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The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
How TO Furnish a Small Room.

In furnishing small rooms so that
they will be comfortable as well as tidy,
a few rules must be observed. The
wallpaper should be Of some small
pattern, in the first place. If the rooms
are low hang the pictures low ; the
more space there is between the top OF
the picture and the ceiling the higher
your room will look. 1t is q very com
mon mistake to imagine that the higher
pictures are hung the higher the room
will appear. The next to be considered
is the furniture. Anything large ought
to be avoided. 1t is not the quantity
but the size Of furniture in a room
that seems to crowd it. A number OF
small tables in a small drawing-room
will take up far less room, and be much
more useful than n big one Even
the ornaments should be chosen Judi
ciously /; they ought all to be small and
delicately shaped, and harmonious in
color. 1t is not easy to keep a small
house tidy unless you have plenty Of
place in which to stow away things.
There is no possible room for large
chests OF drawers, ~chiffonieres, or ever
that convenient thing, a box ottoman,
in SO limited a space as that we are con
sidering. One must resort to shelves
and small ~cupboards, put up on The
wall in any unoccupied corner that cal
be found. Even these may be turned
to ornamental as well as useful pur
poses, for nothing is easier than to ge
plain deal cupboards, painted black an(
gold and with pretty designs on thu
panels. Shelves, too, covered will
cloth the same color as the curtains O
furniture in the room, add to its effect
and help to keep it tidy. Thus, you
perceive, it is by no means impossible,
to live very comfortably and TASTEFUL.
in a small house.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
Wooden Money,

From the reign Of Henry 1. down to
the period Of the establishment OF the
Bank Of England a portion Of the money
Of England was fabricated out OF wood.
This instrument WAS called an exchange
tally, and by virtue of it the holder was
entitled TO receive from the crown the
vrlue inscribed thereon. 1t really con-
sisted of one-half Of a four-sided rod or
staff, on which, when in its entire state,
the sum it purported to represent was
carved in transverse notches, varying In
width for thousands, hundreds, scores,
pounds, shillings, and pence. These
signs we're for the un~learned; for the adj
vantage of those who could read, the
sum was written in ink on two opposite
sides of the staff, and, finally, with a
knife and mallet the staff itself was split
in two longitudinally. One half, called
the tally or check, was given to the per-
son for whose service it was intended
the other half, called the counter tally,
was laid up in safe-keeping until its cor
responding tally should be brought in
by the person who had last given value
for il. Its intrinsic value was, Of course,
only that of the wood of which it was
composed, but by representation it de-
noted large sums. 1t wa a current
token OF real money, and served actually
to distribute it from man to man by this
exchange. From this primitive tally
was derived the exchequer bill, first in
troduced in 1896 5y Mr.. Montague, tbs
chancellor of the exchequer. The word
"bill," too, was no doubt obtained from
the Norman French word, bile, which
means a staff. Bank post bills and bills
Of exchange in u W day came from
the same wooden base, and soldiers are
said at this hour to be "billeted," be
cause formerly they rendered wooder
"billies" or tallies to the victualleri
upon whom they were quartered. Ii
olden times officers of the army whC
were taken into the kings own pay wer'
said to be put on the staff-that is, the.
we're paid with ezchequer t~allies, o.
wooden money.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
Fate of a Celebrated Painting.

Some interesting facts have been made
public in regard to Gainsborough's fam
GUS portrait of the Duchess of Devon
shire. This picture was originally a
a ll-length portrait, painted in 1888
for Lord Spencer's collection, but was
afterward cut to the knees-a mutilatlon
for which no reason is known. Georgi
ana, Duchess of Devonshire, was lam
Gus for her beauty, wit, and attractive
manners; and this portrait, representing
her as wearing the bread brimmed
Gainsborough hat = lately again in
fashion, after nearly a century-is well
known through the fine engravings
which have been made of it. In May,
1876, this portrait was purchased at auc-
ton by MI. Agnew, a well-known Lon
don picture. dealer, for over $50, 600. Ii
was placed on exhibition at the New
British Exhibition in Old Bond street,
London, where it attracted a throng Of
visitors. But in a short time afterward
it was stolen one night so adroitly thai
no trace of the thief could be discovered,
although detectives made vigilant search,
and q reward of $1,000 was offered fol
it's recovery. Some months ago Mr.
Agnew received a letter from New York
in which the writer made q proposition
to return this stolen portrait for $15, 900
sending at the same time, as proof OF it
being in his possession, a bit of canvas
which fitted exactly into the jagged
edges OF the stretching frame iron
which it had been cut. Negotiation
were Immediately opened; but the own
er was unwilling to pay the sum de
manded, and the London police coul,
obtain no clew to the identity of tn
holder of the stolen picture, nor lear
where it was, such was the secrecy an
shrewdness with which the matter wa
managed. Yet it was believed that th
portrait was carried from New York t
London at that time, and afterward n
turned to the former city. Recent
Mr.. Agnew, through his agent, hi
made renewed efforts to regain the phi
ture by inserting a personal in New Yor
papers, offering to reopen negotiation
for its recovery.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
Submarine Springs.

One of the hottest regions of the earth
is along the Persian Gulf, where little
or no rain falls. At Bahren the arid
shore has no fresh water, yet a compare
lively numerous population manage to
live there, thanks to the numerous
springs which burst from the bottom Of
the sea The fresh water is got by div.
ing. The diver, sitting in Ills boat,
winds a great goat-skin bag around his
left-arm, the hand grasping its mouth
then he takes in his right hand a heavy
stone, to which is attached q strong line,
and thus equipped he plunges in and
quickly reaches bottom. Instantly
opening the bag over the strong jet Of
fresh water, he springs up the ascend
ing current, at the same time closing the
bag, and is hauled aboard. The stone
is then hauled up and the diver, afte,
taking breath, plunges in again. TIL,
source o these copious submarln,
springs is thought to be in the gree,
hills of Osman, some five or six hundre,
miles distant.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
Perils Of the Submarine Telegraph.

Only fancy the distractions to which
the action of submarine cables are sub
iected It is said that the sunfsh has
repeatedly injured the cable between
Portugal and Brazil and along the east
coast of South America. Splinters of
bone have been found thrust into the
cable through the several coverings 30
deep as to affect the electric wires.
A small species of marine animal also
appears to devote it's special attention
toward boring and destroying cables.
Whales have likewise caused great dam
age. A short time ago the cable in the
Persian gulf ceased to work. Examina-
ton was made, and it was found that q
whale, which was entangled in the cable,
had broken it. The animal was covered
over with parasites, and in its efforts tc
free itself of them by rubbing its body
against the cable the latter was broken,
and one of the ends then coiled round
the whale in such q way that it was un.
able to free itself, and was suffocated.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
StnnlaV,s Live Affairs.

New York paper gives an account
of two romantic passages in the life OF
Henry NJ. Stanley, the African explorer.
Before going on his second expedition
to Africa he fell in love with a beautiful
girl in New York, and though. his pas,
sion returned. At ~ V.Ahe received
a letter ins,,a AIyolub puU lady had
: lerIet ,y rIaS or re tTIr county, pe lauy nau
been m~aq4hot Mr.. Parkers' ana THIS
intelligence wounoeu hslu-eo the heart.
This, however, was Mr.. SANKEY'S second
love affair. He had experienced a pre-
vious disappointment, but it had not
deeply wounded him. CHANGING to be
on the island of Crete, he saw from his
window a Greek maiden in the garden
OF the opposite house, and at once felt
that his fate was sealed. She was about
fifteen years old, and Mr.. Stanley has
since declared that never before or since
has he beheld so sweet and beautiful a
creature. He at once sought out the
American Consul and revealed to him
the state of his heart. The Consul, who
had himself married q Greek lady, bade
him not despair; took him forthwith to
the house of his inamorata and presented
him to her mother, who was a widow.
Stanley could speak no Greek; the
mother no English; the Consul was the
interpreter. He did his work so well
that at the end of half an hour the
maiden was sent for. Stanley was for
hidden even to touch her hand; but he
~conversed with her with his eyes, and
they soon understood each other well.
At the end of a week he was an accepted
lover; at the end of q fortnight the day
for the wedding arrived. All this while
he had seen the young lady once a day,
always in the presence of her mother.
On the day before the wedding he had
been permitted for the first time to take
her hand and imprint upon it n chaste
salute.
The morning of the wedding arrived;
Stanley was dressed for the ceremony
and was awaiting the happy moment.
There entered to him three Greeks,
whom he had not seen before, and an
interpreter. They were introduced as
the brothers of the bride, and they pro-
duced a parchment which the interpre-
ter explained. 1t was a deed of settle
ment, binding Stanley to pay so much a
year to the mother, 80 much to each
brother, and SO much to his wife, and tc
plank down the first installments on the
spot. In vain Stanley explained that he
was worth nothing and could not pay
h Sbrothers looked daggers, the inter
prefer frowned, and the scene closed by
the arrival of the Consul, who with diff
iculty got Stanley out of the clutches o.
his tormentors and shipped him off tt
Athens. He did not see his beautiful
Grecian maiden aeaip,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
A GOOD PLAN

The best and most popular plan for operating stoc5s
Is that Of combining capital q various sums IN .hiSS
By the firm Of Messrs. Lawrence 4 Co, Bankers and
Brokers, 80 Exchange Place, New York, the pT9hts Of
which are divided pro rata among the shareholders az
the expiration of thirty days from date of certificates
By %oontrol ng 2 large c.pital, the SRerations eonss,
uniform and more certain. For example, within a
month you Syas made I g ; 600 SS s s9Sn An an Investment Investment I OF Of $ ~ ;T SUHad
pay $50, making 8 per cent. during the month. ANN
s s::tns 4 e IIs sisS w wsSld u P9 sg sl' wsn RGi0 psy m ss'bS p % Sss
making 5 per cent and so on, according to Inc market
The fms circular explains everything, se SFb sT y ~;
satisfactory results, arising from investments mace N
,hese combinations by friends, LED 81 US IS 70 order ~ S SrsOSs
4 90, 80 Exchat ge Place, New York, WIN a requestt9
~ W ! inc ~ ossd a Ger ifcAte representing % shares. We
retained this cert fcAte and had almost forgotten tne
BY mail was receiysd, stating that they had made d turn
with the combination in which we were lnteIesteoi
Buying p ELI Z liaSks a SIHss Of q @ one Der cent, beng
equivalent y 800 profit on each io shares N Inc netSS I I'M
s,pIrstion of the Continuation, we received similar
notices on ya!ious other stocks, and At the anai result
commission and our original investment of $40, leaving
q net profit 70 US Of slol %. Considering me s, S%a
tom. and % we only regret that the original had nst Sssn
larger as the result had turned out to be SO prohtaoIec
,o @rh sss n most pt oopu iHr oPG say u the Board Of Brokers'.
The exact results are given with our experience, anT =" ~
Iawrence L 90. should not be recommended By us as IN
avery respect worthy of the utmost confidence"
They also solicit correspondents from ell parties nay
ing any kind Of bonds or stock for sale. Send for thel
explanatory circular "a
From he "Houss and Garden" Hdy. 1873 %
Opr friends who desire to make money IN stocks WI
And this arm reliable and ready 10 afford informatioi
necessary to a perfect understanding Of the plan o
their operations In stocks.
The combined plan of Lawrence b 90. is first clsss
and the house lie reliable and prompt.
~ WALTE j. MARTIN 1874 East 18th st.. N. T..
correspondent says In writing to them: Your remit
lance for my profits $500. rs, IL received.
Numerous testimonials are contained In their circu
las Sand for II.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

The Greatest Discovery of the Age il DR.
robias' celebrated Venetian Liniment | 30 years befor,
the public, and warranted to cure Diarrhea, Dyssntery
Oollc, and Spasms. taken internally and Oroup, Chroni,
Rheumatism, Sore Threats, Outs, Bruises. Old Sores
and Pains in the Limbs, Back, and Chest, externally
1t has never failed. No family will ever be without 1
after once giving it a fair trial. Price, 40 cents. De
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT, in Pin
Bottles, at One Dollar, is warranted superior to an
Dther, or NO PAY, for the cure of Oolio Outs, Bruise,
Old Sores, etc. Sold by all Druggists. Depot-IO Par
placa Nav York.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

Don't tell a man you sweat. 1t is
vulgar. Inform him that you are being
deprived of the saline and oleaginous
fluids of your material substance through
the excretories Of your pellucid c%uticle,
with a sensible condensation of moisture
upon the superficial exterior.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

II would be seem that the commonest kind Of
common sense ought to prevent a man from
buying trash, simply because he can get a big
pack for % cents. Sheridan's Cavalry Condi-
ton Powder are strictly pure, and are worth a
barrel of such stuff.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

Mothers! MOthers!! Mothers!! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period OF teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health to the child, gives rest to
the mother. 1t is an old and we'll remedy.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

If any OF the readers of this paper are grow
ing deaf. let them get at once a bottle OF
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Rub well be-
hind the ears and put a little into the ear with
n feather.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

Frank Leslie, Esq, of the illustrated
Weekly" says For some time past l have
been using Burnett's Cocoaine, and think it
far preferable to anything | have ever used for
the hair"
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
CHEW
The Celebrated
"MAToHLEss"
Wood Tag Plug
TOBACCO.
TIE PIONEER TOBACCO COMPANY,
New York. Boston. and Chicago.
Brown Breakfast Cakes.

brown Breakfast Cakes.
One cupful each OF graham and white -four,
one teaspoon Dooley's Yeast Powder, one pint
sweet milk, one egg, a little salt; separate
white and yolk Of the egg. and beat thoroughly.
Bake in heated irons, and in a quick oven.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

The number of hogs packed in the
West last winter was 6,505, 900, a gain
of 1,404,0 600 over the previous year,
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26

MITES IN A POULTRY HOUSE.

Please tell me what will destroy mites
in a poultry house and on the fowls.
We have tried sulphur, ashes, China
berries, and walnut leaves, without any
benefit whatever .-Farmer's Wife.
MIledgeUi2e, Ga.
You could not have applied sulphur
thoroughly, else all mites or lice of
whatever kind would have been killed.
Turn out the fowls some cool or damp
day, and then close all cracks in the
house except the door. Then take a
kettle of live Goals and place on the
ground in the center, but if there is a
wood floor, lay a flat stone in, on which
set the kettle. Throw a half pound or
pound of sulphur upon the Goals, and
shut the door and leave the house closed
for a few hours, and we will venture to
say no more lice or mites will be found
in it for a few weeks thereafter. If the
house is not tight enough to admit of
thorough fumigation in the manner de-
scrlbed, then clean as we'll as you can,
and then whitewash with fresh lime,
mixing in o liberal quantity of sulphur;
after which throw sulphur into all the
cracks, and apply kerosene oil to the
roosts. The house should be we'll aired
before the fowls are admitted, and we'll
ventilated at night. We have never
known the Sulphur cure" to fail il
properly applied.
HOW TO RAISE A GOOD CALF,
Which is the best way to raise a calf
by taking it away from the COW soon
after it is born, or letting it run will
the COW all the time? Would it do vel
if only allowed to suck night and morn
ing.-W. L. c., Ohio.
If you want to see how large and fin,
a calf you can raise, let it run with it,
mother for three or four weeks; aftei
which they may be separated during th,
day, and put together at night. Whei
a month old teach it to drink; afte.
which you can add oatmeal, middlings
and a little corn meal to its food, or pu
them in skim milk from other lows o
that of its own mother. Show calve
seen at fairs are generally those tina
have had extra feel from their birth
OF course, the COW must be looked afte
even while the calf is running with her
and if she gives more milk than the cal
can take, it must be drawn once or twic
a day as usual.
Culture OF Celery.
Celery plants must be kept growing
They never recover fully if they ono
receive a serious check. Avoid tearin
oil drying off the roots. Set them OF
in May or June, when in three or fol-
leaves, in a small bed of very rich sol
about four inches apart, and keep we
watered, without fail. Shelter CAREFUL
rom drying wind and hot sun when 81
out, if cloudy, humid weather cannot
availed of. The final trenches shou
be prepared as soon as early pea or onic
ground is clear in July. Let the soil
the trenches be very rich, and from
surface well exposed to air. Enrich
further with thoroughly well-aired al
decayed manure. Raw manure is co
sidered to be a chief cause of tho habl
ness and pipiness so much in contrs
with the crispness and almost deliqut
cent texture of well-grown stems. L
the plants from the temporary beds wi
the ball of soil attached TO the tuft
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
he THAT JUDGETH

With ut knowledge is a fool. and Wisdom is not in him.
You can get knowledge Of the $50 Five.f0n Wagon
Scale, sold on trial. freight paid by us, no money asked
till satisfied. by sending for FREE PRICE LIST.
HOMES OF BINGHAMTON. BlnghAmton, NY
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


HaNN
Iodine is obtained from sea weed.
The squash is a native Of America.
In general 20, 900 pounds is AGAR load.
An oldOOW for milk, a young hen for
eggs.
Wool contains eighteen per cent, OF
nitrogen.
A bushel Of ashes contains five pounds
of potash.
Seven pounds of hay will produce one
quart Of milk.
Parsnips contain twice as much real
food as turnips.
OF plaster of paris fOrty-six per cent,
is sulphuric acid.
Leaves have 40 openings or mouths
in a square inch.
Twenty-Five pounds of milk will make
one pound of meat.
Milk yields o cream in deep pans
than in shallow ones.
The tassel of corn is the male flower,
the silk the female.
Live weight cattle, to dead weight, is
twenty-one TO twelve.
A cubic foot of manure weighs from
fifty to sixty pounds.
The horns of cattle are made up of
elongated fbres of hair.
The earth is one degree warmer for
every ftty-fve feet of descent.
Plants have three kinds of flowers.
male, f. . and hermaptr2dite.
The chemical composition of hoofSs
hair, wool and feathers is substantially
the same.
1t requires but seventy days to grow
a crop of Hungarian. 1t can follow a
cropo clover the same season, the right
time to SOW it being after the clover is
harvested. About three pecks of seed
to an acre is required.
The Massachusetts Ploughman has
taken pains to collect the testimony of a
large number OF farmers on the ques-
ton, how many solid feet of hay well
pressed in the NOW will make a ton.
Taking hay as it is found in most barns
in the spring, all agree essentially that
a ton will measure not far from 500
feet. Many adopt the rule of buying
good, well-pressed timothy of reckoning
eight feet cube as a ton, or 512 feet.
English authorities reckon potatoes tc
be superior to Swede turnips to 200 tc
sixty-four, to beet-root as 200 to los and
to cabbages as 200 to seventy-three; 200
parts of raw potatoes and It's Of boiled
are equal to 100 ports of hay. An acre
of good potatoes yields 900 lbs. Of
gluten, albumen and c~asein, producing
muscle; $3.50 lbs. of starch, gum, sugar
and fat, with 20,250 TBS. of water; 100
TBS. contain twelve Of starch, gum anG
sugar, two and a half OF gluten, albu'
men and casein, and one-fourth pound O
oil.
The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1878-06-26
Who Wants Machinery?

We have for sale over 1,2OO new ard secondhand
machines at prices far below their true value, compri''
ing SAW.MILL and WOOD
WORKING MACHINERY Of every description,
Portable md Stationary STEAM ENGINES
and BOILERS from I-2 TO 600 h. p., WATkR.
WHEELS, GRIST MILL MACHINERY
MACHlNISTS' and BLACKSMITHs
TOOLS Of every variety, PUMPS, FIRE APPA-
RATUS, COTTON and WOODEN mACHIlN'
cry, BETTING, CIRCULAR SAWS,
SHAFTINE, PULLEYS, ETC., etc.' all fully
described in our print ed List No. II, with prices annex
cd, which we will mail to the address of any party desr'
ing machinery upon receipt Of stamp.
State plainly lust what machine or machine9 you ars
in want Of, and don't buy until you have carefully read
our list of the greatest bargains ever offered N the way
of new and secondhand machines; Low special freight
age obtAiaed tor our customers to any section OF the
United States or Canada. Address
S. r. & CO.,
MachinistS and General Machine Dealers,
MANCHESTER, N. n.
N. will and Town Fire Engines, Hose Car
riages, Ladder Trucks and Fire Equipments a specially
Cd r. D. E--E- -.IaIn
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