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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

and lady in our neighborhood had al
old piano-cover dyed it was coloret
bright purple by means of maple bark
and cut up into suit for her little boy
who appeared qnite in royal style in hil
purple garments.
A very prevalent fashion in confeder
ate days was what was called Garibald
bodies, These were gathered full on the
shoulders beneath band, and were gen.
erally made of white muslin and worn
with colcred silk skirts. Sometimes,
however, they were made of bright-col-
ored flannel or silk with a row of gilt
buttons up the front and on the shoulder
straps. The Italian hero, Garibaldi,
may remark in this connection was highly
esteemed in the confe deracy. Unfortu.
nately, the fashions of those days called
for voluminous garments and bonnets.
Cores were not worn then, nor had it
come into->fashion to combine two ma
terials Ill costume, else we might have
combined the fragments of two dresses
into one and thus been somewhat relieved
of our straits and perplexities. The bon
nets and hats were large at one time
the former were immense, prompting
one to exclaim, "No more on this head !"
Velvet bonnets were mostly worn in
Winter, but in Summer straw hats and
drawn muslin hats (the latter very pretty
and picturesque) were worn. Toward
the latter part of the war, hats made of
plated shucks were very much worn in
country neighborhoods, trimming for
the hat being also made of shucks. The
gentlemen and little boys Of the family
had to resort to homemade or country
made hats Tor common wear, and these
hats, shaped by the awkward, inexperi-
enced fingers of amateurs, displayed
many curious curves and grotesque in
dications that impaired u rakish air to
even the staidest old gentleman or most
innocent little boy.
Feather flowers were much in vogue
then, not the fine, delicate, brilliant ones
made OF Brizilian feathers, but coarse
ones Made of the feathers of our barn
yard fowls, while elder and swansdown
were simulated by trimming made of
goose feathers. Trimmings were, of
course, as 81 lrce with lis as material to
be trimmed, and toward the close of the
war persons appeared quite dressy if they
could muster trimming of dress braid
a quilting OF this at the bottom of an al
paca or worsted skirt and three rows of
1t above were considered stylish trim
ming. Shoes were great difficulty with
us, Many belle had to encase her
dainty feet in clumsy, homemade shoes,
and ii the war had gone on much longer
perhaps We might have had occasion to
resort to French sabot or wooden shoes.
A country cobbler in my neighborhood
supplied the young ladies' around him
toward the close of the war with CATERS
made of an old blue cloth coat, cut up
and stitched with yellow silk.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

Pfacttcal Suggestions for Young PeO .
pie who are studying Botany.

Specimens should be gathered, when
possible, in fine weather. If taken in
wet weather, or if water plants, the mois.
ture should be shaken from them and
they should be dried as much as possible
before putting to press. When the weath.
er is very warm the vasculum "a tin box
for collecting) may be lined with large
leaves, and its contents occasionally
sprinkled with fresh water. This will
generally keep the specimens in good
condition. As rule, specimens should
not exceed sixteen inches in length, and
the entire plant, with its root, should be
preserved. Ii you will examine plant
you will find that often the lower leaves
differ very much from the upper leaves,
and many times only by means of the
lower leaves, or the one or two above it,
is it possible to tell the kind of plant.
Therefore, when the plant is SO large
that it is impossible or inconvenient to
save it entire, you must preserve the top
or some of the branch leaves and the low.
er part of the stem having the first OF
seed leaves. If it is not practicable to
retain all of the root, enough should be
kept to show the nature of the plant.
Specimens should always be either in
flower Oh fruit. In the herbs both will
often be found existing at the same time
on plant. At least two leaves of fern
should be preserved, otherwise the speci.
men is incomplete. Do not hold speci.
mems in the hand any longer than is nee.
essary, as the warmth hastens willing.
Make a note OF locality where collected
on slip of paper and attach it to the
specimen before putting it into the vas.
culum. Plants should lie with theii
roots together at one end of the box.
Algfe (sea weeds, ETC., } should be placed
in wide-mouthed bottles, containing, il
sea weeds, salt water otherwise, fresh
water The bottles may be carried in Q
small basket. A small scoop net attach
ed to telescope handle will often prove
of service in taking specimens from the
water or from pools between rocks, which
are otherwise inaccessible. The best time
for collecting alge is after storm, but
plenty will always be found on the sea
shore early in the morning. Drags ant
fishermen's nets often contain choice ant
rare specimens.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

Through the village DER the river, to the breezes
With the glory Of their music, are the churc.bells
sweetly ringing.
Weary, sad and disappointed, hope borne down by
many fear,
I, stranger, pause and listen, as their giadsomc
sound | hear.
In my heart sweet memories wuken, round III
Linking all bright thoughts together OF the future
and the past.
That the breezcs orr the river from the church.
bells bear along.
In my heart hope re-awasens, bringing strength
aud lie and light,
Love TO suffer, will TO battle, and 10 conquer for
the right.
Though cast down, yet not despalrlng, glorious
Words TO make me strong in daring, words to cast
out doubt and fear.
In the belfry stand the ringers, while tho silver
song still swells
But they can not hear lis beauty for the cashng OF
the bells.
only others. not the workers. hear the glory of the
While we bless them, they must labor theirs the
sun ring, ours the gain.
This, perhaps, the noblest lesson tina, the holy
music tells,
While across vale wood and upland, all its silver
gladness swells.
le, who live, who love, who labor, bearing, daring
all you can,
soyou may, by Coils good Blessing, ease one suf-
ferng hear, OF man.
Help one brother 10 grow better cause one sinful
soul 10 see,
Gol's great care and love and patience ever wait
ing, ever free.
treer than HIS holy sunshine, or tine blessing Of
The rain,
And the frccst TO those sad ones who are worn
with doubt aud pain.
on, take heart perhaps no knowledge, no sweet
thanks for help well given,
May be granted for thy cheering IN thy life on this
SIDE heaven.
Love thou on in earnest working, and perchance
thou yet mayst see
That some hearts whom thou hast solaced have
been blessing God for thee
-fhumbpis'b JvUT,ul
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CLOTHES IN THE &. y. A.
How secs.sla Dressed In ls8I-85.

MARY W. Early in the Philadelphia Times.l
During the war homespun dresses were
good deal used by Virginia country
ladies' for every ,iay wear, and have
seen some of these dresses that looked
really pretty and jaunty on fresh young
girls. The dyres Gas we'll as the cloth
were home production. Ivy leaves, sci
with alum, made pretty gray; sumac
leaves and chinquapin bark made black
maple bark made bright purple, and
peach bark made green dye.
The men of the confederacy, those in
the army, at least, Jared much better
with respect to clothes than the women
did, the government providing them with
uniforms imported from abroad through
the blockade. Occasionally. too, wo.
man would get prize in the shape of 0
trunk or box of new clothes smuggled
through the blockade, in which case her
toilet would be the envy and admiration
OF all her feminine friends. Persons who
had friends or relatives in Baltimore,
Philadelphia or other Northern cities
would sometimes be favored with box
of 'store clothes" remember such q
box being sent from Philadelphia to &c.
quaintances OF mine in Richmond, who
became, in consequence, "the glass OF
fashion and the mold OF FORM" A plaid
ribbon in the box was lent by turns to
various friends, who looked on It as rare
and dainty ornament, something almost
equal to the ribbon Of the rider of the
garter. The writer wore it to an elegant
entertainment in Richmond the last winti
of the war.
Merchant as we'll as individuals would
occasionally receive goods through the
blockade, but these were scarcely opened
before their eager customers would seize
on them and buy them up. Prices rose
almost as high as during the Revolution
of l776. The last winter of the war the
thinnest, flimsiest silk rose above 800 a
yard. Dresses that winter. were made
with n basque and full, plain skirt, or
fiounced one, semi-long. Ball dresses OF
silk or other heavy material were made
after the memorial fashion of Grecian
waist, with full plain skirt, in train
behind, and I do not thirk any OF the
changes or caprices Of fashion have n
proved upon the beauty and simple ele-
gance of this custom. Muslin dresses
were flounced or puffed, and by dint of
were made to do good service. On one
oeS"oioh " youuB ih'iy VI my ucquhiHt-
ance appeared in very dashing costume
of pink silk brocade. the design being 30
large and coarse as to cause suspicion
among her lady friends that she had i'm
provised bah costume out of an old
brocatelle curtain, and sprightly young
lady, on the spur of the moment COM
posed parody on Moore's "Origin of
the Harp" beginning thus -
"'ris believed that this dress that now wear fol-
Was curtain Of Old"
But the rest is too full of personalit ii G
for repetition. Such transformations and
makeshifts were the order OF the day
during the war. Numerous articles
''contrived by turns double debt to
pay" like the piece of furniture de-
scribed by Goldsmith, "By night bed, a
chest Of drawers by day." gentleman
of my acquaintance had himself a "swell'
suit made out OF gray blanket shawls,
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An Abused Wife.


li'Aon ''ii'Hss'I
A melancholy looking woman with q
painful expression about the corners OF
her mouth, applied to Col. Sam Scudder,
an Austin lawyer, for divorce.
"What are yonr grounds for di.
vorce?"
MY husband gets drunk all the time.
It's dreadful for sober, Woodworking
women like myself to have drunken
husband"
~ suppose you have witnesses who
know he drinks to excess ?"
witnesses we'll, l should say SO.
can prove his drunkenness by my
sSf."
"Of course you have frequently seen
him in an intoxicated condition.
"Why, l have to go the grocery all
day lcng, bringing him one bottle after
another. Some days bring him half n
dozen bottles in one day"
"Good heavens Does he drink that
much whiskey? No wonder you want a
divorce"
The woman looked around to see that
nobody was listening, aud then she said
in confidential whisper;
"He don't get all of it. You see
drink up about two-thirds Of the bottle
before give it to him, and then fill it up
with water. If it wasn't for that l
couldn't live with him another day.
Just couldn't stand it"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
Work without Hope.

All Nature seems al work. Sugs leave their lair
The bees are siirrina-birds are on the wing
And Winter. slumbering In the open air.
Wears on his smiling face u dream OF Spring
And ], the while, the sole unbusy thing,
Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing;
Yet well ken the banks where amaranths blow,
Have traced the fOunt whence streams OF nectar
now.
lloom, U ye amaranths bloom for whom ye may
For me ye bloom not Glide, rich streams, away
With lips unbrighten'd. wreathess brow, ! stroll
Aud would you learn the spells that browse my
scul
Work without hope draws nectar IN q sieve,
And hope without an object can not live.
LIZ
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The CuHirat0r and country Gentie-
man says p. L, Quinn says that du-
ring protracted drought he applied
water to his strawberries with common
street-sprinkling cart at the rate of 800
gallons to beds 40 feet long and five feet
wide twice week during the picking
season. A portion of the plantation
could not be reached with the cart, and
the result was poor return on this part.
The watered portion bore heavy crop.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
The Reason Why.

Tho she hath not Diana's grace,
Nor Aphrodite perfect face
And golden hair,
She Is dearer unto me
Than another e'er could be,
And more fair.
.'ls she rich, then7' Oh dear, no,
But have enough, trow,
For us two.
"What do love her for ?" All well,
That can I exactly tell,
But do.
All my hopes of giadness lies
ln the lOye-llght Of her eyes;
The fond kiss
VI her tender, rosy lips,
u, uch OF her slender finger-tips,
Gives more bliss
Than you, cold cynic, ere could guess
But still, the reason, you confess,
"YOu can't divine"
Well, love her, and she loves me
What better reason can there be
For Joy ike mine"
The Spectator
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

A West Point cadet has already won a
certain amount of fame by being the owner
OF one hundred and twenty pairs of white
duck trowsers. Sitting here in our luxurious
homes, we little dream OF the cruel hard
ships our Wes, Point heroes are forced to
endure. -N0rristo,ea Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14

The establishment of A. r. Stewart Il Co
In New York was not finally closed on Satur-
day, as was announced 1t would be early in
June. The general impression IN the
storeis that the firm intend to carry on the
business until Sept. /.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-07-14
Butter Value of MILK.

A New Hampshire correspondent put
the following question to Prof. Willard
of Little Falls, n. Y: "Will You give
us the cost OF factory for manufacturing
the milk of 1000 cows into butter, ,and the
value OF quart of milk from the average
COW for that purpose ?"
Professor Willard answered through
the Country Gentleman as follows. A
butter factory fitted up with the latest
and most approved machinery for taking
the milk of 1000 cows and making butter
only, will cost about $500. No exact sum
can be given, as the price will vary ac-
corling to the plans and style of build
ing and its location, the cost OF material
and the price of labor, as they vary in diff.
ferent localities. II the skinned milk is
to be worked up at the factory into
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23
FARM AND PRESIDE.

If you clean your mirror with a soft
paper instead of a cloth, time and trouble
will both be saved, as there will be no
lint, and the gloss will have better pol
ish.-N Y. Post.
Very frequent news items about
CHASTITY deaths from goring by bulls
preach effective sermons against horns,
and against careless approaches to these
generally mismanaged and treacherous
beasts Chicago Journal.
The use of tarred paper or roofing
felt in the poultry house has been gener-
ally approved by those who have used it
as protector and preventive of vermin.
The felt, after remaining on few days
and becoming hardened and compare
lively dry, may be whitewashed without
detracting in any great degree from the
strong odor which it is claimed keeps of
the vcrmin.-N Y. Herald.
Peach fritters, served with cream
and sugar, are an excellent substitute
for pastry at dinner. Make a batter as
for ordinary fritterS-Of sweet milk,
flour and baking powder-and if you
choose to and one egg to each pint of
milk it will improve the dish. Peel and
quarter as many peaches as you wish to
put in-the more the better, as the
beaches shrink in cooking. Drop by
spoonfuls in hot lard, fry till brown, and
serve warm.
-Florentine Pudding: Boil one quart
of milk; mix one teacup of corn starch
smoothly with little milk, into which
stir the yelks of three eggs; flavor with
lemon or vanilla; stir into boiling milk
when the consistency of thick starch.
Put into pudding dish; when cool, cover
with merringue made with the whites
of the three eggs beaten to a stiff froth,
mixed with white pulverized sugar.
Place in the oven, when light brown
It's done. Serve cold with milk or cream.
-Prajrie Farmer.
Tomato PURGE: One large can OF
twelve fresh tomatoes, one quart of boil
inc water, two small onions, a small car
rot, half small turnip, two or three
sprigs of parsley or a stalk of celery;
all cut fine and boiled together for one
hour, first seasoning with one even table
spoonful of salt, one of white sugar and
half a teaspoonful of pepper. As the
water bOils away renew it, that the
quantity may remain the same. Finally.
cream a tablespoonful of butter with two
heaping ones of flour, and add hot soup
until it will pour easily. Pour into the
soup; boil all together for five minutes:
then strain through sieve serving with
dice of fried bread or with toasted crack,
erS.-Our Continent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

To Color Blue Color in brass. For
five pounds of cloth put four ounces of
,opperas in two pailfuls of water, scald
he cloth two hours in this, then rinse it
in ldwater; put two ounces of prussi-
ate of potash in two pailfuls of water,
out in the cloth, boil twenty minutes and
AXE the cloth out; put one ounce of oil
If vtriol in a bowl of cold water, then
out it in the potash dye put bacl, the
cloth in this dye and it stand until the
light color, then rinse in cold water
The Household.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23
Haunted Me.

a Workingman says: debt, poverty and
suffering haunted me for years, caused by a
SICK family and large bills for doctoring, which
did no good. was completely discouraged,
until one year ago, by the advice of my pas
tor. procured Hop Bitters and commenced
their use, and in one month we were all well.
andnone of us have been sick day since; and
want to say to all poor men, you can keep
your families well year with Hop Bitters
Tor less than one Doctors visit will cost.n-
Christian AdUocqts
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23
-Wah Lung. a New York Chinaman.

-Wah Lung, New York Chinaman,
went to Buffalo the other day on his way
to San Francisco, and bought ticket to
Chicago via the Grand Trunk Railway.
Everything was lovely till Wah Lung
wanted to get out of Canada into Mich
igan, when the authorities, with the new
restriction law in their minds, absolutely
refused to allow him to cross over. SO
the Celestial returned to Buffalo, and
after good deal of ''chin chin," got a
certificate that he was as good as any
Mclean man and continued on toward
the setting sum- Y San.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23
LucuIlus. the Roman EpIcure.

A simple order from this renowned Roman
to his servants to Serve dinner in room so
and So" was enough to insure a feast une-
qualled in the then known world. An order
to your servant to bring me bottle of Mish-
insure the happiest returns Fever and Ague,
Sick Headache, Nervous Debility, Dyspepsia,
Liver and Kidney troubles, all and more of
such diseases are surely cured by Mishler's
Herb Bitters.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY: Remember, young
man, uat de best frien' yer's got on dis earth
is a better frien' ter himself. den he is ter
you Doan turn man Outen de ranks OBJ re-
speetability case he's coward. While Nature
was loolln' away her time paintin' different
colors and stripes on de horns OBJ de jack
snsppers an udder bugs, 1 doan see why she
dluh contrive some easier way fur a child to
cut teeth.-ArhdnSdW Trayeler
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

~ at is great art to do the right thing
at the right time" The person subject to
arrangement of the kidneys or liver has
protective duty to perform in purchasing
package of Kidney-Wort. 1t invigorates
these organs, and by its clthartic and diuretic
effect, cleanses the whole system of all bad
humOrs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

DIR. PIERcE's Pleasant Purgative Pellets"
are sugar-coated and inclosed in glass bottles,
thelr virtues being thereby preserved unim-
pared FOR any length of time, in any climate,
SO mat they are always fresh and reliable.
druggists.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

''lN this country" Gays a boarding house
victim, 81 find nothing at all but insects, on
the leg or on the wing, but insects on every
thing" This accounts for the undiscovered
bucket.--IHe Jtliqe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

"JUsT look at that horrible mud out there,n
she lisped. "Well, that's the proper place
for it, is it not! Where would you have it.
on your boots, or down your neckN' An
other fellow pays for her carameIs now
Puck
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

FUNCTIONAL arrangement of the female
system is quickly cured by the use of DR.. R.
v Pierce,s "Favorite Prescription" 1t re-
moves pain and restores health and strength.
By all druggists:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

A HACKMAN recently went into the surf at
Long Branch and'encountered huge shark
Their eyes met for an instant, when the shark
blushed and swan out.-Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

ANOTHER Western man is on the high road
to fortune. A Chicago barber advertises for
ten deaf and dumb assistants Philadelphia
NepS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

wo9id be not to take DR.. r v Pierce's "Gold-
en- Medical Discovery" if you are bilious, SUI
ierlng from impure blood, or fearing consump-
tlon (scrofulous disease of the lungS). Sold
by all druggists
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

TIE New York Graphic says that it is the
present aim of fashionable women TO make
their shoulders as high and square as possible
Gothic style. Turrets on each wing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

AMERICA has population Of So OO0, 900. It
does seem as if in all this immense crowd Il
red-nosed man ought to pass unnotced, but
he can't.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

SYDNEY SMITH said to his vestry, in refer
ence to block pavement about st. Pauls:
All you have got to do, gentlemen, is to
put your heads together ana the thing is
done.n
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

TIE Philadelphia Ne,rs asserts that 'people
with fine teeth are always smiling This can
not be true as far as tcetotalers are con-
cerned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

CONVICTION, KY, may be little, but it is
loud. 1t has just organized a Plttdulskevo-
neutrality-suspicious., and will be heard
from anon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

A WRITER in the 1HltsicG, Education writes
on ''How to Breathe" Tothose who are not
too lazy it will be found Interestingly o.
Picayltlae
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

FUNNY FACT: That moon" whether we
spell it backwards or forwards, is always mid
dsy.-AJtdrelC'S american queen.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

"NEvER swear before ladies'" SAYS a
preacher What are we to do Wait until the
ladies swear first and then swear after theml
An early reply solicited. Bloomington Eye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

AN Arkansas girl refused to marry her low
er unless he performed some heroic deed He
eOped with her mother
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

WHY ought wicked people to go carriage
driving often. Because it frequently ad-
monshes them to keep to the right
Phiddelphid Item.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

Do THE subjects of the King of Dahomey
keep SundayF' was asked of missionary
Yes" he replied, land everything else they
can lay their hands on"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-23

ENQUIRER: Are there any signs of hard
winter! There are! Seven English lectur-
ers threaten to visit this country. boston
Post