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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
Tattooing the Body.

Tattooing is by no means confined to
the Polynesians, but this "dermal art" is
certainly carried by them to extent which
is unequaled by any other people. 1t
pervades all the principal groups of
islands, and is practiced by all classes,
though to greater extent by the Mar
ouesans and New Zealanders than any
other. By the vast number of them it is
adopted simply as personal ornament,
though there are some grounds for be-
lieving that tattoo may, In few cases
and to small extent, be looked upon as
a badge of mourning or o memento of q
departed friend. Like everything else
in Polynesia, its origin is related in le-
peud, which credits its invention to the
gods aud says it was first practiced by
the children OF Taaroa, their principal
deity.
The sons OF Taaroa and Apouvaru were
the gods of tattooing, and their images
were kept in the temples of those who
practiced the art as profession, aud to
them petitions are offered that the figures
might be handsome, attract attention and
otherwise accomplish the ends for which
they submitted themselves to this painful
operation. The coloring matter was the
charcoal of the candlenat mixed with oil,
and the instrument used was needle
made of fish-bone, and a thread which
was drawn through the skin, after which
puncturing the black coloring matter wa,
injected with instruments made for the
purpose. 10 show any signs of suffering
under the operation is looked upon as
disgraceful, and accordingly, in some Of
the islands, while the operation is going
on the young man undergoing it will lay
his head on the lap of his sister or some
young relation, while number of female
friends will keep up song, so as to
drown the murmuring which the torture
may draw from him inadvertently, and
that, therefore, he may not be demcaled
in the eyes of his countrymen who are
present as spcctators.--Chicdgo Herald.
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Bologna Sausages.

Bologna sausages of the best kind ar,
composed of bacon and pea flour, chief!
favored with garlic and cloves. And
when the bacon is old, but sound, sucl
sausages are both highly nutritious and
wholesome and possessed of excellent
keeping qualities, well adapted to theil
most extensive use by laborers, travellers
soldiers in camp and Others who have
not the means of cooking at hand. The!
rarely spoil, but being partaken of with
out cooking. there is some danger O
trichina-the more if the hogs from which
the bacon was made were fed on garbage
and the bacon was not well cured before
it was used.-SdmGritan.
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SUGGESTIONS AS TO SHEEP.

Several correspondents want to know
low would select 200 ewes that would
yield annually 1000 pounds of wool, writes
5alen Wilson to the New York Tribune.
would go to farmers in my own county
and find them. None would be for sale,
however, until after lambs are weaned
A farmer is sadly behind the times in
keeping sheep that shear only four
pounds. If they weigh over 100 pounds
each, better get pure blooded Dickin-
son or Black Top Merino ram that weighs
at least $50, and begin to breed up,
changing the ram in two years for one of
equal size and same strain of blood, but
of a different family. The third crop of
lambs would be what is desired. If,
however, the ewes weigh less than 100
clear them out and either purchase a
"lO-lb" flock at once, or get heavy ewes
that can be made to produce such by
judicious breeding. If one admires
sheep with Corrugated cuticle," he can
produce!a "ten pound" flock with wrinkly
rams. But whatever ram is used to
oreed up with, such as l have described
must be employed continually to keep
the flock up. In purchasing registered
sheep one should learn the rules of the
society of record and insist upon strict
compliance Herewith. For instance, I
know case where the rules of the soci-
ETY. say: Grams, to be eligible for rec
ord, must weigh at least $50 pounds. +"
A ram possessing the endorsement of this
society is sent out which weighs less
than $50. AS an advocate of the sheep
industry, l have feared that the depres-
sion in the cattle business would cause
SO many to go into sheep and wool pro-
duction as to depress this business also;
but recent Strengthening of the beef
market has caused general discussion of
the situation by stockmen and livestock
papers, and the tone of these is. "Stick
to your text, for the cattle business will
come out all right, and quite SOON" II
is probable that sheep will hold their
own for year at least, but not go higher,
although little advance in wool is ex-
pected.
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LOOK AHEAD

Youth Of bright eye and smooth white brow
80 happy and exultant now,
Viewing the brilliant sky above,
Thy bosom full of faith aud love-
Love on, hope ON, but still reflect
The staunchest ship is sometimes wrecked
Clouds win obscure the brightest sky,
Fancies most priced, take wing and fly
Weep not the past for that is dead
And for the future have no dread,
But look ahead!
Man OF mature years, full OF care. a.
With threads of silver in thy hair
Fretting thyself DER chances lost
Thy life-bark sadly tempest-tost--
Deem not thai you have lived in vain.
The chances lost may come again,
Up! up! and work be not cast down.
The somber clouds that on thee frown
May, ere another day has fed,
pisperse, and sunshine Danish dread
So look ahead
Decrepit pilgrim, nearly home,
Fear not the change that soon must come
All living walk toward the grave
God only takes tho life He gave,
Let thy thoughts dwell on things above
And rest content for God is Love,
Thon youth, young man, or pilgrim gray,
Remember, while We toll to-day,
The earth at last must be thy bed,
Strive not for dross-'tis best instead
To look ahead.
-Froaejs s. Smith. IN Nev York Weekly
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TAR WATER.

Insects seem to have their likes and
dislikes as well as human beings, and q
substance or odor that is agreeable to one
species may be very offensive, and even
destructive, to another. We have tried
various insecticides for the common green
cabbage-worm, but found none to work
as well as tar-water, and this does not in
anyway injure the cabbages, and all traces
Of the odor of tar are washed away by
the first shower, To make the tar-water,
put quart or two of common coal-tar
in an old tin or wooden pail and set it on
the bottom of barrel or other tight YES.
sci, then fill up with water. Lett stand
out in the sun for day or two, and the
water will become impregnated with the
odor of tar, and ready for use. Apply in
the evening, with watering pot with a
ine rose, in order to distribute the liquid
over the entire head of the cabbage.
When the water has been used, fill up the
barrel again, for two quarts of tar will
asst to make a number of barrels of tar.
water strong enough to kill the cabbage
worms. As there are several breeds Of
this cabbage pest, you may have to apply
The tar-water as each appears; but in dry
weather little extra watering of the
plants will prove very beneficial. -Ameri-
,an Agriculturist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
When the Birds Begin to Sing.

The green finch is the first to rise, and
sings as early as 1 80 on summer morn
ing. The thrush is audible about 4 :50.
The quail's whistling is heard in the
woods at aboutS o'clock The blackcap
turns up at 2:30 on summer morning.
By the blackbird makes the woods re-
sound with his melody. The house spar
row and tomitt come last in the list Of
early-rising birds. At short intervals
after 4:30 the voices of the robin and
wren are heard in the land. The lark
does not rise until after the chaffinch,
linnet, and number of other hedg ,-row
folks have been merrily piping for good
while.-Our Dumb animals.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
LONG 400.

once knew all the birds that cana
And nested in our orchard trees.
For every flower l had name
My friends were woodchucks, toads and
bees;
knew where thrlvsd In yonder glen
What plants would sooths a stone-bruised
toe
Oh, was very learned then,
But that was very long ago.
knew the spot upon the hill
Where checkerberries could be found,
knew the PUSHES near the null
Where pickerel lay that weighed poundi
knew the wood-the very tree
Where lived this poaching, sauoy crow.
And all the woods and crows knew mo
But that was very long ago.
And pining for the joys Of youth,
/ tread the old familiar spot
Only to learn this solemn truth;
have forgotten, am forgot.
Yet here's this youugster at my knee
Knows all the things used to know;
To think once was wise as he
But that was very long ago.
know it's folly to complain
or whatsoe'er the fates decree
Yet, were not wishes all In vain,
I tell you what my wish shouldbe:
I'd wish TO be a boy again.
Back with the friends used to know.
For I was, oh, 50 happy then
But that was very long ago.
Eugene Field, in Youths Companion.
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should be castrated before they are
weaued, and no setback in their growth
is then liable to result. Whether the
time OF year be cold or warm, the pigs
should always be furnished with dry,
comfortable quarters, under shelter, and
straw nest, Nothing goes further to
promote healthy and vigorous growth OF
bone aud muscle than free run on good
pasture. Yet this fact is still ignored by
thousands of farmers, especially in tine
older States.
But what we are most interested in is
to promote rapid growth on cheap
diet. There are very few dairy farmers
who utilize for their swine more than half
of the nutriment contained in the sour
milk, buttermilk and whey from their
dairy. This swil is generally fed in ir-
regular quantities; it is often given too
sour; it is poured into unclean troughs,
to be guzzled down with a certain
amount of filth; and it is not fed in con.
nection with solid food. All OF these
conditions rob the cheap and valuable
swill from the dairy of its real worth, and
pigs will gain very slowly upon it.
Waste milk and whey cost no immediate
outlay; if they are not utilized as pig
feed they will be thrown away. Do not
feed whey in excessive quantities; do
not feed it at all when it is very sour,
Buttermilk may be mixed with the whey
before feeding. A clear diet OF butter
milk has q tendency to make the pigs
costivc and retard their growth. Keep
all of this swill clean. Feed it in sweet,
wholesome trough, while fresh. If it
gets cold, throw it away rather that Of
fer it to hogs.
In connection with the dairy waste,
feed small quantity of either corn meal,
ground barley or ground peas. As to the
limit of the meal ration, regulate this by
the apparent thrift Of the animals; but a
very small quantity added to nutritious
swill is enough to make them develop as
fast as nature will allow. If they begin
to fatten diminish the grain and give
them a more extensive run. Remember
that hogs are grazing animals, so give
them bright hay in winter and the run of
clover yard in summer. BY all means
keep them out of the mire; allow no filth
holes to exist in their quarters. In sum-
mer furnish them with Thoughtful of
clean water at least once day. Starting
with spring pigs there is no reason why
farmers may not, at low cost, make of
them large shoats for fall fattening. A
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
PREVENTING SMUT OF OATS.

The important fact is announced in the
Journal Of NycOtogy for 1890, by Profs.
Kellerman and Swingle, of Manhattan,
KAN, that smut of oats can bo almost
wholly prevented by treating the seed,
before sowing, with hot water. The
method consists in subjec.ing the seed
for few minutes to the action of scald-
ing water; and, while it is found that
such treatment does not injure the vi
tality of the seed in the least, it readily
destroys the spores by means of which
the fungus is propogated. The Journal
will, states the New York World, be sent
free on application to the Secretary o!
Agriculture, Washington, d. @.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
DUCKS sHouLp nAyE snApr.

The duck is more thickly covered with
feathers than the hen, and is, therefore,
more subject to the effects of heat on very
warm days. They are sometimes affected
by sunstroke and die in few minutes.
Ducks have but few diseases, but they
will thrive only under proper conditions,
They must have some kind of shade in
summer to protect them from the direct
rays of the sun.-New York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A health resort-Quinine.


A summer complaint-It's too hot.
An aro,er f,.hea with ba;ted breath.
"s "'A
The saddest words OF tongue or pen,
Are these sad words; say LEND me ten.'
Recent for dropping eggs-Let 90 of
them.
A supreme court decision-Gettiny
married = WaIinotoa Star.
I;tt,o pert;e-..Does tho s,r TON vora,
Little Repiuald-ssNo. the father"
ar L.. ,,a ;do. r,,, o,. -,
,.;on,n ;.I nSod 20 ha h,,t ,o.nad
him Sso oncs -
.who wrote the .storv Of Hanson
cahs,n ct don;t know some bock
mr;,ar ;mar;nan
wor,d 70 G ,romnd that 4 makes so manv
" $500 81 s;adn pa.s
p'op.0
IL IL saio lnere are ihoie ways tnau ouo
W. e. f,;,,..os p;.,,.
q. :. :
Corn Is aa emoleh OF peace' ou.
never appreciated unti' II ge's Oh It's car
0"'s''""''V'' N''f
The mercury goes climbing up,
The sunshine slippeth down,
And every soul with cash In hand,
's.'"s'0" ''o,'
Most creatures are entireiy harmless
when they are asleep. but .ne motn
does the most miscnie' "nen - is 'SAins
nap.-f"c@' II
In scnooi-e1amlnation on mincrai-
ogy: Nv mere are oiamonos lounu III
the greatest aounoance' Az ene pawn
broker S. "-J"dge.
We don't suppose there ever was man
VINO dio NOT envy tne Ireeoom Win WHICH
barefooted BOY gets around on d rainy
day.-AtcHisom d'ooe.
"There's piles of money in our lamp
chimneys." ''Why, they break as soon
as you light the lamp iha' ~nere
the pfone comes H. -oosa''
~ see that a noted thief out west
swallowed valuable SHIRT stud to escape
detection" "Sort of diamond in the
rough, ehs"--An1ertcdn Grocer
Ye dealt in horses and cattle and feed.
And he'd heard l wanted a "muley.''
Sohe wrote: .'If a first-class mule YOU need,
Please don't forget yours truly"
Light.
"He is very original boy, that son of
tours. I think he is bound to rise in the
world" 81 don't know. It's hard
thing to get him to rise in the morning"
Bear.
A railroad across the desert OF Sahara
is projected. As it does not strike an
oasis throughout the whole distance it
will not be easy to water the stock
Boston Globe.
Wife-"What makes you so pale1"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
FAR,I AND GARDEN NOTES.

| lake III easy on Hot uiyS.
Thin out the pears early.
A steel rake for garden work.
Better grow berries than brambles.
The Langshaws are popular as fowls.
Side storing is out of date in most To-
calities.
1t is easy to run in old ruts, but it
costs too much.
If the soil is dry, cover seeds deeper
than when it is moist
Never forget that pigs in clover enjoy
themselves and grow.
Good queens are an important factor
in successful beekeeping.
The general-purpose fowl is unques.
tionably the most popular.
Beekeepers do not agree as to the de.
STABILITY of Carnolian bees.
Pigs like peas, and peas agree with
pigs. Grow a patch and try it.
Remember that the best time to cure
foul brood is during honey -fow.
The Oldest of the distinctive American
breeds is the American Dominique.
| The American breeds are priced be-
,cause they are general purpose fowls.
Remember that damp, cool cellar is
bad place in which to store comb
honey.
Save the heifer calves from your best
COWS. From them get your 'good cows"
by and by.
Hens that caunot drink whenever they
require it will not lay regularly, no mat
ter how well they are fed.
A half dozen coed cows are worth
dozen poor ones, and it takes as much
food and care to keep poor COW as it
does a good one.
There exists popular prejudics
against dark honey 1t commands lower
prices than does the clear amber and
white honey.
Too much stimulating food causes
over-egg production. The result from
such course will be poor matches, weak
chicks and inferior stock
The American standard of excellence
recognizes only three breeds Of American
origin-the Plymouth Rocks, Wyan.
dottes and old-fashioned Dominiques.
The honey records reported by num-
Der of enIerprising women prove that
Bookkeeping is an industry in which the
gentler sex may be eminentiy successful.
Do moi use scrub bull merely be.
cause your neighbor happens to have him
and charges nothing. bnt rather pay a
fair price for the use of good pure bred
| one.
Let cows have what nice hay they will
eat each morning before going to pasture
and keep up the grain feed, this will
help to supply the nourishment the grass
lacks.
Watering cows may be considered by
most people a simple matter, and SO it is,
provided there is an abundance of water
always in reach of the COW. How is it
on your farm!
Ruta-baga seed, being of an oily
nature, will keep over two or three years
without any serious injury, but it is well
to sow one-quarter more OF old seed; q
pound and half per acre, for instance.
If you want to save on your threshing
bill this year, cut up from the bundle all
the oats that you mean to feed your
mich cows. Doing this you can store
the oats without having mice or rats
work in them.
Cabbage will grow on reclaimed salt
marsh if the soil has been previously in
cultivation and has been MANFRED. The
wild nature Of the land must be first sub
dued by cultivation before any useful
crop can be grown upon it.
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WHY FARMERS OUGHT TO KEEP BEES

WHY FARMERS OUGHT TO KEEP BEES.
The fact that bees are pollen distribu-
;ors is sufficient reason why place
hould be made for them on every farm.
# kept for no other purpose than the ben
fit they do to growing crops and fruit
bearing trees and plants by spreading the
pollen among the blooms, these indus.
rious workers would be valuable ad-
unct. Testimony Is abundant and con-
elusive as to the desirable effects of bees
,pon grape-vines, fruit trees and fruit
bearing plants generally. Indeed, one
prominent apiarist goes so far as to insist
hat few hives of bees judiciously
placed will revive fruit farm from a
ION paying to profitable investment.
Field crops, scientists tell us and wide
wake farmers know from their own OBJ
'ervation, are greatly assisted by the
,oney-bee's manipulations. Indeed their
Influence is required for the perfect floral
fertilization of some of the cereal crops
md the meadow grasses. Where the
'armer is too busy to give his personal at
'ention to the production of honey it is
suggested that he purchase few hives
md turn these over to the care of his
wife and daughters. They will find the
,in-money accruing from the sale of the
honey convenient and pleasant return
lor the labor and time spent among the
bees. The outdoor occupation, too, will
prove a welcome and healthful change
rom indoor drudgery, which they can
;hen afford to hire done.-New York
World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
Fish Carried in a Tornado.

At Swayzee the other day the residents
were catching fish out of the pools and
puddles made by nights terrific rain.
Later, when the water sunk into the
ground, sunfish and sinners by the thou
sands strewed the ground. There is no
stream within four miles of Swayzee, aud
the theory is that these fish were caugh,
up by small tornado and deposited
where they were found.-Iadidaapoli,
(IHd.) Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26
Shamoy Leather.

Shamoy or wash leather, properly
channels leather, is so called because
originally and when of the best quality
it was made from the chamois or wild
goat inhabiting the Alps and Pyrenees.
1t is now made chiefly from the skin OF
deer, goats and sheep. 1t is essentially
distinguished from other kinds of leather
in being dressed with oil without salt,
alum or tan, and in the grain being taken
off. The skins are being brought to a
state of pelt by lining and washing. Tn,
buff color is impaired BY dipping int
gamboge, not to tan, but to dye then
Men York telegram.
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DiscoYerer of Afrieas Diamond Field.

O'Reilly an old man, who is said to
have been the first individual to unearth
diamonds at Kimberly, South Africa, i.
quite poor, and obliged to work for his
living. He was for many years trader
with the natives, and doing well, but the
rush to the fields, he says, ''ruined him. .
Since diamonds were discovered in South
Africa, over 800, 900, 900 are said to
have been exported.-Ner York 0bssr-
DER.
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The British Museum received one day
recently Chinese bank note issued from
the Imperial mint 800 years before the
first use of paper money in England.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26

There are 275o languages.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26

A marriage license is good until used
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-26

Ann so often to Owl Rock, whether she
went to watch for the return of her
lover, or merely to read and mediate,
promptly, as rule, at o'clock she
came back to the kitchen to prepare sup.
| per. But one afternoon, for the first
time, she was little late; and l was on
the point of starting out to call her, when
saw her coming through the garden,
attended by broad -shouldered, sturdy,
looking young fellow, whose rolling gait
at once revealed the fact that he was
sailor.
1t was easy to see that Ann was happy,
and suddenly made the discovery that
he was something more than pretty. In
place of her sun-bonnet she wore three
cornered handkerchief tied under hel
chin. The wind had roughened the hail
about her forehead, aud her cheeks seemed
to have caught their color from the red
glow in west. She carried her Bible in
her hand, and with her shining face she
looked ut the moment, in her prim dark
gown, like a sort of TRANSPORTED nun.
When they reached the doorstep the
young man said goodnight, and hurried
back to the beach.
"It's Jason, ma'am," Ann explained,
as she came into the house. 81 hadn't
seen him for most three years, an that's
what made me late. We used to BIZ
friends, she added, shyly.
Nearly every afternoon for the next
fortnight Jason joined her at Owl Rock
Evidently they found enough to tall
about, and sometimes the young man
who at five o'clock always came with he
up the garden path, fingered for fare
well word at the kitchen door.
Ann during these days went about hel
work with a preoccupied air.
''Did you ever think, ma'am," she
asked one morning, as she was busting
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-29
Ruins of u City In tho Sea.

A city at the bottom of the sea was
seen toward the end of November, near
Trepton, on the shores of the Baltic.
For a week or ten days powerful wind
had been blowing from the south and on
the day the wonderful sight was wit
messed, it amounted to little less than
hurricane. The waters were pushed
away from the shore in great mountains,
uncovering portion Of the ground usu-
ally hidden from sight by the waters It
was at this time that the ruins OF the city
of Regamuende, once hourishing COM
mercial center, but swallowed up by the
Baltic between Eve and six centuries
ago, was revealed to the startled watch
ers in the light house near the shore
The unusual spectacle was enjoyed for
only short time, when the storm abated
and the waves returned, and again hid
from view what had once been the abode
Of busy mon and women.-St. Louis Re-
public.