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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
Once Niagara Ran Dry.

It seems almost incredible, says writer
n Golden Days, that at one time in
It's history the greatest and most wonder.
Jul waterfall in the world actually ran
Try. Nevertheless it is an established
fact that this occurred on March 20,
lS4S, and for few hours scarcely any
water passed over Niagara Falls. To
thoroughly appreciate this astonishing
phenomenon it should be remembered
that the estimated average amount Of
water passing over these falls is SOP, SOC
tons per minute. The winter of that yeal
had been an exceptionally severe one,
and ice of an unusual thickness had
formed on Lake Erie. The warm spring
rains loosened this CONCEALED mass, and
on the day in question brisk east wind
drove the ice far up into the lake. Abou
sunset the wind suddenly veered around
and blew heavy gale from the west,
This naturally turned the ice in it
course, and bringing it down to tn,
mouth of the Niagara River, piled it w
In solid, impenetrable wall. So closely
was it packed and SO great was its forc'
that in short time the outlet to the lax,
was completely chokod up, and little o.
no water could possibly escape. In yer.
short space of time the water below thi
frozen barrier passed over the falls, anG
the next morning the people residing ii
the neighborhood were treated to a mos
extraordinary spectacle. The roaring
tumbling rapids above the falls were al
most obliterated, and nothing but tn
cold black rocks were visible in all direc
tons. The news quickly spread, an;
crowds of spectators focked to view tn
scene, the banks on each side of the rive
being lined with people during the who'll
day. At last there came break in tn
ice; it was released from its restraint, tn
wall of pent-up waters rushed forward
and Niagara was itself again.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Flat culture is better than hill cul-
ture, in dry weather.
1t is not necessary to wait till the 4th
of July before beginning haying.
Glover hay makes a capital feed to go
along with corn silage in winter.
A good grindstone will save horseaesh,
hay and time, if rightly used during
having.
Thousands of farmers are yet unappre.
ciative of the value of drainage to cold
and heavy soil.
Use horse power whenever possible in
handling hay; it costs less and is quicker
than hand power.
How is that moving machinel Are
the knives all rightl Are the bolts with
their nuts all in placea
A good road always adds value to the
real estate near it. In all road discussions
this should be remembered.
Farm work is rarely carried on with
the care, forethought and regard to little
things which business men show.
Many farmers forget that coal ashes
are excellent on heavy clay soils, not as
a fertilizer, but to make the soil light
and porous.
Small farms and better farming are
needs of the day. Many farmers would
make money by cultivating half of their
land on the intensive plan.
Grass allowed to ripen seed before cut.
ting has lost from one-third to one.half
its value as fodder, and the chances Of
getting second crop are less sure than
if cut early.
If you have large field of clover and
the weather is showery and Catching"
so that you find it hard to cure it into
good hay, try the silo; farmers tried it
last year with success.
If your barns will not hold all your
hay, and you are obliged to stack some
of it out of doors, build the stacks as
large as possible, and cover the top
with fresh cut slough grass.
The farmer who makes his soil deep
and rich with high culture and manure,
and whose cattle are sleek and gentle, is
the one who complains least about the
depression in agriculture. How are you
cultivating yours2
Some men like to cut their grass late
because it spends so much further! But
how do the cattle look in spring after
eating such hayl And how do their
milk and butter compare with that from
cows fed on early cut hay2
Tobacco smoke quickly contaminates
delicate fruit of all kinds. A few whiffs
blown upon box Of raspberries will en-
tirely destroy the delicate flavor and
render it unpalatable. The same in a
degree may be said of strawberries.
The Minnesota experiment station has
had excellent results in spraying native
plums with London purple to kill the
curculio, but cautions about Swinging
the trees until after the blossoms fall, so
as not to poison any bees in the vicinity.
Good ventilation at all times-by night
and by days highly essential to the
health of our poultry stock. Much of
the disease which the birds are afflicted
with from time to time may be traced
for its origin directly to neglect to
ventilate the fowl-house.
What folly it is in a farmer to buy ton
after ton of artificial fertilizers, and
waste tons of manure in his barnyard by
exposure and neglect! 1t is about as
wise as for the same man to spend as
much annually for tobacco as his taxes
cost, and them complain of hard times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
A Substitute For Cork.

One of the most remarkable produc.
of French ingenuity a. tae present tim,
is fibrous substance called cellulose
which, by some secres mechanical pro
cess, is obtained from the ordinary cocoa
nut husk. When compressed its speciii
gravity Is far less than that of cork-it i
claimed, indeed, that it is the lightes
solid known and, therefore, of pecu.ia
value for life belts and life mattresses
while in large quantities its bloyanc
would render a large vessel absolu.el
non-sinkable. 1t is adapted to the iiIlia.
of compartments in a ships side. in thi
way serving to prevent water e1.erin
through hole made b. a pro;ectile c
rock, for the simple reason tass the in
slant the water enters the cell.osc is eS
banded by it to an impene:rable ti5hi
uess.-Neu York Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
sYcAMoREs IN BLOOM.

Like flame wing'd harps the seed blooms lie
Amid the shadowy sycamores,
The music of each leaflets sigh
Thrills them continually,
The small harps of the sycemores.
Small birds innumerable find rest
And shelter midst the sycamores.
Their songs tof love in warm soft nesn
Are family echoed east an | west
BY the red harps o the syoamores,
The dewfall and the starshine mako
Amidst the shadowy sycamores
Sweet delicate strains; the gold beams shake
The leaves at morn, aud swift awake
The small harps OF the sycamores.
o sweet Earths music everywhere,
Though faint as in the sycamores;
Sweet when buds burst, birds pair:
Sweet when as thus there wave in the air
The red harps of the sycamores.
William Sharp, in Harper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
Utilizing the Harvest Moon.

Bright moonlight nights are taken ad-
vantage of by the harvesters, and thou
sands of acres of ripe wheat are gathered
into the binders arms or fall into the
header elevators in Barber County. On
most farms where moonlight is utilized,
the plan is to work two forces OF men
and teams, one in the day time and one
at night, though farmers with limited
help and few teams cut carly in the morn.
ing, late in the afternoon, and until mid
night and rest in the middle of the da.
when the sun is the hottest.
In this county, where the ground Is
level and free from stumps and rocks
night harvesting when the moon is bright
may be carried on as well in the day
time, and with much less inconvenience
to man aud beast.
1t is not every season that the middle
of harvest happens to be in the light oil
the moon, but this season was the for
tunatc exceptiOn.-B~ber County hder
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
THE Farm AND GARDEN.
, coon WAY no RAISE PLANTS.

A GOOD WAY TO RAISE PLANTS,
A good way to raise tomato or cab
rage plants, says Nebraska farmer, is
% take the cans (small sizel, hold over
he fire and unsolder the bottom and
idcs, then take a string and tic around
the can, then get u small box and set the
,ans in; now iii cans with dirt and put
iwo or three tomato seeds in each can.
When they come up pull up all but one
n each can. In the spring when ready
o set out, dig hole size of can, unite
itring and set dirt aud plant in the hole;
oack dirt around solid, In this way the
,laut will keep right on growing. Now
$ the time to SOW the seed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
WISE WORDS.
Few suffer unlimited insult.
Truth is a merciless iconoclast.


Truth is merciless iconoclast.
Alas! For those advanced in year
only. ... ..
Generosity serves others better than
itself.
People who are purse proud set the ex-
act mark of their intrinsic value.
Some persons have plenty of genuine
diamond ornaments, but only glass-bead
principles.
While the unhappy have still hope, the
prosperous tremble with fear. Such is
compensation.
Children and plants turn instinctively
toward the light. Let us emulate their
incipient wisdom!
Those who go hunting for trouble are
very poor sportsmen, though they gener-
ally bag the game.
You may suspect those persons who
boast of some special virtue Of having
secretly the opposite vice.
BY all that we circumscribe anticipa-
ton. we exalt fruition, the measure Of
which was never yet quite filled.
Grand thoughts, like orchard trees,
amount to nothing unless they blossom
and bear fruit. The fruit of thought is
action.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
A QUESTION ABOUT RAISING CREAM.

The question has been asked, Why
will not the cream rise in deep pals as
we'll, when kept in the air at a tempera-
:lre of forty-fve degrees, as in water at
The same temperaturel That it will not
10 rise is matter of fact, which surprises
some persons. The explanation is simple.
When pail of milk is set in cold water
it is cooled very rapidly, and in short
time the milk will be reduced to the low
temperature of the water. The change
Of density of the milk, produced by the
cold, causes the lighter cream, or the
butter globules, speaking more correctly,
to separate and rise to the surface very
quickly. If the milk be set in the air
at the same low temperature, it will cool
very slowly, because air is very slow
conductor of heat, and water very
quick one. Consequently the upward
motion of the cream is 50 slow and
weak that it cannot force its way through
:he depth of milk before change &C.
ours in the milk by which the motion of
the cream is stopped. Rapid cooling is
necessary for the rapid rising of the
standardization Agriculturist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
Many OF the substances usually o

Many OF the substances usually APP
piled for the purpose OF rendering fab
RIGS incombustible change the color of
the material or stiffcn it so much that
its usefulness is considerably impaired.
An easy and safe way of protecting cur
tains and mosquito netting against fire is
to steep them in a solution of phosphate
of ammonia, obtained by mixing pint
Of water with about three ounces of phos-
phate. The color and texture of the
fabric remains unaltered.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
How Opium is Got.

Opium is got by cutting the capsule of
the poppy flower, with a notched iron
instrument at sunrise; by the next NOR
ing drop of juice has oozed out. This
is scraped off by the grower, and after
he has vessel fun it is strained and
dried. 1t takes great many peoples to
make a pound of opium, and it goes
through number of processes before it
il re11y fy market.-Courier- ,IourHdl.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
coNvENrENoEs For HIHISa.

Bees will cluster on limb of a tree,
which can be either cut or sawed of, car
RED to a hive and the bees shook off,
which they will enter. But it is not
always poetry like this; there are other
contingencies that we must be prepared
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
Face and Figure.

See this check, Jones?"
Yes; for thousand, eh?-
Exactly; only l refer to the fine
lithogrsph work on it.
"Ohl admire its face less than its
fyure Chicago Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
MARBLES OR woURNILs IN CATTLE.


During the midsummer months, says
the American Agriculturist, there are
numerous inquiries about punches on cat
lie. These are caused by large fly,
called Osiris bowls, which attacks cattle,
pierces the skin and deposits its eggs in
the wound. In a short time q swelling
IS observed which causes a deposit of Sc
,retion from the irritation Of the grow
ing larva which has been Matched from
the egg deposited. These tumors or
punches may attain the size of a walnut,
and when there are several of them on
young and feeble animal they produce
good deal of irritation and fever. Usual
y nature sets up discharge through an
opening from which the insect is ex-
PEELED, and, it circumstances favor, it
soon develops wings and renews the
parental instinct of depositing its eggs in
living tissues whose temperature matches
The eggs and protects the insect. 1t is
therefore desirable to relieve our afflicted
cattle thus attacked by charging the
opening, and squeezing out the immature
insect, injecting oil into the opening, or
pulling out the grub by a small, sharp
hook. A crude carbolic mixture brushed
over the backs of cattle at the time of
the appearance Of the fly may protect
them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24

A careful expert estimates that from
$50, 900 to 200, 900 persons ride on the
ferryboats to aud from New York cit,
every working day of the wear.
The state herald., 1890-04-04
orRanlxatlon for tho rnir.

1t Is understood that steps will be
taken ut the county meeting Of the
Farmers Alliance to be held In this
city on tomorrow, TO fully organize
B", ,He ultcsi6ia ~ 'gn,Eeis " 7n-,Ie.i,n
ing the year 1890, Our farmer friends
cannot afford to make any mistake at
this critical stage of the game. Let
them remember that every industry
carried Oh in Phillips county must
take part In our fair to make II sue
cess. The different interests should
be represented In the selection of the
officers and directors Of the association
The dairyman may not be n farmer,
and yet his interests are identical
so far Ms tho success of the fair Is con-
cerned. and 10 II Is with the market
ga rdener. the stock man, the nursery
man, the mechanic and the business
man. But membership Of the board
OF directors or other stations In the gift
Of the association arc not favors to be
distributed, they are grave trusts to be
assumed. II means no little sacrifice
to the men really competent TO bear
the burden snd discharge the duties
incident tn the position. The farmer,
the dairyman, the gardener, tho stock
man, the nurseryman or tho man OF
any calling In life who consents to go
Oh the board Of directors. or serve ns
mn officer, will have 10 make 70 heavy
sncrllicc Of his personal interests
There must be no blinking this fact by
those who participate in the organiz,-
tion Oh tomorrow. The men most
suited TO the position will bc the lcns,
disposed 10 seek II. The STATE IIisi,-
AID desires the success Of onr count,
fair and appeals to the members OF tho
county Farmers Alliance IN their selec.
tlon Of tho officers and directors Of tho
county fair association to have MI In
tercsts represented and elect men suit
ed best for the several stations. Dt
this and success, glorious success
win he assured.
The state herald., 1890-04-04
BEACHNiLLE.

Special correspondence u tho HERALD.
lis time for April showers.
Quite wintersh the past few days.
Mary Peter Is in llolyoke for few weeks
May Nelson was tie guest OF Mary Pc.er
last Thursday.
Ike Saylor returned from Hall County,
Nebraska. last Friday.
School will be Feopeaed In Dist ~ next
Monday, with I. J. Close OF llolyoke as in
structor.
School will commence In the Pleasant
Hill district next Monday, under the charge
of Chas. Peter.
Wanted: A good surveyor, to survey a
road TO run northwest from this place En-
quirc Of w. 4. Mason or Il. j. Peter.
Rev. Anderson Borgan has moved upon
his homestead on s--ii, lie tells us that
he is expecting u large pension from Uncle
Sam, which he will use to improve his claim
Z. ID. Ellis of Central Kansas has moved
into the northwest part of this vicinity. Mr.
Ellis paid this county a visit last fall and
was so well pleased that he concluded to To-
ate here, hence the move.
While passing the claim Of John Ilage-
mans few days ago we notice that he
had about 30 acres Of spring wheat and 20
acres Of rye sown, all Of which Is growing
very line, and can be seen ai considerable
distance. Mr.. II. lives in the sand region,
so much Stunned few years ago.
OLD MIsEl,Y,
The state herald., 1890-04-04
CIiuIs.


Special correspondence to the HERALD
w. w. Ware goes to Denver to be gone a
few weeks.
Miss Eaton and Media Nelson were visiting
atJ. l.. Woods last Saturday.
What is the matter with our weather Proph
cts and when is 1t going to rain?
Mr.. Christ Westerburg has returned from
Omaha much improved in health.
Mr.. Hamilton is talking of sending his son
John to Nebraska to be doctored.
j. l.. Woods school closed last Friday in
Dist; No. n. Had spelling school in the
evening.
There was wedding aud keg of beer In
our neighborhood this last week. One by
one the Baches 20.
Catrina and Yac6b divesce was grand
success at the Frenchnan Valley Literary
last Tuesday night.
Those having windpumps have certainly
been blessed with plenty of wind II not
water In the last month.
HoMEsTEApER.
The state herald., 1890-04-04

Run,or has II shat u new josnslistlc
venture Is To be made nt our neigh
boring city Of Sterling, with Mr.. w.
8, jenkins a. Editor and Publisher.
Dr.. r. II. DemIng, u. d. 8. reached
Nolyoke on Tuesday Of this week and
may he found nt the Gordon house
untii Saturday evening, the 18th inst
where he will e prepared TO do all
classcs Of dental work. DR.. Demina
comes among US highly recommended
and II will bc well for those In need
NJ dental work to call and sec thu
Doctor at once.
FOR sALE-Onc yoke Of large oxen
we'll broken. ages nvo and six year
J. +. AND EIsSt)N
Sci soc o 7.i7
Go " Gilbert for your boofs. III
has MI HI nds Tor rent 3lu
We notice the scurrllous lnnguag
used IN the columns Of tho News thl
week only To say to our rcaders tba
i,gs do not grow on thistles In the joul
':stt,;,Asld my moro than shey d
l.
The state herald., 1890-04-04
JOHN CRATER.

The STATE HERALD has been favor
ed with advance copy Of the double
Easter Number Of the Youths Comp
anion. The pages are profusely illus
tratcd; and the stories are by favoritc
authors. Some Of the titles are "Num-
bcred with the Saints" by Mrs. Mary
Tappan Wright; "Gabricll's Easter
Hat by Mrs. Mary b. Williams:
''Onc of the Squircs Mornings by
Sara L. Crcshman; "Bim Hazlits
Luck" by Miss SophI Swift; humer-
ous story called "A Botanist's Predi-
eamcnts,' 'IIoly week In Peru by
Maria Louisa Wctmore, "Miss Bent's
Easter Eggs" by J. l.. Harbour, with
timely editorials, Poems, and Il spc-
cial page for the little ones.
The state herald., 1890-04-04
Correspondence.
FlDDLERs PEAK.

Special correspondence to the HERALD.
Misses Georgia and Gay Anderson are
quite sick with scarlet rash.
Mnlon Blystone of 6--4G was seen looking
over our timber last week.
Robt White moved to his homestead south
east Of llOlyokc last week.
Gee. COnkling and Ira Delay made flying
trip to Haiglcr and vicinity last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks, of North Platte,
Neb., were welcome visitors In this ncck-o-
the woods last week.
Robbie White, who was moved to llolyoke
last week for medical treatment, is report
ed recovering rapidly.
Nils Nelson has moved his family back on
the homestead md he Is going 10 look over
the sights Of Denver soon.
Ben Strickland of Emerson moved his
cattle, last Wednesday, TO the famous Por-
ter water holes, near Wray.
Miss. Alta Jackson, of Macon, III. arrived
in eastern Colo, last Saturday, and makes
another valuable addition to our society and
our list OF school "marms." Welcome a
hundred more.
The state herald., 1890-04-04
ohattlo m o1is age saio.

Notice Il hereby given that by ylriuc Of .
~ certain rhnttci mortgage dated fcp' SIN
isso, signed by John \. Nelson NJ guardian
of Frnnk A. y, johnson and given 70 secure
tn. payment of III. suin ~ slil % md Int
crest the conditions OF which morigHRc
bay. been broken md anid sum of money
nnd interest thereon has thereby become
due aud payable.
Now. therefore, We, the undersigned VIII
on saturday the isih iny of April ID lHp'
AT the hour ~ . o'clock, y N offer iorsnlc
ut public venduc TO ,nr highest bidder for
cash tho following property to'Niti
onc black horse ! yearr old, weight HOODS
ono hay mare years old weight i4Oop'
Ono roam brifcr years DID,
one hull cnif years old,
ohn key stone corppianter with chpoltrowrr
one set double bnrncs,
unr Kidd rod brcnilng plow
snid sui. viii bc held In front Of the i,al
oiIlen In ilolyokr Colorado.
q, ". EnicKsok. Cnnisr wr.rrnnrnu, T.. n
LAnsos ,nnd rnAh y. J3nsHos.
BucgLES's AFRICA SAL,E.
The bcs, salyc In the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Sal, Rhcun, fcyci
Sores. 1ciicr, Chnppcd Hands, CbllblaIns
corus, and nil skin Efupilons md pos
lively cuics Piles, or no pay required. II h
guaranteed 10 give perfect satisfaction, oi
money refunded, Price 70 ccnis per hos
rnr shlr hy city drug store.
The state herald., 1890-04-04

One of the most feasible plans vet
suggested for the furnishing of M
abundant supply of water in the bed
of tho Frcnchman river above, at and
below liolyoke is that of series of
dams constructed from the bed pan of
tile river to II hight of two or more feet
above the present bed of that stream.
II is known that there is an under
current of water in the Frenchmnu
fivor To-day, and if, by Il series of dams.
this flow Of water can be successfully
forced to its former height we say that
the outlay of money required for the
work will be'paid in the good results
sure to follow, one hundred fold or
more.
Would 1t not be well for our County
commissioners to look into the feast.
Di!ity of this work and the outlay re-
quired for its accomplishment and
then determine whether it be best to
undertake the work or not? With one
dam constructed others will surely
follow from private investment.
1t is known that both east and west
OF lolyoke. wells have been sunk to a
depth of from four to six feet and an
abundance of water obtained.-
The first water supply for onr City was
taken from box which yet stands in
the bed of the Frenchman river.
With these facts before us we repeat
the question, would it not be well for
our County Commissioners to look into
the feasibility Of this work and the
outlay required for its accomplishment?
The state herald., 1890-04-04


The Home Magazine, conducted by
Mrs. John A. Logan, for April, con-
tains the brightest sketch Of an April
poem that the spring sun will smile
upon.
Picture OF the Worlds Fair commit
tee. Empress Augusta-by Mrs. Lo-
gan. a Trip to Hebron-by Mrs.
Lane. ''Janet; A Story"-by Mrs.
Oliphant. Kings Daughters by Mary
Lowe Dickinson. The illustrated AT
ticle with finest views ever taken OF
Vice President Morton's Home. The
women's College, Mt Baltimore, illus
trated. Bright Bits from Bright Books
All about Marie Bashkirtseff; extracts
The little folks are remembered, and
a story Of Abraham Lincoln. the
White House and his boy Tad
Picture Of the woman "who went W
to the moon" 10 sweep the cobweb'
out Of the sky. Dining Room" viii
a seasoaable bill Of fare. The Paint
ing Of the Old Homesteadr-by AmbeI
Society Notes, A Short Story, and
host Of other good things. Don't fni
TO get the April number. The Maya
zine Is sent three months for ten cent
silver or stamps. Try II. Address
Tnx Bnopix PUBLISHING Co
| Washington, ID. G