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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-04-29, Page 27.; , 3.1;4 THE HURON EXPOSITOR Agricultural. It is just as ea.sy to raise a bushel of good. apples as a bushel of poor ones. What is a dollar or two of extra preliminary expense in gettimg good trees! GROOMINGHORSEs.—The American Stock Jouinal says that a man who neglects the regular grooming of his horses, is an enemy both to the beast and himself—to them be- cause he ‘vithholds labor which is their due; and to himself,. because he depreciates . the value of his own property. To GET RID OF RATS.--Re11101/6; as much as possible, all eatables for two or three days, and then_ daub the rat holes thorough- ly with soft tar. R4ts do not like to have their coats tarred, arid thei vrill run no risk of it, uniess there is a strong temptation. NI: hen -they have ceased coming, nail tin over the holes and you will probably be safe from their visits for a while. If they gnaw a new hole, treat it Thomptly the sameway. APPLICATION OF LIME TO SMALL AMTS. —Many have hesitated to make the ahove use of lime fearing it might produce an in- jurious effect. It is *well for us to state from experience, that the application of lime to strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cumulus, rhuhard, and asparagus, will act bunefieially, unless the ground has been pre- viously heavily limed, or there is very little vegetable matter in the soil. Burnt shell - lime should be applied in .preference to stone lime, and not more than twenty-five or thirty bushels per acre sown fresh. Over the 6m -face, Used in this way, with, fre- quent and. small early doses; it gives the best reeultr. Fabtrs TO SUPPEY A FAMILY.—The ques- tion iS often asked, What shall -71 plant in order to obtain a full supply of fresh fruitis for :L VI:wily the year _tound 7" It is diffi- cult to give a precise list, as in some season; the crop may be greater than in others ; and agai SOMe will bear abundantly and others fail in the same season. The' following, however, will serve as an approximation : The earliest fruits, about the first of sum- mer, will be strawberries. A selection of the most productive sorts, well cultivated, with the runners kept off, will afford aboui one part a day from each square rod for a season. How TO KEEP FRESH MEAT.—Perhaps all of your readers are not aware that steak (pork and 1:eef), sausages, pudding, etc, can be kept fresh the "year round," by frying and seasoning when fresh, the same As for the table, packing down in creeks or lard cans, and pouring hot lard over them, ociverina• about _ One inch. When needed, scrape gff the lard and heat through This is valuable information to farmers -and oth- ers, who kill a beef and dispose of a portion at a low rate, and then are unable to pro- cure fresh meati during the summer. 1 de: Ly any one te detect any differencebetween the preserved and the tecerily prepared.— Cor. Country t7entlentan. house and barn grown up to burdock and other weeds to produce an abundant supply, if properly cultivated. It is because far- mers neglect to plant _small fruit, Tartly for Want of means and partly for an impro- vident carelessness: NQW I advise every farmer tas hold a family council immediate- ly, and see what can he done in the mat- ter. I think the boys and girls, or even the; overIaliored wife would agree to plant and cultivate the fruit if the farmer would plough the land and afford a few dollars to buy plants. Try it, and see if the results are not beneficial in more ways than one— if the bor do not tleCvelope .more industri- ous' habits and a reater attachment to home, if the flush of health does not return to the, faded cheeks of the girls, and if some- thing of the careworn look does. eot leave the brow of the mother, then I 'shall be rea- dy to confess that I am entirely: ignorant of the want and conditions of farmers families. —American Farmer. LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.—When you have a good staawberry or raspberry which suits your soil, ,don't throw it aside for any new sort of high sounding praise, but stick to it If the sort turns out to be a real ac- quisition you grow it if you like, quite time enough to enjoy any good qualities it may posgess. We know of person s who are al- ways changing their.varieties of small fruits —41ways experimeuting—and are nearly always without a good supply. In our ex- perience of a aelies of years we have found -" let -well -enough -alone' policy to be the best. When convinced that a new Variety it was aders, have of this -or that was an improvement, adopted and recommended, and our r we think, will vouch for us that w not often been mistaken. , PRUNING S3IALL FRUrTS.—The curfant is - a bush shrab, and can be _pruned so as to form a short stook, which plan., when pro- perly 9arried out, will prove highly satis- factory in producing huge clusters of highly • flavored and excellent fruit. The new growth of one year should be shortened to about one-half. The older branches, which have borne a number of years, May be cut oat from time to time and replaced with new branches. The gooseberry is treated in - the same manner as the currant. The black- berry is a fruit which grows on wood of the previous year's growth. While one _year's canes are bearing, new canes are growing, which are to bear fruit the following year. Pruning- the blackberry consist in cutting near the ground the canes -that _frui at the same time shortening the net If there are too many new canes, th out. 'While new canes are growin the ends, when about three feet lona to en- courage the laterals, which are apt to bear the fruit. The main canes generally grow too heavy and pithy for producing frluit, but the laterals are well adapted to beartng, and if shortened into six or twelve niche's, ac- cording to che strength of the bushes, will form excellent fruit - spurs. Pruning the raspberry is ;:ery similar to that of the. black -berry, except the pinching, whith is not necessary for the red and yellow Vari- eties. The black -caps, howeyer, are greatly benefitted by pinching the ehds ef the new canes to about three feet lohg: Out away the bearing wood as soon as. the fait has been gathered, which will give Om for the new canes to develop. - SMALL FRUITS FOR FARMERS' FAMILIES.— F harmers have altocret er too limited a supply of the different, varieties of sm,a,11 fruits. How many farmers families have had all the strawberries, raspberries, (black•, And red) blackberries, eurrants and gOose- berties they wanted upon the table every meal throughout the seasonl I fear that a truthful answer would show that not one farmer's family in ten had indulged in a sat- isfactory supply. Now, why is this ?—It is not for want of land for I presume most farmers have enough land around the How GOOD FARMERS SA.N.'1 -MoEY.--- They take good papers and read them They keep accounts of ,fartn operations. They do not leave thsir implements scatter- ed over the farm, exposed to EllOW, rain and heat They repair their tools and buildings at a prover time, and do not suffer a subsequent three -fold expeediture of time and money. They use their money judi- ciously, and they do not attend auction sales to purchase ail kinds of trumpery be- cause it is cheap. They see that tbeir fen- ces are well repaired, andtheir cattle are not grazing in the me idows, or grain fields, or orchaids. They do not refuse t make correct experiments in a small way of many new things. They plant their fruit trees well, care for them, 'and of course get good crops. They practice economy by giving their stock good shelter dining tV winter also good foosl, taking all that - is unsound, half rotten, or mouldy. out. They do not keep tribes of cats, or snarling dogs around the premises who eat more in a month than they are 'worth in a whole lifetime. Lastly, they read the advertisements, know what is going onard frequently save money by it. Successful farming is made by attention to small things. The farmer who does his best, earns his money with best appreci- ation, and uses it with his best results. Such men are the saltof the earth.—Caro- lina Farmer. . GROWING MUSH; ooms.—A correspondent of the English Journal of Horticulture gives the following simple mode of growing these delicacies : My experience as a mushroom cultiva- tor extends over a period of 20 years, Du- ring this period I have grown them in many different ways, in many fashionable as well as unfashionable houses and sheds and in the open air, during sum- mer and winter, in different it of the country, and for various purposes—for the supply of ducal tables, and for sale in Co- vent Garden Market --and I can truly say without desiring- to boast of my own suc- cess, that there is no vegetable so simple oi easy of cultivation as the mushroom. " The method which I generally adopt for winter supply, and that which I have found the simpl est, HIP y be briefly statedthus,--1 pro- cure two cart loads of good freeh manure, and shake out the longest of the straw. I am not however, very particular about this. Then it is turned over in the (wen air, once or twice to 2et rid of the rank steam. When this is gone the dung is taken into ofte of the sheds at the back of the houses, and a- bout -four bale owfuls of ordinary fresh soil mixed with it. The bed is then made up on the fleer of the shed to a depth of about 12 inches, pressed rather firmly, and spawn- ed when at temperture of between seventy- five and eighty degrees. A co' ering ofone inch of good Staong loam in a. rather rough state is then added, and beaten level with a spade. By using heavy loom as a covering, the mushrooms pi.oducecl are of a much more sold character than where lighesifted soil is used , they are, cersequently, more valu- able, commanding a far higher Price in the market. The whole is then covered up with about nine inches of straw or long lit- ter, "'I never use any fire heat, as I consider that a piece of useless extravagance; Bet- ter mushrooms can be grown without fire heat than with it, and a continuous supply • kept up throughout the coldest, winters. "1 have several beds in oearmg now that have been made in the manner described. To -day (Dec. 19th) I have picked a small pail tull from a square foot. I could pick many such—in fact, the beds are a perfect sheet of white all over. Seeing that they are so easily cultivated, who would be with- out their dish of mushrooms ed, and canes. u them pinch Famine in Russia—Heartrending Scenes. Thousands of Israelites in the Wet Of Russia are at this moment a prey to the hor- rors of famine. You cannot • picture to ourself the frightftil spectacle which this deplorable and inotile than half deeimated population presents to the world In the streets, in the synagogues, in the Botio iii- cli•aschrim, hundreds are to be seen daily dragging their famished bcdies ;dors, ancl begging as a last favor' that some friendly hand sliduld put an end to their sufferings. Even in the schools we 'find the boys dying side by side with their masters, the girls wc,- piling in the arms of their mistress. Lis- ten to a brief rarration of this fearful and heart-rending catastrophe :—At Telechen a. mother, maddened by the sight of the suff- erings endured by her children, takes a knife and rips open her body, to show that she had given everything to her children and reserved nothing for herself. At Pur- wine we see a mother, whose childrei• have orouoht her a knife nekino her to cut them scme bread with it, plunged it into her heart. At Schaulen, an old woman stt.etch- ed upon a wretched bed, refuses in her last hour the food proffered her, saying : "Give it to my children, mad whrn I am dead they will find a treasure which I have bidden for them l The poor v oman is no more, they find hertreasure to consist of a piece of dry bread, already halt mouldy. -Upon his re- turn from KOWII07 where be had gone to administer relief, the Rabbi Rulff, preach- er (at Memel, exclaims in answev to some inquiries put to him : "What have 1 seen' Alas, the bitter and ineffaceable memories which 1 carry -in my heart! In a ball where 500 poor miserable, emaciated chil- dren were aSsenlled, 1 saw a piece of Lie:id brought in at mid-day, and each of those famine -struck little beings rushed to eat his share of itewith the most terrible avidity. Should th8se children have survived for the morrow, they had nothing wherewith to satisfy the caving' of 'their tinnier. In every street famine and death stalk fearless- ly alma -40 • a. Thrilling Exhibition by an Insane Wo - man.. On Wednesday afternoon last at the Illi- nois Hospital for the Insane, at Jackson- ville. a most appalliAg, exciting, and thiill- ing scene was witnesses! by many persons. An iiisafle WOMall in someway escaped from the apartments in which she had been confined, rushed np the stun way, leaped up- on the roof, and dashed away to the end of the nuilding, swung lierse!f over the edge cf the roof and &hopped to a cornice some six or eight feet below. Upon this eurntce, a foot wide and some seventy-five feet above the ground, the wild maniac walked back and forth for a (Rafter of an hour. Mei rushed to the roof and passed a row to her, and tried to pesuade her to fasten it abotk her body, but in vain. Below, beds were biought and placed, to break the fall should she leap from her perilous position. Afteir remaining on the cornice fifteen minute, seemingly unconscious of all danger, shb swung off, and holding by the cornice until her feet touched a cap of the fifth story -window, when she let go the cornice, mut, wonderful to relate, alighted erect and ssea- dy upon the cap, which was but a foot wide and foer feet long. There, at that fearful and dizzy height, she stood gazing about for a quarter of an hour. Then she seized firm- ly by the rope lowered to her. and leaped into the air. The strong arms gradually lowerect her, and when she was about thirty feet from the ground she relaxed her hold and fell upon the beds below, and, although stunned, was taken up uninjured. to* OW' , A LOST NATION.—A writer in the Natal _Mercury says, when treating on the ruins �f Simbaoe :—" A day's march from Ando - between two hills at the end of a vast and fertile valley, are the ruins of Axum. To this day incredible flights of stone steps conduct the traveller up to the sum - Snits of the hills, in one of which are found deep grottoes and vast halls, cut out of the rock and ornamented with tall columns. There, according to the traditions of the country, is the tomb of the Queen of Saba. The adjoining valley, shaded by majestic trees, is filled by the remains of the city, .consisting of huge 'blocks of stone. Very little of the debris reveal their former pur- pose. There may, however, be distinguish- ed two groups of fourteenor fifteen obelisks, thrown down. Seven of them are covered wi.,h ornaments, and are not less tharl thir- ty-six feet in length. These masterpieces of ancient architecture reveal to us the fact of an ancient civilization in the heart of Af- rica, which has disappeared again thousands of years since. Niebuhr tell us of a mighty Abyssinian empire existing here, mention- ing, in particular Saba, and says it was so VVATCHES. Smith Jones. .She manied Jones despite Smith's groans. With pain in his heart, Smith powerful that even the Roman arid Parthi- went out -West. This was in '18, now don't an strength could not prevail against it. forget the ase. In less than three years This last statement was :Aiken from a (4 -reek he dried his tears, but refusing to mingle ihscriptidn found among the ruins eitgraved he remained sinale. In .'62 lie concluded Very Near. courted Miss so did Brown, and WATO ES .WA_TC HES wATcHES WATCHES WATCHES WA.TCHES WATCHES ATATCHES WATCHES WATCHES CLOCKS CLOCKS CLO CKS CLOCKS CLO OK S CLOCKS' CLOCKS CLOCKS CLOCKS CLO CKS One of the Largrt and Best Assorted Stocks OPPOSITE CARMICFIAEL'S HOTEL. SEAFORTH, March 31, 1.870. 52-- this line, is to e found at ht, COUNTER'S, APRIL 27, 1870, —EASE AND COMFORT THE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT There is nothingsovaluableasperfectsight, and perfect sight can , only be obtained by using ..Rerfecfr Specteles, the difficulty of procuring whichigewell known. Meitsrs. Lazarus & Morris, Oculists & Optici- cans, Hartford, Conn„, Manufacturers of the Celebrated Perfected Spectacles, have after years of Experience, and the erection of costly ma- chinery, . been enabled to produce that Grand Desideratum, Perfect Spectacles, which have been sold. with unlimited satisfaction to the wearers in the United States, Prince Edward's Island, and Dominien of Canada, during the past nine years those Celebrated Perfected Speotacles never tire the eye, and last many years without change, Sole Agent for Seaforth, M. It Counter, from whom only they can be procured. LAZARUS, MORRIS & CO., Montreal, WE EMPLOY NO PEDLERS. Seaforth, ja.rey. 21st, 1870. 76-1y. SPRING GOODS. VV • M. CAIVIPBELL Merchant Tailor, HAS JUST RECEIVED A COMPLETE STOCK —0)'--- SPRING GOODS. EMBRACING EVERY STYLE THAT WILL BE WORN FOR SPRINC& SUMMER LO go down and vieit the old neigh uoi s in his native town. As he approached he met a damsel aged fifteen. There was some- thing in her features he remembered to have seen. It must be her daughter, he hasten- ed to conclude, so he ventured to , accost, hot thinking to be rude. This dialokeue, est sued _ • Smith, who lisped a little—" Ain't your name Jonesth 7" Yes, sir." "Ain't you Mrs, Thom. Jonesth daugh- ter?" :" Yes, sir.' "Well, XiSS Jones* I came very near beite your fatha wonth.'' A ttaveller writes home from Paris: "The word I have stood most in need of since my arrival here is the French word for damn." in stone. • On the reverse side is another engraving, in soroe encient language, which_ has -not yet been deciphered. The savage tribes guard these ruins with jealous care. DANIEL MoPHAIL, LICENSED /AUCTIONEER I COUNTIES OF PERTH AND HURON, J3EGS to, return his sincere thanks to the in- habitants of Perth for their liberal patronage duringthe past six years. Ile Would respectfn y announce that he will attend to all orders in PERTH or HURON for 1870. Orders left at the "EXPOSITOR" Office, in Seaforth, the Beacon Office, Stratford, or the Advocate, in Mitchell, will be promptly attended to. Conveyancing, and; Real EatateAgency attend- ed. to, and loans negotiated; OFFICE—East side of the market. Mitchell , • Ont. Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870. 1164f. ALL GARMENTS GOT UP BY THE BEST WORKMEN, AND AT MODERATE • CHARGES. WM. CAMPBELL, Carriage Factory. MAIN STREET, SE.A.FORTH, AND NEARLY OPPOSITE, SHARP'S HOTEL. NEW YORK HOUSE. S.KAFORTH, March) 31, 1870,, rpHEundersigned would intimate to the in- habitants Of Seaforth and surrounding country, that they have on lia,nd a large stock of first-class HICKCRY BUGGY STUFF_ They are now ready to receive orders for all kinds of Buggies, Carriages &c., made up by -experienced 'Workmen, in the very latest styles. Old Work repainted by a first-class Carriage Painter. REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. CHARGES MODERATE. GIVE THEM A CALL. McINTOSH & MORRISON. Seaforth, J-an'y 21st. 1870. 111-th 85— FARMERS GO TO 11111AUC.19° AND TEEPLE, FOR. THE SIGN OF THE COLDEN MHE subscriber be,gs to inform the public that he has just received a great variety of Sad- dles and. TRUNKS Which he is prepared to sell At Prices Almost Unparelleled, —0 COLLARS of every description, warrant_ ed not to hurt the horse's neck. -o WAGGONS. BUGGIES, A GRICULT URAL IMPLEMENTS, and. in 11_, fact, anything drawn by the horse. A large assortment always kept on hand. And for first- class HORSE SHOEING &JOBRING-tha.tis the place. large stock of Dry Oak, and other Lumber, also Dry Waggon Spokes, for Sale. Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. 1 Itly. Dr. Caldmreii's DYSPEPSIA T\YSPEPSIA can be effectually ed by usinF, DR. CALDWELL'S DYSPEPSIA REMEDY. See circul- ar and certificates accompanying each bottle. A , Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E. HICKSON & CO , Seaforth, and medicine dealers generally. WOODRII FF, BENTLY St CO. 117-25ins. Brougharrh Ont. In the way of Harness OF ALL RINDS, He is, as lieretofore, in a position to give his customers as good value for their money as any other establishment in Ontario. Quality of work and material, employed, indis- pata.ble. SHOP : OPPOSITE KIDD & MaillULKI.APP JOHN CAMPBELL. Seaforth, Jan. 31. 18/0. 52-tf. INSTJRANC E, Insurance Insurance. , When you want to Insure your Buildings,your Mills and Fac- tories, your Stock, your Crops;yourFurniture, or your Life, Apply to WM. N. WATSON, SEAFORTH FItiE, MARINE, AND LIFE INSURANCE AGENT, FOR The Prokincial Insurance Company of Canada (Canadian). The Liverpool and. London and Globe Insurance Company, (English), The Niagara DistrictMutualInsuranceCompany. The Gore District Mutual Insurance Go., and The Star Life Assurance So_ciety of England, which divides nine -tenths of the profits every five years amongstPPolicy Holders.' Losses liberally adjusted and promptly settled. Farmers are specially invited to consult the advantages -offered in perfep security and in the extreme lowness of rates for insurance on all de- scriptions of Farm Property,. . --o MONEY TO LEND At moderate rates of Interest, and. to be re -paid by Instalments, which is the most suitable and safest method for Farmers and others to pay-off a mortgage. - No Commission Charges, and ex- penses small. MORTGAGES BOUGHTON EQUITABLE TERMS. . 0 - SEWING MACHINES. The best Sewing .Machines, for Family Use, as well as for Manufacturing purposes, are kept al- ways on hand. Both Single Threaded and Dou- ble Threaded., or Lock Stitch Machines can be supplied. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, and instructions Oren to purehasers„ers.tis. REMEMBER Wai. W. WATSON'S Insurance Agency Office, and Sewing Machine Depot, North Main Street.' ? SEAFORTH, Mareh 31, 1870. - 121 4:1 RI A late Fla .Almost ever: 4 kdidental SC(1) an old, tunes us for : with furrows tv-ay improve water. And stow It passin ea dirt-begri, that in those' the blood of 1' Fifty yeas. , Oriental lax est of live inal Jess a pareone Celestial elm' reared in the! so much is ta had not R. NV iir . Mantlarians i to wait on thl With his brot To one was al fowls ; to an' other, the ro of his moth that exist in : are by no nae he grew up It duties and tl ready had he of the Thibei capital of the i -.lost poseerfd _ i. don caused imparted to iii at that early i tial life. 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It is relate thet the one solely tempti the Sunday plied hie fell ed hang; 1 jn deputati arriyed G long fl go, hie course of thel sermon from., waited upon; could recoinn at the same £100 a year claimed the d kind of a u stipend su the party looking for ter that eon -course, like day 1" - A clergy131 ore eoa ticn ne- but when an they ought preaehed loaves and explain it, he those now as some of t scarcely pro heard a loud a liar 1" baker." 4 have ye'to w Mess John ; of ovens the - At a chine minister, two were Atiam an eloquent 4 the text 4Ad afternoon A lefe, here am A der& Le lowing words me to Rama f