In some parts of Northwestern lowa
farmers are using hay for fuel. How
this is doue is thus described, by a cr>r
rospondeut at Sibley?
I was at the liowe of one of the best
farmers in our county, a few days since,
and noticed that the only fuel the fam
ily were using was hoy—eoarse prairie,
or slough grass, twisted into skeins or
twists about as large as an ordinary
stick of stove-wood. 1 made some in
quiry as to the utility of hay as an arti
cle of fuel, and was told by this gentle
man that ho had lived in this country
nine years, and had never bought a ton
of coal nor a coni of wood in all that
time, but had used hat' for beating
purposes as well as foreooktng, and had
never had any difficulty in providing
himself with an abundant supply ol
fuel. He showed me the process of
twisting the hay into skeins and prepar
ing it for use. and informed me that
enough could be prepared in a half-hour
to last his family two or three davs. The
amount of heat generated by this kind
of fuel, and, of course, the amount used,
depends largely upon the tightness and
solidity of the twist, ami he informed
me that in. the coldest weather he seldom
used more than seventy-live pounds per
day.
The once famous William and Mary
College at Williamsburg. Va.. the alma
Mater of Jefferson. Marshall. Monroe
Aid Randolph, had only one student
last year, and is now closed.
Mr. George W. Childs has spring
water brought to his Philadelphia home
every day from his country seat at
Wayne, Pa.; also fresh milk and cream.
GLEANINGS.
The 100th anniversary of Washington
Irving’s birthday occurs on April 3.
