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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
Learn to Sing Ballads.

If you have q voice, whether remarka-
BILE for strength or sweetness, or neither,
strive to cultivate IL. A woman who
can not sing is as q flower without per-
fume, a butterfly without wings. 1 do
not mean you must sing scales and trills
by the hour those notions have left me
long ago. Learn operate wonders, ifyOu
like, only be sure to learn them cor
rectly but they are easily forgotten, rest
assured.
Learn a hundred or more beautiful lit
tie ballads. Not the kind that take a
town by storm and die out in one season,
but real songs that never grow old, whose
tunes are melody and whose words are
poetry. You will find in happiness,
when your lover bends over you eager to
whisper a secret you are ready to hear,
that your Joy and your love, your mod.
csty and pride blend more sweetly when
you sing" Annie Laurie" or Within q
Mile of EdinborO' Town" than in execut
ing the most wonderful gymnastics with
your vocal organs.
In sorrow, some such song, with all thu
sweet memories Of the past clinging abou
its tender notes, will call forth tears II
ease an aching heart.
With these comes to every blessed wo
man a time when weary little head lie
on her bosom, little eyelids are dropping
twilight are drawing about her-to
early for lamp, too carly for any Blu
little folks to sleep; then it is that all tn
accomplishments of her girlhood are a
nothing compared to one simple song tina
lulls tired baby to sleep. There
something soothing to the child in tn
mothers voice at any time, and it il
stinctly loves the melody of song; Sc
girls, when you can, think of the mine {
wealth you can lay up for the childre
that will come by and by with the
smiles and their kisses to brighten til
way.-Home and School.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

Nil DEsPERANDUM.-A real healthy
man or woman, is rarity; and what
wonder? when we realize that it is the
custom to overload the stomach, and
then produce chronic disease by the use
of spirituous liquors, "Tonics," APP
petizers," Restoratives," etc. Having
first produced disease by indiscretion,
the victim wonders why nothing does
him good" Just so; and the reason is
that they all, or nearly all, find basis
in alcohOl-or POISON. To all thus dis
couraged, we can conscientiously say,
make one more trial" Discard spiritu-
Gus medicines, and give NATUREa chance,
aiding her in the struggle by using one OF
her own pure and unadulterated herb
remedies, in the shape of VINEGAR BIT
TIERS. The discoverer, DIR. J. WALKER,
of California, is no pretender, but an
honorable practicing physician, and his
discovery is the result of years of labor
and study. The wonderful cures effected
by them of Dyspepsia, Fevers, Rheuma-
tism, and many other terrible diseases,
are almost incredible. 70
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
Discovery is sold by druggists.

AsTHMA.---This disease causes great diff
Guilty Of breathing and tightness across the
chest, and sometimes attended with great
deal OF suffocation. The paroxysm generally
comes on at night, while lying down; some
times it is attended with great violence. Al
lens Lung Balsam will always give immedi.
ate relief and in many cases, If persevered
in, 1t will cure the disease altogether.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

The Piano Harp Cabinet Organ Is a
new invention, combining three and one
half ,octavcs Of pianoforte, or of an in
strument with tones between those OF the
piano and the harp with the organ. 1t
Il a beautiful instrument, costing but lit
tie more than the organ. The Mason d
Hamlin Organ Company are not able to
manufacture 1t rapidly enough to supply
the demand,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
ny HxNRY enx,x. +,

NV urspy aux,x
oh. babbling brook Of Lappineton,
How fast you run to the seal
How fast yoa run from me-
Through tangled brake and marshy bend
The way Is rough and wild,
For am but child.
-
Now STAY awhile your silyery steps
That hasten 10 the sea,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

GENERAL BUTLER has his notions
about car riding. l Sit" he says, ain
the forward end of the car for two
reasons: To avoid the bad breath and
foul air which one finds collected in the
rear of the car and next, because there
star less danger in case of telescoping.
prefer tho left side, because every car
opens to the left, thereby throwing the
draught of air to the right" Butler
does not talk nuch in the cars. He
buys his papers on entering, and in about
ten minutes he has read them" Then
he tips back his head and drops Oft to
Sleep the sleep of the innocent.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01
Household Helps.

To Cook A CHEEK OR JOwL.-Having
separated it from the head and cut of
the fore part, take the cheek only, clean
it thoroughly, let it lie in cold water
twenty.four hours to draw out the blood,
put into weak brine, and let it remain
one, two, or three weeks. Now parboil
it--score and season it for baking. Have
ready dish of beans (if you are fond of
the article), place the cheek thereon and
bake thoroughly, and if the operation
has been we'll performed, you will have a
"good dinner 1t may be eaten warm,
but is best when cold, even to freezing.
CHEAP VINEGAR.-Take a quantity
of common Irish potatoes, wash them UNI
til they are thoroughly clean, place them
in large vessel, and boil them until
done. Drain of carefully the water they
were cooked in, straining it, if necessary,
in order to remove every particle of the
potato. Then put this potato water in a
lug or keg, which set near the stove, or
in some place where it will be kept warm,
and add one pound of sugar to about two
and onc-half gallons Of water, some hop
yeast, or a little whisky. Let it stand
three or four weeks, and you will have
excellent vinegar, at cost of six or seven
cents per gallon.-Journllo Of Chemistry.
The KIND OF PORK TO BUY.-Pork
differs much in the quality according to
the mode of feeding, and it is always de-
sirable to know who fed the pig, if posi-
BILE, before you buy the meat. Butchers
are sometimes in the habit of keeping
pigs and feeding them on the nauseou'
and decaying offal of the shambles. 1t IL
never safe to buy your pork from 9
butcher that feeds pigs himself Tht
farmhouse or the miller's pigs are gener
ally fed wholesomely, and kept clean
and you may depend on pork or bacoi
bought directly from them. Pork shoHlt
not be fat, the meat should be close il
the grain, and fat and lean should be o
pinkish white. 1t is not very whole
some or economical meat for famil,
when eaten fresh, though when sailed j
is the prime dish of the poor laborer ant
the most useful meat to every rank Q
society.
The CARE OF OIL-CLoTHs.-An oil
cloth requires careful treatment, an
should never be scrubbed with brush
but after being swept with the lone
, handled hair brushes that are made fo
the purpose, it should be carefully washe
with large, soft cloth dipped into mil
and water-halfand-half; or, if the mil
, is not obtainable, tepid water withou
soap. The latter ruins oilcloth by tai
+ ing off the brightness of the paint, and
should never be applied to it. Hot waite
. is also very injurious to it; either I
: them soap or hot water-being sure
2 iniure the oil-cloth more than the wei
E of it. When washed over, wipe it G
y with a soft, dry cloth, and it will alwa.
: retain bright look. In purchasing 9
!, oil-cloth, it is very desirable to obta
9 one that has been made for several year
n as the longer it has lain unwashed Il
n better it will wear-the paint becOmil
# harder and more durable. An oil-clo
Il made within the year is hardly wOr
n buying, as the paint will be defaced in
70 short time.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

Mr.. GREY, whose farm is in Waldo
county, Maine, shows satisfactorily, in the
Maine Farmer, that he raised last season
about 9l1 bushels of wheat on one and
two-thirds acres, which is about sixty
bushels to the acre.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

PILLS which contain anthony, quinine,
and calomel, should be avoided, as severe
gripping pains would be their only result.
The safest, surest, and best pills are Par
sons Purgdtire or Anti-Biiious Pills.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

MORE than fifty years have elapsed since
Johnson's AnOdyne Linim,ent was first in
vented, during which time hundreds of
thousands have been benefited by its use.
Probably no article ever became so univer'
sally popular with all classes as Johnson's
An0dyne Liniment.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

realized about 5000 pounds of dry fod-
der, which, when used mixed with meal,
bran, etc., is very good for mich cows;
it will, moreover, Keep good for a long
time. The seed, after being husked. was
converted into coarse meal, which was
pressed for the oil-50 seers (about 100
pounds avoirdupois) of the meal yielding
three gallons of oil and 80 pounds of oil
cake. Col. Boddam says that the empty
seed-heads and stalks make fine fuel,
which subsequently yields ten per cent.
of ashes very rich in potash, excellent
manure for coffee and tobacco.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

BURNETT's COCAINE is the best and
cheapest hair dressing i'm the world.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

INVESTIGATIONS show that much in
Jury has been done TO peach trees.
Probably one-half of the buds in the
Michigan fruit belt are destroyed.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

If you want the best Elastic Truss for rup-
ture, write to Pomeroy q Co, 744 Bdway, NY.
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CONFIRMED JOINT DISEASE
CIJRED
w. GROVE STATION, IA, July IA, 1872.

w 4. ohONE cIAilONp iofSs
DIR. PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y:
Dear Sir-My wife first became lame nine
years ago. Swellings would appear and dis
appear on her hip, and she was gradually
becoming reduced, and her whole system
rotten with disease. In 1871 a swelling broke
on her hip, discharging large quantities, and
since that time there are several openings.
Have had five doctors, at an expense Of S125,
who say nothing will do any good but sur
gical operation. --
July 16, 1873, he writes thus My wife has
certainly received great benefit from the
use of your Discovery, for she was not able
to get off the bed, and was not expected to
live week when she commenced using it, a
year ago. She has been doing most of her
work for over six months. Has used twenty
bottles and still using it. Her recovery is
considered as almost miracle, and we at
tribute it all to the use of your valuable
medicine. can cheerfully recommend it as
blood purifier and strength restorer.
J. NJ. ROBINSON.
Discoyerv Is sold nv druppists
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

The blood being the source from which our
systems are built up, and from which we de-
rive our mental as well as physical capabili-
ties, how important that it should be kept
pure! If it contains vile fostering poisons,
all organic functions are weakened thereby.
Settling upon important organs, as the lungs,
liver, or kidneys, the effect is most disas-
treus. Hence It behooves every one to keep
their blood in perfectly healthy condition,
and more especially does this apply at this
particular season of the year than ut any
other. No matter what the exciting cause
may be, the real cause of large proportion
of all diseases is bad blood. Now DR.. Pierce
does not wish to place his Golden Medical
Discovery in the catalogue of quack patent
nostrums, by recommending it to cure every
disease, nor does he so recommend it; on the
contrary, there are hundreds of diseases
that he acknowledges it will not cure; but
what he does claim is this, that there is but
one form of blood disease that IL will not
cure, and that disease is cancer. He does not
recommend his Discovery for that disease, yet
he knows it to be the most searching blood
cleanser yet discovered, and that it will free
the bleod and system of all other known
blood posons, be they animal, vegetable, OF
mineral. The Golden Discovery is acar
ranted by him to cure the worst forms OF
Skin Diseases, as all forms of Blotches, PIN
pies, and Eruptons, also all Glandulal
Swellings, and the worst form of Scrofulous
aud liberated Sores of Neck, Legs, or Other
parts, and all Scrofulous Diseases of the
Bones, as White Swellings, Fever Sores, Hi
Joint and Spinal Diseases, all of which be
long to ScrOfulous diseases.
CONFIRMED HIP JOINT DISEASE
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C,hooi "sells like fun.n Sample AMI Chrome, 3,c.
- Terms free, Eureka Mfg. Co., westboro', Mass.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-04-01

DR.. Tutt's ExpectOrnnt Is q certain cure
Children take 10 readily.
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the treatment is applied.
The first thing to be inquired is,
whether clipping gives horse any pain
at the time of the process, and next
what service it affords. Now we do not
hesitate to say, that there is no more pain
given to horse by the operation of clip
ping than there is given to a man by
having his hair cut and not so much as
| there is to man in shaving when he has
the misfortune to fall into the hands Of a
bad barber. That point being settled
even with the subsequent introduction
of the singeing-lamp to carry off the
loose remaining hairs, we are obliged to
admit that clipping" sof positive ser
vice to all horses which are required to
perform sharp, fast work, as it enables
them to be cleaned and dried with ra
pidity which makes them warm in the
stable and enables them to take theiI
food with an immediate relish.
The USE OF THE SUNFLowER.-Somt
careful experiments have been made a.
Bangalore, says the Gardeners Chronicle
during the past two years, in testing tn,
value Of the sunfower Heiianthus annuus
as a cultivated plant. Col. Boddam
who has made these experiments, reporti
that the seed used has been imported
Giant Russian seeds, which are double
the size of ordinary country seed. 81,
pounds of these were sown in drills ont
yard apart, on August 20, 1878, and tn,
plants were harvested from December 20
1873, to January 1. 1874. They were
to 8 feet in height, each bearing one
large head the largest Of six taken from
a plot of average growth was 80 inche
in circumference, weighed 8 pounds, ant
contained !, 1916 seeds. The others ranged
from % to Is inches in circumference
averaging about pound in weight, ant
varying from 1000 to 400 seeds. Tn,
leaves were sundried and pounded, anc
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ADVERTISERS

information for those who married contem plate
marriage. Price, 80 cts. by mail. Address DR.. Butts
Disrensary. u North Eighth street. st. Louis. Mo.
mn 4 AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. The
tIiIi n choicest in the world-Importers' prices
m n largest Com pany In America-staple article
LII pleascs every body-trade in
ducements-don't waste time--send for Circular 70
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-06
A Long Race and a Pools Chase.

Hero is a true story for You \ man came
from Indiana 90 Kansas lie knew that
when Indiana was new the woods We're full
of deer, and men scarcely rode out without
their guns, So that when 'hey saw q deer
start up they could give chase.
As Kansas was a new country he expected
TO find plenty Of deer here also but for sew
eral days he saw no larger game than prairie
chickens One windy October morning.
however, he started ont ON horseback, and
had not gone far when he ,pied something
on the top Of a distant hill Was it wolf,
or a deer There Away IL went, leaping.
bounding over the hill Ii must be a deer
and away he went after it, up Hill and down
but at the top Of every hin he could see his
game at the top of the next hill beyond
Sometimes it was out Of sight in a hollow
and sometimes he caught sight of il stop
ping to rest in bunch Of tall grass but II
always bounded away again before he could
get near enough to see it distinctly.
At last, just as he reached the top Of d
large hill, he saw his game bound into the
edge Of the brush on the bank OF little
rayine, and to his surprise stood still, seem
ingly entangled in the bushes. Fixing hi.
eyes on it, he rode cautiously down the hill
but the nearer he drew the less it looked like
a deer. When he reached the spot he found
only a pile Of weeds lodged against Tn,
bushes. lie was yexed 10 think his eyes bad
fooled him but supposing that his gam,
had escaped, he carefully examined Tia,
banks Of the ravine to see If he could track
it but he found no tracks,
Something had deceived him, but he knew
not what, just then he saw, in the direc
ton from which he had come, what looked
like another deer, bounding directly toward
him. On it came, nearer and nearer, right
past him, frightening his horse, and lodged
in the bushes-not deer, but a weed like
hundreds of others that were lodged in tn,
bushes. lie saw how it was he had chased
a weed two or three miles--what western
people call a tumble-weed.
OF all western plants tumble-weed. arr
most curious. They seldom grow on III,
| open prairie, but spring up by thousand
/ the next year after the sod is broken. The
have small bcet-like roots and their tops
which are about the size and shape Of bushe
baskets, are intricate frameworks Of smal
stiff branches. The fall winds dry them
/ pull them up by the roots, and send then
/ rolling and bounding over the prairie, scat
tering their small black seeds, until the
reach some rayine or brush-patch.
They sometimes iill the lanes 10 the tops o
the fences and have often seen them lean
ing fences, one after another, like a flock .
shoep.-HearM and Home.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-06
Never Waste Bread.

one day about one hundred and thirty
years ago, young Scottish maiden was busy
about her household affairs when an aged
stranger came 10 the door and asked prnnis-
sion 10 enter and rest, requesting Al the
same time something 10 eat The Young
girl brought him a bowl Of bread and milk.
aud tried in various ways 10 make him com.
Portable. A piece Of bread happening 10
fall on the floor she pushed 1t out Of the way
into h-ap Of ashes. Never waste bread -
cnci The stranger with much emotion,
picking up the bread aud putting it into his
milk. have known the time when I
would have given gold for a handful Of corn
kneaded IN a soldiers bonnet" A quick
suspicion crossed the girls mind and sent
her ~ the room Of her invalid mother, who
hasteued 10 the kitchen on hearing tho de-
scriVti0n 0f the old man with delicate hands
and clean coarse linen. ~ a moment she
knew him to be- the good Scottish lord on
whose estate they we're tenants. lIe had
Just returned from the battle 0f Cnlloden,
where the young prince, Charles Edward
had been defeated by the ROYAL troops. H.
and many others we're obliged b hide f0l
their lives. After being driven from ore
hiding-place b. another, he At last found a
safe hiding-piace on a part 0f his estate
where were large cairns, called the cairns
of Pitsiig0." The lady who tells the story
saws that every one IN the neighborhood
ke1 " his rrsidence the very children
would go peep Al hir1 as BE- Eat reading, but
would never breathe his name. Nor she
aids, shall ! ever forget the lssson ths
poor fugitive taught me-nevsr b wasts
bread"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-06

PuBIIC ECoNoMY,-ln a certain town in
Rhode Island the parents Of two children, a
boy and girl, died, leaving them to the
cold charities of the world. meeting Of
the local authorities was held TO decide upon
some action that would relieve the town of
the expense Of supporting the children. The
matter was discussed freely, and at an adj
journed meeting held at private residence
the children were required to be present and
this was the way in which the case was
managed. The boy was told to 60 into an
adjoining room, where he would find a man
asleep, in a certain pocket of whose clothing
was iive-cent piece, which he was to bring
to the committee. The boy obeyed the or
der. The girl was sent TO another room
where woman was sleeping, from whose
pocket piece of money or scrip was to be
taken. She also obeyed the instructions
given her, and the children were afterwards
arrested upon a charge Of petty larceny
tried, found guilty, and sentenced to the
state reformatory school during their minor
/ ity.--COr. Providence Journal.
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AFTER CHRISTMAS.


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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-06
The Little Music. King.


Ia the year ol l'ul' any one looking INTO
ihe slitlugIo"m oI the chapeEmaSier oi
N"IHnuIgh mlgn. nave seen Itile hsuie
bent over a tanle nuhlE scratching away
Wllh pen ana NIX. ne chi'alsh hand hardiy
knew now io h"id ihe p'h' out hurried along
Wlth marks aud doiS ana strange LOOKING
characters Sng"e1 win luk' ana now ana
ihrn nIacN'nrl WIN a huge hlot as the pen
dashed from INK To paper WIN uemoiug
taSeih Ine door opened ana the chf n.i-
master entered with iri'ud Tout the little
curry nfad dld not Sur.
Nhat are You d"ng' my son
ann composing concerto Tor the harp
s'chord' papa have nearly hulsh-d the
hrst part
i.'t me see'
No. please nave n1t yet finished.
Inc lth'I t'9k the paper however aud
showed ll 10 nus IiIeud lhey hoih laughed
heartily at th' scfa"I, but on looking more
/ ailruil'e'N, the cnaptfnaster sald
see. ~ U.s. really composed py rule hut it
/ Is t4o "iIicuIl h' one can play lL
10 must Toe Wen studied before it rs
li3Ned' ,ald lhe boN. See, thlS Is the way
10 begins. And running 90 the h1uNchord,
me- succrr urd DO playing enough oi lt 90 show
what hls id'a was
IT, was indeed musical composition cor
/ rc.C.t} composed hut containing such great
dllhcuiiles 'h"t am able musician would have
| louud % impossible 20 execute II ON the harp
lchoid'
mo- cH'lri-na'trr was Leopold Mozart
ana llr Atile composer only five years old.
/ was N"ugaug Amadeus Mozart aiterWard
/ So celebrated 300 the musical world
iWo years before, he had stood listening
/ al the hIeslde Whllr his papa gave music
/ lesson 90 ms sister Anna.
nom teaches' NunneIL papa teach m'
too
But thou art baby Nolierl wait my
/ htte man.
/ but When the lesson was over and papa
/ gone, the ltue Fellow went to the harpsl-
[ chof9' anu standing on tptor' CROPPED among
/ the Keys WIN hls oa9y-hhgers slieiched
/ "lue part 'i,i ne I"uHd ana PlaYeu FER
l''t ,ho'G' I"P9 music ear caught 'he
CounV' a"4 nc '"'h'q p%'k lhlo 'h' room I"
ma that ms naoN h'G lhaeeG' an aIong
IouhH ms way mo Ihe ueauulul tune."ViIu
Ait'i 'hht' lnN'le-iess"ha were Ioi nun 100
ana ne "aS never iat away "htn NunH' J.
wa, W. we H'I 'IoI w. uuN I'loHsu Oh H''
l'ln'I Shy.' I'l'3 N'' every movement 9no
tone ana ol''n l'"ye" u'e ''''" "i'eI he'
lIoin ron memory
H' n,Ay l''' 'ile !aii'''! Iel'. ''u 10 SlN
men, ana 'ne 5"9 onilqreH were presented II a
Inf ,, Court anI PayeI oeloIe rI3nGls IT, 'N.
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