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Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
SALMON SALAD

Take one can Of the very best salmon
and pour off all the oil: empty the FISH
out on a large plate and carefully remove
all skin aud bone, breaking the fish no
more than what is absolutely necessary.
Arrange the tender green leaves from
two heads Of lettuce around the edge of
a dish and put the salmon in the middle.
Keep in a cold place until ready TO
serve. and ut the last minute pour over
il half a pint of MayounaiSe. For all
salads requiring lettuce the leaves
should hr carefully washed in cold
water and then put in ice water for half
an hour then dried carefully in a soft
old napkin without breaking the leaves
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
SWEET POTATO SALAD.

Poll and pare three large sweet pota-
toes, cut into half-inch dice, mix with
two stalks of chopped celery aud pour
over it a French dressing made as fol-
lows: Pvt into Il soup plate one salt
spoonful Of salt ana one Of pepper, Add
three tablcspoonfulS of olive vii and
stir until the salt is all disylycd, then
add the vinegar. two tahlespoonfulS by
degrees, and tcaspoonfnl of onion
juice. Mix well with the salad and let
it stand in cold place for two hours,
Serve on lettuce leaves. or with II garn-
ish of pickled onions and parsley.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
SIMAIER DIlnlNG

Soak teacup of bread crumbs in a
quart of new milk for twenty minutes.
Beat the yolks OF four eggs with cup
of sugar, and stir it, the milk; flavor
with lemon extract. Pour into pud-
ding pan, and bake in a moderate oven
half an hour. Whip the whites of the
eggs until frothy, thickon with powdered
sugar and beat >tii. Put a layer Of the
meriuguc. then Il layer of fresh berries
sweetened. Cover the top with the me-
ringue, set in the oven one minute. Set
away to cool over night. aud serve for
dinner with cold cream sauce,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
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gone from lie house but Mr.. Dumonds
soul.
"They nTer found out anything" he
continued after n brief pause. cdr
Sanger CAFE down here with couple
of Boston detectives, and he was going
to get to ne bottom of the affair right
away. ']e's queer fellow-a little
wiry, ner Gus, irritable chap
"A funny looking cuss," said Cheney.
Hes twheaded but his eyebrows
and lases are black. His eyes are
gray, with dark line around the col
ored pst-what d'you call 1.-THE iris.
Look q him in the face a minute, and
he seeIs to be all eyes
He hadn't eyes enough to see
throue this mystery said Ned. "Nev-
err min him; he's in Europe now. Let
me tel you something queer. One year
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

One ana one-half cups Of powdered
sugar, onc-lalf cup OF butter, one and
ne-half cups of sweet milk. whites of
eight eggs, three cups of flour, two small
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one
pound of figs cut up and used as you
would citron. Beat the eggs to "A stiff
froth and add after the -four is in. Cut
the figs up in bowl and put little
water on them before commencing TO
make the cake. Flavor the cake aud
frosting with a very little vanilla. Bake
a trial cake first to be sure that il is all
right.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

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UECkLERERRY PIE.

Make good plain Nust with half a
pound of flour, quarter of Il pound OF
lard level teaspoonful of salt, and ice
water enough to mix it together. Have
all your material as cold as possible.
sift the -four into a bowl, ado the lard
and snlt and chop ii with knife. When
thoroughly mixed, mo.sten with the
water little at n time. Take the
dough ont on Toured board, cut it in
two pieces and roll out one of them for
the bottom crust. Line your plate with
the crust, dip "A small paint brush, which
is kept for that purpose in the white of
an egg, and brush thu crust all over.
This will keep the juice of the berries
from soaking into the crust. Put in
your hucklebcrrics, one pint, add small
piece of butter and a quarter of cup
of sugar, cover with the top crust and
bake in very quick even. When roll
ing out the top crust cut a hole IN the
middle of it so that tie steam may eS-
cape, or the juice will run out of the pie
into the oven. For plain family pie,
| tuck the top crust under the bottom
all around the edge and press them to-
Tether with my thumb and this prevents
the juice from escaping. All fruit PIES
should be eaten the day they are baked,
or the under crust will be heavy.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

Among cheap, delicious and beautiful
preserves these must not be forgotten
Scald eight pounds OF the yellow toma-
toes and remove the skins. 1t is better
to do a few at n time, thus keeping
them whole. which adds greatly to the
handsome appearance of the sweetmeGt.
Pack them in layers with an equal
weight of sugar. After twcnty-four
hours drain OFF the juice and simmer tvs
minutes, add the tomatoes and boil I'M
Ill clear. Remove the fruit with a skim
mer and harden in the sun while You
boil down the syrup until thick: pack
Jars two-thirtls full of the tomatoes.
pour the syrup over and seal. Add the
juice OF four lemons, two ounces of
green ginger root tied up in Il bag, and
the palboiled yellow rind of the lemons
to the juice when boiling down. This
rcteems it from any imputation of in
sipidity and gives most delightful
flavor
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
CArIIFLOwEH Az GRATIN.

Pick off the outer leaves and cut of
the stem close to the bottom of the flow
erets Wash we'll in cold water, and
soak for one hour. tie mp in a piece of
cheese cloth. stand in kettle of boiling
water, add a teaspoon Of salt; cover the
kettle and let boil for twenty minutes
when done. lift out carefully and stand
In n heated dish. Have sauce prepared,
made with one tablespoonful of butter
put in a fryinc-pan, to which add a la
blcspoonfu of flour; mix well and add
half pint Of milk and stir until it
boilS, season with salt and four table
spoonfuls of grated cheese; pour over
the caulitiower
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

Two cups of sugar one cup of butter,
five eggs preserving whites of two, one
cup of sweet milk, two teaspoons of
baking powder, three and one-half Scant
cups OF -four. Bake in square loaves
and frost with the whites of two eggs,
one and one-half cups of powdered SUI
gar, five tablespoonfuls Of grated chloe
olate and two teaspoonfuls of vanilla.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

agttonight an old fellow named Simon
Gatiiner was passing this house al
miilight. There was bright moon
shiIlng on those windows up there
the windows of Mr.. Dumond's ROOM
an( Gardiner seemed to see tall man
shading by one Of them. Now, of
course. he might have been mistaken;
heather thought that he was; but the
net day he mentioned the matter, and
somebody said it might be a good idea
to ook over the house. I'll show you
what they found. It's there yet"
lie cast q glance around to make sure
th,t we We're not observed, and then
thust great key into the lock.
'Bverythng's been fastened up tight
siIce a year ago." whispered Cheney.
I've had lot of trouble getting a key
to it."
rhe stairs and the floor of the up
pc hall creaked under US and kept
on creaking after we had passed, so
th.t it seemed as if we led an invisible
procession to the door of the southern
chamber.
rhe window that faced southwest
wlrd let in glare from the descending
SIN, and there was n tinge of red over
al the room.
Austin approached the bed and touch
el the coverlet, making a depression in
] about as high up in the bed as a
hans heart would be.
This is what they found, and all
tey found, one year ago today, one
year after the MURDER" said Austin; "a
mark like a hand on this quilt and
dngle clean cut through it and almost
through the mattress. Put your finger
4ere'
Shuddering, 1 obeyed and felt the
tab.
Now, boys" he continued, there's
something better for US to do tonight
than ringing the church bell and firing
giant crackers under the windows of
the school committee room. Well have
a silent celebration of our own right in
this room and see what happens"
1t was stoutly agreed to, but the back
Of my mouth was dry and the joints Of
NY legs cracked as l walked out of the
room and down the grooming stairway.
After dinner l managed to meet
Or. Boyd In a corner of the veranda
md questioned him about the Du-
,olute mystery. asked him what he
bought Of the occurrence upon the |
and he replied that it was |
ne of Simon GARDENERS Authorizations,
by the efforts of some |
rim practical joker who wanted to
1--WE the story good climax.
You knew DR.. Dumond Sanger quite
veil. didn't you" 1 asked. do you
hink it's possible.
Utterly out of the question" he in
errupted. "He knows no more than we
10. l got quite intimate with him when
lie was here just before the crime. We
we're engaged I'M
He paused, and I waited to the end of
~ patience and then prompted him.
YES" he said, almost with n start,
we spent a good deal Of time
Again he checked himself and almost
branched off upon some
Their subject / brought him back TO
he point five times, but he always
topped just when be seemed about to
ii me what he and DR.. Sanger used to
D. Later l asked Austin if he knew
Dything about 1t, and he said the two
en never did anything but sit in
oyd's office and tell stories.
At half past IL o'clock that night l
as sitting in biz chair in a corner Of
e room that had been Ezra Dumond's.
al Austin Law IN the he'd. and Don
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

venture. The courage of his
forefathers inspires him, and deeds
that would appall him at any other
season seem then to be easy and natu-
raj. When he shins the lightning rod
of the village church to tie long rope
to the clapper of the bell, the spirit of
1776 sustains him, and when he comes
down again and fastens the other end
of the line to the tail of the deacon's
cow in neighboring pasture he feels
that something has really been accom-
plished for the honor of his country.
b The most deliciously thrilling expert
ences Of my own youth fall upon a sin
gle line of the calendar-the mark be-
tween the black and the red in the
month of July. Some of them did not
even pretend to spring from the i'm
pulse of patriotism; but at different
time l might have lacked the spirit to
carry them through.
= On the Sd of July, in my fifteenth
year, | arrived in the town of Holbrook,
on the Maine cost, where my father
had hired a cottage for the summer.
Ommendation of citizen thereof-Dr.
Clarence Boyd, with whom my father
had been friends years before.
Before 1 had left the steamboat
wharf had scraped acquaintance with
two of the finest fellows ever born and
was well started toward a pleasant
summer vacation. ! spent most of the
day In their company and very early
discovered that they had something i'm
,portant upon their minds and that l
was a candidate for a share in some
mysterious adventure.
Late in the afternoon we were sitting
In the portico of big. square, untan-
anted house on the ridge that overlook
ed the town. l had the oak door at my
back. Ned Austin, a preternaturally
tall youth, with the figure of an Indian,
was upon my left, and Don Cheney, a
chunky, muscular, square jawed fell |
low, was upon my right.
do you know anything about this
house,? asked Austin suddenly.
NO." said l. whats the matter |
with it? Why doesn't anybody live
hereT
This is the old Dumond house." he
replied, "where the murder was COM
mitted."
!, 1.-THE WHAT" I cried.
+ 1.-TWO years ago tonight" continued
Austin, Ezra Dumond was murdered
in his bed, right up there" And he eX-
tended his long arm diagonally upward
toward the southern corner Of the
house. "He was an old man-71-and l
don't believe he had an enemy in the
world or had quarreled with anybody
in 20 years. That's what my father
says. It's a great mystery. Mr.. Du-
mond used to be a lawyer, but he
hadn't done anything Of late. He had
a lot of money. His nephew's got it all
Dumond Sanger of Boston"
: THAT looks bad" said l, wishing to
show the instincts of detective.
CDR. Sanger wasn't here" said Ned.
HE had been here in June and was
coming back in August, but on the
night of July 3 he was at some sort Of.
a banquet in Boston. That is beyond
question.
There wasn't anybody at home hut
Mr.. Dumond. His daughter had died
during the winter. Old Joe Staples and
his wife, who lived here as servants,
had gone to spend the Fourth with
their folks in North Holbrook, as they
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
TOMATO NIAYONNAISE

Peel and cut off thin slice from the
stem end of as many large tomatoes as
you wish to serve. With a spoon dip
ont most of the seeds. chop peeled Gu
cumber and some water-cress. season
with salt, fill the cavities of the toma-
toes. Prepare on large platter young
lettuce leaves, three or four in a place
set each ~mato on a cluster of the let
tuces and dip spoonful of mayonnaise
On each tomato.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

usually did. The old man was alone,
but he wouldn't care for that; he was
.something of hermit-a tall, STOPPING
man, with fine blue eyes and a great
shock of white hair as ragged as a
crows nest. 1t was a grand old head.
He was stabbed right through the
heart as he lay in bed-just one wound.
DR.. Boyd said it was done about mid.
might, and that the old man never
Nv aked nor moved. Cap'n Hutchinson
found him. 1t happened that he and
Mr.. Dumond were going somewhere
together that morning, or the body
would have laid up there all through
lthe Fourth, with the cannon shaking
Tie windows.
We'll, the cap'n gave the alarm, and
lots Of people came. They hunted from
fellar to garnet. but they didn't find
weapon nor a trace OF the murderet
There was no robbery. Nothing VII
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
GERMAN ALMOND RINGS.

Take one-haIf pound of puff paste, roll
it very thin and cut with a biscuit cut
ter From The centre of each cut a
smaller one, leaving the outside ring
thrce-fourths of an inch wide. Beat six
eggs until stu, stir in one-half pound of
pulverizcd sugar, with Il dish in boiling
water. until the meringe is quite thick.
add one-half pound Of blanched al
monds thinly sliced. AMI cool. Frost the
rings with the mixture and bake in an
oven suitable for cake
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
STRAWBERRY SPONGE

Cover half box of gelatine with half
n cup of cold water, and soak for half
an hour. then pour over n pint Of boil
ing water. and add a cup Of sugar. stir
until dissolved. add pint Of strawberry
juice. and strain in tin pan set on ice
until cold, stir occasionally, beat to a
froth stir in the well beaten whites of
four eggs, pour in mould to harden,
serve with cream.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

Wash and look over, put in kettle on
stove until hot MASKING them fine,
strain through jelly bag Measure
juice and allow ee-fourths of pound
of sugar to every pint of juice. boil fast
fifteen minutes and dip into glasses. All
jam and jelly should he kept in a dry,
dark cupboard. \ little white sugar
sifted over them before sealing is pre-
ypntiye of mold
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
ICE pEDnI\(,

Thicker one pint of milk with n table
spoonful of corn starch. Poll three pints
of rich milk and pour in the pint Of
thickened, add three beaten eggs. three
cups of sugar and tcaspoonful of
vanilla, pour in Il freezer, freeze ten
minutes, remove the dash, and stir in
half pound each Of stoned raisins,
chopped figs and sliced citron; freeze
hard and set aside one hour to ripen.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
Ald one tablespoonful baking pow

Add one tablespoonful baking powder
and n half -teaspoonful of salt TO one
pint of sifted flour. Sft again. Rub in
one Tablespoonful of butter. add suf-
fcicnt milk TO make a soft dough. Roll
ont. sprinkle with one cup of chopped
raisins aud half-cup Of chopped cit
ron. Dust with cinnamon, roll up and
steam for thirty minutes. Serve warm
with hard sauce.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
DELICIOUS SOFT GINGERBREAD.

One cup ot best New Orleans molas-
SEES. one egg, three tablespoonful
melted butter, three tablespoonful
sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one
and one-half cups -four, one teaspoonful
ginger. Mix the soda with the sour
milk, add to the molasses. stir well, add
the ginger, part of the flour, then the
butter. Beat well, add the beaten egg
and the rest of the -four, then add one
cup blueberricS. well Toured, and see il
you DO not call ii good.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
DATE SANDWICH

Butter thin, even slices from loaf
that has been baked twenty-four hours.
Spread with dates stoned and cut fine.
and fashion into sandwiches in the us
ual manner. For afternoon tea the
bread may be fresh baked and so thinly
cut with sharp knife that the sand
witches may be rolled and each tied with
ribbon. All crusts must, OF course, be
removed,
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
STRAWBERRY Jelly PIE

One cup of strawberry jelly and the
whipped whites of three eggs. beaten
together. Line pie dish with puff
paste and bake delicate brown. When
baked. ill the shell with the strawberry
jelly, set inside a lukewarm oven for a
very few moments.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
|ShOlR Talks On ADVERTISING
ByCharEesA,lsfin Bafes. |

No.
Economy often defeats ends Sometimes economy
extravaganza Sometimes spending expensive than
spending
So in Advertising That economical expense
expense to avoid argument In reality it investment.
In tendola advertisement the last dollars
the other eight Maybe eight-dolar adj wouldn't pay when
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
APPLE CREAM

Stew and strain six large apples; add
six eggs, beaten very light, and five ia
blespoonfuls of white sugar. whisk to-
eether until stiff. Heap in glass dish
and serve with cream. Delicious.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02
Horses! Horses

have Just received a load of horses which
bought in the northern part of the State. These
horses consist mostly of nice drivers, weighing
from $50 10 HOO lbs.
No. |. Bay horse years old. stands IS 3,
weighs 100 lbs. This horse is very stylish and
a nice genteman's driver.
No. .. Bay horse years old, stands is 2.
weighs 1850 lbs He Is a good roader and a nice
family horse. Not afraid of anything.
No. s. Bay mare years old, stands l5.2,
weighs 1000 lbs. This mare is an extra nice
driver and handsome.
Nos. and s. Pair of Bav mares and yrs
old, stand IS weigh 1850. They are a fine team
ard right in every way.
Nos. t and :. Pair black horses, stand IS ,,
weigh 2ct0. 4 nice, stylish, gentleman's road
team.
The balance are al good livery and business
horses and all ready 10 go right 10 work AS
selected these horses myself can guarantee
them 10 be an right in every way. Call and see
them whether you wish TO buy or net.
also have a fun lire of new and second hand
Carriages and i Agricultural Implements for SAFE.
&. e. BLOOD, Putney, vt.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

tcn-dOIIar al. WoUld. Maybe That extra
space is just what the adj. needs to lift
it out Of oblivion-to make it promi-
ne1t--to make it pay.
Don't buy more space than you
need, but don't buy too little, either.
Better buy too much than too little.
Better put an eight-dollar ad. in a ten
dollar space than to put ten-dollar
ad. in an eight-dollar space. One way
you are out only two dollars; the other
way you are out eight dollars.
Sn,-n cI,rn.&.c..,r.
Semi-weekly Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1897-1901, 1901-07-02

"a HE American boy regards the
night before the Fourth of
July as time sacred to ad-
venture. The courage of bis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
THEORY FAR FETCHED
EASTERN WRITER THINKS IRRI-
CATION IN WEST CAUSES
HEAT WAVES
Is RIDICULED BY EXPERTS
s'Farmer" Dunn Has Theory Which,
If Ii Gains Acceptance, viii Work
Great Injury Through
out West.

E. B. Dunn. better known as Farmer
Dunn, recently sprung a new theory as
To the cause of heat waves which has
appeared in the Washington Star and
other Eastern papers. His discovery,
which has special application to the
West has been ridiculed by the scien-
Sinc staff of the national weather bureau.
The old sun spot theory which has done
valiant service in the past by writers
ei-deaVoring to account for heat waves
Is discarded by Farmer Dunn but the
one which he puts forward is regarded
as fully as sensational if not quite as
tar-fetched.
Mr.. Dunn sets forth the argument that
irrigation in the West, which, to be
more definite, is now limited to Eastern
Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska, is
really the cause of the phenomena known
as heat waves. and that on this account
the benefits arising from irrigation are
more than cOunterbalanced by the evils
resulting therefrom. He argues that
because of the increased moisture i'm
parted to the atmosphere over the irr1-
gated region, areas of low barometer
generate there" and that instead of such
areas developing storms of such energy
as to move off as do the storms that
are generated elsewhere they are too
feeble because of the inadequate supply
OF moisture and become simply mod
crate and sluggish. Low barometer areas
that remain stationary for many days
draw to them the surrounding warm
Southerly winds, etc.
According to the scientific experts this
theory is unjust to the cause of irriga-
ton and the injury that would result
should 1t become widely accepted ia
manifest. They are convinced that if
rs too absurd to be regarded seriously
and are certain that it will be similarly
regarded by most scientific and other
reasoning persons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-23
BIC GEYSERS SAFE
GEN. BARLOWE, of OMITTED STATES
ARMY, SPEATUS Oh THOSE AT
YELLOWSTONE
SOME OF THEM WEAKENING
AS. Veteran spouters Die Away He
Thinks Others Will Take Their
Place, as Force Still
Exists.

Gen. Barlowe, of the engineers depart
ment of the regular army, and his daugh-
ter, are visiting relatives in st. Paul,
Gen. Barlowe was one of the first men
to explore Yellowstone Park and in fact
made the maps that guided subsequent
explorers. He thinks there is no danger
of the big park geysers playing out.
When he went into the park in 1871
there was not a road or even a path, save
the animal trails, The party could not
get in with wagons at any point in the
park. In his report at that time he gave
particular attention to the geysers of
the park and in reference to the statement
made recently by some scientist that the
geysers were dying out he said:
81 think it is a mistake to say that
the geysers in general are dying out.
Geysers, like the human being, have their
different stages of growth. In their
early lives they are weak and they grow
gradually stronger, until they attain the
highest degree of strength and from
that time on they grew perceptibly weak
er. That is that particular gusher grows
weaker as it's mouth begins to clog up,
but the force is still there and when, if
not before, the old geyser has ceased to
flow another has taken it's place L made
a special study of these in 1871 and in my
report at that time stated in this re-
gard practically what I have said
to you. I do not believe that the
geysers of the Yellowstone will ever die
out or cease to exist, in spite of the
claims of the SCIENTISTS
Gen. Barlowe and his daughter will
spend a few days in the Twin Cities and
then will return to their home in New
York, where the general has his offices.