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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30
To Make Good Crops.

In the making of good crops three
things are essential These are a good
soil thoroughly prepared; good seed
carefully planted in good season, and
thorough cultivation, given at the
proper time. The growth and yield of
the crops are largely dependent upon
these three items, and failure of
either one will affect the yield to a
greater or less extent. With the rich
soil the elements Of plant growth are
furnished, the preparation places it in
good condition to be taken up and
used by the growing plants, and in ad-
dition aids materially to secure better
termination. For good seed planted
in well-prepared soil not only germi-
nate in a shorter time, but there will
be less of the seed that will fail to
grow, so that with these conditions
provided not only will better gerlai-
nation be secured, but th'iftier and
more vigorous plants will be started
up.
With these secured the next import
ant item is thorough cultivation. given
in good season. With vigorous, thrifty
plants at the start, good growth can
be readily kept up If good cultivation
is given. 1t must be given in good
season, as the best growth can be OBJ
tanned only by keeping clean and in a
good filth. II five or six workings are
necessary to give good crop, as far as
possible the first three at least should
be given in the first four weeks after
the plants appear above the ground.
If good growth is secured from the
start and the crop is planted in good
season, so that good growth is made,
the plants will withstand drought
with more or less damage than when
this has not been done, and it is posi-.
BILE, by securing this growth, to keep
it up by good cultivation, so that a fair
yield may be obtained, even in an un-
favorable season. But neglect of either
one of the essentials will be certain to
affect the growth and yield.
The quality of the seed and the man.
ner of planting largely determines the
stand, while the fertility of the soil
and the cultivation largely determines
the growth and yield of the plants that
have started up. The best yield can
only be realized by getting good,
even stand of healthy. vigorous plants
and then keeping up good growth un.
til the crop is made by thorough cul-
tivation. The more Thoroughly these
conditions are supplied the better the
yield and the profit--St Louis Repub
lie.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30
The Dairy Cow.

Writing from Tennessee a ccrre-
spondent asks: What do you call a
good dairy COW? We presume our cor
respondent means to ask how to select
a good dairy COW. Any body knows
what good dairy COW is when he sees
and tests her products. Still there is
something more to COW than simply
Welding an abundance of milk or even
an abundance of rich milk. She ought
to be able TO produce good calf,
under proper conditions A COW, too.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

ought to be just as good a beef-pro-
Queer as it is possible for her to be,
without interfering with her milk-giv-
ing qualities. Much is said about the
general-purpose COW, but while we be-
lieve that the dairy COW should be
selected first and foremost for her
abilities in the direction of giving
milk and producing butter, the
beef side of the COW is worth
looking after, for some good
cows are much better beef-pro-
ducers than other COWS of equal dairy
merits. Perhaps the chief thing about
the beef side in the dairy is quality.
Quantity can not be got beyond GER
tain limit, we do not believe, without
injury to the milk production Prof.
Robertson gives these characteristics
as the proper ones to find in good
COW: Broad, high forehead; large,
prominent, bright and lively eyes;
long, clean-cut face; small, lively ears;
dewy, lustrous nose with broad muzzle
and oblong nostrils; long, fine neck;
deep chest, full behind the elbows;
unctuous, mellow, movable skin with
fine, soft, messy hair; round barrel
with fine muscles under the belly; fiat
ribs, wide apart; stright-back with
joints loose and open; broad loin; wide
pelvis, slightly arched; tail shanks
and bones all of fine structure; udder
large, long and deep, elastic in quality
and not fleshy; teats wide apart; thin
hips; milk veins prominent and tortu-
Gus; thin, spare habit of body and gen
tie, quiet disposition.
This correspondent also asks us il
every Jersey or Holstein-Friesian is a
good COW. By no MEANS The idet
that such is the case has done great
harm. That is one reason that some
people are always ready to JUMP
on the pedigree business. They buy g
worthless or inferior pedigree COW ant
then they conclude that the registry il
colossal fraud. If a cow does no
possess individual merit, never buy
her, whatever her pedigree may be
But such COW in consequence of her
breeding may produce good calves
A good COW must possess excelen
respiration, good action and conse
quent vigorous circulation; good di
gestion and good assimilation. Now +;
COW may be well bred and yet may b.
lacking in the necessary qualities a
the result of bad management. Hence
the necessity OF giving attention to tn
individual merits. National Stock
man.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30
SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL.
Parasitic PIants---Rust on Cotton.


The Southern Cultivator recently
had a letter OF inquiry which began in
these words:
''Dr. Pendleton says that exhaustion
causes the rust on cotton, and your
veteran associate. DIR. Lee, laughs at
that He says fungi causes it. The
professor at our Safe college says not
fungi, but multitude of mites do the
mischief" The contradiction wit
messed in the above statement is easily
traced TO a misunderstanding Of as
sumed facts. DIR. Lee does not say that
fungi cause rust on cotton, but that
rust on cotton is a fungus, living
plant that has, in the economy of nat
ure, both parents and offspring. The
learned professor OF State college,
the intelligent correspondent of the
Cultivator and its editor, overlook this
pregnant fact in treating of rust on
cotton. One talks about ''mites," an
other tells of cotton exempt from rust
on 'fresh land" and in 'fence rows, :"
while still another regards potash as
the lacking element in soils most sub
ject to rust.
| Not one of these three gentlemen
appear to regard rust as a parasite,
whose life is as independent of that OF
cotton, wheat and other hosts on which
it feeds and fattens, as it is of any
known place for spending the winter
and early spring months. Rust has
been known as living parasite on
wheat and cotton for more than one
hundred years. Stacks of straw may
carry a cereal parasite through the
winter, but how does the seed of cotton
rust hibernate? Not in cotton seed, as
smut on wheat passes months and
years with its host. The germs of
smut lie torpid from five months to a
year, according to the climate; planted
with seed of fall or winter wheat.
and then awaken into life and activity,
and move at once from the buried seed
up and up the tall culm to the new
head and new seed forming, and seize
every particle of sugar, gum. starch
and gluten designed for wheat, to make
a sinking mass of poisonous smut.
Smut and rust are very nearly related.
Horned rye has killed thousands who
eat rye bread in the north of Europe,
and it is about time to make a white
mans war of determination against
these hurtful parasites.
Seed wheat washed in strong brine
or bluestone water has all the germs
of smut killed; and if all wheat-growers
would practice this system, this hurt
full parasite would probably be exter-
minated from our wheat-growing land.
From the cradle to the grave human
life is battle for existence with par
asitic plants and animals Babes are
hardly born before they are filled with
worms; pigs, lambs, calves and colts
fare no better. Cats and mice, dogs
and rabbits are full of parasites; SC
are all fish, birds and insects. Every.
where it is life against life, and it il
madness to deny the truth of this vita
matter In destroying hotbeds fol-
multiplying the germs of malaria
fevers in and near the city of Nash
ville ponds and pools of water adapted
to breeding mosquitoes have disap.
peared, and two or more parasites, the
blood-sucking fly and pestilent fever:
have left perhaps forever. Daniel Lee
in Southern Cultivator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

Muslin frames for protecting young
plants can be made at very little cost
A few melon plants, IL protected at
night with such coverings, can be made
TO grew before the season becomes
warm. Tomatoes and other plants
may be protected in the same way.
Muslin will not last as long as glass,
but IL Is much cherper.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30
Physicians Wise in Their Generation.

The above class of scientists recognize,
and have repeatedly borne testimony, TO
the efficacy of Hostetters Stomach Btters
as a remedy and preventive of fever and
ague, rheumatism, want of vigor, liver COM
plant, and some other ailments and infirm
conditions of the system. Experience and
observation have taught them its value.
They but echo the verdict long since pro
nounced by the public and the press. Only
The benighted now are ignorant of Amer
ica's tonic and Alternative.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

Fish Croquettes. - Remove the
bones from cold boiled or baked fish
and 20 pint Of fish add one egg, two
seaspoonfuls of -four and tablespoon
full OF milk; form into balls. dip in
beaten egg. roll in cracker crumbs and
fry brown.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

DODGE & CHANDLER, of Cambria Mills,
Michigan, wrote DR.. Schallenberger:
We are selling five different kinds OF
Ague Pills, but yours are in the lead. After
trying all other remedies our customers in
variably fall back on Shallenberger's Pills,
They never fail to effect cure, and living
in the midst of Fever and Ague country,
we speak from experience.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

PAIN from indigestion, dyspepsia and too
hearty eating, is relieved at once by taking
one of Carters Little Liver Pills immediate
ly after dinner. Don't forget this.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

-Mrs stoves "Uacle Tom ; Cabin
Is still selling in this country at tbs
rate Of 1000 copies wcsk.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

Coon ADvIcE.-Use Hale's Honey of Hore-
hound and Tar for a cough or cold. Pixies
Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

To REGULATE the stomach, liver and bowels,
and promote digestion, take one of Carriers
Little Liver Pills every night Try them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

PHILIP ARMOUR is said to give away moth
ing less than tive-dollar tips to walters,
train hands, etc, when he travels.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

KING MILAN's last official act was to dec
crate his cab-driver.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

JOHN BRIGHTs collection of pipes is OF
great value, and is to be preserved intact
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-30

A WALLINaFoRD (Conn.) milkman has a
shepherd dog with three tails.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24

ton | should also like to say a COM
mandatory word for Henry White,
the secretary of legation, who now
discharges the duties of the office of
our minister. | have not taken the
trouble to ascertain the state from
which he comes, but he is very
courteous gentleman in all his rela-
tions to Americans in London and
always ready to put them in the way
of getting at what they desire to see
or know. Both he and Mr.. Phelps
have been very helpful to American
travellers, and. while l do not belong
to their party, it is but justice,to say
words of commendation of those
who have truly represented the spir-
it of our own country without re-
gard to politics"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
A BONDAGE TO BE BROKEN.

Newspaper publishers who sand
witch news items between advertise
ments, putting both into the reading
columns of their pa per, not only treat
their readers very shabbily and dis
honestly, but frequently make their
news columns supremacy ridiculous.
Within a few weeks a paper of this
state inserted a news item of a prom
inent New England journalist be-
tween an itch and a pile advertise
ment, all three appearing in the local
columns of the aforesaid paper And
now the last Vermont Chronicle, an
excellent religious paper, comes out
with an advertisement of q sarsa
parilla and cough balsam-bOth in
reading matter type and in reading
columns-and sandwichcd between
the two is the following item
THE love of Christ is not intended
to give us bondage, but liberty; not
a burden, but blessing"
Would that there were some medi
cine that could break the 'bondagc'
of newspaper men of such duplicity
and dishonesty; but we reckon 1T
will take something stronger than
sarsaparilla or even cough balsam.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
RIea.f kflfIe.
W4NAMAKER'S SUCCESS.

John Wanamaker, the successful
Philadelphia merchant, says that
during the 10 days previous to
Christmas his sales lowered about
500, 900 a day, SO that the grand
total for the 10 days was only few
dollars under million. He adds: Il
spend $4,000 a week In advertising,
and | pay a skilful mana former
newspaper editor, and a good one
$1,000 a month to do it for me.
make money by it Advertising IS
the leverage with which this store
has been raised up"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
VERMONT NEWS.

Eleven divorces were granted at
the last term of the Windsor county
court.
At the annual meeting of the New
England fire insurance company at
Rutland l.. w. Redington was elect
ed president.
Governor Dillingham; and staff
will leave for Washington, to attend
the Inauguration of Gen. Harrison,
on Thursday morning, Feb. %.
The town of Stowe has voted the
subsidy asked for by the Central
Vermont railroad to build railroad
from Waterbury to Stowe.
The First Unitarian society of
Hartford, CT, have extended a unan-
imous call to Rev. Perry Marshall of
Stowe, his term of service to begin
Feb. l.
Hon. Chas. ]. Brooks, a well-known
lawyer, shot himself dead through
the head in the toilet room of the
Quincy house, Boston, Sunday. 1t
is thought that poor health and the
loss of money in a hotel venture at
Stowe, caused the act.
A young fellow has been soliciting
lads" in Rutland for an alleged hotel
register which he said was being pub
lished in Syracuse, n. Y. He would
collect and receipt for the money and
promise to send copy of the lad"
as it was printed. The copy, of
course, never came, and on making
inquiries the merchants found that
they had been swindled. Parties in
other towns have also been victim
lied
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
EA ST HARDWICK

Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Bailey and
daughter are visiting in Cambridge,
Mass.
The cantata last week was a sue
cess and nearly SIS were realized
after paying the expenses.
On Monday and Tuesday of last
week G. L. Johnson ground $50 bush
els of grain in his mill
Caledonia Grange, No. 9, met at
c. ]. Bells the 18th inst. for bask-
ct dinner and installation of officers.
There was a full attendance, and a
good time was enjoyed.
F. S. Eastman, the jeweler, had a
watch come from Lawrence, Mass,
a few weeks ago to be repaired He
has also had work from Montpelier,
Barre, Lyndon, Barton Landing,
and good many other places Dur
ing 1888 he registered over 1000
watches having from 60 to 100 on
hand all the time. In two days last
week he put in II American main
springs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
RYEGATE.
The Old Mare Freaks Her

| The Old Mare Breaks Her Record.
That old family mare and pung are
| bound to create a sensation in this
usually quiet town. The pung has
been set aside since Christmas but
last Monday morning, as there was
little snow, the paterfa milias
thought he would take his butter to
the station in sleigh, and accord
ingly the old pung was once more
called into requisition. The butter
was carefully slowed away and he
started in high glee. He had pro-
runner struck stone or snag ofsome
kind. The pung turned up in an in
slant, threw the driver and one but
ter box out on the ground, and the
old mare started for the depot on her
own hook. They were a little late
starting but the old mare knew the
way and she was bound to be on
time. She came up with another
team also bound for the depot and
thought to run by but did not right
" estimate the distance and ran into
the team, clearing herself from the
pung, but was captured and hitched
to a friendly elm, where she quietly
waited for her master to come up.
The only damage was broken tug
and the butter too late for the train.
OfcOurse the girls are Jubilant.
Meetings of the Farmers Club.
The Farmers club held sociable
at the house of George Cochran last
week Wednesday evening About 60
were present and the evening was
spent very pleasantly indeed. The
Farmers club under the control of
the ladies met at the town hall Fri
day evening and the topic "Woman's
position in the Home" was freely dis
cussed by the ladies. The meeting
was opened with prayer by r. H
Gates, followed with appropriate
music by a quartette. The first paper
read was by Mrs. M. r. Gray, sub
ject, ITO what extent should the wife
know her husbands business" fol-
lowed by Mrs. w. n. Gilfillan on the
same subject. Very excellent papers
were read by Mrs. ]. M. Doe and
Mrs. K. H. Gates embracing the du-
ties and responsibility of the mother
in rearing a family, the duty of wives
to their husbands and husbands to !
their wives, also the tact required to
manage a husband in such a way |
that both parties carry their points |
and neither conscious of yielding any
thing. The exercises were inter
spersed with music. Mrs. ]. B. Mel
son presided with dignity, and at the
close spoke at some length upon the
position of the farmers
wife notwithstanding her many du-
ties and cares, and introducing the
suffrage question.
SOUTH RYEGATE.
New Granite Company.
The new granite company formed
ON the 1st of January by H. ].
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
EDITOR BLAKE HAS A RELA PsE.

Just about year ago Capt. @. Fl.
Blake of the Barton Monitor made
the following confession in his pa
per-
I'VE have been spending the past
week on our back resting-our stom-
ach, chiefly. The vexation and hard
drudgery on the country editor tell
more on the physical, oftentimes,
than on the BRAIN
We are sorry to record that the
Captain-the most genial of men
when in health-has had a relapse
That unreliable stomach" has gone
back on him again, and he works off
the bile this week in this way
"A Mutual Admiration Society has
been established in Orleans and Gale
dOnia counties, consisting of d. M.
Camp, David NJ. Camp, and the edi
tor of the Newport Express in the
one part, and {. M. Stone, Charles
NJ Stone, and the editor of the ST.
Johnsbury Caledonian on the other
part One whistles and the other
wags; one writes and the other re-
spends amen; one scratches and the
other returns the compliment; one
scolds and the other applauds; one
thinks himself the best man in the
wide world, and the other says, yes,
except me. The society is small, but
it makes up in selfpraise all it lacks
in numbers. Unfortunately it is SO
constituted that growth is impossi-
BILE"
A council of eminent physicians
who have been sitting on Editor
Blake report him better this morning
but not yet out of danger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
PEACH4M.

Mrs. Geo. Bigelow has been Sc
riously i'll with erysipelas.
wick" Brown arrived in town
Saturday, having left Dakota Tues
day. He is the same Wick"
First snow of the season sufficient
to make good sleighing fell on the
night of Jan. 20. The snow roller
promptly appeared and rolled it
down.
The young folks had a fair atten
dance at their concert Friday even
ing. The proceeds to be used for the
benefit of academy hall were about
500. The vocal and instrumental
music was fine and well appreciated.
kitty, my love, and t. was nicely
done. The cornet players received
the most vociferous encore, and
"Sweet Evelina" brought down the
house. The worst fault about the
concert was that it was too long.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
ST. TOHNSBURY EAST

The local correspondent of the Lit
Teton Journal ought to start a
branch of the society for the preven-
ton of cruelty to animals Listen to
his story: ION Thursday last when
the mail train was going west over
Moose River bridget overlook dog,
who on account of the precarious
footing could make but little head
way. The engineer Il wish l knew
him for he has got a soul) kindly
Stacked his train and gave the poor
fellow time to clear the bridge and
escape. Such a man is an ornament
to any place in life. 1t was but a
little thing, but the man carrying a
heart like his will be careful of human
lives as well as that of poor dumb
beast. Give him honor for honor is
his due.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Missionaries Massacred.

The Arabs have DESTROYED the Ger
man missionary station at Tugu, in
Zanzibar. A majority of the slaves
captured by the German man-of-war
Leipzig were lodged at the station
One missionary succeeded in escaping
from the Arabs, but eight others were
massacred. Three bodies, one of
them that of a woman, were found
mutilated in a barbarous manner
The Arabs carried off the servants
and slaves at the station. The
French missionary stations, especial
" those situated near Tugu, are in
imminent danger.
Three Accidents by Electric Wires.
A horse which was attached to a
milkwagon, while drinking from the
West streets, in New York city Mon
day, stepped on an electric-light wire
and was instantly killed. The wire
dangled from one of the series of wires
which run along West street, and
touched the ground directly in front
of the watering trough. A police
man saw a number of little BLUSH
white sparks appear with a cracking
sound directly under the animals
fore feet. The next morning the
horse fell over dead.
An electric wire on the sixth floor
of the Star Office on Broadway New
York, caused fire Monday morning
Richard Griffin was driving his
horse along Bushwick avenue, Brook
lyn, Sunday night, when an electric
wire was blown down on him The
shock was so severe that it knocked
him down, and it is feared he will be
paralyzed.
Gen. Paine has sold the yacht Vol
unteer and will build another one
next season.
An explosion of fre-damp Friday,
i'll Hyde colliery England, killed %
miners and entombed rs Others,
Dakota and Minnesota were visited
by a cold wave Friday, the mercury
ranging from % to AZ degrees below
zero.
A sad railroad accident near Elm
wood, Mich, on Saturday afternoon
resulted in the death of three persons.
One of them was Lieut.. Gov. Nc
Donald of Michigan.
The news from Samoa relative to
the outrages on the American flag by
German men-ofwar is confirmed by
later dispatches. The American
houses were shelled, and the stars
and stripes cut down and partially
burned. 1t is stated that the United
States man-of-war Vandalia has !
sailed from San Francisco for Samoa. |