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Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-27

ul life that, nearly nineteen hundred ago.
first breath in stable while the great on
angels tunefay told of Gods goodwill
that began then and there became way happy
tlity and heaven The leader born-himsef perec-
to-ook his place at the front of progress every
lence achieved by individuals
OF a faithful following in his shining footsteps
What in all that admirable and desirable in
character and conditions that is directly taceabe
manger of Bethlehem? The being earthly
existence there brought with trans
formation and redemption OF The civilization
the world has founded upon principles
the religion which he taught. All have been
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-27

CHRISTMAS.
BY DIR. j. H. HOLLAND.

we pity the man who find nothing holiday but
an occasion of social making and the m
tercnge of gifts and who fails realize that it comnem
CRATES the beginning and the blessings than
he can count The hat he wears, covers him
with comfort and comeness the shelters him. the
culture that gives him personal and social value
that fill his library and enrich his leisure the institutions
that organize his privileges church and state and society
the pictures that adon the walls of his dwelling the gentle
ness of character and the harmony relations that
make life sweet and sae conditions
of existence and the quality the air he
nreathes-for climate is modified by the changes wrought
through Christian cvilzationare the
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-27

neat dresses and the bonnet and pair ssrIere
that's your merry Christmas she said and 1
right outI couldn't help it-,ni before
Don't cry, she sai great tears were Oh
her cheeks
And then her father his hand in his pocket, sad
must do my share toward merry Christmas
he gave great bright, silver hafcrown piece And
do mine too, said Uncle George slipped
into hand.
And at last they let home, and the
with because couldn't bring all the things
the little girl and her walked with
door, and the lady said You play with
Ella sometimes You such gooI wellbehaved little
girl; and shall call mother aud bring her
plain sewing next week. and shall pay her
they do the and here bottle syrup
cougl.'
couldn't speak for minute when burst into the
here with all Mother put her work down.
struck with wonder, and she hasn't touched again
to-day: for haven't two silver hacrown pieces basket
of good things?
The girl in with told mother w no sent the
saying: We've go; merry Christmas mother.'
Yes and God sent it, my dear child' she said.
And know it He who put into
pie in the brown house think of this morning,
and to do all this good and tonight when l
by the bedside and say my prayers shall say
"Oh, God, Fhave had Christmas; was
Thy gift, thank Thee for it!'
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-12-27


though could hear them, the gate of
knocked old door.
went straight down and opened it, and the
the lady opposite bad little girl who
stood at the window would come her minutes
ran stairs and asked mother; snoohed nv hair
and said 'Yes.' and went all in a tremble.
Oh the lady good me- took my hands in her
soft white ones, and said in her voice:
NV little daughter here has had presents for her
Christmas that she wants to share part yo''
And the little girl and by side and looked
all over me with kind of sorrowfu look the gentlemen
put down their papers and smiled nd looked too
And the little girl brought the prettiest doll and
rocking chair and great white sugar bird with its wings
spread and paper of sugar-plums
'They're all for you u!' she said
tried to thank her, but something up in my throat
$ Never mind DEAR
And then the little girl began all sorts of uues-
lions, such host-what my name how old was
if had brothers sisters-aud somehow nv fear all
went away, and forgot all about great grand rooms
talked to her just talk now told her how
father had died at long ago. mother was sick
anu la TO take care of s both by sewing time
And at last, when looked up, gentlemen were both
listening to every worG and lady, and she sail to
her husband, in low voice:
She is good child Henry just Elias age We must
do something for her.
And then she went of the back with two
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Keeping Apples.

One Of NV neipbbors is an enthusiast in
apple growing. Ills farm of fifty acres.
with the exception of about ten acres 10
pasturaro, is covered with apple trees of
various sizes and ages, though majority
Of them are now in bearing. One Of his
theories is not to use any animal manure
around or near his trees, but to depend
wholly upon vegetable manure in the form
of malchinr.
He has had over 200 bushels Of APP
MOS. mostly Baldwins. through the mast
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Substitute for a Roller.

A correspondent Of the Coantry GmHc.
man writes that journal an account Of a
device for breaking Jumps aud smoothing
thesurface Of fields which he thinks prefer
able to the rollers usually employed for
these purposes The drag" as he terms
it, is a sort Of combination Of sled and a
stone boat the front and back end be-
ing turned up like a sled, aud the bottom
being oliat board, ike astone-boat. The
affair is described and commenced as fol-
lows
make the side pieces or frame Of two
inch plank, eight inches wide, and turned
up at the ends, and nail the bottom board
on with heavy spikes. ! use inch um-
Der Tor the bottom aud it does not matter
how wide or how narrow it is. put a
seat on it and ride as my weight helps to
crush the clods, BY having the ends
slightly turned up, il RUS easier, aud does
better work. always haul all small
stone of the field on my drag.
"Any farmer who can use an axe, saw.
a hammer and auger, can make one, and
after he has once used one he would not
farm without II. They run lighter than
roller and grind the clods and Jumps to
powder while a roller very often only
presses them into the ground. And they
level the ground better than a roller can
do after going over the field with a drag
II looks as if it had been gone over with a
smoothing iron, and it never packs the
ground"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Chasing a Hen.

Mr.. CobIeigb, of Nelson street, says the
Danbury NerS, bought three hens Satur-
day night, and put them under box I'M
til he could build a coop. Sunday morn
ing he saw one Of them in the street, and
bestowing a brief curse on the somebody
who had overturned the box, and leopard
lied his property, he started out after it,
to drive it back into the yard 1t took
fifteen minutes to convince him that that
hen could not be driven into that yard, and
then he attempted to catch it. Three times
he rose up with his hands full of feathers,
and his chin full Of sand, but still that hen
eluded him Once he got it cornered, and
thought sure he had it, but it flew straight
up over his head, aud tapped its wings in
his face, aud filled his eyes with dust o,
how mad Mr.. Cobleigh was TWAS Sunday
morning. The bells were ringing, people
were starting to church, and there he was
in the street, with no coat on, and with moth
ing but slippers on his feet, and every once
in awhile one of them would come off and
fly through the air, aud his naked foot
would come in contact with the cruel gray
el, before he could stop himself Then he
would have to hop back on one foot after
that slipper, while the hen stood on the walk
and elocuted, and the little Sunday school
children stopped and laughed, and their
parents reproyed them and laughed too.
Finally the hen got away from him and
started down street at wonderful speed
for hen, and he started after her, his face
redder than ever, and every time he clear
ed rod, he would stop and hop back two
after one fthose slippers. When hereach.
ed the corner Of Essex street, he jumped
out of both slippers at once, but Instead Of
stopping to 60 back, he picked up stick Of
wood, and kept on. Then as the hen dodg.
ed into gateway, he hurled the stick, aud
broke the leg of a strange dog, which add.
ed its piercing "ki-yi" to the entertain.
ment. But Cobleigh didn't stop. He tore
into the yard after his property, in bare
feet, and chased the hen into wood pile and
caught it, just as the owner of the premises
came out and wanted to know what Cob
leigh was doing with his hen, and what be
meant anyway, by getting drunk and kick
ing up such q hullabaloo in peaceful neigh.
borhood. Cobleigh first thought he would
knock the man down with an axe, and what
be could not eat Of him bury under a barn,
but the new conner succeeded in proving to
Cobleigh that the hen was his, and then the
miserable man bust into tears and imped
back home, where he found the three hens
under the box.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Stahling Hor.cs.

The folly Of bad feeding Is no greater
than the folly of bad siablng. The prac'
ticc Of providing warm and tiehly-built
stables Tor young colts is as injurious to
them as forcing their growth by heavy feed.
a colt requires fresh air and, If be Is
furnished With an opportunity he will be
sure TO get it His lungs are the largest
part of his internal organs and he will
provide for them if there is any way to do
H. Give him the best and warmcst box in
the world and he will leave it for the inyg-
Grating influences Of the northern blasts in
winter, aud for the cooling and indurating
effects Of O coating Of snow and hail. He
seems to understand by instinct that if he
confines himself 10 the hot air Of an elabo-
rate, woll.Gnishcd, model stable, his cner-
eics will wilt aud fade Ilo seems TO know
that a glossy shining coat is to him a sort
Of white wall ofawhiicd scpulchrc-pleas-
ing without, but within full Of an equine
disabilities. and So be only asks for room to
stretch his growing limbs, and roof suii.
Client TO shield him from the storm, unds-
turbcd if he should see q star through the
crcyice above him, and feel the fresh breeze
whistlirg through crack by bis side He
,r.n,s, Ell ycntil,,cJs,,bic and chance
4, c.t ,,t a. IL ,ytc,cror he has n dc.
Sire IN 5oso {,J ,bovc an things. let
b;r, s,,rJ ON III, Ground If nossihle
vtil. in bis bov and at anv rate. in A
y,rJ into which his box orens A floor
osrsoi,lly n wooden f5or /, bad enough
Cr , wawfo WORKING horse. hut 10 a
co,t il IL almost destrnclion have no
shadow m doubt tbot We min thousands
Of horses feet in tbi. country bv our
rlonk floors The wood when drv is a
conductor or bc,t and tonds 10 keen
tbo hoor .tovc lie notnrol temncratnre and
=, rc,oovo from Il I'M its nolural moisture
.,J ub.n wot /, b,s a tendance ~ r;se
ob,vo Che sprrorndin, to,c,erSture bv
fermentation Wet or dry therefore
WOOD vbotbor in Inc nrm or nlank.
aoor ar m sowdu.i holding il vorv min.
risns IN tbo horses root And So thor.
on,bly convinced or tb;sam I ,botI alwav,
nrcvije br,et aoor. far All tba, norton 81
/ bo STAN viicb IL occpn;od bv tho horse.
/ r,r,.c..t rr,c.;oo uhicb has with ,bl
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

The following recipes are those accord
ing to which the hams that took the first
and second premiums at Maryland State
Fair were cured
| Mix two aud half pounds of salt
potre finely powdered, one-haf bushel fine
salt, three pound, brown sugar, one-half
gallon molasscs Rub the meat with the
mixture; pack skin down. Turn over once
week and add little salt After being
down three or four weeks, take out, wash,
and hang up two Or three weeks until it is
dry. Then smoke with hickory wood three
or four weeks, then bag or pack away in a
cool placo--not q cellar-in chaif or hay
2. The meat after being cut, must be
rubbed, piece by piece, with very finely
powdered saltpetre, on the flesh side, and
where the leg is cut of, table spoonful
mot heapcd) to each ham, a dessert spoon.
iul to each shoulder, and about half that
quantity to each middling and owl this
must be rubbed in. Then salt it by
packing thin coating Of salt on the flesh
side Of each piece say one-half an inch
thick pack the pieces on scaifolding, or
on floor with strips of plank laid few
inches apart all over it that is, under the
meat the pieces must be placed skin side
down, in the following order First layer,
hams; second, shoulders; third, iowls
fourth, middlings--take the spare ribs out
Of the middlings The meat must lie in
this wise six weeks if the weather is mild,
eight if co'd--the brine being allowed to
run freely.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Fried Potatoes


Inc name Fried Potatoes, OF course
means potatoes that are ined' but no"
different the article 10 different places.
Ihe elements SO to speak potatoes and
lard' are the same everywhere p9t IN one
case we get a 'Isasreeeple ial-soaNen slco
ana az anoiher real uelicacy' certain
notes ana restaurants make specially. OIL
ired potatoes ana every one has heard OF
moon II saratoga potatoes 'hat are eaten as
luxury as one would eat popcorn or non,
pons' Tue saratoga ana o'nor choiee lr'ea
potatoes are apparently without grease,
VAIN a. crisp surface mea'y INTERIOR ana
altogether delicious " why can { we nave
such Z asks faterian'llas when he returns
from the city or watering place The.
gooa WE aight answer that he could nave
just such II be would 80 to Tue trouble aud
expense
me hrst essential Is to have the potatoes
All sliced Of an even thickness ms In
large establishments Is accomplished by
means oil an apparatus IN which board
mas knhG fastened IN 1t after the manner
OF sour krout cutter or drled beei slcerr,
inc edgo oil inc knife placed lar enough
ABOVE the ieyel oil me board TO give the
required lh'osness' ne peeieu potatoes
are put 10 frame "hich sl'des BACK ana
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
The Swarmlng Of Bees.

A writer in the Rural Nee Yorker says
A sure way to prevent bees from going to
the woods, when they come out and alight, is
to get pail half full Of cold water from the
well; take broom.brush and dip it in the
water, and throw it up over the bees, aud
it will come down on them like fine rain
then hive them the usual way, and sprinkle
them while going in, aud sprinkle the
ground around the hive to cool the air; in
fifteen or twenty minutes DO it again, and
continue it until the day is cooler keep
the hive in the shade There is no need Of
having any bees 60 to the woods--not at all.
| had over forty swarms last summer, and
saved all by sprinkling them.
The bee journals tell Of men who make
artificial swarms, and yet have bees 20 to
the woods; there is no need of this if you
use cold water. But" says one, "my
bees 90 to the woods without alighting."
| don't dispute it in the least but during
the thirty-fve years that have kept bees,
| have never had a swarm come out and 60
to the woods without alighting first; and
am safe in saying | have biyed thousand
swarms. Bees sometimes come out undis.
covered, and after a while start for the
woods, aud are seen on the second start.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

Ore Of our retired merchants hired a
newly imported servant girl from the ovid
dart, who was necessarily somewhat ignor-
ant Of English phrases. One morning, see
ing her mistress in loose wrapper, Biddy
asked another servant what style Of dress
that was, and was informed that it was
called a half undrcss." On a subsequent
morning, soon after, the merchant handed
into the kitchen, fresh from the vines in his
garden, some tomatoes, telling Biddy to
serve them in an undressed state 49,
meaning Of course, raw. Dinner time
came, and everything was on the table ex-
cept the tomatoes The bell was rung, and
on Biddy's appearance she was asked f1r
them She hastily retired, and soon pre-
scented herself with nothing on but single
undergarment, saying, CARA, sure, I'm
now in an undressed state as much as !
name to be, and begorra I'll not strip of
another rag even if get my discharge
She was told to dress herself aud expect
higher wages Exchange
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
tLtltnutSnnlG.
sparks and Splintcrs.

"A maiden spoech-Ask papa.
Joint education - Gymnastics.
-lll.gottcn gains--Dootors fees.
True to the corc--A good apple.
Always going to the dogs-Boncs.
A clean swcep-a well-washed one
"A bad debt-Tbe owing Of a grudge.
"A Western settler-Thosu sun at evening
"A criminal Flirting with mar.
ried men.
What relation is the door to q mat ?
"A siepiather.
-Croquet has been defined as billiards
gone to grass"
How to make a tall man short ASK
him to lend you eight dollars
On which side Of a donkey would you
look for the most hair THE outside.
Somebody adyeriises for "a good girl
to cook" We have seen some that looked
good enough to eat raw
Our young ladies are never behind the
fashions but the fashions are very much
behind the young ladies.
Why is a young lady like bin of cx.
change2-Bocause she ought to be settled
when she arrives at maturity.
Josh Billings says -" 1t is a .'t,is.
tical fact that the wicked work harder to
reach hell than the righteous dew TO get to
heaven"
Tommy can't sec why people will per-
sist in calling what Shakespeare wrote his
works, when we all know the book is filed
with plays.
"A Missouri lady adyertiscs for the per.
son who is in the habit Of screnading her,
to stand nearer the house, so that she can
scald him.
"A dandy asked a BARRIERS boy if he
had ever shaved a monkey. No, sir,
answered the lad, but IF you will take a
seat. I'll try"
--" When was Rome buit2" "Iu th,
night In the night2 What do you
mean2' Why, you know, sir, Rome wa
not built in day"
A Terre Haute girl thinks it abou
time some young fellow propose as she ha
been bridesmaid eight times, and has beef
tantalized enough.
Among all my boys said an old man
81 never had but one boy who took aftc
me, and that was my son Aaron he tool
after me with a club"
A prudent matchmaking mamma CAV
the following candid advice to her daugh
ter: " Oh, marry the man you love, Cir
if he is as rich as Croesus."
A wag. in what he knows Of farming
gives plan to remove widows weeds h
says a good looking man has only to say
" Wilt thou ?" and they wilt
A recent number Of New Yor
ladies magazine, in its housekeeper's de
partment, Informs itsreaders that Virgin
wives makes the best Of pickles. This
a horrible suggestion.
r Those who are very difficult in choosin
wives, says Hawthorne, seem as if the
would take none Of natures ready mad
works, but a woman manufactured particl
larly to their order"
A Troy policeman swore as follow
b against a prisoner; 1.-THE prisoner s,
upon me, called me an ass, precious dol
a scarecrow, ragmuiin, an idiot-all {
f which certify to be true
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

Large quantities Of Western butter are
now sent to the Eastern markets, where it is
said to be sold as the product Of iavorite
New York and Vermont diaries.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05
Ills Will.

An old farmer, debating his will to a
lawyer, said Il give and boqueath to
my wife the sum Of el00 year. Is that
writ down, master ~ " Yes said the
lawyer; " but she is not so old but that
she may marry again Won't you make
any change in that case Most people do"
/" All, do they ? Well write again, and
say if my wife marry again, give and be-
queath to her the sum Of GOO a year.
That'll d. won't ~" "Why, that's Just
double the sum that she would have had il
she had remained unmarried" said the law
yer ait is generally the other way
" Aye said the farmer but him that
takes her will deserve it 80
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

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STA. enclose herewith, for the Information Of the
department the Report OF tlq Board detailed in con-
mfmity with Instructions of the 18th oi March, % oX-
pertinent with the Chemical Fire Engino, delivered at
ms yard by Mr.O ui1ns
am worry respectfully, Your ohedient servant.
$. c. ROWAN, Nlce-Admiul Commanding.
HONORABLE GEO. NJ robson
Secretary OF thc Navy, Washington, ID. c.
NAVY YARD. MAY 9TH, 1873
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

Adterti sements.

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JUST RECEIVED
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selection Of
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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-05

STILLMAN CHASE, Montpoler.
General Agent for Vermont and New Hampshire
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-11
Our HAND

Everyone ie willing to admit that we
have one of the best bands in the State
and everyone is equally ready to admit
that much IL not all of their present ex-
cellence is due to the ability and unceas-
Ing exertiOns of their leader Professor
Geo. Burt. But, despite this, and despite
the appreciation with which their play
ing is always greeted, we regret to see an
unwilfingness on the part of many to as
sist in supporting it. During the past
few weeks an effort has been made to col
iect the subscription which was made for
this purpose earlier In the season, but met
with much less hearty response than
ought to have been given. Whether Ow-
Ing to the tightness of the money market
or to some other cause the fact remains
that it was extremely difficult to make
collections and in some few exceptional
cases payment was actually refused or
practically evaded.
/ The public cannot eat their cakes and
keep them too, Ifit Is desired to keep up
our band someone mnst pay, and who
more properly than the people who rear
| the most enjoyment and benefit from its
existence. We trust that any efforts In
the future in this direction will meet with
response SO prompt and cordial as te
convince the members Of the band thai
| their services are appreciated.
Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1873-10-11

UNDER the one management of James
Current, our two notes.-the Stockwell
and Cowles-are so equally well cared for
that one feels safe in saying they have
hardly an equal in the State. Assisted in
the former by Jas. Eddy. and in the latter
by Geo. Miller, Current finds himself
greatly aided by the thorough knowledge
of the business. possessed by these gen.
tlemen, as we'll as by their obliging and
gentlemanly ways. We are pleased to
note the increased prosperity of these ho-
tells and that the more, because of the
knowledge that no pains are spared by
any one connected with their management
to deserve it.