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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
Poultry Yard Errors.

Many errors are liable to occur with
beginners at poultry-raising, for even
the veterans are not free from mistakes
at times. In selecting tie breed large
majority pay greater regard to color and
shape than to more desirable qualities.
1t is well to know that the character
istc of the breeds should be understood
if no mistakes are to occur. But, after
breeder has become perfectly familiar
with all that pertains to the choice of
fowls, the common routine of the
poultry yard next requires attention.
The times of feeding should be regular,
certain hours being fixed upon for that
purpose, but they are very few who
Systematically feed their fowls. Water
should be kept in the presence of poultry
at all times, and it should not only be
clean and pure, but fresh, and yet this
important matter is overlooked by
many. Warmth in winter is very es-
sential to laying, being as important as
full supply of feed, but every fowl
house is not warm and comfortable.
The prevention of dampness in the house
avoids roup, which is terrible
scourge in the flock, but the small
leaks here and there are not regarded as
dangerous matters by the average
breeders. Even the height of the roosts
and construction of the nests have more
or less tendency to effect the profits from
poultry than many may suppose, for
high roosts cause deformed feet, and
poor nests will not be occupied by the
hens if they can get better places in
which to lay. These things are SEEM
ingly small matters, which are usually
overlooked, but they are important to
success. Why poultry should be ex-
pected to prove profitable without care
more than other stock is what we do not
understand, and the fact that profit is
derived from flock that has been over
looked, is strong proof that poultry
raising can be made to pay well when
conducted by thoughtful, attentive per.
sons 1t is the small matters that should
receive the most careful attention, as the
observance of method and system is sure
to prove beneficial at all times. Farm
and Garden.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
FARM AND GARDEN.
scab In sheep.

II is not an indication of scab when
sheep bite their sides and kick their
bellies, This may be caused by the
presence of ticks or Ice. 1t is well,
when the sheep act in this way, to ex-
anime them TO find the reason for it.
Usually the troublesome insects known
as ticks brown and tough-skinned, will
be found with their heads buried IN the
skin and busy sucking blood from the
sheep. Scab appears as red patches on
the skin at first, then the patches are
covered with small biisters, which break
and exude a sticky serum which forms
crusts or scabs with which the wool is
tangled and matted, This disease is
caused by very small insect which
burrows into the skin, and it spreads very
rapidly through the flock, and quickly
destroys it. The remedy is to apply a
decoction of tobacco in boiling hot
water, with some sulphur in it, break.
ing up the crusts so that the liquid
reaches the insects under them and Kills
them, 1t isapplied at such a heat that
the hand can just bear to be dipped in it.
It's usually applied by dipping the sheep
in it.-Nio York. 2imts.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
WISE WORDS.
Women teach us repose.
Si1ence 10 the rest Of mind.


Silence is the rest Of mind.
The world itself is too small for the
covetous.
Nothing great was ever achieved with
out enthusiasm.
All is not lost when anything goes
contrary to you.
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty
soon overtakes him.
Some people only understand enough
of truth to reject it.
What we ought not to do we should
never think of doing.
Silence is the wit of fools and one of
the virtues of the wise.
The saddest thing under the sky is q
soul incapable of sadness.
Few persons live to-day, but are pre-
pairing to do so tomorrow.
In youth, one has tears without grief,
in old age, grief without tears.
The barren ig-trce was not cursed be-
cause it bore bitter fruit, but because 1t
bore no fruit.
A man who is always forgetting his
best intentions, may be said to be thor
oughfare of good resolutions.
A cynical Frenchman once said there
are two parties to love affairs-the party
who loves, and the party who consents to
/ be so treated.
Others proclaim the infrmities of a
great man with satisfaction aud COM
placence, if they discover none of the
| like in themselves.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
About the Potato.

When we plant the tubers or parts of
tubers, such as are usually termed "seed
potatoes" the product is in every in
stance the same as the variety planted.
Different varieties will not mix or cross
in the ground. Nature has prov ded that
the way and only way that the blood of
one can be infused into the other is
through the blossom and seed balls.
Tuhers when planted. are passing
through the processes of maturity, and
when this Is complete and the fully de
veloped tuber appears in the ground, the
pieces planted here have simply repro.
duced themselves, by means of the eye
and bud, which is long way toward
maturity when planted.
The life of a potato is from four to ten
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
BETTER THAN GOLD.

Better than grandeur, better than god,
Than rank and titles n thousand fold,
Ia healthy body anil mind at case;
And simple pleasures that always please;
A heart that eau feel for ano hers woe,
And share Its joys with genial glow;
With sympathies large enough to enfold
All men as brothers Is better than gold.
Better than gold is a conscience Gear,
Though toiling for breal in an hunt
sphere,
Doubly blessed with content and health,
Untried by the lust or the cares OF wealth
Lowly living and lofty thought
Adorn and ennoble a poor mans cot;
For mind and morals, in natures plan,
Are the genuine tests of a gentleman.
Better than gold is the sweet repose
OF the sons of toll when thsir labors closa,
Better than gold is the poor mans s'eep
And the balm that drops on his stunt
deep,
Bring sleepy draughts to the downy bed,
Where luxury pillows its aching heal
But he his simple opiate deems
A shorter route to the land OF dreams.
Better than gold is thinking mind,
That in the realm Of books can find
A treasure surprising Australian ore,
And live with the great and good Of yore:
The sage's lore and the poets lay,
The glories OF empire pass away;
The worlds great dream will thus unfold,
And yield pleasure better than gold
Better than gold is a peiceful home,
When all the fireside Characters come;
The shrine of love, the heaven of life,
Hallowed y mother, or sister, or wife;
However humble the home may be,
Or tried with sorrow by heavens Decree
The blessings that never were bought no
sold,
And center there are better than gold.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
A Fortune From a Song.

The most noted ong-writer in Phila-
delphia is septimus Winner, who still
owns music store in this city. 1t was
he who wrote the immensely popular
ballad, "I.isten to the Mocking Bird. !"
The song was first published in 1885.
Mr.. Winner using the nom de plume OF
Alice Hawthorne. which was his mothers
maiden name. The song was published
in ballad form and at once became very
popular. and such is its hold upon public
fancy, that, although it has been sung
and whistled and played tine country
over for an average lifetime, it still re
;ains its place as song of national repu.
tation. The profits from its sale have
exceeded 500, 600, perhaps the largest
amount ever realized from any musical
composition of its class.-Pailadetphio
'ress.
Always lace belt SO that the ends sis
the middle, and not at one edge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17

years after the first full development.
Then il commences to "run out" Is
farmers express ii. This is due to its
continued reproduction from itself, act
ing in the vegetable kingdom the same
as in breeding does in the animal king
dom No sensible farmer needs any
arguments TO convince him why his sheep
flock grow more weakly and diminutive
each succeeding year, while he depends
upon the progeny of the same flock tor
the increase. Consequently the nearer
we 60 TO the true seed flor tubers are
not the seed or new blood, the more
vigorous and healthy the product will
be.
The intrinsic value OF a potato Is de-
termined from the amount of starch it
contains, which varies In the different
varieties from about fourteen per cent,
the lowest, to twenty-eight, the highest,
the balance being composed of water
sugar, dextrine and albumen. Accord
ing to Hpmboldts calculation 100 parts
of flour contain as much nourishment as
COO parts of potato, Those figures may
have been correct in his day $500, but
continued Improvement in the quality
since, has materially raised the starch
test, so that at present we can safely
place the estimate at from one to five.
The potato also contains poison, which
may easily be developed by exposure in
the sunlight, to such an extent as to
become dangerous for food. Professor
Lemon also declares that the wild potato
found in Arizona, is so poisonous in its
natural state as to be Dangerous to the
human system" The poison is nearly
eliminated in the process of cooking;
this is strong argument in favor of cook
ing them for stock feeding. 1t may be
well to add that the water in which po-
tatoes are cooked contains much of the
poison extracted from them, and should
never be fed to stock. Farm, Field and
.Stockman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
All in a Half Century.

The unifcation of Italy.
The annexation of Texas.
The French revolution Of 1848.
The discovery Of photography.
The laying of the ocean cables.
The discovery of the telephone.
The emancipation of Russ an serfs.
The discovery of the electric tele-
graph.
The establishment of ocean steam
navigation.
The overthrow of the Pope's temporal
power.
The extension of Russian power into
Central Asia.
The great Franco German war and the
unifcation of Germany.
The great civil war and abolition Of
slavery in the United States.
The rise and fall OF Napoleon I'LL, and
establishment of the French Republic.
The discovery of the sources of the
Nile and Niger, and the exploration OF
interior Africa.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
Care of Horses.

The horses need more care at this
season, even if used but little, than they
do when at hard work in spring and fall.
Their hair is long, and it is more work
to keep them properly groomed, so that
the pores of the skin may be kept open
for the passage off of the insensible per-
spiration. When they are used enough
to sweat any, or when taken out in snow
or rain, it is more work to dry them off,
and yet if put into the stable while wet,
and the stable is not very warm, the re-
suit may be las it might be with man
who went to cold bed in wet coat a
cough, pneumonia or rheumatism. And
they cannot be used much without the
long hair around the legs and ankles
getting filed with snow or mud, which
if allowed to remain there is not only
conductive to the above named diseases,
but also to the scratches ~
AT this season every horse should be
thoroughly cleaned off after being used
in the winter more faithfully than he
would be in the summer. 1t is not adj
visable to have farm horse clipped, as
they are too often left to stand in the
cold while the driver is attending to the
business for which he has come out.
Do not neglect the shoes: see that they
are provided with corks TO prevent
slipping, and if the horse is not used
enough to loosen them, or to wear them
out, they should be taken off and the
hoof cut away Just about as often as it
would be done if the animal was kept at
work. 1t is not an unusual thing to see
horses stumbling along on misshapen
feet, acquiring an awkward gait, and
perhaps taking risk fstraining the cords
of the ankle or foreleg, simply because
the shoes, not having worn out or be-
come loose, the owner feels that it would
be an extravaganza to have them reset
when they do not need it. They do not
think of the possible injury to feet and
legs by travelling upon hoof that has
! grown out of shape.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
Moisture ofthe Earth.


The bulletin of the Storrs school agri'
cultural experiment station contains de-
tailed accounts of experiments on the
effect of tillage on soil moisture. Eight
deep caves were filed with different
kinds of soil. Some had the surface
stirred to recorded depths and others
were let alone. All were repeatedly
tested for loss of water by evaporation.
The summing up, which follows detailed
figures, is as follows: "The lesson which
these experiments illustrate, and others
explain more FULLY is the value of sur
face tillage. 1t is not simply for the sake
Of killing weeds that the farmer hoes his
corn. Weeds are his enemies, but drought
is worse, and the moisture is often in
sufficient for full yield even when no
drought is apparent. The soil has re-.
serve stores of water for his crop, but in
summer the supply gets low, and the
same force of capillarity which brings
it up to where the roots OF his plant can
get it, carries it past them to the surface,
where the suns heat changes it to vapor
and winds bear it away Hoeing and
cultivating loosen the upper layer of the
soil. The pores through which the water
is drawn up are thus enlarged, and the
connection between them is broken
capillary action is consequently hindered
and less water passes through. At the
same time more air enters, and the
loosened layer conducts less heat to the
soil beneath. The loosened layer acts as
cooler, while it prevents the water
from reaching the surface, and thus in a
twofold manner protects the rising
moisture from evaporation. In this way
the wise cultivate. uses the forces OF
nature to bring water to the roots of the
plants and at the same time to prevent
its passing by them and escaping into
the air. The water is freighted with
plant food part of it dissolved from the
soil about the roots and part deprived
from the air above So the crops are
nourished and the yield to the land in
creased.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17
COMPENSATION.

Tho brook ran laughing from the shade,
And in the sunshine danced all day;
The starlight and tho moonl made
Its glimmeriag path Mi. Way.
The blue sky burned, with summer fired;
For rerehing fields, for pining flowers,
The spirits Of the air desired
The brooks bright life to shed in showers
II gave its all, that thirst to Stake;
Its dusty channel lifeless lay;
Now softest flowers, WITHDRAWING, make
Its winding bel Milky Way.
Helen Gray Gone, in american Ma0asins
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17

Always lace belt SO that the ends tis
the middle, and not at one edge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-01-17

He had the torturing idea that the bar
stretched away out, through darkness,
iuto space, and that he was condemned
to reach the end or perish He knew
that the fast mail was approaching, and
he momentarily expected the excursion
train to come shrieking around the curve,
and plunge through the bridge. Each
second seemed an age; long, long time
to gather up suspense. The lives of
hundreds depended upon his quickness.
At last he reached the timbers in
safety, and, with an almost slperhuman
effort, drew himself on the track. Los
ing not an instant, he ran at his greatest
speed up around the curve. He was just in
the nick OF time. Thirty seconds longer
would have been too late. Up the track,
not thirty rods from the curve, like a
great angry creature rushing somewhere
to wreck dire vengeance upon an enemy,
came the excursion train. Ike had just
time to raise red handkerchief two OF
three times over his head in the full
glare of the headlight, and step of the
track, when the engine with shrek,
went laundering by. There was rub
bing sound of air brakes being quickly
applied, and just at the bridge the trair
stopped-so close that the cowcatche
projected over it. The fast mail hat
stopped on the other side at sight of tn,
red lantern.
The passengers alighted, rushed for
ward, looked at the break, and shud
dered to think how narrowly they hat
escaped-just within the jaws of death
The engineer of the excursion train tol'
how he had been signaled; and ther
was an immediate search for the perso
who did it. He could not be found bu
presently brakeman, who had bee
sent back to flag freight train follow
ing, came up, with Ike in his arms. II
had been found lying unconscious o
the bank of the track, with the re
handkerchief still in his hand. He ha
tainted from excitement.
When restored to consciousness :
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
a Coffee Growers Advice.

Tho writer has spent at least the better
part of his life growing and curing tea
and coffee, and however wanting he may
be in giving expression to his ideas, he
is surely in position to advise the gen.
eral reader on subject with which he is
well acquainted.
First, then, deal with reliable people;
and, secondly, buy what they consider
the purest and the most carefully pre-
pared tea and coffee they can supply you
with, without demanding the same at q
price at which you know yourself first
class produce cannot be imported.
If It should please you to take this
little piece of advice, you will find that,
in tho end. it will not prove in any way
extravagant, and it may add year or
two to tho length Of your days.-Table
Talk.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
Concerning Hylropllobia.

Our knowledge concerning the condi-
tions under which the poison which
creates hydrophobia acts has teen seine
what advanced by the recent s:.peri-
ments of NJ. Galtier, of Paris. According
to the experiments the dried virus has
its poisonous properties destroyed in from
four to six days. On the other hand,
earlier experiments Of the same savant
show that an animal which has died of
rabies may retain the poison in that part
of the brain called the medulla oblongata
for six or seven weeks. 1t is evident
that this fact may be of importance in
cases where persons have been bitten by
animals supposed to be rabid. If the body
of the creature has been buried it may be
possible to exhume it after many days
and make experiments which will serve
to show whether danger from the wound
is to be apprehended. In this way un-
founded anxieties may be allayed.-Pop-
ular Science News.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
Llre in "a Neyada Mining Town.

The Virginia City Enterprise gives
this picture of life in the mining towns
of Nevada. A party of ladies and gen.
tlemen in Sutro wanted to attend the
theatre in Virginia City. Starting at the
mouth of the Sutro tunnel, at their own
doors, they travelled four miles under the
mountains to the G. and q. shaft, and
then, disnounting from the cars, they
boarded the cages in the shaft and were
shot upward to the surface, vertical
distance of 1,640 feet, coming out within
a stones throw Of tho ticket office.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07

Subscribe for the NORTHWEST, $1.50 year.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07

Horse Blankets whichare strong
and have a reputation are always
initiated in poor qualities which
look like them, but having fewer
warp threads are not as strong.
Some dealers buy these poor
limitations for a few cents less and
by saying they are "just as good"
sell them at the same price as the
strong blankets to parties who do
not know the difference.
You cannot tell whether horse
blankets are strong by the look
or feel, as the warp threads do
not show on the face. How then
are you to know7
Inorderthat you cantella strong
blanket from a weak one, the manu-
facturer of "a Horse Blankets
sews the above "a Trade Mark
inside of each blanket. This is a
guarantee that it is the strongest
blanket made for the money and
will wear well.
Many poor limitations have been
sold as sA blankets. Remember
none are genuine unless the
"a Trade Mark is sewed inside.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07

Twenty years ago there were ninety
two lightning rod factories in the United
States. Today there are but three. and
those doing trifling business. The
lightning rod was the biggest I,llnbug Of
the Nineteenth century. Chicago Her.
aid
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
WABASH RAILWAY.
TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS 4 KANSAS CITY Road.

CONDENSED TIME TABLE.
STANDARD GUAGE.
TOLEDO, o., to CHARLESTON. ILL.
(hera s,.rD Down (Read Qp.)
WEST. (CentralStandsrdTime) EAST,
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is prepared
to see spectacle makers grow rich out OF
the next generation, as so many school
children are obliged to wear glasses.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-02-07
Land for Salel

THE undersigned will sell 80 acres ofland stuat-
i ed In the west half Of the northwest quarter Of
section H. town a, lange s; acres clear, the bal
ance timber land. Title clear. For further infor-
nation inquire of W. H. Bruins, on the adjoining
farm, or OF ANDREW SWARTS,
Jamestown, Pa,
Apls12-S3 Mercer Co.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-02

To LET.-A convenient dwelling on
Superior street, near College. for SD
per month. Apply at Office of y. W,
Wright.
To the ladies of Alma and vicinity:
am handling the Domestic Sewing
Machine. All who desire to purchase
first class, lightrunning machine, will
do well to call at my Barber Shop and
see the machine, or send me word and
will call at your house. Very easy
terms. NICK G.. DAVIDSON, Alma.
LoTs For SALE.-Lots from 500 to $3.50
Any lot in Lancashire's addition to
Alma, will be sold at one-half former
price, for the next 60 days. Will give
long time and low rate of interest on
payment. No reasonable offer will be
refused. For information, terms, etc.
enquire at Office of A. w. Wright.
Opera House Block, j. IL. Lancashire