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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Charmed by a. Black Snake.

News has Just 1ea he'd here from
Roxburv, this county. OF q most re-
markable case OF snake :harMing, which
occurred here on Mmuiav afternoon.
Miss Elizabeth Cazson. aged twenty
years. who was raised in the family OF
Mr. Samuel Sharps, respectable farm
er of Roxbury, was directed by Mrs
Sharps. on Monday' afternoon, TO re-
pair to blackberry patch short dis
lance from the house, and gather ber-
ries for supper. Nothing unusual took
place until the ,vog,ng girl had filed her
basket and was about starting for home
when she experienced q very peculiar
sensation in her left ankle, which APP
peaced as though it we're being wound
tightly with a stoutsrope. Miss Carson
purpose OF examining into the cause OF
her discomfort, when to her uEspeak-
able horror, she discovered that huge
black snake had cooled itself round
her ankle, and was drawing itself up
tighter and tighter As to positively stop
the circulation OF the blood in the limb
and cause the unfortunate young girl
the most excruclatlnS pam. She lad
no sooner set eyes Upon the reptile than
it charmed her. an3 she was rendered
powerless to free herself from her re-
pulsive tormentol=
How ,ong she remained in this condi-
ton Miss Carsan,Is unable TO say, but
thinks it must have been over te,s min
utes. Her liberation and escape is SIS
singular as the osxzse of her strange ex-
perienc. itself. The snake, it seems,
wound itself:sos tightly around her ankle
that the muscles Of her leg were. drawn
out of their natural position, aad the
circulation Of the blood having been
checked the limb in it's con tortians was
moved, which had the effect of drawing
the eyes Of the snake from those of its
victim, thus. breaking the charm which
it exercised. solition having nsturned,
Miss Carson pulled her sunbanaet from
her head, and winding it aroun iher RICH.
hand she .aailght the snake bJe the head
and uncoileI It from her ankle and
threw it. with such force against stone
fence near.bw as to kill IL instantly.
It was afterward found to measure five
feet three inches in length Miss Car.
son reached home in an exhausted con-,
dition:. Medical aid was promptly snm-,
moned, and everything done to relieve,
her s1fferfngs, but it is feared that gan
creme VILE ensue on account of the
whitehead condition of the limb, which,
is rapidly falling away. The muscles
OF tlle ANGLE have been nsdmced to mare
threads, aud the circulation of the blaod
has entirely stopped. The only hope
thar remains of saving Miss Carson's
life is In the success Of the operation, Of
;ampsasating the limb, which will be. de-
termined upo n to-day st consultation
of the physicians who have change OF
the patient. ~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31

manure which consists chiefly Of the
oSoppings Of animals should be applied
as soon as practicable to the soil. Sec
ond, manure consisting largely OF
straw, eornstalks or other ibrous mat
ter should be first rotted to become
fine. Third, manurs should be adplIed
to or near the snrface Of the soil or
should be slightly buried. Fourth, for
hoed crops, and especially for corn
crops, it may be buried deeper than for
straw crops.
Taking VOLTS tables rs given in
Jehnson's How Crops Grow" rs the
basis for calculation, we find that ton
of wheat straw contains Of ssh materi-
ais in pounds 99.2. This ash will con-
tain ia pounds OF potash, worth 5
cents d pound for manure-57 cents.
Phosphoric acid, $40 pounds, at 5
cents-27 cents. The straw also con
tains 40 pounds Of albuminoids contain
ing % pounds of nitrogen, worth 20
cents pound, $1.33. Total manurial
value of ton of straw, SALT. In a ton
of wheat straw there Is enough potash
for 30 bushels OF wheat; enough phos-
phoric acid for 9 bushels, and enough
nitrogen for bushels. Whether the
farmer can afford TO sell straw for rs to
so cents Il ton the inquirer can easily
determine from these estimates of val
ues.--Dr. r. c. Esdzie.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Household Miscellany,

! It is estimated that if it cost but ten
minutes TO add bit one scrap to crazy
quilt of 5000 scraps, and this is al al
1owance far too small. the quilt repre-
sents an outlay of l, 800 hours, during
! which the maker, If she really cared for
decorative art, might have acquired a
remuuerative skill in it, mighthave mas
tered language or might have learned
, housekeeping.
Would you make your home specially
attractive and insur5 its utmost enjoy
ment for yourself, keep ever in view
that you must of necessity live amid
the surroundings you create, and take
heed that you so build as to secure the
greatest comfort and happiness for those
about you. Make home the depository
Of your treasures, increase and multi
ply them, add to their charms, augment
their value and yigilantly guard them.
The burning of sulphur in room
tightly closed, by throwing a small
handful on pan OF burning Goals. is as
effective as it is 3 simple means of thor
oughly extirpating the most offensive
OF domestic insects. At this season,
when all their eggs have Matched, one
good fuuliyatlon, lasting two OF three
hours, makes complete radiance of
the victim vile. Ii must be remem-
bered that sulphur fumes are immediate
ly fatal to plants and that they must be
taken to other quarters if any are in
the infested room that is to be purified.
Plaster of Paris viii drive away
reaches without the use OF poison Of any
kind. Last year we were troubled with
the little red ant, and with reaches and
other vermin in our pantry and cap
boards and milk-room. We sprlnk-
eIed plaster of Paris on our shelves, in
the cracks, around wood piles, around
and over flower pots and in numberless
places where. vermin do congregate,
with good results. am happy to state
we have not been troubled with vermin
since. Five cents worth yearly is
enough for any family. Even flies seem
to avoid it.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
DrirkS FOR rks Sick

q Orange whey: The Juice Oh
one orange to one pint Of sweet
milk. Heat slowly until curds form,
strain and eoel- 2 Egg lemonade
White of enc. egg, one tablespoon pxl-
verIzed sugar, Juice ~ one lemon, ons
goblet water Beat together. 81, S.
go milk: Three tablespoons saga
soaked in a cup OF cold water one hour
add three cups boiling milk; sweeten
and favor to taste Simmer slowly
half m hour Eat warm a. Baked
milk: Put half gallon of milk IN \
jar, and tie il down With writing paper.
Let it stand in moderate oven eight
or ten hours. II will be like cream >.
and is very nutritious, o. Punch
without liquor: lake the Juice of six
lemons, adding sug4r to >',it the taste.
Put to this quantity a. pounded ice
and some sliced nineapple, pouring
over it two quarts e water This IS an
agreeable summer beverage for any
body, sick or we'll
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
is mere than any animal can stand
H.nral New Yorker.
1.ss ia tha c.,,.x.

ShorfIs before winter. as the stores
90 In TO crib and cellars, young rats,
raised by careful mothers IN below
trees or othsr safe and sheltered cor
ners busy themselves at night looking
for Writer quarters where there viii ha
defence from cold, and where food viii
be at hand. When , cellar Is stored
with fruit, vegetables etc, II IS very
difficult to- drive out rsts, and the dam
age they dom such piaaa IS enormous.
All the finest fruits are soCas bitten INTO,
deiled and spoiled A httaa ansaeipa-
tory care, to prevent their establishing
q colony, pays well. The opssings Tor
ventilation should have rst-preef
screens; the floors and wallis should as
searched for holes: empty barrels or
boxes moved, holes stopped wlsh glass
and mortar, and fresh coat OF white
wash giren. IF doubtful places remain
q good sprinkling OF eepperas ard lime
is hateful and deterrent TO these szsab~
lasome animals.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
The Green-eyed Monster.

"But, for the love Of heaven, hear me
before you drive me from you. I will
go far away where you will never see
me more, but before you drive me from
our little home where we have been sc
happy, before you tear me from your
heart, listen to me. O, George! my
husband, my love, hear me! am not
bad, George! I am your own true little
wife! 0, George kill me If you will
but do not, 0, do not say such awful
things to mel" and with a, cry Of pain
My Hartman threw herself at her bus
bands feet and clasped his knees.
81 have heard enough" replied her
husband with cold Indifference "There
is all the money I have in the world.
Take it and got Take your child with
you! Inever want to see either Of you
again!" and pushing her rudely from
Tim he left the house. Long she lay
with her. face buried in her hands, heed
ing not the baby fingers that lifted the
masses of golden hair and crowed with
delight as the sunlight glittered upon
it, She did, NOT weep or cry out; she
silently prayed for death. a Only three
JCls1S ~ O11Nc! Lu4cC .fShlh VI udPpL-
ness such as angels might envy. Three
years with George, Brave, manly,
generous, the idol Of her heart,
the king of her dreams. There
was no bitterness in her heart toward
the designing woman with her God
like face and devilish malignity who
had filed her husbands ears with skill
ful falsehoods. She On1y crouched
like q wounded sfawns and prayed that
she might die. Out in the cold Deem
Der sunshine with her babe in her. arms
she wandered On and on until the river,
with it's floating ice and sullens splash,
was at her feet. Clasping her child
tightly. to her bosom, with prayer for
The man whose smile was life to her,
she heard him say May, I wish You
would put this young kid in his crib.
How in thunder can I sleep when he
keeps kicking me in the back. and put
ting his fists in my ears? 2"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Lime Water Curative.

The housekeeper should never b
without bottle of lime water. To have
it always ready and in good order; with
little expense, place i'll tail quart bot
tie of any kind a gill or so of good lime
Just slaked with water. Then fill the
bottle with rain OR other pure. water
and allow IL to stand quietly, we'll
corked The lime will settle, leaving
clear limo water at the top. Pour this
off gently, as wanted, adding more
water as needed. Lime WATER, even
when closely corked, often ae-
teriorates; the carbonic. acid m
the sir unites with the lime and
settles as an insolubie carbonate ON the
sides of the bottle. which is nearly impos-
sibIe to remove. This will spoil the bot
tie for any other use. Therefore select
one from the store room. which is not
valued, but which has good tight COW
er. A wide mouth bottle is preferable
The lime should De removed and
fresh put In once q year or'so,. unless
kept tightly corked. A pint Of cold
water dissolves less than ten grains of
lime, and warm water still less. The
uses lime water may be pub to are in
Vulnerable. If good milk; disagrees
with child or grown person., three or
four tablespoonful OF lime watsr added
to a pint OF it will usually help diges-
ton and prevent fatulences it also
counteracts pain from wind in the
stomach caused by eating acid fruits.
Over-eating of candies and other sweets
will sometimes cause aciditx, for which
this is sovereign remedy. A table
spoonful for a child two, years old to a
gill or more for an adult is an ordinary
dose, while considerable will have no
bad results intact, it5issa simple anti
acid and slightly tonic. 4 small guam
tity put into die tooth-mng with the
water for cleaning the, teeth will hard
en- the gums and prevent soft decay,
which is serious evil which many de-
sire to avert. For burns; and scalds, to
two parts oallnseed oil add one part of
lime water, and apply wfsh soft linen
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31

Sir Moses Montefore isSa Mason,
The entire Masonic brotherhood ii the
United States will take action on his
one hundredth birthday, which takes
place Oh Sunday evening, Oct. 25, cor
responding with the Jewish month Of
tho eighth day Of Hashran. It iss ex-
pected addresses from them will be sent
and signed by each Mason numbering
nearly a million A portrait on crayon
Of Sir Moses occupies . promin ent place
at the White House5at w ashing ton. II
was presented by Alfred a. Marcus and
family, and accepted as an heirl loom BIZ
President Arthur Airs. Hancock, the
esteemed and accomp Gshed wife Of Gem
eraI Hancock Of Governors Island, New
York, has composed q peice Of music,
arranged for an orchestra to be called
I'M ontefio ore, q md to- be dedicated q
Sir Sir Moses Monteti 0re. Bart On his cen-
teDnial birthday.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
FARM, FIELD AND PRESIDE.
hint. for the COOK.

I =, IA . 4
A hot salad, which is well known
Pennsylvania dish, is made by sicing
green tomatoes and small onions, and a
| few potatoes and frying them together
salt them we'll and send to the table
smoking. IT,. ..........
Gingerbread may be varied and won
derfully improved by the addition Of a
icup Of grated cocoanut; this quantity is
sufficient for loaf of medium size. Al
monds are also used in ginger cake, but
unless you add flavor of bitter almonds
there viii not be distinctive almond
flavor .t..
A very appetizing way to cook onions
Is to boil them in salt and water until
they begin to be tender; drain the wat
er from them, and wrap each onion in
soft paper, set them side by side in a
dripping pan, let them bake until done,
then put them into vegetable dish and
pour rich brown gravy over them !;
Spanish onions are especially nice
cooked in this way, as they have so del
icate flavor
To make red cabbage salad choose D
small firm head; take off the outer
leaves, and cut the rest into very thin
slices; it You can shave it fine it viii be
all the nicer; mix with it two teaspoon
fnls of salt, three teaspoonfuis salad oil,
OF Of clarified butter, little cayenne
pepper, a little curry powder if you
please. This salad in nice for two or
three days after it is prepared if it is
kept where it is cool; if you prefer q
sweet salad add sugar
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Agricultural Miscellany.

New York Experiment Farm contains
1875 acres, situated in Geneva, ninety
acres of which are under cultivation
The. annual allowance for it's mainte-
nance is 500 900, and those. in whose in
terest it is maintained are entirely sat-
isfied with the results. The benefits of
the experiments conducted there, how
ever, are not confined to New York.
The faith of the agriculturists of the
country in the ability and carefulness Of
Director Sturtevant, has given wide
publicity to his reports, and many wise
farmers have profited by them.
MI E. S. Golf, horticulturist to the
State Experiment station, at Geneva,
n Y, found In a trial of thirty varieties
of raspberries that they ripened from
July to IA, and continued in bearing
from twenty-one to thirty five days.
The most productive, by far, was the
EARLY Prolific, an old sort now little
grown. and whose fruit has harsh acid
flavor, but whose hardness and entire
freedom from thorns are thought to
render it a desirable parent. for new
kinds. The second in yield was Clarke,
third Delaware, fourth Caroline, Phila-
delphia, Brandy wine and Naomi gave
the smallest crops. Davison's, Thorn
less was earliest; Gregg latest.
An enthusiast writes of the cucumber
that it is one Of the most useful vegeta-
bles we have, and can be dressed. in a
greater variety OF palatable ways than
any other except the tomato It is bet
ter than squash, and more delicate thar
the egg plant, prepared in the same
manner; can be stewed, fried or. stuffed
and, above all can be parboiled, mashed
up in butter and fried as friitters, moro
pleasant and easily prepared: than any
other vegetable or fruit. Whena els-
cumber becomes just too old to be used
raw or for picking, it is then at its best
for cooking, and may be used for that
purpose even until thu seeds become
hard. A raw cucunbep is, for most
persons, an indigestible ,abomination,
however much they admire its favor
and odor. Is H.. z " -
Mr.. J. b Olcott says. in his, crisp es-
say on the agricultural press, that it is
q disgrace to his newspaper that the
farmer should be cDntinually cheated
by travelling quacks eta bogus scientific,
religions, medical, or financial oharac-
ter. Piles Of money go ont Of ignorant
farmers pockets that we know Of, and
piles that We nevsE hear about because
the losers are ashamed 10 tell. The
loss to an honest man would not besso
deplorable ii the money did not go to
feed nests OF rogues somewhere, and
give them bold front TO take on new
disguises, and extend their depredations
still wider npon society. {. 5ss5
. How 10 apply manure was decided al
| . meeting Of the New York State Agrii-
cultural Society as follows; First,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
Leisure az uans .

When circumstances permit q busy
man or woman to travel and visit rela-
J tons or places OF interest, every
moment is made to yield as much en-
joyment as possible, This same plan
might be protitablv followed with the
moments, or hours of leisure, at home,
Habit is IN ever present master; and i
1t is the rule to make pleasant every
stray piece OF time that is not freighted
with work, it viii soon become a habit,
and the habit will encroach on tho
wor king hours too, not causing stnv ne
, glect Of work, but leading to an eudeavor
to make it pleasant; and such work as
Smelling peas, peeling apples and pota-
toes, will often De done in the cool sit
ting-room or under the shade OF the
tree near the door. But the hours that
have no mortgage of work claiming
them is fast as they come. will be given
to something that is recreative.
The parlor OF the house may profita-
bly, be made place for pleasant occu-
patton; nothing that is work ought to
intrude here II the house has par
lor, let it be the one place where busy.
hurrying work is shut out, though fam
c. work that the finger and eye de-
LIGHT in, may be admitted Here the
in Stinct that sets childish hands to
building play houses and adjoining them
this instinct still alive. though child
hood is past-may be indnlged in again,
and this room be furnished for beauty,
though all the rest of the house must be
fitted for rough work a-day use. Here
the carpet used need not he of service
able rags. but Ct finer texture and at
tractive pattern frail vases may stand
in safety, and pictures and books be
scattered on the table convenient for
reference, and tree from dust and hur-
ried handling, Tides and mats, that
would lose their beauty in a few weeks
in the comfortable sitting-room'5 every
day wear, keep bright and clean. The
housewife can here enjoy Il quiet rest
sitting in comfortable chair, and
looking at the pictures OF the
walls and the ornaments about the room
collected by herself Or received as gifts
from husband, children, or friends If
no other day in the weak gives time for
quiet enjoyment of the parlor, Sunday
will atford some leisure; and it is pleas
ant to throw open the room on Satur-
day morning, sweep and dust it, and
Ell the vases with fresh favorite flowers,
making ready to spend here the hours
of Sunday rest. If love for beauty
pervades the family, even the. little
children viii handle with loving fin
gers the pretty books, and soon learn
to respest the order and quiet OF the
room, going outdoors or to the sitting
room to romp, and coming here for the
quieter pleasures of story perhaps, Ok
a song. Rural New Yorker
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-31
The Newport eR. - Mercury relates

The Newport GR - Mercury relates
that some years ago, when tina, Roman
Catholic Church there was repaired,
The society was poor and q note was CIV
en- in part payment. The note was re-
iected, and, the years goingb by, was out
lawed. Some time afterward Rev. Mr..
Cory met the contractor and asked If
the note had been paid. No, replied
Che contractor, ian i it is now out
lawed = Outlawed 81 exclaimed the
priests IAN honest debt outlawed with
an honest man and a Christian? nev-
er heard Of such thing u shall be
paid And the note was paid. 3I'
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"Courting-Sticks' "A Queer New
England Custom of the Long

"Courting- Stacks "A Queer New
+ England Custom of the Ions
Ago. t..
| In early New ENGLAND DAYS, as ia,
back as the middle Of the eighteenth cen,
tury, when hospitality was practice a.
well as o virtue, there was in mos.
houses only one large assembly room
and there the family and all the guests
and chance callers gathered on winter
| nights about the blazing fire of logs
We know that youth was youth and
love was love, and young men were
timid and maidens were shy, and court
ship went on in those days. How was
conrtship possible in this common room
where every word was heard and every
look taken notice of? We read in the
admirable volume on the recent CEN
tennial OF Long Meadow, Mass, by
Prof. Richard S. STAIRS OF that town
IN the winter evenings for the conven-
ience of young lovers, since there was
no "next room," courting-sticks were
used; that is, long wooden tubes that
could convey from lip to ear sweet and
secret whispers. Was this an invention
peculiar to Long Meadow?
1t is charming picture that this
calls up, of life in o puritan household,
this tubular love-making, the pref
ty girl (nearly every girl is pref
ty in the freight of long ago.
seated in one stiff high backed
chair, and the staid but blushing
lover in another, handling the court
ing stick, itself an open cnnfession of
complaeence, if not of true love. Would
the young man dare to say, 81 love
YOU" through tube, and would he
feel encouraged by the laughing, tender
eyes of the girl when she replied
through the same passage, "Do tell !"
Did they have two sticks, so that the
end of one could be at the ear and the
end Of the other at the mouth all the
while? How convenient. when the
young man got more ardent than was
seemly, as the flip went round, for the
girl to put her thumb over the end OF
the tube. and stop the flow of soul! Did
the young man bring his stick, and so
announce his inten ton, or did the Young
lady always keep one or pair on hand,
and so reveal both Willingness aud ex-
pectation? It was much more con-
venient than the telephone, with its
hello" and proclamation to all listen
ers at each end of the line. Lovers can
make love with anything. even with a
telephone, the successful counting of q
deaf person for there is one word that
nearly every one likes to hear), as we
know, can go on through speaking
trumpet: but these counting sticks seem
to us the neplus ultra of tender COM
munication-when third party is pres
ent. They would be very useful now
at large parties, where there is such a
din and babble that one can only court
q pretty girl at the risk of bronchitis or
laryngitis. Sometimes in the jam you
cannot get near the girl; but with a long
counting stick you could vile her away
from her too ardent admirer. This in
vention seems to us worthy of revival for
many reasons, and we should be glad of
any further information in regard to it.
Civilization in its progress drops good
many things that ought to be retained.