VOL. LVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, NOV-r^O, 1902.--TWENTY PAGES.
NO. 48
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a Richmond early cherry thnt
sprouted from the graft. The seedling or
root the cherry is growing on, is outgrowing the cherry, will it injure the cherry, or
is in fit to live? W. F. F.
Parke Co.
—We would cut away the seedling
stock, and throw nil the sap into the
graft. The seedliarg though more vigorous would prohably be of no account
for fruit.
and  but   few   t*y
merchant  or  mechanic,
sportsmen.
The law against trespassing was suf**-
cient protection from sportsmen, when enforced. At least as good as the pnMBi
-.iohited   law. Robert   Morris.
Salem,   Indiana.
who was in an awful hurry to go to ('lev* -
land. He wanted $20 on this ring, which
he saiil was worth a hundred, but I
wouldn't give him but $10. If it's worth
a hundred I realty ought to have treated
him better. 1 might catch him at the depot even now and give him the other ten..'
A Dangreroua Habit.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Some daily moderate tipplers never become drunkards and live to be three score
and ten, but their last days will be afflict-
ted with diseases, aches and misery generally, and think of the money spent
whieh would help the oft pinched family.
The farmer's hard cider is one, if not
the worst drinks that is so much indulged
in. Many a man or boy becomes a drunkard by the cider drinking habit, and it
shortens life, as it deranges the stomach
and other organs, especially the brain*,
as  all  alcoholic  drinks  do. J.   B.
Clark Oounty Institute.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
A Farmers' Institute was held at Watson, on the 12th and 13th of November,
at which Sir. W. P. Bottorff presided.
Dr. Wolfe and Mr. Hines gave some very
interesting talks on "Some conditions
that confront the farmer, and how to
solve them, "Soil fertility and crop rotation," Mixing fertilizers," "The Education of the boy to make money and the
girl to spend it, "The breeding of seed
corn," and several other interesting subjects, were well discussed and brought out
some very useful points.
Mrs. Jones of Berea. Kentucky, gave
two interesting lectures on "Ladies'
clnbs"  and  "Domestic economy."
The meeting was favored by a good attendance,   and  was  a  great  success  and
will prove of much benefit to the farmers.
Harry J. Fry.
Scarcity of Quails Explained.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Quails in this sectfon of country are
abont extinct, made so by law ostensibly
for their protection, when in reality it has
worked for their destruction, sportsmen
alone deriving benefit therefrom. When
there was no bird law there were more
quails. The law as it now is gives sportsmen the privilege to kill 24 quails each,
and every day, from November 10 to end
of the year. There is no danger now of
that number being killed in one day, by
fny cne person. But should a hunter bo
that successful, one day he is privileged
to repeat it the next day if he can. What
fi restriction!
They are not here to be killed. It is
claimed by some, sportsmen in genera',
that the severity of winters has been the
cause of their almost ultimate destruction.
Perhaps in a measure that is true, caused
by their being made so wild, with sportsmen's dogs, and double-barreled, breerh-
loading guns, that they are too wild to
take protection about barn yards and
straw stacks, as formerly, 50 or 60 year*-
ago. In those days the farmers derived
some benefit from coveys that w° *•■
hatched and grown on their premises, and
virtually they belonged to them.
The quail can be domesticated, and if
eo raised the legislature should have no
right to interfere and prevent the owner from the use of his own property.
.Now they are not to be had by farme-,
"An.l was it V" was queried as the drummer  aeemed   tO  liuv,*  finished   his  story.
'•Well, time different jewelers valued it
at $150, ani Uncle Rube, who was stakeholder, doubtless got an even whack on my
money. It was a put-up job. of course, and
1 was just fool enough to bite. I haven't
even the consolation of feeling that it was
one of mv *.ll ilavs, or thnt my liver trouble was bothering ,,,(• worse than usual.
I naturally wanted to lick somebody, but
as it takes me about 15 minutes to get
mad and see through a hole in the wall the
two rascals were a mile away when I got
ready for action, and thus escaped scot
free."—Detroit Free Press.
LOVE LETTER OF 300 YEARS AGO.
A Devonshire correspondent sends u«
the following copy of a "love letter"
which was addressed some 303 years ago
by a Mr. V—, a landed proprietor, then
residing near South Molton, to a Mrs. I.—.
The original is beautifully written in the
old "black-letter" style—generally in vogue
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth—and prior
to its discovery recently it had not seen
the light of day for a great number of
years. How it has been preserved so long
is a mystery, for though old law papers
are often kept through many centuries, it
is seldom thnt the actual letters of dead
and gone lovers come to light after so long
a period:
"O my Bweet-harte, the longe absence
of your persone, hath constraynede me to
expresse unto you, my deere, the inwarde
griefes, the secrete sorrowes, the pinchinge
paynes that my poor oppressed harte piti-
fullye endureth. My tremblinge hand is
scarce able hold the pen, neither dare
my stammering tongue to expresse that
which my afflicted harte desireth torn ani-
unto you.
"Therefore, my Sweete, vouchsafe to
graunte some speedie remydie unto the
grievous anguishes of my heavy harte;
Detracte noe tyme, but wey with yourselfe
this provorbe; The sicker that any-bodie
is, the much more speede ought the Phisi-
con to make and provide the medicion—
leaste coming to late his labor be loste;
but if a sicke body be discomforted at on
(one) Phisycious's hand he may have recourse unto another, whereas I, discomforted at your 1,amies, can have recourse
unto none other. And thus, hopinge to
have some speedie comfort at your handes,
upon that Hope I repose me till further
opportunitye.
—of May, 1599.
Take this girdell, Sweete-hart, though the
gift  be  small,
Take harte, take hand, take body and all.
You have my hart, nnd  shall  have ever,
Change when you will, but I will Never.
You ,
One of the giant Redwoods of California.
CASE OF CONSCIENCE.
"No, I never had my pockets picked nor
my watch lifted," replied the Chicago
drummer, "but there are other ways of
working a man, and on several occasions
I have been worked. Indeed, it was only
a month ago, and in Toledo, where nothing is expected to happen, that I was played for a sucker. I had stopped on the
street to light a cigar when a man, who
looked as if he had just come to town
with a load of pumpkins, came up to me
holding a ring in his fingers and sai.l:
" 'Stranger, I'm feeling sort o' conscience-stricken and I want to ask your nd-
"I turned loose," said the drummer,
"and called Uncle Rube all sorts of fools,
and ended by saying the ring wasn't worth
!*-.">. The setting was composed of diamonds and pearls, but even a kid would
have known they were bogus. I was still
talking when the man who had boi rowed
$10 came hurrying up and asked for its
retnrn. saying he had found a party to advance $40 on it. Uncle Rube observed
that I took the thing for a swindle, and
the man turned on me and sarcastically expressed his thanks and advised me to study
up on gems a bit. We had hot words,
and  in  the  end   I  bet  him  $20 the
The names of the parties do not appear
on the letter itself. The paper on which
is written is now crumbling into powder
through age. and the writer's signature,
together with the termination of the letter, has disappeared. His name, however,
was given in an accompanying memorandum written centuries ago, probably by
the hand of a descendant. Unfortunately
no evidence is forthcoming to show whether his "pinchinge paynes" were subsequently alleviated—one hopes so.—1*^"on
Mail. __
Benjamin Kidd. the^T BriHsh^ ^
just made M« believes the countrv^
Afrio* •-n the United Stated    7   ° b"
-~«.s*.PPi and believes   h,7 '  T " the
assured. that Is future is
tice.      I  met a  feller a little while ago   wasn't wortii $10.'