National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1869-01-29


hue OF Westminst5r West. hayinp
observed the recipes we recently pub,
lished for curing hams and beef
gives us his method of curing beef
He uses what may he callctt, after
starting, Il perpetual brine. To be-
GIN, he Sprlnklcs the bottom of the
barrel with salt half an inch deem.
then alternately beef and salt. the
salt to be n quarter of an inch deep
on each layer of beef, with sprink-
ling OF saltpetrc, pounded fine, also
ON each layer. To II barrel of beef
he would use ! III, saltpetrc, aud
make II brine to pour in after the
meat has been packed aud salted.
ms brine he never afterwards eli
ther scalds or skins. At the next
sailing he wonld use only about two
thlrTls the amount Of saltpetre. as
, some is retained in the old brine
and where saltpeire is used there is
no danger Of the meat taking too
much salt, thus leaving it always
tender. lie thinks futhcr there is no
danger OF too much salt in the bar
rel, and that there ought 10 be at
least peck left at the bC tom of the
barrel every year, OF when the dccf
Is out. The brine he perpctuates
with additional salt and saltpctrp.
Beef thus cured will keep pure and
sweet the year round. He has cured
his beef in this way for more than
thirty years, and never had a parti.
cle of tainted or poor beef in this
time. LIZ.
| What Michigan Woman has
Done. We would like TO hear good
sound argument against this wo.
man $ voting: She lives near Dow.
aglac, IN Van Bureu county. in the
western part at thiS state, Eight.
cen months ago, dressed in mans
clothes, she bought forty acres OF
land, and promised when her house
was completed to reveal her name.
In year and a half, with her own
hands, she has built Il comfortable
frame house, Gruhbed ont fourteen
acres OF heavy oak and made them
ready for the p'ow. and chopped and
split rails, and constructed Il fence
that Is said to he the envy and the
admiration of the ncighbolhood.
She has eight acres SOWn with wheat.
she has dug, Il superior ditch y ON
one side of her land. She furnished
her ncighh1rS with aX hclvcs aud
SpIni baskets. SHE dug up Il tree,
saved Sonc runners ont with a
hand.Saw, and manufactured pair
OF bob SlcdS." She hires u team
of her ncighbOrs by doing extra
work ior them. Two months after
her arrival she went into her new
house and out of her old cloths, aud
SAID her name was Anna StarrN. In
addition to these remarkable accom-
p!IShmrntS, and the conquest of the
obstacles we have mentioned, She
has had pluck and dcftucSS enough
to overcome the disabilities Of half a
century of age, and the loss of the
use of one les below the hncc.-Dc
trOd POSt.
Madrid correspondent Cf the Fri
bune thinks there will hc no Rcpub
lie IN Spain. The Republican party
, Is strong III numbers, but lacks bold,
! SaGaclouS aud experienced leaders.
| Besides, they dare not trust the pco
pie without iilst educating them
and with good reason. il it he tru,
, that not one III ten adult men can
, read. III epcoplc are represented as
. indifferent To- governmental affairs,
and the Indifference is shown in the
, fact that IN Madrid, the center of
Spanish literature, with popula.
p ton of 30O,0OO, only 10000 actual
, voters are counted. Under these cir
:, cumstanccS, most of the Republican
|. leaders, and Gen. prim among them,
. think that Spain is not yet ripe fol
- a republic. They will not, however
g tolerate another dynasty, but cstab
= llSh u temporary kingdom, with II
!, bcral institutions, which shall en-
,o courage general education. ciyll an,
-. religious liberty aud the freedom q
~, the press. Under such govern
,n nrnt Spain hopes for peace and pros
- pcrity, which shall enable her 10 r.
Al cupcratc Fer wasted energies. an,
attain 10 something like her lofmc
II. prcSlagc. II Is proposed to go ont
~ side of Spain ior an occupant ot tn
~ throne, and among other projects
" one 10 take an American Senator.
~ Gluc.--Ilow to have glue alway
ready for usc: Crack up the glu
,, and put 1t IN u bottle add to it con
80 mon whishcy shake up, corl, tigh
!, anG III three or four days it can |
-, used. II requires no heating: vi
49, keep for almost any length of tim,
no and Is ut all times ready for use, -
.ro ccpt ~ the coolest ot weather, whc
,J il will require warming. II must i
,n kept tight, so that the whiSkcS vi
~. not cVaporatc. The usual corks ,
~. shoppers should not bc used. Itwl
~ become cloggcd. \ TN sloppc
~ covering the bottle, but fitting d
closely as possible, Is better.
Iny "1hc penalty for walking on
IN railroad track ~ England Is tc
.hc pounds, said one, while dlscussi1
pn The numerous fatal accidents on
Ia; railroad.
nd Uroohl' replied Uncle Jerry, :"
md that ala The penalty IN this coul
hc try h. death"