ID. IJA S' DRETH l l SOS'S, Oarifni Seed*, I'hUmlotphlii.
* ■ * ■ • ../■ '\J\S\FYJ
* ■■ The Attention of Market Gardeners
u '"' n " ,er " *lt>r*lrlntr t i'lrohiM Seed*
> *r /
\ •Orr , l ly If. LANI'HKTII k HONH to their cttßlnmerfl
1 \ \ nr grown Hint aivel entirely |?y fhern*e|\r*, upon tliolr j
i \ Q^T^fVW\A.Ol^n#r i ••* MH "I tnrtna. the ieiilt of many >mr careful ami '
y anil rareltw jtun lnw* fmiu paitiea who know nothing
of the l>ii*iiiM of mA*lng MU. HEED IHIIIIIK RETURN*
yearn of cluae obaervotlon, careful attention to the one
abject, and cannot !►* acquired In a short time by that* whoa# attention ha* been engrossed with other
timuit*
The Heeal tlrowlng KatnhUflament of D LANDRETII k HONS (now comprising 1,:.74 arreal, fimt founded
i 17*4, ami pwlng to three generations. ha* leei conducted with the \lew o| producing seeds of the very heat
ml tniteat •|ii*litv, We are, therefore, lustifle*). in aaniirlrig our customer* that TIIE HKKDH (iFKKKKI) ItV
X HAVE NO MTKIIIOK IN TilIH OR \NY OTHER t'Ol NTRY The public K . nerallv are Invited to
nil mil eganilne our slock of BKKDB, IMPLEMENTS AND TOOIJ*, all of the Itr.t quality. No secoud
ualtty goo*!* for Bale Catalogue free. Prices low.
D. LANDEETH SONS,
i 21 and 23 South Sixth Streat, and No. 4 Arch St., Philadelphia.
A NEW OFFER.
\ Almost Given Away, an Eight-Page Paper for Less than |
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1V it Hon, Mrl'nr(tilie <f Co., liftr<lirarr Dralern.
IE3I.A.IR,D"W -A_IR,3±JI
WILSON, McFAI ILANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES ? HEATERS.
ALSO _
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
ZBTJIIRIDZEIR/S' HARDWABE.
AI.LGOtir.NY STREET, .... Ill'MßS' BLOCK. . BKI.LBFONTK. PA.
ItHHinrH* farcin.
Harness manufactory
in tiarman'a Saw Blork,
BKI.I.EEONTK, PA. l-ty
U P. BLAIR,
I a JEW EI. PR,
WATi'HM, JIVIIRI, Mr,
AH work n*tlv pikblml. Oo Atlagbrn; tr*#t*
nn<t*r lloiuw,
DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ONLY.
5 I ZELLERASON, i
ft a DRL'CMIISTS.
T No 4. Br.-kart>..ff How J
Q | All tha Standard Patent Medicine* IT' "•
?! .ncflpttona and Eamily Recipe* *C,nratel) *
W Tnwß, Bif<, Ac., Mr, 3
< *tf ©
I oris DOLL,
1 J FASHION AHLR ROOT A SHOEMAKER,
DrflrhPibofl hrt*. Alleghany atreat,
).)y Rellefont*. Pa
g. C. Bin**. Praa t. 1. t- S **!*. 'aah'r.
|?IRBT NATIONAL HANK OF
I BKIaLKroNTK,
AJl*fh*ny Pa.
fiENTIIE COTNTY HANKING
rOMPANY.
Dfp-iu
A rot Allow
|M* *nnt Note*;
Buy anl Wl
Gov.
Gold and Oonpovn.
J**w A.Bimi, Pml^nt.
J. D Bntmßkt.OMbUr. *•"
CONSUMPTION
POKITIVKI.V CURED.
ALL Huflerers from this disease
that ar aaxlcna to b* rnrad *hnld try D*.
KISSNKRS CEI.F.HR ATKD CONSUMPTIVE POW.
DKfIS. The#* Powder* are th* only preparation known
that will rnra Coaai neti..* an.l all dlrra*** of th'
Tiiloar aan l.trxoa—lndewd. *o atr>n( la onr faith In
tbrtn, an.l alao to conrlnc# yon that tliay ara no hntn.
hog. we will forward to erery .offerer hy mall, (awl
paid. a mar Tim Box.
We .lon't want yonr monay nntll yon ara parfartly
aattafled ot thalr .nrallee pnwars. If yowr llfa la worth
aatlng. don't delay In gitlng thewc Pnw axa* a trial, aa
thay will anraly rnra y.n.
Prlaa. for large hox, kl.fin, aant to any part of tha
United State* or Canada, liy mail, on raaalpt of prt. a,
Addrawa,
ASH b BOBBINS,
44-1y Fulton Bruoklyi, Jf. T.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
OR
FALLING KICKMEMK
pERMANRNTLY CURED—No
1 llnmlmx—hy on# moafh'a M|l #f Dr. Qa,
lard'a Calabratad Infallibl* Fil Ptwftrt. To con
vinaa anffarara that thawa powder* will do all wa claim
for than, wa will Band tliam hy mall, roar rain, a mix
ttiti aox Aa Dr. Oorrlard la tha only phyataian that
haa aaar ma da Ihla dlaeaa* a apectal *tndy, and an to
nr k Bowled*. th.aaanda hareb—n rtantxMttr cur
ad hy tha naa of thaaa Pownxna, w < wiu. acananrtx a
riiataaar rnra In aaary caae, or atrrxn tor au
■onrr xxraxnrn All unfferer* ahonld la thaaa
pirwdara an anrly trial, nd ha contlnrrd of thalr en ra
ti** powvm.
Price. for large box, •A.ntl. or 4 ho ara for f 10. congeal
hy mail to any |aarl of lha United Slate* or llahmla oo
raclapt of prtca or by axpraoa, C. 0. I'. Addraaa
ASH A RobBINH,
44-ly. .'Kin Fnllon Street. Brooklyn. N. T.
TJROCKERHOFF HOUSE,
J J BBLLRFONTH, PA.
W. R. TELLER, Proprietor.
Good Sample Room on Second Floor.
Bum to and from all Train*. Special rata*
ft wltncwaax and jarora. 1-ly
BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE i
R. R.—Tit*-T*M# In ffprl on and after Mat
I I.It"":
Lentet Bnow Shot 7.20 4. In B*Ufoit '
.ll A M.
Bellefonto 10.2-'* 4. m ,rriTsit Hnow Ah<#
11/.7 a. *
Uadhi 8nw 8 how 2.* r. M. t arrive* In RetUfont* !
\ 4'. r. *.
Relief..nte Vlft r ■„rrtTs it Enow Hh'
117 p.l DAMIKI RUOA DM
Uetiertl Hn|terlMniient
Halo eagle valley rail-
ROAD —Tlma-Tahla, April 29. I">:
Etp. Mall. warrwaan. aaarwaan. Ktp. Mail,
a.a. r. a. r a.a. a
" I" 632 Arrlra at Tymn* lain ... t a 20 !
" 42t Laar# Eaat Tyruna Laara 71A aft
7VI Bil " Vail '• ... 719 a3l
7V. 17 ...... " IUI.I KauU " ... 753 S .17
74" n 9 l>h „ a f..alar " ... 7 -Vl a ...
7lf 6 .1 •' Hannah " ... 7 .IB V 7
7 IIS & .IS " p.wt Matilda " ... 741 914
7/7 ft 47 " Martha " ... 7 .'if VJ"
71" &3* " Jnllan " ... 1 # 111
7 ft 117 ...... " I'oionrlll* " ... *ll 9 4:!
7in 81* " Know Mioa In " ... 21 9 ftl
4 4 S Ift " Milaahnry " ... *24 ftft
414 ft ft " Hallafonta " ... .32 !• L
438 4 M '• Mtlaahurg " ... Hit 10 3
4 i". 4 4ft " Cnrtln " ... a ftft 10 14
414 I " Monnt Eagla " ... 9 Oil In 19
4 9 4 .31 " Howard " ... 9 4ln SB
ft Vt 420 „.. " Kaglarllla •• ... 9|410 42
ft 80 4IS Uaa. 1, i raak " ... 9 '22 111 47
ft 34 4 .1 •' Mill Hall " ... 9 .34 11 Id
ft 29 400 " riamfiißtoa " ... 9 .37 II 4
ft 2& 3 ftft " Imck llaran • ...9 42 11
I JEN NBY LVA N I A It A I LROA D.
I —(Phlladalphla and Erla TH * ialon. | —On and
aflar Daeambar 12, 1477 :
WESTWARD.
ERIP. MAll.laaraa Phlladalphla II ftft p m
" " llanial nr ..„............ 4 2ft a m
" Williamaport *3A a m
'* " Irak Haran 940 a m
*' Ran.iro. 10 ftft a m
" arrlraa at Ert, 7 3ft p m
NIAOARA KXPKBPP lanra, Phlladalphla. 7an
'• Harrlthor(.... In ftoa m
" M Itliamaport. 2 2" p m
" arrlraa at Ranoro 4 411 p m
Paaaancara hy thla train arr.ra In Halla
fonta at 4 3ft p m
EAST I.INE laaraa Phlladalphla II 4ft a m
" " llarrlahnrf.. .3 Aft p m
" •' Wllllamrjvort 7 All p m
" arrlraa at Idirk llaran 44" p m
RA4TWARD.
PACIFD EXPRESS laaraa laa k 11aran..... 4 40 a m
" " Williamaport... 7 ftft a m
" arrlra* at llarrlahnri....„ II ftft am
" " Phlladalphla.... 3 tft p m
DAT EXPRESS laanw Ranoro lo 111 a m
" " Idtrk Havan. II 2" ain
" " Williamaport 12 40am
" arrlraa at Harrirhnr*. ........... 4 In p m
" M Phlladalphla. 720 p m
ERIE MAIL laaraa Ranoro ( Aft p m
" " lawk llaran 9 4ft p m
" Williamaport II oft p m
" arrlraa at llarrlahnrc.. 2 tft a m
" " Phlladalphla 700 a m
PAST LINE laaraa Williamaport |J 3f a m
" arrlraa at Harrlalnry. 3 ftft a m
" " Phlladalphla 7 Aft a m
Erla Mall Waal. Niagara Expraaa Waal. lawk llaran
Arrommodatlon Wrat. and Day Ripraiw Baal, maka
cloaa riinaactiona at Rortbnmlwrland with L. A B. R
R. tmina for Wllknlaurra and Sr ran ton.
Rrla Mall Want, Niagara Expraaa Waat, and Erla
Expraaa Waat and Lock llaran Accommodation Want
niaka cloaa ronaacUon at Williamaport wltn N.C. R
W. tralna north.
Erla Mall Waat, Niagara Expraaa Waat, and Day
Expraaa Eaat, maka cloaa connartlon at Lock llaran
With B. E. V R a tralna.
Rrla Mail Hart and Waat connact at Rrla with trnlna
on L. B A M. S. R a. at Corry with O. C. A A. T. R.
a, at Emporium with S. N. T. A P. a a, an I at
Driftwood with A. V R. K
Parlor far* will tut hat warn Phlladalphla and
Williamaport on Niagara R a pram Waat, Erla Eapraa,
Waat, Phlladalphla Expraaa Eaat and Day Expraaa
Eaat,and Sunday Expraaa Eaat. Slaaplng canon all
night train*. Ws. A. Batnwta,
Han't Superintendent.
G I HARD HOUSE,
CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS,
HBHMtWIt.
Thla hM. prominent la a city famed for It* com
fortable hotel*, la kept In arary reap act aqnal lo any
flrat-rinaa hotel* In the country. Owing to th* atrin
gancy of th* timaa, tha pric* uf board h* haan radnrwd
to raaai muaa par day. J. M R IRBIN,
"Manngrr.
A r ew A dvertlaementa.
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
AND OTIJER
SUPPLIES
KOK
I I A R V K H T I IST CI
SHOULD CALL ON
SECHLER&Co.
mil ANYTUINO IN TilK LINK OK
SUGARS.
COFFEES,
TKAS,
KII( RS.
NEW CHEESE,
S. C. HAMS,
K. C. DKIKD BEEF,
►BREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED PEACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY ami RICE,
SYRUPS and N. O. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL.
ST( INEWARE, QUEENS WARE,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
ALSO ANYTIIINfI IN TIIK LINK OK
FRESH MEATS.
•• nr<> killing stMI!-ftl *tepr of from
12(H) to 14001b*., mid have |*>itlvi-ly the
REST MEATS
that aro offered for *alo in Centro county.
SECIILEH & CO.
GROCEPS,
Rifh Hmue Illock, Relief ante, Pa.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
ALEXANDER A CO.,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND—
SKKI) STORE,
BKLLKFONTE, PA
Thwy ni'-an by thi ail the name import*,
thai la, t<. ilrol In aii>l In fnnilah 1., far mar. at ik>
low*.! |.Mall,la |>rlm rt-rp thii-ic In th* .I..|* of an
a*rl, ullural lni|,lni.rut that farmer. u. In. lo lln.
SKKitS of all klml..
At I'feaent *e bar# n l.atiH an.t are the anthnrt/e-t
HKent. 1..1 the •*!<- ~f the KYItMTSK CII 11.1.Kit
I'DitV. ma.le at S>rerii*r. N. Y It I. the hat. Inlle.l
I | *lnw • ma.le; aU, the Kej.tnne ami iron beam
|4wa ma.|e at Centre llall >.< t*.ttr |.|... thai,
tl.e.e ran U had l„r the **ni- ann.unt nf unmet
Alan thet'entre llall f orn|.|aiitf r We need •, n-.tl.
III! atn.nt the merit. I thia plantar, a. the J.IIBMW it,
u. In Centre mnnly .leinnnetrale. them t-- I*- the u.t
II AKKoW S and CI I.TIVAToItS ~f the taint lm
pro.ad pattern.
| MOWKKS Klirr.ll* and ORAIN IIINI>KiiA.—Of
; the*.- *e ell the 1 t.l.trite either aa eeparate W'.aer*
(YfOihlned Ilea per. and Heaen. ainftr llarreatara. „i
■a. (Y-wtl-in*-.) Ileal*.r. and Hinder*
TIIK. W 111 K.li.K, S ■ a. ar..mt.in| ntarhlne, I.
the t*-*t m*thine..f the kind In the market
THK ORKATKfIT IYIPROY K.MKNT OK TIIK AUK
I. the NnrWal'.n meaner and Hinder. Udl and aee
It. It la Vi.nderfully peffeal.
Any l-nf tw.lte year. ..Id, llh nn* bona, mIII bil
lot* ami Idnd all tba grain that any Raapar nltb ante
liah.ary *lll cat It nnt only Idnda hut glaana, and
will aa.e ilia prtc* nf tba marblna in ona year, by
taking up from the .luldde that abitk t. ant* luat
TIIK Me.IIKRHY OK A IN Hill I. L. eftbar -llh nr
with.,fit hrnadeaat hnaa, with * wlth-mt ferliliret and
aaed auwlng alU< hmante It O the t*l grain drill
for all tiiirje—e. tn the market.
TIIK OKISKK TIfHKSIIK.iI ANI> HKPAKATOH
Tl.e reputatmn of thl. tnarhlne I. an w.|| e.tal.li.l.ed
that we ran eay nothing ala.wl it that the da
ti.d km.* An. panrm wanting ime, , r In mwd of
ra|wir. fr.r three m.w In the . ,untr, ph-nee r.ll
IIKKHNKH 8 I'ATKNT I.t.YKL TRKAD IHtRfIK.
Pow KR. f.w one and lan h--r*-*, with Patent
Regulator Little tiiai.t Threeher and Cleaner
VICTOR CLOVKR 111 I.LKU S-la ag.r.U Inr Cen
tra rfrtint..
W AOONS.CARtIIAOKS HI lioICJI and Pll FTONfI
—Waareag.nl. f..r the >.le -,f the . elei rate-l CONK
-1.1 N W AfiON. the repntathm nf hl< h i. -I Well eelal
-11.he.1 aln.id the coKTI.AND PLATKORM SI'RINO
WA'HIH*. Carriage*. I'hwtr.n. and Itnggle. All are
I warranted Call and aee .|*- in.en. ami ..amine rata
lug ne* a* tr> .I.law and pe|. a. Iwf-.ra l.nylng al- where
Catalogue# fnml.hed en appllratlrm.
PI.ASTKR AND KKRIII.IZK.Rh -Tatar* plaaler
fln.l. gruiiml. aa gleet a. the l-eat Nora Sr-.tia. at the
low |.rl*a nt K7 I*l per tun. Permian liaani w,|.| on
order* only. I'tu-phatra alwaya on hand. fl|*tial
manure. f.,r different cmpa anld up -n order* at manu
facturer*' price*.
PtiWOKR—We are liu|-r.nl* agent* Pleating,
Hpurtlng and Rifle powder on hand and *>dd at wbole^
• le prtre* , aim law-
DRAIN After the gr--wlng crop I. har*a*ted we
will t- prepare,! to pay the hlgheef market pr|.. lor
all kind. f grain.
COAL—Our yard I. alway. .locked with the heat
Anthracite r.etl which we aell at l-'Weat (Wlc-e
LIMK—We make tba beat white lime In the flute
It. |-n.(*-rtlfw for nirchatiiral and agrtcultural par
|f—. e*cel all Other.
kAI It HANK* N ALIA—We are thetr agent. In
Centra county and will eopply atl par tie. wi.hing
pud and true *al<* at their lowaat price*
We attend an Invitation to e.erylaalr In want nf
anything In our line to call at our atnre rnoma, op-
Cwlt* the Rod, lloo.e. and •>* what we have, and
arn from tlx we in attaudanre nn-ra p.'tl, nl.rlr tha
arwfw of oar hnalnem. ALKX ANDKR A Ort
Rallafor.l*. I*B., May A, IMAtI. |<>|f
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
TIIK "PATRIOT" KCRINO TIIK t'RKMIiICN
TIAL CANVAW.
TN ortlor that everybody, no matter
* how poor In pnrr, may raad lha nawe .luring lha
grawt political atmggla of I**o. tha lour f'traior
Sunday adltlon Inrlndod) will ha aanl by mall In any
adilreae, poataga flea, from lha prwaant time nulll the
flnaanth of November nett, for H. 00; toclutw of Ire
nr more, (and ona ropy free to tha .endarof tba rlub.)
9LAO |**r ropy. W|I|MUI Sun,lay alltlon, Iba lltliT
Parutor will ha aanl by mall to any add rem, portage
free, for mma |wrl--l for fa .Vi; to rlnlwof flra or mora
(with one ropy free to aandar of Hub) tS HO par copy.
TU K WKKKLT PATRIOT
from lha preeent lima until Ilia weak after the Prvul
dentlal election will lw aent to awy add rem, yewtage
frew, f.,r FnkTT C*ta; to Hut* of fle or upward,
for THITT-KII Cturra y*r ropy, with one copy free to
tender of Hub. In every rear the money ninat acrom
nuny the order. Now la the lima tn gat np Hat*.
Democratic local organiaalloiw cannot clr. oleic cheap,
ar and mora afterlife campaign literature than new*
Cpara fnmlehed at theaa cvtraonllnaifly low rata,
ml In yonr order* addraweed to PATRIOT Pt aii.nivu
Co., IlßOauii an, p*. Jfl,
HUSH HOUSE,
HILLKKONTR, PA,
IS O KN .
PENSIONS.
4 LL diaablcd Soldiers nmt heir* of
J. m (WPMCII HoMUrt who from roitMquffiitM
of OOTTIOO In tHo Arnijr. mn *illltS to UKNSIoNf
WO ARRKAHS nllownd *(Ut AULT 1, \m. *>nd
•nmpn for full | n tnicU<fa In nil kincU .f So
cltlM.
J. 11. 8YPIIKKI) A CO., Ptnirion Alty't
AIM f fllraal, WAHIIINOTOff. It C
pENTRAL HOTEL,
W (Oppoalta tha Railroad Sutton.)
MI LKHRtfRO, CRNTRR COL'NTT, PA.
A. A. KOHLBKCKEK, Prtrpriotor.
TIIROTCIII TRAYKI.BRfI on tha rwllroud *>lll And
thla Botal an auwllanl (dare to lanch, or pgocura •
moal, aa ALL TRAIN I Hop •bout t mlnutee, 4T
®he ®tnlw
HKIiLKKONTK, PA.
AaRICULTtrRAL.
N|;WH, KACTH AND HTJFMLKHTIONH.
THE Ttar or ma HATIOIIAL -nr*a la ma IRTlLU
niacg Attn rttoaraaiTT or ma rgautk.
Kvery farmer in hit annual experience
Uucorers euinethin </ of value, il'rile it anil
ne.ml it to the "Agricultural Eililor of the
DEMOCRAT, Helte'fonte, I'enn'u," that other
farmern may hare the benefit of it. Let
communication/! be timely, and be eure that
they are brief and ivell pointed.
WE arc under obligations to the
Country Gentleman for recent cour
tcsics.
TUP. "Annual Fair Edition of the
ltural New Yorker is a superb
number, and well worth nn inspection.
It will be sent free to any of our
susciibers who will send there address
or a postal card to Rural New Yorker,
No, 34 I'ark Row, New York.
TIIK Rural New Yorker has raised
the Clawson wheat on its experimen
tal farm every season since it was
first introduceti, and has now con
cluded to ''abandon its cultivation
in favor of several other kinds."
The Rural admits that the Clawson
wheat always makes line promises
and a good appearance in the field,
but says that the half bushel and the
scales declare these appearances to be
deceptive.
BOTH AND uiriLH, this paragraph
is for you: Hunt up the Premium
List for the fair, which we sent in the j
DEMOCRAT two weeks ago, and read
carefully the lists of articles in the
Fifth Department for which the So
ciety offers you premiums. You will
find in it something that you have,
or something that you can make
which will help make the exhibition
as good as you would like to see it.
Of course, the premiums offered are
not very large, and if you should
win one, it will not make you rich.
The Society itself is not rich, and
cannot atrord to pay as large pre
miums as it would like to, hut it ex- i
peels to pay promptly all that are
fairly won, and it is the winning of j
the premiums that will do you more '
good, and make you fee! more proud
Mian the premium itself. Do not fail
to take something and get your
neighbor to do the same.
DON'T fail to ltear in mind our
county fair, commencing Wednesday,
the 6th of next month. By the sup
plements which we sent out with our
regular issue on the Dili inst., it will
lie seen that the officers of the Socie
ty are active in their efforts to make
a good exhibition, and they should
lie seconded in this by every enter
prising farmer in the county. The
agricultural exhibition made by a
community of farmers may be fairly
considered a guagc by which the
standard of farming which obtains
in the community shall l>e judged.
We know that wc have as good
farmers and as good farming in Cen
tre county as any where in the coun
try, and we should be glad to see
our farmers bestir themselves and
make nn exhibition which shall be
worthy of them, lie systematic in
your efforts. Take up the Premium
List, go over the long list of classes
carefully, RIHI mark with a pencil
such as you think you may have
something worthy to show in, and
then go to work and get it ready in
time. Don't fail to make your
arrangements to attend Rt least
one day, and take all the boys and
girls on the farm with you. They
will enjoy the rest and recreation, and
they have earned it. Let us have a
good show, a good attendance and a
good time generally.
A FARMKK tells us, says an ex
change, that he has tested the value
of his corn put into hogs with
the following result: He commenc
ed with a lot of hogs weighing 175
lounds each, on the SOth of Sep
tember. He fed them two weeks and,
when weighed, be fonnd at the price
of pork then ruling, |8.50 per hundred,
his corn so fed had brought him six
ty cents per bushel. The two weeks
were mild weather. He again weigh
ed and fed tbcm two of the colt I est
weeks in November, and found that
the corn fed at the same price for
pork, had brought him only fifty
cents per bushel. He says this
teaches him that hogs ought to be
fatted early, and in the warm weath
er to get the greatest value for the
corn fetl.
To preserve potatoes they should
be dried as soon as possible, and
placed immediately in from
which the eunlight li excluded.
To the Fair.
***! L. M< k.
Pruiu tlii Hnrnl N*w Y<*kr— F*lr Millon
Why. wliwr* nr* fnu truing Ut now,
Vi Ifli WHIInm ati'l K"L*rt and Jim,
With wlf* as ti * I tailiy nil dr •*) In fhtdr
And old ftoMiln in h'.ll-Uy trim ?
You Mvtr nd wk. fjriKliLor IMod,
Yon atirHy tiitisl !#• wHI aware
That this in ll- former's gala day,
We are off to tloi L'ofJhl/ fair
To THK r *11! Well, noflie folk* ran |>lay
While others are fon <d to work :
I have s.itne late oat to harveet > t
And run not nfTord to shirk.
True, your life is hard, nelghUf I'M,
hlne the Ifloys hire nil gooeaway ;
find Tom stayed at home when th* outs war* soon,
They'd hake liecn in tha Imrn to- Jay.
'Tls a |lty for l*.ys and girls
When the city's alluring din.
Can charm them away from the dear old home
For the gold they are hoping to win.
There's health, pure and wealth, on the faun,
And with ours no life can compare;
Hot young folks and old need holiday whiles .
Ko you see we are off— to the fair
Clover Bed—lts Treatment.
Correspondence of Mulligan Tumor.
In a late issue of the Farmer, a
correspondent undertook to tell the j
best mode of saving clover seed. I
have hud considerable ex|>erienee
both in thrashing and raising seed,
and Ido not like his way. He says
mow with a machine and rake with a
horse rake. This will always get
more or less sand in the clover, cs|ie
einlly if raked when the dew is on.
This will make the men that hull the
seed curse the man that raised it,
ami the dealer will dock him on the
price, and he (the dealer) will get an
improved mill ami take the sand out
ami keep it on exhibition, showing it
to |>eople and telling how dishonest
the farmer is. Or if the dealer fails
to take the sand out, the farmer will
buy it to sow, and find the sand, and
he will curse the dealer for mixing
sand with the seed.
A dealer in our town once showed
me a quantity of sand that he hail
I taken out of seed which he had
bought, and said lie had two hundred
pounds of it, which I had no reason
to dispute. My way of late years is
to cut my sect! with a reaper, then
wait for some rain to fall on it, after
which house or slack and wait for it
to temper in the mow so as to be in
good condition for threshing. In
cutting care should be taken that the
table of the machine does not get too
i full; if raked at the proper time it
w ill come olf the table in good style
ami stand upright, and when the rain
comes it w ill run down through and
dry much sooner ami without stiring.
It should not le shook up or turned
i over at nil. If it should for any
cause lie left out until the grass
j should la-gin to grow up in the bot
tom it w ill be necessary to move it in
j order that the !>ottom may stay
out —which should lie done with a
wottden, or what wc call a barley
rake; our common steel forks are
not fit to handle seed with. It should l
not be shaken or turned over, but
run the big fork under the gavel and
raise gently out of the grass and set
the gavel in n new place, and if well
anil carefully done there will IK*
nothing lost or scattered. Many i
thresh their seed in the field anil
haul as they litres.!:, but in good
weather the seed will become very
dry in the middle of the day, and
will grind, especially the large variety,
when if properly tempered in the
stack or mow it will not be so apt to.
If wc consult the good of our land or
our own interest we leave as much
of the straw on the ground as uncut
as possible. I am not afraid of
leaving a few heads on the ground
uncut, if by cutting them it would be |
necessary to takeotr too much straw. '
The long stubble forms a mulch on
the ground, protects the clover roots |
from the severe frosts that we some- !
limes have, and the more need there ;
is of this it we happen to have an
open winter. If wc are not too
greedy and take the seed nil off the
ground, in a little while our land will
become foul with clover, or in other '
words the ground will get full of
seed, as we frequently see land foul
with weed seeds, and when we stop
cultivating clover will grow in the
place of weeds.
Try It. How to Increase the Yield of Corn.
Krotn the Rum) New Yorker.
As a rule among our farmer ac
quaintances, fair, plump, large cars of
corn arc selected for seed without
any regard to the number growing on
a stalk. From our own experiments
wc deem this a mistake. It is better
to save the largest, fairest ears than
those which are imperfect or collect
ed indiscriminately. But such selec
tion is Just as liable to encourage a
lesser as a greater yield in the future
cro|>s. Corn is very susceptible to
change from selection, as wc may
know from the scores of distinctly
marked varieties known. If we
would increase our yield, wc must
select seed from the most prolific
plants. This, which is true of all
plants, is especially so of the corn
pisnt. If, further, an isolated spot,
as far removed as iioasible from other
corn, were planted yearly for seed
and the tassels aa soon as they ap
pear were destroyed on both those
which were sterile and the least pro
lific, wc doubt not the farmer would,
in a very few years, be amply com
pensated for his pains. Ia this case,
seed would be saved which had on
both sides the most proliflo parentage.
We attribute our immense yield of
Blount's Corn at the Rural'e Farm,
In a great measure, to our very care
ful selection of the seed, There can
he little doubt that nuch selection
will in a few years increase the yield
of any variety of corn. On the
other hand,if only the largest, hand
somest ears are selected, regardless
of the number of ears borne on a
given stalk, simply what may be con
sidered the normal yield of the va
riety will be continued from year to
year.
The Pig Question.
rr..m lb* N<-w V<rk Triton*.
Khali the pig of the future be a
spherical package of "animate lard,"
without any meat to s[>eak of, or
preferably a "razor-back" type, with
bristles and vertebra*, a modicum of
tough muscle, with scarcely enough
of the oleaginous to grease the grid
dle? It may not be wise to run to
porcine extremes. In medio
mus il/u. On one hand we may not
avoid extremes by breeding off the
extremities ; on the other, the culti
vation of legs may prove a legacy of
evil. The ijobc must long remain a
foremost feature, but it should not
remain too long. " Root, hog, or
die," may be a barbarous maxim, yet
all corn and no roots tends not tq
health and assuredly not to longevity.
The dissimilarity of the two ty|jes is
marked : the one has more of spirit,
the other of grace; one the embodi
ment ol restlessness, the other of
inertia; the agile type bos more of
energy and health, the sedentary bog
has |K>Ksibly more of scrofula. If
the latter is not fit to eat, the former
is fit for nothing else. The "pig of
the period" should not resemble an
exclamation |>oint.
It is possible, on the other hand,
that "improvement" may be carried
too far, sacrificing health to rotund
ity and accumulation, edible leanness
to lard. The production of meat,
the most in the shortest time, is a law
of economic production that must
preclude all use of the razor-back
variety, and tend tow aid symmetry
and centralization. At the same
time, pampering and overfeeding ami
breeding to excessive fat. contravene
in equal degree the saint* economic
law, by causing disease, often whole
sale destruction. The extension of
"cholera" is coeval with this im
provement and overfeeding with corn
to the exclusion of grass and the
wholesome variety demanded by this
omnivorous animal. Let the breeder
have still some regard for compact
ness and symmetry, but give the
animal wide range, good pasture,
quick and constant growth, variety
of feed in fattening, and early prep
aration for the knife ; and the result
will prove alike satisfactory to pocket
: and palate.
T fetfui I'fswft* •werj* dosrt) lll*' nil tiff ItAO.
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lis ctiafjr itugliffr hM *. wound of §•••,
IWM id iic mil* it *ink* to g-nxw mgßing.
kIA o urns tb* Fatnttirr * rtrl* broken *|ll :
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A Practical Illustration.
Muring a recent visit to the farm
of Major Williams, of Haral>oo, Wis.,
where, by the way, we saw some of
the best Short-horns it lias been our
privilege to look at in many a day,
we heard of a transaction which very
plainly shows the actual value of a
cross of Short-horn blood to the
common farmer. Last winter, an
I experienced feeder, knowing that
.Major Williams had lieen breeding
! Short-horns, near Raraboo, for sever
al years, came to that neighborhood
in the expectation of being able to pick
up a lot of grade steers, for leeding
purposes, lie found, however, to his
surprise, that but few of the farmers
\ of that region had availed themselves
i of the opportunity of using Mr. Wil
liams' Short-horn bulls, and conae
' qucntly he found but little other than
"scrub" stock. He picked up as
many of the best of these eight to
ten-months-old scrubs as he wanted
at from seven to eight dollars apiece ;
but he finally found one man who had
driven his cows to Msjor Williams'
hull, and had, as the result, eight half
blood steers, of the same age as the
scrubs above mentioned, which he
was glad to purchase at sls a head ;
; remarking, at the same time, that be
should make more money on the
gradca, at sls, than on the acruba at
$7 and SB. This incident was not
without Its effect in thst neighborhood
and now many of the farmer* in
that vicinity are following the exam
ple of their more intelligent neigh
bor in patronizing Major Williama'
bulla, llut, what it atill belter, tlx
thoroughbred Shott-horn bulla were
bought for use this spring in that
neighborhood, aa.the result of Una
practical illuatration of the value of
the Short-horn cross. Major Wil
liams haa been doing missionary
work among the farmers of his part
of the State for years, and has at last
demonstrated the value of improved
stock so plainly that even the dullest
of his neighbors begin to appreciate
it; and he ia now in a fair way to re
ceive some benefit from hit eflort.
LIFE, says Mr. Warner, presents
but one absorbing problem to the
street cow, ami that ia, how to get
into your garden. She catches a
glimpse of it over the wall or through
the pickets, and her imagination or
epigastrium is inflamed. When the
spot is surrounded by a high board
fence, he thinks be has seen her peep
ing at the cabbages through * knot
hole-