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A. C. QUILLAIN,
Dfihtist,
WILL bh iii Thomson from the Ist
till the 15th of each month. All
operations strictly First Class. Office
on Main street, first door south of A. B.
Thrasher 8 rosideiice. Private engage
ments in the country promptly filled.
jah&My
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and Gentlemen, cheap for cash. 1 ket p
on hand au assortment, of the very best
material, and make Wedding and Party
Boots and Shoes a specialty. I have re
cently learned n new process of prepar
ing sole** from the best Baltimore Oak
and Slaughter Hemlock that make th*ni
last uititih lofieer than 1 e old process
Very thankful for past liberal patron
age. I Solicit a continuance of the same.
All work warranted. Call and examine
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I Allcoek’s Porous PI inters.
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j Having purchased the we’l known
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i AUGUSTA-GEORGIA
ivkuu fm
THOMSON, GA., WTinTTvTSsI) A-Y, MAY 28, 1879.
Jefferson Davis will be seventy-one on
June 3.
Miss Mildred Le:, daughter ol Gen.
R. E* Lee, is travelling iu Syria.
Lightning struck a team of si* oxen
in Alabama and killed five of them.
Gov. Robinson, of New York, is 81,
and is the oldest GoVernor iu the United
States.
One 1 undred and eighty-three cotton
mills laVb befen built iu the South since
the war.
Thomas JoYerson was only twenty
three when he wrote the declar tion of
independence”.
A black crane measuring seven feet
from tip to tip of wings waa recently
killed neai Cleveland, N. C.
Bonner, who is worth over $l, r oo,oi'o,
has spent more than half that amount in
advertising. It is wand.
A tmmp. whi’e robbing a ce’lar rent
Reading, fell into a well 80 feet deep.
He was kept there four hours before be
ing relieved.
An Indiana girl Homed Pnllbehy nhir
ried a rllon named Bbnnett simply to
secure anew name. She refused to live
with him a day.
Au English yacht, tilth the owner, his
wif<> >ud daughter on b> rd, is missing.
Shf Eff, Malta two months ago, and has
nol been hear i of since.
A five-year- >ld girl, lost in Miuuescta
woods, hail the 'oo-l sense to hang bits
of her ikes* oti bush*, aas she •, and red,
ami these ltd to her disc.-v tv. after she
had lived four days on lu rried and wild
onious.
A man and wife in Tiptoi , lud..
ag oed to separate. Their properly was
■uvided. piece bv pifecu, until ttulliing
was left but a baby and a cow. The
husband gave the wife her choice, and
*L© took t.Lo cow.
booh tile gtfnei*! exdcutiouer of
Ur.uitse, followed his uinuy viotimn re
ce dly at (he age of s'*. During the
bight years that he presided over the
guillotiuu he had cut off 54 heads. H s
s ilarv \tas s .GOO a year, witii the uddi
ti n of £2 50 on wording duya
A tm]p t i icinnati woman dies n‘it
cover the hade top of her t|k.*ad with
Lh>c h dr, or Hg coiuhiug her **rn lmir
<Fver-it. but appears to be proud of the
distinction that it gives her in pufflje n&-
MiinbJftgtf'', fur fell© always removes her
bonnet The ( IT- cfc is sirikii.g,
IT’o usher in a variety show at Para
dise, NtL, stood where ho obstructed
the view of several persons in the audi
ence. A femonstrance drew a shot from
his revolver, wounding ft quiet and pop
ular young man. The usher was at once
seized, taken out < f the hifli, Un<l Ldnged
to u tree.
T he physician told Thomas Sirith, of
VVerrenfon, Misso ri, that lie must die
within a few honra. * Are you sure of
that?’ Smith earnestly asked. The
medical man told him there could he n<>
mistake about tt. Smith then c nleased
to the murder of Green bury Clark, 40
years ago.
Wullack Wilkinson, a was
executed at. Prova City, Utah, on the
IGth. He evinced gnat nerve, and
after bidding farewell to bis wife and
the officials, the Marshal gave a signal,
w hen three concealed marksmen fired.
He leaped from the clmir. and fell writh
ing and gasping for twenty-seven min
utes, when lie was pronounced dead.
‘‘Poor Oarlotta” is still hopelessly in
sane in a 6hdte;> H hear Brussels. She
paints pictures and writes letters to
sovereigns, w hich are forwarded to them.
Her confidential servant is a Mexican.
She cdnstai.hy thinks that she is at the
Merican court, and her talk in addressed
to persons found there at state recep
tions ai don other royal occasions. Her
Toilet is most elegant and elaborate, gar
ish colors being her favorite ones. Her
income is estimated at $360,000 a year.
A special from Cave City. Ky , reports
a wonderful outburst of petroleum, gas
and salt water on the Rowe far.i , on
Crocus creek, in Chfrrherlniid coi-iHy.
Rocks Wefo ifph&rlfed and shivered, and
streams of oil and salt water spurted
f Ur hundred yards, deluging several
tobacco farms By the lighting of a pipe
by u h>oker-ou the gas was set on fire,
and gas and petroleum burned rill ufghf.
illuminatfng the neighborhood for miles
around, but finally died down. The ex
plosion at fm i was like rfrtihery.
John McNicrny. a musician 6’f New
York, is now a patient in RoseVelt
Hospital, suffering froi-i th. effects f
vitriol thrown into his rice by Ellen
Mead, in revenge for being betrayed by
him. Her father, once a prosperous
merchant, has been ruined by expensive
fnrile suits against his daughter’s be
trayer. The daughter and MeNitfrny
accidentally in’ the street, and he
called her a hard uamo and laughed at
her. Under these taunts she committed
the act that has destroy#! one of Mc-
Nieniy’s eyes, and terribly scarred his
face. 81'c is in custody.
J)r. Walter Bailey, of New Orleans,
a delegate to the recent homeopathic
convention at Bt. Louis, has in his pos
session what he believes to !>e real yel
low fever germ. It is a fungus growth
which formed in the object glass of a
microscope during the epidemic. The
doctor’s theory as to the origin of yellow
fever is that die small dote or spores in
this invi ible fungus contain a tine pow
der, w hich is cast into the air by the
bursting of the small bag which con
tains it. This powder, being inhaled,
causes a fermentation of the blood,
which produces the fever. The instru
ment has never been opened the
particles formed within it.
BLANK VfiltSK IN HUY ME.
EY TOM HOOD.
Even i ' come, and from the dark park,
Mirk
The signal of the setting sun—one gun!
And six is sounding from the chime,
prime time
To go and see the Drury Lano Dane
slain—
Or hear Othello’s jealous doubt spout
out—
Or Macbeth raving at that shade-mado
blade,
Denying to his frantic clutch much
touch—
Or else to see Dncrow with wide stride
lide
Four horses Ac- no other man can span;
Or in the small Olympic pit, vb split
wUla a,3|gfSl|a
Anon night couios, and with her wings
brings things
Such as, with his poetic tongue. Young
sung;
The gas up-blazes with its bright white
light, •
And paralytic watchmen prowl, liowl,
gtowl,
About the streets, and take up Pall-Midi
Bnl.
Who, hasting lo her nightly jobs, robs,
fobs.
Nbw thieves to eiitor fir ydiir cash,
smash, crash,
| Past drowsy Charley, in a deep sieeji,
trbep;
But frightened by policeman B ?, fioe,
And while thev’re going whisper low,
‘‘No up!”
Now puss, v hib* folks are in their beds,
treads leads,
And sleepers wetklng grumble, “dral
that eat!”
Who in the gutter catter-wauls, squalls,
mauls
•Some feline foe, who screams in shrill
ill will.
Now Bulls of Basham of prize ditto, rise
In chiluish dreaais, nd with a roar gore
poor
Goorgcv, <jr ClmrleH, or Billy, wiiiy
mlly;
But nursemaid in a nightmare rest,
chest i>ro> s’d.
Droarneth of one of her old flamos,
James Games.
And that ahe hears—what faith is muti’n
—Ann's Caun’H
Aild his, from Reverend Mr. Rice, twice,
t hriue;
Whllb ribbons florfish and a Rtoufc
Hhout out.
That upward goes hows Rose knows
those hows' woes!
ITS lit* THE SPIRIT
When spiritualism first’ made
its appearance in the village of
- oh) Deg'-oi. Isaacs, a rich
man, who had stood li\ the
church I r ncjirly three score
years, pus exceediuUtl? fdl.ffc
lagainsl ..! 1 ■eliej-ers in the dev*t)>
work" as lie culled it, and de
nounced spiritualists and siiiiit
ualisiii in no very gentle
guage. Imagine tliu Deacon’s
anger, then, when six months
nflorvvard he fouml it tiiul work
ed it-- way into his family, and
not only were his wife and
daughters believers, hut one of
them was a medium and possess
ed full puwe 10 converse with
t lie spirits of those who had de
parted to that “bourne from
whence no traveller returns,"
Deacon Isaacs was mad ; hut.
lie had sense enough not to show
it, and 1 ore the taunts of tho 1111.
godly with a mock spirit. lit;
knew it would bo nsclos.s to de
clare Opfen war, for Mr*. Isaacs
alone bad proved more than a
match for him, a ltd bo was sure
to be defeated. lie must ‘‘cir
cumvent the critter,” as he ex
pressed it, and with this end he
set himself to work. lie was a
man of sound judgement, and his
worldly experience of fifty yours
was not thrown away. Km'rn
the day it first came to his
knowledge that, his wife and
daughters were spi. ilualists he
never spoke against, nor did he
ever allude to it, except in gen
eral terms in his mo'ning prayer;
but any one could see that it
troubled him, for he was absent
minded, his eyes wandered rest
lessly, and he looked bare-worn.
The Deacon witnfcssfe'd onfeor
two “sittings” at iTfs own house,
ftnd wtfs Milisfie i tjhat if ho poa
sensed a little more kftO’wfedgc
he could get rid 6f them. So
< no Morning he started for the
city, defcrmiiied to thoroughly'
Investigate th subject b fure he
reluiticd. After visiting two O'l
the most popular mediums and
paying Ids money', he returned
horfie, sat billed that he could see
through it.
The e wffs rt ; sit ring” at the
D r Cff6off , S house on the night ho
returned; and his daughter Mary'
(t.h‘6 medium; iifvited the Deacon
to trtlcft vt jfUat at tiro table, which
to her graftPtfeatron was accepted.
The spirits were fir good tune,
and wore so' 6x'Ce dnig communi
cative tha:t tire DeuCon was in
duced to ask a few questions,
which were readily’ answered;
and the wife and daughter* wofo
iu ecHtusies at the thought that
father would yet be a believer,
and urged the Deaccti on in his
inquiries.
“Has my wife always been
true to her marriage vows?”
asked the Deacon.
To this question there were
no raps in return, while Mrs
Isaacs sat transfixed with holy
horror that such a thought
should enter her husband’s mind.
“llovv many years have passed
since she was untrue?”
Answer by sino-lo raps. Then
camo slowly and solemnly one,
two, three, four, and so on, until
they reached twenty.
“llow many who claim to ho
arc not my children ?”
Again the spirits rapped, one,
two.
Mrs. Isaacs looked dumbfound
ed
“.Mercy !” said Slury.
“Which are they ?” aske I the
t kkw.;-ill o now seemed So iu.
tent On the subject that he paid
no attention to his companions.
“Mary, Sarah,” rapped the
spirits, the names of the two
daughters, .he elder of which
was under twenty
Mrs. Isaacs could Bland it no
longer.
“It’s a lie i I didn't ! It’s a
lifli” she shrieked, rising from
the table. “They are your chil
dren, Deacon Isaacs and, God
knows it.”
“Bat the spirits affirm differ
ently,” said tho Deacon, in a
solemn voice,
"Then they lie!” said tho wife.
“But if you believe in them in
o' erythiiig else, why not iu this?”
“But 1 don’t believe in llu-m
at iili. it’s all foolery.”
‘■Nor 1!” shouted Mary.
■ “Nor I !” added Sarah.
‘Then,” said tho. Deacon, while
a smile illtimiiuiiot! his oouulo
tuitieo, “wo will bid them good
bye, a .id leave those tilings which
God lias wisely hid from us to
be revealed in his time,” •
The Deacon s evening dovo
tlnjH were characterized wi ll
more cat nestnes-s than usual, and
the luridly retired luliy satisfied
that the spirits mill mediums did
ttot always reveal tho truth.
Mrs Isaacs was so glad that
none of the neighbors were pres
cut. But SontctfoW the story
got wind, and so fearful were
Uje spirit dailies < f it that they
nV'hl caught iu the' same
tfilp- which tiio Deacon Ima set,
that spiritualism was driven en
tirely from the village.
Trapped.
She had been so often impor
tuned by him to let, him come
in tlie house, that her heart
rnelUdl till if wits almost as soft
ms his head.
“But mind,” said she, “my pa
is ffitlghir-mad, and imagines ev
ery noise he hears in the house
is one of them ; and as lie will
not allow mo to keep company
in tlie house, you must go as
! soon as he con es home.”
JD promised obedience. They
had scarcely' sat half an hour bc
| fore the Old Man was at the
trout door, fumbling with his
: key.
“Oh ! 1 ra mi liido you,” cried
| tin! girl, iik kliu linn iodly gliiueu.'
j around lor a jilace.
Slio led him to the liitelieu
: iud jirrmuadud him to o ecp Into
! i balrel, ivhioh ,Btood in a cor
j itcf. Sin) covered him up with a
i bread hoard and returned to llic
j iiitlihg-foom to meet licr ]>a.
! The barrel wuh damji and con
[ taiued an odor not altogether
I congenial; hut ho dared not stir.
The old man wont m ined, so she
| hail ii)termed him. Ten minutes
j passed when heavy fool step ap
proached the sloor, which was
opene ; then the old man took
oil ll> lifi-mj emptied the eoli-
VfrVnhe wash liasin ov r hfm f
! He winced, hut was glad When
the ban cl was covered again and
the old man loft the kitchen. Try
ingjtn shift Ids cramped positi >n,
lie humped his head against the
lid, and it fell with a clatter on
tlie. door! He leaped from the
barrel, sought life Cover in the
dark and found it; ho jumped
hack into tlio slop bar e! just in
lime, the lid was adjusted just
;as pater families crime in v>ith' a
! lamp in one hand ririd and revolver
: in'lho other.
‘Paco me tike men.” roared he,
! savagely tfgmping about, “and
| I'll show you what a than in ids
| own house can do.”
He scrii'chi'if around ft ten
minutes, then returned to the
rf tilitg.'rooirf. Julius began to
; wish hVluseif at homo, ilis love
! leafs decided y cooled. But llic
eata'flropli'e wills near. A little
i jiet dog ,slipped* into' tire kitchen
and smelled lifrn'' Ut. He began
to bark, which brought out the
old man agu’in, foti'oiviiif by iris
j if'e.
‘‘There's some oho i'iY llic slop
1 barrel, ’ roared lie.
j “Scald hint to death !” Cr : ed his
i wife.
| “I’ll fix him,” said he. “Here,
take niv revolver, and shoot
when o pops out his hood, while
[ roll out the barrel.”
Then he rolled it into the
yard, turned it up sido down,
and called for his revolver. t)ni
love sick youth gave one kick
and emerged from tho barrel,
and went for llio fence. Ho
scrambled Hvbr it and ran for his
life. lie avoids that girl now,
for he lias a taint idea that it
was a “put up job” between her
and her pa.
Vits and no.
1 did not love him. 1,014. ago
ir.Bt.tmd of Yes t gave him No.
I.did not lovo him; but to-day
I read iris marriage notion. I‘ruy,
Why was I sad. wlion novel* yet.
Hits my heart known tho least regret
Over that whispered ? and why
Heading notice, did I sigh?
No uiialyst can guess tho ciutd—■
A woman’s reason langliH at laws.
Karo, I am glad to know the Wound
1 gave is healed; tliut he has found
I.ovo’a tilosßodlless and peace; and yet
A woman can never forget
The man who once hut] loved her; and
To-duy I seem to see hint stand
With every glance it mute caress,
Still pleading for the lungv-d-fof Yes.
His early lovo for me is dead *
Another lives iu that love's stead ;
And if ire loves her well, ns men
Should love their ehoketi one, why, then
He must Ire glad that long ago,
Instead of Yes 1 gave him No.
Perhaps this is tho reason why
I read tho notice with a sigh.
REMINISCENCES OF COLUMBIA
COUNTY.
UV AN OU) CITIZEN.
Jus. Martin moved from Vir
ginia in 179 * ;lnd l.ncilted in Co
lumbia county, about two miles
idoiilboast of Appling, At the
death of I lie old people
liolmttl M.VKTt.V,
tliciraoti, inherited t lie put tonal es.
lutes, consist ing of sohie 31)0 acres
of bind, sluves dud stock. Early
in life ho mill riod ;v .Mi-s Hollins,
cousin to Dr. \V, A. D. Collins,
who was also ;;>Virgtuinn. This
nuptial on urbd in 1810, and
these, good people lived lo a good
old ago, respected and esteemed
by nil within the circle of their
acquaintance. They were happy
and pro-pet'ous; each performing
his nr her purl in the grout
driiihu of life, i" uch sweet ci n
cord and hdniiony ns to realize
the twain as one flesh. In tin m
there was a oneness of feeling
ail’d 1 congeniality that stmt, out
from their domestic hearth nil
jurrii gs and family disturbances, j
They were not only good and
kind, one to the other, hut iu all
the relations of life there wus
that Strong and positive animus
in them Hint prompted them to
nets of friendship utid neighborly
associations. Holcrt Martin’s
I'aeo was a clear index to the |
man. find had written with a
pen of iron and a point of a din
met and the character of the inner
man on that frank and open
coiinlenaeo. There benevolence
sat enthro.’ied. Love of God and
good will to man, iud rvellers in
the heart, were vividly redacted
from llic honest face. There
was a blaridness of titan nor, an
honest cordiality, a warm roeep
lion that went straight to tliu
heart of the visitor, that made
him feel a sure welcome.
lie was an honest tiller of the
soil, devoted to agriculture and
to home and surroundings. He
only lull homo when it was nec
essary on election days to como
to Appling and erist his vote.
Then ho Would mount his horse
and return homo, Ido not think
1 oversaw him riding iff a
lie may have done so sometimes,
but if so it was an exception to
the general rule. And I might
have stated tiiO sumo of Jesse
Walton, f have mot him fre
quently in tile r ad to Augusta,
some fourteen' miles from Ids
homo, or on his' wav Lo llic
Wrfghtsbof i place—some 20
milotf—affd I never sa'iv him in a
buggj- or Carrying an umbrella
Mr. Marlin loved bis home. Il
afforded him more real substan
tial pleasure and enjoyhieul than
all' tlie outside world with id;
its allurements. It is said ol
him that an absence from home
of 7 or 8 days Was tlio longest
lie was ever away hi one liiiio.
He atlcnded stiielly to ids own
business and avoided entangling
alliances with peoples’ affairs.
Few men in the eoni'm ndity were
so learned in the Holy SeripluFes
as he. Ho was a great Bible
reader, and Ids heart being in the
word Ids memory Clung to it to
such atY extent that it was to
him familiar Words.
The two good old' |>eop?4' wcrC
strict and eonsisiani followers of
tlio Icneldngs of .Tollh Wesley.
Taking liji the Cross in curly life
their footprints for all those ycai s
were found in that narrow way
which loads to lifeclernrl. Hub
ert Martin inherited from li is
father about 300 acres, which lie
increased by good management
and industry. Ho made farming
n success, and. after dividing
with Ids sons, had, at the time of
his dentil, some 700 acres of lurid.
11 r. and Mrs Mailiu raised, 1
think 8 children —5 daiighti rs
and 3 sons. Tin dneghlhl'i Were,
M'S. If. Williams, now dead: Mrs
John Dunn, now living in Lin
coln or nnly, i\ ith a happy house
loild of childreuvid gladden the
evening of her life; two Mrs.
Gibsons, one dead anil the other
now tho wife of Hon. J. P. Wil
liams, Columbia's present able
Representative, a clever gentle
man and fiirmee, a man ot large
means and liberal ideas; and a
single daughter, who died just
as she reached womanhood.
Peyton Marlin is the oldest son,
a clever man and an industrious
fui'lner. Ho has preferred the
walks of private life, though
once 1 think, was prevailed upon
to abeejit tho ofliee of Judjb of
the Infel'iei' Court. lie, like
many of the good people of tin
Soiuli, has had to accept pover
ty and labor wit 11 his liam's in
his old age, hut lie bows submis
sively to the bun.dialing decree
and is trying to sustain his fam
ily. Lutein life lie manied a
Miss Burnet and has six small
children who a e dependent o 1
ids labor for supporl.
Dr. Win. A. Martin, of Cob
ham, is tlir second soil, and is a
“chip of the old block,” so far as
goodness of heart and moral ice
litude are concerned. But Hits
mind has been more highly cul
livulod than was hi-s father's. I
1 very much doubt if there is a
mmi in Columbia county vho
van say one word against Dr.
Milrlin, or who iiarbtii's an un
kind feeling for him. Jlu ia re
garded as one of the nios' popu
lar men lu tho bounty, and de
servedly so. lie has represented
the con ft'y in the Legislature,
was Master of ( olnmbia county
Grange is a very successful pi ne
lilami r, mid has as good a wife
as ever griteed a housvliidd, from
Adam to the present day, or evi r
dispensed Iho host iiaHlies id
home or blessed a husband. She
has always loving words and a
ready cheerful smile to greet the
good Doctor when lie comes in
from his visits to the utliicted.
A happy home is this—the Doc
tor, his clev r wife and deer lit
tie Wi.iie, Tlieii oldest ehiid is
the wife ef Mr. A. il. Sturgis.
Bobeit Martin, tlio youngest
sou of the subject fthis sketch,
married a ilaugli'ef ol B ntim li.
W’ilki.I'soti, and now lives tregr
Cohliam.
A Mysterious Axe*
A few years silica, Nathan
Salisbury, living in East Scott,
Cortland County, found a pecul
iar axe. The eii'Cuirisimiees are
as follows: At an eafdy day,
when Mr. Salisbury, in co/rtpuiiy
with others, was chopping and
clearing the forest of his newiy
acquired farnt, they tiimo :t
very large heftiiock suit’d,fug
near a streaiYi. After cutting
tlie tree down, Mr. Salisbury ill's
covered that what appeared Id
he the heart of the tree was real
ly a separate tree, from the one
just fallen. On examination,
this tree within a tree was found -
to have born girdled at .some
previous lime, leaving a small
portion unrtit so that the sap
bad combined to traverse the
trunk until its growth had com- i
•plctely overgrown til.* girdling,
and another tree formed, grow
ing lo enormous dimensions. A
short time afterward, i ear the
trunk of ilia- tree," ffbnut twelve
inches below tin- s'lria’re, was
found tliis peculiar ifxc, It is
ten ii.riles in length .by throo
and i.ne-foin 11i iaeh-it on tlie
edge. 11 i- made ol in n. Now,
what is icm ink-.Me about libs
axe mi I lre o' s t ids- l hnl. the
girdling or packing of ihe inner
Ire--'corresponds iireci-'vly with
the axe fi>' rid, and counting the
eoncontrie rings of tlie growth
of,lie ouler tree is found 111" in
rnurkablo fact limit the inner tree
was girdled about one h'tiiidied
•ears before the landing of the
Pilgrims. Who was in that lo
calit.y using an axe lliroe hiiffdi'oif
and sixty-five years ago?
AVinans, ttio American million
aire, is building in the Clyde a
monster cigar slop, at a cost of
j about $200,0110. She wiil.be of
between -1,01)1) and 5,000 tons
burthen, and '* is believed by
hor owner that she will ho able
1 to cross tiro AtluYitic in five days
I>To. 22.
Farm and harden,
Manure lor the (iard jii;
TDcjgarUon is imlispensiblu for
every wcll.regula'cd conntrv
family; hut to have a good and
productive garden the soil must
be kept in a proper state of for:
tiht.y. Tho frequent s bring of
the soil, its constant exposure to
the sun during Ll.o s- miner, ami
often double cropping, is very
exhaustive, and unlo sit re< eivoi
copious dressings with somo i|p.
propriiite fertilizer, 1 lie Iriflil
must sbifti bfl'iimu poor -tod
poor to produce uood crops. In
applying a u e ihsnild
first consider the character of
the soil. If sandy, lime should
bo used with oilier in redii-nt-;
it a slid, heavy clay, then wood
ashes, chip manure i r sand, n e !
with llie oilier ingredii nt. —■
Prosit barlitiU'd or Hiul'le 111:1.
nure is not good under anv cirl
ciuns'.iiiici's. If ih. summer
should he a I] ry one, the vegeid
bh'S r ill ho hard and dry, and
may eventually hum up. if wei.
they grow too rank, and are soft
mi l spi ngy.
As barnyard manure is m t
suitable, composts should Is*
used. In some part of the gUi'-
dcu, or oil er convenient place,
make a compost heap When'
the place is selected, with tli-i
hoe or shovel make il hollow in
the middle ay uiiti'ng Hie soil
around lliooit side, lo kiep tlio
eonijiost from wasting. As tlm
garden is culliva'ed, lake up Hi >
weeds, dressings ot tlie beds and
trimmings of the border-, ami
tlu'ow them on iho compost heap.
Tlio pea, bean; c..cumber ami
tomut'o vine*, tito diseased beat
■iud cabbage leaves, and uil other
leavci? and weeds, slioild he
thrown lilure. if I lie garden
spot is a heavy clay, all tlie woi and
ashes, either leached or iinleue.i
ed, wlien thrown out, lend 1 g >
on tlie compo-it ; ail the swev p
ings. ol' tlio kilrlien d-mt-yar j
tlie cleanings id' iho house, th
chimneys and ei llar; tl.e gnus'
on the lawn, if mown with a
scythe, should go to tlie compost'
neap. Late in the fall add to tli i
ht-ii|i a e.iup'u of nushels wf tl.o
drojipings from liio i-iiit-kei -
most, and a load or two ol ma
nure from the c w-siabic. If a
load or two f muck can be oi
tainod a swamp or bog, an I
applied, it. will add gfeaily’ to
the quality of the emit'post’.;
Immoilialely after the fir-t
thaw of wiiiier or early spring,
fork over tlie compost heap, and
if the garden soil is sandy, add
to tlie heap half a barrel of lim i
and half a husVol of sail, mixing
them well with iho compos ;
then hank the whole in a close
heii)i, and throw on a littlu soil
to prevent llie escape of the am
iliouia. Whim lie season ar
rives for making garden, spado
up the ground and rply, tlnjrough
)v iucorporiiti! Ilia compost with
ho soil, plant tho seen nml trim
good oil It lire, ami you will be
amply row an I oil with an extra
crop of Vegetables of superior
rj ii nlit v. 1)o not think if too
m'ucfi trouhln to inuko a coin
post heap. [t i? not half as
innoh trouble as some may mp
ijoso, ai'j’iJ a garden in this way
may bo kept rh-tin with one-half
the 'ahor thail if I'ert lizud with
eoni'nVon u’alilo manure.— (f. /’
.Y in ( ivtiUri/ ftcntlemun.
In icing" eukos ilip the knife
freqliiei'.'ljy into <vdd water.
fti boiling moat for solip, lire
cold a'tor tu extract the juices.
If the ffieat is wan toil for itself
alone,’ plunge in boiling water at
onco.
To prevent meal from scorch
ing during i ousting, place a
hasi'n of witter in the oven. Tim
steam generated prevents scotch
ing ami mak ‘s the meat coolt
better.
You can get a not tie or barrel
of oil off any carpet or woolen
sttiffhv applying dry buckwheat
plentifully iitid faithfully, Never
I ut water to such a grease spot,
or liquid of any kind.
Haifa dozen onions planted in
the cellar-where they can get a
little light, will do much toward
i f ,hs rbing and correcting tlioat
[ mospheric impurities that are,so’
' apt to birk in surh j laees.