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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12

A daughter Of Edison Perkins Of Ltch-
field was magnetized by sissing adder
Friday. The snake was shot By the
girls brother ~ it was nearing her with
head erect, # was three feet long and
I'VE inches IN circumference.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
CYCLONE LAST NIGHT.

Many Lives Lost I'm Pennsvlvania
Town.
On CITY, PENN, May IA terrific
cyclone passed over. this town last night
killing several people and razing many
houses, barns and other buildings and
doingc great damage to oil wells and
other property.
The house Of William Wunnemaker
in East Sandy was crushed and the
family buried beneath the ruins. Mr.
and Mrs Wunnemaker were instantly
killed and their two children received
fatal injuries.
Noah jackson and wife were also
crushed to death beneath the ruins Of
their house. The Valley railroad suf-
fered very heavy losses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
The Branrord Watch Clubs,

BRANFoRD, May 12.-William Denni-
son, the Branford barber who recently
engineered a watch club on the INSTALL
ment plan and who skipped town some
time ago, taking with him nearly $500
which did not belong to him, has been
arrested in New York state. Sheriff
Nettleton, who has been working up the
case, received word Saturday that Den
nison had been arrested and he went
after his man.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
A National Catholic Organization.

PITTsBURG, May 2.-Representatives
of many Catholic oocieties met here
yesterday and organized an association
to be known as the American Federation
of Catholic Societies. It is proposed to
consolidate all the Catholic societies Of
the country into one confederation. A
demonstration will be held here July 4,
when it is expected representative
Catholics from all parts OF the country
will be present.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
Another Policy Dealer Fined,

NEW HAVEN, May 12.-Albert B.
Bristol was this morning fined 500 and
costs for keeping policy shop on Wal
lace street. He took an appeal. The
shop was located in the rear Of barber
shop and was spa1ronized principally by
women.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12

Randall's Probable Successor.
PHILADELPHIA, May 12.-Richard
Vaux was to-day nominated for con-
gress by the democrats of the third dis
trict to succeed the late Samuel j.
Randall.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
Skull and Log Fractured.

NEW York, May 12.-While the biz
steamboat Connections was being warp.
ed into her dock at Pier:45, North River.
yesterday a hawssr slipped off q spile
and struck James Kilroy, Q loneshore-
man of No 63 North Moore street, break.
ing one Of his legs aud fraeturiuK his
skull. He was taken to st Vincent hoa.
pltal. 1t IL feared that he will die, assaa
Their Case Continued.
M1DDLETowN, May lathe case
against the Collins brothers, accused Of
assaulting Ticket Agent Stanley Of Bar
lin, with intent to kill, was further con.
tinued to-day until May 20, Stanley b.
ing still = very sick man.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12
Their Case Conhinnaa
SOCIETY AND CLUB MFFTYro,

~ Secretaries are requested 10 aend ~ Il.
dates OF meetings Of societies. lodses Ell niuSSsS
ana 70 notify US Of any changes Of regular mee1.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-05-12

The French copper ring, which caused
so much uneasiness in Waterbury by
attempting to get a corner on copper
and raise the price of it all over the
world, was not a great success. The
price of copper went up to a certain ex-
tent, but the trust failed and now the
French courts are asked to punish the
conspirators and it looks as though some
of them would be indicted as criminals.
James Harty, brother of Michael
Harty the expressman, died from brain
fever at his home on South Riverside
street last evening. The deceased was
employed as gate tender at the Bank
street crossing of the Naugatuck road.
He was a member of the Second divi-
sion, A. 0. H. The funeral will take
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The superintendent of the census has
issued an order to supervisors of the
census, instructing them to receive no
compensation themselves nor to counte-
nance the payment OF any sum Of
money, whatever. by municipalities,
corporations, associations or persons to
enumerators. This action is taken be-
cause the boards of trade of certain
western cities have appropriated sums
OF money to aid their census supervisors
in the enumeration of the population.
Postmaster-G General Wanamaker is en-
deavoring to establish at Washington a
government museum designed to repre-
sent as far as possible the progress Of
the postal system of the United States
from its beginning. Former post
masters and others having anything in
their possession that would add to the
interest Of such collection are request
ed to assist in this undertaking by send
ing their contributions to the post
master-general.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05

The horde of homeseekers in the vi
cinity of Guthrie, Oklahoma, have had
their hopes frightened considerably by
the news that the Indian Commission wilt
soon be in Guthrie to negotiate with the
Iowa tribe of Indians for the reservation
Of 250, 900 acres of fertile country about
eight miles east OF Guthrie. This tribe
numbers only eighty savages, most CT
whom are decrepit and aged. They
occupy the land only through the suffer.
ance of the Government, but, having
lived on it for years ard liking it very
well, they are 10th to give il up. Sill
they are willing to make remarkable
terms Chief To-Hee, the blind chief,
saws that he wants money to build fences
and school houses, so that the youth OF
the tribe shall grow up to be civilized
farmers. 1t is probable that very little
difficulty will be experienced in dealing
with these Indians Allotments of land
will be made to them, and sufficient will
remain for 1900 homesteaders, each pos
sessing 100 acres. The opening of some
new land would greatly relieve the situa-
ton here, as every claim in the Guthrie
land district is taken, and some are con-
tested by from two to ten persons. -Ch'-
r11o HeroH
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05

among the tombs OF tbs dead. Through all
the hours OF that night his steady step was
heard, aud when morning dawne1, amid
grand parade and the sounl OF comets, the
honors OF knighthooa ware bestowed. Thus
l. shall be with the cool mans soul In the
night betors heaven. Fully armsi with
shield and sword and helmet he shall watch
and wait until the darkness fly an the
morning break, an amid the soani OF
celestial harpngs tho soul shall take the
honors o; heaven amid the innumerabls
throng with robes snowy whte streaming
over seas OF sapphire.
Mordeoai Will only havo 10 wait for hil
day OF triumph, IL took all the preceding
trials to make a proper background for his
after success, The scaffold built for him
makes all the more imposing and picturesque
the horse into whose loag white name he
twisted his fingers at the mounting. You
want at least two misfortunes, hard as flint,
to strike fire. Heavy AMI long continued
SHOWS IN the winter are signs OF gool crops
next summer. So many have yielded won.
derful haryests OF boaevolence aud energy
because they were long while showed
under, We must have a good many
hard falls before we learn to wals
straight. II Is on the black anvil Of
trouble that men hammer out their fortunes.
Sorrows take up men on their shoulders aud
entnrone them. TONES ara nearly always
bitter. Men, like fruit trees, are barren, un.
less trimmed with sharp knives. They ara
like wheat-sll the better for the failing. IL
required the prison darkness aud chill 10
make John Bunyan dream. II took Della,
ware ice and cold feet at Valley Forge, aud
the whzz of bullets, TO make Washington.
Paul when heclimbei W on the beach Of
Meiita shivering in his wet clothes. wa,
more or Christian than when tue ship
struck the breakers. Prescott, the historian,
saw better without his eyes than he could
ever have seen vita them. Moriecai de.
spised at the gate is only predecessor OF M3f.
decai grandiy mounted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
PRUNING DUNG TREES,

Pruning young trees is saving Of fu.
ture labor and prevents waste OF ma
terial for their growth. 1t is useless and
wasteful to grow wood that must be cut
away afterward. To prune the tree to
handsome form is precisely what is best
for the good of it. A wei! balanced head
with limbs aud bearing wood equally
distributed in the form of a deep bowl
is the right shape for fruit tree, as it
admits the sunlight all through the
branches and permits the air to circulate
among the leaves. When stinted of light
and air the leaves do not make healthy
growth, and healthy leaves are indispen.
sable for healthy trees. When tree is
to be pruned the operator should first
study it well and compare its appearance
with that which he would desire. Never
use a knife until the plan for each tree is
laid out. This branch must remain, but
that is not required; it is in the way or is
wrongly directed. And so when dis
tinct idea of what is to be done is formed
in the mind, then the pruning shears or a
fine saw may go to work, and the wounds
trimmed smoothly with sharp knife or
chisel No limbs or branches should
cross; every branch should spread as a
fan, and the centre should be kept open.
-Ncu YoJh Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
FOOD FOR TURKEYS,

The best thing for young turkeys and
young ducks also is the yolks OF hard.
boiled eggs, After the birds are several
days old the white may be added. An
occasional mixing in of finely chopped
onion is heaithfa!. Rice is food which
is too little appreciated for fowls.
Where milk is plentiful it should be
made into pudding with rice, boiling
until the rice is soft. 1t is better not to
use water with the milk, and not to boil
the rice so as to destroy the grain, as it
will not be so easily eaten. All food
should be fed in shallow pans. Boiled
milk and water with n little lime water
added occasionally is recommended as an
excellent drink until the birds are three
months old. At this time loppered milk
or buttermilk may be given in place Of
boiled milk. --NeD Torb Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
YARN AID GARDEN NOTES,

Arc your line fences all rigbt'
Eat more fruit and less Eat meat.
Raise all your good heller calves.
Weed the garden carly anu often.
Combat and conquer the curculio
Too much water used ia transplantiug
is worse than none,
In transplanting plants OF every kind
keep the roots moist.
There is nothing made in turning out
stock to pasture too early.
Who knows beaus2 There are said to
be over 400 varieties Of them.
Give auimalsa change OF food; even a
change of pasture is beneficial,
When smut once gets started in corn
plant there is 20 remedy for it.
Trees for cemeteries; Weeping birch,
cypress, white pine, arbor vitae.
Make good use of your rake in the
garden to keep down the young weeds,
Poor fences are one cause of "breach'
cattle. Have good line fences, anyway.
| A little farm well titled returns the
most profit for the labor bestowed upon
| it.
All eggs left too long in the nests dur.
ing very cold weather will crack from the
effects of frost.
Kill every white grub you discover
whea planting corn. They are sure to
make trouble later on.
A good garden is the most profitabl.
patch OF the size on the farm. 1t is a
lesson on the advantage Of high culture.
Nothing produces better colored milk
than good clover hay and corn meal,
They make fairly balanced milk ration,
Sour swill is one of the sources Of
disease in the hog, Much of it is kept
until it becomes too acid for even hog,
The workingmen at the trades want
only eight hours in their day of labor, but
the farmer knows no time limit but dark,
ness.
Be careful that the collars of the har.
ness be kept clean and well adjusted.
Called shoulders are cruel 10 pull
against.
It is said that Frenchmau has dis
covered that by watering dahlias with
tepid water delicious aroma is impaired
to Them.
The orchard is the place for the pigs il
they can be kept there. They pick up
the early, Sormy apples and keep the soil
stirred.
Work horses need good fare, and
should not be expected to do heavy work
on grass alone. And let them have plenty
of water.
unthreshed oats make a good feed fol
horses, and some like them better than
the grain alone, or the grain and straw
feed separately.
Cattle already infested with lice should
be thoroughly carded and washed with
warm soap water in which little kero'
seuee has been added.
a horse with a well.itting harness,
especially wel-fttiug collar, feels just
like mau whose clothes do not pinch
HIM, and VIII, OF course, Go ITS work
easier and better.
The ox-team is not 10 be despised 70,
farm, work; they are slow, we know, but
they are sure; and in blowing or in work.
Ing where speed is'not essential they arr
better than horses.
Odors in the stable indicate that III,
air therein is impure. The use Of absorb,
euts, with due regard to keeping tbs
stalls clean, is very important. Once I
week the stables should be sprinkled with
solution made OF one pound of copperas
in two gallons OF soft water,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05

turn for care and feed is the proper breed
to keep, and experience proves the
Merino to DO the winner in the race for
money. The foot disease does not orig
mate on high, dry ground, and animals
affected with II recover spontaneously
when removed from low to high land,
Sheep moved from the limestone soil OF
the North to the sands Of the South gen.
orally "die acclimating," Northern
crosses upon the natives is the only way
to secure desirable tlocks there, Some
ilockmasters in Western county have
adopted heroic treatment of sheep.lSilliue
dogs, They feed their sheep pieces Of
becfsteak sprinkled with solution OF
strychuine, and what the sheep leave the
dogs consume, "and nobody's to blame u
Horns on sheep are in the way all the
time. Fewer can be corraled or folded
in the same space, or feed at the same
time; they gouge each Others eyes, and
punch in the abdomen often causes
abortion in ewes, Horns are terror to
the shearer, and valuable feed is consumed
to produce the worse than useless appen.
dages, Horns on lambs are prevented by
excisiug ''tho buttons as with calves,
but tho humane way is to breed the
horns off. There will I've muley ram.
lambs among most horned breeds, and by
the use of such Western shepherd had
last season 800 muley ram-lambs out of
800, aud he expects to succeed in breed.
ing off all horns and establishing polled
Merino breed. --Neto York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
IEAcHEp ASHES.

It is common 10 consider leached ashes
Of little or no value as fertilizers from
the fact that the potash has been alb
:tracted, and therefore their usc at the
best can only be for their mechanical
effect on stiff and hard soils, and thus
many persons neglect to haul then out on
cultivated lands at all. While It is true
that nearly all the potash has been taken
ost, the lime aud the phosphoric acid
still remain, and as ashes contain more
lime than potash, it often occurs that
leached ashes will on certain soils produce
beneficial effects almost as marked as
those of unleeched ashes on another field,
This arises from the fact that the soil
on the field on which they were used al.
ready contained sufficient potash, but
was deficient in lime and phosphoric
acid, Nee York World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
How Queen Victoria Travels.

Whenever Queen Victoria goes to OF
comes from Balmoral Castle she sends
her check of $1,000 to defray the railway
expenses of the journey. Five thousand
dollars is a considerable sum, yet it. does
not begin to pay the cost of the journey.
In the first place, her Majesty has TO
have special train; this train is pre-
coded by pilot erginc; no other trains
can precede or follow this special train
within the space of twenty minutes; this
special train is under the personal super.
vision of the general passenger agent OF
the road, and he is accompanied by the
chief engineer and by other heads of de-
partments, even down to an uphoisterer,
whose services may be required by tina
breaking of a chair or the dislodgmeui
of couch. The Queen sometimes pre-.
| fers to travel slow; in that event the
speed is slackened, or, in case her
Majesty wishes to travel faster, the speed
is increased; the train is wholly at the
Queens command, and not unfrequently
tedious stops are made, thereby stopping
traffic along the whole line. But the
enormous expense is incurred in the
practice of having the entire length OF
the road policed while the special train
is en- route. Trusted watchmen ale sta
toned 800 yards distant from one an,
other along the entire line, and they
signal to the approaching train when all
is well or when there is the least suspicion
of evil.
Every time the Queen goes to or comes
from Ralmoral the Northwestern railway
loses pile of money by it, yet the road
would not lose the job for any considera-
ton. Her Majesty has always evinced q
partially for the Northwestern, and the
advertisement accruing therefrom to the
road is worth many thousands of pounds.
The ambition of the English to be known
as contributing to the comfort of the
royal family is quite remarkable. Trades
men in Bond street are free to say that
they would be glad to provide the royaI
household gratuitously with everything
it requires: the public is always anxiou;
to spend their money where the Queen
and the Prince Of Wales do their buying.
How deeply the Prince of Wales is in
debt, who can telll The talk is that he
owes his son-in-law, the Dukt of Fife,
an enormous sum of money. File ought
to be tolerably happy young man, he
is very, very rich, and is exceeding
popular; he has the noblest castle and
most picturesque estate in Scotland; HI
has married Princess, and she is one O
the heirs to the British throne. Fife i
in position to bid calm defiance to all thu
rest OF Gran'ma Yic's household.-Chi
cage Netcs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
uwoLF TEETH" IN COLTS.

The so.called "wolf teeth in colts
are merely superhuous teeth and harmless.
They are small teeth situated directly in
front of the upper and sometimes lower
grinders, and are shed as the new and
permanent teeth come in. While colts
are cutting their teeth there is often more
or less inflammation which affects the
eyes, and those who do not know the
real cause are very likely to attribute T. to
the presence OF the small, superfuous
teeth, which will drop out if left alone,
or they may be pulled out without in
jury or great inconvenience to the colt.
If they are broken of in attempting to
extract them the stumps may cause con-
siderable irritation to the gums. Wild
horses seem to get along as well, or even
better than the domesticated, and the
colts are never known to be injured by
''wolf teeth" If the eyes Of your colt
become sore, put him in a rather dark
stable and wash his eyes two or three
times day in warm water if the weather
is cool, or if hotuse cold water or little
mild eye water to be had at the drug
store.--New York san.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Expression is language.
Sensation is sefreveaiing,
Politics is diplomatic slavery.
Learning is degrees OF inspiration.
Words are but signs of expression.
The best way to find out is to try it.
Liberty is no more of gift than grari.
tatior.
The ef7ors to keep still continues the
motion.
Strife is not smothered by seeking 20
hide il.
The hand can never execute anything
higher than the character can inspire.
The man that has lived for himself has
tho privilege Of being his own mourner.
There are persons now in he'll who
might have been in heaven with half the
trouble
Whenever we vary from the highest
rule of right, just so far we do an injury
TO the world.
1t is fortunate that charity covers a
multitude of sins, for in these days there
Is multitude to cover.
The present is the time in which to live
and to work. The past is q recollection,
and the future phantasy.
The one prudence in life is concontra-
ton; the Que evil is dissipation; and it
makes no difference whether our dissipa-
lions are coarse or fine.
Humility is to make right estimate of
ones self 1t is no humility for a man
TO think less of himself than he ought,
though it might rather puzzle him to do
| that.
4 man cannot speak but he judges him
self. With bis will, or against his will,
he draws his portrait to the eye of his
companion by every word, Every opinion
! reacts on him who utters it.
We pass for what we are. Character
teaches above our wills. Men imagine
that they communicate their virtue or vice
only By overt actions, and do not see that
virtue or vice emits a breath every mo-
| ment
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
ELLlE's STORY.

Dolf came in to-day to tell me that il
was pretty certain my diamonds were con
cealed in Alfred Barclays room, and that
he was sick, and had detective watch
ing him.
''Nowl" said Doif, "we must tell your
cousin at once, before we arrest the fell
low
So called Nellie in. Dolf told her
very gently all about it, but at first she
refused to believe word of the accuse
ton. At last, however, she was con
vinced that her lover was certainly a thief,
and presumably fortune.hunter, as
thought it best then to show her the let
ter in which Mr.. Barclay offered his hand
and his heart to me.
But she pleaded hard against his arrest
IF he gives up the cross" she said, sol
please let him go, 1t will kill me if it i
known here that he is a thief. Let hin
90 away. Why should you care, Ellie
if you get back your crossl'
was willing enough to LET him escape
but Dolf growled some about frustratin!
the ends OF justice. However, we fiaali,
decided to let Dolf and the detective &c
the cross, and le: Mr.. Alfred Barcla,
carry his skull scarf-piL wherever h
would out Of Mesdow,ands.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-05
SUGGESTIONS AS TO SHEEP.

No man is qualified for a shepherd who
is not gentle in all his ways--a gentle
man. Some are born sheepmen; Others
acquire skill in handling sheep; Others
are poison to the race. Grain producing
farms grow poorer every year; sheep
farms increase in fertility. The sheep
crop suffers less by drought than any
other, animal or vegetable. Breeding
for the most wool to light carcases is
poor policy--there is no reason for sacri.
ticing fleece qualities in carcass improve.
ments. One cross upon pure Merino
ewes by congratulated, close wooded
rams is usually of advantage, but cross
upon cross will deteriorate the flock. A
good constitution combined with mutton
AMI wool qualities makes the perfect
sheep. The breed that can give best re-