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Year: 1874

How TO CooK Love CLAMs.-A lasly who always succeeds admirably in prepa. ing these delicious clans for the table, says she first washes the clans thoroughly and rinses them, after which she puts them in kettle containing just the quantity of cold water required to make the amount of broth desired. Let the water be brought to boil, which will open the clans, after which remove them from the broth with a vegetable skinner. Let the broth (with- out the clams) boil up again and skim it, lift it from the fire and let it stand few moments to settle; pour off gently, care being taken to prevent the grit and sedi- nent from going with the rest; let stand again few moments, cleanse the kettle and pour the broth gently back into it.

 Commence at the point opposite the neck and remove the loose dark skin from the edge of the clam and cut of the neck. Throw the meats back into the broth and cock the same as oysters. Some prefer a thickened broth. which is made by wetting up very little flour with cold water and pouring in as they boil up the last time.
Year: 1874

It is some time since our village has been reported in your paper. We are not how ever burned out nor drowned out, for there

 still some signs of life in our midst. Our neighbor Barnes brides himself on having new, cosey little barn on the rear of his lot; and the champion of the awl and last Friend Rodemire, has commenced laying the foundation for the removal of his house and shop out on the front part of his lot, which is good improvement :. Els quire Roraback has new office in the building on the main street.. MT. Spaul- ling has the ground marked out for new building adjoining the one just finished, and what may appear strange, every tenement to let in our village is already rented, and still there is demand for more. Some families are now boarding. for want of suit, able rooms in which to live. Mir. Beckley has added another new show case and filled it with new goods from the city, to sell a, panic prices...At Lawrence's store we are offered some of the early vegetables. They look fresh under the shadow of the snow banks along the mountains few days since...Just opposite the old railroad freigh, house stands the photograph car of our friend Dunning, who sold out his portable gallery few weeks since. And thus ii goes; but will trouble you no more.

 P. S.-1 should have noted that last Sab. bath, large congregation was gathered at the Episcopal church to attend the funeral service of MT. M. Toby; the third son of one family within short time brought here from the far west for burial. His sudden death under such peculiar circum- stances has given occasion for much suspi. ciOn of some thing wrong. He died at tue west with no friend to attend him or bring 2 full report of his illpess. CANAAN,
Year: 1874

The following simple precaution is sug- gested out West. In retiring for the night spread newspapers loosely upon the stair ways and in front of the doorways and windows. The noise produced at the dead of the night by treading on cracking news, papers, or attempting to remove them from the pathway, be the burglar ever so stealthy and expert, is sufficient to give almost any sleeper notice of the presence and whersa, bouts of the midnight toe.
Year: 1874

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg is stated to in- tend erecting handsome residence for home in Washington, and to be negotiat- ing for the purchase of two eligible lots o' ground in the West End for that pu rpose
Year: 1874

IMPORTANT TO THOSE VINO Draw
NOTES A man drew note promis-
ing to pay sl00 He used a printed
form, and did not close up the blank
devoted to dollars, and after passing as
negotiable paper, sombody inserted
land fifty" after the one hundred aud
before the printed dollars. The note,
thus altered, got into the hands of an
innocent party. who presented it to the
drawer, and the Supreme Court decid
ed that the maker OF the note was IL
able for its face, because through ne.
yligence. he had not drawn q line be-
tween the written word hundred" and
the printed word s'dolla,s". Any evi.
dence that the drawer might offer to es-
taolish the fact that he gave = note for
one hundred dollars must 70 for moth
ing, As "there vas nothing on the faos
Of the note showing that it had been
altered" Evidence Of al alteration
on the face Of the note would have
changed the case. Let this be q les
son to all drawers Of promissory notes.
No one can be too careful in such
matters.
Year: 1874

The iron on the Wiuoua 4 St. Pc
ter Railroad from the State line to the
end of the road is to be taken up and
replaced with the older iron on the
eastern end of the road. 1t is consider
ed that the partly worn. rails will ans.
wer for all the business that will z
done on the west end of the road FOR
several years. The rails at present on the
west end of the road we're new when
nut down.
Year: 1874

A Whole LlBRARY:-ln present
ing young friend with Websters
Unabridged Dictionary, We have given
him whole library-the most remark.
able and complete compendium Of hu-
man knowledge ever published in a
single volume. A man may purchase
a Bible tirst, and then hymn book, if
he is inclined to psalm singing. but the
third book should be Webster's Uua-
bridged, as it will prove great foun,-
ain of intellectual light, and will be
worth hundred times its cost to any
family that pretends to keep up With
the civilization Of the age.
Year: 1874

The way to make easy times is
as clear as daylight.


Let every man or woman who
owes money pay it at once, If pos
sible.


Be willing to make sacrifice in
order to meet promptly all your
engagements.


Stop grumblipg at the faults or
mistakes of others, and attend
faithfully to your own affairs.


Deal fairly, leniently, and cheer
fully with all persons who owe you
or in pecuniary trouble.


If you are out Of debt, thank
the Lord, and then go round
among your friends, and enimies
too, if you have any, and render
them all the assistance in your pow
er.


Don't hoard your money; but
loan it or use it to relieve the needy
on the same principle as you would
give bread in time of famine.


Do what you can in every way
to relieve pecuniary distress, to
check .he current of financial en-
barrassments and restore public
confidence.


If you are bank officer or di-
rector don't be cross a minute.
Smile, as a Christian duty, from
morning till night. Give an en-
couraging word if possible, to all,
and by all means strain every nerve
to help those who need it.
Year: 1874

In comparison with the loss of a
beloved wife what are other be-
reavements |? The wife she who
fills so large space in the domes-
tic heaven-she who is so busted,
so unweared-bitter, bitter is the
tear that falls upon her grave


You stand beside her tomb ant
think of the past. Fain would the
soul R,tger there. No thorns are
remembered above that sweet clay
save those your own hand may
have unwillingly or unkindly plant
ed. Her noble, tender heart lies
open to your inmost sight. You
think of her as all goodness, all
purity, all truth.


But she IS dead The dear head,
so often laid upon your bosom,
now rests upon pillow of clay.
The hands that ministered so un-
tiringly are folded, white and cold,
beneath the gloomy portals. The
heart whose every beat measured
an eternity of love, lies under your
feet. And there is no white arm
over your shoulder now-no speak
ing face to look up in the eye OF
love-no trembling lips to murmur,
"Oh, it is so sad J" There is so
strange a hush in every room /!
No smile to greet you at night-fall
and the clock strikes and ticks
and ticks and strikes. 1t was mu-
sic when you could count the hours
with her-when she could hear 1t
Now it seems only the hours
through which you watched the
shadows of death gather upon her
dear face. But many q tale it tells
of joys, past sorrows shared, and
beautiful words and deeds register
ed above. You feel that the grave
can not keep her. You know she
is in happier world, but you still
feel that she IS often by your
side-an angle presence.


Cherish all these emotions. They
will make you happier. Let her
holy presence be as a charm to
keep you from evil. In all new
and pleasant connections, give her
q place in your heart. Never for
get what she has done for you
that she has loved you. Be tender
of her memory.


To how many bereaved hearts
will these sentences come, who will
look back upon the past with min
gled recollections of sorrow and
joy-perhaps of penitence. $50
live, husband and wife," says an
old English worthy, "that when
either dies, the spirit Of both may
mingle.'
Year: 1874

A youth In fit Of the blues at
Dubuque, the other day, tried to
poison himself, but doctor ap-
Piled a stomach pump, and told
him to go to the circus. He did
so, and laughed till he cried at the
antics of the trick mules.
Year: 1874




Gle as this without being moved to adm,-
ration and reverence.


And now tor the lesson which this cru
sade teaches US. It will be hard one for
some women to learn, but desire for the
conser vation Of the best forces of society
demands that it shall not only be stated,
but needed. The ballot, even when exer-
cised in the right direction, has not yet, in
any state, proved cure for drunkenness.
No law that has been enacted for the sup
preston Of dram selling, even in States
where special constabulary machinery has
been instituted for executing it. has done
so much for the end sought as this crusade
has done. In Massachusetts,, the necessity
Of reform is as urgent as in New York
Does any Que suppose that the moral pow
or which the women WELD to day would
be in their hands to WELD if they held the
ballot? NJ. bit Of it. They are strong
because they are not political. They are
strong because they have no party to serve,
no personal ambitions to push, no selfish
ends to seek. If woman had the ballot,
how long is it to be supposed that this
crusade would be without political leader
ship and political psrversion? If these
women were the representatives of poli,i-
cal power, how much federation would
they receive at the hands of those whose
interests they imperil or destroy? What
kind Of treatment would an o6ace-holder
have in their ranks? Would an Office
holder dare to be seen in their ranks At
all7 If woman had the ballot, such cru
Year: 1874

We understand that All effort is about
being made by some parties who can't brook
restraint of law in the pursuit of their
pleasures or desire for gain, to have the
present ducling law which applies to the
Havre de Grace flats repealed. The law
places wholesome restraint on the license
to relentlessly pursue and slaughter the
wild fowl both by night and day. The
police provided to arrest these night PROV
lers is the obnoxious feature of the law,
the repeal of which is desired. In place
of repeating any protecting clause in the
duck law, or any laws for the prote ction
of birds and fish, other and more restrain
ing clauses should be added. The war
made on ducks even under the law as at
present is fast driving them from their
Feeding grounds. We are assured on good
authority that the duckers, who depend
upon the business for a living, have scarce
ly cleared expenses this season, notwith-
standing 1T has been SO open and favora-
BILE. In a few years, even with the present
license allowed, the ducks will be driven
from the head waters of the Chesapeake
The sink box business should be utterly
abolished and the night shooting punished
by severe penalties. If the birds are con-
stantly annoyed on their feeding grounds,
they will inevitably seek safety further
south where the boss and inets are not
beset with SO many enemies. We trust
the Legislature will turn a deaf ear to all
arguments for repeating the law. or any
part of it, but rather strengthen and D. O.
vide further legislation for the protection
of the feathered tribes of both land and
water,
Year: 1874

STILL GLoRIFYING THE CONFEDERATE
DEAD.-Mr. Billingsley has been granted
leave to introduce bill into the House
appropriating $1,000 to aid in the erection
of a monument at Point Lookout, St.
Mary's county, in memory of the Confed-
crate dead. 1t strikes us that if the Con-
federates of st. Mary's have friends who
made use of their bodies to stop union bull
let's in the effort to retain their slaves, and
the surviving friends think monument
necessary to mark the site of their graves,
that the said friends should provide the
funds to build it. The people of the State
have no interest in the matter, and in a
public sense the monument is not intended
to perpetuate national honor but a
national disgrace.
Year: 1874

tEY We publish a call for a temperance
convention at Rising Sun numerously sign
ed. We were compelled to curtail the pre-
amble to the call, which recited some of
account of room, at the late hour we re-
ceived the copy; but it will be seen that a
correspondent in another column has an
ticipated the substance of the omitted part
of the call. We hope much good will
result from the meeting.
Year: 1874

The observance OF the day at Cypress Hills Gem.
etery was OF the most Imposing character. At an
early hour OF the morning the people began TO
enter the cemetery and seek the graves OF their
friends. BY eight O'Clock several thousand per-
sons we're on the grounds, strewing the graves
with flowers, and the numbers continued to in
crease constantly during she forenoon, until, at
noon, the cemetery presented scene in which
many thousands OF persons might be wit
messed moving around with solemn bearing.
evidently mindful OF the purposes for which
they had come hlther. Around the graves
were gathered the most recently arrived or the
multitude, lovingly placing their offerings upon
the sod, seeking TO express by the tasteful man
ner IN which they laid them she still cherished
memories OF those who slept beneath.


The Post OF the Grand Army OF the Republic and
the civic associations arrived at the cemetery
after one O'CLOCK, and al ms time the grounds
were thick with people. A large platform had
been erected near the HILL which stretches around
favoraoly Tor the convenience OF q vast multitude
70 become spectators OF scene gong on beneath.
As the military and the cluc associations TOOK
up their places around the platform tins
hill was black with tue thousands VINO stood upon
IL, rcverently and silently and everywhere around
the people stood as closely as possibly to the plat.
through the grounds TO the platform, while the
bands played appropriate music, and when those
who were to control the oeremonies had taken
Year: 1874

A New York City dispatch says That


the retail dealers in tea coffee in that
city within day or two past have
advanced the prices Of these articles


four TO six cents per pound, in the


expectation that Congress- viii reim-


pose the duty upon them. Chickory
has also gone up in the same proper
lion, and in all three an active specu-
iative movement is noticeable. Twas
ever thus, and the worst Of it IS, that
even ii tho tax IS not put on, the al-
vance viii stick, for it takes longer
time to discover the reasons for de-
cline than for rise IN prices.
Year: 1874

We received from friend on yes
terday solid addition to our already
long list of subscribers at Ellington,
IN this county. Many such timely
compliments of the season would
make Us happy.
Year: 1874

A BANKNUrT's PUNISHMENT For Con-
TRMrT.-The Philadelphia North American
reports the following proceedings in the Unit
ed States District Court on Tuesday


Lance Walker was before this court for dis.
charge, 1t will be remembered that about
three years ago this defendant was forced into
bankruptcy, and an investigation into his
affairs disclosed the fact that about SIS 900 of
his assets could not he accounted for. Walker
was directed to make disclosures Of his affairs,
which he did, but not to the satisfaction of
the court


he was then placed in the custody of the
United States Marshal until such an account
Of his affairs should be made rs would satisfy
the court that no fraud had been practised.
The bankrupt was incarcerated for two years,
heard before jury, which found that he had
not made q full disclosure of his affairs. He
was then recommitted TO prison, and his term
of Incarceration expired yesterday, when the
| following order was made:


Although the bankrupt has not purged his
| contempt or otherwise conformed to his duty
to his creditors, the Court is nevertheless Of
| opinion that the penal vindication of the pur
poses of Justice has been sufficiently establish
ed by the imprisonment which he has under
gone, and therefore directs that he be no
longer detained in the Marshal's custody by
reason of such contempt. This direction will
not exempt him from his duty to appear be-


fore the Court or the Register whenever and


so often as hereafter may be required. He is


no longer under any protection Of this Court


from suits elsewhere, and his creditors may


sue him or prosecute any suit or suits against


him, SO, however, that no execution b5 levied


against the estate in bankruptcy
Year: 1874

THE ONLY RvIDKNCE Of perturbation which
the President gave when q messenger rushed
In with the news that Massachusetts had gone
democratic, was to remove the cigar from his
mouth and rest the lighted end Of il on the back
Of General Babcock's hand. Babcock's per
turbAtion WAS much more epronounced.-Brook-
lam Ayous,
Year: 1874

It must not be forgotten that Hon.
Gus. A. Henry will address our
citizens tomorrow friday night.
A gentleman so distinguished in po-
ilticsl life, and one so thoroughly
equal TO any task in politics that may
be set before him, should have as large
an audience as the Democracy Of Mem
phis can bring together. We need not
tell our readers that he is an orator re-
msrksble for his powers of persuasion
as for the beauty Of his periods and their
effectiveness. That was known Of him
and acknowledged not only in Tennes-
see but in the other States Of the Union
years ago. We only remind them Of it
in order the better TO fix their ttention
upon the fact Ofhis presence here and to
urge their attendance at the meeting he
will address tomorrow night upon all the
issues Of the day, State as well as na-
tiOual.
Year: 1874

There is sort of delirious joy in
looking over family album, especially |
if it is very old album with sprained |
back, which occasionally and unexpect-
edly drops through your fingers, leaving
a couple Of cousins in one hand, and
three aunts in the other. and the balance
of the family under the chair. The first
picture is of an old gentleman with an
expression of weary cautiousness in his
face as if he was engaged in lodging a
wild bull, and was somewhat doubtful
of the result Opposite him is the grand
mother, patient looking lady in a black
dress, with book in one hand and a
pair of spectacles in the other There Is
a feeble but well-meaning effort to look
! safe in her face. On the next leaf Is
middle aged man looking as if he had
been suddenly shot through the roof of
starch factory, and had landed in the
middle of strange country. Opposite
is the picture of his wife, who, having
heard a rumor of the catastrophe, has
uIado up hvr mind to bv PrvP~aoa for
the worst. Then follow the children
little girls looking so prim as to make
YOU squirm, and little boys with their
eyes on their noses, and with an express
sion on their face of unearthly solemnity-
Then follow uneles, taken in their over
coats, with a spreading inclination In
their clothes, hair and face, as if they
were bound to get their money Is worth ;
and aunts with warts on their noses, and
varnish in their hair, and preposterous
lace collars about their neeks. Then
there is the bashful young man penned
opposite an aggressive young lady, whom
heaven and some married woman have
designed for each other. There are also
the pictures of cousin Aleck and hi;
young wife, who stopped here when OIL
their tour, and no young man looks a
him without retiring at once and regis


tering terrible VOW never to get mar
ried. Besides these is the picture of th'
man who lived next door for eight years


at the end of which time his wife died


and he moved to Illinois with the chill
dren, and is now worth some fifty thou
;, sand dollars He has been photograph


ed in his hat, which is one size too larg


for him, and which gives him an appear


ance of having murdered his aunt an


concealed the body. Then there are tw
or three fine looking corsairs of no pai


ticular identity, and several broken spii


tied women with babies in their arms


directly or indirectly related to the Owl
= ers of the albums and the exhibitio
closes.-Danbary Neaos.
Year: 1874

Then the night wore on and knew the worst,
That the end of it all was nigh:
Three doctors they had from the very first
And what could one do but die
sOh William r' she cried strew blossoms of spring
For the new apparatus might rust;
But say that handful of shavings you'll bring,
And linger to me cOmbust.
''Oh, promise me, love, that by the fre-hole you'll


watch,


And when mourners and stOkers convene,
You will see that they light me some solemn slow


match


And warn them against kerosene.
'sIt would cheer to know that these rude


breezes watt


My essences far to the pole.
That one whom love will look well to the draught,
And have fond eye on the coal
'.Then promise love and her voice fainter grew
while this body of mine calclheS,
You will stand just near as you can TO the Hue,
And gaze while the gasses arise,
.'For Thompson-Sir Henry-has found out a way
(Of his process you've surely heard tell,
And you burn like parlor match gently away,
Nor even offend with a smell.
$50 of the dainty need snuff with disdain
When my carbon floats up to the sky
And I'm sure, love that you will never Complain
Though ash should blow in your eye.
Now promise me l6ven-and she murmured low
''When the calcigatiOn is DER,
You will sit by my grave in the twilight glow
mean by my furnace door.
'sYes, promise me, love. while the seasons revolve
On their noiseless axles. the years,
You will visit the kiln where you me resolve,
And leach my pale ashes with tears
Year: 1874

EszaFIE application of water in this Wheel is


b presented to the Wheel in sluice gate, and


= operates perfectly each and every bucket
at though each bucket were fed through
gate sluice of its thus avoiding large amount
of friction and leakage attendant small apertures
and Fly Trap gates. The power, by avoiding frie-
tiOn, results in giving force to the water and
consequently power to the Wheel The last five
years hard trials successfully encountered has prac
cay set at rest the credit and ability of the Wheel
perform all that has been claimed for it. The and
slight expense with which it is set in place, the relia
BILE and permanent character of the power it delivers
the slight loss experienced by back water together
with the entire with which clubs stones brush
anchor ice can be removed and the readiness with
makes the Wheel agreeable to all who have in care
the running of the power while the actually
tanned fact that portion of the water gives its full
effective force just in proportion to the amount used


from the first to the last inch makes it desirable for
economy of water, variable amounts, while the
PRICE of the Wheel is low for the amount of power
furnished that any who wants power just
well have first second class Parties who
have been and using this Wheel to drive all
kinds of machinery under all amounts of head and
with varying quantities OF water, ready and
willing to give practical reasons for the preference
they manifest in the of this Wheel any and
all others they have used Five wears it
launched entirely on its merits by the maker, who
well of all means credtable and dseredit-
able which are used to puff machines and
improvements. 1t was felt that if the Wheel
better than those that had preceded it, the community
would be able to find out the TACT and candid enough
appreciate it, Experience demonstrated the above
principle to be correct.