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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05
VICES OF POULTRY.
How 60 Cure Hens OF Egg Eating Vnt
Feather Pulling.


!. Two diffculties-egg eating and
Feather pulling-are met with. and be-
ing the result OF habit which 10 ac-
quired. can not easily be remedied. As
soon as q hen learns to eat eggs she
teaches the vice to the otherA To pre-
vent the vice is difficult, unless spe-
cially contrived nests are arranged. or
unless the hen is 50 situated that she
can not we'll reach the eggA To pre-
vent the vice. make the nests dark. Or
put them in q dark place. The nest
should have top. SO as to compel the
hen to walk in. instead Of jumping on
it 1t should be high enough of the
door to prevent the hen from standing
on the floor and eating out Of the box.
and the opening OF the box should face
the wall, instead Of the light % rs to
have the nest dark. To make such .
nest take q soap-box and knock of tho
'front.' leaving the boards on the top.
bottom. sides and back end. At the
Opening Of the nest. nail on . strip (at
the bottom) three inches high, to pro.
vent the hen from rolling the eggs out
The door OF the boz should be seven
inches OF the floor. which with the
strip in front) will bring the opening
TO the nest ten inches from the floor Of
the room. The hen will hy up to the
opening. lay her egg and come Oh. a.
she will not have room to eat the egg
while she is on the nest, and must come
OF, in which case she can not reach il
from the floor. The nest-box should b
only large enough to accommodate the
eu.-Farm and Fireside. t
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05
How to Feed the Ducks.

The duck egg il very large and rich.
and It naturally follows that there must
be- . variety and sufficient quantity Of
the best food. Let the morning meal
be . thoroughly cooked mixture Of bran.
ground oats. corn-meal and some kind
OF vegetables, like boiled potatoes, tur.
nips, beets and carrots Give the mash
In the proportion Of four parts bran.
two parts ground oats and one part
corn-meaL Occasionally add . hand.
full of ground oyster shells and ground
bone. with three or four handfuls OF
ground beef scraps or dessicated fish.
A pint of gluten meal. .cottonseed meal
or linseed meal. mixed with the other
feed. to twenty-five ducks. will b
found very beneficial. At noon feed
whole oats and wheat and at night
whole corn In cold weather. and give
a abundance Of pure water at all
times. Laths tackled over the feeding
and drinking troughs will prevent
vast Of grain and water. Bustsrmilk
il also excellent 1. for laying ducks
Whsn this plap Of feeding i followed
you. may expect the Dumber Of egep
wiz nearly equal the total number of
layers. and you viii get eggs that wiz
hatch.-Farm and Home. 49,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05

Proud Father TO scapegrace son)-
You are q disgrace. sir. TO the name Of
McSquillopA In fact you have not .
single McSquillops characteristic about
you. sir. unless (scanning his features
closely unless it be your nosa
Scapegrace Son-And yet the boys
all say my nose Il what gives mo dead
away.
Proud Fathse-By its rednesss Yea
sir. It wearssa permanent blush of
shame On account Of its location On
such Q face.-Chicago Tribune. r.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05

4 sketch oG People Uaknowa - shs
Rest Of the World.
It was early in the morning Of per-
feet April day that We went down the
road that leads to the banks of the
Bullskin-a creek that traverses q part
Of Eastern Kentucky. It was q charm
ing ride through the mists and shadows
of the early morning. Our destination
was the house Of an old man named
Barger. 1t was q quaint old place.
much cleaner than the houses in that
place usually are. with the remarkable
luxury Of an ''up-staira" Old MrA
Barger was preparing dinner when we
arrived, and We sat down to dine at
ten o'clock in the morning. We told
the family that We dined at home
about eight hours later than that. but
they would not believe It
In the evening l Joined the group
sitting about the fire waiting for sup
per- They were Tho boys" come In
from the farm work with several
neighbOrs who had been helping.
Darkness had fallen. and the men
about the fire were as silent and Sc
date as only a group Of mountaineers
can be. The silence was suddenly
broken by the entrance Of . hale.
hearty old man, whom all the party
addressed Is grandpap. and treated
with great respect The old man
placed himself with utmost care on a
stool near the fire. and waited until
Mrs Barger had resumed her work at
the fire and the men had gone back to
chewing their ''long cut" and to
silence; then he looked about him
with an air of enjoyment and slowly
remarked:
II lay I'm goin' to leave this creek.
''Bud Simpson has done beat Joe
Bakers wife all to pieces with fence
rail and run OF and lef her fur dead. :"
Various EXPLANATIONS came from all
sides. while I sat by and listened to
the details Of what seemed to me to
be shocking assault Grandpap ex-
planned with slow caro- how the quar-
rel originated with the 'dawgs and
the hawgs." and finally concluded by
repeating: II tell ye. I goin' TO leave
the creek; it amt safe" Mrs. Bar
ger returned to her bacon with the
astute observation. well. that beats
my time," and took no further part in
the conversation. but the men were
thoroughly aroused and discussed
the outrage with solemn eagerness.
One tall fellow. who seemed to be a
man of some importance. reached quito
q fever of excitement, and all the little
circle stopped to listen when he deliv-
cred his opinion. "A man amt nc
right to beat a woman with a fence
rail. A man shouldn't beat none OF my
women folks with q fence rail. II Bud
Simpson wanted to beat Tidy Baker
why didn't he take his fist and beat
her? A man amt no right to beat a
woman with q fence rail. He orter to
have took his fist"
The party all agreed that punish
ment with the fist was the proper mode
for women and silence soon reigned
again.-Cor. Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05

consoled herself with . long. light
and generally lemon-colored young
Yankee. who had addressed 70 her .
poem In which he spoke Of her -
Donna Theresa. Compan-
ion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05
Msde N to Fee, At Home

! '.ls there sny bedy here Who weats
Ito - the man With the bad seyor -
beloved, - he came into Tie bar-Foon
where the boys wess discussing Pol&
ties. "a ta sr g.
In IN inotant six revolvers were
pulled. ss-u. ~ 5. &C. etH& nst
.'That's, right boys.p he said; ..beJ
)capseitJAu didn't xant. - - me :
was going right back homa."1udss
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05
FASHIONABLE DRESSES.

Notoo ana Oaggestions-in which the Hais
Sex II Iatersoted
Lovely toilets are evolved from
Aounces and bands Of msnain, jembrOid-
cry sewn with the, escall0ped side over.
tapping q plain edge Bodices have
the embroidery running lengthwise.
q do the sleeves Again. alternate
rows of batiste and patent Vafenciehnes
lace. or muslin and laoe. the bands OF
batiste or muslin being in soft. delicate
shades. form cool summerlike costumes
fit for the tropics
The accordion-plaited skirt Is pro-
nounced the most satisfactory undraped
skirt yet devised. Machine-huted and
well-pressed. certain fabrics will stay
in place as long a. they arc worm. 1t
h . mistake. however. to try to plait
heavy twilled fabrics. and again success
rarely attends the attempeto make up
cashmere or surah silk after this FASH
Ion. The best materials for the flutine
machine are thin foulards, taffetas.
and silk muslin. Chantilly lace among
the meshed fabrics keeps tho plAits
tenaciously. but nets Of cotton or thread
absolutely refuse TO lend themselves to
any such manipulation. Gathering
these accordion plated skirts closely
two or three inches from the belt helps
70 regulate tho fullness and keeps the
flutes In placa II The bodice has .
basque this gathering 10 readily con.
csaled II . jacket bodice accompanies
it the blouse must be cut long enough
- cover IL up With the Figaro vest
whish isr cut shows The ,wsist line Ill
around. . broad. soft sash u wound low
about the hips. tho ends falling in
scarf-iashion 70 the hem Of the skirt
behind The addition Of . sash IL al
ways desirable with these skirts. ~ ii
hides the disarrangemsnt ef the plaits
at ~ back. which inevitably follows
two Of three sittings Of the wearer.
Among fresh morning costumes ac-
cordion-plaited skirts Of gray checked
or striped foulards with loose blouses
Of tie same are extremely stylish. A
broad. handsome belt of leather con-
fines the blouse at the waist and tie Of
bright silk y = tie low-cpt neck.
Simple walking-dresses Of fine wool de-
laine have these accordion skirts, too.
and the basques ana vest that 60 with
them -sze slsboraEsly braiaSd IN YER
n,eeN pattern with ~. narrowest
soutachs braid, A, ,chpcolate-brown
costume Of this description has the
braiding IN gold. ana q pure French
grey spsigged with moss-gresn has the
same decoration wrought in mixed
braid 81 green and silver.
= A coat cut Of ,shoet In front and at
thss sidsA ths back being all in one
with two straight beeadths hanging
over the skirt at the back. Il the favor.
ttef model iof steset-gowAs with &C.
coedion skirtA The eAgss Of the coat
oave . marrow scsollvrk In black OUT
timing then. This i very effective
trimming. particularly u lighteresn.
terra cotfa. or . bright Shads OF tan
shows. In tho ,coast naterial. White
braided with gold or silver is also on
/ tho liSts. and white silk striped with
lhlaak satin. 10 in demand fee wear un-
G., slsck alees- dsrpefs0sSAicaso g
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05

To make . ham. veal or lobster
'ouAelet' have the msos finely chopped
and -vpread' over the top before begin
ming % foll.s An herb oalGtis made By
oAeppias 4arssags Ahyns .ana SwsSt
msrioram in any desired quantity. and
stirring in the mixtures before u y put
n ~ pen
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-10-05

AN observer Of human naturd he
discovered that whep . Chinaman is.
pleased he takes Oh his shoes and opens
his mouth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29

The anti-foreign excitement in China
runs high, and threats to murder all
Christians are said to have been made.
The entire British garrison at Fort
Cunningham, Bermuda, has deserted and
nobody knows where the soldiers have
gone.
Serious inundatous are feared in East
Prussia. The Vistula has overlooked
its banks, and the bridge at Lublin has
been destroyed.
In the Canadian house of commons Mr..
Foster, minister of finance, said that the
government had under consideration the
advisabillity of excluding American lard
by increased duty or otherwise, in view
of the extensive adulteration practiced.
w. ii. Harvey, book-keeper, employ
ed at Guelph, Ontario, was arrested
charged with embezzlement and was
bailed out. Later his wife and two
daughters were found in their house
murdered, and Harvey is supposed to
have committed the awful crime.
John Bright. the English statesman,
who died at Rochdale on Wednesday
was born at Greenbank, near Rochdale,
on the 10th of November, 1911. He was
a member of the Society of Friends. He
was the son of Jacob Bright, cotton
spinner, and was for many years a part
ner in the firm of John Bright & Broth
ers, manufacturers of cotton at Roch-
dale. In 1899 he enlisted in the Anti
Corn Law League and became a jealous
champion of the repeal of the corn laws.
Elected to Parliament from the city of
Durham in 1913, he saw during his term
the repeal of the corn laws. In the gen.
eral election of 1917 that followed this
repeal Mr.. Bright was elected for Man
chester. Reelected for Manchester in
1852, he was defeated in 1857 in conse-
quence of his opposition to the war with
Russia, but was Immediately chosen for
Birmingham, which place he represented
during the remainder of his official life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
SHORT HAND
INVESTMENTS.

Seven per cent, net, payable semi.
annually. First Mortgage Farm Loans
Negotiated and fully guaranteed by
Walton Loan Co., Harper Kansas.
Mortgages for sale by
A. A. FLETCHER,
Middleburv. VT. AT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
THE SPRING TERM OF SCHOOL.

Editor Register-As there seems to be a
doubt as to what action is necessary in
order to maintain spring term of school
under the new law, would call atten-
ton to the following points;
1t is evidently the intent of the law
that each district shall support a school
during the coming spring. See sections
2S5 and 2S6.
The attendance of this spring term
must be reckoned with the attendance of
last year i'm the division of the public
money; because section 235 provides
that the money shall be divided sin pro-
portion to the aggregate attendance dur
ing the preceding school year." and sec
commencing on April l, 1888, shall be
held to continue to ard expire Oh June
30. 1899. Hence it follows that districts
which do not maintain a school this
spring will suffer loss in the next distri-
button of the public money.
Section 231 provides that ''no district
shall receive from the town the full
amount of its school moneys unless it
has actually expended during the year
for school purposes, other than the
construction and the repair of buildings,
a sum equal to the amount of its school
moneys for such year and One-tenth of
its grand list for such preceding year" In
estimating the amount so expended this
spring term must be reckoned as part
of the last school year. The public mon
ey cannot be divided until next July; sec
1888.
1t is not necessary to call school
meeting in order to vote to maintain a
school this spring. 1t is the duty of dis.
trict committees to make provision fol
this as for other terms of school: but il
it is thought best to call a meeting the
clerk cannot legally warn meeting, ex.
cept the annual meeting on the last Tues
day in June, unless it is applied for il
writing by three voters of the district
sec. 80. ''School meetings shall bt
warned by FASTING up in two public pla
ces in the district, at least seven days be
fore the time of the meeting, notices stat
ing the time and place of meeting ant
the business to be Transacted; sec. 80
AS all schools must close before JUNE
80, it will be necessary to commence ol
the Sth of April in order to have a tern
of II weeks. Clerks who have not re
turned their registers are requested to dt
do so at once.
District clerks can obtain copy of tn
new school law from the town clerks, i
they have not already done so.
A. Def. PALMER, Town Supt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
WHAT is WANTED,

The Vermont legislature, at its last
session, provided for the appointment of
a commissioner to formulate and set forth
the advantages of the State to immi-
grants; and especially to farmers. No
act of the legislature was more for the
good of the State; New Hampshire may
we'll follow suit. The West and South
have been builtup by steadily advertising
to the world their manifold advantages.
These advantages are not in reality
greater than those possessed by the East,
but steady advocacy has made them seem
so. The time has come for stemming the
western Tide that is taking with it the
best of the young blod of the East. Let
Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont
have their commissioners of immigration,
not so much to invite large foreign
population as to hold the Yankee youth
that has its face turned westward and to
make our own young men see the advan-
tages of New England to live in and to
die in Keene On. H. Observer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
General l1eps.
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.

Congressman John ii. Neal of Tenn
essee is dead.
The gunboat Yorktown has been de-
livered to the naval authorities.
Postmaster General Wanamaker insists
that clerks in his department make long
err hours.
The friendly tone of President Harri-
sons message induced the Canadians tC
resume the issue of licenses to American
fishermen for another season.
Postmaster General Wanamaker takes
the ground that postmasters are not to
be removed on account of "ofiensive
partisanship.'
President Harrison has issued pro-
clamation announcing his purpose to en-
force the laws against the slaughter OF
seals and other fur-bearing animals in AL
askan waters.
Corporal James Tanner on Wednesday
took the prescribed oath of office admin
istered by S. S. Samson, notary public,
employed in the pension bureau, and
entered upon his duties as commissioner
of pensions.
Senator Cockrell has reported to the
United States Senate giving the result OF
his investigation into the methods of pro-
cedure in the executive departments,
showing how too much red tape retards
public business.
The President has approved a schedule
of apportionment of army and navy
officers to the established colleges and
universities for the promotion of steam
engineering and shipbuilding as provided
for by an act of Congress of Sept. 26
1888. Under the schedule adopted each
State is allotted officers in accordance
with its population.
The post office department has removed
the incumbents and restored to their old
places the railway mail superintendent
in five of the great divisions, including
w. Ii. Bigelow i'm Boston. 1t is the pur-
pose of the administration, so far as pos
sible. to restore to their old places the
experienced and efficient men removed
under the Cleveland regime.
The President sent the following nom
nations to the Senate Wednesday: Rob.
ert L. Lincoln, Illinois, to be envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipOtentiary
to Great Britain. Murat Halstead, Ohio
to be envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipOtentiary to Germany. Altar
Thorndike Rice New York, to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipoten
tiary to Russia. George B. Loring
Massachusetts, minister resident anC
consul-general at Portugal. Patrick
Egan, Nebraska, to be envoy eXtraordi
nary and minister plenipotentiary tC
Chill. Thomas Ryan, Kansas, to bt
envoy extraordinary and minister plenipo
Tertiary to Mexico. John Hicks. Wis
consin, to be envoy extraordinary anC
minister plenipotentiary to Peru.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
DOMESTIC.

Ice dealers in Cleveland. o., have
formed trust.
Theodore Stenway, the musician and
piano manufacturer, is dead.
The Chicago steel companies propose
to consolidate into one company soon.
A big storage warehouse in Chicago
was burned Tuesday. Loss Sl,500,000.
Jay Gould thinks good year is as
sured both in railroads and general bust
ness concerns.
The Grand Trunk railway of Canada
has been summoned to appear before the
Interstate c. mmerce commissioners.
The son of Gen. Sigel, who forged
pension checks in New York, has been
sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.
The famous horse Prince Wilkes, owned
by George \. Singerly of New York
city, was sold in New York Monday tor
$4,000.
Gen. w. S. Tilton is dead at Newton
vile, Mass. He had been president of
the New England Horse-Breeders' asso-
citation.
Wade Hampton has restored to the
Fifth Pennsylvania cavalry two battle
flags which came into his possession
during the war.
Fire in Brooklyn mandatory Tues
day caused loss of $4,000. Several
employees were injured by jumping from
the burning building.
The annual convention of the marble
dealers of New England was held in
Boston Thursday. A congratulatOry dis
patch was sent to Secretary of War
Proctor.
Residents of Hyde Park, Pa, are
greatly alarmed, the mine underneath
the town having sunk for the second
time. The cave-in is over the central anC
business portion of the town.
The acquittal of Engineer Major o.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, ends the Mud Run dis
aster trials, the three persons accused
having all been acquitted, and the recorC
standing that nobody was to blame fol
the loss of 81 lives.
The lower branch of the New Yorl
Legislature has defeated the bill permit
ting women to vote for excise officers ant
at municipl elections. The bill required
65 votes, but received only Sc, the noe
numbering 43.
At Scranton, Pa, Chas. Nier ran
needle into his foot. Surgeons sought il
vain for it. Nier was taken to the plan
VI tIc l|lCStIlS railway anu
foot held near one of the dynamos. Ii
10 minutes the needle was drawn out.
Wreckage and dead bodies have latel,
been seen floating about in Chesapeake
Bay. 1t is known that one or more YES
sells were recently wrecked off the Vir
ginia coast, and it is feared that the pro
peller NanticOke, from Baltimore TO
Guatemala, is lost.
A brick block in process of construc
tion at Binghamton, N. y, suddenly col
lapsed Monday while dozen workmel
were in the building. Fred Purcell wa
killed Instantly. Two others name
James ii. Smith and Youman Thompson
were quite seriously injured.
Gen. Torres, governor of Lower Cal
fornia, has sent the following message t
the Mexican consul at San Diego Pleas
publish through the press that the rich
ness of the Santa Clara placers has bee
much exaggerated. None but practices
miners find gold. Possibly new discover
les may be made, but up to date tn
placers found do not justify the excit,
ment that has been caused.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29

THE editor down the street" writes
Kansas editor with whitening scorn,
" should go to school during the winter
months, so that the teacher can learn him
something about grammer. We have
seen bad writers before, but we never
seen one who could crowd so many
grammatical erratum into a single SEN
tence." Il Kansas City Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
CTATE OF vERMONT--District ofAd.
= disOn.


BE II remembered. that at Il session OF the
Probate Court holden mt Middlebury, within
and tor the district of Addison, on the 25th day
OF March, A. ID. 1889.
Present Hon. Lyman 4. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, Elmer Barnum, administrator of
the estate of Prudence p. Cutting, late Of
Shoreham in said district, deceased. has this
day presented to said court, his petition in
writing, setting forth, that 1t will be neces
sary to sell part OF the real estate OF said de-
ceased. tor the payment OF the debts and
charges OF administration; and also that it
will be beneficial tor all parties interested
therein to sell the whole OF the real estate OF
said deceased, and therein making applica-
ton to said court tor license to make such
sale. And said administrator having pro-
duced to said court the assent In writing OF all
the heirs residing in this State, interested
In said real estate, 1t Is ordered, that all per
sons interested in the estate OF said deceased,
be notified to appear before said court, at the
probate office In Middlebury, in said district,
on the 18th day of April, A. ID. 1889 at 10
three weeks successfully previous thereto,
in the Middlebury Register, newspaper
printed nj Middlebury aforesaid to show
cause, II any they may have, why said license
l3 LYMAN Z. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29

-"My friend" said the solemn-looking
man distributing slips of paper on the
street corner. ''do you ever 90 to
church," Every sunday" replied the
young man addressed. ~ am an usher"
There is hope even for you, my young
friend" said the solemn-looking man
with deep feeling, as he handed him a
tract.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29

ibid that lady buy anything?" asked
the ieweer of his new boy, as the lady
in question left the store, apparently in a
temper ."She did not. She asked me
for an old-gold breastpin, and | asked
her if she took the store for a iunk-shop.
Then she went Out.'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
llldrrteo.

WESTINGHOUSE Granville,
March 20, at the residence of the brides pa
rents, by Rev. NJ. ii. Ryan, Theodore W esting
house of Jacksonville, y. Y, and sarah A.
Jackson of Granville.
BUSHEY-LAMORDER- East Middle
bury, March %, by Rev. 5, w. Bidwell, Henry
Bushey and Minnie Lamorder, both of Sails
bury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-29
FOREoN.

So far this year there have been fifteen
duels and sixteen suicides at Monte Carlo.
The wreck of Mexican excursion
steamer has resulted in the loss of more
than fifty lives.
The labor movement is spreading
throughout Germany. Many strikes are
reported in the provinces.