The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1910 Page: 3 of 8
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Texas Digital Newspaper Program and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Lancaster Genealogical Society.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
TREATING FOR GAPES fastening barn door open
____._ Easy to Make and Is One of the Little
Farm Conveniences That Help
to Save Steps.
George Washington's
IPi IK.I ^ ^
Keep Young Chicks on Clean
Ground Not Trampled on
Set a good solid post for the door
to open out against. Make a wooden
hook as shown in the cut with a slop-
ping point eight inches out from the
notch. This length is sufficient to
make an easy level. A great many
hooks are too- short and they work
hard. Fasten the hook to the side of
the door with a heavy lag screw just
high enough up to engage the bottonr
Trouble Is Not Disease and is Caused
by Small Red Worms Which
Gather in Windpipes and In-
terfere with Breathing.
V flHfiE0RG£ ^'ASHING-
1BBW ton’s home Pamd tomb
1 B9 at Mount Vernon have
m. H become a Mecca for
continual pilgrimages
I f iSwi by the people of a
grateful nation, to say
Sj nothing of the fre-
quent visits of dis-
tinguished foreigners;
dut, oaaiy enough, the birthplace of
the Father of His Country, located
some miles nearer the mouth of the
Potomac, Is neglected and to a con-
siderable . extent unknown. Fortu-
nately a movement has been recent-
ly inaugurated to restore and pre-
serve Wakefield plantation, where
Washington was born and where he
spent his boyhood. . This project is
coincident with the plan for the res-
toration of Stratford, the birthplace of
Robert B. Lee. /*
The opportunities for a memorial
shrine to the military leader of the
confederacy are, however, somewhat
superior to those at Wakefield, for
whereas the ancestral home of the
Lees is yet standing in a fair state
of preservation there are no rem-
nants of the old buildings at Wake-
J field save some tumble-down log
' structures of uncertain origin which
are reputed to have once served as
slave quarters, but which are now
utilised as corn cribs.
The :f old manor house in which
George Washington opened his eyes
upon the world was burned in the
r' last oentury, but the brick chimney,
within the arch of which four people
could sit, and the cornerstone with a
portion of the foundation were saved.
Shortly before the civil war the his-
toric farm passed into the hands of a
family which at the outset showed
(By S. C. MILLER.')
Strictly speaking, gapes cannot be
called a disease,’ since chicks that
are so afflicted arm in a physically per-
fect condition. The trouble is caused
by a small red worm, or rather by a
collection of such worms, which gath-
er in the windpipes, and as they grow
interfere with the breathing and cause
the chicks to gasp and after awhile
strangle.
The worm is the larvae of eggs de-
posited in the filth of the yards or
coops, and is hatched after being ta-
ken into the chick’s throat.
They are, when full grown, about
one inch long, and very much resem-
ble a pale streak of blood.
Incubator chicks and those which
run on clean grassy plots, away from
the haunts of the older fowls, are nev-
,r known to have gapes, while, on the
other hand, those which run in yards
which are bare of grass, where fow;ls
have been kept year after year, will
almost invariably have gapes.
Just guard against the disease by
observing a few simple rules, is the
best advice. Keep, all young chicks
on clean ground, away from the house,
where old fowls have not\ trampled
over it. \
Sprinkle lime and carbolic acid
over the yard, house and walks, and
see that only fresh water and pure
food are given the chicks.
If only a few chicks are affected
they may be relieved by inserting a
feather stripped to within an inch of
the tip into the windpipe and turning
it gently as It is withdrawn. Thq
worms will adhere to the feathers and
thus give the relief sought.
Violent sneezing will dislodge the
worms and give relief, and this may
be produced by fumes of tobacco
smoke or carbolic acid. If using to-
bacco, catch the chicks and put them
In an ordinary bushel feed basket,
With any kind of an old cloth thrown
over it. Set the basket over a barrel
with both heads out and place the to-
l^cco on some live cottls In the bot-
tom.
Watch the chicks carefully, so that
they do not smother, but let them re-
main until they become quite dizzy.
The sneezing thus produced will give
relief.
-When using a feather hold the
chick between the knees, with back
toward you. Then, with the left fore-
finger and; thumb open the mouth,
holding the neck well up.
The windpipe will he easy to reach
with the feather, which you have pre-
viously arranged.
A small piece of camphor the size
of a pea will often give relief, as will
also an up and down pressure on the
fore part of the neck.
When the first sign of gapes ap-
pears the chicks should be removed
to coops as far distant as possible
from the house and kept there until
they have passed the danger age.
If they are taken to a place like
that when first hatched there will
never be a case of gapes among them.
Keeps Door Open* , ^
of the door. Put a weight on the back
end of the hook, just heavy enough to fm
raise the catch. At the top of the
post put a grooved pulley dr an L- ivJ
shaped lever cut from a piece of flat ‘
iron, with a hole in each end and .% -j
larger hole at *the corner. Fasteh it . £
to the po^t as shown. Attack a wire ;\
to the ^weight and carry it over the
pulley or attach it to the outer arm ^
of the lever. Hitch another wire ti> , v!
the top end of the leyer and carry it ^
inside the barn behind the door. Put
a ring in the door to pull it shut with 1
and another ring in the 'end of the If
wire for a finger hole. The hook ma^ / J
then be released and the door pulled ; ^
shut without walking around to the h
post. It is one of the ^ittle farm coi* %
veniences that help to save steps. /
tion “Washington’s Birthplace,” and
in small letters at the base the words:
“Erected by the United States, A. D.
1895.” Latterly plans have been pro-
jected for rebuilding the old mansion,
placing in a conspicuous portion of
the structure the few bricks remain-
ing from the old house and using the
original cornerstone.
In the old family burying ground
at Wakefield there has recently been
put in place a granite slab in memory
of Augustine Washington, father of
This stone was
1m l George Washington,
§§■/// provided by the Society of the Oolo-
§W// nial Dances of America. In this grave-
W yard, also, is a marble slab bearing
MU an inscription that indicates that it
j?/// Was placed in its present position in
* 1 ’ ' 1729. *'
» Probably the principal reason for
the neglect of Wakefield by the tour-
ist throng that visits Mount Vernon is found in
the isolation of Washington’s birthplace. In con-
junction with the erection of the governmental
monument at Wakefield a substantial pier was
built extending some distance out into the Poto-
mac, but this pier is now in shoal water and
none of the larger steamers plying on the Poto-
mac can reach it. In consequence the only avail-
able means of reaching Wakefield Is to take pas-
sage on one of the steamers bound for Colonial
Beach, the leading summer resort of the lower
Potomac, and upon arrival at the beach to either
charter a launch for the trip to Wakefield or else
reach the same goal by a considerable drive over
roads that are none too good. Even this time-
consuming method of making a pilgrimage to
Wakefield is impracticable In winter.
Washington Is the mightiest name of the
earth—long since mightiest in moral reformation.
On that name a eulogy is expected. It cannot
be To add brightness to the sun or glory to the
name of Washington is alike Impossible. Let
none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the
name and in its naked, deathless splendor leave
it shining on.'—Abraham Lincoln.
GENERAL FARM NOTES
Good sanitation will help in.ecoi ,
nomical milk production. — ^
A manure spreader -makes the
profits from dairying still greater. ? H
Plenty of bedding for the ccw helps
materially to keep her clean. /
The country is the breeding ground
of thoroughbred stock for the cities.
Don’t keep the culls, the loafers, the
puny, weakly chicks around. Send
them to market.
The hest remedy for sick fowls is
the ax, but with proper precaution
they won’t get sick. !
Pullets should be grown, or nearly v
so, and should be laying or showing
inclination that way, now.
On a farm of 'IOO acres or over it
nora haffov tn crc.11 chccr, aB milt.
'mother of Washington,
Am it was broken and its
|||l fragments lie there, to-
^mHSm <iay- moss-grown and
mu v'neco*,ere(* Later on
picnic parties landed
on the sandy beach
^’§ and made such a prac-
tice of carrying away
the bricks as souvenirs
. " Kr that John W. Wilson,
v , Mr the owner of the farm,
took steps to prevent
further trespassing.
CT Only a few of the old
WSBE-_--Oh bricks, together with
cyr* &2Z-J2- \ //k the cornerstones, are
or CZ&MZFfUJ now left. These .bricks.
4 flsf by the i way, were
------.brought over from Eng-
land nearly two centu-
ries ago, serving as ballast for the vessels, which
also brought all the woodwork and other fur^
nishings. The broad portico of the old house
faced the Potomac, which is here mileB in width,
and in the estimation of many persons the view
at this point surpasses that at either Arlington
or Mount Vernon. a
Iir the year 1895 the national government
erected at Wakefield a miniature copy of the
Washington national monument with the inscrlp-
pays much better to sell sheep as mut-
ton instead of stock for other people
to fatten. '
If your ewes drop their lambs and
are in need of attention which their
mother cannot give them, dilute a
cow’s milk with about one-third water.
It is a great mistake to sell the
brood sow just because she is two or
three years old. Keep her as long as
she remains vigorous.
Take every specked apple out of
your bins to-day. The wife need*
them for pies and sauce, and besides
that—every apple with a rotten spot
in It contaminates its neighbors.
For market eggs the pullet is more
refIrlS
valuable than the hen
will lay more; for breeding purposes
the egg of the matured hen is better.
The chicks have more vitality.
Naturally a sow nursing a big litter
of pigk/loses fat rapidly and Bhohld
be fed plentifully On nutritious milk-
giving feeds. This feed is not wasted
because It all goes to making the
growth of the youngsters. 1
KEEPING WASTE WATER OUT
Excellent Method Is Construction of
Cement Boss Which Requires
But Little Mortar.
sumptuous provision was enjoyed with much
hilarity, tempered, however, with moderation.”
Besides the blrthnight balls there was another
feature of the early celebrations in Alexandria
which was peculiar to that town. Washington
had founded an orphan asylum there and when
on his birthday there would be a meeting, with
an orator, in one of the churches, the orphans
were conspicuously present ’ and came in for a
special jHece of oration. The account of the
meeting in 1840 says that after the oration a col-
lection was taken up for the benefit of the asy-
lum.
The Alexandria celebrations were often ad-
dressed by G. W. P. Custis. In 1811 Richard B.
Lee was the orator. Some idea of newspaper
methods of that day may be had from the fact
that although the celebration that time was men-
tioned In the Gazette of February 23, It wls not
until February 25 that a real account appeared.
During the civil war the celebration of the
birthday ceased. Alexandria was ardently south-
ern in its sympathies and was, moreover, too
much in the track of war to take notice of even
its own pet anniversary. It was not until 1870
that it began a feeble revival of the old festival.
That time there was merely a presentation of a
stand of colors to the cadets of St. John’s acad-
emy by the young ladles of Mount Vernon Insti-
tute.
v In 1872 the cadets paraded and there was a
birthnight ball once more. In 1876 a real celebra-
tion was arranged, to which “thousands of strang-
ers” came and upon which Occasion “the houses
that were mourning at Lee’s death”—Robert E.
Lee—“all displayed the American flag.” Many
houses displayed pictures of Lee and Washington
side by side. But there was no birthnight ball,
and on the platform of the speaker’s stand there
was a vacant chair placed to honor the memory
Of G, W. P. f'ustis. “the old man eloquent.”
Since 1876 tjje celebrations have been rather
Irregular in the town which originated them. But
of late years a society has been formed which
arranges nnd carries out an elaborate programme
every alternate year. Whereas the orphans used
to he a center of birthday attention, the interest
is divided now between the firemen and the sol-
diers.
Last year there were detachments of federal
troops and of United -States sailors in addition-Jo
the District militia. Washington has a perma-
nent claim to pose as Alexandria’s “favorite son”
and these biennial affairs are the biggest things
of their sort in the country. February 22 is the
Alexandrian’s glorious Fourth.
the President!” On these occasions the 'presi-
dent and Mrs. Washington were conducted to a
sofa placed under a canopy. The president did
not stay there much, but moved about among the
other guests with the dignified courtesy which
always marked him in society.
On his birthday in 1797 he and Mrs. Washing-
ton were in Philadelphia.. The ships in the har-
bor were dressed with flags and the Bouses were
decorated. Every half hour the church bells rang.
Government officials and foreign diplomats
called to congratulate him. The ball qt night was
in the amphitheater, specially floored and deco-
rated. There were about 500 guests and accord-
ing to an eye witness “every countenance be-
spoke pleasure and approbation; even Democrats
forgot for a moment their enmity.”
The next year, 1798, Washington attended the
celebration given by his friends and neighbors
at Alexandria and some accounts declare that it
was the last time he did so. He was at Mount
Vernon in 1799 on his birthday, it being the occa-
sion of one of the greatest festivities in the his-
tory of the mansion, the marriage of Nelly Cusr
tis. The ceremony was performed at early
candlelight In the banquet room and was attend-
ed by the gentlefolk from all the country around.
In spite of the wadding, however, Washington
seems to have slipped away for a look in on the
doings at Alexandria; for there is an account of
that celebration in an .old copy of the Alexandria
Gazette in which his presenbe is mentioned. The
great event of that particular day was a sort of
sham attack on the town by three companies of
local infantry. They, were embarked on the
armed schooners Neptune, Trial and Mercury and
succeeded in making twQ landings, but after “a
heavy and continuous street fighting” were finally
compelled to surrender.
The, general had arrived soon after the affair
began and when the evolutions were closed he
“presented his highest respects to all the parties
engaged in them.” Apparently being due for the
wedding eight miles distant, he did not remain
for any of the dinners which followed and at
'which .so extreme a number of toasts were drunk
that one trembles at the thought of how the
youthful soldiers acquitted themselves at the ball
In the evening.
“ That was the last of his birthdays Which
Washington himself lived to celebrate, but his
home town faithfully continued the custom.
G. W P. Cu.-cfs, the grandson of Mrs. Washing-
ton, spoke at the public dinner in 1849 *hd said
it was the sixtieth celebration of February 22
which he had attended in -^Alexandria. The ac-
count of that dinner, by the way, says that “the
A good method to prevent waste
Fater from running back into the
well or cistern is shown in the accom-
panying sketch. A cement boss one
inch thick is put around the pump
hole and over the well cover, writes
Arch Owen in Popular Mechanics.
The boss should be a little larger than
the diameter of the foot flange on the
pump. This boss can be applied to a
flagstone as well as to a cement stone.
Come, boys, close the window and make a good Are,
Wife, children, sit snug all around;
*Tis the day that gave birth to our country’s bless’d
sire.
Then let It with pleasure be crowned.
Dear wife, bring your wine, and In spite of hard
. times ■
On this day at least we’ll be merry;
Come, All every glass till ft pours o’er the brim.
If not with madeira—then sherry.
N —Old Song.
[PiHpHHE foregoing verse is from one of the
k old birthday songB in honor of George
i Plwr Washington
N Buying Trees ,
The Ohio experiment station be-
lieves that it is a good plan for the
farmer to learn something of a man’s
reputation through his neighborhood
before ^buying trees of him. Then, iff
possible, go early in the season and.
examine his trees. If an order is
given, specify that the trees must he
of his own growing and that there
must be no substituting. In Order-
ing from a distant farm, select those
These songs were sung
IffW even during the lifetime of the first
KVl Cy president. For Washington was alone
among Americans in having his birth-
day regularly and publicly celebrated
during his lifetime.
The honor of having originated the public ob-
servance of February 22 is one of which the town
of Alexandria, Va., is jealously proud. Alexandria
was Washington’s county town. He attended
church there; he voted and paid taxes there;
his physician lived there; he bought of its trades-
men, contributed to its charities, wrig head of its
Masonic lodge, organized its fire brigade.
Washington and Alexandria either contradict
the theory that a prophet is not appreciated at
home or they are an exception to prove the rule.
f Right after the close of the revolution Alexandria
began to celebrate the birthday of her hero.
Perhaps the old town had acquired the habit,
tor the birthnight balls In honor of King George
had been the climax of social functions under the
old retime. # At any rate never was allegiance
taore ardently transferred and the new birthnight
halls became even more elaborate than the old.
Alexandria having set . the fashion, other
-places took )xp the custom. In 1784 the French
officers who had served under Washington cele-
brated February 22 in Paris; that is to say, it
was not then February 22. but, according to the
■reckoning of that day, February 11.
While he was president the birthday was al-
ways celebrated at the city which was the capl-
^tal for the time being. At night there were gala
performances at the theaters and a ball which
the president and his wife attended.
It is recorded that one of these balls In Phila-
delphia was enlivened by the fact that many of
t the young ladies wore twined among their curls
*v ^bandeaux embroidered with the words, .“Long live
■ v \ *
who advertise in first-class period-
icals and specify, as before, no substi-
tuting. Reputable nurserymen and.
seedsmen try to keep their stock pure
and the varieties true to name, but
they often buy of others and mistakea
may occur in handling. If nursery- ■*
men and seedsmen are to be centured
more than other business men for lax
methods, says the director of the Ohio
station, it Is. because they get stock
from doubtful sources, by exchange or
purchase, and because they so often/''
substitute a variety which is “just a»U»
good.” »
Concrete Around Pump Base.
A tin oh wooden box can be fitted
in the pump hole to act as a core.
This is a cheap and good method
which can be applied by any one. The
boss requires only a shovelful of mor-
tar and a few minutes’ time in making.
Timothy sells for a higher price In
the market than other hay, and Is re-
garded as being particularly adapted
to horses. It is deficient in protein,
Riul. for that reason should be fed with
a grain ration of a nitrogenous na-
ture. For horses no better basis for
a ration can be found than timothy
hay and oats. It is less valuable for
cattle ard sheep. Clover hay is next
to timothy in common use, and the
two are more often found mixed than
either is found alone. The nitrogen-
ous nature of the clover aids in supply-
plying the deficiency of protein in the
timothy. Clover is more valuable
than timothy for cattle and sheep, but
is not coiisidered so satisfactory for
horses.
English Giant Cattle for India.
Consul Homer M. Byington of Bris-
tol reports that an account has re-
cently been published of the shipment
to an Indiajj Maharajah of four of the
largest cows bred in Great Britain.
The order for these cows, as given,
specified that they should stand five
feet four inches at the shoulder and
measure 14% feet from the tip erf the
nose to the end of the bony part off
the tail. It has been stated that the
agents have taken 16 months to flndi
these cows and, while inquiries In'
Italy and Switzerland were unsuccess-
ful they were finally secured in the
Midlands and Yorkshire. They are &U
1 Uhcrthorns.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View seven places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Hulbert, Elbert Monroe & Tufts, Minnie Wetmore. The Lancaster Herald. (Lancaster, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1910, newspaper, February 18, 1910; Lancaster, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth542623/m1/3/?q=WAR+DEPARTMENT: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lancaster Genealogical Society.