Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. 581 



influences impersoned in those purple clusters, and if the coming 

 man does not drink wine, will find out some less objectionable form 

 for this subtle sun-essence. 



How TO Manage Xight-Soil, 



A correspondent in Dayton, Ohio. — " I have an opportunity to get 

 night-soil from the city. How can I manage to deodorize it and 

 prepare it for handling at this season of the year, when dry earth 

 cannot be had ? " 



Mr. J, B. Lyman. — Dry muck or peat is even better than dry 

 garden mold. But in the absence of both he can handle it with little 

 inconvenience, and at the same time add to its value by having 

 several barrels of sawdust or fine shavings moistened with diluted 

 sulphuric acid. Throw several shovels of this into the bottom of the 

 cart, and scatter them in freel}'^ as the manure is thrown in. Then 

 cover the top with a layer. Copperas water would serve as a substi- 

 tute for the sulphuric acid and water, and plaster of Paris would prove 

 a good deodorizer. So would quick-lime, but it would burn the 

 strength out of the manure unless it was composted with muck. 



Tribute to the late E.. G. Pakdee. 



Mr. S. E. Todd, chairman of the committee to draft resolutions 

 with reference to the late R. G. Pardee, offered the following pre- 

 amble and resolutions : 



The obsequies of our departed friend are over. He was taken to 

 Greenwood, Long Island, like a shock of corn fully ripe, where his 

 ashes shall lie in peace, until the trumpet of the archangel shall call 

 him from the mansions of the grave. All that is left behind is the 

 memory of his faith, his devotion, and his zealous labors of love ; 

 therefore. 



Resolved, That the Farmers' Club, of w^hich he was a respected 

 member, record their unfeigned sorrow at his death, and their testi- 

 mony of high respect and love which they have ever entertained for 

 him as a faithful co-worker in the performance of life's arduous duties. 



Resolved, Tl>at our condolence and heartfelt sympathies be extended 

 to the surviving relatives, who mourn the loss of one whose years 

 were devoted to usefulness in the Sunday school, in the church, and 

 in the private walks of life. 



Resolved, That these written ex]^)ressions of our tender regard for 

 the departed be signed by the chairman of the Farmers' Club ; that 



