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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

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Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
LIST OF PATENTS
Granted to New England Inventors
 During the Past Week.

During the Past Week.
 s. D. Baker. New Haven. combined bath tub seat and bidet; G. J. Cape well. Hartford. railway car truck; \. W. Case. Highland Park. fiber disin- tegrator: w A. Day, Providence. R. l., metal ornamentation: F. H. Fitzler, Tiyerton, R. l.. automatic water circu- lator; E. H. Gates, Troy. \. H.. me chanical eraser; T. German. Warren. R. l., spindle; J. \. Henry. Providence, R. l.. curtain rod; c. G. Hoerle, Tor rington. truck for roller skates; M. C. Johnson, Hartford. variable speed gear ing c. E. Latham. Stonington. car bureter: E. Maertens. Providence, R. l.. machine for treating wool: C. E. MeCue. Hartford. carriage coupling: F. R. Parker. Penacook. \. H., spring frame for vehicles; W. T. Smith, New Haven. automatic locking device; w. H. Taylor, Stamford, trunk lock.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
Snow In Virginia.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, Dec. 22.-A storm is coming up the coast. At Lee hall, only Is miles from here. the snow fall is as heavy as any ever seen there
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22
Consul vins1ow Arrives.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 22-Mr. Edward b. Winsiow, United States consul gen eral in Stockholm, arrived in this city yesterday fron the United States.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

II W A-i1A 'oA| SAN'' d., iee- David Over, editor of the Holiday burg Register and a newspaper man of q half century standing, is dead here, aged 76 years. The deceased was a Mexican war veteran. Among the newspapers that he successfully edited were the Bedford In- quirer and the Lewistown Gazette In 1856 he was elected treasurer of Bedford county. In 1887 lie served as treasurer of Blair county. He was one of the famed 306 delegates who stood by Gen eral Grant ill the Republican national convention at Chicago. He is survived by bis wife, one son and three daughters
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-22

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
EXERCISE FOR SWINE.
The Healthy NoK's the One, that Has
Rooa to Exercise while
Grow ing. ~

DO hogs need exercise? is asked by
a correspondent. Yes, at most periods
of their lives they do, although the
tendency of modern greeting has all
been in the direction of early fatten-
ing aud making The largest gains on
the smallest possible amount of feed.
The sucking pig needs exercise. or
rhethors, and an attack of -thumps
may be expected. The time when
thumps are NEST complained of is
when, after narrowing time, there is
bad weather that Keeps the litter and
the dam confined to the pen, where
the former s,ick and sleep, and has
no work to do to keep it healthy. lii
z, I'D weather. with room enough to
run about out of doors, the litter al
ways get exercise enough, and rarely
has thumps. Growing pigs need some
exercise, too, but they can be relied
on t. take al they need if given room
enough. and the weather is not too
rnfavcrable. Breeding pigs should al
ways have plel:ty Of exercise, or they
will become shy breeders, and the pigs
they have will not be vigorous, and
they may even become entirely sterile.
When hogs get G:eir growth and are
put in the yard for fattening. is the
time when they need exercise le:ist.
For the short time that remains be-
fore marketing they can both safely
and advantageously be kept as quiet
as possible. The time is too brief fer
them 10 suffer injury for want of ex-
ercisc. and the feed will have a quick
err effect if they do not run it of. The
nswer t. the question should there
fore be that the hogs need exer.
else, but no particular pains need be
taken to see that they get it except in
the case Of young pigs in bad weather,
or in that of breeding stock that has
been fattcncd for the show ring. The
latter. when they reach horre after the
shows, need reducing, not by cutting
OIL feed 50 much IS by exercise. and
in doing this driving them around the
yard with buggy whip for while
each day is often rcsortcd to.-Home-
stead
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04

Of that character. I not only fee
the walters and all employees in sight,
but give money to the head cook and
assistant cooks, whom the general
public never see. My walters will
then tell the cook for whom the or
ders are given, and my meals will
come upon the table in perfect con-
dition to tempt the appetite, and
everything will be clean. Men who
can afford to travel can also afford to
pay for cleanliness. Hotel kitchens
are not always scrupulously neat.
even in the best hotels. In giving
away money for comforts the cooks
should never be overlooked"
Thus. you see, the people recognize
the evil, and pander to it. because even
the wealthy seem to be powerless in
the hands of these robbers who stand
athwart the highway and demand your
money or threaten your discomfort.
There is a senator of whom mention
has often been made in these columns
as one of the bravest of brave men,
who resides at a hotel with his wife
and two daughters. He pays $3.50 per
month for rooms and board. But the
bell boys of the hotel know that when
ever his bell rings, no matter whether
ii is the senator or a member of his
family. silver quarter will be forth
coming every time. Only by thus PAN
dering to the rascally condition can he
be always sure of prompt and faithful
attention.
Take the advice of experience, and
when you come to the national capital
be prepared to be robbed. 1t will be
useless for you to set your foot down
and declare as emphatically as Mr..
Bowser that you will never submit to
such extortion. 1t will be useless for
you to complain to the otelproprietor
or manager. If you want prompt serv-
ice and courteous treatment under all
circumstances, you will submit meek
". Otherwise you will have cold rolls
and lukewarm coffee or tea, cold roast
or overdone steak or chops, and exas-
peratingly dilatory service.
SMITH D. FRY
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
FARMER AND PLANTER.
THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER.
He II the One who Learns, By Test.
iRG and Experience. the Best
Methods d, Pursue.

Many farmers read with absorbing
interest the recital of the experiences,
as given in some agricultural journal.
of that farmer who has made farming
ray. They ponder his manner Of cul-
turc and methods Of handling his
crops, and in most instances fully
acqciesce in the wisdom of his
plans # procedure. While meditasing
on them, at the noon hour, under the
shade of the tree or at the north end
nf the house. the PAPER oft falls from
the farmers hand. and comparisons,
unconsciously perhaps, are made he.
tween mis- own lot and that of the sue
e: sful farmer, whose paying methods
are so forcibly pictured in the paper.
The instituted comparisons are too
often otlius, even more, dissatifying;
Id the farmer rises slowly. DELHI
cratelv gets his old straw hat, partial
~ brimlcss, and with sigh, goes to
the task of the day. How much the
sigh may mean. 1t may BE- interpreted
by the line of conduct later pursued,
as meaning that the other man was
successful because his environment
and opportunities were different from
those Of our friend and his advantages
better. II could succeed, too, il things
were only different is frequently the
n entail reflection.
. That's just the point, the changing
of existing conditions. But such
changes can't lie made as by a fairy =
wand. ]: requires the plan, then the
slow but sure adoption of this plan.
The successful farmer of whom you
read had his times of sitting under
his wor,n-wi;hered gourd.
The quiet testing 0f. some of the
ideas of advanced farming is what is
needed. Give some portion of crop
unusual care, study inteiligentiy the
effect, and patiently await results.
Such trials may convince you that you
are farming too much land. and yet
n, farming it enough. There is a diff
ference. You can't follow verbatim ct
literatim the methods of any one. The
istory of any succrssful farming op-
Grafton can only be to another an OBJ
ject lesson, given on the general prin.
ciple that what one man has done an
ether man may do. Don't conclude be-
cause the first effort is not Il blooming
success that it is whitening failure
in toto, as did the farmer who declared
that potatoes grown in the spring,
however early they matured. would
not, If planted the same season, pro-
duce tubcrs, for he had tried it. When
questioned closely the facts were re
veal.d that he had pulled few early
potatoes from a hill and planted them
down somewhere and they didn't
grow. II all experiments were con-
Quoted on such premises we would be
hut little past the Indians primitive
meths de of corn planting.
While thus testing some other mans
methods of farming to determine as
to the best manner of conducting
farming operations, your own intelli-
geIsc and strength CT character are in
the cruciblc OF success. Successful
farming alike is test of the farm and
the farmcr.-Rural World.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04

tel bills, and will pay nothing to the
servants. But. no matter whether it
is wrong or not, the fact remains that
the condition exists, and those who
decline to surrender to the servants
receive scant courtesy.
In the barber shop Of hotel one
day recently the writer noticed that
the shop boy failed to brush the coat
of one of the customers, although he
diligently brushed the apparel of
others. The proprietor of the shop
was asked about it, and he replied:
'Of course the boys cannot live with
out money. l pay them no salary.
and they live ON what tips they can
pick up. That man has never given
one nickel to the shop boys, and they
needn't brush him if they don't want
to. He is too mean to live"
What do you think of that? The
proprietor backs the boys in their
work of preying on the public. He
considers him a mean man who does
not give away money to support the
boys who ought to be paid by their
employer. Moreover. the hotel pro-
prietors wink at the conduct of their
walters, chambermaids and other en-
ployes. When any guest complains
at the hotel Office he is smilingly as
sured that all faults shall be correct
ed, but nothing is done. The propri.
etors, and head clerks, and room
clerks, and head walters all conspire
to continue the system of larceny.
One of our prominent statesmen.
who is a man of great wealth, will
attend the Paris exposition, accom-
panied ny his family. very soon after
the adjournment of congress. In
private conversation concerning the
proposed trip he said: The robbers
in Paris will reap rich harvests this
year. In addition to my regular ex-
penses, which will be rather large. I
have set aside $1,000 10 be used in
tips for the garcons. That will
probably be enough to cover expenses
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
FOWLS IMPROVE SOIL.
ToN Long Observation-Disclosures
~ Our Farmers.

Come poultrymen are favorable to
The method of keeping poultry in
small fi,,cks, In confinement, with two
yards to each flock, in the greater op
portunitses given for improving and
using the land. Only one-half Of each
acre will be occupied at the same time
by the fowls, the other half being de.
voted to gardening, alternating the
hens and the garden as occasion per
mits. The half acre in vegetables will
produce as much as was formerly Sc
cured on AN acre, and no manure need
be brought or hauled, for not only viii
the hens .(like sheep scatter the drop
pings themselves. but they also accu-
mulate at night large quantity, which
may be applied where it will be most
servicenbae. One great source of fer
fifty to, the land from the keeping Of
poultry. in addition to the droppings,
is an enormous loss of food from the
trampling of the fowls, the pickings
from t.ae trough. and the discarded
amount due to fermentation, all of
which serve as plant food. Keeping
fowls in yards, removing them fire.
quently and turning under the manure,
prevents the fowls from living in filth,
and permits of an enormous produc-
tion of crops. On piece of light,
sandy soil that has been considered al
most barren, where flock of 30 hens
were kept for year, was grown an
enormous crop of potatoes, beans. cab
bages :nd peas. The growth was ex-
cessively rank, and for three years
tive than any of equal space on the
place. The food bought annually for
. flock is equal to bringing large
quantity of fertilizer on the farm, and
in passing through the body Of the
fowl e is reduced to a condition fitting
1t for immediate use by plants. The
fresh earth absorbs and retains its val
liable properties better than the drop
pings from the roost can be saved.
That fruit. vegetables and poultry
should be combined is fact that will
some day be admitted by all; but when
the system is practiced the free ar.
range ment may be abolished. and the
hen be used not only for producing
eggs and poultry, but also for improv-
ing the soil, just as is now done in
France, and as is done with sheep in
England. The poultry in France KEEP
up the fertility of the farms, yield large
profits of eggs and meat, and increase
the fiocks, yet the focks are small an6
no ranges are permitted. II it is pos.
sible in France, it is possible here, and
the time will yet come when no small
gardens will be cultivated without
flock of hens as assistants instead OF
being considered enemies.-Farm and
Fireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
HINTS IN HENoLocY.

Bran is a good laxative food fol
young chicks.
The great mistake of beginners il
to attempt large number of breeds.
Notice which hens lay the largest
eggs. Sometimes the largest hens by
smallest eggs. Jill I'LL
All nests should be movable. Lice
collect behind permanent. nests and
give q great deal of trouble.
After the Matching season, all sur.
plus cocks should be marketed, as
their food il a total waste and ID
quite serious item of loss.
Cleanliness and pure water are i'm
portant items in prevention of cholera
and bowel diseases. Don't let the
drinking water stand in the SUM-
Farm and Home.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
FINDS SWEETHEART AT LAST.
Ranchnaa Discovers His lntend-
ed Bride In New York Hospital.

After a search of two years ranch
man named Morris, from San Antonio,
Tex. has found his sweetheart, Lucy
Reed. She is patient in Bellevue
hospital. 4 tall westerner applied late
the other night for admittance at
Bellevue. Though greatly disappoint.
ed when tod the hour was too late
for visitors, he was nevertheless ra-
diant with happiness when assured
that Lucy Reed was still patient
there.
81 have searched for her for two
years." he told the attendant, ''and
at last I've found her. My name is
Morris. Lucy and grew up together
in San Antonio. We were boy and
girl sweethearts. and later became en-
gagged to be married. Our wedding day
was set two years ago, when Lucy
disappeared.
From one town to another ]
tracked her, until finally l found she
had come to New York. Tomorrow
/ shall see her and persuade her. il !
can. to return home with me as soon
as she is WELL"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
HERE AND THERE.

Most all diseases of fowls are the
direct result Of carelessness, lice, filth
and impure water.
AS soon as the fowl breeding sea
son is over it is a good plan to dispose
Of all the breeding stock not wanted
for next seasons breeders.
Any farmer who denies himself
the time necessary to keep posted ON
farm topics and general news. is rob-
bling himself feloniously and will meet
condign punishment in purse and per-
son.
Crowley. La, is to have another
rice mill, larger than any now in oper-
alton there. The National Rice Mill
ing Co., of New York, has decided to
remove it's Brooklyn mill to Crowley,
20 as to be At the center Of supply.
Heavy rains in the central and east
Gulf states, including portions Of Ken
lucky, Tennessee, southern Illinois,
and central and northern Indiana,
have retarded cultivation, and in some
sections caused injury to crops.
The farmer who imsgines he has
no time to read, entertains danger.
Gus delusion. It 10 lack of inclination
that interferes. II he would take an
hour daily for reading he would find
1t about the most profitable hour Of
the "A, except the hours spent in re-
freshing sleep.
One of the most important points
in 4 good hog, as . breeder or feeder,
is good strong legs and feet. A horse
is no better than has worst foot, will
apply to hogs also. A hog wants to
get about lively, and. to hold his own
among his fellows. must do %. Fine
ness Of bone has been carried little
too far in some Of the best breeds
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
FIGHTING FOR A TIP.

tained. 1 pay the hotel $3.50 per month
but 1 am obliged to pay for every atten-
ton which receive. Even the barber
whose price for shave is Is cents, ex.
poets quarter of dollar; and he
gets it, because IL he did not 1 would
get butchered instead of barbered."
The system Of giving tips" pre-.
walls to q greater or less extent all
over the world, but in no city is il
more vigorously and extensively prac-
ticed than in this national capital.
Allof the servants are negroes, and they
work together with the view of get
ting all of the extra money the guests
can be hsrried into giving up to them.
Not only in the hotels, but in the
restaurants, they expect and practi-
cally demand extra pay for services
rendered. The man about town who
takes his meals regularly at any par
ticular restaurant is soon singled out
BY all the walters; and il he doesn't
freely give he may sit in loneliness at
. table, without having even the cour-
sesy of bill of fare being handed to
him. As soon as the walters know
that the guest will, even occasionally,
give up dime or > quarter, they
hasten to attend to his wants n
soon as he enters the door.
There was great railway magnate
stopping at one of our hotels couple
Of years ago during an entire session
of congress. He was interested in
legislation involving many millions OF
dollars. Whenever his bell rang the
bell boys made great haste to an
swer il, because On every call he gave
M half q dollar. One evening two
of the bell boys had q fight in the
hotel Office on that account. The
magnate's bell rang, and two boys
started to answer it. Each claimed
that it was his turn" to answer that
bell. because each of them wanted
the half dollar which would be forth
coming. They wraneled and finally
came to blows. and both OF them were
discharged. Meanwhile another bellboy
answered the call; and the magnate,
being particularly in hurry, gave
the lucky fellow . dollar
Everybody knows that this condi-
ton Is wrong. and some good people
declare that they Win Pay their 10
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04

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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
No sure Care for Cholera.

There is no sure cure for cholera.
The best remedy ID teaspoonful OF
liquid carbolic acid in half gallon oil
water. A great many persons inquire
for remedies for cholera without
knowing what disease may exist in
the flock. When they state they have
''eholera" in the flock and cannot get
rid of it" they give the best evidence
that there is no cholera, for it rids it.
self in few days. The symptoms are
great prostration, a nervous, anxious
expression, intense thirst, and profuse
diarrhoea of greenish color. Most of
the supposed cases of cholera are due
to indigestion from excessive feeding.
Farm and F'ireside.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
Fable Of the snail BirA.

Once upon a time there was q bantau
rooster with an immense opinion of him.
self. and as he stood in the barnyard h
said:
II will make a stir in the world. win
attract attention"
Wherefore he began to CROW Justify n
though he had nothing mpcA to Crow
about.
Now it Happened that far above the ban
tam nawk was wheeling in the circum-
ambient air. The hawk had not seen the
bantam, owing to the latter's diminutive
proportions, but when the bantam crowed
the hawk heard and in about 43 seconds
had his claws full and was contentedly
winging his fight homeward, while all was
still below.
Moral: 1t is not profitable thing to try
to make noise in the world without q
reasonable excuse.-Chicago Times-Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
Yorr cAIurn urc porrr
worked on . Committee
On Penslons.

Not long ago Congressman Hank" Smith
of the Second Michigan district, worked a JOKE
of on the house committee on pensions. II
should be explained, says the Chicago Chron
icle, that this committee 10 not the one
which has charge of the pensions which
grew out Of the civil war, says correspond
ent. Its functions appertain to the granting
Of pensions to the widows and veterans Of
the Mexican and Black Hawk wars and
other ancient unpleasantnesses. It should
also be pointed out that one of their rules is
that no widows pension shall be larger than
8 a month. This proceeds upon the theory
that any widow who survives veteran OF
these wars must be comparatively young
woman and that she must have married the
veteran in his dotase to get his pension. /.
The new member from Michigan appeared
before the committee at its last meeting and
In an incidental and smiling way alluded to
the rule.
"That is fine rule" said he in guilelesa
sort of way. Il sympathize with its purpose
good faith am going to propose an amend
read except in the case of widows over l00
years of age"
The members of the committee are always
in favor of joke and the proposition was
adopted with a unanimous laugh.
And thereupon Hank" produced from his
pocket 4 bill to grant a pension Of $l2 a
month to Mrs. Hixon, of Clinton, Mich. She
had just passed her one hundredth year. It
was not necessary to explain that her hus-
band had served to within one day of the
time requisite to get pension in the reg
ular manner. The committee reported the
bill favorably. S%@&
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04
sAsrts a.a MIA fer Pigs.

Better buy some shorts and mix with
that new milk that you are feeding to
the pigs and see how they will grow.
Don't expect them to do as well on
corn and milk as they will ON some
shorts and q little oil meal, which is
not bad thing to have in the slop. It
makes them have that glossy, sleek ap-
pearance. It has been demonstrated BY
: 70 days feeding test at Indiana ex-
pertinent station that pigs fed on corn
meal alone became sluggish in their
appetites and did not gain AZ much rs
those fed on a mixture of corn meal
and wheat middlings.-Farmers' Voice
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-08-04

venient as roosting place for growing
chickens during the summer. The
front can have a frame, covered with
cotton cloth. fitted to the opening and
hinged at the top, to be let down al
night in summer il desired, and on
stormy days in winter, when snow
would be likely to blow in ifthe front
of the shed were lett open. The cost Of
q shed built in this way is very small
as no door is laid.-American Agricul
turist,