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Year: 1874

Never pass your plate for mashed po-
tato more than six times, especially if
there is company at the table.


Never reach across the table for but
ter. Wait until it is passed, and then
take only small bit, as butter at thirty
cents per pound, and the banks charg.
ing 2 per cent. on A l paper, are apt
to discourage the head of the family.


Don't wipe the back Of your neck
with your napkin. no matter how hot
the day is.


Never take more than ten good.sized
biscuits, no matter if the plate is passed
twenty times.


Don't use your finger to stir your
coffee. The handle of your knife is
more fashionable, and if you want to
be real aristocratic take spoon.


Refrain from wiping your mouth on
the table cloth, if possible. Some an
cient writer's favor the practice, and
believe few Kings yet persist in it,
but your coat sleeve is much more han
dy.


IF there is watermelon on the table
for dessert, and you have eaten five or
six pieces, and the plate is passed again.
you should shake your head and reply {:
"No thank you, never did care much
about watermelon


An evening call on young lady
should never be made in the forenoon.


The length Of call at the house of
a young lady depends somewhat on cir
cumstances. IF the old man comes in
with shotgun the call shouldn't be
prolonged over an hour.


1t is not in good taste to ask lady
how much her set Of jewelry cost. It
used to be until they got to patronizing
the dollar stores SO extensively; but
now it is considered the height Of ILL
breeding.


Children should never be whipped in
presence Of company. Call them your
little darlings until the callers go away,
and then hunt up the ax.handle and
remark k: Now, then, you sassy brat,
come here!"


1t is not proper to bow to lady four
blocks away on the street; but the
right way is to run through the alley
and head her off:


1t you are at Il party and a friend Of
yours desires an introduction to a young
lady, the proper way is to first ask her
consent Tell her that his father owns
brick house, 5000 acres Of pine land,
fifty shares in /. gas company, and a
paving contract. and she'll consent
with such alacrity as to astonish you.


In church never rest your feet on
the back of the pew in front, and don't
stare at the minister through an opera
glass.


lfyou are one Of a party making an
evening visit, and fruits and nuts are
passed around: don't fill your pockets
until some one else has had chance.
One must be self-sacrifcing about such
thines.-"M Quod," IN FSyeside
Friend
Year: 1874

To Cook RrcE.-The following is
the method recommended by the French
Academy for cooking rice during the
seige Of Paris: Take one cup Of rice
and one-fourth Of cup of water in a
saucepan, cover, and place over a good
fire; after an hour the water will be evap-
oratedand the rice cooked tender, but dry,
with grains distinct, not in paste. suf:
ticient salt should be added, in the first
place, and care should be taken not to
disturb the rice while cooking. By adj
ding little butter, and allowing the rice
to dry little more over gentle fire, a
more delicate dish is prepared. The
Boston Meezscal Journal says that rice
cooked in this manner, which is the
same as that employed in the East Indies,
, bears the same relation to the indigesti-
pie paste of the New England kitchen
as does bread to boiled -four.
Year: 1874

"A Past Master has the same right as
any other member, and no more.


Members not clear on the books
should not be given the annual word.


Every candidate for initiation must
be ballotted for, whether tho committee
reports pro Or con


Rituals are not to be distributed
among the different members Of the
Grange, but to be kept by one officer.


Admit no more than twenty male
and ten female members at the organi
zation Of new Grange.


The precise formula, as laid down in
the ritual, must be observedin opening,
closing and initiatory ceremonies.


The constitution makes no difference
in regard to sex Of members; there
fore, ladies are eligible to any office in
the Grange to which they are duly
elected


An appeal from rulings Of Master OF
Subordinate Oranges on Constitutional
questions to the members Of the Grange
is improper. Such appeal must be
made to Worthy Master of State
Grange An appeal from ruling on
points Of order to the members is
right. !.


In organizing new Oranges admit
none as charter members but those
who are actually engaged in farming,
and whose principal means Of living Is
derived from that source. The wives
and children Of such, if Of proper age,
may also be admitted.
Year: 1874

PROFITABLE BUSINESS FOR WOMEN.
One of the most profitable as well as
interesting kinds Of business for wo-
man is the care of bees. In recent
AGRICULTURAL report it is stated that one
LADY bought four hives for ten dollars,
and five years she was offered one
thousand five hundred dollars for her
stock, and refused it as not enough
In addition to this increase OF her cap
ital in one of these five years she sold
twenty-five hives and four hundred
and twenty pounds of honey. 1t is
Also stated that in five years one man,
from six colonies of bees to start with,
cleared eight thousand pounds of honey
and fifty.four colonies.


When properly instructed, almost
any woman in the city, as easily as IN
the country, can manage bees, and
make more profit than in any other
method demanding so little time and
labor. But in the modes ordinarily
practiced, few can make any great
profit in this employment.


1t is hoped time is at hand when
every woman will be trained to some
employment by which she can secure
to herself an Independent home anC
means to support family, in case she
does not marry, or is left a widow, will
herself and family to suppOrt.-Amer
..o,, Wonay's Home.
Year: 1874

Mr.. EDITOR In the anxiety Of the Demo.
cratic party OF Delaware TO secure candidate for
the Office Of Governor, the much more i'm nportant
onlce-in the estimation Of the writer-has been
almost overlooked. That office is our Reprcs sn-
talive to Congress. Representing AS he does an
entire Sovereignty, we should take for that office
the man from amoug us who has the greatest
amount OF legislative ability that can be found


who will accept of the nomination. That man,
no matter IN what part OF tue State he may BE-
iound, should be nominated our candidate for
Representative 10 Congress. Our interests in the
House OF Representatives OF the [ nited States in
regard to our State rights of far more import
ance TO us as people than it Is who should nj
the office OF Governor OF the State, whose great


est duty Is TO say who shall fill this Office or that
Office. Allow me through your columns 10 bring


forward as candidate for Representative to
congress The name OF q man who has been


weighed IN the political balance Of his party and


not been found wanting either in ability, honest y


or determination to do his duty regardless OF fear
iivor or affection. In him we have a staunch
Democrat, an able and fearless advocate and de-


lender of our State rights and the rights of the
white race. both Of which We have been almost


deprived OF by the Republican party since they
came into power. THIS man is Hon. Cove Sauls-
Dnry; with him We never need fear that ouI


state will have 10 bear the repiosch OF being
| mixed up with such schemes as the Credit Mob
| l'er, Land Grants, Salary Grabs or Ciyi Right.
I bills, &c. Rsspectiuily. WIN DEAN
/ July l7tl 1874
Year: 1874

DIR. John A. Brown, of this city, died in Bos-
ton, at noon on Sunday. He had been labor
ing pretty constantly in his harvest during the
past two weeks and complained Of being uu--
we'll. Last week he went 10 New York and
was taken SICK in that city but recovering
somewhat, he went on TO Boston. His wife was
telegraphed for on Saturday, and this morning
a telegram was received announcing his death.


He was about sixty five years Of age, and had


lived in this city about thirty years having


removed here from Rhode Island, where hs
was a participant 10 the Dore war. He wa.
an earnest, active man. and an excellent citizen,
devoted TO the advancement of everything he
thought calculated to benefit his neghbors at d
always strongly attached TO the Democratic
party. He will be remembered kindly by many
who know wha: il is to miss the assistance Of Q
good friend. The time Of his burial will he
hereafter announced.
Year: 1874

PAINFUL MIsCONsTRUCTIoN.-A old
bachelor who had become melancholy and
poetical wrote some verses for the village
paper. in witch he expressed the hope
that the time would soon Come that he
should


-'rest calmly within shroud


With weeping willow by my side"
But to his inexpressible horror, it came
out in print,


'sWhen shall rest calmly within shawl.


With weeping widow by 10y aide"
Year: 1874




Spitualism, clairvOya ance, and mind-read-
ing are not new claims; they are as old as
human ignorance. and their early history
can never be written. The Spiritualists
of this country count their followers BY
millions. and, although they Overestimate
by several hundred per cent, yet the num-
ber is probably quite large, and yet there
never was time in the history of the
world when. in proportion to the popula-
ton, there was so little spiritualism as now
In its1ancient and MEDIEVAL form it carried
whole continents in its train; for ages. un.
der the varions phases of witchcrait it was
the dominant faith OF the world. Even in
that comparatively barren interval between
the witchcraft excitement in Salem and
the rise of spirit rappings in Rochester
there were vast numbers even In civilized
lands who retained their Iaitt In some form
of witchcraft, or Vt least in the theory OF
Year: 1874

1t has come TO be very much the
style these degenerate days to smile
at every thing that is honest and sim
cere. Woe to the mau or party that
entertains or expresses faith in the
mate integrity oil the human breast.
The party who yet clings to the
memory of the men who led the Dem
ocratic party forward in its career OF
progress, and under whose leadership
it won imperishable glory for itself,
the country and for humanity, are
called dreamers and idealists. Since
the disruption of the old Wing party,
party Of principle and glorious
memory, the Democratic party has
waged slngle-handed and alone, a
desperate war against the terrible de-
bauohery and corruption that came
in, in the tram of the Republican
(so-callcd) party. Renegades from
political decency and honor, from the
ranks Of the Wing and Democratic
parties fastened their polson.tipped
bealks deep in the body polite, and,
like the Telegraph, sits by and calmly
laughs at the memory of q virtue they
never even attempted to initiate, and
calling themselves Democratic, basely
use the false position to attack, more
securely and effectively, the inner
works, the very citadel of public
honor, and whatever else that remains
of public faith and truth.


This political latitude SO earnestly
striven for, is only to arrange set OF
principles, SO loose and elastic, as to
receive and accommodate the horde
of foul blood-suckers, who find de-
cent respect for established laws,
customs and usages, too great a
drawback upon their insane thirst
for money and power. The counter,
part OF this political looseness is
found in the school Of moral ethics,
is taught by Woodruff & Chafllln,
Susan b. Anthony, and others of that
ilk. The harbtry now taught by the
News and the Telegraph, Is equal In
hideousness to any school Of free.
lovism and the multiplied husband
theory, of the notorious courtesans
we have just named.


Is it possible that the war has res
duced public morals to this? Is it
possible that men who walk erect,
and are met in the streets, and are
seen in the churches as worshipers,
nan CLAIM TO be Christians, and
still promulgate doctrines as false
and base as those of tho papers we
have mentioned? And has the stand-
ard of the moral and political
faith of the nation been
so lowered as to make writing
and publishing these shameless po-
litical desires, a paying business.
Year: 1874

A lady in the country WAS unwlse
enough to fit out her boy of five with
fishing tackle. Soon she heard a
shout from the barn-yard, and found
one of her very best hens had
swallowed the hook and was fast
winding up the line IN her crop. OF
course she was greatly troubled, but
all the comfort she got from the fish>
erman was this: "Don't worry,
mother, l guess she'll step when she
gets to the pole"
Year: 1874

A goodly number of the Patrons
of Husbandry in this part of the
State, have not been able, as yet, to
fully understand, much less appre,
ciate, the position and part taken by
their official organ in the printing
muddle. They are down on sorrups
ton and fraud, in whatever guise 1t
may show its hideous head and not
fully comprehending the EXAMINERS
status in the premises, they are at a
loss to decide as to whether or
not their organ has been playing the
part Of "ringster" in this printing
affair.


All hands unite in generating
Governor Coke from any blame
whatever, but as to the EXAMINER,
they are sadly IN the fog.-zeras
Sig,aet.


The man who penned the above
base fling at this paper penned a
falsehood, and he knew it when he
engaged in the filthy task.


lie Is regularly on our exchange
list, and if, as a conscientious jours
nalist, he read both sides of the con-
troversy, as he should, before utter
ing such a sentiment, and came to the
conclusion above, he is either ass or
knave. Now, we have q solution,
and shall give him the benefit of it;
it is this: not content with the work
Of the ministry, nor of temperance,
this wonderful Signet would be the
Organ of the Changers also. Ah
his grapes are sour, indeed. He, oil
at least every far and honest man
who has read up the printing mud,
die" must acquit us of the charge oi
dishonor or corruption, or any other
unworthy connection with it. This is
the most contemplate fling Jealousy
has yet taken at US, and all the more
so, as it comes clothed in the garb O
sanctified hypocrisy.


l
Year: 1874

In the prosecution against Demas Barnes for libel in charging crime upon Mir. Beecher and the late Mrs. Bowen the utter falsity of the story was established by the evidence of Mir. Bowen and his family, but Barnes was acquitted on the ground that he did not make the charge maliciously.
Year: 1874

Insurance Commissioner Stedman has applied for the appointment of trustee of the American National Life $ Trust Co. of New Haven, on the ground that their assets scarcely equal two thirds of their liabilities
Year: 1874

The Mendelssohn Quintet club of Boston gave concert at Waterbury. last week, and are to give another on the 7th of December. It is worth long journey to any lover of instrumental music to hear this splendid club.
Year: 1874

Now that the National Liquor Commission bill
has been amended SO as to prevent ifs operation
from being wholly er parte, no one will strenu-
ously object to 1t, except, perhaps, the Prohib-
tionists, They wanted bill to appoint com
mission of their own set, exclusively, who would
go'a About the country and discover, what no in
partial person has yet been able to find that pen-
al prohibition Is the best preventive Of drunken
ness, and recommended the adoption Of FEEDER
al Prohibitory Law. The friends of the bill are
after that end and nothing else. The bill was
meant to be the thin entering wedge Of that bold
Radical reform; and were 1t to pass Congress- a.
originally offered, and the President to befrend
the movement, the report which would be render
ed from the commission appointed would be
one-sided and most ingenious and plausible argll-
ment in behalf of government regulation of the
liquor traffic This clever scheme has been upset
by an amendment made 10 the bill In the Senate
providing that oil of the commissioners "shall
not be advocates Of prohibitory legislation or to-
| tai abstinence" This will insure fair INQUIRY
should the bill be enacted into law, and fsfr in
quiry Is all that the opponents of prohibition ask
They believe that candid investigation will dem
onstrAte that the evil of drunkenness has been in
creased by prohibitory laws, and that the use of
the deadliest OF stimulants, opium, has become
more general IN consequence of such legislation
| They expect that 1t will be shown BY abundan n I


testimony that where the sale OF beer has bee n


curtailed by prohibition las it easily can be, on
\ account of the bulky and perishable nature oT


the artlcle), the sale of strong drink has propoi


tlonately increased, and that thereby drunkennes
and the attendant vices have made gain One


OF the strong points of the anti Prohibitonists is


the substitution OF beer and light dry wines foi
the heavier fuids-snd they are frm in the fai, :


that the people of the United States If let ale
by prohibitory medders, win gradually MAZE
that salutary change OF their own accord, and


that drunkenness will soon be as rare wee be re


as it is in the wine-growlng countries or anon
the beer-drnking people OF Europe So far tror
shrinking from inquiry, there is nothing that tht


anti-Prohibitionists more desire than an honestl,
conducted, intelligent search among the statistie


OF liquor selling and liquor drinking, of vice anc


virtue Of thrift and wastefuness, as exhibited II
countries or States which have prohibitory law
and those that have none. - :.
Year: 1874

In strolling through the city, endeavorlng to nnd
sufficient iood with which to appease the appetite
OF those who partake Of the contents Of our local
column, the HERALD reporters sometimes meet
with queer incidents and unfortunate characters.
For some time past there has been wandering
about the saloons of the east side of this city q
poor, miserable German, who has become con-
frmed lupatic by over study and religious excite
ment. 1t is said that his parents, living in Ger
many, were once wealthy and that they endowed
him with liberal education, intending 10 fit him
for the ministry. He applied himself so closely to
his studies, and took such q very anxious part in
all the religious exercises OF his church, that u
not long before IL became evident TO his friends
that his mind was becoming impaired. He
was accordingly sent to this country in
the hope that change Of climate and relaxation
from study would benefit him, but all appeared to
have been futile Gradually his means gave way
and eventually he was penniless. He sought Tor
work, but without avail. AS last resort he
made tour through the various German saloons
which abound on the East side, and by playing the
piano was paid trining sums which furnished him
q scanty living Tor u day or two. Often he has
been obliged to call upon the charitable lOr assist
ance and food. At times he would be rational,
only to relapse into his former lmbeclle condition.
his favorite amusement appears to be the singing
OF religious hymns and ndscriminate eXhor Ia
tions, thus making him the butt OF ridlcule for
some and the object OF pity by others. He usually
sleeps in the police stations at night.
Year: 1874

In 1867 this institution leased the property It
subsequently bought and now occupies. The
BOARD Of Supervisors released 1t from the pay
ment OF taxes, but, Notwithstanding this and It
being question OF law whetnen the Board could
do this In case OF leasehod property, the property
was sold for non-payment OF taxes. temporary
Injunction was obtained restraining the city from
giving tax title, and the case came up yesterday
In Supreme Court Chambers, before Judge Pratt
on an order 10 show cause why the Injunction
should not be made permanent. After some dis
cussion Judge Pratt directed the Injunction TO
continue until the case was tried IN court deter
mining the question as to the right OF the Board
of Supervisors TO release from taxation leased
property.
Year: 1874

he Washington correspondent OF the
Louisville Courier journal says .'Ihe
other day, for the first time, / read in your
paper Theodore Tilton's views on the one
great sin. When | read the concluding
paragraph, where he speaks of the woman
being brought to the temple to be stoned,
and asks so pertinently, Where was the
man !? and answers his own question in
this wise. The man probably went away
among his companions to laugh; indeed,
there is no evidence that he was not her
chlet accuser, and the ringleader in her
punishment, after reading this thought
OF a similar case in our midst. To-day
there walks, with head erect, a man (per-
maps many men, but this one | speak of
esPecIaily) who, after running one nno-
cent, unsuspecting girl, married another
who wasalmost her nearnelghbor His wife
IS very beautiful and attractive. When the
story reached her ears and the poor little
babe was brought to her notice her heart al
most broke. and sle resolved to leave the
man although he had only been her hus-
band few months. Relations thought it
best to take no steps in the matter, and she
was dssuaded from obtaining divorce.
But the smooth faced villain was not co.,
tent with the misery he had wrought but
sought to regain his power over the girl
durng a temporary absence of his wife
Poor thing, She was trying so hard to be
worthy OF the forgiveness of her father
and sister who had not cast her off. One
Gay ear filled with passengers was pass
ing down the street. One Young man in
the car called the attention of another to
beautiful girl who was about entering a
store ana named her 4. the mistress of


=, lie had mistaken the innocent
young sister, and woman in the car.
who overheard the remark and knew
the girl, made it her business to call at
the house of the TWO sisters and re-
late what had occurred in the cars
The young lady turned upon her unfor-
tunate sister, and with yehemence reproch-
ed her for the disgrace she had brought
upon the family, and added that she would
no longer live in the same house with her,
but would hereafter live with 4 relation
in another city where she could escape in
suits. The poor wounded heart gave way,
and the torsaken one fell to the floor in
strong commissions in three days she
died. Her betrayer sat upon the steps of
his tather-in-law's dwelling and watched
the funerals as it passed He was in the
best OF spirits, and was quite ready to Join
with those who would stone her to death.
He associates with gentleman, and will
no doubt work the same ruin in another
household when he has the opportunity
or inclination
Year: 1874

While this is the great grain producing
country of the world, the bulk of the barley
which is used here is imported from other
countries, and the demand grows with
every year. From Canada alone during
the past four years we have drawn a yearly
average OF nearly 800, 900 bushels, while,
owing to short crop there last year, large
imports We're made from Europe, The
New York Bulletin gives figures to prove
that cultivation of this cereal is much
more profitable than wheat-raising, and
thinks that the matter should commend
itself to the attention of f-rmers. The
market is enlarging yearly, the prospect
being that England alone will have an
annually increasing demand
Year: 1874

The Maine Farmer says that experience
has shown that clover will not flourish as
well when it follows most other farm crops.
The potato crop may be very profitable
one, but it is certainly very eXhausting
one to the soil
Year: 1874

The cost OF raising a coarse, misshapen
and unthrlfty animal is just as great as it
is to raise finely formed, thrifty growing
animal. When the selling time comes it
becomes apparent which is the more prof
table for farmer to produce.