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The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
Oatmeal in the Household,

IN Great Britain children of all
ranks are raised on an oatmeal diet
alone, because it causes them to grow
strong and healthful, and no better
food can possibly be found for them.
1t is also quite as desirable for the STU
dent as for the laborer, and for the del
icate lady and for her Woodworking sis
ter; indeed, all classes would be
greatly benefited by its use, and dys-
pepsia, with all its manifold annoy
ances, can be kept at a distance. Dat.
meal is more substantial food, it is
said, than veal, pork or lamb, and
quite equal to beef and mutton, giving
as much or more mental vigor, while its
great deSideratum consists in ones not
becoming weary of it, for it is as well
come for breakfast or tea as is wheat
or Graham bread. 1t can be eaten
with sirup and butter as hasty-pud-
ding, or with cream and sugar, like
rice. 1t is especially good for young
mothers, upon whose nervous forces
too great a demand has been made,
and they lose the equilibrium of the
system and become depressed and dis
pirited. Oatmeal requires to be cooked
slowly, and the water should be boil
ing hot when it is stirred in.-Bald-
aDin's MOnthzu.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14

driving process considerable nutrlment
will be conveyed from the stalk to the
seed thus increasing their plumpness
and weight. When Thoroughly oiy
the seeds may be threshed or shelleo az
any convenient time. The seeus
should then be placed in the most ia
vorable condition to keep and preserve
their vitality. These conditions are
that they be kept free from the lnfiu-
ence of heat, frost and moisture;
though it is true that many
seeds will endure great extremes
of all of these, yet it is best not
to expose seed designed for planting to
any great extremes. Perhaps the best
way to preserve seed, where but a
small quantity is kept, is to tie up Sc
curely in paper sacks and hang up in a
cool, airy, dry place. Care should DC
taken to have them out OF the reach Oh
mice, as they are quite fond OF many
kinds of seeds, and will prove quite
destructive of them if allowed access
to them.
As to the length of time that seeds
may be kept without losing their vital
ity, there seems to be a variation with
almost every variety of seed and with
every different method of preserving.
While seeds can be so easily raised, it
will not pay to run any risk by plant
ing seed of doubtful vitality. BY fol
lowing the above hints every one may
have a supply Of their own of reliable
seeds to draw from, and such course
will scarcely fail to result in an i'm
provement in cultivated plants.
| FnJy1eT
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
A Singular Reunion

THERE is no use to give names.
This would only sour somebody's tenn
per and crafty the curiosity of those
who have no right to know anything
about the fine points in the case. Mrs
&. was the daughter of well-to-do
Southern gentleman before the war.
The daughter was, at the time to
which reference is made, something of
a belle in her circle, and was very gem
orally known. She reigned for some
time, and was at last married. She
and her husband moved to New Or
leans, where they set up to keep house
and to be happy. That they kept
house is known; that they were happy
is not known. They may have been
at first, but there grew up an estrange.
ment between them, and harsh and
bitter words followed. The husband
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
-'srings are there. .

Horse and see if IS rings are there"
The friend goes, and there discovers
that a chambermaid had found the
rings in hand wash-basin, had seen
at once that they were valuable, and
Immediately gave them to the land
lord for safekeeping. Three other par
ties had been in the room after the
Americans, and none of the latter had
any idea that the rings had been left
at his hotel, so that if they had not
been returned no surprise would have
been expressed. The honesty of the
chambermaid need not blind one to
the fact that she is one of the prettiest
girls in Surrey-a circumstance which
NAV have had some weight in leading
vour fellow-member of the New York
Club to reward her with 81 for her
trouble. When he gets back to New
York next month, he may easily be
persuaded to show the portrait OF the
damsel, which he keeps concealed ID
the breast-pocket of his coat.-Londo'1
Cor. ", Y. World.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
The Oyster.

TIE oyster is by no means a mod
ern luxury. People sitting down to
one of the marble-top tables in a Mad
iSon street oyStcr-house before steam
ing bowl of the connection popularity
known as "stew;' or, perhaps, before
plate containing on its surface the
rows Of damp shells with their pearly
interior thrown open and exposing the
obese and tender mollusk; or, better
yet, before the voluptuOus sea-product
incaSed in delicate and warm-tinted
coating Of crumbs-these people, We
repeat, do not often pause and reflect
that what they are now feaSting upon
at moderate cost is the same kind of
dainty which once adorned the ban
quet tables of the Roman Emperors.
Juvenal, in his Fourth Satire, declares
that the Roman commands were fire.
quently at the great expense of bring
ing oysters from the coast of Britain
to their feasts. So highly were oysters
esteemed by Il EN- that some enterpris-
ing caterers went into the scheme of
transplanting them from the Northern
seas to the Mediterranean. We have
50 high an authority as Pliny for the
statement that Sergius Ovata estab-
lished artificial oyster-beds at Baiae.
1t is equally certain that similar beds
were started in Lake Fusars, the
Acheron of Virgil.
In England the oyster has always
been the favorite of royalty and COM
nonalty. The beds of Rutipiceae were
considered the best in the world be-
fore the Norman Conquest. For many
years ROW the English have had to de-
pend on artificial beds for their supply,
and these exist all along the coast, at
Brickel-sea, Langro, Mersey, F.lngre-
go, Wivenho, Falesbury and Salt
Coast. Here it is customary to plant
them in pits about three feet deep in
the salt marshes, whence the sea is let
out through sluices, leaving the water
about a foot and a half deep. This
water, standing for long time in the
sun, assumes greenish tinge, which
is communicated to the oysters them
selves, rendering them peculiarly pal
atable to the Partisan epicures. Their
only enemy while in the water is
fish called the five-fnger, or spur
rowel, which gets into the shell when
the oyster gapes and sucks it out. 1t
is true, as Sir Anthony Carlisle re-
marked, that the shelly case of the
oyster is its sole security.-Chicogo
Tribune.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
Fruit Trees with Low Tops.

There can be no advantage in hay
ing tree top twenty feet high, with
the fruit at the eXtremities of long,
slender branches. AS a rule fruit
trees should be low-headed-so low
that when the trees begin to bear the
branches will reach the ground. Dwarf
trees in particular should be trained
with low heads. 1t gives us great
pleasure to see that this matter is al
ready understood in the West; the
late-planted orchards and the nurser-
les, too, afford evidence of this, so that
we find but one opinion on the subject
among the more intelligent cultivators.
For the pear and the cherry this is
still more essential than for the apple,
because these trees are more delicate
in general and injuries are much more
fatal to them. For both of these trees
we prefer the conical form, whether
on dwarf OF free stocks, not only be-
cause the trees in that form are beau
tiful, but because the trunks and large
branches can be more effectually pro-
tected. The trees of finer pears are
all easily injured by freezing and
thawing in the bark, which is smooth
and thin; but by keeping the trunk
well featheIed with branches to the
ground it will be seldom injured. 1t
should always be borne in mind that
the trunk of the tree is the main chan
mel of Gil culation. When it is injured
circulation will be impeded and irreg-
ular, and a general debility will quick
ly follow. Some people argue that this
training of trees as low standards and
pyramids is both expensive and unnat-
ural. The low standard requires no
more pruning after the tree is planted
than the high one, and it is Just as nat
ural, and more natural, for a tree to
branch at three feet from the ground
than at eight feet. The conical form
does require some pruning at first to
fix the habit that is to secure pre-
ponderance of vigor and size for the
lower branches. When this is done it
becomes natural, as most pear and
cherry trees, if left to themselves, in
abundant space, will assume the conf
cal form voluntarily.-N. Y. Herald
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became disguised, and finding that
there was not all that bliss in marriage
which he had expected to find, told
his wife good-by, and left her and his
home in the Crescent City.
The separation occurred fourteen
years ago, and he has never returned
to the present day. When he had been
gone eight or nine years, and she was
offered an opportunity to become mar
ried, she accepted it and again became
wife, having easily procured a di-
vorce from her absent husband. She
lived with the second husband three
years, when he died, and she has been
living in the South for the past two or
three years, a double widow. Not
many months ago she received
letter from her original hus-
band, telling her that he had
come to Colorado, and, saying
that if she wanted to live with him
she could have that exalted privilege
by packing up and coming to the Cen
tennial State. Only too glad to accept
the proposition, she lost no more time
than could be avoided, and starting
westward, reached Denver few days
since. The "long lost" it may be
well to say, does not live in Denver,
but some distance in the country. He
had at first instructed her to come di-
rect to his home, but for some reason
changed his mind in this regard, ard
when he train arrived in this city, a
colored messenger met the lady at the
depot, and said: Ode man says fur
you to stop at the - Hotel She
went to the hotel designated and regis
tered. During the afternoon her huS-
band joined her. For all that is known
to the contrary the meeting was cor
dial one. Afterward, when seen to-
gether, the parties looked as placid
and pleased as if no wave of trouble
had ever rolled between them. Both
of them had, of course, changed con-
siderably in appearance since the last
separation. 1t is possible, too, that
they learned lesson from their ex-
perience which may prove stronger
tie than minister ceremony or clerk S
certificate. They have recently left
the city, and it is supposed have gone
| to the husbands new home. May
they live long and prosper.-DenUe1
| Tribune
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
Saving Seeds.

A VERY important factor in all good
farming is to have good seed to start
with. And while the scotsman is a
very important and useful member of
society, to whom application should
frequently be made for something new,
or for change of seed, yet in the main
the farmer, often the gardener, should
raise his own seed. In order to the
highest success in this enterprise there
are several rules that should be OBJ
served. Some of these | will name.
First, the seed selected should be of
some pure, unmiXed variety, for, eX-
cept in some rare cases in which the
operation has been done intelligently,
and with definite object in view, a
mixture of varieties usually results in
their deterioration. Having deter
mined on the kind desired, the earliest
and best specimens of that kind should
he chosen for producing seed. 1t is
bad policy to use the earliest and best
for other purposes, and save seed from
the plants that have been culled over;
nor should the good, bad and indiffer-
ent be all mixed together and
this average product be used for
seed. This is sure to lead to
degeneracy. The most promising
plants having been set apart for seed
raising. they should have the very best
of cultivation. The idea is not to get
large, unnatural, succulent growth,
but strong, vigorous, healthy growth.
If the plant is of branching nature,
the seed from the lower and weaker
branches should be rejected, and that
from the more central, vigorous ones
alone be saved. 1t is important that
all seeds intended for planting should
be well. ripened up before being har-
vested. For other purposes it is some
times best to harvest before the stage
of thorough ripeness has been reached.
As, for instance, wheat will make
more and better flour if harvested
when in the dough state, or from
week to ten days before perfect ripe
ness but if intended for seed it should
stand till it has become. so to speak,
dead ripe. All seeds in this state of
complete ripeness have all their con-
stituents in the highest state of devel-
opment. Such seeds will preserve
their germinative power under greater
extremes of temperature and humidi-
ty, and they will retain their vitality
longer under the same condition, than
will those gathered when less mature.
When the time comes for harvest
ing, large portion of the stalk, straw,
branch, or whatever it grew upon,
should be gathered with the seed, and
it should be placed in dry, cool, airy
place till thoroughly dried out. The
most suitable conditions for this are
probably found in an open building or
shed through which the air can readily
pass. 1t should be left in this condi-
ton till thoroughly dry. During this
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
JEN AND JOE.

DEAR wife, it don't seem long ago
Since you were Jen and was Joe;
And as the happy thoughts go back
To where we started down life's track,
cannot find along the way
One cloud that darkened any Gay,
But that our love soon put to flight
The hideous monster from our sight.
And so thought, while sitting here.
or those old days to us so dear,
And how beneath the moons pale glow
Your lips first dared to whisper Joe;
All, wife, how happy l was then
As replied and called you Jen;
But that was fifty years ago,
And you were Jen and l was Joe.
Yes, wife, full fifty years have gone
Since life was full of dreams and song,
Without thought or any fears
But that we'd love through coming wears:
And though love dreams are oft untrue,
We guessed much better than some do;
You said we'd love all through our life,
And so we have, my precious wife.
But time so alters everything
That thoughts alone can old times bring;
And when I've nothing else to do
bring them up in sweet review;
And l suppose twill ever be
While life shall cling to you and me;
Wen not forget the long ago,
When you were Jen and was Joe.
-Newark (N. ~ Register
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An Honest Chambermaid.

AND talkingo chambermaids, | will
here mention the case of a very honest
one, whose merits deserve to be made
the subject of a moral and instructive
tract by the New York Tract Society.
lnthe town of Dorking, aplace as pretty
as picture, there is hotel known as
the "White Horse''-it was a very
good hotel 800 years ago, although |
don't think the same man keeps it
now. At this house the coach from
London daily stops, and the persons
who have had the sense to come by it
descend and eat the very liberal lunch
which Mr.. Cooke, the landlord, pro-
vides for them. The other day a party
of five Americans might have been
seen alighting from this coach, one of
them a man of ruddy face and rotund
appearance, not entirely unknown in
Broad street and at the New York
Club. The others were ladies, and out
of four American ladies | need not tell
you how many were pretty. The rural
mind of Surrey was thrown into a
state of wild excitement by the radiant
vision, and at one time it seemed prob
able that the Lord-Lieutenant of the
county would have to be sent for to
keep the peace. The police force of
Dorking - consisting of one man
went away to write valentine.
Meantime the party were soon lost
amid salmon, cold lamb and salads.
while the rubicund and portly gentle
man fingered below to buy a dog, as
he said, but, as 1 firmly believe, to
steal it. He also partook of lunch
con, insomuch that there was a
great scarcity of provisions the
next day throughout the town. The
gentleman who drove the coach (Mr.
w. NJ. Praed, M. P.,) went to his
house hard by and brought back big
bouquet of roses for each of the ladies,
after which they returned to London
through parks, wheat fields and pleas
ant woods. Several days afterward,
one of the ladies discovered that she
had lost five rings, among them dia-
mond ring worth about e35. Search
is made for them in vain. At last the
portly person telegraphs to friend at
Dorking, and says: $50 to the White
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A Brooklyn Romance.

Two YEARS ago a young Irishman
arrived in this city and obtained work
on the East River Bridge. The man
who gave the name of John Hand was
a mason, and worked on the tower.
Hand was rather good looking, had
very red cheeks, dark wavy hair,
which fell upon his shoulders, and a
pleasant cast of countenance invariably
lighted up with a smile. He always
dressed very neatly, and was a favor
lite with his fellow workmen.
AT the time that Hand worked there
the Bridge tower was visited daily by
large numbers of sight-seers, and
among the number We're many ladies.
The ladies, especially, were source of
annoyance to the wOrkmen as they
were never weary of asking questions.
Everything connected with the Bridge,
and nearly everything which had no
reference to it, had to be explained to
them before they became satisfied.
Hand was very obliging to the ladies,
and when his work permitted showed
them different interesting objects con-
nected with the work on hand.
About eighteen months ago the at
tentiOn of the workmen was called to
ayoung lady, who visited the tower at
least two or three times week.
Often on very chilly spring days the
girl, carefully wrapped up, would as
cend the wooden stairs until she stood
on the top of the tower. Who she was
no one knew. 1t was said by the
workmen that the lady was an artist.
At first the girl was usually accom-
panied, but after she had visited the
tower some nine or ten times. she came
alone. Always upon reaching the
top of the tower the young lady
sought Hand, and questioned him
about distant objects, church steeples,
ETC., visible from where they stood.
Hand watched the coming of the
young lady, and upon her arrival
threw down his tools and took place
at her side.
The girl was very beautiful, and
from her appearance, must be
very wealthy, as she was dressed in the
height of fashion and wore very ex-
pensive jewelry. Hand was over his
ears in love with the fair young visit
or, and so far neglected his work to at
tend to her, that he was threatened
with discharge. He at last made
of brother workman, and
told him that the girl, whom he called
Rose, was very rich and that he
thought she also loved him, as he did
her.
Rose lived on Cumberland street,
near Fort Greene, with her father,
who was and is now engaged in bust
ness as a commission broker in Broad
street, New York. Hand made yio-
lent love to the beautiful blonde, and
she, strange to say, although far above
him socially, returned the young mans
wild passion.
The upshot of the affair was that
Hand asked Rose to marry him. She
said she would become his wife pro-
1ided papa gave his consent. Hand |
znew that if he consulted the old man
lie would be rebuffed, and so informed
,he girl.
Hand did speak to the father; in
act he was forced into it. He very
,ften visited the house in the early
before the girls father re-
urned from New York. One night
he young mechanic was seated on the
ora, with his arm around the girls
Falst, when the parlor door opened
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
ScurNcK's PuIMONIC SYRUP, for the

ScHENCK's PULMoNIC SYRUP, for the
Cure of Consumption, Coughs and Colds. The
great virtue of this medicine is that it rpens the
matter and throws it out of the system, purihes
the blood, and thur effects a cure.
ScuEscK's SEA WEED Tonic, for the Cure OF
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, etc The Tonic produces
p healthy action of the stomach, creating an appe-
tite forming chyle, aud curing the most obstinate
cases of indigestion.
ScHENck's MANDRAKE PILLS, for the Cure OF
Liver Complaint, etc. These pills are Alternative
and produce healthy action on the liver without
the least danger as they free from calomel and
vet more efiicacious in restoring healthy action
Of the liver.
These remedies are certain cure for Consump-
tin as the Pulmonic Syrup ripens the matter and
purifes the blood. The Mandrake Pills act upon
the liver create healthy bile, and remove all dls-
eases of the liver, often cause OF Consumption.
The Sea Weed Tonic gives tone and strength tc
the stomach, makes good digestion. and enables
the organs to form good blood; and thus creates
healthy circulation of healthy blood. The com
bned action of these medicines, as thus ex,
planned, will cure every case of Consumption II
taken in time, and the use of the medicines Perse
Yered in. .
Dr. Schenck ia professionally at his principal
Office corner SIXTH and ARCH SITS, Philadelphia,
every Monday where all letters for ad nee must be
addressed.
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14
The MisdirectIon OF the Bile.

The misdirection of the bile,. conse-
uuence which ensues when the liver is IN
active and the bowels torpid, produces q
number of bodily evils. The blood becomes
contaminated with the bilious fluid, causing
the skin and the whites of the eyes to as,
sumo a yellowish tinge; dyspepsia and
nausea supcrvene, the tongue becomes furred
the breath fetid, there are pains in the
side and between the shoulder blades, the
urine is high colored and scalding, and in
aggravated cases jaundice and Inflammation
of the liver ensue. All these consequences
NAV be prevented or obviated by using Hos
tctters's Stomach Bitters, vegetable altera-
tive tonic which stimulates the inactive liver
to exert itself in secreting and directing the
bile, acts naturally upon the bowels ana re-
moves every trace of indigestion.
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An Ulster Farmers Experience.

A GENTLEMAN who lives up the rail
road, having been pestered by his rela-
lions from the city coming to visit him
every summer, told his wife last spring
that there must be a change in things.
Ii she had to work herself half to death
during the hot weather she might as
well get paid for it, so he meant to adj
vertlse for boarders. The good wife
acquiesced, and the result is they have
filled their house with boarders at sew
Ell dollars week, and the host of rel
atives have to go somewhere else to
spend the summer and pay for their
board. Why" said the gentleman,
"my wife don't have to work half so
hard. These boarders are not near so
particular about having costly food as
our relations, and they actually help
around the house just as though it was
fun for them. Catch any of our com
pany doing that. Not a bit of it.
They We're always in the way. wanting
continual waiting on, and never did a
thing to help my wife, not even in
washing dishes. We will make, this
summer, nearly $s4OO, and it will be
clear money, for our relations would
have eaten just as much as these board
ers, besides making more work, with
out ever contributing a cent.-Ki,aas-
ton (N. y Freeman.
The rights of women, also their
lefts, begin to shine. A young woman
was observed, Saturday, having her
"low-cut ties'' polished by public
bootblack, on prominent thorough
fare. Boston TRANSCRIPT,
The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-09-14

For picking or table use Prussing's White
Wine Vinegar is unrivaled. Try it.
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To BE CURED of Ague quickly, safely and
permanently, use Shallenbcrger's Pills.