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Year: 1877

Cows LoAFING.-The following from the pen of a correspondent of the Ohio Former, certainly has the merit of originality, and certainly no one will accuse its author of plagiarism "Does the dairyman ever suspect that some cows are dreadful loafers3 Where there is pond of water to stand in, if flies happen to be particularly bad, some cows will spend most of their time standing. in the water, when they should be moving the lawn. Some dairymen think the act of standing in water ab- sorbs the milk from cows. They little suspect it is simply the effect of loafing away her time. Shade trees are pro- life source of laziness in cows. Many hours are passed in luxuriant lazlness, enjoying the cool shade when the COW cOuldbe much more protitably employed eating grass for her masters sake. To be sure cows suffer from heat just as do horses, oxen, sheep, pigs and all other animals, but after observing to how much greater extent idle men suffer with heat more than men who are hard at work, am satisfied the COW that is busy minds the heat less than the one that is idly endeavoring to keep cool. l once knew a dairyman to build a lane through his apple orchard to prevent his cows from loaf1ng under the trees, stating that he had no objection to their getting the fallen apples s-he preferred they should, but he said that nothing but starvation would prevail upon them to leave the inviting shade. He asserted that his cows had increased large per centage in their milk since they were compelled to go to work like any other beast. And pray why should not she too earn her fodder by the sweat of her nose?"

 If the writer had, like the COW when she stands in the shade, occupied 8 limited portion of his time in working his material over again he would not have advanced such a peculiar theory the time required by COW in gathering her food in good pasture is much less than that required for it's purpose or second mastication. The fac: that she is not at work filling her stomach from the field is no proof that she is t'loaf- ing." If the pasture is what it should be the cows can in few hours, morn ing and evening, stoGe up in the first stomach enough material for double that time spent in mastication which can be performed as we'll in the shade as anywhere else.
Year: 1877

KNIT BLANKETs.-A Farmers Wife writes: "I saw a very nice thing in process of construction 8 short time since, that was really very pretty, and quite novel. A lady had several daughters, and she wished to give them employment, so she set one of them to cutting up scraps of cloth that had ac- cumulated in her scrap-bag, another sewed them nicely together, sorting those of the same color; while third knit them-there were eight stitches on needle-and 1t was knit backwards and forwards, till an exact square was made, and then a check of another color was knit, and SO on until it was big enough for the bed, the next strip was knit in the same manner, taking care that the checks were arranged so as not to come against one of the same color in the other stripe. The strips were then sewed together, and looked like a nice patchwork, pieced in diamonds It was pretty, good, and warm, and quite economical.
Year: 1877

Harvard College is unfortunate this
year. The class day exercises are to
be omitted from the annual ceremonies
because Of the jealousy OF the secret
societies OF the students and their in
ability to agree upon a set OF officers.
The athletic sports will also be dis
pensed with, and the bellies OF Cam
bridge are naturally in q state Of deep
ing upon the discord these secret asso-
Citations cause, will not have high
opinion of their usefulness and will be
glad to see a serious movement for their
total abolition.
Year: 1877

Brought Forward Rather PrematureIy


for the Presidency.


[Courler-J Journal.l


The probability of Grants again being
brought forward as a Republican presi-
Dental candidate is beginning to be dis
cussed. Some insist that there Is a
regular movement on foot for this pur-
pose, and that the marked attentions
lately paid to Grant at Philadelphia are
part OF the scheme to concentrate on
him for the succession.
Year: 1877

a party of young men d,ned sump


tuously at a restaurant, and each
one insisted on paying the bill. To
decide the matter it was proposed to
blindtold the waiter, and the first
one he caught would pay the bill.
He has not caught any ot them yet.
Year: 1877

Quite & sensation was made in our usually quiet village on Monday last by the sudden appearance of our augn-t High Sheriff. We are always glad to see him as g fellow tou nsman but when he comes officially" we can't smile as easily. The result of his attachments seems to he that he has closed our village store, for the present at least, and now we are all at once out of groceries-such dearth of baking powders, nutmegs, etc., and such borrowing and lending.

 We should think few more peddlars with the right goods coulI now make harvest. They must bear in mind that 'e deal chiefly in exchange, but luckily we are now prepared for them. One of our worthy farmer boys. wishing to turn an honest penny during the snow block ade. obtained an agency in this and some of the adjoining towns for a Centennial book. He canvassed in the town of Wash ington (Old Judeal, a week or two since. and thinks the people of that goodly town act promptly up to the Bible doctrine that it is as we'll to give as to receive; for, in return for his Centennial information, they gave him what the doctor pronoun- ces genuine article uf measles. He recommends hes book as coming only once in a century, and thinks there ought to be like limitation on their measles.

 He has prepared us, however, fer the pedlars. We have averaged about six a day by actual count, for the last two months; and now, should there be a sud den influx, we can accommodate them with something they really deserve, in- stead of the greenbacks we canuot spare. A. to tree agents, We don't pretend to count them. If they had their way, Mill ton would soon be the great, unbroken forest our forefathers found it. 8 century or more since.
Year: 1877

so extensively known among mosic-buFfng people,
and also u Secretary tie Apollo Club bids fair
to largely increase that popularity Secretary Of
the Chicago Music Company, la2 State street. Ell
Year: 1877

AN EXCITING esterday
afternoon horse attached to German
town carriage belonging to j. T. Cause,
Esq, took fright while being driven down
King street from the post-office. When
between Fifth and Sixth street the right
front wheel suddenly broke of, letting
the carriage down to the ground. This
this had the effect of startling the horse
and he started on full run down King
TO Fourth, and on down Fourth, but upon
arriving at French street, William Gum
by, who works for Stidham & Son, leaped
upon the horses back, and catching him
by the nostrils, soon checked his speed,
and when at Fourth and Walnut streets
he ran the horse into a pile of brick, COM
pletely checking him. At the time the
horse started to run there was young
boy in the carriage, who was thrown out
upon the axle, in which position he W.
dragged until the animal was stopped.
The boy was only slightly hurt, but the
carriage was completely demolished.
Year: 1877

JUNE 26rH.-The entertainment to be
given by the Davenport Dramatic As
will take place on Tuesday evening j une
10Th.


The play to be presented will be the
emotional drama,of The Drunkdrd or the
Fallen Saued. The piece is an excellent
one and the members of the Association
have been engaged in rehearsing for some
time, and as there is considerable talent
in the organization the presentation OF
the drama will beyond a doubt be sue.
cessful
Year: 1877

SHOULDER FRAcTURED.-Sam Kelly,
pitcher of the Brandywine base ball club
of West Chester, and well known in this
city, severely fractured his shoulder
Tuesday afternoon, by running against
fence while endeavoring to catch high
fly ball. He will be unable to play ball
for several weeks. The accident occurred
on the West Chester ball grounds during
a practice game.
Year: 1877

BY Telegraph to the Gazette.


DAYTON, Ohlof June Ia.
Harry Adams, who is to be hanged on
Friday for the murder OF Mary Mulhar-
en-, claims that the fatal blow was struck
by woman who was in the party at the
time of the deed, He says he is willing
to die, even though it is for the crime of
another
Year: 1877

at the next Mississippi election two
amendments are to be- voted upon-one 10
abolish the Office of Lieutenant Governor,
and the other to have the Legislature meet
once every two years instead OF every year.
Year: 1877

"The harvest is past and the summer
is ended" This is all Of the we'll known
Scriptural verse that we can applicably
quote in this connection, for surely no
one can add, since The subsistence OF the
railroad strike, that, as a people, I'VE are
not saved.' We have been saved,-for
the present at least, let the future result
as it may.


We cannot part with the summer sea
son without saying good word for it. 1t
has more than redeemed the untoward-
ness OF the spring. The early and latter
rains have not failed us. All in
all, the weather since the first Of
June has been most remarkable. Who,
save perhaps the very oldest among IFS,
ever saw before n summer that favored
all the crops so impartially-that brought
them all forward so luxuriantly-and at
the same time was SO delicately tempered
and pleasant by day and by night for all
who were compelled to remain in the city.
Throughout the ninety days now closing
the atmosphere has preserved singular
purity. 1t has been stirred and renewed
by northerly and westerly winds-those
sanitary breaths that have so diminished
our mortality list us compared with last
year, and that call to mind the observa.
tion Of the man Of Uz, that "iair weather
cometh out Of the North"


Our "harveslhome" celebrnnts over on
Scotch Ridge and other places around
ns, who every year assemble, like the an
cient Israilites, to hold Feast of In.
gathering" can well afford to sing the
song known as "Gaudeamus Ieitur" this
year. Therefore let us rejoice" is a
song that in view OF the many blessings
that have been showered upon the whole
land this year may well tune the hearts
OF the whole American people on this
closing day Of summer. 1t will be long
perhaps ere We sec again a summer 30
really perfect in ali respects as that one
with which We now part.
Year: 1877

Elbridge E. Cabot, of Enfield, Conn,
who has suffered since last week in con-
sequence Gas he imagined) of cat bite
last September. died on Sunday after
noon. He had no symptoms of hydro
phobia, but had become so wrought up
about the case of Professor Alvergnat,
of Hartford, a detailed report of whose
symptoms and death DR.. Towne read to
him, not knowing that cat had bitten
him, that he actually scared himself to
death. The doctors told him over and
over again that he had no symptoms of
hydrophobia, but as they prudently
kept out of his reach for fear of being
bitten, he would not believe Them On
Saturday they gave him milk, and the
man was so afraid that he had hydro
phobia, he would tremble and gulp it all
down in one swallow, enough to choke
any ordinary man. Cabot was an old
bachelor, fifty-five years Of age, quiet,
reserved man, who minded his own busi-
ness and was not supposed to be easily
aroused to such pitch of imagination.
He had a reputation for being an honest,
square man. The cat that bit him was
fifteen years old, and cross and ugly.
There is no proof that she was ever
bitten by a dog. Springfield (MoSS.)


Union.
Year: 1877

II has been heretofore stated tina
prairie dogs and rattlesnnkes form part
nersbips and live together in the house
of the former. A gentleman of ST.
Louis, who has carefully observed the
habits and customs Of the prairie dog
villages, says that this is a mistake. lie
says that in the prairie dog village there
are many houses that, for one reason or
other, have been abandoned by the
dogs, and that rattlesnakes finding these
vacant take possession and use them for
their dens. At first sight there seems to
be peace between the snakes and the
dogs, but this peace is only a truce.
The dogs are so much more numerous
than the snakes aud fight so bravely in
defence of each other, that the
snakes are afraid to make war on them
about the villages. The prairie dogs are
so peacefully disposed that they never
attack any animal except in defence,
consequently rattlesnakes are tolerated
and let alone. Hearing a prairie dog
making q great fuss near thicket, past
which he was riding, this gentleman says
that on accommodating he found a prairie
dog defending her young from the fllri-
ous attack of rattlesnake. He dis
mounted and killed the rattlesnake,
which was five feet in length, the two
dogs, meanwhile, hiding in the thicket.
Retiring behind the thicket, he watched
results. The old dog came out first
from her hiding-place, and, approach
ing the snake timidly, soon satisfied
herself that it was dead. She then ran
to the thicket, and returning with the
young dog, they ran about the dead
snake with every expression of delight.
Leaving the young dog on guard, she
ran away to the village, and soon re-
turned leading a troop of at least one
hundred dogs. They had noisy meet
ing over the remains of their enemy,
many of them spitefully scratching the
dead body, after which they conducted
the rescued mother and son home at the
head of what was quite like triumphal
procession.
Year: 1877

A tragic elimination of bank rob-
berry occurred at Lewiston, Pa. Jerome
Hetrick, famed for his integrity and de-
votion to duty, was director of the
Mexico Bank, in which his brother-in-
law was cashier. The bank was robbed
of $4,000 under circumstances indicating
that some one connected was privy 10
the theft. Hetrick, in distress, appealed
to the clerks one after another to con-
fess, and finally the brother-in-law ac-
knowledged the crime and promised to
return the money if the matter should
be kept secret. Hetrick promised, the
money was returned and the matter sub
sided. But people lost confidence in
the bank, and the directors decided that
the secret of the matter must be revealed,
and suit was brought to recover there
ward which had been offered at the out
set. Hetrick was compelled to take the
stand to give testimony which would
consign the brother of his wife to a
prison. Everyone knew that he would
tell the whole truth, and every eye was
turned upon him. He rose slowly, his
face revealing the agony under which he
labored. His limbs seemed paralyzed,
friend rose to support his trembling
form, when his jaw dropped and he fell
back dead into the arms Of his friend.
Year: 1877

OWE of the industries most sadly neglected
Nv Montana farmers is the raising of hogs
and making the bacon for home consump-
ton. Many of them appear to hold the idea
that to raise hogs would be an Improbable
business, without ever figuring the cost or
even rejecting upon the subject. Bacon is
\ staple which has not, since the settlement
Of this country, tailed to bring a fair price
in our markets, and at prices, the lowest of
which, with proper management, would be
relnunerative to the producer in this coun-
try. It has been demonstrated beyond any
question, that the common pea makes most
excellent food for hogs, and is much strong
er than any feed that can be successfully
produced here. 1t thrives better in our soil
than any other grain or plant, and is easily
cultivated 1t requires less irrigation, ma
lures early, and can be harvested with less
labor, while the yield is much greater than
any other farm produce. The experience Of
few farmers has already proven to them
the practicability OF producing bacon. We
are looking anxiously to the day when Mon
elia Will nave nei OWN pdchHiS Hoaeee, ahu
produce the lard and bacon for her own
markets, retaining and circulating within its
limits many thousand dollars now being
carried out of the country to supply the
yearly demand. We shall be prepared at an
early day to give some statistical results OF
the exp orience OF few farmers in this line,
which will doubtless prove valuable to our
readers
Year: 1877

so as to flare about half an inch. Set these
boxes over the plants, the widest edge up,
and the worms cannot crawl over the top.
If the boxes are dipped in strong solution
of gum shellac, they will stand the weather,
and with care last for years.


Should there be any danger of the cut
worm taking the corn in the field, the fol-
lowing, if practiced, will be found beneficial:
AS soon as the corn makes its appearance,
coming through the ground, apply to each
hill small handful of lime and salt in the
following proportions: One-third salt, and
two OF newly Stacked lime. Put the mixture
in a bucket and sprinkle it Oh with the hand;
an old glove, If put on the hand, will prevent
the lime from cracking the skin. do not
know that this mixture kills the worms, or
that it keeps them entirely off the hills, but
(lo know that it makes the corn grow so
rapidly that in Il short time it is out of their
reach.
Year: 1877

The following thoughts from the racy
pen of Mr. Mahoney, Editor of Barnes
Educational Journal may be extrava
CANT and radical, but they contain more
than modicum of suggestive truths:


"FLOGGING is no part of TEACHING.
The two words have nothing in common;
the one belongs to a condition of bar
barism and the other to state of civili-
zation.


The proper work of the theacher
should not be made secondary and
subservient of the duties Of the par
ent, the police. magistrate or the lilor


The public schools should be oper
only to those who are willing to avail
themselves of their privileges. The boy
who disturbs the proprieties of the
schoolroom, who takes the attention o.
the teacher from teaching should nc
more be permitted to remain there thar
is the man whose disorderly conduct in
terferes with the enjoyment of a lecture
a concert, play or a sermon. The lat
ter is elected by the police though hs
may have paid his admission fee. The
payment of taxes confers upon no mans
child the right 70 deprive another man.
child of his right to the instructions Of
the teacher.


Summary dismissal should follow
every indication ofa disposition 10 in
terrupt the daily tasks"
Year: 1877

In the Alphabet method the pupil first
learns the names of the letters of the
Alphabet, and then BY tedious repetition
of the combinations of these unmeaning
symbols in syllables and words learns,
unconseiously perhaps, to associate with
them their sounds and thus by a long
and circuitous path is led to intelligent
and independent reading.


Irrational and unphilosophical though
this method may be in view of the fact
that the name of letter is poor index
of its power in combination, it is the
method by which the great mass of the
readers of even the present day we're in
Quoted into the mysteries of the printed
page. AS distinct method it has had
its day. Let it rest with the honors OF
the past. 1t is extravagence, how
ever, to assert that there is no virtue in
this method, that the names of letters are
no indication whatever of their sounds,
and do not assist at all in learning to
read. This is not true, as very few OF
the names Of the letters of the alphabet
can be uttered without,at the same time
giving utterance to their sounds.
Year: 1877

Too many school officers and parents
fail to realize the importance Of making
any special efforts to cultivate the
aesthetic tastes Of the children in our
schools, and they also fail to appreciate
the effect that this deficiency in their
education has upon their general char
acters, and upon their active lives Bu;
to see the difference that such culture
can make it is only necessary to become
acquainted with ard note the contrast
between child that has been reared in
the midst of refinementa and good cul-
ture, and the one that has been reared
without these advantages. Too many of
the children who attend our public
schools must grow up without the sur
roundings that tend to refine their tastes,
in fact the home influences of many of
them tend only in the opposite direction,
so that unless the schools can offer some
assistance they must grow up without
that cultivation Of the finer part of their
natures that goes so far toward making
the true gentleman or lady. But with
proper efforts ON the part of school Off
GERS, parents and teachers, the school
can be made to do much towards sup
plying the deficiencies that many chill
dren find in their homes.
Year: 1877

The frequent visiting of schools By
parents establishes feeling of sympa-
thy and confidence between teacher.
pupils and parents that is very essential
to the success of the teachers work.


Parents are liable to know definitely
what their children are doing and can
act intelligently in all questions of diff
ference, and can thus very materially
aid the teacher in her work


We have known instances in which
pupils have been absent from school for
days while their parents supposed they
were at school and the teacher thought
they we're kept at home for some cause.
Such a circumstance could scarcely
arise where the parents were in the hab
it Of visiting the schools faithfully.


Reader, if you are a parent, allow us
to ask you few questions. Have you
visited the school your children are at
tending, recently? DO you KNOW what
studies they are pursuing and wha,
progress they are making? Do you
know that they always go promptly to
school when you send them from home,
Do you KNOW whether The teacher is
doing her duty or not2 Are you person
ally acquainted with the teacher. II
you cannot answer all these questions
affirmatively we advise you to begin the
work Of school visiting at once. Your
child may, sometimes, not go 70 school
when you send him in the morning. he
may not be making that progress in his
studies that you think he is making. and
it is your duty to know about il. II is
not a small thing that its education
should be wrong or imperfect, and you
cannot wholly divest yourself of respon
sibility for such results


II every father and mother in every
district should visit the school once each
term, and should go there in the proper
spirit, the work Of the teacher would
become a work Of constant pleasure. and
our schools would take such a forward
stride that we would be astonlshed at the
result
Year: 1877

In all human probability Mr.. Hayes will be
our next President, and if the Democratic
party is patriotic and magnanimous enough
to accept this result when it finds that ap-
peals to Congress and public opinion can not
prevent it, there is no reason for fearing that
he will not treat it with fairness and justice


We have no doubt that the South would be
as well governed under him as under MIR.
Tilden. We have no doubt that he would
take the advice of the best class of Southern
ers in his treatment of that section. We
believe that his policy would be in all re-
spects considerate and conciliatory if the
Democratic party gives him fair treatment
after his Inauguration. All his sympathies
are with the liberal element Of the Republican
party. With one branch of Congress opposed
to him in politics he would be bound over to
good behavior, even if fairness was not the
leading trait of his character. 1t would be
madness for the Democratic party to resort
to violence against such man. and thereby
run the risk of keeping the government in
the hands of Grant.-New York. Herald, (lnd.)
Year: 1877

. Once on time there was member of


Congress who, with his wife, lived in grand


house in Washington. They were courted


by the fashionable world, and while the for
mer helped to make the laws of the land, the


latter was an honored dictatress in social
life. After many years she became widow,
and in the winter of 1874 found herself in


Washington, holding clerkship in one of
the public departments. She was in feeble
health. died suddenly while engaged at her
desk, and this was the substance of her re-
QUEEN: ''She was most worthy woman, but
it was fortunate that she died without warn
ing, for in the event of a protracted illness
she had not a relative in the wide world who
could have attended her bedside; and by the
hand of strangers she was consigned to her