Professional Cards.
WIILIAM A. WALLACE, PATIO I. IIW,
IIAT f. WALhACg, WIkUAM ft. WALUCft.
WALLACE IT KKEBFL,
* LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICII,
Jmiuirjr 1, ISUI. CtlAEflKll), FA.
I?LLIS L. ouvis,
L ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE nppontte the Court lleu.e, ou the *1 floor" f
A. o.Fttret • (ulldiug. .V.fttf
FRANK FIELDING,
1 LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
1,-ly cI.KABKIICLD, PA.
TIT A. MORRISON,
? • ATTORN KY-ATLAW,
BKLLKFOXTE, PA.
Office Id Woodrtng'eHl-*k, oppoattn theCuurt llooa*.
Cou.utlalion In l>|lhhorowißAfl. I)'
C. T. ALXXASDfH. f. *. MWll.
*4 LEXANDER A ROWER,
2 V ATTOHNBVB AT LAW,
It"llcfon!\ PA , nmy tm consulted in English or o#r
mail. Offloe In Uarmati'i Uulldini;. 1-ljf
JAMM A. B&ATtt. J. VHLIT QMOAIf.
T) BAYER & OE I'LL ART,
J > ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Offlcw on Allegheny street, north of High. iUllw
font*. Fa.
DF. FORTNEV,
• ATTORN KY-ATLAW,
lIKLLKFONTB, PA.
leant door to th* left In th* Court llo*. 'i-ly
TOHN BLAIR LINN,
*! ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIKI.LEFONTF. PA.
Ofßr* Allegheny Str**t, oftr Pt OJk. '2l-iy
T L. SPANGLER.
t} A ATTORN KY AT I.AW,
BKLLEFONTR. CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
Special attention In Collection*; practice* In ll the
Conrte; Consultation* in (ierimn or K glt.h. LI)
DS. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofllc* on Alltfhrny Street South aide of Lyoti't
•tore, Bellefonte, l*a. 1-lj
t. a. Ml—lf. ftH UORPO*.
MURRAY & CORDON,
ATTORN KVR-AT-L AW,
CLEARFIELD PA.
Will attend the Bellelbnte Court. when epeclall)
employed. ' O
rp C. HIPPLE,
J • ATTORN KT-AT-LAW.
lAHK HAVEN. PA.
All tm*in*ee promptly ttfdrd l. 1-ly
\V T M. P. MITCHELL,
YY PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
Lot h IIAVEN, PA.,
Will attend to ell work In Clearfleld, Centre and
Clinton oonntiee.
Office oppoeite Lock Ileren Netionel Renk. 30-ly
W c. HEINLE,
H , ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BKLLKFUXTK. I*A.
Office in Con re A llonte, Allegheny meet.
Special attention given to lha collection of claime.
Alt hualneee attended to promptly. 21*1/
WILLI A M McCULLOUG 11,
T T ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Cl.tAßrifc.LP. PA
All bnMoce# promptly attended l<>. 1-1J
Ml*rella won*.
DOYOUSUFFE^
With CO9TIVENEBB. Rich He.dich., DVSPEP
SIA. Lew Spirit*. SLEEPLESS MIGHTS,
Lom of Appetite. Peie ie the Side,
And >ll the numerow# >llmrnt. cuawquent upon > d'
entered Mel* of the Urer. *fc.(i you her* ■ rrrUln
remedy within yoor reerb. Thet remedy l
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
Three Pill* >re of Two m>*, and when need In
connection with nrli other according to direction#
ere INVARIABLY WfTIEWfFL They ere #ng#l
natied, and art PKNT BY MAll. on receipt of price.
In order to prevent enoalerletttug they ere pot np In
koine ho tee, with the tl(wlan of t. P GRKIsN
•round twcb bo*.
prli e. No I, iJ'lcte.; No. 'J, SO eta. Manufactured
only by
r. POTTS GREEN
BRLLEFDNTK, PA.
New York Weekly Her all
ONE DOLLAD A YEAR.
r FHE circulation of this popular
A *dwsp|#f is constantly
•II tb* leading fisws of the Utltt lliiao, sod Is
srrsni;Hl In haicljr ilrpcrtm nt#. Ths
FOKKION NEWS
embrace# tpehi dlepelrh-w from nil quarter* of the
globe. Coder the b.nd of
AMERICAN NEWS
■re given the Telegraphic Ihcpatrhee of the week from
•It pet Uof the Union. Thie rewlare alone make*
THE WEEKLY HERALD
ths most yslusM* rhmtilcls In the wnrH. ss It Is the
rhmspsnt. Ktafjr **■k hi given n faithful rpport of
POLITICAL NEWS
embracing complete and compreheneiTe diepetchre
from WtinniOT, In-lading fnll report* of the
■ prechea of eminent poll tic I#Of oe Iheqaeation# of the
Incur.
THE FARM DEPARTMENT
of the WltgtT llttllt glvee the latent a# well ■ the
m.el practical enggeathitu and dieconrlee relating le
the dulitw of the former, hint" for raleing CetTL*.
Pot-LTkT, Omtiva, Tkm. Vttniua, Ac.. Ar, with
•nggeetlon# tor keeping building* and nlenalla In re
pair. Tht* la mpptemented by • well-edited depart
ment, widely copied, tinder the bead of
THE HOME,
giving recipe# for practical diebea, hint# for making
riot hi ug and *<r keeping np wtlb the laleet foahlon# el
the teweet price. Kvery Item of cooking or economy
••■ggmted in thie department te practically tee ted by
rtpdSe before pnbtieatiun. Leil.r* from nar Pnrle
and Lnndon ".rr..|'o di-..te on the reey latent fee It
lone. The Home ifepartmmt of the Witut ItlklLo
will eere the honeewlfe more then one hundred time*
the price of the pa|*r. The Inleraete of
SKILLED LABOR
or* looked after, end everything pertaining to me
chan lea and labor earing le carefully recorded. There
ta a page devoted to all Ike latent phneea of the bant
not market#, < rope, tt-rrhendlee, Ac.. Ac A relaa.
hi* feature le found In Ike epectally reported prima
and condition# of
TIIE PRODUCE MARKET.
Aroarr*# New* at bom# and abroad, together wlib
a hroar entry week, a flaaaon by note* eminent di
aine. Lit near. Mimcm.. Itteuiric, rn*mi and
Am Norm. There le no paper In the world thai com
Mine eo morh new# matter arery week aa til# W*-
LT lltnttut. which I* eam, pmtage paid, for One Rah
tar. Ton can ewbeerlbe atony lime.
THS T f ONS
NEW YORK I , In a Weakly Form, \ DOLLAR
IIRRALD f I A TEAR
AW ™**NKW YORK HERALD,
S-l Broadway and Ann street, New Tot*.
For Sale#
A FARM containing Fifty Acres,
and having I hereon erwcled a TWO-PTOHY
FRANK BIILDINO tad out bulldloge. Till#mod.
Inquire of A. JA TIL OKI KPT.
S-tf Colcutllle, Centra cwnsty, Pa,
* k * yft" ,
Wilson, McFariane <0 Co., Hardware Dealers.
HARDWABEI
WILSON, McFABLANE <fc CO.
DKALKKS IN
STOVES,RANGES? HEATERS.
- A LFO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BTJIULIDIEIRIS' HAE/DW-A.K/EJ.
ALLEOIIKNY STREET, .... IIMB' BLOCK, .... MLMWWITE. PA.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE
R. R.—TlniieTalde In effect on and after March
1,1HAI:
Leave* Snow Shoe 6.30 a. B.,arrivoa In Bellcfi-tite
TJM * a.
Lentrea llolW-fonte 9.12 A. M., arrive* at Snow Shoe
11 J • t. a
Leave* rtitnw Shoe 2.30 t. a.,arrive, iu Rall.foiit*
1.20 r. a.
I.eavr. Bellef-mle 4 .45 r. a..arrive, at Kuow Slio, I
7.2 ft r. a. 8. H. I> LA lit, deal Superintendent. 1
BALI> EAGLE VALLEY RAIL-
RtlAD.—Ttmc-Talde, April 29. l-ont;
Kip. Mall. wastWAau. XA*rAfti>. Ftp. Mall.
A.a. p. a. ra. a.a
A 10 7 >2 Arrive at Tvrone Leave 7 S3 1 A*
H :i ft A.'i leave Ku.t Tj rone Leave... T SB * Aft
7AU 8 ftl " Vail " ... 142 •
7 Aft 647 •' Bald Eagle " .. 747 02
f8 a3d " Fowler " ... 7 ft 2 9 W
742 833 " Hannah " ... * ft'' 913
T :i5 A 2ft " Port Matilda " ... * I*l 19
727 17 " Martha " ... *O7 9 2ft
71* (I iff ...... " Julian " ... 8 Ift 932
7 9 ft *7 " I'atoi.villa " ... * 2-t 939
7 (*) ft 4H " Snow Shoe In " ... 8 .12 9 47.
8 M A4A " Mll**t-arg " ... 8 .74 94 k
40 ft 3ft ..... " Indlefonte " ... BLt 07 1
030 ft 2ft '• ftl ileal,urg " ... II ',4 10 ">
02A 614 " Cnrtln " ... 9MS lo li
ft 18 ft lit ...... " M-unl Eagle " ... 912 10 2ft
ft 9 ft 01 " Howard " —9201" 37
J55 440 .... •' Kaglevllle " ... 93* ID 49
ft fto 4 Eft ...... •' Beech Creek M -. 840 >0 ftl
ft 34 433 - Mill llall " ... 98411 l
ft 29 430 '• Flemlngtoa " ... 95711 20
ft 24 424 " Haven " ...10 ol 11 2ft
I >EN NSYL V A NIA RAILROA I>.
1 —-r i'hiUd*-lj>LU nd Krid Di*iln.>—4>i4 nnd
i(U>r DwcrcnLrr lx, IH7? :
W E-HT WARD.
CRIP. XAILIMVH Philadelphia....a......ll *• p n |
•• •• lUrriilrnr|mm.H. 4 '.'i mn
• 4 •• Williainp*>rt A .TA *Hh 1
•• M Luck l!*t**n 9 4f a sr. ;
•* ** ||tOVaa.. M 10 M•Ol ]
•• arriro al Kri,... H *Vp m ]
NIAGARA C.\rftUS \wv Philadelphia- T .■ a m j
** M H-trrUl urg.... 10 '• a n. |
" •• n illUtn*prl. '2 'in pa
M arrlraa at ltaooto*. 4 4 j u i
PM mrng*Co by tliia train arrVa In 1U I>
at . 4 Hfß j
FAST LIRE laaraa PhlMalphla. 11 i* • j
•• 14 llarrisl-urg S ?'• p ;
• M Wllllatupott ...* M e*. M m 7.Vp r*
•• irritM at Ixh •40p m I
EASTWARD.
PAClfir EEPRCNN l*a*e. Ixwk llarwn .... 0 K a m i
•• ** Wil]iama|M>rt... * "a m I
" arrlrr* at Itarrial'tira. 11 Mam j
•• " Phfla<lalphua.. M NPp a- I
DAY EXPRESS jo M • rr
•• M Ie*cll llaVatl. ee. M ..e. II % •
M
M arrive at 1tArrUhfirg............ 4 lupin
•• Phlladalphia. 7 p n
ERIE MAIL laar Ham r., * \\ p m
•* l>rk H>ra>,e..w....m.... 945 p n
M •• WtlliarprtrL. II Ol p m
M kirlvHi it litriflorf I Haw
•• M Philah tphi 7 '■' aaa
FAST LINK 1 Wllllma|-#t 12 5a t*
** trric* at llartjaiaiTg. 3 a r
•• M Plilladrlphia 7 a m
Brie Mail Weal. Niger ftA e.t. leak Haver- i
ftcc.in.efal<'B ftft eat and Dry Ktprew let. ail.
.-l-we eonneetl--n. at Northnmft 'tland with L. ft 0 R
R tmm. f— Wilkeaftarra ami 8. rant, n
Rrle ftl.il Heat. Niagara Evj fr# * Meet, and Let.
Kir-ree. Went, and L.k llav.n Am-wnnlvileii 8 al
make rtnee eonoertlou at ftftililAtnaport w|tn N C. U
W. train, nnflli.
trie ftl.il Went, Niagara Evfre.. Weat. and 1K
hot. make rl-ae eon Dec Hon at Lock Havrv
With It F. V R R train..
K.I. Mail Kat and Weil connect nt Frlewlth train.
• L. S * M. S R R.. Nt Cnrry with O. C ft A V R
R., at Kmte.rinm with R. N. V ft P. R. !!.. an I a-
Drift-em d with A. V. R It
Parlor car* will mn hetween Phllndelphlv ami
William.p.>rt on Niagara Kvpre Went. Erie liprea
Weet, Philadelphia Kiprm. Kaal and Day R|ea.
EaM. and Solxlaj Klpr.a. Fact. Sloping car. n al
night tram.. W. A. It una iv.
Oen'l Snpertnlandent. j
< lIRAUD HOUSE,
VI CORSKKCHKi-TNI T ANI> SIXTH STRI irrS, 1
ran-ADUftnt*.
Thia how., prominent In a rity famed for If. com. I
(hrtai-le hotel,, I. kept In everj re-pect equal to any 1
Urnl-cUe. hf-telA In the oetlrt. owing to the .triii- j
gen.vol In* tloi-a, the i-rlr. i f b-ar-i h. le-t n-l'iied ,
t vnaeg n-liAU |-er day. J ftf KIBPIN.
144* Maaaaee.
ILMOHE A CO.,
V I LAW AND COLLECTION 001'RK,
6*19 F StßrgT, WASMINOTON, IF C.
Make r..|lert|.n>e. Negotiate lean. nd attrn-l In ail
lent nee. r .nflderl to th-wn LAND ffiTHF. S-ldmr'. !
Ad'liil nal llemnleel Bight, atel LAND WARRANTS
Imnghl and add. j
iron
A TRUE TONIC
A PERFECT STREN6THENER.A SURE REVIVER.
IltON BITTERS are highly recommended for all diseaie* re
qniring A certain ami efficient tonic ; especially Indigrttion, Jtyeprpvia, Inter
mittent Fever*, Want nf Appetite. Jam M ef Strength, JjneJt ef Energy, tie. Knrichrs
•he Mood, strengthen* the muscle*, and gives new life to the nerves. They act
like a charm on the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, such
a* Touting the Food, Retching, Ileal in the SlomaeL Heartburn, etc. TllO only
Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give
heartache. Hold hy all druggists. Write for the ABC hook, 32 pp. of
Useful and amusing reading—scat fret,
BItOWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Mrl.
BITTERS
HAMIERT E. PAIXR,
Ul rv>mmt<ak>nrr of PiMU.
BEN j. r. oRAms. rrrmr n LADD.
PATENTS.
PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD,
Attorneyi and folieitort <\f American
and Foreign Patent^
412 Firtn STREET, WASHINGTON, I). C.
Practie* patrol law I* all IK IwanHita la Ilia Palaal
Dfl, and lb* InfWM ml C!lrciUl Ouorta of tho
United BSaUa. I'orapbhl aaad ftaa. <*-!'
f'ih* m<l lli*vl Mi iJii'lbf rr Jl*'le.
ArilmldiiHni f Wop*, Htiohu, Man"
drokie "•' Qandsllon, 1 ""'*' 1 ''>
11. c\urlt-1 ' , O.M • f all olJwr Hilton,
n \ti.'Bi<'-' it aioo ! Purifier, Liver
Rr>.u i •' -I'll luaWKWg
N >i!l*o^*n|" ,, blT'" f linlh
I *4, J i*.;fto.-l*f* u.*ir
Toy * * * *w.
Ta*llnhne ,%mj.JoTin.oMc*- IrneoUrl
lr 1.1 uiln*r/ invuu. <>r who r
H'lirn n AiiiKtiaarVTonf *"• mIM HMmotant.
| II : .ll.tlr.Uir*|V"*W., Without IntOI"
| tcatlng.
K'i what your f#wtlfHPi or tymHomi
aro *. it tiir UlHM<>r Kjjwntint l u Hop
(. ra. I ;rt*tlttitllyommi* tick but If f-Ak
I only ft< I lid or itilw-rsbleA®** Uiem at one®.
R 1 t l*R* * r • 1 buiMirvda.
B F 300 * ; H bo paid for a CAW** tb*7 will not
n r oorhilp. I* fi.t •ufTwrm° , J#* four
Q > 111 1 W|t t toUM Hop B
I V. ">r!t l>rr, Ilop Wttoni Is
■ druukto o<> 4rum but tJ* # d IH
H MiH< -:k • nut lr th M rwtt®
n and IHW* n4 r- rag® or
X inmaaHß
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B norroti • All* K br f*nd #L~^|l
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Battle Crook, Michigan,
i! r rxTTViiixu OF TMI; o*i.¥ osm ivs
Traction and Plain Enginoa
and Horse-Powers.
KMI Coaiiklt Tlmkrj FHIW; I Established
la Ur W.rM, I 1848
n/V Vr ADC "/ mHiiaw —A nwiaftl lit
■c I I CHnO wttlvjut ciMurr ur nam*,
y / rrutuuri Mix-lit, or kxali.*i. '<•" WA du
i bnmd aarwif |I|W aa all aar ywli.
( ..iii|ili |r "itrrtHi null)!*-./ w.oo*o„ tWuia
r .mTrarilon i:eltire*rui Plain l.u*lart
TOR aarn in lie \n>mrn i,,*rkr I
4 >|||l"|| / Ifi-W /-e#wr„ swl Irwri aaatt
f - 11: !.*-<•< h. r Willi mjwrfcw p.fl'.'i/i In <~*urw,
I* - ml •w/wwii nca ilrianioil ?Pi (Ur u*km
I '..ur Br of h",irlr>r, ttxan 8 to 13 kerse
CR (rtljr. /r bmi or JU- j->"
T*o* fcl"Mocntnl *B"T' Poajrw
7i.,(iA nnr. rrri of Hrln-tnl l.oetbrr
(WvUiVVU . /nailm AriiA)
er- --.ft r on lu-.1, It To h. fa 1 boitt tbe in*
| ntniwiU wwnl wurk of oor BaWtrrr
! TRACTION ENGINES <?">
/B nf*. r*< fs •"# *#*< IT \hfjl
_ Piwm r.nd Vhr<—brm-r>n •wrltart il
fc.*-wi*-< -v. "*i~ Ttarwkia
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a CO.
r. -n'c C Ttyk, Miol.iph"
MO\KY i o boati :il < ppr C't.
fll * lJ 1 inr TI;K MCTI'TT I,IRK T*Rll
\xcr, ro or ?iw vokk, ..u
u*m |>ni|tb in •!• ipt l< iba ww
•fel ifett rtrfi|jti( thlrd f tbr pr*til rain* l
tbr Afejr of tl ran W
|ai4 off at any llttip. a4 It hi I * u lW r-oatom of tb#
r' rn|any to |"flit lip |>hfi|| to rr main m* lotif •
tbr Uififtwrr if lh lnln l l |>ruai|illf |i4
Apl'l I"
I CHARMS P PILRRMAR. AUNRNRRNILAAW.
hJ7 Owfl, rtrm, llPAtini, hk,
or to tA\ 1f T. Kt.hß, CM.*# Apjjrmf,
| Ml as. It. fi nt.. Pa.
| J AMMAN'S MOT hi.,
V I Oppu.lt* UmH lloaau, 11X1,1.WrOKTS, tk.
TRRMB 11.3 ft rail DAT.
A 0.l l.>m altar haft. 1-1
BT. XAVIEIi'S ACADEMY,
NRAH LATKOHR, PA.,
VEAIILY half a Century old, from
JLV wbt. b 0> meat pfmutfc.fi! aaft <-ulU**.l arotn*n
la r*nn*jlani I.t* (rmlnatrl. "fl.i. MM Ihomub
Whi. aii.nal atfta and tnabtat alamt.f l at ivftutng In
iMfN Paiilla adiatlUai at an, Hat*. ToaH,
ptu* al-.ot KM.
Ailflrtaa, STSTKSS Op MRRCV,
M Snail,'* V. 0„ VatawnM taup, IV
©he ©eahe democrat.
BILLX7OVT1 1 PA.
NKWB, P'AITTH ANII HUnOPXriONH.
ru* rut ar TUI AARFO*AI wnr*a N ra* IHTlALl
ntiira AID riuarinirr ur Tin r*Kn.
Every farmer in At* annual experience
Umctirere eomelhing of value. Write it and
Trend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DBMOCKAT, liellefonte, I'enn'a," that other
farmer may hare the benefit of it. Let
communication* be timely, and be eure thai
they are brief and well pointed.
The secret of keeping seed corn in
to have it will ripened and well dried,
and then stored where it will keep
dry. Cold will not damage it if rijM
and dry. Of course this pre supposes
that the corn be well grown, hut it is
lion too late to think of that. Select
the best you have, and see that it
is properly kept. I>o it now—it will
lie too late after severe weather
comes.
Notes of the Fair ns seen by a
Farmer.
The terrible drouth bad so dwarfed
the various crops that most farmers
hud hut little worth showing in this
department—and that little seemed
to have been left at home.
Swine were present in full force,
and mainly of excellent quality. Uerk
shires, Yorkshires, Poland Chinas
and Chester Whites were shown in
their purity, and grades of all sorts
were plentiful enough and good
enough to prove the wisdom of using
none but pure breed boars.
Mr. A. V. Miller's Chester white
loar was alone worth a trip to the
grounds to see, and with one two ex
ceptions his whole herd evince good
judgment in selection, and attentive,
regular care, under attentive person
al supervision.
—The inonsU-r potkers shown by
Mr. John Caldwell, said to la: a cross
of pure Chester Whit*- and Poland
China, were a treat for the eyes of
those who think size the chief merit
of hogs.
—Some of the neat cattle tied up
in the exhibition stalls with cards at
tached to them, must have IHTII out
(or the purjKisc of giving them a (ill
up of hay at the society's expense,
giving some one free entrance to the
exhibition as an " attendant." We
can imagine no other reason for their
presence.
A pair of splendid shorthorns
which Col. Shropshire placed 011 ex
hibition—though they were not enter
ed for coin|M.'tition —lost nothing by
contrast with the scrubs spoken of in
the sbovc paragraph.
—Home Air colts were to be seen,
but nothing to indicate that Centre
county farmers are awake to the op
{Kirtunily tittered them by the active
demand ami high prices ottered (or
really good horses.
—lmplement manufacturers were
well represented, and a careftl obser
ver remarked that the agricultural
machinery of to-day seemed more
faithfully made than that article was
ottered some years ago. Perhaps he
blundered, and was comparing the
machines made for exhibition with
tboc " made to sell."
Messrs. Alexander k Co. exhi
bited a combine! stalk cutter and
crusher, and hod(liired a horse power
for the express purpose of giving a
public test of its met its; but through
the stupidity of some one the power
and jack insisted upon runnllig in
different directions, and failed to turn
the cutter at all, much to the disap
pointment of several interested par
ties.
—Tbe veteran innchine seller, John
De Long,of Sugar Valley, wu present
and was as active and full of busi
ness as a boy. lie can talk clear
around many a younger man in ad vo
ting the claims of bis machine. As
evidence we cite the fact that during
the season just closed ho has made
successful sales of over forty-seven
reapers and .mowers for one manufac
tory.
Ik the management <>f swine the time
has arrived when we should make our
selections of the sows we may wish In
breed from another year. These should
be separated (rain those we intend to
market and havo entirely different
management. Tbey should not bo turn
ed out in some field to shift for them
selves, as is too often done, hut fed lib
erally on bone and muscle forming food;
then we will have the proper founda
tion for our neat year's supply of pigs.
Farm Journal
That la very good counsel provi
ded it b found necessary to raise a
new breeding sow. If, however, you
have one which bos proved herself
prolific and a good careful moth
er, we advise you to keep her unlesa
she is getting so old as to lie neating
the end of her days of usefulness in
this direction. We arc very decided
ly of opinion that the plan of per
mitting sows to produce but one or
two litters before killing her a per
nicious error, and tends to rapidly
deteriorate our bog stock. Two fine
litters of thirteen pigs exhibited at
the county fair last week was the pro
duce of a sow three or four years old.
A sows best qualities as a breeder arc
not reached until she has produced
two or more litters, and it is wise to
avail ourselves of them as long as
may be.
Commorcial Manures for Tobacco.
My experiment* with commercial ma
nures for tobacco have not been ratia
factory during the pa*t dry summer.
As previously staled. I used a small
quantity of the Ssrilt sure Huperpbos
phate, Maryland Tobacco l-'ood and Al
fabric I'.one bust, applying them on a
clay loam soil previously manured with
barnyard manure in the drill over
which the plant were lo be set. From
each of the three fertilisers a derided
gain wan noticeable, particularly from
the Maryland Tobacco Food early in the
season. Hut a* the season advanced
the difference in the appearance of the
rows, where the application had been
made and where none was iioed.was leas
visible until at last, when the crop was
harvested, no eflect* ftom any of the
several manures were clearly visible. I
am not prepared, however, to lay aside
all commercial fertilizer* as of no value
from the simple and unsatisfactory test I
have give them. Had the season been
a wet one, the result* might have been
very different.
We quote the above from the To
bacco correspondence of the liural
Sew York , for the purpose of adding
that our own experience was very
aim'lnr in the good season of 1880.
The fertilizer used vat prepared |e
cialty for tobacco, but was not any of
the brands above-named. For the first
four weeks the difference in favor of
the fertilizer was very marked, but
gradually disappeared, and at cut
ting time the rows u|>on which it was
applied were seemingly interior to the
adjoining ones.
Timely Sutrgeationa for next Year
Tobacco Growers.
Among the first things which the
farmer who contemplates tobacco rai
sing should attend to is a place to
raise the young plants or the plant
bcd. The Isds should be pre|ie<l
during the summer or fall previous
to the spring when they are need
ed for use. A few loads of rich muck
or garden soil, free from stones and
rubbish, drawn to some warm expo
sure and enclosed in a frame, will
constitute the present necessary re
quirements. Alibi ral coating of well
rotted stable manure should IK' spread
over the led, to remain there until
the following spring, by which time
it will have imparted its strength to
the soil of the bed. For early plants
a covering of glass is necessary to
exclude cold storms and winds in
early spring.
The importance of securing early
an abundant supply of good plants
has been fully realized dining the last
summer. Report* from the various
tobacco-growing section* of the coun
try are unanimously in favor of early
tobacco. The liest crops arc grown
by farmers who raisfc enough plants
for themselves nnd for their neigh-
Imrs also, reserving- of course, the
earliest and best for their own use.
Thus they secure enough of the liest
and strongest plants to meet their
own requirements early in the season,
which gives the plants time to liocotnc
well established in the soil tMffore the
approach of the dry term, which has
this season proved destructive to late
tobacco generally. There have been
a tew instances during roy tobacco
growing experience when late tobacco
lias been belter than early, owing to
storms of wind and hail, which im
paired the earlier and larger growths
most; yet I think lam safe in saying
that in eight seasons nut of ten the
outcome of early planted tobacco has
tiecn most satisfactory to both grow
ers and purshasers.
Planting and Prunning,
The autumnal planting season is at
hand. It is the best, the safest, and
the most convenient time, if no dsn
gerous procrastination is allowed.
There is great risk in planting after
October in Northern laiitudee, but, if
unavoidable, tbe earth must be tarn
mod into the closet contact with every
root, and measures taken to fend off
wet and frost. Kxcepting for those
planting on a large scale for market
purpose*, it b always best to go to a
local nut-aery, where sorts are grown
that suit tbe soil and air, where your
own selections can be made before
digging; where the trees are obtain
ed assuredly fresh and sound; and
where the responsible grower of them
is known and located. It b by no
means essential that a tree be straight
If It b not so set with short crooks as
to be past atraightsning. A stem
may be as curvilinear as a C oraa S,
yet if not too rigid, a atalce act be
hind the carve and with bottom and
top of the atcm tied up to it, will
make all aa trim and straight a an
I. If thia ia done before growth has
entirely ceased —aay early in October
—the tree ia better than one always
grown straight, and for thia reason
—that the strain,by impeding the aap
circulation, will give a tendency to
the formation of fruit spurs and blos
soms buds, while free, uninterrupted
growth tends solely to wood. A
stuked-up tree will perhaps show a
one-sided head, but the pruning that
is necessary on a transplanted tree
takes this all off, for the tree general
ly should lie reduced by the knife to
a clean, hare and shortened mere
stem.
Labor on tho Farm-
As the labor problem is one of the
most difficult that the farmer has
to deal with the plans of the farm
should be arrange with reference to
it, so that the greatest economy, con
sistent witli efficiency, can be practis
ed. The order of the crops in rota
tion, and the system of feeding and
care of the live stock, will determine,
to a great extent, the importance of a
distribution of labor, advantages of
lalior. Thia is one of the great
advantages of a mixed husbandry,
that cannot he so readily practised
in an exclusive system of special
culture. It would he desirable un
der favorable conditions, to arrange
the details of management, so that
work could be profitably provided
for a fixed and uniform force through
out the year. I 5J t this means it
would be possible to avoid paying
high prices for extra labor during the
season of harvest, and it would at
the same time be for the interest of
the farm laborer, who could thus ob
tain steady employment.
Under a well planned system, it
would not lie necessary to make any
marked increase of working force on
the average farm at any season of the
year, if full aduptilage is taken of
the improved farm machinery that
can now be; readily obtaind for a var
iety of purposes. In the cases whare
it is not |>osai!!c U> secure an exact
uniformity in the distribution of la
bor, it will tie best to make as close
an approximation to it as possible.—
Dr. MANLY MILES, in American Ayri
cuhurid for October.
Stock Feed for Fell and Winter.
In view of the certainty of the
scarcity of corn and of high prices
for all sorts of food for live stock
during the coming Fall and Winter,
farmers caonot lie too careful of the
supply on hand. Straw and corn
fodder are sure to Ire much more
largely used as supplementary feed
than heretofore, Rather than over
economise bv reducing the feed of
stock too much, however, would it
not be lielter to weed out one's herds
and flocks and dispose of all inferior,
animals early—before they have di
minished the feed supply of those it
will pay to keep? With animals in
tended for market it is more econom
ical to give them full bed so as to
have them ready for sale as soon aa
|Hissihle, rather than to reduce their
ration and lie form! to keep them
longer. Now is n good time to lay
plans for oconomizinii feed during
the corning Winter, which nearly all
the weather prophets predict will
lie a long and very severe one; and
in this connection it must be borne
in mind that shelter for stock from
its severity is equivalent to a large
saving in their feed.
POTATOES arc Jewels this year.
They sre worth a fine price now.
What the value will he in midwinter
or early spring is a matter of conjec
ture, hut it hardly seoma possible
that they can sell for less than $1.50
per bushel. At any rate they will be
high, ami it behooves every grower to
tuke the boat care in storing and
keeping them. Another point, and
an im|>ortant one to the man who
sells, is to see that the potatoes are
properly sorted. Take a bushel of
large potatoes and put with them a
peck of small ones, mix them well
and measure again and see if the lot
measures any more. It is easy to
throw away 26 per cent, in this way.
Sort the tubers and sell those of uni
form size. Really they should be
sold by weight, then sorting is of no
consequence; but when will growers
and market men come to their sense*
in this matter?—/ormerf' /feeiev.
LATE CHICKENS. —Late chickens
can be made more profitable than ear
ly ones. Chickens from eggs set in
August and September may kept
warm in a tight, giaied bouse, and
fed so that they will grow continually
through the winter, ami if they coma
later all the better, if they are well
kept and fed. The early broods wilt
be salable at good prices when the
market *ia bare of chickens and the
later ones will furnish spring chicken*
long before the usual supply comes
to hand. Spring chickens hatched
in fall, or even in winter, are rare, bat J
not entirely unknown to a few per
sons who made the discovery that
with good feed, warm quarters, a
warm mess at least once a day, warm
drink and cleanliness there is no dif
ficulty st all about raising them, and
at a good profit.
IT takes an old woman well versed
in herbs to give sage advice.