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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12

sandy loan is the best soil. 1t should be
we'll manured and plowed deeply, in or
der TO hasten the growth Sd as TO secure
the requisite tenderness and succulence,
and allow the roots to penetrate the soil
to a considerable depth. The variety
best suited for picking is the Green
Prolific. The time tor sowing the seed
is usually about the middle OF July.
In planting, the ground should be
marked out four feet each WY, deep
furrow being made so as to leave room
for a good shovelful Of rich compost at
each intersection. This should be worked
in with the spade or hoe aud the ground
leveled. Five or six seeds are enough
for each hill, which will require between
one and two pounds per acre. When
the plants arr we'll started and sll danger
from insects is past, they should be
thinned out to three or four plants TO the
hill.
An experienced cucumber grower
recommends that when the seed IS sown
q broadcast dressing OF three or four
hundred pounds of Peruvian guano per
acre should be applied, as that fertilizer
seems to have an especially good effect
on the crop. By the addition of four
hundred pounds Of guano, costing SIS,
to the previous preparation, over three
hundred thousand cucumbers to the acre
were obtained, which is double the
average yield. AS the crop was sold for
81 so per thousand. the expenditure Of
SIS added nearly $500 to the price re-
ceived per acre.
The cultivation required is to keep the
soil loose by frequent stirring until the
vines cover the ground. The main vines
should be pinched at the ends to keep
them within bounds and encourage the
growth of lateral branches, which a-e
the most prolific of fruit, as they bear
chiefly pistillate blossoms, while those of
the main branches are mostly stamenate
or barren flowers. The fruit should be
gathered every morning as soon as it has
reached the proper size, from two to
three inches in length.
The principal enemies of the cucumber
are lice, which prey upon the leaves, and
the striped beetle and its Larvae. The
former may be dealt with by picking of.
the first infested leaves, by which the
rapid spread of the pest may be pre-.
vented. The striped beetle should be
treated with a busting of finely grou nd
gypsum; its larve, & Small, slender,
white worm, which gnaws into the roots,
may be successfully combatted by pour
ing about the roots Of the plant mix,
ture of one gill of kerosene oil with a
solution of one pound of common yellow
soap in one gallon of hot water, the
whole being shaken into an emulsion.
This has been found an etfectual remedy.
New York Mail and Express.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
Drawn by the Webfooted Cows.

The webfooted COWS who inhabit the
marshes along the St. Johns River in
Florida-Iknow that they are webfooted,
| for Captain Lund says so, and Captain
Lund never lies-are of some use after
all, it seems, and this is the how and the
wherefore of it.
In the merry month of April the water
in the st. Johns gets very low, and the
two big steamboats,, Frederick De Barry
and City of Jacksonville, which go up
and down it during the winter season,
are sometimes hard put to it to get over
the numerous bars. If it were not for
the webfooters, Captain Lund says-and
Captain Lund never Ges-they would
never get up to Sanford and Comfort
Cottage, and would have to come North
month or more before they could be Of
service.
The worst bar of all is Volusia Bar,
and here four times day, at the hours
when the steamboats, are due, number
Of Floridians put in an appearance with
from four to eight yoke of the gay and
festive kind, almost too thin to cast a
shadow, hitched up for business.
boat men have ever witnessed. The COWS
are hitched to the boat by three stout
chains, the drivers 1aise a shout, and
with all steam on and mighty tug of.
war, the stout iron steamboat is dragged
through the mud and sand and landed in
deep water again.
Captain Lund says he has a set of iron
tires which he puts on the paddle wheels
the first of May, which enable him to
take short cuts across the country, thus
shortening the distance by about one
half, and as Captain Lund was never
no, never-known to draw the long
bow or to tell story which was not
strictly according to Hoyle, down go the
tires across country and all.
And yet there are people who persist
in going to Europe strange sights for to
see. It is one of the wonders which no
man, aud not very many hundreds of
women, can fathom. New York Herald.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
Lighting the Stars.

Mabel Greene is Brooklyn fve-year-
old. She is full of odd conceits. The
other evening she stood at window of
her home with her pretty face fattened
against the pane intently watching a
slowly gathering storm. Darker grew
the low hanging clouds, but Mabel
showed no signs of fear. Instead her
features were animated and she appeared
to be absorbed in the scene. Even
when violent clap of thunder seemed
to rend the heavens and forked light
ming flashed the child was unmoved.
At last, firing of the sight, Mabel turned
to her mother. sitting near.
"Mamma. she said, 81 fink bod is
dettin' weady to light His stars"
"Why, darling3"
"'Cause he's scratchin' matches on
the sky."-New York Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The farmer or dairyman who allows
weeds to faint his pastures is not sue
cess. .:.- :
If fowls have a large range now, the
grain feed may be cut to once a day.
Let them hustle for the rest they have.
If the milk can is old and corroded
with rust, buy new one for the milk,
use the rusty one to bring whey from the
factory.
Keep your chickens growing from the
shell, and they will be ready for the.
table or market any time after ten or
twelve weeks of age.
The good layers are active and gen
orally on the move and scratching about
are the first birds out in the morning
and the last to roost at night.
Does it cost more to raise 1000 pounds
OF flesh in the form of poultry than it
does to raise 1000 pounds in the form of
beef? Which sells for the most2
The agricultural experiment stations
and dairy schools ought, in each State,
to note the appearance and spread of
weeds that cause an unpleasant flavor IN
milk.
The wet season makes very "slushy"
grass. The COWS, the milk and the but
ter will be better if some grain is fed.
Bran is better than corn meal for hct
weather feed.
The Malta bees are noted for the
purity and delicious flavor of their
honey. They extract most OF it from
sulla, or clover, of which there is an ex-
tensive crop.
Do not feed lot of cockerels till they
become sold roosters," then sell on the
general market. 1t is hard to make them
pass as "spring chicken" even If the
dealer cuts thespurs off.
Clover il valuable in the winter feed
ing of hogs as well as for summer pas
ture. Stow away a little that is cut
young and nicely cured, and feed it to
the stock hogs that you carry over.
Many horses that are unruly and have
bad dispositions are made so by bad
treatment when they are colts. Gentle
ness is a first requisite in training and
educating the colt for future usefulness.
The best profit to the stock breeder
always comes in breeding for special
purpose animals. Select your purpose
the dairy, h3ef, mutton or wool, the,
horse for the road OF the saddle, and then
stick to it.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
FLAX MEAL. FOR CALVES.

At the Iowa station experiments have
been in progress to determine the feed
ing value of ground fiaxseed for young
calves. bull and heller calf OF both
Holstein and Shorthorn breeds were
chosen, the two bulls being fed on whole
milk, and the two heifers on milk
skinned after being set twelve hours,
with as much t1axseed as they could as
simulate without securing. These ex-
periments lasted through three months.
the calves being weighed every fifteen
days.
The results indicate: 1. That ration
of skim milk and ground faXseed COM
pare favorably with a new milk ration
for young calves-2. The skim milk and
faxseed meal fed calves were less in
terupted in their growth by weaving
than were the whole milk calves-3. A
saving value of butter fat alone at 81. II
per month on each calf, was effected by
substituting the ground daxseed-4.
The cost of producing pound of gain,
estimating new milk at ST. cents per
hundred pounds, skim milk at Is
cents per hundred pounds, grain 1 cent
per pound hay IS per ton (the latter two
being fed alike to both lots) and fiaxseed
meal 81 cents per pound, was 10 cents
per pound increase with the fresh milk
ration, and only five cents with the skim
milk ration. 1t seems, therefore, more
economical to feed calves skim milk and
faxseed then with whole milk. -Ameri-
can Dairyman.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
The SONG OF PEACE
4 song Is astir in the air,

4 song Is astir in the air,
And | would drink it in
With the scent of the roses rich and rare:
But still the battles din
Rings in my ears and deafens me;
cannot hear the strain.
The noise Of the world, its misery,
Throbs like bitter pain.
But now and then, as in despair
| seek to rend the bonds,
Comes burst of harmony on the air
To which my heart responl Is;
And then the echo of the fray
A moment seems to cease;
Though the wondrous harmony dies away,
That moment brings me pace.
And then pray l may retain
A peacefu!ness of heart,
Though the warriors laurels fail to gain,
Or riches Of the mart.
For that sweet song will give me rest,
And Danish all distress;
The flowers of God and the gold of the West
Will be my happiness.
-FIavel Scott Mines, in Harper's Bazaar.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12

Her little hat set back prettily on her
fair lir which was blown into
many straying tendrils.
George thought, with mental groan,
that che had never looked so lovely.
"Oh, Tom, you2" Constance cried,
quite as Mrs. Paritt had done.
And then, not at all as Mrs. Parftt
had done, she gave him both her hands
and-it was no hallucination, it was
fact-and let him kiss her.
She turned upon her cousin with her
blue eyes sweetly dewy.
do you like it, George7' she said.
care you glad! know you like Tom.
Aren't you pleased? We'd have told
you before, but we've only been engaged
week, and nobody but Kate has known
it so far"
''And 1 thought I wouldn't blurt it
OUT" said Tom, standing, flushed and
beaming. 81 thought I'd let COMFY tell
you, you know"
care you two engagedl" George
roared. He sought vainly to get his
wife's eye. "Then how about Hugh
Dudley3"
"Mr. DudIey2" said Constance,
vaguely. "Oh, George. You haven't
thought that Hugh Dudley wanted me
or | him2 Why, it's all about Grace
Quinby. They were engaged, you know,
and then they had some ridiculous
trouble or other; and Grace and 1 have
been so chummy ever since I've been
here that Mr.. Dudley came right to me
with it. He's been here two or three
times to tell me things to tell her, and
I've told her all of them, for Grace was
foolish and hasty, and it really wasn't
Mr.. Dudley's fault at all, and I've been
anxious for them to make it up. And
now they have. He came this morning
to get me to go there with him, and he
met me on the street and we went. And
Grace began to cry when she saw him,
and [ came away, and
Constance was sympathetically fearful.
Gwen never quarrel, will we, Tom"
she demanded, tenderly.
And Tom stroked her hand.
"Kate" cried Mr.. Par6tt, sternly.
But his wife, laughing till her pink
checks were red, slipped her hand
through his arm.
"You're a dear, good boy" he
avowed, "and was a mean, dreadful
girl to do It'll But, George, you were so
cross about my jacket that wanted So
you're always little cross when you're
at home sick, you know-and I thought
you'd know it so soon anyhow, and it
was temptation, and-I'm awful sor-
ry," said Mrs. Parftt, pleadingly.
"Where's my pocket-book2" said
George. "You shall have that jacket.
1 meant you to all the time. I'm over
joyed and rejuvenated and cured,
and Pm going down to the office. y
| SATURDAY. Night
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
HOW TO DEHORN.

Horns on my cattle are thing of the
past, writes Waldo F. Brown. Every
calf raise now is treated when a week
or SO old, and the horns are killed. I
get stick of caustic potash at the drug
store; throw the calf on its side, so as
to hold it easily, and wet the hair on a
spot the size of half dollar over the
embryo horn, and then rub on the potash
thoroughly. When I began using the
potash did not rub it on long enough,
and got one or two one horned ami
mails; now rub till the hair comes off,
and the blood begins to start through
the skin, and it represses the horns eff
fectually. would not use any liquid
preparation of potash, as there is dan
ger of its running down where it is not
wanted, or being spilled by a sudden
movement of the calf; l never tried the
liquid but once, and came near putting
out an eye. Be careful not to get the
stick potash on your fingers; wrap sew
eral thicknesses of paper Or cloth around
it.
The dehorning of grown cattle is
simple process; takes but few seconds
II the COW is properly fastened, and
do not think it is very painful, for the
cattle begin to eat as soon as the horns
are off, and COWS do not shrink in their
milk at all. 1 dehorned the first week
in June q Holstein that was boss of the
herd, and from being kept IN a small lot,
had become entirely too handy with her
horns, opening gates and doors. Since
her horns were taken off she has become
a most proper and respectable COW; the
smallest heifer IN the herd makes her
walk away from her feed, or drives her
where she pleases. The saw is much
better, think, than nlppers; the latter
is likely to crush the bone and prevent
healing so quickly. The only applica-
ton we made after saving was to fill the
cavities with wheat -four, and although
it was hot weather and fly time, the
wounds healed over in few days.
New York Tribune.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12

Marking sheep may be readily and
permanently done for year, while the
fleece grows, by taking a pinch of
Venetian red in the fingers and pulling
through the wool. The Prussian blue
and common iampblack may be used to
designate different grades or classes.
The use of oil or turpentine is to be
avoided, as it cannot be removed from
the wool and is a erican
Farmer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
GROWING cUcUMBERs FOR PICKLES.

We do not suppose it would be pro-
ftable for the great majority of farmers
to undertake to grow cucumbers for
pickles. Immense quantities OF these
pickles are annually consumed, it is true;
but it doesn't require a very large area
to grow an immense lot of cucumbers.
Yet for farmers in locality favorable for
the purpose it might be worth while to
make the trial, for the crop is prof "a
BILE one when properly managed, yield
ing sometimes as high as SIS per acre
above all expenses.
The conditions most favorable to sue
cess in pickle growing are nearness to
large city, or facility for disposing Of
the product in fresh state to factory
in which vegetables are picked either in
salt or vinegar; or, in default of these,
the necessary appliances for picking on
the farm, for supplying the home or dis
tant markets. a cucumber grower
should be in good apple country, where
abundance of cider could be obtained at
small cost for conversion into vinegar.
The cultivation of cucumbers for
pickles is very simple. A warm, rich,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-08-12
His DAY AT HOME.
by EMMA A OPPER.

}, I can't say I enjoy
Georges sick days at
home" said Mrs. Par
fit. "I1e's sure to
be poking into things
and making himself
generally disagree
able. Dear boy! he
isn't that way any
other time. I'll war
rant you, COMFY"
Mrs. Partitt shot a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-05
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of execution, No. eQ4 issued from the
the county OF Providence judgment rendered
February 10th. ISV2. and execution Issued April A
1892 and returnaDle TO said court July llth, 1892
wherein Joseph Webb OF Johnston In said county
recovered Judgment against Vittoria Lafarzia OF
said Johnston for ninety four (Df) dollars and
twenty y-eight (2Sl cents shall sell at puDlic auc-
tion at the Eighth District Court Room In said
Johnston, July 9th, isl2. at l2 o'clock NJ, all the
right tstle and interest," the within n-named de-
fendant had In and " the following described
real estate
That certain tract or parcel OF land with all i'm
provements thereon, situated In said Johnston at
the corner or Painheld road and the crossroad
leading through summons Old Village TO the Scitu-
ate road bounded and dcscr ibed rs follows:
Beginning at the afore said corner the westerly
field road, thence westerly with sad Planheld
road about two hundred thirty-ve (25) feet thence
northerly one hundred forty-fve Qi5) feet 10 a
walnut tree. thence easterly two hundred sxty-h
(265) feet TO stone bound said road thence
southery hundred elghtyhve (ls5) feet TO place
OF beginning being a small portion OF the premises
conveyed 70 this grantor by VIM. A. Pierce, April
I6 1883, by deed recorded In book No. Az page 30
in the Town Clerks Office in said Johnston. Said
lot OF land will be sold TO satisfy sail execution liz
sufficient CHARLES A. PHILLIPS,
Deputy Sheriff.
Johnston, July O, 1892.
The above sale was this day adjourned 10 SATUR-
DAY August 9th, 1892 at the same place and hour
Johnston, July 9th, 1892
CHARLES A. PHILLIPS,
jyfs.25-aui.5 Deputy Sheriff.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-05
CITY ADvERrIsEMENTs.

tVtv Hall proytdanca Auo 1870

City Hall. Providence Aug g. 1892.
Applications for transfer OF license to sell pure,
spirituous Intoxicating and malt liquors have been
made by the following-named persons;
Brown, Henry, l2S Pine street, to Robert NJ. Orms-
Campbell robert, lUi Dorrance street. TO William
III. O'ponncll 100 Thurbers avenue.
Corcoran, James j., 2S5 Canal street. TO 30i and 3o3
Canal street.
Carter. Frank 130 Charles street, to Patrick Mon
tague, same location
Davidson. Joseph, 81 Chalkstone avenue, to Jersky
q Potoshinsky, same location.
Logan, William j., 23 20 "a Eddy street. 10 James
II. Deylin Co. same location.
Lucy, Patrick 100 Ives street. 10 Francis Connolly
same location.
McGuirk. Terrence. 10 Dolane street, to 100 De-
laine street.
McElroy. II. NJ. s77 North Main street. to si5 North
Main street.
Martin, Frank $50 South Main street. to $40 South
Main street.
Muldoon, Hugh, 81 North Main street. to James
Kelley a. Co, s0me location.
oDrlscol, gene r., 800 south Main street. to George
Geottlcr, Jr., same location.
Owen. John, AZ Cove street. 20 James ODonnell.
Ryan, \. Lawrence s9i to sos South Main street. to
John u. Doyle, same location.
Richards John w, l3 TO 40 Peck street. TO Ball %
Bowater same location.
Simonini Pietro l0s spruce street, TO l53 Dean
Trainor Thomas r.. 22o South Main street, to NJ r..
Manning, same location.
Tho board OF License Commissioners will be in
session I'm their ONCE. City Hall. SATURDAY, Aug,
20. 1872, at $50 O'clock r. NJ. at which time aud
place ali persons 80 desiring may be heard on the
matter OF granting such appllcntions.
uEnhGE n. BuRNHAM.
DENNIS j. MccARifHY.
au3-15t License C~nmissoners
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-05
THEY USED DYNAMITE.
Two Masked Robbers Blew Their Way to
$4,000 In an Express Car.

Two Masked Robbers blew Their Way to
$4,000 In an Express Car.
FRESNO, CAL, Aug. 6.-The train which
was held up by masked robbers between
Rollinda and Pratton was the south
bound night express, leaving San Fran
cisco at $50 p. m. The sum contained In
the messengers safe 10 thought to have
been between $50 900 and e5o, 900. Several
deputy sheriffs from southern counties
OF the state are stated to have been on
board tho train, but no resistance was
offered the robbers.
Two robbers boarded the tender as the
train was pulling ont of Collins about
cred the spginser and fireman with
double barrelled shotguns and COM
manded that orders be obeyed under
penalty OF death. When the train passed
Rollinda station the engineer was or
dered to stop. The fireman was ordered
to touch OF with lighted cigar the fuse
OF Q dynamite cartridge which the rob-
bers placed on the piston rod of tho left
side OF the locomotive. The explosion
was terrific, breaking the pisten rod and
partially disabling the engine.
The robbers ordered the engineer to
get OF the train and walk short dis
tance along the track while they pro-
press car by exploding dynamite car
tridges, about eight in all, which tore
down the doors into splinters and
smashed the floor Of the car. The rob-
bsrs, masked and completely disguised,
entered the express car and covering
Louis Roberts, the messenger, with
soG DC Ds O,,rssd ARE %.a shoserns ordered a hin him
Roberts set about doing this, but was so
excited aud nervous that he forgot tho
com binntion and so informed his captors
who thereupon struck him q heavy blow
on the head with gun and threatened
to kill him II he did not Immediately
open the safe. With trembling hands he
coin
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-08-05
was purchased by Mr.. Perkins six weeks

was purchased by Mr. Perkins six weeks
ago only.
On the Arnold Farm Plat.
H. +. Horton reports a number of sales
on the Arnold farm plat. Arnold avenue
has been curbed and work In curbinR
Albert avenue has begun; AT the
Gil It was voted that sufficient money be
appropriated to put in street lights and
hydrants on Arnold avenue. John Low
has finished 5000 house. He will
move into it next week.
Handsome Advance on Valuation.
Thomas NJ Smith has recently sold at
auction the two brick dwelling houses,
together with about 800 feet OF land
numbered 2 and 4 Morton street, North
End. The two estates were taxed for
&. 900 and were finally sold after good
deal of competition 10 Esther Gerstein
for s19,95 50.-Boston Herald.
The Berwick Hotel Brought $4,000.
The Berwick property at Narragansett
Pier was sold during the past week.
About fifty men attended the sale. 1t
was sold TO Edwin Melner, Silas X. Rich
mond, aud George Il. Tillinghast, trus-
tees Of the Aldrich estate, for $4,000.
Notes.
William III. Herrick left PROVIDENCE on
Tuesday for tour OF the White Noun
tains. He will not return before Septem-
ber ~.
AS each week goes by the market grows
duller. Following the example OF the
general public in going out of town for a
vacation the real estate men are begin
ming to CO. Soon there will be neither
buyer, seller or broker. In the fall all the
activity of spring Is expected.
The owners Of the Cooney estate on Ca
nal streets have decided to erect new
building in place of the one destroyed by
fire.
New Yorks Tax Rate.
The tax rate in New York will be s1.S5
per 500 of valuation instead of 81. 90 as
heretofore. The general rate is lower
than IL has been since 1872 when it was
81. 73. The owners of real estate and per-
sonal property will altogether save
Al 600 OO0