paper has several times
denied its paternity. The uselessness of the process can easily be
learned by trial. There are few more inflammable substances than pitch
and turpentine. The roots of pine stumps are saturated with these, but
it is impossible to burn them out. The addition of saltpetre would not
help much. Yet there are seasons when the soil and air are so dry that
hard wood stumps may be burned out without either saltpetre or kerosene.
We had such a year in 1881, when corn and clover standing uncut in the
field were burned. In some instances the curbing was burned out of wells
during terrible forest fires that raged in Michigan. If tried in such a
season the recipe would undoubtedly be successful. In any ordinary
season it is "no good."

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No matter how wretched a man may be, he is still a member of our common
species, and if he possesses any of the common specie his acquaintance
is worth having.

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FARM MACHINERY, Etc.

GREAT SAVING FOR FARMERS.

THE
Lightning
Hay Knife!

(WEYMOUTH'S PATENT.)

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Awarded "FIRST ORDER OF Merit" at Melbourne Exhibition, 1880.

Was awarded the FIRST PREMIUM at the International Exhibition in
Philadelphia, 1876, and accepted by the Judges as SUPERIOR TO ANY OTHER
KNIFE IN USE.

It is the BEST KNIFE in the _world_ to cut _fine feed_ from bale, to
cut down _mow_ or _stack_, to cut _corn-stalks_ for feed, to cut _peat_,
or for ditching in marshes, and has no equal for cutting ensilage from
the silo. TRY IT.

IT WILL PAY YOU.

Manufactured only by
HIRAM HOLT & CO., East Wilton, Me., U.S.A.

_For sale by Hardware Merchants and the trade generally_

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SEDGWICK STEEL WIRE FENCE

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IT is the only general-purpose Wire Fence in use, being a STRONG NET
WORK WITHOUT BARBS. It will turn dogs, pigs, sheep and poultry, as well
as the most vicious stock, without injury to either fence or stock. It
is just the fence for farms, gardens stock ranges, and railroads, and
very neat for lawns, parks, school lots and cemeteries. Covered with
rustproof paint (or galvanized) it will last a life time. It is
SUPERIOR TO BOARDS or BARBED WIRE in every respect. We ask for it a
fair trial, knowing it will wear itself into favor. The SEDGWICK
GATES, made of wrought iron pipe and steel wire, DEFY ALL COMPETITION
in neatne