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Year: 1869

KILLING AND DRESSING POULTRY.
In different neighbOrhOOds different
WAYS of killing and dressing poultry
prevail, whether for the farmers table
or for the market. Poultry, when
bled TO death, is whittier and more del
icate than when the meek is wTung, F"
as the phrase goes. Geyhir, in his
book on poultry breeding, says he
should advise the following plan, as
the best, and as causing instant death
without apparent pain or disfigure-
ment. Open the beak of the fowl,
then with a pointed and narrow knife,
make an incisiOn at the back of the
roof. which will divide the vertebrR
and cause immediate death after
which hang the fowl up by the legs
till the bleeding ceases, then rinse the
beak out with vinegar and water
Fowls killed in this manner keep
longer and do not present the insight
ly external marks as those killed by
the ordinary system of wringing the
neck. When the entrails are drawn
Immediately after death, and the fowl
stuffed, as they do in France, with
paper shavings or short eOcOa-nut
fibres to preserve their shape, they will
keep much longer fresh. Some breed
ers cram their poultry before killing,
to make them appear heavy. This Is
a most injudieiOus plan, as the undi-
gested food soon enters into fermenta-
ton, and putrefaetiOn takes place, as
| is evidenced by the quantity of green
ish, putrid-looking fowls that are seen
| in the markets.
Year: 1869

are a regiment. Nine times a day the
cloth is laid, for we eat in three relays,
As to our cookery, the bill of fare
reads magnificently; but woe to the
stomach that explores the kitchen,
and blessed be the eyes that look not
too closely at what the hand carries
to the mouth.


But we vet live after twenty-five
days on the briny sea, pent up within
the guards Ofthe ocean steamers. The
ocean itself is n sublime emblem of
eternity. The sunsets over the waters
are magnificent beyond word or pen
ell, and the sky Of the tropics hangs
out its stars and consultations with
surprising brilliancy, such as no
Northern cline can equal.


But the shores of FL Dorado begin
to loom up in the distance. TO-mor-
row with the rising sun we enter the
Golden Gate. - Correspondence of
jamestown journal.
Year: 1869

a lazy man, says the "Fat Contribu.
tor" is almost always good-natured. lie
never flies into passion. lie might
crawl into one if that were possible, but
the idea of his flying into anything is
preposterous.


Who ever heard Of lazy man break
ing into bank, where crowbar had to
be used, or drilling into safe ? Nobody.
Not that he might not covct his neighbors
goods contained thcoein but the horror
of handling n crowbar and drills would
always deter him from actually commit
ting burglary. He never runs away with
his neigbbor's wife, simply on account Of
the horror hc has of running. II lie is
ever known to run, it is to--run TO seed


He rarely lives about his neighbors,
for it would be too much exertion but
he can lie at bar.room all day.


He is OF incstimabic service TO n bill
lard saloon, keeping the chairs warm
and watching the game, for few would
care to play where there are no specta-
tors. The TACT that lie does this without
pay, day in and day oat, shows the un-
selfishness of his nature. What an in
dustricus man, who considers his time
worth something, would want pay for,
the lazy man generally does for nothing,
showing a freedom from mercenary mo-
tivcs that should go far to his credit.


The lazy man never gets up revolu-
tions, instructions, or other popular ex-
citements, and don't make nuisance of
himself by tramping around the country
making incendiary speeches to promote
public discomfort.


In his own neighborhood he is never n
busybody in other peoples affairs, for the
very idea of being busybody at any
thing would drive him out of his bead
you would have to drive him out, for he
wouldn't have energy enough TO go out
of his own accord.


No lazy man ever ran mad. IL he
went crazy. it was because he couldn't
90 anywhere else without walking.


Lazy men don't disturb the quiet OF
peaceful ncighbors by putting up fac
tories, furnaces, and other abomina-
tions.
Year: 1869

NOVELS IN FAMILIEs.-In answer TO
the question, whether he would have
any novels in farmers library, Horace
Greeley replies as follows:


My Uncle Ben spent the better half of
his protracted life in the new clearings,
first of Western New York, then of
Northwestern Pennsylvania; and it was
one of lis axioms that, in planting corn
on new and well-burnt fallow, it was not
necessary to drop any pumpkin-seeds-
that such land was so well adapted to
the growth of pumpkins, enough would
come up spontaneously. / think much
the same of providing novels for small,
select family library. Quite enough Of
them will get in, by hook or crook, though
none are set down on the original
schedule.
Year: 1869

VOICES OF THE NrGnT.-'If cat doth
meet cat, upon the garden walk, and if
a cat doth greet cat, oh need they
both to squall? Every Tommy has got
his Tabby, waiting on the wall, and yet
she welcomes his approach ry one I'M
earthly yawl. If kit wish TO court a
a rock upon the wall, why don't he
sweetly sit and smile, and not stand up
and bawl and lift his precious back up
high, and show his teeth and moan, as if
'twere collie, more than love, that made
the 'feller' groan. Among the twain
there is a swain, his voice is known full
well, but what's his name, or where's his
shame the deuce alone can tell. He's
sweet upon the other sex, his amorous
passions lisc, he can't resist the tender
glance of their seductive eyes; and so,
with groans and horrid threats, he rends
the evening air, and makes these mid
night rendezvous impossible to bear
Year: 1869

MODERN ECONOMY OF TME.-One
man can spin more cotton yarn now than
four hundred men could have done in the
same time in 1860, when Arkwright, the
oest cotton spinner, took out his first
patent. One man can make ms much
flour in day now as hundred and fifty
could century ago. One woman can
make as much lace in day now as a
hundred could hundred years ago. IL
now requires only as many days to refine
sugar as ii did months thirty years ago.
1t once required six months to put quick
silver on glass; now it requires only
forty minutes, The engine OF first-rate
iron,clad trigate will perform as much
work in lay as forty.two thousand
horses. Scientific Americdn.
Year: 1869

I'm butchers boy, sir.


"A Whatg


you see I've brought your provis-
ions for you, sir; l am a regular butch
er's boy.


'And how long have you been at this
workP


This is the tenth day, sir


But don't it come hard?


Nothing comes hard so long as II
is honest and will furnish my family
with bread


'And how much day can you make
at thisP


Sometimes over a dollar, and some
times not over fifty cents


well, now look here, Stanwood,
there have been no less than dozen Of
my old hands hanging round my count
ing room for a fortnight whining for
work. They are stout, able men, yet
they lie still because 1 have no work
for them. Last Saturday took pity
on Leeds and offered him the Job to do
my handcarting. l told him l would
give him Sl,25 a day, but he turned
up his nose and asked me not to insult
him. And yet he owned his family
were suffering. But you come to my
place tomorrow and you shall have
something to do, if it is only to hold
your bench up. l honor you for your
manly independence


Peter grasped the old mans hand
with a joyous, grateful grip, and blessed
him ferVently.


That night he gave Mr.. Snow notice
that he must quit, and on the following
morning he went to the blinderY.
For two days he bad but very little to
do, but on the third day a heavy Job
came in, and Peter Stanwood had
steady work. He was happy-more
happy than ever, for he had learnrned
two thiDgs-frst, what noble wife he
had and second, how much resources
for good he held in his own energies.
Our simple picture has two points to its
moral. One is-no man can be lowered
by any kind of honest labor. The
secOnd-While you are enjoying the
fruits OF the present forget not to pro-
vide for the future, for no man is so Sc
cure but the day may come when he
will need the squanderings of the past, i,
Year: 1869

Atthe same old place, one door south of
| q Bush's Livery Office, on west side of the
'14fN River. He has on hand a large lot of Pumps
GE4z. and is making all the time, The pumps are
calculated to suit deep or shallow wells, dug or
hand. Wood, Iron or Lead Piping can be attached
to these pumps, and warranted to work well and
give good satisfaction. Those standing in need of
| pump cannot do better than to call and examine
for themselves. I have been in the business for a
number Of years, and these pumps have always
given the best satisfaction Of any other pump that
have ever come across yet. 1 do all my own work
so that I can warrant every pump.


N. BAH old pumps repaired on short notice.
Bring them along and if they cannot be repaired
take new one home with you.


7-6m C. BAKER,
Year: 1869

I have often taken the drug, rather
for curiosity to discover what its at
fractions might be, than for aUght of
pleasurable excitement I ever expert
enced, The taste of the potion is exactly
what a mixture of milk, sugar, pounded


black pepper and a few spices would pro-
duce. The first result is a contraction Of
the nerves of the throat, which is any
thing but agreeable. Presently the brain
becomes affected; you feel an extraOrdi-
nary lightness Of head, as it were; your
sight settles upon one object, Obstinately
refusing to abandon it; your other senses


become unusually yacute-uncOmfOrtabl
sensible-and you feel a tingling which
shoots like an electric shot down your


limbs till it vOids itself through the eI-


tTemitieS. You may stand in the burn


ing sunshine without being conscious Of


heat, and every sharp pain is instantly


dulled. Your cautiOusneSs and your re-


Elective organs are painfully stimulated


you fear every thing and everybody ;e-


ven the man who shared the cup with


you, and the servant who prepared it;


you suspect treachery everywhere, and


in the simplest action detect objects the
most cOmpleXedly villainOUs. Your
| thoughts become wild and incOherent,
| your fancy runs frantic. If YOU happen
| to exceed little, the confusion of YOUR
ideas and the disorder of your imagina-
ton will become intense. I recOlIect


on one occasion being persuaded that


my leg was revolving upon its knee as


an axis, and could distinctly feel AZ


well as hear it strike against and pass


through the shoulder during each revOlu-


ton. Any one may make you suffer
agony by simply remarking that a par


ticular limb must be in great pain, and
catch at every hint thrown out to YOU,
nurse it and cherish it with a fixed and
morbid eageTnesS that savOrs strongly Of
insanity. This state is very dangerous
one, especially to a novice; madness and
catalepsy being by no means uncommon
Examinations to it. If an assembly are
under the influence of the drug, and a
single individual happen to cough or to
laugh, the rest, no matter how many,
are sure to follow his example. The
used rCstOratives are a wine-
glassful OfpuTe lemon juice, half dozen
eaten raw, and a few DufFs Of
the hOOkah; you may conceive the state
Of your unhappy stomach after the re-
ceptiOn of these remedies. Even with
out them you generally suffer from se-
we're Indigestion, for, during the intOx-
icatiOn, the natural hunger which the
hashish produces eXcites you to eat
supper sufficient for two days with Ordi-
nary circumstances,-Cd Captain Burton,
Year: 1869

ly relinquish the ballot, and thus make
way for monarchy or an empire. Al
ready the imperialists have thrown the
anchor forward, and established jour
nal, and instituted an organization to
advance the cause of monarchy in this
country.


The friends of Impartial suffrage"
may therefore be classed among the aid
eTs and abettOrs of the impCridliStS, who
are now in the field advOcatinga change
from the republican theory of this gov
eminent to that of monarchy.


You, believe, have the credit of ma
king the first precedent in Ohio of the
Executive reviling the legislative branch
of the State Government for any sup
posed errors in public policy. In this
you may be desirOUs of initiating the
example of the late Republican Prcsi-
dent, Andrew johnson, in his cOntTO-
versy with Congress as to their measures
of policy. Let the custom once be es-
tablished and sanctioned by public
opinion, of the prOpriety of one depart
ment censuring another, and we may
look for mutual examinations, until all
respect for the Government itself shall be
lost


I am, respectfully your fellOw-citt-
zen. RALPH LEETE.
Year: 1869

strength to insure an overwhelming vic
tory. The whole situation is in their
hands,


If the labOring men of the State OF
Ohio desire to carry out the doctrines
enunciated by the Labor Congress, they
will vote for George H. PendletOn for
Governor. He was among the first who
had the bOldness to announce doctrines
contained in their platfOrm.-O -Oere-
land Plain Dealer.
Year: 1869

A lady while out berrying ut North
Granville, New York, came upon cor
pse with the thrOa cut from ear To ear.
She dropped her pail of fruit and rushed
for the Villagers, who at once repaired
TO the scene TO find that the corpse had
come to life and ran of with the berric..
The clever rogue had stained his neck
and breast with berry Juice,
Year: 1869

Ayoung girl in village in the Ardennes
forest recently killed her illcgitmato child,
cut it up into pieces, and put the pieces into
the barrel in which her parents Kept their
salt pork. The family is said to have
eaten the remains of the child without no
ticing what they were. Not piece of it
was left
Year: 1869

The ability to keep secret is proved by
the conduct of st. Johns girl, who did not
tell her lover that she was worth four mil.
lions in her own right until after tho mar
rrlaSe. But who would believe he didn't
know it.
Year: 1869

HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE-The twostory
Dwelling house at Centervie formerly the residence o


Joshua b. Cary, deceased, is offered for sale at low
price The house is in excellent condition. large, and
conmodiou There fine bearing orange other fruit
trees on the lot and tho buildings commodious
and IN good condition The size of the LOT is about
acre aud half For price and particulars apply at this
office. iy2I
Year: 1869

In an article we recently quoted from the
Field it is said that the American yachts
Meteor, Sappho and Dauntless are entered Tor
the French Channel race Of July 10. we
believe this is incorrect in regard to all tue
yachts named, and, 30 far as we know, no Anne
rican yacht is entered for that race Neither
is any likely to be. The reason OF this Is that
American yachtmen, like spOrtsmen the world
around, In going into race, like to go into one
where there is chance to win, and the appear
ances are that they would have no such chance
in this contest The course from Havre to
but pilot. 1t is not one in which the speed
of the boat will tell on the result nor the
ability Of sailors to handle their craft; but 1t
is one in which knowledge of the eddies, the
shore currents, the points at which, from the
conformation of the land, breeze is certainly
to be counted upon; and knowledge of this sort
generally is of all possible value. This Is
commonly true Of races along line Of shore.
1t is pre-eminently 80 Of the present course.
But even in such race the better boat might
VIII IL ou SVuAu UO H"No O4u"A IA AO6"AN
to this knowledge by the pilots This,
however, cannot be. A few pilots are
first rate, the majority quite Indifferent
in knowledge and sagacity, and all the first
rates were secured last year for the English
yachts. Nay, one Of these pilots, the best of
all, was secured for q favorite English yacht
before the course was determined upon, and
was even consulted in regard to the course.
If he advised that the race should be made so
as to make his own especial superiority more
conspicuous he was only human. Some games
are never played to the close because it Is 80
evident who is to win that 1t would be ridicu-
lous to go on. II this spoils sport, who is to
blame? We fancy the Channel race will be q
game of this class if the English yachts
count upon Americans as their principal COM
petitors. We understand that it is earnestly
desired that the American yachts should con-
test the prize to be given by the Empress.
They who arrange the particulars Of that race
may do much to secure this result by stretch
ing the course across the Channel-from any
French port-say to Cowes and return. In the
open sea no races are cut and dried.
Year: 1869

THERE is one more reason against the omni-
buses satisfactorily seen on one Of the few
remaining omnibus lines. On the line that
goes to the Tenth street ferry passengers who
take the bus at Broadway must change At
the corner Of avenue 6. They must take
two ohnibuss. e q % from broadway Bx 20 %
the East river-that is, make one more
change than is necessary between Jer-
sey City and Washington. This is not con-
venient especially for women with children,
more especially in rainy weather. The reason
is that the stables are somewhere up avenue
c., and the driver, instead Of taking his pas
sengers to the ferry and then returning to his
stable, drops his passengers and lets the next
bus take them up. We suppose the company
will build waiting station at that corner by
and by.
Year: 1869

hope of united Christendom on the ancient


basis is henceforth vain and foolish dream.


Itwould certainly have been sublime and


edifying spectacle had the Churches every


where forgotten their differences, and, at the


request of good and well intentioned old


Christian gentlemen such as Plus TX. is


known to be, sent their representatives to


Rome. We humbly think the non-Catholic


Churches have been badly guided in this matter


They have lost an opportunity. Who knows
what might have happened If the invitation


had been generally accepted2 The Protestants


and nom Catholics would surely have had their
say. The Patriarch Of Constantilople might


have found the Pope a very pleasant COM


panion. Such man as Henry Ward Beecher,


while he might have said some useful and pro-
itable things, might also have found that the
cardinals, when gathered together, were not q


bad set of fellows after all. Such gathering
as that which the Holy Father contemplated
might have been for the common benefit of all


sections Of the Church. But the opportunity
has been lost. The Protestants and other nom
Catholics stand aloof, and we are tempted to
give up all hope of one fold and one shepherd.
A rival Council of the Greek Church is already
spoken Of, and New York city next year is to
be the focus of the lights of the Protestant
world.


Meanwhile the Council Of the Vatican is a
great coming event. 1t is, to all appearance,
to be the great world-fact Of 1869. Already
travellers from far are setting out for the Holy
City. Rome promises to be crowded as 1t has
not been for many generations. The Church
of St. Peter on the occasion of the opening Of
the Council will present spectacle such as Is
| seen but rarely in the course of the ages.
What the Council will do we know not.
| Whether it will be a success we must wait to


see. The eyes of the world will be upon 1t.
The shield of infallibility will not save it from
| merciless criticism. 1t must be either great


failure or great success. If it rises to the
dignity of the occasion and undoes some


things which ought never to have been done


in the name of religion if 1t succeeds in plac-
| ing the Church in harmony with this age Of


steam, electricity, newspapers and free thought,
| it will not have met in vain. If 1t does not


accomplish something in this direction it had
better never been convened.
Year: 1869

WATERS may find out that there is a limit
to the possibility Of that workingman's institu-
tion, ''the strike" The strike is an effective
thing in the hands Of mechanics working at
trades that are in the domain of skilled labor,
because skilled labor is always limited; but as
the occupation of waiter requires no special
knowledge, and only smartness and civility, IL
is always possible to supply the places of any
number of strikers.
Year: 1869

THE SEVENTH REGIMENT ON BROADWAY
As the Seventh regiment will pass down Broad
way on Monday morning, between eight and
nine o'clock, II has been suggested that the
street be sprnkled early and then left until after
the regiment has passed. The members express
a strong aversion to wading through the mud
which is made by sprinkling. If the watering
service Is performed early the street will
become comparatively dry when the regiment
goes over IL.
Year: 1869

STRONGER THAN LAw.-Judge Cardozo
awarded the custody of child to its mother,
now able to take care of 1t, though when not
80 able the child had been given to its uncle.
But what cared the child for Cardozo4 Who
was he? What had he to do with herr She
wouldn't go, and she didn't, but hung on to
the iron rail and made such a scene that they
had to give her to her uncle to get rid of her.
Year: 1869

The SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN.-In
Newark the Sunday question has just been
tried before the people, and they have voted
by three thousand majority that the horse cars
shall run on Sunday. Sunday law is only the
will of the minority anywhere.
Year: 1869

GREEN SCUM is mantling on a hundred pools
and stagnant cutters at that end Of Greenpoint
towards Hunters Point, and the Board of
Health, whose duty II is to prevent public in
jury from such sources, probably has no officer
that ever goes within miles of the place.
Year: 1869

Just now, the press of California has great deal to say on the subject of Chinese immi- grafton and cheap labor. some editors srgu- ing that it is to the interest of the whole country to have half of Asia come here, while others are of opinion that the influx of too many Johns would be bad for the country. We incline to the opinion expressed by the latter, not because we fear that Chinsmen may become citizens and voters, but for the reason that, in the end, they would prove in- furious to the country. That the Chinese are not desirable population is admitted by all- Democrats and Experimentation, why should inducements be held out to them 70 come here7 That they are good, faithful workers, no one, we think, will dare to dis pute, but that they are better workers than the laborers of our own race, cannot be main tained. Then, again, it cannot be said that any portion of the country, north of Mason and Dixon's line, is going to the dogs for want of labor. No, indeed, there are plenty of white laborers, willing to work for fair wages. The trouble seems to be, though, that the wealthy, employing classes, want lsborers to work for them for nothing and board themselves, SO that they can live in greater luxury and ease. In the East, Cali fornia, Nevada, and even in this Territory, at present, there are more white laborers than can find employment, and it will not do to say that the wages asked by them prevents employers from engaging them. Not at all. The true policy for the people of this Coast to parsue, IS, to encourage as many white inn migrants as possible to come here and settle down, improve the country, and, If possible, keep out the Chinese, who come here to make 8 raise and when it is made, take it with themselves back to their own country.

 If Congress would reduce the duties on ar. ticles used and consumed by the laborine class, so that rents and living would cost less we think it would go a great way toward. settling the question of cheap labor. w want America for Americans and such Euro peans as are willing to become Americanized It is, to say the least, bad policy for us to en courage people to come here who come fo the sole purpose of collecting what money they can and start with it for the Celestia Empire. To us, negroes are far preferable t' Chinamen, as lsborers and citizens, and i the Government would cease tempting then to become political loafers and bummers, the, would soon settle down and go to work, a of yore, and, then, the South would not hav

 to cry out for Chinese coolies to till its fields