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vOWN In the vil
lage there were
going to be great do
ings on the Fourth
of July, and the chil
dren of High Ridge
Farm were wishing
I that they might go
to see the fun. There
were three of them
Sadie and bessle and Joe; and Joe,
being the only boy in the family, had
an idea that he ought to be allowed
a little more freedom than hU Bisters.
They were only girls, anyway, he
argued, and girls had no business In
a crowd, especially when there were
bombs and cannon to be let off; but
a boy well, a boy could go anywhere
and be safe.
But Mr. Dayton, Joe's father, evi
dently held a different opinion, for
he said, very decidedly, that Joe could
not take part in the village celebra
tion. "Best place for boys is home,
he added, as he went out to the Held
with his men. And Joe knew that ar
gument was worse than useless.
But In his way Joe was just as de
terminod as his father, and if he
couldn't go to the village he said to
himself, he would have a little cele
bration of his own at home. He had
some pocket money hidden away In a
little old trunk up in the garret, and
with that he would buy all the fire
crackers he wanted. He would And a
secluded place, far enough from the
house to Insure himself against de
tection, and there he would let them
off.
It did not occur to him then that
be would have rather a lonesome time
of it letting off his firecrackers by
himself; but a few days later, when
the Elton boys and Jack Hardy came
Into the store where he was buying
his firecrackers to make their own
purchases, his secret became all at
once too good to keep. The result
was that the other boys agreed to
AN ANNUAL EVENT.
Great Fourth of July Bonfire on Gal
lows Hill, Sulem, Mass. A Pile
of Fuel Eighty Feet High.
Mary H. Xorthend, Massachusetts, in
Leslie's Weekly.
join iorces wun mm, ana it was ar
ranged between them that they would
have what they called a "bang-up
good time" all together.
The place decided upon was a strip
of uncultivated ground on the out
skirts of the Dayton farm. There
were no dwellings near save a small
cottage which had once been occupied
by an old negro farm hand, and was
now used as a sort of shelter and
storehouse by the men working on
the new railroad close by. The men
would all be away on the Fourth, the
boys agreed among themselves, and
' anyway they wouldn't be likely to
mind a bit of noise. 1
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THE' BATTLE LEXINGTON.
In aeventeen hundred sevenru-ftve.
Right early in (he morning.
Before the birds had Uft their neitsj
Be For the dag was dawning.
A note of loud alarm rang our.
A horseman swiftly flying,
A ringing of the bells, and then
A welling sound of crying
"Arise ye men of Concord lown
Made host your guns to carry,
And let your lovers go ye molds,
lit is no time to marry .
Irbr lot a threot'nlng ermu wolts
'Within our very borders."
So Haste, the messenger cries euf,
"Volt nor for further orders."
All dou the cannons deadly roar
Made havoc for the flying.'
And many were the wounded meru
And many more the dying,
tre long to every country farm
The news came fasr and foster,
Cood news-the news of victory.,
And Id our foes disaster.
And thus the fight of Lexington
Bespoke a ood beginning,
And now the homes that once wercsai
Are full of joy and singing.
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From The Churchman, New York.
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DAYTON V
INGLOMOUlRilMTi
It seemed a little strange to Sadie
when, on the afternoon of the Fourth,
Joe suddenly and mysteriously disap
peared. She was worried about it,
too, for she suspected that there was
some mischief afoot. She knew Joe
better than any one else did,, and she
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LEXINGTON GREEN.
"If They Want War, Let It Begin Here."
Illustration From Thomas Wentworth Higginson ond William Macdonald'i
of tlie United States ." Harper Si Bros.
had felt sure for some days past that
he had some secret plan in his mind.
Suddenly the distant sound of ex
ploding crackers was borne upon the
wind to her listening ears.
"Sounds as if it were out by Uncle
Josh's cabin," Mr. Dayton said, glanc
ing up uneasily from his paper.
"Where's Joe? I hope he len't up
there. I heard the contractor say
the other day he expected to store
some dynamite there, ready for the
blasting. I guess I'll go and have a
look around."
But Sadie was already out of hear
ing, with little Bessie flying at her
heels. If she could only get there in
Rub. a -dub -dub and ral-d-lal.laL
Liberty day has fome again;
Wt'tt forty strong ia wt match along,
time to warn the boys! That was her
only thought. She never for an In
stant doubted that Joe was among
them.
Fear lent wings to the children's
feet, and, taking a short cut across
the fields, they were not long In
reaching the scene of action. A
pungent smell of smoke filled the air,
and as the two girls came in sight of
the cottage the first glance told them
that It was on fire. '
"Stay here, Bessie," commanded
Sadie; "don't go one step further!"
Then, quickly skirting the Bmall gar
den plot, she tore around to the back,
lust In time to Bee the terrified boys
making off as fast as their legs would
carry them. Then, before she could
turn around, she felt herself being
lifted off her feet and carried rapidly
away, and a minute afterward there
was a tremendous roar, a great sheet
of flame shot up Into the air, the
earth seemed to reel and shake, and
then everything grew suddenly and
strangely black.
When Sadie came to herself she
was lying in her own room, with
father and mother bending anxiously
over her and Dr. Buxton sitting by
her bedside with his finger on her
pulse.
"Why, I'm all right," she said, in a
surprised tone. "What has hap
pened?" "It's lucky you are all right, young
lady," the doctor said, with a relieved
smile. "You had a narrow squeak,
I can tell you. It was a mighty for
tunate thing that the Italian left in
charge of the supply store had the
courage and presence of mind to pick
you up and run."
"Where are Bessie and Joe?" Sadie
asked, springing up with terror in her
heart.
"Safe, dear, both of them," said
mother, soothingly.
"Nobody hurt at all thank good
ness," the doctor put in, "though why
you weren't all blown to smithereens
I'm Bure I don't know. Now, 'keep
quiet awhile, young lady," he added,
as he turned to go, "ana tne next,
time there's a dynamite explosion on
the schedule make a point of keeping
out of the way."
Joe Dayton learned a lecson from
that Fourth of July that he never
forgot. Long before Sadie recovered
from the illness that followed the
shock her brother had bitterly re
pented of the deceit that had brought
it about, and had resolved that, come
what might, he would always be
'HUtory
"square and above-board" In the fu
ture. The misdirected firecracker
that had set Uncle Josh's cottage on
fire proved, Indeed, to be the instru
ment of Providence for making a
splendid man of him. Christian Ad
vocate. Favors For a Fourth of July Dinner.
Candy boxes made of white
watered paper emblazoned with flags
and the portrait of Washington will
comprise the favors. These are filled
with that most patriotic of all sweets,
candied cherries. The ices Vlll be
red and white cherries eaten with a
silver hatchet.
LITTLE MINUTEMEN.
nd tut are a band of minulemtn.
Rub -a -dub -dub,
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ftk rat - a tat tat
THE FIRST BLOW FOR
AMERICAN LIBERTY
The Battle of Lexington.
"Stand your ground! Don't fire
unless fired upon; but If they mean to
have war, let it begin here." Captain
Parker.
Such was the courage of the brave
men who shed the first blood In
the American Revolution. It was at
Lexington, and April 18, 1775, wit
nessed the famous ride of Paul Re
vere, and the next day, April 19, saw
the approach of the British along the
Concord road and witnessed the skir
mish between the enemy and the Min
ute Men. This spot is marked by a
huge boulder, weighing several tons,
and properly inscribed with the
THE OLD BELFRY AT LEXINGTON.
declaration of Captain Parker given
at the head of this article.
On a hill near by is an old belfry,
shown In the illustration here given.
When the old Lexington meeting
house was built there was found to be
no place for the bell, so a separate
belfry was erected, and it was from
this tower that warning was given to
the villagers of the approach of the
British on that eventful April morn
ing. To .the citizens of Lexington be
longs the honor of erecting the first
Revolutionary soldiers' monument,
and under Its granite base repose the
remains of the men who gave their
lives in resistance to British tyranny.
The monument was unveiled In 1799,
and stands within a stone's throw of
the Minute Men boulder.
April 19 Is a legal holiday In the
State of Massachusetts, and is known
as Patriots' Day. Why should this
momentous event retain merely a
local significance? Its consequences
affected every one of the colonics, and
the causes which led up to it were
tho common burdens of the whole
people.
That sacred spot of ground is,
therefore, tho joint heritage of all
American freemen.
The editor of the Boe Hive regard
ed It as one of the greatest privileges
of his life to visit, a few months
since, the Old Granary burying
ground In the heart of Boston, whore
Paul Revere is buried. We visited
also the Old North Church, so closely
related to the story of Revere. There
are the tall pews, tho high reading
deBk and the old lantern tower. The
same sweet bells still call the wor
shipers to service. And what a thrill
of patriotism we felt as we stood on
the battleground at Lexington, where
the 135 brave men struck the first
blow for American liberty. The Lex
ington Historical Society is doing
much to preserve the relics and keep
sacred the memory of those men.
Another interesting relic Is the old
Clark house, where Hancock and
Adams were sleeping when Paul Re
vere rode into Lexington. The build
lng was erected In 1699. It is open
to the public and there may be seen
the bed in which these two patriots
were sleeping, the old kitchen, the
quaint cooking utensils and a drum
which was used on the battlefield.
American freemen will never cease
to cherish the names and deeds of
these early heroes. The Bee Hive.
A watch taken to the top of Mont
Blanc will gain thirty-six seconds in
twenty-four hours.
While we are playing our soldier ricH
Each little man thai wants to cam
Honor the heroes of Seventy -sue.
SUSIE. M. BEST.
Clever conception from tke Youth's Companion.
An Experimental riot.
The experimental plot in field or
garden may not be directly remune
rative in a financial way, but its
Value cannot be measured when we
count the pleasure It gives and the
Interest it awakens. These are Items
that make the difference between the
farmers who find pleasure in their
work and those who consider farming
a drudgery. Epitomist.
reserved Eggs Tested.
The Agricultural Department at
Washington recently tested eggs
which had. been preserved four years
In water glass (sodium silicate).
They were found to hnve an unpleas
ant taste, and the white coagulated
In cooking. There was a slight taste
of soda and the white had become
pink in color and very liquid. Eggs
kept in water glass for six months
tasted and smelled like well kept
eggs a few days old.
Clover vs. Timothy For Sleers.
In very carefully and sensibly con
ducted experiments with yearling cat
tle at the Missouri station it was
found that by substituting clover for
timothy the efficiency of the ration
was practically doubled. That is, a
bushel of corn when fed in combina
tion with clover hay produced essen
tially double the number of pounds
of gain that were produced on similar
steers with the same amount of corn
end good timothy hay. What was
found to be true of clover npples al
most identically to cowpea hay.
Weekly Witness.
Work of Lnrge nml Smnll Cows. .
Small cows consume relatively
more feed and produce more dairy
products than large ones. The Jer
seys, per one thousand pounds live
weight, consumed daily during the
St. Louis dairy demonstration on an
average seventeen per cent, more
nutriment than the Holsteins, twen
ty per cent, more than the Swiss and
ever fifty per cent, more than the
Shorthorns; but they returned forty
three per cent, more butter fat than
the Holsteins, seventy per cent, more
than the Swiss and 100 per cent,
more than the Shorthorns. Ameri
can Cultivator.
Tho Spreader.
Corn ground is one of the best
places for the manure. A top dress
ing of only five or sic loads to the
acre will show good results. A thin
coat over- a large area will bring
greater returns than a heavy coat
over a small area. The fact that the
spreader can spread a load over a
much larger sp-ce and much more
evenly than can bo done by hand is
a strong argument for its use. No
other tool oa the farm gives us more
satisfaction. We also like to give
thin places in tho meadow n light
coat of manure in tho spring. We
keep nil the manure on the farm
under cover. What is not hauled out
this spring will be used this fall to
top dress the meadows and wheat
ground. Epltoaiist.
Celling Alfalfa Stnrtcc?.
An Illinois farmer writes: "I have
hot been very successful in getting
a stand of alfalfa. I am anxious to
get a small field started and would
like to have some suggestions how
to go at It."
If a stand of alfalfa is the thing
you are after, and do not care much
for a grain crop from tho land this
year, you should give this land a
thin dressing of barnyard manure.
then plow it under, and harrow It
frequently, up to say the middle of
May. Then roll and harrow It. Then
sow twenty pounds of first-class al
falfa seed with two or three pecks
of barley per acre. If ' you are near
a field where alfalfa is growing, scat
ter a few loads of this soil over your
own field. Then cut your barley off
for hay and remove it from the field
88 soou as possible. Don't give it up.
L. C. E., in the Indiana Farmer.
Work tho Ground.
There is economy in putting In all
the work possible on the ground be
fore planting the seed. A well-
plowed, well-harrowed and pulver
ized field is exactly the right condi
tion to start the seed. Good seed
Is hard to kill, but t!-.e more conge
nial germinating conditions we give
It the quicker will It start. A suc
cessful corn grower says: v "I would
rather have one good day's work nut
upon a corn field before the seed is
planted than ten days after the seed
starts growth." Clear the ground cf
all trash and stalks possible; follow
the plow with the harrow and keep
the seed-bed mellow. Ground hand
led in this way will warm up quicker
than poorly tilled land, and conse
quently, the seed will not be so apt
to rot in the ground. Indiana Far
mer. Soil Fertility.
Don't let the truth escapo from
your observation, that soil fertility
Is before production. Therefore
guard Jealously the elements which
secure tho harvests. There is a say
lng in Indiana: "Drive your grain to
market," meaning, feed It to the
stock and drive the stock to market.
There Is no better way to maintain
soil fertility, for it secures the 'en
vied gain while accomplishing the
desired result. Crop rotation if
practised systematically and Intelli
gently, guarantees the same result,
but it is not believed to be as pro
ductive. There are farmers whose
land is not adapted for stock raising;
these will of necessity follow other
means to maintain the fertility of
their soil than by feeding all farm
products to stock. In whatever way
It can be most economically accom
plished is the best way for the indi
vidual farmer, but the necessity of
obtaining it in some way is daily be
coming more evident. Epitomist. ,
Sore Neck and Shoulders.
A little care right now in properly
handling the horses when they are
soft will save a whole lot of trouble
after awhile, and it will save the
poor beasts a great deal of needless
suffering. The spring seeding sea
son is the hardest time on the horses'
shoulders and neck, because the flesh
Is soft and easily bruised, and the
dust seems to irritate now more than
any other time during the year. By
carefully hardening the team to their
work, their shoulders will soon be
come firm, and pads will not be neces
sary. In fact, collar pads are a nui
sance. They are hot and Boon be
come gummed up with dirt and sweat.
and will cause irritation easily. Usn
a close-fitting, well-m jU" Otlftt
Inr, ona that fits the V;!"o" bhoul
der. Break in a new collar on a
horse as you would break In a new
pair of shoes, and then after that
particular collar has become set to
the animal's shoulder, never use it
on any other horse. The changing
about of collars and harness is not a
good thing. Fit bridle, collar and
tugs to suit each horse, and you
will find that the team will work
much more willingly, and without
any worry. Even the best fitting col
lars need daily attention. Keep the
collar clean. Scraping the collar
with a penknife is not a good thing,
because it destroys the smooth sur
face and is apt to leave ridges. One
other thing. We use riding cultiva
tors and other machines or imple
ments with tongues. These, are all
hard on the neck of the team, unless
the collar fits so snug that it cannot
slip up and down with every move
ment .of the tongue. Then bo sure
to set the harness so that the draft
comes direct against tha shouldor,
and not too low or too high. Erlto
mlst. Good Cow r.afion.
A correspondent of the Jersey Bul
letin gives tho following ns the ra
tion he is feeding his cows, with ex
cellent results he says:
We are milking twenty-five Jerseys
and weighing the milk of each cow
and testing for fat every month. They;
are doing finely this winter; in fact,
never did better are giving an aver
age test of better than 5.7 per cent.
fat. We have been feeding a grain
ration composed of tho following:
200 pounds dried distillers' grains.
250 pounds corn meal.
100 pounds cottonseed cicaL
50 pounds flax meal.
Mix, and feed a 900-pound cow.
giving from eighteen to twenty
pounds of milk per day, about six
pounds of the mixture t".""
twenty pounds of r
posed of mixed hay, oat hay and
corn clover. We increase or diminish
the grain ration according to th
amount of milk the cow is giving and-
her individual requirements.
By taking advantage of the mar
ket in the fall, we were able to put
this grain ration together for about
$1,40 per hundredweight, which is
very low for a ration containing
over twenty-seven per cent, digestible
protein, together with the standard
requirements of carbohydrates and
fat. I have been feeding this ration
for nearly a year and a half and I
have never fed anything that seemed
to give better results, both at the
pail and in the general health and
condition of the animals.
Cottonseed meal is a valuable feed
for milk and butter production. At
the South Carolina station it was
found that cottonseed meal when fed
in conjunction with good corn silage,
may be fed to the extent of from five
to sic pounds per cow daily without
afTccting the health of the animals
in fact, keeping them In an un
usually good state of health. Cows
fed exclusively on thl3 diet for a
period of five' months exhibited no
craving for dry roughage, but always
preferred silage to good hay. More
milk and butter fai were produced
during that period than during any
corresponding period. It' is the con
clusion of the station that cottonseed
meal and corn silage form the cheap
est dairy feeds available for the dairy
men of South Carolina.
The Virglnir station concludes that
as cottonseed meal tvheu pure con
tains a larger percentage of digestible
protein than gluten meal and is much
richer in fertilizing constitaents and
can be fed with equal satisfaction
for the production of butter and milk
It should be utilized .'n the place of
the latter. .