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AUNT JENNIa's LETTER.

Two letters came last week after
mine had gene to the printers, but !
am sure you all read them with pleas
ure. The one from Mrs. J. L D. Will
prove helpful to some busy woman
and that from Backwoodsman's pen
vas intert Ting, as h9 discussed several
important subjects.
Ellen comes this week with q spicy
letter, well written. We hope you all
will call again and see if you cannon
induce others TO come with you
During the year now drawing toa
close our circle has proven a great cue
c9sa, 6f0rding as it has amusing en-
pertaining and instructive letters WHICH
have b9en read with interest eacn
week by the many thousands u
patrons of The Progressive Farmer
AS there is absolutely nothing accom-
plished without eff 0rt and as ther0 10
nothing so good but that 1t can 10
made better, let us all exert ourselves
to improve our Chat during l9OO'
hope to have all those who have Jolneu
us take an active part again ana W
have the pleasure of greeting many
new members. -
Christmas the home day, the OnElss
day / May lGs lessons and its blessln6S
GLADDEN. all nearGs and make a tru'n%
the common saluCati0n A mgji'
Christmas and a happy NV Year,
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ELLEN WRITES.

DEAR AUNT JENNIE:-I have waltz,
sometime before giving my opinion y,
Twenty o le's letter IS 1 wished tn Loo
what the others had to say but now
am ready to defend myself and NAB.
him take back what he said about
Wake county girls.
Now, my dear Twenty One. I coD
slider you far too young to 80 harsbIn
criticize us girls and then l am snro
you are partly, if not wholly, in tho
wrong. Why / know several bows nv
young men they would rather bo
called who l know can scarcely tall
of anything except their best girls and
how much money they have spent On
them. By their talk each one of them
has about three girls, who run in this
order No. 1, No 2, No. 8; who are, at
different times, treated by the bov tn
ice cream or something desired at that
certain time. These boys are poor but
Of course the girls must not know, and
they think the boys enjoy treating
them.
I think Twenty Ole meant to cav
that some girls of Wake county only
liked to talk of love and could not talk
of sensible things and not girls in
general of Wake. OF course | know
there are some senseless girls, even in
Old Wake, but the boys are lots and
lots worse. In a northern paper some.
time ago the subject for discussion,
among the 'tablers,' was,-'Why does
an average young man prefer the com.
pany of a sc-cailed firt to that Of a
good, modest girl3' Many were the
answers to this question but most of
the writers owned that boys as a rule
do like the fjrts best. Now, Twenty
O1e, I would very much like for you
to answer this question to the best Of
your ability.
Aunt Jennie, I think the article on
flirting in last weeks Progressive
Farmer very good indeed.
l would like to ask THE Dreamer
how he knows the stars will be shin,
ing a hundred years heDce9 Many in.
5elligent people think that the end Of
the world viii come before then. l
would also like to quote for his benefit
a few lines from LonGteilow:
BE good, sweet maid 90, and let
who will be clever:
Do noble deeds-noE dream them all
day long"
Hustlers are needed in the word
more than dreRm9rs. Make haste and
finish dreaming or you will fad when
it is too late that you have dreamed
che best part of your life away.
Aunt Jennie, Christmast is almost
here again and nearly everyone Is
busy making presents. l hope al OF
you will receive many presents and
also give some. ELLEN
Wake county, N. O.
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attractions Of city and town life are
away from the home rather than to
ward it. Take an example Of the
wealthy: Gan the child brought up and
cared for by servants who sees its
mother only at short intervals have
the same love and feeling Of close com.
partnership that is felt by the child
whose first cradle was it's mothers
arms, whose infant lips drew in her
sympathies and love with its physical
susteDRnce, and whose tender mother
ARE was ever ready for the confidence
and prattlings of youth-the fatt er
who tossss his b b. and plays with
his boy g or the one who is scar cely &C
q tainted with themH The poorest
novel with love and companion ship is
a home; the foesE mansion without
either is merely a lodging house. l
noted an epigram rCc9ntly-"Any
true man will fight for his home, but
where is the fellow who will fight for a
boarding honse3'
We ere all to a large extent imitG-
tors, and in this age Of child study too
much emphasis cannot be laid on the
examples placed before children. Intel
lsctual culture is simply an accumula-
ton Of facts, the enlargement OF our
world Of ideas, bringing into our i'm
mediate neighborhood remote pla ees.
peoples and periods of time, enriching
US with all the wealth of genius and
scholarship which the world has pro-
duced. And all this education ia to
broaden our lives, to widen our SYM
pathies, to UpliIt cur ideals and to
give US truer and better conceptions of
the duties and obligations of life. We
are merely a factor in the sum total of
human existence -there are thousands
OF people now, past, present and to
come, who live as we live, have the
sane thoughts and feelings, joys end
sorrows, health and d s,ase, who differ
only a degree-and therein lies ind
viduality. There are people who have
made the moet Of their opportunities.
Who have suffered reverses or won
laurels, but who, in any case, have &C
cepted LIES burdens as they found
them and carried them gradually for.
ward to the very threshold of the "
known. There are yet other pgople
who have no conception Of duty, who
are towards to principle and traitors
to al that is good and pure. Such peo
pie are the degenerates Of society and
are not invariably found in the 40
called lower classes Of society. But
the strong, pure spirits who are such a
power IN the great civiIizing forces of
humanity are those who are strength
ene1 by a pure, healthy home life.
$50
| have little patience with women
who do not try to be housekeepers,
when OF course, they have houses to
keep. Cleanliness, order and health.
full cooking will do much toward keep
ing the domestic wheels smoothly roll
ling. IL makes ar intensely indignant
throbbing in my heart to hear some
highly educated literary woman
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man does, If he wishes to succeed be
must do with all his might and not
grumble If he does not Immediately
get paid for all he does.
Mr.. Thomas B. Bryan, ex-President
of the Worlds Fair and q we'll known
friend to young men, says: '"The lack
Of an undertaking application to one
pursuit js a cardinal weakness in the
generation Of toilers in almost
every line of efforts" The young man,
to succeed, must have a definite aim
and stick to it with indomitable will
and perseverance,, coupled with cour
tesy and kindness of disposition. He
says further: ''Lt is with the young
man as with the farmer: he best sue
ceeds WHO ploWs the deepest. To
scratch the SUI face of things lightly is
not enough to insure a bountitul har-
vest. TIE crop of such a seeding is
failure. He who would win must go
deeper, must live more seriously and
with greater determination and fixed
ness of purpose"
TheIe are the convictions OF men
who have had very large experience
and have watched the rise and fall OF
many a young man. The young man
with honest Heart, with a determined
purpose, and untiring industry will al
ways succeed. 1t does not matter
whether he is on the farm, in the shop,
or in tt professions. It does not mat
ter much whether he ia born rich or
DOOR. The scarcest thing no is a real
true man, and a young man who will
fit himself for a position and demon
strate that fact is in demand every
where. There is no man who employs
any considerable number OF men or
women who is not always on the look
out for persons to fill the top places;
places of the highest responsibility.
Places of small pay and little respon
gibillty can always be filed there is a
vast superRbupdance OF applicants.
The high places are hunting men; the
men are hunting the low places. There
is no need of any person failing unless
he or she deserves to fail by lack of
fitness for the position. The same rule
applies on the farm. The man who
studies the business of farming as he
would any other business, masters the
details, and use even half the energy
necessary in other departments will
succeed, barring sickness, accident, or
some misfortune beyond the power OF
man to foresee -Wallace's Farmer.
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FOR ne

A Southern woman, who Was #
beauty in her youth, and at q az ms
g KY retained many OF Der CIoI;on,
especially her clear, fresh comP.e She
attributed it partly to the act tnn FEE,
aOsSained from drinking tea anu C;nka,
drlnkiD & instead lemonade eclu novss
saline mineral waters, ana ~asS}ast.
glass Of clear water before meet
and eating plenty OF chopped Ie"n -"
Wfthout potRto.-EL
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Intellectual and social culture is Gimp
ly q matter Of civilization and is OF
little moment wherever you may find
it. Bishop Vincent, in his address at
Ohautauqua is 1897, said: Good books
are the best kind of companions. But
there is something batter than a book;
better than all books. It is the habit
Of individual, independent thinking,
ths cultivation OF the power by which
all the books have been produced"
And where is there better scope for the
individual than in the country9 From
whence came the majority of Il
great writers, orators, business men
and women, Statesmen and lawyers
in short, the powers that move the
civilized World2 1 will answer your
thoughts-the country.
The unit of civil z aticn ia the home.
From it radiates all the powers Of Civ
ilizstion. There was a time when
men were little better than beasts,
when they sub3isted on roots and
herbs, berries and raw meats; a time
when they lived In the open air, wax
dered from place to place and slept
as the brutes-Where night found them.
Then came the creation Cf the home
and from it cane the various forms
government from the folkmoot and
tribal Of ancient and primitive PEG
pie to that Of our own grand country,
the republic of the United States.
From the home also came all the great
domestic industries. 1t is a mighty
step from the spinning wheel and
household loom TO the factory that
turns out the present beauties Of
tile art; a mighty step from the soap
making In the back yard to the estab
lishment that gives you for 25 cents
from elk to eight bars Of the choicest
laundry soap. Aud I might spend an
hour reciting the achievements which
have come from the home, and not
least among these are stock raising,
agriculture and horticulture. Tnus
the home becomes the unit OF civiliz2-
tion.
The intellectual culture Of q nation
Is gauged by the standard Of homes.
Not from tie palace Of the rich, the
domiciles OF the great middle classes,
nor yet from the novels of the alums
alone; but from all these is the aver.
age taken, the type Of home life that
exceeds all others. Thus we see the
debasing Influence Of immortality and
crime or the honor Of our country. Is
there not a crying need for better and
happier homes9 And where is there
a better opportunity than 10 the coun
tryR The country parents can gather
their little flock about them and know
where they are, while the. "Wil
Joneses let do this thing or that" or
the ma, Alice Parks goes here or
there" become too often the constant
dropping that wears away the stone"
1t is no use denying facts: Other
people and their children have a large
influence on you and yours, and the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-12-19
OF ALL DEAR DAYS.

OF all dear days is Christmas day,
The dearest ard the best;
Still in it's dawn the angels sing
Their songs Of peace and rest.
And yet the blessed Christ Child comes
And walks the shining way,
Which brings to simple earthly homes
Heavens light ON Christmas day.
There, deep in silent woods the trees
Thethemlock, pine and fir
Thrill to the chilly winter breeze
And watt a breath of myrrh;
And far and near Kriss Kringle's bells
Their airy music shake,
And dancing feet OF boys and girls
A sWeeter Joy ance make.
OF all dear days is Christmas day,
The very dearest dear.
The crown aud clasp and topmost shear
OF all the joyous year,
Then dancing feet of boys and girls
Go gaily to and fro,
And Merry, merry Christmas" rings
In all the winds that blow.
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CHRISTMAS L

I heard the bells on Christmas day,
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
OF peace on earth, good will to men !
And thought how, as the day had come
The beIfries OF ell Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
OF peace on earth, good will to menI
Till singing, singing on it's way,
The world revolves from night to day,
A voice, RChlme
OF chant sublime,
OF peace on earth, good will to menl
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep,
'God ia not dead, nor does He sleep!
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail,
With peace on earth, good will to menI'
Henry ".
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RRNovATING WINTER HATS.

Dainty and becoming hats need not
an old hat that could be freshened by
brushing and epoDging; the old crown
may be replaced by a new n OF vel
vet or elk, if necessary, and other al
terations made that will greatly i'm
prove it's appearance.
To clean a hat properly the trimmir g
must be re moved and the work begun
with a thorough brushing, to remove
as much Of the du3t as possible. A
black felt hat may be cleaned with em-
monia and warm water and dried with
a soft cloth, but il very sOiled it must
be scrubbed with a brush. then laid
out on a Cat board to dry, es hey are
apt to lose their shape if they are hung
up when wet. F0lIer's earth will clean
tan Of light browns. RIB it on with g
piece of clean white flannel and go
over il the second time if the fret is
not sufficient. The highest shades of
tan may be cleaned in the same man
ner with oatmeal. 1t should be heated
and applied with the flannel.
A tan felt that was faded and sadly
out of style was colored a beautiful
dark slate with diamond dye for wool
and brought up to date by placing a
wire around the brim and bending it
into shape When the hat was taken
from the dye and rinsed it was soaked
In glue water to give the desired de
gree Of Stiffness, and the crown was
pressed over a tin pail and the brim
placed fat on the table and ironed over
a thin cloth. You a get any color
or ehade you wish and the work is
quickly and easily done. A light felt
will take any Of the rich dark shades,
such as cardinal red, wine color brown
dark green. The trimming may be
made to any defe3ts the hat may
show when untrim ned.
If you have white ostrich feathers
that are too soiled to be used again,
wash them in a warm water suds with
a little soda added to the water. Dip
the feathers in and draw them through
the hand repeat this until clean, then
in slightly blued water if you
want them to remain white, but If they
are Of an undesirable shade they may
be dyed black or any OF the bright col
oTs With the dyes for wool and silk
rinse in cold water aud shake them
over fire until they are perfectly dry,
and curl the feathers by drawing each
fibre over the dull edge of a silver
knife. Steel ornaments may be clean
ed by scrubbing with a small nail
brush, then polishing with q chamois
or drying in saWdust.
II every women realized how pretty
her old hat could'be made many dol
lars might be saved, and this knoWl: |
edge is especially useful where there !
are several girls to dress, for their hats
can be pretty and et5lish, even if they
are old mes made O7eF.-Martha in
Voice.
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Our Social Chat
EDTrED BY AUNT JENNIE P17w~

AS CONTRIBUTORS to TIA. ~
The Progressive Farmer, we h9v ooepartmeDt y,
most and progressive ESoUInneof the
and young men and some Of the mosSt Jung ladeS
other states the ages of the P @oPP9of this ana AM
from sixteen to more tn an siytV AooFs rangino
rs Y . 1ett AR d6 E sG99 sS53 to Join by seDd,,
and writing thereafter as often o Il Interest
WHEN WRITING, give full name peS Sa9, y
2f1 Geu address 96 res r for for Aunt J%ennie's n nf6 S49 post,
print. give name by which you wish ~ ~ appear Ia
as q Cbatterer. "Hn W Do known
TWO WEEKS OR MORE must, a. 3 ,,.
the date of its publication. !" Written and
ADDRESS all letters to Aunt ,Jenr,o
of The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh ME care
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intellectual Culture on the Farm.

n County QH) Farmers Institute by Mrs DoHie L
Hdrphdm of Havana, III.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-04

$4,000, 900, although the agents in differ
ent states say it is very difficult to
value the supplies.
No such munificence was ever known
berfore in the history of the world.
Though the war is practically over, the
Red Cross keeps up its good work and
will, as far as it can. bend it's energies to
ameliorating the condition Of the Gu.
bans. In Porto Rico little OF nothing
remains to be done, and in the Philippines
there will be no great need of charitable
action but in the luckless island Of Cuba
a very large body of people will require
assistance Tor two or three years before
they become prosperous and self-sup-
porting. Not alone are the fields ruined,
but the homes, factories, machinery, and
livestock have been destroyed.
Many of the nur es, doctors, and
agents who served during he war under
went great piivation and suffered severe
ly from hunger, thirst, fever, and mala-
rial diseases. Two of the women nurses
died and several have returned with their
constitutions impaired, il not ruined. by
the deadly climate and the vile sur.
rouudings of the Cuban cities. The
heroic Red Cross army has long roster,
and it seems invidious to single out few
OF the workers. Miss Barton proved
herself an indelatigable executive and DR..
Lesser and Sister Bettina were skilkul
and faithful medical directors. Mrs.
John Addison Porter, wife of the secre.
tary OF President Mckinley, Miss Adele
Gardiner, a New York belle. Miss Annie
Wheeler. Miss Margaret Chanler and
Miss Isabelle K. Rutty, an English col
lege woman, made notable records for
themselves which will never be forgotten
by this generation.-[From 1.-THE Red
Cross in the Spanish War" by Marghe'
rita Arlina Hamm, in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews for January
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-04
ENLARGED Twice In Three rlOnths.

The Vermont Messenger the state edi-
ton OF the st. Adams Daily Messenger,
has been great success from the start,
so much so as to be compelled to enlarge
FIRST to six pages and now to eight large
pages this week. 1t gives from eight to
ten columns of the news of Vermont,
covering every town and county, nearly
an equal amount of space to the cream
of the news of Greater America, Con-
gress and the world, nearly a page of
able editorials on timely topics, stories,
sketches, reliable markets, both state
and Boston, etc. 1t believes in and is
working for the development OF the re-
sources of every town in Vermont. The
circulation is growing at the rate Of
over 200 per week, because the people
recognize that it contains just what they
want in addition to their local paper.
Fiity.two cents for SO weeks. Sample
sent free. Try it the coming year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-01-04
Presentation of Account.
ELLEN r. PIXIES ESTATE.


STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, IS.
In Probate Court held at the probate Office
in St. Johnsbury, in said district, on the 21st
day of December, A. d. 1898.
d. Dean Patterson, Administrator upon the
estate OF Ellen X. Pike. late Of st. Johnsbury
in said District deceased, presents his ad-
ministration account for examination and
allowance, and makes application for decree
of distribution and partition of the estate
OF said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court,
that said account and said application
be referred to a session thereof to be held
at the Probate Office in said st. Johnsbury,
on the 14th day of January A. D.. 1890,
for hearing and decision thereon: And it is fur
Their ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested, by publication ofthe same
three weeks successfully in the Caledonian, a
newspaper published at st. Johnsbury, previ-
Gus to said time appointed for hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place, and
show cause, If any they may have, WIN said
account should not be allowed and such decree
made.
BY the Court, Attest:
WALTER p. SMITH. Judge.
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vue and Englewood to choose from. 1t
was evidently named by person devoid
of imagination and ingenuity, and who
was further afflicted by the misfortune
OF suffering. Camarines is Cammar-
eenies, and Albay is AL buy, the latter
suggesting request made to man
named AL.
Malate and Masbate are in the same
class, the former being Malatty and the
latter Massbatty. Antique, one OF the
provinces OF Panay, is called Anticky,
and it was appropriate that in that par
ticuar place the insurgents should play
such havoc with the gallant Castilian
host Of two hundred men who sailed
forth to stay their progress.
Benguet, in Luzon, is just plain Ben
get, evidently the friendly admonition OF
a proud Tagala father who objected to
the young man sitting on the front porch
too late with his daughter. Bayambang
is By-um- bang, very charming namein.
deed. Tagalas and Vasayas, the two
great tribes of the Philippines, are Tag
ollas and Viss-eye. us.
The great volcano OF Taal, in Batanges
is called Towel, and the big lake in Luz
zon is Lay-goona de Buy, although it is
correctly writttn Laguna de Bay.
There are lots of names that can't be
pronounced and should be changed to
Deweyville, Schleyborough and Samp-
sons Rest, or other catchy names. Let
the Spaniards and natives wrestle with
name like Schleyborough for awhile
and they'll be sorry they picked out such
names for the Philippines as Paranaque
and Gale de Bayambayang.
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Presentation of Account.
GEORGE N. BROWNS ESTATE

STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, S..
In Probate court. held at the probate office
in st. Johnsbury, in said district, on the 21st
day of December, A. ID. 1898.
U G. Goss. Executor upon the last Will
and Testament of George N. Bro wn. late
OF st. Jobnsbury in suid district, deceased. pre-
sents his administration account for examin-
alton and allowance, and makes application
for decree of distribution and partition Of
the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon. 1t Is ordered by said court.
that said account and said application be re-
ferred to session thereof, to be held at the
probate Office in said st. Johnsbury. on the
14th day OF January A. ID. 1892 for hearing
and decision thereon: and it Is further
ordered that notice hereof be given to all
persons interested. by publication OF the
same three weeks successfully. In the
CALIFORNIAN, newspaper published at
St. Johnsbury. previous to said time
appointed for hearing. that they may az
pear at said time and place, and show
cause, il any they may have. why said ac-
count should not be allowed and such decree
made.
BY the Court, Attest,
WALTER p SMITH. Judge,