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Year: 1876

A correspondent of the Live Stock Jour-
nal asks for directions for Feeding cows when
dry. The editor, who has made speciality
of feeding animals, replies as follows:


The prevalent opinion seems to be that
the COW should be fed sparingly while dry,
and even at the last end Of the milking sea.
son. This opinion is based upon amis under
standing of the case The COW, after the
calf reaches the third month in development.
must, Of course. sustain this fetus and give
milk besides. Can she do this OIL spare
diet 2 When she is dried of two months
before coming in, she has still to sustain this
other life and growth and to keep up her
own condition. Besides, cows usually are
thin at the end of milking season--certainly
thinner than they should be when they come
in. Can the COW grow the calf and increase
her own condition on meager diet? There
would seem to be only one answer to these
questions, and that is that the COW should
be fed generously while dry. But it does
not follow that this generous feeding should
be of fattening food. There is the whole
difficulty in the case. Corn is the ever
| TeduJ lOOu lOE StOCAi auu il LueJ are W Ue
fed extra it is very apt to be corn meal
This will do very well in small quantities
but not in large, for corn is heating food
tends more to fat than muscle--and that is
not tho best food to grow the frame of the
calf and to build up the waste of the system
Of the COW. There is no danger in feeding a
COW we'll while dry, but it should be muscle
and bone. e.making food rather than fat. Oats,
bran, oil-meal, pea-neal, clover hay,--these
represent the best foods for the COW while dry
or iu milk. Corn meal may be given in small
quantity, with other food. We have found
pint to a quart of oil.meal, per day very
beneficial to COW while dry, and seldom
winter cows without it. 1t is worth all il
costs in regulating the digestive organs and
promoting health, besides being cheap food
Mr. S. should be cautious about feeding hi:
COW, that has tendency to fatten, on any
heating food. Four quarts Of bran and on'
pound OF oi-meal per day, with good hay,
will ill his bill. Different cows need differ
eut treatment, bat all should be fed gener'
ously while dry.
Year: 1876

Our stay at Brandon, in attendance on


the meeting of the board Of agriculture, was
made very pleasant by Hon s. l.. Goodell, a


member Of the Legislature, and leading man
in the town who, with bis family, proved
that they know how to make one feel at
home, which is the essence Of hospitality.
Mr. Goodell, though very largely engaged


iD the quarrying of marble, is also an ex-
tensive farmer, having "large possessions" of
farming property, He is especially interested
in breeding improved horses, having about
fifty of all ages. HIS stallion, "Derby Ba-
shaw" is horse Of great substance and
physical power as well as speed (having
trotted in 227) and of choice pedigree
"a friend borrowed the printed pedigree aud
forgot to return it, aud We will not attempt
to state it from memOry) His colts, like
himself are large and strong and show hn'
action. A bay two year stallion OF bis get
though in the rough, carries himself with
great style and the pride of a trotter. A
three.year-Old bay mare filled the eye il
every point, as she did Parson Murrays
who tried to transfer her to his own stable
by large offer, A Sorrel yearling out OF I
Patchen mare, is large one, and give
Year: 1876

A correspondent, who does not give his
name, inquiries, "What is the object Of
steaming food for stock when peck Of roots
a day with plenty of good hay is equal to
summer pasturage2 | have tried the cut.
ting and hot water arrangement, and found
it disadvantage for cows, for the reason
that they would bolt it down in n hurry.
| would not have good hay cut it it were
done Free"


Does our correspondent regard it as a
disadvantage to have the food Of COW in
such condition that she can eat it quickly ?
Is there any gain in having hay and other
course food so long and hard that the COW is
obliged to expend large amount of mechan.
ical force in eating it 2 IfsO, what2 1t is
usually regarded as a saving Of food to save
mechanical forcc 10 chewing it. Justly so,
we believe.


The notion that peck Of roots with plenty
of hay, such as is usually classed as good,
are equal to summer .pasturage, is contrary
to the belief of most farmers.
Year: 1876

The Japanese government propose to
establish an agricultural college, and have
engaged for a year the services Of Col VIM
S. Clark, president of Massachusetts, agricul-
tural college, to take charge Of the prelimi.
nary work and put the institution under
way. The college grants him leave Of
absence for year for the purpose.
Year: 1876

The Ayr Advertiser relates the prodigous
story of pea,-a green pea"-with little
rootlets at its base, found at the breakfast
table in the substance Of an egg just broken
into the cup. We are truly glad that it was
a green pea, else We might doubt what
pears to be large story.
Year: 1876

The New England Farmer states that
good way to do up small package of trees
or shrubs to send by mail, whether to go a
short distance or across the continent, is to
cut off every leaf half an inch from the bud,
to save evaporation Of the sap. Cut of sur
plus wood and long, struggling or broken
roots, Dip the whole in paste made Of
clay; roll the bundle in thin covering Of
damp mot wet) moss, from wet meadow.
Then roll all in brown paper coated with
linseed oil, to be enclosed in a piece Of stout
cotton cloth.
Year: 1876

The VALUE OF IMPROVED STocK.-If a
farmer keeps thirty cows that average $50
year each for milk, and he can increase the
average to $40 year by the use Of thor
oughbred bull, of good milking breed, he
can afford to pay good round price for such
a bull. Aud yet better results than this
have been accomplished. If he is raising
cattle for beef, and he can add 200 pounds
to the carcass Of each, by the time it is ready
for the shambles, by the usc of short-horn
bull, it will certainly be profitable for him
to pay good price for such bull. And
yet this is the average result Of using thor
oughbred bulls on the native cows of the
country, as estimated by all the best stock
breeders. And this two hundred pounds is
clear gain, for it is produced with no greater
consumption OF food. If the use of thor
oughbred ram on flock of common ewes
will increase the weight Of fleece one pound,
on the average, certainly more than "6ve in
hundred could mako it pay" whether
more than one in the five would or not is
another question. Aud SO with hogs. The
difference between the common "woods"
breed Of the past and the improved breeds of
to-day is beyond comparisOn.-Nso York
Times.
Year: 1876

The Rural New Yorker suggests the in-
quiry whether the phOsphates in animal food
are assimiable by the human stomach and
digestive organs, and whether the phosphates
must not be applied to the soil and taken up
by the vegetables and grain We consume
before they can be utilized for the growth of
human brain, bone and muscle.
Year: 1876

A newspaper correspondent, writing
OF strong drink, says: Those physicians
who are not habitual drunkards don't
know anything about the progress of
the disease; they only see the results of
it, and therefore they cannot handle 1t
as they do other diseases. Those who
are habitual drunkards become too
much weakened physically and intellec-
tually by the vice itself to be able to
pronounce cure.


1 am an old drinker. Have drank a
quart of whisky every day for the past
fifteen years, except an occasional day
or two when I have "sworn of. " I am
satisfied that there is no medicine for it.
Social habits are a strong incentive for
one man to drink, thirst for stimulant
for another, although the first may alb
hor the taste and smell of the fluid. The
effect is what the inebriate Of either
class desires and needs. In the interest
of the poor unfortunate inebriate let me
tell him, if he is in earnest in his desire
to break off, to shun all liquor at night.
He will not be able to sleep for night
or two, but he will come all right in
lOb HILL Odp ~ llStlt p1SUn
fast and, should he be nervous a few
hours afterward, let him fight it out,
hide himself, and shake it out. One or
two hours will give him relief. Then
let him take some solid food, and hurry
to his home, avoiding the social com
panionship of men, which is one of his
greatest temptations, and keep himself
to himself as much as possible. All
medicines prescribed to prevent thirst
or nervousness are of no avail. 1t is the
will, and principally the will to stop
drinking at night, and tokeep aloof from
social drinking friends. / have tried it,
and know. The dread horrors OF de-
lirum tremens have never befallen me,
but I have seen them in others, and
have made study of dipsomania, or l
would not offer these hints.
Year: 1876

The Vanderbilt Guard is the name
given to the corps of reporters whose
duty it is to wait for bulletins relative to
the health of Commodore Vanderbilt,
the railroad king. Shortly before ten
O'Clock every evening, the band assem-
BILE near the residence of Mr.. Wander
bilt, and await intelligence. In the
midst of the noise of resounding debate
comes the sound of the opening door.
A sudden rush is made up the stairs.
The bearer of glad tidings gives the
usual announcement "There is no
change, gentlemen" Then follows a
running fire of questions, relevant and
irrelevant, about any incidents of the
day. 1t is the reporters despairiDg
grasp at a straw, anything which will
serve to vary the monotony of the hun
dreds of bulletins, large portion of
which he has already evolved from his
inner consciousness. When their thirst
has been stated with these driblets of
personal gossip, the guard departs as
one man, to meet again at midnight, and
still a third time at the second small
hour of the following morning.


A short time ago room was hired in
the University building, on Washington
square, and the evening was passed by
the guard in singing songs, playing
cards, and telling anecdotes until the
time arrived to go the commodore's
house. After ascertaining his condition
all would return. New acquisitions to
and repeated desertions from the corps
were of such frequent occurrence that
this place of resort was abandoned, and
now the only times that the guard as
semble are at the hours above stated.
The persons who guard the bulletins
are frequently late, and opinions are
freely expressed as to the advisability of
ringing the door bell. Ten minutes
grace is generally given, and then some
impatient reporter takes pull at the
bell and generally succeeds in remind
ing the occupants of the house that some
one is waiting outside. Lately the an
nouncements at the hours of twelve and
two have been made from front window
on the second floor. A head appears,
a thin, small voice pipes out "all right, "
the reporters respond with morning
greetings, and the midnight watch of the
guard is over. 1t has been limited by
some irreverent members that the thing
was growing monotonous, but the loyal
ty of the major portion of the guard is
proof against long watches in the keen
morning air and meager reports hom the
sick-room. Tribune.
Year: 1876

The Commercial Bulletin is reminded
of an adventure at Western country
railroad station where, when the train
stopped, several of the passengers were
astonished to observe soven or eight
swine racing from field near by up to
the railway track, halting beneath the
car windows. Attention was distracted,
however, by the entrance of boy with
" nice fried pies, only five cents
apiece" This really appetizing looking
merchandise was eagerly purchased, es-
pecially by any one who had ever eaten
a fried apple turnover in New England.
But, alas the folly of trusting to ap-
pearance for, no sooner was the first
mouthful beneath the teeth of the pur-
chaser than the flavor of strong butter,
grease and general nastiness met his
taste. causing him to raise the car win
dow and not only eject the mouthful,
but the remainder of the pie from which
1T had been taken-a proceeding which
the hogs waiting beneath were evidently
well acquainted with, as they devoured
the discarded viands with much gusto,
and to the disgust of the passengers,
who thus found that they had become
swine purveyors, as doubtless others
had before them, Judging from the ami
mails actions.
Year: 1876

The Cologne Gazette contains an ac-
count OF q combat which took place in
the geological gardens of that city be-
tween two Polar bears, which, that jour
nal remarks, ga Roman emperor would
assuredly have paid million sestertii to
Witness" These two bears had been
brought from Spitzberg five years ago,
and had been placed in large pit, with
a tank in the center.


Until recently they had remsired upon
excellent terms with each other, but a
quarrel ensued between them, the result
of which was that the female bear took
refuge upon the summit of a large rock
in one corner of the pit. The male did
not attempt to follow her, and she re-
NAMED there three days, when, pressed
by hunger, she descended again. AS
soon as the male bear saw her he imme-
diately rushed at her and attacked her
with his forepaws. The keepers at.
tempted to separate them, and belabor-
ed the male with heavy iron bars, but
the bones in the lead of the Polar bear
are 80 much harder than those of the
ordinary bear that these blows took no
effect. The male bear continued to
wreak his vengeance upon his COM
panion, and, after having almost torn
her body into ribbons, he dragged her
to the bottom of the tank and held her
there until he felt assured that all sign
of life was extinct. He then brought
her body back to the floor of the pit
and dragged it round the tank for near
ly an hour. After this he withdrew into
his sleeping den to rest from his labors,
and the keepers at once closed the iron
bars upon him.


Having examined the body of the
dead bear, they found that it had re-
ceived more than a hundred wounds;
the neck and head were crushed almost
to jelly, and the flesh was hanging in
strips from the back and sides. During
the whole combat neither of the bears
uttered cry or sound of any kind; but,
except in this particular, it must have
borne singular resemblance to what
may sometimes be seen in Lancashire
without paying a million sestertii.
Year: 1876

An American, writing in Scribner'S of
Turkistan, says the men have as many
wives as they please. The women have
to do all the work, while the men lead q
lazy, shiftless life, devoting themselves
almost entirely to the care of their
horses. AS mark of respect to their
husbands and male relatives, the women
are not allowed to mention their real
names in the presence of others, but
must either call them by some term
adopted for the purpose, or use cir
cumlocution. An incident is related of
Kirghiz woman who wanted to say
that wolf had stolen a sheep and taken
it to the reedy shore of the lake. Un-
fortunately the men of the family bore
names corresponding to most of these
words, and she was obliged to gasp out:
SIN the rustling beyond the wet
growler gnaws one of our woolies.
Year: 1876

The evidence in the case of John and
Maggie Mccarthy, charged with the
murder of their foster child, George
Woodland, at Bay City, Michigan, shows
that once the woman put a red. hot iron
in the childs mouth, and held his lips
tightly against it. Again she held him
head foremost down well. She also
frequently placed his fingers in the door
and shut the door over them, and at
times put them through the clothes
wringer. She was also in the habit of
striking him on the head with huge
piece of wood. The woman seems to
have little anxiety about the situation,
and sings in her cell for long time.
Year: 1876

Says the Herald: i: II any of our saw
ings bank presidents and trustees should
in the course of human events find it
advisable to leave the United States and
make pilgrimage abroad, they will do
well to avoid Russia. The president
and officials of the Commercial Loan
bank of Moscow, in that country, have
been convicted of irregularities in
the management of the institution. Yet
their offenses were trivial. What would
have been their punishment had they
offended like some of our savings bank
officers?
Year: 1876

A curious custom still maintained at
Bavarian executions is that of the clerk
OF the court breaking black wand and
throwing the fragments at the feet of
the criminal. This is symbolical that
his life is to I've violently and suddenly
terminated. 1t was done q few weeks
since ut Munich. The executions are
not public.
Year: 1876

one echo which was free from incum-
| brance, so that you could retire to it


with my child, and by humble, palms.
taking industry cultivate and improve


it. and thus wrest from it mainte-


nance, | would not say you nay; but


| cannot marry my child to beggar.
Leave his side, my darling; go, sir;


take your mortgage-ridden echoes and
quit my sight forever


Ny noble Celestine clung to me in


tears, with loving arms, and swore she


would willingly, nay, gladly marry me,


though | had not an echo in the world,


But 1t could not be. We were torn
asunder. she to pine and die within
the twelvemonth, l to toll life's long
journey sad and lone, praying daily,


hourly, for that release which shall
join us together again in that dear
realm where the wicked cease from
troubling and the weary are at rest.


Now, sir, if you will be so kind as to
look at these maps and plans in my
portfolio, | am sure l can sell you an
echo for less money than any man in
the trade. Now this one, which cost
my uncle ten dollars, thirty years ago,
and is one of the sweetest things
in Texas, | will let you have for -''


Let me interrupt you," said.
My friend, | have not had mo-
ment's respite from canvassers this
day. | have bought sewing
machine which | did not want;
| have bought map which is
mistaken in all its details; | have
bought clock which will not go; |
have bought moth poison which the
moths prefer to any other beverage; 1
have bought no end of useless inven-
tons, and now l have had enough of
this foolishness. | would not have
one of your echoes if you were even to
give it to me- | would not let it stay
on the place. l always hate a man
that tries to sell me echoes. You see
this gun? Now take your collection
and move on; let us not have blood
she'd"


But he only smiled sad, sweet
smile, and got out some more diagrams.
You know the result perfectly well.
because you know that when you have
once opened the door to canvasser.
the trouble is done, and you have got
to suffer defeat.


| compromised with this man at the
end II an int0lerable hour. bought
two dOuble-barreled echoes in good con-
dtion, and he threw in another. which
he said was not salable because it only
spoke German. He said: "She was
perfect polyglot once, but somehow her
palate got down. "-Atlantic Monthly.
Year: 1876

JOHN O'SHAUGHNESSY was a con-
Wet Of about twenty-five years of age,


who hailed from Kingston. On the
27th of April, 1875, he was confined in
the clark cell'' for some trivial act of
insubordination forced from him by
the eXasperating Stedman, who tan
talized the fellow into making some
offensive retOrt to the taunts of the
deputy. For this tritling offense this
unfortunate man was chained up in a
standing posture for five days and five
nights, his feet and hands painfully
shackled to rings in the wall, only to
be relieved for short intervals to en-
able him to partake of the meager al
lowance of bread and water allotted
to him three times in each twenty-fouI
hours. His toes had been rendered
powerless by frost before his entrance
into the prison, and the result of this
was that his torture was rendered
more intense, owing to the fact thai
he had, for the greater part of The
time, to support himself by his wrists


as encircled in the cruel rings in tht
wall. All the power was gone from
his toes, and as he had to stand OF
them in order to relieve the torturin.
strain on his wrists, it may b,
imagined what crucial anguisl
the poor victim endured dur
ing these 100 hours of chafn!
night and day. A more CALLING o


fretting process of racking torture


is hardly possible to imagine. Th


writings of the pitiful convict, as h
Year: 1876

WHERE shall We meet who parted long agof
The frosty stars were twinkling in the sky,
The moorlsnd lay before us white with snow,
The north wind smote our faces rushing by.
Where shall we meet? On such mOorland lone
In crowded city street. or country lane:
On sandy beach walk, while the sea makes moan
In quiet chamber: Shall we meet again
On any spot Of old familiar ground,


Our childi-h haunts: or in far off land?
All mel what if on earth no spot be found
For longing eyes to meet. aud clasping hand?
What then?-If angry fate reunion bars,
better meeting waits beyond the stars.
When shall we meet who parted in the night'
At some calm dawning, or in noonudc heat;
To-day: tomorrow? or will years take flight
Before our ycarning hearts find welcome sweet!
When shall We meet? While summer roses lie
Beside our oath, and rustic overheadf
Or later when a leaden winter sky


Looks cody on the empty garden beds
While youthful faith and hopefulness eurs?
Or only when our hair is growing gray:
All me! we may have done with earthly hours
Before it comes to us, that happy day
What then:-Let life's lone path be humbly trod
And where or when we meet, we leave to God.


All the Year Round.
Year: 1876

Engagement rings are now made
like bracelets to close round the finger
with spring clasp. They are no
longer made plain, but embody various
neat and chaste designs. About the
most chaste and appropriate is one
that stimulates rat-trap, and goes shut
for keeps when a finger is stuck into
it.-HalCk-Eye.
Year: 1876

Somebody remarks that young la
dies look upon boy as nuisance un-
til he is past the age of sixteen. when
he generally doubles up in value each
year, until, like meerschaum pipe, he
is priceless.
Year: 1876




Last winter an elderly Baltimore gentle
man, proud of his wealth, discovered that
mis- daughter had dared to love young
man far beneath her in the estimation OF
society. A week later the Baltimore man
sion was closed for the season, and the
names of father and daughter soon after
appeared on the register of one Of the Mar
ragansett Pier hotels There was with them
companion, outwardly treated as an equal,
but in reality paid spy over the young
lady's movements and correspondence. But
before fortnight had elapsed the young
lover at Baltimore received enc morning 4
big envelope containing a dainty note
which filled him with joy unspeakable.
He had friend who was a clergyman, and
before the sun had set that night the two
had long, earnest conference, which re-
suited next morning in the departure Of the
twain for Narragansett Pier.


The old gentleman was forbidden by his
physician to balhe in the surf, and the spy
hated the sea az the devil is said to hate
holy water. The young lady enjoyed her
bath exceedingly, and, as the most infatua-
ted lover is apt to ne temporarily disen-
chanted by the appearance Of his ideal in
bathing dress, the father and the spy con-
cluded that no possible harm could come
to the "dear child" in the water, and so the
spy only sat upon the bank and watched.
The lover and the minister reached Provi-
dence in due time, and speedily won a
young lawyer over to their cause. The
lover then went to the pier, and, keeping
out Of the way of the spy, suddenly ap-
peared before the happy girl in the water.
A few minutes sufficed for him to propose
that they be married the next day in the
water, and the lady promptly consented.
Back flew the enraptured lover TO Provi- |
dence, legal formalities were quietly ar
ranged, the lawyer invited confidential
friend a. witness, and the next day, when
the water was full of people, party Of five
might have been seen a little apart from
the other bathers. The marriage ceremony |
had to be suspended every few seconds on
account OF the breakers. Then the foam |
leaped to claim the first kiss from the lips |
of the bride, but the rest of the little party |
relinquished their privilege on account OF |
the attention such proceeding might at
tract.