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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02

HE l'Ur on TIE FGEE.-Thcre is on.
mode Of W clrring food in general Use in
IN ny pait> OF Europe which we should 90
very we'll more generally to adopt; that i.
gentle -lmmcring.' In every or almost
every French household there i, the pot IN
itH. his permanent ''pot on the fire. af-
ter til" manner of The old fashioned ''drc>-
ter. occupies Il quiet corner of the stove
or Fireplace Ii can hardly be said to boil.
but it simmer, gently for hours There it
J. the receptacle OF many Il little bone.
Nh' her the trimmings of poultry or
bu. cher : meat. 1t matters not, every little
,.rIy fragment of who'll some meat finds it.
way there. a bit of liver is considered an
lnul"n>" Improvement; and any vcreta-
hI'~ that happen to be about add to its
pleasant flavor. whether the tops of celery.
Jerusalem artich"kes-whch, par excel
lchr", make II dcliciOus-Or otherwise. car
r"t-. turnip> lccl>., etc. Bat >uppo>nr il
were to lie made altogether Of fleS! mate
rI1I>-W which, indeed, in France it rarely
this would be the proper recipe: Pat
u Gallon OF water into 4 pot; put into this
'NiI"r three or four pounds of shin of beef.
"E any similar thing. Add to this IN onion
or TWO or some leehS. carrot or ether ycr-
riAh,"' three or four 1ca>pOonfulS of salt,
one of black pepper, three cloves. Give it
one boil mp: skim it carefully. Now cover
the pot closely, and let it cook gently for
four hottr- at least About every hour
throw a Wincgla>s of cold water into it. to|
max ii clear. Taste; it may require u liz
Il" more salt and pepper according to taste.
l'"it' ms soup over toasted crustS of bread.
Both soup and meat Will be found deli
'io'.-. i he whole secret of this lies in the
gentle simmcrin9 in Il covered vessel
whereby the flavor is wholly preserved.
md nothing is lost \ bullocks head 50
'OokcI i excellent.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02

JrNESIiIflEs.- Little Willie, l,,vi,o
hunted III all the corners f1r HI, sb,a -
last appears to have given them m ,r ~
climbing on a chair, beiahcs himself 70 -
big book on u side table. Mother s,vs >"
him " What i, the darling toinr with
the book =, 9 1t it'll the dictionary. n,,,n
loohth IN the dictionary for things. and rIlS r'
looking IN it to see if can find NV ~
shoes" MIA my
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS

CENTRAL VERMONT r. II. I,x,
WINTER AREAH4LNL<:
Commencing Monday, JtuHcry .l ~
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02
pUSTIC PICTrRr FRANrs

huollC LECTURE FRAMES.-\ cry pre1tE
pictHrc-trames may be made Of Norway
spruce. The wood obtained, it is to be
heated little. to dry it quickly, and then
with 4 dull knife scraped clean Of its
leaves, Gn the direction of its folia@e,)
taking care not to destroy the wood-buds
t"r other materials YOU will need glue, Il
vanishing brush, Il little copper wire
pcnhnlic, tack hammcr, and scissors or
piers Tor cutting the wire. Flat pieces of
s"h pine board arc also needed, on which
the whole can be laid and pressed into
shape. The desired size and Shape Of the
frame must be pcncilcd on the board. 30
that IT," work may be perfcctls true, and
even then the wood is arranged, guided bv
the drawing. till Ne general outline Is
complete, and glued with tiny drops care
1H.Iy applied OF pinned deity with tiny
tape pins. The outline being perfect. it is
enriched with small twigs and clusters of
Wood-budS glued. or better still pinned
here and there in places which need shap-
mo. When the glue is stiff disen@age the
frame from the board by inserting Il paper
cutter between them, and pushing the
heads of the pins we'll in, cut off all the
points projecting through with pair of
scissors. Next, laying the frame face down,
fa>tcn an extra spruce stick All around to
give stiffness to the back. and lastly. var
nl>h the whole with @um->hcllac varnish.
which gives Il soft and firm luStrc 20 the
wood preferable to the shiny effect Of other
varni>h.-St Nich07aS
Graham bread is an article of diet which
should be found on every table and | think
would be if cocks would take more pains
to make good Graham bread. Here is a
receipt, which, if followed, Will insure the
same:
One pint Of warm (not HOB water. and
add one teacul full of sponge, or halfa cup
full OF yea~ttwo tablespoonful Of mola>scs
Cor three Of sugar.. quarter tcn>poontul Of
soda, stir III the Graham flour till quite
thick, let Ii rise. but not too light, then
add tlcur until it is thick rs you can we'll
stir it, put into Il well creased >hptt-iron
(not tin) bread pan, and let rise. bat not
too much. This flour fcrm.nts sooner than
the bolted flour and one cause of poor
Graham bread is, that it i left too long !
or rises too many times DO not let il |
rise but twice before baking Sometimes | |
Stir it up and put it Immediately into the
baking pan, letting it rise only in the |
loaf DO not make it >tlil cnouyh To kncl,l. |
OF it Will be too dry.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

the country, except for a short
distance, was from twelve to twen-
ty-seven feet below sea-level, and.
instead of digging a channel to
admit the water from the sea, banks
had to be piled up to prevent the over
flow of the country through which it
passed. This region-that is, what of
it was not covered by water-had been
reclaimed by dykes, and one of the OBJ
jects to be attained through the North
Sea Canal was to drain entirely this
inland lake, thus retaining more land.
This has been done, and by pumping
out of the ancient lakes into the canal
already 12,450 acres of land have been
reclaimed, some of which has been sold
as high as 9120-or $60O-per acre.
Three miles from the west coast the
route of the canal lay through the sand
dures, desert-barrens covered with
shifting sands, like those along the Suez
Canal. The difficulty to be overcome
here, as in the Suez enterprise, was to
prevent the filling of the canal with
sand-drifts, and also to guard against
the washington of the banks by the
waves caused by the passing of vessels.
To accomplish this, as was done on the
Suez Canal, the margin Of the canal
was sown with various plants, the mat
| ted roots of which holds the soil togeth-
err. and, besides, the banks were walled
or lined with artificial stone, gravel,
broken brick, and clay.
AS completed, the canal is fourteen
and three-quarter miles long, has a
breadth of Lightweight feet at the bot
tom and PIT at the surface, and will
pass vessels of % feet draught. While
considerably shorter and q trifie shall
lower than the Suez, the North Sea Ca
nal has been far more difficult of con-
struction, and relatively bids fair to be
of greater Importance; for it will main
tain the commercial supremacy of Am
sterdam even after the Zuyder Zee
shall have been dyked in and wholly
drained, as is now proposed to do
CHICAGO Irabune.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
4 Conductor who was Living Within
His Salary.

There were several good stories told
at the conductors banquet last even
ing, but the n that created the most
laughter was that which was related by
Conductor McElroy, from Pennsylva-
MIA. He said that a conductor on an
Eastern road was approached by a
seedy-looking individual who wanted
to get a free ride, as he didn't have
any money.
Gan right" said the conductor, ssgo
forward into the smoking car, and I'll
fix you all right"
Soon afterwards the conductor ap-
peared in the smoking car to collect
fare from the, passengers. He took up
fare from every body except the dead
beat and another man, who happened
to be the Superintendent of the road.
The Superintendent noticed that he had
overlooked this man, and asked him
why he had. done it.
"Why, that's a conductor" was the
reply:
"His appearance does not indicate
it. Look at those clothes," said the
superintendent.
"Well," said the conductor, "he
can't help that. He's a conductor on a
Western road, and he is one of those
fellows who are ryingto live within their
salary; and that's what he has come
to-"
This was satisfactory to the Superin-
tendent, and the nan obtained his ride
without further inquiry. Mr.. McElroy
stated that there was nothing personal
in the story.-Omaha Bee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
The Latest Engineering Tri 1mph.

The greatest feat in engineering
since the construction of the Suez Ca
nal was brought to a successful termin-
alton a few days since in the compile
ton of the North Sea Canal. AS early
as 1919, when the fury of wind and riv-
er was filling with sand-banks the chan
ne connecting the Zuyder Zee with the
North Sea, the merchants of Amster-
damforesaw that, to a their city from
the desolation that has befallen the now
dead cities of the Zuyder, they must
open an outlet to the sea. Acut of but
Is miles due eastward would have con-
nected them with Underwater. 1t is true
there would have been difficulty in es-
tablishing a secure harbor at the sea-
entrance there, but, as compared
with the magnitude of the
whole undertaking, that difficulty
was inc~onsiderable. But, with that
astonishing stupidity that can be born
only of provincial selfishness, the canal,
which William l., when the plans were
submitted to him, declared should be
cut on the route of that just opened,
was run from Amsterdam to the Helder
the main entrance to the Zuyder Zee
fifty miles. For q time this North
Canal served its purpose-it took Am
sterdam to the sea. But it takes two
days for vessels by that route to reach
the city from the Helder; the harbor
there is much of the time exceedingly
difficult to make, and the canal itself is
too shallow for navigation by the ships
of this era.
1t was these considerations that led
to the projection of the present canal
in 1865, to again avert the peril there
was of Amsterdam's being cut off from
the sea. Since then the work has been
steadily pushed through, considering
the outlay, lat what in this country would
be considered a very slow gait, since
the entire cost of the canal has been
but $4,000, 900, or about $4,000 900 in
our money. The first difficulty encoun-
tered in the work was that the level of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
To Worry the Liver

And injure the system generally, take blue
pills and calomel. To regulate it, and en-
dow the entire system with healthful yigor,
use Hostette1's Stomach Bitters. Bilious
invalids, which of these two recipes Will you
adopt? We doubt not, the latter. BY SO
doing, you will avoid the disastrous conse.
quences which the persistent or frequent
use of mercury entails, and effectuate inc
desired reform in the action of the hillary
gland without danger, as well as speedily
and thoroughly. The Bitters invariably rem,
edy %yellowness of the complexion and whites
of the eyes, pains in the right side ana
under the right shoulder-blade, furrea
tongue, high colored urine, nausea, vertigo,
dyspepsia, constipation, heaviness OF inc
head, mental dependency, and every olhef
manifestation or accompaniment OF a dlsTs-
dered condition of the liver. The stomach.
bowels and kidneys also experience their
regulating and tonic influence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

C. Irving Dirty, Md. : J. III. Van Allen, II. 7.
Eugene Hale, Me. Nj. s. Quay, Penn
viii. Cumback, Ind. Ed. f. Noyes, Ohio.
Job E. Stevenson, Ohio. John Coburn, Indiana.
Lew. Wallace, Ind. j. NJ. futile, Iowa.
w. A. McGrew, Iowa. j. w. Chapman, Iowa.
w. &. Smith, Iowa. Abner Taylor, Ill.
S.R. Haven, III. j. M. Beardsley, Ill.
c. b. Farwe1l, Ill. Sidney Clark, Kan.
&c. Hilson, Kan.
To the Hon. John M. Palmer. Louis V. Bogy,
Lyman Trumbull, James o. Broadhead, W.
r. Morrison, and others, present at the request
of the Democratic Executive
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

The eig~hty-second annual Confer
enc of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South of Virginia commenced it's ses-
sion at Richmond on the 18th, Bishop
Kavanaugh, OF Kentucky, presiding.
A resolution was adopted providing for
the appointment of a committe t o con-
slider the subject of formal relations be-
tween the General Conferences of the
M. E. Church of the South, and recon-
mend such action as they deem proper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
THANKSGIVING TURKEY.
BY G.. p. LATHROI

By G.. p.
Valleys lay in sunny vapor,
And q radiance mild was shed
From each tree that like q taper
At q feast stood. Then we said,
80 Our feast, too, shall soon be spread,
OF good Thanksgiving turkey"
And already still November
Grapes her snowy table here.
Fetch a log, then; coax the ember;
Fill your hearts with old lime cheer;
Heaven be thanked for one more year,
And our Thanksgiving turkey
Welcome, brothers-all our party
Gathered in the homestead oldl
Shake the snow Off, and with hearty
Hand shakes drive away the cold;
Else your plate you'll haIdly hold
OF good Thanksgiving turkey.
When skies are sad and murky.
'Tis q cheer full thing to meet
Round this homely roast of turkey
Pilgrims, pausing just to greet,
Then, with earnest grace, to eat
A. new Thanksgiving turkey.
And the merry feast is freighted
With its meanings true and deep.
Those we've loved and those we've hated
All. to-day, the rite will keep,
ALI, to-day, their dishes heap
With plump Thanksgiving turkey.
But how many hearts must tingle
row with mournful memoriesl
In the festal wine shall mingle
Unseen tears, perhaps, from eyes
That look beyond the board where lies
Our plain Thanksgiving turkey.
See around us drawing nearer
Those faint yearning shapes Of air =,
Friends than whom earth holds none dearer!
No-alasi they are not there;
Have they, then, forgot to share
Our good Thanksgiving turkey?
some have gone away andtarried
Strangely long by some strange wave;
Some have turned TO foes; we carried
Some unto the pine grit grave;
They'll come no more so joyous brave
TO take Thanksgiving turkey.
Nay, repine not. Let our laughter
Leap like fire-light up again;
Soon we touch the wide Hereafter,
Snow field yet untrOd of men;
Shall we meet once more-and when?-
To eat Thanksgiving turkey?
And though not, 'twere sill ungrateful
Mid such warm companiOnhOod
To forecast the future hateful,
Finding there no balanced good.
IT'S but a type of finer food,
This Thanksgiving turkey;
OF higher gifts a quaint reminder.
Then let the bounty do its best
To make us gladder, stronger, kinder.
Bid no ghost to be our guest,
But eat as those now gone to rest
Once ate Thanksgiving turkey.
-RGrper'S for December
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30
DEMOCRATS 10 REPUBLICANS.

AtAGCE Oh NDEdkkcEh IbCA1DCEdLS ~ v
posing a Conf-rence-EepIy ofthe Lat
ter, Declining the Proposal. -
DEMOCRATS TO REPUBLICANS.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. IA, 1S76.-To the
Hon. Stanley Matthews, James Garfield,
Kasson, j. Irwin Ditty, John 81. Shoen-
berger, VIM. NJ. Eyarts,' e. w. Stoughton,
JOIN A. Dix, and others: The underslgn-
ed arrived here yesterday. They came IN
answer to a telegram from the Hon.
Abraham s.. Hewitt, Chairman OF the
National Democratic Committee, dated at
New York, November 10, 1876, as follows,
viz: Citizens of New Orleans urgently re-
quest that a delegation of prominent gentle
men come there at once to counsel peace
and a fair and honest return. You are
earnestly requested to be one OF ten or hf-
teen gentlemen, all widely known, to meet
at Louisville, at the Calf House,
Saturday evening, proceeding directly
South, or, il more convenient, meeting
at the St. Charles Hotel Monday morning.
Your prompt acceptance by telegraph is re-
quested. The emergency appeals to your
patriotism.' The undersigned are in
formed you have come here at the request
of the President Of the United States to see
that the Board of Canvassers make fair
count of the vote actually cast in the late
canvass. You gave your support to Messrs.
Hayes and Wheeler as candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice-President, and the under
signed gave their support to Tilden and
| Hendricks for those offices. They feel as
sured that all good citizens of all parties
regard an honest count and true return OF
the vote actually cast of greater moment
than the success of any candidate for office,
and are ready to do all that honorable men
should dc to secure such a return OF the
vote cast at the late election in the State OF
| Louisiana, which assumes more than ever
before a national Importance, and upon
which, in this crisis, may depend the eX-
istence of Constitutional Government. The
undersigned, therefore, in view OF
the unhappy controversies which
have heretofore arisen from
the action Of the Returning Board of the
State, when it's action could not in any
event change the result of a Presidential
election, and in view Of the desire of al
good men that effect should be given to the
will Of the majority as lawfully expressed,
respectfully ask you, or such of you as are
present, to meet and confer with them per-
sonally, or through committees, as may be
deemed most wise, in order that such in.
tiuence as we possess may be eXerted in be.
half of such a canvass of the votes actually
cast, as by its fairness and impartiality shall
command the respect and acquiescence o.
the American people of all parties.
Yours respectfully,
John Nj. Palmer, Ill. Lyman Trumbull, Ill.
VIM. Il. Morrison, Ill. $. j. Randall. Pa.
A. q. Curtin, Pa. VIM. Bigler, Pa.
J.. f. Mcdonald, Ind. j. X. Doolittle, Wis.
Geo. b. Smith, Wis. Geo. w. Julian, Ind.
NJ. d.. Manson, Ind. John Love, Ind.
HI. Watterson, ky. j. w. Stevenson, Ky.
III. d. McHeDry, Ky. o. OttendOrfer, N. Y.
j Il. Stallo, O. l.. V. BOgy, Mo.
j. o. Broadhead, Mo. e. Gibson, Mo.
John l.. Carroll, Md. W. f. Hamilton, Md.
W. Y. Sumner, Conn,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

~cerative Catarrh, with all their sympathetlce
diseases, promptly relieved and permanently
cured by S%ANFoRD's P iDIcAL CURE FOE a.
TARRH. 1t instanta| t1sly relieves anu-~[
most invariably Gu q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

Yours respectfully,
John Nj. Palmer Ill.
VIM. r. Morrison, Ill.
A. q. Curtin, Pa.
j. f. McD Ind.
Geo. b. Smith, Wis.
NJ. ID. Manson, Ind.
H. Watterson, Ky.
H. d. McHenry, KY.
j. Il. Stallo, o.
j. o. Broadhead, Mo.
John l.. Carroll, Md.
w. Y. Sumner, Conn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

1.-THE Northern Republicans in Louisiana
on the 18th made a replication to the Dem
ocratic rejoinder, in which they say that,
inasmuch as the invitation of the Returning
Board for a committee from each party to
be present and witness the canvass seems
to cover the whole question at issue, q con-
ference would be useless.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1876-11-30

Lyman Trumbull, Ill.
$. j. Randall. Pa.
VIM. Bigler, Pa.
j. Il. Doolittle, Wis.
Geo. w. Julian, Ind.
John Love, Ind.
j. w. Stevenson. Ky.
0. Ottendorfer, n. Y.
l.. V. BOgy, Mo.
e. Gibson Mo.
w. +. Hamilton. Md.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-23
SOUTH CAROLINA.
an Ominous Quiet

Charleston, Sept. 22.-The armed ne
groes in Aiken county have dispersed
at the coming of a large organized
force of whites. Apprehensions of Sc
rious fighting are quieted for the pres
emit, but several attacks by negroes
upon isolated plantation houses are re-
ported and great uneasiness prevails
throughout the country.
Augusta, Ca, Sept. 22.-There is
nothing new from Aiken. U. S. troops
are now on the ground. The armed
bodies of whites and blacks are reported
to have dispersed. There is no truth
in the report that a train from Savan-
nah was stopped by a body Of armed
negroes.
Yello,c Jack.
In consequence of a few sporadic
cases of yellow fever at Charleston, the
authorities of Augusta have established
quarantine regulations against passen-
gers from that city. The quarantine
went into effect to-day.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-23
WASHINGTON
The Safe Burglary Trial

LUG cuJe oUfyeuIy 1Ttu@
Washington, Sept. 22.-In the safe
burglary trial to-day, Nettleship, on
cross-examination. said he never had
any reason to believe that Babcock was
connected with the safe burglary.
Michael Hayes reiterated his former
testimony as to his connection with the
burglary, of having been sent here by
Whitley to assist in the affair. He said
that Notwithstanding the evidence Of
Whitley that he (Whitely) was not in
New York at the time, he (Hayes) was
satisfied that he called upon Whitley on
the 9Th of April, by more than a hun
dred incidents, several of which he
related. Columbus Alexander next
testified, but nothing new was elected.
Major Richards, superintendent OF
police, was sworn. He related in detail
the history of the burglary, and espe-
cially the arrest of the burglar Benton,
with the books, at the door of Alexan-
der's house. Adjourned.
The South Carolina Situation.
Attorney General Taft did not meet
Senator Patterson to-day, nor did Gov.
Chamberlain arrive, as was expected.
Taft seems considerably annoyed at the
condition of affairs in South Carolina,
and believes that, to prevent a conflict,
additional troops should be Immediately
ordered there. He visited the Wa De-
partment to-day to urge action, but
Adjutant General Townsend peremp-
torily refused to act without direct au-
thority from the President, Cameron or
Sherman. Taft will advise Chamber
lain and Patterson to apply directly to
the President in the matter. Town
sends action is denounced both by
Union men and army officers who I'M
derstand how matters are in South Car
olina-
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-23
ILLINOIS,.
Railroad Iransfp.

hdltrcdd TRANSFER.
Chicago Sept. Pat is stated au-
t~horitatively that MI. Overburg has sold
the old Rockford, Rock Island q st.
Louis r. r. to the three Iowa pool
lines of railroads for 81, 500, 600. The
purchasing roads are the Chicago q
Northwestern, Chicago, Rock Island y
Pacific and Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy. The road will be transferred
about October LIST.
Moody and Sankey.
The executive committee of the
Moody and Sankey meetings announce
the commencement of services on Sun
day morning, October LIST, at 8 O'Clock,
and their continuation daily thereafter
except Saturdays, at the same hour.
The preaching will be in the large new
building erected for the purpose on the
corner of Monroe and Franklin streets.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-09-23
T~ELEGRAPH7c TICKS.

AT Savannah the yellow fever inter-
ments numbered 81 on Friday.
The Oregon legislature has elected
Gov. Grover to the U. s. Senate.
John Young, convicted of the muir
der of Abel Mcdonald, was hanged at
Cayuga, Ont, Friday morning.
The Democratic convention Of Wash
ington Territory have nominated John
P. Judson for delegate to Congress.
At Chicago, Maluska, Craig & Co.'s
furniture establishment was burned
early Friday morning. Loss, 100000.
It is rumored that the Brooklyn, N.
Y, Argus, a Democratic paper, has
changed hands, and will come out for
Hayes and Wheeler on Monday.