GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1675, 31 March 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

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I In (imifc Bii'ain thdl'o la'ft' SliCfep on «vpry iicre iml one. thirl of cultivated land. In Aln6H6a thdrd' is' an laverage/pf , I int. one shwp en thirty-four acrog. ,\,^ ( - s ,.

Ivisi.r. the cixip gt jna«)goWs, beets; or , j|rouj^l is ( kcptjoose utul o^l* tho result" wilt i)c.'(diii)(l,in tlie'e'xtra eart'a'ce. "' ' '

i Fiirk' tai'' ! l6Kda, of , fhie' stie'cf> from" (Danad.i had !ini('o!l' at Liverpool -As a' present from the Mnr-]uis of Lome and li*i inccsi Loiii^e r t6 jtM Qhe6i^. « /• '-■' T V

! P.uyr is bust applied to wood buildings in tine' "{{•'inter, 'or 1 'from"' tf ovemlter t to> March. The reason is that iti'thc ' warm weather the. oil spalvs into the wood leaving tlie body on t\ie' surface,' and 'it'" wears oil" rapidly., < , In cold* w.eatliej: the, paint dries slowly and makes, a hard surface which lasts.

! Tiik splendid iied shqrthonr J)uchess bull Duke of Underley ' (33,745), the property of and' b^od by Lord, Bcctive, dikl' the other day in ' his ninth year. His dam was the famous JOth Duchess of Geneva, . for which Lord "Bectivc paid fully (5000 gnirieas 1 at the memorable New York Mills sale in 1873.

In Spam an ox tl or-cow consumes annually sixty pounds of salt; a horse, thirty ; and a pig, sixteen. The Slviss say it is impossible to have good meat or milk without salt. The latter is cheaper in Switzerland than in France, yet it is France that supplies the Swiss market with salt.

O.yk point about potatoes is pretty well settled, and that is that, the natural life of a' variety 'is from fourteen to twenty yeais ; hence the importance and necessity of vetting new seedling vai ietics from the most protific, vigorous and best known varieties. After a few years the vnriety begins to deteriorate, even under the best conditions of season and soil, until they are no louger -profitable to grow.

We learn from the Hnrford Times that there are at present visiting that country for the purpose ot purchasing Hereford c.ittle and Shropshire sheep for the western prariea of America, four gentlemen, all natives ot Horctordshirr. and who have been for several years large purchasers of Herefords and Shropshires.

Mr Thokxton states that an, average of €34 17s 7d a head was realised for 1.188 shorthorns sold by auction in the United Kingdom during last year, which is the lowest number disposed of during the last thirteen years. The- average price, however, is slightly better than in the previous two years. The principal increase in price has been in Ireland, and for animals to export to foreign countries.

Prince. Bismarck has a singular enemy in Potsdam, vho lost his only son in the war of 1870, which lie attributes to the agency of Bismarck, ami regards him as his son's murderer. He wieaks his vengeance in a singular manner. He is the owner of a lot in the cemetery of Potsdam, where, since the interment of his .son, he has erected a fine mausoleum, on the top of u (noli is placed an artistic owl, the head and features of, which bear a striking resemblance to those of Prince Bismarck. A few years ago the man built a house, over the cornice of every window in which is carved a Bismarck head.

Ax English religious papor states that Father Ignatius "lately put the black " veil " on a sister at the English Benedictine Congregation, who had completed her two years' noviciate. After a very gorgeous and imposing ceremony, the girl was laid on a bier, covered with a pall, and carried away to a dark cell, where she was to spend the rest of her life in solitude." The priest told his own view of liis share in the wretched transaction, in these words :— " (Jood people, I am either going to perform an action of the most horrible cruelty, for which I deserve that our gracious Queen should have me hung, or I am going to perform a most righteous, useful, and merciful action, in helping this young novice to make so tremendous a sacrifice of her life."

Omtuary Curiosities.— On the flth of December, 1736, Basingstoke churchyaul received the remains of a zealous churchwoman, Dame Box. "When DrSacheverel was cleared from his troubles, she clothed herself in white, and kept the same clothes by her, and was bnricd in thorn. During the doctor's life, she constantly went to London once a year, and carried with her a dozen larks, as a present to that high-flying priest. Her corpse was adorned with oaken houghs, in memory of King Charles II." This loyal lady was not (juitc so provident as a gentleman whose' coffin of heart of oak covered with red leather was made long before it was wanted. Such preparation for the end is not so unusual as one might suppose. A rector of Plympton not only bespoke his coffin six weeks before he needed it, but at the same time ordered the building of a vault, visiting the workman, every day until their workr was completed, > Mr Brookman was buried in an oak chest made for the purpose four years previously. Two days before his death, he walked with the undertaker to the churchyard to show him exactly where he wished to be laid ; returning home, he had his chest out. superintended the cleansing of it, and that accomplished to his satisfaction, took to his bed and died. John iloqdy, who lived long enough to be' called the father of the English stage, directed that his body should be interred in the burial-ground of St. Clement's, Portugal-street, and a headsto.no act on hjs grave insflribed \ ''Native of this parish, and an old member of Drury Lane Theatre. For his piofes&ional abilities, see Churchill's Soseiml ', and for his memoirs, see the European Magazine" He did not trouble to insure % libation to his memory, like the ancient lumbertrooper, who served forty years in that distinguished oorps, and bequeathed the trpopera a c'rooi&d gu'iWea, tb bfe spfetit in pivn'ch and tobacco 'ohUhe^day ilie was laid under the turf. — Chamber's Journal.

An Inisu Ghost. — The London Daily Trler/rapfi exclaims: — "A new opponent of 'Saxon rule' has come to the service in Galway. The 'ghost' of Myles Joyce, one of the Maamtrasna murderers' has taken up his quarters in the County goal. The fact must be soj since it has been reported, and what is more, sent to Eng-, laud by telegraph. To the Irish, of course, an ordinary ghost more or less is no importance ; there are so many in the land of the Banshee, the Lepreoaun, aqd 'good people 1 without number. J3ufc tlie. presentment „of Myles is a ( political iapparitj^tC^vhojli^ returned po make life a burden to the authorities. Now such a transcendental phenomomen is really too formidable. What is to be done ? He «r it cannot be arrested, held to bail, or imprisoned when he revisits the glimpses of the moon.' Over his intangible visibility the Coercion Act hits no power, and he takes especial delight jj*[yiWaj;i|ia[flfejpi}rfef clauses. There is nothing for it but to send down the Psychical Society to reason with him. ,T;he ( Btory goes jtypt he.has already so terrified the matron and' Warders 'th^at they have applied fot* 'a 1 transfer to some unhaunted! .gaolJ s Moreover,) he is noti afraid of the armed-myrmidons of the 'Safcbu^foq.the shape o£ a 'tall mysterious iflgnre'^the description^Hows thatiMylea liasiigr'ov('n jia hisngp&vQrrrlii&i nob <w!y i visitctl two.aoldiers ongu^rid.oii.t^ide^^^e Jpriaop.-bfatnhadithe^.tHJmcjtity, ty nandle their rifles. j/Dhis. is ] 1 ImpBt;s.erions mp8t;s.erions, < <jSJinpe' there is more than, -a probability that .'soh}e^toHdi'T,ofiimy, A'*kins p,n, t d.ntjL'Will,' one of these nigjitsj-otestjlthc; natpr&of fche ivisitarit.ibyla il)oitie- i thni&^.,w,it,bthe' ■bayoneti The, agit&tprehipujjt M hffifl JVP, when they get,,Aflpa't>«s\jplt.-(W}M?uJ^>i8 r jrossipiauiong .a people; prone t tp ; (guipej^ti-j tion ; but since our Qov r er^en|(^j[l\a3 managed to exorcise t^e^^pA gfjEgjnan-' ism, it, may, fairly be trustea?,to lay the'