THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



175 



Clover hay, cut fine and cooked or scald- 

 ed, makes an excellent mess for the hogs, 

 especially if a small quantity of meal be 

 sprinkled orer it. The hog should have 

 bulky food as well as the horse or cow. 

 To feed it on concentrated food exclusively 

 will not bring as good results as mixed 

 diet. 



BROWN'S RED BARN. 



Us folks of Punkin village have had a monstrous loss 

 'Twas not a line-bred Jersey cow. nor any racin' hoss; 

 For pesky trifles sich as them we wouldn t care a darn, 

 But we one and all regret the loss of Brown's red barn. 



Of good ole Punkin village 'twas the center and the 

 pride; 



'Twas admired for twenty miles aroun' about the coun- 

 try side ; 



Ole Deacon Tompkins' windmill is a smashing big con- 

 sarn. 



But it 'traded no sich 'tention as did Brown's red barn. 



It stood atop of Winnow hill, where neighbor Brown re- 

 sides, 



And letterin' of varus kinds was writ on roof and sides 



For instance, mottos sich as these: " Try Baxter's pep'- 

 ment gum*" 



" Please call at Holt's, in Centerville, for fine New Eng- 

 land rum." 



Before that barn was built a train would give jest one 



short toot, 

 But sence 'twas built each passin' train has gin a grand 



salute; 

 It made the town look city like its signs and walls of 



red 

 Were jest in city style at least, so city folks have said. 



Las' night 'twas burnt to ashes, and 1 tell ye 'twas a 



sight- 

 In town and fields aroun' about 'twas more like day than 



night; 

 The Punkin village fire brigade were there and did their 



best 

 They saved the horses and the cows, but couldn't save 



the rest. 



The second-handed injine it broke down within an hour, 

 And arter that to quench the flames was not in human 



pow'r; 

 The hungry flames 'ere mornin' gobbled up the hull con- 



sarn. 

 And to-day there'a naught but ashes left of Brown's red 



barn. Boston Globe. 



OPPJ<=ED GOVERNMENT S 

 The American Society of Irrigation 

 Engineers at its last session in Denver, 

 Colo., adopted resolutions opposing the 

 idea of government action in the building 

 of irrigation reservoirs and canals, but 

 advocating a government commission to 

 look over the arid territory and make 

 suggestions for the aid of the states in the 

 work. The permanent headquarters were 

 established in Denver. 



LITERARY NOTES. 



McClure's Magazine will begin in the 

 January number a series of "Life Por- 

 traits of Great Americans" with repro- 

 ductions of all the existing portraits of 

 Benjamin Franklin known to have been 

 made from life. There are fifteen such 

 portraits, and some of them have never 



been published. Mr. Charles Henry Hart, 

 probably the highest authority on early 

 American portraits, is collecting and edit- 

 ing the material for the series, and will 

 add introduction and notes giving the 

 history of the several portraits and what- 

 ever is interesting in the circumstances of 

 their production. There will also be an 

 article on Franklin by Professor Treat, of 

 the University of the South. 



Scribner' s Magazine began with Jan- 

 uary, 1887. The issue for January, 1897, 

 celebrates the opening of a new decade. 

 A great programme has been announced 

 for the coming year, and several of the 

 series will begin in the January issue 

 notably the series on "The Conduct of 

 Great Businesses" beginning with " The 

 Department Store" described by Samuel 

 Hopkins Adams, of the New York Sun, 

 and illustrated from actual scenes by W. 

 B. Leigh. 



The Review of Reviews for December 

 publishes a fac-simile reproduction of 

 President Cleveland's famous telegram to 

 Indianapolis in September last forbidding 

 consideration of his name as a candidate 

 for renomination. This message has been 

 generally misquoted by the press. It is 

 worded as follows: "My judgment and 

 personal inclination are so unalterably 

 opposed to your suggestion that I cannot 

 for a moment entertain it." The telegram 

 was addressed to the Hon. Daniel G. 

 Griffin, chairman of the New York del- 

 egation. The Review now presents the 

 original autograph as a "foot-note to 

 history." 



The Century Co. had accepted Dr. Mit- 

 chell's new novel, "Hugh Wynne, Free 

 Quaker," for book publication, and it was 

 to be issued this autumn. A large edition 

 had been printed and advance orders had 

 been received from the trade, when the 

 strength of the story and its probable 

 drawing power as a serial in The Century 

 decided the editors of that magazine and 

 the publishers to suppress the book for a 

 year and use the novel first in The Century. 

 Those who have read the story consider it 

 not only Dr. Mitchell's masterpiece, but 

 one of the really great American stones. 



BERKSHIRE, Chester White, 

 Jersey Red and Poland China 

 \PiGS. Jersey, Guernsey and Hol- 

 I stein -Cattle. Thoroughbred 

 Sheep, Fancy Poultry, Hunting 



and House Dogs. Catalogue. 



s. W. SMITH, Cochranvllle, Cheater Co., Peiina. 



