The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-03

great event 81 the resurrection OF
Christ He WAS dead. but returned
to life. The egg is taken as emblem
attic of return to life. It Is to all
appearances dead. but we know that
If placed under proper conditions.
life will come forth from it. The
use of eggs Mt Easter was adopted
from an usage older than our era. 1t
was the custom in very early times
to celebrate the return of spring by
making presents of eggs.
s'Why does not Easter always fall
upon fixed day. Christmas is al
ways ON December 18th. why should
not Easter be fixed with equal GER
tainty?' Easter must always be on
Sunday. 1t is not a particular date
that is observed, but a particular
Sunday. How to decide upon the
Sunday. gave the very early churches
much trouble, and there were differ
ences on that account. but the mat
ter was settled at q council held at
Nice, in the year 325. The rule
was adopted that Easter day is
always the first Sunday after the full
moon, which happens upon or next
after March 2lst, and if the full
moon happens on a Sunday, Easter
day is the next Sunday after This
gives Easter day wide range of
dates, rs it may occur on any Sun
day from March 22d to April 18th.
ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN FOR
ArRTL.-As soon as trees, shrubs,
etc, are received from the nursery,
heel in, i. e., temporarily bury their
roots with earth at once. When
this is lone, planting may be done
at leisure. Prepare the soil well by
deep working with spade or plow
In ten years six properly planted
trees will he worth more than n doz
en- that were set ms if they were
posts. In digging nursery trees
many roots are cut off. Offset this
by shortening the top, cutting back
each branch one-third or one alt.
Unfruitful trees need manure ut the
roots, and opening or thinning out
of the head If there is no straw
berry patch on the farm, make one
Never mind the kind; plant that
which can be most readily had.
Any is better than none. So with
currants, raspberries and black her
ries: make Il beginning. Every
farmers family should have all the
grapes it can eat. Plant dozen
vines of the Concord now, and after
wards consider what better varieties
may be planted. The Concord will
produce tolerable grapes in abund-
anee, and create taste for some
thing better. Vines may be set
around the barns and other out
buildings. and along the fences.
SWEET HoMEs.-Something more
than well arranged rooms and well
filled pantry is necessary, in order
to secure a literally sweet home.
The housewife with an untiring Wig
lance, which needs to he, must keep
watch from garnet to cellar. lest dis
agreeable odors invade and take
possession of the house-a domestic
evil far too common among us.
Many housekecpors would not be a
little embarrassed if they knew how
often the nostrils of visitors are tax
ing silent. and unpleasant inventory
of the fried meat, boiled vegetables.
burnt fat, soapy ill-dried floors, and
even the steaming contents of the
wash boiler. all the varied SCENTS
from which thoroughly pervade the
house, and too often the garments of
the household. The kitchen is in n
large measure responsible for the
odors that creep into halls, chambers,
and closets, finding Judgment in car
pets and curtains, in bed and other
clothing, and even among books and
bric-ab rac But it is not the kitch-
en- alone which Greats the unsavory
atmosphere too common in many
homes. Rooms not in constant use
should receive at least a weekly air
ing. to prevent the close, musty
smell almost sure to gather in UNI
used apartments. The ways and
means by which the home air can be
tainted are so many, and so greatly
increased by modern convenienccs,
that every loop-hole, however small,
through which bad air and bad odors
may stealthily creep, needs to be
carefully guarded to secure the
health and sweetness of our homes
PROFITS IN POULTRY RAISING. No
other business connected with agri-
cultural pursuits, seems so attract
i've as poultry farming. Even those
who fab in the business and retire
from it, aver that they are certain
that they could succeed in new
trial. At the start, the general idea
is that the business consists of
throwing out corn to flock of hens
with one hand, and gathering eggs
with the other. But while this may
be true in some cases, it is very diff
ferent in Others. The expert poultry
raiser may perhaps meet with no
difficulty. and all may go on smooth
ly, but the novice is in trouble from
the first: the eggs are few, and the
chicks die. One may easily keep
ten or twelve fowls with profit, who
could not double or treble this num-
Der successfully, because with n
large number all the difficulties
which arise, such as want of clcanli-
ness, the presence of vermin, impure
air. and risk of infection, increase in
a much larger ratio than does the
number in the flock. But if one has
succeeded with a small flock, there
is no reason why he should not do
so with several flocks, if each is kept
in just the same manner as the orig
nal one. Afterwards the flocks may
be enlarged, but as this is the very
point on which most of the younger
poultry raises fail, the greatest eau
ton should be observed in adding
to the number Of fowls kept in each
coop or house, or yard.