Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-12-14

Merchant Traveller.
Thomas Slynsby Dudley Pager In
gram has gone wrong in Cincinnati.
He will be greatly missed by the direc-
tory man.---Courier journal.
Transplaltisg Trees In Winter.
Trees, fruit or ornamental, can be
transplanted in November or Decem-
Der with perfect safety, If done pro-
perly or we may say any time during
the winter when there is no frost in tile
ground, care beng taken to hi. the up
earth from SIX to ten inches around
the stem so as to turn off the surplus
water which might otherwise damage
it. Large trees can be ransplated
from one place to another with more
certainty of growing late in the fall,
when the frost will admit of it, than at
any other time. In all cases of trans
planting-lt may not be out of place
to mention here-be sure to retain in
digging up trees, whether large OF
small, the rootlets, and when setting
again spread them and all others out
as carefully as possible, which will be
following their natural position, and
shovel among them the finest soil, and
then mingle it about the roots with the
hands, and then firmly press down with
the boot when the hole is filled up
Germantown Telegraph.
The public school a, La Plata is re-
ported to have been closed on accouna
of the prevalence of itch Whew!
buckwheat cakes. curry combs, corn
cobs, blackjack sapplings and other
relics Of by gone days, how we veneer
ate ye. Time was when not to be
blessed with the aforementioned epider.
mical titilatlon was out of fashion.
Shades of soft soap, sulphur, and red
percipitate, how ye do harrow up the
ossifed railway of our back and rouse
our ::olfactones to wonted sensitive
ness. We are loathe to believe that
these degenerate days can produce so
animated, long-lasting or loud-smell-
ing an article as the good old log
school house, with its slab seats and
jeans clad boys of yore did /; but ready
set for scratching, we watch and wait
to see the worst. Rise! rise ye noble
scions of thrice noble ancestry; get
up and take your Missouri mango
Lagrange Democrat.
A lawful fence in this State is defn-
ed as follows, section $3.50 R. S., page
1:113:-"Al hedges should be at least
four feet high, and all fences compos-
ed of posts and rails: posts and pail
ings, posts and wire, posts and planks
CT palisades, shall be at least four and
half feet high; those composed Of
turf shall be at least four feet high, and
with bitches on either side at least
three feet wide at the top, and three
feet deep and what is commonly call
a worm fence, shall be at least five feet
high to the top of the rider. or if not
ridered, shall be FIVE feet to the top of
the top rail or pole, and shall be lock
ed with strong rails, poles or stakes;
those composed of stone or brick shall
be at least four and a half feet high"
Cabbage makes valuable food for
poultry, as it contains large per cent.
Of phosphoric acid. tits all the more
valuable, because where cabbages are
kept in the cellar or used in winter
there is always a supply Of green food
for the fowls.
In estimating the value of a COW for
dairy purposes, it is well to consider
first whether she is worth anything at
all that is, whether the income from
her will more than pay for her keep
ing.
The most extensive farmer in Iowa
is said to be H. c. Wheeler, of Sac
county. His fam consists of ten sec
tons, or $500 acres of rich prarle land
all lying in one body.
Aman on fremont street, near Tenn
pie place. with placard on his back,
advises people to go to certain doc
tor to have their corns cured. This
man had but one leg and no toes on
his remaining foot Is that the way to
cure corns -(Boston Star.
A Hoosier at dinner on a Mississippi
pslaual steamer was about to reach out
for something before him, but the wait |
er checking him, exclaimed: THAT
sir, is DESERT" o." SAID the Hoosier, |
II don't care If it's a wilderness, I'm
going to eat it I'll the same Phila-
delphla Call.
Cheeky Passenger-"Any fear O. my |
the magnetic currents,
by eoin' near the eompasss"
Captain-"Oh. no. sir. Brass has no
effect on it whatever, sir!"-London
Punch.