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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03

ing until breakfast is ready If there is
kicking COW in the lot, it will fall to
the boy to milk her, of course and dur
ing the operation he will be in constant
fear, first, that the COW will upset the
pail just about when it is we'll filled, and,
second, that the upsetting will be fol-
lowed by good licking.
After the morning meal, which, if the
farmer is brisk and 'forehanded," is be-
gun and sometimes finished by lamplight,
there is more work to be done at the
barn. The horses must be groomed and
watered, of course. Like as not there Is
some wheat TO be cleaned. If the boy is
big and strong enough, he will of course
turn the crank of the tanning mill, even
if he has to be kept out of school to do it.
It's an even chance that he would rather
work on the barn floor all day than climb
through the drifts to school anyway, and
he may beg to stay at home even if he is
not big enough to turn the crank. In
this case he may become inquisitive
about the cogwheels of the machine, and
maybe he will put his fingers between
them, to the satisfaction of his curiosity
and the damage of his fingers.
oOu1cI1LloS JuSr6 IL llIGIo WOrk 10 Dc
done in a "faller." Perhaps that word
should be spelled fallow. At all events
it was pronounced as 1 have spelled it
-"faller"-in the happy valley years
ago. A faller is clearing, and it was
customary for the farmers whose fallers
were on the hills surrounding the happy
valley at the time of which I am now
writing to make "log heaps" of most of
the timber felled and burn them. It was
the duty of one boy I know of, now the
pastor Of big city church, to go out
into the faller on winter days with the
hired man and burn these log heaps and
''underbrush." use ''underbrush" here
as q verb. "Underbrushing" is cutting
the wild shrubbery and saplings that
have escaped the work of the clearing ak.
The hired man used to cut the twig-
like young trees with q sort of short,
stout scythe calleda "brush hook, while
the boy went from heap to heap and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03

Then 1 began to take DR. Greene S
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and l
cannot say enough in its praise. I have
not felt so we'll for years as l do at the
present time, thanks to this splendid
medicine.
II can now eat well and sleep soundly,
waking mornings strong and refreshed.
do my homework which is now pleasure
instead of being a burden as formerly.
Ny weight has increased about twelve
pounds in the last two months. [ have
taken no other medicine but DR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and I
would recommend any one afflicted as 1
have been to by all means use this wonder
full remedy"
This case was probably just like yours :
it is Just like thousands of others who
have been or are being cured by this won
derful health restorer, DR. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy. If you will use
this medicine, which Is purely vegetable
and harmless as well as sure in its effects
you will also be cured.
1t is a physicians prescription and
is recommended by doctors. DR.
Greene d scovered it, the we'll known and
successful specialist in curing nervous and
chronic diseases, whose office is at 35 W
14th street, New York, who can be con-
suited free, personally or by letter.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03

kindled the logs. Man and boy used to
keep sharp watch of each other for fear
Of fire in their clothes. Sometimes a
spark would lodge in wrinkle in their
coarse wooden coats and smolder for
some time before either would notice it.
When it was discovered, the cry would
be 'Sparksr' and the one who was burn
ing would lie down and roll in the snow,
and so extinguish the incipient blaze.
This hired man and boy always had a
team of oxen with them to haul heaps of
brush to the burning log heaps and to
make over again half burned log heaps
that had gone out before they were en-
tirely consumed. They used to work
pretty hard, and sometimes their fingers
got pretty blue and stiff with the cold,
but they could always get them warm
again by the mighty blaze of a log heap.
1t used to be necessary for them to look
out for exploding stones when near the
heaps. The reports would sometimes be
quite as loud and almost as dangerous as
dynamite bombs, then unthought of and
unheard of in the happy valley.
The MONDAY dinners of this man and
this boy, when they were at work in the
faller, so the eloquent preacher who
was then the boy told me day or two
ago, were marvels of good eating. Thick
slices of bread and butter, cold potatoes,
coffee reheated at the log heaps, fat pork
and pie We're what they were made of,
but to these rude ingredients was added
the sauce that nature furnishes for the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
Experimenting With Corn.

81 made queer and very interesting
experiment with growing cOrnstalk,'
said Harvey Samuels as he settled in one
of the great rockers in the Lindell. 81
had always heard a great deal about the
effect of injecting medicines and food
into human beings, the method being pro-
nounced preferable and moro beneficial
in cases of extreme illness than that of
feeding through the regular channels.
My work with this corn plant Wa, "cid-
eddy interesting. | secured small glass
syringe with a very fine point to it. After
the corn was two weeks old and only a few
inches tall began to inject the llnfer
mented juice of crushed apples. My first
injection was not quite drop. Three
days later | repeated the dose, increasing
it slightly. In little while the injection
was daily occurrence and the dose in
creased proportionately. The cornstalk
waxed fat and tall All along it gave
promise of great size and large fruit.
Its height in July was fully 1G inches
above the tallest stalk in the field. Its
ears were much larger, while the sillen
tassel was much smaller and lacked the
depth of color characteristic of the other
pldntS. Iooh an cal uollic W Htedhl
and eat. can tell you that the quality
of that corn for eating purposes was ex.
cellent. 1t smacked ii little Of apple,
just the slightest suggestion of it, and
not at all disagreeabe as one might sup
pose The grains were large and juicy.
In fact the quality Of the corn was far
superior to anything had ever eaten in
that line. | am going to repeat the ex-
pertinent st Louis Globe-Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
An Artists Friends.

"Have you a friend in the worlds
Well, you might as well have none at
all. Have your friends got any money;
are they rich? Well, they will not spend
dollar for you. warn you that you
will find it so. have been in this bust
ness long while. | have told all my
other patrons what | now tell you, ali.
they have all found my every word was
true" Thus spoke a picture auctioneer
to an artist who was meditating an ex-
hibition to be followed by sale of the
pictures The two events followed one
another, and the prophets words did not
come quite true. AT the sale there was
a notable absence of the artists friends
Of the host of them only two or three
who were not among the rich ones
either came or bought anything The
others stayed away, saying afterward
that they did not feel well or that they
saw that the artist got good notices and
was bound to do well-as he did. in spite
of them
There is nothing extraordinary about
this situation The probability is that
the personal friends of the artists know
them too we'll and like them too much
to be certain that their Judgment is fair
and reliable when they come to exercise
it in determining the market value Of
their work. Once an artist has estab-
lished this value to be great his rich
friends are apt to hunt around and Sc
cure some of the pictures they could
have got cheaper when their presence
would have been grateful to the artist.
The poorer friends must then go without
his work unless they have some that he
gave away when he was younger and
less famous. New York Sun
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
The SPONSOR.

SLOT was formerly herd; hence the Stot
tards and Stoddards.
Free and Freeman were once the names
of manumitted slaves
Pear, Pearman, Perrer and Perrymar
once kept pear orchards.
Belham represents the fuller and mort
euphonious Bellehomme.
Block, Blocker and Blockman are the
sons of men who fashioned hats.
Bark. Barker and Barley show the i'm
portance of tanbark in early English times
Harper, Pipe, Piper, Dancer, Luter,
Crouther, Baird, Singer, are all professional
names
ThroSSer was once the winder of silk
threads; hence the Throwers and Throw.
sters.
Golightly, Lightfoot, barefoot and Roe
foot were nicknames having allusion to
speed.
Crook, Crump, Cramp and Crimp are
but changes rung on an old nickname for q
cripple.
Pelter, Peliper and Furrier recall the fur
trade of the English with Norway and
Sweden.
Blond, a complexion adjective, was the
progenitor Of Blund, Blunt, Blount and
Blondell.
Sanders, Saunders, Sanderson, are varia
tons Of Alexander, a favorite name in
Scotland.
Hacker, Hecker, Hickman and Hackery
are derived from the name of a woodman
who prepared timber for building
Ralph's sons spell their names Ralf
Ralphson, Raves, Rawson, Rawlings, Rol
Inns, Robinson, Rapkins and Rapson.
Brailer and Bracer had progenitors who
lived by making the leather braces that
held the old fashioned breeks in place.
White, Black, Brown, Gray, Green, Reed
or Red, Ruddie and a few more originated
in peculiarities of dress or complexion.
Savage, Sharp, Smart, formerly Smert,
Witty, Cute and Quick were once compli
mentary titles added to the first names.
Wool, Wooler. Woolman, Tarrier, Stacker,
Staples. Stapler, Carder, Comber, Primer,
Tower and Tozer, Spindler, Weber Weav-
er, Webster. Lister, Taintor, Dyer, Wooder,
Madderman. Tucker, Fuller, Walker. Beat
er, Batter and Bates, Sherman, Draper,
Spinner, Whittier, Bleaker, Baker and
Blackster are all names derived from vari
Gus operations connected with the manu-
facture Of wool into cloth.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03

the spool ornaments in Figs. 2 and 8.
The board underneath is smaller and ar
ranged so as to come even with the
spools forming the legs. The boards
were covered with dark blue plush.
All the spools should be washed SO as
to remove any greasy substance or dust
that may have gathered on them. String
them upon slender iron rods if you can
get them; if not, thin sticks will do.
These are for the legs. The ornaments
are only glued on. This table was made
of white spools and finished to look like
cherry, produced by staining with orange
colored diamond dye and varnish.
A little tripod table can be quickly and
easily made. The legs will rest more
securely upon the floor if mounted upon
wooden balls. Arrow of small spools for
fringe" would be very pretty.
A spool cabinet is very useful. The
two shelves should be almost twice as
long as they are wide. A spool railing
should decorate three sides of the top
shelf. These can be glued on, but four
iron rods or sticks should support the
whole. Pass the rods through holes
made in the corners of the boards,
stringing them with spools to the bot
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
Several Condolences.

While the belief in talismans and
omens is confined to the less educated
portion of our population, even the most
skeptical read with interest condolences
that simpler minds regard as prophecies
President Garfield a few months before
his death related to friend the follow
ing incidents:
AS General Garfield entered the con-
vention the day Of his nomination, a
man distributing leaves of the New Tes-
lament handed one to him which the
engrossed politician folded and put in
his pocket, Long after the nomination
he took down the suit he had worn that
eventful day, and before putting it on
proceeded to empty the pockets, He
drew out paper pressed into narrow
fold, one verse only being visible. It
was this, The stone which the builders
rejected is become the head of the cor
ner.'
Again, at o'clock in the afternoon,
the hour of the nomination in Chicago,
an eagle, coming from no one knows
where, lighted on General Gartield's
house in Washington and sat there sew
eral minutes. This occurrence was wit
messed by many persons i'll the capital
Wide Awake.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
They Yielded.

The late DR.. Jowell's brevity of speech
and dispatch of business never shone
more than on the great occasion of his
dealing with the refractory washerwom.
en- of Balliol. These worthy danes
struck for higher wages in one depart
ment. Twelve collars for shilling was
the statutory price. They came to in
terview the master.
'"The washerwomen have come to SEQ
you," said the butler.
'Show the ladies up" said the master.
They dumped into the room to find
him fddling with the poker at the ashes
in the CRATE. He turned round.
"Will you wash 10 collars for shil-
ling?"
They began to expostulate. He touch
ed the bell. In came the butler.
''Show the ladies down"
Presently the butler appeared again.
''They seem very sorry. sir; would like
to see you again"
"Show them up"
The washerwomen found the master
intent, as before, on the fire CRATE.
''Will you wash 10 collars for a shil-
ling? piped his CHEEKY little voice.
A stalwart speaker began to make ex-
plantations. He touched the bell.
''Show these ladies down." said he, and
down they went.
Again the butler expressed hope that
he would see them.
certainly. Show them up"
They entered the room.
"Will you wash 10 collars for a shil-
ing?"
1--WE WILL" they cried.
"Thank you. Good day, good day"
said the master, and touching the bell he
said, ''Knight show these ladies down"
and the strike was over-Arponant
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
The First American Bible.

In 1868 the first Bible printed in Amer
lea was published in Cambridge 1t was
unlawful to print an English version OF
the Scriptures, that right being mo-
nopoly enjoyed by privilege and patent
in England. The one printed in Massa-
chusetts was Eliot's famous Indian BIZ
ble," and although 1900 copies were
struck off they are quite rare. and
scaled books" as the tongue in which
they are written is literally dead Ian
guage," the tribe and all who had a
knowledge Of the dialect being long ex-
tinct
Eliot's work is unique, being at once a
monument to his piety, perseverance and
learning. Its literary successor was New
mans concordance of the Scriptures"
This was compiled by the light of pine
knots in log cabin in one of the frontier
settlements of Massachusetts,. 1t was
the first of it's kind, and for more than a
century was admitted to be the most
perfect, holding its place in public es-
TEEN until superseded by Cruden's, which
1t suggested. -Philadelph Record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
THE FARMER AND THE MILK PALS.


convictions that have forced themselves
upon your consciousness. You regard
the call, no matter by whom uttered, as
the most hateful of all human sounds.
You sometimes wonder that its utterance
does not paralyze the throat of him who
does the uttering. But the chances are
that you always obey it promptly. There
are reasons, concerning which you do
not wish to discourse at length, why
you do not daily with Morpheus after
you are called.
This call opens the day for the farmers
boy. In midwinter the day begins while
it is yet dark-likewise cold, unless you
live south, so cold some mornings that
it is necessary to dress in hurry to save
freezing. After dressing the first work
is to build the kitchen fire The wise
farmers son will have shavings and pa
per and dry kindlings all prepared by
the side of the kitchen stove, or he will
have covered bed of live Goals with
ashes the night before, so that the fire
building will mean simply raking the old
fire open and putting on fresh seasoned
wood.
When a cheerful blaze has been estab-
ished, it is the boys duty to call the other
members of the household, all of whom
are still asleep save the hired man.
He it was who gave the first call before
going to the barn to begin the fodder
ing" of the stock" The boy who is
thoroughly human will give the general
second call in such way as to surely
wake every one in the house, even if the in
~
to get the breakfast ready. In arousing
all at once the boy gets his revenge for
his own earlier awakening. and after he
has enjoyed his revenge he is ready to
join the hired man in the foddering oper-
atiOns at the barn.
Sometimes this foddering is tedious
job. Is isn't long one if there are
only two or three horses, as many cows
and few head of young stock. But
when there are six or eight horses, 20
cows, threescore sheep and 80 or 40 head
of young cattle and colts it will take the
hired man and the boy full hour to get
around. Like as not the hay must be
got down from loft reached only by
way of ladder of pegs in an upright
beam. The boy climbs this ladder, of
course He is lighter and more sure of
hand and foot than the man and is sup
posed to be able to see in the dark.
The man and the boy will finish their
task at about the time the gray light ap-
pears, bringing with it the farmer him
self and fine assortment of shining tin
milk pals. All fall to at the milking,
and all-the boy anyway-feel thankful
that most of the cows are dry at this
time of the year. Even as it is, all three
pairs of hands are kept busy at the milk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
THE WRITER.

N. Daudet Is one of the few novelists who
can lock their study doors and write for "a
consecutive hours.
Jules Verne loves to hear people talk,
provided they talk on subjects with which
they are acquainted.
Charlotte NJ. Yonge, author, was made
glad on her SEVENTEEN birthday by the gift
Of an album containing 1000 autographs OF
readers of her books.
Beatrice KiplinR. the author of THE
Heart of Maid" which has attracted con.
siderable attention in literary circles, is q
sister Of Rudyard Kipling.
William Z. Norris, the novelist, Is a son
Of Sir William Norris, at one time chief jus
tice Of Ceylon. He makes his home at Tor
quay and is fond Of music, horses and golf
The manuscript Of Johnson's notes fol
THE Life of Pope" Is in the British mu.
scum and shows that johnson very care
fully thought over a subject before writing
q line.
Mrs. Sarah Grand, the celebrated author
ess, has a charming personality. Her re
fined manner and low, sweet voice are pecul
iarly attractive. She now lives near Lon
don, and her son and two stepsons make
their home with her
Donald G. Mitchell, admired by hundreds
of thousands as the author OF "Reveries Of
a Bachelor" may be seen daily taking his
walks in the fields and along the country
roads near his home in Connecticut. He Is
II years old and we'll preserved
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
BEAR THIS In MIND.
1t Sounds Like a Remarkable
Experience.
But 1t Is in Reality Nothing of the
Kind.
1t Certainly Reads, However, Like a
Wonderful Thing.

4 Things are happenings every day which
appear wonderful. Here is an occurrence
which as one reads about 1t certainly ap-
pears extraordinary to say the least. Yet
it is nothing but what is happening daily
and hourly, only this particular event has
been brought a little more prominently
before the people.
The great and peculiar interest of this
event lies in the fact that it concerns
everybody, because it describes exactly
what occurs in the lives of so many of US.
The facts are given by Mrs M. D. Per-
kins, who resides at 100 G st South Bos-
ton, Mass, and can be easily substantiated
by anybody.
81 hardly know how to tell it, began
Mrs Perkins, "but was completely run
down and could not eat, for the sight of
food made me sick. 1 did not sleep at
night, Eand was as tired in the morning as
when retired at night.
My head and back ached all the time.
was completely exhausted if tried to do
my housework, and could not walk with
out being dizzy. 1 was excessively ner-
vous and very weak.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
A Naturalist and the Snake Charmer.

A story used to be told at Cairo Of the
late Sir Richard Owen during one Of his
sojourns in Egypt. The great naturalist
was seated in the shade on the veranda
at Sheppeard's hotel, as is the postpran-
dial wont of visitors to that famous hos
telry, when the inevitable snake charmer
came to him and produced from his bag
lively specimen of the horned asp-the
deadly cerastes. The professor gazed,
and nothing daunted stopped and
plucked the horns from the head of the
reptile wriggling at his feet, remarking
to bystander that the man would prob
ably think twice before trying to palm
off upon any one else a harmless snake
as cerastes by the aid of couple of
fish bones. With anybody else the
charmer would probably have succeeded
He had tried it on the wrong man
London Tit Bits
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
Meaning Of the Word EITHER.

The legal meaning of the word "either"
has been gravely argued in an English
court Of record. A certain testator had
left property, the disposition of which
was affected by the death of either" of
two persons One lawyer insisted that
"either" meant both, and in support Of
his views he quoted Richardson. Web
ster, Chaucer, Dryden. Southey. the
story of the crucifixion and a passage
from Revelation. The judge suggested
that there was a song in The Beggar's
Opera" which took another view, "How
happy / could be with either. were t'other
dear charmer away"
In pronouncing judgment the court
ruled that ''either" meant one of two,
and did not mean both. He said that it
might have that meaning occasionally in
poetry, but never in an English court OF
record.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
UTILIZING SPOOLS.
THE POSSIBILITIES OF CASTAWAY
SPOOLS IN FURNITURE MAKING.

An Ingeniously Contrived Table With a
Shelf Underneath-A Pretty Little Tri-
pod Table-A Minute Description For
Making a Spool Cabinet.
Housewives in country homes far re-
moved from business centers are the
originators of many pleasing devices in
the way of decorative objects that may
be practiced at small expense. The fol-
lowing from Ohio Farmer is pleasing
illustrations:
An ingeniously contrived table with
shelf underneath demonstrated practi-
cal way for disposing of an accumulation
of spools. The original model had for
the top board about IA inches square,
which projected at least two inches over
the spindles all around so as to allow of
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-03
An UnexpIorabIe French Pit.

The wonderful pit Of Circus de Souci
in France is situated in a sheet of recent
basalt on the south side of the Puy de
Montchal The opening is 50 feet in di-
ameter and 3S feet deep, but at that
depth hole about 10 feet wide commu-
nicates with a hollow 70 feet deep, at
the bottom of which is a stagnant pool
overladen with carbonic acid, which for
bids access to the water surface. The
interior is vast hollow, apparently
formed in the basalt when semitluid by
an explosion of volcanic gas. The tenn
perature falls from 81 degrees Fahren-
heit in the open air to "a degrees near
the water.--P ittsburg Dispatch.