fjES of DciTisiHq
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ip i w ill jy f n it
COLUVDIA DKMOCHAT, STA11 OF TIlK NORTH, find CO-
MJUbian, Consolidated.)
Mauri! Vcf-kly,rvrrr Friday Mornfne, nt
t!LOOMSUUIlCl,COMJMMACO.,rn.
at II. .V) p6ryo.tr. To subscribers out ofthocoun.
tylhn terms nro strictly In advance.
tWXO PlltOI lUlAOntlnill'd Mcenl nt thnnntlnn
W S W I M S
1 Inch 7S 1 SS 1 W Ml
S ' 1 M E 00 S S5 4 01)
s " a 00 S 75 9 M a 00
4" 8503 60 460 700
U CM IT
ro 4 no 7 oo
4!S T 60 IS OU
OM II) () 111 00
urn 10 m 10 m
v col a S3 4 to o r o ou
UM 14 M) ZD l
14 00 17 00 SO CO 40 00
of the pHhllili"M, unl II U arrearages are paid, but
lonif oontlnttCitcmlllswillnotbOKhcn.
All p' .pere sunt nut, of the. stale or to distant post
oftlces fnust tin paid (or tn advance, unions a resoon
ilblo yiorsui In iioliimbla county assumes to pay
Pcolumn 8 00 13 00 IS 00 S3 tO SO DO 40 00 Mil
Yearly sdvertlsements nnyablo quarterly. 1 ran
stent Brtvcrtltementii must lw paid for betoro In.
sirtcd except where parties havo nccounts.
Igalnd(ertlscmrnlHtwodollara per Inch for
tllle(!lnseltlon nndnt that lato fur additional
Insertions without rrferr nco to length.
Executor's, AdmlnlBtiators, and Auditor's no
tlcesthifoUollars. Transient or Local noltcea. ten cents a line, rr g.
ular adrcrttwments half rates.
cunU In the "liuidncss Directory" column, on
dollar a ) ear for each line.
V4iu suunt-ripwuH uuu uu ucinanu
.rOR PHI N TING.
Th.tol Prlntlnj llepartment of tho CotUHRtAN
H very eomi.eic. It contains the lntcst new typo
nl mi I finery and Is tlio only onice that runs lob
nrews by powt". (Hvlni? us tho best facilities. i:s
tlnutes furnished on tarifo Jobs.
J K 3ITT2MBEMDEB,)P"Pr,4l"'
BLOOMSBTJUG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1886.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XX.NO 11
COLUMBIA DKMOOIIAT, VOL. L, NO 3
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
r E. WALLEll,
Lj ATTO I IN BY-AT -L AAV,
tlloorasburg, I'a
omcO over 1st. National Bank.
VT U. PUNIC,
' ATTO 1 1 N 15 Y-AT-L AW .
BLO0MSDCR0, I'A.
O nee In Silt's tlulldlnR.
OlIN M. Ub.VUlC,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
AND
JU3T10K OF TUE PEACE.
, ULOOMSBUKO, l'A.
ortlca over Moyer Bros. Drug Store.
p W MILLEK,
J' VTTOUNBY-AT-IiAW
offlcetn iirow'r'8bul.dlnK,sec,oninoor,room No.l
IlloomsDure, Pa.
i F11A.NKZVKR.
15 ' ATTO U N K Y- AT-L AW.
Bloomsburg, Pa.
oni- oornor of Centre and Main straotR. Clark i
Building.
Cap bo consulted In German.
"I EO. E. EIjWELFj
-ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
llLooMsiiuita, I'a.
OHIco on First lloor, front room of Cot,
ouiilAtf lliillillnir, Muln Btrect, below lux.
change Hotel.
p.VUL E. WIHT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Otnce In Columbian BCH.DINO, Hoom No. s, second
"r UUiOiMSIJUKU, PA.
S KNOKH t. S. WmntRSTHN.
liNOKIl & WINTERS TEEN,
Attoi-noys-at-Law.
mice tu 1st National Hank building, second 1
rstdoortothnlift. Corner of Main and Ms
treets Bloomsourg, I'a.
t3T Pension and Bounties Collected.
J II. MA3E,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
jmco in Maize's bulldJig ovcrBlllmeyer's grocery.
JOHN C. YOCUM. C. E. 0EY2K.
YOCU.M & UliYEK,
At orneys-at-LaWi
CATAWISHA, I'A.
(omce front suit, of rooms on second floor of
N kw Item bulldlnK.)
IB-CAN HI'- CONSULTED IN GE1ISIAN..!
Members of Sharp and AllemanH Lawyers nd
llanVer's lilrectoiy and the American Mercant lo
and Colleclloii Ahioclatlon. 111 gUc prompt and
careful atten ion to collection of clalmsln unj
part o 'the United Mates or Canada, ns ell as .to
all other professional business intrusted to them
A K. OSWALD,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Jackson ISuihllng, Kooms 4 and 5.
BERWICK, PA
-yy. ii. miAWN.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlssa.ra.
Offlco.cornorot Third and Matnstreets.
JJ V. WHIT
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
BL00MSBUR0,PA.
Olllcc in Browers' Building, 2nd lloor.
limy 1-tf '
w
E. SMITH,
Attomey-at Lnw.BcrwIck. Pa,
Csn be Consulted in Herman.
ALSO FIRST-OLABB
FIHE AND LIFE INSURANCE
OOIU'AN'IKS liEl'RKSBNTXD.
3"Ofllco llrst door below tlio post olllcc.
MISCELLANEOUS
B. McKELVY, M. D.,Surgeon and Phy
.slclau, north side Main atroet.below Market
4 L. FKITZ, Altoniey-at-Law. Office
In Columbian Building,
M. DKINKEK, GUN & LOCKSMITH
Biwing Machlues.md Machinery of all kinds ro
p Urea. Okka Uocsk Build ig, uiooMsDurtf, r.
D
R. J. 0. R UTTER,
PUYSICIAN fiSUIiQBON,
Office, North Market street,
Ulootnsbuii, I'a
DR. W1I. M. KKlSElt, Surgeon and
1'Uyslclan. ofllco corner of liock and Market
treet.
Jit. EVANS M D.. Surgeon and
.PnyBtclau, Oiloo inn Hesidoncu on Third
street.
JpiRE INSUKANl ii.
OnitlSTIAN P. KNArr, BLOOMSBUKQ.PA.
HOME. OK N. Y.
MKHCIIANTS', Of NEWARK, N. J.
LINTON, N, V.
riXJl'LKs' N. V.
ltKADl.NO, I'A.
TUeBO old coitroitATioNS are well seasoned .by
aae and fikb tubtku and havo neer jet had a
loss settled by any court of law. Their assets are
all Invested In soliu sictkitibs aro liable to the
hazard of KiKK only, ,
Ix)sbes rxoMiTLY and honestly adjusted and
paid as soon as determined by chbistian r.
KNAFl, SPECIAL AOENT AND ADJWKR Bl OOMSBCHO,
I'a.
Thopeoploof Columbia county should patron
ize tho agency where losses If any ura settled and
paid by onoof tlieroun cllUens. ..,
ritOMlTNESH. EOUITV, KAIH DEALING.
F. IIARTMAN
KirXSSSMTS TUE FOLLOWING
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American of Philadelphia,
Franklin, " "
1'ennsylvanla,
York, of Ptmnsylvanla.
Hanover, of N. V.
ouoens, of London,
North British, of Umdon.
onico on Markot struct, No. f, Bloomsburg.
OCt., 1"
SORANTON HOUSE.
-ON THE EUBOPEAN PLAN.
Victor Kooh, Proprietor.
Booms are heated by steam, wel) ventilated and
elegantly furnished. Finest Bar and Lunch Coun
ter in ho city. . .
Meals to order at all hours. Ladles and oents
restaurant furnished with all delicacies of the
bcason.
Location near I), US: W. IL II. ncnot, scranton,
Pa. lar w-tt
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSEURG, FA.
orrosiTBCoDBT nonsn.
iLa rgesand convenient sample rooms. Bath rooms
hot, and cold water, and all modern com tuleaow
Catarrh
ELY'S
"ream Balm
IS WORTH
$1,000
TO AN V SI AM
Woman or Child
SlTFFKUlNfl riiOM
CAT.A-RRH.
-A, E. NEWMAN,
(lraling,Mich.
HAY-FEVER
A particle Is nnnlled Inrn pnrh nntrll and I,
agree.tblo to us . nend for circular. PrlcoBocts.
by mall or at ilruglits.
ELY llltOTIIKHS, druggists, Owego, N. V.
mars, 4w. a
A1NWH10UT A; VO '
WHOLESALE OllOCEJIS,
Philadelphia
TEAS, SYH.UP9, COFEPE, SDOAlt, MOLAtSLS.
K1CJ, SriCSS.BICABBSODA.tC.iiO.
N, E, Corner Second and Arch strents,
JWOrdcrs will receive prcrott attintlon
COURSEN, CLEMQNS & CO.
Limited,
Importers and Wholesale Dealersin
Crockery. (Uasswaro, Table and Pocket Cutlery,
Window (ilass, and Plated-waro,
Tho 60 candle-power marsh electric lamp,
1 ho celebrated Pinafore Burner.
Bird Cases, Fruit Jars.
4 Lackawanna Avenue. SCHANTON, Pa.
may l-iy
II. HOUSE,
DENTIST,
15 i.ooMsiiuito, Columbia County, Pa'
AllBtylcsof work done In a superior manner.worlt
warranted as represented. Tiitu Extract
d wimouT I'aik by tho use of Has, and
tree of charge when artificial toeth
are Inserted.
OfUco over Klelm's Drug Store.
Jo bt open nt all hourt during the day
Nov Ji -ly
Jag Beillju
PKOPRIKTOU OF
Exchange hk Shop & Fool Room.
At the old shuul, under the
Exchange Hotel,
BL0 0MSBUR.G, PA.
n. C. SLOAN & DUO.,
ULOOMSBUItG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUGGIES, PHAETONS
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAGONS AC.
First-class work always on hand.
REPAIRING NEA TL Y DONh.
Prices reduced to tuit the limes.
BLOOMSBURG PLANING MILL
:o.
The undersigned having put his Planing Ml
on Itallroad street, In flrst-ciass condition. Is pro
pared to do all kinds of work In bis line. '
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS. MOULDINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
furnished at reasonable prices. All lumber used
Is well seasoned and none but skilled workmen
aro employed.
ESTIMATES FOE BDILDJNGS
urnlshed on application. Plant, and speclflca
ompropuea oy an experienced araugnismuu
CHAniiGS URVG,
IllnoiiiNbiirp;, Pa
ORNAMENTAL IRON FENCES'
OP CAST CH WIJOUGIIT IRON.
Suitable for
Yards,
Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds.
:o:
The following shows the Picket Gothic, one of
the several Deauimusiyiesoi rence muuuiaciurea
bythounaersignea
I 1
mm
For Beauty and Durability they areunsurpass
ed. Set up by experienced hands and warranted
to give satisfaction.
Prices and Bpecimens of other de
signs nent to any address.
Address
BLOOMSBURG PA-
May4.tf
Five Cold and Two Silver Medal,
awarded In 18S5 at tho Expositions of
Now Orleans anil Louisville, and the In
ventions Kiposltlon of London.
Tlio superiority of Corallno over horn
or whalebono 1ms now been demonstrated
by over five years' experience. It Is more
durable, more pliable, moro conifortabla,
and never breaki.
Avoid cheap Imitations made of various
(duds of cord, Nona are genuluo uuless
"J). IVasnkr's Coramnk" Is printed
ou IniWe of steel cover.
rOI f Alt It All UA0II6 MUCHAITt,
WARNER BROTHERS
353 Broadway, Now York City
tebSr ems.
SUHSOltlHK von
THE COLUMHIAN, .
lfflirAt ii.v.i
mm
w
rUT inori qulcklr tbAn anr other kiiown rfrn-U
Ky Dv Jhirtu, KpVftUl, Cuts iJiirilSB
fmKm CuP0' I'HrlMiPort. Tofbitrll
IKi o ItArknclio, Quinsy, bore Throat,
V?fibK MHclAtlcA, Wound, Jlcmlirho.H
SJiftrkriclia, Quinsy, bore Throat, I
Krinllf- Wound. Ilnnilirrin. B
Toothaclie. PpToln, rto.. llicol
ZACIA. a IKflllO. HOIll vj aun
fap-rimtl flpnituro. A. C M yr & Cx, Holol
ITCpneiorB, juiiiiuiuru, am., j. a, ju
DR. BULL'S COUGH SYBUP
For the cure of CourIis, Colda, Hoarse
ness, Croup, Asthma, Dronchlii3,
Whoopinjj Coup;li, lncipi.-nt Con
sunptlon, and fer tho relief of con
sumptive persona la n-'va-xed stages
of the Disease. Fcr Sale by c'.l Drug,
gists. Price, 2$ ccnt3.
BORDOCK gLOOD RITTERS,
WHAT XS ST?
A strictly vegetable) prepa
ration, composed of a choico
and skillful combination of
Naturo's best romcrlio3. Tlio
discoverer doos not claim it a
euro for all tho Ills, but boldly
warranto it cures every form
of disease arising1 from a tor
pid liver, impuro blood, dis
ordered liidnoys, and whero
there is a broken down condi
tion of the System, requiring: a
prompt and permanent tonic,
It never fails to restoro tho
sulTerer. Such i3 BURDOCK
BLOOD BITTERS. Sold by all
druggists, who are authorized
by the manufacturers to ro
fund tho prieo to any pur
chaser who is not benefited by
their use.
PRICE, ffil.OO.
FOSTER, MiLBUilt! & GO,, Props.,
euffalo. i;nv7 ronn.
nug. 28-ly-nlil.
HABR BALSAM
tho ltnpular frivoi ito for di ctf Irff
the hair, Ilvtot hit volov wl,tti
(TinV, mill 1H cut In; lintxIriiiT.
It ck-aiist'n tliu M'alp, Flojd lh
li&lr fallitu, uml I jmiiv lo iUtLe.
wo. una si.wnt ui uk'kuw.
Tlio I!t CoiigH Cure yna ran xtse,
And tho Itfst prc cntho Incm n for roiiMinii-iliin. It
curi-elxHllly raliw, nndaUdiuinlerdor tho Mnmarh,
Jloels,LunifS I-Iver, Klilni'jf, Urlnury (iikquh ami
all Female Coini-hintA Tho fH-Me ntul ilri,, 1 1 ri if
tfliritf nt'oliibt di4!uo, mul t lowly Uiillfni; toanU
theFrii'i w 111 In luuat cilsi-h k"jumt their licnllh 1y
Ihotlmilvuce of I'liUU-u's ToN.. , lint illll!" U d:.n-
gvroun. Take It In time. boM by ull l'ruKi:ta l.i B
Urcebottlfaatei.OO. E
Tin nfpt. mirpKt. nulckcst anil lt'fct cjro for On:w,
Htihioin,AVnrt, Moles, Callou n,dc lUn.U intliclr t ur
t her pro th. fctiiiftll jxiln. (llunrotioithlo. M iUr tho
fet t comfort tthld. Ilhulrrtui n cure- luiff t inrf
tlKofalK huiai-yUuU'-rls'Ji'tl - 1'isttuAio Y.
Ihvjilids' Hotel akd Surgical Institute
083 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Staff of IB Physicians and Surgeons.
Kxicrloiiecil SpticlullfctH forever
cluus of IHmcuck iriuitrit ; nlno,
ruined, elurleiicvl unit obllgliiK
Nil rH'H.
I.IkIiI, well voutlliiieil, eloiraiKly
furulbiieil prlvuto rooms, for pa
tients. loime furiiUheit Willi Elevator,
SIculii.lii'Hl, Spcnklii(.-Ill', i:ii
Irlc Hell", iiikI all nioilern ini
provciiieiitH. lablo Ave 1 1 Niipilied
ivith tlio hint of food.
In not 11 Iloapitul, lull a pleiiMint
Ileinedial Home. Open day and
lllK'il.
ALL CHRONIC DISEASES,
wlietlier rrqiiirlnir for their cure
liiedicnl or kurRlrul uld, nKIIHiiII)
treated. .. .
THIS INSTITirriON In xiipplled
Willi 'I'nrkNIi llallia, American
Hlo emciit Trealinenl, or ."Median
leal IlIaiNiio;e .'lucliliii'iy, Vttull
ullon and Va'iiiim 'J'reatnicnl
AiiliaraliiN, Hie moot approieil
i:leclrleal Maclilni'M ami llatler
lc, liilialation ApparntiiH, and all
tlio moat valuable remedial appll
uiicvn known to medical MClence.
Cull, or kciiiI II) eenlM ill miuiiiM
for oar Iiitalldu' (inlde-ISook (1UB
piiKea), wlilcli Klven all purlieu.
Inra. Addrc". a above.
WorM' UlspciKirjr Mini Aoclatlon, Vrni.V.
Ton tlioiisand babies are riven
yearly totlie grave by not having
JJr. iland ri it't'tliing Jotion 011
their gums when teething.
SOMETHING NEW !
SOMETHING WONDERFUL !
SOMETHING MAGICAL !
To bathe tlio baby's gums while
teething, relieving all inllaiiinia
tiou, swelling and pain.
LOST I
A good many night's rest by
not having Dr. I land's Coliu Cure,
lor it gives baby eomtort anc
sleep without stupefying or up
juringit. No opiates. .No con
stipation.
bold at lvleim s drug store,
general agent for Dr. Hand's
remedies for children. Luborii
tory at Scranton, Pa. mmieow.
PATENTS,
Obtained and all patent business attended to for
uiuutriuiu uta
our onice U opposite the V. H. Patent onice, and
we c.m obtain Patents In less I line tlian luosu le-
mote irom wasmngton.
Hcnlmodclor draulnir. We advise aatooat.
enlubillty tree of chartfe, and wo make no charge
unlfK-i patent is socured.
We refer here, tome Pottmasjer, the Supt. of
nvuvy uruur jmv.. uuu 10 omciuis oi me v. .
references to actual clients In your own Mate or
Couuty, wrlto to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Pnienl Office, Washington, I) 0
uu v-u
r VHfl'l'HI A.-IU Nature. Cauaos. l'reven.
I7tlunandi'ure. MyJohn 11. .McAlwn, Uiwell,
jiiusn., , jvuia la vuaei lur, reub iruu lu uuy uu
dress. mars, iw d
I
WE
AWAY
THE NliW LINE OTOE.
"If tlicro ain't them hem again," taldKU&a
Long, KCttliiK down tho mlllc-pall. on tht
lichen xrrli 1th a jerk, Tho ttout, (ilea
ant-fucttl uutn.in to whom he hpoke paused
In the doorwny with her bare arnn twisted
lito her t'nllcu npron, and regarded tha
olTenclpra nilMljr.
They were Mi-ngllng throygh onoof the
immeiiiin ;nri fit tho broken down fence
which parntiil Sir. Tung's garden from that
of hU neii;hlor, Alvln Taleott a procession
of nine, clucking In a crooning way and
ttcppltiK high. Tftoy rame on with composed
deliberation, pnu.lng among tho cticumliers
witJi a contemplntivo air, skirting tho radishes
after a dissntlslled survey, and settling dow 11
at last nmotig tho tomatoes with a chorus of
victorious clucks.
"It ain't going to do," said Mr. Tiong,
wiping a dlsturlied face with his old, red silk
handkerchief. "I ain't going to stand itl"
"It nln't likely he's thought of it," said hit
wife, tranquilly.
"Ho can't think of nothing but that peky
rrcnniet liu-lm-M,"' rejoined Mr. Long, jerking
his head tow arils hU neighbor's yard from
which the sound of voices and the click of
mallets proceeded.
"Oh, laws, llllasl" Mrs. Long lwgan, 111
easy iemoii.st ranee; but hor liURbnnd had
seieil nil old tin dipier from tho porch-shelf,
nnd wns making for the tomato-patch as fast
as Ills IV) j ears would permit. There was a
wild cackling nnd scattering as he threw his
ilipiKT into the midst of the scratching flock,
pursued them unrelentingly to tho farthest
pusvihle jHiint, and leaned exbaustedly against
the sunken gnto of tho dilapidated fence. It
wns 'sunken with tho weight of the many
f l ienilly chats held across it since the long
ago iiiod of its erection; chats held at all
times of day and upon nil subjects politics,
mowing-machines, fertilizers, sewing soci
eties, crocliet jkitterns, raised cake recljies, etc.
Mr. Tiflcntt's croquet-ground was before
him. Mr. Taleott himself stood near, lean
ing the weight of bis small and wiry person
on his mallet; his hat over 0110 car, Ills cueer
ful, round face shining with eagerness, his
whole attitude expressive of watchful and
profound absorption,
Mr. Ing surveyed tho sceno witli displeas
ure. Ha had, originally, strongly disnjv
proved of Mr. Tulccitt's croquet-ground. He
hud not lsrn sure that croquet was not on a
level w Itli "keerds" and gambling; and that a
deacon of the church and n memlwr of tho
town council should countenanco and encour
age such iniquity was a subject for grave re
flection. From this after frequent gllmpes and oc
casional considerations of the game, over the
fence ho had softened to the opinion that it
was a w aste of time and a pack of foolishness;
falling gradually into tlio habit, despite his
convictions, of uliscrving it regularly grad
uating from the fence to Mr. Talcott's door
step, nnd thus acquiring a tolerablo knowl
edge of its baleful metbeds. He had even
lieen known to manifest an interest in the
game, to tender advice in a crisis, to gh e
his opinion on a disputed point, to
join in applause of a good strike.
But he had always considered that his pres
ence was something of a reproof and re
straint. Just now, as ho stood frowning
down tho long liewickoted ground, nothing
could have convinced liim that he had ever
retreated in tho least from his primal attitude
of rigorous disapproval.
Mr. IiOrg shifted his position nearer.
"You'll havo to keep them hens of yourn
to home," ho wild.' "Thoy're spoiling my
garden jest aliout as fast as they can manage
it."
Mr. Talcott's smiling face hardened. It
was not the first time his neighbor had men
tioned the hens; Uiough never hitherto with
so much decision.
"I don't really know as it's any of my con
cern," he said; "you can't jest expect for me
to 1 chasing hens everlastingly."
"I don't know but what you tietter bo chas
ing hens than wasting time over this here,"
responded his neighbor, surveying tho
croquet-ground with sternness in his long
featured face.
Mr. Talcott's small, bright eyes snapped.
"You h'nln't no call, ns I now of, to give 110
opinion whatsoever," ho retorted,
Mr. Long turned his eyes upon his irate
countenance. He .was slower to anger than
his nelghlior. "About them hens," ho said, "I
ruthcr guess this line fence lietter bo tbted up;
needs it. They couldn't get in then unless they
should go round by tho orchard, and that
ain't likely."
"I h'ain't been calculating to lay out any
thing on fences jest at present," said Mr. Tal
eott, bracing himself on his short legs de
fiantly. Mr. Long's thin faco grew grim. "You
better jest think over nbout this hero fenco,"
said he, as ho turned stifily away,
Mrs. Taleott had come out of the houa
with n little bowl in her hands; a thin
woman, with pleasing remains of sandy
haired prettiness.
"I want you to take in some of my rising to
Hannah," she said. They had known each
other by their first names for some fifty
years.
When Mrs. Long ojiencd the kitchen-door
atfi o'clock the next morning, and stood
looking out ut tho early August day in the
moment before the fried pork had sizzled it
self quite brown, and the corToo come to a
boil her faculties concentrated thenisehes
ujion an unexpccUnl circumstance just be
neath her eyes.
"Kilns," she said, "he's tearing down tho
line fence. He's got Job Dwyer helping him."
She w as devoid of suspicions concerning the
fact; her oice was merely inquiring.
Mr. Long was tipped back ugaiust the wall
studying the city tiaper to which he sub
scribed. Ho brought the front legs of his
chair to tlio lloor at his wife's announcement,
and c.iuiH to tiie door rather slowly. He
stood there rubbing his chin doubtfully; and
then went dow n tlio steps, and towards bis
iicighlioi's yiiril. Somo inner consciousness
prompted him tu make a cureless and in
direct nppi'uach to pauso and iusiwct the
garden, and stop to tighten the empty clothes
line, nnd to bring up at tho fence in an
accidental and unpremeditated way.
Mr. Taleott was w orking energetically. A
pile of worm-eaten jiosts, pulled up by tho
roots, and broken pickets, lay lwf ore him. A
little further down Job Dwyer was amassing
a similar heap.
"I thought likely you'd thiuk letter of it,"
Mr. Long observed, with his eyes fixed
warily on tho other. "This fence has been
wanting fixing for quite a spell. I don't
know as it's worth w hllo tearing it down ; I
thought, meblie, a little fixing up'd do it. Hut
I'm w Ming to do my share, if you lie calcu
lating to build a now one." After an unre
sponsive imusei "You're calculating to build
a new one, s'jiosei"
"Yes, I I," Mr. Taleott rejoined, with
acrimonious promptness.
(Something in hU voice shook his neighbor's
composure. Hut ho carried olf his discomfit
ure creditably.
"Well," he said, "it'll be 11 good thing. I
'poseit ought to been done before." He
pulled a grass and Chun ed it undauntedly for
two or three minutes beforo ha went into tho
house.
"Well!" said his wife, as she set tha dish of
pork oil the table.
"He's set out to build a new Una fence,1'
said Mr. Ing, taking his seat and shoving
his knife up and down between tha tinus ut
hit fork.
His wife turned to look at him. Hor sharp
Intuition looted out tho dark side of (hefctate
ment, "You hain't had words with him, Kliasl"
she said, 11 quick alarm In lier pleasant faco.
"Now you didn't have no trouble with him
yesterday nlmut them lions?"
"I told him," wild Mr, Umg, reaching for
the co!li-Kt, 1 his hens had lieeu limiting
tol'ublo free In my gurden, and tho fenco Ut
ter lie flxisl up. If lie's u mind to Hare up
up like n fool, 1 don't know as it' any of my
concern." ,
He took a swallow from his cup. His wife
watched him wUtfully, tSho looked dazed.
8ho went aliout the house that day with an
uneasy apprehension in her face,
"I don't know what to maku of it, she
kept thinking, in n trnublod way.
Khe knew by tho next night. Tha now lino
fence was done. It was seven feet high.
There was nothing to bo seen across it except
the upjier half of Mr. Talcott's house, the
tops of tha trees and tha barn roof, It ra
tall uud stern and forbiding, And thero was
no gate, Jt was a hostile, uncompromising
barrier It Mil an etfucflva monument to
Mr. Talcott's wratli and resentment,
Tho summer jutssud on Into tha fall, and
tho fall became raw and windy, and eventu
ally snowy, Mr, Long's tomatoes had not
suffered avail) f roui M r TslmWs h-" ti-sv
had ripened finely. '1 hey hail lieen eaten raw
and stewed; they had lieen made uplncatsup,
nnd they had been pulled while green to bo
sliced and pickled,
Mr. Talcott's fenco had accomplished this,
and a great deal more. It had stood there
like an evil monster, and had never been
crossed. It had come down like a curse from
the skies, ami shut off all the old communica
tion, and turned tho old friemhhlp into a
hard enmity, and the old trust Into fixed
rancor.
It became rapidly known that tha two old
neighbors were "not on sjieaklng terms;" and
tho causes and circumstances of the rupture
were not n mystery, It was known , too, that
Mrs. Long nnd Mrs. Taleott were not active
participants in the quarrel. Their old pleas
nnt comaiilonshlp seemed virtually ended
borauso, In their timid womanly submissive
ness, they olieyed the unsiwken commands of
their husbands rather than face tho displeas
ure which would havo followed a defiance of
them, llut they smiled when they met each
other; they lingered In the church vestibule to
exchange good morning.
The autumn days filled the nlr with tho
dim-blue vapor and not unpleasant odor of
lionflre smoke. Mr. Taleott was lata with
his. Ho had put it off till his fall clearing
was dono tho garden freed of the dried and
empty bean-vines, nnd rnked oil; the weeds
pulled up which had flourished jwwerless for
harm during the last month or two; and
which now stood black and frozen; n few
dead bushes cut down, and the fruit-trees
trimmed here, and there. It was late in No
vember when tho pile lay ready, low down in
a corner of tho plundered potato-patch. In
somo of its rough hollows lay tho remains of a
thin snow,
Mr. Taleott lighted It ilirectly after supper.
Now and then he replenished it; at 8 o'clock
it was'still burning. Ho sat down ou an old
stump to look at it as it lea)ied and dickered
itself out, lighting up a broad space around
It nnd shining on tho high fenco.
Mr. Taleott sat with his elliows on his knees
and his chin in his hands. There was a sort
of iaco in tho clear night, and in the early
quiet which had settled down upon it. Ha
looked around at tho still, bare sceno and tho
iale-gray sky, and felt something of the
tranquillity.
A spark from tha subsiding fire suapiel
nto n little pile of dry stalks half a rod dis
tant and they flamed up. A twig took llro
from them and burned to its end, nnd a loose
splinter blazed in its turn. He watched tho
curious lino of light as it atoits flickering way
along. There was a deep deposit of dead
leaves drifted up against tho tall fence;
they took the alarm, and glowed
and crackled smartly. And then the flame)
mounted up, and grow broader and redder
the fenco bad caught tire.
Mr. Taleott got up and walked over to it.
Then he returned, with scarcely the haste that
might bo looked for, and started for tho
pump. He seemed rather to linger on tho
way; when he reached it, ho stood n moment
without doing anything in particular liefore
he filled n wooden pail, which lay near, and
went back with it. The fenco was flaming
brightly; but ho stoped to pick out a chip
which had got stuck in tho solo of his boot,
and tied the old woolen muffler ho wore
around his neck with hands which were not
quite steady. Then ho peered all about him,
in nil oddly guilty way, emptied his pail of
water on tlio ground, and went and sat down
on the stump again. Ho looked cold nnd cross
and uneasy, and anything but heroic; but
there vvus a new -found warmth within him.
There was quite a crowd nliout the place
half an hour later, looking at the blackened
remains of tho line fence several men, at
tracted by tlie flames, and a few women
hastily wrapped up. Mr. Long had
come out and watched the conflagration
from a discreet distance. But he had
drawn gradually closer, till he finally
stood poking over the warm cinders with ona
foot. Mr. Taleott stood near by. They did
not look at each other for a moment. Than
the latter sjioke, in a voice mude high and
sharp by the greatness of the effort.
"Went down jest like paper," he said. "I
guess there couldn't anybody a-stopjied it. I
couldn't do nothing against it nothing at
alll" He felt that bo regained by this soma
of tho dignity he bad lost in his own concep
tion; he looked relieved.
His neighbor did not reply directly. Tha
darkness hid his softened, iierturbod expres
sion, and lie was not tho jierson to make ft
manifest. His tone, when he spoke, was com
posed uud even condescending.
"According to law," he said, "I sup;ose I'm
called ou to put up the next one, seeing as
you put up this here one. I s'pose I might do
itanytitne; I ain't so terrible busy just at
present."
"Well," said Mr. I'alcott, looking down the
garden, "I rather guess you better build a
jacket. 1 guess a plcket'd do full as well.
You h'ain't heard how old Lem 1'earson is,
havo you I" Adapted from Knima A. Opper,
in Frank Leslie's.
A lteclpe for Winter L'te.
Allow mo to give a practical and well-tried
receipt for forming a slide bud, provided, of
course, there is from two to twenty degrees
of frost in tho air. When the snow and ica
have all thawed off the slide, spread damp
sawdust to the depth of on inch all tho way
up the slide. After thLs has froen, take a
large watering can nnd sprinkle the sawdust
all the way up the slide. By the time tho
man has reached the top it will have frozen
solid at tho Imttom, and he can liegiu right
over aguin, continuing to sprinklo until tha
required thickness of ice is formed. In this
w ay, on a cold night, 0110 man working all
night steadily can make two inches of solid
ice. Care must lw taken to make, the lied of
sawdust level. Three days' rain will not
hurt a slide iiinde properly after this maimer,
Itosto'i (ilolie.
The I'roper Way to I.lck Stamp.
"Tlio ncrage ingenuity of tho huuiuu fam.
ily," said a retail sttunn clerk at tho post
otllce, "must bo very small. Why, there is
not ona jierson in ttK) who has gumption
enough to put a stump on a letter, I see tha
process gone through with about a thousand
times a day, and I ought to know. All the
people at my window begin by putting the
ttaiuiH into their mouths, closing their
mouths, rolling their eyes liko a man trying
to swallow, a pill, and moving tho stamps
around in their mouths until they are per
fectly saturated with saliva. They then lay
tbein on tlio comer of their envelopes and
bring their clenched fists down on them like
a pile-driver. Then comes tha profanity.
'8eo here, clerk,' thay say, 'this stamp is no
account. Won't you please put a little
niuscllageonitf So strange that they can't
put enough mucilage on tha stamps to make
them stick.'
"Now, tho trouble is that these people lick
and chew all tho gum off the stomp be
fore they try to still it; and if tha gum were
an inch thick, it would meet with the same
fate. The way to put a stamp on Is to moisten
the gum very slightly, and then lay it on the
envelope, and with tho end of the forefinger
slip it hack and forwards once or twice until
the saliva and gum are mixed. I havo been
licking stamps for forty years, but I have
never yet met with one which would not
adhere if it was treated in this way," Chicago
Journal.
A Snurt Lessuu in L.uiicUMgu.
Upon the authority of a Boston exjiert The
Journal of that city maintains that every
person who desires to sjieak correctly will
bay "all the wools were tinged with purple,
not the woods were all tinged; ho gave his
views whether they were asked for or not, not
ho gavo them whether asked for or not; In that
state to which the movement has fallen, not
thut state it has fallen into; we all ran go, not
we can an go; ;uie -we uns' or tno (south
seems to have a mora sure foundatiou than
one might ha e supposed). Say the progress
wnicn nos ooeu stiowu In a career command
lug respect, not which has been shown iu a
career which commands rejiect ; between him
and me, not between hltn (or he) uud I." Kx-
cnangu.
Hie luind of Washington.
I glory la the tsg?
Who, la the days of yore,
in oouiust luet the foeine u
And drove them from tho shore t
Who Huns' our bmiQers' starry (WtJ
In triumph to the hrute,
And spread broad uisps of cities ware
Once w u, vd the (ureal trees.
I lllorr In tha spirit
Which goaded lUeiu la I lit.
4nd form tt inlt q,ty uetluq
lk-ntth the weitrrn skies,
Ko olluia so IrUht and bosutUul
As that whwe sets the saaj
Ho I md so ftrtit., (air aad free
As lliit of Wuhtagtoo.
Uiessi f, tins.
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
IJcport of dclcsatcB from tlio Col-
mbia County Acricultural Society
inndo nt U10 regular meeting of the
Kxecutlvo Commltteo Feb. 27th.
Having been duly appointed dele-
gatcH to rcprtBnnt the Columbia Coun
ty Agricultural Society nt tho ninth
, .' . s t
11 ii ii 11 ui meeting 01 1110 oinio noaru 01
Agriculturo to be held in the Supreme
Court Room at Harrisburg January
27th and 28th 1880, wo left on tho
morning train Weanestlay tho 17th in
company with Mr. Uhandleo Eves,
member lrom tins county, K. II. Littlo
l!,-n., tielcL'ate lrom the 1'omona
Grange of this county, and Sir. Ka
lnnka dclecato lrom the Northern
Columbia nnd Southern Luzerne Auri-
cultural society, and Mrs. Kves and
little daughter nnd Mrs. V. L. Sands.
Upacbed Ilnrriaburg nt cloven o'clock,
in time to hear the reports of commit
tees and tho closing business of tho
lorcnoon session, Tlio tcommitteo on
credentials decided that Mr. Kashinka
from Herwick could not bo admitted
as a member of tho State Board of Ag
riculture ns both Luzerne and Colum
bia counties had regularly admitted
members nnd thero was no vacancy.
Mr. Kashinka raised tho question
whether or not every agricultural so
ciety in a county was not entitled to
a member in tho State Board, and after
some discussion tho Chair ruled tho
question out of order and called for
the order of business.
Our party registered at tho Jones
House ami attended each session of
tho Board while wo remained in tho
city,
I irst on tho order of business for
Wednesday afternoon was an essay on
'Hook 1' arming, by lion U. 1). Mus-
Belman, member from Somerset couuty.
upposititm to book farming, said
Mr. Musselnian, rests upon two props
ignorance and superstition. Fami
ne requires a creator knowledge ot
science than any other calling. And
although tho standard of intelligence)
among farmers is not as high as it
should be, they compare favorably
with any other class in the community
The theoretical farmer operates mostly
upon paper at long range. The
practical farmer gathers knowledgo
from books and agricultural news
papers, and then uses it. Agricultural
papers are worth many times their
cost. J. 15. Smith said when he firist
bcgan farming ho knew but little
about it. Ho had learned how to raise
corn, and how to trim grapevines, and
many oilier things, mainly lrom hooks
and papers. John McDowell observ
ed that in his illustrated farm book
the riders were put on the worm fenco
in tho wrong way. So tho man who
reads, needs brains as well as eves.
Colonel Young said that more knowl
edge was what every farmer needed,
and ihat to succeed ho must bo learn
ing all tho time. So they niuet avail
themselves of every help books,
papers, observation, experience and
experiment.
Mr. Garrettson inquired whether a
man with a liberal education could buy
a farm and pay for it himself by tho
profits from farmiug without working
hard, and Professor Nelson replied
that tho knowledgo of farming derived
irom opoks is liko all other knowledge
derived from books. It must bo used
with caro and common sense. Experi
ments conducted carelessly or not often
repeated were generally worthless. A
farmer can not succeed without work
any moro than anv other man.
econd, "Expectations and Experi
ence, by II. II. Uolvm, member from
Lackawanna. Tho essayist pictured
tho contrast between the average far
mer's expectations when ho commend
ed 1110 larm work and his experience
auer uavitig it lew crops, but urged
mat 11 no would but continue to work
and manage carefully his later expcii-!
enco would come fully up to his most
sanguine expectations.
llnnl, 'Boundary Lines." Tho
boundary lines of nature mountains.
rivera and seas were generally crook
ed and unsatisfactory, said N. I Un
derwood' In tho western states tho
farms were laid out in sectious 010
acres in a section and thirty two sec
tions in a township.
in tho taking up ot lauds 111 our own
state it was first dono in large tracts.
These ou paper resemble closely tho
patchwork of a crnzy quilt, in com
parison with the chepsboard work of
our Western states. Disputed bound
ary lines was tlio most prolific source
of ill will among neighbors and adja
cent land-owners. Mr. Searle had
been a practical surveyor. Ho said
two-thirds of all such troubles grow
out of disputed boundary lines. Every
lino should have at least three points
marked on it by permanent landmarks.
Tho owner of the land Bhould inspect
them once a year and show them to his
family, particularly the younger child
ren. J. G, Zi-rr approved of this
course ; it had been tho practico of his
father and it was his own practice.
Fourth, "Farmers' Kights and Dut
ies." Dr. Calder argued that farmers
as a class had not been sufficiently re
spected They pay taxes for tho sup
port of the Government. Tho work
011 the farm is tho foundation of all in
dustries. Thero is no reuson why
they should bo unequally burdened.
If we protect tho manufacturer in tho
importation of foreign productions,
why not protect tho farmer as well T
Although tho most numerous class,
farmers havo Icbs influence becaiifo of
failuro to cultivate a distinct class feel
ing. Fanners Bhould unite, and, in
stead of having a few farmers' clubs,
the) Bhould havo a general organiza-
lion. I armors miiBt unite lor tho
preservation of their rights and for
iho huiipretsiou of their wrongs. They
should unite to elevate thiir calling,
which is the most ancient and the
most honorable among men.
WI'.bNI'.SIUY llVKNINll.
Frst, "Can a Woman Find Profita
11. H .1 1 x a .
1110 ivmpioymeni in 1110 miry and 111
Breeding Thorough-Bred Stock," by
W. P. Hazaid Eq., editor of the
Guernsey Mreeder'a Journal, West
Chester I n.
"Woman in the Dairy." Whether
a woman can find profitable employ
meiit in hub woik, and in rearing
blooded stock, ta a question with two
Bides tho poetical and tho nractlcal
In tho dairy woman is queen ami a
liandsomo dairy maid tho Bi'blcct of
fanoy aud of song, In iho Channel
Inlands women aio employed as dairy
maids and Block tenders. No work
ecoms too hard for them. It is proper
work for women to mako and market
the varied forms of schmear caso or cot- j
tage cheeso, which is sold largely in
tho city markets. In Denmark, near
Copenhagen, Mrs. Nielson has a
school for tho Education of dairy
women. Her daily products aro sup
plied to tlio royal fnmlics and she is
growing rich. Tho profits of good
cowb aro greatly Increased by the caro
and attention of dairy women. Tact
in marketing displaying tho goods in
attractivo forms is woman's peculiar
province. Thn demand for butter
milk was alluded lo as an interesting
one. Thero is no reason why tho ex
ample of Mrs. Nielson and tho dairy
women of tho old world should not bo
followed In the new. Cleanliness is
necessary, from tho water tho cow
drinks to tho marketing of the goods.
Butter should bo sold under tho mak
er's own namo nnd stamp, Shu
should find a market within 100 miles
of home. Tlio demand is now for
fresh. made butter.
Tho dairy interest was never moro
depressed than now, yet at the samo
time tho demand for strictly pure
fresh butter was good. Mr. err
thought a great deal of injury was
done to butter by washing in water.
The keeping qualities were destroyed.
Hard working was tho best. Tho
practico of the creameries ho did not
approve of, although it lightened tho
labor, but tho butter would not keep
unless on ice, Mr. Hazard favored
washing butter in a weak brine.
John J. Carter said ono reason why
creamerymen wash their butter was
because so much working worked out
tho aromatic oils, and that destroyed
the tlavor. Water does not wash them
out. lie had found no advantage in
using salt in the water. Mr. Kashin
ka wanted to know what the piolits
of the creamerymen were. Mr. Carter
said they paid three, and one-halt
cents per quart for milk ; nine quarts
ol milk made .1 pound 01 butter ; they
Bold butter at lorty cents a pound, and
tho ccntlemau could Injure the prohts
for himself. Mr; Colvln did not favor
lettiDfj butter Btand twelve hours bo
tween the workings ; it would set, and
tho trrain bo iniured by breaking it up
again. Ho favored washing, salting
and doing up for market at ono opera
tion.
Mr. E. II. Littlo also asked many
pertinent questions on tho plans and
profits of working dairies and cream'
erica.
This was followed by a very interest
ing paper by Dr. E. W. Hale, member
lrom Centre county, "Whati saw
Europe," giving a brief account of his
travels on the continent last summer.
In Switzerland ho paid tho average
farm was about fifty by 0110 bundled
and fifty feet, about the size ot a small
town lot in Pennsylvania, and when a
man owned ono of these he was con
sidered well off and if he owned three
he was very rich.
Tho greater patt ol the harvesting
in Europe is done with tho sickle, and
tho mowing with the scytho because
first, machinery is either very poor or
very high priced and second labor is
very cheap and easily obtained. lie
closed by paying that a trip over the
ocean made him feel much better satis
fied with his own eoiititry.
THURSDAY MOltHINO.
In accordance with tho call for this
meeling, Thursday forenoon was given
up to tlio discussion of Fences and
Fence Laws.
"Wooden Fences,'' according to Mr.
Eastburn Heeder, may be conveniently
clasfied as worm fences, board fences
and post and rail fencts. Estimates
of their cost were calculated upon a
farm of ICO acres. To properly fenco
Buch a farm and divide it into eight
enclosures with suitable post and four
rail fenco would require 2244 panels of
10 feet each, and cost over $1700. To
fenco such a farm with worm or zig
zag rail fence would require 2468 pan
els, and cost s'.'.uuu, 1110 cost 01
board fences was estimated at Si. 10
per rod. The annual cost for repairs
would bo from S40 to 50. The dura
bility of tho fences depended upon tho
quality ot tlio timber to a great ex
tent, and other conditions of which 110
accurato estimates could be well made.
Tlio utility of such fences had been
greatly diminished by the introduction
of wire as a fencing material. Tho
price of fencing timber had fallen 20
. . -.i.- j . .i.. - -
per cent wtiiiiu a lew yours nil tins no
count, notwithstanding the increasing
scarcity of timber. Wood as a materi
al lor fencing is still too dear, and we
shall soon be obliged to Beek a cheaper
as well as moro durable material.
"Wire Fences" were discussed by
John J. Carter. Among their advan
tages aro (1), lightness (when a board
fenco begins to lean iu great weight
soon lorces it down); (2), slight oh
Btrtictiou to winds; (8), decreased trou
ble from snow drifts along highways
,i. -i ii r .1
cleanliness, irom too caso wuu
which brush and weeds aro cleared
from tho rows; (Til, cheapness of its
post timber, and ((), rapidity of con
struction.
Tho dangers to stock were not so
great as had been teaied; hut a wire
leu co Bhould bo mado conspicuous
The cost of bucIi fences per milo were :
ribbon wire, $181.22 1 buckthorn wire,
S208.06; barbed wiie, S173.77; plain,
No. G wire, S188.01. The cost of post
ana ran ienco per nine, iuu. 111
Londoucrove Township, Chester coun
ty, there were 140 farnis of an averago
of eighty acres each. To fence one of
theso farms would cost, witli plain wire
and iron posts, 61,500 : with njst and
four-rail fence, SI, 100; with biiek'.horn
wire (four strands), 728 ; with plain
wire (five strands), $058 ; with ribbon
wire (four strands),$G34; with common
lashed wire, $008. Profepsor Nelson
wanted to know whether a man mak
ing a barbed wire fenco along a road
would bu liable for damages horn acci
dents to stock passing along said road,
and Secretary Edgo replied that in
Chestor countv tho Supervisors had
ordered Biieh fences taken down, uud
in suits for damages arising from acci
dents the courts thero had decided
against tho owners of barbed wlro
fenoes.
"Tho Fenco Laws ot Pennsylvania"
wero disctiBsed by Hon, Ueoruo W
Hood Tho fundamental principal of
our law is that overy man must kee
his cattle 011 his own laud. Ho must
eithor keep a watch over them or
fenco about them, The primary ob
jeot is to keep his own stock in, nnd
not other Btock out. It was booh dis
covered that parallel fences were use
less, henco a partition of lino fences
was adopted. Tho act of 1842 makes
township auditors fenco vlowfrs, aud
makes provisions for tho partition of
lino fences. In regard to cattle upon
the publio road tho law recognizes a
lawful and an unlawful right. Tho act
of 1700 was established when tho coun
try was new nnd appear to bo the law
yet. The Leg'.Blnturo ol 1885 passed
a bill repealing it, but it was subse
quently enacted that tho repealing act
Bhould not apply to nny county in tho
State unless tho county order it by n
oirect vote. This net puts it in tho
power of any county lo repeal the act
of 1700 within its own boundaries t
yet practically tho law is not and will
not bo repealed. County commission
ers will not take tho responsibility.
Tho prejudices of the peoplo will enter
nun tueir nuiiuiin.
Mr. Hood's essay was long, compact
nnd very interesting. It was followed
by reports from over fifty delegates and
members representing Agricultural do-
cities, Farmer's Clubs, and Grauges in
all parts of iho etato and tho discus
sion on tho fence problem culminated
111 a lormal resolution, "Ihat this
Board favors tho repeal of tho fence
law of 1"00, and a return to the prin
ciple of common law by which overy
man is held responsible for his own
stock."
At tho opening of (ho afternoon ses
sion Mr. Eves asked that ' beforo pro
ceeding with tho business of the hour
Mr. Heeder bo permitted to mako a
statement. Request granted, Mr.
Heeder said that to cano a man was
agaiust his priucinlcs. That he had
never committed the crimo aud now
requested Mr. McDowell to relieve him
of his duty. Mr. McDowell took tho
lloor and after a brief address to tho
Chair in which ho referred to tho pleas
ant relations that had over existed be
tween tlio members of this Board and
the present President, and the fact
that this would bo tho last annual
meeting of tho Board at which ho
would preside in his present capacity,
ho presented tho Chair with .1 beauti
ful gold headed cane engraved as fol
lows : "To his Excellency, Kobert E.
Pattison, Governor of Pennsylvania
ard President of tho Stato Board of
Agriculture, from tho members, Ilar
lisburg, January "8th, 188G." Tho
Governor in accepting the gift made a
very pleasing address and called for
the order of business.
Hon. J. A. Woodward, of Howard,
Pa., in a very able essay : "What
does the Farmer most want to know,''
said the whole subject could bo ans
wered by ono woid MOKE. Farmers
should not fail to hear this lecturo if
they ever havo tho opportunity. It is
hrim full of common sense. Just as
W. P" Hazard Esq. arose to read his
essay on "Kaising Grapes" (Tho last
but two on the program) we were oblig
ed to leave for the 3:M train in or
der to reach homo that day.
We submit the abovo as a report of
tho proceedings of the Board with tho
additional comment ihat overy part
was well prepared and well produced
and would have paid every farmer in
Columbia county for,his time and ex
penses hadho attended as we did.
Iho next meetinc of tho Board will be
held in Scranton in June next and wo
hopo to see many of our farmers pres
ent.
Respectfully submitted.
Fnr.AS Fovi.i:rc,l
C. L. Sands, V
II. V. WiiiTi:,
Delegates.
Farm Hints for March.
Farm work in March is moro depen
dent upon tho weather and climate
thau that of any other month, and al
though our southern readers will bo
well torwarded with their spring gram
sown, betoro the month comes 111,
whether it comes "like a lion,"' or "liko
a lamb, wo of tho fncid North may
havo still three feet of frost in tho
ground, and perhaps good sleighing up
to the twenty tilth, north-ea"ters last
ing a week, spring floods, and roads
which neither horsos feet nor wagon
wheels can find bottom in, may bo tho
order of the day. So liiuts about work
must be taken with liberal allowance
for the waywardness of this first spring
and last winter mouth.
New seeds and new tools Bhould not
bo lost sight of, and it will often pay
to test tha former iu small quantities ;
then, if tlmy do well, you will have
soinu seed yourself, and may easily get
more. Wonted not remind our read
ers to bo beforehand 'with their work.
Spiing L'rainB can. hardly bo in tho
ground too soon afto- the frost u out.
Potatoes follow as unuu ns thero m
reasonable warmth in tho ground.
Glass seed and clover may bo sown
with spring grain, and clover on win
ter grain, is best sown upon one of tho
Inst light winter snows. Tlio earlier
manure is out upon crass nnd orain
and, the better. Even when the man-
uro is intended for a corn crop, and
not to lui plowed under until the first
pait of May, the gain in the growth of
grass, will moio than compensate tho
loss by tho action of rains and drying
winds, except upon hill-sides and spots
whero tho laud is especially exposed
to tlie washing by heavy rains. It
is rare that tho month passes without
warm and dry woather suflicient to
nit the ground in condition for plow
ing throughout tho great middle corn
and Binnll grain belt of the country.
American Agriculturist for March.
James K. Miller, of Camden Co.,
Mo., was bitten by a dog that ho
thought was mad, He at once sat out
for Boonvillo whero he had heard that
thero was a mtdsione, A Mr. Bacon
had one, and it wns applied to tho
wound, to which it had readily ad
hered for a time. When it fell off it
was washed iu warm water nnd
then applied again. This was dono
three times, anil then the stono would
cling no more. Mr. Miller had a
wound on his hand made tho samo day
on which tho doj; bit him, Tho stono
would not adhere to this at all.
J. II. Wishek s-tarted on horseback
to tnko a day's journey in Mcintosh
county, Dakota. A blirzard swooped
down 011 him, ho lost his way, and
stood behind his horso all niglit and
with his pistol kept oil' a pack of prn
rio wolves. When day broke ho found
ho was within a few hundred yards of
tho house ho was Becking.
The remaining copies jf tho History
of Columbia County, a book of GOO
pages illustrated nnd bound in cloth
will bu closed out at $1.00 each, 25
cents extra by mail. For salo at tho
Columuian OQice, Bloomsburg, Pa.