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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
Vegetarians.

A chat with the keeper of a vegetarian
restaurant revealed the fact that he fed
about two hundred people every day.
There is something enticing about the
appearance of vegetarian restaurant.
Whatever may be thought of the fare,
the place is always clean, and there are
none of those very suggestive smells that
are often too prevailing in places where
the carnivori meet. The mattresses are
generally neat and trim, too. The Gus
toners at this restaurant are chiefly
dressmakers and shopkeepers' assistants.
Perhaps twenty-five per cent. are women.
The manager said he didn't think there
were many among his customers who
were vegetarians from conviction. "They
come here for cheapness and change,
he said. 'Some are here every day;
others come three or four times week.
The average price man pays for vege-
tarian dinner is 10d.; but the women
only average 3D." The manager added
that if there were any complaints they
always came from women.-PaU Nal
Gazette
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
A Dogs Scent and Sight.

Have you ever thought how largely a
dogs escent" really depends on his
sight1 Note how confused he gets in
trying to follow his nose ON hard sur
face. Then watch how he stretches his
neck and throws his head up. And finally.
consider how the puzzled guide or hunter
gets down to take dog's-eye view of
the situation, whence every bent twig or
broken blade becomes plainly visible as
a pathway in the wilderness. -Ne'o Tors
Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
RECIPES.

Rice Fritters-Three tablespoons OF
rice, four eggs, one teacup of currants,
sugar and nutmeg to suit the taste; boil
rice gently until swelled; dredge cur
rants with flour; beat eggs; mix all to-
gether thoroughly and fry.
Hermits-One cup of maple sugar, one
half cup each of butter and sour cream,
one egg, one-half teasspoonful of soda,
one teaspoonful each of cloves cinnamon
and nutmeg, and one cup of chopped
raisins. Knead as little as possible. Bake
like cookies.
Curried Eggs-Heat pint of milk;
add to it two teaspoonfuls of curry pow
der, rubbed smooth in little cold milk
let simmer, and thicken with teaspoon
full of corn starch rubbed with the sauce
of butter; boil six eggs hard, cut them
in slices and lay in the sauce; let them
stand over the fire until heated.
Mutton Chops Larded-Beat chops flat
and lard them with salt pork. Put in
saucepan, sprinkle with minced onions,
pepper and salt. Cover with soup stock
and let simmer one hour; thicken the
gravy with Drowned -four, add the juice
of lemon, one spoonful of mushroom
catsup and wine glass of currant jelly.
Lay the chops in dish and pour the
gravy over.
Serving Bananas make salad of
bananas slice half dozen and put in a
dish with layers of as many oranges also
sliced. Over all squeeze the juice of a
lemon and sprinkle plentifully with pow
dered sugar. Serve very cold. Any deli
icate cake baked in layers and put to-
gether with layers of bananas sliced very
thin will make choice dessert. The
cake should be served with sweetened
whipped cream or it will be too dry to be
palatable.
Boiled Chicken with Oyster,-Pre-
pare the chicken as for roasting, adding
chopped oysters to the stuffing Put the
fowl in tin pail, tightly covered, and
place the pail in pot of cold water.
Boil for II or two hours, as required.
Make gravy from the liquor in the pail,
adding to it some of the oysters. Take
half dozen of the largest oysters cooked
until the edges curl and lay over the
chicken. Put over it little of the
gravy, and serve the rest in bowl.
Duck with Turnips-Place in stew
pan tablespoonful of flour and two
tablespoonfuls of butter; let the -four
brown slightly, then put in duck that
has been stuffed with an onion dressing !;
turn it about in this flour aud butter,
then add half pint of water and a gill
of white wine, add pepper, nutmeg and
savory, cover the stewpan closely and
cook slowly. When the duck is about
half done add two turnips cut into balls.
When the duck is done, place it on a
deep platter, skim the gravy well, add a
little thickening, pour the gravy and
turnips around the duck and serve with
pieces of fried toast and currant jelly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
An American Colony.

An English paper announces thst a
Worcestershire village, from the fact of
its being called Broadway, first attracted
the attention and then the visits OF
Americans, and now there is quite an
American season and a small artist col
ony, which is six miles from a railway
station. The American artists have es-
tablished Broadway school at this spot,
which, with its ivy and creeper COW
cred Worcestershire houses, is regarded
by them as the most typical Of Eng
lish villages.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
A Remedy for Burns,

The celebrated German remedy for
burns consists of fifteen ounces of the
best white glue, broken into small pieces,
in two pints of water, and allowed to
become soft; then dissolve it by means
of water bath and add two ounces of
glycerine and six drains of carbolic acid !;
continue the heat until thoroughly dis
solved. On cooling this hardens to an
elastic mass, covered with shining,
parchment-like skin, and may be kept
for any length of time. When required
for use it is placed for few minutes in
water bath until sufficiently liquid and
applied by means of broad brush; it
forms in about two minutes a shining,
smooth, flexible and nearly transparent
akin
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
ONLY A PAurER.
Only the face Of a naupsr,

Only the face of a pauper,
Eagerly pressing the window pane;
Needless alike of the snow and the rain;
Watching the rich sit down TO dine,
To their smoking meat and sparkling wine
Hungrily cycling the tempting fare,
With look that bespeaks the hearts de-
spair;
Then turned again to the dismal street.
To the piercing wind and the singing sleet--
Only the face of pauper.
Only the hands of pauper;
Tremblingly clutching the tsttered shawl;
Bloodless and numb are the fingers small.
Once they were rosy and plump and fair,
A baby's fingers, untouched by care;
Little more than an infants now
Are the slim hands pressed to the throbbing
brow,
As with feeble steps she totters ON,
To be jostled and pushed by the heartless
throng-
Only the hands of apsuper
Only the feet of pauper;
Bleeding and bruised by the icy stone
Shoes and stockings are all unknown,
Senseless now to the freezing air,
As she hurries on, she knows not where;
On through the streets unshod they roam,
Sheltered no more by the warmth of home;
While the fierce wind roars, and the storm
beats wild
On the ilhclad form of the shrinking child
Only the feet of pauper.
Only the cry of pauper:
Wrung from the lips by the hearts deep
woe,
As the frail form sinks in the drifting snow,
Crowned at once by the shrieking gale
All unheard is that feeble wall.
Yet He who rules from His throne on high.
Who heareth even the ravens cry,
Think We not He hath caught the note,
That rose from the dying wanderers
throat
Only the cry of a pauper.
Only the soul of pauper
Freed at last from its earthly thrall,
Rising up at its Makers call,
Leaving forever the want and woe,
The pain and hear tache it knew below,
Borne aloft to that blissful shore,
Where cold and hunger shall pinch no more;
through the white gates of the city of love-
Into the presence Of God above,
= Floateth the soul of pauper.
Mortimer c. Brown, in Yankee Blade.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
IDLE HORSES ON THE FARM.

The problem what to do with farm
horses during the five months lull in
farm work, admits of several possible So
lutions. They can be hired out to do
outside hauling, but this is seldom salts
factory, as the swear and tear" of the
animals is liable to offset the expense of
feeding them in idleness. Or contract
hauling may be undertaken; but this is
apt to be overdone, and the return to
farm work too long delayed. Common
stock may be sold, but they go slow dur
ing the lull in farm work, and then it
takes man who is sup to snuff or has
"cut his eye teeth" to manage this traf-
fic without loss. Horse traders, lly0,
poets, are born, not made. One man can
profitably deal in horseflesh under almost
any circumstances, while another, his SUI
perior in every other particular, would
bankrupt himself in short order by a
similar undertaking. Therefore neither
of these solutions will answer for gen
eral adoption. A better plan would be
to raise first-class stock. The market
for good horses lasts all the year, and
they are staple product, ready for the
market, and the market is always ready
for them. Raise good horses and keep
them in good condition, and when the
rush of work is over take them to the
market and sell judiciously. Then, when
the necessity rolls round, buy what horse
power the farm needs and let the work
go on.-Fdrm and Ranch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
THE FARM AND GARDEN.


IN those sections where sweet potatoes
are grown easily, the use of small pota-
toes for poultry will make an excellent
ration fer fattening poultry intended for
market, Cooked potatoes thickened
with corn meal will put more flesh on a
hen in the shortest time than any other
food knowh, Iii tact, any kind OF food
rich in sugar win fatton stock or poultry
quickly, and there is nothing superior to
sweet potatoes for that purpose, Such
food, however, is not suitable for laying
hens, as with them fat is detrimental to
laying.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
ALIVE IN ITS COFFIN.
Mourners at n Wake Frightened
When the Corpse Began to Cry.

Mourners at Wake Frightened
When the Corpse Began to Cry.
Christopher o'Neil, of New Brunswick, N.
j., called his friends to his house to hold
wake over the body of his child. The wake
was in due progress when the mourn
ers were suddenly terribly frightened, for
the supposed corpse, clad in its grave clothes,
sat up. in the coffin and began to
cry Justify. In a moment the
baby's aunt recovered her presence of
mind and grabbed the little one from its
narrow bed, gasping out; BLESS the Lord,
it's alive
The wake became 4 night of rejoicing, for
the doctor who was summoned said he
thought the child was likely to i've.
But their JOY was premature, FOR next day
the child was seizsd with cos WI ions aud
died. The second wake was even sadder than
the first.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
A LESS AREA,

In order to realize profit when prices
are low the cost must be reduced. In
many cases this can be done by reducing
the area. Plant less acreage, but re-
ceive larger yield. This is one very i'm
portant item in reducing the cost with
quite number of crops. In attempting
to farm or work too large an area the
work of preparing the land, planting,
seeding and cultivating the crop is not
done in a thorough manner or in good
season, and in consequence the yield is
light and the profit small. As general
rule a light yield indicates higher cost
than a good crop. 1t is possible, of
course, to go to the other extreme and
increase the cost to such an extent that
the profit is reduced. But in the major
ity of cases there is less risk of giving too
much work than not enough.
With cultivated crops, especially, a
little more work in thoroughly preparing
the soil before planting the seed, and a
more thorough cultivation afterward will
pay we'll. Often two more civilizations
would have added materially to the
growth and yield if given in good season,
and it would have added but small
amount to the cost. In cultivating more
land than can be managed we'll, there is
often less opportunity for doing thorough
work than when everything is crowding,
and it is often the case that ten acres
given good treatment from the start will
yield larger profit than fifteen poorly
treated. 1t is easy to attempt too much,
and any one that has been accustomed to
Swimming over will be hard to convince
that more profit can be derived from a
less acreage.
In addition to the lessened profit in at
tempting to cultivate too much ground is
the wearing out of fertility. Better seed
to grass and let grow up in weeds and
pillow under portion of the farm than to
attempt to farm where thorough work
cannot be done. The available plant
food in the soil at least will not be wasted,
but if a green crop of any kind can be
plowed under it will add to the fertility
and aid to secure larger yields next year.
Form, Field and Stockman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
MARKING CLOTHES.


right hand the second is downward to-
ward you, and the third is the reverse of
the first-that is, ashanti from you toward
the left hand. The needle is to be
brought but at the corner of the stitch
nearest to that you are about to make.
The shapes of the letters or figures can be
learned from an inspection of any COM
mon examples. - Observer.
wAsTEFuL ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN.
'Many young wife," said motherly
woman the other day, "would find the
wheels of her household moving much
more smoothly If she would spend little
less money on the furnishing of her
drawing-room and devote it, instead, to
supplying her kitchen with labor-saving
appliances and plenty of utensils, Econ
omy in kitchen utensils may easily be
pushed too far, and if there is another
place where a woman may be more read
lily excused than another for extravaganza
it is just there.
"To have to stop in the middle OF
making dessert in order to clean a
saucepan or kettle in which the soup
had been prepared, because you have not
another, is folly when soup kettles can
be had for twenty-five cents each, TIC
have your kitchen knives of such poor
metal that they will not stay sharp, or to
let a good knife remain dull because you
think you cannot afford to spend ten
cents to have it sharpened, is real waste
of strength out of all proportion to the
saving. To have nothing by which you
can measure your ingredients accurately,
because it costs more to buy set of
weights or graduated glass measure
than to trust to guess work and an old
tea cup, has spoiled many a good dish
that cost Just as much and has brought
humiliation on many good cook. To
scrape your porridge pot with spoon
because you will not buy patent pot
scraper for twelve cents wears out ten
spoons to one pot-scraper, and the hired
girl invariably selects your best spoon for
that purpose. Sitting the coal ashes is
such dirty business as it is usually per-
formed and the servant kicks against it
so vigorously that the most economical
housekeeper soon abandons it in despair.
A patent ash-sifter that allows no dust to
escape and preserves all the half-burned
coal will pay for itself in one winter and
last five. A cheap refrigerator can be
had for one third the cost of agood one
of the same size, but if you buy it your
ice-bill will be twice as large.
"There is hardly anything in the
kitchen of which there are not two varie-
ties, the cheap and the dear, and the re-
suit of the use of either is generally its
exact opposite in actual cash. But in
comfort to ones self and to ones husband
and children, saving of time, temper,
brain worry, and back ache, they repay
their own cost many times over every
week. "-Ne,o York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10

There are now 1924 newspapers in the
United Kingdom, of which 1S5 are
dailies.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-04-10

1nOuSn the present may De lnSIgnlucdnb as
compared with the past, Better is a living
dog than dead lion.
The most useless and painful feeling is the
one of regret. Repent of lost opportunities
we must, and get pardon we may but re-
grets weaken, dishearten and cripple for fu-
ture work. If sea Captain who once had
charge of a White Star steamer across the
Atlantic Ocean, one foggy night runs on a
rock off Newfoundland, and passengers and
ship perish, shall he refuse to take command
of small boat up the North River. and saw:
81 never will go on the water again unless !,
can run one of the White Star liner Shall
the engineer of lightning express who at
the station misread the telegram of the train
dispatcher and went into collision, and for
that has been put down TO the work or
engineering on freight train, say;
never will again mount an engine I'M
less can run a vestibule express Take
what you have of opportunity left DO your
best with what remains. Your shortest VIM
ter day is worth more to you than can be the
longest day of previous summer. Your
opportunity now, as compared with previous
opportunities, may be small as rat terrier
compared with the lion which at Matabosa,
fatally wounded by the gun OF David Liv-
ingstone, in its death agony leaped upon the
missionary explorer and with its jaws crushed
the bone of his arm to splinters, and then
rolled over and expired, but Better is a
living dog than dead lion.a
Ny text also means that the condition Of
the most wretched man alive is better than
that of the most favored sinners departed.
The chance of these last is gone Where they
are they cannot make any earthly assets
available. After Charlemagne was dead he
was set III an ornamented sepulcher on a
golden throne, and crewn was put on his
cold brow, and a scepter in his stiff hand,
but that gave him no dominion in the next
world. One of the most intensely interest
ing things 1 saw last winter in Egypt was
Pharaoh Of olden times the very Pharaoh
who oppressed the lsraelites. The inscrip-
tons on his sarcophagus and the writing on
his mummy bandages prove beyond contro-
versy that he was the Pharaoh Of Bible times.
All the Egyptologists and the explorations
Telegram-herald., 1890-07-18
Place no Orders Until You Have Visited the Great
CINCINNATI F0TnlT5 ISO5 kxDOSIO1 N lR THU TRADE To AUGUST
PLEASED VITA THe RESULT.

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p1rrssraem. Pa. Jely l7-S4uuel
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borea "Wednesday 70 address tw0 alass-
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making grg1d t0tal of @opl0 w0FEing re3
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rlent. iG according u pohte3l rulcs, carh
voter represents ave people, then l0.00e
men, soHen aud children $50 better CT to-day
than faey were Ihrre months asa Ncr s.
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Telegram-herald., 1890-07-18
FURNITURE BUYERS
FURNITURE DEALERS
HANDICAPPED.
The Words Far Given a Set
Back oy ChlcaZo Altsrmsn
TIE COUNCILS SELFISH SCHExE.
They wsst 90 EaFteh tae Csty at ths ~
psass - the stoekho- sers--Iae tie -
the Lake Froat a. a Part Of taa
site Przctica4ly ka0eks1 Ou-



cHIcAG0. July 1L-Ihe ordnance
giving the directors Of the Columbian
Exposition The right 70 Use the lake
front for portion OF the site o. the
fair sas passed IN = badly mHtlatsd
condition By the city council WedHes-
day night One OF the amendments
adopted requires the directors OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition 10 use
no less than 80 acres OF ground
On the lake front Failure 70
observe the provision by ex-
press terms renders the ordinance
null and void Another section provides
that under 40 circumstances shall any
portion Of the city be called upon 20 pay
any portion OF the expense OF filling
up the space lying east OF the
lake front This section prohibits
the levying Of taxes by the city,
town. or park boards 20 aid in max
ing the ground required for the exposi-
tion. A third amendment was adopted
declaring that the ground made east of
the lake front shall. after the fair and
the end OF the lease, become the prop
erty Of the city of Chicago. These
three amendments are fatal. They COM
pei the directors 10 make 100 acres OF
valuable ground without compensation
either by way OF taxation or direct pay
ment and then surrender the ground TO
the city.
The ordinance as adopted provides
that the city shall lease to the directors
OF the Worlds Columbian Exposition
for the purpose OF an exposition only
that part of the lake front lying between
Monroe street and Park row from August
Is. 1890, 10 May /, 1895. The directors
are not permitted 10 make any
bargain, trade, arrangement or agree
ment with the Illinois Central road
without the consent of the council The
exposition is required TO vacate the
ground at the end Of the lease aud yield
up to the city OF Chicago the grounds in
its possession.
President Gage, Vice President Bryan
and Directors Waller, Mccormick
Keyes and Kohlsaat were present
They declined TO say what they thought
OF the ordinance, but their faces were
glum enough 10 express their disgust
most emphatically.
The directors of the fair are averse to
talking about the action Of the council.
No individual member will make any
statement 1t is the general opinion
that they can not accept the ordinance,
which means that the, entire fair will
be held at Jackson Park.