I'roffM.iioHttl ( Vffrfli
VJa ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ItKLLKfONTK. PA.
Hpaolal Attrnttm gimn to tho collection of claim*.
Oi • adjoining ltro krrhofT Hon***. I i •
'THOMAS .1. MoCULLOUGII,
X ATTORNKY AT LAW,
IHIII.tPHBCRO, PA.
Offlw In AltMirt Ownn'i building. In tln mom form
rrly mvuplvd by tin* |*|ilh|i*butK HftliklUjfti XilltpftUy.
! >• J
. H. tUftTlfflH. w. r. lUII'IK.
* J IABTINGS & lIKEDER,
J 1 ATTORNEYS AT I.AW,
IIKI.LKPONTK. PA.
'HHraon Allegheny tr*Mt, two diMira ciwt of the of
fit .• occnpled by !(•• rtrui of Yoctltn A Hasting* 4HI
. ||. TOCIM. M. It AMII ****.
\'OCUM A- HARSH BERGER,
1 ATTORNKYS AT I.AW.
lIKI.I.KrONTK, PA.
Ofltcenn N. K rornar of Dlamoud and Allegheny-at.,
In Urn rmm lot.-lj ijo.d !•> !"• in" A llaating*.
WILLIAM A. ALTA.-I, PAVIO T. IIIM,
IHAHI R. WALLA. I, MUTLAVUMMI
WALLACE KREBS,
LAW AND COLLECTION tiPPICE,
January 1, IBM. CLRAKPIKLD. PA. '
"
1?LLI8 L. ORVIS,
I J ATTORNEY AT LAW. j
op PICK oppoalte tin* Court tlouae, ou It"' id floor of .
A. 0. Furat'A I'UIIIIIIIK. 5-#tf I
c. T. ALAXANPIA. C. M. POWIX. I
i LEX AN PER it BOWER,
i V ATTURN KYFL AT LAW,
Ikllefouto, PA- , may t conaultad in Engliah or Our I
HI nil. Office in Oanuan'a HulMlug. l-'T j
FIELDING,
1 LAW AND COLLECTION OKYH E,
Ul* CLKARHKI.H, PA. ,
HUM A arB J, wtPLCT ORPHAXf.
1 >EAVER A UEPHART,
I ) ATTORNEYS AT LAW, :
• Hiiro on Allegheny iitri'ct, north of High. Belle- !
lonia, P. Hi i
n l F. FORTSEY,
• ATTORNKY AT LAW,
IIKI.LKPONTK, PA. |
t.aat floor to the loft In the Court lloaaa. i-ly
IOIIN BLAIR LINN,
*1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BKI.I.KFONTK, PA.
| Office Allegheny Street. over Poat Oißca. il-ly
1 L. BPANGLER,
*1 . ATTORNEY AT LAW.
RELLRPONTK. t'EN TKR COUNTY, PA.
a'tantion to ' .ll.rtioin. prarti'in All th*
Curia; Conanltatlona In Herman or K gilah. 1-ly
0 8. KELLER,
• ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Oißra on Allegheny Street South aid# of Lynn'a
j at -r", Ballafonta. Pa. '"'j
'P C. HIPPLE,
1 . ATTORNKYAT-LAW.
LOCK HAVEN. PA.
All bnatnaaa promptly at land ad to. Hp
\ V M. f> MITCHELL,
V Y PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
LOCK HAVEN, PA.,
Will attanfl to all work In Claarflald, Cantra and
Ciintun eouotiaa.
offie* oppoalta [ark Haven National Rank. *O-ly
\\r C. HEINLE,
y y a ATTORNEY AT LAW.
RKLLKPONTR, PA
offlra In Conrad IL>n**. Allegheny .tre-i.
Speetal attantiou given to tha collection of claim*
All tiualnaaa .tt-nl-l to |ir.nii.tly Ml
\\ T ILLIAM M<"CULIX)UGH,
V v ATTORNKY AT LAW,
CLKAKHRLD. PA.
All tniiaw promptly fttt*ft4*d to. 1-ly
UK. HOY, M. !>..
• <HfU* In Cor*i lliua*. Abort Fortn*y'*
iKIW, BKLMCruKTE. FA.
Bp*rl*l Attention to Op*rtlt* Surgery and
i ill INflNHMftb WWj|
I nil. JAS. H. DOBBINS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND StROEON,
ikfllca Alleghny St.. over Eelgtar'a Ireng Slora,
.,( ItKLI.KPONTK. PA
I \R. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can
M 1 / tia found at hi* ofllca and realdene* on Narlh
*. la of lll(h atraat thraa di.it* Eoat of Allegheny,
Bell.font., Pa. *"IP
Illiniums Cards.
I TARNESB MANUFACTORY
J 1 In G%rtuaft' N*w Block,
■ BKM.FFONTK. PA 1-ly
1? P. BLAIR,
■ 1 . JKWKLKR.
Wt<-bm, rtiK-ti, ,*wtt.ar. he.
All work uawtly aiacutod. On Allaghany atraal,
Mnder Brockarholf Hon**. 4-tf j
■ DKALF.RH IN PUKE DRUGS ONLY.
■ , V ZELLER ft BON, i
E l a DKCOOISTS.
■ U., Ko 6. Rrnrkarbolf Row £
H I". th* Standard Patant Mcdirlnaa Pr a
H * wriptlon* and Pamlly Raclpa* arrurataly a
Z orapararl. Tnnaaa, Sboaldar Bracaa, Ac., Ac. 3
■ *■" '■ I
o. MtMia, Pr**T. 1.1. M*mt.oaah'r.
■ 17IR8T NATIONAL BANK OF
■ I HKI.LEKONTK,
Allafhany Straat. Rallafonta. Pa. -tf
Miscellaneous.
■ r pHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT
I BOOK and JOB OFFICE
ALLEGHENY BTREET,
BKLLKFONTK, PA.,
IS ROW OPPBRIKO
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO THOME WISHIRO PI RAT-CLAM
Plain or Fancy Printing.
W bY unuatutl facilltir* for printing
LAW BOOKS,
PAMPHLETS,
CATALOGUES,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
CIRCULARS,
m* BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTRB DK VISIT*,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES,
AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKa
MP"Orders by mail will rceW prompt
■ Rtinntlon.
MTPrintinß donn in tbo bndt styls, on
I short notico snd at thr lownat ratna.
OARMAN'B HOTEL,
OpprMltaOonrt II una a, BRLLRPONTR, PA
ERRMA fit* PER DAY
A pnod l.lrarr altarbad 1.1,
1
Wilson Mr Car lane if Co., ware Dealers.
HARDWARE!
WIIJSON", McFAIILANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES? HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BTXIIHIDIEIR/S'
ALLKOIIKNY KTRKKT, .... llllMKS' BLOCK, .... RKLLRPONTE, PA.
j TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BELLEFONTK & KNOW SHOE
K. ll.—Tluif'Tiblo In effect on unci Mftor >l*r b
! 1 , :
Li'av •*4 Buow Bh< < *.'•' a . M.,*rrlvrt In lb*llefuiit
. 7.24 a *
| l.rATf* ItolUfontr V.12 A. M.,*rrlr* Mt luow Hlior
I 11.2 ft A M
f !*•▼• 0Q Shut 2.1" r. n.,Mrrlv*t in llllfoot*
4.20 r. m.
laTAViHi Ufllrfttitr 4.45 r m . arrive At Mnow 8ho
| 7:2*' f M 8. 8. 111. \ 1 It. Ohi I Bii|K*rlutrt.!Bt
HALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL
ROAD —Tinia-Tbia, Aj tll |.a<i;
I Ext'.Mnil. .tw*Rti. i4*T*Bt>. K\p. Mall,
a. H. y M. P "•
! * 111 7 iri ArrlTi- at Tyrona
I a .1 a M Tjruna l.aa,a. . 7 M H '.A
I7 Ml nsi •• Vail " ... 7 U (m
7 M r. 47 " Raid K*gle " ... 747 N irj
I7 4* Kl# " I'i'Wiar " ... 7Si It iri
!7 4i 6 ,tl " llauuah " ... 7 A'i V 1.1 '
!• r, j& " p..rl M*lllda " ... H tat UIB
| 7 al7 " Martha " ... a"I i-''
I7 in I, IM " Julian " ... AI *■ 9 U
I - 9 SST " I iiia.livilla. " ... V *J9
- II 644 " fnow nli'ia In " ... "Si 041
n -iti S4l '• Mll.at.iH* •• ... * .14 44
I,• 4 6:W •• llrllaf..tlla " ... 4 1 967
..Hi 661 '■ Miliwl.nr* " ... nl4lO ua
..1 SIA " I'nrtln " ... 9"AI" 19
„14 5 " Mount Kagla " ... 9li1" ,
. !t 6"I ....„ •• Howard " ... 9 :•> In :<7 |
• M 4.10 „.. " Kigiatllla '• ... 9 .14 10 49 |
, .'J> 441 •• H-"' h Craak " ... 9toI" M
114 4 its •• Mill Hall " ... 9 !.4 II I#
?iw 4HI •' Plamlligtoß " ... 9 .17 II an
ji4 4 'ii " Lock llaran " ...10 "I 11 il
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. '
I —<Philadelphia and Krla Dlrl*lon >—On and j
after Dacamhar li, K'
WKaTWARD.
KillK MAlLlearea Phllailalphla 11 W|> in
■' '• llarrlnl nrg.— 4 ii a m
•• •• WilUamapurt— 4. 11 am
•i <• lao-k llaran 9 4" a m
M " KctioTn., 10 W A m
" trrlYw* * Erie 7:'.* | in
NIAGARA K\I'KKBB |*hilall| hi* "• 2 *l *
•• " lltrrlALurg ... lo Mi i in
• •• \A illitnpirt. 2 2' |- m
" %rrivvt Itroovu. .... ♦ 4" | to
PmM'Ugftm by thl trmio Mrr.ve in It#ll>-
font<* At 4 ?I5 |> to
fABT I.INK
'* M lUrrlsLnrjf.... A3sp Bi
** •• WilllAiniH>rt 730p B>
" irrtiM nt Ic-w* lUtpn t4"p fc
r.As*TW ARIL
PACIFIC IXPRISOO lAAYAf G-k M^B
•• • Mlllhinii|>ort... 7 kit m
'* irrivNit lUniil>nr 11 Mm
M " |'hlMlpl 1.. H A 4* |i Bi
DAY KXPRB9B IAAVAA RAHOV. 10 1. A m
•• •• l,<yk lUtdh 11 2* a bi
•• M WlUiAuiAport. 12 40 ft to
M ftrrlvftftftt IlArrtftborf..w 4 In p m
" •• PbilAalp-1cbift........... 720 in
KRir. MATHamtaa !U * H IS p n
•• b'k ll.trn 44p ,
M " Williftttspori 11 oft | m
'* fti RLRAFT ftt llftrrltbnrg 2 4S A m
PbilAilftlpbU 7 00 0
FAST LIS K Willlftityorf 12 M • n.
" ftfTltAft ftt Hrrtbnrf. A ft* ft m
" " PhilA<llplilA 7ASft m
ERI* MAII WDT SIAFIRA K*PFN Wl|, I/WK IIAI.
Arromraodfttkin W *•!. AND luy RIPRM* PJMI. RN*K
cloiAfotißctl'>ntAt Nrtfthnml-prUn l with 14 B. R
R trAir.• for W UltMitAßrr* and IWvltoa
RRL# MA4I VMI. SLAFTAFA F.IPFMT WAAI, AND Prl
KiitrH WpAt.fttid laorb llrtpii A<-r>mtDawlAti"n Wal.
mk cinnArt4>ii At Hi)llAm|A>rt wltft .S.C R
W trmin* oorth,
KRL# MAII WMI, SIACATA RTPFAA# WMI, AND DFTJ
PvprMA P.AAt. niAk# c|n# coftft AC Unn ftt \a*l llftvri.
With It P. I It K train*
Kri* Mail lUnt And W*•< ronnart At Rr' * with train*
dftl, AN.O.R R.. at f'orry alth 0 * A A V R
R . ftt Kmportnm *Hth B SC. T. k P R R.. AD 1 ft'
Drift wood with A V. K R
pArlor rftr* a*til run l-*lMf> PbilftdflpblA and
Wil|jafn*Drt on Niagara Fipr*** Wnt, Rr# Ktpr*f 1
Wmat. PhiladAlphla Ktpt'M Ra*t and I*ay Ilpfa* f
Ra*t.And Bnnday Kiprrti Rait 81a*piBft far* on al ! ,
niftlit train* Mw A
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<K I
JOHN HARRIS,
SoLK AOBHT,
Urn RRI.LRPOHTK. PA.
MOX KYTo Loan at 6 NTOO.
AJ 1 Br T|||! Ht'Tt'A 1. LIKE IRSCR
AHCK 00. OF HEW TURK, o# 11 rat m.Ttgaa., on
Imprnrad farm prujwety. In atima ant laaa than M,'W.
and not agrawdlng ona-tblrd of Ika prawaat aalna of
th- proparty. Any portion of tha prtnctfial can ha
paid off at any tint., and It ha* haon In* enatotn of tha
oompany In permit tha prl.rl|wl to r-wtaln a* long aa
the borrower wlahaa. If tha lnt< raat la promptly paid.
Apply lo
CHARLES P SHERMAN.Attnroey.aMaw,
•27 Court, .treat, Reading, Pa ,
or to DAYID t. RLINR.Oo '* Appralas.
(■lt RalleffOlte. Pa
For Hnle.
A FARM containing Fitly Acres
and having tharoea arectad a TWCMTORT
' FRAMR St'ILDINO and oat building*. Tlllenod.
taqnlra of A. i. A T. L OKIKSt.
tf-S (I olonvill*, Contra oonntr.Pa
A NOT ICO BIT CNTITI.i:i WOMAN.
(From the (Mob*.j
I
ijfewara. fdffort
The abort la a gfkd llkmrai of Vrt T.ydl* T. Pink
htm, of Ljrtfi. Mas* .wh •h ti ;| < l her human hrlngi
may bt truthfully celled the "Peer Friend of Women,"
miotu* of her correspondents Invotorail her. flhe
U seeluualy devoted to her work, which Is th* outnuna
of a life study, and la obliged to keep alt lady
eeoUtenta U> h*.p her ww-rrthr U'v corrwp.'tvlettre
which daily poure In upon h< r, raw h tiering lta #(•< I*l
burden of suffering, or )>j at re lease from It. MT
VegsteM* Compound la a medicine fur good and hoi
•▼U purpwaa. I have per* naiiy In v. rivaled It ut-i
ui mtlifted nf the truth of this.
(n account of It# proven merits. It li recommended
and prescribed by Ihebrst phydrUna In the country,
one aayn "It work* like a charm and aav* much
peln. It win cure entirely thawunt f.rm af felling
of the uterus. Leueorrhma, Irregular and painful
Meaatnuttlon.all Ovarian TmubUe. Inflammation and
J riceration, Fln ding*. all lH*plar**u*nU and the ct*
j ee]uent spinal weak news, and ha rape- lal.'y adapt'd to
the Fbani* of Life.''
I It permeate* every portion of the rvrtem, and civet
new life and vigor. It rwsnovsw faintneea ftetulen-y,
(ie*tr< v all ere*tnc for stimulant*, and relieve* week
nowe of the H>>me h. It cure* (deting. Header bra,
Nrrvoua Proof ret: on, Geneve! I*eW]|lr pica pl*otnea,
Iwpra—lon and Iw*iifsti<>n. That feep.ng "f bee ring
down,routine .Tain, weight and beck*# he It always
permanently cured by lit uee It will el til time* nod
umler nil rtrrsimntan'wa. nrt in harwv>ny wtth the lew
that governt the female system.
It com only per t*>Ue r r for $f . end le nold by
df .ff.ilc Any ndvica required e* to |*riel reave. end
the names of many who ha*e been restored to perfect
health by the use of the Vegetal le < omposind, ran be
obtained by nMrvwing Vrt 1% with stamp for reply,
at her home In T.ynn. Msnl
For Kidney ( v.mplaint of effkee evt tMa le i
tneirjeaot ae abumUnt testimonials show.
"In link ham • I.or I - x • n* • rlter. • are ■
fAe Vs| in |Ae m/rM f r the cure of (Vwastlpatloo,
Hlllouftwet and Torpidity of the liver. 11'r Hl'wd !
Purtfler work* wonders In lit pcUl 1 and I4*U fair
to erjual the CVwapownd In It* t*>fwUerfty.
All ritd reeporf her at an Angrl of Mercy hrw auU
tnMtV n I* to do r*d to d htnt
Fhliadelpkla. I\ (Xl *ra A. Mfv |
I flsrii'da^Bngs!
?■ HAS BEEfO PHOVED I?
The F.UHEST CUn f .r
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TIIE PATRIOT.
A Pennsylvania Newspaper for
tho General Public.
Th. OAII.V PATSInT I. Ih. ooly noirnloc
si a. Pl.t- r.|.iui
Th I'AII.T PATSIMT mskMs uporislly of r.no.yl*
vsnis n.w*.
Th< DAILY PATRUfT psl>lUh.r th. Akomfstod
now. .ti.l Mtwk.li from .11 point*.
• Th# DAILY rATRIirT iln. .porksl *tt#nu<ia lofnUn
u4 pmAnos msrh#ts.
i Th# DAILY I* ATItI f IT oppowo monopoly, lmsi.t
j and r#nirstlsnttm of politlost p*.##r.
I T#m: |S'' p#r annum, '•trolly in stlrsneo.) or
I t7P#r soonm If not psid In sdrsttr#. | .. r say
pri -I lm than on# y#sr St promotional# rst#s
Tli# WBKR I.T PATRIOT It a larifs, nlshl pa*# par#r,
i|Tot#d to lllsnator#. aftk.ll.ir. # l#no#. manafsr
tnr#a. n#*a. mark#ta. #tr. Imrtl>| IS*' #aoh ntimlmt
will ooolain an llltnkllnn of anm# protnio#nt topic
or r.#nt Thl. I. an attrartlr# frwtnr# hkh r.naoi
tail t pl#aw. Terms II laitmrannnm, Inrartahly In
a.lrano On# c-.ny ,4 th- WRKK I.X PATRDIT and
on# copy of th# l'hilail#lpltla XX I 1.K1.Y TIMKS will
ha #wt on# y-.r for f2> n*#L In adranrs. tbna (l.lng
th. two p.|o r. for th# mlc tlplloti pri## oflh# Tatfaw.
Ow* copy oflht WKKKI.Y I'ATRIItT and on# #nt y of
the IXITTAtIR IIRARVII.an #t-#tl#nl monthly ma
arln#, pnhjlthrd at Oaap.n at SI JW) p#r aaanm, will h#
•#ot ow# y#ar for II 70raah In and.anr# H#nd In yar
•utwrlf tkdi.nl oncw. Addm.
PATRttIT rt'RLISIIIRO CO.,
Il.rrkk.rt, Pn.
PATENTS
PsLsnUnbtstoPd Uirdjgti ua am io*lo#d In to#so
PmrtnimKO. .pi Isnm ami splendid i:iu
tmi* wpwßiyrstw.M.tesfir^iwwnUwPwiamm
r?r wi tM * • rmoti
* CO, rwsttt Sorted
*m. rayq sTacfamrtc AMtSMAt. n iwt Row.
low Tort. nnndbordtepadPoaMMrfttW. _ >
Srtrt A *IU, Hi a'day at hems •aatly sad*
i it Costly OWtSt Ik*#. Sddr.*. TRCR * Cf, An
gnats, Maine U 1)
She Centre democrat.
BKLLKFONTE, PA.
AonicT7LTtrnAi-.
NKWH, KACTH ANI> HUOOKHTIONH.
ntr tin M TII National. wtaraas I TH* INT(LLI-
Hverij farmer in h it annua/ e r perienet
itiacover* eumething of value. Write it anil
tend it In the "Agricultural Editor of the
DKMOCKAT, Itellefunte, I'enn'it," that other
farmer* may hare the. benefit of if. Let
eornmuniratinni be timely, ami be xure that
they are brief anil well pointed.
Wk greatly rejoice in the manifest
prosperity of the American Ajrieultu
ri #% arul take pleasure in calling the
attention of our farmer readers to the
very great improvements exhibited
by the Octobt r number, an advance
copy of which has reached our table.
Among agricultural periodicals the
Aijririilluri.il has Iteen the leading
representative for many years, and
lias so often and so thoroughly trav
eled the round of the seasons in its
advice, suggestions and relation of
experiences for the farmer, that the
mould of monotony seemed to be
creeping oxer it. WiMi the Oetol er
number, however, this has entirely
disappeared, and a new departure has
I teen made upon which we heartily
congratulate the publishers and their
many readers. The subject matter of
this issue is as fresh, spicy and read
able as can be, and at the same time
soun ). conservative ami practical*
A xi i x handsome, rn-xv design illumi
nates the cover, while new type of
the very plainest and clearest pattern,
excellent paper, and first-class press
work combine to make it a pleasure to
read it. The one hundred (and oxer)
original illustrations which adorn it
arc models of accuracy and cleanness,
and at least three of them —"Autumn
Reverie*,'' "Oetolx*r" and "Farewell
to the Woods," well deserve to be cut
out and handsomely framed. Not
withstanding all their improvements,
involving, as we know they do, a very
large expense, the price will continue
as heretofore, to be $1,50 |x;r xear.
The American farmer who does not
subscribe to and read the Am#*rtVvm
Ayricu/turiet fails to live up to his priv
ileges.
Ripening PearH.
Ffrirjl the* Affriri||tart
Pears properly ri|x*ned command a
readier sale and higher prices than do
those which are marketed as soon as
they come from off the trees. The
demand for which you wish to cater
lias, however, much to do with this
matter of ripening, for it would he a
very question able policy to ripen the
|x*ars well and then ship them to a
commission merchant in some dis
tant city lor sale, where they would,
very likely, be two or three days
more in reaching the consumer. In
such cases the pears should be ripen
ed hut little. If not more than forty
eight hours from the consumer—this
Is including all ordinary delays—it
pays better to ripen the pears before
shipment, as it gives them a color and
luciousness which consumers fully
appreciate and are willing to pay
well for. Pick off the pears by hand
as soon as they will leave the stem
freely, and carefully convey them to
a cool, airy room, a second-story one
being the best, as it is free from
dampness. Spread common blankets
over the floor and on them spread
the pears, just close enough not to
touch each ot her. Other blankets are
then spread over the pears, the room
darkened, mud the f.nit left until
ripened and nicely colored. Each
day the pile should he carefully gone
over and all the ripened, aa well as
the specked fruit, removed, fresh ad
ditions of unripened fruit being made
from time to time, as the supply lasts.
Clean Cider Barrels.
Cider making is now close at hand,
and oh! barrels must have become
very musty and mouldy and wholly
uoQt to use without a thorough fumi
gation. A scientific journal gives the
following receipt for effecting this,
which we hope it may do :
"To clean cider barrels, pour in
lime water, and then insert a trace
chain through the bongbolo, remem
tiering to fasten a strong chord on
the chain so as to pull it out again.
Shake the barrel until all the mould
inside is rubbed off. Rinse with wa
ter, and finally pour in a little whisky."
This is simple enough and would
seem to meet the requirements.
Really floe cider cannot he expected
when the barrels are not perfectly
aweet and clean. Put if any of our
cider-makers have a better or other
tnethoda than this, we ahall be pleased
to find them , and to be of use this
reason they should be communicated
at once.
New Strawberry Bode.
tinrfiiatilown Telegraph.
From time to time we have said a
great deal on the subject of planting
out new strawberry beds. Many fail
in their effort to secure beds that
will yield them satisfactory crops for
at least three or four years without
resetting, for the reason that they do
not go right about it. Of course the
ground should Ix: rich, dug pretty
deep, made line and friable, and the
plants, while they should not he set
deep, should Ix; firmly pressed into
the soil. The plants must of course,
be young, having never fruited ; and
if they are the product of other
plants that have never fruited, by re
moving the blossoms, tliey will be
all that could he desired. This how.
ever, requires labor which will not
always IXJ bestowed upon them. Rut
what should always be done is to
transplant the young vines—it is not
even too late yet —into well prepared
ground, or in pots, where they should
remain two or three weeks, watered
twice a day, and then set. out in the
IMMIH where they are to remain, say
fifteen to eighteen inches apart: but
before setting out surround the roots
of each with a hall, not to compact,
of loose earth, plant firmly, as we
have already said, and water fre
quently during the warm weather;
cover lightly with straw the lat. of
November, which should is* removed
the middle or last of Match : and
then, if the bed is kept clean of giro*-,
and weeds, and you are not rewarded
with a full crop of fine berries give j
|up the attempt to raise them evt r
after.
Wucdf Goinir to Boc*l
j nrm "in Ami-limn Xf ri'uliun.l
| .lust at this season, when euiliva
j tion is mostly over, and the main
• crop harvested or laid by, we are
most HI danger of allowing our old
l enemies, the weeds, to go to seed,
j This is a most culpable and ex|K'iiMve
| practice, entailing untold l ifxir in
future years. We have had in hand
, the present season, an old garden,
where every weed was left undisturb
i ed, and no crop was planted last year.
Their name is legion of almost every
• variety that infests < 'onnecticut soil,
siul some that we never met else
i where. Pig-weed, milk-weed, dock
and burdock, dandelion, fennel, mus
tard, quack-grass, plantain, purslain,
jack-in thc-pulpit, mallows, and divers
other sorts have sprung up in their j
season, and disputed possession with
the crops planter!. There is only one
excellence about them, they insure
frequent cultivation of all crops, if
you would have any harvest. The
lattor of subduing one year's seeding
of these |x*st is immense. In the
garden especially, no weed should
ever he allowed to go to seed. When
one crop is off. put in another, and
when the last is gathered, plow, or
rake, or harrow, and let flie frost
have free play in the soil.
Bono Manure and How to Make It.
r<f of w##kiy I'im
As bones are so valuable for ma
nure and form the base of eommer- '
cial phosphato of lime, the question
is often ssked : "How r an the farmer 1
make them available
The simplest or easiest way to use
up the bones which the farmer has
who makes no special effort to gather
them from abroad, is to mix them ;
with hard wood ashes. The hones
and ashes should lx> placed in a har
rel or hogshead, according to quanti
ty; they should he shaken together
so that the ashes touch every part of \
the bones, then wet with water, just
enough to dissolve and release the
potash in the ashes, but not enough
to leach the potash to the bottom of
the barrel. The potash dissolves the j
gelatine or glue which hind the phos
phoric acid and the lime together,
and the bones can then lx> easily
crushed, in fact If its work has been
done well the shin bones of an ox
can he picked to pieces, or crushed
with the fingers. Then pound and
mix the dissolved bones and ashes
together, and a valuable manure is
produced composed of phosphoric
acid, nitrogen, potash and lime. If
the ashes are not moistened enough j
the potash will not act; if too wet it
will leach to the bottom and fail, so
care and judgment must be used.
Olve the Barnyard Manure to the
Wheat and Phosphate to the Corn.
Cor. of !>'• Pruw.
The phosphates have been proven
to give as good results on sod corn
as on wheat; .ought wc not rather
apply tlietn to the former and save
our barnyard manure for wheat, or at
least for spring crops, such as pots-'
toes, millet or fodder corn, immedi
ately preceding wheat? Instead of
demanding a highly soluble fertiliaer
which will flash in the pan on the
wheat crop, had we not better supply
s larger quantity of the chea|ter and
less soluble compounds which will
reserve more of their strength for the
graaa crop?
THE principal food of the farm
laborers of Orkney Islands | oat
meal, potatoes, fish and milk. Bread
of fine wheat flour does not give j
strength to work, and English tour-'
lata express surprise at the apparent j
vigor and youlbfulneaa of the Orkney j
octogenarians.
Clean, Dry and Shallow Seed Bed,
Cor. tit Rirl tinw Y'/rkr
In the case of wheat, new begin
tiers are almost certain to err in pre
paring a deep and mellow seed-bed.
i The error is so nearly a universal
one that wherever it is seen to exist,
, there wheat will he found to be a
eampurutively new crop. Thus, with
in the upper cotton belt in .Southern
Tennessee and Northern Georgia, the
popular idea prevailing that too much
land and labor are devoted to cotton,
recourse has been had to the winter
wheat crop, and large acreages have
been plowed and sown, upon which,
in almost every case, the curse of a
loose arid spongy seed-bed may be
recognized. But in sections where
the wheat crop has been more or
less a success tor half a century, the
j cultivator strives for a clean, wcll
drained an ! compacted sub-soil, and
no more than three or four inches of
a loose and mellow seed bed, which,
.the seed being once sown and cover
ed, he thereafter makes as solid as
j possible by the well-weighted roller,
! or where the land is very cloddy, by
the heav\" Irag planks.
Plaster After the Harvest.
A New York Tribune correspondent
' says : "Afii r the grain is harvested,
| it is a well known fact to all observ
ing farmers that tie surface of the
groun ! becomes vety dry and parch
ed, and the seeding, especially timo-
J thy, dries up, turns brown, and very
j oflt ii (In -by wholesale. The cva|io
ration from the stubble only makes
the matter ors<- by making mote
In-at awl dryness at the surface. A
bountiful sprinkling o( plaster at
this time will help to arrest this
evaporation, retain the in .Uture and
cool the soil, thus |re venting the
delicate plan's from withering and
drying up. It would undoubtedly,
in time of drought, pay to renew the
plaster sowing in a couple of weeks.
Blaster is the least expensive fertili
zer to purchase, and under the < ir
eurnstanees descrilied it is undoubt
edly the most effectual. It costs
altout twenty cents a hundred. It
may lie sown broadcast or bv ma
chines which have an attachment for
the purpose. On a still day, sowing
out of the hand is not ao very dis.
agreeable work. Ibe team and wagon
should be kept at band, to prevent
carrying, which is the hardest part
of the lalsir. It used to be a maxim
I that farmers who used most plaster
had the most haystacks; and there
is no reason why the same mav not
lie renewed.'' •
Tho Best Beos.
Italian liecs are considered to be
| superior in the following rog|>eetß :
They possess longer tongues, and can
gather from flowers that are useless
to black bees : this superiority is not
so noticeable in the height of a good
honey harvest as it is in poor seasons,
or in times of scarcity, when the
Italians will often be storing surplus
from red clover or from some other
source not available to the blacks.
They arc less disposed to rob or to
| be rob lied than are the black bees.
They are almost proof against the
ravages of the moth's Isrva. They
arc disposed to remain quietly upon
: the combs while being handled*, which
saves the operator much annoyance
and enables him to find the queen
with little trouble. They arc more
amiable in their dispositions, as well
as more active, energetic and enter
prising.
Becipe for Poultry.
W right recommends the following
for poultry cholera, to be given every
three hours : "Rhubarb, five grains' .
Cayenne pepper, two grains; laud
anum. ten drops ; administering mid
way l ietween every two doses a tea
spoonful of brandy, in rather less
than its bulk of water, with five
drops of McPougaJ'a fluid carbolate
in each dose. Carbolic acid, in small
doses, may be substituted for the
carbolate, if not accessible. The
yards should lie disinfected with car
liolic acid as a measure of prudence,
and for the same rcasen it is better
to separate the sick from the well
fowls, although the disease is not
proven contageoua." Any treatment,
to he effective, must begin at an
early period.
PROBABLY the very best way to
protect wheat in the bina from the
weevil is to thoroughly fumigate the
bina with burning sulphur. Thia
should lie done liefore the grain is
put into the bina, ami repeated in
the course o f a month or so after the
grain is stored. Some persona use
lime and salt, but there is nothing
better than sulphur.
Ira breeder keeps several varie
ties some of one variety will lm
j bred as close as possible to another,
which he may have. But few breed
er* possess an eye sufficiently critical
to breed several varieties and keep
them in perfection of form, color and
points, as one breed must follow at -
other to some extent.
To prevent the hair from falling ♦
out, the common application in Ori
ental countries is the bruised bull*
of the Asphodelus huibosua,garlic or
onions, mixed with gun|iowder.
Ir you would profit by stock rais
ing, deal only in pure bloods.
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