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The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05
Old English Pastincs.

1t Is pleasant to know that a few Of
the old Maypoles remain. "One still
supports a w~eathercock in the church,
yard at Pendleton, Manchester; and in
Derbyshire, a few years ago, several
were to be seen standing ON some of
the village green's" Around them,
adorned with st. Georges banner,
and the white, forked pennon, ranged
the ancient morrisdancs of Scarlet,
Maid Marian and Little John; and near
by were played the comic interludes
that furnished more matter for a
May morning" The revolving months
brought frequent festivals, each with
its special character; now there was
drinking of the Whitsun ale, sold by
the church wardens to repair the
church; and now the ''booting" and
hockcart Of the harvest home furnished
more amusement to the young; Mid
summer eve and Hallowmas, with
their questioning maids, their soul
cakes, their gilt nutmegs and wassail
candles; and many, many more there
were that make our own holidays seem
.starvelings by comparison. Births,
christenings, marriages, deaths and
burials, now too generally only matters
of record, were solemn and, even in
the ase u the last two, happy occa-
sions. But all this is become, 30 to
speak, an old wives tale. Briefly, by
merely glancIng here and there III the
last 400 pages, n is sure to come
upon some ''rite of May" that he would
have been glad ''to do observance" to.
Cakes and ale we have, and ginger is
hot il the mouth, but how many a
pretty extravaganza has gone by that
once made B~ritannia's pastorals some
thing more genuine than an elaborated
suggestion from Theocrltusl Colin
Clout is a homely name, and
Autolycus is pleasant one, bu, both
suffer not thinking on with the hobby
horse, whose epitaph is:
'For obi for oh, the hobby-horse Is forgot
Would that Colin might again come
to court, say we, even at the risk of
not escaping a peerage so easily as he
was wontl
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There exists a great diversity among
5rees in regard to their periods of de-
yelOpment; some have a brief rotation.
The coppice growths in European for
estry are often utilized in periods of
ten OF fifteen years; in III " country
zoo, we have many trees of short rOta-
ton, and some of the most useful and
profitable trees are of this character.
DR.. Wardner, of Ohio, in a paper on
Forestry" says:
The black locust may be harvested
after it has %grownfrom twenty to thirty
years.
The catalpa speeiosa in the same
time will make good cross-ties and fence
posts,
The ailantus very soon attains a uses
full size, and for certain purposes has
been highly commended both in this
country and in Europe. Professor G.
S. Sergeant is advising its extensive
plantation, and some years ago 1t was
spoken of as the most promising tree
for the arid plains of tue Southwest.
The forests of Scotch pine in Ger
many are allowed sixty years to reach
their useful size for fuel and for tim
bers.
The birch there reaches its maturity
in about half a century.
The willow used for charcoal needed
in the manufacture of Qunpowder may
be cut after growing twenty years, or
even less.
Chestnut, in its second growth, is
most proftably cut every. twenty OF
twenty-five years.
The beautiful wood of the wild
cherry soon reaches a profitable size
for many purposes, though for saw
logs and lumber the tree should be
drger.
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Several flights of marrow, rickety
stairs in one Of the greatbnsiness blocks
on Franklin street, Chicago, lead to a
large loft 10 which half a dozen ma
chimes of simple appearance, but Of the
most ingenious construction, are in
rapid motion, each one turning out fifty
thousand coTks of all dimensions and
shapes every day. The manufacture Of
that exceedingly useful article by ma.
chinery is in its infancy, not only in
this city, but in the world. Until a
comparatively recent date corks were
cut by hand, and it took an experienced
workman a whole day to finish a thous.
and marketable corks, with a great
waste of material. To day a machine
run by steam and attended by a small
girl does fifty times the amount of work
with unerring precision and the small
est possible waste of material.
The large plates of the raw mater al
of the trade are assorted as to thickness
corresponding with the length of the
corks to be manufactured, and placed N
steam chests, where they are rendered
pliable by the moist steam. Any rough
excresenees that might be on the outer
or inner surface of the plates are then
removed by a steam planer which gives
an even thickness to the plate. The
latter is next cut into strips Of a width
corresponding to the diameter of the
top of the cork to lie obtained, and
then the cutting process begins.
Corks for the bottling of wine and
beer are not tapered, but are cut out of
the strips sraight by a circular knife
run upon a piston driven by steam.
The operator simply presses the strip of
cork against the knife, which cuts the
the cork out evenly and quickly, and
deposits it in a chute leading to there
ceptacle for the finished corks The
process is very simple, and a good oper-
ator with first. class material finishes
so, 900 straight corks a day with ease,
All the shavings are carefully col
lected and sold for various industrial
purposes. The finished eorks are as
sorted as to quality, those of the finest
grade to be without any flaw, and are
ready for the market. Tapered corks,
mostly for smaller bottles and phials,
are calculated to be used oftener than
once, and have to pass through a second
cutting process. Like all the work In
a modern cork-cutting establishment,
that of giving a conical shape to the
cork is done by a machine driven by
steam. The automatIcal cutter is a
rapidly revolving steel disk running un-
der a clasp into which the s~traight-cut
cork is inserted by hand. The clasp
can be regulated to press the cork
against the sharp edges of the disk in
any angle corresponding to the shape to
be obtained. The finished corks dropped
into one receptacle and the Shawn. $
into another.
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The E%nglishman joyousiy assented to
the proposition of the young man, and
on the following morning three friends
who wels admitted to participate IN the
Joke drove with the arsenal and Its
owner to a piece Of swampy woods
twelve miles distant. On their arrival
the youn men left the "tenderfoot'
seated on a stump surrounded by hisguns
to watch for the deer that they said
they would drive up for him to shoot.
They had persuaded him to bring no re-
freshment, as they told him they would
cook the deer and could buy anything
else desired of some tame Indians in
the neighborhood.
And from an early hour until late in
the afternoon the stranger from a
foreign land occupied the stump and
its vicinity, bemOaning the non.appear-
ance of game and the complete disap-
pearance of his comrades. AT length,
toward nightfall, just as the English
man had begun to relate his pitiful tale
to a farmer, the missing jOkers turned
up with a story of losing their way in
the labyrinth of forest, etc. Hungry
and wrathy, but hardly daring in SO
wild a place to express his sentiments
freely, the foreigner allowed himself to
be driven back to the hotel. But before
he could unburden himself there, sad
to relate, the jokers vanished, and he is
not to this day positive as to Their
names. The American hunters consi-
dered that they had experienced a good
day Of sport if the E%nglishman didn't.
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Barnum's Woony Horse.

"That is the same old woody horse that
Barnum had a great many years age, i"
SAID Mr.. Bennett, of the Chicago museum,
as a shaggy quadruped, with only enough
features visible to define his species,
walked back and form before him in a
west side stable. "Barnum, you know,
said tina horse was captured in the Rocky
mountains by General Fremont. Tine
horse proved a great card, but, as he adj
vertised in a way hat was distasteful to
the general, Mr.. BaFnum was compelled
to get rid of the animal. The generals
father-in- law defeated Barnum III the
courts, and the great Snowman dropped
the horse down IN Indiana. The man TO
whom he Was sold allowed the report TO
get out that the brute was dead, and Bar
mum never tried to get him back
"kather an old boy, according to your
story, " the reporter suggested.
"Yes; he was born in lS4l-and not In
the Rocky mountains, but at South Port,
Connecticut. lie was sold in indiana to
Able Deining, a farmer, near Goshen.
When Dir. Deming died the horse was
gwen To his son in-law, Mr., Wiley, by
whose estate he was sold to Peter Simon,
who brought HIM here"
Tue horse is of medium SIZE, but his
Lreal coat OF snaggy hair makes him lock
large and powerful. lie is a chestnut
sorrel. The hair varies In length from
tour TO eight inches. and is as klnky as a
negro's. lie retired from the Stage IN
1852. but Will resume his professional life
at the Chicago Museum.
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The Russian budget was never known
to show a surplus. That of 1882, just
made public, shows a deficit of nearly
"a, 000,0 00, which is, however, an i'm
provement over former years. The ex-
penditures for railroads during the year
was about sl2, 000, 900, incurred by the
pushing of the system Of Russia proper
into the Russian possessions in Turkes-
tan. OF the total expenditures Of
1856, $50, 00h the army and navy con-
sumed about Sill. 0O0, 900, which, con-
sidering the vastness of the forces kept
up, is lower than the cost of our own
.rilitary and naval forces. The Russi-
'epga has fallen off in respect to
q alcoholic liquor very largely
Ahe decrease in consumption
the increase of the tax on
srty per cent
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In places of Germany when a young
girl finds a leaf of trefoil divided into
four instead of three parts, it is a sign
that she viii be married within a year;
at all events, she carefully preservesthis
leaf till her wedding-day. On Christ
mas Eve the countrymen are accustom-
ed to drive out a great deal in sledges.
They think that this will cause their
hemptto be more abundant and higher.
They do not fail to visit the ale. house
and to drink heartily the same evening,
being convinced that this is a way to
make them look well till the following
Christmas. They never destroy crick-
cts by fire, being persuaded that those
which escape will destroy their linen
and clothes. When a peasant loses
his way in the wood after sunset, he
avoids calling any person to show HIM
the way, being convinced that in any
ase the evil spirit of the forest would
cause him to plunge still deeper into it
ecesSes.
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IN AZ lJWHg NiAAdhc % III
sec4 an "sptle, become to all
appeara1 ulet,y dormant, live with
QUE esse -ange during the cold of
Winter, wake to active life only
when fcM is again ready for them.
Others, like the woodchuck, after grow
ingfat on the abundant food of Autumn,
roll themselves up in a nest and sleep.
Vital action is lowered, they consume
but little oxygen snd live upon the
stores of fat with which they went into
Winter quarters. The black bear gem
orally h~ibernates in caves and under
old tree tops, but he is never so sleepy
that he is not ready for a battle If dis
turbed; end farther south he does not
hibernate at all. In New England he
grows fat on green corn, roots and nuts
in the Ftll, and so has had the credit of
g1owingl fat by Sucking his paws"
This old notion is only an illustration
of theories in mechanic life that some
thing can come of nothing. The truth
about 1he bear is that he grows thin
every dby he lies in his den.
The Third general method of presery-
ing tho species through Winter is by
migratl ion as best seen among birds, but
practlsed also by some of the higher
mamHa ais. AS the Autumn advances
manylo of the smaller birds from our
midstand from the far North quietly
make their way South to find warmer
weather and new store of food for the
Winter months. Others assemble in
fock and seem to have grave consulta-
tions over the projected journey. The
metallic note of the wild goose comes
to nj from among the clouds as night
and day the flocks wend their way III
long lines to the South. Long before
! they appear with us, they collect their
brotds in the lakes and bays neal their
BREEDING place and seem to be organic
ing for the long flight which most of
them are to take for the first time to a
LAM that most of them have never
seeh; for of every flock that starts from
those northern resting places, the larger
part are young and have never flown
but a few miles before they commence
Their long flight to an unknown land.
They follow their leader, it IS said.
When did the first leader learn the way?
We have seen them in the bays of New
foundland gathering like a great army,
practising for days, and then n flock
after another separates itself from the
GREAT host and follows its chosen leader
to the south. They return in Spring
even while snow and ice abound, to be
ready for the opening of the short
northern Summer. In the long days of
the north and by the unmolested lakes
and bays of Newfoundland and Labra-
dor, they find the best conditions for
rearing their Young.
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One of the causes of dyspepsia at
the present day consists in the hobbies
which 50 many people ride in regard to
food. One person gets the impression
one article Of diet is the cure-all; and
another that something else will prevent
all the evils that flesh is heir to, and he
makes a hobby Of this one thing, and
not .riSs himself to death on it,
but bsists that all the persons whom
he knb%s, Or over whom he has any in
huenoe shkl ride it too. Oatmeal is
good in it's way, if one likes it, and
grits and gkaham bread and many other
things but they will create dyspepsia if
they are nGlt properly cooked, or used
too continually, and to the exclusion of
othei yarid les of food.
dyspepsia is more often cured by an
absolute neIt diet than by a vegetarian
die, aud ~ reason why good effects
ofttn fouoE The first trials of vegetar-
ianism IS i~iecause the subjects have been
in the habit of eating heartily of meat,
and the Change benefits them. On the
same principle it is beneficial for those
who have been in the habit of making
their breakfast of oatmeal to take a new
departure occasionally. and make a
breakfast IF meat, fish or fruit.
Thege are many small o~bservances in
eatinglwhich are essential to health and
to whiEb lie most ardent reformers pay
no sCls 81 2ttention. One of these is to
be sure thai Bead is perfectly sweet and
light and on day old. Another is the
abstaining b1m hot toast, hot biscuit,
hot bread d1any kind not only because
it forms Il I'd, soggy pellets in the
stomach, Hp melts the butter and rem
ders it ind. ayestible. Tea drank con-
stantly and in such quantities as one
good-sized l9up three times a day, as
many peopt drink it, is responsible, say
some of Oh leading physicians, for the
terrible kjfle diseases which have de-
veloped themselves with such alarming
lrapidity oftlate years. Temperance in
all things, md as much variety as pos
sible of gk,od, wholesome food is wis
dom.
Give Thought, cart and pains to your
housekeeping, so that it shall be clean
and heall full, and create an atmosphere
in which ! shall be good to live. Cook
ing is mott all there is of life, even in the
Kitchen, tnd if you find yourself. even
against ybur will, obliged to give most
of your me to it, put into it your in
telligeneI your judgment, and your re-
hnement land the result will be more
,benefciallt to those with whom you are
Immediately connected than if you
essful book.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

PROFESSOR BUDD is of the opinion
that cellars in which fruit is stored be-
tween picking time and the setting in
of winter should be opened at night, in
stead of the daytime. as is usually done.
The reason assigned is that at night tie
air is cooler, while the warmer air of
the daytime has its moisture precipita-
ted by the cool temperature OF cellar,
which engenders dampness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

If you are gong to set q new orchard
this spring remember that it is an ex-
cellent way to prepare a plan of the or.
chard, showing the position of each
tree, its variety, etc. If a tree dies it
can be replaced by u of the same sort
Some fruit. raisers keep a book IN which
they register the age and variety of
every tree in their orchard, together
with any items in regard to its grating,
productiveness, treatment, etc, which
are thought to bs desirable.
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No Farm should be without its ice
house. Not only Is ice indispensable
in the absence Of a cold spring house in
summer for having nice milk and but
ter, but for keeping all kinds of fresh
meats, fish, etc. A good ice-house can
be built for S1S or 800, and the interest
on the cost, with the trouble of filling
it, are but trIles compared to the con-
venience and comfort of having plenty
of through the hot DAYS of summer.
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A CORRESPONDENT advises the placing
of old tin cans ON the fire until the sci
der melts and they can be pulled apart.
Then take the large pieces of the eau
and wrap around the fruit trees it is
desired to protect from mice, pressing
the edges of the tin firmly into the
ground. The mice will be discouraged
10y the tins, and will turn in another
direction.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

N 4 difficult to say winch branch Of
farming is most profitable. Intelligently
conducted and under proper conditions
every legitimate branch of farm econ
omy carries the elements Of success to
a far greater degree than mercantile
business, commercial ventures or man
ufacturing enterprises. The pursuit Of
agriculture az q business Is more within
the control of the individual than Is
the case with the merchant or manu-.
f~acturer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

The claim that stumps ny be ex-
tracted by boring holes into them and
filling the holes with saltpetre has moi
been borne out by facts. 1t does well
in a dry season; but the stumps burn
easily, without the aid of saltpetre, dur
ng such periods,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

In some sections of the South the
Bermuda grass Is being cultivated,
Once rooted it IS hard to tradicate, but
as it seems to thrive we'll during seasons
of drought 1t has been used as pastur
age in preference to less hardy grasses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

A NEW Gre-proofng liquid is a basic
s~ilicate of alumiua, and it is said to be
far better than tulgstate of soda, be-
cause the cyanlte d1es not scale off OF
evaporates. while the soda requires re-.
application every week.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

THE strongest stocks of bees consume
the least honey during the winter, for
the reaso that in their semi-torpid
state they are kept warm with very
little food /; whereas a weak stock re-
quires more food to keep upthe requls-
lite natural heat.
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A BOSTON hrm lately received a
cheese weighing 5233 pounds net and
containing the milk of 5000 cows. Ii
is 8 feet 8 inches nigh. 5 feet 4 inches
in diameter. and is Aaid to he the lsrg
est cheese in this country.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

AN excellent remedy for mango is
Oil of ~turpentine. one pint add eau
tiously two ounces of oil of v%itriol, stir
ring the mixture constantly /; then add
eight ounces Inseed oil ; to be rubbed
In with a brush twice q day.
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a Is@ rel hunting episode took
II u IS ago in a woody suburb
epa Up a thousand miles from
y 70 ny, Ohio. 1t happened
3 0urned in the town for a
IS m fnglishman of the species
aUG IN the West ''tenderfeet. -
n England he carried with
nsive armament of weapons
Ats5 nd defensive. and made no
sgc sting to his fellowpassengers
ah s4l d Of the vast amount of game
al lG IS that he should kill while in
Yp4ess id. When his eve alighted
On aa3 est of buildings in New York
be rprised. but, anvil the great
So IS of the country, you knawl
Ill be big, you knaw!' A few
su miles further on, and of course
Il have all the buffalo hunting
* | manage.
ring not far from Cleveland he
AL ny mdeh disguised at travelling
81 Without having an opportunity to
50 ste his arsenal, and a boy" who
ia him sigh, solaced him by the
4 tof glorious sport. There were
klos or Wild Indians there, but
y short trip into the country
tAt der by the wholesale.
~
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

STEEL bits should be kept in a warm
place until they are placed in the horses
mouth. Any person al realize the
sensation of placing a oold bit in a
horses mouth by first touching it with
his OWL tongue.
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The grape tbrives well on rich ,loamy
soil, or on the poor, gravelly hillsides.
Like other vi2es, however, it does best
when we'll cultivated and carefully man.
aged.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

SOME horses, when trotting, In put
ting their hind feet to the ground, strike
principally on the toe. Such horses
should have the heels lowered; and
should wear shoes without heels.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

IF you wish to drive your horse witt
an open bride, have him tried will
one before putting him to your top
wagon, otherwise he may get ava!
with you.
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WHEN horses o~verreach, lengthen the
hind shoes /; when they hit the front OF
the hind feet, have the toe of the front
shoe made narrow and ncav on the
inside.
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The engines that run the fasl n
on tine Pennsylvania Railroa r.
their highest speed within three n
OF a starting point. where the coaieitl
viii permit ana a locomotive igas
not attain "a speed OF a mile q nn.
within four miles cannot hsA
train properly, and need not CO a
ed to make fast average runnAa
II is understood that a scicqE-e
peultIon, sanctioned by the q.
Geographical Society, and an4g
command vi MIR. Wilirid Pow y aFAh
to leave this country for the pDrpcss
exploring New Guinea. Tn Anas
be provided from private sc
Lord Derby will be asked SIC
ountenance to the enterpri
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KEEP iron farm implements from
rusting during the winter by rubbing
them over with kerosene. Treat stoves
the same way during the summer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

Glow Can a Woman Tell?" Is the
title OF a recent poem. HumphI How
can she help teling9
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

To cock cabbage with milk, boil I'M
til tender in clear water, drain, then
set aside until perfectly cold. Chop
fle and add two beaten eggs, tea
spoonful of butter and a half cup of
rich cream or milk; mix well and bake
in a deep buttered dish. This is a very
palatable dish and is a fayorite with
many who cannot eat cabbage cooked
in the common way.
A SPOONFUL of kerosene oil put into
cold starch will prevent the iron from
sticking.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-04-05

NEEDLEwoRK. Ladies are very for
tunate in having a in work at
a time when the mini rejects intel
lectual amusement. Men have no re-
source out striding up and down the
room, like a bird that beats itself to
pieces against the bars of its cage;
whereas needlework is a sort Of soda
tive, too mechanical to worry the mind
by distracting 1t from the points upon
which its musings turn, yet gradually
assisting it in regaining steadiness and
composure; for so c~uriously are our
bodies and minds linked together that
the regular and constant employment
OF the body on any process, however
dull and uniform. has the effect OF
tranquilizing where it cannot disarm
the feeling of the mind.
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To make excellent soft gingerbread
take one cup of sugar, M cup of but
ter, n cup OF New Orleans molasses,
one cup of sour milk, a pinch of Gin
namon, two eggs. and about five cups
of -four, enough to make a thick batter.
MIX the molasses sugar and butter to
a cream and place on the fire until
warm; beat the eggs thoroughly, add
the milk to the warmed mixture, then
the eggs, and lastly then bake in G
shallow tin.