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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-24
RACES r
Programme of Fall Meeting of tho
PRINCE WILLIAM AND FAUQUIER FAIR
GROUNDS ASSOCIATION

GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA,
WEDNESDAY G THIIRSnAV SEPT 90 am

TO DO nclQ ri
GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA,
WEDNESDAY 4 THURSDAY, SEPT 90 and 30
FIRST DAY,
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH.
No. 1.-Trotting in harness mile heats best
; in ;, for horses the property of members of the
club that have never trotted in race. Entrance
- club to add $25 of which $40 to second
No. dash of 4, mile. FREQ for all. Purse
$50 Of which $40 to second. Entrance SIS.
No. 3.-Dash of \, miles for the Members Chal-
lcnge Cup. Value $50, with $50 added, Of
which $40 to second-for horses owned and rid
den by members of the club. Entrance $40 !;
Wcltcr weights.
No. dash of "a of mile. Purse SO of
which SIS to second. Entrance 81 so. FREQ
for all
No. 5.--Thc Homc-brcd Stccplcchase for horses
that have never run steoplechasc, owned by
members, 1 y miles. Purse SO of which $50 to
second. Entrance $50.
SECOND DAY.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER BOTH.
No. 1.--Trottng in harness, mile heats, ; in 5.
Entrance $40, club to add $50 of which $40 TO
second. Open for all horses owned by members
of the Association.
No. 2.-Swcepstakcs of S. each for 3.year Odds,
the property of mcmbers club to add &25, of
which $40 To second. y mile DASH
No. :;.-Swecpstakes of $40 EACH free for all :;
$40 added by the club, of which $40 to second
l Iuile and (urlong.
No l-Steeplechasc les. Purse S125, Of
which $50 to second. Entrance SIS. Frec for
all
No s. Consolation for beaten horses. Purse
$50, "f which $40 to second. q milo. En-
trance 50.
Entries close September oath. Three to start
in each race. Haf-brcds allowed = lbs. in all
races Parties wishing to hccomo members of tho
Association please address the Secretary.
au - 1aw:sw !. +. HERRELL, Sec
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-08-24

The CONVENTION to nominate dem
ocratic candidate for Congress for this dis
trct will reasonable in this city at l3 O'Clock
to morrow at the Opera House. Already q
number of the delegates have arrived and a
majority of them are expected by tonight.
The impression prevails that this session OF
the convention will be short one, and that
nomination will be made by to- morrow
night but no one knows whether this will be
the case or not, or who the nominee will be-.
The convention will be called to order by MIR.
{. l.. Pollock, of Loudoun, who was elected
chairman when Judge Ashton, of King
George resigned. When the recess was
taken on the night of Saturday, August 9TH,
the names of Gen. w. II. F. Lee and Hon.
+. +. Meredith were before the convention
and preparations for ballot were being
made when the motion to adjourn was
carried.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

There was once a little girl who had a way
Of saying awful to everything. She lived
in an awful house in an awful street, in an
awful village which was an awful distance
from any other place. She went 60 an awful
school, where she had an awful teacher, who
gave awful lessons out of awful books. Every
day she was so awful hungry that she ate an
awful amount of food, 50 that she looked aw-
ful healthy Her hat was awful small and her
feet were awful large. She went TO an
awful church, and her minister was
an awful preacher. When she took an
awful walk She climbed awful bills, and
when She got awful tired she sat down under
an awful tree 10 rest herself. In summer she
found the weather awful hot, and in winter
awful cold When it dirln't RAIN there was
awful drought and when the awful drought
was over there was an awful RAIN. So that
thi, wfuI girl was all the time in AN awful
state and if she don't get over saying awful
about everything | am afraid She viii 10y and
by become an awful bore
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
Winter Calves.

We ike this advice; Il would not like to
raise calves in winter without oil cake meal.
| always allow a calf TO have its mothers
milk until the milk is fit to use" There Ger
tainly is nothing better for right young
calves than the first milk of the dam after
calving Unless "a calf is extra stupid aud
stubborn it can just rs easily be taught to
drink at the end of four or five days by a
little starving, which quicke,ls its wits won
derfully. The oil cake meal is also a very
good thing in cold weather; not too much of
it: start with II tablespoonful in half gallon
of milk, and increase the amount with the
amount OF milk as the calf grows older BE
sure and feed the milk and oil cake warmed
up to blood heat, aud then there will be little
danger Of the calf getting the srOurS. If she
does then put lime water III She milk Be
sure and take this dangerous disease in hand
in time if you want to save the calf. With
good, clean care the calves are easier to raise
in winter than in summer. when tho flies are
50 annoying American Dairynlan
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
For November,

Every furrow turned in autumn on suit
able land is valuable time saved when ii is
worth so much. Some soils will pask under
the influence OF rains and frOsts; light soils
will sometimes wash, but loamy, marty, level
ground may we'll be plowed Ridge blowing
of clayey la ds turning two burrows to
gether, exposes the clods to the ameliorating
influence of the frost, dries the ground in the
spring, so that fortnight is often saved In
getting in oats. barley, potatoes OF flax.
Young trees in windy places may have q
mound of earth drawn up TO their trunks To
stiffen them or they may be staked. A
mound OF earth u foot high will keep away
mice. Trap or shoot rabbits, they are fat
and good at this season.
Make cider in cool weather Ewes bred
this month have lambs in April. Cover
strawberry beds with straw or cornstalks.
Plants taken up from the beds and borders,
as well as those THAI have hn..lI out in pots all
summer, when taE..i indoors should not I've at
once exposed to fire heat Keep them in u
cool room for a while, opening the windows
every mild day. American AgricuIturlst.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

The oleomargaIins law goes into effect
Nov. l.
English sparrows kill birds smaller and
weaker than themselves.
Railroad companies are, asa rule, RESPONSE
bic for injury TO stock along their tracks,
when these are not fenced in.
Mrs Rachael Francis, who died lately in
Atlanta, Ga. left about S:D,D0o, the most Of
which she made out Of her dairy and truck
farm She was fine business woman
Try packing few punches Of grapes IN
bran or Sawdust II sound and packed care
fully, each buuch separate, they viii keep til.
midwnter or later, il the children don't find
them.
1t is said that il the silk FEELING ,nschinsry
now Icing tried at Washington works sue
cessfully it viii put fD,OHl,GJ1s year more
into the pockets OF farmers, The United
States commissioner of agriculture VIII buy
cocoon. from those who wish 10 sell them.
Small fruit culture will always he most snc-
cesSful o1 the intensive plan Plant only q
mail area st time, and give that the best
culture possible. Better raise coo hg-he. on
one sore than that amount Oh i've or six
The Svatl.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
,alued at soo ,ooo for tn. herd, quite risk 70,

valued at s0O, ono for the herd, quite risk 70,
one man to AXE In carrying to and from and
showing at q fair HIS sales are all in the
state of Oregon. We asked him why no did
not remove his large cattle raising business to
the west, where Others claim to be doing so
well at the business His answer was, and
1t should encourage eastern farmers, that If
lie were proposing to do as large business as
the western ranchmen are doing he would
choose Vermont lands to do it on. Our best
limestone lands are equal to the best In Ken
lucky, while our climate fayors, or rather in
sures, better constitutions.
He says ono Of his neighbors contends that
a. many head Of cattle should be wintered by
every cattle feeder as his farm produces OF
half tons of hay. Straw, turnips and grain
should be the chief forage, while the half ton
of hay should work in rs condiment or rel.
ish. New England farmers, and American
farmers generally, have much yet to learn re-
garding the possible uses and value Of straw
for feeding beef producing cattle. MIR. Har.
ris is very systematic in all his farming bust.
ness, keeping as accurate a set Of farm ac-
counts as if he were running bank His an
imals are fed and all the work about the
stables is done with the precision Of clock
work. He loves farming, believes in it as q
business, and his boys are growing up with
similar ideas and feelingS-New England
Farmer
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
Crop Report.

The October report of the United States
department of agriculture is at hand. The
condition of the corn crop has improved
since the last report, owing to warm weather
in September The whole crop, however,
will be- 300, 900, 900 bushels less than that of
last year, it is estimated. In the states be-
You'd the Mississippi the returns will be
lowest
In wheat there will he an increase of l0O,-
1900 bushels over last year The average
production is ~ bushels to tho acre. New
York yields IL bushels to the acre, the high
est average of any state; next comes Michi-
gan, 1873. The lowest production per acre
comes from the states CT the northwest which
are supposed to be in the di,Imctively wheat
growing section. This ought to encourage
the small farmers in the older states
The crops OF oats, rye, barley and tobacco
are good.
Potatoes are rotting furiously, and more
insect pests than usual have invaded them
this season. This is probably because the
birds have mostly been killed of to adorn la
dies hats
The cotton crop will be considerably larger
than last year
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

"Now, I was boy of IL, not fond OF work,
and was Just out of the bayfield, where had
been ut work since daybeak. was tired,
dusty and hungry. 1t was two miles into
town. wanted to get my supper, and TO
wash and dress for singing school.
any first impulse was TO refuse, and to do
it harshly, for was vexed that he should
ask after my long days work. If did re
fuse he would go himself He was gentle,
patient old man. But something stopped ms
one of Gods good angels, think.
-Of course, father, I'll take it," said,
heartily, giving my scythe to one OF the men.
He gave me the package,
"'Thank you, Jim, he said, 4 was going
myself, but somehow / don't feel very strong
to-day.
ale walked with me To the road that turned
off 10 the town, as he left he put his hand on
my arm, saying again, Thank you, my son.
You've always been IA good boy to me, Jim
II hurried into town and back again
"When l came near the house, l saw a
crowd of farm hands at tie door, One OF
them came to me, the tears rolling down his
face
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
BASEMENT PLAN.

A, root collar; b, cattle stalls: c, manure pass
age; u, feed passages L, box stalls F, IAg pens.
The root cellar, a large room "a by B feet,
and flied through the hasch, will hold from
5000 to $500 bushels Of roots. The NOW
next 10 the horse stable, and the loft above
the same the ceiling of which is Of matched
boards, contain the hay; the NOW in tho
west, and loft over threshing floor and sheep
she'd contain unfinished grain. Spouts are
on each side of the roof, and all rain water Is
conducted to tanks or puncbeons, giving Il
sufficient supply for use i'll cooking and mix
ing feed.
Mr.. Brown lays much stress on his root
cellar. This is the English of it." Roots
for carrots, turniIs etc, are not SO impor-
tant for stock in America as in Great Britain.
where corn will not grow.
Here corn, which is easily raissl largely
takes the place of the roots, which can only
be produced by a painful, hackhreal;ing pro
cess. Roots must he raised, to give variety
to the food Of our domestic animals, but that
is enough. Corn fell alone is constituting,
but still it may always be the main standby.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
A Model Farmer,

A thousand acres Of arabic land in one
body makes a pretty large farm in a New
England state but that is the size Of the farm
owned and managed by Mr.. l.. B. Harris, Of
Caledonia county, VI. He has put in as high
As sixty tons Of hay in single day. He
begins, IN that northern section, the middle
Of June, and has the first crop all IN before
the lst of July. The second crop is also cut
when very Young AMI tender. He buys little
or no grain for his stock, but raises oats.
wheat and corn to feed at home He can
grow oats for twenty cents per bushel, and
thinks highly of wheat as a fee'ling grain for
cattle Turnips are also largely raised. and
after filing all available cellar room large
auanti,ie, are stored in pits in the field.
He has 100 breeding cows, HeTefoiris,
Dsvous aud Poiled Angus, and viii begin .
herd Of Shorthorns next year. His cattle on
Sbs .tsts iau ErSui.ds - Burlington "ss
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
How Baking Powders are Made.

While rival companies are disputing as
q what ingredients are TO be found in the
best baking powder" the public will be
interested In the following definition of
these now Indispensable articles, as given
by Appleton's Cyclopedis, the acknowled.
ged American authority!
"The best baking powders are composed
of bitartrate of potash Cream of tartar)
tartsric acid, carbonate of ammonia, and
soda bicsrbonate, bound together by lit
tie starch"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
JhCK-O'- CANTERN.


Ny Jack o lantern, yellow and round
What IN the world are you thinking about,
Do yon wish you were back Il gain on the grounds
Did 1t hurt you much N hen Scoop.-d you OUT
Your eyes are so staring wish they'd wink
Aud your nose is crOosri-it makes mine ache
But your teeth are perfect, rally think
They sre Just ss good a. the dentists make,
You look up al mr With your silir smile
Az II YOU were terribly proud and vain,
But guess II look foolish too, all the Wills
With only can1s inst M u a brain
VIDE Awake.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

Under the box stalls in the horse stable
there is no cellar, 20 that clay floor may he
used for young horses; and under the wagon
and implement shed there is also no cellar,
giving the root cellar ten or twelve feet of
covered wall at the north, which makes 1t
froStproof in the most severe weather. At
the west end of the barn have a lean TO for
lambs, which rs not shown in the plan This
barn is Sc by "a feet on tho ground, has sufn-
Gent room for horses, II steers or cattle, 4s
pigs and IS or ~ sheep. The entire basement,
including the root cellar is feet high
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
Mintering Celery.

A smart Michigan farmer describes how he
successfully winters celery. He packed it
away the last of November as follows: Grasp
Ing the stems in both hands, in such way us
10 prevent injury TO them, beat tho earth rs
clean rs could from the roots. Then after
all defective stems had been plucked off, the
plants were placed upright in bottomless
boxes told bee hives Us compactly ms possible.
Ncxt, about two-thirds of the foliage was cut
Off, through fear that the celery was so very
densely packed that it would sutfocate and
rot Then, having inserted the nozzle of a
tin funnel here and there through the tops of
the remaining foliage, sifted quicksand, such
as used for making mortar, was poured into
the funnel till all the interstices between the
stems were filed up to the foliage The boxes
were on the earth floor Of II diinly lighted
and cool cellar, where Il little frost
sometimes entered. Earth was banked
up around the boxes three or four
inches; a pailful or two of water were poured
on TO the sand in the boxes, and the operation
was repeated every ten or fifteen days. 1t
WIS three months before the plants blunche,l
and were in nice condition. The hearts We're
solid by March 10, when they were sold. AT
the time of digging, the small plants were
"heeled i'm i'll a dark room or some cellar
against sloping earth. First, tier Of plants
was laid rs closely as possible; then layer OF
mellow earth sloping for n second tier OF
plants, ami 80 on, earth and plants alternately
We used these III the family till May. Some
Of them were wet once or twice with water
and these commenced rotting first The beat
inc Of the earth or tae roots allows the pack
ing Of three or four times as many in the
same space as with the earth left on, and the
second experiment proves that a lighted eel
lar is not necessary. If the plants could be
kept cold nearly down to the freezing poin,
We probably could have celery till June OF
'J,,lv
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
cow AND CHOIR.

tine tunes for Sunday. Louder and louder they
sang, till Bossy could stand it no longer. She
put her head in at the door to see what it was
all about: The sounds grated ON her ear for
music
Moo-o ooo! said the COW energetically.
Then she lowered her head and switched her
tail There was in her eye n look that plainly
meant business. She charged on that choir
in less tirlc than it takes to say Jack Robin
son. She caught the tenor's coat skirts on
her horns and ripped them from top to bot
tom Then she made at the big fiddle, and it
never buzzed again. The boom died away in
the basso's throat, and he jumped for the door
with haste which really was not at all
proper for first bass in well to do church.
The soprano and contrulto ran Us if a witch
on hroomStick was after them They did
not stop to see whether their skirts flowed
gracefully or not.
In the twinkling of an eye the church was
cleared of all but the COW and the benches.
She looked at them a moment, and then
made a charge on them just as she had on
the choir. She butted them over and tore
the cushions upon her horns till all was a
sight TO behold After that BoSsy paused a
moment and looked around on the ruin she
had made, rs if to say:
That's my opinion of choir rehearsals.'
to uibblng grass III the churchyard.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

If manure at fifty cents ton is less profit
able than clover, what may those farmers
think who are paying 81 TO 81 a ton for man
ure' /, question propounded by Henry
Stevlrl. The cheapness of clover and its fa,
create value rs compared with manure rem
dcrs 1t especially beneficial to farmers who
grow grain, and for them the practice of grow
ing it 10 pOw under is most useful
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

a, was taking walk | noticed two little
boys on their way to school. The small one
stumbled and fell, and though he was not
very much hurt he began TO whine i'll ba
byish way-not a regular roaring boy cry,
as though he We're half killed, lvlt little
cross whine
The older boy took his hand in n kind
fnthcrly way and said
"Oh, never mind, Jimmy; don't whine. II
is Il great deal better To- whistle
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
AUTUMN LEAVES.

Crimson and scarlet and yellow,
Emerald turning 10 gold,
Shimnrrius there in the sInh"ams,
Shivering here IN the cold
Waving tarcwellS ~ the tempest
RUfhlesSly tears them apart.
fluitrrlns. dancing and rusiling
4. hilh'.r and thitbcr they iat;
Prcal.,,iy -aiiinS the rapids
Iari!y swimming he pools
Flay lus I spy ~ with each other
Under tn" puffy tnndStools
Wrrsfh- for the walls ~ her dwelling
Zach neat little housrk-ep"r weaves,
Aui thrrr. amid delicate fern -Irsys,
Nc-.iv Ga" bright Autumn i-ay-S
e J. B-o"dlat in Harp-r's Young People
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
MAIN FLOOR.

G. wagon shed; II, implement room; |, harness
room manure shute; l., horse stalls VI, hay
NOV; y, hatch 10 root cellar; o, threshiug floor;
d, feed passages; p, shutes; =, granary; X, sheep
room, $, sheep feed rack.
In the following this northern farmer utters
words of wisdom: My chief speciality in
farming is fattcning cattle and pigs. do
not sell any grain, and very few roots, As |
find that to grow good crops a farmer wants
all the manure he can make or get, and then
never has enough
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
4 LITTLE SUN.

One afternoon, in al unIiii-t nppi.
pa~-.i u~>tl- t.iis tiny bright :Ic-j -oNer
AMI h-cs-i that he would tel nI- II re eolld.
The secret ~; his JOY through sEn tni shcNrs
lie looked Al u- with open Eyes, an sail.
Il know the sun IL some y her. 81 mir: isar
AM Wh-n cannot 80 nan overhead
itry 20 " lite sun f,sht her.
WIN. Boyd Allen.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
YOUNG FOLKS COLUMN.
THE COW THAT DIDN'T APPROVE
OF CHOIR REHEARSAlS.

Better TO whistle than Whine-"My
Jack o. Lantern. So Yellow and Round"
Buried Cities and Countries-A Cows
Ear for Music.
A COW thought she would play joke on
some people the other day. Iwon't tell you
where she lived, but this is a true story. 1t
was in the warm autumn weather, before tho
last cold snap. The choir Of a fashionable
church in the town were reheaIsing for tho
Sunday services 1t was to be a great day
for the people of that church, and the choir
meant to have everybody SO home saying:
.What lovely music we had to-day" Every
body, that is, who had any ear at all for har-
mony. So they practiced long and loud.
The soprano trilled, the tenor held OH long
to his high notes, the basso rumbled in lis
throat and the big violoncello growled back
at tho basso.
1t was q warm day and the door was widc
open A COW was grazing peacefully in the
churchyard.
Rr.r-r-rill, rippled the soprano.
Weee ee-ee-ng, SCARED the tenor, up high.
Boom, boom boom, reared the basso
loom 2oom-zooni, bu2zed the big fiddle
1t was very fine.
BoSy out in the yard stopped eating, and
turned her head on one side to listen.
Moo oo-oo, exclaimed Bossy gently.
The choir paid no attention to her, though
but sang on like all possessed. They would
split their thloats but they would grind out
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06

An exchange says: Farmers are begin
ming to object to having Signs painted on
their barns and fences. They think the
columns Of the local newspaper the bes,
place in which TO advertise aud they are
rirht
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
Buried cities and Countries.

|. Tell Charles TO name his wish. g
Mary, have you taken my chrome yellow,
g. Florence ami VIII are going out 10 walk
T. Can Tony be our guide, }. VIA, very
old town this is, q think Augli+ q very
dissgree,bis month. I Have yoI prepared
q bed for D-nni>oni 5 have Just discov. rod
den Of thieves . 1 saw the hull CT the
boat. 10 Don't YOU envy me this nics dosi
H. The street urchn shoutoi: Give me
that bag, DADDY "-Harpers Young People
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-11-06
Farm for Sale Or Rent.

Tie I'll OF The NEt section =, - acres. trredom
Tow u-hp. - sale county, H. He house and stable
good veil j. vel fenced Part under ruliiN alton, and
part To- meadow Terms ct -sH Slll BE- Uidc rrA-Ons
bic purChy-r II Not -"ld -'"u. vii he rented for
meat ,,J.uu. Address GEORGE ABET, NcNads ILL.,
uuI. sCp!S !uvs'