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Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Type.Writing.

The typewriter is generally sup
posed to be machine Of recent in
vention, but it really dates as far back
as 1714. One Henry Mill obtained in
that year in England a patent for
device that would "write in printed
characters, one at a time and one
after the other" There is no de-
scription of his device to be had now,
but it is no doubt true that Mills in
vention was the parent of the present
typewriter. The idea seems to have
lain dormant for over one hundred
years, when it was taken up again by
various inventors, who sought at sun
dry times to embody it in a machine
that would work satisfactorily, but
apparently without success until 1867
when a firm in Milwaukee made a
type writer that was actually used.
To such perfection has the machine
been brought that even the most de-
tailed and intricate statements, con-
tanning column after column of
figures, can be readily made with 1t,
and in a neat and business-like form
that is impossible with the pen of the
average writer Its use has opened a
field for women who have to earn their
living that never existed before.
They are naturally expert and skillful
in using the fingers, and they readily
learn to use the typewriter with great
speed. A number Of schools have
added it to their regular course, and
Young men who learn to use it find it
far easier to obtain situations. Charles
Reade said 81 advise parents to
have their boys and girls taught short
hand writing and type-writing The
shorthand writer who can type-write
his notes would be safer from poverty
than a great Greek scholar"
The speed with which an expert
operator can rattle off words and
sentences is wonderful to one who has
never tried to use the machine. The
fingers play with swift and eeaseles
motion over the keys, accompanied by
the monotonous "rat-tat' Of the ma
chine, and sheet after sheet of neatly
written manuscript is taken from the
roller from two to three times as fast
as an average penman can produce it
Few people write with a pen fastel
than twenty or thirty words minute
an expert will bring out of the type
writer fifty to eighty words in a min
ute. What, then, must be the value
of a clerk who is an expert at botl
shorth and and type-writing ?--Chtcag
Times.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
clIPPINes ZOE THE OORIOUs.


An Indian and a Chinaman are part
ners in the stationery business in a
Nebraska town.
A foot-pound is a force which will
raise a pound one foot, and $4,000 OF
these foot-pounds make one horse
power.
A new industry has sprung up at
New Orleans. Heads of large fish are
dried and sold for table and mantel
ornaments.
A pearl as large as pigeon-egg was
shown in Paris recently. There were
ia others in the bivalve from which
it was taken.
Prof. Binz finds that coffee is an abb
solute antidote to alcohol, If betaken
in a sufficient quantity. Dogs satur-
ated with caffeine could not be made
drunk
The divining rod is still believed in,
and used in some parts of England.
II is said to have been successfully
used a short time ago in finding water
on the premises of a brewer, where
digging and boring had failed.
An Italian astronomer declares that
the planet Mars is peopled by intelli-
gent beings, who are trying to attract
attention from dwellers on this planet.
He is now engaged in making expert
ments with a view to discover what
the messages mean.
Statistics show that dogs go mad nc
oftener in dog days than at any other
time If anything, the number of cases
is somewhat greater in spring. The
bite of a rabid cat is more surely fata
than that of a rabid dog. 1t is a mis-
take to suppose that a rabid dog fears
or shuns water. In the early stages ol
the disease it drinks freely. Later il
delights to seek the water and plung'
its nose in, but is unable to swallow
drop.
A joint or gimmal ring was ancient
" a common token among lovers. l
was generally made of two or thre
hoops, so chased and engraved that
when fastened together by a singh
rivet. the whole three formed one de
sign; the usual device being a ring
When an engagement was contracted
the ring was taken apart, each spous
taking one, and the third one beini
presented to the principal witness o
the contract.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Cows and the currr-eomb.

1t is probable that not one farmer
in a hundred ever thinks Of using
such thing as the curry comb and
brush on his COWS, although those in
struments are used regularly in the
horse stable. Yet there is just as
much necessity for keeping the skin
Of the COW in good condition as that
of the horse. No matter whether the
COW is suffered to run at large in the
pasture all the time, or is kept in a
stable or corral and fed, the process of
currying and brushing will consume
but little time and the farmer will be
amply repaid for his trouble, both in
the better appearance and increased
Weld given by the cows for their good
treatment. That a currying is necess-
ary for the health and is grateful to
the animals may be seen by the habit
which cows have of brushing" each
other for half-hour at a time with
the spiny surface Gf their tongues
The evident signs of satisfaction
which they give when undergoing
this process should furnish hint to
the observant farmer which needs but
little trouble to act upon. In some
parts of Europe where cows are kept
in the barn nearly all the time, their
coats are as carefully combed and at
tended to as is the hair Of child's
head, and it is regarded as a matter
Of necessity. No doubt this sugges-
tion may be laughed at by many who
are accustomed to let both horses and
COWS 20 almost uncared for from one
years end to another; but the fact
nevertheless remains that keeping
cows skin in good order and cleanlJ
is of as much Importance to her well
being as keeping her well supplied
with nutritious food.-Lioe Stool
Monthly.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
~ aE FARM AND HOME.
Egg Food.

The following foods contain all the ele-
ments that exist in eggs: Oats, wheat,
barley, corn, bran, linseed, hemp seed'
rape seed, crushed fresh bones, mus
tard seed, green cabbage and clover;
and a reasonable mixture Of all these,
varied more or less, with the aid Of
crushed limestone and gypsum, would
afford every element called for to pro
duce a constant yield Of eggs A
largo quantity of broken fresh bones is
one of the most important aids, and
with wheat, barley, broken linseed oil
cake, and mustard seed and plenty Of
green vegetables and water, viii pro
vide everything that is required.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
sha nnd seen be Jerseys.

At the Fat Stock Show the other
night were two young women from
Wabash avenue. They thought it all
very stupid and vulgar, and wished
papa and mamma would make haste
and get ready to go home. Presently
they met a young gentleman acquaint-
ance, who was an amateur stock
fancier, and to whom they candidly
expressed their disappointment.
"But have you seen the New Jer-
seys p the acquaintance inquired.
aThe new Jerseys? Now you're
talking" replied one Of the Wabash
avenue bellies; 81 was over to Mar
shall Fields this afternoon looking
them over over. They are cut in
tailor style, with seams like a basque
and finished along the edges with rows
of stitching. They're just lovely r
Chicago Herald
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
THE SUNDAY PULPIT.
DR.. TaImRge Delivers Sermon ON Rum
POisOns-A Large Crop.

In the Brooklyn Tabernacle Sunday
morning Rev. DR.. Talmage delivered a
sermon on the stage of this life, which
contained a warning to drunkards. The
text was. 'Men shall clap their hands at
him and shall hiss him out of his place. "
Job. xvii. %. DR.. Talmage said
the suggestion of the text seemed to be
that on the stage of this life every one
had some part to take, and yet how
little preparation we had made for our
part. although We had three galleries for
spectators earth and heaven and hell
"You and / have been appointed on
the stage of this life, he continued, TO
represent faith, humility, courage and
helpfulness. Don't you realize that we
have been more critical of the other per
formers than of our own action, and
when we ought to have been concentrat-
inc our attention upon our own duty we
have been critical OF other people on the
stage of life}saying this is too high, or
too low. or too tame, or too vehement,
or too quiet. or too demonstrative, while
we ourselves have been preparing TO
make dead failure of our part and to
be ANONYMOUSLY hissed off the stage
In the first place have to remark that
many fail in the drama Of this life
through dissipation.
"a French physician has recently dis
covered something which all drinkers
ought to know. He has found out that
alcohol, whether you call it beer, wine,
or brandy, or anything else, has IN 1t
parasitic life, and these parasites, when
YOU drink alcohol, go into the stomach,
and then they get into the blood, and,
getting once into the crimson canals Of
fife. they roll on until they take a part
of every tissue of the body. And when
the whole physical organism comes
under the influence of these noxlous IN
fnitesimals, so that when any man IL
delirium tremens sees all forms OF rep
tiles and insect life, he only sees an eX
aeqeration Of what really possesses hl'
body. There is no hallucination; h'
merely sees in the room that which Il
rioting in his body; so that, wher yot
take alcohol in any shape you are swal
lowing these nlaqgots and reptiles, anc
when man, through indulgence, ha
rheumatism or vertigo or nausea, 1t i
only Jubilee of maggots, it IS only
riot of snakes. There is no delusioi
about it. An effort has been made t
discover some germicide by which thes
parasites of alcoholism can be killed
But there is no influence that will d
this short of total abstinence, to which
before God, I swear every young mai
and every old man in this audience.
.'America is a fertile country and "
raise large crops Of wheat and corn ant
rice. but the largest crop raised i
America is q crop Of drunkards. Again
MANY fail in the drama of this lif
through Incidence, and there are man
who fail through a misapprehenslon. o
what their duties are, and, not reaiizinl
that theyhave any duties toward others
spend their lives in demonstrating thei
own selfshness.N
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25

The easiest vegetable 10 grow for
this purpose, and one which is also the
best on account of It's excellent keep
ing qualities, is cabbage. Those who
grow cabbage for home use in good
quantities, OF who grow it for market
purposes, need not grow it especially
for the poultry, for there are generally
enough loose, spongy heads and waste
leaves to give quite large flock oi
fowls a generous and regular supply
Where there is not room enough on
the place to grow the necessary winter
greens, a good supply,say one hundred
or more heads, of cabbage should be
bought when the farmers and market
gardeners are selling it off briskly in
the fall,at which time it can be bought
much cheaper than during the winter.
In buying it, have it delivered with
the roots on, just as 1t is pulled from
the ground. Now take some good sand
and put it in a dark part of the cellar,
in which plant the cabbage deeply, up
to the head, packing the cabbage as
closely together as possible, and draw
ing the leaves up nicely around it. In
this way cabbage can be kept fresh
and good until spring, while it can
always be readily gotten when needed.
1t can be kept nicely packed in the
ground (though inverted) out in the
garden or near by the house, and well
covered with soil to protect it from the
frost, but it is frequently anything but
a "labor of love" to get at it after a
heavy freeze. Turnips, turnip tops
beets, onions, ETC., are also used for the
poultry during the winter, but cannot
compare with cabbage for cheapnes'
and hardness. 1t is time now to b'
planning to procure winter supply
of green stuff for poultry.
Poultry Yard.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Ttecipes.

Roasted T'urkey.-The turkey should
be one year old: after dressing rub
well inside with pepper and salt; take
one and one-half loaves of bakers
bread; rub fine; then stir in your bread
one teaspoon Of salt, pepper, sage and
use melted butter enough to bind all
together; rub outside with lard. Bake
three hours with even fire.
Beef Soup.-Take a shank Of beef
with plenty of meat upon it, put over
in cold water, and boil five or six
hours, the day before using. The next
day skim off the grease, put the jelly
in soup kettle and one hour before
serving add turnips, carrots, onions,
cabbage and potatoes chopped fine in
quantity desired; few tomatoes and
a little celery improves it. Season
with salt and pepper, and drop in
few noodles. Three tablespoonsful of
rice may be added with the vegetables.
Goldfish BaHs.-Cut the fish in small
pieces and put it to soak in lukewarm
water over night. In the morning
boil it twenty minutes; then change
the water, pouring on boiling water
and boil fifteen minutes longer. When
cold, pick the fish to pieces, removing
all bones and skin. Chop very fine,
adding as much cold mashed potatoes
as fish, piece of butter and beaten
egg, and sweet milk enough to mois
ten. Mould into small balls, and fry
a nice brown in hot lard or drippings.
Apple Indian PlSdding.-Into one
quart of boiling milk stir a cup of
corn meal. Into this stir quart Of
sliced sweet apples. Add a cup Of
molasses and a teaspoonfui of salt
Mix all together well. When ready tc
nut into the oven, add two quarts Of
milk. Pour into a large, buttered
pudding dish or pan, and bake slowly
four hours. When cold, clear amber
colored Jelly will be formed through
out the pudding; the apples will be o.
a dark, rich brown; altogether mos'
delicious dish.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
-.ssn,nr capbarss in winter.


In the usual way of keeping cab
bage in the winter, there is consider
able loss by freezing and decay. In
attempting to avoid this waste, we
have tried with success the method of
pitting here described. A long pit
three feet deep, and little wider lit
may be made as wide as desirable),
was dug out on a part Of the field
where the soil was dry and sandy, and
there was no danger that water would
enter. The bottom of the pit was
loosened up, so that the first tier OF
the cabbages were planted in it, the
stems being set so deep that the heads
rested on the soil. The cabbages Of
the next tier we're set alternately be-
tween the lower ones, having the roots
partly in the soil. A third tier was
placed on the second, but reversed,
with the roots upward. All the soft
heads were put at the top. Straw was
laid between the stems, leaving the
roots out, and earth was thrown upon
the straw, burying the roots three or
four inches. In pulling the cabbages
the roots were all taken up with them.
and not cut off. A covering of boards
was laid on the pit, to shed rain. In
the spring these cabbages came out in
the best condition; the soft heads had
filed up, and none of the cabbages
had been frozen.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
SADIE CoRTELYOU's FATE.
The funeral Of the Little Actress Attended
by Many Friends.

by Many EFlehuss
IN he'd Of lilies. immortelles and other
flowers the wasted body Of little Sadie COURIER
Won. the aetress, 10y at rest on MednesoayI
while her face looked up from the conn anu
preached q sad sermon to the group OF eelIess-
es and singers who had gathered 10 Dl9 gOoI-
by to their late companion Suffering anu ~.
had greatly changed the face as was seen ~
ths large photograph above the DEAN mask
but the brown curls clustered about tne WINE i.e
brow lust as they had many time Wheh tne
pretty Venus smiled OF her audiences across
ihe footlights. - loo ..
No 6l West Forty-second street, New orb
early in the day TO carry on the lnVestisaVlOn
made necessary by coWardly anon mon lest
nosial card he found the parlor tuu OF bott-
voiced Young women in neat-titting SUITS, VINO
we're hard at work decking the room Win sun, sun,
lax and lilies. They heaped up theit noISl llH
gifts upon the coffin as if determined 70 iSD
death of its terrible aspect, and nueu tle
hands of the dead with flowers. Ihey "eLe
abie to furnish the coroner with valuable IN
formation regarding Sadie's illness, ana
though he became satisfied that the ensIso i ~
malpractice was a malicious one, ne tnouBuiS tBi
II best 10 order an. autopsy after the Iuheial
services in order to leave no opportunity ioa
suspicion and future gossip.
before IL o'clock the pleasant parlof was
Full OF people. Many of them we're actors anu
actresses, but few brazen curiosity y-seeheLs
crowded their way in. The heart-DroAen Ken
mother Of the dead girl and younger slster
M beside the coffin, and behind them the
| leading ladies Of the "Evangeline' Company
sst and silently wept. Rev. DR.. macarthur,
/ of the Calvary Baptist Church. friend OF
/ Mrs. Cortelyou's, uttered brief prayer anu
/ addressed a few words Of sympathy ana
warning to the friends of the dead woman.
/ He referred kindly to the dangers menaclns
| their craft and called upon them to lead P.u-
| dent and honest lives. When these rev wise
words we're spoken the friends gathered aD9us l!l
the casket and dropped tears upon the paiilu
fsce aud then one Ly one stole softly away
! Deputy Coroner D0nlin and Dr. CIosoy
made an autopsy in the afternoon, and Iounu
MT the slightest evidence Of malpractice
| Delth had been due to peritonitls aud gas
,ritis. ,.-.-.;e.,4o
DR.. Crosby felt very sore that his certlnoate
| of death had been in any way questioned par
| ticularly as he had attended Miss Corteyou
| without any expectation Of pay. He sald tna'
he was first called on December |, and ADMIN n
| tered opiates. 1he patient vehemently ue
MED that she had resorted to any crlmlna
means to relieve herself Of embarrassment : !
She had nearly recovered week ago and lei
her bed against the doctors wishes ferltoh
Ills Re suited from this exposure, and u "a'
Impossible to save her.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Tho Vanderbilt VIII.

Wm. n. Vanderbits will was entered for
,,.obaie in New York. The widow and four
P5ns' sons arc made executors. Each Of the eight
Children @ receive siOOOO,OOO, the, sum OF
AZ OOO. 600 in each case to be held in trust.
The widow is bequeathed the Fifth avenue
palace. its pictures and belongings, with an
annuity Of $500, 600 and S5OO0OO aDsoluleIy.
to me- two eldest sons Cornelius and William
K Who have about 500 1000, 900 each. The
sum Of 81 600. 600 is given to charities, ana
snaIl sum is divided between the nepheWs'
uncles and aunts Of the deceased who are not
otherwise interested in the will.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
TTnaIIo 10 WaIk Forward +.

DR.. Blazzotti tells of man who had
a scorbutic affection. which he set
about to cure with whisky. He got
well of this trouble. but became a hard
drlnker. and soon found himself the
victim Of a rare disease called opistho-
poria This curious affection consist
in inability to walk forward. When
the patient was tol5 to advance, he
used every effort to do so. but could
only succeed iE going backward, and
he continued to do 50 until he died
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
- 60 nrnnI..l


Among the many stories Lincoln Lincoln uIon aIoTo, ~
relate was the following: IruasIns nsv to- To the
a',,{,, lons,{ ssot Judge overlook me Win MS
wagon and invited me to sea seasi t,e WAGON be-
We nau ..l,ll'is M Said L "Judge, l think your
e esoacRman has taken drop too t8s %qea window the
.,Fa as'lbe sbeeutsd. ss why, yon informal scoun-
oss T,,Inin5 min around with great gravity, tne
l1Inllis 81. tsPa dad but that's the mrs.
ri@btfuI session your Honor's givn n '"ei
month -. .,ay, ,.,o,,1d he sur-
,,,isa5 I Ia learn how many people reel , IN sne
Streets who never "drink drop; AneS ~ ~
the victims OF s.eeplessness, OF droWsy q uaS ~
~ ~ anmieotic tendencies, whose blood Is seS
on fire BY uric acid Some day tnsy bei bseause u.s.,
ts.,- haven't the moral courage to deIy use
less professional attendance sSs saa Py 9yeutTsi2o sTS q
t to ~, scid in lie system and thus get Tid
Of ~ tbe drunkenness in the blood "-1Ne
American Rural Home.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Household Hints.

It rests you in sewing to change
your position frequently.
Rusty fat-irons should be rubbed
over with bees-wax and lard.
Well-ventilated bedrooms will pre-
vent morning headache and lassitude.
When eggs are scarce, remember one
TABLESPOON of corn-starch will take
the place of an egg in anything you
cook.
A little borax put in the water in
which scarlet napkins and red-bordered
towels are to be washed will prevent
fading.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Green Food supply.

While summer lasts it is not very
difficult matter to keep up good sup
ply of green food Of different kinds
for the poultry. even when they are
confined to comparatively small yards;
but when Jack Frost asserts his sway,
whitening and browning the vegeta-
tion Of all kinds within his reach, the
outside supply of @greens" is suddenly
cut short, and unless provisions have
been made in anticipation Of this, the
poultry viii be deprived Of ons
essential to success. Those vi
enough land for good sized
can generally find room t
enough green food for the vii
ply Of their birds, and poultr
ers who have large numbers
and plenty Of land make it a
grow lot Of green food espe
their fowls
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
handling EnsIInee.

Elder Evans, Of Mount Lebanon, n.
Y, gives the following as his method
of taking corn-stalks from the field:
He uses two poles about twenty feet
long, extending the wheels. The corn
stalks are put across these. This is
very handy loading and unloading
ave cut up load" he says "in about
five minutes. 1t is carried up sixteen
feet above the driving floor in the
south and north corners of the barn,
which is built of stone, and is 1876 feet
long and so wide. A floor strong
enough for all weights, say barrels of
sand, is built over the driving floor,
extending from the top of one silo to
the other. Here thev are entirely out
Of the way. We have doors into the
silos on each floor. The silOs are
thirty-seven floors, where the cattle
stand. When we open silo, we take
off all the weights and cut tunnel
down to the middle floor, just large
enough to throw the ensilage down.
There we have a trap door in the next
floor, through which we pass it by a
tube into a box on wheels, containing
enough to feed all the stock on one
side of the stables. We use movable
iron boxes to feed in. They swing in
and out. Thus we take the ensilage
from the whole top every day. We
are now feeding ensilage twice a day
to our whole herd Of seventy-five
head"
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25

WHY.-Why is it, asks an exchange,
that men will talk so low when on the
witness chair that one can hardly under
stand them 2 Let them get outside OF
the courtroom and they viii talk 50
loud that they can be heard block
awav. It is strange thing, and should
be remedied in some way.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
Worm HAv1xe.-There Is a certain

WoRFH HAv1NG.-There IS a certain
Young lady in Kinds county, says Mis-
sissippi paper, who graduated with first
honor at one of our best institutions Of
learning, and now with two mules and
a piece Of land has gone to farming.
This wear she is beating all in the neigh
hood. She picks 100 pounds per day
herself, and when she needs driver
drives the gin. Young men, this young
lady is gem and is worth catching
She is both young and beautiful.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25
A Mirage.

Something akin to a mirage may
often be seen at Lake Griffin, Fla. If
one ,oks north across the lake from
the south, as rainstorm is approach
ING from either north or south, he will
see the timber and other objects at the
north end stand out in bold relief as If
they were in the middle Of the lake
and half the distance they really arc
away. The change is striking and un-
accountable Barto10 (Fla-) Inform
amt.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25

IT M1eHT HAVE BEEN.-If George
Washington had been captured by the
English he would no doubt have shared
the fate of Riel, and we would all be
orphans. There would be no Washing
ton Market, Washington Territory, or
Washington City.
Milford chronicle., 1885-12-25

sATrsF1ED.-A rich old farmer, whose
daughter is in a Chicago school, was up
to see her recently, and in conversation
with friend he said he wasn't afraid
that his daughter would run away with
a coachman, but it made him nervous
to hear her talk about those handsome
cab drivers. The friend explained
what hanson was, and the father was
less alarmed.