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Ia CooSERY We're reduced down TO rule, 50
that person could follow recipes with the
same certainty of success, due TO accuracy,
with which the student pursues the instruc-
tions laid down in his textbook of chemical
analysis, it is presumable that any individual
could produce eatable and healthy dishes ;
bat nothing is further from the truth. Let
the reader ask any successful cook how he or
she made such or such or such compound
the chances are strongly that no satisfactory
explanation can lie given. Practice" is
probably stated as the reason, or "experi-
ence, or "luek." Let him turn TO any
so-called cookery book, and We would be
willing TO wager that in nine cases out of ten
the recipes for the most delicate cake and
pastry contain greater margins Of inaccuraey
than any formula extant for mixing mud
concrete. What does teasoconfui mean,
heapcd up or level with the rim2 Or tea
cupful2 What size of teacupY How much
is pinch, or a handful, or a pennyworth
There is absolutely no standard system of
measures conscientiously folio wed and hence
a woman will gauge her ingredients by the
grab with the same unquestioning faith in
the accuracy of the comb aation that she
reposes in the fact that the distance from
the tip of her nose to the end of hei fngers
IS precisely and infallibly enc yard.-Scaen-
fifc American
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A Wou,S on Mart CARPENrER.-Therel IS

A WouaS on Mart CARPENrER.-There IS
something remarkably engaging and devil
may-care and outspoken in this Jolly MI.
Worldly Wiseman of the Senate. There Is
even certain magnetism Of good humor and
good living. genius and geniality, about him.
lie is Webster, with the dignity and de-
corum left out He reminds one Of Sheridan
and Rochester and the Marquis Of Donegal
and other splendid old spendthrifts and good
fellows, of whom this penurious, Purltanic
age and country are not worthy. Weare
little shocked at some sentiments he utters,
but we rather like him for speaking them
out, and not concealing them or CLOSING
them over We know Just where to lind
him every time His moral epidermis does
seem to be little thickened by law and
politics and Washington associations, he Is
so comfortably unconscious Of the damage he
may I've doing himself by his ingenious ad-
missions. and cheerful recklessness OF state
ment. lie never knows when and where he
is hurt lie reminds me of one OF Gov
Hunts little camp stories. He-that IS the
goyernor-describcd poor white family OF
Missouri. careless, shiftless, and intoleraoly
lazy. the daughters of which were aecus-
toned TO 20 barefoot till the soles oil thelII
feet became hard like unto horn. One oil
these Young ladies. on coming home, from
long tramp in the rain after the cows. wa'
standing on the hearth drying her clothes
when her old mother drawled out, Sal
thar e-coal-under
The girl-sliehtly turned her head, and drawl
ed back 'Which-ioot nanny =
Grdre Grceaic5Od
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Editors would he saved world OF troa1le az /,
,arstion II all contributors or those VINO ueslIe
,.oc1T,e Contributors understood how 10 prepar
Ut desi gned for the press The ioiio", M
-bXIninr advise is 50 excellent taat We quote IN
,.boie III II for the benefit of whomsoever i ms.
concern
Write upon paper OF single SIZE,
Go. All your Is, and neatly dot your IS
On one side only let your lines he seen
Ra,i sides filed up announce Nerdant ureeh.
So--ert-yes. recolleci-aA that You WHO
.nd lei YOUR ink be black, your paper white
F5r sp5nrv fool-cap Of a muddy blue
setrty. a mind Of the same dismal hue.
ppnetuate carefully, for on tins score
Sothin. proclains the practical writer more
rheu send Il of and, lest il merit !aeh'
Enclose the postage stamp to s7na IL 'acA
But irst paw all the postage on il TO-
For editors look black on SIX cents cue
And u1urtnur as they rdu the ehus''n O. eI'
a shabby fellow and 81 wretched h"re
Vet ere il gses take oil a copy clean
pet. should oWn "a copying nachine7
IJttle they snow the time that spent ana care
In huutiu- vv -sez van -hed-"h9 KNOW, "he'e
B,ar I'M. 10 mind. observe Il 10 She end
And SOC shall make the editor y"ar .f'ehu.
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a Goon OrK>,>C TOR \ SAW BoNEs. - ANY
Young physician who is looking fora position
"a ay obtain. upon application, the Office Of
medicine-man Of the rulare tribe Of Indians
"A California. The position Is vacant at
present The last incumbent. it appears,
had misunderstanding with his employers.
Eight of the Indians ate indiScreetly Of baked
dog at a banquet and were subsequently i'll
Of Indigestion. The medicne-man pronoun-
ced the disease to he smallpox, and he pro
eeeded to cure it by heating a wardrum in
two-fourths time in front of the wiewams. and
and by singing chant in \ minor. In
few days six of the eight died. and the tribe
having some doubts about the correctness of
the mode of treatment. led the medicine
man out into the woods, and then they rea-
soned with him and showed him where he
was wrong, and explained their views, and
held MIN down and inserted white oak
stake between his ribs. and erected a bonfire
On his bosom and cooked hun Il IS n fine
opening for competent man and We Venture
TO suggest that the man who obtains the sit
nation had better try to cure the next case
Of dyspepsia by beating the drum in three
fourths time and singing in fat major.
Il il sd to think Of human life being sacri.
fcsd BY this frightful ignorsncs. = Mar
Adele7.
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to obtain an accurate knowledge OF case
and closer attention to each matter tnan INC
overcrowded court here can bestow

\ Harry CuoIck In the report OF the
annual meeting of the Vermont Lie insu-
rance Company we note with great sat ti,
faction the unanimous election OF W III
bert, Ed. as one of the Directors anu as
Vice- President of the company. Mr. VII
bert is widely known and highly esteemed as
a most intelligent and accomplished man III
his speciality of Life Insurance lie ma
given to the subject his close attention anu
thought for number of years, past, anu
achieved great success during his former
connection with the New York EJuitapie
Life Insurance Company: The vermont r1,,
Lie was fortunate enough, IN the carry
part of the past year, to secure ms services
and the excellent showing of the annual re-
mort is a tlatterIng testimony to ms pIoies-
sional worth and ability, Mr. Gilbert IS IN II,
the prime of life, of unusually fine persona
presence and cultivated manners. admiraoIy
adapted by both natural gifts and acquire =.
ability to recommend the Vermont Liz er ~
the favorable consideration oil the puphe
wherever his duty NAV call him. FOR many
wears resident of Franklin county, whe H,I
he spent his youth and early manhood, M
Gilbert is no stranger TO many OF our .iti-
zens in this portion of Vermont, anu liloss
friends will Join us in this little expression
of the pleasure we feel in his election "a a
President Of the Vermont Li'e--N
Adams Advertiser.
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MONTY Mrn1cAL SrrnENrs IN

Wovrx MEDICAL STUDENTS N VIENNA
Think of n lady student at Bellevue, New
York. being admitted to Professor james X.
Woods lectures on surgery, to share the op-
portunities of education in common with gen
tleman. even as a private student, an unma-
triculant why, the audacity of the idea Is
50 preposterons that it is quite sufficient to
make ones breath come quick and short,
and vet Professor Bilroth, world-famed as a
surgeon beyond comparison in knowledge,
success and brilliancy, admits lady students
to his lectures and clinics. and not only ad-
mits ladies, but extends to them especial
consideration, that they may have chance
to see those operations that they, rs women
would be especially interested in. Last WIN
ter he had four lady students in his class,
with some four hundred gentleman, and IN
all cases of especial interest he made II point
that his lady students should have the op-
portunity of seeing-recogniZing the iact
that those four stood far better chance oil
being showed aside among so many eager IN
vestigators. not possessing the muscle and
hardihood Of their brother students, and to ms
private operations were these women repeat
edly invited, and invariably to his operations
in ovariotomy. One lady student took the
Operative Course in Surgery" with BIZ
roth : first assistant. and performed all the
operations upon the eadayer with such clever
ness and dexterity az to gain the applause
from the gentleman students in attendance
and the assertion from the doctor that there
was no better operator in his class, PROBES
sor Spathe and Carl Braun only OF the unit
verSitv professors refuse women abundance
TO their lectures and clinics. There has never
been any reason specified why they should
he excluded here, it seeming only to be an
aristocratic use of authority on the part Of
these professors. because they happen to be
vested with the privilege of excluding WON
en- if they choose \ few years since. Pro
feSSor Braun admitted to his lectures an-
clinics Dr. Mary J. Stafford. now Of Boston
and. it i, said. She was 50 eminently clever
- successful and ~kilful, A. to have alarmed
this dear old professor n to his hurels an'
though he admitted She was wonderful, IN
comparable. and that he had nothing bu
the greatest admiration for her and her ablli
IL. vet since he has refused admission to al
lady applicants to hi lectures and clinics
-CorrfspoHdraoe CmaHna'i Commercial.
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Kansas SENrEScE.-A Kansas paper gives
the following report of a judges sentence
lately passed on a criminal "Brumley
YOU infamous scoundrel You hain't single
redeemins trait in your character. Your
wife and family wish we had sent You to the
penitentiary. This is the fifth time I've had
You before me, and you have put me TO more
trouble than YOUR neck i worth. I've ex-
horted and prayed over YOU long enough
vou scoundrel just 90 home and take one
glimpse al YOUR family. and be of in short
order? Don't lets ever hear Of You again
Tie Grand Jury have found two other indict-
ments against YOU, but I'll discharge you on
vour own recognizanceS, and if ketch you
! in this neck of woods tomorrow morning at
daylight III sock You right square IN lail
and bamb You off to Jacksonville in les
than NJ time YOU Internal scoundrel II ever
[ ketch You crossing your finger AT man,
woman or child, white man or niger, Il
sock you right square into the Jug stand
up, you ~coundrel, while pas sentence on
NRu -
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Hem Aduertisemrnts.
MOTTO a..
MOTH, a..
OFFICE or TIE VT. &CAN. X. L. Go.
ST AIHASS. VI. ian. g. l--+

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offi.E or lhh ~, - "a r. 80
u hN'S' So eau % 'i-
"HEREAS. For many years prior 10 the 18th
w day Of October lasi ssVeIal OF The Directors
Of the Vermont and Canada Railroad Company were
persons, who at the s'Re time were Trustees or
Receiver. and Manager appointed by The Court in
the suit OF the > trH"nt mi C'saif Rlt-redf Com
pdnB TIE IsrinOnf tfnfrai H4'fr'ld Company a
ais.
Ind UhereGs, The former President Of this Com
pany, Worthingt0n {. y nth, was also a; the same
time one of said Recev' r and Managers.
And bhfrtds, while being such Directors Al. II
officers of this corporal On. and IN The exercise of
their said Offices. or in Their Official capacity. piey
attempted to perform certain acts and passed. or
procured 10 he passed certain votes in which they
were interested, both rs Receivers and indiyi uas
contrary TO tne interest OF saiI vermont M Can
ada Railroad Company, and TO the prejudice Of said
Company:
Voted, That all such votes acts and doing Or said
Directors and officers in their the r terest 4
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VILLAGE posToffICE,-life in a village
is in many respects very pleasant. 1t seems
10 be a medium between city and country.
combining many advantages common to both,
without necessitating the citizen t. live IN
the heart Of the busy world or to be isolated
from civilization. ct. ike all other things
in this world. village life has its diSadyan-
rige-. and not the least Of these Is the tacil-
" with which every one can mind the per
sonal affairs of his neighbors one OF the
greatest sources of discomfort to myself and
many of my friends Is the village poStotice.
I would have all postothce employees either
dumb OF sworn to secrecy a. certainly A.
TELEGRAPH operators indeed, they might bet
ter be dumb, for all the ciyility one receives
from them. Even if the postmaster himself
Is a gentleman he generally employs some
tattling clerk. OF some male gossip volunteers
his sevices last for the sake of curiosity.
These soon learn the handw riting of all the
letter-writing people Of the place, and have
no Scruples against peddlins their intorma
ZION about the streets. said 4 volunteer
clerk the other day to 4 gentleman as a lady
passed them: - think that lady and her
lover must have had some trouble. as he has
not written her in nearly two months"
laug he'd when | heard this. a the lady had
told me the gentleman had written TO her
reg ilary, but had di>g' ised his hand-writ
ing for the express purpose of deceiving this
me- dlesome clerk. | myself have encoun-
ter d this volunteer clerk on my way to the
pr tofhce, and he invariably says, ''You
have letter, or You hive not letter, a
the case may be. swe.lr that have been
wicked enough to wish that the wonderful
memory of this man IN ight in some way be
impaired am also wicked enough to envy
some Of my city frien Is, whose postman ap-
parently takes no 7 ersonal interest in the
mail matter which re distributes. or if he
does interest himsf Il and mentions his ideas,
hi> remarks will 4 lt be listened to by thoSr
sufficiently int@ ested to repeat them -
country GenflJ an
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-30

\ Mo,r EXTRAORDINARY PHNoNENoN.-
It was on moonlight night that Penny
hacker. while walking by the riverside at
NorriStown. came across Jones standing on
the bank in a condition Of intoXication, gaz-
ing stupidly into the water. When Jones
saw Pennvhacker he said to him
"Nliaar Bennypack'r IN very glad you We
come I've been stan'n min here c'nsiderin a
moz extr ordinary ph nom non.
w hat Is it. Jones -
MOI extr ordinary ph nom non tint ever
came uuner nv obzeryation, Mr.. Benny
hacker-the MOI extr ordinary
Nv hat Is the nature Of the phenomenon.
Mr. Jones'
Il lay Mizzar BenuyPacker, id'nex very
way eX:r ordinary. D'you 'bSerye that
Then Jones gazei and pointed into the
water. putting his head ON one side and then
on the other Then be would draw back a
If To get the phenomenon in new light,
and finely he doubled up both fists and at
tempted to look through them, and all the
time he kept mutterirg 10 himself
VERY 'SIhnishin' circumstance altogether.
MOI remark 'ble freak ov nature idz ever BIN
my lod I 'hzerve. Can't cound for ID upon
any theory whadever
''Well, Mr. Jones. what Is 1t that sur
prises you?''
"Mizmr Bcrmybacker cas- y'r eye down
there. D. yol 'hser,e anythin' ofa 'Stmor-
/ binary nature -"
NO. .Ione :, nothing un,a-aal there that
/ can see"
'rhadz mo- extr 'ordinary zirsumsianz o'
/ all. Don't you berzeize the moon down
there. MiIzar Bennvhacker. -aid Jones
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Tn. or;rin of the Word Democracy

A. Dick and Nei in social converse sal, -, s5,,,ad
And watched their curling SMOKE anu 9'ff
whence comes the application Democrat, Alvin. -
And what II means said Ned ean ,,. NJ
"rlI tell Won whence " quoth DICK, there nAus"'
r,,m Laten demon and ron English crazy
r. -a-noed the word Democracy from that
We trace the origin Of Democrat 800 IN
You're right cried Ned, you Ie i'7N' - So
that's civil. -,-
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STEAM PRESS PLATE WORKS.

MANUFACTURES of and dealers in Steam
NJ Boilers, Rotary Bleachers, harlow keirs. Gas
otneters, Water and Oil Tanks, Oil Stills 4c Iron
Bridges, and Roofs. and all descriptions of Plat.
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Turns. Elbows, &c, for Turbine Wheel Work Also.
Dobbns' Improved Hollow Steam Press Plates
with Hydraulic and Power Presses Of all sizes for
Woollen Goods Manufacturers. Repairing done
have on hand three secondhand Tubular Boilers
feet diameter and 10 feet long. 20 finch Tnhes
y feet long, 10 horse power each. Also one Portable
Boiler and Engine, q horse power, all Of which are
warranted in good order. Also one new upriSbt
Engine, 10 horse power. Second hand Ioiiers
taken in part payment Tor new. Orders by mail ar
telegraph promptly attended tn.
RICHARD DOBBINs. Stunt
MRS. ELIZABETH DoBBINS. Adminisrratrix
button St., near Mechanics Mills, Lowell. Mass
Dec I5-v6,n&dIW -"e''
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the Washington correspondent of the
Boston Advertiser says that the bill Of
Representative Wall of Missouri, providing
for holding one session of the supreme court
annually at St. Louis. is step which. i'll
some more general form, is securing the
support of some strong men in Congress.
There is another change in regard to court
claims that will soon be proposed, and that
is to give the district court of the United
States jurisdiction in a large class of cases
which now come here and involve for par
ties at . distance a long journey and the en-
ployment of lawyers here. 1t is also said that
local courts vonld have better opportunity
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-30

CHARMING CANDoR.-Not long ago the
Youthful Mr.. was engaged to manip-
ulate the ivory on church organ not lar from
the llub. 1t the same church and upon the
same occasion n Unitarian clergyman was
engaged to ofhca;e in the pulpit. Both OF
these gentlemen left town the following morn
in by the same train, and both occupied
the same seat the Young organist recogniz-
ing the clergyman, but himself unknown to
the cloth Passing the compliments OF the
morning. the cloth queried whether the
Young man attended the Unitarian church
On the preceding day. Organ said he had
the pleasure. and asked Pulpit how he liked
the music Pulpit said the music would
have been excellent if the organ had not been
PLAYED in 80 loud and boisterous manner
Then old Pulpit asked young Organ how he
liked the preaching. Organ said, Not at
all the preacher was too loud and rantlng.
\ gentleman in the next seat who had listen
ed To- the conversation, and knew both par
ties, turned aboutand kindly introduced The
clergyman 10 the organist.
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perhaps she's dancing somewhere now
The Thoughts Of light and music wake
sharp iealousies that grow and grow
Till silence snd the darkness ache.
He sees her step so proud and gay,
Which, eve he spoke. foretold despalri
Thus did she look on such day,
And such the fashion Of her hair.
And thus she stood. when, STOPPING low,
lie took the bramble :fom her dress; -, ,
And then she laughed and talked, whose w
Was sweeter than anOtheT's yes
He feeds on thoughts that most deJeet'
lie impudently eigns her charms
So reverenced in his own respect
Clasped dreadfully in another Ar-ns
And turns and puts his br9ws that acne
Against the pillow where It's col i;
II only now his heart would bresA
But, oh. how much heart can ho'u
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TuE MooN SPLITTING To PmcEs.- are
sorry to learn from an eminent French sclen-
tist that several huge chasms recently dls-
covered in the moon indicate that that plan
ct is splitting to pieces. The French gentle
man is not quite certain whether the rag
ments will remain in the heavens and give
rs dozen or two more additional moons, or
whether they will plunge into the earth
break the crust of the globe and let the lava
and steam loose from the inside. 1t is a
great pity our French friend cannot gave Us
exact information upon these points. II we
are to have lot more moons the al manac
makers ought to know it at once, and some
arrangement must be made for having tides
fifteen or twenty times a day instead OF twice
while if the fragments are going to hit the
earth sufficient warning should be gwen 80
that people would have time to put up theli
umbrellas. A man who is in the way OF
piece of falling moon weighing few billion
tons. will he pretty certain to be hurt unieS'
he has his umbrella raised or spiral spring
in hi, hat with which to bounce the lunar
fragment back gain. For our part we nope
to have the moon stay in the heavens. Il
will delightful to have moonlight every night
and sometimes to have three or four moons
scooting through the azure vault at once.
Mar ldcir.
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An INCIDENT OF THE TIcnBoRYK rial
During the Tichborne trial. Dr. heheaiy
d iU,a in"en1ity Of Mr.. Hawkins, the
leading counsel for the crown, IN the art OF
s-ezamination. lie said: Indeed deed, my p,
learned friend can sometimes say VIVA. u.
pleases. You perhaps remember the great great
bug case, in which my learned friend shone
with ich lustre. 1t was an action Drought
by a London householder I" recover rent
which the defendant refused to Fay be-
cause the house was 50 oyerrun with bugs
that he could not live in it. My learned
friend examined, and re-examlncd the WIT,
ness till the whole court room seemed hlled
with an atmosphere of bugs. My learned
friend at last asked witness
"Were not the bugs in such strong num-
bers and 50 well organized that when you
went to catch them they turned round IN
the bed and barked at YOU
This poor witness was 80 overcome by my
learned friend skill and audacity that he
answered
.. believe they did.
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dom fails to effect 4 speedy
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Group, Whooping Cough,
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Sore Throat, Pains or Sore
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Liver Complaint, Bleeding
at the Lungs, &c. Wistar's
Balsam does not dry up 4
Cough, and leave the cause
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most preparations, but 1t
loosens and cleanses the
lungs, and allays irritation,
thus removing the cause OF
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PREPARED TT
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Oct 2o-deod&wly