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Delicious Pudding.-A deliciouspud-
ding is made thus: Sitt two table
spoonfuls of flour, and mix with the
beaten yelks of six eggs; add gradually
one pint of sweet cream, a quarter of
pound of citron cut in very thin slices,
and two tablespoonful of sugar; mix
thoroughly, pour into buttered tin,
and bake twenty-five minutes. Serve
with vanilla sauce.
Green Tomato PickleS.- One peck
green tomatoes, three onions, six green
peppers; chop fine; squeeze the water
off through a colander; salt to taste;
put on enough vinegar to scald up
once; then let it cool, and drain off the
vinegar. Make dressing of one cup
sugar, one quarter of pound of ground
mustard, two tablespoonful black
pepper, with vinegar enough to cover
the whole; heat and pour over.
Buttered ParsnipS. - Wash and
scrape half dozen parsnips, cut them
in slices or strips, put them into sailed
boiling water, and boil them until they
are tender, that is about an hour; then
drain away the water in which they
were boiled, add to them two heaping
tablespoonful of butter, four table
spoonfuls of milk, and palatable sea
soning of salt and pepper; heat them
very hot and then serve them.
Potato Pastry. - Chop cold boiled
beef fine, season with pepper and add
a little drawn butter, putting in parsley
and onion pickle chopped. Pour this
mixture into CREASED bake-dish; cover
with hard-boiled eggs, sliced. Work 6
large cup of mashed potatoes, soft
with cup of milk and two tablespoon
fuls of butter. Add prepared foul
until you can just roll it out thu
softer the better, so long as you car
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FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
A Thin Cow.

If COW is fed too much meal she
will be poor and thin, aud the skin may
be irritated and congested Too much
food has a similar effect, or is worse
than too little, as it produces indiges-
ton, which disorders the blood and
causes feverish condition of the sys-
TEN. As it is only the food that is
digestSd BEAUTIFULLY that makes flesh,
fat and milk, these will not be made
if a larger quantity be given than can
be digested. A cow that is suffer
ing from indigestion may be treated as
follows: Give a pint of linseed-oil, and
repeat it the second day after; then
feed some bran slop or some cut feed
with bran and little meal in it, but
in moderate quantity, until her appear
ance improves.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11
Composing Manure.

One of the important questions
which every farmer has to decide is the
best method Of composing manure.
Farmersdo not agree on this subject;
while some hold that it is best to apply
manure in its green state and compost
it with the soil, others believe it best
to compost it in the yard by mixing
with it an equal quantity of muck or
loan. Advocates of the last method
claim that the manure is thus decom-
posed and brought into plant food that
is Immediately available. The advo-
Gates of composing directly with the
soil claim that it saves large amount
of labor of hauling in material to COM
post with, the pitching of it all over,
and the carting out and spreading
twice the quantity; and they also claim
that during the process of decomposi-
ton in compost heap, under ordinary
conditions, a portion of the fertilizing
elements is lost; while ifapplied direct
ly to the soil, the process of decompo-
sition improves the condition of the
soil and prepares its plant growth much
better than if applied after decomposi'
ton has taken place.
While it is probably best for most
crops to apply the manure in the green
state there are some crops that need
forcing with manure already well de
composed. For example, Strawberries
that have been set one year sometimes
require a fertilizer that will act a
once. Grass land, ifmanured between
the first and second crop, should hav'
well decomposed manure.
The farmer, in composing hi
manure, should never forget that all o
the muck, loan or sand which h
mixed with his manure above Una
which is necessary to absorb the liquid
and gasses is a waste Of. labor, and onl
makes his manure heap a deceptio
which his crops will surely find on
While it is important that every farm
er should always have at hand suflicier
absorbents to prevent the loss OF tn
liquids, but few farmers work to tn
best advantage when they haul int
the barn yard as many loads of nue.
loan or sand as they have of manur
The large additional cost of removin
twice or three times such large quaint
ties of materials but little better, II
good, as the soil upon which 1t is sprea
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Rpiojce, Rejoice, "Vc 7. Alive Again."
"Wns lost, but il FOund.S

"Wns Lost, nut u FOuHu.
Under date of July 0, 1882, E. b, Bright, OF
Windsor Locks, Conn. writes plain, modest
narrative. which, from its very simplicity, has
the the true RING of fine gold. He says; my
father is using Hunts Remedy and seems to
be improving, in fact, he is very much better
than he has been for a long time. He had been
tapped three times The first time they got
from him sixteen quarts of water, the second
time thirteen quarts, and fully as much more
the third time, and he would constantly fill up
again every time after he had been tapped,
until he commenced using Hunts Remedy,
which acted like magic in his case, as he
begun to improve at once, and now his
watery accumulation passes away through
the secretions naturally, and he has none OF
that swelling or filling up which was SO
frequent before the functions of the kidneys
were restored by the use of Hunts Remedy:
He is well Unknown citizen of this place. and
has always been in business here
Again he writes, Noyember21. lSS2:
Il beg most cheerfully and truthfully to
state. in regard to Hunts Remedy, that its
use was tie saving of my fathers life, !
spoke to you in my previous letter in regard
to his being tapped three times. 1t Is the
most remarkable case that has ever been
heard of in this section. For a man OF his
years (sixty years. it is a most remarkable
cure. He had been unable TO attend to his
business more than year, and was given up
by the doctors. The first bottle OF Hunts
Remedy that he used gave instant relief: he
has used in all seven bottles, and continues
to use it whenever he feels drowsy or slug
gish, and it affords instant relief. he is now
attending to his regular business and has been
several months. am perfectly willing that
YOU shc uld publish this letter, as we thor
ourhly believe that fathers life was saved by
using Hunts Remedy and these facts given
above may be benefit to others suffering in
like manner from diseases or inaction OF the
kidneys and liver"
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The Cashier Ahead.

A new bank which had been estab.
lished in a town in Indiana had
engaged the services of Waterman
who came well recommended, but who
did not seem over-eXperienced. The
president therefore sent for him to post
him up a bit, and began:
flames, this is your first job of this
kind, isn't it?"
eyes, sir?"
"Your first duty must be to exercise
vigilance"
"Yes, sir"
"Be careful how strangers approach
you"
81 will, sir"
"No stranger must be permitted to
enter the bank at night under any pre-
text whatever"
"No, sir"
"And our cashier--he is good man,
honest, reliable and thoroughly trust
worthy, but it will be your duty to
keep an eye on him."
"But it will be hard to watch two
men and the bank at the same time
sir"
1.-TWO men-how?'
"Nhy, sir, it was only yesterday that
the cashier called me in for a talk
and he said you were the squarest mar
in Indiana, but that it would be just
as well to keep both eyes on you, ant
let the directors know if you hung
around after hours Wall Stree
| Ne,CS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

Though being in adversely may not
be a sure sign of being in a gracious
state, yet it may be regarded as an evil
dence that those thus called to suffer
are not spiritually abandoned, or con-
signed to utter hopelessness. Such
suffering may be no more mark OF
condemnation than the pruning
knife is an indication that the tree
must fall. The refiner does not heat
his furnace for the metal which he
knows to be worthless. 1t is not com,
mon for a person to watch over, year
after year, a strangers child. Such
attentions are ordinarily tdnffned to
the persons own child, or to an adopted
child. They tell of parental love which
can cause grief in order to bless Oh
save,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

1t is never the oldest and largest
hogs that are the most desirable for
either the packer or the consumer.
There is always double risk in curing
the hams and shoulders from very
large hogs over those taken from hogs
of common, medium size; then if the
hams of very large hogs come out well
cured, there is hardly one consumer in
a thousand but what would rather
have hams out of hogs weighing about
250 pounds, even at a strong advance
in price, than to have the mammoth
sized hams. There is no doubt but
what any farmer can make more clear
money as rule, out of pigs that come
in the month of March or April, than
can be made out Of pigs that come in
any other part of the year. The early
spring pigs will be ready to Craze on
clover about as soon in the season as it
will be ready for grazing, and they
will want little else but this kind of
feed until new corn will be ready to
feed in September. They should in all
cases be fattened on corn and made
ready for market by Christmas, or about
nine months of age. If the right
breeds are kept, hogs of this age can
be made to weigh 275 to 300 pounds,
making in all respects as good pork as
could be required for consumers use in
any market; or by feeding a moderate
amount of corn and oatmeal through
August and September, they can be
sold in October and will then make
frst-rate bacon hogs, and it is never a
possible thing to produce good pork any
cheaper or as cheap as it can be done
in this way, as the general weather
conditions through all the life of such
hogs is in the highest degree favorable
for the growth and thrift of these ami
mails. DrorerS Journal.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

1t is reckoned that the daily sale of
flowers in Paris realizes about $40, OOO
The flowers most in fashion at present
are the gardenia, which sells at 81
each flower; the lily of the valley,
worth 80 the pot; the queen rose and
the purple rose, the Spanish carnation
and the violet. OF the latter large
number come from Nice; but they
have not the perfume of those grown
around Paris. The camelia, at one
time so much priced, is now quite out
of fashion.
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A High ODini0n.

Capt. John j. Dawson, late of the British
Army, resiling on Love street, between Man
deville and Spain, this city, says he used st.
Jacobs Oil with the greatest possible advan-
tage when afflicted with rheumatism. -Ncw
Orleans Times Democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

The first American adhesive stamps
were issued by the United States in
1851 in denominations of 5 and ~
cents. Shortly afterward second
series was issued in |, 3, 5, 10 and II
cents. In 1857 this series was increased
by the addition of a. 80 and 90
cent stamp. A third issue appeared
in 1861, and in 1868 the first 2-cent
stamp made its appearance-black,
with a head of Jackson. In 1866 the
15-cent stamp was introduced for for
eign postage. In 1870 series of ten
square stamps of various devices ap-
pcared, but they were unpopular, and
month later the present stamps were
brought out. The head of Washing
ton has always been upon the most
used denomination. 1t is now on the
Scent stamp, and when that denomina-
ton, as will soon be the case, shall pass
almost entirely out of use, the image
of Washington will supplant that of
Jackson on the universally used 2-cent
stamp.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

The opponents of capital punish
ment in France have been furnished
with a new weapon. The last time
that the guillotine was set up in Paris
the criminal upon whom it was EN-
ployed was youth named Meneselou
who murdered a little girl under cir
cumstances of appalling atrocity about
two years since. His conduct was so
abominable that even Paris jury
could find no extenuating circumstance
for him, although it was admitted that
his intelligence was of the lowest
order. When, however, he was dis
/ sected certain cerebral LESSONS were
brought to light, and those who wage
war against the guillotine declared
that he was not responsible for his
actions. This view has been greatly
strengthened by the fact that the con-
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handle it. Roll into a thick sheet
Spread upon the surface of yourmince
printing the edges, and bake in a mod
crate oven to q fine brown.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

vict's mother has become a lunatic. 1t
appears, moreover, that her sister is
also insane, and that her father com.
mitted suicide. These revelations
have given a new impetus in France
to the endless controversy waged there
respecting mental unsoundness In re.
lation to criminal impulse.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

Mr.. Gladstone at seventy-three is the
oldest of the British ministers, and Sir
Charles w. Dixie at thirty-nine the
youngest; Mr. Henley at eighty-nine
is the oldest privy councillor, and
Prince Leopold at twenty-nine the
Youngest; Mr.. Bass at eighty-three is
the Oldest NJ. p, and Mr.. Kenney of
Ennis, at twenty-five the youngest;
Vice-Chancellor Bacon at eighty-four
is the oldest, and Judge Brown at for
ty-six is the youngest of the judges;
the Bishop of Chichester at eighty is the
oldest, and the bishop of Sodor and
Man the youngest of the bishops; Sir
Moses Montetiore at ninety-eight is the
oldest, and Sir Thomas Neave at eighty
the youngest of the British baronets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

When it comes to an international
Eating match the American champion,
if he has the choice Of weapons, will
doubtless be required to choose pies by
his confident but willy fellow-country-
men. 1t is certain, however, that the
American champion will not be Louis
Heinmitz, of st. Louis, for he failed in
attempt to eat fifteen pies within an
hour, on wager of IS and the costs.
He began well, but became much dis
tressed at the tenth pie, and at twelve
pies and a half lost all control of his
stomach and retired.
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Bankrupts have a hard time in Chi
ma. The North CHINA Herald says
that the broker of the silk firm of the
Red Peacock chop of Shanghai, which
has suspended payment, was walking
on the street when he was set upon
by a crowd of bankers, creditors of the
firm. who carried him off to a house.
where they hung him up by the queue
so that his feet were off the ground,
and otherwise maltreated him. A for
eigner heard the disturbance, and in
formed the police, some of whom were
sent to the house, where they found
the man still hanging. He was taken
to the police station for protection, at
ter which anumber of bankers repaired
there and clamored for him to be given
up to them. AS appears to be usual
in such cases. the bankers stated their
intention, if the man came into their
power, of biting him to death and eat
ing him afterward, and there is no
doubt they would have bitten their
debtors servant severely had he been
given into their hands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

The Mississippi, it is now reported, is falling
nl idly, and no further danger from the over
flowing waters is feared.
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If you ore hairless and cappy, there is ono
way and no more by which you may be made
areless and happy-.use Caroline, deodor-
lied extract Of petroleum. II will positively
make new hair grow
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Did any one of our readers ever
think how many steps the farmer takes
in year? Take the simple planting
of a field of corn. Take a tive-acre
field. TO break it up would require
walking some forty miles; narrowing
it, ten miles; furrowing it, twenty
miles; planting, eleven miles if with a
planter, and if dropped by hand and
then covered, twenty miles. Thus it
will be seen that it takes 100 miles of
travel to put in afve-acre field of corn,
to say nothing of cultivating and har-
vesting, and the going to and from the
field while planting.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

1t is not what you see that makes
you popular among your friends; 1t Is
What you don't tell.
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An interesting decision was made
ecently by the attorney general of
Minnesota The son of Judge Farmer,
of the sixth judicial district, was as
signed the task of delivering on GER
tain Friday,a defamation in the Spring
Valley high school. lie commenced
an extract from one of lngersolrs
speeches, and was told he must select
something else Declining to do so he
was expelled by the teacher. The af-
fair created great deal of talk on ac-
count of the standing of the boys
family. The matter was referred to
the state superintendent, and he in
turn called for a decision from the at
torney general. The decision was that
the expulsion was illegal.
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PIMPLEs AND lluMoRs on THE FAcE.-ln
this condition of the skin, the VEGETISE is the
great remedy, as it acts directly upon the
cause. 1t clcanses and puriiies the blood,
thereby causing humors Of all kinds to disap-
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-04-11

The quick, complete cure, annoying Kidney,
Bladder, Urinary Diseases, 81. Druggists.
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The story of a wedding cake is thus
told by the Fond du Lac Wis., Jour-
nal. The joke is a sorry one, and il
the young couple are at all supersti.
tious it may cloud with apprehension
the dream of their youthful lives:
about twenty years ago occurred
wedding in this city upon grand
scale. In the course of the evening a
guest suggested that one of the we'd
ding cakes be sealed in tin box and
kept until the marriage of the bride
and groom's first born. One Of the
most delicious cakes was selected and
sent to tin shop, with the proper in
structions. AS may be supposed, the
timers yearned for that cake, and soon
it was divided. The tin box, which
had been prepared for its reception
was then filled with water-sOaked ash
es, carefully sealed and sent to thu
blushing young couple, who, remem
bering what was expected of them ant
their prospective offspring, took it ten
derby in charge, and have since guard
ed it well. In course of time son
was born to them, who is now nineteen
years old, and, it is said, will ere long
be married. 1t will be an amusing
sight when that box is solemnly brought
before the guests, its little romance re-
lated and the seal of years broken in
the presence of the company
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NIiOngh OH yfnts.v

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, bcdbugs,
ants, skunks, chipmunks, gophers loo Dg'sts,
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Mother swans Worm Syrup.
"Buchu-Pniba.'

Inialible ,tastcess, harmless, cathartic fever
ishness, restlcssncss, worms, constipation. 25c.
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Boston is becoming quite enthusiast
tic over the foreign exhibition to be
held in that city next fall, opening on
September !, The enterprise is unique
in some respects. 1t will consist of Il
display of arts, products and manufac-
lures. Commissioners have been at
work for many months past in almost
every foreign country, and with the
most encouraging results. A very full
exhibit of British, Irish, French, Rus.
sian, German, Italian and Spanish
products, both mechanical and artistic
is already assured. japanese arts and
industries will also be very fully rep
resen ted, and so also will those of Per-
STA, and the Traveller asserts "it is GER
tain that the exhibition will present
features both from the orient and the
occident of an unique character, such
as never before have been seen in this
country, not even in the great centen-
NAL exhibition, vast and cOmprehen-
sive as that was supposed to be. Per-
STA had no exhibit, it will be recalled,
at Philadelphia in 1876" Among the
many novel attractions will be Il col
lection of some $4,000 newspapers,
rer resenting the journalism of over
100 different peoples and languages,
not a single American paper being in,
cluded therein. The scheme is backed
by an association of capitalists. and nc
pains or expense will be spared in eff
forts to make it grand success.
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The wine production of California
is reported to be steadily growing. In
1881 the vintage was about 100000
gallons. In 1882 it was estimated to
be between 100000 and 100000
gallons. In France it was noticed
that the expectation of champagne
from that country to the United States
is seriously falling off. 1t was 1854
dozen bottles during the first six
months of 1881, and only l04, 755 dozen
during the corresponding six months
of 1922. This is attributed to the
substitution of California wines for
French wines, the California wines
being, according to an admission con-
tanned in a communication from the
French minister of commerce to the
president of the Rheims chamber of
commerce, mot much poorer than
some imported articles, and very much
cheaper. California red and white
still wines are passing in the same way
for wines imported from France or
Germany. The California wine grow
er, or the merchant who buys from
him, gives the California winea foreign
name for the purpose of finding mar
ket for it.
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W. Sanday,M. A., d. d., professor OF
the excgesis of the Holy Scriptures at
Oxford, is graciously pleased to speak
well of certain American accomplish
ments. "Clearness and exactitude,"
he says, "are qualities that seem to be
fast becoming national characteristics
in America, as our burly English stock
is toned down and refined by other
climatic and social influences. The fine
precision of American mechanism has
long been acknowledged. Scientific
transactions and observations (those
in astronomy, for instance) are pub
lished not only at lavish expense that
may be taken as a matter of course
but with q delicate accuracy
which : surpasses the best European
Workmanship, Again, in classical
philology it appears that we are going
to America for our best grar1mars and
dictionaries. And / can appeal to even
wider circle to corroborate me when
l refer to the finish and delicacy of
American engraving, American the.
ology is a rising school, and it is being
conducted, as / cannot but think, on
lines that promise well for the future"
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Vegetine,

- nuTifier Heating Of lis many wonderful cures al
Ter ali other remedies have failed visited tho abora,
tory and convinced myself Of It's merit ~ spepatel
from barks roots and herbs each OF which IA effective,
and they are compounded in such manner as to pro-
luCe astonishing results"