Decatur Democrat, Volume 26, Number 12, Decatur, Adams County, 23 June 1882 — Page 4

the sea-gulls and the crickets. !iow the Corn Fields of the Mormon Pioneers Were Saved From Destruction. There Is no biped for which the old farmer of this country has more genuine affection than the utterly valueless—in a marketable sense—sea-gull. This rather prettv bird was quite abundant in this valley the present year, in fact, it is stated that only once before were there so many. In the fields a few miles below the city, a week or two ago, thousands of them could be seeu. They followed the plowman along the furrow and were almost as tame as chickens. Wherever there was a newly plowed field, there you could see the gull, and as fast as a furrow was turned up the birds would flv behind the plowman and commence devouring the insects which were thus exposed to sight They seemed perfectly fearless. And they have good reason to be fearless here, for the farmer looks upon them as his friend, and they seem to understand fully that he holds them in that light. They flyall about him, within three or four feet, and while perhaps unwilling to submit to being caught, they will allow any other familiarity that can be practiced, for they themselves take a great many good natured liberties. They will not touch grain, or anything that the farmer desires should remain untouched ; they only eat the worms and insects which are injurious to the soil and to crops. Years ago a law was passed making it an offense to kill one of these birds. The law is probably yet on the statute books, but is literally a dead letter, because there has been ao occasion to call the law into life. A farmer—in fact any person acquainted with the habits of the seagulls—would almost think of wantonly killing one of his own chickens as of intentionally harming one of these queer-birds. As before stated, a law was passed by the legislature making it an offense to kill a sea-gull; it was passed for this reason: In thesecond year after the pioneers had arrived here —in 1848—the large black crickets common to these mountainous regions made their appearance in this and some other valleys in clouds—figuratively speaking. They did not fiy, but came hopping down the mountain-sides in myriads. So vast were their numbers the mountains were black and seemed literally alive with the great big, blaek, ugly things, each one about the size ot a large man’s thumb. It was at a time when the crops were promising,’ everything looked green; the future outlook seemed bright, and the heart of the sun-burned and toilworn pioneer grew lighter as the prospects of a plentiful harvest and greater comforts grew more aud more tangible with each day's groth of the healthy grain. But blacker than the clouds of coalblack crickets which came hopping down the mountain slopes in countless numbers, leaving barreness and desolation | n {their wake, were the clouds of despair which filled the j heart of the weary husbandman as this new and unlooked-for curse came , slowly but surely toward the pride, the joy, and the promise of the early settler—his fields of waving corn, and ■ grain. The foe was utterly uneou querabjc so far as human efforts w ere concerned; there was nothing the heart-sick farmer could do but stand idly by and see the labor ot the sea- ( sou destroyed. Children gazed with , wonder aud terror; women looked with eyes full of tears, and strong men watched with hearts of despair. It was 1 an awful hour. Butlo! a wonder! 1 The sky is filled with large birds; 1 they fly toward the scene of the disaster, aud they alight in the fields where the crickets hold supreme sway. Then comes a change. At once the flocks , of birds begin to eat the crickets. , From morn till night they contioue, never ceasing. When filled until they can hold no more they vomit up the black mass, and again continue to eat the crickets. This is kept up day after day until not one of the devour- 1 ing host is seen; the crops are saved, and the birds fly away. This bird ( was the one which could recently be seen in the fields, and which was < then more abundant than at any time since the event above mentioned, It was not surprising that the pioneers should return thanks *to God for his - succor, and that forever after the seagull should be looked upon as a dear friend, to be projected synd encouraged—[Salt Lake (Vtab) Herald. Medels for Artists. A slight figure flitted in at the door of the Academy of Design the other day and disappeared into an inner room. She had a rosy face and bright eyes. “That is one of our models,” said the professor, rolling his eyes at the door. “A great change has taken place in puolic opinion concerning the use of living models,” continued the Professor,'will ng to talk. “Ten years ago there was on outcry agaiust it. People said it was scandalous. Poeing being a new thing.it was hard to get a model of either sex Now you can get hundreds, aud engagements are made weeks in advance.” “What pav do they get?” “When the life-elass was first established we had to pay sl,soau hour; now the regular price is 50 cents au hour. Models pose from twelve to twenty hours a aweek. They are changed every two weeks, so as to give the students a change of subject. Men are t>etter models than women, as they are less easily fatigued.” “How long does the model stand without resting?” “An inexperienced one only twenty minutes at first. Stand in one i>ositlon five minutes without moving a muscle and you will get some idea how tiresome it is.” “Do they show much embarrassment?” “So much so that the muscles are as rigid as iron, and they become drenched with prespiratiou. But after poeing two or three times the embarrassment wears oft. It becomes merely routine business." “Do many make it a profession?” “There are several men who do nothing else. They pos t here at the Academy, at the Art Student's League, and in private studios. Most of our female models are young women who work in workshops and factories. They receive small -wages and think it a great fortune if they can earn $lO a week extra by posing. They invariably give fictitious names. “Some curious bits of romance have come under my observation,” the Professor remarked after a pause. “A. pretty little brunette came in one day and asked for an engagement. Bhe was in straightened circumstances, but did not disclose her history. She was so sweet tempered that she became a great favorite. I have never seen any one so ambitious to earn motley. She would pose eight hours a day. It made her grow pale with fatigue, but she wouldn’t give up. Well, it turned out that she wis a married woman. She belonged to s goodj family in New Jersey, and was a mere girl when she marr ed a Japanese, the son of an ex-Minister from Japan. The husband spent all bis money, was thriftless, and earned i nothing. She had to keep him. Rhe frequently posed for artists in their Judies. A richly dressed woman came in one morning and inquired for her. The model, she said, was her neice and she intended to -ike her the heiress to her property - could be found. After a two -ch the model was traced to ■•io, where she was pos- , * and his wife. This ■'f the pet model, of necessity

• that drives people Into posing One day a woman of refinement made an application. She was handsomely , dressed, wearing a sealskin sacque and a silk dress. Her face was vile and carejvorn, and she said she had not had enough to eat. Her story I was that she had married well, her • husband having an income of $6,000. -a year. When he died the fotrune . they possessed took wings. She > said she had tried copying and other t methods of earning a living, but she . had not met with success. Her figi ure bad always been admired for its I grace of outline. Why should she i not pose?” > “Do you have any boys for models?” i “One of the best subjects we have ever had was a young boy. He had a form like Apollo. His father was a i down-town banker, who was ruined by the panic of 1873. This model, whom I met in the street yesterday, has now a responsible position as a bank clerk. One of our students posed last winter. He was from Maine, and had to depend entirely on his earnsngs. This young man is one of the most promising students in the academy. All kinds of people drift in—people you would never dream of. One of our handsomest models is an itinerant Methodist preacher. He has the form of a gladdiator.”—[New York Tribune. SELECTED MISCEJLLANY. Every unpleasant feeling s a sign that I have become untrue to my resolution,- Richter. Pain must enter into its glorified life of memory before it eau turn into compassion—George Elliot. If we fasten our attention on what we have, rather than on what we lack, a very little wealth is sufficent. A fine compliment was once paid to Isaac Newton . A letter was addressed to “Mr. Newton, Europe.”lt found him. As there is uothing iu the world great but man, there is nothing truly great in man but character.--W. W. Evarts. A couplet of verse, a period prose, may cling to the Rock of ages as a shell that survives a deluge,—Bulwer Litton. There must have been fast young men iu the days of old Cicero. He j said, “To live long it is necessary to | live slow.” Marriage is the best state for man in general; and every man is a worse man in proportion as he is unfit for the married state. Treat an evil companion with “skilled negligence” and you will never have to bear the curses that come home to roost. The only way by which capital can increase is by saving. If you spend as much as you get, you will never be richer than you are. Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a t qualmish liquor in the midst of a Dottie of- - wine.—Beaconsfield. Conduct is the greatest confession. Behavior is the perpetual revealing of us. What a man does tells us what he is.—F.D. Huntington. A ceremony is the invention of wise men to keep fools at a distance, so good breeding is an expedient to i make fools and wisemen equal. i Weakness is the egotism of goodness. When one hope- departs the ' other hopes gather more closely together t o hide the gap it has left Earnestness is the path to immortality, thoughtlessness the path to death. Those who are in earnest do not[jdie; those who are thoughtless are i as if dead already. Something is due courtesy at all times and in all places, but the obligations of civility are doubly binding where it has been taught as a part of good breeding. “I have seen the world,” says a sagacious writer, ~and after long experience have discovered that ennui is our greatest enemy, remunerative labor our most lasting friend.” Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered, because they are gone forever.—Horace Mann. The grandest and strongest natures are not the calmest. A fiery restlessness is the symbol of frailties not yet outgrown. The .epose of power is its clearest testimony Who ever heard of slandering a bad man? Who ever heard of counterfeiting a bad note? Blanuer, as a mle, isthereveugeofacoward.lt is generally the best people who are injured in this way. The practical danger which besets the poet, and, indeed all esthetic and literary men, of becoming unreal, is, if that truth which they see and cultivate for artistic purposes, they never try io embody in any form of practical action and common purpose with their fellow men.—J.L*. Bhairp.

Some men seem to have a constitutional inability to tell the simple truth. They may not mean to lie, or to tell au untruth, but they are careless, careless in hearing, careless in und rstanding, careless in repeating what is said to them. These wellnieaiiing but reckless people do more mischief than those who intentionally foment strife by deliberate falsehood. There is no firebrand like your well-meaning busybody who is continually in search of scandal, and by sheer .habit missquotes everybody's statements. It must,however be granted that Mr. MacDonald is an unequal writer; indeed, inequality is of the very essenseof a genius which manifests itself for the most part in spiritual vision .Such a genius may in itself be constant, but its highest developments are leached only in favorable moods; and when the mood is absent, the imaginative product is apt to strike the reader as belr.g somewhat thin and unsatisfactory. Mr. MacDonald is the very reverse of a literary hack, it is absolutely impossible to put his whole strength into work which is, as the phrase has it, “writ, ten to order’, that is written in the absence of a dominating productive impulse.—The Academy. Ancient history speaks of two brothers, one of whom, found guilty of a heinous crime, was condemned to death , and about to be led forth to execution: the other, patriotic and brave, had signalized himself in the service of his country, and had lost a hand in obtaining au illustrious victory for the State. Just as the sentence of condemnation was pronounced upon this unhappy brothet, he entered the court,and silently raised his Landless arm in view of all. The Judge saw it, arrested the execution and pardoned the guilty one for the sake of the sufferings of his heroic brother. So may not our elder Brother, as he appears in our nature before the throne, silently and efficientplead for us by the very scars he bears?—W. Ormiston. It is only within ten years that the Australian kea (night parrot) has become carnivorous and now the whole race seems to have abjured vegetables for mutton. On a single sheer station 200 fine wethers out of a flock of 300 have been so injured that all died, and on another run nineteen out of twenty valuable rams were killed. Four per cent, is the general average of lose.

I The SIO,OOO Beauty Recovers Her Pet I Dog. Philadelphia letter: Broad street! just north of Chestnut, was in a furo, of excitement a few days ago overr dazzlingly beautiful woman, what dark golden tres'es streaming in the L wind, and with a flowing robe cling ! ing to her fleeing form, rushing over the Belgian pavement, hugging a pug dig tight in her arms, and pursued by cries of "Police” aud the frantic at>peals of a youug lady and gentleman 1 on the sidew’alk. The beautiful cap--1 tor of the dog disappeared iu the side entrance of the saloon No. 8 South Broad street, and the youug lady on ' the sidewalk, after futile wringing of her hands, consented to be consoled by her escort for the loss of her pet, and with downcast mein resumed her walk to the public buildings. This pug dog, so rudely snatched away, was as ugly as was his captor fair, and thereby hangs a tale. The beautiful woman who made the successful sortie was Louise Montague, formerly Adam Forepaugh’s SIO,OOO beauty. The young lady so suddenly bereft of her four footed darling was the daughter of David M. Sellers, aud her companion was Iter betrothed lover, a young lawyer. It will be remembered that the beauty left the swaying canvas and the sawdust arena of Forepaugh in March, charging that he had violated his -contract, and brought suit against the circus manager for $50,000. Meantime she lives at No. 8 South Broad street, with the family of Israel D. Conkling. Herfa- • orite companion during the hours made lonely by contrast with the glitter and pageantry in which she formerly lived has lieen a pug dog of peculiarly horrible ugliness. His squatty body is of a dark fawn tint, his little tail curls in a tight twist behind, and between his mildly blinking eyes protrudes a shining black nose which looks as though someone had smashed it in front. It was enough to make any man envious to watch the Beauty fondling the Beast, bolding it close to her breast, pressing her full, red lips to its jetty muzzle, and laughing with glee when the pug,s lips responsively into a capacious grin. It is no wonder that one of the Beauty.s many admirers, who had witnessed oue of these passages of affection, addressed her in these lines: Oh! would I were the yellow pug Which follows in your wake, To lie upon your lap so snug A-stutting current cake; To lick those hands so w hite And snift those dainty feet Is just the joy I dream at night As something far too sweet, But a morning came when the : Beauty was bereft. The pet companion of her days had disappeared. In ’ vain she wandered about the bouse, 1 searching for her consolation. He ' w r as gone, and repeated advertise- ■ meuts and diligent search in dog- 1 fanciers’ shops, both here and iu New York, failed to discover the quadruped. The Beauty’s blue eyes which had so often gazed fondly into the * liquid depths ofher ugly darling were ■ dim with constant tears, when one ■ afternoon little Agnes Conkling, ’ daughter of Israel’s mother, came rushing breathlesly home, to say that ■ she had seen on her way to school j the lost pug himself, gazing yearn- ’ ingly out of a window of the house of ’ Lawyer David W. Bellers. The Beauty's negligent despair changed ' at once to magnetic action. A rapid application of the mysterious utensils of the toilet restored the red of her cheeks, and with eyes only just tear- ’ ful enough to be dewy she sought the office of her legal adviser, James H. Heverin. The able lawyer promised ■ to replevin the curly-tailed absentee, ’ but on visiting Mr. Sellers’ house he was met with such a definit j account of how the dog came into the possession of that family, long before 1 Miss Montague had ever known the ' delight of pressing her cheek against ; its sniffing nose, that he Informed his fair client that she had no case. He 1 told the disconsolate beauty, however that if she ever saw her dog she could , rescue him herself. And now the Beauty, whenever she ! shopped on Chesnut street or went to the matinee, bent her swan-like neck from side to side whenever she saw a wagging tail in vain effarts to identiher lost pet. At last, as she was mournfully sitting in silence, little . Agnes again came rushing in with , the news that the dog was trotting up Broad street, following Miss Sellers and her escort. The Beauty flew to the window, and sure enough there was the enemy parading before the Conkling mansion itself. Not a second glance was needed. She knew her lost love at once, and flying down stairs and across the street, the Beauty snatched the unappreciative pug from the sidewalk and, showering its chilly nose with warm kisses, turned to fly. "Police, police,” was the silvery shriek of Miss Sellers. "You can't do that—stop,” cried her escort. “My darling, my poor darling,” was the only answer of Beauty as she made her panting way’ back to the Conkling refuge amid the cheers and laughter of a quickly gathered crowd. Next day two friends of the Sellers family visited the Conkling house and demanded the return of the pug. “What!” exclaimed the angry Beauty, “do you think I don’t know my darling? He smiles iu my face as he can at no one else. I know him as all true hearts know each other in this world. I shall never give him up,” she concluded with liehtuing flashing from her eyes. The enemy retreated in dismay, and the reunited Beast and Beauty are once more happy-

Aunamese Superstitions. Consul Tremlett, in his trade report on Saigon and Couchin China for the past year, gives an interesting account of some of the superstitions w.iich prevail in Anuam. It is bad luek for a fish to leap on board a boat; the fish must be cut in two aud thrown in the water again, half on either side. The capture of a porpoise is a very bad omen, for he is the messenger of infernal gods. The cries of a “Gecko,” if odd, are lucky; if even, the reverse. A bird crying at night is always bad —a presage of death, in fact. This, says Consul Tremlett, is infelicitous; for some birds of the country only cry at night and all night. The squeak of a muskrat announces visits. A cock crowing at noon foretells that the daughters of the house will not turn out well. The tiger is, of course, much dreaded, and the mention of him is interdicted in some districts. Sacrifices of pig are made at least yearly, with a document attached, which is, or should be, exchanged by the beast for the one sent him the previous year; if the tiger on.its this, it is a bad lookout for the village. However, it is all an affair of predestination, so it does not matter much. The water-buffalo is an, imaginary animal Jiving in rivers and only coming on shore at night; for all that he is patent enough in the district and uncomfortably curious towards Europeans. The Annamesse have several kinds of talking birds—commonly a starling or a raven, who looks alter the property while the master is absent, and recounts what has passed when he returns. To meet a serpent in the road is a veiy bad omen, and whatever business is then in hand must be renounced.- As for ghosts and spirits, they abound in Annam—always, everywhere, and of all descriptions. Grew Six Feet in Eight Days. Quite a numlier of century plants in various portions o the state are throwing up stalks preparatory to blooming. One upon a ranch in So-

I noma Valley, on the west aide near the foet-hills, grew six feet in eight days, or three-eighths of an inch per ! hour, which is & f»ir sample of the rapidity of flower stem development in these interesting plants. At Petaluma two plants are about to bloom, , and will be in their prime next week. A mammoth century plant, which has . been for years on a farm in the San , Gabriel valley, will blossom soon. ! The plant spreads over a circle fortyeight feet iu circumference. The flower-stem is expected to become forty or moie feet high before it com- ' pletes its growth. Eight or ten other cases are reported in other parts of the state. The century plant will, in , California, bloom in eight or ten years after being planted. The Mexicans make au intoxicating drink,' pulque, from the sap, aud its manufacture is said to be very profitable. From the leaves a hemp-like fibre is obtained.— Ban Francisco Chronicle. TheJunecrop report of the Ohio board of agriculture, condensed from about oue thousand township returns, will give the following prospect. Fruit estimates are based on the full crop of two years ago; all others on the crop of last year: Wheat—Condition 99 per cent., a probable total of 37,320,090 bushels as against 38,580,000 last year. The damage to wheat by the April frosts was 4% per cent. Rye 106, barley 98, oats 103, timothy meadows 104, clover 85, pastures 96. PotatoesAcreage 102 per cent. Corn ground is wet and heavy, and planting later than any spring for at least twenty years. Only 82 per cent, reported June 1. Apples—Prospects 66 per cent., pears 52, peaches 38, grapes 82, berries 87. Fruit and wheat are most injured by frost in the southern half of the state. The latest reports complain of much “cheat” or “chess” among the frosted aud flooded wheat. The weather is now more favorable for corn. — ■ ■ ■ i » ■■ — — An exodus from Egypt has set in among the resident Europeans, amounting almost to a panic. Many persons are leaving valuable property behind, and sll classes are begging for passage. The soldiery openly demand the deposition of the khedive, and even declare, if it becomes necessarv, they will oppose the sultan himself. It is stated the French consul general informed his countrymen that he could not guarantee them security. Chicago. Flour—Steady,unchanged and nom inal. Grain—Wheat, dull and nominal, $1320132%; No. 3 Chicago spring, $ I 0601 12; rejected, 75©8Oo; regular ' or No. 2 wheat unsettled aud lower, $1 15%. Corn, unsettled but generally lower, 70%c. Oats, generally unchanged but some sales rather higher, 50c. Rye, dull, 68c. Barley, nominally unchanged. Flaxseed —Weaker; good merchantable, $1 2801 29. Provisions—Pork,unsettled but generally lower; S2O 00020 90 cash anil June; S2O 82% ©2O 91 July; S2O 87)4® 21 00 August;s2l 15@21 20 September; $212602130 October; $lB 60 year Lard,unsettled and lower at the close. sll 55011 60 cash and June; $1155© II 57% July; sll 70011 72% August; $U82%@1185 September; $1187% October; sll 55 year. Butter—Quiet; fair to fancy creameries, 19024 c; fair to fine dairies, 14020 c. Eggs—Weaker, 18@18%e. Whisky—Quiet and unchanged $1 16. Freights—Com to Buffalo, 3c. Call—Wheat market irregular; $1 32% @1 33%; regular or No 2 wheat, $1 15%. Corn, demand active, but lower, 70c. Oats lower. 49 %c. Pork lower, S2O 72)4 July; S2O 95 August; s2l 12% September; s2l 20021 30October; SIBSOOIB 52% year; sl9 50 January. Lard irregular, sll 56 July; sll 65011 67% August; sll 7501177% September; sll 55 year; sll 75 January. The Denver Journal reports: Hogs—Receipts, 20,000; shipments, 5,500; the market is fairly active but declined; well cleared mixed, $7 300 7 90; heavy, $8 000555; light, $7 300 8 15; shipments, $5 5007 25. Cattle—Receipts, 3,2u0; shipments, 1,600; fair market, not active, but strong; 40c higher than last week; exports, $8 3508 80; good to choice shipping, $7 5008 00; common to fair, $6 00@7 00; mixed butchers, strong, $2 5005 00, grass Texans a shade higher; poor to fair. $3 300 3 75: medium to good, $4 000 4 75; no choice heavy stockers and feeders, $3 20© 5 40.

Sheep—Receipts, 1,400; shipments, 600; steady but overstocked market; low grade sales of common to fair Texans, $2 8503 50; good Texans, $3 75 ©4 50; common to choice natives $3 00 ©5 00. Lambs per head, $1 5003 50. Baltimore. Flour—Steady and more actively. Grain—Wheat, western, easier: w estern wi n ter red spot $ 1 38 % @ 1 39%; June, $137%@139; July, $123%© 124; August, $1 18%©1 19; September, $1 18%@1 19%. Corn, western, firm; mixed spot, 81%c bid; June, 81c asked; July, 80%©80%c; August, 80%@81c; September, 80%c bid. Oats firm; western white, 6il© 62c; mixed,sß©6oc; Pennsylvania,6o© 62c. Rye dull, 75080 c. Hay—Quiet. Provisions —Higher and strong; mess pork,s2o 75© 22 25. Bulk meats; shoulders and clear rib sides packed, $lO 50013 12%. Bacon, shoulders, sll 25; clear rib sides, sl4 25; hams, sls 25016 00. Lard, refined, sl3 00. Butter—Steady; western packed, 14©20c; creamery, 22025 c. Eggs—Dull, 20c. Petroleum—Dull and weak; refined, 7%c. Coffee —Steady, B©9%c. Sugar—Quiet; A soft #%C. Whisky—Quiet, $1 20. Cincinnati. Flour —In lair demand; family, $5 6505 90; fancy. $6 35@7 00. Grain—Wheat firm; No 2 red, $1 30 ©1 33. Corn active, firm and higher, 74%075%c. Oats in fair demand, 52c. Rye dull and lower, 72c. Barley nominal. Provisions—Pork film, s2l 50. Lard strong. sll 50. Bulk meata firm, $9 50. Bacon in good demand, $9 76013 000 13 50. Whisky—sl 14; combination sale* of finished goods, 440 barrels, on a basis of $1 14. Butter — Quiet: choice western reserve, 20c; choice central Ohio, 16c. Hogs—Firm; common and light, $6 0008 00; packing and butchers’, $7 50@8 25. . Receipts, 1,300; shipments, 715. East Liberty. Cattle—Receipts. 459 head; market slow; prime, $8 00@8 50; good, $7 00 @7 50; common, $5 0006 50. Hogs—Receipts, 1,60” head; market fair; mores,sß 0008 10; Yorkers, $7 7007 85. Sheep—Receipts, 3,200 head; market dull; extra, $5 25@5 50; good, $4 75© 5 00; common, $3 0003 50. Detroit Flour—Unchanged. Grain—Wheat dull: No 1 white, June, $1 30@l 30%; July. $1 25; August, $1 28%; September, $1 ■98%; October, $129; year, $1 27%; No 2 red, nominal; No 2 white, $1 25%. Receipts, wheat, 5,000 bushels; shipments, 28,000. Toledo. Grain—Wheat, market opened firmer, but closed dull; No 2 red spot, $1 35%. Corn, dull; No 2 red spot July, 73%0. Oats, quiet; No 2, 55%c. Wheat closed weak and easier; No 2 ted spru, $1 35. Com, weak: No 2 ted snot June, 73%.

Hints to Farmers. , Lawn is the best dressing for grass seed. ' If you would fatten your neighbor’s hen crop spare not the seed. Pinch back your geranium shoots, if the frost has not .already plucked them. Plant your beets deep; if of the bipedal variety, the deeper the better. Beau poles are hardy, and no danger oflate frosts need be apprehended. Plant in rows and thin out later, ‘ As to beans, you know them. Soak before planting, mulch with salt pork aud keep iu a warm place. Cabbages do beet in hot water. Pick out good sized plants, well headed, aud dress with salt and pepper. When trimming your raspberries do not throw away the stout canes, zou may find a use fur them when your apple trees are full of green fruit and small boys. Now is tiie time to trim hoe handles. Care must be taken, however, that they do not get sunburnt. Keep them under cover when the mercury rises above 50 degrees. If you would have your wheelbo--rows thrive keep the soil around them constantly stirred, and mulch with lard or tallow. A good corn crop may be secured by wearing close fitting boots. A double crop may be obtained by judicious paring. No farmer need be without a crop of squash bugs. Five cents’ worth of seed will raise 47,683 to each squash. By all means keep fowls. Farmers who own hens invariably find that their seeds come up quicker than those who do not. Farmers do not find the milk well profitable. A good pump is much betterand surer. Strawberries, to be profitable, should be planted in shallow boxes. Plant your pitchforks under the shade of your cherry trees, point up. Should your neighbor’s boy fall from the tree they might prevent him from striking the ground. ♦ • — Michael D.avitt, in a speech at Liverpool, said the soil of Ireland could be purchased for tenants for £140,000,000 in government bonds, payable in fifty years. Dublin Castle rule he denounced as a monstrous failure. The meeting of the New Enelansociety of friends has opened at Newport, R. I. The society numbers four thousand four hundred. 1 i ■SUNNYSLOPE I \\ HANDMADE. tr I Vi JCOPPER piSTILLEDI, H CORN r ‘ CrackekHAND MADE. // Both ofthese famous brands of Whiskey are kept in stock for sale at THE “OCCIDENTAL.” J. U.

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KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE. / V KENDALESIW (SFWIN CUREjffl| It cures Spavins, Splints, Curbs, Ring bones and all similar blemishes, and removes the bunch without blisteiing For man it is now known to be one of the best, if not the best liniment ever discovered. We feel positive that every man can have perfect success in every case if be will only use good common sense iu applying Kendall's Spavin Cure, and preserve in bad cases of long standing Read below the experience of others. FROM COL. L. T. FOSTER. Yovucbtows, 0., May lb, 1880. Db- B. J. Kxndxll 4 Co., Gents.-—I had a very valuable Hambletouian colt which 1 prised very highly, he had a large bone spavin on one joint and a smaller one on the other which made him very lame; I had him under the charge of two Veterinary Surgeons which failed to cure him I was one day reading the advertisement of Kendall’s Spavin Cure in the Chicago Express, I determined at once to try it and got our Druggist here to send for it, they ordered three bottles; I took them all and thought I would give it a thorough trial, I used it according to directions and by the fourth day the colt ceased to be lame, and the lumps had entirely disappeared. I used but one bottle and the colts limbs are as free from lumps and as smooth as any horse In the Slate. He is entirely cured. The cure was so remarkable that 1 let two of my neighbors have the remaining two bottlels who are now using it. Very repecstfuly,, L.T. FOSTER. reraeverance Win TelL Stovubton, Mass., March 16, 1880. B. J. Kkndali. 4 Co., GisTK-‘-In justice to you and myself, I think I ought to let you know that I havo removed two bone spavins with Kendall’s Spavin Cure, one very large one, don’t know how long the spavin had been there. I have owned the horse eight months. It to fit me four months to take the large one off and two for the small one. 1 have used ten bottles. The horse is extremely well, not at all stiff, and no bunch tn be sees or felt. This is a wonderful medicine. It is a new thing here, but if it does for all what ithas dose for ne its sale will be very great. Respectfully yours, CHABE PARKER. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURB. Acme, Mich, Dec 28, 1879. Dr B J Kendall & Co. Genu:—l sent you one dollar for your Kendall s Spavin Cure ast summer which cured a bone spavin with half a bottle. The best liniment I ever used. Youis respectfully, homer hoxis. From Rev P. M.Mranxer Presiding Elder of the St Albans Dsstrict. St Albans, Vt, Jan 20, 1880. Dr B J Kendall t Co, Gents:— ln reply your letter I will say that my experience with Kendall s Spavin Cure has been very tatisfoctery indeed- Three or four yoars tgo 1 procured a bottle of your agent, and with it cured a horse of lameneas caused tty a spavin. Last season my horse became ante and I turned him out fora few weeks when he became better, but when I put rim on the road he grew worse, when I iiscovered that a riagbone was forming, I procured a bottle of Kendall's Spavin Cure tnd with less than a bottle cured him se hat he is not lame, neither can the bunch >e found. Respectfully yours, P N GRANGER. Statement Made Under Oath. To whom it may concern--ln the year 1875 I treated with Kendall's Spavin Cure, a bone spavin of several months' growth, tearly half as large as a hens egg, and tompletely stopped the lameness aud reno ved the enlargement. I have worked he horse ever since very hard, and never tas been lame, nor could I ever see any lifference in the size of the hook joints tince I treated him with Kendall’s Spavin Jure. B A GAINES. Enosburgh Falls, Vt, Feb 25, 1879. Sworn and subscribed to before me this 15th day of Februarv A D 1879. JOHN G JENNE, Justice of Pesne. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE )n human flesh it has been ascertained by epealed trials to be the very beet linl:ient ever used for any deep seated pain >f long stalnding, or of short duration, tlso for corns, bunions, frostbites, or »ny bruise, cut or lameness- Some are .fraid to use it on human flesh simply bemuse it is a horse medicine, but you should -emember that what is good fer boast is ro d for man, and we know from experience that “Kendall’s Spavin Cure'' asm ’>e used on u child 1 year old with perfect safety. Its effects are wonderful on human flesh and it does not.bluter or make vsore. Try it and be convinced. What is Good for Beast is Good for Man.

HEAD ITS BSSBCTS OS HUM AX FLESH l Patten's Mills, Washington co, N Y, 1 February 21, 1878. J B J Kendall, MD, Dear Sir—The particular case on which I used your Kendrll's Spavin Cure was a malignant ankle sprain of sixteen months standing. I had tried many things, but in vain. Your “Kendall Spavin Cure'' put the foot to the ground again, and, for the first time since hurt, in a natural position. For a family liniment it excells anything we ever used. Yours truly, REV M P BELL Pastor M E church, Patten's Mills, N Y. Bakersfield. Vt, Dec 23, 1879. B J Kendall & Co, Gents—l wish to add my testimony in favor of your invaluable liniment, “Kendall's Spavin Cure.” la the spring of 1872 I slipped on the ice and sprained my right limb at the knee joint I was very lame and at times suffered ths most excruciating pain. I wore a bandage on it for over a year, and tried mat everything in my reach, but could find nothing that would give ms permanent relief. When I overworked it would pain me very much. In April 1878 I began to think I should b« a cripple for life; but having some of “Kendall's Spavin Cure” thought I would try it. I used one-third of a hottie, and experienced relief at once. The pain left me and has not troubled me since. 1 feel very grateful to you and would recommend ‘Kendall’s Spavine Cure' to all who suffer with sprains and rheumatism. Yours truly, Mas. J. Bounu. KENDALL’S SPAVIN CURE. Kendall s Spavine Cure is sure in its effects, mild. in its action as it does notblis•er, tet it is penetrating and powerful tn' reach any deep seated yain or to remove ! tny bony growth or any other enlarge■uent if used for several days, such as spavns, splints, curbs, callous, sprains, swellng?. any lameness and all enlargements of the joints or limbs, or rheumatism in man and for any purpose for which a liiriuieut is used for man or beast, ft is now known to be the best liniment for man ver used, acting mild and yet oeTfoin in its effects. It is used full strength with perfect safety at all seasons of the year. ■Send address for Illustrated Circular which we think gives positive proof of its v rtues. No remedy hasevar met with myh unqualified success to our knowledge. for beast as well as man. Price fl. per bottte. or six bottles for 55. vll i 'blgoists hav® it or can get it for you, or it will be sent to any address oa receipt of price by the proprietors DR. J. B. KENDALL A CO vol. 25. no.2fl° 1 e y" g r P ‘ 118 ’ T, ™ # “ t - SOLD BY ALL DftSfIGIBTB, t

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