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Thirty -Five Cents a Pound all the
Year Round,
Y n,
CLEANLINESS ANO FEEDING,
900 Pounds of Butter From a
Single Cow.
A SMART WOMAN'S EX1'ERIENOE
The Quebec Chronicle says that, at the
meeting of the Fe/mere' Congress in that
city Mr. Castel, Secretary of the Dairy-
men's Associatioa of St. Hyacinthe, trans-
lated and read exceedingly well, in excel-
lent French, a valuable paper from Mrs.
i4liza M. Jones, of Brockville, proprietress
of the well-known and lucrative model dairy
of that place. This is, to farmers, and all
interested in agriculture, by far the most
interesting paper read so far before the Con-
gress, ^and consequently we give its main
features, below :
MR. Cll•AIItMAN AND GENTLEMEN,—I have
been asked to prepare a paper on dairy mat-
ters, to be read before this, the first Con-
gress of Farmers, in the Province of
Quebec. I can hardly tell which feeling
predominates in my mind, intense pleasure
at the honor done me, or a deep sense of the
importance of this occasion. I need not
enlarge upon my own diffidence, such re-
marks are an old story, but I will tell you
why I respond so cheerfully to the call.
When I was a child I often went, with my
companions, toe'gather wild strawberries,but
the berries were scarce and the search was
tiresome. If a passing farmer said,
" Children, I hear there aro good berries in
such a field, over yonder," we gave him
doubtful belief, and did not always go. But
if one of our number, who was actually
picking berries, called out, " come on girls,
here is a splendid spot," we just, tumbled
over one another in our anxiety to get there,
and all shared in the good luck.
Now, I have found " a good spot " in
dairying, a great spot, and I want you all
to come on, just as fast as you can, and
share in my luck. My whole life has' been
spent in dairying, and after struggling
through untold difficulties, and proving
each step as I went by dear bought experi-
ence, I have at last attained a brilliant suc-
cess, and I want others to share it. I look
at it in this way :
The average cow of the country makes
15) pounds of butter a year, which sells at
ariyaverage of 20 cents. Indeed, I doubt if
thiy do as well as this.
key cows produce from 250 pounds all
th way to 50J pounds butter a year, and
sonetimes far more. All my butter sells at
35 .eats per pound all the year round, right
- at y own place. I have no express or
pp fr ght charges to pay, and I do not even
h e to print it.
n my herd, the usual grain ration for
i eihh aniniil in full milk varies from 7 to
It lbs. per cow, each day. This is composed
el ground oats, ground peas, wheat bran
and, occasionally, a very little oil meal.
The ration is divided into two feeds and
riven night and morning, upon the ensilage.
hould the silo be empty, the grain is
always fed upon hay that has been cut and
moistened.
The quantity of ensilage fed is 30 to 40
lbs. a day. At noon my cattle got a very
email feed of cut carrots or mangels, and
any further supply of food required consists
of bright, early cured long hay, put in their
mangers. They get all the salt they need,
all the water they want twice a day, and
each cow is well carded and brushed over
every day. Whenever weather permits,
they are turned out for a short time, about
noon, but are never left out till cold and
tired. The barns are thoroughly cleaned
out twice a day. With this feed and care 1
have 2 -year-old heifers making from 21
to 14 lbs. butter a week, and mature cows,
making from 16 to 19 lbs. a week. To a very
uncommon cow I feed a larger ration. My
famous old " Mamma " eats more than the
quantity I have just mentioned, but what
was her yield? Being in her 16th year,
when I tested her, she gave in 11 months
and 9 days 8,2900W. milk, which churned
654 lbs. threefourths oz. of magnificent but-
ter, and then dropped a fine heifer calf.
With her previous owner, when she was
younger, she is credited with 900 lbs. butter
in a year, and her record is accepted by
everyone.
Some people say that this large butter
yield wears a cow out. Well, it has not
worn " Massena " out, for she is hale and
hearty and as bright as a dollar, and due to
calf again next April, when 17 years old.
Some cows will respond far more readily
than others. In my little book lately
i printed, "Dairying for Profit," I have given
a year's feeding of a cow I once owned. The
ration was very large, but then she was an
exceptional cow, ant. her yield was very
large, so that she gave mo an actual cash
profit for butter alone of $49.70 in the year,
aver and above her keep. As you will see
by reference to my book, I made no charge
against her for acetal attendance or barn
-room. But, on the other hand, I gave her
no credit for the quantity of skim milk and
• buttermilk, for the large pile of manure and
for the fine heifer calf she gave me. So you
i °will see that the profit I mention is, if any-
thing, underestimated. It has been said to
• e me this was an exceptional animal, and that
°few cows would respond to feeding as she
«e did. Precisely; that just hits the nail on
the head. Now what wo want to do is to
1 eget rid of those poor cows that will nob
'respond to feeding. Beef them, bury them,
• but do get rid of them, for they are mort-
,tgaging your farm and making slaves of
your wives and families, and sinking you
deeper into debt every year they exist. And
•fill the country with cows that will respond
to good feeding, that will pull you out of
1 i •debt and leave you a good balance in the
t bank. I do not extol one breed above
:another, for circumstances alter cases, and
e it is folly to disparage one noble breed of
'mettle just becaus.you happen to prefer
another, It is like the man who said there
were only two sorts of dogs in the world,
I" the dog that he kept himself, and the
eeeuro that every one else kept." This, is all
wrong. We have many grand dairy
breeds to choose from, so I will say to
yon most oarnesbly, choose the breed
that Buttsyou best, then got the very beat
individuals of that breed, and give them
the beat of feed and care, and you will
cover regret it. Let me say that any one
who tries can do better than I have done,
because few have such difficulties to con,
tend against. Tho man of great wealth
eau the " sinews of war," with which to
tarry on his enterprise, and we all know
/what plenty of capital means in business.
If united with brains and perseverance it
t aeana natured success.
Tne plain farmer, on the other hand, may
tet have the capital, but he generally has
i good farm out in the country, where land
value is less and taxes are less, and has nom.
paratively little outlay for labor, because
he himself, and all hire family, work as
few hirelings can do. But I live juat
on the edge of town, where the z'ent of
land is enormous and yet the land itself
is rooky and poor, and I have to hire
all my labor. On the other hand, I
have not the advantage of getting the
worko
d no like the farmer, withinour-
selves, and on the other hand, atarting with
very little means, I had not the advantage
of the capital possessed by my wealthier
friends. In fact, to use a homely saying, I
have been all the time " between the devil
and the deep sea." Yet I have proved that
a Canadian dairy may be made a great
business, and a paying business, even under
adverse circumstances, and with the very
plainest surroundings. You can all do se
well, and most of you can do better. It
makes me heartsick to hoar those of my
own sex wishing they could earn some
money, to see them peddling books and
corsets, working in factories or writing
trashy novels, for only enough to keep soul
and body together, and all the time they
have right at hand an industry more noble,
more profitable and far more independent.
One that will elevate themselves, and
the whole community, and enable them to
confer a lasting benefit upon the country
in which they live and die. In answer
to hundreds of requests I have printed
my book, "Dairying for Profit," which tells
how I keep my cattle and make my butter.
And proud and happy I am to tell you, that
Hon. John Dryden has ordered 5,000 copies
for free distribution among the farmers of
Ontario, and I only hope he will like it well
enough to order 100,000 more. Alec that
Hon. Mr. Angers will do the same. Still
more gratified I am that the Quebec Gov-
ernment have also ordered a number of
copies. It might not be surprising that my
work should be recognized in my own
Province, where I have lived and labored,
but this liberal -minded treatment on the
part of my Eastern friends, is peculiarly
gratifying to me. Let me thank you, from
my heart, and leb me at the same time con-
gratulate you, on having in the French-
Canadian cattle of your country one of the
grandest and most profitable breeds on the
face of the earth.
My friend, Mr. Tyles, once took me to
see Mr. Dionne's herd, and I was surprised
and delighted, while the sample of butter
given me rivalled that of my beloved Jer-
seys. In those cattle you have almost
boundless possibilities, and I predict a great
dairy future for the Province of Quebec.
" You have three more great causes of
thankfulness, though a very brief mention
must suffice. I allude to the large number
of well-equipped butter and cheese factor-
ies ; to the presence of the travelling dairy
among you, and to the excellent schemes
now on foot for establishing winter dairying
as the rule and not the exception.
" One eau hardly overes imate the im-
mense advantages of the co-operative
system in making' both cheese and but-
ter. Fifty years ago we all made but-
ter and oheese at home ; for the
same reason we travelled in a stage-
coach, because we had to—there was no
other way. But the march of progress has
brought us many good things, many labor
saving things, and I do assure you that one
of the greatest of these is Co-operative
Dairying. Why is not every man a black-
smith, to shoe his own horses, or a manu-
facturer, to make his own binding or reap-
ing machines ? Just because those things
can be done better, quicker, and conse-
quently, cheaper, by those who make it
their life-long business, and whom constant
practice makes perfect. While the farmer,
on the other hand, can use the time to
better advantage, the factories can give you
the benefit of such skill, such uniformity,
and such market facilities as can only be
found occasionally in private dairies.
The paper then dealt with the import-
ance of frequent churnings of milk, which is
accomplished by the factory principle, and
also of paying for milk according to its
quality, which is not yet done by the
factories and consequently works aeainat
their usefulness, placing a premium as it does
on quantity of milk as opposed to quality.
This, however, would shortly be remedied,
at least the writer of the paper felt certain
that it would. She continued :
Lastly, the idea of winter dairying, is ono
of the greatest scope, and the highest im-
portance, and is destined to work a revolu-
tion in farm life. Make the bulk of your
butter in winter, if you wish to average a
larger quantity, a better price, and a higher
profit. Also, better cows, and more and
better manure. You will also secure
a more even distribution of your
labor,: so it won't be all a feast
or a famine. Sometimes, for half the
winter, the teams are comparatively idle,
and the men have time to sit around the vil-
lage store. Now I like their having a little
Ieisure and sitting around the stove, and ex-
changing ideas. But do not carry it too far.
You can milk the cows and take the milk to
the factory in winter and still have time for
reading, recreation and social intercourse.
The cow that calves in September will yield
well all winter—when grass comes, it will
send her along again, for a while, and when
she does fail, it will be in July and Auguet,
just when you are heated and tired with
haying and harvest, and do not want to be
bothered with her. Just when the cow is
tired and hot, and worried with flies, and
only wants to stand in the shade and switch
her tail, and just when butter brings the
lowest price in the whole year. I hold that
the same cow is worth ten dollars more a
year if she calves in September than if she
calves in April.
Elusive and Delusive.
That the English language is elusive and
hard to pin down to a recognized significance
is well illustrated by the phrases "fresh
eggs" and "strictly fresh eggs." An en-
tirely honest grocer will assure customers
that he has fresh eggs when he knows full
well that the eggs he has have been packed
in straw for wee,as ; but if he,is really an
honest grocer he veill not give the assurance
that they are "strictly fresh " eggs, because
the latter phrase hestn the trade a meaning
widely different from that of the other.
Again, the phrase ",strictly fresh eggs" has
different meanings at different • seaeons. It
may mean now an egg, anywhere from one
day to ten days old;; but in the spring it
means an egg not above two days old.—New
York Sun.
Soldiers clotting Better.
There has been a great yearly diminution
during the Last ten years in the number of
soldiers in military or civil prisons in Eng-
land and Wales. In 1884 there were 1,117
soldiers in English prleoua ; in 1891 there
were 433, and on the Slat of last December
there were but 44. Lasetyear not one soldier
was sentenced to penal '. servitude. The,
expulsions for mtaconduct have • decreased
wince 1888 from 2,020 to,^ 1,590.
Mrs, Goodkind—Tbert s only one trouble
about poor Mr. Careless.' He's genoroue to
a fault. Mr. Gruff --humph I it's a pity
that he isn't go/Serene to his family.
Manager—Ah, ;I remember you. Yon are
the song -and -dance soubrette who ausheo to
join my company. What ire your compass
Applicant -1f you refer to my voice, why,
it's only two octaves, but I can kink oyer
nineteen.
.THE OLD SLAVEN
AY S
Reminisoenoes of One of the Abolitionists
of Fifty Years Ago,
A few days ago the New York Press
reported that Calvin Fairbank was dying at
Angelina, N. Y. Away back in the forties
he was an active aboli ionist, and he used
to help runaway slaves whenever he could.
The following incidents, which he narrated
a few weeks ago, will have a special interest
for older readers, who remember when the
" underground railroad" was a mysterious
but highly valued institution. When I was
21, said Mr. Fairbank, my father sent me
down the Alleghany and Ohio. Rivers with
a raftof lumber. After I had marketed my
'ember at Cincinnati T took passage on a'
steamer for Pittsburgh. The steamer
stopped at Maysville, Ky., to take on
freight, and while it was loading
I went for a walk about - the
town. On one of the back streets
I met an extremely pretty girl of
16 or 17, who seemed in deep distress. I
asked her what was the matter, and she
told me that she was a slave—you would
not have known it from her color—and was
trying to escape from her master, a man
named Payne, who lived a few miles out in
the country from Maysville, and who was
also her father. I took the girl book to the
steamer, introduced her as my sister, and
we made the trip to Pittsburgh in safety.
She was exceedingly bright and a skilled
musician, and I remember made a deep im-
pression on some of the male passengers, one
of whom went so far as to ask the privilege
of corresponding with her, She settled in
New York, finally married well, and is now
living in more than comfortable circum-
stances.
" In April, 1842, while in Covington, I
heard that Emily Ward, a handsome girl of
18, two-thirds white, had been sold and was
about to be taken south to become the
mistress of her purchaser. She was kept in
an attic facing the river. I went at night-
fall, and, attracting her attention by tossing
pebbles against the window, threw up to
her, tied to a stone, a note telling her I had
come to help her escape. By the same
mean I got up to her first a cord with a
bundle of men's clothes fastened to it, and
finally a stout rope. She put on the clothes,
and, crawling through a rear window of the
room in which she was locked, slid down
the rope to the ground- When we were a
few feet away from the house we met her
master, who apologized for unintentionally
hruehing against me in the darkness.
Toe girl's case was knowh to every one in
Covington, and I did not dare to hire a
boat to take us across to Cincinnati, so we
got astride a 16.foot pine log lying half way
out of the water on the river bank and I
paddled across, using a piece of board for
an oar. Once in Cincinnati we were safe.
I took Emily to the house of Levi Coffin,
superintendent of the underground railroad.
He found her a comfortable home and she
did well. She belonged to the family of
Zeb Ward, with whom I afterward became
too well acquainted.
" In August of the same year I spent
several weeks in Montgomery county, Ky.,
as the guest of Richard McFarland. a
planter. One of his slaves, Kate McFar-
land, a, girl of 16, was anxious to escape,
and applied to me for help. Starting on a
clear moonlight night, we drove before noon
next day to Lexington, a distance of 90
miles. My scruples against so gross a
breach of hospitality in eteatirg the prop-
erty of my host were fully overcome by the
fact that both the girl and her mother were
the children of their master. Kate was a
pretty blonde, with blue eyes and flaxen
hair, showing not the slightest trace of
negro blood. From Lexington I took her to
Cincinnati and gave her int -o the care of
Gamaliel Bailey, editor of the National Era,
one of the boldest and bravest soldiers in
the abolition army.
" The most remarkable incident of this
period of my life occurred in Marc/31,1843.
I happened one day to bo in the jail at
Lexington and noticed that one of the
prisoners was a young woman of ex-
quisite figure and singular beauty. I asked
the jailer who she was, and to my surprise,
for she looked the pare Caucasian, he told
me that she was a slave girl named Eliza,
who was to be sold a few days later upon
the block for the New Orleans market. I
talked with the girl. She was very intelli-
gent. I told her that I would purchase her
freedom if I possibly could. I hurried to
Cincinnati and laid the case before Salmon
P. Chase, afterward Senator, Secretary of
the Treasury and Chief Justice, who gave
me $200 and went with me to see Nicholas
Longworth. The latter was worth millions,
but was never known to give a dollar for
anything.
" I told the atory. Longworth listened
in silence, and when I was through hitched
nervously in his chair, drew his cheque
book from a drawer and began filling out a
cheque. White he was writing Chase whis-
pered, ' We will get about 50 from him.' A
moment later Longworth wheeled around
and handed me a cheque for $1,000 ! We
raised more money by telling what Long:
worth had done. When I went back to
Lexington the day before the sale I carried
$2,275 and an agreement signed by Chase,
Longworth and William Howard, another
rich Cincinnatian, empowering me to draw
upon them, if necessary, to the extent of
$25,000. The safe took place in the public
square and was attended by fully 2,000
people, drawn there by deectiptions of the
girl's comeliness and rumors of the effort
that was to be made to save her. The best
people of the town were there and a number
of strangers from Boston, New York and
Philadelphia.
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY.
" One man appeared to bid against me—
a squat -figured, broad -shouldered, thick -
necked, bullet -headed Frenchmanfrom New
Orleans, wbo I was told made it his busi-
ness' to attend sales of young girls and
purchase them for a fate worse than death.
Eliza when placed upon the block seemed
ready to drop for fear and shame. The auc-
tioneer began hie work by pointing out her
beauties, concluding with, "What am I
!offered for her?"
"' Five hundred,' I cried. The New
Orleans man instantly raised my bid $100.
I hid $700, he $800, 1 $900, he $1,000, 1
$1,100, he $1,200. When.I raised hie last
bid to $1,300 the Louisianian turned to me
with an ugly look and said :
"How high are your going to hid?'
Higher than you do, monsieur, I re-
plied.
"He turned away and bid $1,325. I
raised the bid to $1,350. He, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, made it ;1.1,375. I again
Went him one better and made it °$1,400.
Once more he turned to and aeked:
"Hoer high are you going?"
"None of Your business, sir, but you
haven't enough money to buy this girl.'
"' After myoid of $1,400 both the Fronch-
man and I bid alower, both heing resolved
to have the call when the hammer fell. The
auctioner grow impatfetrt, crying 'Give,
give.' Finally he dropped his hanuoee, and,
tearing open Elite`s weeet, expnercl a bust
as
tlrfect as ever ertiet ecce tored. ' Look,
gentlemen,' lie cried. p
g "'Too bad 1' ' What a shame,' tan
through the crowd et eight of this iodi
g g !
nity.
" tho midst of the exrcitemea1 the
onohman bid r
lfir 1 14
i450 andI $ , 7J. Then
hero was another dull. It seemed to mad-
den the auctioneer. He bared the girl's
body from feet to waist and crying boareely,
' Ah, gentlemen, isn't she a beauty ? What's.
the next bid ?'
" The murmur of disgust deepened into
a roar. That auctioneer gave me the only
moment of my life when 1 felt the desire to
kill a fellow -man. But x was too excited
to speak until' my contestant bid $1,480.
The hammer quivered ; Eliza and her aunt,
who were standing by my Ode, gave me a
look of anxiety and anguish I shall never
forget.
Are you all done,' yelled the auction-
eer. ' Once, twice, three-131,485.85-85-85-
85—and Pm going to strike this girl off in
one minute. Once; twice, throe -times and
sold.'
" The hammer fell and the girl was mine.
An instant later she tottered back into the
arms of her aunt in a deep swoon.
'She is yours, young man," said the
auctioneer, and you've got her cheap.
What are you going to do with her?'
4" Freeher, sir,' and my answer awoke
a cheer, which, rising to a Kentucky shout,
rent the air. As soon as they could be
made nut, I handed Eliza the papers which
formally set her free.
" Four days after the sale I took Eliza
to Cincinnati, where she became a member
of the family of Gamaliel Bailey. Under
his care she received a finished education,
married well, and to -day is where I last
heard of her, a cheerful, charming matron.
of 62. Only the members of her immediate
family know the history of her early years ;
so you will understand why I do not give
you her fall name.
One to the Bishop.
The Bishop of Exeter was constantly
annoyed by the intrusion of strangers into
his grounds, and put up some very stringent
notices forbidding trepassere. One morn-
ing the story goes, he was walking along,
be a meditative mood, when suddenly two
ladies broke through the shrubs, and stood
awkwardly enough confronting him. They
stammered out some excuse, saying they
did not know they were iu private grounds.
His lordship made them a profound bow,
and pointed to a• printed notice, adding :
"But, perhaps, you do not read however,
as you seem to have no scruples, pray go
on, go along the paths, into the flower
garden, across the lawn, enter the house,
visit the drawing -room, dining -room and
study; but let me recommend you not to
penetrate the the bedrooms at this early
hour, as the housemaids may not have done
their work."
The intruders must have wished them-
selves in another part of the diocese. —
Amusing Journal.
McColtom's Rheumatic Repellant.
This remarkable internal remedy was
first discovered over 18 years ago by W. A.
McCoIlom, druggist, Tilsonburg, and has
since been successfully need in Canada and
the U. S. in thousands of most extreme
cases. It is neatly put up in dollar bottles
and sold by druggiets generally.
Another Proverb Shattered.°
" Doctor," said the medical student, " is
a blind man apt to be an idiot ?"
" Why, no. What makes you ask
that ?"
"The adage says : ' Out of sight, out of
mind.'
"I Have Bad
Rheumatism for yeara and Nerviline is the
only remedy that has done me good." So
writes Thomas McGlashan, North Pelham,
July 24th, 1890, and his testimony is
supported by thousands of others who have
experienced the wonderfully penetrating
and pain subduing power of Nerviline—the
great nerve pain cure. Nerviline is jest as
good to take as to rub on, and is the best
family remedy in the world. Nerviline is
sold by dealers everywhere.
A Strategetic move.
He—I am in love. Will you be my con
fidante ?
She—Certainly. I am at your service.
He—Well, would you advise me to pro
pose to you. —Life.
Just as Good!
Perhaps I Don't yon run the risk though,
but always buy the welltested and sure -
pop corn cure—Putnam's Painless Corn
Extractor. Sure, safe and painless.
Cause and /effect.
" Jim has become a regular cynic, a
woman hater."
" Is that eo ? By the way, who was the
woman that he wanted to marry hint"
GIBBONS' TOOTAcuE Gims acts a9 a
temporary filling and stops toothache in-
stantly. Sold by druggista.
About Drinks.
The American tax on whiskey ie' J0 cents
a gallon ; the British is $2.40 a gallon.
There aro more saloons in Chicago per
capita than in New York.
Only one all-night saloon license has been
esued in New York.
A high license bili has been introduced
iu the Michigan Legislature.
't Des Moines liquor dealers are happy ;
' they can evade the law now. The City
Council has fixed a " fine" of $50 a month
for "disorderly houses," which they will
pay.
Enthusiastic.
Professor (Vassar Cellege)—Now, young
ladies, I desire to direct your attention to
one of the moat remarkable of the planets,
Saturn, which as two beautiful rings—
Chorus —How splendid!
Tilton—Since Hastings has quit drinking
he bought hiswife a beautiful bracelet.
Mrs. Triton—l'suppose it's a bichloride o
gold one.
She—Are you going abroad to complete
your education ? He—Not much—going to
marry to complete it.
Banks—Rivera, how'do you anppose that
wonderful bird, the' phoenix, ever caught
fire ? Ptivere—Probablyfrom a defective
flew.
In Germany aluminumcravats are now on
sale. They are advertised es feather -light,
silver -white wash goods that will wear for-
gover.
Mr.. Nieofello (playfully)—What, makes
your ears so big? Small Terror—Sis
palls 'em like everything every time I tell
on'er.
VIE wibow'S C0YN 'SS.
0 woman 1 In your teens a tease,
Uncertain, coy and hard to sgqaoeze
But when a widow blithe and gay
You tweet us then at^least hall way.
ar
P
ev. Willoa M. n s h of ,
IL. S Now leek,,
stistes that net of 300,000 youul,* .mon in
that city, not over 75,000 ever 'enter
church.
Charlie and Am were lookingat the
moon. " What a good man God was to
in ke mach a beautiful moon 1" said Amy.
" Man 1" repeated Charlie, reprovingly. "1f
ever Moro eras a gentleman God is one."
A ST, CATfARINES MIRACLE
An Old and Esteemed Citizen Restored to
Health and Strength.
91r, 1%. W. Ilcilems, Sen. Relates the fare
Meiners of Ws Surferings and Itoliel 10
a "Standard" Importer—Advice to
Othem'anlferers.
(St. Catharines Standard.)
(Neurally, the other day, the Standard
learned that Mr. C. W. Reiterate sen., one
of the oldest and most respected citizens
pf SL Catharines, had been restored to
health after years .of suffering, in a manner'
bordering on the miraculous. The editor of
this paper had known Mr. Hellema for
years, and he was anxious to hear from him
the story of his wonderful recovery. He
had not seen Mr. Hollems for some months,
but timet with a very warm welcome when
he told the errand upon which he had Dome.
Mr. Hellem's home in on the corner of St.
Paul and Court streets, and he is well-
known to all our older residents as a citizen
of the highest integrity, having lived in this
city since 1833.
"I have had rheumatism," said Mr. Hen
terns, " more or lees for the past twenty
years, which often got so painful that I
could not got about at all, I had been to
all the doctors here and to some in Toronto
and Buffalo but I could get no relief worth
speaking about. Five years ago I went to
Welland and took a vapor bath, and felt so
much relieved that I took two more. The
relief, however, was only temporary, and
four and a half years ago the lameness and
pains came on again and so completely
used me up that I could hardlydoenything.
I applied to a number of doctors for treat -
went and two of them treated me, but
without relief. My age, they said, was
against me ; `that if I were a younger man
there might be some hope for me. I was 84
last October. I then discontinued the doc-
tors' treatment and about a year ago got a
box of Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale
People, and used them without feeling
any benefit and quit. This spring I used
another box without any effect and again
stopped. You see I expected ton much and
seemed to think that a box of Pink Pills
ought to do what years of doctoring did not
do. In July I read about the case of Mr.
Condor, of Oakville, who had used, I
think, eighteen boxes. When I read that
he was so fully cured that he was able to
work again, and even play baseball, I took
courage and saw that 1 had not beforegiven
the pills a fair trial. I then got half a
dozen boxer and was on the fitth before I
felt any beneficial effects. I had run down
se low and my appetite had left me. I now
began to feel my appetite returning and
my kneea and ankles began to gainstrength.
From that out I continued to improve until
the time of the county fair, when I went
do' nn there in company with others and
went the rounds seeing the stock and other
exhibits. I tried to keep up with them
and walked eo much that day that I felt
some bad effects afterwards. But I now
know where to look for relief and continued
using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and ever
since have sett a steady Improvement. My
legs have gained strength wonderfully, and
the doctors tell me that if I was a younger
mac. I would be still more benefited. My
general health has also improved very
much. About six weeks ago I was in
Toronto and walked fully five miles that
day, something I could not have done be-
fore. In fact I feel so much better that I
have taken a 2 -year-old mustang colt to
break it in." At this point Mrs- Hellema,the
life partner of the venerablegentleman, who
had come into the room while Mr. Het -
lams was relating his story, said that a
friend, when he heard that Mr. Hellema
had taken a colt to break, said he was going
to commence using Pink Pills too. 'Then
the lady noting the Standard man writing
at the table asked Mr. Hellema if all this
wee to be published.
" Yes," said Me. Hellenic; , " if there are
any other poor creatures who are suffering
es 1 have done I would be glad to have
them know the great good Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills have done me, and be benefited
in the same way. I am glad to have my
experience puhli«Lied for the benefit it may
do to others, and I cannot too strongly
recommend these great pills." In reply to
an enquiry Mr. Helleres said he had taken
three half dozen boxes since he began to
take: them regularly and was now using
the fourth half dozen.
The Standard reporter called upon Mr.
A. J..Greenwood, the east end druggist,
whose etore is only a few doors from the
residence of Mr. Hellems, to enquire how
the sale of Dr. Williams' Pink Pill] stood in
regard to other proprietary medicines, and
it ddentally to enquire what he thought of
their effect in Mr. Hellem's ease. " Pink
Pills for Pete People have a great Bala," said
Mr. G&•eeuwood, "and I am continually
asked for thein. With regard to Mr. Hen
lern'e case, I knew that for years he bad
suffered front ^ rheumatism and other die -
aeries, and that he was thoroughly run down.
Fie now speaks very highly of Pink Pills,
though at first he did not think they were
/icing hirer guy good, but that may he ac-
counted for by the hold the disease
hid on his system. He now feele
like a young roan and is able o
attend the various animate, horses,
etc. After ho had taken about a dozen
boxes he meme into the store one day and
started to dance around like a school boy.
"Whet's the matter?" I exclaimed,per-
fectly astonished, and with happiness ring -
big in every tone ..f his voice, he called out,
"O, I'm young again; I'm young again."
Fee ascribed es the reason for this tbat Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills had performed the
miracle. He hoe frequently told me that
he had tried doctors without number, be -
'ides other patent medicines, but without
any avail. My sales of.; Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills are constantly increasing, and all agree
that these excellent little pills are beyond
praise. There are many people in this
district who have cause to be thankful they
tried Pink Pills.
The reporter called upon Mr. W. W.
Greenwood and Mr. Harry Southoett, the
well-known druggists and both spoke
highly of Pink Pills, saying tkat they are
the most popular remedy in the stores, and
that those using them are loud in their
praises of the results.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla are a per -
feet blood builder and nerve restorer,
curing each diseasea as rheumatism,
neuralgia, partial paralysis, locomo-
tor ataxia, St. Vitus' dance, nervous
headache, nervous prostration and the tired
feeling therefrom, the after effects of la
grippe, diseases depending on humors of the
blood, such as scrofula, chronie erysipelas,
etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to
pale and tallow complexions, and aro a
specifie for the troubles peculiar to the
female eyateat, and in the ease of mon they
effect a radical cure in all Cassa arising.
from mental worry, over -work or excesses
o any nature.
Them Pills aro manufactured by the Dr.
Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville
Oat: and Sehenected N. Y. and aro sold
r
cul tin hikes bearing the fiche's trade mark
mad wrapper, at, 50 coats a box, or 6 boxes
for $2.60. Bear in mind that Dr. William en
Pink Pills are never Gold in bulk, or by the
dozen or hundred, and any dealer who
offers substitutes in this form is trying to
defraud yea and should be avoided. The
public' are also cautioned against all other
so-called blood builders and nerve tonicr,
no matter what name may be given thein.
Theyre al
a l imitRtiona, whose makerrr
hope to reap a pecuniary advantage from;
the wonderful reputation achieved by Dr..
Williams' Pink Pills. Ask your dealer for
Dr. Williams' Pink Fills for Pale People,,
and refuse all imitations and substitutes;
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills may be ' had of
all druggiata or direct by mail from Dr
Williams' Medicine Company from either
address. The price at which these pills
are sold makes a course of treatment com-
paratively inexpensive as compared with.
other remedies or medical treatment.
PREPARING FOR ICED.
The Proper Way to Get Deady for a Trip:
to Dreamland.
What is the correct method to pursue in
preparing for a trip into dreamland, for
there is a right as well as a wrong way.
The business of disrobing should be so sys-
tematized that attending to all the little
niceties included in the process will become
after a while second nature, says a writer
ia the Million. There is something more
to be done, Iet me assure you, beside
putting your hair up in curl papers, and.
dabbing a bit of cold cream on your face if
you would wake up in the morning looking
as fresh as a thee. In the first place.
do not put off these important pre-
parations until you are so heavy
lidded that you are ready to omit every-
thing belonging to the toilet. And now for
the first step. Early in the evening your
sleeping apartment should bo thoroughly'
aired by dropping the wiadow from the top.
and raising ib at the bottom. Ten minutes
will be quite sufficient for clearing the
atmosphere. Now close the windows and.
allow the room to become thoroughly
warmed, that you may not experience a
chill while taking a rub down. Prepare n
big bowl of tepid water, into which you may
sprinkle a small quantity of am-
monia or borax. rake a Turkish
towel, which is mach better tham
a sponge, wring it out as dry as poseible,.
and, grasping a corner in each hand, give
the apine a vigorous rubbing. Have at.
hand another Turkish towel, and, as you
bathe the body in sectione, dry as quickly
as possible. How your smooth, white akin
will glow as you start into action the sla -
gieh circulation.
IIOESE®OLD NOTES.
Bits of Useful Information for Thrifty
Housewives,.
According to the Medical Record castor
oil has not failed in any case to remove
warts to which it was applied once a day
for two to nix weeks.
A use for common salt recently given is
to rub it into the roots of the hair to remove
dandrt.ff Rub it in lightly at night, net
using a great quantity ; in the morning it
is all gone, only leaving a alight dampness_
A piece of chamois skin bound on the
edges, shaped to fit the heel and kept in
place by a piece of elastic robber worn over
the stockings, will save much mending.
A nice way to keep wax for the erode -
basket is to fill half shells of English,
walnuts with melted wax, fastening the two
half shells closely together at one end..
There will then be a small space at the
other end, through which the thread will
Blip when the wax is being used.
Some housekeepers serve Iemon with mut-
ton, but most people prefer a combination of
tart and sweet, as in mint sauce or fruit.
jellies.
Half the battle in washing dishes is keep-
ing the dish clothes and towels clean.
Washing out once a week in ammonia water
should never be neglected.
Never allow meat to be placed directly ore
the ice, as water draws out the juices ; it is
even worse to lay it there wrapped in paper.
It ehonld always be laid in a cool, porcelain
vessel.
Queer Conduct in Maine.
In a town in Central Maine has lived for
years a man who, without any apparent
reason, gave up work and went to board
with a woman on a farm. Supported by
tiffs pension he has existed for years in one
room, lying in bed. most of the time He
has indulged his appetite to the utmost.
His size became immense, and some time
ago he gave up the effort of dressing. No
friends nor relatiyes showed any interest in
this man, living like a brute. One day last
week he ceased to breathe. The under-
taker was notified by the woman with
whom he lived, Certain of the neighbors
offered their assistance, which was re-
jected. She said a minister could not
enter her house, and this man should not
have a funeral there. After the under-
taker had made suitable arrangements he
took the body to the cemetery and buried
it. Not a prayer was said, no one followed
the remains, not a regret was expressed by
any one. As he lived, eo he died and was
buried:—Lewiston Evening Journal.
As if clothes Did it.
The man's the man for a' that and a' that
and so is the woman, but it isn't everybody
knows, especially women. The other day
two fashionable ladies were going along
Woodward avenue, when they met a very
poorly dressed little woman, whom ane
of them seemed to know in an eleemosynary
way. She stopped the little woman and
engaged her in conversatinn for three or
four minutes, the other meantime listening
to her and notiog her manners. Then they
linseed on.
" Who is she ?" asked the one who ha.
been observing.
" Oh, she's is little woman I have on nem
charity list. 'What do you think of her ?'
"Think of her ? Why, if she had on good
clothes she'd be a lady."
The man's a man for a' that and a' that,
and so's the woman.—Detroit Free Press.
Glad of It.
" Say, where are you going ?" said Mrd.
McHarlem to his wife. She glanced at hfar.
as she snappishly replied ;
" If you must know—though it's none of
your business—l'm going to spend the days
with the Thompsone over on the east side«
Pin so glad, dear ; I alwaya did hate s
those Thompson people."
" Yes, t know yon hate them. That's.
my principle reason for liking then I love
them for the enendee they have made."
Doctor (to patient)—What ails you r
Patient---Iddeod, 1 don't know. I enl
know that I suffer. " What kind of life dee
you lead t" "1 work like an or, I eat like as
wolf, I am as tired as a dog,and 1 Sleep
like a horse." .
cae." " 1a that Daae I should advbtea
you to consult a veterinary surgeon."
Sibyl -Let's cross over to the other aide.
of the street. Tipple -No ; tot's stay qts
this side. The pavement is wet over theree.
Sibyl=That'a'alt rights Mine are Bilk.
She—I wonder why perrete learn tie>
enterer so mailer ? 11e—I guesd because then"
ahvaye have such awful bills before thee,