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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-24
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-24

Finely pulverised clay makes better
dust bath fer fowls than pure sand and
it serves better purpose, too, in mix
ing with the hen manure TO prevent its
getting into clods and to absorb ammo
MIA as the manure is decomposed.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-12-24

Plautain leaves applied to bee sting.
or mosquito bites will remove the in
6ammation.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23

An exciting time now followed. Ru-
mors of a rebellion had been floating
in the air, and the day came when it
broke out. There is no need to enter
on any description of this, as it is
only connected with the present mar
rative by slight link. 1t may, how
ever be mentioned that the sympathy
was mostly with the insurgents, the
rising being in consequence of the
unjust and one-sided administration
of those in power; and, apropos of
this, it is worthy of note that on the
handsome buildings of the Admins
tration, in the principal city of the
province, there is Tor was) full-size
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
The Forget me not.

Everybody knows the pretty little for
get-me-not, and likes the flower more,
perhaps. because of its name than it's
beauty. How was it so called? The
Germans account for it by quite pa
thetic romance. 1t seems that once
upon time knight and a lady were
walking by the bank of the Danube
when the latter asked her gallant gay"
to pluekfor her tiny blue flower which
she saw growing in the stream. The
knight oyerbalanced himself, and fell
into the river, and, owing to the slippery
nature of the bank and the weight of his
armor, was carried away by the current.
AS he threw the flower ashore to his
lady he cried out with his last breath,
"Vergiss mein NIGHT" (Forget-me-not)
and ever since the flower has been looked
upon as an emblem of fidelity.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
THE ORIGINAL OF SAM WELL
LER.

The great scarcity of the early num-
bers Of "Pickwick Papers" Is not diff.
cult to understand when it is borne in
mind that only four hundred copies
were printed of the first part, which
was published on March 81, 1886. Before
the appearance of the fourth number
there was some idea of stopping the is
sue, as the expenses were found to be in
excess OF the receipts. But in the fifth
number Sam Weller was introduced, and
the work at once sprang into unbounded
popularity. While nothing positive has
ever been established on the point, it is
held by some writer's that the original of
Sam Weller was Mr.. Samuel Vale, who
acted the part Of Simon Spatterdash in
a farce called The Boarding House."
and made this character great popular
favorite. The odd whimsicality of Vale's
novel comparisons is best understood on
reference to the part set down to Spat-
terdash in the farce. Among his queer
comparisons are: "'I know the world as
the monkey said when he cut off his
tail" ~ am down upon you,' as the
extinguisher said to the rushlight."
"'Come on as the man said to the tight
boot" "'I am all over perspiration, as
the mutton chop said to the gridiron."
"'Why, here we are all mustered, as the
roast beef said to the Welsh rabbit"
Vale introduced these peculiar compar.
isons in his private life as we'll as upon
the stage and from 1880 to 1886 this
style of expression became widely popu-
lar. 1t is not unreasonable to suppose
that Dickens became in sense, the alb.
stract mirror of his time, in catching the
popular fun and embalming it with his
choice phraseology. OF course it would
be the height of absurdity to charge
Dickens with being mere copyist, or
for one moment TO think of Sam Weller
as other than an original character
Dickens may have borrowed an idea, but
he certainly made no slavish use Of it,
for the prevailing Sam Valeriem and
"the monkey that knew the world" was
in no way on par with the Sam Weller
comparison: for example, in describing
the elder Mr.. Weller and the touter as
walking after him like tame monkey
arter horgiD." 1.-The Week.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
FARM, GARDEN AND DAIRY.
Instructive Reading for AgricuIturists.
PREPARED EXPRESSLY FOR 1.-THE UNIvERSALIST."

Never use the old pork barrel a Sec
ond time without cleansing. Soak it
with solution of common washing
soda, which is very cheap. If it has been
long in use, fill it with dry earth and
let it stand week or two, that the earth
may absorb the grease and the odor.
We can best reduce the cost of pork
by reducing the time in which we pro.
duce it. A thrifty, growing pig of 200
pounds weight gross is most desirable,
and this can be obtained at six months
if we'll bred and we'll fed. In producing
cheap pork after this plan we greatly re-
duce the risk OF loss from disease.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23

After man has procured first class
bull, thoroughbred, for either milk or
butter, it is easy to persuade him to pro-
cure good cows to mate him. When
FROM these he obtains good, high grade
calves it will be easy to make him be.
lieve it will pay to give them good feed
and care. Progress is education.
The feeding of cows upon bran will
result in milk richer in butter fat, and
also in milk in greater quantity, than
when they are fed upon oats; but upon
oats they will gain little in weight,
while they will lose upon bran alone.
This is result of the Colorado expert
ment.
When a COW will make a pound of
butter day, in her best condition for
month at time, upon hay or grass
only, she will doubtless pay for a grain
ration in addition to it, if properly pro-
portioned and properly fed. Highest
product always comes from full
supply.
A scant yield of milk when high
prices prevail is something that should
set ambitious dairymen thinking. He
who has to buy all his feed for the
months of winter can not possibly make
as much money as he who, with fore
thought, has provided large supply of
ensilage.
When the COW does not come up to
the point of profitable production it is
often not her fault, but that of the
owner. He keeps her too cheaply or
does not feed her with good judgment.
Give the cows we have little better
care and little better feed, and see if
they will not yield more than barren
profit.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
TOGETHER.

We loved each other long and true
- And at last in April weather.
When the crocus buds were breaking
through,
And the dying moon hung faint in the
blue,
We put to sea together
For years we sailed on the sunny MAN,
And then came stormy weather;
Our vessel groaned with the tug and
strain,
And out in the shrieking wind and RAIN
We faced the gale together.
At times we caught glimpse OF SKY
Sc That promised clearing weather;
And light and swift our boat would lily,
Till the clouds resumed their inky dye,
And we stood in the gloom together
But whether the sky was dark or bright
Or fair or foul the weather,
Our love was ever the beacon light
That cheered our souls in the darkest
night,
And held our hearts together.
And now we sail in our battered boat,
Unmindful of the weather;
The winds may rave and the clouds may
gloat,
But little we care if we sink or float,
So we sink or float together.
HENRY LYNDEN FLASH, in Mobile Reg
ster
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
w. D. PATTON.

Early spring usually furnishes the
best market for both lambs and good
muttons. With lambs, the earlier good
condition and weight are procured, the
better will be the profit. The raising of
early lambs is really business all of it
self, and very remunerative.
The best grain or grass will not grow
on poor soil; just as surely cannot wool
be grown to advantage with profit on
such lands. The best and heaviest
fleeces are grown on we'll bred sheep. so
fed and cared for as to keep them in
good. thrifty condition.
1t is quite an item to keep sheep quiet
while feeding, whether fattening in the
summer or winter. Very little room is
needed in winter. and never is much
range called for. The food to fatten
must be supplied. and there is no gain
in allowing them to freely ramble.
With stock sheep and breeding ewes
it is quite an item to provide for good,
exercises. Sheep do not bear confine-
ment well for long period at time.
Except when fattening, let them out
every day when the weather will per.
nit; the air and exercise will procure
health and thrift.
Many farmers are so situated that
they can kill and dress lambs, and also
calves and pigs, and sell them to private
customers as they now sell eggs and
chickens. While he takes less than
butchers prices. his net results will
often be double the price offered him
for his stock on foot.
In England most of the mutton is
fattened on turnips and rape, and they
contend that ours is not 80 tender and
juicy because of our habit of stutfing
them with corn or grain of some sort.
1t is fact that even the mutton Of
Canada seems to have flavor superior
to ours,
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
SWINE.

Added to all the other worth of a crop
of rye is the assurance that an early
sown crop will help the pigs through
the fall and winter and give them
wholesome green bite in the early
spring. 1t will repay much more than
the cost of seeding. and leave the ground
in good shape.
Professor Henry contends that there
is an actual loss in cooking food for
hogs, and that the only advantage it
gives is in providing a change; but
there is so much difference of opinion
on this subject and upon that of grind
ing food that it is we'll for every one to
study the matter for himself.
The natural food for hogs in the wild
state is grass, mast. roots and bulbs Of
plants. They never forget their roofing
tendencies. Acting upon our knowledge
of their fondness for these things. we
shall do well to now and then give them
rations of potatoes. turnips, beets or ar
tichokes durind the winter season.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23

rushed to his face; but, catching a
glimpse of Anita peeping out in
alarm, he swallowed down his anger
and pride, and, rushing after the
judge, begged a thousand pardons
for his fault, entreating that his
bride, SO young, SO happy, who had
done no wrong should not be pun
ished and put to shame. All! his
excellency should see how grateful
he would be.
Now there was not in the whole
province ofSantA Fe kinder hearted
man than the judge, and, although
he had determined to punish Rod
riguez, he did not intend to give
him more than "a bad half hour"
The priests, who were to be the
guests of the judge at his breakfast
table that day, being in the secret,
thought the lesson was we'll merited,
anu AilSub plONo DtuOHCtols Du1, 40
the judge glanced back at Rodriguez,
he also saw the pretty Anita's
troubled face, and this, together
with Rodriguez's appeal on her be-
half, was too much for his kind heart:
he could hold out no longer. So,
dismuunting, he led the poor fellow
back to his bride, said few gracious
words to her, and remarking general
ly that there had been "a little mis-
take" proceeded with the marriage
contract.
Before Rodriguez and his bride
left the room, the former placed on
the table a double fee, and assured
the judge of his grateful feelings
They then proceeded to the church,
where the religious ceremony took
place.
That day week the judge received
present-the handsomest pair of
shoes Rodriguez ever sent out of his
shop.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
CARE OF SHEEP.

OF all the animals which farmer has,
the sheep is the hardest to winter in a
satisfactory manner, and yet to one who
likes them, there is pleasure in caring
for them.
A matter of prime Importance in the
wintering of sheep is that they come
into winter quarters in good condition.
To this end they should have a good
run of fall feed and when the cold, chilly
rains Of late fall come on they should
be housed and kept dry. 1t will be
found profitable at this time to begin
feeding them grain in small quantities
also.
With these conditions flock should
come into winter quarters in good con-
dition. In this article am writing for
the general farmer who keeps flock of
from twenty five to one hundred breed
ing ewes. The method to be followed by
large sheep raisers and sheep feeders
must necessarily differ from that pur-
sued by small flock masters.
To come back to our subject again,
we have flock of breeding ewes from
which the culls have probably been
sold off and we wish to winter these
sheep we'll and cheaply.
Sheep are very fond of corn fodder
and do we'll upon it, but unless cattle
follow them great part of the stalks
is wasted. On the other hand any
weedy. coarse hay which cattle waste
large part of will be eaten by sheep and
seems to agree with them finely. Good
June grass cut early is probably as good
hay for sheep as can be secured Clover
and timothy are eaten we'll, but need to
be fed in connection with root ration,
as they seem to be constipating. Marsh
hay will do if you have nothing better.
One feed day of straw is good for the
sheep, but they will leave the coarser
parts and pick out the finer. Whatever
you feed should be given often and in
small quantities rather than large feeds
and seldom.
should be supplemented by grain ra-
ton sufficiently large to keep the sheep
in thrifty condition. 1t will. of course.
vary in quantity according to the quail
ity of hay fed.
AS to the kinds OF grain to be fed, my
own custom has been to feed unhusked
corn stalks and all, during the early part
of the winter, as it is the cheapest.
AS the flock advances 10 CESSATION oats
or bran should be substituted for the
corn and for the last three or four
weeks before the lambs begin to drop
the grain ration should be liberal in or
der that the ewes may have plenty of
milk. If in addition to all this salt be
given regularly and an occasional mess
of roots, your sheep will come to the
spring in good condition.
w. d. PATTON.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
THE GUN" OF SHOOTING DEER.

A young boy with pet fawn trotting
behind him attracted attention on re-
cent afternoon on the White House
road in Portland. The little creature
was perfectly tame. and on the approach
of team would timidly run to the boys
eide as though seeking protection. To a
well-known insurance man, who was on
the road driving with his wife. the lad
told the story of his acquisition of the
fawn.
Some weeks ago the boy was fishing
on the Tualatin river. Fish were plenti-
full, and, engrossed in the sport. the lad
kept his eye on the ripple, taking no
cognizance Of what was going on behind
him. A bleating sound from the bank
above him he paid no attention to,
thinking it was some STRAY lamb. The
bleating was repeated a number of times,
but the boy was fishing and the trout
were rising freely. Then came patter
of tiny hoofs down the river bank and a
little cold nose was pushed in his hand.
Looking down. the boy found the fawn
standing beside him. apparently without
fear, the pleading look in it's big brown
eyes asking help. Its neck and one side
of the head were covered with blood, still
wet, its limbs barely supporting the frail
body.
The boys first thought was that the
waif had been wounded. and in attempt
ing to reach water had come out on the
river bank at the point where he was
fishing, and through sheer weakness,
being unable to go further. had tum-
bled down to the stream. landing by his
side. Picking the little thing up in his
arms. the lad waded out on the ripple,
and. washing the blood from the fawn's
neck, found it uninjured.
Some pot hunter had shot the mother
doe. and with her dying strength she
had plunged back through the timber to
reach the baby deer. bora but a few
days before. The fawn had evidently
become alarmed and started to find the
buck, its one point of location being the
runway at the river, where, during it's
few days of life, the two had nightly
come to drink.
The boy. who gave his name as Frank
Harrison, took the fawn to his home
where there was baby brother and a
nursing bottle, and together Mrs. Har.
rison is bringing up her own baby and
the orphaned deer. 1t was less than an
hour before the fawn had accustomed
itself to the new surroundings and was
perfectly at home. 1t at once attached
itself to the boy, Frank. seeming to look
on the lad as it's natural protector, and
wherever the lad goes the fawn follows.
-PortIand Evening Telegram.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23

There is an odd shoe hanging up
in conspicuous place in Rodriguez's
workshop, with the word "Recuerdo"
painted under it. Old habits are not
as easily got rid of or mended as old
shoes, and he needs this "remem-
brance;" for he still occasionally fails
to keep his promises, in spite of the
judges lesson, and continues to cher
ish fondness for the visionary
'manana. Home Journal.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
AGRICUEFURE,

Where diversified farming is systemat-
ically engaged in, and the farmer grows
nearly all the staple crops to meet his
own demands, converting the surplus
into higher values of beef, pork, butter,
ETC., his methods appear to advantage.
The all corn, wheat or cotton farmers
are more dependent upon others. and
the uncertainties of market influences
cause an unhappy condition in their &C.
counts, often.
The fact that the rocky particles of
the soil are the source of phosphoric
acid and nitrogen, and that they are de-
rived by the dissolving of the rock, makes
tillage a source of fertility. since it tends
to the more rapid disintegration of these
rocky particles. II more easily dissolved.
our soil resource would be sooner des.
troyed by excess of moisture or too fire..
quent cultivation.
Too frequent cropping means double
or triple depletion of the soil. First, the
crop removed from the farm, takes fer
tility; second, tillage unlocks pkosphoric
acid and potash from the rock, making
a larger portion available for plant food;
third, the land, left bare much of the
year, declines in its per cent. of nitrates.
This last is not an insignificant source
of loss.
Flowing for potatoes should be as deep
as the soil, and as early as the ground
will crumble in the spring; should be
followed by rolling and stirring with a
spring tooth harrow, and crossed with a
pulverizing harrow, leaving the soil mel
low for at least four inches. Potatoes
planted early best escape the blight.
A planter does the work better and
more cheaply than it can be done by
hand.
One OF the greatest objections to free
postal delivery over the country is the
poor condition of the country roads.
Farmers should arouse themselves to a
sense Of the public demand for better
roads; they should have the responsible.
itY OF their care. and do the work will
ingly. for they can do it more cheaply
than to have others come and do it for
them.
Remove the regulation fence which
encloses the square pen of the average
country dooryard; expand it into q
graded lawn, large enough to allow the
planting Of several of the largest shade
trees, scattered over it as they are found
in nature.
After turning under green manure it
is not we'll to let it remain 80 long under
ground that it's strength is dissipated,
but plant at al early date thereafter.
The decomposition can be fastened by
applying potash or ashes. Good Canada
hardwood ashes is often attainable.
When coal is burned the ashes are
worth saving for several purposes. They
make an excellent floor for the poultry
house. They are also useful as mulch il
spread around young apple or pear trees
for a circumference of few feet; this
alec protects them from borers, which
attack tree at the collar.
One of the advantages in manuring
broadcast. instead of in the HILL is that
the plant roots, in reaching out after
their needed nourishment, will also find
more of the moisture, which is just as
much needed. If confined to the narrow
hill, they will find but little moisture
there.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1897-01-23
HHE visitor or new resident in the

TIME visitor or new resident mt
i Argentine Republic, will, very
soon after his arrival, become incon-
veniently aware that one OF the Gus
toms of the Spanish inhabitants is to
reverse a we'll known proverb and rem
der it thus: 'On no account do any
thing today that can possibly be put
off until tomorrow" With natural
politeness, or perhaps to save the
trouble of discussion, they promise
anything and everything for to-day"
if SO required, but the sun will set,
and rise, and set again, before the
promise is fulfilled. He who prom
ises thinks "manana" Spanish for
sto-morrow') will do equally we'll;
why be in such hurry? Oh, these
Ingles; they cannot wait; they have
no patience!
In a small camp-town in the prov
ince of Santa Fe there dwelt one
Manuel Rodriguez, good looking
fellow, according to his kind, with
sleepy black eyes, thick masses OF
dark hair, we'll built frame. He
owned the principal Panaderia in the
place, and besides being baker, car
ried on a small trade in shoemaking
and repairing. All these qualifica-
tions raised him to the position of an
eligible young man, and one looked
up to as desirable beau by the SEN
oritas of his own class, who cast side
chances from behind their fans as
they passed his open doors.
When not too much trouble, he
had no objection to little converse
ton with one or other of these
damsels; but, being very indolent,
and very fond of his ease, he had not
yet decided whether he preferred
Anita to Maria, or if Mercedes was
not more to his taste than Emilia.
1t was the hottest hour of very
hot day, one hundred degrees in the
shade, and not very much shade
either to be found in that fiat and
treeless part of the country. But
Rodriguez had portion of the patio
we'll covered in, and there he lounged
in loose attire, drinking mdte-the
tea of the country-before taking his
usual siesta. All was silent; every
one resting; the doors and the shut
tiers of the Panaderia were closed
against the scorching heat of the sun;
the bread had all been delivered in
the early hours before eight, and
no one would be so mad as to venture
out until evening. He would, there
fore, take long rest; true, there were
those shoes of the senora's promised
for today, and still unfnished-but
there would be to-morrow-"mana-
na"-his eyes closed, his head fell
back-and Manuel Rodriguez was in
the land Of dreams.
He was not allowed to remain there
long; scarcely had he begun nice
comfortable snore, when there re-
sounded in the still air loud clapping
of hands A man on horseback thus
announced himself in the usual fash
ion at the door; both he and his horse
were iaded with the heat, and Gov
cred with dust. A second clapping
producing no effect, the man, mutter-
ing impatiently, alighted, and then
knocked on the closed shutters. A
voice was heard within, and presently
there appeared, from behind the
house, a youth who inquired of the
newcomer what he wanted.
"The master" was the reply.
"But the master is asleep, senor,"
said the boy.
"Then wake him." exclaimed the