smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1873

Put the seed corn into tight tub or bar
rel, and pour in enough water to keep it well
covered after it swells. For each bushcl of
corn add pound or pound and half of
coppcras, dissolved in warm water. Stir
well, and allow the corr to remain in the cop
peras-watcr twenty, -four or thirty hours. Stir
several times while soaking. When the corn
has remained in the water as directed, take
it out and sprinkle a small quantity Of land
plaster over it-enough to prevent the grain
from sticking togcther-and plant. Corn
treated in this manner will not be troubled by
cut-worms, and it will be out Of their reach
before the effect Of the copperas is destroyed.
This remedy has been tried by my father for
the last twelve years, and always with success.
He has tried it repeatedly, in the same field
with corn planted without any preparation,
and the result was that this corn required no
replanting, while in some instances the other
corn required replanting two or three times.
Other farmers in this portion Of the country
have tried this remedy, and always with sue
cess.-COr. COantry Gentleman.
Year: 1873

havS always found it difficult matter
to make workmen understand the Importance
of protecting the roots Of plants that were
being transplanted in windy weather. Small,
delicate plants are soon destroyed if exposed
to the hot sun and drying winds. Large
trees will also be greatly injured if exposed
only for an hour, and many fine, healthy
specimen has been destroyed by exposure,
while hole was being dug for reception. l
have seen trees scattered about over field
in the morning, and there left exposed to
drying winds until planted, the same or the
following day. If the trees died, or failed to
make good growth, the nurseryman, soil, or
season was blamed, but never a word said
about carelessness at the time of transplant.
ing. One morning, last spring, l passed
gentleman's place where one Of our would-be-
great landscape gardeners was experimenting
the planting of choice lot Of evergreen and
other trees, which had just arrived from
well.known nursery. Not hole had been
dug, or other preparations for planting made,
but the trees were scattered over the place,
each specimen thrown down near where it
was to be planted, not o root covered, or even
sprinkled with water, although the wind was
blowing almost a hurricane at the time. Late
in the evening passed that way again the
larger portion Of the trees were still lying in
the same position, only very few having
been planted. l Ilearned, a few months later,
that the trees had died, and the purchaser
refused to pay for them, and believe the
case is still in the courts. This is but one
instance in hundreds that have come under
my rather limited experience in noticing what
my neighbors are doing consequently, do
not always feel like taking sides against the
nurserymen, even if they do sometimes make
mistakcs.-Cor. Rural New Yorker.
Year: 1873

1t is the worst possible policy to kill all
the best and handsOmest fowls, and save on
ly the mean and scraggy ones to breed from.
This is precisely the way to run out your
stock for like tends to breed like, and the
result is, that by continually taking away
the best birds, and using the eggs OF the
poorest, your aOck will grow poorer and
poorer every succeeding year.


1t would seem as though this was too
plain to be insisted upon, but, in fact, "hne
upon line is needed. 1t is the crying want
of the poultry upon the farms the country
thrOugh,-this careful and intelligent selec-
tion Of the best for breeding.


Nothing is lost by little self.denial to
start with. The extra pound or two of pOul-
try flesh that you leave on its legs, instead
Of sending it to the market, is as good seed,
and will bring forth tenfold and tWenty-iold
in your future broods. Save your best stock
for breeding Poultry World.
Year: 1873

When a wholesale dealer is questioned as
to the proportion of really fine butter he re-
ceives in his consignments, he replies,fve per
cent A larger proportion than this comes
to market as grease. The grocer will tell
you that Of all his stock good butter is the
most difficult to procure, and costs him more
time and trouble to select We know there
is no good reason why this should be so.--
Here and there scattered widely apart
throughout the country we know farmers to
make excellent butter, which would be classed
first quality in the market, and next door to
those are neighbors who would make trash
unfit for food. On the counters Of country
stores may any day be seen rolls Of butter
most widely different in color favor aud text
ure. One farmer is careful aud ceanly, his
wife keeps her dairy sweet and her pals and
pans perfectly pure; another keeps foul
stable, milks in an uncleanly fashion, has
musty feed and foul water for his COWS. while
his wife is equally careless in her dairy
How can the butter in these two cases be
other than widely different in quality and
value Ohio Farmer. ... ...
Year: 1873

Farmers who live in large and sparsely-
settled districts abouuding in large dry pas
lures can afford to give the time Of a faith
tul and intelligent lad, the whole summer
through, to be devoted exclusively to rear
ing turkeys. The young broods must be
watched as constantly as ever shepherd
watches sheep in a region infested by wolves.
Every night, or during the day on tho ap-
proach Of rain, they must be driven to n
roomy shed with tight roof. The mother
birds, aud tho young can be soon trained to
being driven as easily as COWS arc driven TO
pasture. Give good forage ground, and
keep out Of rain and dew, and success is al
most ccrtain.-Thc Poultry World
Year: 1873

Put your pickles as soon as gathered in
salt, using about four or six quarts for each
bushel of pickles, and no water, as the salt
will draw brine from the pickles enough to
cover them. Put up in this way they will
keep for years. When you wish to make
them up for use, soak in warm water until
they are freshened then take one part vim
egar and two parts rain water, and add a
teaspooniul Of alum for each gallon put
them in brass kettle and lot thom come to
a boil, stirring occasionally; then skim out
and put in tho vessel they are to be kept in,
and cover them with good vinegar. In
about two days they will be ready for use
If you wish them spic0d, add spices when
you scald. Pickles made in this way will be
very nico, but the vinegar, acting on the
brass kettle, makes them somewhat poison,
GUS. If done in porcelain lined kettle
they will have no copper in them, but will
not be of SO lovely color. You can take
your choice. A few grape leaves in the
kettle, if the latter method is used, will help
the color
Year: 1873

Among the many instances Of cruelty to
tho lower animals, we have occasion to mark
the incxcusablo negligence Of breeders in
sending fowls away on long journeys lily pro-
yidcd, or not all, with food aud drink. The
negligence is culpabe and, moreover, foolish,
for thereby the greatest damage is done to
the fowls themselves, and if the fact that
the animals will suffer painfully has no in
auencc upon tho owner, it would seem us if
tho selfish wish to avoid loss would have
some weight; for prolonged abstinence in
an animal feeding SO frequently as the do
nestle fowl, and subject to such extensive
draughts on the system, is olen followed by.
irromediublc injury to tho Constitution. We
would avoid breeding from bird that we
Ehdw had been thus treated, just as we would
avoid ono that had any great defect, such as
q bad form, producing weakly chicks, and
the like. Tho evils Of all undorfeeding arc
well enough understood; in this case, how
over, tho difficulty is increased by the sud-
denuess Of the shock, the fowl not having
time to accustom itself to it. What is said
of feeding is also true Of the supply of wa
ter. A healthy fowl will drink fifteen to
twenty times per day, in close coop, or in
hot weather still oftener. Therefore all pos
siblc pains should be taken to properly fast
en- water-cupS in the travelling cages.


If, however, fowl comes to hand-for
VIC will do the reader the honor Of suppos-
ing that he would not be guilty Of such an
offense-that has been deprived Of food and
drink for a long time we must remember
that the powers Of the system are lowered
that the ability to digest is diminished, to.
gcther with the general nervous power, and
that from the lack of material the amount
Of gastric juice is also lessoned. We must
therefore, for time, limit the supply of both
solids and liquids, and the food first given
should be quite wet. "Soppcd bread " is
recommended, and this is probably as goOd
as anything else. We would also endorse
the recommendation to soften the bread il
ale, if there appears to be unusual dopres
sion. This care ought to be extended dur
ing, at least, a couple OF days.-7He POnl
try World.
Year: 1873

At the rear of our parlor, says DR.. Dio
Lewis, 1t was not very dark. Indeed wo
could sec to read small newspaper print at
the least lighted point, At that point we
put bracket against the wall, and trans
ferred to it plant from the window; in four
days it looked sick; in two weeks it was
yellow in five weeks it was apparently dead.
Another plant was placed on the center table,
which was about half way from the front
windows to the position of the first plant.
At the end of five weeks that had lost its
green, and was evidently failing, The girls
in our parlor, who were out not more than
an hour a day on an average, except they
went to places Of amusement in the evening,
were as pale, yellow and siokly as the plants,
and We think for the same reason--a lack Of
full, strong light,
Year: 1873

Mr.. Charles Alexander, from PEBBLES,
Scotland, dug pit near his novels, 36 feet
square, 4 feet deep, walled up and cemented
This reservoir was filed with loamy earth,
and this he always took from the surface Of
some field under cultivation; when the pit
was filled, he leveed the surface of the soil
in line with the mouth of the sewer, which
conducted the urine from tho interior Of tho
building, on purpose that it might be distrib-
uted with regularity and might saturato the
whole from the top to the bottom. The
urine was supplied by fourteen cattle and
kept there for FIVE months, fed on hay aud
turnips. The contents of the pit produced
2SS loads, allowing two cubic yards to be
taken out in three carts and he spread
forty of these on each acre, so that the urine
from fourteen COWS, in five months produced
a compost sufficient for the fertilization of
seven acres of land" He states, further,
that he had tried this experiment for ten
years, and had indiscriminately used in the
same field, either the rotted COW dung or the
saturated earth, and in all tho stages Of the
crop he had never been able to discover any
perceptible difference. He found that his
compost lasted, in its effects, as many years
as the best putrescent manure and he there
fore iearlessly ayers that load of each is OF
equivalent value. His deductions arc not
tho result Of ono single experiment, but
Of those OF ten years in succession.
Year: 1873

The weight Of quart Of nilk-wine
measure-has elected much inquiry, and
many statements have been given as to the
weight but most, if not all Of them, differ.
This is not matter Of surprise, since milk
varies 10 quality given measure Of one
specimen being heavier than that Of another
Year: 1873

Items being scarce in this vicinity last week, prevented your correspondent from contributing his mite to THE NEWS as usu- al. Things are not much more lively now, still, perhaps something can be found to interest your many readers. Last Friday a company of young people from Kent and Merryall wended their way to Lake Wara- maug. The company arrived safe, and af- ter enjoying a pleasant sail on the lake, ad- journed to the boat house and passed the remainder of the day, and portion of the next, in Stripping the light fantastic toe" They all declared they had had a heavenly time. and some of the young ladies were cross enough the next day to make every body they met think of heaven, or some other better place than in their presence. .. The law suit of Rowland versus Watson, which was tried before Justice Beach last week, certainly equalled, if it did not sur pass, in aelicacy of sentiment and elegance eJ language, anything ever before listened to in Kent. The plaintiff proved conclu- sively that he had been most grievously as- saulted. while those who listened to the af- fecting pleas of the defendant and his counsel were convinced that he was the in- jured one......The Furnace company are rapidly repairing the damage done to the buildings by the late fre......Those young men who take advantage of dark night to bid affectionate farewells at the gate to their fair ones should make less noise, that

 they may not attract the attention of those who have ears to hear, for by their tall and stately forms, if by nothing else, I've shall know them, even though the gloom be stygian. "A word to the wise;" and all, that sort O thing you know. SoL.
Year: 1873

When country editors are exhausted for news, they put in paragraph telling how some beautiful ladies have called on them and cheered their toilsome paths with sweet flowers. Then their contemporaries revile them and they answer back, and business becomes brisk again. Thus are our Gree leys and Raymonds trained.
Year: 1873

ACCIDENT ON THE MOUNT WASHINGTON RAILwAY.-A thrilling adventure occurred on the Mount Washington railway Tuesday night. while party were making the as cent preparatory to witnessing the sun rise the next morning. They had reached a point about half way up when the main ec. centric shaft of the engine broke short of with loud crash, followed by lifting ol upward movement of the car and violent surge down hill. For moment the occu- pants were uncertain whether or no they would beshurled down the fearful abyss to the rocks below, but just such accidents had been provided for in the perfect and numerous arrangement of brakes, and the car quickly settled back on the track and remained still, unable to go backward ol forward. All this time it was raining tor. rents, blowing gale and black as Egyp. dsn darkness. Lights were finally brought, when it was found that the accident had occurred within few feet of the upper end of the first section of the ladder, where the great trestle work tapers away and rests upon sort of abutment formed by the pro. jecting ledge. Crawling along on the tim bers, the party soon reached the ground and after several hours of terrible stumbling and clambering in which the ladies of the party became almost exhausted, reached the summit in safety. The accident is the first one that has occurred on the railway, and while it placed the party in thrilling position it showed that fatal catastrophe is almost impossible. HarJord Courant
Year: 1873

ashore Sand Beach miles south OF Jupiter Light
She will probably be got of without difficulty.


The investigation into the OF the accident TO the
Elm City o the New-fiaven line, on Monday night has
been ordered and win take place at New-London I'M
mediatey The Nuhps investigation will also take place
Ht an early day III this city.
Year: 1873

The puffed skirt is q Partisan sugges-
ton for fall dresses, says fashion
journal. This is merely an amply long
basque and single skirt; but the
skirt is so elaborate that an over-skirt
would be superfuous. A long walking
skirt of cambria is made, and plainly
covered with silk from the knee down.
On this is sewed the silk skirt, held in
lengthwise puffs from the waist down,
gradually widening toward the bottom,
and forming below hollow box-pleat-
ing that gives the effect of founce
around the skirt. The puffs are sepa-
rated by ruches, and a bow conceals
the end of each ruche. The basque is
deeply pointed in front and behind,
and is quite short on the hips. 1t is
trimmed by ruffle of hollow pleats,
graduated narrower on the sides, and
quite deep in back and front. This
skirt is new, but it is the outgrowth of
the fashion now prevalent OF long puffs
in the three front breadths. Over
skirts on many imported dresses are
open in front and Tapped from side to
side just below the belt. There is a
deep point on each side, and the back is
caught up by q sash almost to the
belt.
Year: 1873

In these days of railways and steam
boats, O stage coach accident worthy
telegraphic report is novelty. Yet
one comes from New Hampshire which,
in its fatality, must be placed beside
the ordinary disasters of the more mod
ern and dangerous mode of travel. Six
horses attached to a stage coach at the
White Mountains ran away, and in the
wreck which followed, two persons were
killed, two others fatally wounded, and
nine more or less injured.


Possibly moral may be drawn from
this. Horses will run away as well as
steam boilers explode, railroad bridges
break down, and vessels 60 to the bot
tom. Suppose we depended as largely
upon stage coaches as upon the other
modes of conveyance, and that as many
people travelled as now-which by the
way, would be impossible-what reason
have we to expect that fatal disasters
would be less frequent? Perhaps, in
deed, we are continually complaining OF
things which is really better than it
could have been in the old-fashioned
ways. Stage drivers are no less care
less than engineers or conductors. 1t
may fairly be said that life would be
equally as safe in the hands of the same
man, whether he controlled a coach OF
train. We have been told that there
is one conductor on Massachusetts
road-one of the first ever constructed
who has served in that capacity since
the first train ran upon the road. For
twenty years before that he drove q
coach between Boston and Portsmouth
vet in all that time he has never sacri-
feed cent OF property or lost life by
carelessness. Such instances are OF
course rare if they were not, disasters
such rs that recorded, or as the railroads
and steamboats, almost daily furnish,
vould he almost unknown.
Year: 1873

At the appointed time the wedding
came off in the best style of the city,
and the company enjoyed the occasion
with the greatest zest. The hours flew
like humming birds. AS the clock
struck twelve the Professor picked up
his hat and started to his boarding
house. His principal attendant, sur
missing his intention, followed to the
front door and informed him that mat
rimonial etiquette required him to stay
and board and lodge at the house of his
father-in-law until he and his wife
wished to live by themselves; that he
would be furnished with room ada
cent to Sarah's room, in order that, if
she happened to get thirsty, he might
be near to get her drink Of fresh
water.


In the morning the bride and groom
were greeted with the smiles of the fam
lily, together with those of some early
callers, and inquiries were made if they
had slept we'll. Both responded that
they had neve. slept sounder in their
lives, he adding, with his childlike sim
plicity, that he was happy to say Sarah
did not call for water during the whole
night. The last remark was quite o
riddle tc her, and she looked curious,
but said nothing, no one venturing to
ask him to rise and explain. He did
not know it was a joke played upon
him until the attendant told it as such
to the company.


Finally the happy couple went to
housekeeping, and never were man and
wife more heartily congratulated or more
highly esteemed than they were. They
were the favorites in the city. Never
was wife more lovely or husband more
kind and devoted, but he didn't know
any thing about providing for the larder,
only as Sarah taught him. One little
incident may suffice to illustrate. She
told him one day to get some rice. He
went immediately to the store and told
the clerk he wanted to get some rice.
Glow much?" inquired the clerk. ooh,
not much" said the Professor, 81 reckon
three or four bushels will do for the
present." The clerk was very sorry to
say they had not so much on hand, but
that they would soon have more. The
clerk persuaded him to try to make out
for a few days with some fifteen or
twenty pounds. Sarah and the clerk
were not the only ones who Laughed
over the incident. He never called for
the three or four bushels afterward.


If the Professor and his wife are still
living they must be well stricken in
years, and if they see this brief sketch
of their early lives, and find any errors
in it, they will pardon tie writer.
Year: 1873

Where the rocks are gray and the shore is


steep,
And the waters below look dark and deep;
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely pride,
Leans gloomily over the murky tide;
Whore the reeds and rushes are long and


rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding


bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day


through,
There lies at its moorings the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,
Like q sea-birds wings that the storm has


Topped;
And crossed on the railing, one DER one,
Like the folded hands wher the work is done;
While busily back and forth between
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl, with his { Ill "too-too,"
Settles down on the side Of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk in the Shiny wave,
Rots slowly away in it's living grave,
And the green moss creeps DER lis dull decay,
Hiding its mouldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants o'er the tomb a


flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower
While many blossom Of loveliest hue
Springs up DER the stern Of the old canoe.
The currentless waters are dead and still
But the light wind plays with the boat at will,
And lazily out and in again
1t floats the length Of the rusty chain,
Like the weary march Of the hands Of time,
That meet and part at the noontide chime,
And the shore is kissed at each turning anew,
By the dripping bow Of the old canoe.
Oh, many time, with careless hand,
have pushed it away from the pebbly strand,
And padded it down where tho stream runs


quick,
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are


thick,
And laughed as leaned DER the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two,
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
But now, as I lean DER the crumbled side,
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The face that see there is graver grown,
And the laugh that hear has soberer tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skiff


wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things.
Blu love to think Of the hours that sped
AS rocked where the whirls their white spray


shed,
Ere the blossom waved, or the green grass


grew,
Ger the mouldering stern Of the old canoe.