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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
Flour Made OF Wood.

In letter from the Catskil noun
tains to the New York SIM the writer
says: The chief industry up here is pro-
ducing wood flour, kind of cousin to
wood pulp. 1t was first manufactured
in the Catskills about nine years ago,
and now over twenty mills are in full
blast, The process is exceedingly sim
pie. Any soft-woOd tree-poplar is the
favorite-is felled and drawn to the mill
The bark and boughs are removed, and
the trunk put in a machine which is
nothing but lead pencil sharpener on
large scale, with four or more knives in
stead of one. On starting the machine
the pencil sharpcner revolves with great
swiftness, and in a few minutes converts
the log into a hundred miles of fine, clean
shayings. These are ground and bolted
exactly as in a flour mill. The product
is soft, fine, yellowish-w white -four,
similar in appearance to very we'll ground
corn meal. 1t possesses a slight woody
smell, and is almost tasteless. 1t is put
up in large bags and then dispatched,
unmarked, to the buyer.
tried to find out who purchased the
article, but with no success. The wood
miller was not very communicative. Z" 1t
makes" he said, "well | don't know
how much exactly. One log may give
five bags, and it may give ten. 1t sells
well-that is, pretty toerable. reckon
| clear about eight or nine dollars a day
out of it-perhaps more. never figured
it up. What's it good for? Good many
things. It's used to stiflen paper, but if
you put in too much the paper gets
brittle. Paper stock is dearer than pop
lar flour, and that's why they put it in.
If you mix the flour with linseed gum
and billed oil you get kind of oicloth
Some folks mix it with meal to give to pigs
and other animals. guess it's good but
| never give it to my hogs, and even
those fellows give it to some other fell
lows critters and not their own. Yes. /
have heard that some bad contractors
mixed it with meal for army and Indian
supplies, but don't take much stock in
the story, because they could buy sour
meal as cheap as poplar flour. 1t
wouldn't pay to mill pine or cedar or
hemlock; they are worth too much as
timber But any wood that isn't used
that way can be mlled into flour. use
poplar almost altogether, but when run
short of logs | grind up buttonball,
birch, elm, or willow"
The farmers dislike the new industry.
as it promises to play havoc with the
forests, which are both an attraction to
the boarder and protection to agricul-
ture. The tanneries years ago used up
nearly all the oak and hemlock; the lum-
bcrmen have stripped the country prac-
tically of pine, cedar and walnut; the
chair factories are consuming the hickory
and maple; and now the wood -four mill
promises to grind up what remaining
trees there may be.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

"Well, Dodge City may have been a
rough place. l reckon it was. But it
never came up to Newton. Why, New
ton had as many as half a dozen first
class murders in one night. The man
that didn't carry pistol was of no ac-
count in those days. l recollect once
sleeping in room with thirteen beds,
two men to each bed, and pistol under
a vest or pair of pants placed beneath
the pillow every time, That was when
the cattle drove to Newton. Most every
building in the town was full of bullet
holes. My father bought dance house
building and moved it down to Hutch
inson for other purposes, and people used
to walk round it and look at it and adj
mire the round holes in the window
panes. There wasn't Il whole light in
the house. Then when Newton ceased
to be a great cattle-shippiug point the
rough business came along to Dodge
City. 1t missed Hutchinson for the
reason that it was temperance town
But there's saloons enough in Dodge
City. Why. the mayor is a saloon
keeper, his bartender is city clerk, the
two marshals are ex-dance house men,
and the school directors are some of them
in about the same x"-.St. Louis GL0Je
Democrat.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


Stephen Dickerson, Onondago Co., N.
Y, ,avs: 1.-THE grub is usually located
in the sheep's head, out of reach of all
remedies, and relief is to be sought in
preventive means. Among these are,
doubtless, giving the flock during pas
turing season access to sheds and base
ment apartments; to the woodland if there
is any on the farm; and above ALL being
careful not to feed pastures too close.
This is very important. On the approach
Of the fly the sheep invariably puts its
nose to the ground, and if the feed is
short the bot has all the advantage.
Whereas, if there is plenty of heritage
in which the sheep can bury its nose it
would in all probability elude the bot.
May IA, 1884, lost sheep from grub
In the head. From its head | took four
teen grubs. This was an exceptionally
bad case. Last summer was wet here.
Feed grew luXuriantly. This spring we
have no grub in the head. Was not good
feed the cause of our escaped Who
knows. Let us try it; other good re-
suits will follow"
A Wyoming county On. " farmer
says on this subject: when in washing
my sheep caught a ram by the horn
to put him in the water, his horn broke
away from his head, so it he'd only by
the skin. After washing him, cut the
skin, and the whole horn came off, and
left in sight thirteen large grubs, so
nearly matured that they had dark
stripes on their backs l took them out
Of his head and let him go into the field.
Afterward 1 spead tar on a coarse cloth,
and taking out two more grubs applied
the plaster and let him 60 The next
day l went in search of the ram for the
purpose of securing his wool, but found
him feeding apparently in better health
than he had been in some time. | raised
the plaster and found six more grubs
sticking to the tar, and removed them
and replaced the plaster. | sheered him,
and in the fall he was fat but looked
curious enough with only one large horn
| guess from this that one could tell
when his sheep were afflicted with grub,
and in some way save their lives But
the better way is to prevent the "gad-
ay'' from depositing the maggot on the
nose, which travels directly to the head.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

put the cream over it, and thin layer Of
bread crumbs on the top; bake this for
half an hour in hot oven. Make frost
ing of the whites of the eggs, with sugar
enough to make a stiff frosting; before
spreading this on the top of the pudding,
lay thin slices of orange all over the top.
Cover this with frosting.
GERMAN DUMPLINGs.- Mix a quarter
of pint of lukewarm milk or cream
with a small cup of fresh yeast; add an
ounce of sugar, two well-beatcn eggs.
three ounces of partly melted butter and
pound OF siftcd flour. Beat the whole
thoroughly until light and spongy; cover
with a cloth and let it raise by gentle
warmth. Turn out the dough on we'll
Toured board; cut off egg sized pieces
and lightly roll them into round balls or
ovas. Leave these on the board to rise
again. Put two ounces Of butter in a
broad, flat stewpan, with dessert spoon
full of sugar, and milk half an inch deep.
Let this boil, take up the cakes gently
with a slice, and lay them close together
in the boiling milk. Cover with a lid
and put them in the oven till the milk is
nearly dried away and the dumplings
have a yellow crust. Take them care
full apart, sift sugar over and serve with
any sweet sauce, fruit or syrup.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
REGIMES.

CELERY.-To crisp celery let it lie in
ice water two hours before serving; to
fringe the stalks stick several coarse
needles into cork and draw the stalks
half way from the top through the needles
several times; lay in the refrigerator to
curl and crisp.
RosETTEs. Beat the yolks of three
eggs very light until they thicken. Add
one quart of milk and one tablespoonful
of melted butter and teaspoonful of
salt. Mix three teaspoonfuls of baking
powder with three cupfuls of flour, and
add to the milk and eggs. When all the
Jumps are beaten out add the whites of
the eggs whipped to a stiff froth. Bake
Immediately in muffin pans in a quick
oven.
PoTATo SNow.-Choose the whitest and
most tloury potatoes you car, which are
free from spots; put them into cold water
over good fire; directly they crack
strain off the water and put them into a
clean stewpan by the side of the fire until
they are quite dry and fall to pieces, then
rub them through fine wire sieve into
the dish in which they are to be served,
which should have been previously well
heated.
ToPsY PUDDING.-Stir three ounces of
sugar and the yolks of three eggs into
pint of cream. Sprinkle fine bread crumbs
over the bottom of pudding dish, then
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
. YOUTHFUL EDITOR.
History of the Hardest Struggle of His Life
OfDcep Interest to all Professions.

WORCESTER, Mass, March %, 1854.
DR.. David Kennedy, Rondout, N y:
DEAR Shiny son, a lad Of fifteen, editor Of the
"GoAhead,' amateur journal, of this city has been
at different times most severely, and apparently
hopecssly, afflicted with Salt Rheum. When very
small child his body was almost entirely covered
with this loathsome eruption. 1t mostly passed
away, however, after the teething period, and he
was not seriously troubled with it again unit! about
one year ago, when the Salt Rheum first appeared
ON his hands between his fingers then on his limbs,
then on his face and head in one solid mas. His
condition terrible. The rash rescmblel ivy
poisoning and we at first fancied it might be some
thing not so bad as his old troubles, but the ply
stefan pronounced it salt Hheum, and made every
effort, without avail. to il. We tried Il pre-
paraton widely advertised a specific for skin dis.
eases, but it made about rs much of an impression
a so much cold water might have done. You can
understand the situation when | say we were in
despair of OBJ aiming real help from any source.
At this point, through the advice of Mr.. j. W.
Bacon, whose daughter had been cured of Salt
Rheum by it, l tried KENNEOY'S FA-
NORlTE REMEDY THIS was the right
and only thing at last The skin began to heal at
once, and to-day the evidences OF the disease have
wholly disappeared. How thankful we are, Dear
Doctor, leave You to imagine Yours,
No II Terril Street. j. W. BATCHELDER.
The experience of years. and the testimony OF
thousands demonstrate DR.. DAVID KENNEDY'S
FANotlTE REMEDY to be the most successful
medicine for organic and blood diseases ever dis
covered. Prepared solely by Dr. David Kennedy.
Physician and Surgeon, Rondout, ". Y.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

1.-THE plays the thing, -s,.-,.,.,
And equally true is it that DR.. Pierce'sS
"Pieasant Purgative Pellets" Cthe origlna,
Little Liver Pills are the most effectual
means that can be used to reach the seat of
disease. cleansing the bowels and system, and
assisting nature in her recuperative work.
BY druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

THE celebrated two year-old Holstein heifer
"Winsome Maid" owned by Hibbard q Ham
mond, of Fair Haven, Vt, has made the re.
marIable score for thirty consecutive days Oh
/ 504 pounds of milk, thirteen and quarter
pounds of unsated butter in seven days. This
was done without forcing.t
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15
.N|.sI'I!S'yIIS'|IE|: Is I'll;

Every Farmer and Horseman
should own book descriptive
of the Horse, and the Diseases
to which the noble animal is
liable, that sickness may be rec
ognized in its incipiency and
relief promptly afforded. Our
book should be in the hands of
every Horse owner, as the knowl-
edge it contains MAJ be worth
hundreds of dollars at any mo-
ment. If you want to know all
about your Horse. how to Tell
his Age, how to Shoe him, etc,
send Poe. in stamps, and receive
the book, postpaid, from
NEW YORK HORSE BOOK COMPANY
1874 Leonard ST., N. Y. City.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

"That one was only of 1000 tons
register. Take ship registering 1900
tons, and she will carry 5000 cases of
oil out, and will bring back 5000 tons of
cargo. Her freight will amount to
about $40, 900, while her expenses over
those of the bark of 1000 tons will be
about $l5, 600, leaving clear profit of
"a, 600 on an investment of $40, GOO
provided she has ordinary good luck
The best luck that could happen to the
owners of the bark would be wreck when
she was fully insured"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-15

IT is estimated that upward of 800 900 tons
of canned goods are annually packed In this
country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-19
How Farmers Help Each Other.

A successful farmer finds it to his in.
tercst that his neighbors should also be
successful. A single instance of WELL
ordered and productive fields does not
make the reputation of an entire locality
for profitable agricultural enterprises.
1t becomes noted for fertility, and
acquires comparative importance as a
center of production. when the number
of good farmers is in the majority;
when its yields of grain or hay or other
crops attract general notice; when
buyers learn that such country town
will supply the largest quantity and
finest quality of butter or cheese or
wool or apples or other speciality; when
those who travel observe the general
excellence. of roads, the beauty of the
shade that overhangs them, the neat
ness of the lawns by which they are
bordered, the orchards and gardens
that ad DIN them. the evident prosperity
of the community at large. To what
extent the money value of ones land
who lives in such a community is en-
hanced thereby-not to mention the
pleasure and profit Of associating with
those having similar aims for improve
ment ana gradually securing similar
means for attaining it-would be diff.
cult to determine Country Gentleman
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-19
Money Without Owners.

While l was in the dead Letter"
Department the other day one of the
clerks engaged in opening letters 4
table near by-called to gentleman
who was entertaining me. He went to
him and Immediately beckoned for me
to follow.
NOW, what can be done in this
caSe?n he SAYS. Here is 4 letter, this
instant opened, and you see what it
contains"
In it was clean, new $50 bill, neatly
folded and wrapped in piece of per
fectly blank brown paper-not mark
of pen or pencil to show from whom it
was sent. The letter had been adver-
tised as unclaimed and was dead, and
the examination of its contents made it
more completely dead than before.
1--WE have nothing but the postmaik k,
and even that is almost obliterated. but
our expert will take hold of it and do
the best he can with it. There's pretty
slim chance in this case. guess Uncle
Sam will get that money. This re-
minds me OF something in my own ex-
perience. A few years ago when was
opening letters. found one just like
this, except that the amount was $50
and on the paper wrapper around it
was written in pencil. a friend, Mat
thew vi, s. l looked that up and
found it to be: But when thou thuest
aims. let not thy left hand know what
thy right hand doeth.' The letter was
addressed to n woman and it was
clearly case of charity. l really felt
bad that we coald not succeed in
finding either party, and the money is
in the Treasury to-day"
The number of letters opened last
year. containing currency, checks.
drafts and negotiable paper, was over
$1,000 The amount of actual cash
taken from letters was nearly $4,000,
and the value of checks, etc, repre-
senting money, about Sl,60o.000.
During the last year the number OF
pieces of mail matter that reached the
Dead Letter Office was nearly 4.500,-
900! The exact number was 4, 40. s22.
This is about 1850 for every day
Uashia9i0s Cor. Cleveland Herald.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-19
FARM AND PRESIDE.

There is sometimes more juice in a
can of pineapple than is eaten. This
makes delicious llayoring for pudding
sauee.-Ne,0 England Farmer.
A compost of good muck with lime
| has sometimes been found as effective
as manure, load for load, upon light
and heavy soils.
Feed plenty of buttermilk to the
hens. Either give it in place of water
| or thicken it with a mixture of bran
and meal. Thick milk and skinned
milk are also excellent-N T..
Herald.
A cold, damp. airy temperature
viii cause animals TO consume more
food without corresponding results
in bone. muscle. flesh or fat, much
being used to keep up warmth.-IrOy
Times.
An economical and really delicious
way to flavor q cake which is to have
icing over the top. is to CRATE part of
the peel of an orange or lemon over the
cake before putting the icing on--Bos-
ton Transcript.
Watch your farm hands and note
their treatment of cattle. The brutal
habit of kicking cows should not be
allowed. A kick in the udder will very
likely result in bloody milk. Although
the consequences of blow or kick on
the ribs may not be seen at once more
or less damage will certainly follow
EIchange.
Eggs on Toast: Grease the pan or
skillet you wish TO cook the eems in,
and salt the water When it SINNERS
not boils-c carefully drop intoit, so as
not to break, one egg at time. There
should be water enough to cover them.
Before they are hard, remove with a
small flat skinner, and put each egg
on a piece of hot buttered toast.-1he
Household.
-There,iSno truth in the popular
idea that vines allowed to climb against
n house w II make it damp. Keep them
cut down telow the roof so that they do
not choke the cutters and there will lie
no trouble from this source. Besides
the beauty they give to AN otherwise
plain and perhaps implanted house. the
cottage covered with vines will possess
the advantage OF greater GOODNESS in
summers ard inc eaSed warmth in win
tern T. Erdmtner.
English farmers keep three sheep on
every four acres of their land. In this
country we have one sheep for every
thirty-four acres. The English wheat
crop averages, in ordinary seasons.
twcnty-nine bushels per acre. Ours is
a little less than twelve. There may
be other causes for this great diGer-
ence. but the greater attention given 10
sheep husbandry by English farmers
is undoubtedly one of the causes
-imericaa Cuiicator.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-19
Coasting by Moonlight.

The double runner, sort of camel
sled, is dragged around and pointed
down town. There are half a dozen
passengers and two martyrs-one mar
tyr pushes and the other steers. There
is miscellaneous sort of warning howl
for lamp-posts and people to get out of
the way, the pusher pushes, the steerer
mot bunko) grabs the brake and braces
his feet on the forward sled, which
works on a pivot. Then the double
runner, much resembling a long settee
shooting through space. begins to hump
herself and go. Pretty soon, about the
time she passes Ohio street, you begin
to pull your hat on tighter and feel
consoled that you have an accident
policy. hen she begins To 90 in earn
est and You feel your hair rise, and soon
again she gee: saster. and you can tfeel
anything but the wind rus:ing up your
trousers leg.
There is your friend standing on
Woods corner. lol say: ..Hullo.
.jimn ut Court street and he will just
catch it. At Columbia street YOU see
some policeman gazing on significantly,
and 1T Mann's corner you are paralyzed
to observe Il doctor and reporter
lounging about and smoking, apparent
ly prepared 10 make Il II CAT of it. The
internal machine shoo;s across the
square and toward tie bridge. You see
long row of lamp-posts and awning
supports ahead, and in Your fevered
imagination there are two hay-racks
coming along by the post-oilice. There
is to be Il second edition of 'The Wreck
of the Grosvenor," and you shut your
eyes with the mental exclamation:
.'Well, the fellow in front will get the
worst of it, Tut there is swish
and q swirl" and the machine seems
4 little out of breath; slower, slower,
scrat h; @. she's stopped! Holy smoke.
what . ride.-Ban2or He.) Gonimer
cid,.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-19
Claims Against the United States.

1.-The perennial and everlasting ma
ture of these claims against the United
States was very forcibly impressed
upon my mind last year." said the ex-
Congressman from Maryland. "One
OF my constituents, a very old, old
man, happened to be in Washington
one day when the House was in ses-
sion, and he asked me what was going
on. l told him we were considering
the Meade claim. Good God said
he, are you working at that Meade
claim still?' He looked very thought
full and little bit bewildered. / urged
him to tell me the cause of his aston
ishment. This is the second time in
my life, he said, that 1 have visited
Washington. The first time was moro
than seventy years ago, when l was q
small boy. One of my uncles brought
meto Washington to see the United
States Congress in session. What do
you suppose Congress was doing then?
1t was considering the Meade claim.
Twenty years ago the Union soldiers
were passing through Maryland. Tho
camp of a great General was near my
farm. sent a boy to invite him over
to my house. where / thought he could
have something better to eat and a
more comfortable place to sleep than
in his tent. He came to my house and
he said his name was General Meade.
Then Etold him that had never heard
the name but once before. and that was
fifty years ago. when l heard Con-
gress discussing the Meade claim.
The General told me that the original
claimant was his father. That was
queer enough, but now you tell me Con-
gress is considering the Meade claim. l
thought for an instant that the consid-
Grafton had been given right along for
seventy years; but of course that's alb
surd.' / don't wonder that the old man
was puzzled. Just think of man see-
ing the United States Congress but
twice in his life, and at dates separated
by period of seventy years, and find
ing it doing the same thing each time"
National Republican.