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Tested Recipes.

BRIDE CAKE.-The whites of twelve
eggs, three cups of sugar, one small
cup of sweet butter, one-half cup of
corn-starch, four cups of flour, one
teaspoon of soda, two teaspoons of
cream of tartar. Flavor with lemon
Frosting. Whites of four eggs beaten
to stiff froth to one pound of pulver-
lied sugar; beat well. Trim the cake
evenly with a sharp knife, and dust
with corn-starch before putting on the
frosting. For White Cake, flavor with
pineapple or almond; for the Fruit Cake,
lemon or vanilla.
EGGS ON THE HALF-SHELL.-Boil
ten eggs very hard, cool quickly in cold
water, peel off the shells, cut in half
lengthwise, take out the yolks and place
the whites separately on a platter; take
one whole boiled egg and the yolks of
two, spoonful of grated cheese, lit
tie chopped parsley, nutmeg and salt,
one cup of cracker or fine bread-crumbs ;
take enough sweet cream to moisten
the whole, make into round balls as large
as. the yolk and place one in each half of
the whites. Now take four yolks and
sift through a seive over the whole ;
then place each piece on leaf of curled
lettuce and serve one to each guest
Ham, or cold tongue, pounded in a
mortar and seasoned to taste, may be
used instead of bread-crumbs.
WEDDING CAKE. - Honeymoon
warranted to keep through the longest
Three pounds each of flour, butter,
sugar and raisins; one pound of citron,
six pounds of currants, two dozen eggs,
one ounce each of cinnamon and nut
meg, one-half ounce each of cloves and
mace. Have the flour we'll dried, and
then Drowned in the oven, taking care
not to burn it, Mix the flour and fruit
and spices together in dish and set
aside. Now beat the butter to a cream
add the sugar, then the eggs (without
previous beating); mix well; then add
the other ingredients gradually until all
are we'll mixed. Bake in a. moderate
oven six hours. To prepare the fruit,
have the currants well washed and
dried, stone the raisins (do not chop
them) and shave the citron in very thin
slices. This recipe is over thirty years
old, has been tried and found excel
lent, and is not original. J. COOKE.
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Southwestern Maine.

York is the oldest county in Maine,
and one of the oldest in New England.
A writer in the Home Farm says of it:
"York county ranks nineteenth in for
est productions among the counties of
the United States, and first among
the counties of this state, and if
the size of the counties be con-
sidered. then it would be safe to say
that for forest productions this county
is unexcelled by any in the Union.
And this after continual stripping of
her forests for over two hundred years
But better than all this is the fact
that more lumber is said to be growing
in this county to-day than ever before.
1t is well known that when once the
forests of Michigan or Canada are
cleared, that is the end of them, for
they never again regain their former
grandeur; but in this county, and to
some extent all over New England, the
forests grow rapidly, and in thirty or
forty years after being stripped nod
their lofty tops with all their original
splendor and glory"
We copy this because it confirms our
own views in regard to the needless
scare which amateur forestry writers
have been getting up of late. Our for
ests might be much better managed 8,
but there is no danger of a lumber fam
inc in America.
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agricultural.
T. H. HOSKlNs, N. D., Editor,
Newport. Vermont.
Frequent Reseeding.

The Maine Farmer has the following
on this subject: Mr.. d. b. Johnson
of Freedom, member of the Board of
Agriculture for Waldo county, says our
grass fields, as rule, should not be con-
tinued more than three years in sue
cession without blowing, manuring and
reseeding again. This opinion is com
ing to be entertained by many of our
best farmers. The Board of Agricul-
ture, through several other of its mem
bers, has been calling attention to this
matter for several years. 1t may be
that former practices should be modi-
fed" Farmers will do well to look into
the matter. We have long believed
that as soon as the hay crop of any field
falls much below one ton to the acre it
will pay well to turn the sod with thin
fiat furrow and reseed, with dressing
of 200 to 300 pounds per acre of a good
superphosphate.
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Morgan Horses.

The Rural New Yorker quotes Sec
rotary Russell of the Massachusetts
Board of Agriculture as saying:
That little family of horses brought
into the State of Vermont more reputa-
ton and more money than any other
thing, unless it was Merino sheep,
and probably more than these. As
a boy, l remember those short
coupled, short ointed, full-breasted,
fine-headed, pointed fox-eared horses,
weighing from $50 to 1000 pounds,
rarely more than 154 hands high,
not quite high enough-but of splen-
did and enduring qualities-with a
domesticity of character that / have
never seen or known equaled in any
family of horses. What has become
of them? In the first place it was
family of horses in which the blood
was all in the male line. There was no
reinforcement of anything to keep
that family running over two or three
generations. The foal from the first
cross is J Morgan. The second cross
is l. the next, /; the next, 1-16; the
next, 1872; the next, 1-64; the next,
LIPS; the next, 1856 part. Where is
your Morgan stock after it has gone
through so many changes? Your name
is there, but your blood is gone.
This looks to us as being much too
strong statement. The expectation of
far too many Vermont Morgans, and
the evanescent taste for more "rangy :"
animals which took possession of the
public mind some twenty years ago,
have reduced the number of Morgans,
but our eyes daily confirm the fact that
the blood is not "gone." The blood
was no more all in the male line than
it was in the Bates ShOrthorns or in
any other valued strain of domestic
animals tracing back to common male
ancestor. Justin Morgan and his sons,
with their descendants, male and fe-
male, bred with discretion, could and
did establish definite type of horses,
so well described by Colonel Russell,
and that type still exists, male and fe-
male. Its perpetuation is merely a
question of public demand, for no breed
of animals much in demand was ever
"run out" although excessive demand
tends to deterioration in many lines,
and has done so in years past in Yer
mont. Of late Morgans true to type
seem to be on the increase. The stock
of Lambert, especially, is highly cher
ished.
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Headache.

Persons who have sick headache, as
a rule, eat too much and exercise too
little. They have cold feet and they
are constipated. Too often they are
people who are low-spirited, morbid,
subject to the "blues," sensitive-the
kind who "take good cry;" persons
who take offence easily; whose love of
appropriateness is large; who know
nothing of that ease and comfort that
goes with ga quiet heart" They are
apt to indulge in moods--to be away
up in the clouds, delighted, exalted,
animated, or away down in the mire,
respondent, sorrowing and gloomy,
Very often the true cause is that after
they had eaten enough they were
tempted and INDUCED in a piece of
good, rich cake, dish of ice-cream, or
thick slice of wonderful pudding. 1t
was just that much more than they
needed or should have taken at all
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Rules for Family Peace.

The following rules, evidently written
by herself, were found among the
papers of the late Mrs. u. p. Grant
Banister, and appear in the memorial
of her life recently published:
I've may be quite sure that our
will is likely to be crossed to-day, so pre-
pare for it.
2-Everybody in the house has an
evil nature as well as ourselves, and i,
therefore, we are not to expect too
much.
3-To learn the different temper of
each individual.
ITO look upon each member of
the family as one for whom Christ died.
5-When any good happens to any
one to rejoice at it.
6-When inclined to give an angry
answer, to lift up the heart in prayer.
IF from sickness, pain or infirmity
we feel irritable, to keep a very strict
watch over ourselves.
S-To observe when others are so
suffering, and drop word of kindness
and sympathy suited to their wants.
9-To watch for little opportunities
of pleasing, and to put little annoyances
out of the way.
10-To take a cheerful view of every
thing.
lin all little pleasures which may
occur, to put self last.
12-To try for the soft answer that
"turneth away wrath"
13-When we have been panied by
an unkind word or deed, to ask our
selves, g Have l not often done the
same and been forgiven"
14-In conversation not to exalt our
selves, but to bring others forward.
15-To be very gentle with the
younger ones, and treat them with re-
spect, remembering that we were once
young.
16-Never to judge one another, but
to attribute good motive when we can.
Ito compare our manifold bless
ing with the trifling annoyances of the
day.
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WHOEVER possesses the memory of
dutiful childhood and youth has a
priceless treasure.
BEWARE what you say of others, be-
cause you only reveal yourself thereby.
il man does not think to look behind
the door unless he has some time stood
there himself.
The Farm Journal wants farmers
wives to strike for fewer hours of labor
and better pay. Good! If they would
boycott the dinner table few times
there would be sudden call for an
" arbitration meeting"
A. w. SMITH of Georgia writes to
Orchard and Garden" If when boiling
cabbage or collards you sprinkle half to
tea-spoonful of common black pepper
in the pot, you will prevent any odor.
Simple enough" Mrs. f. c. Bridge,
Florida, says: 60 To prevent odor of boil
ing cabbage, add a piece of red pepper
enough to season the cabbage when
done"
IT can be determined at glance in
kitchen whether the person who does
the work there is neat and clean or
dirty and untidy. A neat woman will
always wash out her dish-cloth and tow
els after washing dishes and hang them
up to dry, careless, untidy person
will throw her dish-cloth on the sink,
in wad, and the towel on the table,
wet and dirty, says Orchard and Garden.
ONIONS FOR CROUP.-A lady who
speaks from experience says that prob
ably nine children out of ten who die of
Group might be saved by the timely APP
pication of roast onions, mashed, laid
upon folded napkin, and goose-oil,
sweet-oil, or even lard, poured on and
applied, as warm as can be borne COM
fortably, to the throat and upper part of
the chest and to the feet and hands.
The great thing is to apply the remedy
in time.
DELICATE young ladies', whom often
the slightest eXertion tires, will find
that little time regularly spent in the
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-02
The Horse and Morality.

The National Live Stock Journal
makes the following inquiry:
Can any one tell us what relation
there is between the horse and the
moral world that makes horse Jockey
ing such dishonest business? Not that
there are no honest men dealing in
horses, but that to call man a horse
jockey is synonymous with calling him
dishonest, at least in selling and trad
ing horses. What is it that makes the
minister cheat the deacon and the
deacon skin his brother in horse
trade? Otherwise honest and honor,
able men seem to become utterly de,
moralized the moment they contem,
plate the chances of getting the best OF
the bargain in trading horses, or il
selling horse.
We do not believe that there is any
essential connection between horse
owning and dishonesty, and we do no
see any sense at all in the Journals ski
at ministers and deacons. But i
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Gbe 9ousebulo.
~ Communications for this column should be
sent to DIR. T. H. Hoskins, Newport, VT.
What Things are Mine.

Mine are the paths few choose to tread,
Through quiet valleys, green and low,
Encircled by the sheltering hills,
AS fair as Eden long ago.
Mine are the flowers that sweetly bloom,
Roses that light the woodland way,
Or dainty blooms that slyly hide,
Secure from mondays scorching ray.
Mine are the carols wild birds sing,
Watching their nests in wood or lea;
Mine are the songs the rivers know;
Mine the deep voices of the sea.
Mine the soft signs the idle winds
Wake in the elms meath summer sky;
Mine the deep anthems pine woods chant,
The oceans roar when winds are high.
The beauty of the cloud and mist,
The blue sky when the sun is bright
Mine the calm light of friendly stars,
And solemn voices of the night.
--PIcRs Wonthlg
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garden will have favorable effect
upon them. Devote the first part of
the morning, or an hour before sunset,
to your garden. Commence with what
seems the most pleasant work--tying a
climbing vine against the porch, cutting
Off the fading flowers, or raking a
flower-bed; but do not tire yourself out
in the beginning; better to work only
five minutes at time than become
fatigued and discouraged With your
interest your strength will increase,
your dropping spirits revive, and the
blush of your roses become reflected
upon your cheeks.-Dr. Heromer.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-02
Maxims In Berry Culture.

ALL heavy crops are grown on rich
soil.
BoNE-DUsT and ashes make fine be-
ries.
IN hoeing, stroke in time saves
nine.
DRYING the roots is killing to the
plant.
SHALLOW cultivation for mature
plants.
THE larger the plant the better the
growth.
THE cleaner the culture, the better
the crop,
BERRIES well-picked and packed are
half sold.
MEASURE the profit by the amount
of manure.
MOIST earth and cloudy day for
transplanting.
CAREFUL transplanting insures SUI
perior growth.
Ten plants well cared for are better
than one hundred i'll used.
eff little labor, little areour gains,
Mans fortunes are according to his pains"
-Orshard and Garden.
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" STATE OF VERMONT, Washington District, S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and for
said District on the 18th day of May, A. ID. 1856.
Hiram Wells, guardian of George W. OsgOod of
Cabot, in said District, insane person. makes ap-
pication to said Court for license to sell the fol.
lowing described real estate of his said ward to wit
Being about fifty acres of land, and the same on
which said ward formerly resided, representing
that the sale thereof, for the purpose of put
ting the proceeds of such sale at interest. or in
vestng the in stocks other real es-
tate, would be beneficial to said ward. Where
upon, it is ordered by said Court that said
application be referred to session thereof, to
be held at the Probate Office, in said Montpelier
the 18th day of June, A. D. lss6, for hearing and de-
cison thereon; And, it is further ordered that all
persons interested be notified hereof by publication
of notice of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the FefmORt Waterman d State
oarnai published at Montpelier before said time of
hearing, that they may appear said time and place.
and, If they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court.-Attest,
5355 A. G. AVERILL Register
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FOR SALE.
Eeaal Notites.
TOHN NJ. DANES ESTATE.

TOHN Nj. DANES ESTATE.
- STATE OF YER MONT, Washington District, S.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in said Dis
trict. on the oath day of May, A ID. 1886:
Jane S. Dane, Administrative of the estate of
John NJ Dane, late of Mortified, in said District
deceased presents her administration account for
animation and allowance, and makes application for
decree of distribution and partition of the estate of
said deceased Whereupon 1t is ordered by said Court
to a session thereof, to be held at the Probate
Office in said Montpelier, on the 2st day of June
it is further ordered that notice hereof be given
to all persons interested by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the Vermont Waterman
d state JourRdi newspaper published at Montpelier
previous to said time appointed for hearing that they
may appear at said time and place. and show cause,
If any they may have, why said account should not
be allowed. and such decree made.
By the Court-Attest
5i-56 A. &. AVERILL, Register.
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Newspaper Advertising
DAUCHY g. CO.,
POPULAR LOCAL LISTS

of 1870 Daily and Weekly newspapers for $500. No
patent list papers included.
Send for Catalogue. Parties contemplating a line
of advertising, large SMALL requested to send
for estimate of cost. Please name this paper.
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Household Hints.

WHOEVER possesses the memory of
dutiful childhood and youth has
priceless treasure.
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advertisements.

nYSPEPSIA.-Its Nature Causes, Prevention
~ and Cure. By JOHN II. MCALvIN, Lowell
Mass, II years Tax Collector. Sent free to AM
address.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
THEFT hr the Nile.

The statistics OF Radical corrup-
tion in Missouri collected by Senator
Vest show that the railroad and other
steals during the years that the Re
publicans controlled the State aggre
gated SIS, 200, 900. Without a stand
ard Of comparison 1t is impossible to
arrive at an adequate idea of the
magnitude of this sum, which repre-
sents $50 taken from every voter in
the State.
In Bland silver dollars of 4Is L.,
grams each 1t would weigh 73o tons
NEARLY a million and half pounds
of solid silver. Had the thieves
been obliged to make off with it IN
this shape, five freight trains of TWEEN
tv cars each would have been requir-
ed to move it.
The Bland silver dollar is an inch
and a halt in diameter; $z5 900, ,ooc
Bland dollars placed side by side and
touching each other would cover 3oc
miles of the northern boundary Of
the State and stretch beyond tn.
southwest corner. There would be
So2 miles of silver dollars.
In one.d dollar treasury notes lalt
end to end it would stretch 2.S6t
!; mles-as tar as from the coast o
| Name to the coast of Ireland ant
: | more than twice the distance from
: St. Louis to New York city. |
, would cover the northern. eastern
' | southern and western boundaries o
| Missouri from Kansas to Illinois ant
; from Arkansas to Iowa with dolla
!, bills two deep.
The children in the public school.
supported by the Democratic party
n can carry these interesting compari
1t sons still further, and by seeing ho'
often the stolen money in seer
: pieces would reach around the cart
can form some idea of how Impol
d tant 1t is to get Republicans out {
e office and keep them out.-St. Lou
q Republican.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
A Singular Being.

A Provencal IN France, 80 wears
old, named Alguler, possesses the
power at any moment Of assuming
the rigidity of statue, when his
body NAV be struck sharply. the
blows falling as on block OF stone.
At another he moves his intestInes
from above and below and right to
left into the torn of large football,
and projects it forward, which gives
him the appearance of a colossally
stout parsonage. He then withdraws
it into the thorax, opening like
cage. and the hollow look OF his body
Immediately reminds one OF skele-
ton. Alguier successfully initiates
man subjected to the torture of the
rack. as also a man hanging himself,
and assumes a striking cadaverous
look. He can also stop the circula-
ton of the hood, now on the lett and
| now on the right side, by muscular
contraction.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
Sleriff's Sale.

by virtue and authority of general execution
issued rom the Office of the clerk of the circuit
the November term, lee6, of said court. to me
directed IN favor of the Mound City Paint and
Color Co, Ia corporation) and against A II .
right, title, interest and claim of said defendant
OF. in and to the following described real estate
situated in Bates county, No, to-wit: Lots
No = ), and lin the west side addition to
the city of Butler, l will, on
Saturday. November 6, 1886,
between the hours of o'clock in the forenoon
and o clock in the afternoon of that dav, at the
east front door of the court house in the city OF
Butler, Bates county, Missouri, sell the same
or so much thereof as may be required at pub
lie Vendue, to the highest bidder for cash, to
satisfy said execution and costs
WM. r. HAMS
10 Sheriff Bates Co.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
Saturday. November s. 1886.
Trustees Sale.
VIM. +. HAMS,
Sheriff Bates Co

Whereas, d c. Edwards and Bethiar Edwards,
his wife, by their deed Of trust, dated
March Sd, 1886, and recorded in the Recorders S
office within and for Bates county, Missouri, in
book No. So. page PSI, conveyed to the under
signed trustee the following described real
estate, lying and being situate in the county of
Bates and state of Missouri, to-wit:
Lots numbered seventy-nine t79) and eighty
(s0), in the town of Adrian.
Which conveyance was made in trust to Sc
cure the payment of one certain note, fully
described in said deed of trust and whereas,
default has been made in the payment of said
note and the accrued interest thereon, now
long past due and unpaid. Now, therefore, at
the request of the legal holder of said note and
pursuant to the conditions of said deed of trust,
l will proceed to sell the above described prem
ises at public vendue, to the highest bidder for
cash, at the east front door of the court house,
in the city of Butler, county of Bates and state
of Missouri, On
Saturday, November 18th, 1886,
between the hours of O'Clock in the forenoon
and O'Clock in the afternoon of that day, fol
the purposes of satisfying said debt. interest
and costs. J. +. OWEN,
Trustee.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
Reviiing a Mothers Love.

'enerson City Tribune
AN eastern correspondent has re.
Gently visited the grave OF Jesse
James, and reports that 1t IS like a
bed of flowers Pots of sweet. scent
ed. blossoming shrubs stand at the
head and too., and a general sense
OF botanical beauty and tenderness
perVades the place. The numerous
democratic friends OF the deceased
hero throughout Missouri will be
glad to hear that his last resting place
is being cared for in such gracious
and touching manner
In Yesterdays Globe-Democrat
appears the above editorial, which
| indicates degree of iiendish hatred
| and maIlce that certainly belongs
only to the most dark and savage
| barbarlc age. 1t does violence even
to the strongest instinct of the animal
kingdom, and certainly to the high
est type OF humanity, viz the love
OF the mother tor her offspring. The
poor, degraded wretch who would,
as journalist, seek to hold the moth
Ell, even of a telon, up to public
| scorn because she IN her maternal
devotion to the memory Of an erring
son might plant flowers On his grave,
is unfit to dwell in civilized society.
1t is doubtful whether even COYOTES,
| jackals and hyenas would tolerate
the presence among them of his de
graded and loathsome carcass. II
the writer Of the above editorial
| thinks to build up the radical party
OF Missouri by such infamous attack.
on common deCency, let him pro-
ceed. 1t might pan out in Massa
| chusetis. but not IN civilized Mis-
sour.
The Butler weekly times., 1886-10-27
Sherlff'S Sale.

by virtue and authority of a general execution
issus' rom tie office ofthe clerk of the circuit
the NoFeinber term lSS6, TO HE directed in favor
OF Aaaih Long and John Long and against ID
A Mltherup, have levied and seized upon ali
the Ilsht, title, interest and claim of said de-
fendant of, in and to the following desrr;bea
real estate, IN Bates county Mo to-wit ot
No. in block No. a43, and lot No. ! in block
No. lo and lot No Is in block No. s., in the
town Of Walnut, | will on '-'
Saturday. November 6, 1856.
between the hours of Q o,clock in tho fora,oo,,
anu o ciock IN the afternoon of that dav al
the east front door OF the court honsa in ~.
OF Butler, Bates county. Missouri sell the SANS
or SO much thereofas may be REQUIRED, al nuhii,
Fenaue, TO the highest bidder for cash TO satisfy
said execution and costs
.. WA. F. HANKT,
+" Sheriff Bates Co.