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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1892-11-02, Page 6• For 00114tIpation . . Ayor's P1l1e s. For 1�ysp. Ay'e '''5 t1s For Bfiil, C1u8n ,ss - t?.. Ayer's Pills For Sick Headache Ayer%s P111ss For Liver Complaint! AYer's Pi119 For Jaundice Ayer's Pills For Loss of Appetite Ayer's Pi i Is 'For Rheumatism Ayer's PiIIs For Colds' Ayer's Pills For Fevers Ayer's PiIIs Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer $c Co. Lowell, Mass • Sold by all Druggists. Every Dose Effective 11.11.11110.1111111010, 1••••••1111•1•11•1121 TheHuron Nevus -Record 1.60 a Year --01.26 in Advance. 1 Wednesday Nov, 2nd, 1892 VALUE IN MANURE. He would• be considered very foolish who declared that there was no value in manure. Equally foolish would the man be who discarded barnyard manure and took in pre- ference any of the various fertiltler•s sold as a substitute. Not that these are not valuable, but that it is cow very generally oonceded that better -value for the ordinary farmer will be realized from the use of ordinary use of good, well made farmyard manure. Yet, it will be found very difficult to put an exact commercial value on this article. .Tito value. . placed on the ordinary fertilizers by those who produce them does not seam to be indorsed by the farmers in general, judging by the amount annually purchased by them. The value of manure will largely depend upon what use is thade of it. If it can be placed upon the lands in such a manner as to produce, an additional yield of a marketable pro- duct, then its value will depend upon the price realized for the in- creased product. Its value cannot, however, he computed on any given crop of one season, because the value of the manure is not lost in a single crop. In one of the last bulletins issued by the Ontario Department of Agt'i• culture, the profit in the feeding 'of several hundred sheep at the Cob lege Farm is largely made up by the value of the manure. Out of an actual gain in the transaction of $599.79, $577.12 is'placed to the credit of the manure made by these animals. The value of this appears to bo based on a calculation made by comparing it with the various com- mercial fertilers which aro upon the market., The manure has been care - 'fully analizod by 'the college chem- ist and computation made of the value of the various ingredients as found in the ordinary fertilizers This may be the best way of ar- riving at a probable value of such manure. Whether it is actually of that value to the farmers who thus feeds bis sheep will depend- as stated previously upon• the nee he is able to make of it. . If- this manure is placed upon land which is given to the growth of rape the following season, it well be seen that that the only return likely to be received from it will be an an additional quantity of man- ure. Any farmer following such a course would find that his family would not be able to live comfort- ably on such proceeds of the value said to be in the manure. To the practical man it would appear that such calouiationa are very often misleading. It can easily be shown by a careful calcul- ation that the roan who feeds a nurnber of steers each year on his farm is actually feeding them at a loss, when the calculation is made as it has been in the bulletin re- ferred to. If the market price in any of our towns and cities of the hay, roots and grain which is being fed to these animals ie computed, in near- ly every case it will be earn that the animals are sold at a lose. Yet every observant man knows that the farmers who have adopted this practice (1) for years have been the men who have prospered, who have in some cases, t,ecome wealthy, who have added to their lands, and who have been successful in supporting the young men of their families on additional acres. If this work had actually been done at a loss, how can this be ac- counted for The real truth is that these computations aro errone- ous. The man made hie money bMOS ha ie #ilf10 , THOITOIX VP Marto in hie astable. tQ .yell big; bay, bli roots and 'bfe grain fair realm- ert►tlye recto,, The profit lip in she 1e h e t1 e t � through' sRl of ttee ar tt, tb o fib t medium 'of the loam which ho probably dad$ itiwpoeeibla• to aell in ,any other way. The manure which •le thus, made upon life farm elnablee him to. produce hie Orem wraps in tnudh greater abundance and ofoist superior quality: ao shalt' en Aeditional prgfit ie wade iq that way, It is no doubt true that ,tine man who is not a .farther who buys Iambs (as was done foe the College experi- ment) and wbo is compelled to, buy grain, hay and roota on which to fend thou), will findthat the trans - notion will chow but little profit. But the farmer wbo grows theae articles on his 'own farm will find that in the fending of them to sheep or Attie in the manner suggested, he will be enabled to make consul arable profit on their growth when thus sold through the medium of hie live stook. If he does not pro- duce the hay, etc., but buys from hie neighbor, it is clear that the transaction will not, be sufficiently remunerative to warrant ite contiu• car ce, If this be granted, how will the fainter be able to seenre better prices for the articles thus corneum ed in the feeding of his live stock? It will not matter to him at what price these are sold on the market; hie are not sold in that way, but through the animal which he is feeding; so that, in order to secures increased prices, he must give close attention to the quality of the ani- mal through which it peso. There is much more profit in a good steer which, receiving the same feed and care and sold at the same age, brings $70, than one of the ecrub variety, which, while receiving the same attention only biings $40. He who has the better:steer will certainly got more fer his hay and roots through the medium of that steer than his neighbor will through the medium of the inferior one. In the same way the value of the manure made upon the farm mast be computed. He who is able to use his manure on land which pro- ducea thirty bushels of wheat, to be sold at one dollar, would make more money thau he who grows seventy bushels of oats sold at thirty cents. Manure in the one case would appear to, be worth more to the• fartner than in throatier -case. The conclusion to be reached in both asses is that, in order to secure the best returns for these products thus coneutned, it is neceasary to select the best specimens only. I1 manure only is sought, then the ecrub steer or the inferior sheep will be able to produce it in the same quantity as one of touch more better quality; but we think that it would be found impossible to feed these animals simply for the amount of manure produced. The fer-taer should not only seek to obtain profit in this way, but to feed such a quality of live stock as will give profit in the production of the food consumed. GIRLS UNDER,:LOCK AND KE!.. IT IS THE CUSTOM IN BRAZIL TO BIDE MAIDENS FROM MAN'S VIEWS. Mr. Biggs -Wither, an English engineer who was employed some years in railroad surveying in Brazil, tells 801110 interesting experi- ences among the landed proprietors. Being a man he had a better oppor- tunity than I to know how women deport themselves in the presence of the other sex. Let me quote a few paragraphs pertaining to a visit be made in the valley _ of Ivahy. Senhor Andrade was an old man, and allowed his wife to do most of the talking for him when she was in the room. One of her first questions was to know whether I was married, and on hearing that I was still in the. full enjoyment of freedom she proceeded to enlarge upon the delights of married life, at the same time informing me that she had five unmarried daughters. After this pretty broad hint of what was expected, of course I expressed a wish to make the acquaintance of those fair members of the family. Her face became suddenly grave, she looked hesitatingly et her bus band, who had remained silently puffing his cigarette during the con- versation, and he said something which I did not understand, but which at once dispelled her mo- mentary gravity. The old man got up, went acmes to a locked door, turned the key, opened it and dis- appeared into a dark chaniber svith- in. Almost immediately he turned saying, "Tho girls are no accustomed to strangers, and are afraid." Meanwhile the senhora, who evidently now determined that her daughters should show them- selves, had also disappeared into the secret chamber, from which now proceeded sounds of whispering and suppressed giggling. Presently the senhora reappeared, leading a very modest -looking damsel of about nineteen years, closely. followed by three others, apparently somewhat 700.er,a `,411 • kit eve whotmed wick ntenoo;1 pes..M And as It uteri. oaf doelro to,1100, later the format gud'eeperete lntrodµotfc.n of each......bo IL noted, that the lady le bore 100004 ,to )elle gentleman-.,,, they all scampered pagk .into tbq beeret obntnboart and their; pee turn. ed the 'key uppR 'theta.' At this 6 M° I vagi ignorant Qf, the'etiatottt !White/le gepesat in those out of- tlie.tray parts of keeping the women, or rather the daughters, of . the family looked up like wild beasts, consequently I did net ;hesitate to expreee nay wonder and to ask why it wait done in this ogee. In ans. wer Senhor Andrade said that it was the custom of the country, find be had never thought of bringing up his daughters in any other way. "Do they ever go out 1" I asked. "No, never," he replied ; "not now that they are grown. They had ell learned horseback riding when children, but since then they had been shut up in the house, accord- ing to the custom for reepeotable girls, where the) must remain until husbands oan be obtained for thou)." Poor things ! It is to be hoped that there are few old maids amoug the lasses of Brazil.. A MADMAN IN A PULPIT. IIE DEFIES BOTH CONGREGATION AND POLIOS. Charles M. Emmons, a gun maker, employed at the United States Armory, Springfield, Mass., whose mind bas lung been unsound on re- ligious matters, entered the Olivet Congregational church at midnight, and barricading the pulpit, kept the police force at bay until next afternoon. Haling provided him- self with an abundance of ammuni- tion and provisions for a week's stay, Erumone might have been holding the fort yet had he not fallen asleep from sheer oxhauston. Seven bullet holes in the wall and coiling remains to recall a most re• markable Sunday. Emmons bought a large supply of r okets, red fire, Roman candles, pin wheels and powder, Saturday afternoon, and, taking them home, worked until midnight in the pre– paration of apparatus to discharge the fireworks, arousing the neigh- bors by his pounding. He then gathered them all in a sack, with several oil and alcohol lamps, and taking a crowbar with which to effect an entrance, started for the church which he has attended fif• teen years. Arriving at the church, Emmons found a side door carelessly unlock- ed, and, Making his way to the pulpit, lighted his lamps, looked the doors at either side of the plat– form, loaded his arsenal and began his long meditation by eating his supper. To try ono of his pistols he fired a shot, startling the neigh- bors. Then the rnadman a;rayed himself in the dust cloths, covering his face and hanging the big red book mark of the pulpit Bible from a string around his belt. He also brought up flowers from the vestry and set thein on the stand. When the sexton arrived to start hie morning fires, he was confront- ed by the enshrouded apparition in the pulpit. Brandishing a revolver. Emmons bade the sexton listen to the truth without interfering. Re- cognizing Emmons' voice, Dickin- son hastily retreated, but not before the lunatic had fired three shots into the air. The officers of the church and the police were speedily summoned, but for more than three hours Emmons stolid his ground with crazy cunning, firing three times through a aide door when it was rattled, wheeling each time in- stantly to cover the rear, whence the officers were hoping to pounce upon him. During this time the madman road from the Psalms and Revelations, taking off his shoes after reading the verse which says: "Take off, thy shoes, for the spot where thou standest is holy ground." Meantime the news had travelled to the other thirty churches in town, and for miles around the street rail- ways were bringing thousands tib the spot. All the Sunday -schools were deserted. Planks were fastened against the vestibtlle_doe4ra'v rr le church from the outside to prevent a charge by the madman. Four deacons and heir policemen stood guard. The bass singer of the choir, as a Last resort, approached within hailing distance and inquir- ed if there was to be no music at the service, being solemnly ansNt'er- ed,'rThe daughter of musio shall be laid low." Despairing of ousting the lunatic, the plan of drowning him out with a hose or filling the church with smoke were considered among a dozen others. The crowd several times tried to force an ea - trance to the church, and had not the doors opened outward some one would undoubtedly have been shot. Several boyetlimbed upon the roof of the chapel annex at one side, and aroused the ire of the madman by rapping upon the stained-glass windows. Just as the hose method was about to be tried it was noticed°that Emmons had dropped into a chair and was nodding. In a moment more he was asleep and four officers bad pounced upon hint. Emmons struggled fiercely, but the revolver woo Cab hip. in his robs'' *ud 'ctifi`o woreiltalodyy, Defer, ice tee Qvarpowerod,, however, ho :grabbed t, little pletel from hie,pooket etut fired lt "into, the' *Ir with .tt y@i.t. Tho.n'he•gcare op the strugggle, ind „Inc >auett'ad ipto .t4 'hack, wittloh the greet or'owti orttsidenearly upset iu Ito ettgerpeea to t atoh a glim. ee of aim:• f aaroh showed thea Etem,ins had converted the pulpit into veritable fprtrese, He had poured" a pound of powder into the merhie urn to make, as he afterwards said; the eruoke of insanes, . He had enough canned meat, crackers and water to supply hila for several days ; in fact, he has since admitted that he thought it might be a week before he got an audience adding that he would have remained there till he starved. Emmons aleo had an auger and other fools with which to fix the rookete so that he might discharge thein into the rear gallery. Plenty of ammunition- was found on his person. A. WIDOW HAULS 4 WTUOW. ER BEFORE A PRESBY. TIJRIAN SESSION. SITE FORCES I1IM TO RESIGN HIS ELDERSHIP IN THE CHURCH To STOP THE TRIAL. The good Presbyterians of Park - dale, Toronto, and there are lots of them, have had a senMatiem lately in the shape of a church trial which has caused any amount of talk. A charged of deceit and conduct un- becoming an elder of the church was brought before the sessionof the Parkdale Preabyterian church by Mrs. Prior, a well known church wor'lter, against J. B. liarris, chief bookkeeper in the Massey works. The case was really, it is said, one of breach of promise. On Monday evening the session met to consider Mrs. Prior's charge. Mr. Harris declared it was not specific enough and Mrs. Prior then made it very fully. After the elders had talked the matter over it was decided for the sake of the church to try and get the matter adjusted without going on with the trial. Mr. Harris stated that if it was distinctly understood that his action would not he taken as an ad- mission of guilt, he would resign as an elder. A. deputation waited on Mrs. Prior, and she was willing not to press the charge if he resigned to save the church from being talked akout. Thus what promised to be a sensational trial came to a sudden termination. The cause of the charge is said to he this: Mr. Harris is a widewer of, perhaps fifty, but he does not look that. He has a grown up family. Mrs. Prior is an at• tractive widow, with ample means of her own and a comfortable home. She and Mr. Harris were very good friends, and Mrs. Prior believed. they were engaged. That, however, Mr. Harris denies. Theo eonepta+•reek ant alleges that about a year ago the charms of another widow, Mrs. Spence, then residing on Jameson avenue, but who is now in the States, were• too much for Mr, Harris, and as she says, from being what she considered a righteous and godly ratan he became false and fickle and while still engaged to her was also paying attentions to Mrs. Spence. About ten_months ago Mrs. Prior found this out and declined to accept communion iu the church as long as Mr. Harris was at the come reunion table to hand her the cup. However, at that time she laid no charge against him. Lately she says he .provoked her to lay the charge by talking ton much. The result pf the whole affair. therefore, was the resignation of Mr. Harris, "We distinctly understood that he resigned only to save the church," said one member of the Session, "and only on that ground did we accept his resignation." "I am perfectly satisfied with the result," said Mrs. Prior. '"He re- signed because he dared not meet my charge. I would have pressed nit., -linen as ed to withdraw it to Rave the clfurch from being talked about. You will understand that I only brought this charge because I did not think a man who could act so deceitfully was fit to atand next to God's altar and hand out the come munion cap." Mie. Prior Raid' the whole con- gregation were with her, but the reporter found some of those be ins terviewed who put in a very strong word for Mr. Harris. $LEEP 9001$0. *'OR TO11-VIIRVQ1043, When the alfa Til+ 0 genet, IsCanadian tl an pa t..0 rea and Cttttad ata tern management. for cheep breading ie_ (moldered we'ere,at a 'mete. lender* nota() vehy Ole line of .atp.ok #arms ing le - e4 morn geu.erelly practiced, especially act 14 hes proved so re wunerative, Tlte.expot't .of Cana, .clan sheep at one tittle was ingress• ing faster than that of cattle, and only diteinirthed When the' supply 'fell away, caused by sheep breeding having been, abandoned on funny farms, whioh made it difficult for buyers to purebase sufficient for the home Grade. It is certain that in a general way this industry has never been pursued with a view to bring- ing about the popularity of Cana• dian sheep in the British 'markets. While cattle breeding and feeding has made great progress in Canada since the export trade opened, and farmers have wade exertions to produce what is suited to the wants of the market in theline of export cattle, nothing has been done to faster the trade in Canadian sheep. We have been content to ship baggy ewes and old rams instead of pro- perly prepared shearling wethers. Althongh frozen meat may tend to lower prices in England, yet this product will never be well received by the better class of British con - auctions The trade facilities that are enjoyed by Canadians with the mother country, Together with the unlimited area at our comma d for sheep production, should enable this country to supply the British t r- ket with a large proportion of t e best mutton required. . The following article from a con- -t.rihutor to the Farmer's Gov- WI deals with this subject from a Brit- ish standpoint :— The extrnor Unary, development of mutton imp'rts during the last ten years was probably undreamed of by any in 1875. Previous "to 1882 the imports of mutton were not separately distinguished from any other kinds of itneorted meat ; but in 1882 the 'Inutility of mutton imported into the United Kingdom was only 189,847 cwt.; whereas in 1890 it had increased to 1,734,828 ewes. It would be rash to predict that the imports will not vet be largely increased, though the future increase will probably be slower and steadier than it has been during the last ten years. The refrigerat- ing process of preserving meat is now about as perfect as it is ever likely to he, so that no fresh stimu. lus need he looked for in that direr tion. Many other processes of pre servation have been and are being tried, of course ; but public pre- judice against meat preserved by chemical agents is not easily over come, and frozen mutton is prefer• able to tinned mutton. What our farmers have to look forward to, however, is the possible reduction of home•Grown mutton to a retail price of about.6d. per. pound. The inexptiesetesstIsitss,i8-.tllat no matter -dovr`r rt ch the price of mutton is re- duced to the farmer, the consumer never seems to get the benefit of it. It' is more than hinted, too, that some of the frozen mutton which is imported at 41d. per pound is re- tailed here as home mutton at 9d. Therm is no secret or patent in the production of "Myrtle Navy' tobaoeo. It could be produced by any manufac- turer, but no manufacturer could make it pay at that pride, unless he could pur- chase on a Targe scale and sell on a large shale. He could not sell below the pre- sent price withcut a loss even If he oould purchase on the lowest advantageous tertns. To get a large market therefore, without which he would have no induces manta to go on,would be the work of many yeare. That is the reason why Messrs. Tuckett & Son have the com- mand of the market and they are wise enough to know that they can retain it only by keeping the price down to hard pan figures. ere highly fel , from btrtlt there Rotedip'aronoe lit the quanttt ` Ind. quality of m?litton they are s tp able ttf producing .the ;first twelve wotnt'hla -probably. lees :difrero (Cit ip uina f e tIt : than there la its .. call y, �f tp. (vac tit o food re dire I to produce y f• � one petted 0 mutton, in the xsrioul4. breeds :ie exactly determined. 'Thiel prp,otioetlly ;narks the limit-. of @oto-» petition ttetween the :viteletla •br.sedge; for it is only ify pyodtteing young mutton that our horde Tamara 0411, brow hold their against $0W 'Zoai = !And and Argentine shape' briedere ill ,Britiah tuarkeeti: It .will ha •a many years before the colonial cheep;; sent here in the shape of frozen 'Mick uluttoll can compete with our own a in point of early maturity, and in this fact Hee one of the few crumbs of comfort now left to the British sheep breeder. The most marked change in our home produotion of mutton is the earlier age at which sheep are now sent to the butcher. The old idea that prime mutton could only be had from three or four-year-old wethers has been fairly exploded within the last dozen years or so. One year-old sheep are fast becom• ing the staple mutton supply of the country, notwithstanding it was once thought that sheep of that age could never be made fit for the butcher, But every sheep breeder now goes in for early maturity, and it is only by so doing that mut- ton -making can be made to pay, ex- cept, of course, in the case of old ewes, whickmake up a considerable proportion of the fat sheep killed every year, and which may at times leave a good profit on fattening. Owing to improved breeding as much as improved keep, the age at which sheep can be fattened is be- ing .constantly lessened. During recent years the fat\ stock clS'bs have been compelled tb entirely re- cast their prize list and the arrange. went of classes, so as to put them- selves more in touch with the re. quirewents of the times and be of greater service to feeders of stock. The Numerous illustrations of early maturity which have been'brought forward from amongst all breeds are too strong logic for old style feeders, who hold that an animal must have completed its growth be, fore it can be profitably fattened. It has been demonstrated that the meat produced from sheep deliverys ed to the butcher at onesyear-old is quite equal in quality and costs just half the expense of mutton from sheep kept a year longer be. fore fattened. By feeding from birth we also reduce risks and time, which in this, as in everything else, means money. To a certainty the great .fight amongst the mutton breeds of sheep henceforth must hinge on the mat- ter, of early maturity more than on anything else. Contest after con - teat has demonstrated that when all .EDITORIAL NOTES. Dr. Cream, or Neill, a graduate of:McGill College, Montreal, and who was implicated in several alleged cases of malpraotioe in Ontario a few yeare ago, has been found guilty of poisoning several girls in London, Eng., and sentenc- ed to hanged Novr. 8. These beautiful October days in Canada are causing the dry goods merchants to bring to the front their -mosquito netting and gauzy dress goods, while in the "sunny south" of Yankeedom ear mittens and sealskin coats aro in demand. And Eugland is roystering in a mantle of beautiful snow. Though there is distance and danger to be contended with in the export of cattle from this country to Britain, the following from the official report of the British Board of Agriculture shows that Eugland ie the market for American as wall as for Canadian cattle : "The total imports of cattle for the year were as follows :--From Canada 108,286, and from the Uuited States 314,838. Of the Canadian consignment 898 animals were lost at sea, 75 were landed dead, and 194 arrived so badly injured that it was necessary to slaughter them. Of the consign• mint from the United States 4,565 were lost at sea, 218 were landed d rad, and 273 had to be killed on amount of injuries." ENGLISH PLUM PUDDINGr� Out of 500 receipts sent to the Loudon Queen the following receiv- ed the prize : One pound of raisins, quarter - pound of flour, one pound of suet chopped fine, oue pound of currants, .threo•quarters pound• stale bread crumbs, half nutmeg (grated), quarter•, pound brown sugar, five eggs, grated rind of one lemond, half pint of brandy, half, pound of minced candied orange peel. , Clean, wash, and dry the currents; stone the raisins. Mix all dry ingredients together. Beat the eggs, add them to the brandy, then pour over the dry ingredients and mix thoronghly. Pack in greased small kettles or moulds (this will make six poundb), ane. boil six .hours when you make it, and when wanted for use serve with hard or brandy sauce. ' CHINESE JUSTICE. • Here is a sample of Chinese ju e tice which differs very widely from the commodity administered in the more modern western world : A pig -dealer named Chang lived in a village near Hankow, One of his porkers made his way into a neighs bor's garden, and was enjoying him- self therein when tlie.neighbor dis- , covered and kicked him out. Mrs. Chang, a woman of spirit, consider. ed „this a-n-ineuit, and urged Chang to avenge it. Chang remarked tliat he wished to lead a peaceful life, and especially did not desire to quarrel with a neighbor so very much bigger than he was. To none. of hie excuses would Mrs. Chang give ear, and he finally set out in no eery cheerful mood to demand re- dress. He got a sound pummeling instead, and was soon in hill retreat; whereupon his very much better half went to leis assistance with a hoe. With this weapon' she aimedc a deadly blow at the neighbor, wh promptly ducked and escaped end?'I less, where the luckless Chang got"' his head in the way and was killed as dead as a door -nail. In due time the matter came before the local authorities, for settlement, and tie final decision was' that the neighbor was plainly responsible for Changs death, inasmuch as he had provoked Mrs. Chang into striking at him, and bad then shirked the consee quences. He was therefore ordered to pay the widow $100, and will have to pay up unless Mrs. Chang should take pity upon him and permit ., him to marry.her instead. t at 5