THE FARM AND GARDEN. 



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Odds and Cuds 



None are so old as those who have outlived 

 their enthusiasm. 



A calamity Is easier borne for not being pre- 

 viously dwelt upon. 



He who loves to read, and knows how to reflect, 

 has laid by a perpetual feast for his old age 



A man too busy to take care of his health, is 

 like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. 



Mr. Beecher says " a helping word is often like 

 a switch on a railroad track; but one inch be- 

 tw^ en wreck and p. osperity." 



It is said that the pine tree serves as a refuge 

 for more than four hundred species of insects. 

 They must be fond of turpentine. 



"No, sir;" said a practical American, "No 

 bric-a-brac on the mantel for me! It's a nui- 

 sance. Where's a man to put his feet? " 



" I wonder," said Jonas, " why the captain of a 

 vessel can't keep a memorandum of the wcij;ht 

 of his anchor, in<;tead of weighing it every time 

 he leaves port.'* 



The law of the liarvest is to reap more than 

 you sow, Sow an act and you reap a habit; s»w 

 a habit and you reap a character ; sow a charac- 

 ter and you reap a destiny. 



A mail roncmbpred in liis will a miserly old 

 uncle, whose lavois in his youth had been few 

 and far between, by the following bequest: — "To 

 my mother's brother, a gun-flint, and a knife to 

 skin it with.'' 



A gentleman on his travels once observed two 

 Anstrijin officials endeavoring to make out his 

 name from liis traveling trunk. They succeeded 

 at last in deciding that it was " Mr. Veronti SoJa- 

 zer." The trunk was " Warranted Sole-leather." 



Soap Treks.— Among the vegetable curiosities 

 of Florida, are soap trees. They bear berries the 

 size of a marble, which have a yellowish, soapy 

 look, and hard, black seed. They boil the berries 

 to make the soap. But foVks in a hurry use them 

 Just as they pick them. t 



One day an English farmer's wife was cutting 

 alange loaf of brcMd, when she saw a hole in iIn 

 Bide. Following it up, she found il led to Ihf- 

 centre, where there was a snug mouse's nest, 

 made of paper torn into shreds. There reposed 

 In comfort nine little mice, about as laiye as 

 thimbles. The bread was only one day old. 



Cheerier and cheerier rtow the days, 



And the storms are fewer and few^r. 

 Warmer each day grows the sun's glaa raya, 



And the skies giow bluer and bluer. 

 And the wife with only a shawl to her back 



Has ceased her huflabaloo, 

 And crits no more lor a seal-skin sacque. 



And a I'ur-lined circular, too. 



No woman can be a lady who would wiUingl> 

 wound, or mortify another. No matter howricli. 

 beautiful, or cultivated slie may be. if she is om- 

 of those who delight in " taking down '* another. 

 the innate coarseness and vulgarity of her na- 

 ture shows itself here in unmistakable signs, and 

 you naturally infer that she has sprung from a 

 long line of similar ancestry. 



When General Grant was in France, he would 

 not go to see the tomb of the great Napoleon. He 

 regarded it with no more esteem and admiration 

 than he would that of any brigand. The plain 

 republican soldier could not be dazzled by the 

 brilliant career of the great conquerer. He felt 

 only abhorance for this menster who could sacri- 

 fice millions to his own ambition. 



A street-car stopped to take in a passenger. A 

 little b»y on his knees at the window, saw a well- 

 dressed gentleman crossing over, whose immensi- 

 white beard flowed down over his breast and 

 stood out in every direction. Throwing up his 

 hands he screamed in a frenzy of excitement :- 

 "Oh, ma; here comes Santa ClausI" The nc,\i 

 Instant the genileman stood in the doo^ an 

 thei-e was a tableaux in the car. 



for him. It was taken in the hearse to the fam- 

 ily vault, and six carriaL'^es followed the remains. 

 The nonsense of tlie atlair has aslight ottset in 

 the proof it otlered that the dog was appreciated. 

 At the same time, it puts a frightful discount on 

 the common-sense of its owners. 



Dog parties are thestyle just now in New York. 

 Young ladies in upper-tendom, meet in each 

 others houses and bring their darling pets, and 

 the conversation is highly intellectual and im- 

 proving. "Dear, dear," said a beautiful blonde 

 at one of these gatherings, lately, " what a horrid 

 little doggie mine is!" "What has he done?" 

 " Why he has eaten up the pretty little seal-skin 

 sacque I had made tor liim this winter." Chorus 

 of fair ones :— " The bad, bad doggie ! " 



A Vermont man missed wood from his pile, 

 continually. So one night he resolved to watch. 

 As he suspected, it was the work of a near neigh- 

 bor. Carefully gathering an armful of dry wood, 

 he stole away with il. As noiselessly, the owner 

 picked up an armful of green wood and followed 

 quietly, and just as the thief threw down his 

 load, he did the same, saying :—" There, you 

 must burn green wood part of the time, I have 

 to." Then he departed, leaving the other to his 

 own reflections. 



DINNER WAITING. 



The destruction whicli overwhelmed Pompeii 

 eighteen hundred years ago has enabled modern 

 students to study the home-life of the Romans 

 of the tirst century under peculiarly advanta- 

 geous circumstances. The city was buried up 

 and preserved, and when the covering Is dug 

 away we discover jurt how the inhabitants lived. 



A house recently unearthed in the excavations 

 at Pompeii was evidently undergoing repair 

 when the volcanic storm buried il. Painters' 

 pots and brushes and workmen's tools were scat- 

 tered about. Spots of whitewash starred wall 

 and floor. Pots and kettles had been bundled up 

 in a corner all by themselves. 



Dinner, however, had not been forgotten. A 

 solitary pot stood on t he stove, and theie was a 

 brown dish in wailin;^ helore (be o%eu, and on 

 the dish a sucking-pig, all ready to be baked. 



Bui the oven was already engaged with its fuH 

 complement of bread, so ttie sucking-pig had tw 

 wait. And it never entered the oven, and tht 

 loaves were never taken out until altera sojourn 

 of seventeen hundred years. 



The pig and bread bad been there since Novem 

 ber 2;i, A. D. 79. M. Klorelh added the loaves U> 

 his museum at Pompeii,— twenty-one of them, 

 rather hard, Of course, and black, but perfect 1\ 

 preserved. 



She gOULTI^Y yAi^D, 



{Oontinued from page 9.) 



Guineas.— They can be hatched In July to ad- 

 vantage, as they do not roost in the poultry 

 houses. They arrive at a suitable age by Novem- 

 ber, and pick up the best part of their subsistence 

 in the fields. Late guineas always do well. 



The Games.— Of the games, for farm purposes, 

 the Malays ai-e the best, being very large, with 

 full breast meat. A cross of the Malays and 

 Langshan produces an excellent market fowl, 

 and one of the best for table purposes. Next to> 

 the Malay the Belfast Reds, and Black-breasted 

 Reds may be used. 



TiiE Result of Cold.— When the days sud^ 

 denly become damp and chilly, the chicks often 

 have diseases of the bowels, due to being chilled.. 

 The best remedy is to change the feed, and keep 

 iliem warm and dry until the weather becomes 

 warm again. 



Shade.— During July the heat will sometimes 

 be very oppressive, but where the fowls have a 

 run in an orchard thej' can make themselves 

 comfortable. In confinement, however, the case 

 is difterent. In narrow yards, a strip of cheap- 

 muslin or calico stretched across the top of the 

 yards by fastening the ends to opposite fences,. 

 will cost but a trifle, and be very serviceable. 



Young Tuhkeys.— They are now past all dan- 

 ger, and should be given as much range as possi- 

 ble, especially where grass is plentiful and insect 

 food abundant. Aiwaysgive them a good mess of 

 wheat and corn at night, and they will come up 

 regularly without missing once. By feeding 

 them at night, they will grow much faster, and 

 as .size is very important In a turkey, this should 

 not be forgotten. 



DuiLDiNG Poultry Houses.— In building & 

 liouse, always endeavor to get as much ro^^tm on 

 the floor as possible. Place the windows on the 

 ^outli side, and makt the roof tight, in order that 

 the interior may be dvy. The ne&ts should be 

 movable, and the roosts all on a level with each 

 other and as low as thei can be placed conven- 

 iently. A boaid floor is ilie best, wliile taried 

 paper should be used lor lining the walls. 



Savethe Lawn gkass >ok Poultkv.— LawiD 

 grass, bemg cut wlien only h few inches high, 

 siiould be cured and stored away foi' wiraer use. 

 It usually contains a varieiy t)f grasses, wbiohas 

 an advantage. In ttie winier a few tiandlum 

 cooked will be lound invamaijie, and ii may be 

 fed in the shape of dry riay also, it preferred. 

 Any kind of green lood may oe grown and stored 

 away tot winter use ii cut wnci. young and ten- 

 .ler. The diflituily with matured hay is tnal 

 much of it is bard and woody, which is not the 

 rase with Uiwn grass, bat even ordinary hay 

 can be made serviceable by cooktng. Quite a 

 large <ju;intily o( winter food may oe stored up 

 II om a small lawn, and Il»s is an excellent 

 1 ime for doin^ so. 



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Buried Like a Dog.— A little. Fifth Avenue 

 dog died after being the hou.seliold pet for twenty 

 years. A beautiful casket, covered with white 

 satin and ornamented with ribbons, was ordered | 



Al.so"Ho\v to Use a Kaz< 



WHERE DID WE GET THE IDEA? 



we pick up Ideas Ironi eveiy source. 



Tlie "boys" tell ua 



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sl)t)wn ; they are 



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I'le. Price, bv mail, 



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;nife, 50 cts.: Ladies' 



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