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Drink for Heated Workers.

Speaking of oatmeal, an American
contemporary remarks that ca very
good drink is made by putting about
two spoonfuls of the meal into a
tumbler of water" The western hunt
ers long ago considered it the best of
drinks, as it is at once nourishing
and satisfying, yet unstimulative. 1t is
popular in the Brooklyn hayward,
two and one-half pounds of oatmeal
being put into pail of moderately cool
water. 1t is much better than the ordi-
nary mixtures of vinegar and molasses
with water, which farmers use in the
haying or harvest field. A wide and
long experience, especially in Europe,
warrants strong praises of the virtues
of oatmeal water as summer drink
for men engaged at hot and laborious
occupations. While not yet used by
the workmen at all the rolling mills
and blast furnaces, it is more or less
lagely drank in the rolling-mill, blast
furnaces and glass works throughout
the United States, while in England,
Wales and Scotland it is even more
popular as a working drink by those
engaged at hot and toilsome labors
than with workers in this country. 1t
is far more strengthening to sustain
the toiler through continued exertion
amid high temperature than the
stimulating beers and ales which are
frequently, and in some places custom
arily, resorted to by men in these occu-
pations. While it matters not what heat
the workman must undergo, he may
consume any quantity of the oatmeal
water without any injurious conse-
quence whatever. A little over half a
pound of oatmeal to a gallon of water
makes this most excellent beverage,
which the more temperate among for
eign iron workers greatly use, and
which, they assert, much surpasses as
regular drink all found in ale, beer or
porter. London Honmonger.
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Intelligent SparrOws.

In a country town the English sparrows
took possession of the caves and the attic of
the courthouse, built their nests there, and
fought and propagated with tireless energy.
One day in the spring-time came a butcher
bird, and lighted on a tree near the court
house. Before the arrival of the butcher
bird, perhaps two hundred sparrows were
hopping and flying about in peace, if not in
quetness. In an instant they had all dis
appeared. Not one could be seen. You
would not have known that there was
sparrow in town, had it not been for an
occasional subdued chirp under the caves
of the courthouse. Now, probably none Of
these little scamps had ever seen a butcher
bird before But some instinct told them
that he meant mischief, and, not standing
upon the order of their going, they went at
once. For two days the butcher-bird made
his home in that tree, killing several robins,
but not sparrow. They, like Brer Rabbit,
courthouse shot the butcher bird The
sparrows must have been watching the pro-
ceedings for their dead enemy had hardly
touched the ground before every one of
them was there too, foraging with appetites
sharpened with two days fast They paid
no attention to the man with the gun nor to
the butcher-bird, but just went industriously
to work filling their little crops. Now, what
other bird has so much discernment? How
did they know their enemy was dead? And,
further, how did they know that the same
weapon which had killed him wouldn't be
used to kill them? They did know both
things in some way. If for nothing else but
their smartness, the sparrows ought to be
encouraged by a smart people like our
selves.-Nel0 York Star.
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The following story is told, in "The Book
of Clerical Anecdotes" about an old New
England divine who was noted for his
eccentricity; "A neighboring minister, a
mild, inofensive man, with whom he was
about to exchange, said to him, knowing
the peculiar bluntness of his character,
You will find some panes of glass broken
in the pulpit window and possibly You
may suffer from the cold. The cushion, too,
is in bad condition, but | beg of you not
to say anything to my people on the subject.
They are poor etc. oh, no! Oh, no.
said Mr.. Adams. But ere he left home
he filled a bag with rags and took it with
him. When he had been in the pulpit a
short time, feeling somewhat incommoded
by the too free circulation of air, he delib-
erately took from the bag handful or two
of rags, and stuffed them into the window
Toward the close of his discourse, which
was more or less upon the duties of a people
toward their clergyman, he became very
animated, and purposely brought down
both fists with tremendous force upon the
pulpit cushion. The feathers flew in all
directions and the cushion was pretty much
used up. He instantly checked the current
of his thought, and, simply exclaiming,
Why, how these feathers fly proceeded
with his sermon. He had fulfilled his prom
Use of not addressing the society on the sub
ject, but had taught them lesson not to be
misunderstood. On the next Sabbath the
window and cushion were found in excel
lent repair. ~, Y u. Evangelist.
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Don't tell your husband your every
thought, writes Mrs. p. T. Barnum in
the LADIES' Home Journal. Many of
them are not worth telling-and don't
ask to know his. This is not secretive-
ness, but common sense and delicacy;
as much so as the feeling that prompts
you to say your morning prayer inaudi-
bly,, and to take your bath in private.
Do you think that any reserve is fatal
to the oneness of an ideal marriage?
Have you heard of the "atomic the
ory''? How scientists tell us that all
palpable objects, even granite, are
composed of innumerable infinitesimal
atoms, which, however close they may
be, never really touch each other? This
is true of a heart of man and a
woman. They can never quite touch,
for the most devoted husband and wife
can never see anything from exactly
the same point of view; or feel any
thing in exactly the same manner and de-
gree. This is the inevitable consequence
of differing sex; but they may come so
near that nothing can come between
so near as to support each other and re-
sst the world with gigantic strength
and solidarity.
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Campfire Gossip.

EDITOR UPPER of the Brandon
Union will address the veterans of the
Third Vermont Regiment at their re-
union at st. Johnsbury in the fall,
GEORGE F. WOODRUFF of Westford,
who is the only survivor of the Custer
massacre, was recently examined at
Burlington for a pension. After the
massacre he wandered about for four
days and four nights without anything
to eat, but he finally struck a mining
camp. In 1886, while driving an ex-
press wagon at st. Louis, he had a
stroke of paralysis, and he is now I'M
able to work, and is in destitute circum-
stances.
FRANCIS W. RANDALL, son of Colo
mel F. V. Randall, was probably the
youngest boy in the army. He was
born at Mortified, it is stated, ON April
3, 1851, and went out in Company F,
Second Vermont Regiment, in May,
1861, when he was little over ten years
old. He also served in the Thirteenth
and Seventeenth Vermont Regiments,
and was discharged July IA, 1865. He
is now only forty years old, and has
never seen a well day since he left the
army. He was at the battle of Gettys-
burg, and was the only drummer of his
regiment that remained on the field
during the three days fight, carrying
water to the wounded and running for
stretchers, for which he was personally
thanked by General Stannard on the
field
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Obs 9ousebul0.
A Child of Seven.

All the bells of heaven may ring,
All the birds of heaven may sing,
All the winds of earth may bring
All sweet sounds together;
Sweeter far than all things heard,
Hand OF harper, tone of bird,
Sounds of woods at shutdown stirred
yelling waters winsome word,
Wind in warm, warm weather;
One thing yet there is, that none
Hearing, ere its charms be done,
Knows not we'll the sweetest one
Heard of man beneath the sun,
Hoped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong, and loud and light,
Very round and very light,
Heard from mornings rosiest height,
Where the soul of all delight
Fills child's clear laughter.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth such notes, nor told
Hours so blthe in tones so bold
As the radiant mouth of gold
Here that rings forth heaven.
If the golden-crested wren
Were a nightingale, why, then,
Something seen and heard of men
Might be half as sweet as when
Laughs child of seven.
-AlqeTpoR Sqcineburn
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jackets, and dresses copied from her
daughters or younger friends. She
pinches her waist and her feet and her
hands, in the vain attempt to dis
guise the fact that her form is not the
same that it was ten, twenty, thirty
years ago. 1t almost kills her to own
up to the fact that her wast-measure is
larger, and that she wears a half-size
larger boots and gloves than she once
did. The dread of growing old throws
dark shadow over the glowing noon
day, or what should be the beautiful,
long afternoon of her life. Poor woman,
what sad mental condition is hers !
Can she not strive to realize the JOY of
the larger, freer, more perfect life that
experience, ripeness, fruition ought to
bring to every one? Can she see no
pleasure in gathering in the golden
harvest?- Exchange.
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The Old Umbrella.

A very pretty piece of ornamental
gardening, not too difficult for begin
ners, is described in Harper'S YOUNG
People. 1t is made with an old UNI
brella or parasol, and some plants of
cypress vine, maurandia, sweet-pea, or
anything that is not of too aspiring a
nature. Such climbers as the morning
glory, canary-bird vine and other twenty.
footers are better left for unsightly
fences and buildings. Plants are better
than seeds, because more certain, and
they do not take so long to catch the
knack of twining and spreading. UNI
brella ribs are not decorative, and to
see such an object standing there week
after week, waiting for its clothes, does
not give one a pleasant impression of a
garden. But first find your umbrella;
and this may not be 80 easy, for re-
tired umbrellas that are no longer fit
for use are seldom seen. Some member
of the family, however, may be able to
produce one; and then ii should be i'm
mediately stripped of the few tatters
left to it. The next step is to paint the
frame and handle brown, and when
quite dry, plant the end of the handle
firmly in the ground, with the frame
fully opened. If the handle is rather
short, it will be an Improvement to add
a piece of wood to it. 1t is now ready
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Pieces of Bread.

The average bread pudding" is an
extravaganza, although there are con-
tinually printed in household literature
directions for using dry pieces of bread
by making them into a pudding with
the addition of eggs, milk, spice, sugar,
and possibly fruit-materials sufficient
in cost for a plain cake or ginger
bread, of which the remnants would be
eatable; but cold bread pudding is in
evitably thrown away. The best way
to use pieces OF bread is to dry them in
a cool oven, then roll on the bread
board until fine; put them in a glass
jar and use for sprinkling over the top
of escalloped potato, macaroni, baked
hash and tomato dishes. If the crumbs
are already prepared, use will be
found for them so frequently that none
will be wasted
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STRAWBERRY TEA CAKE.-Two eggs,
reserving the white of one, one cupful
of sugar, butter the size of an egg, one
half cupful of milk, two cupfuls of
flour, one teaspoonful of cream tartar,
one.half teaspOonful of soda. Bake in
three layers Filling: White of one
egg beaten very stiff and three-fourths
of cupful of sugar; beat again, then
add one-half cupful of fresh straw
berries bruised to a pulp, and beat till
stiff. This gives filling of beauti-
full pink tinge.
CHERRY RoLYPoLY.-Sift a pint of
flour, add one-quarter of a pound of
suet. chopped fine, about quarter of a
tea-spoonful of salt and the same
amount of soda and just water enough
to make a dough that can be rolled out
on - board. Stem and stone one pint
OF MOrelle cherries. Roll the crust
nearly an inch thick, spread the cher
ries evenly over it and dredge them
lightly with -four. Roll it up, put it in
a Toured cloth and pin it securely. Put
it in pot of boiling water and boil two
hours.
BANANA CUsTARD. To one quart of
milk that has been scalded add slowly
four eggs, well beaten with three table
spoonfuls of sugar and pinch of salt.
To prevent burning, use double boiler.
Stir the custard until it thickens, taking
care it does not boil, and when done,
remove from the fire. Have ready Gus.
tard cups into which tbinly-sliced ban
anas have been put, sprinkled with a
little sugar. Turn the custard over the
fruit, filing the cups, and set away until
want d for use. This is a delicious
dessert
CHERRY JAM.-Red cherries are the
best for jam when not overlipe. If the
preference is to preserve them whole,
make syrup, putting, for every pound
of fruit, one pound of sugar into a gill
of cold water which should boil for
half an hour. Have the fruit picked
from the stalks and weighed, put into
the syrup, and let it boil for an hour,
stirring gently and carefully to avoid
breaking the fruit, and skim OCCASION
ally. Put little on plate, and when
it stiffens the jam is done. Fill jars,
and let the jam cool before covering it.
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Soldiers 8uo9et.
Pensions TO VermOnters.

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son II. Perry, Eugene G. Wells, James
M. Bassett, William w. Goodwin, Cor
ham E. Getchell, Jacob Bishop, Sid
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rick Ryan, Henry G. Youngs, Henry
G. Tower, John McSherrey, Ozro
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Frizzell, Charles d. Ingham, Stephen
G.. Marvin, David f. Hazelton, Samuel
Gile, Walter f. Smith, Horace Messen-
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George G. Archer IncreaSe-Lewis
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net ReiSSue--Elmer NJ. King, de-
ceased. Reissue and Increase-Henry
G. Preston. Original Wido,o-Olive
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druggists at seventy five cents.
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THE FIRST STEP. -Perhaps you are
run down, can't eat, can't sleep, can't
think, can't do anything to your salts
faction, and you wonder what ails you.
You should heed the warning, you are
taking the first step into nervous pros
tration. You need nerve tonic and
in Electric Bitters you will find the ex-
act remedy for restoring your nervous
system to its normal, healthy condition.
Surprising results follow the use of
this great nerve tonic and Alternative.
Your appetite returns, good digestion
is restored and the liver and Kidneys
resume healthy action. Try bottle.
Price fifty cents at G. Blakely's, Mont
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for the vines, which should have made
some progress in growing; and when
they once begin to do their best, the old
umbrella frame makes such a lovely
green bower, studded with blossoms of
red or purple or white-or all together,
if the vines are mixed-that every one
exclaims over its beauty. A parasol
with the same treatment is equally
pretty on smaller scale, and it would
be very ornamental in the centre of a
round bed edged with bright-colored
phlox or candytuft. With long
spouted watering-pot the vines could
have daily drenching in warm weather,
when the sun is not shining on them,
from their roots to their highest green
tips, and this would keep them fresh.
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Salads.

Do not be afraid of the name " salad, ;"
or call it a new-fangled dish. Many
farmers wives make delicious salads
and know their value, but far too many
others consider this dish one to be
served upon expensive tables and as
suited to epicures solely. A few leaves
of lettuce dressed with vinegar, salt and
a sprinkling of sugar, or raw onions,
sliced and served with similar dress
ing, are the simplest forms of salad
and commonly served on everyday
tables. This limited knowledge of salad
making may be proftably increased.
Most rules for salads require oil in the
dressing, but there are several excel
lent rules which call for butter. The
following, taken from Miss Parloa's
Cook book, is excellent: Measure care
fully, and do not leave out or scant any
single ingredient, expecting to have
the result satisfactory, four table
spoonfuls of butter, one of -four, one of
salt, one of sugar, one heaping tea
spoonful of mustard, a speck of cayenne,
one cup of milk, one-half cup of vine
gar, three eggs. Let the butter get hot
in a saucepan; add the flour and stir
until smooth, being careful not to
brown. Add the milk and boil up,
then place the saucepan in another of
hot water. Beat the eggs, salt, pepper,
sugar and mustard together and add
the vinegar. Stir this into the boiling
mixture and stir until it thickens like
soft custard, which may take about five
minutes. Set it away to cool in bowl
or, if liked, put it in wide-mouthed bot
ties. 1t will keep two weeks in warm
weather if set in the refrigerator.
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Medals to Vermont Soldiers.

The following is a copy of the record
of Vermont soldiers who have received
medals from congress for distinguished
services in the war. The record has
recently been placed on file in the office
of Acknowledgment Peck at Mont
pelier: Butterfield, Lieutenant-colo
Frank g., captain, Sixth Vermont In
fantry, for bravery in action at Salem
Heights, Virginia, May 4, 1868. Dol
loft, Charles W., corporal, Company X,
Eleventh Vermont Infantry, for cap
ture of flag at Petersburg, Virginia,
April 2, 1865. Gould, Brevet-ma jor
Charles g., captain, Fifth Vermont In
fantry, for bravery in action at Peters,
burg, Virginia, April 2, 1865. Hack,
Lester g., sergeant, Company F, Fifth
Vermont Infantry, for capture of flag
at Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865.
Johnston, Willie, musician, Company
d, Third Vermont Infantry, unknown,
September, 1863 Lyons, Frederick
A., corporal, Company A, First Yer
mont Cavalry, for capture of flag at
Cedar Greek, Virginia, October 10, 1864.
Sweeney, James, private, Company A,
First Vermont Cavalry, for capture of
flag at Cedar Greek, Virginia, October
10, 1864. Scott, Julian A., drummer,
Company E, Third Vermont Infantry,
unknown, February 4, 1865 Wood
bury, Fri D., sergeant, Company E,
First Vermont Cavalry, for capture of
flag at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October
10, 1864.
By some mistake the service for
which Willie Johston received his
medal is not recorded, but it is well
known that the medal was given for his
fidelity during the seven days retreat.
He was the only drummer boy in Gen
eral Badly Smiths division who carried
his drum with him throughout the re-
treat, and he drummed with it at the
first division parade held after the ar
rival of McClellan's army at Harrison's
Landing. The facts were reported by
General Smith, and Willie was sum-
moned to Washington and received his
medal of honor from the hands of
Secretary Stanton. Julian A. Scott,
who is now a well-known artist, dis
tinguished himself at the engagement
at Lees Mills by rescuing wounded
men. He carried two across the river
on his back, fording the river four times
in doing it. Acknowledgement Peck is
endeavoring to procure photographs of
each one of the above-named Vermont
soldiers, and to have them hung in an
alcOve in his office, marked " Medal-of-
honor-men from Vermont in the war of
the rebellion"
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Dress and Age.

1t is often said that few women know
how to grow old gracefully. There is
certainly graceful way and an ungrace-
full way of taking all the goods and ills
of life, and since we must take what life
offers US, it is well to accept what comes
in as graceful manner as possible.
The ungraceful way of receiving the
advances of Father Time is persist
emily to refuse to acknowledge him.
"Here is gray hair, and am only
twenty-five; pull it out" Out it comes,
and seven more grow up in its place.
"A large hat or turban always did be-
come me, and Pm sure I'm not so old
that need give them up yet" Per-
haps not, but, all the same, a modest lit
tie bonnet with strings that tie under
your chin is vastly more becoming to
you now. 81 shall get that particular
shade of red, or pink, or blue, for it al
ways was so becoming to me-" Yes, it
always was, but it isn't now, all the
same. If you will only face the fact
that the first freshness of youth has de-
parted, you can find shade more be-
coming to your present complexion
than that particular one you are set on
having. This is the spirit of the young
woman of twenty-five or thirty, who,
although she may be a wife and a
mother, still clings to the traditions of
girlhood. But the middle.aged woman
in her fifties and sixties may be even
more ungraceful. 1t doesn't seem pos
sible that she can ignore Father Time
80 utterly at that age, but she does.
She bangs her hair; wears juvenile
bonnets, and even hats; tight-6tting
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PORTLAND, Me-, Nov. /, 1890.

D. s. Co..
Messrs-For some six years have been afflicted
with spells of numbness, selling me in my limbs,
and at times affecting my power of articulation
I could not speak. This would be followed
by hot-fiushes, leaving me very weak and
nervous.
Neuralgia also claimed me for its victim, and
beset me for Deeks at n time 'oith its DidddeniHq
pain. grew very irritable My BRAIN FELT
TIRED. Spells of dependency became more
frequent, and it seemed to me sometimes that
REASON WOULD BE DE'rHRONED.
Last March your advertising team passed our
house, and as boy came running up the steps,
met him Mt the door, and took the paper he handed
me. In the quiet of my chamber, read it through
and through. sent boy to III III .Rickers for bot
tie of DANA'S SARSAPARILLA. 1t helped me
from the first. am now taking my seventh bottle,
and have not had a NUMB SPELL PoR OVER THREE
MONTHS. MY LAST ATTACK OF NEURALGIA WAS
OVER FOUR MONTHS Ago. My nerves feel strong,
and am WELL, or at least very near it. 1 have
good appetite, and have gained nineteen and
one-half pounds in weight l never expected to
feel rs do now. My gratitude is unbounded. |
hope that all afflicted AS | will try the reno.
waiting powers of DANA'S SARSAPARILLA.
Sincerely yours,
CLARA f. BLACKBURN.
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"WHAr did that new suit of yours COST"
1.-TWO hundred dollars" Jerusalem man !
How did that happen?" Easy enough,
paid $50 for the suit originally, and it looked
so well that my wife would not let me rest
till had put up 1928 more for an outfit for
her to match It. Buy cheap clothes, old
fellow. Buy cheap clothes. . Washington
Sf1r
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He who hath no bride on his tongue
hath no grace in his heart. st. Jerome.