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The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
now 70 SALT STOCK.

Experience has proved, and many
farmers have acknowledged, that to force
salt upon ANIMALS is to commit 8 fault OF
which we have often reason to regret the
effects. In the distribution Of salt, we
leave the cattle to themselves and their
own Judgment as to quantity, and they
have never deceived us.
We simply place in the manger and at
the door OF each Of them a lump of rock
salt, which contains, mixed With common
kitchen salt, suitable proportions of soda
(Glauber saltl and sulphate of magnesia
Epson SALTY, substances digestive and
slightly laxative, and very favorable to
the functions of the stomach and very
important for ruminants. When an AMI
NAL feels the effects of indigestion pain.
full he ticks at discretion his nlorsel OF
salt, and recurs to this means of relief
every time he feels the need oft. have
very often seen animals whose digestion
operated painfully rise, lick the salt for q
time, longer or shorter, according to the
need they feel, and surely guided BY their
Instinct, then lie down and again risa,
lick the salt again aud so continue till the
rumination takes place again, and thus to
administer themselves the remedy for the
disorder.
The good effects of this mode of distri-
buting salt to the animals have been
proven to us many years ago in a manner
which has led US to attach still more i'm.
portance to IL. In consequence of the in
| undation of the mines from whence the
salt is procured that we make use of,
they have been deprived of it for soma
time; and every week WI have had to
treat some Of them for disordered diges-
ton, Of which the least consequences
| were the loss Of the labor of the oxen, of
milk of the cows, and their falling away
In condition. But as soon as We have
been enabled to give them this condi-
naent, the indigestion has been removed.
In the absence of rock salt, We could al
ways incorporate with the rock salt EN-
pIoyed sulphate of soda crystalized
| (Glaubsr salt, and which is sold at q low
price. and which all salts contain IN the
proportion OF from three to four per cent.
VIZ consider it to be the best reactive,
and perhaps the only one agalnst the IN
convenience of an excessive consumption
Of saIt.-MarE Loas (Eagaa1 Egprsss.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
RE A AND GARDEN.
UTILIZING OLD CHARCOAL AID AsHE,

UTILIZING OLD CHARCOAL AED SHES.
The best use to make of the refuse
materials left in burning charcoal is to
haul out and spread it upon land for a
fertilizer. The small pieces of charcoal
will absorb ammonia and moisture during
rains and release them for the use OF
plants in o dry time, while the potash in
the ashes is an excellent and valuable
fertilizer for all kinds of crops. Wood
alcohol, pyroligneous acid, and similar
products in the distillation of wood arc
not obtained from charcoal, but from the
freshly cut timber. You could leach the
ashes, but the potash obtained therefron
would scarcely pay you for the cost of
erecting the necessary vats.-Nee York
San.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
4hro.,sho,t this country and the Old

throughout this country and the old
World. The injury resulting from Its
attack varies from a traction of one per
cent. to more than half OF the crop. TX
n~erimenters differ In their opinions as to
its b~armfulness when eaten by cattle, prt
II is certain that il is not an active poison.
The black powder Of the smut eonsSsts
Of the spores, which are simple, seed
like, reproductive bodies. These repFo~
duce smut much as seeds reproduce pr
dinary plants. Smut spores may grow
in manure and liquids in the barnyard
for an indefinite period. The smut enters
the corn when it is very young, pene'
tratiug the soft tissues of the lowest
Joints and root Of the plant. smut
does not pass from plant to plant IN the
cornfeld. Outward applications to the
affected corn plant will do no good, for
the fungus is inside, and no application
will reach it. Great care should be taken
to keep the ground from becoming TILED
with spores. By a rotation Of crops the
increase of smut may be prevented. Do
nestle animals should not be allowed to
eat the smut IN the Heiu, LOT tney VIII
distribute the spores in their d%roppings.
Care should be taken not to contarninate
yard manure with the spores. Infected
stalks should be removed from the held
before the smut balls open, and then be
carefully destroyed. Plant none but seed
that is perfectly free from smut spores.
The spores adhering to seed corr may be
killed by immersion in o strong solution
of blue vitriol. In a general way the
proportion may be given as follows, viz.
Use as many pounds of blue vitriol as gal.
Ions OF water. The immersion should
not last longer than fifteen or twenty
minutes. Il the wet corn is placed upon
sloping boards the liquid may be drained
off and used over again a number OF
times Courier. journal.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15


Professor Jacob Grimm, the author Of
he most learned German grammar and,
Jointly with his brother, the best Ger
man dictionary, says; s'Among oil the
modern languages non has, By giving
up and confounding all the laws of
sound, and BY cutting off nearly all the
infections, acquired greater strength and
gigor than the English, It's %fullness Of
free middle sounds, which cannot be
taught, but only learned, is the cause Of
III essential force Of expression such as
perhaps never stood at the command of
any ether language of men,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
REAsrHoRouaH As you cAr.

BE As THOROUGH AS YOU CAN
Whatsose r you ind ts do,
Do it, boys, with all your might
Never be & little true,
Or a little in tae right.
TriHes even
Lead to heaven,
Trifes make the life Of man,
So in all things,
Great or small things.
Be as thorough as you can.
Let no speek that surface DIM
Spotless truth and honor bright
Id not give q fig for him
Who says any lie Is whitel
He who falters,
Twists OF alters
Little atoms when We speak,
May deceive me;
But believe me,
To himself he is a sneak
Help the weak if you are strong,
Love the old If you are young,
Own a fault il you are wrong,
II you're angry hold your tongue.
In each duty
Lies a beauty.
If yonr eyes you do not shut
Just as surely
And securely
AS the kernel in a mutt
Love with all your heart and soul,
Love with eye and ear and touch;
That's the moral of the whole,
You a never love too muchi
IT'S the glory
OF the story
In cur babyhood begun;
Our hearts without it,
Never doubt it,
Are the worlds without q suna .
If you think a word will please,
Say If, If it is but true;
may give delight with ease,
When no act is asked from you.
Words may often
soothe and soften,
Gid a JOY or heal a pain;
They are treasures
Yielding pleasures
1T is wicked to retain.
Whatsoe'er you find to do,
Do il, then, with all your might;
Let your prayers be strong and true.
Prayer, my lads, viii keep you right.
Prayer in all things,
Great and small things
Like a Christian gentleman;
And forever,
Now or never,
Be as thorough as you car,
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Oats are excellent for young pigs.
Keep tomatoes trained to trellises.
How about building Q cheap silog
For the silo-corn too late to ripen.
Secure some clover hay for the colts.
leased colts often make vicious horses.
Always use a sprinkler to water plants
Don't let suckers crowd out spring
gratis.
: Secure superior seed wheat for fall
sowing. .
There is pork in grass as well as beet
and mutton.
Keep your eyes open for the comforts
of your horse.
When you buy farm machinery, buy
the best-and take care Of it.
There are said to be fifty failure TO one
success in the poultry business. .
Thoroughly air-dried shelled cor con-
tains about eleven per cent of water,
Begin to Gull out the best pigs, both
sows and bears, for breeding purposes.
There are but few horses that are not
tractable and docile if they are treated
properly.
Do not expect any farm animal to
.tnick up its living and put much meat
upon it's bones.
If you have any old sheep-scrrb hogs
or improbable cows-get them ready Tor
tho butcher as soon as possible.
If the pastures in which the colts are
kent get short this dry weather use bran
and oats to make up the shortage.
As soon as an animal is matured it
ceases to be profitable to keep, unless it
il . work animal and possibly sheep.
A frequent change of pasture for
sheep, say every week or ten days,is con
duciye to thrift, and should be regularly
attended to.
Prices for good horses are high enough
to encourage breeders. There appears
to be no immediate danger of over-pro.
duction in this line.
It costs less to produce q pound OF
lamb than a pound of mutton. A pound
of lamb sells for more than a pound OF
mutton. See the points
In dry weather sheep will crop q good
| pasture too close, but at such times they
will Darcely allow shoots OF blackberry
bushes. branbles or brush to show hems
selves in the pasture.
Education does more for a poor farm
er than fertilizers. It grows better
crops and breeds better stock. What
many a poor farm, with its scrawny cat
| tie and foul acres, wants is . happy ap-
plication Of brain.
Horses chew no cuds, but cattle have
stomachs Csspaunches'') which they use
rs storehouses for storing cold vituals,
and then remasticate them between
times at their leisure. For this reason,
horses need feeding oftener than cattle.
Some farmers consider certain marks
In a COW as indicating her quality a q
mixer, but q far better guide is.to
weigh her milk regularly. That tells
the story without any CROSSWORD, and
tells exactly what every ataer ought e
| know.
The Michigan Farmer says: uWhsr
you kick q COW just pau1s and think
that you are kicking dollars out Of you
pocket; and when you pound her with
i The milk stool that you are robblns
your wife and children of the necessa.
.sies, and you probably won't do it.
! Cooperative creameries are of great
benefit to dull, backward, unenterpris-
i ing neighborhoods. Il infuses life and
thought into them, and sociability u
some extent. Il incites to greater care
of live stock and also to keeping NOR
stock. Il relieves women Of . vast dea
of drudgery.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15

The Empress Of Russia. who, as the
Princess Dagmar, was n of the royal
beauties Of Europe, is now so thin and
haggard that the friends who have not
seen her in half a dozen years do not rec
agnize her. Since her accession she has
lived in continued terror of assassina-
ton, either for herself OF for her hus-
band and son; or in still nor grim COM
partnership of the fear that his conscious
ness of perpetual danger would unsettle
the Emperor's wits.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
ToR SALE
4 OWN 1 ROPERTY = OK -

"a CENTRALLY 10 ated and deslIao.s
-nusiness stand on Main street, 0pelotsass
cSneiasang Of building suitable far Isssass4 q
and small store, bel & the propeIss soiJ
The po4oElce. This property W1a IS 1900
wery cheap tol cash ii bat case aaa eas Msa
s. Tsrras u suit purchaser. Appiy Y sAe
annxd vi NupsA
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15

The bodies of twenty-one persons who
wcte drowned during the foods in Ger
many have been found floating in the
Elbe.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15

sixty-fve years ago Einmons Ridge
vas arrested in Hartford, Conn.,, for
selling ice, as the doctors had decided
that it was unwhalesomes
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15

The railway mileage of the United
States and Canada exceeds 10000
miles.
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
OPEIOUSAS
Female Institute
oPELousAs, ST. LANDRY PARISH, Ia.

This Institutions undenomiuatinnal, prac-
tical and progressive. Discipline firm and
based on sound PRINCIPLES enn~ohling.and de-
veloping character. Honor and self respect
promoted. Methods Of training and culturs
thorough. I g curriculum prepares the
nnnil for University or practical life. Ger.
s~ificates and Diplomas cont lred. Bull iings
comfortable and comm odinus. Patronage
solicited. For further partic lars apply To
MRS. N. IL. HAYES, Principal
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vaay aiairIs
The Opelousas courier., 1890-11-15
aaK q MUS con water q put them

$50 VA lawn WIN NASSS ~
H.
Kate Blessington went slowly across
the wide hall, where the two-hundred.
year old Antwerp clock licked like the
fall of ghostly footsteps. At the same
moment, Charley Daggett came In; Q
tall. sunburned Apollo, with dark,
sparkling eyes and q rich, brown com.
plexion, like q S~paniard's.
stSee what I have found up in the
fields said he. .Just in time to escape
Che scythe! A nest of young robbins,
which somehow had fallen from the
trees
stOh, the dear, dear little thinga,"
cried Kate, her blue eyes glittering, her
damask cheek laid softly againt the
eallow nestlings.
III thought you would like to SEQ
Them" said Charley. And then, all in a
second, he took both her hands, birds
nest and all, in his, swayed by a sudden
burst of impulse.
ssKate,n cried he, II love you'll Oh,
my dearest, you must have known it
long ago."
But she pulled her hands Indignantly
away from him.
"How dare you speak so to me, Mr..
| Daggetts" said she. And the next in
slant she was gone. >,
Charley Daggett looked after her with
a panied and %bewildered face, like one
| who has received a mortal wound. Was
it, then, possible that he had been so
fatally mistaken2 That all this time
Kate Blessington had only been amusing
| herself at his expense:
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

those Republicans who count themselves
dissatisfied on certain local issues or pro
ceedings will best serve their own cause in
the end by giving the county ticket unit.
ed support, relying on the protest already
made to have a healthy effect IN future.
In the personal character of its leading
candidates the ticket is above reproach.
There were very fow in the boilers con
vention on Monday who did not admit Mr..
Smith, the senatorial candidate for this dis
trict, 10 be a representative man Of the
people, fairly and openly nominated, and
entitled to cordial support Nor was any
question raised as to the integrity and high
personal character of Mr.. Meendy the
nominee for the senate from the upper dis
trict. It is true that Mr. Melendy is di
rector in the Brattleboro & Whitehall rail
road company, and has personal friends
among railroad men, but we believe his
personal sympathies are strongly with the
mass Of people whom he would represent
in the legislature and that his uprightness
aud self poise are such that he would act in
every case for what he believed TO be the
best good of the people of the state. The
nomination came to him without his own
seeking, and it will be good politics, no
less than just treatment of him personally,
to give him united support.
Let the Republican workers in every
town be active and hold themselves re
sponsible for full vote on the second day
of September.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
BASE BALL.


p.od,sy the Worcester slugger, Leighton. wh93
has played at Toronto and t,,,., W. tbe Am
Ranney captains and heaviest hIi.'s ~ y, f,,,,,.ar
horst and Dartmouth teams. IrQhin, tls tI S'u
lelat Woncbcster formerly " the DOvers' ~ Nti'
~ Holy Crols fame, twirler Stalu lIosl " N
fari Atlantic Association team p'93ito,,'. ,,,,.
nth anil one man from Clarem0nt' hoban c9ills
uil.u ~ ,,rJer the name Of "Claremonts lAHt
Saturday 20 do up the BfattleDOI"s NY ,,io,,
,,cu,bers OF this combination were tskuia' ~ q
irs an the Caremont team; but blo9u Nu9 '" ~
W ~ 80 every one of them, and In the ar aud on
~ moon Before . O'Clock, however, Ineir ~ III
bad turned green with envy ana they saN ~ ~
~ az Al night whiskers were or VI illvoli'
tuv IL. fiiarenontg returned home IN dhfkneSs,
9bile our boys reveled under the broad gloM y,
he electric light and the joyous ehthlS'a'" VI
base Va' ~ ~, sytb inning both sides played mag
nf6rently and It looked as though tne KILL . a.
,youid h. close and exciting throughOuti put ~,
saen,ed probable that the Brattebor9s WOull VIZ
~ TX ,sos being batted "all over Vermont and
mart of New Hampshire as the Cl.l eii'oi.. ~, -,
pate e,nreaaed t. and WOOdcOck was Simply my
ing some fun with the visitors 10 Ihe nis1 mi
~ ~ third inning the BrattlebOrOs nearly scored
Wagtll got 10 first on tumble, stole second 9la
tried 10 come home on long drive ny DoWu' W ~
was caught out at the Plae, ia,, wv H. an n i,ass
hall bv Shine the ball going into tne crown; ~ ~,
tbe sixth the BrattlebOrOs jumped on 70 5talp
vclousy mutt tour ~. r,,ns In The
eighlb inning II was the same, only more so rive
more runs were made through errors by the OlaIt,
mOnts. three singles, uouuls, " 80 -,
aud base on balls. Inc BtHttieDoiv5 VII 49,. "
Inc bat ten times In this inning, ana the OiaIe
nopts sang I'VE won't 20 home tl morning
before h was finished. In the ninth the BfatileDo.
rCs failed 10 score when WoOdcOck stepped into
H.. nv In mis- inning Hon J. l.. Martin presented
him with handsome gold watch and chain from
his Brntteborn admirers, with charm from the
ladies' alone This unnervcd WoodcOck some
,vbat and aided by errors. the visitors nude
three rlns,none earned Aside from the last
inning AIdrich was the only one that hit Wood
cock hard The Brattleb0r0s an played wei
Tbe general impression is that the ClaremOnts
would have Jared better II they had come with
their regular team The crowd at the game was
the largest Of the season.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22

The situation with regard 10 the New
York Central strike is ominous and grows
more so daily. Early this week the switch
men at Buffalo went out, causing renewed
trouble in moving trains. Tremendous ex
element was caused at Albany Sunday by
the action Of Piukerton men. employed to
protect the railroad compauy's men, in fir
ing on a crowd of strikers aud citizens.
Several citizens were wounded, and in re
turn the PinkertOn mon were roughly
handled and 50 badly battered before rescued
10y the police that fifteen Of them had to be
sent to the hospital At present the threat
is that the whole Vanderbilt system, ex-
tending to Chicago, st. Louis aud other
western points, shall be tied up unless the
company yields Mr. Powderly Of the
Knights Of Labor insists that the New York
Central officials shall arbitrate the matter
in dispute over the discharge of certain
men, in which the strike originated, while
the officials say that the men were dis
charged for good reasons, and not because
they were knights Of Labor, aud that there
is nothing 10 arbtrate
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
POMONA GRANGE MEETING AT
TOWNSHEND.

Windham county Pomona grange held
very pleasant meeting with the West River
grange at Townshend, last Wednesday.
The weather was fine, the travelling good.
and the cordial greeting which we received
made us happy. The exercises in the
morning at Grange hall were of the usual
character at such gatherings. A class was
Instructed in the fifth degree We then al.
Journed to the town hall for dinner on the
basket picnic plan, where we Jared stump
tuously After the tables were cleared, the
afternoon exercise began with words Of
welcome from Worthy Master Hastings of
West River grange, followed by responses
ny visiting members, then music There
were essays both grave and gay. select
reading and defamation, also some fine
music by l.. l.. Stark of Evening Star
grange, Dummerston.
lhe discussion upon depreciation of farm
values was opened by J. c Newton. fol-
lowed 10y several others, each giving a diff
ierent reason. Among them was insult
cieht legislative work for lettering the far
mers' condition, tariff taxes, monopolies
scarcity of skilled laborers aud the very
10" price of all farm products. Some pres
ent thought We were about at the bottom
prices now, as they are about the same as
Vhey were before the war, which caused
such an increase in the price of every
su'ng the farmer raised, as well as for his
lSIh' That 1t seems hard to come back to
Old prices again. Farm labor has not de
creased IN price with the products One
ihan thought that well titled farm, good
ROADS aud clean roadsides would make the
i ,s more attractive 20 the purchaser
we lhlnk the TOwnshend people are prac.
t'clnS to some degree what this man
Peaehed, as we noticed an air of thrift
ABOUT the farms aud buildings generally,
thelr clean yards free from weeds, old
wheels, broken sleds and tools. decaved
logs and unsightly woodpiles, but instead
neatly mown yards with flowers in various
places buildings in good repair, and much
larBeI helds OF corn than was formerly
aS'seu' winch showed plainly the opinion of
Vi those farmers about buying or raising
corn Tor use on the farm.
o., " Follett opened the discussion in re
gard TO making the farm pay the owner
something. He was sure it paid some one
not the farmer. Other farmers were
ealed on 10 tell their experience aud
Thought farm rightly managed did pay
t'ue passed all too quickly and we were
oollsed TO close without completing the
program aud bid our hosptable friends aud
'"eir beautiful village adieu. A.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-08-22
MINOR NOTES.

superintendent of the Census Porter
thinks the footings will show the total pop,
ulation of the country to be "a, 600, 900
This is gain Of about 30 per cent since
1880. From 1870 to 1880 the gain was sc
per cent. The New England states maxi
a total gain of about half million.
The Montpelier Argus favors the pay
ment of members of the senate and house
and all employees about the state house by
the session, instead of by the day, and sug-
gests mot over 800" as suitable sum tc
pay members for the session.
Chief Justice Morton of the Massachu
sets supreme court has rendered his resig
nation.
The Boston Journal says that one of the
most Interesting sights in last week S great
Grand Army parade was that Of Gen. Ste
phen Thomas, now 80 years old, marching
past the reviewing stand side by side with
eX Gov. Ormsbee Of Vermont.
Camps Of Sons of Confederate Veterans
are being organized in Virginia.
Mr., Edmunds bias been compelled 10 ask
for leave of absence from the senate for
six days on account Of his health.