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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
PREPARING CUTTINGS FOR PLANTING.

Cuttings of grape vines may be pre-
pared so that much larger proportion
will grow if little extra care be taken.
Before the cutting can send forth roots a
callous must form on the lower side.
This is helped by keeping it immersed in
moderately moist sand, at temperature
of forty or fifty degrees. Cover the en-
tire cutting, as it is not desired that the
bud should start. In greenhouses the
cutting is inserted in sand underneath
which pipes run to furnish bottom heat.
The bud is left exposed to the air, which
is most of the time cooler than the soil.
In this way the root is ready to start as
soon as the expanding bud makes call
for more sap. Where the cuttings are
to be planted in open air in the spring,
keep them in the sand without watering
all the winter. When ready to put out
the callous will be plainly formed, while
the bud will be scarcely swelled. Ex-
posed to warmth and light the bud will
quickly start into leaf, but the root start
ing at the same time, there will be no
check to its growth. American Cult
Gator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Oats are a good crop to grow and
handle, make valuable feed in almost
any form, both with and without the
straw, and should be grown more extern
sively than they are.
There are thousands of native chestnut
trees of moderate size growing in our
fields that might be grated with the
foreign varieties and bring in quick and
returns.
Old seeds do not lose their vitality all
at once, as an animal dies, but are con-
tinually losing it, and old seed that will
merely terminate in the dollhouse may
prove failure in the garden.
Most horses when tethered by rope
will injure themselves by saving the
rope against the groove above the hoof
behind. To remove this trouble tie in a
piece four feet long of stout canvas,
making soft roll in place of the rope.
No soiling crop equals clover, unless it
be Kentucky blue grass. But northern
farmers can grow clover with more sue
cess than blue grass. If somebody could
invent an easy and rapid system for
curing clover it would be a more popular
crop even than now.
Milk utensils that are not scalded with
boiling water every day soon propagate
in their seams species of yellow fungus,
which is very liable to produce milk
poison. l strongly recommend the
liberal use of sal soda when scalding milk
utensils, both on the farm and at the
factory or creamery.
Lice arc very liable to get on dairy
cattle during these winter months and
do damage before the farmer is aware of
their pernicious presence. A strong
decoction of tobacco leaves, applied with
sponge along the back and about the
horns of each creature, will knock his
liceship "galley-west."
The winter before their first calving is
the proper time to train young heifers to
habits of pacific milking. When caring
for the animals handle the heifers teats
occasionally, and give the bossies many a
kindly stroke and pat, thus establishing
feeling of confidence, which will pave
the way for an easy breaking in on the
first milking.
To feed mich COWS whey, sour milk
or dairy slop, and anticipate remunerative
results therefrom, is like firing a locomo-
tive with cinders from the ash-box and
expect to run mile a minute on the
steam thus engendered. The slop alluded
to will increase the volume of the tactical
flow, but debasc its quality to level
that is positively unwholesome.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
NEWSY GLEANINGS.


THERE will be no ice paaoe at IontFca
This winter.
ITALY is to have an international EXPOSE
ton at Milan in 1892.
THE gold held by the Treasury now
mounts to 1918, S1S,O0O.
THE celery crop in Michigan, last year,
produced profit of 100000.
THERE were 366 suicides in Vienna in 1889,
" of the persons being women
The national bank depositors now hold
49,, 900, 900 of Government money
OVER 81, 500 900 conscience money has been
ent nto the United States Treasury.
ApvrcEs from Samoa state that affairs are
tranquil there, and that food is plentiful
GREAT numbers of colored people have
been emigrating from Kansas to Oklahoma.
COFFEE transactions on the New York Ex-
.hange last year amounted to 14,SaS, $50 bags
"a decrease of 5000 900 bags.
II is proposed to hold an international ex-
hibition in Berlin in 1897, which shall eclipse
the recent exposition in Paris.
A GEORGIA journal has been looking into
the business condition of the State and re
sorts the prospects for 1880 as very GRAVITY
ng.
THE business men of Boston have entered
1 strong protest against peTliiittluo any hie
overhead electric light wires to be strung IN
hat city.
On the luxurious express trains now
,tenographer and typewriter are carried SO
that business men may attend to their cor
fespondence en- route.
THE Brazilian Government has divided that
country into three banking districts, having
,hree issue banks, with capital of S'5eooo,-
100 in Government stock.
THERE are fifty manufactures OF imitation
butter in Germany. One factory at Mann
helm produces daily 600 pounds from
preparation of cocoanuts.
DURING the present session OF the Legisla-
tire of New York, bill was introduced to
exempt editors reporters and newspaper cor
respondents from jury duty.
THE German Government has granted to
Herr Schenck, an architect of Frienwalde,
commission to begin Immediately the canal
Intended to connect Berlin with the Baltic
Sea.
RICH churchmen of New York city pro-
pose to erect O magnificent cathedral for the
Protestant Episcopal church of the New York
diocese, to be called the Cathedral OF st.
John the Divine.
THE number of pensioners in New England
from the latest reports are: In Maine, l5,-
ss4: New Hampshire, $3.50; Vermont, il2s;
Massachusetts,, %, 272; Rhode Island, 2l25;
Connecticut, 69tS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
Delicate Operation on a Li0ness.

Yesterday morning Keeper Ravens, of
the Gress Zoo, performed a very delicate
operation.
The silver lioness, ''Mollie," chewed
up piece of raw beef, which the butcher
had chopped up with cleaver, leaving
some fragments of bone in the flesh. 1t
is not the custom of the keeper to give
the animals flesh that contains any bone
at all. In this instance sharp silver of
bone pierced the lioness' gum on the out
side of the jaw, next to the cheek, just
below the left eye. The place swelled
up and festered, and the animal suffered
a great deal of pain. Her head was
swollen, and she was unable to eat.
Yesterday morning Keeper Ravens
went to the cage, and by coaxing the
lioness, he got her to lie down, and then
he slipped ropes over her fore feet,
stretching them to either side of the
cage and tying them securely. ''Mollie"
kicked and struggled until the keeper
fondled her awhile. After she was Sc
cured he entered the cage all alone, and,
taking her head between his knees, he
cut a small incision in the cheek, took
his lance and drew out the silver, an inch
in length.
He did the work all alone, and no one
else was present during the performance
of the operation.
Yesterday afternoon, after she had
been released several hours, he visited
the cage, and she met him with graft
fed look, holding the wound up to the
bars of the cage as if she were glad that
he had performed the operation that re-
lieved her, and she appeared as docile
and kindly as kitten, although she had
been fierce and resentful before. At
hnta Constitution.
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years have worked with all my viii at
the law; this fall received this foreign
position, and, darling, you do not know
with what hopes and misgivings came
across you, NY ardor was somewhat
cooled when heard of your many adj
mirers and even once OF your engage
ment. So determined to learn whether
you were free before approached you,
Now can hardly believe my great hap
piness.'
She looks swoetly up at him-their
lips meet-and she at last fully realizes
that a loving heart is far beyond worldly
ambition and love of fame. Family
Fiction.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
The Banana.

The true eating banana, or ''madura"
is said to be unknown in northern coun-
tries, the varieties we import being sim
ply those which are used in the land of
their growth for cooking purposes. 1t is
said that many varieties of the madura
are recognized, each of which is distinct
in flavor. The smaller arc the more de-
licious, and the smallest of all, the So
called "lady finger banana" with skin
scarcely thicker than paper, is the most
highly priced. Green cooking bananas
are peeled and roasted in the ashes, and
eaten with butter; partially ripe ones are
boiled for few minutes with the skin
on. and eaten with syrup or honey, and
ripe ones are sliced lengthwisc. and fried
in olive oil or butter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
Photographing Plant Growth.

It is well known that all animal life
upon the globe depends directly or in
directly upon the formation Of proteid
and protoplasm in the living tissues of
green plants. The process is really con-
fined to the green chlorophyll corpuscles
which are contained in these tissues.
The first visible product of the assimila-
ton is starch. This is, to our view, the
beginning of life.
The formation of starch takes place
only in the presence of light, The pre-
sumption is that this process is carried
on through the agency of what are known
as the chemical raysAthe violet-cclored
ones. The energy of the sun builds up
proteid from the carbonic acid of the air,
which is taken up by the leaves of the
plant, and the salts and water of the
soil, which are absorbed by its roots.
If a thin-leafed plant be placed in the
dark over night, and then brought out
into the light next morning, the leaves
being covered with a sharp and we'll
developed negative, starch will be formed
where the light passes through, and it
will be formed in the greatest quantity
under the brightest areas. In this way
positive picture in starch is formed,
which can be developed with iodine.
Another way of showing early pro-
cesses of growth is to take advantage of
sensitiveness to light shown by the
swarm-spores OF some sea weeds.
A thin glass plate is fitted to one end
of water-tight box. The negative to be
printed is placed against the glass, film
side nearest The box is filed with
water containing the swarm-spores.
When the glass end of the box is ex-
posed to the light, the swarm-spores swim
toward the light, and where this is strong
est they gather in the greatest numbers.
In this way print in green swarm
spores upon the glass may be obtained.
Albumen will fix it, and varnish will pro-
tect it.-Youth's Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
Odd Origin of a Postoffice.

Aitch is the name of postoffice in
Huntington County, Penn. The origin
of its name is somewhat curious. How
ever, it arises from civilized sources
There were five prosperous farmers in
that portion of the county where the
postoffice is now, and their names were
Anderson, Isenburg, Taylor, Crum and
Henderson. Each of them wished the
office to be named after himself But
they could not come to an agreement,
and finally, as compromise. the first
letter from each name was taken and
placed together and thereby originated
Aitch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06
A RIVER To cNoss.

There's alwaysa river to cross,
Always an effort to make
II there's anything good to win.
Any rich prize to take,
Yonder's the fruit we crave,
Yonder's the charming scent,
But deep and wide with troubled tide,
Is theriver that lies between,
Josephine Pollard,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06

The growing and selling of grain from
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06

no auliU, enough Dy no Hcans poor,
was not able to give Rene an art cduca-
ton. In the meantime, Mr.. Franklin
and his wife had become attached to the
young girl, and, finding out her circum-
stances, invited her to spend the winter
with them.
Rene was delighted. She went, and
throwing her heart and soul into her
work, accomplished as much in that one
short winter as four ordinary girls would
have done
But when summer came and she
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06

returned home, the same discon.
tent took possession OF her, She was
of nervous temperament and no doubt
would have worried herself i'll had not
fortune kindly interviewed A distant
relative died and left Rene his wealth,
II was not much, but it seemed great to
the thankful receiver, Sho persuaded
her aunt to, break up housekeeping and
20 abroad with her, and at last the long.
looked-for day had arrived,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-06


I am so sick. am so sick.n And
YOU put her to bed, and the fever is worse
and worse. until in some midnight she
looks up into your face and says: Mamma,
kiss me good-by, | am going away from
you" And you say: "My dear, where are
you gong tor And she says; II am gong
to Jesus" And the red cheek whlcn you
thought was the mark OF the fever, only turns
out to be the carnatlon bloom OF heaven on,
yes, 1t is sweet name spoken oy tne lips Oh
childhood, spoken by the old man.
Still further: it's mighty name. Roths,
child Is potent name IN the commercial
world, Cuvier in the scientific world Irving
apowerful name IN the literary world, Wash
ington an influential name In the political
world, Wellington mighty name i'll the mill
tary world; but tell me any name in all the
earth SO potent to awe, and lift, and thrill,
and rouse. and aeitate. and bless. as this
name of Jesns That ons word endorsed Saul.
and flung Newton on his face on ship's deck.
and TODAY holds 4O0. 600. 600 of the race with
omninotent smell. That name in England
TODAY means more than Victoria. In Ger
MANY means more than Emperor William:
In France, means more than Carnot; in Italy,
means more than Humbert OF the present or
Garibaldi OF the past. have seen man
bound hand and foot in sin, Satan his hard
task master. in bondage from which no
human power couiu ueiiVer MN, anu yet ~
the pronunciation of that one word he dashed
down his chains and marched out forever
free. have seen man overwhelmed with
disaster, the last hope fled, the last light gone
ou., sn a nanae plonoun S IN us hearns,
JUG %" u'opPeu' VIZ o'ouu' 'e"''''e u' a"a
sunpurst OF eternai giadness poured into ms
soul l have seen man hardened IN inildel-
lily, defiant OF God, full OF seoH and Jeer, Jo-
cose OF the Judgment, reckless OF an unend.
ing eternity, at the mere pronunciation OF
that name bianch, and cover, and quake,
and pray, and sob, aud groan, and oeneve,
and rejoice y 1t is a mighty namei AT its
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
No EsuksCul Delay.

The dummy railroad meeting last
Monday was we'll attended and much in
terest developed. The subscription lists
have reached the sum of $4,000. This
amount, with the proposals submitted
by reliable firms to furnish the iron and
rolling stock on time makes assurance
doubly SIRE as to the success of the
scheme. But rs thc committee on char
ter reported that en- .,rt of the Legisla-
ture Is necessary to Incorporate the com
Pany, the sentiment wae C"cldedly
against lnculring any debt. I;iiere is
little doubt that the whole amount cau
be raised by the first Monday in July.
lively tilt was had between those who
wished to begin work on the grading
about the first of July, and those who
wished to defer al work until the charter
could be obtained. A compromise was
reached by postponing action, until the
DcXt meeting.
There are many little strlws to show
which way public sentiment in regard to
the enterprise is drifting. Outsiders
who are taking no stock whatever, are
Watching this kitten with tho kcenest in
teres', and setting their pegs so as to get
al early foothod in Pickens. The Sen
TINEL firmly believes the enterprise has
crossed the RuhicOn, and the waichful
ward Of Rome will receive it in triumph.
Let that friend or Caesar who doubts.
doubt to himself alone With mount,
aims of public doubt behind him, and
the stormy Atlantic before him; Cyrus
Field laid the cable.
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4-zCapt. Fred L.. GarSih has been rus.
Heating IN Texas now for several weeks.
IAN infant child of b. FIT. Bleckaby
died last Saturday and was buried at
Central on Sunday.
Mrs. s. p. Bruce's health is fmprov.
ing slowly. Her many friends are nope.
ful Of an early return of her usual health
Capt. jesse w. Stribling, tho popu
lar cashier of the Seneca bank, was in
Pickens last Monday on financial bust
ness.
There was more excitement over the
town election here last Monday than for
many day, Hog or no hog was the
issue
- As soon as the road hands finish tlp
their time on the Easley and Pickens
road, we want q contractor to begin the
work Of rounding it up.
Married, on the 9th inst, at w. H.
Moore's store, James Allen and Jane
Craig, oil of Pickons county. w. II.
Moore, Notary Public, officiated.
William j. Smith, who moved from
tlls county to Greenyille last fall, has
u
thought that he has passed tho crisis and
is on the road to recovery.
The bird law is now in force and
gunners will govern themselves accord
inRly. Don't think that you can violate
the law with impunity. Some one will
cause you TO be made an example of ono
of these days.
Ace Patterson was arrested by the
deputy mnrShals last week, and talSon to
Charleston to receive his sentence from
the U. S. Court, A sealed sentence was
left for him by the GreenvIlle Court.
He gets three months.
The attendance on saleday was not
very large, the farmers were too busy
getting ready for planting to como
to town. lt is thought that they
will be ready for putting in the seed
next week, Dec Volente.
On last Monday mail carrier Gill
straps horse ran away at the railroad
crossing on the Easley road and completo-
ly demolished his road cart. Bright
says that it will make good kindling, it
was smashed up 80 thoroughly.
MIR. Jeremiah Price, one of the old
est citizens of the county, died at his
homo on Twelve Mile last Saturday.
lie had been i'll from influenza and went
to work too soon after canvalescence.
causing relapse, which resulted in his
death.
In row between two negroes Ed.
Ellison and Pete Briggs near Easley on
the LIST instant, Pete Briggs was struck
on the head with stone which came
ncar killing him. He was unconscious
for several hours. Ellison was arrested
and sent to Jail to await the result if the
blow. Briggs is said to be better and
will recover,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
Farmers AssocIatIon,

The Farmers Association of Pickcns
county, met in the court house last Fri
day, with many members present. Vice
President Field called the meeting to or
der. Hon. B. j. Johnston addressed
the meeting for few minutes, explain
ing the action of the delegates to the re-
cent convention, aftor which the follow
ing preamble and resolution was offered
by j. II. Lewis and unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS. At meeting Of the Farm
ers organization of Plckens county, in
convention assembled, on salcday in
March, 1890, did elect delegates to meet
with the farmers of the State of South
Carolina in convention, in the city of
Columbia, on the 9th day Of March,
last, and,
WHEREAS, The said Farmers convcn.
ton did recommend certain citizens for
nomination, for Ino Offices Of Governor
and LieutenRnt-G Governor of the State.
Resolved, That we, the farmers OF
Pickens county, in convention assembled,
do hereby heartily endorse the action OF
said convention.
Mr.. e. S. Griffin was elected vice-pres
idont and Mr.. w. II. Bowen secretary.
The association then adjourned, subject
to the call of the president.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
A Close Call and a Narrow E.cono

The infant child Of Mr.. aud Mrs. Lou
is W. Carey had very narrow escape
last Monday afternoon. To nurse had
rolled tho carnage ont on tho sidewalk
by the Keowoe Hotel and was preparing
to put little Louis in it, when runaway
horse came along running into and tear
ing up the carriage. 1t seems providen-
tlal that tho child was not in the carriage.
At any rate it was very narrow escape
and it is fearful to think what might
have happened had it been. The regret
at tho loss of the carriage of course is
nothing compared to tho gratitude for
tho escape of the child.-Seneca Free
Press.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
From Liharfv.

The contract for keeping up the
streets, was let to Phil Ellenburg last
Saturday. He is to keep up five miles
of street for one year for $3.50.
There came very near being q row in
town last week. The dog tormenter
caught an ancient rooster Belonging to
one of our citizens and painted him
with tLrpentine, and he (the citizen) was
exceedingly wroth.
The citizens held O dummy line meet
ing last Saturday evening, and appointed
a delegation to report progress to
the meeting at Pickens on Monday.
Messrs. John T. Boggs, j. D. Smith,
w. ID. Glenn and J. a. Davis were the
delegates. The subscription to the road
has reached near $4,000. There are sov
eral prominent men who will subscriL @
who have been sick and unable to attend
the meetings.
Mrs. Peggie Wilkcrson, of Brus.n =
Creek, who has been visiting friends
and relatives here for some time has re-,
turned home. We are always glad to
have Aunt Peggie come and see us
OBSERyER
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-04-10
The DuynmyAiDo Yyeetinr,

Pursuant to the call, n number Of cit
liens from Liberty and this place met at
the Court House last Monday 20 discuss
the dummy line.
The committee on subscriptions from
from Liberty and Pichens reported
something over $4,000
j. f.. BoggS moved to hear from the
committee on subscriptions for Pickens
G.. H.
j. E. Boggs moved that n committee
of three be appointed on the right of
way, one from Pickens, one from Liber.
ty and one from between the two places
W. ID. Glenn, 0. L. Durant and NJ. w.
Newton, We're appointed.
Nj. w. Newton moved that J. E.
BOggs be added to the Pickens commit
tee on subscription.
y: E. Boggs moved that n committee
Of two be appointed to- tonfor with Il. &
ID. railroad authorities to see what
amount of stock they will tako in this
line. Committee: j. e. Boggs and j.
A. Davis.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
Resolved, That when this meeting ad-
journ, it be to meet again the first Mon
day in July, that one weeks notice be
given by publication IL the county pa
pers. and that the committees appointed
on subscription be continued and are
hereby urged to raise as much as pos
sible.
Resolved, That tho subscription pa
pers be amended by inserting a clause
therein and have tho stockholders to
sign the same signifying their Willingness
to organize company and to pay in
such an amount of stock as shall be
deemed necessary by the said organized
company, and to commence work as
soon as said company may deem advisa-
bic, provided tho subscription commit
tco raise $4,000. That said subscrip.
tion committee and tho committee on
right of way, report to meeting to bc
held Mt Pickens G. II. on the first
Monday in July.
AT the next meeting stops will be TAX
en- to organize temporarily if the sub
scription committee succeeds in raising
$50, 900, and to commence work on the
road at once.
The friends of the enterprise aro very
certain that tho money can be raised by
that time, and the work begun and com
plctcd ready for the rolling stock by tho
timN the Legislature meets.
When tho Legislature meets, q char
ter will be granted and tho road put il
ODeratiOn