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Year: 1875

[ visited three or four of the most
celebrated farms in Massachusetts, says
Walks and Talks IN Agriculture. It
is very different farming from ours. I
saw no straw stacks and no sheep. Hay
and milk are the chief products on the
farms I visited. Corn fodder on one
farm is raised extensively, and on an
other oats are grown and cut soon after
the grain is formed and made into hay.
The land was seeded down with this
crop, and | never saw better catch. It
seemed to be quite common, too, to fall
low field and then seed it down with
timothy and clover in the autumn with
out any other crop. This is pet recon-
mendation of my own, and I was glad to
hear that it worked admirably.


I would give good deal for one of
these Massachusetts barns-that is, if [
had money enough, I would give, say
from one-third to one-half what they
cost. I could use them to great advan-
tage. One barn, built by the former
owner of the farm, at cost probably
little less than what he afterwards sold
the farm for, was about 100 feet long and
40 feet wide-the barn-hoor running
through the center, the long way of the
barn. There was an L to this main
barn, about 80 feet long and perhaps SO
feet wide. 1t was occupied by two rows
of COWS, facing a wide passage in the
center, and there were several loose
boxes for calves and for COWS about to
calve. The arrangements were excel
lent. "This is magnificent" said I,
"but what is the use of this wide pas
sage between the COWS. 1t seems great
waste of ROOM" "That is horrible
heresy here, replied my friend. Buthe
gave me no satisfactory reason. Under
meath the whole of this large barn is q
splendid cellar. 1t is dry, warm, well
lighted, and well ventilated. If I had
such cellar, I think could find ample
room in it, with open yards attached, for
q flock of two hundred long-wool sheep,
fifty or more head of cattle, one hundred
or more pigs, stable for all my horses,
and cellar capable of holding 10000
bushels of roots. All this room is sacri.
feed, at any rate to q great extent, ap-
prently for no other reason but to Sc
cure manure cellar. The advantage Of
&c
very great, to pay for such large and
costly receptacle. One-ffth of the room
would be sufficient to hold all the manure
for six months, and the labor of putting
the manure into barrow and wheeling
it to one end of the building and dump


ing it into the cellar, would not be mucl


more than opening and shuttingso man,


trap-doors behind the animals.
Year: 1875

We find the following in. the Dover
On. h Enquirer: Some eight years
ago lad of thirteen, son of Charles E.
Myers, q well-known citizen of Ports
mouth, while fishing from one of the
wharves of that city caught fish-hook
in the fore-fnger of the right hand, near
the roots of the nail, drawing it into the
bend of the hook. His father saw that
the only thing to be done was to open
the finger on line with the hook and
take it out, but preferred to call in their
family physician to do it. After looking
at it for moment the doctor, by sud
den twist, wrenched the hook from the
finger, minus the barb and point The
parents were Justly indignant at such
rough treatment, and insisted that the
hook was not all removed, while the boy
came near fainting from extreme anguish.
The doctor, however, insisted that no in
convenience would result, and dressed
the finger in some simple and safe man
ner, and in due time the wound healed.
But the finger and arm troubled him for
long time. After q year or two the
lads health had so far failed as to be-
come a subject of serious alarm to his
friends, he being subject to frequentand
alarming fainting fits and other spas
modic affections or symptoms. The state
of affairs continued for years, with more
intensity until year or two ago, when
the boys health became nearly or quite
restored. In the spring of 1874 the
young man, while dressing himself one
morning, tore a pimple from his left
shoulder, and, on examining it, he drew
from the flesh the point Of the hook
which seven years before was imbedded
in a finger on the opposite side Of his
body. -.4. ..-.r...t ..n.. .....
Year: 1875

In cases of Group the first thing to do
is to get hot water ready, and place the
feet of the child in it as soon as possible,
and give dose of any emetic to cause
vomiting. A good emetic is made by
taking equal parts of tincture of lobelia
and blood root; or take anything which
will cause the child to vomit freely, such
as mustard water made weak and warm,
or salt and water, or even goose grease
and chamber lye mixed in equal proper
ton. Then lay cloths wrung out of hot
water upon the chest and throat, chang
ing sufficient to keep them hot. The
bowels should be kept free.
Year: 1875

Bryant, with her dazzling smile, "don't
you think that dollar n week that you
save, at, l am sure, some inconvenience
to yourself, and, l am equally certain,
some annoyance to your landlady, would
help the relief society more by keeping
your washerwoman beyond the need of
its help, by giving her honest pay for
the only part of her work on which she
makes any real profit, than to put it into
the soup-house fund to help you don't
know who, or how needy or deserving
they really are9 Don't you see that you
take honest bread to give to possible
impostors2"


"But, Miss Bryant, don't you ap-
prove of the BAZAAR Don't you think
the soup-house good thing2"


"Yes, the strikers think so, feeling
sure that their families will be helped
while they fight their employers. The
frontier towns think so when they have
foreign invasions of needy adventurers.
One who has depended on the soup
house will depend again; and you do
much to encourage vice and idleness.
No, girls Have your bazaar. Enjoy
yourselves, make yourselves pretty, and
have your good time. God bless you
all But while you are doing it don't
discharge the music-teacher and teach
the little sisters if you can afford to pay
her, for she has a mother to support, or
somebody else; nor do unsuitable work
and make yourself i'll, when the fee for one
doctors visit will be godsend to some
poor woman glad of the job. If you are
rich enough to be generous, you can be
honest, and help others to be. If you
economize, try to do it all yourself;
don't crowd another's place. Don't try
to teach, and take the place of poorer
girl who could do it just as well, OF bet
ter, who lives on it, while you only buy
ribbons with the money"


"But the example -


"Fudge! as Burchell says. People
who are needy don't want your example;
they want your place. Your room in the
army of teachers is far better than your
company. Now there is large class of
people born and bred to better days who
will grow very cold and feel very hungry
and never tell anybody, who will always
be decent and pinched and patient, and
l hold it is the business of good Chris
tians to help these, and help them with
honest pay for honest work, and with
such timely help, delicately offered, as
will confirm them in their own self-re-
spect."


This was quite a speech for Miss Bry-
ant. BuG the result was seen: for
although not nearly so many persons
"donated work or articles, or were
asked to do SO, so much was paid out for
such offices that there were not so very
many poor folks to help that winter.


And the young folks had q glorious
good time, and will talk of it for years to
come.
Year: 1875

At certain bank gentleman recently
opened an account. "I came here" he
said, "not simply because / knew my
money would be safe with you, but be-
cause you are always civil. [ have been
depositor in - Bank for many years.
1 went in to-day to see the cashier. I
knew him when he had no society to.
boast of, and hardly money enough to
pay for q. dinner at cheap restaurant.
I laid my hat on the desk, which l sup
pose had no business to do. He waved
his hand with an imperious air, and said:
Take that hat off, removed my hat,
when he said: Now I'll hear what you
have to say Disguised with his pom
posity, / told him had nothing to say
to him, then went to the book-keeper,
ordered my account made up, took the
banks check for forty-two thousand
dollars, and this wish to. deposit.
Sauciness does not bear high CONNER
cial value among the financial men Of
any city.
Year: 1875

When she undid her hair at night,


About the time for lying down,
She came and knelt. l was 30 small
There in my bed, her curls did fall


All over me, light gold and brown.
fell asleep amid her prayers.


Her fair young face (fAr off it seems).
Her girlish voice, her kisses sweet
Thepatter Of her busy feet


Passed with me into charming dreams.
And when l woke at merry morn,


Through her gold hair saw the sun
Flame strong, shine glad, and glorify
The great good world. Oh, never canI


Forget her words" My darling onem
All ! checkered years since then have crept
Past her and me, and we have known
Some sorrow and much tempered joy. .s
Far into manhood stands her boy,


And her gold hair snow-white is blown.
The world has changed by slow degrees,


And as old days recede, alas
So much of trouble have the new,
Those rare far joys grow dim, seen through
Sad times as through darkened glass.
But just this morning when woke


How lovingly my lips were kissed
How chaste and clear the sunlight shone
On mothers hair, like gold-dust sown


Athwart thin clouds of silver mist
Year: 1875

1t is fact well known that farmers
colts are poorly wintered as q general
rule. There are exceptions, of course.
We would have better horses if the colts
were bettered wintered.


The form and character of the colt is
formed in the first three or four years of
its life. Its character may be good or
bad; it depends almost wholly upon the
handling to which it has been subject.
Its form or build depends, in great
manner, on the way it has been fed.
There are more colts injured by poor
feeding in the winter than in the sum-
mer, for the reason that there is more
pasture in the summer than fodder in the
winter. ~ "a a.


A colts build may be spoiled the first,
second or third winter by poor feeding,
and no amount of feeding afterwTd will
restore its original build. When it has
arrived at working age, it is not only
ugly and ill-shaped, but its value is also
below par.


We import stations at many thousands
of dollars apiece, for the Improvement
of our stock, which is money almost
spent in vain, and will continue to be
spent, until we, as class, winter our
colts better. Colts should be housed
through the cold, rainy days of the fall,
and when it is pleasant they should run
out. In winter they should have a lib,
oral allowance of hay. They should also
have few oats. Oats are better than
corn, for they make bone.
Year: 1875

An extraordinary attempt at wholesale
poisoning was recently made at Calstock,
in the west of England, where there is a
large mandatory of arsenic. The one
hundred and fifty people employed by
the establishment all get their water
from one tank, and somebody put pail
full of arsenic into it, one night. The
next morning sixty persons were poison
ed, and it was only by the immediate
use of remedies that their lives were
saved.
Year: 1875

A hot lemonade is one of the best
remedies in the world for cold. 1t acts
promptly and effectively, and has no
unpleasant after effects. One lemon
properly squeezed, cut in slices, put
with sugar, and cover with half pint of
boiling water. Drink Just before going
to bed, and do not expose yourself on the
following day. This remedy will ward
off an attack of the chills and fever if
used promptly.
Year: 1875

A little thoughtful attention, how
happy it makes the old They have
outlived most of the friends of their early
youth. How lonely their hours Often
their partners in life have long filled
silent graves; often their childten they
have followed to the tomb. They stand
solitary, bending ON their staff, waiting
till the same call shall reach them. How
often they must think of absent, la
mented faces; of the lovewhich cherished
them, and the tears of sympathy which
fell with theirs, now all gone. Why
should not the young cling around and
comfort them, cheering their gloom with
songs and happy smiles.
Year: 1875




Teams drawing loads on the roads
get breathing spell on the descend
ing ground, while in blowing the
draft Is the same from morning tilt
night. There is a certain number of


pounds that team can draw DAY az
ter day and not worry them, bat il
more be added, even as little as fif-
teen or twenty POUNDS, they walk un-
steadily, fret, and soon tire. No
amount Of feeding will Keep them in
condition. have many plOws in use
on which it has been an easy matter
to decrease the draft twenty-five
pounds, and IL men bad been drawing
them instead Of horses It would have
been done. 1t must be plain to the
farmer that every pound taken OF
from the draft OF his plov is so much
gained for his horses. II may be
done ia this way:


For any soil except sand or gravel.
use steal plOW. Their cost is bat
little more, and the draft enough less
to pay the difference In ploWing
twenty acres. In blowing sod the
eOlter does 3 good deal Of the work,
and should be kept sharp by forging
at the blaeksmitb's and grinding
every day il necessary. or course it
will wear out sooner, but new eyltens
are cheaper than new teaTos. Set the
coltsr in line with the plOw, the edge
square ia front, with an angle Of
fOrty-five degrees from the point
where 1t is attached 10 the beam.
When the share gets worn out it is
poor economy 10 use It any longer,
but replace It with = new one. Let
the traces be as short as will allow
the horses to walk without hitting
their heels against the wnifiie-tTees,
and have just pressure enough OF the
wheels on the ground to make the
ploW run steady II the handles
crowd continually one way, the draft
is not right, and, 10 the plOw is a good
one, 1t can be easily remedied at the
elevis. To prevent the horses step
ping over the traces in turning, fast
en- q weight of about three-fouTths OF
q pound on the Outsids oi each single
tree-tbat il, on the right end when
you are turning to the left, and vice
UersG- Every observing farmer
knows tnat horses are susceptible OF
kindness and equally so to unkiDd-
ness. I have seen horses that were 1
working steadily made reckless with I
sweat, in a short time, by n sharp /
word or Jerk OH the biz. Let your /
horses do their work as you DO yours, 4
as easily as possible, and b. 50 will
ing to overlook their mistakes as you 1
would the mistakes OF human beings.
Practical FtTrDleF. \
Year: 1875

The editor of the Michigan HtrIney


narrates the following facts, which


are or Interest In the discussion of the
chess question


Some years ago h.ad Of wheat was
sent to the editor of the Michigan
Fdrner with some Kernels of chess
growing out of it, aud the editor was
asked ~ this was not convincing proof
that the change OF wheat into chess
from some hidden and little under
stood cause was not proved beyond
dispute ? The editor enclosed the
head OF wheat Just as he had received
it 20 the distinguished botanist DR..
Torrey, Of Cambridge, Massachusetts,.
At the time the wheat was received
by DIR. fOrrey the late Sanford How
ard was at his house on visit, ami
the head OF wheat was examined in
bis presence. The head was carefully
and it was found that In
growing the ear OF wheat hal become
in the stams of chess plant
and had pulled of the grains OF chess
with the long, slender stems to which
they were attached. These hair-lIke
stems had wound themselves closely,
hidden, around the centre
stem of the head of wheat, and fiIe at
tachment was concealed so that the
appearance Of the grain Of chess grow
ing out OF the grain of wheat was per-
fectly natural. The dissection and ex-
animation Of the head disclosed the
true relation OF the chess tOthe wheat,
and DIR. T0rrey sent Us back the head
of wheat just as he had laid it open.
fhis was the last we have heard of
this phenomenon of transm utstion.
Year: 1875

is the bulwark of the American Re-
public. The school system must re-
ceive its support by equal taxation.


We are opposed to all sectarian ap-
prOpriatlOns, and we denOunce as a
crime against liberty and Republican


institutions any project for sectarIan
division or perversiOn Of the school
fund of the State.
Year: 1875

Speaking of the great Worth, Paris correspondent writes A lady going to work has nothing upon which to calcu- late as the probable sum of his bill, for his charges are altogether arbitrary, and have no reference whatever to the cost of materials or labor employed. An Ameri- can lady lately gave an order for black silk dress to be made in the scant style of the first empire now worn, in which ladies give no impression that they glide, as in the days of more ample draperies,

 but prove conclusively, especially when the wind blows, that they are bipeds, as are angels and men. The dress vas sent home very plain, very scant, and evi- dently made of so little material that the the magnitude of the bill that came with it. Indignant at such high-handed i'm

 position she went to Worth and expostu- lated. But the king dressmaker took lofty grounds and informed her that she style. but for the unspeakable glory of "wearing his name." She went home and wrote him @ note, saying that, as pensive luxury for her purse, she would countermand an order for several thou sand dollars worth of dresses concerning which she consulted him, and would ad- wise her numerous friends to seek con scientious q,lodiste. That same day she received from Worth an elegant over- dress, in value far exceeding the silk concerning which she had demurred,

 with a note saying that the naodiste had concluded that he must have been mis- taken in the value of the black silk robe,

 and now sent the overdress to make it worth it's pricel ... T.
Year: 1875

A few, days ago an unusually large swarm; of bees entered the dwelling of Christian Kutz, living on the borders of the Welsh mountain, two miles east of Morgantown. Having entered the top of the chimney they descended to the kitchen with rush, literally covering the window sash and curtains, cupboard, mantelshelf, chairs, etc., thereby driv- Ing Mrs. Kutz and the children from the house. The family remained outside until the return of the husband. He went to work with @ broom to drive out the intruders, and by sweeping pro- cess succeeded in .banishing them through the open door. But the family had no sooner returned to the house when they were again compelled to va cate, as the bees came tumbling down the same chimney pell-meH Q second time. MT. Kutz, not willing to be beat out, made a large fire in the chimney corner, then went to work to brush them out again, which he accomplished after considerable time and labor. The smoke issuing from the chimney top prevented their entering the third time. After hanging to the outside of the chimney for a, few moments, they broke for a cherry tree standing near by. Not liking the situation, they again made for their old quarters. Striking the outside, they clung to it until MT. Kutz procured Q hive, fastened it to the top of the house, and the next day had them all hived.
Year: 1875

promoted but every other inter- est. The additional support thus given to your local paper-which is the light hy which your town and business is judged--would enable us to improve the paper, send 1t to more extended regions and reflect in broader way the intelligence, enterprise, business facilities and general attractions of our town and country. If we wish to be noted we must make ourselves known far and near.

 Will our merchants profit by these suggestions? We are ready and anxious to cooperate with them in the upbuilding of our town and country and if they will only let a little money go into it, we are satisfied that 1t will be the best investment they have ever made. We wait to hear from them.
Year: 1875

GEESE FULL OF FuN.-A goose has,


perhaps, the keenest appreciation of hui
NOR Of any animal, unless, indeed, it be-
/ her own arch enemy, the fox. The writ
or once saw, in II little grassy paddock,
some eight or ten int and healthy pigs,
paddock narrow open gate gave on
trance to IA farm yard and ~ evening APP
preached the geese ranged themselves in
n row near this Thcrmopye. Obviously
supper time was drawing on and the pigs
wished to return to their troughs. And
equally as clearly the geese had given
each other TO understand not to let them
pass through the gate which they guard
cd, without paying toll. First there
came up jolly, good humored little pig,
who trottcd cheerlully along with II con
fdence which ought TO have disarmed
criticism, till he came among the geese.
Then with cacklo and II squall, every
neck was stretched to get Il bite Mt him,
and squalling and yelling, the poor little
porker ran the gauntlet. The same fate
befeI six or seven more OF his brethren in
succession, each betrnying his increasing
tropdatiOn as he approached the fatal
pass, and making bolt through the
guard OF tho enemy, whose chattering
and scrocching Of delight were almost
undistinguishable from human laughter.
At last the biggest pig Of the palty drew
up in the rear. lie was II pink tleshed,
clean young fellow, with tat limbs and
sides, and his ears were cooked and his
tail was twisted in the intelligent, wide
awake manner which 50 completely dis
tingushes the intellectual pig from the
mere swine multitude. With II loud
grunt of defiance, this bravo bcast mado
a charge through the flock of geese, and
actually had almost gained the gate, rs
a large gray goose made one grab Mt his
fat ham, caught up the skin in bunch,
and gave it tremendous pinch in her
red beak. Needless to say, the air was
rent with squeals Of agony from the in
jured pig, and the ecstvtic p~ans Of tho
llock Of geese in chorus. From the or
der in which the transaction took place,
we derive the impression that II similar
game of prisoners base probably formed
the entertainment of tho geese every
evening.
Year: 1875

DURING speech the other night a
prominent member Of the Boston Com
mon Council made the sage remark that
a wise man changes his mind often and a
fool never, and in the next breath ex-
claimed 6 have no; changed my mind"
and then wanted to know what the other
members were laughing at.
Year: 1875

A serious accident occurred on last Friday night
to Mr.. John Sinclair, an old resident of the First
ward, while getting of the platform of car No. IS,
at the corner Of Pennsylyanis avenue and Nine
teenth street. Mr.. Sinclair states that he re-
quested the conductor to stop the car, adding the
explanation that he was lame to secure q more
willing compliance. While In the act OF stepping
of the conductor pulled the bell starting the car


which threw him Violently upon the ground,
breaking several Of his ribs. The injured man
is now lying in q most critical condition at his
residence, on Twentieth street, between NJ and ".
1t Is high time that all such liability to accident
should be put an end to by the enforcement Of the
numerous good regulations which are put on
paper and hung up in cars as popular show-sigus.
uconductors were required TO know and observe
these regulations there would be no necessity for
the public knowing them, except by their OBJ
Year: 1875

The great bankrupt sale is the order of
the day at No. 100 Canal street, where r.
NJ. & B. J. Montgomery, the we'll known
auctioneers, still continue to give to the
citizens of New Orleans the greatest bar
gains in dry goods that have ever been sold
in this city, and the consequence is that the
store is crowded from morning till night by
ladies and gentlemen, all anxious to secure
for themselves and families some of the
choice and desirable goods that are being
offered and readily taken by parties who
have the good fortune to be present. Sales
morning, afternoon and evening.
Year: 1875

Select the very best


Select the very best
Of Christmas presents
OF Christmas presents


A golden drawing ticket
A golden drawing ticket
But six to one
But six to one


Against fortune.


Against fortune.