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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Little Things I'm the Garden.

In the family garden the fault of for
getting to provide supply of vegetables
is not apt to prevail, but rather some
minor products are often wanted just
when they cannot conveniently be Oh
tanned. Much of the value of garden
consists in the many little things which
it affords; this which in themselves rem
der other food more palatable, or add to
the attractiveness Of the table. Few
who are fond of pickles or relishes will
fail to provide for cucumbers, lettuce,
peppers, martynias, nasturtiums, and
similar vegetables. The ones more gen.
orally neglected are parsley, marjoram,
summer savory, thyme, sage, mints, fem
nell, dill, coriander, caravay, etc. All
these are of the easiest culture, and may
be grown from seeds, most Of them CIV
ing.returns the same season where ordi-
nary garden culture is given. Celery Is
another product which is seldom found
in the farmers garden. L think that
few would like to go without it after hav-
ing enjoyed it for 8 single season, espe-
cilly rs its culture is not difficult. The
most difficult part is its preservation dur
ing winter. 1t may be kept nicely for
few weeks in the cellar. The seeds may
be sown and the plants transplanted
about the same time as cabbage, in rows
four feet apart, and six inches apart in
the row. The soil must be well enriched
in the drill m the plants not allowed to
want for water at any time during
growth.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Waterspout a Thousand Feet High.
from tho New York SUM-

Wilbur Hammond and DIR. Mears, of
Greenport, l.. l., describe an cXtraordi-
nary phenomenon which they witnessed
while on the Sound shore, opposite that
village, on recent afternoon. Their
attention WAS first attracted by what
seemed TO be an unusual disturbance on
the surface Of the water, directly under n
heavy cloud coming from windward, the
wind blowing heavily from the northwest
and u heavy surf rolling. The tops Of
the waves assumed the spirally-ascend-
ing motion peculiar to waterspouts,
which increased until the elevation was
upwards of fifty feet before the water
took the cloud form. This was soon
followed by second, about mile off
off shore, similar to the first, but con-
sidcrably larger, its height, judged from
the elevation, being nearly 1000 feet.
The top Of this also revolved into fog
or mist directly under the cloud. Then,
ut distance Of about four miles, a
third one was plainly discernible, which
seemed to meet the sky at the rear OF the
cloud, and which must have covered an
area of several acres. All three Of these
spouts were moving with the wind, and
the first or smallest one subsidized to the
water level only few rods from the
beach. Immediately there was a sharp
dash of rain, followed by hail squat,
as the disturbing cloud passed over, and
when this subsidized, SO that view of the
Sound could again be obtained, the
water spouts disappeared. So far as
known these were the only water spouts
ever seen in the sound.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Watering in n Dry Time.

In the summer thoughts which now
and then occur it liz common to see per-
sons everywhere at work watering the
garden to keeps things alive till the
regular rain comes. 1t is, however, the
experience Of all, that the more the gar
den is watered the more it wants, and
thus, on the whole, it does little good
Yet water can be 50 given as to be free
from this objection. 1t is the hardening
of the surface which causes this evil,
and hard, compact surface always dries
ont faster than a loose one. The proper
way is to take the earth away few inch
es around the plant to he watered, 80 as
to make sort of basin, and into this
pour the water, letting it gradually soak
away. After it has all disappeared and
the surface gets little dry, then draw
the earth back again which has been
misplaced to make the basin. This will
make a loose surface over the watered
part, which will preserve it from drying
out rapidly. Tomatoes, egg-plants, cab
bages and other things of this character,
watered in this way, will need no renewal
OF water for several weeks. 1t is slow
way of getting such work done, but it is
the only sure way of acknowledgements
torn ICiCgyu3h.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
A ThOughtful Lad.

Sir William Harcourt's house in Lon
don recently took fire and the roof was
destroyed. He was returning from Bir-
mingham at the time, and OH arrival was
met at the station by his son, a youth Of
Is, known as Lulu" who said to him,
If You please, you are not to stop for
your luggage, because our house is on
fire" perhaps one OF the coolest remarks
on record. An hour before one of the
servants sought his young master and
said to him: " Sir, will You please tell
Lady Harcourt that the house is on
fire?" The boy instantly ran up to the
nursery, brought down the baby, laid
him on his mothers lap, and then deliy-
cred his message. The ladies all declare
that it was one of the prettiest and most
thoughtful things ever done by boy OF
Lulu's age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Moist Air Unhealthy.

The theory is now ingeniously main
tanned by Prof. Briggs that the summer
condition of temperature, 62 degrees to
SO degrees, and relative humidity, eighty
to eighty-fve per cent, is not desirable
or even attainable, at other seasons, in
the heating of dwellings. His argu-
ment is, that the dry air Of America pos
sesses both curative aud preventive quail
tiles of great value, and that moist air,
which promotes vegetable growth, is, on
sanitary grounds, not desirable for
breathing. He states that the dew point
is far below the freezing point of water
in well warmed and ventilated rooms,
where there is nothing of that sensation
of dryness which is usually held to ac-
company the heat of furnace, when
not supplied with water for evaporation.
Again, new houses, that are accounted
unhealthy in Europe, are not so in Ameri-
ca, and gas burned IN rooms produces
much less unpleasant effects in America
than in England; what is needed is an
equality in relative humidity between
the interior and exterior air-thus if the
outer temperature be 0, and relative hui
nudity forty per cent, and the interior
temperature be 20 degrees, the interior
humidity ought to be raised to 70degrees
by adding little water.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
A Connecticut WOman's Pets.

(From the Springfield (Aiass.) Republican,
Mrs. Augustus Brooks, of East Eliot,
Conn.,, has cat thirteen years old which
will stand up when ordered, bow slowly
or quickly, us directed, walk around the
room on her hind legs only, dance. turns
somersaults, go through the motions of
holding jewsharp in her mouth with
one paw and playing on it with the other;
NEW when ordered to speak, kiss her
paw to visitors, hold saucer Of milk on
her fore legs and lap the milk, and stand
on her hind feet and with her fore paws
catch bits of bread or meat thrown to her
like base ball player. Her kitten,
year old, will turn somersaults. The
same lady has o hen which also wipes
her feet on the mat on entering the
house, and, ii asked. elbow do you get
your living, birdy ?" will scratch on the
floor, look to see if she has scratched out
anything, and then look ut the question
er to see if the answer was correct. This
hen despises the wooden, chalk and
porcelain cheats which some people palm
off on hens as nest-eggs, and will not
"lay to" one of them, tumbling them
out of her nest as fast as they are put in.
A rooster, also, will scratch the floor
when asked how he gets his living, but
can not be made to wipe his feet.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Kicking Cows.

A correspondent of the Country Gen
Heman writes: l have tried all the vari-
GUS ways to prevent cows from kicking
while milking, and have found none more
harmless, easily applied, and as effectual
as the Dutch or Holland method, which
is to take small rope about four feet
long. and put it around both hind legs,
just above the gambrel joints, with a
slipknot; draw tight enough to bring
both legs firmly together; wind the rope
two or three times between the legs,
around this rope or moose, drawing it
tight, and fasten the rope by half-hltch.
In North Holland, this is practiced on
all the COWS at every milking. They are
driven to the milking-ground, where
stakes are driven about two feet high,
and to these stakes the cows are tied for
milking. Each COW goes directly to its
own stake, and when to be MIXED they
voluntarily place their feet In proper
position to have their legs tied. The
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

good luck, however, second testament
turned up, annulling the first and con-
stituting one of his nephews, young
man named Mnlgras, completely I'M
educated ploughman, at Montelime, his
sole heir. Malgras is said to have been
dazed as to have lost hls power of speech
during two days, fears being, indeed
entertained for his reason.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
IRISH LAmENTATroN.

Cold dark. and dumb lies my boy on his bed;
Cold dark. and silent the night dews are shed;
Hot, swift and fclce fall my tears for the deadI
AZ the straight slender track Of the young mountain
fawn;
But IN meier again follow them over the lawn,
His manly cheek flushed with SUMS rising rag,
And he sone in his strength Ike the fun ut midday;
But cloud Of black darkness has hid him away.
And that black cloud forever shall cling TO the skies
And never, ah, never, III Tee him arise,
Lost warmth Of my bosom, lost light Of my eyesi
The Spectator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
A Catholic Legend.

From BlaCkwoods MagaZine.J
Among the peculiarities of the Roman
ritual we will notice the striking symbol
ism of the washing of the celebrant's
hands Tor rather the tips of thumb and
forefinger) before he touches the sacred
clements, reciting the while portion of
the 18th psalm, 81 will wash my hands
in innocency, and so will j 60 to Thiue
altar" And he will observe that the
whole of the "Canon of the Mass" that
portion of the sermon which We should
call the consecration-is said by the
priest inaudibly. The reason given by
ritual authorities for this direction il
based on the fear lest the sacred words,
80 often repeated in the hearing of the
people, might become too common and
familiar, and even be used profanely.
A legend on this subject, az told by a re-
cluse of the 7th century, is worth notice,
as having received the stamp of no less
IN authority than the general council of
Nicea. ga party Of boys watching
focks in Apamea in Syria, took it into
their heads one day to while portion of
their time away by going through the
ceremonies of mass. One acted as cele-
brant, another as deacon, and third as
sub-deacon. All went Oh pleasantly,
until he who personated the celebrant
pronounced the sacred word of consecra-
ton, when suddenly ball of fire, rapid
and fierce as meteor, fell down from
heaven and 50 stunned the boysthat they
fell PROSTATE on the ground. When this
singular occurrence was afterward related
to the bishop of the place, he went to
examine the spot, and having learned all
the particulars of the case, caused a
church to be built thereon, to comment
crate so remarkable mn event. From
this circumstance, it is said, the church
derives her custom of reciting her canon
in aaerat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Peas Planting.

The Ruat .Ncw Yorker, from careful
tests and inquiry, confidently recon-
mends to its readers the following peas
rs among the most desirable III cultiva-
ton: "For earliest, Early Dan
O'Rourke. Philadelphia is the earliest
pea and the poorest. Alpha Naxton)
bears balloonish pods, but the vines are
prolific, and the peas large, very green
and delicious. For second early,
McLenn's Little Gem is best. This il
ready for the first picking about one
week later than O'Rourke. For an
early pea that grows to such hight that
it does not absolutely require brushing,
and for general excellence, this is very
generally placed first. The Amercan
Woader natures at about the same time,
and is the only variety that disputes u
claim to first place with the Little Gem.
Champion of England and Eugene we
prefer for the main crop, and British
Queen for the latest"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

AN individual who had formerly been
in business as stockbroker, lately died
at Lyons, leaving fortune of 1900, 900
francs. A will written entirely in his
own hand was found, under which the
deceased left his property among his
brothers and nephews. just as they
were congratulating one another on their
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
a NIGHT WATCH.


r'no, a.. .,..,,L
Ths ,.n i, aolo OF her door she lies,
oncs 80 o ~, narNe e hSht u over an;
Once 49, a :, watches s ~ me daylight dies;
.ropr, ,,,o
RcIo, ,h .e,n ANU anu s,iS'ched waste ana bare
Al 80 "a. wafer rose ana brok" and Eel;
"i T .nr. ~, Through the heavy MINDLESS air,
@"i' INC "ui' hurlhur OF the distant swell.
,r,. ,,a,, .,,,,,
ana a., S ~ Iins.S r.sN eimn about the door,
90 =. 1917 ~ noans eSes ue,isht IL dead,
MI" f"e'i"h n'N ueaul-Dound Tor eNCrmorr.
uar ,sI,, T.,
-, MI -, imply nanos ial IDLY still aud cold,
T, - ~ tue Joy tusy once mad known,
" va" '"ec' raP'ure thai Was theirs Of old
-, SuIrins tnc grasses on the low sea wall
Al -, ~, a MIS- MIS-. oIsels SLOW along The sand,
~" 'n 'no nisn' tue uark waves rlso and Tall.
tn. ,,,,,,.,,, An. An,
hcEoss Ihc darkSned SKY the dark clouds sweep,
"x 49,, -" SIe na'Ca.s ny tnat silent door
"i'h uIr'i'ss eyes weighed down with pain and
H'''p'
ana h"nt oy hour the restless waters rise,
Anu ur"heh hcr loosened hair with wind hloWh
p1E'
NDnui h'r weary ie.f The sea-ioarn li"s.
III.
lnr on the sunk mocn line-rs. dim and red.
Far on the pale dawn wakens cli ana gray:
"hT tne lana shadowy light i sprad,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
4 Child's Cry that Cost Half Million
Dollars.

The following incident is told in Mrs.
Brassey's new book, "Suushine and
Storm in the East"
We went down rs far us the French
bridge, over winch the contractor lost an
immense sum Of money i'll the following
manner: The bridge was to have been
finished on particular day, but the con-
tractorfound that this would be impossi-
BILE with Turkish worlrmen, unless he
worked day andnight. This he obtained
permission to do, and the necessary
lights and torches were supplied at the
sultans expense. All went well for q
time, till the unfortunate contractor was
told that he must open the bridge to let
n ship from the dockyard pass through
some time before the bridge vas finished.
He said it was impossible, as he would
have to pull everything down, and it
would take two or three months to replace
the scaffoldingand pile-drivingmachines
He went To the ministers of marine and
finance. They only said " If the sultan
says it must be done, it must, or We
shall lose our places If not our heads"
So the ship came out, ut cost of Il
little over el00, 900 and delay Of three
months in the completion of the bridge,
all because the sultan found his small
son crying in the hnrem one dry, the
child's grief being that, though he had
just been promised to be made al admir-
al, he could not see his flag hoisted from
his own particular ship from the nursery
windows. So large ironclad was
brought out from the dockyard and
moored in front Of Dolmabagtcheh to
crafty his infant mind, thus causing
enormous inconvenience to the whole
town for mouths, to say nothing of the
waste of money, of which the sultan paid
very little, and for the loss of which I
might imagine he cared still less.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
FARM. GARDEN AND HOME
Isaising Cabbages.

The failure in gardens no frequently to
raise cabbage, is owing probably to two
or three things, all of which could be
overcome. 1t is want of deep culture
and very heavy manurings in the au-
tumn. Commence early in the spring to
get the ground III thorough condition,
manuring again after setting out the
plants and covering ut the first hoe
ing. BE particular that the plants are
all right-that they are short and stocky,
and have not been allowed TO grow too
fast or too much in the cold frame under
cover. We fancy, however, that the
has great deal to do with the CROPS
Gey70untOWn I6iegraDh.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Domestic Economy.

WHIPPED PoTAToEs. Whip boiled
potatoes To creamy lightness with fork;
beat i'll butter, milk, pepper and salt; at
last the white froth of an egg; toss irreg-
ularly upon dish, set in the oven two
minutes to reheat, but do not let il
color.
ONION SoUP.-Take six onions, let
them brown slightly III Il casserole with
tablespoonful of butter; add three
potatoes sliced, pepper and salt, not too
much, and let it all cook in two pints OF
water for an hour and half; must cook
slowly.
ITALIAN BEEFsTEAK.-Cut steak from
any tender part, beat it, and season with
onions, pepper and salt. Lay it in al
iron stew-pan that has cover to I'll
close, and take care that it does no,
burn. In two or three hours it will be
quite tender.
POTATO PUDDNG.-NIix twelve ounces
of mashed potatoes, one ounce Of suet,
one ounce OF cheese and one sixteenth Oi
a pint of milk, with as much boiling
water IA il needful to bring it into O
paste. Work it well with your spoon.
Bake it in pan.
PLAIN SUGAR CAKES. cupful OF
sugar and tablespoonful of butter rub.
bed together, one well-beaten egg, one
cupful sweet milk, one and half cup
fuls sifted -four, little salt, one hall
teaspoonful soda, and one teaspOonful
cream of tartar sifted in with the -four,
season with nutmeg; bake in small tins.
APPLE PUFFs.-Pare and core the
fruit, and either stew them in a stone
jar, or bake them. When cold, mix the
pulp of the apple with sugar and lemon
peel shred fine, taking as little Of the
apple juice rs you can. Bake them i'll a
thin paste i'll quick oven; a quarter of
an hour will do them, if small. Ounce
marmalade or cinnamon pounded is III
Improvement.
CUsTARD PIES WITHOUT MILK.-Beat
together five eggs, five tablespoonfuls of
sugar and little salt; pour into this one
pint of boiling water; stirring briskly
while adding the water; flavor with
spices according to taste, and complete
the pie the same as other custards.
This quantity is enough for two pies.
Try it. They are nice and better for
persons troubled with weak stomachs
than the common custard pie.
HAM BALLS. six eggs until very
light, and add -four gradually until yon
have a batter stiff enough to admit of
being made into balls. Prepare some
cold boiled ham, fat and lean mixed, by
chopping it up very fine; then -four it,
and mix with the batter. Drop the balls
into melted lard that is boiling hot; fry,
and then drain them on sieve till free
from the adhesion of any grease. This
is nice way to use ham after it has been
sent to the table several days, and II
good deal has been cut frem the Joint, so
that it no longer makes Il very slightly
dish
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

THE late Sir Hamilton Seymour, one
Of England's most brilliant diplomatists,
was IN early life offered fortune if he
would change his name, but declined.
He got, however, 81, DOC, 900 late in life
by compromise with Sir Richard Wal
lace in reference to the late Lord Hert-
ford's will, taking this sum and giving up
his claim to the Irish estates. His eldest
son is married to the daughter of Russell
Sturgis of Barring Brothers, and one Of
his daughters TO General Stuart, Lord
Bute's heir.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

SAMUEL FRAMES, young American
violinist who was pupil Of Joachim,
has recently achieved quite triumph in
Paris.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05
Zoo Many Varieties.

At II late meeting of the Northern
Illinois Horticultural society, s. G..
Minkler, veteran orchardist of Kendall
county, said that experience had taught
him that ten or fifteen varieties of apples
were sufficient for any orchard that was
planted for profit; and that to sell well
an apple must have red skin. Mr..
Minkler's experience tallies with that of
every other Orchardist who grows apples
for profit. 1t makes vast difference in
the price whether ear load of apples
when sent to market is made up of one
variety or a dozen. Fifteen varieties are
sufficient for family orchard of two
hundred trees; yet we have known men,
when selecting an orchard, to get M
many kinds as there were trees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

Dutch milk-pail is nearly of the size Of a
small wash-tub, hence the necessity Of
having the cows stand moderately still;
otherwise they are liable to get into the
pail
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

AN entire household, composed of q
mother, seven children and a servant.
has been poisoned at st. Herve by eating
rocks. Four children have succumbed
and the servant is in dying state. II
is supposed that the flesh of the birds
had been infected by the foulness of
their food.
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sub.Eartb Ventilation.

The New York Weekly Sun says that
the system of laying pipes or ducts for
cooling and ventilating cellars and milk
rooms liz one which has been in use for a
number of years, and upon the whole, it
is worthy of far more attention than it
has hitherto received. The pipe should
not be less THIN six inches in diameter
and 100 feet long and laid about four
feet deep. The longer the pipe, the
more certainly will the air be cool while
passing through it. But we must tell
you in advance that this system Of cool.
ing cellars and milk rooms il patented,
although it was probably employed
for cooling cellars many years before the
present patentee WAS born; but that
seems to have made no difference at the
patent Office. The claimant was ready to
pay his money, and the officers in charge
Of the Office were only too glad to get it.
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From Lrpncott'- Magazine,
musk and PENNYROYAL.

BY THE AUTHOR oP "Su>oK MoNALpIst's
NIECE