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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.
Common Sense i'm roedInr.

The report of the proceedings of the
Oxford Farmers club, of Ohio, contains
among other sensible talk the following
on feeding: The reports of feeding ex-
periments at experiment stations are full
OF instruction and hints to us. They arc
worth more than the testimony of any
one of US who might weigh our feed
carefully. We would not then know
what percentage of the feed was di-
gested. Too much of the feed often
goes into the excrement and is not assim-
Hated. BY noticing this and changing
the feed this may be corrected. This is
the case where we see whole corn pass
the horse, OK or COW. Digestion is not
right or the food is not suited to the
animal in such cases. While our weigh
ing animals and feed given will help us,
still We need more light than this can
give. The careful feeder watches little
things. No man can be a good feeder
who is not close observer and quick to
note the condition of every animal in his
charge. The chief thing is to suit the
ration to the animal Feeding is so much
OF an art that not one man in ten knows
how to feed most successfully. We do
not even know how to feed ourselves to
prevent dyspepsia and disorders which
come from improper diet and manner
and times of eating. 1t is evident that
this subject of feeding is one we need to
study much, for it is the foundation of
better husbandry.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

The New York Times says that 'the
total annual value of forest products ex.
ceeds that of the corn crop by nearly
$50, 900, 900, and exceeds the value Of
the wheat crop by fifty per cent. This
enormous amount of nearly 300, 900, 00Q
is produced by the exhaustion of the
supply and the destruction of its sources.
So far no effort has been made to replace
or restore it by any conservative or re
productive management. The enormous
business in forest products is a warning
that in very short time the sources Of
this wealth will be cut OFF, and also ar
indication of the profits to 10 derived
from procuring new supply by plant.
ing or cconomiling the present stock by
wise and careful management of it.
Farmers who own timber land will dc
we'll to preserve it from wanton destruc
ton, and to preserve the young growth
while they make use of that which is ma
ture."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
rom rains to which it would be exposed

from rains to which it would be exposed
il made in the sun.
A Massachusetts, horticulturalist re.
commends the following method for de-
stroying tent caterpillars: Make a strong
solution of soft soap and water, and with
sponge attached to pole pass the
sponge through the tent, saturating it
thoroughly. The work should be done
morning, noon and night, and the pests
will be destroyed easily, while no injury
will be done the trees.
So much has been said of the advan-
tages from pasturing hogs that many
have probably concluded that pasture
alone was sufficient. The truth is that
a pig running in pasture with no other
food will gain less on it than almost
any other kind of stock. Generally a
little milk or swill is added, but some
corn or oat meal fed now to pigs in pas
ture will give twice or thrice as much
profit as that which is fed to pigs put up
in the fall for feeding on grain exclu-
sively.
The COW pea, says the CultigatOr, is
the important Tenovating crop In the
South, mainly from mistaken idea that
clover will not succeed in so hot a eli
mate. Really there is no climatic diff.
Guilty in growing clover in NEST portions
of the South. Where failure has &C.
CURED it is from poor preparation of the
SOIL. or more frequently, from lack OF
lime or potash. 1t is better, even in the
South, to get the land in condition to
grow clover than to SOW COW peas for
blowing under. Glover is decidedly
better for green manure on Northern
farms.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Household Hints and Recipes.

Fried onions should be boiled first in
milk to be mild and odorless.
To prevert door from cracking apply
a little soap to the hinges.
Boiled cabbage is much sweeter when
the water is changed in boiling.
If brooms are wetted in hot suds once
week they viii last much longer and
always sweep like new broom.
When basting a turkey take a clean
stick and tie a cloth on the end, and wet
this in the gravy or dripping with which
it is to be basted; you can go over each
part more satisfactorily than with o
spoon.
A very simple and nourishing dish is
made Of two pounds of lean round steak,
finely minced, and simmered for three
hours in one quart of water, sailed to
taste. Served with boiled rice. If liked,
curry powder may be added to the gravy.
Do not iron red tabIecloth at all :;
wash it carefully in warm suds (not hot),
rinse well, and, when ready to hang on
the line, take great pains to pull it so
that it will keep the proper shape. 1t
will retain its color much longer than if
ironed.
Delicately colored socks and stockings
are apt to fade in washing. If they are
soaked for a night in a pail of tepid
water containing half pint of turpen-
tine, then wrung out and dried, the
colors will "set, and they can after.
ward be washed without fading
A delicious cream is made by this re.
cipe: Mix some raspberry jam or jelly "a
small cupfuD with one pint OF cream,
and strain it into bowl. Dissolve half
an ounce of gelatine in very little hot
water, and, when just warm, stir it into
the cream Pour the mixture into q
mold; set it on ice, and serve when very
cold.
Often a quart measure or its equiva-
lent -four common tumblers) may be use
ful when the kitchen scales are out of
order, for a quart of -four will weigh one
pound, one quart of butter (soft) a
pound, and one quart of powdered sugar
| one pound one ounce. Three sheets of
gelatine are equal to one ounce, and a
tablespoonful of salt, one ounce.
When irons become rough and smoky,
lay a little sat on board and rub the
irons well over it; it will prevent them
from sticking to anything starched, and
make them SIN 9th; or scour with bath
brick before heating, and, when hot, rub
wei, with salt, and then with a small
piece OF beeswax tied in rag, after
which wipe clean on dry cloth.
To get the fill flavor of dried or evap.
grated peaches, they should first be al
lowed to soak for at least three hours
then cook them slowly; when they are
almost done add the sugar, then set
them away and let them get perfectly
cold. If not used until the second day,
they will be still better, as they will alb
sorb the sugar and be much richer appa-
rently.
Wax beans make a delicious salad.
Choose young beans, remove the strings,
break in chlong pieces and cook in
salt and water. While still warm cover
them with dressing of oil, vinegar, salt
and pepper. Be sure and remember in
mixing salads the old saying: ga spend
thrift for oil, miser for vinegar wise
man for salt and mad man for mixing"
Use at least twice as much oil as vine
| uor
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

Leadvile is one of the great mining
towns of the West which have begun to
decline in population. 1t is common
for small and little known places to die
as rapidly as they grew, but cities like
Virginia City and Leadville seem more
permanent, and apparently should es-
cape the fate of less pretentious places.
Leadville, however, has fallen from IA, {.
$50 inhabitants in 1880 to II, 066 by the
Colorado State census just being COM
pleted. Denver, en- the other hand, shows
tho stability of a true city of diversified
industries and many resources, as well
as the wonderful growth of the West.
In 1880 Denver had $4,000 people, and
now the census shows Sd, 900, a gain of
nearly four seventies in five years,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Smpremely Delightful

TO the emaciated and debitated invalid is
the sense Of returning health and strength
produced by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
When that promoter Of vigor is tested by per-
sons in feeble health, its restorative and vital
izing potency soon cvinccs itself in improved
appetite, digestion and nightly rcpose, the
sole conditions under which strength and
nerve quietude is vouchsnfed to the human
system. A gain in flesh of course ersucs upon
the restoration OF digestion and assimilation,
As surely as winter follows the fall Of the leaf,
does disease shadow the footsteps of declining
strength, when the premature dccadcnce Of
vitality is not arrested Mamsmu5, consump-
ton and other wasting maladies are prompt
to fasten upon the enleeblcd. Avert disease,
therefore, with this grand enabling tonic,
which not only renews failing strength, but
mitigates and counteracts the inlirmities of
age and those of the gentlcr sex. Rheumo-
tism, malaria, liver and kidney troubles yield
70 IT,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

The Hon. John Kelly, the head aud front
o. lammany Hall, man OF strict integ 1ty,
81 in3cfatigahle worker early az his Office,
late = leave, so burdelel with business that
regular meals were seldom known. by him,
witA mind in constant tension and en0rgies
steadily trained, finally broke down.
The wonder is that he did not sooner give
way. An honest man in all things else, he
acted unfairly with his physical resources.
lie was ever dawing upon this bank without
ever depositing a collateral The account
oyerdrawn, the bank suspelds and both are
now in the hands Of medical recsivers.
II is not work that kills men, II is irregu-
larity Of habits and mental worry. 10 man
IN good health frets ut his work. Bye and
bye when the bank Of vigor suspends, these
men will wonder how 10 all happened, and
they will keop wondering until thcir Diving
day unless perchance, s)mo candid physician
or interested friend will point out TO them
how by irregularity, by excessive mental
eTort by constant worry and fret, by plung-
ing in deeper than they had right to 20,
they have produced that loss Of nervous en-
ergy which almost invariably expresses itself
ia deranged condition of the kidneys AMI
liver, for it is q wall known fact that tho
poison which tho kidneys and liver should
remove from the bloo2, if left therein, soon
knocks the life out of the strongest and most
vigorous man or woman Daily building up
of these vital organs by so wonderful and
highly reputed a specific as Warmers safe
cure, is thu only guarantee that our busine 3
men can have that their strength will be
equal to the labors daily put upon them.
Mr.. Kelly has nervous dyspepsia, we learn,
indicating, as we have said a break down OF
nerve force His case should be a warning tc
others, who, pursuing a like course, will GER
tainly reach like result.-Ihe Sunday Her
old.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
care Of Newly Planted Trees.

Newly planted trees require careful at,
tention through the summer and es-
pecially in dry weather. hIulchino, by
which is meant the spreading of coarse
manure, half rotted straw, or any other
litter on the ground over the roots of the
trees, will be always found of great SER
vice in keeping the ground cool and
moist and promoting the growth of
newly transplanted trees, particularly if
the succeeding summer should be hot
and dry. There is substitute for mulch.
ing that is perhaps better than mulch,
but In the hurry OF summer work it is so
sure to be neglected that the planter had
better mulch his trees as soon after plant
ing as possible. If, however, he will
keep the ground loose and friable around
his trees by frequently stirring the sur
face and never permitting it to becom
baked and hard he may safely dispense
with mulching. But because it is re-
commended to spread coarse manure on
the surface of the ground let it not be,
therefore, inferred that it is ever advisa.
bic to place fresh manure in the soil
about the roots of trees. 1t is very
apt to kill newly planted trees, and
snre to do more harm than good.
If it is thought necessary to enrich
the soil old and perfectly rotted manure
may be thoroughly incorporated with it,
but the safer way is to place the manure
on the surface and let its iertilizing
properties be gradually washed down by
the rains. 1t is very seldom that trees
which have been carefully taken up,
carefully planted, and Well mulched
will require any Watering during the
dry summer weather. If it should be
come necessary, however, to give them
water, it should be done thoroughly. A
mere moistening Of the surface of the
ground is worse than none at all. Give
enough to penetrate down to where the
roots lie and to soak the ground about
them thoroughly. And now, il the trees
have not been mulched it should be
done Immediately in order to prevent
+he evaporation of the water that has
been given and the baking and cracking
OF the earth under the rays of the scorch-
ing sun. If no litter can he had with
which to mulch the same result is eff
tected by stirring the surface a few
hours after the water has been given and
before the sun has baked the earth. If
this is not attended to better not to give
any water at all, for the hot sun will
only bake the earth the harder for the
watering.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Farm and Garden N0fea.

Turnip seed may be sown where early
peas have been taken off.
Cornfodder can proftably be fed as
soon as the feed gets into the pastures.
Peach trees that show signs of the
"yellows" should be Immediately dug
up and destroyed.
The one successful principle of stock
feeding is to feed literally from birth
until the animal is disposed of.
Some breeders contend that green
clover tends to produce barrenness in
all varieties of farm animals pastured
upon it.
AS a fall feed for COWS, pumpkins are
not sufficiently appreciated, and they
are perhaps more cheaply grown than
vegetables.
Grapevines willneed attention every ten
days or two weeks. Pinch in the new
growth, so that the strength of the vine
may go into the fruit and the wood that
IS already formed may ripen.
A French agriculturist recommends as
a preventive against the bites of gnats,
horsefies and the like a decoction of
walnut tree leaves in vinegar. Animals
may also be rubbed with fresh walnut
leaves.
Vicompte Chezelles, the French noble
man who gave evidence before the Eng
gish ensilage commission, is accustomed
to place large quantities of nettles in his
si'o, and states that the stock eat it
readily.
One who has given it thorough trial
reports that hen lice will not trouble
fowls where sassafras poles are used for
perches. Of course the droppings should
be removed frequently, especially during
warm weather. Leaves and boughs of
sassafras scattered around the henhouse
will help destroy or at least scatter YER
min.
If there is any odd time when the
ground is too wet to work. manure NAV
be drawn and spread on land intended
for cropping next season. 1t will be
worked through the soil more perfectly
the earlier it is applied, and on the sur
face of either plowed or grass land ma
nure, even in hot weather, loses little
from evaporation.
Many horses have the habit of sleeping
standing up. II is a very injurious habit,
and the horse should be broken OF it II
possible. The narrow stalls in which
horses are often placed makes a recum.
bent position very difficult. 1t is cruelty
to the animal to place him in such a
stall after doing a hard days work.
AS soon as the presence of the onion
maggot is detected all the plants at
tached, which are easily known by the
leaves fading and turning yellow, should
be at once pulled up, burned and lime
water poured into the holes. Strewing
SCOT or powdered charcoal around the
plants, or saturating the beds with
strong soapsuds, has been found useful.
Making hay while the sun shines was
the old fashioned rule, and good one
under methods formerly adopted. But
it has been superseded by the changes in
hay-making machinery. Hay as cut nov
&ith the mower is spread very thinly,
ries rapidly, and, excepting the first
few hours after cutting, most of its cur
ing is in the cock, whore it is protecteo
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
The King of Dudes.

Berry Wall is the king of dudes, says
New York letter. This sovereignty in
the matter of dress is the unique means
the young man employs to dispense with
an income of over $500, 900 q year. A
gentleman, who has known this eccen-
trio spendthrift for years, met him at
Saratoga recently. During the past
month ne has replenished his wardrobe
with the most marvellous variety of gar
ments ever made for mans back. 1t is
said that, after a long career among the
toilers of the world, this fastidious
dresser has finally decided that no one
can excel the fit and style of the clothes
made by a New York firm. Poole, by
special permission, allowed to refer to
one of us-H. NJ, the Prince of Wales
as q customer, if superseded by this ar
rangemeut. Mr.. Wallis happiest mo.
ments are when he is astonishing a gap
ing crowd by his attire. Just to give
them something to wonder at he will
change his costume three or four times
an hour. When conscious that he is
being pointed out as the beau of the
fashion plates, he will excuse himself
from his friends for space of five or
ten minutes to return in spick- ana
span outfit of an entirely different de.
sign. The transformations in dress are
made by two Wallets, who are always on
duty in his apartments to strip and re.
habilitate him as they would dummy
model in millinery store. The fellow
is not bad at heart, as liberal as profit
gate prince and nobodys fool by any
means. This penchant for clothes is
simply an expedient for spending money
and killing time.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Grant As n Horse.Tamer.

General Longstfest, in speaking Of the
Mexican war era of the life Of General
Grant to a representative of the New
York Sun, said:
Willis we remained in Corpus Christi
an incident illustrating Grants skill and
fearlessness as horseman occurred. The
Mcxicans were in tho habit of bringing
in Wild horses, which they would sell fol
two or three dollars. These horses came
near costing more than one officer his
life. One day particularly furious ami
NAL was brought in. Every officer in the
camp had declined to purchase the ami
NAL, except Grant, who declared that he
would either break the horses neck OF
his own. He had tho horse blindfoldod,
bridled and saddled, and when firmly in
the saddle he threw of the blind, sunk
his spurs into the horses tanks, and was
soon out Of sight. For three hours he
rode the animel over kinds OF ground,
through field and streald, and when
horse and rider returned to camp the
horse was thoroughly tanned. For years
aftTrward the story of Grants ride was
relrted at every camp fire in the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Take all in all

Take all the Kidneys and Liver
Medicines.
Take all the Blood purifiers,
Take all the Dyspepsia and Indigestion
cures,
Take all the Ague, Fever, and bilious
specifics
Take all the Brain and Nerve force
reriUes
Take all the Great health restorers.
In short, take all the best qualities Of all
these and the-beSt,
Qualities Of all the best medicines in the
world, and you will find that-Hop
-Bitters have the best curative qualities
and powers of all-concentrnted in them,
And that they will cure when any or all
Of these singly or--combined Fail!!!!
A thorough trial will give positive proof
of this.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Hardened Liver.

Five years ago broke down with kidney
and liver complaint and rheumatism
Since then have been unable to be about
at all. My liver became hard like wood; my
limbs were pulled up and filed with water
All the best physicians agreed that nothing
could cure me. Iresolved to try Hop Bitters;
/ have used seven bottles; the hardness has
all gone from my liver, the swelling from my
limbs, and it has tcorked a miracle in my
case otherwise | would have been now in my
grave.
J. W. MoREY, Buffalo, Oct l, 1881.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
A newspaper writer regards it as a Gu.

A newspaper writer regards it as GU.
rious fact that 5000 houses and only
9,081 human lives were destroyed by the
earthquake of May 10 in Cashmere, and
that not one life was destroyed by a re
cent water-spout which swept away .
number Of dwellings in Pennsylvania
His idea is that one dwelling affords
shelter to several persons, and that 3
convulsion of nature which destroys o
certain number of houses ought to do
stroy number of persons considerably
greater; a somewhat ingenious idea, the
statement of which renders demonstr&
ZION of its fallacv unnecessary.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

A New Orleans paper refers editori-
ally to the wonderful storation to
health Of Mr.. 4. Posey, druggist, 225
Canal street, that city, who some time
ago was Frustrated by an excruciating
attack of sciatica. After much suf-
foring his wife applied st. Jacobs Oil,
which cured him promptly and entirely.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

In the year 1892 there was only 264
postoffices in the United States, and 50
light were the duties of the postmaster
general regarded that President Wash
ington was opposed to giving him q
seat in the cabinet. Now there are
nearly fifty thousand postofliees, and
the annual revenue has sWelled from
$4,000 to $4,000, 900.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
Poverty and Suffering.

II was dragged down with debt, poverty
and suffering for years, caused by a sick FAM
lily and large bills for doctoring
1 was completely discouraged, until one
year ago, by the advice of my pastor, COM
menced using Hop Bitters and in one month
we we're all well, and none of us have seen a
sick day since, and l want to say to all poor
men, you can keep your families well year
with Hop bitters for less than one doctors
visit will cost l know it."
"A WoRKINGMAH.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

The French make poultry farming a
business by itself. In the neighborhood
Of Paris there are large poultry farms,
where as many as 100, 900 hens are kept,
and where by feeding at high pressure
the enormous annual average of 800 egg,
A hen is said to be produced.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21
A Zinc Boat.

The New York Sun says that the
French, who have made more expert
ments in shipbuilding than any Other
nation, once built a vessel with iron
frames, zinc plates for planking, and o
wooden deck. 1t was launched at Nantes
in 1862 by the builder, Mr.. Gulbert.
She was sloop. Her master, Captain
Johanue, took her out to Rio de Janeirc
for cargo of coffee. She was a good
sea boat, and carried great cargo con.
sidering her size. But they never built
another zinc boat. She cost too much
and did not wear as long as an iron one.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

KELLER & Co., 81 to 81 Washington street,
Boston, is the leading furniture house OF that
city An inspection OF their stock, when in
Boston, will prove Of interest to our readers.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

China is rapidly becoming modernized.
Negotiations are now pending with Ger
nan bankers for loan of 500, 900, 600
with which to build railroads and make
other Internal improvements.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

The purest, sweetest ard best Cod Liver Oil
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
iivcrs, upon the seashore. 1t is absolutely
pure and sweet. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physicians
have decided it superior 10 any of the other
oils in MAJ ket. Made by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., New York
CHAPPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-08-21

tB-None genuine without bunch Of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
ro.sonous stuff with "Hop" or "Hops" in
their name.