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The Republican., 1889-05-11
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS,
A HOMEMADE SCARE.

Cad was Jolly little fellow.
With eyes Of blue and ourls OF yellow,
And rosy checks, and just the chin
To hold pretty dimple In.
He found himself alone one day,
And wondered what twas best to play
While his mamma remained away.
Pencil and paper soon he saw,
And seized them both. Said he: '.rll draw
An ogre like the one so grum
Poor Jack heard growing 'Fee-fo- -fum'
First, here's his forehead full of bumps,
And then his nose with three big humps,
And then two ears of normous size
And then two dreadful staring eyes,
And then a mouth from ear to ear,
With long, sharp. teeth-like tusks." But here
The artist, with eyes opened wide
Ia fright gazed on his work and cried;
Mamma, Mamma-come, come please, do,
I'm very lonely without you;
And ohi Mamma, I'm so afraid
OF this old ogre that I've made"
Margaret Eytinge, in st. Nicholas,
The Republican., 1889-05-11
SOME CHOICE ADS.


Of "wants" Whose PubiIcs-
"a tion Didn't Cost n Cent.
4, Wanted-A hostler. Must also be a
= 1stler.
adams pressman wanted. No Adams
tpressmen need apply.
IA butcher wanted. Second-rate
!, .ltors need make no application.
Wanted-A vice hand. Said hand
must not belong to party addicted to
ANY particular vice.
A young man would like Job as
|hoor-walker. Can do seven miles an
hour when in training.
For Sale-A revolver, bowie knife
wa fine head of hair. Reason for SELL
II b, owner in reduced circumstances.
a ADDRESS Cowboy.
A poor young man with en- over
ppwering ambition to be President of
tVe United States would like job
Ie1ther as u canal-boat boy or at split
lt1ng rails.
/ Wanted - Chain-makers. Parties
who have been in the habit of forging
another link in the chain of love which
biuds the two countries, ETC., need not
apply.
fFanted-By a we'll known temper
4 Scs lecturer, a reformed burglar; also,
K example. Applicants must
'sy smptLsarence as toe sobriety and
'istes in furnisbIRgrIIeIn WIN 1uu...s.
n Syess1ass tenor employed week
'tdE3sss1n Pat Brady's concert saloon.
fnki caring to be idle on Sunday, will
adkbpt engagement in some church
choir, forthat day only.
A lady Who has just taken a house
in the suburban portion of the town
would liketo purchase young calf
not over five years of age, which would
yield abouttwo pounds of liver daily.
Having imported few hundred an
archists, weare in a position to apply
to every householder Of New York and
Brooklyn a nsw brand of natural gas
at ten cents Ter thousand feet below
regular price.
TOMMY: If you haven't lost the
cheese knife you took with you and
come homo at cnce. will persuade fa-
ther not to spark you this time. You
will find no wild Indians to fight over
in Hoboken. MOTHER.
A wealthy but invalid gentleman, a
great sufferer from gout and corpu-
lenoe, having been ordered by his ply
sician to pay striCter attention to his
diet, would like to engage a first-class
gastronomic director.
Five Dollars Reward. Stolen OF
strayed, a dude who answers to the
name of Cholly. Was last seen or
Broadway following q female member
Of burlesque troupe The above reward
will be paid to any one returning it te
its keeper.
Pennsylvania coal-mine owners do
string to replenish their supply of i'm
ported Poles and Italians before the
passage of the tord bill. should send il
their orders at once. All are invited
to examine our stock, which is KEEP
we'll disinfected.
Desiring to get rid of few hundred
.l4four more useless paupers. we beg ts
TIsAfm all keepers of alms-houses il
the United States that they can be sup
plhd with any number of inmates by
addressing Poor-House Superintend
ent Europe.
To allay any fears the inhabitants O
New York may feel concerning the
ciF's safety in case of hostilitie;
breaking out between this country ant
Germany, this is to announce that L
Brgadier-General Slaughter, second
in the honorary command of B com
pany. Fourth Kentucky bloodshedders
will remain in New York until the set.
tlement of the Samoan difficulty.-N
Y. Evening Sun.
The Republican., 1889-05-11

There has been a great develop
ment of numbering in the South since
1880. There are 1G0 per cent more
sawmills now than then, 107 per cent.
more hands employed, and 100 per
cent. more capital invested. Syndl-
Gates are rapidly buying up all the
Southern timber lands that they ca1
get their hands on.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06
CABBAGE SEED GROWING.


An exchange describes the cabbage
seed industry ON Long Island i'm this
manner:
Contracts for the seed are made ia adj
vaucrWijh sccdsmen or their representa-
lives, STIMULATING the variety TO be grown
and the price to be paid for the seed.
Seed FOR the plants is .oWn about the
goth OF juno. and they aim to set out
the plants between hu.. and TO- They
are set in rows three feet apart, about
10000 TO the ayro. For this purpose the
grower aims to have the cabbage grow IA
small. soft head, not sufficiently grown
for table u-..
About the first of November. before
freezing weather, the cabbage is taken
up by The roots and prepared for win
terug. 70 do this, a wide and deep
furrow is opened by blowing both ways
in H. In this the cabbage are compactiy
set. about three abreast, and The earth
thrown against them with the plow,
covering them as nearly as possible,
The work is finished by hand with Tie
shovel. 70 winter them well IS not al
ways an easy task. but the farmers sue
coed very well IS a rule. As soon as the
ground can be worked in tho spring the
cabbage are taken out of the trenches
and set out about two and one-half by
four feet according to variety. 70 ga
ciltate the exit of the seed stalk, the
head of the cabbage is generally gashoG
with a knife.
About the 20lh of July the seed IS
l.. a =
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

Ashes are a fertilizer Of such general
utility that even small quantities are
worth saving, says American AgricUl-
turist. Many who use hard coal for the
stoves in winter and the colder months,
employ wood for cooking, for the most
part. in warm months. 1t is astonishing
what an amount Of rubbish may be dis
posed Of, and turned to good account,
by saving and splitting into proper stove
size all available fuel--old boxes and
barrels--for which there ID no other use;
old articles of furniture, not worth mend
ing; branches OF trees which have been
removed in pruning or broken of by
storm. All such materials should be
stored under shed, until a stormy time
in winter makes this proper wet weather
work, at which all hands, old and young
will End it more like play than work.
This should be stored in a woodshed
easy Of access from the summer kitchen
The ashes made during summer-being
mainly from wood-shouid be stored
separate from coal ashes. They are of
TOO much value to be mixed with them.
Another source Of ashes should not be
overlooked, In the general clearing Up
which every well kept place requires in
early spring, or other season, there will
be lot of stuff too poor for firowood,
and only fit to make a bonfire. Make
such bonfire on fiat, moist place, and
keep the burning heap small, adding the
fuel from time 10 time, and SO manage
that the ashes will be left in a compact
heap, easily 10 be taken up and. stored in
some out of the way shed. Remember
that ashes will hold FIRE in the shape OF
burning Goals for weeks, and that many
mysterious fires are due to no other I'm
cendiary" then the improper treatment
Of ashes
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06
INFLUENCE OF TREE BOXES.


DO Great Damage.
However necessary it May br in cities
to protect trees by means Of tree boxes
against bodily injury, chiefly committed
10y mi 5chieyaus boys and loafcr-, such
protection should only bc afforded for a
limited time. or long enough for the
growing trcc to attain Il sufficient thick
ness to prevent its being broken 10y any
ordinary accident, says Professor G.. V.
Riley After such thickness has been
reached the boxes ought TO he discarded.
They arc unnatural and both injurious
to the tree and unpleasant to tho eye. A
great number Of trees are forever mi urcd
10y such boxes, and the great increase of
some kinds OF insects is solely due to
Them
For instance, tho maple bark borer
Grochillum accrnD is almost solely CON
lined 20 the injured bark Of maple trees
protected by boxes. and is scarcely ever
found in normally growing trees. Such
tree boxes furnish good shelter for the
formation Of Cocoons and afford winter
quarters for many noxious insects. The
we" "UIlh i1ahe9 cAceiIIhJ ur, - lhen.
~ S'n''" ,oA ei"el' Win ti'Gi" OF about
four inches in diametcr--a tree strong
enough TO thrive without protection
had been Enclosed by the usual form OF q
wooden tree box. This was removed,
, l"u 5''e lnsi1e Oh inc box ana the col
'cclt' lu"olsh III IL was c;reiuiiH ihvc'-
u9''I" ny one Oh our assistants, MIR.
quo AueEGI' Inns IS tIle result; 81 CO.
''"s %, H. C'Ii'ea' i' cES ''aa',7 OF
OI5-i' le'c,''ilSili' r coc0"h' %, Aero
ny g." -A,-eIlc''la' ana Pu'1 "i b3'"Aa
""''. ''I''' ues!''e7 'Iii.ul,i''dDIP ora ana
si"l''s pUl'"I SNli'9 Oh 'l'ese ana o'her
'"It' -
- ~ D9 'ooeU III ''''a connection ron
'''"' inns 'i1e gre" III l"IN III b'tiu-
l'''i'. "ltu was HoU DIS '"''l\ H'c7'e,' as
''1'9 !" ""Siln5'oA' "a Nou'lE Tree III
''l O"GH. !" W III "''l l"9''l,o' aU
Yi'e 'oP u an sues Oh 'he DON; anu 'i''S
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

Professor c. Y. Riley, of Washington,
who was one Of the experts at the Paris
exposition, and had charge of the agri-
cultural exhibit, has been attending the
Forestry congress. He expressed him
self as highly pleased at the general re-
suit Of the awards to the American eX-
hibits. lie has recently received the
official list, which shows that the exhibit
under the auspices Of the department OF
agriculture received five grand prizes,
thirty-seyen gold medals, ftty-fiye silver
and thirty-nine bronze medals, and
tAirty-eight honorable mentions. This
does not include agricultural machinery,
which will swell the total In 1878 the
department exhibit received one grand
prize and two gold medals, with other
grades accordingly; while in 1861, when
there We're exhibits by states, there was
bat one grand prize, four gold, nine
silver and nineteen bronze medals.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

y Texas market gardener claims that
sweet potatoes grown from vine Cuttings
are smoother and nicer than those grown
from slips or sprouts. Ills method Of
securing carly sweet potatoes is to gather
the vines before frost has injured them
and hang them on a pole, the ends Of
which rest in crotches or forks some two
feet above the ground. Cover the ends
of the vines with moist earth ana throw
straw, hay, leaves or corn stalks over the
whole ana protect from the rain by Il
good shed, with the north side boarded
up. As cold weather approaches he
throws more soil upon the base of the
heap, ana more straw on the upper por-
ton, leaving the south end or, better
stu, the top, partly open during warm
spells for ventilation. This plan (Which
is similar to banking the tuIers) will
keep vines alive all winter and ready for
early planting in the spring
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06
FARM AND FIELD.
POINTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE
BENEFIT OF AGRlCULTURiSTS.
uhe Potato Rot-It Prevails -oN DID,. A.
most Every Country Whct" 'h iH.rh
Tubcr is Crown-1tet hot- oi SD. tt-
ment-OthCr Farm .iu,iDI-,

ment-Othcr Tnrm aiati,l-.
The rot of the Irish pom,oi.g .i-case
which has been known iu th,- country
for fully fifty years, and has uoon Fari-
ously termed "the rot, % "tho potato rot,
"potato murrain, ''potato Chclcra,' etc.
1t now prevails throughout all the chief
potato growing countries of the world
and causes more damage to the potato
crop than all other injuries combined.
In seasons of excessive moisture 1t is
looked upon by the potato grower rs al
most inevitable, and by most the losses
it occasions are regarded rs unavoidable.
We believe that it may be avoided, or
at least its attack 50 diminished as to
render the losses from this source insig
niflcaut. A knowledge OF the cause of
the disease warrants this conclusion, says
i. Lamson Scribncr, Of the Tennessee
agricultural experiment station. There
are several kinds of potato rot. both wet
and dry, which are due TO various causes,
but the potato rot-the disease which the
planter always has in his mind when he
says his potatoes are being destroyed by
the rot-results from the growth of
parasitic fungus upon the potato plant
similar in habit and botanically related
TO the downy mildew Of the grape vine.
The disease has never been moro de-
structive than during the years 1913 to
1915. and the wild potato is no more free
from the malady than the cultivated
varieties. It is not the climate. nor the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

4 bed Of lettuce sown now III well
prepared soil, protected by light cover
ing Of straw Is soon as severe freezing
begins, viii come into use very early in
tine spring, and furnish grateful addi-
ton 80 the somewhat restricted bin of
l-eot tIat time, says National Stock
man. The same is true Of spinach,
choosing the pricLly variety, which is
Mo-l suitable for the cold weather.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

1t is a difficult matter to fatten lambs
the first winter, says The American Ag.i-
Culturist. As 4 rule, the only way it
can be done prohtably is to commence
to feed the lambs. the earlier the better,
before they are weaned and coutiu.e to
feed them grain or cake while running
on good grass in the summer ana au-
tumn. Professor Roberts, of Cornell
university, says that late and inferior
lambs can usually he purchased in the
latter part of September for from 81 To
Sl.5O per head, and that if properly fed
and cared for there is a nice profit To le
made from them. We do this. Far
more profit viii be made if bought at
the same price per pound, live weight,
from good, strong, almost fat lambs than
from inferior lambs. In fact, we would
rather pay five cents pound for a good
lamb weighing eighty pounds than three
cents pound If obliged to try 10 fatten
HIM in winter for an inferior lamb
weighing forty pounds.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

One would suppose that if farm dairy
butter would score more points than
creamery butter anywhere it would be
in old New England; but there was a
sharp contest at tho late Bay state fair
specifically on that point, and creamery
butter took the front seat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06
SiIaee.

Those who have given amount Of
siluge, and hardly enough for the stock
they have to feed, would do well to
make a close computation OF thenumber
Of tons they have, aud divide the com
puted weight by the days they wish to
feed, say from time OF opening TO at
least June l of 1890. Those vino have
had silage to feed. and who fed out the
last ere grass came, afterwards regret
ted they had not proportioned the ration
each day, SO that the cows could have at
least a little Of the appetizing food till
turned to pasture.-Hoard's Dairyman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-12-06

HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS or VALUE
TO THE THRIFTY FARMERS.
Some o. tho Answers so The southern
Farms Request tor "Fhc Best rive
Facts for tilc t"rut''- some "pnint-
crs" that Nav BE Useful.

Farms Request for "sac Best rive
tarts for lac t.,rn,''- SOME "roint-
crs,,th,t Nav uci,crni
Not long go The Southern Farm, pub
li,hcd at Atlanta. Ga. opened its columns
10 tho agricultural publi, by inviting its
r.,lar4 tn .onJ il, , LIST or .ho.t 1--WE
r.1,..rn,,., ,I.o f,,.n $ eon,o 81 ,I,a,,, aro
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,.nmlah Of tba rnr,on .ooJ foJ f." IKE Le,n NM, ny
..snn,Iv Of f.. -
rl,. h.t. furnace 70 cool, Good fo. .,ool,
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Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18

sko4l1 be Eeglecss1; bEt a. rhs pro
tscsien Ees-ly rsg9lred Is - have -
fseut aS<fs sE@xs4zalF , fas seaec- -aesk-
thlesss zFga1 Le<ze1 aE1 kslte1 fEons
deer
gre2s naay PeeFls awe psca-4g
i-sss - - scA- kraEc1es - TIE 4egsl
Frofssslca as sFseial.iss. Men sz6
women n a. st4rioEs zn1 coalitions Il
life sisit nsre 4s freely as t1sy s0zl9
. co-rs reoG, anz - nuEeEcls-y
I1ey pour o. without reserve.
tLslF ts-es ~ soS snd sE-letiCn-
A criminal l4sysr necessarily sees
every side aEa ssgeet " human life Sn1
intsresL Statistics are ary an1 -ain-
terestlEZ, blt - Il > singular fact tat
rarely d Eso eases, even With : pre-
eiselg slMilAE lass of action, Fessn ols
each other ln any sssslt ltlsl PARTS liar.
There - zlMosL sl~sys the element y
novelty la sFeFy case. Ilis Shows LLss
ia spite Of the sklf4l provisions q
Cur lawmakers the causes fer eac Z
different species of litigation are by 10
means stereotypsd. They present an
lnIsrmtn4ole 4nd seemingly exhaust
less Fa-iely. IS hetbsr Lhe case Be the
ordinary action for breacb-Cf-FrOmlse
ot marriage. or 5 based OF any other
II the thousand ard enc complications
that con oine % make = subject for gLs
lAsyeEs and Eae courts.
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18

al He had tegses away st TIE iron
uusll s. became L4ose s2d % lea 0ut
q 1he xrognd IAs ea4ln kAe lsf.
clstinet trsL IL tie grass eklch ed
toward the Cre1 ard I4e boys hurried
tosard the large sweet apple tree,
FlghtIy suspecung that it vas the ob-
lect q she cut's raid Mhel tney sr-
rived xithin slsht ~ IL. there h-ng D1or
Mugglns - TIE neck o. loaer limo.
Tkev quickly Pan ~ his rescue. and
Ehils enc llfte1 him - ~ ~ relieve ths
pressure CA rs t1roat. tie other un-
fastened ths chsia from his c0llar. and
then raey lad hisa down on TIE grass
Al 6rst they thought he woala never
breathe again. bil. atter teN moments
he drew has breath and Vas soon
able to ambie back ID his quart
ers. ID seemed that after pulling him-
self free Mlggins bad gone and elm bed
tie old tree. shaking 81 some o. gto
apples snl tceu swung himself doNn
tom he lower llmb 5Y his forepaws. un-
mndful of gA' ea4in 81 hieh dauelec from
has collar But rae ekaln ka1 become
entanglea IN re limbs, and when be
les 20 Ais hold urou the limb IL held
HIM suspended by tne ne.k. to0 low 10
reach the limb sith his paws. Only Tor
the opp0rtuue arrival o. the boys al
would slon have been over with Mag
gins
Telegram-herald., 1889-11-18
AN ENGLISH HOME.
The Mansion of Sir Harry and Lady yerney
I'm Buckin ghamshlre.

Louise Chandler Moulton of Boston
says:-'I have Just returned from de-
lightful visit to Sir Harry and Lady
Verney. at Clayton House, in Bucking-
hamshlre. Fancy great rumbllng
house, hundreds of years old, in the
midst of several hundred acres of park,
where the trees. some of which are said
TO be 300 years old, and others planted
by Sir Harry Verney in his bCyhoOd,
have grown to be 100 feet tall. while
vet he lives TO see them. 1t
is very easy 20 lose ones way
in Clayton House. From a great
hall two wide staircases wide to
the different wings. There two great
libraries, one above stairs and one
below, so overfull of treasures ono
hardly knows in which corner TO linger
there are drawing-rooms, boudOirs,
dining and breakfast rOOms-and every
where on the walls hang portraits Of
dead and gone Verneys by dead and
gone old masters, Nandyke anG others.
Carvings, engravings. old china, curios
of all sorts-you might forage among
them for months and not half make
their acquaintance.
You know something of Lady Verney.
She is the author of several widely
read tales, one of which is "Lettice
Isle" She is the sister of Florence
Nightingale, and there are several pOr-
traits OF Miss Nightingale at Clayton
House, besides a statue and an exqGis-
ite bust. w. B. Richmond has painted
the full length portrait Of Sir Harry
and Lady Verney, and these portraits
will keep the old Vandykes company on
the walls of Clayton House when fu-
ture generations of Verneys shall we'll
in the ancestral home.
Sir Harry VerDey is nearly eighty
eight, and yet gallops of for his daily
ride as gaily as though ne were only
half that age. He took me long walk
through the park, and confess he i a
far better walker than 1 am. We went
into the parish church, which Is within
the park. and not far from the house,
and IL too, is full of monuments and
memorials 10 dead and gone Nerneys
and Calverts. 1t was so restful and
lovely spOt-this beautiful old Eng
lish home. in the midst o. its trees -
that one hated 70 como back from II
/ into the strenuous turbulence ot Lon
don. Lady Verney drove me through
the estate-wheTe perhaps Atty OF the
7 comfortable little cottages have been
7 built since Sir Harry came into posses
I sion-and did not wonder at the happy
7 faces saw everywhere. never before
bad quito such 8 sense OF What might
/ be tho charm Of rural peasant lie under
/ the benign care % master who Is also
/ A friend