Connecticut western news., 1907-05-30

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 A kitchen stove that goes to pieces within four years from the date of its purchase is a swindle at any price.
 Nine times out of ten lack of sympa- thy is just another name for lack ot magination-ability to put oneself In another's place.
 The time to prepare data for ones obituary write-up is the interval Of forty or fifty years before the copy is handed to the printer. Where this Is neglected 1t makes a bad job all around.
 Iowa boys will take up the work of snaring and drowning out gophers with renewed energy in view of the placing of a booty of 10 cents head on the pestiferous little rodents by the las legislature.
 Spring blowing leaves the ground looser and makes it warmer than when it is plowed in the fall and merely disked before planting, the effect being quite noticeable in crops that are grown under the two conditions.
 The most tender and crisp as we,. cs the mildcst onions we have ever raised for spring table use came from good sized old onions set in the ground about four inches deep as soon as 1t was in fit condition. They are in ev- cry way superior to those raised from little sets or black seed.
 While the vegetarian folk and the no breakfasters may have reason on their side some of the time, it Is, after all, pretty hard to beat good slab of me- dium rare roast beef when fellow has any real work to do. Potato salad, boiled cabbage and angels food are all right now and then, but they don't amount to much when it comes to pro ducing good red blood.
 There is probably no worse breeder of disease and contamination about the premises than a damp cellar, contain ing mayhap stagnant water, with its likely accompaniment of stale and de- cayiEg vegetables. It is often over looked because it is out of sight, but the germs and bacteria get in their work just the same. Clean the cellar out thoroughly if the above conditions prevail, whitewash the walls and scat ter lime on the floor.
 Reports are to the effect that central Illinois farmers are having trouble with the rotting of their corn. Both the yield and quality of last years crop were good and the corn we'll ma tured, but for some reason not yet dis covered or stated the crop is not keeping in good shape, and much of 1t is now unsound. Weather conditions prevailing during the early winter months are thought to have some bear ing on the situation.
 A great corn carnival is to be held in Chicago next October, the biggest thing of it's kind ever attempted. One hun dred thousand dollars in prizes will be distributed, one-half of which amount has already been raised as a guarantee fund among the business men and rail- roads of the city. There is not bright boy in any home in the corn belt but w...i have an equal chance at some of the prizes offered, provided he is will ing to get the best of seed and give it proper care.
 Australia's chief industry is sheep raising, and in this particular she ranks second among the sheep raising coun- tries. Argentina is first with 92,000.- GOO sheep, Australia follows with 72.- 100000, while Russia is credited with 10,0OG,O00. Twelve years ago Australia was credited with LOG. 100000 head. but prolonged droughts have greatly re- duced these figures. Sheep were not indigenous to Australia, but were in- troduced in 1797 and were of the Span ish merino species.
 Directly contrary to view quite generally held, it is not exposure to cold fresh air, but confinement in stuffy, overloaded. underventilated houses, that is more than anything else responsible for the prevalence of colds and catarrhal troubles through
 2t all the northern states. People
 nose occupations keep them for the ..:ost part out of doors and those who are sane enough to appreciate the bene- fits of fresh air in the home are trou- bled little, if at all, by these com plaints.
 Contrary to the natural tendency in such cases, the time to raise horses most extensively is during years when