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Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16

fOaen, ieber Burger Der Dominion, Der
aud VI etne Spur BON @redtisteitsaes
fibl befttt, wirbe nit benz MussIei9, rpie
er tn Der Bin uorltest, germ einuerfanben
iein. DAP bies Bet ben prots itantii6en
Breeisern unb Der pro~tei iantii9en Yre6e
Ganaba's d ~autrifft pon BEN vSras
ntern" gar nt4t gu reben - ipri9t ni9t
5u beren @unifen; es aeuat BON
einem @rabe BON 9aB unb llnbuloiamteit,
Der blinb mabt 9eseu bic einfa9lfen Sors
berunsen Der @ere9tisteit. @er bieie ben
Seiuiten seseniber auBer I9t Iafen 3a
birfen slaubt, Der tbut eben bas, mas pom
vliberaler" unb proteitunttider Ssite 70
oft fdli4lid ben Ssiutten In Die S9ube
sei9oben wirb: er conitrutrt iit eine Be-
ionbere WoraI unb Elm beionberes @es
piIsn, in psI9sm der 3usd bas @ttteI
beiIisen" muB.
Oils bic Sade our 9lbitimmuna in Der
&ammer TAM, ~erlitten bic @eaner ber Bes
wiaisuns cine orbentli5s RieberIa9e. Der
antras auf Serwsiseruns Der Gnti6dbts
sung parb nit IT'S sesen Is Stimmen
abaelehnt.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16

ZEN cine reue @sIt sritsbsn, bic BsIt ber
&tnber 9ottes. CUR 9ariteluns unb
9erani9auli9uns bteier @abrheit erueuert
aud bic beiltse Stride am @~bariamitase
aues, mas ba3u In gesiebuus ftsbt: Neues
9tdt wirb sei9affen unb lautmt i'm Siters
feuer bod auf 3uslei6 ais elm SinnbiIt
ber Sreube; ber Eaufbrunnsn uirb neu
sepsibt bic am uorseitrisen Gage neu &c:
usibten beiItsen Dele uno SaIben uerbeu
uertbeilt. Iaes bteies CUR Serani6auIi:
dung bet @abrbeit, buB gbrtitus aaes
ueu berseitsut, aber aud CUR Wabnuns,
baB mir, bic mir nun bic unenbIi9e 2ieb'
bes Germ neu %ertannt, 9erifermaben mil
Nusen sei9aut baben, aud nit erneu'
erter 9iebe sSbm anbausen unb In eineu
neuen, ianbenretuen, gang S9m seweib;
ten Qeben panbeln.
Das isi beun bic Sru9t bteier GROCER
@o1s!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
SfernIieo.

9reut eu6 @lorrei9 auferitanben
Sit Der SEER aus @rab uno 8anoen!
81, Der i6ten bes Eobes Seate,
SSit erpabt
Sur6 etsene Wo6t
gu Der em'9en Sie9esireuoe!
Sort bu bieIen &uf eri6alen
sSn ben beil'9en Sempelbauen?
S0reit BIZ bic beQen @loden
Hdb' unb fern
Sellt' nit benz Serru
3riumpbiren unb froblofen?
Gufertebeu, auferiteben!
G6aut IS melt our6 Sbal uno SOben
SO9lein iin9en's bod in 2iften;
&uf9epa6t
gta6 Winter'S 9ta6t
Stno bic Blumen aui ben Sriften.
&uferIteben, auferiteben!
Rabnt oes QenSes miloes @eben,
limb Der 9~olOenen @otteslorale
8armer Strabl
Tiiut Berg uno &bal
Neu nit Gi6t uno Gebensponne.
@loden, 2ieber, Sriiblin9sweben
Rabuen all gum &uferteben:
&uferiteb'u gum neuen Geben
SoQit aud bu
Qus TRIGGER Stub,
Climber, bid gum Gi6t erbeben!
&uferiteben, auferiteben!
@tuit bu ni6t ben Ruf perfteben,
Der bid beut' MIL mtlo erpeten:
@iuit wiro i6On
Yoiaunenton
SGbe bid pom Sdlaf aufi9reten!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
Suxem6 s.
Beretniate Staaten.

1nterben e | 8 N, welde Bsibsn
In ct. Srancis erbisIten, ftnb wisbsr mebz
rere iunse 2uremburssrs Imsrttansr.
gr3biSesie Wilpautss: Yb. S9weiSer
erbielt bic nteberu Weiben.
@r3biOceie ct. 2ouis: 9esrse &oob ers
bielt bic niebern Weiben.
grsbiSceie WiIpautss: geter Osues II.
Sran5 SEP erbislten BITE Subbiaconatsz
weibe.
@orreiponbens.-Utnon ,Winn.,
10. apriI 1889. - Ssrr @onner! Sie
werben wobt i4on TN v0eitI. SeroIb"
seIeien babeu, baB mir unieru 2~anSsmann
s. 2ubpis, unb 3par btssmaI nod bartem
Sample, wteber 3u unisrm Wapor erpabIt
babeu. Wenn feline Waioriidt aud teine
sroBe lit, 10 wsiB bod 9srienise, Der BITE
ndbsrn llmitdnbe tsnnt, baB es Elm id5ner
Sies mar. Die &spubIitansr fibtten aIe
m6sIi9en &niffe aus, I'M bas bemotratis
i9e Eitst su i9lassu, tonnten es aber
trotbem ni9t fertis brinssn. Nadbsm fe
3uerit Elm v@tti3snS' Gidet" ms SsIb ges
bra9t, wel9es iebo9 slst9 tn BITE Bride
sins, uereinisten fie ii9 NIT ben Irbsitsrn
anb bra9ten etn anberss Gifst auf, BON
wsl9em fe ueri9isbens ganbibatsn inbois
frten, einise iibersei9nappte 9smotratsh
%binsunabmen unb nun fiber ba9ten ibr
3iel 3a errei9en. 0tes ssIans ibnsn isbo9
ni9t, benu bic Ssmotratsn srwdbltsn ibr
gauges Eitst, einise AIbsrmdnner ausses
nommen. Wie ss ideint, TT bieie neue
grwdbluns bss Sru. 9ubwts benz Ga @rofe
vNorbitern" Elm Dorm TIM Iuse, benn pte
i'd b6rte, 3iebt bieles 8latt orbsntIi9 iber
benisIben los. Cine fol9s 8situns foute
uon teinem 2anbsmann TIM 9auie gebuIbet
werbsn, bsnn tros bteisr S9impfsrsisn
u1uB ein ieber gtnpobner Wtnona's ses
febsn, baB 5r. 2ubwis ifsts feline gff9t
setban unb elmer unierer bsiten Wapor's
mar unb boffentlt9 bis gum gnbe feines
Termins bletben ptrb.
Gin Qanb8manu.
giu8eanbt. - 5err 3ebaeteuri
Yetsr Minarb, fribsr wsbI betannt TN
Conn Belgium, O3autes Co., @is., itarb
am 81. Wdr3 1880 TIM Alter pon unasfdbr
81 Sabren tn Saut Centre, Stearns Co.,
Wirn, na&bem Ct felt o Sabrsn pom bter
Ftorts1ossu mar. Seine gltsru warso
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
Sir&ft6e WeutS&eiten.
z II ! u b.
Gr3bt6cee WiIwaufee.

ct. Trancis, @is., 7. slpriI 1889. -
9sftern, am iosen. Sabbatum Sitientes,
unb beute, am gaiionsionntas, wurbel
mad geeneisuns ber unter Der treffli9en
2eitung bes bo9w. P. Tb. Sauier, S. j.,
aus gIepelanb, O., absebaltensu seiitIi1en
grercitien pom bo5w'i ten Serrn @rsbiidof
Self bic 81. @eiben tn ber &ir6s bes
Yrtefferiertinars gum 81. Srar3 pom Gales
ertbeiIt. @sfsrn fanb bic grtbeiIuns Der
Toniur, bsr nieberen @eiben unb bes CUB
biatonates ffatt. Oie Eouiur nnb BITE nies
beren Weiben erbtelten:
Sir bic grsbi6ceie so iIwautee: ges
ter Yaps, 9biIipp S9psiesr, Ebomas
Eausber.
Sir bic 9i6esie ga @rOffe: Daniel
S'Sonnor.
Sir bic 9iSeeie Green gap: 5srs
mann Sutttnt.
SIR BITE @rsbiOceie 6 a 60: Sobann
S9ttowstt, stephan @oulfe.
SIR bic gr3biSceie 9 t. 2ouis: 6eins
rid 9uBmaun, @eors &oob.
Sir bic OiOceie Sort Wapue: SSos
bann SutuIan, emmanuel Wrobel.
SIR bic Oi6ceie alton: Yatrif 2pons,
Wtilss Swsenp.
Sir bic 0i6csie 8 Davenport: Ssins
rid @rotbe.
Die bI. Subbtatonatspeibe erbieIten:
Sir bic gr3biOceie WtIwautee:
Setter 0eles, Srant 9eB, Dauib O'Ssaru,
Sobn S'2earp, @nton Bronb3insti, Sol.
&pan, 2eonbarb EbeIen, Soi. Dan Greed,
Sob. Wienbof.
SIR BITE 3i0eeie ga @roife: ausuf
8irsner, @eors &iefner, &arl @eifmann.
SIR bic @r3biOceie 6 btcaso: Soiepb
5auiier.
Sir bic grsbi0csis 81 t. 2ouis: Seins
rid Woorbrinf.
Sir bic Di6aeie s ut D . BuIs
tbaiar 8iesel, @b. goccarb.
Sir bic Di63eie Dubuque: Bernar5
Sortenbrod, Clinton S1emmel.
9eute, am Baifonsionntas, ertbsilte
berieIbe bo9wirbisfte Sberbirt ben Gags
uorber sswsibten Subbiatonen, NIT Muss
nabme bes 9rn. 6. Beitmann, bic 81.
Oiatouatsweibe.
BotoiL Wisc., bat cine reue Srsel ere
balteu. sic parb BON Us. S9ulte In
Wilwautee unsefertist unb 3ur 3ufriebens
bett aus.
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
baS Sdmer;ensfeft WariG.

9e9enitanb bieiss Seites iinb tnsbeions
bere iene i9retIt5en Stunben, weI9e bic
beiIise Mutter perlebte, udbrenb ibr s6tts
It6er Sobn Der @epaIt unb grauiamer
@tutabr Seiuer Sstnbe unb ibren MtBs
banbIunsen pretsseseben mar. User pers
m69te IS, bas Webe 3u ermeien, bas wabs
reubbeB in ibrem 9erSen puItete2 Sat lie
eine Mutter ibren Sobn In ioI9en Wars
tern unb QuaIen unb alio NIT S9ma6
nnb S9anbe iberbduft seieben2 ltnb ME
bat cine Mutter ibren Sobn alfo seItebt,
pie Raria ben 9Sttli9en Setlanb liebte.
@as muBte alto ibr Wutterber3 empfns
ben, aIs fe ibren seIiebten Srbn an ber
9etbelldule erbIitte, als fe Sbn iab, ba
gr nit 9ornsn setr0nt unb benz Spotts
nanteI umbansen tur S9au seiteut par6,
oils fe bas Eobesurtbeil pernabm, ais fe
nnter Der i1peren 9ait bes &reu3es Sbn
babinparten fab, pte ST untsr Der gu
i9peren Birbe wieserbolt 3u Boben fiel,
als fis bic 9ammeri6ldse usrnabm, uomit
gr ans &reu; sebeftet, ais fe sSbn am
&rsuae bdusen unb fterben fab, als fe Sets
men bsittseu 2etb auf ibrem S5oOBe trus2!
Snbem mir an benz S9mer3ensfsite Der
beiIissn Wuttsr ben @efibIen bes inntss
fen WitIsibs &aum sebsn, inbem mir lire
tiubIi5e 9iusebuns un6 9ebulb, uomit
fis, slei9wte ibr sOttli9er Sobu, bieien
bitteriten 2eiOenstel9 aus Der Sanb beS
8aters entsesennabm, unb jenen erbabsnen
SsIbenmutb, pomtt fe ibrsn seIisbteiten
Sobu fur bus Sell Der @elt gum Spfer
bra9te, an bteiem tbrsm Ssite tief psrsbrsn,
werbsn mir 3uslei4 tn cine Der Ssier Der
,groBen ISOLDE" eutipre6enbe Stimmuns
periest. Wftt ibr treten mir bann In bic
@r6fnuns berieIbsn, psl4e
Der BalmiOnntaa
BtIbst, stn.
Sar uus, bic MIR wifen, mas na9 inn
srfoIsts, TT berfeIbe wte cine fsisrli4e abs
bOIuns bes srOBsn sOttIi4sn Ofsrs
Iamms. Se9s Gage Dor Sifern muBs
ten ia bic SirasIitsn has OferIamm bers
bsiboIsn, um am fs9sten Gage bur@
SdIa6tuns unb @snieBuns besielbea als
idbrIi9 bic tbatid9Ii9e Weisfasuns bon
BEN OpfatObs bss srobsn wabrsn Ofsr'
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
Gin purttanti@er Seftenpreot.
ger aber oas a,terifanti6e
WateutsG brttfentbutt. "

@dbrsnb bic puritaniidsn Settenprebis
ger alien anbsren Menf9en bas Sod bes
Probibitionismus unb Sountasss9 wanses
auf8uIsssn ft9 ~abqudlen, wet&t unter ibrea,
sissnsn Tlben Der goben. =
rtlnier sanass gBtifeutbum 10 sIast
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16
pic aroIe @o6e."

90 nenut unisre beilise &ir6e bic Get'
ISOLDE, bic @o5e In Der mir fteben. Die
felbe 1T pabrbuft rsrOb" bur9 BITE In ibr
su bessbsnbsn Observation-Disclosures,
bie, ruenn fe aud ueuiser NIT auBerm
@lanse auftrstsn, 70 srobe unb erbabene
unb sebeimniBuole gesebenbeiten gum @es
gen tanbe baben ; es itnb bic @ebetmnife
bes 2eibens unb Sterbens uniers s0ttIi9en
GrIDiers, wobur9 bas sroBe 8ert unierer
@rlOiuns feline Solen6uns funb. S6on
am Srettas porber werben mir in bic ernite
Sttmmuns ber vsrOBen 8o9e" eiusefibrt
burh
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16

@on ber &uferitebuna Ssix.
Marc. 16, II.
Die alnoa6t ant Gbarfreitase.

8 Gag, 10 i6rpI; unb tribe,
&ie biiitre Wtitterna6t!
3 Sag, 10 rparm Don Gtebe;
ISLES feline COME madt!
8i6 I6wGr;en finit're Sbaten,
On briiteit i6rpereS Geto,
On Sei9it ben Serrn perratbet,
Den Serrn Der 9errlt9feit!
&n 9rGleIbafte @riinbe
SIibrit on Ben i6euen SUP;
llnb un9ebeure SInoe,
9as 1T Oein ROr9en9ruB!
limb 2iebe obue @nbe,
&uS @otteS Baterbaus,
Gle breitet bier bic SGnoe
Nm Rreu;e ie9nenb aus!
gerfoI9t bon blut'9em Saiien,
8er9ieBt ite fir bic @elt
Gle fann'S uub fann's ni6t laiien
Sbr Slut ais 0Oie9elo!
8 Sag, 10 i6war; un6 tribe,
Oh sel9it Don metner gta6t;
8 Gag, 10 warm 0 2tebe,
SD feb Der @nube Wta6t!
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1889-04-16

Die Bsrs9tisuns Der aniprads,
UNI bic es ft@ Bet Der rSsiuitsnsg Blu" bans
belt, TT 10 fsbr absr ieben 8peifel erbaben,
unO bic GOr6eruns feIbif 70 dberaus 5 e.
f&sibsn,*) baB man bdtte sIauben
y giuer Welbuus aus Rom sufolse bate Der
Yapit pon Der auf $400, 900 bsi1rantten gnt:
idabiSuns ben Seiuien $50 900, benz Seminar
Don Guebtc $4,000, ben eanabil4sn Milios,
men 5000 uub ben 8 SiSeefen Der Vropin,
Guebse ie $4,000 susdpro9sn.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
A Romantic Career.

Henry Willard is once more a recog-
nizcd power in Wall street. He has been
elected President of the Oregon & Trans
continental Railroad after desperate
struggle by majority of 1899 shares.
Thus begins another chapter in one of the
most romantic lives of this generation.
A youthful foreigner unknown,
depending on nothing but pluck and
brains s-becomes clerk, newspaper re-
porter, correspondent, confidential friend
of nlillionaires, speculator, millionaire
himself, constructor of a railroad across
this continent, guest Of Princes, dweller
in his own palace that Prince might
envy. Then the wheel goes the other
way. Stocks shrink, friends deceive,
enemies bear down hard and big for
tune made like magic is lost more rapidly
than it was won. The palace is sold and
its owner seeks employment to earn his
daily bread. By dint of fine sense and
invinciblc energy he gets on the upward
turn again, and is soon.on top, once
more millionaire, once more railroad
king, once more honored, fiattered and
hated as only successful men are.-Chi-
eago Herald.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
HAVE PLENTY OF MANURE.

As counterpart of soiling should go
the making of large quantity of manure.
As the COWS are stabbed more or less
every day in the year, and for the other
time are kept in a yard, every particle of
manure made, solid and liquid can be
saved, and very large quantity of litter
can be worked up into compost. In this
way, by the use of leaves gathered from
q wood lot cleared of brush so that q
horse rake can be used to gather them,
with dry swamp grass and other materials
one COW in the year can be made to furnish
10 loads of excellent manure, and the
land be kept in the highest state Of fertil-
ity. There is no chance for weeds when
land is plowed and cropped three times
In year, and the result is that the soil
Is brought up to the most productive con-
dition. With ensilage, which with this
system affords succulent green fodder the
year round, it is possible to bring up the
average yield of a herd of good COWS to
300 pounds of butter in the year. As a
cow under this system can be kept for an
actual cost of less than $40 a year, the
profit is evident.-Neu York Times.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
POTATO YEAST.

I send my recipe for making potato
yeast. l thought some of the readers
would like to try it: Mix together two
cups of cooked POTATOES mashed through
a sieve, one cup of sugar, and four cups
of warm water. Put this in warm
place for twenty-four hours, when it
ought to be foamy. Itmay take longer
time to sour it, but one experienced in
bread-making can tell when it is ready.
It is now ready to be mixed into dough.
To provide potato-ball for the next
time, take one cup of mashed potatoes and
one tablespoon of sugar. Mix this with
a little of the foam and a little of the
sediment "a tablespoon of each will do),
cover closely and let stand few hours in
a warm place. Then add teaspoon of
salt, and remove to a cool place. When
ready to bake again, prepare two cups of
mashed potatoes, add one cup of sugar,
and mix in the potato-ball. Let stand an
hour more, take out cupful for the next
baking, add salt to it, and set away. To
the remaining three cups add four cups
of water, and let it remain over night,
when it is ready to mix into the sponge.
think I have made this plain, but if not,
will answer anything you don't under
stand.-Ne,o York Witaess.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
A SIMPLE MARKER.

A very convenient, accurate and ex-
peditious way of marking ground for
planting, either in drills or check rows,
is with chain marker. This system of
marking has been in vogue in our neigh
borhood for the last forty years, in Lake
Comic, Ohio, and is adhered to by all who
have tried it. The marker consists of
a;pole of some light wood of any desired
length, into which fence or other staples
are driven at such distances apart as it is
desired to plant the rows. To those
staples are attached pieces of rope three
feet long, and to the rope farm chains of
the same length. The outer ends of the
chains should be equally distant from the
pole and not more than six and half
feet, SO that when the pole is raised as
high as the men using it can reach they
will hang perpendicularly. Now start
correctly. Such a marker if properly
made is light aud easily handled by two
persons, the one who guides walking
directly in front Of an end chain. On
fine soil, if lumpy, use the plank crusher
or rubber, and the chain mark will show
plainly for days.-H. g. Tryon.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
The Rise of the DreXolS.

To-day Drcxel & Co. can raise more
money in twenty-four hours than any
financial institution in the Unitad States.
Yet it is not a great while ago that old
Francis Drexel was poor portrait paint
er. Somehow or other the old man
about fifty years ago got an order to
paint a picture for Brazilian grandee,
and went down to that country to do the
work. The Brazilian took a fancy to the
poor portrait painter, and not only paid
him good price for the picture, but let
him in on some money-making scheme
out of which Drexel realized quite a
sum. He returned to Philadelphia and
went into the money-lending business.
By careful investments he amassed o big
fortune, and his three boys-Francis,
Anthony and Joseph-increascdit. When
the old man died he was worth about
SIS, 100000. When Francis, the eldest
boy, died, he left S25, 100000. Joseph
left about $4,000, 900, being less of
money-maker than the others, and An
thony, the only one left, is estimated to
be worth anywhere from $50, 900, 900 to
S5O,O00,000 Nobody really knows how
much he is worth, but the house can
raise $50, 100000 in twcnty-four hours,
if necessary, which is something no other
institution in the country, outside of the
United States Treasury, can do. When
Frank died he left three daughters. All
arc under twenty-five, one only is mar
ried, and they have each an income of
about $1,000 day. The fellow who
married one of them was young lawyer
without dollar.-.St. Louis Post-Dis-
match.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
CURING CHEESE.

DR.. Reynolds, of Maine, observes that
in curing cheese certain requisites are in
dispensable in order to attain the best
results. Free exposure to air is one
requisite for the development of flavor.
Curd sealed up in an air-tight vessel and
kept at the proper temperature readily
breaks down into soft, rich, ripe cheese,
but it has none of the flavor so much es-
teemed in good cheese. Exposure to
the oxygen of the air develops flavor.
The cheese during the process of curing
takes its oxygen and gives off ccrbonic
acid gas. He also says that the develop
ment of flavor can be fastened by SUBJ
jecting the cheese to strong current of
air. The flavor is developed by the pro-
cess of oxidation. If the cheese is kept in
too close air during the process of curing,
it will be likely to prove deficient in
favor.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
SORE FEET.

The effect OF the wet of clover pasture
may be injurious to the feet of colt,
causing the skin to become sore and
crack, and this effect will be helped by
the clover, which is rich feeding, and re-
quires some carbonaceous matter to be
given with it. A mixture of coarsely-
cracked corn, with an equal quantity of
linseed, or dose Of pint of raw linseed
oil with as much molasses given twice in
a week will be serviceable. Apply to
the sores some OF the following ointment
spread on cloth and secured by BAN
dage: Mix four ounces of pure fresh lard
or unsalted fresh butter with one ounce
of turpentine and half an ounce of acetate
of copper; keep this in glass jar and
use it fresh once day. Before applying
it wash the feet with warm water and
carboic soap. White feet are most sub
ject to this trouble.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
HOW TO CARE FOR A HARNESS.

Some farmers act as though a harness
needed no care. They buy new one,
use it the first season when they go to
town or carry the milk to the factory;
come home, take it Off the horse and
throw it on peg or barrel, as the case
may be. After the first season it is put to
general use. It soon becomes dry, hard,
brown and stiff, and then breaks, in half
the time it would had it been cared for
properly. Speaking of this way of using
a harness, writer in the Western Livery
man says:
A harness that has been on horses
back several hours in hot or rainy weather
becomes wet, and if not properly cleaned,
the damage to the leather is irreparable.
If, after being taken from the horse in
this condition, it is hung up in careless
manner, traces and reins twisted into
knots, and the saddle and bride hung
askew, the leather when dried remains the
shape given it while wet, and when forced
into its original form damage is done to
the stitching and the leather. The first
point to be observed is to keep the leather
soft and piable. This can be done only
by keeping it well charged with oil and
grease; water is the destroyer of these,
but mud and saline moisture from the
animal are even more destructive. Mud,
in drying, absorbs the grease and opens
the pores of the leather, making it a prey
to water, while the salty character of the
perspiration from the animal Injuries the
leather, stitching and mountings.
It therefore follows that to preserve
harness the straps should be washed and
oiled whenever it has been moistened by
mud. If harness is thoroughly cleaned
twice year, and when unduly exposed
treated as we we have recommended, the
leather will retain its softness and strength
for many years.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-07-31
CULTIVATE YOUR MEADOWS.


There is no part of the farm at the
present day so much neglected as the
meadow, says a writer in the Farm, Field
and Stocknao. The general idea of the
farmer is that the meadow does not re.
quire any cultivation or care. "The
meadow" he says, "is all right. Iseeded
this field two or three years ago; but
cannot see why I get so light CROP"
It is quite plain you have been robbing
the land for three years and returning
nothing. Worse than that you allowed
the moss to creep in and smoother the
roots which you have robbed of their
natural sustenance without returning any
thing to them or driving off the moss
from the root-bound grass.
What kind of a corn crop would you
get if you did not cultivate it2 To in
sure big crop of hay cultivate it. Haul
during the winter months, six or eight
loads to the acre of barnyard manure and
spread i while hauling as evenly as you
can with fork. Then as early as you
can get on the meadow in March, or as
soon as the frost is out and the ground
dry enough to get on with team, take a
good harrow and and drag it thoroughly,
and then cross-harrow it, then roll the
meadow with common field roller. You
will imagine you are going to ruin your
meadow, but you are simply loosening the
roots and giving them chance; and when
harvest time comes you will find you not
only did not injure your meadow, but
greatly increased your crop of grass, and
also improved your ground.
This matter of cultivating grass is not
mere "theory." It is a principle,
proved to be correct by actual trial with
profitable results. In 1882 Josiah Bagley,
of Serena, from six-acre meadow took
twelve loads of hay, with no after crop.
The following season he manured and
cultivated the same six acres substanti-
ally as outlined above. Some of his
neighbors laughed at him; but about the
10th of July, 1883, he cut nineteen loads
of grass from these six acres, and in the
last of September cut second crop of.
nine loads. He says: II am an advo-'
cate of cultivatirg grass"