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THE WATCHMAN, LINDSAY, THURSDAY, APRIL I7, [890. d E g A Grand Gift TO ALL READERS OF THE New York Fireside Companion, -â€"THEâ€" FOINTERS For BUYERS 1%zfti’“z’}.§:’;Ӥ%{.if””“’ NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE. Price $3.00 a Year. Any person sending us $3.00 for a year’s subscription will receive a BEA UTIFUI. CHI? 0M0 â€"OFâ€" Meissonier’s Great Painting, .. FRIEDLAND: 1807.” Size of Chromo 29x21 inches. This superb picture, equal to an oil paint- lng, and suitable for framing, is copied from one of the most famous roductions of the greatest artist of mo ern times. The original picture cost $66,000. The chromo is an exact copy of it, and alone is worth the whole cost of a car's subscrip- tion to THE FIRESIDE MPANION. TEE FIREsIDE COMPANION maintains its high pos1tion as the best paper of its class in America. It contains THE BEST STORIES AM'EBIG'ANBYAUTHORS. Among those contributors who are en- gaged to write EXCLUSIVELY for THE NEW YORK FIRESIDE COMPANION may be mentioned : Miss Laura Jean Libbey, D.‘ author of “ Miss Middleton’s Lover,” “ That Pretty Young Girl,” etc. “Old Sleuth,” whose detective stories have obtained for him a world-wide reputation. Mrs. Mary E. Bryan, the gifted author of “Manch,” “Uncle Ned’s White Child,” etc. Mrs. Lucy Randall Comfort, author Of “Ida Chaloner’s Heart,” and other famous stories. Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller, author of “The Pearl and the Ruby,” “ Flower and Jewel,” etc. Mrs. Elizabeth Stiles, author of “ His Fairy Queen,” “ The Little Light-House Lass," etc. The works of the above-mentioned authors will appear in no other journal. A-.. ,. _ E THE LIVE STOCK. THE GREAT AND GROWING ANI- MAL INDUSTRY. \ i i I “Only the Breath Wasted”â€"Shall We Raise Geese?â€"-Farm Horses and Coltsâ€"Dishorn- ing Cattleâ€"The Western Beef Industry. Incubator Chickensâ€"Prize Steer Dot. Here is a picture of the steer Dot, that took the prize at the last fat stock show in Chicago. Dot belonged to the Aber- deen Angus breed. or FAMILY GROOERIES. OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE:â€" Teas, Sugars and General Groceries, Crock- ery and Glassware, Cured Hams, Bacon, Portland Smoked Fish, Canned Goods of all Description, Woodenware and Dairy Supplies, Flour Feed Chop, Oatmeal, Etc. FAT PRIZE STEER DOT. This animal was slaughtered when he was 2 years, 1 month and 3 days old, and weighed 1,496 pounds. After being dressed the carcass weighed 1,040 pounds. Dot’s short life was devoted to the lay- ing on of fat, and he took it on at arate of a pound and three-quarters for every day of his existence. Shall We Babe Geese? To tell the naked truth, I could not say that my wife’s little flock of geese ever did me or my grass any visible harm; at any rate not enough to complain about. They never required any attention, sel- dom anybody would steal them, and we were never troubled about feeding them. They seemed to be aself supporting bird. They furnish us a fat gosling once in a while and new nice feathers all along to keep up our pillows and make new ones for the children. SO that I acquiesced very quietly to my wife's ruling and bet- ter judgment. It seems to me that every farmer in the country should have his small flock of geese, especially when he has a running stream for them to dis- port in. Last fall I came up with one lady who supported a flock of about one hundred geese and about fifty ducks. She had no farm, but lived on the side of a big mill pond and her husband was a miller. The waste Of the mill aided in the sup- port Of the geese and ducks. They in turn aided considerably in clothing and educating the children. These are little things, but you must remember it takes little things and many of them to run a country. Some farmers’ families derive all of their pin money from their feath- ers and poultry and eggs, and are as happy as larks in the enjoyment of such things as they need. Feed fewer dogs and use a little more economy.â€"M. in Tennessee Farmer. These Lines are kept cOnstantly replinished, co sequ ently buyers may rely on getting satisfaction every time by purchasmg from the LEADING FAMILY OROOER OF LINDSAY. A. CAMPBELL, WT , , . Before you purchase look at W. Again In Operatlon. F. MCCARTY’S Stock of CK of GOODS Watches, Clocks and Jewellery. Waltham, Elgin, Hampden, with Thomas and Swiss movements. Gold, Gold Filled, Silver and Silveroid Cases. ReliableWatches for railroad men at the lowest THE NEW YORK FIRESIDE COMPANION will also contain Serials, Sketches and articles by the following well-kno‘wn authors, viz: Henry Guy Carleton, Walter F. Jackson, Charlotte M. Braeme, “The Duchess,” M. V. Moore, C. E. Bolles, Mrs. E. Burke Collins, Mary Kyle Dallas, Kate M. Cleary, Charlotte M. Stanley, K. F. Hill, Kate A. Jordan, Grafton Deane, Shirley Brown, Annabel Dwight, «is (7'0 The Western Beef Industry. [Extract from paper read by Hon. proved Stock Breeders’ association] Elijah Tilley before the Nebraska Im- Another cheering indication is the in- I terest farmers are taking in the introduc- tion Of good beef blood into their herds. : 3 When training colts train them to fast Walking. A work horse that walks al- ways at a fast gait and does it naturally . and easily, as he will do if properly trained, is worth twice as much as one with a slow, lumbering gait. On these prairie farms where there are no natural obstacles to encounter, it is a waste of time to drive slow walking teamsâ€"Da- kota F armer. ,_ k , .9:- ONLY THE BREATH WASTED. Utilized from His Horns to the Tip of His Tail. The blood Of the beef animal is caught and sold to make albumen for sugar re- finers and other manufacturers, one use of it being the cheap substitute for hard rubber and other plastic materials used in the manufacture of buttons and other articles. Next the hide is taken Off, and after the meat is dressed the contents of the stomach are removed and dried and baled for manure, and the stomach itself is prepared as tripe. The hide goes to the tanner, the head is skinned and denuded of flesh for the sausage maker, the horns are knocked off and go to the comb maker, who knocks out the pith and sells it to the glue manufacturer, who is ever ready to take all the refuse from any part of the steer. The horny coverin- ' of hoofs are al. most as useful as the orns for making buttons, etc., and the feet make oil and glue. The shinbones make the finest of bone handles for various purposes, and all the remainder of the bony structure which the butcher is unable to sell with the meat finds its way eventually to the manufacturer of bone fertilizer and bone black. With the bones there is usually considerable marrow, grease and glue stock, all of which is used by the bone men in various ways. A few of the tails are absorbed in cold weather in the man- ufacture of ox tail soup, but usually “the tail goes with the hide,” and be- comes Spoiled for domestic use while lying around the tannery. Every scrap Of the skin of the animal, even the pate, as the skin of the head is called, is used in one way or another, and the refuse of the tanneries forms an important part of the income of the es- tablishments. This explains why large establishments with facilities and ar- rangements to utilize all these parts, and with labor saving machinery for the various operations of slaughtering, etc., can pay all expenses, including freight two ways, out of what mainly goes to waste in ordinary butchering operations, when only a beef or two per day is killed. â€"Orange Judd Farmer. Patterning Lambs. Twenty Spanish Merino ewe lambs, ‘small, Oily. wrinkly. wooly specimens, ~ were selected. Their average weight on Jan. 2 was only 52 3-20 pounds. They were confined to a comfortable shed, in which was running water, and were regularly fed with hay three times each day, while the grain ration. given at i :hini and night, consisting of outs. bran I and a little cracked corn, weighed only I one-third Of a pound to each sheep per I day. At the end of thirty days. or on d «a: the ”‘05. ‘ same time of day as before) and sin... an average gain of 5 3-5 pounds each in O 1‘ Feb. 1, the lambs were reweighe prices. New styles in clocks by Accounts required to be settled without delay, and (Ihains, Engage- Rings, Wedding Finest Quality. REPAIRING the best makers. mcnt Rings, IN FUTURE NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. I PVzmim’ as usual. I '7 May R. Mackenzie, Miss C. V..>Mait1and, Mary C. Preston, Annie Ashmore, Carl Brickett, Adna H. Lightner, Esther Serle Kenneth, Mrs. Findley Braden, Arthnr L. Meserve, etc. ~i " 170 We make a specialty, trying to f l f t t' t ofth ' 7 ‘ . - ' - The services 0 t 10 oremos ar Is 5 e A044 < ‘ gwe satISfaCtlon: and rehance- day have been secured, and the illustra- . 7 . . ' tions will be Of a higher degree 0. exce - l . . J ‘5? ‘57 Al II 'ACE IVYC have been SUCCCSSfiJI m our lence than can be found in any-other Illustration 0 - 1 .effort from the crowd Of regular periodical- Every number contains a a p ape ”3 customers ho f O W r dlscourse by W a ' r S. e a MANAGER V “ 6 THE REV. T. newm TALMAGE, sure of a large increase Of business. Try W. F. MCCARTY for fine ,rcpairing on Jewellery. Opposite I Daly House, Lindsay. W. F. McC‘ai/z‘y, THE JEWELLER. THE IETNA Life Assurance Company. 6 ES- ionably 85' ‘ 7 l e ordinarv. 4 portion of - 0%, g promptly attended to. '1 kinds of Plain and Barley lob Prim“ ASSETS, - - - $32,620 375 - SURPLUS, (by Canadian Standard) 7,3'9,000 __,_._______ INOOME, - - - - 5,000,000 'ng succeed ~ DEPCSIT AT 01mm, - 2,093,223 ides MATiiRED ENDOWMENTS. The government blue books of the past five years (pages 58, 68, 72, and 86) shew the cash paid to living policy holders in Canada, in settlement of Endowment Bonds during the five years ending J anu- ary lst, 1888, as follows :â€" I‘JIAGISTRATES BLANKS, 850. AETNA LIFE, - - - $446,998 eAIIAIIIAII AII0 BRITISH 00M- . PANIES commute, - I35,666 TING AT CITY PRICES. ,. , IN ALL A INDS 0F PR Besides the $446,998, the IEtna. Life paid to living members in Canada $447,577 In annual cash dividends upon their poli- 0195, and $729,434 to widows and orphans of deceased members, making a. total of $1,624,000 during the past five years in Canada. JOHN D. MAOMUIIOHY, General Agent. "WATCHMAN, 50 ems PER. AIIIIUM. Jos. COOPER, ‘ Propri eto Lindsay, Ont. Fresh and charming sketches, articles and paragraphs, COMPANION will be so receipt of $3; two copi up of clubs can at $2.50 each. We w remittances sent in Registe Post Office Money Orders. Specimen co humorous poetry and . answers to correspondents. TERMS :â€"â€"THE NEW YORK. FIREsIDE nt for one year on es for $5. Getters- afterward add single copies ill be res onsible for re Letters or Postage free. pics sent free. Address GEORGE MUNRO, Munro’s Publishmg House, 17 to 27 Vandewater Street, P. O. Box 3751. New York. â€".- â€"â€"’â€"â€"-~‘â€" . MONEY TO LOAN. AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES, INTEREST PAYABLE YEARLY. Terms to suit borrower. McINTYRE STEWART, Barristers and etc., Lindsay. MONEY TO LOAN. COMPANIES’ 8L PRIVATE FUNDS TO LOAN AT LOWEST RATES. to borrower to pay off any sum on account_o lnCl'lt Of Interest VVlthOllt HOUCC Interest yearly. All payments H. B. DEAN, Barrister, Solicitor, 8:52., Corner of York 8: Kent Streets, Lindsay Lindsay, Dec. 30th, 1887. â€"___-_______._._.___â€"â€"-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€" HueH NNIPHELL. Accountant, Fire and Life In- surance Agent. Agent for Head- stones and. Monuments. Can- vasser and Cpllector for The Watchman. . Lindsay, Ont. priviiego prinCIpal with any pay and Without expense. made in my office The difference in price between high and 3 low grade steers is becoming more } marked every year, and if we have to! compete with the states farther east we must bring our cattle up to the standard ; tO which they have theirs. The market , for prime cattle is always good. and we I must remember in breeding and feeding that the cattle of the plains come into . competition with our medium cattle and tend to lower the price, while they would not afiect the price Of prime cattle. and there would be less cause to cry out re- gardin g said price. Taking it altogether, I consider the. outlook very flattering for the future. The day of the large ranch and the scrub steer is past, and with the cessation of their competition and more careful breedâ€" ing, buying and feeding on our part, we may look forward to more prosperous times in the future to repay us for the present and past depressions and dis- couragemcnts. God speed the day. l I Incubator Chickens. \Vithout entering into any dispute with incubator men I wish to say that to se- cure the best resuhs you cannot use a male that is hatched by any other means than by its mother hen. The warnnh producing incubation, being imparted by flesh and blood to the egg in theopcn. is a far different process from the heating of confined air and confining the eggs therein, giving the embryo two puffs Of breath per day of Open air when the eggs are being turned. I leave all theory aside. I say for myself, I want no male to sire my chickens that owes its life solely to an incubator. I believe an in- cubator hatched chick cannot as a rule be grown as large. I believe an incu- bator hatched hen will not lay as large an egg as she was hatched from, the same coming from a naturally born hen. But in the early season. that you may have fowls for early exhibitions and win- ter produce Of eggs for kitchen use, you may and are compelled LO use incubators, f for at that time there are few sitting hensâ€"I. K. Felch. Farm Horses and Colts. Keep the work harness Of farm horses In good repair and complete. Horses work better in whole. well lifting har- ness than in broken. patched up ones, and there is greater satisfaction in hand- ”.ing them. See that the collars fit properly, and always keep them clean, without which care sore shoulders are sure to result. Galled shoulders are oftener the result of and indication of carelessness in this respect than of any- thing else. weight. This is apparently nothing cram-w:- 1i- nary: but it is really an iliCl‘L“.‘.:~'«3 of over 10 per cent. on their original Weight in thirty days. The grain ration. it will be Observed, was very small indeed. and de- signed fora healthful growth. and not for fattening purposes. Bhutan sheep are fed at least four or five timer: us much grain, and that of a more C;1‘.‘l‘:u;‘.;‘.<y€x nus nature, when they are being fitted for . the market. ,But a lot of ram lambs fed and treated in a similar way did even, better. They made an average gain of exactly seven pounds each, or nearly 11 ' per cent». on their original weight. One lambâ€"a small one Weighing but fifty- four and one-quarter poundsâ€"made the phenomenal growth of ten pouzuls. or an increase of over 18 per cent. in the thirty daysâ€"L. \V. Feet in Rural New Yorker. Dishorning Cattle. The question Of whether or no: it is cruel to dishorn cows is now before the Scotch courts, the defense being that i1 is necessary to cut off the horns of Irisl‘ and Canadian caIIle to keep them fron‘ gluing each other in the feeding court: used in Scotland during the winter. Om witness testified that experierICe had con ' verted him to faVOr dishorning. and the. he now practices it with all his (luernsq cows, who seem to suffer little pain fro: the operation and the quality of whos p milk is not ai‘fecicd by it. The Englis , courts have held that the practice was 7 cruel one. ‘ Points of Interest. The better farmers of the present da are beginning 10 prize the mule abm? ‘ ’2 the ox or the horse for farm work. ‘ pair of twelve lllllllll‘C‘xI pound mules worth from five to six hundred dol to any farmer. Farmers who a few years ago szockr their fish ponds with carp are no changing to the European bI own Il"."i if finding that a much preferable table Iis i I do not want a kicking cow, says. Jol Gould, but I do want to see. one wi nerve enough to, when abused. kick h' abuser into the furthest c.5110!” of 1 barn so severely that when he . ' there he will understand she has 2‘: ter developed brain. , Raise all the colts you can. it is . g 5‘ ancient saying that one strong. gent; old mare has paid off the mortgage ‘ . ' many a poor man‘s farm. . Every farmer may and ought to.hu a fish pond on his premises. It will h L .i take away that lack of variety whicl‘ \ j ‘ the worst feature of farm diet. it n. . (l. l" .. a