Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-02
WITH THE MAGAZINES
Nut Chocolate Caramels.

Nut chocolate caramels are rich,
delicious CONNECTION, immensely polu-
lar" says Fannie Merritt Farmer in
WOman's Home Companion from De-
cember. ''Put three and one-half
tablespoonful of butter in sauce
pan, and when melted, add two cupfuls
of molasses, one cupful of brown sug-
ar, and one-half cupful of milk. Stir
until the sugar is dissolved, bring to
the boiling point, add four and one
half squares of unsweetened chocolate,
and stir constantly until the chocolate
is melted Let boil, until, when tried
cold water, firm ball may be formed
in the fingers. Remove from the
range. add one and one-half teaspoon
fuls of vanilla and one-half pound of
almonds, blanched and chopped. Turn
into buttered pan, cool, and cut in
small squares.
! Wherein Girls Are Superior to Boys.
In the December American Maya
zine, Professor Thomas of Chicago
university, writing on 1.-The M nd of
Woman says:
cat an early age the boy begins to
practise on the outside world with his
hand and eye, and while he is throw
ing, cutting, hammering, calculating
distance and playing competitive
games. the girl is sitting at home in a
pretty frock. But in activities not re-
Quiring great strength and speed the
boy is not superior The fastest type
writist in the world is to-day woman
the record for roping steers, "a feat
where the horse does the heavy work
is held by woman: and anyone who
will watch girls making change before
the pneumatic tubes in the great de-
partment stores about Christmas time
will experience the same wonder one
feels on first seeing professional
gambler shutting cards.
The Retort Final.
The garrulous old lady in the sterr
of the boat had pestered the guide
with her comments and questions ever
since they had started Her meek
little husband, who was hunched toad
like in the bow fshed in silence The
old lady had seemingly exhausted every
possible point in fish and animal life
woodcraft. and personal history, wher
/ she suddenly espied one of those curl
GUS paths of oily, unbroken water fire.
quently seen on small! lakes which ART
ruffled by light breez
''Oh, guide, guide" she exclaimed
what makes that funny streak in tn,
f waterloo, there-Right over there !!
The guide was busy re-baitng tn,
old gentleman's hook and merely mum
: bled "U-m-mm"
Guide" repeated the old lady il
tones that were not to be denied
p. s'look right over there where In
l pointing and tell me what makes tina
f funny streak in the water"
Y The guide looked up from his batting
: with sigh
THAT? Oh. that's where the roa'
: went across the ice last, winter''-Ev
e erybody's Magazine
Alcohol as Chief Cause of Crime.
According to DR.. Henry Smith Will
Jams, who has an article in the Christ
;, mas McClure's on alcohol and tn
/: Individual" 1895 per cent of tn
crimes in this country are directl,
: traceable to alcohol. He says:
: ssThe famous investigation Of tn
: Massachusetts Bureau Of Labor sta
e tistics revealed the fact that 81 pc
: cent Of all the criminals under convic
ton In the correctional institutions o
: that state owed the condition whicl
k induced the crime to incorporate hab
& its. The Investigation included the Ia