Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-12-15

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Buttons for ladies' dresses are a triAe
larger than ten cent silver piece.
Salt pork cut into slices and soaked over
night in milk is an improvement upon even
fresh pork.
There are 325 students at Vassar this
year, considerable falling off; but it gives
the girls more room to trail their skirts.
A Mississippi woman left the COW that
she was milking, and went right into the
house, just because bear rubbed against her
President White of Cornell University ad-
mits that the lady pupils average ten per
cent better on the examination papers than
the young men.
Ii is cheerful to know that wood fires are
coming into fashion again. Most any woman
can brandish hickory log with more effect
than she can hurl chunk Of anthracite
coal.-BrOOklyn Argus.
Bayard Taylor (remarks the N. Y. Herald),
believes even in step-mothers.i n.law, but he
probably never had one sing out to him in
the blue murkness Of the night, "Stop
nahgln on that gate, or gut.
For young ladies the most fashionable hat
is called LaValiere. at has a wide brim
dropping in front, straight on the sides and
turned up behind" Felt hats are not bound
but the under side is faced with black velvet.
An excellent way of cooking eggs is to
pour boiling water over them and, having
covered the dish let them stand fifteen min.
utes. This cooks withou: hardening the
egg too much and it becomes very delicious.
There is something very sensible in the
important remark Of a young lady: "If our
Maker thought it wrong for Adam to remain
single when there was no woman on earth,
how criminally wrong are the old bachelors.
with the world full of pretty girls !"
Worth trying 1t is declared that sim.
pie remedy for neuralgia is horseradish.
Crate aud mix 1t the same as Tor table pur-
poses, apply to the temple when the head is
affected, aud on the wrist when the pain is
in the arm or shoulder.
A gentleman in Cincinnati, who has son
residing in New York, received, lately, the
following telegram: dear father Maria
gave birth to two twins, this morning. All
we'll. John" Reply "Dear son | con-
graduate you. Give US fair count
Father"
For walking shoes, have double sOled
CATERS in buttons, costing from Sl5 to 500
per pair in New York. There, now, if the
farmers Of Vermont can't get along a few
days in the matter Of dress our efforts will
be vain.
The mother CT Jean Ingelow died recently
at her residence in London, in her 18th year.
Her name, too, was Jean, and she was the
widow Of William lngelow formerly of Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire. The mother was the de-
voted idol Of the poets home, and possessed
in a great degree the intellectual ability
which descended to her daughter.
"Plain sleeves are cut to fare slightly
toward the wrist without a separate cuff.
One Of the prettiest fashions is that of leav.
ing open the outer seam of tight sleeve for
about two inches and putting in this opening
a little finely pleated frill OF silk. Sometimes
a strap is buttoned across this pleating."-
Bazaar.
An easy way Of adding a touch Of cardi.
nal red to dark dresses is that of putting a
knife leating Of cardinal red silk in.
side the neck and cuffs. The edge
is ravelled to form fringe half an
inch deep. This is net sewed in permanently,
aud is easily removed when the wearer tires
of it.-Bazaar.
1t may please ladies who are fortunate
enough to have husbands, or sons, or brothers
to plan aud work for, to know that all the rage
is for plain shirt bosoms of double linen. with
one row Of stitching near the edge embroid-
shirt fronts we are glad to know are less
fashionable than formerly, though quite al.
lowable on night shirts. While about it our
masculine sense never could see any good
reason why lady's nightdress should be SO
deliberately embroidered while those for men,
such as we have - seen. were as plain as
need be- If there is any reason for all this
what Is It'll