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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Recipes.

Asparagus Soup-From a bunch
of asparagus cut the stalks and put
on to boil in cold sailed water, with
an onion. When very soft strain
through a colander, pressing as much
through as possible. To the water
add a pint of milk. Thicker the
paste with a tablespoonful OF butter
and one of or rubbed together and
serve. The tips, which have been
cooked separately may be served in
the soup or mixed with French
salad dressing and served as "aspara-
gus vinaigrette" with the meat.
Rice Custard-One quart milk.
One-half teacup rice, four eggs, four
Bpoonfuls sugar, pinch salt, two tea
spoonfuls extract of vanilla. Pour
the rice into the milk, add the salt,
and steam for one hour. Beat the
yolks of the eggs, add sugar; stir
into the rice just before 1t is taken
off. Mix we'll after adding the flavor
ing extract. Beat the egg whites to
stiff froth, and gradually add pull
verified sugar enough to make FROST
ing. Put the rice in a pudding dish
and heat the frosting on top. Set in
the oven to brown lightly.
Potato Salad With Cream-Take
about six potatoes and cut them into
small dice, then mix with them the
chopped whites of three hard-boiled
eggs. Mix the yolks with a scant
teaspoonful OF dry mustard and stir
into 1t cupful of sour cream, add a
little paprlka and pour the dressing
over the potato and mix gently. No
salt is needed II the potatoes are
boiled in sailed water.
Ham Muffins-Cream one-fourth
cupful of butter, add gradually neaVly
three-fourths of a cupful of cold
boiled ham, chopped fine, also a we'll
beaten egg; then alternately one cup
full of graham -four and one cupful Of
white -four, sifted, with three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and a
cupful OF milk. Bake in hot, we'll
buttered muffin pan about twenty
ave minutes,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
PROFITS OF ALFALFA.

A man down In the Arkansas Val
ley this season took off five bushels
of alfalfa seed to the acre from one
cutting. The sixty bushels of seed
from twelve acres sold for 1910. Be-
sides this he harvested forty tons Of
hay from the other two cuttings
which sold for $240. The total re-
ceived from the three cuttings was
$62.50 an acre. Allowing $40 an
acre for cost of handling he has a
clear profit of $3.50 an acre or over
fifty per cent. on land which is valued
at 500 an acre. This beets the
sugar beet business and most all
other kinds of farming in this coun-
try. We might say in justification OF
this figure that the. ground was we'll
covered last fall with winter dress
ing of sheep manure from nearby
corral.-Denver Field.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Care of Hardwood Floors.

Hardwood or polished floors should
be swept each day either with a soft
hair broom or with an ordinary
broom covered with canton flannel,
secured by a draw-string where the
broom meets the handle. Have the
flannel wrong side out. The rough
side of the material will catch up all
particles of dust. In brushing around
a rug with such contrivance always
turn back a portion and brush or
sweep up well under the edges. The
flooring also may be wiped over with
a cloth wrung out in clear water of
medium temperature, or water to
which a few tabIespoonfuls of kero-
sene oil have been added
For furniture and floor polishes
there are many excellent preparations
provided which may be procured at
painting and decorating establish
ments. A good furniture polish to
use is composed of crude oil and tur-
pentine in equal parts. Rub well in
with a flannel cloth and polish with
dry one. Oil and vinegar in equal
parts also viii be found satisfactory.
For mahogany the following prepare
ton is suggested. Boiled linseed oil
and alcoholic shellac varnish-one-
third of the former to two-thirds of
the latter. Shake well and apply in
small quantities on piece of fan
mel; rub in well. Kerosene is used
by many regularly on sweeping and
cleaning days for polishing wood
work, stairs and ratings, wainscot-
Ing, etc. A mixture of oil and vine
gar in equal parts also is advised for
wiping up Observation-Disclosures
Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Not One of Them.

An Atlanta clubman has it seems
discovered one way of warding off the
dire calamity resulting from having
thirteen at table.
The Georgian likes to give little
dinners to which only the social elect
of Atlanta are hidden. At one of
these exclusive functions, however,
he had ordered a cover to be laid for
a Mr.. Perkins, northerner, having
business in the southern city, and
with whom the clubman was extreme
ly DESTROYS to cultivate closer rela-
lions.
Mr.. Perkins was a little late. The
rest Of the guests had arrived when
he presented himself at the door.
At this point a superstitious guest
exclaimed, soto voce: Heavens!
There are thirteen of us!"
Don't worry, Henry" whispered
the host in his ear. Perkins is not
one of us; he belongs to New Jersey"
-Harpers Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Recipes.

Corn Cake-One and three-quarter
cups corn meal, one cup -four, one
cup sour milk, one-half cup molasses,
one teaspoon soda, one-half teaspoon
salt Bake thirty to forty minutes.
Pumpkin or Squash Ple-Mix three
cups thick stewed and sieved pump
kin or squash, two cups milk, one cup
sugar, teaspoon salt, two eggs, half
teaspoon cinnamon, pinch cloves.
Line 2 pie plates and bake in moder-
ate oven.
Tomatoes Baked in Bread-Take
half can of tomatoes, make a season
Ing much the same as for oysters
without the cream, adding a little
chopped onion. Fill a hollow loaf
with first a layer of tomatoes, then
seasoning, and so on until it is full;
bake until it is brown.
Cranberry Pie--Three cups cram
berries, stewed with one and half
cups sugar, and strained. Line pie
plate with paste; put in cranberry
jam; wash the edges, lay three mar
row bars across; fasten at edge, then
three more across forming diamond
shaped spaces. Lay rim of paste, fine
or Of same; wash with egg wash;
bake in quick oven until paste is
cooked.
Stewed Rabbits in Milk-Two very
young rabbits, not nearly half grown,
1 IL pints milk blade of mace, des-
sertspoonful of -four, salt and cay
enne Mix -four smoothly with half
cup of milk and when well mixed
add remainder of milk. Cut up rab-
bits into joints, put them into a stew
pan with the milk and other ingredi.
ents and simmer until tender. Stir
the contents from time to time to
avoid burning and keep the milk
smooth. Cook for three-quarters OF
an hour.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
The Value Of Poultrr Manure.

Farmers do not appreciate the
value of poultry manure. 1t has
been estimated that the value of the
droppings for fertilizer is fourteen
cents per fow! per year. The New
Jersey Experiment Station values the
fresh manure of fowls at $4.96 per
ton; the Massachusetts, station values
it at $5.2S. The farmer doesn't value
it at all, yet fresh hen manure is
considered nearly twice as valuable
as fresh cow manure. 1t is claimed
that the poultry manure If sold or
used would cover the cost of the
care Of the fowls. Left in the hen
house to dry, the dust breathed in by
the fowls, 1t costs the farmer more
than he would willingly pay, did he
know.-Wallace's Farmer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Pomn Of Ennllsh MAYORS.

Chichester arms its chief magistrate
With a gold mounted malacca cane of
office, while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the bor-
ough by Queen Elizabeth. At York both
the lord mayor and lady mayoress are
equipped with the silver mounted oak
slaves which have marked their au-
thority for centuries. Among the Off
cial retainers of the mayor of Ripon
is the municipal hornblower, who every
night at o'clock winds three blasts
upon this aged musical instrument be-
fore the mayors residence, and again
at the marked cross.-London Stand
ard.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
HOW HE GREW PRIZE CORN.

Lewis Wilsey, who took first prize
for best corn showed at Marion Coun-
ty (Ind.) Institute, tells how he cul-
tivated the corn:
1T was easy" he said. 'I turned
under clover sod and dragged the
ground after the pillow. Then l har-
rowed the ground thoroughly and
9r saSse q, ~ again. Then l furrowed
out the rows and planted the corn
four inches below the level. Then 1
drilled the corn, covering 1t to
depth of one and half inches. 1
narrowed the ground once before
the corn came up and once after
ward and plowed the corn four times
with a single plow."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
FARM AND HOME.
A Cold Dairy without Ice.

An ingenious woman has devised
q plan for having good, cold milk
and butter all summer without ice.
II is a homemade dairy, is 80 cheap,
easily taken care OF, and is successful.
! will give the plan. and any house.
wife can have itwith very little work
Get four pieces of scantling 2x4
Inches, six feet long, and nail pieces
two feet long each way, about "a
feet from the ground, and nail pieces
OF the same at the top. Then board
over top and also lay floor at bot
tom. Now put a shelf on each side
and cover all around and on top with
nice clean bran sacks or burlap. Leave
one side open and put loops on it,
and nails on the side to fasten It..
Put a tub on top and fill it with
water. and put wooden strips of cloth
two and three inches wide in 1t, so
that they feed the water down and
keep the sacking wet all the time.
The air blowing through the wet
sacks keeps everything almost as cool
as If It were in a refrigerator, and
the butter and milk tastes better than
II it were shut from the air, and will
keep fresh much longer in this dairy.
An old blanket makes the best feed
ing strips; put in enough to have
three or four to each side.
This dairy was kept in the yard
under shade tree, but the back
porch is equally as good a place and
more convenient. Any one who tries
this plan, am sure, will be delighted
with It'll. E. K, in the AmcrsssS'
Cultivator. Il ----- -,iIig,, I1i@ferlcan
.,.-..9fT Y qe,3gIiIngf -
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
WHAT IS HUMUS.

Scientific agriculturists recognize
humus as the highest form of or
ganic matter in the soil, and exepri-
ence in growing crops fully prove this
to be true. 1t operates in securing
and providing solubility of soil fer
tility, enabling growing plants to as
simulate and make these available
without this best form OF organic
matter plant growth is slow indeed
and crops become Improbable. Barn
yard or stable manure, the turning
under of green crops, the decay of
the roots of clover and other nitro
gen gathering legumes when plowed
under, are the chief sources of this
humus so essential to plant growth.
These are the prime reasons foresav-
ing and spreading all the manure,
and for growing legumes. The lat
ter, of course, are profitable crops,
but they are doubly so in fact that
they enrich the soil with needed nj
trogen or humus.-Indiana Farmer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
The Poor Service.

Mrs. Ray Shershay had just re-
turned from visit to the foreign
cruiser that lay at anchor in the har-
Dor of the great American city.
1--WE had fine time" she said.
"They showed us all over the ship
and paid us every attention. We
didn't know they had arranged an ele-
CANT luncheon for US, and we were
agreeably surprised, of course, when
the captain invited us into the din
ing saloon and seated us at long
table spread with everything that
could tempt the appetite. tell you,
Mrs. Upsome, we enjoyed that lunch
con. We didn't have to hurry through
It, either, and we were waited on
with the utmost politeness and cor
diality."
| 1.-THE service was first class, was
III" interrupted Mrs. Upsome.
; 1.-THE service2" said Mrs. Ray Sher-
shay, lowering her voice. "No; that
was nearly all imitation. give you
my word there was hardly a thing
worth'carying away as souvenir. All
/ grabbed was this little pickle fork,
and 1 do believe it's nothing but
plated are!"-Chicago Tribune.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Strictly Private.

{ A colonel, on his tour Of inspection,
Unexpectedly entered the drill room,
when he came across a couple of SOL
diers, one OF them reading letter
aloud, while the other was listening,
and at the same time stopping up the
ears Of the reader.
what are you doing there?" the
puzzled officer inquired Of the latter.
"You see, colonel, I'm reading to
Atkins, who can't read himself, let
ter which has come from his sweet
heart"
"And you, Atkins, what in all the
world are you doing?"
"Please, colonel, l am stopping up
Murphy's ears with both hands be-
cause I don't mind his reading my
sweetheart's letter, but l don't want
him to hear a single word of what
abe. has written illustrate Bits.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04

For over an hour the other day Ser
geant Gardner, of the Twenty-third
district, carried a big rat that was very
much alive about in the side pocket
of his uniform coat. 1t was not until
he reached the station house and
placed his hand into the pocket that
he knew anything about it. Then he
became very much aware of the ro-
dents presence, for it bit his finger
The sergeant let out yell that not
only startled Lieut.. Blaney, who was
with him at the time, but aroused the
whole house force. A second later
the animal leaped from the pocket
and began to run for cover. Lieuten.
ant, sergeants, turkeys, and cops
Joined in trying to round up the rat,
but In spite Of their chasing and stamp.
ing, 1t managed to get away Sergt
Gardner thinks that the animal crept
into his pocket while the coat was
hanging in the patrol house.-PhiIadel.
phia Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04

Economy Is the science of buying a
50 hat for 1915 when a good one may
be had for 81. 1t is a harmless and
fascinating pursuit for those who can
afford it, but poor man has no BUSH
ness to fritter away his time and sub
stance on such extravagances.
Women are particularly addicted to
1t, and often become SO skilful that
they are able to get through January
without encroaching on their April al
lowance.
Men who have such wives are ma
turally very proud of them, and are
willing to redouble their efforts, If
necessary, in order to provide them
with the means to develop the habit
Life,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Vermont Game Birds Scarce.

The hunters who make the YER
mont woods the scene of their
search for game during the open sea-
son, have already begun to expert
ence the results of the late spring,
which caused such hardships among
the game birds. Those who have
sought for partridge, ruffled grouse
and woodcock report great scarcity
of the birds, and present indications
point to one of the poorest seasons in
years. The few birds secured are all
old ones, leading to the belief that a
large part of the eggs were chilled
before Matching could be completed,
or that the younger birds persisted in
their infancy. Transcript.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Tenchinr a Calf to Drink

H. E. Cook says in Tribune-Far-
mer: Fix things so the calf can never
suck its dam, and when the COW has
mothered for a few hours-don't be
in too big rush about it-milk about
three quarts of her milk into pail,
put 1t up under the calfs nose so as
to touch it, and in a minute it will
drink from the word so, and you
have won out, and kept your piety
besides. A calf that has never sucked
will drink as readily as 1t will get
the hang of finding Its own dinner.
By the same rule, heifer should
always be hand MIXED and then she
knows no other way. Let the calf
run with her a few days and then
to milk her is, in her way of think
ing. robbery" OF her calf and you
have to break her, which often is
quite a vaudeville show and often of
somewhat unpleasant memory, From
the start play that you are the
heifer's calf and make her believe it,
and to the calf be its god of the feed
dish and two disagreeable things in
misunderstanding heifers and teach
ing calves to drink-are made into
pleasant pastimes.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
WHAT HOGS CRAVE.

Hogs that do not have much range
outside crave and demand some min
eral foods to keep them in condition,
such as charcoal, ashes, mortar, soft
coal, rotten wood, ETC., says the On
tario Station. 1t is probable that
some of these substances are not
good for hogs; but there is no doubt
that charcoal and wood ashes have a
beneficial effect, the former being
greatly relished. 1t is good practice
to supply charcoal, especially during
the winter months. Wood ashes, or
a mixture of wood ashes and salt
may be used in place of charcoal;
but charcoal is preferable. Sods
make very fair substitute for char
coal. A wagon load or two Of sods
placed conveniently near the piggery,
so that the feeder can throw one or
two into each pen occasionally, will
be found we'll worth the labor in
volved. Pigs that are outdoors in
summer, and have access to earth and
vegetable matter, have little need
for other correctives. The term
"correctives'' is used for want of a
better; but such substances as those
described, appear to correct, or to
prevent, arrangement of the diges-
tive organs.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Tho Mllkman Rebuked.

A very mild north of England vicar
had for some time been dlspleased
with the quality of the milk served
him. At length he determined to re-
monstrate with his milkman for sup
plying such week stuff He began
mildly: "I've been wanting to see
you In regard to the quality Of milk
with which you are serving me-" Eyes,
SIR" uneaslly answered the tradesmen.
81 only wanted to say" continued the
minister, that use the milk for diet
airy purposes exclusively, and not for
interchangeable Argonaut
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
FARM ANn HoMF.
Breeding the bacon Hog.

Mr.. Hoyt says that DR.. Harper Is
trying to get a good bacon hog. He
has Tamworths, which are certainly
a good bacon breed. But why should
he think to improve by crossing on
the Poland China, a purely lard hog?
There is really no hog that will make
better bacon than the razor-back OF
the South. the black-haired survival
of the fittest. His fault is slow ma
turity and big waste. II was breed
ing for bacon pig would use
the Tamworth with razor-back sows,
and by continually keeping only full
blood Tamworth males, l would ex-
pect to have in a little while the
finest bacon pigs in America. Smith
field hams are made from the native
Virginia stock, and cannot be made
from the Western lard hog.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
STAMPS and Children

A rare philatelic gem will come
under the hammer at Messrs. Glen
dining's galleries in Argyll street. 1t
is used copy of the Postoffice
Mauritius penny red stamp, which
is said to be worth anything from
$4,000 to $5000.-London Daily
Mail.
Prosecuted at Sleaford Petty Ses-
sions for not sending his child to
school, Josiah ELLINGTON, laborer,
stated that he earned 1915 a week,
and had "only fourteen children to
keep out of It," The case was dis
missed on payment of costs.-Lou-
don Daily Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Farentrp and raNatIon.

II ia reported that a recent act OF
the Wisconsin legislature permits the
owner OF any tract OF land in the state
to set aside a portion not exceeding
forty acres for forest culture, to be
exempted from taxation on that por'
ton OF land for a period OF thirty years
from the time of tree planting. This
also applies to firms and corporations,
This is very good II might well so
further and allow an unlimited guam
tity Of land to be thus set aside, II Sc
curity is given that the land will be
actually kept in forest until the trees
are mature,-From Bulletin Of AmerI.
can Forestry Association,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Peruvian AguardIente.

Peru ia an immense country and
in one section of 1t, known as the
Tambo valley, the principal produc-
ton is aguardiente, which is made
from the juice of sugar and contains
twenty per cent. alcohol. Consul
General s. M. Taylor says that this
liquor is consumed largely by the Pc
ruvian Indians and so many of them
die from the effects of 1t that the
population is materially decreasing.
The valley is located SO high that only
the natives enjoy good health there,
hence It would be difficult to find en-
igrants to replace the natives, as
would seem necessary at an early
date. In the valley there is one good
plant for making cane sugar and
aguardiente, but all the rest are quite
primitive in their construction.
More or less rice is produced in
the same valley, and 1t 10 said that
the grain is large and sweet in flavor
and when bolted it augments much
more than any other kind. 1t always
commands a higher price than any
other rice. 1t is stated incidentally
that there is only one good rice mill
in the valley of Tambo, and that is
from the United States. The others
are primitive wooden stamp mills
driven by water wheels.-Louisiana
Planter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
SUFFERED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
With EczemA-Her Limb Peeled and
Foot Was Raw-ThOught Amputa-
ton eCessary-Bslieves Her
LII, Saved by CuticurR,

II have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for bad case of eczema
on my leg. They did their best, but
failed to cure it. My doctor had advised
me to have my leg cut off. At this time
my leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like piece of raw flesh, and had to
walk on crutehes. l bought set of Cuti-
cura Remedies After the first two treat
ments the swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new skin
came on. The doctor was surprised and
said that he would use Cuticura for his
own patients. have now been cured over
seven years, and but for the Cuticura Rem
edies might have lost my life. Mrs. j. B.
RsDaud, 277 Montana St., Montreal, Que,
Feb. 20, 1907"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
EXERCISE FOR POULTRY.

The main thing in keeping poultry
In good shape in the winter is to get
the fowls to exercise. The greatest
difference between the flock that is
doing we'll and the one that is losing
money for it's owner, is that the for
mer is active and healthful, while the
latter sit around too fat and with
scarcely enough ambition to eat
Farmers Home Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
Hot.Air Treatment of Hay Fever.

Hop-Alf treatment OF nay rover.
DR.. Hurlmann, in two serious. cas-
es OF hay fever which resisted all
kinds of treatment succeeded in caus-
ing all the symptoms to disappear
by the employment of hot and dry
air. He used an apparatus with six
electric lamps (red Light arranged
in a fitting manner. The patients
breathe in the hot air by the nose
and expel it by the mouth, from
twenty-five to thirty respiratlons at
each seance.
DR.. Hulimann does not know If the
red light acts by reason of its color
and hopes that later experiments
made by other medical men may elu-
cidate the question.-Swiss Medical
Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-01-04
MONEY IN DRAFT HORSES.

Breeding and growing draft horses
on the farm in the United States is
adding as many millions to our
wealth as any other industry wher-
ever it is pursued with care and In
telligence. Draft horses are not only
the most desirable for the farm, but
the demand in the cities for heavy
hauling is constantly on the increase.
Big sound drafters Weighing 1900 to
1000 pounds are in greatest city de-
mand. The only way to grow these
is in the selection of the best, we'll
formed heavy stations and the large
grade dams OF the same blood. Such
will produce colts that will grow into
$75 to 500 in cash every year from
foaling to three years old. With
reasonable care and no more food
than is required in growing other live
stock, how can this be excelled, when
counting the cash Indiana Farm.