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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
FARM AND HOUSE.
Hints and Advice to Farmer and
Houssksepsr.
MODERN DAIRY FARmIN
Life on the farm-Tile Draining-Short-
Horns for Beef and MiIk-Veteri-
nary Notes-Lamiaities-
Open Joint.


Modern dairy farming, says the Hon.
Hiram Smith, of Wisconsin, starts out
with keeping one COW on four acres, and
this should be the password to every
dairy iodge-'ione COW to four acres"
and this should be rapidly reduced uu-
til the undoubted possibility isreached of
keeping one to every acre.
One Of the principles Of modern dairy
farming is to have our cows give the
most milk when dairy goods are at the
highest price, which is invariably in
winter. 1t has been repeatedly de-
monstrated that good herd OF cows
coming into milk in September, Octo.
Der, and November will, in the average,
give from 4, sou to 5000 pounds OF milk
annually. The milk is worth, to sell at
a factory, or to manufacture into butter
or cheese, $3.50 per 100 pounds, or
S5S so as the average for each cow. In
other words, dairy farming with one
cow to four acres produces -, $500, an
increase of 81, 500, by an outlay for feed
and help--a net profit of S640, a sum
sufficient TO raise the price of land from
SO PER acre TO 500 per acre.
A fundamental condition Unsuccessful
farming is large crops Of corn, not less
tuau TWO acres vi utlu tOTH lOT every
ten cow, or a total of twenty. four acres
for forty cows. All the manure of the.
farm should be evenly placed on these
twebty.four acres during the winter,
and the land plowed previous to the
10th OF May and thoroughly narrowed,
the corn planted Immediately thereaf-
ter with a horse drill, the rows three
and one-llalf feet apart, and the kernels
from seven to nine inches apart, aud up
cultivated well before the corn comes
up with fiue' tooth harrow. Frequent
ly thereafter cultivate until the 10th OF
July, at which time, if the work has
b, ell honestly done, it will be free from
weeds with never hoe in the field,
and it is almost certain 10 produce fifty
bushels per acre Of shielded corn and
thirty tons OF fodder. 1t takes less labor
to a;se twenty-four acres of corn AS
described above, than to raise half that
amount planted in hills and the Guilt
walton deferred until you can see the
rows.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
Educated ldlcness.

There Is an amount of educated idle
ness already abounding in our land
which makes one wonderat times, what
after all are the advantages resulting
from our costly system Of public in
struction.
The question will, Of course, be with
drawn "a soon as it is recollec ted that
from our schools, colleges and semina-
ries come forth every year all army Of
young men and women who are to do
the grand work a nation like this re-
quires to be done in every enlarging
measure. But still the drones are in.
Vulnerable. The notion has been fixed
in many minds that labor, however
honest, is degrading. A glance of the
eye over the Advertisements of daily
papers disclcses the fact that multitudes
are eager for places where wages can
he had and work declined. Affairs are,
indeed, coming to such degree Of high
and mighty independence among those
dependent for food and RAIN snt on their
own eXertiOns, that it is q very COM
mon thing for employers to be told by
their servants, male and female, that
they will not remain In places where
the work for one cannot be divided be-
tween two or three. Housekeepers are
becoming perplexed by this difficulty.
But servants will Learn the ways of
their superiors. To be above work is
the pride OF many ease-loving women.
and to be idle Il the ambition of not q
few Americans, whose education has
been barely sufficient To make them BE-
heVe that itleness and gentility are
allied. No mistake could be greater.
For honest work will soil no ones finger
50 much as the handling Of the bsead
Of Incidence.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
SubsoIIips for Potatoes.

The diminished product OF this crop
the past and previous seasons, in conse-
quence OF the severe drought, naturally
suggests the Importance OF sufficient
depth Of tillage to overcome the effects
Of dry, shallow soil, says the Country
Gentleman. Subsoiling to a depth
double that Of common blowing has
in repeated instances under our observa-
ton doubled the product of the potato
crop in excessively dry seasons. when
ordinary blowing was about seven
inches deep, and by subsoiling the
depth was increased to fourteen or fif-
teen inches, making loose.rsised bed
eighteen inches deep, the plants scarce
ly felt the influence of the hot and dry
weather which was parching the crops
on a shallow surface soil. The profits
of the increased product were the greater
because potatoes sold at high prices in
the dry seasons.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
Life on the Farm.l

AS to its drudgery, whatever has
been the case in the past, where there
were stamps 10 be pulled and mort
cages To be IiiteG from almost every
fled; when il was a long way to mar
ket, a, d he buyer paid for produce i'll
trade" hen almost all implements
were iaborously hewn out at home or
c,umsily hammered out by the village
blachsmith-there is, happily, less
dlUdgery on the farm now, aud less
need ofit every year. Taking the year
through, the working hours of a man
on farm are 10 longer than those of a
section hand on the railway, or an ar
tisan in the shop, who has his own gar
den to hoe before breakfast or after sup
per. The busy lawyer and the doctor
III average practice work harder and
longer than the farmer. The grocer
and the editor end the book keeper see
less of their children In their waking
hours than the farmer who sometimes
envies them their "easy Iife.' 1t must
be conceded, of course, that the profits
of farming are not so large on the
average as those which are realized by
men who are successful in mercantile
life. But, such as they are, they are
rer-twenty fold surer, at least. Large
proiits.are always contingent on large
risks.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
women at q Fire.
.AroySt.ok RcpubiioGn.

Al the recent fire in Fort Fairfield,
Me-, the heroic work OF the womea de-
serves more than the mere notice that
We are obliged at this writing to give.
No sooner had the alarm of fire been
given than women and girls rushed TO
the rescue of those who needed them
most. They took care of helpless chill
dren, removed the sick, then carefully
removed the household goods, watched
and protected them from those who
came 10 pilfer, and then when the great
contest came, the last hope OF ssvipg
anything above the Fostoifice, they
took their stand, formed lines to the
river, passing buckets and pals all
along the line. They even went up on
the ladders and fought with almost
superhuman strength, while many
stout, able-bedied men stood by and
looked on complacently. One young
lady who was nearly exhausted, asked
one OF these burly fellows to take her
place and relieve her a moment, but he
coolly replied: "You are doing well;
keep on" Several OF the girls faced the
flames when their clothes caught fire.
One had her bat burned of, and ore
had her hair burAed considerably.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17

chiId's croup turned out to be something
far less terrible, but duty kept him
with her for some days. AT length,
however, he was again walking down
Tulip.tree lane. thinking that this time
no domestic complication should pre-.
vent him saying his say, when who
should he meet but Mr.. and Mrs. Csth-
cart arm in arm, conversing with much
lover. like actions on subject that any
one could see very deep, interesting,
and amusing.
The looked 80 lover-like that James
Grafton almost hesitsted to approach
them. But Mrs. Cathcart espied him:
COB, Mr.. Cation, what DO you think
has happenedw she asked. laughing in
the brightest and most charming way,
and looking very much excited. "Why
really we're all SO delighted about it
why, Eunice's old sweetheart has come
back, and 1t was all a mistake, and he's
the finest fellow in the world, aud
they're going to be married at once,
and they're as happy, as happy, as
haI py, as happy"-and she looked at
her husband and rapidly nodded her
head up and down-''as happy, very
nearly a. We are! What do you think
oil thai, Mr.. Grafton"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
THINGS RICH AND STRANGE.
Noteworthy Trees.

The king oak, in Windsor forest, Eng
land, is 1000 years old.
A chestnut that was a sapling 400
years ago has just been cut by Mayor
Bomar, OF Salisbury, Y. q. It meas
ured nine feet in diameter.
In the Skagit country, in Washing
ton Territory, is spruce tree forty feet
in circumference. 1t is uprooted and
lies in deep slough.
Two orange trees belonging to J. B.
Smith, Hawthorne, Ga, bore last sea-
son $3.50 oranges each. One Of them
measures seven feet around and is sixty
feet high.
A huge chestnut tree, growing on the
farm of Benjamin NJ. Reed, near Bay
View, Va, has borne large crop OF
nuts every year for century. ltmeas-
ures y feet in circumference.
Mr.. George Hall, of.Slver Spring,
Marion, county, Fla, has an orange
tree thirty-live feet high and two and q
half in circumference near the ground,
which has Oh it about 1900 oranges.
A huge excrescence on birch tree
growing in the town Of WestmOre, VT,
bles a grinDiDg human face of gigantic
proportions. 1t is four feet and four
inches from the top Of the forehead to
the tip of the chin.
There is an apple tree in Rabun coun-
~, Ga, that Is probably the largest on
the continent. 1t shades the greater
part of farm yard, and in one year the
owner gathered pa bushels of apples
from it, besides what his stock destroy
ed. He received twenty-five cents per
bushel for them from wagOners.
The Crcssage oak of England is prob
ably not less than fourteen centuries
Old. The circumference of the trunk
WIS about thirty feet, measured at q
height OF five feet from the ground; but
only about one-balf of the shell of the
hollow trunk now remains. 1t still
bears fifteen living branches, each tif-
teen or sixteen feet in length. A young
oak grows from the centre of the hollow.
A yew that is over 800 Years old
stands in the garden of the Herrenhaus,
Berlin. 1t is Of the species TaXus bac-
cata, is IS feet high, and its lower cir
cumference is 5 feet. It's species is
wholly extinct in the forest. The
premises on which it stands were once
owned by the father of Felix Nendcls-
sohn- Bartholdy, and the first execution
Of "a Summer Nights Dream" took
place in this very garden. At the time
the Upper Chamber Hall was erected,
it was King Frederick William ".
who saved the venerable tree from de-
struct;On.
The Oldest tree in the world, so far as
any one knows, is the 30 tree of the
sacred city of AmarapoOra, in Burmah.
1t was planted 2SS Is. c., and is there
fore now 2,l7O years old. SIR James
Emerson Tennet gives reasons for be-
liCving that the tree is really of this
wonderful age, and refers TO historic
documents IN which it is mentioned at
different dates, as Isl A. d., 223 A. d.,
and so Oh to the present day. "TO it,"
says Sir James, "kings have even dedi.
Gated their dOminions, in testimony of
belief that it is branch of the ident-
cal fig-tree under which Buddha re-
clined at l'rumelya when he underwent
his spOtheosis.' It's leaves are carried
away as streamers by pilgrims, but it is
too sacred to touch with knife, and
therefore they are only gathered when
they fall.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
Farm Notes,

The hesfhfulness of milk depends
largely upon having clear aud pure
water for cows. Often that which ap.
pears clean, because free from sediment,
contains the germs OF disease, and these
surely reappCar in the milk.
The high price Of butter, cheese and
other dairy products continue long
enough to show that it is not caused by
temporary crop failures. We must
have large increase of cows before
they or their products are much
cheaper.
The first demand of bees in spriug Is
for comb material. II rye -four Is placed
within reach of bees early, the queen
will begin laying, the swarms will be
earlier and stronger and all the sum.
meT's work more successful.
An old steel-tOothed horse rake is a
good thing TO take sod,- grass roots, corn
stubble aud any other trash not plowed
in from the fields that you are intend.
ing TO SOW down with grain and grass
seed; rake them up and draw thern of.
Texas has put stop to the wholesale
disposal OF her valuable land at cheap
rates. Hereafter not more than one
section will be sold by the State 70 a
single buyer, and the price will be rai4kd
to - or So per acre. according to loo 4.
ton.
The iron which is common in most
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
Cost OF Tile Drai1lng.

Here in the West the cost of draining
with tile is about ns follows:
1t costs 20 cents rod to get ditch
three feet deep for laying tile, three and
a half costs - cents, four feet 81 cents.
Two and half inch tile costs So per
LOCO ut the factory; three inch, So;
four inch, $50; five inch, $40, aud six
inch, $50. a tile is plump foot in
length, and sixteen of them will lay q
rod.
Two and half inch tile is large
enough when sufficient fall can be had
to run the water rapidly away. Land
can he drained with less than $40 per
acre, which is worth SO for general cul-
tivation.
A great portion of all the bottom lands
adjoining creeks can be drained at mod
crate expense, which will prove the
best for corn raising, as the soil is al
most ineXhaustible. Such lands are
getting too valuable to let lie, as much
of 1t now does. Ten years hence will
see them all under cultivation.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
shor,.Horns for Beef and MILK.

Thornton's Short-horn Circular gives
a valuable summary of the sales of
short-hOrns in Great Britain in 1882.
At thirty-five sales Loss lots were sold
at an ave age of little less than e3j.
There were also public sales of 73S bulls
and bull calves, In his comments on
these sales Mr.. Thornton points out
that there was good demand for young
bulls, ESPECIALLY wherever the cows
which produced them gave signs that
they retained the original characteristics
of the short-horn, the power to yield a
large flow Of milk and the quality of
feeling quickly to great weight when
dry. The herds which have been kept
for dairy purposes were the easiest to
dispose o." In many specimens the
short'hcrn Is unsurp assed, If egualed,
for ability to do surprisingly well, either
at the pail or the butchers block. 1t is
a serious misfortune that so many
breeders have neglected the milk-giv-
ing capabilities of the breed.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
RARE GEMS.
Motives are better than actions.
Whatever you do, do cheerfully.
The unjust mind is ever in labor.

Motives are better than actions.
Whatever you do, do cheerfully.
The unjust mind is ever in labor.
We cannot live to ourselves alone.
y bOaster is always to be suspected.
y trusting nature is loving nature.
To much reserve makes us misera-
bile.
He that doeth no injury, fears no In
jury.
Pleasant thoughts make pleasant
lives.
Love, like charity, coversa multitude
Of faults.
y love ofmOney Is great enemy to
honesty.
y mans ruling passion is the key to
his character.
y prayerless life is like u watch with
out any handspring.
The deepest feeling often lies in silence,
the lightest in words.
Warmth of feeling is one thing,
permanence another.
\ heart OVERLOOKING with feeling
draws love like a magnet.
Well.directed toll will insure success
in every walk Of life, high or low.
Hardship and toll are necessary for
development of power and strength Of
character.
How grand how glorious the thought
that there is place where all is free
from the faint of sin and evil.
1t is often owing to a consciousness of
a designing temper in ourselves, that
wesre led to suspect others.
Few honors, fortunes, or purposes, ARE
gained without venturing or running a
risk Of failure and danger.
There Is no greater weakness than
that Of letting our happiness depend
too much upon the opinion Of others.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
A WIFE TO HER HUSBAND.

Que Of rs, dear
But one
VIII sit oy bed with q marvellous fear,
And clasp hand,
Growing cold As IL feeels for the spirit
land
Darling. which onet
One OF us, Dear
But ono
Win slant by the others coffin bier.
And lock and weep,
v lille those marble lips strange silence
Keep,
Darling. which onef
One OF Us, dear
But one
BY an open grave will drop tear,
And homeward 20,
The anguish Of an unshsred grief 70
know-
Darling, which one
One Of us, darling, tt must De;
IL must be y6u will slip from me-
Or perhaps my life may Just DC done
bich ones
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
A Fox Hunt I'm London.
81. James GG-ctte.

There wss fox hunt on the Victory
mbank ment yesterday afternoon,
May 2S. AS a fsncser was proceeding
up the Embaukment with tame fox
under his arm q retriever dog attacked
the fox from behind, causing him TO
break away from his proprietor. This
was the commencement Of general
attack upon the fox and at every ST he
had Bew opponents, from the Newlound.
land downward. Running throu, IN the
rails Of the gardens, however, he man
ages to evhde his pusuers for some
time, but was eventually brought down
10 the open.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
HousDholA Hints.

luOot tudt hIc.
HeasshslA Hints.
Apretty heading for the top Of a mus
lin curtain Is made by hemming each
edge of q strip of muslin and gathering
It in two places SO that there shall be .
puff In the center and ruffle on each
edge.
When buying tin covers for kettles
be sure that they have rings Of wire on
the top, instead Of fat handles soldered
on, rs these will not last any preOepd-
bic time, and the cover must then be
thrown away.
A good present for an old lady is Q
light wooden wrapper, made double,
with thickness of wooden between,
and Quilted in rather large diamonds.
Take simple sack pattern, and cut it
large and ample, so that she can slip 1t
over her night dress.
For washing hands that have become
cracked or blackened, there Is
nothing better than Indian meal
rubbed on with tile soap. 1t
not only removes the dirt, but
softens and whitens the hands as we'll.
For men and boys doing farm or shop
WeTh IL Is tSccueut, auu suouiu oV hcPt
always athand.
Ammonia water or dark cloth
dipped in whiting, cleans paint nicely.
Sapolio is also good. Cold tea is the
best thing to clean val nished wood with,
the tea and tea leaves saved from the
table for several days and stepped will
usually be sufficient. 1t removes spots,
and gives fresher, newer appearance
than when soapand water are used.
1.-THE carpet needs freshening up af-
ter lacking down, sweep aud then wipe
with flannel cloth, wTung out CT warm
water with OK gall IN it, in the proper
ton ofone quart of gall to three quarts
of water. The improved appearance
of the carpet will amply repay the trou-
bic If this is is done Cnce in six weeks.
as the rubbing raises the pile and fresh
ems the colors.
One objection to ingram carpet is
that the high heels which servants de.
light i'm wearing on thick sho u seem to
catch at the threads and drag them out
of place, producing a rough surface;
another is that the legs Of heavy chairs
hayethe same effect. One way il saw
ing carpets is 10 cover the ends of the
chair legs with rubber caps, at a cost of
about Is cents. Heels are, of course,
amenabie TO no such remedy,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.

This column is set aside for tho special
Ioncflt of our regular subscribers. All ques.
lions will De respectively answered by Dr.
{. Il. Robinson, u vctinary physician anu
surgeon OF Wheeling, W. Va, All comm uni
cat Ons should be- addressed. Veterinary fdi-
tor REGISTER
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-17

CLAY soils Is an effectual antidote 10 paris
green poison. TIE reddish coler Of clay
foil Is due to iron rust, and where thus
is seen the poison Of paris green 10 neu-
tralized as soon as it reaches the ground.
Hens will lay rs many eggs without
the attentions of the male as with
them. When eggs are not desired fer
breeding the expense of keeping cocks
may be dispensed with. The eggs, not
being fertiiized, will keep better than
those that are.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-01-16

Jefferson County, to-Tlt:
At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the Cir
1888
JOHN C. GREEN'S Admir-. and Thomas C.
Green and Mary n. Green his wife, Plaintiffs,
WA. n. MCDONALD i and others. Defendants
IL CHASCERY.
fsNHE object of this suit is to settle the ac-
L counts of Vim. N Mcdonald. trustee in
deed of trust executed by Edward II. Mcdonald
:" lnm as trustee. conveying certain tract of
land in Mineral county. West Virginia, contain
ing about l2j acres. upon certain trusts. which
Deed Is dated the 9th day of February 1867
and was recorded in the Recorders Office OF
Mineral County. West Virginia. on the Goth
day of February. 1867 and to settle the ac-
counts between the complainant. Thomas c.
Green. and the said VIM. y. Mcdonald arising
out OF their joint ownership of certain land in
Jefferson County, West Virginia. partly within
and partly without the town of Charicstown
as well as ont of all individual transactions be-
tween them: to charge the interest of said VIM
y. Mcdonald in much of said tract of land
as has not been sold, as well as the house and
lot thereon. occupied by the complainant
Thomas {. Green. with the Indebtedness of the
said VIM " Mcdonald to him. arising from
his having paid off liens on said tract of land
and on said house and lot. which should have
been paid by the said Vim. " Mcdonald: to
divide said land between them and to have said
VIM. n. Mcnona!d's interest in said land, as
We'll :s said house and lot. and To have the pro-
cecds OF the sale applied to the payment of the
said lien of the said Thomas C. Green. after
satisfying the said VIM. n. McDonaId's portion
of the unpaid purchase money unless it should
be sold subject thereto. and the balance to be
applied to the Indebtedness of the said Vim n
Mcdonald as such trustee. after the payment of
the costs of this suit
1t appearing. on affidavit filed in this suit.
that the Defendants VIM. Y. Mcdonald Ed II
Mcdonald. Ann S. Green. Jas. w. Green. Susan
L. Stanartl. Jno. b. Stanard. Flora Williams
L. F. Williams. Ellen P. Mcdonald. Angus w
Mcdonald. Marshall Mcdonald. Harry P. Nc
Donald. Allen l. Mcdonald. Kenneth McDon-
adj Roy Mcdonald. Donald Mcdonald. and
I Hunter Mcdonald are not residents of the State
of West Virginia they arc hereby required to
first publication of this order or the next Rule
Day. viz: February 5th. 1883. and do what is
necessary to protect their interests in this mat
ter. F. p. LYNCH.
Clerk of the Circuit Court
hmm G.t . 1siEs U. 1sririt ro0 SO oil
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-01-16

In the Circuit Court of jefferson County, West
\. w MCDONALD. spcc1 Receiver, Plaintiff.
Against
WILLIAM A. LARUE, James j. Laruc John
s Moore, Committee Admir- of John b. Larue,
Defendants,
IL CuANcERY.
Extract from Decree of November Goth. 1892 }
- is adjudged, ordered and decreed that
l. this cause be referred to a Commissioner
of this Court, who shall ascertain and report
the liens on the lands of William \. and James
j. Laruc. and their respective prioritics he will
also convene the creditors of the estate of John
B. Laruc, deceased. and will ascertain whether
there is any personal estate in this State the
property of said estate. and also the quantity
contained in said lot III the bill mentioned. and
its value. total and annual Before taking the
account herein directed. the Commissioner will
publish, in the SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON. u news
paper publ Shed in the town of CharlestOwn.
notice for four successive weeks of tie time and
place of his proct ling herein"
F.P. LYNCH, Clerk.