Ligonier Banner., Volume 31, Number 3, Ligonier, Noble County, 23 April 1896 — Page 7

THE FARMING WORLD. CONVENIENT HOG CHUTE. A Device That Will Save Lots of Labor on a Stock Farm. I get my stock into a close pen; then Bt the door I pull up my chute, take out end gate, back np the wagon, get a good supply of switches, get in among the hogs or sheep, throw some corn in chute and wagon and drive the bed full. If I have enough to flll it I put in end gate, drive to market, stay an hour or two and get home in time to see some fellow who drives his hogs along the 4 Toad hauling water to cool the tired-out LN _ NG ‘\\\l\\\\\. \\\\\ ' ; NN \\\\\\ \\\\ P NNy \ N \\ ' N N R \\\ N o N . \\\ ‘\\\\\\,‘ ‘ \ \\\\ \:\. \\\\ \\\l\\, ‘\ N 0 \\\\\ N L \ \ \\:\}' A \\}:\\\ “'\'\'f S S | N \ o‘ Y, . : HOG CHUTE, ! énnimals, and perhaps loses enough to "buy 20 hog loaders. |- As to how wide to make the chute, mi;;;'is about two feet, with a plank on one side, so as to close the balance of end of wagon bed, to keep smaill pigs from getting out. The end at the wagon should be just as high as the bottom of the wagon bed. Lo The cut represents one of the most convenient and, labor-saving imple- ‘ ments I ever used. This is an invention of my own, and I never saw one just like it. One man or boy can load from little pigs up to 500 or 600-pound hogs and never lift a pound or dig a wheelpit or take off a hind wheel. I have used this device for years, and my neighpors come and borrow it, and all praise ~ {ts merits. Any greenhorn in one or twn , hours can make one. For the uprigh: posts I use scantling two by fourinches, and for the sides scantling one by four ,inches. The cut shows it so plain 1t meeds no detail. I took two six-inch pulleys, put one on the outside of each front post at the foot, simply passing a one-half-inch bolt through the foot of the post and pulley. I then take hold just like a wheelbarrow and move it where I please. For the incline floor T use one by ten scantling, placing top cne on first; then it forms a foothold.— E. J. Newkirk, in Farm and Fireside.

NEW FORM OF ROUP. . ’ Xlf Not of Very Virulent Nature the Disease Is Curable. * A new disease has appeared among fowls. They have trouble in breathing, keep their mouths open the greater part {of the time and are constantly swallowing. There seems to be a yellowish growth in the roofs of their mouths. This is a form of roup, which may have been formed by keeping the fowls in inclean quarters or where cold night ~winds can blow upon them, or in a close, damp house; or by the attacks of lice, or any one of a dozen different things. It is curable if not of a very ‘virulent nature. The best plan is to separate the diseased fowls from the others at once and place them in a coop by themselves where the remainder of the flock cannot get at them. Feed in 'a small trough, giving wheat, cracked eorn, table scraps chopped fine, to ‘which charcoal broken to the size of ‘wheat kernels has been added, a heaping teaspoonful to a pint of food. Add ;‘2O drops of kerosene to each pint of drinking water. Clean out the house and burn half a pound of sulphur in it with the doors closed. Then batten up all the chinks to stop drafts, and spread - air-slacked limre over the flocr. Spray or swab the walls with kercsene. Remove the old perches and put in new ones. Fced the hens as above deiseribed, give an abundance of clean water, keep their quarters neat, dry and clean as your own house, and there will be no trouble. There is always some‘thing wrong in the management when the fowls have roup. Study it out and » make the necessary changes. Always ~yeep an eye on the fowls, and when one wecomes sick, place it by itself.—Amer- " dcan Agriculturist. && AMONG THE POULTRY. ¢ Yggs of a uniform age hatch at a uni- "/ form time, {x & The best time to set eggs is the very day they arelaid. - . For laying hens care and elose quar“ters will beat neglect and a ten-acre run every time. The heavy sitters should have shallow nest boxes and rather flat nests, otherwise there will be many broken eggs. . Is milk abundant at your house? Warm a panful, put a little salt in it and set it before the hens early in the morning. : : : “4Let the children have charge of the flock, but let an older hcad look after the cl;i’yl,ren in a helpful and encouraging maxiner. ' . . When two hens are hatching at the same time put all the chicks as they hatch under one hen and the unhatched eggs under the other. Sunshine is good for weakly chicks; s too much will kill the strongest, espe- _ Mally if it shine through a glass roof o’a close box or coop. : gﬁ arly green food is desirable for fowls, ut it need not consist of the first blades of grass in the door yard nor the early . garden crops. Are your fences mended ? . "Jg a hen deserts her nest, don’t throw ' eggs away. Put them in warm water for five minutes, dry them with a yag,’wrap in woolen and set by the stove and hunt another broody hen. With care the eggs will wait for two or three days if not badly chilled.—Farm Journal. > _ Sheep Here and in England. " ~ England has more sheep than people. The United States now has about one ~ sheep -for every two' people. The United States is exporting mutton and ~ England is importing it. .That shows is mot. The greatest reason for the than our mm@mm b " 1 h‘;*‘ ‘Mﬁ . o % s ,(‘ ﬂ%‘%’” wo St el e vghrind e St R ,s;,‘,\pw’ﬁn b e ot ;E%,h o s ;M ik tr._; fﬂ.\g’*w&a “ e M‘r"’&iﬁ;ﬁﬁx’%ﬁm#?’éﬁf

CHAMPION FOWL PICKER.

Frank Gurner Can Pick a Chicken in Just Five Seconds.

Here is an account of the feats of Frank W. Gurner, of Eastport, L. 1., who claims the title of “cLhampion ehickenpicker of the world.” He is willing to bet $5,000 that he has aright to the title and his record is one chicken.picked clean in five seconds. This extraordinary performance Turner has repeatedly accomplished, and in all the contests in which he has taken part has distanced his competitors to such an extent that it was almost painful to witness their puny efforts. , Some time ago Gurner thought he had a rival worthy of his metal in John Daly, of Fire Island, who had a great reputation as an expert in this line. A friendly contest was proposed.” Daly in an evil moment accepted.” - The chickens were produced and Daly went to work. Gurner did not move a hand, but watched his opponent. When his opponent was half through Gurner doused his fowl in scalding water, tossed it in the air, rubbed i after his own peculiar method, and before the astounded Laly knew what had happened the chicken was handed to the judges without as much as a pinfeather on it. :

The Greenporti champion fared even worse, and after a ridiculously onesided match Gurner offered to pick four chicken’s to the Greenporter’s one, but even with this handicap the offer was refused. :

n the presence of a New York World réﬂorter Gurner equaled his record time of five seconds, and then offered to pick one “slowly” in 12 seconds. to show how it was done. ik :

This is what happened: Gurner plunged the fowl into scalding water. seized it and threw it into the air, caught it as it came down with one hand around each wing. With lightning-like rapidity the right hand then shot out carrying away all the feathers of the wing on that side. The same motion on the opposite side carried away the feathers on that wing, . The chicken was then laid on Gurner’s right leg, and Gurner, both hands moving like piano keys operated by a rapid player, literally struck off the feathers on t{he upper side. It was immediately tossed over to the left leg and similar treatment followed on its other side. The chicken was then placed between the operator’s legs and a clawing movement of the hands followed. When this ceased the chicken was 'absolutely picked clean. -

CONVENIENT NEST BOX.

The Best and Most Simple Device for Sete | ting Hens.

In the early spring the average chicken raiser has a large amount of care and trouble in the management of his setting hens, especially if he has a large number setting at one time. If a numsber of hens are setting in open nests in the same room, two or three will get off at one time perhaps, and then ensues fighting, and probably an attempt on the part of two hen& to occupy the same nest, leaving the other eggs to get cold. If the hens are confined to the nests, each one must be lifted off each day, fed and watered and then put back upon the nest, necessitating no little

it 9 X e LT o . NS ] gl ks /// 9 ?x_:\'“y 'il === labor. The very best possible device for setting hens is shown in the cut. Itis a box without front or bottom, with slats in front, as shown. The nest is made on the floor of the sitiing-room and the box turned down over it. In the slatted portion is placed a dish each of cracked corn and water. The hen can come off whenever she pleases, and must go back to her own nest, and that, too, without any care on the part of the chicken raiser. When the chicks hatch they can be kept with the hen in this coop for several days, secure from many of the mishaps that are apt to befall very young chickens. Make up a lot. of these affairs before the hatching season opens, and you will find later on half the ordinary labor in setting hens taken away.—N. Y. Tribune. Advantages of Pastearization. Pasteurization of milk is much preferable to sterilization, because, when rightly done, it secures all the sanitary benefits of sterilization without imeparting to the milk that repulsive taste so characteristic of sterilized milk. The only practical differencein the two prozesses lies in the greater degree of heat and the longer time of its application in sterilization. Prof. Tyndall found that if liquids were submitted to a heat ranging from 140 to 175 degrees F. for a few minutes, then cooled, and after a few hours again heated, they became perfectly sterilized without being cooked. If they are not heated a second time, some of the bacteria seem to have escaped death.

Salt and Water for Cows,

Recent experimenting to ascertain whether the giving of salt to dairy cows has any direct bearing upon the supply of milk, showed conclusively that it ia very expensive to neglect that human duty. Three cows were kept without salt for one month, and during the last half of the period the milk was weighed twice daily. The cows were then given four ounces each daily, and after their capacity was again allowedto develop, because of the salt, it was}‘found that the increase for the half month was 100 pounds of milk. A constant supply of fresh water is just as important.— Farmers Voice. :

Redueing the Cost of Butter,

Every farmer in the United States ought to make as large a profit to-day - on butter at 20 cents a pound as he could ten years ago on 30 cents. The lower price will immensely increase the consumption and aid to drive out fraudulent substitutes, and thus give the farmer an honest control of the market. There are plenty of ways of doing this thing—reducing the cost. All that J‘ is needed is that the American farmer shall become a thinking man as well as a workingman. There is no hope for } him in competing in the production of crude, rough products.—Hoard’s DairyEGT R e ; _lt is proposed to license horseshoers. T woukd be &goo o thing. There s 26, more Rin rusting a hoise’s foot to & bungler than there is in trusting a : .

-~ HOME SONG. ¢ e eancns O, home is the harbor of rest! The world has its gust and its gale; But if we are anchored at home - Who cares how the norther may wail? O, home lis the harbor of light! The world has its shadows to bide; If home has its fire on the hearth, Who cares for the darkness outside? O, home is the harbor of love! The world has its buffets and blows; If home has its smile and ‘caress, Who cares for the blustering foes? Yet, homeless—desolate word, That shivers the heart to its core! There are havenless ships on the sea Wind-whipped to a treacherous shore. -And ne’er to the happy within Does home seem more heavenly warm Than to wearying wanderers without, Astray in the snow and the storm. O, home is the harbor of rest! O, home is the harbor of light! O, home is the harbor of love! Alas, for the homeless to-night! —Boston Transcript. BIG JIMMY. BY J. L. HARBOUR. : It was the third day of the fall-and-wvinter term of the Plum Creek district school. Miss Hannah Shapley, the teacher, having called the roll, was about to give the signal for the A B C class to take its place before her, when there came a loud rap at the door. ° ’ Every pupil looked up, regardless of Miss Shapley’s peremptory: “Attend to your books!” and they grinned broadly when she opened the door. ‘

The teacher found herself face to face with a tall, peculiar-looking fellow, who seemed neither man nor boy. Though he was larger than most men, his face had a comically infantile expression, which made it hard to guess at his age. A tin dinner-pail in one hand and a book or two and a slate under his arm showed that he had come as a pupil. : None of the children knew him, and there was more grinning, and even a little tittering, when Miss Shapley esked the bpy’s name. “Jimmy,” heé said, blushing and

smiling. _ “Well, come in, Jimmy,” said the teacher. *“What books have you?” “A Firth Reader, a firth part of 'rithmetic and a thpell(;r.” “And how old gre you, Jimmy ?” “Theventeen,”’ answered he, growing very red indeed. : His pronounced lisp caused new giggles. : 4

“Order!” said the teacher, sternly. “Attend to your books, every one of youl? :

But it was hard for the pupils to attend strictly to their books in the presence of this singular new pupil.

They noticed with amusement how woefully behind other boys of his age he was in his studies. Ile could read in a stammering, blundering way in the First Reader with the little fellows seven and eight years old, and he could spell words of three or four letters. “I ain’t never went to school much,” he said to Miss Shapley. “I’ve had to work.” :

The large boys at once nicknamed him “Big Jimmy.” When he first heard the name, he blushed and smiled in evident embarrassment, but he made no protest.

He is so good-natured and bore so meekly the gibes of the other boys that he seemed to them to lack courage, and they despised him accordingly. “I bet you if I was big as you,” said Teddy Baxter, a spirited boy of eight, “Lon Bagley and Hen Myron and Ben Griffey and some of them other fellows wouldn’t plague and pick on me all the time the way they plague you. If I lisped as you do, and they mimicked me to my face, I guess they’d laugh on the cther side of their mouths if I was big as you!”

But Jimmy simply smiled his queer, childish smile, and said nothing. A singular friendship sprang up between him and this Teddy Baxter—a friendship that called forth all sorts of

(> | W B %'“J xRS ' Nbl ATI P TR/ S 7 TN | "1 1770 ] ] 2 i l . \/ \ ’ . R/ i M 7 / ) k /] i | L ) | = - | | , MISS SHAPLEY ASKED THE BOY’'S NAME. gibes and jeers from the older and larger boys. It really was alittle comical to see the giant Jimimy and the diminutive Teddy playing the same games and showinyg £0 decided a liking for each other. “Itain’tany of your business!” Teddy would say boldly when taunted. “I gueth I can play with anyone 1 pleath, can’t I?” said J immy, with less spirit. . i The boys Teddy had named to his new friend were large, strong, unruly fellows, who gave Miss Shapley so much trouble that she sometimes feared she would have to give up the school on their account. : o o

They often set aside her authority, and almost daily gave evidence of their brutality and cowardly instincts by “picking on” the small boys.

None of them resented this treatment more vigorously than Teddy. He hada sharp tongue that could fling out some cutting and disagreeable truths, and if assailed by the large boys he did not hesitate to ‘use his fists as well as his tongue. Y ; ; “We ain't a bit‘, afraid, are we, Jimmy?” he would say defiantly, but that the larger boy did not share Teddy's courage lLis shrinking manner plainly showed.

One Friday evening the two friends were going home together after school when they were overtaken by four of their tormentors a few feet from the bank of a narrow, shallow and muddy river. ' :

The large boys began their u,snall sneering and jeering. Teddy did net listen in gilence but “talked - baeck®* briskly. 0y ; Buddenly Ben Griffey, stung to the

quick by some disagreeable truth Teddy had spoken, cried angrily: “I'll tell you what let’s do, boys. Let’s duck the little sass-box in the river! What do you say?” ' “All right,” said Lon Bagley, gleefully. *“lt will teach him to be more polite to his elders and betters. Let’s duck Jimmy, too. Come on!” " - Jimmy paled, but Teddy grew red with indignation, and prepared to defend himself as best he could. )

~ “We'll take Ted first,” said Henry Myron, “and it won’t be of any use for you to run, Big Jimmy, for some of us will run after you if you do.” Paying no further heed to Jimmy, the four boys rushed upon poor Ted. He caught hold of a small sapling and deter« mined to hang to it as long as possible, His grip was so firm, and he made such good use of hi#Wstout legs that the four rowdies did not find it easy to.drag him away. 1 o Big Jimmy, pale and panting, stood near by, the picture of fear. - Teddy’s shouts of anger now gave place to cries of pain. Big Jimmy’s demeanor suddenly changed. Color rushed 1o his cheeks, his tear-dimmed eyes began to sparkle, his limbs no longer trembled, his fists clenched, his teeth became set and his breath came faster and faster.

The next moment, Lon Bagley found himself plunged, by an unseen power, headlong into the mddy river. Ben Griffey was next dazed by a vise-like

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Joe Spencer, a boy of 17, was the only one to escape. Little Teddy pursued him valiantly. ‘ “You’d better run!” he screamed after him. “Jimmy’s too much for you!” Jimmy was indeed mighty in - his righteous wrath. It gave him cenfidence in himself and in his strength, which hard work had made equal that of a man, made him forget the awe of these self-confident, terribly quickwitted fellows as they had seemed to him, which had heretofore paralyzed his arm. Now that he knew his power, he reveled in it. Each time that one of thé bedraggled boys reached the bank, he pounced upon him, and exulting in his strength tossed him back easily into the water. Three times did he plunge each of them into the river before his wrath was satisfied.

What had wrought this change in him? A cry of pain from one who had been his friend. That his sense of gratitude was greater than his cowardice showed of what good stuff this uncouth fellow was really made. ' “Mind now,” he said, finally, to the dripping boys, his lisp disappearing under the pressure of his excitement, “there’s to be no more tormenting Teddy. You’ll let him and all the other boys be. And no more impudence to the teacher! I’ll lick you if there is. I ain’t afraid of you any more, and 'm done foolin’ with you. You’'d betier mind what I say!” ] ‘ Naturally, after this exploit of Jimmy’s, the boys became very respectful. He now had only to shake one of his great fists or frown reprovingly to check their misconduct in the schoolroom and on the playground. If the warnings were not sufficient he would say, ominously: “You want to go into the river again? You don’t? You’d better look wut then!” . 8 2

That was always enough!—Youth's Companion.

The Reply Courteous. This story is told of a prominent San Antonio lady, who is sometimes a little overbearing towards those she considers her inferiors. She lives in a fashionable part of the town, and seldom takes the street cars. But she did the other day. On approaching the street near the house, she said to the conductor: . “Stop on this side of the street.” The conductor rang the bell, but it was too late, and the car kept on to the opposite corner. She was very indignant and put her indignation into warm words, winding up with: “I am Mrs, Blank.” The conductor, nothing abashed, replied: : “Glad - to make your acquaintance, Mrs. Blank. I'ms Bill Jackson.”—Texas Sifter. i+ His Blzomlng Mistake. i A countryman of Goethe gives another instance of the difficulty a foreigner has with the English language. He was invited out to dinner soon after his arrival in England and was desirous of saying something in a very pleasant way, and made use of the following expression: “Will you have the blooming kindness to,” etc. = He used it in the sense that the word “blooming” is used in German as béinf something’ very ‘charming and beautiful, little knowing what havoc slang has played with the word in England. He was absolutely at a loss to understand why everybody was so utterly horrified at what he thought was an extremely nice expression.—Detriot Free Press. =~ “ e A Newcomer. A guest in a Boston hotel, while going down the elevator, remarked to the colored elevator man: “I want to go to the wharf where the téa was thrown ‘overboard.” ,*“.wény' ‘said the man, looking mystified, “you'd better inéfore Immg e; I've only been in. f Mg é%ﬁm

Homeseeker's Excursions to Eansas and Nebraska. | On April 21st and May sth, 1808, Homeseeke;s%xcursions will be run from Missouri River l'Point-u,'and territory West of Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, to stations in Kansas and Nebraska, at one fare, plus $2.00, for the round trip. All whocanshould teke advantage of the cheap rates and in?})ect the most productive corn lands in the nited States, which are for sale, by the Union Pacific Railway Company, at from $2.50 to $lO.OO per acre, on ten years’ time, only 1-10 down. Remember that the Kansas corn crop for 1895, with 8,000,000 acres in cultivation, yielded over 201,000,000 bushels, the esti. mated value of which is over $46,000,000, beinq $7,000,000 more thag annual output ofgold in the United States. Those taking advantage of the excursions, should take receipts for all railroad fare, and the L{)ort.ion paid over Union Pacific lines, will be refunded upon purchase of 820 acres. . Information regarding rates can be ascertained from the nearest railroad agent. : For mapsand pamphlets descriptive of the lands, write to B. A. MCALLASTER, Land Commissioner, Omaha, Neb.

D TANQUE—*You don’t take enoudgh exercise for a man of Kour habits.” old Soak --*“Why, I have been shakin;{l dice for drinks all the afternoon.”’—Philadelphia Record. i

Free Attendant Service—The North-West-ern Line. A new departure has been inaugurated at the Cnica%:) passenger station of the NorthWestern Line (Chicago & North-Western R’y) which will be found a great convenience to the traveling public. A corps of uniformed attendants has been providped to render both incoming and outgoing passengers all necessary attention, directing them to carriages, omnibuses and street cars, ca.nlyin% hand baggage, assisting persons in feeble health, and making themselves useful in every way in their power. The attendants wear blue uniforms and bright red cal%?, and the service is entirely free. The North-Western Line is the _throuﬂx-car route between Chicago and St. Paul, inneapolig,' Duluth, Ashland, Council Bluffs, Omaha, Sioux_City, Denver, Salt Lake, San Francisco, Portland and many otherimportant cities of the west and northwest. . THE discovery of what is true, and the practice of that which is good, are the two most important objects of philosophy.— Voltaire. : —_—_——-—— Ringling Bros. Clrcus. This Great Show will be at Tattersall’s, Chicago (16th, State and Dearborn streets), from April- 11 to May 2. The performance this year is superior to anythingever offered in the amusement line, and is well worth a special trip to see. Special arrangements have been made for the comfort and pleas-. ure of out-of-town visitors. . Preceding each performance there will be an hour’s concert by the Royal Hawaiian Band. The arenic performance embraces three hundred performers, many especially imported from Europe for the great show. There is a wonderful somersault act from a platform 40 feet high; also Speedy, the original American diver, who plunges 80 feet into a tank of water only three feet in depth. There are trick elephants, races, sports, and the fine zoological collection for which Ringling Brothers’ menagerie is noted. Don’t miss it. , — e e “I NEVER destroy a receipted bill, do you??’ said Bunting to Giley. ‘1 don't think I ever saw one,” replied Giley.— Amusing Journal. Dan o e All About Western Farm Lands. The ““Corn Belt” is the name of an illustrated monthly newspaper published by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy R. K. 1t aims to give information in an interesting way about the farm lands of the west. Sen 25 cents in gostage stamps to the Corn Belt 209 Adams St., Chicago, and the paper wﬂi be sent to your address for one year. 1 — e e Schiller Theater. Alex. Salvini begins a two weeks’ engagement April 25th. Do not miss seeing this truly great tragedian. SmALL are the seeds fate does unneeded sow of slight beginnings to important ends. —Davenant. : Formiry Feeble Lungs Against Winter with Hale’s Honey of Horehound and Tar. Pike's Toothache Drops Cure in one minute. ey e e THE LiNE.—*The voters drew the line on our candidate, did they?’ ‘Yes, they scratched h#im.”—Detroit Tribune.

I usk Piso’s Cure for Consumption both in my family and practice.—Dgr. G. W. ParTERSON, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 5, 18%4.

‘“You want to keep your eye on the woman’s bonnet,” says an item in a fashion paper. No, we don’t want to, but under cer’ tain conditions, dear editor, we have to.— Yonkers Statesman. . :

AX Artistic Achievement.—‘‘Mr. Crayons is very successful in his drawing,” remarked the young woman. ‘Yes,” replied thediscourteous rival, “I understand hedisWsed of several pictures at a raffle.”’— ashington Star.

Mgrs. Nlx—*l hope you are not afraid of work.” Weary Willie (uneasily)—*l ain’t exactly afraid, mum; but I always feel fidgety when dere’s anything like dat around.””—Truth.

Sur says she can’t afford a cab— Expenses she must curb, Yet when she walks upon the street Her carriage is superb. —N. Y. Herald. e e “MammA, why has the month of February 29 days every fourth year?’ ‘“What a foolish question! So that people born on the 29th of February can have a birthday once in awhile.”—Texas Siftings.

® “I cAN teach you law, sir, but I cannot teach you manners,” said an exasperated counsel to a small, meek witness. The latter replied quietly: ‘‘That is so, sir,” and Beople laughed consumedly. — Pittsburgh ispatch.

Groaccnino RossiNi, who was a great jester, was once seen embracing a Spaniard with great cffusion. Asked the reason, he replied: ‘‘Because without Spain we would be the last nation.”’—Argonaut.

AXN Unimportant Item.—Customer—*And what would your price beif I should furnish the material?’ Fashionable Dressmaker—“Oh, in thatcase, I should have to inform you that 1 never charge for material.”’— Brooklyn Life.

“ONLY one thing makes a woman madder than to have her husband stay down town to lunch when he had said that he was coming home.” “And whatis that?”? ‘“ltisto have him come home to lunch when he had said he was going to stay down town.”’— Chicago Record. :

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