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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
RnIes For Horse Traders.


Several weeks ago a Memphis man
thought he wanted. says The Scimitar.
He located the owner and asked the
price. zone fifty" was the reply.
After looking the animal over closely
and trying her speed he concluded it
was a good trade and without more
ado wrote check for the amount The
next day he found that the mare was
as blind as bat, but this did not hin
der her speed nor detract from her
general appearance. He drove the an
fmal for several weeks and succeeded
in attracting the admiration of another
lover of horsefesh. who made a pro-
posal to purchase. "Well" said the
Memphian, Il gave one fifty for her,
but l will let you have her for one
sixty-five."
The prospective buyer looked the an
imal over and concluded he had a bar
gain. He paid over the money and
took the mare. When the animal was
unhitched. the first thing she did was
to run against a post and then by way
of emphasizing the fact that she was
blind fell over a barrel. The next day
the buyer came back to the Memphian
with blood in his eye.
Colonel. you know that mare you
sold me-" he began. well. she's stone
blind"
81 know it" replied the colonel, with
an easy air.
"You didn't say anything to me about
it" said the purchaser. his face red
dening with anger
''Well, I'll tell you" replied the colo
mel. THAT fellow who sold her to me
didn't tell me about it, and just con-
cluded that he didn't want 1t known"
The new owner took his medicine
and is now on the lookout for a friend
on whom be can even things.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
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+ KEEPING BUTTER. !
L HOW TT MAY DE DONE WITH !
Z OUT THE USE OF PRE- !
y sERVATIvEs.

The strenuous measures adopted and
under consideration in many of the cit
les Of Europe and America to prevent
the sale of milk In which preservatiyes
have been used to keep it from souring
In transit have set the wits Of British
Inventors to work to devise some plan
to obyiate the necessity of resortlng 10
such means, and a newly patented milk
can Is the result. With the cans con-
structed on the old principles it was an
impossibility to fill these so completely
as to prevent the milk intended for
transit from churning owing to the os-
eillation of the train or boat and which
has so detrimental an effect on the
milk, making 1t "buttery" or sour. ac-
cording to the season of the year. To
obviate these grave disadvantages milk
dealers have resorted to chemicals or
representatives" which rob the fluid of
it's natural flavor and nutritious quail
ties and are also detrimental to the
health of the consumers. AS a conse-
quence such great dissatisfaction has
arisen that the sanitary authorities
have taken the matter up, and prose
eutions have followed in many Of the
large cities, and heavy penalties have
been imposed.
The main feature of this new inven-
ton consists of an arrangement where
by after the can is full in the ordinary
sense an airproof lid is compressed by
means of a cross bar and thumbscrew,
which causes the milk to represent a
perfectly solid body and therefore will
not 'swilker" to use the common term
of the farmer. Thus the necessity of
resorting TO preservatiyes is obyiated.
Efie Brown. writing in The Ameri-
can Agriculturist. says: "Many fami-
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28

lies who keep but from one to three
cows to furnish milk and butter for
their own use only would find it very
convenient TO be able to keep the sur
plus butter of June and July till the
following January and February and
still have 1t good. OF course dairymen
with all their conveniences can do this
easily, but the amount of cooking
butter always in the market testifies
a lack of knowledge somewhere. But
ter that will keep so good you can't tell
it from that freshly made can be made
without ice, a separator or creamery
cans. will tell you how to do it.
81 suppose it is unnecessary to men
ton cleanliness, but there will be no
it is about the most important thing
about the work. The very heart of the
secret of making butter that will keep
a long time is the age of the cream
and its temperature. Set in common
tin pans III an ordinary cool cellar the
cream should be skinned SO hours
from the time it was set and then kept
not longer than four days In cool
weather and two in hot.
IF a pan of milk is missed and the
cream gets old, do not skim 1t for but
ter, use it In cooking. If it goes into
the churn. it will spoil that churning
for keeping and If packed with other
butter viii spoil that also. When the
churiling is delayed. use the butter at
once, even if it does taste and look all
right. There's no use in trying-it
won't keep. Have the cream cool
enough SO that the butter will come In
granules. When about the size of peas,
draw off the buttermilk and wash well.
salt well and pack In crooks. If the
butter becomes soft and frothy, the
quicker you can get 1t out of sight the
better. Not the least bit of use to try
to fix that up to pack.
''In packing fill your Jars to within
two inches of the top with butter. then
put In layer Of salt one inch thick
and pour on enough water to just GOV
er the salt. That will make It prac-
tically air tight. Cover with a cloth.
then paper and board and weight
Examine packed butter once each
month and pour in more water If there
has been much evaporation"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
Pure Bred scrubs.

During the years of depression in
pure bred live stock not few breeders
made the mistake of neglecting to re-
cord their stock. TO their subsequent
regret and loss. says The National
Stockman. Now some of them are
running close TO the other extreme. not
only recording inferior animals, but al
lowing them TO perpetuate their unde-
sirable qualities. Unfortunately there
are always buyers who are seeking
pure bred stock at grade prices. and to
them some breeders are selling their
culis. This is Mt best a shortsighted
policy, which win result In injury moi
only to the reputation of the breeder.
but TO the cause Of improved live stock
We have never yet met buyer who
got scrub stock at a corresponding
price who did rot think he ought to
have as good as the best lie is never
satisfied and never viii be even If he
did get actual value for his outlay.
The best way for all concerned is to let
the pure bred scrubs go to the sham
blea
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
A HOBO ON A TRAIN.
his Brief Interview with n Brake
man and the Conductor.

hsAfAh &aAA4 hAAE AOhUOGtOEs
II spent several hours in small
country town not far from here a few
days ago. said young professional
man Of tlais city. land to kill time
Joined the usual group in the corner
grocery store. One OF the crowd was
a freight brakeman, and he told a
story about a tramp who was stealing
ride on the bumpers during his last
run
The conductor seen him first he
said, and when he came back to the
caboose he said, says he: "Bill, there's
a blamed ugly loolin hobo on the
trucks behind the first car. Suppose
you go up and fire him off, "An
right, cap says l, and starts front
When l gets to tile first car, | looks
down, and, sure enough, there was a
big. greasy hobo squattin on the
edge, holdin on to the brake iron. Eli
therew says 1, what d'you mean by
tryin to beat the road? We're goin
slow now. and you hop right OFF, The
hobo reached around into his pocket
and pulled out a gun about yard long.
When he pointed it at me, it looked
like piece of stovepipe. You freckle
nosed baboon," says he, ''if you don't
go bout your business real sudden, I'll
cave your face in! Skip!" says he.
skipped.
"'When l got back to the caboose,
the conductor says, well, Bill, did you
fire the hoboy" NO" says l. Il didn't.
In chattin with him." l says, 81 found
out we was kin, and l didn't really
have the heart to bounce the poor fell
lerv' Well I'll do it myself. then"
says the conductor. gettin hot, and
away he goes over the tops. Pretty
soon / could hear him comm back
lickety split. on a dead run. He slid
down the brake iron like streak of
creased lightnin and dropped into
the caboose seat all out of breath.
'Did you fire him?" says l. NO" says
he, sort of faint. why. how was
thatY' says l. pretendin to be surpris-
ed. We'll. III tell you" says he. con-
fdential. Its funny, but, d'you know,
when we got TO talkin. found out he
was some kin TO me toe. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28

By virtue of writ of feri facias to me di-
rected, issued out of the Chancery Court of the
state OF New Jersey, viii be exposed at public
sale, on
Monday, the Sixteenth Day Of July, next,
between the hours of ~ and O'Clock, to-yit, at
2o'clock in the afternoon of said day, at the
OF Gloucester, and State OF New Jersey all the
following described real estate. that is to say
All that certain tract or piece Of land and
premises situate at Billingsport. in the Township
of Greenwich, County of Gloucester and State
OF Ne" Jersey. and bounded and described as
foliows:--
Beginning at a corner to land of Lambert H
River and extending from thence along sai
Eekards line ID south eight degrees thirty min
utes east five hundred and twenty Zone feet to
the centre line of certain fifty feet wide street
recently opened by Mary V. White: thence ~
DY said centre line, south seventy-nine degrees
thirty minutes west. two hundred and iity-six
feet TO HE OF lands now or late of one Maxwell;
thence 81 along his line north, eleven degrees
fifty minutes west. five hundred and forty feet to
said low water mark of the Delaware River:
thence ~ easterly, along said low water mark
about two hundred and ffty-six feet to the place
Of beginning.
Being the same premises which Marie Y White
by deed dated the twenty eighth day of October,
A. D. eighteen hundred and ninety7tuo granted
and conveyed unto the said William II Bradley
and Lena VI. Bradley in fee.
Seized as the property of William H Bradley
and Lena NJ Bradley, defen dants and taken in
execution at the suit of Marie Y. White, com
plainant, and to be sold by
c. Chester Craig. solr. Sheriff.
Dated June Z, 1900. PRS fees, IS 10.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
somethinr About Butter Makinu,

When | was boy, nearly every one
guessed at everything. says w. L.
Camp in The Prairie Farmer. They
guessed at the temperature. for there
were no thermometers In that part of
the country They guessed at the time
Of night and day. for no one had a
clock or watch. When | was very
young. worked by the month for well
to do farmers and had great deal of
churning to do Sometimes the butter
would come in a few minutes and be
yellow and nice. Again | would churn
an hour. the housewife in the mean
time adding cold or hot water as she
judged necessary. remember of think
Ing that there ought to be some way of
knowing how to make butter so it
would always come In about the same
length of time and always look the
game Instead of coming white and soft
one time and the next time perhaps
hard and yellow There was a great
deal of good butter made at that time.
but 1t was considered the result of good
luck. a good many of the farmers
AA"aN DhtNSA IA just ills way HI the
present time. Later in my life 1t be-
came necessary for me to again do the
butter making. At this time / sent
somewhere in the east for dairy infor-
nation. In a short time received
some papers full of valuable instruc-
lions. ] was told the value Of Their
mometer. how to feed and care for my
cows. how TO milk. how and where to
set the milk. when to skim and the i'm
portanee Of stirring the cream when
new cream was added learned what
ripenlng meant and the Importance of
doing II right. how TO churn and when
to stop. how TO salt and work the but
ter. II Is inexcusabie for butter makers
not to know all these things at the
present time. ! made $50 worth of but
ter that winter and sold 1t for cents
pound more than others were getting
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
A ElsH-cAIcHINe FISH.
He Has "A Mouth One-third the Size
of His Body.

He Has "A Mouth One-third the Size
of His Body.
Most remarkable of strange fishes is
the angler fish. whose very name seems
a paradox The fishing fish is never
theless reality and a stern one to all
that approach those awful jaws of his
With a body the color of mud he gen
orally lies In the shadow of some rock
on the bottom of the sea- waiting mo-
tionless for the approach of his prey.
He is provided with an odd kind of fin
Just over the mouth. and this is held
out in front of him TO give warning of
the coming of something to be swal-
lowed One taken alive was expert
mented on, and 1t was found that if
this projecting fin was touched with a
stick, even though the stick did not
come near the mouth. the jaws closed
convulsively. This shows that the fin.
by some provision of nature, closes the
jaws as soon as it is touched.
The mouth is tremendous. growing
to the width of foot when the whole
fish is only three feet long. One of
luESC duElcLS Was caught lOl AOAE
since. and, though it was only % inches
long, a fish 10 inches long was found
sticking in its throat. The angler is
provided with peculiar teeth set In
double or treble rows along the jaws
and at the entrance of the throat
Some of these teeth are foot long
He is not a pretty fish to look at, but
he attends strictly TO business and will
swallow anything that touches his
warning fin. whether it is meant for
food or not.
All kinds of things have been founs
In the stomachs Of anglers, from bits
of lead and stone to fish almost as large
as the angler Itself. This is without
doubt one of the most peculiar and in
teresting fish In the whole ocean.-St.
Toliis Globe Dnr,,o.,-nt
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28

next, between the hours of l2 and O'Clock, to-
wit at O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, at
the Court House in the City OF Woodbury. County
of Gloucester, and State of New Jersey, all the
following described Real Estate, that is to say:
All the following described tract or parcel of
Land and premises, situate, lying and beng in
the then Township of Greenwich, but now East
Greenwich In the County Of Gloucester and
state OF New Jersey; and bounded as follows:
Beginning at stone standing in the middle of
the Cohawkn road at the intersection of the Jes-
sup's Mill road Herewith, thence by Sailer's
land ~ North seventy nine degrees and thirty
minutes west four chains and twelve links to q
corner to Green's land. by which it runs ~
South thirteen degrees and thirty minutes west
twelve chains and fifty links to stone, thence
by the same (3) South seventy-seven degrees and
forty five minutes east, three chains and thirty
two links to corner TO Sailers land in the mid
die of said Cohawkin road, thence az thereby
along the middle OF said road north, sixteen de-
grees and thirty minutes east, twelve chains
and seventy-three links to the place of begin
ming
Containing four acres and sixty-eight hun
dredths of an acre OF land more or less.
Being the same tract of land which the said
John j. Sutton purchased of the said Amos
J. Peaslee and wife
Excepting however, all that certain part of
said tract or parcel of land and premises:
Beginning at a stone 10 the Cohaw kin road and
also In the road leading from Jessup's mill to
Greenwich Meeting Honse, and thence running
by Sailers land () lorth seventy nine degrees
west, four chains twelve links to Joseph D.
Green's land; thence thereby south fourteen de-
greee west, one chain and sixty-five links to the
midefie of Jessup's mill road aforesaid thence
along said road north seventy-nine and three
fourths degrees east. five chains and fifty links
to the beginning.
Containing one third of an acre more or less.
s lied as the property Of Sarah Ann Blumoe.
ct ais, defendants, and taken execution at the
suit OF The Woodbury. Firemen's Relief Asso-
citation, and to be sold By snnr,,,r
David o. watkins Sol'r. Sheriff.
Dated NAV Is. 1900 Prs fee $lOsO
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
Facts About the Good
Being Done by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound in Cases of
Change of Life, Bearing
Down Pains, Etc.

81 had falling, Inflammation and
liberation of the womb; backache,
bearing down pains; was so weak
and nervous that I could not do
my own work; had sick headache,
no appetite, numb spells, hands and
feet cold all the time. l had good
doctors, but none of them did me any
good. Through the advice of a lady
friend / began the use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
after taking one bottle / felt greatly
relieved, and by the time had used
several bottles was completely cured,
SO that / could do my work again. /
am now passing through the change of
life and using your Compound. thelps
me wonderfully. l want every suffer
ing woman to know what your medi-
cine has done for me- "-MRs. w. NJ.
BULL, New Palestine, Mo.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound saved my life and gave back
loving mother to eleven children,
which was more than any doctor could
have done or any other medicine in
the wide world. My trouble was child
bed fever. The third day after my
babe was born I took a chill, which
was followed by high fever. Iwould
perspire until my clothes were as wet
as though dipped in a tub of water.
The chills and fever kept up for three
days. Ny daughter got me bottle of
your Compound. The fourth dose
stopped the chills, and the fever also
disappeared. Ny life was saved. My
age at this critical time was forty
nine. LYDIA e. BOUCHER, Etna, Pa.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
A TWO NICKER,
The Old Printer Explains What He
Meant by the Expression.

The Old Printer Explains What He
Meant by the Expression.
II was just stepping off the street
car" remarked the old printer, who
was telling story, when l met a
two nicker face to face
you met a WHAT"
"a two nicker. And, as was say
ing, She
But what in the world is a two
nicker?'
"oh, you know what that is, don't
your
mo. I don't. Never met one in my
life"
well. two nicker is a lady. wom-
an, anything that wears petticoats."
II never heard the expression before.
Where does it come fromY
Now you're too hard for me- l
don't know where it started. but In the
good old times Of case type and hand
presses it was the common expression
used to designate n woman In a print
shop. 1t wasn't used outside of the
composing rooms. I'll tell you how l
think it arose All the old hand type,
as everybody knows, is provided with
hicks ON the side. so that the type
settlers don't have to look at the face of
the type to know how TO throw it In
the stick Far back In prehistoric
days the type had only one nick, but
later two hicks became the style, and
80 years ago two hicks was the usual
thing. But there came improvements
in typemaking, and it was discovered
that three or four hicks on the side of
the type made it easier for the printer
to handle, and SO the three or four
nicked type came into style and the
two nicked type went into disuse and
bad repute. Printers despised the two
nicked type. About that time women
got a foothold in the printing offices
They were not regarded with favor by
the old time printers. The women and
the two nieked type were In about the
same category in the esteem of the old
typo, and it was very natural that he
should come to express both by the
same words. They both became two
nickers,' and the expression has be-
come traditional in printshops. MEM
phis .Seimitar.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
Grateful Woman Recon-
mends Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to
Every Wife and Mother.

"Ihave taken eight bottles of Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
with most gratifying results. l had
been married four years and had two
children. was all run down, had fall
Ing of womb with all its distressing
symptoms. had doctored with good
physician, but derived very little good
from HIS treatment. After taking a
few bottles of your medicine, was
able to do my work and nurse my
seven-months' -old babe. recommend
your medicine to every wife and
mother. Had time. could write
much more in its praise. bid you
Godspeed in your good work. -
MRS. L. A. MORRIS, Welaka, Putnam
Co., Fla.
DEAR MRS. When com
menced the use of your remedies / was
very badly off. Every two weeks l was
troubled with flowing spells which
made me very weak. l had two of the
best doctors, but they did not seem to
help me. They said my trouble was
caused from weakness and was moth
ing to worry about felt tired all the
time; had no ambition I was growing
worse all the time until I began the
use Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. am now able to help
about the house, and am much Inn
proved In health. "-MRs. A. WALKER.
Callicoon Depot. n. <.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
Travelling Instructors.

The Wisconsin Dairymen's assocIa-
ton. in view of the great success which
has attended it's system of travelling
cheese inspectors. has arranged to put
a creamery butter inspector in the field
the current season. To this end it has
employed Mr.. Dewitt Goodrich, who
was the expert butter maker at the
Worlds fair in Chicago and has since
had full experience in creamery man
agement and as instructor In butter
making at the Wisconsin Dairy school.
Mr.. Goodrich will be prepared to an
swer calls from and after June L.
Hoard's Dairyman.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
sRubber Cows,o

Dairymen. stand up. What are you
In the business for? If you dairy for
your health or for fun, go ahead in the
old way. but if it is cash you are after
the scales and the Babcock test will
put you Oh the road to get it. Drive
out the rubber cows" The very ones
you think are doing the best for you
are likely the ones that are 'eating
their own heads off, twice year. You
may think that you know, but you
want to know wLat you know, and this
you can only do with the scales and the
test.-Land and n Living.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28

Joseph J. summerili, administrator Of James
Scott K. Tomlin, deceased bv direction Of the
Surrogate of the County Of Gloucester, hereby
gives notice to the creators Of the said James
scott f. Tomiin5 deceased to bring 10 their
debts, claims and demands against tbs estate Of
the said deeedant, under oath or affirmation,
within nine months from this date. or they viii
be forever barred Of any action therefor against
the said administrator
JOS. j. SUMMERIII.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-06-28
no UaEnlroRs.

Lewis Warwick, Executor of James A. Porch,
deceased, by direction of the Surrogate of che
county of Gloucester. hereby gives notice to the
creditors Of the said Jamas A Porch deceased
against the estate of the said decedent. under
oath or affirmation, within nine months from
this date. or they will be forever barred of any
action therefor against the said executor
LEWIS WARWICK.
A. II. Swackhamer, Proctor
Dated May D. 1860 52t