Milford chronicle., 1883-08-01
Ihe pres az rarmars, Hlrcs.

seen wearing at her work. would convince an
s one thatit is useless to attempt to deny th
n charge.
Most farmers commence life with an amb
ton to own farm or struggling with the debt q
one already purchased. Toe idea OF saving be
comes an all-atsorbing passion that rules thei
e lives long after the farm paid for and stock cd
9 Together the farmer aud his wife have plaonc
: and toledunul that blessed possession-a secure,
= home IS theirs. Then what do they do? Tn,
chances are that they bcl more land and con
p time to save and struggle on to the end whel
they are found rich with many acres but Will
that which is a thousand times worse than in
, clothed bodes-barrtn souls. Farmers VIII,
possess much valuable property often feel poor
, because they have not a great amount of casl
IN their pockets. There are always farming i'm
plements to be bought, buildings 20 be put up
stock to be purchased and various Improve.
monts" to he made until the last cent is expend.
ed and this is the Place to let reason and judge.
ment rule. After the pressing needs Of the farm
are met, conscien,ionsly set aside something for
the comfort of good clothes Many woman
has rued tie lime that she gave up her little
school, or her sewing. by which she earned a
comtor,ahi3 Independence to become the wife
Of man who was tao siingy Gan ugly and vulgar
word, but correct oBe) to buy her decent
c'otMng. Few women would rot be willing to
make any really necessary sacrifice Of pride or
comfort. 4 woman's heart is such very soft fool
ish thing, that Tie words, Pm so1y dear, but ap-
prostate that you work hard and dress meanly,"
would make all work and shabbiuess bearable.
Love and tenderness are Of so much more worth
than comfort or "purple and fine liuenw The
exceeding bitterness OF many a woman's life is,
that her husband IS simply unwilling to buy her
clothing beduing her station; and it is not alone
the farmers wife who in humiliation has this
trouble TO bear.
"W.th all my worldly goods thee eniow"
has an uucIuous, protective sound. that TOO Of
ten is simply an empty form Of words to the
lips that utter them; but can any possible men
lalrescrvaton make them mean: 81 will enlow |
you with all the money you can make by raising /
chickens aud selling eggs" IF the "endow.
ments" were put in this form, it would make
iair understanding between the parties, and the |
woman would have an opportunity to consider /
whether it were not well to dispense with family |
cares IL she must earn her living in The poultry |
yard. [ once knew farmer who was worth /
fifty Thousand dollars I mean lie owned that
much money; he never was worth that vast
sum- indeed If I had been bidding" on him
would never have gone beyond three cents
Well, bis wife needed a new cashmere dress. and
how did She getit? She dried opp'es Tor it. He
gaCe her the apples but she picked them up and
peeled them, ami put them ou large wagon
upon which platform had been arranged, and
every morning she drew the wagon out i'm The
san and every evening she drew it under the
shed. was glad when a kind Providence re-
moved that man, AID lcit the widow with
eaosgh TO buy cashmere dresses as long as she
lived. never wondered that he was a Uulver-
sa!ist, as no ether creed coud have suited him.
There are thousands Of women who are so utter
" weary that they have DO thought for clothes
5eJ Oud mere coyenng-women, who like Ms.
Carlyle say: S
would not IL coud be blest;
] ask no Paradise, bHt rest"
To such can ouly say my sister il it is really [
impossible to procure help toll on; but rsmem- {
ler always that there arc "whte 1obes' and {
'res," in Heaven. L.s.C.
"PEANUT FLOUR" is being made in Virginia 7
ma an item is going the rounds of the press to
he effect that it makes a peculiarly palatable
Discuit." !
PEOPLE who say PLAINS can not be raised 10 e
ought to see the beautiful large speci.
nen brought us by Mr.. J. j. Rosa. Il was n
arge, egg shaped, purple plum, of delicious fla I
or, measuring six inches around one way and
I'VE and one-haf inches the other way.
Or the fertilizers analysed by the State Chem. !,
st, we notice that those manufactured by J. E. q
'ygert d Co., at Smyrna, are reported: Star d
lone Phosphate, estimated value per ton from a
3l.44 to 1921; star Gpano, estimated value
rom sS2.l4 to $3.50; Planet Brand, estimated o.
alue from $32.5i to S33sl.
THE little E ielish spanows that hop so freely \
bout our streets, are one OF the rare exceptions
the usefulness Of birds. It's claimed by some,
rat they reduce the Hessian fly, although DR.. 3
lliott Crous, an eminent ormithologist Of WASH
gton, claims that they are only a nuisance. d
hey are not iassct eating birds, and are capa- 81
e Of nfcting vast loss upon farmers in destroy Il,
& their crops. They are said to make better n
e than tie "four aud twenty black brdsi that u
ere "set before the King" and it has been sug- q
,sted that they be rapidly utilized for food. b.
ONE of the largest hotels at Atlantic Ci y has
dered from Philadelphia florist 200 castor oil III
ants, to be sent as soon as possible. The for m
t claims that the re death on flies and mosqui- N
es and that tile hotel proprietor is going to use H.
csc plants to keep bis hotel free from these 80 -
sts. The wise florist then gets the reporter ~
the Philadelphia Record to start the follow. pl
g paragraph Oh It's rounds of he press, which ey
ldosbtedly will find many believers until they
We tired IL: l.
The discovery that casor-oil plants possess the ~
oulty Of killing and keeping away flies, mos LEI
itoes ard other insects was recently made by
French scientist named Raford, who noticed
at certain rooms in his house, in which castor
plants were growing, were entirely free from
csc disagreeabe insects, although other apart Oi
,nts we're Infested with them. He found lying
ar the plants great quantities Of dead hes,and to
arge number Of dead bodies were hanging to Da
g under surface OF the leaves, which caused %
n to investigate the matter, and the discovery ~
is made thet the plants gave out an essential -
or some toxic principle which possessed very VI
wenul iusectieide qualities. IN
SHALL FARNs.-rhe best conditions, both SO. " y,
y and politically, prevail in those agrieultur- I1'
where the farms are compara- Pc
ely small and here there are but few renters
shareWorkers. This is coaclgsiyoly proven -,
a comparison Of the Agricultural conditions -
England and the countries Of Northwestern 20
rope. The Eng glsll formers and farm labor. WI
!, although living under the ablest and wisest wa
rernmert cas-; of the Atlantic, are rot nearly