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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
"Reminiscences of Andy johnson.
lCarp in Cleveland Leader.l


Arthur, the bright-eyed. smooth faced col
ored man who acts as Col. Lamont's mes
seDger, has been in the white house since
1865. He is a rotund young man who seems
10 be always in good health and who has
complexion like oiled ebony and a head as
round as a cannon ball. L chatted with him
to-day about his presidential master. He
said Il knew President Lincoln very well,
and it was he who appointed me to a place
in the white house. | was not here long be-
fore he was asSassinated, and did not know
it till the day after II occurred. / came
down to the White House and found the
President dead. / liked President Johnson
very much. He was very kind to his SER
vents, and hept and fed eighteen employees
about the white house more than he need
have done. Everything was free and open
during his administration, and he was be-
yOnd doubt an honest man. / was his but
Ter and kept the keys of his sidebord. The
people charged that he was drunk during
the great part of his administration. This is
not true. | never saw him drunk in my life,
and if he had been so 1 think L would have
known it. President Johnson used to give
lunches on national holidays to the cabinet.
He would have a lunch served in the cabinet
room and after the cabinet were
through, all of the employees OF the
white house would be called in. President
johnson had a very good table. He kept
all OF his salary to keep up the white houss.
He gave great many dinners and on one
of his birthdays he gave a chIldren's party.
The east room was full of children, and they
had a dance there. They had nice supper
and the president came down among them"
"Who presided over the white house
during President Johnson's administration
The lady of the white house was Mrs.
Patterson, very fine lady, too. She had
domestic tastes and was proud Of her house
keeping. The President kept his own cows
then and made his own butter. Mrs. Pat
terson was very proud Of her dairy, and she
used to take some of her guests down to see
it. She often skinned the milk herself,
and one of the treats of the white house in
those days was a drink of fresh buttermilk
from the white house dairy"
President Johnson was a brave man"
continued Arthur. HE was not afraid OF
Congress. l remember one morning at the
breakfast table Colonel Moore, the military
secretary who used to carry the messages to
the senate, came in and said, Mr.. President,
] believe they will try TO impeach you
President Johnson replied: They may try
and bt-, and if they do try they will find
that they will have more trouble on their
bands than thew have bargained for They
did try it, but did not succeed"
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
FARM NOTES.

Be irregular III sailing, and the milk will
slow it in quality.
If you plant evergreens do so before the
buds have fairly broken into new growth.
Remember your horses Gao not tell you of
their ills and pains. 1t is your duty to watch
for them.
Unless the manure is old and we'll rotted
il should not be allowed to touch the roots
of the fruit trees, but to spread upon the sur
face.
Inploughing under green crops it should
of sap. generally before it has attained full
growth.
Too long pulls on muddy road often hurt
the wind OF a horse. When they begin TO
breathe heavily it is time to give them
"blow."
The Colorado Cattle Growers Association
has 534 members, who Own over / 200 900
head OF cattle and $4,000 horses, representing
50,000 600.
farmer who has for three years practiced
sowing the largest and plumpest kernels of
wheat says he knows of a certainty that his
crop improves.
If tie fruit ladens the trees too heavily
thin it out and the tree will not break down
nor be much exhausted, and the balance of
the fruit will be much larger and finer.
An egg broken in the feed once or twice
day will tone up horses system and make
his hair more glossy. But special foods are to
be used only for emergencies
A Nebraska farmer who has been expert
mentlng with blue grass, concludes that all
Northern Nebraska will prove to be one of
the finest tame-grass countries In the world.
II will not be much trouble to pour MI
nure water around a few tomato plants each
day, and thus make them mature much more
rapidly and the fruit r1pen several days
sooner.
Large numbers of Texas corn fed cattle
have been kept back by the railroad strike,
but they have been improved in condition.
and it is not thought the feeders will lose by
the delay.
Permanent PASTURE lands are the main
anchor of agriculture, and the farmers of
this country will find this out after awhile,
rs they already have in England, and will
| commence seeding their land with perma-
Dent grasses.
Never try to stimulate man or bird or
beast. hen filled with ''egg producer" or
COW given more food than she can digest,
will go like man kept on whisky. There will
be brilliant, feverish work for time, and
then grand collapse.
Dr.. Sturtevant, at the New York expert
mental station, found that mulching the
| soil lightly between the rows of peas with
straw retarded the attack of mildew very
perceptibly. II is the late sown crop that
suffers.
Tobacco is a rick and quick acting fertill-
izer. One OF its advantages is that it is re.
| pulsive to most insects, as it has flavor and
| odor which even the malodorous SQUASH bug
can not stomach. II is also said to ne good
mulch TO protect current bushes from the
worm which destroys their leaves.
Ponds are not good for young ducks. Wet
grass, danpness and cold sleeping places
will kill young ducks as such influences will
destroy young chicks. Feed the ducks on
bulky food. Cooked turnips or potatoes.
thickened with oatmeal, make q good and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
CURIOUS, USEFUL AND SCIEN-
TfFIC.

A large meteor. whose fall was accompa-
MED by awhirIing sound that is said to have
been heard for great distance, fell the other
night in the southern part of Oregon.
Cinnamon in Quincy, CAL, built big bon
fire one night recently during heavy snow
storm al d then caught twenty wild geese
that swarmed about the bright blaze.
A dense fog only few yards in breadth.
settled down upon one of the wharves of
New Haven at noon one day lately, and re-
NAMED in that isolated position for two
hours or more, while the sun shone brilliantly
elsewhere in the vicinity.
THE Pilgrims Progress" has been pub
lished in Canton in Chinese characters, and
illustrated by Chinese artists. All the char
acters are Chinese. The scene is laid in
China, and Apolyon is as fine specimen of
a Chinese dragon as one could wish to see.
According to the calculations made by a
scientific writer lately, it requires a prodig-
ious arlount of vegetable matter to eorm a
LAYER OF coal, the estimate being that il would
really take million years to form a coal
bed 100 feet thick. The United States has
an area of between 100000 and 400 900
square milds af coal fields, 100, 900 tons Of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
MARBLES.

If during the summer months you notice
the cattle running furiously about the pas
ture, ard occasionally stopping TO look fOr
something neither you nor they can see, it is
pretty certain that the cattle hy, or cattle
bot (oestrus bovisl, is at work on their bucks.
This is the fly that stipgs cattle OF all ages
on the back and deposits her eggs under the
skin. In a short time small swelling is OBJ
served, which is increased by the develop
ment of lymph and growth Of the larva, ald
in time the grub crawls out through the ori.
flee, which is always open to furnish the
grub with air. When the growth of the
larva has proceeded long enough, tue best
way to remove them is by gentle pressure of
the fingers, just as though you were pressing
the core out of boil. Do not press hard
enough to kill the grub, for then it will have
to come out by supperation, slow process,
that is exbausting to the COW. When the
grubs are but partly grown the ori6ce is too
small for them to work their way out. With
a fine syringe, inject sweet oil through the
Orifice, which will smother the grub and
bring early relief to the COW. Some persons
recommend kerosene in preference to sweet
oil. but il is too irritating. Dusting the
cows backs with Persian insect powder is
cheap, and offensive or destructive to most
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Make Haste to Defend Yourself

II you ivei in locality where malaria isprevalent'
with preventive that experience indicates as the
most reliable of medical Observation-Disclosures
Stomach Bitters. Entirely free from the objections
and they are valid ones-which attach to the
mineral alksloid quinise, 1t is far more effective,
and its effects are not evanescent but lasting, ur.
like those of the drug. There are portions OF our
land-and none more beautiful and more fertile
which at no season of the year entirely exempt
from the mslarial scourage. In such regions Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has undergone continu-
GUS test for the past thirty years, with results
which have established its reputation beyond al
cavil as a special defense against every form OF
malariaf disease. For biliousness, also. IL is an
acknowledged specific, and IL is potent remedy
for constipation. dyspepsia. rheumatism and an
improvsriehed condition ot the blood.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
New Zealand Spinach.
TAmeriean Agriculturist.


The heats Of July and August are too much
for spinach, which, il it does not run to seed,
rows slowly, and is without the succulence
hat it has in the carrier months. While
spinach is in perfection, one wants nothing
better, but it is well to prepare for the
months when that can not be had, by sowing
seed of the New Zealand spinach. This
plant is not at all related to the true
spinach, but belongs to the same family
with the EGGPLANT. The plant grows
very slow at first and makes but little show,
but as the heat increases the better does
this New Zealander like it, and after it has
made fair start, it goes on branching and
spreading in every direction. The seeds are
rather slow in starting, and if one have the
cOnveniences for doing so, it is well TO SOW
the seeds in pots; after the seeds are up,
thin, leaving but three or four plants in a
pot. Make well-manured hills, six feet
apart each way, and turn out the ball of
earth containing the plants. and set it in the
center of the hill. The seed NAV also be
sOwn in drills which should be three feet
apart. Sow thinly, and when the plants are
up, thin to foot apart. The leaves are to
be gathered for use, leaving the ends of the
branches uninjured. 10 is used in the same
manner as spinach.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Watering Place ina Creek.

Cattle naturally select a certain place IN
watercourse to drink at where the bank is
not precipitouS. During part of the year
this bank is muddy, on account of its mois-
ture and trampling of the animals. AS a re-
suit the horses get the scratches, the cows
come TO the milking pen with muddy I'D
deTs, and frequently animals are injured by
the crOwding in the mud. Hogs are often
seriously injured, because the mud becomes
so deep and tough that they are well nigh
helpless IN it. Another objection is that
the animals wade to the middle of the creek,
and soon make its bottom as muddy as
the bank, and the water becomes unfit
for drinking. \ convenient and inexpen-
sive arrangement, which may be built OF
heavy plank, brick, or fiat stones, prevents
all his. IL is constructed bv first making
an incline to level platform for the animals
TO sand on while drinking. This plane ter
inmates in an abrupt descent, forming a
trough. Ghe trough should not be more
than two feet wide, that the animals may
easily get across il. The level floor permits
the animals to drink at their ease, often a
matter of importance. Such a drink lg
place should be made at the upper en- of
the creek, where it passes through a fiel to
prevent the animals from soiling the ..er
~ standing in it above where they drink
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19

and if the pig is kept several months longer
to mature nothing is gained byt he grass, as
its sappy growth must be ripened on grain,
and IL often takes more grain than to have
ripened it while the grass was fed. One error
often made by pig feeders is in counting the
value OF growth made upon grass alone as
equal TO growth made upon grain, or grass
end grain together. When pigs are pastured
upon good grass and fed small amount of
gram at the same time the growth made is
ripened as fast as made, and il the pigs we're
sold directly from pasture would not shrink,
as in the other case. When pigs have been
fed for some months upon grass alone, and
are taken from pasture to fatten, it is often
found that they will not gain in weight on
grain feeding for several weeks, because the
grain is all used TO ripen the sappy growth
upon grass; therefore pigs should always be
fed grain with grass
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19

coal being mined from these fields in one
year, or enough to run a ring around the
earth at the equator five and one-half feet
wide and five and one-half feet thick: the
quantity being sufficient to supply the whole
world for period of 800 to 10000 years.
When the minnow bursts forth from the
egg it is so small that its eyes are the priuci-
pal feature. They stand out like two black
dots, and look like two heads to one body.
The body is almost transparent, and in APP
pearance is not unlike thread OF white ielfy
about an eighth of an inch long.
A remarkable custom exists among the
Roumanians living in the westerly Carpa-
thians. Every year, at the feast of the
Apostles Peter and Paul, a market is held on
the crest of the Gaina, from 1000 to 6,OOO feet
above the level of the sea, and here all the
manageable girls of the entire district
assemble with their parents in order to be
viewed and claimed.
Sheriff Coons, of Sacramento, CAL, last
winter was in the habit of putting his knee
upon the edge of a table IN his office in order
TO reach the gas burner, but after doing so a
number OF times he found that the sharp
edge of the table was hurting his leg, and
aiterward he stood upon a chair when light
ing up. Recently the leg began to trouble
him, growing worse daily, and the result is
that amputation of the limb will be neces-
sary TO save his life.
A hen owned by John Bartlett, of Old
Colony, Mass, has adopted an assured
method of paying her board. Nearly every
day she comes 10 the house door making a
peculiar noise, and, on being admitted, goes
TO the lounge and deposits an egg. Having
thus put the family in the actual possession
of the spot cash, she again finds the door.
and, by peculiar note, asks to be let out
going about her business apparently feeling
that she had made adequate return for her
keeping.
Albert Williams of Savannah, N Y, while
ploughing last week, saw a big bird in a
Ihicket near by. 1t was apparently disabled,
and could not fly. He ran up to it and was
about TO seize it when the bird fastened its
beak in Mr.. Williams leg, cutting through
the trousers and deep into the flesh. At the
same time it grasped his foot and ankle with
its talons. Do what he might the farmer
couldn't free himself from the birds clutch
until he had dragged himself to a pile of rails
and, with a club, beaten it to death. The
bird was an eagle, and measured seven feet
nine inches from tip to tip of its wings.
A correspondent in the Farmers Review
says that when riding over thousands of
miles OF Russian railways four years ago he
was interested IN the system of shrub and
tree planting to arrest snow at all points
where banks could form. The trees are
planted twenty-five to thirty feet from the
rails in five to seven lines lines five feet apart
and the plants foot and half apart in the
rows. Tie three inner lines are planted with
trees, and the outer ones with coniferS, or
shrubs. This system is said to protect very
perfectly the roads during the gales on the
steppes. The snow is whirled in heaps back
OF and among the trees and shrubs and fails
roach n q VT
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Hn.L toKeen Fowls.


For gel eral purpose fowls, writes CORE
81 Ondent OF the Rural New Yorker, | would
select the light Brahma for crossing on the
&C mmon stock, because the offspring is a
large, well-deyelOped, handsome fowl, very
hardy and free from disease Moreover, 1t
fattens readily, and always brings the highest
price in the market. Such birds are very
doclle and the hens are good LAYERS of large
eggs. Fence poultry in rather than let them
spoil the garden, but don't conline them in
snail pens. Make rOomy yards for them
and they will do better than when allowed
to roam about at will, always seeking an OPP
portuniIy TO do mischief. have never noted
any difference between the eggs from birds
on high and dry land and those from Others
or the same on low and damp ground, but
would not advise any body 10 buy fowls and
transfer them from very dry 10 very low
land. Place the eggs under careful hen as
soon as convenient after they have been re-
ctived from the dealer. Ii You can not
set them Immediately, unpack them
broad vessel, only one layer in depth, and
keep them in a cool mot cold) room. Turn
them every day, so that the yolS may not
settle TO one side. In this way they may be
kept good for several days. I do not find
any difference in the shape. size quality or
number OF eggs, whether cocks are kept with
the flock or not; but if | were keeping hens
for the production of eggs only | would not
keep many, if any, cocks, as they would con
sumo considerable food and give no return
whatever for it. In summer nothing equals
grass as green food, either for poultry or fo-
anything else. In winter anything that
comes the nearest TO grass would undoubt-
eddy be the best. For the farmer who keeps
only moderate sized flock the refuse OF
cabbage, potatoes, etc, from the kitchen,
cut up fine and fed to the fowls, is, in my
opinion, the most economical and the best
green food. To cure the hens of the desire
to sit, shut them up in a small coop. giving
plenty OF water and feeding sparingly,
though by no means starving them.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Canada Field Peas.

Mr. J. +. Northrup, of Minneapolis writes
the North Dakota Farmer: The small white
field peas commonly known as Canada field
peas-should be grown by every farmer
Ihey are one OF the "matter-of-course" crops
on almost every Eastern farm, while ic Can
ada they are, next to barley, the most i'm
portant production. In the first place there
is no crop so light on the soil, and fits it so
well for barley or wheat, as one of peas.
They leave the land in good condition and
serve as All excellent preparation for the Gro %
which is to follow. They are very profitable
either for the market or consumption on the
farm. They will average a better yield per
acre tnan wheat, bring as much money per
bushel and always find ready SALE SOwn with
oats and cut green they make most excellent
reed RPened and +hrashed, they are fatten-
ing, nutritious, and greatly relished by stock.
As feed for hogs they are invaluable. Peas
are very hardy and can he safely sown
as soon as the frost is out of the ground, as
they will endure cold AMI unfavorable
weather: under which other crops would
succumb, without harm. \ fair yield is from
twenty 10 twenty-five bushels per acre. Peas
will ripen and be ready for harvest in from
vested, the usual method being TO roll with
scythe. From two and a half to three
bushels are usually sown to the acre. There
are several varieties of these peas, all COM
monty known as canada peas" but differ
ing somewhat as to prod tctiveness, habit of
growth, etc. The golden vine" and
crown" peas are those best known, but a
new variety called the prince Albert has
lately appeared in Canada. and combines in
marked degree all the qualities most to be
desired. Now that the Importance of diver
styling farm crops is occupying the minds of
thoughtful farmers. the value Of field peas,
as crop, should not escape investigation.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19

The latest of the perennial attempts to
solve mystery of the north pole IS Colonel
don, the port that has already more than
once sent out men who have gone further
north than any others, and after getting. to
Disco, or some other collection of Danish
Esquimaux nuts on the Greenland coast, to
get party of Esquimaux to 60 with him;
He will trust to them to get over the awful
solitudes and barriers of that polar waste
alive, and possibly he may be right.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Friend Ia Need.

Carpenters, builders, laboTers, and in fact
all kinds OF working men, who are particu-
laTly liable TO cuts. bruises, wounds, sprains,
overstralning. etc, should always have close
at hand bottle Of Ponds Extract. In nearly
every case the beneficial result is instantane-
Gus There is no remedy equal to it. For
over forty years il has been in general use
ard stood the test of public criticism and is
TO-DAY more firmly established than ever in
Tnblic estimation and steadily increasing in
favor There are few families who do not re-
gard Il ss kousebold necessity. gnsist on
having the genuine.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
Bees Swarming Out.

J. c. Wilson. of Ridgeland, S. c., writes to
the Bt Journal: On April Il / had Two
colonies of bees swarm out within a few
minutes of each other. and settle near TO-
getber. As | was too busy TO give them at
tentiOn my brother in-law undertook to put
each swarm into a separate hive, but not be-
ing accustomed to handling bees he sOon sue
ceeded very nicely in getting both swarms
into Gle hive, and thinking ali would 90
well, xcept the combat between the queens,
be paced the hive where il was % stand.
Atout noon the following day [ found the
port 90 still filled with bees-t thiuk al Jut
four quarts-and | determined ID see #
could not tickle the sulks our of them, put
them into the hive, and they would the 4 20
to work. During the process of tickling,
which was done with small Limo
fTc bush, with leaf or two on it,
| found one OF the queens ballPd
washed the bees off in a basin Of
water and Gagged the queen and took her TO
ny piazza steps, about fifty Yards from the
be yard. AS she dried OFF / offered her
honey. which she took ravenouslv, and de-
teTmined TO pass her to another cage, which
thought better for introducing, and in so
doing I let her get away. She made one
circle to mark the location and then flew
away. Giving her up as lost, I returned to
the hiYe TO 60 on with the tickling, when, to
my astonishment, found the other queen
"balled' a'SO. After washing the bees form
and csgiDg her / again repaired to the steps
10 take care of her. A moment after
reached the steps the first queen, which had
flown away about twenty-five minutes pre-
viously, returned. i knocked her down
with my hand then picked her up
and again Gagged her, and intro
ducede her to the colony, and all is 60
ing on well. This may be no new thing to
veteran beekeepers, but to me it teaches
sC me important lessons-viz; First. I believe
Il e bees "balled" both queens while lighting
in order To- are themselves from total de-
stIuction = second, how quickly and pre-
ctely bee ark their location.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-05-19
A philadelphia exchange has the following

a philadelphia exchange has the following
rare item: Father McNulty, OF Paterson, n.
j., is the right sort of man. He tracked a
lot of his parishioners up a back alley into a
tavern on Sunday night, walked in planted
his broad back against the door, took out his
pencil and paper, and noted the astonisbed
parties as they jumped through the windows,
tasted the unfinished drinks at the bar that
he might swear to their quality, and walk ed
out. Such a man is a whole law and order
society in himself.