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Whether the facilities of the Welland
('anal fur passing „ceau-built wea-
sels really exist to • )natter of doubt.
Every bey intrusted with the &ale of •
horst kre•ws that he will "eat his head
et!" if hi is kept too lung before closing
a bargain. Every reasonably well-iu-
formed ship owner knows that good re-
turn' are seldom expected unless the
vessel has as many tons capacity as there
are miles in her voyage. This "rule -f -
THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, JULY 29, I
bushel of wheat, thereby extending the Farm ant) Ibar en. two es cent r glee Messner.
Kron territory tributary to the Erie a 1 --- "What is the best drink in warm
land distance westward into the heart 4smass and eieesebeerses.
an
of America's granary; let New York tgtuc* the advent of the current worm, weather d" said ha Tribune strereet h to al
K y� uflioial at the Chwben atroet hospital
cease to exact a visible you! pro gnu for the culture of the currant has boson very
every canal expenditure - and all the much neglected. The reof the
bugbears of Canadian increased facilities worm have been au extensive long
for shipment will be diastpated like a cunt ued that only the few could
fug before the rays of the morning sun. •pen plenty of time and pains upon the
--(Frederick G. Mather, in Harper's cultivation of these fruits, could hope to
Magazine for August. secure a cr The currant. is a very
healthy fruit easy of culture and com-
mands • good price in the market. The
Massachusetts Ploughman gives the fol-
lowing directions as to culture of both
currants and gooseberries:
"Roots for new plantations can be
easily grown from cuttings, providing
they be planted out in the autumn or
very early in the spring; if properly car-
ed for, the roots in one year will be in
good condition to transplant, and will be
better than old roots, As to varieties;
for rnarket the Versailles occupy the
front rank; but tor home use the old red
Dutch, when well grown, iago o d enough,
and sometimes we think, considering its
hardiness, productiveness and good
tlever, it has few if any superiors; it is
The Meese.
thumb law" applies to . coati steamers as John M. Stahl gives this excellent &d-
well, very few of the craft for the At- 1 vice to farmers in the columns of the
!antic serve* now being constructed of
lees than 2500 tons measurement, On
the chain of the great lakes this rule
would require vessels of 1261 tons hem 't is exceedingly sensitive to maltreat -
Chicago to Montreal, and vessels of ment and remembers an injury for a
1406 tuns from Duluth to Montreal, long Vine, but it u readily and tena-
these figures representing the d stance ciuwly remembers • kindness- The
of either route in miles. The present Arab well understands this, and cum -
Welland pumas vessels of only 600 tons, 'nences to fondle and caress his horse
which thus eat their own heads off long when it is very young. The Koran tells
before they reach Montreal, or say noth-m them that every kindness done to •
ing of crossing the Atlantic. The only hoose, even ovary Kraof barley given
alternative left to the Canadian Govern- to it, will purchase them an indulgence
moot, therefore, was to enlarge the lt'el• in paradise. Yearlings are ridden by
in orde• r small Arab boys and ever after they are
Ohio Fanner. He says:
"A horse should be treated kindly.
an an
to admit vessels of 1500 to 2000 tuns 1 taught and tamed. The American can true it ls not as large as some and there -
capacity. But while the canals aro not perhaps spend this much time and fore does not sell as well, but for home
can' upon a colt, but he should set use quality is of more importance than
still in process of enlarging, the
ertias-
1u least that tt is broken to lead when a 1 rise; but for size under high culture it is
ship builders have constantly in
ed the size of their vessels, so that the month old, and that it is tame and tract' quite respectable; 'we have grown them
lakes above Buffalo contains unmet- able. Unless this course s pursued a one-half an inch in diameter. In a
saw craft that are both too bong and I
horse is never trustworthy. large plantation the bushes should beset
too deep to cuter the Welland when "It is wonderful how cruel some peo- in rows five feet apart and three and
it is strained to its utmost. Thu larger plc are to animals—not only when they one-half feet in the row; clean culture
the vessels, the more profitable they be- are angry and consequently foolish, but should always be practised, and besides
keeping the currant worm off, the great-
est can should be taken t„ destroy the
worm that works in the 'talks of the
bushes; in some localities this
enemy 11 very troublesome; they eat
out the pith of the stalks and finally kill
them; the first indication of their pre-
sence is the changing of the leaves to a
yellow color; a few weeks after the whole
stalk will die. As soon u there is the
least indication of the presence of the
worm, the stalk should be cut off and
burnt; by close watching, and a liberal
use of the knife this destructive enemy
right kind of temper, will make it a cin be controlled, if not entirely destroy -
painful one to the careless or cruel mani-ed. The roots of the currant delight to
pulator of the comb. It is best to rub grow very near thesurface of the ground,
the stud off of a horse's leg with a bunch therefore in cultivation care should be
of straw or hay when it is put in the taken not to stir the earth too deep,
laden vessels seaward, relying upon the stable. A scraper made of a piece of ot11y one or two inches of the surface,
radical redaction in tolls to force a com- shingle is also excellent for this purpose. near the bushes, should be stirred.
petition with the canals of New York. This is better than washing off the mud, "To keep the bushes in a vigorous
If transhipment pays so well at Buffs- for washing generally cools the extremi- condition the old stalks should be fre-
lo, transhipment ought to pay slung the ties, makes the skin sensitive and tender, ' quently cut out and sometimes when a
St. Lawrence route. Those canals not I and often produces stiffness. Let me
suggest rtght here that in purchuing a
currycomb you get a light one—one that
jingles when you use it. Also'get a
good brush, which is the cheapest if it
does cost most. -
come, and consequently the immense
hullo that carry the grain to Buffalo and
the Erie Canal are in demand more and proceeds front carelessness and thought -
more, while the cera expense for the leanness. Many men take s new sharp
breaking of bulk at that port is more currycomb and scratch a horse's leg till
than offset by the thorough fanning of the pain becomes unbearable, and yet
the grain and the diminished tendency to get angry when the horse steps around.
"heat." New curry -combs should never be used
Just at this point we are led to note a on a horse's leg. A brush ti much bet -
recent discussion in the Canadian Press ter, and every horseman should provide
in regard to the practicability of nevi- himself with one. Often too, the mud
gating the ocean and the lakes with the becomes dry, even frozen, on the horse's
same bottoms. The result of the du- legs, in which case currying is a painful
cusaion is that the most experienced sea- operation to the horse, and if it has the
men declare ocean and lake bottoms to
be two distinct things—a decision which
the Canadian Government has in far
shared as to practically abandon, for the
present, the attempt to send deeply
in their cool, unimpassioned moments.
I think that in a majority of cases this
being advanced to the same stage of
completi.•u as the Welland, must till
their boats from the larger ones at King-
ston. Having never. yet been used to
one-tenth of their full capacity, they will
not be enlarged till the Welland has
worked out its own financial and com-
mercial r.s-ot ,rete..
Previous t., the recent reduction of.
Canadian tolls the prospect was, that the
most immediate effect of the enlarged
Welland would 1 , :o build up the ports
of Lake t )ntatio at the expense of those
upon Lake Erie—a very natural result
of bringing the Erie level down to that
of llntario, and not dropping it to the
level of Montreal. Whatever commerce
thus refused to stop at Lake Erie would
stop at Lake Ontario, to the great bene-
fit of Charlotte, Oswego, Watertown,
and Ogdensburg. From these points
transfer might be readily made to the
American sea -board, a large proportion
c.f American vessels passing through the
Welland to these torte in the future as
well es in the past. And yet, even with
the equation as it was before the Cana-
dian Oilers in Council reduced the tolls,
the actual damage to the ports upon
Lake Erie, Buffalo included, was pro-
blematical, for the improvements in the
St. Mary's River and at the St. Clair
Flats retake the surface of that lake prac-
tically the surface of every lake above it
in the chain. A cheaper rate ri.r the
O)nterio ports was the only thing that
the Erie ports tad to fear. and cheaper
rates rio Ontario meant Canadian bank-
ruptcy.
That cheaper rate has been ordered,
and yet there is not so much to fear as
the l'anadians threaten. Their present
awls were built to meet such a contin-
gency as now stares them in the face,
and they have miserably failed. In
spite of their boasts of superior canals,
and the focalities connected therewith,
they are constantly demanding the free-
dom of the canals in the i-nited States,
you shown by the treaty pa -Totted by
the Hon. George Brown in 1874. They
are ever demanding this freedom --
"I have known men to expect their
horses to drink out of mud puddles or
lick snow in the winter. The horse,
next to man, perhaps, is 'the most par-
ticular of all animals about the cleanli-
ness of its foxl. And if ever you have
tried it you must know that licking snow
does not allay thirst, and to compel a
horse to do it is downright cruelty.
"I have often seen inen compel their
homes to pull heavy loads when the
collar pulled into the naked. bleeding
flesh. Sometimes in spite of all we can
do a horse's shoulder will home sore,
yet with reasonable precautionary care
this will occur very seldom.. In purchas-
ing a collas get one that fits your horse's f em out the season of fresh fruits."
shoulder, and that is of equal hardness "The gooseberry is not as easily man -
on both sides. One stuffed with hair is aged or so good fruit as the currant.
far better than one stuffed with straw or There are but few varieties that do not
hay. I once heard an old farmer say in an unfavorable season mildew, and
that the best collar he ever had was atuf-. many varietie. also have coarse skins and
fed with wool. A collar should not be coarse flesh: thee should be avoided.
hard, but yielding. If it galls the The Houghton seedling, although not a
shoulder, cut a slit where the hames fit
Opposite the offending spot and remove
the stuffing. Do not bite afraid of re-
moving too muchf and pound the face
side of the collar dell, A slit where the
hames fit does not injure the collar, and
after the shoulder gets well you can re-
place some of the stuffing. For this
save hair when the horses shed. I have
always found it a most excellent plan to
bathe the horses' shoulders with strong
salt water in the spring, commencing a ways be insisted spm, for if once the
couple of weeks before plowing .begins. weeds and grass get well established, it
It is also s good plan to wash of the a almost impooisible to eradicate them,
shoulders at night after the day's work, besides the moment the weeds take pia
and bathe with the salt water. It is the session the bushes lose their vigor, and
best preventive and cure I ever found. will not easily recover, even though the
The beat pad for collar is made of an weeds be conquered; it is easier and bet -
old coat sleeve stuffed with hay, In suet ter to start a new plantation than to
• way that them is very little hay be- clean out a neglected old one. We do
tween the neck and collar Hay is not think much of the gooseberry in the
springy, and when /the draft eases for a green state, even for cooking, the skin is
moment will springtthe collar forward, an tough it makes very indigestible fond;
and cool and rest the shoulder. !tads to i but • ripe Houghton smiting, eaten the
cover the whole soar are now manufac- j same u a grape, by rejecting the akin,
tured and are ezeellent. Try them. u exceedingly g'">< eating, and when
"Another thing in which men are I taken at just the right time, is never re -
often cruel to horses in careless feeding. ( when once tried, even by the
It is a downright cruelty to feed• hone omit fastidious While every garden
fourteen ears of Breen corn A horse should have a few gooseberry bushes in
cenfdance with the Treaty of Washington,'
whereas they should know that the Unit-
ed States government is not able to force
the State of New York to open her wa-
terways free to foreigners. Therefore,
with a new Welland that simply amps
vessels to ontarin, where they must
still break balk, with excessive harbor
dues confronting them at Montreal. and
pilot feesdownthe Gulf of St. Lawrence,
the navigator of the Canadian route apes
little if anyselvantageoveetheEne route. 1 "Bits that cut the mouth. saddles fleet
Once let thisrntete be reasonably enlarged bruise the back, tugs that gall the sides,
throughout the F.mpireState: let elevator a,d „tie tnnguea that on r•ugh r,sds
and Insurance rates be k opt within bounds; jerk the horse s neck • r strike its fora.
letetillfmtherreductions inthe tolls result 'are ntlter ioetroment• of careless
u did the abolition of the west•bnund
tolls ins reduction of seventeen and a or malicious cruelty Kindness to ttlli-
half route • tett, or half 0 cent ^n s mala is s (Into
the other day.
"Cold water," he replied, "but not
icecold Ice -water chills the stomach,
and so ultimately injures the power of
digestion, One of the best drinks in the
world for hot weather is buttermilk with
a little ginger in it. I know people don't
like it excessively, but it is valuable for
all that. If some of our high liven who
suffer au severely at times would live on
nothing for a week but brown bread and
buttermilk they would feel like fighting -
cocks. Another excellent drink, and
one which bricklayers use s great deal,
is the old-fashioned drink which the
farmers use in the hayfield—water with
ginger and molasses in it. It awls the
system and opens the pores sufficiently
for a comfortable perspiration."
"Is it advisable to drink much in but
weather 1•"
"One must drink more or less; it is
absolutely necessary in order to produce
perspirattiou. Without that a man
would soon burn up."
"Ia beer hurtful in hot weather 1"
"It is one of the worst things in the
world, for the reason that by drinking it
you get the action of alcohol upon the
brain at the same time with the heat.
Cases of alcoholic prostration combined
with hest are very numerous in hot
weather. If one drinks beer at all he
generally drinks more than one glass,
and in consequence places himself in a
position where he is the most susceptible
to the effects of heat. Alcoholic drinks
of all kinds should be avoided. Yet vast
numbers use them; they drink beer,
wines, whiskey, gin, brandy—anything
and everything to allay thirst, without
regard to consequences." „
"What classes of people suffer most
from heat and are brought here 1"
"Well, we have all classes, but brick-
layers, painters and roofers suffer most."
plantation gets old, it is good policy to
cut all of the tops off, so as to have all
new wood. It is the practice of some
cultivators to train up a single stalk from
each root, in a tree form; possibly larger
fruit can be obtained in this way, but it
requires much time to train in this way,
and the amount of fruit to the acre will
not be increased. Unless a plantation is
kept highly ntanured, and well cultiva-
ted, the leaves are very likely to turn
yellow and drop soon after the fruit be-
gins to ripen, and sometimes a little be-
fore, thus leaving the fruit exposed to
the but sun, which soon blisters the
akin. lets the air in, and causes fermen-
tation. The fruit should always be
gathered as soon as the leaves drop.
If the leaves keep a dark green color,
the fruit will sometimes keep un the
bushes, in good condition, until Septem-
ber, this is very desirable, as it length -
"What effect does the heat have on
the brain in case of sunstroke!"
"It seems to stupefy the victim. All
his energies sink away; ho loses power
of thought, and lies in a more or less un-
conscious state, according to the severity
of the attack. He recovers if the stroke
is not too severe. Sometimes he dies;
sometimes he is injured permanently."
"What is the best way of avoiding
prostration by heat 1"
"By keeping in the shade, if possible:
If this cannot be done, keep as cool and
collected in mind as possible; don't
worry, don't hurry, don't drink alcoholic
drinks, and if you find it necessary to
drink at all, use water not too cold; or
some of the drinks I have spoken of."
—[N. Y. Tribune.
large berry, is of very fine flavor when
ripe. and never mildews; a very good
bearer, but is inclined tot grow near the
ground; it is almost impossible to get a
root to run up, so the ends of the twigs
will not touch the ground, but even
with this fault its flavor is so certain,
that we give it the preference to all
others. Gooseberries like a good strong
rich soil, but with good culture will grow
on light land. Clean culture should al -
may be a little foolish about eating it,
but when tt gives him the oiler hei can
justly blame you for his *hots s i enaelt-
full of pain.
lin ainer Drinks.
The London Chemist and Druggist
gives the following recipes for those
seasonable beverages:
it, we d.. not believe it as important. or
desirable, as many other kinds of fruit."
OINOER BELL
Brown sugar 2 lbs.
Boiling water ..... , , - .2 galls.
Cream of tartar 1 oz.
Ginger, bruised
os..
Infuse the ginger in the boiling water,
add the sugar and cream of tartar; when
lake -warm, strain, then add one half
pint good yeast. Let it stand all night;.
then bottle. If desired, a lemon nay be
added, and it may be clarified by the
white of one egg.
LEWnN
Sugar
DELA.
Boiling water
Lemon sliced
Ginger, bruised
Yeast
1 Ib.
lgal.
1.
1 oz.
1 teacupful.
Let it stand 12to20 hours, after which
it may be bottled.
Hoe BEEA,
Sugar 4 lbs.
Hops .1; oz.
Water q. s.
Ginger, bruised 4 oz.
Boil the hops three hours with five
quarts of water, thea strain; add five
more quarts of water and the ginger,
boil a little longer, again strain, add the
sugar, and when Luke -warm add oue
pint "f yeast. After 24 hours it will be
ready for bottling.
nral't'E HEEr-.
Hope.. 2 oz.
Sasaafrax, in chips 2 oz.
Water .10 galla.
Boil half an hour, strain and add:—
Brown sugar 7 lbs.
Essence of spruce 1 oz.
Essence of ginger .1 oz.
Pimento, ground . } tear
Put the whole in a cask and let coil:
then add one pint of yeast, let stand 24
hours. fine and bottle it.
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