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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-03
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DEMOCRATIC STATE CENTRAL
'-~se-e., CoMM&sE.
The members of II Democratic State
Central Committee are hereby requested
to assemble at the city of Baton Rouge,
on Wednesday, May il. 1884, at II o'clock
m, to take necessary steas Tor TIE cleo
tion of Delegates to the National Demo-
cratic Convention, aod- to transact such
other business as may come up for con-
sideraton.
LEON JASI REMSKI, President.
Attest:
O. N. TENNIsoN, Secretary.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-03

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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1884-05-03

Hos Chclers, *: Sold everywhere, BY Fail &c ia
Sisups fu.sneG III af-" cans, price 80; by i2S
Circulars trte. l. 3. Jo!t.SGAI l. CO., Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Points In Cabbage Culture.

In reply to tho question how to get
lid of worms in cabbages, DR. Oemler,
Savannah, Ga, says: "There are a great
many remedies recommended. Some
recommend the plants to be dashed
with sulphur, some with ashes. To
pick them off is the best way, but of
course tits impossible to do that. Cab
bage is one of the worst vegetables to
free from worms, because they pune
ture into the heart of the cabbage,
where no remedy can reach. 1t has
been recommended to kill the worms
with hot water, but that won't do.
The principal crop Of cabbages is the
early crop. 1t is only the latter
months of spring that the worms do
any damage at all, and when they
rome our principal portion of the cab
bage crop is already gone, and we rea-
lie upon it before the worms turn up
in very great force. The principal
worm is thenight-hying moth. You
cannot see it. The best remedy for
cabbage insects is to encourage as
much spossible the insect enemy of the
cabbage worm. 1t is very small
green fly"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
The Hay Ifak Ike and Top-Dressing.

The hay rake will be found a most
useful implement where meadows or
pastures are top-dres 3ed, especially if
some considerable portion of the ma
nure is little long or lumpy. Spread
as evenly as possible from the wagon,
and then put on rake!and go over the
ground thoroughly in at least two di-
rections. 1t is surprising to what a
degree it will break up and thoroughly
distribute the manure. We remember
to have once gone over a meadow in
this way, Where some of the manure
was long, and the rake pulled it and
rolled it over among the stubble until
it fairly seemed to wear it out, and
there did not appear to be place as
large as a mans hand anywhere in
the field which did not have some Dor
ton of maalre upon it. The rake
covers the ground very quickly, for
when the rake is so employed the horse
should be kept at rapid gait, and
the expense is merely nominal, and we
believe it will always pay to use after
top-dres,ing. OF course, if it gathers
up anything in the way of long stuff
which can be collected in windows,
that should be gathered up with the
wagon and hauled back to the compost
heap, to prevent its fouling the next
crop OF hay. And this last considera-
ton should always be kept in view in
top-dressing meadows. for there is
considerable danger of it, unless these
manures should be well decomposed or
are quite short and fine.-Breeders'
7azette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

Should dairy cows be dried off, or
should they be MIXED up to calving
time, if they are disposed to yield milk
up that time? To answer this ques-
ton pat, yes or no, would only betray
the ignorance of the speaker on the
subject at dairymen's practices and
prejudices. We know of no subject
that needs intelligent airing at the
meetings of our dairymen's association
this winter as much as this 1t is well
known to all that, no matter how great
may be the flow of cows milk when
she first calves, if she goes dry too soon
she will not prove profitable mixer
Indeed, most dairymen would be sur
prised if they would only fest the ques.
tion as to the yearly yield of the two
cows that yielded the most and least at
the time of calving. This could be APP
proximated by keeping the dates of
dropping calves and going dry of the
different COWS in the herd, with their
various yields weighed and recorded.
What we started out to say was that
the strange part of this subject relates
to the practices and preiudices of dairy
men. In the country we find farmers
almost universally drying up their
cows with the fear of hurting them if
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
Jacobs Well.

The state Of Jacobs well Is, doubt
less, well-known to the majority Of
your readers, even to those who have
not themselves visited the Holy Land.
1t has again and again been described
by the many writers on Palestine, and
all have mentioned their disappoint-
ment that instead of finding any SEM
blance to well, or anything which
could recall the interview of our Lord
with the woman of Samarla, they have
merely found dark, irregular hole
amid mass Of ruins in vaulted
chamber beneath the surface of the
ground. Ihave shared this disappoint-
ment on many previous visits to
Nablus, and again as, a fortnight ago,
we stood beside the spot, it was with
great regret that we were so utterly
unable to picture before us the scene
so graphically described by the evan
gelist. We had clambered down into
the vault, and were vainly attempting
to peer into the dark hole amid the
heaps of stones and rubbish, when we
CHANGED to notice few feet from the
opening dark crack between the
stones. Fancying that possibly it
might be another opening of the well
we removed some stones and earth and
soon were able to trace part of a carved
aperture in large slab of stone. Deep
ly interested at finding this we cleared
away more earth and stones and soon
distinguished the circular mouth of the
well, though it was blocked by an
immense mass of stone. Calling to aid
two men who were looking on, with
considerable labor we at length re-
moved it, and the opening of the well
was clear. 1t is impossible to describe
our feelings as we gazed down the
open well and sat on that ledge on
which, doubtless, the Savior rested,a and
felt with our fingers the grooves in the
stone caused by the ropes by which the
water pots were drawn up.-Reo. C. W.
Barclay.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
Scenes in japan.

Every one, rich and poor, takes a
dip at least once day in caldron of
hot water. A bath, unless at thermal
spring, is only an immersion. Prece-
dence is given to the elders when there
are no visitors, then to the young peo-
pie according to their age, next to the
maid servants, and lastly to the women.
PREDATORY additions of feet and hands
are performed in basins, and on getting
out of the caldron each bather gargles
mouth and throat with cold aromatized
water. In very hot weather they all
fan each others bodies to dry them.
Hunchbacks and deformed persons are
almost unknown. In aJapanese Eden
the law of natural selection prevails.
We came up country whenever there
was a road in jinrinkchas, and when
the ground was too rough for wheels
we were carried in norimous, sort of
Chinese chair borne by two, three or
four men, who are strong as horses.
When the ground is fiat or down-hill
there are two, or one before and two
behind. These bearers are mostly
feudal retainers, or soldiers of the Dali
mics; but they are not allowed to wear
their old military costumes or swords,
and the authorities are almost glad
when they see them with drapery of
tough paper round their bodies and
nothing else. 1t was to prevent sword
wearing and its probable consequences
that the Mikado ordered civil servants
to don the ridiculous European costume
which is imported here by Jew agents
of the Paris and London hand-me-down
stores. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
The Island of Newfoundland.

Among the islands of the world
Newfoundland ranks tenth in size. be-
ing 81 miles long and SIG miles wide
The original inhabitants were red
men, supposed to be superior to the
ordinary Indian. Up to 1928 New
foundland was very badly governed, it
being under the rule of the fishing
admirals. The system under which
they ruled was this: The captain of
the boat that reached the fishing
grounds first became admiral for the
season, and had entire charge of the
island. George Calvert, who after.
ward became Lord Baltimore. and
after whom the city OF Baltimore is
named, settled in Newfoundland be-
fore going to Maryland. Newfound-
land does not belong to the dominion
of Canada, but has its own goveanor
and parliament.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

Those of our farmers who have
found scarcity of pasture in hot
weather, say in August, will have a
great advantage by planting a consid-
cradle amount of sweet corn. 1t may
be sown thickly in drills and cut before
any ears could form. In fact, no ears
of any account could be got by such
thick planting. But our practice is to
plant in the hill, using the sweet
ears for the table very plentifully
giving the overplus to the young tur-
keys and then cutting the green stalk,
in time of drought, for the COWS.
The yield of milk is much greater on
this green fodder than from any other
feed. We have noticed also that when
this fodder is cured and used in winter
the cows prefer it to the stalks of field
corn and give much more milk from
it. OF course it requires land and
some labJr, but it saves grass land,
and undoubtedly Idoes give milk. AS
the quality Of the ears for family use
may be of some consideration we give
some Of the varieties: early Mime
sofa is the best early corn in the land
1t is somewhat dwarf and the ear is
small. Do not plant too early. The
ground should be warm and light, even
a little sandy. Crosby's Early is some
what larger than the Minnesota. Early
Concord is the Boston favorite, the ears
being larger than the Crosby. Stow
ellis Evergreen is the later corn and
the best for general crop. The Nam
moth is larger, and in sweetness hardly
to be distinguished from it. We
plant the Early Minnesota, Concord and
the Evergreen. -Neao YORK. Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
An Engineers Dream.

An old locomotive engineer sat in
the smoking car talking with the
brakeman and some other railway
men. One of them asked him if he
had ever fallen asleep on his engine,
and he replied:
Eyes; thousands of times, I might
say. Perhaps not that many, but
very often. Wien l am doing extra
hours | fall asleep for second or two,
and then start as wide awake as ever,
l am always dreading going to sleep,
and l suppose that it is that constant
fear that has so disciplined my mind
that / no sooner lose consciousness
than l give sort Of muscular jump
and am aroused in jifry. Talking
about how long it takes man to
dream, now want to tell you some
thing: was running No. 4 into
Chicago one morning, when l had been
on duty eighteen hours and hadn't had
any sleep for twenty-six. Just as we
passed the little station at Utica, be-
tween Ottawa and La Salle-you know
Nc 4 does not stop there-I dropped
asleep. Then l had dream, a great
long one, about an incident. A train
order was mixed up in it, and as it
wasn't quite clear, l remember how /
studied over the words, it seemed to
me, for ten or fifteen minutes. Then
l dreamed there was a collision; we
struck and it threw me up in the air
thirty or forty feet clear of the engine.
l mind how l felt up there and was
wondering where l would land, and
if any of the passengers were kill
ed. 1t wasn'ta very pleasant sensa-
ton. either, you can imagine. Then
it seemed l came down. and strange
enough, landed on my seat, with my
left hand on the throttle. At that
very instant l awoke, and it seemed SO
real that for a second 1 could hardly
realize there hadn't been any collision
and hadn't been up in the air. Well,
that dream was full of details, and
good deal of time appeared to elapse
between its beginning and its ending,
but when looked out Of my window,
III be cussed if there wasn't the witch
light of Utica siding, right ahea of
me. You see, had not run fifteen
rods while all that dreaming was 60
ing on, and l was making at least
forty five miles an hour. No, thanks,
l don't smoke, it makes me nervous"
Chicago Herald
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
MIXED up to calving time. Near the

MIXED up to calving time. Near tho
cities, where milk is sold toicustomers
no attention whatever is paid to the
time a cow is due to calve. She is
simply MIXED as long as she will give
1t, and sold if she goes dry too long be-
fore calving.
Breeders of dairy cattle who handle
high-priced cows are in grave doubt on
the subject of drying off. They all
know it is dangerous practice if not
done with care and diligence. If the
COW is neglected and forms milk in her
udder that is not drawn off, she is sure
to suffer from the neglect, while good
mixers are almost certain to give milk
up to the day of calving, with pretty
general opinion that it Injuries the calf
and creates too heavy a drain on the
COW. Can our dairy expounders at the
Convention lay down a safe rule to
pursue in this matter? Let them try
1t by all means. american Doi1yman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
Care for the Children

Chiliren feel the debility Of the Spring season eysn
than adults. and they become cross, peevlsh aud
uncomfortable. Humors in the blood are liable man
iest themselves in various ways, weakening the system
so to render unable to stand the attacks of serious
disease Tao blood should be cleansed and the system
lnyigorated by the Of Hoods sars1parila. Thou.
ssns OF parents testify 70 the great benefit their
children have derived from Hoods sarsaparilla,
My little girl was afctedwith scrofula. Sovirulent
the disease that her neck had been nced ten times
At the time she began TO take Hoods Sarapsra there
was very large bunch her face This we expected
to open with lancet but to our prize the bunch
gan to shrink, and now ii has entirely dsapps a7ed.
Baby is in good flesh; sores all gon,; hor appetite is
good, and she seems as well as any child" WILLIAM
ii. CoNANT Lyme Centre, ~ IL
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

If your earthen pie-plates are dis.
colored, rub them well with whiting OF
sand soap.
A piece of soft sponge tied upon g
smooth stick is very convenient to USE
in greasing tins or the griddle.
You can drive away ants by having
all shelves, &C.. well washed with strong
soapsuds of carbolic soap and then
sprinkling small pieces of camphol
near the holes of the ants. When the
odor of the camphor passes off fresh
must be put in its place. as it does not
seem to kill, but only drive away the
ants.
Steel may be clcansed by rubbing
with apiece of wash leather dipped in
in kerosene oil.
A beef's tongue, if dry, should be
soaked for several hours, put in cold
water, and boiled slowly four or five
hours.
One way to utilize bread crumbs is to
dry them thoroughly in a warm-not
hot-oven, roll fine, and keep in a jar
for frying oysters, etc.
A level cup of granulated sugar i:
seven ounces; cup of butter, pressed
in solid, is seven and a half ounces;
a cup of lard is the same; cup of corn.
starch is six ounces; cup of raisins,
without stems, is eight ounces; cup
of dried currants is six ounces, and a
cup of rice weighs seven ounces. The
standard cup used for measurement is
the ordinary stone-china; that holds
about half a pint.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

For 25 years have been afflicted with Ca
tarrh so that have been confined to my room
for two months at time. have tried all the
humbugs in hopes Of relief but TO no success
until met with an old friend who had used
Ely's Cream Balm and advised me to try it. /
procured bottle TO please him, and from the
first application found relief. 1t is the best
remedy have ever tIied.-W. c. MATHEWS,
Justice of the Peace, Shenandoah, Iowa.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
Purify the Blood

Mr.. NJ. J. Quinn, Of Albany, N Y, says his little
daughter. six years old, terrible sufferer with
scrofula from birth. Was blind for months; in fact.
never well day till sho took Hoods Sasaparla,
She is now well and hea thy. Neighbors corroborate
Mr. Quinns statement and say the Of his child is
the most wonderful thing that has to their knoN
edge.
MIR. HENRY T. CURTIS, of Frankfort, Me-. says his
boy had twelve below his kne and pieces of bone
from all of them. The boy went on crutches three
years On taking Ho DIS Sarsaparilla the sores began
to heal and" year from the time he began taking he
threw away his crutches and walked mile to school.
The neishb,rs thought he never would walk again.
This is all strictly true"
Mr.. j. " A. Proudfoot of Chicago says his boy
had discharge from his ears, after scarlet fever.
Hoods Sarsaparlla greatly benefited him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

and applied Hoods Olive Ointment, oni in short time
the almost entirely disappeared. Mrs. Allen her
self was also greatly benefited by Hoods sarsaparlls
She says IL never well ia my life"
Mr.. j. N. Ketehum. of Barre. Vt. s'ys that hi
boy had several ugly seroiuous sores on his leg
Hoods Sarsap lrilla cured HIM. And Mr. Kctehum
says II can heartily reoommt nd its use to others.
Last spring my two children were yaeeinated soon
after they broke all out with running soress' dreadtu
Thought should lose them. Some one spoke 70 ma
about Hoods SarsaparilI purfer OF the oiood
bought bottle ana gave IL to the children. SO soon
they began to take II they began to get bet r. m
cured them completely, and they have remained
healthy ever since. do feel that Hoods Sarsaparia
saved my children to me-" Mrs. @. L. THOMPSON
West Warren Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
"Speak Well Of the Bridge that Carries Us
Safely Over"

Is an old adage, and as these words seem to
apply to my case l use them. For several
years have been terribly troubled with my
kidneys and liver. l had intense pains in
my Ions, back and hips. l could not lie
down, or sit down at times as the pains were
more than could bear. I was treated by
physicians here in Syracuse that did me no
good, and also tried several medicines that
gave me no relief. l finally went to one of
our druggists here in Syracuse, and was
recommended to use Hunts Remedy.
purchased bottle, as found it had heen
used with wonderful success here by Others,
and had not used one bottle before began
to improve, could rest, which before l had
been unable to obtain; the pains in my
limbs and back were all gone, and it GER
tainly has done all that was claimed for it in
my case. In fact, Hunts Remedy has made
a complete cure, and ! mott heartily recon-
mend it to the public for kidney troubles in
general. You are at liberty to use my name
for the benefit of others that may be in
doubt as 10 tine great meiit of Hunts Rem
edy. Gratefully yours, A. WooDRUFF,
With the Dry Goods house of D. Mccarthy
g. Co. Syracuse, N. Y, June II, 1883.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

As stages are quickly abandoned with the
completion of railroads, SO the huge, drastic,
cathartic pills, composed of crude and bulky
medicines, are quickly abandoned with the in
PRODUCTION of DR.. Pierces Pleasant Purgative
Pellets" which are sugarcoated, and little lar
ger than mustard seeds, but composed of high
ly concentrated vegetable extracts. By drug
gists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

The universal praise bestowed upon Kidney
Wort as an invaluable remedy for all disorders
OF the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, is well mer-
tied. Its virtues are universally known and
its cures are reported on all side. Many OBJ
s,inate cases have succumbed to it after they
had been given up by the doctors and a
thorough treatment will never fail to cure.
Sold by all druggists See ady't
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

Who knows that if tho beautiful girl who
died SO young had been blessed with Dr.. Pierces
"Favorite Prescription" she might have reign
ed on many another bright May-day. The
"Favorite Prescription" is certain cure for
all those disorders to which females are liable.
BY druggists
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

A person at Ashland, KY, claims to
live on ninety cents month-the cost
of bushel of cracked wheat. He was
formerly a dyspeptic, but now enjoys
good health,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04


DR.. Robert Newton, late president Of the
Eclectic college, of the city of New York,
ind formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio usel DR..
VIM. Halls Balam very extensively in
his practice, as many of his patients, now
living, and restored to health by the use Of
this invaluable medicine, oan amply testify.
He always said that 50 good remedy ought
to be prescrib d freely by every physician as
a sovereign remedy in all cases of lung
dis ases. 1t cures consumption. and has no
equal for all pectoral complaints.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
Cleveland. Ohio.

The Daily Anzeiger says: Chief
Superintendent of Police, j. W. Schmitt,
Of this city, who has been in the service
a quarter of century, endorses St..
Jacobs Oil as a pain banisher. II cured
him of rheumatism"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vcgetal lie Compound
was first prepared in liquid form only; but now
it can be sent in dry forms by mail to points
where no druggist can readily be reached, and
to-day the Compound in lozenges and pills
finds its way even to the foreign cilnes Of Eu-
rope and Asia
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

Is the best in the market. 1t is the most eco.
nomcal and cheapest, one box lasting as long
as two OF any other. One greasing will last
two weeks. 1t received first premium at the
Centennial and Paris Expositions, also medals
at various state fairs. Buy no other.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

The Indian of falcon glance and lion bear
ing, the theme of the touching ballad, IS
gone; but the petroleum they discovered,
now made into Carboline, the natural Hair
Restorer, will live forever.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

II the blood be impoverished, as manifested
by pmples, euptions, ulcers, or running sores,
scrofulous tumors, swellings or general debil-
ity, take DR.. r. " Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery" Soldby druggists
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

A sample of black pepper analy zed
by New York chemist was found to
consist entirely of authorizations, with
out an iota of pepper in it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04
The hest Rutter Color

The great unanimity with which dairymen
OF high reputation have adopted, in preference
to anything else, the Improved Butter Color
made by Wells, Richardson e. Co., of Burling-
ION, VT, is remarkable. 1t shows that the
claims of initiative colors are baseless. Wise
dairymen will use 90 other.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

PUREsT AND BEST coD-IIvER OIL, from selected
ivers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard 4
Co., Ny. Absolutelyp pure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians declare it superior to all other oils,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

EJ-FAsHIoN is QUEEN. Fast brilliant and
fashionable are the Diamond Dye Colors. One
package colors to lbs. of goods. l0c for
any color. Get at druggists. Wells. Rich
ardson Co., Burlington, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-04-04

.. s. marsha!s, attorneys and clerks OF courts
collected 100000 in fees in ten years,
Sl20,0 Of which turned into the treasury