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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01

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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-03-01

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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Parents and Children.

Parents talk too much to their children,
"A physician authoritativcly asserts, partic-
ularly those parents who give most anx-
ious thought to bringing up their children.
The talk of children is a natural escape
valve; tall to children is IN undue stimu-
lus. If parents were what they should be,
their yea and nay would be sufficient. 1t
is better, says the physician, to turn "a
child's mind to something childish and
superficial when it wishes to do or to know
things not suited to its age or capacity
than to satisfy, argue or explain.
Children should he encouraged to talk in
private about all the things, little and
great, hat fill their minds. But let them
do the talking. If IA child thinks thai the
stars are gimlet holes in the floor of heaven
to let the glory through, why not? 1t is
not necessary for children to nave correct
views of the cosmogony of the universe.
Let them work out their little problems in
their own way.
y mother with Il child Of unusual precoc-
ity set out with the determination to he al
ways perfectly frank and reasonable with
the little one. Now, Il child can ask more
questions in Il minute than IL philosopher
can answer in IA lifetime. This child is of
delicate health, and by order of the physi-
clans no books are allowed her, but her
daily conversation with this devoted moth
er is more stimulating thar any child's
book. 1t is always the best, the most pains
taking mothers who err in this way. The
theory of compensation is II broad one
New York Evening sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

If women could but realize it, they double
their labor and add WEAKNESS to their own
flesh, and that of all with whom they come
in contact, by the %haphazard way in which
they shop. 1t is just as easy to start off
after something you really want as to go
fooling around and trying to make up your
mind when you are in the midst of the
crowd in the shops. "An eyesight" to
your need is a very important adjunct in a
shopping campaign, and the successful
buyer usually possesses it. One gains "A
good deal of information concerning HUI
nan nature in attending the bargain sales,
and if one has leisure she gains IA good deal
Of amusement as well by lingering a little
around the most attractive counters. There
she sees all sorts and conditions of women.
There is the one who knows just what
she wants. She has her memorandum
tablets in her hand, and she goes from
counter to counter making her purchases.
She knows the best bargain the moment
she sees it, and she secures it. She doesn't
stop to look at things she doesn't want;
not "A bit of it. She attends strictly to
business and gets through with it, while
the fussy woman who doesn't know what
she wants is pulling over towels on the
counter. She is Il delight to the salesman
or saleswoman, and she gets served with
respect and dispatch.-New York Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

1t is now nearly thirty-five years since
Miss Virginia Penny began her labors for
the working women Of this country. She
was then IA resident If Louisville, her birth
place. Thrown upon her own resources by
sudden financial revcrses, she had become
IA teacher in Il seminary for girls. During
that period she realized how few avenues
of employment were open for women, espe
cially in the south, where social pride
closed to them most of the few branches of
work that they could, without loss of
standing, enter in the north. When a leg
acy enabled her to go back to "A life of ease
she concluded TO investigate for herself the
question of woman's labors, and AS far
back as 1853 she began the work to which
she has devoted the greater part of her
life.
At that time only seven occupations were
open to women in any part of this country;
now, owing in IA considerable degree to her
labors, there are nearly 400. Her work was
Of the severest and most trying nature,
She visited the libraries of New York, Bos
ton and Philadelphia. spending four years
in preliminary Investigations. She sent
thousands of circular letters to merchants
and manufacturers, employed assistants
and visited between 5000 and 5000 shops
and stores. New York sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Brother and Sister.

Whenever ! see a young man who is at
tentive to his own sister, taking her to
theaters, escorting her to and from parties
and the like, | feel like CONCENTRATING
both Of them. Such II picture is always
beautiful, such an example IL worthy of
imitation. When | see a young man who
is not attentive to his W sister, who is
perpetually bestowing his favors on some
other fellows sister, | do not condemn him,
and | make no inquiries as to the why's
and wherefores. The matter is outside of
my bailiwick. Perhaps his sister has
plenty Of other company which she prefers
to his, possibly he prefers another girls
society to that of his sister, and in Il great
many instances each condition contributes
to the situation.
On the other hand, it sometimes happens
that incompatibility of temper is the chief
cause, and that, too, without rejecting
with fatal seriousness on either party. The
fact is, there is too much of this promis-
cuous scOlding of young men for neglect
ing their sisters. Detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Country Girls in Town.

If you who read this are "A brown coun-
try lass and should find that your fate
leads you to the city, carry with you all
that you have learned in the years of child
hood and maidenhood on the old farm. You
will need it all in the feverish city-the
memory of sky and upland, the smell of
the clover, the hum of the bees, the taste
of the new milk, the breath of the kline,
the strength which milking and butter
making have given you; the knowledge of
natures secrets-which lilac leaves out
first, which oak is last stripped of it's foil
age, where the ground sparrow hides her
nest, when the blackberries are fit to make
into jam.
Bring the simple, healthy habits of early
rising, of energetic work, of outdoor exer-
else, to your city home, for you will need
them now more han ever before. They
will help you in gaining an understanding
of the best things city life can give you,
the broader experience of men and ideas,
the love of art, the appreciation of litera
ture. No matter how rich you may be-
come. never be wasteful.-Maud Howe in
Ladies' Home journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

and Of household prudence' Who is to
make the nourishing Cruel or dainty stock
for the home invalidP
What business man would select as man
ager of his mandatory IA man completely
ignorant of the details of the business, and
yet many fashionable mothers expect him
to select for the mistress Of his home a
woman who not only never cooked "a dish
in her life, but considers herself too beau
tiful or too dainty to be concerned about
such things. "Why, | shall nave "A house
keeper, of course she will see to all that.
Charlie wants me to keep pretty and enjoy
myself" There are, however, household
duties which cannot be left to the care of
help.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
THE HOSTESS WHO FUSES.
Plant of a Feminine Writer Who Has
Suffered at Some Time in Her Life.

Plant of "A Feminine Writer Who Has
Suffered at Some Time in Her Life.
If it is true that you never thoroughly
know you women friends till they come to
stay in your house, it is likewise undeniable
that even the friend of your bosom will de-
velop undreamed of domestic virtues or
vices when you become the recipient of her
hospitality. If there is any element of
friction between entertainer and enter.
tanned, it is always more pronounced in
the middle class three-maids-and-a ABBOT
and-knife-boy establishment than in the
haunts of our richer brethren. This is 80
of necessity, because the limited number
of servants means fewer guests at IA time,
and in consequence one sees more of the
Gladly of the house" than would otherwise
be possible.
There are occasions when such a consum.
nation is of all things to be desired, but
this is not the case when you are the vic
tim of the undivided attention of Il fussy
hostess who is bent on entertaining you.
Trains, etc, being to blame. we arrive at
1:45, cold and hungry, dinner being at s..
We note that the master and mistress of
the house have already donned their even
ing garments. He is the soul of punctual.
ity and considers being late for dinner the
one np"Iuoii"oi Sill we nav no ilaiu-
,he SIZE Oh the mousse etC'' iorplus .his-ahd
hhow my I"'U 1t thls Hour ,he waiting
maiu mas her iahus iuii an" the spllt
Sirl 10 esPeciaIlS "un,e" III ner h!prlu ca
pacIt!' we tnihh WIN ueSpalr Oh our heces-
S"r! "nPacAIhE anu Arranging "hlle our
HOSTESS wastes I'VE OF our precious hiteeh
MINUTES ioltcrlhS III Vne h"ll' one uoes
'his ny nlaNihS Wh"I sue colsiders Vhe
proper INQUIRIES "pou, our !ourhey-Why
'he Train was i"ue' u we uluh Ihi IL very
coiu' eUc'' ana at lehgth asks II we would
I'M 70 see our looih, $500,
we jump AT 'ne oler ana "ohuer when
'rocN WIN 20 on III 'eh minutes:
one PreceuTs Us up 'he s'alrs, opens a
uoor' anu WIN Il siiSh' wave oi lhe hahd
ihulca'es mat we are 10 MAKE ourselves at
nome we ehuer, ana so uoeS she! we
nave aireauy i"u enough experience ior
our VISION Oh uo"n,ih-.l'ne-Wl'h~a-ScraihpIe
10 pe oispelieu. enc lISt observes 'h'at our
ctnuics are not llSh'eu' ohe proceeds 10
Illuminate ou, 'ie CANDIES are new ana
.ne NlcAs VIII hot c"'ch' Az iast .hey
IIcAer' anu sue iooNS arouhu TO see that
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

Properly prepared an oatmeal Cruel is
delicious. Stir two tab~lespoonfuls of oat-
meal into IA boiling mixture of half a pint
of milk and half a pint of water. Let it
cook slowly for two hours where it will
not burn but will merely simmer. If the
steam cooked oatmeal commonly sold in
the grocery stores is used, it will require
but half an hours cooking. a scant half
teaspoonful of salt should be added to the
oatmeal when it is put over to cook. 1t
may he cooked in IA double boiler, but if
so, the inner dish which contains it must
be set for a few minutes on the stove lid
at the beginning. The Cruel is all the bet
ter, however, for being cooked in "A single
porcelain lined kettle, if you are willing to
take care 10 stir it occasionally New
York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Uncom Portable wedding Rings.

The Bayanzi, who live along the upper
Congo, have "A strange custom which makes
life n burden to the married women. Brass
rods are welded into great rings around
the necks of the wives. Many of these
rings worn by the women whose husbands
are well to do weigh rs much as thirty
pounds, and this burden must be carried
by the poor creatures as long as they live.
Frequently one sees a poor woman whose
neck is CALLED by the heavy weight, and in
places the skin is rubbed Off by the ring.
This is IA sure sign that the ring has been
recently welded around the neck. After a
short time the skin becomes calloused and
then the strange ornamen produces no
abrasion. The weight is a perpetual tax
upon the energies. In every crowd of WON
en- may be seen IA number who are support
ing the ring with their hands, and thus for
a time are relieving their weary shoulders
of the burden.
A ring is never put around a woman's
neck until she is believed to have attained
her full physical development. Once on it
is no easy matter to get it off. The natives
have M files, and although they can ham
mer IA lot of brass rods into one, it is very
difficult for them to cut the thick mass of
metal. Women who increase largely in
flesh after the rings have been fastened on
their necks are in danger of %strangling to
death, and instances of this sort have oc-
CURED. The women, however, regard the
cumbrous ornament with pride. imagine
that it enhances their Importance and
beauty. and wear their burdens with light
hearts. Brass is the money of the country.
and in putting it around their wives necks
the men are certain that it will not he
stolen or foolishly expended. Boston
t'nu riar
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

She selected one by one the green coffee
beans, mixed them in learned proportions,
roasted them with great care hat they
should not get black, ground them, poured
with her graceful hands, slowly and at
stated intervals faithfully observed, the
pure and limpid water boiled on "A brilliant
flame. In the cup, white and thin as al
eggshell, she put II lumpo of real sugar, OBJ
tanned by means of the most patient STRAIT
agems. Then she poured the black, burn
ing liquor into the cup, and beautiful,
illuminated by love, clothed in white, her
black hair in curls OF her narrow forehead,
her eyes full of pride and maternal tender
ness, brought to her husband IA drink that
czars desire vainly, but that is worthy of
rewarding the nights spent in ecstacy of
poets, whose thoughts fly around the world
like birds of joy and light.-New York
Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
One WOman's Way.

81 never allow IA single inclosed space Of
any kind in my Kitchen said IA very good
housekecper. MY cupboard or closet he.
comes ii sure receptacle for rubbish unless
most carefully watched, and no cook, now
ever tidy, likes to have the mistress
opening doors and looking in, as though
investigating the state of affairs. So |
have found that by far the best way is to
have everything open, no kitchen closet,
no inclosed space under the dresser, or
above all, the sink; and in this way | pass
all the pots and kettles and pans under a
daily review without hurting Bijly's ever
susceptible feelings. New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
LOVE INDEED.


Our love Is donel
would not have 1t back, ! say,
would not nave my whole year Mayt
But yet for our dead PASSIONS sake,
Kiss me once more and strive to make
Our last kiss the supremest one,
For love Is done.
Our love Is donel
And still my eyes with tears are wet,
Our souls are stirred with vain regret:
We gaze farewell. yet canno speak,
And firm resolve grows strangely weak,
Though hearts are twain that once wer
one,
Since love is done.
But love is done!
l know it. vow 1t, and that kiss
Must set n linis to our bliss.
Yet when | felt thy mouth meet mine,
My life again seemed half divine,
Our very hearts together run!
Can love be done?
Can love he done?
Who cares if this he mad or wiser
Trust not my words, but read my eyes,
Thy kiss Aade sleeping love awake;
Then takc me to thy heart; all! take
The life that with thine own is one,
Love is not done,
Toronto Truth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

try to make IA bonnet Worth has given
us the idea; all we need are pluck and ma
terials."
We tore ourselves away from Virot's,
bought frame, velvet, lining. cord and
feathers, the entire expenditure amount
ing to twenty-five frames. We cut away
the ninety centime frame to suit my style
of hair: we covered it with the best silk
velvet, costing only seven francs, as we
CHANGED upon II bias remnants; we lined the
structures; W. bound it with fine velvet
cord; W. arranged three ducks of feathers
quite jauntily; we sewed on strings and
Elastic, and lol in thrce-quarters of an
hour we created "A bonnet that meets every
body's appreciation .-Kate Fields Wash
inQtOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
A LITTLE RIFT.

Her glance Is down dropped to the rose at her
feet,
And tears dim the blue of her eyes;
The red light Is fading. the gold light has
flown
From the gathering gray of the skies;
The world Is a mournfuler place than she
thought,
Where lovers grow fond but to sever;
Alas, for my lass, my pretty gay lassl
Her summer is over forever.
But what when the sun comes from under the
cloud,
And what when the worlds all aglow
With the sparkle of light, md the blue in the
sky.
And the laughter of brooks as they flow.
There were tears, but forgiveness has blotted
them out,
She smiles back at loves sweet endeavor:
What. no, for my lass, my pretty gay lass,
Ii is summer, bright summer forever!
-Cornclia Percival in Philadelphia Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
An Early Settlement in Western New York


In March, 1910, Enos Stone, of Lenox,
Mass, having inherited from his father
$50 acres of land on the east side of the
Genesee river, settled On his property, hav
ing brought his wife the entire distance,
the most of it wilderness, on an OK sled.
Two months later IA son was born to him
in a cabin he had erected on a previous
visit to his possessions. The child was the
first white child born in what is now Mon
roe county. He was named James Stod-
dard. He became one of the builders up
of the city of Rochester, and died at Char
lotte, in his eighty-second year. The
cabin in which he was born was made of
planks hewed with an AK by his father,
and it was the first house ever built in
what is now Rochester.
The year James Stoddard Stone was
born his father raised the first wheat crop
in Monroe county, and sledded it to Bata
via on the sane sled hat had carried his
wife from Lenox. 1t was ground at Bata-
via and made ten barrels of -four. AS he
could not dispose of it for cash at home he
put il Oh the old sled and took il all the
way to l.enoX and SOLE it. That was the
first shipment of four from that region
which is now amous for that commodity.
James Stoddard Stone lived in the house
where he died for nearly sixty years
Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
PLAYWRIGHT Jerome's Wish.

May your lovers become your husbands
and your husbands remain your lovers.
May You never be troubled by yearnings
after the ~unattainable, nor feel called to "a
mission you are unable to fulfill: but may
you find fragrance in the flowers that grow
beside your pathway, and may your duties
be your delights. jerome X. Jerome's
Wish to the Women of America.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Reyiying WiiteJ Flowers.

We are told TO put wilted plants received
by mail in water half an hour. I've fire.
quently left them in all night and found
them fresh in the morning. Badly wilted
lily bulbs I've left in water two nights and
a day and was surprised to see how plump
they became. Daisy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

In broiling meat over Goals never allow
them to smoke the least. After the Goals
have burned down somewhat, throw on a
handful of salt to deaden the blue flame
that arises. If the drippings from your
meat takes fire, remove from the stove to
cool for "A few moments. Don't try to blow
it out. as there is danger of burning the
face.-New York journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

l've helped to make IA bonnet, and have
thereby saved 100 francs. How came to
make a bonnet happened thus; Worth
made me "A very pretty walking costume,
and then described the style of headgear it
needed. When | tried ON one of Virot's
creations and learned that the price was
1870 francs, | paused. Said cousin Lily, who
was with me, and whose fingers are as def
rs a magician's; Don't be an idiot Let's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Teaches Parliamentary Law.

Miss E.. A. Conner, of Washington, has
become distinguished for her knowledge
of parliamentary laws, and she earns a
comfortable living by instructing men and
women in the rules of debate and in the
proper way of conducting meetings of
church and other societies.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

1t is no longer the college bred girl who
is ignorant of the first principles of domes
tic science, as IN most institutions of learn
ing for women steps have been taken to
insure instruction in those branches which
directly concern the home, but in our cities
it is the artilicially educated girl who,
after several changes of private schools,
with longer vacations than terms, necessi
tated by Newport in the summer and Flor
ida through the winter, the spring term
ending in june and the fall one beginning
the last Of september, at seventeen OF
eighteen, graduates. to plunge INTO the
thickest whirl of society and fashion, never
To give "A thought to hygiene, cookery or
household economy until perhaps these
subjects are forced upon her by marriage.
The worst of it all is, too, they are not
only ignorant Gf these subjects, but eXult
in their ignorance. They look down upon
all domestic matters rs kitchen drudgery,
and expect to have competent %ervan
whose duty it shall be to superintend every
detail of the home life except the purely
ornamental and social. But who is to have
the care of healthfui foods, Of the sanitary
condition of the house. of home nursing
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26
Admired Disorder,

What quality or what want of quality is
it that makes it impossible for certain peo-
pie to maintain an appearance of tidiness
III the rooms where they live, II while in
some houses everything looks rs if it grew
III its place and could not be %uprooted. in
their houses everything looksa if tumbled
into confusion and We're only waiting
for IA whirlwind to give it another turn?
The covers are half of and half on the
furniture, the books are open, face
down, perhaps, on the table, perhaps Oh
the sofas, perhaps on the floor; the
lowers are faded in the glasses wheve
the water has never been renewed; the
lamp shade is awry; the rug is tossed
up at the corner; the photographs are fallen
pellmell; the cushions are scattered. the
chairs seem to have been arrested in "A
waltz; "A piece of fancy work is left where
it happened to be dropped; hassocks are
anywhere where they can trip up the un-
wary; even the pictures ON the wall are out
of line, II there is not Il straight path to
be ollowed anywhere in the room. The
bees and the ants put this house mistress
to shame, and SO do the birds, who make
their nests in old trees indistinguishable
with lichens. If she tried to make order
out of the chaos she would only achieve
another turn of disorder.
Yet after all il is to be questioned if
there is not as much comfort in the midst
Of all this amazing disorder as in a house
of prim and methodical geometrical rule,
where a crumb is IA crime, where nothing
is out of place, and if you take Il book you
feel you must replace it To within "A hairs
breadth of where it was before, and the
neatness is such as TO put the mdweller in
bonds. \ golden mean is desirable in all
things-something that is neither too pre-
else nor too disorderly. Yet there seems
to be IN easygoing element Of sweet tenn
per in the disorder that promises, on the
whole, more happiness than may belong
where everything is done by line and meas
ure, with a sort of grabbed and acrid acid
ity of flavor in the very air you Breathe
Harper's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

The Empress Eugene declined to follow
the conventional idea in beds. Hers was
raised so little above the floor of her bed
room as to give at a hasty glance the inn
preston that she was sleeping on the carpet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

The New York Women's Press club has
ninety-five members, each engaged in lit
erary occupation. Its object is to gain for
women the advantages arising from unity,
fellowship and cooperation with those en-
gagged in similar pursuits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-26

Chocolate requires great heat and rapid
cooking in IN uncovered dish or the oil
will separate and rise tothe top. 1t should
also be served in an uncovered pitcher.
though this is not the fashion.