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Year: 1877

4 COOP garden is next in Importance to
tbe farm itself. Every person who has even
90 much as an acre of good land should see
to it that part of it is occupied with a gar
deE Yet, we regret to say. many of our
largest farms are totally without such an
appendage. There are many who seem to
think that they have not time to spend with
50 trifng q matter, yet there is nothing
about farming more conducive to the COM
forts of life than Il good garden. A table
well supplied with good things always pro-
tlces degree of satisfaction, be the circum-
stances of the farmer what they may; and
this can be secured at small outlay of labor
by giving proper attention to good gar
den. 1t matters not how remote from mar
ket you may be, you need not raise vcgeta-
bes for market, but for your own table use.
4 few rows Of potatoes, a row of peas and
dozen cabbage plants is far from constitut-
ing garden. Every variety of vegetables
that the country will produce should be
grown on every farm. 1t is first essential to
select good location, manure it well, and
seed in the proper season; this done, the
time expended in cultivating will scarcely
be eperceptible.


Now is the time to commence; don't put
itoh until you get your other crops init
will then be too late. Better neglect some
ofyOur broad acres and leave few unculti-
vated, than to fail on this, the most import
ant of all. You can SOW no crop that will
yield better return for your labor.
Year: 1877

We have never had any difficulty in get
ting supply of eggs during the winter from
chickens that were Matched very early in the
spring. We gave them tolerably warm
building, fairly lighted by means Of glass
windows. We furnished them with all the
corn and grain they wanted, giving prefer
ence to wheat screenings. Every day they
had feed Of fresh meat in some form. When
there was not refuse meat about the house
we bough scraps or liver from butcher.
The cost was very small compared with the
worth OF the eggs obtained. When the wea-
ther was tolerably warm they had raw cab
bage every day, and when it was very cold,
cooked potatoes and other vegetables. Once
or twice week they had a warm hash made
of meat, potatoes and cabbage, highly sea-
soned with pepper In making egg shells,
provided burned bones powdered tolerably
fine. Farmers can have eggs during the
winter from their young fowls if they will
follow the course imperfectly sketched in
the above.
Year: 1877

A correspondent of the Raral World writes:
The all prevailing topic now with the farm
er, his wife and daughters. as they are max
ing their plans for the spring and summer,
is fancy poultry, and which breed is the best
and how many can | get for the fewest dol
lars. IN the latter they are wholly wrong.
It should not be the aim to get the most for
the least money. TO get the best is appli-
cable to fine fowls us it is to all other stock.
Do we want to buy 4 so-called pure Berk-
shire hog, or Short-horn bull, for almost as
much money as we would have to pay for
an animal which we know to be better, and
when we examine its or their progeny. find
it lacking in all the points which go to make
up the fine show animal? The same rule is
applicable to fine poultry that is to fine cat
tie, horses, sheep, hogs, or anything else.
In the first place, decide on the breed you
wish to keep, whether for size or for eggs.
Next send to reliable breeder of the yari-
ETY., and ascertain his prices. If too high
for your slender purse. buy eggs and learn
the wants of your fowl day by day. and by
this means learn your poultry as you would
book (by constant study. 10 those who
Year: 1877

A writer in Demorests Monthly says
Why should haricot beans never be put i'll
to cold water to soak, as is often recon-
mended? Because all the nutritious por-
ton Of the bean is extracted by the process.
They should be washed in warm water, then
in cold, be tied loosely in a cloth, be put in
to boiling water with a spoonful Of dripping
and little salt in it, and be kept boiling
for four hours. They are then excellent if
served with gravy and not with melted but
ter. They serve as garnish round roast
mutton or beef, and are excellent eating
served whole or as puree. To make the
latter, when the beans are done throw them
instantly into cold water, when the skins
will slip off. Rub the beans through HE
coander and mix lump of butter with
them. A little stock, or milk, or cream, is
eXcellant mixed in.


Why should plenty of fast-boiling.. water
be used in boiling vegetables, potatoes ex-
cepted? Because the greater the body of
boiling water the greater the heat. If only
little water be used, the whole affair soon
coos, and the vegetables become tough, so
that no length of time in boiling them will
render them otherwise. Broccoli sprouts in
April, if properly cooked by boiling them
for eight minutes in boiling water, will be
tender as. marrow but if not properly done,
hours will not cook them.


Why should onions be always cut in round
and very thin rings? fiber is thus cut
across, and in SO cutting them, whether for
frying or making sauce, they are rendered
very tender when cooked. With tllrnips
and carrots it is just the same; neither of
the three should be split or cut in any other
way.


Why should parsley never be boiled with
soda-only in boiling water and salt? Be
cause parsley, having no oil in it, would he
spoiled with soda, and flavor would be ex-
tracted.


Ve,micelH Pudding. pint and a half
of boiling milk, drop 4 ounces of fresh ver-
micelli, and keep it simmering. and stirred
geatly ten minutes; when it will have be-
come very thick, then mix with it three
ounces and half of sugar, two ounces Of
butter and q little salt. When the whole is
well blended, pour it out; beat it for few
minutes to cool it; then add, by degrees,
four we'll beaten eggs, and grated rind of
lemon. and, just before it goes into the ov-
en-, small glass of brandy pour little
clarified butter over the top; bake it from
half to three-quarters of an hour.
Year: 1877

the West will be about twenty-seven bushels
per acre; yet good cultivators are not salts
fled with less than forty or fifty bushels.
seventy-five to eighty is not uncommon, and
a communication to the Illinois Board of
Agriculture, at its February meeting, show
ed an average of over 100 bushels per acre in
a field of 100 acres grown in 1876. The i'm
provement of our seed grains through care
ful cultivation, and as careful saving of clean
seed, would double the average production
OF State. 1t is of far greater Importance
than change of seed Nevertheless, it will
always pay to change your seed whenever
you find an individual who has made this
breeding up of our cereals life study
Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1877

IT is estimated that the loss to the farmers
OF Iowa during the past year, from hog
cholera, will amount to nearly $S0,000,00
A petition will be presented to the Legis-
islature, when it reassembles, urging upon
chat body the Importance of prompt and
efficient legislation to secure thorough and
scientific investigation into the disease.
Year: 1877

We have this week avery interesting
communication from Trenton. This
will be a permanent feature of the
TELEGRAPH so long as we can secure
the aid of Il writer and engage the in
terest of that busy little mart.
Year: 1877

The bridge on the road down the
river, between the Dinkgrave and
Morrison places, is said to be in very
bad condition. 1t is u small bridge,
but without it, in bad weather, the
road would he impossible.
Year: 1877

From the indianapolis Journal.l


A day or two ago some ladies en-
gagged in the work of relieving the
wants of the poor of city called on
the Governor to ask a donation to
their funds. His reply was very
characteristic &" Why don't you
stop building fine churches, and leave
off dressing in such fine clothes
Then you'd have more money tc
help the poor, and wouldn't need tc
come begging of other people" Of
course the ladies got no subscription,
but they were immensely thankful
for the advice.
Year: 1877

From the Ner York Times.


Mr.. Conkling's criticism at this
time is as unseemly as his illusions
to the Secretary of State are vulgar
Of course it is out of his power to in
jure by his abuse either Mr.. Evarts
or any of the other gentleman who
have fallen under his displeasure
BY indulging in the expressions we
have quoted he simply degrades the
high office to which he has been elec.
ted, and insults the constituency
which he claims to represent.
Year: 1877

PUTNAM, Conn, March 90, 1869.


Gentlemen-I avail myself OF this oppor-
tunity to say a word in behalf of DR.. Wis
tar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which have
made use OF in my family for several years,
and always with the most beneficial results.
My vile being of delicate habits has al
ways been troubled with a hard, dry hack
ing cough, whenever taking little cold,
and has employed various speckfics with
out obtaining any relief, until prevailed
upon to test the virtues of Wistar's Balsam.
the effect of which has been truly astonish
ing.


More than year since young man be-
longing in this place was taken with bleed
ing at the lungs in connection with a most
severe cough, and was finally given over to
die by our best physicians and it was evil
dent TO all that consumption was claiming
him as victim. Learning these facts my
wife sent him bottle of the Balsam which
he took, and in due time, TO the great as
tonishment of his friends, was at his ac-
customed occupation, snatched, as 1t were
from the very jaws of death In many
other cases we have administered the
Balsam TO the consumptlve, and always
with the best of success. These statements
are simple facts, which can be vouched for
at any time by calling on me at my store.


remain truly yours,
Year: 1877

DIsCoURAGED.-It is so easy to
say, ''Never give up the ship" 1t
is so easy to hold your head up and
step firmly, to laugh cheerlly, and
have pleasant word for everybody,
when safely hedged in from sorrow
and poverty by the love of friends
and a bottOmless purse. When
sickness passes by to knock at some
other door, when home is the one
"sweet, safe corner" in all the
world, when there are those who
suffer that you might go free-ah!
then it is easy to feel as if nothing
could ever make you quite diseour-
aged. This is a beautiful world,
and there are lots of good things in
it. Yes, many a son and daughter,
a few wives and mothers, and about
the same proportion of husbands
and fathers, do live more in the
shine than In the shadow of life.
But there are so many, so many
more, who have to buckle on their
dIulOI3 anu 81 DOiu JuCAA OCSO hOoA .
blood in the daily life. Such bitter
trials as men and women do live
through! Who can doubt that
heaven sends them their fortitude?
1t connot be of earth. Such strains
of heart and brain as hearts and
brains do still bear up under! Is it
any wonder that weary hands some
times fall despondingly, and weary
heads bow discouraged? Oh! ye,
whose paths are in the pleasant Pla-
cesi whose faith was never tried by
heavens seeming disregard of your
prayers and tears! who never knew
the lack of tender home-love and
protection, exult in your happiness,
and thank Providence. But while
you drink from your cup of life
such noney-sweet draughts, give a
kindly word and a helping hand,
which cost so little, may make light
er the burdens of some one almost
discouraged.
Year: 1877

Eight years ago before l had
railroaded it as long as 1 have now,
l was employed as messenger on a
western railway. 1 don't know as
it is necessary for me to say just
what line it was, but l will call it
the R. T. & G. R. R., just to save
me the trouble of pronouncing the
whole name.


had not been on the run more
than a month previous to the
date of the occurrence of which
/ am going to tell you. l had
been running on branch road for
more than a year, and l would have
stayed there good deal longer had
| not been chosen to take Paxson's
place when he went off. You see
two or three attempts had been
made to rob the express car, and at
last at the end Of long night run,
Paxson was found dead in the car
with bullet hole in his head. But
the safe was closed tight and secure,
though an attempt had been made to
blow it open, which had proved in
efectual. But the strsngest part of
1t all was that the key was missing
from Parsons pockets, and it was
not found till good six weeks after
ward. Then it was discovered at
the side of the track, with a card
tied to it, on which was written that
robbers were in the Car, and that he
Year: 1877

Headquarters life, dreary as it Is
here is likely to become drearier
when we move nearer Plevna. The
villages in this immediate vicinity
may be described briefly as rich and
dirty. The farmers have hundreds
Of stacks of grain in their yards and
scarcely any article of furniture in
their houses. The Bulgarians strike
me as a people who SIT down but
little. Such a piece of furniture as a
chair is almost unknown among
them. The beds in some of the cot
tages are made of baked earth, ar
ranged in the form of shelf near a
huge window, through which cool
9reezes blow; but in winter there
Is nothing to do but to retreat to
kind of cellar. 1t is to be hoped that
one result of the advance of the
Russians will be to farther the civil
izatinn of the people in this section.


They have many virtues but no
graces. The women are industrious
beyond praise. If they walk from
one village to another they twirl
their distaffs all the way, and when
their household duties are over and
they are talking by the fountains or
IN the little groves they are all busi-
~ knitting. They are avaraeious
mere, and that which seems most to
annoy them is that they should be
asked to yield up some part of their
store, although, let it be understood.
they are always well paid for every
thing that is taken. Some of them
do not comprehend the value of
money, and look stupidity at it when
it is put into their hands. They
have never made any effort to assem-
BILE stores for the Russians or to aid
them in any other way than by
showing them the roads and warn
ing them of the approach of the enc
my. Sometimes, in despair, one
feels like comparing them to the
water buffaloes. Those noble ami
mails appear to resent any attempt to
make them decent or lively as an in
suit to their moral character.


Boston Journal
Year: 1877

ate plan to murder me and gain pos
session of the eighty thousand


dollars in my charge. There


was no denying that the man with
the red eye was alive, and 1 had no
doubt the other man was, also.
hneellng down, i placed my ear close
TO the side OF the coffin, and could
bear him breath quite distinctly. l
remember that it was the intention
of the attendant, who had boarded
the train, to enter the car at Red.
wood, ostensibIy for the purpose of
seeing to the bodies; and I could
not doubt that the three men intend
ed to attack me after the train pulled
out of the station, and rob the car
before our arrival at the next stop
ping place. There was but one sta
tion between US and Redwood, and
| knew that we would be there in
ten minutes more. | had no time
for hesitation. Instant action was nv
only chance for safety. i'll could
secure myself against an attack un-
til We reached the next station. I
felt that all would be well. In one
instant l had decided upon a plan of
action. As quickly as possible 7
piled several heavy boxes of mer.
chandise on top of the two cofins
and then knew / was safe. Scarce.
ly was this accomplished when we
ran into the station.


I Immediately found two or three
officers First the man in the coach
was secured. He was highly indig-
nant that he should be disturbed on
such a solemn mission. But it was
no go. He was handcuffed in less
than two minutes and marched on
the platform.


1t was an easy matter to secure
the two quondam dead men. They
were taken greatly at disadvantage,
and were deprived of all power to
resist almost before they became
aware how their nice little game had
terminated. All three had been well
armed.


Bound and guarded, the three
miscerants were taken to Redwood
and lodged in the county Jail.


Before / left, l took a good look
at them through the grated doors
of the cell. WhenI paid my re-
spects to the man with the red eye,
he smiled a little and remarked pat
rOnizingly:


you're a pretty sharp young
man. 1t takes a middling keen BOY
to Outwit as"


"Permit me to sympathize with
you In your sorrow at the. loss of
your dear brother, just a httle," II
said, sand more at your failure to
get the eighty thousand dollars"


They broke Jail in less than a
week, but not before one of them
the youngest corpse, was recognized
as the notorious Jessie James!


There is no doubt that it was the
James boys, or some of their crew,
who killed poor, honest, brave Pax
son.
Year: 1877

OCUC6S " dHtoTC CCU'


PROCLAMATION.


The completed circle of summer
and winter seedtime and harvest has
brought us to the accustomed sea
son at which religious people cele
brate with praise and thanksgiving
the enduring mercy of Almighty
God. This devout and public con
fession of the constant dependence
of man upon the Divine Father for
all good gifts of life and health, and
peace, and happiness, so early in
our history made a habit of our
people, finds in the survey of the
past year new grounds for its joyful
and grateful manifestations. In all
blessings which depend upon benig-
nant season this has indeed been a
memorable year. Over the wide
territory of our country, with all its
diversity of soil and climate and pro-
ducts, the earth has yielded a bOun-
tiful return to the labor of the hus-
bandmen. The health of the people
have been blighted by no prevalent
or wide spread diseases. No great
disasters of shipwreck upon our
coasts or to our commerce on the
seas have brought loss and hardship
to merchants or mariners, and cloud
ed the happiness of the community
with sympathetic sorrow. In all
that concerns our strength and
peace and greatness as a nation, IN
all that touches the permanence and
security of our Government and the
benefcient institutions on which it
rests, in all that affects the charac-
ter and dispositions of our people,
and tests our capacity to enjOin and
uphold the equal and free condition
of society, now permanent and univers
III throughout the land, the experience
of the last year is cOnspicuOusly
marked by the providence of God,
and is full of prOnise and hope for
coming generations. Under a sense
of these infinite obligations to the
Great Ruler of times apd seasons
and events. let us humbly .ascribe it
TO our own faults and frailities if in
any degree that perfect concord and
happiness, peace and justice which
such great mercies should diffuse
| through the hearts and lives of our
people. do not altogether and always
and everywhere prevail. Let us
" ith one spirit and one voice lift up
praise and thanksgiving to God Tor
Ills manifold goodness to our lana
and bis manifest care for the natlon.


Now. therefore, /, Rutherford b:
HAYES President of the United
states do appoint Thursday, the
both day of November next, as day
af moti6nal thanksgiving aud prayer,
ond earnestly recommend that,
witbdrawing themselves from secu-
Igr cares and Iabors, the people of
the United States do meet together
ON that day in their respective
places of worship, there to give
thanks and praise to Almighty God
for his mercies, and to devoutly be-
seech their continuance.


In witness whereof | have hereun,
to set my hand and caused the se'i
of the United States to be st1xeo'
Done at the City of w asRlngson'
this twenty-uiath day of October


in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred ana seventy,


seven and of the independence OF
4 ,6e United States, the one hundred
Fl and second.


| IL. S. BY the President;


n w, NJ. EvARTs, Secretary OF State.
Year: 1877

For once a strike has the appearance Of a
success. Several cigar manufacturers have
acceded to the demands of their operatives
and have resumed work. The strikers man
aged this very adroitly. They organized
supplies beforehand to keep those out of
work in comparative comfort, and they sue
ceeded in gaining much outside sympathy.
which was powerful help to them. not on
ly in eking out their material strength. but
in moulding public opinion. But behind
their present triumph stalks grim dread.
tits rumored that number of EMPLOYERS
have combined, and have contracted in San
Francisco for an immense number of Chi
nese cigar-makers, who are, it is said, al
ready on the way hither. If this is so, good
bye, cigar-makers. The nimble-fngered
celestial can roll as much as any other man,
and ne can live upon nothing. The cigar
makers, are troubled at this prospect, and
are awaiting development anxiously.


BUTTER ONCE MORE.


The long disputed butter question came
up again this week. A dealer was arrested
Year: 1877

THE TALLY Ho ON THE YoNKERs ROUTE


THE FIRST DglvE ON The NEW TIME


TABLE.


During the past few weeks the Tally Ho has been
running on a summer time table, leaving Yonkers In
the morning and returning from tho Brunswick In the
afternoon, ana yesterday, as the warm season was
over, Colonel DeIanccy Kane inaugurated nov
trip, starting from tho Brunswick at noon and arrvs
Year: 1877

From all points of the compass be- yOnd Arizona, comes the vail of hard times and lack of labor for the poor Elsewhere we refer to Virginia, Neva da, and the Mining and Scientific Press of San Francisco tells the story for that State. It says:

 The truth of the matter is that just now there are more labOrers here than we know what to do with. People with small capital to go into farming, fruit raising, mining or other business are all very well, and the more of this class who come the better; but labor CTS who come in hopes of getting en- ployment will find it pretty hard tunes The emigrant trains are com ing in every day and it is becoming a difficult question what to do with all this extra population. The majority of them are almost destitute when they arrive.

 In many portions of Europe and especially in Russia, the laborlng class is suffering for want of labor to be done. Whileywe would not urge large numbers to come to Arizona, yet we do not hear of any suffering because there is no opportunity to earn food and clothing, and we have no doubt but many more might readily get la bor at some profit to themselves.
Year: 1877

THE CITIZEN OFFICE Is now better than ever supplied with job papers, and is pre- pared to do better and cheaper work than head and letter papers are the very best and they will be printed to order at a very small profit; also have a great variety oi cards which will be printed and sold from $500 per thousand upwards.
Year: 1877

keep up with them, as their instinct
taught them better than to attack the
formidable animal alone.


The eyes of Colonel Crockett sparkled
as he caught sight of the brute, and
dropping his turkeys, he started on a
full run after the bear, his dogs barking
and running at his side. The bear, ap-
parently, deemed it best to retreat be-
fore such an overwhelming force, and
made off on lum mbering, awkward trot.
Reaching thicket, he scrambled in out
of sight before the hunter could ap-
proach nigh enough to give him shot
but, never hesitating, Crockett followed
in his "wake," and soon deserted him
climbing a large tree. Stealing eau
tiously forward until within seventy
five yards, he gave him a shot. The
bear showed that he was struck by a
start and growl, but he did not fall
from his position.


Reloadirg his gun, Crockett crept still
nearer, and making his aim more sure,
he sent his second bullet into the vitals
of the monster, which came tumbling
to the ground, catching one of the dogs
i'll his death hug. Not willing to lose
one of his blutes in this manner, the
hunter dropped his rifle, and, armed
with his knife and tomahawk, rushed
forward with the intention of ending
matters most speedily.


Before the hunter had reached him
the bear caught sight of him, and drop
ping the dog, advanced to meet his hui
man antagonist But Crockett did not
see the necessity of submitting to one
of his tremendous embraces lust then
so he made rapid retreat for his gun


Securing this he hastily rammed q
charge home, and sent a third bullet
into his body, upon which he rolled
over and died. Crockett Immediately
started home for means of transporting
the carcass thither. Four horses were
necessary to do this, and it was found
that his weight was more than 1000.