THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



III. 



No Secrets. 



The moment a girl Ims a secret from her mother, 

 or receives a letter she dare not let her mother read, 

 or has a friend of whom her mother does not know, 

 she is in danijer. A secret is not a irood thinic for a 

 jjlrl to have. The fewer secrets that lie in the hearts 

 of women at any age, the better. It is almost a test 

 of purity. She who has none of her own is best and 

 happiest. 



In sirlhood, hide nothinj; from your mother; do 

 nothing that, if discovered by your father, would 

 make you blush. When you are married, never, 

 never, never conceal anything from your husband. 

 Never allow yourself to write a letter that he may 

 not know all iibout, or to receive one that you are not 

 quite willing he should read. Have no mysteries 

 whatever. Tell those who are about you where you 

 go and what you do. Those who have the right to 

 know, I mean, of course. 



A little secretivcncss has set many a .scandal afloat; 

 and nuicli as is said about women who tell too much, 

 they are much better ort' than women who tell too lit- 

 tle. A man may be reticent, and lie under no suspi- 

 cion; not 80 a woman. 



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Truthfulness to Children. 



A parent, luilike a poet, is nt^t born — lie is made. 

 There arc ecrtaiu tilings which he has at once to learn, 

 ■or he will have no more iiilluenee over his child than 

 if he were a common stran^'er. To ijain obedience, 

 you must lirst set yourself to deserve it. Whatever 

 you promise your little one, however small the thbv;^ 

 seem to you, and whatever trouble it cost you, per- 

 form it. Never let the doubt once enter that inno- 

 cent mind that you say what you do not mean, or will 

 not act up to what y<ni say. Make as few i)rohibi- 

 tory laws as you jiossihly can, but, once made, keep 

 to them. In what is cranted, as in what is denied, 

 compel yourself, however weary or worried or impa- 

 tient, to .admini.stcr even-handed justice. "Fiat 

 justitia, mat ecelum," is a system much more likely 

 to secure your child's real atl'ection than all the pet- 

 tinur and humorinu: so generally indulcrcd in, to pfive 

 pleasure or save trouble, not to your little ones, but 

 to yourself. — Scniions out of Church, by Misti Mnlodi . 



Felling " The Big Tree " in Calaveras. 



One of the most inji'cnious applications of the aui^cr 

 is that of fellinn trees, especially as practiced on the 

 mammoth growths peculiar to California. It is stated 

 that " the blR tree," as it was called, which grew in 

 Calaveras county, contained half a million feet of 

 inch lumber, and was felled by five men working 

 ■.22' 2 days, making 11'3'; d.iys' labor of this kind upon 

 a tree. This tree measured ninety-two feet in cir- 

 cumference at the base, aeeordiug to statements 

 which admit of no question in respect to genuineness. 

 It was not cut down with axes, but as a more practi- 

 cal method, was bored down with long pump augers, 

 and the wood remaining lietween the holes was cut 

 off with chisels on the ends of long sticks. 



It REQt'iRES ten or twelve acres of land to support 

 one person on meat alone; ibr one acre emplo^'cd in 

 feeding cattle only produces eight or ten ounces per 

 day, and it requires from five to ten pounds of flesh 

 a day to support one man if he lives on flesh alone. 

 The quantity of land required to keep one ox will 

 produce an abundant supply of vegetable food for at 

 least four persons. One acre of wheat, barley, oats, 

 or corn, will support two or three persons; one 

 acre of potatoes or yams, enough nourishment for 

 nine persons; and Humboldt estimates that an acre 

 planted with bananas issufficient to support fifty men. 



A FARMER in England, suspecting one of his dogs 

 of sheep killing and worrying recently, gave him an 

 emetic, the result of which was to bring up some 

 flesh and a sheep's eat corresponding to that of one 

 of the sheep whose ear had been partly devoured. 

 Should any farmer desire to test a suspected dog, 

 he has only to give him a teaspoonful of salt and half 

 the quantity of mustard, dissolved in warm water. 

 For a permanent cure, amputate his tail just behind 

 the cars. 



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Mr. William Nekton, of Henrietta, N. T., 

 writes the American Jinral Home, that the practice 

 of plowing in clover for wheat is one of poor eeouomy, 

 .and not as certain to give good crops as formerly, 

 and runs out the land. It talves two years to produce 

 a crop of wheat. The clover is worth more to feed 

 to stock than to plow under. And the manure from 

 it so fed is nearly equal to its value for plowing-in. 



To Corn Beef in the Pot. 



Cover eight or nine pounds of lean beef with boil- 

 ing water, and add one teacup of salt, and boll until 

 tender. It will bo found much nicerthauwhcu corned 

 iu brine. 



To Keep Swine Healthy. 



Give hogs plenty of pure water to drink, and keep 

 within their reach eijual parts of wood ashes, com- 

 mon salt and flour of sulphur, and you need not fear 

 the hog cholera nor any other disease. 



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