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The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-02-10
SflistelIaneons.
NOT A SPECTRE.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.

Ii was All-Ilallow Fen, vulgate Hollow
Eve, and some dozen OF us, sisters and cOus-
ins, were gathered around bright coal fire
in the parlor, arranging plans for diverse
projects, as we called them, which were to
disclose the name, features, or the profession
Of our future spouses TO ourexpectant hearts.
We were all girls, and the theme once star
ted, we discOuned with volubility, and at
length, upon love, courtship and welded
bliss, handsome suitos and devoted hus-
| bands.
The eldest of us was barely sixteen, and
among the whole group, not one could as
We, boast of a genuine, living lover. Still,
each girl had already cnshrincd in her soul
some hero ofromance with whose prototype
she firmly expected to meet in after life
Lizzie, the eldest. had for her beau ideal
Thaddeus of Warsaw. Kate cherished a
tender sentiment for Dombey and Sons Wal
ter GAY; and am very much afraid that
nv penchant was decidedly for the handsome
though light-fngered Paul Clifford.
Huw the little group would laugh to-
night il could rehcarse Tor their benefit cy-
cry word of the merry conversation which
plsscl that evening from lip to lip. Ah,
me the six ycars which have flown since
then have changed US all to wonen-women
tocsadly wise to try projects ON All-llallcw
Fen, or To think tendcrly of Paul Clifford.
lBut | sm wandering from the past to the
pres mt. and must retr,cc my steps.
We had compared notes ut admiration as
TO our respective heroes, had burnt nuts to-
cethcr upon the sumo Goals; had thrown ap-
plc parin-s over our heads 10 form the ini-
tials OF the names which were some day to
be our own; had dropped molten lead into
water 10 discover the profession ot our future
Lords and masters, and were discussing the
propriety of sowing hemp seed. and eating
an apple in the glass at midnight, when
smothercd cough or laugh-wc could not
tell which-smOte upon our ears and made
us all start with aStOnishment.
"What is that?" we cried, brcathlcssly,
and with one accord we made plunge to-
ward the hall. In our excited state, the ap-
narition of some half-dozcn lovers wraiths
AZ the same moment would not have aston
isbed n. in the least, and we dreaded some
supernatural INVASION.
.What is that =? o, good gracious :"
"Nobody, nobody only - replieda man
" voice from the extension room beyond
and the doors slowly upiolded. and revealed
nobody in the pcrsonof Uncle Oliver.
"Girls, girls. foolish girls! be warned by
me, and neither eat the apple, or SOW the
hemp reed, on peril of your rcason' siia
Uncle Oliver, in a tone which was perfect
mixture Of jest and earnest.
."Why not, uncle? Do you think 1t Is
wickedt" asked.
81 think i s dangerous. very dangerous,
replied Uncle Oliver, solemnly. "Thc sight
OF an apparition summoned BY an act of lev
ity, such as either Of those you mention, is
an overwhelming shock 10 oalmostany mind"
"Then you believe in itY You have seen
something yourself! Tell US all about it
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agricultural,
Wintering Farm stock.--Cows.

Almost every family, especially in the
country and the smaller towns, keep one or
more cows for the purpose ofsupplying them
selves with milk and 6utter-bOth articles oi
prime necessity with every housekeeper.-
In this paper we shall not speak ot the caro-
and management OF large dairies, but rather
of cascs like those above indicated, where
their owners do not often study that close
economy in feeling their cows, and in the
dsposal Of their products, which may very
prcitably be given in large establishments.
But everywhere, those who would have milk
in winter, must not forget that succulcnt
and nutritious food is needed to keep up III
dow. But slight dependence can be had up
an dry fodder alone, unless II bc irstrate both
in character aud quality.
Milch cows should BE- stabbed, especially
nj night and in stormy weather. This Is toe
frequently neglected, the mich COW recciv-
ing no better care than those not IN mix, or
the young stock of ths farmer. The s
mistaken policy, ii milk Is desired. And
from good cows, well lcd aud cared ior' u Is
morn valuable than at any other season OF
the year. Good butter can be made, anu
commands better price than at any other
season. twill pay, for oae COW or ior scores,
Z, keen them sheltered and cOmiOrtable-ali
their wants as fully supplied as eircumstAn-
ces will allow.
4 proper and convenient supply OF water
is of much importance. No animal, and no
mich COW especially, should be compelled
to wander OF in the bleak, cold storm to
some distant pond or spring-hole for drink,
but should have IL supplied at or near the
yard, 1t possible. When there is difficulty
in getting water, cattle arc apt 10 drink too
much at time, and milch cGws decrease in
milk from such painful sistention of the
stomach with leo cold water. Many dairy
men find il profitable to warm the water civ.
ON their cows and other animals in winter.
Good hay may well form part of the
winter feed Of cows, but they need something
more in order to good supply OF rich milk.
Carrots and other root crops, also pumpkin.
and apples. promote the how OF milk and
the health and thrift OF the animal. WherC
these cannot be had, the coarser grains
ground and mixed with chopped hay OF
straw, or cornstalks, may be fed TO cows, OF
they may DO employed in connection with
the articles first named. An occasional
change Of food is much relished by cows n
well as other stock, and promotes both health
and Appetite. Oats and barley, or oats and
corn, or buckwheai, or rye, form good prov
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Qoetrp.
KISSING ON THE SLY.

His manly whisker swept her check
She uttered no reply
How could she part her lips to speak.
While kissing on the slyl
There's such a sum Of smaeking bliss,
That CrGsus could not buy
The honeyed worth Of one sweet kiss
That's taken ON the sly.
Oh! this kissing on the sly
This kissing on the sly
This vooing, winning style OF SHINING,
kissing on the sly.
The maiden meek one kiss received
Demurely winkel her eye,
And with the air of one bercsyed,
She he>yed hearty sigh;
Again that Nayward Whisker pressed
Her check, she brcathel-oh my
How grateful to the burtheuel breast
This kissing on the sly
Oh this kissing ON the sly
Downright delicious. cen malicious,
Kissing ON the sly.
Though rigid rule declare the deed
To be a crime 50 high,
No lover dare deny the deed
Ol kissing on the sly:
Though pa AMI mas berate aad pirate,
Till Dulcineas cry.
The custom don't a oft abate,
0fkissing on the sly.
Oh, this kissing ON the sly
This kissing On the sly
Intensely thrilling, trouble killing,
Kissing on the sly.
While leading thus single life.
What happier lark than |,
When opportqnely, without strife,
A glorious chance descry,
To seize the dainty treasure which
No royalties outyie,
Than me. no nabob half rs rich,
Thus kissing on the sly.
oh kissing on the sly
Aye kissing ON thu sly.
This trebly tempting care exempting,
kissing on the sly.
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quite SO pretty. They rush from the bath
to confectioncris shop, which opens upon
it, and may be presently seen swimming with
one hand, and with the other eating their
lunch completely at ease. After learning
the art in fresh water, 1t is mighty easy to
swim in the sea, from tho density Of the wa
ter, and scarcely possible tosink. A woman
who knows how to aoat Is safe for many
hours in the sea, % far as keeping on the sur
face is concerned. Among breakers or sharks
or in extreme cold, the peril is not Of drown
ing simply. The simple peril Of drowning
might be reduced to something very small, II
everybody could twim.-Once Week.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
Domestic Racinas.

BUoKwHEAT CAKES WET WITH M1LK-One
quart Of flour, and in winter stir in luke.
warm milk, till it is batter, and beat il
thoroughly, adding nearly an even teaspoon.
tul OF SALT Add small teacup of Indian
meal, two tablespoonful of distillerv Yeast,
or good deal more If home-brewed; say
half teacupfal. SGT it where it will keep
warm all night and in the morning add a
terspOonful of saleratus, sitted over the top,
and we'll stirred in. If sour, all more SALE
ratus. This is the best kind of buokwheat
cakes. 'egn
10 Cook SALT PoRK.-For the benefit Of
those who, like ourselves are Obliged to use
considerable salt pork, the following method
is recommended, by which it is very much
improved especially for frying. Cut as many
slices as may be needed, if for breakfast the
night previous AMI soak till morning in a
quart or two Of milk and water, about one
third milk-skimmed milk, if not too near
souring, is best rinse till the water is clear,
and then fry. 1t is nearly or quite as nice
as fresh pork-5oth the fat and the lean
parts.
SINGULAR PALLIATIVE FOR TooTHACHE.-A
little horseradish scraped, and laid on the
wrist of the side affected, will in many cases,
give speedy relief A better way is to place
little scraped horser ldish in the mouth, or
the TOOTH or just around the gum. 1t re-
lieves rheumatic pains in the gum and face
also. The mouth may afterwards be riused
with little camphorated water, lukewarm.
HINTS IN BUTTER MAK1NG.-It is hint
worth needing, not only to stir the cream
previously taken off with that skinned each
time, but to retain until the next churning,
that taken off just previous to churning. Put
IN all together, and the fresh cream will be
left in the buttermilk, unless churned after
the old cream has become butter.
To CURE CHTLBLA1Ns.- strong vine
gar one spoonful, and as much fine salt as
will dissolve in it. Battle the part SO chilled
two or three times, and you are better; then
the next night two or three times more, and
you are we'll. L. AMEs:
CHEESE MITEs-It is said that a cheese
painted over with melted suet, 50 as to form
thin coat over the outside, never has mites.
ExrEMPJRE BUCKwHEAr CAKEs-Taree
piuts Of buckwheat, one teaspoonfuful car
bonic acid of soda dissolved in water enough
to make a batter, and when mixed, add a
teaspoouful of tartaric acid, dissolved in a
few spoonfuls Of hot water. Mix it in
and bake Immediately. Use salt pork to
grease the griddIe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
March, 1860.

PLANT PEAS DEEP.-The theory recently
advocated of planting peas very deeply in
the earth, in order to prolong the bearing
capacity of the vines has been we'll tested,
and found to be correct. A farmer told mo
that he pIowed furrow beam deep; then
scattered the seed peas at the bottom after
which he turned a deep furrow upon them
with his pillow, covering them, if possible, to
the depth Of twelve or fourteen inches. They
pushed their way up through the thick mass
OF earth very soon and instead Of turning
yellow at the bottom and dying after the first
gathering, they blossomed and bore until he
was tired of picking the pods. If such
result will uniformly be realized from the
plan, pea culture may be made more profta-
Bile than hitherto.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
How Many Oats to the Acre.

EDIToR FREEMAN =" B." of last week,
enquiries how many oats should be sown on
the acre. Wet or new land requires from
two to three bushels, for on such land they
seldom lodge, and the straw will be coarse,
and Of little value for folder; but on caca-
reous loan soil, if very rich, las land used
for corn he past yoar,) you may SOW with
profit from six to nine bushels Of good seed
to the acre, and be sure of ten-told profit
from each bushel of seed. Try it. If you
have not the seed to spare, SOW part of
your land, and let the rema nder remain
without seed. In seeding thick, you will
get not only large per cent, but at harvest
you will find the weeds partially subdued.-
Your straw is fine and thick, and stands
erect for the moving machine, ripened even,
we'll filed with heavy grain, and the straw is
worth as much if cut early, for young stock,
as late cut hay. If you wish to seed with
grass for a hay crop, you will find at harvest
that grass well rooted, and rapidly starting
after the grain is taken off.
Green sward, or very poor land, should
have from six to eight bushels of seed, to
secure good crop. when SOW only two
or three bushels to the acre, | find weeds
growing rank, and if there are heavy winds
or rain before the grain is in the milk, it will
fall to the ground. BY harvest time it is SO
badly lodged that man will have hard work
to cut piece as large as his bedroom in a
day, and the crop of oats is small, compared
to the bulk of straw, which is from fous to
six feet long and as large as coachman's
whip-stock, Tor nearly so,) and nearly hall
rotten. Such crop is, on the whole, rather
an expensive one. All who disbeieve,
please try the nino bushels, and report the
result. US A.
Mr.. Editor, please inform us how much
grass seed should be sown on the acre, and
what kind, and oblige. U, s. A.
South Hardwick.
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Odd Hints for March.

As hay and straw will become drier, with
the progress Of the season, the supply should
be little increased, for feeding stock, and the
quantity of roots not diminished.
Grass-lands which failed to receive their
dressing of compost last Fall, may be attend
ed to now, before the ground becomes SOFT
The manure dropped during the Winter,
around hay-stacks in meadows, should be
cleaned up and carted away on sled before
the Spring opens: if left until May, the
grass will he badly injured, if not killed.
Dry meadows will take it kindly if you
give them bushcl or two Of plaster, or a
few bushels Of lime, or leached ashes, to the
acre, and Winter grain, which got no plaster,
at saving time, may we'll have it early this
Spring,
Fruit trees exhaust the GROUND Of its need
full elements, and should be mauured little
every year. A compost of chip.dirt and
barn manure now spread over the orchard,
will help the grass and trees themselves
Water courses which are allowed to flow
over moving lands, should be frequently
changed, SO that all parts Of the fields may
get benefit from the irrigation, and the grass
in no part become rank and uneven. Now,
or as soon as the frost is out of the ground,
this should be attended to.
If any dead animals-cats, lambs, dogs,
calves, COWS, horses, esc.-have accumulated
around the premises during the Winter, now
is the time to dispose Of them. Instead oil
being hauled into some retired spot, to decay
above ground and fill the air with noxious
smells, they should be taken to some unoccu-
pied corner of field and covered with six OF
eight inches Of soil this will not only obvi.
ate unpleasant effllvia, but will contribute
largely to the manure-heap.
Now is the time to look after seeds, if they
have not been already provided. Let eve
ry article be the best of its kind, if good crops
are expected. The garden should not be for.
gotten. Peas, beans, tomatoes, lettuce, rad
ishes, and the like, should be provided for be-
fore the hurrying season comes.
Now, split rails, and stack them where
they will dry we'll, if they are not wanted i'm
meadiateIy on the fences. Look we'll to al
the farm gates, bars, and bar.posts let mont
be out of repair after this month A broker
fence often costs about the value of a crop. y
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
side-hill Plow on Level Ground.

In answer to j. H. as to side-hill plows,
| would say that two years ago purchased
a side-hill pillow. have now used it two
seasons, and have come to the conclusion that
if | owned a level prairie farm even, I would
have no other pIOw on the premises. I like
it everywhere ; and 1 will tell yon my rea.
sons, so that you can judge for yourself.
LIST. You can pillow piece of ground
quicker with side-hill pillow than you can to
60 around it with a common pillow, because
the burrows are all long.
I'd. It saves making dead burrows and
ridges. ] usually turn the furrow one way
one year and the other way the next year,
unless the land is very steep.
Sd. 1t saves turning on and treading
down what is plowed, as we are obliged to
when we go round the land
4th. We find we can pillow around stumps
and stones, and up to fences better with q
siee-hill pillow than with common pillow.
l know side-hill p!ows are little hea vier
than common ones, and it is some more work
to learn both oxen to go in the furrow. The
pillow have used, turus Swaziland as we'll as
l could WISH where it's level-as we'll as
common plowS, l think. 1t is about heavy
enough for one pair of oxen to break up
with, but lighter one would be better for
old land. "-Country GeE.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-15
A Boiled Dish.

Almost every family has dinner as often
as once week, Of what is popularity called a
"boiled dish" and which, properly cooked,
is one of the best dishes in the world but
all cooks do not know the rest way to boil
corn beef Toe common method, 10 order to
make it tender, being to put it in cold water,
and let beef and water come gradually to
boil. This certainly makes beef tender, but
it also extracts all the strength and juice.
A better way is to wait till the water boil,
before putting in the beef; it will then be
equally tender, and will retain its strengthen.
ing and juicy properties. Many housekeep-
ers suppose that putting meat in hot water
inevitably renders it hard and tough; and so
it will, if the water is only hot; but if it
boils, the effect will be TIE reverse. Just as
putting a discolored tablecloth in hot water
will set the stains; but put it in boiling
water and it takes them out. The same rule
applies to all boiled meats.
Huns, after boiling four or FIVE hours,
should be taken out, the skins taken of, and
cracker or bread crumbs grated over them,
and then bake in brisk oven for one hour.
A leg of mutton can DO treated successfully
in the same way, only it does not require to
be boiled SO long. Of course, the boiling
process should always be gentle Mrs.
CroIey.
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How TO MAKE COOP CoFFEH-Although
coffee is beverage in daily use in almost
every tamil y there are comparatively few who
appear to know how to make really good
cup of it. Generally, thefrst thing Biddy
does in the morning is to make tho coffee, no
matter if it is an hour before the other Dor.
ton of the breakfast will be ready. During
the whole of this time it is kept boiling furi-
ously, and the house is filed with its fra
GRANGE. This fragrance is very agreeable,
but unfortunately, when you have it, you
crafty your olfactories at the expense Of
your palate; for am perfectly satisfied that
this overlooking produces that acrid bitter
taste 50 often found in coffee. NY plan is
to leave the making of the coffee until the
last moment. Having the boiling water
ready, and my ground coffee properly mixed
and cleared, | pour the boiling water over
the coffee, and then allow it to boil one halt
Of a minute. Try it if you doubt the cor
rectness of my method.
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Dough raised by sp,ataneou, FERN ,ntotio1

Dough raised by Spontaneous Ferm9lt9tIo1
Dough, as it contains both gluten and su-
gar, when moisteued, is capable OF fermenta-
ton without adding another substance. If
simple -four and water be mixed and set aside
in warm place after the lapse of several
hours it will exhibit symptoms of internal
chemical action, becoming sour from the for
nation of Tactic acid, while minute bubbles
appear, which are owing to gas set free with
in the dough. These changes are irregular
and uncertain, according to the proportion and
condition of the constituents of the -four
They also proceed with greater or less RAJ
pidity at the surface or in the interior, accor-
ding as the parts are exposed to the cooling
and oxidating influence of the air. Bread
baked from such dough, is sour, heavy and
altogether bad Yet the true vinous fermeu-
tatiOn may be spontaneously established in
the dough by taking measures to quicken the
action. IF small portion of -four and water
be thus mixed to the consistency of batter,
(ts half fluid state being favorable to rapid
chemical chango,) aud the mixture be placed
in jar or pitcher, and set 10 vessel of wa
ter kept at temperature from 100 to ITO deg,
in the course of five or six hours decomposi-
ton will have set in, with copious produc-
ton of gas bubbles, which may be seen by the
appearance of the batter when stirred. If
this is mixed and kneeded with large mass
Of dough, moulded into loaves and set aside
for an hour or two in warm place, the dough
will swell or RISE to much larger bulk
and when baked will yield light spongy
bread. A little salt is usually added at first,
which promotes the fermentation, and hence
raised in this manner is called =, salt raised
bread Milk is often used for mixing the
-four, instead of water; the product is then
called 'milk-emtyings bread YeOnaans.