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Do Your own Repairing.

We think that almost every farmer
will agree with us that every farm should
have its own workshop, and every cult
vator of the land understand how to use
it. He may not do so when he first
enters upon farming Oh coming of age;
but after a year or two of what we
should call apprenticeship, when he finds
that to "know how to do things" is alb
solutely indispensable, he will rapidly
learn to attend to most of his own re-.
pairing of the ordinary implements and
machines upon his premises, instead of
incurring delay, expense and uncertainty
by depending upon professionals at a
distance. Rather than to be without a
workshop and the necessary tools, one
should be erected expressly for the pur-
pose, in a convenient spot and daily
warmed in winter SO as to be ready at
all times for use, in which many odd Jobs
can be done also not Immediately con-
nected with the farm
All ordinary wooden repairing ought
to be done by the farmer and his hands
during rainy days and in winter, when
there is plenty of time on hand for that
purpose Every part of a wheelbarrow, ex
cept the wheel, ought to be made on the
premises; new forks and handles of iron
rakes, repairing even some portions of
the farm machinery, building of garden
and yard fences, repairing roofs, building
OF corn-cribs, hog-pen wagon and cart
shelvings, making of the frames of hot.
beds, and all the many jobs constantly
requiring to be done about well-con-
Quoted place too numerous to mention.
A person becomes very handy in the use
OF good tools after short experience,
and saves many dollar without con
suming any time necessary for the usual
demands of the farm.
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Fresh Air In Stables for Horses.

"A ready means of letting out the foul
ar from stable is by number of ven
tilators on the ridge of the roof; and one
means of admitting fresh air below is by
the windows when they are open, but
when they are shut other means must be
supplied. As doors and windows are
usually situated in farm stables. the fresh
air should not be allowed TO enter them
through the night. SO they should not
be left open, for fresh air coming di.
rectly from the doors or windows upon n
horse must strike his body and limbs for
chilly and do him more harm than good
The fresh air should come in on a level
with the horses nostrils, and an opening
above his head seems the most suitable
means for foul air to find its way out.
Dampness in stables arises either from
ground damp or want of ventilation. OF
this any man may Judge from different
circumstances, and generally speaking,
the remedy need not be attended with
any very serious expense; drainage and
rising floor will mostly have the effect
in one case, and making proper vents for
the heated vapor to escape near the roof,
will also nearly always be sufficient in
the other. Where a stable has this de-
feet, II should be remedied at once, or
the horses taken out of il: for if they are
not, sickness will sooner or later cause
double the expense of the remedy. The
heated, unnatural and vitiated air of
some stables would be sure TO cause dis
aster to some of the inmates if they were
called on for severe or long-continued
labor, especially on cold day; the effect
OF their debilitated constitution would
soon tell that something was wrong. and
perhaps inflammation of the lungs would
quite satisfy the owner of the fact.
On the contrary, the stable where
proper warmth is wanting and where
currents of cold air are often permitted
to enter, though perhaps not so comfort
less as to cause suffering to the horse or
to directly injure his health for certain
purposes, would shortly show him as an
animal, bothin appearance and condition,
totally unfit, internally and externally
for that fast work to which fast horses
are put-externally from having the coat
of bear, and internally from its having
been impossible in such stable to carry
him through that discipline necessary
for such purposes. Such stable, after
sweat, would be death, though the
coarser-b bred horse might live and have
health in it.
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Reading Farmers.

In ninety cases out of hundred the
successful farmer is the reading farmer.
If one neglects to keep posted in agri-
cultural matters he is bound TO fail in
most of his pursuits incident to the farm.
This is a progressive age. The manner
of conducting farm in this generation
is as different as can be from that of our
fathers. 1t is only by reading agricul-
tural papers and books that we can keep
up with the times in which we live, and
the farmer who does not improve these
opportunities had best clay down the
shovel and hoe" When papers and
books are banished from the threshold
of the farmer, the probability is that the
farm is running behind hand
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The Story Of q Hundred Dollar Bill

A distinguished statesman forty years
ago was on visit to Baltimore, and he
gave to a colored girl while here what he
supposed to be at the time a one dollar
bill. The next morning the girl went to
grocery store, and after making few
trifiing purchases, gave the bill in pay
ment, under the supposition that 1t was a
dollar The proprietor of the store, a
highly esteemed citizen of Baltimore,
noticed with great surprise that it was for
hundred dollars, and he supposed at once
that the woman had stolen it. Ascer-
tanning the delusion she was under, he
informed her of the true character of the
note, and told her he would detain it un
til the owner was found. The girl told
how she had received it, persisted that it
had not been stolen, and assented to the
gentleman retaining it until the owner
was found. He advertised the bill, and
the statesman, in answer, called to say
that the girls story was true, and that as
her honesty had been suspected she could
keep the bill. He then departed to the
scene of his daily triumphs, and in the
acquisition of great fame perhaps for
got the incident. The grocery merchant
retained the note, in expectation of the
girl returning, but she never called for it.,
it is supposed being frightened and fear
ing being charged with its theft. He de-
posted it at interest Years rolled on
and she married, bore children and died,
and few years ago a son applied to the
merchant for the note and the interest,
which amounted to large sum of money.
This amount the custodans of the fund
paid into one of our city courts, in order
that the court should decide whether or
not the claimant was entitled to it. The
court sustained the claim, and the money
was raid TO the heir, and thus ends the
true story of hundred dollar bill
| baltimore Gazette.
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During the last fair held in Austin,

During the last fair held in Austin, il
will be remembered, horse fell in the
race, killing both itself and jockey. The
day after the accident Gilhooly, talking
TO a stranger from Dallas, happened TO
speak of the accident The other party
turned his head aside and brushed away
a tear. st was very sad affair" said
Gilhooly, thinking the unfortunate jock
ey was friend of the emotional stran-
ger "Sadi' sobbed the stranger swell,
] should smile. had ten dollars bet on
the horse. - Teas Sittings.
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whats that fellow doing?' asked a
lady, pointing to man in one of Ho
garth's pictures, whose head, feet and
hands appeared to protrude from and be
firmly clasped in wooden embrace.
"He's only dabbling in stocks, madam" "
was the reply,-Neao York Commer
ciM 1doertiSer.
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RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE
WINTER TINE fable.

} )ENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. PHILA.
DELPHIA & ERIE X. r. DIVISION.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24
Another Chester CaIamitr.

The old Porter homestead at Chester,
owned by Admiral Porter, of the United
States Navy, and occupied by Professor
Jackson, manufacturer of fireworks,
caught fire Friday morning, and
while the firemen were around and
upon the building, playing upon the
flames, and crowd of spectators were
collected near, a frightful explosion
occurred, killing and wounding over
fifty persons. The fire had been raging
nearly an hour when the fatal explosion
occurred. 1t was preceded by two
slight explosions of rockets and other
fireworks. The crowd of spectators
had increased to several thousand, and
the firemen were fighting the flames,
several of them being on the roof. 1t
was supposed that all the explosives in
the building had gone off, and, it is
said, an employe of the establishment
assured the firemen that there was
nothing in the building to fear.
But suddenly, and without any
warning, roof, walls and men were
swallowed up in an eruption Of fame.
A shower of stones and broken timbers
filled the air, and after a moment of
CONSERVATION followed a panic. The
groans of the wounded and dying were
heard on all sides. The fire engines
were so badly damaged that they
stopped working, and the great crowd
surged back over the dead and wounded.
Away up among the tree tops flutter-
ing pieces of clothing were seen, and
an investigation showed that they
marked the track followed by the body
of poor Tony Barbour, a volunteer fire
man, who had been standing on the
roof of the annexed building. "A mo-
ment later and the fireman who had
been seen by his side before the flash,
was discovered lodged among the burn
ing rafters Of the main structure.
There, in full sight Of a thousand
persons, Perry Williams, quivering and
writhing in deadly agony, roasted.
His hands were burned off, his eyes
and ears were consumed, but still he
lived for twenty minutes. All around
the grounds and even far up the streets
lay the dead and wounded. Three men
who were standing together on Third
street, nearly block away, were in
stantly killed by flying pieces Of stone.
Their brains were dashed out upon the
pavement.
The dead and wounded were removed
to their homes and messengers sent for
all the doctors in the city. Eighteen
persons were killed outright by the ex-
plosion, and six of the injured have
since died. At least fifty were wounded,
many severely. The coroner's investi-
cation was concluded on Wednesday.
1t resulted in a verdict finding Professor
Jackson and his superintendent, Van
Horn, censurable, and they will be held
for court. The cause of the great ex-
plosion is a mystery, as there was moth
ing in the room in which it occurred
but some cans of "colored stars, and
these, according 10 Professor Jackson,
will not explode except by detona-
tion.'' The old Porter mansion was
built in 1721.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24
Chips.


ATTEMPTING to make jokes to order
is what is filling the country with bald
headed humorists.
LAST year one Massachusetts firm
manufactured 135, 900 toy drums, and
yet people will still go on asking why
we are becoming nation of suicides.
THE English language is supposed
to consist Of about 10000 distinct
words. Of these, ordinary people use
only from 500 to 5000, great orators
perhaps as many as 10000, and light
ning-rod agents and directory canvass
ers SO, 1868.
A FLORIDA land company is now
offering forty acres of swamp to actual
settlers for nominal sum. If it
would throw in pair of alligators to
start business with, the proposition
might be worth considering by people
who are not doing very well where they
are.
WYOMING is still wailing for female
help. When a girl arrives there from
the East she hardly gets used to the
kitchen and finds out where the rolling
pin and pepper box are kept until some
young man carries her off and marries
her. Why, out there girl can hardly
stay single if she tries, and as a rule
she don't try. One day she may be a
servant in a kitchen and the next en-
joying the luxuries Of a home of her
own, and patching the buckskin
breeches of the owner of 10000 cattle.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24

W. B. HAzLEToN, who recently won
a national notoriety by starting with
out capital daily newspaper in Balti-
more and running it for week on
$500, 900 scale, is the author of "The
Electric Light" a comic opera put
upon the stage by Ford, the Baltimore
manager, a few years ago. Professor
Furst, a popular young Baltimore COM
poser, wrote the music of the opera,
and Miss Annie Roemer, favorite and
accomplished songstress, was selected
to sustain the leading part. In spite
Of Mr.. Ford's good management, Prof.
Furst s excellent music, the sweet voice,
beauty and grace of Miss Roemer, and
the good acting of the company, the
opera fell as fiat as a buckwheat cake.
All the old worn-out almanac jokes
we're worked over in the libretto, and
if there was anything original or strik-
ing in it, few but Hazleton ever found
it out. One of the characters was a
burlesque on DR.. Mary Walker. Prof.
Furst, who wrote the music, and Miss
Roemer, who sung the leading role of
the I" Electric Light" are musical peo-
pie Of whom Baltimore may justly be
proud. They came to Middletown
about three years ago and gave con-
cert. Bad weather prevented it from
being financial success, but it is re-
membered by those who attended it as
one of the best musical entertainments
ever given in our Hall.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24

formed of movable tables of ivory,
which shed flowers and perfume on the
company, and when his guests drank
more wine than they were measured
for, an automatic trap-door opened and
slid them into bed, as duplex Crap
pling iron sprung up and snatched off
their boots. Nero was pretty COM
fortably fixed. He kept 500 she asses
to furnish milk for his wife POpi9's
bath. You may not believe this but
if you will go to Rome the guides will
show you the bath tub. Nero was
fond of singing in the variety theatre
for change. "Nelly Gray was one
Of his favorite selections. Vitellus
squandered fortune in feasting. He
had 1000 fishes and 1000 birds at one
meal, and while he was waiting for the
apple dumplings to come on, he re-
marked to one Of his friends that if he
only had some Crisfield oysters and
picked pigs feet he believed he could
make out his dinner. He ate up his
fortune in eight months, and then went
West. Smithosious, who fourished
about the same time, or perhaps little
later-at any rate, he fiourished-was
a country editor who printed paper
at "S2 year in advance. :" He never
wore the same suit of clothes more than
two years and he lit his two-for-five
cigars with an advertising agents order
for town lot in Northwestern Texas.
Through his extravaganza he died
poor. N. B.-We are only responsible
for a part Of the above statements-th
mildest of them, in fact. Historians will
have to shoulder the remainder. We
haven't yet learned to lie with the ease
and grace Of historian, but we are
Young and hopeful.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24
The Great Floods.

Great destruction of property has
already been caused by the floods in the
Mississippi Valley, and it is feared that
the worst is yet to come. Thousands
of men are on constant guard along the
levees, and are using every possible
means to strengthen the power of re
sistance, and to elevate the crests to
prevent the water from inundating the
whole country. Washington, IssOque-
ma, Bolivar, Coahoma and Tunica
counties, Mississippi in fact, the whole
shore line between Memphis and Vicks-
burg on the Mississippi, and the whole
Eastern Shore of Arkansas-are either
under water or threatened with inun-
dation. The inhabitants of vast area
Of country are in great distress. Many
have been forced from their houses,
and are subsisting as best they may on
RATS. and some on knobs or parts of
old levees. The destruction of live
stock is beyond calculation.
Middletown transcript., 1882-02-24

AN inventive genius named Spanu-
thus, a manufacturer of confectionery
at New Haven, Connecticut, has been
making solid whiskey' in the shape
of candy compounded of "rock and
rye" At least, respectfully con-
nected" young lady Of that city, who
was recently found drunk, ascribes her
condition to Spanutius' candy. But
Spanutius says there is no whiskey in
his candy. The agent of the Society
for the Prevention Of Crime is going to
investigate the "rock and rye'' COM
pound, and, for the good of society, it
is hoped that the mystery will be cleared
up in few days and Spanutius' confec-
tionery found as harmless as he says it
is. There are too many temptations
surrounding us now, and when the
time comes that the deadly "corn juice"
and sour mash old rye' may be
carried round in a paper bag and put to
the lips of the innocent in the shape of
a Misunderstanding gum drop or cara
mel, none of us will be safe.