smithclay/nortonstories huggingface dataset:
Year: 1875

The excrements Of the different kinds Of
farm stock vary widely in value, as the ma
nure from neat stock contains the least nitro
gen and more water than that of any other
stock. The more nitrogen contained in ma
nure the more rapid its decomposition
hence it is sooner absorbed as plant food.
Horse manure is richer in nitrogen than that
of neat cattle and contains less water, con-
sequently it decomposes more rapidly, and
its fertilizing elements are sooner taken up
by vegetation. 1t acts Immediately, hence
its great value for all quick growing crops.
The value of manure made from swine
varies more than that Of any other stock. If
swine are fed on slops and potatoes and ap-
Piles, the manure is of little value, compared
with those fed on grain, or from the ofal
from slaughter houses. The excrements of
sheep contain the most nitrogen. think
manure made from this stock worth nearly
twice as much per cord as that made from
cows. An English farmer experimenting
with different kinds oil manure made from
cows, horses, sheep and swine, applied them
on equal plots of land of nearly the same
state of fertility and sowed the field with
barley, sowing also one plot of same size
without any fertilizer, with the following re-
Year: 1875

Joseph White, of Springfield, Of the Yer
mont suath company, is village farmer,
keeps horse, two COWS and poultry. His
time being all devoted to his business as .
manufacturer of scythe snaths, he is obliged
to hire all his farming done by the day.
lie has come to the conclusion which is PEN
etrating the brains Of many other men, who
have TO hire all their farm work done, that
grass is the best crop to raise. In the fall
of 1874 he plowed l4O rods Of meadow
which was run out, and spread on four cords
of manure from his barn cellar. This sea
son he cut little short Of three tons (six
one horse loads) of hay from the piece, and
the rowen now on the ground would make
more than ton. He is satisfied with the
results Of fall seeding with manure.
Year: 1875

In an essay read before the Franklin
farmers club, of Springfield, Mass, E. H.
Judd, the author, says


There is a marked difference in the value
Of the same kind of fertilizer. Manure that
have purchased from stables in the villages
and applied in like qualities, on soils alike
in the last few years have varied widely in
their results. Manure made where the feed
has been hay and grain alone, is worth nearly
as much again as that made from hay and
roots. The more nutritious and liberal the
food, the greater the value of the manure.
Manures made from feed containing but a
small amount of nitrogen are comparatively
feeble in their ferhlizing elements. Tx peri
ments prove that the urines Of animals fed
on grains aud good hay, contain half as much
more solid substance, and nearly two and a
half times as much nitrogen as that from
animals fed on poor hay aud roots, and
nearly as great difference ia the solid excre,
ments. One hundred pounds of urine of tht
horse fed on cut hay and corn meal moist
ened with little water, was found to con
tain twenty pounds Of solid matter and
two and one-half pounds Of nitrogen. While
the same amount from another horse that
was fed on hay alone and allowed all the
water he wished contained only eleven
pounds of solids and one aud one-half pound.
OF nitrogen.


A COW fed on good hay and grain pro-
duced in one hundred pounds of urine, teu
pounds of solids, while fed on hay alone only
six and one-half pounds. Manure made
from green feed does not contain only about
one-haf as much fertilizing element as i
made on hay and grain. The bulk will be
greater but the value less Manure made
from growing animals is worth less than
that from mature cows. Also if the ami
NAL is hard worked and exposed to the colo
aud storms, the manure is far less valuable
than from animals at lest in comfortable
barn.
Year: 1875

A great many farmers allow much of the
manurial material to be wasted. Ga msny
farms during the busy summer season the
cleanings OF the pig sty and stables and the
various refuse matters aceumulating in the
rear OF ones premises are suffered to be ex-
posed to the sun, wind and rain, both vast
ing their most valuable properties and filling
the air with noisome stencil. We have Of
ten urged the gathering up aud preservation
Of all fertiizng materials, such as bones,
chips, weeds, old plaster aud lime, kitchen
slops, etc, and We now repeat the suggestion.
Let all these things speedily find their way
to the compost heap. If on the north side
OF the barn it will be better off than on the
south if covered it will be better off still.
Such covering can be made without much
trouble or expense Set in the ground six
eight or more posts, according to the expected
size of your heap, and throw over them
shed root of boards or slabs soping to the
south. Board up the shanty on three sides,
leaving the north side open. Now, see to it
that generous pile Of muck or its equiva.
lent, is deposited just outside of this shed,
and you will be ready for operations


Wheel in manure from all quarters as fast
as it accumulates, and lay it in rows or
heaps the whole length Of the shed, treading
it down firmly and covering it with success
i've layers Of muck. In this way the manure
will be preserved from the action of the ele-
ments. and the volatile gasses, which the
summer heat so rapidly evolves, will be alb
sorbed and saved. If any one thinks this
won't pay let him try it aud see. Let every
tiller of the soil take good care of the ma.
nurs heap during the suInmer,--N. Y. Herald,


TmE ANNUAL YIELD THE ONLY Test OF
MBRIT,-The Practical Farmer in referring
to the statements frequently made by corre-
spOndents Of the agricultural press of the
yield Of individual cows in a given time,
takes occasion, very sensiblY, we think, to
to make the remark that, however valuable
and interesting these statements may be,
they are by no means conclusive as to the
real or comparative value of the animal or
breed TO which they refer. A great many
cows are very heavy milkerssoon after erealying,
which hare very indifferent mixers few months
afterwards and others, which hold on very
we'll for time, are dry, or relatively So TOR
three or four months Of tho year. The
annual product of q cow therefore, rather
than her performance when at her best, is
what we need to determine her value, or
compare her with other cows.-[Nat. Live
Stock Journal. tlrlE1 .a ma ipii'b
Year: 1875

The Rural New Yorker says, buckwheat
plowed in is poor renovator of the soil,
because it lacks substance, aud If plowed in
late is positive injury to the crop, because
the humic acid evolved in the decomposition
which is rank poison to plants is not, after
cold weather, neutralized by light and
warmth, and the oxygen of the air. The
same is true Of other crops plowed in after
cold weather.
Year: 1875

HUNGARIAN GRASS PoR Cows.-IThe follow
ing is the testimony of DIR Loring respecting
Hungarian grass: l believe can make
more milk with this grass, cut and mixed
with cornmeal and shorts, than l can with
the best timothy hay cut and mixed in the
same manner. And when you remember
that you can raise on ordinary land, by SOW
ing the seed Of Hungarian grass late in June,
from two and half to three and half tons
of good fodder to the acre, and that this
crop can be sown after we have ascertained


whether we are to have good crop of hay or
not, you will see the value of this grass. L
have such high opinion of it that on my
own farm l have this year and last year
raised from 70 to 100 tons of it for the pur-
pose of feeding to my mich COWS during the
winter. ut
Year: 1875

writer in the London Tablet says "he
happened a few years ago to relate to one


who is said to have been the greatest law
yer in England since Lord Mansfield, but
who was as Indifferent to the truths OF
religion and the destiny of his own soul as
an inhabitant of the Andaman Islands, two
anecdotes illustrative of the wisdom
which comes out the mouths of babes and
sucklings when nursed at the breasts of
the Church. When this eminent person
exclaimed of both, in a sort of intellectual
frenzy, "they are the most wonderful
words ever uttered by the lips of Child"
we replied: "Not 80, my lord, for we have
heard other children say like words hun
dred times"-which he probably thought
an imprudent exaggeration. Here are the
two anecdotes in question


"If the Church is called Catholic because
she is everywhere" we asked some little
children of tie poorest class, "why is not
heresy Catholic too, since that is every
where also ~ 1t was hard question, but
not too hard. "The Church is every where"
replied one of them with an exulting
smile, "and everywhere the same heresy
may be everywhere too, but it is every
where different."1 elbow do you know she
is in Heaven Z" asked a grim Protestant
spinster of little girl-this time an Irish
one-who was weeping to find herself in
an heretical school, to which she had been
carried by force, and where it was cOnsid-
cred useful employment of time to bias
pheme the Mother of God. The child knew
very we'll that our Lady is Queen of Heav-
en- and throned by the eide of her Divine
Son. but bad never asked herself hoD she
she knew it, nor met anyone before who
was impudent enough to deny it. She
WINGED for a moment as if she had received
a blow, then fiinging back the long bair
which fell over her face, this child of
Galway peasant fiercely answered, GLOW
do know she is in Heaven Why, you
Protestants don't believe in Purgatory. If
she is not in Heaven she must be in He'll.
It's pretty Son who would send his own
Mother to He'll" Such answers will sur
prise no Catholic, but may surprise Pro-
testant Lord Chancellor.
Year: 1875

Don't whisper in the sick
room.


When the doctor comes to
see You, remember how many
pairs of stairs he has to climb
every day, and go down to
him if you are well enough.


When you are sittingnpat
night with a patient, be sure
to have something to eat, if
you wish to save yourself un-
necessary exhaustion.


rs Remember that sick people
are not necessarily idiotic or
imbecile, and that it is not al
ways wise to persuade them
their sufferings are imagina
ry. They may eTen at times
know bost what they need.


Never deceive a dying per-
son unless by the doctors eX-
press orders. 1t is not only
wrong to allow any soul to go
into eternity without prepa-
ration, but how can you tel
but that he has something he
ought to tell or do before he
goes away?


Don't have needless con-
versations with the doctor out
side of the sick room. Moth
ing will excite and irritate a
nervous patient sooner. If
YOU do have such conversa-
tons, don't tell the patient
that the doctor said nothing
He won't believe you, and he
will imagine the worst posi-
bic.


In lifting the sick, Go not
take them by the shoulders
and drag them up on to the
pillows, but get some one to
help You. Let one stand on
one side of the patient, the
otheropposite, then JON hands
under the shoulders and hips,
and lift steadily and prompt
ly together. This method is
easy for those who lift, and
does not disturb the one who
is lifted.


DO not imagine that your
duty is over when you have
nulsed your patient through
his illness, and he is about
the house, or perhaps going
out again. Strength does not
come back in a moment, and
the days when the little things
worry and little efforts ex-
hauSt, when the cares Of bn-
siness begin to press, but the
feeble brain and hand refuse
to thilk and execute, are the
most trying TO the sick one,
and then comes the need for
your tenderest care your most
unobtrusive watchfulnoss.-
Scribner for September.
Year: 1875

A yonng woman of enga-,
ging personal appearance,
says the Burlington Hawk
Eye, who came here last week
from Creston, recently an
nounced that she was going
to open barber shop on
North Hill. The very next
day, each married woman on
North Hill, surprised her
husband, whose many virtues.
she had long known and adj
mired, with a neat little pres
lnt, consisting of a razor
lather brush, and strop. And
now, as often as a North Hill
man comes home,N the wife
puts her arms around his
neck, and RIBS her downy
cheek against his face in all
apparent innocence and affec
ton, but if his cheek is any
smoother than when he went
away from home in the NOR
ming, she fans him with the
rolling pin until he has to-
wear his hat on whichever
bump it will fit the best.
Year: 1875

Nothing is SO discouraging
to a young lawyer just as he
wakes eloquent about angels
tears, weeping willows and
tombstones,as to be interrup-
ted by the cold blooded jus
tice with You're otfyour nest
bub; this is a case of hog
stealing
Year: 1875

most positive proof admit the infinite superiority of
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to the mineral remedies
which it has to very great extent superseded, and
which, it is to be hoped for the sake of the human
stomach, may eventually be abandoned altogether,
The Btters most potent corrective of disorders
of the liver, stomach and kidneys. Habitual consti-
pation dyspepsia, bowel complaints, and the numer-
and changeful symptoms which indicate internal
weakness disease are in every instance not only
relieved, but cured, by persistent and systematic
use of this sovereign remedy. Intermittent and bill
ious remittent fevers may be surely prevented by
daily of this powerful but pleasant and mild
tonic Physical vgor is the best armor in which to
encounter disease. Secure it by recourse to the Bit
ters.
Year: 1875

Yesterday noon the dredge closed oper-
ations for the season and will be laid up
for the winter. Since coming here as
strangers to commence their contract
MeSsrs. Williams & Co. have made many
friends, both on account of their being
gentlemen in every sense of the word, and
the manner in which their work has been
done, looking 10 the interests Of the place
as we'll as their own 1t will take them
sometime in ihe spring to finish the con-
tract and to complete that Of the former
contractors, which they have an arrange
ment to do. We trust that Congress will
make larger appropriation for the COM
ing year and that Messrs. Williams & Co.
will secure the contract for working it
out. Judging by this seasons work we
C. uld have confidence that it would be
worked out to the best advantage.
Year: 1875

We would call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement of the hard
ware firm of Post & Van Arsdale, which
appears in this ISSUE. This firm is too
well known throughout this country to
require more than a notice that they
have very large stock of goods, and
are selling them at prices to suit the
times.


A woman's good name once gone is
gone forever, but man can dabble in all
the vices and still hold his place i'm So
ciety- At the present time, young men
of bad habits never marry girls of their
own sort, but demand wives above sus-
picion. Purity for purity is the only just
basis on which the two sexes can stand.
Year: 1875

hines Amt as They Used 10 BE-"
He took up the shoes and looked them


over, held them off at arms length and
viewed them from that distance, and
while look OF regret seemed to over


cast his cOuntenance, said, swell. times


amt as they use,l to be-" He gently laid


the shoes upon the counter, and. still
eyeing them with the memories of the
olden time revolving i'm his mind, went
on to say: ''It don't seem long since I
came to this country. Where this store


now stands it was all woods, with barely


trail to guide us to our home, which


was four miles up the river 1t was hard


work. .chOpphig and clearing the. land.


but we enjoyed ourselves for all that, be-
cause We were not seeking any Of the
luxuries of life; it was only home we
were after. We thought if we only
could own the little spot of land we had
settled upon that was all we wanted


We were happy in working and looking
on to the future, and thinking Of what it
would. bring forth; but times amt as
they used TO be" and again he eyed the
shoes.


Now, don't want any such shoes as
them," said he; Great long things;
enough leather i'm them to make two
pair;'' and again he took them up and
looked them over, put them down again.
sighed and said: '.Well, well. times amt
as they used to be-" and walked to the
door, looked out, and his very attitude
conveyed TO you the idea that he seemed
to be looking back to the old and happy
times. But it was only a way he had of
dreaming of the past. only just habit,
for he soon reused himself and, turning
back, resumed his talk about the good
old times that are not now what they
used to be


swell, said he. 1--WE have got our farm
paid for and about cleared up. The boys
and girls are all grown up and married,
except Tom. We have been trying to
get things comfortable around us, but
somehow we can't, for we don't more
than get one thing before another is
wanted; and it has got so now that if We
think we want anything, why we must
have it right off, and soft goes ctfr


BY this time we had both walked to
the door, and, looking out at the old farm
wagon with the grasshopper springs and
seat upon which my old friend had rode
to town. he said Now. there is that
wagon. 1t is good enough for me to
that we ought TO have a buggy. and |
suppose we will have to get one, for do
you you know il" said he, and he turned
towards me as he spoke. .sthat boy has
got so that he thinks he knows more
than his father, or his mother, or his
minister or anybody else? He seems to
think he knows it all; but fear he will
be sadly disappointed some day TO find
that after all he came near being born an ,
idiot"


Tdrsiing, he glanced back at the shoes
still lying OH the counter, he said: Il
Won't take them shoes / don't like them:
they are too long, and them box toes, or
whatever you call them, would always
be in my way when want to step over
a log or into the house." sAh.' said he
signing, and Thought L could detect a
tear i'm his eye rs he spoke, ''ttimes amt
as they used to be-"


He opened the door. went out. and get
ting into his old wagon seated himself,
and. with his whip over his shoulder, gen.
tly logged off towards his home four
miles up the river.
Year: 1875

Dispatches were received at the tele-
graph office this morning announcing
that two schooners, the Gold Hunter and
Hemisphere were ashore on Beaver Is
land. They were loaded with coal, and
efforts are being made to get them off by
lightering the cargoes. 1t is also re-
ported that schooner, name not known
and loaded with lumber, was ashore at
Waugelshance Point. All these vessels
went aground last night or this morning


A vessel loading with lumber at Au
Sable few days since broke loose, going
hard aground.
Year: 1875

RETURNED.-The inland lake survey
ing party returned to this place last night.
having completed the field work. They
reported the past week rather severe for
this class of business. They were absent
one day less than three weeks, which, con-
sidering the disadvantages under which
they labored on account of the weather,
is very quick time.
Year: 1875

IL having been repor: eel that do not intend to
remain in this place. / take this manner of in


forming the public that i intend to make thi~
place my permanent residence, and shall in the
spring open frst-ciass drug store, where the
hest and purest French medicines shall he kept.
All those who desire medical treatment for anv
malaiy shall be happy to wait upon. nois-3m
Year: 1875

Daniel Webster says: "Small is the sum that is required to pat ronize newspaper, and amply rewarded is it's patron, l care not how humble and unpretending the gazette which he takes. It Is next to impossible to fill sheet with printed matter, without put ting something in that is worth the subscription price. Every parent whose sou is away from home at school should supply him with Q newspaper. 1 well remember what a marked differ ence there was between those of my schoolmates who had, and those who had not, access to news papers. Other things being equal, the first were always decidedly superior to the last in debate, compositeon, and general intelli- gence.n
Year: 1875

Rev. Olympia Brown, who is the pastor of a church at Bridgeport, Connecticut, has husband, and you would naturally suppose that his name is Brown, but it isn't, for if it is Brown he is afraid to say so, and calls himself Willis. When sister Brown and brother Willis get to the gates of Paradise and attempt to go il as wife and husband, it is to be feared that it will take more time for them to explain things to the satisfaction of St. Peter, than the hurry of business will permit him to give them.-Courier Journal.
Year: 1875

The Journal of Commerce says: lowing to our monetary system we arc at a disadvantage with all the rest of the world, and New York feels it more than any other northern city. Ten years have elapsed since the war was ended, and our metropolis has gone back during the interval in nearly ev- cry form of commercial activity.

 The evidence cannot be con cealed from others, even if we would blind our own eyes to the truth; and he is no true friend to our city who latters the vanity Of our people with false colorings re garding our condition. From the very nature of its far-reaching connections and intimate sympa- thies with out side industries and activities--now more or less pros trate or paralyzed-New York has felt more keenly than any other financial centre the general de. pression. And if some remedy isnot soon applied this suffering will become chronic, and tho prostration will become perma nent."
Year: 1875

After all the great excitement stirred up by Secretary Bristow about the whisky frauds on the revenue is about to end in smoke. The witnesses don't seem to want to testify much and it is reported the suits are to be drop ped. We shall not be surprised if this information proves correct. Sensible men have ceased to eX- pect anything like reform to come out of the present administration, and very likely the whisky fraud furor was blow to make presi dential capital, and has come to grief.
Year: 1875

One of our young men when he married didn't want to patronise the baker. He said bread tasted ever so much better made by her own dear hands. This delighted her. But when she wanted a scuttle of coal and he suggested that she get it, as the fire would feel so much better if the coal was brought Tn by her own dear hands she was disgusted. Women are so changeable.
Year: 1875

The rush of immigration to Cal ifornia has been checked. Thous- ands of eastern people had to re- turn home for the want of work, and scarcely any one was satisfied with the climate. Arkansas and the South generally offers many advantages over the West, and Northern people who come to this state will receive a hearty wei come from all good citizens.
Year: 1875

A toast to Queen Victoria,- Here is your good health, Your Majesty, and your family's; may they live long and prosper; may your boys learn to keep out of bad company, and lay up money; may your disagreeable Russian relatives trouble you us little as is consistent with the usages of good society; Australia continue to pay rent on the nail; may your cistern never run dry, and may your coal pile never give out.
Year: 1875

The new building of the New York Tribune is nine stories high. When a man goes in and wants to know who wrote that article, he is told that the author is on the top floor with the elevator broken.
Year: 1875

A famous auctioneer, after ex- hausting the language of praise in extolling a certain gentleman's park which had to fall under his hammer, said he was bound as an honest man, not to conceal the only drawbacks to the property, which were the litter made by the rose leaves and the perpetual din kept mp by the nightingales.
Year: 1875

History tells very strange story of an
unfortunate nobleman who Instantly fell i'll
if he but looked at IL woman. Some wag-
gish acquaintance protested that in the
sight of an oM woman there lay no danger
to hinl--which assertion did not prevent him
from losing his lite in consequence of his
strange prejudice; for, being called from
the suppcr-tablc by these same mi,chievouS
lends, to speak to an old woman, he fell
down directly he bcheld her, and died then
und there.