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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
THE BENEFITS or COFFEE.

It Is asserted by the men of high pro-
fessional ability that when the system
needs stimulant nothing equals cup of
fresh coffee. Those who desire to rescue
the drunkard from his cups will find no
better substitute for spirits than strong,
new made coffee, without milk or sugar.
Two ounces of coffee, or one-eighth of q
pound, to one pint of boiling water makes
a first class beverage, but the water muss
be boiling, not merely hot. Bitterness
comes from boiling 1t too long. If coffee
required for breakfast be put in granitized
kettle over night and pint of cold water
poured over, it can be heated to Just the
boiling point and then set back to pre-
vent further ebullition, when it will be
found that, while the strength is ex-
tracted, its delicate aroma Is preserved.
AS our country consumes nearly ten
pounds of coffee per capita, 1t is pity
not to have it made in the best manner
1t is asserted by those who have tried it
that malaria and epidemics are avoided
by those who drink cup of hot coffee
before venturing into the morning air.
Burned on hot Goals it is a disinfectant for
a sick room. By some of our best ply
sicians tits considered d specific in typhoid
fever.-Ihe Eptcure.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
WHAT OARS REoUIRE,

Oats require long season for growth,
and cool weather; therefore sow them
early, but do not SOW ON frozen groulsd
with the expectation that they will sink
down in the mud and sow themselves.
This slipshod method will do for the poor
ignorant and wretched mo men more SOD
Egyptian "fellahs" who scatter their seed
wheat on the rich mud left by the floods
of the river Nile, but not for an American
farmer sowing oats in the spring. For
this crop the land must be thoroughly
we'll plowed and harrowed-it should
be plowed in the fall, in fact-and the
seed must be we'll covered. And this is
to be done as early as possible. Three
years ago we sowed oats in warm spell
In February but did not cover the seed
deep enough, hard frost in March
killed nine-tenths of the plants. -Ne,c
York Observer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
CoTTED FLEECE.

"Cotted" fleece in sheep is not con-
fined to any breed or country, but is
found among all races, everywhere. This
condition of fleece is caused in many
ways, and may be best understood as a
stoppage in the growth of the wool and
yolk, caused by sudden change in the
environments of the animal, as from good
to poor food in wiyter, chased by dogs,
nhvsicn;, injnries. I'd difficult part'iss
rition. 1t sometimes occurs after hard
drive on the road, when the animals are
put in cool or damp place and allowed
to rest; but one of the greatest melting
causes is plunging them into cold water
at washing time when they have been
overheated by driving. Thus it may be
seen that this deterioration of the fleece
results from some sudden adverse dis
turbance, and although the other effects
may speedily pass away, the fleece is per-
manently injured. Breeding ewes are
most liable to cotted fleece Flocks in
which this condition is found most
largely are usually those which possess
delicate constitutions and lack of
stamina. Where this occurs to sheep
two seasons in succession they should be
weeded out.-Ne,o York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
RUM AND NATIVES.

A tremendous effort is in progress in Eng
land to prevent the destruction of the native
races Of India, Africa, and Australia by
rum There was a large and influential meet
ing held atthe Mansion House, with the Duke
of Westminster presiding, to complete, Il
possible, such legislation on the subject as Will
cause reform. The case is exactly the same
as that of the American Indian, and the fact
seems to be terrestrially universal that the
natural tendency Of the noble aborigine, be
he red, brown, or black, is to continue the sue
ton upon the rum bottle as long as there is
anything In It,
Spirituous liquor seems to be deaths most
effecting and industrious servitor among the
tropical races and by the time the English
In india and Africa begin to talk about put
ting the native races on reservations there
will probably not be enough left to uncon-
fortably overcrowd seasonable tracts of land.
One queer argument advanced against the
movement was that rum and tobacco actual
ly acted as civilizing agents, and that certain
tribes addicted to them on the west coast of
Africa made much more rapid advances in
education and the social arts than the Others
whose imaginations had not been expanded in
some wav BY intoxicants.- CHICAGO Times
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

BE sure the calf has dry bed.
Keep ahead of the weeds or they will
get ahead of you.
Keep lookout for the brood mare,
Don't overwurk her.
If you feed your land well, frequent
groupings will not impoverish it.
Mutton sheep give best returns if fed
for that purpose while they are young.
Don't turn the hogs into young
orchard if the small trees are unpro-
tected.
\ Some old gardeners claim that Gu.
cumber vines will bear better if they are
topped.
The effect of the general spraying Of
fruit trees Is to give us less wormy frtiit
than ever before.
The nights continue cold with us, sd we
have not set out our tomato plants nor
planted our lima beans.
Our boy cultivates his onions and other
small vegetables before they are up, by
going between the rows with the rake OF
hoe.
As soon as the lambs are UP and have
taken their first meal, they are on the
road to sheephood. But care for them
still, if you would have them sheep.
Three wants are responsible for nine
out of every ten Improbable farms,
according to american Aricutturist-
want of cultivation, want of manure and
want of drainage.
| Without doubt any active farmer who
will cultivate his mind as well as he Guilt
Yates his fields may increase the profit of
his farming largely and at less outlay
than in any other manner.
/ Do you notice some of the chicks trail
ing their wings? Look out for lice. Elk
anime beneath the wings, on top Of the
! head and about the vent. Look closely
and you will find the cause.
An acre of meadow that yields ton Of
hay may give no profit, but if the yield
be increased to two tons, 1t may give ten
or twenty per cent. profit, according TO
the market value Of the land.
Professor Samuel Johnston, Michigan
| Agricultural College, says: 81 should
prefer to buy wheat, bran, oil meal and
other commercial foods for cattle rather
than commercial fertilizers"
! In setting hens for early chickens some
! think it best to set several at the same
time. Then, If they do not hatch well
the chickens can be given to one hen and
the others supplied with eggs.
| Professor w. A. Stewart enumerate.
| among the protein or heterogeneous foods
for stock, shorts, bran, oil-meal, cotton
seed meal, all rich in protein; while o.
rough folders clover hay is the richest.
1 Jfysno ,s,spvsision ,un,usain, suppur,
anu encourage all that is good in human
character were half as prevalent as thu
propensity to pull down and destroy, thu
millennial age would be fastened forward
UNNECESSARILY.
The first thing to look to, after 20,
have made up your mind to keep bees, il
pasturage. For, according to bee
keeper, greater falsehood was neve
palmed off on gullible public than tha
bees ''work for nothing and board them
selves"
Orchard and Garden affirms that thu
only trouble reported in the use q
arsenical poisons for destroying insects ii
orchards is in the burning of the foliage
by having the mixture too strong or put
ting it on too heavy; the latter Otter
owing to the fact that the machinery used
Is not of the best,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
RECIPES,

Crumb Pudding--One quart of sweet
milk, one pint of bread crumbs, three
quarters of cup of sugar, yolks of four
eggs, butter size of an egg, flavor with
lemon; bake in slow oven and when
done spread over a layer Of jelly, whip,
the whites of the eggs to froth, and onel
cup Of powdered sugar; pour over the
jelly and bake alight brown. Serve cold,
Cream of Tomato Soup-Cook one
quart can Of tomatoes for half an hour
with minced onion and some sprigs of
parsley. Rub through a strainer fine
enough to keep back the seeds. Set the
saucepan over the fire with a tablespoon
full Of butter; stir in heaping tablesoonful
of sifted flour, and when smooth add
slowly the liquid of tomatoes and scant
half teaspoonful of baking soda. Measure
the soda with very light hand. When
the foaming stops, add quart of boiling
milk. Season to taste with salt and pep
per, and pour at once into the tureen.
Serve thin wafer crackers with II.
Almond Sponge Cake-Take six eggs,
their weight In graduated sugar, half
their weight in flour, one lemon, juice and
grated rind, one cup Of finely chopped al
monds. Beat the eggs separately. Add
the sugar to the thoroughly whipped
yelks. Crate the lemon rind and strain
the lemon juice into this. Now put In
half the flour and half the whites, which
should be beaten to q stiff froth, then the
balance Of -four, into which the cup Of
almonds should be stirred. 10 prepare
the almonds take them from shells, put
into dish and pour boiling water over
them till they can be slipped from the
skins. Let stand till cold and then cut
them very fine with sharp knife. Lastly
add the remainder of whites of eggs and
beat hard for few minutes. Have
ready two narrow long pans thoroughly
creased with sweet lard and heated. Bake
twenty-five minutes in moderate oven.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
PROTECTION OF Hay.

The use OF hay caps is complete pro
lection to the hay in case of rain, and
with sufficient number of these caps the
whole crop may be left out safely and got
in in fine weather unimpaired by rain.
The caps are made of one and half yard
squares, which may be water PROCEED by
sleeping them first ina solution of sugar
of lead, then in one Of alum, or by paint
ing them with any waterproof compost
ton. A hole is made in each corner and
n string loop fastens it down to a peg
pushed in the hay to hold it against the
wind.-Neo York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
The Thermometers Lay.

They may call me dude, they may call me a
swell.
But the truth of the matter is easy to tell.
NV restless ambition is never to stop
Till get to the top, till get to the top.
There's a vacancy over the dudelet, you
know,
The swelPs great ambition is higher TO go.
Like them both my ambition calls never to
stop,
While there's room at the top, while there's
roorutat the top.
Leave to little Thermometers, mercury
frauds,
Contentm mt with,weather, which with May
accortts,
Nv spirit's.desire o something much higher,
Whea over the hundred fairly may hop,
With no loom at the top with no room at the
top.
- -Nep York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
PLANT A TREE.
He who plants a tree
Plants a hone.

He who plants tree
Plants hope.
Rootlets up through iibres blindly grope;
Leaves nsfold into horizons free.
SO mans life must climb
From the clods of time
Unto heavens sublime
Canst thou prophesy, thou little tree
What tho glory of thy boughs shall DO
49, He who plants tree
Plants joy;
Plants a comfort that will never cloy,
Every day n fresh reality,
Beautiful and strong,
To whose shelter throng
Creatures blitho with song.
II thou ccoldst but know, thou happy tree
OF the bliss that shall inhabit theo
He who plants a tree
He plants peace,
Under its green curtain iargons cease
Leaf and zephyr murmur soothingly;
Shadows soft with sleep
Down tired eyeliis creep,
Balm of slumber deep.
Never hast thou dreamed thou blessed tree,
or the hencdiction thou shalt DO.
He who plants tree
He plants youth;
Nigor won Tor centuries, in sooth,
Life at time, that hints eternity!
Boughs their strength uprear,
New shoots every year
On old growths appear, :.
Thou shalt teach the ages, sturdy tree,
Yea,h of soul is immortality
Hewho plants tree
He plants love;
Tents of coclness spreading out above
Wayfar@S, he may not live to see
Gifts that grow are best;
Hands that bless are blest;
Plant; Life does the resti
Heaven and earth help him who plants tree
And his work Its own reward shall be.
Lucy La'con,, IN The Philadelphia Ledger
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
PROTECTION FROM MOTHS.

For the eifectual protection Of wooden
goods against moths the use of cedar
wood boxes and closets is insufficient, and
it is stated that there Is no other means of
protection against the ravages of the
insect but perfectly to inclose the woolcns
in material which is not attacked by the
moth, such as cotton cloth. Wooden
goods brushed clean from dust, folded TO.
gether and put into cotton bags, which
were well tied, have been found perfectly
intact when taken out at the change of
the season.-Ne,o York Telegram.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
REER AND 1NrEMpERANcE.

Rev. ]. @. Allen, pastor of the Hanson
Place, Brooklyn on. E.) Church, spoke on
recent evening at tho Greenwood baptlss
Church, in that city. Speaking of the use of
oeer, he said:
ssIn 1880 the famous beer act in England
was passed with the view of deceasing intern
perance by encouraging the use OF beer IN lne
place of more ardent liquors. Lord Yelling
ton boasted that the securing of the passage
of that act was one of his greatest victories
1t was not many years before Parliament
was compelled to repeal the act because beer
drinking had become so extensive. If we
look among the statistics of the drinking
classes we will find that there are 6o0ooO
male habitual drunkards, 10000 male tip
piers; the drinkers spend annually 500, oOo,-
6CO: they consume 7b, 600, 900 gallons of beer;
there are used %, 900 bushels of gran,
which, if ground into flour, would make s.
500 600 barrels The money spent for drink,
if strung out in rows of dollar bills. would
make 413 belts for the globe
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
DEATH TO DANDELIoNs,

Dandelions are readily destroyed by
merely cutting off the crowns of the
plants Just below the leaves IN early
spring. With broad, long-handled
chisel man will do this work quite rap
idly. Horseradish is more difficult
plant to destroy, but If the tops are kept
cut off as often as they appear during the
summer, the greater part of the roots will
be killed. Clean cultivation will usually
destroy noxious weeds of all kinds. -NeC
York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06

turn next, And she's very pretty
girl"
"o-o-oh" said the gossip. Saturday
Mont.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06

More than 1900 horses are slaughtered
for food in Paris every year
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-06-06

into his dreams; il he BIO thirsty, the poten-
tates of heaven are his cup bearers; II he sit
down TO food, his plain toble blooms into the
old fellow with the WORKOUT coat" the
angels Of God cry; lift up your heads We
everlasting gates and lot him como inr'
Fastidious people cry: "Get of my front
steps," the doorkeepers Of heaven cry:
"Come, you blessed Of my Father, Inherit
the kingdomr When he comes to die,
70 the potter's Held; to that potter's field the
chariots of Christ will come down. and the
cavulcade will crowd oil tho boUlevards Of
heaven.
IDIess Christ FOR the present satisfaction
Q; religion. 1t makes man oil right with
reference TO the past; It makes q man all
right with reference to the future Oh these
neither springs Of comfortl They arc peren-
NAL. Tho foundation of God standeth sure
that are His 1.-THE mountains shall depart
and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall
not depart from the thee, neither shall tho
covenant of My peace be removed, saith the
Lord. who hath mercy upon them" Oh.
cIusger or diamonds set IN FURNISHED goldi
Oh, neither springs Of comfort bursting
through all the valleys of trial and tribular
what satisfaction there Is on earth in re-
ligion, do you not thirst after it as the
daughter Of Caleb thirsted after the
water springss 1t is no stagnant pond,
scummed over with malaria but SPRINGS Of
water leaping from the Rock OF Agesl Take
I'D one cup Of that spring water, and across
the top Of the chalice viii float the delicate
shadows of the heavenly wall, the yellow OF
jasper, tho green Of emerald, the blue Of sar-
donyx, the fire OF jacinth.
wish I could make you understand tho
joy religion is TO some of us. It makes man
happy while he lives, and glad when he
dies With two feet upon chair and
bursting with dropsies, 1 heard an Old
man in the poorhouse cry out: Bless the
Lord. oh my SOUR / looked around
and said: .sWhat has this man got to thank
God fory' 1t makes the lame man leap
like the hart, and the dumb sing. They say
that the old Puritan religion is a juiceiess and
ioyiess religion; but / remember reading of
Dr. Goodwin. the celebrated Puritan, who in
his last moments said: us this dying Why,
my bow abides in strength am swallowed
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13
afternoon Esuninaf5On.

IT'S a sultry afternoon
In the blazing month of June,
When we've scanned our PAPERS DER
Much Of work we've done to-day,
Sent out bills and got no pay;
But the whistling of the train
Makes cur heart beat light again.
'Scription blanks are worth but naught
Not penny have they caught;
Wasted stamp a ncIghbor dunned,
And our coming he has Stunned.
Hope mistaken still we hold,
Fer we know VIII there is gold;
All our columns closely scan
There's the patent re}icine man.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13
PERSONALS.

Hon. lev. V. Walser, Of Lexington
is in town.
Mr.. G. and Miss Monte Hoffman
left Monday morning for the Noun
tains. They will be away some two
or three weeks.
Mr.. W. T. Grimes was in town
Monday. We are sorry 20 learn
from him that our friend Mr.. r.. b,
Salisbury is still very sick.
Or. J. d. Huffman, Mr., Noah
Biggs and Miss Annie Huffman left
Monday morning to attend Wake
Forest Commencement.
Miss Eta Allsbrook attended, the
closing exercises Of Littleton High
School last week, and IS spending
few days visiting relatives and
friends there.
Miss Mary Woo |, ore Of Elem
toms most accomplished young La
dies, is visiting with her brother,
their sister, Mrs. Dr.. Jas. b. Hall.
Miss Ida Wilkinson, who has
been attending Vine I'LL Female
academy returned to her home near
pantcgo last Monday. Her friends
hope for Der rotu.n at the opening Of
the next session.
Mr.. John Baker, Of Greensboro,
was ia town this week on a visit to
his mother, who is very low. She
has recently become paralyzcd and
hopes of her recovery are lost,
Misses Lizzie Edwards and Mary
Cotton. with Mess. s, w. Morrisctt
and ". II. Josey, drove across to
Murfreesbo1c Monday to attend
Chowan Battis; instituteCommcnce-
meEt.
Mr.. Munford, Of the live and en-
terprising firm OF Hjgs3 and Mun-
ford Greenyillc, was i'll town this
week. He looks well and says good
things for Greenvi!Ie, and well he
nay, for GrecnvilIe is fine place.
Mess. J. y. Edwards and Ralph
Dardcn left Monday morning to at
tenI Commencement at Murfcccs-
borc. They will spend part OF the
week there end then go TO Wake
, Forest and take in the latter part Of
that Commencement.
Miss Annie Bryan, of Tarboro, Is
Lending her charms and smiles to
her friends in Scotland Neck. She
is visiting Miss Mary Lawrence, and
the social circle is much enljyePeC
by her presence. Size is one 0
Edeecombe's faircst and We welcome
h.r amongs3 u.
Mr.. ). NJ. Smith, who has beer
mere for several months with the
corps Of engineers on the y < {
railroad, returned to his home il
Norfolk yesterday. He has made
! fac impression here and every Oh
! seemed pleased with his acquain
,ancc. We hope he will visit u
again,
Mrs. G. W. Howell ana Miss Mag
gle Wilkinson, of Pantego, and Mrs
Aug. Latham Of Leec1vIlle, VII
have been visiting the family &
Prof. ". c. Allen, left for tlci
Tones Monday. Oar people wu
met them while here were mQc
pleased with them. They seemed
like Scotland Neck. and We hope 20
them to VISIT rs again.
- Miss Mary Herbert Smith who ha
been attending the Nashville No
: NAL institute Of Nashville, Tenn ,
returned home last Saturday, to IT,
! --r---It e I-~ .,or,, frsorE- = :.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13
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= EkCy H}rOwned.

We learn from Mr., b E. Pope, who
was in Ta:boro Sunday, that on last Fri
day a coIored boy named Jas. Hudson
was drowned in a small stream near the
water works while in swimming.
He was tainted by some other boys as
being a coward because he would not
make some venture; and wishing to dis
prove the charge, he ventdred and went
under and rose no more. His body was
found in about an hour, but too late for
the physicians to restore him.
MORAL: Better bear taunt than make
a foolish venture.
In selecting sewing machine LADIES
are apt to rely too much upon what
agents say, not thinking 1t is TO their in
terf st to recommend the machine they
xake the most profit on. 1t is your duty
to use Your own judgment. The New
HOME Sewing Machine is placed on the
market on its Own merits. and claimed by
the Company to be the BEST. The de.
mand no doubt supports their assertion.
Their competitors are forced to acknowl-
edge that they. dread to meet the New
HOME in competition.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13

r..b. food in Petersburg March
.t 1911. is said to have been al
Ne. fa.rgulG1ant as compared with
..o7e " Itch recently inundated q
~. Of lie city.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13

It's thoaght that 100000 trans>
atlantic passengers have teen book
ed to 90 ron this country to visit
tie different parts of Europe this
season. The arrangements between
the old world and the new are thus
growing less.