The Union County Journal from Marysville, Ohio • 6

UNION COUNTY. JOURNAL, MARYSVILLE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1001. tne swarm and all the old bees at that time in the hive. Dees are short lived, living in summer but from four ttfsii week, instead of from yar to year, as some suppose." COUNTY NEWS. Interesting Items From All Parts of the County, Gathered by a Corps of live, Intel ligent ICoiumunicationa must reach this office Bot later than Tuesday, noou.

or they will Dot be Dublished.I church at 10 o'clock. Will also give a temperance lecture Sabbath evening. We think all will be profited by coming to hear him, William Mclntlre, of New Dover, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Matt Darling. Forest Hollyoross, of Chuckery, gave our town a business call one day last week.

Harrison Turner who has been quite sick with erysipelas is slowly convalesing. Grandmother Snodgrass returned to her home in Milford Centre Saturday. We wish to inform the readers of our county papers that the new grocery store is still owned by Hatton a i si wmj II! w- BUY A BUGGY! But First Know Where to Buy It Buy it of a firm that always givesf you the worth of your money, and also has the assortment to pick from. O. M.

Scott Bro. have sustained this reputation for many years," and1f onest dealing will do it they propoa to in the future. Try them for a Cart, a Road Wagon, a Jagger Wagon, a Surrey, a Phaeton, or a nice neat Top Buggy. Remember the, place is at O. M.

Scott fe Bros PROFIT IN CAPON3. Ilia Advantages of Caponlslng Fowls as Recounted by Amerleaa Cultivator. Raising capons is a profitable business, and they are now raised quite universally throughout the country, although for a long time "Philadelphia capons" were the only ones that were supposed to amount to much. This delusion, however, no longer holds, for good capons will be found in every large city. The French ponltrymen capouize all cockerels designed for market, and the quality of meat there is always superior to that In this country.

With the progress of the business here it will not be many years before the same practice will prevail in the states. If all cockerels were canonized the meat wonld be better, and the demand for it would be more general. Capouizing is very easily and safely performed now that such handy instruments are prepared for the work. A capon must mature thoroughly before it can be sent to market. The cost of raising them is no greater than for an ordinary cockerel, and the additional weight and price Will always bring a larger return to the breeder.

But there are other advantages. Their food does them more good, and is not wasted by the bird runningaroudd; they are very quiet and steady, and never fight the pullets and hens, and they are seldom sick and ailing. They make fine nurses for small chickens, as one bird will hover over a brood of twenty or thirty chickens, allowing the hens time to lay and sit again. There is a little risk attending tigs work at first, but after one becomes a skillful operator, he need not lose a single cockerel during the whole year as the result of the operation. The best breeds for capons are the large Dorkings or Asiatics, although the smaller ones may be improved or enlarged by the work.

Available Fertiliser. Barnyard manure furnishes in available form all the elements needed by the plant, and also organic matter, which makes the soil more retentive of moisture and fertilizers and which by its decay aids in the decomposition of the soil itself. A fertilizer in its true' sense, says Mr. H. J.

Wheeler, chemist of the Rhode Island station, renders the soil more productive, whether serving directly as plant food or by rendering the fertilizing elements in the soil itself more available to the plants. use of leaves, straw, etc, as bedding serves a double purpose in absorbing the liquid or more valuable portions of the manure and in increasing the supply of organic matter in the soil. By plowing under the so called leguminous plants, such as clovers, peas, beans, which are now known to be able to draw nitrogen from the air, the soil is not only benefited by the addition of their organic matter, but in the case of the legumes much of the nitrogen has been a pure gain drawn from the air, a source of supply we are as yet unable to utilize in any other way. By such means can the physical condition of the soil be improved, and not until this is done can it be expected that the application of commercial fertilizers will prove in the highest degree profitable. the Effects of Spraying.

The substances nsed in spraying are either poisonous when eaten, of a suffocating nature, Or kill by external irritation Of the first class, Paris green and London purple are the ones chiefly used, and have proved specifics when used on potato bugs and for the larvas of the codling moth. In either case a minute particle of the poison taken by theln-sect when eating the potato leaf or boring into the blossom end of the apple kills it. Pyrethium aud kerosene emulsion are good examples of the second Class. These destroy a large variety of Insects, such as plant lice, cabbage worms, by contact. A solution of hellebore sprayed ou the currant bushes kills the worms that infest them, either by their eating the poisoned leaves or from the spray falling on them.

Buckwheat a Good Crop. Buckwheat is a good crop for a good farmer, notwithstanding all the preju dices which exist against it It is good to grow, good to eat and good to feed. Treated fairly it gives fair returns, and good culture will be generously repaid. A clover sod, cut early, may be turned down, buckwheat sown the last week in June or first week in July and a second profitable crop be taken this year, seeding to grass again, with oats in the spring. It answers promptly, and with a reund full voice, to superphosphate of lime, says the Philadelphia Farm Journal Thn Potato Beetle.

Professor Maynard advises: To destroy the potato beetle and the blight and rot, apply the Bordeaux mixture and, Paris green at intervals of about two weeka Should heavy rains follow the applica-tien it must be repeated, as ia the case with the use of Paris green and plaster or water. Should none of the potato beetles or their larvss appear, use only the Bordeaux mixture. 1 Bern and There. The average weight of fleece has doubled in the United iitates in the last thirteen years. The Central California Fruit company has been incorporated, with a capital stock of $98,000.

i A law has been drafted in Pennsyl rania forbidding the docking of horses' tails under fine and imprisonment It is reported a combination of California canneries has resulted in an organization known" as the California Frost Canneries eompanyr HARVESTING BARLEY. A Frograle Afrrltiulttirlat'a Opinions en Tula Subject. In harvesting wheat and oats all we have to do is to get them dry. If they do not start to grow rain does not hurt them; but this is not the case with barley. If the crop is "stained," the buyers cut down the price five, ten or fifteen cents a bnshtil.

And unfortunately barley is easily stained or discolored. In old times, when barley was cut with a scythe or cradle, we cured it as we do hay, by turning it in the swath, and as soon as dry it was made into cocks. If rain fell while it was in the swath, it had to be turned again as soon as the rain was over. In "catching weather" barley caused more anxiety than any other crop we harvested, and many a farmer has vowed be would never bother with the stuff again. Even when once safe in cock the danger la not over a heavy rain will souk into an ordinary cock and discolor the barley.

The discoloration comes principally from the straw. The wet or damp straw and green weeds stain the grain. But now that we have reapers and binders, says Joseph Harris ia The American Agriculturist, a good crop of barley can be harvested with far less danger of injury than formerly. Now we can wait until all trace of sap has disappeared from the kernel and the straw Bhows signs of drying up. Then as soon as the dew is off start the machine.

Do not make the bundles too large or tie tfcera too tight We want them to dry out under the band. The sheaves should be stuck up in shocks as fast as the reaper throws them off. At any rate, keep so close to the machine that there will be no risk of being caught with sheaves on the ground by a sudden shower. Recollect that if the barley is discolored it will often make a difference of ten cents a bushel in the price, and this will pay well for a little promptness and forethought. It will pay also to take each sheaf in one's arms and straighten up the heads of grain.

The ordinary way is for a man to take two bundles, one in each hand, and stand them up opposite each other in the shock, leaving a space between them at the bottom on the ground of about a foot with the heads close together at the top. With barley there should be two men to a shock, ono on each side, and they should straightesup the heads of grain and bring the straw just beneath the heads tight together so that the rain will be excluded and the greater portion of the heads will be outside. If one is short of barn room and must pat more or less grain in a stack, let it be wheat or oats rather than barley. When the barley is safe in the barn let it stay there until it is through sweating and is thoroughly dry. In fact, the better plan is not to thrash it until ready to selL It will keep better in the straw than anywhere else, and will come out bright and fresh If one must stack the barley the stack should be thatched or covered with canvas.

Some farmers put grain in a stack for a few days and then thrash it. This is a poor plan. Better thrash it direct from the shock, says the authority quoted. How Ohio Farmers Cultivate Corn. T.

B. Terry writing in The Farm Journal says: 1 bad the pleasure of attending two or three fanners'institutes in one of the finest corn sections of Ohio last winter. One farmer told of a good rain just as his wheat was ready to cut. Question-Should be cut the wheat and lets crust form on the corn field, or cultivate com and let the wheat get too ripe? He did the latter, lost but a trifle by the shelling of the wheat, comparatively, and as drought set in after that shower, was satisfied that he gained $100 by stopping the evaporation in the' corn field all he could at the earliest possible moment. The cultivation was not over two inches deep.

Another friend told of working his corn deeply after this same shower, and diminishing his crop at least one half. Numerous' statements corroborated both of these statement One farmer told how he was taught by his father forty years before to cultivate corn deeply, having the plows clogged with roots when he got to the end of a row. This raised good crops because, as he thinks now, the land was new and. very rich, and the corn could stand most any abuse in this line and do fairly welL Late years experience and common sense hare taught bim to never cultivate after the first time more than two inches deep, and that th last time one inch deep is enough. He beats father now, decidedly, in yield per acre, although the land is of course poorer after so many years of cropping.

Popular Krrors In Beekeeping. In a paper read before the Wisconsin Agricultural society on popular errors in beekeeping, C. A Hatch said: "The number of flowers that really do secrete honey in Sufficient quantities to be available for bees is comparatively few, popular opinion to the contrary notwithstanding. Only in the flowers to which bees are necessary for fertilization is the nectar to be ound. A bee stings only on the defensive, but is no respeeter of persons, for if A happen, to be the offender, will get the penalty if he happens to be near at The queen, eonuaonl regarded as sovereign, is in point of fact more of subjpt tiaa a sovereija.

Con trary to popular belief the old queen roes with BROAD WAT. After a very dry bpell we are blessed with refreshing Bhowers. Your correspondent had a time with F. M. Cosner and J.

A. Yealey at Unlonville Friday and Saturday. A Culver has taken unto himself a wife in the person of a Miss Black. MIbs "Amanda Edman visited her Bister, I. N.

Collins last week. She started for Kansas Thursday. J. W. Smith's old affliction has come upon him worse than ever.

Mrs. Harriet Hartshorn died from injuries received a few weeks since. Funeral services Thursday conducted by Rev. Gow. 1 P.

Cranston, Anna Arnold, Ida Houghland and Ella Willis attended the Sunday-school Institute at Union-ville last week. We are anxiously waiting to see how the Republican convention will serve Taylor township this year. I MAGNETIC rFBINGS. Things are still (lively about the Springs. There are not quite as many guests here as there were last week, there is enough to keep up a good lively appearance.

The health of the community is reasonably good; no new cases to report. Those that we reported sick last week are no better. Mr. D. Johnson, a former citizen of this place, but now of St.

Paris, 0., is back again on a visit, the guest of -Phillip Linn. The old tile kiln, one mile north of town was torn down and is. being replaced with a new one. Mr. Richie will have things right.

One of the most pleasant social af fairs we had the pleasure to witness this season was enjoyed at the home of Ed Birds; one mile southeast- of Maple Dell, on Saturday evening, Aug. 22, '91. It being the 70th birthday of Mrs. Elizabeth Bird. This was not a surprise party, all par ties were made known of the fact.

Early in the evening relatives and friends from the neighboring towns and the country around Pharisburg, Magnetic Springs, Millvllle, and even Richwood were represented, The evening was spent in social conversation and hearty congratulations and a most excellent speech by F. Martin, Of Pharisburg. The Magnetic Springs band was present and afforded us good music. While most of the crowd were enjoying themselves the ladies who are the indispensables for the true success of such occasions, were busily engaged in arranging the table for supper which was most tastefully decorated with flowers, and in addition was heavily loaded with the richest viands the season could afford, with Maple Dell ice cream in profuse abundance. We one large plate on the table so beautifully adorned with cut flowers, with the inscription presented by Mrs.

J. Martin, west of Richwood. Neither cost nor trouble had been spared to make the occasion both pleasing and pleasant Between 60 and 60 persons fared sumptuously. The Bird family is one of the pioneer families of this community, highly respected; noted for integrity and honesty. After the band had dispersed and gone home, the children and friends showered upon her some usetul gifts of love and Affection, all wishing her many more yean of health, joy and happiness.

Several of the gentleman and lady guesta pleasantly entertained the company with some beautiful vocal music. We parted hoping to meet again for the same occasion, liar who has led her thus fur, Continue to lead ber along; And ne'er permit sorrow ber pleasure to mar. But raclously keep ber from wrong. Through the kindness ot our Editor, we take this medium to thank taoee that helped us thrash our wheat last Friday on oar home farm, in the Garden of Eden. And for the kindness of Mr, Wm.

Neal, Guy DUaaver and Walter Hartman for hauling it to Richwoood for me free of charge. PEOaia. Rain I rain I beautiful rain that was so much needed through oar section of the country will be beneficial to trope in general. Quite a Bomber of Sunday School workers from Peoria Sunday' School attended the County Sunday School Institute held at Unlonville Aug. 21 and S3, report a good time in work and were made) to feel welcome among their hospitable friends by way of entertainment and plenty of good ttiings to Rev.

Collens will preach a scriptural sermon next Sabbath at the W. B. 2 Jenkins as was knowingly misrepre sented in the items of last week's Tribune, also the genial clerk, Mac. Gibson will willingly treat the corres pondent to cigars if they will give him a call as is customary in all new stores. James Carter spent Sunday at his home in Marysville.

Cora and Willie Stickney spent the past week with their grandmother in New Dover. Mr. Alonzo Titus and Miss Susan Leveck were married at the residence of his sister, Mrs. C. E.Titus, Wed nesday evening by J.

N. Gosnell, Esq. We wish them success. This Pensioner Bad a Queer Career. Frank M.

PenninRton, a well known citizen here, lias just been granted a pension of eight dollars a mouth. This was one of the moot complicated aud Interesting claims which has ever been filed In the pension bureau. He is a native of Florida. In April, 1861, be enlisted in a Confederate regiment for ninety days. Just before his term expired be was conscripted for three years.

At the battle of Kenesaw Mountain he was captured. While a prisoner in Illinois he enlisted In the United States navy, on board the old Ironsides, where his gallantry in action at the final assault on Fort Fisher is officially mentioned. He was afterward transferred to another vessel, and In consequence of leaviug it without proper papers be was placed ou record as a deserter. The sentence of desertion has been corrected and an honorable discharge procured, with arrears of pay and now a pension. Burnetts-town (Pa.) Enterprise.

Llmewater. It has come to be a usual thing if "anything ails laby" to be advised by the physician to make a free use of li rue water, which lie says must be put with the milk. Now, lime is a strong alkali, aud it should be used with care and caution, aud its effect on the baby closely watched. It is in itself such a harmless looking and tasteless medicine that many mothers think it scarcely necessary even to measure the quantity used, and great detriment is done the baby because of such carelessness. If nsed too freely itcauses constipatiou, and in consequence many ill eifects follow its use.

Taken in small doses, carofully measured, lime water is of great benefit to infanta. Detroit Free Press. A Combing Towel. A "combing towel" is an American device for tee toilet, It consists of a large towel, doubled in the center, slit and cut out for the neck so that it will hang evenly over the shoulders when the slit is buttoned up, and thus protect the clothing while the hair is being brushed. The prettiest comb ing.towels are of plain white damask linen, hemstitched on the ends and powdered with flowers or decorated with some suitable A fall of lace at either end is not an inappropriate decoration.

A pretty little combing sack, however, is dantier than any cumbing towel, though it is not as available on all occasions. New York Tribune. WoltrsACMEBIacking MOO POtlSH (E8EHV 1 flhnaa ufca I be wubad NO RE QUI RED. Uaedbf andeblldnm. to fen thb antfcrae taMa: ft haa an SH oobur no bat I can auke it lock like Mahcurai.a ot firmrmond and it mi ba juat luwil.

i ll A tc rem. oanta wona 0IK-BON 3dottaork. old ei whom. a aajinoLra, Philadelphia. Guaranteed Cure.

We authorise onr advertised druggist to sell Dr. Sing's New Discovery lot Consumption, Coupbs and Colds, open this condition. If yju are afflicted with a Conifh, Cold of any Lung, Throat or Chert trouble," and will ase this remedy directed, giving it a fair trial, and experience benefit, yon mav re'uru the bottle and bare your money refunded. We could not make this offer did ws not know that Dr. King's New Discevery roald be relied ns.

It sever disappoints Tiial bottles free at lleCkmd Drag Stere. Large bottles, Wo, and 11-90, lightlies, ana finish, first-class material throughout and symmetrical proportion and low price is the way to tauk about Scott's bagnios. a Leather NOeJtUSHI Just Arrived and about One Hundred more to Follow. They have been Bought Ch. ap and We Propose to Sell them Cheap.

We offer a Reward or Child that We to any Man, Woman can't Sell to if they COME TO OUR STORE For the Purpose of Buying We have the Nicest Styles and the best Goods, and at Lower Prices for the SameQualitythan any House in union Please Call and See Us and You will see We are Right, Yours, etc. B. C. BAILEY; county. ..1." til 'I.

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