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Reclaiminu Meadows,

The most profitable labor man can en-
gage i'll after the haying season is over, is
to pillow and drain low meadow lands, ma
nure them and seed down the grass. Full
remuneration for cost and labor is often
received in the grass crop the succeeding
season. For several years we have been
engaged in this work, and have found no
kind of labor upon the farm pay so prompt
ly and generously as this. Last year we
had small piece of meadow, II acres,
which had lain for many years worthless
it was full of hassocks, rushes, wire grass,
stumps and rocks-a miserable waste. We
put three men into it, with yoke of heavy
oxen, in September, and before the month
was out it was drained, pulverized, seeded
and made as mellowas prairie. This yeaI
in July, we cut the heaviest swarth of tim
othy on that meadow of any on the farm
The first crop paid all the expenses of re-
claiming. Farmers your neglected low
lands are the best part of your farms; dc
not allow them to remain the home of tad.
poles and bull-frOgs; with proper care
they will fill your barns with the rich grass.
es of the uplands. Boston Journal o
Chemistry.
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A Bride of the Devil.

When church makes difference be-
tween men on account of worldly riches,
shouting hallelujahs over the conversion
of the rich, and making but little account
of the conversion Of the poor-when the
man with gold adornings and heavy purse
is received with fattering honors, as he
enters the church, while the poor man in
shabby raiment is treated with indifference
and neglect, ifnot contempt, such church
is wantOn harlot rather than the spouse
of Christ. When the church, to sustain
herself, draws her support from the world,
the flesh and the devil, and to gain such
assistance will succumb to worldly control,
employing or turning adrift Gods minis
tiers as carnal worldlings may dictate, the
professed bride of the Lamb has become a
prostitute to the devil
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Jesus,

The evening meeting was closed. Our
pastor, very discreet man, who never
wearies US at the last by long drawn out
remarks, but speaks short and tothe point,
arose and said
We have, as you know, in our congrega-
ton, little deaf and dumb boy. On Sum
day he loves to have his mother find for
him the words that we are all singing,
though the music never thrills his quiet
ear nor touches his little heart He looks
at the hymn, glides his little finger over
every word to the end if he finds Jesus
there, he is satisfied and absorbed to the
close of the singing, but if the word Jesus
is not there, he closes the book and will
have nothing more to do with it. So should
We test the religions of the day-if we find
Jesus the central thought of any system Of
theology, it is good, twill do for us; if not
turn away and have nothing to do with it.
- WdtchmGn d Reflector.
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About Coffee.

Don't grind too fine; it is not as good,
and goes no further. If you buy Drowned
coffee, heat it through before grinding.
If you have not cream, scald your milk,
and plenty of it, putting it in the cups be-
fore you turn in the coffee; they mix better
and taste better. A little egg mixed with
the coffee is the best thing to clear it, and
enriches the coffee. Lastly, make it of cold
water; if there is time, of all cold water ;
if not little cold, and when that boils
fill up with hot. Chemists say there is a
certain kind of gas formed when cold wa
ter is poured on coffee, which perhaps i'm
proves it; at least it has richer and more
delicate flavor, so much so that can dis
tinguish in moment by the odor, as ]
turn it out, whether it was made with hot
water or cold
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The Treatment of Sick Animals.

The crying evil of the agriculture of this
country is that we have no good system Of
veterinary instruction. Except in the large
cities, and, indeed, in most of those, it is
impossible to find well-educated veterina-
ry surgeon. Throughout the whole length
and breadth of the land, our poor dumb
brutes, condemned to suffer from diseases
generally brought about by our own care
lessness or neglect, are obliged to bear the
still greater sufferings of the barbarous
treatment of common farriers and quacks,
who know almost nothing of the organiza-
ton of their bodies. AS natural conse-
quence, violent purgings, firightful blood
letting, blisters and frings, are applied
without thought and without reason, en-
failing untold agony to the animal, and
generally much loss to its owners.
Of course when an animal is sick, any
farmer who is Ignorant of what should be
done, ought to secure the best advice with
in his reach But he could always retain
so much control over the treatment as to
avoid resort to barbarous remedies, unless
the unskilled practitioner can convince him
that there is good reason for it; for as a
general rule, an animal left to the unguiG-
ed curative process of nature would come
better out of its troubles than if subjected
to the operations of brutal means for the
restoration of its health. With animals
as with men, there is far too much medi-
cine-giving, blistering and bleeding; and
probably more are killed or permantly in.
jured by these practices than are cured by
them. Of course, in some desperate cases
they are necessary, but they should Away,
be resorted to with caution, and with much
hesitation.
In all minor diseases, which result almos
invariably from bad air, food filth and neg
lect, the wisest treatment is the removal o
the cause, and the restoration of those sim
pie, natural conditions upon which the re
turn, no less than the maintenance, o
health is based. The purging ball may of
ten be with advantage supplanted by
loosening diet; bleeding almost invaribly
by such dietand pure air. Warm clothin,
and thorough grooming will usually do th,
work of blister, and do it much better
In all cases of strains, bruises and wounds
water isian almost sovereign remedy ant
in nine-tenths of the cases in which it i
! thought necessary to send for local Gov
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Walking Horses.

The best gait a horse ever had for every
dav use is a good walk. 1t is a gait that
not one in ten possesses. Colts are not
trained to walk in all the Eastern States.
Young America wants more speed. Ken
lucky has more good walking horses than
any other state, for their horseback travel
ing has long been in fashion for men and
women, over a country where muddy roads
al times rendered any other gait impossi-
bic. and so horses have been bred for the
saddle and trained to walking gait. This
is also the case in all the western states,
and perhaps might have been SO in New
England, when our grand-mothers rode to
meeting on pillion behind our grand-fath-
ers. But one-horse wagons have put horse
back riding out Of fashion, and now good
walking horse is more rare than one that
can trot in 30.
At the Springfield, Mass horse show
in 1860, the writer was one Of the commit
tee to award prizes to the two best walking
horses. Out OF seventeen entered, the
committee found but one which was con-
sidered a frst-rate walker This was a
Morrill, mare, which walked five miles an
hour with ease. Two others were fair
walkers, and the rest knew no gait that
could be called walking At the New
York State Fair the same state of facts was
again developed. 4 letter from Wiscon-
( sin says: Il think horses trained to walk
/ fast, would be a greater benefit to our far
mers in general than fast trotters, as al
most all of their work has to be done with
i walk" once knew a man in Massa-
chusetts who, before the railroads were
built, kept from two to four teams to work
on the road, and never allowed them tc
trot at all, and made the distance in quick
er time than his neighbors, who made theil
horses trot At every convenient place. HI
said that when a horse commenced to wall
after trot, he walked slower than hi
common gait, if kept on a walk, and there
by lost more than he gained. VIII farm
ers pay more attention to walking horses
I-F4rmcrs Home Journal.
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All Equal Here.

1t is related of the Duke of Wellington,
that once when he remained to take sacra-
ment at his parish church, avery poor, old
man had gone up the opposite aisle, and
reaching the communion table, knelt down
by the side of the duke. Some one-a pew
owner prObably-came and touched the
poor man on the shoulder, and whispered
to him to move further away, or rise and
wait until the duke had received the bread
and wine But the eagle eye and quick ear
of the great commander caught the mean
ing of that touch and that whisper He
clasped the old mans hand, and held him
to prevent his rising, and in a reverential
undertone, but most distinctly, said, ''Do
not moye-we are all equal here"
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Jesus the Redeemer, the Life and the
perfect Example.

The relation of Jesus to the believer may
be expressed by these terms, says a thought
fl minister:
|. As the Redeemer Jesus has given
himself for his people; has borne the curse
of the law for them, that he might redeem
them from it; has been made sin for them,
that they might be made the righteous of
God in him. He became, then, the Re-
deemer of his people by doing, or giving
himself sacrifice, for their sins. He thus
became substitute for them, or took their
place.
As the risen Redeemer he stands for ev-
cry believer as an intercessor or advocate.
As the Redeemer, then, Jesus is the OBJ
ject of the believers faith, the immovable
Rock on which he builds; and at the same
time his paraclete, advocate or helper.
2. But Jesus must be considered, not on
ly thus effectively, but also subjectively.
Thus considered he is the Life The first
act of the true faith in Jesus as the Re-
deemer brings the soul into vital union
with him. The soul is in him as absolutely
dependent upon him; and he is in the
soul to quicken it in every part with the
life and love of God.
Thus Jesus, dwelling in the soul by faith,
becomes its very life, since it lives of and
to him. In this respect Jesus is the Utmost,
conscious, delightful experience of the be-
lieving soul.
3. This inward experience of Jesus gives
the ability to initiate him as the absolutely
perfect Example But without this inward
experience there is no power truly to imi-
tate him, since there is no heart for it. To
do like Jesus we must be like him. But to
| be like him we must be like him inwardly,
having his mind; and this we can have in
no way save as he dwells in us, save as we
are united to him by faith.
In this three-fold relation to Jesus to the
believer, we have the whole Christ But
when men divide him, as they SO often do,
they give us partial and not the true
Christ.
Jesus can be life in no one who is not
united to him, by faith in him as his cruel
fed and risen Redeemer; nor can any one
be in any respect like him in whom he is
not a living, reigning power. H.
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Wounded Animals.

Mr. Berg, President of the New York So
ciety for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails, has had manufactured at a cost of
IS, 900, an immense truck for the convey
ance from the streets, of disabled animals.
The floor of the truck slides in and out on
rollers, and is so connected with machin-
cry that after the floor has been run out to
receive the animal, two men, by working
the machinery, draw the quadruped in.
Inside of the truck stretcher is provided
to support the animal. The body of the
truck, which is enclosed, bears several
characteristic notices, including: 'The
merciful man is merciful to his BEAST
Cruelty to animals renders the heart in
sensible TO the suherings Of mankind"
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Farm Yard SONG.

Over the hin the farm boy goes,
His shadow lengthens along the land,
A giant staff in giant hand;
In the poplar tree above the spring,
The katydid begins to sing;
The early dews are falling,
Into the stone-heap darts the mink;
The swallows skim the rivers brink:
And home to the woodland fly the crows,
When over the hill the farm boy goes,
Cheerily calling,
GO, boss! CO. boss! CO.! col cor
Farther, farther over the hill,
Family calling, calling still, G.r.
Co, boss! CO., boss! CO.! CO.! cor
into the yard the farmer goes,
With grateful heart at the close of day;
Harness and chain are hung away
In the wagon shed stand yoke and pl0w
The straw's in the stack, the hay in the NOW
The cooling dews are falling;
The friendly sheep his welcome bleat,
The pigs come grunting to his feet,
The whinneying mare her master knows,
When into the yard the farmer goes,
His cattle calling,
Co, boss! CO., bOssi co.! CO.! cor
While still the cow boy, far away,
Goes seeking those that have gone astray,
go, boss! CO., boss! col CO.! cor
Now to her task the milkmaid goes.
The cattle come crowding through the gate,
Lowing, pushing little and great
About the trough, by the farm-y yard pump,
The fr0icsOme yearlings frsk and jump,
While the pleasant dews are falling;
The new-milch heifer is quick and shy,
But the old COW waits with tranquil eye;
And the white stream into the bright pail flows,
When to her task the milkmaid goes,
Soothingly calling
$50, boss! so, boss! so! sol sOi''
The cheerful milkmaid takes her stool,
And sits and mlks in the twilight cool,
Saying, s. So! 50, boss! 50 SO!
To supper at last the farmer goes.
The apples are pared the paper read,
The stories are told, then all to bed.
Without, the crickets' ceaseless song
Makes shrin the silence all night long;
The heavy dews are falling
The housewives hand has turned the lock;
Drowsily ticks the kitchen clock;
The household sinks to deep repose;
But still in sleep the farm-boy goes
Singing, calling
eco, bossl co., boss CO. co.., cor
And oft the milkmaid, in her dreams,
Drums in the pail with the flashing streams,
Murmurng, So, boss! sO!'
j. T. TroWJridge In atlantic Almanac for 1870
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Makinq Manure.

At this. season of the year every pains
should be taken to increase the manure
heap. Supply the pig-pen with muck or
loan, and use the same plentifully toabsorb
the liquid droppings Of the cattle. Many a
farmer spends money yearly for special
manures, and allows many.dollars worth of
good stuff to be lost on his own place for
want of proper care. Weeds that have not
rlpened their seed, and other green matter,
thrown into the pig-pen will help swell the
pile. A great deal of valuable matter for
the compost heap may be gathered from
the roadside, and under the walls where it
has accumulated Rotted sods from the
pastures, leaves or leaf-mOuld, and many
other things that will suggest themselves,
can be made useful to increase the manure
heap.
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A mother, who had brought up a large
family of children, all ofwhom had become
members Of the christian fold, was asked
what means she had used with so much
success to win them to the cross. She re-
replied: II have always felt that if they
were not converted before they became
seven or eight years of age, they would
probably be lost; and when they have APP
preached that age, have been in an agony
lest they should pass it unconverted.
have gone to the Lord in my anguish, and
he has not turned away my prayers, nor
his mercy from me-"
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A Call to the Ministry.

fH Wanted. this way! BIOS El p
A man who does preaching for very small pay,
Who is young learned and brilliant, with srhces en-
For pleasing the critics and drawing crowd.
Wanted this way!
Be off with the old love, and ON with the newt
The way must be cleared for the incoming man,
And the present incumbent must shift as he can.
No more ado
Send him away,
No matter how meanly We stinted his pay,
How grudgingly gave, when the reckoning came,
A sum that should crimson your faces with shame,
Hustle him out
He has wasted his life in your service no doubt
Has sown hts best years in an ungenal soil;
And this Is the reaping that follows his toll
Hustle him out!
What though, with his blessing, he gave you you
bride,
On the brow of your children the chrism has laid,
And when you were smitten, wept over your dead.
Set him asde
Yes, turn him off!
Make duty by-word, and honor a scott
Turn your backs on the past when these memories
And tread on his heart-strings, nor heed if they
break
Yes, turn him OFF
Yet, one moment stayi
Those years of self-sacrifce, what shall repay?
What guerdon a lifelong devotion receive?
For love so nnstinted, what boon will you give?
One moment stay!
Ye may well blush for shame,
When gratitude comes to be merely a name
When childish pursuit of the gay and the new,
Can make you cast from you the tried and the true.
Ye may well blush for shame!
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Fine Apples.

S. Fl. Church, Esq, of Coventry, has left
with US some very fine and large specimens
of apples, of different varieties, from his
orchard, showing that fruit equal to the
best may be grown in Orleans County. Mr..
Church also brought in some nice Early
Goodrich potatoes from crop of twenty
two bushels grown from single peck
equal to Lightweight bushels from one Of
seed. The Early Goodrich potato seems
to be giving almost universal satisfaction,
and We do not regret our efforts in intro
ducing it to the farmers of this vicinity.
We believe that when this and other new
varieties of equal value are generally dis
seminated, the potato crop Of the county
will be nearly doubled on the same acreage,
-Erprcss.
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Do You PRAY 2

We should not think of asking a man
whether he partook of food or attended to
the other wants of nature; for these are i'm
perative. They cannot be ignored or neg
lected with IMMUNITY. To neglect them is
to perish. We apprehend the danger and
forestall The result, using appropriate
means to prevent it. Equally imperative
and more important is the demand for
prayer. It is the medium of pardon, and
the only means of obtaining daily spiritual
food. To neglect it is to die spiritually,
which is more to be dreaded than a tenn
poral death
"'Tis only while we pray we live"
Hence the pertinency of the question
Morning Star.
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DR.. Lyman Beecher once said "a great
many protested christians have no other
idea of religion than that it is the means
of getting to heaven when they die. As to
doing anything for God while they live, it
does not enter into their plans. l tell you
my brethren, do not believe there is one
in five hundred of such professors that will
reach heaven; for there is magnanimity
in true religion that is above all such con-
temptible meanness."
Strong language said l to myself But is
it not true? Is there not Contemplate
meanness" in expecting God to save us
when we die, five do not serve him while
we live?"
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Looking Inward.

During DIR. Payson's last illness, friend
coming into his room, remarked familiarly,
"Well, | am sorry to see you lying here on
your back"
ado you not know what God puts us on
our backs for?" said DIR. Payson, smiling.
NO" was the answer.
''In order that we may look upward"
His friend said to him, II am not come
to condole, but to rejoice with you; for it
seems to me that this is no time for mourn
ing"
"Well, am glad to hear that" was the
reply; "for it is not often that l am adj
dressed in such way. The fact is, I new
er had less need of coincidence, and yet ev-
erybody persists in offering it; whereas,
when l was prosperous and well, and sue
cessful preacher, and really needed condo
lence they iattered and congratulated me- >
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Keeping Seed Potatoes.

A correspondent says: "Please answer
in your paper the best way to keep peck
of potatoes for seed through the winter,
whether in bag, box, sand, saw dust, tan
bark, or on the ground or shelf"
The best way to keep potatoes for seed is
to expose them to the light until they turn
green, and then put them away in any
moderately dry place where they will not
freeze. Any good cellar ought to keep po-
tatoes without any packing. We would
not plant variety that would not rot in
such place. We keep some thirty yarie-
ties in our cellar, each in separate box,
barrel or bin, according TO quantity, and
all keep equally well. In cellar that
freezes, packing choice variety in earth OF
saw dust would be wise precaution.-Er-
press
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down the road from the start of life the
masses of little ones are hurrying hellward
unwarned by the appointed heralds of
safety. No, whoever are stationed at that
perilous brink to say last word of warm
ing to hell bound adults, the chief ener.
gies of the ministry will be expended in
winning children to another destiny and
in guiding them along another path
Meantime, perhaps one full church service
each Sabbath for the children is all that
can be yet looked for. This is little enough
for any parish.
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Things to Keep.

Our hearts with diligence. Prov. q; %
The commands of God. / John 8 "a.
The truth. Prov. % %.
A good conscience. l Tim. / 10.
The tongue from evil. Psalm 81: 10.
Ourselves unspotted. James l: 81.
The Sabbath day. Exodus 20 IS.
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The Bible.

Out Of it have come all pure morality
Forth from it have sprung all sweet chart
ties. 1t has been the power of regeneration
and reformation to millions of men. 1t has
cOmforted the humble, cOnsoled the mourn
ing, sustained the suffering, and given trust
and triumph to the dying. The wise old
man has fallen asleep with it folded to his
breast. The simple cottager has used it
for his dying pillow, and even the innocent
child has breathed his last happy sigh with
his fingers between its promise freighted
leaves.-B1ble Record.
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"Whosoeyer will may come" 81 thank
God" said Richard Baxter, "for the word
Whosoever. If God had said there was
mercy for Richard Baxter. / am so vile a
sinner that would have thought he meant
some other Richard Baxter but when he
says Whosoever, / know that includes me,
the worst of all Richard Baxters."
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Not to believe that the bible is Gods
message is voluntarily to deprive oneself
of all true, well founded knowledge about
God and our future state. 1t is returning
to darkness--it is to ruin our prospects,
and perhaps also the welfare of many 9TH
ers with us.-Merie DAubigne.
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Things to Give.

Our hearts to God Prov. %: 26.
Praise to him. Psalm 96:7, s.
Thanks to him. / Thess. 51S.
Our bodies living sacrifice. Rom. 81 :: l.
God loves the cheerful giver. 2Cor. 9:7.
More blessed to give than to receive
Acts. 20: So.
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doctor or horse doctor, the simple treat
ment above indicated will be found not
only cheaper, but far better in its applica
tions and in its effects.--Americdn Agric,s'--
turist
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Faith.

While mother was brood ng over her
poverty, her little son sail, Mamma,
think God hears when we scrape the bot
tom Of the barrel.'