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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
A Chat with the Farmers wives.
FOOD FOR FARMERS IN HAVING AND HAIR
vEsTING- DRINKS FOR THE HARVEST
FRS.

FOOD FOR FARMERS IN HAVING AND HAIR
vEsTNG- DRINKS FOR THE HARVEST
ERs.
During the season of haying and har-
vesting the house work is as much in
creased as the farm work and the wo-
men are called upon to provide from
four to five meals daily for the work
men. There must be an early breakfast
a lunch between 9.and 10, and hearty
supper between and o'clock. Now,
these meals should be well prepared, of
light and nourishing food the best of
bread and butter, boiled corned beef,
mutton, tongue and ham, with fresh
roasted lamb, beef and veal. Light,
toothsome egingerbreadis always relished;
and good puddings and pies will disap-
pear rapidly, with quantities of light,
crispy doughnuts and huge slices of
cheese. Oatmeal should also be pro-
vided, and both cakes and puddings made
from it. Breakfast and supper should
not be served without large dishes of
this digestible yet most nourishing food,
so easily prepared and so highly relished.
Don't fry pork, and boil pork, and fry
and boil potatoes everlastingly; but
vary your food with more toothsome
and tempting dishes. With the mer-
curry among the eighties and nineties,
such sodden, greasy messes are not desir-
able food to work upon, and will make
the men cross and grabbed, If not mOrose
and ugly Listen to us, fair friends,
and pay less frequent visits to the pork
barrels and potato bins; and freshen
your beef and hams by soaking them
in warm water for 12 hours, then in
4oI IL
12 hours now boil them slowly for six
hours; don't let the water gallop once,
and see how much more inviting will be
your vIands. Make good wheat bread.
and rye and Indian, plenty of it,-and
cut it in large slices, well buttered
make creamy rice puddings, and custard
and berry pies, crispy, hard gingerbread
and cookies, and eschew greasy cooking
of all kinds If your men have break
tasted by a. M, prepare an inviting
lunch of gingerbread, cheese, bread and
butter, and a jug of warm tea or coffee,
or beer, and send it into the fields by
half-past 8, and beg your husbands to
let them lie under tree for 10 or 10
minutes to take bite. Tell him that
the men will do an hours extra work
for tha. short rest, and they will gain
more in their alacrity and good spirits
than they can lose in time and provision.
A merciful man is merciful to his work
men, as well as to his beasts.
And while you are roasting, boiling
and baking for the inner man, hearing
in mind Peter Pindar's lines, which
tells us that
''The turnpike road TO peoples hearts, L
find,
Lies through their months, or mistake
mankind."
you must prepare refreshing drinks for
the thirsty reaper, mower or binder.
And good hop beer is one of the bever-
ages; it is easily prepared by boiling one
pint of hop blossoms in two gallons of
water adding one gallon of cold water
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
Correspondence of the Herald ]
Letter from Missouri.
THE STATE AND IT'S PRODUCTIONS

THE STATE AND ITS PRODUCTIONS.
BREoKENRIDGE, CORNWALL Co. Mo.,(
July 10, 1878.
Editor Rutland Herald THE name
of Missouri has so long been associated
with the idea of lawless depredations
and unpunished villainy, that to write
anything in praise of the State might
seem a foolish attempt to change con-
firmed prejudices, andy it is to attempt
just such change in the ideas of your
numerous readers in the East, that Iwish
to claim the indulgence of the columns
of your paper for few articles, from
time to time, upon the various points of
interest, to those who may have de-
sire to know the truth, or who have
desire to emigrate. First, let me assure
your readers, am not speculator hay-
ing 'corner" lots to sell nor am | in
terested in writing as do, only asI have.
stated, to remove wrong impressions of
one of the best States in the Union.
Born and brought up in old New Eng
land, living IN Vermont until was ''of
age, I may claim to know something of
the state of feeling in the East towards
the West, and especially toward Missouri.
Having lived in Missouri the past five
years, and seen the prairies which then
were destitute of houses or fences in
great degree covered with good buildings
and fences and thousands of acres of
grain and corn, and an innumerable
number of cattle, horses and sheep, 1
may be allowed the result of a close OBJ
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
PRICE $3.50 PER ANNUM

and one gallon of molasses; put in one
tablespoonful of essence of spruce, or,
if preferred, use essence of sassafras OF
wintergreen. Or you can boil the roots
and leaves of these spicy trees and plants
with the hops, and procure avery pleas
ant flavor. When milk warm mix into
night, then cork up the jug or bottle of
beer, and it makes a very relishing
drink.
Among all the refreshing stimulants,
ginger takes first rank; and beer pre-
pared from it is very delicious and pal
atable; and if provided for farm hands
it will surely have the effect of banislye
ing the whisky bottle and rum jug from
the fields. Take three gallons of boiling
water, three pounds of sugar, three
ounces Of best root ginger, well bruised,
powdered ginger will do, and three
ounces of cream of tartar stir until the
sugar is all dissolved, let it stand until
milk-warm, add three table-spoonsful of
yeast poured on to slice of bread ;
cover with cloth and let it stand for
twenty-four hours; then strain and put
into bottles, filling them only two-thirds
full. Cork tightly and tie down the
corks, and it will be ready to drink by
the next day. Lemons can be substitut-
ed for the cream of tartar and the beer
can be kept in jug. -
For ginger-beer powders, take two
drachms of powdered ginger, 10 drachms
of carbonate of soda and half a pound
of powdered white sugar, mix all well
and divide into "a equal parts, putting
each part into colored paper. Take
two ounces of tartaric acid; divide into
"a equal parts; put each into a white
paper. Dissolve the contents of each
paper into a separate glass, one-third
full of water; mix and drink while
effervescing. This is a very cheap, re-
freshing and palatable drink, not only
for farm hands. but for all persons in
city or country.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
The Indians Revenge

Where the Kentucky cuts its way
through the mountains, having upon
either bank, bold, rugged cliffs, that lift
their summit five hundred or Thousand
feet, as the case may be, above the
stream, there lived in early times a set
tier by the name of Rufus Branson, who,
with his wife and only child, a charm
ing little girl of some eight or nine years,
occupied the rude cabin at the base OF
the precipice a little back from the
river.
Although greatly exposed to danger
the Indians at tnat time being plentiful
throughout the region-he managed To
live quietly for several years. ra
The Indians frequently visited the rude
house of the hunter, and being always
welcomed and provided with such food
as might be in the larder, they main
tanned a friendly altitude.
Especially they were fond of the child
Maggie, and more than one fierce war
rior had been seen sitting on the grass
in front of the cabin, listening to the
childish prattle of the little one, or else
engaged in making it some toy or play
thing from willow twigs or plant bark.
In this manner several years had been
passed, and RufuS BranSon came TO reel
as secure as though he was in the walls
of frontier fort.
One evening Branson and his wife
were seated near the doorway when sud
denly shadow fell across the Threshold
and the next moment tall savage whose
reeling step and blodshot eyes told that
he was intoxicated, appeared, and stag
gered to the log steps and asked for fire
water, which was of course refused on
the plea that there was none in the
house.
The Indiah became cross and ugly,
swearing with terrible oaths that if the
liquor was not produced, he would muir
der the whole family. Branson was a
brave, determined man, and although he
dreaded the necessity. yet he saw that
he would be compelled to take prompt
steps to prevent the savage from execut-
ing his threats.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07

til it shall have closed over by the new
bark.
Much of the pruning of fruit trees,
especially those which have attained
good size and commenced bearing, con-
sists of course in removing sprouts, more
or less of which viii start out every
spring. The sooner these are removed
the better, for the smaller they are the
less they will have taxed the tree for
their support. OF course it is better
that these be taken off in the summer,
and on the whole. the evidence tends to
show that pruning may be performed
with the best results during the months
of July and August Mirror and Far
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
STATEMENT OF A. W. cnEEyER.


The package of butter herewith pre-
sented is sample of 697 pounds sold
during the past four months, from an
average of eight COWS. The largest num-
ber milked during the time of trial was
ten. Two have been sold for beef.
| Four calved since the commencement of
the trial, and two of these calves were
fattened and three others have been
raised on new milk for about two weeks,
and then fed with milk twelve hours old
for some three weeks longer. One of
these calves was dropped just before the
commencement of the trial.
The two cows sold were twelve years
old. All the others were less than five
at commencement of trial. One is now
five years old two are four years two
are three years, and two are two years,
and the other twenty-one months at
time of calving, which was July 18th
The two three years old calved last year,
and will come in again next winter.
The average yield per week has been
about four or five pounds per COW, which
would be a small quantity if tie ami
mails had been of full age and were in
full flow. My average for the past two
years has been over 200 pounds per cow,
of butter sold, besides selling nearly one
days milk per week, One-half of which
stood twelve hours before skimming, the
other half sold new; and besides what
milk, butter and cream has been used in
my family, one quart of new milk has
been sold every morning. -...
The feed has been good pasture about
four weeks, green rye, green cOrnstalks,
and the best of hay fed in the stalls the
Z Il e . .
fed every day-tO beef COWS all they
viii eat, and to the others enough to
keep them in good working condition.
The grain has been about equal quanti-
ties of cOrn-meal, cotton-seed meal and
wheat bran, varying from. four to eight
quarts, according to the age and cOndi-
ton of the different animals.
My milk is kept above ground, in tin
pans, set on racks; my room is well pro-
tected from the sun on the south by a
covered and blinded walk, and by trees
and blinds, the sash being entirely re-
moved most of the time. | give my
room a very thorough airing in the night,
but keep it pretty close during the day.
In that way keep my weekly supply of
butter very even; one week only, and
that in August, did it fall off very per-
ceptibly. Have churned twice a week
most of the time. Always wash my
butter in cold water as soon and as clean
as possible after churning, to remove all
the milk. While washing, work it dry,
then salt with less than a half ounce of
salt per pound. Let it stand, or rather
hang in a cool well few hours, then
work over and put up for market in
pound Jumps, or one quarter pound
cakes. The price obtained is fifty-fiye
cents by the year, and during the sum-
mer forty pounds per week are engaged,
and thirty pounds per week in the win
ter. ..
The butter is never touched with the
hands it is sometimes salted in the
churn, but always worked under lever
on hard wood table, set so inclined as
to allow the milk and brine to run off
freely. Temperature at churning from
62 to Ga degrees. .........
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07

Kate Bender, the worst of the bad
women of the numbering Bender family,
OGileved to have been arrested at Pro-
Yo Kansas.
- John Adams and Jessee Grant are
os %e only men who ever lived to see one
8, g. their sons President of the United
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07
BUTTER IN SUMMER.

1t is so desirable that first-class butter
should be furnished for our tables in
summer, and there are such vast num-
Der of farmers making inquiries upon the
proper methods of making butter that
we have taken the following statement
of A. w. Cheever from the Massachu-
setts State Agricultural Report, for 1872,
and we hope our butter makers will find
il of interest -------
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-08-07

One thousand iron-rollers of the Mil:
waukee iron mills are now on strike.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
RAILROAD TROUBLE III OHIO.

CLEVELAND, March ga railroad war OF
some magnitude now in progress at YOUNGSTOWN IN
ths state About year ago the stockholders o. tne
Liberty and xenia Railroad Company sold that roah 70
the Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburgh h"iroao
Company receiving payment part IN cash ana part III
bonds OF the latter company OWING 10 so'uo SUE
one,t sunderstapdine the matter brought before
the eonrt and for the past five months the Ash
tabula. youngstown and Pittsburgh Railroad Company
have held control of the former road by virtue OF an III
junction which expired at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
at which time there appeared upon the premises Two OF
the principal stockholders OF the Liberty ana lena
road with large force OF men, who tore up inc uach'
cut the telegraph wires stopped all trans to9x possc
sion Of the rolling stock and are now III icrepe @
son OF the road with force OF 400 or 500 men WI
McCreery President and other officers OF tne AsHAps
Youngstown and Pittsburgh road are nov ~ oa ar
town, and II reported that speel9i Tram nag 'o,s
Pirbprgh with achievements for hcCreery wig 10
backed by bcot and the PennsyiV rail- oaa Go Wv,
pant. Great excitement prevails, sDd thfre ~ '"'s
Of Z not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
AMERICAN RAILWAY BONDS ABROAD.

THE OREGON AND CALIFORNIA BOND SALES AND
RESOURCES.
The repeated frauds and swindles pcrpetrated
BY Americans residing Europe and by American cor
poraons having their agents in the principal European
capitals have been subjects Of serious reflection Tor lilo
reputable fnanciers in Wast and in fact throughout
the country. These men are engaged in the legitimate
deyelopment Of the resources OF the country,
and view with apprehension the o2ium which is fast
attaching to American securities in the great markets of
the old world The failure of Bowie Brothers and the
erations Of the Memphis and El Paso Railroad have in
the estimation such critics, done great deal TO Ge
American credit. e-rTE-ssy-. r~
The announcement is made that proceedings to NO
taken against Benjamin Halliday, President Of tho
Oregon and California Railroad ofice, No. a. Broad
way) for an alleged fraud, similar in many respects To
the operations Of the Memphis and Ell Paso Railroad in
Paris. 1t is stated that the Oregon and California Rail-
road caused Dabney, Morgan Co. OF New-iork, and
suzbach Brothers OF Frankfort Germany. TO negotiate
Of it's bonds at prices which netted the Com
pany about SC 100000 President Halliday IL is furtheE
asserted, took a contract from this company, OF whics
he was President. build the railroad at the ~
about $4,000 a mile On the proceeds Of the sale
Of these bonds and portions OF the land
grant mentioned below he built go miles,
leaving the most difficult and expensive portion OF tho
line unfinished II is further asserted that Winter storms
damaged the road much and that the receipts
have not eqused the amount required for interest The
bonds are quoted IS in the Berlin market and at "a
recent me- tDg OF the bondhoders committee was ap-
pointed TO begin proceedings against Halliday.
The latest authentic published reports that tho
Oregon and California Railroad is still progress and
will extend when completed from Portland, Oregon 10
the California State line IL IL reported TO be COM
pleted from Portland To Albany. The Company have
land grant OF 100000 No information
able with regard 10 the finances Of the Company Tho
rolling stock, far known consists Of locOmo
tves, passenger two baggage and mail cars
and 100 freight This is very Insignificant equip
ment for such exhibit Of bonds
Efforts made TO see Mr.. Halliday, at his Office in
Broadway, but without effect information being ELECTED
that he was at Portland Oregon. George X. Otis his
agent also reported 10 be at Messrs
Drexel, Morgan Co., successors Dabney, Morgan g.
Co.. said that they knew nothing OF the matter as their
sold the bonds while they simply
paid the interest on the bonds when the money was
RENTED to Them the money not deposited with
them, they did not payit Yesterday morning. however
a sum arrived for that purpose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
CURRENT TOPICS AT THE CAPITAL.
NFNAIOK JLA IVN ENUNEI'A IH.D'
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSE.l

tBf TELEGRAPH TO TRiBUNEI
WAsHINGTos, Tuesday, March %. 1873.
The Senate was on the criminal calendar all day
to-day The Clayton case was disposed Of without
debate except short speech by Messrs. Wright and
Norwood, whorepresented the majority and minority
reports respectively The Senate took Bo interest in
the question but sat listlessly, part Of the time
without a quorum, while the two Senators named
tried in vain to call attention to the important points
of their reports Mr.. Norwood disclosed one or two
facts that rshould have caused the Senate pause
before giving its verdict. He asserted that some
very damaging testimony which not rejected by
the Committee was not printed in the document be-
fore the Senate but was IN the room of the Commit
tee. Mr.. Clayton took part in his own defeBse,
aud the vote was taken with very little knowledge
the part OF the majority of the merits of the case.
The following named Senators we're present but did
not vote, many Of them announcing that they were
unable 10 do 50 inteigently: Messrs. Bogy. CaTpen
ter Casserly. COnkling. Dennis. FentOn, Hamilton
(Texas Kelley Morrill, VT. Ransom, Salisbury,
SchuIz. Stevenson, Stockton, and Thurman. The
vote of 80 to may therefore he taken rather as vote
of confidence tho majority of the Committee than
az an expression Oh their report.
HE HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY AND coll
LECrOR BAILEY.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue and the
officers of the New-Yofk Central and Hudson River
Railroad Company have long been anxious to have
the controversy between them over the scrip divi-
dend tax settled by the United States Courts but
neither has been willing 10 become the palntl1 III
suit The recent seizure of locomotives by Collec-
tor Bailey brings the matter into such position
that judicial decision will be obtained. The com
pany win sue the Collector to recover the money
they have paid in purchasing back their locomotives,
and the whole question of the legality and equity OF
the tax viii be involved in the decision
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
WASHINGTON NOTES.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUSE.l

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, March Is, 1873.
The report current In the Senate galleries on Saturday
that Mr. Conking was the author Of an amendment to
the Caldwell resolution offered by Mr.. Ferry, Mich,
out to be incorrect and unfair TO the
Senator. MI Ferry In moving his amendment was de-
only OF getting vote on the legality OF the
Kansas election before the question OF expulsion came
up but he had already informed Caldwell that he should
feel obliged for his expulsion when that question
came up This explanation - necessary 70 correct uD
dersranding Of Mr. Ferys coAnecton with this import
ant case.
loEsERAL PRESS DIsPArCHl
The Civil Service Board of the Treasury
De partment held to-day the second Of seres Of niae
Zee Hinh RsSs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
A MURDERER REspIrFn.

SYRACUSE, March 25.-Henry Fralich. sen-
fenced to be hanged Friday for the murder Of Peter
schaner was to-day granted respite by GOV. Dix until
April 49, In order that testimony recently discovered
may be examined The testimony, it's asserted, shows
that the killing of 5chaner wae accidental.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
THE VIENNA EXHIBITION.

INTERNATIONAL PATENT RIGHT CONGRESs-PRACT-
CAL GARDENING.
LONDON, Tuesday, March 25, 1873
An International Patent Rights Congress
will be held in Vienna during the Worlds Exhibition IL
will be composed OF manufacturers, scientific men, and
other experts.
Three American gardeners will be allowed 10 raise
vegetables in Austrian soil &c compete Tor agricultural
premiums.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
ELEMENTS OF DISORDER IN FRANCE.

ELEMENTS OF DISORDER IN FRANCE.
ARREST OF MEMBERS OF A SOCIALIST sOCIETY-DIs-
TRBANCRs AMONG CADETS AT ST. CYR.
PARIS, Tuesday, March rs, 1873.
Twelve members OF a secret Socialist society
have been arrested at Ydes two OF the prisoners
and style themselves representatives OF the
Government at Madrid Other arrests IN the same
quarter are reported
There have recently been serious disturbances among
the cadets at St. Cyr Gen. Cssey, the Minister OF War;
to-day visited the institution and sentenced ten OF the
students 10 a months Imprisonment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
A STRANGE MURDER IN TENNESSEE.

NASHVILLE, March 25-Mrs. Housden, a
widow, age co. living nine miles south Of Nashville was
taken from her bed, last night, by unknown persons
carried to the common galows erected for dressing
hogs, and hanged TIL she was dead II supposed from
tracks discovered that the deed was committed by two
men. but the motive for II cannot be surmsed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
FOREIGN NE VS..
THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.

THE SPANISH REPUBLIC.
POSITION OF FOREIGN POWERS TOWARD THE NEW
GOVERNMENT NEW CAPIAIN-GENERALs FOR
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
LONDON, Tuesday, March Is, 1873
Dispatches from Madrid say it is reported
there that Prince Bismarck refuses to advise the
milton Of the Spanish Republic, declaring that 1t does
not represent the true Will of the Assembly which
Welded 10 the pressure OF the in procaimng H.
II is also runored that the Russian and Austrian Gov
ernments have Dtmated that they withhold recognition
on similar grounds
MADRID, Tuesday, March Is, 1873.
The Government has accepted the resignation of Senior
Olozaga, the Spanish Minister TO France
reported that Peltain to be appointed
Captain-Gener OF the island Of Cuba and LieutGeD
Primo de Rivera, Captain-Gene Of Porto Rico
BERLIN, Tuesday, March Is, 1878.
squadron Of German naval vessels has been ordered
70 cruise i'll Spanish waters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-26
TIE KHIVAN CAMPAIGN.

TIE SUBMISSION OF THE KHANATE DEMANDED
ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday, March IS 1873
The GoIos declares that the only issue OF
the e.pedition to Khva must be the complete and un
ona,iona suhmissiop OF the Rhanatc 10 Russian sway