The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-08-25

handling of the unfortunate. So much
for Christianity abroad.
An IS-year-old mother at Meridian
gave birth on the 18th, to tripIets, all
boys, and they are her first children. The
three are fine looking boys. Now is the
time for the Pa to "come back to the
farm"
A little three-year-old child in New
Orleans while sitting on her mothers
front door steps, had gold chain and
locket jerked off its little neck few DAYS
back by passing negress who ran off. The
mother gave the alarm and policeman
caught her. Andbesides the statement of
some workmen across the street. that they
saw the negress stoop over the chile, the lit
tie one was asked by the mother in pres
ence Of the police who were passing back
with the thief, if that was the girl who
took the necklace She lisped yves ma
ma" And the police believed the child.
| This is the youngest witness to a crime
I, in the world, undoubtedly, though not
in open court
The story is told of a poor young
dry goods clerk in New York town ac-
cidentally finding a 100000 fortune left
for him and his sister ten years ago by
an eccentric uncle. The young man had
been sick, was canvalescing, and one day
when trying to raise himself from lying
position to sitting position by pulling
on the bed post, his fingers slipped into
cavity in tie bed post. Surprised, he
called his sister to come and investigate.
They discovered stocks and bonds hidden
away in the hollow of the ptst to the
amount of 100000, for them.
| We read of case of like kind a few
! years ago. A father died leaving fine for
tune already divided by himself to each
one in his will. But the eldest son who
was his main business help was left only
a favorite rocking chair. This mortified
the young man terribly. But one day
having occasion to repair the chair he
discovered his full share of the fife for
tune. snugly tucked away in the seat.
We extract few suggestions from an
article in the Jackson Ntws, headed
Wheat Growing in Mississippi, for the
benefit of those of our readers who are
thinking of planting wheat this fall The
Union Advocate may produce the article
entire pretty soon if it has not already done
| so. The article is an interesting report by
Prof. ]. w. Fox, director of the Missis-
sippi agricultural experiment station, OF
J a variety test made with wheat at that
station. This is a matter of great interest
to farmers throughout the state jest now
while the wheat planting question is pre-
vailing
"The experiments made included twelve
/ varieties of wheat. The land. a stiff
DldCk pIdiIlcy WAS DIuhCil III tiC Adiiy
and borrowed until good seed bed was
made, and the wheat sown on November
and, 1909. The results of the expert
ments win the II varieties of wheat av-
eraged 2I.s2 bushels per acre to 1924
bur. per acre. This last was from the
Klondike Species. The date Of ripcning
varied from June 9Th to. June ROTH
1t is not the purpose Of the station to
attempt to induce farmers to GROW wheat
to sell, but to encourage the planting Of
a few acres BY each farmer fer homer use.
Now notice this: 1T will be WASTE
Of time and mcney to plant wheat on
poor, soil half prepared. Wheat requires
an abundance of available plant feed for
best. results. The land that is to be sown
to wheat this fall should have been pIan-
ted TO cow peas early in the summer. #
the peas were not planted the land should
be deeply broken at once and disked sew
eral times before the wheat is sown. The
| blowing and disking will set free much
plant food, and the increased yield of