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BEHIND THE SCENES.
How Diamonds ere Obtained for
Weddings and Receptions.

AAo"
Weddings and Receptions.
From the Boston Globe.
"Tbat was an expensive set of jewell
ry," remarked a reporter to the propri-
etor of a large Washington street store,
alluding to arset of diamonds young
lady had just taken away with her.
"It is the most expensive set we have
in the store" was the reply, "but she
has only hired them"
SIS that a common thing in Boston?'
asked the newspaperman. ,D.s 4
"Most certainly. Many of our best
customers hire q set. of jewelry for an
evening and for a comparatively small
price excite the envy and jealousy of
their friends. 1 wonder you have
heard of it before. We take II costli-
Sess gems and reset them to please our
customers and then rent them. or peo-
pie whom we know we never
require any security, but a stranger
isii Value Of the gems. There are two
otour finest sets at S~wamrscott now,
|, where, III understand, they have
sbeen much praised and their
temporary possessors congratulated.
! "A funny thing happened in connection
with this branch of our business. There
was to be a large ger man and a young
lady well known in this city came to
make arrangements about Il set Of dia-
mends. | was not in the store at the
time and knew nothing of the matter, so
when ! cameinI let the same set to an
other young belle. Insthe afternoon No.
| came in and asked significantly if her
diamonds had been cleaned. While she
was talking No. 2 put the same question
to me. The situation was very awkward,
bat | explained the matter and all was
finally settled in favor of No. l, the
you ny ladies pledgil,g each other and
me to the eternal secrecy. l wouldn't
have it get out for the world, you know
explained No. 1. Another br nch cfobus-
mess is to rent silver services. These
were very well paid for. Most of the
designs are antique and some of them
nave figured in many Boston homes as
highly treasured heirlooms. At wed lings
we frequently: urnish9large collections
OF brio. a-brac and other articles to swell
the number of 'siits' and make a fine
display. We rarely get much for this, rs
the jewelers. name is frequently pub
Iished when there is any thing particu-
larry beautiful given as a present, and
the advertising compensates as
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-02
"A Cheese Making Berry.

Nature hes, it appears, nrov;doa
SUBSTITUTE for rennet in the manns.ctrra
ofcheese, the article being thu hsrrv -
e,e pant known to ~5otanists as Withania Z
coagulans. This shrub thrisas ;s ~ .ina IN
.tunlao and Trans. Indus territory a .ne
mas tony been used by the Ba,ls, anu
anu Alslans to %cdrdle'milk. En- ; s
p,ete e1lcacy was not demons,ro'aIo n-
" lately, when the berry Was M
experlmented with at a farm n' oEiclally
to Sir James Ferguson. tho belonging
t bv 3h o, bombay, Tie report unhiisES ov1
success was achieved, a per,sc, c0mpleIe
my produced and the chess '4ru pc
u exceilent in seyerv resss, turning
method OF pi e~paring the ~ 4he
ne berry called, from the PPu,,efa-so isS
va cineese-ls to put some onnrasl name
sinal' Quantity OF cold w,tur aces lntoa
low this to simmer by the and to at-
Tor u hours. At the END slae o a,fire
about half a pint of the TO- q, That time
suffice to curlle 55 palIonuse toctDn will }
a"u.a.y o, berries employed ha .i,k' tno
.snie, With a view to the m enns TWO
nar;ea eu't'Vauon OF the shruh OK
pIrrlieh5al plantation is aannt an ex-
oapl'shed at the govern mani 20 oe es,
Safaensa s~aharanpore.
invitations are out annouoci !.
mage or Harry 3. Gress, cjtv Tue mar
chester, Ohio. iamlek, OF st
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A Novel steam Buggy.

Asteam buggy is under construction at
Augusta, Ga. The machine will be
about the size Of an ordinary buggy,
with two wheels behind and one in
front. The machinery will be located
in front, also water and gas 7line tank.
The boilers are heated bv two gasoline
burners. The front wheel is extra large
and will bear the entire weight of the
machinery. AS it is q traction wheel,
this will serve toa good purpose by
weighing it firmly to the earth. The
rear of the machine will be the same
as an ordinary buggy, with ample room
for several persons. The engines can
be worked with ease by any one III the
buggy, ard can also be guided in any
direction at the viii of the operator
The average speed is estimated at a
mile in three minutes. The SPEED o,
the first horse that gets his eye on il
has not yet been computed.
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POTTS and Lightning-rod Men.

The lig~htning-rod man haunls u
county as he does the rest OF the civil
lied portion of the country; and al
though occasionally he secured a victim,
sometimes it happens that he gets
worsted in his attempts to besulie his
fellow-men. Such was his fate upon a
recent OCCASION in our village.
The other day u lightning rod man
drove up in front Of a handsome edilice
standing in the midst of trees and
shrubs in Milburg, and spoke to Mr..
Potts, who was sitlIng on the steps in
front. He accosted Potts as the owner
OF the residence. and said:
81 see You have no li~shtning-rods on
this house"
NO" said Potts.
Are you going to put any on"
"WeIl, l hadn't thought OF it," replied
Potts. "a et| ty a
"you ought to. A tall building like
this is very much exposed. I'd IKE to
run you up cne of my rods; twisted
steel, glass lenders, nickle plated tips
everything complete. May l put up
one to show you? I'll do the job cheap"
Certainly you may, if you want to.
l haven't the slightest olsjectlon," said
Potts.
r." During the next half hour the man
had his ladders upand his assistants at
work and al that time the jub was done.
He called Potts out IN the yard to id
mire it. He said to Potts:
Now thar is all we'll enough; but if it
was my house, I'd have another run on
the other side. There's nothing like
being protected thoroughly"
That's true" said Potts; "it would
be better"
an put another, shall Il" asked the
man.
why, ofcourse, if you think it BEST"
said Potts. ra@
Accordingly the man went to work
again, and soon had the rod in it's place.
That's a first rate job" he SAID to
Potts as they both stood cycling it. IL
like such a man rs you are. Big hearted,
liberal, not afraid to put Il dollar down
for a good thing, There's some pleasure
in dea'in' with you. | ike you 50 much
that I'd put a couple more rois on that
house, on the north end and one on the
south, for almost nothin'.'
1T wonld make things safer. l sup
pose," said Potts.
Certainty it would. I'd better do it,
hadn't |, hey?" I
Just as you think would be proper,n
said Potts.
So the man ran up two more rods.
and then he came down and said to
Potts, There! that's done. Now lets
settle up"
800 WHAT" ' s=N H# q ~ tsvHe
why, the jobs finished and now ri
take my money"
You don't expect me to pay YOU. I
hope?'
"Of course l do. Didn't YOU tell me
topnt those rods on your hous.?" 5a +
My housed" shouted Potts. "nhunde,
and lightning!" never ordered Won r.
put those rods up. 1t would have been
ridiculous. Why, man, this is the cour,
house, and I'm here waiting for tho
court to assemble. lm on the Jury. You
seem to be anxious to rus out yonr
rods; and as it was none Of nv business.
! let you go on. Pay for it! Come now
that's pretty good"
The people who were present sav that
the manner in which the lirt.tninu.rod
man tore around and swore was ]fenrfnl
But when he got his rods ofo + the court.
house, he lett permanently. He don"
fancy the place.
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Experiments in Feeding Hogs.

That circumstances alter eases is a say
ing as trite as true, hence as a rule, the
experiments made in any department OF
agricultural enterprise by one man may
not be a safe and correct guide for am
other. 1t is for this reason that every
m IN should make his own observations
and experiments, and note and record
them. with their conditions and sur
roundings-the season, the TEN rat
and the weather. At first sight this looks
too much like work and involves too
much time to be profitable; but is by
such means, and such only, that success
can beiexpected to follow any legitimate
enterprise. A man may gamble on sue
cess and sometimes WIN, but no farmer
can afford to take any such chance or
run any such risk. He must not only
plan or contrive, but measure, and
weigh, and, instead of trusting to mem
DRY, make a record of everything; and
the sooner we all make a rule OF doing
this, the sooner we will realize how
much we are making or l. Using. s
These thoughts are suggested by the
following recorded experiment:
Mr.. James A. Beckett, an Ohio farm
er, writes that he purchased 1877 bushels
of corn at IS cents per bushel. He Sc.
lected 81 choice Poland-C China hogs, and
weighed them before he commenced
feeding. They were fed three times a
day on a plank floor, and were provided
with a good shelter (slraw stack). The
corn lasted "a days, and here are the
figures:
1877 bushels of corn at IS cents
per bushel.................. s12s.o5
Gain per hog in "a days..... $50. IS lbs.
G ain per hog each day. ....... II lbs.
Gain per each hushel of corn... st lbs.
Total gain OF SO hogs in "a days 1,S2Olos
Value of grain per ID. at 6, 80. $lU9 SO
Loss in feeding 1877 bushes Of
corn at IS cents per buehel.... $1S IS
1t will be noticed that the price of corn
was high, much as it has been every
where during the past winter and pres
ent spring, but had he been able to pur-
chase it at % cents per bushel, and then
made pork worth 6 cents per pound, he
would have made a gain Of $3.50 instead
of a loss of $685..
Here is another experiment made,
evidently with a view to determining
the most profitable method for prepar-
Ing the food.
IAN Iowa farmer put up thirty one-
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One nightin Tho a1onthr Of JsEdary
diyanin the royal residence in Paris
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26


will venture to send for the readers of
tho Farmer few experiments to show that
"big" yields are not confined to modern
times, nor is all tho knowledge of agricultural
experiments confined to modern experiment
talists.
The celebrated DR.. Adam Clarke made the
following experiment: I'm 1916 l sowed, for
a third crop, field with oats, Mt Millbrook,
in Lancashire, the oats, on an average, weigh
ing three-fourths of a grain each. One
grain of oats produced three stalks with
three ears the largest had GS grains in it,
the second 2G, and the third %. Whole num-
Der of grains, 10; weight of same, 50
grains The roots separately, after washing
aud drying, weighed 13t grains; weight of
stalks and remaining leaves (for many had
perished), G3Ol grains whole weight of
produce, 72G grains" This would be gGS
times the weight of the grain of oats planted,
as, also, yield of ll9 fold.
He gives a more remarkable instance than
this to show the power which grain has to
multiply itself, even in the same year
''On juno I'd, 1866, Mr.. 9. Miller of Cam
bridge sowed some grains of the common
red wheat On the Sth of August single
plant was taken up, and separated into Is
parts and each planted separately. These
plants having pushed out several side shoots,
some or them were taken up ana divided
again about the first Of September, the re-
mainder between that time and October
This second division produced O. plants.
These plants remained through the winter,
and another division made between the mid
die of March and the 10Th of April produced
500 plants. They were divided no further,
but permitted to remain in the field, aud the
plants were in general stronger than the
plants of the rest Of the field. Some of
them produced upwards of 100 ears from a
single root. and many of tho ears measured
seven inches in length, and contained be-
tween 60 and 20 grains. The whole number
of ears produced from the single plant was . =
100, which yielded three pecks and three
quarters Of clear grain. weighing a lbs.
OF. BY counting the grains in an ounce the
whole number Of grains was about SO, $40"
Mr.. Miller thought that, had he made q
second division in the spring he could have
obtained 2O0O plants, which would have
yielded at least three times the amount OBJ
tanned
Has any one ever done better than this in
any instance? Possibly no one has ever
found the limit beyond which no farther
progress could be made in this field of ex-
Darimpnt
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26
The Fine Arto1 CooL,np.

Good cooking is an important element in
home life and happiness. Many people
think that while a girl must go to school for
years to accomplish a knowledge of her own
and foreign languages, and must have mas.
tiers for this aud that accomplishment, she
may be safely left to pick up an acquaintance
with cooking after she has q household of
her own. This is a mistake l myself once
had dreadful time in trying to prepare a
dinner, in the absence OF my faithful Bridg.
ct and l would have given up Latin, Greek
and French that day to have known when
the potatoes were done, and to have dscov-
erdd how to get The peas and beans out of
the water in which they were floating
To be a good cook girls, one needs a light,
firm hand, an accurate eye and patient tenn
per. One needs, too Il few rules and trust
worthy rccpe-book. We have all seen the
easy way in which good cook makes cake.
She losses three or four things together, gives
tlirt Of the spice-box, and feathery touch
or two of her foamy eggs, pops the pan into
the oven, and presto there appears the per-
feet loaf And if you ask her how she did
this or the other part of her work, she will
very likely smile and say, "Oh, used my
Judgment
The judgment is the quality which no nov.
ice in cooking can expect to possess, justas no
novice on the piano can perform the "Moon-
light Sonata after learning two or three
scales, and no beginner with a pencil can
paint such sea-pieces as De Hass.
But if you are watchful and persevering,
the judgment will surely come, and by aud
by you will be as independent.
Whatever else you omit, girls, do not omit
to learn to prepare food properly, for
You may live without friends yon may live without
Butciyilized men cannot live without cooks.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26

The advantage Of keeping farm machinery
from unnecessary exposure to the weather is
cogently insisted upon by the Ohio Farmer,
which says
We have noticed that plows last on an av-
erage, about three years wagons, eight to
ten years reapers, five to eight drills, eight
to ten. We think these figures are fully as
large as the truth warrants We know of
many implements that have not lasted so long,
and of many which have lasted much longer
We to-day can point to wagons that have been
in constant and hard use for twenty years,
reapers that have stood the wear and tear of
liberal use for more than fifteen years, drills
that have been in use as long, and other ag-
ricultural implements that have stood the
wear of fully twice the average age of such
implements. These implements were not
made of unusually good materials nor were
they suffered to lie idle. They were put to
constant use. What then, is the secret of
their greater endurance? 1t is simply this
they were taken care of. When not in use
they were put away, and put away properly
These implements not only lasted longer,
but while they were in use they very rarely
failed. They were always ready for work
The reapers did not break down in the middle
of harvest and compel all hands to lie idle
while some one went to the railway station to
get repairs the drills did not fail just when
the wheat ought to be sown; the wagons
were not always breaking down and occasion
ing delays and vexation. Another thing may
be said in their favor, and that is that they
always did good work. The reapers cut a
smooth stubble and put the grain down in
good condition; the plows aid not refuse to
scour the drills put the wheat in Just as
first class drill would; and these implements
did good work not only while they were new,
but till the last year they were in use
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26
The WOOd.PiIc,

Wood cut during the three months that pre-
cede the first of the year is much more valua-
BILE than if cut during the three months that
succeed that time. During the latter part of
autumn and the first of the winter there is lit
tie action in the sap, and therefore the wood
is not filled with it. Those who neglect to
cut their wood until February or March
should never leave it in f0ur-feet lengths
where it is cut, but should at once haul it
home and saw it into proper lengths for fire.
wood, not negecting to pile it up so it can be
rapidly dried by the March and April winds.
If cut in autumn, there is not the necessity
for being so particular, but it may be sawed
and split any time during the spring, and
housed at once, if the wood-house is where
the air can pass freely through it, White
birch cut in the latter part of winter becomes
almost worthless if left in the woods until
August. Pine cut in winter or in the early
spring not only makes poor wood, but also
poor lumber; being filled with sap, it invites
a class of destructive worms or borers, which
not only eat away the inner bark, but eat
large numbers of holes in the solid wood,
thus destroying it for lumber, and greatly in
juring it for fire wood. Pine wood should
never be left in the woods to dry, but should
be piled on high, dry land, and split fine
enough so it will dry through before the inst
of June. This will also prevent the wood
from turning black.-Mass. Plougdman.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26
TIE HOUSEHOLD.


Mr.. Edit0r. Some time ago Mrs Granger
asked for an exchange of recipes. I have
been looking for an answer but have not seen
one yet so thought I would take the liberty
to send some. Here is a recipe for hard GIN
gerbread which think cannot be beat
Hard Gingerbread Two cups maple syr-
up, 4 cup butter, l tablespoonful ginger,
teaspoonful soda dissolved in two tablespoon
fuls of cold water, and teaspoonful powder
ed alum dissolved in two spoonfuls of hot wa
ter. Mix syrup, butter, ginger and soda with
flour enough to roll out. Roll half an inch
thick, and bake a light brown.
Cider CtbC. Flour, B cups; sugar, ] 2 cups;
butter, I cup; cider, ! cup ] teaspoonful
cinnamon, tcaspoonful cloves, l teaspoonful
soda.
have recently heard of new method of
raising bread-or, rather, one that is new to
me. housekeeper says she mixes b, r bread
the last thing before going to bed, covers it,
and puts it in the foot OF the bed, and in the
morning it is all ready to mould. Now, Mrs.
Granger, if you try this last recipe, don't in
yite me to tea 1 am afraid l could not relish
the bread AUNT SALLY
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26

The AGRICULTURAL REPORT. Commission
err Loring has shown unusual enterprise in
getting out his agricultural report for 1882 SO
near the close of the year, the reports having
generally been year behind. The report of
1881 is also doyetailed with it so that the
work of two years instead of one is repre-
scented. What will make the report especial
ly valuable to northern farmers is the extern
sive treatise ON insects affecting corn or maize
There is added paper upon new European
insect, the clover leaf beetle, which has been
well known in Europe for almost century.
but has only just found its way to America
The sorghum web worm and the various an
pie worms are carefully treated. The report
CT the chemist occupies POO pages of the
book, devoted chiefly to the tabulated result
OF experiments as to the saccharine qualities
OF sorghum, maize and the various grains.
The statistics of the exports of live stock
are brought down to include the year 1882
sho wing that We exported during the last
year 224S horses, 2G32 mules, los, 10 cattle.
l39, GIG sheep and 30, 3GS hogs. The exports
OF horses, mules and sheep have been on the
decline for the last four years, while cattle
fell of some $4,000 head during the past
year. The movement of life stock is gauged
by the receipts and shipments at Chicago. 1t
seems that for the past l6 years the receipts
at ohicagohave BEEN OF cattle, 10, OI6, ass /;
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26
Dairy Profits in Vermont.

From one year beginning Jan. l, 1882,
Ezra A. Parks kept - cows-four two-year-
Odds, two three year-olds, five four-year-olds,
four tive-year-olds, and the rest older. -Four
We're full-blocded and the rest seven-eighths
aud three-quarters Jerseys. Five of the old
est he sold in October. Judge Parks thinks
the % COWS equal to about 81 or % in their
prime The COWS did not eat 81 worth of
grain, each from June lst to November. He
sold 7ll0 pounds of butter for S2434. %. He
used $50 pounds in the family, made 100
pounds of cheese equal to 70 pounds of but
ter, and the milk and cream used in the fam
lily We're equal to 100 pounds of butter, max.
ing in all 42j pounds, worth Sl45 So. He
sold milk equal to 70 pounds of butter, worth
S25. This made total of ZOOS pounds,
worth S2GOi.79. He fed sour milk to swine
worth S25Oi calves sold and raised 5000 ;
making total product of S3O54.79. He is now
making 100 pounds of butter week. In
June he makes 200 pounds week. He sells
over GOO0 pounds of his butter in tubs, which
if stamped would bring more money.-SL
JOhRSbuT'V CdLe9OHidD
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26

AGRIcULTURE AT THE LIME KILN CLUB-
The Chairman of the Committee on Agricult-
ure reported that his committee had been on
gagged in efforts to arrive at the nutritive pow
er of various articles Of food, with results
perfectly satisfactory to all. It had been
shown beyond a doubt that there was more
nutriment in beans than any other article of
diet While minoe-pie beef steak, strawber-
ry shortcake, and ham sandwiches helped to
enrich the blood and start foundation for
fat to cling to, it was beans which braced and
strengthened, and made man feel as if he
could whip ton of wildcats. Beans were al
ways to be had at any respectable grocery,
were easy to carry home, and they didn't
need oyster stuiling nor cranberry sauce for
trimmings The report was accepted and
adopted and the Secretary was instructed to
forward a copy to the Commissioner of Agri-
culture, accompanied by aflidavits, diagrams,
war-maps, and whatever else might be neces-
sary to secure it place in the archives of the
department.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-26
dlNIX AND RECORD AND FARMER FRIDAY JANUARY 49,

mouth, IL he has the heart to do il. The
horse is an animal Of nervous organization.
His mouth is formed Of delicate glands and
tissues. Tho temperature Of the blood is the
Same as in q human being, and, RS in man,
the mouth is the warmest part Of the body.
Imagine, we repeat the irritation that would
be to the human, and, if not in the Same de-
gree, still the suffering to the animal is very
great. And it IL not momentary pain.
Food is eaten with difficulty, and the irrita-
ton, repeated day after day, causes loss Of
appetite and strength. Many horse has be-
come worthless from no other cause but this.
Before rubber bits were to be had, l myself
used bit covered with leather, and on no ac-
count would have dispensed with it in freez-
ing weather"