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Sharp County record., 1885-02-12

hotter III W mnlpeg ludu IL II III Ne"
York. But here, too, we are ahead OF
you people in some things. As we
dress for the winter in furS, we dress
for the summer in becoming way,
Down here man is supposed to shiver
in tall black hat and kid gloves in
winter with Il pair of earlaps making
him bideous, while in summer he is eX-
pected to change the color Of the hat
ONLY, while he roaSts under an overcoat
which he calls duSter. 1t is very diff
ferent with u.s. In summer we wear
thick helmets with good ventilation,
and we keep the sun off our heads
while we have plenty of air. We all
wear LIGHT clothes, suited to the season,
and flannel shirts with flannel collars
attached are general even among the
wealthy. When these are white they
are becoming, and nothing else is sc
cool. Then we wear white canvas shoes,
and if we dress for comfort we also
dress with taste. But we are worried
with flies. They come in millions
There are black flies, mosquitoes, bull
dogs and sand flies or bits, and can't se'
EN-, as the Indians call them.
GAS for the Indians, they never bother
us. But do not fancy that the Indians
in the Canadian Northwest are quiet
because of the paternal policy Of TIE
Canadian Government. Tnat is pop
ular delusion. The Indians are quiet,
or have been, because the Hudson Bay
Company, which had judicial and COM
mercial control of the country for near
" two centuries, treated them well. 1t
was to the interest of the Hudson Bay
Company to be on good terms with the
Indians, and the fact that in their long
intercourse with the Indians the COM
panv had only one of their number
killed is sufficient proof of the friendly
relations which existed between the red
skins and the whitemen all over the
Canadian Northwest. | have heard
factors, as the managers of the Hudson
Bay posts are called, say that they al
ways gave trust to the Indians in the
old DAYS, and that the Indians always
paid their indebtedness; that there were
very few disputes, and those that did
occur were always settled by the legal
authorities, and in conformity with the
methods of the Indian as well as tho e
of the white man. You see the Hudson
Bay Company wanted nothing from the
Indian but his furs, and so long as the
Indian was not robbed of his land he
looked on the Hudson Bay Company as
a benefactor, and it was to his interest
to carry out his obligations and preserve
peace and order. We never had any
| trouble with the Indians until the Can
adian Government bought the North
western territories from the Hudson Bay
Company for $1,500,000, the cheapest
purchase ever made. Now few of the
Indians are uneasy because we are tax
inc their lands. But it does not amount
to anything.
about mmigration--well, we have
been disappointed, | confess, and the
country will not be peopled as fast as
we anticipated. But as we grow the
difficulties in our way will be removed,
just as they have BEEN in every other
country. 1 am not affaid of our fiji
ture.
With this the Canadian buttoned hi;
coat and departed. NJ Y. Sun.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

1t takes twenty-six large trunks AMI
a hat-box to hold Adelina PATHS traVA
cling wardrobe.-M y San.
There are 623 newspapers and Pc
riodicals published in foreign languages
in this country. Of these 483 are IN
German.
The newspaper business in Texas
must be good. The editor of the Lu-
ling Wasp offers to pay $4,000 for the
arrest of the person who stole his hand
axe.
Washington =. Gregg, the clerk of
the Boston Common Council, has re-
signed Mr.. Gregg is eighty-two years
of are, and he has held his position for
forty-two years. Boston Journal
The following thrilling sentence is
taken from a recently-publiShed society
novel; For q whole quarter of an
hour the young man gazed thought
fully in the flame of the eXtingulshed
candle" "
Captain j. P. Holm, who died in
Denmark few weeks ago, became
well known to the American public
tnrouyh his confinement in MaSsa-
chusetts insane asylum at the request OF
his wife and son. In his will the old
man ignored his family and left $4,000
for free library in Maiden, Mass.
George w. Stainboch, leading
merchant of Nashville, Tenn, was mar
ried recently, and the Cumberland
Club, of which he was II member, pre-
pared to give him a grand reception.
the reception was an elegant affair,
and attended by the elite of the city,
but the bride and groom to whom it
was given were absent. The executive
committee had forgotten to invite them.
-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Thomas Van Valin, pensioner OF
the war of 1872, died at Syracuse, N.
Y. December 26 January II he cele-
brated his 10th birthday, and he was,
consequently, within few days of be-
ing 1O5 years old. Mr.. Van Valin was
born in Duchess County, and was the
son of Abel Van Valin, who was acci-
dentally killed at the age Of 105 years.
His grandfather lived to be ll5, and a
brother of his grandfather lived to the
age of 112 years. The latter left three
sons, each of whom was also centen-
alian; John Van Valin lived to be lO9
years old; Isaac, 10, and Joseph, lO8'
-SyracuSe JOurnaI
A new man has taken editorial
charge of the Lockhart (TeX.) Register,
and makes the following unique an
nouncement: Il wish to state that L
have not done this with view OF
amassing a colossal fortune, for. having
been engaged in teaching school for
the last sixteen years, | have saved
pile, most of which | have invested in
personal property in the shape OF a
one hundred and forty pound Texaness:
l have been for long time undecided
whether to become mule-driver or an
editor, and, having at last made the inn
portant decision, l shall endcavor to
convince every one that would make
a good NJ. D."
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12
HUMOROUS.

Powerful steel knives which will
cut cold iron have been invented. They
will be useful in railway restaurants
Detroit Post.
-"Ah, Miss De Smith, are you going
to have goose at dinner to-day?' Eyes.
I hope so; you'll come, won't your
But somehow neither of them felt very
comfortable after that.-TeGds SittngS.
=" Masther," said little Irish rogue
one day to a gardener, care not plants
great sluggardsP" "No, certainly not.
replied the gardener. "Why, och, l
thowt they were, as it's so rarely you
sees em out of their beds. IN Y.
Ledger.
LEND me your ear minute y re-
marked Mrs. Brown to her husband the
other evening. "Will you give it back
to meP" he inquired with mock anxiety.
"Of course l will, you idiot! Do you
suppose I want to start tanneryT
She got the earn. Y. Graphic
"A young man entered an illustrated
newspaper office the other day and ap-
piled for position. "Can you draw
well?" asked the publisher. NO."
said the Young man. "But if / had the
well l could draw water He didn't
use the elevator going down STAIRS
W7lliamsport Breakfast Table.
Johnnie, you have been fighting?"
gravely inquired Mrs. Jarphly. "No.
man," promptly answered the heir OF
the Jarphlys. John Schermerhorn.
how dare you tell me an untruth!' ex-
claimed his mother. "Where did you
get that black eye, sir?" Il traded an
other boy two front teeth and broken
nose for it," replied Johnnie, as he
crossed the wood-pile. - Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
That's a good gun of yours.
stranger, said backwOodsman; "but
Uncle Dave here has one that beats it."
"Ah! how far will it kill hawk with a
charge of No. 6 shot?' Il don't use
shot or ball either" answered Uncle
Dave for himself "Then what do you
use, Uncle Dave?" II shoot salt alto
gether. kill my game SO far with my
gun, that without salt the game would
spile before l could get it. "
There are about as many ways OF
pronouncing depot as there are eccen-
tric ways of pronouncing creamery,
''finance," etc. As road out of the
difficulty we give the following sugges-
ton:
baatn IL tnsA-o ia
Down to the dep-oh,
The way is quite steep-Oh
Chat leads to the deep OH
slipped on grape-oh
Just by the day-poh.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12

Quill pens are again in fashion.
They are well adapted for the large,
angular penmanship now in favor
among ladies. Chicago Herald.
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12

"A boys school out West has only
two attendants. The mumps has re-
Gently swelled that number somewhat
Sharp County record., 1885-02-12

2
Down to the dep-oh,
The way is quite steep-oh
That leads to the deep oh.
slipped on grape-oh
Just by the day-poh,
In store near the dee-pot
bought this small teapot.
Perhaps, to end the agitation.
We'd better henceforth call it station.
Lancaster Examiner
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
.vIntering Cs,.Ie without shelter

The young cattle generally have to take the
winter and storms as they come, sheltering
themselves perhaps behind straw stacks which
also furnish them with the bulk of their food
This is all wrong if part of the straw was
used to make shelter, and the balance sup.
plemented with grain for their food it would
do very well, much better than the other way.
1t is little late in the season to commence
now but, If possible, keep the young cattle
in good thrifty condition, and far from the
verge of starvation.
1t would appear from the above paragraph,
which is taken from the National Stockman,
published at Pittsburgh, Pa, that within the
range of the writer's observation, young cat
tie are generally wintered without shelter
The climate of the neighborhood of Pitts
burgh is about the same as that of southern
New Engand-far too severe to make it eth
er profitable or humane to expose cattle, I'M
sheltered by anything more than fence or
stack of straw. Here, in New England, warm
stables for winter have been found to pay,
both in financial point of view, and as
betterment to the human conscience. The
wide cracks that were often plentiful in the
old fashioned barn stable are now rarely seen :;
and we scarcely know of an instance where
young cattle are wintered without at least
warm shed for shelter Wintering cattle with
out shelter, we believe, was never generally
practiced in New England, though instances
in which it was done were once not uncom.
mon
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
The Time 20 Gus Trees.

Mr.. A. W. Cheever has said it, and greatly
to his credit all housewives will agree, that
the man who is forehanded in his providing,
cutting far enough ahead to insure perfect
seasoning before the fuel must go to the
kitchen fire, almost sure of success in what
ever he undertakes. Without following up
the suggestive line of reasoning by which this
conclusion is reached we quote from the The
N. u. Farmer the appended helpful advice:
GOOD, sound wood will be in the best con.
dition to cut for fuel, or for durable lumber,
II cut soon after July, but the stumps sprout
poorly at that season, so the next growth is
retarded, and considerably weakened. The
stumps will start, but the young growth has
little time to mature healthy wood, and sec.
ond lot OF sprouts may start again in the
spring. II woodland is to be cleared for cul.
uvating, early fall cutting is advisable.
Most of the frewood of the world is cut in
winter, and taking the cost of handling and
the growth OF the sprouts into account, this
Is the best time, but to have the best fuel the
cutting must not be delayed
An old charcoal burner once said to the
writer; 1 would like to see you try to kindle
IRE in coal pit made of white birch cut in
March or April. Now, there is no wood that
will make farmers wife look happier than
will white birch cut in fall or early winter.
and put under cover to season. 1t kndles al
most like gunpowder and makes a hot fire.
But II cut late in winter, or in spring, after
the sap runs freely, and then left exposed to
weather until midsummer, il will burn about
as well as potatoes or wet sponge. Cut the
hreWood then as early as possible, and have
years stock on hand, well seasoned, and
under cover"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
CrneItr 20 Animal.

Advices from Texas report the destruction
of stock in some counties ~ startling In
some sections fully one-third Of the stock has
persisted by reason Of the severe weather, and
none Of the sheep survive in some localities
except those under shelter. Il is thought that
the losses in the Pan Handle have been the
greatest - Current netos item.
Correspondents from the Indian territory
state that scattered all along the trail are hum
dreds Of carcasses Of dead cattle. The whole
of the Indian territory is covered with about
five inches OF snow. 1t is stated that there
are over 900, 600 head of cattle in the Cher
okee strip. II the present cold weather holds
out week longer, one half Of these will per-
ish. Over a third Of that number are already
dead Current noi0s item.
The loss Of cattle on the western plains, in
great numbers, from exposure to storms and
cold, has become a regular annual occurrence.
1t is a cruel business thus to expose animals
to perish by thousands and even millions.
The owners are not sufficiently punished by
the loss Of the cattle, for their keeping costs
almost nothing, and IL half or third of the
herd lives through the winter their profits
may be large. They are no doubt left to shift
for themselves, without shelter from the win
ter storms with the expectation that part
of them will perish, and yet leave enough to
pay profit for the little care that they get.
There should be some way Of reaching with
the law men who deliberately expose cattle
to such suffering. Where is the society for
the prevention of cruelty to animals Here
is good field for Mr.. Bergh. These herders
and ranchmen do not all live in localities 80
distant that neither public opinion nor the
law can reach them
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
I.y a FaIr,Ipr Pcr.oD novn,

II is surprising how everybody rushes at q
fainting person and strives to raise him up,
and especially to keep his head erect There
must be an instructive apprehension that il a
person seized with a fainting or other fit fall
into the reoumbent position, death is more
imminent. l must have driven a mile to-day
while lady fainting was held upright.
found her pulseless white, and apparently
dying, and believe il had delayed ten min
utes longer she would really have died.
laid her head down on O lower level than her
body, and Immediately color returned to her
lips and cheeks, and she became conscious
To the excited group Of friends l said Al
ways remember this fact, namely, fsinting lie
caused by a lack of blood in the brain the
heart ceases to act with sufficient force to
send the usual amount of blood to the brain,
and hence the person loses consciousness be-
cause the function of the brain ceases. Re-
store the blood TO the brain, and instantly the
person RECEIVERS. Now, though the blood is
propelled to all parts OF the body by the so-
ton of the heart, yet it is still under the in
huence of the laws OF gravtation In the
erect position the blood ascends to the head
against gravitation and the supply to the
brain is diminished as compared with the re-
cumbent position, the hearts pulsations be-
ing equal. If, then, you place a person sit
ting whose heart has nearly ceased to beat,
his brain will fail to receive blood, while if
you lay him down, with the head lower than
the heart, blood will run into the brain by the
mere force Of gravity, and, in fainting in suf-
fcent quantity to restore consciousness. H.
deed, nature teaches us how to manage faint
ing persons, for they always fall, and fire.
quently are at once restored by lhe reoumbent
position into which they are thrown.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20

THERE Is BUT ONE SoURcE OF NEEDLESS Ex.
PENsE in the production of milk, says the
journal OF Agriculture, which approximates
In magnitude to the waste of fodder from ex.
posure to the cold and that is the lack of
full and steady supply of good milk. produc.
ing food through the whole of the milking
season, less than ten per cent of the very in
telligent dairy public of New York having
forethought enough to provide against even a
short midsummer drouth. Between lack of
food in summer and insufficient protection in
winter, the cost of milk is made something
like twice as much as it need be. Let the
cows be so well fed ia summer that there will
be no shrinkage in their milk, except from
their natural decrease due to the time of COM
ing In and reduce their keeping to a mini
mum by comfort in winter, aud there is mon
ey in dairying. 1t is better as well as more
enectual way of enhancing profits, than by
endeavoring to raise the price of dairy pro.
ducts, as this diminishes consumption by in
oreasing the burden of consumers; and a very
much better way than by waging a war of
doubtful results with cheap substitutes for
dairy products, which could not exist if the
bottom cost of genuine products were touch
ed. 1t is good time now to think of this
matter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
TO Remove Stains from Prints or Pic.
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20

The following is the creed adopted by a
recent agricultural convention in Canada:
1--WE believe in small farms and thorough
cultivation we believe that the soil lives to
eat, as well as the owner, and ought there
fore to be we'll MANFRED; we believe In 60
ing to the bottom of things, and therefore
deep blowing, and enough of it-all the bet
ter il it be a subsoil pillow; we believe in
large crops, which leave the land better than
they found it, making both the farm and far
mor rich at once we believe that the fertil.
izer of any soil is a spirit of industry enter
prise, MISREPRESENTATION these, lime, gyp-
sum and guano would be of little use we
believe in good fences, good farm houses,
good orchards and good children enough to
gather the fruit we believe in a clean kitch-
en-, neat wife in it, q clean cupboard,
clean dairy, and a clean conscience; we be-
lieve to ask mans advice is not STOPPING,
but of much benefit we believe that to keep
place for everything in its place saves ma.
ny a step, and is pretty sure to lead to good
tools and keeping them in good order we
believe that kindness to stock, like good thel-
ter, is a saving of fodder; we believe that ii
is good thing to keep an eye on expert
ments, and note ALL good and bad we be.
lieye it is good rule to sell grain when it is
ready we believe in producing the best but
ter and cheese, and marketing them when
ready "
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
PHOENIX, FEBRUl

bathed for one or more hours In clear water
to which some chloride OF lime has been add
ed. II these stains are in bound volumes,
they may be removed by placing damp linen
over and under the dscolored leaves and sep
arating them by means Of tin foil from the
other leaves. When the desired effect has
been secured, linen and tin-foil may be taken
out, the leaf operated upon put between
sheets Of blotting-paper, and the volume clos
ed. Should there be great many Of these
stains, the cover should be taken of and the
volume placed over night in a basin Of water.
The separated parts Will afterwards have to
be hung up to dry.
Sometimes the mold stains, caused by damp.
ness occupy large space and are marked all
over with little black dots. In this case the
paper has to be backed with an additional
sheet, after which tartaric acid may give the
result desired.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
PrOtecs the Tools.

Every farmer should keep can of the fol.
lowing mixture Kerosene, two quarts lin
seed oil, one gill rosin, one ounce. Melt the
rosin in the linseed oil and add to the kero-
sene. Goat all steel or iron tools, whenever
bright, with this when they are to lie idle, il
only for few days. 1t will not take half
minute or half a teaspoonful of the mixture to
coat pillow when one has finished using it,
and it will prevent all rust and save half
days time in cleaning it when it is again need
ed, besides saving the team many thousands
of pounds extra pulling. Coat the iron work
of the mowers and reapers with it when they
are put away for the winter. A little rust is
only little thing, but it makes very much
difference ip the aggregate. - Farmer and
Mann fJcfuret
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20

The old idea that it is unhealthy to eat at
night is by-gono superstition. The most
advanced physicians now advocate the theory
that digestion aids sleep and sleep aids di
gestion." They do not mean a hearty meal
of roast turkey and trufiles at bed time, but
enough of good, wholesome food to give the
stomach something to do during the tirst two
or three hours of sleep. As some wise man
has written, "a cracker or two at bed-time is
better than dose Of bromide"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20
Hosiery DEPARTMENT..

This department contains over
300 dozen of the choicest goods Of
the season in all the new shades,
which will now be offered without
regard to cost.
Also 100 dozen Ladies' COrSetS in
the most approved makes at man.
ufacturers' wholesale prices.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20

An old physician, retired from practice having had
placed in his hands by an East India missionary the
formula of simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
tarrh, Asthma and all throat and lung affections also
positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and
all Nervous Complaints, after having tested its
derfu curative powers in thousands of cases. has felt
his duty to make 1t known to his suffering fellows
Acuated by this motive aud desire to relieve human
suffering, will send free of charge to all who desire
IT,, this recipe, in German, French English, with
full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail
by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A.
MOVES, lAs Powers block, Rochester, N Y. 1898 COW
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-02-20

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