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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
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Most babies are base bawlers.
OYSTERS r oUT.-Philadetphia Her.
aid.
REAL bawl dresses-Baby clothes.
ADVICE to a man with an apple-Go
to the juice.
OUR physicians generally are in a fee
bill condition.
The man who wa filed with emotion,
hadn't room for his dinner.
IGNArz WALTZGHEMrTTEN, of New
York, swallowed his artificial set of
teeth while trying to pronounce his
name.
A CINCINNATI man is said to be train
ing himself for his approaching mar
rage by passing several hours in a boil
er shop.
81 SAY Pat. are You asleep?" "Not
a sleep? ?" "Then be afther lendin' me
me a quarther." "Im asleep, be ia
bers -
An old wine-bibber says that a empty
champagne bottle is like an orphan, be-
cause it has lost its pop.
A FRENCH-CANADIAN, unable to speak
a word of English, was married at OF
tawa, fast week, to a girl who couldn't
speak a word of French. They antici-
pate unspeakable happiness.
OF course the Norristown editor, in
writing of the White House wedding,
used the word "auspiciously," but the
compositor knew better, and made him
say, "Few honeymoons eve began
more suspiciously."
THE other day a Keokuk local aston
shed a visiting itor by pickingup the
pastepot and a rair Of scissors, with the
remark that he "mRst go out on the
street and look up a few items."-BW-
Hngton Hawkeye.
WITH his hair parted in the center,
and exactly over his scenter)-"I never
knew a dozen girls, you know, whocould
talk sense with a fellow, you know"
with her hair frizzed and frizzled and
frowsy, and tumbled over her left eye)
-" Weally? Well, the fact is, all the
girls I know suit their conversation to
the party with whom they are talking,
you know"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
DIED OF GRIEF.

A touching story comes from Mem
phis. An old man, Peter Bean by
name, a well-digger in the locality for
something like thirty years, had a dog
of which he was very found. Peter was
a bachelor, and lived a lonely life. The
only thing he tenderly fondled was the
dog, which shared his bed and di-
vided with his master the frugal meal.
Well, the dog, which was nearly always
by Peters side, was large and powerful
of frame, and cheerful and playful in
disposition. 1t seemed to love its
master with that perfect, enduring love
that crowds all less weighty objects
from the heart. One day it vas sepa-
rated a few hours from the old
Peter Was patiently laboring at the bot
tom of the well, when he family heard
the joyful bark of his favorite. He
looked up /; there was a swift glance of
recognition, andthe light wentoutof the
we~ll-digger's eyes forever. The eager
rush of the dog to greet its master dis
placed a heavy bucket and sent it
crashing down upon Peters head. A
few minutes after the man was dragged
to the surface n bleeding corpse. With
piteous bowls the faithful animal licked
the ugly wounds, but the fond caress
could not reanimate the fast stiffening
body. The man was laid out in his
shroud, but before the grave closed
owe the human form the dog also was
dead. 1t had stretched itself before the
cold clay of its master and moaned out
its life in grief. 1t is u sad story sill
vered over with touching beauty. If we
celebrate in verse the death of Panthea,
who slew herself upon the corpse of her
beloved Abradatas, why should we not
drop a word of sympathy for the dog
that refused to live because his master
had died?
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
A JUST CRITICISM IN RHYME.
Either-Nefthen.

Have you seen q dictionary
OF this new vocabulary
Which ~pronounces "Either i-ther,
And pronounces Neither " ny-therf
Do not call it affectation,
Shoddy show pronunciation;
1t upsets the Ell dIphthong,
Dropping and change places:
With the ease of Grecian graces;
Only let them change their stations
Change their places in " believers
Change them also in "deceivers.--
Change I" Connected " to concyted,
Fortunes "freight " to fright, affrighted;
For this rule which gives US i-ther,
Changing "neither " into ny-ther,
Makes 81 believers " all bslyvers,
And "deceivers :" all decyvers;
The "conceited' man concyted,
While the "freighted ~ ship Is fry-ted.
/" Deigning, too, is dining true.
For every line brings something new.
d" Vein ~ is vine before this current;
" Weight " is wight, with Yankee accent.
If you nnot change these also,
Speak as others do, or should do.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
RECIPES.

"DSIA Lc'
THE great secret of having clean
white linen is thorough rinsing.
Norris may be kept out of furs and
woolens by wrapping the articles in
muslin. They cannot eat through
muslin.
To STICKY juice of the marsh-mallow
root mixed with the finest chalk forms a
cement for onyx marble, ground glass
or pottery.
CONDENSED CoFFEE.-A Frenchman
roasts coffee, grinds it to -four, moistens
it slightly, mixes it in twice its weight
of powdered white sugar, and then
presses it into tablets. One of these
tablets can be dissolved at any time in
hot or cold water, making at once the
very perfection of coffee; and it is
claimed that a pound of the berry will
go much further by this than by any
other preparation of the beverage.
CLEANING OLD CoRKs.-Cover the
corks with water. When well soaked,
and half q pound of sulphuric acid to
every gallon of water, and stir up well
with a stick. Leave the corks, then,
and after twenty-four hours pour off the
liquid, and wash several times with wa
ter until all the acid is removed. Neu-
tralizing the acid with an alkai is not
to be recommended, as it totally spoils
the fresh color of the corks.
COMMON alum melted in an iron spoon
over hot Goals forms very strong ce m
ent for joining glass and metals to-
gether. 1t is the best thing for holding
glass lamps to their stands or for stop
ping cracks about their bases, as kero-
enc does not penetrate it. House
keepers ought to keep this remem
brance, for sad accidents with naphtha
and burning fluid may be prevented by
its means.
To IMPROVE the appearance Of furnit-
ure take a soft sponge wet with clean
cold water and wash over the article.
Then take a soft chamois skin and wipe
clean. Dry the skin as well as you can
10y wringing it in your hands, and wipe
the water off the furniture, being care
full to wipe only n way. Never use a
dry channels on varnish work. If the
varnish is defsced and shows white
marks, take linseed ell and turpentine
in equal parts /; shake we'll in a vial,
and apply a very small quantity on a
soft rag until the color is restored /;
then with a clean soft rag wipe the
mixture Oft. In deeply carved work the
dust cannot be removed with a sponge.
Use a stiff-haired paint-brush instead
of a sponge. For unpublished furniture
linseed oil is the best /; rub in thor
oughly.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03

THE Odd-Fellows of Western Penn
sylvania have erected a splendid build
ing at Meadville as a Home" for the
widows and orphans of deceased broth
ers. 1t was dedicated ON the 9th of
June, in the presence Of 5000 members
Of the order, Hon. John N. %Ingersoll,
of the Corunna Mich. american de-
livering the Grafton, which is published.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
The Way to Do 1t.

III tell you how l speak a piece:
First l make my bow:
Then I bring my words out clear
And pain as / know how.
Next I throw my hands up, SO!
Then 1 Iif; my eyes
That's TO LET my hearers know
Something doth surprise.
Next l grin and show my teeth,
Nearly every one;
Shake my shoulders, hold my sides;
That's the sign eff fun.
Next l start and knit my brow,
Hold nay head erect;
something's wrong, you see. and
Decidedly object.
Then I wabble at my kness,
Clutch AZ shadows near,
Tremble well from top TO oe
That's the sign of fear.
Soon I scowl, and with q leap
Seize an airy dagger.
Wretch" cry. That's tragedy,
Every soul to stagger.
ghea I iet my voice grow faint,
Gasp ana hold my breath;
Tumble down and plunge about:
That's a villains death.
Quickly then ! come to life,
Perfectly restored;
With a bow my speech is done,
Now. youth please applaud.
. NG.tgffS
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03
A HOT BRICh.

Mrs. Battles suffers from cold feet,
and the other night she warmed up a
brick, intending to take it to bed with
her. She laid it down by the bedside
while she attended to the baby, and
then she forgot about it and turned in.
After a while Battles came over to the
ROOM, and when he had assumed his
night-shirt he began to say his prayers.
When he was about halfway through,
he happened to move his knee a little to
the left, and it came in contact with the
hotbrick. Foran instanth some-
thinghad stung him, and, jumping up, he
came back to ascertain what it was. He
saw the brick lying there, but it
occurred to him that that was the cause
of the trouble, so he picked it up for
the purpose of throwing it out of the
window. Then he suddenly dropped it
with n cry of pain, and, after an indig-
nant denunciation of Mrs. Battles, he
procured a piece of paper. and in a
furious rage hurled the brick through
the window-sash. 1t hit a policeman
who happened to be standing on the
pavement below, and in less than ten
minutes Battles was on his way to the
station-house, where he was locked up
all night upon a charge of assault and
battery. He IA released in the morn
ing, after paying twenty dollars fine.
He has not finished his prayers yet, and
Mrs. Battles now warns her feet with q
flannel petticoat.-Mar Adeler.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03

IT is stated in the Dresden papers
that, seventeen different times in the
past year, the experiment Of infusing
lambs blood into the human subject
has been successfully performed in the
hospitals of that city. In the first case
the patient had long suffered from pull
monary disease, and the immediate Ell
feet of the operation was to raise the
pulse and impart an increased sense Of
strength. al
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03

LIES, like wasps, sting long after
they seem to have been crushed and
killed.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-03

PELL-BoUND-B-o-u-n-d.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

BARLEY FOR HoRsEs.-Barloy has,
since the failure of the oat crop. gained
In reputation as a good and substantial
food for the horse, and many farmers are
now growing it for that purpose. Thrust
be confessed that parley contains, in a
degree, the principles for forming fat and
flesh. 1t largely abounds in abumeu,
gluten, sugar, gum and phosphate Of lime,
or in other words, barley contains sixty
five per cent. of nutritive matter, while
oats, weighing forty pounds to the bushe,
contain only about twcnty-four pounds of
nutritivc material. Inferior barley in
some parts of this country is fed to horses
instead of oats, and with the best effects.
In this connection, it would be well for
horsemen to remember that two parts of
barley are worth more than three Of good
oats.
In Great Britain, it is atten boiled and
fed in the evening, fattenins the horse
aud giving glossy coat Of hair, and hav.
ing an excellent effect in all respects.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
w. !. lion F,pv,Na An Anne,

WHAT Is HIGH FARMING ?-An Amer
rican farmer of note, after visiting Eng
land and examining with the critical eye
of practical and experienced agricultur-
list the system pursued there, says:
am thoroughly confirmed in my old
faith that the only good farmer of our fu.
ture is to be the "high farmer" There
is a widely prevail NJ antipathy among the
common farmers of our, country against
the use of the phrase by agricultural
writers. This is all wrong and should
at enc, be corrected. Through some
misconcsption of the meaning of the
phrase, aud also of its application. they
have come to believe it synonymous with
theoretical shook farming" "Dew tangled
notions" boosted progress, followed by
disappointment and final failure. This is
all an error. High farming simply means
thorough cultivation, liberal manurlng
bountiful crops, good stock, good feed,
and paying profits therefrom. 1t is not
strange that misconceptions have arisen in
the minds of doubling farmers who have
been eye witnesses to some of the spread
eagle experiments of enthusiastic farmers,
better supplied with money obtained in a
business they know how to manage than
with practical experience on the farm.
Bountiful crops and paying profits of
course are what all farmers who are de-
pending upon the farm for an income are
striving to obtain; and every year as 1t
passes is recon6rmed the opinion that the
profits are small, and will grow "beauti-
fully less i" where high farming is not
practiced.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
Cultivation Of Strawberries.

Strawberries are considered a great
luxury with most all people, and are with
in the means of every person who is the
owner Of piece of land, to obtain. Most
persons imagine that they cannot raise
them without the outlay Of great deal
of time and labor, and therefore rather
buy, or 60 without this excellent fruit.
But this is not SO. Strawberries can be
raised as easy as any fruit, If they are
only cultivated in the right way. There
are different ways of cultivating them, but
where one way has been tried and failed,
another should be tried. l have cultiva.
ted strawberries for several years, and
have not failed to raise them any year
during this time, and have laid out but
little time and labor in raising them,
compared with the labor spent by those
who cultivate them in other ways. The
plants should be set out in April or in
August. If set out in August, and taken
good care of, they will generally bear
about as many berries as if set out in the
spring But they are not SO apt to suffer
the effects of dry season. if set out in
the spring. Make the ground smooth,
and set the plants three by two feet, and
hoe them we'll. But when the rankers
start do not spend the labor of going
around two or three times week, to cut
them OF; do not hill them up, but let
them have their own way and spread the
ground over, if they wish. Many think
it is the best way to hill them up, and
not allow them to spread. But they are
mistaken here. For where they are hill
ed up, if dry weather comes, the hills are
net shaded, and the hot rays Of the sun
strike them square and take away all the
moisture in the bill, and thus the berries
dry up While, It they are allowed to
spread, the ground is shaded and thus the
berries do not dry up. Let the vine,
have their own way, only keep the weed.
out, and late in the fall, just before the
first snow falls, draw out course stable
manure, and mulch them every year with
|
this coat. This mulch will settle, auc
the young plants will grow up through i
in the spring This mulch serves as .
protector to the vines, and enriches the
soil and protects the ripe fruit from tn,
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

SARATOGA PoTAToEs.--The poetry OF
common life, and costly charm OF Delmon.
ieo's and Parker's, can be mnde 10 perfec-
ton in any kitchen. by the use of very sim
pie apparatus consisting of a sharp blade
set slanting into wooden trough with d
narrow slit in the bottom. two wire screens
or sleeves, and common spider Select 8
large potatoes, pare them and slice them
very thin with the cutting machine, soak
them in cold water Cor two hours, and stir
common table salt into the water, one tea
spoonful to quart, and allow them to re-
maiu in the brine half an hour longer.
Pour them rpou the screen to drain and
put on q spider with pound Of clear lard
over brisk fire. Wipe the sliced pota.
toes dry on a towel, wait until the lard is
smoking hot and pour u large plateful into
the spider. The result is like small sea
in white squall, and now the cook shows
the artistic soul, which every votary Of
thai noblest of the arts must possess to be
worthy of the name. Patient and calm,
with steady and incessant motion Of the
skinner she prevents adhenson of any
too affectionate slices, and watches careful
ly for the tender blush of BROWNIES to ap-
pear. Slowly it creeps and deepens until
1T rivals the hue of the fragrant Havana.
Haste then takes the place of caution, lest
any martyrs burn for the perfection of the
others and they must be quickly spread
upon another seive to drain until dry, and
greaseless enough for the fairest fingers,
then served hot, to melt away like kiss
on sweet lips, with dying crackle like
the fallen leaves Of autumn.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

To PURIFY WArKR.-It is not general
" known that pounded alum possesses the
property of purifying water. A table,
spoonful of pulverised alum spIinkled in
to hosshead of water (tbe water stirred
at The time) will, after the lapse of a few
hours, by precipitating to the bottom the
impure particles, so purify it that it will
be found to possess nearly all the freshness
and clearness of the finest spring water.
A paiIful, containing four gallons, may be
purified by single tablespoonful.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

MANUREs FOR CABBAGE.-Thomas Nee
han is reported as saying: On the subject
OF cabbage plants, we may note that to
have large, solid heads, such as will make
genuine old.fashioned sourkrout maker
dance, it is essential to have soil very
rich In what are called by the learned
ones heterogeneous manures. As rule,
one might say that all those things which
smell SO very badly are full of this Gle
ment, and will thus be just the thing for
cabbage growing. Strong stable manure
is capital for cabbage. Old soap suds, or
any fatty material, arc also excellent cab
bage manures.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
A AGRICULTURAL
Harvesting Grain.

HafftStlng uTdih'
There is some wheat raised in this coun'
ty. not so much as there should be howev-
or, as We think nearly every farmer might
raise sufficient for the wants of his family,
and usually be sure of having better ar
ticle than can be purchased. AS we raise
this crop for the grain and not for the
straw, which Is of little account except Tor
litter, it should be harvested at times
when quantity and quality considered the
best results can be procured. 1t is more
convenient to let this grain stand until
pretty ripe, as it is then more easily and
better secured than when 10 compare.
lively green state. The crop needs to be
we'll cured to avoid dampness and injury
to the grain, either in the barn or alter
being threshed. Some advocate harvesting
wheat when the straw is quite green and
before the berry has become hard, claim
ing more and better quality Of flour IN
this way, but the increased labor and risk
in curing when cut at this stage, we think
will more than offset against any superior.
ity in this respect, at least where SO little
is raised.
The area devoted to wheat is too small
to employ q reaper in harvesting, aud the
old time way of using the sickle is not to
be thought of at the present day, and In
this condition of things it Is moved with
a scythe and raked by hand which process,
however it might appear, is a cheap, ex-
petitions and clean way for harvesting this
grain, provided there is sufficient room for
storing, as the straw when cntin this man
ner is very bulky. In raising oats al
though the grain is the principal object,
yet the straw when cut at the right time
possesses so much value as to render this
a matter of Importance. and although the
grain might be little heavier when al
lowed to stand until dead ripe, yet in this
case the loss in value to the straw and in
creased liability Of Smelling to the grain,
would more than counterbalance any ad-
vantage that might be gained.
We would by all means harvest oats
when the straw fairly commences to turn
yellow, and at this stage when well cured
it will be very good article Of fodder,
better than some hay, So much of this
kind of grain is raised in this part of our
state it will be found to pay to harvest the
crop as nearly at the right time as posi- BILE.
OF course it will take more time and labor
to cure 1t at this Stage Of maturity. but
we think no farmer who has tried both
methods, will hesitate to expend the nec-
essary outlay for this purpose, being fully
satisfied that it is the better way. Where
a farmer raises large quantity of oats
and some are late, aifording prospect Of
only small yield, we think it better to
cut when green after the grain is fully
grown and cure for fodder without thresh.
ing, as it will be worth more for stock in
this way than if allowed to stand and the
straw and grain fed separate. We trust
that everything that can be made availa-
Bile for fodder will be secured in the best
manner, in order to avoid if possible the
bitter experience Of the past winter and
apripo
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
y. s. Patent Office.

-, washington, ID, c.. July 9th, 1874.
On the petition Of Samuel WiswelI of Hvdo
PARK, Vermont; praying for the extension Of d pat
en-. granted TO him on tho 9th day az October is6O
anu ressued on the 9th Of August, 1870, for an i'm
provement In Extension Wash Benchesi
IL s ordered that the testimony in the case be
ciosea on the 9Th day Of Septcmber next that the
oiIne icr ming arguments aud the Examiners re-.
port 10 limited TO the 18th day ofSeptemher NEXT
and that said petition be heard on the 25d day ~
September next. N"' u
Any person may oppose this extension.
~ N, ID. LEGGETT. Commissioner
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
Notice..

LAM0ILLE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY.
The stockholders of the Lamoille Valley Rail.
road Company are hereby notified that the
ANNUAL MEETING
OF said company will BIO held at the American
House in HYDE Park, VT, on tuesday, August nth,
1874 at one O'Clock in the afternoon for the pur.
pose Of electng Board Of Directors for said Com
pany the ensuing year. Also to trapsact any other
proper business. BY order Of Directors,
JOHN II. GEORGE.
Clerk L. v. R.R. Go,
East IIaruwick Univ nth 1874 ~
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05
NOTICE !!

Having purchased all the stock and tools of @.
and left town, am now prepared TO do All .inds
Of house paintings. paperhanging, granting and
glazing, and repairing and painting old furniture.
&C., 20. Would desire n limited share OF The pub.
nc patronage. All work war anted satisfactory or
no pay. Xom5 GEO. A. PARKER
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

Like fakes Of snow that fall upper-
ceived upon the earth, the seemingly I'M
important events of life succeed one an
other.
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

IT LIBERATION NOTICE.--This is to give ne
Ltice that | have this day given my son, Charles
N. Jones. his time during the remainder Of his
minority, and that shall neither claim any Of his
wages nor pay any debt of his contracting after
this date. EDWIN JONES.
Hyde Park, July 18TH 1871 36w5'
Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-08-05

Few things are more necessary to
success in life than decision of character
With it man can rarely fail; without it
he can rarely succeed.