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Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
A "CrOOked" Noise.

Lou is a wee lassie of four sum-
mers, with a quaint use of English.
The intermittent footing of a loco
motive caused her to clap her chubby
hands to her ears, with a funny little
frown expressive Of disgust.
"What's the matter, Lou p her
mother asked.
"Oh, I'm fastening out that crooked
noise"
The other day she was asked
whether she would rather go boat
riding to the island or spend the after
noon with grandmamma.
Il want to GO to both where's" was
the prompt geplg.-~Basan
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Farm and Garden Notes.


Pigs are benefit to orchards for
they consume the wormy fruit.
Rotation of crops, with liberal ma
nuring, makes the most profitable
farms.
As beans heat very easily, and heat
ing proves an injury, it is important
that they should be very dry when
packed away.
A compost heap ought to be found
on every farm, into which goes al
sorts Of waste. This heap not only
has tendency to keep the premises
clean but becomes available as a fer
tilizer.
Broom corn is not confined to any
particular kind of soil, but has consid-
cradle power of adaptation to different
climates. Any land that is reasonably
warm and dry can be made to yield a
fair crop.
An Ohio farmer says he killed every
potato beetle in a field "alive with
them" by sprinkling once with a mix
lure msde Ia proportions Of Aye pounds
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Household Hints.

Do not make jelly on warm, damp
day; choose a cool, clear, dry day.
Cayenne pepper is one of the best
things with which to rid house of
rats.
Glaze the bottom crust of fruit pies
with white of an egg and they will not
get sOggy.
The best way of cleaning gliding is
with weak ammonia and water, well
sponged on.
Boiled. starch can be much improved
by the addition of little sperm or a
little salt, or both, or a little dissolved
gum arabic.
When the burners of lamps become
clogged with char, put them in a
strong soap-suds and boil awhile to
clean them.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
nI1ppInas rOR TIIE CURIOus.
New Guinea is the largest island in
the world.

New Guinea is the largest island in
the world.
Divers. by recent French invent
ion. are said to be enabled to go doWr
a distance of 500 feet below the sur
face of the water.
Weasels were kept in houses in an
Glen Rome, instead of cats, for tins
purpose of killing vermin.
Prof. Huxley's idea of well-pro-
portioned man is one weighing l54
pounds, three pounds of which are
brains.
A hand placed near the Orifiee from
which a high pressure of steam is is
suing will not scald. The rapid ex-
pansion renders the heat latent.
The Roman nobility, at the close Of
the third Punic War, B. c. 1874, wore
stripe of purple on their tunic and a
gold ring on their finger, to distir-
guish them from the plebians.
The microscope shows that mould Is
a forest Of beautiful trees, with the
branches, leaves and fruit; that but
terfiies are fully feathered; that hairs
are hollow tubes; and the surface OF
our bodies is covered with scales like
a fish.
The African elephant will be extinct
in another hundred years unless a stop
is put to the indiscriminate massacre
now going on. So says josef Menges,
the great importer of African wild
beasts, and probably the most eminent
authority on such subjects.
A physician of India proposes max
ing EXPERIMENTS in the treatment OF
cholera on criminals sentenced to death
The consent of the prisoner would be
obtained. with the promise of exemp-
ton from further punishment if th'
experiment should not be fatal
The descendants of the common
brook trout sent to Tasmania have
shown a remarkable tendency to vary
in shape and markings. Furthermor
they are migrating to salt water, an
thus becoming anadrOmOus. The sam
is true of the New Zealand acclima
tants.
One of the most digniied and i'm
portant personages in the German EN-
pire is Herr Staude He is the barbe
of Kaiser Wilhelm; and so impresse
is he with the Importance of his posi-
ton that he closes his shop to othe
customers, and devotes all his time an
ingenuity to the task Of shaving tn
Emperor, whom he accompanies on a
trips to Ems AMI other waterin
4 places.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
AGEMTS WANTED

an1RFa An active Man or Woman in every
80" a IA ! ner Month and Expenses Expenses w ~ ~
KaN vahre Canvnssng outfit FlEE: PARTICULAR
W free standard Silver v'aro c.. bcsi on. 4es-
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
BOUND TO CELEBRATE.
High Carnival ON n Farm Whose Mortsase
Was Cleared on.

owe rot that mortgage off'n my farm
at last, Bill, said one farmer 10 announcer
as they met in the road.
s.WeI. I'm downright glad to hear II,
Sam. You've had som'at OF hard time
a dom it. An so you've wiped 1t OUT
eyes; I paid the last note this morn
in, am now I'm goin' home to have
bondfire: but you're right, Bill, l have
had n tarnal hard tussle of it. You
know as well as anybody what tough
scratchin' I've had to git that farm paid
for"
eyes, you have had hard time, Sam.
I know that"
seWeI, 1 should say so. Why, dur1
it all, I've wore out two wives-as goou
workers, too, as you could tnd any
where-to say nothin' of havin' rlght
smart o. sickness myself, brought on by
hard work in the field an slim pickin
in the house; but, OWN to that last wo-
man a. mine bein' as tough as penny
rile steer. an not breakin' down an
throwin' her funeral expenses, an the
/ time I'd a lost in cOurtin' an marryin'
agin in bad crop year-for, tell you,
Bin times amt like they was when l
fust come into this country; for, to git a
widder now, that's got any sight OF nara
work left in her yit, you've got TO 1901
away more or less money on new CLONES
an do right smart O. taffyin' to git her.
But. as / was sayin', Peggy stuck IN
her corks an KEEP a gOin' with her end
of the double tree till got to the top o
the hill with the load, an now, that I'm
thar at last, with signs of an easy grade
ahead, tell you what I'm goin' to do,
BILL
''What's that, Sam ?"
'Tm a goin' to have time o 1t, an
kill suckin' pig
eyes. l do. I'm goin' to have cele
bration an regular rip-snortn' time
"Hurra for YOU
That's what I'm goin' to do, Bill.
amt been on spree for thirty years
but I'm goin' to cut loose tonight, If
, have to chaw dogwood bark the rest o
nv DAYS. an want you to come owe
an help me make the woods howl thu
evenin' after you git your milkin' done
What dye say?"
can right, I'm agreeable. What
the programme ~
"We'il git on a high, an beat tn
! bass drum till midnight, if it spring
0 the rafters, Bill. I've got six bottles
pop an two cigars in the wagon here
am that'I be a whole bottle apiece tC
us all around, not countin' your wifi
= an wen go the whole dose, if it make
us deperate. This here pop is somethn
they've got up sence I've been stranglil
with that mortgage, an I've been fan
ishin' for twenty-five years, Bill, evel
: time I've seen it zip an zizzle in tun
r bier at picnic, to know what it tast
4 like, an I'm a goin' to know this vel
night. Come over middlin' alrly, BIZ
e AMI YOU may let every last one of the
Il corks loose, an we'll make the Scot'
q Gravel people b'lieve there's a tig
loose along the Wabash. ~ Chiea
Ledger.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

each Of Stacked lime" and coPperas
and twenty gallons Of water, BE
sides, it benefits the plants"
1t is claimed that light top-dress-
ing of gypsum upon pastures frequent
" has the effect to bring in a good
growth of white clover.
In France some experiments have
recently been made in supplying cows
with cold and warm water 70 test tho
effect ON them as milk givers The
food given was the same in both cases,
but it was found that those supplied
with water heated to 1882 F. yielded
one-third more milk than these given
cold water.
In the course Of a recent address on
the grasses, Mr.. ]. r. Alcott said "a
town flock of sheep, with a shepherd
and bush scythe. would be a grand
thing to keep down brush and weeds
along our highways, and would bring
in our native grasses that would be a
real ornament to every country road
side"
1t is always bad policy to crop bear
ing orchards, and one reason for this is
that it generally prevents their pastur-
ing by pigs, which are the best scaven-
gers for destroying wormy fruit with
its contents. The apples in our mar
kets would be fairer if pigs had the
range of apple orchards, and the pigs
themselves would be more healthful
food. If not ringed pigs will give an
orchard all the blowing it needs, with
no danger of injury to tree roots.
Few farmers would think of turning
stock on their timothy meadows in the
spring. But they should remember
that fall feeding is even worse, as il
destroys the growth needed to protect
the roots during the winter, when pro
lection is most needed. Every pound
of feed thus stolen from a timothy o
clover meadow is offset by the loss il
next seasons hay crop. besides tn
chance it gives for nOxiOus weeds t.
fill vacancies where the grass is killed
The mysterious disease known q
blight comes on potatoes from causes
little understood. 1t generally attack
potatoes just after they have been Sc
and as the vines turn black and di
the further development of the tube
is arrested. 1t seems to attack pOts
> toes most freely in hot weather accom-
panied by rain, and is generally NOR
destructive on potatoes planted sha
low, or whose natural growth is nea
|, the surface. Entire fields are often de
stroyed in a single day.
In the old times the nuts Of beec
y and other trees, called mast were
. great help for farmers in growing an
:" fattening hogs. These nuts, fro
. their oily character, made a soft por
V which needed considerable corn
harden it. Probably a feed of pea
barley or oats would be even better fl
hogs fed on mast than corn would b
D. Bred hogs are not, however, adapt'
IL to hunting their living in the forest
u and almost certainly would lose rath
u than gain flesh by such an exper
~ ment.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
SHOCKED THEM.

A few days ago well-knOwn society
young man shocked one of his lady
friends by his ignorance of history. 1t
was after a dinner party at his house,
and she was telling him what she had
learned in her private history class. One
thing led to another, and all the time
he was getting into deeper water. At
last she surprised him by inquiring;
"Now, tell me, Mn, what are
the knights of the Bath, "
He stammered for a while, and finally
blurted out =,
''Why, Saturday nights, I suppose"
-BgfatO Courier.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
univ Temnerance Bitters AnOWn

Grateful ThOusam0s proclalll.. Al y iSL .ra
BrTrERs the most wonderful lnvlgorahD 'na' e'el
sustained the sinking system. ,,,- $50
UTof3e from California roots anQ herps, .Iee
from Alcoholic Stimulants' FUR satA'o
Tilis Ritfers cures Female Complalnt3.
Tnfammatory and Chronic leheuI..t.at . S4 ~
Cont. Bilious, Remittent and Intermittent re
vers. Blood, Liver and Kidney Dl5 5g'is,
nvspeDsia or Indig estlOn3 heeuSe ~
Pain in the Shoulders, Coughs, Ilghtnes5 OF tlo
Chest Dizziness, Sour Stomach u 49, Pe
Bilious Attacks Palpitation Of the iiee[s' nss-
monia. and Pain in the regions OF the Aluneys,
are cured by the use of the BitteTs. p.r,
ROr Skin Diseases Eruptlens, Dol..ii
Frvsipeas, Scrofula, DiscOloratons' II tllilo 'u
diseases of the Skin OF whatever nanny t " ~ 40
tnre are literally dug up ana caIIIe1 ~ tter
evsfen in q short time by the useol the bil.e 5
HnVfgOrades the StOInacHs anu sun
mates the torpid Liver and Bowels, Wlllcn ~ ~
der II Of unedualed efficiency in cleansing ny, w
blood Of all impurities, and imparuns ne" Hio
and vigor to the whole system; 81. - .. I ,,,,,oi,
No Person can take the BiIters anu leiii'''N
iOT lin M Tape and other Worms, are
5sstroy23ed and removed from the system;
CieSn se the Initiated Blood whenever
IL is foui vour feelings will tell you When. heep
the blood pure, and the health OF tue y s'en
wy In VcOIcIusSon Give the Bitters atrial Il
will sneak for itself One bottle will prove q oes-
ter guarantee Of its merits than iehs'nS ''
R.H. -HTcDOnaId Drug Cos ProprietorSs,
San Francisco CAL and 528 $50 y o. W '0Ai "
Cor. Charlton St., New YORK -
| Sold. by all Dealers ana Drug AS'S'
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

Husband Gmpatiently)-Is there
pencil about the house? On my way
uptown tonight on a street car very
clever thought came to me, but having
no pencil to note it down with, / lost it.
Wife Singing the baby to Sleep
Hush my bee-did you speak to the
conductor about it2-hush my bay
Husband (sarcastically)- Did
e-conductor-about-it Z
Wife too intent on the baby to notice
-Yes-hush my bay-bee-or
get the number of the carr
Husband (mad)-When you get that
COMPOUNDED baby to sleep, perhaps you Il
listen to what I'm talking about.-M
Y. SIN.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

The Massachusetts Republican state Con
vention nominated the following ucSet una ll.
n,onslv.--G Governor Robinson for Governors
Oliver Amos for Lieutenant Governor; Henry
a. Pierce Tor Secretary of state; A. w; Beard,
Of Bnsion, for State Treasurer and heeeiyer
General Charles r. Ladd renominattd Iof
Auditor; Edgar L, Sherman for Attorney
General.
The platform demands the immediate, an l9
silver dollar; urges the vigorous enforcement
If the Ednunds law in Utah, aud favors ClVil
Service heartily.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
CONFINED IN A OrADHOUsE.
The Experience Of an American Woman
vim Married an Italian of Rank

THE Fxperieuce Of an American Woman
who Married an Italian Of Rank.
WASHINGTON, Sept. z9.-Ihe United STATES
Consul al Genoa writes to the State Depart
ment that last August he visited an asylum
Tor the insane in the outskirts Of that city. de
was informed that an American lady who was
a patient in the institution desired TO speak
with him. but the director Of the institution
said she might be violent, and advised against
Inc meeting. However, he saw her and sat
sized himself that size was perfectly sane. de
learned from her that she had married an
Italian Of rank, and that atter an unhappy
confined in an asylum. She did not say that
she was cruelty treated, but that she was put
rnder unjust restraint. The husband in the
meantime corresponded with her parents IN
his country, and notified them that she was
suffering from a lingering sickness. Owing to
he Consul's representations, she was liberated
from the asylum, and If now on her way
home.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Modern Architecture.

Mr.. W. w. Armitage, architectural
draughtsman, No. 402 Montgomery
street, San Francisco, California, writes
that having a very severe cough, which
he found it difficult to remove, he tried
Red Star Cough Cure, and after few
doses was completely cured. Encour-
aged by this remarkable result, he gave
it to the you.g members of his family
who were sick from a like cause, and it
produced similar effects upon them. He
recommends its use in every household.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

NJ diseases follows an unhealthy eonditlon o. Oh
tbe liver one Of the most important organs
Of ~ he BODY. Impure blood bronchitis. ased
l Of the skin kidneys and heaIt-lfs
may be traced to faulty action OF go go
the liver. No other known pLepSl;. so,.5ersd
sTy as e is pleasant to the taste mild but
sure in its action, and gift to suffering hu-
T man from one Of the most successful phy'
sicians of the age.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
shn Manted a FIshing Bont.

They we're sailing on the beautiful
waters Of Minuetonks. She looked up
into his eyes and asked him to tell her
about all the different boats. George"
she said, whats brig and a schooner
and a yaeht9 and oh, George, what's
that little dshing boat out there?"
"That, Angie, is a smack"
(Sweetly): George, couldn't-er-'
couldn't you give me me a-er-a
fishing boat2" Minneapolis Mail.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

A HNr-Prize fighters evidently
have not vet learned the most enec1 gl Il
method Of reducing their weight. Inc
British Medical journal tells OF iat gl ~
which was buried under the chalk ci ms
w " '' Dover for 100 days. 1t weighed 100
hounds when immured, and when aug
ant turned the scales at forty pounds;
If thus lost 1870 pounds in 100 days ana
came out very lean pig
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

CLEANED. "A London police constable
recovered e25 damages from publican,
whose bull terrier had bitten him
severely. It appeared that after the
plaintiff had been bitten he was refused
compensation on the ground that there
was nothing to fear, as the brute always
had his teeth cleaned every Sunday.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
rnE OLD TRoUBLE.

A North Minneapolis lady recently
engaged a new servant, and one day in
strueted her to tell callers she was not
AT home. A visitor asking for her mis-
tress. Bridget replied, mo mum, she's
not at hum. =
s:When will she returng" asked the
caller. q,
UFaith, thin, and she won't return, "
said Bridget. "a,
ssWhat, has she gone away for goodl'
uOch. murther, she's not gone. Win
she's At hum she's not at hum, and whin
sbc,s mot at hum she's at hum. Come
whin she's not at hum. Minneapolis
Malt
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
He Meant WGee."

A Western man who was touring
through the East, in passing meadow
heard the driver say;
abandon the direct progression to
the straight thitherward, and .dsviate
by inclinatory and aberrant dextro-
gyration into dextral incidence"
It was an amateur Boston farmer
saying gee Buck" to his yehe Of oxen.
.-Chieago Tafsn 9ssRn
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
nMan,s workls frOm sun e suni /.

WOmanIs Work IS u5NuI uo11S. - -,
1.yo.,- e . necessity to all; but, upon now
,,anU Vf1 women especially does it fall with tne
burden y Of the ast straw" and this, because So
heir peculiarly delicate constitutions aLe -
si M ~ functional arrangement. we can
not lessen your toll, ladies, but we can , an5
Il easier for you, by making you ,Fsvorite
pesSer S viii relieve you Of nervous ana
ether her weaknesses, and all the many Ills pecu-
liar to your sex.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

A LOOK AuEAD.-A retail grocer in
Quincy, H., according to local paper,
who was asked to subscribe to the cap
ital stock of the ferry company, refused,
and gave as his reason that if the bust
ness Of the city was materially increased
by a reliable ferry his landlord would be
apt to increase his rent.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

DrsMrssED.-'rhe wife of a police ser
aeant of New Orleans made an attack
upon a Young woman of whom she was wa,
Jealous. and was thereupon arrested by
her husband and locked up in Jail. lie
released her after three or four hours,
and was dismissed from the force IN
consequence.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Turnr IS NO pARr OF L1FE's CITADEL

THERE Is NO PART OF LIES CITADEL
where the enemy can make lodgment
that the ''VNEGAR BITTERs" will not
find him, and put him to rout. hnpurity
Of blood is the parent of disease; the
liver, the stomach, the lungs, the nerves,
every vital organ is affected primarily
from this cause, and in this direction the
VINEGAR BITTERs acts with magical in
duanoa
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

A POULTRY FARM.-F. Houghton, OF
Corning, Tehama county, CAL, will soon
have probably the largest poultry doSy L i1nin
in the world. He has nearly ., OOO mems
and has his hen house built ON sleds' SO
that he can move them from place TO
Mace on his wheat stubble.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

The English War Office has is ued the re-
mort Of Col. Kitchener on the fall Of hhar-
toum. He attiibutes the disaster 20 the
starved condition Of the troops, and the deser-
ton OF their posts v the native cohunSeht,
The Arab, the colonel says, entered tne cry
by the Boori gate which vas not defended
He acquils Farag Of the charge OF tfeaeneIyj
which has frequently been made against hlul'
-servia threatens Macedonia more and more.
II Is said that Russia has intlmated tnat sue
will make an armed Intervention II the Mace
DOMAIN frontier is crossed.
The Greek government has obtained
large advance from the National Bank, to pro-
vide for the creation OF further military re-
serves in view Of the present difficulty.
The Kildysart branch Of the Irish League
continues to boycott Mrs. Morgan . Oonnel,
a niece oF Daniel O'Connen with the utmost
severity. Even the necessaries OF LIE are re-
fused 10 her. Persons seen speaking TO her
servants are boycotted. ..,
possiter tho well-lnoWn jockey, attempted
n commit suicide at Newmarket Ens| Oy 0us
ting his throat
Five thousand troops Of the reserve force
~ Graece have been formed into an army
corns. Seventeen thousand regular troops
Including all branches OF the army, are nnhss'
ing on the frontier OF Ihessaiy, n Ieenus "
Indignation prevails throughout Greeee O'ei
The recent events in Roumelia.
"A fearful cyclone has visited False Point,
n mort on the Bay of Bengal The telegraph
lines we're swept away and many VesseS nave
been wrecked.
The MAGISTRATES Of county Cork, Ireland
/ hold a meeting at which the Earl Of Bandoni
/ Tientenant Of the county, presided. reso
luton was adopted directing the attention o
Inc CIV rnment to the excessive 6oycotunf
now being carried on in Ireland, and demand
/ ing that speedy repressive measures Do taAei
against this system Of persecution.
in the northeast portion Of Lancashire
Eng, there are now idle l,uOO,O1O spll1les am
m 00O looms. Fifteen thousand operatives ar
unemployed.
British capitalists propose to build shll
siIvrav across the narrow isthmus which con
sects Nova Scotia with New BrunsWick .
larry vessels from the Bay of FDndy to Gun
. orleud Strait
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

captsin John Kimball, Sailor, New London
Conn writes 81 was taken with severe pans IN
NJ ANAL 81 INV back in the RECON Of the Kidneys
! bod he hest medical attendance without expe-
fencing any relief bought and used bottle Of
IIIlN1is kidney and Liverl REMEDY -Four bot
lies entirely cured me-"
Price 81. Is. Send for Pamphlet OF Testimonials
HUNTS REMEDY CO., Providence: H. l.
q A cRITTEMInM. General AGENT, New York.
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Prnaf Of The Pudding

Is in the eating and proof Of the excellence OF
medicine is its acceptance by the puohc ASH 9Ou'
druggist, or almost any one and they VIII ten you
that the merit Of Hoods sarsaparilla, where 1t mas
been introduced, has caused It to ride
ROUGH sHOD
all cornpettors into the very heart Of public con
ddence and to-day it has a record Of success and Of
cures uneauaIled by any other medicine
'T was generally run down, had no appetite ana
,.tt the need Of a good tonic. have taken other
medicines, but never used any that did me so much
rood as Hoods sarsaparilla. now have good ap-
netite and feel renewed all over am better than
nave been FOR years"-E. H. RAND, Al West 9Th
Street. OswegO, N. Y. ,,
81 had catarrh nine years, and suffered terribly
with IT, Soon after began to take Hoods sarsa
sra the catarrh troubled me less and after taking
three bottles was entirely cured."-JANE HINEY
Iumberton, Clinton County, Ohio
Hoods SaEsapariIla
Sold by all druggists 81 six for s.. Made only By
CT HOOD 8 CO., Apothecaries, Lowell Mass.
100 Doses one Dollar
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09
Co,ours were first built in England in 1880.

THE purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver %. N
int he world. manufactured from fresh, healthy
liyers. upon the seashore. It's absolutely pure
and sweet Patients who have once taAeu y N q
Ser il 10 ali others. Physicians have decided II
.unerior to auv of the other oils 10 the marx
Made bv Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York
Milford chronicle., 1885-10-09

I7,coss over last wear ....... 184,64O,O00
Assuming that the States and Territories
outside of the ten named will proauce as
much corn as last year-543, ACC, 600 bushels
which seems TO be assured from study OF 1n l,
reports, the total crop this year will reach
j. g79 CSC, 900 bushels.