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Durham Chronicle (1867), 14 Jul 1870, p. 1

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us Famodf tracten'in‘ici my, F amil, :dâ€"making AVORITE'! tftbe pecuni lviduals. 3° well as m ad having 3‘ aens of thou. in Town and to whichthc’ d responsiblc "I; and orde'l'fla incontinued- :. | I [3 N50!“ ml VILLAGE! wspapefi Printing , latelyintf'd‘ 7. 1“. Clarke, iitor of this “ling, JASS '3 in the Land ad Hundrea rreSpondenu n 'nhority oil try Suhjvcm' ' “nut “Tn: 'I‘EHTW’, Ab}! rad Hum-tit; which nail nsuretn 6 must haV’ necessarl '3 Size and and is not and Best, )0 Weekly lily, V alue . F. P 0 RTS 3, being Ab” ed in Extré, 5', Vxllage and for Yourself; not. a. mnnth?‘ FAMIL’? :XY 3 «'3‘ to other he publisher, totbe form )nsible. NICLE r‘ b ubscribefl r and C’lig uh Agenn, Premiums, Specr , c.,sent made .ing by fed from i a famed n wherbil ntributom ublication all latte” 3‘(in City, F Miners. ISLE. insertion! :ihrtflion‘ Ubder, Pet ’JMX‘ : {$731123 1D settwf: N 1, 0 TE. umpnsL Hf 1"". d. an! ma né? 30 char "waeé more, extra; led White EIYSI 0 V E County of Grey. A! promptly attended to l) Solicitor U diceâ€"U ver U Durham, Om. WHOLE NO.180.] ARRISTER, ATTORNY - AT -‘LAW, Solicitor in Chancery, c., c.â€" ‘Un-‘ucazâ€"Next door to the Telegraph 031cc, Durham. 1641f. Medic-21:1 Advice Gratis. )m m 2H C. McDougall, sun: AND 01:): AMENT AL (H's‘xt, l’uiuwr, Durham, ()nt. Pamtmg, done in the .rn‘ ’ - ... ‘ ‘)-I'\6'\' “:‘.n 'in'.'. ' ‘mv*- Durham ' v , _ _ ~ HAMILTON ONT .. U ‘ . . , In the most complete Sewing M ~ 1. ‘ tn t'urn’nh Carritwps Cutters Wav- ' " . . "7 ’ ’ " “ - a gum and \lmg'ns, mmmiactured from the btaud’ walnut top, mouldmos a h. u! m-m-rizfl. :u t'm- (-hé‘mwst pussihre rntesQ . , ~. WK Ivau'rzmtwd. Sump, nppnsite Mr $30 00 :t-n-u. Lower Town. Durham. 9 "J ' :\ mu 31‘ ER, ATTU RX EYâ€"AT-LAW thcimr in Chancery, 5:43., 3m.â€" a Kerr, Brown McKenzie, IMPUR'I‘ERS 01“ DRY GOODS AND Groceries, and General Wholesale Merchants, Hamilton, 0 at. “’0 AGvJNT, \loney to LE ‘, R. 1'. Porter, YW I\\' S‘ I (1“ “€300, S EEK 95%- ' Smx OF ms BIG CHAIR. 'I,‘ ;: Johnson.Publishers ProprietorsJ James Brown, m HARRIAGE LICENSES, . HaISted! THOMAS DIXON. Samuel Wimam Buchanan, 'pium n LASGOW SC “183:”. Bunk- i=7 - {.3 :‘\ ‘. ‘7“ .- ‘ __ ) 4; a. binder, bullwan 1031 {Lg-- -‘C_<:r:;_g_, Office. Charges mod- ”hr-x erate. All ordersleft .--_ ~~ at the CHRONICLE 0f- ‘ EG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY are prepaied to do Millinery and Dress-making, and would kindly solicit ihe atronage of Durham and vicinity. Mrs. ‘i’erkiss is we“ acquainted with above‘ branches, and 21150 Straw-work. Flutiug done in good style. . (ff-Residence next to R. McKenzie’s iuge brick store, Lower Village. U Store, bower luwu, Uu....-.... workmanship, punctuality and mode: antes are the rules at this Smithy. your Jchn Moodie, 10 3.13. ml â€"â€"'â€" 30bbing done on the shortest amt” Dal glish’ s left Farm ‘ On'wl: 3C e1 E. Legate, NT, VVAIAUER, «‘30., C. ‘ Lend [turn one to ten terms of interest. Farms "18', "In Us, ‘ x’»GEO\, 5:0. GYM-{D mria (Jolie re, Toronto. 1's luildzng‘, Durham, attended to KGEON 67.0., HAN \RD, A. NI. M. D. geon (D. S. Army.â€" South of.Jas Brown’s Durham. The doctor FEE 01‘ C? ARGE, 1:1), 4". .‘l. L'AO u-,f e‘wn (1.; 5. Army ’ ‘ CORNISH’S HOTEL, W 1th 0‘ Jdb. Browns . .- ,:1,Mm‘ The doctor? ORQHTA‘RI)VILLE. Thxa House has re- “:‘E H'r' CHARGE,- cmhy been. refitted and furnished in g. {m to 2 p. m. :‘first class style, yuh a vxew to the comfort at 1...”) dmy Shaw’s my} accorpmodatxon of: the tmvclling public. amend“! t0. ; W mes, LIQUOI’S and ngars of the choicest me Mutter on hand, ‘- bands always on hand. Good Stabling and an attpntxve hostler. Stages call daily.â€" ‘: children 31:3 have ; : Charges moderate. £1 JWCI‘ IF Yov W HUGH Rose. mcery, 090-: “W' {store-,Upper TOW“: ....... Factory, OPPOSiTB ORANGE HA] DURHAM, }‘:Ln‘,§ian~ of the art AND GREY “vv' eyaucw, Licensed 2 Cuumy ‘ot'Grey, wk: and Accounts ,. Cf?$50,00010 Town Property at H Gurafraxa SL, Elac ksmith, opposite y‘ Boat. and Shoe Town, Durham. â€" (h ‘10 ANT Fl'mu'rtm-z b XESS and Trunk Maker, o‘pposite the Crown Land 05%, Durham, Ont. iWhips. Spare, 85¢ , always on bland. ADDLER. HAR- l-ly. ORCHARDVIL‘LE, JAMES BELL, Paomumon. Having leased the above premises, lateYy occupied by Mr. J. U‘JWquuuLIvu Iv ....--- generally. Good Wine-:5; Liquors arid Ci- gars always on hand. Superior Stahling and an attentive Hostler. Stages calldaily. HALL DURHAM HOTEL, Durham, 1 A M E S EL L I O T T , PrOprietor. P The snhsc‘fiber thankful for past favors wishes to inform his old friends and the public generally, that he has again com- menced business in the above Hotel and hopes by strict attention to the comfort of his guests to merit 'a fair share of public patronage. _ ' - . â€" --A-A.An HALF-WAY HOUSE. ll \VIIuiv- 3:? A good Livery in connection. E-B’f’fi}; 69:398. mm; AND ELEGANT : it surpasses all others yet the most essential particulars. and consequently much more aged ; it is more duralile, ant will last much longer ; it is: finished, and consequently n 1 agreeable appearance ; it ru ' consequently does not fatigu it does more work and ot'a in an equal space of time, quentty more ec0nornical ; work, and a greater variety . sequently pc‘ssesses a greate ‘ it is a greater wife-Sairerflabi saver, time-saver, board-sa quently appeals more cm philanthropic instincts of h stood the test of actual use, bed a great popularity. Pu ‘not select a machine until râ€"----‘v 1‘ IS UNDENIABLE, THAT the Lockman B not much ex'ceeding $352.3 IiIeEOCKM'AN, alarze amount of futu: trouble; Is UNDENIABLE, TH AT the There was another boy who Was ac-I costed by an ascetic middle-aged lady“ me- 'a* ‘Boy, I want to go to Dover Street.’ l, vim? Blachine - ' a I. ‘\Vell, ma’am,’ said the boy, ‘whyi don’t you go then.’ THELOCKMAN FAMILY Sill'T'l‘LE ‘ MANUFACTURED BY 0 d t L k G . ne ay a .a'e "eorge, a party of $0375 BOWMAN CO" gentlemen strolling along the beautiful HAMlUON 0'"- islands of the lake, with bad luck, espied “3 Sewing Machine made. a little fellow with a red shirt and a straw h‘at, dangling a line over the side of~a boat. IOSi. comple pried of the Machine, on beautiful valnut top, mouldings and drawers is T H AT the l A 5. ' b u u, DUnV-V" â€"_ . Q 0flice,â€"â€"Onb door North of Elliott’s Hotel, Upper Village, Durham. 13 UNDENIABLE, Agent for Durham Durham, March 16th, 1870. iIAT the Lockman Machihe has achieved an IMMENSE POPU- LARITY in the short “me it has been betore the people; IS UNDENIABLE, occupxes a to others tT the Lockman Machine, altho’ .t much ex'ceeding in price the very cheapest machine manu- factured anywhere, is yél IXCO‘.‘IP;\R;\BLY superio'r pubhc. Efl‘ort. 1Ԥ'66.\1x3;-\’RABLY superioi' to any cheap machine yet Call and 11151390“ ssll others yet attempted in itial particulars. It is simpler, itly much mo easily man- )re duraBle, an consequently u longer ; it is more elegantly consequently makes a more >earnnce; it runs easier, and does not fatigue the 'dperator; work And oi'a'cétt'er quality an: is conse- Lockman Machine already a waition lonly accorded - B A Az‘nnmn brohdbt fiat. E L L, Scam-10m? rv V-v‘ â€" I after years of toxlsome n‘unL" ll .--'J of future annoyanc e and _. Edwards. A”! and vicxmtyi i [eat METkBto”\ Why have widows a; right to flirt ?-â€"â€" BEABLBS mm,- Because the Bible says the widows mite. 'I loathe! abhor! detest! despise! Abominate dried-apple pies; I like good bread, I like good meat, Or anything that’ 3 fit to eat; But. of all poor: Urub beneath the skies, ’The poorest is dried apple pies. Give me toothache or sore eyes In preference to such kind Of pies. The farmer takes his knurliest fruit, ’Tis wormy, bitter, and hard to boot; They leave the hulls to make us cough, And don’ t take hall the peeling oif. Then on a dirty cord they re strung, And from some chamber window hung And then they serve a roost tor flies Until they’re ready to make pies. Tread on my corns, or tell me lies, But don’t pass me dried-apple pies. So when a lady asked her servant girl} if the hired man cleaned oi? the snow with alacrity, she replied :4- ‘No, ma’am, he "used a shovel.’ The same little turn of mind which we have been illustrating is “sometimes used intentionally, and perhaps a little maliciously, and thus becomes the pro- 1 street :â€" ‘Boy, may I inquire where Robinâ€". son’s drug stone is ‘3’ ‘Certainly, sir,’ said the boy, very i-‘el spectfullv. ‘Well, sir,’ said the gentleman, alter waiting a while, ‘Where is it ?’ ‘I have not the least idea, yer honor,’ ysaid the \irchln. ‘H-illow, boy, said 008 Of them, what her home, and let her llV8.' ‘ are you doing?’ ‘Fishing,’ cam the 'a’nSWer- and died a beggar in Galway. ‘Well, of course,’ said the gentleman, â€"â€"â€"â€"+.â€"+e0 . .th what do you catch?’ What Family Government 13, - . a 9 9) "'â€" ‘F‘Sh ’ what d ye s pose ° It is not to watch children with asus- .13“? any Elf you ever 3.83 an elephatnt s picious eye; to frown at the merry out.- 8km i mqmmd a teach-er Of an m ant l bursts of innocent hilarity; to suppress class. , , their joyous laughter, and to mould them ‘ O I ivhhave, pexcianlnetlil 0216' h into melancholy little models of octoo ‘ ere. as e t e eac cr . ° ' t . ‘0 the ele hant ’ said the ho Iau h- generian ”an 3' . . . . n P i y’ g And when they haVe been in fault it ingly. is not to punish them eimply on account Sometimes this sort of ivit degener- of personal injury that you may have ates or "388’ as the case might be, into chanced to suffer in consequence of their P““°‘”g’ “8 “he“ Flm WW“ Pef‘s‘v‘" fault; while disobedience unattended by ly to the heavy masses 0‘ clouds m the inconvenience to yourself, passes without Sky: saying t-L‘ _ a. Fetfllkeo ‘ ‘., “-â€" ‘tLt‘n ‘3 ‘Twenty eight. inches, sir.’ - le- . . This reminds one of an er m- which is said to have occurred recently 5 3. in Chatham street, New York, where a 233. countrymen was clamoronsly besieged instance mas ° , ev- ‘Have you any fine shirts ?’ said the “‘6 countryman. ‘I wonder wbei'e these oloiid‘s are go- ing ?’ and her brother replied :â€" ‘I think they are going to tbunder.’ Also, the following dialogue :â€" ‘Hallon, there 1 how do you sell your wood ?’ ‘By the cord.’ ‘How long has it been cut ?’ ‘Fonr feet.’ ‘I meanthow long has it. been since |you cut it. ?’ , ‘No longer than it is now.’ And also when Ps‘rick O’Flynn was seen with his collar and his bosom sad- ly begrimmed, and was indignantly ask- ed by his ofiicer :â€" Dried-Apple Pies. ‘To be sure, sir.’ ‘Ihen,’ said the countryman, with great gravity, ‘ydn land better put on one, for you need it? Pfl‘fi’i‘ifi". When is a boat like a pile of When it is adrift. Why do yofiag laéiés‘ v‘e‘vhitéu their faces ? Because they think the powder will make them go ofl'; What proof have we that there was Sailing in the time of David? He was hemmed in on every side. Mother W-i-t. 3d one of them, what An Irish gentleman was much troubled ‘ 'with a wife who drank tremendouslyâ€" : in fact, she spent ever'y ‘farthing on l whiskey and sold everything she couldl lay her hands on to get more. The poor l fellow was almost at his wit’s end what {to do about her, "and 's‘e'he 'went to Dr. 1 Murphy for advice'in the matter. I Could the doctor give him nothing ? ‘Is it poison you want?’ said the doc~ tor; ‘hecnuse if it is, say so like a man !’ ‘Of course it’s not poison ‘I want, but only a. trifle to cure her of drinking.â€" Can’t'yo‘h'miz me up something ?’ _ O ‘ A- A.--n V'â€" ‘If I could mix np anything to cure that disorder,’ said the doctor, ‘I should ‘ be a made man. But I tell you what â€"â€"take home a. gallon of ‘whisky, and letiher drink ifs much. "a's‘she likes, and I will be round before the night is -take home a. let-her drink '3‘: I will be rou gone. S‘Juvu It was in the ”summer time but not moonlight, and when the woman was thoroughly drunk, the doctor and the l husband carried her down into the vaults of an old castle close by, and laid her down on some boards till she would ’cornei‘to. After she had a good sleep she woke about 't‘Welve o’clock, ‘and be- gan calling out, and asking where she ‘Well, you are in the neath Eversberg Abbey, doctor said. vv' ‘A’n'a how long have I been here '3’ she inquired. ‘A matter offer: or tWe‘lve mo‘nths,’ he answered. ‘And I’m deadtof course,’ she said. tor. ‘You must know an. nu); of LUIS country a good deal better than me.â€" Wherc can you get a droP ofgood whis- i F ky, reasonahie 's" 1 That. floored the doctor, and turning to the gentleman, he said : ‘Squire, you had better take your wife home. If she thinks there are whisky shops in Hades, it is of no use trying to frighten her with death. Take ’ her home, and let hei‘ live.’ The Goetor could she would say next, to fancy, when she b 830W 1’ ‘Yes, ma’am.’ ‘ ‘And how long have 57611 been here ?‘ ‘Somcwhere about five years,’ he said. ‘Thep we are all dead.’ ‘Yes.’ She sat down on the floor, and thought the matter over a hi5. ‘Luâ€" â€" ‘As a door nailL!’ wound up the doc- The Ruling Passion. ‘And you are (1916, too ?’ Nor is it to overwhelm the little :8 i culprit with a flood of angry words; to stun him with a deafening voice; to call 3 him by hard names, which do not 'eir- press his misdeeds; to load him with . epithets which would be extravagant, if applied to a fault of ten fold enor- or to declare with passionate _ vehemence, that he is the worst child in the world, and destined to the gallows. But it is to watch anxiously for the fir-St risings of sin, and to repress E them; to counteract the earliest work- ‘ ings of selfishness, to suppress the first 1 beginnings of rebellion against rightful ‘ authority ; to teach an implicit and un- ‘ l questioning, and cheerful obedience to the Will of the parent, as the best pre- paration for a future allegiance to the civil magistrate,and 1 t 3 requirements of the 7 to the laws of the great Ruler and Bed Bear, the Indian warnor, saya hé' thinks the white squaws are very handsomé', but they have on too much war paint; Fight. hard against a hasty temperaâ€"â€" Anger will come, but resist it strongly. A spark will set a. house on fire. A fit of passion may give you cause to mourn all your life. Hater re‘lenge an in- jm’y. d not imagine what , and was just trying beganâ€"- the Indian warrior, says 01' L111: In'giving an account. of the eating of a French soldier by cannibals, the Lon don LD’llZy Anew: says; _ “If any one of us looks to being eaten h by cannibals, he may wish to be inform- t E ed how he 1s likely to be cooked. It 15 t a comfort to know that the savages who pet may devour him are by no means de- W1 void of refinement in culinary di posi: 11: ‘tion Some French soldiers were re- 2 cently taken prisoners by the Kanaks, C and one of them was killed and eaten. His comrades thus describe the process. The. Kanaks first decapitate their vic- tim ; a matter of no seam difiiculty,con-‘ sidering the bluntness of their hatchets. Ten to fifteen blows are necessary. The 'body 13 then hung up to a tree by the l feet, and the blood allowed to run for 3 one hour. Meanwhilea hole, a yard I: O s stones, and then in the midst of them a c e great fire IS lighted. The man is then ‘ e cleaned out, div1ded into pieces about a I d foot long, the hands and feet being (1 l thrown'a'Wa‘y as usele'Ss. The pieces of , p the man are then placed on the leaves e- of a rose tree, surrounded with cocoanut, 1e 1 banana and some other plants noted for, their fine flavor. The whole is tied to-' :r- gether firmly , the fire 18 then removed be from the pit, the meat is placed on the the hot stones, and thus, carefully cover- ed, is left to cook for an hour. \‘l omeni do not partake of the Warrio1’s feast.â€" 13,’ Men alone are permitted to enjoy so great an honor, and so rare and fine a delicacy. uu- â€"' ‘â€" n the con- »iiy. Even dren are no Ion but. has to are tumbled 01);; The New York Tribune says: “Utm- ger brought upâ€"they it. is done by machin- ONTARIO, JULY 14m, 1870. Mode of Cooking Men. in what he said, the verdict was in his favor. Miss F. has published a card in a the Gazette, in which she says : “First of b all, the failure of the jury to agree does k not and cannot terminate the suit, and F should the best years of my life be spent. I in the endeavor, I will not rest untii a verdict has been given for or against 1 ‘ me, and, either at this court or ahigher , one, an example get not only to my, but to all slanderers; for, in bringing this suit I have not been unmiudful of the many innocent girls whom I have seen injured as shamefully as I have been, and much less able to defend themselves.” As for the choice of this 'eXaniple, it fell i on the iir’st than against whom we had t fs of his having repeated the 3 slander in its most aggravated form (a r fact which he now denies) and one Who1 V as being an old and respected citizen, t should have been the last to have given countenance to so foul a wrong. This e is an example to copy by, for any of our '0 young ladies in Durham, who have been ll the subject of slanderers. in the darlr. as witness the following: a ‘ t t ton express from since. Just as the train was entering the Harlem tunnel he Opened his hand- bag and took out as he supposed his : er, spread it Over the back of 1 * his seat to reserve it,and then went for- ward to the smoking-car. After finish- ing his cigar h’é. returned to his seat, and as he entered his car, was astonish- ed to lind the passengers bent double with laughter over some unwonted spectacle. Looking around for the cause of this unseemingly levity, his eye fell upon, not the linen duster which be supposed he h rors! upon hi spread out over . {picked up his linen andâ€"dusted. i linen dust The art of puffing has climax out in Iliinois. Thi they do it: “If you weir 'v‘vooflers of the hidden river the mighty Colorado ovc imagination failé to pictu ‘chasms which have rent t the mountainé, anddov’m i1 depths of the earth, go li‘st tl’owell.” Her em Avenger. folds. cry. That mister. rt of puffing has reached its at in Iliinois. This is the way it: “If you want to hear of of the hidden river, the rush of {aty Colorado over falls the ion failé to picture; through which have rent the hearts of ntainé, anddov’m into the inner c' the earth, go listen to Major Aug, SQETS at? mamaaense HARD was THE Samâ€"A bachelor thus impeaches women: “I impeach her in the name of the great whale of the ocean,,whose bones are torn asunder to enable her ‘to‘iefébp straight. I im- ..e peach her in the name of the peacock, :Whose strut without his permisston she has stealtbiiy and without honor assum- ed. I impeach her in the name of the horse, whose tail she has perverted from its use to the making of wavy tresses to decorate the back of the head and neck. I impeach her in the name of the kan- garoo, Whose beautiful 'figure she, in taking upon herself the Grecian bend, has brought into ill-favor and disrepute.” a fish peddler attempted to cross the p track on the gravel-road near Elora, I just as the engine was coming. He had i: time enough, but unluckily his horse, 5 being of an inquiring turn of mind,stop- ii ped on the track to investigate the rail- 1 ’ way question thoroughly. The driver r whaled him with a vigor born of despe- ration, but he wouldn’t budge until the engine arrived, and the next instant. fish, \vaggon, horse and driver were landed in the ditch by the road-side.â€" h‘or'éu'n'atelj n‘o seridus injury was sus- tained, the fish were picked hp, and the _ vendor proceeded on his way», but not ‘ ' rejoicingâ€"Mt. Forest Examiner. ' An old minister the other day asked I a woman what could be done to induce f her husband to come to church. ‘I don't know,’ she replied, “unlese you were to s . . . , lput a pipe and a Jug of whiskey in the u 3 . “Ch“. pCW. A inali named Davenport, an acrobat, I as just died at Davenport from injuries received in practising one of his feats. He was in the habit of allowing a stone to be broken on his chest with a ham- mer. The stone was broken without being noticeci, and another blow given, l from the effects of which he died. The matter was examined Into, auu as the strange transaction was found to have taken place in reality, the court granted the protest of the old man, and t ENGLISH GINGER P09. â€"One and a 1? MM ounecs of the best ground Jamaica ginger, one oz. of cream of tartar; o'n’é‘: pound of sugar, and We sliced Iem'ons , to all of which add four quarts of boil- ‘1 ing water, and a half pint of yeast; let I it ferment for twenty four hours, Strain 1 and bottle it. In a week or two it will be ready for 1169. An 'eXperienced paper. hanger states‘ that turpentine; mingl the time of pap'ering,’ ' against bugs and insects of all kinds 1n - mnfi :‘ Twenty-five English noblemen have been driven into bankruptcy by gaming on the turf within the lastltweln year's. matter was examin'éd into, ana COUNTY ADVERTISER. Thls adv1ce needs to be repeate , +1' , ,1 t d ’ If th 1 f g . . , - -.‘. e ac. “tass .e. s . da1ly. Every farmer knows that a 11111 iP m J 11111 a . e u “if cc“ -- ' . .has been unground grain and hay, no- of corn or potatoes W111 not amount tel . . ._.. :.. .2- - . lthmg but a change w111 eneet any de» much unless cultlvatcd, and yet there . “ . : tetrable change in the appearance of the 1 . l d 1 Lunu ullu t rrrrr u are manv who will neglect'te ive the - a .. A . - p -“ b , . g L annual. I[n case oil meal cannot b'e‘ob; lsame care to a tree, wh1ch 1s worth a . .. . , . a l . . , , . tamed read1ly, mtx a bushel ot flax see . hundred h1lls of the former. In r1ch . h “h . i1 . . , 1w1t a bus el of barley, one of oats an so1ls trees may grow rapidly mthout. ~ 1 ., . .. . a» . . another bushe. of ludzan com, and 1e: cultwat10n,and no amount of weeds or . - n - -' . ' 1t be ground 1uto fine meal. 1111s W111 grass Wlll retard them 1 but there are be a fair proportion for all his feed. 0”: other tbmgs to be looked after. Ifl » the meal or the barley, oats and com, the weeds and stems are allowed to grow . . . . a . 1n equal quant1t1es,may first be procur- up around the stems 0f apples, peach cd- and. one-'t'ourth art of oil cake mi' - ' trees the bark will become’ 1 i . . . i p .- i ' . x, or quince , ’ 1 ', ' ed w1th 1t, when the meal 13 sprtnkled soft near their base by belng shaded, f _ . _ , _. _, , . on cut feed. Feed two or three quarts and thereby be 1n 9. su1table condmon of the mixture two or three times daily' ' he rece tion of eggs which will inl - - * " 3 “Ft P ' mingled w1th a peek of cut bay and. 1 t1me become parch or apple borers. 1‘ ake straw. If the horse will eat that greed- any dozen young‘apple tree-s 1n sections ily, let the_ quantity be gradually in- e Whereth'e a‘ppleJree borer 1s abundant, [creased {Int-1i! he will eat four or six _ and allow a portlon to be 01’0de w1th quarts at every feeding three timesa weeds, and tbs remamder well cultivat- day So lonrr .w the horse will 'eat hi 1r ‘1 . ' C “' " ‘ . 5 'r 0d: and then watch the result. 110m allowance the quantity may be increased. our. own expenenoe, we believe that the lBut avoid the practice of allowing 51. 1e chances are n1ne to. one 1n favor 0f horse to stand at a rack well filled with 1 those cultivated bemg exempt from hay. In order to fatten a horse thati’!!! . , . . . . . . , at ““3 pest. Th1s 1s.t1ue 1n regard to run down 1n flesh, the groom should be many other trees which are liable to the very particular to feed the animal d6 attack 0f various Weeks Of inSCCtS- more than he will eat up clean and lick Young . “stare?” Shows never have his manger for more. their lower branches shaded with weeds W and grass, and the soils as far as the low- HOW Much Manure to a 00W or branches extend, should be stirred‘ el- at least once in two or three weeks, du- Carefully conducted meriflénfi ashew tl1at.iaicow of the average size kes ring the entire summer or ‘else apply .in- some kind of mulching that will effect. wilt void about 00 lbs. of manure in a. by ually keep down the weeds. When the day, measuring about one and one-sixth trees become large and strong, these cubic feet, which is more than three precautions will not become necessary. cords. weighing over ten tons a-year’. it Every blade 0f grass or small weed that is the Opinion of many good cultivator-s is allowed to grow about the stem Of that three loads of poet or muck, mixed mall trees, w1ll ”b the 8011 Of m01st-' with one load of cow dung, make a corn- \l' ast, the >rse, s top- “Ti" and. the fact alone ought to.be inf- post quite as effective for the top dress- mll- fic1ent to make everyone practicet or- ing meadows as the cow dung itself. IT . it. o ' ‘. 1ver ough and careful on are t tlns were done we should have twelve r.” M...__,_._ _ ‘ . . o . . . ’ r" l cords of good compost from the sohd ex-‘ '1 Dig around the Trees. A correspondent of the Country Gen ‘88 valuable a tleman says :â€"-“If you wish to grow {carefully 811‘ rhubarb that will Eur‘prise your neigh- kept under til hers and pay you well, proceed as fol- double we pi lows: Dig a trench about two feet 'Of gOOd eomj wide and eighteen inches deep; then upon W0 ac: scatter barnyard manure to the depth of producmg a t {three inches in the bottom of the trench lt would "m and thoroughly mix it with the soil by three tons pr using 'a spade forli, spading the ground - the efiects 0f to ‘the depth of eight inches; then mix ed craps for manure with the soil as you throw it If sold in. me back into the trench. After all of the would bring dirt has been thrown back into the meadowirt trench, it will be several inches higher In successwe than the general surface of the garden, and in setting the roots, care must be taken that they are set down enough mate shows v vorable cire home supply found that n bor applied trench is well settled. If the aboveplan is strictlyfollowed, INCIDENT mammoth pie-plant will be the result. ing incident The writer a few years since Set two days ago, ar or three doZen plants according to the he lost: A above directions, and he drew visitors the time C for miles around, all of whom wanted head on the d roots of the new sort of pie plant. The all devout] varieties were Myatt’s Victoria and fore her 53 Linnaeus. It Was hard work to make bowed 11:5 1 them believe that the secret of its enor- tiful plume J‘ mous growth was manure. head of '11} wrote : “Don’t forget to tell your agricultur- al friends that tomatoes on heavy soil may be obtained from four to five weeks earner than usual by Setting the plants on the top of sharp hills. The hills ,should be about fifteen inches high and three feet at the base. Water the plants a only when first set, and dust the plant 11 and whole hill frequently with plaster. v The tomato, Coming from a hot and dry 11 country, will endure a drouth that l would prove fatal to less hardy plants. 6 What it needs most is heat, and this l is secured by planting on steep hills, on : which the sun’s rays strilie lest? obliquely than on flat surfaces. Land should not be over rich for the tomato, very fer- ‘ tile soils producing too great growth of l vine: The Vines {should be épinched in’ .‘and the blossoms remoiIed after the first , settings have attained the siZe of mar. -lbles; but in any case the vines should t be permitted to fall directly on the 1. ground, that the fruit may have the full l l benefit of the heat of the sun, and the warmth refracted from the earth. By Esaving the first well formed ri‘p‘e tomato l? for Seed for Several successive years, a it variety may be obtained that, for earli- Y l n'ess, will be far superior to the original ’9 l stock.” How to Grow Rhubarb. In 5 caéé of marital’sep'aration in Cin- cinnati, the fiiéintifl' addreésed ihe court. “Judge.” saia she; “I éan’t lub dat dar nigger," he kicked me in the ribs one until he loosened all my insides, and when dat occurred my ’fection for him i . i wamshed." i. Treatment of Tomatoes. Compton, éf Hawley, Penn., I Q-‘\f. Many good horses devour large ‘gnan; ties of grain or hay, and still éentinue a 0 thin and poor. The .food eaten is n u ‘perfeetly assimilated. If the usual fecll has been ungronnd grain and 11:17, 967 thing but a change will effect. any ide- gsirable change in the appearance of the animal. in .case 8:: ‘ineal cann’Ot Beehi- tained readily, mix a bushel of flax Shea with a bushel of barley, one of oats aria Ianother bushel of Indian corn,,.':ind Tet: it be ground into fine meal. This will be a fair proportion for all his feed. 09:: the meal or the barley, oats and'eo'r‘n', in equal quantities, may first be procur- ed», and one-fourth part of oil cake mig- Ved with it, when the meal is sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two or three quarts ‘of the mixture two or three times daily; mingled with a peek of out hay and straw. If the horse will eat that greed- ily, let the quantity be gradually inâ€" !creased {tum he will eat four or six quarts at every feeding three timesa day. So long as the horse. will 'eat hi allowance the quantity may be increased. ’ lBut avoid the practice of allowing 5} f horse to stand at a rack well filled with ‘ hay. In order to fatten a horse thatih 3 run down in flesh, the groom should be e very particular to feed the animal at. 5' more than he will eat up clean and liclt: Hofi’io Fatten aPcC‘r Horse. [VOLUME 4, N0. 24. crenicnt of one cow. It is further esti- mated that the liquid manure is quite as valuable as the solid. If this were .Lcaretully saved by peat absorbents', :kept under the stable, or in it, it would ldouhle the pile, or be equal to 24 cards ‘of good compost. If this were Spread upon two acres of run down meadow, producing a ton of hay or less per acre’, it would increase the crop probably to three tons per acre the first year, and the efiects of it would be seen in ineiieysl ed crops for five years. This compost; if sold in many good farming districts would bring $4 per cord. Used on the meadow, it would produce much more in successive crops of bait This esti- mate shows what may he done under fa- vorable circumstances to increase the home supply of fertilizers. We have found that nothing pays better than la; hor applied to the compost heap. [$1.50 per Anfiufir‘. INCIDENT IN Cucncn.â€"-The follow; ing incident occurred a couple of Sun- days ago, and is certainly too good td be lost : A lady entered church during the time of prayer; and rested her head on the back of the pew in front, as all devout poorile do, but in the pew be- fore her sat a young man who neithei‘ bowed his head nor kueeled. , A head’- tiful plume nodded and danced dpon the head of the an": one behind him, ocea- sionally touching the necl: of the youth; ‘ who evidently considered it a fly or some other troublesome insect. For a. time he bore the unpleasant sensation without a murmur, but at last patiéiiee ceased to be a virtue, and from the flash of his eagle eye one could see that thd ; hour of“that fly” had some. Cautious- 5 .137 his hand moved to the supposed or: s fending insect; then followed a frantid l clutch and a spring behind him. Im-é s aginc the horror of the youth to find in t his hand tlie nebby hat of the fair one; .-. which he had «0:2:me torn from her, 3* head, sadly disarranging the contour of it braids and ehignon. The lady was iii: 3. dignant, of course, and the youth could is have been purchased at a great sacrificd m about that timeâ€"Hamilton Times. When the Erie canal project wad first started, the subject. of investingih‘ it was discussed in a Quaker meeting he went on td say, “When God created. the world,‘ if he had wished canals, he would have made them.” Thereupou: iowa farniers thin and kill dianeé to hunt potato bugs. 5 A child was Loin daring Qéfvioe i3 3 church at Watertown, Wisconsin, re- bent] y. Twelve hundred emigrants left Eng- land for Canada on Saturday, 2:16 inSt. The last batch {or the 961160115

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