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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Ludlow.
On Saturday morning Of last
week the barns and sheds owned by
Henry Jaquith, and occupied by Hen
ry Starkey, near the south part of the
town took fire by the explosion or 9th =
erwise breaking of a kerosene lantern,
and 3 barns and sheds were burned to
the ground, number Of wagons and
a moving machine was burned with
some 60 or 70 tons Of hay and a mum,
Der Of hens.
--GoLD.-About four grains of gold
was taken by Herrick Woodward from
the gizzards of two Plymouth geese.
We have submitted the yellow flakes
TO the inspection of our jewelers. who
all agree that it was the real stuff. Mr..
w., says that he found black sand and
quartz with the gold. We think that
geese will rise in Plymouth next sea.
son. Ludlou gazette.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

-Brattleboro voted to appropriate
$500 for new tomb in the cemetery,
at the village meeting, last week, but
refused to continue the night watch
man Or to provide for lighting the
streets. Such action indicates that
the people of that place are getting
grave. 1t can't be very live place,
and perhaps they did we'll to vote an
appropriation for what they did, and
acted wisely not to vote one for what
they didn't.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Mrs. Martha Delphy, OF Lincoln,
has this fall, on the Green Mountains,
pulled one end of cross cut saw to
cut one thousand spruce logs, when a
portion of the time the snow was two
feet deep. The Middlebury Register
says, "Ifa man only had wife at
each end of the saw logging would be
an easy business"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15


We had pleasant trip to w. Ran,
dolph last week. We took the dhect
line North from this place (William
Billings line,) through Pomfret,
Barnard, to Bethel. Bethel is a
growing burgh, has a bank, two
hotels, a few handsome private
dwellings, several stores, ETC.
Pomfret and Barnard do not "pro-
gress' much. Once in a while you
see q new house, the most noted of
these is Mr.. Smith Hodges, at South
Pomfret West Randolph, six miles
above Bethel, on the Vermont Central,
is one of the most rapidly growing
towns in the State. The village
boasts of two hotels, twenty two
stores-offices, shops, and manufac-
tories not included. One printing
office-1He Green Mountain Herald
-''patent bowels by minister
Of the gospel and the devil. The
minister keeps sharp eye on the
devil, but the devil is enough for him
in trade and type setting, anyway.
They are both good fellows, but the
devil is the Digest man. (For promin-
ent merchant, artists, manufacturers,
professional men, and hotel Keepers
see advertising columns of the Orange
County Democracy During our stay
at this place we were indebted to our
Local Editor, DR.. M. L. Scott, +. b.
Dunton, Esq, of the Mansion House,
Zone of the best managed and fitted
up hotels that it has been our good
fortune to stop at in Vermont-no
"puf,') Reuben Cole, DR.. Tanner,
of Montpelier, (who is stopping with
Mr. Dunton, enjoying his oti'm cum
dignitate, and doing good Ed Strong,
(the popular clerk, with A. II. Smith,)
and other citizens Of the place, for ia
vors, entertainments, amusements and
''ltems." Long may they wave, and
wax fat over their songs, stories and
hnwdruns. West Randolph can boast
of one institution that is credit to
her, and that is her new School House
hone better in the State. Religion
is in healthy condition here-four
churches. One, the St. Johns, a new
Episcopalian church, in which the
pews are free, with growing parish,
and young and talented Rector
1t is beautiful edifce. The late
Judge Weston laid the foundation of
this church, and to all appearance, it
is "founded on rock" The private
banking institution of Dubois & Gay
is one of the beneficial institutions of
the place, and affords better facilities
for the public wants than any of the
National Banks in the State. On
the whole, West Randolph is a rising
place, and the "hub" of Orange
County at present. We will visit You
again, friends-in the meantime our
local editor will post you on the
news in your beautiful village and
vicinity
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Chester.
The tenth annual Masonic Ball,
at Coles Central Hotel, Chester, Yer
mont, Thursday evening, January
18th, 1874. Masons are particularly
requested to appear in regalia. Your
company with ladies is respectfully So
licited. Floor managers-Hugh Hen
ry, Albert G. Moore, Chas. T. Whit.
more, Geo. A. Hall. Music, Keene
Full Band. Tickets, $500. Free
carriages through the Village and to
Depot. The Central Vermont Rail
road will carry persons attending the
Ball for fare one way.
Would be glad to atteud, friend
Deming, but the flesh is weak. We
are with you in spirit.
1t is said that Geo. Fletcher has
drawn his money from the county
for services as "rum informer."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

SHARP PRAcroE.-It now appears
that the boy Johnson, who made
those wonderful revelations at Wood
stock concerning the abuses at the
Reform School, had boosted to one or
two of his associates before he left
Waterbury, that he should tell a story
before the court that would create q
sensation, and hoped thereby to get
mitigation of his sentence. He
seems to have succeeded pretty well
in both matters.-Montpelier Joar.
nal.
How about the lice?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15
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1873 BROADWAY, NEW 70,

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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Burlington liquor dealers suffered
to the extent of $4,000 from seizures
made Thursday. Ale was about the
only liquid seized, and as it is claimed
that it cannot be legally confscated,
the cases will be taken to the supreme
court for final decision.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

When the new st. Patrick's
Cathedral in New York is completed,
it will undoubtedly be the most i'm
posing and attractive public building
in the metropolis. Upwards of a
million and half dollars have already
been expended on the structure, and
it is expected that the roof will be
reached by next November.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Mr.. Field, lawyer of Brattleboro,
over 20 years old, boasts that on New
Years day he made 12O calls, and
drank over 100 cups of coffee. How
high is that for temperance drink ?
High enough we should think.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

BY the exercise of the stupendous
economy of the administration the
national debt was-- increased the
last month S9,453,273.71. "If q cat,
at the bottom of a well, jumps up two
feet every day and falls back three
feet every night, how long will it take
the cat to jump out!
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

"A former citizen of Connecticut,
highly respected and an homer to the
community in which he dwelt, has
been and became County Judge in
Kansas. His family is much affected.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

What is more exhilarating sight,
asks a Vermont paper, "than to see
eighteen handsome girls riding down
hill on au OK sled?"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15
L 0 G All N Il W S.

a OrlAraUgoHEE CHAPTER No. 81
Nv r. A. NJ, regular Convocation Mon
TX day eve, Jan. 26, 1874, att l-2
wv clock.
WOODSTOCK LODGE No. 81 F. & A. NJ.
regular communication Wednesday.eve. Feb.
4, 1874, at 7 l-2 o'clock.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

George W. Jones, Of Brandon, was
recently sent to Jail for brutally beat
ing his little daughter, and now his
son has been sent to keep him COM
pany for attempting to outrage the
person Of his sister, fourteen years
old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

Governor Converse has refused to
interfere in the case of j. E. Flanagan
of Montpelier, who was sentenced to
Jail for selling liquor
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1874-01-15

-Natick, Mass, was visited with
terrible fire on Monday. Loss esti-
mated at S75O,O0O.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
The Value of Sunnoyyers.

In the first place, the flowers abound
in honey, and furnish food for bees,
the seeds contain oleaginous matter and
yield oil at the rate of one gallon to the
bushel, which is but little inferior to
olive oil. One acre will produce fifty
bushels of seed. 1t is also valuable
seed for horses and poultry. 1t has
been used for bread by the American
Indians, and also in Portugal. The
leaves are excellent for cattle. The
stalks, while they are growing, may be
utilized as bean-poles where they are
scarce and difficult to be obtained, and
dry, may be used as roofing, or set up
against the fence to form a wind brake.
They contain large amount of potash
and are excellent for kindling. The
seed has also been recommended for
fuel. The reputation of the growing
sunhower to absorb miasmatic vapors
and preventing fever and ague is well
known.-AmericGR Farm Journal.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
Cultivation of White Beans.

There rs no reason why the culture of
field beans, ii carefully harvested and
cared for after harvesting, should not
be profitable. The great trouble is
that, during the time of curing, the
beans are apt to become discolored.
more or less, causing them to be un-
salable until they are hand-picked, a
tedious process. Twenty bushels per
acre is good crop. For field culture,
drill the seed of the white navy variety
in rows two and a half feet apart, at
the rate of from one to one and one
half bushels per acre, and keep the crop
free from weeds. Do not gather the
crop until about dry. Pull only when
the dew is off, and in drying weather;
place the hlndfuls in regular rows on
the tops, the roots placed close togeth-
er. If You are so unfortunate as to get
the crop wet after being pulled, the
lunches must be turned until dry If
not, place them loosely on scaflolds as
soon as sufficiently dry, or else thresh
ont Immediately andspread the cleaned
product on floor, turning from time
20 time until thoroughly dry and hard.
We should not advise the cultivation of
beans, however, in central Illinois, for
the reason that the labor expended on
corn will pay better button light, sandy
soils, which produce the best quality Of
beans, and where labor is plenty and
cheap, we repeat there is no reason why
the crop should not be amply remuner-
alive
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29

Fruit CAKE. One cup of butter, one
cup OF brown sugar, onecup OF molasses,
one cup of sweet milk, three cups of
flour, four eggs, one and one-haf tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one tea
spoonful of soda, one nutmeg, and two
pounds of raisins. This makes two
loaYes.
BAKED INDIAN PUDDING. -Four eggs,
one quart of sweet milk, five large tea
spoonfuls of indian meal, nutmeg and
sugar to the taste. Boil the milk and
scald the Indian meal in it then let it
cool before adding the eggs. Bake
thrGe-quartefs of an hour. Eat with
butter or sweet sauce.
RICE PUDDING. One cup of rice /;
three quarts of milk; one teaspoonful
81 salt two-thirds of cup of sugar :
bake very slowly. Eat with butter, or
leave out the sugar and serve With
sauce. One egg one teacup of sugar /;
beat together twenty minutes; two
thirds of pint of boiling water.
4prpE TARt1ETs. Peel six large APP
pies; boil 10 q pulp: mix with sugar,
cloves and lemon-peel to taste, let this
mixture stand till quite cold, then mix
with it two ounces of dried currants.
Make light puff paste obtain large
flat baking-tin and pour the mixture in.
Cover " with the pastry, and bake half
an hour in a very hot oferi
VELVET CAKE.-One quart of new,
unskimmed milk (balf cream and half
milk is preferably, three eggs white
and yolks beaten separately aud very
stiff, one teaspoonful salt, and rice
-four. Mix the beaten yolks With the
milk and salt, then rice flour to make IA
batter as thick as that for flannel cakes
lastly, whip in the stiffened whites very
lightly, and bake iiiiinediatelg.
AN EXCELLENT PUDDING. One half
pound suet, shred fine; one-half pound
grated bread crumbs; one quarter
por of loaf sugar, the yolks of four
g - and the whites of two, well beaten
Two tab1esp60hfuls of orange marina
lade or sliced citron, if preferred. 10
be put into buttered mold and boiled
for two Hours 70 BE served with wine
poured over it, or sauce.
DURABLE Stove BLEACHING. BY add
inc . tessboonfu1 Of pulyerized alum TO
half package OF good stove polish,
wet up with little water, much time
and labor will be saved, as stove pol
ished with this mixture will remain
bright long time. 1t should be APP
piled when the stove is nearly cold,
and With dry brush rubbed until it is
dry and shinitif.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
The Sands of Dee.

BY REV. CHARLES KINGSLEY.
80, Mary, go call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home.
Across tile sands of Dee"
The western wind was wild and dark with foam
Aud all alone went she.
The western tide crept up along the sand.
And DER and DER the sand,
And round and round the sand.
As far as eye could soc,
Ihe rolling mist came down and hid the land
And never home came she.
oh is 1t weed, or fish, or floating hair
A tress of golden hair
A drowned maiden's hair
Above the nets at sea
was ever salmon yet that shone 30 fair
Among the stakes at Dee?
They rowed her in across the rolling foam.
The cruel crawling foam.
The cruel hungry foam,
To her grave beside the sea
But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle
home,
Across the sands Of Dee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
Tic tirhhInr dr tn1h,al.


A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker writes that grating of pota-
toes has recently been recommended to
be introduced for the eventuality and
purpose of combining the good quail
lties OF two different sorts into one.
Select Of the POTATOES Which baye your
preference the very best and s0undest
specimens cut out In q careful way.
with a pen knife, the buds or eyes cut
Them, about, one inch deep and one-half
10 thTee-fotifths OF an inch IN diameter
in the form af Il pyramid, /. G., that the
hole III the potato runs IN to point on
the end or inside then take of the
other potato piece, if possible, with
from one to three buds or eyes; fit it
in as good and tight as you possibly
can, and tie up with (bass) string in
the quickest possible manner. To
fasten the inserted piece more eiiectu-
ally hair pin may be put in from each
side. Potatoes grated in this manner
should be as soon as this operation Is
perfected, placed in damp ground ard
well covered up. IL the cut grows out
that is, il the two different pieces
join-the operation is success.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29

THROUGH all the ages of study and
investigation which have marked the
path of scientific discovery, one espec-
tally alluring object has tempted the
inquiries and speculations of philoso-
pliers. 1t is what the wizards and
witches of olden time, the jugglers of
India, soothsayers of Arabia, Magi of
Egypt, necromancers of Turkey and
the Orient, and alchemists of civilized
Europe have sought, but sought in
vain-d UegetdbteROR-pOiSonOus EIiFir,
which, by cleansing the blood, remov-
ing from the system all impurities,
strengthening the nerves, the muscles,
and the brain, and vitalizing every fibre
of the system, should bid defiance to
the corroding hand of disease.
Dr. Walker, of California, discovered
an herb, the properties Of which, if
they do not entirely fulfill all the con-
ditions above mentioned, have at least
proved themselves efficacious in all of
them; this herb Doctor Walker has
made on ingredient in his famous VIM
EGAR BITTERs, which can be obtained
of any wholesale Druggist throughout
the country. Com
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29

Pound CAKE.-One pound of flour,
one pound of sugar, three-quarters of a
pound of butter, eight eggs, and apinch
of salt.
PLUM PUDDING. Two eggs, six
crackers, three pints of sweet milk, a
piece of butter the size of an egg, one
cup Of raisins, a little salt and nutmeg.
APPLE SAUCE. Two quarts of water,
pint of molasses, root of ginger, and
boil all together twenty minutes; put
in while boiling peck of pared, cored,
and quartered apples. Stew until ten
der.
LONDON SYLLABuB "A pint and a
half Of sherry, two ounces Of sugar,
grated nutmeg, two quarts of milk.
Sweeten a pint and half Of sherry with
the loaf sugar, in bowl, and add nut.
meg milk into il from the COW about
wo duarrs of milk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE or AN
OLD NURSE.

MRs. W.Ssfow's soorHiSo sYnUP rs TuE PRE
scRfPrfos OF one Of the best Female Physicians and
Nurses In the United states, aud has been used for
thirty years with nover-faillng safety and success
hy millions o. mothers aud children, from the fee
bio infant Of one week old 10 the adult II correets
al Gdty ~ the stomach, relieves wind cholie repu-
iaios tho bowels, and gives rest, health aud com
fort 20 mother and child. We believe a 90 he tho
Best and surest Remedy IN the world IN al cases
81 DYsENTRRY and DiARRHHA IN CHILDREN,
whether IL arises from Teething or from any utnct
caut-. Pull directions for using viii accompany
each bottle. None genuine unless the fac sImile
CURTIS a PERKINS is on ihe outside wrapper
SOLD NJ All MEDICINE DEALERS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.



Early chickellhood is the time when
poultry breeders should assist nature
IN developing the size and growth of
fowls. Ii It Tie fr 9ar Of Of the future re
bird Is nodded, its size increased or it's
growth retarded, just in proportion to
the degree OF. care and attention. then
BESTOWED. Whatever be the object
sought in raising chickens, size. with
very few exceptions, is one of thepoints
looked for, and this can only be obtain
ed to degree of perfection by the
proper treatment of chickens from the
time they are Matched until they arrive
ut maturity. Feed we'll, feed often,
and keep the chicken pen clean, are
golden rules which shodla be eifbIazon.
ed ON every chicken coop in the poultry
yard,
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I'VE:
And Our
NEIGHBORS"
is the latest and raciest work by
Harriet ReecheY Stowe.

Author of "URcle Toms Cabin" 1.-THE
Minister'S W00ing," MY Wife and t.
and other powerful stories, each the liter
airy sensation of its period; an d this story
promises a like genuine and wholesome
sensation. IL bears directly on social
topics of interest embracing the romance
of youthful companionships, the bright
ness of happy home-life, the spicy COM
plications of neighborhood associations,
and such follies and profound domestic
mlseries as have led to the widespread
temperance movement of the day.
Mrs. STOWE is now in the prime of thar
genius which wrote Uncle Tom" ripened
by years of study and observation. Her
novels are immensely popular, "URcle
Ioms Cabin (" alone out-selling by hum
dreds of thousands any edition Of any
original work ever published-sdUe the
Bible. Her book two years ago, "My
wife and L." outsold every contemporary.
Such pure and ennobling story as We
aud our NetghborS" should be read in
every home. This attractive Serial is
Just beginning eCcluSiUely in the
EIpeL,I,I EuaafJ,, Eo,ro,ax,,a,,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29

THERE are several kinds of worms
which trouble horses the pin-woIms (pointed
AZ both ends) are the most common aud most
dangerous. Sheriddn'S CdUdiiy Condition
POrderS will in few days eject the worms
and the horse will begin to thrive.
FACTORIES and machine shops should
not be allowed TO run day without Johnson
AnOdype LinimenL In case Of a sudden acct
dent, an immediate use Of it may save weeks
Of suffering, and perhaps a limb, or even life.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-05-29

SOME Of the Surgeons of Europe pro-
nounce the apparatus for deformities made by
the National Surgical Institute Indianapolis
Indiana, the best known. This celebrated In
stitutiOn cures thousands Of cases annually
such ~ Diseased Joints, all manner Of Human
Deformities, Paralysis, Piles, Fistula, Catarrh
and Chronic Diseases. II you need such treat
ment send for circular giving full partcula =
and information ~ their mode Of treatment
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