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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09
JRBANS

NNHIS is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the sub
i scriber has obtained from the Orphans Court
of Baltimore county, letters of administration on
the estate of
EBENEZER STEWART,
late of said county, deceased. All persons having
claims against the deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit tho Same, with tLe ~-oy,ehe ths-eof 10
the subscriber,
on or before the 4h day Of September, 1884,
they may otherwise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said estate. Those indebted to said es
tate are requested to make immediate payment
Given under my hand this 9Th day of Feb, 1884.
w. W. CULLUM STEWART,
Feb 9-4t& Administrator.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09
u1O GAMERS AND DAIRYMEN
g.M A VALUABLE FARM AT PRI- -
ER VATE SALE.


A Valuable Farm in Hartford county is offered
for sale. The place contains 1876 ACRES, and is
on the road from Pleasantville to Baldwin's Sta
ton, Narrow Gaugv r r., two miles from
latter place. The iaIssss6 high state of -
walton, and is very valuable for either Canning OF
Dairy purposes. There are three valuable Apple
Orchards on the place. A profitable dairy is now
and has been kept on it for the past % years.
HOUSE contains 10 rooms, cellar under whole
and basement. splendid Spring House 20 steps
from Dwelling. Also, frst-class Winter Dairy
connected to the Dwelling. A double-deck Barn
with Stabling for horses and 10 cows, with Root
Cellar at Barn, Wood House, Wagon House, Corn
House, Ice House and all other needful outbuild-
ings. Convenient to churches, schools, &C., and
in very healthy locality.
For further particulars call on address,
HORACE B. TWINING, Executor,
Forrest Hill, Hartford county, Nd.
or VIM. D. BARTLESON,
Pleasantville, Hartford county, Nd.
Dec. 1T.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09

l8- Senator William P. Frye, in letter to the
Maine Temperance Alliance (says The Day. con-
trasts the customs in Washington to-day with
those prevailing twenty years ago and declares
that there has been great improvement in the
direction of temperance. A score of years
all people of consequence herL-ssss- hs.el5o
freely offered wines and liquors to callers, aS,..S
man who refused to drink when invited was re-
garded as eccentric or impolite. Now wine is
almost banished from receptions, and any man is
at perfect liberty to decline drink without Civ
ing offense. We have no doubt that for once a
temperance agitator-who, by the way, is not, we
believe, personally teetotaler-tes the truth
and it is likewise true that the great improvement
in habits alluded to is the result of an awakening
of conscience due to the temperance movement
1t is no longer assumed that drinking is neces-
sity, while drunkenness is almost universally re-
garded as disgrace. But do Mr.. Frye and his
Maine constituents recognize the fact that the
greater temperance of the Washington of to-day
as compared with that of the Washington of
twenty years ago is due entirely to moral suasion,
and not to any attempt to prohibit or very seri-
ousy interfere with the sale of liquors If they
do not they miss the most important point in the
lesson the facts recited should teach them.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09

A UCTIONEERING.
The undersigned will attend to the AUCTION
EERING OF SALES OF REAL ESTATE AND
PERSONAL PROPERTY as heretofore. Having
had long experience in the business, solicit a
share of public patronage.
SAMUEL G. WILSON, Auctioneer,
Feb 9.-tf ToWsontoWn. Nd
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09

Baltimore County Herald of last week, in copyin
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
Poultry.

Every farmer should now be able to count
his chicks by the hundred and some Of the
early Matched will soon be ready to market.
Many place their chicken coops around in
the garden, keeping the mother hen con-
fined, but allow the chicks to range at will.
If placed in the immediate vicinity OF the
squash and mellon vines they will keep
them free from the troublesome striped
bugs usually 60 destructive. In fact young
chicks will be found to be of decided ad-
vantage in the garden. Mistakes in keep
ing poultry is sometimes made in this way:
they are very successful with Hook OF
from twelve to twenty, because the fowls
have a good range and find plenty OF insect
food;. the number of fowls are increased
three-fold and the three times as many have
only the same range to pick over, ana
where there was full and plenty for the
small flock there is not sufficient for the
much larger one, besides the increased
number are NOT fed proportionately as were
the few, hence the failure and the reason
for it. Give the fowls and chicks milk,
clabber, and buttermilk; they are exceed
ingly fond of it in any form, and it is nour-
ishing and good for them. If any OF the
young chicks appear droopy, don't jump
to the conclusion that they have the pip,
the "gapes," the Cholera" &C., but take
them up and examine them care carefully
and you will find the "bugs' are the cause
of it. and nine tenths of the diseases that
trouble poultry originate solely from lice.
1t should be remembered it is much easier
to keep lice away than to drive them away.
Don't let your chicken coops remain in the
same place more than three days before
moving them to new ground. No doubt
very many of the broods have now been
given full range, but they will find their
way back to their eoops in the evening,
and they should be Met with good supper.
The coops should receive a good white
washing inside, leaving them turned up to
the sun till dried. Farmers would soon
find that their cattle and pigs ''woula not
pay" if they were served as the fowls gen.
orally are. An orchard makes an excellent
poultry yard, and il is now demonstrated
fact that better and more apples can be
raised where the fowls have the run of the
orchard. Some years ago noted French
horticulturist devoted much of his time to
raising choice varieties Of fruit. He sue
ceeded with everything but plums, and in
disgust with his plum orchard, he fenced ii
in and made chicken yard of it. The first
season he had few plums; the second,
quite crop; the third, the trees were bro
ken badly with fine, well-ripened plums.
The fowls had proved to be the very best
curculio exterminators. Try this.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

FRUIT GARDEN AND ORcHARD.-This is
the month of Strawberries. If the beds
have been well attended to the only thine
now to do is to reap the reward in deliciou;
fruit. Pull by hand all the large weeds thai
appear through the mulch. As soon as the
fruit is gathered, remove the mulching and
give the beds a thorough cultivation, cut
ting off all runners, unless plants arc
wanted. Observe closely the different
sorts, and when you get variety wei
adapted to your soil stick to it as stand by
If a mud-bed is to be planted, the ground
should be prepared and MANFRED in readi
ness for planting in July OF August Peach
trees shed their imperfect fruit up to tbs
middle Of this month After this date, il
the trees are too full it will pay to thin in
the family orchard. The apple orchard
should receive the same attention. Cur
rants and gooseberries do much better il
nlulched with short hay or straw. Do no,
allow more than three new shoots to grow
in each hill of blackberries or raspberries
Pinch the tips of blackberry canes when
about five feet high. Keep them tied ur
to stakes. Jar the plum trees every day
and sweep up the bitter fruit and the in
sects (curculios) and destroy them. This
is the only way to save fair crop of fine
plums. Keep out suckers from the trees
Tie up grape vines as they grow, and STOP
fruit shoots two joints beyond last bunch
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

FLORICULTURE.-Lose no time in COM
pleting all planting of bedding plants.
Carpet beds of coleus and other plants with
ornamental foliage, now SO popular, are
very effective when well planted and well
kept. Do not allow these beds to entire ly
supersede the old mixed borders which are
always interesting. The hardy roses are
now in their glory. Cut the withered BIOS
SONS as soon as they fade. If new plants
are wanted, make cuttings of the young
growth as soon as the bloom is over; insert
in boxes of sand and keep constantly moist.
Make notes of such new roses as you see in
bloom elsewhere, so that you can get
plants at the proper time. Spireas, deut
zias, forsythiaa and other spring Towering
shrubs should be pruned into shape as soon
as the bloom is over. Keep dahlias tied to
stakes as they grow. The new varieties of
single lowered dahlias are much more
beautiful and graceful for cutting than the
old doubles. Keep the lawns mown week
ly and clip the grass on verge of flower beds
with shears. The carpet beds of coleus will
need frequent clipping as they grow, to
keep them neat and of uniform height.
Don't allow dahlias to bloom until AUGUST
When hyacinth and tulip tops fade dig the
bulbs and dry them in the sun to be put
away for replanting in autumn. Fill the
beds at once with ANIMALS. Keep beds
clean of weeds. Keep pot plants in a part
ly shaded place.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
Mr.. Sturgeon and His Style.

Mr.. Spurgeon stands head and shoulders
above all the Nonconformist preachers.
Somebody once expressed a regret that the
great Baptist minister was not member
of the Establishment, to which the late
Bishop of Winchester answered by quoting
a portion of the tenth commandment. But
Mr.. Spurgeon was much more aggressive in
those days than he is now; he has softened
much of late years, and churchmen can go
to hear him without fear of being offended.
On the days when he breaches his taberna-
Gle holds multitude. 1t is huge hall,
and to see gallery upon gallery crowded
with eager faces-some 6,000-all turned
toward The pastor, whose voice has the
power of troubling men to the depths of
their hearts-is stirring sight. Nh. Spur
geon's is not high class congregation, and
the preacher knows that its understanding
can best be opened by metaphors and para
bles borrowed from the customs of the re-
tail trade, and with similes taken from the
colloquialisms of the streets. Laughter is
not forbidden at the Tabernacle, and the
congregation often break into filters, but
the merriment is always directed against
some piece of hypocrisy which the preacher
has exposed and it does one good to hear.
He says: ''You are always for giving God
SnOtt iucdouIC, JuSt do IL Ilc udu uOt uduo
the pint pot" "You don't expect the
Queen to carry your letters for nothing, but
when you are posting letter heavenward
you won't trouble to stick a little bit of
Christian faith onto the right-hand corner
of the envelope, and you won't put cor
rect address on, either, and then you won
der the letter isn't delivered, so that you
don't get your remittance by next post.
sYou trust Mr.. Jones to pay you your
wages regularly, and you say he is good
master, but you don't think God can be
trusted like Mr.. Jones; you won't serve
Him because you don't believe in the pay"
"You have heard of the man who dimin-
ished his dose of foed every day to see on
how little he could live, till he came to half
biscuit, and then died; but I tell you,
most of you have tried on how little religion
you could live, and many of you have got
to the half-biscuit." These whimsicalities,
always effective, constitute but the foam Of
MI. Surgeons oratory; the torrent which
casts them up is broad, deep, and of over
whelming power. Mr.. Sturgeon is among
preachers as Mr.. Bright among Parliamen-
tary orators All desire to criticise van
ishes, every faculty is subdued into admira-
ton, when he has concluded sermon with
a burst of his truly-inspired eloquence,
leaving the whole of his congregation
amazed and the vast majority of its men,
beers anxious or hopeful, but in any case
reused as if they had seen the heavens open.
Temple Bar.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
Vegetable Garden.

1t being now haying time I'VE are sure tc
be favored with wet day or two for aoeed.
ing purposes. For grown persons this is
the most laborious work in the garden, but
much of it may be spared by close hoeing
Sweet corn should be planted three or foul
times during the month. Lima beans some
times require to BIZ replanted Do not dis
turb the ground, but use a blunt dibbel
with shoulder to prevent its going deeper
than two or three inches, Drop the seeds
of melons twelve inches apart III the rows;
rows six and nine feet apart for musk and
water melons respectively. Transplant
egg plants; shade and water them. 1t is
better to have them growing in small flower
pots for some weeks previous. Some things
require extra manuring and this is one of
them. Extra manuring should mostly be
done with fertilizers unless when there is
an opportunity to plow down stable ma
nure. Some of the crops put in last fall
will now be over, such as spinach, kale and
early onions. Plow the ground and pre-
pare for late cabbage. If the ground was
properly fertilized for the fall crops no ex-
ira fertilizer will be necessary. Late crops
in general require less manure than early
crops; celery is an exception. Those who
wish to raise good celery should now take
the tiny plants from the hard seed bed and
transplant to well prepared bed of rich
earth two or three inches apart, there to re-
main until the final planting out in July OF
August. They will need repeated water
ings until well established. About the
close of the month the late or canning to-
matoes should be planted. These should
be large and solid and the vines must have
plenty of room to grow. The queen is al
present, perhaps, the best, but improved
varieties are constantly superseding the
older ones. Plant more summer squash
and gumbo. Watch for good opportuni.
ty to SOW cucumbers for pickles; the ground
must be moist. If they fail there is plenty
of time to SOW next month. Sow in rows
five or six feet apart, seed six inches apart
in the row. If they should all come up they
may require some thinning.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
HOW LONG WILL 1T LAST.

Lights from the windows are cleaning and
glancing,
Music and laughter are echoing near,
Save where the twain move apart from the
dancing.
Uttering vows each was longing to hear.
Tender his tones, in their low modulatlon,
Timidly downward her chances are cast,
Eyes matched with sapphire. cheeks with car
nation
Fair is the picture-how long will 1t last?
Think, when old Time, of all jokers the grim
NEST,
Whitens the tresses and burrows the brow,
Changing the forms that are lithest and slim
NEST,
True, that to-day in its ard emit devotion,
Love takes no heed of the future or past;
CURLING and checking the tide Of emotion,
Prudence should whisper: "How long will
it last?'
All were in vain, though the caution be need
ed,
Prudence is meier the companion OF youth,
Passion for aye leaves unnoticed, unheeded.
Warnings of wisdom and promptings OF
truth,
Forging the letters that bind them together,
Gliding the hours that are flying SO FAST
Careless of sunlight or stormiest weather,
Love never questions: "How long it will
1ast?"
JAS PHILLIPS in NJ o. Times Democrat
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

WATER For STocK.-The farmer who
made single pump furnish water through
rubber tubing to the stock in four fields did
very ingenious and wise thing. Animals
should be able to drink whenever they feel
thirsty. The water then taken has better
effect than if given at convenient intervals
by the farmer or his assistants, for in the
latter case the animal is very apt to drink
more than is really good for them. Then,
again, if the attendant is concerned at all
about the quantity of water the animal
takes, the chances are he will pull him away
before the demands of nature have been
satisfied. For a small outlay of money
farmers can, in multitude of cases, ar
range the water supply Of their live stock
SO that they can drink whenever they feel
dry. Such method is economy in double
sense-in the well being of the stock and
in the time Of the owner Of his help.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

The United States Senate is trying to
CIRCULATE" pleuro- pneumonia among cattle
by prohibition. Why does not our distin-
guished Senator suggest high license, or
local option which he says regulates the
rum traffic so well in Clay county? Why
prohibit men from driving or shipping dis
eased cattle into neighboring States when
large revenue might be derived from Ii
censing them? Why license men to spread
crime, poverty, disease, ruin, and death
among the people, and prohibit them from
spreading pleuro-pneumonia among the
cattle? Is it more important to keep our
cattle free from disease than to keep our
men free from drunkenness and crime, aud
our women and children from poverty and
shame? Our lawmakers seem to think it
is. The dram shops of New York may fill
10000 drunkards' graves every year, they
may corrupt the people, but let somebody
attempt to take sick Texas steer into the
State, and the entire State militia will be
called out if necessary to save the cattle of
the State from pleuro-pneumonia.-
tional american.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
How to Cook.

Fish, almost more than anything else, is
improved by slow cooking; especially is
this true when the fish is boiled. If cooked
rapidly it will fall apart, and will neither
taste nor look SO well. The great point in
sisted upon by scientific cooks of the present
day is this taking abundant time to pre-
pare food in, and the fact that nothing is
gained by rapid boiling.
Nice bread cake is made of two cupfuls
of light bread dough, one and half cup
fuls Of sugar, half cupful of butter, three
tablespoonful of sour milk, half teaspoon
full OF soda, half a grated nutmeg, a tea
spoonful of cinnamon, a cupful of raisins
chopped and with -four busted over them.
Stir all in hut the raisins, and put them in
the last thing. Tt should rise for half an
hour and then be baked in a moderate
oven.
Ginger candy, which may be given to chill
dren with colds, is made by boiling one
pound Of clarified sugar with a very little
water until it is brittle; when cool stir in one
teaspoonful of powdered ginger. Or beat
the white OF an egg very light and add this
to the sugar with 30 drops of Jamaica gin
ger. Pour upon buttered plates and mark
before it is too stiff in the form of blocks.
w hCh Sold yOu hdNO " CHlP tuCH dpdIG
with cold, sharp knife.
A delicate dish for dessert is made of ore
pint of thick, sweet cream with one ounce
of gelatine dissolved and mixed with it.
Stir in any fruit you choose, but do not put
the juice in. Save that for pudding sauces
or to flavor jelly with. Sweeten to your
taste, and add glass of sweet wine. Pour
into a mold and let it become cold and
hard before serving. When this is served
at the table, pass powdered sugar in glass
sitter SO that each one may have little
dust over it.
You cannot fail to have good brown
bread if you follow this rule: Take one
pint each of graham and wheat flour, make
stiff batter with warm water, put in a
piece of butter the size of marble, and
one teaspoonful of molasses, piece of
yeast cake about the size of hickory-nut,
or one large tablespoonful of yeast, pinch
of salt; mix with spoon; do not try to
knead it; heat your bread tins, butter them,
and put the sponge in; when very light
bake in moderate oven. Tt usually re-
quires little more time for the brown
bread to rise than for white.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

The monster petition i'll favor of the bill
to prohibit the sale of intoxicants by gro
GERS, promoted by the Church of England
Woman's Temperance Association, has
been success. Mr.. Kennard presented a
petition to the British House of Commons,
signed by 5000 mothers, wives, and
daughters of England. A petition vas al
SO presented by Mr.. Stevenson in favor OF
Sunday closing by 104, 600 women.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10
The Crust of Tartar

Speedily leaves the surface of teeth upon
which the cleansing and preservative influ-
ence of SOZODONT is daily exerted. No
form of decay can infest a set of 'fvories'
upon which it is used. Tt has, moreover,
a most refreshing effect upon the mouth,
in which it leaves very agreeable taste,
besides rendering the breath fragrant. If
the mouth be rinsed with it after smoking,
the taste of the tobacco is entirely dissipa-
ted. AS an auxiliary to personal comeli-
ness it cannot too highly be extolled. Sold
by druggists.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

Apple trees at fifteen years of age extend
their roots over an area of fifty to sixty feet
in diameter. The minute root hairs, which
are the feeders of the roots, die in few
weeks and others are formed nearer the tips
of the growing roots. In this manner roots
are constantly feeding on good soil. For
all large-growing apple trees forty feet be-
tween the rows each way is not foot too
much for the good Of the tree, both as re-
cards root room and light and air fer the
ton
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

A declaration in favor of local option,
signed by $50 ministers of religion in Liver
pool and the Hundred of West Derby, has
been forwarded in a bound volume to the
prime minister. In his reply addressed to
the Bishop of Liverpool, who heads the list,
MIR. Gladstone says, ''Her majesty's gov
eminent are most anxious to proceed with
prudent reform of the licensing laws,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

Prohibition in New York. The bill pro-
hlbltlng the manufacture of oleomargarine
passed the New York Senate on Tuesday.
The penalties range from 800 to $500 =
What foolishness to prohibit oleomargarine.
Why not regulate it under a high license
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-06-10

Professor Scott, of Chicago, who has had
extensive opportunity for observation III
Germany, is reported as saying: ''Ger,,
many is probably sinking in crime and i'm
morality more rapidly than any other ma
ton in Europe. In some of the cities hall
the births are illegitimate. In ten years
saloons have increased by fifty per cent,
and the people are fast becoming soddon
with their beer-drinking