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FARM ANI> HORII2.
Cntllc In
As the yean run, farm work will not
press this month, and yet, if the weather
should chance to be mild and open, there
will be no need of any loss of ti uc for
want of something to do. The chores
about the barn, in the woodshed and the
tool-house will occjipy a large share of
attention, an 1 they cannot be neglected. .
The live stock ol every kind is entirely
dependent upon uh at this season, and
the thrift and profit of cowa, horses, sheep,
pigs and poultry, will rise or fall in |
proportion to the care which they
receive. Seme folks think, or seem to
think, that it they give cattle enough to
eat in cold weather, it is all they can do
But as man does not live by bread alone,
the cattle that minister to Lis com ort
and supply his wants, do not thrive by
bay alone. Hay may keep them alive,
butt secure thrift we must study their
comfort in every way, and this requires
us to look out for cleanliness, good air,
good water and enough of it, without ex
posing time to the extreme cold of stormy
weather. We think the card and the
curry-comb ought to have exerci-e every
day, and they agree with a cow's bar k
uncommonly well. A change of variety
of lood, also, seems to be desirable,
though there may la) some difference o
opinion on this point. We prefer to have
a few roots to feed, or pumpkins, and if
we hadn't these wc should want to give
a small allowance of meal or shorts in
addition to the regular rations of hay.
The old style of wintering cattle in
very many, it not most of our counfry
towns, was not calculated to bring cattle
out very well in the spring. They went
into the winter usually on nothing bul
swale bay and often not a very libersl
supply of that. Farmers had a large
mow or two of coarse bog hay that they
thought must be eaten up, and they
reasoned that it was best to get rid of it
first, in the early part of the winter, and
they fed out this coarse hay, the poorest
they had, in December and January, so
as to leave the host, or English hay, till
spring, and they usually coutinued to
feed the young stock with it all through
the winter. If they got cattle through
alive they were apt to think themselves
lucky. In a large majority of cases their
slock was j>oor, and not unfrequently
they were nothing but skin and bones.
There has keen vast improvement in the
wintering of stock in the last quarter of
a century, and, though there are cases of
neglect and had management now, here
and there, we understand the principle*
of feeding better than our fathers and
grandiatheis did, and cattle, as a generic
rule, are far better wintered than they
used to be. They are less exposed to cold
storms than they used to be. They arc
not purposely left out to “toughen," a*
they used to be, and so they come out in
the spring in better condition.— J'low
man.
II ok ( kolrrii.
This disease is known by the vernacu
lar or common name of distemper, red
soldiers, red disease, blue sickness, blue
disease, hog cholera and meaaies. Tne
latter names arc very wrongly applied.
It is a subject respecting which there is a
great diversity of opinion, some regarding
it as typhus, others as anthrax, lienee the
varioui appellation*. It is undoubtedly
a blood disease.
It is a malady that Hppeani first to
afit'ct tho digestive organs, and then the
blood undergoes changes favorable to
transudation#, which occur in diilerent
part* of the boi.y. lSy most authorities
it is considered contagious.
Symptoms The premonitory signs
occur late, are very transient, and are
seldom observed ; usually the death ol
one or more pigs, under mysterious cir
cumstances, first arrests attention. Some
may then Us noticed to he dull, creep
b neath the straw or any dark places
seeking (juiet and isolation from the rest,
carrying the bead low and ears drooping.
Signs of abdominal pains are often well
marked, and there is a disposition to lie
on the belly with lore feet outstretched
In some cases there is great cerebral
disturbance, and in others stupor, so
that they may U> e,ther wild and f-antic,
and titter cries,Jor else quite uncons io'is
Vomiting frequently occurs, the retching
Wing often quite violent, and food may
be vomited, or mucous and bile only.
In the early stnees tne torces are ot
normal consistence aud the urine pale.
After a time diarrluca sets in ami the ei
crcment is then dark or blsrk colored,
and extremely offensive. There is a singu
lar jerking or spasmodic breathing, com
plicated by congest! n of the lungs, and
usually a painful irritating cough, which
increases the general weakness. Great
weakness of tiie bind parts is often
noticed from the commencement of the
attack, which increases as the disease ad
vance*. The animal staggers when
moving about, its limbs cross each
other, and often at last are perfectly para
lyzed. It is ofteti found that the creature
can not scream, and there is present s
subdued backing ceugh. The blood doe*
not flow freely it a vein be opened, and
reshymoai# occurs over the whole body.
Tbediacolorationot the skin and mucous
membranes—suggesting so many names
for the disease commence# some time
before death, and occurs especially on
the belly, inside of the ‘.highs and fort
legs, aud behind the ears. Where the
skin is thinnest it is especially noticabie.
The red or purplish color disappears
wherever the skin is pressed, except in
pirts where any extravasation ot the
h'ood has occurred. In rapid cases, the
mucus- membrane is of a bluish mi
odor, and in chronic cases it is of a dirty
yellow color. The temperature of the
body is at first ircreased, but afterward
it :< lowered. Slight forms now and then
appear, which con mm 0 ( discoloration of
the akin and loss uf appetite, extending
over a few days, when recovery follows:
but in severe casts the animals generally
succumb in a very short space of 1-ime
from the commencement of the attack.
Post mortem appearances—The skin is
black and blue, as if the animal had been
bruited during life. The capillaries and
mode rate-sized veins of the skin and bub
cutaneous tissue are dark-colored and
gorged with blood. A yellow serum is
apt to accumulate wherever there is
ramified redness. The serous and mu
cous membranes are studded with ecchy
mosis, which are most developed as a
rule in the thoracic organs. Impaction
of solid material in the intestines is fre
quently observed. The liver and spleen
are usuall v congested and of a dark color,
and the parenchyma of the liver more
particularly is soft. The lungs are often
• much congested. The blood is dark,
| seems fluid, and coagulates very alow.
Treatment—When the disease breaks
out, keep the animal on low diet, and
promote action of the bowels by clysters;
and give then an emetic—white helle
bore, five to ten grains, followed by pur
gatives. The following drench would lie
suitable. Epsom salts, two to four
ounces, and gentian ginger in jsjwder,
one to twodrachms, in about one or two
pints of water. The doses must be regu
lated according to the size .of the ani
mal. The medicine should lie given lie
fore diarrhoea sets in. Moderate exer
cise, fresli air, and syringing or sluicing
the animal over with cold water are
measures to be recommended.
Preventive measures should consist of
cautious feeding in young and growing
animals, wholesome vegetable diet, and
a sparing allowance of only well cooked
animal food, strict attention to cleanli
m ms. and separation of the affected from
the healthy animals. The sulphite or
hypo Htil'ihate of sodium, is about one to
two drachm doses, five or six timesaday,
would act very well. It could be given
in a little feed if the animal would take
any.— l‘rize Unsay, in Berkshire Itecxnd
< oim rNitMi of H’lifhl.
Of all the processes of milling,that which
can produce the greatest quantity of flour
in a given time is without doubt the Ameri
can system, which allows of grinding
"ti, 40, and even 50 hectolitres of wheat
(about 102, 116 and 140 bushels res|>c
tively) in twenty-four hours on a single
pair of millstoneH, as is proved by tests
which have been made in the royal
marine mills of England. On the other
hand, in the French system of milling,
one can only grind from 20 to 22 hec
toliters of wheat (67 to <52 bushels) in
twenty-four hours on a pair of burrs one
meter and thirty centimeters in diameter
(61.1 K inches), revolving at a H|>eed of
irom 115 to 120 revolutions |ier minute.
But we must not forget to take into con
sideration that the flour obtained by
this last system is much better and much
liner than that made by the American
process.
I lie following points constitute tie
advantages of the French method : First,
the reduction of the wheat into flour
while keeping the millstones at such a
distance Irom each other that no con
siderable degree ol heat is ever generated,
and preventing the flour from contracting
the disagreeable odor which burrs give
forth when run at a high rate of speed,
or a taste analogous to this disagreeable
smell. Second, the regrimling of mid
dlings and the silling of them by means
of shaking bolts clothed with silk cloth,
always give lie possibility of extracting
all the berry without any intermixture
of particles of brau. This is an advantage
which is not possessed by the American
system, the adoption of which renders
indispensable the use of bolts covered
with metal cloth, in which are brushes
that resolve at a great velocity, on
account of the difficulty of causing to
pass over the meshes of the cloth the
light particles of bran rubbed off by fric
tion, and which discolor the flour aud
injure its quality.— American Miller.
l*lnntlii|t o*hk‘ OrmiKf.
There are so many contingencies and
risks to ruu in rai-ing plants from the
seed that it is generally advisable to
purchase good, healthy, vigorous plants
Tom some reliable nurseryman. A
year’s time is gained by this method,
l'.ie Osage plant is subject to the depre
dations of numerous enemies, and it is
therefore better to grow them in a nur
sery aud transplant to the hedge-row at
one year old than to undertake to grow
a hedge by plantiug in the row where the
fence is to stand.
Tlirtse who desire to grow their own
plants should first of all be carelul to
odtaiu good seed. Seed over one year
old should be discarded. Belore planting
it should be soaked in running water for
about three or four weeks, or in warm
water, changed daily, two weeks. It is
i uot necessary that the seed should be
j sprouted before planting. When it has
! been soaked as indicated no other pre
i parslion is accessary than to dry it
i sufficiently to drop.
In this connection it is not amis* to
! add a word or two in regard to the pre
paration of the grouud for a hedge row.
Tbe plan pursued by experienced hedge
growers is to plow out the hedge row in
the fall, aud finish with a dead furrow
where the plants are set Ln the spring
back-furrow the ground, slightly ridging
the ground at tbe middle ot the row.
aud then run a harrow over it two or
three times. On wet or spongy land,
however, the ground should be lack
lurrowed in the tall, and each time the
land is plowed, so that it will ridge up
the bed where the plants are to be stand.
This will prevent the plant# from “ heav
ing” or being “spewed out” (as it is
generally termed) by the frost the first
winter after they are set out
The best tint to plant is just before
corn pian'ing. tbe ground having first
been thoroughly prepares). Th amount
of seed to a foot is about twenty-five or
thirty : cover with about two inches of
loose, mellow earth.— MVs/em Rural.
The Coming- Light.
In respect to providing artificial light
the advances made within a very brief
period are enormous. From week to
week new successes with the electric
light are recorded; hundreds of in
ventive minds are set at work upon the
problem ; simply to keep a tally of the
improvements, as they are announced, is
becoming difficult.
Not many weeks ago the “electric
candle” capped what was then the
climax of these inventions. It was
shortly followed by the discovery of a
means of dividing the light into smaller
and numerous portions, the equivalent,
for ordinary use, of separate gas burners.
If the light can thus be wholly sub
divided, and the small burners do their
work well, the problem must be nearly
solved ; at all events, a long stride has
been made in the right direction. One
ot the very latest improvements consists
in arranging electric candles in a series
on a chandelier, so connected that just
before one of them is burnt out another
; is lighted automatically, arid thus the il-
S lumination is continuous. Hitherto the
services of an attendant were required to
replace the carbons, perhaps every three
hours.
The most surprising thing about the
electric light is its cheapness in propor
tion to the amount of illumination.
The figures given by a correspondent of
the London Globe, who is evidently an
expert, seem almost incredible. He says
that the cost, including the running of
a special steam engine, with the lalior of
a stoker, is only tenpence sterling per
hour for a light equal to 350 gas burners.
Supposing that this light could be sub
divided without adiiitional expense, the
result would be equal to a supply of
ordinary street gas at 11J cents per
thousand feet—less than one twentieth
af what our citizens are now paying for
light. If these atmosphere figures are at
all near the truth, the days of street gas
are numbered. With a margin of 1.800
per cent, profit to work upon, there
should be no trouble in overcoming ob
structive details. But even if we brush
aside such estimates—which, in truth,
seem virion—and suppose the cost equal
to that of gas, the electric light would
be preferable because it is cleanly, can
not vitiate the air, and does away with
the dangers of escaping gas. In Paris,
wherever that light has been substituted,
the rates of insurance are reduced.—A'.
Y. Tribune.
A Feathered itamlit.
John Burroughs, in Scribner for Janu
ary, calls the shrike a “hiid with the
mark ol Cain upon him.” He says:
“ But let me change the strain and con-
I template lor a few moments this feathered
! bandit—this bird with the mark of Cain
upon him (CoUyris borealis), the great
shrike or butcher-bird. Usually, the
character of a bird of prey is well de
fined ; there is no mistaking him. His
claws, his beak, his head, his wings, in
| fact his whole build point to that he
| subsists upon live creatures ; he is armed
|to catch them and to slay them. Every
bird knows a hawk and knows him from
the start, and is on the lookout for him.
The hawk takes life, but lie does it to
maintain Iris own, and it is a public and
universally known fact. Nature has
sent him abroad in that character, and
lias advised all creatures of it. Not so
with the shrike; here she has concealed
the character of a murderer under a form
as innocent as that of a robin. Feet,
wings, tails, color, head and general form
and size are all those of a song-bird—
very much, indeed, like that master
songster, the mocking-bird—yet this bird
is a regular Bluebeard among its kind.
Its only characteristic feature is its beak,
the upper mandible having two sharp
processes ami a sharp, hooked point. It
cannot fly away to any distance with the
bird it kills, nor hold it in its claws to
feed upon it. It usually impales its vic
tim upon a thorn or thrusts it in the fork
of a i *,b. For the most part, however,
its food seems to consist of insects—
spiders, grasshoppers, beetles, etc. It is
the assassin of the small birds, whom it
often destroys in pure wontonness, or
merely to sup on their brains, as the
Qaucho slaughters a wild cow or bull for
ils tongue. It is a wolf in sheep’s cloth
ing. Apparently its victims are unae
quauited with its true character, aud
allow it to approach them, when the
fatal blow is given.
Wliut Kissing: Really Is.
lie was fresh from over the lange, and
had just stepped in to get the latest news.
He listened attentively to Jim while
relating hisexperience the night previous
with his “ solid girl 1 ” at a kissing fray,
when, with a sneer of derision, he opened
his mouth and said : “Oh ! talk about
kissing! Go awav! 1 have kissed in
the north ; 1 have kissed in the south ; I
i have repeated the soul stirring operation
east and west; I have kissed in Texas
and way down in Maine; I have kissed at
long Branch and at the Golden Gate—
in fact, in every state of the union ; in
every language and according to the
manners and customs of every nation ; I
have kissed on the Mississippi and all its
tributaries: but, young man, for good,
sound kissing, give me a full-fledged
Caribou girl. When you feel the peg
drawn right through the soles of your
feel from your hoots, that's kissing, that
is.”--fkwivT ( (V.t .Vitro*.
The Kvoi.ri ioms-ts tell us that prior
to the carboniferous epoch, hot-blooded,
quickly respiring animals could not exist]
because of the excess in the atmosphere
ol carbonic acid. A more luxuriou
vegelation gradually springing up. this
carbonic acid was turned to a good use
by increasing the growth of the plants.
Then came the warm-blooded animals,
which have been paying back to the
vegetable world the early debt, by giving
their worn-out carcase* to enrich and
improve the flora. Indeed, to-dav the
vegetable and animal kingdoms are each
improving the other. — Pr. Forte's Health
Monthly.
AX OI'KS M.TTKII. II Spralo for Itaeir.
ItOCKPOKI, Mass., April 2d, 1877.
Mk. Editor :—Having read in yonr paper
reports of the remarkable cures of Catarrh,
i am induced to tell "what I know about
catarrh,” and I fancy the" snuff” and “in
haling-tube” makers (mere dollar grabbers)
would be glad if they could emblazon a sims
ilar cure in the papers. For 26 year* I
Nuflered with Catarrh. The na-al passages
became cou pletely closed. " Snuff,” "dust,”
“ashes,” “inbaling-tubes” and “sticks,”
wouldn’t work, though at intervals I would
sniff up the so-called catarrh snuff until I
became a valuable tester for such medicines.
I gradually grew worse, and no one can know
how much I suffered or what a miserable
being I was. My head ached over my eyes
■so that l was confined to my bed for many
success ve days, suffering the most intense
pain, which at one time lasred continuously
for 168 hours. Allseuse of smell and taste
gone, sight and hearing impaired, body
shrunken and weakened, nervous system
shattered, and constitution broken, and X
was hawking and spitting seven-eighths of
the time. I prayed for death to relieve me
ol my sufferings. A favorsble notice in your
pap, r of I)r. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy induced
me to purchase a package, and use it w ith
Or. Pierce’s Nasal Douche, which applies
the remedy by hydrostatic pressure, the only
way compatible with common sense. Well,
Mr. Editor, it did notcure mein three-fourths
of a second, nor ia one hour or month, but in
less than eight minutes I was relieved, and
in Ihree mouths entirely cured, and have
; remained bo for over sixteen months. While
using the Catarrh Remedy, 1 used l)r.
Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery to purify
'my blood and strengthen mv stomach. J
also kept tny liver active and bowels regular
by the use of his Pleasant Purgative Pellets.
| 1 1 ray experience will induce other sufferers
■ to seek the same means of relief, this letter
j will ha ve answered its purpose.
Yours truly, 8. I). REMICK.
A ValutSle Xollrul Treatise.
The edition for 1877 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known as Hostetter's Almanac, is
now ready, and maybe obtained, free of cost,
of druggists and general country dealers in
ail parts of the Uuited State- and British
America, and. indeed, in every civilized por
tion of the Western Hemisphere. This Al
manac has been issued regularly at the com
mencement of every year for over one-fifth
of a century. It combines, with the soundest
practical advice for the preservation snd
restoration of health, a large amount of
interesting and amusing light reading, and
the calendar, astronomical calculations,
chronological items, Ac., are prepared with
great care, and will be found entirely accu
rate. The issue of Hostetter’s Almanac for
1877 will probably be the largest edition of
a medical work ever published in any coun
try. The proprietors, Messrs. Hostetter &
Smith, Pittsburgh, Pa., on receipt of a two
cent stamp, will lorward a copy by mail to
any person who cannot procure one in his
neighborhood.
Tun old ami reliable piano manufac
turers, George Stcck & Cos., of New
York, have taken a sensible view' of the
hard times by offering to the public, for
the present, their pianos at prices in
accoidance writh these times. Consider
ing that the Steck pianos have the envi
able reputation of being the best and
most durable instruments made, a good
many being in need of such an addition
to a comfortable home will not be alow
in availing themselves of the rare chance
to procure an absolutely reliable piano
for near the same price they would have
to pay in getting a so called cheap class
in-trument with a fictitious and doubtful
name.
Illtc*** 14non itiut ilit* itrotv of '’lire
Is often soothed by a delicious supper, to
which perfect bread, rolls, biscuit, etc., are
so important. To have these delicate pro
ducts of baking always reliable, the use of
Dooley's Ykabt Powder is very important.
1 his article i.s among the most valuable of
the day in its bearing on health. It ia put
up in cans always fuil in weight.
The propriety of giving condition
medicine to horses, cattle and sheep was
discussed and admitted by many of the
agricultural societies throughout the State
last fall, and we believe that in every case
i u‘ one they decided in favor of Sheridan's
Cavalry Condition Powders. Good judg
ment.
No Paper issued of its kind equals the
Hartford, Conn., “Poultry World." 12
choice CIiROMOS a year. $1.25 post-paid
with 75 cents for tiie dozen Chroraos, will
give fowl-raisers the best practical monthly
m America. Try it in 1878. Ten cents for
specimen.
Piptheria.—This awful disease is
raging again this winter, and is almost sare
death if neglected but for a single day. If
taken in season Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
will cure nine cases out of ten. No family
should be without it a moment.
As an aromatic elixir the Home Stom
ach Hitters forms au elegant combination
of fluid extracts, which is enhanced in our
opinion by its valuable therapeutic proper
ties. Prepared by the Home Hitters Cos., Bt.
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Frank Leslie, Esq , of the “ Ulus
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VISITIH.
IIER OWR WORDS.
BaltiMOßf., Mb., Feb. 13, 1877.
Mr. 11. H. Stevehs:
Dear Sir Since several years I have got a ore
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self ; and wishing every sufferer may pay attention
to it. It is a blessing for health.
Mbs. C. KRABE, 638 West Baltimore Street.
VEGETINE
SAFE AND SURE.
Mb.ll, R‘ StEVEKS :
In 1872 your Vegetine was recommepded to me,
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Vegetine i/* the only medicine 1 use ; and as long as
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Ydurs truly, W. 11. CLARK,
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VEGETINE
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CHABLBBTOWN.
II . U. STBVMf :
Dear S r This is to certify that I have used your
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us a blood purifier and spring medicine it is the best
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Yours respectfully,
Mbs. A. A. DINbMOBE, 19Bussell Street.
VEGETINE.
WHA T IS NEEDED.
Boston, Feb. 13,1871,
H R. Stevens, Esq :
Dear Bir:—About one yeai since I found myself In
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who feel that they need something to restore them
to perfect health. _
Respectfully vours. U. L. PETTENOILL,
Firm of S. M. Pettengill A Cos .
No. 10 State St., Boston.
VEGETINE.
ALL HAVE OBTAINED RELIEF.
South Berwick, Me., Jan. 17, 1872.
11. R. Stevens, Ebq.:
Dear Sir:—l have had dyspepsia in its worst form
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doll a s’ worth of medicines without obtaining any
relief In September last I commenced taking the
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fifteen pounds of flesh. There are several others iu
this place taking Vegetine, and all have obtained
relief.
Yours truly, THOMAS E. MOORE,
Overseor of Card Room, Portsmouth Co.’s Mills.
VEGETINE
:prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, Boston, Mass,
Vegetine is Sold by All Druggists.
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■BßwKSSZMtioNh, the eminent author and
teacher. Price, stt.OO a doz, Sample by mail.soc.
Specimen page* free.
R. W. CARFOLLAIO .
Publishers, Cincinnati.
SANDAL-WOOD
A positive remedy for ail diseaaeg of the Kidneys*
Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good in Dropsioal
Complaints. It never produces sickneas, is certain
and speedy in its action. It is fast superseding every
other remedy. Sixty capsules cure in six or eight
days. No other medicine can do this.
Beware imitations, for, owing to its great cu
cess, many have been offered ; some are mostd-n*
gerous, causing piles, etc.
Dundaa, Dick & Co*B. QenuineSoft Capsules
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TORPID LIVER
Very few escape this affliction. The symptoms
are dizziness; sick headache; costiveness; belch
ingnpof food; loss of appetite; aversion to exertion
ef body or mind; highly colored urine; heartburn,
cold extremities and low spirits.
TAKE TUTTS PILLS
Ten years have proven their efficacy in all bil'ary
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kidneys to healthful action; give appetite, gool di
gestion end vigor to body and min a.
Rev. R. L. Simpson, Louisville, Ky.. says'
“ Tiitt’s Pills arc worth their treia.ij it*
gold
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