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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

A certain Dexter man isn't success
as a mouser. Furthermore, he has a
young son who has shown himself shock
ingly deficient in the way of compassion
for the suffering. The other morning a
mouse crept cautiously from the open
door Of the cellarway. The man of the
house grabbed a broom, carefully poised
his weapon and launched mighty blow
at the venturesome rodent. AS he struck
his toe caught in a rug and away he
gayly went, head first, bump, thump,
bang to the bottom of the cellar stairs.
As he was trying to remember whether
twas last year or day before tomorrow
he became conscious of face peeking
over the door sill, face squizzled with
twist of demoniac glee. A pause and
then the shrill voice Of his youngest
chirped. 'D'ye git i'm, d-a-a-d?" d?"-Dexter
Gazette
Kicking Horse to His Fellow Indians.
Indian Agent Mclaughlin has given
the Sioux to understand that he will
stand no nonsense in regard to the COM
ing of the Messiah. More than dozen
Of the red men now lie in the guard
house for unseemly conduct, and Kick
Ing Horse, who claims to have just re-
burned from heaven, has been ordered to
leave the reservation forever.
Kicking Horse claims to have gone to
heaven through hole in the clouds. He
Is cunning enough to mix Christian doc
lrine with his prophetic preaching to
make it seem more real. The Great Spirit
lold Kicking Horse that his children,
the Indians, had suffered long enough,
and the time had arrived when they
would again occupy the earth SO long
held by the whites, but they must not
kill or molest the whites. The Great
Spirit said he himself would wipe out
the white race from the face Of the
earth. The Great Spirit told him the
earth was getting full Of holes, and
many places were rotten.
He would gradually send wave Of
earth twenty feet or more over the coun-
try. 1t would move slowly. The In
dians must keep dancing, SO as to keep
on top, and when the wave passed all
the whites would be buried underneath
and the Indians would be on top. All
the dead Indians would be restored to
life again, and all the buffaloes, horses,
game and all their old hunting grounds
would be as they were hundreds Of years
ago, and the Indians would for all time
in the future own and occupy this earth.
All Indians who would not listen to the
words of the prophet and keep dancing
would be turned into fishes and occupy
the rivers and streams.
He said that while talking to the Great
Spirit the devil came to them. He de-
scribes the devil as being very tall, with
immense knee joints and monster mouth
and long teeth. He was covered all over
with coarse hair. He asked for half of
the people, meaning the Indians. The
Great Spirit told him no. he asked
again, and the Great Spirit replied,
ssYou can have none Of my chosen In
dian children, but you can have all the
whites standing Rock On. d. Cor.
Chicago Tribuna
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
NO HOPE FOR ENGLISH LITERATURE.

At the debatin' club las night we all discussed
cure
For the debilitated state of English lit'rachure
-The stuff thet's writ for folks - said don't
move 'em an delight 'ein,
Because the folks who write the things don't
know enough to write 'em
'sThe folks who write, they stuff their heads in
some big cyclopedy,
WITCH amt no place fer mental food to feed the
poor an needy;
They're huntin' on an em'ty shelf like poor Of
Mother Hubbard
An go right by the open door of Mother Natur's
cupboard
'sThey crawl into some libery far from the worl's
inspection.
Bury themselves in books beyond all hope of res
direction;
they cry out from their tombs, in which no sun
nor star can glisten,
An weep because the lv'n' wori' don't fin no
time to listen"
Then Elder Pettengeil he asked: Can you sug
gest cure
For the debilitated state of English lit'rachure?"
'Ain't none; our authors ignorance is far too
dark for lightin',
While we who know enough 10 write han't got
no time for writin'''
s. W. Foss in Yankee Blade.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
The sheep q Creditor.

1t has been said by some writer that
the sheep never dies in debt to its own
er. This is true the world over. The
wool upon its back viii pay the expense
of keeping the sheep. The sources Of
profit are greater than in any other kind
of stock, in that it yields its offspring,
wool and flesh. As a cleaner and eradi-
Gator of noxious weeds that grow upon
almost every farm it has no equal.
There are many weeds no other animal
viii touch that are eagerly sought by the
sheep. This pauper does not get the
praise and attention it is entitled to by
our farmers, as the many farms will at
test where the sheep are not found
When we look at the value of the wool
imports into America we should readily
discern that the sheep is sadly needed to
supply home demand for their product.
We predict that the new census viii dis
close the fact that the number Of sheep
has decreased in the United States. and
instead Of the $4,000, 900 in 1890 that
will probably be less. We hope there
may be 100 200, 900; there should be,
and when there is that number there
will be greater prosperity among the
farmers. rs.-Field and Farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

Farmers everywhere are awakening to
the fact that raising poultry is a branch
of farming that pays, but has been neg
lected. Other branches are paying 80
poorly that they see the necessity Of do
ing something to increase their revenue
They viii find poultry and eggs branch
that always brings ready money. The
population Of our country is increasing
at such q rapid rate that the demand for
eggs alone cannot be supplied By home
Production, and millions have to be
brought from foreign countries. Conse-
quently there viii always be demand
for all we can produce, and those who
have neglected their hens should give
the matter some thought and turn their
attention to increasing their fiocks and
paying attention to them in the future.
Field and Farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

lustration, which we copy from the Chi
cago Tribune. 1t represents well the
average newspaper artists idea Of fat
swine.
The artist has evidently let his imagi-
nation run to poetry here.
The Berkshire was one of the favorite
breeds at the fat stock show. Others
were represented by pens Of Poland
China, Essex, Duroc, Jersey Red, Ches-
ter White, Yorkshire, Tamworth and
Victoria hogs. Queen Victoria may feel
honored to have q breed Of hogs named
after her exhibited in America. The
premium barrow between six and twelve
months was Chester White.
Among fat beeves the preference in
breeds ran to Herefords and Devons.
Some Observation-Disclosures were also
shown.
The method adopted for deciding on
the premium animals was that known
as the single expert judge system
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

flies wings, and to whom the grasshopper
was burden, is, thank heaven, relic
of the past.
The girl of today is healthful and
strong and 1.-THE and supple. She has no
scorn of healthy appetite. She wallza
miles, she rides horses. In Washington
she rides bicycles. She can row boat
or handle rifle. She can fence and
swim and tell it not in Gath - there
are few Of her who can send football
spinning into the air in a way that
would make Yale halfback ashamed
of himself. 1t is the girl of today who
will be the mother of the future states
man, and, if there be any truth in popu-
lar theory, he should surpass the Ro-
man gladiator. So much for the girl col
lectively. Individually she is chacling
Miss Violet Sibyl Pauncefote, the sec
ond daughter of Sir Julian Pauncefote.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

There is much solicitude about the
future prices of the trotter. Hitherto it
is obvious that the prices of trotting
stock have been out of proportion to its
earning capacity upon the track. These
prices have been largely regulated by
the demand for breeding purposes
Stations have brought large prices be-
cause they could command large service
fees, and thus enable their owners to
obtain good returns on their investment.
Brood mares have been sold for good
prices because their produce by good
horses would bring remunerative prices
for breeding purposes. 1t is plain
proposition that this condition of affairs
cannot last always.
When the breeding farms of the
country are fully stocked, and this is
only question Of time, trotting horses
viii depreciate unless there is something
besides the demand for breeding stock
to keep them up. The increasing popu-
iarity Of trotting races in foreign coun-
tries, and the demand necessarily en-
suing for breeding stock in these coun-
tries, viii serve to keep prices up for
some time after the home market is fully
supplied. But even the foreign demand
will necessarily have hmit.-New
York Herald.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
How Much SOM.

Ihave discarded my soup plates and
given orders that in the future soups are
to be served in small teacups. am in
debted to well known French caterer
for this, and when you stop and think
how the best meaning people eat soups
You will see the propriety Of decreasing
the quantity. One doesn't consider how
much soup one is eating. The result is,
where the soup is served in the usual
soup plates, one gets dinner before the
time comes for serving the courses. The
teacup of soup obviates this. How
many good dinners have lost on ac-
count of the generous hostess who filed
the soup plate to the brimi- Interview in
Chicago Tribune.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

A wedding that developed considera-
ble interest among the Sioux took place
at Lower Brule agency Oct 81. Chief
Left Hand Thunder and belle Of the
Sioux nation were united in marriage by
a white clergyman. Representatives Of
various bands from all portions of the
big reservation were present, and the
feast given after the ceremony was the
grandest thing of the kind ever indulged
in by the noble red man. Left Hand
Thunder is wealthy, and entertained his
visitors royally.-Cor. St. Paul Globe.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

laid upon his shoulder, and on turning
he beheld his wife. She had 'ssou'-
wester upon her head and peajacket
buttoned closely about her.
ssWhat is the matter, james,? she
said.
The husband explained his perplexity.
A strange look of fearlessness and con-
fidence rested upon that fair woman's
face, and looking for moment at the
compass she said:
1--WE head due northwest. Station a
trustv lookout in the foretop, and let
the ship stand onr'
Capt. Marshall felt at that moment as
though an angel had been sent to pilot
him to haven of rest. Whence arose
the feeling he knew not, but instructive
ly he obeyed. Fearful and loud roared
the mighty storm, on dashed the riven
ship, but all fearless and composed stood
the heroic woman upon the quarter
deck, and the hardy seamen as they
gazed upon her felt that what daunted
not woman should not daunt them.
Land, hol' came from the foretop.
In three minutes more, as the ship
rose upon the bosom of giant sea, the
land was made out upon the deck, bear
ing about two points on the larboard
bow. Emma caught sight of it, and
seizing glass at the next swell she dis
covered lighthouse upon its summit.
Then she turned her glass over the star
board beam, and in moment she ex-
claimed:
''There are the Bantam Ledges. The
land on the larboard bow is Seguin, and
beyond l can see Cape Small Point
James" she continued as she gazed into
up of conscious power, s'if you will drop
your foretopsail will take you into the
Kennebecr'
For moment Capt. Marshall hardly
credited the evidence of his own senses,
but one look into the calm, radiant feat
ures Of his wife determined him, and in
five minutes the foretopsail was sheeted
home.
Emma Marshall seized the spanker
out haul and sprang upon the wheel
house, and calm as the falling of the
summers dew fell her orders to the man
at the wheel. The island Seguin was
cleared in safety, the ship bowled fear
lessly by the foam dashed rocks, and ere
long her bows cleft the smoother waters
of the noble Kennebec All danger was
past. Though the storm still ragged, yet
the old Vincent rode at anchor, and the
bowling tempest could harm her no
more. Confidence was restored to the
hardy crew.
Emma Marshall descended from her
station and sought her cabin. Her rough
habiliments were thrown aside, and ere
long she reappeared in all the modesty
and beauty of her native grace. Capt.
Marshall pressed her to his bosom, and
at that moment the hardy seamen waved
their hats high above their uncovered
heads, while prolonged shout of joy
and gratitude went forth from their re-
ieved souls. They had been saved from
the terrible coast storm, and from the
bottom of their hearts they confessed
Emma Marshall was A Wife Worth
Having. -Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., in Yankee
Blade.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

A lazy boys shirking of tasks does
not often result SO well as in the case Of
w. G. Smith, Of Round Pound, who has
made application for q patent on o milk
ing machine which promises to he u
good thing. He got his ideas when a
boy living on the Meadow Flat Stock
farm" His parents would send him to
milk and he would want to play ball
with the other boys, and as he couldn't
play ball and milk both at the same
time be would put straws in the cows
teats, and they would milk themselves.
Afterward he made improvements on
this plan which resulted in the mixer
Pemaquid (Me.) Messenger.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
NUMBER q.
"A SUtPLlCAlIoM.

Awake, awake, my Lyrs.
And ten thy silent nil-.Lor's humble tale
In sounds that may prevail;
Sounds that gentle thoughts inspire,
Though 50 exalted she
And 1 so lowly be-
Tell her, such different notes make all thy
harmony
Harkl how the strings awake,
And though the moving hand approach not
near,
Themselves with awful fear
"A kind OF numerous trembling make
Now all thy forces try;
Now all thy charms apply;
Revenge upon her ear the eonquests OF her
eye.
Weak Lyre thy virtue sure
Is useless here, since thou art only found
To cure, but not to wound,
And she to wound, but not to cure.
Too weak, too wilt thou prove
My passion to remove;
Physic to other ills, thourt nourishment 10
love.
Sleep, sleep again, my Tyre.
For thou canst never tell nv humble tale
In sounds that will prevail
Nor gentle thoughts In her inspire;
All thy vain Inirth lay by,
Bid thy strings silent lie,
Sleep, sleep again, my Tyre, and let thy mas
ter die
"A. Crowley in Philadelphia North American
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

The notes here appended from Farm
Journal are worthy of notice:
Tubes in cows teats to do the milking
are failure. They spoil the teats.
A bad smell in the stable will often
cause the milk from the cows in it to
taste or smell.
Rub the swollen udder of COW with
raw Inseed oil. Take twenty minutes
to do it.
If sheep have the snuffies their noses
should be washed with soapsuds and
some warm tar smeared on them.
The feet Of the sheep should be care
fully looked after. If the toes are long,
cut them off. Do not wound the feet in
so doing.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

only EnSllSn girls MISS PATTEN.
have. When on horseback she might
pose as the huntress Diana, and she
walks vita the grace and freedom Of
Iolanthe. 1t is worth while to see her
come down Pennsylvania avenue with
her sister. No sluggard stroller could
keep up with them. Miss Violet wears
usually plain cloth suit, a high English
walking hat, and a boa of black lynx,
against which her glowing color shows
in strong relief. Let no one suppose
from this description that Miss Paunce-
fote is masculine; she is not; quite the
contrary. She is modest and sweet as
the dainty English blossom whose name
she bears.
Sir Julian and Lady Pauncefote will
not give ball, as has been reported.
They are at present giving series of
Saturday dinners, and when the season
begins they will give the after dinner re-
ceptions and small dances which were
so enjoyable feature last season.
The great Patten house on Massachu-
setts avenue was opened this season for
the first time since the death of Mrs.
Patten three years ago. The occasion
was the coming out of the youngest of
the three sisters.
The Pattens are from California and
possess fabulous wealth; their house is a
treasury of art The debutante is rather
the prettiest of the sisters, all of whom
are reserved-so much so that they are
thought by the Washington public to be
somewhat naughty.
The young Miss Patten has a great
fondness for dogs. While waiting upon
the wide veranda for the door to open
the dogs came all about me, giving the
most hearty welcome they knew how to
give. There was leonine st. Bernard
and sleek fox terrier: a brown eyed
collie and slender greyhound; a mann
moth Newfoundland and tiny black
and-tan; there were two beautiful hunt
ers and mottled coach dog.t Such an
army of dogs leaping upon one all at
once seems rather formidable, but they
are all good natured, which is fair proof
that their mistress is good natured too.
Miss Courtenay Walthall, daughter of
the senator from Mississippi, is said to
be the prettiest girl in Washington.
Whether she is or not she is as pret-
ty as any girl need be, and she is as
lovable as she is fair. Miss Courtenay is
tiny girl, a pocket edition of Venus, and
not yet eighteen. She has eyes like deer,
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
nralne in Faror Of tl.e women.

The vote of the Methodists of Maine on
the question Of admitting women dele
gates to the general conference seems to
be all one way, or rather ia the condition
where the few exceptions prove the rule
by showing that both sides ar voting.
Rumford Center il the last one To report,
its vote being IS for and / against the
motion. The vote of the ten Maine
churches now on record is 200 for, II
against, the admission of the women
Lewiston Journal.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
neof nations In rexas.

The results of feeding experiments at
the agricultural station show that ra-
ton made up of cotton hulls and cotton
meal is equal to ration of any other
two feed stuffs, but a cheaper ration
may be compounded Of silage and cot
ton meal. This silage, cotton hulls and
cotton meal is the best. Dry corn fodder
is not as good as silage. Corn and hay
alone is more costly and slower in fat
tening than cotton seed and silage. The
waste from cattle fed hay, corn, silage
and raw cotton is more than from silage,
cottonseed meal and hulls. Exchange.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
Effect Of Grain on Cows at Pasture.

Effect of Grain on Cows ut Pasture.
For two seasons there have been ex-
periments carried on at the station Of the
Cornell university to determine the ques-
ton Of the profit Of grain ration fed to
cows while in pasture. Messrs. Roberts
and Wing report on said experiments as
follows: ''In two trials in tive seasons
we have received no return in milk and
butter from feeding a grain ration to
cows on good pasture Ia one trial with
cows soiled on fresh grass we have re-
ceived in increased milk and butter pro
duction and in saving of grass consumed
barely enough to pay for the cost Of the
grain ration added. In neither case has
any allowance been made for increased
value of manure when grain is fed, which
would be considerable in amount, but
difficult to estimate with exactness.
The opinion is further expressed that
several repetitions of this experiment
Will be needed before the matter can be
considered conclusively settled.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

Lena, tho 10-year-old daughter a +.
CT. Perenich, q farmer, was brought hur-
riedly here for treatment for a rattle
snake bite. While walking near the
house the reptile buried it, fangs in the
girls leg. She seized club, killed it
and then sucked the wound until med
ical aid could be had Her recovery will
be due in most part to her own bravery
and thoughtfulness.- Corpus Christi
Speclal
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
I.apd Plaster in the Barn Yard.

Several years ago Hoard's Dairymen
started the agitation among dairymen
relative to the uso of land plaster in
stables and themanure heap for the pur-
pose of absorbing the ammonia. The
practice is growing rapidly, and num-
ber Of farmers who have used it In the
barn yard are greatly pleased with the
results. Lime should not be used, as it
has the effect to set the ammonia free,
whereas plaster absorbs it.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
A Large surface requirement

= TT . ~ Ut
Customer These handkerchiefs are
not half large enough
C1erk-They are as large as we sell to
anybody.
Customer-That may be, but my bust
ness requires something more ample. !,
sir, am an undertaken. Clothier and
Fr1rr,isher
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
LIVE STOCK COLUMN.
THE NEWSPAPER ARTISTS IDEAL.
OF A FINE FAT HOG.

Animals Exhibited at the Chicago Fat
Stock Show = Berkshires That Were
Tubs Of Lard-Herefords, Deyons and
Observation-Disclosures.
The Chicago fat stock show was very
successful this season, drawing large
crowds Of visitors. Some Of the animals
exhibited were 50 fat as to be apparently
nothing but masses of tallow, in case of
the hogs pigs tallow," as our British
friends call it.
The Berkshire was favorite hog.
How he looks when he is SO fat that his
little pug nose has almost disappeared
may be seen from the accompanying il
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
Tho Lamb Tree.

Joannes Zahn in 1896 first gave the
world information as to this valuable
plant. The planta tartarica bowmetz,
according to Mr.. Zahn, grows in Tartary
like any other plant, and when it gets
ripe lamb forms on the top of the
flower stalk. After IL while the stalk
bends over and the lamb grazes till all
the grass in the vicinity is cropped off or
the stem is severed. Then it dies.
Wolves are said to be quite fond Of this
vegetable mutton John Ashton in Curl
GUS Creatures in Zoology.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
An Ola Custom KirIed.

At last they are about to Introduce
gas into the boys dormitories at the
Rugby school. Up to now candles, stuck
in rude zinc candlestick, have been
used. Each evening it was the duty of
the flag for the week to blow out the
candle and put the stick outside the
door. .-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
MIRA Dor and Bird disappear.

While some quail hunters were gun
ming near Edinburgh, Ind, training some
young setter pups large gray eagle
pounced down upon one Of them, for
which the owner had paid 500, fasten-
ing its talons in the dogs back and soar
ing away with its prize. The owner Of
the dog fred two or three shots at the
'noble bird" but without avail Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

BOUT this time
Of year, says the
society almanac,
look out for buds.
One would sup
pose that buds
coming. out in
winter must be
hoth ou S e bios
SONS, but these
are not. T b .
young lady who
thrived on star
rr,;S+ ap1 hu+fo,-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08

An affectation akin to rudeness is the
refusal to sing or play when asked to do
50. 1t is the mark of good breeding to
acquiesce without demur, even il one is
an Indifferent performer; to wait to be
pressed rather detracts from than en-
hances the enjoyment Of the audience.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1891-01-08
sun She Grew Old.

Betsey Harper has just died at Ban
gor. She wore stays in her youth, slept
On feather bed ate pork an her days,
drank strong tea and Just dotted On mince
pie and hot doughnuts, and she beat out
all the health cranks by living to the
age of 101.-Springfeh (Mass.) Home
stead