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sus, the haythin? You're aware yersel' how
the boondles comm in from the grocery oft
en- contains more'n II 20 into anything da-
Gently. So, for that matter I'd now an
then take out a sup o sugar, or flour; or tay
an wrap it in paper, and put it in me bit
of box tucked under the ironin' blankit
the how it cuddent be bodderin' anyone.
Well, what shud it be, but this blessed
Saturday morn the missus was a-spakin
pleasant and respectful wild me in me kitch-
en- when the grocer boy comes in an, stands
fornenst her wild his boondles, an she mo-
tions like to Fling Wing (Which | never
would call him by that name nor any other
but just haythin), she motions to him, she
does, for to take the boondles an empty out
the sngar an what not where they belongs.
If you'll behave me, Ann Ryan, what did
that blatherin' Chineser do but take out
sup o sugar, an a handful o tay, an a bit
o chaze, right aiore the missus, wrap them
into bits o paper, an Ispacheless wild shur-
prise, an the next minute up wild the iron
in blankit an pullin' out me box wild a show
o bein'sly to put them in. Och. the Lord
forgive me. but clutche1 it and the missus
sayin', 'OKitty' in a way that I'D cruddle
your blood. Hes haythen nager.' says
|. I've found You out, says she. III ar
rist him. says /. Its you ought to be ar
riste1, says She. you WON'T says |. i
will, says she-and 50 it went till She gave
me such Sass Is | cuddent take from no lady
an lgave her warnin' an left that instant,
M she a-pOIntin' 10 the dO0re -
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VOL. xLvIn. NEW SERIES. VOL. XXI

favor by every enlightened man and woman
in America
'' That's what I've always thought" an
swered the man. docs your company pay
Its losses promptly"
"Yes, sir-yes, sir. Ii you are in.
sured with me, and you should die to-
night, I'd hand your wife a check within a
week
Coaldn'task for anything better than
that. '
mo, sir-no, sir. The motto of oul
company Is, Prompt pay and honorable
| dealings
How much will $1,000 policy
cost inquired the stranger, otter long
pause.
"You are-let's see-say thirty-fyc \
policy on you would cost Sll0 the first
year.
That's reasonable enough
Yes, that's what We call low, but ours
is strong company, does a safe business and
invests in only frst-class securities. If you
are thinking Of taking out a policy, let me
tell you that ours is the hest and safest.
and even the agents of rival companies will
admit the truth Of what | say"
3. And when die my wife viii get her
money without any troublc?'
III guarantee that, my dear sir.'
- And III get dividend every year?''
- Yes; this i Il mutual company and
part of the profits comes back to the policy
holders"
d" And it won't cost 1ut sll0 f,s a policy
Of $ ,000?"
That's the f-rr, o,,l i+'. o. l,,.- o. ,-,,,
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rent of hot air burning up the body appear
ed as transparent flame of reddish hue.
There was no smoke or any unsightly trans
formation of the body. When the coffin
was consumed the body appeared in its na-
tnral state, then red-hot, and at last ap-
peared to be of translucent white. From
this it crumbled into ashes. Up to the
period of its entire consumption by the
iames, the process yas merely as rapid
drying up. After seyenty-eight minutes all
organic matter was gone, and nothing re-
mained but a small heap of ashes, which
was conveyed away in an urn All this is
nice. But we submit that the burning of a
beautiful young lady is not fair test of the
the power Of that Dresden oven. We shall
never admit its entire capabilities until it
has been applied to Digger Indian or a
white Lacquer. If after sizzling seventy
eight hours, instead of minutes, there is not
left % organic matter" enough to feed pref
IT, lively birthstone con1agstion, then we
Will give II M
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LLNGTON. FRIDAY MORNING. DECEN1BER % 1874.

abide by his pledge never discourages hin
in the least, and when one VOW is broken he
simply" don't count that time,' and swears
off again. As far as asswearing off is concern
ed 1t Is New Years all the year round to
Zip. He will quit one moment and let 'er
rip the next.
But don't let our article discourage any
one who is waiting for New Years to swear
off. We say go it, if you feel like it. A
respite of few days, even, would be a good
thing for many of you. and if ont of the
multitude one should icl, there would be
cause for rejoicing.
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CREDIT.
By Is tons fodder at Sl2 So.
.S2I4 -

Net cost of c1rn. S2l4 -
Equal to $ l-IO cents per basket, and es-
timatins every two baskets as producing
one and one-eighth bu>hel shelle corn, the
CO.; per bu-hei is o. I-lOth cents.
II the land were charged with one fourth
OF toe manure the cost per basket would be
- l-l5 cents. and the cost of the shelled
cora would be reduced to 4S $40 cents.
The manure was compost OF horse man
ur- al peat u.ud. mixed from day to day
under the harn during the late summer and
early autumn of the preceding year.
The ease with which the land Is cultiya-
Ted dImlnishes the cost materially. While
| have not kept an account of the cost Ot
raising corn up0h the heavy and more eI-
pen>iye land near my buildings. have no
doubt that 1t i uur-half more than the re-
suit shown in this statement In sett-0tf 1t
should also he said that heavy land cultiva
ted TWO years in corn is better prepared for
grass than 1t l. by fall ploughlng and man
uring. Ny experience satisfies me that far
mers generally, thar IS, farmers who have
land suited 70 corn. can raise II at loss cost
than the present market price.
The cora was cut at the ground and
stocked. ana the huskin- was done IN the
field when the grain and fodder were IN
good condition lOr storing.
The estimate made of the value of the
fodder i in fact moderate, though it NAV
to some appear excessive.
NV course i, to cut the fodder, and after
mixing it with cob meal and shorts, soak It
Tor about twelve hours in tight box in
water heated to the bliiins point. As the
weather becomes warm in the spring,
substitute hay and oats eat in the milk Tor
z part Of the corn fodder Estimating the
corn fodder at Sl2 80 per ton. hay at $50
per ton, cora Al 81 per bushel, shorts at
S25 per ton, mangel wurtzel. at Sc per
ton. and, omitting fuel and labor. the cost
OF keeping cows i from 20 to - cents per
day.
should say in addition 10 an explsna-
ton OF the last statement that my principal
purpose is to raise stock, and therei"Ie
avoid heavy feeding.
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Ef MRS. HELEN HUNT.
Like blind spinner in the sun.
: tried my days;
know that all the threads viii run
Appointed ways;
Know each day will bring its task
Aui, he.ng blind. no more / ask
DO not know the use OF name
or that I spin;
only know that some one cane,
And laid within
Ny hand the thread and said, "Since you
are blind, but one thing you can 60
not'mes the threads So rough and fast.
And tangled fly,
know wild storms are sweeping past
And fear that
shall fan. bat dare no: try to fin3
. safer place, since | an blind.
! ta1w not why, hut ] am sure
That tint ana place,
q some great iab-ic % endure
psf time and race,
w thread viii have. 50, from the first.
Though blind, never felt accurst.
think. perhaps; this trus; has sprung
From one short word
St.u over me when / was pounE-
So young heard
l.. showing not tlat God 5 name signed
Ny brow, and sealed me his, though blind.
tut whether THIS be seal OF sign.
Within, without.
tt matters not, the bond 1.yln.
never doubt
know he set me here. ANA still
And glad, and blind, Wlit his w.li.
fa. Listen, listen, 54y aI day,
To hear the tread
IS l0 bear the finished web away.
And cut the thread,
AH1 bring bud's message ia the sun,
iI.J !H'- blind spinner, WORK is done.
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SPLlNTERs.

The last cup of frolic-A hic-eup.
Good bread is often much kneaded.
The farmers iavorite trump-Spades.
The fastest city in the world-Electricity
Roman relics are still being uncarthcd in
England
\ corn extractor that has never been pa
tented-The crow
Who is the Oldest lunatic on record
Time out ofmind.
\ friend that sticks in prosperity and al
versity-Alucilage.
Neyer kick a man when he is down, ur-
less you are sure he can't get up.
The troublesome visitor who has been
shutting the doors after him all summer now
begins to leave them open.
\ wave on which many poor fellow has
been carried away is the wave Of lace edged
cambric handkerchief.
Why did She turn her back on the young
man? Innocent child She wished to
make an exhibition Of ber new 07crskirt.
IN Iowa woman sent her boy back to
school to be whipped, assuring the teacher
that she Was e a believer in capital punish
ment'
When once a lady begins to I've ashamed
Of what She ought not 70 be ashamed
Of, She will not be ashamed Of what she
ought.
The Union Pacific locomotives are the
most extensive cattle raisers On the plains.
They generally ra-e them abo1t twenty
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While middle-aged couple were waiting
at the Lansing depot to go WeS4- the man
got up and sail he guessed he'd walk
around for while. The woman sought TO
discourage him. but he would go. lie was
absent for about half an hour. and came
back with a cut in his car, bloody shirt
bosom, nose like brOken-backed rolling
min. and mournful look in his eyes.
..Wby. what's the matter, Peter?" asked
the woman as he came in. " Fell down.
he replied, as he dropped on the bench
- Oh yes you fell down, you did ~ sneer-
ed the wife, as she stood before him. l
told ye not to go. hpt go you would, and
now see yourself. You're nice old gum
drop to 90 on the cars with me, amt you
Yes, you fell down. you did, but something
heavy hitSou first.
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He DidhI Wan. lny.
From the Detroit Free Press.

The other day well-dressed stranger,
carving a hand yalise, called into life in
suranee Office and inquired if the agent was
in. The agent came forward, rubbing his
hands, and the stranger asked
DO you take life insurance risks here ?
- Yes, sir, glad to see you, sir : sit down,
SIR" replied the agent.
- What do you think OF life insurance any
way ?" inquired the stranger as he sat down
and took off his hat.
" It's a natural blessing, sir--an lnsti-
tuition which is looked upon with sovereign
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A GUILTY MINISTER CoSFEssroS.--Rev.
DR.. +. Fisk, Jr, the Universalist clergy
man of Grand Rapids, Mich. whose fall
from grace has just come TO light. makes no
attempt to deny or palliate his guilt. but
writes this frank confession :
To the Public. frankly confess to the
fearful sin of which am charged, and will
not be cowardly enough to lie or seek pal
liation Of my weakness and guilt. can
only crave the pity and compassion OF the
world have offended, and the forgiveness
which my sincere and profound repentance
before God and man calls for. | have re-
turned my letter of fellowship to the de-
nomination have so grlevonsly stricken
and abandoned the profession which have
so deplorablY shamed. May God and mar
pity and forgive me, and aid me to do somt
humble work in life yet for the good OF So
ciety. lam not coward or q sneak &c
make Adam plea that ''the woman did it. =
| IL was my own weak and unguarded sou
that, in moment Of frenzy, wrought my
downfall. In penitence and qnatteTaoi'
sorrow. r. FISK, JR.
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WINTxRING FARM iiORsEs.-l have noticed
for some years that farm horses have had II
hard time during the winter months. not
because of work hut OF the want OF care
Farm horses wear out a. fast if not faster
than horses that work during the year
now there is a cause for all this. in the
first place horses that have been in the open
air aud sunshine, should have these hygicn
ic influences all OF the time, and horses
that nave been in active exercise should
still be allowed ample room and opportuni-
ty for what exercise nature requires Ihtn
again, horses that have been fed high
should by all means have enough feed to ! ,
recruit them that they will LOOK sleek and
have enough fat to keep them warm
Therefore, when horses have accomplished
the work OF the season, and are to rest Tor
some weeks or months 20 como, the hrst
thing to be done is to have the shoes taken
off. then give them their regular feed fora
few days at least. that Is till they look fresh.
and their eyes look bright, and they show
signs OF good fresh rich blood in their veins;
then drop the noon feed Of grain and go ON
for time with Two feeds per day, and then
/ leave off the morning feed OF grain and hna'iy
/ drop the feed of grain ut night: still would
/ never !et a horse - 20 to bed hungry. that
/ j.. stand and paw or ask Tor food at night,
| for it is IL loss rather than gain 10 try and
cheat a horse out Of his honest living. As
| the noon feed is withdrawn, give MIN some
! green food. say potatoes carrots or turnips.
| but would limit the roots 70 fourth or u
half peck for Il few days, then give once.
twice or thricea week as the case may be:
By all means give plenty Of hay and good
fresh pure water, with salt, as they may re-
quire. Now as to exercise, after the horse
| II. btTp lop-f,
into a GOOD large yard, and let him remain
till noon after the noon feed turn him out
again till night. then put him up and feed
for the night of course stormy DAYS
should keep him in the stable. IL horses
are worked part OF the time keep the shoes
on and feed according to the work, but by
all means give the yard exercise whenever
he is let up from work.-C. W. +. IN Mas
| sachuSetts PIOughmqn
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l)RI0LK.
The Dead Children.

% "thN ROANtf ADhhS.
Sure, TO tho mansion Of the blest
When infant innocence ascends.
some angel brighter than the rest
Tho spotless spirits fl Sht attends.
On wings Of ecstasy they rise,
Beyond where worlds material roll
TIL some fair sister Of the skies
Receives the unpolluted soul.
There, at tn Almighty Fathers hand,
Nearest the throne Of living light,
The chOirs of infant seraphs ssani,
And dazzling shine, ~hers all are bri sht
That inextinguishlble beam.
With dust united at our birth
Sheds more din, discolored CLEAN.
The more il fingers upon earth.
Closed in this dark abode 0f clay,
The stream o. glory isntly turns,
Nor unOhscured the lucid ray
To its own native tuunt returns.
Bat when the Lord Of mortal breath
DEGREES his bounty 10 resume,
And points the silent shat Of death,
Which speeds an infant to the tolnb,-
No passion fierce. no low desire
Has quenched the radiance OF the flame
Eacs t0 It's tod the living fire
Returns, unsullied. as il came.
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Written FOR the Free Press and Tinss.

The hair that shades her sunny brow,
Il dark and bright;
see there sweetly blended now,
The brown and white
Her eyes were cOlored like the Day,
Blended W tn Night,
UT waters on whose rlpples play,
Sweet silver light.
Oi waters dark beneath, AID deep.
Whose star-lit waves,
To meet the heavenly daEiance leap,
They seek their graves.
Her liPs with kisses breaking through,
That all night have been stepped in dew,
Upon a Ded
OF pearls repOsing, with just room
To let the breath
OF love ex-hale its sweet perfume,
And save from death,
The trembler waiting for his doom.
The lily with its plant stem,
Hath less Of grace.
W .orm or motion than this gem
Oi all her race.
When float along responsive wires,
Her fingers tips,
Although the music never tires,
wish my lips
We're lying there - feel the touch
OF those sweet things.
And wonder il one misses much,
When Ida sings
The music angels love 10 hear.
With folded wings.
think they must be listening near
She does not walk. she ficats along
As /; her feet
Were waited on the breath Of SOM,
Over the street
OF sold, as TO It the angel thrOns.
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NUMBER &c.
ieit-hand corner of the note) electrotyped
from il a. anvhodu cvor sawv

from it as anybody ever saw"
That Ballard possesses secret which
would be invaluable to the government
seems not only possible. but probable. The
government paid Frenchman $50. 900 for
the secret of manufacturing fibre paper for
their greenbacks. supposing that would
stop their being counterfeited, but Tom
Ballard---whether by the same method or
not is not known---makes just as good fibre
paper as the government does, and he Is the
only man who has cOunterfeited it sue
cessiully, and it is rather difficult to deter
mine the exact limit to which his knowl-
idge OF chemistry in connection with bank
note making extends, but it is well-known
that he Is of himself first-class engrayer,
printer and chemist. the proof OF whose
skill is shown by his handiwork.
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DANGLING IN NIp-AIR.


He begged ioE more time to pray. but MS
impaticnt hearers swung him up with the
words on his lips. The majority OF the mob
STAYED until the last spark Of lie had fled.
when they returned to their homes. Some
Others. heavily under the influence Oi whis-
kew, stayed behind and perpetrated more
,iaStardly act than did the man they had
hung. They cut the corpse down and rot-
bed 1t of the money he had drawn from the
bank. and his gold watch and chain, leay-
ing his body lying where it fell, with the
rope still around his neck, in which condi-
ton it was found and taken charge of by
the officers of the law. \ jury was sum
nioned by Squire Tiemann, and an inquest
held The verdict was in accordance with
the foregoing facts.
There Is considerable feeling against the
ones who robbed the corpse. and they Will
be presented to the grand jury, now IN ses-
sion at Lexington. 1t will probably result
in all implicated being indicted. 4 trial,
though. would be farce, as 1t would be
impossible to convict the lynchers.
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POULTRY FOR FARMERS TABLEs.-Farmers
do not use enongh poultry on their tables
IL is too much the case that the stable -
pork the year round. 1t would be well 1t
poultry were substituted in great part. In
proportion TO the nutriment they Afford,
fowls furnish cheaper diet than swine II
as much pains were bestowed in housing
and feeding fowls a. hogs. there would De u
largely increased production OF the iormer.
and very appetising nutritious diet might
be Afforded to the farmers family Poultry
furnishes food suited to the demands OF the
hard working laborer in the field. and II Is
adapted 10 the woman and children. it -
n CRYING shame that iu 80 many farmers
families. even - well to do" people, the
growing children have - little set before
them that is not too gross and coarse Tor
their needs. The farmer and his sons ire
ouently feel above any such bother as AT
tending to chickens, though it is not con-
sidered beneath their dignity 10 take care oil
a litter of pigs. Yet the fowls that
are despised a. " small potatoes, may
bring in more money in proportion to the
outlay. than the pigs Indeed, IRON care
ful experiments. we are sstlsfcd tnas II az
rention and fair degree OF skill are used; =
lot of poultry may be marketed WIN aou9ie
profit that would be deprived IRON raising !ne
| the same value of pork. Fowls digest grams
more thoroughly than swine do; NO por-
tion capable of being assimilatsd ~ wasted
| If ir will pay to produce poultry Tyr tee
market. il will pay the farmer 70 raise u
| for use upon his own table.-Lsvs SecS
] Journal
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Chicago is getting up an enormous
Christmas dinner for the poor. The least
will be spread in the Exposition building,
and it is expected that ten thousand per-
sons will eat and be filed.
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SWEARING -Swearing.of. day Is near
lv on hand again. Hundreds Of people have
been waiting for New Years 50 as to quit
drinking. and the amount Of swearing of
that will be done on that day would astonish
the wickedest man alive. They colldn
quit any Other day-of course not. Some OF
them have been looking forward II New
Years as a day Of final and complete reior-
nation for months and others have been
waiting since about the first weel, of last
January for New Years to come around
again, 50 they might 'swear OF. They
swore off last New Years, but somehow 1t
didn't stick. Although drinking hard ever
since. they vet resolved To make one more
effort when the New Year comes again,
mamma" New Yeariwill open bright with
solusions, many of which will not oatIiye
the day.
We know one poor fellow who has deter
mined to quit come New Year $ every
year for a long time past, but he invariably
gets drunk New Years eve, and remains on
a couple Of days. when he puts off reierraa-
tion another year, and so it goes. We have
grave doubts about 4 mans desire or ability
to quit his cups who wants to wait until
New Years 50 as TO swear off. 1t Is that
more convenient season which the sin
ner is waiting for in which TO repent. and
before it arrives he often falls by the way
side.
Rip Van Winkle is the only one given to
swearing off to whom New Years IS Ike
any other day in the year. All DAYS and all
occasions are the same to him. Failure to