Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-03-12
FARM AND PRESIDE.

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''No, it doesn't, and I'm eoing to sell
out and go to the CITY to live.'' 5a2t -
Such ws.s the exclamation Of a strong.
hearty man, forty-fye years of age, the
tother day.
l5i His noble little wife looked up with sur
PRISE, and quietly remarked: % sse
5'.a3ut what will become of these four
boys they have six childran} surrounded
by the evils of city life ?''o s1a e. i
lei"Weh. little women it doesn't pay to
stay here; SO III go over ando have a talk
with Squire S. about the matter" sas+
+ In coy parlor, on the mountain side,
Squire S. was stretched by a a eolnfort table
coal-fire reading the weekly paper as his
less successful neighbor walkedlin. Ihlthe
cheeriest tone he greeted him XH
''Come in. neighbor; I'm glad Ito seeyou
this chilly evening. / heard down at the
mill that you were going to leave us land
try city life. Take cake and glass of
cider and Well chat the matter over to-
night.n .i sh sss ssia.sztg 53yi
The two friends conversed for a while
on different subjects. At length the visi-
tor asked the Squire to give him, con pa
per- the result of his last years farming
| operations, which, leaving out good ma
ny remarks, may be summed up as follows:
s.The farm contains about ninety acres
of cleared land; I'pay 500 rent for it; my
wheat crop brought $3.50; ten tons of hay
were worth 500; thirty barrels Of corn
were worth $50; eggs, chickens, turkeys,
&c., 500; dried fruits, $50; net profits on
cattle grazed, $3.50. We had a very fine
garden, hich is worth, well health, life
vlgor, DOCTORS bills, for we had none to
pay thousands of dollars. We sold very
little butter-about $40 worth; put up 400
pounds of pork at SIS per 100 pounds, $40;
have good deal of corn left; had the
grazing for five horses-the pleasure OF us
ing them cannot be estimated by figures
the profits on sheep were $25; total, 81 els.
We kept three cows-milk and butter every
day not to be valued; we have done all the
work ourselves; there are eight Of US;
have lived high and spent all our money;
are going to work to make more. The
property has increased in. value at least
fifteen per cent. the last year. You know
it must have been hard place when tell
you we have in past years picked the rock
up and made five miles Of stone fencing,
four and-a-half feet high and as bread at
the base. If it was not for my fondness
for spending money would save up and
try and buy the farm, but somehow I can
never get ahead enough to make an invest
ment. My motto is, Nil,il sine labore''
The gentleman with ~cityward notions
went home that night and before retiring
to bed took his axe and cut notch in his
old cedar tree, called 1.-THE old shade tree,''
and swore he ''would try Ni7ail sine lahore
for year or two before he went to the
city, fsf
And yet we hear so many persons groan-
ing about farm life.-Aleneqadqaa Gazette.
DOING UP SHIRTs.-A Switchboard for
ironing is a necessity in every well regula-
ted family. This should be covered with
at least two thicknesses of blankets, and
have the ironing sheet, also double, smooth
ly pinned over it., SO that it cannot Slip.
Keep wax tied up IN a rag to rub the
A1OAA.s ~ POi1oA VI GOilolS3 clC., 0OuO Up
at large laundries is given by means of
polishing iron and by dint of much rub
blng. 1t may be done by any good laund-
ress, but it takes much time, and is fear
fully hard on the linen. Spermaceti added
IN small quantities to the starch gives
pretty gloss. We insert this recipe. Melt
together with gentle heat, one ounce of
white wax and two ounces of spermaceti; /,
prepare in theusual way sufficient guam
tity of starch for dozen bosoms; put into
it piece of this enamel the size of a haz-
ell nut: This gives beautiful polish. "a
WOODEN VESSELS for containing larti- .
cleS OF food wine, etc., also wooden YES
sells for culinary purposes, can be rendered
tit for immediate use: by the removal of the
unpleasant extractiye matters by treat
meht with solution of washing soda.
Thus. an ordinary barrel should be filed
half full of water, and solution of about
two pounds of soda in as much water as
Wlll dissolve it poured in, and the liquids
thoroughly mixed by shaking the barrel.
which should then be filed to the bung
with water, and allowed to, remain from
twelve to fourteen hours; then, after with
drawing the disoolored liquid, it should be-,
we'll rinsed and filled with pure water. and
should remain a few hours more. when it,
will be fit for use. Other wooden utensils q
may be similarly treated. n9sd eTad ya4f
)l v.sgo.tg.9H9o 8!
"a ,Tsit9e o3l p e'sr9s 81 or,
I. POTATO CROQUET.-One pound of mash. 3
Cd potatoes; one egg; one tablespoonful OF
mix; little pepper and salts a few spoons
full of bread crumbs and cracker dust
The potatoes must be mashed when tho
roughly dry, When washed throw In a
small quantity Of salt, a tablespoonful OF
milk, little pepper, the yolk of an egg.
Stir the yolk with the potatoes over the &
fire till thoroughly dry. Flour the board
well; take little of the mashed potatoes
and roll lightly in the flour, make them
into any shape. When the croquet is well
formed, beat well up the white of one egg.
roll the croques In it; throw ov er all a, lit
tie bread erumb or cracker DUST gs
HAM CRoQUETTEs. Take 4 pound Of q
grated ham, and mix with it 20 ounces of
mashed potatoes; melt piece Of butter in
saucepan, ado the mince, season with a
little pepper, a very little stock. a little
powdered sweet herbs and chopped parsley;
stir until quite hot, then add. off the fire,
Us Of y. - H.