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Year: 1868




In boiling puddings, mind that the cloth
be perfectly clean dip it ia hot water, and
dredge it we'll with -four. If bread pud.
ding, tie it loose; il batter pudding, tie it
nearly close gooseberry aud apple pudding,
&C., should be tied quite close. When you
make a bstter pudding, 6rst mix the -four
well with milk, and stir 10 the other ingred-
tents BY degrees you will then have it
smooth, without Jumps. The best way,
however, for plain batter pudding is to
strain it through coarse hair,sieve, that it
may have neither Jumps nor the tfeadings Of
the eggs: aud for the other puddings, strain
The eggs when,they are beaten up.
a Be surdthc Vaier ,hdls when you put
your pudding HI. aud that it keeps, boiling
all the time, aud that you keep it always
covered with water you should also move it
about two or three times at FIRST, or it may
stick to the pot dip the pudding into cold
water Immediately after you take it out,
which prevents it sticking. If you boil
your pudding il a dish or basin, butter the
inside before putting the pudding in the
same should be done to the dish for baked
pudding or pie.


The quality of pie>c.ust depends much on
the baking If the oven be too hot, the
paste, besides being burned, will fall If too
slack, it will be soddened, and consequently
heavy.


Paste should be made on a cold, smooth
substance, such as marble, with light, cool
hand. 1t should be made quickly much
handling makes it heavy Great nicely is
required in wetting the paste too little
moisture renders ii dry and crumbly, while
too much makes it tough aud heavy aud in
either case, the paste cannot be easily work.
ed. Practice alone eau produce perfection
in this art.


Before commencing to make paste for pies
or dumplings, it is necessary to place near
at hand everything likely to be wanted, to
inspect all the utensils, 10 prepare all the
Ingredients, and though last not least to
wash the hands and nails perfectly clean
for the hands are the best tools to make
paste with.


Always use good sweet butter, dripping,
or lard, for pie or pudding crust. Some
persons entertain the mistaken notion that
butter which cannot be eaten on bread will
do very well for paste on the contrary, the
baking or boiling of raDcid fat increases the
bad favor. 1t is a good plan to wash tho
butter in clear spring water before using it.
Make two or three holes with fork in the
cover of your pies, that the steam may es-
cape GermdntoUA Teleqrdph
Year: 1868

FArTENING CATTLE.-Fattening animals
of all kinds lay on flesh very rapidly as the
weather grows cooler. Keep beeves and
sheep in pasture as long as the feed is good,
but yard them at night, and feed twice a day
with grain, if fhey are to be marketed soon;
otherwise simply feed SO as to be sure they
are constantly gaining. Pigs should have
cooked food and plenty of it. Push forward
their iattening as rapidly as possible, for at
no season will they gain faster. Keep them
clean and give them warm sheltered nests.
Poultry also gain very rapidly, and it is best
to fatten them on scalded meal with corn,
wheat screenings, aud other food in addition,
at daylight in the morning and late in the
afternoon.
Year: 1868

The LIGHT>HEARTED PEoPLE-There
are people who tabituaily make the best OF
things, not from a sense of duty, not from a
dislike of sympathy, not from any shrinking
from pain on their own account or for 9TH
ers, but simply from a natural and uncon-
querabe lightness of hearts. These people
supply the oxygen of the moral atmosphere,
and should be maintained at the public ex-
pense to keep it sweet and pure Even if
instead of boing, as they generally are, ac
tive and otherwise estimabe members of
society, they did nothing but enjoy life, they
would still be worth cultivating for the sake
of the, light and heat which they kiudle
The only difficulty is how to regulate them.
They are SO irresistbly impelled to sing
songs that, in a world where heavy hearts
are uu fortunately common, it is difficult al
ways to keep the vinegar and nitre apart.
1t is unreasonable to expect any great con-
sidera ton for the susceptibilties of melanr
choly people from the constitutionally y
cheerful. because the very fact of their
being so implies certain degree of insensi.
tility, which involves corresponding
amount of blindness to other peoples sensi>
bility. A genuinely cheerful person makes
the best of your troubles because they really
do not appear to him very distressing, and
it is for you to decide whether such a view
will act on your mind as tonic or an irri-
tant.
Year: 1868

All in the arms of Autumn lyingi
Fading flowers round her signing,
Summer sick and sad is dying.
Now no more shall she be seen,
In the evenings deep serene,
Weaving garands white and green.
Fold her in a winding sheet,


Woven OF all blossoms meet,
For the shroud of maiden sweet.
Crimson rose and lily white
All she had of best and bright,
Long have vanished from the light
Gather Autumn's palest flowers,
Dauk with Autumn's S softest Showers
Bring them to her leafleSs bowers.
There though Winters icy gloom,
She shall rest as in a tomb
Sheeted snow shall shroud her bloom
Shroud her bloom, but not forever
Mortals die, but seasons never,
When the chains of Winter sever,
Spring shall wake her up again,
Lead ber forth to hill aud plain,
Over willing hearts to reign.
Year: 1868

A PRETTY good story is told of a man,
who, stopping iu Boston for day, bought a
cigar and sauntered out for a walk. Soon a
policeman notified him that he had incurred
fine of two dollars for smoking in the street.
The stranger paid the penalty. Shortly after
child, who hadn't had any breakfast or
dinner, moved his generosity, and he bestow-
ed a remnant Vi gingerbread upon the hungry
one. Thereupon second officer informed
bin that he had Violated another ordinance
Of the city, with two dollar fine. The Off
Ger presented him the change. He shook his
head; Keep the whOle--I want to whistle
PRESENTLY
Year: 1868

The prayer which Socrates taught his
disciple AlcibiSdes deserves a place IN the
devotioDs of every Christian That he
should beseech the supreme God 10 give
him what was good for him, thoug b be should
not ask it. and to withhold from him what
ever would be hurtful, though he should be
so foolish as to pray for it,
Year: 1868

RUsKIN says that peoples eyes are so in
tensely fixed on the immediate operation oi
money as it changes hands that they hardly
ever reflect on its first origin or financial dis
appearance. They are always considering
how to get it from somebody else, but never
how to get it where that somebody else got
it. Whereas, the real national question is
not who is losing or gaining money, but who
is making and who destroying it.
Year: 1868

IT is said the library shelves of the Brit
ish Museum, if placed in continuous line,
would extend no less than twenty FIVE miles.
The accession of books keeps growing at the
rate about twenty thousand a year, or be>
tween fifty and sixty a day
Year: 1868

WHEN the good and the lovely die, the
memory of their good deeds, like the moon
beams on the stormy sea, lights up our dark
eued hearts and lends to the surrounding
gloom beauty so sad and SO sweet that we
would not, if we could, disPel the darkness
that environs it.
Year: 1868

TOAST PUDDING.-Mix one quart of milk,
three eggs and little salt, as for custard.
Cut small loaf of bread (bakers' bread is
the best) into slices half an inch thick, and
lay them separately on platters. Pour the
mixture over them and let them stand two
hours, or until all the milk is soaked up I;
then fry brown on griddle and serve with
sauce
Year: 1868

AN editor down South says be would as
soon try to go to sea upon shingle, make a
ladder of fog, chase streak of lightning
through crab apple orchard, swim up the
rapids of Niagara river, raise the dead, stop
the tongue Of an old maid, or set Lake Erie
on fire with vet match, as to stop lovers
getting married when they take it into their
heads to do SO.
Year: 1868

MARRIAGE is like a flaming candle light
placed in the window of summer night,
inviting all the insects of the air to come
and SINCE their pretty ringlets there. Those
that are out butt heads against the pane !;
those that are in butt to get out again.
Year: 1868

AN undertaken in Utica had to bury one
of his debtors. He got him snugly into the
grave, bnt refused to fill in the earth until
the weeping family settled the claim, which
they did.
Year: 1868

THE French and Prussian armies are near
" equal in strength. France has one mil
lion three hundred thousand men organized
and ready for service at short notice Prus-
sia has an army of one million one hundred
and forty thousand soldiers in the same state
of efficiency.
Year: 1868

RooT PRUNING TREEs.-A correspondent
Of the Florist and Ponsologist says that ar
tizan gardeners who generally have their
plots of ground in frst-rate condition, find
that their pear and apple trees make great
quantity of wood 10 the shape of strong,
luxuriaut shoots their trees are the picture
of good health. but they have not much
fruit. If they buy a tree, say three years
old, the shoots are usually very much short
ened, when planted and under ordinary
circumstances it will put out vigorous bran
ches the ensuing summer. II, on the other
hand, the head of the rec has not been cut
it will be very probable that instead Of, max
ing shoots, fower>buds will be formed the
first year. The owner may prune aud prune
again his vigorous trees by cutting out branch>
es in the autumn, but this only increases the
evil. More roots have been formed during
the summer, and these will enable the shoots
to push with double vigor next year. Let
him observe that the tree which he bought
had its roots cut or mutiated in the taking
then let him cut through the roots of his
strong growing tree, stopping the channels
through which the nutriment is supplied to
the branches, and he will find that instead
of leaves he will get fruit, aud in lieu of a
large, straggliug head, which overshadows
his garden, and interferes sadly with his
vegetables and flowers, he will have a cons
pact tree full of fruit.bearing spurs, and
highly prolific. In fact man need not let
his tree. get beyond a certain size, for by
regularly pruning the roots at stated periods
its much greater enlargement will be pre-
vented Let any person try an experiment
in October by removing the soil three feet
from The tree to be operated on, yard in
depth, and with sharp spade cutting
through the roots.
Year: 1868

right good article, TOO. He asks a heavy
price for 'em; but if you are willing to give
it, we'll and good and bark ye, my girl,
whatever bargain you. make your old father
will ratify.'


As Mr.. Blifkins said this he considerably
stepped out of the room, and we will follow
bis example But the kind Of bargain the
young people made can readily be cOujecturcd
by the speedy wedding that followed.


Luke. Jordan every year, on the aDuiver-
sary of his marriage, delights bis father-inS
law by some specimen of the handicraft BY
which he won what he declares to be the
best and dearest wife in the world
Year: 1868

hap or calamity may happen to it they will
provide against such an emergency BY start
Ing several queen cells at once, for if they
should wait until they ascertained that their
niS' enueavor was futile, the remaining eggs
| "ouiu Oe 100 old for their use and the des-


ructioh o' the whole colony would be as GER
tain as were those which ware burned in our
f'n VI July hre,-alter they have their cells
unuer way restore to them their ou4en and
they VIII stop work on their queen cells.
swARAnNG.


when che season is propitious. honey
abundant, and colony the numerous, they will
rear queens and get ready for swarmine.
About the time that the new queen is ready
to emerge from her cell the bees will rush
from the hive and with the old queen form
new colony and set up housekeeping in a
new place leaving the old home to the young
queen and young bees; before leaving howev-
er they each and all fill their sacks almost to
bursting with honey. Agood sized swarm will
thus take from five to seven pounds, every
bee deeming it advisable TO take three days
rations in her sack.


LARGE SWARM.


Some have supposed that a large hive sew
eral years old would contain an immense
number of bees, but on rejecting that the
bees OF one summer do not live until the next
summer, and that the queen is alone the
mother of the whole family it will be seen.
that the size of the swarm is limited to the
capacity of the queen for laying eggs. AS
her fertility decreases with adyanc-
ing years in all probability the fam
lily is not as numerous at the end-oF
four years as it was the first year. A young
prolific queen VIII in the best part OF the sea-
son lay from one thousand to three thousand
eggs per day, and this tremendous draft upon
her energies calls tor a corresponding supply
rations which her attendants are zealouslv
supplying; if her attendants were kept from
her fifteen minutes she would be hungry.
These are facts which are verified by numer-
GUS observations, and any one who doubts ID
will find very interesting study by placing
swarm in an observation hive (made of glass
and wood and setting it in their parlor win
dow where they can watch their movements
and enlalge their knowledge of aparian sci
ence.


Mr.. Langstroth lays down two rules which
ere of great Importance to the novice in bee
aulture. One is that :" bees cannot refuse TO
fH themselves Nth s,oeels tohen offered" and
the other, that aUhen fuU they are good-na-
tured" Consequently when wish to exam
inc or handle my bees open the hive and
treat them to a sprinkling of water made
quite sweet with sugar; they will Immediate
ly commence filling themselves ami then, it
handled carefully, they may be taken out, ex-
amined and changed into other hives and
even new colonies formed without waiting
for them to swarm, and where it is necessary
tostrengthen weak colony it can be done bf
exchanging few of The frames with a weak
colony.


Any of your readers who would like to see
the kind of hive use can do so by calling at
my store, 1872 Msddle street.


M. G. PALMER.
Year: 1868

The constantly increasing demand and growing
popularity ofthe Peerless Soap, amply testifes
to its appreciation by the public


The Proprietor. though no egotist, takes pleasure
in acknowledging that he is highly flattered with his
endeavor to educate the American public to the
of the higher grades OF Soap, as embracing economy
Time, Labor and Money.


In consideration of the fact that the Peerless
soap is manufactured by strictly scientific princi-
pals out OF the Very Best Material, so combined
as to render thghly detersive, without resulting in
the slightest injury to the most delicate fabric or
hand. The Proprietor has hesitancy in asserting
it to be
Far Ahead tOf any other Brand i'm the


Market,


For all purposes OF a FAMILY SOAP.
Manufactured by


CURTIS DAVIS, Boston.
nR-For sale by all Grocers, and warranted to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded. jy3ls2mo
Year: 1868

The Portland Press says We referred 10
one OF the tcpudiation resolutions adopted
by the Democracy at Augusta. There is
another OF the same character OF which
every intelligent Democrat in the State will
feel heartily ashamed before he is a month
older IL reads thus:


Resoired, That the right Of the Federal
Government 20 tax the income OF the ma
iional debt, is clear IN itself, and sup.
ported by practice. an ! ought now 10 be
effectively exercised by collecting the tax
on coupons Of the national bonds, and that
snch a rate Of taxation should be imposed
upon these coupons as will subject capital
so invested 60 its fair average share Of
public burdens, as compared with other
descriptions Of property.


This proposition. adopted in lieu Of the
one formerly so much in favor with the
Democracy. OF direct State and municipal
taxation Of government securities, is intend
ed to reach the same purpose indirectly. for
tue next resolution proposes that the
proceeds OF tho taxation Of the coupons
shall be divided among the States. IL will


CONTINUED on Fourth paxsi
Year: 1868

admire and appreciate it in others; and
Mugly is a genius, if there ever was one.
soon had the pleasure of aiding him to i'm
prove his outward appearance to some
extent. One day in my conversation with
him ! discovered that he was a good
accountant, and the thought occurred to me
that might help him to earn money in this
way. So employed him to transciribe for
me great rumber of letters and accounts
which had, and of which told him that I
desired to have duplicates, and for this
I paid him some money which
he expended in arraying him
self in decent clothing, and q
change for the better seemed to come
over the man as soon as he was thus lifted
out of the squalid misery in which l had
found him. But this improvement was only
temporary. He suddenly ceased to call
upon me; missed him from his accus-
toned haunts, and fortnight passed away
without my hearing word from him. But
one night when was sitting over my pint
of sherry after dinner at the Cafe Royal
Mugly presented himself before me. All
his new clothes were gone; he wore the
very rags he had sported on the night of our
first acquaintance, and his face was marked
with the same expression Of misery that had
then awakened my sympathy. I was
shocked, and to tell the truth somewhat
disguised with this relapse, and suppose
my face expressed something of my feelings.


ut is of no use, Mr.. Brown, to try to
make gentlemen cut of me now, " he said.
you are not the first person that has fail
ed in that laudable but hopeless undertak.
ing. Why should give up the only com
fort on earth that I may wear clean shirt
and whole coat? What is my comfort? Il
is what heard the street preacher call the
broth out of the devils own pot. It is
whisky. I am forced to choose between
giving up this one consolation of my ex
istence and the abandonment Of all the out
ward and visible signs Of respectability
and choose not to give up the whisky.
clean shirt is a comfortable thing, but il
will not sop the aching of my heart and The
gnawing Of remorse. Whisky will lull the pail
and sometimes wrap me in dreams of para
disc. 1t brings the happy past back to m
in colors fresh and bright, and the ignoran


present fades away before its glory. VIII


should I try to Danish this one friend


Shah I be tormented before my time,


thing of which the devils themselves CON
plain, in order that may be what men cal
decent? What is decency to me now


Who cares for me now? Why should


torture myself that people for whom I car


nothing, and who care nothing for me


may say. There goes old Mugly; he ha


stopped drinking, and is quite reformed


I thought would make the attempt ono


more to please you, Mr.. Brown, but hav


been unable to bear it, and l hav


come to tell you so.n And wit


this Mugly turned on his heel an


walked out of the room. hav


often seen him since that night, but he r


fuses to have anything more to say to mt


u will lose my character, he says, ''if al
seen talking with such wretch as he is
And now, sir, if you will drink no mol
punch, and will walk down toward I'll
Register House, have no doubt that v
j will meet him, and that he will say to yol
Amy clothes, sir ~
Year: 1868

accomplished daughters-one Of them very
handsome, and the other rather plain.


After spending some weeks in the neigh
borhood, and having frequent opportuni-
ties of meeting the ladies, he became quito
enamored with the younger and the pretticr
of the sisters. lie, however, returned home
without any preference. lie was a man of
very scdatc and studious habits, and soon
became absorbed in his books, and for Il
time he seemed TO forget his new acquaint-
anccs. But the image of one of them seem
ed to be continually before his mind. Alttr
having maturely considered the matter, and
having. no doubt, sought guidance from
on high, he concluded to commence n cor
rcspondence with the object of his affection.


Unfortunately, or fortunately, as he alter
wards stated, he addressed the wrong lady.
He had got their names transposed. The
correspondence finally led to an engage
mcnt. The day was fixed for the wedding,
and the reverend doctor of divinity made
his appearance at the proper time. But
what was his surprise TO find that he was
going to marry n lady he had not courted.
But, being n sensible and AN honorable
man. he said nothing about it, believing
the hand of Providence was in the matter,
and was actually married to the sister of
the girl he thought he had won. Time wore
on; she proved to be most amiable, in
telligent and aiiectionate wife. He never
told the story till after the younger sister
was happily married. He never had rea-
son to repent the mistake, and he is to this
day firm in the belief that God so ordered
it for his happiness. "Alis well that ends
| wall
Year: 1868

and by realizing to us anew that God has
made all nations of one blood-and that of
them all lie is the beneficent Father. Mr..
President, | honor my country for n thou
sand considerations which inspire us all
with anever-waning love. But am never
so impressed by its moral grandeur as when,
in negotiating with other States on questions
that naturally excite popular passion, II re-
fuses to plant itself upon policy of lust or
revenge; ] honor her most when, firmly
demanding Justice, see her bearing offer
ings of peace i'm her hands, while in her
heart she cherishes and obeys that precept
of the skies, DO unto others as you would
that others should do unto you. There is
contagion in the example of justice. My
thought is suggestive of the true mission of
American democracy"


We hail with profound satisfaction the
utterance of ideas like these in the presence
of such an assemblage of mind and influ-
ence, and under circumstances that must
give them worldwide circulation. When
common sense shall, at length, have so far
obtained the mastery that government shall
seek in fair explanation and mutual good
understanding a solution of all disputes
the diplomacy of trickcry and deceit will
find its occupation gone. Human happi-
nese will then walk hand in hand with
peace, along the shining pathway of the fu
ture.--Journdl Of Commerce.