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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-14

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when John Mccullough, the actor. was
in Little Rock, he occupied room at a
hotel immediately over one occupied by
Colonel Tapson aud family. During
McCullough's engagement the Colonel g
wife presented to the world a ten-pound
boy, and a facetious guest at the hotel,
meeting the Colonel In the hallway,
said: "Ah, allow me to congratulate
you, Colonel. Your boy, is, indeed,
fortunate. ''Why?" asked the Colon
ell. because, said the facetious guest,
pointing to McCullough's room, and
then down to the room below, she was
born under a lucky star"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-14
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-14

ACCURACY: A mathematical professor
had been invited by city friend to visit
him at his residence in certain square
and had promised to do so. Meeting
him some time afterward, the friend
inquired of the professor why he did
not come to see him. ST did come, ."
said the mathematician, "but there was
some mistake. You told me that you
lived in a square and 1 found myself in
a parallelogram, so l went sway again. !"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Professor COllier's Removal.

Professor Collier chief chemist OF the agrcul-
tural department. about whom good deal has
been said in Vermont, first and last, has been
summarily removed and Professor Tyler of
Indiana has been appointed In his stead. 1t Is
understood that there have long been differences
between Professor Collier and the commissioner
OF agriculture as TO the Importance Of the sorghum
sugar industry. One correspondent says that II
Professor Collier could have his way he would
devote the entire appropriation OF the departm en
to the subject OF sorghum sugar.
We cut the above from the Phenir. The
remark of "one correspondent is simply a
lie. Professor Collier has made his valuable
Investigations with very moderate appro-
priation, and asked for no increase. But
Commissioner Loring, in order TO break
up what he called Golfers damned fool
ishness," sent word to the committee OF con-
gress that he wanted no more appropria-
tions for sorghum experiments. The
above, aud numerous other falsehoods set
aaoat by the Washington ring, are freely
circulated in the press by editors who seem
never 10 see the statements OF facts that
disprove them. The last report of the de-
partment contains all the refuting facts, in
the chemists report But the falsifers rely
upon neither editors nor people having the
opportunity or taking the trouble to learn
what the facts are In our opinion, there is
far wider, more useful and more remuner-
ative field for the labors Of Professor Collier
outside than inside Of department pre-
sided over by man like Professor Loring,
and we congratulate him on his removal"
The world has plenty Of work for men like
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
American Pathological Society.

The next biennial session of this society
will be held September l2-l4, 1883, at Hor-
ticultural Hall, Broad near Locust street,
Philadelphia, in concert with the annual
exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticul-
tural Society. 1t is desirable that Vermont
should be well represented at the meeting,
and also that full and correct report of
the pomology Of Vermont should be made
there. Such report can only be made
with the aid of fruit-growers from the vari-
Gus sections of the state. The agricultural
editor Of this paper was called upon, at very
short notice, to take up the task of making
such report in place of the appointed chair
man of the Vermont fruit committee of the
society, at the last meeting. This report
was very imperfect, but such as it was it led
to his being appointed chairman of the fruit
committee of our state, and now he earn
estly solicits the help Of interested fruit
growers in the preparation Of perfected
fruit list for all parts of Vermont. If such
as will kindly assist in this work will let us
know by card, we will explain what is to
be done fully to them by letter. We hope
we shall not make this appeal in vain. Will
our fruitgrowing friends let US hear from
them Address, T. II. Hoskins, Newport,
Vermont,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
The Height OF Folly.

There is no more experienced and skilled
stock breeder than the famous southern abo-
litionist, Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky, who
says (Rural New Yorker, March 31): /" The
breeding to pedigree without regard to the
immediate quality Of the animal used is the
height of folly. If you have mean ami.
NAL you want him and his blood lost as soon
as possible. The premium bullock at the
late fat stock show at Chicago was grade
steer. The reputation of certain families
of live stock has proved a snare to many
who look only to pedigree" Mr.. Clay is
not opposed to the keeping Of pedigrees, nor
to the close breeding in particular times
which constitutes what is called "pure
blood" But he knows that this term "pure
blood" is only relative, and that the pro-
geny of scrub female is ennobled by six
or seven crosses of males whose own pedi-
gree, if correctly recorded, would show
plenty OF scrub" blood not very far back.
Aud this scrub" blood is really benefit,
as an antidote against the evils of too close
breeding. We say this without reference
to the fact that all our "herd books are
full Of the grossest frauds. The compilers
Of such books take no sufficient precautions
against deception. They do not make their
money that way.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
The Fool and the Lawyer.

"William Look, who made you :" de-
mauded learned counsellor. William,
who was considered fool, screwed up his
face, and looking thoughtful and somewhat
bewildered, replied Moses, l s'pose."
That will do" said the counsellor, ad-
dressing the court. "The witness says he sup
poses Moses made him this is an intelligent
answer-more than thought him capable
of giving, for it shows that he has some
faint idea of the Scripture. submit that
is not sufficient to. entitle him to be sworn
as witness capable of giving evidence"
Mister judge said the fool, "may AK
the lawyer question p Certainly" said
the Judge. "Well, then, Mr.. Lawyer, who
dye s'pose made you ?" Aaron, s'pose,"
said the lawyer, initiating the witness.
After the mirth had somewhat subsidized.
the witness drawled out "Wa'al, meow,
we do read in the Book that Aaron once
made a calf, but who'd thought the criterd
got in here
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Waiting for Jesus.

The gathering twilight tells me that the
day is far spent and night, deep, dark night,
is near. As the shadows grow deeper,
look out upon the heavens and find all
traces of daylight have faded, and in its
place the soft light of the stars beam ST.
lently down upon US, and I think of the
day as the life of a human being, fresh and
rosy in the morning, the dew of youth
sparkling in the first blush of morn, the
world all seeming so bright-hued then the
midday sun as it has gained strength, as IL
rolls onward towards the meridian, is typi-
cal Of manhood at its height, and as the
noon passes, declining 80 gently as the hours
steal softly on, that we scarcely heed the
failing energies until the twilight Of life's
day brings failing strength, so "that the
keepers OF the house shall tremble, and the
strong men shall bow themselves, the grind.
ers cease because they are few, and those
that look out Of the windows be darkened."
Aud then, dear old folks, comes the night,
and dark, dresry must it indeed be If 1t is
not illumined with the steady light Of Gods
unfsiling love. II, as you sit in your easy
chairs, recalling, thinking of the past and
the future, you see no guiding star, no
helmsman to guide you down the river
where your barque has been sailing these
many years, and now the harbor is so near,
have you the anchor of hope ready to help
you when the pillows shall flow over your
soul-are you waiting for Jesus to pilot
you over !? A dear old friend passed away
short time ago, and glory filled the cham
ber when the soul was winging its fight,
when the dimmed eyes gszed upward, and
the faint voice whispered, Jesus is there,
waiting on the other shore; | am waiting
for Jesus to come" And as the old saint
fell asleep in Jesus the rustling of angel
wings could almost be heard. Dear old
folks of The Christian al Work. may each Of
you be waiting for Jesus, and feel sure he
is waiting to meet and greet you after your
pilgrimage here. And may those of us who
have not yet reached the noontide realize
how sweet it will be when the shadows
begin TO fall on lifes sun dial 10 have the
blest assurance that we are waiting for
Jesus.-Selecled.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25

does not. o, do not know how 10 believe
and trust" Z" Let me illustrate faith 10
you. The other day little boy climed
ladder to the roof Of the house. 1t was an
unsafe place, and his mother hastened TO
call him down. The room was slippery,
and his little feet slid In the descent so he
crept to the edge where his friends stood
anxious for bis safety. Mr.. O. reached
up his arms and said, Now, Willie, jump,
and will catch you.' Willie looked at the
stone pavement below and drew back, Mr..
O. tried to persuade him, but the child
was afraid TO trust. willie said his
mother, Mr.. O. says he will certainly
catch you does he not always tell you the
truth 2" 20, yes he says true,' Willie
answered. Now obey, Willie," said his
mother, don't make him wait he is oil
ready The boy trembled but there was
no other way, and he leaped from the roof.
His trust in Mr.. o. was faith and when
he was casped in pair of strong arms he
did not doubt that he was there he was not
afraid TO rest. Christ tells us to cast our
selves upon him just so, and believe that
he receives u.s." I" Is that the way 2" asked
the young girl "do you trust Christ so 2"
Yes, just in that way; simply and wholly
as Willie threw himself into Mr.. O-'s
arms. Cannot you do so, believing that he
does his part as fully as you trust him ?"
! never saw the way SO clearly before.
Yes, can trust him / do believe him.
will cast myself upon him, sins and all.
o, am 80 glad |" And the face that had
been shadowed with doubt and discourage
ment lighted up with new-found joy
Good Netns
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Conversion Of DIR. Yint0n.

A man was driving about the Pomfret
hills a young, raw-boned and big-limbed
skeptical physician, when friend per-
suaded him to read Buffers Analogy. This
book satisfied his reason. He no longer
doubted that God sent the Bible and Jesus
TO us. Things stood thus with him till he
was called to attend a little girl who was
dying of consumption. Lying on her sick
bed she whispered she had something to say
to him, and when encouraged to speak she
had not the courage, but confessed that it
related to his being at peace with God.
Tomorrow morning" she added, when l
am stronger, |. will tell you." And to-mor-
row morning she was dead. The incident
made permanent impression on the young
skeptic. He could not cease to ask himself
what the little girl would have said to him
on that matter. He framed one thing after
another, and thus, in calling up before his
conscience the persuasions he himself in
vented for the little girl, he persuaded him.
self to be Christian. Afterwards he
preached the gospel for many years, and re-
Gently died, the useful and lamented DR..
Vinton, and this story of the little girl,
who led him to Jesus, was told by Philips
Brooks at the funeral. Young man." said
his friend, ait is heart-work that does the
business !" and it is true.-Presbyterian
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Turned Out for Good Service.


"Prof. Collier, the chief chemist of the
agricultural department has been summarily
removed by Commissioner Loring, the oc-
casion being difference of opinion as to
the Importance to be attached to the max
ing of sugar from sorghum. With the
tact of diplomatic Commissioner Loripg
will gain new lsurels on this question, as he
has already placed himself on record as
favoring both sides of the discussion" This
is the Boston Cultivators brief notice Of the
latest achievement of the Handsome Doc
tor" as the Springfield Republican delights
to call him. This handsome chap is also a
vain one--so vain that he cannot bear to
have anybody in the agricultural depart
ment receive any public commendation ex-
cept himself. He requires his subordnates
to do the work, and give him the glory. If
they don't, he turns them out. The Repub.
lican sneers at Professor Collier as "the Ver-
monters' Pet" Well, he is liked here,--
much better than the Republican, for that
mattar.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
him, free from the dirty sel6sbness Of pol
itician's power.
Perennial Vegetables.

The first in the short list g asparagus.
Every farmer should have an asparagus bed.
A few years ago 1t was the common impress
sion that there must be long list Of requi.
sites In growing asparagus, and this much
retarded the general culture Of one Of the
finest early spring crops of the vegetable
garden. 1t requires no more skill to grow
asparagus successfully than tomatoes or
strawberries. Horsersdish is a perennial
that furnishes spicy adjunct to meats and
other dishes. The roots may be dug and
prepared as desired for the table. Market
gardeners obtain a superior quality by put
ting the roots or "setts in the garden,
and, after being treated as a hoed crop, are
dug in the fall. A third perennial Of the
garden is rhubarb, or pieplant. The large,
juicy leaf.stalks are particularly relished,
coming, as they do, early in the season, be-
fore most Of the crops Of the garden are
ready for the table. A row of rhubarb may
well occupy the north side Of the garden
that is bounded by tight board fence. In
tnlh way tho Pieheo aio wameu oy sno oun
into an early growth, and are also out Of
the way of the plow and other implements
Of culture. A plant may be forced BY piso-
ing barrel, with heads removed, over the
crown in early spring, and packing coarse
fermenting manure around the outside Of
the barrel The last perennial to be men,
toned is the watercress, the young and
crisp stems and leaves of which are much
used as green relish in early spring-time.
This is an aquatic plant, and can only be
grown where water is convenient. Under
proper conditions it may be grown at very
triAin e expense. If there is brook or q
pond at hand, an abundance Of water.
crosses may be grown.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Soaring too High.

Two pert and pretty misses, dressed in
the height of fashion, were seated side by
side in q car of an elevated train. They
were apparently about fourteen years old,
but they were determined to be considered
ladies Of much older growth and talked so
loudly about the opera and the latest plays
and the latest novels that the attention of
every one in the car was drawn to them.
This was evidently what they desired and
their clatter went on uninterruptedly until
an old gentleman with snow-white hair,
who sat near them, laid down his paper,
and, glancing over his gold.rimmed specta-
cles remarked 81 beg your pardon would
you permit me to ask you question ?" and
he looked inquiringly at the young misses.
Certainly" replied one of them, rather
glibly. "Now, candidly, do your mothers
really know that you are out without your
nurses 2" The passengers, who had been
excessively annoyed by the senseless chatter
of the pair, burst out in roar OF laughter,
while the old gentleman resumed the read
ing of his paper, and the would-be young
ladies. scarce two years in their teens, looked
sheepishly at one another, and hurried out
of the train at the next station. "Wonder
if that's where they intended to get of"
exclaimed the conductor, as he shut the
pate.- Herald
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Counterfeit Christians.

You say that there are counterfeit Chris
tians to be found, which is sadly true. Will
you take Christianity, therefore, on their
false representation Of it Christianity is
divine system Of religion, whose code of
conduct is to be found in the Bible, whose
Founder is the Lord Jesus Christ, whose Of.
fers Of salvation are based on his atonement,
whose spirit and teachings are represented
by him, and whose claims on you come di-
rectly from God himself. God commands
repentance of sin, the reception of his cru
Gifted Son into your hearts, and an obedience
to his pure, beautiful, holy. and life-elevat-
ing commandments. What God commands
is your duty. Yet you practically assert
that you will not perform your duty to God
and your own soul, because some counter
felt professor does not perform his Would
you refuse to pay your note when 1t became
due, because some knsvish neighbor had
willfully allowed his note to be "protested?"
Will another mans delinquencies, or even
his hypocrisies, screen you from condemna-
tion at the bar of final judgment 2 Christs
offer is made to you his claims are laid
upon you and they are made without the
slightest reference to the perfections or i'm
perfections of every other human being in
existence. This is not question between
you and your neighbor it is wholly and ex
clusively between you and your God and
Saviour.--Reu. T. l.. Cuyler.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Lining Shingles.

J. V. r. Kent Of Calais writes For
lining shingles find, after many trials Of
different ways for many years, the best way
is to hang the largest kettle I can find over
good fire, fill it about two-thirds full Of
water, and add one peck, or more, Of quick
lime to barrel of water, and put in as
many shingles as l can keep under water
and boil them about ten minutes. Then
with an old manure fork pitch them into a
tub of water to rinse off what lime may ad-
here to them. From this tub replenish the
kettle and add more lime. A bushel will
do ten thousand shingles, and after rinsing
the workman will fud no fault in laying"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Asparagus Culture,

John j. Thomas writes as follows in an
exchange: "The best soil is a rich, porous
loan, with deep and perfect under-drain-
age. A light soil answers well if it contains
enough clay to hold the manure which as
paragus always requires so copiously. Any
one who will take the pains to follow the
roots Of small one-year.old plants at the
present time, will find no difficulty in trac
ing them TO distances of at least two feet
from the stems, and plants only half foot
high will be found to stand at the center of
a radiating mass Of roots forming circle
four feet in diameter. The plants should
therefore have as much room as the farmer
gives to his hills of corn in the field for
the size of the shoots is diminished by
crowding, as the corn crop would be less
ened by planting as thickly as the plants Of
asparagus stand in crowded bed. One Of
the most successful cultivators of asparagus
in this country plants it in rows five feet
apart and the plants three feet distant from
each other in the rows. He sets them foot
deep, covering them mostly over the crowns
with rotted manure, and through this light
and porous covering the strong shoots easily
push their way to the surface. With the
generous treatment which he gives the bed,
each plant forms stool in few years two
feet in diameter, from which he has some
times counted two hundred shoots, the
larger ones more than an inch in diameter.
He is enabled to use plow every autumn
after the removal of the stalks, for opening
wide double furrow right over the crowns
without hurting them. This furrow is then
filled with manure five or six inches deep,
and the earth placed back on the manure,
The immediate benefit of the manure is the
cover for winter, which is so loose and por-
Gus that the plants easily penetrate it in
early spring. At the next autumn plowing
it is thrown back by the plow into the
spaces between the rows, and the whole
surface is thus enriched. Every alternate
year superphosphate is used instead of ma.
nure, and is applied at the rate of 500 OF
900 pounds per acre, or pound or two fol-
each stool. The excellence Of this veget
able, the amount yielded from given area
and the supply so early in the spring before
other vegetables can be grown, should in
duce every owner Of garden to secure II
for his family"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-04-25
Weekly Rest.

recollect hearing Lord SALISBURY speak
in London Of attending costermonger's ex-
hibition Of the donkeys with which they
drag about their little barrows of provisions
and merchandise. He said there were fifty
donkeys exhibited, looking as sleek and
beautiful as If they had come out Of the
queens stables and the men told him with
out his asking them every one of these dom
keys had each week twenty-four consecutive
Of rest, and, as consequence, they could
travel thirty miles day with their loads for
six days in week, while donkeys which
were driven seven days in the week could
not travel more than fifteen miles day.
Of conrse skeptic would sneer at the idea
that religion and divine revelation had any
thing to do with donkeys, or that donkeys
had any concern in the law of God. But
the Creator understood very well what was
good for donkey, and so he put the donkey
into the commandment. "The seventh day
is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God in it
thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy
son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant,
nor thy maid-servant, nor thine OK, nor
thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates" Deuter-
onomy v: IA. The Lord well knew that a
donkey would do more work in a week if
be worked six days than he would If he
worked seven days. He made provision
that the donkey should have his weekly
rest.-Rev. II. L. Hastings.