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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

JOSH Billings hos this advice for those
misguided females who go about seeking their
rights: Eve, yure gratist grandmother, com.
united a mistake. good deal bigger than the
one which yu are anxious to commit, but there
IL remote similarity in the mistakes. She
wanted tn know and have n hand in awl that
is going on, and the devil offered tew teach
ner, and yu have heard what the result was
Mi advice tn U IL tn stay right WHARF u are !:
u nave power now that never kan be less if
U hold on to it, but if U spit on IRE hands tn
gt better holt U luce IRE grip entirely"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

JOSH Billings ON THE EprrN,N. rp Mn
The efeminats man was 4 weak ponlt;ce NJ IT.
is cross between a root beer Ind . n;naar
pop, with the cork left ont-4a freshlvater mar.
maid found in a new pasture with his hands
filled With dandelions. He is a teac0nfnli ~
syHabslb-a kitten'in pantalettes-a sfck mon =.
key with : blonde moustache. He ii n vine
without any tendrils4 Ia fy drowned in OIL a..
paper kite in dead CALM. He lives like abut
Eeffy Anobody can tell why. He is as harm.
LESS as4a cents worth of spruce gum, and as
fnselessias d shirt button without q hole. He
fs as lazy as bread pill, and has no more hope
Fhan a1astyear's grasshopper. He goes thro'
slfe on tiptoes and dies like cologne water split
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01
r1IzE-BY JOSH BILLINGS.

/ hate fly.
A fly has got no manners.
He amt no gentleman. ..a
He's an intruder: don't send IN MS ha'u
nor ask an intrOduckshun, nor don't hHooA ~. T.
the front door, and never, never tnluks Nv Tan
in off hiz hat. -, aud mn
zorro nose-tho what he wants thare is a mys,
tterv-and be invites himself to breakias. ana
sets down in YOUR butter thout brushing Ills
pants. .5 ,..t and
mol.ssas and bread, and preserves. ana VINE
aar~ennything, and don't wait for no invita-
shun. He's got good appetite and just Us
soon eat one thing as another u.
faint no use to challenge him Tor taken i'o-
critics he keeps up hostile correspondence
with Won whether or not, ard shoots nisSei
nj YOU like a bullet, and he never MISSES
never. ;,.
He'll kiss your wife 90 times day, and zlzz
ZOO. and rificule you if you say word' anu
he'd rather you'd slap him thar not oox' nc
q dodger ov the dodginst kind Every tlliie
YOU slap, YOU don't slap him, but sap your
self and he zizzes and pints the hlnd leg Vi
scorn at YOU till he aggravates you TO distrac-
ton.
He glories in lightin every pop. on the ex;
act spot where you druv him from, ana
proyes the intention to teeze you. Don't tel
me he amt got no mind; he nose what ne NJ
ter. He's cot sense, and too much ov IT, tho
he never went to skool day in his life, except
in q supe dish.
His morals wuz neglected, and he lacks
good deal of humility mitely. He amt bashiul
n bit. and doubt ei he bushes often.
In fack he was never fetched up at all
He was born full grown; he don't glt old
uther things git old, but he never gifts old and
he is impudent and mischievus to the day oil
his death
He drops in cold weather, and you Kan
smash him on window pain, aud you We just
put YOUR finger in it. He comes agn next
wear, and heep more with him. 'Taint no use
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

ORIGIN OF THE PHRASE "ACKSowL-
EDGING THE CoRN."-Hon. Andrew Stewart,
who has been defeated for Congress in the
Westmoreland district (XXD, of Pennsylsan
ia, was in Congress when Henry Clay and
Daniel Webster were there, aud advocated
protection. He recently made speech, In
which he referred to the fact. At the same
time he related an incident which gave the or
igin of the well known phrase, Il acknowl-
edge the corn"
In 1928 forty-two years ag0-this subject
was before Congress, and we were discussing
it. | was trying to show 10 the iarn-
ers Of the country that they were pur-
chasing foreign agricultural productions III the
form of goods, while they leave their own pro-
duce at home without market. | said, Ohio,
Indiana and Kentucky sent their haystacks
cornfields, and fodder to New York and Phila.
delphia for sale.
Mr.. Wickliiie. of Kentucky, jumped up and
said:
"Why, that is absurd. Mr.. Speaker, call
the gentleman Ia order. He is stating an alb
surdity. We never send haystacks or corn
fields to New York or Philadelphia
Well" said, what do you you send ?"
"Why, horses. mules, cattle and hogs"
"Well, what makes your horses, mules. cat
tie and hogs! You feed hundred dollars
worth of hay to horse; you just animate aud
get upon the top of your haystack and ride it
TO market. Laughter. How islt with your
cattle! You make one OF them carry fifty
dollars worth OF hay and grass to the eastern
market"
Then | came to the hog question. Said |:
"Mr. WicklIfle, you send hog worth ten dol
lars to an eastern market; how much corn. at
33 cents a bushel, does il take to iatten it,"
why, thirty bushels"
Then you put thirty bushels Of corn into
the shape of hog and make il walk of to an
eastern market"
Mr.. Wickllfe jumped up and said: Mr.
Speaker, acknowledge The eorn."
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

g. "A iANKEE is said to have obtained patent
~ ,"r AT. new SAFE N. BIT locks up the cashier
us we'll as the cash. ~ n,
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
Stand Up.

Not long since steamer was passing in
sight of drowning man crying for help.
STAND upw shouted an officer on the boat,
who knew that good foundation for his
feet was near the surface. The despairing
victim of his own carelessness rose from
the baptism of the food, and walked with
gladness toward the green shore.
By how many responding, weary spirits,
wasting in useless struggles their strength,
looking for distant help, might this voice
be heard from the skies" standupw Gods
foundation is beneath, and the fragrant
land of harvest work for glory and immor-
tality is nigh.
Dependency comes not from God. He
may providentially permit it, but it is not
in him. There is no possible condition OF
life which can excuse gloomy discourage
ment or despair; no call for help apart
from personal effort which will be answer
ed. Ready for the weakest feet is the Lore
Jehovah's way of deliyerance: "Othel
foundation can no man lay than that il
laid, which is Christ Jesus"
Struggling, Responding soul, look not t.
pastor or friend; wait not for some imag
ined aid coming through the mist anC
gloom. "Stand up is the loving com
mand; and the waters shall only lave tn,
feet, which move towards the wide field 0
usefulness beyond which is the strength
and open vision of heaven.-Am. Ness.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
The Kind of Simplicity that is Safe

The inspired author of the CNVIth
Psalm declares that "the Lord preserveth
the simple" 50 that there must be some
species of simplicity-a quality not heldin
high esteem among men-which enjoys a
peculiar immunity, thus, in virtue of the
Divine carefulness. The Hebrew word is
derived from verb which means ''to OPEN"
and thence ''to be OPEN" Hence it ac-
quires the meaning of frank, without re-
serve, artless, easily to be persuaded, trust
full, etc. 1t may therefore etymologically
mean Simple" in the i'll sense of being
easily led astray or simple" in the noble
sense of being ingenious, true hearted,
sincere, and easily open to faith and con-
viction. The connection makes it clear
that the latter must be the meaning in
which'it is introduced into this text.
And a moments consideration will show
why God especially promises to preserve
such simple ones. 1t is the first great pc
culiarity of this simplicity to put artless,
unhesitating, ample, unwavering trust in
| God; to trust him as the child naturally
trusts the parent, as if there were no other
course open-nothing else that could be
DONE but that. 1t is interesting to note
that the translators of the Septuagnt rem
dered this word by the Greek nepjG-babes
thus emphasizing the idea of artless conf
dence and childlikeness which it contains.
God loves a guileless soul. We know
very well how appealing, and how full OF
power over US, is that innocent and unsus-
pecting reliance which our little children
place in US; and how it wins our hearts to
them to that degree that if we were omnip.
otent to do what we liked, and omniscient
to be sure that such doing would be both
right and best, we should never find our
selves able to disappoint their expectation
In like manner we may feel that God, a:
it were, finds it impossible to allow harm
to come to that guileless soul, which, with
out planning for its seIf-interest, or Gun
ming, or any secondary motive, with artles
confidence maintains, and under whatever
clouds in the sky, its single and unwaver
ing trust in Him. Such trust glorifes Him
He loves it, and loves the soul which rem
ders it. He will keep that soul in perfec
peace which is stayed on Him, because i
trusteth in Him; for the Lord preserved
: the simple.
Blessed are they who, having been Gale,
to test this in some day of sorrow, can ad
the Psalmists self-appropriating clause :
l was brought low. and He helped mC
e He hath dealt beautifully with me. H
d has delivered my soul from death. min
j eyes from tears, and my feet from falling
|, The Congregationalist and Recorder.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
A New Method of Graftinq.

Mr.. Sullivan Hutchinson, of Bristol, this
state, has recently patented process for
making fruit trees from limbs. Mr.. Hutch
inson claims that by this method such
fruit-bearing limbs as may conveniently be
spared, can be transformed into independ-
ent trees, that will continue bearing from
the first year regularly, as before.
The process is as follows Into the
limb which is intended for the future tree,
small roots are grated, or in some way in
serted under the bark, just above where
the limb is to be severed. Such limbs are
required to be from one to two inches in
diameter. Below these roots the branch
is girdled. A small box filled with earth
is enclosed about the limb in position tC
embrace these roots. During the summer
the roots grow, and the connection is form
ed with the limb above The following
fall, the box will be filled with roots, when
the limb may be cut from the parent stock
and set in the ground. 1t is claimed thai
the next year this new tree will bear frui
Just as though it had not been severed from
the original tree N H. Mirror and Far
!
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
Dairy TO Boast of.

The st. Adams Messenger says;-Mr'
Nahum Brigham of Bakersfield, from nj
teen cows, made during the dairy season
Just closed, sixty tubs, or 5000 pounds OF
butter. He sold it for forty-fve cents
pound, realizing 1880. He also raised
ten calves now worth 800, and 1000 lbs.
of pork which he sold for S130-maklng
as the proper income of the dairy, slooo,
besides supplying his family. He IS now
making butter at the rate of one tub aweek'
Mr.. Brigham is a correct farmer. lie
selects the best stock he can find and then
keeps it in the best condition. He does not
believe in pasturing all the COWS the fence
will hold; and in the winter, besides the
first quality of hay, he is liberal feeder
of grain. 1t pays, as the above account
shows. Besides, he is a neat farmer. Ev'
erything is kept in its place, and his WORK
is done in time. This is the great secre
ofhappiness in farming, if not of success
and every farmer who drives his work an(
is not driven by it, will find it true.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
The MeasureIess Love.

can measure maternal love-how broad,
how long, and how strong and deep it is !;
it is deep sea which mothers only can
fathom. But the love displayed ON yonder
hill and bloody cross, where Gods own
Son is perishing for us, nor man nor angel
has a line to measure. The circumference
of the earth, the altitude of thesun, the dis
lance of the planets, these have been de-
termined; but the height, depth, breadth
and length of the love of God passeth
knowledge. Such is the Father against
whom all of us have sinned thousand
times Walk the shore where the ocean
sleeps in the summer calm, or, lashed into
fury by the winters tempest, is laundering
on her sands, and when you have numbered
the drops of the waves, the sand on her
sounding beach, you have numbered Gods
mercies and your sins. Well, therefore
may we 90 to him with the contrition of
the prodigal in our hearts, and this confess
sion on our lips-"Father, | have sinned
against heaven, and in thy sight" The
Spirit of God helping us to go to God, be
assured that the father, who, seeing his son
afar of, ran to meet him, fell on his neck
and kissed him, was but an image of Him
who, not sparing his own Son, but giving
him up to death that we might live, invites
and now awaits your coming Guthrie.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
Constantine, Church and State.

This was the subject of one of DR.. Lords
recent lectures, now in the course of deliv-
cry in Boston:
After biographical sketch of Constan-
tine, DR.. Lord proceeded to the discussion
of the two great events of his reign, the
founding of Constantinople and the estab-
lishment of the christian religion. Con-
stantine was the greatest patron of the
church as an institution, and one of the
greatest of christian Legislators. The ac-
count of his miraculous conversion to
christianity rests on his own statement, but
DR.. Lord seemed inclined to believe it. for
no one can say when the age of miracles
ceased, and as God had interposed before
when he made the sun stand still, for in
stance why should He not in the import
ant event of the embracing of christianity
by the Roman Empire? Various expla-
nations of this conversion have been at
tempted, but whether it was miraculous, or
only wise policy, Constantine never wa
vered in his faith, but was devoted to it,
His services to the christian church were
important and constant; and although his
life was not stainless, he, like other great
sovereigns, should be judged by his public
services rather than by his defects. He
united church and State and counted his
ecclesiastical duties of equal Importance
with his civil. DR.. Lord gave pictur-
esque account of the Council Of Nice, and
spoke at some length the disputed points
of theology which arose at that time; and
of the imposibility of settling the doctrine
of the Trinity, which is a matter for faith
and not for reason or human authority tC
settle. Heopposed philosophy, on account
of its faults and insutiiciency, and asserted
that many spiritual verities must be &C
cepted without being understood. The
early christians went to martyrdom fo
truths which they did not pretend to ex
plain, but which had been revealed to them
The dogmas Of the church grow up slowly
| for a long time there was no creed ever
that called the Apostles Creed was not in
troduced until the fourth century. Dis
sensions and acrimonious disputes arose
because the realm of reason was contound
ed with the realm of faith and the out
ward unity brought about by the Danish
ment of Arius by decree of the Council q
Nice lasted only for a time. because the hu
man mind will speculate, and will expires
its speculations. The idea of Pope, d.
Lord denounced with vigor. From Cor
stantine as an emperor, he as a historic
could not Withhold his admiration; he wa
great in spite of his faults.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
AusefuI SUGGESTION.

If farmers were more systematic in their
operations, and if they kept an accurate
record of the time of breaking up ground,
sowing and harvesting, the yield per acre
and other important facts, which cannot
always be safely committed to memory,
they would experience the benefits result
ing from the practice But little time is
required, and the habit is easily formed.
An exchange speaking on this very point
truthfully remarks: every farmer should
keep a scrap book of some kind, in which
certain portion should be devoted to each
particular object in which he is interested
for instance, so many pages to wheat, SO
many to other grains, so many to horses
so many to cattle, sheep, swine, fruit grow.
ing, manures, dairy management, ETC.
Then, when reading the farmers column
of any agricultural paper, something strike:
the mind as especially valuable, cut it out
and insert it in its proper department o.
the book. In few years valuable en-
cvclopedia of agriculture will have beer
gathered, to which reference on any topic
can readily be made"
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
House, Farm and Garden.
L. d. r. COLLINS. Editor.
Premium Cheese.

The cheese that took the first premium
at the Orleans County Fair in 1869, was
over year old, and was made by Mrs. G.
B. Brewster of Irasburgh, who thus de-
scribes her method ofmaking:
We have 90 cows, and make butter I'M
til the hot weather of July comes, then we
make one cheese each day. The nights
milk is strained into a large tin tub, and
ice put into it to cool it and is stirred till
the ice is all melted then let it stand till
morning when it is SKINNED and about a
fifth part of the milk is taken out and
warmed sufficiently to make the whole as
warm as new milk. Now the cream taken
off is put into a cloth strainer and the NOR,
ning's milk strained upon and through it
also the warmed milk is poured through it
so the cream is all dissolved and mixed
with the milk which is now ready for the
solution of rennet, which is applied in
quantity to bring the curd (cause coasula-
tom in one hour-about a pint for thirty
pals of milk. The curd is then cut at
right angles into inch squares, and stands
until the cnrd settles, then break it up
carefully with the hands and let it stand
till the curd settles again then dip off two
pailsful of whey to set aside to cool, then
dip some into kettle to heat. When iii
is hot dip it upon the curd and dip of
again, then pour on again three times
This cooks or scalds the curd so that wher
bitten it will squeak. During this time
keep stirring so it will not settle together
then the warm whey is drawn off and thu
cold whey poured on to cool it. Whe1
cool drain off the whey and add salt to thu
curd-a teacupful to seventeen pounds
working it in with the hands and continu
ally breaking the curd. When it is nearl.
cold spread a cloth over the hoop and pu
in the curd Press the cheese twenty-fou
hours, then take it out and put on the soc
or bandage-a cloth soaked in whey butte
around the sides-and then put upon broa
shelves, in light, well ventilated room
| to cure, where il is rubbed and turned ey
cry day and greesed with whey butter o.
ten enough to keep it from drying an
cracking the surface.
The rennet is the stomach of calves xii
ed at the age of from five days to four week
When young calves are killed the stOmac
is filled with salt and hung up to dry. I
prepare a solution for use, put two or thr(
into a stone jar full of water. After soal
ing few days pint of this liquid wi
bring the curd of fifty pound cheese.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
Something to be thouuht Of.

We commend the following, from the
New York Evening Post:
The constant use of intoxicating liquors
makes hard times for many man thus
a family of five persons will consume four
barrels of -four year, or 1906 pounds Of
bread. This is nearly 3 pounds a day
Good -four can be bought now for s. a
barrel times make SIS; and 80 cents a
day for drinks is $1,000, or ISL so more
per year than the bread for family of 5
persons costs But" says A, 81 only take
two drinks a day" Very well; you pay
then for your drinks S73 year; only s45
more than you pay for the bread consumed
by your whole family. if it contains per-
sons. This sum would provide tea and
coffee for them.
Here, then, We see that the man who
pays even 20 cents a day for liquor spends
a sum sufficient to supply his family with
| bread, tea, and coffee for the year. Is il
| strange that times are hard that men com.
| plain of the government, and charge that
it Expresses them with onerous taxes? The
above figures show how men tax them
selves, and how they tax property, too.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
The Use of Salt

The use Of salt as a fertilizer is not near
ly as much considered as we think its val
ue demands. 1t might be applied every
third or fourth year. 1t is the usual prac-
tice to scatter the salt broadcast, at the rate
of four or five bushels to the acre, after the
grain has been put in. Many farmers who
have used it in this manner, have given
their testimony that their crop of wheat
has been greatly increased, and the crop
of weeds, bugs and worms correspondingly
diminished. If this is so, it is evident,
that salt performs two important offices,
while ordinary manure performs but one.
Many of our readers, doubtless have a
small pasture in which they keep a COW
and occasionally turn horse Many Of
these pastures have coarse grasses growing
in them, while in other places the grass
dries up quickly on approach of warm and
dry weather. All such pastures will be
greatly improved, and often the coarse
grasses will entirely disappear if harrow
is passed freely over back and forth, anC
salt at the rate of eight to ten bushels tC
the acre be spread over the ground.-Ger
manto,cn Telegraph.
Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-22
Raising Calves.

A Devon breeder adopts the following
plan in raising his calves: He has small
posture adjoining his milking yard, milks
two teats of each COW dry, and when all
are thus MIXED, lets in his calves to take
the remainder; this quantity of milk, with
pasture, keeps them in good growing con-
dition. When taken from the cows, be
grinds four bushels of oats with ane of lin.
seed; this fed moderately to them through
the winter mixed with chaff and few small
cut roots, keeps them in growing state
They come out in the spring, and keep il
growing condition the whole of the follow
ing summer.