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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Leaky Tin Roofs.

Farmers who live remote from any
place where there is tinsmith are often
troubled by leaks in the roofs, or cave
troughs Any farmer can repair them
and make them stronger than before.
Find the leak, and apply a good coat of
rather thick paint; put On piece of
old bagging or coarse muslin, then a
Sc ond coat of paint, rubbing it we'll in,
and smoothly. Then cover with piece
of tin, mailing it down tightly, close to
the cage, using large-headed tacks;
those known as "a or 3O-oz. Swede's iron
tacks are best. Then give another coat
of paint, and the leak is not only re-
paired, but that part will last much
longer than the rest. Old fruit cans are
just the thing for the purpose; set them
on top of a hot stove till the solder is
melted, and then tlatten them out.
American AgrlculturiSt.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
A MiSht Crown.

The young Emperor of Germany has
ordered his ourt-jeweler to change the
shape of his crown and model the i'm
proved edition after the exact pattern of
the coronation outfit of Charlemagne. A
French paper suggests that the crown OF
William the Victorious and Frederic the
Noble ought to be good enough for a
youngster who, thus far, has done moth
ing more remarkable than snubbing the
German Liberals and assisting his court
bigots in driving his mother into exile.
The Berlin wits cannot risk such out
spoken comments, but express their
opinions by caricature of snub-nosed
boy trying on an Anticipated headdress
about forty sizes too small for his skull.
Detroit free Press.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12

of the squash bug, as he is shy and runs
away at the first alarm. Precaution
should be taken against the fea beetle
by busting the young vines in the top
Of each Hill of squashes with gypsum or
land plaster, into each ks'shel of which
pint of turpentine has been thoroughly
stirred; then allow it to stand few
days, well covered, to retain all the
fumes. This acts as a preventive, not as
a remedy, and can also be used on the
cabbage and all plants liable to infec-
ton from the flea beetle. To subdue the
enemies of the squash crop is the most
expensive and laborious part of its
culture. The potatoes would be dug
before the squash vines were done grow
ing, or before the squashes were picked.
american Agriculturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Rejuyenatfns Old Furniture.

Old furniture that has dull, greasy
look should be rubbed nth turpentine
and then polished with any good polish.
The improvement in its appearance I'LL
well repay you for the tsouble. White
spots on furniture can be removed by
wetting piece of flannel with turpen-
tine and then rubbing the spot hard. It
may require several applications of tur-
pentine and considerable patience and
strength for the rubbing for some obsti-
nate places, but the worst spot will yield
in time If the white spot was caused
by the splitting of an alcoholic substance,
it will be easy to etface it; but heat and
some oth": agents makes marks which
are more difficult to obliterate. House.
wife.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
Feeding for Young Chicks.

It is so easy to overfeed young chickens
that the trouble is more to give too little
than too much. One ounce of cracked
wheat is quite enough for young brood
daily, divided into four meals. The food
should be given on board or pan beyond
the reach of the hen, which should be
confined in coop. After ten days or
two weeks the little brood will forage
for themselves very actively if given a
run on some grass or in garden and
will pick up good deal of food that is
suitable for them. But the food may be
gradually increased from time to time
until they are month old. If fresh
ground is given to the chicks they will
not be troubled with gapes. II gapes
appear mix a few drops of turpentine
with some scalded oatmeal once day
for them. -NeW York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Recipes.

LETTUCE SALAD.-Use the crisp leaves,
cold and fresh, without cutting, and
dress with Mayonnaise sauce favored
with fresh lemon juice. This is the best
of all salads.
HONINy CRoQUETTEs. cups of
cold boiled hominy, one egg beaten light,
pinch of salt, teaspoonful of sugar, a
little milk. Beat the egg in the hominy,
mash it free from Jumps. Add milk
cautiously until the hominy is as soft as
it can be handled, Stir in the salt and
sugar, and form the mixture into Gro
quettes with Toured hands. Set aside
for an hour in a cool place to become
firm. Fry in deep fat to good brown.
MAYONNAIsE SAUCE.-Mix in a large
bowl one teaspoon each of mustard and
salt with one and half of vinegar; beat
in the yolk of one raw egg and gradu-
ally beating meanwhile half pint of the
best quality of sweet olive oil until the
mixture becomes a thick, even batter
This may be kept closely covered in
cold place for many weeks, and when
used may be favored with fresh lemon
juice or little vinegar. It is the most
delicious of all salad sauces.
BAKED STUFFED ToMAToEs.-Take
ripe, firm tomatoes, cut a small piece off
the top and then cut out the inside,
leaving enough to make a firm cup to
hold the stuffing. Chop the inside with
bread crumbs and an onion, season with
pepper and salt and put into the tomato.
Put small piece of butter on each to-
mato. Bake in pan until they are
lightly Drowned on top. l generally
take one onion to six tomatoes. The eX-
act amount of bread crumbs depends
upon the size Of the tomatoes, as some
are more juicy than others.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Ten Good Things to Know.

That cool rain water and soda will
remove machine grease from washable
fabrics
That ripe tomatoes will remove ink
and other stains from white cloth, also
from the hands.
That tablespoonful of turpentine
boiled with white clothes will aid in the
whitening process.
That boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of little sperm salt or
gum arabic dissolved.
That kerosene will soften boots and
and shoes that have been hardened by
water and render them pliabIe as new
That salt will curdle new milk; hence
in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc..
the salt should not be added until the
dish is prepared.
That clear boiling water will remove
tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour
the water through the stain. and thus
prevent it spreading over the fabric.
That kerosene will make tin tea-kettles
as bright as new. Saturate a wooden
rag and rub with it. twill also remove
stains from vanished furniture
That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in equal proportions and applied
to the bedsteads is an unfailing bedbug
remedy, as a coat of whitewash is for the
walls Of a log house. ~.t
That beeswaX and salt will make rusty
fatirons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump of wax in rag and keep it
for that purpose. When the irons are
hot rub them first with the wax rag, then
scour with paper or cloth, sprinkled
with salt. -Co4rier-J0urna2.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12


An English veterinary surgeon rec
ommends that those who have charge of
horses, especially farm horses, should be
taught that the stomach of a horse is not
like the rumen of a cow, a mere recepta-
Gle for food, but an essential organ of
digestion of limited capacity, which does
not need to be crammed in order to per-
form its proper functions, and that it
cannot be so treated without danger to
the animal; that the teeth of the horse
are provided for the purpose of masti-
eating the food, and that food which
does not require masticatiOn should be
sparingiy, if ever, used. He further
recommends that no horse be put to
work Immediately after a full meal, and
where a horse has done heavy days
work it should be allowed to stand in
the stable until it is cool and comfort
able before being fed. A little water
may be given, and if a little good hay
be put into the rack it will occupy his
attention, and besides requiring proper
mastication will further have the effect
to slightly stimulate the stomach to
secretion and prepare 1t for the recep-
ton of the feed which is to follow.
Should a horse require more food than
usual to supply the extra waste of tissues
caused by hard work give it by all
means, but let it be in excess in it's
albuminoids or nutritious constituents,
and let the horse be fed oftener and not
in increased quantities at time. -Neao
York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
For Mending Rubber Boots.

Procure from depot of rubber goods.
or from a large store where such goods
are found a piece of virgin India-rubber.
With wet knife cut from it the thinnest
shavings possible; with pair of sharp
shears divide the shavings into fine
shreds. Fill a wide-mouthed bottle
about one tenth full Of, the shredded
rubber. With pure benzine, guitless of
oil, fill the bottle three fourths full.
The rubber in moment will perceptibly
swell if the benzine is good article. If
frequently shaken the contents Of the
bottle in a few days will be Of the con-
sistency Of honey. Should there be clots
of undissolved rubber through it add
more benzine, if it be thin and watery
moiety of rubber is needed. The unvul-
canized rubber may sometimes be found
at the druggists. A pint of cement may
be made from q piece of solid native rub
Der the size of large hickory nut; this
quantity will last family long time
and will be found invaluable. Three
coats of it will unite, with great firm
ness, broken places in shoes, refractory
patches, and soles on rubbers; will fast
en- backs on books, rips in upholstery,
and will render itself generally useful to
the ingenious housewife as it dries in
few minutes. It forms an admirable air
and er-tight cement for bottles, by
simply corking them and imEersing the
shoppers in it.-Nea0 York. I1aIeDen dent.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
A Good Cement

The following receipt for making .
cement to stick porcelain or glass may
be of interest to some of our readers
Take, Of coma.on starch, thirty parts
of finely pulverized chalk, fifty parts,
and mix with equal parts of water and
alcohol: add fifteen parts of Venetian
turpentine, stirring constantly the while
that 1t shall become thoroughly COM
bined. atlanta Constitutions.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12

To the E,ditor-Please inform your readers
that have a positive remedy for the above
named disease which | warrant to cure the
worst cases. So strong is my faith in its vir-
tues that l will send free a sample bottle and
valuable treatise TO any sufferer who will give
me his p. o. and Express address. Resp'y.
II. u. ROOT. NJ. C. lS3 Pearl St. New York.
Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12

Mothers, Overworked Men,and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability to digest ordinary food, or from over
work OF the brain or body all such should take
SCOTT'S EMU SION OF Pure Cod Liver OIL with
Hypophosphites- Il used the Emulsion on n
lady who was delicate, and threatened With
Bronchitis. 1t put her in such good health and
flesh, that | must say il is tn best Emulsion
ever used."-L p. WADDELL, MD, Hugh's
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12

The Malaga grape crop is short this
year and only $50, 600 barrels are COM
ing to this country, in place Of che 300,-
600 barrels that were expected. A
single storm destroyed 100, 600 barrels Of
the fruit
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
From Republican HEADQUARTERS.

MoRAvIA, \. Y, Nav 3, lsS7.-O. +. WOOD
WARD: have beer using Kenp's Balsam and
find it very effectual in relieving n cough
with which have been afflicted OF late Our
druggists tell me they sell more OF this than any
other cough remedy. can cneercclly recon-
mend IL Yours Truly. J. J. PEAsE, Editor Re
publican. At all druggists. Large bottles. SOC
and 81.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Farm and Garden Notes.

One of the essentials of soiling is a
fertile soil.
Every farm ought to have its expert
mental patch.
Top ventiIatora in poultry houses are
being vigorously criticised.
Onions thrive best in bed made firm
underneath but fine on the surface.
The early killed is the easily killed
weed, and the weed that robs the crop
least.
If you are careful to keep the burrows
straight you will do faster and better
blowing.
When cleaning out poultry houses put
the manure where 1t will keep dry and
not be leached out by rains.
The success of the seasons work de-
ponds upon being ready with the ear'v
spring and getting the crop in early.
In trimming the grapevines trim so
that the sunshine and air can have free
circulation among the foliage. In many
cases too heavy and close foliage induces
rot.
In no other way can the farmer so
radically do the work of nature to his
advantage as by using tile; for under
drainage both lengthens the seasons and
deepens the soil.
If snails trouble rose bushes when they
start in growth place a few cabbage
leaves around the plants. The snails
will collect in them and can then be
easily destroyed.
Farmers who must have hired men to
help them in their farm work ought not
to forget their overWorked wives. There
is as much need of extra workers in the
kitchen as on the farm.
Keep the house plants we'll supplied
with water, but care should be taken to
avoid either eXtreme-making them go
without water too long, or applying too
much. Either is injurious.
The smaller the field the more fence
required and the more land taken from
cultivation. The more oblong the field,
the more fence required to inclose
given area; conversely, the nearer
Square is the field the less fence is re-
quired.
Of great Importance at this season is
the manure crop. Every shovelful
should go to the heap, not only for the
sake of clean and healthful stables, but
for the intrinsic value of the manure.
Keep all the manure piles we'll made and
compact.
A florist in England claims that a
rose bush, which has been bearing white
roses for more than thirty years, has sud-
denly changed and now puts out only
red roses. The only cause assigned for
this is the enrichment Of the surrounding
earth.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12

The potato crop of this country is
estimated at 21O, 900, 0C0 bushels, the
largest ever harvested.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Sheep Hus bandry.

Numbered with many valuable papers
that have been read before the Wiscon-
sin Farmers Institute is one by Harrison
Cole, of Dane County, to beginners in
sheep husbandry. Following are ex-
tracts that can hardly fail to interest
prospective sheep growers:
In deciding the breed be guided by
the branch of sheep husbandry you in
tend to follow. If you wish to raise
lambs to sell at from eight to twelve
weeks old you must have one or both
parents of the coarse wooded variety for
the sake of early maturity. If your OBJ
ject is wool and mutton there is no breed
that is equal to the Merinos. They will
herd in large focks better and do we'll ON
less feed than any other breed. In
starting flock it is generally the most
profitable to buy the best Of the kind.
but if you lack means the next best
thing IS healthy old sheep from large
flock. Put by themselves, they will Of
ten renew their age and prove not bad
investment, but avoid young or middle
aged culls; they lack constitutional
vigor and arc the most worthless stock
one can purchase.
Having selected your breed for spe-
cifc purpose, press steadily forward by
breeding to a fixed type. On the sub
ject of coarse and fine woods Mr.. Cole
gives figures which are decidedly in
favor of the fine woods for money in his
section. where soil and climate are we'll
adapted to the Merinos.
On fattening sheep Mr.. Cole says: II
think the best age at which sheep fat
tens is three to four years, but all the
way from lambs to that age you can
pick out sheep that will tatten we'll.
Feed grain in a fat bottomed, dry
trough if possible-a tritie at first. In
crease until you reach to one and one
half pounds each, per day. In damp,
muggy weather feed lighter. Be sure
and not feed so as to have them leave
grain IN their trough. Do not disturb
them in the morning; let them get up of
their own accord and pick around a
little before you feed them. I like
mixed grains for sheep better than feed
ing all one Kind and in coarse feed I
also give as great a variety as possible,
but the same kind at stated time each
day."
Lambs in large focks should be re-
moved when they are four or five months
old and placed on good pasture. There
is nothing better than stubble field,
with good growth OF young clover.
Feed little grain as the pasture begins
to get short, only tritle at first
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Planting an Asparagus Bed.


The best plan for obtaining early re-
suits is to secure one or two year old
asparagus roots and then plant them in
rich soil and give good ana clear cult
walton. The rows should be four feet
apart and the plants not less than two
feet apart in the row. If you want the
asparagus for your own use, do not set
the crowns more than four inches deep,
that is, have them covered with four
inches of good rich soil when the bed is
levelled off after planting. If the soil is
light and naturally we'll drained it need
not be plowed more than ten or twelve
inches for the reception of the plants,
adding little manure at the time, then
apply as much as you please over the
crowns or on the surface of the bed. The
strength of the manure will be carried
down by the rains, as rapidly as it is
needed by the roots. It is a waste of
manure to bury it deeply, even for
asparagus, although it is usually recon-
mended in preparing ground for this
vegetable. In selecting variety for Gull
tivation you can scarcely go amiss, for all
the varieties offered in nurserymen's and
seedsmen's catalogues are one and the
same thing under different names. If
you bury Conover's colossal you will find
some sprouts, as they appear above
ground, are of purplish color, others
pale red, with an occasional one greenish
white, showing that there is no one dis
tinct variety known under this name. If
you secure good, healthy roots, and give
them good or extra care, you need not
fear the results. "Giant asparagus" is
only obtained by what may be termed
giant cultivation. York San.
Squashes and Potatoes Together.
l have never grown these vegetables
together, and see no advantage in so
doing, unless it be the possible protec-
ton the potato vines might give the
squash as a decoy to the squash bug and
spotted beetle. The il should be pre-
pared for the potatoes as early as pos
sible, the rows marked out three feet
apart, and only the alternate rows
planted, leaving the others for the
squash. This would give squash vines
six feet one way, and they could be
planted three feet apart in the row. for
the bush varieties. Well rotted manure
of the best quality should be applied in
the hills for the squashes before or at
the time the potatoes were planted, the
squash hills to remain until the con-
dltlons of soil and weather were right
Tor planting the seed, which probably
would not be until the potatoes were
up. By the time the squash had
sprouted the potatoes would have good
start, and would protect the squash
plants from hard winds. The frequent
cultivation given the potatoes would
hasten the growth of the squash and
interfere wonderfully with the ravages
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-04-12
Delicate Children, Nursing

THE assessed valuation of personal estab
in New York city is $3.50, 623, S..
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-20

The dangerous accident in British
Columbian waters to the Amphion, the
finest vessel in the large British squad
ron, seems to show one thing very con-
clusively, and that is that the rules of the
service compelling officers of war ships
20 pilot their own vessels in inland
waters ought to be changed. Had there
been pilot on board thoroughly famil-
lar with the winding passages through
the maze of islands, the violent tide rips
or whirpools, and the other things which
render navigation between Victoria Snd
Vancouver excessively dangerous in time
of fog, the lives of the Governor-Gen'
eraI, Lord Stanley, and his party would
not have been endangered, aud the com
mander of the Amphion would not have
been unhappy to-day.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-20
The bio ship Great Eastern is receiving

The big ship Great Eastern is receiving
her coup p-de- grace on the banks of the
Merscy, in England. She has been dis
mantled and her stranded hull is being
broken up for old iron. The old levi
athan of the deep has had an unsuccess-
full career. Her launching thirty years
ago was attended with frightful disas-
ter, ten men being killed by the explosion
of her steam box. She was never sue
cessful sailer, and proved II disappoint-
ment to her builders as an experiment in
ship construction as well as improbable
to her owners. She was 691 feet long,
cighty-three feet wide, sixty feet deep
aud %, 500 tons burden. In the opinion
of the Washington Star, her fate proves
the impracticability of ships of her size,
and it is safe to say that we shall not look
upon her like again.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-12-20

A short time ago the papers had anac-
count of a man who showed his wonder
ful powers by mesmerizing, or hypnotic
ing person, but was unable TO restore
the subject to her normal condition.
Fortunately, observes the Chicago Herald,
there was an experienced hypnotizer near
by to undo the work of the exhibitor.
But there might not have been, and the
subject of the experiment might have re-
NAMED mesmerized for week, or until
assistance could be had. Thanks to the
work of some French and other European
scientists, hypnotism is now one of the
recognized means of relieving disease. 1t
is now established on scientific basis.
Like all other means of treating sick peo-
pie and disease, it is dangerous thing
when used by unskillful and ignorant per-
sons, and its use by such persons can but
tend to bring it into disrepute as cma-
tive agent. The exhibitions of mesmer-
ism should be discountenanced as against
the feelings Of humanity and public pro.
priety. A public exhibition of the effects
of hashish would probably be interest
ing t. few people, but would at the
same time be dangerous. The same is
true Of mesmeric exhibitions.