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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
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FRUIT IN CAKE.-By sitting -four over
the raisins and currants, and rubbing it
over them well, there is no trouble from
the sinking of them i'm the cake.
DARK CAKE.--One cup butter, two cups
brown sugar, one cup mOlasses, one cup
sour milk, one teaspOonful of soda, five
cups of -four. YOlks of nine eggs and
one whole one. Spices. Drop in we'll
lined pan spoonsful of dark and white al
ternately. IF desired, a pink cake can
be made using receipt for white; using
same quantity of pink sugar with three
colors. When sliced, the cake is adj
mirable.
A PRETTY TABLE ORNAMENT.-A cor
respondent Of The Garden says: 81 was
much struck lately with the wonderfully
beautiful effect produced by simply plac-
ing handful of heads of wheat in a
vase of water. Each grain sent out
bright green leaflets, and continued to
replenish the fading ones for weeks to-
gether. Some have doubtless seen this
pretty table ornament, but to me il was
new, and perhaps would be so to many
Others"
RICE CRoQUETTEs.-Half cup rice, one
pint of milk, two tablespoonful sugar,
three eggs, one tablespoonful melted but
ter, a little grated lemon peel, and salt.
Soak the rice in enough warm water to
cover it, one or two hours Then drain
almost dry, put in the milk, and steam
until very tender, add the sugar, butter
and salt; beat the eggs to a stiff froth, and
add to the mixture; remove from the fire,
add the grated lemon peel, and turn il
upon well buttered dish. When cold,
-four your hands and roll into oval-shaped
balls; dip into beaten eggs and cracker
crumbs, and fry in nice lard. They are
delicious.
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-Rub
piece ofbutter the size of an egg, into
little -four, pour into 1t two cups Of sour
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
TrOtting Action Destroyed by Over.
Training.

The over-training of colts results in a
cramping of their action, especially in
the legs, thereby shortening the stride be-
hind, and destroying the naturally great
leverage, without which no colt can ever
becomes first-class trotter. The habit
become confirmed, just as kicking and
hopping becomes confirmed, after being
INDUCED in for few drives. The injury
is worked to the action of young trotters
more frequently than physically, hence
capacity for continuous improvement Is
destroyed. 1t is not so with the thorough
bred; his injuries are generally of the
physical kind. The improvement of
young trotters can be made continuous,
provided the work is to be given so rs to
cultivate the best action or way of going,
and not to overwork them. Surely colts
should be haltered broke, and gentled
while young. II Is much easier and
safer to break two than four-ycar-old.
With age, when not handled, colts be-
come selfwilled, and more difficult to
manage.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
A Scientific Experiment.

A recent medical experiment has ex-
cited a considerable amount of interest
in our village. My neighbor Simpson
was nearly dead with consumption, and
DR.. Hopkins, at last, in despair, con-
cluded to try the effect of TRANSMISSION
of blood, of,which he heard so much
lately. AS no human being was willing
to shed his blood for Simpson, the doctor
bled Simpsons goat, and opening vein
in Simpsons arm he injected about two
quarts in the patients system. Simp-
son Immediately began to revive; but,
singular to relate, no sooner had his
strength returned than he jumped out of
bed and twitching his head about after
the fashion of a goat, he made saw
age attempt to butt the doctor. That
medical gentleman, after having Simp-
sons head plunged against his stomach
three or four times, took refuge in the
closet; whereupon Simpson banged his
head against the panel of the door a
couple of times and would probably
have broken it to splinters had not his
mother-in-law entered at that moment
and diverted his attention. One we'll
directed blow from his head foOred her,
and then while she screamed for help
Simpson frolicked around over the
floor, making assiduous efforts to
nibble the green flowers i'm the ingram
carpet. When they called the hired
man in and tied him down on the bed,
an effort was made to interview him,
but the only answer he could give to
such questions as how he felt and when
he wanted his medicine, was "ba-a-a,"
precisely like that of the goat; and
then would strain himself i'm an effort to
but hole in the head-board. The con-
ditiOn of the patient was so alarming,
and Mrs. Simpson was so indignant, that
DIR. Hopkins determined to undo the
evil if possible. So he first bled Simp-
son freely and by heavily bribing
Simpsons Irishman, he procured fresh
blood from him and injected Simpson
the second time. Simpson is now as well
as ever, excepting that he shocks his Re
publican friends by displaying an irresist-
ible tendency to vote the Democratic
ticket, and makes his mOther-in-law mad
by speaking with strong brogue. But
he has given up butting and has never
INDUCED in it since but once, and that
was on Sunday, when one of the remain
ing corpuscles of goats blood getting
into his brain just as he was going into
church, he butted the sexton half way
up the aisle and only recovered himself
sufficiently to apologize just as the en-
ragged official was about to floor him with
q hymn book.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
What Ais Us.

The Nation has a pungent paragraph
on the matter in which we are running
ourselves by selling bonds to foreigners
We quote:
One hears from every side that the
source OF all our present trouble, and
the reason why We do not take heart and
go to work again, are "speulations" and
extravagant living" 1t is not from
the pulpit or from the newspaper only
one hears this, but from grave finan-
ciers and economists, and one does not
hear il for the first time. There has not
been year since the foundation of the
government in which the destruction of
America from these two agencies has not
been solemnly predicted. The late
Horace Greeley showed, about forty
times year during his long career, that
our importation of foreign luxuries was
fast leading us to our doom and, since
his death, it has been proved over and
over again to the satisfaction of many
people that if we sell great quantities OF
bonds to foreigners for cash, and put the
cash into domestic improvements, and
the improvements do not yield interest,
we shall be surely ruined. Since last
September, however, this last cutlery has
had an almost comic turn given to it.
We have, since the war, sold enormous
numbers of bonds to foreigners and re-
ceived immense sums of money for them,
and this money has been invested i'm
ways, some of which are not, for the
present at least, productive enough to
yield interest, and many of which never
will be. The conditions of ruin were all
present last September, and it only re-
manned for the failure of Jay Cooke to
give the signal for it. But it now turns
out, as it only needed common sense to
enable one to fOresee, that it is the I'M
happy foreigners who are ruined or in
cOmmoded, if anybody is, and not we.
There is no way as yet discovered of
removing the useless railroads construct
ed with their money. The awful burden
of interest which was to carry the gold
out of the country, and fill American
homes with distress, we have handsomely
got rid of by not paying it unless it had
been earned. There has been no DISPOSE
ton exhibited i'm any quarter, so far as
we know, on the part of American fathers
and husbands to reduce their families to
want in order to meet the coupons of the
London and American bankers, or even
those of the German and French peas
ants. In fact, if the London or Ameri-
can banker were to say to-day to any of
our newspaper or financial moralists:
"What was it you were afraid of when
you were wailing so piteOusly, three or
four years ago, over the sale of bonds to
me? Did you expect to have to pay
the interest out of your private purse
In what way did you think my money
was going to ruin you? Did you really
believe that my making railroad
through your State with your savings
would bring you to poverty, or were you
only making professional noise about
nothing T--he would probably be an
swered with "dry grin"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

DR.. ABERNETHy rarely met his match,
but on one occasion he fairly owned that
he had. He was sent for by an innkeeper
who had had a quarrel with his wife,
who had scored his face with her nails 50
that the poor man was bleeding, and
much disfgured. Abernethy considered
this an opportunity not to be lost for adj
monishing the offender, and said, Mad
am, are you not ashamed of youself to
treat your husband thus-the husband,
who is the head of all--your head,
madam, in fact p "Well, DOCTOR"
fiercely returned the tirago, "and may
not scratch my own headg Upon this
her friendly adviser, after giving direc-
tions for the benefit ofthe patient, turned
on his heel, and owned himself beaten
for once.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

THE smallest drew drop that retss on n
lilly leaf at night holds in itself the
image of shining star, and in the most
humble, insignificant person something
good and true can always be found.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

AspARKLINe wine, made from oranges,
Is a popular beverage In Florida,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

cream, one teaspoon of soda and little
salt. Mix into dough and roll into cakes
about one-half inch thick and ten inches
in diameter. Prick with fork and bake
in quick oven. When done split them
open with knife and spread with nice
butter; lay the bottom piece on plate
and cover it with strawberries nearly an
inch deep. ct is better to have the
Strawberries sprinkled with sugar few
hours before they are put into the cake.)
Put over this the top ofthe cake with the
crust side down, and layer of straw
berries again; over this lay the bottom
piece ofanother cake and more berries,
and put on the top piece right side up.
Serve with sweet cream. ShOrtcakes are
sometimes made in this way, substituting
raspberries or other fruit for strawberries.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09
U.efs.l Information.

GOLD or silver embroidery may be
cleaned with a sponge and warm alcohol
Dry and rub it well with soft, new canton
flannel.
VINEGAR and fruit stains upon knives
can be removed by rubbing the blades
with raw potato prior to cleaning them
for table use.
If very much heated, do not wash your
face in cold water; use tepid water in
stead, and in little while the redness
of the skin will disappear.
THOSE who have tried it say that moist
ening the hands with glycerine mt night,
and sleeping with oil kid gloves on, will
whiten as well as soften the skin.
IT is said that old and rancid butter
may be rendered palatable by washing it
in water, to which few drops of sOlu-
ton of chloride of lime have been added.
CUT flowers may be kept fresh for a
long time, 1t is said, by dissolving sal
ammOniac, or Carbohydrate of ammonia
with the water in which the stems are
put.
The best cordial for children is proper
food, the finest syrup is thorough cleanli-
ness, and the most efficaciOus of all
soothing" medicines is good manage
ment.
A GOOD remedy to remove warts is a
tincture of cantharides with few drops
of iodine. Apply to the warts with a
small brush three or four times day.
In short time they will disappear.
HARNESS and other articles of leather
which are injuriously acted upon by the
ammonical eXhalations common in sta
bles, may be thoroughly and efectually
protected by the addition of a little gly-
cerine to the oil or backing with which
their surfaces are treated.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

IAN II
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-07-09

Refs b. Halliday associate Pasor; and NJ, Thomas
q. &edrman, Cerk.
GENTLEMEN. = address, through you TO the
church OF which you are officers, the following state
ment, which you are Mt liberty 10 communicate 10
the church, through the Examining Committee or
In any other mode, private orpublic.
The Rev. Leonard Bacon, ID. d., Ii. d., Moderator
OF the recent Congregational Council, has ut,
since the adjournment Of that body, TO proclaim,
publish, and reiterate with single emphasis, and
with the weight Of something like official authority,
a grave declaration, which here quote, namely;
"It was for the plymouth Church" he says, |" 10
yindicstc its pastor against damaging imputation
from Of IT. members. But with great slacrty--,
the pastor himself consenting-t threw away the OPP
portunity Of vindication."
This declaration, 70 emphatcally repeated by tho
chief mouthpiece Of the council, and put forth by
MIN apparently ~ an exposition OF the councils
views compels me, rs third party 10 the contro-
very, - choVse bctveent two alternatives.
one OF THESE u u remain contentediy In the dis
honored position Of man who denies 10 his former
pastor an opportunity for the vndicaton Of that
pastors charncter-an ohense the more beinous be-
cause an nnsuled character and reputation are req
uIste 10 HIS sacred Office.
The other alternative Il for me 10 restore An bls
church their lost opportunity for his vindcaiou nv
presenting myself Voluntarily for the same trial Ia
which the church would have power 10 summon me
" were members suggestion which Judging
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
Select Aoqtrp.
The Sale Of Old Bachelors.


dreamed a dream in the midst of my slumb ers
And fast as dreamed, it was coined into num-
bers,
And thoughts ran long in such beautiful metre,
I'm sure never saw any poetry sweetsr.
II seemed that law had been recently made,
That tax on old bachelors pates should be
laid;
And in order to make them all willing to marry,
The tax was as large as man could well carry
The bachelors grumbled-and said twas no use,
Twas horrid injustice and shameful abuse,
And declared, that to save their own hearts
blood from splling,
OF such vile tax, they would never pay shil-
ling.
But the rulers determined their course to pursue,
So they set the old bachelors up at vendue;
A crier was sent through the town to and fro,
To Jingle his bell and his trumpet to blow;
And to call out 10 all he might meet in the way,
"Hoi Forty old bachelors sold here to day /"
And presently all the old maids in the town,
Each one arrayed in her best bonnet and gown
From thirty 10 sixty; fair, plain, red and pale I;
OF every description; focked to the sale.
The auctioneer then in his labors began,
And called out aloud as he held up a man,
"How much for bachelor Who wants tc
buy?"
In twnkling every maiden responded" II"
In short, at a largely extravagant price
The bachelors, all were sold off in trice;
And forty old maidens-some younger, some
older
Each lugged an old bachelor home by th'
shoulder.
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
A Sharp Rejoinder.

The negro has mother-wit, but it is sell
dom developed except in the form of drolle-
ry. Of that wit which enables a man to
excel in repartee the African race possesses
little, but now and then one of the ma
tons wards perpetrates witty rejoinder
not unworthy the Celtic Curran For
instance: Just after the battle at Gettys-
burg an officer who was badly wounded in
that memorable engagement, reached his
home in bingham, Mass, on a sick leave,
bringing with him his colored servant,
who was called Harry. The servant was
for time quite village lion, and when
ever he appeared at the post-oflice or the
apothecary shop, he was quickly surround
ed by crowd of people to whom he will
lingly rehearse the story of the greatest
battle of the war. One day. when an un-
usually large number of people had gath
cred about Harry in the post-ofice, he was
induced without much difficulty to mount
chair, and for the hundreth time to re
count the incidents of the famous three
days struggle.
'Look here, Pompey," said one of his
listeners at the conclusion of the narrative,
"you have had good deal to say about
the battle of Gettysburg, but you haven't
told me where you were when the fight
was raging ?"
"Well, sab, | was holdin' hosses'."
"Holdiug horses? Where were you
holding horses? ?"
''ln de rear, sah.'
At this point another Hinghamite re-
marked;
"In the rear-there can be little doubt
of that, and | guess it was a good way to
the rear, too"
"Yes, sab" said Harry sit was good
ways to the rear, but not SO far to the rear
as bingham is p
After this sharp encounter Harry be-
came greater lion than ever.
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
NO. %.
9gritultural.
CELERY.

This delicious and valuable plant can ba.
planted, and ought to be, from now until
the first Of August. But May is good
time for the early crop and. July for tho
late crop. 1t can be raised with not much
trouble, unless the season be very dry aud
much watering is required. Dig trenches
four feet apart, one foot deep and spade
wide, the bottom Of the trench dig up and
cover an inch or two with well-rotted
stable manure or barn yard manure
sprinkle with salt and chop it and inter-
mix well with the soil in the bottom Of
the trench, and let it remain week be-
fore setting the plants. After rain,
draw your plants, trim the roots and bro
ken and decayed leaves, cut the tops off
nearly half the length of the stem and
plant in trenches six inches between the
plants, water freely, cover the trenches
with bushes for few days from the sun;
water every evening until they start to
grow. Keep the earth loose about the
roots and shave in the sides of the
trenches as the plants grow, taking care
not to fill in as high as the top of the
crown of the plant. Never let it suffer
for moisture. Sometimes use liquid n,aA
nure in the trenches, not on the plsnts,
the same also with water made brackish
with salt. 1t is plant native to sea
coasts. An acre in good celery is worth
usually 81 900.
This plant should be grown by every
body more extensively, because everybody
likes it and it sells high, and it is very
valuable for its medical curative qualities.
Those who habituatly use it, fully appre-
ciate its virtues, one of whom, who is re-
liable, thus speaks of its great value as a
recuperator of health:
" have known many men, and wo-
men too, who from various causes had
become so much affected by nervousness
that when they stretched out their hands
they shook like aspen leaves on windy
days, and by moderate daily use of the
blanched footstalk of celery as u salad
they became as strong and steady in lin'b'
as other people"
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
CASTLE

were often locked upon as magicians. The
jews quarter seemed to the barbarous
Germans centre of mysterious and fear
full deeds. 1t was believed that the Jews
were in the habit Of stealing the Host
from the altar in order to mock once more
at the cruciixion with secret rites, or that
they enticed away Christian children to
stab them with sharp knives and sacrifice
them in frightful ceremony. When a
child strayed away in the German or Ital-
ian cities, the Christian mother at once
faneied that it had been lured into the
Jewish quarter to be put to death. The
Jews were all supposed to be acquainted
with magic, and capable Of weaving dark
spells that brought disease and decay mis-
fortune and shame to Christian households
Yet they were wonderfully prosperous,
and might have outlived their early un-
popularity had not sudden wave of re-
ligious fanaticism swept away what little
humanity and intelligence had yet sprung
up among the European nations. The
preaching of the Crusades turned back the
course of human progress for three hun
dred years. The passion for bloodshed
and for barbarous cruelty revived under
the fanatical eloquence of popes and pre-
lates Tie Roman Church taught that it
was no crime to kill hereto or an infdel,
and it had never paused to exclude the
Jew from its inhuman inculcations. "Thou
shalt not kill" Thou shalt not steal +"
were erased from the Decalogue, and the
wild and cruel threngs, dissolute aud in
famous, that gathered under the banners
of the Cross made their first essays in rob-
berry and bloodshed among the wealthy
and cultivated Je sish colonies on the
banks of the Moselle and the Rhine. They
burst into the Jewish quarters; they sacked
the rich houses and drove their wratched
inmates to suide and death. Fair women
stabbed themselves in Mentz and Treves.
Husbands first killed their wives and then
themselves. The Rhine fioated thick
with the corpses of murdered Jews. Rich
with spoil and drunken with license, the
Crusaders swept on, carrying devastation
to all the Jewish settlements through
which they passed in Hungary and Aus
tria, and at last perished themselves in
countless numbers, in unutterable tor
ments of thirst and hunger, disease, labor,
by the darts Of the Saracens, and the ha-
tired of mankind Nor was the second
army, under Baldwin, the chivalry of the
age, more merciful When Jerusalem
fell they massacred all the Jews-men,
women, and children-whom they found
in the city, and with tears of JOY knelt
before the Holy Sepulchre. Yet they
might have heard, in the lu!l of their ia
naticism, the thundsrs of Sinai, and their
own condemnation uttered from the fam
ing mount -EUGENE LAWRENCE, in Har-
pcr's Maga.ine for June.
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
Woman's s Rights.

The following are the opening sentences
of an address on this subject by Mrs.
Skinner:
Miss President, feller wimmin, and male
trash generally: am here to-day for the
purpose Of discussing woman's rights, re-
eussing her wrongs ard cussing the men,
l believe sexes were created perfectly
equal, with the women little more equal
than the men.
| also believe that the world would to-
day be happier if men had never existed
As success man is a failure, and bless
my stars that my mother was a woman.
Applause.
not only maintain their principles but
maintain a shiftless husband besides.
They say man was created first Well,
'spose he was. Amt first experiments al
ways failures
If was betting man, would bet
81 so they are.
The only decent thing about him was a
rib, and that went to make something bet
ter. Applause
And then they throw into our face about
taking an apple. III bet five dollars that
Adam boosted her up the tree and only
gave her tho core.
And what did he do when he was found
out a True to his masculine instincts, he
sneaked behind Ewes Grecian bend, and
said, "Twan't me, twas her )" and wo.
man has had to father everything ant
mother it too.
What we want is the ballot, and thu
ballot we're bound to have, if we have tC
let down our black hair and swim in sea
of gore. Sensation.
Middletown transcript., 1874-06-20
Harvest.

Make your preparation in time. Have
your implements in order and on the spot
Risk having too large rather than too
small force as something is almost GER
tain to arise to weaken yaur numbers as
the work progresses. Yeur individual
attention to the preparations, will do much
to insure successful working when the real
labors begin Do not neglect the provd-'
ing of ample harrest stores. This is q
matter not to be slightcd good fare, plen-
ty of it, and time to enjoy it, has great
deal to do with securing satisfaction and
contentmcnt among your hands. Men
working in the heat of the harvest field
need ample provision for their physical
refreshment, and good lunches and cooling
drinks will be found conducive to increase
ed capacity for labor, as well as lead to
health and good spirits in your force
We give receipt, published heretofore,
for cheap but pleasant and refreshing
beverage for hands in the field: A half
gallon of moasses and / pound of pulver-
lied ginger to five gallons Of water stirred
together.