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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-02-26

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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-02-26
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-02-26
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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-02-26
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Sberseridt megeu Ser0Heutlidung oerldunl=
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uoumen meroeu.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1886-02-26

Ritbtet an GuerCn 8uttermonn Die 6rn9e: "it Dies
oans refine uuo nur Butttrs" uno bcrbt au eIaer ot1
itimnten, 6iretten 9lnport. Us lte9t IN oef AotQl
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bes artitels, ben SIR fault ntt i'm Suntein oelOt'
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21

A couple of tame crows, which had
been kept as sort of household pets by
New Hartford family, at length became
such mischicvous nuisanccs and thieves
stealing every bright and glistcnng thing
they could pounce upon, including la
dies jewclry of all kinds, and hiding it
IN distant trees, and once making off
with a gold watch-that it became cx-
pedient to get rid of them. They were
taken tied up in a bag, so that they
couldn't seq to piece of woods eight
miles distant, and there libcratcd-thc
wagon being driven off in another dircc
ton. Next day one crow was back
again, hunting about the kitchen for
food and showing every evidence of
great satisfaction at getting back, while
the cook joyfully welcomed him, and his
companion wasn't long in returning.
This first returning wandercr was know
ing fowl. When hard, dry piece of
bread was given him he would take it off
to his basin Of water, put it in, and let it
soak little. If, on taking it out, it was
found to be still too hard to suit him,
Mr. Crow would put it back, and with
one foot would hold it down under the
water. Then he would dcvour it very
contentcdly. If that was not reason,
what was itl-Haryord (Coan) Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21

There is a sunny-haircd little page in
the House of Representatives who has be-
come quite pet among the members,
says Washington correspondent He is
little tot of a fellow, with II bright,
open face, large blue eyes and sunny
blonde head of hair. He wears little
knee brooches and is as lively as crick-
ct at all times. When the members want
an Grand done fast and well they always
try to get this little fellow to do it. His
very politcncss and good manners have
brought many little tramps to his feet,
because the members all want him. But
he docs not mind an extra run, and goes
rs chirpy and happily on new GRAND as
possible. He never seems to grow weary,
and always is polite. But this is not the
worst part of his troubles. His very ap-
pearancc is pleasing, and every time any
one secures him, they tap him on the
head or run their hand over his hair.
Now for three or four people to do this
would not amount to much, but to have
1926 members and as many more stra gers
to rub his head only once day, it is not
only tircsomc but is having seriou,
effect. When the little boy came here
his hair was long and thick, but this con-
tinual patting and rubbing is wearing his
hair off. He begins to fear that before
the session ends, if this thing keeps up
he will be bald.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21

An old man who has titled the soil for
forty years, and is out Of debt, prosper
Gus and happy, has given the world
seven valuable maXims. They constitute
q very good creed:
/. One acre of LAND, well prepared and
well cultivated produced more than two
which received only the same amount of
labor used on the one.
2. One COW, one horse, mule, sheep or
hog, well fed, is more profitable than two
kept on the same amount necessary to
keep one.
3. One acre of clover or grass is worth
more than two of cotton where clover is
raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn or
wheat, as rule, for ten years, can keep
the Sheriff away from the door in the
end.
5. The farmer who never reads the pa
pcrs, snccrs at look farming and i'm
provements, always has leaky roof, poor
stock, broken down fences, and COM
plains of bad Seasons"
6. The farmer who is above his bust
ness, and intrusts it to another to man
age, soon has 10 business to attend to.
Z. The farmer whose habitual beverage
is cold water, is healthier, Weather and
wiser than he who does not refuse strong
drink.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.


The locust is an excellent tree for farm
planting, because it makes the most dura-
bic posts. 1t grows quickly, and when
cut sprouts from the root. 1t should be
grown 8 feet apart, which gives $50 trees
to the acre, and it is not difficult to pro-
duce trees to cut two or three posts each,
and thus make 1900 to 1000 posts per
acre, worth 25 cents each. The future
fence will be post and wire, as it is the
cheapest and most durable. Chestnut
is the next best tree, and inferior to To-
Gust only in durability; but it grows
more rapidly, and this may perhaps
eQualize the two, as it is certain two
crops of chestnut posts may be grown
for one of locust. This tree also sprouts
freely from the root and makes second
growth more productive than the first.
The seeds may be planted in the fall,
and the ground should be plowcd early
in the fall and replowcd before planting.
1t is a good plan to drop the nuts on the
powed ground four feet apart both
ways, then cover them by the second
blowing two inches deep, and then cut
the first growth when large enough for
stakes.-Ne,o Yorh Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21

The present method of coupling freight
cars is primitive, costly and dangerous II
life and limb, and for years the inventive
ingenuity Of the country has sought t.
produce II better way tat would be ac.
ceptcd by railroad managers. Over l,O0)
patents for couplcrs have been taken out,
and yet the imam KILLER" has not been
displaced. Few people have the rcmot.
est idea of the number Of men who have
been crippled or killed coupling cars.
venture to say that the casualties from
this cause for the last ten years exceed
in number the killed aud wounded Of
any battle of the late rebellion. \ mum.
Der of states have passed laws requiring
all cars built or owned within their limits
to be fitted with couplers which can be
operated without going between the cars,
but in none of hem is any Sc; ious attempt
made to enforce the law. Every year the
Master Car Builders Association and the
convention of railway superintendent and
the master machinists devote consid, r5lc
time to testing automatic coupicrs, with
but little apparent progress, so far Us
their adoption by The roads is concerned.
philadelphia Mws.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
Grass Seeding.

An exchange says that whether to seed
to grass in spring or autumn depends on
circumstances. On some lands when the
weather is favorable fall seeding will
seem to do best. But often when the
autumn months are dry the grass gets
such poor start that unless the winter
is very favorable it makes but a poor
showing the following spring. Crickets
and graSshoppcrs often do much damage
to fall seeded land In dry weather the
young grass stars slow, and makes but
little growth, and at such times these in
sccts are usually very plenty, and on the
borders of the new seeded land they often
eat the tender grass as fast as it grows
until it is entirely destroyed. BY seed
ing in the spring we avoid these causes
of failure. BY seeding in spring with
grain we save the ploughing and harrow
ing of the land for one crop, as two crops
are sown together. When grass seed is
sown in spring with grain on good, we'll
prepared land it is almost sure to start
and grow well till the grain ripcns and
is harvested. If the grass fails it is usual
" at this time. We have noticed that
when the grain was cut green for fodder
the grass did much better than when it
was left to rlpcn.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
BOSTON MARKETS

49,, =, ,,, . m at, -,
-, FLouR-Mlcn roller, $t15 to o'ooi ono, ina
III and 81 Louis pat, So2o TO oooi emo,
Ind, 80 Ill and ST. Louis strnigNt', Sa'oo TO
1905 Ohio. Ind. So Ill and st Louis clears
$t.4O to 40; MINI spring pat So'4o 10 oooi
Wis spring pat, 1920 to 900 Above are JOB
bsr,' prices in car lots.
oArs-Fancy NO white, "a i'2c 10 40 i,Zoi
No. white, Al &c to 42ci NO 3whltc, 40 l'2e
TO 4lo; mixed, 80 10 4lc, Ms 10 quality,
RrB-Quitt AZ zoe per bush ior NO new
York in small way
BARLEY AND MALr-Bariey-No l orisht'
canada, Sl,o2 SIX rowed canada no l, VOC eS
TIN No 2 eoci No z, Soci No ., iSci SIX roweu
state, 6Sc to Zoe; two rowed stnte, 6lc 10 o2ci
Malt-Two rowed st"tc' zoo to Toe per bush
SIX rowed state ISc to S5c Elk rowea wv,
800 10 Sl per push. iiops-llc TO l3c per Id
for choice. and 7c TO lOc for common to good
Bu1TER-Norlll crmy, good to choice 2'o
10 Zsc lnncy, 2'c TO Zoc; New York GARY,
5le 10 22c; iuncy, &c; Vermont dairy, 2Zc 10
Csc; selections FAC to zoe; common to
good, loo to 2Oci extra West fresh made Grmy'
sSei common 20 good, zoe 70 aoc, Joopns
prices range 10 cents hiHher lhhh 'hesc
quo atoms.
CHEEsE-Choice North, loc to ~ l;2c;
good 10 choce l'zc 10 9o'4c; west l-Zc 10
lOci JOB lots, 20 higher
EGGs-East extra, Zoc 10 o.; hha W
loe; Island, zoe 10 Zi western PicNeu'
lsc; East lined lye' IN
bEASs-Cho'ce large mana G'cNeu pea Siog
to LOO per bush; choice n \ small h,ha
licRed 40, Sl'o0to LOO small W mana plekea
pea, $i'o 10 'oi common 10 goou' $Leo
10 i'soi choco screened oo' Sh4o 10 40
hanu plGkeu mea, Sl;o2 10 l'oo, ana em I'll, C.
screened u0' $40 10 Low common quo no, Siceo
10 LoV; choico mp yei eyes Si,oo 10 20;
OH iSliVheu yei eyes, Shoo 10 Low reo MO "
hcy' SLW 10 Z'oo' ePlit peas, Sy'd ~
10 oHV per oo' green pens, SL ~
20 10 per push ior cioi'e west 9oc 10 Sl'Vo
ior Nor,h'
fRuir-App'e', cnoce, u on 10 i 20;
common apples, Sl.Oo TO sl'zoi fnhcy anihe
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
Household Hints.

To cut warm bread or cake, have your
knife quite hot.
Fried slices of apples are good for q
spring breakfast dish.
A stale loaf of bread, dipped quickly
into cold water then baked for half an
hour, is better than when fresh. Half a
loaf is generally enough for family of
three.
Bread and cake must be thoroughly
cooled before being put into box or jar /;
if not, the steam will cause them to mold
quickly. Pieces of stale bread can be
used for toast, griddle cakes and pud-
dings, and for dressing for poultry and
other kinds of meat. Stale cake can b.
made into puddiugs.
Lime slaked with salt water and
then properly thinned with skim
milk, from which all the cream
has been taken, makes perma-
ncnt whitcwash for outdoor work,
and, it is said, renders the wood incom-
bustibe. 1t is an excellent wash for pre-
serving wood and for all factory pur-
poses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

The census officials estimate the pop
nlation, of the country at present to be
10000, 900.
The French think of sending over to
the United States to borrow for the OK
hibition in 1880 the key of the Bastilc.
Layfayctte presented the key to Wash,
ington.
According to the London Practical
CoWectioner, "the potato introduced in
England in 1900 was first eaten as
swectmeat, stewed in sack wine and
sugar"
In China and Japan girls are named
after some beautiful natural object, and
such names are common as Cherry hower,
each-blossom, blossom, Bamboo
leaf, Pine-woods, sugar, etc.
The vault of the Cloaca maxium, the
great sewer of ancient Rome dates from
the sixth century B. G., but it shows,
even at this early period, a perfection
which gives evidence of long previous
use.
In Italy a living scorpion is dropped
into wide glass bottle which contains
few drops of olive oil of the finest quail
ty. More oil is poured on instantly,
until the bottle is filled and the scorpion
dead. In its struggles to free itself it
elects all its poison into the oil, and this
poisoned oil forms Il sovereign remedy
for the sting of a scorpion.
When batch of bread was made in
the household of the Hebrews, Syrians
and other Oriental races, piece of the
dough was made into cake and baked
under the ashes in order to be presented
as an Offering to the priest. This was
called mamphnla in the Syrian language,
whence the word, and probably the Gus
tom itself, was adopted by the ancient
Romans.
1t was customary in oriental countries
for lovers to testify the violence Of their
passions by cutting themselves in the
sight of their adorcd ones, and the
fashion seems to have been adopted in
England about 800 years ago, when
young men frequently stabbed their arms
with daggcrs, and, mingling the blood
with wine, drank it off to the hcalths of
their enslavcrs.
Earrings, according to Biblical record,
were worn by women from the earliest
times, but by men more rarely. Hebrew
slaves indeed, suffered their ears to be
bored as figure of their optional scrvi-
tudc, but no ornament was worn in the
holes thus made. Xenophon informs us
the males of Lydia were often subject to
rcproach on account of their earrings,
and that in Greece females alone wore
ornaments.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
The Oregon Mystery Solved.

There is no longer any doubt as to the cause
of the sinking of the Cunard steamer Oregon
off the Long Island coast. One of the divers
Of the Merritt Coast Wrecking Company has
been down to examine the vessel, and re-
NAMED below sufficiently long over half an
hour to ascertain, beyond question, that her
sinking was caused by collision. Ten feet
below the main deck, and about twenty feet
forward OF the bridg, the diver found u hole
in the steamers side and the heavy iron plates
crushed in. The hole is six feet deep and
three feet in breadth at the widest part. In
the immediate vicinity of the break the cargo
IS stove, as it is twenty feet from the bridge.
The steamer is broken in two, and her upper
lecks parted over twelve feet on top A dia-
,ram is now being made of the steame" as
She lies. Most if not all her cargo will be
srynj
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21

Johnny Cake.-One egg, two table
spoonfuls of sugar, three of melted
shortening, one large cup of sour milk,
one tcaspoonful of soda, little salt, one
third flour, two-thirds meal; make the
batter only just stiff enough to run from
the dish nicely; pour in buttcrcd dish
and bake twenty minutes in hot oven.
Broiled Potatoes. Cut whatever num-
Der may be needed of cold, boiled
potatoes into slices lcngthwise, about a
quarter of an inch thick; dip each slice
in flour and lay them between folding
broilcr Have the fire clear, and when
both sides are nicely Drowned, lay the
slices on hot dish, put piece of butter
on each, and season with pepper and salt.
Stemcd Steak small saucepan
place about half pound of thick and
tender steak, with little of thc.fat left
on. Pour in cupful of boiling water,
shred a tiny onion very finely and season
with pepper and salt to taste. Then put
all over the top of the steak small pieces
of celery heapcd up. The saucepan
should stand about two inches above the
level of the fire, and by no means ought
to be uncovered until the steak is to be
removed to the dish. Half an hour is
sufficient time for it to be done to a turn.
Mushrooms instead of, or even with, the
celery are an Improvement.
Yeast Beead. - Yeast: Soak one and
Il half cakes of yeast in one cup Of warm
water until soft; add one tablespoonful
salt, one of sugar, two Of -four and let
rise. Pare and boil one quart Of pota-
toes, mash fine. Add one pint of hot
water and one of cold. When cool
enough pour in stone jar; add the
yeast. Let it stand until the next day.
For the bread take pint of the yeast
and half as much warm water. Set
stiff sponge. Put in warm place until
quite light, then mix it from twenty
minutes to half an hour, taking care not
to get in too much flour. Form into
loaves. Let them rise to the top OF the
creased tins and bake about twenty
minutes in quick oven.
Apples rih Rice. Wash pint of rice
thoroughly, scald it with hot water,
drain and cool; add to the rice quart
of rich milk, quarter of pound of
sugar and saltspoonful of salt; simmer
gently an hour When done, beat it
with a wooden spoon. Wet an oval mold
with water; press the rice in it and keep
on ice until wanted. Peel, quarter and
core five fine apples; put them in a stew
pan with three half-pints of water, three
cloves, two slices of lemon and half
pound of sugar dissolve the sugar in the
water first; simmer until the apples are
tender but will not break when removed
from the pan. When done strain care
fully and boil down the syrup until quite
thick. Now turn out the rice on glass
dish, add the apples as border. and
pour the syrup over all.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-04-21
lis distance from all filth It Is now I'D

Its distance from all filth. 1t Is now id
mitted that in many soils both air and
water travel very freely under tn, sur
face. Some are so porous and deep that
water will easily settle through them and
the bulk of the filth be retained in the
top loan; and in such cases it may DO
said that ordinary cultivation and the
growing vegetation will absorb the OBJ
jectionabc element. Water in such To-
cations is regarded pure and safe. But
where wells src shalloy and dug in clay
ey or impcrvious soil, having near to or
at their bottom an impevious stratum,
they are likely to be reccptacles for filth
contamination for many rods around. 1t
does not follow that because the contents
Of sink drains soak out of sight that the
deadly element therein is gotten rid Of;
it too frequently finds its way to the
water which the family are prone to OK
tol as the very perfection of purity. 1t is
never safe to depend upon taste in this
matter; if there is a source of contamina-
tion near the well rid yourself of it with
out delay; at least do not rest content
until you have had the water subjected
to thorough chemical analysis. DR..
Folsom who was so long connected with
the Massachusetts BIard of Health, Lun-
acy and Charity said that "it is impossi-
BILE to say that well is safe at any or
binary distance from source of constant
pollution to the ncighboring soil, like a
privy, cesspool, barnyard, ETC." He fur
thcr remarks that "thcre is always n
risk, and that "thc ordinary privy should
be abolished" There is no doubt that
many cases of scarlet fever, diphtheria,
etc, have often their parcntage in the
ccsspool. Typhoid fever, which has in
so many cases been traccable to polluted
wells, was some years ago found to be
most prevalent in the rural districts. To
provide proper sanitary measures, will to
be sure, take little time; but it need
involve very little expense. Where there
is an abundant supply of running water
near by, underground drains will satis-
factorily dispose of animal filth from a
sonitarian point of view; but on the farm
it is desirable to use this for fertilizing
purposes, and an abundant supply of peat
or ashes daily thrown into the vault,
sink-drain, barnyard, etc., will keep
noXiouS odors from the air. If you seek
rule as to how near well may safely be
located to any filth collection, know that
if you describe circle about the well as
a centre, with radius three times its
depth, and if there if no cause Of pollu-
ton within the circumference, the water
isprobably uncontaminatcd. -CMtiuator.