Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-01-15
FARM Avn IsoUsEnoLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
TIE BEST LIGHTNING-ROD.-ln gen.
eral, lightning-rods cost great deal too
much, and are often badly made and set
up. They are not things to play, or
fool with, and a bad rod is worse than
none, for it may attract the lightning
and then fail to carry it of without dam
age. The best rod is of three-quarter
inch round iron, drawn TO long, sharp
point, which should be made smooth,
and gilded, or coppered. The sections
must be fastened together with screw
ferules, and the ends should be filed
smooth and bright, and be fixed in con-
tact. 1t is quite safe If fastened to a
pole few feet higher than the build
ing and set near to it, and 1t should ex-
tend ten or twelve feet above the pole.
There is no need for glass fittings, as in
sulators; iron eyes screwed into the
pole, or hooks fixed to bands TO fit
around the pole, are quite as safe as glass
holders, which are useless when wet.
The chief point is the ground connec-
ton. This should be carried into per-
manently moist earth, or, better still,
into water. We mighr give reasons for
all this, but if one wishes TO know the
why and the wherefore, he should study
a hand book of electricity, and he will
learn enough to make him quite Il
match for the peripatetic lightning
rod agents, who, as rule, are not de-
sirable visitors. A perfectly safe and
effective rod may be put up in the way
above described for ten to twenty-five
dollars, and will be worth more than
any of the patent fancy things, in too
common use.-American Agricult,uist.
Don't HOLD ON TO Your PRoDUCE.-
If you have anything to sell, sell it and
draw it to r'arket. If what you have to
sell is cheap. what you have to buy is
cheap also. 1t seldom pays 10 hold on
to farm produce. Ii any of the neigh
bors want little teaming done, it will
not hurt one Of the boys to do is-or the
horses either. 1t will bring in money
enough to keep the library table wei!
supplied with agricultural, religious,
and literary papers, magazines, and
books. Test your field and garden seeds.
Make boxes for starting plants in the
house. Make or repair frames for hot
beds, re-putty and paint the sash, and
make mats for covers. Ii the law and
the path-master will permit you to work
out the road tax, by drawing gravel, do
it now. And when you are doing it,
draw some for the roads and walks
about the house and barns. Take an in
terest in the school, and visit it. Ne
glect no social, political, or religious
duty. Study, not merely read, some
good books. Ii you are constitution
ally tired, wake up. The more you
do, the more you may do, and the easier
it is to do il.
DURABLE FENCE PosTs.-The oldest
fence the writer has seen, is a chestnut
post and rail fence on farm in Penn
sylvania, which was built more than
fifty years ago. 1t was set in the fol-
lowing manner: The holes were dug
larger than is now usual, and with the
old-fashioned spade or shovel the posts
were of good size and the holes were
filled with stones, tightly rammed down.
No earth was put in, and the bottom of
the post was consequently dry and ex-
posed to circulation of air. Large
stones were laid on the top, which serv-
ed to turn the rain from the hole. The
posts and rails have been whitewashed
with lime at intervals, and this has pre-
vented the growth of moss and helped
10 preserve the timber. The fence has
never been disturbed by frost, but re-
mains upright.-American Agricuhwist.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING.-Melt 2 ounces
of butter, mix in two ounces of flour,
simmer to soft paste in half pint of
good milk, sweeten with two ounces of
sugar and flavor with two ounces of
chocolate. When cool sir ia the yolks
of four eggs we'll beaten and the whites
beaten 10 snow; put into buttered
mold Immediately; put the mold In
pan half full OF hot water, set in the
oven and bake ono hour. Serve with
sauce.
CAKE FOR TEA.-A very nice cake for
tea. one which may be appreciated OIL
account of its calling tor one egg only,
is made thus: A little more than half a
cup of hutter, one cup and a-half of SUI
gar, one cup sweet milk, one egg, three
cups of flour, one teaspoonful Of soda
dissolved in very little hot water, and
two teaspoonfuls of cream Of tartar,
mixed thoroughly in the flour; one cup
of raisins chopped very fine.
1t is a blind confidence to suppose
yourself incapable Of mistake. 1t is in
deed serious blunder to refuse to take
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup when you even
suspect you have taken cold. Price 25ct
What a grand, great country this is
with Its vast territory, its big rivers, its
pretty women, and its Veni Vidi Wei
cure-SalvatiOn Oil.
"How old are your" asked justice
of the peace of "Jim" Webster, who
was under arrest for stealing chickens.
al Dunno" said the darkey. "When
were you born?" "What am de use oh
my tellin' you bout my buffday; you
amt gwine ter make me no buffday
present."