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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Canaries Subject to Diphtheria.

Happening into bird-store one day
recently representative OF this paper
had a chat with the proprietor on the
subject OF birds, generally.
Of canarieS, he said: There never
was greater demand for these beauti-
full songsters than there has been for
the past three months. The demand
is greater every winter, but this winter
beats them all"
"What's the cause of this >" he was
asked.
"Dyptheria," he replied.
'Is there an epidemic among them ?'
mo, not exactly. You see, birds in
a house will take almost any infectious
disease which may happen to atfiict
the members of the household, and
they die Off very quickly once they are
taken sick. They will take scarlet-fe-
yer, measles, almost any thing, like a
human being. They cannot be cured,
for by the time their sickness is discov-
cred they are two far gone for aid.
Hundreds of canaries as well as other
household birds have died because OF
the prevalence of diphtheria during
the winter. l dare say there will be
many pathetic stories told shortly ol
the simultaneous death of children
and their favorite birds, and much
talk of broken bird-hearts. When il
is understood that the child and the
bird have had the same disease, the
pathos will vanish. Peolpe who have
had valuable songsters and know their
nature always remove them from 9
sick-room to a distant part Of the
house, but as general thing the own
ers of songsters understand very little
about them other than that they can
sing"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

me before my unreasonable departure.
Two of the natives had built fire out
side the house when retired, and had
remained up the rest of the night pro-
viding for my comfort on the return
trip to Saluafanta. These people had
nothing to make or lose by their treat-
ment Of me, and made no ado over
their labor---yet what truer evidence
of innate kindness and hospitality
could one desire or receive?
Many other instances could I relate,
but refrain, lest some should think nv
simple acknowledgment of Samoan
kindness to be only sentimental en-
thusiasm' and exaggeration. How
ever, such thoughts effect me not,
and as long as I live I shall remember
the Sainoans with loving gratefulness.
ST. BROWNE.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
The Relative Value of Different Kinds
of Meat rs Food.

Foul. There is no bird that may
not be eaten in case of necessity. In
other words, the flesh of no bird is in
itself poisonous. The same is true OF
the eggs of all birds. 1t is true that
cases of poisoning from eating quails
during spring have occurred; but the
poisoning was due to the buds of the
mountain laurel, upon which the birds
fed. The flesh of carnivorous birds is
strong i'm odor and in taste, and would
not form a tempting dish, save to one
threatened with starvation. The light
meats of birds are more easily digest
ed, less rich it nitrogen and in flavor
than dark meats. Chicken broth is
more nutritious than that made from
either mutton or beef, and is often of
great value to the sick.
Fish. Undoubtedly the flesh of
some fish is poisonous. A fish is said
to Justify suspicion when it has attain
ed size unusual for one of its species.
This popular idea may have a grain of
truth i'm it. Fish should be discarded
if the water in which it is being boiled
blackens silver. The coloration is due
to hydrogen sulphide (the gas of bad
eggs), and indicates putrefactive
changes. Decomposing fish has pale
look, and its belly is blush. 1t is
withered, sticky to the touch, and foul
in odor. The seller sometimes tries to
hide the evidence Of decomposition by
taking the eye-balls out and coloring
the gills with blood.
Fish caught from putrid water
should not be eaten. Sometimes, near
fo ptt1rI IYoc a IS1 fcs
where a great deal of refuse is thrown
into the water, the fish are killed, and
may be brought to market. The flesh
of such fish is yellowish, soft, spongy,
and of foul odor. Fish may be divid-
ed into those furnishing white and
those furnishing red meats. Those of
the former class, as the whitefish, are
delicate and easy of digestion, while
those of the second class are richer in
nitrogen, and more stimulating. Fish
should not be left in the water after
they are dead, but should be packed in
ice.
Fish should not be the chief flesh di-
ct of people, because it is not sniff
GENTLY stimulating. Indeed, it is
doubtful if any class of people would
voluntarily confine themselves to such
food.
But the occasional use of fish forms
a change which is both agreeable and
beneficial. There is no truth in the
popular idea that fish diet is especial
Iy suited to the development of the
brain and nervous system.
Along with fish are often classed
certain crustaceans, as the crab and
lobster, and certain mollusks, as the
oyster and mussel. The oyster and
mussel are gelatinous, but are easily
masticated and digested. The lobster,
craytish, and crab are more muscular,
and are somewhat more difficult OF
mastication and digestion. The nutri-
tive value of the oyster is not very
great, but its delicacy of flavor and
ease of digestion make it OF great value
to all, and especially to the sick. The
raw oyster is probably more easily di-
gested than the cooked.
The crab and lobster are of consider
able nutritive value, though, OIL ac-
count of price, they are used principal
ly as delicacies.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Christianity as the Church Now Ex-
hibits 1t in Relation to War.

These words of Laurens P. Hickok,
an excellent minister of the gospel. a
profound scholar, formerly Professor
and President of Union College, are
worthy of the serious consideration OF
every Christian, and especially those
Christians who believe that Christian
ity, as now generally taught and .prac-
ticed, would, if prevalent in all ma,
tions, bring to the world universal
peace. ]. H.:
"Alas! if Christianity, as the
Church now exhibits it, were to be-
come universal, it would leave the ma
tions of the earth still in the allowed
use of all their terrible preparations for
the slaughter of each other. And
would such result be that day of glo.
ry which the prophets have described
Surely something must be done to
spread Christianity throughout the
earth of better form than her pro-
fessors have practiced for sixteen cen,
turies, or the lion and the lamb will
never lie down together"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

THEY DON'T TRY.-A little girl
four years old was playing busily with
her numerous family of dolls. At
length, she said: "Auntie, my chill
dren are coming to see you. They are
full of mischief. and will spill water
on your floor, and do lots of things. |
try to make them do better, but |
don't seem to succeed. They say their
prayers, too, but 1 guess they leave"
Here she hesitated, and so her auntie
leave out e that e part ty of the prayer ask
ing Jesus to make them good girls ?'
NO." she said, "they say that; they
ask Jesus to make them good girls
but i guess they leave it all for Him to
do, and don't try themselves" After
thinking q moment, auntie said,
"They a!e like some little girls, are
they not ?n The child looked up
quickly, and replied, "Do you mean
me, auntie? l do try, don't II"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

THE OLDEST MAN.-The oldest man
in the world is said to be James james,
a colored citizen of the United Ststes,
who resides at Santo Rosa, Mexico.
He is 1876 years Old. He was born near
Dorchester, S. c., in 1852. He was one
of the laborers at Fort Moultrie during
the unsuccessful attack by the British
fleet in I776, He was then twenty-four
years old. His Master, James James,
manned one of the guns during the
fight. His last owner was Henry
James, who moved into Mexico in 1855
in order that his slaves might become
free before his death. At present the
rheumatism keeps James from walking,
but he can drag himself a short dis.
tance, and otherwise is in fairly good
health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

LIES AND LIARs.-Of all the COW
ardly, unmanly acts in the whole
range of sin, q lie is the most con-
temptible TO healthy mind q de-
liberate lie is impossible it is abso-
lutely incompatible with an honest
self-respect. No matter whether the
lie he discovered or not, the utterer is
conscious that he is a liar when he
looks at himself in the mirror. The
man who lies, and has ceased either to
feel shame or sorrow for falsehood, is
the most degraded being imaginable
far beneath the maniac and the idiot.
He can only be eXecrated or pitied.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

City gent: "Can you tell me of any
nice farmhouse round here where
can get board ?'
Farmer: "Nice farmhouse?
City gent; eyes"
Farmer: "Wal', I s'pose you want a
nice, cheerful place, whar you can be
accommodated with tolerably good
sized rooms ?"
City gent: Gust So"
Farmer: "And whar they keep q
l1erridge?"
City gent: "Exactly"
Farmer: "And whar you kin get
plenty of fresh eggs, and milk, and
chickens, and vegetables, and such
likew
City gent; "Precisely''
Farmer: "And whar they charge
pretty moderate
City gent: "The very thing I
want.n
Farmer: "WaP, there aren't no sich
place reound here"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The big whisky, oil. and other mo-
nopolies call themselves trusts"
They would ruin the language az
well as the business and morals of the
country.
Christ is the best of paymasters.
He borrowed Peters boat to preach
from, and at the close of sermon gave
him such dlaught of fishes as he had
not had before.
COFFEE CREAM.-This is delicate
and agreeable dish for an evening en-
tertainment. Dissolve one ounce and
a quarter of isinglass in half pint of
water. Boil for two hours teacupful
Of whole coffee in about half pint of
water ground coffee is not so good for
the purpose; add teacupful to the
melted isinglass. Put them into a
saucepan with half pint of milk, and
let the whole boil up, sweeten with
loaf sugar, and let it stand ten minutes
to cool, then add a pint of good cream
stir it we'll up and pour it into a mold
ana put 1t into cool place 10 nX turn
it out on a glass dish before serving
up.
A NEGLECTED DIsINFECTANT.-
When the household of our grand
mothers was threatened with infection
the common practice was to sprinkle
L., 1xNk IL, L.
Goals OH shovel and carry the burn
ing result through the house. But
now this simple method of disinfee-
ting has gone out of fashion without
any good and sufficient reason. The
principle reason is neither good nor
sufficient, viz, that nobody can pat
ent it and sell it in twenty-five and
fifty cent bottles, '-.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20
Bad Prayers.

lido not like to hear him pray
On bended knee about an hour,
For grace to spend Alright the day,
Who knows his neighDor has no Hour.
I'd rather see him go to mill.
And buy the luckleSs brother breatI,
And see his children eat their NIL
And laugh beneath tn cir humble slieu.
/ do rot like to hear him pray,
"Let blessings on the widow be-
Who never seeks her home to say, :,
'If want o'ertakes you, come 10 me.
/ hate the prayer, so loud and long,
That's offered for the orphans weaI
BY him who sees him crushed by wrong,
And only with his lips doth feel.
/ do not like to hear her pray,
With jeweed ear and Silken dress,
Whose washerwoman L lis all day,
And then is asked TO work for less.
Such pious shavers despise;
With folded hands and face demure.
They lift 10 heaven their "angel eyes,
And steal the earnings Of the poor.
I do not like such soulless prayers
If wrong, hope TO be forgiven:
No angel wing them upward bears;
They're lost a million miles from heaven
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

SNowBALLs.-Pare and core six ap-
pies fill the space with little mar
malade of any kind, or sugar and spice
with bit of chopped lemon or orange
peel. Place each apple in a separate
cloth, and scatter over each two table
spoonfuls of rice. Tie rather loosely,
and boil for one hour. For the sauce,
cream a piece of butter the size of an
egg with a cup of fine sugar; add the
grated rind and juice of one orange,
or it's equivalent in any kind of fruit
Juice from canned fruit. Pour over
slowly pint of boiling water.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Nothing can be more certain than
that the character can be sustained
and strengthened only by its own EN-
ergetic action. The will, which is the
central force of character, must be
trained TO habits of decision other
wise it will be able neither to resist
evil nor to follow good. Decision
gives the power of standing. firmly,
when to yield. however slightly,
might be;only the only the first step in
a downhill course to ruin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Timeliness is as important as fitness.
The right thing may become wrong
unless it is in the right time. Look
we'll to the time of doing anything ;
there is a time for all things. If your
wife looks wearied and worn out, be
sure it is not the right time to tell her
that the dinner is not hot, or that the
bread is sour. Comfort her, cheer her
up. Use the ten thousand stratagems
you were wont to handle so skillfully
in the old days to bring out the smiles
around her lips.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

A PERSONAL APPLICATIoN.-H
band-My dear, that is a long motto
you are working.
Wife-Yes, John.
He reads Oh it:
"Whilc the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return"
''It is to be hung in the vestibule OF
the church, my dear?"
mo, John; I'll hang it on the chan
delier in the hall"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Gluck, the composer, having one day
mislaid his temper, shouted to his SER
want, "This is really unbearable! Are
you mad, or am II"
"O." said the man, humbly, ''surely
your excellency would not keep SER
want who is mad ~
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

PAPER BoTTLEs.--It Is announced
that paper bottles are to be manufac-
tured on very extensive scale. Their
weight is less than glass or stone ware,
and they are less liable to breakage.
Paper being also an excellent non-con-
ductor, fluids stored in air-tight bot
ties will withstand more intense de-
gree of heat or cold than when put in
ordinary bottles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

There is no greater mistake than to
suppose than Christians can impress
the world by agreeing with it. No: it
is not conformity that we want: it is
not being able to beat the world in its
own way but it is to stand apart and
above it, and to produce the impress
sion of a holy and separate life-this
only can give lis true Christian pow
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The difference between journalist
and an editor is, the journalist is man
who writes things for the newspapers
the editor is the man who leaves out
what the journalist writes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

A number of youths in Shelbina,
Mo-, have organized themselves into
an aid society. Tha object is to see
that the poor widows of that town
have their wood sawed and placed in
the shed without cost. The boys go
from house to house after having fin
ished their own work and perform the
mission for which they are organized.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The fellows who did not get elected
have a very poor opinion of the peo-
ple's judgment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

Habits of inattention, of mental in
dolence, of surface or of random think
ing, of ineXact statement though they
may involve no conscious wickedness,
are the source of widespread and in
sidious corruption of character.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-02-20

The Christian, if called in the plovi-
dcnce of God, should cheerfully eX-
pose his life to danger of death by fire
or water or wind or the malice of men,
in order to save human life from
death but the right to Intentionally
destroy human life will have to be
found away from the example and
teachings of his Master, Jesus Christ
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15
County l1eps.
BRIDPoRT.

BRlDPORT.
f. Sunderland is repairing and painting
his buildings.
F. A. Nsun is furnishing nice oysters
at 40 cents a quart.
ID. j. Smith went to Boston Monday,
returning on Wednesday.
Holland Austin has moved back into
the F. G. Converse house.
School in district No. 3, taught by w
j. Melvin, closes this week for vacation.
1t is understood that Rev. Mr.. Prentiss
will not be with us after next Sunday,
the 18th inst.
Messrs. Conn and Hutchinson have near
ly completed their lumber job on the f
j. Nichols lot.
ii. f. Merrill was able to ride to the
village on Monday. He walks only with
the aid of crutches.
The selectmen are working on the high.
ways, which are, in places, owing to the
wet weather, in bad condition.
The poultry buyers are busy these days
j. il. Fletcher is buying and shipping a
large amount to the Boston market.
People from this way will be pleased
to know that there are prospects of new
bridge across Lemon Fair on the Middle
bury road.
The Reading Circle meet with Mrs. j
L. Fletcher this (Friday) evening, when
Shakespeare's " Midsummer nights
Dream" will be read
j. d. Nichols has purchased farm Of
l60 acres in Granville, where he will soon
move. We understand the price to be
$3.50. The farm is in average state OF
cultivation and buildings good.
A good crowd attended the sociable
last week Thursday evening and upwards
of $40 was realized, including "Rev
Prentiss' cake" which was sold at auc.
ton for S2.3S. Both vocal and instru-
mental music were furnished by Mrs. c.
r. Jennings, to whom much credit is due
for the entertainment of the occasion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15
LEICESTER.

Messrs. Briggs and Oliver have started
their hay press.
c. B. Hall has sold three weanliug
Leicester colts for $500.
Charles Horton is to move into the
house with his father-in-law, Abner John
son.
Leonard Jenney, who is now in his Goth
year, is quite feeble in both mind and
body.
The Ladies' Aid society meet on We'd
nesday, the 18th, with Mrs. Ada Arm
strong.
Schools in town have all closed and no
supervisor has made any of them call.
Does he need an assistant?
The Junction House GO. C. Huntley,
proprietor) is having a two-story bay
window added to the south front.
Rev. j. p. Upper of Brandon preached
at the M. E. church at II a. m. and in dis
trict No. at 3 p. m. the 10th inst.
Geo. w. Brayton of Glens Falls, N. v,
drove ten fat steers from this town. They
were purchased of Peter Wilson and j.
G. Barker.
Fred ID. Stanley, agent for the Build
ing Loan and Protective union of Mime
apolis, Mimi, is visiting his parents, Hon.
and Mrs. A. E. Stanley.
1t is not an uncommon sight to see hay
makers going to their work these days
clothed in buffalo coats and mittens.
There is large quantity of uncut hay on
our lowlands yet.
The Hun.ley and Buell. Lime Co. is get
ting short of fuel and the railroad
will now furnish them a carload day.
Both companies are using steam drills
and doing good business.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15
BRISTOL,


NJ. L. Boies of Weybridge was in
town Sunday.
There is talk of Masonic festival in
the near future.
Geo. II. Brooks and wife of Morris
vile are in town.
Rev. G. A. Smith went to Saratoga,
last week, returning Saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Crane has been quite i'll
with pneumonia, but is better.
C. p. Bush and wife arrived home
from their western trip last Friday.
The Delphian quartette club is book
ed at Holly hall for Thursday night.
The Bristol Cornet band have dscon-
tinued their band meetings for while.
NJ. S. Varney left town last week for
Boston, and will go from there to Iowa.
ID. f. Meadcr is moving his stock of
groceries into his new store in O'Neil's
block.
Work is progressing on the founda-
tons for the new houses on Maple and
East streets.
DIR. A. A. Dean opened his new drug
store last Saturday and passed out the
cigars to the boys.
The Citizens band called on DR.. Dean
at his new drug store, last Saturday
night, and got some cigars.
II. j. Nimblett has been making re-
pairs on his residence on Pine street.
He expects to return to Barre soon.
One would hardly recognize the neat
looking tenement on the corner of Maple
and Church streets as the Butler place.
j.. j. Ridley has bought the interest
of NJ. S. Varney in the place on Pleas
ant street and Mrs. Varney has moved
back.
w. w. Rider has finished and painted
the Tom Brown house on Church street
in good style; it is now one of the neat
est places in the village.
Principal Whittemore of the Graded
school expects his family here soon.
He will occupy the Abernethy house on
the corner of Maple and West Pleasant
streets.
Miss Willie Vinton, teacher in the
intermediate department of the Graded
school, injured her wrist quite severely
the other day, so she is unable to do
any writing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15
NEW HAVEN.

Services were held in the town hall
last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaudet have returned
from Montreal.
Miss Eta Thompson, who has so long
been an invalid, is very much improved
in health.
Mrs. II. d. Hoffnagle was quite sick
last week, being confined to her room for
several days.
The carpets in the church has been
taken up and thoroughly renovated, and
the church is being cleaned this week.
C. w. Rogers, who had the contract of
building large brick school house in
Montpelier, finished his job some two
weeks since.
Mrs. Charles w. Mason left on Monday
for Boston, to take the excursion to Cali
fornia which was to leave the city on
Tuesday. She is to spend the winter at
Los Angeles for the benefit of her health.
Besides the many other valuable gifts
in gold and silver presented to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Rogers on their "golden we'd
ding" day, each was the recipient of a
pair of gold spectacles.
The Vermonter is in error regarding a
statement made in its last weeks issue
in speaking of the ages of the twelve
who sat down to the wedding feast at
Mr.. and Mrs. Rogers. Sylvester Doud
of New Haven was mentioned as one of
the six above ninety years of age. He is
eighty-three the present month.
A genuine surprise was given to Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas ID. Doud on Friday evening of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-11-15

here, returned to her home in the West,
Tuesday.
Burr Percival has gathered within a
few days quite quantity of evergreens,
which are to be shipped to New York city
Tor the holidays.
James f. Sumner has gone with his
men and teams and derrick to New Ha-
ven, where he is to put in the abutment
of a bridge for that town.
Chaplin Tisdale has erected a shanty in
the lumber wood, where he and his help
expect soon to take up quarters, with
hopes of getting in a quantity of lumber
this winter.
Arthur and Robert Rogers of Michi-
gan, who, with their parents, are visiting
Vermont friends, have been stopping a
few days with their uncle, Elias Rogers
of this village.
The friends of G.. w. Hewitt to the
number of 30 or more gathered at his
pleasant home on the evening of the 18th
inst, where, Notwithstanding their taking
them unawares, they were very happily
entertained by himself and family. 1t
was his 54th birthday.