Year: 1878




hired girl has to get up and dust.


The rice crop of this country is the
largest for ten or twelve years, and
will approach 100000 barrels.


In onion is strength for fowls, ac-
cording to THE Poultry World"
Chop fine and feed three times a
week, as many as will be eaten clean,


In Los Angeles county, California,
good corn land sells at prices rang.
ing from $40 to 800 per acre. Fruit
lands are worth from $50 to $3.50
per acre.


1t is now reported that the hop
crop Of England will be greater this
year than it was last season. The
prospects on the continent lave
somewhat improved.


In Ireland this year there were s.
203,105 acres cultivated, decrease
of G2, l96 acres as compared with
1877. The chief decrease was in
oats, potatoes and flax.


Australia has carried off the high.
est diploma for wheat at the Paris
exhibition. She gained a priced for
each of seven samples of wheat and
-four. Adelaide wheat gained the
uOld medal at the London exhibition
Of 1851.


A man who suddenly comes in
contact with lamp post or a big
tree, knows more about the stars and
the heavenly bodies in a twinkling
of the eye, then Prof. Proctor will
know if he lives until Ben Butler is
elected president.


The harvest moon is so called,
quantity says Ferguson, the Scotch
astronomer, because "the farmers Of
the old country gratefully ascribe
the early rising of the full moon at
this time Of the year to the goodness
of God, not doubling that He has
ordered 1t so on purpose to give them
an immediate supply of moonlight
after sunset for their greater conven-
ience in reaping the fruits of the
earth"


A hitching-post is a cheap thing,
and any man, after feeding his horses,
can set up one before breakfast. But
a neglect to do this is only an idea
of the character of the man. 1t is
not the only deficiency about the
premises. BY close inspection it
will be found that nearly all the lit.
tie improvements and conveniences
which should be about all farms, are
missing. The owner is halt, lame
and blind to his duty.


The farmers should send their
most intelligent men to the legisla-
ture when that class combines judg
ment, strong common sense and
honesty with intelligence. A strictly
intelligent man in a legislature, who
is either knave or fool and great
many who possess fair stock of
book lore are one or the other or
both-is about the worst specimen
of representation that can be chosen.
If the inner nature of professional
politicians is looked into sharply the
half of them will be found to respond
to one of these tests. That class are
the bane and blight Of our institu
tions.


SWEET PoT4o PIE Steam
pound of sweet.potatoes and when
perfectly cold CRATE them. Rub
heaping cup of white sugar with
large tablespoonful of butter; when
light and creamy add two heaping
teaspoonfuls of ground cinnamon,
half as much grated rutmeg, pinch
Of salt and the juice and grated ye'-
low rind of a lemon. Put in the
beaten yolkes Of four eggs then add
this mixture gradually to the grated
potato, beating constantly. Lastly
add the whites Of four eggs whipped
TO a stiff froth and two tablespoon.
fuls Of cream or rich milk. Line
pie plates with nice paste and fill
with the mixture; bake without an
upper crust and cool before serving.


APPLE JoNATuAN.-Line the sides
only of a pudding dish with some
nice paste and fill it full Of juicy
tender apples, peeled and sliced,
with a little water to keep them
moist. Cover the top of the dish
with paste and bake until the apples
are soft, then remove the crust and
mash the apples while hot, adding
Sugar, butter, grated nutmeg, and a
little flavoring if desired. When
cool, serve with rich cream, sweet.
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