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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
RAISING CABBAGE.

For very early cabbage the seed should
be sown in hotbeds, and the plants after
ward be hardened in cold frames and
+ransplanted to open ground as early as
7ible in the spring. The late fall and
WI. varieties may be sown about the
middls ". spring, and should be trans
planted W.. n about five inches high. It
is quite impo. ant that the long stems of
the plants be Sc deep. At the South cab
bage maybe sow n October and be trans
planted into cold frames to preserve in
the severest cold Of winter, and be set in
the open ground as soon as the season
will admit. 1t is quite good plain in
the North to raise few plants by sowing
the seed in a box of fine earth in Febru-
airy, suspending the box in a window,
then transplant as soon as the ground has
thawed out. In many portions of the
South full grown plants succeed without
winter protection.-Nea0 York World.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

We offer you ready made medicine
for Coughs, Bronchitis and other dis
eases of the Throat and Lungs. Like
other so-called Patent Medicines, it il
we'll advertised, and having merit it has
attained to wide sale. Call it "Nos-
trum" if you will, but believe us when
we say that at first it was compounded
after prescription by a regular physi-
clan, with no idea that it would ever go
on the market as proprietary medicine.
Why is it not just as good as though
costing fifty cents to dollar for pre-
scription and an equal sum to have it put
up at drug store2
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
WASTE MATTER IN FOOD,

Besides the volume of water, whole
some food-substances contain about the
same proportion of so-called waste mat
ter, i. e., the UNBEATABLE parts, like bone,
skin, parings, etc.; the Office of these
parts is to forward digestion, for food
too concentrated would be impossible
to digest. The woody fibre of vegetables,
the cores and skins of fruit, the bran of
cereals, are all waste substances, indis-
pensable to digestion; food containing a
good proportion of waste is called ''re-
laxing," like the various brown breads
and fresh fruit; such concentrated foods
as white bread, eggs, condensed milk,
dried fish and meat, are "constipating,"
that is, they interfere with the free &C.
ton of the digestive organs. Another
injury to these organs lies in the use of
much cold food; no substance can be di-
gested under temperature of at least
blood-heat, and either the heat of fire or
of the stomach must supply that tenn
perature. York Observer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Piano keys should be cleaned with a
sponge or soft rag dipped in alcohol.
A rent in a dress should be darned
with Rawlings of the material. If neat
~ done and properly pressed the darn
will never be noticed.
An ordinary cold should never be ne
elected. 1t may wear away, and then
again it may lead to bronchitis, pneu-
monia and consumption.
Fresh meat should never be left
wrapped up in paper, because paper is
great absorbent, and will soon extract all
the juices from the meat.
A large palette knife will be found an
Invaluable addition to the kitchen uten-
sis. The blade is so flexible hat it can
be put to thousand uses.
Cold tea or clear water should be used
in washing grained woodwork. To re-
move fnger-marks little fine soap can
be used. Ammonia destroys the varnish.
A good perfume for closets and
drawers, and one that will help to keep
the moths away, is made of.one ounce of
cedar, rhubarb and cloves. pulverized to-
gether. Put the powder between cot
ton and tie in bag.
Vegetable or fruit sandwiches are re-
commended as new delicacies for pic
MICS. The newest dainty sandwich is
made of nasturtium leaf, sprinkled with
little salt, and set between two round
slices of biscuit and butter.
Chemists say that potatoes should al
ways be boiled in their jackets, as there
are various elements detrimental to the
wholesomeness of the vegetable that are
absorbed by the skin, and that potatoes
that are peeled before boiling retain
some of these elements.
One of the many cures for earache Is
to mix well together ten drops of lauda-
mum, one-half grain sulphste of morphia
and one-half ounce of glycerine. Apiece
of cotton well saturated With this mix
ture should be inserted in the ear and re-
newed every fifteen minutes till the pain
ceases.
The digestibility of vegetables de-
ponds in great measure On the amount
of starch they contain To free this ele-
ment and have it thoroughly incorporate
itself with the other clements in the
vegetable a great amount oil heat is neces-
sary. HeDce It is that Ill vegetables
should be PIT down to cook in boiling
water.
Mothers and nurses will find the fol-
lowing carminative powder very valuable
when baby has the collie: Drop on half
an ounce of lump sugar five grains of oil
of aniseed and two of peppermint. Put
the sugar in mortar, add a dram of
magnesia and reduce to 8 fine powder.
A small quantity of this mixed with a
little water viii give almot instant re-
lief.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
BUYING POTATOES.

When the prudent housekeeper has
made her choice, she is wise if she orders
her potatoes directly from the grower,
thereby saving twenty to twenty-five
cents per bushel. If possible, crates
should be used to store them in; these
crates are made to hold a bushel, and
they can be taken to the grocer, who will
fill and return them; some farmers fur
nish them, charging their price extra.
The advantage is, that the potatoes are
not tumbled about and bruised, and that
they are convenient to handle, while an
occasional change of the position of the
crate in the cellar gives air On all sides
and retards the growth ofsprouts. In the
construction of these crates, four posts
one inch square form the foundation, and
to them are nailed strips of lath seventeen
inches in length, forming an interior
sixteen inches square.-S. Louis Star
Sayings.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

FITS stopped free by Dr. KLISE's GREAT
NERVE REsroRER. No Fits after first days
use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and - trial
bottle free. DIR. Kline. g3l Arch ST. Phila., Pa
, Beecham's Pills act like magic on Weak
Stomach.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Whoever depends upon the public for
a market must consult the wants of the
public.
Don't let the rays of the hot sun fall
directly on your bee-hives. Provide
some sort of shade.
1t is against the dignity of the cow
and the profit of her owner for her to go
faster than walk
The Jersey COW appears to be favor
tie with the ladies, and several ladies
own herds of them.
Let no man be able to say that he ex-
GELS you as farmer. Use your brain as
we'll as your hands.
During the hot weather all hides and
skins should be sprinkled with salt be-
fore they are folded.
Every wire fence ought to have top
| board or some other signal besides the
posts, especially where horses rum.
Anything you do to improve your
farm improves yourself and helps to roll
on the wheels of progress generally.
A board hung over the face of vicious
bull will do good deal to check the
exercise of his ferocious propensities.
A pear or an apple orchard planted in
grass, kept in grass, starved by grass, viii
Ego to grass" speedily, and ought to,
otherwise it encourages shiftlessness.
To thicken up bed of coleus or gerani
ums, pinch them back. Do not take of
the ends of branches, but simply pinch
out the tiny leaves and center of each
| shoot.
A good cheap evaporation, that will use
the extra heat of the kitchen stove to dry
fruit that would otherwise be wasted,
will add luxury and health to next
winters bill of fare.
Burn nothing that can be rotted By
blowing it down or burying it in the ma
nure pile. One exception to this-weeda
that have seeds mature enough to grow.
Burn them root and branch.
Keep cheerful spirit, stop all wastes,
study the possibilities of your family and
the demand of your market, and take
courage for we must make the best of
the times that are here if we are to sue
coed.
Better farming is to be secured by more
intelligent effort on the part of the in
dividual. Better laws can be had only
through the organized efforts of the pro-
ducers at the caucuses, conventions and
polls.
Break up the surface of the orchard
with the harrow and SOW buckwheat. It
shades the ground, keeps it moist aud
cool and permits the tree roots to feed
near the surface. It is something of a
protection against drouth.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
It was Ben Johnson, we I

It was Ben Johnson, we be-
lieve, who, when asked NAL
locks question, as life worth
living :" replied THAT de-
ponds on the Ao'er." And Ben
Johnson doubtless saw the
double point to the pun.
The liver active-quick-
life rosy, everything bright,
mountains of trouble melt like
mountains of snow.
The liver sluggish-life dull,
everything blue, molehills of
worry rise into mountains of
anxiety, and as a result sick
headache, dizziness, constipa-
ton.
Two ways are open. Cure
permanently, or relieve tenn
porarily. Take pill and suf-
fer, or take a pill and get we'll.
Shock the system by an over
dose, or coax it by a mild,
pleasant way.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are the mild means. They
work effectively, without pain,
and leave the system strong,
One, little, sugar coated pei
let is enough, although a
whole vial costs but rs cents.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
EASIEST WAY TO CLEAN SHOES.

It is not generally known that the
easiest way to clean shoes or rubber
ouershoes which have become muddy is
with vaseline A little ''swab" of flannel
on the end of stick is good for this
purpose. Even If the vaseline touches
the hands, it forms q coating over them
SO that the task is not so unpleasant as
Ii otherwise would be. Such dressing
as this il sufficient for some fine kid
shoes, but others may need a coat of
polish. If the polish is put on after q
coat of vaseline, it is not liable to crack
the leather aud it lasts much longer.
Rubber overshoes, especially, look much
better and last much longer if cleaned in
this way than if they are washed in
water.-Neao York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
FARM AND GARDEN.
TO TELL THE AGE OF SHEEP.

"a sleeps age is known by its front
teeth. At one year old the middle two
front first teeth drop out and permanent
large teeth take their place; at two years
one tooth on each side Of these is changed |;
near three years two more permanent
teeth appear, and before the sheep is
four years old all the eight permanent
front teeth are in place. In some of the
high-bred sheep maturity occurs In this
respect some months earlier, but one may
be safe about the age of young sheep
if there are only six large front teeth,
with one small one on each side of them.
After four years the age is only guessed
at by the wear of the teeth. Sharp, clean
front teeth indicate from four to six
years; discolored and dull teeth show the
sheep to be old.-NeU York Times.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

to the rising of the fats, but afterward
they take on substance, begin TO coat
the fat globules and make them heavier,
and that means less power to rise.
Is there any method we can devise to
prevent this2 The centrifugal Is Its
most perfect preventive, but as few have
this somewhat costly machine, less ex'
pensive methods need to be sought. Two
methods are yet at hand. Filling can
eight inches in diameter and eighteen
inches deep with milk just drawn, and
setting this can, so filed, in water at
forty-three degrees, and maintaining the
temperature at that point, is one excel
lent way; but for those who have nc
creaner, and must perforce use the open
pan system, their way is to dilute this
fresh drawn milk with water at one
hundred degrees, to the extent of one
quart of water to four of milk, and set
away in temperature Of ffty-seven to
sixty-two degrees. The idea in both
cases is to retard the formation of Wis
costly, or the appearing of the elements
in milk not fat. Quick cooling to forty
three degrees, and diluting with water.
one fourth, practically have the same
result.
No one should disturb pan or can OF
milk when once the temperature has be-
gun to fall. The fats seem to follow
each other to the surface in little indie
pendent currents or lines, attracting the
fats from each side Of this perpendicular
column, though they are very close to-
gether. Now if we disturb the pan OF
| can we throw these little currents of per.
pendicular rising cream out of line, and
they may not reach the surface. There
is economy also in keeping cans of milk
sealed by some method during muggy
weather and thunder storms. Not that
thunder sours milk; but that the milk,
unprotected, sours much sooner during
such weather is due to the increased
number of germs floating in the air al
such times; hot, moist atmosphere
| being most congenial to their multiplied.
ton, and the milk gets its full share OF
the increase. No gain in cream-rising
can be expected by any chemical change
to the milk, as all such tend to increased
viscosity, which means increased diff
Guilty in the upward movement.
Another matter, especially in the win
ter, often causes much greater expendi.
ture of labor in churning, and that is
" slowness" of cream in coming. This
can almost always be helped by adding
quart of water at sixty-four degrees, in
which teaspoonful of salt has been dis
solved, to each four quarts of cream,
when ready to start the churn. A letter
before me says: 'By this plan I now
churn in twenty minutes, when it took
me three hours before tried the plan
you suggested" The butter comes with
granulation that is especially fine; it
all seems to come at once, and is quickly
freed from the buttermilk, and leaves the
butter, when washed, in the fsh-egg
form so much admired. Agri-
caslturist.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
LIME AND ASHES FOR FRUIT TREES.

1t is a well known fact that the differ
ent varieties of fruit trees do not bloom
and ripen their fruit in all parts of this
climate is usually held responsible for
this. Fruit growers of the Middle States,
upon hearing of the good quality of a
certain variety of fruit grown in another
part of the country, have often sent off
for and planted it. If the result failed to
correspond to the time and labor be-
slowed upon it the planter at once
jumped at the conclusion that the eli
mate is not favorable, or that the origin
ator is fraud. This, however, is great
mistake in many cases. Had the soil
upon which this particular fruit done so
we'll been thoroughly examined, both as
to its composure ami composition, and
had the knowledge thus gained been
brought to practical use, different re-
suit would have followed. / believe that
the soil, as whole, has more influence
over the growth of plants and trees than
the climate itself. The latter does all in
the way of fastening or retarding the
ripening of the fruit, but the former
certainly influences greatly the life and
progress of the tree, inasmuch as it gives
or wlthholds the nourishment. Hence
the value of special manure is evil
denced.
Lime and its phosphates constitute the
main ingredients of all fertilizers for
fruit trees, and many old and worn out
orchards have been made young by
judicious application of lime, ashes, etc.
In nine cases out of every ten, where a
certain variety of fruit which had always
done we'll suddenly refused to bloom and
bear, the cause will be found in the lack
of these necessary mineral substances. A
liberal application of wood ashes, or
wood ashes and lime, will, in nearly all
such cases, again bring the trees to their
former healthy, bearing state. Analysis
of the composition of ground for
orchards have in the last few years con-
WINGED many that very much heretofore
accredited to the climate was simply
caused by the absence of these necessary
inorganic and mineral substances of the
soil. This being the case let us draw
lesson from the above. e., in getting
plants, trees, etc., from other parts, let
US demand correct analysis OF the soil
upon which that fruit attained its high
est perfection. Thus we could plant them
IN the same kind of soil and suffer far
less disappointment in the result. MUIR
serymen would soon become accustomed
to this new order of things, and COM
plants over failures of extra good sorts
of fruit would become exceptions where
they are now the rule.-Miami Tallev
Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
Gratifying TO All.

The high position attained and the universe
acceptance and approval Of the pleasant liquid
fruit remedy. Syrup of Figs, as the most excel
lent laxative known, illustrate the value Of
the qualities on which its success Is based and
are abundantly gratifying to the California
Fig Syrup Company.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12
SYS U-35
What EVERYBODY SAYS
That Or. Tobias Venetian
Liniment is the greatest
pain reIiever in the world,
while for stin0s Of insects
and MOSQUITO bites II 10
infallible.

Truth, and nothing but the truth An drugHistI
Price Is and so cents Depot, 20 Murray So, y. Y.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

THE SMALL DETAILS IN BUTTER MAKING.
There are many little details about the
handling and care of milk which cor
rect understanding and proper manage
ment by dairymen would go very far to-
ward making the business more profitable,
aad also greatly economic labor. These
small items may, in the aggregate, about
equal a "great discovery" and may,
possibly, when conjoined with the latter,
make even this more valuable. Too
many fail to understand the characteristics
of milk, and its handling. To them
milk is milk, whether warm or cool. in
good air or bad, set to cream in a pail or
fat pan. Too few understand that the
other elements in milk aside from fat
have much to do in preventing success
full cream.-rising. This last lack of
knowledge costs the average butter
maker, if we are to believe our own ewes.
and chemists reports, not less than
twelve to twenty ounces of butter for
each one hundred pounds of milk. The
sugar, albumen, and cheese in milk.
which, at the time of milking, at ninety
SIX degrees of temperature, are all in a
mud state, and offer very little resistance
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

Why not SIRE y7tfr clothes, By using the best
puresf, mist economical soap. Dobbins's Elec-
trio. Made ever since 1854 Try IL once you
will use IL dIsrsflE Your grocer keeps IL or VIII
get it. Look for the name. DohbfEs-
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

TIE Chinese and Japaless have no FIRE ap-
paratus beyond q water pail
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1890-09-12

Rev. II. P. Carson. Scotland, Oak says
1.-TWO bottles Of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
Il cured my little girl" Sold by Druggists,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

gram where one performer only ap-
pears, as in the case of an evening Of
miscellaneous readings, although ap-
Plause should be given, what we have
said in regard to incidental numbers
may not apply, as the reader may
know that his program as arranged
is ample for the wants of all, and he
knows that he has the whole thing
in his own hands. | have written
this article because l think my expe-
rience and observation have been
sufficient to show me what people of
culture in our large cities consider
correct, and what artists themselves
expect. | cannot see why the same
opinions should not obtain every
where. With me they will continue
so long as it seems proper, and that
will be as long asprograms are made
up as at present. Perhaps it may be
well to add that l have conversed
with not a few artists of note upon
this subject, and have found no diff
ference of opinion among them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
THE FRATERNITIES.
Good TenD1arS.

At the session of the grand lodge
of Good Templars in Roxbury last
week the following officers were
elected: Grand chief templar, c. H.
Hayden, Essex; grand councillor, A.
L. Aldrich, East Burke; grand vice
templar, Mrs. S. A. Case, Rutland !;
grand secretary, c. D. Edgerton,
Mortified; grand treasurer, R. A.
Hatch, Strafford; grand superin-
tendent Juvenile Templars, Mrs.
Susan V. Avery, Burlington; grand
auditor, A. A. Niles, Morrisville;
grand representatives to the right
worthy grand lodge at Edinburgh,
Scotland, May, 1891, ]. c. Leslie,
St. Adams, and Rev O. D. Clapp,
Marshheld, with alternates, w. H.
S. Whitcomb, Burlington, and
George w. Beeman, Swanton.
Among the appointed officers is c.
w. Staples of Lyndonville, assistant
grand secretary. The district
deputy for this district is l.. w.
Greene of West Burke.
The Woman's Relief Corps gives a
cranberry party in Grand Army hall
tonight Refreshments will be fol-
lowed by novel literary and musi
cal entertainment. The Corps holds
its regular meeting at $50 tonight.
Mystic star chapter, o. E. s., hold
a social meeting and entertainment
next Tuesday evening. This is the
first social meeting of the season and
a collation. will be served.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
THE QUESTION OF APPLAUSE.

EDITOR OF THE CALEDONIAN:
Apropos to the commencement of
the lecture course, it seems fitting for
some one to say a few words upon
the subject of applause at public en-
tertainments. There is but one way
to approach the subject, and that is
from the standpoint OF an artist All
singers, musicians, readers, etc,
down for one, two, or not more than
three numbers on program, always
expect to give more, provided what
they have arranged to give is sutfi
GENTLY appreciated to warrant their
doing so, and they always depend
upon applause and nothing else to
guide them in the matter COnse
quently selections are composed &C.
pecially for answers to recalls-gen-
orally too short for a principal num-
Der, but often affording as much
pleasure or more than the principals.
All artists can readily distinguish be-
tween hearty applause and mere
noise, and such do not respond to the
latter. But as long as artists of the
very highest grade expect apprecia-
| ton to be shown in the manner that
is usual to me it seems impolite not
to conform to the custom. At the
opening concert last fall, one of the
finest performers in his line gave a
most delightful solo. which was ap-
preciated by many, if not by the ma
jority. Those who really enjoyed it
would have been pleased to hear an
other, but received the selection al
most in silence At the close of the
concert the leader said to the writer
Had that number received an encore
the audience would have heard some
thing wonderful" Some may ask
why did he not give his best first
One answer is because the very ele-
ments that make some artists great
prevent their doing their best work
until they know that it will be APP
preciated.
Now, in the city of Boston, at con
certs where are gathered people of as
much culture, refinement and knowl-
edge of propriety ascan be assembled
anywhere in the country, men and
women alike show their appreciation
In the manner most acceptable to the
performers; a manner that brings
out the very best that the performers
are capable of. In regard to pro