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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-14


rather bring him over TO you, as soon as he's
about, for should like to hear the whole story
also"
In ten days Ronald Mervyn was about AGAIN
although not yet fit for duty; the wound had
healed rapidly. but the surgeon said it would
be at least another fortnight before he would
be fit for active service AS soon as he was
able to go out and sit on the benches in the
hospital yard many of his comrades came to
see him. and there was a warmth and earnest
ness in their congratulations which showed
that short as his time had been in the corps, he
was thoroughly popular with them. Sergeant
Menzies was particularly hearty in his greet
ing
Blunt, as soon as set eyes upon you." he said;
but did not expect that you were going to
cut us all out so soon"
How is my horse, Sergeant?'
"Oh, he's none the worse for ii, think He
has been taking walking exercise and his stiff
ness is wearing off fast. think he misses you
very much, and he wouldn't take his food the
first day or two: He has got over it now, but
know he longs to hear your voice again"
Sometimes too Mary Armstrong would come
father was progressing favorably, and though
still extremely weak, was in a fair way toward
recovery.
"Will you come in to see father?" Mary said
one morning; "he knows all about 1t now; but
1t was only when he came round just now that
the doctor gave leave for him to see you."
7 shall be very glad to see him." Ronald
said. rising. 81 own that when saw him last
had very slight hopes that should ever meet
him alive again"
"Re is still very weak" the girl said. "apd
the doctor says he is not to be allowed to talk
much"
Il will only pay short visit, but it will be a
great pleasure to me to see him; have always
felt his kindness to me-"
Father is kind to everyone" the girl said,
simply I'm this instance his kindness has
been returned a hundred-fold"
By this time they had reached the door Of
the ward.
Here is Mr.. Blunt come to see you, father
Now you know what the doctor said. Won are
not to excite yourself and not to talk too
much, and if you are not good. shall take him
away"
lam glad to see you are better. Mr.. Arm
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-14
REPORT

TIMOTHY O'LEARY, JR.,
PITTsBURG. September 6, 1889.
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The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
The Ouality of EnsiIage.

The mistake made by those who first built
sios and stored green fodder therein was in
supposing that immature green material was
more suitable than that in the advanced stage
of growth. Corn was broadcasted and the
fodder cut when but two or three feet high.
Such material contained an excess of water
in its composition and was lacking in food
clements. Its keeping quality was also def
cient. and, though highly reished by stock
when fresh. proved Unsatisfactory as ens-
lage. 1t is now known that the only proper
method OF securing ensilage from the corn
plant is to grow it in rows, so as to cultivate
it until it produces ears. 1t is cut just when
the ears begin TO glaze and stored in the silo;
By allowing the corn to reach this stage OF
growth before cutting it there Is stored in the
stalks and leaves, (also the ears) an amount
of valuable nutrition land of different char,
acter) that does not exist in the plants when
they are cut down in the immature state.
Clover and other grass crops, If intended for
the sio, should be cut when the seed heads
are forming. By cutting the crops when
they are nearly matured a larger amount of
ensIage is secured, and the quality is much
superior to that obtained at other stages of
growth.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Water and Soil.

A coarse sand may hold twenty five per
cent of water; very fine sand or clay will
hold fifty per cent. or more, while good
loan may hold more than its own weight of
water, and peat two or three times its own
weight. When the upper layers of the soil
dry out the water moves upward to supply
that lost by evaporation and transpired by
the plants. In soil composed mainly of
gravel or coarse sand the spaces between
them are so large that water passes through
them too rapidly and they have not the power
to lift the water from below more than few
inches. Green manures improve the water
holding capacities of such soils. With clay
or very fine sand the spaces between the par
ticles may be so small that the movement of
the water is very slow from the increased
friction and will not let it come up fast
enough to supply the loss from the surface,
and TO these an application of lime or nitrate
of soda or other saline matter often improves
the drainage and capillary powers by causing
the clay to shrink.-[Prof. Whitney.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26

At one of the New York State Farmers,
institutes, Col Curtis, a well known author
ity, stated that the probable cause of hog
cholera in the west was a lack of constitu.
tional vigor, induced by an excessive feeding
of corn. Corn does not contain the proper
proportion of bone and mus Gle forming eIe
ments, and should be fed moderately to grow
ing pigs or to breeding sows. The direct
cause of hog cholera is the presence of bac-
terra or disease germs on the grass and in the
water. These cause inflammation of the
stomach and bowels. BY feeding an abun-
dance of bone and muscle forming foods. such
as wheat mddlings, clover, peas aud oats. we
can raise strong, healthy pigs, which will not
readily succumb to disease. Sugar cane was
mentioned as good food for cows and pigs
Plant i'm drills and pack in the NOV with al.
ternate layers of straw.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Cultiyating Corn.

The first work in spring is preparing for
corn. The land is ploughed hastily because
the hurry to get in the crop does not permit
of that preparation so necessary in order to
derive the largest yield. The corn land
should be ploughed in the fall and plenty of
manure spread over the ploughed ground in
order to permit OF the effects of frost and
moisture. A second ploughing should be
given in the spring, running the burrows
across those turned in the fall. 1t is the prac-
tice with some to check off the rows on land
that has been ploughed in the fall, depending
on cultivation in order to pulveriZe the soil,
but the better plan is to plough the land again
in the spring and harrow the field over until
it is as fine as possible. This first preparation
will be found of great advantage to the corn
at later stages of growth, especially should
there be drouth. The roots will have bet
ter and deeper field upon which to feed, and
the young plants will get an early start that
will greatly aid them as the season advances
and when it is important to get ahead OF the
drouth.
Experiments show that cultivation benefits
the crop in more ways than by the destruc-
ton of weeds, though if the weeds and grass
are kept down the corn crop will be much
benefited, as the weeds rob the plants of
moisture existing in the soil. The moisture
rises to the surface by force of capillary at
traction, the compacted earth being porous.
II the earth is covered by any substance.
evaporation is thereby lessened, and the water
is turned into the stalks of the plants. When
the ground is loosened, or the surface of the
soil broken, it becomes dry mulch and pre-
vents evaporation in the same manner as
though a covering was afforded. 1t is not |
necessary to cultivate deeply. What is re-
quired is 10 keep the surface soil loose, thus |
preventing evaporation of moisture and en-
aiding the crop 10 endure severe drouth. The
earth itself is converted into a store-house of |
and the soil should be cultivated |
and loosened even if not weed can be seen.
1t is well to advise corn growers to use
only seed from corn that is adapted to the ,
section. While there are varieties that may
yield more, get the period when such vari-
ETY. natures must be kept in view. as the
frost may overtake variety not suitable to
the section. The main point is 10 give the
young corn a good start, and to have it as
well grown As possible before summer. If
his is done, and the soil kept loose. the
lrouth will have but little effect upon It,
Philadelphia Record.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
FARM AND HOME.
The Influence of Soil, Grass and Grain on
the Feet, Bone and Muscle of Growing
Animals.

The Influence of Soil, Grass and Grain OF
the Feet, Bone and Muscle of Growing
Animals.
The question of feeding young stock with
a view to the production of sound, tough
feet, is one of the important points to be con.
sidered liz change of pasture. 1t is a well
known fact that the soil and mineral charac-
ter of grass and grain has decided influence
on the feet, bone and muscle of growing ami
mails. Foals kept with their dams, or after
weaving, upon grass grown upon low lying
black muck soils can hardly be expected to
develop the best quality of hoof horn. Lambs
kept too long upon such land grow weakly in
constitution and too fine in bone, although at
the same time they may, and frequently do,
lay Cd fat rapidly. LII the case of colts fat is
not desideratum. We want a good sup
ply of flesh or just good condition, but the
chief aim should be the development of the
frame.
Bone of the best quality is only produced
on land where there is a sufficient supply of
mineral matter-earthy salts-for its produc-
ton. This being uEquestionably the case, it
Is SOuuu lOSlC W aISue ludJ u ClldISe VI pas
ture from low on to high lying land where
mineral matter and not humus predominates,
must be beneficial. Where sound, flinty bone
can be grown, good feet as a general rule
follow as matter of course. If too fine
bone is produced, the quality of hoof horn is
proportionately lessened. If too coarse
bone is grown by forcing methods of feeding
upon low ground, the size of such bone is
mainly dependent upon sponginess, and the
feet partake of the same character.
Low ground and luXuriant pasture are in
valuable for inducing great flow of milk in
the mare which has foaI at foot, but after a
good start has been obtained the sooner a
change is made 70 shorter, more nutritious
pasture produced on mineral soil the better it
will be for the colt. We are well aware of
the fact that sucking colts look astonishinglv
well while with their dams on luXuriant
meadows on alluval soil. but, like pink
nosed lambs, while fat enough and apparent
ly wealthy in bone and supplied with grand
hoofs. they show what they are in reality
when weaned, put on their own resources, |
and, in the case of colts, broken to labor.
Under this test one finds out that the beauty
of form was composed of 1abby tissue in
stead Of firm muscle, and the size of bone ana
feet of spongy material of little practical val
lie for hard labor.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Drainage About Farm Dwellings.

The house is generally placed upon a slight
take every way is made If the natural means
for carrying Off surplus water are not supple
mented by underdrains to carry it of beneath
the surface. There should always be a drain
through which 10 throw out slops, and il viii
he easy TO run into this side branches to drain
land on either side. The idea that a slop
drain must be made tight TO prevent the inlet
of other water or its own absorption by the
soil is a common mistake. If the joints are
closely sealed, as in the city sewer, the drain
will be as effective aud pi obably last longer.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
EASTER DAWN.

Written for the REFORMER by Katie Lawlol
Thane.l
If ever day had perfect dawn
know 1t was that first Easter morn
Centuries ago,
When angels came from Heaven above,
With joyful message of peace and love
To earth below.
They rolled the stone from the grave away
Within where Christ, the cruciaed, lay
In deaths reT ose,
And the gateway of Heaven opened wlde,
And angels sung the Easter-tide
When Christ arose,
He arose from earth to Heaven above,
He arose in glory, in triumphant love; IL
Let all adore
The God who to us His love did give,
The God who died that we might live
Forevermore.
Oh, perfect day! Oh. perfect dawn
Oh, beautiful, fair, sweet Easter morn!
We humbly pray
That when we from our graves arise,
There'u dawn for lis, beyond the skies,
An Easter day.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Love in a Cottage.

"Chally." said Amarantha Jane, ~ notice
That your spirits recently seem to be bubbling
over with happiness. am glad to see it, but
40 tell me dear, what has caused it?" Il
Will said Charley. as he encircled her waist
ana imprinted kiss on her inviting lips.
= fou Know for while | was melancholy,
Dlue as ndigo-had no appetite, was bilious
ana dyspeptic, but the use of two bottles of
Dr. flerce's Golden Medical Discovery has
Drought me out and | am bright as a button.'
1 ieel IKE new man now. Jane, name the
gay soon; there is more of this medicine at
the drug storey
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
"Wine, Women and Song"

but the greatest of these is, "women." "Wine
is a mocker," and song Is good to "sooth the
savage" but women respond to every active
power and sentiment Of the human mind
when in good health. But when afflicted
with disease you will find them, tantalizing,
coquettish, cross, and hard to please. For all
"female complaints" sick headache, irree u
larities, nervousness, prolapsus and other
displacements popularity known as "female
weakness" and other diseases, peculiar to the
sex, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
great world. famed remedy.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Hints That are Better than Gold.

IL VOC have bad breath, sluggish bowels,
pain in the small of your back, nervousness
CT giddiuess, your vital organs are sadly ont
of condition. A mere ''dose of physic~ will
not help you. Your only wise course t. TO
take DIR. David kennedy's Favorite Remedy.
of Rondout. y. Y, aud cleanse YOUR system
of the impurities. II regulates the Liver and
kidneys.-ady.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
A RHAPSODY.

Can it be true2 Or is it some bright dream m
That wrans nv senses-fOr q moments space
Mating Tie whole world an enchanted place,
Filled With one image, till all others seem
ana in M MY hq SS aea s face
S nn 70 minep Dost feel at what swift pace
The warm blood surges in lumulluous stream
Tbroupb heart and cheek to greet thee? Sweet,
M ,ouse me from this ecstacy divine;
Or waking suddenly lest betray
Too mmch-reyeal my wOman's soul to thine
For the bare asking. Turn thine eyes away
I[P.ttie Pemberton Bermann, in N. Y. World.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26

For TWENTY YEARS HAVE SUFFERED
with severe bronchial cough. never lying
down without severe attack of the same.
After much persuasion, i was induced TO try
ADAMsoN's BALsAM. and its good effects for
six months are certainly marvellous. Please
use this truthful testimony for the advantage
of all sufferers like myself.
Mrs. WIN. J. ALDEN, Duxburv, Mass.
Feb. 81, 1881
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
The Chase Nurseries.

MIR. EDITOR:
WIZ YOU please inform your readers that
we nave permanent employment for honest
temperate energetic men, soliciting orders
for our fruit AMI ornamental nursery stock.
ihe business is EASILY and quickly learned,
anu successful men are earning good salaries
with steady work. Our stock is first-class,
hardy and true to name. Those desiring full
particulars will please address us.
RIG. CHASE & Co.,
20 Pemberton So, Boston.
3SWs4w
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
PalDitatiOn of the Heart.

Persons who suffer from occasional palpita-
ton of the heart are often unaware that they
are the victims of heart disease, and are liza
bic to die without warning. They should
Danish this alarming symptom, and cure the
disease by using DIR. FLINT's REMEDY.
Mack Drug Co., N. Y. Sold by all Drug
pists adv
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
al 0-

PLECTINE. Pain in Region OF the Heart with
Feeling Of sufocation, Ringing Sounds in Ears,
Numbness or Prickly Sensations of Limbs Pain
Between Shoulders and In Side, Pain in Small of
Back or Hip, Scanty and High Colored Urine
Smarting or Burning Sensation on Passing Water,
together with Flatulence Sour Stomach, General
Debility, &C., are symptoms that are quickly re-
leved by this Purifying and Tonic Remedy. For
sale by all druggists for S1.OO; six bottles for
$500. Send to DIR. F. s. HUTCHINSON & CO.,
Enosburgh Fals,vt, for circulars and testimonials.
proofs Of the cures wrought by ANTI.APO.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Liver, Blood, and Lunus.

For Weak Lungs. Splitting of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Chronic Nasal Catarrh Bron-
chitis. Asthma, Severe Coughs and kindred
affections. it is an efficient remedy.
Sold by Druggists, at S1.00, or Six Bottles
for $500.
book on Consumption. Address,
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Stone in the kidney.

was first taken with sharp pains in the lower
part Of my bowels in the region of my bladder
Shortly blood appeared mixed with my urine,
ana few weeks later had an attack OF gravel
tried number Of doctors. One said 1t was
gravel, another
Inflammation Of the Bladder.
and another stone In kidneys. For three months
was under the care of an eminent doctor at
Albany, but constantly growing worse. went
home to die, Al this time was induced to try
pr. David kennedy's FavOrite Remedy of Ron.
dout, n. Y ;, ana am now robust and strong A
remedy which can do this for one SO near death
as ! was should be known everywhere. hope
thls statement will cause others afflicted as
burgh, N. Y.
Or. Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
Made at RONDOUT. Wy. 81; for $5.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Lact0Se, as a Winter Drink, Has noEQual.

BECAUSE Its valuable properties are in
condltloD to be converted into Pure Blood in the
shortest possible time.
con; AasGTOsE H. y genuine Brewed Beverage,
coHiainlnr all the properties found in Old Coin,
Try Lager, and, In fact, Is manufactured under
nearly the same formula, besides embracing
ether valuable Ingredients. 1t contains Soluble
MIX Sugar. The adding of this new food ele-
ment to the brewed liquor Is the most important
step ever before taken in the production of a
BreWed Drink, causing the ge1erauon of
Carbonic Tactic Acid, ms cad Of Alcoholic prop
critics, furnishing an element of untold worth.
FOR SALE by all dealers; or, we will pack
and ship it in wired bottles. packed in barrels
or boxes, for $1.OO PER DOE. Bottles not
returnable. No charge for packing 5 dozen
upward.
WE ALSO put up LACTINE TONIC, and
Will PAY $1,000 for a case of Dyspepsia that it
will not cure.
SWISS LAGER, by Freight or Express, for
100 PER DOZEN BOTTLES. Bottles not
upward.
H5-Send for one of our Circulars
Burlington Lactose Tonic Co.,
3Owstf BURLINGTON, VT
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
PEARs' Soapis an elegant toilet adjunct

| Now that the weather is warmer do moi
feed the hens except at night, the object be-
ing to compel them to hunt and scratch fol
their food during the day. BY so doing they
will keep in better laying condition, the eggs
will hatch better and the health of the flock
be promoted. The great obstacle to success
with poultry is oyerfeeding, especially in
summer.
The soft, silky hair of a good cow has a
peculiar feel which practice alone enables the
expert buyer or breeder to detect. There is
also in the best native cows yellowish tinge
about the ears and around the bag, suggestive
of cream;color. These are marks of some of
the best butter breeds. The earliest emigrants
to this country brought both from England
and Holland the best cows they could obtain,
and those countries had in those days as good
cows as any locality in the world.
The mi v, rsal use of them proves their merits.
Hon plusers, clean, safe, effective against pain
Farmers ought to like their business. No
success is TO be attained in it if they do not
ike Il. md if ~ take the proper means to
insure success. thelr pleasure follows as
matter of course. In other words, the first
duty of farmer is either to quit farming or
to study how to make his business success
1t is no light thing for a man to doom him
self to what through his insufficient prepare
ton for its duties must be life of tiresome
drudeery. Farming, managed as it should
be, is the most dellghtsOme of human Occu-
pations. To till productive acres, to breed
and rear fine stock of every description, and |
to sit under trees of ones own careful train.
ing and management and enjoy their fruit, |
are each and all more wholesome and health |
giving incidents of daily life than are the |
duties of any other calling Farming manag.
ed thus is necessarily profitable, not merely |
in pleasure but in dollars and cents. Why, |
then, do not the bulk of farmers adopt this |
plainly reasonable policy in their business?
Mainly because the great mass are, or think
they are. tied down to an opposite policy.
They have bought more acres they can pay
for. They cultivate more than they can ma
nurc and probably till, ADD finally they are
overrun with horde of scrub stock of var
ous kinds, which deyour all their earnings,
instead of keeping few of the best, which
would themselves be source OF profit
[Cultiyator
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
"FOR THE BLOOD is TIE L,FE"
CONSUMPTION.

which is ScrOfula OF the Lungs, is arrested
and cured by this remedy, If taken in the
Vicious power over this terribly fatal disease.
when first Offering this now world famed rem
edy TO the public, DIR. Pierce thought seriously
of calling it his CONSUMPTION CURE" but
abandoned that name as too restrictive for
q medicine which, from its wonderful COM
binaton of tonic, or strene thening, Alternative,
or blood-cleansing, anti-biious, pectoral, and
nutritiye properties. is unequaled, not only
AS remedy for Consumption, but for all
lslnHnlliG l1fSansaS o.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1889-04-26
Children Cry for Pitchers Casseria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria-
when she was Child, she cried for castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoria