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Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

VARIATIONS AT VEsUv1Us.-The topog-
raphy, OF Vesuvius is reported to be
completely changed since the eruption.
A correspondent writing from Naples
says: :" 1t is as though an earthquake
had altered everything. Hills have APP
peared where but a few days ago stones
stood for visitors to rest upon. Precipices
have been formed which almost prevent
further advance. All is altered; the
very shape of the mountain has lost its
weH-known outlines, and the view is
appalling
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Domestic Recipes.

Domestic Recipes.
To Make Hard Water Soft.-Take one
ounce of fresh lime and stir it well in
bucket of water, and stir all thoroughly
in barrel of water, and as soon as it
settles, the water will be soft and fit
for use, as it will drive all impurities to
the bottom. River water, when muddy,
is better to drink by this process.
To Keep Ice.-Make double pocket
of strong wooden cloth, no matter how
coarse and faded it is. Have a space of
two inches or so between the inner and
outer pockets, and pack this space as
full as possible with feathers. You have
no need to use geese feathers; hens
feathers are just as good. With a
pocket thus constructed and closely
tied at the mouth, few pounds of ice
may be kept week.
Cinnamon RoILs.-Take some of the
dough you make bread of. Work in
shortening and sugar. Then make a
paste of butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
Roll your dough out thin, spread in this
paste and roll up, putting it in your
pans. Let them stand until they be-
come light, and bake. After they are
done, eat them with your coffee or tea,
just as you like.
Boiled Indian Pudding-Sift one quart
of Indian meal, add one tablespoonful
of lard, teaspoonful of salt, one-half
teaspoonful of soda, and half teacup of
nice inolasses; pour on boiling water
and stir till it forms very stiff batter ;
wet the pudding bag, made of strong.
new cloth, in boiling water -four on the
right side, turn it inside out, and put
your pudding batter in tie it so it may
swell one-third, and boil three hours
with boiled dinner. Serve with but.
ter and maple syrup, or sugar dissolved.
Strawberry Cake.-Prepare a pound
cake; mash ripe strawberries, and drain
them; spread the fruit evenly on the
cake and frost the top; stick large ripe
berries on the cake, before the icing
sets, sweeten the juice and serve i
with the cake; this is proper dinner
dish, but is good for tea also.
Plum Pudding.-One pound of raisins
one pound of currants, crumbs of a si1
cent loaf of bread, grated one cup o
-four, three eggs, one pint of milk, hal
quarter of citron, two cups Of sugar, on,
nutmeg. Well beaten and stand owe
night. Take FIVE hours to cook. l
you want large one, take double tn
quantity OF ingredients.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

WINNIE REAM, the artistic manipulation
of Congressman and the indifferent
handler of marble, has in press little
book of sketches, poems, etc.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

ONE Delaware farmer has shipped this
season about s, 900 quarts of strawberries
from less than an acre of ground.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

MRS. PARTINGToN says that since the
invention of the needle-gun there is no
reason why women shouldn't fight as
we'll as men.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

A COLD cement for Mending earth
enware, says a recent English work,
reckoned a great secret among work
men, is made by grating a pound of
old cheese, with bread crater, into a
quart of milk, in which it must be left
for aperiod of fourteen hours. 1t should
be stirred quite often. A pound of un-
Stacked lime, finely pulverized in a
mortar, is then added, and the whole
is thoroughly mixed by beating. This
done, the whites of 25 eggs are incor.
porated with the rest, and the whole
is ready for use. There is another CO.
ment for the same purpose which is
used hot. 1t is made of resin, beeswax,
brick-dust, and chalk boiled together.
The substances to be cemented must
be heated, and when the surfaces are
coated with cement, they must be rub
bed hard upon each other, as in making
a glue joint with wood.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
The Peach Tree Borer.

An Ohio fruit grower writes to the
Fruit Recorder, giving his plan with the
borer: "Take raw stable manure, and
put from one to two forks full clear
round the trunk of the tree once each
year; it should be done in April. This
will keep out the worms, and will slim.
ulate the tree and make it grow thrifty
also. If the manure cannot be had.
take soft SOAP" In Barry's Fruit
Garden, we find the following remedy
given: "Where trees are already
affected, the proper course is to remove
the earth from around the collar of the
root, clear away the gum. DESTROY any
cocoons that may be found, trace the
grub through its holes in the tree, and
kill it; then fill up around the tree with
fresh earth, and place a shovelful or
two of ashes around the tree"
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Plaster for Potatoes.

According to Mr.. Compton, author of
the prize essay on the cultivation of the
potato, very remarkable results are OBJ
tanned from plaster by busting the vines
with it as soon as they are through the
soil again Immediately after the last
blowing and hoeing; and at intervals
through the whole growing season. The
first application may be light, the
second heavier, and after that more
bountiful, say 200 pounds to the acre.
1t renders the plants less palatable to
insects, and appears to be fatal to many
of the fungi family. The vines retain a
bright, lively green color, and the tubers
continue swelling until growth is stop
ped by the frost +; besides, potatoes thus
grown are so sound and free from dis.
ease as to be easily kept for the spring
market, without loss by rot. Mr.. Comp.
ton says he has seen field, all planted
with the same variety at the same time,
on one-half of which, that had received
no plaster, the yield was but so bushels
per acre, and many rotten; while the
other halt, to which plaster had been
applied, yielded $50 bushels per acre.
and not an unsound one among them.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11
Babys.
BY JOSH BILLINGS,

Babys luv with all mi heart; they
are mi sweetmeats they warm up mi
blood like gin sling; they krawl into
me and nestle by the side ov mi soul
like kitten under cook stove.
| hav raized babys miself and kno
what am talking about.
l hav got grandchildren, and they
are wuss than the fust krop tew riot
amung the feelings.
If could hav mi way, iwould change
all the human beings now on the face
ov the earth back into babies at once,
and keep them thare, and make this
footstool one grand nursery; but what
l would do for wet muses. / don't kno,
nor don't care.
would like tew have fifteen babys
now on my lap, and my lap amt the
handyest lap in the world for babys,
neither.
My lap il long enuf, but not the
widest kind Nv lap.
am a good deal ov man, but kon-
sist ov length principally, and when i
make lap ov myself, it il not mat
trass but more like couple ov rails
with a jint in them.
can hold more babys in my lap at
| once than any man in America, with
out spiling one, but it hurts the babys.
never saw baby in mi life that i
didn't want tew kiss wuss then an
old maid in this respekt.
L hav seen baby's that have refused
tew kiss until they had been wasn't :;
but the baby want tew blame for this,
| neither was i.
Thare are folks in this world who say
they don't luv babys, but you kan de-
pend upon it, when they war babys,
sumboddy loved them.
Babys luv me, too. | kan take them
out ov their mothers arms Just as easy
as kan an unfedged bird out ov his
nest. They luv me because luv them.
And here let me say, for the comfort
and consolation ov all mothers, that
whenever they see me on the cars or on
the steamboats, out ov a job, they
needn't hesitate minute tew drop q
clean fat baby into my lap; will hold
it, and kiss it and be thankful besides.
Perhaps there IL people who don't
envy me all this, but it il one ov the
sharp-cut, well'defned joys ov mi life,
mi love for babys and their love for
me.
Perhaps there IL people who will call
1t weakness, i don't care what they
call it, bring on the 'babys, Unkle
Josh haz always kind word and a
kiss for the babys.
l love babys for the truth thare IL in
them, amt afraid there kiss will be-
tray me, their IL no frauds, ded beats
nor countertits among them.
l wish was baby mot only once
more), but forevermore.
Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-07-11

TEERE were some Partisan dogs who
managed to escape being eaten during
the siege. This fact has lately been dis
covered by the French Society for the
Protection of Animals. A medal has
been voted by that body to poor wo-
man, who, singular to say, kept twenty
stray dogs safely tbroug h the whole
siege, although offered no less than
200 francs piece for them for culinary
purposes. The Society has given
like reward to gardener of Bercy, who
saved 135 horses from a fire which
broke out in the stables of the Lyons
Company. The first story is certainly
not the least remarkable of the many
strange things that happened during
that wonderful siege. How, at such a
time, woman of the working classes
could manage to get and to keep food
for the twenty canine refugees, who
sought shelter under her wing, passes
ordinary comprehension.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

WEST TOPsHAM.---J. f. Laird lot
this place has been engaged by Nr
I'm to carry the mail from Waits
River to w. Topslam, and Orange
Centre. We regard this as II move
in the right direction, as steps have
been taken to have the mail carried
ut the expense Of government. For
some years past the inhabitants, of
w. Topsham have furnished u mail
three times u week by subscriI ton.
The contract is for one year com.
mencing the 10Th Of Jan.--The
people of this place observed the
week of prayer by holding meet
ings at the union church every even.
ing. On the 9th Of Jan. the roads
were SO blocked up with snow drifts
back on the hills that people could
not get through to church or to a
funeral that was held at the Meet.
ing house, now the 10th, sleighing
and slcding is excellent.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

NrwnrRy.-'lhe installation services al
New bury, Jan, IL, passed OIL very pleasant,
indeed, with more than ordinary interest
Tho sing .ng by choir aud congregation was
hot only in itself happy, but did much To n
licvc the various exercises that might other
wise have seemed lengthy. The only sad fca
turc IN the affair was the thought that the
farmer pastor, 20 much loved by many, wac
afur oil aud yet continued out of health Iii.
family, which is yet in Nowbury, have ouI
he artfclt prayers aud sympathics The pres
cnt pastor enters upon this new field of labor
with much to cheer and encourage him.
In the evening DR.. Atkinson, at Oregon, adj
dressed respectable audience on the theme
of Home Missions. We feel that fresh inter.
ost in the subject was cnkidlod hy his 10
marks,
DR., Buttclield of New York supplemented
the topic of Missions with an earnest aud en-
thusiastic appeal for Colleges in the West.
The next time we go through College We shall
probably go west At any rate we must help
Western Colleges in some way.
Newbury is pleasant place and has very
hospitablc people. The single fault We have
to find with them is that their dining tables
are nearly twice too extensive in length for
the number of their arriving guests. This,
We are told is general fault OF theirs.
Wishing them aud their pastor long and
frequent seasons of refreshing from on high"
We sign our name very humbly,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

CHELsEA.-At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Or
anee County National Bank ofChel
sea, held on the second Tuesday o.
January, 1872, Il. w. Bartholomew
Elihu Hyde, A. n. King, n w
Braley and Lyman L, Barron were
elected Directors and, at a suisse
quent meeting of the Directors, b.
w. Bartholomew was elected Presi-
dent, and Oscar &. Hatch was ap.
pointed Cashier.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

Over the River.
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Hanover, n II. Jan. 10th, ~
Our term is now closed and the
students are turning homcward.-
The examination passed oil accept
ably to all.
DR.. Benjamin Labarec, who has
had charge of the Senior clsas, and
delivered some lectures to tho Jun.
iors, is not expected to instruct af.
ter this term. The DR.. is now quite
well along in life, bat retains much
of his youthful vigor.
The senior class have secured the
eth Rcgt. band of New York City
for Commencement. Probably Miss
Sterling of the same city will be so
loist. The Lebanon band furnish
music for marching. The exercises
will be Of more than usual interest,
as this Bank has never been here
before, nor have We seen Hiss ). in
the place.
A new furnace has been procured
for warming the chapel.
Seven hundred rejected models
are to be received here soon from
the Pateut Office. These models
which have been accommodating for
years IRE now being distribut ed
among the various educational in
stitutions in the country. Speci.
mems of various kinds Of building
stone are expected from the Smith
sonian Institute.
The annual meeting Of the Bos.
ton Alumni of Dartmouth takes
place to. morrow evening at Boston.
The term has passed pleasantly to
teachers and udents.
Prof. Robert Fletcher of the
Thayer Department has purchased
the hospital building of Prof. DiXi
Crosby, and purposes making his
home there as soon as possible
AS usual there is q woman in the
case.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19
Local Items.
About Town.


Another sleigh ride to Newbury
took place on Wednesday, A little
larger crowd than before, a fine
trip was enjoyed by all.
For the sake Of variety, and to
start some new thing,wc understand
Il sleigh ride to Ilaverhll is project.
ed to come of next Tuesday.
See Il. II. Duttou's advertisement
of rooms to let. This is a good
chance for some ono to sccure Il
good business place.
Wood and lumber are moving
lively these days, about here. We
went out to ride the other day, on
the West Fairlec road and in com
inc back passed - wood and lum-
Der teams, in going mile.
The lecture of Rev. Il. +. Fair
banks. at Cong. church, Tuesday
evening was listened to with inter.
est 10y a fair sized audience.
Promenade Concert by Bradford
Brass Band at IL Gn Hall next Wed.
nesday evening,
The Frcmcn's Leyee comes Oft
the last of this month.
c. II. c. Williams is stopping in
bradford for Il while, and will re
ceives colts aud horses of Wis cious
habits at his stable for breaking and
training.
AOEE(CI. All who ATE IN favor of hav-
n iuLaucw Village Hall and who viii aid
IA building one are - qucsted to meet at the
lrottcr House next Wednesday evening Jan.
Gath, ut o'clock, j b. PICKETT.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

An elderly gentleman was recent
~ 'confidenced' on a train running
into keokuk, by sharpers, who in
duced him to buy a draft Worthless,
on Buffalo, for $l57.40, he paying
them two 500 bills, and they, pay
ing him $i3 as change, The con
ductor on the train took the first OPP
portunity to quietly suggest to the
innocent old gentleman that he was
afraid the draft was fraud.
"Well,' was the bland response of
the lmperturbable greeny, elf it is
any bigger fraud than my two 500
notes were, then | am not S43
ahead--which ! tank | am | am
not in the habit of dealing in cOun-
terfeit currency, butt always keep
u little of that sort ofstuff about me
for the benefit of that sort of custom.
erS."
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19
Ebg z;

ia West Randolph. suddenly Dee. 29th, Col
burn Morse. aged - years and Smonths
In Brantrce, Jan. 3D. 1872 Deacon Augustus
Flint. aged 50 years.
In West Randolph, Jan. lst 1872 Mrs Ira
Lamson, aged ii years.
In Washington, Dec. 2Sth, Mrs Truman II.
JUdd. aged about - gears
Jan. LIST, $50, Simon French, deaf mute
aged about 70 years.
In Chelsea, Jan D. 1872. a son of joel Pea
ycy, aged years.
January 7th, Miss Eflic Ilibbard. aged Is
yrs.
In Oxford Jan 10Th, Mrs. Cordclia L. Smith,
aged - years.
Died in Permont, Jan s, Mr. Jonathan Fl.
field aged 65.
Also, Jan. l3. Mrs. Louisa, wife of Mr.
George Blai,dcll, aged Il.
Died in Ncwhury. Jan. :, Mrs, Martha Row
oil, widow of the late Abraham Rowcl, aged
- yrs. : mos.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19
PROBATE COURTS.
nROBATE COURTS " n bo holden vi,

DROBATE COURTS " II bs holden within
and for the District Of bradford, a. fol
lows. viz:
At Bradford, on the second
Tuesdays Of January, May July and Novsm'
her.
At East COrinth. on the second
Tuesdays Of February, and August.
AT Newbury on the second Tues.
days Of March, and October.
At Waits River on the second
Tuesdays in June and September.
At West Fairlce on tho second
Tuesdays In April, and December.
ALVAH BEAN, Register
West Fairle. VT, Dec. |. 1870.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19


LYME.-Dr. Gordon, Rev. Mr..
Kellogg and some others, intend
making their home in New Jersey.
Arrangement have been made to start
in the spring.
John Piper has a great variety of
collins, warranted to suit the most
fastidiouS.-Bruce Piper has been
appointed liquor agent.-Mr. Otis
Smith has returned from lis west
ern trip and is at business again
John Kent keeps first class hotel
as all can testify who have given
him a call.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

ORFOI D.-Thc selectmen of Or.
ford have visited certain places and
requested the proprietors not to sell
any more ardent spirits, and thus
far the request seems to be com
piled with.
On Monday morning Thomas
Howard was arrested for assaulting
his brother, William Howard, Ia st
Saturday. Ye was brought before
Justice Learned and fined s. and
costs, amounting to $3.50, and put
under 5000 bonds to keep the peace
one year.
The week of prayer was observed
here and meetings are to be con.
tinued through this week,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19
N q & ssss..s.

Jan. II, 10y Rev. J. X. Williams, Mt the resi-
denrc Of the brides father, Bcni Kelley. Mr..
\. VI. Gray of Coventry, VT. aud Mrs. Hannah
b. McLam Of Bradford.
IN Fairlcc, Dee. !5th, by Rcv. VI. V. Il. Knox
c. A. Webster of Oxford, Iowa, aud Miss
Rachel y. Taylor of l'hctlord.
In West Randolph, Dee. 18th, by Rev. /. d.
Amcs. John :. Agclill and Mary Townsend.
Also, Jan LIST by Rev. W. Stcalns, Jasper
u. lamson and Mis-, Hannah Waite, all of W.
+.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

FA1RLEE.-Wc learn that w. II.
Child has bought out the Il. Z.
briggs store and will go into trade
there, We hope he will meet with
good success.
On Wednesday of last week
John lIhitcomb while unloading a
load of wood at the depot, was as.
saulted by three men, and beaten
and kicked until no one would have
known him, and he is not yet al e
to do any work.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The young ladies of the Seminary
in Manchester, asserted their rights
by taking the boys on sleigh ride
last Saturday evening. They hired
the sleigh and paid the bills, Good
for the girls, aud the boys to.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

CoRINTH.-Thc friends of Rev.
A. +. Hopkins, pastor of the ". l.,
Church, made him Il PASTORAL visit
at the parsonage on the afternoon
and evening Of Jan. 10th. A very
pleasant visit was enjoyed, and was
the most successful of anything OF
the kind ever done by the good PEG.
pie Of Corinth and vicinity. They
left Cor the benefit of their respect.
ed pastor and family, al02. lnclud.
ed i'll the above was a present by
the ladies, of a new Feather bed,
dress, and s. in cash for hrs. Hop.
kins.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The suit of w. n. Hoyt, n. +.
Rice and John Mcfarland against
the Rutland and burlington Rail
road Company, for damages sus.
tanned in the Mt. Holy accident, in
June, 1870. has been settled by the
parties, They reside at Cambridge,
\. y. and We're the parties injured
in that accit.ent. Hoyt gets $500 !;
Rice and Mcfarland get $500 each
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

Windsor County Court granted
thirteen divorces ut December term.
The evidence in some of the cases
was not tlattering to the amiability
and purity of human nature.
In one case not included in the
above, Judge Barrett said that from
information that he had received it
was not proper that it should be
heard publicly, and it was reserved
for a private hearing.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19
Alexis sent Mayor Mcdill $4,000
for the benefit ofthe poor of Chicago.

The new Methodist church in
Richtord was dedicated last Mon.
day. Rev. w. d. Malcolm preach.
ed the sermon. The church is 40
by 60 feet, and contains 81 seats.
The cost is $1,000, and tho society
is about o., 800 in debt.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

Tia Man Wants a bottle of Wits
ihey' let him buy it and take it home
me man, and not sneak home
WIN v. bottI Of "BitterS' or "Cor.
N'"I, and etend that it is medi.
eIne' If he wants a tonic that is
.,,G;uiethIng better than u temporary
Ip,IIlluiant, he should get bottle of
t eLuNlan Syrup IAN Iron Tonic),
d dral VIII vitalize the blood, and give
durable strength to the system.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The Democratic Congressman arc
not a unit for civil service reform.
several having recently announced
their opposition thereto. The point
they make is that, by separating
the appointing power from the
heads of departments, the latter are
enabled to disclaim any responsible.
ty for the acts of their subOrdipates.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The Manchester Mirror and Amer.
lean says Charles Gay of North
Charlestown, N H., recently cut a
pine tree five feet in diameter across
the stump, the first "A feet of which
he thinks will yield him 1000 feet
of good lumber. The tree was 11j
feet in log length besides its ample
top.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The way freight train south ran
off the track last Saturday between
South Barton and West Burke, bad
~ smashing several cars and block.
aiding the track. making the passen
ger train two hours late. One man,
areddler in the saloon car, was
quit badly injured.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

The lumbermen of Carroll, n. H.,
are active this winter. There are
seven lumber mills in the town,
three of which are run by steam
power. all doing extensive business.
The White and Twin Mountain
Houses are located in Co1oll.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-01-19

A company formed at Littlcton,
to be known as the New Hampshire
Scythe company, has erected a fac.
tory there l33x4J feet. own.
ers of the water power in Kinds,
dale, are erecting a Stone dam by
which they will gain a RESERVOIR of
from three to four hundred acres in
extent.