The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-12-31

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person hrylug corn In the field,
other corn. with intent to soil
snail nc 'arutcd an unlawful in
rs als9 enacted thsyanyone sell
,tieWij.iu uye weeks after their
ase would DC guilty OF Is crime
.. llieCs g. . sewers penalty.
here is a hint Tor the leaders OF the
Now people's party.
THE WILD CHERRY.
nave long urged the planting
other city shade trees than the ubiqui-
tta blackberry, which is a failure fifty
times in cities where it is a success
once Recently 1 wrote of the north
ern vild cherry, which possesses all
tne BOD properties of a shade tree and
I ears valuable fruit. 1 wrote to the
wei known nurserymen, Ramsey &
Son of Mahomet, Burnett county, in
reference to this tree and find they do
rot nave the northern variety of
Whira / wrote, but they sent me
tree of native wild cherry grown on
tine dorado in Burnett county which,
The, say, is fine forest or shade tree,
but hey do not claim excellence for
it's uit.
NJ. G. H. Eng lish of Missouri, writ
ing the American Garden describes
u Md cherry in his possession that
~ be q fine and valuable tree and
w. 6 the attention Of city tree plant
"a He says: "Hhe wild cherry is
NOS beautiful ornamental fruit tree.
i'hee are many varieties. The fruit
O s1ne is as large as a gooseberry and
very delicious. The berries are the
best tonic and expectorant. The trees
beer when quite young and grow a
large size in short time. Birds are
very fond of the fruit and will leave
cranes and other fruits for them. 80,
WASHING ROOTS BEFORE PLANTING.
40 a recent meeting of the mission
ary horticultural society a member
made it practice to wash the roots
of rees before setting them out.
Sol stimes the ground is muddy and
STICKS to the roots and if set out in
tha. condition will get hard and bake
..lpl )st like brick when the weather
bee mes dry. This will nearly always
Iii jhe tree. Sometimes we find root
i'ot a sbluish looking mott at first
slig 1t, but on closer observation one
finds them resembling hen lice. When
they have been on long, the root be-
comes very knotty and full of long
tlbeJs grown tight together, like a
spoD ge. put in halfa barrel of water,
which l set in some convenient place,
about half box of concentrated I've
and two ounces crude carbolic acid
In this we dip each tree till washed
clean. have not yet seen any inju-
riCDj results from this treatment, and
.he 5rees treated this way have all
ways made a splendid growth.
SCRAPS.
Sit the collar to the horse. A soft
f. make the shoulders sore. The
h"rses used in the fire department in
n 3w York and other large cities wear
col, s.rssof cast iron or steel.
wv that hog killing time has
com ,, the housewife must face the I'M
pie SAINT task of rendering" hog fat
,n,o lard. 1t is said that this labor
may be lessened and the quality of
ire product enhanced by sprinkling
tF1 tablespoonfuls of baking soda on
the fat in a three gallon kettle. 1t
ma zes the lard very white and helps
10 ;eep it sweet. 1t is also said that
tile vinegar added to the season.
A. of headcheese is great improve
III ut.
a Pennsylvania farmers team stuck
.D he mud on the public highway and |
ae sued tho supervisors for not keep
Ing the road in better order. He was
~ arded $38 and as this is test case,
th,re are likely to be other suits Of the
some kind. How would that sort of
s":.on do in Texas?
he curiosities of tomb literature in
.- form of quaint epitaples are often
e. on for the amusement or edifica.
ton of the people. The country fence
Dos often supports notice boards that
ten to lessen the monotony of weary
tTdvel through mud lanes.
Here is sample from Connecticut:
By notice elsewere it will be seen
hat any person owning q dog in the
town are notified that they must be
properly muzzled." This one can be
seen IN georgia: Ii any mans OF
Woman's COW or bull gifts in this yere
p@stur, his or her tail will be cut off,
8 the case may be-" A Travis county
inner who objects to hunting on his
,- IA has notice board "Postedn ON
hia fence, with the legend, "Dogs,
devils and darkies keep out"
he Country Gentleman says "In
tn } matter of wagon roads we Ameri.
ms are in the barbarous stage. We
INK with Turkey and the remote
81 rts of Russia. 1t is safe to say that
fb roads of the best and most favored
part of this rich land are far worse
ia an those of the poorest part of poor
aid taX-ridden Germany.
Some time ago the wife of rich
e 'mer died. He was al wful work
o., and his wife, poor woman. had to
y )rk still harder in proportion to her
trength. They had added farm to
iarm. The death happened at little
"a gathering. An impulsive, out
oxen lady was present and said:
" thank God, the poor woman is at