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National Republican., 1885-12-16
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Only gold sleeve 1sutton lost, one Of
pair, very pretty asSl useful little article,
indeed, but many golden dollars in the OPP
posite scale would not be required to equal
its weight. Yet It possessed value beyond
a great pile Of such coins; an Importance to
her, the fair maiden of certain pic
turesque cottage situated near a certain
northern city OF our beloved land.
She was in deep sorrow, of course, for
the misfortune, and quite inconsolable.
Nearly all that winter day she went about
the rooms talking Of the absent treasure,
weeping for IT, seeking It, often in places
that well might seem impossible Of promise.
Gone-his gift upon her sixteenth
birthday-his, to whom her hand would
have been given, following her heart--his,
who on day few months past would
fore that hopeful time, left her, left her for
ever. The sudden claim Of death was su-
preme.
How, where could she have lost the sacred
gifti
Suddenly, a strange smile illuming her
beautiful face, she advanced rapidly to the
door that opened into the garden, garden
indistinguishable now, its graceful path
and ornamental devices hidden under
This was in her thought II remember
walked out to the gate just after the
storm ceased-only there and back again."
After short progress toward the former
point she stopped, drew from her dress the
unlost button, dropped 1t In the snow, care
fully examined the tiny opening through
which 1t had disappeared, and said: NJ
see |"
With nimble fingers she then recovered
tha t.s.EN al Lat Nd ~ In
very slowly. very Observantly, till she found
hole In the snow resembling that which
her own recent act had produced. There,
In moment the nin.ble fingers engaged
themselves as beforehand 10 they revealed
the lost treasured
Her brother started the title Of "The Lit
tie Detective" parents, sisters, friends. and
neighbors adopted IT, and the two-but-
ton beauty bears It to this day y. d.
National Republican., 1885-12-16
A BIG MAN FROM pAKorh
He Hints Darlly at Dire Consequences
if tha Tarritory ia Not Mada n State.

He Hints Darkly at Dire Consequence
II the Territory is Not Made State.
A tail man IN his Goth year, straight as an
arrow, smooth face. finely modelled head.
wearing tall silk hat. stood at the foot OF the
main stairway OF the National Hotel last
night. THAT is the tallest man In Huron,
Oak. His name Is Robert Lowery." was the
brief description given REPUBLIcAN reporter.
do you think that Congress will pass bill
this session admitting Dakota into the Union as
two statesY'
,'The Senate viii, no doubt. The House viii
fight II, and bitterly, too"
what leads you to think soT'
1.-THE Democrats are afraid TO subdvide Da-
kota into two states. II would give four sena-
tors and q number of representatives. These,
they think, would be Republican. There Is,
strange TO say, delegation here from Dakota.
who have been fighting against the subdivision
Of the state. They are afraid that the Repub.
licans will have the control of the state affairs
II Dakota should be admitted"
There will be big fight, then. for admis'
sion2"
Undoubtedly. II we don't succeed there
will be movement made that will cause much
surprise, South Dakota knocks strongly for
admission"
National Republican., 1885-12-16

apart from the important question of their
"market value" Gilbert Renshaw was the
one whom he most disliked.
~ have sent for you, Mr.. Renshaw," re-
sumed the chief, ito point out an error OF
your In these papers-an error which
might have involved grave consequences.
Gilbert Renshaw bowed, but said nothing
The error thus magnifed into so much i'm
portance was In reality tritiing oversight,
and was for the most part the fault OF a
junior. This, probably, Mr.. Golding well
knew, but as the papers would come be-
fore Renshaw for revision he chose to as
sumo that the entire blame rested with him.
The young man was at once too high
minded and kind-hearted to exculpate him.
self by accusing his junior, and In few
words expressed his regret.
"It must not occur again, Mr.. Renshaw."
Gilbert bowed, but made no reply, and
then, after taking his principals directions,
left the room.
Mr.. Golding looked after him with an an
noyed expression ON his face.
"If catch you tripping again." he NUT
tered to himself, 'you shall suffer for 1t,
my friend"
vindictiveness remained without an oppor-
tunity TO exercise itself.
| He was shrewd enough, however, to wait
his opportunity. And that was not long In
coming. One Saturday afternoon he hap
peued TO want Gilbert for some purpose,
and sent for him. The young man could
nowhere be found. Mr.. Golding glanced at
the clock and frowned angrily.
II was just ten minutes to the time at
which. their work being done, the clerks
were entitled tu leave Some were already
closing their desks and making preparations
for departure, but the sudden appearance
Of the chief in the outer office galvanized
them into renewed activity. A kind-hearted
| senior In the meantime surreptitiously dis
patched an Office boy TO the restaurant
which Gilbert generally frequented, but the
well-meant effort was fruitless.
Mr.. Golding walked across the Office to
the further window, which, the house be.
ing corner one, commanded the length OF
the street, and stood looking out. Sud-
denly he uttered slight exclamation,
which drew all eyes, with glances more
or less furtive, to the window. There, at
some little distance, quietly strolling along,
was Gilbert Renshaw. Unconscious OF
those watching him he paused at the cor.
ner, looked at his watch, and, after mo-
ment's hesitation, as II uncertain what
course to pursue, turned into side street
and disappeared.
Monday morning came, aud, to the
amazement Of eacn and all, Mr.. Golding
was the first at the office. The juniors, who
were naturally among the earliest, were
warned by the housekeeper, in mysterious
whisper, that ''the governor was there"
greater degree Of order aud silence reigned
that morning than was usual.
One by one, as the clerks came In, tht
various posts were taken up. by the sen
for clerks desk stood Mr.. Golding, hard
pitiless expression on his face. The clock
was just Ginning 8, when the door swung
open and Gilbert Renshaw walked In
He glanced around, evidently rather sur
National Republican., 1885-12-16
CITY ITEMS.

HowLAND DENTAL ASSOCIATION, 2ll Four.
and.a.half street northwest three doors north
OF Pennsylvania avenun. 4. p. Rowland, M.
Talbot, surgical, operative, and mechanical
dentist. Exiractions, under nitrous oxide, 90
cents each tooth, and only so cents extra for
gas whether one or a number OF teeth are ex.
nitrous oxide to over 10000 persons. Artificial
teeth " per set Gold, amalgam, and white
hllings Inserted In the best manner. All work
warranted first class
"ALDERNER BAIRYl WAGONS. Fresh Alder
ney Butter ehurned every morning and deliv-
cred In II pound Ward" prints, at 45 cents per
pound. Also, cottage cheese, cents per BALL
bultermilk. cents per quart, and sweet milk
at cents per quart
market for the price, 81 per gallan, 81 quart
and 80 cents pint, 25 cents q sample bottle
Tharp, sls street northwest
National Republican., 1885-12-16

"HELLol" we heard one man say to another,
the other day. ~ didn't know you at first, 4,
why you look ten years younger than you did
when | saw You last" ~ feel ten years
younger" was the reply. "YOu know | used
to be under the weather all the time, and gave
/ had consumption. / was terribly weak. had
night-sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost flesh.
saw DR.. Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery
advertised and thought IL wonld do no harm
II II did no good. II has cured me. am a
new man, because am well one"
National Republican., 1885-12-16

[R. j. Burdette In Brooklyn Eagle.l
Boston sat quietly through Canon FarraTs
lecture on Dante, but when the archdeacon
paused moment and then said he had
rather own the humbest beanery In Boston
than wear the crown OF England. the
audience got right up and fell on all It's
necks aud sobbed aloud.
National Republican., 1885-12-16

clothing at Wholesale prices, Eissman. 8 Z
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-12-16
Pears in Massachusetts.

Notwithstanding blight and all the
ravages of insects, winds and other in
clemencies, the cry of the Massachu-
sets fruit-grower is that pear-planting
has been badly overdone. Brother
Cheever of the Ne,c England Farmer
has large pear orchard, and says that
most sorts would not pay the expense
of gathering and marketing, choice,
large, selected Bousocks netting only
thirty-fve cents bushel. And yet in
the large village of Newport, the buying
place of at least five. thousand people,
we hardly could find a decent pear all
summer, and had at last to get bushel
from Grand Isle to have a good taste
of our favorite fruit. What little there
was brought up were of the most infe-
rior quality, third-rate or culls, and
these sold for two and three cents
apiece. The dealers tell us that the
freight charges are so big that if they
buy first-class fruit the retail price
would have to be so high that it could
not be sold. And yet thousands upon
thousands of bushels of better pears
rotted on the ground about Boston for
lack of market. Do our railroad men
really understand their own interest
yet in dealing with the producers?
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A Note from Stone & Wellington.

Mr.. Editor: We notice in the
WATCHMAN of the 18th ult. an arti-
Gle in reply to Mr.. Conant, wherein
reference is made to us as not being
nurserymen, but tree and plant brokers,
etc., reference being made to what the
Pathological Society of Ontario said Of
us number of years ago. In the main,
the statement was correct when pub
lished, but is not the case now and for
many years past. We have been in
possession of the Fonthill Nurseries
for the past ten years and have ex-
tended them from one hundred to four
hundred fifteen acres; and have for
some years past given special attention
to the growing of hardy fruit to supply
our customers in the Province of Que
bee, northeastern states and the north
ern parts of Ontario. Respectfully,
STONE & WELLINGTON.
Montreal, Quebec.
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Scientific Frauds.

What is the good of so much lying?
Here, lately, man occupying the i'm
portant post of government chemist
gravely stated that honey-comb is
manufactured by machinery and filled
with glucose syrup, and then excuses
the falsehood as "a scientific pleas
antry." And recently another "pro-
fessor" got up in the Butter and Cheese
Association meeting at Chicago accord
ing to the Boston CultiUator) and " ex-
hibited sample of butter which he had
just purchased at grocery-house in
Chicago. 1t was marked choice dairy
and had been guaranteed to come daily
by express from an Iowa creamery, and
yet the mixture was tallow, containing
about ten per cent of soft soap" Is
there anybody on earth that can be
made to believe such a story? Tallow
and soft-soap, sold for butter Vast
quantities of imitation butter are made,
it is true, but it is made of the sweetest
and purest fats, and then has to be
mixed with thirty per cent of genuine
choice creamery in order to deceive the
public. Soft soap, forsooth! 1t is time
that these bogus professors should be-
gin to learn that the dairymen of this
country know something. The ideal
farmer of these scientific sharps has,
really, no existence. The Ne,O England
Farmer remarks sarcastically, speaking
of the recent National Grange assem-
blage, that it was probably as truly a
representative body as any other one of
the great nterests-cOmmerce, manu-
featuring, mining, etc.-would be likely
to gather on any special occasion. But
somehow we have missed the conven-
tional farmer of the stage, the story
books and the newspapers, and can
only come TO the conclusion that he has
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Acidified Fertilizers.

AT a meeting of the Massachusetts
Board of Agriculture in 1874, held at
Fitchburg in that state, Mr.. Bowker of
the Bowker Fertilizer Company said:
Il firmly believe that superphosphates
are not of so much value as bone-meal.
1t is true that when you treat bone with
sulphuric acid you make it more solu-
BILE, but its solubility lies in the fact
that you simply have more infinitely di-
vided it. Now if you take bone and
grind it up and reduce it to an impalpa-
BILE powder have you not accomplished
the same thing, and also avoided the
possibility of the destructiveness of
sulphuric acid? l firmly believe that
many of the phosphates in market have
been injured by the addition of too
much strong acid" Mr.. Bowker added
that by treating bones under high-pres-
sure steam we accomplish what we
should if we treated them with sui
phuric acid and avoided the possibility
OF harm. lie might have added that
we also avoided great deal of ex-
pense, which has to be added to the cost
of the fertilizer. And we do not see
why his argument in regard to the fine
condition of his ground bone does not
equally apply to the South Carolina
phosphate rock, which, in form of
floats" is made far finer than any
ground bone in the market.
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Roasting and Stuffing the Turkey.

Roasting is the general way of serv-
ing the Thanksgiving bird, and variety
is chiefly made by using different fla
workings for filling and gravy. A me-
diminished turkey will require two and
a half or three hours roasting; large
one will need to be cooked an hour
longer. When placed in the oven the
pan should be covered over the bot
tom to the depth of an inch with
water, and more added from time
to time as it cooks away. The turkey
must be basted frequently with the
gravy in the dripping-pan, and at least
once with cold butter. A good plain
stuffing is made by cutting a loaf of
stale bread into small pieces, adding
enough salt and pepper to season it
high, and water sufficient to moisten
thoroughly, but not to make it so wet
that il will not mould up into a firm
ball. Stuff the turkey with this, filling
the body and the opening for the craw.
The above forms the basis of several
kinds of filling, which are variously
favored with sage, sweet-marjoram or
thyme. 1t is well to omit all such
herbs unless il is known that they will
suit the taste of all the company, for it is
better to have only plain stuffing than
to make it unpalatable to even one or
two. A nice stufiing is made by moist
ening two cupfuls of bread-crumbs and
the same quantity of crackers, rolled,
with boiling milk, adding salt, pepper
and two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine,
and mixing lightly but thoroughly.
Whole oysters mixed withSread-crumbs
make most excellent stutling, which
is liked by almost every one. Select
small oysters, free them from all bits
of shell, and drain them dry; add one
third as much bread-crumbs, moistened,
as oysters; a liberal supply of melted
butter, salt and pepper. A very good
addition to the above is cupful of
very finely-chopped celery.-Harper's
Bdzdr.
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THE notions about the color of the
legs of fowls are ridiculous nonsense,
but they enable sensible people to get
good poultry cheap. Nothing but the
yellow color of the skin and golden legs
seems to please the purchasers, but
there is no reason to be given for such
preference except in appearance. The
yellow skin gives an indication of fat
fowl which is deceptive, while the skin
of such fowls is always very thick and
tough. The dark-legged fowls are, as
rule, preferred in all other countries
but this.
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Liquid Manure.

The country over, even among the
prudent farmers upon the hard hills of
New England, the provisions for the
preservation of urine are very faulty.
We are fortunate, standing upon the
threshold of grand wave of advance in
our agricultural future, in having the
light of fixed facts to guide us in the
construction of our barns. Folly shall
not guide us when demonstration has
taught us that the liquid manure of ami
mails, many of them, is worth more
than the solid, to erect them with our
eyes closed to the flood of facts upon
this point. Dana very carefully esti-
mated that the amount of urine from
cows was equal to nearly two-thirds as
much by weight as the solid, while DR..
Nichols analysed the solid and the
liquid from his own cows.
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Reply to " Panrub."

Dear Household Your correspond
ent, Panrub," should gradually dry
off her Cyclamen bulbs in the spring
they bloom all winter--put them in the
cellar until fall and repot them when
they show signs of growth. If they
are too damp during their period of
rest they will die, and if they are too
dry they will die; if she can strike the
happy mean she will do well. The
larve of the little flies, small white
worms, will injure the roots of plants.
She can kill them by occasionally satu-
rating the soil with weak lime water
a small spoonful of lime to a quart of
water-or by pouring hot water around
the edges of the pots. AS the earth
dries and shrinks away from the pot
the flies deposit their eggs there. Or
she might domesticate small toad to
catch the flies. have one less than
an inch in length in hower-pot. He
sits under low-growing leaf of Hoya,
and, though / think him a trife lazy,
1 am convinced he helps himself to
those little flies, for see but few and
he looks pretty plump. To be sure I
gather insects and very small bugs for
him, but they are growing scarce with
advancing winter, and it is only about
once in three or four days that he is
provided with these. Then he energies
from his green tent and, with hop
and a jump, moves about his narrow
area and disposes of the bugs in a man.
ner truly enhancing.
November 24h.-Upon moving pot
to-day 1 perceived that a very small
spider had spun his web behind it and
caught half dozen or more of those
little flies; so here is another remedy
for the obnoxious insects. G. w. M.
Grand Isle, VT.
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agricultural.
T. H. HoSklNs, M. D., Editor,
Newport, Vermont.

LAST week we referred to an En-
glish walnut tree growing on Grand
Isle of the variety known as "dwarf
early" (Juglans regia, var. Prapar-
turiens). Orchard and Garden, speak
ing of this variety, says i" In north
ern latitudes the Prepartmiens is
safer to plant than the Standard" but
adds that the latter is preferable. There
is vast difference in the size, smooth
ness and thickness of the shells in the
nuts of different trees.
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Two facts arrest attention, to wit: First,
that nearly all the potash is in the urine,
thus leaving the solid, when the liquid
is lost, one-sided manure; second, that
the liquid holds the soluble parts of the
manure that might act Immediately
upon the growth of plants, leaving the
solid slower manure. Also, it will
be seen that it contains part of the
nitrogen, in fact about all, from the
food that has been digested. The pro-
portion of liquid to solid will be less in
other animals, yet still much richer,
pound against pound, than the solids.
Our barns should be built around a
water-tight cellar, cistern, or any ar
rangement to save the liquid that you
may choose. / would not say that it
must be cellar, yet that would be my
choice after weighing other methods.
Such a cellar must be made to keep
water out as well as liquid in, and to
give bottom for the safe use of cement
ing materials. Water-tight it must be,
for manure is the sheet-anchor of high
farming and big profits. And the
liquid is one-half the capital.-J. w.
Sdnborn, IN Journal Of agriculture.
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LEARN to say kind and pleasant
word whenever opportunity offers.
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Recipes.

To COLOR BLACK.-EXtract of log
wood, according to the amount of goods
to be colored, tied up in bag and boiled
in water sufficient to cover the goods;
then add double handful of fine salt
to set the color. Wet the goods thor
oughly and boil them in the dye, airing
them often, and rinse in hard water I'M
til clear. They will not crock.
To RENovATE RUSTY BLACK GOODS.
A sufficient quantity of extract of log
wood for the goods to be colored tied up
in bag, and soft water to cover them;
then add large tablespoonful more if
required) of thick soft soap. Have the
goods well washed, and dip them up
and down in the hot dye for awhile.
Then rinse in hard water until clear; be
sure and not wiring the goods, but hang
up to drip. Iron while damp and they
will look as well as new.
Mrs. l.. d. Coy.
Manchester, VT.
SOFT observation-disclosures cupful of
molasses, one-half cupful of butter,
one-half cupful of cold tea, one tea
spoonful of soda, flour to make a stiff
batter.
SARATOGA COOKIES. One egg, one
cupful of butter, one cupful of sugar,
one tea-spoonful of soda, two tea
spoonfuls of cream of tartar, five table,
spoonfuls of milk, flour to roll.
FRUIT CAKE.-One cupful of butter,
three cupfuls of sugar, one cupful of
sweet milk, five and one-half cupfuls of
-four, one pound of raisins, one pound
of currants, one-half pound of citron.
CREAM PIE.-One egg, one cupful of
sugar, one cupful of sweet milk, one
tablespoonful of melted butter, two
tea-spoonfuls of cream of tartar, one
tea-spoonful of soda, one pint of flour.
For the cream take one pint of milk,
two eggs, one tablespoonful of corn
starch, three table-spoonfuls of sugar.
Cool before putting on the cake. A. r.
Dummerston, vt.
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no existence anywhere, outside of the
Imagination. We never happened to
meet him in real life, but we did hope
that gathering of this kind would fetch
him out, if he really was above ground"
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DIR. NICHOLS, Analysis.
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WATERPRooFING FOR BooTs.-Tal-
low, four ounces; rosin and beeswaX,
each one ounce. Melt together and
add an equal bulk of neatsfoot oil.
Melt and apply before fire, rub in
well every day, and the boots will be
very soft and waterproof.
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Gbe 8OuseboIo.

tzE- Communications for this column should be
sent to the agricultural editor, DR.. Hoskins, at
Newport, VT.