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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

PArA,rrxAEye glasses.

PARAsrTEsNEye glasses. ~ A -
A FEAST Of reason-The entertain
ment of an idea.
TINE out of mind-Forgetting b
wind up your watch. }HN
AMAN must have great self-contzol
to do what Is right, but he can do what
swrong by just letting himself alone.
THE Negroes definition Of bigotry p
as good and as inclusive IS that IN
Webster's Dictionary" "a bigot!"
said he, "why, he b . man who knows
too much for one and not quite enough
for two" 'i% '"h =
In Indiana recently two women were
seen tied to the tongue Of . wagon,
which they were hauling. This gives .
chance to the wits Of the press TO say
it is the first case ON record of . woman
being tongue-tied; but Il they win re-
member that the tongue was stin .
wagon, they won't be % much sur
prised.
WHAT does tho billet douxf What
check did counter signP Who ever saw
hood winka Who ever saw Q pig ironf
What does egg plantP Why did the
thunder boltP Who ever heard Q
foot ballp Why did the dew dropP
Where does clock work. What did
pillow sharep Who ever saw wheel
wright For whom did penny weight
Whom did tin fola What did
brandy smashp What did grass plotf
What was it grape shotP What did the
pick pocketp Who did the goose beryP
Is it joke that Jim cracksP
"LEAP-YEAR gives young ladies .
gentleman's privileges in making love-"
Perhaps 1t does. But no respectable
young man viii have any thing 10 do
with a young lady who takes position
on the street corner, and not only winks
at the gentlemen as they pass by, but
also squirts tobacco Juice on their coat
tails. Nor would Il look we'll for dozen
or more young ladies to loaf around in
front of church an hour and half on
Sunday nights sparring and knocking
one another's hats off, and dancing
tra-la-la on the sidewalk, in order TO
kill time until the congregation is dis
missed and then buckle up to young
man and escort him home. Not any
NoyristoUn Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

CHOCOLATE MARBLE CAKE.-Two
cups sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup
sweet milk, two,and one-hah cups -four,
two eggs, three teaspoons baking.pow.
der, one teaspoon lemon extract. Dis
solve two blocks chocolate Tor half .
cake) in q little boiling water; add hall
q cup sugar, one teaspoon vanilla; to
this add two tablespoons Of the cake
and stir well; marble it through the
cake, first . little Of the white cake then
the chocolate, until the pan is full. Bake
rather slow and even.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

THE scene of an apparition at Knock,
County Mayo, Ireland, has been thronged
with credulous visitors. The building
where the miracle is believed to have
occurred and where cures are said to
be wrought, is four and half miles
from Claremorris, from which forty
public cars run to the place of pilgrim
age, the number formerly. having been
only three.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

THERE will be considerable quantity
of early amber sugar-cane cultivated
about Fond du Lac, Wis.,, this season,
and there will be abundant sirup manu-
featuring facilities provided within con-
venient distance. This industry is fast
assuming large proportions in Wisconsin
and Minnesota.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

= THE pressure of water on the main
reservoir in Lansingburg, N. Y, was
recently so great that it forced off the
main valve, which weighed ton, and
threw it fifty feet. The water that fol-
lowed rose one hundred and fifty feet,
struck the embankment of the Troy
and Boston Railroad, and washed away
twenty-five feet of it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

IDoLATRY, the missionaries report, is
on the decline in Western Africa, where
the head priest of one large district has
embraced the Christian faith.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

NATHAN CROWLEY, age IL years,
and Henry German, age Is years, start
ed for Leadville the other day from their
homes in New York. Crowley is the
son of a policeman, and, anticipating
danger on the journey, prudently armed
himself with his fathers revolver, leav-
ing in its place note to the effect that
he would soon return a rich man, when
he would more than make up for the
little indiscretion. Three other lads of
the same ages, who were to join the ex-
petition, gave up just before the start.
The two adventures, whose capital
amounted to one dollar, reached
Jersey City, just across the river, and
were there overtaken and led back in
gloriously.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

To CLEAN RAIsINs OR CURRANTs.-
Do not wash them, but dry them with q
cloth. Currants can be cleaned in a
sieve with the hand. Washing makes
cakes or buildings heavy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

RICE, GRIDDLE-CAKKs.-O quart
milk, half cupful rice, three eggs, ons
good cupful flour, one and hall ter
spoonfuls baking-powder.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01
Another Love Romance Ended.

The glens, and groves, and hills and
dales around Iowa Falls are all so
suggestive of romance, and so many
sensations that involved hearts ease
have TRANSFERRED in these grounds, that
people from surrounding towns are
making this trysting place for their
love meetings and making. A case in
point came to the notice of our pencil
pusher recently. A man named-never
nlind-residing in the classical city of
Clear Lake, the spot of spots, where
tender feeling should bud and blossom,
inserted notice in an Eastern paper
for wife. He was lonely, had big
heart, strong arms, and wanted daisy
of a girl to accept his charms of heart,
soul and body. A girl in far-off Penn
sylvania read the advertisement, and
she was lonely and wanted sympathy,
therefore she answered the notice. In
due time the letters passed each other
semi-weekly on the route from Iowa to
Pennsylvania. Finally it was arranged
that the mutually-smitten twain should
meet beneath the clear Iowa sky, and
it is not strange, but it is true,
that Iowa Falls was selected as the
place of meeting. On last Thurs
day the train from the East brought a
young woman in our depot, who was
comely in appearance and young. Upon
aighting at the depot she carefully
looked around for somebody, went into
the depot, and waited for somebody,
but he did not come. After waiting
some time she went over to Mr.. Foot's
eating house and deposited her lug
gage. When the shades of evening
were falling thick and fast youth APP
peared at the depot. He peered around
awhile, and then commenced to ask
questions. He wanted to know if a
lady got off the train, and if so where
she was. He was directed to the eat
ing-house, and there they met for the
first time on earth. The fellow, either
from stratagem or force of habit, was
veritable tramp in appearance. His
buttons were bare. His big toes pro-
truded from his boots. His face was
dirty, and he looked any thing but an
expectant bridegroom awaiting his lady
love. He was presented to our heroine
and she was struck with amazement.
There were the features as revealed in
the loved photograph she carried in her
bosom; but, mercy; what frame the
picture surrounded. The love look on
his face made him even more hideous,
and the girl with despair at her heart
and yet relief coming along with it
and lifting the cloud gazed at the new
conner with no love in her eyes. Only
few words were spoken. She COM
plimented him on the size and dirtiness
of his great toes, on his buttons and dirt
and told him-Begone. Thus ended
another of these episodes, and they all
end in this way. The young lady has
found friends here, and the young man
has gone back to Clear Lake probably
to wash up.-IoUa Falls Sentinel.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-04-01

LOVES young dream soon gets old.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

The NetO England Farmer in discussing
the most profitable disposition to be made
of an enormous apple crop has the follow
ing;
l. A limited quantity may always be
made use of in the farmers family. For
sauce, for pies, for baking. for eating, a
small lot of desirable apples may be econ
omically disposed of right through the
season. But few trees will be sufficient
for this, and the varieties should be Of the
best. II a considerable surplus occurs in
occasional years, they may be fed, boiled,
or if sweet, raw, to pigs and cows, TO
good advantage.
2. One of the best means of controlling
the over production and waste Of early
apples will be to gradually change the
trees by grating, from the early sorts to
later and more profitable winter varieties.
The production of desirable, well-keeping
and marketable winter apples cannot be
oyerdone anywhere in New England.
The demand is steady, the prices always
remunerative, and the home and foreign
markets are sure to welcome good winter
apples to almost any extent. Where the
trees of early varieties are yet in their
prime, they can and should be grated to
the late keeping sorts; but if the trees are
getting old, the better plan would be to
root them out and set winter sorts in their
place. IL is never to be recommended to
cnt down or root out fruit trees, if another
course can be adopted to make them more
profitable, but we can recommend the cut
ting down of the old trees of early sorts,
with better satisfaction than any other
kind.
Another plan of economically disposing
of the great surplus of early apples during
periodic years, is to enter upon thorough
system of drying them. This has not
been much thought of or practiced hereto
fore, except in few instances, but it is a
plan that may be adopted with good
results. We know of at least one farmer
in this state who makes Il specially of
drying apples for market, chiefly of the
late summer and early fall varieties. In
a room in the domestic department of his
house he hos constructed sheet-iron hot
air chamber or flue, connected with a
large stove, this heated chamber being
provided with series of trays or deep
pan-like shelves, and upon these the sliced
green apples are placed, where they re.
main until thoroughly dried. During the
period when the early apples are coming
on, he employs two or three girls who are
kept pairing and preparing the apples fol
drying for many weeks in succession
They are carefully sliced, and when dried
are packed in boxes of five and ter
pounds respectively, labeled with hi
name and the name of the farm. and thu
put upon the market. They find ready
sale, and the proprietor tells us the de
mand for dried apple of his trade mark,
is constantly increasing. Here is hin
for other farmers who wish to dispose o
their surplus early apples at good profit
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

Again. don't find fault with all the
awards of prizes. They are often inten-
tionally unfair. State and county boards
try to put the very best men Casually
specialists) they can find on the various
committees. They would be fools if they
didn't, and the members of committees
are fools if they don't decide as fairly and
as wisely as possible. Partially and col
fusion are sure to be discovered, and will
act forcibly against the financial success OF
the fair, and the managers know it. But
you must remember that committees often
have difficult and puzzling work to DO
Competing articles are often of exactly oil
very nearly equal merit. If it were a
question of mere weight, for instance, the
scales would settle it; but sometimes fifty
varying points and conditions enter into
the problem. In such cases each member
of the committee must vote as the general
preponderance of excellent points require
and the concurrent voice of the majority
of the committee is generally right.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

The Ohio Farmer has an article on at
tending the fairs which is SO sensible anc
out spoken that we cannot forbear giving
our readers a part of it. 1t is right t.
the point, and treats of classes of faul
finders common enough at every fair W,
ever attended:
Second, do not forget that you are farm
ers. BE exhibitors yourselves, if possible
and it IS possible. You can certainly ex
Gel in some one thing, and your success.
shown and explained will benefit others
Examine the things in your special line
and inquire how other exhibitors secured
their results. Encourage your children
to examine and inquire, for this is one O
the means of developing an agriculture
taste, raising farming from drudgery tt
skill, and preventing the headlong rush O.
our sons to the temptations and excite
ments of city life.
Third, do not attend for mere amuse.
ment. Do not hang around the race track
all the time, and then blame the board for
encouraging horse racing. Do not pat
ronze the countless side shows and clap
trap devices for getting the peoples mon
ey that always abound in and about fairs,
and all "places where men most do con-
gregate."
Fourth, come in good natured, and
not in a fault finding frame of mind. We
have often heard the remark: 1--WE better
things at home" If you have you ought
to have put them on exhibition; if you
have not, it will do you nor any one else
any good TO lie about it,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

DON'T BELIEVE IN SILos.-While it is
our desire to see the dairymen of the
country fully abreast with all the improve
ments of the day, and, especially, if there
is any money in it, yet, if they will take
the advice of one who has never tried it.
they will make haste slowly before they
90 into the business of digging caves
under the whole of their farms. There
are plenty of enthusiastic, rich men-
amateur dairymen-who will never miss
their money if things go wrong, and who
will make pits or silos after the most APP
proved patterns, and having blown of
their extra steam, and got over the first
flush of victory, will begin to count the
cost, and thereby we fear heavy discount
on the present calculations. All we know
is that green corn is "a heavy and expensive
article to handle. hard to cut with a feed
box. ms it is so soft the knives must be
very sharp, and the juice gums them up
rapidly. 1t has about eighty per cent Of
water in it, and is therefore about rs nu.
tritious as poor milk. A COW in summer
time should eat about six bushels to make
any impression on the milk pail.-Ameri,
can Datrynaan.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

BE Coon TO THE BABIEs.-The fretful
baby season is upon us, and the crop is
larger than in many seasons before.
Babies that have been at just the loyeliesl
age-of babies-ever since they were born,
have suddenly become perfectly awful.
according TO mothers, and u great deal
awfuller, If nurses are to be believed. At
all unseemly times in the night they
awake and cry. and no infection of the
aspiration "Shi' can quiet them; while
during the day they whine, they slap and
scratch whoever happens to be holding
them, and they demand everything within
reach for the apparent purpose Of refusing
it or throwing it away as soon rs offered
them. If they are large enough to creep
and sit upon the aoor. they divide their
Time between tumbling over, humping
their beads, tugglng at their mothers
skirts and getting their arms and legs
Under rocking chairs, each act being ac.
companied by slow but loud music. In
most families the baby, Individually, is
blamed for all this. To be sure, the
mother or nurse feels miserably in suci
weather. According to her TEN permanent
she is ready to melt. or fly out of her skin
or die, or get divorce, or do something
else that is dreadful; but in either event
Ill the family discomfort is claimed by tn,
baby's attendant. while nothing but human
iepravity is allotted to the baby. Mean
while, beings who are not mothers ar,
paying special attention 10 other varieties
If baby animals; young dogs, horses ant
calves which are considered worth savin,
are being fed with especial reference TO tn
weather; their beds are kept clean AN,
cool; they are sponged several times
day, perhaps, and kept from all causes G
Excitement, while the least VALUABLE
among them would not be trusted for a
hour to the care of the average nurse girl
Let mothers be as attentive to infants a
grooms ard dog fanciers are to colts an
puppies, and great deal of the complain
ing about fretful babies will ease.-Ne,
York Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

ENGLISH RECEIPTS FOR CREAM CHEESE.
i send you "A capital receipt for cream
cheese from lady in Worcestershire, Eng,
land, who was celebrated for it:
Mrs. Wards, of Hazles, receipt for
making cream cheese: To gallons Of
fresh milk. which will be sufficient for 3
cheeses, put gallon of water and spoon
fuls of rennet which will bring it to curds
in about an hour. Then break it up toler.
ably fine, and let it stand till you see the
whey clear, which dip quietly off through
sieve. Then beat up the curd with a
wooden knife, and pour over as much cold
water as will cover it. Let it stand one
quarter of an hour, and then take it up
with the sieve, and put into the vat, having
let it run through the sieve till sufficiently
firm to stand in the vat. Press it half an
hour, turn up, put on wet cloths, and press
two hours; then salt well and press three
hours; then take out and put them on a
clean board, scrape lightly, and wash under
them till fit to cut, which will sometimes
be only a few days, and occasionally be-
yond fortnight."-T. W. L.
We also find in an English exchange the
following extract from CLSSerS Family Ma-
gnzine:
1.-The easiest cheese to make, and one
which is much appreciated with salad, is
cream cheese. The best time for them is
when the grass is rich in early summer
Let tin or pan of milk stand SO hours !;
take the cream off as thick as possible, and
stir into it about teaspoonfnl of salt :;
have two saucers ready, with any old din
ner napkin or linen cloth folded double
over them; pour half the cream into each,
and let them be "a hours. By that time
the water will have run away into the
cloths, leaving the cream solid. If it is
not quite firm, lay another linen cloth over
them, and let them stand few hours
longer. Then take saucer in each hand
and put the two shapes of cream together
with the cloth mold the cheese into a
round form, about an inch thick; wrap it
up in clean cloth, leave it for "a hours,
when, if the cloth is very damp, use a
fresh one. In 4 or 5 days it is ready. If
attended to daily and the cloths changed
occasionally, they will keep good fort
night or more, putting wet one when the
cheese is getting too dry."-Coumtry Gen.
tlenrdn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

POTATOES AGAIN. still have some
thing more to say about patatoes. l have
had splendid luck with my Burbank seed
ling potatoes. They are The potatoes; are
very large, smooth, white, cook mealy.
keep well. are very firm in the spring, and
are worthy of general cultivation. Have
planted this variety the past four seasons
On new ground with no manure. Raised
Brownell's beauty the last two seasons :;
produced a very large crop each year. 1t
keeps well, cooks excellent; very desirable
for main crop; matured with decayed
leaves; result very good on old ground.
Thrilbrick's Seeding was raised on the
same ground with Brownells beauty, ma
nured the same; result not so good. |
have raised some very good crops OF this
potato. Snowflake variety good the two
last years; tubcrs medium sized; good
keeper and cooks well; pretty good for
both early and late use; ripens with the
late rose. This variety was planted in
rows fifteen inches apart the last two sea-
sons, on new ground, with no manure in
the hill, but sheep manure used on the
hill; result very good. l raised the white
peachblow by the side of the snowflake ;
yields better; MANFRED on the hill with
sheep manure. The white peacholow
yields better than the red. | think it is Il
better potato. 1t was planted fifteen
inches apart, in rows, tubers cut to single
eyes at time of planting have potato
called Canada russell which yielded about
three hundred bushels per acre on thin
land, MANFRED with sheep manure on the
hill. planted the farmers delight. acme,
russell ball, Irish cup, Scott Seeding, rain
drop. peerless-eight rows of each, ma
nured with sheep manure in the hill, eyes
divided into three pieces each, planted in
rows twelve inches apart; all good but
Irish cup and farmers delight, which
were very poor tubers; the rest very large
and even. Plowed all of the above varie-
ties the last year three times; hilled up
twice; plowed with double shovel pillow !;
plowed twice after rains-once when dry.
Jesse W. StdW.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

CosT OF E..STURE BEEF.-The practice
of winter fattening steers is pursued less
than formerly in New Hampshire, and
rightly, l believe will give from the
farm books few broad statements with.
out going into details. The farm hires its
steers and young animals pastured in a
neighbours pasture, with other stock
They are weighed before going into the
pasture and weighed after return The
cost of IL pound Of growth with the calves
is not quite one cent per pound; with
year olds, in round numbers. one cent per
pound; in two year-olds one and one half
and three-year- one and one-half and
three-fourth cents per pound. The growth
for the entire season, from May to No
vember |, varies from 200 to 800 pounds.
and does not vary very largely with the
college. farm stock in the different ages
named. What l desire to call attention
to is the fact that several years | have
been able to sell nice steers as high per
pound in August as could have sold the
same steers fattened in April Thus this
pastured beef is obtained at a profit for
the growth made. and the extra cost per
pound of winter fattening avoided. With
the poorer grade of stock unfit for the
markets this favorable comparative price
of August does not hold so fully. For
this purpose good pastures are needed and
sadly wanting William SdndOrn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-15

CHoKED Cows.-Friend Starkey wishes
some clever old man to give remedy for
COWS choked with apples. l keep COWS,
am not very old. say sixty. perhaps not
very clever. My advice is, keep the COWS
out of the apple orchard; put them in the
stable and feed the apples there. If any
should get choked then, take a strong
rope, put around the horns, draw the head
up and fasten; take melted lard while
warm. and pour down the throat. The
lard will grease the throat so that the APP
Pile can be moved up or down. This would
be my remedy. 1t is more sensible than
examining sticks and whipstocks down the
throat. think it dangerous practice to
turn cattle of any kind into the apple OF.
chard. They chase each other and tear
around, which is the cause of their getting
choked. Prevention is better than cure
have fed my cows apples twice a day
since Red Astrachans and Yellow Harvest
began TO fail; fed in stanchions, and have
had no trouble. commenced feeding
sowed corn some three weeks ago, and
keep the cows up to their usual flow of
milk.-C. w. K.