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White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
Our Strap 8ook.
TuE CIDER MIL,
ny JOHN G. WHITTIER


Updsr the blue New England siies
Flooded with sunshine. . valley hes:
The mountains clasp it. warm and sweet.
Like n sunny child, 70 their rocky feet
Three peariy lakes and hundred streams
Lie on its quiet heart Of dreams.
Its meadows are greencst ever seem;
Its harvest fields have the brightest sheen
Through its trees the softest sunlight shakes,
And the whitest lilies gem its hkea
love, OH better than words can tell
Its every rock, and grove, and dell;
But most love the gorge where the I'll
Comes down by the odd brown cider mill
Above. the clear springs gurgle out.
And the upper meadows wind about;
Then join, and under willows flow.
Round knobs where bluebcech whip stocks grow,
To rest in q shaded pool that keeps
The oak trees clasped in its crystal deeps
Sheer twenty feet the water falls,
Down the old dams broken walls:
spatters the knobby boulders gray,
And laughing hies In the shade away.
Under great roota through trout pools still.
With many tumble, down to the mill
An the way down the nuttrees grow,
And squirrels hide above and below.
Acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, there
Drop al the Fall through the hazy air;
And burrs roll down with curled-up leaves,
In the mellow light of harvest eves-
Forever there the still. old trees
Drink wine Of peace that has NO lees
By the road side stands the cider mill
Where lowland slumber waits the rill;
A great brown building. two stories high.
On the western hill-face warm and dry:
And odorous piles Of apples there
Fill with incense the golden air;
And heaps Of pumice mixed with straw
To their amber sweets the late flies draw.
The carts back up to the upper door,
And spill their treasures in ON the floor;
Down through the teethed wheels they GO,
To the wide, deep cider press below;
And the screws are turned by allow degrees,
Down ON the straw-laid cider cheese;
And with each turn. q fuller stream
Bursts from beneath the groanng beam
An amber stream the gods might SIP
And fear NO morrows parehed lip.
But wherefore eodsi Those ideal toys
Were soulless to real New England boys
What classic goblet ever felt
Such thrilling touches through it melt,
As throb electric along straw,
When boyish lips the cider drawi
The years are heavy with weary sounds
And their discord hfe's sweet music browns;
But yet hear oh! sweet, oh! sweet,
The ril that bathed my bare, brown feet;
And yet the cider drips and falls
On my inward ear at intervals;
And lead at times in sad sweet dream,
To the babbling of that little stream;
And sit in q visioned Autumn still
In the sunny door Of the cider mill
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

DRIVING NAILs.-A "Subscriber" asks if we
know Of better plan of driving nails in hard
wood than by greasing the points. Undoubtedly.
If the point Of nail is dipped in grease the face
of the hammer will very soon become greasy, and
will need very careful cleaning, or work will be
impossible. A better plan is to wet the point of
the nail on the end of the tongue; this will make
it drive easily, and will not interfere with the
hammer.-Hearfh and Home
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
THE NEW DEPARTURE.

Ths departed, the departed,
FheY visit us again:
They cajne from California.
And from the hills of Maine;
And where the honest cheerful smile
OF Democrats has been
The departed" have broken down the wall,
And now We RAIDS sre in
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

A DISTINGUISHED minister of neghbofing city, n
gentleman of great devotion to Republican Hoc-
trines, entered barber shop iust as darkey was
rising from the chair
How are you this morning. Uncle said the
minister.
The darkey Strengthening himself up, and draw
ing down his eyebrows replied:
"How the d did You get to be relation of
minef"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

PLAINvILLE, OHrO.-I would recommend mulcl,
OF oats, sown broadcast in September. They will
grow readily after good shower. BY the last of
October they will he five or six inches high. and
when the frost comes they fall and afford q fine
protection during the winter. In the opening of
spring the oats will be found killed. and the mulch.
besides protecting the strawberry plants from the
down the weeds. q F
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

DIR. LIsIE, of London, says that he has cured 81
cases Of cholera out of . by administering solu-
tion of five parts of sulphate of copper to one
hundred parts of distilled water, about thirty
drops Of Sydenhams laudanum, and four ounces
of sugar and water. DIR. Drouet advocates solu-
tion Of castor oil in collOion being applied with
brush to the abdomen. The mixture forms n
waterproof film which prevents perspiration, and
vomiting and cramps are instantly arrested.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

LORENZO Dow was once preaching in the ems
tern part of Connecticut, to crdwded house, the
season being mid-winter and the weather very
cold. During the sermon the members of the con-
gregation would make frequent visits to the stove
to warm up; the old man stool the Interruptions
until forbearance ceased to he avirtue; stopping in
the middle of sentence. he said: "Those who
have holes in their stockings. NAV now 60 to the
stove and warm their feet" He was annoyed
no more during the service.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

House PIANTs.-To succeed i'm growing plants
in dwellings, it is necessary to keep the air around
the plant at moderate temperature, say from
fifty to sixty degrees. and moist possible, by
having the plants stand on damp moss, sand, or
other material that will all the time be giving off
moisture amongst the leaves.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

IT is said that bleeding from a wound on man OF
beast may be stopped by mixture of wheat and
common salt, in equal parts bound on with a
cloth. If the bleeding be profuse, use large
quantity-use from one to three pints. 1t may
be left on for hours even days if necessary. The
person who gives this receipt says in this manner
he has saved the life of horse which was bleed
ing from wounded artery; the bleeding ceased
in five minutes after the application.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

FoQD FOR CHIcKs.-Chicks under two weeks
shonld he fed as often every two hours; be care
I'li ana feed no more than fhey will eat up clean
eaen Time: The first feed should be given as soon
GU ,aasnght a. possible, the last just at dark.
SC. '.Sy our cmeks have green food; If they are
mot where they can reach it, mix it With their
Ieed; grass chopped fine lettuce, etc. little
meat once day with their food Is \ rood thing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

REMEDY FOR CROUP-A correspondent of the
Maine Farmer says the following is an effective
remedy for Group: "Half teaspoonful of pull
verified alum in little molasses 1t il simple
remedy, one almost always at hand, and one dose
seldom fails to give relief If it should, repeat it
after an hour
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

STING OF INsEcrs.-A remedy for the stings of
wasPs, bees, &c, that often proves effectual, is
simply to hold chest key or any hollow key over
the place stung, press it hard into the flesh min
ute or 90, and when taken off the poison will be
on the surface of the flesh and do no harm. A
thimble with tight top will do, but not quite as
we'll
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

1T is said that the leaves Of the geranium are
an excellent application for cuts where the skin
is rubbed oil, and other wounds ofthat kind. One
or two leaves must be bruised and applied to the
part, and the wound will be electrified in q short
time.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
LOST DuLLlE..
BY ALICE CARY.

Don't You remember the old apple-tree
That grew in the edge Of the meadow;
And the maiden whose thitherward strsyinz with me-
Threw over the sward but one shadowl
Wast the hnsh Of the apples that over ~ hung
Which threw DER her cheek ists ssft spleDdori
And the Wild birds around - that lovingly sung
Which made her low wurble % tsnderf
Yol remember the bridal time. bright with the Gov
OF the cup - deceitful - CHEEKY;
And the neat little cabin hnme, always aEIow
With the sweet smile Of Dillie my deAris.
When the wine smothered loves Passionate dane,
Her blue eyes drooped nornfnl and lowly;
How sadly she watched for the fo6tstep that came
Each night time more slowiy and slowly.
The path going down 10 the apple-tree, stin
Winds over The slope of the meadow;
The dear little cabin peeps over the hill
But the ruses run Wild In In shadow!
Don't you reDe1bcr the ivy1gfown church,
We used To think l1nes0me and drearyi
Beneath the blue marble, just under the birch
Lies Dllie, lost Dilie ny dsarie!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

WooL--Mannfactars discriminate more he
., Msel WOOL well washed and nicely packed than
they do between different qualities. althonch hnv'
efs 9fien talk Of quality the great point. Fine
fully. '-N e~~ .sestet-
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

A BARE-HEADED. bare-footed little hoy aston
shed worshipping congregation in . Mas,acl,,-
sets town on a recent Sunday by rasb;ng into
church and exclaiming: where's INV mana the
pigs are outw
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

HERE is hint that may be valuable, and will
cost but little in the trial: Lemons will keep good
for months If sliced when perfectly fresh, and
packed in glass jars with thick layer of white
sugar between the slices
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

MOTHERS win be interested to know that tur-
Pentine is q sovereign remedy for Group. Saturate
piece Of flannel with il, and place the flannel on
the throat and chest. In very severe cases. from
three to five drops may be taken inxardly.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

In every youthful breast doth dveu
A little tinkiing. taking bell.
Which rings II we Do Id Or well.
And when ve pat I'D the1ehts b hieht
And choose 10 Do tie god snA rieht
tpesls chorus Of dsksht
Bat II We choose 70 Do the vruue
A.d Ont tae weak striye Witt u ssrv.r.
u tolls . soaenn, sAdened po.g:
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

The best way to preserve cranberries in winter
Is IN water In the cellar: the water should be
changed once month. Cranberries are shipped
I'm tight casks with water.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
Elm GLASS LAGER.

Strong du peest. mein lager;
Nix can stronger be;
Hikes du Pesser rs root-
Pesscr as goot can be.
Ven I drinks mein lager.
Him feel strong mnch more!
Put py chinks, / likes him
Pesser as before.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

EXAMINE his mouth for his age. Rector's
daughter Ito SUNDAY scholarly "Oh you have an
elder brother; "well, how old is hef Schoolboy
"Dunno, Miss: but he's Just started o. swearing.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

The girls still 60 in swimming before nightfall
down at Bedforyi's Island. Mrs. Eeversviter says
sits no snch thing, it's them pesky boys.r She
knows; she has got a spyglasl-L4fSyess Courier.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

ONE OF the most famous London physicians
mas written In favor Of good living in the treat
ment Of nervous disorders
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
GOING NUTTING.

GOING NUTTlNG.
The early frost lies white on the ground,
On the grass but late no green:
1t CLEANS like perals ON each bush and shrub,
And the air is sharp and keen.
"Heighoh!' say the boys as up they spring,
With q voice Of glad surprise,
Rejoiced to find that cloudless dawn
Is flushing the eastern skies.
And no! for the tall old chestnut trees,
Where the burs hang thick and green;
This frost will open the prickly sheaths,
With the glossy fruit between
Then off Tor the woods with shout they 60
That rings through the clear still air:
lis the early bird that gathers the worm;
Well be the first ones there"
Over the bars and down the hill
With breathless speed they iy.
Till the group Of chestnut trees Is reached
With the little brook hard by.
The rain had poured for days before,
And the wind blew high and strong; :
And planks were floating down the stream,
And the mill was carried along.
The ld-time adage proved sound and true,
It's an i'll wind blows good;
The buys repeated the proverb Ger
In the heart Of the chestnut wood.
The tempting nuts in their soft, brown shells,
Meath the crisp dead leaves peeped out;
Then nimble fingers gathered them up,
With laughter and merry shout.
OF all the seasons of the year,
o, the Autumn time for me!
When the boar frost lies ON hill and plain
And the nuts drop from the tree.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

NORTH CAROLINA colored juror was recently
aeen making tracks in the direction of the Virgil
MIA line, aud upon being accasted nv n man A. to
whittier ne wss going. he said in dismay that he
was fleeing from the State, as he had Just heard
the jury was to lie hung
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

A MAN was travelling through the State of ILL
nois, and coming to ferry and being out Of money,
the following colloquy took place between him
and the ferryman:
Ferryman-I say, Mister, have You got any mon
eyf
Traveler-NO, sir.
Ferryman-Have you got any at home!
Traveler-NO, sir.
Ferryman-Can you borrow any.
Traveler-NO.
Ferryman-Do You expect to get any on the
other sidei
Trayeler-NO, sir.
Ferryman-Well, then you had better stay
where you are, for it makes id little difference
which side you are on.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

IT Is said that The chewing of coar.ely cut gen.
nan root after every meal via cure tho taste for
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

WHAT we want to know now. is this: Suppose
and such thing is snpposable-suppose a col
ored man with family of seventeen children
should at some future period be elected President
OF the United States, wonld il then he proper tn
call the Presidential mansion the "White House p
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

10 kENOvE CREASE FROM FiOoRs.-Apply a
paste OF wood ashes; keep it on several days, and
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28

WHAT ia the difference between a coat and q
babyi The one wear, the other I was!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
AGAIN

Oh, sweet and fair! oh, rich and rare!
That day % long ago;
The Autumn sunshine everywhere,
The heather all agiow.
The ferns were clad I'm cloth Of gold,
The waves sang ON the shore;
Such sun will shine. such waves will sing,
Forever. everm0re,
Oh. At and few. oh, tried and true!
The friends who met that day;
Each one The others spirit knew;
And ~. In earnest play.
The hours few past, until at Last
The twilight kissed the shore;
We said Such days shall come again"
Fur ever, evermore.
One day again. no cloud Of pain
A shadow DER us cast;
And vet we strove in vain, in vain,
To coniure mp the past:
Like. but unlike, the sun that shone.
The waves that beat the shore;
The words We said, the songs We sang,
Like-unlike-everm0r
For ghosts unseen erept in between.
And when our songx flowed free,
Sang discorde In IN underfone,
And mArrcd the harmony.
The past Il ourx not youlA I" they said;
The waves that beat the shore,
Though Ike the same, are not the same,
On! never, never more"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
A New Re.scri.s Or a. Old Text.


Spending winter as invaliAis Mt Aiken, South
Carolina, the Hon. Thurlow Weed and Mr.. Thos
G. Acton whiled away Sabbath afternoon by
attending negro church, and were accompanied
by Mr.. John A. Kennedy, who was on visit of a
few days to Mr.. Acton. When they entered the
primitive temples the preacher, who was pure
African, was graphing with all the fervor of Ibis
race with the old, old subject of the fall of man
Sketching that day i'm the Garden with its terri
bic results, he excoriated Mr.. Adam in this fash
ion:
Now, bredern, when de Lori calls Adam to
count did he stan mp like man, confess his sin
and ask forgivenessf He didn't do muffin Of dc
sort, bredern, but he say:
"Lord, de woman dat Dou gubest me CUB me
for to eat'D
Pausing q moment he repeated:
"tDe woman dat Don gubest me CUB me for to
eat'D
Then again:
Ode woman dat Dot gubcst me CUB me for to
eat
"Dar, bretlern, Won see dat mean, skulkin' Adam
was q tryin, to sneak ont of it by trowin' all de
blame ON de Lord hsself!'
This new idea of an old question was too much
for the distinguished "whte trash, who had for
tunately taken seats the door, and they re-
tired into the fields to indulge I'M rreverent laugh
tel" Tie Ciab Room" Of the Giaray for October.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-09-28
The fnu Of the Ching.
A ODE TO THE rAIER Rug.
By o. howe GREEN. sos OF OLD PARIS crEEs,

c..,..ss WhiIe Picki., .. g. OF.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
Japanese Nursery Tales.

THE Japanese, as rude and unpoetical
as they seem to be, have fairies, genii, Peris
and imps, answering to these of which
European Juveniles tell such wonderful
tales. Some of these stories are very in
genious, and would bear copying into the
fairy lore of America, while others would
be far from acceptable, owing to the great
difference in customs and religion. [ do
not know that the subjoined tales which
were told by a japanese nurse to the Eu-
ropean children in Hioho, some OF whom
were under her charge, are really part OF
Japanese folk lore, or made up for the
present amusement of the children. But
in either case the children were pleased,
and when they repeated some of the
stories to me they were very enthusiastic
in the praise of the old japanese grand
mother who had thus entertained them.
THE LITTLE BOY WHO PULLED A TURNIP
Once there was little Japanese boy
dressed in a nice suit of black linen, and
he said to himself one day; II will be .
great Daimio, | win have big swords and
fine dress, and my father and mother shall
be happy, with plenty of rice and jewe
rings. But the little boy was poor, anc
all he had was this one suit of clothes
| He was walking on the side OF Fusiyags
one day, thinking how he should be great
when the mountain shook and great smok'
devils came out Of the top. The boy
was afraid until a little fairy, awakened
by the noise, rose up at his feet, and taking
him by the hand LED him from the noun
tain. When the little spirit was about t
leave, the boy said You know how 4
save me from smoke devils, and you mus
know how to make me a great Daimio
Win you tell mei go pull turnip,
said the little fairy spirit as she took he
way back TO the sacred mountain. So tn
the little boy looked about him for a tui
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
Agricultural Report.

THE monthly report of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture for January, contains
a table showing the average yield of corn,
wheat rye, oats, buclSwheat and potatoes,
as reported by the correspondents of the
department, from estimates made in sew
eral of the counties of each of the different
States. From this table we learn that the
average yield of corn in South Carolina
was 80 bushels per acre, while in Vermont
it was 1915 bushels in Wisconsin, 80 bush
els. In most of the Northern States the
average is reported as over 30 bushels to
the acre, while in the South the average
falls generally between 20 and 25 bushels
per acre. The lowest average of wheat is
2 bushels per acre in South Carolina, and
the highest 1910 bushels per acrein Ore
gon. Wisconsin's average is given at 1874
The Northern States generally average
from II to II bushels per acre the South
ern States from to 10 bushels The av-
erage yield of oats in Wisconsin is given as
27.9 bushels per acre the highest being
35.5 in California, and the lowest in South
Carolina, where the yield was only 81 per
acre. The highest average yield of rota-
toes reported was in Texas, which is given
at 1913 bushels per acre; the lowest yield
was 45 bushels per acre. in Indiana: while
the yield in Wisconsin is given as 81 bush
els per acre.
The reports from which these figures are
compiled are necessarily meager and inn
perfect, as there arc seldom more than one
correspondent in a county, and many
! counties have no correspondent at all ; yet
| there is great value in such reports, imper-
feet though they be. They show that the
popular estimation of the yield per acre is
too high by large per cent
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
Factory Children.


THE New York Times states that the
experience gained in the six new night
schools opened by the Children's Aid So
ciety in that city, has still further devel-
oped the fact Of the great number Of chIl-
dren Of tender years in New York
employed in factories, shops, trades and
other regular occupations. A child put at
hard work in this way, it says, is, as is
we'll known; stunted in growth, or en-
feebled in health. He fails also to get
what is considered as indispensable in this
country for the safety of the State, COM
mon school education. Neither the be-
nevolence of the manufacturer nor the
conscience of the parent will prevent the
steady employment of children of tender
years in factories, provided sufficient wages
be offered : consequently masses of little
ones are growing up mere machines OF
labor.
The Times has discovered that there are
from 1, 800 to 1000 children, under fifteen
years of age, employed in a single branch
the manufacture Of paper collars-while
between fifteen and twenty years, the
number reaches 5000. In tobacco facto
ries in New York, Brooklyn. and the
neighborhood (the editor says), our agents
found children only four years of age
sometimes half dozen in a single room
Others were eight years Of age. and ranged
from that age up to fifteen years.
Girls and boys of twelve and fourteen
years of age earn from 81 to So per week
One little girl attending a machine was SO
small that she had to stand upon a box
eighteen inches high to enable her to
reach her work. In one Toom they found
fifty children; some little girls, only eight
years of age, earning $3 per week. In an
other there were children of eight and old
women of sixty, working together. In
the unbinding cellar" they found tifteeI
boys under fifteen years.
III twine factories, ink factories, feather
pocket book, and artificial flower manu-
facture, and hundreds of other occupations
it is said, the same state Of things is re
vealed.