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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13
HONE INTERESTS.

CRACKED WHEAT PUDDING.-Takel
quart of unskimmed milk, add TO it /
oil of cracked wheat, uncooked, and l
oil of sugar and small piece of stick
cinnamon. Place it in an oven OF me-
dunn heat. When about half done stir
in the crust already formed, and leave 1t
to form another, which will be sufficient
" brown. Try when it is done by tast-
ing a grain of wheat, which must be
very soft. This, when cold, makes a
delicious cream pudding.
BAKED APPLE PUDDTNG.-Grease the
inside of the pudding dish, and cover it
thickly with apples, pared and quarter
ed make batter of 2 cups OF flour, l
cup of milk, eggs, and pinch of salt.
Sweeten it slightly, and pour it over the
apples, which win float TO the top. Bake
until the apples are soft, and serve i'm
mediately. 1t is an improvement toput
few bits of butter on top (Which will
melt at Once), and scatter sugar plenti-
fully over them. Ounces and pears can
be cooked in the same way.
A GENUINE NEW ENGLAND BAKED
INDIAN PUDDING.-Cow's mot milk
man's) milk, 3 pints; foreground corn
meal, 8 tablespoonfuls; New Orleans
molasses, 2 tablespoonfuls beef-suet,
4 ounces; powdered cinnamon, tea
spoonful; common salt, l even tea
spoonful. Heat the milk to the boiling
point, taking care not to burn, and then
GRADUALLY stir in the corn-meal, SO as
to avoid Jumps, and stir 10 minutes af-
ter in order to give an opportunity to1
the meal to swell and be held IN sus-
pension. Then add the suet, previous
/ iv cut into dice-but q quarter theil
size-add after the salt and cinnamon
/ Then stir till the mixture foams again
but does not slop over. Now choose
] two-quart tin basin, and bake in com
mon stove 3 hours, in strong, but no
fierce heat. II is well 20 interpose {
tin plate or piece of sheet-iron between
the stove bottom and the pudding disl
to avoid burning, and at the end of al
hour and half give the pudding goo'
stirring to insure the proper suspension
of the corn-meal in the critical opera
ton of baking. If the ingredients hav
4 been good, and of the kind described
the proportions vigorously adhered to
the manipulation skillfully done, an
the baking faithfuLand steady, the IT
suit will be a pudding of irst-rate e1
cellence, and of kind of merit out c
all proportion to what might have bee
logically inferred from the commonnes
of the articles. And here let me sa
that it is probably to the kind of me
lasses used and some unrecognized an
reconcile chemical quality which tbs
sweet stuff possesses, is owing th
culinary miracle which makes of milk
molasses, and cOrn-meal a custar
which, when the first time tasted, is
pleasing revelation. to the cultivate
palate. Nothing but true and pure Ne
Orleans molasses viii answer the pul
pose. White sugar, brown sugar,
crystal strip, sugar-hOuse drips, an
maple sugar, or any one of the differer
half-sweet and wholly villainOus con
pounds of starch and sulphuric aci'
each and all may be tried, and the II
suit will be a nasty but logical mess
milk, meal, and molasses, and nothin
more.-Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13
ga sOUARE MEAL"

We are sure our readers will thank us for
calling their attention to the very handsome
advertisement Of the Excelsior Manufactur-
ing Co, OF st. Louis, as it would be useless
for us to try to say any thing in favor OF thell
great Charter Oak Cooking stove. Inc very
9Iyord suggests the thought OF well cooked
meal followed by easy digestion, vigorou;
health. and desire to have and to do plenty
Of real lc0rt, to say nothing Of the comfort
of a happy, contented household.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13

A FITCHBURG (Mass.) woman APP
piled to the town overseers for help.
They sent her bag OF meal, but she
scolded at them, sayiEg: "Wbat Is
one bag of meal TO fat two large hogs
withs''
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13

the table, waving her tail to and fro
like a victorious banner; while her
master laughed till the tears ran down
his cheeksi -
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-04-13
EaM EngIariars al The West.

yNHE PORTLAND TRANSCRIPT. large
4 literary and news weekly, published at Portland
Maine has a wide circulation at the West among View
Eng and people who aud in il the news and gossip OF
their former homes. as well a. stories, sketehes
household hints letters from abroad, poems, and 9TH
matters usually found in trstCia's literary week
" Only - 4 year. In advance postage PAID; 81 LOT
six months. The chrome Among the Daisies. l(xlo
or PAIR OF smaller chrOmOs, Delight and Alarm,
sent by mail TO any who pay year in advance, ana
who send 10 cents extra To cover expense OF mailing
Try It, Send stamp for specimen copy. Address
ELWELL. PlCKAKD & CO. Portland, Maine.
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CIT D1saGREEs WITH ME- -

A common remark. II you take TUFTS Pills you
can eat any thing you Ike, and feel no bad effects
Tuey act specifically the liver stomach aud bowels
causing free flow Of gastric juice "hen Is esSenta
20 good digestion.
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Coo ADAY. HOW TO MAKE IT. SoElsthiIg
~ WIZ COE. YONGE q Co. 81. LoHis. 70.
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700 A MONTH. kss1ts wanted. Excl
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a eusekeepers rejoice AGENTS make money with
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The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
LOCAL NOTES.
]. II. HAGERTY, Cha airman.

GIVE us a call for job work.
EGGS are very plentiful at present.
THE potato crop will be very light.
THE umbrella mender has paid us a
visit.
THE weather was cool here Sunday
night.
GREEN corn is in the market at fif-
teen cents dozen.
SEVERAL tramps have passed
through this place lately.
NEXT Tuesday the Democrats hold
their County Convention.
THE side walks on Main street need
some repairs.
Now would be a good time to attend
the Centennial.
THE planning mill whistle is now
heard every day.
POTATOES are selling for eighty
cents bushel.
WE print lctter-heads and bill-heads
neatly and cheaply.
OLD-fve-fect-high Observation-Disclosures
never-manured, chief of the stink-feet,
now edits the Democrat.
TEAMS WANTED For Bark hauling
at Brookston Tannery.
G.. BROOKS d. Co.
WIN. WEBB has been appointed
postmaster at Wecdville in place OF
A. j. Avery.
ALL persons indebted to d. w
Baldwin for photographs, etc, are re-
spectfully requested to come forward
and pay up without further delay.
a LITTLE four-year-old son of c.
w. Barrett fell from a fence the Other
day and broke his leg. Drs. Bordwel
and NJ. J. Farley set the leg. The
boy is doing as well as could be ex.
Dectcd.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
Wilcox. Aug.

Wilcox, Aug. 2lst.
Mr.. Editor.-What is the matter
with that little "cuss" of the Demo-
crdt that he makes such an unpro-
vokcd attack upon your humble cor
respondent He makes great ado
about the sentence which he quotes in
his last weeks issue, viz: "a. Il. Al
drich has some specimens of millct
raised on his farm, one mile north of
this place, on land that was never ma
nured, five feet high.n Now, do not
pretend to be grammarian, but |
can bring authority that the SEN
tence is correct, and that he has
shown himself an ignoramus in the
matter, but suppose it had been in
correct what business was it of his.
l find no fault with his grammatical
criticisms, but why should he attack
me simply because / have given You
a few local items that | thought might
be of interest to some of your readers.
/ am of the same opinion of one of
his friends Ga Democratic friend too)
who made the expression the other
night, after reading the great literary
effort on a." "wcll, Miller makes a
ID fool of himself some times. We
quote a specimen of Miller's pure and
unadulterated English:
who is u ?" Ifhe would only cast aside
the cloak of modesty and show himself in his
true colors, an appreciatiYe public would pre-
sent him with a leather medal. We venture
the opinion that he is an illiterate loud
mouthed blatherskite, who thinks that a
thieVing Republican is preferable to an hon
est Democrat"
If he is very anxious to know who
~" is I give you full permission to
inform him, if he calls On you, and if
he wishes a personal interview and
will drop me line / will call upon
him the first time l come to Ridgway,
and if an dpprcciatire public should
see fit to present me with Il leather
medal will try to receive it with due
appreciation. Furthermore, he VEN
lures the opinion that am an glitter
ate, ,loud-mouthed, ,blatherskite." Now,
is that the opinion a a9entlemdn would
venture to make public of one he does
not know, and who has not said word
to or about him in any way? In my
humble opinion he has made very
small - we'll, mules father of him,
self; he says further that l think {
thieving Republican is preferable, dc,
now how does he know that? is hC
gifted with reading the thoughts o
persons at a distance? l certainly die
not mention politicsin my little com
munication to the ADVOCATE, that h
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24

finds so much fault with, but, to ease
his mind and set his little heart at
rest on the subject 1 will say that |
think an honest Republican is prefer
able to any wirc-pulling rcbel-sympa
thizing sham-reform Democrat. cX-
pect he will give me and my mutilatcd
English, fits, but | will give him
due notice that / shall not notice
him again, at least not through
the newspapers, being so illiterate l
do not consider myself capable Of cop
ing with col cge-brcd classical scholar
like the editor of the Democrat.
Jim Wells and Charley Horton are
both pappas-both boys.
Martin Sewers bought, last week
about three thousand quarts of black
berrys, an average of five hundred
quarts a day, for thcpurpose eofmaking
wine He made six barrels of wine
last week. j.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24

The Warren Mail says: Last Mon
day, August 9TH, Judge ScOiield went
to the Recorders office on business.
Returning he had to pass in front of
the new Court House walls. The ma
sons have Il runaway Of plank ON
which they wheel brick and mortar
from the ground to the top of the base
ment wall. TO let people pass over in
stead of crawling under this track,
they have Il temporary plank walk.
Judge Scofield walked up from the
office side and was coming down the
plank this side when by stepping ON Il
piece of brick or mortar or in some
way which he can hardly understand.
his right ankle gave out letting him
fall to the ground. He was assisted
home and Drs. Bartholomew and
Hazetine We're called. They found
his ankle badly wrenched and two
small bones broken. 1t was accord
ingly splintered up in regular broker
legged style and the Judge is fiat ol
his back, where you don't find hin
very often, with a painful hurt, re
curing some time 20 cure. Conse
quently he won't stump itn for an.
candidate Just at present.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
WILCOX NOTES.
WILCOX, PA, Aug. . /, 1876.

WILCOX, PA, Aug. 21, 1876.
White frost Sunday night
No. u Andy, is still struggling
about.
Heavy showers Friday and Satur-
day.
Miss Gildea, is visiting friends at
Pittsburgh.
Bob" is busy collecting the Poor
Tax for Jones township.
"Pop' is attending to the soles of
the Ridgway people.
Oats are reported as a short crop, in
nearly every case.
Jno. Nagle has taken Aliens Bill
lard saloon and is doing good bust
ness.
The mill will close for good this week;
they did not close last week as reported
by y.
Potatoes arc a short crop small and
few in the hill attributable to the re-
cent drought.
Everything is progressing finely at
five mile well No. ). They commenced
drilling this week.
"King" was working at the saw
mill last week with Plummer Attlc-
barger as guardian.
j. w. Johnson occupies the old
bakery, and attends to the understand
ings of the citizens much as usual.
The corn slug has put in an APP
pearance this season and stands next
in the list Of unconquc ablcs.
1t is expected that school will COM
mence about the middle of September;
no teachers have been engaged yet.
Superintendent Dixon held a teach
ere' examination at The school house
on Saturday last; the attendance was
good,
Jno l.. Murphy is operating in oil
at Bradford. Cot. Wilcox spends mo.I
OF his Tine in attending 10 his rapidly Y
inc easing interest. there.
Two new cases OF scu.let fever re-
ported at TanneIy town In : morning
in the families of Amos Myers and
Levi CorJrigur.
The 'Wilcox Cornet Jeff. Brown
Brass Band" is evidently busted the
last effort to get the boys together was 6
tai u"e
WOodchucks are very plentiful this
season, they have been detected anC
inspected at the fish pond, but it il
not observed that they disturbed an!
of the trout.
Blackberries are still selling here for
threecents per quart for rough picking
There are parties, however, who pa.
five and six cents for choice picked
berries.
George Manett has returned from
Scahonda with bagand baggage havipi
cosed business there for tue season
The jouuegs have al let, about l2,10
cords OF bark were pee.e ed.
-" was examining pistols at the 7
& L. Co.'S store last Thursday after
noon-the same evening he broke tw
croquetmallets in playing a game witt
Occasional"
/ caught glimpse of our old frien'
Isaac b. Brown last week, he ha
some sort of uniform on. / under
stand that he has been "sojering
and sweating at the Centennial
Jno. Wernwag, well known in tn
community, has been in town the pas
two Weeks. John. has taken to- hin
self wife and seems to be enjoyin
life more than he did in his bachelC
days.
Our skillful, and very successfu
physician, A. NJ. Straight, is doir
all he can to head the ravages of IL
scarlet fever-only one death SO fa
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
Arrival and Departure of Mails.

Eastern-Daily except Sundays; ar
rives at 2:22 p. M, leaves at 5:16 p. M;
Western-Daily except Sundays;
leaves at 2:22, arrives at 5:16p. m.
Brookville-Daily except Sundays
arrives at II M, leaves at 2:30 p. IN.
Spring Creek-Arrives Tuesdays and
Thursdays at / a. M; leaves Wednes-
days and FRIDAYS at q. m.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24

about town with his wife's nightgown
on, is the same chap that went to
prayer-mccting one evening, recently,
with his hair standing out like porcu
pine quills.
Julius the "crazy Dancn is alternat-
ing between the real and unreal, or
rather, sometimes he knows what he
is about and sometimes he doesn't he
made great mistake in calling him
self Jesus Christ, nobody believed it.
The cabbage worms are as numerous
as ever before and have done consid-
erable damage. They are called the
greatest pest of the season, and are al
most unconquerable. The potato
bugs are vanishing under repeated ap-
plication of paris green, but the cab
bage worms remain masters of the
situation.
Our staunch Republican friend
Doct. Hartley of your place finds time
to play game or two with us when
ever he visits Wilcox, which is about
twice week. the Doctor always come
on business, but enjoys the sport too
much to let a few moments slip away
which can be profitab1y employed in
this popular game.
81" says that Doctor Straight has
ripe tomatoes, which is all right, but
we know of some of "J's." ncighbors,
who had ripe tomatoes from their
garden before the Doctor did. If a.
is going to be vcndcr of news he
must not neglect any of these little
things.
"Bert' who once occupied such a
prominent position in the "King'-
"Occasional," or big book, controversy
is still living in town-he is 2oldinc,
than formerly, dosen't sprawl over big
book nor fly any more kites, but
he still fondles the violin and mcdi-
tates over Blackstone.
Walks are in fashion. a cheerful
mornings walk is up to the top Of one
of the high hills overlooking the town
the scenery is grand and the irinvig.
Grating but better walk is to the lisl
pond and to the new road beyond es
pecial.y on dry evening, l know OF
several persons who enjoy this last wall;
immensely.
There is quite feeling here III re
gard to Genes quotation and remark:
on "J's" article. The general verdict il
that he has made fool of himself ant
deserves to be kicked out of his posi-
ton, he certainly cannot understand
the English language very well or til,
rules of syntaX, or he would not hav,
committed the stupid blundcr that 1t
did, but, then, he may be either an as
or an ignoramus.
Croquet is one Of the big things will
us. \. b. Preston, Jno. l.. Murphy
Judson Schultz, 4. Il. Aldrich, a. !
Wilcox, w. r.. Garritt and j. C. Ma
lone, have each well laid and we'll up
pointed grounds. The Aldrich, Wico,
and Malone grounds are occupie,
nearlythe entire day long by the youn!
and old Of both sexes. Torch-ligh
parties are in fashion on the Schult
and Murphy grounds.
J. L. Brown hns been visiting tn
Centennial with his family; was eX
pected home on Saturday last but di
not come. JEFF. is not as cheerful Il
formcriy;doscnt batterup the cashier
desk with AK handles any more; ha
given up writing music for the band
and don t toot all day long and half til
night as he used 10 do. jeff. is aimin
for something higher, expects to spcn
the coming winter in Harrisburg, an
beyond that, there may be somethin
more, who knows? Why would'I
jeff. make a good president? ROSS
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
T.. X. GRESH.

Dealer in all kinds of cabinet ware,
woodland cane seat chairs, Kitchen ana
cXtent.on tables, wood and marble top
stands, wood and ma'hic top bureaus,
what nots, looking 2.a-scs, wood and
marble top chEnpC. SUITS, nlatJ:c-Scs. :.
spring bed boz ncd stCads, C.ibs,
La.erty's metal l-ned wood pumps,
&c., &c. Game seats replaced wan
perforated wood seats, Weed sewing
machine reduced rom Sti5 to Sl5, lnc
best machine in The market, and pic
ture frames made to order. Also Il
large assorted stock of ready made
collins constantly on hand and tTin-
Rooms in masonic uuidmg, RidgWay
Pa. v5n49tpdapH27
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
Lodge Meetings.

Elk Lodge, No 379, A. Y. NJ, meets
the second and fourth Tuesdays of
each month in Masonic Hall.
Elk Chapter, No. 230, r.. a. NJ,
meets the third Tuesday of each month
in Masonic Hall.
Knapp Commandery, No. 40, X. 7.
meets the fourth Thursday of each
month in Masonic Hall.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
County Officers.

President Judge-Eon l.. d. Wetmore
Associate Judges-Hons. j. X. Whit
more, Chas. Luhr.
Sherih-Daniel Scull.
Treasurer-Jacob McCauley.
District Attorney. X. P. Hall.
Co. Superintendent-Geo. r. Dixon,
ProthonOtary. Ac-Fred. Schmning.
Deputy Prothonotary-W. 5. Horton.
Commlssioners-Michael Wedert, w.
H. OsteThouL George Reuscher.
Commissioners Clerk-W. :. Horton.
Auditors-W. H Hyde, r, L. Spang-
Ter, George Rothrock.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
Facts for Voters.

Thursday, September 7th, is the last
day for being assessed.
Saturday, October 7th is the last day
for securing naturalization papers.
Saturday, October eth, is the last
day on which taxes can he paid in
legal time to vote.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
a G OD w O r X A..
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
No. AZ South Third Street.
Philadelphia, Aug. lost, 1876

- A Startling Cause of Debility and Sick
ness fully explained in a large octave Ire a
tise by Dr.. o. PHELPS BROWN, 81
Grand Street, Jersey City, n. j EVERY
MAN AND WOMAN who is ailing in any
way should send and get copy at once. as
it is sent free, prepaid by mail. Address
the author as above. v6nl240t
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-08-24
ATTENTION REPUBLICANS.

The Republicans of Elk County, Pa. are re-
quested to meet at their respective election
Districts at the place of holding the last gem
eral election on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1876
Mt o'clock p. NJ for the purpose of choosing
delegates to attend the County Convention,
for the purpose of nominating county officers,
and all business that may be deemed necccs-
sary. to be held at the Hayes & Wheeler Club
Room, over the Post Office, at Ridgway Pa.
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER l9th 1876.
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. -.-.