The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-03-30

! PorLTEY DIsEAsEs.-Fully nine
tcnths Of the diseases from which fowls
suffer are simply and soicly caused by
vermin. Careful investigation has estab-
ii-hed this as fact, The comb OF fowl
may be considered il health indicator.
The first in,ination a close observer OF
his flock has il the condition Of their
comb. Comparatively few birds in their
natural wild state die Of disease. They
have certain ways to keep themselves
comparatively free from lice fifty are not
| crowded in 4 space where only twenty. five
| should be; natures bird laws are not
transgressed and they thrive in health.
Win domestic fowls il Is different they
| are crowded togethe-, become lousy and get
the cholera, roup, cankcr and various So
for.hs, none Of which would they have if
lice were not preying on their bodies,
unless II i rOIp. which is caused by sew.
eral things. Toayoid many ofihese trou-
bles watch your poultry, and the first time
you see hen moping around or refusing
70 eat, or one with feather. runpled up,
or comp looking dark blue at the end,
pick her up and look for bug. You will
find them. Grease her well with Al oint.
mcnt made OF sulphur, under the wings
and over the vent and on the head. Per.
hap- il YOU examine The roots in The hen
house, by taking then. up und looking on
tie under side wherever tie end, Of tho
roo-t, rest on anything you will be aston.
9hed 10 find the numerous little rel lice
congregaied there. These torment the
fowls at night and return 10 their hiding
places after tie fowl. leave their foo,t-.
The roos;s should be frequently washed
or all side, with coal oil.
= Texas is 249 time, as large a. Rhode
Island.
- As the weather get. warmer the
tramps 80 northward.
The greatest religious revival
huntsville, Ala, has ever had ha. just
closed.
= Ohio men still have he best things
MAJ bhal Henry, who is t. Lang Guitcau,
is an Ohio man.
= There are 800 more mafriagesbe
young ladies in Nashville, Tennessee,
than young men.
= We know al old maid who says its
bad enough for the men TO get married
without fools Of women initiating them.
= The daily output from the Powell
iron and nail works, Of Chattanooga, is
800 kcgs Of nails and 80 kegs Of spikes
and splicc5 alternately.
= The proposal reduction in internal
revenue taxation will decrease Uncle
Sans income about sixty.cight millions
Of dollars. lie can afford it, however.
AS the people Of New York are
called New Workers, and the inhabitants
of Michigan are called Michigandcr-,
possibly iie Arkansas Legislators were
afraid they might be called Arkansasscs,
and 30 changed the pronunciation Of the
name Of the State to Arkansaw.-7c 7crns
SvHinys.
- Half the silver half dollars circu-
lated in Montana are alleged 20 be coun-
terfcits made by the Chinese in San Fran
cisco. They are described rs OF exactly
the weight Of the genuine ones, and one
thirty part Of an inch larger in
diameter. They contain only sixteen
cents worth Of silver, which is all on the
surface.
An editor on going away left HIS
paper in charge of minister. During
.ic hlihiotci stay Ill tnc Salctuin the
following letter came from q mountain
subscriber: You know very well paid
my subscription TO your paper the last
time was in Lexington, and if get
any more such letters from you as the
last, will come down and maui hell out
of you" The minister answered my
dear sir, have been trying to maui that
thing out Of the editor for five years
past, and if you will really come down
and maui it out of him, then, my dear
sir, | have twenty members of my church
l will also get YOU 10 nneratn On ~