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The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
COUGHING HOGS,
An Affection Due in Most Cases to Damp,
Cold and Filthy Pens.


Cold and Filthy Pens.
A cough, in man or beast, is always
an unpleasant affair. 1t may result
from some temporary local irritation,
or it may be the symptom of something
far deeper and more lasting. In any
event, it indicates irritation in the
throat or bronchial tubes, and perha ps
in both. 1t may come, sympathetical-
ly, from some arrangement of the
stomach. Possibly it is the result of
cold, but no matter, what the cause, it
is safe to investigate the symptom and
apply remedy.
When a hog coughs, it is a symptom
having the same significance that it has
among human beings. See If a hog
has dry, well-ventilated and whole
some bed to sleep on. If the pen is
damp and cold, or is filthy or musty;
II the straw is rotten, moldy, dirty
mass of straw; il the hogs have to
wade in filth and slush up to their
knees, and to pick more or less Of their
food out Of this disgusting and strong
smelling mass; in short if every thing
in and around the pen is not clean, dry
and SQUAD, you may well suspect that
the eaass Of the hogs cough lies visibly
before your eyes. DO you need TO be
told that these uaheaIthy conditions
ought to be cremovedP--Isd.F Foy,~ey.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
Evolution of the Peach.

The great ancestor of the peach was
purely a tropical plant that could not
endure the least touch of the frost
The almond, from which, by man aid
ing nature, the peach has been pro-
duced. is so fragile that it can scarcely
BE- made to grow even in the warmcst
portion, of the United States; vet. aft
er many ayes of coaXing and gradual
acclmatization, it was transpanted
from the hot suns and warm fields Of
Arabia to the frost-touched highlands
Of Persia. But instead of the rich
kernel being the tempting food which
the tree offered to the cultivator, as was
the case with the parent almond in
Arabia, it was the husk which man ate
III Persia; but not the hard. green, in
digestible woody rind of the almond.
but tn" rich, luscious peach. - Christian
al Work.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The best bred stock cost the most
money, but its produce brings great
deal more than the produce of that
which is badly bred.
Trees in a cultivated field are
troublesome, but where they are moi
numerous they add enough to the
beauty Of the landscape to compen-
safe.
Fanny Field saws, in the Prairie
Farmer, never put lard and sulphur, or
any mixture OF grease and sulphur, on
young turkeys or chickens or the
young of any animal. 1t is sure death.
The heifer should be trained from
her birth, says the Stockman, to stand,
lead or allow any one to handle her.
A calf treated in this manner will make
a gentle and valuable cow, one that
will not kick. and which will be easily
and more conveniently MIXED.
"A Tennessee farmer made an ap.
plication Of one handful of ground sui
phur and the same of salt to about a
peck of ashes, mixed together thor
oughly, then applied it to the collars
of the apple-trees that were badly in
tested with the borer. He says the
remedy killed the worms and saved the
trees
Gentle conduct can not be too
strongly recommended. Rough hand
ling not only makes the animals dis
trustful and excitable, but also pro-
duces proftless results from the food
gwen. Rough, soulless and irritable
cattlemen should never be tolerated
about the premises. .-Montrea1 Witness.
To work butter for packing, says
correspondent Of the Ohio Farmer, take
clean linen cloth about the size of a
napkin, wiring it out of bowl of cold
water; with this in your hands take up
little pats of butter and gently press
lightly and quickly till all moisture is
absorbed from the butter, frequently
wringing the cloth.
There are many waste corners
about the farm and door-yard where
there is room for fruit tree of some
kind, or for row of currant, goose
berry, raspberry or blackberry bushes,
There is no better place for these than
along the fence in the back yard. Tie
the raspberries and blackberries to the
fence to keep them in place and have
nice fruit and easy picking. Chicago
Tribune.
One Of the best and cheapest de.
vices for plowing to prevent barking
trees in orchards is short whif1le-tree
with the hooks for the traces on the
back, and SO fixed that the traces have
to be passed over the end. Thus when
the whiffletree rubs against the trees
the latter is protected by the leather.
There was once a patent on this de-
vice, but it has long since expired
Troy Times.
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A Case Of Indisposition.

Conversation between two Texas
journalists Haven't seen you for
the last two days. Have you been in
disposedp'
mo, it's my wash-woman who is in
disposedp"
rs she very sickp"
"She is not sick at all. It's me who
is sick because she is indisposed to
bring back my shirt"
II wish ! had a shirt that l could
send to the laundry" was the mourn
full reply of the other journalist, whose
coat was buttoned up close to his chin
- 7eIas Stttings.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE THEoRETIc TURTLE.

The theoretic turtle started out to see the
toad;
He came 70 stop at liberty pole in the
middle Of the road.
Nov how, in the name of the sporting
whale" the indignant turtle cried,
Can I climb this perpendicular cliff, and
get on the other sidea
sIf only could make a big balloon, I'd
lightly over 1t fly;
Or a very long ladder might reach the top.
though it does look fearfuliy high.
"If q beaver were in my place, ned gnaw
passage through with his teeth;
can't do that, but can dig tunnel and
pass beneath"
He was digging his tunnel with might and
main, when dog looked down at the
hole.
1.-The easiest way, my friend" said he, sis
to walk around the pole"
A r. Wells, in 81. Nicholas.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The experiment of growing jute IL
Nevada soil is likely to prove success
full.
Connecticut has turned her atten
ton to the culture Of sponges along tht
coast Young sponges are transplant
ed from Florida and grow finely in The
Sound. Hartford Post.
-Horper's Weekly says that one O.
the distinguished smokers of New
York City keeps two brands of cigars
a cheap brand and q dear one. Alter
dinner his first cigar is a dear one
but his second and third are taken from
the other box, and taste just as good
he says.
In spite of their name, the col.
legiate sermons at this season of the
year have no reference to the 'bacca.
Laura-ate. To be sure, we never
knew Laura or any body else to eat to,
bacco, but we had to chews between
this and abandoning the joke altogeth.
er. Boston TRANSCRIPT.
1t is estimated that when the Lick
telescope shall be finished and set in
position it will have cost Sl64. $50. The
observatory dome will cost $56,S5O,
the mounting $4,000, the visual OBJ
ectivc S53, 900 and the cost of the pho
geographic objective will be $13,000-
San Francisco Chronicle.
A sailor was tished out of the river
off Gutenberg, N. j., the other night,
after ne had been for some time yelling
Justify for help He explained that he
had thrown himself overheard in fit
of Jealousy, having quarreled with his
sweetheart, but the water cooled his
excitement and he then concluded it
would be very foolish for him to drown
himself
There is considerable reason why
the townsfolk of New Haven do not
love the Yale students as, for instance,
at recent dangerous conflagration
several hundred students surrounded
the engines and kept up such loud
and continuous yelling that the chief s
orders could not be heard. They were
scattered by streams from the hose. -
Hartford Co1trant.
They are now adopting novel
method in India of giving change of
air to people who can not afford to 60
away from home. Patients are to 60
up in balloon, which ascends to
certain height and is there made cap
tive. 1t seems that few days passed
in this atmosphere, which is quite DIFF
ferent from that of the plains under
neath firmly braces up the most limp
Of invallds.
Journalism Is taking a squirt in
Italy. In Naples there is a regular
newspaper-reading craze, and even
the beggars gather around some f6rtu-
nate possessor of daily paper as he
reads aloud in the street. But the
people soon get tired of any one paper
and clamor for new one, The con-
sequence is that almost every day some
paper dies and another takes its place.
One OF the mos, certain ways OF killing
a newspaper in Italy, by the way, is to
fll it with news. What they want is
blood-curdling sensations
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
FULL OF FUN.

1T can be truthfully said OF kero-
sene and natural gas that they have
done much to elevate the position OF
the cook. East End B,ttletsa
Little Irishman-.'Phat man called
me larp' Big Germsn-'.Itvos mo.
dots who it vos," Little Irishman-
"Och, some little chap ought to be
very thankful it wasn't him. ."--Judge.
--Squaring the circle-making =
square meal out Of around steak. Isn't
a revolving light on the coast a navy
revolver The first fishery seizure wac
the one in which Jonah figured. Texas
SittingS
Said he: ave been married thirty
years and have never given my wife a
cross word" "Thats because you
never dared to. uncle said a little
nephew; ''if you had aunty would have
made you hop" Silence fell upon the
circle.
A local paper in Virginia chroni-
cles that mosquitoes are very thick this
spring, We never saw very thick
mosquito, nor do we fear one of that
sort, The sting's the thing, wherewith
he jabs while lowering on the wing
Philadelphia Call.
Don't you know how many three
times ten is? Now, Harry said tho
teacher, ''if one loaf of bread cost ten
cents, wouldn't three loaves cost thirty
cents?' May be SO at your bakery.
but we deal with a baker that gives
three for quarter. '-CAtea9o Tribune.
Home Amenities These
berries, my dear, l believe are from
Florida am told that they are
shipped here in refrigerator cars. They
have certainly come long way
Wite-"Yes, and they would certainly
go much further if you wouldn't help
yourself SO literally. .'-7exas Stftnss
"A well-known theatrical manager
of this city recently made visit to
Cape May. He was asked to drive over
to Cape May Point to see the sights
there, but declined the invitation on
the ground that ''he had seen enough
light houses during the past winter to
satisfy him for the rest of his life. ~
Philadelphia Bulletin.
A lady living "On the Hill,' Rom
dout, whose clock had run down the
other night asked neighbours little
girl if she knew how to tell the time OF
day. Yes, ma'am,' replied the child.
'Well, then, will you just run into the
house and see what time it is for me?"
80. | don't know how to tell shat way.
| only know how when it Strikes was
the reply. .-EingSton (N " Freeman.
Judge Peters once observed that
distinguished Maine lawyer, who
prided himself on his good eyes, held a
paper, which he was reading, at arms
length. Il guess you'll have to come
to spectacles,' remarked the Judge.
"Oh, no, l can see well enough re-
piled the learned counsel, persistently
reading along, with the document
nearly three feet from his nose. "Well.
squire, retorted Judge Peters, you
will have to get either pair of glasses
or pair OF tongs, soon. "-Lewiston
(ne. } Journal.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
THE MAN OF THE MUSkET

"A portion of the following poem, written
BY Rev, II. : Taylor, of Englewood, III, was
published in Il recent number of the Century
Rdgd=httI:
They are building as Babel was built to the
SKY.
With clash and confusion of speech;
They are piling up monuments massive and
high
To lift few names ont Of reach,
And the passionate green.laureled god of the
great,
In a whimsical riddle of stone,
Has chosen a few from the Field and the State
To at on the steps OF MS throne
But II will pass from this rage of repowu,
This ant-h H. commotion and strife,
Pass by where the marbles and bronzes look
down
With their fastfrozen gestures of life,
On out TO the nameiess who lie meath the
OF the plying cypress and pine;
Your man is the man of the sword and the
plume.
But the man Of the musket Is mine,
knew him! BY all that is noble, | knew
This commonplace hero ! name.
I've camped with him marched with him,
fought wth him, too,
In the swirl Of the fierce battle flame
laughed with III, erred with him, taken a
part
Of his ranteen and blanket, and known
That he throb of this chIyalrous prairie boys
heart
Was an answering stroke of my owp
7 7 t,II SD1 MS
WA,n he fell on The hattle-swept ridge,
That the poor battered body that lay there il
blue
Was only a plank in the bridge
Over winch some should pass TO fame
That shall shine while the high stars shal
shine,
Your hero is known BY an ecuoing name,
Bat the man Of the nusket is mine
KNEW him, AL through him the gold anc
alloy
Rau tu=tther and equally free;
But judge as trust Christ has Judged tn
brave hoy,
For death made him noble to me!
In the cyclone Of war, in lhe battles eclipse
Lie shook out lis lingering sands,
And be died with the names that he loved o
his lips,
His musket still grasped in his hands,
Up close to the flag my soldier went down,
In the salient front of the line.
You may take for your heroes the men Of r,
nova,
But the man Of the musket is mine.
There is peace in the May-ladened grace c
the hours
That come when the days work is zone;
And peace " III the naueesS who, under tn
flowers,
cLie asleep in the slant of the sun
Beat he taps Put o-t lights and silence a
sound:
There Is rthc-pit strength in the grave,
They sleep well who Steep, be they crowned
unVr0wucd.
And Death will be kind to the brave
Old comrades Of mine, by the fast waniu
years
That move to mortaity's goal,
b. my heart full of Iove and my eyes full {
tears.
! mold Won all fast in my soul!
And march with the May, and its blossom
charms
rrderiy hay on this sod
And pray they may rest there, old comraIe
in arms
Like A.-s Of forgiveness from God.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
NEW YORK. March Il. 1886.

Ny DEAR THOMAS: The tear be-
wctt"d extract from the morning paper
relates the story of its own tragedy.
Married: Jenkins-Spal1ing, On
March IS, Horatio Jenkins to May
Spalding. No cards.
Yours desperately, Bronson.
7. ST. am experimenting in char.
coal as means Of suicide. If | find
that it entails too much patience and if
| verify the rumor that its use would
caus" my face to turn black-too black
to be recognized by her for whom |
died-I shall end all things with dyna-
mite, H.B.
-Bcajamln .Northrop, IN ~ Y Graphic.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
RUINED BY HIS HAT.
Harry Bronson's Trouble with the
Cruel Jenkins.
NEW YORK, March !

NEW YORK. March /.
DEAR TOM. | an a fool. No. ! am
not Yes, | am. Well, III tell YOU all
about it ana Won can Judge for your
sell. You remember pretty May Spald.
ing that dainty little blue-eyed, gold
en-halred maiten who summcrcd with
the Vauderdusens at Newport last
season. Well, She has been wintering
with the St Georges in New York.
and | I'M head over heels in love with
her. | have been buAzing around her
like q moth around candle ever since
snow teA. 50 has that Odious Jen-
kin> You remember jenkins? He is
the same disagreeable wretch he was
when You knew him-rich and good
looking ~ some foolish women think,
though to save my life | can not see
whore il comes in. The ST. Georges
gave mid-Lent party hast week She
was there and SC was l. So also was that
miserable jenkins. Some people new
err do know enough to stay away from
whore they are not wanted. About
ten clock asked Miss Spading to
walk with me into the conservatory,
There we found a rustic seat in the
shade Of big cactus plant and sat
down. After a few minutes of en-
barrassing silence sighed, meltingly.
why do you sighr' she asked.
Don't YOU knoE9' replied, mean
ingly.
She thought moment and then re-
piled: Yes, think do
My heart gave great bound direct
ly into my throat. So she had noticed
my love. Ny devotion had touched her
heart, and now was to receive nv re-
ward!
at was that chicken salad she an
swered in heartless, cold -blooded
tone Of voice, Chicken salad is the
worst thing you can possibly eat before
retiring, and | saw you last evening eat
four dishes.
"On1y three,' l interrupted, "but
Miss May, | added, appeallngIy, 'it
ism t the salad that makes me sigh"
Mop she replied, in that same
hard tone that reminded me most
forcbly at this unhappy moment of
the silveFplated head of the screw
which the undertaken makes fast in the |
easket just at the close of the funeral |
eeremo monF. Then it must have been
the cream. Salad and cream never 20
well together v
Don't be cruel" I exclaimed,
"dont make sport of me, | beg you
Indeed it was not any thing have
eaten
NO? Then you must have drank
something that didn't agree with you.
Really, Mr.. Bronson, you should be
more careful Of yourself You are far
from strong, you know"
Miss May l cried with deep emo
ton, 1t wasn't the wine nor the
punch, nesther was it the tea, the ice
water, the salad, nor yet the bsc4its
the cream, the cakes, nor even was
that sigh brought out BY the coffee.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
HOW CANDY IS MADE.

Facts OF Interest to Our Young Readers
Concsrning This Vast Industry.
How many Of the boys and girls who
read the Christian Union know or even
think what a vast industry candy
making is In this countryp An article
recently published in Harper's Monthly,
written by MIR. r. R, Bowker, tells
US many interesting fact&
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
Oh, Miss May, can't you guess what it
is th al pi pS me surh ,,aip o.,

Oh, Miss May, can't you guess what i,
is that give me such painp"
81 am not good at conundrums, "
replied Miss Spalding in way that
really did more to derange my hillary
system than had | eaten all there was
on the table the previous evening at a
single mouthful.
arose in mute and touching expos
tulation.
Speaking of conundrums, she OBJ
served in the same wintry tone, "can
YOU tell me what time it is and where
Mr.. Jenkins is? He promised to call
for me here in ten minutes. 1t seems
to me'-here she placed a marked ac-
cent upon the ''me'--''that | have
been here at least an hour and a half y
Then she rose to 90. lputoUt my
hand to detain her-as well might |.
in my loyalorn folly, have tried to
stop Niagara with tennis racquet
but just as my luck would have it, one
of those internal cactus thorns man.
aged, in the dark. to run itself half way
through my palm.
Deuce take il,o exclaimed before
realized the strength of my language
Mr. Bronson!' she remarked 50
frigidly that the poor, unofending
cactus shivered as with a chill. "Mr.
Bronson! will You be kind enough to
stand aside SO that l may find Mr..
Jenkins?"
l followed her instructions without
even whispering of their injustice, anG
she sailed into the brilliancv of the
ballroom, growing more radianll
beautiful at every step, The door
swung back to place, leaving me- alont
in the shadow to nurse my phySica
suffering and mental agony. Amomen
later, before | had time to determin,
whether life was worth living. even to
the rest of the evening, and as wa
about contemplating impaling myscl
on another OF those murderoua thornS
the door opened and closed again
, Although my back was turned to it
heard footsteps which | recognized q
hers. She mad come back, relrhtln~Iy
full OF sweet penitence. to ask my par
dom Would l be backward in glvin!
1t? lhat is not my nature, AImo>
before turning around my arms wer
extended their full width and made
. plunge through the gloom towards tn
location where fancied she stood.
- | forgive YOU free y-most freely
my dearest May.' | calculated in
single breath, which had not spent il
e self before my arms had closed, just
little tcnderly, perhaps, around tn
Il figure was addressing.
" Your pardon is granted, " respond
ed deep base voice ending in Il )ittl
aggrayating. snorting laugh, | alwav
have hated man who snorted as h
q laughed. and since that night neve
hear laugh Of that sort without hay
ing red-handcd murder in my soul
Alter the last snort the Iaugh-"Wn"r
who had during this short period 0
silence been StrtlCpIlUr To psr1pp my
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31

q "A Mexican confined in Jail at San
Antonio, Tex, climbed to the highest
grating, stuck his toes in the ironwork,
hung head downwar folded his arms
cried "Adios," and dropped to the
basement. He struck on his head, but
failed to kill himself.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31
HAIRY Bronson.


March :, 1886.
DEAR OLD Tom: 1t was awfully
good of YOU to say that am not quite
a fool but wait until you read this.
Did you ever hear of such frightful
luck rs generally have. | left my
office in Park Row yesterday about two
0 clock. At Bleecker street met some
friends and We stopped on the corner
Here | gave an exhibition of my luck
that would make less sensible man
take poison and die in agony and q
bow knot in the middle of the floor
Just as soon as not.
A gust of wind on its way up town
from the Battety-harmless, sportive,
innocent gust of wind, that had gone
two miles and never touched a hat
swoOped down on my new tile and
sent it rolling up the street like a col
lege Oot-ball on most disgracrfnl
bender. There is no use of prolonging
the description. The faster | ran the
faster the hat rolled through the mud
between blockades Of street-Cars and
drays, through the crowds on the
pavement a block or so down muddy
gutter. Finally taking an ofshoot it
came to stop in pool Of water on a
side street. Two minutes later eight
policemen and several thousand rri-
zcns rushed down the thoroughfarr
and surrounded me and my hat as if
We had been malcfactors of more than
ordinary prominence After running
behind an excited and muddy man >ey-
eral blocks followed by the population
OF five or six wards it is not within q
policeman nature to resist making
an arrest, and if had not submitted to
this outrage with meckne>S that
Moses would have kicked at am sure
! would have been clubbed into the
bargain. Here my same luck put its |
foot in its mouth rs usual After .
passing through Il dozen streets Or 80,
followed by the same presidential gang
of idlers, we reached the station house
where the sergeant promptly dis
charged me. After waiting until
the crowd faded out Of sight, |
| rushed to hat store next |
door--a cheap, antique store |
bought the only hat in it that fitted
me 1t looked like very small and
inverted tin pail on the top Of a very
large and widespread umbrella, only
the edges turned up in a roll. If had
worn my trousers in my boots and
looked thoroughly wicked | could have
passed for icowboy even under the
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31

OF the fourteen Cabinet Ministers
of England only five are public-school
men. Mr.. Gladstone was educated at
Eton.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31

"A young man in Meadville, Pa,
sold his bicycle for thirty-fvc dollars
In order to raise money with which to
get married.
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31

1t is remarked that nearly all the
diseases Of poultry arise from cold
moisture
The Grenada gazette., 1886-07-31

A green turtle can live six weeks
without food
The Washington bee., 1886-07-17
WARREN'S ORCHESTRA.

This orchestra is fast growing
in popular favor among the peo.
pie. A BEE representative being
invited to one of Its rehearsels last
Tuesday evening,was highly elated
over the new aud select pieces it
rendered in artistic manner. The
old time music, see saw playing,
which has been so common among
coiored musicians is entirely elm
mated by this orchestra. The or
chestra renders, with ease and
skill, the fiuest pieces of music.
played by Krauss and others
o. e excellent f 'ature is the colo ed
instructor in the person of Mr..
Joseph S. Simms, who reads mu.
sic readily and seems topossess the
ability aud characteristics ola first
class instructor. Among the many
pieces played last Tuesday evening
were the new Departure, Summer
hight, Partisan Varieties, &c
An orchestral concert and prom.
enade will be given next month
which will show the efficiency OF
this orchestra.