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Passaic City record., 1891-10-03
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
HOW TO BREAK A SETTING HEN.

One old and experienced breeder tells
that his plan of curing hens of the desire
to set is neither to coop them up nor
starve nor duck them in a water-butt,
nor place them in coop with spared
bottom. What he does, and he finds it
an unfailing remedy. is to transfer the
broody hen to another pen, with adiffer-
ent lord and master. In short time the
desire to set leaves her and she goes on
laying within week or ten days. By
adopting this plan he has been saved the
nuisance of broody hens.-New York
World.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

est and best rough feeds on the farm. In
making the necessary grain the fodder
is grown so that the only item of expense
is the cutting, shocking up and hauling
out. Yet when there is a considerable
acreage tins is quite task. So much so
that in many cases sufficient quantity
cannot be gathered at the right stage to
be of the best quality without hiring ex-
ira help. To a considerable extent the
quality or value of feed is largely de-
termined by the age at which it is cut
and the manner of curing and storing
away.
AS with much other farm work, ma
chinery will not only lessen the labor,
but afford much better opportunity of
getting the work done in good season.
With a corn harvester, two men and one
horse will put from six to eight acres of
corn in the shock, and in this way
considerable quantity of good feed can
be secured in short time and at COM
paratively small cost. Too much fodder
is allowed to get too ripe before cutting.
So far as is possible it will be best to
begin cutting when the grain begins to
harden well.
The size of the shocks should be de-
termined largely by the management to
be given. If, as it is often done, the
fodder is to stand in the field until it is
hauled out and fed to the stock, it will
be best to put up in large shocks, while
if it is to be hauled in and stored under
shelter as soon as it is sufficiently cured,
small shocks are much the best, where
fodder is left standing out there is al
ways more or less damaged fodder on the
outside of the shocks. The rain, snow,
wind and sun, bleach and evaporate
good portion of the nutriment in the
stalks so that it is quite an item to lessen
the amount that is exposed to these ele-
mcnts as much as possible, and this is
the advantage in putting up in large
shocks. Sixteen hills square is not too
large. But when it is to be hauled in
under shelter as soon as possible eight
or ten hills square is large enough.
With good shelter cattle, sheep and
horses can be kept in good thrifty con-
dition all winter with very little grain
and consequently at low cost if the
fodder is of good quality, or if the fod-
der is cut up fine and small quantity of
oil meal and bran added this class of
stock can be kept thrifty during the
winter, and much feed that is allowed to
go to waste can be used in this way and
thus much grain be saved to feed to fat
tening stock.-St. Louis Republic.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

| <AAs<~ N<AAsA~<1~s
Draining land is often better than ma
nuring it.
Peas are generally covered too shallow
when sown.
Put a lump of lime in the poultry
drinking vessel.
Ten or twelve hens can be kept on
every farm with profit.
Boiled peas or beans make good
poultry food during the winter.
Chicks do not need to be fed before
they are twenty-four hours old.
Plant and cultivate your silage corn
the same as you do your held corn.
Cows and colts may be educated for
their work without their knowing it.
The harrow is considered the best
tool for doing the first cultivation of
corn.
Mr.. S. D. Willard declares there is
money in cherries, especially in sour
ones.
A Ventura (Cal.) horticulturist states
that he considers fifteen-year- Eng
lish walnut tree, in good health, worth
about $4O0.
Turkeys are so restless when confined
that in fattening the time should be made
as short as possible; ten days or two
weeks is ample.
The only way to pick fowls dry and
clean without tearing them is to do the
work as soon as they are killed, while
the body is warm.
Linseed meal brightens the plumage
of the fowls; it also regulates the bowels
and promotes digestion. Care should be
taken not to feed too much.
The acting horticulturist of the &C.
neva IN. W Experiment Station places
Moore's Diamond at the head of the list
of white grapes for quality and value.
Geese can be fAttened rapidly and
cheaply, as they will eat almost anything.
Care must be taken not to get them too
fat, as excess of fat Injuries the quality.
Lack of variety in their food will some
times cause the hens to lose appetite, SO
that whenever they refuse their food it
will be found a good time to change the
diet.
During the winter hard grain alone is
better than soft feed alone; but the best
results can be secured by giving soft feed
as the morning ration and whole grain at
noon and night.
If any defects are in the bird they will
nearly always show when the nev feathers
come out after moulting. Some breeds,
however, moult lighter every year, and
this is not defect.
1t has been estimated that fully 1000
persons are engaged IN celery growing
in Kalamazoo, Mich, and vicinity, and
they manage to make enough from it to
live very comfortably.
There is good market now for the
quills of all kinds of fowls, especially for
the tail feathers of the turkeys. They
should be gathered up, carefully sorted
and tied into bundles.
The larger the fall growth of straw
berry plants the larger the crop of fruit
next season. This implies plenty of ma
nure and cultivation now. A dressing OF
raw bone dust and ashes will do good.
Stormy weather is disastrous to hens
that are not in full feather, and it is best
to see that they are well protected by
providing them with good shelter.
Late moulting hens need good care if they
are to be kept over.
The President of the Indiana Horti-
cultural Society said at a recent meeting:
sin regard to extreme cultivation OF
strawberries / think that there is a
medium. Too high cultivation might
not pay, but man should spend from
$25 to $50 on an acrs if hs expects
success.
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CARE IN MILKING.

So simple an operation as milking a
COW it would seem anyone might do
without admonition, yet from mat
tention to it a great injury is inflicted
upon the financial results of many
dair;es.
In the first place, the COW must be
treated kindly. Harsh treatment scar
ing her by loud talk or any ill treat
ment, is sure to have its effect upon the
cow in diminishing the quantity of
milk, and such a course will not pay. In
the next place, the COW must be thor
oughly MIXED. If miIked in hurry
and not thoroughly MIXED, she will not
give so much by about quart day as
sbe would il carefully stripped till all
the milk is removed from the udder; and
then if the milk is not all removed 1t
tends to dry up the COW. Much injury
is done to dairies in this way. Few
hired men have interest enough in the
matter to thoroughly milk the cows,
and generally doing this work before
the regular days work, and after the
work is done at night, they do it in a
hurry, without taking care to remove
all the milk.
At the Mississippi Experiment Station
test was made with five cows. Work
man A, who was supposed to be good
milker, mlked them for two weeks, and
the milk was weighed each day. Then
another workman, B, who was told the
object of the experiment, MIXED the same
COWS two weeks, with the same care and
feed as Iefore. He obtained 244. 5
pounds of milk more than the other man
did, an average of two and one-hali
pounds per day for each COW. A differ
ence like that would make quite diff
ference in the incoms from dairy, ac-
cording to whether it was thoroughly
milked or not. ot.-Aassachusetts Plough
man.
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Its Excellent Qualities

Commend to public approval the California
LIQUID fruit remedy Syrup of Figs. It pleasf
to the eye and to the taste and by gently act
ing on the kidneys, liver and bowels,it cleanses
the system effectually, thereby promoting the
health and comfort of all who use it.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

N0tns7ag can 0e S0s1
in favor of the best medicine in the
world that may not be said of the
most worthless. In one case, it's
true; in the other, it isn't;-but how
can you Distinguish
Judge by what is done. There's
only one blood-purifer that's guar
onteed. It's DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery-and this is what
is done with it; if it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you get your
money back. Isn't it likely to be
the best?
All the year round, as well at one
time as another, it cleanses and pur-
ifes the system. All blood-poisons
must go. For Dyspepsia, Bilious
ness, Scrofula, Salt-rheum, letter,
Erysipelas, or any blood-taint or dis
order, it is an unequaled remedy.
It's the cheapest, too. With this,
you pay only for the good you get.
And nothing else is "iust as good"
1t may be better-for the dealer.
But he isn't the one that's to be
helped.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

Young mothers, who regain strength but
slowly, should bear in mind that natures
greatest assistant is Lydia e. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound. 1t has no rival as thousands
testify.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

is. Parker, Fredonia, n. Y. says: "Shall
not call on you for the 800 reward, for be-
heve Halls Catarrh Cure Will cure any case
of catarrh Was very bad" Write him for
particulars. Sold by Druggists 75c.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

THE supply of natural gas at Pittsburg,
Penn. is becoming exhausted
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Prevents Pneumonia.

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure positively
prevents pneumonia, diphtherie. and MEM
eists or will be mailed on receipt Of 81 cts. Ad-
dress A p Hoxsie, Buffalo, n. Y.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

FITS stopped free by DR. kLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToRER. No dts after nrst days uss
Marvelouscures Treatise and - trial bottle
free. DIR. Kline 931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

For &c. stamp, sent with address to Lydia
E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. ladies
will receive free, a beautiful illustrated book,
Guide to Health and Etiquette
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

Tho Erie is the only railway running solid
trains over its own tracks between New YORK
md Chicago. No change of cars for any class
Of passengers. Rates lower than VIA any other
first-class line.
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03

CUTTING CORN FODDER.
aood corn fodder is one Of the cheap
Passaic City record., 1891-10-03
German
Syrup,

We have selected two or
Croup. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
to their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack-a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that it will carry them through.
Ed. L. Willis, of Mrs. JAs.W KIRK,
Alma, Neb. give it Daughters College,
to my children when Harrodsburg, KY. !
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any it in attacks of Group
preparation act like with my little daugh-
it. 1t is simply mi ter, and find it an in
raculous. valuable remedy.
Fully one-ha1f of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group, diph-
liberia and the dangerous inhamma-
tons of delicate throats and lungs. q
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08

ing Of the brain, after an illness Of
several months. He was Q distin.
guished juriss Of many years service.
The United States Senate ysstsr.
day concurrsd in the conference re-
port on the Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad bill. The Senate, by vote
Of "a 10 %, laid aside the election
bill and took up the bill to provide
against contraction of the currency,
eight republicans voting with the
democrats to take mp the bill. In
the House, Mr.. Post introduced Q
bill "to convert lsgal.tender notes
from government promises 10 pay in.
to legal tender government promises
to receive. and to restore to circula.
ton the gold held in the treasury for
the. redemption Of United States notes.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08

On our first page We publish
Senator Walcott's speech in the United
States Senate against the Force Bill.
We hope that the speech will be gen.
orally read. II states in strong Ian.
guags the reasons why a young and
progressive Republican is opposed to
the iniquitous measure which Sen.
ator Hoar and others of his ilk are
endeavoring to force upon the Amer.
lean people. There are sentences
and passages in Senator Walcott's
speech which we shall refer to on
other occasions. Meantime. we will
content ourselves with advising all
of our readers to read the speech.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08
FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.

Announce JANzs J. GRxExwKII, Of
Mediey's Neck, q candidate for Q seat
In the next House Of Delegates. 1.-The viii
accept the nomination he win receive the
unanimous support Of The Democratic
party. 6TH DIsrR1cr.
Jan Sip
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08

Mr.. Walter r. Abel, one of che
cons of the late A. 8. Abel and ons
Of the propristors Of the Sun, died sud.
denly Of neuralgia Of the heart on
Saturday morning at his residence,
223 West Monument street. 10 the
forty-second year of his age. About
the time of Mr.. Absll's death biz
sister Miss Mary L. Abel, took the
white veil at the Convent of tho
Visitation, in Georgetown, D. @.
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paint Mary $ Beacon
LEoNARDTowN. MD.

THURSDAY Morning, January 8.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08

Monday. the q. s. Senate by avots
Of "a to 20, laid aside the Forcs Bill
and voted TO take up the Silver Bill.
Eight Western Republican Senators
voted with the Democrats and to
them 10 due the credit of at least
scotching, Of they have not killed.
this strife breeding and iniquitous
measure.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.
From the Baltimore Sun.

SATURDAY. January 8.
Senator Wilson, of Maryland, Gays
he can learn of but four republican
Senators who will vote against the
force bill.
A letter, written by Father Craft.
the Indian missionary, who was killed
early 10 the week, Gays the Indian
troubles are due to starvation and
misery.
The Academy at Princess Anne for
the education of colored boys was
formally made branch Of the Agri.
cultural College, 90 as to carry out
the requirements of the Morrill, bill.
A case to test the validity of the
civil service law in prohibiting politi-
cal assessments has been certified to
the Washington judges in general
term fer trial.
The Fifth Avenue Theatre, Her.
MAINS new theatsr and dozen stores
were burned 10 New York last night.
The fire broke out in the Fifth Ave-
nue. Theatre fifteen minutes after
Fanny Davenport had finished her
performance of Cleopatra"
The United States Senate met yes.
terday and adjourned until Monday,
the session being entirely formal and
no business whatever being transacted.
The House also met and adjourned
until Monday without the transaction
of any business except the introduc.
ton of few unimportant resolutions,
which were referred to committees.
MONDAY, January 5.
The new gunboat Bennington built
at Chester, Pa, is ready for trial.
It is thought the final struggle over
the force bill in the Senate is about
to begin.
Nearly four hundred thousand i'm.
migrants were landed at New York
during the year 1890.
A number ofarrssts Of dredging cap.
tains for having uncullsd oysters on
board have been made in Choptank
river.
Secretary Blaine has been urged by
the agent sent to Alaska to come TO
some agreement with Great Britain
concerning the seal fisheries.
At Democratic conferences in WASH
ington it was decided to use ell
parliamentary means TO defeat the
force bill and the "cloture" scheme.
The Supreme Court of Nebraska
has rendered a very important de.
cision, holding that father who had
murdered his daughter could not in.
herit her property.
The New York Legislature will
meet tomorrow. Among the impor-
tant business it will have before il
will be the election Of Q successor to
United States Senator Evarts. q reap.
portionment of the legislative dis.
tricts of the State, and the purchase
of three million acres of land in the
Adirondack mountains for O great
State park.
TUESDAY, January 6.
The action Of the United States
Senate in taking up the silver bill 10
thought to be fatal blow to the force
bill.
Judge Brown, the new associate
justice Of the United States Supreme
Court, took his seat upon the bench
yesterday.
George w. Peck, the humorist, was
inaugurated as Governor Of Wisconsin
yesterday, and the State government
is in democratic hands for the FIRST
time since 1876.
Emma ABBOTT, the opera singer.
died yesterday at Salt Lake City,
Utah. Of pnsumonis, aged about forty
years. United States Circuit Judge
D. G. Trowhstt. aged sixty.ssvsn
years, died Sunday evening Of soften
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-01-08

nnrn nur Under a recent act, pas
fEIlh llIIN--sed by Congress and APP
~-proyed by the President
Of the & s., known as the Dependent PEN
sion b.! the parent or parents of every SOL
dier o. nety days service during the late
rebelli y who died in service or from
| woun. or diseases contrated during SER
vice, p rvided said parent has no other
means support than their own manual
labor ntitled to pension. Every soldier
of min l. days service with an honorable
discha-2 who is unable either by virtue
of mel Il or physical Impairment TO earn a
living entitled 10 pension. Every
widow I'd child and children of deceas-
ed so .. r Of ninety days service with an
honor y , discharge is entitled to a pen
sion h former during her widowhood
and u : after until they shall have arrived
at sixf & years Of age.
All II sons coming under the provisions
of this q { can have their claims promptly
attend & TO by addressing the attorneys
below dr. Combs will be in Leonard
town + m the 9th to the Goth of August
Partie an call on him there at that time
and h;v their applications made out.
Respectfully,
K LGOUR & COMBS,
46S J. ,uisiana Ave, Washington, ID. c.
July If
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\ TSAdFS Sung.

Wanderin' in the June time. down around the
outen hearin' o the world a-dozin' under
kiver
o the alders an the willers, all a-drippin' in
the water,
Kinder seems TO me like tvin; but they tell
me how I'd oughter
Be in the sun a-workin'. stead o watchin'
daisies CROWN.
Be a-whetin' up a reaper, an a-sweatin' an a
mowin'
OF EN- down to dry.
But I'd somehow rather watch the beauties
bObbin an a-growing',
But can't tell why.
Wanderin' in the flower time. up long the val
Watchin' little grasses grow, an Matters gor-
GeOus rally
From the wind storms o. winter; medders
growin' yeller,
The brooks a-singin' happily, the sky growin'
mellcr.
Catchin' up reflections o. the hues the earth's
a-brewin',
Kinder gawkin' at EN- meetin' in the distance
an a-wOoin',
Or lovin' here to lie
Listenin' to the pigeons a-nestin' an a-oooin',
But can't tell why.
Sieihih up an uoWh the creek, a-peakln' at
the fishes
Runnin' over in my head lazy lot o. wishes
Nothin' much to talk about-wish twas always
summer,
Err every skeeter ct I'd catch ed turn part
ridge drummer
Then jes' a-layin down again, hands flappin'
in the river,
Outen hearin' o. the world, breathin' blessings
to the giver
o. the earth an meller sky,
Contented like an happy, jes' to watch the
water quiver,
But can't tell why.
Walter NJ Hazeltine in Good housekeeping.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-08-06
The Earliest Child's Book.

As might be supposed, the earliest book
that is assigned to the child is the Latin
grammar. Boys Latin grammar for
several centuries were mere text books
compiled from the larger works of Dona-
tus and Priscian, and they were COM
monty known by the name of Donates
or Donets, a term which occurs in Piers
''PlOwman." The word grammar, on
the contrary, was used more in conjunc-
ton with Latin studies generally, and
science, as well as even magical power,
was sometimes spoken of as grammarye
A very commonly used school book in
monasteries seems to have been the
Consolation of Philosophy" Gn the orig
inal, of course), by Boethius, of which at
least a fragment would most probably
be found even in the most meager con-
vent library"
The earliest book in existence written
expressly for boys is here stated to be
Aldhelm's "De Septenario, de Metris,
Enigmatibus, ac Pedum Regulis. ;"
which probably appeared about the end
Of the Seventh century. A great part
of it consists of dialogues between teach
er and pupil, in the style which was still
popular in the first half of the present
century, and may be found in such
works as Mrs. Markham's History. The
Venerable Bede IS also claimed as a
writer for the young.-LondOn Saturday
Review
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-08-06
Married the Family.

A story of Florida man who married
three wives from one family is going the
rounds as something remarkable, but
there was a family in Maine consisting
of six girls, and of the six three married
men named Biclwell, three married to
the name of Young. one married a Liver
more and one never was married. An
other paradoxical feature is that there
were only five husbands in all.
The explanation is that two of the
Bickwells died, leaving widows, and
Mr.. Young, who had two of the sisters
before, took one of the widows. Then
Mr.. Livermore took the other So that
there We're seven weddings in the fam
lily, and only five men ard five women
concerned in them. Mr.. Young had lost
one wife before he began on this family
Manchester Union.