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Year: 1874

while the longest part was in the
kitchen


AS my leg was very long it reached q
pans, cotfee-pots, etc, and turning il
over down it went with a tremendous
crash.


The girls had not yet retired, and !
could hear them laugh fit to split then
sides.


l felt awfully ashamed, and was
scared until my heart was in my throat,
for l expected the old man every mo-
ment.


! 1 extracted my leg from the con-
| founded hole just in time, for the old
| lady looked into the kitchen from the
room door, and asked what all that
noise was about?
The girls put her off as best they
could, and | went to bed, while John
was strangling himself under the covers
to keep from laughing aloud.
We soon went off into the land of
dreams with the hope of waking early.
[ wish / could tell you my dreams, but
it would take me too long. One mo-
ment l would fancy mysely by the side
of Sadie, slipping nectar from her
heaven -bedewed lips, and the next
would be flying from the old man,
while he would be fourishing his cane
above my head.


This all came to an end by John
| giving me kick.


On waking up and looking around |
saw Johns eyes as big as my fist, while
| the sun was beamipg In at the window.
What to do now we couldn't tell, for
we heard the old man having family
prayers in the kitchen.


John looked out of the window and
SAID we could get down over the porch
roof.


Get out and dress as soon as DOS
sible," he said.


80 In my hurry my foot got fastened
IN the bedclothes, and out | tumbled,
headtormost, turned over, and down
the steps until struck the door, which
was fastened by a wooden button, and
giving way, out L rolled right in front
of the old man.


He threw up both hands and cried,
Lord have mercy on us - for he evi-
IDENTIFY thought ! was the devil


The old lady screamed until you
could have heard her mile.


l. was so scared and bewildered that
L couldn't get up at once. 1t was warm
weather, and didn't have anything on
but shirt.


When l heard the girls snickering it
made me mad, and l jumped up and
rushed out of the door, leaving the
greater part of my shirt on the old iron
door latch.


Off l started for the barn, and when
half way through the yard the dog set
up howl and went for me.


When [ got to the barnyard / had to
run through flock Of sheep, and
among them an old ram, who backed
off a little and started for me. With
one bound | escaped his blow, sprang
into the barn, and began to climb up the
logs into the NOW, when an old mother
hen pounced upon my legs, picking me
until they bled


l threw myself upon the hay, and
after John had slid down the porch
into hogshead of rainwater, he came
to me with one of my boots, my coat,
and one of the legs of my pants.


He found me completely prostrated.
Part of my shirt, my hat, one leg of my
pants, my vest, stockings, necktie, and
one boot was left behind


Vowed then and there that I would
never go to see another girl, and I'll die
before T will
Year: 1874

Various long and carefully conducted cx.
periments have been made 10 the German
agricultural schools to ascertain the effect OF
different kinds Of food upon the quality OF
milk produced


1t is not necessary, 10 this place, 10 give
the results to these experiments in detail ;
it will suffice to say that DR.. Kuhn has
carried out number Of investigations aud
several other we'll known Investigators have
been for some time past at work upon the
same subject. OF these latter Prof. Wolff
Director OF the Experimental Station at Ho.
henheim, in Wurtembcrg, gives tho result OF
long series Of investigations in the following
language:


"Ono interesting result of these expert
ments is, that the quality Of the milk-thc
amount of butter it contains-leaving the
taste out Of account has always remained
The same, in spite of manifold and important
changes in the fodder. In TACT, the changes
in the amount Of butter in the milk, as dc.
termincd by chemical analysis, are so unim-
portant as to be entirely unworthy Of con.
sideration.


As the practical result Of this we are left
to infer that the quality Of food exercises no
influence upon the quality-the amount Of
butter in the milk-whilc on the other hand
the effect Of fodder becomes readily and dis
tinctly manifest in the quantity Of the milk
yielded and in the increase or decrease oI
the live weight Of the animals. The quality
Of the milk seems, therefore, to be determin-
ed by the peculiarties of the breed or the
individual animal, at least, as long as the
fodder is healthy, palatabc aud sufficient in
quantity"


DR.. Kuhn gives the result of his own ex.
periments in so far as they arc directly ap.
plicable to practice in similar language.
lie says:


The influence Of variations in the fodder
in these experiments was manifested in the
amount of milk yielded alone and not in the
quality. The influence upon the quantity
is, however, quite apparent. As regards
the desire Of the farmer to increase the pro.
duction Of certain element Of the milk-as
butter, for instance-by a change in the
quality of the fodder, the above law is fully
valid. The farmer must, on the other hand,
look to the peculiarties of different breeds
OF cattle for that quality of milk which is
best adapted to his own special purpose"
Year: 1874

From all parts of New England our at
tention has been called to the encouraging
reports Of wheat raising, giving promise of
growing importance. Last year gave somo
account Of the enterprise here in Maine, and
also Of the new variety, the "lost Nation
Wheat" Somehow from the encouragements
Of last year the crop sown this year was
larger than ever before since the settlement
Of the country, and quite largely with the
new variety. As the thrashing has not been
done | cannot give the exact figures, but
can only say that none of US ever saw such
crops before. From careful estimates from
appearances Of the bulk aud weight Of straw
and heads we feel safe in expecting yield
Of from 40 to 30 bushels per acre on the
most favored fields.


The proclVities of this variety are rather
marked. We have scarcely yet known it to
rust. 1t has coarse, sti fl stalk, and is not
inclined to lodge down on rich land. 1t
bears a high cultivation of land, is week
or ten days later in riPening than some 9TH
er varieties, and needs very heavy seeding
two bushels or more to the acre). As to
its quality for -four, some object to calling
it first quality.


From general reports am inclined to
think larger percentage than in some 9TH
or sorts goes to bran and middlngs, aud yet
by universal admission it is our surest crop
for bread, and a quality of bread that We
can we'll afford to be satisfied with


And then again for feeding it is more
sure and moro productive than oats as long
as it does what it has DONE The only need
of raising oats or barley is the chance to
SOW later than will answer for this kind OF
wheat. Forty bushels of wheat is certainly
as good as l20 bushels OF oats, and the
chances OF failure with wheat are less than
with oats.


While taking my circuits about this coun
ty for the last month, seeing almost every
farmers bread growing near his door,
have wanted to take hold Of the sickle as
expect to help eat the broad.


M. II. KEEP.


Dalton, ArOostOOk Co., Me.
Year: 1874

These who love the busy bee should visit
his hive often and guard it from his enemies.
When bees become accustomed to our visits
they are never inclined to use their stings
they recognize old acquaintance and are
not uneasy on account OF our appearance,
unless we tarry too long. They will not be
offended it we cant up the hive and brush
out the filth that accumulates under the
comb. Worms that produce the bee moth
may frequently be found on the platform,
seeking an oriicc and portion of the spois.
These worms must be destroyed, aud to de.
ter others from making an entrance, u little
fine salt sprinkled on tho bottom is found a
good preventive. Bees are fond of salt,
which is death to worms.


With very little trouble hives may be
weighed daily, to ascertain their increase in
honey aud wax. A pretty good swarm will
make three pounds per day, by the week to-
gethcr in the month of June, in a good sea-
sou ; but in this part Of New Hampshire it
has been poor season, the white clover was
mostly winter killed, aud the farmers now
SOW but little buckwheat, and they must get
the most of their feed from the wild flowers,
and from them they can lay up little for a
winter store. l, for one, do not like the
taste Of honey from buckwheat, aud am of
the opinion that the bees, if fed entirely on
this would die oft.


We observe that the bumblebee has done
nothing this season, and by them We can tell
pretty accurately about the honey bees. 1t
seems strange that farmers who keep bees
take so little interest in them, Year after
year they keep about the same nulnber OF
hives through the winter, aud let them
swarm or lie idle, punched out on the hive
all the best Of the season. Now it SEEMS as
though there might be way to make
swarm of bees work all the season, and way
so that We would not be obliged to kill them
when We wanted a supply Of honey. l have
watched the movements of bees closely for
the last twenty years, and am Of tbs opinion
that much that has been written about them
is all nonsense; but it aids individuals in
the sale Of their hives and books that they
publish. Now any ingenious farmer who
keeps bees, can make his own hives and
make them with boxes and keep his bees at
work, just as well as to pay five dollars for
one, and not infringe on the patent Of any
man. How many dollars the farmers lose
yearly by not keeping their bees at work,
and destroying the swarns in the fall. These
old ideas of our fathers must be given up, or
in particular, as they will all die otf-Tuf.
tonborO, ~ H., Correspondence Ne'O En-.
gland Farmer,
Year: 1874

Come, list to a song for the harvest;


Thanksgiving and honor and praise
For all that the bountiful 6iyer
Hath given TO gladden. our days.
For the grain and the corn In their plenty.
For the grapes that were gathered with song,
For tho pumpkins so brave with their yellow,
They had hyed upon sunbeans so long.
For cranberrles down in tho meadow,


And the buckwheat that ilamed on the hill,
Aud blueborres tempting the children
To wander and pick them ut will.
For the peaches that blush through their pallor,
Or glow like pretty quadroon,
As they dream Of tho sun in the morning,
Or welcome his kisses at noon.
For the swost-smelling hay and the clover,
That sweeten the breath OF the kInei
And tho apples that fingered, as dreading
Tho air and the light to resign
And not from the fruit harvest only


We offer our thanks and our praise
Not less have the leaves and the blossoms


Made brighter and better the days.
Tho leaves that delight with their greSnness,
That soften tho heat with their shade,
And rustic so crisply in autumn,


To startlo tho lover and maid.
For the blossoms that whiten In May-timo


The ground as with snow, as they fall,
For the fowerets that whisper their meanings
In cottage and hovsl and hall.
Aye thanks for the harvest Of beauty


For that which the land cannot hold
The harvest oyes only can gather


Which only our hearts can enfOld
Wo have reaped 1t on mountain and mooTland
We have CLEANED It from meadow aud leai
We have gnrnered 1t in from the cloudland


We have bound II In shcayes from tho sea.
Year: 1874

| herewith send you a report of an auc-
ton sale of Shorlhorns owned by the Duke
of Devonshire, England, it being one of the
most remarkable sales ever held either in
that or any other country for the very liber.
al prices paid and the very high average for
the lot. The number sold was thirty-eght;
the amount realized was 1850 guineas,
which reduced to American money with the
premium on gold added would amount to
something over $4,000 each. The reader
will notice that quite number Of those
sold were under one year old, or in other
words calves It almost seems as il could
hear some OF the readers oXclaim, "Awny
with such stuff; it is all nonsense. The
buyers were all either lords or dukes, aud
had moro money than brains" Although
this might be true to n certain extent, it is
not altogether so, as some Of these purchas.
ers | am personally acquainted with, and
know them to be men Of shrewd integrity
and men that will figure as close to make
shilling as their American cousins will to
make dollar


No doubt it is matter Of wonder to
many how they are to get their money back
Money invested in Shorthorn stock is the
best investment where the Shorthon is best
known. The market for them is only in its
infancy. l sec no reason why the breed
cannot be improved with judicious selections
as well at this time as it could at any time
since the days of Collins. Indeed, am
looking for greater Improvement in these
days, for the reason that Mr.. Collins had
only few animals in the commencement
from which to select, but in these later days
the breeders are beginning to be more nu'
mcrous, owning thousands Of animals from
which to select. 1t is we'll known that
Bates and Booth improved the breed under
their management, and no doubt many
breeders Of less note have done the same
thing.


Steam and electricity add to the iacili-
ties Of the breeder for the improvement OF
the breed. Years ago, when the breeders
were few and isolated, it was seldom that
they made use Of each others herd for the
improvement Of their own. Sometimes it
was done, but not always with success, as
tho female had to be driven on foot, and il
tho distance was greater than she could
travel in the time allowed, she was boarded
out few weeks, often at great incOnvon'
ienco to the owner. 1t is a well.known fact
to cattle breeders that in the improvement
of cattle there may be and indeed often is
some certain point in the animal that the
breeder wishes to bring out more fully, and
to do this the intelligent breeders must be
we'll acquainted with one another's herds 50
Year: 1874

Maine has been very slow in the adoption
of the dairy speciality. Hay, potatoes and
canned corn have been her leading agricultu.
raj specalties in the past, but within very
few years, not to exceed five or six, very
active interest has grown up in dairying, aud
during the past two seasons many cheese
factories have been established The results
of the venture have so far been all that the
most sauguine had any good reason to hope
for.


Upon this subject the Utica Herald thus
wise counsels the Maine dairymen


"1he Maine dairymen are beginning WISE
ly, and make full rich cheese, which will
be its own best introduction to the mouths
Of the nearby populations We doubt not
the dairying venture in Maine will prove
remunerative, There can be little surety
taken in the direction, and that is to press
as much as possible Of it into near consump-
ton. Study every measure which will make
the quality and size and shape inviting to
purchasers. Charge the curd with the fra
grant sage if this seems to be an inducemcnt
DO everything in every way to get the
cheese eaten. Study the production and the
marketing as wise manufacturers and skill
full business men. Ii tho Maine dairymen
keep their eyes open in all these directions
they will find their pastures yielding profta-
BILE returns. The cheese production is now
progressing in several counties in the state
of Maine. In a recent issue Of the Maine
Farmer, dairyman wrote as follows AS
sociated dairying in the direction Of cheese
making is becoming leading branch of agri-
cultural industry in Waldo County. All
our cheese factories, nine in number, are
now in operation, consuming the milk from
100 to 400 cows each aud producing sever
al tons Of cheese weekly. So far they are
successful, and we think tho future is decid-
edly promising.
Year: 1874

AS the cool weather comes on and it be-
come necessary to warm the milk rooms, We
must still exercise care in not allowing the
air to get too warm and dry over the sur
face of the cream that would cause dry,
hard substance that will never produce but
Year: 1874

ARTIFICIAL SwARMrSG.-I choose good
weather, with plentiful honey crops then
| open the full stock and take out the queen
and one full frame. These put into the
new hive and give it the old stand, moving
the old hive a short distance away. This is
done about 10 A. NJ, when good share Of
the bees are out at work. Thus the new
stock gets the benefit OF frame, working
queen, and enough workers to build up u
good stock. The old stock is left with a
hive full of combs and brood, and is in as
good condition as though it swarmed natur-
ally.-W. II. Nicholson.
Year: 1874

The advice TO press the cheese into near
by consumption is worthy Of the attention Of
our Vermont cheese makers, and one that
has been too much neglected by them. 1t
is as much part Of the business Of the pro-
ducer to induce home consumption by the
production of an article attractive TO the
home taste as to cater for foreign market.
Home markets are always surest and safest
and least subject to cOmpctition.-Adrer-
Year: 1874

GRADUATED HONEY. The Jews of Moda-
via and the Ukraine prepare from honey a
sort Of sugar which is solid and white as
snow, which they send to the distilcries at
Dantzc. They expose the honey to frost
for three weeks, where neither sun nor snow
can reach it, aud in vessel which is bad
conductor Of caloric, by which process the
honey becomes clear aud hard like sugar
BeUan.
Year: 1874

RoBBER BREs.-It is said to bo COM
plete check on robbing to place bunch Of
grass or wet hay over the entrance to the
hive Th oecs belonging to the hive will
readily find their way to the entrance, while
the robbers will be caught by the sentneIs,
and their piliering brought to an ignomin-
ious end
Year: 1874

CONE, AND LET Us REAsON TOGETHER.
To the afflicted in body, we offer a few
words of plain, practical reasoning. No
matter under what form Of sickness you
labor there is one great truth you should
ever keep in mind, viz: All diseases orig
mates in an impure condition of the blood.
Purify that, and the disease must depart,
for it has nothing to feed on but you can
not purify the blood by the use Of poison
drugs and exhaustive stimuauts the re-
lief which these afford is temporary and
deceptive, leaving you worse. off at every
interval. The best Blood Purifier ever
discovered is DIX. WALKER 5 FAMOUS Vim.
EGAR BrrTERs, compounded of simple
herbs. No matter how hopeless your case
may seem, try the VISEGAR BITTERs. and
few draughts will convince you of their
virtue DIR. Walker, the discoverer of this
priceless remedy, had bee. given up to die
by the physicians, and is now sound and
and healthy man trom their use.
Year: 1874

WE call attention to the expose Of the
platform and objects Of the "People's
Protective Union," to be found in an
other column. We have not sufficient
ly examined the details 10 pronounce
with confidence as to them ali; or
whether they may not be added to or
improved, as is contemplated. But we
indoTse The effort, and hope the new as
sociation may be able to do something
in the interest Of the public, in which
similar associations hitherto organized
here have so signslly failed. This asso-
citation would seem to be en- the right
track, and IL good can be accomplished
We heartily wish it success.
Year: 1874

WE hope eUeTy citizen OF Memphis
will subscribe to the capital stock Of the
Memphis and Knoxville railroad. From
one hundred to five thousand dollars
should be invested by each inhsbitant
OF tue city. This road, when finished
as far as Henderson Station, will bring
to this city annually trade worth four
times the amount we are asked to sub
scribe. Let the people along the line Of
this road know who desire their trade,
which can only be secured and main
tanned by building this road. The COM
mittee, Messrs. Clapp, Goodwin and
Others, will call in person upon each
citizen Of Memphis.
Year: 1874

THE MoRNoSs DEFYING THE LAW
Late Salt Lake dispatches seem to indi-
cate that Brigham Young's followers are
beginning to experience that madness "
which the gods inhict upon those whose
destruction has been decreed. On The
Sd Of August the people of Tooele county,
Utah, at a regular election, elected Law
renee A. Brown to the Office of Probate
Judge of said county. On the 18th of
August the Probate Judge elect, having
duly qualified by executing the bond re-
quired by law, presented said bond to
Thomas Atkins, the Treasurer of Tooele
county and demanded that 1t should be
approved and fled. Atkins refused to
comply with this demand, assigning as
his reason the alleged fact that the cleo
ton of Brown would be contested. The
matter being brought before Chief JUS
tice Mexican upon an application for
writ OF maudamus commanding Atkins
to approve and file the bond, decision
was made to the effect that Brown had
right to the possession of the office that
the supposed or real fact that his right to
the Office might or would be contested
! was a fact with which the defendant had
nothing to do and furnished no valid ex-
cuse for his refusal to approve and file
the bond. Accordingly a peremptory
writ of mandamus was issued requiring
the Treasurer to perform his duty.


1t seems, however, from the dispatches
received, that the Mormon officials have
worked themselves up to such pitch of
desperation that they are ready to defy
the law and dare the consequences. The
Mormons are reported to declare that
they will fight to the death " rather
than yield the point, and the Gentiles
are said to be fully prepared to meet the
issue in that shape. 1t seems as if cri-
sis in Utah is close at hand.-,San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Year: 1874

A STRANGE CASE OF INsANITY.-The
Yreka papers give an extended account of
a case of insanity which is of very un-
common type. In the month Of Febru-
airy last boy named Thomson, aged
II years, caught a wild cat in trap, and
in endeavoring to take the animal out
alive was bitten by it. Since that time
he has been subject TO fits of insanity,
and when under the influence of one of
thosn spells he wonld initiate the voice
and motions of the animal by which he
had been bitten. Latterly his paroxysms
have become more violent and of longer
duration, making him dangerous to the
other members of the family. The dis
ease resem bles hydrophobia, without the
aversion to water and foaming at the
mouth which characterize that disorder.
1t is known among physicians as raJia
feliHd, and is very rare in this country
The unfortunate boy has been taken to
the Insane Asylum at Stockton for treat
ment.
Year: 1874

A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. The pretty
little town of Mokelmne Hill, in Calave-
ras county, was almost totally destroyed
by fire on Saturday morning last. AS is
usual in such cases the fire broke out in
the Chinese quarter. The town was To-
Gated two miles from the Mokelumne
river, the line between Amador and CAL
averas, and was at one time the county
seat of the last named county. From the
extensive list of the losses, which foot up
an aggregate Of $4,000, it would seem
that the entire town must be destroyed.
The Office Of the Calavcras Chronicle
the Oldest country paperin the State, and
one Of our most welcome exchanges, is
also burned-a loss of $1,000 without in
surance. In the present condition ol
Calaveras county it is doubtful if the
town is ever rebuilt to its former extent
We hope to hear of steps being taken to
aid the people of the unfortunate village
many Of whom must be left homeless and
penniless.
Year: 1874

Having been a resident Of Old Trinity
for the past fifteen yeas. and during that
time connected with the JOURNAL more
tAan eight passing through the
various grades Of Carrier, Devil, Jour,
business Manager, etc.-I presume that
no formal Introduction TO the patrons and
readers Of the JOURNAL is necessary. As
palt-propretor j have no promises 10
make other than that in the future as ia
the past it will be our aim TO make the
TRINITY Journal one Of the leading
county papers OF the State, and above all
things its columns shall be devoted to the
advancement Of home interests. Asking
aoontinuance of the kind patronage and
consideration which has been showerad
ON predecessors l take my position as
Junior" by the side Of an old and
true friend, trusting that the good people
of Trinity viii never have cause to regret
the many fayors shown to


c. W. CRAIG.