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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

SARATOGA FREDERICKSBURG years ago
everybody ate of the fried potatoes prepared
in some of the hotels at Saratoga, but more
csneeiallv at the Lake House" at Saratoga
lake, where they were prepared in perfection
On one occasion, being there with friend a
lady and gentleman made their appearance on
tbn niazza where little tables are placed, at
which MANY persons were sucking their cob
blers and eating those pretty, curled-up pota-
toes The party was evidently English and
STYLISH society people. The lady stopped at
our table, and partially STOPPING down to see
what in the world we could be eating, when
we quietly blurted out, "Potaoes!" She
laughed and passed on, but In Il few minutes
they were trying the article themselves, much
to their apparent satisfaction. Now, however,
we have potatoes cooked just as artistically
and toothsomely as at Saratoga lake The
way it is done is no longer secret, and is as
follows: The tools are common cabbage
cutter, two wire sieves and a spider" Take,
say eight large potatoes, pare them and s!lce
very thin with the cutter stir into it one tea
spoonful of salt to Il quart, and let them re-
main half an hour in that. Pour them INTO
the sieve to dram, and when well-drained wipe
the slices dry; put IA pound of lard INTO the
spider, and when it becomes smoking hot put
in the potatoes. They must be constantly
stirred to prevent the pieces from adner!ng 10
one another, and until they are sufficiently
Drowned to make your mouth water, Wheh
they should be served at once
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

\ northern slope in most localities is prefer
able, as it retards the tine of poisoning suf-
ticicntly to escape the late spring frosts. 1t
also prevents late fall growths so as to ensure
perfected buds and wellripened wood. Sec
ond, orchards thus situated are often almost
entirely exempt from the ravages of codling
moth and other insects They all seek a warm
or southern slope, and the cooling moth in such
Il situation has usually come forth and laid its
eggs before the trees on the colder northerly
slope have blossomed. The ground, if clayey
is best and most cheaply prepared by plough
ing early in the fall up and down the hill In
lines the width that it is intended to place the
rows of trees, taking care that the middle OF
dead" burrows shall be on the line of the in
tended rows. This ploughing should be re
peated later in the fall if possible if not, the
dead furrow should be plouged out deeply OF
subsoiled. In the spring the land should be
ploughed at least twice, reversing the contour
of the land by striking the ridges both times
where dead burrows were made the previous
fall. We now have at least eighteen inches o.
thoroughly pulverized, drained and aerated
earth in which to plant the trees; being very
much unlike the usual kettle-shaped hole
which in clay land holds water like a jug
Well-decOmposed manure should be applied
broadcast and worked into the soil, unless il
is already pretty fertile. The best and the only
one Of the ordinary crops that should be raised
in young orchards-and usually in old one too
if under the plough--is Indian corn; the
worst is Oats-ErchaHge
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22
HINTS IN Carving,

70 carve fowls, which should always be laid
with the breast uppermost place the fork in
the breast, and take off the wings and legs
without turnins the fowl; then cut out the
merry-thought cut slices from the breast; cut
out the coIlar-bone; cut off the side pieces /;
and family cut the carcass in two. Divide the
joints in the leg Of a turkey. In carving Il
sirlon, cut Thin slices from the side next to
you Git lIu.t be put on a dish, the tenderloin
underneath), then turn up Help the guests to
both kinds. In carving Il leg Of mutton or
ham, begin by cutting across the middle to
the bone. Cut tongue across and not length
wise and help from The middle. Carve fore
quarter Of lamb by separating the shoulder
from the ribs, and then divide the ribs. To
carve loin Of veal, begin at the smaller end
and separate the ribs. Help each one to a
piece Of kidney and its fat. Carve pork and
mutton in the same way. TO carve Il tillet of
veal, begin at the top and help to the stuillng
with each slice, In breast of veal, separate
the breast and brisbet, and then cut up, asking
which part is preferred. In carving pig, it
is customary to divide it and take off the head
before it comes to the table, as to many per.
sons the head is revolving. Cut off the limbs
and divide the ribs.-Uouseheeper
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

The Somerset (Mc) Reporter is responsible
for the following story:
The fox which Mr.. Fairgrieycs now has oc-
cupies yard back OF the store, TO which Mr..
Fairgreves' dog has free access. The dog and
fox are great friends. They frolic together,
no end of jokes on each other, and live in the
most perfect harmony save at meal time
The discussion that a choice bit will call
forth is sometimes most interesting. Mr..
Fairgricyes gave the fox bone the other day.
The dog had been taught by experience that it
was no use for him TO try TO capture it; so he
retired into the store to watch the proceedings,
hoping something to turn up in his favor. The
fox ate what he wanted Of the bone, and pre-
ferred to lay it away for future use The fox
dug Il deep hole, placed the juicy bone in the
bottom, and covering it over with earth, pat
tedn it down He went intOhS kennel, brought
out an old dry bone that he had kept away
from the dog for several days "out Of pure
cussedness," placed it in the hole over the
sweet one, covered it up with apparent care
and retired to his kennel to watch operations
The dog saw The fox safely housed, and, as he
had done before, steathily approached the
treasure, reSurrccted the dry bone and trotted
of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

is Of raising them from seed that We wish
to .1cak now. The seed should be sown i'm
IN .a,rly-the middle Of August is preferable
$3.50 q rich, wcll-drained border; water and
Sii ger them Onc-quartCr inch Of friablc soil.
II ,le soil is not rich, it must be made so, and
il .ldy, wcllrOttcd COW manure should be
add to make the soil pretty firm As soon
a. 4r plants have made three or four leaves,
transplant 10 ten or twelve inches apart, leav-
ing enough in the original bed, to stand this
distance from each other. As soon as the win
ter sets in cover with an inch Of leaf mold, and
over all good mulch Of coarse litter. In the
spring remove the cover Of mulch, and the
plants will spring through the leaf mold, and
bloom throughout the season. In September
cut them down to within one and half OF
two inches of the ground, and treat them "a
in the previous fall, saving cuttings of choice
varieties for propagating, if you like. BY
buying choice seed you may get many fin,
varieties \ watering of dilute liquid manure
water, occasionally during summer, will in
crease the bloom wonderfully.
If YOU cannot SOW this summer then pre-
pare a rough frame early in the spring, say
the middle March. TO be covered with glass
This is called a cold frame, since no manure
is used for bottom heat In the bed 50 pre-
pared, SOW the seeds pretty thin, in drills fCul
inches apart, and transplant as before directed
| Thus YOU may get bloom about the first Of
June or the first Of July, and thenccforwart
through the season. In winter protect as di
rected above, and YOU will have mass o.
blossoms That will give the greatest satisiac
| ton
The same plan may be pursued with scent
/ ed yioct>. We have received no more salts
faction all summer than from a bed of panse.
and yiolcts so treated, unless ii may have beer
from bed Of monthly roses that we hcelcd il
| last fall in Il cold frame, protected from hare
( frost and transplantcd to the border this spring
/ II We only come to appreciate how little trou
| bic it is to have flowers of the easier grow
sorts, we will then come also TO appreciat,
/ their beauty more and more. No Homestead
should be- without these most lovely of God
vegetable gifts 90 man.-Pr0irie Fdrmer.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Potato Experiment.

About the first of April planted one-hall
an acre with Early Rose potatoes. The soil
was dark, sandy loan, well enriched. The
potatoes were cut and planted in drills six
inches deep; little dirt was then brushed on
to them; then in the drills of onetourth of an
acre unleached ashes were busted, at the rate
of twenty bushels to the acre, while the Other
fourth acre was treated to superphosphate al
the rate of eigut hundred pounds per acre
The drills were then filled with dirt and rolled
down. Through the season and up to July, we
all imagined the fourth acre treated to the
phosphate showed the best growth of tops
On the 10th of July IA row twenty rods long
was dug on each of the two plats, the potatoes
carefully sorted and measured. There was not
a pound difference in the weight Of the pro
duet of the two rows, and there were as many
small ones in one lot as the Others. II. in
IN CUltiCat0r
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

The FrgH Rarod says: I'VE cannot grow
peaches with success except we prunc the trees
every year; leave but a single tree unpruncd
and its leaves are a light, sckly green, it bears
one or two peaches; and that is the last of the
tree. Where trees are pruned every year, cut
ting back more than half the growth of the
season, each Tree bears from fifteen TO twenty
ycar- and some even more"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

Simply as Il fertilizer it is more profitable to
plough green crop under than to feed it off,
because clover rye, and other vegetables de.
compose when ploughed into the SOIL and
yield just the same elements of manure as they
would do if digested by animals. An animal
imparts no peculiar or essential property tc
manure by the digestion of its food, and while
the animal is feeding certain waste or eX
penditure occurs in supporting heat or life
itself that does not reappear in the eXcremcnts
-.lMericnN CuLtitatgr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

The following is from the Boston G'oJe:
There is a curious case at RockpOrt OF the
singular attachment sometimes instituted be
tween man and the lower animals. \ Mr..
Hale has been for long time accustomed TO
throw bits Of food for some GELS in little brook
that runs along the back Of his lot. Latterly
he observed that they seemed to be waiting for
his visit, and with little training they We're
induced to eat food directly from his hand.
Then they learned to play and fondle about
his fingers held in the wafer, and enjoyed his
CaresseS More recently the largest one Of the
four, huge old fellow over two feet long and
very large around, q 'ows Mr. Hale to take him
entirely out of ter, slide him about freely
from hand to ..i apparently enjoying the
novel gymnas... When Mr. Hale goes to
the brook he ca ticm with peculiar wills
tie and they s3ul come rushing brisllly from
down stream. t'' along ago he brought them
his usual lunc u, Sh and mackeral, when on
Is the large o. came. The eel waited Il few
moments, theE ned down stream and soon
came back, BIZ. :1g his tardy family to sup
per"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

4 simple but rather curious chemical cxper-
iment may be performed by taking red rose,
full blown. holding il over a chatting dish OF
live Goals. not 80 near - to wilt il by the heat
and then tossing little -four Of sulpher upon
the fire.-Thc famc, viii al once turn the rose
entirely white. y dipping it into a solution
of water and vinegar. it will resume il color.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

President Cal s., Of 'Ic Massachusetts State
Agricultural College, who had just returned
from Japan, gave his impression of that cOun-
try 10 the people Of Amherst on Sunday even
ing. Among other things he said The Jap
ancse are people able and willing to do
right. | never saw quarrel in Japan, and
never saw nor heard of a japanese student in
America or Japan accused Of immortality !
selected from Il thousand young men the stu
dents for the college there, and never knew
one of them that would Willingly offend his
teachers. The japanese will walk up like men
and become Christians. have great faith in
people that have such aspirations. They have
great capacity for usefulness in the conversion
of the world, and are the men of all others to
lie missionaries in China. Until last year
Shintoism has been the State religion since GOO
years before Christ. 1t is "A sort of natural re.
Iigion, and they worship the sun God. and this
religion, heathenism, or whatever it is has
made Japan what it is. Since GOO years before
Christ when the first Mikado rtigncd, they
have all been from the same family OF all
heather religions ShintoiSm is the least obirc
tionable, and if | ever become Il heather
shall be ShintOist.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-09-22

At meeting of the manufacturers of the
country at Detroit, Mich the President de-
nounced the ineffective and expensive advcr.
Using that has been much INDUCED by manu-
flcturers, the tawdry Autographs, the adver-
tisements in fair pamphlets, directories and by
other sensational bogus machinery, and re
commended instead the more exclusive Use OF
the best newspapers In his remarks before
the association. he said: If we would make
The best possible use of orr money, we should
patronze ably conducted and responsible
newspapers. The newspaper is immeasura
bly, the best medium open 10 trade. and the
most liberal and expert ADVERTISERS testify as
to its value, and in TIE employme.t Of such a
medium we find means Of escape from
vaSteful undignified and ineffective methods
20 which so many resort in their caccrncss 20
secure attention and patronage"
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28
on land and sea how God had answered

on land and sea how God had answered
my prayer.
They told me afterward how the plank
he was launching to help himself to the
shore drifted away from his hand. and
was out of sight directly; how they would
have saved him if they could, and how.
when they began to shout to him direc.
tons, he made sign for silence: and
and stood straight upon the sill, with the
sunset creeping all about him, and the
waters washing at his feet. They won.
dered why he had made no effort to reach
the shore with me-they used to wonder,
for long after, why he had stood so silent,
with his eager eyes and restless feet so
strangely still. I knew. of course; but
what right had anyone else to come be.
tween Robbery and me? It wouldn't
have done anyone else any good to know
what kncw-that Robbery wouldn't let
me lose the faintest chance; thought my
blind, helpless life quite as we'll worth
saving as his own. would have done the
same for him, sir, any day-for, Robbery
and me, We were always fond of eacn
other.
The story's been longer than l thought,
sir; but just the evening, and the floods
again, and your wanting to know about
the cross, brought it back to me like the
same evening, somehow--and it's compa.
ny, like, to talk of the lad.
And Robbery? he just died, sir; and
the folks thought such deal of him that
they collected bit to set me up, and l
took half of the money, just to put up
this little cross by the river-sidc-fur we
always divided the coppers. sir; and !
haven't forgotten him-not in these two
years!
That's all, sir-just all about Robbery.
-Hasper's Bazar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-06-28
Coal Mines in Asia Minor.

HERR FERDINAND Won HOCHsTETrER.
the President of the Vienna Geographic
cal Society, gives, in some recently. pub
lished notes, an account of the Turkish
coal fields in Asia Minor. The only mines
which are at present worked are those Of
Eregli, lying on the southern coast Of the
Black Sea, some 100 miles to the eastward
of Constantinople. Coal was first discov-
cred at Eregli in 1884 but no attempt was
made to mine it until 1871, when party
of Austrian Croats set about the work.
The seams are said to be very widespread,
stretching as far as Amasera, sixty miles
further eastward, and extending five or
six miles inland. They are also of great
thickness, and the coal is of excellent
quality, equal to the best obtained 10
Newcastle or in Wales. The manner OF
working the mines is, however, extreme
Nv wastcful. Ali the fields are the prop
erty Of the Crown, but permission to seek
for coal on them. and 10 work 1t when
found. can be easily obtained. The Gov
eminent then paws the miner certain
ann for every hundredweight brought to
the surface. but he is not allowed TO sell
70 anyone else. The result of this ar
rnneement is that the miner never troubles
himself to excavate to any great depth.
AZ soon as his shaft becomes flooded,
either Nv drainage water or rain, he aban-
dons it and begirs to dig elsewhere. The
whole district is thus rapidly becoming
honeycomhed. No tralnways or roads
are constructed, the coal being carried
down tn the beach in baskets on mems
shoulders. The total yearly product
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To the Benevolent Public.
MT. CARMEL, Ill, June II, 1877

MT CARMEL, ILL, June IL, 1871.
The claims of Il 10 city upon the prsc-
teal sympathies of all generous people
throughout our land would not he denied
by any who might witness its present
damaged condition. The devastation and
suffering caused by the tornado of a week
since is past comprehension by any who
did not see it, or have since then visited
the scene of woe, which is so terrible a
sorrow to SO many. A hundred families
homeless and penoiless. over hundred
wounded and about score of dead, with
a pecuniary loss of not less than four
hundred thousand dollars, is too heavy a
load for population OF only twenty-five
hundred 10 carry alone. The experience
of Chicago and other places of this and
other lands, in their days of adversely,
show us that they did not cali in vain for
help. do not believe, when the facts
and necessities of this people are known,
that any will be left to want. If in ali
other cities and towns aid committees,
under the direction of board of trade or
city or town officials, will do little, this
place may again be made to arise out of
deep distress to bless the kindness of our
people all over the land.
Any aid sent 10 r. s. Gordon, Mayor.
or 7. J. Shannon, of the banking house
of Shannon s. Beall, of this city, Chair
man of the Relief Committee, will be
wisely and faithfully appropriated to the
use Of those who are needy and worthy.
GEO. P. EDGAR, Correspondent, of New York.
MAYORS OFFICE, Mt. CARMEL, ILL.,,
June II, 1877.
cheerfully indorse the above appeal OF
Mai. Edgar, of New York CITY. former
a few days past. His 81 statement tate is not ss
Overlrawn. 1t is simply the truth. 1
hope all who read il will send us such
aid as they will deem it privilege to do
in behalf of suffering humanity.
II. 8. GORDON, Mayor.
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What's I'm the Rag Bag!

THE finds'' in the rag.bag and the
rubbish heap are sometimes not little
curious. A mistress allows Betty, the
maid, to keep rag bag, and occasionally
Betty yields to the temptation of putting
into that bag articles which are certainly
not rags. But apart from any suspicion
of dishonesty, valuables find themselves
in very odd places, through inadvertcncy
or forgctfulness. We need not say much,
about such small creatures as insects, spi-
ders or lizards, that are found by the pa
per-makers in bundles OF cspartO; they
are unwelcome intrusiOns rather than
finds. A patent lock was once found
among the contents of family rag bag;
and as it was worth five shillings, the
buyer was we'll content. An old Latin
prayer.bOOk, bought rs waste paper,
had bundle of nails, curiously linked
together, packed inside it. Half-sOvc-
reigns and other coins are found in cast
of pockets, in the heels of old stockings,
aud inside the Innings of dresses. AnCl ii
coat, purchased by London dealer, re-
vealed the fact-a joyful fact to the buyer
that the buttons consisted of s0vereigns
covered with cloth. Three pounds ster-
ling, in German paper money, found their
way into bundle of German rags that
reached a paper The London
rag. brigade boys once found bank check.
book, and on another occasion six pairs Of
new silk stockings, in waste paper and rags
which they had bought; these unexpect-
ed articles were, to the honor of the brig
ade, at once returned. A rare find once
occurred in the HOundsditch region. A
dealer-Of the gentle sex, we are told
gave sevenpence and pint Of beer for
pair of old breeches; while the bargain.
was being ratified at public-house the
buyer began TO rip up the garment, when
out rolled eleven golden guineas wrapped
up in thirty. pound bank-note. We
rather think, that in strictness of the law,
the guineas of this treasure trove belonged
to the Crown; but most likely the GLAZED
buyer and the mortified seller made mer-
ry over the windfall. Many people, in
the days when banking was little under.
stood, had habit Of concealing their
spare money about their persons; thus, an
old waistc0at, bought for a trifle,' was
found lined with bank.notes. But Of all
the finds, what shall we think of . baby!
A paper manufacturer assures rs that in \
bag of rags brought from Legho-n, and
opened At an Edinburgh paper mill, tiny
baby was found, pressed almost fiat
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