snp iy a_i Bellefonte, Pa., December 16, 1910. FARM NOTES. —The pinch of a frosty night will make a big hole in the pocketbook. —A little neglect at this time of year may start a long winter of loss. —K the horses doing something ry oo. An idle horse will be a si Se Sore you know it. —With the fall letti up of work, let up on the heavy feed. ke men, horses doing little work should eat little. —Some of the cracks in the stable can be stopped up more cheaply than youcan , feed oats to keep the horses warm. i —Mares bred in November will foal the | following October, after most of the farm | work is done, and the flies are gone. —Feeding a lot of dry or nearly dry | cows in the winter is almost as was as keeping up roaring fires in the house all summer. i —Some men start for the doctor when | they have a sick horse. Others feed well, care well and drive well, so they neve? | have to go to the doctor. i —At this time of year, just before cat- ! tle go into winter quarters, a dairyman | can replenish his dairy by buying heifer | calves, often at great bargains. : —Travelers observe that in Holland the cows are always scrupulously clean, | winter and summer. If we can not beat | the Dutch we ought at least equal them. | —Begin to take the chill off the water you give the horses when the weather cold. You can heat it cheaper on the stove than you can in the stomach of | the horse. i —Round about Thanksgiving man; do not milk more than once a ET Keep | on milking twice a day as long as you milk at all. Better milk, better butter, | better for the cows. —Good drainage is important on pota- | to fields. Potatoes will stand less excess | of moisture than most farm crops, and | unless there is natural drainage resort! should be had to artificial drainage. : time. —Breeders sometimes have particular months and Jarticuin of the’ month in wh they breed their stock, | with the idea of getting thrifty animals. Others have a tion that a fat horse breeds best, while others still in- cline to the belief in lean animals for good breeding results. —The development of lactic acid, or the souring of cream, does not increase its butterfat content. As a rule, when cream becomes sour, it is more difficult to test than when it is sweet. The diffi- culty in obtaining an accurate test of sour milk or cream lies in the fact that it is not easy to obtain an accurate sam- ' By old blue coated serving man: —When attending a farmers’ institute recently, r G. L. Martin, the dairy department of the North Da- kota Agricultura! College, was asked the question. “How much should butter be salted?” His reply was, “For ordinary marketing, from three-fourths of an ounce to one ounce to the pound of but- terfat.” —The people of the United States spend about $200,000,000 every year for paint and varnish, the three items—white lead, zinc oxide and linseed oil—covering $40,- 000,000, a large part of which is on farm buildings, fences, etc. The rail- roads pay yearly about $20,000,000 of this sum—one-tenth of the country’s annual paint bill. —One of the effects of the use of salt on land is to increase the capacity of the soil for retaining moisture. About one barre! per acre has been known to benefit grass during periods of drought, the salt being applied in May. Kainit contains a large proportion of salt, as well as about 12 per cent. of potash, and may be used in preference. —Soil that has produced a crop of scab- by potatoes should be used for some other crop for several years, because the scab spores live over in the soil and will at- tack subsequent potato crops for five or six years afterward. For toes, select, if possible, a northern , since the crop will suffer less on such slope during hot, dry weather. —Horses which have vicious habits are frequent broken of them by harsh treat- owed kindly treatment. How- ‘ | | i i i ; i I j ig 1% a, ST ar sodium one - PIR pe TEX HOF. ga pounds weight of once a ' Serubbed till it shone, the day to grace, about a house or flies from bush to ' is a curious docnment describing how Scott's Rhyme of Merry Christmas Mc enmsmn. Heap on more wood: The wind 18 chill, But, let it whistle as it will, We'll keep our Christmas merry still. Each age has deemed the newborn year The fittest time for testai cheer And well our Christian sires of old Loved when the year its course had rolled And brought blithe Christmas back again With all his hospitable train Domestic and religious rite Gave honor to the holy night. On Christmas eve the bells were rung; On Christmas eve the mass was sung; That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. | The damsel donned her kirtle sheen; The hall was dressed with holly green; Forth to the wood did merry men go To gather in the mistletoe Then opened wide the baron’s hall To vassal. tenant, serf and all: THEN CAME THE MERRY MASKERS IN. Power laid his rod of rule aside, And Ceremony doffed his pride. The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village pariner choose: All hailed with uncontrolled delight And general voice the happy night That to the cottage as the crown Brought tidings of salvation down. The fire, with well dried logs supplied, ‘Went roaring up the chimney wide; The huge hall table's oaken face, Bore then upon its massive board No mark to part the squire and lord Then was brought in the lusty brawn Then the grim boars head frowned on high, Crested with bays and rosemary Well ean the green barbed ranger tell How. when and where the monster fell, What dogs before his death he tore And all the baiting of the hoar The wassail round in zood brown howls, Garnished with ribbons, blithely (rowis. There the huge sirloin reeked: hard by Plum porridge stood and Christmas ple. Nor failed old Scotland to produce At such high tide her savory goose Then came the merry maskers iu. And carols roared with blithesome din. If unmelodions wis the song. It was a hearty note and strong. England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again pwas Christinas broached the mighti- est ale: "Pwas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year. —- Sir Waiter Scott land at Chnstmas. Among the many odd customs still observed in Ireland at Christmas few are more curious than the practice of carrying about “the wren bush” on St. Stephen's day, and antiquaries are puz- gled to explain why the poor little “king of all birds” should be put to death on the festival of the first mar- tyr. The most probable explanation is that the wren was sacred to the Druids and was used by them in divination and other pagan rites at the festival of the winter solstice, which almost coin- cided with Christmas, and consequent- Iy the elergy urged their converts to destroy the birds which were associ- ated with such unholy rites, just as St. Patrick's relentless destruction of the images of serpents, used in the ancient pagan worship of Ireland. gave rise to the legend that he Gave the snakes and toads a twist And banished them all forever! This seems the more likely because “drean,” the old Irish uame for “wren,” also means “a Druid.” and old folk still call “Jenny” the “Druid bird” and say that she has the gift of prophecy and that those who ean in- terpret her twitterings as she hovers bush ean read the future. In the N- brary of Trinity college. Dublin, there THE ANGELS’ SONG. | The little town of Bethlehem All calm and silent slept, | While shepherds o'er Judea's hills ! Their lonely vigils kept. High overhead the stars looked down Through all that peaceful night. And shed upon the hills below The radiance of their light. Lo! suddenly the sky grew bright. The air was filled with song, For down from heaven to earth there came A white-robed angel throng. The shepherds raised their heads to catch The tidings, sweet and clear, Of love and joy and “peace on earth,” And to all men good cheer. “In yonder town of Bethlehem Is born to you this day A Savior, which is Christ the Lord.— Go seek him while you may. And this to you shall be the sign. In lowly caitle-stall, All wrapped in swaddling clothes, vou'll find The Savior of us all.” “To God on high be glory given,” Again the angels sang. With “peace on earth and sweet good-will” ‘The hills of Juda rang. “To God on high be glory given On this glad Christmas mom: Peace, peace on earth, good-will to all. For Christ the Lord is born.” —Luey G. Stock. | Our Correspondents Opinions. This column is at the service of those of our Juable who desire 10 express their views on any subject they think of general interest. The ** Watchman” will i be responsible for their views or state- ments, nor will it publish anything, the author 0) which preglects or to give his name—nol nec. essarily for publication, but as a guaranicc of good “The President Message ‘Omissions. Sacrificing the Interior for Greater New York. Refuses to Announce Workings of Tariff Revision Downward. Of foreign commerce for fiscal year are increased import merchandise $245,899,- 764 and increased exports $71,728,405, making total foreign commerce $2,869, | - 740,212 of which New York obtains $1,- 587,977,314, being an increase trade of one year $201,428,889. The second port of the Union is Boston and the entire for- eign commerce last fiscal year was $199,- 522,973. The Payne tariff law reduced the aver- age rate of dutiables 11 per cent. and are less than under any tariff law for the last sixty years and the free lists, by class, are larger than ever and excessive in the measure of resources that are in the make-up of independent nation and rail- road sound feeders by national tariff rate equal to the difference of American and foreign wages and the adoption by the nation, honest commercial method of in- cluding all foreign charges in statistical values for clean public documents, where- by the people would rule intelligently. Finance by equity rule would make silver coin more valuable than gold, the Flour and Feed. CURTIS Y. WAGNER, BROCKERHOFF MILLS, BELLEFONTE, PA. Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of J © Mmmm pia Aen KLINE W fonte, Pa. in all Room 18 Crider’s Exchange. Attorney-at-Law, courts. 51-1-1y. N * EGE nm ion Puce Roller Flour —|o.: Gome OfceinCrders Exch. CASTORIA Feed Te % Garman House block, FOR INFANTS Axp CHILDREN. Corn Meal tt rey J oso 16g Beda H. WETZEL— and Grain J SE fe Se floor. Al kinds of legal business Mapas adalah 0 Jd at 4h Himes the | PIB. ConmRadion English or German. following brands of high grade flour: ETTIG, ZERBY—Attorneys-at- wr sr. GEERT OUR BEST coud Otvis. Bower d: Orvis. ractice fn 1 HIGH GRADE : : ’ M. KEICHLINE—Attomey-at- ractices Biath he Ngan o | VICTORY PATENT | J Mi ihe coer Cons in, Eps CHAS. H. FLETCHER. "All prelessiona! busines wil recive Drgmet at The Kind You Have Always Bought. ; . y Bova. | olin ge HS eee | y ___ Physicians. S P R AY S. G M. D.,, Physician and Su W* Et rer | can be secured. Also International Stock Food - and feed of all kinds. Dentists. All kinds of Grain bought at the office. Flou exchanged for wheat. . R. J. E. WARD, D. D, S., office next | ) Ras. 0.5 gh tre Beliofonte, OFFICE and STORE—BISHOP STREET, E Crowe and Bridge work. ices BELLEFONTE. PA. reasonable. MILL AT ROOPSBURG. R. H. W. TATE, Surgeon Dentist, Office D the Bush Arcade, Bellefonte, Pa. All mod: onte, ee ie work of Su Wy In Use For Over 30 Years. CASTORIA 54-352lm The Centaur Co., New York City. 47-19 E Money to Loan. world's average ratio weight mined are 13 | ounces of silver to 1 ounce gold and the embossed motto “In God We Trust,” at! 16 to 1, are O. K. Republic safety, de- | manding immediate resuming coinage of national silver dollars. { James WOLFENDEN. | Lamar, December 9th, 1910. —All work that is to be done with bees | in the wintertime must be done on warm | days, while the bees are flying. At no { other time must they be disturbed. Medical. | Crying for Help LOTS OF IT IN BELLEONNTE BUT DAILY | GROWING LESS. The kidneys cry for help. Not an organ in the whole body so i delicately constructed. ! Not one so important to health. | The kidneys are the filters of the blood. When they fail the blood becomes i foul and poisonous. | There can be no health where there { is poisoned blood. Backache is one of the first symp- | toms of kidney trouble. { It is the kidney's cry for help. Heed | : 1 1 it Doan's Kidney Pllls are what is want- ed. Are just what overworked kidneys need. They strengthen and invigorate the kidneys; help them to do their work: never fail to cure any case of kidney disease. Read the proof from a Bellefonte cit- izen. FINE JOB PRINTING o—A SPECIALTY—0 AT THE WATCHMAN OFFICE Ripe Te BOOK WORK, to interpret the notes of the wren.— Maud E_ Sargent in Longmans Maga- | ROE... Be ; . — 51-14:y. A Lv YA TAarvare vw vars The Century. — THE CENTX 5 © imsurance. BUILDING MATERIAL } CENTURY “jon r. GRAY & SON. |§ mrss aE Fire LUMIILL work THE LIFE OF re WORK, MARTIN LUTHER Life 4 SINGLES A great Viopealtvivid, ‘dramatic. Accident Insurance. La ROBERT HICHENS'S is Agen, ror te et Pe | This is the place where close pr THE DWELLER —— NO ASSESSMENTS — 3 pera et he ivesn 54 ON THE THRESHOLD Do not fail to give us a call before SaSarios Youd AN ESTIMATE? 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Sr m—— orn ee, Ts Srm———— ES — —————————— Coal and W If Man or Boy : Wears it COALS ’ | CORN EARS, SHELLED CORN, OATS EDWARD K. RHOADS Thioping and § 5 You will find it at Faubles id : TE | The Fauble Store MBER. —— BALED HAY AND STRAW — Builders’ and Plasterers’ Sand. KINDLING WOOD Come, See What a Good Christmas Store Ours is. HT LIT oe VEL TN AV ava
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