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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08
RECIPES.

GINGER SNAPS. Ono cup each of lard
and butter, two cups Of molasscs, one cup
OF brown sugar, one tablespoonful of soda,
one pinch Of salt. Mix very soft and roll
thin.
BENTON TEA CAKES.-Take one pound
OF flour, four ounces oc butter and milk
sufficiently to make paste, roll out very
thin and cut it into shapes, and bake on a
hot hearth or slow oven plate.
WHITE CAKE.-One and a-half cups of
sugar, half cup Of butter, two cups of flour,
half cup of sweet milk, half t,aspoonful
of sacratus, one tcaspoonlul of cream tar
tar, three eggs; flavor with lemon.
DRIED APPLE CAKE-Two cupaful of
dried apples, two of molasses, two and a. half
of flour, half a one of butter, two eggs, a
teaspoonful and a-half of soda, one teas>
poonful of cloves. one tablespoonful of Gin
namon; soak the apples over night, then
stew them soft with the water they have
been soaked in, in the molassss, and add to
the mixture.
SUES SWEET POTATO PIE Ono pound
each of sweet potatoes, boiled and mashed,
eggs aud white sugar ; sufficient sweet cream
or milk to make it thin batter the consis-
tencc Of pound cake; -four with nutmeg
and cinns mon extract Of lemon or pincap.
pie may be added. Bake in light puff
paste without top. Beat the eggs scpa
rately as for pound cake. Puff paste for
above: In pound and quarter of sifted
flour rub with the hand half pound of
fresh butter mix with half pint of spring
(purc) water knead well and set it aside
for a quarter Of an hour, or while you arc
preparing the potatoes; then roll out thin,
spread it with butter, sprinkle -four over it,
double in folds and roll again; repeat this
three or four times and let it set an hourin
cold place. This paste, made of salt but
ter, with the addition of three eggs beaten
together, makes delicious paste for meat
or savory pies.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

How OFFICERS WERE ONCE PAID.-It
Is recorded in history that ftom 1777 70
1854 that portion of the country now known
as Tennessee formed part of North Caro-.
lima, and that in 1885 the people of Ten.
nessee became dissatisfied with their govern.
ment. and organized u State government un-
der the name OF "Franklyn," which was
maintained for some years. The organiza-
tion afterwards disbandcd and Territorial
Tennessee was again annexed 70 y6rth Car
olina. The following is anon ae laws
passed by the Legislature Of thek Etate OF
'Franklyn."
In Daniel Webster's speech on the cur.
rency in 1888 is this extract
"Be it enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Frauklyn, and it is hereby
enacted by tho authority Of the same That
from the first day of January, 1879, the sal
aries of the officers Of this commonwealth
be as follows, to,wit:
Ibis Excelency, the Governor, 1000
deer skins.
"His Honor, the Chief Justice, 500 deer
skins or 500 raccoon skins.
"Members of Assembly, per diem, 3 rac>
coon skins
naou Souuty CIcrk, oUU beaver SKINS.
Justices fee for signing warrant, one
muskrat skin.
TO the Constable for serving warrant,
l mink skin.
'Entered into law the 18th day of Oc.
tobcr, 1870"
1t will be sc"n from this extract that some
of the allowances were sass small. but if
the same pay were allowed eons1a1irS now
in this section, we would be found hong
the office seekers, and if we should be cleo,
ted, just as soon as we got our mink skin
we would strike bee line for a fur house
and turn it into money. Nothing like mon
ey, after all.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

Ten CENTS A DAY.--No matter how
large your salary, you will save nothing if
you spend money too freely, Men arc con.
tnually indulging in small expenses, saying
to themselves, that it's only trine, you for.
getting that the aggregate is serioas, that
even the seashorc is made up OF pretty
grains of sand. Ten cents day is even
thirty six dollars and half a year, aud that
is the interest of a capital ol six hundred
dollars The man that saves ten cents day
only is so much richer than he whoG does
not, as if he owned life estate in n house
worth six hundred dollars and if Invested
quarterly, does not take half that time
But ten cents day is childs play, some
will exc.aim. Well, John jacob Astor used
to say, that when a man, who wishes to be
rich, has saved ten thousand dollars, he has
won half the battle. Not That As.cr
thought ten thousand much, but he knew
that in making such Il sum, man acquired
habits OF prudent economy, which would
keep him advancing in wealth. How macy,
however, spend ten thousand in few years
in extra expenses, and then, on looking back
cannot TELL as they say, "where the money
went to-" So to save is to get rich TO
squandcr, even in small sums. is tho first
step toward the poorhouse. The habit of
cxtravagance is easily formed, but almost
impossible to break up.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

NARROWING WHEAT IN SpRING-The
advantage Of narrowing wheat lands thor
oughiy IN the Spring, us soon as the ground
becomes dry enough to pre- ;ent the horses
sinking into il, is known to many farmers
who have practiced it, but is unknown to
the majority. Wheat is usually sown in
September upon well prepared land. This
land is left there subject to all the storms
OF rain and snow and the dry weather in
the succeeding Spring until the wheat is
harvested 10 consequence the land be-
comes, in May aud June, nearly rs hard as
meadow. At season of the year when
the plants are in the greatest vigor of growth
the land is SO hard as not to give one half
the nourishment it would if Kept mellow by
any process. Suppose, for instance, corn
should be planted in the Fall, under similar
conditions with wheat, and that the winter
did not iujure it, aud that 1t were left with.
out cultivation of any sort until harvested !;
1t Is evident that the yield would be dimin
ished over one-half; in fact the yield would
probably be SO light and poor as to be worth
less.
Now, wheat, from my experiments 10 its
cultivation by hand in England, shows as
great sensitiveness to cultivation as corn;
the yield by careful hand cultivation being
increased to sixty bushels, and in some in.
stances, eighty bushels per acre. Now, a
thorough narrowing of wheat in Spring, in
very Inexpensive manner, performs the
cultivation nearly as well as when done by
hand. If the crust formed by the Winter
SHOWS and Spring rains is thoroughly bro
ken, and the ground to the depth of two or
more inches we'll pulverizcd, tho effect upon
the wheat is like magic. 1t starts into the
most vigorous growth aud in few weeks
has nearly or quite doubled in size of the
wheat not narrowed. In pieces of wheat
that have come under the writer's observa.
ton, which were narrowed in strips, that is
one strip not narrowed at all, and other
strips ON each side thoroughly narrowed,
in the carly part Of Junc-thc narrowed
wheat stood fully one foot higher Ian the
unharrowed at each side, aud in every way
was strikiugly ranker and more vigorous
MIR. Il. j. Swan, of Rose Hill Farm, Gen.
eva, N. Y, who has heavy clay land, says
he has narrowed his wheat for four years
with the Thomas harrow, and finds the yield
to be increased fully ten bushels per acre
Byrum Moulton, of Alexander, Gcuessc
County N. Y, harvested from fifty acres
600 bushels of wheat. His neigh
bors only obtained about ten bushels per
acre. The ouly difference in land or treat
ment was that Moulton's wheat was thor
oughly narrowed with this implement in
the Spring and his ncighbprs' was not
The effect produced by narrowing hurley
and oats, after they have obtained a growth
n five !
l have observed many instances where fllly
twenty bushels per acre increase, in consc-
quenco of thorough narrowing, was OBJ
taincd
These facts and many others of similar
character show clearly the great profit
which farmers may derive from a thorough
cultivation, by narrowing, of wheat, oats,
barely and other sown crops, with the Thom.
as smoothing harrow. x Cor. Country Gen
Hem0n.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

n Young widow in Paris recently receiv>
ed in an envelope two stall tickets for her
self and little son to the opera, with note
setting forth that the sender, great ad-
mirer of hers, would make himself known
by sitting Immediately behind her. The
seat referred to remained vacant, and when
she returned to her home she found that the
clever thief, having assured her absence, had
robbed it at his leisure. -~-~r
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

a DIFFERENCE IN D:sposl TIoN.-I
know two girls, equally excellent and pretty,
between whom marked difference exists ;
one gains friends wherever she goes, and at
once; the other makes few, and then only
alter long acquaintance. Why's She
looks at people with an eye of suspicion ;
she doesn't wish to be taken in her glance
at the person to whom she is presented says,
Now YOU are very likely not what you pre-
tend to be, and you shall not find me vic.
tim at any rate" She approaches strangers
with cicnchcd fists, as it were, aud the ncv-
liable consequences is that they receive her
in the same spirit Nohady likss~sx- -hurc
his faults suspected before he has had a
chance to show his virtues. Her gcntlcr
friend, instiuctivcly understanding this, re.
ccives every new acquaintance as if she had
been waiting all her life for him especially.
She sees the good in people and gives them
the credit for it. The result is, that in her
presence all our good qualities come out, and
we arc better for the time being if not for
always. Thus it is that she has so MANY
friends, for while men aad women laugh at
her friends witty sayings and applaud her
keen criticisms, they do not care one ten III
as much for her as they do for their umiable
iavoritc, who believes there is some good in
everybody. But our young cyuic docs not
see this. She goes on believing that it is
the fault of the world that she is not an
prcciated. fear, if she lives to see three
score years and ten, she will never get the
sweetness and beauty out Of life which her
friend has already found.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

A DELUGE IN DAKOTA.-St. Paul,
MINI, March 3l.-A special from BIS.
marck says that the ice in the Missouri Riy.
or broke there yesterday, and the lower part
Of the city is ovcrflowed, and great sea of
ice and water extends for five miles Three
Government warehouses on the landing were
wrecked. The river rose ten feet in few
hours, and is now thirty feet above low wa
ter mark. The wood choppers and settlers
in the low lands were all washed out, and
many were probably drowned. Mandon, on
the west side of the river, is under three
feet of water. The greatest loss, aside from
the loss of life, will be in cord wood, thous-
ands Of cords having been swept away.
A dispatch from Sioux City says there
are thirty feet of water in tho channel at
Yankton. The lower part of the city is
overhowcd, the inhabitapts having been
driven to the Hill. The food is the largest
ever known there, aud tho damage is inns
mcnse.
The City of Vermillion, Dakota, is also
inundated, tho water being up to the second
story windows. The occupants were taken
to the bluffs in boats and were probably
landed in places Of safety
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

1t is said that one spoonful of coarse pow
dercd satpetre to pail of water will de.
stroy potato bugs, squash bugs, and other
insects. For roses it is unsurpassed For
maggots that work at the root of su:ash
vines, pour about pint of the liquid on the
root of each vine as soon as the pests iudi-
cate themselves.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

'lf | have ever used any unkind words,
Hannah" said Mr. Smiley to Mrs. Sn,ily,
rcflectively, IL take them all back" "Yes,
l suppose you want to use them over again, y
was the not very soothing reply.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

Management Of tho Worlds Fair" is
troubling New Workers. Just now. 1t is a
problem Adam struggled with whom there
was only one worlds fair, and she got the
best Of him.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

The "horrid" man who paragraphs for
the Philadelphia Herald annTunc, % that
fashionable spring bonnets will be eoi6pt5bd
Of fifteen cents worth of bonnet aud sifty
dollars worth of trimmings.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

BALTIMORE NOT TO BE BLoCKADED.-
n letter received here yesterday ION gen
tleman residing in Baltimore expresses the
opinion that the Virginia Midland extension
to Charlotte is still contemplated, notwith
standing the recent lease Of the Air Line
| by the Richmond and Danville Railroad
Company. 1t is said the Baltimore mcr.
chants have taken the matter so much tc
heart that public meeting has been called
and the opinion prevails that the business
cxigencies Of the Monumental City abso.
lutcly require the penetration Of at least one
railroad from there into the cotton b lit, and
that the business men there are ready to put
their shoulders to the wheel. The Virgi.
MIA Midland is now regarded as a Baltimore
road, and as it butts up against the Rich>
mond and Danville Railroad combination at
Danville there is no friendly Southern cut
let. Baltimore capital says it must and ,cU
have one, and the project Of connecting
link between Danviilc aud Charlotte must
be built.
When it is remembered that Charlotte
already has through connection with Char
lesion oia the new route over the Northeast.
ern Railroad from Wadesboro, and the fur
ther fact that a railroad between Charlotte
and Camden would open up Baltimore trade
to the whole Of the cotton trade East of
New Orleans and Mobile the completion of
the Virginia Midland to Charlotte will be-
come apparent These are the days of con>
solidation and co operation, and being cut
off from a friendly Southern trade by the
Richmond and Danvillc Railroad Company,
the Baltimore and Ohio looks over in our
direction with little less solicitudc than did
Moseswh from Pisgah's heights he beheld
the fertile valleys of Canaan. Access here
can only be gained by driving the iron horse
into Charlotte.
Mr.. Garrett, the President of tho Balt-
more and Ohio Railroad, it is understood, is
in Italy, whittier he has gone for his health,
but even his absence will-uot long delay the
clystalization Of plans which must result in
the building Of the proposed road from
Danville to Charlotte if the people of Bati
more are in earnest. Nous VERRoNs-
Charlotte Observer.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

Prido Of mind is the attribute Of honest
people pride Of manners is that of fools |;
pride of birth and rank is often tho pride Of
dupcs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-08

y CHASTITY TRADE OF BALTIMORE
The Baltimore Sun publishes long and
itcmizcd account Of the grave robbing in
that city which seems to have assumed the
dimensions Of n regular and profitable bust
ness, circulars being sent out to the differ.
cnt medical colleges of the country offering
to supply "subjects" on reasonable terms
Portions of the correspondence of the deal
cr are given, from which it appears that
Prof. VIM. Perrin Nicholson, of the medi-
cal college at Atlanta, Ga, was good Gus
toner. One individual contracted for the
shipment Of the remains of one hundred
citizens of Baltimore during the season.
The prices ranged FROM $50 for "good lean
adults in good condition" to S25 for goods"
which the purchasers complained were sin
jured' or Sin bad condition when received,
The injury being usually the result Of warm
weather. Sometimes orders were sent by
telegraph for models" One correspondent
gives directions for the injection of chloral
to preserve the Shastly merchandise anoth
or objected to the bad quality because he
says: "Wc pride ourselves on the excel
lent material furnished" Men, women and
children, white and black. and high low,
seem to ha . been thus disposed of, the
rcsurrectionist taking an affectionate inter
est in funeral notices aud burials, and skill
fully extracting the bodies from the graves
on the night after their intermeut without
disturbing anything or leaving traces.
Many hundreds Of Bal,imorc's dead bclev-
cd to be peacefully slumbcriDg have been
long since shipped away by express, (that
being the iuyariablc method Of shipment
except in very cold wcathCr) and carved up
by medical students in Cleveland, o., Ann
IIarbor, Mich, Boston, Mass, Atlanta aud
other cities. The Sun gives partial list Of
the graves robbed, its information being
probably obtained from the rcsurrectioniSL
himself, VINO was recently acquitted of body
snatching through detective evidence. II
is probable that the traffic might have con-
tinued uninterrupted for long time had it
net been for the vivid dream OF relative
of dead young lady, which led to opening
her grave, discovery Of the absence of her
tody, and Subsequent excitement and in-
vestigntion loading to these horrible aud as
topisAipg discoveries
The planters of Southwest Georgia, it is
reported, nave met with another enemy to
crops, in the way of field larks They have
never before been so mischievous They GO
in great droves and pull up the young corn
by the roots us soon as it bcgi0s to come up
and in this way arc doing an immense
amount Of damage.
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At Bullong-Mr Bcllivello (who likes
to air his French before his fricnds). "Av.
vyvoo Ia payfume du-er-du Jockey
club I" Fair perfumsr-On, yes, saire
We have all re English smells ?'
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People are known by tho company they
keep,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1881-07-12
Notice Of Foreclosure.

WHEREAS Abner HAVEN OF Oxford. 10 the
w County OF oxford, Conye'ed 10 The sub
scriher by his mortgage deed. dated tho 9Th day
OF May, A. D., 1873, the following described real
estate 20 wit : certain piece or parcel OF land,
situated In said oxford, bounded ADD described
as follows: commencing or the west side 1T Ia"
county road leading by Welchville and ct the end
the wall on the sonih eide Of the meeting house
lot: thence south 81 degrees east by nid road
iIty-,vo rods 10 u stone post; thence south hny'
nine degrees wet NJ risht angle. with said road,
one hundred snd my eight rods. 20 pine stump
siAndirg on tho hank ot the Little Androscoggin
River marked with red chalk "a Haven; thercc
up said river rolnd the oN-bow 10 same 10 = pinc
stump m.rked with red chslk'A. Haven; thence
souihcrly abOu' siN feet 10 stone corner thence
north Abcut 1ny.nirc degrees east and such a
course as will strike The wall on the south side Of
he burying ground lot thence on ssid wall 20 the
arst mentioned bound; meaning 10 convey the
drst meui toned premises In a deed of warraniee
from Euoch Perkins 10 said AbncT Haven. .aid
deed being dated Dec. 9, ISIS, and recorded in OK
ford Records, Book -. pages lB and 49, TO tc'
cure the payment OF one bundled and twenty nine
dollars in two years: and whereas the conditions
" said mortgage deed have been broken hereby
claim q foreclosure under the one year clause
which is one OF the conditions mentioned in said
mortgage deed.
SlLAS l.. KING.
N Loo,
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TESTIMONIALS.

SouIH PARIS. Mr., MAY q, lSSi.
Mr.. ]. n. Moody: Dear Sir Having pur-
chased pha,ton Of you fact sea'Cn, which has
proved satisfactory in every wsy Il can cheerfuliy
recommend al in want OF carriages TO y" -
hsy, done. WI. h. ROYAL.
Sotru PARIS. MX MAY % lSsl.
This l. 20 certify that Tough; OF J. II. Moody
lsst season two thousand doller-' worth OF top
carriages OF differ ent kinds for my livery busI
mss and they have proved to be durable and sat.
l>iaciory crriages IN every respect jn't as he
represented them 10 be, aud can eheeriully rec
ommeuJ all IN want Of carrisges TO huv Of him.
JOHN VI. CUMMINGS.
PARIS IN L. NE., May 90 ls,I.
THIS il 10 certify that the eide hsr, cNters sion
t-p carriage which purchased 90 Mr.. J II.
Moody last season. has proved 10 be a durable
lust as he represented il 10 be, while Ihe ,rns
were very moderate. J. {. MARBLE.
NORWAY. NE. May a.. lssi.
Mr. ]. Il. MOODY Dear Sir,-l bought phae.
ton cf you two years, ago, and which has proved
20 be good one In every way, and | can cheer
fullv recommend all In " ant Of carriages to buy
the .r top work OF you. AARON. &. NOBLE.
NORWAY, May q, ISL.
This is 10 certify that last season bought 4
beach wagon Of Mr.. J. u Moody, which have
used "a a family carriage and grocery wagon
aud q - perfectly Satisfactory in every way, and
'- $3.50 F.H. MOVES.
NORWAY. May q, lSsl.
Mg. J. u. MoopY: Dear Sir, - Having pur.
chased n top buggy of you last season for my liy
ery business, and which has proved satisfactory
in every way, can caeeriully recommend all In
want OF carTiagrs ~ h"y Of Won
UkRlNnTO\ NJ. CUMMINGS.
NORWAY. Nay 81 l~si.
Mr. J. n. MoopI D,Gr Sir II ought phae
ton auu one Concord waxcn std orr teach wagon
OF you two wears $50. and lh-y are at " hat YOU
recomm' nded them 10 be, and they have given
ssti.isction. NM HALL.
PARIS. Junc >. lssl.
Mr.. =. n MOODY: Dear Si-.-My rhseton that
had OF YOU last season !. ~ cd carrirsc, and
Is what you recon mended Il 10 D. In .ycry wy.
JOIN WHITMAN.
PARIS MAIZE, iune 9, lssi.
J. II. MOODY. ESQ. Dcdr Sr The coal box
buggy that loaght II YOU at ,easun hAs proved
durable and satisfactory in every respect and
just a. y on represented Il . be.
w q DOUGLASS.
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THE REPUBLICAN. Springfield. Mass.
GRAND TRUNK R. R,
summer Arrangement.


On and after June 81, and urtll further notice
trains " ~ run rs follows:
GOING WEST.
Express trains for Lewiston, will leave Portlan q
a. ! 10 An, l2:io and $50 p.
fCr South Paris. Norway, Montreal, Chicago
and the West, will leave Portland Al 90 IN.
and - D. m. Lewiston AZ $40 a. m. and 81 D.
m, south Paris NJ lO-eS y. N. ADD 2t5 p. IA
Norway ai lu:l5 \. aud 81 IN, and Gorham
a. II OF aRd 5:,j IN. The latter connects 81
X chime n 4 for Qaebec.
LrcSl for south Paris. Norway and Gorhfm
leaves Portland at 10 p. m, and South Paris a,
80 o. m.
Mixed for Island Pond leaves GorhAm at II rs
q.
GOiNG EAST.
ENptess trains for Portland will leave Lewis.
ton 40 - apd n 80 a. m, and IS J. N.
for south Paris, Norway, Lewiston, Portland
Gud isoston leave Island Pond n 20 a. NJ, Cor
tam AZ 81 a. IN, South Paris al 10 = =. IN, and
Norway At 10 as a. n.
For Poitland sud Boston leave I-,srj Tonl ',
y 80 p ma Gorham a. AS 4. ~, aHi : IA
FAiis St4c 80 2
LEGAL Tor Portland and Lewiston leave, Cor.
ham AZ - q. m, soaih Paris AZ Q ~ a. H.,
snd Norway at ~ a. m.
Mako! lVr Portland leaves GoIh2Tn a: ~ - a.
IN aud south Paris q - ,.
Trains viii run by Portland time.
JOSEPH HlCkSON. General Manager.
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A true eopy-attest II &C. DAVIS Register.

OXFORD, ss:-At a COur; of Probate held It
Paris, within and for the county of oxford, on
the third Tuesday of June. A. ID. lsSl.
an the petition Of PHEBE 4. HARNDES.
" guardian Of Ina Hsiaden, minor aer Of
Elbridge Harnden, late or Fryeburg In said
county. deceased pray ing for license to sell and
convey certain real estate described in her peti.
tIon on Ale In the Probate Oillce sixth part
Of the "Stonebam Hzrnden pasture" at an ad.
vantageous oder OF one hundred dollars, TO one
Harmon ID Harnden OF Fryeburg:
Ordered, That the said Petitioner give notice TO
all persons interested, by causing an abstract OF
her petition withthis order thereon 10 be publish.
ed three weeks excessively in the oxford Dem.
oerst,a newspaper printed at Paris In said County,
lEat they may appear at Probate
Court to be held at Paris In said county
on the third Tuesday Of Jaly next, 3 O'Clock n
the forenoon and show cause if any they have
why the same should not be granted.
K A. FRYE, Judge.
A true copy-aitest: II. q. DAVIS. Register.