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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
1T WAS THE COOK.
An Early SPRING. imo Romance and How
1t Ended.

H EuuGus
I Percival sat upon hammock in the back
yard of the country boarding house. His
little slippered foot patted the grass glee-
fully, and the book in his hand hung lazily
athwart the gunwales of the swinging net
work Of the aerial couch. There was q
cynical expression upon his innocent face,
and his Titan mustache curled like the
tail Of fullblooded pug.
There was litter. 1t could not be called
q laugh. There was distinctly audible
litter smashing. against the leaves Of the
locust trees above him. 1t came from the
door Of the kitchen. No human being was
in sight; and the parrot had never been
taught to litter nor to twitter. The ugly
mouthed bird lazily winked his watery eyes
as he stood upon his swinging perch. The
utter was not his'n. Percival wondered
where the litter came from He deter
mined to investigate. rt
Slowly he knocked the ashes from his
malodorous cigarette. Gradually he per-
mitted his angular and attenuated form to
elevate itself into perpendicular longitudin.
osity. Carefully adjusting his eyeglasses,
as confirmed detective is won't to do, he
ambled gracefully towards the kitchen.
Some one was behind the door. He pushed
it, said "Peekah-ah-booah," and grasped the
embroidered white skirt which protruded.
A voice Uttered and giggled, and then ejac-
ulated:
"G'way FUN dab, Massa P'siv'l Ain
you 'shamed flirtin' wild yaller gal like
| met"
Lo, Title the cook came forth and clamped
two glistening yellow arms about his
Adam s-apple-throat and glued two water
melon-loving lips to the thin compression
of mouthof which Percival was SO proud.
Just then Blanche, his fiancee, came across
the lawn. Percival has returned to his
counter in 1.-THE Fair" and will not leave
Chicago again during the summer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
WHAT MOTHERS DO.
The Story Told by "Self-Made" Man
His early Struggled"

The Story Told by "Self-Made" Man
His early Struggles"
A wealthy business man not long ago
made short visit in his native town,
a thriving little place. and while there
was asked to address the Sunday-school
on the general subject OF success in life.
''But l don't know that have any
thing to say, except that industry and
honesty win the race" he answered.
"Your very example would be in
spring, if you would tell the story OF
your life." said the superintendent.
"Are you not a self-made mani"
II don't know about that"
"Why, I've heard all about your ear
ly struggles! You went into Mr.. Wheel
wright's Office when you were only
ten"
$50 I did! So did! But my moth
or got me the place, and while I was
there, she did all my washing and
mending, saw that had something to
eat. and when l got discouraged. told
me to cheer up and remember tears
were for babies" W. 80 .d1,r'
while you were there you studied
by yourself - -. IH G.
''Oh no, bless you. no! Not by my
self! Mother heard my lessons every
night, and made me spell long words
while she beat up cakes for breakfast.
II remember one night got so dis
couraged l dashed my writing-book.
ugly with pot-hooks and trammels, into
the fire, and she burned her hand pull
ing 1t out"
SWELL, it was certainly true, wasn't
it, that as soon as you had saved q lit
tie money, you invested in fruit, and
began to peddle it out on the evening
trainp"
1.-THE rich mans eyes twinkled and
then grew moist over the fun and
pathos OF some old recollection.
yes" he said, slowly, land ] should
like to tell you story connected with
that time. Perhaps that might do the
Sunday-school good. The second lot Of
apples l bought for peddling were
specked and wormy. / had been
cheated by the man OF whom l bought
them, and could not afford the loss.
The night after discovered they were
unfit to eat, crept down cellar and
filled my basket as usual. ss
"'They look very we'll on the out.
side thought, and perhaps none ol
the people who buy them will ever
come this way again. I'll sell them,
and just as soon as they're gone
I'll get some sound ones Mother was
singing about the kitchen. as l came up
the cellar stairs. hoped to get out Of
the house without discussing the sub
ject OF unsound fruit, but in the twink.
ling Of an eye she had seen and wa.
upon me-
Med said she, in her clear voice
what are you going to do with those
specked apples?' i'.irfi' ~
"'Se-sell Them stammered l
| ashamed In advance. .rse,t.ft e.. 81.
"'Then you will be a cheat, and
will be ashamed to call you my son.
she said, promptly. oh, to think 20,
could dream of such sneaking thins
as THAR Then she cried and l cried
and-Tve never been tempted to chea
since. No, sir. haven't any thing L
say in public about my early struggles
but wish you'd remind your boys ant
| girls every Sunday that their mother
are probably doing far more for then
than they do for themselves. Tel
them. too, to pray that those dear wo
men may live long enough to enjo.
some Of the prosperity they have VOL
for their children-for mine didn't. "
Youths Companion. ~ Ft'i
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

A German fell into lager beer
vat the other day. and seeing his dan
ger began to drink as hard as he could
to save himself from drowning by re-
ducing the depth OF the fluid, and II Is
thought he would have succeeded had
not floating cork got into his throat
and lessened his swallowing power-
n. Y. Weekly.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

"A sandwich company, which pro.
poses to sell its wares in Offices, on the
streets and in bar rooms and cafes, has !,
been esta b ished in New York. The
company will have uniformed peddlers
who will carry neat willow baskets.
The sandwiches will be sold for I've
cents each.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

First o!d-time parson (deiectedly)
There are no pulpit Founders nova
days. Second old-time parson (more
dejectedly)-And there are no pulpit
expounders either.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

A Hays City (Kan.) paper recently
printed the following remarkable card
of thanks: Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
wish to express their thanks to the
friends and neighbors who 80 kindly
assisted at the burning OF their hotel
Monday morning.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
WAKlN' THE YOUNG UNs.'

the old man from the foot OF the stairs-hve
q m. ..f-.
Bee-uli, Bee-ull! o. Bee-ull! my gracious,
Air you still sleepin'!
tn hour hands creepin'
Nearder Ave.
Oval, burned ef this ere amt vexatiousD
Don't ye hyar them cattle callin'i
An tn ole red steer a-bawlin'!
Come, look alive!
Git up! Git up!
Marsnn! Mar'ann! (Jist hyar her snorin' y
Mar'annl its behoovin' ia
Thet you be a-moyin'! III
Brisk, l say!
@Hyar the kitchen stove a-roarin'!
The kittle's a-spiln'
Ter get hisse'f bilin',
It's comm day.
Git up Git up
julie, o. julie Now whut is ailin (.
You want ter restf gF%s
Wal, I'll be blest! 81 AVA
S'pose them cows
Il give down milk 'ithout you palm l--
You mus be goin' crazy;
Err, more like, gettn' lazy. fAi
Come, now, rouse.
Git upl Git upi
Jake, you lazy vArmlntl JaKeI hey, Sakc'
Whut you layin' theer furs
You know the stocks ter keer fur
So hop out! .
CHAT boy is wusser'n rock ter wakeO
Don't stop to shiver,
But jst unkiver.
An pop out!
s Git up! Git upl
Young unsi Bee-ull! Jake! Mar ann! julie!
oval, durn my ornry skin
They've gone ter sleep agin,
Fur all my tellln'D
See hyar han't no time ter fooll
It's the las warnin'!
I'll give this mornin',
I'm done yellin'! ,
Git up! Git up!
Wal, whuts tn odds-an hour, more or less
Blieve II makes 'em stronger
Ter sleep q leetle longer
Thar In bed.
The time is comm fas' enough. guess,
When I'll WISH an wish 18th weepin',
They was back up yender sleepin',
Overhead,
Ter git up. q
John Boss, in Boston Globe.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05

Superstition among fashionable
people is on the increase. Boston Sss-
urday Evening Gazette
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-05
ROMEO AND JULIET.

A Modern Version Of One Of Shakespeare
Most Popular and Romantic Plays.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
Cost OF Ilecpipg a Worse.

Tho cost of keeping horse by tho
most Of persons is mere guess work in
stead OF careful figures. ]ir. j. II.
Andre, with view to enlightening the
uninitiated, gave recently in Rural Homo
the following estimates: If one purchases
a good horse, years Of age, for $3.50 it
is good bargain y top buggy will
cost $l25, cutter $50, harness $50, robe
$40, blankets So, comb and brush 81,
whip 81, which amounts figure 1887.
Now if we take all into considoIa-
ton these will last on an average
ten years. Perhaps the wagon might
last longer, but 1t would need repairing
in that time; on the whole ten years is a
long average, Us the horse might be
worthless in five years.
If it costs 1887 for ten years, it would
be at the rate of S33.T0 per year, and the
interest on the whole outlay at 6 per
cent. would be $20.22. Add to this at
least four tons Of hay, which has aver
aged in the past ten years SIP per ton,
S4S; one ton Of straw for bedding, 81;
ninety bushels of oats at 50 cents per
bushel, S31.d0; shooting 50, and 1t would
be a cheap job to care for a horse, wash
wagons, etc, for 81 per week, which
would bring the price to So per year, or
the sum total OF S197. 42 for the year at
moderate figures. And yet we find
thousands who keep a horse and have no
real business for it and do not keep a
COW, when the cost of keeping Il horse
will keep two COWS, and yet they do not
see how they car keep "A COW.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
POULTRY FOB MARKET.
Directions for Preparing Poultry for Sale
by New York Commission Firm.


by - New York Commission Firm.
An ordinance in force in New York
city prohibits the sale of turkeys or
chickens unless their crops are FREQ from
food or other substance and shlunken
close to the body. This law makes it
imperative that poultry dressers should
keep their poultry from food long
enough before killing TO insure the crops
being entirely empty. According to the
commission firm of f. d O. Ward, it is
best to keep poultry designed for market
from food twenty-four hours previous 20
killing to insure the crops being entirely
empty, though in some cases twelve
hours has been found sufficient.
XIII all kinds of poultry by cutting
through the roof of the mouth to the
brain with a sharp pointed knife. Leave
the head and legs on and never "draw'
the entrails. Pinfeathery young tur-
keys, ducks or geese should not be killed,
but kept until full fedged. Poultry
should be fat before killing. The usual
quality sells best scalded. The legs and
necks of turkeys and chickens should be
dry picked Immediately after killing;
this will keep them from discoloring
when exposed to the air. The water for
scalding should be boiling hot. Immerse
the bird, holding it by the legs, and lift
up and down in the water three or four
times. Immediately after scalding
chickens and turkeys, remove the feath-
ers, pinfeathers and all, very clearly and
without breaking the skin.
After scalding ducks and geese, wrap
them in a cloth about ten minutes, then
the down will roll off with the feathers.
All poultry should be pumped" after
picking, by dipping for about two seconds
i'll boiling hot water, then thrown into
cold water and left for ten or twelve
minutes.
Very fat and handsome chickens and
turkeys generally sell little higher
when dry picked, and from far distant
points they carry better Poultry looks
much leaner when dry picked than when
scalded and "plumped;' therefore only
very fat stock should be dry picked.
Ducks and geese are preferred scalded.
Carefully avoid cutting or bruising the
flesh or breaking the bones.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

There have been numberless discus
sions, and not few experiments made
for the purpose Of settling the question,
"Does it pay to grind and cook food for
fattening hogs?" The surrounding con-
ditions and circumstances have much to
do in settling the question of economy;
and while one farmer, under certain cir
cumstances, could feed a considerable
portion Of cooked grain and receive salts
factory returns therefor, another, diff
fcrently situated, might not be able to do
so without actual loss. Under favorable
circumstances many have thoroughly sat
istied themselves that the practice of
cooking is largely profitable, and others
from experiments fully as careful have
arrived at conclusions directly the re-
verse. That it is practically profitable
on the majority of farms to cook the
food for large stocks of swine is not gen
orally conceded. Among the reasons for
regarding cooking as impracticable. are
the scarcity of timber for fuel, the extra
labor involved, and the general lack of
fixtures and facilities for cooking and
feeding the food in its cooked state.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

In many sections Of the country gyp-
SUN is extensively used in agriculture in
its ground condition, when It is called
land plaster, and its best application is as
a top dressing on meadows and pastures,
and it is especially beneficial on clover.
Its value for any purpose viii depend on
the percentage OF foreign admiXture it
may contain in its crude state, as it is
seldom found entirely pure. Pure plaster
is composed of lime 80 per cent, sui
phuric acid 40 and water u per cent
Gypsum exists in large quantities in
Nova Scotia. whence it is extensively
exported; also in New York and other
states. Its action rs fertilizer is not
perfectly understood, but seems to con-
gist more in it, attracting and concen-
trating ammonia from the atmosphere
for the use Of plants than in any special
Inanurial value OF its own. AS prepared
for use land plaster is quoted variously
in different sections Of tho country,
ranging from 81 per barrel to s. and up
ward per ton. Pure gypsum, when cal
cined or heated so that the water is ex-
PEELED, becomes the plaster Of Paris used
in the arts
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

The press here depicted has done good
work for an Ohio cheese maker, who
describes it as follows: End pieces, 3
inches thick, inches wide Mt top, IS
inches wide at bottom, 8 feet long.
Beam, inches square. Bed, 4 inches
thick By IS wide. The screws are 10
inches apart from center to center,
Distance between beam and bed, "A
inches The stay rods are g-inch iron,
and have a plate of iron by 2 inches
over the beam and under the bed. Nor
way or yellow pine will answer very well
for the timber part. A isone of the press
boards; they are made IS inches square,
y thick, and have a strip nailed around
the edges to prevent the whey running
oil only at the outlet on the front side.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01


Mr.. 7. Williams, the New jersey hOr-
ticulturist, is quoted as ranking the Wag-
ncr among the best of winter apples for
quality.
Mr.. O. II. Alexander, Charlotte Vt,
claims the name ben Harrison" for a
new Seeding potato which he considers
OF great promise.
Professor Maynard, of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural college, pronounces
the Hayes hardy grape. It's fruit is Of
good quality, ripcning early,
"Thcrc is nothing like heat for milk
making in winter, and with cnsilage for
food there is no reason why the supply of
milk should be any less in cold than in
warm weather. says American Dairy
man.
Professor w. A. Henry states that there
i5 an urgent demand for some succulent
food for hogs in winter, as we now have
only concentrated grain feed with which
TO supply them, and this is not wholly
satisfactory for growing animals.
81 would state as a result of my ex-
perience," says l.. T. Hazen, that silo
should not Ike opened until the contents
have gono through the heating process
and cooled down. If it is opened prema-
turely the contents will sour very rap
idly"
American Agriculturist says: "If the
hogs to be slaughtered are fed within
twelve hours of their killing the food is
wasted, the meat will be more disposed
10 sour, and it will be moro difficult TO
remove the distended intestines and take
from then the laYd."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
BURLINGTON FREE PRESS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1889

ment is to prevent these causes by careful
dieting, etc. Drugs are of little avail 1t
is rarely. indeed that a cure can he affected.
3d-The pulse rate of the horse varies from
30 to 40 beats per minute, according to sex,
age, time of taking, etc 1t is generally
higher in highly bred horse than those of
lower type
4th--Give one pint and n half of linseed oil
to which add tincture opium spirits, nitrous
ether and bi-carbonate of soda one and
one-half ounces of each, This will be found
very useful in theordinary case of over-feed-
no
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

PREVENTIVE INCUBATION OF A SHEEP.
In the test experiments under con-
sheraton, the merits of the two systems
OF preventive incubation were tried
that Of Pasteur and that of ?. II. II. Geh-
rig. The latter gentleman S system proved
a failure, while Pasteur's system scored
a victory. Space will not admit of Pas
tours system being described in detail;
suffice it to say that it consists Of inOcula-
ton with two different civilizations of
the anthrax bacillus. These civilizations
are Of increasing strength, the last con-
fcrring complete immunity. The tubes
in which this virus is sent out from Pas
tours Partisan institute, the syringe en-
plOyed and the method of performing
the incubation are figured in Nos /, 2,
3, of the second cut.
The outbreaks of this disorder. in Aus
tralia as III this country, clearly teach
that it is constantly reproduced by ami
mails grazing over land ON which diseased
animals have deposited CXcreta or have
themselves persisted and rottcd. In Eng
land, it has been found that by judicious
measures in destroying the carcasses of
those dying of the disease it may be
finally stamped out.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
THE
BURLINGTON SAVINGS BANK,


deposits January, 1, 1889, S1,8ti, 70S. 0S
surplus 16I 053. 20
Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits
made on or before the 4th of any month draws
interest from the lst. If made after the ith
interest will commence tho LIST of the follow
ing month. Interest will be credited to de-
positors January 1st and July lst, compound
ing twice year. There are no stockholders
IN this bank All the earnings less expenses,
belong to depositors. The rate of interest de-
ponds on the earnings, and has varied from
per cent to per cent.
For the last two years the rate of interest
mas been 419 per cent a year.
All taxes are paid by the bank on deposits
OF Sl5OO or less. Deposits are limited by law
TO 5000, and no interest will be paid on any
sum in excess of this amount, except on de-
posits by widows, orphans, administrators,
executors guardians charitable or religious
institutions or on trust funds deposited by Or
der of court
This bank prefers Vermont securities for the
investment of its funds and sends no money
out of the State until the home demand is
met.
c. F. WARD, Treasurer.
An ,u5or S,,1 L.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
Cheese Making in II Small WAY.

1t was far more common twenty
years ago than nowadays for farmers
wives personally to preside over the
dairy and conduct the making Of cheese
through its various stages. There are,
however, even now many housewives
who would occasionally make a few
cheescs for home consumption if they
only We're possessed of the necessary
conveniences. With a view to assisting
this class of would be cheese makers we
have reprinted from Farm and Preside a
homo made screw press.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
TIlc XNonI Nlnrkct.

The demand for waol continues far and
price, are steady without change, u"dvruv
stocks of desirable grades make leader lTu
in their views. All kinds Of medium cumuuc
and clothing woods are very arm. S,.e- 0l so.
ing NJ 30 4 70. Cuva-Dcd cumbiug woods are
in demand at 3lc for L. md 3.r for "s blood.
In Ohio aud Penu,N Naniu fleece. there hive
been sales of y at 80 fJjJ; IN at g. a.Gc; Mich
igan y at BE y %, Territory, Texas and
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
Ten Thousands Dollars Year.

Rober Burdette the humorisC who has recent
~ so We learn huc lme paioOG, once said To a
young boy, There's nothing like knowing your
business clean through my boy WactIer You
know anything else or not
Vanderbilt pays his COOK $1,000 2 year. He
might have known no" 10 cook fairly well and
known little Of thousand and one other
useful employmeuts, but he could not have
gotten ten thousand year salary for all Of
them.
~ how to cook, and II wouldn't make cents
difference in his ~u i9rv ii ne thought the world
was Nat and went around its orbit Oh wheels,
The cream Away, rises 10 the top ANA stays
As with Individual aVOIatiOle 80 I Is viii
good, OrartiClc of use on necessity, they I've
the life of the butterfly and arc forgotten as
soon as something else appears that Is new, or
else they become 50 firmly fixed in the minds
of thousands that they become part Of life
itself
We were forciby impressed with the above
idea from a remark made by a gentleman in
our Office a few days since. lie said, Any ar
ticc of mcrchandiSc that ha- been on the mar
kct since lelO, and still sells like the old John
sons Anodyne liniment, must have cSt9or-
binary merit The manufacturers, /. :. John
son & Co.. Boston, Mass, have in their Office
and will send tn anyone testimonials from old
people who have used It in their family, when
Young. and whose Children's children have
! used il very many years. This is not at all re
| markable when VIC think of tho amount Of
| good this remedy will do; thousands of cases
| vented by using This remedy for internal in
| hammatonS, such as colds, coughs, Catarrh,
| bronchitis, a. well as cramps and mains inuu-
| mcrable. 1t is totally unlike any other RENE
| DIV used, and called iniment, II was great
| mistake ever calling ii anything but Johnson's
| Anodyne. Tho information on the large four
| page wrapper around each bottle IL worth
| much to every family johnson a %, send a
| valuable information upon diseases and their
cure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01

MICROSCOPIC VIEWS OF SLEEPS BLOOD.
But now como tidings of the value of
protective incubation, as tested recently
in New South Wales. According to a
report of said tests and various investi-
cations in Mark Lane Express, the evil
dence is conclusive that anthrax is due
to a specific germ poison and that it is
propagated by animals grazing over in
fected pastures. In word, it is bacillus
anthraCis that is the cause of the disease,
aud not the disease that gives rise to the
germs in the blood.
At Fig. I in the annexed cut is shown
a microscopic view of the blood of
sheep in health; at Fig. its appearance
when affected with anthrax, showing
also the rod shaped bacillus in large
numbers. Now the anthrax bacilli live
in the oxygen in the blood and so do the
blood cells. The death of the animal
affected therefore, is due to the bacilli
warning with the blood corpuscles for
the possession of the oxygen and gaining
it. The supply of oxygen is limited,
being mainly kept up by the circulating
blood, and when disease arrests this pro-
cess the animal dies by asphyxia as GER
tainly as if it had been strangled by any
other means.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1889-02-01
FARM DEPARTMENT.
INFORMATION AND ADVICE ON
TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST,":
Anthrax, That Common Disorder Affecting
Cattle aud Shecp-Pasteur's system of
JnoCuiation Scores u Victory in Cir
cumycnting This Disease,

Anthrax, a disease more or less COM
mon, has of late proven exceedingly
virulent among the sheep of Australia,
where all sorts of preventives and reme-
dies have been resorted to with little or
no success.