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Year: 1874

Our readers who are engaged in the
manufacture of butter often experience
considerable difficulty in keeping The
tirkins sweet A failure to accomplish
this very frequently entails upon the
manufacturer Il severe loss. and to them
we present the following Information con-
cernin@ this matter which will be found
Of considerable benefit: Before packing
butter in new irhins. put them out of
doors in the vicinity Of the we'll, fill them
with water. and throw in a few handstull
of salt Let them stand three on four days.
and change the water once during that
time Butter tirkins should be made cl
white oak, and this process cl1ectually
takes ont the acid contained in that wood,
and makes the firkin sweet. If the butter
is well made and rightly packed, it will
keep good all Summer, even il the tirkin
be kept in store above ground TO cleanse
old trkins in which butterh has been packed
and left exposed some time to the air, fiji
with sour milk, and leave standing twenty
tom hours. then wash clean and scad
with brine This makes them a. good a-
now
Year: 1874

The managers of horses, cows and oxen.
when supplied with cut fodder and meal,
frequently become Extensively sour, in
consequence of the decomposition of the
wet meal that adheres to the corners OF
the feed boxes. This is apt to be the case
especially when animals do not lick the
corners entirely clean. If small portion
of feed is allowed to remain in the manger
only portion of warm day it will be-
come sour, and the offensive etf1uvia will
taint the entire manger, so that an animal
will often refuse to eat his accustomed
allowance, unless compelled by keen
hunger. The true way to manage managers
is TO scrape the corners clean ut least
twice per day, removing every particle OF
rejected food Then, if the manger does
not smell as sweet as butter bowl. let the
corners be washed ont with hot water,
wiped clean and a handful Of caustic
Stacked lime be sprinklcd in the manger.
If hangers are kept clean they will seldom
become Extensively sour. Ii m animal
leaves 4 portion of his feed, new mess
should never be given on the rejected
feed
Year: 1874

The Germantown Telegraph says:
There are q number of modes given TO
keep hams through the warm season free
from the attacks of insects. Some bag
them and whitewash the bags, which is
troublesome and somewhat expensive:
some cover them with dry wood ashes and
pack them in barrels; some pack them in
barrels and cover thoroughly with pine
shavings. But we think the best plan of
all, and certainly the least expensive with
all who have a smoke-house, and every
farmer should have q good one, is to keep
the hams hung up in the smoke-house,
which should be kept perfectly dark at all
times. We have eaten hams so kept two
wears old, and they were among the very
best we ever tasted. Uniform darkness is
complete protection against the attack
of insects
Year: 1874

Old corn is nearly twice as nutritious as
soft new corn.


Offensive war against weeds is five
times less expensive than u defensive
one


Hay made in summer Is much cheaper
than to buy it in the winter.


One evening at home in study is more
profitable than ten lounging about a
saloon, tavern, or even a railroad depot
Year: 1874

SHEEP ON OLD MEADOWS. Mr. Ii. Sf.
Hill, in an address before a farmers meet
ing at Morrisvillc. VI, on Cotswold seeep,
related the following in connection with
the effect of sheep on meadows:


To try the effect of sheep on my NOW
ing land, took a lot Of about twenty acres
Of pretty dry ground. that had not been
poughed for some fifteen years, but had
been occasionally top dressed, turning
them in as soon as the grass started after
getting the hay off, and feeding in quite
close In the spring | turn them in pleas
ant davs until they can go to pasture. This
| have done but a few years The grass
has improved both in quality and in guam
tity every year since thus managed. While
cutting the grass the past season, the hay
makers said they should think there had
been a heavy top dressing of ashes applied
the white clover was so abundant. am
now satisfied by my own experience that
these sheep are as much before cows to
keep up the moving, as they are iii the
pasture. To do this, we must have sheep
that will stay where you put them, and
that can be easily handled. can handle
my sheep as l can my cows. | can 60
myself alone and drive any one of my full
blooded sheep to any part of the farm.
Year: 1874

One great peculiarity of Arkansas is the
way in which farm hands are paid. In
stead of being fed and allowed so much 4
month as wages, they are given share OF
the profit derived from the land which
they cultivate The landlord or planter
furnishes land houses, teams and tools,
while the laborer gives all his time and
supplies his own food. When the crop is
harvested and ready ior the market, it is
divided between the master and servants.
In this way an industrious and economical
farm hand. with wife and three or four
children, estimating that the family will
assist the lighter work during the busy
season. can cultivate about fifteen acres OF
cotton and five acres of corn the product
OF which can he sold in average seasons
Tor about 81 2J0 OF this sum. according
to the share system, the laborer receives
about SiO0, and the master the balance


In addition to the money thus earned, the
hand is allowed small garden Of his own,
and in the prairie districts "a range" on
which to teed his cows and hogs The
mules and oxen are the only stock that are
stall fed during the working season.
Year: 1874

youth who attended Il Scotch revival
meeting for the fun Of the thing ironically
inquired of the minister whether le
could work miracle or not?" The YOUNG
mans curiosity was fully satisfied by the
minister kicking him out of the church.
with the maledictory, 1--WE cannot work
miracles, but we can cast out devils.'
Year: 1874

BAKED BEANS This most delightful
and nutritious dish is frequently spoiled
and rendered almost worthless. for the
want OF knowing how to cook it proper ~.
The following recipe for the use Of q small
family, has been given by y lady, who has
long been distinguished tsr the excellence
of her cooking OF this celebrated New
England dish:


TO bake pint of beans. Wash clean
in cold water, and put to soak for an hour
or two in three pints of lukewarm water.
Then put the beans, together with the
water in which they We're soaked, into Il
kettle, and parboil gently until they begin
to crack open adding more water from
time to time, if necessary. When they
begin TO crack open, put into them a small
piece of well SCARED fat salt pork, and, If
You have it. small piece Of lean fresh
beef, and boil the whole together for fifteen
minutes Then take out the pork and
beef, and add to the beans four cooking
spoonfuls Of molasses, or less if You don't
like them sweet, and little fine salt then
put the beans into brown carthern bean
pot with cover, place the pork and beef
into them. the scared end of the pork
coming to the top of the beans, put on the
cover and set the pot in the stove oven at
five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and
bake gently until bedtime, adding water
to keep them very moist and prevent
burning. lnthe morning warm thoroughly,
and the hcans are ready for breakfast.
Year: 1874

The following case Of rat-iocination is
told by the Brookfeld News After q
showera 4 few days since, u number Of rats
were seen to 60 down the roof Of the old
Cove and Hatherway hotel, West Brook
field, to the eve-trough to drink. A party
watching their movements counted twenty
one, and among them was an old rat with
five young ones. approach the spout, the
old mother holding a straw in her mouth,
and the five little ones each held the straw,
and were led in this manner to the edge
and placed in row. The old one then
takes the first one, winding her tail around
it, letting it down to the water, then
placing it to the right in the row Of small
rats. Then she takes the one at the left,
and letting it down to drink, places it
to the right again, and so on with the
whole; after which they all take hold of
the straw, and the mother takes the
straw in her mouth and leads them back
into their hole


Where did Noah preserve the bees during the
Year: 1874

MI STH Ay. Two sCorCa PROTESTANT YOUNG
I'll women in a private family; as thorough
maid and waitress prefers chanherwork and washing
sewing Is competent to take full charge OF house
city reference.
Year: 1874

TIE Science Of Heath thus calls attention
to fact which cannot be too frequently en-
forced on peoples minds: 'The pernicious
habit of breathing through the mouth while
sleeping or waking is very hurtful There
are many persons who sleep with their mouths
open, and do not know it. They may go to
sleep with it closed, and awake with it closed,
but if the mouth is dry and parchcd on wax
ing, it is sign that it has been open during
sleep. Snoring is another sure sign. This
habit should be overcome. At all times ex-
cept when eating, drinking. or speaking, keep
the mouth firmly closed, and breathe through
the nostrils, and retire with q firm determi-
nation to conquer. The nostrils are the pro-
per breathing apparatus-not the mouth. A
man may inhale poisonous gases through the
mouth without being aware of it, but not
through the nose"
Year: 1874

Certain kinds Of mistaken poltcness, sim
cere as they are, are absurd enough to be
grotesquc. A common mistake Of this sort,
with some persons, even in large cities, is to
say, Excuse my glove,' when they otter
their hand to a casual acquaintance, or Oh in
PRODUCTION to a stranger. 1t might be in
fcrred from this remark that the wearing of
gloves is either extremely rare in a civilized
community, or that the wearer wishes to adj
vertisc the extraordinary fact that he has
gloves. All he really desires is to appear
polite never suspecting for moment that he
is simply ridiculous.


in q place where it is customary to wear
gloves, you certainly ed no excuse for COM
pliancc with the HI You might, with
equal reason, on ,c; s visitor at your
house, apologize fer not removing
your coat before biz !. .lm welcome.


The superflu0us phrase probably had its
origin in the days when gloves were clumsy,
and used more for protection than as an es-
sential of dress. Then the naked hand was
thought to be an evidence of good will and
cordiality. nee gloves have been univer-
sally adopted, the idea of asking pardon for
wearing them is an anacLronism as we'll as
an impropriety.


Gloves arc now made to fit exactly, so that,
were it customary to take them off on en-
countering ones friends or acquaintance, an
amount of time and trouble would be required
which would inevitably render social greet
ing at once comical exhibition and bore.
-Sc5ibner's Monthly.
Year: 1874

TO the Bditor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Character, reputation, ,titIess-these only
are the qualities stand tho blaze OF light which Is
shining down from whole land him who would be
Chief. f.Justce. The Presidents first choice lacked the
latter and fell his second. the other two and he fell


likewise Now who dare face the test and hope to wni
In your columns you the question once,
twice thrice. man who never went to Charleston
but whose father did not to encourage the plotters
AGAINST the Republic but to strengthen Its hands and
strike one more blow at the Slavery which Its
curse; whose grandfather, Roger Sherman needs no
comment here whose name will be found when he was
vet scarce 80 years old junior counsel where his
seniors were Daniel Webster and Rufus Choate; who
has had no peer on the Supreme Bench OF Massa-
chusetts since the death Of ChiefJustice Shaw;
who never ought political position in his life; who,
at the suggestion Of his cousin and predecessor
Mr. Eyarts was called by President Grant to be the
laters first Attorney General; who filled that post
we'll that. tho dag after his rejection Dy the senate
for place on the Supreme Bench the late ChefJusce
Chase called at the Attorney Generals ONCE and ex
pressed TO the Assistant Attorney great regret
that hi, chief had not been confirmed, and great admra
tion for his abilities and the manner in which he had
performed his duties Attorney General; who had the
nerve aud manliness to leave Cabinet whose doings
clashed with what he believed be right who filed and
yraeed the position Of JOINT High Commissioner; who
has twice proved the enemy OF Gen. Butler. and
bxs done perhaps than any other man "
.pare Massachusetts the disoredt Of such Govern
or: who was called from Boston tO this
city 10 meet Mr. O'Conor In the famous
Jumel trial. throughout which his great character aud
abilities constantly shone; aud who would hail with
such searching into his life the
press has favored unsuccessful candidates with
during the past few days But lot that be
once made and the country will up like
demanding that the Senate confirm him forthwith
When he was Attorney General. once saw messrs.
sumner and Butler wrestle with him for three whole
hours striving with their best words goa hun 10
scat good mAn from tho United Ststes Msrshslshp Of
Massachusetts, aud sapst.tute ~ a1yootlIsr WeA.
Year: 1874

THE CALIFORNIA GEOLOGICAL SCRVEY.


The Legislature of California now in session
has duty before it, in the proper perform
ance of which the country at large is almost
as much interested as the people of the State.
The geological survey of California, which has
been carried on under the superintendent
of Prof. J. d. Whitney, one of the
ablcst and most distinguished gcOlOgists
and men of science America has produced,
has given the State n reputation not only here,
but abroad, for liberality and enlightened
public spirit of which its people may well be
proud-even though the neglect of recent
Legislatures to supply means for its compile
ton has been a discredt to those bodies. No
better. more arluous, or more satisfying work
Of this kind has been done in any country,
even in Europe, than the great survey car
ricd ont by Prof. Whitney.


Begun in 1860, the work has been carried
on with great economy of means. and would
have stopped long ago had it not been for
the self sacrificing devotion 10 science Of the
head Of tho Survey. and OF the able body of
younger men whom his fame and skill drew
around him. Tho results Of these labors. IN
far, are u serios of maps of tho State aud Of
Year: 1874

Some iiend in human shape. more moved we sus-
pect by tho hope of torturing the candidates than
by any sincere desire for tho reform of the Civil
Service proposes to add to the horrors of the exam
ination by requiring tho candidate to spell " Ian
daulet" No man who had the good OF the country
at heart OF any feeling of humanity in his bosom
would make such brutal suggestion. The next
proposition will be TO require candidates to pro-
nounce Credit Mobilier" This thing has boon car
rled too far,
Year: 1874

astonished 10 find the manager bran dish char
order him tn be off, and for the fireman to BRING
tho hose and give him duckng. The victim went
down stairs four steps at time, and has ever since
been profoundly amazed at the reception he met
with Why does not somebody try the same plan
with MT. Il. L. Campf
Year: 1874

The talk for imitation in the Senate yester-
DAY was clear and strong, and we greatly re-
gret to believe that DIR. Morton expresses
the demand of a large portion of the
West. The friends of a sound currency may
as well make up their minds that the contest
il, going against them in Washington this Win
ter, unless they can speedily turn the tide now
setting 80 strongly i'll the direction in which
Dir. Morton is rowing
Year: 1874

rather than open new campaign against an
organization the members Of which arc quite
as much experienced in the art of standing
out for their supposed rights as they are IN
their peaceful vocation of cutting anthracite
under ground.
Year: 1874

A somewhat unsatisfactory verdict WAS
reached in the Broome-st. murder inquest,
Yesterday. 1t was an abandonment of any
attempt TO fix the crime upon any person.
Under the circumstances, no other verdict
could be given; but the case does not seem
40 hopeless az it did. several significant points
bein. brought out in the testimony yesterday.
Year: 1874

Innationists will find little comfort III the
action of the National Board of Trade, now
in session at Baltimore. Nearly all OF the
Western delegates who spoke yesterday on
the question of the National debt (and there
were severaD Indignantly repudiated the
charge that the West is in favor f an in
crease in the currency. The result OF a long
debate was the adoption of series OF resolll-
tions condemning initiation, recommending the
withdrawal of the issues from the so-called
reserve" and recommending economy. THIS
is healthy sign of the times; currency
tinkers in Congress and elsewhere will please
take notice.
Year: 1874




From the travelling couples with


the Morton Grab organl l8i b


The Sentinelis entirely mistaken in our
having ignored the "truth as clear as
heaven" which appeared in its columns in
relation to the fraud attempted to be perpe-
trated upon the grangers. We noticed that
the Sentinel attempted to wriggle out of the
position that it referred to the grangers,
when it spoke of the convention of farmers
which it had procured to be called: but that
was entirely too fiimsy. We knev, entirely
outside of the information conveyed by the
Journal, that the attempt to
commit the granger organization to the SEN
tinel's no party was miserable failure; and
we knew, too, that the Sentinel designed to
leave the impression on the public mind
that the two calls, published by 1t,
came from the body of grangers that
were then in session in that city for an en-
tirely different purpose, The purchasing
agents of the grangers were transacting a
legitimate business connected with their
order, and an attempt was made to capture
them in their official capacity, and this fail
ing, it was determined that the calls for a
should have the quasi endorse
ment of the order in the preparation of the
fraud which was made public in the Senti-
Year: 1874

mosities may for awhile hide them in OBJ


the fnllness of time, arise to assert their
power and glory. And now, in this dark
hour. when our nation is writhing beneath
the yoke of unbridled corruption, we call
upon men Of all parties to unite with us 70
accomplish most desired end. The gran.
gers win find ample relief with the demo-
cratic household. No new party is neces-
sary since the democrats pledge themselves
TO do all that the grangers demand In the
Year: 1874

From the Indiana Farmer, and grange organ.


We earnestly desire all men to see to 1t that
none but honest, faithful men are nominated
for Office, everywhere; and should there be
others, see TO it that they do not get elected by
any party. We are tired of dead beat politicians
and chronic office-seekers and office-holders,
and want none but honest men elected, by any
party.
Year: 1874

We this week publish call from the central
committee for a convention to be held in this
city on Saturday, May 9th, 1874. 1t will be OBJ
served that no strict party lines are drawn by
which TO govern the proceedings Of the conven-
uoni but that a warm welcome Is assured to all
who wish to participate in the revolt against
the corruption, prof.gacy and misrule of our
county affairs. This Is no time to falter, or ask
whether by joining in this crusade AGAINST cor
as q republican or q democrat; but rather let
your desire to elect pure and incorruptble men
to fill our county offices outweigh old party and
fanaIical preiudfces
Year: 1874

From the Lafayette Journal.


We are not disposed to shed any tears
over the defeat of the measure, which indeed
promised to be practically Intellectual for the
ccomplishmentev even of its proposed objects;
but we can but deplore the fact of which it
affords renewed demonstration; and that
is, that the monetary affairs of the country
are regulated by the capitalists and money
lending class, who hold the people with an
iron grasp.
Year: 1874

BtdVtuWOItH !


We believe 1t to be the best interests OF tbe
people to let the old parties and the old issues
die together. All things considered, the "in-
dependent Movement" in Crawford county
starts out on footing that is firm and safe, and
in every particular worthy the patronage Of all
who are tired OF party lash, and the insulting
ones OF those who deal out political outlook in
rder to I'LL their own pockets. They invite the
earnest support of all laboring classes-me-
Year: 1874

POVERTY, till now never knew
The meaning of the word What lack is


here
o pale mask of SOUL great, good and true
o mocking semblan CO stretched upon bier !!
Each atom of this devastated face
Was 80 instinct with power, with warmth and


light:
What desert is so desolate No grace
Is left, no CLEAN, no change no day, no night.
Where's tho key that locked these gates of


speech
Once beautiful, where thought stood sentinel,
Where sweetness sat, where wisdom passed, to


teach


Our weakness strength, our homage to


compel?
Despoied at last, and waste and barren lies
This once 80 rich domain Where lives and


moves,
In what new world, the splendor of these eyes
That dauntless lightenedlike imperial loves ?
Annihilated, doyou answer me !?
Blown out and vanished like candle flame
Is nothing left but this pale efigy,
This silence drear. this dread without a


name?
Has it been all in vain, our love and pride,
This yearning love that still pursues our


friend,
Into the awful dark unsatisfied,
Bereft, and wrung with pain Is this the


end
Would God SO mock us ? To our human sense
No answer reaches through the doubtful air;
Yet with living hope, profound, intense
Our tortured souls rebel against despair
AS bowing to the bitter fate we go
Dropping and dumb as il, beneath curse
But does not pitying Heaven answer "No !"
With all the voice of the universe
Year: 1874

An honest deacon in Connect
cut parish-his name was not Richard
Smith-was sorely troubled about the
Copernican system of the universe
He believed it to be unscriptural and
untrue, and he carried his doubts to
his minister The latter being in his
own eyes a scientific man, and also
believer in Copernicus, said the sun
was stationary body, not revolving,
as the deacon maintained, around the
earth. But the latter pointed with an
air of triumph to the story of Joshua
when he commanded the "sun to
stand still" every WELL" said the
minister "show me, if you can, the
passage Of Scripture where it said
Joshua ever commended the sun to
move again"