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WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, FEBRUARY 2, 1863
Current tiicraluri.
QUIETLY WAIT.
Quitt'y wait If blessings taught
Are numbered with what Christ hath bought,
If found uitliin the boundary line
Of real good, they shall he thine;
Thouuli mils may rise, and suns may sot,
The tainl c.innot His Word forget.
Quietly wait; thou ma) est not know
All that He will in love bestow;
With gr p of mind and faith so email,
Thou coullt not conipreln nd it all
liut triift an little children do,
And thou nli.ilt find each pron.ise true.
Quietly wait in earnist prayer,
For slotn may not thy v aiting share;
O'ticoiiH1 with sltp, thou maycat not sec,
Though Ji-sug Bhould transfigured he.
Thin waho and watch, snd L'lory bright
Shall In eak with more than morning's light.
Quietly wait; let no unrest
Or cloud of doubt disturb thy breast;
Wait till the Spirit's power is given,
Descending to thy Mini f.nni Heaven.
Wailing and watching, this our pha,
JesiiB tins fullness j ronnsed me.
Quietly wiit; nor t liink misspent
Tim Iioum to faithful waiting l lit.
Wlnlo we di ) watching through tho night,
Our (!( d moves on, the (lid of huht.
Hark ! shouts of victory lgin,
Anil scittucil aie the lies i ot sin.
Quietly w ill; in this campaign,
Thu hold Jehovah comis to reign.
Tho tented groves are all His own;
There He will nnLu His wouddx known,
Then let our Mings of plain anso
1 hroughiHit the laml unto tho skies.
Quiitlv wait, and work, and sing,
I'oi in.iny sheavdi we soon slull bring;
Our heat ts shall like tho gardi in he,
Whcie streams are Hownn; full and free;
An I life sh ill come to m my dead,
When joined to Christ, the living Iliad.
Quietly wait; 'twill not be long
Not longinoiigh to i nd oui song
liefore wu shall our Sinai cu,
And sih at homo with Him shall be.
There we shall watch anil wait no moro
Tor Heivcn's fruition's native shore.
Quietly wait; not far away
Is Ileavi n from eirth to those who pray;
Kaith brums tli.) joys ol th it h'est clinic,
Trati-pl intuit h in on shores of time.
I!u still and li t so sh dt thou prove
The riches i n f .It sua' hive.
Althn tilU. in London Mttltoiltitt,
The Man in the Coach.
It was p h u o'clock ami one of tho i old
est nights t if ever blew. l'hu blasts eimo
roaring thr 1141 the moii'itain gorges as if
bent upon o.ertiiruiug the lumbering old
stage. It hid begun to snow, too, and the
wheels nuked heavily through the dllfts,
thru'kteiiing a complete standstill at no dis
tant lllllllirllt.
Wripp I in my ch ak, I lay shivering in a
corner ot the vehicle, the sole passciigu, in
thu verj worst f 1,11110 of mind, I was a disap
pointed uid disheartened in 111. I v as tin n at
the oulb t of my career as a detctive, young
and ambitious. Hitheito I had been intrusted
with 110 eisu of importance, hut 011 this occt
niou foitune had tluown a gland nppoitumty
of makiiiL; n loputatiou in my way on!) to
Hout mo with complete failuie.
The cse was 0110 of murder, a veiy inter
esting one from its eomplicattd and mysteri
ous ehiiictii, James I'latt, a well known
citizen nf N , a village 111 Northern Ver
mont, had been found dead 111 a pit beside the
very in d I wis now traveling 'Ihcio wcie
marks ol violence upon his person, death hav
ing resulte I fiinii a heavy blow virith a wood
ru ciidgid upon the hick of the head Hob
bury could not have In en the motive, since a
largu nun of money was left untouched 111 his
pockets, l'hu uinn was not known to btvu an
enemy in ho woihl, and the most seireliiug
impi'iiV 1 to his puvate liitmy levelled no
seciet 1 'unity 01 ((iiani'l, Tho only pu son in
any w iiteitsted was his nephew, Thomas
Jildsou, 1im only lelativo and heiiatdaw.
This mdividuil hid been the liut object of
my bus, 11 ons, iinfoiiiidtd, it should sum.
l'eisiinalii he iiiipii'sst'd nut tinfavoiahly, lln
was mi" I tlio-o Mgid fmin.tlists whose vei
fretihim 'nun all of thu petty vve.ikiuses of
men is mnnfie evnh lice of the eipilulity
of e'lliues 1 f guatei iii.igiiititdu at nil lite,
in my ep"riciice with hiinianity. llu was a
palutaied, p ile-li.llli d, light-uji d, mid alto
gethei "11 hid nut lookiui; puison, with a soft
voice ami iiuet manner, mid withil 111 gleit
favor witn 111" tea dunking gossip nf N
His pist uvoid, ho far as I I'ould get at it,
was simply pufect. At tl dt.ith of his
uiiih', moii'Mir, he wis 1. 11 , . 1 to ho 111 the
possession ot mvciuI thousand dnllirs 111 cash.
While he was the di.nl man's lull, he exhi
bited no iiiiLiatieiico to know the trims of his
will in to beiiilit theieby. On tho eoiitrai v ,
lie sei unit to lm ciiislii'tl with soimw, ami 1111
one lunt my ill Jits to dlbCtivel the .istassi
such ie id) aid as he.
If thoie had hem any p'ausiblo doubt, it
was, at hast, ! tilled by the f.ut tint he
could, if lui'tssuy, lino a neatly peift'it all
In. 1 saj ueirly, because, to my thinking,
tliiiu was a lliw 111 it. At a ipmter to eight,
ho was urn in e'ouversatioii with the tU'.id
msii on the corner of ton villigo streit, vvheie
they nc.nattil, thu uncle going down the
roid towaid Ills home, n little v ,ij out of
town, ami the nephew proeieding toattciul a
chinch aociablu at the town iluiivh. lie wa
known to havu airived line, i-ertamlv, at 11
ijiuutil' pant tight. The evidcucu as In time
was ib ubtful, no one htiug able to sweat to
tho enact iiioiuint of his atnv.il Theio was,
however, 111 111 view, the p.x,ihlo hiatus ul
tvunl) iiniiiites, It iiipming cud) ttn itiinutis
to iia.di the chuiih fioiu tho point vtheiehe
had Uit hi en seen.
It must not lie imagined that 1 gleaned
tl.eie fragments thiougli Jiidaon's own testi
linui). His naiuo nover appealed III Connie
tioil'vnth the ullair, and if I had v.lltuiedto
hint at his ioisiblu complicity, I should have
Wen hootnl nut of the vilUgo b) Jus uulir
nant iitlghboiii. Siwli lufoiuiatiou as 1 10
ipiiliil UM through the luediuiii of patient
started for the city, disappointed and dis
gusted, The coach passed tho very spot where the
deed had been committed, and as the vehicle
jolted up to the place I peered out of the
window to catch a glimpse of it. At that
moment with a heavy thump, the coach stop
ped, the door flew open, admitting a second
fiasscnger, who threw himself into the corner
acing me, and the coach pr cceded.
I was somewhat aitoi ished that a passenger
should wait for the coach in such a place. To
say nothing ot the uncomfortable proximity
of tho scene of the murder, there was no
dwelling within a quarter of a mile, and it
was altogether tho most desolate spot on the
road. With the instinct of my profession, I
examined my neighbor closely but cautiously.
There was only one smoky lamp in the in
terior of tho coach, and the passenger sat im
mediately beneath it, in the shadow. Ho ap
peared to be an elderlv and rather feeble per
sonage, but I could ttiscern little more, for
ho was mullled clean up to the eyes, and
his hat was pulled well down upon his
forehead.
There was something namelessly disagreea
ble in his presence a feelh g of inward re
pugnance and revolt such as I had never be
fore experienced. Itwasalh d to such dread
and disgust as one might involuntarily draw
ba k with from a person suffering from an in
fectious disease. So strong did the feeling
become, that I turned away and buried my
head in my cloak in the effort to forget him.
Presently I became aware of the fact that he
was ga?ing at mo with strange intentness.
In spite of myself, I turned again and met
his eyes with my own, and for a moment we
eat staring straight into each other's faces.
During that moment a shock passed over me,
like that of a heavy current of galvanism.
My flesh crept with internal cold, my hair
stood up, and every nerve in my body
thrilled with something like a feeling of
horror.
I could not comrrehend my own emotions.
Why this harmless and weak old gentleman,
looking at mo silently from his corner, should
have put me into a panic, was more than my
philosophy could account for. I could, how
ever, trace my sensations to the stranger's
eis. Though hidden beneath his hat, they
shone in their hollow sockets with a drep,
lurid lustre exactly like the red glaro often
seen in the eyes of a d 'g. In the held of a
human being tho cirect was startling beyond
description.
Determined to overcome my nervousness, I
ventured to break the silenccwith a common
place remark :
"Very cold this evening, sir.
1 he s ranger m.ule 110 reply, but continued
to stare at 1110 the mine as before. After
a moment of hesitation I made another at
tempt.
' The snow is likely to block up the roads
before morning."
Instead of answering in the spirit of my
remark, the stranger, 111 a follow, far oil
sounding voice, abruptly said :
"Tho murderer of James I'latt hai not yet
expiated his crime ?"
"No," I replied, "ho has not jet been
di60 1 ered."
"Oh, blind and deluded hunnnitv." he
one 1, with a sudden vehemence "He walks
amo ig you dally, respected for his false
virtiius, laughing 111 his heart at our
weakiiea."
"What I" I exclaimed, suddenly forgetting
my nervousness 111 rotessional excitement.
"Can ) on give mo .1 clew ? I am the detectiv o
sent In re to vvoik up the ease "
"I know von well," he interrupted. "I
have been with ) 011 daily w itucssing your
labors and yoar disappointments. Why have
you given over so soon? Dow not the
bbi d of tho murdtred man ttill cry out for
veiic" ancc? '
"1 hi o done all th it ingenuity can sucgest
or pitienco accomplish," 1 ajswered in seciet
iwo. II y in can, gild 1110 1 hint as to tlio
imiineiei
"(Jul) to il.il von clasped his blond-stained
hind 111 friendly faiewell," letuined tho
stianger.
"Cm 1011 mean ? Is it?"
' Ves," intcriiipted the stranger, interpret
ing 111V thoughts, "it is Thomas Jinlson, re
11101 selcs, soiilliss villain that he is I"
"I hivo suspected as much niisclf." I
answciid, "but tin ro is no proof."
ca, I10 replud, with Btaitling eticigy,
ioofth.it will damn him."
along the adjoining cross road, and in his
alarm the murderer tore off the cuff and Hung
u over me lence oesi'ie me road.
"It was not until he had reached tho church
that Judson remembered that the button in
the cuff was engraved with his initials, aud
could be identified by a score of nersons as
his property. He waited 111 anguish of fear
until after the body had b en found and the
neighborhood was clear, then he spent hours
in search of the lost cuff. Hut never found it.
The wind had blown it away and it remained
hidden until the vengeance of God should
produce it to his ruin.
"That cufl must be foundl" I cried, eager
'? "A hundred yards. below the scene of the
murder," said a stranger, solemnly, "stands a
withered pine, a little off the road. Entangled
in the roots lies tho cuff, with the blood stain
upon and the button still fast t it.
"I will find it to-morrow," I ejaculated.
"Stay," said thi stranger. "One last Dro)f.
The forged check is in tho right hand lower
drawer of James I'latt's desk, amona a num
ber of old papers With these two proofs you
will execute justice upon the assassin."
"It shall bo done!" I excla'med.
Involuntarily I extended my hand toward
him. He gratped it with fingers whose dead
ly chill seemed to freeze the marravi of my
bones.
"Who are you?" I cried, recoiling.
The stranger dropped tho mutlier from his
face, and by tho light of the lamp I saw a
winto, immovable countenance, expressionless,
set in the rigor of death, excepting only the
eje, which burned with a lurid intelligence.
I had seen the portraits of James I'latt. it
needed only a glance to assure me that I saw
before mo now, 111 flesh or phantom, the mar
cicrcu man.
For an instant only I saw him; the stage
coach jolted hfavily over the stone and
came to a standstill. The door flew open anil
a rush of cold air entered. When I recovered
from my momentary shock and looked around
me, my Icllow-passeinrer was gone. I de
scended fiom the coach and fuund tho driver
engaged with some part of tho harness of the
team.
"Who was the passenger you let in when
the coach stopped a mile above heie?" I ask
ed.
The man turned and looked at mo curious-
iy-
"I'assenper!" ho echoed, "there has been
no pissenger besido yourself to-night. Up
there on the hill the horses shied at some
thing, and I had to stop a moment, but no
one got in. You've been dreaming, sir."
"es," I re pled, not wishing to discuss the
matter. "I must havo been dreaming, no
(1011 1)1.
Nevertheless I stopped at tho next village
and put up there foi the mVht. Karly on the
following morning I retraced the road a'aiu
onIfrj9 3(jcc., $i.
About Nest Eggs
The farmer who resorts to stale or rotten
eggs for use in tho nert, does himself more
more damage than may be supposed. One rot
ten eg in a basketful condemns tho whole,
and all tho explanations possible will not con
vince the buyer that tho eggs are fresh after
the discovery of a single bad one in the lot.
Again ai other injury is done in an unlooked
fordirection, which filth and disease gei.erated
by the breakage of rotten eggs in tho nestj.
Lice make their appearance in a few hours af
ter the nest becou.es filthy, and the cost and
labor required to get rid of the pests after
they get hold are more than ten timo the val
ue of the eggs used for such a purpise, or
rather as such eygs are of no use at all, we
might say that an amount expended in the
purchase of a few glass eggs will not equal tho
expense necessary for ridding the farm of the
lice. Rotten eggs become rotten in tho shell
as well as rotten in the inside, and break easi
ly. Tho breaksge is alwajs at a time when
unexpected, and no timo is devoted when
busy elsewhere cleaning. As vermin take pos
session tho hens leavo the nest and lay out
side, and labor and time is then wasted in
hunting for the eggs. Hens also lay fewer
eggs when the conditions are unfavorable.and
it a tarmer, by ro'using to pay tliree or tour
cents for glass eggs, that he makes a saving,
we cm assure him that for evciy cent so saved
he loses ten by the use ot a rotten nest egg
No systematic tarmer nil indulge 111 use ot
such costly contrivances, and it is only those
who keep poultrj for form's sake that re-ort
to rotten eges.
The injustice to ilealers should bo consid
ered also, for theit customers consider them
selves cheated if they find a bad egg, and rot
ten ones trill get to market if they are kept in
the nests. As tho dealers aro compelled to
trust to tho honesty of the farmers 111 such
matters, should they not use ev. ry precaution
against sending any to market from their
farms that is bed or liable to deceive the pur
chaser? rami ana Uaraen.
How To Make Poultry Keeping Profitable
.1 Bcatch of the foot of the nine. I was hard
ly surprised to rind the cuff, blood-stained
and fastened with the gold button, engraved
with Thomas Judson's initials, as I had been
told. Nor was I less fortucate in my search
for the check.
With these two pieces of evidence I pro
cured the arrest of Thomas Judson. Three
days later I procured a full confession from
him, in ex ict accoi dance with the story of my
strange fellow passenger. No one over knew
now 1 obtained it, but it was simply by re
bating my experience in the coach to the tei
lor-oiricKen criminal. 111s gui ty conscience
reiognied the hand of heaven raised against
him; and, truly, when the grave accuses, who
..u.o iicuy 113 awiiu voice. rreemans Jtome
Journal.
rmtg. )c?arfme!tt
.Mis. Nil Mm fowl-ns, writes us that
Oak I'hin (iiango No 0, will hoi 1 a meeting
on tho secotid Satuiday in Febuary. We
will try and attend. The meeting promises
to bo of unusual interest, as Mr. Powers
wiitesus they havo procured a new and
moro comodious hall.
pic
and cautious studi of all of the ikuiiU ore
ti'httd. Whin 1 had iiiiiiut'd them up I had
no vildi'iiio that would hold wati r for a sin
gle luoiiitilt. I was thus at tJtldtlll, and
'Cvr u nhort iutirval of obstinate wiitiu0-, I
What is it ?" I asked. 111 a sunnressed
loice, "Who can gnu it to me J"
"I," answi'icd he. quickly, "why else am 1
hi m? histin, and loHo not ft woul, for mj
time is short. Fiom his uarliest jouth Thos.
JmUoii has been a villain, secret, 'sellisli, dan
gi ions, hiding his wicked deeds under a mack
of nssiimul vntue, and difying tho law with
phauraiial eouipliinco with its pneepts. No
man was ever kinder to thu son hu lovul thin
was ,1 lines I'litt to this man. He, too, w a
deciiiul by his plausiblu ways, and neier
until tho littir days of his life did the unfor
tun itu man suspect his evil nephew. Judson
wassecii'tlya speculator 111 unlawful schtines,
and 111 one ol thein was stripped of neail)
all his iopuity. Hum and eposuio stared
him 111 the laic. In this dilemma instead of
taking an houoiablu i-ouisu, he forgul a chick
upon a wealth) business linuso and drew the
ilium y Thu fin gery was discount! bj his
1111 h', who imiiitilnteli obtained nossessnm
of the check and inhumed Judson of his
tll'lOltl).
Tumi th.it momi'iit, timlinc that ho could
not gU possission of thu chi'ik, the euduice
of his eiinie, from his in cle, Judson deter
niiiiul upon getting ml of him On the fight
of thu mm del, Judson nut his victim 111 thu
village stmt and 111 lib' .1 liiiul ileuiind upon
bun for tho chuct, which he suppasid his
uiiclii c in led about linn, Tho ileiiuiul was
II fused, and Janus Piatt's fate was sealtd
Tin i sipn.itid, tho uiiilo to letiiin to his
homo a li tlu out of town, and Judson to at
tiiid .1 chinch festival Hut bofoie apptaiing
III thu lim.se of liotl ho hail a phn woith) ol
iiie uui u id execute.
"Hu followed e'lutiouiil) 111 the footsteps of
Ills uetiiii, meditating the safest iniiiiisof
distiti) nig him. Jus; as the two eutiml thu
loi.eht'st put of the will, elnuco helped I11111
in 1110 acci nipiiMin nil 01 nis tii'sign, pass
lug wood slid had 111st lost luitof its load
A Inge, heny stick of timber lay 111 the road
uwiiipoii.it once iltatliy, silent and site,
afitweiu found, it weilld nie'iely oiler good
presumptive eudenco that boiiio Hauling
lag.ilioud had done the ileul.
'He stiid tho club, ami stealing behind
his uni'lo, 1 1 ashed his head witti one blow,
Hr Ml ftirwaul on his fuo without a gram,"
The stranger paustd a moment, as It over
lOiue with ids ueiUl, and s.it lacing me in
silence, lugs too spoechliss with wonder,
1 1ite11 int. .iu.t 1 ki ew not what situation of
honor stdli.ig Hi) senses,
" 1 liiuniirdi nr then inado a lusty seaivh
of his vi tun," continued tho stranger, "The
cluck was not upon him. There was no time
to waste. Hu well knew that some 0110 might
pass at 11 v moment, and tUtectioii under such
circiiiiutaiKvs nuaiit sure eouviction Ho
lifted the botl) and tiling it into a pit beside
the riid and humed on.
"As ho p usul out of thu shadow ol tho trees
into the moonlight, he w as startled to dueoi er
that the iiitl on hi right hand was spattered
with blood, rhrmit.it no time to wash out
the tirtihlo evidence. He iltred not return
homo for a fresh pair, nor 111 his glilt) terror
inn ne tiare sccieie 11 aoout nun
Election of Rogue River Orange
Iliihs-iicuo, Currr county, Or.
Installation of olllceis of Rogue River
Orange: On Saturday, the 13th inst., the
follow ing olhcers, elected for this jcar, were
installed by 1". 0. Von der Green, Deputy
Master of State Orango: S. D. Merriman,
Mister: Willis Miller, Overseer; F. O. Von
dcr tlicen, Lecturer; Isaao Miller, Steward;
Charlos Deney, Chaplain; Oeorge Miller,
Treasuru; M. 11 Gibson, Secretary; J. Mil
lei, Gatekeeper; Mrs. I, Meriinian, Ceres;
Mrs. J. Gibson, Pomona; Miss Blanche Von
dcrGnen, Flora; Miss Rebecca Forgey, La
dy Assistant Steward.
1 send )ou tho names of tho u wly elocted
oUieeis. Please publish them in the Kakmfk
if vou have not done it already by tho tune
this leiches jou. 1' 0. Von nut Gun v.
Su-sLwi, Or., Jan. 21, 1SS3.
Ki. Fuoun Siuslaw Graiue, No. 54,
met Saturday to install ollicers for tho year
Kss:i; J. A. J. Crow, Master; J, O'llrien,
Overseer; P F. Daiis. Steward; I. Inman;
Assist mt Steward; J I,. Simpson, Secietary;
M Wuvard, Trea-uei ; W. .M. Inman, Clnj -lainjl'.
Dcak, Gatekeeper; Sarah J. Doug
hs, I'ltira; Helen Ciow, Pomona; Francis
S Hitlers, Ceres. Siuslaw Grange is 111
tl. Hushing condition nt piesent, taking new
uic'iuheis at almost every meeting. It be
comes pur painful duty to chronicle the
tltath of our 11 01 thy sister, Jane Simpson,
w ifc 1 f John .Simpson, w ho died at her home
in Siuslin 011 the 17th of January, of dropsy
of the luart Yours, fratinullv.
As a branch of bu-iness or rather pursuit in
conjunction with other business, tho keeping
of poultry has become s means of money get
ting, whereas it was fo-meily done more foi
pleasure and home benefit. To make poultry
keeping profitable, it is only necessary that
tho better kinds be bred from, that suitable
place bo provided fur them, that they be pro
perly fed and carefully and intelligently man
aged. These rquirements are too rarely com
plied with in every respect to enable a correct
opinion to bo founded as to what can bo made
out of poultry under tho most favorable cir
cumstances. Certainly the present, if any, is the timo for
making a profit from poultry. The demand
for poultry increases rather than d'minishes
T Tit. .. e. -m. ; .1... .1.. . .1 1 1 ,..
xiieiace is iimbiuu great, tuuwuicK on poultry
rearing arises from lo-ses by disease, while the
greatest profits are derived from successful
rearing Ino birds. Fowls can be converted
into money cither while living or when dead,
or they may bo bred partly for the market
and partly with a view to tho disposal of theii
egg?. .
The profit from poultry is no longer a mat
ter of doubt as it has bein proved from facts
drawn from experience, and from the most re
liable sources 1 nvcring a period of at least 30
years. Fowls wi I not be profitable if they are
allowed to shift for theirsclvcs. and live in a
state of semi-starvation summer and winter,
nor will they benefit the keeper much if he
neglects to house them and to care aud pro
vide for their little wants. But to make poul
try keeping a remunerative pursuit, a person
must attend to it, and look to the well being
of his poultry stock at all seasous of tho year.
Polutry JIoHthli.
tlU'MMl-'.ON, Sec,
F.n.
nine a Hiitt t.i nur a.I.Ii-, t IVm-!,..!
t that moment a shighiug part) came offer liberal inducements.
Marlon County Pomona Orange.
SiLhM, Jan. Btnli, SX
Win ivimitk riliMlK: Please say
in )our e'Ncieilingly useful paper, that Ma
rion County Pomona Grange is to meet in
the I'm in 1 grai go hall at Turner, on Thurs
di), Februaiy Sth, .at 1 1 o'clock A, M. All
members of tho order, who conveniently can,
aio earnestly requested to bo present. Let
us endeavor to l.aio an interesting meeting.
K. Stkomi, Sec,
Till. Mensury barley is a new variety, and
likily to become papular. It is six rowed,
and was sent out by tho Department of Agri
culturefour or live esrs ago. It originated in
Canada. It has long, heavy heads, which
hang dow 11 vv hen tilling, but its straw is so
strong tint it does uot fall down, even on the
richest land. It has beeu tested for maltinc
and pronounced superior for that purpose.
In ripening it is a little later than the com
nion six rowed, ami is easily distinguished
from that when growing by a slightly reddish
tinge to the beard when the heads appear.
Any person who would like to get up a club
fir this paper can learn about terms by drop.
We
Wheat for Fowls.
A superior food for laying fowls is whole
vv heat or good wheat screenings and cracked
wheat. When bought, it pais best to get
sound wheat, as all of it is suitable lor food.
A second, or even a good third quality of
w heat should bo purchased, the amount fed
being governed greatly by tho condition of the
birds and tho severity of the w either. A lit
tie experience and care will soon deteimine
this point. The hens must nut. however, bn
counutti solely to this diet, nut havo occasion
al fe d of meat (cooked and chopped fine,)
scalded cormneal, buckwheat, whether they
have full liberty or not. Some kind of giecii
food should bo given daily, if tho hens eai.not
gather what they need to keep healthy. Reg
ularly in feeding and cleanliness must also be
observed strictly and constantly, Cor. Amet
icon Aijriiullitinl.
Poultry as Food.
There is no meat so cheaply raised and fat
tened as poultry. Most farmers' families pro
fer fresh salted to meats, especially dunrg
warm weather, and there is nouo more avail
able everywhere than that of fowls. One fowl
makes a meal for a largo family, anil thero is
none left to be thrown away, or to be salted
to prevent its spoiling. The next meal is run
nmgaroiiud, preserved naturally until needed
A bushel of ccrn will keep a farmer's fowl in
good eating condition for a year. The fow 1
w ill lay 100 eggs and over, winch will more
than piy for the grain given, ami the butcher's
cart is thus always at tho door. And what
mure palatable dish to set on the table thau a
chicken fricassee, roast or boil.
pond). They soon begin to tako food, and
then the amusement begins. Tiny go in
schools, and you may throw a pie e of bread
on the water, or anv kind of food that will
float, and they will go for it liko a gang ol
young pigs, too numerous by half to get into
a swill tub. I havo seen them in their anxi
ety and rush hoavo each other clear out of the
water, aud you can hear tho noise of their
eating equal to the pig sucking tho food.
Thus they continue to feed until winter com
mences, when they seek tho deep'r water, to
piss the cold season of the ) ear in a kind of
torpid state, or sleep, like that of the bear.
This will sometimes occur ns early as tho 1st
of November, if the winter should set in early,
and they always enter this ftate in groups of
f0 to 100 or more. They make a cavity in
tho mud at the bottom (called a kettle). In
this they pass tho time until spring, huddled
together in concentric circles with their heads
together, tho posterior portion ol tho hotly
raised and held immovable, scarcely lifting
their gills for the purpose of breathing, and
without taking any food, They take no food
from about October until Ma-ch, and in colder
districts sonievi hat longer, i'ct, during all this
w int r's sleep they lose nothing in w eight, and
come out of it in the spring fatter than when
enfnrg it.
The carp does not grow during the winter
months. Warmth alone seems to exercio a
fainrahlo influence upon them to promoto
grow th They come forth only when the rays
of the spring sun have warmed the water
thoroughly, and commonco to take food.
At this time the eggs havo tfeveloped them
selves considerably in the body of the fish, and
it only r quires a lew weeks of warm weather
to I ring about tho spawning, which has been
described in a previous aiticlo.
Caip only grow during the months of May,
June, July and August. They gain a little in
September by the accumulation of fat around
their entrails. Should tho month of May be
mild anil vv aim from the beginning, we may
look for and expect a good giow'Ii throughout
tho seasni. C rp growers altogether dislike
cold and stormy weather at this seas n of tho
year, as not only the e?gs, hut also tho young
try sutler mueli Irom it. A wet, cold, stormy
summer is no moro favnrablo to tho carp cul-
tuust tnan it is to tno agriculturist.
The pond must (orshuild be) screened
agiinst t e intrusion of pike, ell', bass, cat
IMi, and all other cannibal fishes; also protec
tion must bo had from water-d gs, snakes, tur
tles, fros, musk-rats, and various waterfowls,
and many voracious animals. A fine grating
is gootl for this purpose, and will prevent tho
intrusion of the foimer class, and against the
latttr various traps may be used to advantage.
stock i.n G ro.Nbs.
In plaoin.' spawr.ers in ponds for breeding
purposes thero should not be any except good,
healthy, first cla'S fish put in, and, as I have
heretofore stated, two males to one female. I
have often been asked how to distinguish tho
sexesapait. I will hero explain. The female is
usually a thicker fisb, and is broader and more
flat across tho abdomen, and of a paler color
while the male is rounder aud more trimly
built, and generally of a deeper orange color
on tlie abdomen. Uuring the spring season
they also have pertubetences like w arts onthi ir
heads and hacks. That there may bo no mis.
take, placo the fish on its biok ri 0110 hand
aud with the thumb and finger of the other
hand press gently from the tills to the funda
ment, and if a malo the milt will How, which
roscmbhs cream. By this mode of pairing no
mistake can occur.
TUTTS
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t TORPID LIVER.
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Irritability of temper. Low splHt,
a feeling of having noclect-d somedrn
Weariness, Dizzino-a, Fluttering .? iW
Heart, Dots before tho eyes. YVllo w skft
Headache generally over the right eit
Restlessness, with fitful dreams, hj.
colored Urine, and ' "'"
CONSTIPATION.
TUTTS PILtSaro especiollj uilantedl.
surli cases, one iloae e Meets such a chan
of feeling ns to astonish tho sufferer
They Inrn-iuo tb AppetlU-, and cau ,v.
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Cultivating carp In Ponds..
We met tho other day Mr. Geo. Leslie of
S.ilem, whose experiment in growing carp wo
ime reconleil several times. Mr. Leslie had
his tish on exhibition at the State Fair, and
thoy w ere a cry interesting feature there.
lie informs us that he is occasionally dispos
ing of his young fish, aud has ,t large number
on hand still. Tho athan'nge of haxing a
fish pond on oue's own pnmises is consider
able, merely for the sake of the food supply,
but it also stTords a pleasaut occupation to the
family in looking after and feeding tho fish.
We commend our readers w he desire to try
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to secure stock from him the present spring.
His experience is valuable as showing tliit
carp are successfully grown in the Willamette
valley.
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