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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03
Mr.. PARSUNs's COMPLAINT.
WHAT MEssRs. WALES AND oLLIFrE SAY ABOUT tn

CUTTING OF TREES IN THE PARK
The Park Commissioners indignant over the
publication of the letter OF con paint sent by tue
supe Intemdent OF planting, Samuel Parsons IT.. 10
the Board 1t was read at the executive session or
the Board on Wednesday, bui the commissioners
refused to make il public. Mr. Parsons complained
that Aneuun Jones, the superlnteH1H nn Oh
number of vigorous young trees against
his express orders. Yesterday TRIBUNE reporter
visited the Park Department Bu'hlns IN Union
Square where he found Commissioner Wales. MI
Naies SAID: "The letter addressrd to MI
Oitfe but a copy of it had been sent to me at IN
country residence l investlg sted the mat or, as
am opposed the needless destruction OF trees, ana
had informed Mr. Jones TO that effect some time
ago. | found that TWO evergreens ana one sapnng
had been cut down in front OF tue spa. Inc ever
greens we're dying and The saplng was an 0Dslruc-
IiOD, spelling tn view. Mr.. Jones consulted MI.
FISCHER an excellent arbori and two OF the
Commissioners before ordering the destruction or
the trees He is acting carefully aud should nor De
uuiustlv cepsurcd. When the letter was presented
to the Board advised that no action be taken but
now that Mr. Parsons has furnished his letter 10 the
press shall advise different course
Commissioner OllIife was also found IN the
building ~,
What do you propose to do in regard to Mr.
Parsons's letter of cOmpainti" asked the reporter
/ consider mis- letter virtual resIgnatlo OF his
Office" re piled the Commissioners. 81 don't under
stand MI. Paisonss action unless 1t was caused by
kome petty jealousy. General fIcie, Commissioner
Wales ana III, self Investigated tue matter and
found hat OF the trees were dying and that the
sapllng was out OF place and Distracted The view
from the Spa. They were therefore removed.
smoke TO Mr. Parsons some time ago about pines dy-
ing at my country place and ne told me that lhe
tres all affected in this section OF the country
and plenty we're dying in the Park. Since 1 have
been III this department MIR. Parsons has never
failed 10 spend quarters OF every "Wednesday
nj this Office. lie did not come here yesterday ana
lett note for him, but he has not ed Tor IT,
telephoned TO the Arsenal to-day, but could not
catch biun."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03
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JERSEY CITY.

The Taxpayers Association of Greenville, a
suburb of Jersey CITY. which was annexed to ID
city in 1870. Is moving now to nave the annexation
annullrd. The advocates of secession declare that
Gre-nville has 0iined nothing fro the annexation
there have been street sewer improvements
and little police or fire oroteoIon nothing, IN fact
but he privilege Uf paying more taxes. An appi-
cation will probably bee made to the next Legisla-
ture to havO the consOlidlt alton act resclnded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-03

JAMAIcA.--Thomas Reynolds, of New-York City,
for resisting arrest by Officer Carpenter at Rock
away Beach Oh Wednesday evening" was Yesterday
sentenced 70 twenty days imprisonment in the
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
The Gradual Cooling of the Earth

In a"Treatise on Natural Philos
ply" by Professors Sir W. Thoms
and p. G. TAFT, Sir w. Thomson. spea
ing of an opinion advanced by S
Charles Lyell, respecting the posi-
maintenance of the earth's heat wit
out change throughout countless ag|
used words which, says Kno,oled9
may be applied without Change of
word to the stupendous theory
vanced by Sir C. Siemens no. so vd
long since--such an idea of pra
tically endless cycle violates the pr
ciples of natural philosophy in exact
the same manner, and to the sar
degree, as to believe that q clock co
structed with a self-winding mot
ment may fulillthe expectations of
ingenious inventor by going foreve
The earth is necessarily cooling fro
century to century; her volcan
energies are certainly diminishing,
certainly, to use an illustration of
w. Thomson's, as the quantity of gu
powder in monitor is diminishi
when, hour after hour. she is seen
discharge shot and shell, whether al
nearly equable rate or not. without
ceiving fresh supplies Of ammuniti'
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Indian TT eatment OF Captives.

The five Mexican women and one
child recaptured from the Apaches by
General Crook were surprised by
band of Apaches under the personal
command of Geronimo, about the 10th
of May. The Indians, with their cap
tives, travelled ince sanity the remain
der of the day and all night. They
calculated that the next morning after
their capture they were at least one
hundred miles distant, though they
cannot tell in what direction. For
three days they were without water,
but after that it was found in abund-
ance. The country through which they
passed was I'D beyond description.
At times they were compelled to crawl
upon all tours. Their thirst for the
first three days nearly drove them
crazy, and the Indians would whip and
lash them up, and compel them to
travel. Toward the last of their cap
tivity their food commenced giving
out, and they were put upon rations, a
small piece of raw beef being all that
was given them. This had to be di-
vided among the six. Mrs. Antonio
little child in her arms. The Indian
children took great pleasure in tor
menting him, pinching him, and jab-
bing sharpened sticks into his sides,
giving him great pain. When they
demonstrated, Geronimo or his men
only laughed at her misery. The last
two days of their captivity they had no
food ut all. There was snow on the
mountains. The cold was intense, and
the women suffered greatly, almost
freezing. The Indians never remained
quiet in one spot a day, but were con-
tinually moving. They Travelled nearly
100 miles a day, going in every direc-
ton, but tending generally nearly
westward. The captives were abused
and maltreated in every possible man
ner. They were made to work heavily
whenever camp was made, and We're u
general object of abuse and ridicule.
The Indians would take up Mrs. Her
nandez' little boy, threaten to kill him,
and would throw stones at him, to the
great mental anguish of his mother.
One of the women was sent as host
age of some sort to Chihuahua to make
peace. The exposure to cold, thirst,
famine and exhaustion from travel and
fear of torture was having an effect on
the poor women The first thing they
knew they were hustled one day fur
Their into the mountains. The next
day brother of Chief Chatte delivered
them up to General Crock. AS one of
them expressed herself when she saw
General Crook and the soldiers: 1T
seemed as if the sky opened and Heav'
en- appeared francisco Morn
ina can
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Mixing Soils TO Produce Fertility.

The most productive kind of soils
are q natural mixture of sand and
clay, and known as loans. The nearer
poorer soils can be made to resemble
loans the better they will be. There
are many ways of improving inferior
soils, and one is rendering them fer
tile by proper admixture.
A soil, for ins lance, with too large q
per cent. Of clay in its composition
will be improved by an application of
sand or sandy loan. Calcareous, sandy
and peaty soils will respond favorably
to the addition of clay. Calcareous
earth may be added to clays, sands
and peats with the certainty of benefit.
The benefits arising from ar admix-
ture of soils are twofold-the mechani-
cal texture is improved and the chemi-
cal composition of the soil is altered.
While there is no doubt but that
soils possessing defects in their physi-
cal and chemical properties may be
rendered productive by proper adj
mixture, it does not of necessity follow
that it will always pay to resort to this
method. For instance, a piece OF very
stiff land might require so large per
cent. of sand to be added in order to
make it as loose and friable in texture
as is desirable that the operation will
involve more labor and expense than is
within ordinary farm practice.
In such a case as the above it is adj
vised to ascertain the nature of thu
subsoil, through which the surface sci
may often he readily improved. Fol
example if sandy soil rests immedi
ately upon a substratum of clay, which
Is near the surface, the clay may b,
turned up and mingled with the sur
face soil to advantage. Or where tn
clay is uppermost great good ma,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27

sHas any one spoken to you of
-love?" he asked, abruptly.
"No," she answered, with gravity.
"But they will-sometime"
"I suppose So" said Perseverance.
Evidently there was nothing Of the
coquette about her.
"Would you be very much surprised,
Perseverance, if 1 were to tell you that
1 loved youp'
She started and colored to the very
roots of her hair.
"Surprised 2" she repeated. "Yes
oh, yes For you despised me in
those days"
Never p he cried.
cor at least 1 fancied So" she fal.
tered.
but love you now, Perseverance
sweetest, precious treasure of my
soul - he went on, reading some dim
encouragement in the downcast eyes,
the red, quivering mouth. Il will not
let you go until you promise to be my
wife. You have saved my life once
and it Is in your power to save it from
further shipwreck now"
Hugh Russell mad spoken the same
words of love in her ear two hours be-
fore and she had run away from him,
half angry and wholly frightened.
But this-this was different.
"Will you promise me, Persever-
ance?" he gently reiterated.
yes" she answered.
And that was the way in which
Major Cheston, whose heart had been
SO long regarded by his lady friends as
an invulnerable fortress, won the
beautiful young wife who was as un-
like the other bellies of society as is
the tropical blossom of the scarlet
pomegranate to the commonplace red
roses of the garden border.
1t was a strange meeting, still
stranger wooing, but most happy mar.
riage And perhaps this is the most
satisfactory record that any love affair
can leave.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SPAWN In n Horse.

The first indication of SPAWN is a
limping movement of one hind leg. 1t
is not shown when the animal is stand
ing, and only when moving, and is
worse when going up hill or moving
quickly. The trouble is in the hook
joint, internally, where the bones move
upon each other, and consists of in
Illumination and bony growths on the
surfaces of the bones. Treat it with
cold wa or bandages at night and APP
ply blistering ointment on the front
and sides of the joint, piece as large
as bean rubbed into the skin.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Cows.

Suppose that the worst cow in a
farmers herd will produce one hun
dred pounds of butter annually, and
very many COWS will not do this much,
and his best cow will produce two
hundred pounds per annum, at cost
of five dollars more for extra feeding,
which will also add considerably to the
value of the manure pile. The average
annual C st of feeding a COW is about
twenty-five dollars, and supposing that
the value of the manure produced on
the farm will pay the cost of attend
ance, and the skinned milk pay for
making the butter, the farmer would
require to sell his butter at twenty-five
cents per pound in order to avoid
losing money by his poor cow, but as
twenty cents per pound is a pretty high
average for dairy butter, the annual
loss of the poor cow will be
about five dollars. Contrast this with
the results obtained from the good COW.
Her feed will cost al out thirty dollars,
to be deducted from the sale of two
hundred pounds of butter at twenty
cents per pound, leaving clear profit
of SO in the season. We will now
suppose that our farmer buys good
Jersey COW, that will produce four
hundred pounds of butter annually,
while she costs no more to keep than
the COW which produces two hundred
pounds. AS Jersey butter is much
superior to ordinary butter it ought to
bring higher prices, but in this case
we will suppose that it is sold at the
same rate as the other, when the ac-
count would stand thus From four
hundred pounds sold at twenty cents
per pound (sS0), take Thirty dollars
cost of keep and there will remain $50
of clear profit, or five hundred per
cent more than from the good COW
which produced two hundred pounds
-RasticaiS, in Month, al Witness.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
WISE WORDS.

That is the bitterest Of ALTO wea1
the yoke Of our own wrong doing.
There is no greater delight than I'd
Oe conscious OF sincerity on self-exami|
hation.
The world may owe you living, but
gou have to ste around lively and col
lect your bills.
1t is better to believe that a man
does possess good qualities than to as
tert that he does not.
The men who do things maturely
slowly, deliberately, are the men whd
oftenest sue; eed in life. People wild
are habitually in hurry have to di
things twice over. The tortoise beat|
The hare at last.
There is no bett test of purity and
true goodness than reluctance TO thinl
evil IF ones neighbor, and absolutely
lncapacity to believe an evil report
about good men, except upon the mos
trustworthy evidence.
Unscrupulou:ness gets rid OF mucl|
but not of toothache, or WOUNDED
vanity, VI OHt SeuSc VI lOiltiiuco1
aga INST whicl, as the world at present
stands, there is no security but thor
oughly healthy jaw and just, lovin|
soul.
The man who owes q little can clea|
it off in very little time, and if he
a prudent man, will; whereas a mai
who, by long negligence, owes gred
deal, despairs of ever being able to paJ
and therefore never looks into the ad
counts at ALL
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27

We have more than once said that
it does not pay, and we are glad that
so able a journal as the Germantown
Telegraph presents the idea. 1t is
this: In removing the hay from the
field, that portion known as raking
should be allowed to remain, for two
reasons-one is that it will not pay for
the labor in gathering up; the other,
that it does pay, and twice over, in
being scattered over the field, and act
ing as a mulch to the exposed roots of
the stubble. These ralSings keep the
roots cool and moist, and will add
largely to next years yield of timothy
or orchard grass, as the case may be-
Many first-class farmers pursue this
method at all times, but there are sc
many who do not that we regard it as
worth while to remind them of the ad
vantages of it, and ask them to give II
a trial.-NeD York Herald.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Killed by q Statue.

The story of the sculptor at Ayr
(Mr. Smith), who is reported to have
been crushed to death by a heavy
monument on which he was at work,
and which he somehow brought down
upon himself from the platform on
which it had been raised, recalls several
stories of antiquity and of the Middle
Ages in which the sculptor is repre-
sented as struck to the ground and
killed by his own creation. Some
times, too, a statue will fall in an in
dependent manner on a person who
had taken no part in creating it, but
who had been guilty of some offense
generally toward the statue itself. A
statue, for example. having been
erected during his lifetime to the
wrestler Theagenes, jealous rival APP
preached it one night, and, after insult
ing it by word of mouth, seized it by
the beard and pulled it down upon
himself with crushing effect. An en-
deavor, too. has been made to explain
by like affront, followed by like con
sequences, the legend of Don Juan and
the statue of the commander. Unhap
PLY, in the case Of Mr.. Smith. the story
is true. The monument that crushed
him was tombstone weighing up
wards of half a ton.-PdU Mall Ga
zette.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
A Beautiful Threc-Lcgged Colt.

w. r. Polston, of Nashville. Ter
has three-legged bay colt. which
now over year old. ana of which
american says: Excepting tine f
that he possesses one leg less tn
other members of his species, he i
perfectly formed animal. When
writer saw him he was hoppl
around Mr.. Polston's back yard, a
resented an interference with his lc
tail by kicking vigorously and with
much grace and precision as an
mule. The entire left fore-shoul
and leg of this remarkable animal
missing, the only effort which nat
seems to have made to supply I
want being a bone something in
shape of a seals fin, and about
same size.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
Recipes.

SPANISH SHORTCAKE.-Take three
eggs, half cup of butter, one
cup of sugar, two-thirds of a
cup of sweet milk, a little CHINA
mon, two cups OF flour and one tea
spoonful of baking powder; stir the
flour in, do not knead it; the eggs,
butter and sugar should be beaten to-
gether till very light. Bake in shall
low tin; when it is done spread thin
frosting over the top; make this CT
the white of an egg, a little pulverized
sugar, and teaspoonful Of cinnamon;
set it in the oven to brown.
Corn AND BEAN SOUP.-Take two
pounds of beef, Il pound of pork, pint
of black or navy beans (soak over
night, large onion, a small carrot, a
head of celery. Put the above ingre-
dents into the soup pot with a gallon
of cold water and let simmer gently
for five or six hours. Take off and
let it get cold; remove the grease and
place it on the stove to boil again.
About an hour before dinner add a
quart of canned corn. Strain the
soup, season with cayenne pepper and
salt, and serve with or without the adj
dition of boiling cream.
LADIES CABBAGE.-Bon firm
white cabbage fifteen minutes
changing the water then for more
from the boiling teakettle. When
tender, drain, and set aside until per
fectly cold. Chop fine, and add two
beaten eggs, a tablespoonful OF butter
pepper, salt, three tablespoonfuls rich
milk or cream. Stir al well together
and bake in buttered pudding dish
until brown. Serve very hot.
SOUTHERN MODE OF COOKING
RICE.--Pick over the rice and wash II
in cold water to one pint of rice put
three quarts of boiling water and hall
teaspoon of salt boil it Just seven
teen minutes from the time it begins
to boil turn off all the water set i
over a moderate fire with the cove
off. to steam fifteen minutes. TAX
care and be accurate. The rice water
first poured off is good to stiffen mus
Inns.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27

A writer in the Homestead, of Pat
tonville, Iowa, says: The prevailing
custom of raising cabbage plants in a
hotbed or frame and afterward trans
planting them is a mistake. We have
experimental for several years, using
both modes, and invariably got the best
results from planting the seed in the
hills where we wish them to grow,
planting three or four seeds in each
hill and thinning them out after they
show the fourth leaf, taking the poor
est plants out and leaving only the
strongest. Last year of my cabbage
planted in this way several weighed
over twenty-five pounds, while those
from plants carefully set out in the
usual way and with the same cultiva-
ton would weigh scarcely ten pounds.
Transplanting checks the growth at
the most critical time, and the retard-
ed plants show the effects during the
whole season and are less likely to
head.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
SOLILOoUY OF AN OLD MIRROR
Upon this old and rusty nail
I've hing for many wears;

Upon this old and rusty nail
I've hung for many years;
All, me but could tell tale
Of pleasure-yes, and tears.
How many beaming countenance
That in the days gone by
Gave me the quick, admiring glance
Now in the churchyard liel
Wrink es have grown on faces fair,
Bright eyes their luster lost.
And en- the fair heads of glossy hair
Has fallen ages frost;
The manly form erect and proud,
Has lost its stately grace,
And gray with years and sorrow bowed
Now shtns my truthful face.
The lad who shaved his d)wny lip
BY my reflected aid,
And made so many a cruel slip
With keen-edgsd ra sor blads,
Now hath son, who, now and then,
With comic Il grimace,
Apes we'll the ways of older men
And scrapes his beardless face.
A maiden lady, ola anu spare,
Who mo lrns her lonely state,
Comes here and combs her sca1ty hair
In style long out of date;
Then, with affected unconcern,
She daubs her check with red,
In hopes that she may some day turn
Some single dodgers head.
Two lovers came to-day and gazed
Together in my face
He with enthusiasm praised
The beauty of her face;
Claeped in each others loving arms
Quite long they gazed in me
John looked at Mary's buxom charms,
And Mary-so did she
There Bobbie with his dreadful ball,
Has ended me, know
My fran hangs empty on the wall.
My fragments lie below.
All, we'll, 'twould do but little good
My feelings to express
The stony glances I'd withstood
Had weakened me, guess.
-Pdrmends MIA
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-07-27
A NOYlty.

"What is that lying on your des1
asked Gus De Smith of young
ciety business man, at whose Office
happened to be.
"Those are my receipted bills tn
have Just paid"
"Receipted bills You don't
SOP" exclaimed Gus. with animal
"let me look at them, please. I've
seen anything Of the kind in the
I.sye years" ~--SVSingS.