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The Press., 1886-11-18

The December issue of HARPER's MAGAZINE stands easily at the head of all the goodly company of christmas numbers that for near lv forty years have entertained and enlightened innumerable readers. A royal banquet of refreshing variety, with sturdy staples. rare novelties, and delicious dainties worthy of the generous holiday saint Everything is complete in itself, the serials being omitted from this number. Beside the strongest at traction of 'sThe Baby hood of Christ, /" by the author of sBen-Hur," the Howells farce stThe Mouse Trap" Gibson's delightful s'Wood Notes," and the bounteous departments of confidential discourse, of literary judgment and of overfowing humor, presided over by the geniuses of G.. w. Curtis, w. D. Howells, and 0. D. Warner, we. are regaled with six short stories (four of them beautifully illus trated), and five illustrated poems. Of the abundant cuts, twenty-five occupy full pages, and four are printed separately on plate pa- per. Notwithstanding the unparalleled rich ness of this number, we are assured by the publishers that it is only Christmas form of the exalted standard winch will be uniformly maintained throughout the year; and the magnificent prospectus detailing the coming treasures gives splendid promise to the vol tune begun by this number.
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 MT. James, III. Brrrilps family seem to be sorely afflicted this fall with sick ness. Their little daughter Flora. who has been sick for, three months. is.svery sick at present, and Mrs. Burrill is down with the same fever and is also very sick. They have the sympathy of neighbors and friends E
 2 -. c. Smith & Son have closed their cider mill for the season. sH -Our winter school commenced lastl Monday with Fl. ". Mowry as teacher. We shall have good school.
 -Mr. Geo. Comstock and wife. of New York, are stopping 2 feg days witIi their uncle, M. E. RiChmonds.
 ---Lyon Bros. and JaIln P. Walker c0Isl. menced yesterday to cut the timber on the Braman plaee, and will put a steam saw mil on in short time, which win give eEnployment to quite a number of hands this winter. gs s@,se ..s.s N, M !. .s ID. K. Oiney landlord of the Buebee H0use) of Putnam, who died recently wac brother of Mrs. Albert Kinney of thia plaCe, - 9ssn Ss019
 Mr. E. A. Buck, wife and daughter of Willimantic, and Geo. E. Bnck and faTnilv of Stafford Springs, have been. stoppinQ a lev days at the old homestead.
The Press., 1886-11-18

Courant State Treasurer V. B. Cham. berlain, as one of the canvassers, had to certify to his own defeat as judge of pro. bate. Colonel Charles A. Russell, secre. tary of the state, congressman elect, did not sign his own election return, leaving that for his associates on the board. but he has by law to write and notify himself that he is elected, and if he fails to write back to himself and accept the election he cannot go to congress.
The Press., 1886-11-18

They have some vigorous preachers in the West. Rev. A. E. Farmer, of Plain well, M ch., is aa enthusiastic prohibition ist. In recent sermon he said '..Any Christian who refuses to vote the Prohibit tion ticket ought to be yoked to the devil and made to toil for a thousand years on the hot pavements of he'll" This was too much for his flock and the Rev. Farmer will be asked to resign.
The Press., 1886-11-18

HALES HONEY is the best Cough Cure 25s 50e., ,$1. GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP heals and beauti6es 25c. GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Cons & Bunions, 25c
 HILLS HAIR WHISKER DYE-Black & Brown, soc PIXIES TooTHAcHE DROPS cure in Minute, 2Sc. DEANS RHEUMATIC PILLS are sure cure, sOc
The Press., 1886-11-18

The prospectus of the new Scribners Mag7 azine is published in anotheR column. Besid the prestige of the good old name it has the price-only $3 per year-to commend it to the public
The Press., 1886-11-18

-J. K. Potter of South Woodstock has been shipping large consignments of ap- ples to England. Prices at first were high, but are now low.
The Press., 1886-11-18
MONsON.

tOOBBEBFONDENCEs1 -Geo. Thompson has put piazza on his house, and made other repairs. asA
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ELLHNlGT0N.

-Eld. B. Hitchcock will preach at fl,., Advent chapel, Square Pond. Sunday. Nov. 21.
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.NOmRRA.-

Lc0RREsPONDENcR.l 8E --TMrs. Dr. William Woods is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Willie Peaae, at Down. ingtown, Pa. sas X
 The young ladies' missionary society will meet with Miss Della Ryan. Saturday afternoon at 8 o'clock. 's.s
 The aehoola iR tawn close tEisr week. to begin again the Monday afsaE T6anks. giving. fsss. @ 'sas... s.ss.I ,'- Mrs: Harry Kibbe and daughter ars
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6 PER GENT. DEBENTURE BONDS. These are the direct obligation of the FL DELTTY LOAN AND TRUST O., of Storm Lake, Ia, having paid-up capital of $1OO, 900. They are secured by deposit of first mortgage on improved Real Estate with Metropolitan Trust Co.,, New York, as Trus- tee. Price, par and interest.
 Send for pamphlet or call on
 J.F. CHAMBERLAIN,
 Stafford NatI Bank Building.
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AdaisiomaH Fair Notes.

E. l.. Upham, Union, pair Wyandotte chicks, Poultry World.
 Edwin Dimock, Stafford, White Leghorn chicks, Poultry World.
 IA. Holiness Stafford, Wyandotte chicks, 50 cts. #+s
 Martin Hunt, Stafford, breeding pen Wy sndotte chicks, Conn. Farmer. H |. Kbbe, Stafford, brown China geese, Poultry World. ss
 Ezra Witherell, Union, white geese, 50 cts. g-s F. E. Underwood, Holland, pair Plymouth Rock chicks, 50 cts
 s. E. Underwood, Holland, pair Brown Leghorns, 50 cts.
 s DAIRY PRODUCTS. Creamery butter, North Brook
 field, Mass creamery, Silver Medal. 8 Mansfield Morrow, Conn.
 creamery, E g Franklin. County. Hast s,
 Georgia, Vt, creamery, Granular butter, North Brook
 field creamery, s 800
 Mansfield creamery, 400
 Mrs. J. 8. Keep, Monson, 100 Private dairy butter, Mrs. J. w.
 Witt, Stafford, 800
 Mrs. .Ohas. LAwton, Staf'd, 200 Miss Lizzie Beebe, Hampden,
 Mrs. F. ". Pratt, Wilmington,
 Mrs. e. F. Huntley, Westford,
 Mrs. Geo. Kingsbury, Stafford,
 o. White and son, Monson,
 J. 0. Sparks, Wilmington,
 Mrs. M. F. J. Walker, Union,
 Mrs. Annie M. Kinney, Stafford,
 Mrs. John Kane, Stafford,
 Mrs. Chas. s. Smith, Stafford,
 each Conn. Farmer. Plain cheese, Mrs. Edw. Mor-
 e rison, Willington, 50
 Mrs H. Thresher, Stafd, .25 Sage cheese < .50 Mrs. 1sllw. Morrison, .25 @he special awards of the Conn. Farmer to exhibitors are made as follows To Mrs. Herbert Walker, Stafford, most meri- tOrlOus exhibit in class of household goods {; Miss May 0. Phelps, Holland, in class of fancy articles; Mrs. J. s. Keep, Monson, m class of kitchen and dairy productions. The premium awards above are not in accordance with the publish d premium list. The radical changes this year made in the creation of aspecial dairy department was not fully understood by the superintend- Eents, and after the state dairy commission CT had made his awards it was found that come fine exhibits had not been placed in competition at all, though properly enter ed. In view of the great number and fine quality of entress it was therefore thought best to right as far as possible the wrongs of neglect, and include some of this list of the overlooked exhibits, increasing the number of premiums to do SO. Next year this dairy feature will be more systema- ized, and mistakes of this year avoided. The report of sheep and swine awasds as yet fails t0 reaeh this office
 All bills against tho society should be presented to the treasurer at once. Pre- 0inms will be paid at Bntter6eld's hard ware store.
 E fMr. Lounsbury will be at least the if. teenth governor of Connecticut who will owe his election to the general assembly acting under the constitution. The list includes Oliver Wolcott 1926, E. ". Ed. Waras 1888, s. A. Foot 1924, c. F. Cleve. land 18A2mS Baldwin 1843, Isaac You. cay l84G ynmhnn 1849, Thomas II. SeymOuF 1 1, pntton 1854 William T. Minor 1600y Charles B. ] Andrews 1878, and Henry B Harliaop 1884
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HOLMAN N.

"A cable gram hasbeen received. .annonnc. ing the safe arrival at Paris Of Ms. Q. R. Hicks ands saauBhter, Afiss Hicks. of Tol-l land. They sailed Nov. 9th on ssI.a Gas cogne, the steamer that carried Count De Isasseps and many of the French deleQa- ton back to France.
The Press., 1886-11-18

Peterson's Magazine for December may be called "prize number" It has two splsn- did steel-engravings. There is also man. moth colored fashion-ple.- engraved on steel, and celored by hand, colored pattern, in Berlin-work, beside some fifty wood-cuts of fashion, embroidery and crochet patterns, etc. The literary contents maintain the long established reputation of "Peterson," Mrs. Ann 8. Stephens, Frank Lee Benedict, Edgar Fawcett, Mrs. John Sherwood, etc., etc., be- ing regular contributions. Price two dollars year, four copies for six dollars and forty cents, with an extra copy to the person get ting up the club. For larger clubs, costly premiums are given in additiun. Specimens sent gratis, if written for, so that there may be no deception. Charles J. Peterson, SO6 Chestnut-st., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Press., 1886-11-18

LA certain evidence of growing prosperity
 through economy is the almost unprece-
 dented demand upon the mint for small
 coins. Since September the mint at Phil.
 adelphia has been turning out nickles and
 cents to the value of @3, 900 daily, and the ply. There is also 8 large demand for dimes. Dr. Kimball, director of the mint,
 thinks that the custom which has recently grown up in retail stores at the west, of charging an odd cent, accounts for the de- mand. Heretofore, in large sections of the country, odd change below five cents. and in some sections, below ten cents, has been regarded as too insignificant to both or with. But with the increase of cempe- tition, the profits are pretty nearly all in the odd change, and people are beginning to look after the coppers and nickels. It is estimated that there are $7, ,O00, 900 worth of cents in circulation in the United States
The Press., 1886-11-18

Names of scholars neither absent nol tardy in Hydeville 11thl district during term ended Nov. IS: Mary E. Smith, Flora l.. Converse. Perfect in spelling. Mary E. Smith and Minnie BelcheF. Whole number scholars, 26 !; average at tendance, .211 Es # aN
 The scholars of the Hydeville district surprised their teacher. Miss JenRy L. Enc, at the residence of Oharles Smith Friday evening, Nov. 18th. Her school closed Sat. urday.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
Making Cheese.

A correspondent of the Farm Jour.
hal gives the following short and good
directions. Shesays: The milk should
be heated to "a degrees and enough
rennet added to begin coagulation in
twenty minutes and completeit in for
ty to forty-fve. Then cut the curd
as fine as beech nuts. Heat slowly,
raising the temperature one degree in
five minutes, until SO degrees are reach
ed, constantly but gently stirring the
curd to prevent packing and secure
even heating. Hold at this point with
an occasional stirring, until the curd,
when ahandful is taken up and squeez-
ed together-say as hard as you would
squeeze to milk an ordinary cow-will
at once spring apart and become loose
again. Then draw off the whey while
1t is yet sweet, the temperature being
reduced to 81 degrees or 80 degrees,
and let the curd stand till it is sensi-
bly, set. Put to press at 80 degrees
and cure in a room at IS degrees to
20 degrees.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
Autumn Seeded Grass.

Farm, Field and Stockman
Whether to seed the grass in spring
or autumn depends on circumstances.
On some lands when the weather is
favorable fall seeding will seem to do
the best. But often when the autumn
months are dry the grass gets such a
poor start that unless the winter is
favorable it makes but poor show
ing the following spring Crickets
and grasshoppers often do much
damage to fall seeded land. IL
dry weather the young grass
starts slow, and makes but lit
tie growth, and at such times the
insects 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 de-
stroyed. By seeding in spring we
would avoid these causes of failure.
By seeding in spring with grain we save
the blowing and narrowing 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 we'll till the grain
ripens and is harvested. If the grass
fails it is usually 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 ripen.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
The Care Of the Babies.

A prominent physician gives the fol-
lowing advice. asto the care of the very
little ones::
No child under 10 shouldlbe out. o.
bed at 8 CLOCK in the evening.
For burns and scalds a coating Q.
lead paint is excellent, and. so is
coat Of dizzy sa}aratus.
If a pouItiee is required add little
yeast to. it instead OF mustard or, any
thing Of that sort.
I The best eathartic foa. a. child iseas
tor Oil.
/ The nursing bottle and the connect
ing rubber tubing should be scaldee
thoroughly every tima.after being e1ap
tied.
Never give baby a milk cracker o,
amy other of the cheap kinds, all hard
to digest. Bent water crackers ar,
| the only kind fit foe delicate stomachs
and though "old-fashioned," I lih
[ them pest, and kaow nothing of tn,
/ indigestible trash
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
How to Make Soaps.

Take twelve pounds ofpotash. four.
teen ponds Of grease and thirty-two
gallons Of soft water. Into a forty
gallon cask, with soft wood slaves
and wooden hoops, put in the potash
broken into small pieces, pour on
twenty gallons Of water and stir every
few hours till the potash is dissolved
Melt the grease with the remaining
twelve gallons OF water and pour into
the cask, and stir frequently every
day. In warm, weather about ten
days are required to make the soap
in cool weather a longer time. b.
sure and get the true potash of COM
merce. That put up in tin Or sheet.
iron cases will not answer Hard
soap.-Boil together three pounds
common washing soda, one and three.
fourths pounds lime and two gallons
soft water until soda and lime are
dissolved: pour into a pail and letGit
settle, over night. Pour the clear Ii.
guild into the soap kettle and addito
it three pounds OF grease and one-hali
pound of borax;:; boil slowly two hours
uncovered; pour into shallow pans
and when firm cut into squares, and
put away to, harden.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
A Far.Seeing Mother.

Frisco Chronicle: She was about
18 and as pretty as a peach. HI
was about 20, and they were engaged
He had just gone out to the theatel
with her, and as they trotted off hap
PLY l made some remark to heI
mother.
''They're young to beengaged, in my
own opinion" she said, "but it's a
good thing. It's good for both o.
them. He's an honest, steady boy
and she's a pretty girl, and am will
ing that they should be devoted
to one another. I encourage it. ]
like to know that she is SO fond o.
him that the fattery and fiummerJ
of less honest men does not touch her
She's proud of her BEAU He runs al
her word, he simply slaves for her
and it satisfies even that girlish vani
ty which is all girls danger. He il;
honorable, and would cut his hand of
rather than do anything to injurt
her. He's proud of her, and it keep.
him steady, because he has an allah
sorbing subject to think about TIL.
love may die out, yes, it may; but by
that time, if itever happens, my child
will have learned SO deeply the lesson
OF what respect is dueto her, what de
votion is capable OF, that she will find
it very difficult to meet a man who
will make her forget it. And SO, let
them go, and shall be quite content
if when they are old enough they want
to marry. They'll know one anothe,
well enough by that time"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
Tho Dsty Of the Gsest.
. commercial Gazette.

From the Commercial Gazette
The 6rst duty of a guest is to bt
punctual. This is the caterers
view, because unpunctuality must
necessarily cause confusion IN the
kitchen. A dish you have had to wait
for is generally good, while a dish
which has had to wait is generally the
contrary. The result is the cook gets
demoralized; he loses his temper at
the DINNER not being appreciated, and
certainly it is sufficient cause to dis
courage the best of chefs. In conse
auence it follows that the cook gets
into the bad habit of sacrificing the
flavor of dish to the form Observing
finding he has not given satisfaction IN
the cooking he tries to please the eye
can not speak too strongly on the
affectation of being late for dinner,
and a good host ought not to wait
for one or two people who are late
whilst five or six others are watching
the hands of the clock and yawnlns
convulsively, a sure proof OF how hun.
cry they are Shame on unpunctua
people! These persons are sometimes
called inexact, but it is a wrong name
to give them, for a really lnexact mar
will arrive one day ten minutes before
his time and the next day ten minutes
after, but unpunctual people are very
exact, they always come late. They
are generally people who find it is thu
only means of attracting attention
and there are others who think il
makes them ofimportance. Unpunct
uality really means wish to force
people to acknowledge their slavery
to the laws OF society.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
Farm, Garden and Household.
A House for Forty Fowls.

q :
American Rural Home.
Lewis Cook, "a reader of The Ameri-
can Rural Home), wants us tofurnish
> plan for q poultry house large
enough to accommodate forty fowls;
he also sends us several other ques-
tions to answer. A comfortable house
may be built, say twenty teet long and
ten feet wide, and eight feet front and
five feet back, boarded upright and
battened, and 3 shed roof, shingled;
the flooring to be made by filling it
with mellow loan to the top of the
underpinning; this we consider better
than q cement floor. The building had
better be divided into two compart.
ments, with partition and door; the
south front should have two windows
Of six lights, eight by ten glass; the
east, one window. Ventilators should
be fixed at the highest point on each
end. The roost should not be over
two feet high, and about eight
inches above q platform twenty inches
wide; underneath the platform the
nest boxes can be placed A dust bin
AAAu0S eSAoO OC pAOFlAcus Auu 1lOW you
have a comfortable place for forty
fowls, at cost of not over twenty
five dollars. Yards can be built on
the south side corresponding with the
width OF the coops, and as long as
room can be spared to make them.
Your fowls must have access to q
grass run each day ian hour or two
toward evening will answer, or else
grass or weeds must be cut and thrown
to them in their yards. Carbolic acid
largely diluted with water will drive
away the lice in your hen house; it
may be applied with wisp. which we
should consider preferable to a small
pump. 1t would hardly pay to heat
the house in cold weather, it would be
better to make it as warm as possible
by either ceiling it, or lining with
tarred paper.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20

A Philadelphia clergyman says hs
has received from 5000 to a pair d
juicy spring chickens for marrying a
couple. Another received as much as
$500 for performing a marriage eere.
mony, aud tells OF one time marrying
young couple and giving them seve.
raj hundred dollars to 60 to house.
Keeping. The bride was his daughter.
There is one Philadelphia minister,
however, who was once paid $5, 600
Tor tying the knot.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
What Becomes of the Agile
Young Women Who Dance Up
on the St1uo


Philadelphia Times.
"What becomes of the ballet girls?"
The old ballet master repeated the
question to selfmusingly. "Well,"
he at length answered, 1.-The ballet girl
is not so very unlike other girls who
must work for a living as most people
imagine. Shehas more temptations, is
usually of a lively nature and not
averse to q lark, but she generally
ends by marrying. AS arule ,shemar-
ries some one connected with the the
alter or some one in her own class Of
life whom she meets at her home.
Obviously the ballet girls parents are
almost always poor people; it is not
often that girls of well-to.do parents
run away to join the ballet, and when
they do they are in nearly every case
soon captured and taken home. When
q ballet girl marries q mechanic, or a
saloonkeeper, or q stage hand. 1t is
the exception when she does not make
a good ana domestic wife. Some bal
let girls have made aristocratic mar
riages, but most Of these girls were
premieres. They have usually COTTON
along well with their husbands, and it
has happened that fast youth has
reformed after taking ballerina for
his wife. When ballet girl marries
an actor, that is as it may turn out,
just as if the actor married any other
girl. There are ballet girls who go to
the bad, of course, but the experience
OF the ballet girl makes her shrewd,
and she is not easily humbugged.
The premieres hold themselves aloof,
and with the majority there is seldom
even suspicion of scandal. Many 81
the girls are the chief support Of their
families. have known ballet girls
not only to make their own dresses,
but their shoes as well. They do not
regard their business as an immodest
one. They begin it so early that they
think nothing Of their short dresses.
To be sure, there are girls who go
on in scanty dresses for reasons Of
their own which you can understand,
but speak OF the great majority"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-10-20
WHEN IAn DEAD.

+ . * ] I =
When am dead and these sad eyes Of
mine
With undiscerniag gaze look out upon the
strife,
The WEAKNESS, the anger, and the woe,
The hope, the Joy. the dream thatwe call
Life,
Z DO beeeech you press not the cold lids
With heavy coin OF silver or OF gold;
Instead, stoop oer,s dear love- and weigh
them with
a kiss such as you gave me, when Of old
The heart no longer could contain it's Joy,
Which, Drumming Ger the EDGE like
sparkling wine
IN some great golden goblet too well filed,
Gave burning, happy measure from thy
lips to mine
When, when my weary eyes shall open wide
And look upon the world OF perfect bliss,
The link 'twixt earth and heaven, 'twixt
WEAKNESS and rest,
Shall be the balm OF that last, lingering
kiss.-Anon.