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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1919-12-19, Page 7le subject of Lha were left unexr ant look in David's eaker to break net he door, through the foremost a fellow, with an ent sullenness. He thin about ten feet rile his companion David eyed him iotiee this enorin',"° n' 't my note 'd be have to be paid" .vid, with his area his chair and his n his desk, "that's the fellow's re- -omin' due 's con - in' part 's another :.in' to have it re- id, leaning a little ;an coolly, "I don't renew it fer any I guess it c'n run st as 't is," John nrraabee. He was face with an ex - most enjoyment. °hair a little more it from the desk. Cl/ run along, din vely. .. "I'm glad to the subject. Wa'al atntil to-morro' at fter that you c'zb r Johnson or the uttered a dzs- uzzle ye some to Lid. Mr. Harum's ws met above his. Montaig," he said, t this matter 'n you r 't you ben makiif Ou'd fix me in this i that you'd set place, an' if that rid you was execu- €s. That's so, ain't le size on't," said Us feet a little far- t. had risen from his ik that way," pro- . "when you come to git-the money in' as I reckon some: ie case has slipped since that time, 1 jog your mem'ry a next week). aCQUG&S DECEMBER 19, 1919 vas Eye yes fid' by expo - Boat and 11114 ressedy. No Smarting,' ist Sye Comfort. M stail 60e per • free write rk y Co., Ch :ante. )NLY ONE UTNE ASPIRIN ith "Bayer Cr.. a -No others! ee the "Bayer Cross fuse them -they are mile "Bayer Tablets of tamped with the safety t.:pirie prescribed by etec'n years and proved for r 1-I it 't `<-CItEn I;11 Headache, I`D ,ileums tism, Lulnbago, and Pain veteran}- es of 12 tablets -also packages. Made in trade mark (registered E'=-iyer Manufacture of -r ,,f 8�llievli�alcid- 31 known that aspirin fitii•tUrf', to assist the E It Eun . the Tablets of Ltd., will be .tamped rat trade ma k, the IS OR 3 r LL SES OFF { Lift any corn et E with. fingers -dA, t-ziiy bottle -rug iut` a. few cents a0 any ply a few drops on the 4ad "hard skin' on bot- ti Wt them off. 4F k removes corns from diel from the bottom of feet, is left pink and healthy !", tender - ee a .irritatede 111111111111 1[11111111illlttililllllltliliiillrrt D"I have had some experieneo of such accounts ' in a general way. • "Ever keep books?," "Only as I have told you," said r , ; John. smiling at the little man. Hamm I "Got any idee what you'll have to. I do up here?''' asked 'Chet. "Only in a general way." 1.. "IA')a'al," said , Mr, Timson, "I c'n by EDWAR NOYES WESTCOTT TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS -1899 'r1111111I11111:11,Tiltttl f11111111llillll111lJi1l1' (Continued from last week;) As John entered he saw ` standing behind this open counter, framed, as it were, between the desk on the one hand, and the glass inclosure on the other, a person whom he conjectured to be the "Chet" (short for Chester) Timson of whom he had heard, This person nodded in response to our friend's "Good morning," and antici- pated pated his inquiry by saying: "You lookin' -for Dave?" "I am looking for Mr. Harum," said John, "Is he in the office?" "He hain't come in yet," was the reply. "Up to the barn, I reckon, bat he's liable to come in any minute, an' you en step into the back room an' wait fer him," indicating the direc- tion with a wave of his hand. Business had not begun to be en- grossing, though the bank was open, and John hardly seated himself when Timson came into the back room and, taking a ehair where he could see the counter in the front office, proceeded to investigate the stranger, of whose identity he had not the -smallest doubt. But it was not Mr. Timson's way to take things for -granted in silence, and it must be admitted that his curiosity in this particular case was not without warrant. After a scrutiny of John's face and person, which was not brief enough to be unnoticeable, he said, with a direct- ness which left nothing in that line to be desired, "I reckon you're the new man Dave's been gettin' from the city." ' "I came up yesterday," admitted John. "My name's Timson," said Chet. "Happy to meet, you," said John, rising and putting out his hand. "My name is Lenox," and they shook bands -that is, John grasped the ends of four limp fingers. After they had subsided into their seats, Chet's opaquely bluish eyes made another tour of inspection, in curiosity and . wonder. "You alwus lived in the city?" he said at last. ".It has always been my -home," was the reply. "What put it in your head to come. up here?" with another stare. "It was at Mr. Haruin's sugges- tion," replied John, not with perfect candor; but he was not minded to be -drawn too far. "D'ye know Dave?" "I have never met him." Mr. Tin -i - son looked more puzzled than ever. "Ever ben in the bankin' bus'nis?" ¶L'I4I McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD Ork'ICE-SEAFORTH, ONT. OFFICERS J. Connolly, Goderich, President Jas. Evans, Beechwood, Vice -President T. E. Hays, Seaforth, Secy.-Treas. AGENTS Ale,. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; Ed. Hinchley„ Seaforth; John Murray, Brucefield, phone 6 on 137, Seaforth; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; It. G. Jar- inuth, Brodhagen. DIRECTORS William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; John Bennewies, Brodhagen; James Evans, Beechwood; M. McEwen, Clinton;• Jas. Connolly, Goderich;- D. F. McGregor, R. R. No. 3, Seaforth; J. G. Grieve, No, 4, Walton; Robert Ferris, Harlock; George McCateney, No. - 3, Seaforth. G. T. R. TIME TABLE Trains Leave Seaforth as follows: 10.55 a. an. For Clinton, Goderich, Wingham and Kincardine. 5.53 p. m. - For Clinton, Wingham and Kincardine. 11.03 p. m. - For Clinton, Goderich. 6.36 a. in. -For Stratford, Guelph, Toronto, Orillia, North Bay and ' points west, Belleville and Peter- - bora and points east. 6.16 p. ,m. -For Stratford, Toronto . Montreal and points east. LONDON, HURON AND BRUCE Going South a.m. p.m.. Londesboro . 7.13 3.56 Clinton 7.33 4.15 Brucefield 8.08 b 4.33 Kippen 8.16 4.41 Hensall 8.25 4.48 Exeter 8.40 5.01 Centralia 8.57 5.13 Wingham, depart 6.35 3.20 Belgrave 6.50 3.36 Blyth 7.04 3.48 Going North a.m. London, arrive 10.55 London, depart 8.30 Centralia 9,35 Exeter 9.47 Hensall 9.59 Kippen 10.06 Brucefield 10.14 Clinton 10.30 Londesboro ... 11.28 Blyth ., 11.37 Belgrave11.50 Wingham, arrive 12.05 p.m. 6.15 4.40 h 45 5,57 6.05 6.16 6.24 6.40, 6.57' 7.05 7.18 7.40 C. P. R. TIME TABL2 GUELPH & GODERICH BRANCH. TO TRORONTO a.m. Goderich, leave , .......6.20 Blyth 658 Walton 7.12 Guelph 948 FROM TOR NTO Toronto, leave 8 10 Guelph, arriv.J 9 30 6.20 Walton12.03 lyth 12.16 9.18 Auburn .. •12.28 9.80 Goderich 12.' • 9.55 Connections at Guelph aTtmetton with Main Line for Galt Woodstock, Lon- don,' on- don, .Detroit, and Chicago, and all in- termediate points. p.m. 1.30 2.07 2.20 4.53 5.10 9.04 tell ye; an', wli<at's more, I c'n tell ye,. young man, i't you pai'n't no idee of what you're undertakin',, an' of you don't wish you was back in New York 'fore you git through I ain't no guesser," "That ise possible," said John read- ily, recalling his night and his break- fast that morning, "Yes, sir," said the other. "Yes, sir;. if you do .what've had to do, you'll do the hull darned thing, an' nobody to help you but Pele Hopkins, who don't count fer 'a row 0' crooked pins. As fez's Dave's concerned," as, serted the speaker with a wave of his hands, "he don't know no more about bankin' 'n a cat,` He couldn't count a thousan' dollars in an hour, an', as for addin' up a row .o' figures, he couldn't git it twice alike, I don't, believe, if he was to be hung fort." "He must understand the meaning of his own books and accounts, I should think," remarked John. "Oh," said Chet scornfully, "any- body c'd do that. That's easy 'nough; but as fur 's the real bus'nis is con- cerned, he don't have nothin' to do with it. It's all ben left to me: charg- in' an' creditin', postin',. Sindividule ledger, gen'ral ledger, bill -book, dis- count register, tickler, for'n register, checkin' off the N'York accounts, draw- in' off stateinuunts f'm the ledgers an' bill -book, -writin' letters -why, the' ain't an hour 'n the °day in bus'- nis hours some ; days that the's an hour' 't I ain't busy 'bout somethin'. No, sir," continued Chet, "Dave don't give himself no trouble about the bus'-• nis. All he does is to look after lend - in' the money, an' seein' that it gits paid when the time comes, an' keep track of how much money the' is here an' in N'York, an' what notesis com- in' due -an' a few - things like that, that don't put gen to paper, ner take an hour .of his time. Why, a man'll come ins. an' want to git a note done, an' it'll be 'All right,' or, `Can't spare the money to -day,' all in a minute. He don't give it no thought at all, an/ he ain't 'round here half the time. Now," said Chet, "when I work fer a man I like to have him 'round so 't I c'n say to him: `Shall: I do it so? or shall I do it so ? • shall I? or sha'n't I?' an' then when I make a mistake -'s any- body''s liable to -he's a much to blaine 's I be." "I suppose, then," said John, "that youernust have to keep Mr. Harum's private accounts also, seeing that he knows so little of details. I have been told that he is interested in a good many matters besides this bus- iness.". "Wa'al," replied Timson, somewhat disconcerted, "I suppose he must keep 'ern himself in some kind of a fashion, an' I don't know a thing about any outside matters of" his'n, though I suspicion he has -got quite a few. He's got some books in that safe" (point- ing with his finger) "an' he's got a safe in the vault, but if you'll believe me" -and the speaker looked as if he hardly expected it -"I hain't never so much as seen the inside of either one on 'em. No, sir," he declared, "I hain't no more idee of what's in them safes 'n you have. He's close, Dave Harum is," • said Chet with a convincing motion of the head; "on the hull, the clostest man I lever see. I believe," he averred;, "that if he was to lay out to keep it shut that lightn- in' might • strike him square in the mouth an' it wouldn't go in an •eigth `"of an inch. An' yet," he added, "he c'n talk by the rod when he takes a notion." . "Must be a difficult person to get on with," commented John dryly. "I couldn't sten' it no longer," de- clared Mr. Timson with the air of one who had endured to the end of virtue, "an' I says to him the .other day, `Wa'al,' I says, `if I can't suit ye, inebbe you'd better suit yourself." "Ah!" said John politely, seeing that some response was. expected of him; "and what did he say to that?" "He ast nie," replied Chet, "if I meant by that to throw up the situa- tion. `Wa'al,' I -s y's, 'I'm sick enough to throw up most anythin',' I says, `along with bein' found fault with fer nothin'." "And then?" queried John, who had received the impression that the. motion to adjourn had come from the other side. of the house. "Wa'al," replied Chet, not quite so confidently, "he said somethin' about my requirin' a larger spear of action; an' that he thought I'd do better on a mile track -some o' his hoss,, talk. That's ,another thing," said Timson, changing the subject. "He's all fer hosses. He'd sooner make a ten -dol- lar note on a hoss trade than a hundred right here 'nthis office. Many's the time right in bus'nis hours, when I've wanted to ask him how he wanted somethin' done, he'd be busy talkin' hoss, an' wouldn't pay no attention to me more'n 's if I wa'n't there." "I am glad •to feel," said John, "that you• can not possibly have any unpleas- antfeeling toward me, seeing that you resigned as you did." ' "Cert'nly not, cert'nly not," declar- ed Timson, a little uneasily. "If it hadn't 'a' ben you, it would 'a' had to ben somebody else, an' now I seen you an' had a talk with you Wa'al, I guess I better git back into the other room. Dave's liable to come in any minute. But," he said in part- ing, "I will give ye piece of advice: You keep enough laid by to pay your 'gettin' back to N''York. Yene may want it in a hurry," and with this parting shot the rejected one .took his leave. The bank parlor was lighted by a window and a glazed door in: the rear wall, and another window on the south side. Mr. Harum's desk was by the rear, or west, window, which gave view of his house,' standing some hundred feet back from the street. The south, or ' side, window afforded a view of his front yard and that of an adjoining dwelling, beyond which rose the wall of a mercantile block. Business was encroaching • upon David's domain. . Our friend stood looking out of the south window. To the left a bit of Main Street was vis- ible, and the naked branches of the elms and maples with which it was bordered were wavin'g defiantly at their rivals over the way, incited thereto by a northwest wind. We invariably form a mental , pic- CONSTIPATION AND HEADACHES Completely Relieved by this` Grand Fruit Medicine, "FRUIT-A-TIVES" MR, ALFRED DUBOISSEAU 482 St. Catherine St. E., Montreal!. "For three years, I was a terrible sufferer from. Indigestion, constant Head- aches and Constipation. I took various medicines for the trouble but nothing seemed to do me any good, Then, a friend advised me to try `Fruit-a-tives . Now Z am free of Indigesti n and Headaches, the Constiga ion is cured, and I have gained considerable weight ; and my general health is fine. `Fruit-a-tives' is a grand medicine and I cannot say enough in its favor." ALFRED DUBOISSEAU. • `Fruit -a -Lives' are made from fruit juices and valuable tonicsand are pleasant to take, their action being gentle and mild, yet always most effective. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25c. At all dealers or sent postpaid ,by Fruit-a-tives Limited,Ottawa, Ont. ture of every unknown person of whom we think at all. It may be so faint that we are- unconscious of it at the time, or so vivid that it is ,always recalled until dissipated by seeing the {, person himself, or his 'likeness. But that we do so_ make a picture is proved by the fact that upon -being confronted by the real features, of the person in question we always experience a cer- tain amount of surprise, even when we have not been conscious . of a different conception of him. s Be that as it may, ' however, there was no question in John Lenox's mind as to the identity of the person, who at last came briskly into the back office'• and interrupted his meditations. Ratherunder the middle height, he was broad -shouldered and deep -chested with a clean-shaven, red face, with - not a mole -but a slight protuberance the size of half a large pea on the line from the nostril to the corner of the mouth; bald over the, crown and to a line a couple of inches above the. ear, below that thick and `somewhat bushy hair of yellowish red, showing a mingling of gray; small but very blue eyes; a thick nose, of no classifiable shape, and a large mouth with .the lips so pressed, together as to pro- duce a slightly downward and yet rather humorous curve at the corners. He was dressed in a sack coat of dark "pepper-and-salt," with waistcoat and trousers to match. A somewhat old- fashioned standing collar, flaring a- way from the throat, was encircled by a red cravat, tied in a bow under. his chin. A diamond stud of per- haps two carats showed in the tri- angle of spotless shirt front, and on his head was a cloth cap with ear lappets. He accosted our friends with "I reckon you must be Mr. Lenox. How are you? I'm glad to see you," tugging off a thick buckskin glove, and putting out a plump but muscular hand.• John thanked him as they shook hands and "hoped he was well," "Wa'al," said Mr. Harum, "I'm im- provin' slowly. I've got so 'st I c'n set up . long enough to have my bed made. Come last night, I s'pose? tobringye d thedee Anybody to o Y deepo ? This time; o'- year once 'n a while the' don't nobody go over for passengers." John said that he had had ' no trouble. ' A magi by the name of Rob- inson had brought him and his lugg- age. "E -up!" said David with a nod, back- ing up to the fire which was burning in the grate of the Franklin stove, " `Dug' Robinson. 'D he do the p'lite thing in, the matter of questions an' gen'ral conversation ?" he asked with a grin. n.John laughed in reply to` this questio "Where 'd you put up ?"asked David. . John saidhat he passed the night at the EaglEHote1e Mr. Har- um had seen Dick eI ar abee that morn- ing orning and heard what he -had to say of our friend's reception, but he liked to get his information from original sources. , "Make ye putty comf'table ?"- he asked, turning to eject a mouthful into the fire. - "I 'got ' along pretty well under the circumstances," ,said John, . Mr. Harum . did not press the in- quiry. "How'd youleave the gen- 'ral ?" he inquiry. "He seemed to be well," replied John, "and he wished to be. kindly re- membered to you.". - "Fine man, the gen'ral," declared David, well pleased. "Fine man all 'round. Word's as good as his bond Yes, sir, when the gen'ral gives his warrant, I don't care whether I see the critter or not. Know him much?" "He and my father were old friends, and I have known him a, good many years," replied John, adding "he has, been very kind •and friendly to me." "Set down, set down," said Mr. Harum, pointing to a chair. Seat- ing himself he took off his cap and dropped it with his gloves to the floor. "How long have you been in the office, he asked, . "Perhaps half an hour," was the re- plyI meant to have been .here when you come," said the banker, 'pout I got hendered about a, natter. of a boas I'm all looking mat:� I guess I 'II ut that door," making a Move toward the one. into the front dike: ° THE HU ON. EXPOSITOR "Allow` me," said John, getting up and closing It. "May's well shut the other one while you're about it. Thank you," as John resumed his seat, "I hain't got nothing very private, but I'm afraid of dis- tractin' Timson's mind. Did he in- t'duee himself?" "Yes," said. John, "we introduced ourselves and had a few minutes con- versation," versation," "Gin ye his hull hist'ry an' a few re- lations throwed in?" "There- wsa hardly time for that," said John, smiling. "Rubbed a little furn'ture polish in- to my character and repitation?" in- sinuated Mr. Harum. "Most of our talk was on his dut- ies and responsibilities," was John's reply. (Don't cal'late to let on any more than he cal'lates to," thought 1 David to himself.) "Allowed.he run the whole shebang didn't he ?" • "He seemed to have ,a pretty large idea of what was required of one in his place," admitted the witness. "Kind o' friendly, was he?" "Well," said John, " after we had talked for awhile I said to him that I was glad to think that he could have no unpleasant feeling' toward me: . seeing he had given up the place of his own preference, and Ire assured me me that he had none." David turne dand looked at John an instant with a twinkle in his eye Th younger man returned the look and smiled slightly. David laughed out- right. "I guess ,you've seen folks before" he remarked. "I have never met any one exactly like - Mr. Timson I think," said our friend with a slight laugh.- "Fortunitly them kind is rare," observed Mr, Harum dryly, rising and going to his desk, froma drawer of which he produced a couple of cigars, one of which he proffered to John, who, for the first time in his life, dur- ing the next half hour regretted he was d smoker. David sat for two or three ,minutes puffing diligently, and then took the weed out of :Ails mouth and looked contemplatively at it. "How do you like that cigar?" he inquired. "It burns very nicely," said the vic- tim. Mr. Harum emitted a cough which was like a chuckle, or a chuckle which was like a cough, and relapsed into silence again. Presently • he turned his head, looked curiously at the , young man for a moment, and then turned his glance again to the fire. "I've been won'dring some," he. said, "pertic'lerly, since I see you, how 't was 't you wanted to come up here to Homeville. Gen'l Wolsey gin his war rant; an' so I reckon you hadn't been gettin' into no scrape or nothin'," and again he looked sharply at the young man at his side. - - - "Did the general say nothing of my- ,affairs y,affairs ?" the latter asked, "No," replied David, "all. 't he said was in a general way that he know'd you and your folks a good while, and he thought you'd be just the -feller I was lookion' for. Maybe he reckoned that if you wanted your story told, you'd ruther tell it yourself." 1 CHAPTER XIV. Whatever might have been John's repugnance to making a confidant of the man whom he had'but known for 'half an hour,' he fekribivIeflged to him- self that'the other's curiosity wasnot only natural but proper. He could not but know that in appearance and man- ner he 'was in marked contrast with those whom the man had so far seen. He divined the fact that his coming from a great city to settle down in a village town would furnish matter ,for surprice and conjecture, and felt that it would be to his advantage with the man who was to be him employer that he should be perfectly and obviously frank upon all matters of his owe which might "be properly mentioned: He had an instinctive feeling that Har- um combined acuteness and suspicion to a very large degree, and he had al- so a feeling thet_ the old man's con- fidence, once gained,would not be eas- ily shaken. So' he told his hearer so much of his history as he thought pertinent, e-nd David listened without interruption or comment, save an oc- casional "E-um'm." And here I ail John remarked in conclusion. "And you be, fer a fact,'\ said] 6 David. "Wa'al; the's worse places 'n Honaeville-after - you git used to it," he added in qualification. "1ben back here a matter o' thirteen or fourteen year nowan' am gettin' to feel my way 'roun,d putty well; but not hayin' ben in these parts fer putty nigh thirty year, I found it ruther lone- some to start with, an' I guess if it hadn't 'a' ben fer Polly I wouldn't a' stood it. But up to the time I come. back she hadn't never ben ten mile away fin here in her hull life, an' I couldn't budge her. But then," he re- marked, "while Homeville aint a metrop'lis,-•it's some a diff'rent place f'm what it used to be -in some.ways. Polly's my sister," he added by way of explanation: "Well," said John, with rather a rueful laugh, "if it has. taken you all that' time to get used to it the outlook for me is 'not very encouraging, I'm afraid. - "Wa'al;" remarked Mr. Harum, "I'm apt to speak in par'bles sometimes.I guess you'll 'git along after a spell, though it mayn't set fust rate on your stoniech till you git used to the diet. "Say," he said after a moment; "if you'd had a couple o' thousah' more, do you' think you'd 'a' stuck to the law bus'nis?" "I'm sure ,I" don't know," replied John, "but I am inclined. to think not. 'General Wolsey told me that if I were very anxious to go on with it• he would help me, but after what I told him he advised me to write to you.""He did, did he?" "Yes," said John, "and after what 'I had gone through I was not alto- gether sorry to come way." "Wa'al," said Mr. Hardin thought- fully, "if I was ' to lose what little - I've got, an' had to give up •linin' in the way I was used to, an' couldn't even keep a hoss, I c'n allow 't I might be willin' fer a change of scene to make a fresh start in. Yes, sir, I guess I would. Wa'al," looking at his watch, =`I've got to go now, an' P11 see ye later, mebbe.1 You feel like takin' holt to -day?" • "Oh, yes," said John with alacrity. "All right," said Mr. Hamra "You tell Timson what you want, an' make :him show you eveiythin'. He under - Stands, an' I've paid him for't.. He's agreed to stay any time in reason 't you want him, but I 'guess," he added with a laugh, "'t you c'n pump him dry 'n a -day or two. • It haint rained wis- dom an' knowledge in his part o' the country fer a consid'able spell." , David stood for a moment drawing on his gloves, .and then, looking at (Continued on Page Six) gG ING IYMPHANGITIS The "Monday Morning Disease" Affecting Horses. Symptoms Described, and a Course of Treatment Suggestfd for'Allev- iating and Curing the Trouble - Working Over Asparagus and Rhubarb Beds. (Contributed by Ontario D partment nt Agriculture. Toro to.) YMPHANGITIS; commonly called wed, a shot of grease or Monday morning disease, is a common aliment in horses. Some horses are predisposed to the trouble and suffer after being exposed to slight exciting causes. It occurs in horses.that are -accus- tomed to regular work and high feed- ing, when such are given a rest for a day or longer and in the meantime receive their regular ration of grain, hence the name "Monday mornig disease," it frequently being noticed on Monday m ►rning in work horses that have stood idle and been well fed since the Saturday even. pre- ceeding. It consists in inflammation of the lymphat glands, usually those of the hind limb or limbs, but it is not un- common for the fore limbs to be the .seat.- 1 Symptoms. The first symptoms usually are rigors (shivering) fol- lowed by well marked increae of tem perature; but as those symptoms us- . ually occur at night they are not often noticed. The first symptoms usually noticed are well marked sore- ness • and lameness, usually of a hind limb. From reasons not 1 understood } the right hand limb is More fre- quently involved than "the near one. Pressure upon the inner 'surface of ; the limb from the sheath or mammal downwards reveals well marked sore- 1 • ness, and at first a beaded condition to the touch. If a fore leg is the seat this condition wilt exist on the inner surface of the fore arm., There is 1 usually well marked incre4se in tem- perature, a full, rapid pulse and often more or less well marked labored breathing. Appetite more or less im- paired," and in some cases colicky pains are noticed. The swelling of the parts : usually increase rapidly and the Headed condition disappears, and there is usually a decrease in sore- ness and lameness. Exercise reduces the swelling and lameness, but they reappear during the, night; and as each time this occurs there is a ten- deney to organization of some of the exudate which may result in a chronic big leg, hence it is not wise to exercise or work until the acute lameness has disappeared. - ' Treatment. -If colicky pains be well marked, give a colic drench, as one oz. each of laudanum, sweet spirits of nitre and tincture of bella• - donna in a pint of water. Follow up with a brisk purgative of 7 to 10 drains aloes (according to size of pa- tient) and two drams ginger. Give the purgative at first if colicky pains are not well marked. Follow up with four drams nitrate of potassum twice daily for two days. Keep the patient in comfortable stall excluded from drafts and bathe the affected leg fre- quently with hot water and after bathing rub well with a stimulant linament, as one made of 2 oz,. oil of turpentine, J oz. tincture of iodine, 1 oz. gum camphor, 6 oz, alcohol, and water to make a pint, Feed bran only until purgation commences, then feed reasonable quantities of hay, but no grain. Continue treatment until the acute soreness and lameness have passed, then give regular work or exercise. The swelling will reappear at night for a few days. Prevention consists yin either materially reducing the grain ration on. days • that -the horse is not working, or seeing that he gets exercise in some way. r= - Repeated attacks usually result in i a chronic big leg, called elephantites, which is incurable. -J. H. R., Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. • Working Over Asparagus and • Rhubarb Beds. The handling of asparagus and rhubarb beds in the spring of' the year is largely dependent on the sit- uation of them and the time that the owner has at his disposal both in the fall and spring. Where properly handled the as- paragus beds in the. fall of the year - should have had all tops removed and burned and . the soil ploughed over the top of the row so that a furrow would be left to remove the water. In the spring of the year the as-, paragus bed, if ploughed in the fall, should be ploughed back and then .given a thorough disking so that the soil would warm up quickly, espe- cially around the crown of the plant. After this cultivation should be prac- ticed until the 1st of July when cut- ting utting should cease and the bed re- ceive a heavy coating of good ma- nure and a considerable quantity of commercial fertilizer. Rhubarb beds in the fall of the • year should be manured heavily with well -rotted • manure after the tops have been removed. . Rhubarb beds in the sprizig of the year are generally -given a cultivation and much of the rougher manure car- ried from the roots of the plants and the crown. This permits the warming up of the *oil and conse- quent early growth. -A. H. McLen- nan, Vegetable Specialist., Clover Seed and Hay Crop. A crop of seed and of bay can be made from ; the second crop of clover just as well as only one crop, accord- ing to the experience of s! Tennsyl- =. vania farmer.- In his practice the crop is cut when most of the hem are filled and brown. It is then cured in the usual way for hay and when good and dry, the hullers will get f out an the seed as well as if the stalks were dead and weatherbeatim The resulting bay, while net of the best qualify', is very good and the eaattle .fill eat it wren'' to the last bid 123 Fresh, rich, full -flavored tea -the same every time TEAS goodiei Sold only in sealed packages I, !111 EPT secret and sPedal and personal for. 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