, while writing at the rate of $l5
q column, replied. You'll find it right
over there in that case, with an indca-
tion of the pen as to where it was The
boy returned with pair of handcutfs
that had been used on John Browns
hands at the time of his murder, and
inquired, is this what Mr.. Graly is
after a wantin p
What has all this to do with the
stock market p the reporter questioned
why, don't you see, young man,
somebody has handouts on and cannot
sell. The parties who have been buy
ing stocks so freely are what are known
as the Lambs, who cannot read nor
write
Suppose you tell me who the Judge
was that regaled you with this anus
ing story
IlI tell you this much 1t was not
Judge Noah Davis, though we have
been friendly these forty years and it
was not Judge Bradv,-he never told
II story in his life,--he gets John @.
Wyman to do oil that kind of business
for him. Really, young man, | don't