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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Place the fork firmly into the thick part
Of the breast take slices from each side of
the breast bone, extending the whole
length Of the fowl; joint and remove the
wings and divide them at the first joint
or pinlon. Divide the ligaments Of the legs
and twist them out OF their sockets, sepa-
rating them at the first joint. Now enter
the point of the knife at the breast in the
direction of the merry thought or wish
bone, which is displaced by lifting Che bono
and pressing backward, The collar bones
which lie on each side of the wish bone
must be lifted up 10y the knife at the broad
end and forced toward the breas bone I'M
til the part to which they are fastened
breaks Oft. Cut through the ribs on each
side and remove the breast Now turn up
the backbone and press the knife firmly
across it, near the middle, lifting the lower
end at the same time with the fork until
the bone gives way, then turn the lower
end from you and remove the bones from
each side; this is not difficult if the point
of the knife be used.-Cor. New York
World,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
woman's Mistake in shopping.

/ No pursuit known 90 the feminine world
80 successfully and delusively disposes of
time as shopping. The experienced hus-
band and father knows that any engage
ment with his family which stands at the
end of a shopping day has large chances
against ful1llment. Even woman of dis
erection in other matters who has but an
hour at her disposal will plan enough er-
Sands for that time TO crowd half day.
1T is o'clock, " says the shopper 1.-Two
hours more, and i'm that time l can easily
call on the dressmaker up town, make sev-
eicl purchases at Bartle's and run in TO
look at the new etchiugs at The gallery,
Hince ! shall beso near. III look at the
book. store as I come down and select a
book for Susie's birthday Then l can
take n cross town car and get home in
good season
When the great church bell chimes G she
is shocked dismayed and ashamed to find
that she must be late TO dinner and keep
Ire family waiting, and she frets herself
into such a nervous condition because of
what she has done and what she has failed
TO DO that husband and children learn to
dread tbs days ''when mother goes shop
ping" 4 little forethought, and especially
the remembering what 80 many women
forget, that it takes time TO 90 from place
10 place, and that street cars are not light
ming transits. would make a vast differ
Gnce in many ases-1IArper's Bazaar.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
IMPROVING tho Calling Gard.

A novtl suggestion concerning the call
ing card is that it shall be dated by the Wis
itor, Il plan which will greatly assist the
receiver in keeping a record OF the visit
and arranging for its return at a suitable
time. Should this plan become general,
card cases neatly fitted with an indelibe
pencil and miniature calendar will be in
demand. Another innovation for relieving
the ugly monotony Of lady's card is to
decorate it somewhat after the manner OF
the dinner card, thut is, to havp u bird, a
flower or plume of ferns in colors or neu
trail tlnts thrown across the left hand cor
ner. This fancy, if adopted, will result in
great extravaganza, and the cards Of the
wealthy and artistic he treasured as verita-
bic works of art.-New York Letter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

The infantry drill in some households
I'VE wot of is subTersive of all the most on
gnring qualities of childhood. Look, for
example nj MYS Martinet's family. Every
thing Hike impulse has been disciplined out
OF them Mrs. NJ herself is said to have
been very strictly brought up on the auto
matic principle, and The strait jacket
s,v,tcm of education which made her the
statucsuuc cre,sture she is she faithfully
repeats upon her children, People say
they are remarkably we'll behaved. They
never romp or laugh or do anything OBJ
strcperuus. When spoken to they respond
in set phrase, as if talking out Of q book.
If i'll their babyhood they exhibited any
germs of u rcilicking disposition tho said
germs We're carefully eNtinguished, No
signs Of tlom at present exist, and looking
into the dun, untWinkling eyes OF Mrs.
MertjueCs children one can hardly fancy
that even in their long clothes they ever
Neuturcd on a chuckle or a crow.
and yet, rs we have hinted, the little
MartinetS are considered model children.
So, in Fact, they are in one sense, for they
arc about Us unimpressible as if they had
heeu nodded out Of wax, or cast in plaster
OF paris Their mother, who, in her cold
vvav. IS somewhat proud Of the little "pre-
csions," in making honorable mention of
their negative virtues, assures her &C
quaintancc4-sh she is too much Of machine
to have friauds-that tboy mover make any
noise The idea Of noi>eless boys and
girlS' What 10 Children come into the
world for but e. make q noise-to whoop,
whistle. sing dance, run, jump, fight. yell,
ro]l in thodirt and spoil their clothes? An
Mrs Martinez. your repressive system is
all wrong Tile enthusiasm OF childhood
should he gently and wisely guided and
dirccted-not choked down. The boy is
father TO the man, and if the boy j.. sys
tcmatically snubbed into silence be as
ellred the man will never ''male noise in
the world. New York Ledger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
Women md Their Tooth.

'Dentists have some decidedly funny ex-
pericnces," said DIR. Howard Magnusson.
mot long ago a German woman camo into
my office and wanted to know if she could
get n set of up stairs and down stairs teeth.
OF course knew what she meant, and. she
was speedily accommodated. Another
woman applied'for the privilege of renting
a set of false teeth for an evening. She
had been invited to an entertainment, but
had no false teeth OF her own and had no
money to buy set 80 she thought that
She would rent a set, that she might be
able to do Justice to the viands that would
be set before her. Another woman had an
ulster on her tooth, she said and wanted
to have It removed. The latest funny Incl.
dent that happened to me was the visit
paid 70 me a day or two ago by q woman
who wanted TO have her teeth sharpened
so that she could eat beefsteak That
party had the true carnivorous instinct u
Chicago Post.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Ny baby nurses practically when she is
hungry, every four 10 SIX hours on the
average. I am inclined to think that bot
tied bahes should not be fed oftener than
once in four 10 six hours. Our baby is
pever overfcd, and we never allow her TO
nurse until WE know thlt she is hungry
.NUr DO we ever interrupt her sleep to feed
her. Not long ago she woke up at noon,
NUrsed went TO sleep again at 3 O'Clock
and slept till 10 O'Clock at night--l0 hours
without nursing.
The sleep was Of as much benefit to her
ae The food given when she walked hungry.
We hope that she viii nurse until she is Il
or IS months old, and we win not begin 10
give hor cows milk until we see that the
mothers milk is actually insufficient.
WHOM she is ready to take solid food, which
she viii not be until she is 70 or Is months
old, then she win get graham hrend with
the milk and we may add a little fruit
later, Many babies die of dyspeptic star
walton b. overlooking, and don't intend
TO let mine,-InteEvleyv in Boston Globe,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
A Pretty Baby Basket,

should like 20 tell how | made a very
pretty baby basket at q cost of only few
cents. Procure some stiff pasteboard, cut
two eight sided pieces as large AZ you want
the bottom OF your basket to be, cover both
on one side with pink or blue lining cambria
and overland them together neatly. Ii de
sired more delicate, use thin white muslin TO
cover the cambria. Now cut sixteen pieces
to Ike covered in the same way for the sides,
having the bottom Of each piece just wide
enough to fit on the eight sided piece, and
slanting it out toward the top to make the
latter about an inch wider than the bot
tom. After these pieces are covered over.
hand them together to form circle, sew
the bottom in, add cushions and pockets
to please the fancy and edge the top with
cord, plated ribbon or lace. One can make
the basket as costly as she pleases, but as
described it is dainty enough for a princess,
Cor. Housewife
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
THE FLAX CROP,


Statistics About tho LINEN Plant and
Various other Productions.
The Irish crop this year, it is estimated,
will fall short of the acreage of 1889,
huuRh the production of what has been
y most favorable season may show an ag-
gregate of value in excess of that of 1889
Total OF acres devoted TO flax in 1888 was
1868. Total of 1850 was 1887. OF the
flax required for II years production Of
linen textiles in this country only about
One-sXth is raised within the limits of the
island, the remainder being imported from
Russia and Belgium chiefly. Figures for
1889 show that the home product was
lA,365 tons, while the number of tons inn
ported was 1900, valued at about $l5, 60
OO0 That flax j. not popular crop with
the Irish farmeit-he claims that it is hard
upon the land"--is shown by the following
statistics for 1888, showing number of acres
under cultivation for five principal crops
Num"er Of acres devoted to oats........1, $50 500
Nuu.Jer Of acres devoted to potatocs..... s04 sos
Number Of acres devoted to turuip3. 20i 293
Number of acres devoted 60 barley. go. 110St3
Number of acres devoted to ilaX......... 1858
Aud flax must indeed bc hard upon the
land, when we are gwen to understand
that seven to ten years should elapse be-
tween crops Of fax in the same field. In
he flax growing districts there is an es-
tablished rotation for crops between fax
and fax. One rotation IS in this wise
flax oats, turnips, wheat, clover and grass,
oats, potatoes, fax. While one authority
states that mo plant grows and thrives so
well under SO many varying conditions
and in so many countries rs flax, it places
its geographical status between t~le forty
fourth and siXtieth parallels Of latitude
for the most successful area of cultivation.
In the United States the fOrty-ffth paral-
lei divides Wyoming (south) from Mon
lana, and is the boundary line between the
northeastern portion Of New York state
and Canada, Ireland lies between the
fifty first and the fifty-sixth
The authority just mentioned describes
the proper method Tor seed planting; and
when one has read all the requirements of
preparation that lead up to perfect flax
producton--tho quality Of soil necessary
the dangers Of extreme dryness or extreme
dampness, the plowings, the borrowings
and the roliugs not to mention several
weddings of the growing crop and the
hand pulling that harve3ts 1.-THE wonders
how II grows and thrives' as stated and
he is inclined to acknowledge the force of
remark | hear every day, to the effect
that the American farmer could not be in
duced to give his land or time to its Guilt
walton for fiber "Ile IS a raiser of flax
seed for linseed oil purposes, and that's all
he ever will be- l have heard several
times -IIa1erdaeher.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
The Finger Nails.

No hand can be perfect when the nails
are not properly attended to and we'll kept
They ought to be most carefully cut with
a pair of scissors made for the purpose
which rounds them off at the corners The
skin at the base Of the nails should be
pushed down with a soft towel each time
the hands are washed. Never force the
skin down with knife or any sharp in
strument If the above plan il adhered to
there lis no chance of rag nails appearing
they only come when one omits to push
down the skin. The nails ought to pass
beyond the finger points and not be cut too
short, Clean them with a piece of fine
flannel we'll rubbed with soap. This is a
far better plan than using a nail brush.
After cleaning the nails and pushing
down the skin they ought to be polished
This is quite an easy matter, as the most
exquisite little boxes are now sold for a
few shillings containing all the necessary
appliances for the toilet of the nails
Chattcr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
Chance for Women in journalism.

Women make splendid typesetters, good
proofreadcrs, good reporters and fair edit
ors. They do not make as good editors ne
men, for the reason perhaps that they are
not SO much in contact with public men;
and this simply because their sex prevents
them from gathering in hotels, clubs, cafes
and places Of like character, where men
find it convenient to sit and discuss all
sorts of topics. l see no reason why WON.
en- should not in the near future find daily
journalism a very remuneratiVe field.
They will be brought into competition
with men, to be sure, but l have little
doubt that they will be able to successful.
" hold their own. - Foster Coates in
Ladies' Home journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

the face and bnck of the hands. They are
caused by morbid disintegration Of tho
red blood oorpuscles, the debris being do
posted in the scnrfskin as pigment
This disintegration is caused by some
form of debility, induced by disturbance
of one or more internal organs, Treat
nent must aim to restore the nervous pow
cr and the general health. Local stimu-
lants may be applied, rs in the case of
freckles
Sometimes this discoloraton is spread
uniformly over the entire body, and is then
known rs Addison's disease Its origin is
essentially the same as in the more limited
disorder last mentioned, but the extensive
destruction of blood corpuscles gives rise
10 n serious anemia or poverty of the
blood Youths Companion.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Time was when the stop-watch, with the
,plit-seconl hand. used for timing horses
on race-tracks, cost many hundred dollars,
and could be afforded by only few. Time
was when a gold case of sufficient thick
ness to protect a watch was out of the
range Of possibilities of nearly all men The
decrease in the cost of manufacture of move
ments end the invention of threc.heet
cases-a steel sheet between two sheets of
gold-now brings both these within the
means of many, and almost to the price
which is charged by Swini.ers for the gold
"washcl limitations and brass countcrfeits
of common watches.
1t j, the genuine gold filled" or rein
forced case, ana patented and made only
by half dozen manufacturers, aud is the
same for use and wear as the solid gold
case, and may be so considered and treated.
Even the costlest watches on the market
now have them, on account of their greater
strength
With each watch there goes guarantee
by the Manhattan Watch Company 10 keep
it in order for one year free OF all charge
and a guarantee from the makers Of the
case Joseph Fahys q Co., for fifteen years
The little post on the LETT hand stops and
starts the watch, the little post on the right
hand turns the bands, setting the watch.
1t need never be opened. II is n ratchet
stem winder, fun iewellei balance move
ment, and as good timekeeper as any man
wants.
The back of this watch is exquistely en-
graved by hand.
Neither the front nor back is hinged
Both screw ON with long thread, making
the watch absolutely dustproof and water
proof. which it could not be if it, were
hinged.
Co. MLn+nh L. 0AiLirnL Nih,nr
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Married women would do we'll TO paste
in their scrap books the following stats
tics relative to a woman's work; In one
year woman gets dinner 365 times, washes
the dishes l095 times gets the children
ready for school twice day for $50 days,
gets the baby TO sleep 1.46O times and
makes about 800 calls Who says that a
woman has nothing to do Armed with
such an array of facts any wife may calmly
await the next time when her husband
tells her that her activity is limited in
duration and degree and then simply par.
alyze him by quoting figures. -Exchauge.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

You don't need to explain that you're
doing this or that with friend-you
wouldn't do it with an enemy; the only
thing you do with an enemy is to fight
her, so there's no need of explaining that
You were walking with a lady friend; you
were walking with lady or with gentle
manor preferably, with a man or with a
friend. The conversation will tell whether
your friend was man or n woman. The
good old word lady" has been vulgarized,
until now it means almost the opposite of
its old meanings. You read about "two
ladies" being arrested, Of society ladies'
who know no more of what the women
who are in society are doing than they
read in the newspapers. Gentleman"
hasn't been SO vulgarized, bat it's badly
treated, aud with lady should be put
aside to recover.--New York sun.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Freokles are of little account in children,
who had better be left free to run and play
in the sunshine but older persons besides
guarding against unnecessary exposure,
may need To increase the tone and nutri-
tion of the skin, which can be done by
washing IL once or twice a d0y in tar soap
and cold water, and afterward applying a
lotion Of boraX and rose water
Hers and there a person is troubled with
large. irregular matches, most frequent on
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

its highest form. For Il woman to be Gull
tivated she must begin early; the days OF
giplhood are trensitory and fast feeting,
and girls are women before we know it in
these rapid times. Every girl has GER
tain stetion to occupy in this life, some
one place 20 I'LL, and ofton she makes her
own station by her capacity to create and
fill It, The beginning influences the end.
--IRlies' Home Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
A Lifeline of Benovo,enc..

Elizabeth Comstock, the Quaker preach.
or, now aged and infirm, living at Union
Springs, n. Y, has in her lifetime visited
12?, 900 prisoners, 1875, 600 sick and wounded
soldiers, 5000 inmates of poorhouses and
almsh0uses, on both sides Of the water.
For thirty years she toied in this field.
and during the last years of her active life
was one OF the most beloved members OF
the w. {. 7. I.-Now Orleans PicaYunc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
Miss Charlotte Mnrv Yonge. who rer

Miss Charlotte Mary Yonge who, a gen
Grafton ago. conquered the world of scnti
mental youth with her Heir of RedclyfIe'
and Heart s-ease'-the proceeds of which
she gave to the cause of church missions in
New Xealand-finds no exemption from
work in her sixty-scven active years, but is
busily engaged on ler one hundred and
first book, which is to be a story of the
time Of Vespasan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

The effect of gum chewing has been
studied carefully by an expert In gum
chewing the massetep muscles which move
the jaw are abnormally developed, and the
fatty substance which produces fair, plump
cheeks is deterorated
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Raisins may be easily stoned by pouring
boiling water over them and letting them
stand for five or ten minutes. Drain. then
rub each raisin between the thumb and,
finger till the seeds come out clean
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Olive Schreiner, the author of Gan
African Farm, has, it is said. liking for
raw meat. She takes her beefsteak just
warm enough TO remove the effects Of the
ice box.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

II SCOT be dropped upon the carpet
throw upon it an equal quantity of salt
and sweep all up together. There will be
scarcely trace Of so0t Left
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

The Corean boys all wear loug hair and
Corean dolls wear COrean costumes. The
Corean children are very fond of toys, and
there are pin wheels and tops and kites in
the Corean collection which has lately been
opened in the National museum.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE EVIL EFFECTS OF MRS. MARTl-
NETS INFANTRY DRILL.

How to Give NTuncv to Chlldren--Fo
Eian's Mistake in shopping How Baby
l. Fed The Young Women of To-
Day feminine, but Neat.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Young girls dresses of white muslin OF
of lace are made with high waist and short
pulled sleeves. To utilize these dresses
for various occasions long sleeves reaching
low on the wrists are made separate, and
are basted in at the top under the high
short sleeves.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Fully three tourths OF the babies of the
world 90 naked until they get to be or {
years old. The Canadian Indians keeI
their babies naked up to certain point
and AS for the little Corcans they wear
nothing but a short skirt until they are as
old us our school boys
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
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Aware of the general demand
for n handsome and reliable
timclIeepcr ut the lowest price
consistent with perfection in
movement and richness in case,
THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS
has been seeking, for some time,
q watch that il could unrescrvCd-
ly recommend TO it's subscribers
as just the one they needed and
would be pleased with. 1t is
glad TO be able to announce that
it has recently found such a
watch in the one described in
two styles below, and to be able
to guarantee it AS the best and
cheapest watch ever origin ated
in this country. 1t has conclud-
ed u private arrangement by
which it offers below both
watches at about one-half the
price at which they can be pro-
cured ofany retail dealer. These
watches at these low prices can
be secured by yearly subscribers
only to THE WEEKLY FREE
PRESS,
81, Ia
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

The declining powers OF old age may he
wonderfully recuperatcd and sustained by the
uailv use OF Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

One of the many cures for earache is tc
mix well together ten drops of laudanum
one-half grain Of sllphatc Of morphia and
one-half ounce of glycerinc A piece Of
cotton well saturated with this mixture
should be inserted in the ear and renewed
every fifteen minutes till the pain ceases.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

| 0\ELlEST, Whtest, Clearest skin and
LOV l. Sottest Hands produced by CUTICURA
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

Sold everywhere. Price, CUTICURA, SOC:
POTTER DHUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATIONS,
Boston
- send for "iIow to Cure skin Diseases"
"a pages, 80 illustrations. aud 100 testimonials.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29

The Japanese woman ties her baby to
her with string II has no support
for its head and this hobs up and down
under the rays Of the hot sun. She dresse,
her baby in the same bright colors as her
self, and its clothes, as soon as it is ole
enough to walk, are made in the same
way.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1890-08-29
GREAT WIND-UP SALE
A TERRIBLE SACRIFICE

We have only space to mention fow
of the bargains s. buys an elegant
all wool Men Suit, fine quality, very
handsome and guaranteed a regular -
suit. s. VIII buy the finest all wool
Mems Suit in Burlington. $40 buys
regular custom made suit well worth
SIS. For 50 you can buy a nobyb Boys
Suit, regular price 500. Our -, -
Boys Suits are marked down from s.
II. % buys a handsome child suit we'll
worth set 81 buys "A y Pant. Sl.tJ
buys 50 Pant Our SO p Pants are
the finest quality in Burlington, made
by merchant taiors and positively equal
to So Pants. This great sale is only
FOR THE NENT 10 DAYS