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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST, 
89 
Off Color.— At a sale of a superior herd of Jersey 
■rows, a great pecuniary loss was sustained by the owner, 
■■cause the animals did not have the fancy superficial 
marks, now made so much of by the ruling spirits of the 
J crsey Herd Books. Black tongues and black switches 
re not strictly Jersey marks—many of the best of that 
breed do not have them. Breeders should remember 
this, and look to the milking and breeding qualities of a 
•dairy cow, as of the most importance, and banish the ex¬ 
pression—“Too much off color to be fashionable.” 
Trouble in dimming is frequently complained 
of in winter. Much of the trouble is due to a neglect of 
the temperature which can not be told with any approach 
to accuracy except by using a thermometer. If the 
cream is brought into a warm room until the thermome¬ 
ter shows it to stand at 60°, we rarely find any difficulty. 
In old times the cream was thought to be bewitched, 
tmd as the power of a horse-shoe to keep witches away 
is well known, it was used to drive the witches from the 
churn. The horse-shoe was heated red hot and dropped 
into the cream in the churn. It drove the witches away 
when it brought the cream to the right temperature. 
compensates for these omissions by being headed with 
the somewhat startling announcement that “ The Early 
Bird Catches the Worm.” Our advice to the worm is to 
keep out of the way.It seems necessary to repeat our 
warning about 
MURDEROUS ILLUMINATING OILS. 
See what was said last month about selling recipes 
with “rights” for people to make a so-called oil out of 
benzine_We gave in October last an engraving of a 
“ Solargraph Watch,” but that cost $1—while here is a 
“ Time Indicator ” of which one can get four for that 
price, and can afford to have, as they say in Texas: “any 
dimensions of time.” A “Time Indicator” is adver¬ 
tised for 25 cents. "Whoever sends that sum receives a 
card of the size here given. On one side are neatly print¬ 
ed the lines and figures shown in the engraving. At A 
is a piece cut so as to turn up and form the gnomon , or 
part of the dial that casts the shadow; a thread with a 
small brass ring at each end to keep it in place slides in 
a slit where the months are marked. One has only to 
set it right when the sun shines—and there it is. This 
“Indicator” if it doesn't tell the time, 
DOES GIVE A WHOLESOME LESSON'. 
Sundry Humbugs. 
A wonderful change 
indeed has come over 
o u r correspondence. 
But a few w'eeks ago 
and we could be sure 
that a large, and rapidly 
increasing share of all 
of the editorial letters 
would have reference to 
Stock Speculations. So 
soon as the news of the 
action of the Post Office authori¬ 
ties, as given last month, was 
spread abroad, the whole thing 
collapsed. We get no more letters 
asking if Lawrence & Co. and the 
rest are “ responsible,” or “ will 
do as they agree.” Only the few 
letters that were then on the way reached us ( . The move¬ 
ment which led to the suppression of these bogus con- 
'Cerns, was taken by the Law Committee of the Stock 
Exchange, but their doings have been confirmed 
IN A SERIES OP STRONG RESOLUTIONS 
■adopted by the Stock Exchange itself, which has given the 
Law Committee more power to act on behalf of that body. 
... .The Post Office Department is doing wonders in the 
way of the suppression of fraud. The shutting up of these 
stock swindlers is but a small portion of its good work; 
it has made the way of the lottery transgressor so hard, 
that he has been obliged to go over to Canada, and we 
find the Louisiana State, the Royal Havana, and the Ken¬ 
tucky State Lotteries in Montreal, where they 
DEFT THE LAWS OP THE UNITED STATES. 
The following wriggle v and squirm which heads their 
circular, shows how badly they are hurt. 
“To The Public: In view of certain new and recent 
regulations by which the United States Postal Authorities 
•assume to supervise and decide what class of mail matter 
shall be sent to the citizen, thereby arrogating to them¬ 
selves a right to interfere with the private correspondence 
■of American freemen, which would not be tolerated by 
any monarchy in Europe, we have established a General 
Agency for the sale of tickets in all legalized and reliable 
Lotteries outside of their jurisdiction.”—Merely another 
illustration of the fact, that “ Ho man e’er felt the halter 
•draw, with good opinion of the law.” So far from there 
being any “ new and recent regulations,” it only happens, 
to the great discomfort of scamps of various sorts, that 
we have a Post Master General who thinks it his duty to 
•enforce the laws made by the representatives of “ Ameri¬ 
can freemen,” for which these chaps profess so much 
sympathy, (at the rate of $10 a package of tickets), and 
upon whom their bosh about “ Monarchy in Europe ” is 
wasted. It isn’t the “ American freemen ” who are at all 
■troubled. It Is you 
Upon the back of the card there is printed as follows: 
“ Notice.— Out of every hundred that order this valu- 
ble little novelty, there is generally cme that finds fault 
because he failed to receive an elegant watch prepaid for 
25 cents. Of course, if any one expects a ‘ gold watch 
full jeweled,’ they will find themselves slightly disap¬ 
pointed; but if they expect only the value of their 
money, they will get it in the article herewith sent.” 
That lesson is one that a vast number of grown people 
need to learn, and very cheap it is at 25 cents, with the 
“ Pocket Time Indicator ” in the bargain. If some peo¬ 
ple would only learn that other people do business to 
make money, and that one way to make money is 
TO SELL THINGS FOR MORE THAN THEY COST, 
a Vast deal of trouble would be saved. To illustrate: 
some rifles are advertised at the very low price of $4.50, 
and great numbers write to ask us about the rifle. One 
would think that no help was needed for a person to de¬ 
cide whether he had any use for a $4.50 rifle. Every one 
old enough to be trusted with a firearm ought to know 
that he will not get a $50 rifle for $4.50. It is not in the 
nature of things that he will get anything that is worth 
more than what he pays for it. No one can do a profita¬ 
ble business at selling for 75 cents that which cost him 
100 cents, and those who are in business do it for profit. 
A great many feel that they have been hardly used when 
the thing that they buy is worth just about the price 
charged for it and no more.... We have occasionally in 
these columns cautioned persons in visiting cities to 
AVOID ALL ADVANCES OP STRANGERS. 
An illustration of the necessity for observing this oc¬ 
curred not long ago in New York. A young man from 
the country was asked by a plausible stranger to do him 
a favor. There was to be a horse auction at which a very 
fine horse that stranger wanted was to be sold. He, 
stranger, was known as a horse-dealer and judge of 
horses, and if he bid upon the horse, others would bid 
higher, but the young man, being unknown, could buy 
said horse very low—he, stranger, would pay $200 for 
the horse, and young man might buy it for as much less 
as he could. A nice offer, but young man bad no money. 
“But you have your watch and chain worth $200—buy 
the horse, tell auctioneer you have to go to your hotel for 
the money, and will leave your watch until your return; 
you have only to bring the horse round the corner into 
the next street and get the money.” The plan was car¬ 
ried out, the young man bid off the horse at $150- would 
go for his money, left his watch and chain, delighted 
with the idea of making $50 so readily, led the horse 
around the corner into the next street—but stranger was 
not there; waited, but stranger did not come—waited 
longer, no stranger; at last went back to place of sale — 
no one there 1 At length it began to dawn on the young 
man that the horse was not the only thing sold. He was 
out a valuable watch and chain; was in a horse worth all 
the way from $10 to $15, and a lesson about 
AVOIDING THE ADVANCES OP STRANGERS, 
VIOLATORS OF THE LAW, 
who feel the pinchingsof a remarkably tight shoe. 
Just as a welcome rain starts into a new growth the 
weeds as well as the crops, so does the return of “good 
■times,” set on foot fraudulent schemes as well as honest 
enterprises. The mining industry is probably on the eve 
of a period of development greater than has ever before 
been known, and taking advantage of this, all sorts of 
schemes, with no other metallic basis than brass, will be 
placed before the public. A scheme, with its office in 
New York with a full outfit of President, Sec’y., and a 
strong team of Directors, is neatly printed, and the circu¬ 
lar shows conclusively, that a few of its $10 shares would 
soon make one rich, but the names of the people, are 
NOT IN THE CITY DIRECTORY 1 
We like better the “Shakspeare” mining circular, 
which does not give the name of a single person, but 
which was worth all he paid for it.It is a common 
trick of quacks travelling in the Western States, to claim 
to represent some Medical College in N. Y. City, or else 
to belong to some Medical Institute. We have already 
shown that no Medical College with a right to the name, 
ever sends out travelling doctors; the very fact that one 
claims this, stamps him as an impostor. With Medical 
“Institutes,” the case is different. One man may call 
his doctor shop an “Institute.” There is a chap going 
about in Ohio, representing the 
“greenleaf medical institute” 
of New York City, and his circular has much to say about 
“Dr. Greenleaf.” Friends have written to know about 
this Dr Greenleaf and his “ Institute.” The fact that no 
location except the indefinite one of “ New York City,” 
is the most remarkable display of modesty. This “ Insti¬ 
tute,” is an illustration of the truth of the proverb. 
“ What is wanting can’t be numbered.”—As there is no 
such Institute, the quack who “ can read diseases by the 
tongue,” fully represents it.Last month we spoke 
regretfully that our beloved Eddie Eastman had passed 
out of sight. We were mistaken ; a friend sends us a 
New Jersey paper, with Eddie’s picture all in his Indian 
THE “POCKET TIME INDICATOR.” 
rig. We have hopes of Old Mother Noble: who knows 
but he may turn up ? We always had a half way regard 
for Old Mother Noble ; he didn’t like what we said about 
him, and came in like a man and said so... .The taking 
of the census will open the way to frauds of various kinds, 
against which people should be on their guard. Just as 
we close this page the information comes that one chap— 
or concern—has already begun operations, by opening 
a census information bureau, 
and advertisements have been sent to papers all over the 
West, which read thus : 
“Persons (regardless of politics) desiring situations as 
Enumerators of the forthcoming Census, can obtain all 
necessary information by addressing us. One or more, 
according to population, required in each township. 
Good salary to competent men. Address 
Census Information Bureau, 
No. — Street, Chicago, HI. 
Enclose 25 cents to insure answer and pay for stamps 
and blanks.” 
That is very neatly done; observe that nothing is 
promised—nothing is very definite about it except that 
25 cents is to be sent, and thousands would be the 
greenhorns who sent, had not the Postmaster at Chicago 
the power to tell C. 1. Bureau, Esq., that he can’t have 
any letters at that shop. 
An Unanswerable Letter is one that we have 
from a young man, who gives us an account o', his life 
and present occupation, which he dislikes, and asks us 
to tell him what business he had better undertake, and 
moreover wishes us to find him a situation. We have 
many times before had requests to find the writers situa¬ 
tions, but we think that this is the first time we have 
been asked to decide upon the business one is fit for, 
and put him into it besides. With every disposition to 
aid such persons, it is simply impossible. We can’t help 
thinking that if one does not know what he is fit for him¬ 
self, he will never find that any one else can discover it. 
Asbestos Liquid Paints.— Last spring we made 
a favorable mention of the Asbestos Liquid Paints, 
after two year’s experience with them. Now, after an¬ 
other years’ exposure to the weather, we can confirm 
that report—indeed, we can see no appreciable change 
during the year, the surface remaining as hard, and as 
free from “ chalkiness ” as before. The durability of the 
paints, as shown by our test, is well established. That 
they are easily applied, and “cover” well, is shown by 
their use on elevated rail roads, as the immense contracts 
for these roads would not have been made, unless these 
important points had been satisfactorily shown. The 
makers claim, and with good reason we think, that the 
covering quality of their paints is due to the fact that, 
after mixing them to produce the desired colors, they 
are again ground, and that this second grinding, brings 
the oil and pigments into more intimate combination, 
and gives an uniformity of consistence, not to be at¬ 
tained by mere mixing. The paints are furnished of any 
desired shade or tiut, and in a condition to be applied at 
once, without any previous preparation. 
