Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-02-26
An UNPLEASANT Fact.

rest-rest with profit and delight.
An Unpleasant Fact.
A farmer writes to the New York Tribune
that he made some inquiries among its ad-
vertisers to find out what method of setting
milk would give the most cream in winter
He says: l trusted to hear something from
our entsrprising dealers in dairy apparatus
that would fix me out exactly. What do
get Circulars, phamplets, letters, lots OF
them, all telling me how to make spurious
butter or cheese! and how quickly can get
rich by so doing, and how many such con-
Germs they themselves have been running,
and how large are the gains. As the best
butter is worth say 40 cents per pound, and
next best sells at 25 cents or less, l do not
think that the farmers of the State of New
York should be any longer beguiled by these
advertisers and adulterators. Mr.. Arnold
has shown us why our cheese has got bad
name, and very serious matter it is, too,
for our dairy farmers; but as they have
brought it on themselves. l have written this
that they may stop and think before they be-
gin another year of humbug.
The Magazines.
The Atlantic Monthly for March opens
with the third part of .'Mchael Angelo;"
J..
sin Carlyle's Country" Oliver Wendell
Holmes supplies "A Loving-Cup Song"
Henry James, Jr., writes upon Tommaso
Salvini; George Houghton Of "The Legend
of Walbach Tower" Many other articles
are furnished by other notable writers, and
large space is devoted to notices and criticisms
of literary works.
The Century Magazine for March has for
u frontispiece portrait of Leon Gambetta.
and in the body of the work biographical
sketch of the great Frenchman. Among
other fine things in the magazine is an un-
finished poem by William Cullen Bryant,
"A Poet to his Wife, The favorite writer's of
this popular publication supply their quota of
excellent articles for its pages. and the
illustrations are numerous and striking as
usual.
The North American Review has the
following contents "Mopey in Elections"
by Henry George; "The Subiugation of the
Mississippi Robert s. Taylor; Gladstone
Moncure ID. Conway; Railway Influence in
the Land Office George W. Julian; "The
Pyramid of Cheops," Richard A. Proctor;
Protective Taxes and Wages" Prof. W. G.
Sumner; "Some Aspects of Life insurance. -
Educational Needs Prof G. Stanley Hall.
Prof. Felix Adler, Pres. Thomas Hunter,
DIR. Mary Putnam jacob
The International Review has passed into
new hands and it is intended to make 1t the
leading review of its kind in the country.
The Febrnarv-March number has the fol-
lowing articles: "Protection to American
Art The Social Reconstruction of Eng
land;" Admission of Women to Univer-
sities:' 'Decline of the French Premier
ship Trial by Jury - "Our Future Bank
ing System The Divine Law of Divorce
''Poor Pay and no Pensions:'' Our Land
grant Railways in Congress 1.-The Story
and the Meaning of the New York Election"
The contents of Lippincott's Magazine for
March are varied, and include articles of
special interest. Professor James ID. Butler
has an apparently exhaustive paper on the
Portraits of Columbus '.Invalid Life in
the South sums up the experiences Of five
years spent in the recovery of health. The
Civilized Indian" by Alfred VI. Williams
gives an account Of the Cherokee "Nation "
IAN Ocean Swordsman.' is the title of an H.
lustrated paper by C. +. Holder. Among the
short stories, 'tCarita.'' by G. II. Pierce is a
very graceful and pathetic sketch. while "The
Fiddler OF Batiscan," by Annie Robertson
Macfarlane, is romantic and sensational, and
the Stirring Off," by NJ. H. Catherwood, a
bit of homely realism. The poetry of the
number is b. Carlotta Perry, Marion
Couthouy, and Charles l.. Hildreth.
The March number of the Eclectic is filled
with the customary variety of good reading
The following is the table of contents
''The Americans" by Herbert Spencer;
''On some of Shakespeare's Female Charac-
ters;' 1.-The Last Extremity '.The Cap
tain of the Pole-Star;'' Comets" by Will
liam Higgins: "Poor Matthias" q poem
by Matthew Arnold: '.The Divining Rod"
"A Study of Longfellow.'' by Henry Nor
man: "OmeHs of trouble;'' Russian Pris.
ons.'' by Prince Krapotkine "a Ghost"
Ottoman Poetry by Stanley Lane Poole
"Anthony Trollope, by Edward A. Freeman.
d. c. L.; Monica by the author of
"Phyllis;" "A Puma Rug" by Frederick
Boyle: Literary Notices; Foreign Literary
Notes; Science and Art; ard Miscellany.
The March Number of Harper's Magazine
is fine Number. The frontispiece engrav-
ing is from Geo. H. Boughton's picture,
The Bur9omaster's Daughter. William
Henry Bishop contributes a paper entitled
Across Arizona which is attractively illus.
trated. George II. Boughton continues his
Holland papers, illustrated by his own draw
ings and those of Z. A. Abbey Colonel
Higginson's fifth paper on his American His
tory series is entitled The French Vow
ageurs.' There are other interesting con.
tributionsbv William Black, Charles Fran.
els Adams Jr., Mrs. Lowell, Gen. Alvord.
and others. For sale by J. F. Pierce.
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