The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-11-15

j. Derschinger to 18th G. A. Il. A., SOFA.
H. Taylor to Uncle S. L. & s. Co., $500.
A. M. Russell, &C., to " $500.
j. NJ. Gerber to Carrollton L. & L. A, $500.
G. G. Mersberger TO G. Baer, 81 500.
J. NJ Wolf & wife to VIM. Wersing, $500.
Jos. Turner to F. w. Trimble, $1,000
7. E. Thomson to Fl. W. Crowl, $500.
Martin Kennedy & wife to M. W. Ofutt, $1,000. |
What Makes Good Farmer.-The Lam |
caster, (Pa.,) Ne.o Era Says "There is an opin- |
ion current among many that every man can be- |
come farmer; that is, any one no matter how |
dull or stupid, is nevertheless smart enough to |
become successful agriculturist. Nothing can |
be wider of the mark than this. The exact oppo- |
site is the truth In fact to be intelligent and
successful farmer, moro separate qualifications |
must be combined than required in any other |
line of business. There is not one day in the en-
tire year that he is not called on to exercise the
most varied intellectual powers.
"While there are plenty of books on the general |
subject of agriculture at his command, he cannot
place explicit reliance on their teachings, but is
hourly required to depend upon his individual
Judgment and experience in the management of |
his affairs. He must know all about the land he
is farming. Its general lay, condition, treatment
and capabilities are questions about which his
books can give him no direct information. IN |
less he understands all these he is likely to prove
failure. Then, too, what calls for nicer dis
elimination than the proper rotation of crops, |
which he must find out for himself and which no
books can more than outline in general way?
"But these are but portion of the qualities he
must possess. He must be good judge of horses
and cattle of all kinds. If he is not he will retro
grade financially instead of progressing. He
must know how and when to buy as we'll as how
and when to sell. Then, too, he must be some
thing of an orchardst and gardener, and skilled
in the cultivation of many crops besides wheat
and corn. No man needs to be more skilful
manager of labor. Unless he is so he will be in
continual trouble with his employees and unable to
secure the best results from their paid services.
"Whie these are among the most important of
his needed qualifications, they are by no means
all. There is host of small ones that cannot be
accurately defined, but which will readily suggest
themselves. They are needed almost every hour
of the twenty-fou They cannot all be told nor
defined, but they demand of him to do at the right
time. The more nearly he can do this the better
farmer he will be. The reason why so many
farmers are financial failures is because they do
not come up to these requirements. In short, the
main qualifications are judgment and experience,
but especially the former, and that, too, in the
highest degree. To say or believe, therefore, that
any man who can swing scythe or turn furrow
possesses the requisites of good farmer is so
much idle talk. Few professions or occupations
require so many and such varied abilities, and we
rs=e4 20. wonder that there are failures"
Poisonous Solder in Canned Goods
DR.. John G. johnson, having had six cases of
poisoning from the eating of canned tomatoes,
read an excellent paper on the subject recently
before the New York edico-Legal Society. He
concludes after careful review of the subject
that:
1. These were not cases of sickness from spoiled
tomatoes.
@ They were cases of corrosive poisoning from
muriate of zinc and muriate Of tin.
8. This poisonous ANAL gam must be abandoned.
4. Exemplary damages, cat the discretion of
the jury" will be sustained by the courts for this
reckless tampering with human life in using a
dangerous means when safe one could be used.
5. The Gamers have only themselves to thank
for the present panic in their business for they
have persisted in the use of this dangerous ANAL
gam, knowing it was dangerous.
6. Every cap should be examined and if two
holes are found in it, send it at once to the health
board, with the contents and the of the
grocer who sold it.
Z. Reject every article of canned food that does
not show the limo of rosn around the edge of the
solder the cap, the Same as is seen on the seam
at side of the
s. STANDARD" or irst-class goods have not only
the name of the factory, but also that Of the
wholesale house which sells them, on the LABEL
"Seconds," or doubtful or "reprocessed" goods,
have a "stock label" of some mythical canning
house but do not have the name Of any wholesale
grocer on them. Reject all goods that do not
have tle name of some Wholesale &TfHon the label.
9. A"swell" or decomposing can of goods can
alwaysbe detected by pressing the bottom of the
can. sound can, pressed, will give solid feel
When gas from the decomposition of the food is
inside the can, the tin will rattle by pressing up
the bottom as you displace the gas in the can.
10. Reject every can that shows any rust around
the cap on the inside of the head of the can.
Death of an Aged Colored Man.-The
Hartford county 4Egis says: "Ananias, or as he
was more generally known, Niah Bond, died on
the farm Of Mr.. VIM. Hopkins, Jr., near Glenville
one day last week, at good old age. He had |
never been a slave and was the son of we'll |
known coIored man, Prush Bond, of the Big |
Woods Niah, for many years before his death, |
spent his time alternately in cutting wood for the
neighboring farmers and mending his Shoes For |
the latter work he appeared to have perfect |
mania. He would add patch upon patch, until |
his shoes would become enormously large. One |
of them was exhibited a curiosity at the agri-
cultural fair few years ago. 1t was 10 or 16 |
inches long and weighed or pounds"
The Growth of Trees.-There are great diff |
ferences in the average growth of some of the |
more common trees In twelve years white ma |
pie increases one foot in diameter and thirty |
Feet in height ash leaf maple or box elder, one |
foot and twenty feet; white willow, one foot and
half and fifty feet yellow willow, foot and
half and thirty-fv feet blue and white ash, ten
inches in diameter and twenty five feet in height;
Lombardy poplar, ten inches and forty feet black
walnut and bntternut, ten inches and twenty feet.
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A Great Newspaper.-The Pail Mall Ga |
sette, of London, England, did not overstate the |
case ween it said that The Ne,o York. Independ- |
is zone of the ablest weeklies in existence 1t
is as overwhelming as q monthly or quarterly |
magazine, with all the matter in its many depart
ments. Any monthly might indeed be proud if |
it could show as distinguished list of coutribu-
tors as The Independent. In single department |
its story department-we find, among English
men, such contributors as Sir Samuel W. Baker,
the celebrated Egyptian explorer; Thomas Har-
dy, w. E. Norris, James Payn, f. W. Robinson |
and Henry w. Lucy, the well-known and deserv- |
eddy popular novelists while among Americans |
we notice the names of Edward Everett Hale,
Frank L. Stockton, H. Ii. Boyesen, Sarah 0. jew
EFT, j. S., of Dale, Rebecca Harding Davis and |
Harriet Prescott Spofford. The Independent print
ed also, recently, the last story from the pen of
the late Ivan Tourgene6, having secured the only |
translation from the Russian into English. This |
department is but a sample of the others. 1t |
would seem to us that The Independent offers not |
only "ffty two dividends during the year," but, |
in addition, stock dividend with each depart |
ment. We advise our readers to send for free |
sample copy.
Orphans Court.-In the Orphans Court of |
Baltimore county this week letters were granted |
to Sarah H. Colvin the personal estate of Geo.
W. Colvin to VIM. II. Timanus on the personal |
estate of Mary e. Timanus; to George Whitelock |
and Wesley M. Owings on the personal estate of
Sarah II. B. B. Owings, and to Rebecca Ham |
mond on the personal estate of Sarah A. Sheri- |
dan, deceased
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