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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
~ar nens. EGGS seldom natch.

A correspondent of The English Fan
ciers' Gazette says he has been watch
ing his hens and their eggs and the
hatching of their eggs and has discover
ed that the eggs of the abnormally fat
hen seldom hatch. The chicken dies
about the tenth or twelfth day of incn-
baton. The eggs from the most active
and healthy hens hatch first and cften
a day or two in advance of time. lnva-
riabiy the egg froh the sleepy, lazy hen
matches late. He ahas two hens whose
eggs he has never found fertile, though
he has mated them with different roos-
ters, and they are the worst tempered
hens in the yard, always quarreling and
beating the others.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
The Cost of an Egg.

The. cost of an egg in the eastern states
is estimated at l cent, but this depends
on tho prices of grain. 1t meat, milk.
cut bone, chopped clover and cooked po-
tatoes are given, the cost will be. less,
hot because the meat can be purchased
at less than the grain, but because the
feeding of variety and a balanced ra
tion will induce the hens to lay more
eggs. The greater the number Of eggs
laid the lower the cost proportionately,
and it is possible to produce eggs at 3
cost Of only half cent each.-P. Il
Jacobs in Farm and Fireside.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Roasted His Store Tea.

The country storekeeper was engaged
in a lively argument with Colonel Bill
Cottonhead as to the probable effect Of
the Bradley Hunter split upon the f.
ture of the Republican party in Ken
tucky, when old Tom Moseley, one Of
the Oldest mountaineers in Letcher
county, rode up and dismouneed.
"Hev you uns airy bit of store tear"
he queried, as he rihed his yarn sock
for an annoying cocklebur.
"Why, yes, Moseley, plenty of it, "
replied Brown. "Would you like to have
some today?"
"Well, I guess not terday, Frank
Jess never he'd seen eny. an thought e.
you uns he'd eny, I'd laik tub look at
hit.''
Brown considerably took the old man
back into the rear room, where freshly
opened caddy of Young Hyson was
standing alongside the counter. Run
ming his fingers down into the depths
Of the lead colored mass, he drew out
handful, which he held up 10 the old
mans gaze.
The old fellows eyes sparkled, and a
strange quivering was noticeable about
his lips.
"waal, I swow- An thet air store
tea, air hit?''
est certainly ISL Brown asserted.
"Better put up pound for you?"
"Whut mout hit be wuths''
s.It's worth Is, cents a pound, Nose
ley.-bu as you are an old friend and
have never tried any of it you may
have it for SO cents -
"Yuh kin put me up er poun.''
Five days later the old man dropped
into the store for tobacco supply, and
Brown, after a lengthy conversation
touching on mountain topics in general,
queried:
Chow did you like your tea, Nose
'ley?"
"Fa'r. tub middlin, Frank; fab tub
middlin; mcuter bin bettah, but guess
laikly thuh ole woman used leetle tew
much, grease in roastin hit. Louis
vile Post.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
African Lion and paealo Gull.

The large horns of these buffalo are
significant of their immense strength;
their legs are very short and powerful.
Though the lions make prey OF them. it
takes two or three to pull down bull.
The African lion of this section is the
largest species of its kind, but unless in
packs will not attack an African buffalo
bull. When fighting, the bulls are very
quick on their feet, and they use not
only their horns, but tEeir front fee:
also, which often prove the more dan
gerous weapon. My guide, who has
lived in this country for the past ten
years, relates many stories of men who
have been mauled by lions and who
have escaped death, but be knows of no
instance where the African buffalo has
left human being until the life was
trampled out cf him.-Arthur c. Hum
bert in Harper's Magazine For April.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
sut.fnr Hoth Parties.

Poor Wife (to husband, whose loud
snoring keeps her awake)-Charlie,
Charlie, do stop snoring. Turn over on
your side. (Nudges him).
Husband, only half awake, grunts,
turns on his side and continues to snore.
Wife has happy idea. Remembers
a line from an article called Glow to
Prevent Snoring" Gives her husband
a second nudge, which elicits another
grunt. "Oh, Charlie, if you'd keep
your mouth shut, you'd be all right.
Charlie (senliconscious)-So would
you.-London Answers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Pcna,a Encouraging Talk.

.Miss Wilkins. - he said, II met
your father at Luncheon to-day, and we
had a long and confidential talk. .
A glad light came into Ter big, soul
full eyes, and in low, happy tones she
asked:
.'Was papa in pleasant mood:'
Eyes, he spoke very sacouragingiy
to me. !"
For a long time she was silent. 1t was
evident that she expected hi:n to go on.
But he only sat there, looking off into
space and tn, lying at his mustache.
At last she drew a tremulous sigh
and murmured:
eft is strange that papa didn't say
anything to me about it at tea this
evening"
"Well,' Henry rwickenham replied,
II suppose it had passed out OF his
mind. He is very busy man, you
know"
..Still,'' she said, '3he wouldn' he
likely to forget a thing that-that SO
directly concerned me. -
'.Ah, Miss Wilkins" ne cried, "do
YOU, too, take an interest in me? I as
sure you this very Aattering Did you
read my plea to the jury in the Mundle
versus Binkham case? 1t was that upon
which your father especially co3gratu-
lated me. He said it undoubtedly pre-
saged bright future for me. .
Then it suddenly began to grow chilly
thereabouts, and Is minutes later, when
Henry Twickenham had been frozen
out, Gladys Wilkins clapped her soft
white hands to her temples and eS-
claimed:
81 wish that fool and his Muncis
versus Binkham case were in Skaguay. >
Cleveland Leader.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
TIE LAYING BREEDS.
GOOD POINTS OF THE SPANISH AND
POLISH CLASSES.
Habits and Temperament Muss Be Con-
sidered-Form and Feathers May Be I'm
proved, but Racial Traits Cannot BE
Eradicated-Evfls of Overcrowding.

Theodore Sternberg, in The Country
Gentleman, speaks of the Black Span
ish Minorcas and Andalusions as among
the best laying breeds. Where one lives
in location free from hawks and does
not care to keep large focks, but desires
q strictly egg breed, also at liberty, the
Polish class opens up a wide list OF beau
tiful, ornamental and most excellent
layers. The list of these attractive fowls
is long one, and no fowls excel them
az layers-the White Polish, the Black
with white crest, the Golden and Silver
Spangled; these last in the same colors,
with muffs and chin whislzers. The va
rieties must be nearly dozen. In re-
gard to the size and temperament Of
fowls, Mr.. Sternberg says;
Gas general rule size and quietness
run along in parallel lines, the little
breeds being the most active, the most
inpatient of restraint, and this habit
being modified in the proportion that
size increases. Allybreeds do best when
at liberty, but some breeds thrive better
in confinement than do others. All
breeds thrive .best in small focks, but
some breeds thrive better in large focks
than do others Of course it is under
stood that the fancier can and, does breed
all breeds in confinement.
..But must confess that for the pur-
pose of the farmer, either in eggs or in
meat, for sale in the ordinary market,
it will not pay at all to keep any fowl
in confinement, and he raust select his
breed with reference to its habit and
temperament and capacity to thrive in
large focks. We know that fanciers
have by selection made changes in the
shape of old breeds, have made the col
ors brighter. markings more distinct,
but the popularity OF the nonsitting
kinds ise:old, older than we have any
record. Habit and temperament the
fancier does not produce. These. like
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
MINoncA cockEREL

racial differences in nan, have their
origin in ages long past. How. when or
where they were implanted we do not
know. Man selects and improves form
and feather, but the inward racial
traits are beyond him.
LAS the breeds I have referred to ere
nonsitters. in order to keep up the stock
some sitters will be required. On Strict
ly egg farms am very sure that it does
not pay to raise chickens, except to the
extent necessary to keep up the stock to
the required number. One Of the most
serious faults in poultry keeping is
stocking the farm with hens for laying
to its full capacity, and then Matching
out q great lot Of chickens, thus crowd
ing the grounds beyond the limit. This
fault is also a grievsds one with fan
ciers and with breeders for sale Over
crowding is the most common and the
most dangerous to health, and the most
,proftless fault in all poultry culture.
.Overcrowding hens on the farm is
similar in egg results to oyerstocking a
pasture with dairy COWS. You get your
milk from the grass, the cow is only a
machine for converting grass into milk.
You can only get SO much milk from SO
much pasture, but before you get any
milk at all the COW must have sufficient
grass for her own support. A pasture
which will support 10 cows and enable
them to make e profitable return OF
milk will fail to pay if stocked with 20
COWS. So it is in general way with
poultry on the farm. The hen does not
create. She is machine, and as some
machines are better for some purposes
than are others, go some fowls are better
for some purposes than are others.
''As good way as any to keep up
the stock is to buy enough common hens
which are broody and set them, and kill
them off as soon as the chickens are able
to care for themselves. All the breeds l
have been writing of grow quickly and
need not be hatched before May or June
and into even July. This saves lots OF
care, as the weather is usually fine IN
these months. I am very sure that IN ali
these breeds hens are useful and profit
able up to 3 or years old. In all farm
poultry fer eggs believe it wise to
have place purposely fixed to keep the
cocks separate from the hens all the
time, except in the breeding season. The
hens are much qrieter and attend better
to their knitting when relieved from the
demands of society,""
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
ExHlB; TON FOWLS.
Do Not Overlook the Useful Qualities zn
Poultry.

Do Not Overlook the Useful Qualities ~
Poultry.
There are breeders Of fancy poultry,
says Henry L. Allen in The National
Stockmaa and Farmer, who aim to pro-
duca exhibition fowls without regard tc
egg prod duction. The farmer who secures
his stock from breeder of this kind is
likely to regret it, if be does not become
disgusted and join the army of men who
after similar experience declare that
standard bred poultry is far inferior to
scrub poultry from a practical stand
point, and comparing standard bred
poultry raised under the conditions here
outlined with scrubs we'll cared for and
selected with reference to their practical
qualities they are right.
There are, however, many breeders OF
standard bred fowls who never lose sight
of the practical qualities they know
will make their fowls Of twofold value
as compared with those bred for exhibi-
tion purposes alone. It is not a difficult
matter for breeder to keep the practi-
cal qualities of his fowls developed in
satisfactory degree and at the same time
not interfere with their usefulness as
exhibition birds.
A breeder who aims to have his fowls
excel in both respects need only give
them the care necessary to induce the
production of eggs, and which, in fact,
consists of keeping them in the most
vigorous and healthy condition imagi-
nable, rejecting for breeding purposes
such as fail to respond to such treat
ment.
Many fanciers use this method Of
breeding, and so anxious are they for the
public to understand the fact that the
utilities of their fowls are beginning to
be a feature of their advertisements
This being the case, perhaps the safest
course 70 pursue when buying fowls or
eggs for Matching is to do SO only when
assured that one is buying from breed
er who has not allowed the utility quail.
ties of MS fowls to become dormant in
an endeavor to produce prize winners
regardless of other considerations.
It is a noticeable fact that where a
few years ago only about one breeder in
90 mentioned the useful qualities of his
fowls in his advertisements fully 10 out
of 20 new call attention to those quail
ties. This is a most encouraging feature
of the business and shows that the pop
ular demand for combination Of use
full qualities with perfection in form
and feather has been more effective than
many have believed possible.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Appreciation OF American swells.

=, -.
And the Engiishman said ..our aris-
tocracy, with their airs and assNmp-
tions, were inherited by as They ARE,
In the main, about 1000 years old.
Yours are the manufacture Of yestef-
day. You have women over there in
New York and Boston and Philadel-
phia, and even Chicago, who strike us
as nightly droll. Why not? Because.
in plain terms, we can't help consider
ing them brummagem limitations Of our
own duchesses, naarchionesses, countess
es. Why should you resent our judg-
ment? Would you purchase Sevres cup
or Dresden plate if you thought it
spuriouss And is not your attempt at
playing patricians the most spurious one
conceivable? We dom t specially respect
our own lords and ladies', but we
permit them to exist and often to make
geese of themselves Cor something good
deal worse) because they are plantes la
because feudalism and superstition
brought them upon us-because to do
away with them would entail Tevolu-
tion, shaking our country to its roots.
.'It is a fact that we jeer at the men of
our own land who gain new titles. We
are in spirit far more democratic than
you. Our society, as it exists to-day, is
vast concourse Of geptlefolk. You
have no society, SO far as we can learn /;
you have only collection of plutocrat-
ic strrgglers, and these, if we are not
mistaken, have pashed to the wall even
those who had some vague claim to
birth, this feature being especially no.
ticeable in your New York. where the
families descended from your early
Dutch immigrants (plain and ordinary
enough persons even as late as 80 years
ago. have been superseded by rich up
starts, the bold and saucy human prod
ucts OF your railroad and mining game
sters. collier Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
A Broad Hint.

visitor-Is Miss Rose at home?
Servant-No, sir.
visitor-Why, she has just come in!
/ saw her.
Servant-Yes, sir, and she saw you
too.-Nuggets
Blondel, the harper, did not discover
she prison of King Richard. Richard
oaid his ransom, and the receipts for it
,s among the Austrian archives.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Perplexed.

.sI cawn't understand this blarsted
country, . said the English tourist
"Chap said to me, Golf makes me
tired 'Ah,' said !, you play too
much. You're crazy said he. I don't
play at ALL. Now, how could he be
ed?''-Philadelphia Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25

All the suitors for a girls hand III
Borneo are expected to be generous in
their presents to her. These presents are
never returned. Therefore the willy
young lady defers as long as possible q
positive selection of the happy man.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Rs |GHES' C00K.

g
Nell paased to laugh and Betty Low
s locked up from the dainty toqua she
Thinning TO ask amusedly
hi ahe awfuIly angry Why, Is
only laa week she called here and
J ssexSoIled Ser to the skies arthsr,
3 oslB1ss3 Luckily she offers high wages,
shasnn easil find another. I,
All there where the creamOe the
comas Don't You know she is
ming Major Isorimer-tte MAJOR
sLofinaeI dinner tqnight Heisp pass:
ng taro1gh " Woodthorpe on his way TO;
azaWs for. The regimentai ball
Hrghes IS an Old friend she
hess staying a couple of days
with them She got all the eatables in
the hosise for the.maals, and can e get,
any oMs 10 cook theml Isn't it richs
ati rose suddenly, to the great det-
szsimens ef The toque, q lovely rose flush
rising 81 her pretty cheeks, her eyes
SaET ne an iilsa she said seEs
enn an gong toscook That dim
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Ba4y, are you quite mad incredu-.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-05-25
Not All Ai,nless.

.Society women do lead such aimless
.sves. s''
s.Aimless? Do they? Well, know
society woman who can throw teacup
or rolling pin just as accurately as
man. "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
Sch. Joel F. Sheppard SAFE.

NEW YORK. Dee. 10 Steamer BurgundId
(Fr), from Marseilles, etc. arrived al the
bar at p. IN. l7th, and brought $50 5teeragt
passengers to } W. ElwelI & Co. Dec 18th
lat 81 "a, Ion IS %, spoke sch. Joel f. Shep-
pard, from Bruins wick for New York lunl-
Der laden, short of provisions reported hav-
ing experienced succession of heavy wester-
" gales since passing Hatteras in which
lost sails and part of deckload stayed by
for II hours, owing to heavy sea succeeded
in supplying her with provisions to last TO
days.
Capt Geo. r. Carter has received a note
written by his son, Capt. Alzo NJ. Garter of
the Sheppard, and sent by the steamer, say
ing that he had been blown off, but was all
right and not to worry
The Sheppard sailed from Brunswick, Ga.
Nov. 18th for EIizabethport, n. j., with a
cargo of hard pine, and while Capt Geo r.
Carter has not felt serious anxiety many of
the friends of Capt AIzo nj. Carter had been
greatly concerned as he must have encoun-
tered storms in which a number of vessels
have been wrecked. But the Sheppard is a
staunch vessel, only nine years old and her
commander thorough seaman, and he has
simply been delayed on his voyage by being
blown off the coast, apparently sustaining
no damage IN hun or rigging. The news
Of his ssety was welcomed by the whole
community.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
A Suicide at Waterville.

WATERvILLE, Dec Is. Herbert H. Ladd
of Bro ks committed suicide this afternoon
at the waiting station of the Waterville and
Fairfield railroad, about half way between
this city and Fairfield by shooting through
the brain with a SO calibre revolver. Mr.
Ladd was 80 years old and unmarried. He
had been employed on the Yankee Blade
and left Brooks that morning to call on
a friend in Benton. The young man was of
good habits and the cause of the deed is a
mystery. M. F. Chase of Brooks, who
roomed in the same house with Ladd, had
only praise to offer for the deceased and
stated that Mr. Ladd was about to purchase
the Yankee Blade and move the publication
of 'Waterville.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22

The regular meeting Of the School Com
mitt ee will be held next Monday evening.
The schools close tomorrow, Friday, for a
holiday vacation of two weeks, one week less
than usual because of a week lost by closing
the schools on account Of the scarlet fever
scare.
Superintendent Brick requests all persons
who have bills against the school depart
ment to present them for approval on or be-
fore Saturday, Dec 24th. Teachers are re-
quested to send in their blanks and registers
before that time.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22
Obituary..

Passed to higher life Dec. stb Mrs Eva
tfehdieton) Griffin of Westboro. Mas
formerly OF Stockton Springs, Me. The re.
n"inS' accompanied by the stricken hus
oahu' parents and sister, were brought to
STOCKTON Springs, where the funeral was
heid Dec. 18th, from the residence of the
must soands father, Mr.. Isaac Griffin Mrs
Hrlfhn IS survived by her husband. Mr. Paleo
urllhh, who has done all that earthly power
an" uheirlng devotion could do to prolong
'he HE so dear to him. The deceased was
1he daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Fehdieton, Stockton Springs, a sister of Mrs.
Levi Hrifhn aud Miss Gertrude Pendleton of
STOCKTON Springs, Mrs. James Crocker of
"es1ooro, Mass; Mrs. Ralph Stapies of
oonlefVlIIe, Mass, and Mrs George Demuth
o' Ne" Aork-all of whom except Mrs Levi
Grimm, who is III, We're with her in her last
hoprs. happy and united family circle is
ior VIE hrst time broken and all ieeply svln-
ldthlze With the afflicted ones Mrs. Griffin
was . Years OF age. Sweet and lovabIe in
disposition. she endeared herself 80 all with
whom she came in contact. She was bright
and attractive 10 her friends a sunshine Id
her hospitabIe home Her influence was
ever Tor the good; her warm svmpathies
ever ready when occasion called Such
l'fe is a blessed memory The MANY floral
offerings testified to the warm regard in
which she was held, both in Stockton
Springs and II W Westboro. Mass, where she
resided.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22

"It is a surprising fact" says Prof. Hou-
ton, "that in my travels in all parts of the
world, for the last ten years, | have met
more people having used Green's August
Flower than any other remedy, for dyspep-
sia, deranged liver and stomach and for
constipation. | find for tourists and sales
men, or for persons filling Office positions,
where headaches and general bad feelings
from irregular habits exist, that Green's
August Flower is grand remedy. 1t
does not injure the system by frequent use,
and is excellent for sour stomachs and ind-
gestion." Sample bottles free at Poor Il
Sons, Belfast, and A. B. Sparrow, Freedom.
Sold by dealers in all civilized countries.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22

7'.Nn vt Waldo District Lodge to
' ~ 0uuecook Dec. 90, the address
500 he by W. E. Lancaster, and
'- the District Secretary. At
meeting in the afternoon the fol-
s'4u will be given;
Chorus
"rF E. j Prescott, State Deputy
IT,, Chorus
a.. Luie Wood
HI. G. Reynolds
or Lillian Wentworth
... Emma Braley
a,. Wallace Pomroy
sps Nettie Reynolds
E. p. Huff
10. be no meeting in the evening.
Lodge session will be in the
lhere will be half fares over the
'aAeh of the NJ. c. r. r. All
iiaFs IN the county are cordially
'-nnecook Lodge will furnish
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22

MONROE CENTRE. There will be Christ
mas tree and entertainment at the church
Friday evening, Dec. 23d. Mrs. Emma Gill
more has gone to Massachusetts to visit re-
latives. Miss Jennie Ford is teaching
school in Swanvlle Mrs. Freeman Kicker
mas returned from avist to her son in Mas
sachusetts.
The Republican journal., 1898-12-22

So many of our weekly exchanges issuep
special Christmas numbers that we can only
compliment them generally The Old Town
Enterprise was specially distinguished by
handsome cover page in colors.