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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-07
your sorrow, let me express to you my personal
grief and most sincere coincidence.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
WASHINGTON. Aug. g.

Col. Sheridan
Must express to you my great personal regret
the death OF General Sheridan. / desire this de-
partment TO participate In all the ceremonies
which may take place In recognition LONG, Of j his great &
esteem in which such services are held by his
countrymen. The President directs me to place
at your service an escort Of naval vessels, your
plans should contemplate returning BY water.
VIC. WHITNEY, Secretary OF the Navy.
YoUNGsTowS, ohio, August 6.
Mrs. p. H. Sheridan:
Please accept our deepest sympathy
MIR. and MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN, JR.
YoUNGsTowS, o., Aug. o.
My heartturns to you in deepest sympathy.
MARY 5. LOGAN.
PERTH AMBoY, N. j., Aug. 8.
Permit me TO add my sympathy with that OF the
whole country in the bereavement which Is your
sorrow and the nations 1rreparaDle loss.
ROBERT 5. GREEN, Governor.
PLYMOUTH, Mass, Aug. 6.
Col. N. Y. Sheridan
sympathy and coincidence are with you and Mrs.
Sheridan in your great sorrow. IL / can be
OF any use command me.
Col. J. NJ. CoRsE.
BOSTON, Aug. 6.
Mrs. p. II. Sheridan
Massachusetts, with the natisn, sincerely
mourns and sends coincidence and sympathy TO
the family. JOHN q. A. BRACKETT,
1t. Governor and Acting Governor.
DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 9.
Col Sheridan
Please extend to Mrs. General sheridan the love
and sympathy Of Mrs. Alger and myself in this
greatest trial that can come upon any one In this
life. The whole country Is greatly shocked by the
news OF the Generals death. Can be OF any ser
r. A. ALGER.
FREMONT, Ohio, Aug. 6.
By the death Of 'yonr illustrIous husband our
country lost her great battle general. All who
served under him suffer with you. Mrs. Hayes
joins her deepest sympathy.
the Last Service.
New BEDFORD, Aug. 6.-The funeral par
ty will start from Nonquitt. Wednesday eve
ming, by special boat. for New Bedford.
President Choate, of the Old Colony. has
rendered special train from New Bedford
to Boston, and by this the party will proceed
direct. Vice President Thompson, Of the
Pennsylvania road, has rendered special
t rain from New York to Washington. Gen.
Sheridan's remains will be inferred at the
National Cemetery, Arlington, across the
river from the Capital. The time for the fu-
neral has been fixed for Saturday. Services
will be held at St. Matthew's church. No
services will be held at Nonquitt.
1t is Mrs. Sheridan's wish that her hus-
band be buried with military honors, but at
the same time desires no display beyond what
pertains to q strictly military funeral and
proper respect to his rank. Col. Sheridan
Gen. Rucker as to the condition
of his daughter, saying she was bearing up
well under her heavy weight Of grief.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.-General MacFeely
of the war department, with friends, will
visit Arlington Cemetery tomorrow and Sc
cure a suitable spot. Cardinal Gibbons will
officiate at the funeral and will be assisted
by Rev. Fathers Mackin and Keroich. Pre-
vious to the burial the Cardinal will conse-
crate that part Of the cemetery set apart for
the General.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-07

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
PORTLAND. Me-. Aup. G. 1879
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

hens will feed 1000 pigeons, and the
profit from 1000 pigeons will amount
to as much as from 500 hens. But
we started out to describe our own
loft, and will tell all about the
management in a later issue. We
have two houses one 10 X Is and
the other l0X l2 from the floor to
the roofs. On all sides are pigeon
boxes. Inside and outside are
covered with felt roofing. The two
buildings are IS feet apart, but this
space is covered on all sides with
two inch wire netting so they can
not fly away.
Besides our common hens we
have devoted considerable space to
pure breeds, such as Langshans,
Black Minorcas, White Minorcas,
Laced Wyandottes, Black Leghorns,
S. c. Brown Leghorns, S. c. White
Leghorns, Rose Comb White Leg
horns, Buff Cochins, Light Brah-
mas, Golden Polish, White Crested
Black Polish, White Wyandotte,
White Plymouth Rocks, Blue Bar
red Plymouth Rocks and Mammoth
Pekin Ducks.
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

leaving the middle the highest, al
lowing the slope to go to the bottom
of the bitches as before, and finish
up by going over the new road with
a heavy roller. In places where
there arc ridges running across the
line of road it will generally be
found best to shape the roadbed by
removing more dirt from the sides
and carrying it elsewhere than to
pile it up on the already elevated
middle. For removing this dirt
wheel scraper should be used, an
implement that is managed by one
man, and that will take on q cart
load of dirt that can be carried
where needed and dumped and
spread without stopping the team.
For removing the dirt from the out
side to the middle we can use the
Pennock road machine if we can do
no better, but it is an awkward
affair. If the blade were properly
shaped and set at the right slope it
would do more rapid work at
saving of one half the team power,
but as it is its use is much more
economical than the use of man
power. A road scraper that can be
run by one man and two good hors-
es is what is needed and should be
reversible so that it could scrape
either way. Such a road scraper
has not yet been invented, but will
be after awhile.
Two men with two good pair of
horses, one road scraper, one wheel
scraper, one good, strong, heavy
plow, and very heavy roller, would
be an effective equipment for road
making, and would be cheaper to
employ than to hire men to shovel
dirt at 25 cents per day. 1t is i'm
possible, however, to grade all our
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06
POULTRY NOTES.
Or q. d. Johnson Hammonton, \. i.

Dr G. d. Johnson Hammonton, N j.
MANAGEMENT OF POTTERY IN LARGE
NUMBERS.
The South Jersey Egg Farm of
Hammonton, N. j., has just budded
into existence and Its description
and management will undoubtedly
be of interest to our many readers.
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

- L4l|Il
r7rF'np year, but IL is import
ant that we Immediately put a stop
to having our road money walked
out or shoveled out or fooled away
in any other manner by the usual
set of incompetent overseers who
stand ready to do business for the
public because their incompetency
prevents their having any business
of their own to look after. In trav-
cling over the country one can't help
noticing that wherever men of
gumption have had charge of the
roads they are generally good, while
the roads under the management of
men without either gumption or en-
terprise are as bad rs they can we'll
be. AS an example of the latter /
will cite the State road from the
Sussex countyAlmshouse to George
town. Another thing that should
be done at once is the letting off of
the water whenever practicable that
generally stands on the roads for
several days after every rain. This
work could be done at any time
when the ground is not frozen and
if done at once would greatly i'm
prove our winter roads. No dirt
need necessarily be put in the road
at this season of the year but q pas
sage should be made for the water
to run out. Where water is
left to stand on the road it gets
mixed into mud and then every
wheel that passes t. rough it takes
ont portion SO that where there is
but a small puddle, il left till spring
may become an impossible slough
The principle that "an ounce Of
prevention is worth pound oi
cure" is applicable in such cases.
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06
Road Making in Sussex.
READ AT POMONA GRANGE BY II. S.
JOHNSTON.

Good wagon roads are .as import
ant an element in the development
of country as railroads and all
will acknowledge that some effort
should at once be made to improve
the wretched roads now so common
in some parts of Sussex county. The
only question for discussion seems
to be how it shall it be done? 1t is
not advisable to appropropriatc
larger amount of money for the ben
eft of our public roads until the
money can be expended to better
advantage than it has been expend-
ed in some sections of the county.
The money now expended on our
public roads is ample to make good
roads if expended properly, if ex-
pended as q business man would do
it for his own private good. A bus
mess man would not think of hiring
men at 80 cents per day to shovel
dirt that could be moved with team
and scraper at less than one fourth
the expense. Neither would he
think of hiring men to walk the
roads with hoes on their shoulders
doing no work at all.
The most important matter in
road making is to secure good
drainage, in fact that is nearly all
there is Of it. After our roads have
all been drained we may begin to
consider the propriety of putting
sand on some places where there is
too large a proportion of clay, and
of putting clay on some places where
there is too large proportion of
sanu, or of even shelling some
places, but these questions are at
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

VI u u ulnDly AldoSj COOlcO NOWu 50
as not to be too hot. Twice week
we add to this mixture two pound
package of Improved Poultry Pow
der and occasionally ground red
pepper. At noon we scatter few
handfuls of sealded oats among the
dried leaves in the hen house and at
night corn or wheat. We find wheat
at $l.5O per 100 pounds much cheap
er than screenings at $23 per ton,
that is such screenings as are offer.
ed on the market to-day. Our OBJ
iect is to feed a variety of feed and
we oecasionly boil our As gallon
kettle full of cabbage or sweet
pumpkin, and thicken with bran. If
we could get it, we would give for
noon day meal,
SECOND CROP CLOVER HAY
cut very fine and scalded or better
still fed green if made into an en-
silage.
don't think it could be put on
paper, the manner of feeding that
is practiced on large egg farms, be-
cause, hardly two feed alike.
The practical man, in feeding such
q large number of hens, will find it
necessary to feed according to the
wants of the fowls. For instance.
in starting our poultry ranch, we
were forced to buy what we could
get in the hen line mixture of all
kinds, and all sizes. As near as
possible, we have the small breeds by
themselves, as each requires a diff er
ent feed. What would produce
eggs in the Leghorn, would tend to
fatten the Brahma, and consequently
-i+s5 fTe-a@sss.f,yyr 30. kbrruw kbrru uw-S HHoN :, anu
what to feed. A feed that will force
egg production, will
INJURE FERTILITY IN EGGS.
This is one the greatest drawback
we have to conflict with and feeding
for eggs and feeding for fertility
are two different things. 1t has
been supposed" by some writer's
that it was impossible to feed for
eggs and fertility at the same time,
but believe and "know" that nv
system is correct and back up the
statement by saying that SO per
cent. matches out of all eggs.
HOW We DO IT.
In the first place, healthy hen,
fed for egg production, is essential,
and the second place, good healthy
rooster, vigorous, that has lived in
celibacy for at least year. Instead
of allowing the roosters to run with
the hens continually, we have pen
for their select accommodation, and
change roosters two or three times
per week, feed them corn and wheat.
green cabbage and lean uncooked
meat several times weekly. In this
manner we have
SOLVED THE PROBLEM
of fertile winter eggs and get good
healthy chicks that don't turn up
their toes when they are a week or
two cid. 1t is no more difficult to
raise chicks by artificial incubation
and artificial mothers, than it is to
raise flowers in the winter in a hot
house. We have seen as fragrant
and beautiful roses grown in a hot
house as ever grew under the sun.
OUR PIGEON LOFTS.
We are willing to wager that SO
farmers out of 100 on the peninsula
or elsewhere, know nothing about
pigeons or the money there is in
keeping them. On nearly every
farm there are some pigeons but
they generally belong to "the boy"
and he, lacking experience and wis
dom, let's them shift as best they
can. Now, what grain will feed 100
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

is needed first is to have all our
roads properly drained. In fiat
country fair drainage can be secured
by moving dirt from each side of
the road into the middle, thus max
ing a. roadbed slightly elevated
above the general surface, the re
moving of dirt from the sides form
ing bitches through which the sur
plus water runs away. In cases
where there are basins or low places
from which the water cannot be
ditchcd away dry roadbed can be
secured by carting on dirt from
higher places. In making q road
along Il hillside there need be ditch
only along the upper side of the
road. OF course water passages
should be constructed across the
road to allow water to escape wher-
ever necessary, but if the quantity
of water is small it is much better
to have the passage far enough
below the surface of the road so
that the dirt above will be sufficient
to make a permanently smooth sur
face, which is not the case when the
planks are laid on top. / think that
the most Of the roads should be
graded not over Is feet III width
until all have been gone over, and
then, if necessary, more width can
be added later. To begin with, II
the road is very old and very sandy
| would commence in the middle
and turn back furrow, plowing il
deeply so as to bury the sand as
much as possible and continue till
Is feet is plowed. Then scrape out
ditch on each side leaving the dirt
on the road and the highest in the
middle with q slope to the bottom
of the bitches. If the old road i;
not too sandy and no sand need.
burying, good road is more easil,
made. Set line of stakes so thai
you can plow strip three feet wide
on each side of a strip twelve fee
wide that is not plowed, and thel
move the dirt from these ploweC
strips over on the unplowed stril
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06
KEEPING 1000 nhNs.

10 accommodate this number of
fowls we have four buildings each
100 feet long by 10 feet vide, divid-
ed into 80 rooms, front Of building
is s feet high and back feet.
Buildings face the south. Each
room has green house sash win
dow and a door. The whole of the
inside of the building is lined with
the o. X. building pape~~which is
water proof, vermin proof and air
proof The roof is composed of the
gutta percha felt roofing and paint
cd with the gutta percha roof
coating.
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06
SMALL FRUITS.
Caleb Boggs, Cheswold.
Strawberry Notes.

The time is now at hand when all
strawberries that were set in the fall
either from pots or the common
layers, should be mulched with
either salt hay, straw, pine schatters
or well rotted manure. In fact it
will pay to mulch even those that
were set last spring, those on heavy
clay land most especially.
THE BELMONT.
In reply to an inquiry, is a strong
grow 1rb q 4iRc- II -n1rryUtf1ssf Strong
growers it is not the most product
i've, it requires rich soil and thor
ough culture, and l may say
wonderful amount of petting.
THE PEARL.
is new conner of much promise and
is destined to take high rank among
the market berries of this peninsula.
| believe it was first offered last
spring by prominent company in
New Jersey. 1t has perfect bios
som, which is valuable point in
any good berry. The plant is i'm
mensely strong, vigorous and pro-
ductive. Berries uniformly large
and beautiful color. The price, /
understand, is already fixed at $40
per 1000. If the firm are wide
awake they will advertise in the
FARM AND HOME.
THE MAMMOTH.
After fruiting again the past
season with our Jersey" neighbors.
still maintains it's place as first
class very early productive large
berry. Mr.. Lovett says it ripens
with him in advance of all others
except Crystal City, week in adj
vance of May King and two weeks
ahead of Sharpless in the same field
and in adjoining rows. This is also
another berry with perfect bios
som. The price will doubtless he
IS to $40 per 1000
CANDY (GANDY' 5 PRIZE
| tried real hard last spring to
secure through an exchange, few
hundred plants of this valuable sort
but failed. While they were adver-
tised by most all the nurserymen,
none seemed to he in possession of
the plants. This | believe q good
berry, late berry, and worthy of a
trial on our peninsula Mr.. Lovett
says of it lis not only the latest,
but the best shipper and keeper of
all strawberries. If this berry is
as good as the Bubach and ripens
ten days to two weeks later a~ it is
said to be it will prove a grand ac-
QUESTION to those who first plant it
in the northern counties of our Pc
ninsula.
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06

every two feet. In this manib easily
nests are kept dark and &ek we
cleaned. Three times PEI w&. We
gather the poultry droppingsI week.
average about five barrels peri "the
We head it up and mark il tnce a
richest manure on earth" Q wash
week we organize q whiteI roost
brigade and white wash every|ebody
and droppings board. SonEe are
will say "old fudge" but vhrders.
very particular about our boire we
In lieu of the poultry manu- wood
give our hens a bucket of. We
ashes on the hen house floor ihswers
call this towel and soap, it a clean
the same purpose, keeps them
and free from lice.
THE BRooDER HOUSE 5000
is so feet long and will accey are
date 1000 chickens until the mar
ten weeks old, when they AIRED by
keted. The building is heatd the
the hot water system, al house
chickens are raised like IL hot
plant.
OUR INCUBATOR ROOM is 20
adjoins the brooder house aninning
by 20. At present we are + Hot
two 500 egg Hammonton0 egg
Water Incubators and one 2,achin-
incubator. Although these ry are
es require more attention, thhe As
cheaper and very reliable. : with
gallon kettle stove supplies us and
hot water for our incubato. The
cooks our feed in the morninh saw
incubator house is lined wiss on
dust to a depth of six inche heat
each side thus retaining all tur in
and an even temperature in ire of
cubating room. In the celwater-
this room we have ten foot mixing
ing trough which we use for down
our soft feed and cooling
after cooking.
HOW WE FEED. morn.
The laying hens are fed 9 meal,
inc mash consisting of bran
The Delaware farm and home. (Wilmington, Del.) 1885-19??, 1888-12-06
THE YARDS.

Each room opens INFO wired
run IS feet long by 70 feet wide,
thus allowing over 1000 square
feet of ground for our egg produc-
ers. In each yard are two or three
four year old pear trees which af-
ford plenty of shade in the summer.
In the shape of a
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
TERRELL.
Hop sfGl OF q Heavy mmisratton-Li..l,
Damage Done by the Eros..
anpcyRI to In Gs1atto

Hop sfaI Of q Heavy Immisratton-Li..lc
Damage Done by the Eros..
Special to the Gazette.
TERaELL, Tex 0:t. 25.-Terrell and
vicinity is expecting good portion OF
farmers from other states this fall. Ad
vance men have slr2adg b3eu here and
looked ct the lands and general surround
in9s OF Ksufmsn c0aaty, and are very
we'll pleased. so El1cn Sd thsi some Of
them hava alresdy made favorable reports
to the paop!s they represent.
The S ste tEir is drawing largely on
the population of Terrell ana surround
ing country. Terrell hiss also been draw
Jag premiums from the Dallas f.ic.
The asylum uses as much water from
their water works as & good s'Z I'd towp,
and the extension will mnks lsrger de-
msnd, using enough water in every way,
pr2psbly, Sc & town OF 1000 Inhabitants
or more.
The frost Of Tuesday night did very
little dsr1sge If shy, especially On the up
land. but cotton is opening faster.
Several Terrell peOpls were passengers
on the train that came near being wrecked
coming out from the fair grounds st Dali
las nigh. before LAST.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
THE BAiKB srABBISa.
The Man Who VISA Lu. Dossn's Know W no
Cut HIM.

The Man Who VISA Lus Dossn's Know Who
Cut HIM.
special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, lex Oct. % Last night ebou.
s O'Clock, e. the railroad depot, E. L
Silver, brakeman commonly snonn as
Jumbo, was seriously stabbed II the side
of the neck, severing in part the
suoclavian srtery, and although
be is up walking around; 1t is thought his
wounds will prove tstal. From best
information ootsinable among railroad
msn S diff ;ulty occurred at the depot be-
tween the wounded brakeman and Con-
ductor Higgs because Higgs would not
carry friend Of S.iver's to For. Worth
The brakeman became enraged
st the refusal and abused him
(dlggs), and some say struck
him over the head with lantern ard in .
short time Silver discovered that he was
stabbed, but Silver claims not to know
how, when, Eor where the stsbbing took
place, nor wlo did Is. Another. thing that
makes fscis hard to get st in this
difficulty the grsni jury Is Row in.session
here and thsy all want TO Keep mum.
Notam an c1dld be found who saw the
diff Guilty OF kaew anything about It, only
wis. he had heard. Mt even the man
who wss stsoosd knows anything abou.
IL except By feeling.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
a WeYd Frum HrWiit.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Il letter 10 tie
chairman OF the county Democracy ratif
cation meeting Tonight a. Cooper Union,
Mayor Hewitt uses those words relative
to the national result: "Some parsons
s3em to think that multiplicity Cf5cao-
didstes may ljare the nstior al ticket 1
see no resson Tor this opinion; but il it
be tsue it is NOT my fsuis ss l have tx
hausted every honorable effort TO secure
the union OF the p&-.y upoa some
Democrat who would not represent 8
fiction. 1 regard the SUCCESS Of the
national ticket as & paramount colsid.
GRAFTON. Grover Cievelsnd poeeessssahe
confidence CT the masses, because nc Ess
earned 1t by his unWavering lonesEg, dis
courage and his Independence; and tie
name of Alien G. Thurman is ho1saE6Id
word with the people.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26
Teisn PFctscttoLiaE.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-Irishmen turned
Cut il full force TO light to attend the
mass mseting o. Irish p:o:ect!onists q!
Madisor Square garden Tla imm snse
bald pg WaS crowded 10 Cv<!f wing 8
hs!f hour before the meeting was called
to order, AID the acj1eeLt s:reets throag
ed with people eager 10 get glimpse OF
james G Esine, the attraction Ct tae
right. SeveK thousand psopla were in
thsbulidtr G az 0'clcck when Judge A
L. Morrison, Of Ar;ZoEs, read OF
behalf If Chairman PAl.ick Ford
sd address in which tnese PCS
snges occurred: ave ere here TO night
not as Irishmep to consul. fJr the utter
ests OF ireland, bat IS Americans 10 dis
cuss American affairs with American ends
IN view. We are not q foreign elemen!
IS loose phrAseology nigh imply. We
refuse to SO regard curse yes Iris Land
is our home, and IN tha presea. national.
contest We see only the republic, sid
are concerned only for her Helfsre
FJr US party lines aye obliterzted. We
know only Americans a1d anti Ame,i.
cans. The man who fights under the fl g
Of E lelish free trade, nc matter @! whist
race ne may be, wbst: er re knows 1t CT
rot, is prsc icsl n'!7 CT the English en-
envy: zna on the b hand, the man wko
fights under the nag u protection 20
American labor, whether native or for
eigI, tbs. man we hail IS G ccmsade, 3
brother, sad an American"
Patrick E5an and David Hesly spoke,
and Nj BialDe commenced hfser Iris
message from General Harrison mad been
Tssc:
Patrick Ford, Chairman OF ths Madison So lare
Garden Meeting.
"Igrsteiully accept the congratulations
Of the Irish Anerics P;otec.ionists noT
assembled in mass meeting il M&disJa
Square GARDEN, ard II its turn l cou-
gtEtulate them On the magnificent i'm
pulEe, their inteliigen. zoal hiss give. &c
rae csuse CT pcote ction in this campaign
(SigEed } BENJAMIN GARRIsON.''