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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
COLT TRAINING WITH OLD lEAM.

From the first, H -# u.
colt should be with f. ,ta Ha.
until it has become 10 p.
tractable, or, whic Ns rasr7Ie
driven between tw a Aa' eF
ago, says ]. H. An be p t-s F l'rrF
Tribune, used to take coltto pasture
in the evening with the team, and it was
returned to the stable in tn. morning
when the team was brought il. 1t was
nervous, self-willed animal and had
she appearance of being had one to
break to ride under ordinary circum-
stances. When old enough to ride the
bride was put on. 1t was led out of the
stable and placed between the team
horses and close together. mounted its
back without saying word. All were
started for the pasture together, and the
colt was easily broken without any trou-
BILE or using extra time. A frisky colt
will pay scarcely any attention to any
thing if driven with steady old horse !;
whereas if alone, under the same circum-
stances, it might take fright not easy
to forget.
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REEN MANuRING.

The necessity for restoring some of
the fertility to our soils which are
cropped each year is apparent even to
the most casual thinker If the soil is
not to be absolutely impoverished, there
must be returning to as well as a tax
ing from it of the elements of fertility.
This is self-evident truth, and requires
no proof or illustration to make its estab-
lishment complete. Green crop feeding
is the most natural, most feasible and
most economical method by which to re
turn the plant food that is taken from
our fields by continual cropping. Barn
yard manure will always, of course, re-
main the farmers chief reliance for en-
richi1g this land, but green manurial
crops will be found to be a valuable and
inexpensive adjunct to this.
Their effects upon the soil are remarka
bic. their vegetable or organic matter
rendering it at once friable. active and
fruitful. The greeu crops most profita
bic to be employed for this purpose arc
those denominated ''air-feeders,n those
possessed of the power to absorb the elc-
ments of organic life from the air, such
as clover, buckwheat, rye, peas, beans,
etc. Glover undoubtedly stands at the
head Of the list. 1t contains large pro.
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A Family of Governors.

The late Governor John l.. Manning
sprang from families whose sons were
prominent in the executive history of
Smith Carolina. His father, Richard L..
Manning, his grand uncle, James b.
Richardson; his uncle, John Peter
Richardson, and he himself all occupied
the Gubernatorial chair of the Common
wealth. The present chief executive,
John Peter Richardson, was his first
cousin. Besides these relative by mar
riage also filed this honored position.
That is General Wade Hampton, a
nephew of his first wife Charleston IS.
Cl Nstrs
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
A Tree That Grew From a Handspike.

As an evidence of the productiveness
of Boone County CIV. Va.) soil the
following fact, well known to a number
of the older citizens, is related.
In the year 1916, while a number of
men were engaged in logging on the
Pond Fork of Little Coal River, about
two miles above the present village of
Madison, they were visited by recruiting
officer engaged in raising company of
soldiers for the Mexican war. James
Martin was one of the logging party, and
having formed determination to respond
to his country's call, he made the
announcement to his friends, and to
emphasize his resolution, he thrust his
handspike into the soft soil on the bank
of the river and left. The handspike
was battered stick of water birch, that
had been used for several days, and being
too heavy for use by ordinary men,
Martin being man of extraordinary
muscular strength, ii was allowed to
stand in the mud. The following spring
the handspike began to put out green
shoots, and taking root and producing
branches and limbs, it grew with the
succeeding years to a large and healthy
tree After the lapse of forty three years
it still stands, an interesting landmark in
the valley.
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SECURING coon SEED oArs.

The price of oats is now veri low, but
in most cases they bring propqtionably
all they are worth as compred with
other feed, Never before were there so
many poor light oats, or oats hat had
been injured in curing, as this season,
There is likely to be difficulty Iext sea-
son in getting good seed oats, and it is
well to secure oats that are full weight
and not musty for seed. Al the best
oats in our climate tend to run out, on
account of hot, dry summers, and if
poor seed be sown the deterioration is
more rapid. 1t may pay seedsnen this
year to procure oats from Nova icotia or
some other portion of Canada, provided
they are there exempt from The failure
that attaches to most oats grown in the
States. -American Cultipator.
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UTILIZING PUMPKINS.

Pumpkins are valuable and nutritious
food for cows, if they are only rightly
spread before them. The orthodox way
of feeding them is to draw wagon-load
into the pasture, and scatter them pro
miscuously about in a partially crushed
condition, for the cows to fight and choke
over.
1t always pays to feed intelligently, and
we might add, humanely, and we append
a way of offering pumpkins to cows that
we believe to be more efhcacious than the
manner described. Gather only ripe,
sound pumpkins; the green and decayed
ones discard; knock off the hard stems
and handle with pitch or dung fork.
Near the pasture fence build plank
bottomed pen, or large, shallow dry
goods box would do, and into this dump
a part of a load of selected pumpkins.
Now, go into them with sharp spade,
and chop them quite finely. Most of the
entrails and seeds will slough and rattle
off, and the meaty blocks of the fruit,
shovel over the fence into long station
airy trough, for the cattle to partake of az
leisure.
Roots, such as mangels and rutabagas,
can advantageously be served the same
way, and if fed in winter, your chop
ping box can be placed in the cellar OF
stable
The seeds of pumpkins act too vigor-
ously on the kidneys to be beneficial to
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portion Of potash, lime, magnesia, nitro
gen, chlorine, and carbonic, phosporic
and sulphuric acid. Its great value as
manurial plant lies in the fact that Its
leaves and stems absorb the largest part
of its fertilizing gasses from the air, and
take only comparatively small portion
from the soil. II is a voracious "air'
feeder" Moreover, its long, thick roots
draw the fertilzing saline and mineral
elements of the sub-soil up into the sur
face soil, and render them available as
plant food. 1t is cheap and most avail
able agent to supply soils with necessary
nitrogen, which has been well denomi'
mated one of the ''scarcest and dearest OF
manurial elements.
Buckwheat is also valuable manurial
green crop. 1t is rapid and hardy
grower, and can be successfully grown
on the same plot year after year, without
materially exhausting the soil. Two
crops of it can be grown and plowed
under on the same ground in one season,
and the ground seeded down with grass
or a grain crop in September. 1t should
be grown far more extensively than it is,
its grain making a complete poultry food,
while its cultivation is strongly recon-
mended as an eradicator of Canada this
ties, witchgrass and other foul and OBJ
noxious weeds. 1t also has a high by
gienic value as purifier of the air, TAX
ing up the etiluvia and miasma rising in
the air from foul sink spouts and other
slovenly spots about the farm or out
buildings. Let us raise more buckwheat.
The seed costs but little; it will grow
upon any kind of land, from drifting
I sand to impact clay; it gives agood crop;
its straw contains considerable quantities
of potash, soda, lime, magnesia, phos-
phoric ana sulphuric acid, and when
plowed under it decomposes rapidly,
loosens the soil and makes a first -class
manure,
The pea is of great value as manur-
ial crop, even after the fruit has. been
gathered and the vines are fully ripened.
They contain very large proportion of
potash, lime, magnesia, soda, carbopic
acid and chloride of sodium, besides sui
phuric and phosphoric acid; and when
plowed under, it puts the soil in the best
possible condition for Other crops, es-
pecially wheat and grass.
Rye is also most valuable manurial
crop, but on the score of economy is not
so proftably used for this purpose, its
grain being too valuable to be economi-
cally sacrificed as manure.
European agriculturists also employ
turnips, corn, vetch and mustard as green
manurial crops, the turnlp being rated as
the best, as it grows in the cool and
moist climate of England to the greatest
perfection. But this, like the vetch, is
precarious plant in the hotter and
dryer climate of New England.
The proper time to pillow down green
crops, to renovate the soil, is in the
warm weather of summer when they
are just coming into flower They
then take on quick decay from their
immatured condition when the sun has
its greatest power to aid in the process
of fermentation and decay. Let our
farmers try the practice of green manur-
ing, and the results achieved will be sure
to induce them to continue it as set
tied policy in their farm operations. -
american Cu1tiCdtor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Cold stables may be cheaply made
warmer by lining them with building
paper.
An excited horse is like an excited
child. We have seen child scolded and
"iawed' until it could not comprehend
what was wanted of it.
An eminent authority has said that
ocial in character-that they
tn.i@a pe. where they have close neigh
r... rent varieties.
isr ,uld not be watered with very
.. zHs 1t should stand in the sun
80, .7. as warm as the atmosphere in
sul.-., IRE being applied.
The old idea that young cattle and
colts must winter at straw stacks in open
fields to make them tough happily has
gone, much to the comfort of the young
animals.
If we might turn to profit all the loss
suffered by American farming by weeds
farmers could well afford to pay all the
taxes, reserving to themselves the blessed
privilege of unlimited grumbling as a
partial compensation.
A farmer who is content to pillow year
after year fields so much obstructed by
stones that his work is seriously retarded
is too patient for this world, and might
have higher rank if he would remove the
obstruction and so prove his growth in
grace.
Spring calves if not well fed in autumn
have growth checked, and, as conse-
quence, cost of winter keeping increased
with certainty that favorable returns in
sales, if to be made the next year, will be
disappointing, unsatisfactory and profit
less.
A farmer labors hard, early, late, per
sistently. He gives little time to mental
culture; to silent communings that ele
vate the spiritual nature still less. In
old age he has worldly wealth, with men
tai and spiritual poverty. This is not the
best success.
The man who overstocks the capacity
of his farm to well feed the animals he
puts upon it, and then does not buy best
manure producing food to give all his
animals plenty to eat, will not make
money The animal that is neither grow
ing, or making product to sell while it
eats, is kept at loss.
Potatoes must be kept in the dark. The
whitest, choicest potatoes will be injured
in a. short time in any cellar where one
I can see to walk around. They will look
| yellowish when cooked, and their fine
quality is gone. II you cannot make one
room of your cellar absolutely dark, see
that your home supply is kept in tight
boxes or barrels and well covered.
Heaps of coarse manure may be re-
duced quickly TO good condition for use
by liberal applications of quicklime. 1t
will naturally be accompanied by great
losses of ammonia, if the heaps are not
covered with dry earth. If this is done,
no harm will result, provided the lime
and manure heaps are where their dccom
position will not set fire to farm build
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12

recalled the baliff's words, and then
took off my coat once more, and with
great deal of show placed my small ma
hogany box on the farm kitchen table.
Gan leave the ROOM" ! said, "but
three"
was unwillingly obeyed, and then I
knelt down and examined the injured
man.
"Leg Fractured" I said, "just below
the knee. Hah! bad case"
There was. faint groan from my pa
tient.
sLucky for you, Mr.. Mark Winsey,"
| said, "that I've been in practice to-
night"
There was another groan, and the
young man looked at me wildly.
'I've set Lord Johns leg, sir, and
I've followed out your advice in the
letter. / did bring my instruments
luckily for you"
"Whata" he groaned, doctor! doc
tor you're not going to take off my
leg9"
"Surely l ought to know best what to
do in case like yours, sir. There, l
shall not hurt you much. You are too
young and stout-hearted to need chloro-
form. Your friends will hold you. Be
kind enough to pass me that case"
doctor, a moment!" he whispered,
hoarsely, as he chung to my hand, which
| had laid upon his wrist. 81 won't
finch. I'll be man, but-but-it was
a beastly contemplate thing to do, and
and beg your pardon"
"And l beg yours, my lad. l am
ashamed of myself for being so mean as
to try and brighten you in revenge for
your practical joke"
II swear Ill never"
"No, no, don't swear it," I said.
"There, lie still; l will not hurt you
much. 1t is a simple fracture, and soon
you shall be quite we'll"
"Thank God! heard him whisper to
himself, 'for my mothers sake!"
kept my word, and l believe he kept
his; and we two became the best of
friends.
As for Lord John, to the disgust of old
Morton, the veterinary surgeon, and the
delight of Miss Lydia, Lord Johns
daughter, the horses leg bone knit to-
gether, and he lived for five years longer,
with only slight limp.
Somehow that frosty day always seemed
to be the turning point in my career, for
the unlooked-for results of Mark S
practical joke made me good friends at
the Hall, and within few months l was
the possessor of a respectable practice,
which with the succeeding years has
steadily increased - Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
GOOD CHEESE.

Enough rennet is added to the morn
ings milk, set in jar at temperature
of seventy degrees, to coagulate in two
or three hours, and then left for twenty
to twenty hours. Instead of
any special mold, common hair sieve
may be used. After pouring out the
whey gathered on top of the curd, cut
it with skinner in slices and lay it on
a sieve to drain; when this is done,
crean in quantities to suit (but not more
than that from an equal quantity of milk
as was coagulated) is then added and
mixed by MASKING with wooden pestle,
like potato masher, until it is a uni.
form paste. This is then placed in
wicker molds, as rule, eart-shaped,
and is ready for use. 1t must be kept
in an icebox if wanted to keep several
days.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Does everybody know that the best
covering for poultice or mustard paste
is tissue paper.
Use silver spoon when cooking mush
rooms. The silver will be blackened if
any injurious quality is present.
Air the house thoroughly every day,
even though the rain comes down in tor
rents, or the snow beats in in drifts.
Be ashamed to iron limp shirt bosom!
Men do not so much care for polished
shirt front as they do for stiff one.
That hands may be kept smooth in
cold weather by avoiding the use of warm
water. Wash them with cold water and
soap.
That the best and most convenient
cover for jelly tumbler is thin paper
fastened over the top of the glass by
rubber band.
1t is a good idea for a tall woman to
have her kitchen table and ironing-board
little higher than the ordinary. 1t will
save many backache.
Use great care in serving food for the
table, as the smallest spatter of grease or
gravy changes the appearance and spoils
an otherwise pretty dish
That the best way to clear out and
straighten the fringe of towels, doilies,
ETC., before ironing, is to comb it, while
damp, with an inch length Of coarsest
toilet comb
Glasses and dishes wipe to perfection
when washed in very hot water. Use
dish-mop, soap-shaker and iron dish
washer. These also expedite the labor,
as very hot water can be used.
A few years ago a fashionable table was
so piled with high dishes that it was i'm
possible to see ones vis-a-vis without
peeping under the heavily laden silver
and glassware. Now table is con
sidered vulgar when not laid in a low,
simple manner.
To take iron rust out of white goods
Pour a teacupful of boiling water,
stretch the goods tightly across the top
of it; then pour on little of the solu-
ton of oxalic acid dissolved in water,
and rub it with the edge of a teaspoon
or anything. If it does not come out at
once, dip it down into the hot water and
rub it again.
To tie shoe so it will stay Tie
simple knot. Then start to tie bow
knot, but before drawing down right,
take the last part of the bow made, put
it over, then under the knot, and pull
down tight, as you would finish bow
knot. This will unite as easily as
regular bow knot, but of itself will not
come united.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12

Bigbee--sWhy Small, you are just
the man l want to see. You have known
me for five years, haven't you?"
Small-'sYes."
"Well, would like you to accommo-
date me with loan of SO"
"Sorry, Bigbee; but can't"
Can't Why not?"
because I've known you five years. y
Time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
SUNSHINE TN THE HEART.

Let us carry our sunshine with us
Wherever our footsteps tend,
Though dark be'the clouds above us,
And gloomy the path before.
Let the joys that we once have treasured
A joy to the present lend,
And the hope of gladder future
Console till our griefs are DER
What matter then IL skies be dun,
II in our hearts still shines the SUM-
Let us carry our sunshine with usl
A wounded heart il win cheer,
That forgets that the skies are glowing,
So long has their light been yelled;
And word, if in kindness spoken,
While smiles on the face appear,
May strike the full chords of sympathy
When all other efforts have failed.
What matter then il skies be dun,
II in our hearts still shines the SUM-
George Birdseye.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
rnEMY DISH oF EGGS

BoiltweIve eggs hard, take off the shells ;.
cut four in halves and four in quarters;
have ready half pint of sweet cream and
a large spoonful Of butter stirred to-
gether over the fire till thick and smooth;
CRATE in little nutmeg, Lay one whole
egg in the middle of dish, place the
Others all around, pour the sauce over and
garnish with the yolks of the other three
cut in two.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
RrotherlY Love and Law.

Count Leo Tolstoi, the Russian poet,
has almost entirely given up literature,
and for several years has devoted himself
to manual occupations and the preaching
to the gospel of temperance, patience
and industry. The following charac-
teristic lately occurred to him in Mos
COW:
One day as he was driving through
the streets he saw constable unmerci.
fully dragging along peasant for some
offence against the city bylaws. The
Count stopped his carriage, got out, and
walked up to the constable, saying: ''Cau
YOU read?n Certainly" Have you
read the Scriptures2" "Yes." Then
don't forget that we are commanded tc
love our neighbor as ourself." The
policeman stared at the Count in aston.
ishment, and addressed to him string
of questions in his. turn: "And you, car
YOU read2n Eyes. ''Have you rea'
the police regulationsl" ''No." swell
. and read them first and then preach.
Over 1000 cattle were recently shippe,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
MINCED BEErsTEAK ON TOAST.

A favorite, and without doubt the best,
way to use cold beefsteak is to mince it
finely and to put it to stewing for fifteen
minutes with quite little water. II the
beef has not been all dried up by pound
ing and overlooking the first day, add
to the gravy good sized lump of butter,
a small onion and teaspoonful of vine
gar or catsup, and serve it smoking hot
on nicely Drowned toast.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
THE FARM AND GAFDEN.
SCATTER THE MANnRI

In using manure for fruit tres or small
fruits IL should be well scattered. The
roots extend long distances from tree
trunks and hence it is absurd, as some
growers do, to pile most of tie manure
against the trunk Spread it evenly on
the surface or work it in the soil. The
same rule applies to small fr,its, The
roots travel long distances. evea though
in many cases they are almost Invisible.
-Meu York Herald.
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HIS OWN REQUEST.

"Have you anything to say9" asked
Judge of prisoner upon whom he was
about to pass sentence.
eyes" was the reply of the prisoner,
whose penalty had been assessed at i'm
prisonment for life, 81 think that the
time wasted in making that long winded
speech by that young galloot you ap-
pointed to defend me ought to be taken
out of my sentence. London It'd Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
IT GAVE HIM A VALUABLE IDEA.

"Pardon me, madam" said the stu
dious looking man in the sixth row OF
seats as he leaned forward at the fall OF
the curtain on the first act and spoke po'
litely to the lady sitting in front of him,
''but l beg you will not remove youi
hat"
"Sir!" she exclaimed, flushing with
indignation.
~ fancied from the motion Of your
hands," he resumed with the utmost
suavity, "that you were about to remove
it. Please do not. Oblige me, my dear
madam, by keeping it on"
"You are grossly impertinent, sir"
said the lady, sharply.
~ beg your pardon, madam" he re
piled, with great earnestness. 81 am
only poor inventor, and | am making a
drawing of your hat as design for
Worlds Fair tower - Chicago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12

Let the water come to the boiling point
before the meal is put in. Pour the meal
in from the left hand in a continuous
stream, stirring all the time till it comes
to the boil. In this consists the chief art
of porridge making, and on its being well
done depends the smoothness. Allow
it to boil ten minutes and then add the
salt. Salt has tendency to harden, and
would prevent the meal from swelling.
Boil for ten minutes after the salt has
been added. Dish and take with milk.
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"For--for fishing In her preserves.
Merchant Trapeler.
HAD REEN THERE


/, 'I've been robbed ~ shouted man In
"a Trumbull avenue car the other morn
qing as he felt for his wallet to pay his
fare.
''Sure you had your purse when you
got on the carr" queried fellow-pas-
senger.
mo"
i"Sure you had it when you left the
house?"
l"No."
i "where did you leave it last night"
"In my coat"
"And who got up first this morninga"
4 "My wife"
"Humpl I've been right there myself
always threaten to start for California,
and my wife gives it over to me. DE
troit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-12-12
READING FOREIGN THOUGHTS.

Henry-"No, the fellow didn't say a
word, but could read histhoughts easily
enough"
Hattie-"Oh, Henry! how ridiculous !,
The man can't understand word of Eng
fish, and you are entirely. unacguaiuted
with the French language. Then how,
l should like to know, could you read his
thoughts?"- Boston Transcript.