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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
Take Care of the Tools.

THE tools employed upon the farm are
costly and should receive the same care
which is bestowed on other valuable
property. There is manifested by many
farmers kind of chronic neglect in
respect to the care of the implements of
husbandry. Complicated machines like
those used for moving, raking, thresh-
ing, ETC., with their iron wheels. levers
and cams, are allowed to rust and decay,
SO that in couple of seasons they are
worthless. This neglect is inexcusable,
objectionable. Some farmers become
torpid, frozen up, in the winter, and ap-
pear to have no active blood in their
veins. They will not take up rake or a
neglected hoe in winter and put it under
cover. We have seen ladders, forks,
harrows, shovels, ETC., peeping out from
under the snow in winter, in time of
thaw, and have asked why they were not
cared for. Sometimes the reply has
been, 1--WE will attend to it tomorrow, y
but that tomorrow never came. There
must be society organized for "pro-
tecting farming TOOLS" and the officers
must have full power to forcibly seize
and put away all neglected implements,
no matter upon whose premises they are
fOund.-JOurndl Of Chemistry.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
A Cold Winter Years Aqo.

THE winter Of 1741 was famous
throughout New England as much colder
than any which preceded it. Probably
no year since could furnish testimony
for cold either 70 intense or protracted
The snow, which covered the whole
country as carly as the 18th of Novem.
Der, was still found the next April cover
ing the fences. The Boston Post Boy fol
Jan. IL reports tent on the Charles
River for the entertainment of travellers
The Boston News Letter for March 6 tells
us that the people ride every day from
Stratford, Conn.,, to Long Island, which
is three leagues" Even as far east as
New London we are told that the "ice
extended into the sound as far as could
be seen from the town." and i" that Fish
ers Island was united to the mainland
by solid bed" On March % the Bos.
ton Neps Letter reports that the people
living on Thompson's Island had crossed
over to Dorchester to church on the ice
for the fifteen preceding Sundays.
As late as the 9th of July letter from
New London, Conn.,, reports on the east
side of the Connecticut River body OF
ice as large as two carts can draw, clear
and solid, and adds very artlessly that
:" it might lay there month longer were
it not that SO many resort out of curiosity
to drink punch made out of it," On the
18th of July snow was still lying in a
mass in the town of Ipswich, Mass,
nearly four feet thick.
But the most marvellous record of that
season is the statement made by Alonzo
Lewis, author of the "Annals of LYNN
Mass" that I" Francis Lewis, the signer OF
the Declaration of independence, drove
his horse from New York to Barnstable,
the whole length of Long Island Sound,
on the ice."-NeU Haven Palladium.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
A Wedding . Spark"

A NEW YORK correspondent of the
Boston Transcript writes: 1.-THE story OF
Miss Ward, who was on the eve of her
marriage, is most remarkable. It was
but half an hour before the ceremony.
and many of the guests had assembled.
She had beautiful and rich white satin
wedding-dress made, covered with cost.
ly lace. A servant was intrusted to hang
it in closet opening from her boydoir.
The closet door was closed, and the
bride commenced her toilet for the
wedding. Everything had been COM
pleted, and nothing remained to be done
save the putting ON Of the wedding
dress. The closet-door was opened.
when 10! the beautiful dress had turned
to dust and ashes! A careless spark ha
somehow fallen into the lace and con
sumed the costume. Other things in the
closet were found to be on fire and had
to be thrown out of window to save
the house. The poor bride-tobe was
heartbroken. What could be doncY
Finally some one remembered that sis.
Ter Of Miss Ward had been married two
years before and that she had not cut 10
her wedding drese. This was hnsriedly
brought from its hiding+plsse and the
poor bride VA married in her sisters
weddiny'drsss,"
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

pupils b extremely pernicious. Instead
Of maintaining distance Of fourteen
81 1fteen inches between the eyes and
the page in performing the operations
alluded 70, glance into almost any
school-room will show that the inter-
vening space is only about SIX
or eight inches. In consequence
Of this unphysiological habit the
eye surely, though imperccptibly, loses
its power Of adaptation to variation in
distance, and henceforth only near OBJ
jects will be distinctly seen. Il 10 mot
easy to modify what seems to be . con-
stitutlonal tendency in children. Vigi-
lance and perseverance ON the part Of
teachers. if not entirely successful in the
prevention of this evil, will be produc-
tive Of immense good. Efforts to coun-
teract the tendency to near-sightedness
may be considerably aided by perma-
nent vertical line placed conspicuously
on the black board, representing the
proper distance of the eye from the page.
He who has suffered the Inconvenience
of this defect in vision resulting from
improper use of his eyes in school days
will not need to be urged to save future
men and women from similar misfor-
tunes.-E. G. DelanO, in Science Of Heath.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

NEAR the town of Castres, in France,
dwells noble family called Gayraud
dAurilhon. The eldest son of the house
lately fell in love with q young lady of
Castres whose birth was far from the
caste of We're dc We're. Nine. de Cav
raud dAurilhon forbade the marriage.
and the Marquis, being but twenty-three
years old, could not legally contract it.
After vainly trying to shake his mothers
resolution he betook himself to Castres.
from whence he sent letter calling the
Warehouses thither upon business.
without suspicion she set out. Her son.
meanwhile, lay hiding near with his affl.
anced, who defied SANDER under the
guardianship of grocer's lady. As
soon as the ancestral carriage had disap-
peared, quite early in the morning. the
Marquis and four friends, with the ladies,
made their appearance in the village
chapel, where the cure was just beginning
mass. Safely entered, Mademoiselle
threw off her cloak and showed the
bridal dress. orange flowers, veil, and all.
The Marquis also displayed the tradi-
tional tail coat and white cravat. Very
considerably astonished the priest went
through his service, at the end of which
the pair knclt suddenly before him,
and M. Henri d'Aurilhon exclaimed.
very loudly: II declare Mdlle.
Blanche Bouscaut my wife," "And II
replied the lady, take NJ. Henri for INV
lawful husbandw The priest thereupon
turned and ran away. Following into
the vestry, the eccentric young people
summoned him TO give certificate.
which he had Of course refused. The
wedding party then proceeded to the
chateau, where H. d'AuIilhon assembled
his mothers servants and presented his
wife to them. A great feast was ordered.
to provide which they had to break open
al the drawers, cupboards and plate
chests, since the Warehouses had car
ried OF her keys. That lady, warned BY
IN old servant, hastily came back, tax
ing up on her way the village policemen.
At sight Of him the wedding guests dis
persed suddenly; bride and bridegroom
elso made themselves scarce. But hey
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

There is so great difference in doctors, in
their theory and practice and their success
that 1t seems the most natural thing in the
world Though we do not know that it evel
has been done except in one or two instances
for Life Companies to graduate their charge.
for Insurance according to the skill and intel
ligence of the party's family physician This
idea is being carried out with remarkable
success by the Homeopathic Mutual Life In
surance Company of New York. It's last
statement. published on Jan. l, 1875, show.
that during the last seven years it has insured
5,l73 persons who employed Homeopathic
practice, Of whom thirty -eight-three-fou rtht
OF per cent-have died in that period, while
out Of 1875 persons insured who did not EN-
ploy Homeopathic physicians fifty-or over
per cent-have died.
This would seem almost incredible were il
not backed up by other reliable statistics
which the company has collected from otbel
sources, and which it has also published and
largely distributed. But the HomHopathjt
Mutual" clinches its belief by it's practice
and boldly offers to insure its adherents Al
rates from 10 to II per cent. less than Tho
regular terms. 1t evidently means business
and, according to its statement, appears e
De among the soundest and most vigorous o.
the younger companies. Parties desiring
further information or to act as agents car
obtain all statistics by addressing the Com
pany, 23l Broadway, New York.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

persisted IN the validity Of their mar
mage. and few days after 4. Henri ex-
pressed his intention Of coming home.
Thereupon the mother appealed TO the
maeistYates Of Toulouse. After one de-
cision against her they decided that the
young Marquis d'Aurilhon had no right
TO bring bride against his mothers viii
into house where his sisters lived; and
they further pronounced indirectly that
Nile. Blanche Bouscaut was not married
~ all
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
Ante Railroad Days.

Two CENTURIES ago there did not exist
in all England single navigable canal,
not an inch of railway las we understand
the term), not public conveyance that
would bear comparison with the most
numbering farm-wagon that can now be
found on the prairies beyond the Missis
sippi, and not mile of road which the
traveller of to-day would rot consider as
impossible. By the public highways
both travellers and goods passed from
place to place, and those highways appear
10 have been far worse than the most
ruinous roads that can now be found out
side of the sheep-walks of Australia or
the jungles Of South Africa. Thorsby
has left us accounts of journeys made
with . guide along roads that led "over
most prodigious high hills" "steeper
than the roofs of many houses" or rides
" along the edges of precipices that
grew to that height and steepness, and
withal so exceeding narrow, that we had
not an inch of ground to set foot upon
to alight from our horses" and of tramps
over highways full of ice and snow,
rougher than plowed field, yet hard as
iron." Hagbush lane, the principal bri
dle-path from London to the North of
England, was worn so deep that the
riders head was beneath the level of the
ground on either side, and so narrow as
barely to afford passage for a single
horseman. Indeed, in many parts, being
once in it, to turn back became utterly
impossible, such was its extreme
narrowness! Nor does this seem to be
the exception rather than the rule,
Many other bits Of road were almost, if
not quite, as bad. Even on roads which
The Englishmen Of that day were accus-
toned to regard as the best the ruts were
deep, the dcscents precipitous, and the
mud often lay SO thick that all communi-
cation was cut off for months at . time
between towns separated by scarcely 4
score of miles. Over such roads as
these, ~ may well be supposed, the only
practicable method Of travelling was on
foot or on horse. The rich rode; the
poor walked. To add to the discom-
forts of the situation highway robbery
was An admitted and apparently IRENE
dial evil, Is mounted hiehwaymen were
to Be found on every main road. And
yet with I'll the obstinacy Of his nature,
John Bull1for long time opposed the
introduction Of ! stagc-coach. saving
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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18
HOUSEHOLD MlmTs.

FAR,nR's DoUeHNUTs.-Onec cup sugar
Two Of sweet milk, two spoonfuis sWocs
cream, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar,
one OF soda, little nutmeg, ana nour
to mix hard enough to roll out; but 90
not knead any; an egg may be added Il
YOU choose. Be sure to have the laro
hot enough when the cakes are put IN
ArPLE FRrrTERs.-Make batter, not
very stiff, with one quart of milk, three
eggs and flour to bring it to right con-
sistency. Pare and core dozen apples,
and chop them to about the size Of small
peas, and mix them well in the batter.
Fry them in lard, as you would dough
nuts. For trimmings use powdered
white sugar.
THE first step toward making home
orderly and healthful is to have regular
hours for meals, and to have every meal
ready at the right time, accidents ex-
cepted. When . woman has not suffi-
cient help, with children to attend to, 1t
is not always an easy matter to accom-
plish, and occasional failures are excuse
BILE; yet that should be the aim.
EGG BREAD.-Take one pint of fine,
white, Indian corn meal; mix into
smooth batter with warm water. Add
three WE'LL beaten eggs, spoonful OF
salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted lard.
Bake in shallow pan, and just before
placing in the oven pour gill of warm
<I.of of hn mi
It requires more heat to bake Indian
meal than -four.
PREsERvEs.-A nice preserve may be
made by taking equal quantities Of white
sugar and sound sweet apples; quarter
and core the apples and cook in sirup
made of the sugar. If the farmers wife
wishes to add to the bill of fare for the
| table, let her now begin while fresh meat
and apples, sausage and ham, ETC., are
plenty. Mince-meat may be prepared
| all ready for pies, and canned the same
as fruit, and is very convenient in the
summer, as it is but few moments work
to make pie.
| A LAUNDRY SECRET.-The following
recipe for doing up skirts will be found
of use by many housewives: Take two
ounces of fine white gum-arabic powder,
put it in pitcher and pour on it pint
or more of water, and then, having GOV
cred it, let it stand all night. In the
morning pour it carefully from the dregs
into clean bottle and cork it and keep
for use. A tablespoonful of gumwatel
stirred in pint of starch made in the
usual manner will give to lawns, either
white or printed, look of newness
when nothing else can restore them after
they have been washed.-Hsusehold.
AIR THE SPARE BEDs-Here is hint
for housekeepers and very important
one: Merely covering up a bed with
blankets and counterpanes will no more
protect it from dampness or keep it dry
than pane of glass will keep out light
The atmospheric moisture will penetrate
all woven fabrics. Hence the Importance
of keeping the beds in spare rooms regu
larly aired. Many dear friend or wei.
come visitor has been sent to an untime.
| ly grave or afflicted with disease by
being put into bed which had been per-
mitted t, stand unoccupied. Keep the
spare bed, when not in use, free from all
covering but light spread. Rural Neao
| Yorker,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

moist and warm, vigorous grown q
ersss i produced, and . hush o. 5eeo
supplies the COWS for time WIN -
they can appropriate, and crowded bega
and flowing pals attest their full supply
Bnt presently, In the long hot ana dfy
DAYS Of July and August, the ground Dc
comes parched and ths grass stops grow
ing and dries up. If the cows can oil
themselves during the day they are com
monty allowed to run without any ad6i
tional food. As grass fails In quantity
and quality and moro labor is required e
get it less is consumed and the milk d.
m;nishes. Adgoo0te.
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A FEW poor cows are quite apt, in one
way or another, to work in a dairy and
by their diminutive yield barely pay for
their keeping, and perhaps not even that,
but cause an actual loss. Adairyman of
my acquaintance, having forty cows,
found by measuring his milk that he
had five in his flock which did not give
milk enough in the whole season to pay
for their keeping by five dollars apiece
He had five others that paid their keep
ing and five dollars a head more. The
profit and loss on these cows just bal
anced each other; he kept the ten cows
a year for nothing, losing the whole of
his time anil labor in caring for them
and their milk, besides the depreciation
of stock and the interest of the cost,
which were not taken into the reckoning.
When was collecting cows for the first
dairy | set up an aged and observing
dairyman said to me: Look out for
good COWS; there is great deal of
money made in this country by dairying,
but it is all made from the good cows"
The difference between good COW and
poor one is not generally appreciated.
Ofseneg than otherwise the price at
which cows are bought and sold is made
to accord with the amount of milk they
will give. But this is not sound way
of estimating their value. Beef cat
tie may be estimated by the pounds of
beef they will make. A bullock that will
make 500 pounds of beef may be worth
half as much as one that will make 1000
pounds; but the cow that produces only
1OO pounds of butter year is not worth
half as much as one that will make 200
pounds in the same time As it will take
the former cow two years to make as
much butter as the latter will in one, she
will cost the owner a years keeping
more than the other COW will, to get the
same amount. The butter from the poor
COW costs double what it does from the
good one and is produced at q ruinous
rate to the farmer. Such COW will not
pay the cost of keeping, and is only fit
for the shambles. She ought certainly
never to occupy place in the dairy.
But the loss sustained by small yield is
not all Occasioned by . bad selection Of
cows. Many cows which otherwise
might be classed as profitable mixers
are made Improbable by the treatment
they receive at the hands Of the dairy
man. Careless milking, harsh treat
ment, worrying and exposure to severe
storms and to extremes of heat and cold
abate the flow Of milk and occasion
much needless loss. Twenty-Five per cent.
variation in the annual product is easily
made by kindness and severity. Comfort
and satisfied quietude are very efYlcient
in promoting liberal how Of milk. Full
feeding is equally important, and the
want Of It 10 perhaps the most prolific
cause Of abatement in the returns Of tho
dairy. In large percentage Of diaries
the yield Of milk 10 annually made to
dwindle down TO the limit Of profitable
production, and sometimes below, from
deficiency and irregularity in ths food
supply. Very few dairymsn give their
cows y much = they can oct, except Tor
: short time IN the season. In the peins
aad early summet, whs& ~ esouad &
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

have new very often, and that increased
tho consumption Of the manufactures
and the employment Of the manufacsur.
ers, which travelling in coaches doth no
way do.n Such were the cogent reasons
for which our worthy forefathers de-
maaded that the stags-cosch should be
aput down. How it ultimately ui.
Jumped over al opposition and became,
with its rosy, gilded coachman, face
tious guard, its upsets and breakdowns'
its .outsides" and !" insides," peculiar.
~ English institution, ID familiar to all
readers Of English novels for the three
gener-.i.us back.-1Re Proof Sheet.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

IT is not SO much what a man earns al
what he saves that makes him independ
ent. In many lines of business the mar
gin OF profit is SO small that only tho
most judicious management and strict
est economy can keep the concern afloat
Hence it is that SO many apparently
fourishing establishments 60 under Al
the very first symptom of financial shaki
npaa
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

He was yelling "Black yer butesr'
in front of the Postoffice yesterday, and
chewing away at monstrous quid OF
gum, when another boy came along and
screamed: Say, Bill, s'posen We let me
chaw that for awhile, I'll give Ter back
termorrer. "All right-give me re.
ceipt." "What fur" "What fur!
Why, s'posen We happened to die to.
night and l hadn't anything to show!
How'd l ever git this gum back ?"-De
trott Free Press.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

COMMODORE EoLLINGPIN's ALMANAC
FOR 1S75-The Commodore's annual for the cur.
rent year contains a large number of original
"yarns," both in prose and rhyme, spun out in
the inimitable manner Of that well-known mari
ner and humorist, and illustrated by some Of
Frank Boards funniest pictures. In addition to
this the Commodore has provided . great deal Of
useful information concerning the sun. moon and
other heavenly bodies, besides many other things
necessary to know in order to keep things run
ming straight down here below. tits one Of those
things, in fact, that mo family should be with
OUT Price only twenty-five cents. The St
Louis Book and News Company, General Agents
st. Louis Mo-
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

A RICH old widower Of Oswego, N.
T., told young girl there to drop hel
other beaux. She obeyed. He often
took her out riding, and assured her tina,
"when we get ready we can go off, sud
den like, and surprise the gossips." The
young lady did not demur. Then the
rich old widower popped of, very sudden
like, and married rich old widow about
his own age. The jury is asked for $15,
600 damages.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

Senior Mato, a Spanish Spiritualist
says that the disembodied hover for a
time between the earth and the moon
and whirl in space so much longer OF
shorter time according to their right
eousness or wickedness here below.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

EVANS, the author Of "Beulah," "St
Elmo" and other similar novels has given
up literary work and is living with her hus
band, an elderly gentleman BY the name
OF Wilson, twelve miles from Mobile.
Ala. She dev0tes her energies to farm
ing and house pursuits.
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Pianos ana Organs.

Fine new rosewood pianos for $500.
Fine walnut organs, six stops, 1925.
Good second hand pianos, $50 to $0O0.
Reeds Temple Of Music, Chicago.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

Ruth is one Of the rarest gems.
Many youth has been lost in society BY
allowing . falsehood to tarnish his char
acter and foolishly throwing it away. u
this gem still shines In your bosom,
sufler nothing TO displace or diminish IL
ulster.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-02-18

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tro Belts and Bands Valuable book free, by
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