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Profit from Milca Cow.

Tn securing the largest profit
rom mich cows kept On the farm.
: so things are important. Gaze of
these is a fill supply Of che@:, Iced,
al the other is cows that, with
cod feed, will give he largest
possible quantity of good milk.
By cheap feed l do not mean to
imply that OF poor quality. and
consequently CHEAP IN price. but
rather cheap considering the quail
ity and the amount of benefit that
ran he derived. AS rule, IL food
That is cheap only in quality is q
Door marerial to uSc, when econ0-
ny in production is considered =
AS these items are important both
sumner and winter. we rnustiplan
a'heatl. il a good supply Ia secured
t3nring the year. AS IL rule. on the
majority Of farms. and during the
summer, good grassland wheat bran
are as good ms any maTeTialS that
ran usually be secured. Che sup
ply for the winter must, III n rule,
ne secured during the summer, and
we must begin now.
Glover or orchard grass are gen
orally the first grasses. or rather
crops. to ,'ipen that we can ex!Mct
to store for winter feeding. Chiv-
or is one Of the very best winter
feeds for nlilch COWS, if cut amt
,mrel in good condition.
Timothy and red Top come next,
and then the milIets. When cut
and cured and carefully stored
away. millet or Hungarian is pre-.
fcrable to either orchard grass,
timothy or red top-that is, if 1t
can lie secured. Glover and Hun
garian are better winter feeds to
secure u good flow of milk than
either Of the other three, and by
planning ahead it cost no more to
SECURE a supply ofthese than Of the
others.
Corn fodder if cut at the right
stage aud we'll cnred and slowed
away. so rs it will keep in goorl
condition, makes very good feed
during the wintcr, bnt it is not
eqnal to clover or Hungarian for
milcli cows. These ought to make
up a good supply of ronehness.
By good management of the pas
lures it is possible to secure y good
supply Of grass until late in the
fall, and then with a. patch Of rye
sown early in the fall. it is posi-
;,le to have supply very early in
spring.
Corn meal in small quantities.
and IL liberal quantity Of good bran
meal with The roughness, will make
I'M admira BILE winter feed for mich
COWS; and if given literally, with
good shelter, it is pnssible to Sc
cnre a good Aow of milk during
The winter; provided, OF course,
that YOU have u good breed OF
COWS, that this feed can be given
10 during the winter.
AS rule it will take as mnch
good grass in summer and as much
dry food in winter to keep IA COW
that only gives medium qnantl-
~ Of milk, as it does one thatgives
Il larger Quanilty.wllile there onght
70 be considerable difference in
she profit. SO that the quality OF
the COW is IN important item in
occurring the largest proiit.-D. II
NJ, III National Live Stock Journ-
al.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13

Overhaul your hat racks and UNI
brella Stands. chest and book
shelves, and see if you have not
borrowed something you have for
got to return.
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A Philosophers Sayings.


Pay as you go; if you can't pay
don'G go.
If yon have come of good stock,
don't disgrace it.
Trying to be somebody when yoa
gre nobody is uphill work.
The most immoral thing in the
world is some peoples respectable
ity.
Never trust your best frien d too
far. He may some day DE your
worst enemy.
Some Christians look as gloomy
rs a Quaker meeting house BY
moonlight.
How can 1 get on7 BY never
getting off-on srrreS, and spend
ing your time in idleness.
When ] hear man praying for
the poor, who could help them if he
would l feel like whistling.
BE not simply good-be good for
something. Some people are so
good, goody good, that they are
good for nothing.
Some men live in kind of men
tal Telescope, through whose mag
nifyirg medium every mouse is
TUNED into all elephant.
Good looking people are very apt
to think they were made to he
looked at,and so they become good
for nothing.
"Speech is silver, silence is gol-
den," says the proverb, but many
a man passes for wise simply be.
cause he is too big a fool to talk.
Overhaul your hat racks and UNI
brella stands. chest and book
shelves, and sec if you have not
borrowed something you have for
got to return.
T. Giles lave no legs and cannot
Therefore -stan1," says Warburton;
but they have wings and can fly to
the uttrrmost parts oil the earth
before Truth gets her shoes OH.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-10-13

Steamer TAN0IEE,
CAPr.J. W. WILSON
Evory Tuesday ard Tridayfo Crisneld rinnsy's
Ornncock, Shclltown. Pitts Wharf, Cedar Hall,
Rehobuth. pocomoko Oily and Snow Hill. RE-
TURNING-Le8ves Snow Hill Mondays and
Thursday at a. M, PocoDlake City 7.20, heho-
both 9. Cedsr Hall $50, Pitts wharf 10, oRan-
cock p. M, Fiuncys S:ao =. N.
,-.,All Steamers leave Crisfeld fol BATH
jA more. on arrival Of last down train.
Frosht and passen :srs received for all poiAts
IN tho y. =, Phlla. and Norfolk, SicoIfco and
Pocomoke r. r. daily, Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia Railroads on Tuesdays and Fridays
only.
Positively no freight received after As p, m.
and must be prepaid 10 all pcints> except
On the n. Y. philA.sA& Neffolk Railroad.
R.cLARK. General gent,
los South Street. Baltimore
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arm for S ale.

=? 4 AS 1 shall give up
S3iSsR farming and go into
sssssss5ssother business, l nov
offer for sale my farm situated on
Cliincoteague Island, Acconac
comfy, Virginia. The property is
very desirable and consists 0fahont
forty acres Of improved land, with
good house containing fourrooms,
and q good fence nearly one.half
wire and whire oak posts.
There are two pastures, one fresh
and one salt. and a creek running
WITHIN one hundred yards of 1.-The
house, and a public road running
through he farm to the business
centre of the town and othe steam
boat wharf. The property is ali in
good condition and will be sold at
bargain to any good farmer. 1t
is we'll adapted to coru or trucks Of
any kind as it is excellent level
land, and not more than half a
mile from. the steamboat landing Of
the town. The farm will be sold
OH reasonable terms. For further
particulars apply to
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Steamer EASTERN NN0EE.
CAPT. ". ". MArTSEws.

CAPT. ". ". MATHEWS.
WEDNESDAYS aud SUNDAYS for Crisfcld, Tan.
acrlsland. houmans 8, Evans, BosR's, Nandua.
gvncor&, Davis', Reads, Niles, Shields, HUI
gars and Tayor's WharycS. EETCRS1SG-
leaves Taylur's Tuesdays and Fridays at s g..
m.,Hungcr's 6.31. Shields .. Miles, O.15, Davis
lol5, Reads 1890 Concord IL. SandGa ~ 10
Boggs' $50, Evans 8, HofTman's $50, TanEter
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Steamer Edarsie
CAPT. L. ]. SMITH.
MONDAYS and THU RSDAYS for Ford's until FIR.
Their notice. Crisneld, Finney' ,Onnncock, Ches
cvncsseS, Hnnti1g Oreek, Gullford, MessonSo
RErURNiNG-Hod saturdays leave
Messenso6 q. IN. Guilford $, Hunting Creek
$50, Cheese ,nnessex ll.30, Onancock 8, Finnsy' 3
SO, Ford's 0.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
Ethan Aliens Monument.
NesC York Tribune.

Vermont has always been noted as a
horse breeding state. Her trOtters
have been renowned the world over
and she has furnished strains of blood
to the country which have become as
noted in that line of lOcomOtion as the
running horses of Kentucky. One of
their famous trotters, who established
a long line of famous colts, was named
Ethan Allen, after the famous Green
Mountain soldier who captured Fort
TicOnderOga. Colonel George w.
Hooker, of BrattleborO, tells story of
a Kentucky friend who was visiting
him in Vermont, where a fine mOnu-
ment has been erected to Ethan Allen
at Montpelier. The Kentuckian look
ed at the monument and saw the name
at its base, whereupon he said, contem-
platingly, to Colonel Hooker: Say,
old fellow, we think a mighty heap of
horses in Kentucky, but we have
never erected a monument to dead
one yet"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
Republican Prospects Good.


The political prophet ia already be-
coming numerous. He can tell you al
most to single dot how the next pres
idential election is going. He does
not belong exclusively to one party.
He predicts with equal freedom that
Cleveland will be his own successor
and that Harrison will carry the solid
North and 60 into the White House
triumphaDtly. There are no doubtful
states in his category. These are all
certain for one side or the other. Such
Vaccinations may be more or less in
structive as disclosures of how men
may deceive themselves. About all
that can be predicated of the result to-
day is that it will be one of the hard
est fought political contests for many
presidential terms. The republicans
have an unexceptionable presidential
candidate, one who gains in public ia
vOr by his speeches, we think, which
display remarkable tact and judgment.
This, in itself, is good for many votes.
But much will depend on the tariff &C
ton of congress, and the effect it has
on business. Then again, the man
agement of the canvass will not be
without influence. An impartial OBJ
server, knowing how nearly balanced
the two parties are in this country,
would exclude superlatives in speak
ing of the prospects of either party at
this time. But up to date there is GER
tainly nothing discOuraging for the re-
publicans in the outlook.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
SQUIBS.

The family skeletons are now on eX-
hibition at the bathing beech.
Quilp thinks there are two things to
be eternally lost-his umbrella and the
man who stole it.
At Wellesley College =" What is
lava9" Junior girl" What men put
on their faces when shaving"
He was rescuing her from the bill
lowy waves, but it looked as if they
might never see Boston again.
Bride" Henry, do you know that
you snOre ?" Bridegroom" No: do
II Pm very sorry to hear it," Bride
(dryly)-" So am l."
On His Wedding Tour.-Husband-
" [ want rooms for myself and wife,"
Hotel Clerk - "Sui5e 7" Husband
"Of course she is-perfectly lovely.
The sweetest girl in America !"
Visitor-Does Mr.. Stuff, the uphol-
sterer live here
Maid Servant-Yes, sir; but he amt
home. He's in the country recovering
his health.-[Ne Haven News.
" Hold on tight, Penelope" he gasp
ed, " hold on tight"
" Don't say hold on tight" gurgled
the girl, with her mouth full of Allan
tic ocean " say hold on tightly"
Barber Ito customer whose face looks
as though it had undergone several
surgical operatiOns) -"The man who
shaved you last must have been a fool"
Customer" He was. | shaved my
selfD
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
The Massachusetts, State House Dome.

1t is stated by N. G.. Finney, who
has the contract to gild the State
House dome at Boston, that it will take
about six weeks to do his part of the
work. The dome from pineapple peak
to base must be thoroughly cleaned
and every particle of gilt and verdig-
ris removed as we'll, and all rough
spots made smooth. After this has been
done the copper surface will be polish
ed to the smOthness of glass and then
given a coating of size, over which will
be a layer of yellow paint. When this
has partially set the surface will be
ready for the gilders.
About Is men will be employed nine
hours day, and only first class skill
will be brought into requisition. Two
hundred and forty packs of 23-carat
gold leaf will be required. This is
within one carat of pure gold, the
whole weighing about 81 pounds, Troy
weight. Each package contains "a
books composed of tissue paper, be-
tween the leaves of which are 20 sheets
of gold, each sheet being about 81 by
3 inches, or a little over 90 square
inches. So thin are these that l 900 of
them piled one upon the other make
only an inch in hight. Each book is
worth $40. The gold has to be laid
on leaf by leaf, and edged so nicely
that each sheet when smOOthed out with
soft cotton becomes a part of the ad-
joining leaf. Every package will be
mum bered, and each man will be
charged with those given to him in the
course of his work. He must return
the empty book, which will be credited
to him. While the work is in pro-
gress canvass canopy will be kept
over the dome.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02

editorial that is to do the business. l
write something that will drive sleep
from the eyes and peace from his soul
for six weeks. Oh, do hold him over
a slow fire and roast him. Gall and
aquafortis drip from my blistering pen.
Then, L don't mail the letter, and l
don't print the editorial. There's al
ways plenty of time to cruelty man.
The vilest criminal is entitled to a little
reprieve. l put the manuscript away
in drawer. Next day 1 look at it.
The ink is cold. L read it over, and
say: 81 don't know about this.
There's a good deal of bludgeon and
bowie-knife journalism in that. Tll
hold it over a day longer" The next
day | read it again. laugh, and say
"Pshaw ~ and | can feel my cheeks
getting little hot. The fact is, am
ashamed that l ever wrote it, and hope
that nobody has seen it, and l have
half forgotten the article or letter that
filled my soul with rage. 1 haven't
been hurt, haven't hurt anybody, and
the world goes right along, making
twentyfour hours a day as usual, and
| am all the happier. Try it, my boy.
Put Oft your bitter remarks until to-
morrow. Then, when you try to say
them deliberately, you'll find that you
have forgotten them, and ten years al
ter, all = how glad you will be that you
did! Be good natured, my boy. Be
loving and gentle with the world, and
you will be amazed to see how dearly
and tenderly the worried, tried, vexed,
harassed old world loves you.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02

| to what looked upon then as the idle
patter of the professional conjurer. |
have since had reason to change my
mind - and then he gave deep sigh.
Monsieur Kardec exhibited to us the
ordinary big cardboard extinguisher.
'And now,' said he, .if any lady will
kindly step forward, will cause her
to disappear by the assistance of my
familiar spirits The gentleman at
the piano began to play the ghost mel
ody from The Corsican Brothers, I
never hear that tune now" said the
little man, "but it makes my flesh
creep.
"Nobody volunteered. Monsieur
Kardec was evidently disconnected.
Ladies' and gentlemen he said, sif no
lady will oblige me, l shall be unable
to give you this interesting experience
Then he appealed to my wife. 'Ma-
dame,' he said, you would confer an
obligation on me if you would come to
my assistance
"Hettie-I mean my wife-always a
good girl, rose at once, before
| could demonstrate. Monsieur Kar-
middle of the stage. How lovely she
pose of the Greek slave, with clasped
hands! l noticed, too, that she wore
the diamond riviere that had been my
wedding gift. The conjurer covered
her with the great extinguisher. 'Spir-
it's of the vast heavens help me = he
shouted, in a soft scream of entreaty.
He knocked over the extinguisher.
My wife had disappeared
"There was tremendous round of
applause, in which | joined but
didn't quite like it, all the same. Then
the gas went out as if by magic, felt
myself suddenly seized by the wrist,
and the voice of Kardec Kissed in my
ear, my poor friend, something very
terrible has happened your wife has
been carried off by indignant spirits
but he added, melo dramatically, Il
will save her, or perish in the attempt!
There was a pause.
81 have never seen my wife sir, from
that day to this" said the little man,
as he buried his face in his hands. at
was the vengeance of the spirit world
upon one who was once what you are,
my friend-a scOffer and an unbe
lever"
"Have you never searched for her ?"
said.
"What would be the use 2" said the
little man.
just then the train rolled into the
station of Folkestone HarbOr.
"And the conjurer 2" said 1.
"He must have met with similar
fate" said Mr.. Boobyer, who was col
lecting his impedimenta "for he never
came to receive the money taken at the
doors Z"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
The Eleventh Census.

The taking of the national census is
a costly operation. The 18th census of
the United States, which will be taken
early in June, 1890, will cost nearly
S6,OOO,OOO, or 81, 900 more than the
census of 1880. By the terms of the
census bill which lately passed Con-
gress persons refusing to give proper
Information may be fined not more than
500, while presidents of railroads and
corporations who refuse to give infor-
nation may be punished with $1O,-
600 fine and year in Jail. 1t is to be
hoped that would be humorists, who
regard demonstrating as joke and re-
joice in battling census enumerators,
may be reached by the provisions of
this bill. Uuder it, the pay of census
supervisors is considerably increased,
but it is thought that the clerical force
in the superintendents Office may be
reduced to some extent. There were
1000 clerks engaged in compiling the
census of 1880.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
Where the Laugh Comes In.


That Temperance and morality" tag
which was affixed to the republican
platform is so odd thing that any
light upon it's history is welcome. Gen.
Clinton b. Fisk, the prohibition can
didate for president, gives a Detroit
reporter very plausible explanation
of the incident. 1t will be rememb er-
ed that the republican platform was
adopted on Thursday, June 81. On
Friday, the 22d, the prohibitionists
held a meeting in this city, one of the
speakers at which said that the failure
of the conventions of the old parties to
come out squarely for temperance was
worth 500,O 900 votes to the prohibition
party. A full report of this meeting
was telegraphed to the republican
managers in Chicago, who concluded
that something must be done, and
finally drafted the Temperance and
morality" plank. Gen. Fisk says that
the plank was submitted to "Shed"
Shook, the brewer and one of the del
egates from this city, before it was at
tached to the platform. Shook read it
and then said: "Why, certainly, I'll
not oppose this. 1t doesn't go as far
as We brewers went in our last cOnven-
ton. It's nothing more than a pleas
ant dose of catnip tea" The prOhibi
ton candidate for president says that
he carries this resolution in his pocket,
and takes it out to read whenever he
wants good laugh.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
The Pocket in his Nightshirt.

The other day Minneapolis boy i'm
pOrtuned his mamma for a nightshirt
" just like papa's," with pocket in it.
His mother made him one, and the first
night he went to bed in high glee. In
the morning, when his mother took the
robe off, she found in the pocket a
couple of seed cakes, three matches, a
toothpick, a small silver watch, several
pieces of rough candy and the boys
pocket handkerchief. When the little
fellow was questioned as to the varied
assortment he replied: Well, l
thought if hungry in the night time /
would need the seed cakes, and of
course I'd want the tooth pick after
wards; if [ wanted to see what time
it was by my watch would have to
have match, and l was afraid of
coughing, so l put the candy there"
His excuses were equal to his prepare
tiOns at any rate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
Scene at a Nevada Election.
ClsueLand Leader


Judge Jones tells good story, which
he says occurred when his brother,
Senator Jones of Nevada, first ran for
office. The territory in and about Vir-
ginia City, New, was not then noted
for its rigid morality, and the details
of an election required close watching
and careful management.
1t was the night before the election,
and the coming senator sat in his Of
fee, happy in the consciousness that
everything was ready for the events of
the morrow. There came a rap on the
door, and a heavy set native of the
Emerald Isle, who was quite active in
politics, entered. After an exchange
of courtesies, he said
"Mr. Jones, there is one thing we
have forgotten"
"What's that?"
owe have neglected to provide for
voting the stiffs."
"The stiffs What are they 2"
"Why, the boys in the graveyards,
to be sure. We always vote them"
When Senator Jones learned to a
certainty that the occupants of the
cemeteries were made to do duty at
the polls by proxy he at once resolved
he would Illustrate the plan as far as
possible by placing challengers at each
voting place.
The Irishman protested that this
would require all day, while the entire
batch could be voted in on the right
side in an hour in the morning. Pat
was solicited to attend the polling
place in the Fifth Ward, and the next
morning he was early at his post.
Closely he scanned each voter and
read every name as it was enrolled by
the clerk, but his services were not
called into requisition until about 10
o'clock, when a miner in a flannel
shirt, with his coarse overalls tucked
into his boots, stepped up to the polls
and handing over ticket gave the
name of dead man.
CLOUD on there. | challenge that
vote! !" shouted Pat, excitedly.
"On what ground 2" was asked.
'On what ground, is it2 Ground
enough, then. That man died in the
Fourth Ward, and I'll be hanged if
they can vote him in the Fifth"
The "stiff7' did not vote, though
there was an exciting scene for few
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-02
A Woman SmuggIer.

"The principal smugglers of to day."
said New York custom officer to a
Graphic reporter, the other day, care
women. The daring of other times is
unnecessary now. A Saratoga trunk
properly prepared is worth more than
all the dirks and cutlasses that snug
gler ever wore at his belt. l remember
when last came back from Europe, a
fine young woman, exceedingly plump,
whom everybody admired. The young
fellows on board were infatuated, es-
pecially those who liked stout, we'll
rounded girl. All the way over she
wore the same dress-blue cloth, tailor
made. 1t fitted her, if possible, just a
little bit too we'll. Said L: Il can i'm
agine belle rigging herself like this
when on parade at Newport, but for
the deck of a Cunarder, it is trifle too
chic,' said l." "What did you sus-
pect ?" Suspect Bless you, didn't
suspect knew. At quarantine, af-
ter the health officer came aboard,
boat pulled out from Fort Hamilton
and wanted to take my charmer off. |
touched her on the shoulder. You
can't leave this vessel said |, until
we reach the Battery 'Who are your
she demanded, turning pale. I'm a
custom house officer said l, 'and as
soon as we land 1 shall have you
searched She hadn't the heart to say
much. Still pale, she sat down, biting
her lips and looking round to see that
nobody had heard us. 'Officer,' she
said at length, 'how much will make it
squareT 'Well,' said I, with a sly
glance at her shapely figure, Il don't
know how much it took to make it
round but l guess there is about $4,000
worth of lace and jewelry in the lining
of that dress of yours And so it was.
When the women searchers had I'M
dressed her she looked like a scare
haggard, a regular skeleton.
The haul just doubled my estimate"