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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
Daniel Webster as a Hay Maker.

Mr.. John Taylor, who resided on the
Webster farm at Franklin, " H., tells the
following about the great Secretary:
"0ne day we had fourteen tons of English
hay well made and ready to put in the barn
in the afternoon. 1t was busy day the
farm, and all who could handle a rake or
pitchfork we're pressed into the service
When we came IN to lunch in the fore
noon, Mr.. Webster entered the kitchen and
in playful manner and tone of voice, said
"'John Taylor, what wages will you give
me to work for you this afternoon?'
:" Il will give you half dollar, SIR
"'Why, John Taylor. / can not afford to
work for that price, and you underrate my
abilities. 1 can pitch as much hay as any
other man.
" 1t is on the supposition, sir, that you
are good hand thatf offer you those wages;
we get our best men for one dollar day. 1
replied.
a IF that is the case, John Taylor, I am
your man. | will finish my correspondence
with the Department, eat an early dinner,
and be ready to take the field with you.
As incoming on that day was short, and by
the time the teams were ready Mr.. Webster
made his appearance, We drove into the
field; the hay lay IN windrows. Mr. Web
ster and myself pitched on the same cart.
| He took a windrow on one side and / the
other. A ton was put on the cart, when he
took the whip and drove 1t to the barn,
leaving me in the meantime at work in the
field. When aDloaded he returned with
the empty cart, upon which we pitched q
ton, making in all three tons between us
that afternoon, and one ton and a half as
his part of tie work. 1t was hot after
noon, and | observed what had before seen
when he used muscular exertion, he sweat
more profuse5y than most men; it literally
poured off of him like ram.
"When I met him the next morning
said he: 'cehn Taylor, haye'slept soRndel
and feel in better health than usual. How
l wish l could only live as you do A
farmers LIE is the most rational mode Of
existence good food, home-raiseo, wifi
healthful work for the day and sound sleet
for the night. 1t gives asman a clfar head
q large heart and strong hands,"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22

down on stiffened sheets and killing them
with the thumb and finger. The Earring is
effected by striking with an axe OF hammer
on iron plugs inserted in the main branches.
1t must be continued daily, or twice day.
as long as any insects are found. If inter
mitted the remedy will prove failure.
The expectation of potatoes, cabbages and
othervezetables from Germany TO this cOun-
try has constantly increased since it began
last fall One steamer in October took out
s, 100 heads of cabbage; four others have
since left with 6,000 bushels of potatoes,
III 600 heads of cabbage and 80 bags of tar-
shipments will be made during the winter.
Animals often show their excellence
through their offspring in one sex alone.
Imported Glencoe, one of the grandest
thoroughbreds the world ever produced,
was . total failure with his sons, but his
daughters made good runners and brood
mares one of them being Pocahontas Tin
Englandl dam of Stockwell, King Tom
and Rataplan. and in this country his
daughters were the dams of kentucky, As
teroid. Norfolk, Gilroy and hundreds oil
other good ones.
Our readers must remember that only re
Gently has it been clearly demonstrated thai
a dead branch on tree makes almost a:
great strain on the main plant for moisture
as does a living one 1t is one of the mos
important discoveries of modern botanical
science to the practical horticultur1st. as by
this knowledge be can save many a valuable
tree. When one has been transplanteC
some roots get injured, and the supply o.
moisture in the best cases is more or less de
fcient ANY dead branch or any weak one
should therefore be at once cut away
Gardeners Monthly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
Observation-Disclosures To-day.
IColonel A. r. Botsler in the PhiladelpAss Weekly
Times

Having fingered to the last allowable mo-
ment with the members of my family here
inbefore mentioned the legal docu
ments would term them lit was after 10
o clock at light when l returned, TO head
quarters for final Instructions. and before
going to the Generals room / ordered two
whisky toddies-tO be brought up after me.
When they appeared l offere6i one of the.
glasses to jackson, but he drew back, say
ing:
mo, no, Colonel, you must excuse me; L
never drink. Intoxicating liquors"
II know that, General" said |, "but,
though you habitually abstain, as i do my
self, IRON everything of the sort. there are
occasions, and this is one of them, wien a
stimulant viii do us both good; otherwise
would neither take it myself nor ofIer it to
you. So you must make an exception to
your general rule snd join me ina toddy
tonight"
He again shook his head, but. neverthe-
less, took the tunbleT and began to sip its
contents. Presently putting it on the table
after having but partly emptiea it, he said
Colonel do you know why I habitually
abstain from intoxicating drinks?" Ard, on
my replying in the negative he continued
'sWhy, sir, because l like the taste OF
them, and when discovered that to be the
case l made up my mind at once 70 do with
out them altogether"
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A ROthschild Baby.
louisville courier-Journsl.l

I0liver Logan's London letter.
1 suppose the accouchment of the Count
ess of RDsebery was matter sufficiently inn
portant to be reported by cable A son and
heirl Lucky little pink rascaI, lying there
all unconscious in his lace-trimmed crib.
craving nothing but frequent imbibings of
the fluid tactical, how little he is aware of
the fact that he is Lord something or other
his fathers son; though that is a small
matter compared to the other circumstances.
namely, that he Is his mothers BARN, and
as such Knight of the Red. Shield and
that not ship floats the ocsan, nor a crop
of grain is sent 70 market in all the wide,
wide world, but that in some way, sooner or
later, part of his profits will accrue
to the money-mill of his ancestors
in ST. Swithinds Lane Yet
as fine an inheritance as he
derives from his pecunious mamma, without
which all the rest would be deprived of its
SAVIOR, is Cor so l should fancy) a splendid
physical constitution. Miss Hannah de
Rothschild was noble example of robust
girlhood, and her children should be by
rights of such vigor as to form living proof
of the falsity of DR.. Richardson's assertion
that the world of civilization contains no
entirely healthy baby. fhe residence with
in whose walls the young heir has entered a
world which he will find all padded at. the
angles for him is Lans8Owne housa in
Berkeley square, which the Earl of Rossbery
has rented for a period of years from the
Marquis of Lansdowne. II isoae of those
large ancestral houses of which few yet re-
main unframed in London, amid tho-manis
for improvement and rent collection.
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A winamas Horror.


A Eo2Dg man of this city recently made
a stay Of few days al Winamac, and tells
says that several days before he came to the
town man, having the Smallpox, ar
rived, The good citizens of that burg took
him to the fair grounds, laid him on pile
Of straw in a stalA, where he received no at
benhOn, and finally died. A kind-hearted
citizen dug shallow hole a few rods away,
threw a running moose around the mans
feet, dragged him into the hole and covered
him with y few shovelfuls of dirt, not
enough, however, for the hogs rooted him
up and deyoured him. This shameful &C
took place in Christian Indiana. 1t is too
horrible to think Of
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out that much in a solid chunk He SAYS
the pressure is sufficient to keep the air out
OF the sides of the crop. and that the product
is kept even better than In the silos. where
i is too often bruised and battered until the
succulent juices depart aud are replaced by
useless and harmful bubbles of air His
theory is that OF uniform and continuous
pressure. He said he could sustain eighty
milking animals six weeks on the product
of FIVE acres. His plan was to get IL into the
81 los quickly and cover it Immediately. He
fe4 MS animals three quarts of grain day
and thirty pounds of ensilage food. He
planted his corn in hedges about thirty-two
inches apart, putting in thirty or forty KERN
els, instead of five or six as usual. The
growth was principally stalks, very
sweet, with hardly any ears and
splendid food IL at could be cut very
green. He had used an old fashioned
mower to cut the crop from the field. He
estimated the cos: of harvesting at seventy
cents q ton, but said he would rather have
one ton of that crop than ton of best hay.
He estimated that he had raised 200 tons on
twelve acres. Upon being questioned, he
admitted that he had neither measured the
product nor the land, but he protested that
his estimate was correct When crops were
cut the corn was perfectly green at the top.
He spoke with emphasis against feeding any
unripe product, and for that purpose OPP
posed raising ears of corn to be cut green.
Such unripe food, he said, was poisonous.
Even clover was, in his opinion, poisonous
to cattle if cut before it blossomed. The
corn he favored most was Southern horse
tooth corn He was careful to get seed from
one locality, so that it would all ripen to-
gether. He spoke of the necessity of
keeping the surface of the ground broken,
so that when rain fell It would soak in and
not evaporate, taking the best of the manure
with it. Under fire of cross questions, he
described his method of putting weights on
his crops in ensilage. and said that the great
principle was to keep the air excluded.
Enough evidence as to the virtues of the
system has already been volunteered by the
gentlemen whose careful experiments are
given above, and while the chief interest in
ensilage has thus far been confined TO the
Eastern States, the subject is attracting great
attention in b. West, and will undoubtedly
become a matter of very general I'M portance
within a very short time. In certain West
ern dairy centres where pasturage IS yearly
becoming more limited the farmers who
keep cows for dairy purposes are seriously
discussing the subject of Introducing silos
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
The Flower Garden
Gardeners MonthIy.l

To make handsome, shapely specimens of
shrubs, cut them now into the forms you
want. and keep them so by pulling out all
shoots that grow stronger than the others
during the summer season.
Graft trees or shrubs where changed sorts
are desirable. Any lady can graft. Cleft
grating is the easiest. Split the stock, cut
the scion like wedge, insert in the split so
that the bark of the stock and scion meet;
tie a little baSt bark around it, and cover
with Trowbridge's grating wax, and all is
done; very simple when il is understood
and not hard to understand.
Ii flowers have been growing in the
ground for many years, new soil does won
ders. Rich manure makes plants grow, but
they do not always flower well with vigorous
growth. If new soil can not be had, a wheel.
barrow of manure to about every fifty sqsure
feet will be enough. Ii the garden earth
looks gray or yellow, rotten leaves--quite
rotten leaves--will improve it Ii heavy, add
sand. If very sandy, add saIt--about half a
pint to fifty square feet. If very black or
rich, from previous years manurings, use a
little lime, about a pint, Stacked, to fifty
square feet.
If the garden be full OF hardy, perennial
flowers do not dig it, but use fork, and
that not deeply.
Dig garden ground only when the soil
is warm and dry. Do not be in hurry, or
you may get behind. When a clot of earch
will crush TO powder as you tread on it, it is
time TO dig-nOt before.
If perennial plants have stood three years
in one place, separate the stools, replanting
one-third, ana give the balance to your
neighbOr who has none.
Box edgings lay we'll now Make the
ground firm and level. plant deep, with tops
not more than two inches above ground.
Roll the grass well before the softness of
a Shaw goes away 1t makes all smooth and
level.
In planting trees remember our repeated
advice to use the pruning knife freely.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
SOteldo,s Defense.

A Washington special says: 'Itls under
stood that vigorous defense of A. C. Sotel-
do will be undertaken. 1t is said that the
theory of the defense is as follows: The So
teldo brothers went to the Republican Of
fee without hostile intent, but believing
that there was possibility of an assault on
them, went prepared for an emergency. 1t
will be claimed that the office was public
place, in the sense that it was open to access
10 any one, and owing to A. NJ. Soteldo's
previous connection with the paper, espe-
cially so to him. A. M. Soteldo
asked the publication of GER
tain matters, to which Barton
objected. Barton opened drawer at his
right and laid his hand upon pistol The
younger Soteldo saw the action from his po-
sitioL, but his brother was so situated that
he could not. The younger Soteldo saw that
Barton was preparing to shoot his brother,
as he thought, and he saw that the latter
would be behind in the point of time, not
having his weapon in hand. and not aware
that Barton had his own at his command
A. c. Soteldo then drew his revolver, and
attempted TO shoot Barton. in order to pre-
vent Barton from killing his brother. A
c. Soleldo would be witness, and circum
stances would be relied on to corro5oratt
his testimony.
1t will thus be attempted to establish
| justification for the firing of the shot by a. G
SOteldo, through which, it is believed, hi
brother was accidentally killed. Charles III
Reed will conduct the defense. The mys
terry relative to the discrepancy between thu
size of the bullets found and the caliber o
the revolver in the possession of the authori
ties has been explained by the announce
ment that the officers made mistake il
| giving the caliber of the pistol as thirty-six
whenin fact it was thirty-two.
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HE seemed to me good, likely fighter
but not beyond finding his match"
do you think be Is the king pin now?''
why, by no means. You can get men
IN this country more than his equal"
How did you feel in the first round with
Sullivan"
Il felt as I always did-perfectIy easy.n
Did You not feel alarmed at Sullivan's
terrible hittingg''
Not bit Look at me and see if 1 am
any tue worse beyond this slight scratch on
the lip. In the sixth round Sullivan dropped
his hands as If he were weakening, and at
that time, If it had not been for the COM
paint from which l was suffering. / should
have gone in and done better work"
BAD ADVICE.
What was your plan in Sighting Sulli-
van?"
IF had been left to myself should, in
spite of everything, have gone in and forced
the fighting. but | was advised by my Sec
onds-Tom Kelley, of ST. Louis, and Johnny
Roche-to act on the defensive, and there /
think was mistake; but, no, L believe the
whole cause of my failure was the hernia.
That came against me from the very start.
The night before the fight wrestled with
the truss for hours together and. it would
not fit. The trouble was that my complaint
had become worse since the fight with Goss,
and l didn't calculate enough on that"
He was asked If he intended ever to enter
the prize ring agsin and he said that he had
promised,his mother that he would not
and he intended TO adhere 10 that promise
but when Mr.. Richard X. Fox, who lost al
together SO 600 Oh Ryan, suggested that he
would back him again for double the
amount of the last venture, he grew silent
and said nothing, and left the impression
that he was likely to consent.
Ryan, on the whole looked as if his pun.
ishInent had been very light. The scratch
on the upper lip was the only indication
that he had been in. fight. and that was
very tritiing. His neck, which was said to
have been so badly bruised, showed no sign
whatever of being even scratched. Ire
blow he received there produoeda simple
swelling. which had almost disappeared
last evening. He was unwilling. to admit
that Sullivan had any superior scientific
training as fighter, and regarded him en-
tirely in the light of ''slugger," or one
who nits away without any regard TO the art
of putting in his blows with design and pre-.
cision. In shor. Ryan appears to regard
Sullivan as si;1r a fighter on the brute
force principle, who in the course of ten OF
eleven rounds would soon become ex
hausted. Ryan is satisfied that if he could
only have held out a few more rounds Sui
livan would have cayed in, but his (Ryan's
condition was so desperate from the cause
already specified that if he had kept up the
struggle his life would have been seriously
ENDANGERED
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A practical educator, writing to the New
England Journal of Education, says: Il
know of no better mode of yentilaung old
buildings than the simple, inexpensive one
OF fitting board tightly across the bottom
of the window some eight or ten inches
wide and two or three inches from the sash,
on the inside The lower sash is thep
raised without causing draught of air upon
the scholars while the pure air is entering at
the bottom and middle of the window.
have seen this tried successfully with every
window of a school room-eight in all-thus
raised, to greater or less extent, through
every session, and dprlng the entire winter
season, without single scholar taking cold
therefrom. The room was % by 81 by 10
and the best ventilated 1 ever entered Will,
q school was in session."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
An opinion of Farm Life.

A Farmers Wife writes to the Ohio
Farmer as follows:
l was reared on the farm upon which
am now living (my fathers homestead)
When l was married l left the dear old
home with much reluctance to go to the
place of my husbands business, which was
in q f1ourishing town. We remained there
seven years, and at the expiration of that
time we concluded to return to the farm, as
my father wanted TO retire l thought it a
treat to get back. We have lived here sew
enteen years. / have great deal to see to
outside of my own affairs having hired
help all the time and husband away most
of the time. l can not call him the farmer,
but must fill the place of the farmers
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
An old Doctors advice.

1t was this: "Trust in God and keepyour
bowels open" For this purpose many an
old doctor has advised the habitually cos
tive 10 take Kidney Wort-for no other rem
edy so effectually oveTcomes this condition,
and that without the distress and griping
which other medicines cause. 1t is radical
cure for piles. Don't fail to use it-Trans-
lated from the New York ZeituBg.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22

"Say, Ryan," said one of his interlOcutors,
what made you lose the fight2"-
''If it hadn't BEEN" said ne in reply, 'for
that hernia from which l was suffering /
think | should have succeeded. What
should have done when | found that the
truss l wore was broken was 10 have thrown
upmy two hands and let the fight end at the
second round, but i was unwilling to give
in as long as my friends were concerned.
When fought G.Oss he'd the same hernia,
but | was not ALARMED about it then. for the
truss kept in its place and | stood the pun
ishment from Goss without the least fear OF
the consequences. Intact, l was far worse
pounded by. Goss than | was by Sullivan
and the effect of that fight remained with
me for six weeks, so that / was unable to lie
in bed except on one side"
Finally he tackled his valise and went pI
to his room in the hotel and there he spoke
his mind freely.
did you ever meet Sullivan before, Pad
dy?n
"Never in a fight"
"But you knew him personality"
"Well, yes, l have seen him."
"What did you think Of him as fighter2'
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
Russian Fruit.

A correspondent from Roachdale, Ind,
makes inquiry of us concerning certain
kinds of Russian" fruit-trees, shrubbery
and plants. A certain strawberry plant he
states, as represented to him by an agent,
will produce fruit as large as a guinea egg.
We have no information regarding the mat
ter, but would warn our friend that when he
is promised strawberries as large as guinea
eggs, he had better keep sharp lookout be-
fore purchasing.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
PADDY RYAN TALKS.
The Defeated Pugilists Arrival in New
Yorl-His Opinion of suIlivan-How He
Looks.
New York Herald. !

Yorlx-His Opinion of sunivan-How He
Looks.
New York Heraldl
Paddy Ryan, the defeated principal in the
great fight at Mississippi City, arrived in the
city last evening at about a quarter to 10
o'clock, several hours later than he had
been expected. He was met at the depot by
Richard r. Fox, William f. Harding Will
lam McDevitt, James McDevitt and Pat Tier
ney. He was accompanied on his journey by
Johnny Roach, Joe Connick, Wally Wilson,
Joe Shannon, of Brooklyn, and Jack
STYLES. He left Cincinnati ON Fri
day evening, and Pittsburg yester-
day morning and on his way to this
city he had an ovation at the various inter
vening stations quite as enthusiastic as if he
had been the victor in place of the van
quished. Accompanied by the two brothers
McDevitt he entered Halls Hotel on Cha
than street and Immediately proceeded to
the bar, where he threw out S. bill and
asked the boys standing around to take a
drink. A Herald reporter, who happened to
be present at the moment, introduced him.
self to the renowned illustrator OF fisticuffs
and was cordially received. He appeared a
manly. unpretending sort OF fellow, stand
ing over six feet high and dressed in the pre-
vailing style of mems costume. He wore a
partially cutaway Chat of dark English
tweed, and vest and pants to correspond,
and hair guard, with gold
mountings, depended across his vest. his
collar was low cut, and his scarf-pin was a
crystal inclosing dogs head. He had no
marks upon him of the recent terrible fight,
except a slight abrasion of the upper lip, on
the left hand side, which merely seemed to
disarrange the uniformity of his very mod
crate musiache. In the shape of his head
and body he bore a resemblance to the
Apollo Belvedere. His face had manly
and pleasant expression, and his voice is in
harmony with his appearance. The impress
sion given the spectator was that whether
victor or vanquished Ryan would still be
the same. A number of persons crowded
about him at the bar and very obsequiously
shook hands with him, but the mans man
ner indicated that he wanted no taffy and
no sympathy. His teeth are regular, his
nose straight, his face round, but not full
and his hair iscut short in front and behind
He was asked a number of questions, Il
which he responded frankly and fully every
1 fip,a
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
OUR FARM BUDGET.
What the Farmers Home Should Be
Mere About Essilage.

Old Time Farmers-An Opinion OF Farm
Life-Flower Gardens-Notes, Etc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-02-22
A ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.

How Young Man From washington
County, Indiana, Stole His Bride and
Avoided a Warrant Tor Kidnapinx-Au
Interesting story.