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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe New Era, 1883-01-05, Page 3tianu ary , 4, 1883,1 --- 7 jp FARMERS INGLENOOK Interesting Topics for Fireside Diseuesion. WINTER TREATMENT 01' CATTLE. lilameCnring, Potato :Planting in Winter.' , , Protecting Manure, Etc. (By a PractiCal Agriculturist.) • The Obi -Farm Gate. The Old farm gate haegstrwinging down On rusty hinges, bent and brown; . Its latch is gone, and here and there It shows rude traces of repair. . That old farm gate his seen each year The flowers bloom and disappear;. The bright green leaves of spring unfold And turn to autumn's red and gold. Tito children have upon it clung, , And inand out with rapture swung , When ,their yeting.blearts w_ere.goOcLand pure, • 11Vhen hope was' fair. and faith was sure. . • • ' .13eside that -gate have lovers true Told, the'old'etory, always new ;, , • -Have made their vows --have 'dreamed of bliss, Have sealecl each promise with a kiss. That old farm gate has Opened wide To welcome home the new made bride, • When lilacs bloomed and locusts fair , With their sweet:fragra,nce filled tlie air. That gate, with xi/sty:Weight and chain, Has closed upon the solemn train That bore her lifeless form away ' Upon, adreary autunin day: The lichens gray, the naosses green, ' Upon its rotting masts'are seen; Initials carved with youthful skill Longyeara ago are on it still. Yet dear to me above all thing, Byreason of thelhoughts'it brings, " ' Is that old gate; now sagging down On'tusty hinges, bent and brown.. • ' Treatment ot Cowe• Abater :pealing' .at two years old is the 'best time to -develop, her future 'milking • qualities,' but - chnifortable quartere, generous feed, regiillirity in milking and dd kind treatmeditTwill de naiidla in rearing a •____efine milker._ _It.may_teppear.:_be manythat it is•taking a great dettrof trouble to attain • desired reaulte, but •we claim that nowa- days, when eream is worth twelve cents per inch; it pays a good interest' for extra - labor employed to rear and improve out dairy cows to the utmost Milking capacity. We _sold a 7 -year-old cow that .Wafil, -milked for three years past without raising a .calf, and she is yet giving eight .quarts of milk per day, and has been treated, as above stated. Protect the Manure. - -An-English-farmereon-using-lorthe-trst- • . time Manure that had been made under . cover, had his crops _ruined by luxuriant • growth., He used the same quantity as he was actoustomed to of the -open yard man- ure, and the grain wee lodged before it yeas ready to harvest. Tins is a strong argu- -. -latent-in-favor- of-a,protection--for manure.- ' On most Boils it is very important to have .____it_well_deboruposed-so,that-the-plantssnay- • obtain an abundant supply of food from it "t once; bat during the fernaentation pro - awes, to render its insoluble . compounds available, serious losses. of fertilizing ma- terials are very often. sustained. If the fermentation, of the heap is rapid, there is. danger of losing the very valuable nitrogen as volatile anamonie„ which, passing into the air, is as likelyto aid a neighbor's crop as our own.. On the other had, decompo- sition may go • on so slowly that the manure is unlit for immediate use , When • wanted. It is no easy matter' to conduct the decomposition ' so that the • most good mamire may be rnade with the least loss. It is, however,' demonstrated that hot sun winds and rains are to be, kept from the heap, and that the .best manure is made under cover. A method of box -feeding has been adopted by many, -which allows the manure to accumulate • under the animals for, months. Itis found -that this system doesnet inaply offensive stalls, and that there is littledesef' .nitro- -goeti-the element of greatest, valnedand most likely to escape. .- It ie only necessary; to use enough litter to absorb all _the _ liquide._Covered_yards_would_secureanuchl the same conditions for the -manure:bee protecting it trom-the drew:1114)g rains and the exclusion of air by compact 'treading, which prevents a too hasty fermentation. - Itis certainly worth while for every fa,rrner • who denten:mimes the use of commercial . fertilizers to see that, he is- making,the • ; moat of the manure which hiseininials are giving him daily. Preserve and .,proteett it dilligently. ' • Preparing Cattle tor Winitcr have offered to ns the battle for practical experiment." Bow to Cure Ella. •A fan:ions recipe for curing ham was time of Mrs. Henry Clayewho WWI at ons time to eend several hogsheads ofeste_Aehland hame, "every year th Boston, where they demmanded high:prices among the wealthy Whigs. For every ten 'hams, medium- sized, she took one pound of saltpetre, two pounds of brown sugar; three and one-half pound; of fine salt, mixed all these together and rubbed each ham well with it, They ' were then packed in ar tight box, where they remained in a 000l outhouBe for three weeks. They were then put into the pickle tub, which was nearly filled with a piokle strong enough to bear an egg. After the dime had remained in thitapickle for three weeks they were taken out, rubbed by hand with salt, and then hung up to dry in the air. They were then taken to the smokehouse, where a -fire yeas. kepe up -with' green walnut branches for three weeks. Each hem was then sewed up in canvas, Whitewashed, dried and then whitewashed again. They were then packed in hickory -ashes-leached ashes, of course -or other- wise the fat would havelethia elisorbed. • TO Blake Done ItInnure. • One of the hest methods is that reccina- men ed by Dr. Nichols, which is to break 100 poiende of bones into small fragments, and -peek them in tight meek or bee with 100 pounds of hardwood aelles,•which 'have been previoasly-mixed with 25 pounds of - dry, wateraillaked lime and 12 pounds of powdered lialsoda. Twenty gallons of water will Saturate the mast, and more may be added as required. In two or three weektithe b�ues wilIbe SOlt enough to turn out on the barn floor and naii with two Jeushels of good 'Boil. Other Mural Jotting. • 'Ihventors are reminded, that a fortune awaits the person who can devise a method • Of externainating. rabbits in Australia: Twelve lanndred, head of sheep sold' in England lately. for $16,850, the highest Price on record at a large sale. ' 'Au observing fernier in Iowa states -that excessive ooen feeding has nothing to do with producing hog cholera. He states that the heaviest • losses from thie dieease have been during years when -there was the least corn to feed._____ _ ___ A Welshman near Milwaukee, who has on his Pretnithe twenty-two marten boies, each fastened , to the -top of a stake, says their welcome and , happy • ocoupants not only prey on insects that would" spoil his trees and fruit, but "destroy millions of ilies"-so many, ih feet, •that his ,house, wholly without screens at windows :and doors, is less infested than those of his neighbors who usethese obstructions, but fail to encourage the birds. ' , Arba- Campbell, of Oswego, N.Y., has grown fourwheat crops itl succession by -putting-ine-with---th-e--seecr200T6linds of superphosphate and 20,0 pounds �f German potash salts. That the land retains its fertility under this treatrnent iphown by the fact that the last crop of wheat was fully as good as•any. This is'very well as an experiment toshow what can be done. •It-ls-still a question whether • the land - would not improve More rapidly and the profits be-greater-withan -intervening crop - of clover. The man, who thinks to build cattle up for winter on •turnips,' containing only 10 per cent. of starch and no oil, or on paranips' generally counted as pretty good, feed, yetwith only 11 per cent. of starch and_no_aile_will make very slow headway indeed. Preparatory to the coming on of cold weether, cattle require concentrated food, euch as the opposite of being watery and washy.A moment's. consideration of th the fact at oats and porn standing in, value as seven to one, while the food,value of turnips_ore-carreets-eis-as-150 to le will shove that the latter ehould not be relied upon when strength and flesh need to be obtained without undue delay. It is intended to show by this Statement of the relative values of the 'articles nained, that seven pouuds of oats and corn are °OA in flestainakingdvalue ted•150" pounds of the roote named. These are prcipee articles • for use in connection' with grain, but an animal oan be built up as is required at this season of the year, taking on such vitality and vigor ite will enable it to reeist the cold, weather of the , winter months on these alone. . Potato Planting in Illid.Winter. - • (From the N. Y. Sun.) The hearts of the farmers of: the Sthte will be made glad by the appearance ef Bulletin No. 18 frotn the State -Farm at Geneva. It ie devoted to notate plan.tirig, This may seem a little • unthasenable, but as the farmer e of the State are taxed every •year to keep up this fancy faxen they may prefer to grow a few potatoes indoors in pots this winter, rather than have the infarffilititifilelaride"-116-fritrtlie way to 'IOU, told in State .Farne English . ..By Planting half potatoes, from which he eyes had been carefully and thoreieglily relieved, it was fotied•that.Vegetative zonee existed throughout the potato,_ and that that* ionee correspond•iis: a measure te thp Change ;of titructinee Which'. wilittibte tie 'thee eye. Thus,' ealloeitiewaika titherti Were formed along the ilineedefining ;the ittern;; blare region, about : the etit eurfaceefrom whende the eye .Wite'reihoved, and alone the branches, extendieg even to the centre of the potato. , • : • . " If tve aestiree au hypothesis that these vegetative .zones infliietwe ,the eyes with which they are connected, and if We athimee that the'peodtiotlye,yigetr of, the dye is depende-n-f 'Upon the anadant and teharao ,1 ter" of thieevegetatiee. •aeefeeWhibh, - Seems connetited,• and part -,and parcel or it, eve _ 41171N89.11,/E. VV -0171 E Amiong- tile' srlisickirst (;`,arks.. One , of. th.e curious 'featuree. of the late - rise in Oil is the extent to Which the ladies .of. the city, of Titlinville, pe,,' have yielded' .to the• temptation, of acceeiring, Wealth. Bud.' • denlys incl. -have gone to speculating on the Exchaege„ To the gallery .yeeteedey your Ooereepondent daunted seventyfive.oE the' lair sea 'evatclnitg'the fluetuatieee an:keenly ;; asdid the apectabete'and the tire kers ineehe _floor- leeneetli. .gotof thieniiiiebee.; were :xestiegenote, books ,,en ....the -Sidling, and * little, shower ot:' notes: was, contienally ;dropping down into,' the hen& of brokers ,below, containing instructionfor their ,-giiida.doe.;. 'There • were ..fair in silk and eatin,'whatte, :neteeleWere eethredeeittli,:jevealledePeneils in 0:ie.:dab:le :.tiesteatelioieke:fe.:hard:,e0Pilted ,abdriegirls •,ee,gerly poring eoeer ;their. • busineetalike figures; matronly 'ladies tryieg to -look enneoxiceened and :deoppiiig their. orders as ,.efealtlitly.aapossible ; end-heee :and, there a !•broker's. wife; '.:Sehoini1' ace ' aticevied superior, ,knowtedge:-. of trade, -nut whose deitlings.Were, as aclassetheleaee fortunate ,of.a.11:: These ladies :Were all respectable; . ..and many et ' thein rooting in the best eocietypethe pity:. There. has been for 9,, 'twig titp much e�uiktion among the ladies here de Off • the .epliet,", but ..not until theelitat few dayedbele it. been , done Bo Openly. Farniliatity been -jam°. the :fleet flexor- of evickedneth 'attached to this ,ferni Of gambling, ' and thepeacitice,now so firmly founded will probably continue as • long; as does the present excitement.' Societe:, life is 'Oeititinly dull enough in a thwh:like'this, and it is zip wonder the ladies ;are ,driven iette : the eanks,. of speclulators for -something to dee ,And they do not deal se lightly; eithey. neeriY ate:06:111d be'faScertainede :tine .gaelery oeoupaliteetd,dey,purehesediti. the neighborhood ef. 250,600berrele of :the 'most lucky speculaeor, the wife .of Well: knelvibrekeredcleereil: $6,000. an her day's trausection. Two shop girls 'found themselves possessed -Of a; ,to..thern, mall fottutie,•51,200 at the' close: of business, and Other ..winnirige .were 51400, $'1,000--: and several bettw,Sie, 5,500iand $1;000. , Of degree: ehereeare.lossesseand these are -borne' witb- ouliatear-inpaleha: at..,leaSt. A octiety' belie drew her cheque for-,5860,to..nearginOil she holdieg,when the market, Sventthe NOVngw9y,but,sha pluckily -stuck to it, and has aegopd,ehave.foreetting-eyento;ineeroW;- ...-Euffalo Evching l'elogrant. pitt titan. , , , • JEXPERDIIIIENTING ZWITIII A CAT. • ' Monte Unforeseen Results. A. few weeks ago a Man registered at an Oshkosh hotel, and was assigned a room, and everybody neithied that he was at mei* imOuriefuhlookidg man. Ete never gala ti 'word, but there was that about his Pepe bald Odious that showed be was laboring under• some great -sorrow. He had his supper taken to his room, and the waiter said the maianever epoke, and seemed to be the eaddest-looking than he ever saw. The guests alt talked the matter over, and they decided that the man was going to commit suicide'. A travelling man who hada rdoni next door to the solemn man, and who bad previously occupied 'adjoining rooms in 'different hotels to three men who had committed suicide, felt that he was about to experience a fourth shock' of the same kind, and he lay in his bed all night and never slept a wink, believing that the next moment be should bear a revolver shot or the deatheatruggle pf his neighbor from Peie SOU. He never heard a sound all night, and when-. he got up in the morning he told the (Aerie that he was sure the man was dead. They passed the rocine and listened, but coulkt hear no -noise, and itwaii decided to look over the transom to see if the man ,was dead. It is not a. pleasant thing to -look over a transom into a man's room, not knowing whether your eye will fall on a oorpse or a live man with a revolver pointed at you, so nobody seemed to yearn to be the first to climb -the stepladder; Finally, it was decided to throw a oat over the transom onto the bed, Deed if they did not hear any noises it would be certain that the man wee dead, and they could go on with the funeral. A oat was procured, and the porter, who knew. just Where the bed was locate, was detailed to toss the oat ov.er. He went up the ladder a.few etep,s-not enough to look over, because he was not prepared to look Buddenly upon a oorpee- and taking the eat inboth hands by the -lege, ha gently tossed her, Or hem, over the Iren- e= on the bed 'occupied by the mouthful. looking man. The cat was heard to fell With a doll thud, there was a sound, of •scratching and ripping, a heavy forth was heard to strike the floor, the cat " pere moued " and." snit," and the half-dozen peo- ple out in the- hall looked at each other wonderingly, , when suddenly the; door. opened and the•maddeet MEM thRt Nris ever -Heenan-Oshkosh-came out -in -the -hall -in -his nightshirt, his arm and, face bleeding,on to thetWhite night-shirt. He hadethe :by the hind legs in one hand and a revolver in the other; and as he struck -at the assem- bled -multitude right and left with the cat, there watethe worst getting clown' stairs that ever_ was, lanil the cat was thrown at the last -person -who went down stairs, and the . mat returned to his room. He dressed himself, want down to the Office and paid his bill, and took , the first train south, never having spoken a word while hi -Oshkosh, and the people-, are to this day wondering evhether .he was a prohibition speaker, a travelling man fora corset fac- tory; or an agent for a deaf and dumb" asylum. The travelhng min who was so, nervous for -fear his neighbor was going to commit suicide, wishes .he had the land- lord fears that he has displeased a guest _w_heanight hay_emained, longereamelthe porter who throve the cat says that it ie the last -time that he will ever try to find a corpse by the aid of a cat. -Peek's SUn. John Herzer, •the largest man' in Mil- waukee, who weighed 486 pOunds shortly before his death, was buried at Forest 'Home Cemetery in that City last week. He, became so fleshy thathe literally choked to death. The largest coffin in the city wail epepeured, but it was too smell„ and_ the, remains bad to be placed in a large, hastily constructed box. ' Decomposition Set' so quick that the body' had to b removed froen his residence to the -cemetery a few° hours after death. Herzer was only 28 Years or age. When—he eras 16 he was .very slender and it, was feared he would become Consumptive. He Was a blacksmith, by trade, and was so lergte that he hadto be taken to his work in an express waggon for several months p,reyidus to hisbeet illness: For Bomb, time piet he Could not lie clown" to, Bleep. for Ieareif smothering, and would sleep sitting in achalr or sofa with his headresting on his bed. --A Halifax Merchant insists that many mistakes are Made 10 figuring through using short pencils, which cramp the fingers. A gallant reply was that of a husband whowas told by a lady, in the presence of his wifee that his wife wase spelling him : Sbeblts a.. right the epini what belongs entirelyto her." ' ' • " • ' noini Gertnnn Traviellers. The visit of the GerMan Prince Fred- erick Charles to Egypt will be the fulfil- ment of a long cherished wish to see this country, but he is also anxious to -inspect" the scene of the late campaign before all th traces of e struggle have disappeared. The Prince leads a very quietand retired life, residing chiefly on his estate near Potsdam, where military studies are sup- posed to engross all the time which he does not epend in the society of a few choice and congenial companions: He will be aecornpa.nied to Egypt, it is , Said, by Brugsch Bey, en erudite German now living in l3eidni, who; by bong residence at Cake and Aleadtadria,. hes justly acquired a great reputation as an Egyptologist. In making this journey, Prince Frederick is but 11ol- lowing the fashion -rather a .new one in Germany -set by some -Of his distinguiehed couin, ntryen. It is not lorig eince a young prince of Mecklenburg, at the bead of one or two of his brother officersin the guards, started to make the tour of the world:with a special eye to India, and -prince Flees, one of tho wealthiest men • in Prussia, has, just returned from London with a full easeern oatfit, intending to follow thene. Sayings -by .110811 If you kan't trust a man for the full .amount let him skip.. Thistying ie git an - average on honesty haz 'a.lwaye been a 'There iz no teaching in wilence-silence iz a hard argument to beat. Don't mistake habits for ka,rakter ; the man of the most kttraktee haz the fewest habits. . Thare'e cheats in. all things -even pizen iz adulterated. - • The man - who iz ,thouraly pinta iz 2 -thirds of a Christian "elanyhow. , Kindness iz 00 instinkt, politeness only - There tz a grate deal oi laming in this world whichiz nothing more than trying to prove what we donut understand. . My dear boy there are but few who ken cOmmenoe at the neiddle of the ladder and reach the top -and -probably you, and doan't belting to that number. Detected b USa 1tlotheir-in-ILIE5v. A Chicago judge riding inetha_careelast week, from le single glance at the coun- tenance of te-lady by his side, ,imagined he knew her, and ventured to remark that tke • "Why do you wear a veil?" " Leet r attract attention." "It is a province of gentlemen te ad- mire," replied the,gallant man of law. " Not when they are married." , " But I am not." "Indeed." "Oh, rio, Lam a bachelor." • Then the lady quietly removed diseldsing to -the astonieliedrattgistrate,the face of his mother-in-law. , He has beena raving maniac ,ever ninth, -7-Chicago Cheek. ' SCOT1111(811 1E*S. The :Free ,Churoli 'membership in Scot land is about 314,000, and Cr. F.'s about' 180,000. ' Thoth are about 60,000 men in the filoottili Volunteer Force, though the number - is said to, be deoreasing. . Theet.ew Celtics Chair in Edinburgh Mei- versity As endowed with £14,000, tidael the annual emoluments therefrom will be about 2580. , • The; Ordnance Survey of Scotland, in - chiding the adjacent islands, which has been going on for the last thirty-seven years, leas now been entirely completed. The river Clyde, from the head of Deer Water I to Dumbarton, is 106 miles in length; the Frith,of Cily-dierffOrn Dunabare ton to Ailsa Craig, is 64e- miles. In the last Registrar -General's mortality returns, Glasgow stands near the bottom of the hat with a mortality of 26 per thousand; the average of the large towns being 21,3.. Lord Rosebery recently opened the new buildings of the Glasgow Asylum for the Blind L Six subscriptions of 2500:each, ten of £250 each; and many subsoriptions-Of 100 and £50, were announced at the close of the meeting.. , The letBattalion Highland Light-Infan-- try (71st Regiment) have left Glasgow for the Ourrtigh Camp, Ireland. Their place has been taken by the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Louise Highlanders (93rd Regi. merit). It is thirty years Ranee the latter regiment was quartered in Glasgow The I'vvork •ot repairing Castle Lachlan, Straohur (as much of it as is still standine)- has now been completed, which is likely te give He bulwark some permanence. This castte is alleged to have been, built during the abeence of the chief, Gillespie Melee% lau,‘yeleile fighting in the lest,: cruaride against the Turks, by his lady, wholwas native of Ayrshiee.. As the result of the uproar -and riiit in the Aberdeen Music Hall on the ocoaejon- of the delivery of Lord Rosebery's rectorial address, it has been ascertained that the damage to the hell and furniture is much greater than was , antioipated, and will have to be made good by ,the Senatus. The directors of the hall have come to the resolution that on no consideration what- ever will they again let it for a students meeting. ' . Atetlie chi -se -cif a meeting of -the Estab- lislied Church Comrniesioxi in Edinburgh a meeting of former Ifoderatorsef Assembly was held, and it' was agreed to nominate Rev'. Dr. J. Rankine, Born, as Moderator of the General Assembly. Dr. Rankine visited the United States and Canada in 1880: The CernrciissMn of the Free Church Assembly has agreed to nominate ea Moderator of next Assembly the Rev. Dr. Horatius Boner, Grange Church, Edin- Cold First Then Diphtheria. "1 want to i3ay right here that no healthy child can possibly catch diphtheria -the child it attacks must first' have what is comtnenly called a cold or • a catarrh. A small piece of diphtheric poison may be placed on a roan'e eye, and unless there is a.n abrasion' of the epidermis he will not be -affected: I-atn proniulgatingvery advancede ideas, I am aware, but I insist that neither diphtheria, measles or scarlet fever can be acquired unless the conditions I have named exist. I believe that cholera might be traced in its infection toimproper dt I the Sixth Ward, where I live, diphtheria is .very prevalent, and there ceses haVe ter- n remitted fatally within 100 yards of my, • residence, -and just before comieg--here-I , read the Btatistios of a physician whose. ttbilitylor obeervation cennot be gees-, tioued that_out of 568 cases of diphtheria, 508 had ended- fatally • these 568 cases. , were taken froth epiemics of varioue severities. re the,n_orthern part of the city some of the children • died within twenty. four' hours of the development of the disease. Tnere.is one thing which it is due toour, selves_and friends that we mike under- stood ;many physicians, call diphtheria -whati simply 80111e otker disease, and h avin e ,cureddtEdIliitTaTiliseaie-fhey claim to have cured diphtheria, and the result is that Mrs. Brown st4S to Dr. Blank: Dr Dash cured Smiths child of diphitheriae: but nay childelied on your hands.' It's an diddratilied• idiii,btatiI h5ulb kriodiirietlial- a throat disease whit% was cured was no diphtheria." -Dr. Cole, of St.- Louis; " • 'reaching Children to Speak Good English. At a receiat meeting of the St. Lodis Society of pedagogy one:speaker, in dis- cussing -the 'question of teaching dren_eo talk good English, declared that the ' book e used to accomplish this _ihare_aitogether--too---abstruse-afor the children." He illustrated this by quot- iog the , rules •, from a book in' USE) by pupils 6 years of age, _which veo,uld be , perfectly incomprehensible - to such little ones. BY 'actual counteehedone of thesebooks there are 125 rules and defie nitions, 005 01 which he quoted as follows: "When two words naeari the -same person - or thing the same form is used lifter the asserting relation word as before it." The, speaker added that . in teaching language the first thing was to . find, 'out What • the 'children can -do. "They-Catlett:Like-and:herd -they -and the teacher meet on common ground. Honed; let the 'first lesionabe to teach the 'children how to telk. If they talk .coirectly they Seill Writelcorrectly when they knew how to spell. The children should be led tcrtalk-babble, if tlie,word suited. better. Dolls, bows and arrows and kites could' betake iitto the roona ; -even aItitten might be' introduced and talked about; this would help to banish 'restraint from • the school. The children could talk upon them, and etheir errors of speech: be corrected. Definition or rules .should -be a,voidede He believed in the studying of words but not in word ithalyeis. DIELLIONAIIRE EXTEAVACIANCE. glow Caliterato ltIonted,Men .1141ve-Their Costly Reeldeneete , The suburban home's of the railroad and bouaeza.kings of San Francisco are chiefly in the San Jose Valley, which extend south from the city, not far froth the etnett, but separated from it by .a range °thins. The showy placea are ethattered along the railroad for a distance of forty miles.' That of D. 0. Milte, who is no longer a Cali: fornian, except for a few months of the year,ds called Millbree. The 'house is like a Palace4n size and i external ornamenta- tion, but is built of wood, as are all the others in the valley, ' en ethernet of the dread of earthquakes. Further oong is Belmont, where Ralston, the ,anfor- tunate manager of the Bank of California, used to entertain strangers and,friends alike with tavish hospitality. This property is in the hands of a receiver. At Menlo Park, thirty miles from town, are a dozen or BO of very expeneive suromier houses. Tbe newest and mese wonderful is that of Flood; et Comstock Lode celebrity. It appeirs in the dietance likes magnificent white marble pile of vast proportions and ornate architecture, but proves, on a nearer view, to be painted wood. It stands in -beautiful grounds, and 18 approadoliedby a winding aveutie hued With exquisite flow- ers. 'Auother grand place at Menlo 'cost the: late banker ,Lathana e million, but cannot now be DOM 'for the $200,000 mort- gage that rests' On it. Ex -Governor Stan- ford's estate enabrecee 4,000 acree, much of which is used for stock,breeding. e, A clentie fog prevailseo itight (Thurtclay). Te.epetature tee degrees below zero. The progress of livers to the ocean ie not so rapid as that of the man to error.-- Voltaire. The gnorant yourig man who said he i , wanted to go to college "80 as to study a ,girl celled Belle Lettres,", had some natural talent for something after all. A desperate thief broke into. the Babies. Shelter, N.Y., an-inseitution under the care •Of a religious sisterhood. A troman's 'self- • posseseion deceived:him into thinking that there -was a man servant in the house end The locusts haveappeared in Mexico, Aid at east accounts were covering, like a thickblack cloud, six miles in width and many in length, the right batiks of the Alvarado River,- moving northwest. The ground -over which they pasts is 'left a deseet. The Boston vernacular. - The vetnacelar of the Boston girl is , becoming shookinglyuncesthetice A:Bacon Hill'belle was accosted by .a *friend who sitid reproachfully: • " Emily, this is the third time you have been engaged, reined 'we retnrned, from Nantasket last fall." • , "Ye, Mellie," was the reply. "1 ana not throwing --anything ,good over my Shotilder this sason."-Brooklyn Eagle, • One vessel Was lost at pea every four' , • hours during 1881; according to the English Nautical Gazette. In 1879-80 there- were Stearaboat collision e in the -.North Atlantic Ocean. ' - If you have built q'ast1esintheair your Work need not be lost ; that is where they should- be; now putelonadatiiiiis under thane -Thoreau. 7 Biekaohe,loreness of the -.Chest, •;Gautdluinsy 'Sore Throat4well,- ings,and. O'prains, urns an, _8Od,.1,1)f Tooth; Ear and Headache, 'FrOsted: ' Faet and,Ears, .and 1211 other Palms' and -Ache*: i"ddfieiindi-On•i0i ielSs eSeers oft •Wel'Oec;1.'"-;,."trIf ttl8g7t111: bauTtfiee,Tn7pitttZ. tiifling ou.lapor 50 Cents ond every Mg onoeffei- wlth pain can have cheap and potitivaProof- of its ' : .Direetione in Eleven Languages. OLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEAVERS . A-;VCOCrtl,Eit & CO.% Betztfmeze.mcf.. ei.of Star ;Child , the 1316oel Indian,, who was on trial ad Feet. 111cLoodelaet fell foe :the the inurder'eff the Grayburn, ISre- ported Id have, bean Shot last- siyete.reee- by the Assiniboines in the vicinity of Bear Paw Mountain. - • s - The coroner's jary in the PrinceArthur's Landing -murder ease have found that decetteed, WindWiii•field;Toltnie to his death by ad,pistol shot. fired from the. hand of Washington, that the evidence shows the ,existhnce of justification. to a. certain extent, and that the shot may have been fired in self•defence, ,but they leave: the matter tea 'higher 'court to decide. • 'General' Manager Van Horn EIRS:E1 the Canada Pacific, will concettrath it' energy in ;reaching the aunernit of the, Rooky Mountains neXt year. -Thereafter, when difficult work, is being (Line, attention will. be teal& to the feeders. ,General Manager Hickson sari the Grand Trunk at presient enterteiziti no 'projects for the Northwest, bait leeks forward to it not distant time when the' Grand Trunk' will seeure 00 en- trance via the BOUth ehore of Lake Supe- rior. Mr.,Villarcl says the Northern Paeific has no :intention of disturbing the friendly relations with the C. P. It. . —..Seettitimesequite_young girls in sarainia, wear close fitting red satin , bodices, richly embroidered in gold and eatin ;clasp and belt of the sane; a scarlet pettipoat and white Satin apron. RSKPARI COE,4111," TLIPP:fit , And for Purifying :the Illood: -Ithaebeen 'Muse for 20 yearsand has preyed tO be the boot ,rrepo rn tion, in' the marketforSICK IIEA LUCITE. PAIN IN d'HE.- SIDE' OR BACK. Ll VER ,COM, PLAINT,. PIMPLE* ON TIM FACTS', PILES, end ' Disessos that:arise frOul a: Disordered Vacs Or. On impure blood. Thous/1'12dg of onr best people take it and give it to their chit - area. PhYsiciang prescribe it daily. Those Whe TEC' itinieti,Jfeeenintend it to others. It is made from Yellow Dock, HOridu: ,rasSiirsaparilla, Wild Cherry, Stillingiti; Dandelion, Sassafras, Wintergreen, and ether well:known valueble Roots and Herbg. htis strictly vegetable, and •ean- ncit htirt the mostdelicate constitution: It is one of ,the'best medicines in use for. Regulating'the Bovreis. Itis sold. by „all responsible druggistg at one.dollar for a quart nettle,' or eix ,bottlee for five dollars. • Those who. Cannot obtain a ' bottle of this imedicine freetheir. druggist may send118onedollar, and we will send it to them.: ' , W. JOHNSTON deed, Hentacterora; • Arde,deer.emte, ' WAT'Vei, (). :ft ger ts,teiti-fen , GRAY'S SPECIFIC MEDICINE • Raba NI RK.The Great Eng- TRADE M MC. Ugh Remedy. An - untaningcutefor tieminal ;Weak- ness, Spernietor,- - rheaempotency, and ail 'diseases that, &elem. as a scent:nee of Self - Abuse; ataloss of , '139f9rd TakineMernory, Uhlter, al La s , Pain in the Baeln, Dimness Of ,Vhdon, Premature Old Age, and Many, other .Diseases that lead te luganitv or Oprisumption and'a Premature Grave, FdII particulers bider Parnplileteivhicldwe desire to send free by *mail to ,every, ;film Speelfic Medicine is solchey an druggists at sleet packaee, or see packages for $5, or will „be sent by mail on receipt of the money by addressing • The Gray /Medicine Co., ,Tereento, Ontario, Cantors. t-lr§Old by all wholesale and retailelruggiete incite/0a seed the United Seldom. • ,' g oteogioidal ad' rear r AKONEY TO LEND IN LARGE OR BAIA/W., .t AIL sumo on good mortgage -Security,."moderil' ate ofinterest:. H. HALE, 'oirinton. , , • A L.T OF LANDS IN maRox,FoR OALE BY henneereignea. HALE, Clintozt.. the Canada OenaPatlY, may be apeu at tbe.oftico. • DR. DOWSLEY, 3f. D.,E. C. RA, ENGLAND -LP Physician, Surgeon, ole, Office and,:reeidentie next Molson's Bank, 3.14ank,et seuare,pintoir. APPLEToN,,-0EPICE-AT RESIDENCE . 1/00 Ontario sae, deintoxeopposite the English Church. Entrance by sidegate. • , YOUM NG, . 0., (GRADUATE 01! TORONTO 0,1371:wereRYOPhYsioiaR, Surgeon, &e.xnei den ea at . Er., Manning's, three doors east of the Temperance Hall,,Londesbere, Ont. t DR, REEVE.- genes, ..itened.il. STREET- inanediately north of Djckson's book store. Resit- taaeua:het, 0,ipfpodseistieretdh.e TemperanceHall, Enron Street Clinton. Office hour/sirens 8 it./n. to Span. lur RS. 'WHITT, TEACHER 'OF MUSIC. PUPILS Ill attended at their own residenee,if necessary. Re- sidence 'Bea° street. Clinton. Rice's, new method 1)11. STANBURY, GRADUATE OF THE MEDI CSL Department of Victoria Univereity, Toroni eau! merly of the Beepitala etta_d:Itispenaariee,-New yo— --- Coroner f orth-e7Ctinnti-ii1Huron,Bayfield, On t. WILLIAMS, B. A., M. B., GRADUATE Or sToron to Uniyersity; memberof theCollegeofPhy isteians and Surgeons; Ont. ODPIOE & RESIDENCE the hoaselormerly occupied by Dr. 'Reeve, Albert street ; FIB'. WORTHINGTON, PHN YSICIA: SURGEON Aneoneheur,Ikeentiate Of the College elPhysician t dSten'. gdee°O'rso 0nfi, fo-Lr °owelh.e CaCOuadi,t'YaduldEltsu0 i'r°0vn'• .6' 1 42.1n 3 i t ° residenee,--Th.e building f OrindrlY 000111110,a by Mr ' Tlacwiaiiiitteogn, ?Eijaula. rixnu'is, it8re7e1t.. - • •' ' , W. E. CARTWRIGHT, Slava EON DENTIST on" Graduate of the Royal College of Dental a ss Surgeons of Ontario, has opened rooms; In the Victoria Elock, Albert Street, Clinton, whore he viiliconstantly be in attendance, and prepared to per- form everyoperation connected -with Den tistry. Teeth est ratited,orfilled with gold,amalgana, Cr other filling , material. ArtifiCial teeth inserted from one to a -. , MONEY TO LEND MONEY TO IEND, ON REAL ESTATE, , AI' LOWEST RA-TES.P1 ....Apply to C. IUDOUT, Clinton • WeirAi/r..719 140:Zilre moRtG4G.Es, ' •AND OTHER GoodPectiritietiPur.ehased. N VE Y AN 01 N W. W. FARRAN:. Cimttat,Noi.,1881. pANTio:•. • Tucorperitledby'Act ofParlianient,1865.,' CAPITAL,, °. $*00,000. Montroa,l. . . ' . . • - : ---- , . • ,, . 'THOMAS 1X000MAN,•.:: : .. ....President': • J. H. R. MOLSON,,.. - - ......Vice•Pres. ' ' F.WOLEERSTAN THOMASoleneralManager. Notes' discounted, Colleetions'.nutele, Drifts ' issued,. Sterling and. ..4171' er ie'ea'z ex,change ' . . , . . .. ._....bought.anlSotlow-- i...c. d at est , • -- •.' ---------,---,---"4'-. .. , • .... . , . , , ,-- current rates. , 7:1INT,'ERE„ST , ALLOIVIE. LDo'colconD,Emtin,,g POFlTeS,,, .11c1ILLOP-11017r1,11; 111111114E' :0 - .Tilds.,..NEILANS,ACENT; ]!X41,11e0cA, --L,Farniers to inshMliTill7find--COM: piii,n3Conti kit the:best and cheapest to insure . whowill be waited 'on at their- homes it internat. bieseet to the Agents' office. • „. ' 9y JOHNSTON, TISDALL RATTENEUEY ST.,,CLINT0N. frit ANSACT A GENERAL RANKIN G BusINEER. ri apuneyeadb leean111°Pretrg,eagra 1 1 thea-0fI 31°tleePeof-hand D rt Merchant's Bank of Canada. Now York exchange bought and sold. PItOnIpT ATTENTION rA/D To Col. - LECTION thronghgat Canada sad tile United Staten. SALE NOTES' BOUGHT at close rates, and money adyaacedtofarmers on their Own notes,for anylength of time to suit the borrower. All naarketable securi- tieshoughtand sold. Betzit'Ens xn NEW lona. AGENTS OP THE MERCHANT'S BANI; or CANADA. INTEREST .ALEQ WED ON DEPOSITS A.Stratbroy. Clinton. Elora jOHNSTON, TISDALL, T. A. GALE J. PENTLAND TISDALE, Manager. BIDD,I_,ECOMB Watch and Clock Maker, JEWELLER, OPPOSITE TIIE 111.,11, BEET, CLINTON Where he keeps a select assortment of WATCHES, CLOCKS, 'JEWELLERY; SILVER-. . ' WAR Which wo will Bell at i'easonable rates. Repairing of every deseription, promptly at. to, and all work warranted. J. BIDDLECOMBE. Clinton, Nov. 1882. INSURANCE Every Beseripton of Property AT LOWEST RATES. - • ec..sunouT, Clinton. . MPTION • ihivr,e a posittvo remedy for theabave disease; by 141 nso thensands of eases of tisci.Notat kind and of long 'tending nave been cured. Indeed, so strong Is Inv fidtte In its eincauy, that I will mind TWO BOTTLE:SPRED, to. • gather with a VALIYABLE TREATISE on this disease, 10 "ay sufferer. Give Express and r. 0, address. ' DE, T. A. Sheerin 18t Foe:lat. New York. Vettiltle Mina If yon WaY111.t0 learn Telegraphy lesedle alKall in a few months, amdbe certain of a situation. Addresilva,3en1),Ine Bau". JaneBvilie :' 4 't saY carol do eiui,tn'arety to op t ea't Wbonriot suera Erne iindtheo have thorn return ng.ain,1 meliti a redleal mire- • t bave,mtdethe diseEPILEPSY of FITS, or FALI/$0 SICKNESS it itto.long study, twarrant nivretitedy to curo tbe Wore; eases. necanaii buten; have faired,ie lib 108700 100 not now ,,aeolving 00010. &ilia at once for atreatiso and a . P000 settle of my intialitti remedy.' Give.ExPrei° and resit, , caste yap nettling for a trial,.and I will enro_yott• i ; Addrcea Dr 11.0. ROOT •18a reariNew Yang.,