VOL. XVI.
IND-aAlSTAPOLIS, aCTO-LA^A, SATUBDAY. AUGK 27, 1881.
NO. 35.
rOBSaUaK.
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FOB BALE— Pure I red  Bhrpherd pcpa.   Injolra
oi Wm. Tobln, et fine hooae.SooUi Illinois and
Memll streets. 	
TTOB BALK-Twenty co^nles beat Italian beee tot
J? sale lo» bj- T w. ABBOTT, m >-onh Tennessee street, Indianapolis, md.  ^_^
F0B8ALK—Jl flneiotcl Poland rhl»»pl|it-»U
ofmy own bi-ftdlnr.   Very cheap.  Aderwe la.
II. AIKMAN,Box il, Dana.Ind.	
FOB Sal-E-A splendid half ISjdMdaJeyuIUoB.
Abartaln.   Afidr-ws J.   B. pCMUM, IL B ,
-elders Fcid. Fnlton connty. Ind.	
FOB BALE— Couwtld bnck lambs at |15 tram my
impo.wdbuck.   Be   »el«h« KS pounds.  Tne
ptliewinaeT JAMES M. MABLOW. Adama, Ind.
FOB 8*I.E— Cheap  to close ont the bnslness. B
head of porelj bred Shorthorns, for a barsaln,
addraa H. iliiwis. P.O. box So. to. Louisville Ky.
FOB BALK—A few eiira Poland China pice: both
sexes: ret of Prlnc* 1st and Oovernor id. Beady
■tor ibt show tint*. Andreas A. W. B0*S8,-Munda,
Indiana.
FOB 8ALE-0ne foil blcod Jersey bnll, 'nil dark
polnU and solid co'or. Also, Cotswold bncka
andlan,ba. Terms reasonable. WM. A. BBIDOK8,
Trafalgar, Ind. «o»
FOR BALK— «0 bnshel** pnre Claweon Wbeat.
Wbo baa Bock Wbeat lor sale Please announce It throsfb Ihe Indiana Vaimer. B. B.
CJIliONETM, Ureencastl*. Ind.	
"COB CALK-Two «ne red bnll calvre. I months
J? old. rrrm Imi-crtwl Cbordra, also cows and
heifers all reoorded which we will aell low down.
Address JACOB TA TLOB. gplca-ano, Ind.	
FOB BALK- Cotswold Bheep—10 head ot shearling
bncksand »0 bead of shearling ewea. all Imported from Canada laat November, and alotof
spring lambs. Addresa K. J. Bb KL, Vlncennea.lnd.
FOR BALK—Seed Wheat—Alabama White. In
aay quantity np to 100 bnlbala. Beat wheat tor
enr climate Price •: M per, bushel Baraple. sent
t>c sppllcatton. Addreaa WM. A. FLIKN.Balem.
Indiana. _____^__^_____^_
FOB BALK—Clawson Wheat—I have Tlboebels
good seed wheat which I will aell at 11 Ts per
kuibe.. delivered at expreta cfflce. the pnrchaaer
raying for tba lack*.
Hprtnififld. Ind.
j(^.M     ,|ai.> HI.      »...« ...a—~  ■
Address  t>.   8.   SMITH,
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lOB SALK-A nrst-cla#s breeding Jack, also a
good general pnrpoee horse. Tha Jack can
show a Dne lot or colie, and the hone baa taken Brst
rremlnmat Indiana Bute fair. Seasonable trloe.
wlllbe Sade    SIMEON TINDBR, Danvl.le, fnd.
FOB 8ALK-I0n.<X» Apple. Peach. Plnm and Cherry tre-M. Alioa large stock of Kaspberrles.
Btrawberrlea. ooo*.eberrlea. BUckkerrlea and Cor-
rants. Bend a list of wbat yon want and we will
Jive speclil priceia H. M.'bIMPSOK &CO..V10.
cennes, Ind,
FOB BALK-Improved Silver ChafTwheat. Kxtra
ylelda.   Ho rose,   fl per peck:   W per bnsbel
' >-o money paj s bettertban that Invested In good
seed.   For deecrlf Hon see Farmer of Jnly I, pases
TUKO. cOUr.tlKB, Mt. Pleasant. Ind.	
FOB BALK— Farm of Macrea; Tl In enltlvation
II miles rorthol thisclty; com'oruble frame
hon>e: excellent bsrn, and one of the beet orchards
ln the connty: good soil: In a first class crmmnnltj:
opposite cbnich and graded school. Price, fl,roo.
Thistsabeanlltnl la»m and very cheap. M. All*
BUCKLB., M Kast Market street. .
FOB BALK-Yellow Vlssonrl Wheat for Beed—
Helecied by Agricultural Department at Washington as specially adapted to tnls locality. Was
Srortuced by a cross between the Bine Stem and
[edlterranea . Smooth heads, stiff heavy straw.
Bnltable for bottom or upland. Yields heavy. Have
raised It for three years wjtb great sneceae. Can
spare a few bushels. Delivered at express office lo
sacks at Cl ao per bn.bel: II Mfor a bnshel. HKNRY
C. MKRKDITH, Cambridge City. I"d.
loam.
■^AJTONKY to loan on Improved farms tXlverotn.
JML Commissions reasonable. WM. BKMDKB
SON,7t X, Market street. IndlanapoUs.	
TO LOAN-Maaey to loan on flrst mortgage of
Improved city and farm property, ln Indiana
and Ohio, at very low Interest, wltbontcommlaslon,
Prompt partlee. with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. All local eecurttlee-
Clty, County, Town and Railroad Bonds—negotiated    JOS. A. MOOBK.M Vast Maiket street.
BUtEtUXEOC**.
STRAYED—From XT Ash street, this city, two
cows. One wblte, with Inside or ears and nose
brown; the other a Durbsm, roan and white, mostly roan, both young and giving milk.
^iire
Chester Whites seem to be the favorites in Pennsylvania, the farmers claiming
that thej are better adapted to their section.
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Mb. Jas. A. Jackson, Council Bluffe,
and Capt. Pegram, St. Louis, disposed of
tbeir herd of abont 6,6*0*0 head of cattle and
received f 140,000.
A small early maturing hog is much
more valuable than a large one, as no more
food will be required to raise two good
quick-growing ones than it will for a large
but slow all-lard hog.
Statistics recently published ahow tbat
of 243,681 animals shipped to England
from the United States and Canada during
the twelve months' ending last February,
no less than 10,163 were lost,
Mb. It, C Cobwihb, stock artist, has sent
us a photograph of a drawing made by him
of Mr. A. C. Flak, Maple Park, Cold Water,
Mich., and hia superb stallion, Masterlode,
or Eambeltonian Star. The drawing ia as
fine as any of the kind we have aeen, and
proves Mr. Corwlne to be one of the best
artists of hia class in the country.
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Thk stock shipments from the West are
Just beginning to the Chicago market. The
cattle have been held back on account of
the extremely hot weather. They, are now
in excellent condition, much better than
last year, it is expected that the stock
shipments this year will run up to 10,000
cars over the Union Pacific, which will be
more than last year.
ZZ Normandy Horses Imported. .
A train of twenty-one cars, containing
Normandy horses direct from Frano»,pass-
ed through.the city on Tuesday, 16lh. Their
destination was Dillon's stock-farm,
Bloomington, 111. The horses wereln good
condition, taking into consideration their
: long ride.   The I., B. and W. road took
tbe train from this point as a special, expecting to reach Bloomington in six hours
Mr. Dillion being in baste to get his valuable cargo landed. These horses are the
large, powerful draught horses seldom seen
in this oountry except at State fairs. Tbey
are in oommon use in Paris, and are rapidly being lntroduoe into this country.
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Big Flooks.
Statistics published by the Colonies and
India give some idea of the great amount
of work entailed by the ownership of a
quarter of a million of aheep, the proprietors ln tbls case being Messrs. Edols, at
one of their stations, Burrawang, near
Forbes, New South Wales. The shearing
laat November and December afforded employment lor 101 shearers, 50 "roustabouts,"
and 20 musterers, at an expense of saj f 10,-
000. The yield was a wonderfully good
one, averaging nearly five pounds per head,
lambs Included. The gross weight, estimate d at 1,180,804 ponnds was made up
into 2,811 bales, snd hauled to the railroad
on 150 wagons, and tbey must have been
large wagons as tbey are spelled with two
it's. The total value of the clip waa reckoned at ^300,000.
Sheep Husbandry West.
A correspondent writing from Ooloiado
sheep grazing regions says: "Alfalfa baa
proven to the Colorado ranchman tbat
more sheep can be kept on a given area ot
land tban was ever dreamed ot by tbe
most enthusiastic ranchman of the plains.
This plan may be considered by some aa
visionary and Impracticable. It is the
only way te meet the continual emergencies now arising in Texas, Colorado, and
many other sections now suffering from
lack of sufficient feed and shelter; these
two are the only locking essentials of the
Texas—Missouri country, and they have to
be met somehow. Thousands of sheep will
be driven next fall to cheap corn in Kansas and Missouri for wintering, snd back
again to summer pasturage in otber states.
Large capitalists are preparing cattle
ranches upon a more secure method for future handling. With sheep lt ls more Imperative, practical, and cheaply done.
This will necessitate the owning of the
lands and establishing of homes, where
comforts and culture may surround the
owners or attendants ol the flocks. It ls
the right way, and the sooner adopted by
the wool-growers of the South and West
the better. It has been evident to observers that flocks and herds have had to go
further out, year by year, to find pasturage. Some ranges are left as untenable, but subdued and ready for fencing
and tame grasses, that, with another system of handling, would support more and
better Improved flocks than the wild
grasses ever did."
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Lean and Fat Fork.
A recent English writer Insists that the
ooarest Berkshire that can be found, If
well fed and nursed for three months and
allowed to develop muscle in a pasture or
straw yard, as the season suits, and then
properly fed, may be brought to a weight
of 160 pounds in eight or nine months, and
in such pigs both lean and fat will be of
the finest quality and when properly cured
command the top of the market. It is
claimed that to-day the highest prices paid
in London are for long-nosed Irish pigs of
the coarsest quality an Judged by popular
sbowyard standards. There are curious
facts stated ln illustration of this point. A
noted breeder sent to the Royal Agricultural Society's exhibition two old boars,
one of tbe fashionable type, the other a
specimen of the pore old Berkshire stock.
Tbe former took tbe premium, of course,
and the owner straightway sold him and
bred from the other for commercial purposes. The most famous caterers of Landon do not buy prize pigs or of their stock.
The fancy bacon curers also avoid the
dumpy and excessively fat and fashionable
style. A visitor examining the Smith-
field Club awards with a member of a popular firm of bacon curers, said: "Now we
will take you to a prize pig worth considering." Arriving there the man of bacon
opened his note book and read. "The
worst pig in the show." His -companion
displayed his own notes and recited; "The
worst pig ln the hall." It was an animal
that would have delighted tbe premium
givers of many a ahow of the moat highly
"improved" pigs ln this oountry. Improved "within an inch of their Uvea!"
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Foiled Cattle.
Mr. W. S. Miller contributes to the Live
Stock Journal his views respecting this
breed of cattle now ooming into favor in
many localities: "About ten yean ago I
bought several ot the best red native
polled cows I oould find, and bred them to
a Short-horn bull. Their descendants I
have been breeding to thoroughbred bull',
and bave now a herd of red polled cattle,
some of wbich have all the points of the
finest bred Short-horns, (1 ) I have been
watching and learning all I could about
the polled cattle of England and Scotland,
and I think the black breeds, though they
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"wo*, (
Imports* Clydesdale) Horae.. Owned by fowrll Broa., Kpilngboro, Fa.
have proved to be hardy, good feeders, and
have won some of the highest pilzes ln
ln stock shows, will never become popular
ln tbla country on account of their color.
(2.) The Norfolk and Suffolk reds appear
to be flne-boned and small, not very profitable as beef cattle, though better for the
dairy than tbe black breeds. (3 ) Polled
cattle bave many advantages over oattle
with horns. They never gore each other
or any otber stock, are as iiulet and can be
yarded as safely as sbeep, and for winter
quarters can be kept together ln a stab
without any fastenings; and by keepin^
their stable well littered, a large amount
of the best of manure can be made, that
does not need to be handled but once, and
tbat when lt is hauled to the field. I understand something ot tbe difficulties of attempting to establish a new breed of cattle,
and do not expect to accomplish much in
tbat direction, but I believe polled cattle
are tbe coming cattle of America. (4 ) I
have undertaken this for my own pleasure
and satisfaction, and am so well pleased
with my success, so far, that I am confident that anyone who has had a herd of
polled cattle oould not be indued to breed
cattle with horns."
whites remain the only local names.
Large White and Small White breeds, ditto
ditto black; are the distinctive names of all
the classes except the Berkshires.
Nothing has done so much in substitution for unprofitable slow-growing pigs,
early mature and well-shaped ones as
agricultural ihows, assisted, it must be
added, by pig-rearing tquires and pig-
investing Yorkshire mechanics.
'Sctennarge
Live Stook in England.
The London Live Stock Journal notes
the phases of live stock at the late Royal
Show at Derby as follow.:
"The influence of the Royal Society has
been rather diffusive than creative. The
beef, the mutton, the pork are not better
than they were even sixty years ago; but
sixty years ago the quantity was small,
and the consumption of the best Joints confined to the rich—laborers ate so fresh
meat, mechanics very little. The Srxdety's
great work has been ln difluslng the principles of selections, by which tbe best tribes
in each breed have been created; and by
collecting, by competition, the best examples of the best brt eds.
"In cattle,the most stiklng feature of this
second show at Derby, Is the admitted preponderance of the Sbort-horn; whose superiority as a beef-making animal, wherever
sufficient food can be provided in pastures
and stalls, ls now undisputed. Aa a beast
of draught, ln those countries where oxen
are required for tbe plow and tbe wagon,
it has many superior*. As a dairy-cow,
several tribes are equal, some superior;
but in manufacturing, by crosses with
otber tribes, beef for the million, lt hsa no
equals. Even tbe famous black Polled
Scotch oxen, which hold the top plaoe lo
tbe London market, are supposed to owe
something in their weight tb an occasional
cross ot the Short-horn.
"The Devons Btand Jnst where they did 40
years ago—exoellent for their own locality
—often profitable to feed, seldom to breed,
out ol the Hereford district of England, but
favorites with rich men, real ornaments to
their parka and pleasure grounds, and able
to finish by presenting flrst-class beef on
the table. The first Earl of Lsloester said,
fifty yeara ago, that to breed Devons and
pure South-Downs in Norfork would ruin
any tenant farmer.
"It Is sometimes -complained that the
prlzss of the society have led rather to the
cultivation of quality, to the sacrifice of
weight, in the Devoa classes. The oldest
member ofthe Council, Mr. George Turner,
of Great Bowley, near Tiverton (he was
elected ln 1845), breed quite as good Devons
in 1843 as are bred now; but there are a
great many more sent to market fat from
tbe North Deron hills, their original home,
elnoe railways opened up to the breeders
tbere the markets of Birmingham, Bristol,
an--), above all, London. Before the railway extension they were sold as stores.
"The show of Herefords was not large, the
site of the show being out of the great
green pastures; where thia beef-making ox
thrives. As an ox the best specimens cannot be beat; it la as a cross or a cow that the
the suVJcct of the Immortal Bakewell's experiments, is now beaten out of the field
of trade. His long-wooled sheep on the
other hand, shares the triumph of the
Sbort-horn, as a general improver of tbe
mutton-making tribe. See Bewick's
•Quadrupeds," a book no i quire's library
should be without, for what farm stock
was seventy years ago. The most marked
difference ln the cattle classes between 1843
and 1881 is ln those i ffored for the dairy
breeds—Jerseys and Guernseys—to which
so much attention has, within the lact
quarter of a century, been paid. As cattle
for the dairy, for private use, as well as
where there ls a first-class demand at
waterlnp-plaoes, like Brighton, these bold
the flrst plaoe.
"The recent attention paid to improvements iL" dairying by the Royal Society
naturally increases the interests ln these
really cream-producing oows of the Channel Islands. Fancy has divided them Into
two tribes by their color. If there any
practical difference between the grey and
yellow trlbesT at any rate, there was a
famous show of the greys at Derby; the
yellows not so numerous.
"In sheep, forty yeara have created one
new tribe, In the Oxford-Downs; at least, if
not created, have kept it up by careful,
constant crosses, and supplied a combination of quantity and quality; also very
useful rams. They have conquered classes
both ln breeding-stock and tat stock shows.
Although only bred within a limited erea
by a few well known names, Oxford-Downs
may have existed, but certainly were not
known to the public in 1S43.
"Within the same space of time the improvement and increase in the Bnmber o)
breeders of Shorpshlre sheep has been
enormous. What they were originally is
a much-disputed point, but at present
careful selection, with or without crossing,
has made the rams one of the most popular
for crossing, especially for breeding lambs
for market. It bas for many years been
admitted that cross-bred sheep are the
most profitable to the tenant farmer,
whether his flock bq short-wooled or long-
wooled, according to his soil, climate and
market, and Shrops are a very favorite
cross. The South- Downs were out of their
district in Derby, and consequently limited
ln number. At the 1813 sho w, Jonas Webb
the greatest breeder of his day, had already
Herefords falls short of the Short-horn—a
point mnch disputed forty yeara ago; not
in the least now unless by the patriotic Mr.
Duckworth. The Sussex are to the butcher
big Devons, and the classes for them a
concession to modern Improvements. The
Long-horns, although they are in their
own district, can only be looked upon as
curiosities—the beet-makers of the past;
Improved, on his Cambridge-shire farm,
the size of the Sussex sheep without loosing any of the quality of the best mutton
ln the world. The South-Down out of
Sussex aud the south coast still remains
the gentleman's sheep par excellence, invaluable to cross ether Downs, as well as
certain long-wools. For quantity there is
nothing like it, and South-Down rams
have ln an opposite direction, like Short-
hom*, been used to cross for mutton all
over Europe.
"Leicesters hold their^stereotyped plaoe
where Bakewell placed them, and Lincolns
retain favor for size and constitution.
Other breeds of sheep beyond those named
are seldom heard of out of their counties
except ln Royal ahows.
In Pigs—see again Bewick's pictures—
the transformation made by the Society
has been a revolution. AU the personal
names have disappeared, early maturity
accompanied by constitutional activity,
are points aimed at and obtained by all
breeders of note. We hear no more of
Radnor or Prince Albert, or Norfolk or
Sussex breeds; Hampshire exists but does
not show; Berkshire blacks and Yorkshire
This department la edited by Dr. John N. Navin,
Veterinary Surgeon, anthor ol Navin's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Bnlea to be observed by those expecting correct
answers:
h Btate tha rate ol pnlae.
X. The breathing.
a. The standing attttnda.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. II oongh; and secretion from noes, whether
glands between the laws can be Mt, aad how near
tha bone.
«. If breathing Is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rnehlng sonnd, no Ume mnst oe lost ln blistering
throat, and nslng tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on t-engoe alternately
every ta o hoars, tot time la too short tor an answer.
T. Parties desiring answers by mail mnst enoloae a
■tamp.
atter
Blister It.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer
Please tell me what to do for my mart?
Sbe run against tbe barn door and braised
her shouloer. It is swollen very badly.
It got better for awhile but it has formed
a callous lump, and broke and run red
matter. s. W.
Blister, See recipe for blister in this
number of the Fabmkr.
Bloody Milk.
Editors Indiana Farmer
My cow's udder does not swell or appear
sore, and I can see nothing the matter witb
tbe milk, when I milk it. But after setting over night there will be blood in the
bottom of tbe pan. What is the matter
and what ls the remecy?      ScBiCBinKB.
Give the powders so often prescribed in
the Fabmer, ginger; black antimony, etc
Bweeneyed.
Kdltors Indiana Tanner:
Please tell me what is the matter with
my mare. She is eight years old, and four
years ago last winter when the ground
was frozen hard, this mare Jumped two
pair ol bars and from that day to this she
bas beeu lame in her right shouldei? I
think the shoulder is sweeney ed orshunk-
en, and her breast is also sunken. It did
not hurt her lor work till this summer.
She has been very lame this summer. I
tried the liniment heretofore pf escribed,
but while it-did tome good, is not well.
S. H.
Rowell her breast first, then  apply  the
liniment you mention if found  necessary-
Kdltors Indiana Farmer:
Will jour veterinary editor please tell
me through the Fabmkb, what alls my oow
and give a remedy T The symptoms are a*
follows: About four or five months ago
hard lumps raised on her legs; they would
break and run a thick yellow matter, then
scab over and remain sore, with a hard dry
scab about. Ten days ago her fore leg commenced swelling at the knee Joint. The
skin Is cracked open; the hair looks dead
on her leg; it is running a thick, offensive,
yellow water. j, r.
^ Blister jour cow's leg and feed her the
powders so familiar to the readers of the
Fabmkb, one teaspoonful three times
daily.
Lame Fore Legs.
Kdltors Indiana Farmer.
I have a horse tbat has something the
matter with hia fore feet. When standing
awhile, he becomes stiff and quivers in fore
legs and body. When warmed up he don't
show it much except when on hard
ground. His hoofs are dry and rotten on
tbe inside, but hard on the outside with
lever. d. M,T.
You must locate the disease, I cannot
tell whether he has thrush, corns, contraction, or one of many other diseases of the
lore limbs. If you do right have a veterinary go and examine him. We can send
you one; am unwell at present and cannot
ga
Bapture.
Editors Indians Farmer:   <
I have a mare that jumped'a board fenoe
and hung on one of the posts and ruptured
her on the left tide, Just a little forward of
the bag. It was done in harvest, first week
ln July. Can anything be done that will
affect a curt? M. L. C.
You might as well ask what oould be
done for her If she was blown up by a
bombshell, before she came down, and her
Injuries known. Are her bowelB protruding? If bo, there ls no cure after a week's
delay. II the hide is not penetrated, and
only a small hernia, new a piece of tin
between two roles of stout drilling. Return
the bowels, keep a thin piece of iron like
a knife pressed over the parts, place the tin
over the rupture and tie above the back.
Smear the surslngle with starch, plaster of
paris,etc. Fastenalsoabreechlngandbreast
collar, then withdraw the thin piece of flat
iron. Ifthe aperture is large you must
sew it up.
Dainty Davie, the Imported Clydesdale.
Dainty Davie, bay Clydesdale stalHoB.
stripe in face running down to.snip on nose,.
whtte spot on under lip, white feet behind
little above angle, right forefoot white to
ankle and very little on off forefoot, imported fiom Scotland in spring of 1881 by
Powell Brothers Springboro, Crawford
oounty Pa , sired bj Donald Dlnnie (1116)
winner of sterling premium in 1873; he by
Glancer (3S9) by Campsie (119), winner oi
first prize and gold medal at the Highland
Society's show tt Kelso in 1£63; the Fife
and Kinross premium two years in succession; the SholtB and Whitburn premium
four yeais in succession; and the Ayr
countv premium in 1868. He by Johnie
Cope (416) winner of tbe first prize at the
Highland Society's show at Glasgow in
1E60, wst. Brechin pteminm horse in 1851,
Lanarkshire in 1852, he by Clyde, alias
prince of Wales (155) winner of first prize
at the Highland Agricultuial Society'a
show ai Glasgow in 1844. He by Clyde,
alias Glancer the Ruptured horse (163) by
Brcomfield CUmpioi. (95) bj Glancer 2d
(337), by Glancer 1st (336), bj Glancer alias
Thompson' black horse (335), foaled about
1810 and was one ot the most noted ot the
great founders of the Cljdesdale breed.
Dalntj Davib'adamby Dainty Davie (211),
winner of first prize and silver medal at
the Highland Society's show at Aberdeen
in 1858, he by Lothalr Tarn (516), winner of
the first prize at the Highland Society's
show at Glasgow in 1850. He traveled in
Thomhlll at.d Galloway districts, and won
the premium for Hamilton ln 1850 and 1851,
he by Clyde alias Prince oi Wales [156], by
"Glancer the Ruptured horse" [163], by
Brcomfield champion [95], by Glancer 2d
[337], winner of second prize at the first
show ofthe Highland Society's show held
in 1826, he by Glancer lst [336], by Glancer
alias Thompson's black horse [335],
Grand Soenery.
A recent travelerin Mexico thus describes the ride from "Vera Cruz to the
oity of Mexico, over the Mexico and
Vera Cruz railroad:   "The railroad to
Mexico is one of the most remarkable
pieces of engineering I have ever seen.
It took twenty years to build it, cost
130,000,000, and is 263 miles in length.
The  mountain  portion  of the track,
about 60 miles, ia carried at a gradient
of about 133 feet to tbe mile, until it
reaches a height of 8,000 feet above the
level of the sea.    This ascent,  across
ravines, over torrents, through tunnels
and around curves, winding over itself
like a coiled snake, discloses a variety
and beauty, a granduer and sublimity,
of scenery that surpasses any description
I can give you.   All the while the
mighty Orizaba, nearly three times as
high as Mt. "Washington, is in sight.   In
the courte of this ride the great double
engines, each doing twice the work of
our heaviest locomotives, take us up the
steep grade at the rate of fifteen miles
an hour.   The climate, as we go up, varies from 100° to 55°, and  plantations  of
oranges, pine-apples, bananas, cocoanuts,
coflee, rice, sugar-cane and tobacco display their luxuriant growth on either
hand  in  bewildering  profusion.   And
then the flowers, growing in perfect tangles each side ot the road, orchards in
wondrous beauty, oleanders 40 feet high
morning glories climbing and completely covering trees Jike the largest elms,
so tbat the morning sun lights up a bouquet 50 teet in diameter, whose stem is
the tree trunk, and whose colors rival
the raiisbow; and in  all this fragrant
scene art flitting birds of gay plumage.
Fairyland could offer no  more  delightful combination of charms, nor Paradise
itself display more beauties to delight
the eye."
He who is great in his own estimation,
is li&e a man standing on a mountain ;
all men seem Uttle to him from abov*",
and he, Heaven knows, Ioooks little
from below.—Shakespeare.
Novel Bat Trap.
"Before housing my new crop of oorn
I built a box in one corner of my barn
of thick plank ten inches wide, eight or
ten feet long, and made another the
same length small enough to slip into it
from the outside ofthe barn by cutting
a place large enough to insert it. I bored
two-inch auger holes in the side of the
boxes at intervals so that they would exactly meet when the inside box was slipped to its place. I housed my new crop
on it and in a few days I drew out my
coxandfoundtherewereratsinit. Istop-
ped the auger holes and carried it out in
the field and called a old negro man to
help me kill them. I got a stick, set
the box on an end, opened the bottom
hole and at it we went, and when we
got through we counted up and had
thirty-five grown rats. So I returned
the box to its place and continued my
operatiocs until I had effectually thm-
ned out the rat crop." You see they
would always flnd the box under the
corn and adept it as a denning place.	
Cor. American Farmer.
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